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Contents.

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Introduction 5

Paternal Ancestry of Alonzo Kimball:

Kimball, Witt, Carr, Hayward, Rockwood, Albee and Cook

lineages - 9

Maternal Ancestry of Alonzo Kimball:

Mather, Atherton, Stoiig-htou, Wadsworth, Buttolph, Gardner,
Fuller, Emerson, Wood, Hanchett, Langton, Priehard,
Church, Churchill, Foote, Dickinson. Cowles, Montague,
Downing, Smith, Hitchcock, Partridge, Root, Kilbourn and
Ashley lineages 18

Paternal Ancestry of Sarah Weston:

Weston, De la Noye, Soule, Nash, Shaw, Watson, Hicks, Pratt,
Dunham and Pomeroy lineages 42

Maternal Ancestry of Sarah Weston:

Dean, Stephens, Kingsley, Leonard, Washburn, Mitchell, Cooke,
Packard, Howard, Hayward, Keith, Edson, Byram, Shaw,
Edson, Hayward, Mitchell, Cooke, Leonard, Watson, Hicks,
King, W^hitman, Walker, Phillips, Brooks, Winslow, Rich-
mond and Rogers lineages 60

Descendants of Alonzo and Sarah (Weston) Kimball:

Compiled by Mary Cornelia (Kimball) W^alker 90

In Memo ri AM:

Almira Barnes Mahan 95

Linus Bonner Sale 96

Richard Weston and Robert Kimball Sale 99

Alice Ruth Sale 101

ILLUSTRATIONS.

Alonzo Kimball and granddaughters Marjorie Weston Kimball and

Alice Ruth Sale Frontispiece

Sarah (Weston) Kimball Opp, p. 46

Berry Pomeroy Castle, from an old print at Fern Hill,Vt " 58

Alonzo W^eston Kimball " 90

Ancestral Chart of the Family In pocket of cover

IFntrobuction*

It is probable tliat very few people begin more or less ex-
tended genealogical researches with an adeqnate notion of
what lies before them. A rather common curiosity to know
who are the ancestors of one's self or one's friends, develops
into a lively interest sosoon as a trail is found and followed.
Let difficulties arise, however, as they are sure to, and the
trial of one's wits in the solution of a problem believed to be
soluble has a fascination which one will hardly believe who
has not experienced it.

The present pamphlet makes no claim to originality except
in the fixing definitelv of the lines of descent. Much of the
information herein contained may be found in other works,
which have been freely cited, but which are hardly accessible
outside of a large genealogical library. The library of the
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, in which most of the
works cited may be found, is now excelled in the wealth of its
genealogical works by but t^vo, or at most three, libraries in
the country.

The book has two main objects in transcribing and collect-
ing data, to-wit: first, to give the bare vital records, uninter-
esting as some of them may be, which are necessary to fix
definitely the lines of descent; and, second, to add biograph-
ical sketches when the matter upon record is sufficiently full
to allow of it. The length of individual sketches is depend-
ent, therefore, not alone upon the prominence of the individ-
ual, but upon the amount of material which the accidents of
historv have left us. It cannot be claimed that the book is alto-
gether free from errors, though care has been exercised to ex-

elude them. The material has necessarily been gathered from
many sources of different degrees of reliability, but some
judgment has bee'n used in selecting the matter introduced and
in discarding other material.

For some lines, notably those of Church and Fuller, spe-
cial investigations have been necessary, and the services of
Mr. Horace E. Mather of Hartford, Conn., a professional
genealogist, have been engaged. In some instances the pa-
tience of Town Clerks in jSTew England towTis has been taxed
in order to secure the important entries from the official
records. To Mrs. Sutherland Orr (nee Florence Dean) of
Ascot, Berks, England, Miss Carolyn Weston of Dalton, Mass.,
and Mrs. M. H. Walker of Green Bay, the compiler is under
special obligations either for the loan of valuable papers or for
an opportunity to transcribe genealogical data collected by
others.

The greatest difficulties have been encountered in tracing the
Pomeroys. The data secured are, however, of much interest
and are given with considerable fulness. The Kimballs first
settled at Watertown, Mass., and the first Kimball bom
in America was Sarah Kimball, who first saw the light in 1635.

Of the emigrant male ancestors of the family that have been
found, fifteen came over before 1630, more than thirty came
in the 1630's, and only six came later than 1650. Three came
in the "Mayflower" to Pl^Tuouth, to-wit: George Soule,
Thomas Rogers, and Francis Cooke, the latter an ancestor to

*The ancestral chart included in the pocket of the cover was printed
some months in advance of the book and differs from it in several
important particulars. In the Atherton lineage the chart gives Cath-
erine as the daughter of Gen. Atherton who married Timothy Mather.
This corresponds to the Mather Genealogy and is based upon an old
chart. This is, however, an error, for Timothy's wife was Elizabeth
Atherton. The introduction of the Winslow lineage upon the chart
through the supposed alliance of Elizabeth Winslow with Gilbert
Brooks, is authorized by the Winslow Memorial and other authorities,
but recent work shows rather conclusively that the wife of Gilbert
Brooks was not Elizabeth Winslow. (See Winslow Lineage.) The
Peter Montague of the chart who married Eleanor Allen and who was
the father of Richard Montague did not come to America. The Peter
Montague who went to Virginia was his son. The ancestor of the
Kingsley line was probably John, not Stephen.

two distinct lines of tlie family. All were signers of the
"Mayflower Compact." In tlie next vessel, tiife- "Fortune,"
came in 1G21 Philip De la ^oye, the Hugnenot Pilgrim, and
Robert Hicks. The "Ann," 1623, brought Experience
Mitchell and Joshua Pratt Both Mitchell and Hicks were
like Cooke, ancestors each to two branches of the family. The
wives and children of a number of Pilgrims came in the
"Fortune" and "Ann." One of the family ancestors, William
WadsAvortli, went to the settlement of the other great English
colony in Virginia in 1621. Inasmuch, however, as he settled
lat^'r in Massachusetts, the family's history is but little con-
nected with the fortunes of that colony.

While the majority of the forebears were of that sturdy mid-
dle class which has always been the strength of the English peo-
ple, there were several among them who belonged to families of
distinction at home. x\higail Downing was descended through
the royal lino from William the Conqueror. HeT husband,
Richard ^lontiigue, and the ancestor of ]^athaniel Dickinson,
both claimed descent from men who came into England with
the Xormans in 1066. The }De<ligree of John Richmond is also
traced to one of the leaders under William the Conqueror at
the battle of Hastings. His grand-daughter, Sarah Riclmiond,
was the first of eight Sarahs in the direct line to Winifred
Sarah Weston Hobbs. Philip de la ^oye, the Huguenot of
the Plvmouth Colonv, w^as descended from one of the most dis-
tinguished families of France, the recorded pedigree of which
extends to Charlemagne, Alfred the Great, and William the
Conqueror, and includes many of the royal blood.

From Plymouth and Duxbury the ancestors of Sarah Weston
emigrated to the west to found Bridgewater and Taunton.
From the Massachusetts Bay Colony the maternal ancestors of
Alonzo Kimball — Mather and Stoughton of DorchesteT, Wads-
worth of Cambridge, Gardner of Gloucester, Fuller and Emer-
son of Ipswich, and others — all emigrated to Connecticut,,
where they allied themselves with the Churchills, Montagues,
Dickinsons, Churches, Smiths, Footes and other prominent

Connecticut families, which played a leading role in the settle-
ments of Hartford and Wethersfield. Wlien dissension arose
in church affairs they were the "withdrawers" who again
marched away through the forest to found Hadley and Hat-
field, and eventually to settle much of western Massachusetts.
This book is published through the generosity of Mr. A. W.
Kimball, for distribution in the family, in order that the pres-
ent and future generations may know how goodly is their heri-
tage in ancestors who have wrought manfully and successfully
amid privations and sacrifices, and by mighty hammer blows
have welded a commonwealth whose foundations of libert.v and
justice are alike our pride and our bulwark. In some sense
the book is a memorial to the founders of the Green Bay branch
of tlie Kimball family. Beside the more or less extended bio-
graphical sketches of the founders themselves, such sketches
are included of the deceased members of the families of their
descendants.

Ube Ipaternal Hncestr^ of Hlonso

mimball

^be Ikiniball Xtneaoe*

The common ancestor of the great majority of the Kimballs
in America was Richard Kimball of the parish of Rattlesden,
county Suffolk, England. The name was originally spelled
Kemball or Kembolde. The Kemble familv seems to have been
distinct from the Kimball family for the last four centuries, at
least, and according to Morrison and Sharpies, the family his-
torians, these families have ahvavs been distinct.*

Richard^ the immiiiTant ancestor of the familv, was b.
in England, probably at Rattlesden, County Suffolk. Tie m.
Ursula, dan. of Henry Scott. Witli his wife and eight chil-
dren he came to America in the ship "Elizabeth," William An-
drews, Master, in 1634, embarking at Ipswich, England, April
10th of that year. In the party on the ship was Thomas Scott,
his wife's brother. Reaching Boston Harbor Richard soon
went to Watertown and settled there with his family. The
first Kimball bora in America was Sarah Kimball, dan. of
Richard \ who first saw the light at AVatertown, Mass., 1635.
She married Edward Allen of Ipswich, Mass., and d. June 12,
1690.

By trade Richard was a wheelwright and his services were in
such demand that he was soon called to leave the Watertown
settlement and go to Ipswich, where he was given a house lot
and other privileges on condition that he become the to^vn wheel-

♦History of the Kimball Family in America from 1634 to 1897 and of
its ancestors the Kemballs or Kemboldes of England, by Leonard Alli-
son Morrison and Stephen Parschall Sharpies, pp. 1278, Boston, 1897.

Wright, At Ipswicli his two other (10th and 11th) children
were horn. Oct. 23rd, 1G61, he m. (2) !Mrs. Margaret Dow of
Hampton, X. H. Richard d. June 22, 1675, aged 80 years and
over, and his wife d. March 1, 1676. He was very well to do
for those days, the inventory of his estate amounting to over
£737, although he had already given to his numerous children
at their marriages.

EiCHAED^, fourth child and second son of Richard^ and Ur-
sula, was b, at Tiattlesden about 1623 and came to America with

his father in 1634. He m. (1) Mary , who died Sept. 2,

1672. He subsequently married (2) Mary (probably

Mai-y Gott). He d. 1676, leaving eight children living. He
was a wheelwright and removed to Wenham, Mass., between
1652 and 1656. He was selectman of Wenham for twenty
years. From the circumstance that the inventory of his prop-
erty at the time of his death showed that wages were due him
from the country, it is probable that he had been engaged in
the war with the Indians, and "he was probably with his
nephew, Caleb Kimball, at the time the latter was killed at
Bloody Brook."* He had nine children.

E^'SIGX Samuel^, second son (and child) of Richard" and
Mary (1st wife), was b. at Ipswich about 1651 and d. Oct. 3,
1716. He m. Sept. 20, 1676, Mary, dau. of John and Sarah
Witt of Lynn, Mass. Samuel lived at Wenham and was ensign
in the militia. He was made freeman in 1682 and held the of-
fices of suiwevor, constable, and selectman.

Ebexezer^, eighth child and fifth son of SamueP and Maiy,
■was b. about 1690 and d. at Hopkinton, Mass., 1769. He m.
Jime 9, 1712, Elizabeth, dau. of Richard Carr of Salisbury,
Mass. He lived in Wenham and Beverlv, but in 1740 removed
to Hopkinton, where he lived the residue of his life. His %vife
suiwived him. He was a veoman and a mason. His children
numbered nine, three sons and six daughters.

BoYCE^, the youngest child of Ebenezer^ and Elizabeth, was
b. in Wenham June 18, 1731, and d. at Slmtesbury, Mass., May

♦Ibid. p. 39.

13, 1802. He m. Dec. 4, 1755, Rebecca Haward, who was b.
Jime 9, 1739, and d. July 23, 1790. He lived in Wenham,
Hoj^kinton, and SJiiitesbiiiy and had twelve children, seven of
whom were sons. Three of his brothers served in the War of
the Revolution.

Rev. Ruel*^,* the eleventh child and seventh son of 60706*^
and Rebecca, was b. Dec. 20, 1778, and d. at Easthampton>
Mass., Oct. 1, 1817. He m. Jan. 1, 1799, Hannah Mather,
dau. of Timothy Mather of Marlboro, Vt. He was a Presby-
terian minister and his charges were at Marlboro, Yt., until
1804, then Leroy, iST. Y., until 1816, and Leyden, 1^. Y., where
he remained until his death. He died while on a visit to his
son, David M. Kimball, of Massachusetts. A brother, Boyce*^,
served in the War of the Revolution

ALONZO,' the fifth child and third son of RueP and Hamiah
was b. in Leroy, iST. Y., ^N'ov. 20, 1808. He was graduated from
Union College, Schenectady, IST. Y., in 1836, and entered An-

*The children of Rev. Ruel and Hannah (Mather) Kimball were:

i Ruel, b. Marlboro, Vt., Dec. 24, 1799. He m. three times, his last
wife, Sarah Lord, having survived him several years. He
d. at Leyden, N. Y., May 1, 1867.
ii Amanda, b. Marlboro, Vt., April 13, 1802. She m., Jan. 13, 1825,
Alanson Merwin and lived to celebrate her golden wedding,
having d. at Leyden, N. Y., April 17, 1878, her husband fol-
lowing her Oct. 7, 1888. She was the mother of Judge Milton
H. Merwin of the Supreme Bench of New York, whose resi-
dence is in Utica. N. Y.
iii Cotton, b. Leroy, N. Y., June 7, 1804. His widow, Ruth, survived

him and reached an age of 97 years,
iv Huldah, b. Leroy, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1806; d. Aug. 22, 1827.
v AloDzo, b. Nov. 20, 1808; m., at Hudson, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1840, Sarah

Weston ; d. Aug. 7, 1900.
vi David Mather, b. Nov. 25, 1810; d. Aug. 1, 1813.

vii David Mather, b. Aug. 26, 1813; twice married, his second wife

having been Charlotte Maria, dau. of Col. Warren Lincoln of

Warren, Mass.; d. Oct. 23, 1857.

viii Lucy, b. July 31, 1815; m. Aug. 12, 1840, Rev. Henry Bannister,

D. D., of Evanston, HI.; d. Oct. 18, 1886. Her husband d. April

. 15, 1883.

ix Marv H., b. Dec, 18, 1817; m. Jan. 8, 1844, Sereno T. Merrill of

Beloit, Wis.; d. Mch. 4, 1852.
X Harriet, b. Jan. 14, 1820; d. Feb. 12, 1823.

xi Martin Luther, b. Sept. 24, 1826; m. (1) Mary Buttrick, and (2)
Jan. 13, 1862, Frances Ann Richards, v/ho survives him. He,
d. at Oshkcsh, Wis., Mch. 18, 1891.

dover Theological Seminary to prepare for the ministry, but
was compelled to abandon his studies in 1839 because of ill
health. In 1840,* while principal of an academy at Lee, Mass.,
he met and married Sarah, daughtx?r of Rev. Isaiah Weston of
Dalton, ;^rass. In 1848 he removed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin,
and two vears later to Green Bay, Wis. Until 1852 he con-
tinned to teach, but at that time he established himself in the
hardware business at Green Bay, which since his death has been
conducted under the firm name, Alonzo Kimball, by his second
son, Charles Theodore **. For more than forty yeai*s Mr. Kim-
ball was a deacon in the First Presbyterian church of Green
Bay, now known as the Union Congregational church.

In 1890 he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary with
the united families of lli^^ five children. His wife died June
27, 1891. He d. at Green Bay, Aug. 7, 1900, and Aug. 9th was
buried from his church home, the Eev. J. M. A. Spence offi-
ciating.

The Unioxist, a bright Congregational magazine published
by memlicrs of his Green Bay church, says of him :

"Gifted souls now passed beyond will fill out the measure of
our testimony in fitting phrase. To them, also, years of asso-
ciation had made Tather Kimball' a loving parent in all but tie
of blood, and though he made few protestations there are many
who treasure memories of unexpected thoughtfulness and affec-
tion.

"In the slight cloud that fell upon the advanced years of our
friend there was little of real bitterness. Weary and restless,
sometimes ; lonely, often, there was yet in the very conceits of
his feebleness a touch of that merry Innghtness which had al-
ways made his companionship most enjoyable.

vr ****** *

"He was a student always ; whether his work as a teacher
made him fond of the young, or his love of youth made him
a successful teacher, this thing is certain, he cherished for books
and children a love that was unusual.

*OGt. 1, 1840.

"His Greek Testament was a pocket companion for scores of
years and there was no self-infliction in its continual perusal.

"Dear old friend ! May the memor>^ of thy Avell-doing prove
an abiding' stimulas to greater service and unselfishness."*

Zhc TIClitt Xtncacje.

Joiix\ the emigrant, was in Lynn in 1650. He was perhaps
selectman of Groton in 1655, but, if so, was soon back in Lynn.

He m, Sarah , and his first child was b. in 1659. He d.

Dec. 2, 1675.

•Maky", dau. of eTohn^ and Sarah, m. Sept. 20, 1676, Ensign
Samuel Kimball.

Continuation. — Ebenezer Kimball, Boyce Kimball, Rev.
Ruel Kimball, Alonzo Kimball.

Zbc Carv Xincaoc»

"Mr." George^, the emigrant, is supposed to have been at
Ipswich in 1633, t and to have owned a house lot there in 1635.1
Ho was a shipwright and received grants of land in Salisbury
in 1610, '41, and '44. He m. Elizabeth, supposed to have been
the dau. of Elder Thomas Oliver of Boston. The son James
Oliver was a captain in King Philip's War and d. in 1682.
Elizabeth was a member of the Salisbury church in 1687.

*See Kimball Family Neivs, vol. iv, pp. 193-5, Jan., 1901.

tThe Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts, by
David W. Hoyt, Providence, 1897, pp. 84, 85, 87.

The Carr Family Records, embracing the record of the first families
who settled in America and their descendants, etc., by Edson I. Carr.
Pp. 540. Rockton, 111., Herald Printing House, 1894.

tThe Carr Records print what purport to be extracts from a family
bible and from a diary of Mrs. William Carr. These are so clearly fab-
rications that one is surprised to find them printed in the work. They
make George Carr and wife, Lucinda Davenport, "Mayflower" pilgrims
and William Carr and wife, "Fortune" pilgrims. It is needless to say
there is ample evidence that they were not emigrants as stated and
the attempt to manufacture by supposed family records "Mayflower"
ancestors cannot be too strongly condemned.

George T\-a3 granted tlie largest island in the Merrimac for a
home and a shipyard. This island received the name Carres
Island and was for a number of generations the Carr home. Its
possession gave the family tlie monopoly of the ferrying busi-
ness, which at George's death was considered to be worth £400.
The large house on Carr's Island was destroyed by fire in 1797.
George d, in Salisbury April 4, 1682 (when his "bro-in-law"
James Oliver was 64 years old), and his widow Elizabeth fol-
lowed ^lay 6, 1691. They had ten children, all bom in Salis-
bury.

Capt. Eichaed^, ninth child of George^ and Elizabeth, was
b. April 2, 1659. He followed his father's vocation of ship-

■^vi'ight. He was m. four times: (1) to Elizal>eth ; (2) to

Dorothy , who d. Aug. 3, 1694; (3) to 'Mrs. Sarah Healey;

and (4), to Sarah Greely. He d. in Salisbury Sept. 11, 1727,
a month after the death of his fourth wife.

Elizabeth^, oldest child of Capt. Richard^ and Dorothy,
was b. in Salisbury Jime 9, 1691. She m. June 9, 1712, Eben-
ezer Kimball. She was living in 1731.

Continuation. — Bovce Kimball, Eev, Ruel Kimball, Alonzo
Kimball.

^be Iba^wart) Xincagc (Milliam).

William^ was of Braintree, ]Mass., in 1648. Owing to the
confusion with Howard and Haward, considerable uncertainty
exists regarding the first two generations. That given here is
furnished me by Mr. S. P. Sharpies, the well known genealo-
gist. William m. Margery (according to Savage, ^fargery
Thayer) and Avas drowned in 1659. He had several children.

William^, probably the son of William^ and Margeiy, was

of Swanzey and m. Sarah . His oldest daughter was

Margery.

JoxATiiAX^, son of William- and Sarah, according to Ballon,
was of Swajizey and came to Milford when yet a minor as far

♦Ballou's History of Milford, pp. 805-6.

back as 1G02. He probably o^^^led several hundred acres. He
m. (1) Trial Rockwood, dan. of tlie fii*st John Rockwood of
Mendon. She was b. in 1676 or 1677. He m. (2) Grace .

Jonathan^, second child of Jonathan^ and Trial, was b.
April 8, 1699. He m. Jan. 22, 1717, Lydia Albee, and d.
Xov. 24, 1750. His widow d. in Donglas, Oct. 3, 1776.

Rebecca °, ninth child of Jonathan"* and Lydia, was b. at
Milford, Mass., Jnne 9, 1739. She m. at Hopkinton. Dec. 4,
1755, Bovce Kimball. She d. Jnlv 23, 1790.

Continuation. — Rev. Rnel Kimball, Alonzo Kimball.

^bc 1Rocfuvoo^ ilRochcti Xincagc*

RicnAED* was ope of the first settlers of Dorchester and per-
haps a brother of John of Dorchester. He was in Dorchester
as early as 1635, but removed to Braintrec in 1643. He m.
in 1636 or early in 1637 Agnes, the widowf of Zachary Bick-
nell of Weymouth, the emigrant ancestor of the American Bick-
nells. She had come in the ship "Assurance" from Gravesend,
Jvent, Eng., in the spring of 1635, together with her husband,
Zachary Bicknell, their son John, and a servant. She was then
37 years of age. They belonged to a company of 106 emi-
grants, mainly from the counties of Dorset and Somerset, un-
der the pastoral care of Rev. Joseph Hull. Agues d. July 9,
1643.

The name of the family was frequently spelled Rochet or
Rockettj though it appears that the family wrote the name Rock-
wood.

JoHN^, only child of Richard^ and Agues, was b. Dec. 1,
1641. He was one of the earliest proprietors of Mendon, but
Avas driven away under great losses by the savages during King
Philip's War in 1675-6. He returned in 1678-9, purchased

*Savage, Genealogical Dictionary; Ballou's History of Milford, pp.
805, 996; A Memorial of a Respectable and Respected Family and es-
pecially of Joshua Bicknell. compiled by Thomas Williams Bicknell,
pp. 21 and xvi. Boston, 1880. Hist, of Dorchester, pp. 39, 80.

tSavage says dau. instead of widow.

land of James Albee, and settled on Muddy Brook, !Mendon. He
prospered and became an extensive land owner.

Tkial^, dau. of John^, was b. in 1676 or 1677. She m.
Jonathan Hay ward. Her husband survived her and ni. (2)
Grace .

Conlinuadon. — Jonathan Hayward, licbccca Ilayward, Rev.
Ruel Kimball, Alonzo Kimball.

Zbc Hlbce XineaGC.

Bexjamix^ Albee or Alby, the common ancestor, is first
mentioned as of Braintree, 1641, and made freeman there in
1642. His nativitv is somewhat uncertain and it is not clear
whether he was the emigrant ancestor. He removed to Med-
field in 1649. In 1664 he became interested in Mendon, and
made an agreement to erect and maintain a corn mill on Mill
River. He built a large dam and mill, the first water power
grain mill in all those parts. The plantation afterward voted )
him a bounty of fifty acres of land for building and maintain- /
ing the mill. Benjamin was also a pnblic land surveyor. He
was one of the first selectmen of Mendon and held other offices.
His buildings were all burned by the savages in King Philip's
War. He fled to Medfield, at which place he probably died.
His wife's name was probably Hannah .

James-, oldest son of Benjamin \ was b. at Braintree, prob-
ably between 1640 and 1649. He m. in ]\Iedfield Oct. 18, 1671,
Hannali Cook. All his father's property Avas deeded to him.
He was a man of large landed possessions and social influence.
He d. probably about 1720.

Lydia^, youngest child of James ^ and Hannah, was b. in
Mendon about 1G90. She m., Jan. 22, 1716, Jonathan Hay-
ward, 3rd,

Continuation. — Rebecca Ilavward, Rev. Ruel Kimball,
Alonzo Kimball. j

♦Ballou's History of Milford, p. 522 et seq. \

Z\)c (loo\\ Xincage,

The ancestry of Hannah Cook who in 1G71 m. James Albee''
at Medfield, has not been ascertained. It seems improbable
that she had been long a resident of Medfield and it is quite
likely that she was among those who left tlie outlying settlement
of Mendon (now Milford) when the threatening attitude of the
Indians developed in the IGTO's. Medfield was settled largely
from Dedham about 1('»50. There were no Cooks among its^
early settlers, nor were tliere indeed among the early settlers
of Dedham. In Mendon (Milford), on the contrary, Cooks
were verv numerous, the greater nTunber beina; descended from
Walter Cook who was of Weymouth in 1643. Benjamin Albee,
a founder of Milford and the father-in-law of Hannah Cook,
not only had been a resident of Weymouth, but between 1649
and 1664 or 1665 he had been a resident of Medfield. Med-
field was the town througli which the Mendon settlers had com-
munication with the civilization to the east of them, and when
King Philip's War broke out in 1675 it was to Medfield that
they fled for refuge. If descended from Walter Cook, Hannah
must have been his dau., from the early date of her marriage.
His first dau. and second child had that name. Walter was of
Weymouth in 1643, was admitted freeman in 1653, and settled
in Mendon as early as 1664.

fTDaternal Hncestt^ of Hlonso

IRimbaU.

ITbe flDatbcr XincaQC.

The Mather family has included many brilliant men.*
Dr. Increase Mather^, son of Eev. Richard Mather, and his
sons, Dr. Cotton Mather and Eev. Xathaniel Mathert, are so
well known as to require no treatment here. The English home
of the family was in Lowton, Win^^'ick Parish, Lancashire, Eng-
land, where it is of record that Thomas, the father, and John,
the grandfather, of the American ancestor resided. The fam-
ily arms as preserved in the family of the early Mathers of Bos-
ton are described thus:!

Arms: — Ermine on a fesse wavy Azure, three lions rampant, Or.
Cbest: — A lion sedant, Or.

Tnis coat of arms is found in MS. : "Promptuarium Arm-
orum," and is there recorded as the arms of Wm. Mather of

*See Lineage of Rev. Richard Mather, by Horace E. Mather, pp. 539,
Hartford, 1890.

tSee A Colonial Boyhood. Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 88 (1901), p. 651.
JLineage of Rev. Richard Mather, p. 27.

Salop, 1602. The motto is sometimes given ''Sunt Fortia Pec-
iora Nobis," and sometimes "Virtus Vera Nohilitas Est."

Although the ancestor of the family settled at Dorchester, his
grandsons removed to Connecticut and founded the "Windsor,
Lyme, and SufReld branches of the Mather family. All the
Mathers now livino; are descended from Timothv Mather- of
Dorchester, the "Farmer Mather," the other lines having ended
at the death of Samuel blather, the grandson of Dr. Cotton
Mather. ^lany persons claim descent from Dr. Cotton Mather,
but they are in error, though some are descended from Mathers
who bore the name of Cotton.

Rev. Richard', the American ancestor of the Mathers, was
b. in Lowton, Winwick Parish, Lancashire, England, in 1596.
He m. (1) Sept. 29, 1624, Catherine, dau. of Edmund Holt
of Bury, England, from whom this branch of the family is de-
scended. They came to America from Bristol, reaching Boston
Aug. 17, 1635, and settling at Dorchester. The wife Catherine,
who bore all the children of Rev. Richard ^Mather, died in 1655,
and he m. (2) the widow of Rev. John Cotton. All his sons
who came to mature age, five in number, were ministers, with the
exception of Timothy, the "Fanner." Timothy's brother. In-
crease, was the president of Harvard College and a great man
in the Colony. Richard' died April 22, 1669.

Timothy", second son of Rev. Richard' and Catherine, was
b. in Liverpool, England, 1628, and d. in Dorchester, Mass.,
Jan. 14, 1684. He m. (1) Elizabeth, the dau. of Maj. Gen.
Humphrey Atherton of Dorchester, who bore all his children,
five sons and one daughter. In March, 1678-9, he m. (2)
Elizabeth, dau. of Amiel Weeks.

Atherton^, youngest son of Timothy^ and Catherine, was
b. at Dorchester, Oct. 4, 1663, and d. at Suffield, Conn., 'Nor.

9, 1734. He m. (1) ; (2) Sept. 20, 1694, Rebecca Stough-

ton, dau. of Thomas Stonghton; and (3) October 24, 1705,
Mary Lamb of Roxbury, Mass. He removed to Suffield in 1712
and founded the Suffield branch of the Mather family. He rep-
resented the town of Suffield in Boston for four years in the Gren-

eral Court. He was a cousin of Dr. Cotton Mather. He had
five sons and three daughters.

William*, oldest son of Atherton^ and Rebecca, was b. at
Windsor, Ct., March 2, 1698, and d. at Suffield, Ct., in 1747.
He m., Nov. 7, 1721, Silence Buttolph, dau. of David Buttolph
of Simsbury, Ct., and had six sons and one daughter.

Timothy^, oldest son of William* and Silence, was b. at
Greenmch, N. J., Aug. 4, 1722, and lived at Suffield, Ct. He
m. (1) Oct. 25, 1748, Hannah Fuller, who d. April 7, 1757.
By her he had two sons and two daughters. March C, 1760, he
m. widow Lucy Kellogg, by whom he had thre© sons.

Timothy®, second son (fourth child) of Timothy ° and Han-
nah, was b. at Suffield, Ct., March 2, 1757, and d. March 8,
1818. In 1779 he m. Hannah, dau. of Dea. John. Church, who
d. Oct., 1827. He lived at Marlboro, Vt., and had six sons
and four daughters. (See p. 31.) /

Hannah^, second dau. (second child) of Timothy® and Han-
nah, was b. in Marlboro, Vt., July 1, 1781. She lived at Ley-
den, N. Y., and d. March 9, 1680. She m. Jan. 1, 1799, Rev.
Ruel Kimball, who d. Oct. 1, 1847. They had six sons and
five daughters.

Continuation. — Alonzo KimbalP.

Zbc atbcrton Xincaoc

Ma J. Gen. Humphrey^. There is strangely enough but lit-
tle known of the antecedents of this eminent man. His name
first appears on the church records of Dorchester in
1636. He appears to have come from Winwick parish,
England, and to have reached Boston in the sliip "James,"
Capt. Taylor, Aug. 7, 1635. He was admitte<l freeman and
granted lands in Dorchester in 1637. He was Captain of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company from 1650-1658,

♦This account is taken from the History of Dorchester, Mass., by a
Committee of the Dorchester Antiquarian and Historical Society, Bos-
ton, 1859, pp. 102-104. See also Pope's Pion. Mass., p. 22.

and commenced the first train band formed in Dorcliester in
1644. He commanded the Suifolk Regiment with the title of
Major General and was the chief military officer in New Eng-
land. He was depnty to the General Conrt in 1638 and 1641,
and in 1659 he was chosen Speaker. His Avife was Mary
AVales.

He wa* much respected for his religions character and pub-
lic spirit and was often employed by the Colonial Government
in civil and military matters. lie had great skill and experience
in the treatment of the Indians, and manifested much human-
ity and sympathy for their ignorant and degraded condition,
but exercised great energy and decision of character when neces-
sary. His efforts to instruct them were referred to in the New
England Confederation, and Eliot applied to him in behaK of
the Xeponsett tribe. He was employed in several expeditions
against the Xarragansett Indians. In 1645 the Commissioners
of the United Colonies appointed a council of war, with Capt.
Standish at the head and Leverett and Atherten of Massachu-
setts and Mason of Connecticut.

The general's death in southern Boston on Sept. 16, 1661, was
occasioned by a fall from his horse. On his gravestone is the
following effusion :

Here lyes ovr Captaine, & Major of Svffolk was withall;

A Godly Magistrate was he, and Major General!,

Two Troops of Hors with him heare came, svch worth his love did

crave ;
Ten Companyes of Foot also mourning marcht to his grave.
Let all that Read be sure to keep the Faith as he has don.
With Christ he lives now Crowned, his name was RvrnpTirey Atherton.

Elizabeth-, dau. of Humphrey^ and Mary, was bapt. at
Winwick, Eng., Dec. 26, 1629 ; m. Timothy Mather.f

Contimiation. — Atherton ^Mather, William Mather, Timothy
Mather, Timothy Mather, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

tSee p. 6. Also Pope's Pion. Mass., p. 22.

Zbc Stoiujbton Xincaoc*

Ensign Thomas', tlio emigrant, was at Dorchester in 1G30
and a freeman in 1 G;31. In the same vear he was constable and
fined for undertaking to marry a conple. He was called "An-
cient" or Ensign. He was one of the first settlers of Windsor,
going there in 1640, and member of the first conrt held in the
River Colony. The old Stone Fort of Windsor stood on his
lot. He d. at Windsor March 25, 16G1.

His brother Israel was one of the prominent men of Dor-
chester, and as Captain was Commander-in-Chief of the success-
ful expedition against the Pequot Indians. He was after-
wards Lieutenant-Colonel in the Parliamentary forces under
Cromwell. Col. Israel's son was Governor of the Colony of
Massachusetts, and as Chief Justice acquired a fearful notoriety
in connection with the witchcraft craze. The arms of tlie
Stoughtons are as follows:!

Arms: — Azure, a cross engr. erm.
Crest: — A robin redbreast, ppr.

Thomas^, son of Thomas^ was 1). in England. He had his
father's homestead in Windsor, which has remained in the pos-
session of his descendants. He ni., ]!^ov. 30, 1055, Mary Wads-
worth. Thev had four sons and three daughters b. between
1657 and 1673. He d. Sept. 15, 1684.

Rebecca^, youngest child of Thomas^ and Mary, was b. June
19, 1673. She m. Sept. 20, 1694, Atherton Mather. She d.
in 1704.

Continuation. — William Mather, Timothy Mather, Timoth\
IVFather, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

♦Trumbull's Hist, of Hartford Co., Ct, vol. H, p. 558. The History
and Genealogies of Ancient Windsor, Conn., by H. R. Stiles, Hartford,
1892, pp. 721-725. Drake's Hist, of Boston. Hist, of Dorchester, p. 86.

t Drake's Hist, of Boston, p. 210.
Burke's Landed Gentry, p. 1164.

Zhc lXIla^6vvortb Xincaoc;^

William^, the ancestor, accompanied ^[r. Daniel Gookin to
the Virginia PLintation in 1621, arriving in the ''Flying
Harte" Xov. 22n(l of that year. In Ilotten's List of Emi-
grants to America, 1600-1700, William Wadsworth is associ-
ated with Daniel Gookin and stands first on the list said to have
come in the "Flying llarte." Witli Gookin he took np his set-
tlement at Xewport Xews. Fonr months after his arrival,
Mch. 2Snd, 1622, came the sndden attack by the Indians upon
the plantation in which three hundred and forty-nine of the col-
onists were massacred. Gookin with his followers, some tliirty-
fivft in all, would not obey the order of the council to abandon
the outlying posts but "thought himself sufficient against what
could hapix>n, and so did to his great credit and the content of
his adventures. ''t William a^ipoars to have returned with
Gof>kin to England in the "Sea Flower" in July, 1622. In
1632 William again started for the new world, this time in the
ship "Lion," which reached Boston Sept. 16, 1632. He settled
in Candjridge with the Rev. Thomas Hooker's company and on
Nov. 6th took the oath of a freeman. He was one of the first
selectmen of Cambridge and in 1636 was one of Hooker's corn-
pan}' of one hundred of both sexes and all ages who traveled
over a hundred miles through a trackless wilderness to found
the city of Hartford. They carried no giiide but the compass.
According to Tiiimbullt tliey drove with them one hundred and
sixty head of cattle and by the way subsisted on the milk of
their cows. Making their way through swamps, over hills and
through dense woods they were nearly a fortnight upon the jour-
ney. William's age was about forty-one years at this time, he
having been b. in 1695. Little is known of his first wafe, but it

*Two Hundred and Fifty Years of the Wadsworth Family in America,
by Horace Andrev/ Wadsworth, pp. 257, Lawrence, Mass., 1883.
t Smith's History of Virginia, vol. II, p. 76.
JHist. of Conn., vol. I, pp. 64, 65.

is probable that he m. in Enolaiid, as ho possessed a house and
homo soon after he settled at Cambridge. l>_v lier he had four
children. lie m. (2). in 1044, Elizal)eth, dan. of Rev. Samuel
Stone of Hartford, by \\b<nii lie had six ehildren, inclndini>; ('aj)t.
Josepli. Tlie mother Elizabeth, according to an old record, died
in 1651I. William^ resided in Hartford till his death in 1075
when eighty years old. Savage* says of him, "He seems to
have lived in the highest esteem; no man more often chosen
rejjre^entative, for between Oct., 10.50, and May, 1075, hardly
a year misses his services." It ^vas his son, Capt. Joseph, who
saved the liberties of Connecticut by caiTying away and con-
cealing in the hollow of an oak the Connecticut charted*. Gen.
James S. Wadsworth, the disting-uished division commander
who M'as killed in the Battle of the Wilderness, was a descendant
in the sixth generation from "William.

Mary", dau. of William^ and first wife, was b. about 1G32.
She m., alx)ut 1050, Thomas Stoughton.

Continuation. — Rebecca Stoughton, William MatheT, Tim-
othy ]Mather, Tim-Othy ]^lathor, Hannah blather, Alonzo Kim-
ball.

ITbe Buttolpb Xincagc^t

Thomas^, the emigrant, was b. in 1003 and came over in the
"Abigail" from London in 1035. He was a freeman in Boston
in 1041. He d. in 10t;7, and his will was probated in Boston,

June 25, 1007. The will of his wife Ann , who came

Avitli liiin fn)iii Eng., was probated Nov. 10, 10.^0.

Lieut. Johx", son of Thomas^ and Ann, was b. Feb. 28,
1030. Ho m. (1), Oct. 10, 1003, Hannah Gardner. She d.
in Welhersfield, whore he had settled, June 0, lOSl. They had
five children: Jonathan, Joseph, John, David, and George.
He m. (2), June 27, 1082, Abigail , and had Abigail

♦Genealogical Dictionary, vol. IV, p. 38.

tSavage, Gen. Diet., vol. I. p. 323; Hinman, Puritan Settlers of Con-
necticut, p. 461.

and James. lie d. Jan. IS, 1G82, and his wife Abigail fol-
lowed June 5, 1687. He was a man of wealth in those days,
his estate being valued at £1,042. He owned lands in Wetliers-
iield, Kartford, Glastonbury, Lancaster, and Boston.

David", son of Lieut. John and Hannah, was b. in 16T0. He

m. Marv , and d. 1717. He removed from Wethers-

field to Simsbury.

Silence"*, dau. of David^ and jNlary, m., Xov. 7, 1721, Will-
iam ]Mat]ier.

Continuation-. — Timothy blather, Timothy IMather, Kaanah
Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

Thomas \ the ancestor, a husbandman, was from Weymouth,
Dorsetshire, England, where the Gardners had lived for more
than three centuries. He came to America in the spring of
1024- as superintendent of the planting of the colony sent out
b_\- the Western Adventurers of Dorchester, England. He was
at Cape Ann the following summer and winter with thirteen
men under him. At the close of the year he was succeeded by
Eoger Conant, who also held office only a year when the under-
taking was abandoned. Tliom.as then settled (1620) at Salem
and appears in the earliest records as proprietor. He d. in
1035.

Tiio^rAs", son of Thomas \ was b. in England in 1592 and d.
in 1674. He was an eminent merchant of Boston. He m. (1)
Margaret and (2) Mrs. Damaris Shattuck.

George'*, son of Thomas", was b. and d. Aug. 20, 1070.

He came to Hartford in 1673. He m. Elizal>eth Orne,* who,
some claim, was the widow of his brother Thomas. She was
probably dau. of Dea. John Orne of Salem who died 1G85.

♦According to the History of Hartford Co., Ct. he m. in 1671 Eliza-
beth Allen of Boston, who was the v.idow by second marriage of Rev.
Samuel Stone ( m. 1611). Horace E. Mather, the genealogist, gives the
marriage with Elizabeth Orne. The will of John Orne is printed in the
Essex Coll., IV, p. 68.

George was a mereliant in Hartford. In his Avill he gives £300
to his dan., ^frs. Buttol]ili.

Hanxaii^ was dan. of Georjie'"' and Elizabeth. She m. Oct.
10, 16Go, ]>ieut, John Biittolph.

Continuation. — David Bnttolpli, Silence Buttolph, Timothy
Mather, Timothy Mather, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

cThc ifuUer Xineage;^

Joiin\ the first settler of the line in America, came in the
''Abigail" in lOoS and settled at Ipswich, Essex Co., Mass.,
in l()i]7. He m. Elizabeth, dan. of Thomas Emei*son. Their
children mentioned in his will, proven at Salem Sept. 25, 1GG6,
were John, James, William, Thomas, Joseph, Snsannah, Eliza-
beth, and Sarah. He d. Jnne 4, 16G6.

Joseph", son of Jolrn^ and Elizabeth, was b. about 1648.
He m. in 1685 Mary Wood.

Joseph^, son of Joseph" and Mary, removed to Snffield, Ct.,
where he m., Sept. 18, 1715, Bathsheba Hanchett, and d. Mch.
7, 1744. Their children were Mary, Bathsheba, Mary, Sarah,
Hannah, and Joseph.

Hannah"*, dan. of Joseph" and Bathsheba, m. Oct. 25, 1748,
Timoth}' Mather. She d. April 7, 1757, and her husband remar-
ries!.

Continuation. — Timothy Mather, Hannah ]\Iather, Alonzo
Kimball.

♦This lineage differs from that given by Sheldon, the Snffield CConn.)
historian, who gives for the ancestor, John Fuller of Newton, Mass.,
(d. 1696). The lineage here given is based on extensive searches by Mr.
Horace E. Mather of Hartford, who has examined the records at Salem,
Northampton, and Springfield, and who is convinced that this is the
correct line. He finds also that another of John's family, Elizabeth,
removed to Suffield. See Pope's Pioneers of Massachusetts, p. 178.

(The lEincreon Xincacje.*

Thomas ^ the ancestor, was probably b. at Sedgcfield Parish,
Co. Durham, Eng-land, and d. at Ipswich, Mass., IMay 1, 16GG.
Tradition says he came to America from England in the "Eliz-
abeth Ann" in 1035. He was at Ipswicli as early as 1638
when 80 acres of land was granted him. lie m. l)efore coming

to America Elizabeth who survived him. The poet,

lialph Waldo Emerson, was his descoiuhint in the seventh gen-
eration, and Prof. Benjamin Kendall Emerson, tlie well known
geologist, a discendant of the eighth generation.

Ei.iZAKETii-, dau. of Tlnnnas^ and Elizabeth, was b. in Eng-
land. She m., ]n-obably in England, John Fuller, who later re-
sided at Rocky Hill, Ipswich. He d. June 4, 1006, she surviv-
ing him.

Continuation. — Joseph Fuller, Joseph Fuller, Hannah Ful-
ler, Timothy Mather, Hannah ^Father, Alonzo Kimball.

<rbe IXXoob XincatjC.

Thomas^, was of Kowley, Mass., in 1054. He was b. about;
1635, and m. Ann April 7, 1054. They had eleven chil-
dren. The -,\ife's name was probably Hunt and she appears
to have been from Ipswich. Thomas d. in 1087 and was buried
Sept. 12th of that year. The wife d. Dec. 28, 1714.

Mary, oldest child of Thomas^ and Ann, was b. in Rowley
Jan. 15, 1055. Amasa Wood's genealogy says of her: "Her
history is entirely unknown,"! and the evidence that she m.
Joseph Fuller is that Joseph Fuller of the adjacent town of Ips-
wich (her mother's home also) m. a Mary Wood Oct. 1, 1035,

*The Ipswich Emersons A. D. 1636-1900, etc., by Beiijamiu Kendall
Emerson, assisted by Capt. Geo. A. Gordon, Secretary N. E. Hist.
Geneal. Soc, pp. 537, Boston, 1900.

fBrief History of the Descendants of Thomas Wood and Ann his wife,
by Amasa Wood, p. 34, Worcester, Daniel Seagrave, Printer, 1884.

at Avliicli time slie was thii-ty years of age. Joseph was b. in
1045.

Continuatioiv. — Joseph Fuller, Hannah Fuller, Timothy
Mather, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball,

Z\)c Ibaucbett Xineaoc*

Dea. Thomas^ and his sons John and Thomas were original
proprietors of the town of Snffield, Hartford Co., Ct.f Dea.
Thomas, Sr., was, probably, a brother of John of Boston. He
was in Wetherstield in 104!) but removed to New London in
1051. He remained at Xew London three years and is next
heard from at Northampton, 1000. He was deacon in 1068.
He removed to Westfield, and \\'ith the founding of SufHeld in
1071 to that place. His Avife was Deliverance Langton. He
d. at Suffield, June 11, 1080.

JoHN^, oldest son of Dea. Thomas^ and Deliverance, was b.
at Wethersfield, Sei)t. 1, 1049. While living at Westfield he
m. (1), in 1077 Esther Pritchet of Suffield. There they had
two children, but removed in lOSO to Sufiield, where he was a
freeman and a voter at the first town meeting. He held many
offices and was deac<)n for manv vears. He had six children
born at Suffield. His first wife d. Xov. 2*J, 1711, and he m.
(2) Mrs. .Mary Hannon, who d. Sept. 17, 1730. He m. (3)
Mrs. Sarah Tayler who d. Jan 0, 1733, and (4) Mrs. Mary
Southwell, who survived him. He d. Oct. 23, 1744, aged 95.
His house lot at Suffield was as late as 1879 in the possession
of Betsev Hanchett, his descendant of the fifth generation.

Bathsitkba-'^, (lau. of John^ and Esther, m. Sept. 18, 1715,
Joseph Fuller.

Coniinuatioiv. — Hannah Fuller, Timothy Mather, Hannah
Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

*TIie Loomis Family, Female Branches, vol. I, p. 275. Al?o. Docu-
mentary History of Suffield, etc., 1660-1G79, by Hezeklah Spencer Shel-
don, pp. 3o, 81. Springfield, 1879.

Z\K Xanoton Xtncaoc.*

George \ the ancestor, was one of the early settlers of Weth-
ersfiekl bnt removed to Springfield and Avas at the latter place
in KjJG. lie was a toAvn officer in 1050. His first ynie he
married either in England or shortly after coming to America.
Of her children was Deliverance who m. Dea. Thomas Ilan-
chett. He m. (2), Jnne 20, KJ-IS, the widow llaynes of
Springfield, llis will dated Xov. 28, 1G7G, made l)eqnests to
his wife, son Thomas Planchett, daughters Corber, Prichett and
Easter Ilannam, son John, and grandson Samuel Langton.

Deliverance", dan. of George^ and first wife, m. Dea.
Thomas Hanchett. Their elder child was h. in 1()49.

Continuation. — John Hanchett, Bathsheba Hanchett, Han-
nah Fnller, Timothy Mather, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimbalh

Zbc il^ricbar^ (jpricbctt) XtucaGC.

The Prichard line while not proven is with great probability
as given below. The Springfield Prichards, from whom it was
first thought Esther misht have been descended, had no daughter
Esther of which records are foimd.

Sgt. William^ was of Lynn in 1G45, but removed to Ipswich
before 1048 as he was a subscriber in 1048 to the fund to re-
tain Maj. Gen. Denison in charge of Military Affairs. He had
two shares in Plum Island (Ipswich) in 1004. Various rec-
ords of land grant^s made to him are found. Ho was one of
the first settlers of Brookfield, Mass., was Clerk of the Writs
and Sergeant in the military company. He was killed by the
Indians, together with his son Samuel, Aug. 3, 1075. He had
nine children: John, Samuel, William, Joseph, Elizabeth,
Sarah, Mary, Hannah, and Esther. His son William m. Eliza-
beth, dau. of Edward Allen or Allyn of Suffield (a soldier un-

• Savage, Genealogical Dictionary; Pope's Pion. Ivlass., p. 277.

dor Cromwell), hence probably lie had previously removed from
Brookfield to Snffield takinaj his youngest sister, Esther, with
him, as there are no Prichards recorded at Suffield before Will-
iam and Esther.

Esther^, probably the youngest dau. of William^ m. in 10Y7
while at Suffield JdIiu llanchett of Westfield.

Continuation. — Bathsheba llanchett, Hannah Euller, Timo-
thy Mather, Ilannali Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

Zbc Cburcb Xtneaac*

Richard % the emigrant, was an original proprietor of Hart-
ford, Ct., in 1637. He removed in 1659 with the ''Withdraw-
©rs" to Iladley, Mass., and d. there Dec. 16, 1667. He m. Anne
who d. in Hatfield, Mch. 10, 1684, in her Sith year.

Samuel^, son of Richard^ and Anne, was freeman of Con-
necticut in 1657, and d. Apr. 13, 1684. He m. Mary, dau. of
Josiah Churchill. His son Richard was killed by Indians Oct.
15, 1696.

Benjamin^, son of Samuel^ and Mary, was b. Sept. — , 1680,
and d. Jan. 15, 1755. He m. (1), Jan. 13, 1709, Miriam
Hovey; (2), Sept. 23, 1714, Hannah Dickinson (b. Sept. 6,

1684) ; and (3), May 29, 1724, Sarah , widow of Elisha

Perkins.

Dea. John^, son of Benjamin^ and Hannah, was b. Sept. 23,
1716. He m. Mch. 24, 1741, Jemima Montague (b. Jan. 28,
1719). Dea. John d. May 6, 1779, aged 63. He removed
from South Hadlcy to Marlboro, Vt., and was first deacon of the
church there. His children were Joseph, Moses, Jemima, and
Hannah.t

Haxnau^, dau. of John* and Jemima, was b. in South Had-
ley, Mass., Xov. 26, 1756, and d. Oct. 13, 1827. She m. in
1779 Timothy IMather. Land records at jMarlboro show that in
1783 John Church deeded real estate to his sons Moses and
Joseph and to his son-in-law, Timothy Mather.

Continuation. — Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

♦Sylvester Judd's History of Hadley. Northampton, 1S63, pp. 460-461.
tHistory of Windham Co., Vt., p. 448.

Zbc Churcbill Xincaoc.

■\^

Jo8iAH^, the American ancestor came from Devonshire, Eng-
land, where John Cluirchill, avIio became Duke of Marlborough,
was b. June 24, 1G50. The Duke's father, Winston Churchill,
and Josiah must have been about of the same age, and it is a
tradition in the American family that they were of the same
family. Josiah settled in Wetherstield in 1G30 and, it is sup-
posed, came to this countiy shortly before. He appears to have
been a prominent man in the community. He was b. in Eng-
land about 1614, m. in 1638 Elizabeth Foote, and d. Jan. 1,
1686.

Mary*, oldest child of Josiah^ and Elizabeth, was b. Mch.
24, 1639. She m., probably about 1664, Samuel Church of
Hadley.

Coniinuaiioin. — Benjamin Church, Dca. John Church, Han-
nah Church, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

tTbc footc Olincaoct

l^ATiiANiEi.^ came to this country from England probably
about 1633, since he was a freeman at WatertowTi in 1634. He
was a descendant of James Foote io whom a coat of arms was
given by King James. Nathaniel was b. probably in 1593 and
m. in England Elizabeth Doming, sister of John Deming, who
m. Honor Treat. Elizabeth was b., probably in 1595, and d.
in Jan., 1683. Nathaniel removed from Watertown to become
one of the original settlers of Wethersfield, Ct. He was one
of the patentees of the Connecticut charter. He l^ecame a mag-
istrate, and in 1641, was Representative to the General Court,
a position w-hich he held till his death in 1644. His widow be-
came the second w^ife of Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut. •

♦Hodge Genealogy, by Orlando John Hodge, Boston, 1900, pp. 356-7.
See also Judd's History of Hadley, p. 460.
t Hodge Genealogy, pp. 354-5.

Elizabeth^, oldest child of Xathaniel and Elizabeth, was b.
about 161 G. She m., ia 1G38, Josiah Churchill, and d. Sept.
8, 1700.

Continuation. — Mary Churchill, Benjamin Church, Dca.
John Church, Hannah Cliureh, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kim-
ball.

Zbz '^ic^kxwi^ow Xtneagc.

The Dickinsons of Xew England are descended from Xathan-
iel and Anna Dickinson who settled in Wethersfield in 163G.*
Kathaniel's pedigree in England has been traced bv Mr. Whar-
ton Dickinson of i^s^ew York C'ity from Walter de Caen, the great
great gi'andson of the Scandinavian Kolf or Rollo who overran
Normandy in 910. Walter do Caen (Walter de Kenson in
England from the name of his manor in Yorkshire) accompa-
nied William the Conqueror to England. From Walter de
Kenson the pedigree is traced through a line of freeholders to
Xathaniel Dickinson, the American ancestor, and the fourteenth
in desc-ent. The Dickinson amis are :

Arms: — Azure, a fesse ermine- betv/een two lions passant, or,
Crest: — A deml lion rampant perpale erminols et azure.

Xatiia^'iel, the ancestor, was b. in Ely, Cambridge, Eng-
land, in 1600. He m. at East Bergholat, Suffolk, Jan., 1G30,
Anna, widow of William Gull. In 1630 he came in the fleet
of Gov. John Winthrop to Salem and settled at Watertown
where he remained until 1635-36, wdien he removed to Wethers--
field, Ct. In 1650 ho went wifh ''the withdrawers" to Hadloy,
Mass., being of the original committee to lay out the town. He
held many offices both at Wethersfield and Hadley. At the lat-
ter place he was a member of the Hamj)shire Troop, an assessor,
a town magistrate, and of the first Board of Trustees of the Hop-
kins' Academy. All of his nine sons took an active part in

♦The Descendants of Thomas Dickinson, son of Nathaniel and Anna
Gull Dickinson of Wethersfield. Ct.. and Hadley. Mass. [Corap. by Fred-
erick Dickinson, 20 Bryant Ave., Chicago], 1897, pp. 144.

King Philip's War, the two eldest aiul the youngest being killed
in it. Nathaniel d. at Hadley June 16, 1676. Says Trum-
bull,* ''The people of Wethersfield should remember with pride
the part taken in the war of 1675-1677 by this family."

Nehesiiah^, son of XathanieP and Anna, was b. 1643. He
m. 1670 at Iladley Sarah Cowles. He was a soldier in King
Philip's AVar and v/as in the Falls (Turner's)- Fight May 19,
1676.

Hannah^, eighth child of Xehemiah" and Sarah, was b. Sept.
6, 1684. She m., Sept. 23, 1714, Benjamin Church.

CoMimiation. — Dea. John Church, Hannah Church, Hannah
Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

XTbe Covvles (Cole) 'Etneaoct

JoKN^ the first settler, was at Farmington, Ct., in 1652,
from whence he removed about 1664 to Hatfield, Mass. He
was freeman there in 1666 and d. in September, 1675. His
T/ife v/as Hannah , who made her will at Hartford in 1680.

Mary", fourth ohild of John^ and Hannah, m., in 1670, Xehe-
miah Dickinson.

Continuation. — Hannah Dickinson, Dea, John Church, Han-
nah Church., Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

*M8morial Hist, of Hartford Co., vol. II, p. 455.

tJudd's Hist, of Harlley. p. 471. See also, The Descendants of
Thomas Dickinson, p. 87.

Zbc flDontaouc Xineagc,

Richard^ the emigrant Montague of the New England
branch of the family, was b. about 1614 in Boveuoy, Parish of
Bumham, Buckinghamshire, England, where his ancestors had
resided for several generations. They in turn were descended
from the Montagiis of Normandy through Drogo de Montagu
(or Monteacuto) who was b. about 1040 and became the trusted
companion, follower and intimate friend of Robert, Earl of
Moritan, the favorite brother of William, Duke of Normandy
(William the Conqueror). The pedigree of the family traced
from Drogo (1040) is given in the Montague Genealogy.*

The arms of the family were:
Argent, three fusils in fess gules, between three pellets (or ogresses). t

Richard Avas the son of Peter Montagnie and Eleanor Allen
(dau. of William Allen of Burnham, Enc;land). It is supposed
that Richard came to America about 1G;34 with his brother, but
no record exists earlier than 1046 v.dien he removed with his
wife from Wells, Me., to Boston. His wife was Abigail, dau.
of Rev. Dr. Downing of Nor\\-ich, Eng. Richard removed in
1651 to Wethersfield, Conn., and withdrew from there with the
fifty-nine Avho founded Hadley, Mass. His dwelling house
which stood at Hadley for a century and a half was pulled down
in 1830. He served as selectman and clerk of writs (toAvn
clerk) and d. at Hadley Dec. 14, 1681. His widow d. Nov. 8,
1694. During King Philip's War, Richard baked the biscuits
for the soldiers of the campaign.

JoHN^, youngest child of Richard^ and Abigail, was b. in
Wethersfield about 1655, and removed to Hadley with his par-

♦History and Genealogy of the Montague Family of America, de-
Bcended from Richard Montague of Hadley, Mass., and Peter Montague
of Lancaster Co., Va. Compiled by Geo. Wm. Montague, revised and
edited by Professor Wm. L. Montague of Amherst College. Amherst,
1886. Also by the same author, History and Genealogy of Peter Mon-
tague of Nansemond and Lancaster Counties, Virginia, and Their De-
scendants. Amherst, 1894.

tSee Hist, and Genealogy of Peter Montague, pp. 30-31. Also frontis-
piece plate.

ents. He m., March 23, 1681, in Iladley, Hannah Smith of
Hadlev. He was selectman in 1007 and d. about 1732.

JoHN^, first born of John- and Hannah, was b. in Iladlej
Dec. 31, 1681. He was one of the Hadlej men who partici-
pated in the fight incident to the assault and massacre by the
French and Indians at Deerfield in the winter of 1704. He
m. (1) ^lindwell Lvnian of Xorthampton (who d. April 4,
1713), and (2), Sept. 29, 1714, Abioail Smith of Hadley.

Jemima"*, fourth child of John"" and Abigail, was b. Jan. 28,
1710. She m. :N[arch 24, 1741, Dea. John Church.

Continuation. — Hannah Church, Hannah blather, Alonzo
Kimball.

Zhc Bownino Xincage.

The descent of Abigail Downing from William the Con-
queror through Henry I, the Empress Maud, Henry IT, King
John, Henry III, Edward I, etc., is given in full by Geo. \Vm.
and Wm. L. Montao:ue.*

The arms of the family are:

Barry of Eight, Argent and Vert, over all a Gryphon Segreant, Or.

Abigail' was the dau. of Rev. Dr. Downing, a clorg;)'man of
Norwich, IS'orfolk Co., England. She is said to have come to
America with William ^rontaguo, the elder brother of Richard
of Hadley. There is little room for doubt that on her arrival
in America she went to the home of her relative Emanuel Down-
ing in Salem. It was probably here that Richard Montague
found and married her. It is also probable that the English
families were acquainted and that William brought her by
previous arrangement. Sir George Downing, who was with
Cromwell at the Battle of Worcester and was afterward Scout-

♦History and Genealogy of the Montague Family in America, Amherst,
1886, pp. 34-38.

master General of the armv of Scotland, foreign minister,
knight, and baronet, was a son of Eraannel Downing, cousin of
A)>igai]. Writing to his cousin, John Winthrop of Wethers-
field, Ct., from Salem, Jan. 15, 1G52, Emanuel Downing says:
**I wrote this winter to you with letters enclosed to my cousin
Mountagew," by w^hom could be meant only Abigail Downing.
Shed. Nov. 8, 1604.

Continuation. — John ^tontague, John Montague, Jemima
Monta^ie, Hannah Church, Hannah ]\[ather, Alonzo Kimball.

Zhc Smitb Xlncaoc (Cbilcab)/*

Lieut. Samuel-*, the ancestor, sailed for New England with
his wife Elizabeth and three children, April, 1634, in the ship
"Elizabeth" of Ipswich. He and his wife were both at that
time 32 years of age. He settled at Wethersileld, Ct., where
he became a leading man, and later removed to Hadley. He died
1680 ( ?), aged alx>ut 78, The inventory of his property was
taken in 1681. His widow" Elizalx'th d. March 16, 1686,
aged 84. According to some historians, Judd among them, the
regicides GofFe and Whalley were harbored for a time in the
house of Lieut. Samuel Smith. His son, Lieut. Philip, ren-
dered great service in the early struggles.

Chit.eab^, son of Lieut. SamucP, and older brother of John,
was b. about 1635. He m. Oct. 2, 1661, Hannah THtchcock,
dau. of Capt. Luke Hitchcock. He d. March 7, 1731, ae. 95.

Hannah^, daughter of Chileab" and Hannah, was b. July 7,
1662. She m. March 23, 1681, John Montague.

Continuation. — John Montague, Jemima Montague, Hannali
Church, Hannah ^father, Alonzo Kimball. (See below another
line from Lieut. Samuel Smith.)

♦Judd's History of Hadley, p. 566.

Zbc IbttchcocF? Xincage.

Capt. Luke^, the Hitchcock ancestor, was b. . He

took the freeman's oatli in New Haven Jnly 1, 1G44, prob-
ably soon after c.oniin<i' to America, and removed in 1G46
or earlier to WetJiersfield, Conn. He was jx^cnliarly fortu-
nate in cnltivating the friendship of the Indians, who, ac-
cording to an account by his great grandson in 1801, gave
him a deed of the town of Fannington, Ct. This deed was lost,
however. Luke was captain at Crown Point in 1645, and a
selectman at Wethersfield in 1653 and 1656. He m. Eliza-
beth, sister of William Gibbons of Hartford, both of whom
came from Fenny Compton, Warwick Co., England. In 1659
Luke signed an agreement to remove to Hadley, Mass., but d.
soon after (Xov. 1, 16511). His widow Elizabeth m. (2) Oct.
2, 1661, William Wariner of Springfield, to which town she
removed with her sons John and Luke. Her husband d. in
1676 and she m. (3), Sept. 17, 1678, in Milford, Mass., Joseph
Baldwin of Hadley. Sur\'iving him she d. at Springfield, April
25, 1606. President Edward Hitchcock of Amherst College,
the eminent geologist, was fifth in descent from Luke.^ Charles
Dudley Warner was also a descendant of Luke Hitchcock.

Hanxaii^, second child of Capt. Lnke^ and Elizabeth, was b.
in 1645. She m. Oct. 2, 1661, Chileab Smith of Hadley, Mass.
She d. Aug. 31, 1733, ae. 88. On her tombstone, now standing
in Hadley, is found an inscription of which the following is a
part: "It is a worthy memorial they lived in mariag stat 70

year."

Continuation. — Hannah Smith, John Montague, Jemima
Montagnie, Hannah Church, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

♦The Genealogy of the Hitchcock Family who are descended from
Mathias Hitchcock of East Haven, Conn., and Luke HitcTicock of
Wethersfield, Conn. Compiled by Mrs. Edward Hitchcock, Sr., of Am-
herst, Mass., Amherst, 1894.
4

Z\)c Smitb Xineagc (3obn)»*

Lieut. Samuel^ (See page 36).

John", son of Lieut. SamueP and Elizabeth, was b. about
1640 and m., Nov. 12, 1673, Mary, dau. o£ William Partridge.
He was in ('apt. Turner's Company and was slain in 1676 in
the Fall's Fight with Indians.

JoHN^, called "Orphan John," the son of John" and Mary,
was b. May 15, 1665. He m. in 1687 Mary Root of Westfield,
Mass. He d. Jan. 20, 1724.

Abigail'*, dau. of John^ and Mary, was b. Oct. 26, 1691.
She m., Sept. 29, 1714, John Montague.

Coniinuatmn. — Jemima Montague, Hannah Church, Han-
nah jMather, Alonzo Kimball.

Z\)c lPa^tri^GC Xincaoct

William^ came from Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, and
was an early settler of Hartford, Ct., whence he removed to
Hadley, Mass., at which place he d. June 27, 1668. He m.
Dec. 12, 1644, Mary Smith of Hartford, who d. July 20, 1680,
aged 55. They had two children, Samuel, b. Oct. 15, 1645,
and Mary.

Mary'-', dau. of William^ and Mary, m. (1), iN'ov. 12, 1663,
John, son of Lieut. Samuel Smith, and (2), Sept., 1679, Peter
Montague. She d. May 20, 1683.

Continuation. — John Smith, Abigail Smith, Jemima ^lon-
tague, Hannah Church, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

*Judd's History of Hadley, pp. 565-568.

tGenealogies of the Lymans of Middlefield, of the Dickinsons of Mon-
treal, and of the Partridges of Hatfield. [By James T. Dickinson.] p.
29, Boston, 1865.

vEbe IRoot Xincaae*

JoHx^ The first settler is believed to have been the son of
John and ]\Iarv (Russell) Roote of Badby, Northamptonshire,
Eng;land. They were m. in IGOO. John, the settler, was b.
in Badby Feb. 20, 1608. It appears that at the time of his
emigration to America his father had died and he had been
living with liis nncle, a man of wealth advanced in years and
perhaps of the nobility. Being a zealons opponent of popery,
the uncle insisted that John should fight against Charles I.
in the Parliamentary forces under Cromwell ; but as he was a
man of peace, the nepliew preferred to join a company of Puri-
tans going to America. On his arrival there in 1640, he went
at once to Farmington, Ct., and was one of its first settlers.
Soon jifter he m, Mary Kilbourn. lie d. Aug., 1684 (ae. 76),
leaving an estate valued at £819. His wife, who was eleven
years his junior, survived him and d. in 1698. Their children
were six sons and two daughters. John\ who was known as
"Goodman Bote," subscribed to the articles of settlement of
Mattatuck, afterward Waterbury, Ct., and in behalf of one of
his sons was accepted as an original pro]>riet()r. He appears
to have been a man of prominence, and was chosen "one of the
committee, in 1677, to take into consideration the expediency
of changing the village site." Hon. Elihu Boot, Secretary of
War under McKinley and Boosevelt, is eighth in descent from
J ohn ^ .

John-, son of John^ and ^lary, was b. about 1642 in Farm-
ington, Ct. It was on his account that his father was in 1678
accepted as an original proprietor of Waterbury, Ct., but it
is probable that the son never lived there. He lived at West-
field, Mass., and m. Oct. 18, 1664, Mary Ashley. He was
made freeman in 1669. He held at one time the office of Com-
missary at Westfield, as he was in 1680 allowed £14 for his

♦Root Genealogical Records 1600-1870, by James Pierce Root. New
York, 1870. pp. 314-317.

services. He d. Sept. 24, 1687, and his wife followed Meli. 9,
1702. His estate was valued at £.505.

Maky^, dan. of John- and Mary, was b. Sept. 22, 16G7. She
m. Feb. 23, 1686, John Smith, Jr., of Hadlej, Mass.

Continuation. — Abigail Smith, Jemima Montague, Hannah
Church, Hannah Mather, Alonzo Kimball.

Zbc Ikilbouni Xtncacjc*

Thomas^, the common ancestor of the Kilbouraes, Kilboums,
Kilburns, and Kilborns in America, was b. in 1.578 in the par-
ish of Wood Ditton, Co. Cambridge, England, his baptism be-
ing recorded as May S, 1578. Unlike most of the pioneers of
Xew England he Avas a member of the Church of England and
"Church Warden" of his native parish in r632. He m. Frances

, who was b. ab. 1585, and they had eight cliildren : ^[ar-

garet, Thomas, Elizabeth, George, Mary, Lydia, Frances and
John. He embarked for America with all his family except
Thomas, Elizabeth and George, April 15, 1635, in the ship
"Increase," Robert Lee, Master. They settled in Wethersiield,
Ct., where Thomas d. before 1630. His wife d. 1650.

Mary^, the sixth child and fourth dau. of Thomas^ and
Frances, was b. in Wood Ditton, England, in 1619. She m.
John Root, Sr., of Farmington, Ct. They were both members
of the church in Farmington in 1670. He d. Aug., 1684, his
wife surviving him.

Continuation. — John Root, Mary Root, Abigail Smith, Je-
mima Montague, Hannah (,'hurch, Hannah Mather, Alonzo
Kimball.

*The History and Antiquities of the Name and Family of Kilbourn
(in its varied orthography), by Payne Kenyon Kilbourne, A. M., pp. 444,
New Haven, Durrie &. Peck. 1856.

(Ibc aciblcv^ Uincaoc*

Egbert^ first appears as a resident of Eoxlmrv, Mass., but
afterwards removed to Springfield with Hon. Wm. Pynchon's
company. On Jan. 13, 1(538-9, he disbursed £1 and 16s. for the
minister's residence and maintenance, showing that he was in
Springfiekl in 1(338. While not proven by marriage record
there can be little doubt that he m. ab. lOll Mary, the widow of
Thomas Ilorton of Springfield, her fonner husband having died
the previous summer, leaving her with two children. He kept
the ordinary or inn for several years. About 1601, after giv-
ing up his inn, he built on his extensive property west of the
Connecticut river (now West Springfield) and lived there the
remaining twenty years of his life. He frequently held publio
office as juiyman, selectman, constable, sealer of weights, etc.
He d. iS^'ov. 29, 1682, at West Springfield, and his wife followed
Sept. 19, 1683.

Maey", third child and second dau. of Robert^ and Mary,
was b. April 6, -1644, and was m. Oct. 18, 1664, to John Eoot
of Westfield, ^lass.

Continuation: — Mary Root, Abigail Smith, Jemima Mon-
tague, Hannah Church, Hannah ]\Iather, Alonzo Kimball.

*A History of the Descendants of Robert Ashley of Springfield, Mass.,
by Francis Bacon Trowbridge, pp. 464, New Haven, 1896. Root Genea-
logical Records, p. 316.

Zhc paternal Hncestr^ of Sarab

imieston.

Zbc liCleston Xtncaac*

Edmund Weston^, the American progenitor of this branch
of the family, came to Boston in the ship "Elizabeth and Ann,"
and settled in Diixbur}- in the Plymouth Colony in 1G35. In
the passenger list his age is given as thirty years. There is a
tradition that in England he was a thresher of grain. Soon
after coming to Dnxbury he entered himself as an apprentice to
John Winslow and Xathaniel Thomas, and in 1639 formed a
copartnership with John Carver for planting and farming. In
1640 he had a grant from the Colony of fonr acres at Stony
Brook, Dnxbury, and a tract of land near Green Harbor. In
1643 he was one of the men who were enrolled to bear arms.
In 1652 he was a surveyor of highways, and from this time his
name frequently appears in connection with towTi affairs and in
various public matters. Justin Winsor, late librarian of Har-
vard University, in his History of Duxbury, speaks of Edmund
Weston as "the enterprising ancestor of an enterprising family
whose descendants have been numerous, and most of them have
resided in town." He married a De la Xoye ( Delano). t

A copy of Edmund Weston's will is found in the early rec-
ords of Plymouth (B. 8, p. 16) bearing date Feb. 18, 1686, and
admitted to probate June 3, 1686. He d. in Duxbury in his

♦Most of the data regarding the Weston Lineage have been taken
from The Descendants of Edmund Weston of Duxbury, Mass.. for Five
Generations, by Thomas Weston, Jr.. Esq., A. M., pp. 23, Littlefield, Bos-
ton, 1887. (Reprinted from the N. E. Hist, and Gen. Reg., July, 1887.)

tMr. Thomas Weston, Esq., writes that he has never been able to find
any record which substantiates this, but it is a tradition so widely

80th year respected and honored by all who knew him. He
left three sons and a daughter.

. Edmuxd^, the second son and third child of Edmund^, was
b. in 16 GO, and resided in Plympton, where he was one of the
first settlers. He owned and operated a grist mill at Dun-
ham's Point. The land he owned has, on the authority of
Thomas Weston, Esq., always been in possession of his descend-
ants. He m. Rebecca, dan. of John, and granddanghtc^r of
George Sonle of the "Mayflower." He d. Sept 23, 1727, aged
67 years. His wife d. Nov. 18, 1732, in her 76th year. They
had five sons and a danghter.

Zachakiaii^, the second son and second child of Edmnnd"
and Rebecca, was b. Dec. 16, 1600'. He lived during the early
part of his life on Dunham's Xeck, Plympton, but aftenvard
removed to ^Ii<l(lle1>oro\ He in. June 20, 1717, Mehitable
Shaw and d. Sept. 27, l"**-'}. They had four sons and a daugh-
ter.

Zachariah"*, the youngest child of Zachariah'* and Mehita-
ble, was b. Dee. 21, 1728. He resided in Plympton on Stand-
ish Xeck. He m., 1751, Rebecca Standish, the fourth in de^
scent from Capt. Myles Standish.* She d. July 28, 1769, "in
her 38th year." (Ins. ]\Iiddleboro' Green Cemetery.) His sec-
ond wife was Sarah Pomerov Wood, widow of Manassah Wood
of Middleboro'. By his first wife Zachariah had two sons and
two daughters, and by his second wife a son and tAvo daughters.
Zachariah^ d. April 0, 1704, "aged 65 yrs." (Ins. Middleboro'
Green Cemetery.)

held in the family that it probably rests on a fairly secure foundation.
The records in Duxbury which would probably show this marriage, were
destroyed by fire in the early part of the 17th century. She must have
been a daughter of De la Noye, the Huguenot, who in 1621 founded
the American family of Delano. The European as well as the Ameri-
can ancestry of this distinguished Huguenot family has been published
under the title, "The Genealogy, History and Alliances of the Ameri-
can House of Delano, 1621 to 1899." Compiled by Maj. Joel Andrew
Delano. With the History and Heraldiy of the Maison de Franchimont
and Be Lannoy to Delano, 1096 to 1621," etc., pp. 561, New York, 1899.
*Capt. Miles' of "Mayflower," Alexander" of Duxbury (m. (1) Sarah,
dau. of John Alden), Ebenezer,' Lieut. Moses,' Rebecca.^

ItEv. Isaiah'*, the first child of Zachariah* by his second
wife, Sarah Pomeroj, was b. in ]Middleboro' Feb. 1, 1773. lie
m. (1) May 14, 1795, Sarali, dan. of Hon. Josiah Dean.* They
lived at Raynhain, later at New Bedford, and still later they
removed to Dalton in Berkshire county.t He m. (2), Xov.
24, 1818, Mary Wright, and d. Fe]>. 17, 1821. He joined the
chnreh at Middleboro', Jan. 10, 1704, and was "discharged" to
New Bedford the same year. He was a man of liberal ednca-
tion and became pastor of a Unitarian church at Fair Haven.
In 180D he was appointed by President Madison, collector of
the port of New Bedford. In 1814 he ren. '>ved to Dalton
where he linilt the first woolen mill and also engaged with his
brother-in-law, Thomas Green, in establishing a smelting fur-
nace and a foundrv. The canal for the mill was dug bv Brit-
ish prisoners of vrar from the Pittsfield cantonment, they being
permitted in this way to earn a little money. He had nine chil-
dren, se^'en of them sons.l

*These data differ from those given by Thomas Weston, Esq., but are
taken from Isaiah's family bible.

tSee sketch of his life in History of Berkshire County, vol. I, p. 669.

JThe children of Rev. Isaiah Weston were as follows, the data being
largely transcribed from his family bible, now the property of Sara
(Kimball) Hobbs:

i A son, b. July 19, 1796; i. July 27, 1796.

ii Grenvfile Dean, b. Nov. 16, 1797; was colonel of militia and gen-
erally known as "Colonel Weston"; was twice married, and d.
at "Dalton, Mass., Dec. 1, 1866.
iii Franklin, b. June 19, 1800; did not marry; d. at Dalton, Mass.:

Feb. 10, 1868.
iv A son, b. May 29, 1803; d. same day.

V Isaiah, b. Sept. 27, 1804; m. Caroline Curtis. The late Lieut. Gov.
Byron Weston, head of the Weston paper mills of Dalton,
Mass., was his son. Isaiah d. at Pleasant Grove, 111., July 30,
1835.
vi A son, b. Jan. 9, 1807, but d. after a few hours,
vii Josiah Dean. b. April 27, 1810; m. Lucinda, only dau. of the late
Zenas Crane, the pioneer paper manufacturer of Massachu-
setts, and left one child, Minnesota, who m. John D. Carson
of Dalton. Josiah was a physician. He d. at Washington,
D. C, Feb. 1, 1857.
viii Sarah Weston, b. Aug. 17. 1811; d. Aug. 21, 1811.
ix Sarah Weston, b. Aug. 17, ISll; m. Oct. 1, 1840. Alonzo Kimball;
d. June 27, 1891.

SARAH", the yoiinijest cliilJ of Rev. Isaiah"' and Sarah, was
b. in Xew Bedford, JNIass., Aug. 17, 1811, and d. at Green Bay,
Wisconsin, June 27, 1891. A twin sister who died in infancy,
had borne the name of Sarah, and at her death, not wishing to
loose the old family name which had already passed through five
generations, this surviving daughter was christened Sarah in-
stead of Mary, as was first intended.

. Wlien only ten years old she became an orphan, her mother
having died in 1818, and the father who had been considerably
broken in liealth, survived his wife hut three years. A portion
■of lier girlhood days was passed in the families of her brothers
Grenville D., Franklin, Isaiah and Josiah, all of whom grew to
manhood; and at Iladley and Westfield, where were some of
the best schools of the day. Iler mind was keen, and she was
especially appreciative of what was best in literature. She d&-
velojjed also nuirked artistic ability, and some of her paintings
iind ex(|uisite embroideries and tapestries are treasured posses-
sions of children and grandchildren today.

On October 1, 1810, she was married to Alonzo Kimhall at
Hudson, Xew York. The early years of their married life
were passed at Lee, Mass., where as principal of a boys' acad-
emy, Mr. Kimball fitted many a lad for college. Here two
children were born, ^lary Cornelia (^Mrs. M. II. Walker) and
Alonzo Weston. Their second son, Charles Theodore, was bom
during a brief residence at Dalton, Mass. In 1848 they re-
moved to Wisconsin, where more than forty years of her life
were passed in the old historic to^\^l of Green Bay. Soon after
coming to her new home, she united with the First Presbyterian
church, now the Union Congregational church, and always bore
an active part in the work of the society so long as health and
strength were hers. During the last eleven years of her life
she was an invalid, the result of a severe stroke of paralysis,
from which she never recovered. From her invalid chair she
was an interested spectator of all that passed about her, and
when in the autumn of 1890 the golden wedding anniversary
was celebrated with husband, children and grandchildren about

her, she was filled with pride and contentment that she had been
permitted to live to see this day.

We knoAv that for a time life in this new western countiy was
filled with many nnacciistomed hardships, but these early years
of self-sacrificing devotion served to develop a strong and noble
womanhood, and have won from her children a lasting debt of
afiectionate gratitude.

^be 2)c la 1Ro^c Xincaac*

This Huguenot family was one of the most distinguished of
the French nobility, claiming descent from Charlemagne, Will-
iam the Conqueror, and Alfred the Great.

Philip^ came to Plymouth in the "Fortune," 1621, when 19
years of age. He was admitted a freeman in 1032 and early
removed to Duxbury. He was a man of much respectability
and employed in surveying lands, and was often one of the grand
inquest of the Colony. He was b. at Leyden, Holland, in 1602,
and was a member of the Puritan church there. He m. (1),
Dec. 19, 1834, Hester Dewesbury, and (2), in 1657, Maiy,
widow of James Glass. Pliili]) d. 1681, aged 79 years. His
children were Philip, Thomas, John, Jane, Rebecca, Samuel,
Mary, Jonathan, and Hester.

m., it is supposed, Edmund Weston.''

Continuation. — Edmund Weston, Zachariah Weston, Zach-
ariah Weston, Rev, Isaiah Weston, Sarah Weston.

Zbc Sonic HincaGC J

The Soules of the United States, with unimportant excep-
tions, are the descendants of George Soule, one of the May-

*Winsor's Hist, of Duxbury, p. 251. See also Delano Genealogy, and
foot note p. 42.

tThe account here given is taken with slight changes from "The Soule
Family of North Yarmouth and Freeport, Maine," by Dr. Charles E.
Banks and Enos Chandler Soule. pp. 31. "Old Times" Office, Yarmouth,
Maine, 1882. To this have been added some data from Haxtun's "Sign-
ers of the Mayflower Compact," Pt. II.

SARAH (W/ESTON) KIMBALL

-,r, Lenox and T\\i^jj

flower Pilgrims, and the thirty-fifth signer of the famous so-
cial compact.

George^ came to this country a minor, for we find him en-
tered in the list of ''Mayflower" passengers as an apprentice of
Gov. Edward Winslow of Plymouth, and later as living in his
family. It is quite probable that he came in common with
others of that religious band from the quarter of England
which is today recognized as the cradle of the Dissenters, — the
point of junction of the three counties of York, Lincoln, and
Nottingham.

How long the relations of apprenticeship to the Governor
continued is not knowni, but as early as 1623 he was granted in
his o^\^^ right one acre of land "on the south side of the brooke
to the baywards,"* and in 1027, in the division of cattle, was
allotted "one of the 4 black Heyfers that came in the Jacob,
calc'd the smoothe homed Ileyfer, and two slice goats." In
1663 he became a freeman of the Colony, and was taxed that
year 9s for his share in the current expenses of their simple
government. He had by that time married, and built a house,
as his wife, Mary Beckett, was one of the passengers in the
"Ann" and her consorts of 1623, in company with Barbara
Standish and Patience and Fear Brewster.

His house and lot was near Eel River at first, but at sundry
times he had subsequent gi-ants at Powder Point and "ye water-
ing place," but these possessions were sold in 1638, when, with
Capt. Myles Standish and others, he removed across the bay
to Duxbury, to found that to^\Ti. This place then became his
permanent residence, and, besides acting as one of the earliest
selectmen, often re-elected, he represented the town in the Gen-
eral Court of Plymouth Colony in 1642, '45, '46, '50, '51, '53,
and '54, having for colleagues, Alden, Southworth, Pabodie and
Starr. A record shows that he and Anthony Thatcher "were
shosen a committee to draw up an order concerning disorderly
drinking of tobacco." He was one of the petitioners for a
church in Duxbury and one of the original company for a canal

*Plymouth Col. Rec, XII, 4.

across the isthmus of Cape Cod. When Bridgewater was set
off from Duxlmrv he was one of the original proprietors of the
town, but soon disposed of his rights and subsequently became
one of the earliest purchasers of Dartmouth and Middlel)oro'.
He thus became an original proprietor in the foundation of four
new settlements, an evidence of his enterprise and thrift.

During the trouble with the Pequot Indians (1637) he was
a volunteer, and five years later, when the plot of Miantonomah
was discovered, he was put on the committee "for offensive and
defensive warr."

But one record is found of his appearance in court, as a party
to an action to convince the jury of the righteousness of his
ease, and he obtained a verdict. This was in Januarv, 1637.
when he sued and was sued by Nathaniel Thomas to obtain
control of some heifers. On March 1, 1658-9, Goodwife Marj'
Soule was indicted for absence from 6hurch, but that was a
common charge against the saints of those times.

Without enumerating the various minor offices which he
filled, it will be sufficient to refer to one important duty to
which he was assigned in company with Governors Prince and
Winslow and Constant Southworth, — the revision of the Colony
laws, which must have been a work requiring more than ordi-
nary ability.

Winsor* says of him : "Though not a man distinguished in
the government of the colony, yet he was of essential service in
his town, . . . holding office to which he could not have
been elevated had he not been a man of integrity and probity."
The History of Plymouth Colony, '\ article Duxbury, says:
"Among the earlier settlers of this town were some of the ablest
men in the colony, including John Alden, William Brewster,
Governor Thomas Prince and George Soule," and, to the same
effect, an article on the "Standish House," in Duxbury,! thus
discourses : "In this house on (^aptain's Hill, Standish removed
after his second marriage, and here he drew around him a de-

♦History of Duxbury, p. 64.

tP. 36. , '^

tHarper's Monthly Magazine, 1876.

voted class of friends, anioiig whom were Elder Brewster, John
Alden, Georg-e Soiile," and others.

George Soule had at least eight children whose names have
come down to ns, all born before 1G50, for in Bradford's His-
tory of Plymouth Plantations,^ of that dat/O, it is stated
that, — "Georg Sowle is still living and hath 8 childre(n)."
The order of their births is not known. His wife Mary died
in 1677, and his death occurred in 1680, being "very aged," as
the Colony records state. He ontlived nearly all of the "May-
flower" Pilgrims, his old friend and companion, John Alden,
surviving him, however, by more than seven years. A gourd
which belonged to him may be seen among the relics in Memor-
ial Hall, Plynioiitli.

John-, son of George^ and Mary, was born about 1632, and
in the will of his father! is called "eldest son . . . who
hath in mv extreme old age and weaknes ben tender and care-
ful to mee and very healpfnl to mee." He was made a free-
man in 165.'>, in which year he became involved in a quarrel
with Kenelm Winslow "for speakeing falsly of and scandalicing
his daughter in carying diners falce reports betwixt Josias
Standish and her." After various devices of delay he was fined,
June 8, 1654, £10 and costs in a suit of defamation for £200,t
During the excitement against the Quakers he was fined, Oct. 2,
1(560, for attending their meetings. He w^as surveyor of high-
ways, 1672, 16S)4; grand juryman, 1675-6-7-8; '82-3; arbitra-
tor between ^larshfield and Duxbury, and Plymouth and Dux-
bury, 161)8, involving land disputes; witness to the Indian deed
of Bridgewater, dated Dec. 23, 1686 ; he joined also in a remon-
strance against increasing the salary of Rev, Ichabod Wiswell.
He was administrator of the estate of Samuel Chandler, 1683,
and the same year chosen guardian for John Simmons and
Samuel Sampson, minors.

It has long been supposed that he married Hester De La
Noye, dau. of Philip De La Xoye (Delano), but it has re-

*P. 447.

■fHist. Duxbury, p. 310.

tPlym. Col. Rec, VII, 70.

cently l>een shown that his wife was Hester Xash, dan. of
Lieut. Samuel Xash. John d. in 1707, aged 75 years.
Amonjr the items in the inventory of his property we find
a lil^rary mentioned, a rare thing in those times, except in
the case of ministers, and it shows him to hare been a man of
literarv tastes and undoubtedlv of a cultivated mind.

Rebecca^, the dau. of John- and Hester, was b. about 1657.
She m., probably ab. 1688, Edmund Weston (b. 1660) of
Ph^npton, and d. Xov. 18, 1732.* They had five sons and a
dau. Rebecca.

Continuation. — Zachariah Weston, Zachariah Weston, Rev.
Isaiah Weston, Sarah Weston.

Lieut. Samuel^, one of the earlv settlers of Duxbur\' was
b. ill 1G02. He was appointed sheriff of the Plymouth Colony
in 1652 and served for many years. He was also a represen-
tative, probably of Bridgewater. In his old age he lived with
Ms son-in-law, Clark.

Hestee", dau. of Lieut. SamueP, m. John Soule. (See
above.)

Continuation. — RelDCCca Soule, Zachariah Weston, Zachariah
Weston, Rev. Isaiah Weston, Sarah Weston.

*If these dates could be definitely established it would remove an
element of uncertainty connected with the lineage.

jWinsor's History of Duxbury, p. 284.

ZY}C Shaw 'XincaijC 3obn).

JoHX^, the emigrant, settled in Plymouth before 1627. In
1662 he removed to Middleboro', where he d. Oct. 2-1, 1694.
His wife Alice d. March 6, 1655. They had four chil-
dren.

JoxATHA^r-, third child of John^ and Alice, was in Ply-
mouth 1654, and m. (1), June 22, 1657, Phebe, dau. of George
Watson, and (2), Persis, dau. of Dea. John Dunham and
widow of Benajah Pratt. (Benajah and Persis were m. Xov. 29,
1655.) There were eight children.

Lieut. Joxatha>-^, the fourth child of Jonathan- and son of
Phebe, the first wife, was b. in 1663. He m. (1), :Mehit^ble
Pratt, who was b. in 1667 and d. Oct, 19, 1712. He m. (2),
Xov. 16, 1715, Mary Darling, who surviving him d. in 17. '^4.
He lived at Plympton and had in all eleven children. He d.
Jan. IS, 1T29-30.

Mehitable-*, the fourth child of Jonathan^ and ^lehitable,
m., June 23, 1717. Zachariah Weston.^^

Continuation. — Zachariah Weston, Rev. Isaiah Weston,
Sarah Weston.

Cbc lUat^on Xmcaijc jpbcbc).

George^, the emigrant ancestor, was one of the prominent
early settlers of Plymouth, having been a resident there in 1633
and a freeman in 1637. In 1635 he purchased of Dea. Rich-
ard Masterson a dwelling and became a householder. He m.
Phebe, dau. of Robert Hicks who was a passenger in the 'Tor-
Ume" in 1621, and whose wife Margaret, with dau. Phebe and
others of family, followed in the ''Ann" in the summer of 1623.
!Mr. Watson held several offices of trust in the Colony and
o\\'ned large tracts of land, becoming quite independent. He
had seven children, four of whom came to maturity. A very
quaint and beautiful silver bowl bearing his initials, which was

brought by hira to this country, was in 1864 the property of a
descendant, !Xehemiah Hall of Mansfield. ''Seldom," says
"W. R. Dean, "is such an authentic memorial preserved in any
family so many generations."*

Mr. Watson d. Jan. 31, 1G89, in his 87th year. His wife
Phebe d. May -l-l, 16G3.

Phebe-, dau. of George^ and Phebe, m., Jan. 22, 1656-7,
Jonathan Shaw.

Continuation. — Lieut. Jonathan Shaw, Mehitable Shaw,
Zachariah Weston, Rev. Isaiah Weston, Sarah Weston. (See
also another line from George Watson in Dean branch of the
family.)

^be IbicF^s Xtneagc (ipbebe XlClatson).

Robert^, the PilgTim, came in the "Fortune" in 1621 to
Plymouth. Before 1634 he removed to Duxbury and in 1639
purchased land there from George Soule. He aftenvards re-
moved to Scituate. He m. (1) Elizabeth and (2) Mar-
garet . He d. before 1662.

Phebe -, youngest dau. of Rol)ert^ and Margaret, his second
vafe, was 1). in England and was with her mother a passenger
on the "Ann" to Plvmoutli in 1623. She m. George Watson
of Plymouth.

Continuation. — Phelx^ Watson, Lieut. Jonathan Shaw, Me-
liitable Shaw, Zachariah Weston, Rev. Isaiah Weston, Sarah
Weston. (See also another line from Itobert Hicks in Leonard
branch of family.)

*Watson Genealogy, by William R. Deane, Esq., of Brookline.
N. E. Kist. and Oen. Register, vol. XVIII, p. 363. Reprinted in "A Bio-
graphical Sketch of Elkanah Watson with a brief Genealogy of the
Watson Family," by Wm. R. Deane, Albany, 1864.

^be pratt Xincagc.

Joshua^, the emigTant, came to Plymouth in the "Ann," the
third vessel to reach the Colonv, in 1623. He m. Bathsheba
■ and had three children.

Benajaii-, the son of Joshua^ and Bathsheba, m., ISTov. 29,
1655, Persis Dunham, who aftei'wards (subsequent to 1667)
m. Jonathan Shaw, Sr., and was therefore both stepmother and
mother-in-law to Jonathan, Jr.

Meiiitablk^, sixth and youngest child and second dau. of
Benajah" and Persis, w\as b. in 1667. She m. Lieut. Jonathan
Shaw and d. in 1712.

Continuation. — ^Ichitablo Shaw, Zachariah Weston, Rev.
Isaiah "Weston, Sarah Weston. . '

^be ©unbaiu Xincaoc.

DeA. Joiix\ the emigrant, was b. ab. 1589 and settled in
Plymouth ab. 1633. He m. Abigail and had eleven chil-
dren. He was chosen Representative in 1639. He d. Mch.
2, 1669, at the age of 80.

Peksis^, sixth child of Dea. John^ and Abigail, m. (1), 'Roy.
29. 1655, Benajah Pratt, and (2) (after 1667) Jonathan
Shaw, Sr.

Continuation. — Mehitable Pratt, Mehitable Shaw, Zach-
ariah Weston, Rev. Isaiah Weston, Sarah Weston.

Z\)c iponieroi? Xincacje.

The determination of the name and ancestry of the mother of
Rev. Isaiah Weston has offered great difficulties for the geneal-
ogists w^ho have given it their attention. As regards the evi-
dence now in print, Mr. Thomas Weston, Jr., Esq., in The Be-
5

scendants of Edmund Weston of Duxhury," states that Zach-
ariah Weston,"* tlie fatlier of Isaiah, married as second wife
Sarali Poincroy, daughter of Dr. J\3ineroy of Middleboro',
and gives Isaiah as their first child, h. in 1770. He also gives
Zaehariah, Jr., as the third child of Zachariah by his lirst wife
and states that he married Sarah Wood.

A personal letter from Mr. Weston, the author of the geneal-
ogy, states that liis father, Mr. Thomas Weston of ^^liddle-
boro' (d. 1S34), wlio was particularlv well informed ref-ardinsr
his family history, was authority for the statement that Zach-
ariah Sr.'s wife was Sarah Pomeroy.

In the Biograpliical Account of Br. John Pomeroy, Dr.
Samuel W. Thayer states tliat the paternal grandfather of this
eminent Vermont surgeon was a deacon in the church of Middle-
boro', Mass., and that he had a son Francis, the father of the
surgeon, who m. Sarah Xye about 1703 and settled in Middle-
boro'; further that the deacon had tliree daughters, one of
•whom married a Bradford, another a Weston, and tlie third died
unmarried. f

An unpublished genealogical chart in the possession of Mrs.
Byron Weston of Dalton, Mass. (prepared l)y the late Chas.
L. Shaw, the genealogist of the family), states tliat the
second wife of Zachariah Weston^ was Sarah Pomerov, dauoh-
ter of Dea. Pomeroy. When the town records are consulted the
difficulties appear. Mr. Amos IT. Eaton, tlie town clerk of Mid-
dleboro', reports that the only marriage record of a Pomeroy
upon his books is that of Susanna Pomeroy to Philip Xye in
1768. In the Earhj Massachusetts Marriages, edited by
Frederick W. Bailey, which are copied from the returns of
marriages to the court of Plymouth county, I find an additional
entry which is of great value, to wit : the marriage of Manassah
Wood and Sarah Pomeroy at Middleboro' on July 27, 1750.$
There is no record of the death of Manassah Wood in Middle-

*P. 16.

tN. E. Hist. Geneal. Register, vol. 2 (1848), pp. 279-280.

tVol. 2, p. 83.

boro' records, nor is liis gravestone inscription inchidecl in the
collection of 18,000 or more which ]\Ir. Charles M. Thatcher has
made from the cemeteries of Middleboro' and vicinity. He was
not a member of the First Church of Middleboro'. The records
of Plymouth county, however, show that the estate of ]\Ianassah
Wood of ^Middleboro' was settled in 17<>4, in which year Nathan-
iel Wood was appointed administrator. There was no will, but
the account filed by the administrator mentions a widow and five
children, whose names are not mentioned. In 1774 a guardian
was appointed for Pelham, Nichols, Manassah, Thomas, and
Sarah, children of Manassah Wood of Middleboro', the two first
named being above the age of fourteen vears.

In the Middleboro' records are the following entries :

''1770, September 15. Then I published a purpose of mar-
riage between !Mr. Zachariah Weston and ]\rrs. Sarah Wood,
both of Mid.lleboro'. Pr. John :^[orton, Town Clerk."*

"Dec. Gth, 1770. Zachariah Weston and Sarah Wood, both
of Middleboro wr married by me Silvanus Conant."f

The estate of Zachariah Weston (Division of Dower) was set-
tled in 1704. He left a widow Sarah and seven children,
among whom were Isaiah and Sarah (Perkins). There is
no town record of the death of Sarah Weston nor is her
tombstone inscription in the collection of Mr. Thatcher, and
the only record of her death which has been found is the letter
granted the administrator of her estate in Plymouth County
Probate Records. As Xichols Wood was appointed administra-
tor, Feb. 25, 170G, she probably died shortly before that date.
Her second husband, Zachariah Weston, is buried beside his
first wife Rebecca Standish, in the Middleboro' Green Cemetery,
and it is probable that Sarah Weston is buried beside her first
husband, Manassah Wood, both without stones.

It would thus seem to admit of little doubt that Sarah Pom-

eroy m. (1) Manassah Wood and (2) Zachariah Weston, The

*Vol. 2, p. 28o!
tVol. 4, p. 9.

records of the First Church of Middleboro' show that Pomeroys
came to Middleboro' at this period from Halifax, the adjoining
township, and from a search of the town and church records of
Halifax, Plympton, Middleboro' and Pembroke', the following
has been compiled, the H, P or M in parentheses indicating
that the entry is copied from Halifax, Plympton, or Middleboro'
town records. A Ch following the initial letter indicates a
church record.

Fkaxcis Pomeroy of record at Halifax. Wife Hannah
joined the Halifax church ISTov. 23, 1Y35 (H Ch*) and was dis-
missed to the church at Middleboro' Xov. 27, 1748. (H Ch.)

Children.

SusANiv-Air, b. Jan. 6, 1735-6 (H) ; bapt. Feb. 8, 1735-6
(H Ch) ; m. Philip l^je in 1768 (M).

Hannah, b. Oct. 18, 1737 (H) ; bapt. Xov. 20, 1737 (H Ch) ;
m. (1) John Eddy, Jr., May 29, 1760 (M)t; m. (2) John
Bradford of Kingston, sixth in descent from William Brad-
ford of the "Mayflower." John Bradford was b. in 1732,
and his first wife was Ruth Cobb.l

Feangis, Jr., b. Jan. 12, 1739-40 (H) ; bapt. Feb. 27, 1739-40
(H Ch) ; m. Aug. 26, 1762 (P M Ch) Sarah Xye, who
was b. in Plympton, 3 June (O. S.), 1741, and d. in Bur-
lington, Vt,, Feb. 15, 1837, aged 95 yrs. (Insc.) ; joined
First Church in Middleboro' in 1757 (M Ch) ; son Dr.
John b. in Middleboro' in 1764, d. in Vermont in 1844, age
80 (M Ch).

!Ko other Pomerovs are of record in these towns and it is
highly probalde tliat the Sarah Pomeroy who m. Manassah
Wood in 1756 and Zachariah Weston in 1770, was an older sis-
ter of Susannah, as Thayer§ says there were three daughters
and one married a Weston. She could hardly have been yoimger

♦Halifax town organized in 1734 and First Church organized the
same year.

fEarly Mass. Marriages, II, p. 82.

jrBradford Genealogy, Boston, 1850, p. 19. Entry is "to Mrs. Hannah
Eddy of Middleborough."

Jl. c.

than Francis as she would in that case have been but fifteen
vears of a2;e when she m, Manassah Wood: but if older we
should not expect her birth to be at Halifax, since the records
of chnrch and town begin less than a year before the birth of
Susannah.

The town from wliicli Francis, Sr., emigrated to Halifax it is
difficult to determine'. The descendants of Eltweed of Dor-
chester early emigrated to the Connecticut Valley, and the only
one who is known to have subsequently found his w^ay to eastern
Massachusetts in early Colonial days is Joshua^ (Joshua-, Elt-
weed^) who, with wife Esther, was made captive by the Indians
in the attack upon Deerfield in 1704. His subsequent appear-
ance in Dorchester in 170(3 and his later history the compiler
has traced to his decease at Xorton in 1750, and it seems clear
that he can not have been an ancestor of Francis of Halifax.
Thayer states that there is a tradition that the great grandfather
of Dr. John Pomeroy (the father of Francis, Sr.) came from
France, but in view of the fact that all Pomeroys doubtless
came originally from that country, the statement has but little
value, particularly as inaccuries occur in Thayer's account.

There is now in the possession of ]\irs. Ellen D. Brown, of
Burlington, \'t., an old print of Pomeroy Castle in Devon-
shire, which John Xorton Pomeroy, greatgrandson of Francis
Sr. of Halifax, told his grandchildren was the home of his an-
cestors. This family heirloom has Ijeen treasured at Fern Hill,
the Vermont home of the Pomeroy family, to which they emi-
grated from Middleboro' shortly after the Kevolutionary war.
The magnificent ruins of Berry Pomeroy Castle, the finest in
Devonshire, stand in the midst of a thick wood near Totnes.
The manor of Beri was given with fifty-seven others by William
the Conqueror to his follower, Ralj)h de Pomeroy, whose former
castle had been, it is said, at Cinglais, near Falaise, in -NTor-
mandy. This family of nobles maintained their lands at Berry
until Sir Thomas, who had served with distinction in France
in 1549, led an insurrection caused by an act reforming the
church service. After a month of resistance, during which he

bcsieu'ed Exeter, lie was at last defeated bv a stroiic; force un-
der Lord Russell. Sir Thomas escaped "with the loss of his
lands, ^vhich afterwards came into the' possession of Lord Ed-
ward Seymour, son of the Protector.

According to J\[ackenzie, the descendants of Sir Thomas re-
sided in the parish of Llarberton till the beginning of the eight-
eenth century."' According to Tuckettf it would appear that
Sir Thomas had one son, Thomas, whose sons ^vere Valentine,
Edward, and John, all living at the time of the Herald's Visita-
tion in 1020. But Thomas, Jr., son of Sir Thomas, is given
as of Bingley near Leeds. The English records should be ex-
amined to learn all the descendants of Sir Thomas who lived
between 1549 and 1084: and to determine if possible w^hether
any emio-rated to America.

The only Pomeroys that are found of record in Eastern
Massachusetts previous to 1735, with the exception of Elt weed's
familv, w'ere resident in Boston. The onlv one who bore the
name Francis resided in 1711 near or at the corner of Fish
Street and "Wood Lane in Boston, as is sho'^m by the fact that
he was assessed £1 12s. 6d. for a sea wall Avliich drained his cel-
lar in common with those of others^. He had married Me-
hitable Orchard Feb. 7, 1094. Mehitable Pomeroy, presum-
ably the same, was July 18, 1701, granted by the Selectmen of
Boston the privilege of keeping a victualling house and to sell
beer and cider. § These are the only certain references to the
immediate family of Francis, though it is probably that he was
the "Mr. Pomeroy" who in 1733 was assessed £8 for repairs to
the town pump, which he in common with others used. This
Francis, if the Francis, Sr. of Halifax, 1735, as seems not un-
likely, had at that time remarried, as the motheT of the chil-
dren of his old age was Hannah.

The earliest American record of a Pomeroy not connected
with the family of Eltweed in Dorchester is of John Pomeroy of

*Castles of England, vol. 2, pp. 23-25.
tDevonshire Pedigrees, p. 160.
i:Boston Selectmen's Records, 1701-1715.
§Ibid., p. 6.

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IjOstou, wliose wife was Sarah and who had Sarah, b. June 21,
KiSl. The most prohable theory of the descent of Sarah Pom-
eroy of Middleboro' is that the above John was the emigrant who
brought his wife Sarah and certain children to America with
him. Among tliose who may have been his children (per-
haps in part brotliers or cousins) are Edward, who was an in-
habitant of Boston in 1695, Francis who was several times men-
tioned in Boston records in 1G94 and later, Joseph who married
in 1T23 Marv Mavcom and was Constable of Boston in 1730,
and the John who was a shipwright and in 1690 put to sea, mak-
ing his will ill favor of Mary Brookings (as Savage sunnises,
probably his sweetheart). Among the probable daughters who
may have accompanied him to America are Bacliel, who m, ISTov.
11, 171-1, Thomas Frank, and ]\larv, whose purpose of marriage
with Samuel Avis of Boston was published in 1696. The prol>
ability that the John who was lost at sea before 1691 (when
Mary Brookings rec<}ived liis property) was a son of John^,
makes it likelv that the John Avho bv wife Lydia had in Boston
John (b. Xov. 20, 1712), Thomas (b. April 5, 1715), Lydia
(1). Aug. 25, 1717), Mary (b. Aug. 16, 1722), and Samuel (b.
Aug. 4, 1730) was the original emigrant remarried or a nephew.
The evidence is supported so far as this is possible by the recur-
rences of the names John and Sarah, the presumptive emigrants,
in the children of the first generation and in the descendants of
Francis of Halifax and Middleboro'. It is hoped that any evi-
dence bearing on this question may be preserved and collected so
that the ancestors of the Middleboro' Pomeroys may be definitely
determined.*

*The missing links of the chain are with little doubt contained in
the records of the First Church of Middleboro, which are in the cus-
tody of the pastor. All attempts to induce him to examine them or
allow them to be examined have availed nothing.

Zhe HDatevnal Hncestr^ of Sarab

Meston.

Z\K IDcmx XiucaGC.

This line is descended from John Dean (Deane) who with
his brother, Walter, came to this country in 1637, with little
doubt from Chard near Taunton, Somersetshire, England.
It has been supposed that they w^ere descended from the Deanes
of Denelands, but all attempts to fix definitely their ancestry
have thus far yielded no positive data. The brothers, accord-
ing to a record in the possession of Mrs. Orr (nee Florence
Dean), settled at Cohannet ( ?) 1637, and at Taunton, Mass.,
in 1639. Kev. Samuel Deane of Scituate is authority for the
statement that they stopped nearly or quite a year at Dorchester
before going to Taunton. They were among the very first set-
tlers of Taunton and took up their farms on the west bank of
the river, about one mile from the center of the present village.
What is known or surmised about the ancestry of John and
Walter has been put upon record."^

JoHN^, common ancestor of the Taunton Deans, was b. about
1600, having died between April 25 and June 7, 1660, "aged
sixty years or thereabouts." His wife, Alice, sui^vived him
and was probably living as late as 1668 (from Plymouth Court
records). His strong Puritan faith is well brought out in an
item of his will :

"Item, My will is that these ray Overseers with the Consent of my
Wife shall in Case heer be no Settled Ministry in Taunton; they shall

*Brief memoirs of John and Walter Deane, two of the first settlers
of Taunton, Mass., and of the early generations of their descendants,
by Wm. Reed Deane, assisted by others, pp. 16, Boston, 1849.

have full power to sell either the whole or a parte of these my Hous-
ings and Lands, soe as my Children and Posteritie may remove else-
where, where they may enjoy God in his Ordinancies."*

Thomas-, second son of Jolm^ and Alice, ^^^^s b. 1042, and
d. IGOO. He m. Jan, 5, 16G9, Katharine Stephens, dan. of
Richard Stephens from Plynionth, England. She died in
172G. The will of Katharine Deano was proved Jan, 12.
1726-7,

Thomas''^, second son of Thomas^ and Katharine, was h.
abont 1673, having d. Sept, 10, 1747, in his 74th year. He
was m, Jan. 7, 1696, to ^lary, dan. of John Kingsley of Milton.
Mass. She d. Feb. 1, 1749-50, in her 74th year. He o^vmed
the first npright, two-story honse in Tannton.

JosiAH'*, second son of Thomas^ and ^lary, was b. 170;] and
d. March 23rd, 1778, in his 76th year. He ni,, Ang. IS, 1737,
Jane, dan, of Capt, Xehemiah Washbnrn of Bridgewater, who
was b. 1715 and d, ^lay 26, 1790. He lived in his father's
honse and was for many years Town Clerk of Raynham.

Hox. JosiAii^, M. C, lonrtli son of Josiah"* and Jane, was
b. in Raynham, March 6, 1748, and d. Oct. 14, 1818. He m.
Sarah Byramj dan. of Rev. Eliab Byram of Xew Jersey, who
was b. 1749 and d. Jan. 10, 1850, aged 99 years. They had
two sons and six danghters.f The second son, Eliab Byram,
m. Charlotte Williams, whose dan. Harriet^ m. Prof. John W.

*Plymoulh Probate Recoixl, II, p. 61.

tAn old family record in the possession of Mrs, Orr (Florence Dean)
gives the following list of the children of Josiah and Sarah. The com-
piler has supplied from the Josiah Dean family bible and other sources
some dates which were missing in the original list:

1. Polly, b. Dec. 24, 1771; m. Ephraim Raymond of Norton; d. March
26, 1844.

2. Jane, b. May 8, 1774; m. Thomas Green of Dalton; d. — .

3. Sarah, b. Nov. 5, 1776; m. Isaiah Weston of Dalton; d. June 9, 1818.

4. Hannah, b. June 9, 1779; m. Rev. Morrill Allen of Pembroke; d. — .

5. Temperance, b. June 23, 1782; m. Daniel Gilbert of Norton; d. Dec.
8, 1852.

6. Josiah, b. March 2, 1785; m. Caroline E. Waldo of ; d. June

5, 1832.

7. Eliab Byram, b. June 26, 1788; m. Charlotte Williams, of Taunton;
d. Nov. 2, 1871.

8. Cornelia, b. Dec. 2, 1794; m. Nahum Mitchell of Taunton; d. July 9,
1825.

Sterling, Vice President of the University of Wisconsin. Hon.
Josiah^ was for many years Justice of the Peace, Assemblyman
and Senator in the J\[assaclnisetts Legislature. He was a Pres-
idential Elector in 1805, a Representative in Congress, 1807-D,
and Chief Justice of the (^ourt of Sessions of the county of
Bristol, Mass.

Saeah^, third child and third daughter of Hon. Josiah^ and
Sarah, was b. in Raynliam, j^ov. 5, 1776, and d. June 0, 1818.
She m.. May 14, 1795, Tiev. Isaiah Weston.

C ontimiation. — Sarah Weston.

^be Stephens Xineage.

EiCHAED^ was an early settler of Taunton, Mass.

Katiiakixe^, dau. of Richard, m. Jan. 5, 16GD, Thomas
Dean. She survived her husband, her will being proved Jan.
12, 1726-7 and his July 15, 1697.

Continuation. — Thomas Dean, Josiah Dean, Hon. Josiah
Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

Z\)c 1kinG6le^ Xineage.

The father of John Kingslev of Milton who m. Abigail
Leonard is not definitely known but it is probable that he was
Jolm^, who was of Dorchester in 1635. His eldest son of
whom wo have knowledge was John-. This John^ of Dorches-
ter was one of the original ]mrchasers of Taunton and is sup-
posed to have died at Rehoboth in 1679. Tliere was another
John^ of Milton, a son of Elder Stephen^ of Dorchester, but
he m. a dau. of William Daniels, and in 1674 Mary Maury
or Morey and d. in 1679, whereas the John- who m. Abigail
Leonard d. in 1698.

JoHN^, son of Stephen, m. Abigail Leonard. He d. about
1698.

^M.via-^, dan. of John- and Abigail, was b. about 16TG. She
m. Jan. 7, 1606, Thomas Dean, and d. Feb. 1, 1749-50.

Continuation. — Josiah Dean, Hon. Josiah Dean, Sarah
Dean, Sarah "Weston.

cTbc Xconar^ Xincaoc (Hbujail).

This branch of the Leonard family is noted alike for its con-
nection with the development of the American iron industrY,
its friendly relations with the Indians, its military prominence,
and its longevity. It is descended from Thomas Leonard,
whom we know only by name, since he did not emigrate to
America. An account of the family in America down to 1790
is believed to have been the first family genealogy of any impor-
tance i)rintcd in Xew England." It is by Eev, Peres Fobes,
LL. I)., jnistor of the Congregational chnrch in Raynham,
Mass., who was connected by marriage with the family.

According to Dr. Fobes. the brothers, Jaines and Henry Leon-
ard, came at an early date to Xew England from Pontypool,
county j\Ionmouth, Wales, a ])lace celebrated for its working of
iron. It is supposed also that they had some claim to the owner-
ship of iron works at Bilston, county Stafford, England. James
was at Lvnn as earlv as 1651, where, and at Braintree, iron
w'orks were early established under a special monopoly by
grant from the ]\Iassachusetts Colony. He and his brother
Henry were skilled workmen. The second iron enterprise un-
dertaken in Xew England embraced a furnace and forge at
Braintree, about ten miles from Boston. Henry Leonard as-
sisted by his brother James, is said to have superintended the
erection of the Braintree works. In 1653 James removed to

*Mass. Hist. Collections, Vol. Ill (1794), p. 173. A somewhat fuller
account has been printed by Wm. R. Deane, N. E. Hist, and Genealog.
Reg., Vol. V (1851), p. 403; and Vol. VII (18-53), p. 71; also published
separately as "A Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard Family." It is
understood that Mr. Elisha Clark Leonard, who d. in New Bedford,
Mass., Sept. 7, 1894. left in MS. a large amount of genealogical and his-
ical matter pertaining to the Leonard Family of Taunton. It is to be
hoped that this matter will scon be printed.

Tamiton. Henry, liis brotlier, was afterwards at Eowley,
where he carried on the iron works, hnt left about 1674 for
^ew Jersey, where he established the iron manufacture of that
state. The brothers established the forge at Taunton (now
Eaynham), probably near 1652, as appears from a record in the
town book, which grants Henry and James Leonard with Ralph
Russell, consent to join with ''certain of our inhabitants to set
up a bloomery work on the Two Mile River." So extensive
were the interests of the Leonards in iron works that it used to
be said : "Where you can find iron works there you will find
a Leonard." The forge established at Raynham was the
earliest in the old colony, and the oldest successful smelter in
America."

James Leonard, the jDrogenitor of the Taunton and Raynham
Leonards, and his sons often traded with the Indians and es-
tablished such friendships that when the war came, King Philip
gave strict orders to his men that the Leonards be not harmed.
King Philip's summer residence was at Raynham, only about
a mile from the forge.

In 1665, King Philip gave to James Leonard the deed for a
neck of land embracing about one hundred and fifty acres, "ly-
ing by Mr. Brinton's land at Metapoyset, being bounded on
each side h}^ a brook," it being the intention of Mr. Leonard to
"set up a mill or iron work if occasion were." This deed was
not, however, confirmed by the colonial authorities and so the
chieftain's gift could not be utilized. f

The old Leonard House, which stood by the forge, was begun
probably about 1670 and had been occupied by the family down
to the seventh generation. When demolished about the middle
of the 19th century, it was probably the oldest mansion in 'New
England, if not in the country. It was apparently modeled
after an English fashion of the 18th century, modified for de-
fense against the Indians. In the cellar was deposited for some
time the head of King Philip.

*Swank, Iron in All Ages, Chapter X.

tElisha Clarke Leonard in address before the Old Colony Historical
Society at Taunton in 1886.

It has been supposed that the Leonards are of the family of
Lennard Lord Dacre, a distinguished family of nobilitv in the
United Kingdom and descended in two lines from Edward III.,
through two of his sons, John of Gannt, Dnke of Lancaster,
and Thomas Plantagenet, Duke of Gloucester, Leonard being
undoubtedly the 0(iuivalcnt of Lennard, and the arms similar,
but no proof has been adduced.

The arms of the Leonards are thus described: —

Arms: — Or, on a fesse azure three fleur de lis Argent.
Crest: — Out of a ducal coronet, Or, a tiger's head Argent.

The arms of the Lennards (Lord Dacre) are yery similar.

Arms: — Or, on a fesse gules three fleur de lis of the first or field.
Crest: — Out of a ducal coronet, Or, a tiger's head Argent.

Some indication of the longeyity of the family, as well as of
its actiyitv in militarv affairs, at the bench and bar, and in af-
fairs of state, is afforded by the data which are found in the
Genealogical Memoir of the Leonard family by W. R. Deane.

jA:\rKs\ first son of Thomas Leonard, was the emigrant an-
cestor and was at Lvnn in 1651, Braintreo in 1G52, and
settled at Taunton in 1G52. The forge which he and his
brother erected at Rajnham doubtless became soon after the
principal one in America. His wife, ^Margaret, surviyed him
and d. about 1701. He was dead in 1691. He may liaye been
a brother of Solomon Leonard of Duxbun', since Dr. Fobes
giyes the names of two brothers and mentions a third.

Abigail^, third child and first daughter of James ^ and first
wife, m. John Kins'sley of ]\Iilton who d. ab. 1698.

Contimiation. — ^fary Kingsley, Josiah Dean, Hon. Josiah
Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston. (See also another line from
James Leonard in the Byram branch of the family.)

^be Masbbuni XiucaGC*

The Washburns are descended from the Evesham branch of
the English Washbourne family, which with the Wickenford
branch comes from the Difford and Great Washbounie family.
In Herald's College, London, Vol. I, p. 54, is given : "Wash-
BOUEXE. A name of ancient Xorman descent; the founder
was knighted on the field of battle by William the Conqueror
and endowed with the lands of Little AVashbourae and Great
Washbourne, Counties of Gloucester and Worcester." The earl-
iest mention of the Evesham Washbournes is in the reigns of
Henry III and EdAvard 1 [121(5-1307].

Arms: — Argent on a fesse between six martletts gules, three cinque-
foils of the field.

Crest: — On a wreath a coil of flax argent, surmounted with another
wreath argent and gules, thereon flames of fire proper.

JoiiN^, the American emigrant ancestor, was b. at Evesham,
County Worcester, Eng., and came to Duxbury, probably in

1631. His wife. ^^largery , aged 49, and two sons

joined him there in 1635. In 1634 he purchased Edward Bom-
passe's place called "Eagle's Xest." With his son John he was
one of the original purchasers of Bridgewater, Mass., in 1645.
He went there to live in 1665 and d. there before 1670.

Joiix^, first born of John^ and Margery, was b. in Evesham,
Eng., about 1621, coming to Duxbury with his mother in 1635.
He m. at Duxbury, in 1645, Elizabeth [Mitchell. He d. at
Bridgewater before 1690.

Sgt. Samuel^, son of John- and Elizabeth, was b. in Dux-
bury in 1651. He is called "Sergeant Washburn." He m,
Deborah, dau. of Samuel Packard, who came from Windham,
near Ilingham, England, in the ship "Delight of Ipswitch,"

♦Genealogical Notes of the V/ashburn Family with a brief sketch of
the family in England, etc. Arranged by Mrs. Julia Chase Waslfburn,
pp. 104, Lewiston, Me., 1898.

Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, p. 342.

and settled at lliiighaiii, Mass., in 163S. He afterward lived
at West Bridgewater, Mass.

Capt. Xkhemiaii^, fonrth son and fourth child of Sgt. Sam-
neP and Deliorah, was b. in 1686. In ITIO lie m. Jane How-
ard.

Jaxe', dan. of Capt. Xeliemiah* and Jane, was h. in 1715.
She m. in 1737 Josiah Dean.

Continuation. — Hon. Josiah Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Wes-
ton.

^bc riDitclxil Xtncaoc (lEUsabctb).*

ExPEEiENCE^ the ''Forefather," came in the "Ann" to Ply-
month in 1623. He sold his place in Plynionth in 1631 and
removed to Dnxhnry in 1645, where he purchased another prop-
erty in 1650. He m. (1) Jane Cook, dan. of Francis Cook, of
the "Maj'flower." Jane had been a passenger with Experience

on the ''Ann." He m. (2), in his old age, Mary . He

was an original proi)rietor of Bridgewater, bnt did not remove
there till late in life. He d. there in 16S9, aged about 80,
His will is dated 1684. He was at Leyden with the Pilgrims
and left a brother who died in Holland. He had a share in the
first division of lots at Plvmouth in 1623. There is an inter-
esting document among the Plymouth Colony deeds in which
Henry Howland, to settle differences with Experience Mitchell,
deeds him the use of a spring and brook near the boundary be-
tween their lands. This is acknowledged before Miles Standish
and John xVlden.

Elizabeth-, dan. of Experience^ and Jane, m. between Dec.
6th and Dec. 16th, 1645, John Washburn. Other important
dates unknown.

Continuation. — Sgt. Samuel Washburn, Capt. Xehemiah

♦Winsor's History of Duxbury, p. 282; also The Mitchell Family of
North Yarmouth, Me., by William Mitchell Sargent, p. 9, Yarmouth,
Me., 1878; Mitchell's History of Bridgewater; The Mayflower Descend-
ant, vol. 1, 1899, pp. 97-98.

Washburn, Jane Washburn, Hon. Josiah Dean, Sarah Dean,
Sarah Weston. (See also another line from Experience
Mitchell in Bvrani branch of the family.)

FiiAXCis.^ The ancestors of Francis Cooke, the seventeenth
signer of the Compact in the cabin of the "Mayflower," were
from Scrooby, England, the home of the Separatists. Francis
appears in the list of those designated as "exiles from Scrooby."
He joined Brewster and Bradford in worship there, went -u-ith
them to Leyden, and eyentually to Plymouth. Francis was b.
subsequent to August, 1583. In Holland he was an inmate
of the home of Pastor Robinson. This house was also the
meeting place for their religious services, and to these serv-
ices came Hester (a Walloon from the southern

province of Belgium) to whom Francis was subsequently
married.t When the "Speedwell" was compelled to turn
back, Hester Cooke, the ^^•ife, was left behind in "charge
of many yonge children," to follow at the first opportunity.
One only, John, went with his father. The mother and remain-
ing portion of the family came to Phmiouth in the "Ann" in
1G23. In Plymouth the house of Francis Cooke was on Ley-
den St., adjoining the residences of Gov. Edward Winslow and
Isaac Allerton.

On Friday, 10/26 February, 1620/1, while Capt. Myles
Standish and Francis Cooke were at work in the woods, they
were recalled by an alarm at the approach of Indians, who did
no damage except to carry olf the tools, and these they subse-
quently returned.

When the reinforcements came in the "Ann" in 1623, expan-
sion was necessary and Francis Cooke deserted the sterile soil
of Plymouth for Rocky Xook on James River within the limits
of Kingston. He was made freeman in 1633, and in 1634 ref-

*F7-ancis Cooke and his Descendants, by George Ernest Bowman.
Mayflower Descendant, vol. Ill, pp. 95-105.
tProbably between 1609 and 1611.

eree in the settlement of various affairs between members of the
Colony. In 1040, with his son John, he received a, large grant
of land ''bounding on the Xorth River," and between 1642 and
1648 this was followed by the grant of land at "a Medden" by
James Kiver. In 1G62, with his son John, he was allowed to
settle upon a tract pnrcliased for a new settlement — New Bed-
ford. There is no record that he settled there, as he died Tues-
day, April 7/17, l(l<)'}„ aged 87 years. Bradford states that he
lived to see ''his children's children have children."

Prior to 1045 when Francis Cooke's active life seems to have
come to an end, there was scarcely a year in which he did not
serve in some official capacity; but after 1G45 he was engaged
in public duty but three times. lie was one of the purchasers
who in 1027 bought all the rights of the "Adventurers" (See p.
27). He was frefiucntly jui-yniau, arbitrator, and surveyor of
highways.

Jaxe-, dau. of Francis^ and Hester, wiis b. in Holland. She
m., about 1027, Experience Mitchell, who was a fellow passen-
ger in the "Ann" in 1623. Ho was one of the founders of
Duxburv'.

Contmuation. — Elizal>eth Mitchell, Sgt,. Samuel Washburn,
Capts Nehemiah Washburn, Jane Washburn, Hon. Josiah
Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston. (See also another line from
Francis Cooke in B^'raim branch of the family. )

Zbc pacharb Xincage.*

Samuel^, with wife and child, came from Windham, near
Hingham, Eng., in the ship "Delight of Ipswitch," and settled
at Hingham, Mass., in 1638. From there he went to West
Bridgewater where he d. about 1684. He was constable in.
1664 and licensed to keep an ordinary or tavern in 1670.

♦Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, p. 264.
6

Deborah 2, eleventh child of Samuel, m. Thomas Washburn.
Continuation. — Capt. Xehemiah Washburn, Jane Washburn,
Hon. Josiah Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

Z\)c 1bowar^ Xincagc*

JoHN^ came from Enj^land with his brother James and set-
tled in Duxbury. The ancestors of the Howards in England
were among the noblest of the realm and their record of service
to the state was a most enviable one. Says Pope:

"What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards."

Hayward and Howard have been often changed the one to
the other in the course of time. The name is also spelled Haw-
ard or Haieward. John was among those able to bear arms at
Duxburv in 1643. He became one of the original proprietors
and settlers of West Bridgewater in 1651. He was voung
when he came over and, it is said, lived in the family of Capt.
Myles Standish. He was one of the first military officers of
Bridgewater and a man of much influence. He was licensed to
teep an ordinary or tavern as early as 1670 and a public house
had been kept there by his descendants until about 1840. He
m. Martha, dau. of Thomas Hayward, and d. about 1700.

Ephraim", son of John^ and ^fartha. m. Maiy Keith.

Jane^, dau. of Ephraim^ and Mary, was b. 1689. She m.
in 1713 Capt. Xehemiah Washburn.

Continuation. — Jane Washburn, Hon. Josiah Dean, Sarah
Dean, Sarah Weston.

♦Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, pp. 197-8.

Zbc 1ba^war^ Xincaoc (flDartba).*

Thomas^, and liis Avife Susanna , were b. in England,

and were last there at Aylsford in the coimtv of Kent. They
came to America with their five sons in the ship "Hercules," of
200 tons, in the summer of 1G35. They first settled in Dux-
bury, he being one of the original proprietors. He was also
one of the earliest of the settlers of Bridgewater. He d. in
1681, his wife having d. before 1678.

Martha^, younijest child of Thomas^ and Susanna, m. John
Howard,

Continuation. — Ephraim Howard, Jane Howard, Jane Wash-
burn, Hon. Josiali Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston. See
also another line from Thomas Hayward in Byram branch of
the family.)

^be Ikcitb XincaQC.t

Rev. James \ a Scotchman, was the first minister of Bridget-
water, ^lass. He was educated at Aberdeen in Scotland and
came over in 1662 Avhen about 18 years of age. He was
ordained in 1664 and m. (1) Susanna (or Susan), dau. of his
deacon, Samuel Edson. He m. (2), in 1707, Mary, widow of
Thomas Williams of Taunton.

Mary-, dau. of Rev. James ^ and Susanna, m. Ephraim How-
ard.

Continuation. — Jane Howard, Jane Washburn, Hon. Josiah
Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

♦Centennial gathering of the Hayward Family with address by
George W. Kayward, etc., pp. 35. Taunton, Mass. John G. Sampson,
Printer, 1879.

t Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, p. 214.

the J6^son lineage f Susanna).*

Dea. Samuel^ was from Salem and one of the first settlers
of Bridgewater. He o\\-ned and probably built the first mill
there. He m. Susanna Orcntt before he went to Bridgewater.
iie d. in 1692, ae. 80. His wife d. in 1699, ae. 81.

SusAis'XA^, probably oldest daughter of Dea. Samuel and
Susanna, m. Eev. James Keith.

Contlnuaiion. — Mar\- Keith, Jane Howard, Jane Washburn,
fion. Josiah Dean, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston. (See also an-
other line from Dea. Samuel Edson in Byram branch of the
family.)

^be 36^ram Xineaoe.t

Dk. Xicholas^, according to family tradition, was son of an
English gentleman of the county of Kent, who removed to Ire-
land about the time of his birth. At the age of sixteen Xicholas
was sent by his father to visit friends in England in charge of a
man who betrayed his trust, robbed him of his money and sent
him to the West Indies. Here he was sold to service to pay his
passage, but after his term expired he made his way to Xew
England and settled at Weymouth in 1638, where he remained
24 years. He was a physician. He m. Susanna, dau. of Abra-
ham Shaw of Dedham, before Xov. 13, 1639, and had six chil-
dren, of whom was Xicholas", all lx>rn at Wevmouth.I He re-
moved with his family about 1662 to Bridgewater, being one of

•Mitchell's Hist, of Bridgewater, pp. 154-5.

tThis lineage has been compiled largely from the matter contained
in Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, Mass., 1840 and 1897, pp. 127-8,
and from the now very rare pamphlet, "The Life and Character of
Mrs. Sarah Byram Dean," a monograph by Rev. Enoch Sanford, D. D..
published at Raynham, Mass., Oct., 1885, pp. 30. A copy of this pam-
phlet which is of such interest to the family was handed down from
Sarah (Weston) Kimball to her daughter, Mary Cornelia (Kimball)
Walker.

J According to Mass. Hist. Coll. (2), vol. VII, p. 154, he had but
one son, Nicholas.

the first settlers of that place. He d. about 16S7. His will
mentions among others, wife Susannah and brother John Shaw.*

Capt. Nicholas-, eldest child of Nicholas \ was b. .

He m. ^farv', dau. of Samuel Edson, in 1676, and had nine
children, bom between 1678 and about 1700. He and his wife
were the eldest and first named members of the church first in-
stituted in East Bridf!;owat<:^r in 1724. Both died in 1727.
Capt. Nicholas is said to have been distinguished for bravery in
the Indian War. He is said to have been one of a party of
nineteen men who surprised a party of five hundred Indians
and captured forty of them, with much booty, without the loss
of a man.

Maj. Ebexezer^, sixth child and second son of Nicholas^
and ]Mary was b. Oct. 1, 1602. He m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph
Hayward, in 1714, and had eight children, bom between 1716
and 1732. He had two plantations of considerable extent and
value at East Bridgewater, but these he sold and with all his
children Avent to Mendham in Morris county, N. J., about 1744.
He tliere kept the Black Horse Tavern, became a major of mili-
tia and judge of the county court. He died in 1753, aged 61.

JIkv. Eliab^, son of Ebenezer^ and Hannah, was b. Dec. 4,
1718. He was graduated from Harvard University in 1740, a
member of the same class as Samuel Adams of Revolutionary
fame, who became governor of Massachusetts. He studied
divinity and commenced his ministry in North !Middleboro',
Mass., but subsequently settled in Mendham, N. J., where he
remained about eight years. He was some time a missionary
at Piles Grove. He was on a journey to the Susquehanna In-
dians with the celebrated David Brainard when Mr. Brainard's
mare broke her leg at a point thirty miles from any house.f
Under date of Oct. 1, 1744 that distinguished missionary wrote
in his journal as follows:

"Was engaged this day in making preparations for my intended jour-
ney to the Susquehanna Towards night rode about four

miles and met Brother Byram (minister at a place called Rockciticus.

♦Genealog. Advert., vol. 1, p. 20.

t See Dr. Jonathan Edward's Life of Rev. Mr. Brainard.

now Mendham, about forty miles from Brainard's lodgings), who was
come at my desire, to be my companion in travel to the Indians; I re-
joiced to see him, and, I trust, God made his conversation profitable
to me. I saw him, as I thought, more dead to the world, its anxious
cares and alluring objects, than I was, and this made me look within
myself, and gave me a greater sense of my guilt, ingratitude and
misery.

"October 2. Set out on my journey in company with dear Brother
Byram and my interpreter and two chief Indians from the Forks of
Delaware. Traveled about twenty-five miles and lodged in one of the
last houses on our road, after which there was nothing but a hideous
and howling wilderness."

Rev. Eliab iii. (1) Dec. 3, 1741, Pliebe, dan. of Ephraim
Leonard, and third in descent from. Solomon Leonard of Dux-
hurj. Hem, (2), in Raynham, Oct. 23, 1740, Sarali Leonard,
dan. of Thomas Leonard, Jr., and Sarah Walker of Raynham, a
different branch of the Leonard family from that of his first
wife, Sarah having been fourth in descent from James Leonard
of Lynn.

Mr. Byram left Mendham in 1751, having accepted a call
to Amwell (now Ringoes, X. Y.), where he was pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, and where he d. in April, 1754, aged
thirty-six years. His widow returned \vith her dau. Sarah to
Raynham, where- she m., Dec. 16, 1756, Thomas Dean, Esq.
She d. at Raynham Sept. 20, 1778, in her forty-ninth year.

Sarah ^, dau. of Eliab"* and Sarah, was b. in Mendham,
'N. J., Oct. 10, 1750. Her father d. when she was about three
years old. At the age of twelve her family removed to iSTorth
Middleboro', Mass., where they resided seven years. Her half-
brother, Seth Dean, to whom she was quite devoted, was in the
army under Washington in the suburbs of Boston, and entered
Boston with him after the British had been driven out. In
1771 she m. Josiah Dean. Her husband was the o^^^ler of the
Ra^mham forge and there he employed a large number of men,
as well as upon his farm. During the Revolutionary War her
house often afforded entertainment to the weary soldiers. It
was also the resort of many civil and military officers, and as
her mother's family, the Leonards, were "among the leading

and affluent, she had peculiar advantages not only for improv-
ing but for displaying her amiable natural talents to the best
advantage." Dr. Sanford's biography shows her to have been
a somewhat remarkable woman and a power in the community.
She d. at the age of ninety-nine years.

Continuation. — Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

Zbc Sbaw Xincacjc (Susanna).*

Abraham Shaw^, the emigrant, was freeman at Dedham in
1637. Nicholas Byram was one of the witnesses to the inven-
tory^ of his property taken in 1638, presumably after his death.
No wife is- recorded, so it is assiimed she was dead before he
came over. Ho had four children. His will in Boston records
is without date. Much confusion has arisen in regard to the
early generations of Shaws, owing to the recurrence of names ;
but Mr. J. L. Reed of Weymouth, avIio has made a special study
of this line is authority for the statement that Susanna, who m.
Nicholas Byram, was undoubtedly a sister of Abraham.

Continuation. — Capt. Nicholas Byram, Maj. Ebenezer By-
ram, Rev. Eliab Byram, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah
Weston.

^be &>Q0\\ tHincage (flDar^).

Dea. 3amuel^ (See p. 72.)

Mary 2, dau. of Dea. Samuel^ and Susanna, m. in 1676
Capt. Nicholas Byram,

Continuation. — ]\Iaj. Ebenezer Byram, Rev. Eliab Byram,
Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

♦Mitchell's History of Bridgewater, pp. 303-4.

Zbc 1ba\)vvarb lineage Oosepb).

Thomas^ (See p. 71.)

Dea. Joseph-, the fourtli son of Thomas^ and Susanna, was
b. in England, and came to Duxbiirv with his father in 1635.
He ni. (1) Alice, dan. of Elder William Brett, (2) name not
kno"v\Ti, and (3), abont 1682, Hannah, dan. of Experience
Mitchell.

Hannah^, the sixth child of Dea. Joseph^, and second of
Hannah Mitchell, his wife, was b. 1691. She m., 1714, Maj.
Ebenezer Byrani, who removed with all his children to Morris
county, X. J., about 1744.

Continuation. — Kev. Eliab Bvram, Sarah Bvram, Sarah
Dean, Sarah Weston.

Zlbe riDitebell Xineage (Ibannab).

Experience^ (See p. 67.)

HAN?fAii-, dau. of Experience^ and Jane, m. Dea. Joseph
Hayward, son of Thomas Hayward of Duxbury, Important
dates unknowTi.

Continuation. — Hannah Hayward, Rev. Eliab Byram, Sarah
Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

^be Coof^e Xtneage^

Francis^ and Jaxe-. (See p. 68.)

Continuation. — Hannah Mitchell, Hannah Hayward, Rev.
Eliah Byram, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

^be Xeonarb Xineage (^bomas).

James^ (See p. 65.)

Ma J. Thomas-, first son of James^ and ]\raro;aret, was b.
about 1641 ; (from age at death) ; m. Mary Watson, August 21,

1662 ; a. Xov. 24, 1713, aire 72. His wife d. Dec. 1, 1723, at
age 81. He was a physician, major, justice of the peace, town
clerk, deacon, and became the ancestor of a very distinguished
family.

JoiiN^, the second son of Thomas'- and ^laiy, was b. May 18,
1668. He m. Mary, dan. of Philip King.

Thomas'*, the son of John^ and Mar)-, m., June 23, 1726,
Sarah Walker.

Sarah"', the dan. of Thomas'* and Sarah, was b. in 1729 and
m. (1) Oct. 23, 1749, Rev. Eliab Byram of Mendham, N. J.
She was the mother of Sarah Byram, who m. Hon. Josiah Dean
of Raynhani, in his day the owner of the Raynham forge bnilt
by James and Henry Leonard. She m. (2) Thomas Dean,
Esq., and d. Sept. 20, 1778.

Continuation. — Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Wes-
ton.

Zbc Wnteon Xincagc (flDar^)*

George^ (See p. 51.)

Mary", third dan. of George' and Phebe, was b. about 1641.
Shem. Aug. 21, 1662, Thomas Leonard of Taunton, and d. Dec.
1, 1723, aged 81.

Continuation. — John Leonard, Thomas Leonard, Sarah Leon-
ard, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

Ilbc 1btcJ?0 Xtncaoc (riDari? IlClateon).

Robert' and Phebe^. (See p. 52.)

Continuation. — Marv' Watson, John Leonard, Thomas Leon-
ard, Sarah Leonard, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

Z\)c IkiriG Xineagc.

Philip^, the ancestor of tlie Taunton King family, was of
"Weymouth prior to 1G72, at which time he m. Judith "\^^iit-
man, dau. of John Whitanan^ of that placet In 1680 he
removed to Taunton (tradition says from Braintree). Sanford
refers to him as Capt. Pliilip and states that he Avas a great
friend of the Indians, -udth whom he traded, bringing his goods
on horseback from Plymouth. It is also stated that Thomas
King of Scituate was his brother. Philip's children w^ere seven
daughters and a son John.

jMaky^, dau. of Philip and Judith, m. John Leonard. They
settled at Taunton and had four children, all sons.

Continuation. — Thomas Leonard, Sarah Leonard, Sarah By-
ram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

^bc Mbitman Xineaoe.

JoHN^, the ancestor, was one of the earliest settlers of the
town of W^eymouth having arrived some months and probably a
year or more prior to December, 1G38, at which time he was
made a freeman. In 1642 he received an allotment of land in
Weymouth. In 1645 he was by the Governor and assistants ap-
pointed an Ensign, probably the first military appointment in
the town. This office he held until March 16, 1680. He was
deacon in the Weymouth church, probaljly from its first estab-
lishment until his death. There are on record many transfers
of real estate in whicli Jolm Whitman was concerned, and he
is shoAvn to have been one of the largest land holders in the

*Farnam, descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass., p. 28;
Savage, Genealogical Dictionary; King family of Taunton, by Rev.
Enoch Sanford.

fSanford gives Rev. William Whitman of Milton as the father of
Judith, but this seems clearly to be an error.

tHistory of the Descendants of John Whitman of Weymouth, Mass.,
by Charles H. Farnam, A. M., Asst. in Archeology in the Peabody Mu-
seum, Yale University, pp. xv and 1246. New Haven, 1889.

town. The first deed on record made' by him transfers 22
acres of land in '"Braintry" to William Hajnyard and bears
date of March 19, 1648. (See p. 14.) He was bv tlie Gen-
eral Court in 1664 allowed four shillings a day "for his paynes"
and use of "his horse in ye journey he was employed in for the
countrye's services to the XarroAvgansetts." In 1645 and 1646
the Court authorized John Whitman with others to end small
causes and controversies at We;^inouth,

It is probable that John was b, about 1602 and that he lived
little, if any, short of ninety years. His death occurred 'Nov.
13, 1692. His oldest son Thomas was b. in 1629. John m.
in England probably about 1625. He came to America before
1638 leaving his wife, whose name was probably Ruth, and sev-
eral children n England. There is a tradition that they joined
him in 1641. Of the four sons and five daughters six lived
to be over eighty.

Judith- was probably the youngest dau. of the ancestor. She
m. prior to 1672 Philip King of Weymouth. His mil made
in 1706 mentions his wife Judith.

Continuation. — ]\[ary King, Thomas Leonard, Sarah Leon-
ard, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

Zhc malhcv Xincagc.

James^, son of the "Widow Walker" of Rehoboth, was b. in
England in 1619 or 1620. He came to America probably in
the "Elizabeth" from London April 15, 1635. He first appears
at Taunton in 1643, and was made freeman in 1650. He m.
(1) Elizabeth, dau. of William and Elizabeth (Parker) Phil-
lips. They had five children who survived them. Elizabeth
d. Aug. 14, 1678, aged 59; and he m. (2), :N'ov. 4, 1678, Sarah
Rew, widow of Edward Rew, and a daughter of Jolin Richmond.
James^ d. Eeb. 15, 1691, aged 73. He and wife Elizabeth
were buried in the Walker grave yard on the bank of the Taun-
ton river, her grave stone being older by eight years than any
other in the town. There are many references to James ^ in

the court records which indicate tliat he had some quarrels
with his neighbors, also that many complaints were lodged
against him because his mill prevented the alewives from going
up the Taunton river to breed. Aug. 23, 1671, by a council
of war James Walker was chosen to go "vnto the said Phillip,
the said Sachem to require his psonall appeerance att Pl^^nouth
in the 13th day of September next in reference to the pticulares
aboue mentioned against him ; this letter was sent by Mr. James
Walker, one of the councell, and hee was ordere<l to request the
companie of Mr. Roger Williams and Mr. James Bro\vne to goe
w^ith him att the deliuery of the said letter." (Pl\Tnouth rec-
ords.)

He was a member and chaimian of the town "Councell of
Warr," 1667, 1675, and 1678. He was also one of the "Coun-
cell of Warr" for Plymouth Colony, in 1658, 1661, 1671, 1681,
and was associated with its most energetic and sagacious men.
He had correspondence with Gov. Winslow, Gov. Prince and
others, a.part of which is preserved.*

James ^, son of James^ and Elizabeth, was b. 1645-6 and d.
June 22, 1718, aged 72 yrs. He m., Dec. 23, 1673, Bathsheba,
dau. of Gilbert Brooks of Eehoboth. She was b. 1655 and d.
Feb. 24, 1738, in her 85tli year. James^ was constable in
Taunton in 1689, in which vear he was admitted to freedom.
His father is always distinguished from him in the records as
Mr. James Walker.

Lieut. James ^, son of James ^ and Bathsheba, was b. Dec,
1674, and d. Sept. 12, 1749, ae. 74 yrs., 8 mos. and 19 days.
(Inscription.) He m. (1), Oct. 6, 1699, Sarah, dau. of John
Richmond of Taunton, and (2) Mrs. Sarah , who sur-
vived him, and d. 1759, ae. ab. 75 yrs. He was stvled Lieut,
in 1744 and upon his grave stone is called Ensign.

Sarah^, dau. of Lieut. James^ dud Sarah, m., June 23, 1726,
Thomas Leonard, Jr., of Ravnham.

Continuation. — Sarah Leonard, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean,
Sarah Weston.

♦See Memorial of the Walkers of the Old Plymouth Colony, etc.. by
James Bradford Richmond Walker, A. M., pp. 451, Northampton, Met-
calf & Co.. 1861.

Zhc pbtllips Xincagc.

William^ was of Taunton 1643. He ni. Elizal)etli Parker,
sistor of William and John Parker, leading men of Taunton.

Elizabeth-, dan. of William* and Elizabeth, was b. about
1619. She m. James Walker. She d. in July or August, 1678,
ae. 59. Her grave stone in the Walker grave yard has an earlier
date by eight years than any other in the to^^^l. They had five
children who survived them.

Continuation. — James Walker, Lieut. James Walker, Sarah
Walker, Sarah Leonard, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Wes-
ton.

Gilbert*, came to this country in the ''Blessing" from Lon-
don in 1635 at the age of fourteen years. With his brother
William he went to Scituate, where it is recorded that he was
in the family of William Vassall in 1638. He m. (1) Eliza-
beth, who according to some authorities was the dau. of Gov-
ernor Edward Winslow of Plymouth and Marshfield. He had
sons Gilbert and John, probably born in Marshfield, and seven
daughters, all born in Scituate.

In 1675 ho kept a garrison at Governor Josiah Winslow's
house at Marshfield. Gilbert* was in Rehoboth 1679-1683
and member of a committee "to treat with the Eev. Samuel
Angier concerning his settlement in the ministr)' there.* He
m. (2), at Eehoboth, Jan. 18, 1687, Sarah, the widow of Sam-
uel Carpenter.

Bathsheba^, fifth daughter and seventh child of Gilbert and
Elizabeth, was b. in Scituate in 1655 and baptized there in the

*Walker Memorial, p. 8.

t History of Scituate, Mass., by Samuel Deane, Boston, 1831, pp. 224-5.
Also Savage, Genealogical Dictionary, vol. I, p. 260. Haxtun's Signers
of the Mayflower Compact, part I, p. 7. Winslow Memorial, vol. 1, p. 58.

Be<?ond church. She m., Dec. 23, 1673, James Walker of Taun-
ton. Shed. Feb. 24, 1738.

C ontinuation. — Lieut. James Walker, Sarah Walker, Sarah
Leonard, Sarah Bjram, Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

ZTbe "CQinelow Xincaae**

GovEKNOR Edward^, the remarkable man who has been
called the head of the Plymouth Colony as Capt. Standish was
its right arm, was b. at Droitwich, Worcestershire, England,
Oct. 19, 1595. He was the son of Edward Winslow of Kemp-
sey and Droitwich, England, and Magdalene OUyver, his wife,
and grandson of Kenelm Winslow, whose estates were Clerken-
leap and ISTewports' Place. In 1617 he joined the congrega-
tion of the Pilgrim Church at Leyden. Here he m. (1), May
16, 1618, Elizabeth Barker. When the Leyden Pilgrims
started for the New World in 1620 Edward and his wife and
his brother Gilbert went with them. Edward's family consisted
of himself and wife, George Soule, a boy, Elias Stoiy, and a girl
Ellen Moore. Of the five the future governor and George Soule
(see p. 47) were the only ones to survive the winter. Eliza-
beth, the wife, passed away on the 24th of March, 1621. On the
12th of May following Edward m. Mrs. Susanna (Fuller)
^Tiite, whose babe, Perigrine White, then five months old, was
bom on the '']\Iayflower," and whose husband, William White,
had died but a month or two earlier. Some explanation of the
apparent haste of each party to the marriage in renewing mari-
tal relations may be found in the unprotected condition of the
mother and child and the cruel necessities of the time, which
crowded one hundred and two persons into nineteen houses of
one room each. This marriage was the first in jSTew England
and being a civil one before a Magistrate (Bradford) — then
contrarv to English law — was in some sense a declaration of
rights on the part of the colonists.

*See under Elizabeths below.

"Winslow was of better family than the other colonists and
partly on this account and partly because of his sagacity and
intellectnal power, he was always regarded with more than
ordinary respeet by the colony. From the start he was the dip-
lomatist of the infant state. Ho was, the envoy to Massasoit on
more than one occasion, and by curing him of a severe illnesa
secured to the colonists a life long friend and peace with the
tribe during the chief's lifetime. He made several voyages to
England as the agent of the colony to conduct difficult matters
with the home government, a task for which his advantages of
birth, his personal appearance and his courtliness, as well as
his qualities of mind, especially fitted him. On one of these
visits he was imprisoned for seventeen weeks in the Fleet prison
through the influence of Archbishop Laud because as a layman
he had taught publicly in th(^ cliurch, and because he had offici-
ated at marriages, notwithstanding the fact that the colony had
no minister. In 10;]5, while on one of these visits, he suc-
ceeded in disconcerting a plot to abolish the self government
enjoyed by the colonists. He was, in contrast with the men of
his time, unusually tolerant. "When Roger Williams, the
apostle of liberty, had been forced to leave Massachusetts and
had been reduced to want, Winslow gave him advice and money.
Williams said: '"It pleased the Father of Mercies to touch
many hearts with relentings, among whom that great and pious
soul, Mr. Winslow, melted, and he kindly furnished me at Prov-
idence, and put a piece of gold into the hands of my wife, for
our supply." WinsloAv was three times governor of the colony,
in 1635, 1636, and 1644. He went to England for the last
time in 1649 when he was influential in the formation of the
Society for Propagating the Gospel among the Indians of New
England, and John Eliot began his successful work as apostle
to the Indians.

Winslow's worth and accomplishments were so appreciated
by the parties now in power in England that he found no oppor-
tunity to return to the colony. He was appointed a Commis^-
sioncr to determine the value of English ships destroyed by the

King of Denmark, and when Cromwel] sent Admiral Penn and
Gen. Venables to execute an expedition planned against the
Spanish in the West Indies, Winslow was appointed at the head
of three Commissioners to superintend and direct operations.
The commission was appointed, it is supposed, partly because
many of the officers were suspected of loyalty to the Stuarts.
The commanders disagreed in temper and vie^vs and would not
submit to the control of the Commissioners. The expedition
against San Domingo ended in disaster, but the fleet soon after
captured Jamaica. It was on the way to Jamaica while suffer-
ing from the chagrin of defeat that Winslow was attacked by a
climatic fever of which he died. May 8, 1655, before the fleet
reached Jamaica. His body was committed to the deep with
the honors of war, the fleet firing a salute of forty-two guns.

Palfrey says in his History of New England: "After Brad-
ford— or after Bradford and Brewster — the first colony owed
to no man so much as to Edward Winslow. Alwavs intelli-
gent, generous, confident and indefatigable, he was undoubt-
edly ti-usted for any service, at home or abroad, which the infant
settlement happened to require For foreign em-
ployment his better birth and breeding gave him advantages
over his fellow emigrants. Among the gentlemen of the British
Parliament Winslow moved as one of themselves ; and his ad-
dress and winning qualities, no less than his sagacity and dili-
gence, justified the choice, which, when he went abroad for the
last time-, the larger colony overlooked her o\x\\ statesmen to

make Cromwell saw at once the worth of the

honest, religious, capable, strenuous envoy from ^NTorth America,
and took care never to lose his sen'ices while he lived, which was
for nine vears after he left Plvmouth for the last time."

By his second wife, Susanna Fuller, the widow of William
White, he had a daughter Elizabeth. Josiah, the only other
child by this marriage who reached maturity, was aftenvard a
Magistrate, governor of Plymouth, and in 1675, in the war with
the Indians, he was the Commander-in-Chief of all the colonial
forces in Xew England. Before his departure from Xew

England Governor I?(l\vard Winslow had made a settlement on a
valuable tract of land in ^[arshfield to which he gave the name
of "'('areswell." This place has since been famous as the resi-
dence of Daniel Webster.

Elizabeth-, dan. of Gov. Edward and Susanna, m. (1) Gil-
bert or Kobert Brooks and (2) Capt. George Curwen of Salem.*

A number of authorities make Elizabeth Winslow, dau. of
Gov. Edward Winslow, the wife of Gilbert Brooks, among them
Samuel Deane in his History of Scituate, the Holtons in their
extensive Winslow Memorial of two large volumes, and Xahum
Mitchell in the History of Bridge water. Thomas in Memorials
of Marshfield, Mass., says that Elizabeth Winslow was married
first to ''Gilbert or Eobert Brooks." On the other hand Davis
in his Landmarks of Plymouth says she m. Robert Roaks. Sav-
age in one place gives Robert Brooks and in another (on the au-
thority of Deane) Gilbert Brooks, stating, however, that this is
disputed by some.

The Neiv England Historical and Genealogical Register (vol.
4, p. 30), states that Elizabeth Winslow's first husband was Rob-
ert Brooks, by whom she had a son John, and her second hus-
band was George Curwen of Salem. Wyman's Charlestown
says John Brooks, d. 25 Dec, 1687, a son of Mrs. Curwin of
Salem. Mr. George A. Daiy of Boston, who has recently given
much time to this question, believes he has proven that Eliza-
beth, the wife of Gilbert Brooks, was not the dau. of Governor
WinsloAv, and if the Gilbert Brooks of Rehoboth is the Gilbert
Brooks of Scituate and ^larshfield, it is difficult to see how he
can be in error.

The will of Governor Joslah Winslow (son of Gov. Edw.
Winslow) proved in 1681 {Old Colony Records, vol. Jf., pt. 2,
p. 115), gives his "loving sister Elizabeth Corw^in a pocket

♦Winslow Memorial, Family Records of Winslows and their Descend-
ants in America, with the English ancestry as far as known, by David-
Parsons Holton, A. M^ M. D., and Mrs. Frances K, (Forward) Wins-
low. Two volumes, New York, 1877.

Haxtun's Signers of the Mayflower Compact.

Elizabeth (Winslow) (Brooks) Corwin, by George Ernest Bowmaii,
Mayflower Descendant, vol. 1 (1899), p. 238.

•watch that was sometimes our Honored Father's" and a legacy
"to mj kinsman John Brook, son of my said sister." J^ow the
Kehoboth records give the date of burial of Elizabeth, wife of
Gilbert Brooks, as July 17> 1687, though they also give the
date of his remarriage to Mrs. Sarah Carpenter as Jan. 18,
1687, before the death of his first wife. There may be an error
in one of these dates. In any case Gilbert himself appears to
have been living at the time the will of Josiah Winslow was
written, hence his wife could not be Elizabeth Corwin, the dan.
of Governor Winslow.

Capt. George Corwin d. at Salem June 3, 1684-5, and among
the documents relating to the settlement of his estate is "A
Liste of Severall Things Inventoried wth the Estate of Capt.
Geo. Corwine wch in Eight belong to Elizabeth, his Relict
Widow, etc." Included in this list is the following: "To a
Large Tankerd, plate, yt was my fomr Husbands Mr. Robt.
Brookes, wth or Armes To a plate sugr box. Given me pr
Govt Winslow, etc."

Continuation. — Bathsheba Brooks, Lieut. James Walker^
Sarah Walker, Sarah Leonard, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean,
Sarah Weston.

^be IRlcbmonb Xineage.

The Richmond family had its origin in Brittany, France.
The family lineage has been traced from John Richmond, the
American ancestor, to Roaldus Musard de Richmond, one of the
most powerful leaders who accompanied William the Conqueror
to England."^ The line of English ancestors given is also that
of the Ashton-Kejmes and other Wiltshire Richmonds : the
former for five generations bore the alias of Webb, first assumed
by William Richmond about 1430 when he man-ied Alice, the
daughter and heiress of Thomas Webb of Draycott, Wiltshire,.

♦The Richmond Family, 1594-1896, and Pre-American Ancestors,
1040-1594 by Joshua Bailey Richmond, Member of the New England
Historic Genealogical Society, pp. xviii and 614, Boston, 1897.

England. Francis Thackeray, the imcle of "William Make-
peace Thackeray, ^vho descended from the Wiltshire Rich-
nionds, compiled the records of the ancestors of the Asliton-
Kevnes Richmonds.*

JoHN^, the eldest son of Henrj, alias Webb^*', was an officer
of distinction during the English civil wars. He was b. in
1594 and was the American ancestor of the Richmonds. He
came from Ashton-Keynes, Wilts., to America probably in
1635 to Saco, Me. He was one of the purchasers of Taunton
in 1637 and o\TOed six shares. He was probably m. before
coming to America, but nothing is known of his wife. He was
away from Taunton much of his life and is kno\Tn to have been
at Ne-w'port and other places, but returned to Taunton and d.
there Mch. 20, 1664, acred 70. He was one of the Commis-
sioners, for iSTeA^iiort, of the Court of (Commissioners, held at
Portsmouth in 1656. He took the oath of fidelity at Taunton
in 1640. The family were large landowmers in the easterly
part of the to^v^l and gave that section the name Richmondville
which it still bears.

John-, son of John^, was b. probably in Ashton-Keynes
about 1627, before his father came to America. He m. in 1641
Abigail Rogers, dau. of John Rogers of Duxbuiy. She d. Aug. 1,
1727, aged eighty six, and is buried at Taunton. As this would
make her but thirteen years of age when Johns's dau., Mary,
was bom, it has been supposed by some that there was a former
wife. Deeds of land show that Johns's son, Joseph, was son of
Abigail, heince probably that the earlier wife died about 1662
and that he m. Abigail Rogers early in 1663. On Sept. 28,
1671, Wm. Brenton, Jas. WalkeT (See p. 79), Wm. Harvey,
Walter Dean and John Richmond purchased of King Philip and
his Sachems the tract of land which included Taunton. John
Richmond was at other times employed to purchase land of the
Indians, was constable, member of the town council, commis-
sioner, and surveyor. His residence at "Xeck of Land" was

* This brief summary is taken from the work of Joshua Bailey Rich-
mond above cited, to which reference should be made for fuller data
and authorities.

three-fourths of a mile from the "green" and with his wife he
is buried there. In ]\Ich., 1677, he was a distributer of Taun-
ton's apportionment of the "Irish Charity" sent from Dublin,
Ireland, to "distressed sufferers" by King Philip's War. He
was a very important man of the town and on nearly every com-
mittee on purchase, division, and settlement of land. He d.
Oct. 7, 1715.

Saeah^, the eighth child of John^ (and daughter of Abigail
Rogers), was b. at Taunton Feb. 7, 1670-1. She m. Oct. 6,
1699, James Walker, son of James and Bathsheba (Brooks)
Walker. She d. Xov. 27, 1727.

Continuation. — Sarah Walker, Sarah Leonard, Sarah Byram,
Sarah Dean, Sarah Weston.

^hc IRocjers Xincaac.

Thomas^ was one of the "Mayflower" Pilgrim Fathers and
the eighteenth signer of the Compact in the cabin of the "May-
flower," where he placed his name immediately beneath that of
Francis Cooke. His son Joseph came out with him on the
"Mayflower." Bradford says of Thomas:

"He was one of the forty-one persons who signed the Constitutions of
government on board the Mayflower, and was one of the Pilgrim
Fathers. His son Joseph came with him, is married, and has six chil-
dren. The other children came over afterward, including John, mar-
ried, and have many children. Thomas died in 1621."

The sons Joseph and John subsequently removed to Duxbury,
the annex of Plymouth, where were Standish, Brewster, Soule,
and other important men of the colony. In Aug., 1643, their
names appear in the list of men of Duxbury able to bear arms.
Joseph was a Lieutenant and a military' man of importance in
the colony,

JoHN^, son of Thomas^ was b. . He followed his

father to Plymouth probably either in the "Fortune" (1621)
or the "Ann" (1623), and resided in Duxbury. He proposed

to take up freedom Mch. 5, 1638-9. April 16, 1639, he m. Ann
Cliiirchmaii (perhaps dan. of Hugh Churchman of Lynn,
1640), hence probably quite a young- child when the "May-
flower" sailed. His will,* dated Aug. 26, 1691, and proved
Sept. 20, 1692, contains a paragraph as follows:

5. To his daughter Abigail Richmond, "that twenty shillings a year
which is my due for four score acres of land which I sold to my two
grandsons, Joseph Richmond and Edward Richmond."

Continuation. — Abigail Rogers, Sarah Richmond, Sarah
Walker, Sarah Leonard, Sarah Byram, Sarah Dean, Sarah
Weston.

*Haxtun's Signers of the Mayflower Compact, Pt. II, p. 11.

XCbe Bescenbants of Hloiiso anb
Sarab Mestoit IRimbalL

(Compiled by Mary Cornelia Kimball Walker.)

Mary Corxelia Kimball^, b. Lee, Mass., Jan. 4, 1842; m.
Green Bay, Wis., Aug. 16, 1866, Matthew Henry Walker, for-
merly of Cliffe House, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England. Mr.
Walker is a dealer in real estate at Green Bay.

CHILDEEN^. BORN IN GREEN BAT.

i Edwin Eaton Walker,^ b. Aug. 15, 1869, living in Montpelier, Ind.
ii William Kimball Walker," b. May 5, 1872, Green Bay.
iii Anne Carolyn Walker," b. Jan. 8, 1884.

Alo]\'zo Weston Kimball^, b. Lee, Mass., March 7, 1844;
m. 1st Aug. 4, 1869, Almira Barnes Mahan (d. Green Bay, Nov.
28, 1882), youngest daughter of late President Asa Mahan,
of Oberlin College, O., and his wife, Mary Dix; m. 2d Sept.
24, 1884, Ella Celestia Peak, dau. of the late James Peak,
M. D., of Cooperstown, I^. Y. He entered Beloit College in
1863, but left to enter the Union army. After the war he en-
gaged in the insurance business in Green Bay and Milwaukee.
Later he was appointed general agent of the iN'orthwestern Mu-
tual Life Insurance Co., with headquarters in Chicago. In
1902 he took into partnership Mr. Charles D. I^Torton, who for
several years had been Assistant General Agent. Resides in
Evanston, 111.

CHILDREN.

1 Theodore Mahan Kimball," b. Green Bay, July 9, 1870. (See below.)
ii Alonzo Myron Kimball," b. Green Bay, Aug. 14, 1874. (See below.)
iii Marjorie Weston Kimball," b. Milwaukee, March 12, 1886.

ALONZO WESTON KIMBALL

f/> THE

NEW YOiSlF^

'public uBaA^y?

Astor, Lenox and Tiiden ,

Four.(iat1on»>

1903

CiiAKLES Theodore Kimball-, b. Dalton, Mass., Oct. 10,
1847 ; m. Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 5, 1871, Hannali Elizabeth
Cawi:horne, of Port Hope, Canada. He received a business
education and was associated with, liis father in the hardware
business, which is still conducted bv him under the old name.

CHILDREN.

i Mary Bell Kimball,' b. March 5, 1873.
ii Myra Weston Kimball," b. Sept. 7, 1875.
iii Charles Theodore Kimball," Jr., b. July 27, 1877.

Matiiee Deax Kimball-, b. Green Bay, Wis., Dec. 4, 1849 ;
m. in Chicago, 111., Jan. 30, 1875, Anna Lewis. He graduated
from the jSTorthwestem University, Evanston, 111., in 1872.
Besides in Milwaukee, Wis. With the Xorthwestem Mutual
Life Insurance Co.

CiriLDREX.

i Katharine Lewis Kimball," b. Green Bay, Nov. 8, 1876. (See below.)
li Sara Weston Kimball," b. Green Bay, Jan. 7, 1879. (See below.)
ill Anna Mather Kimball," b. Ravenswood, 111., Aug. 17, 1886.

William Dwight Kimball 2, b. Green Bay, Sept. 18, 1852 ;
and d. Sept. 17, 1854.

Saka Kimball-, b. Green Bay, Wis., July 25, 1857; m, 1st,
Green Bay, Oct. 6, 1880, Linus Bonner Sale. Mr. Sale was a
lawyer of English descent. On Aug. 10, 1892, he with his
two little sons, Richard and Robert, was drowned in Fox river
at Green Bay while bathing. Married 2d, at Evanston, 111.,
June 23, 1896, William Herbert Hobbs, professor of mineral-
ogy and petrology at the University of Wisconsin. Reside at
Madison, Wis.

CHILDREN.

i Richard Weston Sale," b. Aug. 9, 1881; d. Aug. 10, 1892. (See be-
low.)
ii Robert Kimball Sale," b. Aug. 25, 1883; d. Aug. 10. 1892. (See be-
low.)
iii Alice Ruth Sale," b. Aug. 24, 1886; d. Mch. 5, 1901.
iv Winifred Sarah Weston Hobbs.s b. Nov. 11, 1899.

Theodore Maiiax Kimball^, b. Green Bay, July 9, 1870;
m. in Chicago, 111., Mch. 3, 1898, Dixie Bagshaw. Reside in
Evanston, 111.

CHrLDREN.

i Myra Mahan Kimball,* b. Orizaba, state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, July
4, r?99.
ii Alfred Channing Kimball,* b. Evanston, 111., Aug. 8, 1901.

Alojs^zo Myron Kimball^ b. Green Bay, Aug. 14, 1874; m.
April 24, 1902, ITadelaine Williams. Reside at Chicago, 111.

KATHARINE Lewis Kimball^, b. Green Bay, Xov. 8, 1876 ;
ni. at Milwaukee, Wis., Frederick Albert Foster. Reside in
Milwaukee, Wis.

Sara Westox Kimball^ b. Green Bay, Jan. 7, 1879 ; m.
May 6, 1902, at Milwaukee, George Arthur Carhart, M. D.
Reside at Pittsburgh, Pa.

Tn^CI to Xineacjes.

Allen (See Gardner and Montague)

Ashley

Atherton

Becket (See Soule)

Bicknell (See Rockwood)

Brooks

Buttolph

Byram

Carr

Church

Churchill

Churchman (See Rogers)

Cooke (Cook)

Corwin

Cowles

Dean

De la Noye

Deming (See Foote)

Dickinson

Downing

Dunham

Edson

Emerson

Foote

Fuller

Gardner

Gibbons (See Hitchcock)

Gull (See Dickinson)

Hanchett

Hayward

Hicks

Hitchcock

Holt (See Mather)

Horton (See Ashley)

Howard

Hunt (See Wood)

Keith

Kilbourn

Kimball

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41
20

81,85
24
72
13
30
31

17, 68, 76
86
33
60
46

32
35
63

72,75
27
31
26
25

28
14, 71, 76

. 52,77
37

PAGE

King . . . . . .78

Kingsley

Langton

Leonard

63, 76

Mather

Mitchell

. 67,76

Montague

Nash

Oliver (See Carr)

Orcutt (See Edson)

Orne (See Gardner)

Packard . . . . . ,69

Parker

Partridge

Phillips

Pomeroy

Pratt

Prichard

Prichett

Richmond

Rocket

Rockwood

Rogers

Root

Russell (See Root)

Scott (See Kimball)

Shaw . . . . . .51,75

Smith

36,38

Soule

Stacy (See DiCkinson)

Stephens

Stoughton

Wadsworth

Wales (See Atherton)

Walker

Washburn

Watson

Weston

Whitman

Whotlock (See Kimball)

Winslow

Witt

Wood

l[n fIDcmoiiam*

aimira Barnes flDaban.

Aliiiira Barnes JMalian was the ymmo-est child of Rev. Dr.
Asa Maliaii, President of Oberliii College. Her mother, Maiy
Dix Malian, was a mcmher of the celebrated Dix faiuilv. ^NFvra,
as she was called bv her friends, was bom at Oberlin, January
11, 1846. She came to Green Bay, Wis., in the fall of 1806
■with her sisters and ^liss Gillett, whore they established a very
successful academy, ^fyra was married Angiist 4, 1860, to
A. W. Kimball. Probably no woman who ever lived in Green
Bay impressed herself more positively and lovingly on the entire
connnnnity than she. Always dcA^oted to church and charitable
work of some kind, she ^^•ill long be remembered by many whom
the world will never hear of or know.

"Blessing she was, God made her so,
Nor did she ever chance to know
That aught were easier than to bless."

!Mrs. Kind)all organized the Shakespeare Club; and was one
of the founders of the Philharmonic Society, being chosen for
the part, of Queen in the cantata of Esther, the Beautiful Queen,
the first concert ]n*esented by that Society. She w^as a woman
of unusual comeliness and beauty ; of strong and lovely charac-
ter, and was warmlv and tenderlv beloved bv a very wide circle
of friends and admirers. Her husband and tw^o sons, Theodore
Mahan Kind)all and Alonzo Myron Kindiall, survived her.
8

Xinue Bonner Sale*

Linus Bonner Sale, Yonn^est child of Jokn F. and Jane
Grey Sale, was born at Evansvillc, Rock county, Wis., on May
7, 1844. The year following his birth, in Febniary, 1845, his
father, a vouna; man of thirty years, died, leayins; liis widow
with four sons to rear and educate. How fittingly she was
equipped to fulfill the difficult task and how faithfully it was
performed, is borne out in the lives of these sons, all of whom
through the inspiration of a loving, cultured mother and in
the blessed experience which comes through years of toil and
economy, achieved more than average education, each one en-
tering a profession. Kichard R. is a physician at Colona,
111., and Joseph H., of Moline, 111., who has since died, was of
the same profession. Judge John W. Sale, of Janesville, Wis.,
and Linus B. Sale, chose that of the legal fraternity.

]\Ir. Sale's early boyhood was spent in the vicinity of Evans-
yille; he worked on a farm, attended the district school, and
later the academy at Evansville.

In the spring of 1864, when the call came for troops for
the 100 days' sendee, this young man of 20 years responded,
enlistina" in the 40tli Wisconsin reo-iment, Col. W. A. Rav in
command. During the time of this service he was with his
regiment in the vicinity of Memphis, Tenn.

Soon after the close of the war, Mr. Sale entered the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, graduating in 1870 with a class of twenty,
receivinc: the deo'ree of Ph. 1j. He then entered the law
department, graduating in 1872, after which he went to Bea-
trice, J^eb., entering into partnership with S. W. Colby (after-
wards assistant attorney general of the L'nited States), in the
practice of law. He remained at Beatrice until March, 1874,
when, upon the solicitation of Chas. E. Vroman, he came to
Green Bay and fo lined a law partnership with ]Mr. Vroman,
which continued witliout interruiition until January 1, ISUl.

*This account is adapted from an obituary notice published in the
Green Bay State Gazette.

On October G, 1880, ^Ir. Sale was united in marriage to
Miss Sara Kimball, youngest ebild of Deacon Alonzo Kim-
ball of Green Bay. They made their home with Mrs. Sale's
parents until the following May, when they took possession of
the home on ^loiiroe avenue where they aftenvard resided.

Mr. Sale, while a resident of Green Bay, was a member
of the Ilepubiican State Central Committee of his congres-
sional district. He was also on the staff of Governor Smith
during his last term of office. From 1879 to 1883 he was a
member of the Board of Regents of the State University, a
valued member, and for six years continuously, up to July,
1891, was President of the School Board of Green Bay.

It is leanied from a friend who knew him intimately through
many years, that Mr. Sale as a student in college was a hard
worker, popular with his fellows though disinclined to indulge
in the pranks of college men. As a lawyer he was careful
and painstaking, seeking the quieter lines of practice rather
than the field of active litigation. lie was a shrewd business
man and almost invariably successful in the management of
business affairs. His sagacity in this respect brought him many
clients who trusted him with most implicit confidence in the
management of their business matters, his promptness, method-
ical habits, and business acumen well meriting their confidence.
As a man he was gentle and quiet, sincere and earnest, and
to this was added intelligence, culture, and refinement of char-
acter. He possessed a vein of humor, which in earlier years
took form in droll sayings that from their wit and originality
still linger in the memory of those who shared them.

]\rr. Sale possessed heroic traits of character, as the closing
moments of his life attest. On Ausrust 10, 1892, in his heroic
effort to save his two sons, Richard Weston and Robert Kim-
ball Sale, from drowning, he lost his own life; and in one
short moment three lives went out, leaving desolate a happy
home, and a pitiful break in a loving family circle.

His devotion to his home and its inmates stands revealed in
the testimonv "that he loved his home and all within it as

few men do." Altlioiiii'li reserved in manner he formed strong
ties of friendship and he was very tender to little children,
calling forth thereby their atfeetion in a large degree. It
was trne of him that in his dealina's with ^'these little ones"
lie canght trnly the Master's spirt and won the full measure
of the blessing which it procures.

'No better smmnary of the character of the deceased can
be given than that presented by the Rev. 11. W. Thompson at
the funeral services. He said, as nearly as can be recalled,
after speaking of the three beautiful lives that had gone out:
"Mr. Sale, as a citizen, was upright and honorable, and I have
yet to hear anyone say but that ]\[r. Sale in his business trans-
actions was the soul of honor, the ])ersonification of integi'ity.
His life was a reserved life; but, as a life that is reserved in
manner is usually deep and inms quietly, we cannot judge it
readily, the casual observer cannot fathom it. There are
thoughts, precepts, ]U'ineiples, emotions, hopes, not seen by
men, which are not on the surface but are known to God : that
make for the welfare — the peace of the soul."

IRicbar^ Mcston ant) IRobcrt Ikiinball Sale.

These bovs, the one eleven, the other eiiiht yeai's of age, were
drowned together with tluir father on the evening of August
10th, 1892. The hoys were bathing in the Fox river, the father
meanw^hile watching from the shor(>. Though no one witnessed
this sad calamity, which broke up a happy family and darkened
the lives of the two sun'iviug members, it is evident from
cries which were heard that the venturesome younger lad got
beyond his depth and that the brave little Kichard went to
his assistance, the father following from his greater distance
on the bank. Further than this all is conjecture, but the lo-
cality is a treacherous one for bathers and it is probable that
Mr. Sale was borne (hiwu l)y the tloublc l)urdcn.

Richard, who thus lost his life in an attempt to rescue his
brother, was a very manly and self reliant boy, and on more
than one occasion his watchful care of tlie younger brother
saved Eoben-t from harm. Tlichard was an unusually })right
scholar, as was shown by liis i)assing directly from the 5th to
the Tth grades in school, and notwithstanding this seeming
handicap, by his receiving at the completion of the Tth grade
the highest standings of any pupil of that grade in the city.

Robert was an unusually gentle and winsome little fellow.
He assumed a friend in ever>'one and made acquaintance with
all sorts of people. Unlike his cautious elder brother he was
impetuous ajid venturesome. He had a markedly unselfish and
helpful spirit, which with his assimiption of friendship in oth-
ers, won the hearts of all who knew him. The Green Bay State
Gazette of August 17, 1892, says of the little boys:

"And these' happy little brothers, wdiose birthday frolics were
not yet ended, let go their hold on life together, as if even in
that other existence there could not be more of blessedness,
if it must prove for them a divided one. There comes to mem-
oiy in peculiar force, recalled by their latest moments, an in-

100

cident of tlicir nursery days, Tvlien the older baby saved the
younger one from harm by fire, receiving a bum himself. Upon
sympathetic questioning liis brave young lips confessed : ''Yes,
it hurts, but I don't care, because Robert isn't burnt." Fulfill-
ing the promise of this tender, self-sacrificing devotion in the
years since, vcc can now believe that into this last peril each
entered cheerfully for the other's sake.

"Manly, self-reliant Richard and winsome little Robert!

"The complement of each othei*'s needs, we knew you in your
sweet young boyhood, and under and beyond all the heartache
of our o'ershadowing loneliness, we rejoice in your continuing
and perfected companionship.

"Our precious boys! God only measures our surpassing
love for them and He does it l)y His own.

"Why do we call them 'lost'
Because we miss them from our outward road?
God's unseen angel, on our pathway crossed,
Looked on us all, and, loving them the most,
Straightway relieved them of life's weary load."

101

aiicc IRutb Sale.

The life of Alice Sal(^ Avliieli passed out just as slie was round-
ing into womanhood was of singular sweetness and beauty.
She was bora at Green Bay, Wis., where when she was but five
years old, her father and her two brothers were drowned to-
gether while bathing in the Fox River. The great shock
of this affliction and the desolation whicli it wrought she was
then too young to adequately conipreheiid. She realized only
the mother's trouble and strove to cheer her by saying she would
take care of her. Childish promise though it was, it was ap-
parently never forgotten, for she seemed always to feel a sense
of personal responsibility in shielding her mother.

For the next five years her life tlowcd (ni like that of other
children of her age. With a child's healthy enjoyment of games
she entered into them with real abandon, but exercised thought-
fulness and tact beyond her years to avoid giving pain by care-
less word or deed. She had a brightness of humor and an
unusual quickness in repartee. ]I(>r uncle W^eston, of whom she
was very fond, took pleasure in bringing out her naive ex-
pressions and clever responses. After the tragic death of her
papa and the little boys she was much in her uncle's home. His
fondness for lier is reflected in the following lines which con-
clude a Christmas greeting in verse sent her in 1!)00 :

"I pray that Knights of Holy Grail,
And all good angels may avail,
To shield from sorrow Alice Sale,
To crown with blessings Alice Sale."

Courteous to everyone, to her friends she gave herself with-
out reserve, and her loyalty to them recked not of consequences.
Her step-father she adopted at once, and the bond of love and
sympathy between them could hardly have been stronger had
the same blood flowed in their veins. Her friendship for ani-
mals was of the warmest and the slightest cruelty to them would
bring tears to her eyes.

102

Her iiiiiul was singularly ])urc and free from any taint of
coarseness. Words or deeds which were lacking- in delicacy or
refinement gave lier great ofi'ense. The happy Mending in her
of a childish spirit with a mature refinement and tactfulness,
led more than one to speak of her as the child woman.

She early developed an aptitnde for drawing and painting,
as she did also for writing stories. She was also the best of
listeners and would recount a story with much detail after but
once hearing it.

During the last years of her life her health Avas not always
good and she was obligeil to l>e away from school so much as
to fall somewhat behind in her classes. This troubled her
greatly and when a continuation of languor and sleeplessness
at night gave rise to the fear that some insidious disease might
be fastening itself upon her, and it was recommended that she
give up school for a time, licT pleading prevailed over wiser
councils and she was allowed to go to a jiart of the sessions.
In December, 1000, an affection of the middle ear developed
which did not yield to the ordinary treatment, and in January
she took to her bed with a high fever which did not abate until
the end came. The story of her last illness is one of heroic
courage and fortitude. Without complaint she bore the suf-
fering for six weeks, losing nothing of her sweetness of tem-
per and unruffled calm. In the long sleepless nights of suffer-
ing she would sometimes be heard to sing her favorite hymn,
"How gentle God's e(»nnnands," which had l)een sung at the
funeral of her grandinothcr, Sarah Kindiall. and at tliat of the
father and little brothers. It had been likewise the favorite
hymn of her brother liobert.

The anniversary of tlic birthday of her dearest school friend
came before she had tlionglit to ])rovide a birthday rcnicmbrance
and it was characteristic of her lliat she foi-got foi- a moment
all the })ain and weakness of the past weeks to blame herself
for this neglect. In otiicr ways her friends left her no oppor-
tunity to forget thcni and hci- i-oom \v;is always filled with a
wealth of roses and other lieautifnl flowers.

103

One luajur operation having been pcrfonned and a second
one determined upon, it became necessary for her mother to
tell Alice its serious nature and the possibility that she might
not survive it. The old instinct to shield her mother was still
uppermost as she calmly replied: "I am not afraid to die,
mamma, but God won't taJve me away from you," and with
great fortitude she suppressed her feelings until her mother had
left the room. Following the second operation a change for
the worse set in and she passed away on the 5tli of ]\Iarch,
leaving behind the inspiration of a beautiful life and a noble
courage and fortitude which triuiii|ihed even oveT weakness and
suffering. She was laid to rest beside her father and brothers
in the family lot at Green Bay.

Jfamil^ IRecorb*

flDarriagce.

*Make entry for that party to the marriage which enters the family
as full as possible, thus: Oct. 1. 1840, at Hudson, N. Y., Alonzo Kim-
ball and Sarah Weston, dau. of Rev. Isaiah and Sarah (Dean) Westou
of Dalton, Mass.

Birtbe,'

*Form of Entry: Children of Alonzo and Sarah (Weston) Kim-
ball: Mary Cornelia, b. at Lee, Mass., Jan. 4, 1842; Alonzo Weston, b.
at Lee, Mass., Mch. 7, 1844, etc.

Birtbe,

2)eatb0/

*To the record of death add place of death and the age, thus: Josiah
Dean V/eston, at Washington, D. C, Feb. 1, 1857, age 46 yrs., 9 mos., 14
days.

2)eatb0

ni>emoran^a/

♦Under this head add any miscellaneous notes of interest in the
family record, such as removals to a new place of residence, reference
to newspaper or other permanent records for obituary notices, bio-
graphical sketches, etc., etc.

THE

AMERICAN ANCESTRY

AND THE

DESCENDANTS

ALONZO and SARAH (WESTON) KIMBALL

Compiled by
William Herbert Hobbs

1901

Al«

ATHER

DESCENDANTS.

Mary Cornelia (Kimball) Walker.^

Edwin Eaton Walker.-

William Kimball Walker. '. . . .
Anne Carolyn Walker.^

Alonzo Weston Kimball. '

Theodore Mahan Kimball.^ . .
Myra Mahan Kimba'!. - . . .
Alfred Channing Uimball»

pr^

NOV 3 0 1937

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