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Moulton  Annals 


BY 


HENRY  W.  MOULTON 

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EDITED    BY    HIS   DAUGHTER 


CLARIBEL      MOULTON 


PUBLISHED  BY 

EDWARD  A.  CLAYPOOL 

GENEALOGIST 

Suite  309,  Bush  Temple  of  Music 

Chicago,  III. 

1906 


1* 


ERRATA. 

[These  changes  should  be  entered  in  ink  on  their  proper  pages.] 

Page  63.  Nearly  all  the  names  indexed  for  page  63  will  be  found  on 
page  62,  owing  to  a  change  of  position  of  the  will  of  Robert  Moulton. 

Page  67.     (49)  3.     Mary  Moulton  in.  Dec   14,  1769,  Jesse  Converse. 

Page  193.  (75).  Jotham  Moulton  and  Mary  larrar  were  married  Oct. 
6,  1802.  Their  golden  wedding  was  celebrated  in  1852  in  the  house  where 
they  first  wenl  to  housekeeping. 

rrar  Moulton  waa  born  in  L805. 

Page  199.    (239)  3.    Should  be  Annie  KinselL 

(240)  -t.     Should  1h>  ( 'a  mliue  Rebecca. 

Page  217.  No.  I  Nathan  Moulton,  ii  given  as  a  descendant  of  John 
of- Hampton.  On  page  266,  No,  53,  Nathan  Moulton  i--  given  as  a  descen- 
dant of  William  of  Hampton,  names  of  children,  dates,  etc.,  being  the 
same  a^  No.  7::  on  page  217.    Which  i-  corre 

rage  311.    N  ihould  be  No.  497. 


PREFACE. 


The  book,  which  is  presented  to  you  under  the  name  of 
"  Moulton  Annals,"  does  not  aim  to  be  a  complete  history  of  the 
family  either  in  this  country  or  in  England.  The  author  spent 
years  of  his  life  in  collecting  material  for  it,  and  the  editor  has 
given  many  months  to  the  arrangement  of  that  material,  and  yet, 
in  spite  of  all  this,  the  book  is  only  a  beginning. 

The  vastness  of  the  task  is  well-known  to  all  familiar  with 
such  work,  and  therefore  need  not  be  dwelt  upon. 

It  was  the  intention  of  the  author  to  furnish  only  a  basis  for 
more  extensive  work,  to  be  pursued  by  some  other  member  of  the 
family,  and  as  a  foundation,  then,  rather  than  a  complete  struc- 
ture, we  beg  that  it  be  regarded. 

Errors  and  inaccuracies  will  doubtless  be  found  in  its  pages. 
It  can  scarcely  be  otherwise,  since  we  have  been  obliged  in  many 
cases  to  depend  upon  the  private  records  of  individuals,  rather 
than  the  more  authentic  ones  of  church  or  town.  Letters  from 
other  Moultons  have  been  the  principal  source  of  information  in 
every  case,  except  in  Chapters  VII  and  VIII. 

Our  hearty  thanks  are  due  Mr.  Gilman  Moulton,  of  Randolph, 
Vermont,  and  Gen.  R.  A.  Alger,  of  Detroit,  Michigan,  whose 
generosity  has  enabled  us  to  acquire  most  of  the  information 
regarding  the  descendants  of  Robert.  In  this  instance,  church 
and  town  records,  deeds  and  tax-lists  have  furnished  us  nearly 
all  the  data. 

The  editor  desires  to  acknowledge  the  courtesy  of  Mr.  Augus- 
tus F.  Moulton,  of  Portland,  Maine,  in  permitting  her  to  use 
material  already  published  by  him  regarding  the  descendants  of 
John  and  William. 

We  are  also  indebted  to  Mr.  George  H.  Moulton,  of  Haver- 


PREFACE.  4 

hill,  Massachusetts,  for  much  of  the  information  concerning  the 
descendants  of  Thomas  of  York. 

To  the  unfailing  interest  and  material  assistance  of  Mrs. 
Jennie  F.  Swallow,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  "  Moulton  Annals  " 
partially  owes  its  successful  issue. 

The  editor  will  be  grateful  to  the  reader  for  the  correction  of 
any  errors  which  he  may  find  in  the  following  pages. 

The  work  has  been  a  labor  of  love,  and  in  return  we  ask 
only  your  interest  and  kindly  forbearance. 

The  Editor. 

i  901. 


EXPLANATIONS. 

Bap.  or  bapt.=baptized.  Es.   Prob.=Essex  1  '<>..   Mass.,  Probate 

b— bom.  Ilccnl.ls. 

d— died.  Es.  D.=Esse3  Co.,  Mass.,  Deeds. 

dr.=daughter.  Est.  Prob—Estate   Probated. 

m.=married.  Hamp.  Deeds=Hampton  Dec. Is. 

int^=notice  of  intention  to  many.     Pet.=petition. 

unm.==unniarried.  'I'.  R.=Town  Records. 


TO   TRACE   YOUR    ANCESTRY. 

Locating  yonr  parents  by  the  index,  you  will  find  Ids  or  her  individual 
number  in  front  of  his  name;  then  look  for  the  same  number  further  for- 
ward under  the  word  children.  This  will  give  the  name  and  family  of  your 
grandparent,  ami  so  on.  Illustration:  Benjamin  M.  Moulton  (page  105) 
is  number  398;  the  superior  figure  ",  indicates  he  is  in  the  ninth  generation 
from  Robert  of  Salem,  the  names  in  parenthesis  give  the  line  of  descent, 
viz..  his  father,  grandfather,  great  grandfather,  etc.  Turning  forward  to 
number  398  (page  94)  it  will  be  found  that  the  father  of  number  39S  is 
number  232;  turn  forward  again  and  we  find,  number  232  (page  79),  is 
a  son  of  number  101.  Continue  in  this  way  until  the  first  generation  is 
reached.  Reverse  this  process  to  trace  the  children,  grandchildren,  etc.,  of 
a  given  person. 


ANNOUNCEMENT. 


Mr.  Henry  W.  Moulton,  the  compiler  of  this  genealogy, 
spent  many  years,  as  well  as  a  large  amount  of  money  in 
collecting  material  for  the  "Moulton  Annals,"  and  encoun- 
tered the  usual  discouragement  of  unanswered  letters  and  lack 
of  interest  by  many  whose  descendants  will  wonder  why 
their  families  are  not  represented.  A  great  deal  of  the  matter 
in  this  volume  could  not  now  be  collected,  many  of  the 
records  having  been  destroyed  ;  hence  all  Moulton  descend- 
ants should  feel  grateful  that  the  efforts  of  Mr.  Moulton — for 
which  he  received  no  compensation — have  been  the  means  of 
preserving  the  foundation  for  all  future  histories  of  the  family. 

Had  Mr.  Moulton  lived  to  have  finished  this  work  it 
would  undoubtedly  have  been  presented  in  a  more  perfect 
shape;  but  the  task  of  editing  and  preparing  the  matter  for 
the  press  was  left  to  other  hands.  Miss  Moulton,  in  assuming 
this  task,  after  her  father's  death,  took  up  a  burden  of  which 
few  realize  the  magnitude.  Numerous  attempts  were  made 
to  secure  sufficient  subscriptions  to  guarantee  publication  but 
not  meeting  with  proper  encouragement,  the  matter  was  laid 
aside  for  a  few  years. 

In  assuming  the  publication  of  the  "Moulton  Annals"  it 
was  not  without  grave  misgivings ;  but  after  a  most  thorough 
canvass  I  am  now  assured  of  sufficient  subscriptions  to  guar- 
antee against  loss,  as  well  as  being  enabled  to  add  more  illus- 
trations than  were  promised  in  my  prospectus. 

In  accordance  with  my  contract,  I  submit  "Moulton  An- 
nals" to  the  public,  printed  from  the  manuscript  just  as  I 
received  it  (excepting  the  indexes,  which  were  prepared  from 


6  ANNOUNCEMENT. 

the  printed  pages),  without  revision  and  with   scarcely  any 
changes  or  addition. 

DATA  FOR  SECOND  VOLUME. 

In  1899  Mr.  William  Cleveland  Moulton,  of  this  city,  not 
knowing  of  this  work,  began  the  collection  of  data  for  a  similar 
publication,  and  sent  circular  letters  and  blanks  to  all  the 
addresses  (so  far  as  he  could  procure)  of  Moultons  and  Moulton 
descendants  in  the  United  States.  These  brought  in  many 
returns  which  have  been  placed  in  my  hands  and  will  be 
used  as  a  basis  for  a  second  volume. 

Every  person  who  can  furnish  additional  information  is 
requested  to  send  it  to  me  at  once,  giving  the  page  in 
"Moulton  Annals"  where  the  persons  to  whom  they  refer  (or 
their  ancestors)  can  be  found. 

Since  the  death  of  Mr.  Henry  W.  Moulton,  in  1896,  many 
changes  have  taken  place  in  the  various  families  of  Moulton 
and  Moulton  descendants  ;  also  numerous  old  records  have  been 
unearthed  which  probably  would  make  some  corrections  as  well 
as  additions  to  the  present  volume.  You  who  are  interested  and 
will  sooner  or  later  be  sorry  for  any  neglect  of  these  matters, 
are  earnestly  requested  to  send  me  copies  of  your  Bible  records, 
old  papers,  wills,  deeds,  etc.,  that  will  give  additional  information. 
Any  errors  you  may  notice  (no  genealogy  was  ever  compiled 
that  was  free  from  errors)  should  be  corrected  at  once  for  the 
benefit  of  your  posterity ;  they  will  appreciate  it  even  if  you  are 
not  particularly  interested. 

Edward  A.  Claypool, 

1906.  309  Bush  Temple,  Chicago. 


TABLE    OF    CONTENTS. 

PAGE 

Errata  '. 2 

Preface    3 

Explanations    4 

Announcement,  Volume  II 5 

List  of  Illustrations 8 

The  Family   Name 9 

Glimpses  of  Moulton  History 13 

Extract  from  "The  Talisman,"  by  Sir  Walter  Scot!   26 

The  Flower  of  Gillesland 38 

Extracts  from  English  Historical  Works 43 

The  Moulton  Arms 54 

The  First  Moultons  in  America 58 

Descendants  of  Rohert  of  Salem,  Mass 61 

Converse  Line  of  Descent 147 

Descendants  of  James  of  WYnham,  Mass 150 

Descendants  of  Thomas  of  York,  Maine 186 

Descendants  of  John  of  Hampton,  N.  H 207 

Descendants  of  William  of  Hampton,  N.  H 254 

Moulton    Silversmiths 328 

Unclassified    Moultons - 334 

Moultons  in  the  Revolution 348 

Places  named  Moulton »- 401 

The  Moultons  in  Literature -107 

Letter  from  a  Moulton  of  Four-score 409 

Addenda   423 

Index  of  Moultons 425 

Index,  Other  Than  Moulton 437 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 

PAOl 

Naworth  Castle,  from  garden Frontispiece 

Naworth  Castle,  Gateway  and  Keep 38 

Naworth  Castle,  Banquet    Hall 40 

Moulton  Coat  of  Arms 56 

Freeman  Moulton    (No.  285) 98 

Moulton  Houk  (son  of  No.  365a) 103 

George  Adison  Moulton   (No.  367) 104 

Benjamin  M.  Moulton    (No.  398) 106 

Gen.  Russell  A.  Alger 114 

Chart  (ancestors  of  Moulton  Houk) 147 

Levi  Foss  Moulton   (No.  175) 177 

Residence  of  Levi  Foss  Moulton „ 178 

Interior  of  Residence  of  Levi  Foss  Moulton 180 

Jonathan  B.  Moulton   (No.  108)  and  wife 182 

Julius.  Sylvanus  T.,  Mellona   Moulton  Green  and  Their  Children i  B  t 

Rev.  (lemur  Moulton   Adam-.  D.  D.,   (son  of   NO.    Ill) L93 

David  Carpenter  Moulton  (No.  344) 230 

Josiah  Moulton  (probably  No.  330) 240 

George  M.  Moulton   (No.  445b) 242 

Residence  of  Gen.  Jonathan  Moulton  (see  No.  75,  p,  217) 244 

John  C.  Moulton   (No.  333) 248 

Moulton   Opera    House 

Mrs.  Martha  J.  Moulton  Brooks  (No.  513)      291 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dana  Grafton  Fenno  293 

William    E.    Moulton    (No.    4'.<7.    given    erroneously    on    page    311    as 

No.    127) 311 

Dr.  Albert  R.  Moulton   (No.  752).. 31B 

Samuel  M.  Bradbury 317 

Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury  (No.  321) '■ 318 

Dr.  Alvah  Moulton    (Xo.  492) 321 

Hon.  Augustus   F.  Moulton   (No.  593) 323 

Henry  William  Moulton  (No.  680) 324 

Miss  Claribel  Moulton 326 

William  II.  Moulton  and  Edward  Moulton 334 

Moulton  Hill  and  Residence  of  Henry  W.  Moulton 405 

Residence  of  Henry   W.   Moulton 406 

lames  Gardner  Moulton  (son  of  James  Gardner  Moulton) 423 

Orrin  O.  Moulton 424 


CHAPTER  I. 

THE  FAMILY   NAME. 

The  name  of  Moulton  is  borne  by  many  people  living  in  the 
United  States,  England  and  Australia.  It  is  still  a  well-known 
patronymic  in  France,  a  country  where  it  was  known  to  fame  early 
in  the  eleventh  century. 

When  King  William,  the  Xorman,  embarked  for  England, 
Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton  was  one  of  the  brave  knights  who  accom- 
panied him  and  fought  at  the  Battle  of  Hastings,  A.  D.  1066,  thus 
with  that  king,  conquering  what  became  his  own  landed  estate  in 
the  British  Isles.  In  or  about  the  year  1100,  the  town  of  Moulton 
was  founded  in  England. 

The  origin  of  the  name  is  not  fully  settled.  Numerous 
traditions  have  been  heard  and  given  more  or  less  credence  by 
persons  interested,  but  none  of  them  bear  close  scrutiny.  A 
member  of  that  branch  of  the  family  who  had  been  engaged  in 
the  goldsmith  and  silversmith  business  in  America  for  at 
least  six  generations,  claimed  that  the  name  originated  in  the 
trade  of  the  family,  viz.. :  the  working  of  "molten"  metals. 
This  was  partially  corroborated  by  an  English  clergyman, 
who  knew  of  Moultons  in  Birmingham  who  still  pursued 
this  ancient  trade  of  the  family.  But  investigation  showed 
that  no  Moulton  emigrant  brought  over  the  trade,  but  that 
it  was  the  second  generation  in  America  that  took  up  the 
business,  viz:  William,  born  in  Hampton,  N.  H.,  who  settled 
in  Newbury  in  1682,  where  he  really  originated  the  business, 
calling  to  his  aid  such  expert  emigrant  help  as  he  could 
command. 

It  was  further  ascertained  that  the  Moulton  name  was  in 
use  before  molten  metals  were  fused  by  any  of  the  family  in 


10  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

England;  also  that  comparatively  few  of  the  name  ever  pur- 
sued it  as  a  trade  in  England. 

A  branch  of  the  family  lived  upon  the  river  "Moule,"  in 
England,  and  this  circumstance  was  suggested  as  accounting 
for  the  name. 

Of  course  all  such  fancies  must  give  way  to  the  fact  that 
the  name  itself  was  imported  into  England.  Whether  it  origi- 
nated in  France,  or  was  brought  to  that  country,  is  quite  uncer- 
tain, but  it  would  seem  probable  that  the  two  French  words 
which  compose  the  name,  "Moult"  meaning  many  and  "on" 
meaning  they  or  at  a  more  remote  period  "the  people"  may  an- 
swer for  the  origin. 

Even  if  you  take  two  other  French  words,  the  solution  is 
not  very  improbable.  "Moule"  may  be  translated  a  mould  or  a 
model,  and  "ton,"  first-class.  It  might  mean  "many  people" 
or  a  first-class  model.  At  present,  we  have  not  advanced  be- 
yond conjecture. 

Having  the  pure  name  to  follow  through  eight  hundred 
years  of  French,  English  and  American  history,  it  is  of  more 
importance  to  ascertain  what  families  bearing  similar  names 
are  really  kindred  to  that  of  Moulton  than  to  search  out  the 
remote  origin  of  the  name.  It  is  not  proposed  to  pursue  the 
history  of  these  kindred  names  or  to  enquire  when,  if  ever, 
they  "branched  off"  from  what  we  suggest  may  have  been 
the  original. 

The  names  which  follow  resemble  the  one  under  con- 
sideration : — Multon  ;  Moulson  ;  Molton  ;  Xoulton  :  Poulton  ; 
Doulton ;  Mawlton ;  Houlton ;  Coulton  and  Boulton,  not  to 
include  such  names  as  Moulthrop,  Moreton,  Morton  ct  omncs 
genera. 

In  the  old  English  records,  the  name  of  Moulton  was  often 
spelled  by  dropping  either  the  o  or  the  u. 

Sir  Thomas  Moulton,  had  son  Sir  Thomas  Mutton,  and  the 
following  generations  in  several  instances  continued  to  drop 
the  o,  notwithstanding  that  the  town  in  which  they  lived  had 
taken  its  name  from  the  head  of  the  family,  and  has  always 
been  spelled  Moulton,  from  A.  D.  uoo  to  A.  D.  1900. 


THE    FAMILY    NAME.  II 

During  the  period  when  the  o  was  omitted  in  England, 
many  members  of  the  same  family  continued  to  spell  in  the 
ancient  manner,  Moulton. 

Indeed,  some  descendants  of  those  who  had  dropped  the  o, 
resumed  its  use. 

The  change  of  the  name  to  Multon,  grew  out  of  its  French 
pronunciation,  viz.:  "Moolton" ;  this,  in  England,  upon  the 
Scotch  border,  could  be  compassed  without  using  the  o,  and 
we  have  it,  abbreviated,  Multon. 

It  is  important  to  deal  with  only  one  other  misspelling  of 
the  name.  Molt  on  is  simply  an  improperly  spelled  word.  Very 
often,  the  old  English  clerks  in  making  records,  misspelt  the 
name  as  above.  In  very  many  of  the  New  England  towns, 
during  the  Revolutionary  war,  when  the  name  of  Moulton  was 
copied  upon  the  records,  in  the  lists  of  soldiers  and  among  the 
citizens  and  town  officer;-,  it  was  misspelt,  Molton.  In  some 
instances,  this  incorrect  spelling  was  incorporated  into  im- 
portant documents,  and  thereafter  the  victim  of  the  error 
would  adopt  it  instead  of  correcting  it.  Generally,  however, 
that  method  of  spelling  the  name  has  been  only  temporarily 
used,  all  the  letters  in  the  ancient  name  being  resumed  by 
descendants. 

No  Scotch  or  Irish  people  bear  the  name  of  Moulton  so  far 
as  the  writer  can  learn.  A  careful  examination  of  all  the  town 
and  city  directories  of  importance  in  Scotland  and  Ireland  did 
not  result  in  discovering  the  name  of  Moulton  in  any  one  of 
them.  In  the  United  States  may  be  found,  here  and  there,  col- 
ored people  by  the  name  of  Moulton.  Africans  bearing  Chris- 
tian names  have  generally  taken  these  from  families  where 
they  or  their  parents  served  as  hirelings  or  slaves.  Very  rarely 
is  the  barbarous  name  of  the  Dark  Continent  retained  in  a 
civilized  country. 

General  Fremont  informed  the  writer  that  he  had  with 
him  in  the  conquest  of  New  Mexico,  a  brave  and  reliable 
French  Canadian  explorer  by  the  name  of  Moulton.  This 
shows  that  some   French   emigrant  had   taken   the   name  to 


12  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Canada,  while  more  recently  it  has  been  brought  directly  from 
France  to  the  United  States,  by  French  people. 

Burke  in  his  "Extinct  Peerage"edition  of  1883 — deals 
with  the  names  Moulton  and  Mult  on  as  the  same  and  regards 
the  families  as  of  the  same  blood,  through  all  the  twenty-five 
generations  in  England. 

Edmondson  in  his  work  "Heraldry" — an  English  standard 
volume — discards  the  spelling  Multon  and  Molton,  altogether, 
and  in  dealing  with  the  nine  generations  of  Feudal  lords  Moul- 
ton, uses  only  the  original  and  correct  form.  Moulton. 

Collins  also  gives  an  account  of  the  same  noble  family,  as 
de  Moulton  and  de  Multon,  but  likewise  discards  the  Multon 
and  employs  only  Moulton  in  all  the  generations  of  his  stand- 
ard book,  "English  Peerage." 

It  may  be  regarded  as  a  verity  not  debatable  that  all  those 
historic  "de  Moultons,"  "de  Multons"  and  Moultons  are  one  and 
the  same  in  blood  and  lineage ;  therefore,  I  prefer  to  follow 
Edmondson  and  Collins  in  the  orthorgraphy  of  the  name. 


CHAPTER  II. 

GLIMPSES  OF   MOULTOX    HISTORY. 

The  year  1066  was  not  only  memorable  for  the  conquest 
of  England  and  establishment  of  William  as  king,  but  as  the 
date  of  founding  many  noble  families  in  England.  Here  his- 
tory introduces  to  us  the  first  English  Moulton.  Although 
Norman  by  birth,  he  proved  his  right  and  desire  to  be  an  Eng- 
lishman. 

Looking  hack  through  the  long  vista  of  eight  and  one  quar- 
ter centuries,  we  see  him  there,  mounted  and  armed  "cap-a- 
pie,"  with  broadsword  and  battle-axe  or  with  spear,  riding 
full  tilt  at  the  brave  and  hardy  Saxons  who  are  fiercely  defending 
England,  their  native  land. 

As  the  Normans  move  on  to  the  assault,  loud  and  far  re- 
sound the  bray  of  horns,  the  shock  of  lances,  the  mighty 
strokes  of  maces  and  the  quick  clashing  of  swords.  The  tide 
sweeps  on  and  the  Saxons  fall  back,  pressed  by  the  foe.  Once 
more  they  beat  back  the  enemy  and  the  waves  of  battle  recede 
till  the  Normans,  at  first  victorious,  are  crushed  into  the  fosse, 
crossed  in  triumph,  a  little  time  before. 

Thus,  advantages  alternate  between  Saxon  and  Norman 
from  morn  till  eve,  when  the  unfortunate  Harold,  weak  and 
wounded,  is  conquered.  Only  a  few  weeks  before,  he  had  met 
the  powerful  army  of  Scandinavian  invaders,  in  the  North, 
and  destroyed  it.  Today,  he  is  himself  destroyed.  In  the  his- 
tory of  the  world,  no  battle  more  decisive  for  human  destiny, 
was  ever  fought. 

The  blood  here  intermingled  was  the  seed  of  the  two  most 
magnificent  nations  ever  known  to  the  world — England  and 
the  United  States  of  America. 

Notwithstanding   the   years   of   tyranny   and   oppression 


14  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

which  afflicted  the  Saxons,  there  came  a  time  when  their  rights 
were  secured  and  there  were  no  longer  proud  Norman  and  ser- 
vile Saxon,  but  all  were  Englishmen. 

It  was  on  this  memorable  field  of  Hastings  that  the  first 
Moulton  pre-empted  a  homestead  in  England,  and  for  eight 
hundred  and  twenty-five  years,  he  and  his  descendants  have 
inhabited  and  honored  the  land  they  helped  to  conquer.  For 
service  in  this  battle,  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton  was  rewarded 
with  great  tracts  of  land  in  Lincolnshire.  Afterwards,  im- 
mense estates  were  acquired  in  other  countries  by  marriage,  and 
otherwise. 

This  Lincolnshire  land  was  much  of  it  forest  and  deso- 
late moor,  when  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton  took  possession.  Here 
he  built  him  castles  and  religious  establishments,  maintain- 
ing a  retinue  of  soldiers,  laborers  and  priests. 

Within  thirty  years  a  village  had  sprung  up,  the  town 
being  known  by  the  name  'Moulton."  As  early  as  A.  I).  I  ioo, 
this  place  had  secured  by  its  founder,  grants  from  the  king  for 
the  establishment  of  public  markets  and  all  necessary  munici- 
pal privileges.    The  day  of  shops  had  not  then  arrived. 

Sir  Thomas  essayed  to  live  in  the  proud  style  of  the  Nor- 
man noblemen  of  his  time,  but  even  thus  early  we  can  perceive 
other  characteristics  in  him  which  have  appeared  in  the 
twenty-five  generations  of  his  descendants. 

He  was  eminently  practical.  He  at  once  interested  Saxon 
and  Norman  to  hold  estates  in  severalty  in  his  own  town, 
and  thus  to  contribute  to  its  development. 

He  was  a  religious  man.  but  not  a  fanatic.  He  was  patri- 
otic, and  to  the  day  of  his  death  was  ready  to  build  up  his 
town  and  country,  as  well  as  to  pray  or  fight  for  it  on  short 
notice. 

But  neither  this  first  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton.  nor  any 
one  of  his  successors  during  the  two  hundred  and  fifty  years, 
while  they  held  the  peerage,  was  ever  known  to  be  servile  or 
craven  to  any  potentate,  whether  king  of  England  or  emperor 
of  France.  As  will  appear,  their  relations  with  royalty  were 
sometimes  intimate.    When  serving  the  sovereign,  each  in  turn 


GLIMPSES  OF  MOULTON    HISTORY.  1 5 

was  faithful  and  loyal,  but  he  was  in  no  sense  a  courtier.  These 
ancient  Moultons  did  not  fawn  or  flatter.  If  the  royal  inter- 
ests required  change  of  management,  they  never  hesitated  to 
remonstrate  or  propose  new  methods ;  nor  was  their  brusque 
integrity  misunderstood. 

It  will  appear  by  the  subjoined  records  that  their  services 
as  military  and  civil  officers  were  in  demand  during  the  ten 
dynasties  of  English  kings  under  whom  they  served  as  nobles 
of  the  realm. 

An  examination  of  all  the  early  Norman  manuscripts, 
hereafter,  may  reveal  the  rank  of  Sir  Thomas  at  the  great  bat- 
tle of  Hastings.  At  present,  we  draw  our  inferences  from  the 
reward  which  he  received,  that  his  services  must  have  been 
great  and  bravely  rendered.  A  large  township,  bearing  his 
name,  with  noble  chapels  and  castles  that  braved  the  storms 
of  many  centuries  were  his  monuments. 

When  an  early  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton  took  his  father's 
titles  and  estates,  he  signalized  his  love  and  honor  for  his  illus- 
trious father,  by  great  funeral  ceremonies  and  a  commemora- 
tive gift     [See  Notes  at  end  of  Chapter.] 

Already  it  would  appear  that  ecclesiastics  had  been  so 
encouraged  by  the  Lords  Moulton  that  they  had  a  firm  footing 
in  the  town.  In  the  chapter  house  at  Spalding,  he  assembled 
those  bishops  and  friars,  and  in  the  presence  of  his  mother, 
brothers  and  sisters,  he  bestowed  upon  the  monks  of  that 
abbey,  the  Church  of  Weston. 

A  biography  of  this  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton  would  doubt- 
give  us  a  romantic  story. 

With  all  the  crudeness  of  society  and  rancorous  feeling 
between  the  oppressed  Saxons  and  proud  Normans,  England 
was  as  full  of  joy  in  its  religious,  military  and  social  life,  in  the 
twelfth  century,  as  any  country  in  the  world,  at  that  time. 
The  third  Lord  of  Moulton  was  Sir  Lambert  de  Moulton,  who 
doubtless  had  a  career  of  more  or  less  renown,  in  those  stirring 
times. 

He  was  succeeded  by  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton  of  the  fourth 
generation  of  these  feudal  barons.    It  seems  by  the  record  ap- 


l6  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

pended  in  the  "notes"  that  he  paid  the  crown  a  large  sum  of 
money  for  "wardship"  of  the  daughters  of  a  deceased  noble- 
man, and  bestowed  them  in  marriage  upon  his  sons  Lambert 
and  Allan  (of  the  fifth  generation  in  England). 

It  would  appear  that  the  castles  of  Egremont  and  landed 
estates  in  Cumberland  County  were  acquired  by  these  Moul- 
tons  of  the  fifth  generation,  and  continued  as  Moulton  property 
for  several  generations  thereafter. 

This  Sir  Thomas  of  the  fourth  generation  was  sheriff 
during  the  9th  and  10th  years  of  King  John's  dynasty,  and  in 
the  15th  year  of  his  reign,  attended  the  king  in  his  expedition 
into  Poicton.  Two  years  later  he  was  taken  in  arms  with  the 
rebellious  barons  and  imprisoned  in  the  Castle  of  Corff.  This 
was  the  Thomas  Moulton  whose  name  appears  upon  Magna 
Charta  as  one  of  the  English  barons  who  had  wrung  this  great 
charter  of  liberty  from  an  unwilling  king.  He  had  insisted 
with  his  brave  and  patriotic  fellow-signers  that  the  king  ad- 
here to  this  charter;  but  King  John  attempted  to  annul  it  and 
these  barons  rose  against  him.  Unfortunately  Sir  Thomas 
was  captured.  His  term  of  imprisonment  ended  with  the  in- 
coming of  a  new  dynasty,  at  the  death  of  King  John.  All  his 
castles  and  estates  were  restored  to  him.  But  his  troubles 
were  not  ended.  He  married  a  second  wife,  a  widow  and 
the  mother  of  the  two  heiresses  whose  wardship  he  had  paid 
for  in  1,000  marks  and  whom  he  had  married  to  his  sons. 

The  new  king,  Henry  III.,  commanded  the  Archbishop  of 
York  to  seize  his  castles  and  lands  and  hold  them  for  damages 
for  his  boldness  in  marrying  this  rich  widow  with  titles  and 
estates,  without  first  getting  his  permission. 

However,  Sir  Thomas  was  equal  to  the  occasion  in  re- 
sources and  ability.  He  gave  security  and  continued  in  posses- 
sion of  lands  and  castles.  He  seems  to  have  settled  very 
cheaply,  his  fine  for  the  supposed  offense  being  £  100 ;  and  the 
token  of  a  horse  in  addition  satisfied  the  king  and  confirmed 
Sir  Thomas  in  the  office  of  forester  of  Cumberland,  which  was 
the  inheritance  of  this  second  wife,  Ada. 


GLIMPSES  OF   MOULTOX   HISTORY.  \J 

This  "castle  of  Egremont"  became  Moulton  property 
from  this  time,  continuing  so  for  several  generations. 

This  fourth  Sir  Thomas  continued  in  offices  of  various 
kinds  for  a  long  period.  He  lived  to  a  great  age  and  had  a 
most  romantic  career. 

A  fifth  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton,  Sir  Walter  Scott  took  as 
a  leading  character  in  his  dramatic  story  of  "The  Talisman." 
Being  a  great  friend  of  Richard,  Coeur  de  Lion,  of  whom  he 
had  entire  confidence,  and  also  possessing  great  physical 
power,  he  commanded  the  admiration  and  envy  of  the 
knights  at  the  great  tournaments  of  England.  In  the  Holy 
Land,  he  was  a  leading  crusader  and  was,  of  all  the  knights, 
the  nearest  to  the  king.  Indeed,  when  Richard's  sickness  laid 
him  low,  Sir  Thomas  was  the  ruler,  de  facto. 

Sir  Walter  Scott  claims  that  in  his  story  called  "The 
Talisman"  some  parts  are  fanciful  but  that  so  far  as  King 
Richard  and  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  are  concerned,  he  has  fol- 
lowed English  History. 

No  wonder  that  with  the  friendship  existing  between  the 
father  of  this  Sir  Thomas  and  Richard  of  the  lion  heart,  their 
campaigns  and  crusades  together,  their  enjoyment  of  the 
great  games  of  England  and  their  undisputed  superiority  in 
strength  and  prowess  to  all  other  knights  in  the  entire  realm — 
no  wonder  that  after  the  death  of  his  dear  friend  and  sover- 
eign Richard,  Sir  Thomas,  the  son,  could  scarcely  endure  the 
hated  John  ruling  as  king,  in  Richard's  place. 

Well  might  Thomas  Moulton  become  restless  and  insubordi- 
nate under  King  John,  who  had  never  had  the  love  or  respect 
of  Cceur  de  Lion,  his  brother — well,  I  say,  since  he  was  the  son 
of  the  only  man  in  England  who  could  rule  and  over-rule  King 
Richard  in  his  feverish  moods  and  disregard  an  order  made  by 
him,  with  impunity.  He  it  was  who  enjoyed  the  confidence  and 
love  of  this  mighty  man.  Sir  Thomas'  sufferings  from  the  wrath 
of  King  John  were  soon  over,  and  his  little  difficulty  with  Henry 
III.  was  only  a  matter  of  fees.  Henry  permitted  his  continu- 
ance in  the  office  of  Sheriff  of  Cumberland  for  several  years, 
also  as  one  of  the  justices  of  the  King's  Court  of  Common  Pleas. 


l8  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  his  fanciful  story  of  "The  Talisman," 
so  fascinating  to  readers  of  several  generations,  claims  to  have 
followed  history  so  far  as  Richard  of  the  Lion-heart  and  Sir 
Thomas  de  Moulton  are  active  characters  in  the  story ;  this  claim 
is  true  to  a  certain  extent,  but  Sir  Walter  made  the  singular 
mistake  of  taking  the  fifth  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton,  who  had 
become  "Lord  of  Gillesland"  and  "Lord  de  Vaux"  by  marriage 
with  Maud  de  Vaux,  heiress  of  Hubert  de  Vaux,  and  only  daugh- 
ter of  this  deceased  nobleman,  instead  of  his  father,  Sir  Thomas, 
Lord  of  Moulton  and  of  Egremont.  This  fourth  Sir  Thomas 
was  Lord  of  Moulton  by  inheritance  from  three  preceding  gen- 
erations from  about  A.  D.  1066.  He  became  Lord  of  Egremont 
by  marriage  with  the  widow  of  Sir  Richard  de  Lucie  as  has 
already  been  stated. 

This  was  the  Moulton  who  was  the  bosom  friend  as  well 
as  companion  in  arms  of  Coeur  de  Lion. 

The  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton,  who  was  Lord  of  Gillesland 
and  de  Vaux,  was  born  too  late  to  have  been  on  any  campaign 
with  Cceur  de  Lion,  his  wife,  from  whom  he  got  these  titles,  by 
marriage  and  inheritance  from  her  father,  died  as  the  court 
records  show  just  one  hundred  years  after  the  crusade  to  which 
Scott  refers,  viz.:  A.  D.  1293.  Her  husband,  Sir  Thomas  de 
Moulton,  who  was  the  "De  Vaux"  and  Lord  of  Gillesland,  men- 
tioned by  Scott,  died  in  1270.  The  mistake  was  a  simple  one. 
The  achievements  which  Scott  attributes  to  this  fifth  Sir  Thomas 
should  be  ascribed  to  the  fourth  of  the  same  name. 

To  resume  the  narrative — the  fifth  Sir  Thomas,  Lord  of 
Gillesland  and  Lord  de  Vaux,  was  a  military  man  whose  services 
were  in  demand  with  the  king.  In  the  forty-second  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  Henry  III.,  he  was  summoned  to  do  service  with 
the  other  Norman  Barons  in  Scotland.  Again  in  the  fifty-fifth 
year  of  the  same  reign,  he  was  called  to  take  up  arms  against 
the  Welsh. 

This  feudal  baron  lived  in  the  rude  grandeur  of  the  noble- 
men of  his  time.  He  was  brave,  powerful  and  full  of  enterprise 
in  respect  to  the  improvement  of  the  various  manors  of  which 
he  was  lord.     He  died  A.  D.  1270,  and  was  succeeded  by  his 


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son  of  the  sixth  generation,  viz.,  the  sixth  Sir  Thomas  de 
Moulton. 

This  nobleman  inherited  still  other  estates  which  included 
the  whole  title  to  the  Barony  of  Burghand,  "divers  other  con- 
siderable manors."     He  married  Isabel  ,  but  died  A.  D. 

1293.  his  mother,  the  beautiful  Maud  de  Vaux,  being  still  alive. 

He  was  succeeded  by  his  son  of  the  seventh  generation — Sir 
Thomas  de  Moulton.  who  did  his  homage  the  same  year,  "having 
livery  of  his  lands,"  viz.,  the  Manor  of  Downham,  in  Norfolk, 
the  Manor  of  Burgh,  the  Manor  of  Kirk,  and  the  Barony  of  Gil- 
lesland  with  divers  other  estates,  all  in  the  County  of  Cumber- 
land. (The  original  Moulton  castles  and  estates  in  Lincolnshire, 
he  did  not  inherit.) 

But  alas !  he  enjoyed  his  wealth  and  power  only  two  years 
when  he  died  A.  D.  1295.  His  widow  married  Sir  John  de 
Caster.     He  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  the  eighth  in  line. 

Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton,  like  his  ancestors,  was  a  mili- 
tary man  as  well  as  a  legislator.  He  was  an  officer  in  many  en- 
gagements. Under  King  Edward  I.  he  was  summoned  to  Parlia- 
ment, a  peer  and  lord  of  the  realm  as  "Baron  Moulton  of  Gil- 
lesland."  Upon  the  accession  of  a  new  dynasty  under  Edward 
II.,  from  the  twenty-sixth  of  August,  1307,  to  the  twenty-sixth 
of  November,  1313,  we  find  him  in  Parliament.  During  this 
period,  his  Lordship  is  again  upon  the  theatre  of  war  in  Scot- 
land. Pie,  like  his  fathers,  improved  his  estates  by  obtaining 
immunities  from  the  crown,  such  as  grants  for  fairs  and  mar- 
kets upon  his  different  manors.  He  died  in  1313,  leaving,  by 
Margaret,  his  wife,  an  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  all  his  vast 
estates,  viz:  Margaret  de  Moulton  of  the  ninth  generation, 
who  married  Randolph  de  Dacre,  Lord  Dacre  of  the  North, 
and  conveyed  her  immense  estates  including  the  titles  and 
honors  together  with  the  Barony  of  Moulton — the  original 
from   1066 — to  the  Dacre  family. 

Alas  that  this  noble  family  of  Moultons  who  had  honored 
their  country  and  crown,  honored  Parliament  and  the  armies  of 
England  with  their  renowned  deeds,  during  ten  dynasties  and  for 


20  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

two  hundred  and  fifty  years,  should  no  longer  have  a  name  among 
the  peers  of  England ! 

A  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  had  been  ever  ready  to  obey  his 
country's  call,  from  the  battle-field  of  Hastings  where  he  made 
this  land  his  own,  through  nine  generations  of  brave  knights 
bearing  that  name. 

Noble  castles  and  chapels  in  many  of  England's  proudest 
counties  still  stood  as  monuments  to  the  worthy  Moulton  knights 
who  founded  them,  but  there  was  no  longer  a  Sir  Thomas  Moul- 
ton, with  his  retinue,  to  enter  their  portals! 

The  Dacre  family,  noble  and  of  high  blood,  was  worthy  to 
succeed  and  mingle  theirs  with  the  blood  of  that  ancient  race. 

Margaret  Moulton  became  the  mother  of  a  long  line  of 
Dacres  who  held  this  vast  Moulton  property  together  for  an- 
other period  of  ten  dynasties  of  English  kings.  More  striking 
still  is  the  fact  that  they  too  held  the  property  two  hundred  and 
fifty  years,  making  five  hundred  years  and  twenty  dynasties  of 
England's  kings,  under  which  these  vast  Moulton  estates  and 
titles  were  accumulating  and  were  held  together. 

Although  the  titles  to  these  ancient  lands  have  changed 
owners  and  the  castles  changed  masters,  they  still  exist  and  at- 
test the  sturdy  power  of  their  knightly  owners. 

But  what  of  the  Moulton's?  Were  they  all  dead  because 
none  survived  to  legitimately  claim  the  noble  titles  and  estates? 
Hardly. 

From  the  time  of  the  first  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  who  founded 
the  town  bearing  his  name,  about  the  year  uoo,  and  obtained 
rights  from  the  king  to  establish  markets  and  fairs  within  its 
limits,  there  have  been  younger  brothers  of  the  heir  to  the  grand 
estates,  who  stepped  forth  into  the  ranks  of  the  English  people 
and  established  an  honorable  name  for  themselves  in  every  gen- 
eration, since. 

On  the  death  of  an  early  Sir  Thomas  when  the  great  funeral 
ceremonies  were  in  progress,  in  the  Chapter  House  at  Spalding, 
his  son  Thomas  bestowed  a  church  in  the  presence  of  his  mother, 
brothers  and  sisters.  Probably  most  of  the  heirs  to  the  Moulton 
Barony  likewise  had  brothers  who  became  progenitors   of  the 


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great  army  of  Moultons  who  now  inhabit  England,  America  and 
other  parts  of  the  world. 

Thus,  from  generation  to  generation,  for  the  first  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  years  of  the  Moultons  in  England,  the  Moulton 
families  in  these  great  castles  were  sending  out  younger  sons 
who  established  branches  and  their  name  was  becoming  well 
known  to  the  people  of  England. 

Therefore,  today,  the  Moultons  of  England  and  America, 
as  will  appear  from  the  records  which  follow  upon  these  pages, 
are  the  successors  and  true  inheritors  of  whatever  was  good  or 
bad,  of  honor  or  dishonor,  in  the  blood  of  this  long  line  of 
English  noblemen.  Of  course  the  lineage  of  eldest  sons  enjoys 
not  only  the  advantages  of  the  wealth  and  titles,  but  of  a  more 
uniformly  recorded  history  than  those  who  were  descendants 
of  younger  brothers  and  had  only  the  noble  blood. 

In  searching  the  pages  of  history,  for  a  record  of  the  man- 
ner in  which  this  blood  asserted  itself,  the  titular  Moultons  would 
have  great  advantages  even  though  their  deeds  were  no  more 
meritorious. 

Still,  enough  is  written  all  along  the  centuries  in  English 
history  to  show  that  tin-  Moultons  who  did  not  inherit  the  titles 
or  castles,  were  a  powerful  race,  ready  to  serve  their  God,  their 
country  and  their  fellows  with  ability,  bravery  and  fidelity.  Their 
names  are  written  upon  the  high  roll  of  renown,  in  church  and 
state,  in  the  army  and  navy,  as  well  as  in  that  sphere  always  the 
most  congenial  to  Moultons  of  every  age  and  country — the  home 
life  of  the  people. 

In  looking  for  examples,  we  can  only  examine  the  church 
records,  the  town  and  church  histories  of  England,  also  her  army 
and  navy  records  and  the  great  registry  of  the  transfers  of  landed 
estates.  On  such  scrolls  will  appear,  in  every  generation,  for  eight 
and  one-quarter  centuries,  mention  of  Moulton  names  in  honorable 
transactions. 

These  offshoots  from  the  primal  stock  had  each  in  turn  to 
conquer  his  place  and  his  home  in  his  native  England  as  did  the 
Norman  Sir  Thomas  at  Hastings.  On  different  fields  and  with 
different  weapons  each  won  for  himself  his  spurs  and  his  home. 


22  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

That  old  law  of  primogeniture  was  not  altogether  bad.  It 
had  certain  merits  which  its  advocates  and  beneficiaries  did  not 
claim  for  it.  While  the  giving  of  all  the  titles  and  estates  to  the 
eldest  son  preserved  a  rich  and  powerful  line  of  nobles  as  the 
aristocracy  of  England,  it  forced  out  into  the  world  to  struggle 
for  themselves,  the  inheritors  of  the  best  blood  of  England ;  it 
thus  cast  good  seed  for  a  harvest  of  brave  citizens.  The  very 
hardship  of  the  system  has  preserved  from  extinction  many  a 
splendid  family  in  England. 

Perhaps  the  indulgences  inevitably  accompanying  wealth  and 
luxury  would  have  exterminated  not  only  the  eldest  sons  and 
their  immediate  posterity,  but  all  others  of  their  families  so  that 
the  name  would  not  only  be  of  the  "extinct  peerage,"  but  no  longer 
borne  by  any  living  men. 

"They  builded  better  than  they  knew." 

The  struggles  to  cope  with  the  ills  and  wants  of  every  age, 
was  no  doubt  wholesome  for  these  Moultons.  They  became  strong 
by  service.  All  the  good  blood-qualities  were  brought  into  requis- 
ition, developed  and  perpetuated.  Today,  in  England  and  Amer- 
ica, Moultons  equal  to  the  best  ideal  men  of  the  name  in  all 
the  past  are  abroad  in  the  land. 

The  strong  arm,  the  fortitude  of  soul,  the  brave  and  patriotic 
heart,  the  fervor  of  religion,  the  ever  faithful  and  constant  friend- 
ship, are  their  universal  attributes,  today,  as  they  were  in  feudal 
times,  among  the  noblest  and  best  of  Moulton  lords. 

Discipline  of  hardship  and  service,  is  God's  way  of  training 
men,  races  and  nations. 

We  append  notes  from  various  English  historical  works,  more 
as  corroborative  suggestions  than  as  any  attempt  at  a  history  of 
the  family,  in  England,  which  must  be  a  work  of  very  great  and 
special  research.  Yet,  enough  can  be  inferred  from  these  hints 
to  justify  whatever  eulogistic  remarks  have  preceded,  in  refer- 
ence to  the  family.     [See  Chapter  V.] 


GLIMPSES  OF  MOULTON   HISTORY.  23 

NOTES. 

THE   MOULTONS  OR   MULTONS   OF  EGREMONT  AND  OF  GILLESLAND, 
LINCOLNSHIRE  AND  CUMBERLAND MOULTON  OR  MULTON,  BAR- 
ONS OF  EGREMONT.      BY   WRIT  OF   SUMMONS,   DATED  26   FEBRU- 
ARY,   I297. 
From  Burke's  Extinct  Peerage.    Edition  1883.    Pages  388  and  389. 

LINEAGE. 

In  the  time  of  King  Henry  I.,  Thomas  de  Multon,  so  called  from  his 
residence  of  Moulton  in  Lincolnshire,  bestowed  at  the  funeral  of  his  father, 
in  the  chapter  house  at  Spalding  (his  mother,  brothers,  sisters  and  friends 
being  present)  the  Church  of  Weston,  upon  the  monks  of  that  Abbey.  After 
this  Thomas,  came 

Lambert  de  Multon,  who  in  the  11th  Henry  II.,  residing  then  in  Lincoln- 
shire, was  amerced  100  marks.  In  the  9th  and  10th  of  King  John,  flourished 
another 

Thomas  de  Multon,  who  at  that  period  was  sheriff  of  the  County  of 
Lincoln,  and  in  the  15th  of  the  same  reign,  attended  the  king  in  his 
expedition  then  made  into  Poictou.  This  Thomas  gave  1,000  marks  to  the 
crown  for  the  wardship  of  the  daughters  and  heirs  of  Richard  de  Luci, 
of  Egremont,  County  Cumberland,  and  bestowed  those  ladies  after  in 
marriage  upon  bis  two  sons,  Lambert  and  Alan.  In  the  17th  King  John, 
being  in  arms  with  the  rebellious  barons,  and  taken  at  Rochester  Castle, 
he  was  committed  to  the  custody  of  Peter  de  Mauley,  to  be  safe  secured, 
who  conveyed  him  prisoner  to  the  Castle  of  Corff,  but  in  the  1st  of  Henry 
III.,  making  his  peace,  he  had  restitution  of  his  liberty  and  his  lands.  The 
next  year  having  married  Ada,  dau.  and  co-heir  of  Hugh  de  Moreville, 
widow  of  Richard  de  Lacy,  of  Egremont,  without  the  king's  license,  com- 
mand was  sent  to  the  Archbishop  of  York  to  make  seizure  of  all  his 
lands  in  Cumberland,  and  to  retain  them  in  his  hands  till  further  notice. 
Multon  giving  security,  however,  to  answer  the  same,  whensoever  the  king 
should  require  him  to  do  so,  he  had  livery  of  all  those  lands  which  had 
been  seized  for  that  transgression,  with  the  Castle  of  Egremont.  In  three 
years  afterwards  he  paid  £100  fine  to  the  king,  and  one  palfry  for  the 
office  of  forester  of  Cumberland,  it  being  the  inheritance  of  Ada,  his  wife. 
In  the  17th  Henry  III.,  he  was  sheriff  of  Cumberland,  and  remained  in 
office  for  several  succeeding  years.  Moreover,  he  was  one  of  the  justices  of 
the  King's  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  from  the  8th  Henry  III.,  and  a 
justice  itinerant  for  divers  years,  from  the  9th  of  the  same  reign.  He 
married  twice,  by  his  1st  wife  he  had  issue: 

Lambert,  who  married  Annabel,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Richard  de 
Lucie. 

Alan,  married  Alice,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Richard  de  Lucie,  and 
had  a  son, 


24  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

"Thomas  de  Multon,  who  assumed  the  surname  of  Lucie. 

(From  Dugdale's  Baronetage,  Vol.  1,  page  569: 

•This  Thomas  de  Multon,  forasmuch  as  he  assumed  the  sir-name  of 
Lucie,  by  reason  that  Alice,  his  mother,  was  one  of  the  daughters  and 
co-heirs  to  Richard  de  Lucie  (as  is  already  observed)  I  shall  say  no  more 
of  him  under  the  name  of  Moulton,  referring  my  reader  to  the  title  of 
Lucie  of  Cockermouth,  where  I  have  further  spoken  of  him  and  his 
descendents. 

The  above  Thomas  married  Isabell,  one  of  the  daughters  and  co-heirs 
of  Adam  de  Bolteby  of  Northumberland,  and  died  2nd  of  Edward  II., 
without  issue,  and  the  estates  of  Cockermouth  fell  to  his  brother,  Anthony 
de  Lucie,  who  died  about  17  Edw.  III.) 

Thomas  de  Multon,  Baron  Moulton,  of  Gillesland.  By  Writ  of  Sum- 
mons, dated  26  August,   1307. 

LINEAGE. 

Thomas  de  Multon,  Lord  of  Moulton,  in  Lincolnshire,  who  died  1240, 
married  for  his  2nd  wife,  Ada,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Hugh  de  Moreville, 
and  had  with  a  daughter  Julian  who  married  Robert  de  Vavasour,  a  son, 

Thomas  de  Multon,  who  inherited  the  office  of  forester  of  Cumberland, 
from  his  mother  and  in  the  36th  Henry  III.,  paid  a  fine  of  400  marks  to 
the  crown  for  trespassing  in  the  forests  there,  and  for  the  future  enjoy- 
ment of  all  the  privileges  which  his  ancestors  had  possessed  with  the 
forestership.  In  the  42nd  year  of  the  same  reign,  he  had  a  military 
summons  to  march  with  the  other  northern  barons  into  Scotland,  for  the 
purpose  of  rescuing  the  Scottish  monarch,  King  Henry's  son-in-law,  from 
the  restraints  imposed  upon  him  by  his  own  subjects;  and  again  in  the 
55th  of  the  same  reign,  to  take  up  arms  against  the  Welsh.  This  feudal 
baron  married  Maud,  only  daughter  and  heiress  of  Hubert  de  Vaux,  Lord 
of  Gillesland,  and  with  her  acquired  that  lordship.  He  died  in  1270,  and 
wa9   succeeded   by   his   son: 

Thomas  de  Multon,  who  doing  his  homage,  and  livery  of  his  lands, 
and  the  ensuing  year,  upon  the  death  of  Helewise  de  Levinton,  widow  of 
Eustace  de  Baliol,  was  found  to  be  her  heir  as  to  a  moiety  of  the  Barony 
of  Burgh  upon  the  lands  (he  already  enjoyed  the  other  moiety  by 
inheritance),  and  divers  other  considerable  manors.  He  died  in  1293  (his 
mother,  the  heiress  of  Gillesland,  being  still  alive),  and  was  succeeded  by 
his  son: 

Thomas  de  Multon,  who  doing  his  homage  the  same  year,  had  livery  of 
his  lands,  but  died  in  two  years  afterwards,  being  then  seized  of  the  manor 
of  Downham,  in  Norfolk;  of  Burgh-upon-Sands;  of  Kirk-Oswald;  and  of 
the  Barony  of  Gillesland,  with  divers  other  estates  all  in  the  County  of 
Cumberland.  He  was  succeeded  at  his  disease  in  1295  (his  widow,  Isabel, 
married  Sir  John  de  Caster)    by  his  son: 


GLIMPSES  OF  MOULTON   HISTORY.  2$ 

Thomas  de  Multon.  This  feudal  lord  having  been  engaged  in  the  Scot- 
tish wars,  in  the  31st  and  34th  Edward  I.,  was  summoned  to  Parliament 
as  Baron  Multon  of  Gillesland,  upon  the  accession  of  Edward  II.  from 
26  August,  1307,  to  26  November,  1313,  after  which  we  find  his  lordship 
again  upon  the  theatre  of  war,  in  Scotland,  in  the  3rd  and  4th  years  of 
the  new  monarch,  and  he  subsequently  obtained  some  immunities  from 
the  crown,  in  the  shape  of  grants  for  fairs  and  markets  upon  his  different 
manors.  He  died  in  1313,  leaving  by  Margaret,  his  wife,  an  only  daughter 
and  heiress: 

Margaret  de  Multon,  who  married  Randolph  de  Dacre,  Lord  Dacre,  of 
the  North,  and  conveyed  her  great  estates  with  the  Barony  of  Moulton  to 
the  Dacre  family.  This  estate  remained  in  the  hands  of  the  Dacre  family 
till  the  death  of  George  Dacre,  5th  Lord  Dacre,  of  Gillesland,  who  died  in 
minority,  anno  1569,  of  a  fall  from  a  wooden  horse,  upon  which  he 
practiced  to  leap.  At  the  decease  of  his  lordship,  the  "Barony  of  Dacre, 
of  Gillesland,"  fell  into  abeyance  between  his  sisters  as  co-heirs,  and  it  so 
continues  with  their  descendents.  Of  his  estates,  Greystock  fell  to  the 
Earl  of  Arundel,  and  is  now  in  the  possession  of  the  Duke  of  Norfolk; 
while  Naworth  Castle  devolved  upon  Lord  Wm.  Howard,  where  he  settled, 
and  it  now  belongs  to  the  Earl  of  Carlisle. 

Anns  of  the  Moulton  family — Az.  three  bars,  gules. 


CHAPTER  III. 

EXTRACT    FROM    "THE    TALISMAN/'    BY    SIR    WALTER    SCOTT. 

Now  change  the  scene — and  let  the  trumpets  sound, 
For  we  must  rouse  the  lion  from  his  lair. 

— Old  Play. 

The  scene  must  change  as  our  programme  has  announced, 
from  the  mountain  wilderness  of  Jordan  to  the  camp  of  King 
Richard  of  England,  then  stationed  between  Jean  d'Acre  and  As- 
calon ;  and  containing  that  army  with  which  he  of  the  Lion  Heart 
had  promised  himself  a  triumphant  march  to  Jerusalem,  and  in 
which  he  would  probably  have  succeeded,  if  not  hindered  by  the 
jealousies  of  the  Chirstian  princes  engaged  in  the  same  enterprise, 
and  the  offence  taken  by  them,  at  the  uncurbed  haughtiness  of  the 
English  monarch,  and  Richard's  unvailed  contempt  for  his  brother 
sovereigns,  who,  his  equals  in  rank,  were  yet  far  his  inferiors 
in  courage,  hardihood  and  military  talents.  Philip  of  France 
created  disputes  and  obstacles  which  impeded  every  active  meas- 
ure proposed  by  the  heroic  though  impetuous  Richard,  while  the 
ranks  of  the  crusaders  were  daily  thinned,  not  only  by  the  deser- 
tion of  individuals,  but  of  entire  bands,  headed  by  their  respective 
feudal  leaders,  who  withdrew  from  a  contest  in  which  they  had 
ceased  to  hope  for  success. 

The  effects  of  the  climate  became,  as  usual,  fatal  to  soldiers 
from  the  north,  and  the  more  so  that  the  dissolute  license  of  the 
crusaders,  forming  a  singular  contrast  to  the  principles  and  pur- 
pose of  their  taking  up  arms,  rendered  them  more  easy  victims  to 
the  insalubrious  influence  of  burning  heats  and  chilling  dews. 
To  these  discouraging  causes  of  loss  was  to  be  added  the  sword 
of  the  enemy.  Saladin,  than  whom  no  greater  name  is  recorded 
in  Eastern  history,  had  learned,  to  his  fatal  experience,  that  the 


EXTRACT   FROM        THE   TALISMAN.  2.*} 

light  armed  followers  were  little  able  to  meet  in  close  encounter 
with  the  iron-clad  Franks,  and  had  been  taught  at  the  same  time 
to  apprehend  and  dread  the  adventurous  character  of  his  antag- 
onist, Richard.  But  if  his  armies  were  more  than  once  routed, 
with  great  slaughter,  his  numbers  gave  the  Saracen  the  advantage 
in  those  lighter  skirmishes,  of  which  many  were  inevitable.  As 
the  army  of  his  assailants  decreased,  the  enterprises  of  the  Sultan 
became  more  numerous  and  more  bold,  in  this  species  of  petty 
warfare. 

The  camp  of  the  crusaders  was  surrounded  and  almost  be- 
seiged,  by  clouds  of  light  cavalry  resembling  swarms  of  wasps, 
easily  crushed  when  they  are  once  grasped,  but  furnished  with 
wings  to  elude  superior  strength,  and  stings  to  inflict  harm  and 
mischief.  There  was  perpetual  warfare  of  posts  and  foragers, 
in  which  many  valuable  lives  were  lost,  without  any  correspond- 
ing object  being  gained;  convoys  were  intercepted  and  commu- 
nications were  cut  off.  The  crusaders  had  to  purchase  the  means 
of  sustaining  life,  by  life  itself;  and  water,  like  that  of  the  well 
of  Bethlehem,  longed  for  by  King  David,  one  of  its  ancient  mon- 
archs,  was  then,  as  before,  only  obtained  by  the  expenditure  of 
blood. 

These  evils  were,  in  a  great  measure,  counterbalanced  by  the 
stern  resolution  and  restless  activity  of  King  Richard,  who,  with 
some  of  his  best  knights,  was  ever  on  horseback,  ready  to  repair 
to  any  point  where  danger  occurred,  and  often,  not  only  bringing 
unexpected  succor  to  the  Christians,  but  discomfiting  the  infidels 
when  they  seemed  most  secure  of  victory.  But  even  the  iron 
frame  of  Coeur  de  Lion  could  not  support,  without  injury  the  al- 
ternations of  the  uncertain  climate  joined  to  ceaseless  exertions  of 
body  and  mind.  He  became  afflicted  with  one  of  those  slow  and 
wasting  fevers  peculiar  to  Asia,  and  in  despite  of  his  great 
strength,  and  still  greater  courage,  grew  first  unfit  to  mount  on 
horseback,  and  then  unable  to  attend  the  councils  of  war,  which 
were,  from  time  to  time,  held  by  the  crusaders.  It  was  difficult 
to  say  whether  this  state  of  personal  inactivity  was  rendered 
more  galling  or  more  endurable  to  the  English  monarch,  by 
the  resolution  of  the  council  to  engage  in  a  truce  of  thirty 


28  M0ULT0N   ANNALS. 

days  with  the  Sulta  Snaladin,  for  on  the  one  hand,  if  he  was 
incensed  at  the  delay  which  this  interposed  to  the  progress  of 
the  great  enterprise,  he  was,  on  the  other,  somewhat  con- 
soled by  knowing  that  others  were  not  acquiring  laurels,  while 
he  remained  inactive  upon  a  sick  bed. 

That,  however,  which  Coeur  de  Lion  could  least  excuse,  was 
the  general  inactivity  which  prevailed  in  the  camp  of  the  cru- 
saders, as  soon  as  his  illness  assumed  a  serious  aspect;  and  the 
reports  which  he  extracted  from  his  unwilling  attendants  gave 
him  to  understand  that  the  hopes  of  the  host  had  abated  in  pro- 
portion to  his  illness,  and  that  the  interval  of  truce  was  employed, 
not  in  recruiting  in  numbers,  reanimating  their  courage,  fostering 
their  spirit  of  conquest  and  preparing  for  a  speedy  and  determined 
advance  upon  the  Holy  City,  which  was  the  object  of  their  ex- 
pedition, but  in  securing  the  camp  occupied  by  their  diminished 
followers,  with  trenches,  palisades,  and  other  fortifications,  as 
if  preparing  rather  to  repel  an  attack  from  a  powerful  enemy  so 
soon  as  hostilities  should  recommence,  than  to  assume  the  proud 
character  of  conquerors  and  assailants. 

The  English  king  chafed  under  these  reports,  like  the  im- 
prisoned lion,  viewing  his  prey  from  the  iron  barriers  of  his  cage. 
Naturally  rash  and  impetuous,  the  irritability  of  his  temper  preyed 
on  itself.  He  was  dreaded  by  his  attendants,  and  even  the  medi- 
cal assistants  feared  to  assume  the  necessary  authority,  which  a 
physician,  to  do  justice  to  his  patient,  must  needs  exercise  over 
him. 

One  faithful  baron,  who,  perhaps  from  the  congenial  nature 
of  his  disposition,  was  devoutly  attached  to  the  king's  person, 
dared  alone  to  come  between  the  dragon  and  his  wrath,  and 
quietly  but  firmly  maintained  a  control  which  no  other  dared 
assume  over  the  dangerous  invalid,  and  which  Thomas  de  Multon 
only  exercised,  because  he  esteemed  his  sovereign's  life  and  honor 
more  than  he  did  the  degree  of  favor  which  he  might  lose,  or 
even  the  risk  which  he  might  incur  in  nursing  a  patient  so  intract- 
able, and  whose  displeasure  was  so  perilous. 

Sir  Thomas  was  the  Lord  of  Gilsland  in  Cumberland,  and, 
in  an  age  when  surnames  and  titles  were  not  distinctly  attached. 


EXTRACT    FROM        THE   TALISMAN.  20, 

as  now,  to  the  individuals  who  bore  them,  he  was  called  by  the 
Normans  the  Lord  de  Vaux,  and  in  English,  by  the  Saxons,  who 
clung  to  their  native  language,  and  were  proud  of  the  share  of 
Saxon  blood  in  this  renowned  warrior's  veins,  he  was  termed 
Thomas,  or  more  familiarly,  Thorn  of  the  Gills,  or  Narrow  Val- 
leys, from  which  his  extensive  domains  derived  their  well-known 
appellation. 

This  chief  had  been  exercised  in  almost  all  the  wars,  whether 
waged  between  England  and  Scotland,  or  amongst  the  various 
domestic  factions  which  then  tore  the  former  country  assunder, 
and  in  all  had  been  distinguished,  as  well  from  his  military  con- 
duct as  from  his  personal  prowess.    He  was,  in  other  respects, 
a  rude  soldier,  blunt  and  careless  in  his  bearing,  and  taciturn, 
nay,  almost  sullen,  in  his  habits  of  society  and  seeming,  at  least, 
to  disclaim  all  knowledge  of  policy  and  of  courtly  art.     There 
were  men,  however,  who  pretended  to  look  deeply  into  character, 
who  asserted  that  the  Lord  de  Yaux  was  not  less  shrewd  and  as- 
piring than  he  was  blunt  and  bold,  and  who  thought  that,  while 
he  assimilated  himself  to  the  king's  own  character  of  blunt  hardi- 
hood, it  was,  in  some  degree,  at  least,  with  an  eye  to  establish 
his  favor,  and  to  gratify  his  own  hopes  of  deep-laid  ambition. 
But  no  one  cared  to  thwart  his  schemes,  if  such  he  had,  by  ri- 
valling him  in  the  dangerous  occupation  of  daily  attendance  on 
the  sickbed  of  a  patient  whose  disease  was  pronounced  infectious, 
and  more  especially  when  it  was  remembered  that  the  patient  was 
Cceur  de  Lion,  suffering  under  all  the  furious  impatience  of  a 
soldier  withheld  from  battle,  and  a  sovereign  sequestered  from 
authority ;  and  the  common  soldiers,  at  least  in  the  English  army, 
were  generally  of  opinion  that  De  Vaux  attended  on  the  king  like 
comrade  upon  comrade,  in  the  honest  and  disinterested  frankness 
of  military  friendship  contracted  between  the  partakers  of  daily 
dangers. 

It  was  on  the  decline  of  a  Syrian  day  that  Richard  lay  on  his 
couch  of  sickness,  loathing  it  as  much  in  mind  as  his  illness  made 
it  irksome  to  his  body.  His  bright  blue  eye,  which  at  all  times 
shone  with  uncommon  splendor,  had  its  vivacity  augmented  by 
fever  and  mental  impatience  and  glanced  from  among  his  curled 


30  M0ULT0N   ANNALS. 

and  unshorn  locks  of  yellow  hair,  as  fitfully  and  as  vividly,  as  the 
last  gleams  of  the  sun  shoot  through  the  clouds  of  an  approach- 
ing thunder-storm,  which  still,  however,  are  gilded  by  its  beams. 
His  manly  features  showed  the  progress  of  wasting  illness,  and 
his  beard,  neglected  and  untrimmed,  had  overgrown  both  lips 
and  chin.  Casting  himself  from  side  to  side,  now  clutching 
towards  him  the  coverings,  which  at  the  next  moment  he  flung  as 
impatiently  from  him,  his  tossed  couch  and  impatient  gestures 
showed  at  once  the  energy  and  the  reckless  impatience  of  a  dis- 
position, whose  natural  sphere  was  that  of  the  most  active  exer- 
tion. 

Beside  his  couch  stood  Thomas  de  Vaux,  in  face,  attitude, 
and  manner,  the  strongest  possible  contrast  to  the  suffering  mon- 
arch. His  stature  approached  the  gigantic,  and  his  hair  in  thick- 
ness might  have  resembled  that  of  Samson,  though  only  after  the 
Israelitish  champion's  locks  had  passed  under  the  shears  of  the 
Philistines,  for  those  of  De  Vaux  were  cut  short,  that  they  might 
be  enclosed  under  his  helmet.  The  light  of  his  broad,  large  hazel 
eye,  resembled  that  of  the  autumn  morn,  and  it  was  only  perturbed 
for  a  moment,  when  from  time  to  time  it  was  attracted  by  Rich- 
ard's vehement  marks  of  agitation  and  restlessness.  His  features, 
though  massive  like  his  person,  might  have  been  handsome  before 
they  were  defaced  with  scars,  his  upper  lip,  after  the  fashion  of 
the  Normans,  was  covered  with  thick  mustaches,  which  grew 
so  long  and  luxuriantly  as  to  mingle  with  his  hair,  and,  like  his 
hair,  were  dark  brown,  slightly  brindled  with  gray.  His  frame 
seemed  of  that  kind  which  most  readily  defies  both  toil  and  cli- 
mate, for  he  was  thin-flanked,  broad-chested,  long-armed,  deep- 
breathed,  and  strong-limbed.  He  had  not  laid  aside  his  buff- 
coat,  which  displayed  the  cross  cut  on  the  shoulder,  for  more 
than  three  nights,  enjoying  but  such  momentary  repose  as  the 
warder  of  a  sick  monarch's  couch  might  by  snatches  indulge. 

This  Baron  rarely  changed  his  posture,  except  to  administer 
to  Richard  the  medicine  or  refreshments,  which  none  of  his  less 
favored  attendants  could  persuade  the  impatient  monarch  to 
take;  and  there  was  something  affecting  in  the  kindly,  yet 
awkward  manner,  in  which  he  discharged  offices  so  strangly  con- 
trasted with  his  blunt  and  soldierlv  habits  and  manners. 


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The  pavilion  in  which  these  personages  were,  had,  as  be- 
came the  time,  as  well  as  the  personal  character  of  Richard,  more 
of  a  warlike  than  a  sumptuous  or  royal  character.  Weapons 
offensive  and  defensive,  several  of  them  of  strange  and  newly 
invented  construction,  were  scattered  about  the  tented  apartment, 
or  disposed  upon  the  pillars  which  supported  it.  Skins  of  ani- 
mals slain  in  the  chase  were  stretched  on  the  ground,  or  extended 
along  the  sides  of  the  pavilion,  and,  upon  a  heap  of  these  sylvan 
spoils,  lay  three  alans,  as  they  were  then  called,  (wolf -grey hounds, 
that  is)  of  the  largest  size  and  as  white  as  snow.  Their  faces, 
marked  with  many  a  scar,  from  clutch  and  fang,  showed  their 
share  in  collecting  the  trophies  upon  which  they  reposed,  and  their 
eyes,  fixed  from  time  to  time  with  an  expressive  yawn  and  stretch 
upon  the  bed  of  Richard,  evinced  how  much  they  marveled  at 
and  regretted  the  unwonted  inactivity  which  they  were  compelled 
to  share.  These  were  but  the  accompaniments  of  the  soldier  and 
huntsman  ;  but  on  a  small  table  close  by  the  bed,  was  placed  a 
shield  of  wrought  steel,  of  triangular  form,  bearing  the  three 
lions  passant,  first  assumed  by  the  chivalrous  monarch,  and  before 
it  the  golden  circlet,  resembling  much  a  ducal  coronet,  only  that 
it  was  higher  in  front  than  behind,  which,  with  the  purple  velvet 
and  embroidered  tiara  that  lined  it,  formed  then  the  emblem  of 
England's  sovereignty.  Beside  it,  as  if  prompt  for  defending  the 
regal  symbol,  lay  a  mighty  crestal-axe,  which  would  have  wearied 
the  arm  of  any  other  than  Coeur  de  Lion. 

In  an  outer  partition  of  the  pavilion  waited  two  or  three 
officers  of  the  royal  household,  depressed,  anxious  for  their  mas- 
ter's health,  and  not  less  so  for  their  own  safety,  in  case  of  his 
decease.  Their  gloomy  apprehensions  spread  themselves  to  the 
warders  without,  who  paced  about  in  downcast  and  silent  con- 
templation, or,  resting  on  their  halberds,  stood  motionless  on  their 
post,  rather  like  armed  trophies  than  living  warriors. 

"So  thou  hast  no  better  news  to  bring  me  from  without,  Sir 
Thomas  ?"  said  the  king,  after  a  long  and  perturbed  silence,  spent 
in  the  feverish  agitation  which  we  have  endeavored  to  describe. 
"All  our  knights  turned  women,  and  our  ladies  become  devotees, 
and  neither  a  spark  of  valour  nor  of  gallantry  to  enlighten  a 


32  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

camp,  which  contains  the  choicest  of  Europe's  chivalry — Ha !" 

"The  truce,  my  lord,"  said  De  Vaux,  with  the  same  patience 
with  which  he  had  twenty  times  repeated  the  explanation — "the 
truce  prevents  us  bearing  ourselves  as  men  of  action ;  and,  for 
the  ladies,  I  am  no  great  reveller,  as  is  known  to  your  Majesty, 
and  seldom  exchange  steel  and  buff  for  velvet  and  gold — but 
thus  far  I  know,  that  our  choicest  beauties  are  waiting  upon  the 
Queen's  Majesty  and  the  Princess,  to  a  pilgrimage  to  the  convent 
of  Engaddi,  to  accomplpish  their  vows  for  your  Highness's  deliv- 
erance from  this  trouble." 

"And  is  it  thus,"  said  Richard,  with  the  impatience  of  in- 
disposition, "that  royal  matrons  and  maidens  should  risk  them- 
selves, where  the  dogs  who  defile  the  land  have  as  little  truth  to 
man,  as  they  have  faith  toward  God?" 

"Nay,  my  lord,"  said  De  Yaux,  "they  have  Saladin's  word 
for  their  safety." 

"True,  true!"  replied  Richard,  "and  I  did  the  heathen  Soldan 
injustice — I  owe  him  reparation  for  it — would  God  I  were  but  fit 
to  offer  it  him  upon  my  body  between  the  two  hosts — Christen- 
dom and  Heathenesse  both  looking  on !  " 

As  Richard  spoke,  he  thrust  his  right  arm  out  of  bed  naked 
to  the  shoulder,  and  painfully  raising  himself  in  his  couch,  shook 
his  clenched  hand,  as  if  it  grasped  sword  or  battle-axe,  and  was 
then  brandished  over  the  jewelled  turban  of  the  Soldan.  It  was 
not  without  a  gentle  degree  of  violence,  which  the  King  would 
scarce  have  endured  from  another,  that  De  Vaux,  in  his  character 
of  sick-nurse,  compelled  his  royal  master  to  replace  himself  in  the 
couch,  and  covered  his  sinewy  arm,  neck  and  shoulders,  with 
the  care  which  a  mother  bestows  upon  an  impatient  child. 

"Thou  art  a  rough  nurse,  though  a  willing  one,  De  Vaux," 
said  the  king,  laughing  with  a  bitter  expression,  while  he  sub- 
mitted to  the  strength  he  was  unable  to  resist;  "methinks  a 
coif  would  become  thy  lowering  features,  as  well  as  a  child's 
biggin  would  beseem  mine.  We  should  be  a  babe  and  nurse  to 
frighten  girls  with." 

"We  have  frightened  men  in  our  time,  my  liege,"  said  De 
Yaux,  "and,  I  trust,  may  live  to  frighten  them  again.     What  is 


EXTRACT    FROM        THE   TALISMAN.  33 

a  fever-fit  that  we  should  not  endure  it  patiently,  in  order  to  get 
rid  of  it,  easily?"  "Fever-fit!"  exclaimed  Richard,  impetuously; 
"thou  mayest  think,  and  justly,  that  it  is  a  fever-fit  with  me:  but 
what  is  it  with  all  the  other  Christian  princes — with  Philip  of 
France — with  that  dull  Austrian — with  him  on  Montserrat — with 
the  Hospitallers — with  the  Templars — what  is  it  with  all  them? 
— I  will  tell  thee — it  is  a  cold  palsy — a  dead  lethargy — a  disease 
that  deprives  them  of  speech  and  action — a  canker  that  has  eaten 
into  the  heart  of  all  that  is  noble  and  chivalrous  and  virtuous 
among  them — that  has  made  them  false  to  the  noblest  vow  ever 
knights  were  sworn  to — has  made  them  different  to  their  fame, 
and  forgetful  of  their  God." 

"For  the  love  of  Heaven,  my  liege,"  said  De  Vaux,  "take  it 
less  violently!  you  will  be  heard  without  doors,  where  such 
speeches  are  but  too  current  already  among  the  soldiery,  and  en- 
gender discord  and  contention  in  the  Christian  host.  Bethink  you 
that  your  illness  mars  the  mainspring  of  the  enterprize :  a  man- 
gonel will  work  without  screw  and  lever  better  than  the  Christian 
host  without  King  Richard." 

"Thou  flatterest  me,  De  Vaux,"  said  Richard,  and  not  insen- 
sible to  the  power  of  praise,  he  reclined  his  head  on  the  pillow, 
with  a  more  deliberate  attempt  at  repose  than  he  had  yet  ex- 
hibited. But  Thomas  De  Vaux  was  no  courtier ;  the  phrase  which 
he  had  offered  had  risen  spontaneously  to  his  lips ;  and  he  knew 
not  how  to  pursue  the  pleasing  theme,  so  as  to  soothe  and  pro- 
long the  vien  which  he  had  excited.  He  was  silent,  therefore, 
until  relapsing  into  his  moody  contemplations,  the  King  demanded 
of  him  sharply,  "Despardieux  !  This  is  smoothly  said  to  soothe  a  sick 
man ;  but  does  a  league  of  monarchs,  an  assemblage  of  nobles,  a 
convocation  of  all  the  chivalry  of  Europe,  droop  with  the  sickness 
of  one  man.  though  he  chances  to  be  King  of  England?  Why 
should  Richard's  illness  of  Richard's  death,  check  the  march  of 
thirty  thousand  men,  as  brave  as  himself?  When  the  master  stag 
is  struck  down,  the  herd  do  not  disperse  upon  the  fall, — when  the 
falcon  strikes  the  leading  crane,  another  takes  the  guidance  of  the 
phalanx.  Why  do  not  the  powers  assemble  and  choose  some  one, 
to  whom  they  may  entrust  the  guidance  of  the  host?" 


34  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

"Forsooth,  and  if  it  please  your  Majesty"  said  De  Vaux,  "I 
hear  consultations  have  been  held  among  the  royal  leaders  for 
some  such  purpose." 

"Ha!"  exclaimed  Richard,  his  jealousy  awakened,  giving 
his  mental  irritation  another  direction — "am  I  forgot  by  my  allies 
ere  I  have  taken  the  last  sacrament? — do  they  hold  me  dead  al- 
ready ? — But  no,  no — they  are  right — and  whom  do  they  select  as 
leader  of  the  Christian  host?" 

"Rank  and  dignity,"  said  De  Vaux,  "point  to  the  King  of 
France." 

"Oh,  ay,"  answered  the  English  monarch,  "Philip  of  France 
and  Navarre — Dennis  Montjoie — his  most  Christian  Majesty! — 
mouth-filling  words  these !  There  is  but  one  risk — that  he  might 
mistake  the  words  En  arriere,  for  en  avant,  and  lead  us  back  to 
Paris,  instead  of  marching  to  Jerusalem.  His  politic  head  has 
learned  by  this  time  that  there  is  more  to  be  gotten  by  oppressing 
his  feudatories,  and  pillaging  his  allies,  than  fighting  with  the 
Turks  for  the  Holy  Sepulchre. 

"They  might  choose  the  Archduke  of  Austria"  said  De  Vaux. 

"What!  because  he  is  big  and  burley  like  thyself,  Thomas — 
nearly  as  thick-headed  but  without  thy  indifference  to  danger,  and 
carelessness  of  offence?  I  tell  thee  that  Austria  has  in  all  that 
mass  of  flesh  no  bolder  animation,  than  is  afforded  by  the  pee- 
vishness of  a  wasp,  and  the  courage  of  a  wren.  Out  upon  him ! — 
he  a  leader  of  chivalry  to  deeds  of  glory ! — Give  him  a  flagon  of 
Rhemish  to  drink  with  his  besmirched  baaren-hanters  and  lance- 
knechts." 

"There  is  the  Grand  Master  of  the  Templars,"  continued  the 
baron,  not  sorry  to  keep  his  master's  attention  engaged  on  other 
topics  than  his  own  illness,  though  at  the  expense  of  the  characters 
of  prince  and  potentate — "There  is  the  Grand  Master  of  the 
Templars,"  he  continued,  "undaunted,  skilful,  brave  in  battle, 
and  sage  in  council,  having  no  separate  kingdoms  of  his  own  to 
divert  his  exertions  from  the  recovery  of  the  Holy  Land — what 
thinks  your  Majesty  of  the  Master  as  a  general  leader  of  the 
Christian  host?-' 

"Ha,  Beau — Seant?"  answered  the  King.    "Oh,  no  exception 


EXTRACT    FROM    "  THE   TALISMAN."  35 

can  be  taken  to  Brother  Giles  Amanry — he  understands  the  order- 
ing of  a  battle,  and  the  fighting  in  front  when  it  begins.  But,  Sir 
Thomas,  were  it  fair  to  take  the  Holy  Land  from  the  heathen 
Saladin,  so  full  of  all  the  virtues  which  may  distinguish  unchris- 
tened  man,  and  give  it  to  Giles  Amanry,  a  worse  pagan  than  him- 
self— an  idolater — a  devil-worshipper — a  necromancer — who  prac- 
tises crime  the  most  dark  and  unnatural,  in  the  vaults  and  secret 
places  of  abomination  and  darkness?" 

"The  Grand  Master  of  the  Hospitallers  of  St.  John  of  Jeru- 
salem is  not  tainted  by  fame,  either  with  heresy  or  magic,"  said 
Thomas  De  Vaux. 

"But  is  he  not  a  sordid  miser?"  said  Richard,  hastily ;  "has  he 
not  been  suspected — ay,  more  than  suspected — of  selling  to  the 
infidels  those  advantages  which  they  would  never  have  won  by 
fair  force?  Tush,  man,  better  give  the  army  to  be  made  merchan- 
dize of  by  Venetian  skippers  and  Lombardy  pedlars,  than  trust  it 
to  the  Grand  Master  of  St.  John.'* 

"Well,  then,  I  will  venture  but  another  guess,"  said  the  Baron 
de  Vaux — "What  say  you  to  the  gallant  Marquis  of  Monserrat,  so 
wise,  so  elegant,  such  a  good  man-at-arms  ?" 

"Wise?  cunning,  you  would  say,"  replied  Richard;  "elegant 
in  a  lady's  chamber,  if  you  will.  Oh,  ay,  Comrade  of  Montserrat, 
who  knows  not  the  popinjay  ?  Politic  and  versatile,  he  will  change 
his  purposes  as  often  as  the  trimmings  of  his  doublet,  and  you 
shall  never  be  able  to  guess  the  hue  of  his  inmost  vestments  from 
their  outward  colours.  A  man-at-arms?  ay,  a  fine  figure  on 
horse-back,  and  can  bear  him  well  in  the  tilt-yard,  and  at  the 
barriers,  when  swords  are  blunted  at  point  and  edge,  and  spears 
are  tipped  with  trenches  of  wood,  instead  of  steel-pikes.  Wert 
thou  not  with  me.  when  I  said  to  that  same  gay  marquis,  'Here  we 
be,  three  good  Christians,  and  on  yonder  plain  there  pricks  a 
band  of  some  three  score  Saracens,  what  say  you  to  charge  them 
briskly?  There  are  but  twenty  unbelieving  miscreants  to  each 
true  knight."  " 

"I  recollect  the  Marquis  replied,"  said  De  Vaux,  "that  his 
limbs  were  of  flesh,  not  of  iron,  and  that  he  would  rather  bear  the 
heart  of  a  man  than  of  a  beast,  though  that  beast  were  the  lion. 


36  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

But  I  see  how  it  is — we  shall  end  where  we  began,  without  hope 
of  praying  at  the  sepulchre,  until  Heaven  shall  restore  King 
Richard  to  health." 

At  this  grave  remark,  Richard  burst  out  into  a  hearty  fit  of 
laughter,  the  first  which  he  had  for  sometime  indulged  in.  "Why, 
what  a  thing  is  conscience,"  he  said,  "that  through  its  means,  even 
such  a  thick-witted  northern  lad  as  thou  canst  bring  thy  sovereign 
to  confess  his  folly!  It  is  true,  that,  did  they  not  propose  them- 
selves as  fit  to  hold  my  leading-staff,  little  should  I  care  for  pluck 
ing  the  silken  trappings  off  the  puppets  thou  hast  shown  me  in 
succession — What  concerns  it  me  what  fine  tinsel  robes  they 
swagger  in,  unless  when  they  are  named  as  rivals  in  the  glorious 
enterprize,  to  which  I  have  vowed  myself?  Yes,  De  Vaux,  I 
confess  my  weakness,  and  the  wil fullness  of  my  ambition.  The 
Christian  camp  contains,  doubtless,  many  a  better  knight  than 
Richard  of  England,  and  it  would  be  wise  and  worthy  to  assign 
to  the  best  of  them  the  leading  of  the  host — but,"  continued  the 
warlike  monarch,  raising  himself  in  his  bed,  and  shaking  the  cover 
from  his  head,  while  his  eyes  sparkled  as  they  were  wont  to  do 
on  the  eve  of  battle,  "were  such  a  knight  to  plant  the  banner  of  the 
Cross  on  the  Temple  of  Jerusalem,  while  1  was  unable  to  bear  my 
share  in  the  noble  task,  he  should,  so  soon  as  I  was  fit  to  lay  lance 
in  rest,  undergo  my  challenge  to  mortal  combat,  for  having  dimin- 
ished my  fame,  and  pressed  in  before  me  to  the  object  of  my  enter 
prize. — But  hark,  what  trumpets  are  those  at  a  distance?" 

"Those  of  King  Fhilip,  as  I  guess,  my  liege,"  said  the  stout 
Englishman. 

"Thou  art  dull  of  ear,  Thomas,"  said  the  King,  endeavoring 
to  start  up — "hearest  thou  not  that  clash  and  clang?  By  Heaven, 
the  Turks  are  in  camp — I  hear  their  lelies."* 

He  again  endeavored  to  get  out  of  bed,  and  De  Vaux  was 
obliged  to  exercise  his  own  great  strength,  and  also  to  summon 
the  assistance  of  the  chamberlains  from  the  inner  tent  to  restrain 
him. 

"Thou  art  a  false  traitor,  De  Vaux,"  said  the  incensed  mon- 
arch, when,  breathless  and  exhausted,  with  struggling,  he  was 
•The  war-cries  of  the  Moslemah. 


EXTRACT    FROM        THE   TALISMAN.  37 

compelled  to  submit  to  superior  strength,  and  to  repose  in  quiet 
on  his  couch.  '*I  would  I  were — I  would  I  were  but  strong 
enough  to  dash  thy  brains  out  with  my  battle-axe." 

"I  would  you  had  the  strength,  my  liege,"  said  De  Vaux, 
"and  would  even  take  the  risk  of  its  being  so  employed.  The 
odds  would  be  great  in  favour  of  Christendom,  were  Thomas 
Moulton  dead,  and  Coeur  de  Lion  himself  again." 

"Mine  honest,  faithful  friend,"  said  Richard,  extending  his 
hand,  which  the  baron  reverentially  saluted,  "forgive  thy  master's 
impatience  of  mood.  It  is  this  burning  fever  which  chides  thee, 
and  not  thy  kind  master,  Richard  of  England.  But  go,  I  prithee, 
and  bring  me  word  what  strangers  are  in  the  camp,  for  these 
sounds  are  not  of  Christendom." 

De  Vaux  left  the  pavilion  on  the  errand  assigned,  and  in  his 
absence,  which  he  had  resolved  should  be  brief,  he  charged  the 
chamberlain's  pages  and  attendants  to  redouble  their  attention 
on  their  sovereign,  with  threats  of  holding  them  to  responsibility, 
which  rather  added  to  than  diminished  their  timid  anxiety  in  the 
discharge  of  their  duty ;  for  next,  perhaps  to  the  ire  of  the  mon- 
arch himself,  they  dreaded  that  of  the  stern  and  inexorable  Lord 
of  Gilsland. 


NOTE: — He  was  a  historical  hero,  faithfully  attached,  as  is  here 
expressed,  to  King  Richard,  and  is  noticed  with  distinction  in  the  romance 
mentioned  in  the  Introduction.  At  the  beginning  of  the  romance,  mention 
is  made  of  a  tournament,  in  which  the  kinjj  returns  three  times  with  a 
fresh  suit  of  armour,  which  acted  as  a  disguise;  and  at  each  appearance, 
some  knight  of  great  prowess  had  a  sharp  encounter  with  him. 

When  Richard  returned  the  second  time,  the  following  is  Historian 
Ellis's  account  of  his  proceedings:  "He  now  mounted  a  bay  horse, 
assumed  a  suit  of  armour  painted  red.  and  a  helmet,  the  crest  of  which 
was  a  red  hound,  with  a  long  tail  which  reached  to  the  earth;  an  emblem 
intended  to  convey  his  indignation  against  the  heathen  hounds  who  denied 
the  Holy  Land,  and  his  determination  to  attempt  their  destruction.  Having 
sufficiently  signalized  himself  in  his  new  disguise,  he  rode  into  the  ranks 
for  the  purpose  of  assaulting  a  more  formidable  adversary;  and,  delivering 
his  spear  to  his  squire,  took  his  mace,  and  assaulted  Sir  Thomas  de 
Multon.  a  knight  whose  prowess  was  deservedly  held  in  the  highest  esti- 
mation. Sir  Thomas,  apparently  not  at  all  disordered  by  a  blow  which 
would  have  felled  a  common  adversary,  calmly  advised  him  to  go  and 
amuse  himself  elsewhere;  but  Richard  having  aimed  at  him  a  second  and 
more  violent  stroke,  by  which  his  helmet  was  nearly  crushed,  he  returned 
it  with  such  vigour  that  the  king  lost  his  stirrups,  and,  recovering  himself 
with  6ome  difficulty,  rode  off  with  all  speed  into  the  forest." — Ellis's  Speci- 
mens, pp.  193,  194. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

THE   FLOWER   OF   GILLESLAND. 

Few  travellers  in  England  fail  to  visit  Shakespeare's  county, 
lovely  Warwickshire,  which  welcomes  us  to  the  very  heart  of 
blooming  nature  and  delights  us  with  the  picturesque  ruins  of 
Kenilworth  no  less  than  with  the  massive  walls  of  Warwick  Castle. 
Warwick  is  perhaps  the  only  ancient  castle  of  Great  Britain  in 
perfect  preservation  which  tourists  are  privileged  to  visit,  and 
none  can  resist  the  combined  charm  of  nature's  gifts  and  the  mag- 
nificence acquired  by  art.  Here  in  this  castle,  which  still  stands 
strong  and  impregnable,  Margaret  Moulton  passed  her  girlhood. 

It  will  be  remembered  from  the  last  chapter  that  Thomas  de 
Moulton,  who  died  in  1313,  left  no  male  heir  and  therefore  his 
vast  estates  passed  to  his  only  child,  Margaret,  whom  historians 
of  that  period  designate  as  "the  Flower  of  Gillesland."  At  this 
time,  Margaret  was  but  thirteen  years  of  age.  She  had  been  be- 
trothed to  Ralph  de  Dacre  by  a  contract  made  between  her 
father  and  Win.  de  Dacre,  the  father  of  Ralph.  The  wardship  of 
the  young  lady  was  claimed  by  the  king,  Edw.  II.,  and  she  was 
entrusted  to  the  care  of  Beauchamp.  Earl  of  Warwick.  We  can- 
not wonder  at  the  solicitude  of  the  king,  regarding  the  heiress  to 
such  vast  possessions,  if  we  take  a  brief  inventory  of  her  estates. 

In  the  "History  of  Cumberland  County,"  we  read  the  follow- 
ing: "The  patrimonial  estate  of  the  Moultons  was  the  castle  and 
manor  of  Multon  and  the  town  and  manor  of  Spaulding,  in  the 
county  of  Lincoln ;  but  Thos.  de  Multon  by  marrying  the  heiress 
of  Hugh  de  Moreville  had  added  the  barony  of  Burgh  on  the 
Sands,  the  charge  and  property  of  hereditary  forester  of  the  forest 
of  Inglewood,  the  manor  of  Lazonby  and  the  manor  and  castle 
of  Kirke — Oswald,  which  Hugh  de  Moreville  had  built  and  ob- 
tained a  market  for,  with  the  castle  and  manor  of  Knaresborough, 
in  Yorkshire.    Then  from  Maud  de  Vallibus,  the  barony  of  Gils- 


N'AWORTH    CASTLE. 
Gateway  and  Keep. 


THE    FLOWER    OF    GILLESLAND.  39 

land,  with  its  dependent  manors,  with  the  Hamlets  of  Braken- 
hill,  Eckelsby,  Melverton  and  Northwood,  the  manor  of  Aikton, 
Rowcliffe  and  Glassonby  in  Cumberland ;  of  Barton  Adelathes  and 
the  moiety  of  the  town  of  Overton  or  Orton  in  Westmoreland, 
the  manor  of  Hatton  in  Norfolk  and  other  possessions  in  Suffolk, 
Somersetshire  and  Dorsetshire  and  the  manor  of  Nether  Trayline 
in  Scotland." 

The  fair  Margaret  may  have  sighed  for  her  native  mountains 
or  perchance  preferred  her  gay  suitor  to  the  alliance  destined  for 
her  by  the  king.  At  all  events,  in  her  seventeenth  year,  she  was 
carried  off  in  the  night-time  from  Warwick  Castle  by  her  bold  and 
chivalrous  suitor,  Ralph  de  Dacre.  We  find  the  Dacre  family 
mentioned  in  reliable  historical  works  as  being  of  no  less  renown 
than  the  Moultons.  The  king  rewarded  the  adventurous  exploit 
of  young  Dacre  by  acknowledging  the  loyalty  of  his  secret  mar- 
riage and  his  right  to  both  titles  and  lands.  The  husband  of  Mar- 
garet, "Lord  Dacre  of  the  North,"  as  he  is  called,  thus  united  the 
magnificent  estates  of  two  powerful  families. 

This  was  the  year  13 17.  Until  sometime  in  the  reign  of  Edw. 
III.,  the  old  Castle  of  Irthington  was  maintained  as  chief  barony 
of  Gillesland.  This  castle  is  sometimes  called  Castle-Steads,  and 
its  grandeur  is  described  to  us  in  detail  by  ancient  historians.  In 
the  summer  of  1335,  the  youthful  Edward  III.  was  in  these 
parts  with  a  great  army  collected  against  the  Scots;  and  there  is 
reason  to  believe  that  he  was  the  guest  of  Ralph  de  Dacre,  at 
Irthington,  the  ancient  Moulton  Castle.  At  this  time,  the  king 
granted  Lord  Dacre  a  license  to  fortify  and  castellate  his  man- 
sion of  "Naworth  Castle"  as  it  is  described  in  the  patent.  Naworth 
Castle  thus  became  the  home  of  Margaret  Moulton,  and  Irthing- 
ton was  abandoned ;  the  mound  on  which,  in  Norman  fashion,  the 
keep  was  built,  is  all  that  has  remained  of  Irthington  Castle  in  the 
memory  of  man.  The  new  stronghold  at  Naworth  was  built  to 
receive  a  garrison : 

"Stern  on  the  angry  confines 

Naworth  rose ; 
In  dark  woods  islanded,  its  towers  looked  forth, 
And  frown'd  defiance  on  the  angry  North." 


40  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

The  interior  arrangements  of  Naworth,  no  less  than  its  exterior, 
proclaimed  the  rude  chivalry  and  the  martial  manners  of  the  age. 
Defensive  warfare  against  the  Scots  was  at  its  height  five  hun- 
dred years  ago,  and  the  home  of  every  feudal  lord  must  also  be 
a  fortress. 

Kirk  Oswald,  a  castle  possessed  by  the  first  Thomas  de  Mul- 
ton,  who  was  lord  of  Gillesland,  was  partially  destroyed  by  fire  at 
about  the  period  when  Irthington  was  abandoned.  Timber  from 
it  was  used  in  the  construction  of  Naworth — or  rather  in  its  con- 
version from  a  mansion  to  a  castle.  With  respect  to  Kirk  Oswald, 
an  ancient  writer  tells  us:  "This  great  castle  of  Kirk  Oswald 
was  once  the  fairest  fabricke  that  ever  eyes  looked  upon:  The 
hall  I  have  seen  one  hundred  yards  long:  and  the  great  portraits, 
one  of  King  Brute :  lying  in  the  end  of  the  Roofe  of  this  hall :  and 
all  his  succeeding  successors  kings  of  Great  Britaine,  portrait  to 
the  waste,  their  visage,  hatts,  feathers,  garbs,  and  habits  in  the 
Roofe  of  this  hall :  now  transported  to  Xaward  Castle  where  they 
are  placed  in  the  Roofe  of  ye  hall,  at  the  head  thereof." 

We  learn  therefore  that  both  timber  and  furnishings  from 
this  ancient  Moulton  Castle  were  transported  to  the  new  home  of 
the  heiress  at  Naworth,  and  so  Naworth,  built  by  the  husband  of 
Margaret  Moulton,  possesses  for  us  a  double  interest. 

A  vivid  picture  of  this  period  is  presented  by  John  Timbs  in 
his  "Abbeys,  Castles  and  Ancient  Halls  of  England  and  Wales." 
He  says :  "The  great  lords  resided  chiefly  in  their  castles,  leaving 
them  only  when  required  (which,  in  former  times,  were  very  fre- 
quent) to  attend  the  King  in  his  wars,  or  his  Parliaments.  The 
feudal  tenures  and  services  were  maintained  around  the  ancient 
lords  of  Naworth.  They  handled  the  sword  constantly,  the  pen, 
we  may  believe,  but  seldom  if  ever  in  their  lives ;  their  leisure  was 
mostly  occupied  in  the  sports  of  the  woods  and  fields ;  and  they 
were  liberal  in  all  that  pertained  to  hawks  and  hounds.  Their 
tastes  in  this  respect  seem  to  have  been  shared  by  not  only  the 
dignified  secular  clergy  of  their  day,  but  also,  by  the  abbots  and 
priors  of  some  of  the  monasteries." 

But  the  name  of  Dacre,  renowned  for  valor  and  strength, 
was  destined  to  the  same  fate  as  the  noble  name  of  Moulton.    At 


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THE    FLOWER    OF    GILLESLAND.  41 

the  end  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  years,  the  Dacres  failed  of  a 
male  heir  and  Elizabeth,  the  heiress  of  the  Moulton-Dacre  estates 
and  titles,  became  the  bride  of  Lord  William  Howard. 

Naworth  Castle,  therefore,  passed  to  the  Howard  famliy,  and 
is  still  in  their  possession,  the  present  occupant  being  the  Earl 
of  Carlisle,  a  Howard  in  blood  and  name. 

In  a  niche  of  the  banquet-hall,  as  it  now  exists,  at  Naworth 
Castle,  one  sees  at  the  extreme  end  two  griffins  bearing  banners, 
on  which  are  engraved  the  arms  of  the  Moulton  and  Dacre  families, 
respectively.  These  are  doubtless  the  figures  referred  to  in  his- 
tory as  having  been  brought  from  Kirk  Oswald.  In  passing  into 
the  Howard  family,  Naworth  gained  undying  celebrity  from  being 
the  residence  of  "Belted  Will,"  the  bold  and  fearless  border  chief- 
tain. It  is  therefore  pointed  out  to-day  as  one  of  the  most  cele- 
brated ancient  castles  of  Northern  England. 

The  "Flower  of  Gillesland,"  product  of  a  rocky  mountainous 
soil,  offshot  of  a  stern,  war-like  race,  thus  became  mother  of  some 
of  the  noblest  and  bravest  lords  of  old  England.  Would  that  we 
knew  more  of  Margaret !  Born  to  great  wealth,  tenderly  nur- 
tured and  reared  in  luxury,  she  did  not  fear  to  risk  poverty,  exile 
and  the  displeasure  of  the  king,  for  the  sake  of  the  man  she  loved. 

Did  not  the  firm  will,  the  adventurous  spirit  and  the  noble 
courage  of  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  animate  the  heart  of  the  young 
girl,  when  she  stole  forth  from  Naworth  Castle  at  the  dead  of 
night,  to  become  the  bride  of  the  man  whom  her  father  had 
chosen  for  her  husband  ? 

A  wife  at  seventeen,  Margaret  early  became  the  mother  of 
four  sons.  Their  names  were  William,  Thomas,  Ranulph  and 
Hugh.  Ranulph  entered  the  priesthood,  after  the  ancient  fashion 
of  noble  families,  which  destined  the  younger  sons  to  the  church 
and  armv.  The  Moultons,  Dacres  and  Howards  have  ever  been 
the  pillars  of  both  church  and  state. 

The  Moultons  who  visit  England,  hereafter,  will  surely  not 
forget  the  romantic  history  of  Margaret,  and  will  be  proud  to 
remember,  on  visiting  the  stately  halls  of  Warwick,  that  they 


42  MOULTONS    IN    ENGLISH    HISTORY. 

once  sheltered  the  last  fair  flower  of  the  Moulton  baronetcy  till 
love  transplanted  her  to  Dacre  soil. 


Note: — Those  interested  in  the  history  of  Naworth  Castle  will  be 
charmed  with  John  Timbs'  chapter  on  "Naworth  Castle,  Lanercost  and  the 
Lords  of  Gillesland,"  in  his  work  "Abbeys,  Castles  and  Ancient  Homes  of 
England  and  Wales,"  to  which  I  have  already  referred.  I  am  indebted  to 
him  for  much  of  the  information  in  this  chapter.  I  also  refer  to  the  fol- 
lowing authorities  "Antiquities  and  Families  in  Cumberland,"  by  Sanford, 
1675.  "History  of  Cumberland  Co."  Hutchins,  1794.  Dexter's  "History  of 
Cumberland  Co." 


CHAPTER  V. 

EXTRACTS  FROM  ENGLISH   HISTORICAL  WORKS. 

Note: — At  great  expense,  the  library  of  the  British  Museum,  town 
directories  and  genealogical  librabries  in  Great  Britain  were  searched  for 
information  regarding  early  Moultons.  It  has  seemed  to  the  writer  a  pity 
that  the  matter  thus  obtained  should  remain  merely  in  the  archives  of  his 
own  library.  He  has,  therefore,  inserted  this  chapter  which  will  prove  of 
interest  to  the  student  of  family  history.  Others  are  at  liberty  to  omit  it 
without  hurting  the  feelings  of  the  author. 

From  Blomefield's  History  of  Norfolk. 

Vol.  2,  page  464 — Parish  of  Wiclewood,  Co.  Norfolk,  Vicars 
of  All  Saints  Church.  In  1564,  Robert  Moulton  of  London, 
Auditor  for  her  Majesty  for  Wales,  owned  it,  and  presented  to 
the  Vicarage;  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Wood- 
ford of  Britwell  in  Berkshire,  and  of  Alice  or  Mary,  daughter  of 
Sir  Richard  Blount,  Lieutenant  of  the  Tower ;  she  was  the  widow 
of  John  Fisher  of  Buntingford,  Esq.,  and  of  George  Weldon,  and 
by  her  he  had  two  sons ;  William,  his  youngest  of  Moulton,  and 
Thomas,  his  eldest  of  Wiclewood,  who  married  Elizabeth  Gour- 
ney;  he  sold  this  manor  to  Thomas  Bradbury  of  Ashill,  Esq., 
in  1595;    and  in  1600,  Martha  Garey  had  it. 

Vol.  3,  page  431 — Samuel  Moulton,  was  Sheriff  of  Norwich 
in  1695. 

Vol.  4,  page  501 — St.  Saviour's  Hospital  in  Coselany,  Nor- 
wich. In  the  North  Chapel,  are  the  Arms,  etc.,  of  the  Moulton 
family : — Moulton,  arg.  three  bars,  gul,  eight  escalops  sab.  3,  2,  2, 
1,  impaling  three  doves.    Crest,  a  dove  standing  on  a  stone. 

M.  S.  Elizabetha  Johannis  Moulton  Uxor,  Arnoldi  Wallen 
Filia  utriusq;  delectissima,  ad  plures  abyt  180,  Sept.  1703,  aet.  22. 

Vol.  5,  page  207 — Parish  of  Moulton-Magna.  In  St.  Mich- 
ael's Church  in  this  Parish — John  Moulton,  born  here,  a  White- 


44  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

friar  or  Carmelite  in  Norwich  Monastery,  flourished  about  the 
year  1400;  Pits,  in  his  "Angli.  Theologiae,"  says  that  he  was  a 
pious,  learned  and  eloquent  man,  and  an  excellent  preacher;  he 
published  a  book  of  90  sermons. 

Vol.  5,  page  329 — Parish  of  Brockdish — In  the  Church  of 
St.  Peter  and  St.  Paul,  at  the  west  end  of  the  nave,  a  marble  slab 
containing  the  names  of  the  family  of  Moulton,  as  follows : 

"Elizabeth,  Wife  of  John  Moulton,  Gent.,  who  died  October 
31,  1716,  aged  32  years.  And  here  lieth  Mary,  the  late  wife  of 
John  Moulton,  who  died  March  20,  1717,  aged  2J  years.  And 
also  here  lyeth  the  Body  of  John  Moulton,  Gent.,  who  died  June 
12,  1718,  aged  38  years." 

Vol.  10,  page  52 — Parish  of  Stanficld — Christopher  Moulton, 
was  presented  to  the  living  of  the  Church  of  St.  Margaret  in  this 
Parish,  by  Sir  Nicholas  L'Estrange,  Baronet  in  [664. 

Polewhele's  History  of  Devonshire. 

Vol.  2.  page  185 — Parish  of  Pinhoe — Pinhoe,  was  possest  by 
Robert  de  Vallibus  in  the  reign  of  Henry  3rd,  and  in  the  reign  of 
Edw.  2nd  by  Sir  Thomas  Molton,  Knight ;  and  was  succeeded 
by  his  son  Sir  John,  and  left  an  only  daughter  Maud,  who  married 
to  Sir  John  Stretch,  Knight.*  This  land  by  the  heirs  general 
came  to  the  Cheyney  family,  and  was  divided  among  the  four 
daughters  of  Sir  John  Cheyney,  one  of  whom  Sir  William  Cour- 
tenay  married ;  This  land  or  Manor  is  lately  sold  and  dispersed 
amongst  the  tenants  and  others. 

Collinson's  History  of  Somerset. 

Vol.  1,  page  12 — Parish  of  Ashill — In  succeeding  times  this 
manor  was  possessed  by  the  family  of  Hull,  who  resided  here ; 
The  daughter  and  heiress  of  that  family  was  married  to  Mul- 
ton  of  Pinho,  in  the  County  of  Devon,  in  which  name  it  continued 
for  three  successive  generations.    Thomas  de  Multon,  lord  of  this 


*Sir  John  Stretch,  Knight,  was  succeeded  by  his  son.  Sir  John,  who 
by  Catherine,  his  wife,  had  issue  Cicely,  wife  of  Sir  William  Cheyney, 
and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Sir  Thomas,  as  Beauchamp,  of  \VhiteJ-jakington, 
Knight,  Cicely,  had  issue,  Sir  Edmond,  and  John  Cheyney,  unto  whom  his 
mother  gave  Pinhoe. — From  Pole's  Description  of  Devon,  page  231. 


MOULTONS    IN    ENGLISH    HISTORY.  45 

manor,  10  Edvv.  II.  obtained  of  the  king  a  grant  of  a  weekly 
market  here  on  Wednesday,  and  two  fairs  to  be  held  yearly,  one 
on  the  eve,  day  and  morrow  of  the  feast  of  Simon  and  Jude.  In 
the  beginning  of  the  fifteenth  century,  Mary  the  daughter  and 
heiress  of  John  Multon  married  an  ancestor  of  Sir  Thomas  Beau- 
champ,  of  YVhitelackington,  Knight,  whose  cousin  and  heiress 
Alice  transferred  this  manor  by  marriage  to  Sir  John  Speke,  Knt. 
in  which  family  it  continued  for  twelve  generations,  and  at  length 
became  the  possession  of  Frederick  Lord  North  by  his  marriage 
with  Anne  daughter  of  George  Speke,  esq.,  some  years  since  his 
lordship  sold  this  manor  to  Robert  Bryant  of  Ilminster,  Esq.,  late 
clerk  of  the  Peace  for  this  County ;  at  whose  death  it  descended 
to  Robert,  his  eldest  son,  who  is  the  present  possessor. 

Nichols's  Topographer  and  Genealogist. 

Vol.  1,  page  479 — Hundred  of  Blything,  Suffolk,  Parish  of 
Huntingfield — In  the  Parish  Church  of  Huntingfield,  on  the 
north  wall  of  the  chancel,  a  mural  monument  of  different  marbles, 
for  Anne,  daughter  of  John  Moulton,  Esq.,  first  married  to 
Nicholas  Smithe,  of  Huntingfield  Hall,  Esq.,  secondly  to  John 
Paston,  of  Spoile,  Esq.,  thirdly  to  Edward  Bedingfield,  Esq.  of 
Oxborough.  She  died  20  June  1593.  Bridget  her  daughter  by 
John  Paston,  married  Edward  Coke,  Esq.  Attorney-General,  after- 
ward Sir  Edward. 

Hoarc's  History  of  Wiltshire. 

Vol.  2,  page  160 — Parish  of  Fisherton  Anger — In  the  Parish 
Church  of  Fisherton  Anger,  a  Mural  monument,  containing  the 
names  of  Mrs.  Martha  Moulton,  dated  1801,  aged  67,  and  William 
Moulton,  1803,  aged  67. 

Vol.  6,  pages  555  &  598 — March  4th  1803,  Mr.  Atkinson, 
as  executor  of  Mr.  William  Moulton,  announced  a  bequest  of  £500 
to  the  Mayor  and  Commonalty,  in  trust,  for  the  Trinity  Hospital, 
to  increase  the  funds  of  this  useful  Charity,  a  brief  was  also 
obtained  for  a  general  collection  throughout  the  Kingdom. 

Tables  of  the  benefactors  to  the  charity  are  placed  on  either 
side  of  the  walls  of  the  said  Hospital  "since  the  year  of  his  Ma- 


46  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

jesty's  happy  Restoration  1660,  commencing  with  the  name  of 
William  Chifhnch,  and  ending  with  William  Moulton,  in  1799. 

The  Record  Society  of  Lancashire  and  Cheshire,  Edited  by 
W.  Earwaker,  Esq., — published  an  Index  to  Wills  and  Invento- 
ries in  the  Probate  Court  at  Chester,  which  contains  a  few  names 
of  the  Moultons : — The  dates  of  the  entries  of  these  Wills,  &c, 
are  from  1545  to  1650;  names  are  as  follows  : — 

William  Moulton,  of  Pooles,  1601. 

John  Moulton,  of  Middle wich,  1616. 

Katherine  Moulton,  of  Middlewich,  1617. 

William  Moulton,  of  Poole,  Yeoman,  1640. 

Robert  Moulton,  of  Wharpoole,  Inventorie,  1629. 

Roger  Moulton,  of  Weston,  Yeoman,  1646. 

The  Gentleman's  Magazine : 

Mr.  Stephen  Moulton,  Law-Stationer,  of  Chancery-Lane, 
London,  Died  29  March.  1798 — Vol.  68,  p.  1086. 

William  Moulton.  Horse-dealer  in  Cumberland  Yard,  Ken- 
sington, was  drowned  in  the  Serpentine,  Hyde  Parks,  on  the  28 
July,  1806.  He  was  riding  in  a  trap  along  side  the  Serpentine 
river,  when  all  at  once  the  horse  took  fright,  and  plunged  into  the 
river  at  the  deepest  part.  A  boy  of  15  years  of  age  was  riding  with 
him  at  the  time  by  the  name  of  Robert  Street,  and  was  also 
drowned.  Mr.  Moulton,  was  originally  a  private  in  the  15th  Light 
Dragoons,  and  from  his  good  conduct  was  promoted  to  the  rank 
of  Lieutenant.  In  the  beginning  of  last  April,  through  the  interest 
of  the  Dukes  of  Kent  and  Sussex,  he  was  employed  by  the  late 
Sir  Richard  Ford,  as  one  of  the  horse-patrole,  belonging  to  the 
Public-Office,  Bow  Street,  and  was  stationed  on  the  Uxbridgc 
Road,  He  has  left  a  pregnant  wife  and  four  children — Vol.  j6, 
p.  680. 

Mrs.  Moulton,  died  at  Liverpool,  September,  1810,  aged  93 
years,  and  retained  her  faculties  till  the  last — Vol.  80,  p.  493. 

Mr.  Peter  Moulton,  driver  for  the  last  15  years  to  the  Sud- 
bury Coach,  Died  January  12,  1812,  much  respected  by  the  public 
for  his  civility  and  attention,  and  by  his  employers  for  his  fidelity. 
— Vol.  82,  page  92. 


MOULTONS    IN    ENGLISH    HISTORY.  47 

Mrs.  Anne  Moulton,  spinster,  died  at  Liverpool,  November, 
1814,  she  was  upwards  of  38  years  forewoman  to  Mr.  Gregson, 
and  remarkable  for  her  integrity,  industry,  and  punctual  attend- 
ance to  business.  She  saved  a  decent  income,  and  retired  about 
two  years  ago,  to  enjoy  it.  She  has  left  the  Blue-Coat  Hospital, 
19  guineas,  the  same  to  the  Infirmary  and  the  Asylum  for  the 
Blind ;  to  several  of  her  shopmates  a  House  each,  and  legacies  to 
her  tenants. — Vol.  84,  page  506. 

Mr.  George  Moulton,  Died  Oct.  24,  1825,  in  his  29th  year,  he 
was  a  wholesale  stationer,  of  Pilgrim  Street,  Ludgate  Hill,  Lon- 
don.— Oct.  24th,  1825. 

At  Calcutta,  Nov.  10th,  1867,  Charles  H.  Denham,  Esq., 
eldest  son  of  Admiral  Denham,  F.  R.  S.  to  Katherine,  youngest 
daughter  of  Stephen  Moulton,  Esq.,  of  Kingston  House,  Brad- 
ford-on-Avon,  Wiltshire. — Nov.  10th,  1867. 

Stozu's  Survey  of  London  and  Westminster. 
In  the  Appendix  of  Stow's  Survey  of  London  and  Westmin- 
ster, entitled  "The  Circuit  Walk,"  under  the  Parish  of  Waltham- 
stow,  Essex,  he  mentions  a  monument  in  the  Parish  Church  Yard 
of  Walthamstow  to  Captain  William  Moulton,  with  the  following 
inscription : — 

On  the  West  side  of  the  Church  Yard,  a  Monument  to  Capt. 
William  Moulton,  Who  departed  Sept  9,  1695,  aged  65. 

Adieu,  great  soul  whose  living  Glories  stand, 
And  proudly  their  own  Monument  command; 
Who  never  struggled  to  resign  his  Breath, 
Tho'  he,  like  Fate,  could  once  distribute  Death. 
The   Fierceness  of  his   untam'd  youthful   Age, 
Virtue  and  manly  Reoson  did  assuage. 
Dangers  to  him  such  pleasing  Forms  did  bear, 
His  Looks   in   Fight  so  unconcerned   were. 
That  he  possest  a  Peace,  tho'  deep  engaged  in  War; 
And  when  his  frozen  Limbs  has  lost  their  Fire, 
Spurr'd  with  a  noble  and  a  brave  Desire, 
Like  Caesar,  with  his  Eyes  could  Victory  inspire. 

— From  Appendix  to  Stow's  "London"  Vol.  b,  page  120. 

Allen's  History  of  the  County  of  Lincoln. 
Vol.   i,  page  320, — Holbeach. — In  this  town  formerly  flour- 
ished the  ancient  families  of  Fleet,  Dacres,  Harrington,  Barring- 


48  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

ton,  Welby,  and  Moulton In  1383,  Thomas  de  Moul- 
ton, Lord  Egremont,  obtained  a  market  and  fair  fpr  Holbeach, 

and  probably  built  the  market  cross 

Page  333. — Weston. — William  Littleport  built  the  parish 
church  of  Weston,  which  was  appropriated  to  the  priory  of  Spald- 
ing, by  Thomas  de  Moulton  (about  the  year  1160)  who  confirmed 
the  gift  by  laying  his  folding  or  clasp  knife  (cultillo  plicato)  upon 
the  Altar  of  the  Abbey  church  of  Spalding,  a  mode  of  ratifying 
a  gift,  by  no  means  uncommon,  in  those  days. 

Ireland's  History  of  Kent. 
Vol.  3,  page  539. — Parish  of  Ightham. — The  manor  of  St. 
Clere,  in  this  Parish.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.,  John  Empson 
conveyed  his  moiety  to  Sir  Thomas  Bulleyn;  and  Anthony  Wind- 
sor passed  away  his  portion  by  sale  to  Richard  Farmer,  who  pur- 
chasing the  other  of  Sir  Thomas  Bulleyn,  became  possessed  of  the 
whole  of  the  manor  of  St.  Clere's.  In  the  same  reign  Richard 
Farmer  conveyed  it  to  George  Moulton.  esq.,  of  Hanlow,  wfio 
removed  thither.  He  bore  for  his  Arms,  "Or.  three  bars  vert," 
being  the  same  shield  as  that  claimed  by  Sir  John  Moulton,  lord 
Egremont,  whose  heir  general  married  Fitz-Walter.  His  grand- 
son, Robert  Moulton,  Esq.,  was  of  St.  Clere's,  and  alienated  this 
manor  and  estate,  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I.,  to  Sir  John  Sidley, 
knight  and  baronet,  a  younger  branch  of  the  Sidleys  of  South - 
fleet  and  Aylesford,  in  this  county,  who  erected  a  mansion  here 
for  his  residence. 

Chamock's  Naval  Biography. 
Vol.  1,  page  116. — Robert  Moulton,  commanded  first  the 
"Happy  Return ;"  and,  secondly,  the  "Centurion,"  in  1664,  and 
in  1665  he  was  promoted  to  the  Vanguard  of  sixty  guns ;  and  in 
the  following  year,  the  last  in  which  he  had  any  command,  he  was 
removed  to  the  Ann. 

AN  ACCOUNT  OF  KINGSTON  HOUSE,  BRADFORD-ON-AVON,  WILTSHIRE. 

By  the  Rev.  1.  E.  Jackson,  Published  at  Devises,  1834. 
Kingston  House,  once  the  residence  of  the  notorious  Duchess 
of  Kingston,  where  she  occasionally  resided  at,  and  no  doubt  by 
her  fantastic  performances  infused  a  little  vivacity  into  the  orderly 


MOULTONS    IN    ENGLISH    HISTORY.  4Q 

ideas  of  the  townsfolk  of  Bradford.  Old  people  there  still  tell 
traditional  tales  of  her  ladyship's  peculiarities.  Upon  her  decease, 
in  consequence  of  the  Duke  having  died  without  issue,  the  landed 
estates  which  she  enjoyed  for  her  life,  passed  to  his  sister's  son 
Charles  Meadows,  who  assumed,  by  sign  manual,  the  surname  and 
arms  of  Pierrepont,  and  was  created  Earl  Manvers,  in  1806.  A 
very  large  part  of  the  property  still  belongs  to  his  family,  but 
Kingston  House,  with  about  nine  acres  of  ground,  was  sold  in 
1802,  to  Mr.  Thomas  Divett,  who  erected  a  woolen  mill  upon  the 
premises.  The  house  fell  into  the  occupation  of  inferior  tenants 
and  was  rapidly  sinking  to  decay,  when  it  was  fortunately  sold 
again  by  Mr.  Divett's  representatives  in  1848.  to  the  present 
owner,  Mr.  Stephen  Moulton.  Mr.  Moulton's  first  act — one  for 
which  he  deserves  the  thanks  of  all  admirers  of  architectural  ele- 
gance, was  to  put  into  complete  restoration  all  that  remained  of 
the  North  Wiltshire  Hall,  of  Bradford-on-Avon. 

Upon  taking  up  the  floor  of  one  of  the  apartments  in  185 1,  a 
curious  discovery  was  made  of  a  beautiful  court  sword  of  Spanish 
steel,  which  Mr.  Moulton  gave  to  the  late  Captain  Palariet,  of 
Wooley  Grange,  near  Bradford.  Along  with  it  were  found  some 
fragments  of  horse  equipage,  Lolsters,  etc.,  and  a  quantity  of 
ancient  deeds  and  papers  chiefly  relating  to  the  Hall  family  and 
their  property,  in  and  near  Bradford.  [The  Halls  were  the  origi- 
nal owners  of  the  Kingston  Estate  from  1621  to  about  the  171 1. J 

The  above  Stephen  Moulton  was  a  Justice  of  the  Peace  for 
North  Wiltshire,  and  resided  at  Kingston  House,  from  1848  till 
he  died  on  April  26,  1880,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  his  son 
Horatio  Moulton.  Mrs.  Stephen  Moulton  died  about  1881. 
Horatio  Moulton  had  one  son  who  died  at  Kingston  House 
on  January  13th,  1882,  aged  seven  years  and  ten  months. 
The  mills,  that  were  woolen  mills,  are  now  used  for  "India  Rub- 
ber" manufactures,  and  are  carried  on  under  the  name  of  Stephen 
Mounton  &  Co.,  Kingston  Mills,  Bradford-on-Avon. 

THE    PARISH    REGISTER   OF    BRUNDISH,    SUFFOLK. 

Baptisms. 

Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  &  Susanna  Moulton,  Baptized,  Jan. 
22nd,  1 76 1. 


50  M0ULT0N   ANNALS. 

Mary  Anne,  daughter  of  Thomas  &  Susanna  Moulton,  Bap- 
tized, Jan.  20,  1762. 

Burial. 

Thomas  Moulton,  an  infant,  April  5th,  1761. 

Baptisms. 

Thomas,  son,  Thomas  &  Susan  Moulton,  Baptized,  June  if'th, 

1765. 

Hannah,  daughter,  Thomas  &  Susan  Moulton,  Baptized,  Aug. 
30th,  1767. 

John,  son  of  John  &  Martha  Moulton,  Baptized,  Dec.  18th. 
1768. 

Jane,  daughter,  John  &  Martha  Moulton,  Baptized,  March 
3rd,  1 77 1. 

Anne,  daughter,  John  &  Martha  Moulton,  Baptized,  April 
25th,  1773. 

From  "Kelly's  Handbook  of  the  Title  Classes." 
John  Fletcher  Mounton,  Queens  Counsel,  M.  A.,  Canterbury, 
F.  R.  S.,  F.  R.  S.  A.  3rd  son  of  the  Revd.  J.  E.  Moulton,  Wes- 
leyan  Minister;  born  1844,  married  1875,  Clara,  widow  of  R.  W. 
Thompson,  of  Edinburgh;  Senior  Wrangler,  and  1st  Smith's 
prizeman  in  1868,  barrister  of  the  Middle  Temple,  1874,  Queens 
Counsel,  1885,  M.  P.  for  Battersea,  (Clapham  Division)  1885  & 
1886,  Address,  11  Kings  Bench  Walk,  E.  C.  and  74  Onslow  Gar- 
dens, Brompton,  London,  S.  W. 

From  "Men  of  the  Time,"  page  751. 

Revd.  William  Fiddian  Moulton,  M.  A.  (London),  D.  D. 
(Edinburgh),  born  at  Leek  in  Staffordshire,  March  14,  1835, 
was  educated  at  Woodhouse  Grove  School,  and  graduated 
at  the  London  University  in  1856,  and  gained  the  gold  medal 
in  Mathematics.  He  was  Prizeman  in  the  Scriptural  Exami- 
nations, and  Biblical  Criticism.  Mr.  Moulton  having  entered 
the  Wesleyan  ministry,  was  appointed  Classical  Tutor  in  the 
Wesleyan  Theological  College,  at  Richmond,  in  1858.     After 


Note. — According  to  the  latest  directories,  there  are  none  of  the  Moul- 
tons  living  in  the  Parish  of  Brundi3h  at  the  present  time. 


MOULTONS    IN    ENGLISH    HISTORY.  5 1 

having  laboured  there  for  sixteen  years,  he  was  designated 
Head  Master  of  the  New  Wesleyan  School  at  Cambridge,  in 
1874.  Previously,  in  1872,  he  had  been  elected  a  member  of 
the  Legal  Hundred  at  the  earliest  election  at  which  the  laws 
of  the  Wesleyan  connection  admitted  into  that  body.  He 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  M.  A.  from  the  University 
of  Cambridge,  April  19th,  1877.  Mr.  Moulton  is  a  member 
of  the  New  Testament  Revision  Company;  translator  and 
editor  of  Winer's  "Grammar  of  New  Testament,  Greek,"  and 
a  contributor  to  Professor  Plumptre's  ''Bible  Educator."  His 
"History  of  the  English  Bible"  appeared  in  1878. — Address, 
The  Leys,  Cambridge,  England. 

In  J.  T.  Slugg's  Memorials  and  Reminiscences  of  "Wood- 
house  Grove  School,"  published,  London,  1885,  we  find  the 
following  account: 

1812. — Moulton,  William.  In  "Hill's  Arrangement"  for 
1881  will  be  found  the  names  of  six  Moultons,  three  of  whom 
were  then  living  and  three  deceased.  Five  of  the  six  were 
members  of  the  same  family,  of  which  William  was  the  head. 
He  became  a  Wesleyan  Minister  in  1794,  and  laboured  as 
such  for  forty  years,  during  the  whole  of  which  time  he  bore 
an  unblemished  character.  He  died  at  Tadcaster  in  Yorkshire, 
in  1835,  in  the  sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  He  had  a  numerous 
family  of  fourteen  or  fifteen  children,  of  whom  the  eldest  was 
named  after  his  father.  William.  The  latter  was  a  scholar  at 
the  Grove  at  its  opening  and  was  for  some  time  the  head  boy 
in  the  school.  He  was  known  amongst  his  schoolfellows  as 
a  singular  character,  and  very  clever.  He  died  when  only 
sixteen  years  of  age.  Three  of  his  brothers  were  Wesleyan 
ministers,  viz.:  John  Bakewell,  who  entered  the  itinerancy 
in  1830,  and  after  labouring  for  seven  years  died  in  1837; 
James  Egan,  who  was  born  at  Bedford  in  1806  and  who  died 
in  1866;  and  Ebenezer  A.,  who  is  still  in  the  Ministry,  having 
entered  it  in  1835.  James  Egan,  just  mentioned,  had  four 
sons,  all  more  or  less  distinguished  men — the  eldest  being 
William   Fiddian    (now   Dr.   Moulton),  who,  being  a   Grove 


52  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

boy,  will  be  mentioned  in  his  place;  the  second,  James  Egan 
Moulton,  was  a  missionary  in  Tonga ;  the  third,  John  Fletcher 
Moulton*,  was  a  distinguished  Cambridge  scholar,  and  was 
both  senior  wrangler  and  Smith's  prizeman ;  and  the  fourth 
was  Richard  Green  Moulton,  a  well-known  Cambridge  lec- 
turer. 

1846. — Moulton,  William  Fiddian,  C.  Sc.  (afterwards  the 
Rev'd  Dr.  Moulton).  It  has  often  been  said  that  the  lives  of 
literary  men  are  uneventful ;  their  events  are  their  books. 
This  remark  is  true  of  such  a  man  as  the  Rev.  Dr.  Moulton. 
The  brevity  of  this  notice,  therefore,  must  not  be  looked  upon 
as  the  measure  of  the  estimate  with  which  he  is  regarded. 
He  is  the  son  of  the  late  Rev.  James  Egan  Moulton,  who  has 
already  been  mentioned,  and  who  was  a  scholar  at  Kings- 
wood,  where  he  remained  as  junior  master  for  seven  years. 
He  relinquished  this  position  to  enter  the  Wesleyan  ministry 
in  1828,  in  which  he  laboured  for  thirty-five  years,  during 
which  he  made  considerable  attainments  in  various  branches 
of  knowledge.  He  was  a  great  sufferer  from  asthma,  and 
was  obliged  to  retire  from  active  work  in  1863,  and  he  died 
in  1866.  His  son,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  as  a  boy,  early 
displayed  a  remarkable  aptitude  for  scholarship.  It  is  no- 
ticeable that  whilst  he  is  now  most  widely  known  as  a  classi- 
cal scholar,  when  he  was  at  the  Grove  he  studied  mathematics 
with  such  success,  as  already  mentioned,  that  he  found  it 
necessary  to  send  home  for  mathematical  books  of  a  higher 
character  than  was  used  in  the  school.  In  185 1,  Dr.  Moulton 
matriculated  at  the  London  University,  graduated  as  B.  A. 
in  1854  with  honours  in  mathematics,  and  took  the  M.  A. 
in  1856,  with  the  gold  medal  for  mathematics  and  natural 
philosophy.  In  i860  he  took  the  special  scripture  examina- 
tion at  the  London  University  with  distinction  in  all  sub- 
jects of  examination,  and  in  1863  he  passed  the  further  scrip- 
tural examination  in  the  first  class  with  a  prize.  In  1874,  he 
was  made  an  honorary  D.  D.  by  the  University  of  Edinburgh. 
He  has  served  Methodism,  in  many  offices.     In  1858  he  was 

•Previously  described. 


MOULTONS    IN    ENGLISH    HISTORY.  53 

appointed  assistant  classical  tutor  at  Richmond,  and  after- 
wards classical  tutor  at  the  same  college.  In  1874  he  was 
elected  head  master  and  governor  of  the  Leys  School  at  Cam- 
bridge. He  has  rendered  service  also  to  the  churches  and 
to  the  nation  in  general  by  his  valuable  labors  as  a  member 
of  the  Old  Testament  Revision  Committee.  He  has  written 
a  "History  of  the  English  Bible,"  a  commentary  on  the  Epis- 
tle to  the  Hebrews,  and  many  learned  articles  in  various 
publications.  Though  noted  last,  it  is  not  forgotten  that 
Dr.  Moulton  has  translated  from  the  German  Winer's  Gram- 
mar to  the  New  Testament  Greek.  By  this  work  he  has 
laid  all  Greek  Testament  students  under  deep  obligations. 
The  Methodist  people  are  naturally  proud  of  Dr.  Moulton, 
and  pardonably  so.  He  has  by  his  wide  attainments,  and  his 
successful  head  mastership  at  Cambridge,  raised  the  prestige 
of  his  Church,  and  also  the  intellectual  and  moral  ideal  of  its 
members.  Richard  G.  Moulton,  a  brother  of  John  Fletcher 
Moulton,  is  now  well-known  upon  both  sides  of  the  Atlantic. 
During  the  year  1890,  he  came  to  America  for  the  purpose  of 
delivering  a  course  of  lectures  upon  ancient  and  modern 
literature. 

He  was  everywhere  received  with  enthusiasm,  not  only 
for  the  scholarly  manner  in  which  he  handled  his  subject,  but 
also  for  his  remarkable  fluency  and  grace  of  delivery. 

In  1893,  he  was  appointed  professor  of  English  Litera- 
ture, at  Chicago  University,  and  is  still  filling  that  position 
most  acceptably. 

— The  Author. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

THE   MOULTON   ARMS. 

Extract  from  a  paper  written  for  the  Historical  Society 
of  Newburyport,  by  Henry  W.  Moulton : 
Robert  Noxen  Toppan,  Esq. 

My  Dear  Sir: — As  "Committee  of  Decoration  for  the 
Newbury  Historical  Society,"  you  requested  me  to  deposit 
an  authentic  copy  of  the  "Arms"  of  the  branch  of  the  Moul- 
ton family,  to  which  it  is  my  fortune  to  belong,  in  the  ancient 
room  that  your  society  has  devoted  to  the  exhibition  and 
preservation  of  these  historic  relics.  In  complying  with  this 
request,  it  may  be  well  for  me  to  give  the  data,  or  a  brief  ab- 
stract thereof,  upon  which  the  Newbury,  Hampton,  York 
and  Parsonsfield  Moultons  and  their  descendants  may  claim 
these  arms,  as  the  escutcheon  of  their  ancestors. 

In  1635,  there  came  to  Newbury,  from  Norfolk  County, 
England,  two  brothers,  John  and  Thomas  Moulton.  After 
remaining  with  the  infant  colony  two  years,  they  joined  a 
party  and  proceeded  to  settle  in  Hampton,  N.  H.  Their  lands 
joined. 

In  1637,  a  lad  of  17  years  named  William  Moulton,  came 
from  Ormsby,  Norfolk  County,  England,  with  Robert  Page 
and  family.  These  emigrants  stopped  two  years  near  Moul- 
ton Hill,  Newbury,  and  then  proceeded  to  Hampton,  N.  H., 
where  William  Moulton  married  Page's  daughter,  Margaret. 
This  William  settled  upon  a  farm,  adjoining  his  two  brothers, 
Thomas  and  John. 

Several  years  later,  Thomas  proceeded  to  York,  Maine, 
and  there  made  a  permanent  settlement.  Among  his  de- 
scendants was  Capt.  Moulton,  who  fought  the  Indians  at 
Norridgewock,   and   to   whom    Drake,   in   his    history,    gives 


THE  MOULTON  ARMS.  55 

the  credit  of  the  victory.  This  Moulton  had  been  a  captive 
among  the  Indians,  when  a  babe.  Col.  Jeremiah  Moulton, 
who  commanded  a  regiment  at  the  reduction  of  Louisburg, 
was  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Moulton.  Through  him  has 
come  down  to  the  present  generation  an  ancient  "coat  of 
arms,"  emblazoned  upon  a  kind  of  parchment  paper.  I  have 
in  my  possession  a  copy  of  this  old  work,  engraved  flat 
upon  black  walnut.  This  artistic  performance  was  the  work 
of  Mr.  George  H.  Moulton  of  Haverhill,  a  grand-nephew  of 
an  old  lady,  Mrs.  Goodwin,  whose  maiden  name  was  Moul- 
ton, to  whom  the  ancient  arms  had  descended  from  Col. 
Jeremiah. 

I  visited  York  expressly  to  examine  the  old  arms  and 
found  them  in  possession  of  the  Goodwin  family.  They  re- 
side not  far  from  the  Marshall  House,  near  York  beach. 

The  antiquity  of  the  arms  is  perfectly  apparent  upon 
their  face,  although  complete  corroborative  evidence  was  ob- 
tained from  historic  sources  in  the  town.  I  found  that  my 
engraving  by  George  H.  Moulton  was  very  accurate  and 
faithful. 

Wishing  to  know  what  the  "Office  of  Arms,"  in  London, 
England,  had  in  its  archives  relating  to  these  arms,  I  applied 
to  John  T.  Moulton,  Esq.,  of  Lynn,  who  has  made  extensive 
and  important  researches  in  this  country  and  England  for  the 
last  ten  years,  in  behalf  of  the  Moulton  history,  and  that 
gentleman  supplied  me  with  information  from  the  heraldic 
office  of  Great  Britain,  and  other  authentic  sources,  which 
he  had  received  from  abroad,  ten  years  before. 

"All  branches  of  the  Moulton  family  had  arms  with 
devices  somewhat  different  from  each  other  in  the  minor 
details,  yet  alike  in  the  main,  viz. :  a  plain  field,  either  of  silver 
or  blue :  crossed  by  three  horizontal  bars,  generally  red,  some- 
times sable.  This  continued  for  several  hundred  years,  down 
to  the  arms  which  were  granted  in  1571  by  the  record;  these 
are  described  as  follows,  viz:  Moulton:  Argent;  3  bars 
(gules)  between  eight  escallop  shells,  sable;  three,  two,  two 


56  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

and  one  Crest,  on  a  pellet  a  falcon  rising  argent.    Granted  in 

I57i." 

Now  this  is  a  description  of  the  arms  brought  over  by 

Thomas  Moulton  in  1635,  excepting  the  color  of  bars  and 
shells,  and  the  grant  might  have  been  to  his  grandfather,  as 
it  was  made  only  sixty-four  years  before  the  emigrant  brought 
over  the  copy,  still  extant,  to  the  North  American  wilder- 
ness. Tradition  asserts  this  to  be  the  fact,  and  that  the 
escalloped  shells  were  added  to  the  very  ancient  arms  of 
silver  or  blue  field  and  three  bars  for  zeal  and  valor  in  the 
crusades. 

When  Thomas  Moulton,  the  emigrant,  removed  from 
Hampton  to  York,  he  left  his  brothers  John  and  William  in 
Hampton,  where  they  finally  died,  leaving  large  families. 
The  youngest  son  of  William,  bearing  the  name  of  his  father, 
came  to  Moulton  Hill,  Newbury,  when  a  youth,  and  built 
him  a  house  in  the  year  1683.  Here  he  and  his  wife — Abi- 
gail Webster,  a  cousin  of  Hannah  Dustin — lived  and  died. 
Meantime  they  raised  a  family  from  whom  the  Newbury 
Moultons,  and  those  of  Parsonsfield,  Maine;  Mansfield,  Ohio, 
and  many  other  places  have  descended. 

From  a  corner  timber  of  this  old  house,  the  first  Moulton 
house  in  Newbury,  I  have  caused  to  be  carved  in  relief  an 
exact  copy  in  size,  figure  and  device,  of  the  old  York  coat  of 
arms.  From  this  carved  model  I  have  caused  to  be  cast  in 
metal,  copies  of  the  ancient  arms,  with  the  silver  field,  golden 
shells,  sable  bars  and  silver  falcon  rising,  surrounded  by  a 
royal-purple  colored  wreath,  enamelled  upon  the  surface,  and 
have  deposited  one  of  them  in  compliance  with  your  request. 

With  great  esteem,  I  have  the  honor  to  be, 

Yours  truly, 

Henry  W.  Moulton. 

Note. —  By  thorough  research  of  all  the  best-known  works  on  heraldry 
in  this  vicinity,  the  writer  has  ascertained  the  accuracy  of  Mr.  John  T. 
Moulton's  information  with  regard  to  the  family  arms. 

The  crest  differs  according  to  the  various  branches  of  the  family. 
In  Devon  County  we  find  "a  cubit  arm,  erect,  vested  gu.,  cuffed  erm., 
holding  in  the  hand  ppr.,  a  chaplet  of  roses  of  the  first,  leaved  vert." 

In  one  London  branch,  the  crest  is  a  griffin;    but  Gloucester,  Kent, 


iltxiltlfxTXt 


THE  MOULTON  ARMS.  57 

York  and  London  bear  the  same  crest  which  Thomas  Moulton  transported 
to  this  country:    "On  a  pellet,  a  falcon  rising  ar." 

The  search  for  the  family  motto  has  not  been  attended  with  the 
best  success. 

We  have  already  shown  that  Moulson  is  one  and  the  same  name  as 
Moulton.  It  is  therefore  one  branch  of  the  family.  In  Burke's  "General 
Armory  of  England,  Ireland,  Scotland  and  Wales,"  we  learn  that  the 
motto  borne  upon  the  arms  of  the  Moulson  family  was,  "Regi  fidelis" — 
faithful  to  the  king. 

The  Houlton  motto,  given  in  the  same  work  is  "Semper  fidelis" — 
always  faithful. 

The  Moultrie  arms  bears  the  sentiment,  "Nunquam  non  fidelis" — 
never  unfaithful. 

It  is  a  rather  striking  fact  that  these  various  branches  of  the  Moul- 
ton family  all  have  the  word  faithful  in  their  motto — the  more  striking 
because  fidelity  has  ever  been  one  of  the  leading  characteristics  of  a 
typical  Moulton. 

Since  each  branch  of  a  family  was  at  liberty  to  select  its  own  motto, 
we,  who  are  proud  to  preserve  the  Moulton  arms,  may  choose  for  our- 
selves the  one  most  pleasing  among  those  borne  by  our  ancestors  or  their 
kin. 

To  the  writer  none  seems  more  noble  or  appropriate  than  the  second, 
quoted   above — "Semper   fidelis." 


CHAPTER  VII. 

THE    FIRST    MOULTONS   IN    AMERICA. 

In  the  year  1624  or  '25,  a  man  by  the  name  of  Thomas 
Moulton  became  a  settler  in  the  wilderness  of  America,-  with 
the  Virginia  colony  at  Jamestown.  This  is  all  that  is  known 
of  him  to  the  writer. 

All  attempts  to  find  descendants  of  that  name  in  the 
South  have  failed  thus  far,  but  it  is  hoped  that  ere  long  more 
will  be  learned  respecting  him.  Colored  people  in  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  by  the  name  of  Moulton,  report  that  they  were  "raised" 
in  Fayette  County,  Kentucky. 

This  country  was  settled  by  emigrants  from  the  original 
English  population  of  Virginia.  Among  them  might  have 
been  Moultons  who  were  descended  from  this  pioneer  emi- 
grant to  the  new  world. 

The  African  slaves  generally  took  their  master's  name; 
perhaps  the  colored  Moultons  referred  to,  and  the  dusky 
Moultons  of  Canada,  escaped  fugitive  "slaves,  were  from  the 
bondage  of  descendants  of  the  Virginia   Moulton  emigrant. 

In  1629,  what  is  now  the  fine  old  city  of  Salem,  Essex 
County,  Massachusetts,  densely  settled  and  full  of  commercial 
and  manufacturing  activity,  was  a  dreary  wilderness  with  a 
few  log  huts,  sending  up  columns  of  smoke  through  the  wild 
forest  trees. 

Hunters  with  flint-locks  and  powder  horns  had  not  far 
to  wander  in  quest  of  game.  The  partridge,  "coon,"  deer 
and  bear  were  brought  in  for  dinners  to  the  adventurous  set- 
tlers who  were  landing,  after  weary  voyages  on  slow  .sailing 
barks,  from  England. 

Some  of  these  new-comers  brought  a  few  of  the  comforts 
of  civilization  with  them ;  others,  nothing  but  hunger,  hope 
and  willing  hands. 


FIRST    MOULTOXS    IN    AMERICA.  59 

Shelter  and  food  were  the  immediate  quest,  and  the 
forest  had  to  supply  both.  It  was  a  dreary  outlook,  but  God 
had  a  work  for  these  wanderers  from  over  the  sea. 

When  a  vague  dread  awoke  from  the  echoes  of  the 
Indian  whoop  and  the  howl  of  wild  animals  in  the  woods, 
they  turned  their  faces  back  toward  the  sea,  but  the  moan 
of  the  waves  on  the  shore  told  of  the  dead  comrades  who  had 
voyaged  with  them,  till  they  found  a  burial,  beneath  the  waters. 

The  shallops  that  brought  them  had  sailed  away,  and  the 
loneliness  of  their  situation  was  oppressive.  But  God  was 
"their  refuge  and  strength,  a  very  present  help  in  all  their 
troubles."  They  turned  to  Him  and  He  showed  them  their 
work.  It  was  the  conquest  of  a  savage  wilderness,  it  was  the 
planting  of  Christian  homes  where  wild  natives  had  reigned 
from  the  creation. 

They  set  about  this  work  with  a  will,  while  in  their  lim- 
ited education,  experience  and  knowledge,  literally,  God  was 
their  counsellor. 

When  only  a  few  groups  of  settlers  had  encamped  here, 
Robert  Moulton  landed,  from  England,  in  1629.  With  him 
came  his  brother  James  and  a  son  Robert,  also  grown  to 
manhood.  This  son  was  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  Eng- 
land. 

Of  Robert,  the  elder,  we  have  scraps  of  reliable  history. 
From  a  letter  to  Governor  Endicott  we  learn  that  Robert  Moulton 
was  entrusted  with  all  the  shipwright  tools  and  supplies  sent  to 
the  colony,  the  letter  stipulating  that  Robert  Moulton  was  to  have 
"cheife  charge." 

He  was  probably  the  first  well-equipped  ship-builder 
that  ever  landed  in  New  England.  He  built  the  first  vessels 
in  Salem  and  the  town  of  Medford  near  Boston.  He  was  an 
able  member  of  the  colonial  legislature,  representing  the  town 
of  Salem  there. 

His  brother  James  settled  in  what  is  now  the  town  of 
Wenham,  but  was  originally  a  part  of  Salem.  His  posterity 
scattered  through  Beverly  and  other  parts  of  Essex  County, 


60  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

before  migrating  to  more  distant  sections  of  the  United  States, 
as  they  have  since  done. 

Robert,  the  elder,  went  to  Charlestown  and  there  ac- 
quired real  estate,  what  is  known  as  Moulton's  Point,  being 
named  for  him.  There  is  also  a  "Moulton  Street"  in  Charles- 
town. 

The  posterity  of  these  two  brothers  is  very  numerous.  They 
are  now  well  represented  in  Xew  Hampshire  and  Vermont 
and  by  emigrants  thence  to  the  west.  There  are  many  in 
u-resting  and  influential  men.  now  in  active  life,  l*>th  in  Xew 
England  and  the  west,  who  are  descendants  of  these  brothers, 
some  of  whose  biographies  we  shall  give. 

An  attempt  was  made  by  the  clergyman,  Robert,  t<>  estab- 
lish the  English  Church,  in  Salem,  but  it  was  opposed  by 
Gov.  Endicott  and  others  in  authority,  as  not  in  accord  with 
the  prevailing  ideas  of  the  coloni* 

Robert,  the  father,  lived  in  the  colony  from   l  '''55 

During  these  years  he  was  active  and  influential  in  the  busi- 
ness and  public  affairs  of  the  new  country  he  had  chosen  as 
his  home. 

James  Moulton,  hi>  brother,  was  no  less  worthy  of  confi- 
dence and  respect.  His  life  was  for  the  m<>-t  part  Bpent  in 
clearing  and  cultivating  lands,  several  miles  away  from  where 
Robert  made  his  abode. 

The  records  show  him  to  have  been  interested  and  en- 
gaged in  the  public  affairs  of  the  colony,  but  to  a  less  extent 
than  was   Robert. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  ROBERT   MOULTON,  OF  SALEM,    MASS. 

(i)     Robert  Moulton1  b. ,  freeman,  18 

May,  i T>3 1  ;  a  shipbuilder  of  Salem,  1629;  Rep.  from  Charles- 
town  1634.  Robert  Moulton  came  to  America  from  England 
in  1O29.  He  died  1655.  He  has  already  been  referred  to  in 
the  chapter  as  a  man  of  influence  in  Salem,  both  politically 
and  socially.  He  lived  in  Charlestown  from  1630-35,  where 
the  navy  yard  now  stands  and  had  a  house  there.  The  place 
was  called  Moulton's  Point.  It  was  on  this  point  that  the 
British  landed  when  they  crossed  from  Boston  to  fight  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

In  Felt's  "Annals  of  Salem"  Robert  Moulton  is  men- 
tioned as  one  of  the  executive  rulers  of  Salem,  in  its  earliest 
days;  m. ;  d.  1655. 

Children: 
(2)      1.  Robert,  b. 


(3)     2.  Dorothy,  m.  Edwards. 

Salem,  dated  20th  Febr.,  1654-5. 

By  theise  presents  be  it  knowne,  that  I,  Robert  Moulton 
Senior ;  being  by  God's  hand  one  my  sicke  bed  of  perfect 
memory,  Doe  ordaine  and  Appoint  my  sonne  Robert  Moulton, 
whole  Executor  of  this  my  Last  will  &  Testament. 

I  Give  my  Daughter  Dorothy  Edwards  twenty  markes. 

Allso  Two  pillowbers  marked  with    R  w 

Item  My  farme  I  leave  with  my  sonne,  till  my  Grand- 
sonne  Robert  Moulton  be  twenty  one  yeares  old,  &  then  he 
to  enjoy  the  one  half  with  the  Apple  trees  &  After  his  father 
and  mother's  death  to  enjoy  the  farme  wholly  &  in  Case  my 


62  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Grandsonne  Robert  dye  first  that  it  fall  in  like  manner  to  his 
next  Elder  brother  successively  if  he  That  enjoyes  it  have 
no  issue. 

To  Goodwife   Buffum  I  give  twenty  shillings. 
To  Joshua  Buffum  ten  shillings. 

The  rest  of  my  Goods  and  Cattell  I  leave  with  my  sonne 
Robert  &  he  to  pay  my  debts. 

Robt.  Moulton  Senr. 
:  George  Gardner 
Witnesses    :  Henry  Phelps 
:  Nich.  Phelpess 
George   Gardner  &  Hen.   Phelpes  tooke  oath  to  this  will 
that  to  their  best  Knowledge  it  is  ye  Last  will. 

L.  Elias  Stileman,  Cleric. 
Robert   Moulton   Senr  his   will  brought   into  ye  court   ye 
26.  4,  1655. 


SECOND   I 

(2)     Robert*  (Robert1),  b. ;    was  rector  of 

the  church  at  Salem  in  1640;  m.  about  February,  1640,  Abigail 
Goode,  niece  of  Emanuel  Downing.  They  lived  in  Salem.  He 
died  in  fall  of  1665 ;    she  died  in  1665-66.     Each  left  a  will. 

Children : 

(4)  1.  Abigail,  bapt.  Dec.  25,  1642;    m.  Feb.  3,  1658,  Benj. 

Bellflower ;    he  died  Feb.  J4.  [659-60. 

(5)  2.  Robert,  bapt.  June  23,  1644;   m.  Mary  Cook. 

(6)  3-  John,  b.  April  25,  1654-55;    m.  Elizabeth  Corey. 

(7)  4.  Samuel,  1). ;   d.  1667-68. 

(8)  5.  Joseph,  b.  Jan.  3,  1656;   a  mariner  living  June  9,  1680. 

(9)  6.  Mariam,  b.   Jan.,    1658-59;  m.  Oct.  8,    1677,  Joseph 

Bachellor,  of  Beverlv ;  m.  (2)  Freeborn  Balsh  before 

1685. 
(10)     7.  Mary,  b.  June  15,  1661 ;   m.  April  7,  1680,  Wm.  Lord, 

Jr.' 
(n)     8.  Hannah,  b. ;   m.  May  22,  1666,  Thos. 

Flint;    d.  March  20,  1673. 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  63 

THE   LAST   WILL  AND  TESTAMENT  OF   ROBERT    MOULTOX   SENIOR  OF 

SALEM. 

I  Robert  Moulton,  of  Salem  senior  beinge  by  gods  hande 
on  my  sick  bedd  but  of  pfect  memorie  doe  dispose  of  my 
estate  as  followeth :  vide ;  I  doe  ordaine  my  wife  my  whole 
executrix  of  this  my  last  will  and  testament  and  I  give  and 
bequeath  to  my  son  Robert  five  pounds  at  my  decease  and 
to  my  daughtr  Abigaile  five  pound  st(er)ling  also  my  son 
Samuell  to  enjoy  all  my  lands  within  Readinge  bounds  but- 
tinge  on  Ipswich  river  by  estimation  sixteen  akers  more  or 
less ;  also  I  give  to  my  daughtr  Hannah  twentie  pounds  in 
neate  Cattle  to  be  pd  at  her  day  of  marriage  also  I  give  unto 
my  two  yonger  sons  John  and  Joseph  my  now  dwellinge 
house  with  all  the  lande  and  meadow  with  all  othr  apurte- 
nanccs  thereunto  belonging!  after  the  decease  of  my  wife  they 
payinge  as  a  legasie  to  my  two  yonge  daughtrs  Meriam  and 
Mary  to  each  of  them  twentie  pounds  to  be  pd  within  one 
year  after  they  come  to  posess  it  and  in  case  either  of  my  sons 
John  or  Joseph  should  die  before  their  mother  my  will  is  that 
my  son  Samuell  shall  enjoy  the  pt  of  my  house  and  lande, 
given  to  the  ptie  deceased  and  this  I  leave  as  my  last  will  and 
I  anient  witnis  my  hande  the  5th  of  Septembr  1665. 

Robert  Moulton  Senir 
witnis  Leift   George   Gardner  &   Sam- 

Henry  Bartholmew        uell  Gardner  gave  oath  in  Court 
George  Gardner  that     the     above     written     was 

Samuell  Gardner        signed    by    Robert    Moulton    & 

declared  to  be  his  last  will   and 
testament  in   these  prsents :     28 : 
9  Mo.  65. 
Ateste  Hilliard  Veren,  Clericr 


THIRD    GENERATION 

(5)  Robert*  (Robert',  Robert1),  bapt.  June  23,  1644;  m.  in 
Salem,  July  17,  1672,  Mary  Cook.  Lived  in  Salem.  He  died 
1730-31 ;   she  died .  , 


64  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Their  children  were : 

(12)  1.  Mary,  b.  2nd  of  Jan.,  1673;  m.  ab.  1700,  Thos.  Mack- 

intire. 

(13)  2.  Robert,  b.  3rd  of  7th  or  8th  mo.,   1675;    m.  Hannah 

Groves,  12th  of  Apr.,  1698. 

(14)  3.     Ebenezer,  b.  23rd  of  Apr.,  1678. 

(15)  4.  Abigail,  b.  28th  of  12th  mo.,  1681  ;  m.  2nd  of  Sept., 

1724.  Zachariah  Marsh. 

(16)  5.  Samuel,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Green,  15th  of  Jan., 

1719-20. 

(17)  6.  Martha,  b. ;  m.  Thos.  Green,  12th  of  Jan., 

1710. 

(18)  7.  Hannah,  b.  ;  unm.,  1744-5. 

(6)  John'  (Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Salem  April  25,  1654- 
5;  m.  16th  of  Sept.,  1684,  in  Marblehead,  Elizabeth  Corey, 
dr.  of  Giles  Corey.  They  lived  in  Salem.  He  d.  1741  (bond 
of  adm.  <1.  25th  of  May,  1741). 

Children  : 

(19)  1.  John,  b.  . 

(20)  2.   Miriam,  b. ;   single,  1742;  prob.  d.  unm. — 

sup.  to  have  d.  1824,  aged  nearly  100. 

(21)  3.   Margant.   l>.   ;    m.     Ebenezer    Aborn    of 

Lynn;  int.  30th  of  June,  1734. 

(22)  4.  Elizabeth,  b. ;  single  in  1742. 

(2^)     5.  Abigail,  b.  ;    m.  John  P. union  of  Sutton  in 

Salem,  13th  of  Jan.,  1725A 

(7)  Samuel'   (Robert*,  Robert'),  b.  ;  d.  l66>- 

8.  Administration  on  his  estate  was  granted  to  Mr.  Henry 
Bartholomew,  Joseph  Grafton,  George  Gardner,  and  Samuel 
Gardner,  30th  of  4th  mo.,  1668.  They  were  later  ordered  after 
paying  debts  to  divide  the  property  among  the  brothers  and 
sisters  of  the  deceased   Samuel.      (Salem   County  Ct..   vol.   5). 

(8)  Joseph*  (Robert*,  Robert'),  b.  3rd  of  Jan.,  1656.  A 
mariner.  He  sold  the  property  in  Salem  inherited  from  his 
father  to  Thomas  Flint  in  1684-5. 

Xon: — Hannah  IfoultOB  ni.  Stephen  Flint  November  6,  1714,  in  Lynn, 
(both  of  Lynn),     ffu  -:■<■  <ir.  of  Joseph?      (Salem  T.  R.) 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  65 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

(13)     Robert4   (Robert',  Robert',  Robert1 ),  b.  3rd  of  7th 

mo.,  1675,  in  Salem;  m.  in  Beverly  nth  or  12th  of  Apr.,  1698, 

Hannah   Groves  of   Beverly.     They   lived   first  in   Salem,   then 

in  Windham,  Conn.,  and  finally  in  Brimfield,  Mass.     Robert 

died  in  175''.  Aug.  25.  leaving  a  will.     Hannah,  his  w.,  survived 

him. 

Their  children  were: 
Born  in  Salem : 

(24)  1.  Hannah,  b.  1st  of  Aug.,  1699;  m.  1st  of  Jan.,  1723-4, 

Stephen  Fuller  of  Windham,  Ct. 

(25)  2.  Robert,  b.   18th  of  Dec.   1700;  m.  Elizabeth   Baker, 

14th  of  Dec.  1733.     (Bapt.  Salem  Village,  28th  of 
Sept.,  1707). 

(26)  3.  Mary,  b.  30th  of  Sept.,   [702;  m.  Anthony  Xeedham 

of  Brimfield,  Salem.  June  IO,  1722. 

(27)  4.  Abigail,  b.   13th  of  Mar..  17 — ;  m.  1st  of  Mar.,  1725- 

6,  Abel  Bingham  of  Windham.  Ct. 

(28)  5.   Lois,  b.  3rd  of  Apr..  1706;  m.  Durkee. 

(29)  6.   Lydia,   b.    13th   of  Jan.,    1708;   m.    (1)    Thos.    King 

1  Brimfield)  4th  of  Aug.,  172'';    12)  Mer- 
rick. 
Born  in  Windham.  Ct.: 

(30)  7.   Ebenezer,  b.  -25th  of  Dec,  1709;   m.  Eunice  Hall,  6th 

of  April.  1730. 

(31)  8.  Mehitable.  b.  24th  of  March.  1712;    m.  John  Perry 

(  Brimfield),  2'>th  of  Oct.,  1732. 
)     9.  Samuel,  b.  15th  of  June,  1714:   m.  Mary  Haynes  30th 
of  June.  1739. 

(33)  10.  Susanna,  b.  15th  of  June.  1714. 

(34)  11.  Joseph,  b.  24th  of  August.  1716;  d.  13th  of  September, 

1735- 

(35)  12.  Freeborn,  b.  3rd  of  April,   1717 :  m.  Rebecca  Walker 

J3rd  of  June.  1737. 

(36)  13.  John,  b.   1st  of  February.   1720-1    (rec  in  Brimfield)  ; 

m.  Ruth  Bound.  20th  of  May.  1742. 

(14)     Ebenezer*   (Robert',  Robert1,  Robert1),  b.  23rd  of 

April,  1678,  in  Salem;  m. .    "Of  Salem,"  1722-1745. 

He  died  before  1752  (Essex  Deeds,  98-51). 

Children : 

(37)  1.  Jonathan,  b. . 


66  MOULTON   ANNALS. 


(38)  2.  Benjamin,  b. 

(39)  3-  Anna,  b. 


(16)     Samuel4  (Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b. 


m.  15th  of  January,  1719-20,  Sarah,  dr.  of  Thos.  Green  of  Sa- 
lem. He  died  before  9th  of  November,  1745  (Essex  Deeds, 
88-62).     No  children  surviving. 

(19)     John'  (John1,  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  ;  m. 

Judith  Mackintire,  daughter  of  Daniel,  13th  of  March,  1721-22, 
in  Salem.    He  died  .    She  died . 

Children : 

(40)  1.  John,  b.  . 

(41)  2.  Joshua,  b. . 

(42)  3.  Miriam,  b.  . 


FIFTH    GENERATION. 


(25)  Robert*  (Robert4,  Robert',  Robert*,  Robert'),  b.  in 
Salem  18th  of  December,  1700;  in.  (roc.  in  Brimfield)  14th  of 
December,  1733,  Elizabeth  Baker  of  Marlboro.  They  lived  in 
Brimfield.  lie  was  a  weaver.  He  died  in  1741.  14  years  before 
his  father,  leaving  a  will.     His  wife,  Elizabeth,  survived  him. 

Children  : 

(43)  1.  Robert,  b.  1st  of  September,  1735. 

(44)  2.  Elizabeth,  1>.  23rd  of  September,   1737.     Perhaps  m. 

Stephen  Meedham,  21st  of  December,  1758. 

(45)  3.  Abigail,  b.   17th  of  Feburarv,  1739-40. 

(30)  Ebenezer'  (Robert4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b. 
25th  of   December.    1709.   Windham,   Conn.;   m.    (1)    Abigail 

.  widow  of  John  Bound;  (2)  6th  of  April.  1739,  in 

Brimfield,  Eunice  Hall.  He  lived  in  Brimfield,  Nova  Scotia, 
and  So.  Brimfield.  He  died  in  1783.  His  wife  survived  and 
died  before  1788.  His  estate  was  administered  by  grandson, 
Howard  Moulton.  in  1788.     Only  child: 

(46)  1.  Stephen,  b.  in  Brimfield,  30th  of  March.  1735. 

The  following  account  of  Ebenezer  Moulton,  given  on  page 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  6"J 

466,  Volume  II.,  of  the  History  of  Baptists  in  New  England, 
seems  to  be  substantiated  by  record : 

"The  first  Baptist  church  in  the  county  of  Hampshire  was 
formed  in  Brimfield,  4th  of  November,  1736.  and  Mr.  Ebenezer 
Moulton  was  ordained  their  pastor,  4th  of  November,  1741. 
His  father  and  a  majority  of  the  church  opposed  the  work 
that  was  then  cr< <i ult  on  in  the  land,  while  he  and  a  minor  part 
were  alive  in  it:  and  they  had  much  controversy  about  it  for 
seven  years,  and  then  about  fifteen  of  them  told  their  experi- 
ences to  each  Other's  satisfaction  and  signed  new  articles  and 
a  covenant,  and  Mr.  Moulton  took  them  as  his  church  and 
would  not  allow  any  others  to  commune  with  them  without 
coming  in  at  this  door.  Elder  Moulton  was  often  called  to 
other  places  to  preach  and  baptize  in  and  after  174a  lie  was 
called  more  than  eight}'  miles  that  year  and  baptized  ten  at 
Bridgewater    and    three    in    Kaynham.      But    as    his   people    had 

:i  trained  up  with  prejudices  against  hireling  ministers  they 
did  very  little  for  the  support  of  their  own  minister;  therefore 
he  took  to  mechandising  when  there  were  scarcely  any  mer- 
chants in  that  part  of  the  country:  and  he  seemed  to  prosper 
for  a  number  of  years  and  was  a  leader  in  building  them  a  new 
meeting    houi  But    towards    the    close    of    the    war,    which 

ended  in  1763,  money  was  plenty  and  merchants  multiplied. 
and  Mr.  Moulton  found  himself  involved  in  debt  and  his  cred- 
itors ready  to  devour  him  and  he  fled  to  Xova  Scotia  where 
he  preached  in  several  places.  About  177*)  Mr.  Moulton  ob- 
tained Utters  of  li'  from  his  creditors  to  come  home  and 
he   was   esl   emed   among  his   old   people   until   he  died   there   in 

[783." 

(32)  Samuel'  (Robert4,  Robert',  Robert'.  Robert'),  b. 
June  15.  1714,  in  Windham.  Conn.;  m.  Mary  Hayncs,  January 
30.  1739,  in  Brimfield.  They  lived  in  Brimfield  and  Monson. 
They  were  both  living  in  1708. 

Children : 

(47)  1.  Samuel,  b.  Feb.  24.  1742.  Brimfield. 

(48)  2.  Robert,  b.  . 

(49)  3.   Mary.  m.  Dec.  14,  1709,  Jesse  Converse. 
(  50)     4.  Lois.  b. . 

(51)  5.  Dorkas.  b. . 

(52)  6.  Lydia,  b.  April  30.  1753. 

(53)  /•  Solomon,  b.  January  29.  1758. 
0  8.  John,  b. . 


68  M0ULT0N    ANNALS. 

(35)  Freeborn*  (Robert*,  Robert5,  Robert5,  Robert'),  b. 
in  Windham,  Conn.,  April  3,  1717;  m.  Juno  23,  1737,  Rebekah 
Walker,  in  Brimfield.  They  lived  in  Brimfield.  He  served  in 
the  Revolution.  He  died  before  June  28,  1702,  and  his  son 
Joseph  was  appointed  administrator.  His  wife,  Rebekah,  sur- 
vived him  but  died  before  March.  1797. 

Children : 


(55 
(56 
(57 

(58 

(59 
(60 

(61 

(62 

(63 

("4 
(65 


1.  Joseph,  b.  January  15.  1738. 

2.  Rebekah,  b.  November  29.  1740,  died  young. 

3.  Rebekah,   b.   September   30,    1742;    m.   Tnos.    Ri.' 

April  30.  [759. 

4.  Hannah,  b.  November  29,  1743. 

5.  Freeborn,  t>.  April  9,  1746. 

6.  Abner,  b.  June  27.  1748. 

7.  Phineas,  1>.  May  15,  1751. 

8.  Elijah,  b.  August  io,  1753. 

9.  Calvin,  b.  . 

10.  Luther,  b. . 

11.  Daniel,  b.  17 62. 


(36)  John'    (Robert*,    Robert*,    Robert*,    R<  .    b.  in 
Windham  or  Brimfield,  February  1.  1720-21;   m.  1  1.1  20  May, 

1742,  in  Brimfield,  Ruth  Bound;    12)    Dorothy  .     Tl 

lived  in  Brimfield  and  S.   Brimfield.     He  died    1790-1   and  lei 
will  dated  27  October.  1790,  and  prob.  5  April,  1791.     His  wife 
Dorothy  survived  him.     All  the  children  were  living  at  time  of 
will  and  the  daughters  all  married. 

Children : 

(66)  1.  John  Bound,  b.  29  March.  1744.  in  Brimfi* 

(67)  2.  Ebenezer,  b.  28  January,  1740-7. 

(68)  3.  Eunice,  b.  4  June.  174-1.  in  Brimfield;    m.  Humphrey 

Needham. 

(69)  4.   Mehitable.  b.   11   June,   1756,  in   Brimfield;    m.  Josepli 

Needham. 

(70)  5.  Marsha,  b.   24   April,    1762,   in   Brimfield;    m.   Joseph. 

Fenton. 

(71)  6.  Ephraim,  b.  16  February,  1767. 

(37)  Jonathan5    (Ebenezer*.    Robert',    Robert*,    Robert1), 
b.  ;    m.   (1)    Rebekah   (prob.)    Dagget,  7  June.   1737. 


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in  Salem,  daughter  of  Win.  Dagget.     Went  to  Brimfield;  m. 

(2)  Annah.     He  died  September  5,  1785. 

Children,  all  by  his  first  wife : 

172)  1.  Daughter,  b.  16  March,  1739. 

(73)  2.  Jonathan  (prob.)  son,  b.  May,  1740. 

(74)  3.  Daughter,  b.  11  May.  1746. 

(75)  4.  Daughter,  b.  26  October,  1749. 

(76)  5.  Daughter,  b.  6  April,  1751. 
1  -J)  6.  Daughter,  b.  6  July.  1753. 

(78)  7.  Ebenezer,  son,  b.  8  March,  1756;  lived  in  So.  Brim- 

field. 

(79)  8.  Daughter.  1).  8  August.  1758. 

(38)     Benjamin*   (Ebenezer*,  Robert'.  Robert1.  Robert1), 

b.  :  m.  (  i)  22  October.  1734.  Elizabeth  Harwood ; 

(2)  23  January.  173W-40.  Sarah  Smith  of  Salem  (T.  R.)  Lived 
in  Salem  and  Danvers  IK-  <li<-<l  1770.  Will  dated  3  March. 
t 776.    Probated  4  June.  1770.    Wife.  Sarah,  died  4  March,  1775. 

Children  by  first  wife  (Es.  D.  179-231  )  : 

(80)  1.   Elizabeth,  b.  . 

Children  by  second  wife  (Danvers.  T.  R.)  : 

(81)  2.  Benjamin  Moulton.  Jr..  b.  29  October.  1740. 
(821      3.   Lydia.  b.  22  October,  174J. 

(83)  4.  Sarah,  b.  15  June.  174^;  m.  4  September,  1766,  Benj. 

Jacobs  of  Danvers. 

(84)  5.  Elijah,  b.  5  December.  1748. 

(85)  6.  Ebenezer.  b.  18  May,  1751. 

(86)  7.  Bartholomew,  b.  9  June,  1756. 

(40)     John'  (John4.  John',  Robert1,  Robert1),  b. ; 

m.  Mehitable  Mackintire,  6  June,  1749,  in  Salem.  He  died 
before  July,  1783,  when  administration  on  his  estate  was 
granted  to  his  son,  Joshua.  (Es.  Prob.  19023).  His  wife 
died  before  January,  1801.     (Es.  D.  171-232). 

Children  (Bapt.  2j  Julv,  1760.  in  Salem,  So.  Precinct)  : 

(87)  1.  Bette,  b. ■ — . 

(88)  2.  Daniel,  b.  . 

(89)  3.  Mehitable,  b. ;  m.  Richard  Crispin  of  Dan- 

vers, cert.  10  January,  1778. 

(90)  4.  Joshua,  b. . 

(91)  5.  Sarah,  b.  . 


JO  MOULTON   ANNALS. 


(92)  6.  Judah,  b. 

(93)  7.     John,  b.  • 


(Bapt.  5  May,  1765.) 


(94)  8.  Mary,  b. 

(95)  9.  Anna,  b.  - 

(41)  Joshua*  (John*,  John',  Robert',  Robert1),  was  of 
Danvers,  1783  (Est.  Prob.  19023),  when  he  was  surety  on  bond 
for  administration  of  estate  of  his  brother  John. 


SIXTH    GENERATION. 

(46)  Stephen'  (Ebenezer\  Robert',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert1),  b.  in  Brimfield,  30th  of  March.  1735;  m.  Eleanor 
Converse,  who  was  born  in  Leicester.  21st  of  March,  1735.  He 
lived  in  Stafford,  Conn.,  until  about  1788,  when  he  moved  to 
New  York  and  was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  Floyd,  N.  Y. 
He  was  representative  from  Stafford  to  the  Gen.  Ct.  at  New 
Haven  in  October,  1778,  January  and  October,  1779,  and  Jan- 
uary and  April,  1780.  He  served  as  Lieutenant  Colonel  in  the 
Revolutionary  War,  and  was  taken  prisoner  in  New  York  in 
1776.     He  died  at  Floyd.   N.  Y..  in   1810. 

Children : 

(96)  1.  Howard,  b.  . 

(97)  2.  Stephen,  b.  . 

(98)  3.   Benjamin,  b.  . 

(99)  4-  Joseph,  b.  - 

(100)  5.  Salmon,  b 


(101)  6.  Ebeaezer,  l>. .  in  Stafford,  Conn. 

(102)  7.  Josiah,  b.  15th  of  October.  1773,  in  Stafford,  Conn. 

(48)  Robert*  (Samuel5,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert*,  Rob- 
ert'), b.  about  1744  in  Brimfield;  was  probably  the  Robert 
who  married  Judith  ,  and  had  in  So.  Brimfield. 

Children : 

(103)  1.  Mary,  b.  29th  of  September,  1776. 

(104)  2.  Patty,  b.  3rd  of  February,  1782. 
(io5)     3-  Samuel,  b.  22nd  of  August,  1784. 

(106)  4.  Rosea,  b.  30th  of  March,  1787. 

(107)  5.  Robert,  b.  7th  of  January,  1790. 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  7 1 

(108)  6.  Horace,  b.  23rd  of  February,  1793. 

(109)  7.  Nye,  b.  8th  of  September.  1795;  m-  Olive . 

They  lived  in  So.  Brimfield  and  Wales, 
(no)     8.  Solomon,  b.  30th  of  November,  1798. 

(53)  Solomon'  (Samuel8.  Robert',  Robert',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert1), b.  in  Brimfield.  29th  of  January,  1758;  m.  . 

He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  from  So.  Brimfield.     Had 
children. 

1  55)  Joseph:'  (Freeborn8,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1,  Rob- 
ert1), b.  in  Brimfield,  15th  of  January.  1 738 :  m.  in  Brimfield, 
(1)  Sarah  Fuller,  17th  of  May,  1752  :  m.  (2)  Hannah ; 


I 3  1    Elizabeth  .     They  lived  in  Monson.     He  served 

from    Monson    in    the   Revolutionary    War.      He   died   6th   of 

ruary.    [816.      \\\<   first   wife   died    l6th  of  April.    1769;    his 
second  wife  died  1744 

Children  by  Sarah  : 
1  in)     1.  Robert,  b.  10th  of  September,  1760;  d.  5th  of  No- 

mber,  1765, 
(  112)     2.  Hannah,  b.  30th  of  January,  1763;  d.  2nd  of  Novem- 
ber. 17 
(  I!3)     3-  Nathaniel,  b.  I2th  of  August,  1765. 

(114)  4.   Robert,  k  8th  of  June,  1768;  d.  23rd  of  June,  1772. 
Children  by  Hannah : 

(115)  5.  Sarah,  b.  14th  of  December,  1770;  in.  Joseph  Smith. 

(116)  6.  Royal,  b.  20th  of  December,  1772. 

(117)  7.   Lewis,  b.  6th  of  November,  1774;  d.  20th  of  Janu- 

ary. 1776. 
Children  by  Elizabeth: 

(118)  8.  Joseph,  b.  3rd  of  August.  1776. 

(119)  9.   Benjamin,  h.  12th  of  April.  177S. 

I  120)    TO.   Mary.  b.  5th  of  April.  1780;  d.  young. 

(121)  II.   Hannah,  b.    13th  of   March.   1782;  d.  3rd  of  August, 

(122)  12.  Clarissa,   h.   6th   of  January.    1784;   m.   Levi   Edson, 
1  123)    13.  Israel,  1).  18th  of  February.  1786. 

(124)  14.  Mary.  b.  4th  of  April.  1788  (probably  the  Mary  who 

married  Roswell  Thing.  30th  of  December,  1806). 

(125)  15.  Elizabeth,  h.  4th  of  Aprii  1788. 
( T2M    16.  Rufus.  b.  21st  of  June,  1790. 

(127)  17.  Amanda,  b.  22nd  of  March.  1793. 

(128)  18.  Abel,  b.  5th  of  March,  1795. 

(129)  19.  Hiram,  b.  23rd  of  December,  1799. 


7_'  IfOULTON   ANNALS. 

(59)  Freeborn'    (Freeborn*,    Robert4,    Robert',   Robert', 
Robert1),  b.  in  Brimfield,  9th  of  April,  1746;  m.  in  1767,  Jeru- 

sha — !    He  served  from  Monson  in  the  Revolutionary 

War.     He  died  in  1815  in  Monson. 

Children  born  in  Monson : 

(130)  1.  Sarah,  b.  28th  of  January,  1708;  m.  Solomon  Squier. 

(131)  2.  Jemima,  b.  22nd  of  August,  1770;  m.  Thos.  Skinner. 
I  132)     3.  Rebecca,  1>.  23d  of  April.  1773;  m.  Charles  Chaft 

(  133  )  4.  Abigail,  b.  23rd  of  April,  1773  ;  m.  Chadwick  Chaffee. 

1  134)  5.  Freeborn,  1>.  22d  of  January,  1775. 

1  1351  6.  Jeremiah.  1>.  20th  of  February,  1 777. 

1  13M  7.  Jerusha,  b.  Oth  of  May,  1780;  m.  David  Bradway. 

I  137)  8.  Ruble,  I).  29th  of  March,  1782;  m.  Lazarus  Trask. 

1  138)  9.  Increase,  b.  2^<\  of  May.  17S4  ;  m. Bradway. 

(60)  Abnek4  (  Freeborn',  Robert*.  Robert'.  Robert',  Rob- 
ert1 ) .  b.  in  Brimfield,  27th  of  ]yv.\<.-.  1748:  m.  1  1  i  Anne ; 

(2)  6th  of  October,  1807,  Sarah  I'.lanchard.  rved  from 

•  n  in  the   Revolutionary   War;  second  wife  died    15th  of 

September,   1S57  ;  he  died  in  Mon  )1  of  A  1S24. 

1  hildren.  born  in  M<  mson : 

1  139)  1.  R<             h.  b.   l8th  of  May.  17 
(I.:                           8ti            rch,  177 

( 141 )  3.  Mary,  b.  3rd  of  Jun<                                  >rgan. 

<  1421  4.  William,  b.  17th  of  November,  [78a 

t  1431  5.  Jonas,  b,  20th  of  June,             I.  oth  of  August 

1  144  >  o.  Abner,  b.  2nd  of  April. 

(145)  7.  Mace,  b.  . 

(61)  Phinbas*  1  Freeborn',  Robert4,  Robert',  Robert'. 
Robert'),  b.  in  Brimfield,  15th  of  May.  t 75 1  ;  m.  about  1770, 
Mary,  daughter  of  lames  Blodgett  ( b.  December  21,  1723), 
who  was  a  descendant  of  Thos.  Blodgett,  who  came  to  Bos- 
ton in  1635  in  the  "Increa-  He  lived  in  Monson  and  Ran- 
dolph. Yt.,  going  to  the  latter  place  in  1781-85.  He  died  15th 
of  June.  1834.  at  his  hop  His  wife,  Mary,  died  8th  of 
October,  1830,  at  Randolph,  Yt. 

Children : 

(146)  1.  Jude,  b.  In  Monson,  10th  of  August,  177 1 . 
(  1471     2.  Dan,  b.  in  Monson,  20th  of  June,  1773. 
(148)     3.  James,  b.  ,  177—. 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  7$ 

(149)     4.  Penelope,  b.  ,  177 — ;  m.  Joseph  Morton. 

(  150)     5.  Freemen,  b. ,  17 — ;  m.  18  February,  1810. 

Sybil  Storrs. 

1  151  )     6.  StiUman,  1>.  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

1  152J      7.  John.  1).  in  Randolph.  \"t..  1785. 

(153)  8.   Marv.  b.  2IS1  of  September.  1787;  m.  David  Davis, 

d.  [884. 

(154)  9.  Phineas.  b.  22nd  of  February.  T790;  d.  Sth  of  July, 

1857 

(155  Stillman.  b.  Sth  of  March.  1792;  d.  I2tb  01  May,  1877. 

(156)    11.  Horace,  b.  26th  of  Tune.  1704:  d.  21st  of  August,  1867. 
18' 

2)     Elijah'           born*,  Robert*,  Robert',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert1), b.  in  Brimfield,  10th  of  August,  1753;  ra.  Ruth . 

He  lived  in  Monson  and  Randolph,  Vt  Tie  was  in  the  latter 
place  in  17«M  when  he  quit-claimed  to  his  brother,  Freeborn, 
all    int  in    the    estate   of   his    deecascd    father.    Freeborn 

(Hamp.  Deeds,  H<  I  Monson  in  the  Revo- 

lutionary  War. 

(63)  Calvin*  |  Freeborn'.  Robert*.  Robert'.  Robert',  Rob- 
ert1), b. :  m.  in  Monson,  26th  of  March.  1778,  Lucy 

Durkee.  They  lived  in  Monson  and  were  of  So.  Brimfield  in 
1800.     He  served  fn>m   Monson  in  the  Revolutionary   War. 

Children  born  in  Monson: 
i  1571     1.  Levine,  b.  25th  of  July,  1779. 
(1581     2.  Lucy,  b.  5th  of  April,  1781. 

(x59)      3-   Nsney,  b.   12th  of  February.  1783. 
(1601     4.  Calvin,  b.  20th  of  October.  17 

(64)  LUTHER'  (Freeborn',  Robert',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert1).  He  lived  in  Monson.  In  1702  he  was  adjudged 
noncompos  and  his  brother  Calvin  was  appointed  his  guardian. 
He  died  before  18 

(65)  Daniel'  (Freeborn',  Robert',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert1),  b.  about  1762.  probably  in  Brimfield.  He  served 
from  Monson  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 


74  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(66)  John  Bound'  (John4,  Robert4,  Robert'.  Robert*, 
Robert'),  b.  in  Brimfield,  29th  March,  1744;  m.  Elizabeth 
.  He  served  from  South  Brimfield  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War.  He  died  .  In  1789  he  was  of  Staf- 
ford, Conn.,  but  in  I7<>X  was  a^ain  of  South  Brimfield. 

Children : 

(161)  1.   Elizabeth,  b.  May.  1765. 

(162)  2.  Mollie,  b.  <nh  September,  1767. 

(162a)  .}.  Eunice  (or  Pauline),  l>.  April  30,  1769;  <1.  February 
20,  182^;  m.,  September  5.  1793,  Brooklyn,  Conn., 
Fran<         I  ir   I.'-  Roy. 

I  i'.jI.)  4.  Sally, b. . 

(67)  EBBNEZEB  J<1'  (John*,  Robert*,  Robert'.  Robert', 
Robert    1.    1>.    111    Brimfield,    a8th   <>f   January.    174O-7;    m.   Jam 

Mehitable  .     He  served  in  the  Revolutionary 

War.     lb-  lived  in  So  Brimfield,    lb-  died  in   1816.     His  wife, 
Mehitable,  survived  him. 

1  hildren  : 

I  [63)     1.  Catherine,  l>.  Jul)  -'5.  1781  ;  m. Mnnper. 

1  1041     _>.  Mary.  !  August,  1786;  d.  -7  August,  17S6. 

3,  Mehitable,  l>.  and  d.  10  August,  \; 

(166)     4.  Needham,  b.  -4  August,  1708. 

71     5.  Mehitable,  b.  iq  January,  1791;  m. Gardner. 

(j(>  Ebenezer,  b.  10  February,  1793. 

(169)     7.  Pearly,  b.  5  November,  17 

(  170)     8.  Flint,  l>.  _■;  Januat 

i  171  i    <).  Royal,  1'.  January  .  1H03. 

171)  BPHSAIM*  (John*.  Robert*.  Robert',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert1), b.  in  S.  Brimfield,  16th  February,  iy<>7\  m.  Matilda . 

Children  : 

(172)     1.  Jemime,  b.  S.  Brimfield,  9  September,  1786. 
1  1731     j.  Horace,  t>.  S.  Brimfield,  -'-'  July,  1788. 

(73)  Jonathan'  (Jonathan',  Ebenezer',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert1),  b.  probably  22  May,  1740,  in  Brimfield;  m.  (1) 
Esther ;  (2)  Jerusha .   Lived  in  S.  Brim- 


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field.     He  served  in  the  Revolutionary  War  from  S.  Brimfield. 

Children  by  Esther: 
-  174)      1.  James,  b.  18  February,  1763;  probably  died  young. 

Children  by  Jerusha: 
1  1751      -\  James,  b.  8  March.  1772.  S.  Brimfield. 
(176)      3.    Daniel,  b.  17  November.  177.;.  S.  Brimfield. 
1177)     4.  Esther,  b.  14  October.  1775. 
I  178)     5.  Salla.  b.  31  Octob< t.  1777. 

(179)  6.   William,  b.  20  October,  1780,  S.  Brimfield.        _ 

1  si  1  Benjamin'  (Benjamin'.  Ebenezer*,  Robert.',  Rob- 
ert'. Robert1  >.  b.  29  <  October,  1740.  in  Danvcrs:  m.  to  Decem- 
1m  r.  17  rah  Jacob-.  He  lived  in  Danvers  in  1763  and  in 
S.  Brimfield  1779,  1789.  Ht  ed  in  the  Revolutionary  War 
from  S.  Brimfield.    He  died . 

Children : 

(180)  1.   Benjamin,  b.  14  June,  1774:  m.  Catherine  Johnson 

•  A  Billerica,  1799  1 
1  [8 1  rah,  b.  3-  1  June,  17 

(84)  Elijah'  (Benjamin*,  Ebenezer4,  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert    I,  b.   Decei  in  Danvcr<;  m.  December  12, 

>.  Elizabeth  Russell  «>f  Danvers.     He  was  a  mariner  and 
served  on  Story's  Race  Horse  in  Revolutionary  War.     He  died 
[783.      Hi>«  wife,   Elizabeth,  survived  him. 

(85)  1  mi  a  k'  (  Benjamin',  Ebenezer*,  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert  1.  b.  May  iS.  1751.  in  Dan  vers;  m.  March  31,  1772. 
Elizabeth  Curtis,  She  was  born  <  October  22.  1751.  They  lived 
in  Danvers.  He  died  before  April,  1808.  (Essex  Deeds,  196- 
20.)     She  died  after  1814. 

Children : 
(182)      1.   Ebenezer.  b.  April  2.   177J. 
(183'     2.  Molly,  b.  March  16,  1775;  m.  Xathan  Southwick  of 

Danvers, 
(1841      3.  Betsey,  b.  April  11.  1777. 

(185)  4.  Nancy,  b.   March    16,   1782;  m.    (1)    Aaron   Marsh, 

who  was  born  April  II,  1777.  in  Danvers;  (2)  m. 
Charles  Richardson  of  Lynn. 

(186)  5.     Benjamin,  b.  June  7,  1787. 


■jG  MOULToX   ANNALS. 

(86)  BARTHOLOMEW*  (Benjamin',  Ebenezer4,  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert'),  b.  June  9,  1756,  in  Danvers;  m.  March  16, 
1784,  Elizabeth  Twiss  of  Charlton.  They  lived  in  Danvers. 
He  served  on  Story's  Race  Horse  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 

He  died  in  1801.     She  in.  Marsh,  and  was  94  when  she 

died. 

Children : 

(187)  1.   Hannah,  b.  about   1785;  m.  Stephen  Currin. 

(188)  2.  Elijah.  1..  about    \J 

1  1891     3,  Mary,  1>.  about  1704;  m. Shrievi 

(190)     4.  Bartholomew.  1>.  about  1796. 

(88)     Daniel*   (John',  John',  John'.  Robert',  Robert'),  b. 
about    1750,  baptized  July   27     ■~o;  m.   in   Danvers.  July    u. 
1770,  Hannah,   daughter  of   Hal.akkuk    Lindsey.     They   1; 
in   Danvers  until    1775  or  later.     In             they   were   in   New 
Salem,  Hampshire  County.     Hi-  died  .     She  died 


Children : 

dot  )       I.    Daniel.  1>.  . 

I  [92  1      2.   Samuel,  b.  \  lived  in   New  Salem,   Mass. 

I  193)      3,    Nathan,  h.  ;  lived  in   New  Salem.  M 

(90)    Joshua'  (John*,  John4,  John',  Robert'.  Robert*),  m. 
Mary  Brage,  Decembei  Tiny  lived  in 

Lynnfield  until   1;  later.     In  1801  Joshua  was  of  Lynn. 

(93)    John*   (John'.  John',  John',  Robert',  Robert'),  b. 

;   baptized   July   -7.    1760,   Salem,   South    Precinct; 


m. 


SEVE NTH  GEN  KKATI0N. 

(96)     Howard'    (Stephen',    Ebenezer',    Robert',    Robert', 

Robert'.   Robert'),  b.   ;   m.   in    177' I,    Mary    White. 

They  lived  at  Stafford  Springs,  Conn.,  and  afterward  at  Troy, 

N.  Y..  where  he  was  a  prominent  merchant. 

Children: 
(194^      1.  Sarah,  b.  4  July,  1787,  at  Stafford;  m.  27  September, 
1810.  at  Troy.  X.  Y..  Maj.  John   E.  Wool.     He 
died  10  November,  1869.     She  died  7  May,  1873. 


ROBERT  OF  SAL  KM. 


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(195)  2.  Abbey,  b. ;  m.  Chester  Griswold. 

(196)  3.  Elizabeth,    b.    :     m.    Hon.    Francis    Baylies 

of  Taunton. 
Children  of  Chester  and  Abby  (Moulton)  Griswold: 

1.  John  A.  Griswold — member  of  Congress  and  one  of  the 

republican  Candida-  Governor  of  New  York. 

2.  A  daughter  married  Wm.  Harriette  Hart  of  Troy,  X.  Y. 

(97)    Stephen'    (Stephen'.    Ebenezer1,    Robert*.    Robert', 

Robert',  Robert*),   b.  1760;   m.  :   d.  1  February,  1851. 

at  Floyd,  X.  Y.     He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  Floyd.  X.  Y. 
He  served  as  fifer  in  the  Revoluti  mary  War. 

Children  : 

(197)  1.  Stephen. 
18  1     2  Jes 

<  I'm     3.  Russell. 
4.  Dani< 
1  1     5.  A 
(202  1     6.  P  >lly. 
1  203  1     7.  B<  tsey. 

-1     Benjamin1    (Stephen*,    Ebenezer*,  Robert',  Robert'. 
Robert*,  Robert1),  '     -  :  Sprii  25  August,  1767; 

d.  at  Floyd,  X.  Y..  27  March.  1S41  ;    m.  at  Stafford  Springs  25 
December   17  rah  J  (dr.  Deacon  Seth  Johnson  and 

Mary  Edson,  his  wife),  b.  at  Staff  >rd,  Conn.,  13  February,  1768; 
<1.  at  Floyd,  X.  Y. 
( Children : 

4)     1.  James  T.,  b. . 

5  1      2.  Arthur.  !>.  . 

6)     3.  Josiah,  b.  -  — . 

4.  John,  b. 


5)  5.  Maria,  b.  in  Royd,  X.  Y..  25  April.  1806;  d.  at  Tren- 
ton, X.  Y.,  14  ;;  m.  in  Floyd,  X.  Y.. 
February,  Hezdciah  Mcintosh  (son  of  An- 
drew Mcintosh.  Jr..  and  Hannah  Lillibridge.  He 
lived  in  Mill  and  Stonington,  Conn.,  after- 
ward Steuben,  X.  Y.).  Hezekiah  and  Maria  had 
nine  children,  th.e  oldest  of  whom  was  George  Mc- 
intosh'. 1).  at  Steuben.  X.  Y..  7  April,  1825;  m.  in 
Trenton.  X.  Y..  25  March.  [856,  Mary  Anna  Evans 
(dr.  of  Owen  Evans  and  Anna  Griffith  Evans). 


78  MOULTOM    ANNALS. 

George  W.  and  Mary  Anna  had  two  children,  Hen- 
riette  Maria1*  and  Anna  Jane10. 

(209)  6.  Eleanor,  b. ;  m. Roberts  of  Buffalo, 

and  had  Sarah,  Maria  and  Miriam. 

(99)  Joseph7  (Stephen',  Ebenezer1,  Robert4,  Robert',  Rob- 
ert2, Robert'),  b.  about  1765,  d.  28  February,  1827.  at  Floyd, 
X.  Y.;  m.  to  Mary  Elizabeth  Johnson,  b.  14  April,  171.8.  at  Wil- 
ling-ton, Conn.,  d.  about  1810  at  Floyd,  X.  Y..  who  was  a  daughter 
of  Capt.  John  Johnson  and  Sarah  Lee;   resided  at  Troy,  X.  Y. 

Children : 

(210)  I.  John,  b.  ;    m. .  and  had  one  child. 

who  died  at  the  age  of   i".     He  was  a  member  of 

the  legislature  of  Connecticut  about  1835. 
(211  1     2.  Elizabeth  J.,  b.  6  July,  [801;  m. John  Houk;  m,  {2<D 

John  Vaughn. 

1  21  j  1      3.   Chester,  b.  , —  ;    d.  limn.,  at   Alexandria.   X.   Y. 

(213)     4.  Mary,  b. ;    m.  William    1  A    Kent    (son  of 

Lorenzo  Kent);  lived  at  Buffalo. 
(214  )      5.  Sarah,  b. ;  m. Kent ;  had  daughter, 

who    m.     Edward     Warner:     also    Eleanor    and 

Thomas. 

(215)  6.  Daniel  Johnson,  b.   23  June,    1800;    m.   Eliza  Cle . 

land. 

(216)  7.  Johnson,   b.   ;    m.   and    went    to   Wisconsin; 

had  a  family. 

(217)  8.  Eleanor,  b. ;   m.  David  rlollingshead. 

(218)  9.  Warren   (the  youngest  child),  b.  ;    m.  Mar- 

garet Barnes. 

(100)  Salmon'     (Stephen*,    Ebenezer,    Robert',    Robert', 

Robert1,    Robert'),    b.    about     1758;     m.    ;     lived    and 

died  at  Floyd,  X.  Y.   (living  in  1851.)     He  served  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary War  and  was  taken  prisoner  on  Long  Island. 

Children : 

(219)  1.  Stephen,  b. . 

(220)  2.  Henry,  D. . 

(221)  3.  Joshua,  b. . 

(222)  4.  John,  b. . 

(223)  5.  Benjamin,  b. . 

(224)  6.  Wesley,  b. 


(225)     7.  Susan,  b.  ;   m.  Oziah  Wilcox. 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  79 

Children  of  Oziah  and  Susan  (Moulton)  Wilcox: 
i.     Jermaine. 

2.  Jefferson,  who  had  (i)  Susan  (m.  John  Brinkerhoff 
of  Kansas),  (2)  Sophia. 

(101)  Ebexezer7  (Stephen*,  Ebenezer1,  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert'),  b.  about  1770  in  Stafford,  Conn.:  m.  in 
Stafford,  Conn.  (1)  Mary  Lillebridge,  daughter  of  Rev.  David 
Lillebridge  of  Stafford,  Conn.;  (2)  Eliza  Gardner.  He  lived 
in  Stafford,  Conn.,  and  Floyd,  N.  Y.  He  died  at  Floyd  after 
May,  1851. 

Children,  by  first  wife: 

(226)  1.  Linus,  b.  . 

(227)  2.   David,  b. 


(228)  3.  Lucretia,  b.  ;  m.  Henry  Moulton. 

(229)  4.  Mar\\  !>.  ;  m.   Merrit  Brooks  of  Rome, 

N.  Y. 
By  second  wife : 

(230)  5.  Eliza,  b. ;  m.  Hosea  Clark  and  had  Han- 

nah and  Emma. 

(231)  6.  Maria,  b. 


(232)  7.  Orris  ( ...  b.  Floyd,  X.  Y..  23  June,  1816. 
The  father  of  the  Rev.  Daniel   Lillebridge  was  Benjamin 

and  his  mother  was  Amy  Sherman,  a  sister  of  Roger  Sher- 
man, one  of  the  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence. 
Children  of  Merritt  and  Marv  (Moulton)  Brooks  of  Rome, 
N.  Y.: 

1.  Stephen,  m.  ,  and  had  two  sons. 

2.  Elizabeth,  m.  Lester  B.  Miller  of  New  York,  and  had 

Lester  B.  Miller. 

3.  Helen,  m.  John  Sumner  and  had  John  and  Edward. 

4.  Josephine,  m.  Josiah  Fogg  of  St.  Louis  and  had  James 

and  Mary. 

5.  Mary  Ann,  died  unmarried. 

(102)  Josiah'  (Stephen*,  Ebenezer6,  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert'),  b.  Stafford,  Conn.,  15  October,  1773;  m. 
Rebecca  Collens  Hues,  who  was  born  Boston,  28  August, 
1758.  and  died  Floyd,  N.  Y.,  25  March,  1859.  He  died  16  Sep- 
tember, 1823,  Floyd,  N.  Y. 

Children: 

(233)  1.  Charles  F.,  b.  Troy,  N.  Y.,  1796. 


80  M0ULT0N   ANNALS. 

(234)  2.  Harriet  Collins,  b.  Troy,  N.  Y.,  14  October,  1801 ; 

m.  Judge  Powers  Green  of  Indiana  and  had  Har- 
riet, who  married  Wm.  Henry  Hills  of  Wauke- 
gan,  111.  Harriet,  the  mother,  died  16  September, 
1823,  at  Floyd,  N.  Y. 

(no)  Solomon'  (Robert4,  Samuel',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert1,  Robert1),  b.  in  S.  Brimfield,  30  November,  1798;  m. 
Lydia .    They  lived  in  S.  Brimfield  and  Wales. 

(113)  Nathaniel'  (Joseph*,  Freeborn',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Monson,  12  August,  1765;  m.  Isabel 
,  about  1785.  She  died  East  Randolph,  Vt.,  28  No- 
vember, 1800. 

Children: 

(235)  1.  Lorice,  b.  2  May,  1786,  Monson. 

(236)  2.  Zebine,  b.  11  March,  1788,  East  Randolph,  Vt. 

(237)  3-  Howard,  b.  5  January,  179a,  East  Randolph,  Vt. ;  d. 

6  August,  1859. 

(238)  4.  Lewis,  b.    16  April,    1794,   East   Randolph,   Vt.,  d. 

17  November,  1858. 

(239)  5.  Amanda,  b.  26  September,  1796. 

I  116)  Royal'  (Joseph*,  Freeborn*,  Robert',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert', Robert'),  b.  in  Monson,  20  December,  1772;  m. . 

Was  in  Alexander,  N.  Y.,  in  1816  (Hamp  Deeds,  61-606). 

(118)  Joseph'  (Joseph*,  Freeborn',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Monson,  3  August,  1776;  m.  Esther 
Bugbee  (pub.),  29  November,  1801.  Was  in  Alexander,  N.  Y., 
in  1816  (Hamp  Deeds,  61-607). 

(i  19)  Benjamin'  (Joseph*,  Freeborn*,  Robert*,  Robert', 
Robert*,  Robert1),  b.  in  Monson,  12  April,  1778;  m.  . 

(123)  Israel'  (Joseph*,  Freeborn*,  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert1),  b  in  Monson,  18  February,  1786;  m. . 

(126)  Rufus'  (Joseph*,  Freeborn*,  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Monson,  21  June,  1790;  m.  Rensaly 
Washburn  (pub.)  20  October,  1814.  In  1816  he  was  living 
in  Stafford,  Conn.     (Hamp  Deeds,  55"752)- 


ROBERT  OF   SALEM.  8l 

(128)  Abel7  (Joseph*,  Freeborn6,  Robert',  Robert*,  Rob- 
ert', Robert"),  b.  in  Monson,  5  March,  1795;  m.  . 

"Of  Monson"  in  1816  (Hamp  Deeds,  61-607). 

(129)  Hiram7  ( Joseph',  Freeborn*,  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert',    Robert1),    b.    in    Monson,    23    December,    1799;    m. 

.     He  probably  moved  to  Auburn,  Ohio,  and  was 

there  in  1821.     (Hamp  Deeds,  67-674). 

(134)  Freeborn'  (Freeborn*,  Freeborn',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert', Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Monson,  22  January,  1775;  m. 
Persis .     He  died  10  February,  1845,  leaving  a  will. 

Children : 

(240)  1.  Eliza,  b.  23  June,  1800:  m.  Walker. 

(241)  2.  Laura,  b.  23  June,  1800;  m. Squiers. 

(242)  3.  Hannah,  b.  23  September,  1807;  m.  Trask. 

(135)  Jeremiah'  (Freeborn".  Freeborn",  Robt.',  Robt.' 
Robt.',  Robt.')  b.  in  Monson  20  February.  1777;  m.  Patty . 

Children : 

(243)  1.     Liba,  b.  Monson.  14  November,  1794;  d.  25  February, 

1796. 

(244)  2.  George,  b.  4  July,  1796. 

(245)  3.  Gustus.  b.  3  July.  1798. 

(246)  4.  Anson,  b.  9  December,  1800. 

(247)  5.  Sophia,  b.  25  April,  1803. 

(248)  6.  Nancy,  b.  27  May,  1805. 

(249)  7.  Harriet,  b.  9  June,  1807. 

(250)  8.  Lucy,  b.  29  June,  1809. 

(251)  9.  Win.  G.,  b.  20  Mar.  1811. 

(140)  Jesse7  (Abner*,  Freeborn9,  Robt.',  Robt.',  Robt.', 
Robt.1)  b.  in  Monson  28  March,  1775,  m.  13  April,  1797,  Polly 
King.  He  d.  28  November,  181 5.    She  d.  18  March,  1814. 

Children : 

(252)  1.     Sally,  b.  6  November,  1797. 

(253)  2.     Horace,  b.  9  February,  1799. 

(254)  3.     Harriet,  b.  6  October,  1800. 


82  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

(255)  4.  Ruby,  b.  18  April,  1802. 

(256)  5.  Lucy,  b.  1  April,  1804. 

(257)  6.  Dwight,  b.  S.  Brimfield,  26  December,  1806. 

(258)  7.  Wm.  King,  b.  S.  Brimfield,  20  March,  181 1;    d.  9 

December,  18 12. 

(259)  8.     Mary,  b.  S.  Brimfield,  14  November,  18 12. 

(142)  William7  (Abner',  Freeborn',  Robt.4,  Robt.',  Robt.*, 
Robt.1),  b.  in  Monson  17  November,  1780;    m.  Rebecca ? 

Children: 

(260)  1.     Jonathan,  b.  5  April,  1804. 

(143)  Jonas'   (Abner',  Freeborn',  Robt.',  Robt.',  Robt.', 

Robt.1),  b.  in  Monson  29  June,  1783;    m.  Diana  .     He 

d.  9  August,  1852;   She  d.  Monson,  9  March,  1874. 

Children : 

(261)  1.  Lucia,  b.  11  July,  1812;  d.  5  April,  1837. 

(262)  2.  Fidelia,  b.  6  October,  1813;   m.  Robinson. 

(263)  3.  Abner,  b.  22  April,  1815;  d.  22  April,  1815. 

(264)  4.  Abner,  b.  16  March,  1816,  Monson. 

(265)  5-  Jesse,  b.   17  December,   181 7.   East   Krookfield. 

(266)  6.  William,  b.  21  December,  1819,  Brookfield. 

(267)  7.  Austin,  1).  6  December,  1821.     Wales. 

(268)  8.     Lafayette,  b.  27  September,    1823.      Monson. 

(269)  9.     Franklin  W.,  b.  20  September,  1825.     Monson. 

(270)  10.     Charles  S.,  b.  15  April,  1830.     Wales. 

(271)  11.     Lucy  A.,  b.    1   October,    1832    (m.  Warden). 

Brimfield. 

(144)  Abner'  (Abner*,  Freeborn8,  Robt.4,  Robt.',  Robt.' 
Robt.'),  b.  in  Monson  2  April,  1786;  m.  Clarissa  Trask  9  Decem- 
ber, 1807. 

Children: 

(145)  Mace'    (Abner',    Freeborn",    Robt.4,    Robt.',    Robt.' 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  83 

Robt.1),  b. m.  November  1824  in  Monson,  Persis  Knowl- 

ton.     He  d.  in  Monson,  January,  1826. 

Children : 
(272)      1.     Orson,  b.  Monson.  10  August,  1825. 
(2-5)     2.     Mace,  b.  Monson,  20  June,  1827. 

1  146)  Juue:  (Phineas*,  Freeborn5,  Robt.4,  Robt.',  Robt.1 
Robt.1  J.  b.  in  Monson,  10  August,  1771  ;  m.  13  September,  1795, 
Eunice  Miller  of  Randolph.  Yt.  Lived  in  Monson  and  Randolph. 
He  d.  .     She  d.  . 

Children. 

(274)  1.     Jerub.  b.    16  March,    1797. 

(275)  2.     Eunice,  b.  2^  March.   1798. 

(276)  3.     Heman,  b.  1  August,  1800:    m.  Anna  Hanks,  3  De- 

cember.   1S24. 

(277)  4.     Laura,  b.  10  November.  1802;    unni. 
(27S1      5.     Jude,  b.  10  May.  1805. 

(279)     6.     Norman,  b.  10  April,  1807. 
))      7.     Caroline,  b.    16  July,    [fj 

(147)      Dan;    (Phineas1,    Freeborn.    Robt.'.    Robt.1,   Robt.\ 

Robt.1).  b.  in  Monson   (20  or)  30  June.   1773:    m.  in  Randolph, 

"-~20  December,  1796  Marcia  Miles,  his  first  cousin,  dr.  of  Timothy 

and  Theoda  (Blodgett)  Miles.      They  lived  in  Randolph,  Yt.  and 

after  1821,  Canaan,  O.    lied. in  Ohio.    Shed. 

Children  : 

(281)  1.     Sophia,    b.    18    March.    1798    in    Randolph.    Yt. ;     d. 

there   18  November.    1700. 

(282)  2.     Almerin.  b.   1800;    m.  Dolly  Plummer  in  Canaan,  O. 

(2$^)      3.     Maria,   b.   27  January,    1S04;    m.   22  June.    1823   in 

Canaan.   Wyram   Powers;   d.    (8  May,    1884)    or 
April,   1883,  Trenton,   Mo. 

(284)  4.     Dan  Alonzo,  b.  9  January,   1806;    m.  Adaline  Wal- 

lace;   d.   May,  1875. 

(285)  5.     Freeman,  b.  6  September,  1807;   m.  Sabrina  C.  Rice; 

d.  10  July,  1891. 


(286) 

6. 

(287) 

7 

(288) 

8 

84  liOULTON    ANNA  I  S. 

Caroline,  b.  1809;  m.  Russell  Alger,  in  Canaan,  O. ; 
d.  1847-9. 

Dorothy  O.  (Dolly),  b.  181 1;  in.  October  16.  1839, 
Chester  C.  Drake,  of  Canaan;    d.  May,  1843. 

Elizabeth  (Betsy),  b.  1813;  m.  (1)  Levi  Bishop, 
(2)  Bumstead  in  1870;    d.  25  November,  1896. 

Children  of  Wyram  and  Maria  (Moulton)  Powers: 

1.  Hiram,  m.  Minerva  Magoon. 

2.  Twin  sons,  d.  young. 

3.  Louisa,  m.  Eli  Fleckinger. 

4.  Mary   (Polly),  m.  Joseph   Fleckinger. 

5.  Clara,  m.  (1)  \V.  Ledyard ;    (2)  Scott. 

6.  John,  unm. 

7.  Phineas,  m.  Celia  Scaby. 

8.  Ann,  m.  Gilbert  D.  Smith;   d.  1894,  Trenton,  Mo. 

9.  Harriet  Adeline,  m.  Henry  Rensch,  Nov.  5,  1873.  Chil- 
dren:  Henry.  Austin,  and  Clarence  Moulton. 

10.  Elizabeth  Lucy,  b.  ab.  1842,  m.  ( 1 )  Coykendal ; 

(2)  D.  A.  Long.     Children  by  first  husband:     Lucy   Maude, 
and  Charles  Powers. 

11.  Thomas,  m.   Millie  Briton.     Served  in  the  Civil  War. 

12.  Dolly,  m.  (1) Pemberton  ;    (2)  Wagner; 

(3)  Earnest. 

Children  of  Russell  and  Caroline  (Moulton)  Alger: 

1.  Russell  Alexander,  m.  Annette  Henry  (3  s.,  3  dr.). 
Served  as   general   in   Civil   war.      (See  biographical   sketch.) 

2.  Ann,  d.  young. 

3.  Sybil,  m.  Piatt  (1  s.  and   1  dr.). 

4.  Charles  

Children  of  Chester  C.  and  Dorothy  (Moulton)   Drake: 

1.  Rosamond,  b.  about  1840;    d.  1843. 

2.  Chester  Freeman,  b.  22  September  1842  at  Canaan, 
Ohio;  m.  9  February,  1870,  Helen  Persons  and  had  Marian, 
Leonora,  and  De  Witt  Clinton;  m.  (2)  Emma  Lelia  Coleman 
and  had  Lloyd  Chester. 

(152)  John'  (Phineas',  Freeborn8,  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert'),  b.  in  Randolph,  Vt.,  in  1785;  m.  19  (29?) 
May,  181 1,  Mary  Gilbert  Rice,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Gilbert  Rice,  of  Randolph,  Vt.  They  lived  in  Randolph  and 
Woodstock,  Yt..  and  Keene,  N.  H.,  and  New  York  City.     He 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  85 

was  a  major  in  the  War  of  1812.     He  d.  20  February,  1853,  in 
New  York.     His  widow,  Mary,  was  b.  21  July,  1788,  at  Bel- 
lows Falls,  Vt. ;    d.  May,  1871,  at  Port  Richmond,  Staten  Is- 
land, N.  Y. 
Children : 

(289)  1.     Harriet,  b.    16   (11?)    January,    1813;    m.   August, 

1832,  in  Woodstock,  Vt.,  Samuel  Ford,  son  of 
Maj.  Win.  and  Elizabeth  (Parmelee)  Ford;  d. 
20  December,  1889.  Samuel  Ford  was  b.  Braintree, 
Vt,  3  February,  1803,  and  d.  Port  Richmond,  Staten 
Island.  13  July,  1887. 

(290)  2.     George  Rice,  b.  8  November,   1815,  at  Randolph, 

\'t. 

Children  of  Samuel  and  Harriet  (Moulton)  Ford: 

1.  Julia  Olivia.  1>.  25  May,  [834;  d.  February,  1869,  in 
New  York. 

2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  12  June,  [836;  d.  12  September, 
1854,  in  New  York. 

3.  Ellen  M.  (Nellie),  b.   1  January.  1840,  Woodstock,  Vt. 

4.  Edward  Moulton.  b.  15  August,  1844;  m.  Clarice  Oak- 
ley, 7  October.   [869,  and  had  five  sons. 

Mary  Louise,  1..  23  June  1  S 5 4 .  \Y\v  York  City. 

(154)  PHINEAS'  (Phineas*,  Freeborn8,  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert1,  Robert'),  b.  22  February,  1790,  Randolph,  Vt. ;  m. 
7  September,  1814,  in  Bethel.  Vt,  Maria  Cotton  (dr.  of  Bibe 
and  Alice  (Chase)  Cotton  1.  who  was  b.  1794.  She  was  a  niece 
of  Judge  Dudley  Chase  and  own  cousin  to  the  late  Ch.  Just. 
Salmon  P.  Chase.  He  enlisted  in  the  war  of  1812  and  was 
State  Senator  in  1852.  He  d.  in  Randolph,  Vt.,  and  was  there 
buried  5  July,  1857.  She  d.  at  Keene,  N.  H.,  14  September, 
1875.  anfl  was  buried  at  Randolph,  Vt. 

Children: 

(291)  1.     Martha  Cotton,  b.  6  September,  181 5,  m.  Rev.  Wm. 

H.  A.  Bissell,  d.  27  July,  1858,  Geneva,  N.  Y. 

(292)  2.     Caroline  Chase,  b.   n   November,   1817,  unm.,  lives 

in  Burlington,  Vt 

(293)  3-     Ellen,  b.  29  April,  1819,  m.  Nathan  Pennock,  7  March, 

1844,  d.  22  July,  1873. 

(294)  4.     Rowland  Cotton,  b.  5  February,  182 1. 


86 


MOULTOX   ANNALS. 


(295) 

5- 

(296) 

6. 

(297) 

7- 

(298) 

8. 

(299) 

9- 

(300) 

10. 

(301) 

11. 

Alice  Cotton,  b.  10  February,  1823,  m.  John  Gould, 
August,  1848,  d.  10  November,  1848. 

Sarah  Durke,  b.  14  March,  1825,  m.  Hon.  Wm.  P. 
Wheeler  (of  Keene,  N.  H.  where  she  now  lives) 
19  November,  1849,  and  had  children,  Alice  and 
William. 

Rachel  Dennison,  b.  10  May,  1827,  m.  1  October, 
1853,  John  Newell,  d.  7  June,  1859. 

Mary  Olivia,  b.  5  November,  1829,  man.,  d.  4  Decem- 
ber, 1847. 

Lavinia,  b.  27  May,  1832,  m.  Henry  H.  Bates,  Oc- 
tober, 1864,  d.  8  November,  1893. 

Maria,  b.  2j  May,  1832,  m.  Rev.  Gemont  Graves,  28 
October,  1858.     They  live  in  Burlington,  Vt. 

John   Henry,  b.   12  February,   1836,  d.  29  January, 
1841. 
Children  of  Rev.  Gemont  and  Maria  (  Moulton)  Graves: 

1.  Maria  Moulton,  b.  Hamilton.  X.  Y.,  21  November,  1861, 
m.  Rev.  John  Henry  Hopkins,  10  June  1890,  Burlington,  Yt. 
They  live  in  Chicago,  111. 

2.  Ernest  Collins,  b.  Middlebury,  Vt..  13  May,  1865,  d.  8 
November,  1865. 

3.  Lilian  Carol,  b.  Middlebury,  Vt.,  7  April,  1867,  m.  Chas. 
Pierpont  Phelps,  Burlington.  Yt.,  25  February,  1803.  They  live 
in  Boston. 

4.  George,  b.  in  Middlebury.  Yt.,  15  November,  1868,  unm., 
in  Hartford,  Conn. 

5.  Harmon  Sheldon,  b.  Cambridge.  V  Y.,  4  October,  1870, 
m.  Elsie  Katharine  Hart  in  Hartford.  Ct.,  7  June,  1898,  and  had 
Harmon  Sheldon.  Jr.    They  live  in  New  Rochelle,  N.  Y. 

6.  Charlotte  Williams,  b.  Arlington,  Vt.,  19  May,  1873,  m. 
Maj.  Lincoln  C.  Andrews,  5  October,  1899,  Burlington,  Vt. 

7.  Dudley  Chase,  b.  Arlington,  Vt.,  26  September,  1875; 
unm.     He  lives  in   Boston. 

(155)  Stillman'  (Phineas*,  Freeborn5,  Robert*,  Robert' 
Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  in  Randolph,  Vt.  8  March,  1792,  m.  in  Ran- 
dolph, 14  May,  1828,  Lavinia  Ford,  dr.  of  May.  Wm.  and  Eliza- 
beth (Parmly)  Ford.  He  enlisted  in  war  of  1812.  He  d.  12  May, 
1877,  in  Brookfield,  Vt.  She  d.  6  August,  1898,  in  Randolph,  Vt. 
(b.  23  October,  1808,  in  Braintree,  Vt.). 

Children : 
(302)      1.     William  Ford,  b.  8  April,   1829,  unm.,  engaged  in 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  87 

business  in  New  York  City,  d.  at  Randolph,  Vt,  io 

January,  1856. 
(303)     2.     George  Stillman,  b.  4  May,  1834. 
(3°4)     3-     Helen  Lavinia,  b.   19  November   (October?),   1845, 

m.  Milton  L.  Chadwick,  30  May,  1869  and  had  (1) 

Minnie,  b.  3  October,  1873,  d.  7  October,  1882,  and 

(2)   Lissa,  b.  14  May,  1878. 

(156)  Horace7  (Phineas5,  Freeborn6,  Robert',  Robert',  Bob- 
ert',  Robert1),  b.  at  Randolph,  Vt.,  26  June,  1794.  m.  25  January, 
1826,  Lucy,  dr.  of  Rev.  Samuel  and  Lucy  (Patch)  Smith.  He 
d.  at  Randolph,  Yt.,  21  August,  1862.  She  was  b.  in  Windsor, 
Vt.,  11  June,  1809  and  d.  at  the  homestead  12  November,  1885. 

Children : 

(305)  1.     Lucia  S„  b.  19  February,  1827,  unm.,  d.  6  November, 

1888. 

(306)  2.     Justin  H.,  14  June,  1830. 

(3°7)  3-  Celia  Lull,  b.  9  September,  1831,  m.  20  November, 
1867,  Theo.  G.  Chamberlin.  She  d.  at  "Moulton 
homestead,"  Randolph,  Vt.,  31  July,  1899. 

(308)     4.     Gilman  Smith,  b.  5  August,  1834. 

(3°9)     5-     Clarence  Freeman,  b.  11  March,  1837. 

(310)     6.     Adaline  Lucy,  b.  30  September,  1839,  m.  Hon.  Wm. 
IT.  Du  Bois,  5  June,  1888.     (He  was  of  Randolph, 
Vt,  but  formerly  a  merchant  in  New  York.) 
Children  of  Theodore  and  Celia  Lull  (Moulton)  Chamberlin: 

1.  Robert  Holmes,  b.  8  April,  1870,  m.  July,  1899,  Myrtis 
Walbridge. 

2.  Gilman  Moulton,  b.  16  September,  1875. 

(160)  Calvin7  (Calvin*,  Freeborn5,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert*, 

Robert1),  b.  in  Monson,   10  October.   1785;  m.  -— .     See 

Rehoboth. 

Children : 

(166)  Needham'  (Ebenezer',  John5,  Robert4,  Robert'  Rob- 
ert', Robert1),  b.  24  August,  1788;   m.  (1)  Seba  (2) 

Mirian  Weld,    (int)  28  June,  1834.    Lived  in  Monson  and  Wales. 

He  d.  .     Seba  d.  5  October,  1833.    Mirian  d.  21  April, 

1838. 


88  MOL'LTON    ANNALS. 

Children : 

(311)  1.     Cheney,  b.   18  December,  18 13. 

(312)  2.     Cutler,  b.  4  April,  1825 

(168)  Ebenezer7  (Ebenezer',  John',  Robert',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert', Robert' ),b.  18  February,  171)3  ;  m.  Eliza .    He  lived 

in  Wales.  **"*< 

Children : 

(313)  1.     Alary  Louisa,  b.  24  September,   1824. 

(314)  2.     Olive  Mehitable,  1>.  5  February,   1X27. 

(315)  3.     Alvin.  b.  22  July,  [829. 

(316)  4.     Amanda  Nelson,  1>.   13  May.  1832. 
(3*7)     5-     Eunice  Emcline,  b.  26  January,  1835. 

(169)  Pearly'  i  Ebenezer',  John",  Robert',  Robert*,  Robert", 

Robert'  ),  b.  5  November,  [795;  m-  Amanda  ,  (2)  Sally 

.     Lived  in   South    Brimfield  and   Wales  and   Brown- 
helm,  O.     He  d.  . 

Children : 

(318)  1.     Royal,  b.  12  November,  1821 

(319)  2.    Joseph,  b.  17  May,  1823. 

(320)  3.     John.  b.  23  January,  [826. 

(321 )  4.     Mary,  1>.  20  July,  [829. 
i+jj<     5.    William  Soton,  b.  20  July,  is. 

1  170)     Flint1  (Ebenezer*,  John',  Robert',  Robert',  Robert', 

Robert'  ).  b.  25  January,  1800;    m.  Sophia .     He  lived  in 

Monson  and  Wales.     He  d.  13  April,  i860,  leaving  will.     She  d. 
14  September,  1865  in  Springfield. 

Children  : 

(323)  1.     Miles,  b.  14  December,  1825. 

(182)  EBENEZER1  (  Ebenezer*,  Benjamin',  Ebenezer',  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert'),  b.  29  April,  1772  in  Danvers;  m.  Mary  Knowl- 
ton.  "Of  Salem"  in  1808  1  Ess.  I ».  i«^>.2o8),  d.  31  May,  1S47.  She 
d.  August,  1858. 

Children : 

(324)  1.     Ebenezer,  b.  7  September,   1813  of  Randolph,  b.  in 

Danvers. 


KJCERT   OF   SALEM.  89 

(325)  2.     Lydia,  m.  Patrick  MacDermott.  b.  in  Danvers. 

(326)  3.     Mary,  m.  (1)  Amos  YVilkins.  (2)  John  Davis.     She 

d.  in  Randolph.  1888  ( b.  in  Salem). 
Two  children,  b.  and  d.  before  first  of  above  and  not  named. 

(186)  Benjamin7  ( Ebenezer',  Benjamin'.  Ebenezer',  Rob- 
ert', Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Danvers.  7  June.  1787;  m.  22  De- 
cember, 1807  Mary  Smith,  b.  22  October,  1787  in  Danvers.  Lived 
in  Danvers  and  Peabody.  He  d.  in  Danvers  of  consumption  24 
March.  1850  and  she  d.  13  July.  1827.  Second  wife  Elizabeth 
Coffin,  b.  31  July,  1804,  Beverly;  m.  in  Danvers,  17  November, 
1830.  She  d.  9  February,  1848,  Danvers. 
Children : 

Benjamin,   b.   4   April.    i8o<;:    m.  Phelps, 

Danvers. 

|)hia.  1).  7  November,  1812;    m.  David  Titcomb  of 
I  \  nfu-ld.  1830. 
Warren,  b.  11  November,  1X14. 

Joseph  Smith,  b.  21  December,  1817,  in  Lynnfield. 

George  T.,  b.  17  May,  1820,  Danvers. 

Mary  Jane.  h.  6  November,  1822;    m.  Wm.  T.  Dole 

and  (1.  25  December,  1S44. 
Martha    Ann,    b.    22    September,    1824;     m.    Aaron 

Xtwhall.  Lynn. 
James    Newell,  b.    u    June,    1827;    d.    16  December, 
1827. 
By  second  wife : 
(335)     9-     Charles  Francis,  b.   1'  October.   1832;    m.  Mehitable 

Symonds  of  Danvers. 
izfi)    10.     Eben  Xewhall.  b.  -"'  November,  1834. 
(^^y)    11.     Elizabeth  Curtis,  b.    [9   February,   1837;  m.  Charles 
H.  Whipple. 

(338)    12.     William  Jackson,  b.  4  June,  1842,  settled  in  Reading. 
(  330)    13.     James  Hervey.  b.  15  August,  1844,  settled  in  Beverly. 

(i88)  Elijah1  (  Bartholemew',  Benjamin',  Ebenezer4,  Rob- 
ert', Robert'.  Robert'),  b.  probably  in  Danvers  about  1786  (15 
years  5  November,  1801 )  ;  m. .    He  d. . 


(3^7  1 

1. 

1  3-8) 

2. 

(329) 
(330) 
(330 

(33-" 

3- 
4- 
5- 
6. 

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7- 

(334) 

8. 

90 


M0ULT0N   ANNALS. 


(190)  BASTHOLEMEW1  (Bartholemew*,  Benjamin8,  Ebene- 
zer*, Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  probably  in  Danvers  abont 
1796  ("5  years,  5  November,  1801")  ;  m.  in  Howland,  had  child- 
ren and  then  went  west. 

(191)  DANIEL1  (Daniel*,  John",  John',  John',  Robert*,  Rob- 
ert1), b.  ;    m.  Polly  .     Lived  in  Salem,  Mass. 

He  d.  1805  in  New  Salem;  she  survived  him. 

Children : 


EIGHTH  GENERATION'. 


(198)     Jesse'  (Stephen*,  Stephen*,  Ebenezer',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert', Robert',  Robert  1.  b. ;  m.  1  l) (2) 

Children : 


By  first  wife 

Lewis,    b.    

Charle>,  b.  

Julia,  b. 

-' !,  1).  

William,  b.  — 
I  lenry,  l>. 


( 340 )  1 

(340  2 

(342)  3 

(343)  4 

1  344  I  S 

(345J  " 

B3  second  wife 

(34'- 1  7.    Elizabeth,  b.  — 


-.  m. 


IVll.of  Syracuse,  V  V. 


204)     JAMES  TV  (Benjamin1,  Stephen*.  Ebenezer*,  Robert', 

Robert',  Robert',  Robert  1 ,  b.  ,  m.   Hannah  Westcott. 

They  lived  in  Rome,  X.  Y. 

Children : 

(347)      1.     Arthur,  b. ,  m. -  Seager. 

Albert,  b.  ,  d.,  unm. 


(348)  2 

(349)  3 

(350)  4 
(350  5 

(352)  6. 

Children  of  Thomas  \V.  and  Sarah  Moulton  Timpson: 

1.  Adelaide,  b.  14  October,  1856,  m.  24  October,  1878  Jacob 


Sarah  J.,  b.  15  July,  183 1,  m.  Thos.  W.  Timpson. 

Letitia!  b. ■ ,  m.  Jas.  Alex.  Striker  of  N.  Y. 

Jennie,  b. ,  m.  Philip  B.  Low  and  had  Lettie 

and  Jennie. 
Gary,  b.  


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  0,1 

Emrich  and  had  (i)  Horace  H.,  b.  n  October  1880,  (2)  Clarence 
T..  b.  16  October  1883.  (3)  Jay  L.,  b.  29  August,  1888. 

2.  Florence  I.,  b.  6  December,  1861,  m.  8  December,  1891, 
Henry  T.  Smith  and  had  Westcott  T,  and  Florence  I. 

3.  Thomas  \V.,  b.  15  March.  1866,  m.  13  April,  1892  Mary 
Broome,  and  had  (1)  Alexander  S.  and  (2)  Thomas  W.,  Jr. 

4.  Sarah  M..  b.   13  March   1871,  m.  9  June,  1897  John  M. 
Gray,  and  had  <  1  )  Marion,  b.  12  March,  1898. 

(205)  Arthur'    (Benjamin',  Stephen',  Ebenezer*,  Robert4, 

Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b. .  m. .     Settled  in 

the  West 

Children: 

(206)  JOSIAH*    1  Benjamin'.    Stephen',    Ebenezer',    Robert4 

Robert'.  Robert',  Robert  >.  b. in  Floyd,  N.  Y.,  m. , 

sister  of  Judge   Powers  Green,     Settled  in  the  West. 

Children : 
(353^      I.      Powers,  b.   

(354)  2.     Rodman,  b.  - 

(355)  3-    Josiah,  b. 


(356)     4-    daughter,  b. 

7)      John'     (Benjamin',    Stephen',    Ebenezer',    Robert4, 

Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  ;    m.  .     Lived 

in  the  West. 
Had  children. 

(210)  John'  (Joseph'.  Stephen',  Ebenezer',  Robert4,  Robert', 

Robert'.  Robert1),  b.  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  m.  .     He  was  a 

member  of  the  Connecticut  legislature  about  1835. 

1  jit)  Elizabeth  J."  (Joseph7,  Stephen',  Ebenezer', 
Robert4.  Robert'.  Robert'.  Robert1),  b.  6  July,  1801,  at  Floyd,  N. 
Y.,  d.  16  September,  1886,  at  Kankakee,  111.,  m.  in  December, 
1818,  at  Floyd.  X.  Y..  to  John  Houk,  b.  29  September,  1796,  at 
Romej  X.  Y.,  d.  26  June,  1838,  at  Cleveland,  O.,  son  of  George 
Houk  and  Christina  Barbara  Barnhart.  She  m.  (2d)  John 
Vaughn,  but  had  no  children  by  second  husband. 

Children : 


(,j  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

(356a)      i.     Harrison  Willard  Houk.  b.  27  September,  1821,  m. 
Katherine  Kent  Johnson ;  also  three  other  sons  and 
two  daughters. 

(215)  Daniel  Johnson'  (Joseph'.  Stephen',  Ebenezer', 
Robert',  Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  23  June,  1800  in  Rome.  X. 
Y..  m.  Eliza  Cleveland,  25  May,  182 1  at  Wilmington,  Ct  His 
wife,  daughter  of  Moses  Cleveland,  was  born  at  Worcester,  Mass., 
4  July,  1803.  He  died  30  September.  1S74  at  Pavilion,  N.  V. 
She  died  23  February,  1888,  at  Jefferson  Park,  Chicago,  111. 

Children  : 

(357)  I.      Mary.  b.  May.   1 822,  d.    17   May,   [822 

(358)  2.     Ij-uisa  Julene,  b.  17  June.  1824,  m.  Win.  W.  Wagner. 

(359)  3-      Lorette  Anna,  b.  4  <  ictober,   [825,  m.  Silas  Merchant. 

(360)  4.    Cleveland  Fortune,  b.  4  July,  1827,  m.  Ruth  Pomeroy. 
(361  1     5.     Charles  AJdrich,  b.  4  January,  1829,  d.  1845. 

(302)     0.     Aurelia  Elizabeth,  b.  2S  December,  1S32.  m.  Chauncv 
Hale. 

(363)  7-    Napoleon  Bonaparte,  b.  15  September,  1834,  m.  Fan- 

nie  Studwell. 

(364)  8.     John  Jay,  b.  [6  March.  1836,  m.  Anna  Lewis. 

5)     9.     William   Mitchell,  b.   11    November,   1S37,  m.   Kate 

\\  attrman. 
(366)    10.     Pollj    Harriet.  l>.  1839,  d.  aged  13  yrs. 
13071    11.     George  Adison,  b.  17  December,  1841. 
(368)   [2.     Frances  Jeannette,  b.  24  February,  1843,  m.  F.  W. 

lv  igers. 
<3°9)    *3-     Josephine    Yenetia,   b.    16    June,    1847,    m.    John    C. 

Reddy. 

(216)  Johnson'    (Joseph'.    Stephen',    Ebenezer",    Robert', 

Robert',   Robert',    Robert1),   b.  ,   m.  and   had 

family. 

(218)  Warren1  (Joseph7.  Stephen',  Ebenezer',  Robert*. 
Robert',  Robert',  Robert1 ).  b. ,  m.  Margaret  Barnes. 

(219)  Stepiii.n"    (Salmon1.    Stephen'.    Lbenezer',    Robert', 

Robert",  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  .     He  left  no  issue.     Died 

at  Rome,  X.  Y.,  and  was  buried  at  Floyd. 

(220)  Henry'  (Salmon1,  Stephen',  Ebenezer8,  Robert',  Rob- 


ert\  Robert',  Robert'),  b, 
and  died  in  Floyd.  X.  Y. 

Children : 

(370)  1.     James,  b.  — 

(371)  2.     George,  b.  - 
{$72)     3.     Caroline,  b.- 

York. 
(373)     4-     Thomas,  b.  - 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  93 

.  m.  Lucretia  Moulton.    Lived 


-,  d.,  unm. 

-,  Floyd.  X.  Y. 

— ,  m.  Franklin  French  of  \Y.  New 


(22l)      JOSHUA1    (Salmon',    Stephen*.    Ebenezer',    Robert1, 

Robert'  Robert'.  Robert   i.  b.  .  m.  .     He  lived 

and  died  in  Floyd. 

Children : 

(374)      1.     Severn,  b.  

William,  b.  .  Floyd.  X.  Y. 

George,  b.  .  Floyd,  X.  Y. 

Lewis,  b. ,  Floyd.  X.  Y. 

Eliza,  b.  


(375) 
(376) 
(377) 
(378) 

(379) 

(380)  7 

(381)  8 

(382 1  9 


Catherine,  b. 

Mary.  b.  

Susan,  b.  — 
Margaret,  b. 


(j_'j)     John'   (Salmon.  Stephen*.  Ebenezer',  Robert',  Rob- 
ert', Robert',  Robert'),  b.  .     He  lived  in  N.  Y. 

Two  children : 

(383)      i- 
(384-     2. 

(223)  BENJAMIN*    (Salmon7.  Stephen',  Ebenezer',  Robert', 

Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  ,  m.  .     Died  in 

Floyd.  X.  Y. 

Children : 

(385)  1.     Son,  b.  .  d.  in  California  without  issue. 

(386)  2.     Sarah,  b.  . 

(387)  3-     Susan,  b.  ,  went  West. 

(224)  Wesley'    (Salmon7,    Stephen*.    Ebenezer',    Robert', 
Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  .     He  died  unmarried. 


(388) 
(3» 

1. 
2. 

(39o) 
(390 

3- 
4- 

(392) 

5- 

(393) 

6. 

<>4  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(226)  Linus'    (Ebenezer7,    Stephen',    Ebenezer",    Robert', 

Robert',   Robert',   Robert1),   b.   ,  m.   Olive    Frazier  of 

Western  N.  Y.    Lived  at  Floyd,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

Jermain,  b. 

Man,  b.  ,  m.  Asa  Clark  of  Floyd  and  had 

Emergene,  who  married  Chas.  H.  Sampson,  of 
Chicago,  111. 

Emergene,  b. 

Harriet,  b.  ,  m.  Jesse  Armstrong  of  Rome, 

X.  V. 

Louise,  b.  ,  m.  Wm.  B.  Thorn  and  had  Jer- 
main and  Win.  B.,  Jr.,  who  live  in  Chicago. 

Anna,  b.  ,  <1.  without  issue. 

(227)  David'    (Ebenezer',    Stephen',    Ebenezer*,    Robert*! 

Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  1707  in  Stafford,  Conn.,  m.  Pru- 
dence M.  Sizer  of  Steuben,  X.  Y.  Lived  in  Floyd,  X.  Y.,  and  d. 
there  7  May,  i&v  J.     He  was  colonel  in  the  militia. 

Children  : 

Julia,   b.   ,   m.    Xehemiah    Sleeper   and    had 

sarine,  Prudence  and  David  M. 

Miriam.  1>.  ,  m.  Henry  X.  Kellogg  and  had 

David  M..  Frederick  H.  and  Com 

Sarah,  b.  ,  m.    Edwin  C.   Kellogg  and  had 

Ella.  Clara,  Louise  and  another  daughter  do 

Eliza,  b. .  m.  William  Pratt  and  had  I  larriet, 

Miriam  and  Milton. 

(232)  Orris  G.*  (Ebenezer',  Stephen*.  Ebenezer*,  Robert4, 
Robert'.  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  23  June,  1816,  in  Floyd,  N.  Y.,  m. 
Nancy  Miller,  dr.  of  Renj.  Miller  of  Trenton,  N.  Y..  and  moved  to 
Illinois,  where  Moultonsville  was  named  for  him.  He  died  at  St. 
Louis  11  July,  1851.  His  wife,  Nancy,  d.  at  .Steuben,  X.  Y.. 
March,   1873. 

Children : 

(398)  1.     Benjamin  M..  b.  Moultonsville,  Illinois,  3  July,  1845. 

(399)  2.     Orrris  G.,  b.  Moultonsville,  Illinois,  2^  July,  185 1. 

(233)  Charles  F.'  (JosiahT,  Stephen',  Ebenezer',  Robert4, 
Robert*,  Robert'.  Robert1),  b.  Troy.  X.  Y..   1796,  m.  . 


(394) 

I. 

(395) 

»  • 

(396) 

3- 

(397) 

4- 

ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  95 

He  was  a  cotton  merchant  in  New  York  and  acquired  wealth.  He 
was  a  friend  of  Louis  Xapoleon  and  his  host  when  the  latter 
visited  New  York.  After  Napoleon  became  Emperor  of  France, 
Charles  and  his  family  moved  to  Paris.  He  d.  in  France  18  April, 
1887. 

Children : 

(400)  1.     Raymond,  b. 

(401)  2.     Charles,  b.  

(402)  3.     Henry,  b. 


(403)     4.     Clara,  b.  ,  m.  Brown.     Drowned 

at  sea. 
(404  1      5.     Helen,  b. .  m.  Count  Paul  Hatsfeldt.  German 

Ambassador  in  London  and  had  Helen. 

(405)  6.     Frederic,  b.  

I  jtf)  Howard"  (  Nathaniel7,  Joseph',  Freeborn',  Robert4,  Rob- 
ert*, Robert',  Robert'  ),b.  in  East  Randolph,  Yt.,  5  January,  1792, 

m.  Ruth  ,  about  18 17.     He  d.  6  August,  1859.     She  d. 

November,  1850. 

Children : 

(406)  1.     Son,  b.  22  June,  1818,  d.  2^  June,  1818. 

(407)  2.     Son,  b.  8  September,  1819,  d.  9  September,  1819. 

(408)  3.     Elizabeth,  b.  20  July,  1820. 

(409)  4.     Laura  L.,  1).  26  June,  1821. 
(4101      5.      Harriet  S..  b.  18  October,  1823. 

1  41 1  )     6.     Ruth  E.,  b.  3  January,  1826,  d.  13  July,  1827. 
(412)      7.     Ruth  K..  1).  18  January,  [828,  d. 

(238)  LEWIS1  (Nathaniel',  Joseph'.  Freeborn',  Robert4, 
Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  East  Randolph,  Yt..  16  April.  1794, 
m.  (1  )  16  November.  1819.  Harty  King",  (2)  7  June,  1846,  Laura 
Ann  Craig.     He  d.  17  November.  1X58;  first  wife  d.  22  August, 

1833- 

Children  by  first  wife: 
1413)      1.     Eliza,  b.  22  October,  1825. 

(414)  2.     Nancy,  b.  7  April.   1827,  m.  John  Huntington. 

(415)  3.     Lydia,  b.  7  October,  1830. 

(257)  Dwight"  (Jesse7,  Abner',  Freeborn5,  Robert4,  Rob- 
ert', Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  S.  Brimfield,  26  December,  1806, 
111.  Louisa  Shaw  in  Monson,  10  May,  1836. 


96  MOULTON    ANNA!  Si 

(273)  Mace8  (Mace7,  Abner\  Freeborn',  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  in  Monson  29  June,  1827,  m.  Mary  A.  Burr 
(int.  Monson  14  December,  1853).  He  d.  in  Wilbraham  7  De- 
cember, 1870.     His  wife  survived  him. 

Children : 

(416)  1.     James   P.,  b.  about   i860   (said  to  be   11   in  pet.  of 

February,  1871   Hamp  D.  8105). 

(417)  2.     Charles  S.,  b.  about  1866   (said  to  be  5  in  pet.  of 

February,  1871). 

(418)  3.     Kittie  L.,  b.  about  1870  (said  to  be  1  in  pet.  of  Feb- 

ruary, 1871). 

(278)  Jude*  (Jude\  Phineas*.  Freeborn',  Robert',  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Randolph,  \'t.,  i<>  May,  1805,  m.  Blodgett, 
d. .     She  d. .    They  lived  in  Randolph  (?). 

Children: 

(419)  1.     William,  b. 

(420)  2.     Dan  D.,  b.  183 — ,  in.  Martha  A.  Plumlev,  30  March, 

1858. 

(421)  3.     Charles,  b.  ,  m.  Hall. 

(422)  4.     Caroline,  b. 

(282)  Ai.mikin'  (Dan'.  Phineas4,  Freeborn',  Robert*.  Rob- 
ert', Robert',  Robert' ).  b.  in  Randolph,  Vt..  1800,  m.  Dolly  Plum- 
met of  Canaan.  Wayin-  Co.,  Ohio.  They  lived  West.  He  d.  about 
1843.     Sne  was  b. .  d.  1835 — 40  in  Alagan  Co.,  Mich. 

Children : 

(423)  1.     Emalinc  E.,  b. ,  m.  about  1844 —  Lawrence. 

(424)  2.     Marcia  E..  b.  ,  m.  Robinson. 

(425)  3.     Lavinia  II..  l>.  ,  m.  John  Morrison  in   1849 

and  had  Charles,  Alonzo  and  Emma. 

1426)     4.     Marion   M..  b.  ,  m.   Warden   Boyce  and  d. 

in  1870. 

(427)  5.  Elvira  Jane,  b.  1835,  m.  ( 1 )  E.  R.  Chandler  and  had 
Emma  E.,  Altha  E.,  Orrin  M..  Ella  M.,  Miles  Bur- 
dick;    m.  (2)  Tewksbury. 

(284)  Dan  Alonzo.  Jr.*  (Dan',  Phineas',  Freeborn',  Rob- 
ert', Robert',  Robert*.  Robert'),  b.  in  Randolph,  Yt.,  9  January, 
1806,  m.  Adaline  Wallace,  dr.  of  Daniel  Wallace,  b.   16  March, 


ROBERT  OF   SALEM.  97 

1811.  Petersham,  Mass..  m.  at  Richfield,  Ohio,  8  November,  1829. 
He  d.  11  May.  1875  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa.    She  d.  same  place.  14 
April,  1885. 
Children : 

(428)  1.     Charles  William,  b.  16  December,  1830,  Richfield,  O. 

(429)  2.     Harriet  Maria,  b.  5  February,  1834.  Canaan.  O.,  m. 

1  1  1  Dwight  Battell,  2  May.  1853.  (2)  Tuttle. 

Children  of  Dwight  H.  and  Hannah  Maria  (Moulton)  Bat- 
tell: 

1.  Charles  William,  b.  30  October.  1856.  m.  1881  Lucy  B. 
Doetch,  who  was  b.  [860,  Nashville,  Tenn, 

Dwight  II.  Battel]  d.  and  his  widow  m.  2d  Martin  Tuttle,  Des 
Moines,  la..  1>.  November,  1824,  and  had: 

i  1  i  John  Moulton,  b.  8  (  tetober,  [874,  m.  Flora  Kurt/.  27 
April.  1899,  I  tes  Moines,  la. 

Dwight  II.  Battel]  d.  15  November  [861,  Beverly,  W.  Va. 

(430)  3.     Sarah  Elvira,  b.  24  June,  1S37.  <  danger.  <  >.,  m.  Hoyt 

Sherman,  25  December,  1851 
Children  of  Hoyt  and  Sarah  Elvira  (Moulton)  Sherman: 

1.  Frank  Allen,  b.  26  November,  1856,  Des  Moines.  la.,  m. 
Ada  Louise  Bacon,  1  [une,  1887  and  bad  Sarah  M.  and  Adaline 
M. 

2.  Chas.  Moulton.  1).  15  February,  1861. 

3.  Chas.  Moulton.  b.  15  February,  1861  ;  m.  Bertha  May 
Bartlett,  12  December,  1895  and  bad  Chas.  H.  and  John  B. 

4.  Arthur  Hoyt,  b.  in  September,  1869. 

5.  Helen  Hoyt,  b.  6  February,  1X73,  m.  Com.  Oglesby  Grif- 
fith, 28  '  October,  iS<K»  and  bad  Mary  H.  and  Sarah  S.  Alice  and 
Hattie  d.  y. 

Sarah  Moulton  Sherman  d.  1  March.  1887. 
1431  1     4.     Sabrina  Celestia,  b.  12  April,  1841,  Brunskick,  O.,  m. 
|  1  i  Samuel  Lunt,  20  August,  i860;    (2)  John  Wy- 
man,  27  April,  1886. 
Children  of  Samuel  H.  and  Sabrina  Celestia  Moulton  Lunt: 
1.     Sarah  Moulton  Leverett.  b.  17  June,  1861,  Wellington.  O., 
m.  27  September.   1882  Walter  M.  McCain  in  Des   Moines,  la., 
and  had  Philip  L..  George  M.,  Gladys  M. 

Capt.  Samuel  H.  Lunt  d.  28  July,  1865,  Mobile,  Ala. 

(432)  5.     John  Henry,  b.  23  January,  1843,  Brunswick,  O. 

(433)  6-     Dan  Alonzo.  b.  6  September,  1850.  Huntington,  O. 

(285)  Freeman"  (Dan7,  Phineas*,  Freeborn8,  Robert4, 
Robert',  Robert',   Robert"),  b.   in  Randolph,  Vt.,  6  September, 


98  MOULTON    AXXALS. 

1807,  m.  (ist)  Sabrina  Celestia  Rice  (whose  sister  had  previously 
m.  Justin  Miles,  uncle  to  Freeman  Moulton)  in  Canaan,  Wayne 
Co.,  Ohio,  1  July,  1830.  They  lived  on  the  old  homestead  in 
Canaan  17  years,  then  moved  to  Huntington,  Loraine  Co.,  O., 
four  years  later  to  Wellington,  O.,  where  they  remained  until 
1863  when  Sabrina  Moulton  died.  In  1872  he  m.  (2d)  wid. 
Louisa  Burnham,  who  still  lives  (1899).  He  d.  February,  1891 
in  La  Porte  City,  Iowa. 

1  hildren  of  Freeman  and  Sabrina  Moulton: 

(434)  1.     Son,  unnamed,  d.   in  infancy. 

(435)  2.     Roxana,  b.  d.  in  infancy. 

(436)  3-     Sarah  Roxana.  b.  4  February,  1834,  m.  26  September, 

1853,  Oscar  Blodgett.  lived  in  California,  d.  25  Sep- 
tember or  October.  [8 
Children  of  Oscar  and  Sarah  Roxana  1  Moulton)   Blodgett: 

1.  Freeman  Moulton,  1..  [9  March,  1855,  Wellington,  O.,  m. 
in  Woodland,  Cal..  29  August,  1883  Eunice  A.  Roberts  and  had 
Elsie  Louise,  Freeman  Robert.  Grace  Irene,  Edward  Oscar  and 
Eunice  Margaret. 

2.  Ida  Louise,  b.  8  December,  [859,  m.  Chas.  A  Palmer  at 
Woodbridge,  Cal..  5  June.  1  S« ^4  and  had  Louise  Marcia  and  Flor- 
ence Moulton,  b.  at  San  Luis  <  >bispo,  Cal. 

3.  Walter  LeRoy,  b.  Cal.,  11  September,  iKj<).  m.  in  Calis- 
toga,  Cal.,  20  September.  iS«><)  Cleo  Lorena  Williani>.  A  physician. 

(437)  4.      Dan,  b.  ,  d.  v. 

1438)     5.     Horace,  b. .  d.  y. 

(439)  6.     Louisa    Maria,    h.   ,   m.   John    T.    Woodley. 

Xo.  children. 

(440)  7.     George  Freeman,  b. 

(441  )      8.     Marcia.  b.  .  d.  aged  4. 

1 44J )      <;.     Jane    Frances,    b.    20    December.    1845,    m.    Charles 
Fysshe  Swallow,  20  December,  1865. 
Charles  F.  Swallow  was  b.  Reading,  England,  5  March,  1838, 
and  is  a  clerk  of  United  States  Army  Medical  Department,  living 
in  New  York. 

Their  son : 

1.  William  Shelton,  b.  20  August,  1872  at  La  Porte,  la.  An 
architect  in  New  York  City  in  1898. 

(443)    10.     John  Franklin,  b.  ,  m. 


FREEMAN    M<  >ULT<  IN. 

S        -  At   the  Age  oi   B3   ^  eare. 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  99 

(290)  Geo.  R.8  (John7,  Phineas*,  Freeborn6,  Robert*,  Rob- 
ert', Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  8  November,  1815,  in  Randolph,  Vt.,  m. 
Eglantine  Washburn  at  Bridgewater,  Yt.,  6  December,  1839.  She 
was  b.  21  June,  1820,  in  Proctorsville,  Vt.  They  lived  in  Bridge- 
water,  Vt.  He  d.  26  July,  1846,  at  Bridgewater,  Vt.  She  d.  27 
April,  1891,  in  Olean,  N.  Y. 

Children: 

(444)  1.     John  Henry,  b.  7  April,  1841,  in  Bridgewater,  Vt.,  d. 

9  June,  1852,  in  Ellicottville,  N.  Y. 

(445)  2.     Charles  Powers,  b.  10  October,  1844,  at  Bridgewater 

Vt. 

(294)  Rowland  Cotton9  (Phineas7,  Phineas',  Freeborn', 
Robert*,   Robert',    Robert2,    Robert'),   b.    5    February,    1821,    in 

,  m.  6  June,  1854,  Olive  Pearl  Howard  of  Woodstock, 

Ohio,  where  they  still  reside. 

Children : 

(446)  1. 

(447)  2. 

(448)  3- 

(302)  William  F.'  (Stillman7.  Phineas',  Freeborn5,  Rob- 
ert*, Robert',  Robert2,  Robert'),  b.  8  April,  1829,  unm.,  engaged 
in  business  in  New  York  City.  Died  at  Randolph,  Vt.,  10 
January,  1856. 

(3°3)  George  Stillman8  (Stillman7,  Phineas",  Freeborn6, 
Robert',  Robert3,  Robert2.  Robert'),  b.  May  4,  1834,  m.  3  July, 
i860,  Ann  Chadwick,  dr.  of  Rufus  Chadwick.  He  enlisted  in  the 
Civil  War.     They  lived  in  Randolph,  Vt.,  and  Brookfield. 

Children : 

(449)  1.     Nettie  Lulu,  b.  10  August,   1862,  in  Randolph,  Vt., 

m.  19  July,  1888.  Benjamin  Briggs  at  Randolph, 
Yt.,  and  had  son,  Robert  Moulton,  b.  28  December, 
1890. 

(450)  2.     Lissa  C,  b.   19  May,   1868,  d.   15  December,   1875, 

Brookfield.  Yt. 

(451)  3.     William  Ford.  b.  14  December,  1875,  Brookfield,  Vt. 


IOO  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

(306)  Justin  H.8  (Horace7,  Phineas',  Freeborn",  Robert4, 
Robert3,  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  Randolph,  Vt.,  14  June,  1830,  m. 
August,  1861,  Hannah  Olivia  Perrin  (dr.  of  Hon.  Philander  and 
Hannah  (Edgerton)  Perrin),  at  Randolph,  Vt,  where  they  con- 
tinue to  reside. 

(452)  1.     Clarence  Edgerton,  b.  29  September,  1863,  m.  18  Sep- 

tember, 1895,  Inez  Blanchard,  and  lives  in  Montpe- 
lier,  Vt. 

(453)  2.     Lucy  Hannah,  b.  22  March,  1867,  m.  16  September, 

1890,  Arthur  E.  Lane,  and  resides  in  Medford,  Mass. 

(454)  3.     Mary  Adaline,  b.  Randolph,  Vt.,  20  August,  1871. 

(308)  Gilman  Smith"  (Horace',  Phineas",  Freeborn",  Rob- 
ert4, Robert',  Robert",  Robert1),  b.  at  Randolph,  Vt.,  5  August, 
1834,  m.  (1st)  21  April,  1868,  Frances  Grigg  Lee  (dr.  of  John  W. 
Grigg  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.)  in  Paris,  France.  He  m.  (2d)  1 
March,  1894,  in  New  York,  Julia  Dillon  Ripley  (dr.  of  Sidney 
Dillon).    Second  w.  d.  9  October,  1895. 

No  children. 

(309)  Clarence  Freeman'  (Horace',  Phineas",  Freeborn", 
Robert4,  Robert',  Robert",  Robert1),  b.  at  Randolph,  Vt.,  11 
March,  1837.  He  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College  in  1863,  en- 
listed in  the  Civil  War,  and  engaged  in  business  in  New  York  in 
1865.  He  m.  Annie  J.  (dr.  of  Addison  F.  and  Mary  Ann  (Sher- 
man) Roberts  of  New  York)  19  January,  1875. 

Children : 

(455)  1.     Sherman  Roberts,  b.  in  New  York  10  June,  1876. 

(456)  2.     Horace  Freeman,  b.  in  New  York  6  July,  1879. 

(457)  3-     Desier  Clapp,  b.  in  New  York  1  April,  1882. 

(311)  Cheney'  (Needham',  Ebenezer",  John',  Robert4,  Rob- 
ert', Robert",  Robert1),  b.  S.  Brimfield  18  December,  1813;  m. 
Mary  S.  Fenley  in  Boston,  31  March,  1839,  was  of  Boston  in  1838 
(H.  D.  103,  161). 

(312)  Cutler"  (Needham',  Ebenezer",  John",  Robert4,  Rob- 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  IOI 

ert',  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.   in  S.  Brimfield,  4  April,   1815;    m. 

Lucy  C . 

Children : 

(458)  1.     ,  b.  20  September,  1842. 

(459)  6.     Marian  Isabel,  b.  20  August,  1849. 

(318)     Royal8  (Pearly7,  Ebenezer8,  John6,  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  in  South  Brimfield,  12  November,  1821;  m. 


Children : 

(460)  1. 

(461)  2. 

(323)'  Miles8  (Flint7,  Ebenezer8,  John8,  Robert1,  Robert', 
Robert2,  Robert1),  b.   14  December,   1825,  in  S.  Brimfield;    m. 

Thankful  P .     Lived  in  Springfield.     He  d.  31  May, 

1878,  Springfield,  leaving  a  will. 

Children : 

(462)  1.     Ellen  M.,  b. ;  m. Stearns. 

(463)  2.     Francis  M.,  b.  10  July,  1850,  Springfield. 

(324)  Ebenezer8  (Ebenezer7,  Ebenezer8,  Benjamin',  Eben- 
ezer*, Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Danvers,  now  Peabody, 
7  September,  1813;  m.  in  Randolph,  28  October,  1835,  Ann 
Eliza  Thayer,  who  was  b.  1  June,  1817.  They  lived  in  Randolph. 
He  d.  at  Randolph  12  June,  1899.    She  d. ,  1892. 

Children : 

(464)  1.     Ebenezer,  b.  Randolph,  November,  1837;   d.  1  April, 

1842. 

(465)  2.     George  Fred,  b.  Randolph,  24  June,  1841  ;  d.  27  April, 

1842. 

(466)  3.     Edward,  b.  Randolph,  1  December,  1845 ;    d.  21  De- 

cember, 1845. 

(467)  4.     Eben,  b.  Randolph,  16  February,  1843. 

(468)  5.     Mary  Eliza,  b.  26  July,  1849;    m-  Joseph  B.  Lord 

and  lives  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(327)  Benjamin8  (Benjamin7,  Ebenezer8,  Benjamin8,  Eben- 
ezer*, Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Danvers,  4  April,  1809; 
m.  Phelps. 

Children : 

(469)  1.     Emeline,  b. ;   m. Holt. 


102  MOULTON   ANNALS. 


(470)  2.     Lizzie  Cleveland,  b. 

(471)  3.     Benjamin  F.,  b.  — 


(329)  Warren8  (Benjamin7,  Ebenezer',  Benjamin',  Eben- 
ezer*, Robert3,  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  in  Danvers,  11  November, 
1814;   m.  17  November,  1839,  m  Danvers,  Ann  Maria  Ham. 

Children : 

(472)  1.     Henry  Warren,  b.   19  December,  1840,  Danvers. 

(473)  2.     Joseph  Albert,  b.  5  May,  1846,  Danvers. 

(474)  3.     Augusta,  b.  12  October,  1849. 

(475)  4.     Lucy  Maria,  b.  12  October,  1849. 

(330)  Joseph  Smith9  (Benjamin',  Ebenezer',  Benjamin', 
Ebenezer*,  Robert',  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  in  Danvers,  21  Decem- 
ber, 1817;  m.  (1) ,  (2)  Mary  Aborn,  (3)  . 

Children  by  first  wife: 

(476)  1.     Edward  Q. 

Children  by  second  wife  : 

(477)  2.     Lizzie. 

(478)  3.     Clarence  H. 

(479)  4-     Jennie. 
Children  by  third  wife : 

(480)  5.     Joseph. 

(481)  6.     Grace. 

(335)  Charles  Francis*  (Benjamin',  Ebenezer',  Benja- 
min', Ebenezer',  Robert',  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  1  October,  1832, 
in  Danvers ;   m.  Mehitable  Symonds  in  W.  Peabody. 

Children : 

(482)  1.     Frank,  b.  . 

(483)  2.     George,  b.  . 

Five  children  d.  very  young. 

(336)  Eben  Newhall"  (Benjamin',  Ebenezer',  Benjamin', 
Ebenezer*,  Robert',  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  in  Danvers,  26  Novem- 
ber, 1834;   m.  Martha  Taylor,  W.  Peabody. 

(484)  1.     Gilley,  b.  .     Lives  in  Boston. 

(485)  2.     Annie  M.,  b.  . 

(338)     William   Jackson8    (Benjamin',   Ebenezer',   Benja- 


MOULTOX    HOUK. 

(Son  of  356a.) 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  IO3 

min6,  Ebenezer4,  Robert',  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  4  June,  1842,  in 
Danvers ;   m.  Lizzie  Cowden  and  settled  in  Reading. 

Children : 

(486)  1.     Carrie. 

(487)  2.     Alice. 

(488)  3.     Ethel  H. 

Three  others  died  in  infancy. 

(339)  James  H.'  (Benjamin1,  Ebenezer*,  Benjamin8,  Eben- 
ezer4, Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  15  August,  1844,  in  Danvers; 
m.  Hattie  F.  Coffin,  in  Beverly.     She  died  8  January,  1892. 


NINTH    GENERATION. 

(347)    Arthur*  (James  T.',  Benjamin',  Stephen*,  Ebenezer*, 

Robert4,  Robert',  Robert'.  Robert1),  b. ;   m. 

Seager. 

(352)  Gary'  (James  T.',  Benjamin7,  Stephen',  Ebenezer', 
Robert4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b. ;  m. . 

Children : 

(489)  1.     Gary  W. 

(490)  2.     Raymond. 

(491)  3.     Marion. 

(353)  Powers*    (Josiah',   Benjamin1,    Stephen*,   Ebenezer*, 

Robert4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b. ;  m. . 

Prominent  in  Wisconsin. 

(356a)  Harrison  Willard  Hour*  (Elizabeth  J.*,  Joseph', 
Stephen*.  Ebenezer8,  Robert4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  Sep- 
tember 2j,  1821,  at  Waterloo,  N.  Y. ;  d.  May  4,  1880,  at  Benzonia, 
Mich. ;  m.  Katherine  Kent  Johnson,  b.  Feb.  6,  1828,  d.  March  12, 
1880,  at  Benzonia,  Mich.,  d.  Horace  Johnson  and  Sarah  Fuller. 

Children : 

1.  Moulton  Houk,  b.  May  16,  1859;  m.  Lillian  M.  Hutsin- 
piller. 

2.  Minnie  Frances  Houk,  b. ;  m.  Frank  B.  Case. 

Moulton  Houk  was  educated  in  Chicago.  He  moved  to 
Toledo,  Ohio,  in  1877,  and  has  filled  various  positions  of  trust 


104  M0ULT0X   ANNALS. 

in  the  railroad  world.  He  has  for  several  years  held  the  position 
of  general  passenger  agent  of  the  Ohio  Central  lines.  He  has 
been  president  of  the  Ohio  Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion; also  chairman  of  the  Press  Committee  of  the  National 
Society  Sons  of  the  American  Revolution  under  three  successive 
administrations,  and  declined  another  term  of  office.  He  is  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel  and  Chief  Quartermaster  of  the  Ohio  National 
Guard.  He  is  twenty-sixth  in  descent  from  Roger  de  Coigneries, 
of  France.  [See  Converse  Line  of  Descent,  at  the  end  of  this 
Chapter.] 

(367)  George  Adison*  (Daniel  Johnson',  Joseph1,  Stephen', 
Ebenezer8,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  Java,  Wyoming 
County,  N.  Y.,  17  December,  1841 ;  m.  Sarah  Waterman,  dr. 
of  John  C.  and  Caroline  (Hoyt)  Waterman. 

Children : 

(492)  1.     William  Cleveland,  b.  15  November,  1869. 

(493)  2.     James  Douglas,  b.  9  February,  1871. 

(494)  3.     Katie  Caroline. 

(495)  4.     Harry  W. 

(373)  Thomas'    (Henry',    Salmon1,    Stephen',    Ebenezer', 

Robert4,  Robert'.  Robert",  Robert1),  b. ,  Floyd,  N.  Y.; 

m. .    He  lived  is  Franklin  (or  Nashville),  Tenn.    He 

d.  187—. 

Children : 

(496)  1.  Frank,  b.  1846. 

(497)  2.  James. 

(498)  3.  Daughter. 

(499)  4.  Daughter. 

(500)  5.  Daughter. 

(501)  6.  Daughter. 

(374)  Severn'     (Joshua8,    Salmon',    Stephen',    Ebenezer', 

Robert',  Robert*,  Robert1,  Robert1),  b. ,  Floyd,  N.  Y. ; 

m. .    He  was  prominent  in  New  York  City. 

Children : 

(502)  1.     Frank. 

(503)  2.     Daughter. 

388)     Jermain'    (Linus*,    Ebenezer1,    Stephen',    Ebenezer', 


GEORGE    ADDISON    MOULTON. 

(No.  367.) 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  I05 

Robert',  Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  Floyd,  N.  Y. ;  m.  Frances 
Dart,  of  Lansing,  Mich. 

Children : 

(504)  1.     Francis. 

(505)  2.     Louise. 

(506)  3.     Dart. 

(398)  Benjamin  M.*  (Orris  G.\  Ebenezer',  Stephen', 
Ebenezer',  Robert4,  Robert',  Robert1,  Robert1),  b.  Moultonsville, 
111.,  3  July,  [845  :  ni.  23  December  1869,  Marietta  Kuder,  dr. 
of  John  Kuder,  of  Groveland,  N.  Y. 

Children: 

(507)  1.     Henry    S..   b.   21    October,    1871  ;    m.    Jane    Porter, 

daughter  of  William  Langan  Porter  and  Viella 
Holmes,  of  Lima.  Ohio.  They  have  one  daughter, 
Elizabeth  Viella,  b.  March  3.  i<>02.  Henry  S.  Moul- 
ton  is  Battalion  Adjutant  of  the  Second  Regiment, 
< )hio  National  Guards,  and  is  on  the  staff  of  Myron 
T.  Herrick.  Governor  of  Ohio. 

(508)  2.     Orris  G.,  b.  }i  December,  1877.  and  d.  26  December. 

1878. 

Benjamin  M.  MoULTON  enlisted  in  the  Northern  Army,  Au- 
gust 4,  1862,  just  one  month  after  his  seventeenth  birthday.  He 
was  with  his  regiment  in  several  battles,  and  on  the  29th  of  Sep- 
tember, 1864,  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Chapin's  Farm.  He 
was  made  a  prisoner  on  October  2,  1864,  and  taken  to  Richmond, 
Va.,  where  he  was  confined  in  an  old  sugar  warehouse.  Some 
time  after  this  he  was  parolled,  and  on  June  6,  1865,  he  was 
discharged  with  his  regiment  at  the  close  of  the  war. 

He  is  now  general  manager  for  the  Oil  Well  Supply  Com- 
pany for  Ohio  and  Indiana. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  was  on  the  staff  of  George 
K.  Xash.  Governor  of  Ohio.  In  1904  he  was  elected  Depart- 
ment Commander  of  the  G.  A.  R.  of  Ohio. 

(399)  Orris  G.'  (Orris  G.",  Ebenezer7,  Stephen',  Ebenezer', 
Robert4,   Robert',   Robert',   Robert1),   b.    Moultonsville,   111.,   23 


IC)6  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

July,  1851;    m.  Belle  Ross,  dr.  of  Aaron  Ross,  of  Hornellsville, 
X.  Y.    They  live  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

Children : 

(509)  1.     Franc,  b.  ;    m.  Roy  Grant,  of  Syracuse, 

and  has  one  daughter,  Eleanor. 
Orris    G.    Moulton    is   general   agent   of   the    Massachusetts 
Benefit  Life  Association,  of  Boston. 

(401)     Charles*  (Charles  F.',  Josiah".  Stephen',  Ebenezer*, 

Robert',  Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b. ;  m. , 

of  Boston. 

Children : 

(510)  1.     Son. 

(511)  2.     Son. 
(5U1      3.     Daughter. 

(428)  Charles  William1  (Dan  Alonzo,  Jr.',  Dan', 
Phineas',  Freeborn'.  Robert',  Robert",  Robert'.  Robert'),  b.  16 
December,  1830,  Richfield.  Ohio;  m.  0  May,  1855,  Frances 
Beecher  Sherman,  in  Mansfield,  Ohio.  She  wa>  b.  3  May,  [829, 
Lancaster,  <  ttiio.  They  lived  in  Mansfield,  Toledo  and  Cincin- 
nati. Ohio.    He  d.  24  January,  1888.    Slu-  d.  22  February,  1889. 

Children: 
(513)      1.     Mary   Hoyt  Sherman,  b.   Mansfield,  Ohio,  4  Decem- 
ber,    185'.;    m.    [2  May.    E856,  Henry   Russell   Pro- 
basco. 
Children  of  Henry  Russell  and  Mary  Hoyt  Sherman   C  Moul- 
ton) Probasco: 

1.     Charles  Moulton,  1>.  22  May,  1878.  Glendale,  Ohio. 
William  Ramsey,  b.  1 1  November,  1880,  Glendale,  Ohio. 

(514  )     2.     Adaline  Sherman,  b.  Toledo,  Ohio, ,  i<v 

m.  \Ym.  J.  Haldeman,  18  October,  1882. 

Children  of  Wm.  J.  and  Adeline  Sherman  (Moulton)  Halde- 
man : 

1.  Mary  Adeline,  b.  7  September,   1883,  Glendale,  Ohio. 

2.  John  W'iburg.  b. . 

3.  and  4.     Two  sons. 

(5*5)     3-     Cecelia    Sherman,   b.    Toledo,    Ohio,   21    December, 
i860;   m.  Chas.  \Y.  Rockwell,  5  February,  1886. 


BENJAMIN    M.  M<  >ll.T<  »\". 
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ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  107 

Children  of  Charles  W.  and  Cecelia  Sherman  (Moulton) 
Rockwell : 

1.  Charles  W.,  b.    13  January.    1881  ;    d.   3  August,    1881, 

Glendale,  Ohio. 

2.  Frances  Sherman,  b.  3  March.  1883. 

3.  Lewis  Cassidy,  b.  23  March,  1884. 

4.  Charlotte  Ladd,  b.  16  June,  1886. 

Charles  W.  Rockwell  d.  and  his  widow  m.  (2d)  Capt.  John 
Little,  U.  S.  A.,  16  October,  1890,  and  had: 

5.  Elizabeth  Reese  Little,  b.  15  January.  1892. 

(516)  4.     Sherman,  b.  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  9  December,  1864. 

(432)  John  Henry'  (Dan  Alonzo.  Jr.8,  Dan',  Phineas', 
Freeborn',  Robert4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  23  January, 
1843,  Brunswick.  Ohio;  m.  12  August.  1869,  at  Ironton,  Ohio, 
Marie  Elizabeth  Campbell.  They  lived  at  Sheridan  Coal  Works, 
Cincinnati,  Ironton,  Ohio.  Occupation,  iron  and  lumber  business. 
Still  living   1899. 

Children : 

(517)  1.     Wallace  Campbell,  b.  20  January,  1870,  at  Sheridan 

Coal  Works.  Ohio. 

(518)  2.     John  Hemy,  fr.,  b.  3  February,  1873,  at  Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 
(5X9)     3-     Carl   Woodion,  b.    14  November,    1875,  at  Ironton, 
Ohio. 

(520)  4.     Elizabeth  Adeline,  b.  7  September,  1877,  at  Ironton, 

Ohio. 

(521)  5.     Infant  boy  unnamed,  b.  7  October,  1879,  at  Ironton, 

Ohio;   d.  23  February.  1880. 
(^22)     6.     Frederick   Stuart,  b.  20  January,    1881,  at  Ironton, 

Ohio. 
(523)     7.     Hoyt  Sherman,  b.  17  March.  1883,  at  Ironton,  Ohio; 

d.  14  June  1884.  at  Ironton,  Ohio. 
1  524)     8.     Donald  Alonzo,  b.  31  March,  1885,  at  Ironton,  Ohio. 

(433)  Dan  Alonzo'  (Dan  Alonzo,  Jr.9,  Dan7,  Phineas', 
Freeborn',  Robert4,  Robert5,  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  6  September, 
1850,  Huntington.  Ohio:  m.  2  March,  1876,  Alice  Willard,  of 
Ironton,  Ohio. 

No  children. 


IOS  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

(440)  George  Freeman'  (Freeman0,  DanT,  Phineas',  Free- 
born1, Robert4,  Robert',  Robert2,  Robert1),  b.  ;  m. 

Flora  Catherine  McNulty,  5  June,  1866,  in  Ashland,  Ohio.  Thev 
lived  in  Ashland,  Ohio,  and  in  Minneapolis.  He  is  in  the  grain 
business. 

Children : 

(525)  1.     William  James,  b.  20  July,  1868,  in  Ashland,  Ohio. 

(444)  John  Henry*  (George  R.',  John',  Phineas',  Free- 
born8, Robert4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  7  April,  1841,  at 
Bridgewater.  Vt. ;  d.  9  June,  1852,  at  Ellicottville,  N.  Y. 

(445)  Charles  Powers'  (George  R.\  John7,  Phineas', 
Freeborn',  Robert4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  at  Bridgewater, 
Vt.,  10  October,  1845 ;  m.  10  October,  1876,  Gertrude  Beardsley 
of  Woodstock,  N.  B.  (dr.  of  Rev.  Charles  Edwin  Beardsley  and 
Louisa  Chapin  Gerry).  They  moved  to  Olean,  N.  Y.  She  was 
b.  in  Woodstock,  X.  1>.,  27  November,  1833. 

(451)  William  Ford*  (George  S.',  Stillman1.  Phineas', 
Freeborn',  Robert*.  Robert',  Robert',  Robert'),  b.  14  December, 
1875 !  ni-  •     Is  a  Pullman  car  conductor. 

(467)  Eben'  (Ebenczer',  Ebenezer'.  Ebenezer',  Benjamin', 
Ebenezer4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  in  Randolph,  Mass.,  16 
February,  1843;  m.  (1st)  1864  (int.  December,  1864),  Margaret 
(Ellen)  Libby  of  Randolph.  She  d.  and  he  m.  (2d)  29  June, 
1883,  Sally  P.  Clive  of  Philadelphia.  Living  in  Randolph  in 
house  built  by  his  father. 

Children  by  first  wife : 

(526)  1.     Minnie,  b.  29  March,  1865;  d.  young. 

(527)  2.     Grace  Lincoln,  b.  15  February,  1868;  m.  3  December, 

1890,  Herbert  F.  French,  and  had  Earle  Moulton, 
b.  18  February,  1895. 

Children  by  second  wife : 

(528)  3.     Clarence  Hartley,  b.  4  December,  1883. 

(529)  4.     Lillian  Clive,  b.  1  November,  1885. 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  IOO, 

(471)     Benjamin    F.'    (Benjamin8,    Benjamin7,    Ebenezer', 

Benjamin6,  Ebenezer4,  Robert',  Robert*,  Robert1),  b.  ; 

m.  . 

Children : 
(530)     1.     Oneson(?). 

(476)     Edward  Q.'   (Joseph  Smith8,  Benjamin7,  Ebenezer', 

Benjamin6,  Ebenezer',  Robert',  Robert*,  Robert1),  b. ; 

m.  Etta  Fuller. 

Children : 

(530)  1.  Arthur,  b.  . 

(531)  2.  Mabel,   b.  . 

(532)  3.  Harry,   b.  . 

(533)  4.  Eddie,    b.  . 

1478)     Clarence  II.'  (Joseph  Smith',  Benjamin7,  Ebenezer', 

Benjamin',  Ebenezer4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b. ; 

m.  . 

Children : 

(534)  1.     Daughter. 

(535)  2.     Son. 

(483)    George'  (Charles  Francis',  Benjamin7,  Ebenezer',  Ben- 
jamin', Ebenezer4,  Robert',  Robert',  Robert1),  b.  ;  m. 


Children : 
(536)      1.     One  son. 

(484)     Gilley'  (Eben  Xewhall',  Benjamin7,  Ebenezer',  Ben- 
jamin8, Ebenezer4,  Robert',  Robert*,  Robert1),  b.  ;  m. 

Grace  Taylor.     Lives  in  Boston. 


TENTH  GENERATION. 

(489)     Gary  W.10   (Gary9,  James  T.\  Benjamin7,  Stephen*, 
Ebenezer8,  Robert4,  Robert',  Robert*,  Robert1),  b.  ;  m. 


(537)     1.     One  child. 


IIO  ANNALS. 

1496)     Frank10  (Thomas',  Henry",  Salmon',  Stephen',  Eben- 

ezer',  Robert4,  Robert',  Robert5,  Robert1),  b.  1846;  m.  . 

He  moved  in  1885  to  Memphis.     He  d.  1  August,  1803. 

Children : 
(538)     i.    Daughter. 


■;■  I )  2 

1540)  3 

'5411  4 

1 54-  I  5 


Daughter. 
Daughter. 
Robert  11. 
T.  J.  (son  ). 


(  4*  17  >     James"  (Thomas*.  Henry',  Salmon1,  Stephen',  Eben- 

ezer',    Robert',    Robert",    Robert',    Robert'),    b.    ;    m. 

.      lit-   lived   in   Nashville.  Tenn.      He  d.    [8 

Frank       S   rem*,  Joshua",  Salmon',  Stephen',  Eben- 
r\    Robert*.    Robert'.     Robert',     Robert*),    b.    ;    m. 


Children  live  in  \eu  York: 

•  543)      I. 
I  544  '      2. 

(516)      ShEBM  (Charles   William'.   Dan.   A..  Jr.',   Dan.', 

Phineas",  Freeborn*.  Robert*.  Robert'.  Robert*,  Robert*),  b.  Cin- 
cinnati. 0.,  'i  December,  [864;  m.  1894  Keenah  <  Mcutt 

No  children. 

525  William  James*'  (George  Freeman*,  Freeman',  Dan.1, 
Phineas*.  Freeborn'.  Robert'.  Robert'.  Robert1,  Robert  1 .  b.  in 
Ashland.  O.,  20  July.  1868;  m.  llattie  1'ierce  of  Minneapolis 
[893.  They  live  in  Fargo.  X.  D.  He  is  in  the  produce  commis- 
sion business. 
Children: 
(545)      1.     George  Freeman,  Jr. 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  Ill 


BIOGRAPHICAL. 

JOHX   T.  MOULTON. 

Among  the  descendants  of  Robert,  we  mention  John  T. 
Moulton,  Esq.,  a  citizen  of  Lynn,  Essex  County,  living  only  a  few 
miles  from  the  spot  where  his  ancestor  landed  in  1629. 

This  gentleman  inherits  the  best  qualities  of  his  race  as 
shown  in  his  enterprise,  courage,  fidelity  and  public  spirit  noted. 
especially  in  the  "History  of  Essex  County,*'  recently  published. 
We  quote — 

Mr.  Moulton  was  born  in  Lynn  on  the  7th  of  August,  1838. 
His  father  was  J<  seph  Moulton.  long  known  among  US  as  a  suc- 

jsful  tanner  and  morocco  manufacturer;  and  his  mother  was 
Relief  Todd,  a  Vermont  lady. 

The  ancestor  of  the  family  was  Robert  Moulton,  who  was 
sent  over  by  the  London  Company,  in  [629,  to  Governor  Endi- 
OOtt,  as  master  shipwright  with  six  journeymen,  to  begin  the  ship- 
building business  at  Salem.  The  large  island  off  Beverly  shore, 
called  the  Misery,  "receiving  that  name,"  says  Telt  "on  account 
of  a  lisastrous  shipwreck  there,*"  but  gives  no  particulars.  Robert 
Moulton  was  quite  prominent  in  the  early  town  and  church  affairs 
of  Salem,  and  was  granted  two  hundred  acres  of  land  in  Salem 
village,  now  West  Peabody,  and  was  one  of  eight  men  disarmed 
at  Salem  for  sympathizing  with  Rev.  Wheelwright  in  his  desire 
for  libertv  of  conscience  and  free  speech. 

Mr.  Moulton,  the  subject  of  this  .sketch,  graduated  from 
Lynn  High  School  in  1855,  having  prepared  for  college  under 
Jacob  Batchelder.  But  he  relinquished  the  idea  of  college-life 
on  account  of  failing  health,  caused  by  too  close  application  to 
study.  He  spent  several  years  in  his  father's  nursery  in  attending 
to  the  cultivation  and  propagation  of  fruit  trees,  shrubs  and  plants, 
having  a  strong  natural  love  for  such  employment. 

The  father  of  Mr.  Moulton  had  served  an  apprenticeship  of 
seven  years  at  the  leather  manufacture,  in  all  its  branches  and  un- 
der him  the  son  became  an  adept,  so  that  in  1864  he  was  well 


112  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

qualified  to  succeed  to  the  then  firmly  established  business.  In 
that  business,  the  manufacture  of  morocco  leather,  he  still  con- 
tinues, employing  at  the  present  time  some  sixty  or  seventy  work- 
men. His  factory  stands  on  the  spot  where  one  of  the  ealiest  tan- 
neries was  established  by  the  Lewises.  In  the  chapter  on  the  in- 
dustrial pursuits  of  Lynn,  more  may  be  found  in  relation  to  the 
business  and  the  successive  owners  of  the  premises.  The  factory 
is  quite  extensive,  and  is  located  on  Marion  Street,  opposite  the 
foot  of  Centre. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  born  in  the  old  Mansfield  house,  on  the 
north  side  of  Boston  Street,  nearly  opposite  the  termination  of 
Marion.  It  was  built  in  1666  by  Robert  Mansfield,  and  still  re- 
mains the  property  of  descendants  of  the  builder,  now  of  the 
eighth  generation.  The  grandmother  of  Mr.  Moulton  was  a 
Mansfield,  and  lineal  descendant  from  Robert,  just  named. 

The  integrity,  prudence  and  promptness  oi  Mr.  Moulton 
have  made  his  services  much  in  requisition  for  positions  of  pecu- 
liar trust,  lie  has  already  served  twelve  years  as  trustee  of  the 
public  library,  and  has  recently  been  elected  for  a  new  three- 
years'  term,  being  likewise  treasurer  oi  the  Board  of  Director*. 
He  is  treasurer  of  the  fraternities  of  Associated  Charities,  treas- 
urer of  the  Boston  Street  Methodist  Society  and  treasurer  oi  the 
Trustees  of  the  Lynn  Free  Public  Forest.  As  mentioned  else- 
where, he  is  a  writer  of  merit  in  both  prose  and  poetry,  and  has 
been  the  poet  at  several  High  School  reunions. 

But  the  most  distinguishing  trait  of  Mr.  Moulton.  in  a  liter- 
ary way,  is  his  love  for  historical  research.  1  te  IS  a  member  of  the 
Ww  England  Historical  and  Genealogical  Society,  and  likewise 
of  the  Methodist  Historical  Society. 

The  people  of  Lynn  are  greatly  indebted  to  him  for  the  col- 
lection and  preservation  of  much  that  is  useful  as  well  as  interest- 
ing in  her  history.  He  has  prepared  copies  of  the  earliest  exist- 
ing town  records,  and  had  them  published  in  the  Historical  Col- 
lections of  the  Essex  Institute.  Fie  has  also  collected  and  pub- 
lished the  inscriptions  from  the  oldest  graveyards  of  Lynn,  Lynn- 
field  and  Saugus,  and  has  prepared  genealogies  of  the  Moulton 
and  Mansfield   families.     A    few  months  since,  as  mentioned  in 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  113 

another  connection,  he,  with  Mr.  Isaac  O.  Guild,  was  at  the  ex- 
pense of  erecting  a  suitable  stone  to  mark  the  resting-place  of 
"Moll  Pitcher,"  the  renowned  fortune-teller  of  Lynn,  perhaps 
the  most  remarkable  personage  known  in  our  history. 

Mr.  Moulton,  it  is  agreeable  to  add,  is  always  ready  to  con- 
tribute from  his  abundant  store  any  information  he  may  possess 
regarding  our  early  families,  and  the  charisteristics  and  doings  of 
our  fathers.  And  all  well  wishers  of  the  community  will  join  in 
rejoicing  in  the  prosperity  of  one  so  worthy. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  united  in  marriage  with  Miss  S.  Fannie 
Sweetser  in  December,  1867,  and  their  children  are  one  son  and 
two  daughters. 

Since  the  abovr  was  written.  Mr.  John  T.  Moulton  has 
passed  on,  "to  join  the  great  majority." 

The  author  of  this  volume  feels  a  personal  loss  in  the  death 

of  this  noble  and  scholarly  man.     His  deep  and  careful  researches 

in  genealogical  matters  were  of  invaluable  assistance  in  the 
preparation  of  this  volume. 

Below  we  give  tin-  lineage  of  John  T.  Moulton,  through  his 
male  ancestors,  on  the  paternal  side: — 

1.  Robert  Moulton,  from  England,  m.  Deborah , 

d.  in  Salem,  1655. 

2.  Robert  Moulton,  b.  in  England,  m.  in  Salem,  1641, 
Abigail  Goode ;   d.  in  Salem, ,  1665. 

3.  Joseph  Moulton.  b.  in  Salem,  Jan.  3,  1656  (Joseph  is  not 

positivelv   known   to   be  the   son   of   Robert)  ;    m.   ; 

d.  ■ . 

4.  Joseph  Moulton,  b.  in  Lynn,  (  ?)  ;  m.  in  Lynn,  Dec.  12, 
1727,  to  Sarah  Lilley  (b.  May  26,  1705)  ;  d.  in  Lynn,  about  1766. 

5.  Ezekiel  Moulton,  b.  in  Lynn.  Nov.  17.  1740;  m.  in  Lynn, 

Nov.  2,  1771,  to  Catherine  Hudson ;  d.  in  Lynn,  Nov.  23,  1810. 

6.  Joseph  Moulton,  b.  in  Lynn,  April  26,  1772 ;  m.  in  Lynn, 

Nov.  6,  1796,  to  Anne  Hansfield;  d.  in  Northampton,  Feb.  15, 
1812. 

7.     Joseph  Moulton,  b.  in  Lynn,  Feb.  7,  1798;  m.  in  Poultney, 
Vermont,  June  7,  1821  to  Relief  Todd;  d.  Feb.  10,  1873. 

8.     John  Todd  Moulton,  b.  in  Lynn,  Aug.  7,  1838;  m.  in 


114  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

East  Saugus,  Mass.,  Dec.  12,  1866,  to  Sarah  Frances  Svveetser; 
d.  Oct.  17,  1892. 

Children : 

1.  Annie  Coules,  b.  Dec.  5,  1867,  in  Lynn;   in.  Tune,  1898, 
to 1 1  ay  ward. 

2.  Albert  Svveetser,  b.  July  31,  1872,  in  Lynn. 

3.  Robert  Elmer,  b.  Jan.  15,  1876,  in  Lynn ;  d.  Sept.  3,  1876, 
in  Lynn. 

4.  Elizabeth  Jane,  b.  Aug.  28,  1878,  in  Lynn. 


GENT.  RUSSELL  A.  ALGER. 

There  are  many  eminent  men  in  the  United  States  and  in 
England  who  arc  sons  of   Moulton  mothi  \mong  them  all, 

none  could  be   mure  cordially   welcomed   to  these  pages   than — 

General  Russell  A.  Alger,  1  ,  of  War.  who  is  claimed 

as  a  citizen  of  Detroit,  Michigan — the  state  of  which  he  was  for- 
merly Governor,  but  who  is  in  realty  known  all  through  the 
United  States  as  a  citizen  of  the  whole  country. 

Gen.  Alger'>  splendid  record  as  a  soldier  and  citizen  has 
been  supplemented  by  the  exercise  of  a  munificent  generosity 
to  numerous  worthy  objects,  the  cause  of  education,  religion, 
charity,  not  to  mention  the  innumerable  gifts  to  his  old  comrades 
of  the  army  who  have  become  poor  and  unfortunat 

For  the  trait-  50  tenderly  and  nobly  exhibited  with  other  per- 
sonal characteristics,  he  is  beloved  by  his  countrymen,  universallv. 

At  the  great  Republican  Convention,  in  Chicago,  Gov.  Alger 
came  much  nearer  the  nomination  for  President  than  the  public 
at  large  ever  knew. 

Russell  A.  Alger  was  born  in  Lafayette  township,  Medina 
County,  Ohio,  February  27,  [836.  His  father  came  from  the 
State  of  Connecticut  and  his  mother  from  Vermont.  The  family 
tree  was  deeply  rooted  in  Xew  England  soil,  for  Grandfather 
Alger  was  a  native  of  Massachusetts,  and  for  many  generations 
both  branches  of  the  house,  the  Moultons  and  the  Algers,  had 
flourished  in  the  land  of  sturdy  men  and  fair  women.  The  sub- 
ject of  our  sketch  just  escaped  adding  his  illustrious  name  to  the 


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ROBERT  OF   SALEM.  115 

familv  record  in  New  England,  for  it  was  the  year  preceding  his 
introduction  to  the  dread  uncertainties  of  existence  that  his  pa- 
rents removed  to  Ohio.  Young,  hopeful  and  courageous,  they 
had  gone  into  the  woods  of  Medina  County  as  pioneers.  The 
robust  New  Englander,  like  hundreds  of  the  same  thrifty,  hardy 
people,  proposed  clearing  a  farm  to  make  himself  and  his  family 
a  home.    It  was  there  Russell  A.  Alger  was  born. 

After  several  years  of  hard  work,  the  primitive  farm  and 
limited  improvements  were  swept  away  by  a  mortgage,  leaving 
the  father  a  poor  man  and  in  debt.  From  that  fatal  blow  to  the 
chief  ambition  of  his  life,  he  never  rallied.  Renting  a  farm,  he 
was  able  to  support  his  family,  though  at  times  privation  re- 
stricted them  to  the  barest  necessities  of  life.  The  protracted 
illness  of  the  father  added  to  threat  of  destitution  to  the  reality 
of  pressing  want.  It  was  then  that  the  boy  showed  the  material 
of  which  he  was  made,  and  gave  promise  of  the  wonders  he  has 
since  attained.  In  the  darkest  days  of  their  trouble,  when  actual 
suffering  was  at  hand  and  the  father  powerless  to  interpose,  the 
future  general  met  the  emergency  with  that  same  fortitude,  man- 
liness and  success  that  have  marked  his  efforts  through  subse- 
quent years.  There  was  no  repining,  lamentation  or  attempt  to 
ask  aid  from  others,  but  the  sturdy  little  hero,  gravely  appreciat- 
ing his  responsibilities  as  the  eldest  male  member  of  the  household 
available  for  duty,  put  as  much  corn  in  a  bag  as  he  could  reason- 
ably be  expected  to  travel  under,  slung  it  across  his  shoulder, 
made  an  early  start,  carried  the  burden  to  a  grist  mill  nine  miles 
distant,  waited  until  it  was  ground,  and  as  bravely  trudged  back 
with  the  means  of  relief  for  those  to  whom  loyalty  beyond  his 
years  had  made  the  hard  service  a  bounder]  duty. 

Comparing  the  fast-falling  blows  of  grief  and  sorrow,  which 
forced  the  gravest  responsibilities  of  age  upon  the  shoulders  of 
early  youth,  with  the  bounty  and  happiness  which  have  crowned 
the  life  that  became  better,  purer  and  stronger 'from  the  ordeal 
that  would  have  wrecked  an  ordinary  nature,  there  seems  ap- 
parently a  divine  law  of  compensation.  When  young  Alger  was 
twelve  years  old,  his  mother  died.  Fortunately  she  had  lived  to 
see  her  eldest  son,  singularly  mature  in  thought  and  disposition, 


Il6  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

the  mainstay  of  the  family,  and  steadily  pursuing  a  course  that 
needed  but  the  guaranty  ©f  health  to  assure  a  competency  honor- 
ably acquired.  Upon  her  death  he  at  once  hired  out  to  a  man  for 
board,  clothing  and  three  months  at  the  district  school.  While 
carrying  out  the  terms  of  this  apparently  one-sided  contract,  a 
double  affliction  was  added  to  that  which  deprived  him  of  his 
mother.  First  his  father  died.,  and  a  little  later  his  elder  sister. 
Thus,  at  thirteen  years  of  age,  he  was  left  with  a  younger  brother 
and  sister  and  not  a  dollar  in  the  world. 

In  1850,  the  present  favored  son  of  Michigan  attained  his 
fourteenth  year  and  with  it  came  a  determination  to  demand 
something  more  for  his  services  than  the  bare  maintainance  of 
body  and  soul  in  their  originally  established  relations.  There  was 
a  forecaste  of  business  shrewdness  in  carrying  out  this  momen- 
tous resolve.  The  professed  estimate  of  young  Alger's  services 
to  the  various  farmers,  with  whom  he  opened  negotiations  hov- 
ered with  distressing  unanimity  about  the  discouraging  figure  of 
$3  per  month.  He  finally  temporized  with  this  prevalent  feeling 
by  inducing  a  farmer  to  take  him  at  $3  for  the  first  month,  $3 
for  the  second,  and  $5  each  for  the  next  four.  The  terms  were 
faithfully  complied  with,  by  either  party  thereto,  and  at  the  end  of 
six  months,  through  a  little  extra  work  that  was  evidently  figured 
with  the  utmost  regard  for  accuracy,  Alger  found  himself  the 
possessor  of  precisely  $27.53. 

During  the  winters  named,  up  to  1855-56,  Alger  attended  the 
academy.    Throughout  that  and  the  succeeding  winter,  he  taught 

the  "deestrict"  school,  and  had  the  felicitous  as  well  as  varied 
experience  of  "boardin'  'round."  It  is  of  tradition  that  he  made 
a  good,  level-headed,  practical  instructor,  was  sole  manager  of 
the  institution  and  made  manifest  that  ability  as  a  disciplinarian 
which  in  later  years  added  luster  to  the  brilliancy  of  his  military 
career.  The  first  winter  he  received  $18  per  month  and  the  sec- 
ond $25.  Then,  as  from  the  time  that  his  brother  and  sister  fell 
to  his  care,  he  divided  his  earnings  with  them,  he  thus  did  much 
toward  clothing  them.  Never  during  these  early  days  did  he  for- 
get the  sacredness  of  this  trust  nor  fall  short  in  the  duty  of  its 
fulfillment. 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  WJ 

In  the  spring  of  1857,  Alger  entered  the  law  office  of  Wolcott 
and  Upson  in  Akron,  O.,  and  in  acquiring  a  knowledge  of  his 
chosen  profession  brought  to  the  work  a  logical  mind,  a  strong 
body  and  that  same  courage  which  had  brought  him  through  a 
sea  of  troubles  where  ninety-nine  men  in  a  hundred  would  have 
foundered.  At  the  expiration  of  two  years  he  passed  a  highly 
creditable  examination  before  the  Supreme  Court  at  Columbus, 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Ohio,  and  became  associated  with  the 
law  firm  of  Otis  and  Coffinberry  at  Cleveland.  But,  for  a  young 
man,  whose  life  from  his  earliest  boyhood  had  been  chiefly  spent 
in  outdoor  work  of  the  most  active  kind,  confinement  and  hard 
study  were  too  severe  a  tax  on  his  health,  and  the  cherished 
hope  of  a  professional  career  was  perforce  abandoned. 

On  the  last  day  of  the  year  i860,  Alger  went  to  Michigan, 
where  he  has  found  honor,  wealth  and  distinction,  giving  a  full 
return  to  the  state  of  his  adoption  in  his  services  as  a  soldier  and 
a  statesman,  his  munificient  charities  as  a  private  citizen,  and  the 
great  public  inmprovements  which  are  the  outgrowth  of  his 
large  business  enterprises,  lie  landed  without  means,  but  with  a 
little  borrowed  capital  entered  into  the  lumber  business  at  Grand 
Rapids  with  C.  Goddard  as  a  partner.  Their  career  was  a  brief 
one  and  eventful,  chiefly  in  the  collapse  of  the  enterprise.  The 
Chicago  firm  to  which  they  shipped  their  lumber  failed,  landing 
the  young  lumber  merchants  high  and  dry. 

The  next  venture  that  the  hero  of  our  story  made  in  Michi- 
gan affords  the  most  striking  example  of  his  almost  infallible 
judgment  and  admirable  good  taste.  April  2,  1861,  he  married 
Miss  Annette  H.  Henry,  daughter  of  \V.  G.  Henry  of  Grand 
Rapids.  Beautiful,  accomplished  and  possessed  of  those  traits  of 
character  which  give  impetus  to  the  aspirations  of  the  man  who 
is  so  fortunate  as  to  secure  their  devotion,  she  was  worthily  mated 
with  the  man  who  is  now  among  the  most  prominent  figures  of  the 
country.  Of  that  union  there  have  been  born  four  daughters  and 
five  sons.  Of  these,  two  sons  and  three  daughters  are  now  living. 
In  each  of  the  children  appears  a  striking  resemblance  to  the 
father,  whose  early  experiences  here  recorded  stand  in  striking 
contrast  with  the  comforts,  advantages  and  happiness  he  has  se- 


Il8  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

cured  them,  and  made  doubly  precious  as  the  result  of  a  career 

which  even  the  blindest  malevolence  can  not  assail.     No  private 

residence  in  Detroit  is  better  known  to  the  people  of  the  city  and 

state  than  the  magnificient,  hospitable  mansion  of  Gen.  Alger,  on 

Fort  Street. 

When  the  war  of  the  rebellion  came,  the  inevitable  result  of 

an  antagonism  of  interests,  sentiments  and  social  structure  in  the 
two  great  sections  of  the  Union,  Gen.  Alger  was  among  those 

who  took  up  arms  in  defence  of  the  flag,  by  enlisting  in  the  Sec- 
ond Michigan  cavalry,  August  26,  1861.  Though  without  the 
training,  he  bore  the  trade  mark  of  the  natural  soldier,  was  elected 
captain  and  assigned  to  Company  C.  From  the  outset  the  young 
captain  entered  into  the  spirit  of  a  soldier's  life.  He  loved  mili- 
tary discipline  and  precision,  and  found  pleasure  alike  in  the 
pomp  and  strife  of  warfare.  He  seemed  made  for  a  soldier  and 
entered  unreservedly  into  the  spirit  of  a  soldier's  life. 

Through  the  delays  of  preparation,  drill  and  getting  to  the 
front,  it  was  the  spring  of  1862  before  the  Second  fought  at  New 
Madrid,  which  was  captured  and  occupied  March  3.  Thence 
through  the  overflowed  bottoms  of  the  Mississippi  they  moved  on 
to  the  bombardment  of  Island  No.  10,  when  the  fort  was  reduced 
and  the  purposes  of  the  expedition  compassed  in  a  way  that  drew 
the  warmest  words  of  commendation  from  Gen.  Halleck. 

On  May  29  came  the  first  battle  of  Bornville,  Miss.,  where 
Capt.  Alger  won  honorable  mention  from  Col.  Sheridan  in  his 
report  of  the  capture.  A  month  later  this  place  was  the  scene  of 
another  and  more  desperate  conflict,  in  which  Gen.  Alger's  gal- 
lantry came  near  inviting  his  death.  He  was  sent,  as  a  forlorn 
hope,  with  four  saber  companies,  two  from  the  Second  Michigan 
and  two  from  the  Second  Iowa,  fighters  totally  ignorant  of  what 
constituted  a  whipping,  to  the  rear  of  Chamber's  forces.  A  suc- 
cessful execution  of  the  order  involved  a  march  of  ten  miles, 
which  brought  the  captain's  command  directly  in  the  rear  of  the 
enemy  on  the  Blackland  road.  With  his  90  invincibles,  the  cap- 
tain made  the  dash  and  but  48  lived  to  see  the  route  which  made 
possible  the  victory  of  700  over  eight  full  regiments  who  were 
driven  until  darkness  and  a  swamp  made  pursuit  impossible.     In 


ROBERT  OF   SALEM.  119 

the  boldly  executed  charge,  the  captain  was  dismounted,  had  his 
side  crushed  in  and  five  ribs  broken.  Again  he  was  "brought  to 
the  notice"  of  the  general  commanding,  and  received  more  sub- 
stantial recognition  in  his  promotion  to  a  majorship. 

Receiving  a  leave  of  absence  because  of  his  injuries,  Maj. 
Alger  was  taken  to  his  home  in  Grand  Rapids,  but  was  sufficiently 

recovered  to  rejoin  his  regiment  in  September,  1862.  It  was  soon 
ordered  to  Kentucky,  and  participated  actively  in  the  Buell -Bragg 

campaign.  The  Second,  Gen.  Alger  commanding,  was  the  first 
of  the  Union  forces  to  strike  the  outposts  of  Bragg's  army  at 
Perrvville.  It  was  the  initiative  in  a  running  seven  day's  fight 
that  was  as  sanguinary  as  it  was  stubbornly  contested  and  vali- 
antly won.  Following  and  harrassing  Bragg  to  the  Cumberland 
Mountains,  the  federal  forces  fell  back  on  account  of  lack  of  for- 
age, and  that  campaign  was  at  an  end. 

October  16,  another  promotion  came,  and  Lieut.  Col.  Alger 
was  seen  with  the  Sixth  Michigan  cavalry  recruited  at  Grand 
Rapids.  It  was  ordered  to  Washington  and  afterward  became  a 
part  of  that  famous  Michigan  cavalry  brigade  under  that  match- 
less leader,  Gen.  Custer.  In  June,  1863,  Alger  became  a  colonel 
by  promotion,  taking  command  of  the  Fifth  Michigan,  also  a  part 
of  the  fighting  brigade.  In  this  position,  he  succeeded  Col.  "Free" 
Nowell,  a  popular  commander,  and  encountered  the  opposition 
inevitable  toward  an  officer  chosen  from  another  regiment.  No 
sooner  had  the  boys  got  onto  the  field  of  active  work,  however, 
than  he  had  won  their  support  and  confidence.  While  he  was 
strict  to  the  extent  necessary  in  securing  the  best  service,  he  was 
just  and  considerate.  He  asked  no  one  to  go  where  he  would  not 
lead,  and  the  more  fight  there  was  in  a  soldier,  the  higher  was  the 
estimation  in  which  he  held  Col.  Alger. 

Omitting  intervening  matters  it  is  worthy  of  record  that  Gen. 
Alger's  regiment  first  located  the  confederates  at  Gettysburg,  and 
drove  their  cavalry  from  the  city.  The  reception  of  the  Michigan 
boys  by  the  good  people  who  were  enduring  the  first  pangs  of 
practical  warfare  was  an  ovation.  They  were  covered  with 
flowers,  feasted  on  the  fat  of  the  land  and  tempted  with  the 
choicest  exhilerants  the  place  afforded.     June  30,  near  Hanover, 


120  M0ULT0N   ANNALS. 

Alger's  forces  were  surprised  by  Stuart's  cavalry.  The  Fifth  was 
armed  with  Spencer  rifles,  and  dismounting  fought  on  foot,  rout- 
ing and  capturing  a  number  of  prisoners.  July  3,  the  same 
forces  met,  and  again  the  prowess  of  the  Fifth  aided  to  victory 
after  a  fierce  contest.  It  was  in  this  engagement  that  Maj.  Noah 
H.  Ferry,  brother  of  Ex-Senator  Ferry,  was  killed.  The  story  of 
that  terrible  cavalry  fight  at  Gettysburg,  the  pursuit  of  the  flying 
enemy,  the  fighting  by  the  way  and  the  battle  of  Boonesborough 
form  one  of  the  most  thrilling  chapters  of  the  war.  Through  it 
all,  there  was  no  more  dauntless  and  intrepid  leader  than  Col. 
Alger,  and  never  did  an  officer  command  a  body  of  men  more 
worthy  of  his  leadership.  In  the  deeds  of  personal  daring  and 
heroic  action  the  Michigan  Cavalry  Brigade  won  added  laurels 
and  left  a  record  to  which  the  State  will  ever  turn  with  pride  and 
gratitude. 

At  Boonsboro',  June  8,  the  enemy  were  met  in  force.  The 
Fifth  was  dismounted,  and  in  leading  a  charge  to  dislodge  a 
strongly  posted  body  in  a  piece  of  woods,  Col.  Alger  was  again 
severely  wounded  and  carried  from  the  field.  Brady  Station, 
Culpepper  Court  House,  the  Wilderness,  Yellow  Tavern,  Peters- 
burg, Winchester,  Front  Royal  and  many  other  engagements  of 
more  or  less  severity,  tell  their  own  story,  and  the  records  of 
history  afford  hone  more  fascinating. 

After  Gen.  Alger  had  participated  in  sixty-six  battles  and 
skirmishes,  including  the  most  desperate  of  the  war,  shattered  in 
health  and  cared  for  in  a  hospital  because  of  injuries  received  from 
a  fallen  horse,  he  resigned  September  20,  1864.  In  just  recogni- 
tion of  his  gallant  and  meritorious  services,  he  was  brevetted 
brigadier  general  and  major  general.  No  words  of  praise  can 
add  to  the  merit  of  his  services  or  purity  of  his  patriotism.  No 
calumny  can  detract  from  them.  He  did  his  full  duty  and  adorned 
it  with  that  breath  of  conception  and  brilliancy  of  execution  which 
few  men  can  command. 

Through  the  lessons  of  his  childhood,  Gen.  Alger's  heart 
goes  out  to  the  poor.  His  experiences  of  the  war  begot  a  love  for 
the  soldier.  In  no  one  has  the  veteran  a  warmer  friend  or  more 
loyal  comrade.    That  a  man  worthily  wore  the  blue  is  a  passport  to 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  121 

his  good  graces.  Many  such  a  one  with  whom  fate  has  dealt  un- 
kindly, owes  relief  to  this  veteran  of  better  fortune.  Some  of  his 
pleasantest  memories  cluster  about  his  army  life  and  the  associa- 
tions to  which  it  led.  He  is  an  active  and  open-handed  member  of 
the  G.  A.  R.  About  the  camp-fire  in  these  times  of  peace  he  is  one 
of  the  old  boys.  The  necessary  distinctions  of  an  organized  army 
ceased  to  exist  with  him  when  the  army  disbanded,  and  those  who 
comprised  it  returned  to  the  duties  of  civil  life.  All  of  them  were 
soldiers  and  none  of  them  were  more.  With  a  man  of  Gen.  Alger's 
type,  this  leaves  no  room  for  distinctions. 

In  his  record  as  a  soldier  and  broad  spirit  of  democracy  as  a 
citizen,  Gen.  Alger  is  doubly  popular  with  those  who  fought  for 
the  old  flag.  He  was  elected  commander-in-chief  of  the  G.  A.  R. 
at  the  National  Encampment,  and  during  the  year  of  service  in  this 
position,  acquitted  himself  splendidly. 

In  the  experiences  and  qualities  of  Gen.  Alger  as  briefly  re- 
viewed are  found  an  explanation  of  the  wonderful  business  record 
he  has  made.  It  was  in  1865  that  he  came  to  Detroit,  and  in 
1866  he  engaged  in  the  vessel  business,  to  bridge  the  way  to 
greater  undertakings.  He  deliberately  and  conclusively  made  up 
his  mind  that  the  modern  El  Dorado  was  to  be  found  in  the  pine 
woods.  He  reasoned  broadly  and  with  irresistible  logic,  as  in  all 
things.  He  did  not  study  the  ups  and  downs  of  the  market,  what 
the  output  was  the  year  before,  what  the  demand  was  liable  to  be 
the  next  season,  but  simply  knew  that  the  timber  supply  was  de- 
creasing each  year,  while  the  demand  was  as  constantly  increasing. 
It  was  a  conclusion  as  unanswerable  as  truth  that  the  price  must 
advance.  The  proposition  is  as  simple  as  it  is  convincing,  but  how 
few  realized  it  when  the  choice  pine  lands  were  open  to  all  cofers 
at  $1.25  per  acre. 

With  Gen.  Alger,  to  decide  was  to  act.  He  saw  no  occasion 
to  consult  or  to  deliberate  regarding  a  demonstrated  fact.  He 
saw  a  sure  thing  and  started  out  to  capture  it.  He  went  into  the 
north  woods  of  Michigan  and,  having  arranged  to  secure  some 
funds,  began  hunting  and  entering  government  lands  and  making 
small  purchases. 

He  organized  the  best  lumbering  facilities  ever  known  up  to 


122  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

the  time  of  their  adoption.  When  it  came  to  his  mind  that  steam 
engines,  logging  cars  and  railways  could  be  utilized  in  such 
gigantic  operations  as  his  company  had  in  contemplation,  he  at 
once  arranged  for,  and  provided  them. 

As  pine  began  to  yield  money  in  Michigan,  Gen.  Alger  began 
to  look  for  more  of  it.  That  original  proposition  through  which 
he  had  seen  the  high  road  to  fortune,  was  not  impaired  in  logic  or 
truth.  The  great  redwood  forests  of  California  with  their  mam- 
moth trees  of  such  varied  utility,  struck  his  constant  fancy  and  he 
invested  largely.  In  this  connection  occurs  an  incident  illustrative 
of  his  knowledge  of  everything  in  which  he  is  interested.  A 
$25,000  saw  mill  out  there  yielding  a  daily  revenue  of  $2,500,  was 
recently  burned.  He  knew  every  bit  of  the  peculiar  machinery 
destroyed,  just  what  was  essential  to  the  resumption  of  operations, 
and  had  things  underway  to  that  end  as  promptly  and  effectively 
as  though  he  had  been  upon  the  spot. 

General  Alger  organized  the  Manistique  Lumber  Company, 
of  which  he  is  president,  and  among  the  principal  stockholders. 
He  built  the  Detroit,  Bay  City  and  Alpena  Railroad,  giving  the 
upper  shore  its  first  outlet  by  rail,  and  is  president  of  the  company. 
He  is  a  large  holder  of  pine  lands  on  Puget  Sound,  Washington. 
He  owns  extensive  tracts  of  pine  and  mineral  lands  in  the  South. 
He  is  president  of  the  Detroit  and  Rio  Grande  Live  Stock  Com- 
pany of  New  Mexico.  He  has  mining  interests  of  great  value  in 
Canada.  He  is  a  director  in  the  Detroit  National  Bank,  State 
Savings  Bank,  Peninsular  Car  Company  and  Detroit  Brass  and 
Rolling  Company.  These  are  among  his  principal  business  enter- 
prises, but  there  are  scores  of  others  in  which  his  capital  and  his 
brains  play  a  prominent  part. 

With  all  these  advantages,  Gov.  Alger  never  held  but  one 
civil  office  in  the  gift  of  the  people.  Wedded  to  the  Republican 
party,  when  the  life  of  the  republic  was  at  stake,  he  has  always 
been  loyal  in  his  allegience,  giving  liberally  in  aid  of  its  campaigns, 
bringing  to  its  councils  the  clear,  accurate  judgment  which  has 
been  an  infallible  guide  to  the  acquisition  and  successful  manage- 
ment of  his  great  business  interests.  In  1884,  the  Republicans  of 
Michigan  wanted  a  leader. 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  123 

Their  long  line  of  supremacy  had  been  broken  by  the  election 
of  a  Democrat,  two  years  before.  The  days  when  anybody 
could  carry  Michigan  had  passed  into  history.  The  Greenbackers 
and  the  Democrats  had  allied  their  forces.  They  were  flushed  with 
victory,  and  held  the  reins  of  State  Government.  They  had  full 
faith  that  again  they  could  sweep  the  State.  The  third  party 
also  presented  itself  as  a  troublesome  factor  in  the  unsolved  prob- 
lem. It  was  sturdy  of  growth,  implacable  in  its  opposition  to  po- 
litical combines  or  compromises,  and  drew  at  least  three-fourths 
of  its  uncertain  strength  from  the  Republican  party.  It  was  also 
a  presidential  year,  and  there  were  well-grounded  fears  that  Michi- 
gan might  at  length  be  removed  from  the  column  of  Republican 
States.  The  opposition  were  under  consummate  leadership,  and 
would  leave  nothing  undone  to  insure  a  successful  issue  from  the 
contest. 

Gen.  Alger  had  led  too  many  a  forlorn  hope,  however,  to 
lower  his  standard  while  there  was  the  shadow  of  a  chance.  He 
had  an  abiding  faith  in  the  Republicanism  of  the  upper  peninsular, 
and  saw  in  its  returns  the  one  hope  of  a  party  triumph.  His  con- 
fidence was  not  misplaced,  and  when  the  official  vote  was  canvassed 
he  was  the  chosen  Governor  of  Michigan  by  a  vote  of  190,840 
votes  against  186,887  f°r  his  opponent. 

The  details  of  the  Alger  Administration  in  Michigan  would 
be  but  a  repetition  of  state  records,  and  is  yet  fresh  in  the  minds 
of  those  who  find  interest  in  such  matters.  Gen.  Alger,  by  nature, 
training  and  experience  is  eminently  democratic.  Those  who  may 
have  formed  an  opinion  that  because  of  his  wealth  and  well- 
earned  prominence,  he  is  not  approachable,  and  is  without  those 
generous  sympathies  which  mark  the  true  man  while  they  touch 
the  chord  of  popular  approval,  are  widely  mistaken.  No  man  will 
listen  more  patiently  or  respond  more  cheerfully  to  a  just  appeal, 
be  it  what  it  may.  He  is  peculiarly  free  from  those  evidences  of 
false  pride  and  petty  weaknesses  which  too  often  mar  the  character 
of  men  who  have  lifted  themselves  from  the  ranks  to  the  possession 
of  power  and  affluence.  As  Governor,  this  marked  and  admirable 
trait  of  character  was  one  of  the  first  to  attract  attention  and  elicit 
approbation. 


124  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

The  capacity  of  the  Governor  for  work,  his  quick  insight 
into  and  firm  grasp  of  great  affairs,  his  promptness  of  action  and 
accuracy  of  judgment  were  all  illustrated  in  his  administration. 
He  was  a  fearless  adherent  to  that  line  of  action  which  he  thought 
to  be  right,  and  if  his  devotion  to  the  entire  people  placed  a  stumb- 
ling block  in  the  way  of  some  pet  party  project,  the  project  was 
invariably  the  sufferer.  In  matters  of  moment  to  the  State,  Re- 
publicans were  always  called  to  their  discussion,  and  just  as  regu- 
larly the  opposition  was  invited  to  the  councils.  This  eminent 
fairness  of  the  man  and  unselfish  desire  to  do  what  was  wisest 
and  best,  regardless  of  party  interests,  won  him  a  confidence  and 
respect  in  the  Michigan  Legislature  which  few  men  had  ever  been 
so  fortunate  as  to  secure. 

There  is  a  rare  and  admirable  feature  of  Gen.  Alger's  charac- 
ter that  deserves  a  prominence  of  mention  that  is  not  attained  in 
a  chronicle  necessarily  brief.  It  is  his  unbounded  generosity  and 
his  consideration,  not  only  for  the  rights,  but  the  comfort  and  hap- 
piness of  his  fellow-men.  To  say  that  he  is  a  princely  giver  does 
not  convey  the  full  measure  of  credit  to  which  he  is  entitled. 
There  is  not  a  taint  of  stinginess  or  littleness  in  his  being.  No 
gift  of  his  can  be  traced  to  a  desire  for  self-aggrandizement  or  a 
wish  to  impress  the  world  with  his  great  wealth.  His  philan- 
trophy  is  not  of  that  quality  which  seeks  a  monument  to  its  pos- 
sessor and  secures  therewith  the  world's  approval  for  the  bestowal 
of  charity.  His  gifts  go  with  an  impulsive  response  to  the  appeals 
of  hunger,  nakedness  and  suffering,  as  they  confront  him  in  the 
daily  walks  of  life.  No  thought  of  Gen.  Alger  detracts  from  the 
kindness  of  heart  which  impels  his  unstinted  generosity.  He  meets 
a  shivering  newsboy  on  his  way  from  his  residence  to  his  office. 
Forthwith  a  carte  blanche  order  is  given  to  fit  these  little  mer- 
chants who  need  it  with  suits  and  overcoats,  and  that  practical 
charity  has  been  repeated  by  the  man  whose  heart  may  have  been 
moved  as  he  looked  back  through  the  lapse  of  years,  and  saw  a 
little  lad  bravely  fighting  back  the  waves  of  poverty  as  they  beat 
against  the  door  of  the  home  when  he  was  the  sole  dependence, 
there.  Thousands  of  his  money  have  gone  to  destitute  families 
in  Detroit,  to  supply  flour,  coal,  wood  and  such  other  relief  as  the 


ROBERT   OF  SALEM.  125 

kindest  consideration  for  the  suffering  might  suggest.  These 
munificent  deeds  of  charity  are  so  fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  peo- 
ple that  everything  is  recalled  in  their  suggestion.  They  raise  no 
reminder  of  stone  and  mortar,  but  they  bring  the  more  precious 
return  of  self-approval  and  the  more  fervent  felicity  of  blessings 
invoked  by  the  widow  and  the  orphan.  The  General  could  draw 
his  check  for  $40,000  in  return  for  the  "Last  Hours  of  Mozart," 
but  his  first  use  of  it  was  to  give  all  a  chance  to  see  the  grand 
painting,  and  to  devote  the  proceeds  to  the  relief  of  want.  To 
enumerate  his  charities,  all  quietly  done  so  far  as  he  can  control 
the  matter,  would  be  an  endless  task.  He  loves  to  give  for  the 
happiness  it  secures,  and  in  no  direction  does  his  money  go  with 
a  return  of  greater  satisfaction. 

This  regard  for  others  is  seen  in  another,  though  entirely 
different  direction.  Nearly  twenty  years  ago  it  became  a  saying 
with  the  woodsmen  of  Northern  Michigan,  "Work  for  Alger; 
don't  take  anything  else  if  you  can  hire  with  him."  Those  were 
the  days  when  the  golden  returns  were  still  in  the  future,  yet 
under  those  adverse  circumstances,  General  Alger  was  doing 
more  for  the  great  army  of  workers  in  the  pine  woods  than  any 
other  man  on  earth. 

Through  all  the  intervening  years  this  system  has  never  been 
varied.  So  far  as  reform  has  gone  from  the  crying  evils  of  poor 
food,  low  wages,  payment  in  orders  and  few  comforts,  Alger  has 
led,  and  in  many  instances  forced  others  to  follow  his  example,  in 
order  to  secure  the  men  necessary  to  carry  on  their  work.  It  was 
only  recently  that  he  established  a  store  at  Black  River,  and  that 
was  as  a  convenience  to  the  thriving  village  that  has  sprung  up 
there.  Any  employe  can  get  his  money  at  any  time  of  the  month, 
and  spend  it  where  he  pleases.  The  camp  table  is  better  than  that 
of  many  a  hotel,  and  the  equipments  cannot  be  surpassed.  Though 
always  employing  a  large  number  of  men — there  are  now  1,000 
hired  by  Alger,  Smith  &  Co.  alone — he  has  never  had  any  trouble 
or  differences  with  his  employes,  much  less  a  strike.  It  is  a  tact 
almost  incredible  that  with  all  his  transactions,  accounting  as  they 
do  for  the  accumulation  of  millions  in  a  comparatively  few  years, 
Gen.  Alger  has  never  sued  a  man  nor  been  sued. 


126  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

In  1897,  Gen.  Alger  assumed  the  duties  of  Secretary  of  War, 
in  President  McKinley's  Cabinet,  an  office  which  he  has  filled  with 
signal  ability,  during  a  trying  era. 

The  following  is  the  lineage  of  Gen.  Alger  on  his  maternal 
side :  ,  „ 

1.  Robert  Moulton,  from  Norfolk  County,  England;  b. 
;  m. Deborah ;  d.  Salem,  1655. 

2.  Robert  Moulton,  b.  England ;  m.  Salem,  1640,  Abigail 
Goode  ;  d.  Salem,  1665. 

3.  Robert  Moulton;  bapt.  June,  1644;  m.  Salem,  July  17, 
1672,  Mary  Cook;   d.  1730-1731. 

4.  Robert  Moulton,  b.  July  or  August  7th,  1675 ;  m.  Salem, 
1698,  Hannah  Groves. 

5.  Freeborn  Moulton,  b.  April  3,  1717;  m.  June  23,  1737, 
Rebecca  Walker;  d.    before  June  28,  1792. 

6.  Phineas  Moulton,  b.  May  15,  175 1  ;  m.  about  1770,  Mary 
Blodgett;  d.  Randolph,  Vt.,  June,  1834.     v 

7.  Dan  Moulton,  b.  June  20  or  30,  1773;  m.  Randolph,  Vt, 
December  20,  1796,  Maria  Miles;  d. in  Ohio. 

8.  Caroline  Moulton,  b.  1809 ;  m.  Canaan  Ohio,  Russell 
Alger ;  d.  1847-9. 

9.  Russell  A.  Alger;  m.  Annette  Henry  . 

Children : 

1.     Caroline,    b.    January,    1865;     m.    Henry    Deusenbery 
Shelden. 
]    2.     Fay,  b.  July,  1866 ;  m.  1888,  William  E.  Bailey. 

3.  Frances,  b.  October,  1871 ;  m.  1898,  Charles  Russell  Pike. 

4.  Russell,  b.  February  2J,  1873  \  m- • 

5.  Frederick,  b.  June,  1876  (served  on  Gen.  Shaffer's  staff 
in  Spanish  war). 

6.  Allan,  b.  November,  1881 ;  d. . 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  \2J 

CHARLES   WILLIAM    MOULTON. 

Memorial 

Adopted  by  the  Bar  of  Cincinnati 

and  Hamilton  County, 

January  27,  1888. 

"Charles  William  Moulton  was  born  of  New  England  paren- 
tage on  the  16th  day  of  December,  1830,  in  Cuyahoga  County, 
Ohio.  His  mother  was  a  Wallace,  a  direct  descendant  of  the 
great  Scottish  chieftain. 

"The  advantage  of  a  common  school  education  he  supple- 
mented by  his  own  exertions  with  a  course  at  the  Brooklyn 
Academy,  near  Cleveland,  and  a  select  school  at  Medina.  In 
order  to  be  able  to  pursue  the  studies  of  his  chosen  profession  of 
the  law  he  accepted  a  clerkship  in  the  mercantile  establishment  of 
a  leading  merchant  of  Cleveland,  where  he  remained  until  he  was 
ready  to  be  called  to  the  Bar,  when  he  went  to  Columbus  and  was 
admitted  by  the  Supreme  Court  in  1854,  not  long  after  which  ho 
was  married  to  Frances  B.  Sherman,  daughter  of  Hon.  Charles 
Sherman,  one  of  the  early  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Ohio. 
He  began  active  practice  at  Toledo  with  Hon.  George  R.  Haynes, 
now  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court  in  that  city, 
with  whom  he  remained  until  the  breaking  out  of  the  civil  war, 
shortly  after  which  he  received  the  appointment  of  Captain  and 
Assistant  Quartermaster  in  the  volunteer  service  of  the  United 
States,  from  which  he  was  subsequently  transferred  to  the  regular 
army  with  the  rank  of  Captain  and  promoted  to  that  of  Lieutenant- 
Colonel  of  volunteers,  being  assigned  to  duty  first  at  Beverly,  West 
Virginia,  and  then  to  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  and  next  to  the  post  of 
Depot  Quartermaster  of  the  City  of  Cincinnati,  where  he  remained 
until  the  close  of  the  Rebellion,  when  he  resigned  his  commission 
in  order  to  renew  his  professional  calling  in  Cincinnati,  forming 
an  association  with  Hon.  Charles  T.  Sherman,  afterwards  United 
States  District  Judge  of  Cleveland,  and  Hon.  M.  H.  Tilden,  after- 
wards one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Superior  Court  of  Cincinnati. 

"Subsequently  he  formed  co-partnerships  with  Hon.  W.  M. 


128  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

Bateman,  late  United  States  District  Attorney  at  Cincinnati, 
and  with  J.  Wm.  Johnson,  and  also  with  Theo.  A.  Blinn  and 
Lipman  Levy,  under  the  firm  names  respectively,  as  follows: 
Sherman,  Tilden  and  Moulton ;  Tilden,  Moulton  and  Tilden, 
the  latter  a  son  of  Judge  Tilden ;  Moulton  and  Johnson,  Moul- 
ton, Bateman  and  Johnson,  and  lastly  Moulton,  Johnson  and 
Levy.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  in  1867.  He  established  branch  offices  for  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  the  cities  of  Washington  and  New  York, 
and  while  at  the  latter  city  was  suddenly  attacked  by  the  illness 
which  culminated  in  his  unexpected  death  on  Tuesday  morning, 
January  24,  1888,  and  his  remains  were  brought  to  his  home  in 
Glendale  and  deposited  in  their  last  resting  place  in  Spring  Grove, 
Thursday,  January  26,  1888. 

"During  the  war  he  rendered  efficient  and  valuable  service 
to  the  -Government  in  the  disbursement  of  large  sums  of 
money,  and  in  the  distribution  of  immense  supplies  of  stores 
and  provisions  for  the  army  in  the  field.  He  discharged  his 
whole  duty  with  marked  ability  and  fidelity. 

"He  died  as  he  had  lived,  an  upright  and  patriotic  citizen 
and  an  honest  man. 

"The  members  of  the  Bar  of  Hamilton  County,  Ohio, 
therefore,  in  proper  recognition  of  the  high  character  of  the 
late  Colonel  Charles  W.  Moulton,  and  the  great  respect  enter- 
tained for  him,  both  as  a  practitioner  at  the  Bar  and  as  an  officer 
in  the  discharge  of  important  public  trusts,  respectfully  request 
that  this  memorial  be  placed  upon  the  records  of  this  Court  and 
the  Federal  Courts,  and  a  copy  of  the  same  be  sent  to  the  family 
of  the  deceased. 

"Joseph  Cox,  Chairman, 
"Joshua  H.  Bates, 
"John  F.  Follett, 
"J.  Wm.  Johnson, 
"Samuel  F.  Hunt, 

"Committee." 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  120, 

HON.    W.    M.    BATEMAN'S    REMARKS. 

Mr.  Chairman : 

I  do  not  often  take  part  in  memorial  occasions  of  this 
character.  But  now  I  should  do  violence  to  my  own  feelings 
and  my  sense  of  duty  to  a  dead  friend  to  remain  silent. 

My  acquaintance  with  Col.  Moulton  began  'over  twenty 
years  ago.  He  had  recently  left  the  army  and  the  vast  labors 
of  a  most  responsible  position,  to  resume  the  practice  of  his 
profession,  which  had  been  interrupted  by  the  Rebellion.  He 
returned  to  his  law  office  and  books  with  the  ardor  and  con- 
fident purpose  which  inspired  and  characterized  his  whole 
career  in  life.  He  used  his  whole  available  means  in  gathering 
together  a  ligrary,  and  eschewing  everything  else  he  addressed 
himself  to  the  work  of  the  law.  His  immense  business  as  Quar- 
termaster, in  which  he  had  purchased  and  distributed  enormous 
supplies  to  the  armies  and  extended  his  business  activities  over 
half  the  continent,  had  greatly  enlarged  and  diversified  the  range 
of  his  business  knowledge  and  experience,  and  had  extended  his 
business  acquaintance  into  half  the  states  of  the  Union.  This 
business  knowledge  and  acquaintance  was  of  great  advantage  in 
his  profession. 

During  the  year  18G7,  I  formed  a  partnership  with  him 
and  Mr.  Johnson,  which  continued  until  I  entered  the  office  of 
the  District  Attorney  in  the  year  1869.  My  relations  with 
him  thereafter,  until  his  untimely  death,  remained  intimate  and 
confidential.    I  enjoyed  the  full  advantage  of  his  entire  friendship. 

We  all  play  in  the  greater  or  less  artificial  life  of  our  civ- 
ilized society,  our  dramatic  parts,  in  which,  to  a  greater  or 
less  extent,  the  real  man  and  woman  is  concealed  underneath 
conventionalism  and  etiquette.  The  polished  man,  in  whom 
every  natural  impulse  is  restrained  or  repressed  and  the  ex- 
pression of  every  honest  opinion  is  modified  or  falsified,  often 
exhibits  an  artificial  character  that  bears  but  little  resemblance 
to  the  real.  Manners,  thus,  while  it  often  generates  hypocrisy 
and  something  worse,  more  frequently  polishes  rudeness  and 
educates  all  in  the  habit  and  natural  sentiment  of  kindness 
toward  others.     In  the  intimacy  of  Col.  Moulton's  life,  in  his 


I30  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

home,  and  among  his  friends,  when  his  natural  qualities  ap- 
peared in  undress,  his  character  was  presented  in  its  most  at- 
tractive aspect.  I  knew  him  in  these  situations.  He  was  in 
his  family  loving,  genial  and  tender.  He  was  the  companion 
of  his  household,  always  forbearing  and  tolerant.  He  was  a 
faithful  friend,  and  in  his  social  relation  he  rarely  indulged  in 
gossip  of  any  kind,  seldom  criticised  personal  conduct  and 
character,  but  whenever  he  did,  he  did  it  openly,  with  no 
shirking  of  responsibility.  The  topics  of  his  conversation  were 
usually  impersonal  and  abstract.  He  was  fond  of  the  discus- 
sions of  questions  of  law,  philosophy  and  history;  and,  if  not 
always  right,  was  always  original.  In  his  most  intimate  re- 
lations he  always  had  a  natural  sense  of  personal  dignity  and 
manliness  that  excluded  familiarity.  Towards  his  inferiors 
he  was  always  kindly;  towards  his  equals,  courteous;  and 
towards  the  place-holder  or  men  of  eminence,  respectful, 
without  servility.  He  was  always  polite,  and  the  provocation 
must  have  been  extreme  to  provoke  him  to  passion.  He  was 
a  pleasant  and  generous  associate,  full  of  suggestion,  untiring 
in  his  work,  and  remarkably  inventive.  As  an  adversary  he 
was  courtly,  but  neither  asked  nor  gave  quarter,  and  at  the 
close  of  the  case  his  competitor  thoroughly  found  that  every 
resource  of  opposition  had  been  exhausted.  Although  he  re- 
sumed his  profession  after  the  war  with  a  good  library,  he  con- 
tinued always  afterward  to  invest  his  means  in  books,  and 
died  leaving  a  very  large  library. 

Colonel  Moulton  was  a  desultory,  but  a  very  diligent, 
reader  in  general  literature  outside  of  his  profession,  and  with 
his  more  intimate  friends  was  fond  of  debating  every  variety  of 
speculative  questions,  and  in  no  respect  did  he  excite  more  sur- 
prises among  his  associates  than  in  the  ingenuity  and  originality 
of  his  views  upon  questions  of  philosophy,  history  and  literature, 
in  the  wide  range  of  discussion  in  which  he  indulged. 

Colonel  Moulton  was  a  very  upright  man.  The  extent  of 
his  transactions  and  the  value  of  property  by  him  bought  and 
paid  for  during  the  career  as  Quartermaster  was  enormous — 
was  much  of  the  time  necessarily  irregular,  and  at  all  times 


ROBERT   OF  SALEM.  I3I 

presenting  constant  and  powerful  temptations  to  private 
peculation.  His  tremendous  accounts  were  settled  to  a  copper, 
and  he  left  the  service  as  poor  as  when  he  entered.  Not  a 
breath  of  scandal  or  accusation  ever  existed  as  to  the  perfect 
integrity  of  his  official  life.  He  was  always  and  in  every  re- 
lation of  life,  an  honest  man.  Than  this  no  man  can  have  a 
prouder  record. 

His  family  relations  were  always  tender  and  delicate,  and 
his  social,  genial  and  warm-hearted.  There  was  an  undercur- 
rent of  sentiment  in  both  that  the  world  knew  but  little  of, 
who  only  met  him  in  business  or  politics  and  observed  that 
dash,  banter  and  aggressiveness  that  he  manifested  in  the 
outer  relations  of  life. 

His  going  to  New  York  was  probably  a  mistake.  His 
health  was  already  so  far  impaired  by  the  heavy  work  and  ex- 
posure of  his  active  life  as  to  need  husbanding  and  rest,  rather 
than  increased  work.  The  exactions  of  society,  the  demands 
of  a  new  business  in  a  great  city,  and  the  influence  ot  an  un- 
favorable climate  were  too  much  for  him. 

I  lose  in  his  death  a  friend  whom  I  have  loved  and  with 
whom  I  have  had  long  and  close  intimacy.  When,  after  a  life 
of  over  a  half  a  century,  a  man  takes  his  account  of  stock,  he 
will  be  surprised  to  find  how  few  in  the  world's  millions  he  can 
count  among  his  intimate  and  confidential  friends,  and  how 
great  the  loss  he  must  sustain  in  the  death  of  each. 

REMARKS   OF   J.    WM.    JOHNSON. 

The  last  speaker  to  address  the  meeting  was  J.  Win.  John- 
son, whose  remarks  were  as  follows  : 
Mr.  Chairman : 

I  am  usually  on  occasions  of  this  character  to  be  found 
among  the  silent  mourners,  and,  if  I  were  to  consult  only  my 
own  tastes  and  inclinations,  I  would,  even  in  the  present  in- 
stance, prefer  to  shroud  my  sentiments  in  my  grief,  notwith- 
standing that  they  arise  from  the  loss  of  my  oldest  and  dearest 
associate  and  friend,  whose  memory  we  have  met  here  to  com- 
memorate. 


13-2  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

But  we  are  such  frail  and  fallible  creatures  and  human 
motives  are  so  often  misconstrued,  and  besides  my  relations 
with  Colonel  Moulton,  as  clerk,  student,  partner,  associate  and 
friend,  extending  for  a  period  of  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  cen- 
tury, present  so  peculiar  and  exceptional  a  chain  of  circumstances 
that  I  fear  to  be  silent  were  to  be  unjust;  not  to  him  whose 
remains  now  lie  clad  in  their  mortal  habiliments  only — for  he 
knows,  as  I  have  the  faith  which  leads  me  to  believe  that  he  is 
yet  alive  in  the  spirit,  that  I  shall  cherish  his  memory  to  my  dying 
day — but  to  the  living,  lest  they  should  perchance  from  my  silence 
think  somewhat  less  of  the  merits  of  a  man  whom  to  have  known 
intimately  and  well  was  to  have  realized  the  full  fruition  of  all 
that  is  good,  noble  and  true  in  the  fellowship  of  man. 

I  say  this  because  I  feel  that  in  him  I  had  a  perfectly 
loyal  friend — with  all  the  depth  and  devotion  which  that  term 
implies;  a  relationship  which,  together  with  that  found  in  the 
family  circle,  constitute  the  highest  and  best  form  of  associa- 
tion we,  on  this  side  of  the  grave,  arc  permitted  to  enjoy. 
His  was  not 

"A  summer  friendship, 
Whose  fluttering  leaves,  that  shadowed  us 
In  our  prosperity,  and,  with  the  least  gust, 

Drop  off 
In  the  Autumn  of  adversity." 
I  was  but  a  lad,  just  out  of  my  teens,  when  I  first  met 
Colonel,  then  Captain.  Moulton,  in  the  Fall  of  1862,  at  Gal- 
lipolis,  Ohio,  where  he  was  stationed  as  Depot  Quartermaster, 
in  charge  of  supplies  for  the  United  States  forces  then  operat- 
ing in  West  Virginia.  About  this  time,  the  defeat  of  General 
Hunter  took  place  and  the  Union  troops  retreated  down  the 
Kanawha  Valley,  resulting  almost  in  a  rout  or  stampede, 
causing  a  large  accumulation  of  property  at  Gallipolis,  which 
came  within  Captain  Moulton's  custody.  This  property  con- 
sisted of  horses,  mules,  wagons,  forage  and  other  supplies  in 
immense  quantities,  and  worth  hundreds  of  thousands  of  dol- 
lars— the  ownership  of  which  was  a  mixed  matter;  for  while 
a  large  portion  was  Government  property,  yet  a  great  deal  of 


ROBERT  OF   SALEM.  I 33 

it  belonged  to  individuals  whose  residence  or  claims  were  un- 
known, or,  if  known,  were  rebel  sympathizers  who  dare  not 
assert  their  title.  The  result  was  that  when  Colonel  Moulton 
came  to  turn  over  his  post  to  his  successor  all  this  property 
was  found  on  his  returns,  making  his  balance  that  much  over 
what  his  accounts  called  for.  I  need  not  intimate  what  oppor- 
tunity was  presented  for  a  less  scrupulous,  I  will  not  say  less 
honest,  man  to  have  profited  personally  by  these  circumstances, 
and  that,  too,  without  the  slightest  fear  of  detection  or  even 
of  accountability ;  for.  as  I  have  said,  so  much  of  these  over- 
balances were  from  "found  property,"  not  belonging  to  his 
principal.  He  left  Gallipolis  to  assume  the  important  duties 
of  Depot  Quartermaster  at  Cincinnati,  having  been  promoted 
to  the  rank  of  Colonel  and  transferred  from  the  volunteer  ser- 
vice into  the  regular  army.  At  that  time  the  supplies  for  the 
Union  army  in  the  South  and  West  were  furnished  from  this 
point,  and  the  purchase  or  manufacture  of  all  the  clothing  and 
equipage  was  under  his  charge,  the  monthly  disbursements  for 
which  were  upwards  of  a  million  dollars.  The  total  aggregate 
of  his  disbursement  while  at  Cincinnati  was  somewhere  in  the 
neighborhood  of  forty  millions  of  dollars,  all  of  which  was  de- 
posited to  his  credit  at  the  Assistant  United  States  Depository 
and  subject  only  to  his  individual  check.  Yet  such  was  his 
complete  mastery  of  details  and  great  executive  ability  as  well 
as  accuracy  and  thoroughness,  that,  when  he  came  to  have 
a  final  settlement  with  the  Treasury  Department  and  release 
his  bondsmen,  there  was  no  more  trouble  or  difficulty  experi- 
enced than  if  the  transactions  were  few  in  number  and  insig- 
nificant in  amount,  and  he  received  an  acknowledgment  of 
clear  acquittance  in  terms  highly  complimentary  and  flattering. 
No  man  had  greater  or  better  opportunities  for  enriching 
himself  than  he  during  the  term  of  his  official  service  in  the 
army,  and  that,  too,  without  any  danger  of  being  charged  with 
having  done  so  improperly  or  in  betrayal  of  any  trust,  or  in 
any  way  as  reflecting  upon  his  integrity,  or  honor.  But  he 
preferred  to  follow  the  dictates  of  the  "still,  small  voice,"  and 
left  the  service  not  only  as  poor  but  also  as  honest  as  he  had 


134  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

entered  it.  What  greater  meed  of  praise  or  distinction  could 
be  bestowed  on  any  man,  especially  if  we  recall  the  character 
of  the  terms  and  the  low  standard  of  moral  honesty  which  pre- 
vailed with  reference  to  government  contracts,  public  prop- 
erty and  contraband  of  war? 

With  the  end  of  the  Rebellion,  he  foresaw  only  a  life  of 
inactivity  if  he  continued  in  the  service,  and  this  he  could  not 
tolerate,  and  therefore  resigned  his  commission  in  the  regular 
army  and  re-entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  this 
city  in  the  Fall  of  1865. 

As  to  his  subsequent  career  and  success  at  the  bar,  and 
his  legal  attainments,  it  is  not  necessary  for  me  to  speak  at 
length.  But  I  may  with  perfect  propriety,  and  with  emphasis, 
declare  that  he  possessed  a  mind  of  wonderful  comprehension 
and  versatility,  and  while  he  may  have  sometimes  erred  in  the 
selection  of  the  predominating  facts  or  principles,  yet  they 
never  escaped  his  penetrating  observation,  and  were  certain 
of  being  suggested,  however  incoherently  he  may  have  chosen 
or  seemed  to  present  them. 

His  brain  was  exceedingly  active — in  perpetual  motion, 
as  it  were.  Indolence  was  impossible  with  him,  and  his  in- 
dustry was  remarkable.  Unless  physically  indisposed,  he  was 
among  the  first  at  his  office  and  among  the  last  to  leave  it. 
His  mental  vigor  was  unflagging,  and  notwithstanding  that 
we  claim  with  pride  that  the  legal  profession  offers  the  widest 
scope  for  the  exercise  of  intellectual  endowments,  yet  it  seemed 
too  narrow  for  the  qualities  he  possessed;  tending  as  they  did 
to  the  executive  and  administrative  field  and  affecting  the 
many  rather  than  the  few.  He  was  born  to  command  and  could 
not  be  a  follower ;  hence  he  would  have  made  a  great  railroad 
manager,  or  the  executive  head  of  some  powerful  "Trust." 

While  he  was  the  soul  of  affability  no  one  could  be 
familiar  with  him,  nor  would  he  attempt  to  be  so  with  others. 
As  an  illustration  I  need  only  remark  that  during  the  entire 
period  of  my  intimate  association  with  him — beginning,  as  I 
have  intimated,  from  my  boyhood  almost — he  never  addressed 
me  other  than  by  my  surname. 


ROBERT   OF  SALEM.  I 35 

He  was  also  exceptionally  clean  in  his  speech.  If  he  occa- 
casionally  used  an  oath — the  result  of  his  military  service — he 
never  permitted  a  vulgar  or  obscene  word  to  fall  from  his  lips. 
In  personal  habits  and  tastes  he  was  exceedingly  plain  and 
simple,  caring  nothing  for  the  glitter  and  pomp  of  social  life, 
or  its  exactions ;  unostentatious  in  all  respects  save  one,  viz, 
his  books,  in  which  he  took  the  greatest  pride  and  pleasure, 
resulting  in  his  accumulating  one  of  the  largest  private  libraries 
in  the  state. 

It  may  be  readily  inferred,  that  he  was  no  respector  of 
persons,  independently  of  their  own  merits.  Office  had  no 
attraction  for  him,  nor  the  piece  of  clay  that  happened  to  oc- 
cupy it,  except  so  far  as  it  was  animated  by  one  deserving,  for 
his  own  sake,  individual  recognition.  He  would  as  soon  be 
seen  on  the  street  with  the  humblest  citizen  as  with  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States,  and  an  appeal  for  assistance  or 
charity  would  as  soon  be  heeded,  solicited  in  rags  as  in  broad- 
cloth. Indeed,  he  was  generous  to  a  fault,  and  as  far  as  his 
personal  wants  were  concerned  he  seemed  utterly  indifferent 
to  the  fact  as  to  whether  he  had  ten  cents  or  a  thousand  dol- 
lars on  his  person.  In  his  family  relations,  however,  he  was  the 
embodiment  of  love;  affectionate  and  tender  as  a  child,  and 
solicitious  only,  and  at  all  times,  for  the  happiness  and  welfare 
of  the  home  circle.  It  was  this  that  prompted  him  to  leave  Cin- 
cinnati temporarily.  Owing  to  his  intimate  knowledge  of  Fed- 
eral laws,  particularly  those  relating  to  Internal  Revenue,  his 
services  were  in  such  requisition  that  he  was  compelled  to 
spend  a  large  portion  of  his  time  in  Washington  city,  especi- 
ally when  Congress  was  in  session.  This  led  him,  for  the  sake 
of  convenience — and  also  partly  on  account  of  the  temporary 
requirements  of  a  valued  client,  and  partly  with  a  view  of  see- 
ing his  only  son  established  in  his  profession — to  open  a  branch 
office  of  his  firm  in  the  city  of  New  York,  hoping  and  expect- 
ing that  he  would  soon  be  allowed  to  return  here  and  end  his 
days  with  his  older  friends  and  associates.  But,  to  their  great 
sorrow  and  disappointment,  it  has  been  decreed  otherwise; 
and  nothing  now  is  left  to  them  but  the  rich  legacy  of  his 


I36  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

memory,  which  has  been  cast  upon  them  so  suddenly,  unex- 
pectedly and  prematurely  that  they  realize,  in  all  its  sadness, 
the  truth  of  the  lines: 

"All  that's  bright  must  fade, 
The  brightest  still  the  fleetest ; 
All  that's  sweet  was  made 

But  to  be  lost  when  sweetest." 
Col.   Moulton  was  a  descendant  of  Robert,  in  the  tenth 
generation. 

(Dan',     Dan8,     Phineas7,     Freeborn*,     Robert8,    Robert*, 
Robert',  Robert2,  Robert1). 


DAN  ALONZO  MOULTON. 

Dan  Alonzo  Moulton  was  born  in  Randolph,  Vermont, 
January  9,  1806.  In  1828  he  emigrated  to  Richfield,  Ohio, 
where  he  married  Adaline  Wallace,  November  9,  1829,  his 
uncle,  Rev.  James  Miles  performing  the  ceremony.  Mr.  Moulton 
was  a  carpenter  and  bridge  contractor,  and  built  many  of  these 
structures  at  an  early  date  in  his  state. 

A  staunch  Whig  in  politics,  he  took  an  active  part  in  the 
political  campaigns  of  his  party.  He  was  a  great  admirer  of 
Clay  and  Webster,  and  later  as  an  abolitionist  he  voted  for  Abra- 
ham Lincoln  and  against  the  Fugitive  Slave  Law. 

He  was  of  the  best  informed  men  of  his  day,  possessing 

a  memory  for  dates  and  events  that  was  truly  remarkable. 

He  lived  to  see  his  six  children  honorably  settled  in  life, 
some  of  whom  are  connected  by  marriage  with  families  of 
national  note..  One  of  his  sisters,  Caroline,  married  Russell 
A.  Alger,  father  of  General  Russell  A.  Alger,  present  Secretary 
of  War  (1898).  His  son  Charles  married  Frances,  youngest 
sister  of  General  W.  T.  and  Senator  John  Sherman.  His 
daughter  Sara,  married  Hoyt  Sherman,  brother  of  the  above. 

He  served  a  year  in  the  Quartermaster's  Department  in 


ROBERT  OF   SALEM.  137 

West  Virginia,  with  his  son  Colonel  C.  W..  Moulton,  during 
the  Cicil  War.    He  died  May  11,  1875,  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  a  descendant  of  Robert,  of  the  eighth 
generation. 

(Dan7,  Phineas',  Freeborn6,  Robt.4,  Robt.\  Robt.',  Robt.1.) 


JOHN  H.  MOULTOX. 

John  Henry  Moulton,  the  second  son  of  Dan.  A.  and  Ada- 
line  Moulton,  was  born  January  23,  1843,  in  Brunswick,  Me- 
dina County,  Ohio.  Like  other  children  brought  up  on  a  farm, 
he  attended  the  district  school  two  or  three  miles  away. 

When  twelve  years  of  age  he  left  home  for  Mansfield, 
Ohio,  where  he  clerked  in  the  dry-goods  store  of  Sturgis  and 
Wood. 

He  began  at  the  bottom  and  worked  his  way  up,  becoming 
the  confidential  clerk  of  his  employers,  until  the  Civil  War, 
when  he  joined  his  brother,  Colonel  C.  W.  Moulton  in  Beverly, 
West  Virginia,  where  he  was  put  in  charge  of  the  overland 
transportation  of  supplies. 

A  year  later  he  was  stationed  at  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  in  the 
same  department,  and  subsequently  in  Cincinnati.  Ohio. 

For  some  eight  months  during  the  war  he  was  managing 
editor  of  the  Ohio  State  Journal  at  Columbus,  Ohio. 

In  the  fall  of  1865  he  went  to  Ironton,  Ohio,  and  became 
connected  with  the  Sheridan  Mining  Company,  as  Secretary 
and  Treasurer,  in  which  business  he  remained  nine  years. 

In  1874  he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  H.  Campbell  & 
Sons,  and  has  since  taken  an  active  part  in  the  business.  He 
was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Crescent  Iron  Works  of 
Pomeroy,  Ohio. 

He  became  president  of  the  Tyler  Hoe  and  Tool  Works  of 
Ironton,  and  also  a  director  in  the  First  National  Bank  of  that 
city.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Moulton  and  Wigh, 
who  were  engaged  in  the  Aldine  Fruit  Process,  which  in  the 
proper  season  employed  many  hands. 


I38  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

Mr.  Moulton  owned  large  interests  in  Chicago,  Pueblo, 
Montana,  and  Boise  City,  Idaho. 

August  12,  1869  he  married  Maria  E.,  daughter  of  Hiram 
Campbell  of  Ironton,  Ohio.  Their  living  children  are:  Wal- 
lace, John  Henry,  Carl  Woodrow,  Elizabeth  Adaline,  Frederic, 
and  Dan  Alonzo. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  a  fine  type  of  a  self-made  man,  having 
obtained  for  himself  an  education,  a  fortune  and  a  good  name. 
He  possesses  strength  of  character,  to  help  him  through  dif- 
ficulties, and  also  a  keen  sense  of  the  ludicrous  that  has  lighted 
many  a  dark  moment  of  his  life.  He  is  both  generous  and  just, 
possessing  those  qualities  which  accompany  native  gentility. 

As  a  business  man  and  citizen  he  occupies  a  high  and  in- 
fluential position.  He  is  greatly  beloved  for  his  kind  and  sym- 
pathetic nature,  as  well  as  for  his  integrity,  for  every  one 
knows  that  his  word  is  as  good  as  his  bond. 

Mr.  Moulton  is  a  descendant  of  Robert,  of  the  ninth  gen- 
eration. 

(Dan",  Dan',  Phineas',  Freeborn',  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert',  Robert1.) 


BINA  MOULTON  WYMAN. 

Bina  (Sabina)  Moulton,  the  third  daughter  of  Dan.  A. 
and  Adaline  Moulton,  was  born  April  12,  18-41,  in  Brunswick, 
Ohio. 

She  was  educated  at  Wellington  High  School  and  Oberlin 
College,  In  1859  she  went  to  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  where  she 
taught  in  the  High  school. 

In  1861  she  married  Captain  Sam.  H.  Lunt.  When  the 
Civil  War  was  declared  he  enlisted  in  Co.  D,  2d  Iowa  Infantry; 
he  was  made  Lieutenant  and  later  received  the  commission  3S 
Quartermaster  in  the  field  with  the  rank  of  Captain.  He  served 
until  the  close  of  the  war,  when  he  died  suddenly  in  Mobile,  Ala- 
bama, July  28,  1865. 

Bina,  with  her  baby,  Sara,  made  an  unsuccessful  attempt 


ROBERT  OF  SALEM.  I 39 

to  join  her  husband  in  Knoxville,  Tennessee,  but  was  per- 
suaded by  General  Sherman,  with  whom  she  had  a  personal 
interview,  to  give  it  up. 

Sara,  their  only  child,  married  Walter  M.  McCain  of  Des 
Moines  in  1882,  where  they  still  reside,  with  their  three  chil- 
dren.   Philip  Lunt,  George  and  Gladys  Moulton. 

Mrs.  McCain  is  a  woman  of  great  personal  beauty  and  is 
much  admired  by  her  friends.  She  is  also  a  devoted  wife  and 
mother. 

In  1879,  Bina  Lunt,  visited  Europe,  spending  several  months 
in  London  and  Paris,  and  from  there  came  many  of  the  pub- 
lished sketches  and  poems  that  have  fallen  from  her  pen.  In 
1886,  Bina  married  John  Wyman,  a  well-known  and  highly 
respected  business  man  of  Des  Moines. 

Mrs.  Wyman,  possessing  a  cultivated  and  executive  mind, 
organized  the  first  literary  club  in  Des  Moines,  and  introduced 
literary  receptions.  She  has  always  been  interested  in  philan- 
thropic work,  and  established  a  Labor  Bureau  for  the  poor. 
She  was  President  of  the  Business  Women's  Association  for 
two  years. 

In  1893  she  organized  the  Emergency  Club  that  went  to 
Pomeroy,  Iowa,  after  the  cyclone,  in  a  special  train,  and 
nursed  the  wounded  and  made  garments  for  the  destitute. 

Bina  Moulton  Wyman,  a  woman  of  fine  presence  and 
strong  magnetic  temperament,  has  not  betrayed  her  ances- 
try. For  her  to  think  a  thing  should  be  done  is  the  earnest  of 
its  doing.  Her  religion  is  helpfulness.  None  go  to  her  dis- 
couraged and  despairing  but  come  away  with  fresh  hope.  What 
can  I  add?  I  have  made  a  bouquet  of  her  own  flowers,  only 
the  thread  that  binds  them  is  my  own. 

Mrs.  Wyman  is  a  descendant  of  Robert  of  the  ninth  gen- 
eration. 

(Dan.8,  Dan.T,  Phineas',  Freeborn6,  Robert,4,  Robert', 
Robert1,  Robert1.) 


I4O  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

J.  FRANKLIN  MOULTON. 

J.  Franklin  Moulton  was  born  December  23rd,  18-49,  in 
Wellington,  Lorain  County,  Ohio.  He  was  the  youngest  of 
the  eleven  children  of  Freeman  Moulton.  He  has  traveled  ex- 
tensively in  the  West,  having  passed  thirty-five  years  on  the 
praries  of  Iowa  and  in  the  Rocky  Mountains.  At  nineteen 
years  of  age  he  traveled  overland  from  Ohio  to  Caliiornia. 
His  business  has  led  him  from  lumber  camp  to  gold  mine,  and 
fiom  gold  mine  to  cattle-ranch.  Mr.  Moulton  distinguished 
himself  from  time  to  time  in  Indian  warfare,  having  many  ex- 
citing conflicts  with  members  of  the  Sioux  and  Cheyenne 
tribes.  He  has  done  good  work  in  suppressing  cattle  thieving, 
which  was  extensively  carried  on  in  the  West,  in  early  days. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  married  in  1877,  a  Kansas  lady  and  two 
daughters  came  to  bless  his  hoiuc.  He  now  resides  in  Denver, 
Colorado,  where  he  is  a  successful  and  respected  citizen. 

He  is  a  descendant  of  Robert  of  the  ninth  generation. 

(Freeman*,  Dan.',  Phineas",  Freeborn',  Robert4,  Robert', 
Robert1,  Robert1.) 


MRS.  SARAH  MOULTON  WOOL. 

In  Oakwood  Cemetery,  Troy,  N.  Y.  there  is  a  monument 
on  which  is  inscribed  : 

This  stone  is  erected  to 

Major  John  Ellis  Wool, 

the  gallant  soldier, 

the  able  commander, 

and  patriotic  citizen ; 

distinguished    in   many   battles; 

and  to  Sarah  Moulton, 

his  excellent  and  worthy  consort. 
This  fitting  inscription  was  written  by  William  C.  Bryant. 
General  Wool  was  born  at  Newburg,  Orange  County,  New 
York,  February  29,  1784.     Sarah  Moulton  was  born  at  Staf- 
ford, Tolland  County,  Connecticut,  July  4,  1787.     They  were 


ROBERT  OF   SALEM.  I4I 

married  in  Troy,  X.  Y.,  September  27,  1810.  They  had  no  chil- 
dren. General  Wool  died  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  November  10,  1869. 
Mrs.  Wool  died  in  Troy,  N.  Y.,  May  7,  1873. 

Mrs.  Wool's  father  was  Howard  Moulton,  son  of  Colonel 
Stephen  Moulton,  whose  father  was  a  clergyman  of  financial 
if  not  of  professional  ability,  as  he  built  a  church  in  Stafford, 
Conn.,  and  preached  in  it  without  pay. 

Colonel  Stephen  Moulton's  home  was  near  Stafford 
Springs,  a  fashionable  watering  place  before  the  revolution. 
He  was  a  man  of  liberal  education  and  high  social  position. 
Among  those  who  visited  the  "Spa"  in  pursuit  of  health  or 
recreation  was  General  Hallowel,  an  English  Army  officer, 
who  enjoyed  the  hospitality  of  Colonel  Moulton.  Colonel 
Moulton  commanded  a  Connecticut  regiment,  and  when  the 
war  broke  out,  he  led  it,  with  his  three  sons  in  the  ranks,  into 
active  service.  They  were  in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  and 
after  the  defeat  of  our  forces,  Colonel  Moulton  and  two  of  his 
sons  were  taken  prisoners  and  paroled.  Howard  Moulton 
concealed  himself  in  some  bushes,  and  for  three  days  had  noth- 
ing to  eat  but  berries,  and  no  drink  but  a  little  water  which 
he  caught  in  his  hat  during  a  shower.  He  was  then  captured 
by  some  Hessian  soldiers,  one  of  whom  struck  him  across  the 
forehead  with  a  sabre;  he  carried  the  mark  of  this  blow  to  the 
grave.  The  Hessians  were  about  to  hang  him,  when  an 
English  officer  happened  to  come  to  his  rescue  and  sent  him  to 
the  Jersey  Prison  Ship,  where  death  came  to  the  relief  of  many 
a  brave  fellow. 

Howard's  father  tried  in  vain  to  find  him  and  was  almost 
in  despair,  when  he  chanced  to  meet,  in  New  York,  his  guest 
and  friend,  General  Hallowel,  who  immediately  interested 
himself  in  the  pursuit.  The  hatches  of  the  Jersey  Prison  Ship 
were  raised  to  the  question,  "Is  there  a  man  here  named  How- 
ard Moulton  ?"  There  was  no  response.  The  question  was  re- 
peated again  and  again.  At  last  the  wretched  semblance  of  a 
man  appeared.  At  sight  of  the  miserable  creature,  General 
Hallowel  wept  like  a  child.  The  poor  prisoner  was  wrapped  in 
a  blanket  and  carried  away  to  be  washed,  clothed  and  placed  in 


142  M0ULT0X   AXXALS. 

the  "Sugar  House,"  where  he  remained  in  comparative  com- 
fort till  paroled.  Being  a  paroled  prisoner,  the  young  man  could 
do  no  better  than  to  fall  in  love,  captivate  and  capture  Mary 
White.  They  were  married  in  1T79.  When  Mary  White  was 
an  infant  her  mother  died ;  when  she  was  twelve  years  old  her 
father  took  her  to  a  "pest-house,"  an  institution  of  that  day, 
when  vaccination  was  unknown,  and  she  was  there  inoculated 
for  small  pox,  her  father  remaining  to  watch  over  her.  On 
the  termination  of  their  quarantine,  he  went  into  a  large  stream 
to  bathe,  and  being  an  expert  swimmer,  the  men  watching  his 
movements  from  the  shore  were  not  alarmed  when  he  went 
beneath  the  surface  of  the  water.  He  never  rose  again.  It 
was  supposed  that  cramps  seized  him.  Thus  was  his  only 
child  left  an  orphan,  rich  in  personal  charms  as  well  as  in 
"broad  acres."  The  wife  of  the  parish  minister  took  care  of 
her,  and  performed  the  duties  of  a  mother  with  rare  discretion 
and  heartfelt  devotion.  Every  possible  advantage  of  education 
was  afforded  her,  and  when  old  enough  to  make  the  journey, 
on  horseback,  that  being  the  sole  method  of  travel,  she  was  in- 
dulged in  annual  pilgrimages  to  Boston,  even  then  "the  Hub 
of  the  universe."  To  grandchildren  her  accounts  of  these 
journeys  far  exceeded  the  Arabian  Nights  entertainment. 
There  was  something  real  in  a  dark  green  cloth  riding  habit,  a 
hat  with  ostrich  feathers  and  gold  mounted  whip ! 

She  always  carried  home  a  new  dress,  made  by  the  reign- 
ing queen  of  the  craft.  The  silks  of  that  day  were  made  to 
stand  alone,  and  to  descend  from  generation  to  generation,  as 
hers  did.  She  must  have  been  beautiful ;  as  an  old  woman  she 
was  lovely.  A  perfect  gentlewoman  in  mind  and  character. 
She  had  five  handsome  daughters.  When  she  died,  at  the  age 
of  seventy-three,  her  pastor,  Dr.  Butler,  of  St.  Paul's  Church, 
Troy,  said  she  was  the  soundest  person  of  her  age  in  mind  and 
body  that  he  had  ever  known.  Her  daughter,  Sarah,  Mrs. 
Wool,  was  a  very  elegant  woman.  Intelligent  and  affable, 
dignified  yet  courteous,  she  commanded  the  respect  and  esteem 
of  the  highest  in  the  land,  making  friends  everywhere,  and 
never  an  enemy. 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  I43 

At  the  close  of  the  war  1812-15,  her  husband  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  two  Inspectors  General  of  the  United  States 
Army,  with  the  rank  of  Colonel.  His  duties  involved  much 
travel,  and,  wherever  practicable,  Mrs.  Wool  accompanied 
him.  She  often  contrasted  the  journeys  of  those  days  and 
these  days.  Think  of  consuming  twenty-five  days  in  going 
from  Buffalo  to  Detroit  and  back !  Then  there  was  but  one 
house  in  Buffalo;  the  British  had  burned  all  the  rest.  Mrs. 
Wool  spent  most  of  her  winters  in  Washington,  where  she 
was  a  favorite  with  all  who  knew  her.  Ladies  as  well  as  gen- 
tlemen esteemed  and  admired  her.  Few  have  ranked  among 
their  friends  so  many  distinguished  people.  She  was  wonder- 
fully discreet.  Some  one  said,  when  there  was  a  schism  among 
ladies  of  high  positions,  "How  does  Mrs.  Wool  keep  out  of 
these  quarrels?"  "By  •  her  discretion"  said  Senator  Silas 
Wright,  "her  rare  discretion." — From  a  letter  to  the  author. 

Mrs.  Wool  was  a  descendant  of  Robert8  (Howard1, 
Stephen',  Ebenezer5,  Robert4,  Robert*,  Robert1,  Robert1). 


A  MOULTON  JOSEPHINE. 

The  Countess  von   Hatzfeld  is  a  descendant  of  Robert. 

(Charles  F.8,  Josiah7,  Stephen',  Ebenezer5,  Robert*, 
Robert',  Robert',  Robert1.) 

The  following  was  taken  from  the  Boston  Transcript : 

In  the  year  1886  a  dispatch  from  Berlin  announced  that 
the  brutal  and  heartless  "Count  Von  Hatzfeld,"  with  the  cus- 
tomary meanness  of  the  so-called  "German  nobility,"  had  suc- 
ceeded in  his  attempt  to  get  divorced  from  his  beautiful  Ameri- 
can wife,  formerly  Miss  Moulton,  in  order  that  he  might  re- 
ceive the  appointment  of  Secretary  of  State  for  Foreign  Af- 
fairs, it  being  held  that  he  was  disqualified  to  appear — with  a 
wife  whose  grandmother  once  sang  in  public — at  a  court  in  the 
veins  of  whose  chief  dignitaries,  ran  the  blood  of  thieves,  as- 
sassins and  debauchers.  In  the  language  of  the  scribe  of  the 
period: 


144  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

The  Countess  Von  Hatzfeld  was  born  in  New  York  about 
the  year  1852.  Her  mother,  whose  maiden  name  was  Ceasarina 
Metz,  was  the  daughter  of  Julius  Metz,  a  former  music 
teacher  of  that  day.  Mrs.  Metz  had  been  an  actress  before  her 
marriage,  and  the  daughter  was  a  distinguished  beauty,  and 
being  very  accomplished  was  a  great  belle  in  New  York  so- 
ciety. Miss  Metz  married  a  Mr.  Moulton  of  Albany  who  soon 
after  coming  to  New  York  made  investments  in  real  estate 
which  were  highly  successful.  The  result  of  the  union  was  a 
boy  and  a  girl.  The  boy's  name  was  Charles  Moulton.  The 
girl  was  the  lady  whose  marriage  with  Count  Von  Hatzfeld  has 
just  been  dissolved.  About  ten  years  after  the  birth  of  the 
children  the  Moultons  went  to  Paris,  where  they  made  their 
home  henceforth,  and  the  father  materially  increased  his 
wealth  by  an  association  with  the  famous  Baron  Haussmann. 

About  1868  Charles  Moulton  married  Miss  Lillie  Green- 
ough  of  Boston.  This  lady  was  famous  for  her  wonderful 
soprano  voice,  which  has  delighted  a  great  many  audiences. 

About  six  years  ago  Charles  Moulton  died,  and  soon  after- 
ward, his  widow  came  to  this  country,  where  she  made  the 
acquaintance  of  Baron  Von  Hageman,  the  Danish  Minister, 
whom  she  married  several  years  ago.  Miss  Moulton,  mean- 
while having  been  carefully  educated,  grew  up  to  be  a  charm- 
ing, graceful  and  accomplished  young  lady.  When  about 
seventeen  she  attracted  the  notice  of  the  Empress  Eugenie  by 
her  graceful  skating  on  the  lake  in  the  Bois  de  Boulogne.  She 
thereafter  was  prominent  in  the  society  of  the  Imperial  Court 
where  she  made  many  friends.  At  this  time  she  became  ac 
quainted  with  Count  Von  Hatzfeld,  who  was  then  the  German 
Ambassador  at  Paris.  From  the  first  there  was  a  strong 
mutual  attachment  between  the  young  people,  which,  in  1860, 
culminated  in  a  marriage,  which  was  particularly  gratifying 
to  the  lady's  family,  and  in  Parisian  society,  was  considered 
a  brilliant  match.  A  German  gentleman,  now  residing  in  New 
York,  who  has  held  official  positions,  both  in  the  army  and  the 
civil  service  of  Prussia,  and  who  claims  to  be  familiar  with 
the  rules  and  usages  governing  official  life  in  Berlin,  speaking 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  145 

of  the  divorce,  said:  "There  is  no  written  law  on  the  subject, 
and  acceptability  at  court  depends  altogether  on  customs  and 
usage.  The  present  usage  owes  its  existence  to  the  Empress 
Augusta,  who,  inheriting  the  severely  strict  ideas  character- 
istic of  the  House  of  Hohenzollern,  is  extremely  particular  in 
her  ideas  of  propriety.  Nobility,  however,  is  not  among  the 
requisites  for  reception  into  the  court  circle,  and  the  peasant  is 
on  a  par  with  the  prince  in  that  respect.  There  are  two  causes 
which  are  fatal  to  a  woman's  favor  at  court ;  one  is,  connection 
with  the  stage  either  directly  or  through  being  related  to  any 
one  who  has  performed  in  public;  the  other  consists  in  having 
been  divorced  or  related  to  any  (me  who  has  been  divorced." 

This  gentleman,  upon  being  informed  of  the  incidents  of 
the  countess's  life  and  antecedents,  said  that  even  though  there 
were  no  other  reasons,  the  facts  that  her  grandmother  had 
been  an  actress  and  her  si>ter-in-law  a  concert  singer,  were 
enough  to  have  prevented  the  count  from  being  received  in  of- 
ficial circles. 


MRS.  CHARLES   MOULTON    [No.  401]. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Moulton  to  Baron  von  Raben  recalls 
some  interesting  facts  in  relation  to  her  mother.  Mrs.  Charles 
Moulton  has  had  a  remarkable  experience.  She  is  one  of  the 
handsomest  and  brainiest  women  that  ever  went  from  our 
shores  to  dwell  on  the  other  side.  She  has  had  many  singular 
experiences.  Her  husband  died  some  years  ago,  leaving  her 
with  the  daughter  who  has  just  married,  and  with  little  or  no 
money  to  live  on. 

The  brave  woman,  who  had  been  very  popular  in  social 
circles,  took  to  the  concert  stage  as  a  means  of  livelihood.  A 
great  many  people  can  recall  her  when  she  returned  to  this 
country  and  sung  in  concerts  in  all  the  principal  cities.  Her 
coming  caused  quite  a  sensation  in  the  fashionable  world,  for 
the  stage  in  those  days  was  much  less  popular  than  it  is  now ; 
yet  Mrs.  Moulton  kept  her  high  social  position  intact,  while 
she  earned  a  good  round  sum  every  week,  appearing  before  the 


I46  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

footlights  each  night.  In  almost  every  large  city  she  was  made 
much  of  by  wealthy  people,  and  for  a  time  there  was  a  general 
belief  that  she  would  adopt  the  stage  as  a  profession.  She  was 
even  set  down  to  sing  in  opera,  and  there  was  a  great  deal  of 
speculation  as  to  her  future,  when  she  met  and  married  a 
Dane,  M.  de  Hegermann,  who  now  represents  this  country  at 
Rome. 

During  Mrs.  Moulton's  early  conflict  with  the  world  and 
adventures  on  the  stage,  the  young  and  beautiful  girl  just 
married  was  a  child. 

She  found  in  her  mother's  new  husband  a  good  father, 
and  she  has  doubtless  found  a  good  husband  in  her  stepfather's 
friend  and  countryman.  This  young  girl,  like  her  mother, 
possesses  talents  of  a  high  order,  and  has  been  much  petted 
and  flattered  without  destroying  her  good  sense.  She  has  seen 
a  great  deal  of  life,  and  is  well  equipped  for  the  duties  of  her 
new  station.  She  is  one  of  the  few  American  girls  who  have 
married  foreign  husbands  on  an  equal  basis.  She  did  not  pay 
for  the  privilege  of  being  a  baroness.  The  baron  paid  a  hand- 
some fortune  for  the  love  and  affection  of  a  good  American 
girl. 


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CONVERSE   LINE   OF   DESCENT   OF   MR.   MOULTON 

HOUK: 

Roger  de  Coigneries,  born  about  ioio,  in  France;  was 
granted  a  coat  of  arms  described  as  follows:  "Arms — Az,  a 
maunch  surrounded  by  seven  cross-crosslets,  both  Ar.  Crest,  a 
dexter  hand  grasping  a  broken  spear,  ppr."    His  son 

Roger  de  Coniers  had  a  son 

Roger  de  Coniers,  who  lived  1134-1174;  married  Matilda 
.    His  son 

Galfrid  Conyers  died  before  1238;  married  Elihoro . 

His  son 

John  Conyers  was  living  in  1839.    His  son 

Sir  Humphrey  Conyers  had  a  son 

Sir  John  Conyers,  who  married  Scolastica,  daughter  of 
Ralph  de  Cotam.    His  son 

Roger  Conyers  was  living  in  1323.     His  son 

Sir  John  Conyers  died  in  1395 ;  married  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  William  de  Aton.    His  son 

Robert  Conyers,  born  in  1369;  died  April  25,  1433;  mar- 
ried Isabel,  daughter  of  William  Pert  and  Joane  Scroope.  His 
son 

John  Conyers  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Anthony  St. 
Quintin.     His  son 

Sir  Christopher  Conyers  married  ( 1 )  Ellen ,  who 

died  August  6,  1444,  daughter  of  Robert  Ryleston;  (2)  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Robert  Waddilley.    His  son 

Sir  John  Conyers  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Philip, 
Lord  Darcey  and  Meynell.    His  son 

Sir  John  Conyers,  Knight  of  the  Garter,  died  1490 ;  married 
Alice,  daughter  of  William  Nevile  (Lord  Fauconbridge) .  His 
son 

Reginald  Conyers  died  1514;  married  Anna,  daughter  of 
Simon  Norwich,  of  Brampton.    His  son 

Richard  Conyers  had  a  son 


I48  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Christopher   Conyers,    baptized    March    27,    1552;    married 

1589,  Mary,  daughter  of Halford  of  Wistow,  County 

Leicester.    His  son 

Deacon  Edward  Converse,  born  January  30,  1590,  at  Wakerly, 
Eng. ;  died  August  10,  1663,  at  Woburn,  Mass. ;  probably  mar- 
ried (1)  Jane,  daughter  of  William  Clarke,  who  died  before  1617; 

(2)  in  England,  Sarah  ,  who  died  January  14,  1662; 

(3)  September  9,  1662,  Joanna  Sprague,  widow  of  Ralph  Sprague 
of  Charlestown,  Mass.,  who  died  February  24,  1679.    His  son 

Lieutenant  James  Converse,  born  1620  in  England ;  died 
May  10,  1715  at  Woburn,  Mass;  married  (1)  Anna  Long, 
daughter  of  Robert  Long,  of  Charlestown,  October  24,  1643  ;  (2) 
Anna  (Sparhawk)  Cooper,  daughter  of  Deacon  Nathaniel  Spar- 
hawk,  and  widow  of  Deacon  John  Cooper.    His  son 

Major  James  Converse,  born  November  16,  1645,  at  Woburn, 
Mass.;  died  July  8,  1706;  married  Hannah  Carter,  January  1, 
1668-9.  She  was  born  January  19,  1650;  died  August  10,  1691. 
Their  son 

John  Converse,  born  August  22,  1673,  at  Woburn,  Mass. ; 
died  January  6,  1707-8;  married  May  22,  1699,  Abigail  Sawyer, 
born  March  17,  1679,  daughter  of  Joshua  Sawyer.    Their  son 

Josiah  Converse,  born  about  1708-9;  married  (2)  in  1732, 
Eleanor  Richardson,  b.  about  1714,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Rich- 
ardson and  Abigail  Reed.     Their  daughter 

Eleanor  Converse,  born  March  21,  1735;  married  Stephen 
Moulton,  born  March  30,  1735  ;  died  1819;  son  of  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Moulton.     Their  son 

Joseph  Moulton  married  Mary  Elizabeth  Johnson,  born  April 
14,  1768,  daughter  of  Capt.  John  Johnson  and  Sarah  Lee.  Their 
daughter  , 

Elizabeth  J.  Moulton  (See  No.  211),  born  July  6,  1801 ; 
died  September  16,  1886;  married  John  Houk,  born  September 
29,  1794;   died  June  26,  1838.    Their  son 

Harrison  Willard  Houk,  born  September  27,  182 1 ;  died  May 
4,  1880;  married  Catherine  K.  Johnson,  born  February  6,  1828; 
died  March  12,  1880,  daughter  of  Horace  Johnson  and  Sarah 
Fuller.    Their  son 


ROBERT   OF   SALEM.  1 49 

Moulton  Houk,  born  May  16,  1859;  married  Lillian  Mabel 
Hutsinpiller,  born  in  1874,  daughter  of  John  C.  Hutsinpiller. 

References:  Hill's  Converse  Gen.  pp.  79,  81,  82,  83,  84,  85, 
87,  88,  90,  91,  97,  115.  Woburn,  Mass.,  Records  and  Moulton 
and  Houk  Bible  Records. 


CHAPTER  IX. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  JAMES   MOULTON,  OF  WENHAM,  MASS. 

(i)  James  Moulton  was  born  in  Norfolk  County,  England 
(probably  Ormsby),  in  1602,  made  an  inhabitant  of  Salem  June  7, 
1637 ;  freeman,  1637 ;  joined  the  church  in  December,  same  year ; 
was  granted  by  Salem  eighty  acres  of  land  October  9,  1639,  and 
three-fourths  of  an  acre  1640.  In  1646  he  was  sworn  as  constable 
in  Wenham,  was  chosen  granary-man  in  1654,  and  deacon  of  the 
Wenham  church,  1674.  In  1657  he  paid  the  largest  tax  in  Wen- 
ham.  His  will  was  dated  February  28,  1678;  inventory  made 
January  6,  1679.  Amount  of  estate,  £456  12s.  6d.,  with  one  ex- 
ception the  largest  in  town.  He  gave  Harvard  College  £5,  Wen- 
ham Church  £5,  and  the  Rev..  Mr.  Gerrish,  pastor  of  the  church, 
£5.  His  house  stood  on  the  south  side  of  the  road  leading  from 
Wenham  to  Topsfield,  just  north  of  the  hill  that  still  bears  his 
name.  The  house  was  owned  and  occupied  by  Moultons  till  1821, 
when  Daniel  Moulton  sold  it  to  Col.  Paul  Porter,  who  pulled  it 
down.    James1  married  Mary . 

Children : 

(2)  1.     James,  christened  Salem,  March  7,  1637;  m.  Elizabeth 

;  d.  October  24,  1696. 

(3)  2.     Samuel,  christened  Salem,  October  25,  1641 ;  m.  (1st) 

Sarah ,  November  30,  1665;  m.  (2d)  Mrs. 

Elizabeth  Glover  (dr.  of  Edw.  Norris).    Died  Reho- 
both, . 

(4)  3.     Mary,  m.  James  Friend  of  Wenham  (son  of  John). 


second  generation. 

(2)  James  Moulton2,  son  of  James,  was  made  freeman  Sep- 
tember 11,  1665.  He  went  to  Wenham  with  his  father.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  .     He  died  October  24,  1696.     His  will 


JAMES   OF    WENHAM.  I5I 

was  probated  December  14,  1696,  in  which  he  gave  his  wife  the 
improvements  of  the  house,  lands,  etc.,  and  mentions  the  children. 
Estate,  £215  15s.  6d. 

Children : 

(5)  1.     John,  b. ;  m.  16  August,  1693,  Sarah  Conant. 

(6)  2.     Jonathan,  b. ;  m.  (1st)  Sarah  Herrick  at  Sa- 

lem, January  5,  1699;  m.  (2d)  Mary  Leverett,  1712; 
d.  1726. 

(7)  3-     William,   b.   Wenham ;  m.    (1st)    Mary  ;   d. 

March  1,  1694;  m.  (2d)  Jane  Conant  (dr.  of  Exer- 
cise) ;  d.  Ipswich,  1763. 

(8)  4.     Elizabeth,  b. . 

(3)     Samuel  Moulton2,  son  of  James,  went  to  Wenham; 

m.   (1st)   Sarah  ,  November  30,  1665;  served  as  town 

treasurer;  drafted  for  the  Narragansett  expedition;  m.  (2d)  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Glover  (dr.  of  Edw.  Norris,  clerk  of  Salem.  He  re- 
moved to  Rehoboth. 


THIRD   GENERATION. 

(5)     John8   (James2,  James1),  was  married  August  16,  1693, 

by  the  Rev.  Mr.  Hale  of  Beverly  to  Sarah  Conant  (dr.  of  Exer- 
cise and  gr.  dr.  of  Roger).    His  estate  was  settled  December  18, 

1728,  by  John  Moulton  and  John  Herrick  of  Beverly.    Amount, 

£324  17s.  od.     He  planned  the  boundary  lines  between  Wenham 

and  Beverly  in  1718.    He  was  one  of  the  selectmen. 

Children : 

(9)  1.     Mary,  b. ;  m.  John  Brigham,  Windham,  Conn., 

December  6,  1721. 

(10)  2.     John,  b.  October  1,  1698;  m.  (1st)  January  28,  1729, 

Hannah  Kilham;  m.  (2d)  Sarah ;  d.  about 

1755- 

(11)  3.     Abigal,  b.  March  27,  1701. 

(12)  4.     Josiah,  b.  July  16,  1703;  d.  March  17,  1730. 

(13)  5.     Hannah,  b.  April  1,  1706;  m.  Joseph  Ayres,  February 

25,  1728. 

(14)  6.     Sarah,  b.  August  29,  1709;  m.  Moses  May,  May  20, 

1728. 


152  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

(15)  7.     Samuel,  b.  October  19,  1710;  m.  Sarah  Fisk,  February 

23>  x733- 

(16)  8.     Benjamin,  b.  July  7,  171 1;  m.  Tabitha  Howard,  Ips- 

wich, July  31,  1740. 

(6)  Jonathan'  (James2,  James1),  m.  (1st)  Sarah  Herrick, 
at  Salem,  January  5,  1699;  m-  (2d)  Mary  Leverett  in  1712.  He 
died  in  1726,  and  the  amount  of  his  estate  was  £307  2s,  od. 

Children : 

(17)  1.     Samuel,  b.  ;  d.  young. 

(18)  2.     Elizabeth,  b.  ;  m.  Elijah  Dodge. 

(19)  3.     Sarah,  b. ,1712. 

(7)  William  Moulton'  (James2,  James1),  m.  (1st)  Mary 
■;  d.  March  3,  1694;  m.  (2d)  Jane  Conant  (dr.  of  Exer- 


cise).    He  went  to  Windham,  Conn.,  with  her  father,  but  came 
back  to  Ipswich,  where  he  died,  1763. 

Children : 

(20)  1.  William,  b.  Windham,  1696;  d.  in  infancy. 

(21)  2.  William,  b.  March,  1697.     Husbandman. 

(22)  3.  James,  b.  July,  1700.     Shoemaker. 

(23)  4.  Daniel,  b.  Ipswich,  January,  1703. 

(24)  5.  Sarah,  b.  Ipswich,  1705 ;  m.  Jonathan  Clinton. 

(25)  6.  Caleb,  b.  Ipswich,  1709. 

(26)  7.  Lucy,  b. ,  1712. 

(27)  8.  Nathaniel,  b.  ,  1715  f  m.  Catherine  Nody;  d. 

February  17,  1763. 

(28)  9.     Joseph,  b. ,  1716;  d. ,  1735. 


FOURTH   GENERATION. 

i 

(10)  John  Moulton4  (John',  James2,  James1)  gave  notice 
of  intention  to  m.  (1st)  Hannah  Kilham  of  Wenham,  January  28, 
1729.  (John',  Daniel2,  Austin1  Kilham,  from  Yorkshire,  Eng. ; 
Salem,  1637,  Wenham,  1642,  where  he  d.  April  5,  1669,  aet.  .85.) 
John  m.  (2d)  Sarah ,  who  d.  January  3,  1744.  His  es- 
tate was  valued  £85  4s.  6d.  Adm.,  December  8,  1755.  He  signed 
a  paper  in  1720,  requesting  Rev.  Mr.  Ward  to  accept  the  call  of 
the  church  to  settle  in  Wenham. 


JAMES   OF   WENHAM.  153 

Children  (by  first  wife)  : 

(29)  1.     Sarah,  b.  January  5,  1732;  m.  Bartholomew  Dwinell 

of  Topsfield,  December  8,  1755. 

(30)  2.     Hannah,  b.  April  2y,  1735. 

(31)  3-     Jonathan,  b.  about  1737;  m.  ,  Mary  Tarbox 

of  Wenham ;  d.  about  1807. 

(32)  4.     Josiah,  b.  October  31,  1739;  m.  Rebecca  Tarbox;  d.  in 

Revolutionary  war. 

(27)  Nathaniel  Moulton4  (William',  James',  James1)  m. 
Catherine  Nody.  He  died  February  17,  1763.  His  wife,  b.  No- 
vember 3,  1721 ;  d.  December  23,  1794- 

Children : 

They  had  five  daughters  and  one  son.  The  son  is  generally 
believed  to  be  Nathaniel  (33)  Moulton,  b.  Ipswich,  March  7, 
1737;  m.  Anna  Kimball  November  3,  1761  ;  d.  Conway,  Mass., 
February  23,  1823. 


FIFTH    GENERATION. 

(31)  Jonathan  Moulton8  (John4,  John',  James",  James1). 
The  exact  date  of  his  birth  is  not  known,  but  there  is  evidence  that 
he  was  older  than  his  brother,  Josiah.  He  was  probably  born 
about  1737.  He  married  Mary  Tarbox  of  Wenham  (Dea.  and 
Capt.  Samuel4,  Capt.  Thomas',  also  of  Wenham ;  Samuel'  of 
Lynn,  John1,  who  came  to  Lynn,  1639).  Jonathan  was  sergeant 
in  Capt.  Dodge's  company  in  a  regiment  of  guards  commanded  by 
Col.  Jacob  Gerrish.  The  warrant  is  dated  June  2,  1778.  People 
that  knew  him  described  him  as  a  portly,  light-complexioned  man, 
even  tempered  and  a  greatjoker.  He  died  about  1807;  his  wife 
died  1820,  aged  about  82.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  on  the  old 
homestead. 

Children : 

(34)  1.     Thomas,  b.  ;  drowned  aet.  19,  by  the  upset- 

ting of  a  pleasure-boat  in  Beverly  Harbor. 

(35)  2-     John,"b.  December  31,  1762;  m.  (1st)  Davis, 

June,  1785;  m.  (2d)  Mrs.  Sally  Springer;  m.  (3d) 
Mary  Bailey,  January  22,  1808;  d.  September  24, 
1824. 


154  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

(36)  3-     Jonathan,  b.   1765,  Wenham ;  m.  Hannah  Wyatt;  d. 

1808. 

(37)  4.     Tarbox,  b.  1767;  m.  Sally  Wallis,  1805;  d.  1825. 

(38)  5.     Samuel,  b. ;  m.  Jerusha  Dodge;  d. . 

(39)  6.     Daniel,  b.  Wenham,   1772;  m.    (1st)    Naomi  Dodge, 

June  5,  1797;  m.  (2d)  Mary  Hartshorn;  d.  June  7, 
1845. 

(40)  7.     William,  b.  1775,  Wenham;  m.  Mary  Lunt;  d.  about 

1856,  Vermont. 

(32)  Josiah  Moulton'  (John4,  John',  James'.  James1)  was 
a  blacksmith  and  lived  in  Salem.  He  m.  Rebecca  Tarbox,  a 
sister  to  his  brother  Jonathan's  wife.  He  was  shot  just  outside 
Salem  Harbor  during  the  Revolutionary  war  in  an  engagement 
between  a  letter  of  Marque  on  which  he  served  and  a  British 
frigate.  A  ball  struck  a  jack-knife  in  his  pea-jacket  pocket  and 
drove  it  into  his  side.  He  died  as  he  was  landed  on  the  wharf  in 
Salem.     (Traditional.) 

Children : 

(41)  1.     Mary,  b.  ,  1775;  m.  Col.  Porter  of  Wenham. 

(42)  2.     Rebecca,  b.  ;  m.  Dea.  Nathaniel  Kimball  of 

Wenham. 

(33)  Nathaniel  Moulton'  (Nathaniel4,  William',  James', 
James1)  lived  in  Ipswich  in  early  life.  He  m.  Anna  Kimball,  b. 
December  6,  1742;  d.  March  15,  1815,  and  after  marriage  lived 
in  Hopkinton,  Mass.,  and  d.  in  Conway,  Mass.,  February  23,  1823, 
aged  86  years,  wanting  thirteen  days.  In  the  old  family  Bible 
of  Nathaniel,  preserved  by  his  descendants,  we  read,  in  his  own 
writing,  with  regard  to  his  marriage:  "We  lived  together  fifty- 
three  years,  four  months  and  eleven  days,  and  then  Death  de- 
solved  the  marriage  contract.'" 

Children : 

(43)  1.     John,  b.  October  27,  1762;  d.  November  19,  1831. 

(44)  2.     Anna,  b.  July  3,  1764;  d.  1830. 

(45)  3.     Nathaniel,  b.  October  10,  1765. 

(46)  4.     Daniel,  b.  August  22,  1767;  d.  February  7,  1839. 

(47)  5-     Sarah,  b.  February  17,  1769;  m.  Spining; 

d.  November  21,  1810. 

(48)  6.     James,  b.  August  7,  1770;  m.  ;  d.  May  5, 

1816. 


JAMES   OF   WENHAM.  1 55 

(49)     7.     William,  b.  June  13,  1772. 

(5°)     8.     Josiah,  b.  December  27,  1773;  d.  May  4,  1827. 

9.     Jonathan,  b.  May  29,  1776;  drowned  June  10,  1797,  in 
a  mill  pond  in  Spencer. 

(51)  10.     Benjamin,  b.  February  16,  1778;  d.  August,  1802,  in 

Savannah,  Ga. 

(52)  11.     David,  b.  May  16,  1780;  d.  May  26,  1780. 

(53)  12.     Betsey,  b.  September  5,  1783. 

Note:  The  Bible  containing  the  foregoing  record  was  sent  to  Josiah 
Moulton,  on  a  leaf  of  the  book  the  following  being  written:  "Oh  my  son, 
receive  this  ye;  present  from  your  earthly  father  and  may  it  be  a  guide 
to  your  Heavenly  Father's  Home.  Written  by  your  father,  Nathaniel 
Moulton  in  his  eighty-fourth  year,  without  glasses. 

Why  should  I  fear  Death's  grim  look? 

Jesus  Christ  for  me  did  die. 

Kings  and  Tyrants  rich  and  poor 

The  force  of  Death  must  try,  for  death  is  but  sleep  to  the  body 
whilst  in  the  grave,  and  the  grave  a  bed  for  the  body  until 
Christ  shall  come  to  judgment. 

May  it  be  our  happy  lot  to  meet  those  we  love,  with  the  King 
of  Glory. 

May  God,  for  Christ's  sake,  forgive  our  sins,  and  in  the  covenant 
adopt  us  among  the  chosen." 

Rev.  Josiah  Moulton  added  the  following: 

Nathaniel  Moulton  died  21st  February,  1823,  at  Conway,  Massachusetts, 
aged  eighty-six  years  wanting  thirteen  days.  He  was  the  father  of  the 
children  before  named. 

Nathaniel  Moulton,  born  in  1737,  was  a  man  of  fine  address,  about 
five  feet  ten  inches  in  height,  well  developed  and  active.  Born  in  Ipswich, 
near  Boston,  Massachusetts,  when  a  colony,  he  served  with  honor  in  the 
war  between  Franco  and  England.  Enlisting  about  1754,  was  captured  and 
imprisoned  at  Quebec  by  the  French,  with  many  others,  who  were  so 
starved  that  they  ate  the  raw  flesh  of  rats  and  dogs.  The  prison  was 
packed  almost  to  suffocation,  and  many  died  from  it.  After  some  weeks 
of  imprisonment,  a  French  officer  opened  the  door,  and  ordered  fifty  pris- 
oners to  prepare  for  shipment  to  England  for  exchange.  A  Newfoundland 
dog  crowding  into  the  prison,  was  choked  down  until  the  officer  retired, 
when  it  was  torn  into  as  many  pieces  as  there  were  prisoners;  a  piece 
of  the  tail,  about  two  inches  long,  fell  to  Moulton's  lot,  which  he  was  de- 
vouring, hair,  meat  and  bones,  when  the  fifty  prisoners  were  ordered  out. 
He  was  near  the  door,  and  dropping  his  sweet  morsel,  sprang  out;  the 
fifty  were  marched  on  ship-board,  and  fastened  below  the  hatch-way,  as 
they  outnumbered  the  crew.  They  soon  learned  they  were  heading  for 
France,   where   they   would,   without   doubt,   be   imprisoned,   and  resolved 


I56  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

to  take  the  ship  if  possible,  and  steer  for  England.  The  fight  was  a  hard 
one,  as  they  had  only  marlin  spikes,  and  such  things  as  could  be  found 
below  deck.  When  the  hatch  was  removed,  for  letting  down  food  and 
water,  they  pulled  down  the  cook,  gained  the  deck,  and  captured  the  crew 
after  a  desperate  fight,  none  being  armed  except  the  captain  and  mate. 
All  were  driven  below  deck  except  one,  whom  they  forced  to  navigate  the 
vessel,  and  run  her  to  England,  and  there  it  was  given  up  to  the  govern- 
ment; the  navigator  was  released  and  his  expenses  paid  to  France.  They 
were  much  honored,  and  awarded  prize  money,  which  far  exceeded  the  cost 
of  their  return  to  America.  His  weapon  in  the  deck  fight  was  a  light  bar 
of  iron,  which  he  wielded  with  both  hands,  with  good  effect,  much  after 
the  fashion  of  the  Scots,  in  the  use  of  the  clamore  in  the  time  of  Wallace. 
Having  been  furloughed,  he  remained  at  home  in  Ipswich  for  sometime, 
and  when  married,  moved  to  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  where  most,  if  not 
all,  of  his  children  were  born.  Subsequently,  he  moved  to  Conway,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  died.  He  enlisted  in  our  revolution  against  England 
in  1775,  and  served  in  several  campaigns.  John,  his  eldast  child,  went 
with  him,  and  probably  saved  the  life  of  his  father,  when  suffering  on 
the  field  of  one  of  the  battles  in  New  Jersey ;  John  carried  water  to  him 
in  his  hat  and  secured  aid  for  his  removal.  He  was  an  accomplished  wood 
engraver,  but  gained  his  living  mostly  by  work  in  leather  and  manufactory 
of  boots  and  shoes,  when  machinery  was  not  far  advanced  for  such  business. 


SIXTH    GENERATION. 

(35)  John  Moulton'  (Jonathan8,  John*,  John',  James', 
James1),  m.  ( 1st)  Miss  Davis  of  Wenham,  June,  1785.  She  d. 
March  27,  1788.  He  m.  (2d)  Mrs.  Sally  (Webber)  Springer,  a 
cousin  to  his  first  wife,  b.  1761.  She  had  been  previously  married 
to  a  Capt.  William  Springer,  an  Englishman.  She  had  a  daugh- 
ter, Sally.  She  d.  April  25,  1806.  John9  m.  (3d)  Mary  Bailey 
of  Rowley,  July  22,  1808.  Mary  was  b.  September  15,  1775. 
(Ezekiel8,  Dea,  David*,  Nathaniel1,  John1,  James1,  all  of  Rowley; 
the  last  named  b.  England,  1605,  came  to  Rowley,  1639.)  John* 
d.  September  24,  1824.  His  third  wife  d.  of  pneumonia  May  II, 
185 1.  Capt.  John",  when  scarcely  14  years  of  age,  though  full 
grown,  was  allowed  to  join  the  army  as  a  substitute  for  his  father, 
who  had  been  drafted  soon  after  his  discharge  from  a  term  of 
volunteer  service,  and  whose  family  and  business  had  suffered 
from  his  absence  from  home.    The  young  man  served  nine  months 


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on  Long  Island  and  in  "the  Jerseys."  A  part  of  the  time  he  was 
under  Washington.  He  was  in  an  engagement  on  Long  Island 
and  at  the  battle  of  Brandywine.  He  afterwards  shipped  with  the 
noted  privateer,  Capt.  Hugh  Hill  of  Beverly,  as  cabin-boy.  At 
the  close  of  the  war  he  continued  to  go  to  sea.  Once  he  was 
wrecked  on  Cape  Cod,  losing  everything  but  the  clothing  he 
stood  in,  and  at  one  time  the  ship  in  which  he  was  returning  from 
Europe  foundered,  and  the  crew,  taking  to  the  water,  lived  four- 
teen days  on  an  allowance  of  a  little  water  and  two  dates  apiece 
per  day.  Leaving  navigation  in  the  forecastle,  he  rapidly  rose  to 
be  master  mariner,  and  in  that  capacity  visited  the  principal  com- 
mercial ports  of  western  Europe,  the  Mediterranean  and  West 
Indies.  In  1798  he  was  captured  in  West  Indian  waters  while  in 
command  of  the  brig  Nancy  by  a  vessel  commanded  by  a  French- 
man and  bearing  the  French  flag,  and  was  carried  into  Havana, 
where  the  brig  and  cargo  were  confiscated.  Owning  a  part  of 
the  cargo,  his  loss  was  about  $2,000.  After  the  death  of  his  sec- 
ond wife  he  gave  up  going  to  sea  and  engaged  in  agricultural 
pursuits.  His  height  was  five  feet  nine  inches,  figure  spare,  hair 
sandy,  complexion  red,  eyes  large,  blue  and  deep  set ;  nose  large, 
forehead  high,  gait  rolling  and  long-striding  and,  though  not  a 
handsome  man,  his  expression  was  calm,  thoughtful  and  kindly. 
He  excelled  in  mathematical  studies,  and  from  extensive  read- 
ing of  history  and  books  of  travel,  as  well  as  from  his  own  wan- 
derings, he  had  learned  much  of  the  world  and  its  inhabitants. 

Children  (by  first  marriage)  : 

(54)  1.     John,  b.  January   II,   1788;  d.  at  Kingston,  Ga.,  of 

yellow    fever   while    serving  as   cabin-boy   for   his 
father. 
By  second  marriage : 

(55)  2.     William  Springer,  b.  October  23,  1796;  m.  Mary  Ann 

Porter,  August  13,  1819;  d.  February,  1880,  Wen- 
ham. 

(56)  3.     Charles,  b.  July  16,  1799;  d.  October  9,  1805. 
By  third  marriage : 

(57)  4.     Augustus,  b.  May  31,   1809;  m.  Julia  Ann  Pressey, 

December  25,  1841 ;  d.  October,  188 — . 

(58)  5.     Charles,  b.  July  3,  181 1;  m.  (1st)  Matilda  Lummus, 

1834;  m.  (2d)  Abby  Cole;  m.  (3d)  Ann  Cole,  1848. 


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(59)  6.  John,  b.  May  7,  1813;  d.  January  16,  1814. 

(60)  7.  John,  b.  September  26,  1814;  d.  August  23,  1819. 

(61)  8.  Mary,  b.  August  3,  1816;  d.  February  4,  1817. 

(62)  9.  Eben  Hobson,  b.  February  14,  1818;  m.  April  13,  1847, 

Irene  Conant. 

(36)  Jonathan  Moulton'  (Jonathan5,  John4,  John',  James', 
James1)  removed  to  Beverly.  He  was  a  sailor,  ship-master  and 
grocer.  He  m.  Hannah  Wyatt  of  Danvers.  He  d.  1808.  She  d. 
July  15,  1859,  aet.  91  years,  10  months  15  days. 

Children : 

(63)  1.     Polly,  b. ,  1799,  in  Beverly;  m.  Capt.  Thomas 

Vincent  of  Beverly;  d.  Lynn. 

(64)  2.     Emily,  b. ,  1803.  Beverly  ;  m.,  1828  (  ?),  Sam- 

uel Ober  of  Wenham ;  d.  Wenham,  1887. 
Children : 

1.  Julia,  m. Pinkham,  Salem. 

2.  Emily,  m.  Kilham,  Beverly. 

3.  Samuel;  lived  in  Salem. 

4.  Oliver ;  d.  in  Civil  war ;  unm. 

(65)  3.     Lucy  Ann,  b.  ,  1805,  Beverly;  m.  

Nugent,  Lynn. 

(66)  4.     George  W.,  b.  ,  1807,  Beverly.    Removed  to 

Lynn. 

(67)  5.     Thomas,  b.  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(68)  6.     Frederic,   b.   ,    1802,   Beverly;   m.   

Adams;  d.  ,  1882  (?),  Salem. 

(69)  7.     Henry ;  d.  at  sea. 

(70)  8.     Elias;  d.  at  sea. 

(71)  9.     Thomas;  d.  at  sea. 

(37)  Tarbox  Moulton'  (Jonathan*,  John*,  John',  James', 
James1)  of  Wenham  and  Beverly  was  a  master  mariner  and  mer- 
chant. He  m.  Sally  Wallis  of  Beverly,  1805,  he  being  38  and  she 
18.  Some  years  after  he  met  with  severe  losses  in  business,  and 
his  creditors  stripped  him  of  all  his  remaining  property.  Being 
honest  and  sensitive,  he  never  recovered  from  this  disaster,  but 
d.  July  6,  1827.    His  wife  d.  August  9,  1836. 

Children : 

(72)  1.     Henry,  b.  August  10,  1806,  Beverly.     Harnessmaker. 

Went  to  New  York. 


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(73)  2.     Sally,  b.  June  20,  1808,  Beverly;  m.  George  Kenney 

of  Salem. 

(74)  3.     Elizabeth  Wallis,  b.  May  5,  1810;  m.  December  14, 

1830,  Edward  Coffin  of  Beverly.  Removed  to 
Worcester.  Of  twelve  children  all  but  William  d. 
He  resides  in  Beverly  with  his  mother. 

(75)  4.     Mary  Ann,  b.  September  4,   1812;  m.  December  22, 

1824.  John  Tarbox  from  Maine.  The  family  went 
to  Worcester,  where  they  have  all  died.  Mary  d. 
July  24,  1878. 

(76)  5.     Charles,  b.  March  11,  1814;  d.  August,  1851.     Cali- 

fornia.    He  was  a  carpenter. 

(77)  6.     Joshua  W.,  b.  September  5,  1817;  m.  Anna  Steele. 

(78)  7.     George,  b.  May  10,  1820,  Beverly;  m.  Phebe  J.  How- 

ard of  Nashua,  N.  H.    Stair-builder,  Boston. 

(79)  8.     Hannah  Selman,  b.  November  10,  1822;  m.  Benjamin 

P.  Rice  of  Worcester,  now  of  Providence. 
Children : 

1.  Mary  Abby,  b.  Worcester,  1845. 

2.  Albert,  b.  Worcester,  1850. 

3.  William,  b.  Worcester,  1853. 

9.     Abby,  b.  April  30,  1825 ;  d.  ,  1847 ;  unm- 

(38)  Samuel  Moulton"  (Jonathan5,  John4,  John',  James1, 
James1)  was  born  in  Wenham,  but  removed  to  Lyman,  Me.,  when 
a  young  man.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  a  farmer.  He  was  tall, 
red-faced,  genial  and  energetic.  He  was  a  Methodist,  the  only 
one  of  seven  brothers  that  belonged  to  a  church.  He  m.  Jerusha 
Dodge  of  Beverly. 

Children : 

(80)  1.     Jefferson,  b.  about  1806,  Lyman.     Farmer  and  sheriff 

York  County,  Maine. 

(81)  2.     Jerusha;  d.  young. 

(82)  3.     Polly;  d.  young. 

(83)  4.     Charles.     Teacher  and  farmer,  York,  Me. 

(39)  Daniel  Moulton"  (Jonathan9,  John4,  John',  James*, 
James1)  was  born  in  the  old  homestead,  Wenham.  He  lived  there 
and  took  care  of  his  mother.  At  her  death  he  came  into  posses- 
sion of  the  property,  and  sold  it  to  Col.  Paul  Porter,  who  pulled 
the  old  house  down  in  1821.  Daniel  removed  to  Amherst,  N.  H. 
He  m.   (1st)    Naomi  Dodge  of  Wenham   (dr.  of  Bartholomew 


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Dodge).    She  d.  March  12,  1819.    He  m.  (2d)  September,  1819, 
Mary  Hartshorn  of  Amherst,  N.  H.    She  d.  September  14,  1854. 
Children  (by  first  marriage)  : 

(84)  1.     Hiram,  b.   Wenham,  August  25,   1800;  d.  Amherst, 

N.  H.,  December  24,  1822. 

(85)  2.     Calvin,  b.  Wenham,  February  19,  1803.     Last  heard 

from  in  1845  m  Mobile,  Ala.    Had  traveled  all  over 
United  States  and  Cuba. 

(86)  3.     Daniel,  b.  Wenham,  April  8,  1810;  d.  previous  to  1845. 

(87)  4.     Tarbox ;  d.  young. 

By  second  marriage  (all  born  in  Amherst)  : 

(88)  5.     John,  b.  June  28,  1-821,  Amherst,  N.  H. ;  m.  August 

19,  1855,  Irene  B.  Hackett;  d.  Bedford,  N.  H.,  May 
13,  1861. 

(89)  6.     Hiram,  b.   January   18,    1823;  m.   October  26,   1847, 

Eliza  Ingalls ;  d.  June  12,  1870. 

(90)  7.     Mary  Naomi,  b.  June  20,  1825;  d.  October  12,  1889. 

(91)  8.     Nancy  Hartshorn,  b.  December  1,  1826;  unm. 

(92)  9.     David  Hartshorn,  b.  February  7,  1828;  d.  September 

17,  1831. 

(40)  William  Moulton"  (Jonathan",  John',  John*  James1, 
James1)  learned  the  shoemaker's  trade  and  afterwards  went  to 
sea,  becoming  a  ship-master.  He  was  large  in  size,  florid  in  com- 
plexion and  genial  in  disposition,  an  inveterate  reader  and  tobacco 
chewer.  He  m.  Mary  Lunt  of  Newburyport.  He  lived  in  Bev- 
erly, Hamilton  and  Boston,  and  d.  with  his  daughter  in  Vermont 
about  1856.  Through  his  long  life  he  was  almost  uniformly  well, 
his  final  sickness  lasting  less  than  an  hour,  supposed  to  be  heart 
disease.     His  wife  d.  Hamilton,  1849. 

Children: 

(93)  1.     Thomas,  b.   Beverly,   November,   1798;  m.  

Seavey  of  Boston ;  d. . 

(94)  2.     Catherine,  b.  Beverly,  July,  1800;  d.  ,  1803. 

(95)  3-     Charlotte,   b.   Wenham;  m.   McAllister   of 

Boston ;  d.  Boston,  1879.    She  left  one  son,  William. 

(96  4.  Harriet,  b.  Wenham ;  m.  McAllister  of  Bos- 
ton. Removed  to  Vermont ;  died.  Left  one  daugh- 
ter. 

(97)  5.  Elizabeth,  b.  Wenham ;  m.  Blanchard.  Re- 
moved to  Ohio,  leaving  one  daughter. 


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(98)  6.     Louisa,  b.  Wenham ;  m.  Kimball,   Boston. 

Had  one  son,  who  died  unm. 

(99)  7-     Samuel,  b.  Wenham,  1817;  m. in  Kentucky. 

(49)  William"  (Nathaniel6,  Nathaniel*,  Wrilliam*,  James1, 
James1),  m.  Sarah  Pratt  of  Leeds,  Me. 

Children: 

(100)  I.     Hannah,  b. ;  m.  Mr.  Hamblin  of  Littlefield, 

Mass.    No  children.    Died . 

(101)  2.     Josiah,  b.  May  14.  1802:  m.   (1st)  Lane; 

m.  (2d)   Laurinda  Lane;  m.   (3d)   Sarah  Brown; 
m.   (4th)   November  12,  1865,  Lydia  Thomas;  d. 
at  Chesterville,  Me.,  January  19,  1877. 

(102)  3.     Gilman,  b.  June  II,  1805;  m.  (1st)   Lucinda  Chest- 

man;  m.  (2d)  A.  Jane  Jennings;  d.  1887. 

(103)  4.     Stillman,  b.  June   11,   1805;  m.   (1st)    Esther  Foss; 

m.  (2d)  . 

(104)  5.     Othaniel  P.,  b.  January  29,  1810;  m.  Laura  Gifford, 

August  25,  1839.    In  1888  living  Fairhaven,  Conn. 

(105)  6.     Elisha  P..  b. ■ ;  m. .    In  1888  living 

Eureka  Springs,  Ark.    No  children.    Died  in  Cali- 
fornia, 1898. 

(106)  7.     Nathaniel,  b.  October  10,  1817;  d.  April  11,  1885. 

(50)  Rev.  Josiah  Moulton'  (Nathaniel8,  Nathaniel4,  Will- 
iam8, James*,  James1)  was  the  eighth  child  of  Nathaniel.  He  was 
born  in  Hopkinton,  Middlesex  County,  Mass.,  December  27,  1773, 
and  died  Ashford,  Catteraugus  County,  N.  Y.,  August,  1827. 
His  wife,  Dorcas  (Thayer)  Moulton,  was  born  April  2,  1778,  and 
died  Homer,  N.  Y.,  April,  1844.  She  was  the  sister  (older)  of 
Gen.  Sylvanus  Thayer,  LT.  S.  A.  Engineer  Corps,  who  built  Fort 
Warren  and  Fort  Independence  in  Boston  Harbor,  and  com- 
manded West  Point  Military  Academy  from  1817  to  1833.  A 
monument  was  erected  to  his  memory  at  West  Point  in  1833. 
This  sister,  Dorcas,  taught  him  the  alphabet. 

Rev.  Josiah  Moulton  graduated  at  Dartmouth  College,  New 
Hampshire,  1802,  studied  theology,  and  was  installed  pastor  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Oxford,  Worcester  County,  Mass., 
in  1805  and  continued  his  pastorate  until  1813.  He  then  took 
charge  of  a  church  in  Hamilton  Centre,  Madison  County,  N.  Y., 
until  1819,  when  he  was  relieved  on  account  of  bronchial  trouble, 


l62  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

which  prevented  his  preaching  in  large  audience  rooms.     Subse- 
quently he  went  to  Broome  County,  New  York,  and  preached  in 
a  schoolhouse,  but  soon  discontinued  for  the  same  cause.     He 
afterwards  received  an  urgent  call  to  take  charge  of  a  church  in 
Wilkesbarre,  Wyoming  Valley,  Pa.,  and  accepted;  but  in  a  year 
and  a  half  abandoned  preaching  and  moved  to  Whitestown,  near 
Utica,  N.  Y.,  acting  in  missionary  work  at  different  places  until 
1825,  whes  he  bought  wild  land  in  Ashford,  Cataraugus  County, 
N.  Y.,  thirty-five  miles  south  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y.,  from  the  Holland 
Purchase  Company,  which  was  sold  at  one  dollar  and  a  half  per 
acre  to  clergymen  and  double  that  price  to  others.    He  informed 
the  company  of  the  condition  of  his  health,  and  offered  to  pay 
three  dollars  per  acre,  but  they  claimed  that  the  rule  of  the  office 
would  be  adhered  to,  and  made  out  the  papers  at  the  lower  price. 
As  no  mill-sawed  lumber  could  be  had,  a  log  house  was  built, 
and  land  around  it  cleared  and  cultivated.    This  was  in  1826.    He 
died  in  his  log  house  August   1,   1827,  of  bilious  fever,  in  the 
twenty-second  year  of  his  ministry,  and  was  buried  at  Spring- 
ville,  Erie  County,  N.  Y.    His  funeral  was  in  a  schoolhouse,  the 
only  place  of  worship,  filled  with  those  to  whom  he  had  preached 
sfiort  sermons.     Services  over,  two  lines  were   formed  at  the 
door,  outward,  and  the  remains  and  family  passed  between  them, 
who  then  followed,  singing  as  they  walked  to  the  grave.     On 
leaving  it,  the  same  ceremony  was  performed,  until  the  mourners 
reached  their  two-horse  wagon.     Carriages  had  not  then  been 
brought  into  that  country. 

(107)  1.     Mellona,  b.  October,  1806,  Oxford,  Mass;  m.  Moses 

B.  Butterfield,  1837.  Lawyer,  Homer,  N.  Y. ;  d. 
Racine,  Wis.,  July,  1854.  Her  children  are  Emily, 
Fannie  and  Mellona,  all  teachers. 

(108)  2.     Jonathan  Benjamin,  b.  July  26,  1810,  Oxford,  Mass.; 

m.  December,  1843,  Jane  Emma  Smith. 

(109)  3.     Abigail  Faxon,  b.  June  7,  1812;  d.  February  5,  1815. 

She  was  scalded  to  death. 

(no)     4.     Sue  Maria,  b.  June  18,  1814;  d.  September  27,  1815. 


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(in)  5.  Abigail  Faxon,  b.  April  18,  1816,  Hamilton,  N.  Y. ; 
m.  December  27,  1837,  Sylvester  Nash,  merchant, 
Homer,  N.  Y. ;  d.  Cazenovia,  N.  Y.,  March  24, 
1859.     She  has  three  sons: 

1.  Henry  Sylvester,  b.  October  28,  1838. 

2.  George  Stone,  b.  May  8,  1840. 

3.  Charles  Anson,  b.  January  22,  1842.    The  first 

and  third  are  dentists  in  New  York  City. 

4.  Mary  Frances,  b.  October  22,  1843. 

5.  Spencer    Moulton,    b.    September    10,    1845. 

Dentist  in  New  York  City. 

6.  Mellona  Emma,  b.  May  15,  1848. 

7.  Ellen  Louisa,  b.  July  2,  1852 ;    d.  March  29, 

1888. 

8.  Katherine.  b.  Homer,  N.  Y..  December  26, 

1854. 

9.  Frances,  b.  December  4,  1856. 

10.     Frank,    b.    Cazenovia,   N.   Y.,   February    16, 
1859. 


(112)  6.    

(113)  7.    

(114)  8.     Nathaniel,  b.   June  24.    1820;    m.    (1)    October  26, 

1846,  Charity  McKee :  m.  (2)  August,  1858,  Eliza 
Ann  McKee. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION. 

(55)  William  Springer7  (Captain  John*,  Jonathan6,  John4, 
John',  James1,  James1)  was  five  feet  ten  inches  in  height,  spare, 
with  black,  deep-set,  piercing  eyes.  He  was  quick  in  motion  and 
thought  and  in  his  younger  days  possessed  a  sound  constitution 
and  a  resolute  will.  He  was  able  to  accomplish  a  great  deal  of 
labor  in  a  short  space  of  time,  and  being  an  extensive  reader  and 
close  observer,  he  was  well  informed  upon  almost  every  subject 
that  came  to  his  notice.  He  was  a  dyer  by  trade,  which  he 
learned  at  the  Lynn  dye-house,  but  in  1823,  he  resigned  his 
position  there  of  foreman,  and  went  into  business  for  himself 
at  Westbrook.  Maine.  In  1829,  his  dye-house  having  been  swept 
away  by  a  freshet,  he  resumed  his  former  position  in  Lynn. 
During  the  political  campaign  of  1832,  he  was  requested  by  the 


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MOULTON   ANNALS. 


directors  of  the  company  to  use  all  his  influence  to  induce  the 
men  in  his  employ  to  vote  for  the  candidate  for  Representative 
to  Congress  that  favored  the  tariff  of  1828.  William  replied  that 
he  was  not  in  favor  of  that  measure  himself  and  that  he  should 
not  interfere  with  the  political  preferences  of  the  men.  This 
hint  came  back,  "If  you  are  not  willing  to  work  for  the  com- 
pany's interests,  you  should  not  expect  to  receive  their  money." 
He  voted  for  the  opposing  candidate  and  was  discharged.  He 
afterwards  was  in  business  in  Hingham  and  worked  in  Boston,  but 
his  last  years  were  spent  on  his  farm  in  Wenham.  He  m.  Mary 
Ann  Porter,  dau.  of  Col.  Paul  and  Mary  ( Moulton)  Porter, 
August  13,  1819.  He  d.  February,  1880.  Mary  Ann,  his  wife, 
also  of  Wenham,  was  b.  January  1799;  d.  April,  1880. 
Children : 

William  Porter,  b.  October  8,  1820;   d.  December  25, 

25-  x835.  Wenham. 
Charles  Volney,  b.  Lynn,  September   12,  1822;    un- 
married ;   dumb. 
Henry,  b.  Westbrook,  Me.,  September  21,  1824;    m. 

Lydia  P.  Spiller. 
Nathan   Harris,   b.   Westbrook,    Me.,   December   20, 

1826;  m.  Abbie  Davis  ;   d.  Wenham,  1854. 
Paul  Porter,  b.  Westbrook,  Me.,  November,  1828. 
George  Otis,  b.  Lynn,  January  31,  183 1  ;   m.  Cynthia 


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I. 

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2. 

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3- 

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4- 

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5- 
6. 

(121) 

7- 

(122) 

8. 

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9- 

Lucy  Cetina,  b.  August  9,  1834 ;    d.  of  consumption, 

January,  1864. 
W'illiam  Porter,  b.  December  16,  1837,  Wenham  ;   m. 

Rebecca  Dudley. 
Albert,  b.  June  19,  1840;   unm. ;   dumb. 


(57)  Augustus'  (Captain  John",  Jonathan8,  John',  John', 
James2,  James1)  was  five  feet  nine  inches  in  height.  He  was  slim 
and  light-complexioned.  He  m.  Julia  Ann  Pressey,  of  Amesbury, 
dau.  of  John  and  Eunice  (Bailey)  Pressey,  December  25,  1841. 
He  removed  from  Wenham  to  Beverly,  1830.  He  was  one  of  the 
very  first  to  advocate  and  vote  for  the  immediate  "abolition  of 
slavery,  and  in  him  the  cause  of  education  and  temperance  found 
an  earnest  friend.     After  years  of  feeble  health,  he  d.  October, 


JAMES   OF    WENHAM.  165 

1888,  of  pneumonia.    His  wife  d.  March,  1877.    He  built  a  house 
on  Cabot  Street,  Beberly. 
Children : 

( 124)  1.     Julia  Ellen,  b.  October,  1842 ;  m.  George  W.  Taylor. 

Child,  Anne,  b.  January  21,  1874. 

(125)  2.     Henry  Percy,  b.  November,  1846;  m.  Hattie  Stocker. 

(126)  3.     John  Augustus,  b.  November,   1846;    m.   Maria  N. 

Wallis. 

(58)  Charles7  (Captain  John",  Jonathan5,  John4,  John', 
James2,  James')  went  to  Beverly,  1830.  His  height  was  five  feet 
ten  inches.  His  complexion  was  light  and  his  figure  robust.  He 
m.  (1)  1834,  Matilda  Lummus,  of  Hamilton,  who  d.  1837;  (2) 
Abby  Cole,  of  Beverly,  dau.  of  Deacon  Zachariah  Cole ;  b.  Au- 
gust, 1819,  d.  December  12,  1847;  (3),  November,  1848,  Ann 
Cole,  who  was  b.  October  4,  1821  and  d.  May  31,  1871. 

Children: 

(127)  1.     Charles  Lummus,  b.  June  8,  1835;    m.  December  3, 

1857,  Catherine  A.  Philbrick. 

(128)  2.     Alonzo  Grafton,  b.   September  2^,   1836.     Drowned 

near  Baker's  Island,  August  23,  1857. 

By  second  marriage: 

(129)  3.     John    Francis,   b.    February   3,   1841  ;    m.   Lucy   O. 

Giles,  December  15,  1862;   d.  April  26,  1887. 

By  third  marriage: 

(130)  4.     Albert,  b.  July  30,  1850;   d.  October  10,  1850. 

(131)  5.     Abby  Ann,  b.  May  13,  1852. 

(132)  6.     Matilda  Lummus,  b.  August  24,  1854;  d.  October  10, 

1854. 
(J33)     7-     Matilda  Lummus,  b.  June   13,   1856;  d.  October  3, 

i857- 
(134)     8.     Henry  Cole,  b.  May  1,  i860.     Provision  dealer,  Cabot 

street,  Beverly.  Unm. 
(x35)  9-  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  September  26,  1863;  d.  October 
11,  1863. 
Charles'  has  been  a  shoemaker  and  a  dealer  in  live  stock,  meats 
and  provisions.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  selectmen 
in  Beverly,  and  is  known  as  a  lifelong  advocate  of  total  abstinence 
from  all  intoxicating  liquors.  He  built  a  house  on  Cabot  street, 
Beverly,  where  he  now  resides. 


1 66  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

62)  Eben  Hobson7  (Capt.  John",  Jonathan5,  John',  John', 
James2,  James1)  is  five  feet  eight  and  one-half  inches  in  height  and 
of  light  complexion.  His  figure  is  straight  and  spare.  He  re- 
moved in  1830  from  Wenham,  where  he  was  born,  to  Beverly. 
He  has  been  officially  connected  with  the  Beverly  schools  for  more 
than  twenty  years.  His  present  address  is  471  Cabot  street,  Bev- 
erly. He  married  April  13.  1847,  Irene  Conant  of  Beverly,  who 
was  born  July  14,  1825.  (John7,  Major  John',  John8,  Dea.  John4, 
Dea.  John*,  Lot',  Roger'.) 

Children: 

(136)  1.     Lorenzo  Gordon,  b.  February  7,  1848;  m.  January  1, 

1874,  Mrs.  Anna  (Jones)  Palmer. 

(137)  2.     Mary  Ellen,  b.  April  23.   1S49. 

(138)  3.     Charles  Standley,  b.  February  17,  1851  ;  d.  August  16, 

1853. 

(139)  4.     Sarah   Frances,  b.   March  5,   1853;  m.  February  4. 

1884,  George  P.  Stiles  of  Salem.  Children:  (1) 
Irene  Gray,  b.  March  28,  1886;  (2)  Arthur  Dean, 
b.  January  4,  1888. 

(140)  5.     Walter  Standley,  b.  August  23,  1861  ;  m.  February  3, 

18 ,  Lizzie  L.  Proctor. 

(141)  6.     Arthur  Augustus,  1>.  August  3.   1863;  m.  June  20, 

1888,  Caddie  Dowry. 

(142)  7.     Roger  Conant,  b.  August  7,  1867  ;  d.  August  12,  1867. 

(68)  Frederic7  (Jonathan*,  Jonathan",  John4,  John',  James1, 
James1)  was  a  mason,  five  feet  nine  inches  tall.  He  was  of  a 
light  complexion  and  spare  figure.  He  was  a  good  citizen.  Ik- 
married  Adams  of  Salem,  where  he  died,  by  falling  from 

a  window,  when  over  80  years  of  age. 

Children: 

(143)  1.     Alice  L.     Bookkeeper  in  Salem. 

( 144)  2.     Augustus  H.    Teacher. 

(145)  3.     D.  Warren;  d.  .    Was  a  journalist,  Denver, 

Colo. 
Children : 

(77)  Joshua  W.7  (Tarbox*,  Jonathan',  John4,  John',  James*, 
James1)  was  a  photographer  and  stereoscopic  artist  of  Salem.  He 
married  Anna  Steele  of  Gloucester,  who  died  several  years  ago. 
Residence,  Essex  street. 


JAMES   OF   WENHAM.  167 

(146)  i.     John  L.,  b.  Salem,  1853;  m.  Abbie  Knox. 

(147)  2.     Anna,  b.  Salem,  1854;  m.  Edw.  Dalrvmple,  a  baker 

of  Salem.    Child:  (1)  Emily,  b.  1886. 

(78)  George7  (Tarbox6,  Jonathan5,  John4,  John',  James", 
James1)  is  a  stair-builder  in  Boston.  He  married  Phebe  J.  How- 
ard of  Nashua,  N.  H. 

Children : 

(148)  1.     Frank  E.,  b.  Boston,  1850;  m.  October  1,  1883,  Jennie 

Gunn  of  Pictou,  N.  S.    Resides  in  Providence,  R.  I. 

(149)  2.     James  M.,  b.  June.  1852.     Resides  in  South  Boston. 

Unmarried.  The  above,  with  the  children  of  Han- 
nah Selman  and  William  Coffin  of  Beverly,  are  all 
the  living  descendants  of  Tarbox.  Sarah,  Elizabeth 
and  Mary  had  many  children,  but  most  of  them 
died  young.  The  two  daughters  who  were  married 
died  without  issue.  Henry  has  not  been  heard  from 
since  he  went  to  New  York,  and  for  that  reason  he 
is  supposed  to  have  died  young. 

(80)  Jefferson1  (Jonathan6,  Jonathan',  John*,  John',  James', 
James1)  lived  in  Lyman,  Me. 

Child: 

(150)  1.     Columbus.     Teamster,  Boston. 

(88)  John7  (Daniel*,  Jonathan8,  John4,  John',  James*, 
James1),  m.  Irene  B.  Hackett  of  Bedford,  N.  H.,  August  19,  1855  ; 
d.  Bedford,  May  13,  1861. 

Children : 

(151)  1.     Irene  Ella,  b.  March  16,  1856,  Manchester,  N.  H. ;  d. 

April  19,  i860. 

( 1 52)  2.     John  Henry,  b.  October  9, 1857,  Manchester ;  d.  March 

31,  1861. 
(:53)     3-     George  Orion,  b.  August  13,  i860,  Manchester;  m. 
October  19,  1878,  Lizzie  Abbott. 

(89)  Hiram7  ( Daniel",  Jonathan6,  John4,  John',  James', 
James1),  m.  Eliza  Ingalls,  October  26,  1847.  Euza  Ingalls  was 
born  Bradford,  N.  H.,  November  9,  1828.  Hiram  Moulton  was  a 
farmer  until  compelled  by  failing  health  to  give  up  that  work.  He 
then  became  a  traveling  merchant  for  dry  and  fancy  goods.  He 
died   from   injuries   received  at   Potter   Place,  Andover,   N.   H. 


1 68  M0ULT0N  ANNALS. 

He  was  noted  for  his  honesty  and  integrity.     It  is  said  that  he 
made  many  friends,  but  no  enemies. 
Children : 

(154)  1.     Charles  H.,  b.  August  1,  1850,  Amherst,  N.  H. ;  d. 

September  2,  1853. 

(155)  2.     W.  Edgar,  b.  December  25,  1857,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

(156)  3.     Elsie  A.,  b.  October  23,  1863,  Nashua,  N.  H. 

(93)  Thomas7  (William*,  Jonathan1,  John',  John',  James', 
James1)  was  five  feet  nine  inches  in  height,  stoutly  built  and  of  a 
dark  complexion.  He  learned  a  mason's  trade  in  Boston,  became 
a  building  contractor,  amassed  a  handsome  fortune,  but  died  in 
middle  age  poor.  He  married  a  Miss  Seavey  of  Boston.  Left  no 
children. 

(99)  Samuel7  (William*,  Jonathan8,  John',  John',  James', 
James1)  was  of  a  dark  complexion  and  medium  size.  At  an  early 
age  he  removed  to  Hamilton.  In  his  youth  he  was  distinguished 
for  his  scholarly  tastes,- so  much  so  that  the  school  committee  of 
Hamilton  advised  his  father  to  take  him  out  of  the  best  grammar 
school  in  town  because  he  was  in  advance  of  his  teacher  in  study. 
He  served  about  three  years  in  Boston  to  learn  the  harness-maker's 
trade,  but,  having  difficulty  with  his  employer,  he  gave  up  the 
trade  and  went  to  Kentucky,  where  he  taught  school  for  several 
years.  He  married  there.  He  studied  law  while  teaching  school 
and,  after  being  admitted  to  the  bar,  he  commenced  its  practice  at 
Shelbyville,  111.  He  has  been  successful  in  his  profession,  a  judge 
in  the  state  Board  of  Education,  and  served  three  terms  in  Con- 
gress ;  before  the  Rebellion,  as  a  democrat,  during  the  war  as  a 
republican,  and  after  the  war  as  a  democrat  again.  He  has  no 
children. 

(101)     Josiah7   (William*,  Nathaniel5,  Nathaniel',  William', 

James8,  James'),  m.    (1st)   Lane;  m.    (2d)    Laurinda 

Lane;  m.  (3d)  Sarah  Brown,  b.  New  Sharon,  October  30,  1816; 
m.  (4th)  November  12,  1865,  Lydia  Thomas. 

Children: 

(157)  1.     Sarah,  b.  Leeds,  March  3,   1823;  m.  An- 

drews.   No  children. 


JAMES   OF   WENHAM.  l6o. 

By  second  marriage : 

(158)  2.     Daniel  L.,  b.  Livermore,  August  18,  1829. 

(159)  3.     Olive  L.,  b.  Livermore,  September  15,  1832;  m.  Isaac 

Benjamin.     Lives  in  New  Bedford. 
By  third  marriage : 

(160)  4.     Cyrus  W.,  b.  Mercer,  March  22,  1837;  d.  March  16, 

1853- 

(161)  5.     Elvira  P.,  b.  Leeds,  September  12,  1842;  m.  Elijah 

Gill,  February  22,  1862. 

(162)  6.     Lewis  A.,  b.  Leeds,  February  4,  1844;  d.  November  9, 

1864,  in  Richmond  Prison. 

(163)  7.     Lorita.  b.  Leeds,  May  29.  1845;  d.  January  17,  1853. 

(164)  8.     Henry  J.,  b.  Leeds,  May  6.  1847;  d.  July  9,  1861. 

(165)  9.     John  P.,  b.  Leeds,  May  19,  1848.    Lives  in  Saco,  Me. 

(166)  10.     Josephine  A.,  b.  Leeds,  August  23,  1851  :  m.  March 

23,  1868,  Jason  Gill. 

(102)  Gilman7  (William*,  Nathaniel5,  Nathaniel',  William', 
James2,  James'),  m.  (1st)  1831,  Lucinda  Chestman  ;  m.  (2d)  Feb- 
ruary, 1854,  A.  Jane  Gary,  b.  November  6,  182 1  ;  d.  May  14,  1853. 

Children  (by  first  marriage)  : 

(167)  1.     Ellen,  b.  May  28,  1834;  m.  Silas  T.  Lawrence  of  New 

Bedford.    Had  six  children,  who  died  young.    Died 
March  4,  1877. 

(168)  2.     Noah  Chesman,  b.  January  21,  1837;  d.  March,  1837. 

(169)  3.     Lucinda,  b.  June  22,  1839,  m.  Francis  Lewis  of  New 

Bedford,  1861  ;    d.  February  13,  1878. 
Children : 

1.     ,  d.  in  infancy. 

2.  Arthur,  b. . 

3.  Clara,  b.  . 

4.  Thomas,  b.  . 

5.  Ella.  b. 


(170)  4.     Olive  Amanda,  b.  October  5,  1845  ;  m.  November  25, 

1869,  Daniel  Brownell,  of  New  Bedford. 
Children : 

1.  Lester. 

2.  Lesther. 
By  second  marriage: 

(171)  5.     Henry  Jennings,  b.  April  11,  1857,  Leeds,  Me.;    m. 

February  14,  1883,  Annie  E.  Thompson. 

(172)  6.     Oakes  Gilman,  b.  November  1,  1859,  Leeds,  Me. 

(173)  7.     Ulysess  Oman,  b.  August  13,  1865,  Livermore,  Me. 


170  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

(103)  Stillman7  (William',  Nathaniel8,  Nathaniel4,  Wil- 
liam', James2,  James1),  m.  (1)  Esther  Foss  of  Leeds,  Me.;  m. 
(2)  ,  at  California. 

Children  by  first  wife : 
(174)     1.     Saul,  b.  . 


Levi  Foss,  b.  Feb.  6,  1829. 

Uriah,  b.  . 

Esther,  b.  . 

Elisha,  b.  . 

Stillman,  b.  . 

Gilman,  b.  . 


Columbia,  b. ;   d. 

Ellen,  b.  ;    d.  — 


(175)  2 

(176)  3 

(177)  4 

(178)  5 

(179)  6 

(180)  7 

(181)  8 

(182)  9 

(104)     Othaniei/    (William*,   Nathaniel5,   Nathaniel4,  Wil- 
liam', James2,  James1),  m.  Laura  Gilford,  of  Westport,  Mass. 
Children : 

(183)  1.     Sarah  J.,  b.  March  15,  1841  ;   d.  October  24,  1871. 

(184)  2.     Frederick  G.,  b.  September  16,  1842;   d.  February  6, 

1846. 

(185)  3.     Mary  N.,  b.  September  16,  1842;   d.  October  6,  1857. 

(186)  4.     Ellen  J.,  b.  April  15,  1847;    d.  September  11,  1852. 

(187)  5.     Frederick  F.,  b.  January  22,  1849;    nl-  Sarah  Dyer, 

March  30,  1876. 

(106)  Nathaniel7  (William*,  Nathaniel6,  Nathaniel4,  Wil- 
liam', James',  James1),  m.  March  17,  1843,  Elvira  J.  Deans,  of 
Leeds,  Me.,  b.  March  10,  1819.  Their  children  were  all  born 
in  New   Bedford,  Mass. 

Children : 

(188)  1.     Rosabella,  b.  July  2.  1845;   d.  August  6,  1845. 

(189)  2.     Augustus  G.,  b.  February  28,  1847;   m«  February  4, 

1875,  Carrie  A.  Wilcox. 

(190)  7,,     Herbert  Deane,  b.  November  3,  1850;  d.  December  8, 

1851. 

(108)  Jonathan  Benjamin'  (Josiah*,  Nathaniel8,  Nathan- 
iel4, William',  James2,  James1)  ;  m.  Jane  Emma  Smith,  of  Evans- 
ville,  Indiana,  December  1843,  at  St.  Charles,  Mo. 

Children : 

(191)  1.     Julius,  b.    November    15,    1844;    m.   November  22, 

1871,  Marion  Preston  Nelson. 


JAMES   OF    WENHAM.  171 

(192)     2.     Sylvanus  Thayer,  b.  1850;    d.  1853. 
(!93)     3-     Sylvanus  Thayer,  b.  February  11,  1854;   m.  October 
28,  1874,  America  Lee  Harding. 

(194)  4.     Mellona  Jane,  b.  August  31,   i860;    m.  March  13, 

1878,  Dr.  Wm.  Cowan  Green. 

(114)  Nathaniel  Thayer  Moulton7  (Josiah8,  Nathaniel8, 
Nathaniel4,  William',  James2,  James1)  was  a  merchant  and 
farmer.  He  m.  (1)  October  26,  1846,  Charity  McKee;  m.  (2) 
August,  1858,  Eliza  Ann  McKee. 

Children  by  first  marriage : 

(195)  1.     Frank  McKee. 

(196)  2.     Harry. 

(197)  3.     George. 

By  second  marriage: 

(198)  4.     Jennie,  m.  Robert  Nelson. 

( 199)  5-     Laura  Dorcas,  m.  Calvin  E.  Erwin. 

(200)  6.     Jonathan  Benjamin. 

(201)  7.     Paul  Vincent. 


EIGHTH    GENERATION. 

(117)  Captain  Henry8  (William  S.T,  Captain  John*, 
Jonathan8,  John4,  John",  James',  James1)  is  five  feet  ten  inches 
in  height,  tall,  of  medium  complexion.  He  was  a  shipmaster 
and  in  command  of  large  merchant  vessels  and  ocean  steamers. 
During  his  sea-going  life,  his  home  was  in  Wenham,  Mass.,  but 
since  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  he  has  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness and  removed  to  Boxford,  Mass.  He  m.  Lydia  P.  Spiller, 
of  Boxford.    No  children. 

(118)  Nathan  Harris"  (William  S.7,  Captain  John', 
Jonathan8,  John4,  John',  James2,  James1)  was  tall  with  dark  eyes 
and  light  hair.  He  moved  to  Wenham  with  his  father,  where 
he  died  in  the  winter,  1854.  He  was  a  shoemaker  and  mason. 
He  m.  Abbie  Davis,  of  Dover,  N.  H. 

Children : 

(202)  1.     Henry  A.,  b.  Wenham,   1851.     Shoemaker,  Trustee 

of  Town  Library. 

(203)  2.     Loretta,  b.  1853  (  ?)  ;   m.  Andrew  Trout,  grocer. 


17-  M0ULT0X    ANNALS. 

(120)  George  Otis'  (William  S.7,  Captain  John*.  Jonathan', 
John',  John',  James2,  James1)  is  a  stationary  engineer  in  Danvers. 
He  m.  Cynthia .    They  had  no  children. 

(122)  William  Porter8  (Win.  S.7,  Capt.  John',  Jonathan', 
John4,  John',  James',  James1)  removed  to  Beverly,  thence  to 
Chicago,  111.,  thence  to  Stuart,  Iowa.  In  Massachusetts  and  Illi- 
nois he  was  a  shoemaker.  In  Iowa,  he  is  an  editor  of  a  news- 
paper and  a  justice  of  the  peace.  His  habits  are  studious.  He 
m.  Rebecca,  dau.  of  John  Dudley,  of  Wenham. 

(125)  Henry  Percy'  (August7,  John',  Jonathan9,  John', 
John',  James',  James1)  passed  through  the  Beverly  schools  with 
credit  and  graduated  at  Amherst  College.  1865.  He  studied  law 
with  Wm.  I).  Xorthend  in  Salem  and  has  practiced  in  Salem 
ever  since,  being  known  as  an  able  and  successful  attorney.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1870.  He  m.  Hattie 
Stocker  of  Lynn. 

Children: 

(204)  1.     Edith  Foster,  b.  May  9,   1877. 

(205)  2.     Susan  P.,  b.  October,  1878. 

(206)  3.     Henry  Philip,  b.  September,  1882. 

(126)  John  Augusti>'  (August*,  John',  Jonathan',  John', 
John',  James1,  James1)  has  been  shoemaker,  teacher  and  grocer. 
For  several  years  he  has  been  a  member  of  the  Beverly  Board  of 
Assessors,  being,  in  1887  and  1888,  chairman  of  the  Board.  He 
m.  Maria  N.  Wallis. 

Children : 

(207)  1.     Henry  August,  b.  1873. 

(208)  2.     Mary  E.,  b.  June,  1875. 

(209)  3.     Albert  Wallis,  b.  April,  1879. 

(127)  Charles  Llmmus'  (Charles7,  Captain  John',  Jona- 
than', John',  John',  James2,  James1)  grocer,  cattle  broker,  over- 
seer of  the  poor.  He  m.  December  3,  1857,  Catherine  A.  Phil- 
brick,  of  South  Thomaston,  Me.    She  was  b.  September  6,  1836. 

Children: 

(210)  1.     Alonzo  Grafton,  b.  April  1,  1859:  m.  Grace  Bradley. 


JAMES   OF    WENHAM.  1 73 

(211)  2.     Alice  Lummus,  b.  August  17,  1861  ;  d.  South  Africa, 

1885. 

(212)  3.     Lewis  E.,  b.  May  11,  1863.     Salesman,  Beverly. 

(129)  John  Francis8  (Charles',  John8,  Jonathan8,  John4, 
John3,  James2,  James1)  was  of  medium  size  and  dark  complexion. 
He  m.  Lucy  O.,  dau.  of  Augustus  and  Priscilla  (Hale)  Giles,  of 
Beverly,  December  15.  1862.  She  was  b.  December  10,  1842. 
John  F.  died  at  Cleveland,  Ohio,  April  26,  1887. 

Children: 

(213)  1.     Frank  Tilton.  b.  Beverly,  March  21,  i860. 

(214)  2.     Nellie  Abbie,  b.  Beverlv,  March  24,  1862;    m.  Fred 

B.  Walker,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

(215)  3.     Lucy   Frances,  b.   Battle  Creek.   Mich.,  October  2J, 

1865;    m.  Sheldon  Thompson,  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

(136)  Lorenzo  Gordon8  (Eben  H.\  John8,  Jonathan8,  John*, 
John',  James2,  James1 )  learned  the  pattern-makers  trade  in  Bos- 
ton and  then  worked  in  Philadelphia.  On  his  return  he  went 
first  to  Taunton,  then  Boston,  where  he  has  resided  most  of 
the  time  since.  He  is  foreman  for  the  firm  of  G.  W.  and  F. 
Smith,  Federal  street,  Boston.  He  is  interested  in  natural  science, 
literature  and  the  modem  languages.  He  m.  at  Taunton,  Janu- 
ary 1,  1874,  Mrs.  Anna  (Jones)   Palmer,  of  Taunton. 

'  Child: 

(216)  1.     Lillie  Belle,  b.  Hyde  Park,  March  5,  1876. 

(140)  Walter  Standley8  (Eben  H.T,  John8,  Jonathan8, 
John',  John',  James2,  James1)  learned  the  pattern-maker's  trade 
in  Boston  and  has  worked  several  years  at  the  Houston  and 
Thomson  Electric  Works,  in  Lynn.  He  is  now  assistant  foreman 
for  G.  W.  and  F.  Smith,  Boston.  He  is  a  student  of  natural 
science.  He  m.  February  3,  1886,  Lizzie  L.  Proctor,  of  Lynn, 
dau.  of  Joseph  W.  Proctor,  b.  1863. 

(141)  Arthur  Augustus8  (Eben  H.\  John*,  Jonathan6, 
John*,  John8,  James2,  James1)  has  made  a  special  study  of  elec- 
tricity. In  1 88 1  he  learned  in  Boston  the  making  and  repairing 
of  electrical  apparatus  and  in  1884  came  to  the  Thomson  &  Hous- 
ton Electric  Works,  in  Lynn.     In  1885  he  accepted  the  position 


174  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

of  electrician  for  the  Rocky  Mountain  Telephone  Company  and 
the  United  States  Electric  Company,  of  Salt  Lake,  Utah,  where 
he  now  resides.  He  m.  June  20,  1888,  Caddie  Dewey,  of  Salt 
Lake,  b.  September  13,  1863. 

(153)  George  O.  Moulton8  (John',  Daniel',  Jonathan', 
John4,  John',  James1,  James1),  m.  October  19,  1878,  Lizzie  Abbott, 
of  Concord,  N.  H. 

Children: 

(217)  1.     John  Melvin,  b.  March  2,  1883. 

(218)  2.     Alice,   b.   December    18,    1884.      (Both  of  Concord, 

N.  H.) 

(184)  Frederick  F.'  (OthanieT,  William',  Nathaniel',  Na- 
thaniel4, William'.  James',  James'),  m.  Sarah  E.  Dyer,  of  New 
Bedford,  May  30,  1876. 

Children: 

(219)  1.     George  F.,  b.  November  9,  1877  ;  d.  October  22,  1878. 

(220)  2.     George  L.  D.,  b.  March  },  1880. 

(221)  3.     Sadie  M.,  b.  July  8,  1882. 


NINTH    GENERATION. 

(210)  Alonzo  Grafton*  (Charles  L.',  Charles',  John', 
Jonathan',  John4,  John'.  James",  James1)  was  at  first  a  dry- 
goods  salesman,  but  is  now  a  railroad  conductor.  He  m.  in 
Bradford,  Pa.,  Grace  Bradley,  dau.  of  Chas.  F.  Bradley.  He  now 
resides  in  Denver,  Col. 

Children : 

(222)  1.     Lulu  E.,  b.  January  1,  1884. 

(223)  2.     Charles  Franklin,  b.  May  28,  1887. 

(211)  Alice  L.*  (Charles  L.\  Charles',  John',  Jonathan*. 
John4,  John',  James',  James1)  after  passing  through  all  the  grades 
of  the  school  in  Beverly  with  credit,  entered  Wellesly  College  in 
1879,  receiving  the  second  prize  in  Greek.  When  she  had  com- 
pleted the  four  years'  course,  she  accepted  the  position  of  teacher 
in  the  English  and  Greek  languages  and  in  Elocution,  in  Stellen- 
bork  Seminary  in  Cape  Colony,  South  Africa,  and  sailed  from 


JAMES   OF    WENHAM.  175 

New  York,  February  25,  1884,  visiting  Liverpool  and  London, 
and  in  April  entering  upon  her  work.  After  a  year  and  a  half  of 
successful  labor  she  was  suddenly  stricken  down  with  illness 
and  after  suffering  ten  weeks,  she  ended  her  life  upon  earth  and 
was  buried  among  strangers.  Her  letters  to  American  periodi- 
cals were  received  with  much  favor,  and  she  had  begun  to  write 
a  book  on  South  Africa,  some  sheets  of  which  have  been  sent 
home.  The  style  is  racy  and  the  matter  both  interesting  and  in- 
structive. She  spent  her  vacation  among  the  Boers,  back  in 
"the  bush"  with  a  view  to  learning  their  language,  customs,  etc., 
and  it  was  on  her  return  to  Stellinbork  that  she  took  cold  by 
sleeping  in  a  damp  room. 


JOHN  FRANCIS  MOULTON. 

John  Francis  Moulton  was  born  in  Bevelry,  Massachusetts, 
February  3,  1841.  During  his  boyhood  he  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Beverly  and  at  an  early  age  engaged  in  business  with 
his  father  in  mercantile  pursuits.  He  was  married  when  about 
nineteen  years  of  age  to  Miss  Lucy  Ober  Giles,  who  was  one  year 
younger  and  who  was  also  born  and  reared  in  Beverly. 

When  about  twenty-one  years  old  he  went  to  Michigan  on  oc- 
casional business  trips  and  about  1865  he  moved  with  his  family 
to  Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  and  engaged  in  the  live  stock  and  meat 
business.  He  was  quite  successful  in  this  venture  and  remained 
in  Battle  Creek  until  1872.  During  this  period  (from  1865  to 
1872)  he  became  prominent  as  a  citizen  of  Battle  Creek,  was 
elected  an  alderman,  and  was  one  of  the  leaders  in  numerous 
business  enterprises.  He  was  the  chief  organizer  of  the  Battle 
Creek  Gas  Company  and  was  its  first  president,  also  was  one  of 
the  organizers  and  a  director  of  the  City  Bank  of  Battle  Creek. 

In  1872  he,  with  Mr.  George  H.  Russell,  also  a  citizen  of 
Battle  Creek,  secured  the  contract  for  building  a  railroad  from 
Buffalo  to  Jamestown,  sixty-nine  miles,  in  the  state  of  New  York. 
The  work  of  building  the  railroad  was  prosecuted  by  Messrs. 
Russell  &  Moulton  until  1874  when  Mr.  Russell  died,  the  road 


I76  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

then  being  about  half  finished,  and  Mr.  Moulton  continued  the 
work  and  completed  the  road  in  1875.  He  was  shortly  afterwards 
made  its  general  manager  and  in  1878  when  the  road  was  re- 
organized as  the  Buffalo  and  South  Western  Railroad  Company, 
he  was  continued  as  General  Manager  and  1879  he  was  elected 
President  of  the  company,  which  position  he  held  until  the  time 
of  his  death. 

In  1880  the  railroad  was  leased  to  the  New  York,  Lake  Erie 
and  Western  Railroad  Company  and  being  relieved  of  the  re- 
sponsibility of  its  management  Mr.  Moulton  soon  after  engaged 
in  the  electric  light  business  in  the  City  of  Buffalo,  X.  Y.,  which 
city  has  been  his  home  since  1875,  when  he  completed  the  rail- 
road. He  was  the  leader  and  principal  organizer  of  the  electric 
light  business  in  Buffalo  and  the  success  of  this  enterprise  as 
well  as  that  of  the  railroad  and  other  Venturis  with  which  he  was 
connected  stand  as  monuments  to  his  business  ability  and  sagacity. 
Mr.  Moulton  was  married  as  before  stated  in  [859  and  the  children 
of  this  union  were  Frank  Tilton  Moulton,  born  in  Beverly,  March 
21,  i860,  Xellie  Abbie  Moulton.  born  in  Beverly,  March  J4, 
1862,  and  Lucy  Frances  Moulton,  born  in  Battle  Creek,  Michigan, 
October  27,  1865.  Of  these  the  two  daughters  are  married,  the 
elder  to  Mr.  Fred  B.  Walker  and  the  younger  to  Mr.  Sheldon 
Thompson,  both  young  business  men  of  Buffalo,  X.  Y. 

Mr.  Moulton  died  April  26,  1887,  at  the  age  of  forty-six  years. 
His  death  was  mourned  by  his  entire  family  who  survived  him 
and  by  a  large  number  of  friends  and  relatives. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  a  descendant  of  James,  of  the  eighth  genera- 
tion (Charles  ',  John",  Jonathan8,  John*,  John',  James1,  James1.) 


FRANCIS   TILTON   MOULTON. 

Frank  Tilton  Moulton  was  born  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts, 
March  21,  i860.  Removed  at  the  age  of  four  years  with  his  pa- 
rents to  Battle  Creek,  Michigan,  and  attended  the  public  schools  at 
the  latter  place  until  1874  when  he  removed  with  his  mother  and 


LEVI    FOSS    MOULTON, 

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JAMES   OF    WENHAM.  177 

sisters  to  a  temporary  abode  in  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  and  there 
attended  school  one  year.  At  this  time  the  family  moved  into  a 
new  home  and  he  completed  his  schooling  with  one  year's  at- 
tendance at  the  public  schools  of  Buffalo.  In  1876  he  entered  the 
railroad  offices  of  the  Buffalo  and  South  Western  Railroad  Com- 
pany, of  which  his  father  was  the  general  manager  and  has  con- 
tinued in  the  employ  of  this  company  ever  since  in  various  capaci- 
ties, and  is  today  the  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  company.  He 
has  also  been  associated  with  his  father  in  other  business  pur- 
suits, among  which  are  the  lumber  business  carried  on  in  Buffalo 
by  Adams,  Moulton  &  Company  from  1882  to  1885  and  since 
January,  1886,  has  been  the  secretary  of  the  Buffalo  Wood  Vul- 
canizing Company,  of  which  company  his  father  was  president 
until  the  time  of  his  decease. 

Mr.    Moulton    is    a    descendant    of    James    (John    Francis', 
Charles7,  John',  Jonathan5,  John4,  John',  James2,  James1.) 


LEVI  FOSS  MOULTON. 

The  generation  of  the  early  days  of  Colusa  County,  which,  by 
its  perseverance,  vigor  and  tireless  energy  has  done  so  much 
to  advance  this  county  to  the  front  among  California's  banner 
counties  of  development,  is  rapidly  passing  away.  From  among 
those  who  still  survive,  there  are  few  more  noteworthy  or  who 
have  filled  a  larger  space  in  public  esteem  than  Levi  Foss  Moulton. 
His  life  has  been  peculiarly  typical  of  the  early  home-builders  of 
this  state,  and  that,  too,  in  its  period  of  industrial  and  social  tran- 
sition, when  self-reliance  developed  so  remarkably  that  originality 
and  ready  resource,  which  is  now  so  distinctly  carved  in  the 
great  monument  of  our  statehood. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  born  in  Leeds,  Kennebec  County,  Maine, 
February  6,  1829.  His  father  having  been  a  tiller  of  the  soil,  the 
son  was  brought  up  in  the  same  vocation.  At  fifteen  years  of  age, 
the  subject  of  this  sketch  went  to  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  found  employment  in  his  uncle's  store  for  a  twelve- 


I78  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

month.  Determined  to  acquire  a  trade,  he  now  entered  a  car- 
riage-shop as  apprentice,  and  before  the  time  had  expired  for 
which  he  was  indentured,  he  purchased  his  time  from  his  em- 
ployer and  began  business  for  himself  in  the  same  line.  With 
a  trade  acquired  and  in  business  for  himself  before  yet  reaching 
his  majority,  with  his  ambition  now  full-fledged  and  on  wing, 
Mr.  Moulton  did  not  confine  himself  to  mere  money-making 
alone.  The  education  he  had  received  on  the  farm  was  scant 
enough,  and  feeling  this,  he  set  himself  to  remedy  it  under  that 
best  of  tutors,  self-help.  For  this  purpose,  while  engaged  in  his 
uncle's  store  or  the  carriage-shop,  though  a  mere  boy,  he  found 
time  to  conduct  a  course  of  reading,  studying  diligently  before 
the  day's  work  began,  and  utilizing  with  miserly  economy  every 
spare  moment  he  could  snatch  at  the  noon  hour  or  at  night.  The 
result  is  that  to  this  course  of  self-imposed  mental  discipline  he 
owes  his  present  proficiency  in  the  principles  of  hygiene,  an- 
cient and  modern  history,  and  political  economy,  besides  being 
thoroughly  versed  in  agricultural  and  horticultural  matters  and 
completely  equipped  as  a  civil  engineer. 

His  studious  turn  of  mind  led  him  away  from  the  pardonable 
frivolities  of  youth.  He  encouraged  the  young  associates  around 
him  to  seek  knowledge,  likewise,  and  his  efforts  in  this  direction 
resulted  in  the  organization  of  a  debating  club  in  New  Bedford. 
The  formation  of  a  small  library  followed.  It  grew  apace  and  was 
then  presented  to  the  city,  thus  forming  a  nucleus  of  what  is  now 
one  of  the  largest  free  libraries  in  the  east.  Surely  the  chore- 
boy  of  the  country  store,  and  the  carriage-maker's  apprentice 
builded  better  than  he  knew. 

It  was  in  the  winter  of  185 1  that  young  Moulton,  now  in  his 
twenty-second  year,  sought  a  broader  and  newer  field  for  his 
enterprise  and  for  this  purpose,  in  company  with  nine  com- 
panions, of  whom  he  had  been  chosen  leader,  he  set  out  for 
California  via  Nicaragua.  He  arrived  in  San  Francisco  on  March 
22,  following,  and  at  once  set  out  for  the  mines  with  Colonel 
Dibble  and  Senator  George  Hearst.  His  capital  on  arriving  in 
this  new  El  Dorado  was  $1,500,  and  this  was  almost  entirely 
expended  in  "prospects,"  which,  proving  to  be  far  from  remun- 


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erative,  he  concluded  that  as  a  gold-hunter,  Fortune  "had  not 
marked  him  for  her  own,"  and  so,  with  a  willingness  to  be  occu- 
pied with  anything  honorable,  he  turned  himself  undismayed  to 
other  employments,  the  chief  of  which  was  carpentering,  at  which 
he  worked  for  several  months  on  the  Yuba  River. 

In  the  winter  of  1852-53  Mr.  Moulton  determined  to  devote 
himself  to  some  more  permanent  vocation,  and  for  this  purpose 
he  came  to  Colusa  County,  and  having  purchased  land  near  his 
present  abode,  nine  miles  north  of  Colusa,  he  settled  down  to 
farming.  The  wisdom  of  this  resolution  he  has  certainly  had  no 
reason  to  regret,  since  his  industry  and  intelligence  therein  have 
so  combined  to  prosper  him  that,  making  new  purchases  of  land 
as  fast  as  his  means  would  permit  him,  he  is  now  the  owner  of 
eighteen  thousand  acres,  unequaled  for  productiveness. 

On  this  vast  estate,  an  American  principality  in  itself,  Mr. 
Moulton  has  erected  a  stately  home  of  peculiar  architecture,  an 
illustration  of  which  will  be  found  elsewhere.  The  Moulton  home- 
stead is  a  model  one,  in  its  fields  of  grain,  in  its  extensive  vine- 
yards and  orchards,  where,  side  by  side,  in  many  instances,  de- 
ciduous fruits  grow  and  ripen  in  wondrous  abundance  with  semi- 
tropical  productions. 

But  the  care  and  supervision  of  so  large  a  ranch  have  not 
absorbed  all  of  its  proprietor's  time.  He  has  found  or  made  leis- 
ure to  render  him  one  of  the  most  active  men  in  the  State  on 
matters  of  public  policy.  His  counsel  has  been  heeded  from 
the  rostrum  and  through  the  press.  A  man  of  well-stored,  prac- 
tical mind,  using  vigorous  English  in  reflecting  it,  keenly  obser- 
vant and  intrepid  in  his  independence  of  party  dictation,  he  could 
not  well  be  silent  on  great  local  or  economic  questions. 

In  politics  Col.  Moulton  (as  he  is  termed  by  his  friends)  can 
be  classed  as  an  independent  Republican,  though  his  connection 
with  the  early  Republican  party  is  now  historic,  since  he,  in 
connection  with  Hon.  John  Kasson,  a  former  Congressman  from 
Iowa,  and  minister  to  Austria,  first  organized  the  Free  Soil  party, 
which  was  to  all  intents  and  purposes  the  Republican  organization 
in  its  formative  period,  though  under  another  name. 

On  October  11,  1S82,  the  Republican  joint  convention  of  Co- 


l80  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

lusa  and  Tehama  Counties  placed  Colonel  Moulton  on  its  ticket 
for  State  senator.     This  honor  was  unsought  by  him,  he  being 
away  at  the  time  attending  a  meeting  of  the  farmers  at  Stockton 
and  of  the  anti-monopolists   at   San   Francisco,  endeavoring  to 
make  these  parties  understand  the  overshadowing  importance  of 
preserving  their  homes  and  lands  from  destruction  by  hydraulic 
mining  debris.     No  time  being  left  him  to  stump  his  district,  he 
issued  a  circular  letter  to  the  voters  thereof,  which  fairly  bristled 
with  Mr.  Moulton's  individuality.     He  showed  how  he  had  pre- 
viously served  his  county  in  an  unofficial  capacity;   how  in  1862 
Colusa  County  was  deeply  in  debt  and  her  script  selling  for  thirty- 
five  cents  on  the  dollar,  when  he,  with  others,  matured  a  funding 
bill  and  worked  it  through  the  Legislature  against  great  oppo- 
sition, the  result  being  that  the  county  was  soon  out  of  debt,  her 
rate  of  taxation  as  low  as  any  other  county,  while  her  script  has 
been  at  par  ever  since.    Colonel  Moulton  closes  this  letter  to  the 
voters    in    the     following,    straight-from-the-shoulder    remarks, 
which  are  characteristic  of  the  man :     "The  Legislature  is  the 
place  where  this  fight  against  hydraulic  mining  devastation  has 
to  be  made.     I  will  be  in  that  fight  whether  elected  to  the  senate 
or  not,  but  if  the  voters  of  the  district  shall  honor  me  with  a  seat 
in  the  senate,  I  shall  not  be  far  behind  the  foremost  in  the  con- 
test.    I  shall  work  hard  for  the  future  prosperity  and  glory  of 
the   State,   for,  old-line  Republican  as   I   am,  and  accepting  as 
I  do  the  party  nomination,  I  place  the  prosperity  of  my  district  far 
above  party  consideration  and  shall  not  work  in  leading  strings 
when  its  interests  are  in  question.    Colonel  Moulton  was  defeated, 
though  running  ahead  of  his  ticket  by  a  very  flattering  vote. 

Mr.  Moulton  has  never  been  his  party's  servile  henchman 
He  has  kicked  over  the  party  traces  when  his  conscience  sug- 
gested that  course.  He  went  off  with  the  so-called  Dolly  Varden 
party,  whose  brief  but  earnest  career  gave  evidences  of  a  promis- 
ing vitality  in  the  election  of  Newton  Booth  as  Governor  of  the 
State.  The  activity  with  which  he  has  thrown  himself  into  pub- 
lic affairs  is  quite  remarkable.  In  the  anti-debris  controversy  no 
man  in  the  State  was  more  pronounced  or  more  indefatigable 
in  his  hostility  to  the  encroachment  of  slickers.    He  spent  freely 


JAMES   OF   WENHAM.  l8l 

of  his  time  and  money  and  was  at  all  times  the  unselfish  cham- 
pion of  the  agricultural  interests,  and  he  will  be  borne  in  happy 
memory  in  time  to  come  for  his  services  therein,  even  as  his 
efforts  are  now  deeply  appreciated  by  his  contemporaries.  As  an 
instance  of  the  earnestness  with  which  he  takes  hold  of  matters 
in  hand,  he,  at  his  own  expense,  sent  thousands  of  illustrated 
documents  and  printed  data  through  the  mails,  setting  forth  the 
manner  in  which  the  agricultural  interests  of  Northern  California 
were  menaced  by  hydraulic  mining,  even  going  so  far  at  one  time 
as  to  furnish  a  large  folio  paper  replete  with  engravings  and  fer- 
vent in  argument  and  presentation  of  facts  as  a  supplement  to 
sixty-seven  journals  in  the  State. 

At  the  Legislature  he  has  been  well  recognized,  and  he  was 
always  sure  to  be  present  at  some  period  of  its  proceedings  as 
an  irrepressible  worker  for  county  and  State.  To  his  credit  be 
it  said  he  had  no  logs  of  his  own  to  roll,  no  private  axe  to  grind 
and  no  selfish  motive  to  advance  in  using  his  private  means  and 
time,  which  could  be  spent  in  elegant  leisure  at  his  home,  in  thus 
counseling  with  the  representatives  of  the  people.  He  opposed 
with  an  iron  will  and  with  some  vehemence  the  passage  of  the 
Parks  brush  dam  bill  for  nearly  six  weeks  with  next  to  no  back- 
ing from  the  county,  and  bad  as  the  bill  was  considered  by  many, 
it  was  shorn  of  its  worst  features  by  Col.  Moulton,  and  out  of  his 
stubborn  resistance  thereto  came  a  thorough  arousing  of  the 
people  of  the  State.  The  final  outcome  of  his  opposition  was  a 
decision  by  the  lower  courts  and  afterwards  by  the  Supreme  Court, 
strictly  in  accordance  with  the  views  of  the  Colonel. 

During  all  this  period  of  pronounced  activity,  Mr.  Moulton  was 
developing  the  resources  of  his  immense  ranch,  superintending 
all  its  operations,  introducing  new  varities  of  fruit  trees,  vines 
and  shrubs,  building  bridges,  laying  out  roads,  reclaiming  over- 
flowed lands  or  protecting  them  from  overflow.  Assuredly,  few 
individuals  in  the  serene  evening  of  their  days  can  stir  the  pulses 
of  their  memory  with  so  many  solacing  recollections  of  a  busy 
life,  the  events  of  which  are  nearly  all  inseparable  from  the  grati- 
fication which  their  success  and  affirmed  wisdom  must  necessarily 
impart. 


l82  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

As  a  patriotic  American  and  warm  champion  of  the  Monroe 
doctrine,  as  well  as  an  implacable  foe  of  railroad  monopoly,  Mr. 
Moulton  was  most  assiduous  in  presenting  the  merits  of  the  Eads 
Ship  Railway.  He  looked  upon  it  as  a  great  international  neces- 
sity, particularly  for  the  people  of  this  coast,  concluding  that  ~it 
would  operate  as   a  political   regulator  of  transcontinental   rail 

rates,  thereby  making  it  impossible  for  them  to  be  in  a  position  of 
dictatorial  control.     For  this  purpose  he  wrote  and  caused  to  be 

introduced  into  the  State  Senate  a  concurrent  resolution  urging 
Congress  to  assist  the  Eads  Ship  Railroad  project.  So  persistent 
was  he  in  his  support  of  the  measure,  that  he  labored  for  three 
years  to  bring  to  this  coast  Captain  Eads,  the  greatest  engineer 
of  his  time,  who,  at  the  same  time,  examined  the  water-ways  of 
California.  Nor  did  he  stop  here;  at  his  own  expense  he  sent 
illustrated  documents  and  data  to  thousands  of  people  throughout 
the  State,  explanatory  of  the  ship  railway  scheme.  His  purpose 
was  to  educate  the  people  hereon,  and  so  deeply  were  they  becom- 
ing interested  that,  in  response  to  an  invitation  of  the  Geographi- 
cal Society  of  the  Pacific,  Colonel  Moulton,  March  12,  1886,  de- 
livered a  lengthy  address  on  the  Eads  Ship  Railway  plan  before 
that  organization,  which  met  with  a  hearty  resolution  of  indorse- 
ment from  the  society. 

Mr.  Moulton,  at  his  hospitable  home,  when  aloof  from  the 
excitement  engendered  by  the  earnestness  of  discussion  on 
local  or  economic  questions,  is  peculiarly  happy  in  his  domestic 
relations.  He  married  in  1861  and  three  children  are  the  pride 
of  his  household.  They  are :  Oralee,  a  daughter,  educated 
at  Mills  Seminary;    Levi  Everett,  and  Herbert. 

Mr.  Moulton's  descent  is  from  James — (Stillman7,  Wil- 
liam', Nathaniel8,  Nathaniel4,  William',  James',  James').     . 


JONATHAN  BENJAMIN  MOULTON,  ESQ. 

Jonathan  Benjamin  Moulton,  Esquire,  the  remarkable  and 
honored  head  of  the  estimable  family  in  St.  Louis,  became  an 
octogenarian  in  July,  1890. 

With  fair  health  and  a  good  accumulation  of  learning,  wis- 


Parents   of  JULIUS  M  0  U  LT  0  N;  5  YLVA  N  U  S  THAYER   MOULTON 
and     MRS.  MELLONA    MOULTON   GREEN. 


3DWARO   aTlEHNAN.PRT'G   CO.  ST.LOUI  S  . 


JAMES   OF    WENHAM.  183 

dom  and  experience,  added  to  material  wealth,  he  highly 
enjoys  life  at  his  advanced  age.  In  the  same  city  live  the 
families  of  his  sons  and  daughters  with  his  beloved  grand-children. 

Well  deserved  honors  have  been  won  by  them  while  their 
faces,  looking  from  these  pages,  will  continue  to  win  friends 
in  the  days  to  come. 

Jonathan  B.  Moulton,  whose  portrait,  with  that  of  his  wife, 
children  and  grand-children,  herewith  appears,  was  born  in 
1810.  He  has  been  a  civil  engineer  since  1830.  In  five  years 
he  constructed  the  Chesapeake  &  Ohio  canal  along  the  left 
bank  of  the  Potomac  river,  from  Georgetown,  D.  C,  to  Cum- 
berland, Md. ;  a  work  of  great  magnitude  and  cost.  From 
1836  to  1840  he  was  engaged  on  the  location  and  construction 
of  the  Lexington  &  Ohio  railroad  between  Frankfort  and 
Louisville,  Ky.,  which  was  the  first  railroad  made  west  of  the 
Alleghany  Mountains,  and  before  T  rails  were  introduced. 

He  subsequently,  as  county  engineer,  located  and  con- 
structed about  one  hundred  and  twenty  miles  of  macadam  and 
plank  roads  in  St.  Louis  county,  Mo.,  and  was  city  engineer  of 
St.  Louis  under  the  administrations  of  several  mayors.  Twice, 
while  a  resident  of  Missouri,  he  held  the  position  of  state  engi- 
neer to  the  Board  of  Public  Improvements,  whose  duty  was  to 
examine  and  report  to  the  Legislature  the  condition  of  rail- 
roads which  had  received  state  aid  by  endorsement  of  bonds. 
As  chief  engineer,  he  completed  the  railroad  from  St.  Louis  to 
the  Iron  Mountain,  Mo.  Located  and  constructed  the  west 
branch  of  the  North  Missouri  Railroad  from  Moberly  to  Kan- 
sas City  and  the  main  line  from  Macon  City,  Mo.,  to  the 
town  of  Moulton,  Iowa,  completed  the  railroad  from  the  town 
of  Moulton,  Iowa,  to  Ottumwa,  Iowa;  built  the  bridge  over 
the  Des  Moines  river  at  that  place,  completed  a  railroad  in 
Nebraska  on  the  right  bank  of  the  Missouri  river  between 
Omaha  and  Platte  river;  located  various  railroads  in  Mis- 
souri, Illinois,  Iowa,  Nebraska,  Louisiana  and  Kentucky ;  was 
general  superintendent  and  chief  engineer  of  the  North  Mis- 
souri Railroad  and  branches  for  several  years. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  American  Association  for  the 


184  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Advancement  of  Science  for  some  years,  but  withdrew  on 
account  of  age.  In  the  early  history  of  railroads,  he  often 
acted  as  arbiter  in  controversies  between  corporations  and 
contracting  firms,  without  ever  having  had  his  opinions  or 
decisions  disregarded,  or  ever  objected  to. 

The  town  of  Moulton,  Iowa,  now  a  railroad  center,  was 
named  after  him,  without  his  knowing  the  intention'  of  the 
people  to  do  so;  this  they  supplemented  by  a  deed  of  lots 
one  hundred  feet  front  in  the  center  of  that  now  populous 
town.  In  good  health,  he  now  lives  in  St.  Louis,  retired,  at  the 
ripe  old  age  of  seventy-eight  years,  being  the  fifty-eighth 
year  of  his  profession.  General  Sylvanus  Thayer,  U.  S.  A., 
willed  to  Jonathan  Benjamin  Moulton,  his  oldest  nephew,  a 
sword  presented  to  him  in  1853  by  the  graduates  of  West  Point 
on  behalf  of  the  first  class  under  Colonel  Thayer,  admitted 
as  cadets  to  the  United  States  Military  Academy  in  1817. 
The  scabbard  is  solid  gold,  as  well  as  the  head  of  the  hilt, 
an  excellent  representation  of  the  head  of  John  C.  Calhoun, 
Secretary  of  War.  The  names  engraved  on  the  gold  scab- 
bard are:  "Wallace,  Mansfield,  Scott,  Abercrombe,  Wheeler, 
Capron,  Morris,  Bainbridge,  Bliss,  Henshaw,  Morton,  Walker, 
Courtney,  Allsford,  Baker,  Dimmock,  Wheelright,  Donalson." 
These  names  surround  the  following  words :  "Though  some 
have  fallen,  kind  memories  live  in  the  breasts  of  those  who 
survive,  who  offer  for  all  this  token  of  respect."  On  the 
reverse  is  engraved  the  following:  "His  first  class  of  1817 — 
Graduates  of  1820-21-22,  to  Col.  Sylvanus  Thayer,  Corps  of 
Engineers,  U.  S.  A.,  Superintendent  of  the  U.  S.  Military 
Academy,  West  Point,  1817-1833."  Engraved  on  the  scabbard 
is  a  view  of  the  West  Point  barracks,  view  of  the  Hudson  river, 
looking  north,  cap  of  liberty  and  other  military  devices.  Mr. 
Moulton  will  perpetuate  this  gift  in  his  family  by  leaving  it 
to  his  son,  named  after  the  General. 

The  children  of  Jonathan  Benjamin  Moulton,  second  child 
of  Josiah  Moulton  and  his  wife,  Jane  Emma  Moulton  (born 
Smith),  are: 

Julius  Moulton,  civil  engineer,  born  November  15,   1844; 


WOODWARD   &    TIERNAN.PRTG   CO.ST.LOUtS. 


JAMES   OF   WENHAM.  185 

married  Marion  Preston  Nelson,  November  22,  1871.  He  has 
assisted  as  engineer  in  the  location  of  railroads  in  Missouri 
and  Illinois;  was  engaged  in  the  construction  of  the  North 
Missouri  railroad  bridge  over  the  Missouri  river  at  St.  Charles, 
Mo.,  and  for  several  years  has  been  in  the  Engineering  Depart- 
ment of  St.  Louis,  on  the  construction  of  streets,  public  sewers, 
and  wharf  improvements. 

Sylvanus  T.  Moulton,  born  1850;   died  1853. 

Sylvanus  Thayer  Moulton,  born  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  Febru- 
ary 11,  1854;  married  America  Lee  Harding,  October  28,  1874. 
Their  children  are: 

Grace  Thayer,  born  June  1,  1876. 

Nannie  Emma,  born  September  26,  1877. 

Lee  Anna,  born  August  15,  1884. 

S.  T.  Moulton  was  engaged  on  the  location  of  the  Iron 
Mountain  Railroad,  south  of  the  mountain,  but  ultimately 
turned  his  attention  to  the  lumber  business  in  St.  Louis,  until 
appointed  to  a  position  in  the  Internal  Revenue  Department 
of  the  Government  in  Missouri,  where  he  continued  eight 
years ;    now  a  broker  in  wholesale  merchandise. 

Mellona  Jane  Moulton,  born  August  31,  i860;  married 
William  Cowan  Green,  M.  D.,  of  Wilmington,  N.  C,  March 
13,  1878.     Their  children  are : 

Jennie  Moulton  Green,  born  July  22,  1881. 

Julia  WTorth  Green,  born  September  10,  1883. 

Mellie  Mercer  Green,  born  October  17,  1885. 

All  living  in  St.  Louis,  Mo.  (April,  1888).  Dr.  Green,  her 
husband,  has  a  large  practice  as  a  physician  in  St.  Louis,  and 
has  built  an  expensive  dwelling  after  the  Queen  Anne  style. 
He  belongs  to  an  old  North  Carolina  family. 

As  might  be  expected  from  such  a  lineage,  the  St.  Louis 
Moultons  are  actively  engaged  in  promoting  the  material, 
moral,  political,  educational  and  religious  welfare  of  their 
city  and  state. 

Mr.  Moulton  is  a  descendant  of  James,  of  the  seventh 
generation — (Josiah9,  Nathaniel5,  Nathaniel4,  William',  James', 
James1). 


CHAPTER   X. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  THOMAS,  OF  YORK,  ME. 

(i)     Thomas   Moulton,   born   in   Ormsby,   Norfolk,   Eng- 
land, about  1614.     Wife,  Martha  ,  Newbury,  Mass., 

1637;  Hampton,  N.  H.,  1639;  York,  Me.,  1654. 

Children : 

(2)  1.     Thomas,  b. ,  bpt.  November  24,  1639.  Hamp- 

ton. 

(3)  2.     Daniel,  b.  ,  bpt.  February  13,  1641.    Hamp- 

ton. 

(4)  3.     Hannah,  b.  June  19,  1645  !  m-  Samuel  Tilton  of  Hamp- 

ton. 

(5)  4.     Mary.  b.  January  25,  165 1  ;    m.  Samuel  Braglon,  Sr., 

York,  Me. 

(6)  5.     Joseph,  b. ;  moved  to  Portsmouth,  N.  H. 

(7)  6.     Jeremiah,  b.   about   1656;   m.    (1st)    ;    (2d) 

widow,  Alice  Donnell. 
Joseph  took  oath  in  1681.  He  must  have  been  born  previous 
to  1660.     He  probably  died  about  1720. 


SECOND   GENERATION. 


(7)     Jeremiah'  (Thomas1),  born  in  York;  wife, 


(2d)    Alice     (Chadbourne)    Donnell.     Representative,    1692. 

Councillor.    Died  October  22,  1727. 

Children: 
(  8)      1.     Joseph,  b.  January  18,  1679;  m.  Mary  Pulman. 
(  9)     2.     Mary,  b.  January  14,  1681. 

(10)  3.     Daniel,  b. . 

(11)  4.     Ebenezer,  b. 


(12)  5.     Jeremiah,  b.  1688. 

(13)  6.     Samuel,  b. 


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THIRD  GENERATION. 

(8)  Joseph8  (Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  b.  January  18,  1679; 
married  Mary  Pulman,  December  30,  1697. 

(14)  I.     John,  b.  . 

(15)  2.     Abigail,  b. ;  m.  Lewis  Bane. 

(16)  3.     Elizabeth,  b. ;  m.  Peter  Grant. 

(17)  4.     Alice,  b. ;  m.  James  Holt. 

(18)  5.     Abel,  b.  about  1701 ;  m.  Eleanor  Bane   (dr.  Lewis 

Bane).     He  d.  March  3,  1784.     She  d.  January, 
1748.     Daughter  b. ;  m.  Skipper  Lunt. 

(19)  6.     Jeremiah,   b.   ;     m.    Elizabeth    Perkins    of 

Wells,  Me.,  April  19,  1729,  and  had  two  children: 

(20)  1.     Lydia,  b.  June  21,  1730,  who  m.  Joseph  Eaton 

of  Wells,  December  6,  1750. 

(21)  2.     Joseph,  b.  August  7,  1732. 

(12)     Jeremiah'    (Jeremiah',   Thomas1),   born    1688,   and 

died  July  20,  1765.     He  married  (1)   Hannah  ,  who 

died  October  26,  1760,  aged  66  years;  m.  (2)  Elizabeth  (dr.  of 
Jacob  Perkins). 
Children: 

Jeremiah,  b.  January  17,  1713;  m.  Hannah  Sayward. 
Daniel,  b.  October  15,  1714;  d.  November  18,  1715. 
Daniel,  b.  March  17,  1716;  m.  Hannah  Preble. 
Hannah,  b.  February  7,  1720;  m.  Benjamin  Holt. 
Thomas,   b.   September    13,    1722;   d.   November  4, 

1736. 
Abigail,  b.  July  14,  1724;  d.  November  7,  1736. 
Dorcas,  b.  June  25,  1726;  m.  J.  H.  Bartlett  of  Kit- 
tery,  Me. 

(29)  8.     Lucy,  b.  September  4,  1728;  m.  Daniel  Clark. 
Children  (by  second  wife)  : 

(30)  9.     Lydia,  b.  June  21,  r^o, 

(31)  10.     Joseph,  b.  August  7,  1732. 

Thomas  and  Abigail  probably  died  of  the  "throat  distem- 
per." Jeremiah  was  a  colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  army,  and 
died  from  "army  fever,"  contracted  in  service. 

FOURTH    GENERATION. 

(18)  Abel*  (Joseph',  Jeremiah',  Thomas1),  b.  about  1701 ; 
married  Eleanor  (dr.  of  Lewis  Bane).    She  died  January,  1748. 


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2. 

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5. 

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6. 

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l88  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

"Capt.  Abel   (son  of  Lieut.  Joseph  Moulton)   died  March  3, 
1784,  in  the  night." 
Children : 

(32)  1.     John,  b.  July  14,  1723;  d.  — 

(33)  2.     Sarah,  b.  April  12,  1725;  d. 


Children  (by  second  wife,  Judith  Gowan)  : 

(34)  3.     Dorcas,  b.  April  21,  1750. 

(35)  4.     John,   b.   July   22,    1752;    m.    Lydia    Grant    (dr.   of 

David). 

(36)  5.     Daniel,  b.  March  31,  1754;  m.  Dorcas  Holt. 

(37)  6.     Mary,  b.  June  6,  1756;  m.  Simon  Oliver,  November 

23,  1775- 
Abel  Moulton  was  known  as  "Capt.  Abel."  At  the  State  House 
in  Boston  his  record  is:  "Capt.  Abel  Moulton,  Col.  Eben  Sayers, 
1st  York  Co.  Regt,  June  25,  1776;  Major,  Sept.  31,  1779."  Abel 
Moulton,  juryman,  March  14.  1731  ;  March  13,  1770,  Abel  Moul- 
ton, constable. 

(22)  Jeremiah'  (Jeremiah5,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  born  Jan- 
uary 17,  1713;  died  July  16,  1777.  He  married  Hannah  Say- 
ward,  December  20,  1737.     She  died  December  3,  1757. 

(38)  1.     Thomas,   b.   September    17,   1738;   d.   February   28, 

1739- 

(39)  2.     Thomas,  b.  October  3,  1739. 

(40)  3.     Theodore,  b.  June  29,  1741  ;  d.  August  21,  1751. 

(41)  4.     Jotham,  b.  February  12,  1743;  d.  May  12,  1777;  m. 

Joanna  Tilden,  pub.  June  11,  1765. 

(42)  5.     Abigail,  b.  June  25,  1745;  m.  Job  Lyman,  March  25, 

1762. 

(43)  6.     Mary.  b.  March  26,  1746. 

(44)  7.     Jeremiah,  b.  January  13,  1748. 

(45)  8.     Abel,  b.  April  9,  1751  ;  m.   Eunice  Tripp,  October 

12,  1772.     Moved  to  Sanford,  Me. 

(46)  9.     Theodore,  b.  June  10,  1754. 

(47)  10.     Hannah,  b.  January  2,  1756;  m.  Samuel  Sewall,  May 

20,  1773. 

(48)  11.     Lucy,  b.  November  9,  1757;  m.  Stover  Sewall,  Janu- 

ary 12,  1785 ;  d.  January  14,  1800. 

Jotham  was  brigadier  general  in  the  Revolutionary  war. 

(24)     Daniel4     (Jeremiah5,    Jeremiah2,    Thomas1),    born 
March  17,  1716;  married  Hannah  (dr.  of  Capt.  Caleb  Preble). 


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Children: 

(49)  1.     (Still-born.)    Unnamed. 

(50)  2.     Hannah,  b.  May  II,  1746;  m.  Timothy  Goodwin,  De- 

cember 10,  1772. 

(51)  3.     Lydia,  b.  August  18,  1748;  m.  Sewall  Swett,  Decem- 

ber 3,  1772. 

(52)  4.     Dorcas,  b.  June  8,  1750;  d.  September  16,  1777. 

(53)  5-     Jemima,  b.  April  4.  1752;  d.  August  10,  1777. 

(54)  6.     William,  b.  May  12,  1754;  m.  (1)  Abigail  Harmon 

(dr.  of  Nathaniel  Harmon;  (2)  Mary  (dr.  of  John 
Kingsbury). 

(55)  7.     Daniel,  b.  March  30,  1756. 

(56)  8.     Theodore,  b.   February  28,   1758;  m.  Alice   (dr.  of 

William  Donnell),  January  21,  1781. 

(57)  9.     A  son.  b.  and  d.  February  21,  1765. 

Dorcas  and  Jemima  died  of  "army  fever,"  caught  from  their 
uncle,  Jeremiah. 

FIFTH    GENERATION. 

(35)  John6    (Abel*,  Joseph5,  Jeremiah3,  Thomas1)    mar- 
ried Lydia  Grant,  September,  1774. 

Children : 

Martha,  bapt.  January  14,  1776  (  ?). 

David,  bapt.  October  6,  1776;  m.  Hannah  Gowan. 

Lydia,  bapt.  August  23,  1778. 

John,  bapt.  March  25,  1771  (  ?)  ;  b.  March3i,i78o(  ?). 

Records  differ. 
Elizabeth,  b.  May  18,  1786. 
Abel,  b.  November   10,   1785;  m.  Dorcas  Moulton, 

September  ,  1813. 

(64)  7.     Nathan,  b.  November  2,  1788. 

(36)  Daniel6  (Abel*,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1)  mar- 
ried Dorcas  Holt,  February  8,  1776. 

Children: 

(65)  1.     Noah,  bapt.  May  8,  1777.     Lost  at  sea. 

(66)  2.     Dorcas,  bapt.  August  4,  1778;  d.  young. 

(67)  3-     Josiah,  bapt.  June  9,  1782;  m.  Olive  Lowe. 

(68)  4.     He^nry,  bapt.  September  19,  1784;  d.  young. 

(69)  5.     George,  bapt.  October  14,  1787;  m.  Nancy  Moulton 

(dr.  of  Ebenezer  Moulton). 

(70)  6.     Hannah,  b.  March  25,  1790;  m.  Ebenezer  Grant. 

(71)  7.     Dorcas,  b.  November  16,  1792;  m.  Abel  Matthews. 


(58) 

1. 

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2. 

(60) 

3- 

(61) 

4- 

(62) 

5- 

(63) 

6. 

I90  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

(41)  Jotham* (Jeremiah4,  Jeremiah',  Jeremiah', Thomas'), 
born  February  12,  1743.  Commissioned  Co.  York  Co.  Regt. 
August  30,  1775;  Brig-  Gen.  February  8,  1776.  Married  Jo- 
anna (dr.  of  Jonathan  Tilden  of  Boston),  June  II,  1765. 

Children : 
(72)      1.     Jeremiah,   b.    March    7,    1766.      Moved   to   Sanford, 
Me. ;  m.  Martha  Friend. 

(y^)     2.     George,  b.  November  12.  1767;  d.  . 

(  74)     3.     Jonathan,  b.  July  8,  1769;  d. . 

(75)  4-     Jotham,  b.  January  15,  1771  ;  was  a  doctor  in  Bucks- 

port.  Me. 

(76)  5.     Abigail  Ru.^h.  b.  October  13.  1773. 

(77)  6.     Rufus,  b.  . 

(54)     William'  (Daniel*.  Jeremiah*,  Jeremiah1,  Thomas'), 
married  Abigail  Harmon. 
Children : 

(78)  1.     William,  b.  December  5.  1770;  m.  Jane  Todd,  Mav 

7.  1801. 

(79)  2.     Nathaniel,  b.  October   18.   1784;  m.   Olive  Jellison, 

August  20,  1807. 

(80)  3.     Hannah,  b.  July  19,  1783. 

(56)     Theodore*  (Daniel*.  Jeremiah',  Jeremiah*,  Thomas'), 
married  Alice  (dr.  of  William  Donnell),  November  15.  1781. 
Children  : 

(81)  1.     William  D..  b.  July  14.  1782;  m.  Mary  Leach,  De- 

cember 25,  1805. 

(82)  2.     Dorcas,  b.  October  24,  1784;  m.  Timothy  Goodwin, 

pub.  November  22,  1801. 

(83)  3.     Sallie  Pell.  b.  April  II,  1788;  m.  Samuel  Batchelder. 

Moved  to  Sanford,  Me. 

(84)  4.     George,  b.   August  27.   1792;  m.  Mary  Weeks;  d. 

1871. 

(85)  5.     Hannah,  b.  July  4.  1793;  in.  Xathaniel  Brooks. 

(86)  6.     Theodore,  b.  February  7.  1799.     Lost  at  sea. 

SIXTH   GENERATION. 

(59)     David*  (John*,  Abel',  Joseph',  Jeremiah'.  Thomas'), 
married  Hannah  Gowan :  (2)   Mary  Mclntire. 
Children : 

(87)  1.     Judith,  b.  December  2.  1816;  m.  William  G.  Moul- 

ton  (son  of  George). 

(88)  2.     David,  b.   November  28.    1819;   m.   Mary   Moulton 

(dr.  of  George). 


THOMAS   OF    YORK.  I9I 

(89)  3.     Hannah,  b.  November  12,  1822;  m.  Joseph  Plaisted. 

(90)  4.     Daniel  M.,  b.  November  17,  1824;  m.  Martha  Cross- 

man. 

(91)  5.     Susan,  b.  Julv  21,  1827;  m.  Henry  Moulton   (son 

of  Abel). 

(92)  6.     Nancy  M..  b.  July  15,  1832;  m.  Charles  Grant. 

(93)  7.     Lydia,  b.  July  30,  1835;  m.  William  P.  Titcomb  of 

Lebanon. 

(94)  8.     Asa  L..  b.  April  10,  1838;  m.  Elizabeth  of 

Berwick. 

(61)  John'  (John6,  Abel\  Joseph',  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1), 
married  Olive  Grant,  1807;  born  November  12,  1790. 

Owned  and  occupied  the  house  that  Colonel  Jeremiah  lived 

in  before  him.     Was  a  ship  carpenter  and  owned  a  large  farm  as 

he  always  wanted  a  great  deal  of  land. 

Children: 
(  95)      1.     Son,  b.  1807;  d.  young. 
(  96)     2.     Son,  b.  April,  1809;  d.  young. 

(  97)     3-     John.  b.  May  31,  1810;  m.  Priscilla  Patten.   Farmer. 
(  98)     4.     Calvin,  b.   May  26,    1812.     Overseer  in  Waltham 

Bleachery. 
(  99)     5.     Luther,  b.  May   1,   18 14;  m.  Harriet  M.  Varnum. 

Lives  in  Milton,  Mass.     Farmer. 

(100)  6.     Rufus.  b.  September  2,  1816;  m.   Mary  A.  Pratt. 

She  died.  Second  wife,  Rosanna  Greenwood. 
Resided  in  Waltham  and  Newton  Lower  Falls. 
In  the  latter  place  was  one  of  the  firm,  "Eaton, 
Moulton  &  Co.,"  oldest  paper  manufactory  in 
New  England. 

(101)  7.     Jeremiah,    b.    November    20,    1818.     Overseer    in 

Lowell  Bleachery.     Died  in  Lowell. 

(102)  8.     Oliver,  b.  December  26,  1820:  m.  Bridget  Berry; 

12)  Harriet  M.  Hazeltine.  Superintendent  of 
Forest  Hills  Cemetery  twenty-eight  years. 

(103)  9.     Martha,  b.  February  2,  1823;  m.  Addison  Fisher  of 

Hopkinton.  May  n,  1844.  He  was  a  wealthy 
citizen  of  Dedham.     Died  in  the  West. 

(104)  10.     Gilman.  b.  March  22,  1825;  m.  Sophia  B.  Ayers. 

Farmer. 

(105)  11.     Charles,  b.   November  2,    1827;   m.   Theodosia   J. 

Langton ;  (2)  Sophronia  W.  Emmons.    Farmer. 

(106)  12.     Harriet,  b.  June  9,  1830;  m.  Alfred  Lunt.    Resides 


I92  MOULTOX  AXXALS. 

in  Lexington,  Mass.  "She  married  Captain  Lunt, 
a  sea  captain  of  York." 

(107)  13.     Albert,    b.    September    16,    1832;    m.    Susan    Hill. 

Farmer. 

(63)     Abel"   (John5,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1), 

married  Dorcas  Moulton  (dr.  of  David),  September ,  1813. 

Children : 

(108)  1.     Daniel,  b.  January  28,  1814;  m.  Elizabeth . 

(109)  2.     Lydia,  b.  July  4,  1816;  m.  Stephen  Grant. 

(no)     3.     Svlvester,  b.  March  12,  1819;  m.  Mary  Hammond 

of  Elliott. 
(ill)     4.     William,  b.  April  14,  1821  ;  d.  July  30,  1830. 

(112)  5.     Henrv.  b.  June  II,  1823;  m.  Susan  Moulton  (dr.  of 

David). 

(113)  6.     Eliza,  J.,  b.  December  27,  1825;  d.  February  9,  1856. 

(114)  7.     Julia  A.,  b.  May  28,  1828;  d.  January  jj,  1876. 

(115)  8.     Abbv   M.,  b.    January  23,  18^1;  d.  September  19, 

1852. 

(67)    Josiah*  (Daniel8,  Abel',  Joseph'.  Jeremiah', Thomas'), 
married  I  1  )  Olive  Lowe;    (2)  Maria  Bradbury. 
Children : 

(116)  1.     Mercy,  b.  . 

(117)  2.     Olive,  b.  ;  m.  Jonathan  Young. 

(118)  3.     Edward  L.,  b. ;  m.  Maria  Fernald. 

(69)     Georc.i     1  Daniel',  Abel*,  Joseph1,  Jeremiah'.Thomas*), 
married  (1)  Nancy  Moulton  (dr.  of  Ebenezer;  (2)  Sally  My- 

rick.    He  died  March ,  1859.    His  first  wife  died  July , 

1822.     Married  second  wife  March  12,  1823;  died  . 

Children : 

(119)  1.     Jonathan,  b.  ;  d.  young. 

(120)  2.     Daniel,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(121)  3.     Catherine,  b.  July  24,  1811;  m.  Thomas  Witham, 

September,  1834;  d.  March,  1854. 

(122)  4.     William  G.,  b.  June  12,  1814;  m.  Judith  Moulton, 

October  29,  1840;  she  d.  March,  1804. 

(123)  5.     Dorcas,  b.  January  10,  1816;  m.  John  Simpson;  she 

d.  November,  1871. 

(124)  6.     Mary,  b.  May  28.  1818;  m.  David  Moulton  (son  of 

David),  May  6,  1835. 

(125)  7.     Jonathan,  b.  July  18,  1820;  d.  September  12,  1880. 


GEORGE  MOULTON  ADAMS,  D.  D. 

Died  Jan.  11,  1906,  at  Auburndale,  Mass.     (Son  of  No.  141.) 


THOMAS   OF   YORK.  I93 

(126)  8.     Nancy,  b.  July  20,  1822;  m.  T.  Witham  (second 

wife). 
Children  (by  second  wife)  : 

(127)  9.     George  D.,  b.  February  29,  1824;  m.  Nancy  Young. 

(128)  10.     David,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(129)  11.     Sarah  A.,  b. (twin  sister  died)  ;  m.  Benja- 

min F.  Donnell ;  both  d. 

(130)  12.     Joanna,  b. ;  m.  S.  G.  Donnell. 

(131)  13.     Eben,  b. ;  d.  i860;  unm. 

(72)  Jeremiah6  (Brig.  Gen.  Jotham  of  York,  Me.6;  Jere- 
miah4, Jeremiah3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1)  lived  in  Sanford,  Me., 
where  he  married  Martha  Friend. 

Children : 

(132)  1.     Jotham,  b.  . 

(133)  2.     Rufus,  b. . 

(i34)     3-     George,  b. . 

035)     4-     Jeremiah,  b.  . 

(136)  5.     Hannah,  m.  George  Hussey,  and  had  a  son  (died 

)  and  daughter. 

(137)  6.     Nancy,  m.  Joseph  Smith. 

(138)  7.     Abigail,  m.  William  Emery,  and  had  a  son  and  a 

daughter. 
He  married  (2)  Hannah  Hobbs,  sister  of  first  wife. 
Children: 

(139)  8.     Mary,  m.  Stephen  Hatch;  had  two  daughters,  one 

named   Martha,  who   m.  Dr.  Albert  Day,  and 
lives  in  Boston. 

(140)  9.     Martha,  b.  . 

(75)  Jotham"  (Jotham5,  Jeremiah4,  Jeremiah3,  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  born  in  York,  January  15,  1771 ;  married  Mary  Far- 
rar  at  Hanover,  N.  H.,  October  6,  1812.  Was  a  physician  in 
Bucksport,  Me.     Died  Bucksport,  November  3,  1857. 

Children: 

(141)  1.     Lucy,  b.  ;  m.  Samuel  Adams.     Had  chil- 

dren:   Samuel,  George,  Alfred,  William,  Sarah, 
Mary. 

(142)  2.     George,  b. ;  m.  Emily  Moulton.    Lives  in 

Philadelphia. 

(143)  3.     Mary,  b. ;  m.  Samuel  Adams.    Had  chil- 

dren:  Marietta,  Frank,  Emily,  Clara. 

( 144)  4.     Jotham  Tilden,  b.  October  8,  1808. 


194  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

(81)  William  D."  (Theodore5,  Daniel4,  Jeremiah*,  Jere- 
miah2, Thomas1),  born  July  14,  1782;  married  Mary  Leach, 
December  25,  1805.  Drowned  with  John  Simpson,  in  Ports- 
mouth Harbor,  February  29,  1819. 

Children : 

(145)  1.     Paulina,  b.  January  3,  1807;  m.  Oliver  Swett. 

(146)  2.     William  D.,  b.  March  24,  1808;  m.  Miriam  Simpson 

Donnell  of  Wells,  Me. 

(147)  3.     Mary,  b.  May  28,  1810;  m.  John  Avery. 

(148)  4.     Justus,  b.  August  31,  1812;  m.  Fanny  Kingsbury. 

Lived  in  Troy,  N.  Y. ;  was  a  pattern-maker  for 
the  Stewart  Stove  Co.;  afterward  moved  to 
South  Vineland,  N.  J.,  where  he  and  his  wife 
died,  childless. 

(149)  •  5.     Lucy  Maria,  b.  May  20,  1816;  m.  Oliver  Freeman; 

now  (1896)  a  widow.    Living  at  Cape  Neddock 
Harbor. 
Mrs.  Moulton  married  again,  and  moved  to  Westerly,  Me. 

SEVENTH    GENERATION. 

(88)  David7  (David8,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph5,  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  married  May  6,  1845,  Mary  J.  (dr.  of  George  Moul- 
ton. Lives  at  Cider  Hill.  Prominent  in  church  affairs.  Select- 
man eight  years.    Taught  school  for  thirty  years. 

Children : 

(150)  1.     David  G.,  b.  May  9,  1846;  d.  August  14,  1852. 

(151)  2.     William  N.,  b.  July  23,  1849;  d-  August  29,  1852. 

(152)  3.    John  F.,  b.  June  2,  1852;  d.  September  2,  1852. 

(153)  4-     John  M.,  b.  July  4,  1854;  m.  Ellen  Woodward,  Jan- 

uary 1,  1879. 

(154)  5.     Maretta,  b.  April  13,  1857;  m.  Charles  H.  Young, 

June  29,  1876. 

(155)  6.     George   E.,   b.    September   3,    1859;   m.    Sarah   J. 

Plaisted. 

(98)  Calvin7  (John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph5,  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  married  Anna  Maria  Bradley,  March  17,  1836;  died 
March  25,  1852. 

Children : 

(156)  1.     Martha,  b.  July  1,  1837. 


THOMAS   OF   YORK.  I95 

i 

(157)  2.  Anna  Eliza,  b.  October  12,  1840. 

(J58)  3-  Josephine,  b.  June  25,  1842;  d.  January  22,  1843. 

(159)  4.  Emma  J.,  b.  October  22,  1845;  d.  January  22,  1847. 

(160)  5.  Emma  H.,  b.  July  29,  1847. 

He  married  (2)  Emily  A.  Ayers,  August  27,  1852. 

(161)  6.     Emily  F.,  b.  November  22,  1855. 

(162)  7.     Lillian  A.,  b.  July  11,  1859. 

(163)  8.     Williard,  b.  December  20,  i860. 

(164)  9.     Blanche  E.,  b.  August  12,  1866. 

(99)  Luther7  (John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  married  Harriet  M.  Varnum,  March  10,  1839. 

Children : 

(165)  1.     Harriet,  b.  May  4,  1840;  d.  July  18,  1845. 

(166)  2.     Luther,  b.  August  13,  1842;  m.  Sarah  D.  Walker. 

In  Ditson's  music  store.     Went  to  Civil  war  in 
Thirty-eighth  Massachusetts  regiment. 

(167)  3.     George  H.,  b.  August  28,  1844;  m.  Carrie  S.  Rankin. 

Went  to  Civil  war  in  Thirty-eighth  Massachu- 
setts regiment. 

( 168)  4.     John  W.,  b.  October  14,  1846 ;  m.  Susan  F.  Walker. 

Machinist. 

(169)  5.     Hattie  A.,  b.  April  22,  1848;  d.  August  28,  i860. 

(170)  6.     Carrie,  b.  September  25,  185 1 ;  d.  February  4,  1855. 

(171)  7.     Susie,  b.  May  18,  1854;  d.  February  4,  1855. 

(172)  8.     Charles   C,  b.   December   19,   1855;  m.  . 

Carpenter,  and  then  milk  dealer. 

(100)  Rufus7  (John8,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  marriel  Mary  Pratt,  May  29,  1842;  she  died  May  4, 
1854.  Second  wife,  Rosanna  Greenwood,  m.  January  25,  1855; 
she  was  born  September  16,  1824. 

Children: 

( 173)  1.     Mary  C,  b.  February  23,  1843 ;  m.  Charles  L.  Moore 

March  6,  1862. 
Children : 

1.  Myrtie  L.,  b.  June  6,  1864. 

2.  Annie  G.,  b.  March  22,  1866. 

3.  Charles  H.,  b.  October  21,  1868. 

4.  Willard  A.,  b.  September  25,  1870. 

(174)  2.     Charles  A.,  b.  March  3,  1845. 

(175)  3.    Anna  R.,  b.  January  22,   1847;    d.   September  29, 

1847. 


I96  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

(176)  4.     Anna  E.,  b.  February  11,  1849;  m-  Arthur  D.  Mc- 

intosh December  6,  1870. 
Children : 

1.  Arthur  Clarence,  b.  October  18,  1871. 

2.  Hattie,  b.  August  29,   1873;  d.   September  30, 

1873- 

3.  Frederic,  b. 23,  1875. 

(177)  5.     Rufus  H.,  b.  October  2,  185 1 ;  m.  Elizabeth  Conway, 

October  18,  1871. 

(178)  6.     Willie  F.,  b.  October  4,  1853 !  d-  May  4>  i&54- 

(179)  7.     Willie  F.,  b.  April  25,  1856;  d.  August  21,  1862. 

(180)  8.     Joseph  W.,  b.  January  15,  1864;  d.  April  8,  1864. 

(101)  Jeremiah7  (John9,  John6,  Abel4,  Joseph',  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  married  Elizabeth  Bowers,  January  24,  1839.  He 
died  June  24,  1861. 

Children : 

(181)  1.     Margaret   O.,   b.    September    12,    1841 ;   m.   W.   J. 

Stover,  November  23,  1859. 
Children : 

1.  Walter  J.,  b.  September  4,  1861 ;  d.  December  9, 

1862. 

2.  Warren  L.,  b.  January  4,  1865. 

3.  Waldo  J.,  b.  July  13,  1871. 

4.  Alice  R.,  b.  January  24,  1874;  d.  July  14,  1875. 

(182)  2.     John  H.,  b.  June  3,   1843;  m-  Frances  M.  Weld, 

October  3,  1868. 
(J83)     3-     Jeremiah,  b.  January  6,  1845;  d.  November  5,  1845. 

(184)  4.     Katie  B.,  b.  September  12,  1846;  m.  Henry  C.  Weld, 

November  27,  1866. 
Children : 

1.     Alice  Moulton,  b.  December  21,  1874;  d.  January 
3.  1875. 

(185)  5.     Anna  A.,  b.  December  15,  1848;  d.  February  6,  1849. 

(186)  6.     Alice  W.,  b.  March  12,  1850. 

(187)  7.     Jeremiah,  b.  August  6,  1852;  d.  August  13,  1852. 

(102)  Oliver7  (John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  married  Bridget  Berry,  December  8,  1845;  second, 
Harriet  M.  Hazeltine,  October  20,  1852. 

Children : 

(188)  1.     Mary  E.,  b.  December  ,  1846;  d.  November 

,  1848. 


THOMAS   OF   YORK.  1 97 

(189)     2.     Charles  A.,  b.  November ,  1848;  d.  November 


-,  1855. 

(190)  3.     George  O.,  b.  May  10,  1855. 

(191)  4.     Edward  E.,  b.  September  8,  1857. 

(104)  Gilman7  (John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2, 
Thomas1),  married  Sophia  R.  Ayers,  September  17,  1848. 

Children : 

(192)  1.     Herbert  G.,  b.  May  24,  1851. 

(193)  2.     Alfred  F.,  b.  December  31,  1852. 

(194)  3.     Ellen  M.,  b.  September  3,   1854;  d.  September  9, 

1854. 

(195)  4.     Walter  E.,  b. . 

(105)  Charles7  (John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph',  Jeremiah*, 
Thomas1),  married  Theodosia  J.  Langton,  who  died  November 
24,  187 1 ;  married  (2)  Sophronia  W.  Emmons  of  Kennebunk- 
port.  Me.,  October  1,  1873. 

Children : 

(196)  1.  Ida  M.,  b.  July  29,  1858;  m.  S.  Bradley  Marshall. 

(197)  2.  Dwight  E.,  b.  October  21,  i860;  d.  January  11,  1884. 

(198)  3.  Melvin  L.,  b.  May  17,  1863;  d.  July  27,  1875. 

(199)  4.  Lilla  A.,  b.  January  8,  1866. 

(200)  5.  Charles  I.,  b.  April  11,  1870. 

(201)  6.  Gilman  L.,  b.  November  9,  1875. 

(202)  7.  Rutherford  B.  H.,  b.  April  21,  1877. 

(107)     Albert7   (John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah1, 

Thomas1),  married  Susan  Hill,  ,  1875. 

Children: 

(203)  1.     John  A.,  b.  December  27,  1874. 

(204)  2.     Arthur  R.,  b.  December  29,  1876. 

(205)  3.     Mary  E.,  b.  September  30,  1882. 

(112)     Henry7    (Abel6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2, 

Thomas1),  married  Susan  M.  (dr.  of  David6),  November  , 

1847.    Resides  in  New  York.     Firm  of  Henry  Moulton  &  Co., 
manufacturers  of  ladders. 

Children: 

(206)  1.     William  H.,  b.  October  1,  1848;  d. . 

(207)  2.     Galen  F.,  b.  February  20,  1851;  m.  Emma  Daniel- 

son. 


I98  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

(208)  3.  Ella  M.,  b.  September  6,  1857 ;  m.  Charles  W.  Blake. 

(209)  4.  Lizzie  L.,  b.  January  3,  1863 ;  m.  Samuel  A.  Preble. 

(210)  5.  Leroy  C,  b.  January  26,  1865. 

(211)  6.  Gilbert  H.  S.,  b.  October  5,  1866. 

(212)  7.  Ralfe  W.,  b.  July  10,  1869. 

( 122)  William  G.7  (George6,  Daniel5,  Abel4,  Joseph',  Jere- 
miah2, Thomas1),  married  Judith  (dr.  of  David  Moulton), 
October  29,  1840.  She  died  March  30,  1894.  He  resides  at 
Cider  Hill,  and  is  engaged  in  farming  and  mechanical  pursuits. 
Was  formerly  a  millwright,  and  worked  in  various  cities  and 
towns  in  New  England.  His  son,  Allen  C,  is  town  clerk 
(1895),  and  is  an  enterprising  contractor  and  builder  at  York 
Village. 

Children: 

Mary  H.,  b.  July  25,  1843. 

Judith  A.,  b.   September  30,   1845  5   m-  James  O. 

Leavitt;  d.  August  22,  1891. 
Willis  G.,  b.  May  3,  1848;  m.  Etta  (dr.  of  Henry  P. 

Abbott. 
Allen  C,  b.  October  10,  1853;  m.  Elizabeth  Sewall. 

(125)  Jonathan7  (George',  Daniel6,  Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jere- 
miah2, Thomas1),  married  Mercy  Young  (dr.  of  Jonathan), 
July  19,  1846. 

Children: 

(217)  1.  Nancy  C,  b.  March  6,  1847;  d. . 

(218)  2.  Oren,  b.  April  4,  1849;  d. . 

(219)  3.  Nancy  A.,  b.  March  24,  1853;  d. • 

(220)  4.  George  O.,  b.  May  8,  1855 ;  d. 


(213) 

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(214) 

2 

(215) 

3 

(216) 

4 

(221)  5.     Herbert  H.,  b.  October  5,   1858;  d.  ;  was 

killed  by  falling  off  Bald  Head  Cliff.    First  four 
children  died  young. 

(222)  6.     Milan  C,  b.  April  12,  1861. 

(132)     Jotham7  (Jeremiah6,  Gen.  Jotham6,  Jeremiah4,  Jere- 
miah8, Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  married  Theodate  Chadbourne. 
Children : 

(223)  1.     Laomi,  who  married  Almira  Hayward  and  had  two 

daughters,  Ellen  M.,  who  died,  and  Hattie,  who 
married  Mr.  Willie  Plummer. 

(224)  2.     Edwin  A.,  m.  Emily  Webber  and  had  twin  daugh- 


THOMAS   OF   YORK.  I99 

ters,  who  died,  and  a  son,  who  lives  at  home. 

(225)  3.     Martha,  m.  John  J.  B.  Door.    She  is  a  widow  and 

lives  in  Fitchburg,  Mass. 

(226)  4.     Abbie   M.,   m.   Col.   John   Hemingway  of  Emery- 

Mills. 

(227)  5.     Lucy,  m.  Thomas  J.  B.  Dorr,  and  is  dead. 

(133)  Rufus7  (Jeremiah8,  Gen.  Jotham8,  Jeremiah4  Jere- 
miah3, Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  married  Mary  A.  Fernald. 

Children : 

(228)  1.     Jeremiah. 

(229)  2.     Stephen;  d. . 

(230)  3.     Martha;  m.  Moses  Libby. 

(231)  4.     Jeremiah;  m.  three  times  and  had  sons,  Rufus,  who 

died,  and  Joseph,  who  lives  on  the  homestead 
and  has  a  son,  Jesse. 

(134)  George7  (Jeremiah8,  Gen.  Jotham8,  Jeremiah4,  Jere- 
miah', Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  married  Annie  Clark. 

Children: 

(232)  1.     Frances. 

(233)  2.     Alace. 

(234)  3.     George.     (All  now  living,  1896.) 

(135)  Jeremiah7  (Jeremiah8,  Gen.  Jotham",  Jeremiah4, 
Jeremiah3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  married  (1)  Hannah  Chad- 
bourne,  (2)  Mrs.  Augusta  Emory. 

Children : 

(235)  1.     John;d. . 

(236)  2.     Charles,  m.  Lucy  Bennet,  and  has  children,  John, 

Frank  and  Minnie. 
Mrs.  Augusta  Emory,  the  second  wife  of  Jeremiah,  died. 

(144)  Jotham  Tilden7  (Jotham8,  Jotham",  Jeremiah4, 
Jeremiah3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  born  Bucksport,  Me.,  October 
8,  1808;  married  (1)  Ann  P.  Cooke,  April  24,  1836;  married  (2) 
Charlotte  H.  Fenno,  April  20,  1852. 

Children  (by  first  wife)  : 

(237)  1.     Mary  Deane,  b. ;  m.  Bernard  Wiedinger, 

Chicago. 

(238)  2.     Jotham  Tilden,  of  Chicago. 

(239)  3-     Annie  Russell,  of  Chicago. 

(240)  4.     Caroline,  of  Chicago. 


200  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

By  second  wife : 

(241)  5.     Lewis  Fenno,  b.  ;  m.  Emma  Brawley,  of 

California. 

(242)  6.     Irving  Farrar,  b. . 

(146)  William  D.7  (William  D.8,  Theodore5,  Daniel4, 
Jeremiah3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  born  in  York,  Me.,  March  24, 
1808.  Was  ship-builder,  employed  in  the  navy  yard  at  Kit- 
tery,  Me. ;  afterward  built  many  vessels  at  Wells  Harbor, 
Ogonquit  Harbor,  and  at  York.  His  yard  was  near  the  Don- 
nell  mill.  He  married,  first,  Miriam  S.,  daughter  of  James 
Donnell,  July  4,  1833.  Second  wife,  Olive  S.  Springer,  of 
Kennebunk,  Me.  He  died  Januay  28,  1879.  Buried  in  the 
Donnell  burying  ground. 

Children  born  in  Wells,  Me. : 

(243)  1.     George  H.,  b.  November  10,  1833;  m.  Margaret  H. 

Conway,  of  Melrose,  Cheshire,  Eng. 

(244)  2.     Helen  F.,  b.  April  10.  1835 ;   d.  May  20,  1836. 

(245)  3-     William   F.,   b.   April    10,    1837;   m.    Sarah  J.  W. 

Cleaves,  of  Kennebunkport,  December  31,  1874. 
Ship-builder.     Lives  at  Kennebunkport. 

(246)  4.     Edwin  A.,  b.  September  21,  1839;  m-  Mrs.  Maria 

Breed,   of   Lynn.     Boat-builder   and   carpenter. 
Served  four  years  in  U.  S.  army  during  the  Re- 
bellion.    Lived  in  Salisbury,  Mass.     Died  May 
29,  1890.    Buried  at  Lynn,  Mass.,  cemetery. 
Children  of  second  wife: 

(247)  5.     Harley  S.,  b.  January  2^,  1855.     Merchant,  post- 

master and  town  treasurer,  several  terms.  Store 
at  Wells  Beach,  Me.  Lost  his  left  hand  by  the 
bursting  of  a  gun  barrel  while  hunting.  Married 
Ida  O.  Moulton  December  24,  1883.  Child:  Roy 
S.,  b.  August  1,  1884. 

(248)  6.     Edgar  Sewall,  b.  September  11,  1857.     Engaged  in 

the  fisheries  from  Gloucester,  Mass.,  at  the  age 
of  16  years,  after  which  he  worked  as  a  carpenter 
in  Boston  and  Dorchester.  In  1882  he  removed 
to  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  and  commenced  business  as 
contractor  and  builder,  since  which  he  has 
erected  many  notable  buildings.  He  is  a  director 
of  the   Fitchburg  Co-Op.   Bank.     In   1894  and 


THOMAS   OF   YORK.  201 

1895  he  served  as  mayor.     October  ,  1893, 

he  married  Miss  Martha  Cobb,  of  Fitchburg. 
7.     Miriam   F.,  b.   November   14,   1859;  m.   Frank   B. 
Breed,  of  Lynn,  Mass.,  October  15,  1888. 

EIGHTH    GENERATION. 

(155)  George  E.e  (David7,  David6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph', 
Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  married  Sarah  J.  Plaisted,  December  22, 

1877- 

Children :    * 

(249)  1.  Agnes  H.,  b.  July  23,  1878. 

(250)  2.  Bertha  E.,  b.  October  9,  1880. 

(251)  3.  Cora  M.,  b.  June  11,  1882. 

(252)  4.  Newton  J.,  b.   November  10,  1891 ;  d.  November 

24,  1892. 

(253)  5.     Dana  Walker,  b.  August  29,  1894. 

(166)  Luther8  (Luther7,  John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Joseph*, 
Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  born  August  13,  1842,  at  Dorchester; 
married  Sarah  Dyer  Walker,  June  10,  1867. 

Children: 

(254)  1.     Edward  Lincoln,  b.  September  21,  1867. 

(255)  2.     Walter  Perry,  b.  May  25,  1873. 

(256)  3.     Percy  Luther,  b.  June  12,  1875. 

(167)  George  Henry  Calvin8  (Luther7,  John9,  John5, 
Abel4,  Joseph3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  born  August  28,  1844,  at 
Dorchester;  married  Carrie  S.  Rankin,  April  16,  1867. 

(168)  John  Wesley8  (Luther7,  John8,  John5,  Abel4,  Jo- 
seph3, Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  born  October  14,  1846,  at  Dor- 
chester ;  married  Susan  F.  Walker,  September  16,  1869. 

Children : 

(257)  1.     Carrie  Eliza,  b.  July  18,  1870. 

(258)  2.     Howard  W.,  b.  July  7,  1873. 

(259)  3.     Wilbur,  b.  November  11,  1875. 

(177)  Rufus  Henry9  (Rufus7,  John6,  John5,  Abel4,  Jo- 
seph3, Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  married  Elizabeth  Conway,  October 
18,  1871. 


202  M0ULT0N   ANNALS. 

Children : 

(260)  1.     Charles  Henry,  b.  September  16,  1872. 

(261)  2.     Rufus,  b.  April  6,  1876. 

(182)  John  Hudson8  (Jeremiah7,  John8,  John",  Abel4,  Jo- 
seph3, Jeremiah2,  Thomas1),  married  Frances  M.  Weld,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1868. 

Children : 

(262)  1.     John  Grant,  b.  January  26,  1869. 

(263)  2.     William  Henry,  b.  January  12,  1872. 

(264)  3.     Ralph  Weld,  b.  June  13,  1875. 

(215)  Willis8  (William  G.7,  George6,  Daniel5,  Abel4,  Jo- 
seph3, Jeremiah2,  Thomas1)  married  Etta,  daughter  of  Henry  P. 
Abbott. 

Children : 

(265)  1.     Bernard,  b.  March  1,  1872. 

(266)  2.     Edith  M.,  b.  December  11,  1875. 

(242)  Irving  F.  Moulton8  (Jotham  Tilden7,  Jotham*, 
Jotham5,  Jeremiah4,  Jeremiah",  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1)  lives  in  San 
Francisco,  Cal.,  married  Anna  Scholfield  of  San  Francisco. 

Children : 

(267)  1.     Harriette  Wing. 

(268)  2.     Brooks  Fenno. 

(243)  George  H.8  (William  D.7,  William  D.8,  Theodore", 
Daniel4,  Jeremiah3,  Jeremiah2,  Thomas1)  born  November  10,  1833. 
From  185 1  to  1856  in  the  merchant  service.  Enlisted  April  22, 
186 1,  for  three  years  in  the  17th  Massachusetts  Infantry.  From 
1865  to  1880  engaged  in  operating  shoe  machinery.  In  1880  com- 
menced building  yachts  and  boats  at  Haverhill,  Mass.  January 
12,  i860,  married  Margaret  H.  Conway,  of  Rowley,  b.  in  Melrose, 
England,  who  died  June  4,  1890. 

Children : 

(267)  1.     Harry  C,  b.  in  Salem,  Mass.,  January  13,  1861,  m. 

Paulina  Pizaral,  of  Poland,  March  31,  1885.  He 
was  prominent  in  labor  unions.  He  has  a  son,  Willie 
C,  b.  in  Bradford,  Mass.,  November  2,  1887.  A 
daughter,  Margie,  b.  and  d.  January  15,  1886. 

(268)  2.     Nellie  May,  b.  in  Georgetown,  Mass,  December  22, 


THOMAS   OF   YORK.  203 

1866.  Married  George  Gainley,  died  in  Haverhill, 
February  6,  1889.  Buried  in  Groveland.  She  was 
a  pleasing  musician  and  elocutionist.  She  left  one 
daughter,  Margie  G.,  b.  in  Haverhill,  October  27, 
1887. 

(269)  3.     Charles  W.,  b.  in  Georgetown,  March  15,  1868.    Pa- 

per machine  operator.  Married  Ida  Kemp  of  Nash- 
ua, N.  H.  Children,  Byron  Kemp,  b.  April  25, 
1893,  d.  October  8,  1893;  Charles  Myron,  b.  in 
Bradford,  Mass.,  June  6,  1894.  In  1895,  the  family 
moved  to  Livermore,  Me. 

(270)  4.     Maude  M.,  b.  in  Georgetown,  September  17,  1870, 

d.  July  25,  1871. 

(271)  5.     Grace  D.,  b.  in  Georgetown,  March  23,  1873,  d.  Au- 

gust 11,  1873. 

(272)  6.     George  W.,  b.  in  Groveland,  Mass.,  May  23,  1887. 

Resides  in  Livermore  Falls,  Me. 

(273)  7-     John    Pike,   b.    in    Groveland,    December   27,    1880. 

Known  as  Ah-Kid,  Boy  Magician.  Residence,  Hav- 
erhill. 


MOULTON  OF  YORK,  THE  FAMOUS  WARRIOR. 

In  the  romantic  poem,  "Mogg  Megone,"  by  Whittier,  which 
begins  as  follows : 

"Who  stands  on  that  cliff,  like  a  figure  of  stone, 
Unmoving  and  tall  in  the  light  of  the  sky, 
Where  the  spray  of  the  cataract  sparkles  on  high, 
Lonely  and  sternly,  save  Mogg  Megone?" 

There  are  allusions  to  "Captain  Moulton,"  and  "Moulton  and 
his  men,"  as  vide  the  following  extracts  from  pages  eight  and 
thirteen  of  the  "Household  Edition." 

"Some  bough  or  sapling  meets  his  blow, 
The  fisher,  as  he  drops  his  line, 
Starts,  when  he  sees  the  hazels  quiver 
Along  the  margin  of  the  river, 
Looks  up  and  down  the  rippling  tide 
And  grasps  the  firelock  at  his  side, 


204  M0ULT0N    ANNALS. 

For  Bomazeen  from  Tacconock 

Has  sent  his  runners  to  Norrigewock, 

With  tidings  that  Moulton  and  Harmon  of  York . 

Far  up  the  river  have  come : 
They  have  left  their  boats, — they  have  entered  the  wood, 
And  filled  the  depths  of  the  solitude 

With  the  sound  of  the  ranger's  drum. 

"Ha  Bomazeen ! — In  God's  name  say, 
What  mean  these  sounds  of  bloody  fray?" 
Silent,  the  Indian  points  his  hand 

To  where  across  the  echoing  glen 
Sweep  Harmon's  dreaded  ranger-band, 

And  Moulton  with  his  men. 

"Where  are  thy  warriors,  Bomazeen  ? 
Where  are  De  Rouville  and  Castine, 
And  where  the  braves  of  Sawga's  queen? 
"Let  my  father  find  the  winter  snow 
Which  the  sun  drank  up  long  moons  ago ! 
Under  the  fall  of  Tacconock, 
The  wolves  are  eating  the  Norridgewock  ; 
Castine  with  his  wifes  lies  closely  hid 
Like  a  fox  in  the  woods  of  Pemaquid ! 
On  Sawga's  banks  the  man  of  war 
Sits  in  his  wigwam  like  a  squaw, — 
Squando  has  fled,  and  Mogg  Megone, 
Struck  by  the  knife  of  Sagamore  John, 
Lies  stiff  and  stark  and  cold  as  a  stone." 

In  conversation  with  my  old  friend  Whittier,  the  poet,  one 
day,  I  asked  him  for  further  information  regarding  "Moulton" 
to  whom  he  had  alluded  in  the  said  poem.  In  answer,  he  referred 
me  to  "Biography  and  History  of  the  Indians  of  North  America, 
from  its  Discovery,"  by  Samuel  G.  Drake,  Boston,  1851,  from 
which  I  here  introduce  the  following  extracts : 

Page  292.     "Joseph  Bane  deposed  that  in  1691  he  was  with 


THOMAS   OF   YORK.  205 

Theodore  Atkinson,  late  of  New  Castle,  New  Hampshire,  said 
Atkinson's  wife,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and  many 
others,  at  the  house  of  Joseph  Moulton,  of  York,  in  the  County 
of  York,  where  they  were  taken  captives  by  a  large  number 
of  Indians.  Madokawando  was  then  commander  of  the  said 
Indians,  and  was  thus  reputed  "Sachem  of  Penobscot,"  etc., 
etc.  Bane  further  relates  that  he  was  sold  to  an  Amaroscoggen 
Indian,  with  whom  he  lived  till  1699,  an(3  that  he  was  present 
when  Madokawando  ordered  Theodore  Atkinson  who  was  his 
captive,  to  write  to  the  Governor  of  Massachusetts  to  send  a  vessel 
to  Sungadahok  with  goods  to  redeem  the  captives ;  that  it  was 
accordingly  sent  there,  and  Atkinson,  his  wife,  and  about  forty 
others  were  redeemed." 

Page  311.  "Determined  on  destroying  this  assemblage  of 
Indians,  which  was  the  headquarters  of  the  whole  Eastern 
Country  at  this  time,  the  English,  two  years  after  1724  sent  out 
a  force  consisting  of  208  men  and  three  Mohawk  Indians,  under 
Captain  Moulton,  Harmon  and  Bourne,  to  humble  them.  They 
came  upon  the  village  the  23rd  of  August,  when  there  was  not  a 
man  in  arms  to  oppose  them.    They  had  left  forty  of  their  men  at 

Falls,  which  is  now  the  town  of  Winslow  on  the 

Kennebunk,  and  about  two  miles  below  Waterville  College,  upon 
the  opposite  side  of  the  river. 

"The  English  had  divided  themselves  into  three  squadrons ; 
eighty  under  Harmon  proceeded  by  a  circuitous  route,  thinking 
to  surprise  some  in  their  cornfields,  while  Moulton,  with  eighty 
men,  proceeded  directly  for  their  village,  which  being  surrounded 
by  trees  could  not  be  seen  till  they  were  close  upon  it.  All  were 
in  their  wigwams,  and  the  English  advanced  slowly  and  in  perfect 
silence.  When  pretty  near,  an  Indian  came  out  of  his  wigwam 
and  accidently  discovering  the  English,  ran  in  and  seized  his  gun 
and,  giving  the  war  whoop,  in  a  few  moments  the  warriors  were 
all  in  arms  and  advancing  to  meet  them.  Moulton  ordered  his 
men  not  to  fire  till  the  Indians  had  made  the  first  discharge. 
This  order  was  obeyed,  and,  as  he  expected,  they  overshot  the 
English,  who  then  fired  upon  them,  in  their  turn  and  did  great 


2o6  MOULTON    ANNALS.  " 

execution.  When  the  Indians  had  given  another  volley,  they 
fled  with  great  expedition  to  the  river,  whither  the  chief  and  their 
women  and  children  had  also  fled  during  the  fight.  Some  of  the 
English  pursued  and  killed  many  of  them  in  the  river,  and 
others  fell  to  pillaging  and  burning  the  village.  Mogg  disdained 
to  fly  with  the  rest,  but  kept  possession  of  a  wigwam,  from  which 
he  fired  upon  the  pillagers.  In  one  of  his  discharges,  he  killed  a 
Mohawk,  whose  brother,  observing  it,  rushed  upon  and  killed  him, 
and  thus  ended  the  strife.  There  were  about  sixty  warriors  in 
the  place,  about  thirty  of  whom  were  killed. 

"The  famous  Rasle  shut  himself  up  in  his  house  and  fired  upon 
the  English ;  and  having  wounded  one,  Lieutenant  Jaques,  of 
Newbury  burst  open  the  door  and  shot  him  through  the  head, 
although  Moulton  had  given  orders  that  none  should  kill  him." — 
From  History  of  Newbury  by  Joshua  Coffin,  S.  H.  S. 

Manuscript  note  of  John  Farmer  in  a  copy  of  Third  Edition 
of  Book  of  the  Indians !    Page  312 — of  Ibid. 

Harmon  was  the  General  in  the  expedition,  and  for  a  time  had 
the  honor  of  it,  but  Moulton,  according  to  Governor  Hutchinson, 
achieved  the  victory,  and  it  was  afterwards  acknowledged  by  the 
country.  He  was  a  prisoner,  when  a  small  boy,  among  the  In- 
dians, being  among  those  taken  at  the  destruction  of  York  in 
1692.    He  died  at  York,  July  20,  1765,  aged  seventy-seven. 

Note — Harmon  did  not  arrive  at  the  village  till  near  night, 
when  the  action  was  over. — Hutchinson  11,  313. 

Col.  Moulton  was  a  descendant  of  Thomas  (Jeremiah*, 
Thomas1). 


CHAPTER  XL 

DESCENDANTS  OF  JOHN  OF  HAMPTON,   N.    H. 

Nearly  or  quite  all  the  Moultons  in  the  State  of  Maine  arc 
descended  from  Thomas  of  York,  and  from  John  and  William  of 
Hampton,  all  of  whom  first  settled  in  New  Hampshire  at  Winna- 
cunnet,  which  was  after  ward  called  Hampton.  To  the  His- 
tory of  Hampton  by  Joseph  Dow  and  the  record  published  by 
Augustus  F.  Moulton,  we  owe  much  of  the  information  regarding 
the  descendents  of  John.  To  this  we  have  added  considerable 
data,  which  we  hope  will  afford  to  all  descendants  the  means  of 
tracing  their  lineage. 

The  names  of  Thomas  and  John  Moulton  are  found  among 
the  grantees  and  first  settlers  of  Hampton.  They  had  assigned 
to  them  adjoining  house  lots  and  lived  neighbors  to  each  other 
nearly  twenty  years,  when  Thomas  sold  his  property  to  Rev. 
Timothy  Dalton  and  removed  to  York,  Maine. 

John  Moulton  and  Anne,  his  wife,  were  from  Ormsby  in  the 
County  of  Norfolk,  England.  They  came  to  America  in  the 
spring  of  1637,  having  then  five  children,  one  son  and  four  daugh- 
ters. Another  son  born  afterwards  was  baptized  at  Newbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  a  daughter  was  born  and  baptized  after  their 
settlement  in  Hampton. 

The  name  of  William  Moulton  appears  at  the  same  time.  He 
had  come  from  Ormsby  also  with  the  family  of  Robert  Page, 
being  a  minor  twenty  years  of  age.  He  married  Margaret,  Mr. 
Page's  daughter,  and  setttled  near  the  others.  His  descendents 
and  those  of  John  are  numerous  in  that  vicinity. 

John  and  William  were  "examined"  before  leaving  England 
on  the  same  day,  April  11,  1637,  and  came  either  in  the  ship  John 
and  Dorethy,  of  Ipswich,  William  Andrews,  master,  or  the  ship 


208  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Rose,  of  Yarmouth,  commanded  by  a  son  of  the  same  Andrews, 
which  two  ships  appear  to  have  come  together. 

It  is  not  certain  when  Thomas  left  England,  but  he  is  thought 
to  have  gone  first  to  St.  Christopher  in  1635,  then  being  twenty 
years  of  age,  and  thence  to  New  England.  The  relationship  of 
these  three  is  unknown,  though  they  are  commonly  believed  to 
have  been  brothers. 

Some  descendents  of  John  Moulton  of  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire : 

(1)  John  Moulton1  was  born  in  England  about  1599,  mar- 
ried Anne  ;    settled  in  Hampton,  being  one  of  those 

to  whom  the  grant  of  the  town  was  made.     In   164 —  he  was 
chosen  its  first  deputy  or  representative  to  the  General  Court  in 
Boston.    He  died  between  January  23,  1649,  and  October  1,  1650. 
Anne,  his  widow,  died  April  12,  1668,  aged  69  years. 
Children : 

Henry,  b.  in  England  about  1623 ;   m.  Sobriety  Hilton ; 

d.  September  8,  1701. 
Mary,  b.  in  England,  162 — ;   m.  William  Sanborn ;    d.    *> 

October  11,  1686. 
Anne,  b.  in  England ;  unmarried  when  her  father's  will 

was  made. 
Bridget,  twin,  b.  in  England,  about  1634;   d.  unmarried. 
Jane,  twin,  b.  in  England  about  1634;    d.  unmarried, 

March  19,  1699,  aged  65  years. 
John,  bap.  at  Newbury,  Mass.,  March   16,   1638;    m. 

Lydia  Taylor;    d.  1706  (?). 
Ruth,  bap.  at  Hampton,   Mass.,  March  7,    1641 ;    m. 
Peter  Johnson;  d.  September  7,  1718. 

'  The  twins  Bridget  and  Jane  were  original  characters.  Rev. 
Cotton  Mather  wrote  a  letter  concerning  them  to  a  friend  in 
London  ;  the  following  is  an  extract : 

"At  Hampton,  a  town  about  fifty  miles  from  this  place,  there 
were  twin  sisters  whose  names  were  Bridget  and  Jane  Moulton. 
The  perpetual  harmony  and  sympathy  between  the  sisters  was 
the  observation  of  all  the  neighborhood.  They  were  never  con- 
tented, except  when  they  were  together.  If  one  were  desirous 
to  go  abroad  the  other  would  be  impatient  of  staying  at  home. 


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If  the  one  were  merry  the  other  would  be  airy.  If  the  one  were 
troubled  the  other  would  be  chagrined.  When  one  was  for  card- 
ing the  other  was  for  spinning.  They  lived  a  virgin  life,  and  in 
this  good  accord  reached  about  three-score  years.  Then  Death, 
after  a  short  sickness,  arrested  the  one  of  them.  The  other  grew 
full  of  pain  and  bid  her  friends  not  be  in  a  hurry  about  her  sister? 
funeral,  for  hers  must  accompany  it.  By  dying  within  a  few 
hours  after  her  sister,  she  answered  their  expectations.  Mr. 
John  Cotton,  the  worthy  minister  of  the  place,  preached  a  funeral 
sermon  for  this  occasion  on  these  words,  2  Sam.  1 123 :  "In  their 
death  they  were  not  divided." 

SECOND  GENERATION. 

(2)  Henry  Moulton*  (son  of  John1)  married  November 
20,  1651,  Sobriety  (dr.  of  Edward  Hilton  of  Dover)  and  settled 
in  Hampton  on  the  third  lot  east  of  his  father's  estate.  She  died 
January  31,  1718,  aged  85  years.  Administration  granted  to  his 
son,  John,  March  4,  1706  (7). 

Children : 

(  9)      1.     Miriam,  b.  March  20,  1655;   d.  May  II,  1662. 

(10)  2.     Joseph,  b.  December  30,  1656;  d.  May  17,  1657. 

(11)  3.     John,  b.  February  22,  1660;  m.  Mary  Perkins;  d.  Jan- 

uary 21,  1741. 

(12)  4.     Josiah,  b.  April  26,  1662;    m.  ,  Lucy;    (2) 

Elizabeth  Worthington  ;  d. . 

(x3)     5-     Jonathan,  b.  December  25,  1663;   m.  Sarah  Paine;    d. 
July  3,  1742. 

(14)  6.     Abigail,  b.  October  2,  1666;  m.  Lecock ;  d. 

October  7,  1705. 

(7)  John  Moulton2,  Lieutenant  (called  the  Giant),  son  of 
John1,  married  March  23,  1666,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Anthony  Tay- 
lor, and  remained  on  the  homestead.  She  died  in  1729,  aged  83 
years. 

Children : 

(15)  1.     Martha,  b.  November  16,  1666;    m.  Humphrey  Per- 

kins of  Hampton. 

(16)  2.     John,  b.  May  30,  1669;   m.  Rebecca  Smith;   d.  April 

1,  1740. 


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(J7)     3-     Lydia,  b.  July  13,  1671 ;  d.  July  13,  1678. 

(18)     4.     Daniel,  b.  January  16,  1674;    m.  Mary  ;    d. 

January  14,  1718. 
(x9)     5-     James,  b.  July  29,  1675;  m-  Dorothy  Clements. 

(20)  6.     Nathan,  b. ;  m.  Sarah  Resar;    (d.  February 

5,  1733  (?))• 

(21)  7.     David,  b.  ;    m.  Sarah  Leavitt. 

(22)  8.     Anna,  b.  March  2,  1679;   m.  Caleb  Marston. 

(23)  9.     Lydia,  b.  July  19,  168 1 ;   m.  Thomas  Marston. 

(24)  10.     Jacob,  b.  June  21,  1688;   m.  Sarah  Smith;    d.  March 

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(25)  11.     Rachel,  b.  October  4,  1690;   m.  Jabez  Smith;   d.  June 

8,  1758- 

THIRD  GENERATION. 

(11)  John'  (Henry2,  John1),  married  October  26,  1692, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Abraham  Perkins,  and  lived  on  the  homestead. 
He  died  January  21,  1741. 

Children : 

(26)  1.     Abraham,  b.  September  8,  1694;   m.  (1)  Jane  Libby, 

(2)  Dorothy  Batchelder. 

(27)  2.     Abigail,  b.  January  7,  1697. 

(28)  3.     Mary,  b.  March  1,  1699;  d.  young. 

(29)  4.     Henry,  b.  September  4,  1701 ;    January  3,  1736-7,  re- 

sided in  York,  Me. 

(30)  5.     Elizabeth,  b.  April  9,  1704;   m.  Thomas  Garland. 

(31)  6.     John,  twin,  b.  December  16,  1706;  m.  Hannah  Lam- 

phrey;   d.  August  23,  1779. 

(32)  7.     Marv,  twin,  b.  December  16,  1706;  m.  Edward  Gove, 

d.' . 

(12)  Josiah  Moulton*  (Henry5,  John1),  married  (1)  Lucy 
,  who  died  March  8,  1688,  (2)  April  25,  1689,  Elizabeth 


Worthington. 
Children : 

(33)  l-     Josiah,  b.  November  21,  1686;   m.  Mary  Marston;   d. 

November  21,  1776. 

(34)  2.     William,  b.  February  18,  1690;  m.  Rachel  Locke;  d. 

October  19,  1762. 

(35)  3-     Simon,  b.  February  24,  1692;  m.  Hannah  Perkins. 

(36)  4.     Sobriety,  b.  August  13,  1694;  m.  Ebenezer  Brown. 


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(37)  5.  Henry,  b.  March  i,  1698;   m.  Mary  Garland. 

(38)  6.  Elizabeth,  b.  September  10,  1699;  m.  John  Batchelder. 

(39)  7.  Edward,  b. ;  m.  Mary . 

(40)  8.  Worthington,  b.  ;    m.  (1)  Abigail  Moulton, 

(2)  Abigail  Garland. 

(41)  9.     Sarah,  b. . 

(13)  Jonathan  Moulton',  Corporal  (Henry2,  John1),  mar- 
ried Sarah  Paine  of  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  and  settled  about 
a  third  of  a  mile  east  of  his  father's. 

Children : 

(42)  1.     Abigail,  b.  May  20,  171 1;    m.  Worthington  Moulton; 

d.  November  5,  1735. 

(43)  2.     Hannah,  b.  August  3,  1713;  d.  unmarried,  February 

1,  1736. 

(44)  3.     Jonathan,  b.  January  11,  1716;   m.  Mary  Mason,  De- 

cember 4,  1762. 

(16)  John  Moulton3,  carpenter  (John2,  John1),  married 
December  11,  1713,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  Smith,  "the  Tail- 
or," and  lived  on  the  homestead.  His  wife  was  born  June  25, 
1687,  and  died  February  25,  1741. 

Children : 

(45)  1.     Anna,  b.  February  25.  1715;   m.  Nathan  Sanborn;    d. 

July  11,  1795.' 

(46)  2.     Rebecca,  b.  May  4,  1716;  m.  Morris  Lamprey. 

(47)  3-     John,  b.  August  11,  1717;  m.  Mary  Marston;   d.  July 

8,  1779. 

(48)  4.     Hannah,  b.  November  26,  1719;    m.  March  12,  1747, 

Ebenezer  Philbrick  of  Rye. 

(49)  5.     Abigail,  b.  September  22,  1721  ;   m.  Thomas  Jenners; 

d.  April  24,  1777. 

(18)      Daniel    Moulton5    (John2,    John1),    married    Mary 


Children : 

(50)  1.  Sarah,  b.  . 

(51)  2.  Daniel,  b.  ;   m.  Phebe  Philbrick. 

(52)  3.  Juda  (Judith),  b.  February  17,  1701. 

(53)  4.  Lydia,  b. ;   m.  Daniel  Coffin  of  Newlury. 

(54)  5.  Noah.  b.  February  23,  1705;   m.  Patience  Locke. 

(55)  6.  Mary,  b.  December  16,  1706. 


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(56)  7.     Job.  b.  October  23,  1709. 

(57)  8.     Rachel,  b.  June  23,  1712. 

(58)  9.     Elizabeth,  bap.  August  21,  1715. 

(59)  10.     Martha,  b.  . 

(19)  James  Moulton'  (John2,  John1),  married  October  15, 
1702,  Dorothy  Clements,  who  died  March  23,  1704,  soon  after  the 
birth  of  a  daughter  who  was  brought  up  by  her  grandparents, 
John  and  Lydia.  He  married  (2)  March  11,  1713-4,  Mary  Rea- 
man. 

Children : 

(60)  1.     Dorothy,  b.  1703  or  4. 

(20)  Nathan  Moulton3  (John2,  John1),  married  April  26, 
1705,  Sarah  Reasar. 

Children : 

(61)  1.  Sarah,  b.  February  11,  1706. 

(62)  2.  John,  b.  May  16,  1708. 

(21)  David  Moulton3  (John2,  John1),  married  January  2, 
1710,  Sarah  Leavitt,  perhaps  daughter  of  Aretas  Leavitt. 

Children : 

(63)  1.  Mary,  b.  January  10,  171 1. 

(64)  2.  John,  b.  December  1,  1712;    d.  February  2,  1718. 

(65)  3.  David,  b.  October  16,  1715. 

(66)  4.  Martha,  b.  ;    bap.  April  22,  1717. 

(67)  5.  Dolly,  b.  May  23,  1718. 

(68)  6.  Jane,  b.  November  17,  1720;   m.  Daniel  Sanborn;    d. 

October  5,   1805. 

(69)  7.     Jeremiah,  b.  July  17,  1724;"  m.  Mary  .     He 

had  a  daughter,  Martha,  b.  August  29,  1750. 

(24)  Jacob  Moulton3  (John2,  John1),  married  December  10, 
1 7 14,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Smith. 

Children : 

(71)  1.     Sarah,  b.  August  1,  1715  ;  married  a  Knowles  of  Ches- 

ter (?). 

(72)  2.     Lydia,  b.  March   17,  1717;    m.  Samuel  Garland;    d. 

August  23,  1794. 

(73)  3.     Nathan,  b.  1721 ;    m.  Sarah  ;    d.  August  7, 

1776. 

(74)  4.     Dorothy,  bap.  June  28,  1724;    d.  unmarried,  Septem- 

ber 3,  1742. 


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(75)  5-     Jonathan,  b.  July  2.2,  1726;  m.  (1)  Abigail  Smith,  (2) 

Sarah  Emery;  d.  September  18,  1787. 

(76)  6.     John,  bap.  July  11,  1731 ;    m.  Brown. 

FOURTH  GENERATION. 

(26)  Abraham  Moulton4  (John',  Henry2,  John1),  Deacon, 
married  (1)  May  9,  1720,  Jane,  daughter  of  Anthony  Libby,  (2) 
October  13,  1736,  Dorothy,  widow  of  Jethro  Bachelder  and  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Benjamin  Sanborn. 

Children : 

(77)  1.  Sarah,  b.  February  17,  1721  ;   d.  young. 

(78)  2.  Mary,  b.  March  7,  1722. 

(79)  3.  Huldah,  b.  September  4,  1723. 

(80)  4.  Libby,  b.  September  15,  1726;   d.  young. 

(81)  5.  Sarah,  b.  November  26,  1726. 

(Error  in  one  of  these.) 

(82)  6.      Jane,  b.  January  5,  1729;  m.  Daniel  Sanborn  (?). 

(83)  7.     Libby,  b.  December  20,  1730. 

(84)  8.     Abraham,  b.  January  28,   1732. 

(29)  Henry  Moulton4  (John3,  Henry2,  John1).  January 
3,  1736-7,  his  residence  was  given  as  York,  Maine,  in  a  deed  when 
when  he  sold  land  to  his  brother  John. 

31)  John  Moulton4  (John3,  Henry2,  John1),  married  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1734,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Lamprey,  and 
remained  on  the  homestead. 

Children : 

(85)  1.     Mary,  b.  November  24,  1734;   m.  Joseph  Palmer;   d. 

December  25,   1784. 

(86)  2.     Benjamin,  b.  June  22,  1736;   d.  unm.  August  5,  1756 

("Distracted"). 

(87)  3-     Jane,  b.  March  22,  1738;    m.  James  Perkins;    d.  Au- 

gust 24,  1800. 

(88)  4.     Reuben,  b.  November  23,  1740;  d.  November  28,  1740. 

(89)  5.     Hannah,  b.  November  22,  1741 ;   m.  Peter  Bachelder; 

d.  March  30,  1825. 

(90)  6.     Abigail,  b.  March  28,  1745 ;   m.  Abraham  P.  Towle ; 

d.  June  7,  1825. 

(91)  7.  John,  b.  January  28,  1749;  m.  February  6,  1791,  Han- 


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nah,  daughter  of  John  Moulton;  d.  without  issue 
March  4,  1794.    His  widow  m.  (2)  Josiah  Dow. 
(92)     8.     Simon,  b.  September  7,  1752;    d.  unm.  in  Rev.  army 
at  Medford,  Massachusetts,  September  5,  1775. 

(33)  Josiah  Moulton4  (Josiah',  Henry2,  John1),  Deacon, 
married,  December  28,  1709,  Mary,  daughter  of  James  Marston 
and  died  without  issue,  making  his  nephew,  Josiah  Moulton,  son 
of  his  brother  William,  his  sole  heir. 

(34)  William  Moulton4  (Josiah8,  Henry2,  John1),  married 
June  6,  1 71 5,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Locke  and  lived  in 
North  Hampton.  During  the  epidemic  of  throat  distemper  in 
1736  he  lost  six  children,  five  of  them  within  the  space  of  eight 
days. 

Children : 

William,  b.  April  15,  1716;   m. . 

Rachel,  b.  November  3,  1718;    d.  unm.  September  6, 

1736. 
Josiah,  bap.  December  4,  1720;  m.  (1)  Huldah  Mars- 
ton,  (2)  Abigail  Marston;  d.  April  29,  1784. 
Nathaniel,  bap.  October  24,  1722;    d.  unm.  June  25, 

1751  (drowned  at  beach). 
Elizabeth,  bap.  April  19,  1724;  d.  September  5,  1736. 
Thomas,  bap.  April  27,  1726;   m.  Hannah  Downs. 
Elisha,  bap.  July  14,  1728;   d.  September  9,  1736. 
Lucy,  bap.  June  7,  1730;   d.  February  21,  1736. 
Dorothy,  bap.  April  30,  1732;   d.  September  8,  1736. 
Ann,  bap.  May  18,  1735 ;   d.  September  2,  1736. 
Simon,  bap.  May  29,  1737. 

(35)  Simon  Moulton4  (Josiah3,  Henry2,  John1),  married 
March  2,  1722,  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  Perkins.  Was  a  sol- 
dier at  the  siege  of  Louisburg. 

Children : 

(104)  1.     Hannah,  b.  June  9,  1725. 

(105)  2.     Elizabeth,  b.  March  14,  1728. 

(106)  3.     Lydia,  b.  April  14,  1730. 

(37)  Henry  Moulton4  (Josiah3,  Henry2,  John)1,  married 
November  20,  1722,  Mary,  daughter  of  Peter  Garland.  Lost  all 
but  one  of  his  children  in  1736,  the  year  of  the  throat  distemper. 


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Children : 

107)  1.  Micah  (or  Michael),  b.  1723;   d.  February  27,  1736. 

108)  2.  Mary,  b.  about  1725 ;   d.  March  2,  1736. 

109)  3.  Peter,  b.  about  1727;   d.  March  1,  1736. 
no)  4.  Josiah,  bap.  June  6,  1731 ;   d.  Mar.  9,  1736. 
in)  5.  Jonathan,  bap.  February  25,  1733  ;vd.  March  15,  1736. 

112)  6.     Henry,  bap.  April  27,   1735;    m.   Betsey  Mace;    d. 
1817. 

113)  7.     Sarah,  bap.  June  10,  1737. 

114)  8.     James,  bap.  November  25,  1739. 

115)  9.     David,  bap.  April  25,  1742. 

(39)  Edward  Moulton4  (Josiah',  Henry2,  John1),  married 
Mary . 

Children : 

Hannah,  b.  September  17,  1727. 

Mehitable,  b.  January  18,  1729;   d.  July  3,  1736. 

Elijah,  bap.  January  24,  1731. 

Sarah,  bap.  May  19,  1734. 

Ephraim,  bap.  March  28,  1736. 

Josiah,  bap.  June  25,  1738. 

Huldah  or  Lucy,  bap.  April  20,  1740;   d.  unm.,  April 

24,  1758. 
Michael,  bap.  October  31,  1742. 
Mary,  bap.  March  17,  1745. 
Reuben,  bap.  September  11,  1748;  d.  April  28,  1758. 

(40)  Worthington  Moulton4  (Josiah8,  Henry2,  John1), 
married  (1)  October  9,  1735,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Corporal  Jona- 
than Moulton,  who  died  November  5,  1735;  (2)  March  8,  1739, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Peter  Garland. 

Children : 

(126)  1.     Peter,  bap.  June  13,  1742;  m.  Joanna  Shaw;  d.  June 

2,  1812. 

(127)  2.     Jonathan,  bap.  December  16,  1744;  d.  September  4, 

1754. 

(128)  3.     Simon,  bap.  September  20,  1747;    d.  September  10, 

1754. 

(44)  Jonathan  Moulton4  (Jonathan3,  Henry2,  John1), 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Mason,  and  lived  on  home- 


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stead.    In  the  second  epidemic  of  throat  distemper  they  were  left 
childless. 
Children : 

(129)  1.     Jonathan,  b.  June  24,  1746;   d.  May.  12,  1755. 

(130)  "   2.     Sarah,  b.  June  30,  1748;  d.  May  18,  1755. 

(131)  3.     Martha,  b.  August  29,  1750;  d.  May  16,  1755. 

(132)  4.     Abigail,  b.  December  22,  1752;  d.  May  21,  1755. 

(133)  5.     Hannah,  bap.  March  16,  1755;  d.  October  26,  1755. 

(47)    John  Moulton4  (John3,  John2,  John1),  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  Marston,  who  was  killed  at  the  siege  of 
Louisburg,  and  lived  on  the  homestead. 
Children : 

Anna,  b.  June  24,  1744;    m.  Samuel  Tuck;    d.  Au- 
gust 8,  1836. 

Huldah,  b.  September  11,  1746;   m.  Jonathan  Tuck; 
d.  February  6,  1825. 

Mary,  b.  March  11,  1749;    ra.  Samuel  Marston;    d. 
Mar.  10,  1813. 

John,  b.  November  19,  1751 ;   m.  Huldah  Palmer;   d. 
April  24,  1837. 

Abigail,  b.  June  5,  1754;    m.  Abner  Page;    d.  Jan- 
uary 12,  1830. 

Jeremiah,  b.  May  10,  1757;  Captain  and  Representa- 
tive 1794-5 ;   d.  unm.  June  19,  1795. 

David,  b.  June  18,  1760;    m.  Dorothy  Moulton;    d. 
October  18,  1838. 

James,  b.  January  14;    d.  January  30,  1763. 

James,    b.    December    21,    1763;     m.    (1)    Abigail 
Knowles,  (2)  Phebe  Moulton;   d.  July  21,  1846. 

Hannah,  b.  May  6,  1766;  m.  (1)  John  Moulton,  (2) 
Josiah  Dow ;   d.  August  4,  1839. 

Dorothy,  b.  May  4,  1769 ;   m.  Josiah  Mace ;    d.  No- 
vember 15,  1841. 


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(51)  Daniel  Moulton*  (Daniel3,  John2,  John1),  married 
December  27,  1721,  Phebe,  daughter  of  Joseph  Philbrick,  and  died 
at  Rye. 

Children : 

(145)  1.     Daniel,  b.  October  3,  1722. 

(146)  2.     Esther,  b.  October  25,  1723;  d.  young. 


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Joseph,  twin,  b.  January  24,  1726. 
Tryphena,  twin,  b.  January  24,  1726. 
Noah,  b.  November  14,  1726. 
Esther,  bap.  August  25,  1734. 
Phebe,  b.  April  3,  1735. 
Nathan,  b.  March  2,  1738. 
Lydia,  b.  August  28,  1740. 


(72>)  Nathan  Moulton4  (Jacob3,  John2,  John1),  married 
Sarah  ;    died  August  7,  1776. 

Children : 
(154)      1.     Nathan  Smith,  b.  August  23,  1756. 
(x55)     2-     Jacob,  b.  December  25,  1758. 

(156)  3.     Sarah,  b.  September  25,  1761. 

(157)  4.     Lydia,  b.  September  12,  1764. 
(x58)     5-     Jonathan  Smith,  b.  June  12,  1767. 

(159)  6.     John,  b.  December  29,  1769. 

(75)  Jonathan  Moulton4  (Jacob3,  John",  John1),  General, 
Esquire,  married  (1)  February  22,  1749,  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Smith,  who  died  September  21,  1775;  (2)  September 
11,  1776,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Anthony  Emery,  who  outlived 
him  and  married  (2)  Rev.  Benjamin  Thurston;    died  1788. 

A  sketch  of  Gen.  Moulton  will  be  found  at  the  close  of  this 
chapter. 

Children : 

(160)  1.     Josiah,  b.  December  11,  1749;    m.  Shack- 

ford;   d.  September  1,  1796. 

(161)  2.     Sarah,  b.  April  21,  1752;   d.  January  9,  1754. 

(162)  3.     Jonathan,  b.  May  6,  1754. 

(163)  4.     Abigail,  b.  October  17,  1758;   d.  November  13,  1759. 

(164)  5.     Mary,  b.  ;    d.  October  20,  1760  (stifled  in 

a  press  bed). 

(165)  6.     Benning,  b.  May  20,  1761  ;    m.  Sarah  Leavitt,  No- 

vember 7,  1782. 

(166)  7.     Anna,  b.  April  18,  1763;  m.  John  Marston. 

(167)  8.     William  Pitt,  b.  September  21,  1766. 

(168)  9.     Elizabeth,  bap.  March  27,  1768. 

(169)  10.     Jacob  Smith,  b.  May  3,  1770. 

(170)  11.     Joseph,  b.  April  14,  1772. 

(171)  12.     Sally,  b.  June  13,  1779;   m.  Rev.  Huntington  Porter, 

of  Rye;   d.  March  30,  1797. 


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(172)  13.     Emery,  b.  May  21,  1782. 

(173)  14.     John  Washington,  b.  September  30,  1783. 

(174)  15.     Nathaniel  Thayer,  bap.  August  5,  1787;  m.  Lydia  D. 

Holbrook,  of  Portsmouth. 

(76)     John  Moulton4  (Jacob3,  John2,  John1),  married 


Brown,  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  and  removed  to 

Moultonboro,  New  Hampshire. 
Children : 

(175)  1.     Edward    Brown,   bap.    October  6,    1754;    m.   Anne 

Smith. 

(176)  2.  Moses,  bap.  January  1,  1758. 

(177)  3-  John,  bap.  July  2J,  1760;   d.  September  11,  1761. 

(178)  4.  Timothy  Pike,  bap.  April  5,  1767. 

(179)  5-  J°hn  Salter,  bap.  August  9,  1772  ;  d. . 

(180)  6.  John  Shackford,  bap.  February  14,  1773. 

(181)  7.  Elizabeth,  bap.  July  9,  1775. 

FIFTH  GENERATION. 

(93)  William  Moulton6  (Wliliam4,  Josiah',  Henry2,  John'), 

married  . 

Children : 

(182)  1.     Elisha,  bap.  April  17,  1743;   m.  Miriam  Locke. 

(183)  2.     Rachel,  bap.  September  2,  1744;   m.  John  Page  (?), 

(184)  3.     ,  b.  ;    d.  July  20,   1646,  ae.  about 

three  weeks. 

(185)  4.     Mary,  bap.  February  14,  1748;  d.  September  19,  1756. 

(186)  5.     Dolly,  bap.  April  8,  1750;  m.  Moses  Elkins. 

(187)  6.     Elizabeth,  bap.  October  29,  1752;    d.  unm.,  April  1, 

1832. 

(188)  7.     Sarah,  bap.  November  9,  1755. 

(189)  8.     William  (?). 

(95)  Josiah  Moulton5  (William4,  Josiah8,  Henry2,  John1), 
Captain,  married  (1)  January  12,  1744,  Huldah,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah Marston,  who  died  March  1,  1745;  (2)  July  30,  1746,  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Marston.  He  represented 
the  town  in  Provincial  Assembly  at  Exeter  during  the  Revolution- 
ary war  and  was  also  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  Safety.  Ap- 
pointed Justice  of  the  Peace,  January  17,  1776.  Was  elected  one 
of  the  Judges  of  the  Inferior  Court.     Capt.  Moulton's  six  child- 


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ren  all  died  young,  five  of  them  of  the  throat  distemper.    He  made 
his  nephew,  John  Mobbs  Moulton,  his  heir. 
Children : 

(190)  1.     Josiah,  bap.  January  13,  1745;   d.  October  3,  1754. 

(191)  2.     Abigail,  bap.  December  28,  1746;    d.  September  21, 

1754- 

(192)  3.     Huldah,  bap.  December  11,  1748;   d.  September  28, 

1754- 

(193)  4.     Mary,  bap.  March  3,  1751 ;  d.  May  2,  1753. 

(194)  5.     Mary,  bap.  April  13,  1755;   d.  October  16,  1759. 
(x95)     6.     Josiah,  bap.  April  17,  1757;    d.  November  22,  1759. 

(98)  Thomas  Moulton6  (William4,  Josiah3,  Henry2,  John'), 
married  August  1,  1750,  Huldah  Downs  of  Gosport.  Removed  to 
Deerfield. 

Children   (order  not  known)  : 

(196)  1.     Nathaniel,  b. ;  m. ;  lived  in  north- 

ern part  of  New  Hampshire. 

(197)  2.     John  Mobbs,  b.  November  9,  1755;  m.  Anna  Brown; 

d.  January  2,  183 1. 

(198)  3.     David,  b. ;  lived  in  Penobscot  Co.,  Maine. 

(112)  Henry  Moulton6  (Henry4,  Josiah3,  Henry2,  John1), 
married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Richard  Mace.  He  removed  with  his 
father  to  Sandown,  New  Hampshire  and  about  1772  went  to  Con- 
cord, where  some  of  his  descendants  now  live.  He  died,  1817, 
and  his  widow  in  1818. 

Children : 

(199)  1.  Jonathan,  b.  ;   m.  Hannah  Virgin. 

(200)  2.  Betsey,  b. ;   m.  Peter  Pressey,  of  Sandown. 

(201)  3.  Judith,  b. ;  m.  James  Ayer,  of  Canada  East. 

(202)  4.  James,  b.  March  5,  1767;   m.  (1)  Sally  Virgin,  (2) 

Anna  Johnson. 

(203)  5.     Mary,  b.  ;   m.  James  Eastman. 

(204)  6.     Henry,  b. ;  m.  Susan  Stevens. 

(205)  7.     Sally,  b.  ;    m.  Samuel  Brown. 

(206)  8.     Huldah,  b.  ;   m. Wheatly,  of  Le- 

banon. 

(126)      Peter   Moulton6    (Worthington4,   Josiah3,   Henry2, 


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MOULTON    ANNALS. 


John1),  Cooper,  married  July  7,  1762,  Joanna,  daughter  of  Ebene- 
zer  Shaw.  She  died  January  16,  1834,  age  91.  He  removed  to 
Standish,  Maine,  about  1766  and  August  3,  1771,  received  deed  of 
Lot  No.  103,  thirty  acres,  on  which  he  settled.  He  was  the  an- 
cestor of  most  of  the  Standish  Moultons. 
Children : 

Abigail,  b.  January  20,  1763;    m.  William  Harmon, 

of  Standish;   d.  July  16,  183 1,  Belfast. 
Anna,  b.   March    16,   1764;    m.  Josiah  Harmon,  of 

Standish ;    d.  December  18,  1836,  Thorndike. 
Simon,  b.  April  15,  1766;  m.  Abigail  Plaisted,  of  Gor- 

ham;  d.  Fezruary  13,  1854,  Standish. 
Lydia,  b.  December  2"j,  1767;   m.  John  Plaisted;    d. 

July  4,  1854.     No  children. 
Jonathan,  b.  January  2,  1770,  in  Standish;    m.   (1) 

Agnes  Foss  of  Pepperelboro,   (2)   Ann  Blake ;    d. 

November  4,  1836,  Standish. 
Ebenezer,  b.  March  23,  1772 ;   m.  Polly  Plaisted ;    d. 

1802.    Lived  in  Waterford,  Maine ;   three  children. 

Josiah,  b.  May  28,  1775;  m.  (1)  Polly  Lane,  who  d. 
in  1808,  (2)  Nancy  Dearborn  of  Buxton;  d.  Jan- 
uary 5,  1862.  Lived  in  Thorndike,  Maine,  where 
they  moved  in  181 1. 

Sarah,  b.  May  25,  1777;  m.  Ephraim  Rowe  3d,  of 
Standish ;  moved  to  Belfast,  Maine ;  d.  November 
23,  1849. 

Daniel,  b.  April  1,  1781  ;  m.  Anna  Shaw,  of  Standish; 
d.  June  30,  1855. 

Joanna,  b.  October  20,  1783  ;m.  Christine  Coffin, 
Gorham,  Maine;  d.  April  13,  1849,  Thorndike;  13 
children. 


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(J37)  John  Moulton5  (John4,  John',  John2,  John'),  mar- 
ried May  17,  1778,  Huldah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Palmer.  Re- 
moved to  that  part  of  Hollis,  York  Co.,  Maine,  which  is  now  Day- 
ton. Mr.  M.  was  remarkable  for  his  great  knowledge  of  the  early 
families  of  Hampton. 

Children : 
(217)      1.     John,  b.  December  18,  1779;   d.  unm.,  September  18, 
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(218)  2.     Huldah,  b.  April  13,  1781 ;  m.  Daniel  Haley;   d.  Jan- 

uary 5,  1864. 

(219)  3.     Mary,  b.  June  5,  1783;    m.  Isaac  Goodwin;    d.  No- 

vember 1,  1845. 

(140)  David  Moulton5  (John4,  John3,  John2,  John1),  mar- 
ried February  16,  1794,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Joseph  Moulton  of 
Portsmouth,  and  settled  in  Porter,  Oxford  County,  Maine,  in  1793. 
Served  in  the  Revolutionary  army  one  year  and  was  in  battle  of 
Butts  Hill,  Rhode  Island.  Was  one  of  Selectmen  in  Porter  thir- 
teen years. 

Children : 

John,  b.  December  7,  1794;  m.  Jane  Coffin ;  d.  March 
4,  1876. 

Joseph,  b.  July  23,  1797;  m.  Abigail  G.  Beal ;  d. 
October  2,  1880. 

Sarah,  b.  December  18,  1799;  d.  unm.  November  25, 
1882. 

David,  b.  August  2T,,  1802 ;  m.  Phebe  Wentworth ; 
d.  at  La  Crosse,  Wisconsin,  June  13,  1867. 

Mary,  b.  January  28,  1805;  m.  Moses  Swett ;  d.  at 
Foxcroft,  Maine,  December  16,   1836. 

Thomas,  b.  August  15,  1810;  d.  unm.  at  Porter,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1888. 

(142)  James  Moulton"  (John4,  John3,  John2,  John1),  re- 
mained on  the  homestead  at  Hampton  through  life;  m.  (1)  April 
13,  1787,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Amos  Knowles,  (2)  February  21, 
1792,  Phebe,  daughter  of  Jacob  Palmer. 

Children : 

(226)  1.     John,    b.    August    13,    1793;     m.    Nancy    Shannon; 

drowned  December  27,  1825. 

(227)  2.     Jeremiah,  b. ;  m.  Eunice,  daughter  of  Dan- 

iel Young,  of  Hollis,  Maine. 

(228)  3.     Jacob,  b.  October  31,   1797;    m.  Phebe  Palmer,  of 

Machiasport,  Maine;  d.  childless,  March  20,  1831. 

(229)  4.     Simon*  b.  December  24,   1799;    m.  Olive  Garland; 

d.  in  Warren,  New  Hampshire. 

(230)  5.     David,  b.  January  31,  d.  February  13,  1802. 

(231)  6.     Abigail  Knoweles,  b.  May  25,  1803;  m-  (0  Joseph 

Young,  (2)  Simon  Brown ;  d.  October  10,  1882. 


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(232)  7.     David,  b.  July   15,   1805;  m.   Miriam  Lamprey;  d. 

March  10,  1852. 

(233)  8.     Daniel,  b.  May  6,  1808;  m.  Abigail  Garland. 

(234)  9.     Jonathan  Tuck,  b.  November  1,  1810;    d.  unm.  Oc- 

tober 11,  1832. 

(160)     Josiah  Moulton6  (Jonathan4,  Jacob3,  John2,  John'), 

married Shackford,  of  Exeter,  who  died  March  25,  1788. 

Children : 

(235)  1.  Abigail,  bap.  December  12,  1773. 

(236)  2.  Jonathan,  bap.  August  25,  1776. 

(237)  3-  Josiah,  bap.  October  25,  1778. 

(238)  4.  Dorothy,  bap.  November  5,  1780. 

(239)  5-  Samuel  Page,  b.  May  31,  1784;  d.  June  4,  1784. 

(165)  Benning  Moulton5  (Jonathan4,  Jacob3,  John2,  John1), 
married  Sally  Leavitt  or  Lovett,  November  7,  1782.  He  settled  in 
Center  Harbor  in  1788,  and  died  there  December  23,  1834. 

Children : 

(240)  1.     Jonathan  Smith,  b.  at  Center  Harbor,  December  14, 

1785. 
(169)    Jacob  Smith5  (Jonathan4,  Jacob3,  John",  John1),  born 

May  3,  1770;    died  February  26,  1843;    married  July  13,  1794, 

Nancy  Tilton,  born  September  4,  1771,  died  March  26,  1861. 

Children : 

(241)  1.     Samuel  Smith,  b.  February  17,  1796. 

(242)  2.     Maria,  b.  February   11,   1798;    m.  January  4,  182 1, 

Matthew  Sanborn;    d.  July  28,  1887. 

(243)  3.     Nancy,  twin,  b.  January  18,  1800. 

(244)  4.     Jacob  T.,  twin,  b.  January   18,   1800;    m.  January, 

1823,  Betsey  Sanborn;  d.  July  2,  1880. 

(245)  5.     Nathaniel  Parker,  b.  August  31,  1802;   m.  

1825,  Rebecca  Leavitt. 

(246)  6.     Caleb,  b.  February  11,  1805;  m.  November  25,  1829, 

Polly  Marden ;   d.  June  22,  1882. 

(247)  7.     Nancy,  b.  January  18,  1808;   m.  Thomas  J.  Ingalls; 

d.  March  21,  1867. 

(248)  8.     Abigail  Smith,  b.  August  16,  1809;   m.  December  2, 

1835,  Asa  T.  Rowell ; ;  d.  October  28  1864. 
All  these  children  were  born  in  Chickester,  New  Hampshire 
(Jacob  Smith  Moulton  was  a  carpenter  and  colonel  in  the  war  of 
1812). 


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(175)     Edward  B.  Moulton5  (John4,  Jacob3,  John2,  John1), 

married  (i) ,  who  died  June  ij,  1784,  (2)  November  23, 

1786,  Anna  Smith.  He  was  a  genial,  happy  man  and  a  great  sing- 
er.   Lived  in  Moultonboro  all  his  life. 

Children : 

(249     1.     Moses,  bap.  May  16,  1779.    Lived  and  died  in  Moul- 
tonboro. 

(250)  2.     Jonathan,  bap.  April  1,  1781. 

(251)  3.     Frazer. 

(252)  4.     Dan,  b. ;  m. Brown. 

(180)  John  Shackord  Mohlton5  (John4,  Jacob3,  John3, 
John1),  born  in  Moultonboro,  New  Hampshire.  (Date  of  baptism 
February  14,  1773)  ;  removed  to  Scarborough,  Maine,  about 
1810;  married  Lydia  Berry.  She  died  January  1,  1857,  aged  81. 
He  was  a  clothier.  Received  injuries  when  a  young  man  from 
accident  in  mill  from  which  he  never  fully  recovered.  Died  about 
1819. 

Children : 

(253)  1.     Dorothy  H.,  b.   1813 ;    m.  October  19,  1833,  Oakes 

Perry  of  Scarboro;    d,  1835;    1  ch.,  Augustus,  b. 
October  31,  1834. 

(254)  2.     Zelotes,  b.  March  4,  1814;    m.  Almeda  Weeks;    d. 

March  17,  1880. 

(255)  3-     John  Shackford,  b.  November  13,  1816;  m.  Elizabeth 

A.  Pillsbury. 

SIXTH    GENERATION. 

(189)  William  Moulton9  (William6,  William4,  Josiah1, 
Henry2,  John1),  married  Molly,  daughter  of  Francis  Page,  and 
lived  in  North  Hampton.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolu- 
tionary War. 

Children : 

(256)  1.     Daniel,  b.  . 

(257)  2.    ,  b.  = ;   d.  December  16,  1797. 

(258)  3.     Huldah,  b.  1801 ;    d.  April  21,  1803. 

(io7)     John     Mobbs     Moulton8      (Thomas5,     William4, 


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Josiah5,  Henry2,  John1),  married  July  7,  1780,  Anna,  daughter 
of  Zecharih  Brown.     He  was  brought  up  by  his  uncle,  Cap- 
tain  Josiah    Moulton,   who   made   him   his   heir.      He   was   a 
soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War. 
Children : 

(259)  1.     Abigail,  b.  October   10,  1780;    d.  unni.  December 

2,   1848. 

(260)  2.     Hannah,  b.  June  1,  1782;    m.  Martin; 

d.  June  26,  1822. 

(261)  3.     Mary,  b.  May  25,   1784;    m.  Nathan  Garland;    d. 

August  31,    1870. 

(262)  4.     Anna,  b.  November  7,  1786;   d.  March  9,  1798. 

(263)  5.     Huldah,  b.  December  27,  1791 ;    d.  July  9,  1797. 

(264)  6.     Josiah,   b.   October  8,    1793;    d.    March    10,    1794. 

(265)  7.     Elizabeth,  b.  October  8,  1793;    d.  July  7,  1797. 

(266)  8.     John,  b.   July  9,    1794;    m.   Charlotte  Towle ;    d. 

July  9,  1834. 

(209)  Simon  Moulton'  (Peter6,  Worthington4,  Josiah', 
Henry2,  John1),  married  (1)  Abigail  Plaisted  (she  was  born 
November  4,  1768,  died  June  15,  1844)  ;  (2)  Elizabeth  Wal- 
ker. Lived  on  a  farm  in  Standish,  about  half  a  mile  from 
where  Sebago  Lake  Village  now  is;    died  February  13,  1854. 

Children: 

(267)  1.     John,  b.  April  29,  1792;    unm. ;    d.  September  13, 

1821. 

(268)  2.     Elizabeth,  b.  October  7,  1794;   m.  Wm.  E.  Files,  of 

Gorham ;  d.  February  24,  1857.  Children :  Lo- 
renzo, Albion,  Cyrus,  Harriet,  Julia. 

(269)  3.     Mary,  b.  November   19,   1796;  m.  Hiram  Hasty  of 

Standish ;     d.    July    2,     1872.      Children :     Lucy, 
James  L.,  Andrew,  Sarah,  Abby. 

(270)  4.     Simon,  b.  April  22,  1799;    unm.;    d.  February  13, 

1854,  in  Brewer,  Me. 

(271)  5.     Hannah,  b.  April  -zy,  1801 ;   m.  September  22,  1823, 

Gardnier  Libby,  of  Standish ;  children,  Peter, 
Miranda,  Daniel,  Fanny,  Ansel,  Maria,  Mary, 
Irving,  Levi. 

(272)  6.     Ebenezer,  b.  June  21,  1803;  m.  Elizabeth  D.  Blake; 

d.  September  27,  1885. 

(273)  7-     Josiah,  b.  June  8,   1805;    m.   Martha  Hasty. 


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(274)  8.     Peter,  b.  May  7,   1807;    d.  young. 

(275)  9.     Abigail,  b.  November  18,  1811;   m.  Eben  Moulton, 

of  Harrison. 


(211)  Jonathan  Moulton6  (Peter6,  Worthington\ 
Josiah5,  Henry2,  John1),  was  a  tanner  and  lived  in  Standish, 
Me.;  married  (1)  Agnes  Foss,  of  Pepperelboro ;  (2)  Ann 
Blake ;    died  in  Standish,  November  4,  1836. 

Children: 

Benjamin,  b.  December  1,  1793;  m.  Hannah  Hard- 
ing, of  Gorham ;    d.  May  25,  1845. 

Lydia,  b.  January  6,  1796;  m.  Calvin  Stevens; 
d.  .  " 

Agnes,  b.  February  28,  1798;  m.  William  Hard- 
ing; d.  1870. 

Horace,  b.  April  14,  1800;  settled  in  Gorham,  Me.; 
m.  Mary  Stuart ;    d.  . 

Ebenezer,  b.  October  10,  1802 ;  m.'  Martha  Phil- 
brick,   of   Standish ;     lives   in    Wilmington,    111. 

Theodore,   b.    October   20,    1806;     m.   . 

Lived  in  Freedom,  Me.;    d.  ;    twice 

married ;  had  two  boys  and  one  girl  by  first 
wife  and  one  boy  and  two  girls  by  second  wife. 

Levi,  b.  July  31,  183 1 ;  son  of  second  wife;  m. 
Mary  Ann  Blake;  lived  on  his  father's  old 
place  at  Standish  Corner;  d.  March  1,  1886; 
no  children. 


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213)  Josiah  Moulton*  (Peter5,  Worthington4,  Josiah', 
Henry2,  John1),  m.  (1)  Mary  Lane;  (2)  Nancy  Dearborn; 
settled  in  Thorndike,  Me. ;   died  there,  January  6,  1862. 

Children: 

(283)  1.     Peter,  b.  January  7,  1798;   m.  Harriet  Jones;   lived 

in  Unity,  Me. 

(284)  2.     Lavinia,  b.  February  8,  1800. 

(285)  3.     Endoxia,  b.  March  14,  1802. 

(286)  4.     Eli,  b.  January   15,   1804;    m.   Hannah   Lakeman ; 

d.   1864. 
Children  of  second  wife,  Nancy  Dearborn: 

(287)  5.     Cyrus,  b.  1814;  lived  in  Boston ;  has  one  daughter. 

(288)  6.     Alden,   b.   ;    lived   in   Hampden,   Me.- 

three  children. 


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(289)  7.     Althea,  b. 

(290)  8.     Esther,   b. 


(291)     9.     Mary,  b.  ;    m.   Elias  Harmon. 

(215)  Daniel  Moulton"  (Peter5,  Worthington4,  Josiah', 
Henry2,  John1),  m.  Anna,  daughter  of  Sargent  Shaw;  lived 
in  Gorham,  Me.;   died  January  8,  1861. 

Children : 

Jonathan,  b.  December  7,  1808;   m.  Lucy  Hansan; 
d.  October  8,  1852. 

Eben,  b.  November  5,  1810;    m.  Abigail  Moulton; 
d.   November  8,   1887. 

Fanny,   b.    May  8,    1815;    unm. ;    d.    in    Gorham, 
April  3,  1887. 

Sarah,  twin,  b.  August  26,  1817;  m.  George  Gould; 
live   South   Windham,   Me. 

Mary,  twin,  b.  August  26,  1817;  lives  unm.  at  Stand- 
ish  Village. 

Daniel,  b.  February  2,  1820;   d.  February  28,  1820. 

Daniel,  b.  February  4,  1822  ;  m.  Mary  A.  Shaw ;  lives 

at  Standish  Village ;    cooper ;   no  children. 
Abigail,  b.  April  2,  1824;    m.  Albion  Rounds;    lives 

in  Lynn,  Massachusetts. 
Hannah,  b.  June    15,    1826;    m.   Samuel  M.  Rand; 

lives  at  Little  Falls,  Gorham. 

(220)  John  Moulton0  (David5,  John4,  John3,  John2,  John1), 
married  January  1,  1824,  Jane,  daughter  of  James  Coffin  of  Por- 
ter; was  school  teacher,  soldier  in  war  of  1812,  colonel  of  militia; 
justice  of  the  peace  for  fifty  years ;  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Agriculture,  and  held  many  offices  in  his  town ;  always  resided 
in  Porter,  Maine. 

Children : 

(301)  1.     Sarah  Jane,  b.  May  7,  1826;    d.  April  30,  1830. 

(302)  2.     James  Coffin,  b.  February  10,  1830;  d.  in  Monterey, 

Mexico,  June  or  July,  1862 ;   unm. 
(3°3)     3-     Moses  Swett,  b.  October  4,  1833;    m.  March  30, 

1856,  Armine  Tibbetts. 
(304)     4.     John,  b.  August  28,  1835;  m.  October  9,  1867,  Anne 

Watson,  of  Camden,  N.  J. 


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(221)  Joseph  Moulton6  (David5,  John4,  John3,  John2, 
John1),  m.  February  10,  1823,  Abigail  G.,  daughter  of  Zechariah 
Beal,  of  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  He  lived  in  Porter,  Foxcroft,  and 
finally  in  Deering,  Me. 

Children: 

(305)  1.     Sarah  Abigail,  b.  November  12,  1823;   m.  Joel  W. 

Kelsey,  of  Guilford,  Me. 

(306)  2.     David,   b.    November   21,    1825;    m.    Elizabeth    J. 

Wentworth  ;   d.  January  31,  1886. 

(3°7)     3-     John  Henry,  b.  March  29,  1830;  m.  Mary  E.  Scott; 
d.  August  26,  1870. 

(308)     4.     Hannah,  b.  April  20,  1835;    d.  August  6,  1836. 

(3°9)     5-     George   Edwin,  b.    November  7,   1839;    m.   Mary 
Bailey,  of. Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

(223)  David  Moulton"  (David',  John1,  John',  John', 
John1),  m.  1828,  Phebe,  daughter  of  Samuel  Wentworth,  of 
South  Berwick.  Me.  Lived  at  Foxcraft.  Me.,  until  1857,  when 
they  removed  to  St.  Anthony,  Minn. 

Children : 

(310)  1.     Isaac  Hodsdon,  b.  November,  1828;  m.  Hannah  A. 

Maxwell. 

(311)  2.     Thomas,   b.    December   25.    1834;     m.    Martha   A. 

Moody,  of  St.  Anthony. 

(312)  3.     Mary  Maria,  b.  June  2,  1837;  m.  Joshua  S.  Stevens. 

(225)  Thomas  Moulton,  Esq.6  (David5,  John4,  John1, 
John",  John1),  graduated  from  New  York  University,  Class  of 
1837 :  was  many  years  engaged  in  teaching  at  Foxcroft  Aca- 
demy, Exeter  High  School,  and  elsewhere ;  read  law,  but  was 
not  admitted  to  the  bar;  was  member  of  Maine  Senate  Ses- 
sions of  1859  and  i860;  United  States  Assistant  Assessor 
from  1862  to  1869;  author  of  History  of  the  Town  of  Porter, 
Me.;  was  never  married;  died  at  Porter,  October  31,  1888; 
age,  78. 

(226)  John  Moulton6  (James6,  John4,  John",  John', 
John1),  married  Nancy   Shannon,  of  Chester;    was  drowned 


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off  Hampton   Beach,  while  fishing,  December  2j,   1825 ;    his 
wife  died  June  6,  1820. 
Children: 

(313)  I.James  Warren,  b.  July  30,  1817;    m.  Sarah  K.  God- 

frey. 

(227)     Jeremiah    Moulton"    (James6,   John4,   John',   John2, 
John1),  m.  Eunice,  daughter  of  Daniel  Young  of  Hollis,  Me. 
Removed  to  East  Kingston,  but  returned  to  Hampton,  N.  H.    His 
wife  outlived  him  and  m.  (2)  Col.  Josiah  Dow. 
Children : 

(314)  1.     Daniel  Young,  b.  January  22,  1821  ;  m.  Martha  Ann 

Brown. 

(315)  2.     John  Sanborn,  b.  December  9,  1823;  d.  unm.  August 

5,  1847. 

(229)  Simon    Moulton'     (James6,    John4,    John',    John', 
John1),  m.  June  23,  1824,  Olive,  daughter  of  Lieut.  Amos  Gar- 
land of  Rye,  N.  H.    Lived  at  Hampton,  East  Boston  and  Warren,' 
N.  H.,  where  he  died. 

Children : 

(316)  1.     Oliver,  b.  June  28,  1828. 

(317)  2.     Eliza,  b.  June  20,  1833. 

(318)  3.     George,  b.  April  6,  1837.    Killed  in  California. 

(230)  David    Moulton'     (James1,    John4,    John5,    John", 
John1),  m.  Miriam,  daughter  of  Dudley  Lamprey. 

Children : 

(319)  1.     Phebe,  b.  July  12,  1830;  m. . 

(320)  2.     Miriam,  b.  June  5,  1832;  m.  Josiah  C.  Palmer. 

(321)  3.     Aphia   H.,  b.   September  23,    1834;  m.   Morrill   M. 

Lamprey  ;  d. . 

(322)  4.     Jacob  K.,  b.  March  13,  1836;  m. . 

(323)  5-     Jonathan   Tuck,   b.   June   28,    1838;   m.    Martha    F. 

Drake ;  d.  December  20,  1869. 

(324)  6.     David  Allen,  b.  July  26,  1840;  m. . 

(325)  7.     Elizabeth  Eveline,  b.  October  26,  1846;  m.  Horace 

Brown  ;  d.  . 

(233)     Daniel    Moulton8     (James6,    John4,    John',    John', 


JOHN    OF   HAMPTON.  220, 

John1),  m.  Abigail,  daughter  of  David  Garland.  Lives  on  a  part 
of  the  homestead  of  John,  the  emigrant,  at  Hampton,  N.  H.,  the 
estate  having  been  transmitted  in  unbroken  descent  from  father 
to  son  since  1638.     Childless. 

(237)  Josiah  Moulton"  (Josiah6,  Jonathan4,  Jacob',  John2, 
John1)  was  b.  in  Hampton,  N.  H.,  October  18.  1778;  m.  Mary- 
Fogg  Watson  of  Milton,  X.  H.  He  d.  in  Milton  December  26, 
1826. 

Children: 

(326)  1.     Seth  Shackford,  b.  Milton.  N.  H.,  July  3,  1812. 

(327)  2.     Andrew  W.,  b.  September  18,  1814;  d.  Lowell,  Mass., 

1850. 

(328)  3.     Mary  Fall,  b. ,  N.  H.,  May  8,  1817. 

(329)  4.     Abby  D.,  b.  Milton,  N.  H„  January' 2,  1820. 
(33°)     5-     Josiah,  b.  Milton.  N.  H.,  August  15,  1823. 

(331)     6.     Eliza  L..  b.  .Milton,  N.  H.,  February  15,  1826;  d.  Mil- 
ton. X.  H.,  December  1.  1848. 

(240)  Capt.  Jonathan  Smith  Moulton6  (Benning5,  Jona- 
than4, Jacob8,  John2,  John'),  m.  Deborah  Xeal.  He  d.  November 
15,  1855. 

Children : 

Sarah  Ann. 

John  C.    Resides  at  Laconia. 
Otis. 

Charles  S. 
Frances. 
Andrew. 

Joseph  Xeal,  b.  at  the  Moulton  House,  Center  Har- 
bor, April  13,  1826. 
Abra  Wentworth. 
John  S. 

(241)  Samuel  Smith  Moulton"  (Jacob  Smith8,  Jonathan*, 
Jacob',  John2,  John1)  was  b.,  according  to  the  record,  in  Hampton, 
N.  H.,  though  one  of  his  descendants  states  that  all  the  children 
of  Jacob  Smith  Moulton  were  born  in  Chichester.  His  father 
probably  removed  to  that  place  in  1798.  Samuel  Smith*  m.  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1819,  Betsey  Marden,  daughter  of  John  and  Rachel 
Shaw  Marden,  b.  February  15,  1798. 


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2. 

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Children:  , 

(341)  1.     Eliza  Ann,  b.  February  20,  1821  ;  m.  April  12,  1840, 

Reed  Page  Silver,  who  was  b.  March  7,  18 18.  She 
d.  November  22,  1887.  They  had  one  son  and 
four  daughters. 

(342)  2.     John  Calvin,  b.  October  18,  1823;  m.   (1)   February 

16,  1854,  Laura  M.  Berry  ;  she  d.  January  12,  1878 ; 
they  had  one  child,  Nellie  Alferretta,  b.  November 
28,  1854;  d.  December  24,  i860;  m.  (2)  August  12, 
1884,  Mrs.  Florence  A.  Hyde. 

(343)  3-     Charles  Emery,  b.  November  27,  1826;  m.  May  6, 

1869,  Lucia  L.  Nevens;  d.  October  31,  1885. 

(344)  4.     David  Carpenter,  b.  December  23,  1830;  m.  (1)  June 

3,  1852,  Mary  Melissa  Barney.     She  d.  April  26, 
1868.    They  adopted  a  son,  Herbert  Clark,  b.  Octo- 
ber 23,  1862.    Married  (2)  October  21,  1874,  Ruth 
Weeden  Potter. 
Children : 

1.  David  Potter,  b.  July  21,  1875. 

2.  Benjamin  Potter,  b.  May  4,  1878. 

3.  Fabel  C.  Potter,  b.  September  29,  1880. 

(345)  5-     Jacob  Samuel,  b.  April  30,   1837;  m.  July  11,  1859, 

Lucy  Whittlesey  Carter.     He  d.  August  28.  1859. 

(244)    Jacob  T."  (Jacob  S.\  Jonathan4,  Jacob',  John2,  John1), 
m.  Betsey  Sanborn. 

Children : 
(304a)      1.     Joseph  T..  b.  August  19,  1824;   d.  October  12,  1825. 

(341a)     2.     Joseph  Tilton,  1).  August  26,  1826,  in  Gilford,  N.  H. 

(342a)  3.  Beverly  S.,  b.  May  13,  1828,  in  Gilford,  N.  H. ; 
m.  (1)  Lizzie  C.  Mason,  December  12,  1852,  (2) 
Mary  A.  Stimpson,  April  2,  1887 ;  in  business  in 
Boston. 

(343a)  4.  Jacob  S.,  b.  May  9,  1830,  in  Thornton,  N.  H. ;  m. 
Emeline  Wood.  He  died  at  Concord,  N.  H.,  in 
1874.  Children:  Ida,  d.  young;  Frank  Peirce, 
Elizabeth  E.,  George  Beverly,  and  Charles  J. 

(344a)  5.  George  W.,  b.  May  13.  1832,  in  Thornton,  N.  H. ; 
m.  (1)  Lina  Daniels,  in  Lodi,  Ohio,  June  9,  1857, 
who  died  in  Chicago,  October  17.  1876.  They 
had  one  son,  Frank  Daniels,  b.  in  Chicago,  May 
14,  i860,  who  m.  in  Ottawa,  111.,  (1)  Emma  M. 
Comins,  August  9,  1883;  (2)  Mabelle  D.  Ashley, 


DAVID    CARPENTER    MOULTON. 

(Xo.  344.)     Died  November  26,  1905,  Providence,  R.  I. 


JOHN    OF   HAMPTON.  23I 

November  8,  1894.  One  child,  George  F.,  b.  De- 
cember 14,  1895,  in  Ottawa.  George  W.  married 
(2)  Jennie  McKerwin,  September  1,  1881,  in  De- 
troit, who  was  born  in  Toronto,  Can.  Lives  in 
Chicago ;  millwright  and  elevator  constructor. 

(345a)  6.  Maria,  b.  April  1,  1834,  in  Thornton;  m.  (1) 
Joseph  Denett,  (2)  Frederick  Coggleshall,  of 
Lowell,  Mass.  She  died  in  Lowell.  She  had  one 
one  son,  George  D.,  who  married  twice,  and  had 
children  by  both  marriages.    He  lives  in  Chicago. 


(245)  Nathaniel  P.6  (Jacob  Smith5,  Jonathan4,  Jacob3, 
John2,  John1),  b.  August  31,  1802  ;  m.  December  15,  1825,  Rebecca 
Leavitt,  b.  August  9,  1803.  She  d.  April  24,  1835.  He  d.  August 
19,  1878.    Nathaniel  P.  was  a  carpenter  in  Salem. 

Children : 

(346)  1.     William   Parker,  b.   August  22,   1827.     Locomotive 

engineer,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

(347)  2.     Ann  Rebecca,  b.  October  28,  1829;  d.  March  20,  1831. 

(348)  3.     Ann  Rebecca,  b.  February  15,  1833;  d.  July  29,  1834. 

(349)  4.     George  Emery,  b.  December  17,  1834;  d.  September 

15,  1835. 
(35°)     5-     Joseph  Collins,  b.  September  I,  1836.     Carpenter  in 
Salem.    The  members  of  this  family  were  all  born 
in  Salem. 

(250)     Jonathan   Moulton"    (Edward  B.6,   John4,  Jacob3, 
John2,  John1),  b.  in  Moultonboro',  1781.     He  lived  most  of  his' 
life  in  Meredith,  N.  H. ;  m.  ( 1) Moulton  of  Center  Har- 
bor; (2)  Mary  Morse,  daughter  of  Dr.  Morse  of  Moultonboro', 
1821.    Jonathan  d.  January  5,  i860. 

(351)  1.     ;  d.  young. 

(352)  2.     ;  d.  young. 

(353)  3-     Sallie,  b.  1813  or  1814;  m. . 

(354)  4.     Ann  N.,  b.  1822;  m.  Luther  W.  Nichols. 

(355)  5-     Albert  A.,  b.  October  7,  1827.    Was  an  army  surgeon. 

Married   Anna   M.    Sawyer.      Child:    Arthur   C. 
Lives  in  Meeker,  Colo. 

(254)     Zelotes  Moulton8  (John  Shackford5,  John4,  Jacob', 


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John2,  John1),  m.  Almeda  Weeks  of  Gorham,  Me.    Lived  in  Gor- 
ham.    She  d.  August  26,  1878,  aged  64. 
Children : 

(356)  1.     Wendell  S.,  b.  February  20,   1836;  m.  August   13, 

1864,  Ellen  R.  Symms.    Lives  in  Portland. 
Children : 

1.  Albion  H.,  b.  December  15,  1865. 

2.  Charles  F.,  b.  December  14,  1869;  d.  October 

24,  1876. 

3.  Harry  A.,  b.  June  1,  1872;  d.  August  5,  1876. 

4.  William  F.,  b.  November  23,  1875. 

5.  Ernest  E.,  b.  July  14,  1878. 

(357)  2.     Charles  H.,  b.  November  10,  1838;  m.   (1)   Esther 

Greene;    (2)  Abby  .     Lives  in  Auburn, 

Me. 
Children : 

1.  Charles  H.,  b.  June  15,  1870. 

2.  Edith,  b.  May  11,  1873. 

3.  Esther,  b.  December  19,  1876 ;  d.  1879. 

(358)  3-     Caroline  E.,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(359)  4-     Keene,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(360)  5.     James  L..  b.  January  9.  1845;  m-  Martha  Crockett. 

Lives  in  Gorham. 

(361)  6.     George,  b. :  d.  in  infancy. 

(362).  7.  Lucy  E..  b.  May  15.  1848;  m.  Joel  Guptill  of  Port- 
land. 

(3  3)  8.  John  S.,  b.  February  14,  1850;  unm.  Residence, 
Portland. 

(364)  9.     Fred  C.  b.  March  0,  1852;  m.  Annie  Parker.    Lives 

in  Freeport. 

(365)  10.     Clara  Etta,  b.  December  11.  1854.    Lives  in  Scarboro. 

(366)  11.     Frank  R.,  b.  November  4,  1856;  m.  Katie  Harrigan. 

Lives  in  Portland.     Child  :  Alice,  b.  April  12,  1885. 

(367)  12.     Marshall  E.,  b.  December  18,  1858;  m.  February  18, 

1883,   Marcia   V.   Pillsburv.     Lives   in    Scarboro. 
Child:   Myron  E.,  b.  July  8,  1891. 

(255)  John  Shackford  Moulton"  (John  Shackford5,John\ 
Jacob5,  John2,  John1),  b.  November  13,  1816;  m.  Elizabeth  A. 
Pillsbury.  Has  for  many  years  resided  at  Dunstan  Corner,  Scar- 
boro. 

Children : 

(368)  I.  John  S.,  b.  January  2,  1862 ;  d.  July  7,  1885  ;  unm. 


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(369)  2.  Addie  M.,  b.  April  14,  1864;  m.  George  S.  Scamman 
of  Scarboro.  Children:  Percy  M.,  b.  September 
8,  1885 ;  Harold  H.,  b.  October  2,  1889. 

(37°)     3-     Wilbur  L..  b.  June  22,  1866:  d.  February  7,  1868. 

(371)  4.     Lewis  A.,  b.  January  6,  1868;  unm. 

(372)  5.     Alberta  M.,  b.  March  6,  1870. 

(373)  6.     Frank  H.,  b.  May  5,  1872. 

(374)  7-     Milton  S.,  b.  February  23,  1874. 

(375)  8.     Myron  E.,  b.  February  11,  1876;  d.  in  infancy. 


SEVENTH  GENERATION*. 

(266)  John  Moulton7,  Capt.  (John  Mobbs6,  Thomas5, 
William4,  Josiah8,  Henry2,  John1),  m.  Charlotte,  daughter  of  Lem- 
uel Towle.  Lived  on  homestead.  Child :  Imri  Ann,  b.  July 
5,  1827;  m.  Robert  Foss  of  Rye. 

(272)  Ebenezer  Moulton7  (Simon9,  Peter5,  Worthington", 
Josiah',  Henry2,  John1),  m.  Elizabeth  D.  Blake  of  Limington. 
Settled  near  Sebago  Lake,  in  Standish,  Me.  Farmer,  carpenter 
and  mason.  Was  a  man  of  ability,  and  a  leading  citizen.  Served 
for  some  years  as  selectman ;  was  representative  to  State  Legisla- 
ture.   Died  September  27,  1885. 

Children : 

(376)  1.     Elizabeth,  b.  January  2j.  1832;  m.   (1)  Justin  Can- 

nell ;  (2)  Daniel  Ward  of  Standish. 

(377)  2.     John  P.,  b.  December  11,  1833;  m.  Sarah  Ward;  d. 

1886.  Lived  on  his  father's  farm.  Had  two  chil- 
dren. Addie  and  Gilbert. 

(37&)     3-     Simon  Moody,  b.  April  27,  1837:  m. .    Lives 

in  Massachusetts. 

(379)  4-     Lydia  P.,  b.  September  24,  1847 ;  m.  George  W.  Ward. 

Lives  in  Biddeford.    Three  children. 

(380)  5.     Lewis  W.,  b.  February  28,  1852;  m.  Edith  E.  Bangs 

of  Gorham.  She  d.  May  1,  1889.  Lives  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Standish.  Has  held  various  town 
offices.    Clerk  in  railway  mail  service,  1884  to  1889. 

(273)  Josiah  Moulton7  (Simon8,  Peter5,  Worthington*, 
Josiah',  Henry2,  John1),  m.  Martha,  daughter  of  Josiah  Hasty  of 


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Standish,  and  settled  on  his  father's  farm  in  Standish.    Prominent 
citizen  and  town  officer. 
Children : 

(381)  1.     Amanda,  b.  April  16,  1836;  d.  April  25,  1836. 

(382)  2.     Gilbert  Favette,  b.  Mav  29,   1838;  d.  February  20, 

1861. 

(383)  3-     Leander  H.,  b.  August  22,  1840;  m.  Florence  Dole. 

Selectman   and   S.   S.   Com.   in   Standish ;   station 
agent  of  the  P.  &  O.  R.  R.  at  Sebago  Lake. 

(384)  4.     Maria  Susan,  b. ;  d.  May  25,  1864. 

(276)  Benjamin  Moulton7  (Jonathan6,  Peter5,  Worthing- 
ton\  Josiah8,  Henry2,  John1),  m.  Hannah  Harding,  September  6, 
1818 ;  d.  May  25,  1845,  Thorndike. 

Children : 

(385)  1.     Marshall,  b.  Standish,  August  20,  1820;  d.  October  1, 

1878 ;  unm. 

(386)  2.     Elkanah  H.,  b.  Standish,  October  22,  1822  ;  m.  Melissa 

Tasker.     Settled  at  Unity,  Me. 
Children : 

1.  Clara  E..  b.  October  8,  1856. 

2.  Charles,  b. .    Lives  in  Montana. 

3.  Benjamin,  b.  February  28,  1864.    Lives  in  Mon- 

tana. 

4.  Ernest  B.,  b.  September  20,  1866. 

(387)  3-     Caroline,  b.  Thorndike,  August  17,  1827;  d.  October 

9,  1846 :  unm. 

(388)  4.     Charles  Foss,  b.  June  12,  1833;  twin;  m.  Elizabeth 

R.,  daughter  of  Amos  Millett.     Is  a  merchant  in 
Portland,  Me. 
Children : 

1.  Dora  Harding,  b.  June  5,  1864. 

2.  Ellen  Gertrude,  b.  January  12,  1866. 

(389)  5-     Martha  Harding,  b.  June  12,  1833;  twin;  m.  Edward 

Keen.    No  children. 

(280)  Eben  Moulton7  (Jonathan8,  Peter5,  Worthington4, 
Josiah8,  Henry2,  John1),  b.  Standish,  October  10,  1802;  m.  Martha 
Philbrick  of  Standish  September,  1823.   Living  in  Illinois. 

(390)  1.     Almedia  S.,  b.  September  9,  1824;  m.  S.  D.  Andrews 

of   Corrinna,    Me.      Settled   in    Bangor,    Me.;    d. 
.    One  daughter  in  California. 


JOHN   OF   HAMPTON.  235 

(391)  2.     Mary  E.,  b.  January  28,  1828;  m.  W.  H.  Payne  of 

Gorham,  Me.    Living  in  Yarmouth,  Me. 

(392)  3.     Horatio  F.,  b.  February  4,  1830;  m.  Mary  Severance 

of  Bloomington,  111. 

(393)  4-     Maria  H.,  b.  March  23,  1840;  m.  John  S.  Fitz.     Set- 

tled in  Portland,  Me.    Three  children. 

(394)  5-     Charles  M.,  b.  November  2.7,  1844;  m.  Lessie  Hall  of 

Wilmington,  111. 

(283)  Peter  Moulton7  (Josiah8,  Peter5,  Worthington*, 
Josiah3,  Henry  \  John1),  m.  Harriet  Jones  of  Unity,  Me.,  and 
settled  in  that  place. 

Children : 

(395)  1.     Endoxia,  b.  March  14,  1823;  'd.  June  24,  1834. 

(396)  2.     Elnathan,  b.  June  21,  1825;  m.  Eliza  Carter.     Lives 

in  Kansas. 

(397)  3-     Peter,  b.  May  9,  1829;  d.  in  Sacramento,  Cal.,  April 

29,  1852. 

(398)  4.     Helen,  b.  March  12,  1831  ;  m.  William  Smith.    Lives 

in  Stockton,  Me. 

(399)  5-     Julia,  b.  August  27,  1833 ;  d.  in  Jackson,  Me.,  October 

3,  1858. 

(400)  6.     W.  H.  J.,  b.  January  2,  1840;  m.  Eliza  Waldron. 

(401)  7.     Edward,  b.  December  23,  1841  ;  m.  Addie  Nickerson. 

Lives  in  Monticello,  Minn. 

(286)  Eli  Moulton7  (Josiah,0,  Peter8,  Worthington*,  Jo- 
siah', Henry2,  John'),  m.  Hannah  Lakeman  of  Gorham.  Lived 
in  Unity,  Me.  He  went  to  California,  and  died  on  home  passage 
about  1864. 

Children : 

(402)  1.     Luke,  b. ;  m.  Lucretia  Ward  of  Thorndike; 

d.  1864. 

(403)  2.     Ellen,  b. . 

(404)  3.     Harriet,  b.  . 


(293)  Eben  Moulton7  (Daniel9,  Peter8,  Worthington*, 
Josiah',  Henry2,  John1),  m.  Abigail,  daughter  of  Simon  Moulton. 
Was  born  in  Gorham ;  settled  in  Harrison,  Me.,  where  he  resided 
on  a  farm  for  thirty-eight  years.    Died  November  8,  1887. 


236  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Children : 

(405)  1.     Alphonso,  b.  July  16,  1847;  m-  Etta  A.  Ross  of  Har- 

rison. Lives  on  his  father's  farm  in  Harrison. 
Justice  of  the  peace;  member  of  School  Board 
seven  years;  newspaper  correspondent,  etc.  Is  an 
active  and  prominent  citizen  of  the  town. 

(302)  James  Coffin  Moulton7  (John6,  David0,  John4, 
John3,  John',  John1),  b.  in  Porter,  Me.  Graduated  at  Wesleyan 
University,  class  185 1.  Read  law;  admitted  to  bar  in  Blooming- 
ton,  111 ;  began  practice  at  St.  Anthony,  Minn.  In  1857  removed 
to  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  practiced  law  there.  Died  in  Monterey, 
Mexico,  June,  or  July,  1862.    Unmarried. 

(303)  Moses  Swett  Moulton7  (John9,  David5,  John4, 
John',  John2,  John1),  m.  March  30,  1856,  Armine,  daughter  of 
Henry  Tibbetts  of  Porter.  Lives  on  homestead  of  his  father 
at  Porter.  Educated  at  Parsonsfield  Seminary.  Justice  of  the 
peace,  town  clerk,  treasurer,  S.  S.  Com.,  chairman  of  Selectmen 
six  years,  representative  to  State  Legislature  1869,  member  of 
State  Senate  in  1878. 

(406)  1.     Roscoe  Norris,  b.  November  4,  1857;  d.  in  Boston, 

July  17,  1883;  unm. 

(407)  2.     Jane  M.,  b.  September  20,  1864.     Living  in  Porter, 

Me. 

(304)  John  Moulton7  (John*,  David',  John4,  John',  John', 
John1),  m.  October  9,  1867,  Annie  Watson  of  Camden,  N.  J. 
She  d.  October  18,  1870.  Married  (2)  September  8,  1876,  Ella 
V.  Sheely.  Was  educated  at  Parsonsfield  Seminary  and  Fryeburg 
Academy.  Was  teacher  prior  to  1855,  when  he  removed  to  St.  Paul, 
Minn.  June  17,  1861,  being  then  in  law  office,  he  enlisted  in  army, 
became  captain,  major  and  lieutenant  colonel.  In  battles  Mill 
Spring,  Corinth,  Chickamauga,  Mission  Ridge  and  others.  Under 
Sherman  in  his  march  to  the  sea.  After  close  of  war  returned  to 
St.  Paul  and  engaged  in  lumber  business.  Secretary  of  St.  Paul 
Lumber  Co.    Now  lives  in  Charleston,  W.  Va. 

(408)  1.     Arthur,  b.  July  19,  1877. 


JOHN   OF   HAMPTON.  237 

(409)  2.     Annie  L.,  b.  May  3,  1882. 

(410)  3.     Roscoe  N.,  b.  November  8,  1884. 

(306)  David  Moulton7  (Joseph',  David6,  John4,  John*, 
John2,  John1),  m.  November  26,  1852,  Elizabeth  J.,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Wentworth  of  Biddeford.  She  d.  February  10,  1869. 
Taught  school  and  was  a  merchant  in  Portland  for  some  years. 
May  15,  1863,  was  appointed  Deputy  Collector  of  Customs  for 
the  District  of  Portland  and  Falmouth,  Me.,  which  position  he 
held  until  the  time  of  his  death,  January  31,  1886. 

Children : 

(411)  1.     Abbie  Cora,  b.  January  5,  1857;  d.  May  28,  1873. 

(412)  2.     Henry  Clifford,  b.  August  11,  1858;  m.  Eva  L.  Lunt 

of  Falmouth.  Me. 

(413)  3.     Sarah  Agnes,  b.  November  4,   1861 ;  m.  Daniel  W. 

Heseltine  of   Portland,   Me.     One  child,   Marion 
Elizabeth,  b.  March  16,  1889. 

(414)  4.     George  Albert,  b.  February  22,  1864;  m.  Edith  H. 

Hamlin  of  Maiden,  Mass. 

(415)  5.     Mary  Lizzie,  b.  February  17,  1867;  m.  July  24,  1889, 

Charles  Nelson  Evans. 

(307)  John  Henry  Moulton7  (Joseph9,  David6,  John4, 
John',  John2,  John'),  m.  February  3,  1863,  Mary  E.,  daughter  of 
Dr.  David  B.  Scott  of  Toledo,  O.  He  was  engaged  in  the  lumber 
trade  at  Toledo  up  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

Children : 

(416)  1.     Mary  Mott,  b.  April  8,  1864;  m.  (1)  Jessie  Norton; 

(2)  Frank  W.  Olin. 

(417)  2.     Virginia  Hunt,  b.  November  28,  1866. 

(418)  3.     John  Henry,  b.  July  14,  1870. 

(309)  George  Edwin  Moulton7  (Joseph*,  David5,  John4, 
John',  John2,  John1),  m.  April  17,  1887,  Mary  Bailey  of  Brooklyn, 
N.  Y.  Was  born  at  Foxcroft.  Graduated  at  Westbrook  Semi- 
nary ;  entered  Bowdoin  College ;  left  during  first  term  of  his 
senior  year,  in  fall  of  1861,  and  entered  Co.  A,  Thirtetnth  regi- 
ment, Maine  volunteers ;  served  with  distinction  through  the  war. 
Was  judge  advocate  at  Winchester,  Va.,  after  the  war;  for  a 


238  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

time  in  lumber  business  at  Chicago,  111. ;  now  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
where  he  is  prominent  in  educational  matters. 

(310)  Isaac  Hodsdon  Moulton7  (David\  David5,  John1 
John8,  John2,  John1),  m.  April  4,  1852,  Hannah  A.  Maxwell,  at 
Salmon  Falls,  N.  H.  Was  farmer,  teacher  and  bookkeeper ;  steam- 
boat owner  and  agent  of  Milwaukee  &  St.  Paul  Railway  at  La 
Crosse,  Wis. 

Children : 

(419)  1.     Sarah  Abby,  b.  January  9,  1853  ;  m.  Frank  A.  Burton. 

Lives  at  La  Crosse. 

(420)  2.     Mary  Hannah,  b.  August  7,  1856;  d.  May  15,  1863. 

(421)  3.     William  Lewis,  b.  December  11,  1859;  d.  June  21, 

1869. 

(422)  4.     Hattie  Eugenia,  b.  August  3,  1866. 

(423)  5.     David,  b.  September  18,  1868;  d.  July  6,  1869. 

(311)  Thomas  Moulton7  (David9,  David5,  John4,  John', 
John3,  John1),  m.  August  31,  1858,  Martha  A.  Moody  of  St.  An- 
thony, Minn.  Educated  at  Foxcroft  Academy ;  in  1855  removed 
to  St.  Anthony,  Minn. ;  engaged  in  trade  and  steamboat  business 
there ;  proprietor  of  the  "Summit  Nursery" ;  has  been  alderman. 

Children : 

(424)  1.     Agnes  Genevieve,  b.  April  25,  1862. 

(425)  2.     Thomas,  b.  May  11,  1865. 

(426)  3.     Mary  Madeline,  b.  October  10,  1866. 

(3X3)  James  W.  Moulton7  (John6,  James6,  John*,  John', 
John',  John1),  m.  November  8,  1843,  Sarah  Knight,  daughter  of 
Capt.  James  Godfrey.  Lived  in  a  part  of  his  grandfather's  home- 
stead, where  his  children,  who  were  of  the -eighth  generation, 
were  born.    Removed  to  Exeter,  where  the  family  still  resides. 

Children : 

(427)  1.     Augusta  A.,  b.  August  4,  1845  ;  m.  William  H.  Blake ; 

d.  September  20,  1881. 

(428)  2.     Clara  J.,  b.  October  23,  1846;  m.  George  Frank  Rol- 

lins. 

(429)  3.     John  William,  b.  April  16,  1855. 


JOHN   OF   HAMPTON.  239 

(314)  Daniel  Y.  Moulton7  (Jeremiah6,  James5,  John', 
John*,  John',  John1),  m.  Martha  A.,  daughter  of  William  Brown. 
Carpenter.    Lives  on  the  main  road  to  the  sea. 

Children : 

(430)  1.     Alfred  Appleton,  b.  July  16,  1841 ;  d.  April  6,  1842. 

(431)  2.     John  Appleton,  b.  April  1,  1843  5  d.  May  22,  1845. 

(432)  3.     Daniel  Young,  b.  August  22,  1847;  m.  (1)    Mrs.  Kate 

Kelley;  (2)  August  25,  1888,  Mary  A.  Stevens,  b. 
August  25,  1863,  in  London,  Eng.  They  live  in 
Haverhill,  Mass.  Child:  Eunice  Almira,  b.  Janu- 
ary 8,  1890. 

(433)  4.     Eunice  Almira,  b.  August  15,  1850;  d.  September  3, 

1866. 

(434)  5.     John  Arthur,  b.  August  8,  i860;  m.  June  28,  1888, 

Helen  M.  Dow,  daughter  of  John  A.  Dow  of 
Hampton  Falls.     Child:  Jesse  A.,  b.  May  3,  1889. 

(322)  Jacob  K.  Moulton7  Capt.  (David9,  James5,  John4, 
John3.  John2,  John1),  m.  May,  1855,  Sarah  J.  McClellan  of  New 
York  City,  who  d.  February,  1870;  m.  (2)  January,  1872,  Sarah 
Parker  of  Saco,  Me.,  who  d.  September,  1876;  m.  (3)  November, 
1882,  Bertha  S.  Hall  of  Bowdoinham,  Me.  He  served  in  the 
Civil  War,  and  afterward  in  the  Indian  wars  in  Nevada  and  Idaho, 
1866-7;  also  in  the  Indian  wars  in  Arizona,  1868-1871.  In  April, 
1877,  he  was  appointed  special  agent  at  the  Seal  Islands,  Alaska, 
and  served  until  April,  1885.  He  now  lives  with  his  family  in 
Bowdoinham. 

Children : 

(435)  1.     Florette,  b.  June,  1856;  d.  July,  1882. 

(436)  2.     Edward  H.,  b.  September  7,  1866. 

(437)  3.     William  B.,  b.  February,  1868;  d.  August,  1882. 

(323)  Jonathan  T.7  (David8,  James5,  John4,  John5,  John*, 
John1),  m.  Martha  F.,  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  Drake.  Lost 
an  arm  in  the  war.    Lived  in  Hampton. 

Child : 

(438)  1.     Freddie  Guy,  b.  December  17,  1866;  d.  March  22, 

1869. 


24O  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(330)  Josiah  Moulton7  ( Capt.  Josiah*,  Josiah5,  Jonathan4, 
Jacob3,  John2,  John1)  went  to  Lowell,  Mass.,  when  quite  young 
and  established  himself  in  business  there  under  the  firm  of  "Moul- 
ton &  Fielding,"  dealers  in  paints,  oils,  etc.,  until  1850,  when  he 
left  for  California,  and  entered  into  the  same  business  in  San 
Francisco,  where  he  was  well  known  under  the  name  of  the  firm, 
"Wilson  &  Moulton."  They  continued  together  in  business  for 
about  thirty  years  in  one  place.  At  last,  influenced  by  the  death 
of  his  partner  and  poor  health,  Mr.  Moulton  retired  and  spent 
most  of  his  time  during  the  last  years  of  his  life  in  Cloverdale, 
Cal.,  establishing  a  vineyard  there.  He  m.  December  21,  1848, 
Adaline  W.  Parker  of  Lowell,  Mass.     He  d.  March  25,  1886. 

Children : 

(439)  1.     I  Alice,  b.  March  14,  1854;  m. . 

(440)  2.     )Addie,  b.  March  14,  1854;  m. . 

(441)  3.     Frank  F.,  b.  October  9,  1856;  m. . 

(442)  4.     Josiah  Watson,  b.  February  26,  1862;  m.  ; 

d.  April  23,  1883. 

(443)  5.     Florence,  b.  March  1,  1869. 

(338)  Lieut.  Joseph  Neal  Moulton'  (Jonathan  Smith4, 
Benning\  Jonathan',  Jacob',  John2,  John*),  m.  September  11, 
1853,  Sarah  J.  True.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  late  war,  having 
enlisted  as  sergeant  in  the  Eighth  N.  H.  Vols.,  and  was  afterward 
made  first  lieutenant  of  the  Second  Louisiana  (white)  Regt.,  Vols. 
He  fell,  mortally  wounded,  at  the  battle  of  Port  Hudson,  and  d. 
a  week  later  at  the  St.  James  Hospital,  New  Orleans,  June  4,  1863. 
He  left,  besides  a  widow,  two  daughters. 

Children: 

(444)  1.     Lucy  Etts,  b.  Moultonboro',  February  9,   1856;  m. 

George  R.  McLane,  October  24,  1883.  Resides  in 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Child :  Fannie  Moulton  McLane, 
b.  July  27,  1885. 

(445)  2.     Fanny  Deborah,  b.  Moultonboro',  August  28,  1858. 

Resides  in  Manchester. 

(341a)  Joseph  Tilton  Moulton7  (Jacob  T.',  Jacob  S.s, 
Jonathan4,  Jacob',  John2,  John1),  b.  August  27,  1826,  at  Gilford, 
N.  H.;   d.  August  30,  1896,  at  Chicago;   m.  (1)  April  12,  1846, 


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JOHN    OF   HAMPTON".  24I 

at  Lowell,  Mass..  Jane  Maria  Babcock,  b.  May  25,  1825,  at 
Leyden,  Mass..  d.  May  12,  1854.  at  Taunton,  Mass.,  dr.  of  Hugh 
Babcock  and  Sarah  Stone.  He  married  (2)  Sarah  Patch,  at 
Salem.  Mass. 

Children : 

(445a)     1.     Charles  Tilton.  b.  April  2.  1848,  at  Waltham,  Mass.; 

d.  unm.  October  30.  1877,  at  Elgin.  111. 
(445b)     2.     George    Mayhew.    b.    Marcb    15.    185 1  ;    m.    Anna 

Florence  Garland. 

Children  by  second  wife: 

(445c)     3.     Lizzie  Esther,  b.  March  [6,  1854:   d.  in  infancy. 

1443d)     4.     Lizzie  Esther,  1>.  September  18.  1856;   m.  June  20. 
1887,  Lorenzo  Dow   Kneeland.     Resides  at  Mil- 
waukee, Wis. 
445c)     5.    William  Albert,  1>.  December  7.  1864;   m.  April  27, 
[887,  Flora  Fretts.     Resides  in  Chicago. 

<  445I) )  George  Mayhew  Moulton  married  March  12,  1873, 
at  Burlington.  I<>wa.  Anna  Florence  Garland,  b.  January  9,  1852. 
They  reside  in  Chicago  and  have  two  children,  viz.: 

"Edith  May.  1>.  August  3.  1874,  in  Winona,  Minn. 
"Arthur  G.,  b.  February  12.  1876.  in  Chicago. 

"When  a  child  he  went  with  his  father  to  that  city,  and  after 
graduating  from  the  public  schools,  he,  in  company  with  his 
father,  went  to  Duluth.  Minn.,  to  erect  large  grain  elevators. 
Upon  his  return,  after  the  great  fire,  he  turned  his  attention  to 
the  construction  of  fireproof  buildings  and  the  manufacture  of 
materials  that  would  be  indestructible  by  fire,  and  he  is  one  of  the 
great  builders  of  his  adopted  city.  He  is  prominent  as  a  business 
man,  of  high  standing  in  public  and  private  life,  and  was  one  of 
the  promoters  of  the  great  fair.  In  military  affairs  he  takes  great 
interest,  and  is  Colonel  of  the  Second  Regiment  of  the  Illinois 
National  Guards.  A  son  of  the  Revolution,  entitled  to  member- 
ship by  lineal  descent  from  Jonathan  Moulton,  Caleb  Tilton, 
Jeremiah  Sanborn,  James  Wallace,  Isaac  Stowe,  and  Timothy 
Eames,  he  serves  as  one  of  the  State  Board  of  Managers  of  the 
order."     (Moulton  Records,  by  Geo.  H.  Moulton  (1896)  p.  21.) 


242  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(346)  William  Parker7  (Nathaniel  P.",  Jacob  Smith5,  Jona- 
than4, Jacob',  John1,  John1),  m.  (1)  November  28,  1845,  Lydia 
Arrington,  b.  December  12,  1828;  d.  July  29,  1850;  (2)  December 
1,  1850,  Martha  M.  Garvin,  b.  June  2,  1829;  d.  February  2,  1886; 
(3)  July  3>  J887>  Mrs.  Emma  Dalton,  b.  July  12,  1846. 

Children : 

(446)  1.     Annie  A.,  b.  March  27,  1846;  m.  December  24,  1865, 

Ed.  Alfred  Brown.    Resides  in  Salem. 

(447)  2.     Addie  Rebecca,  b.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  August  16, 

i855- 

(448)  3.     Lucretia  Isabelle,  b.  Rockford,  111.,  November  7,  1858. 

(449)  4.     Martha   Emmogine,   b.    Milwaukee,   Wis.,    May   24, 

1862. 
(45°)     5-     Jonn    Parker,  b.    Milwaukee,   Wis.,   May  24,    1862. 
(These  last  two  are  twins.) 

(451)  6.     Jennie  Frances,  b.  August  10,  1864,  Chicago,  111. 

(452)  7.     William  Benjamin,  b.  September  10,  1867,  Fond  du 

Lac,  Wis. 

(453)  8.     Nath.  Otis,  b.  April  6,  1870,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis. 

EIGHTH    GENERATION. 

(386)  Elkanah'  (Benjamin7,  Jonathan9,  Peter',  Worthing- 
ton\  Josiah5,  Henry',  John1)  was  b.  October  22,  1822,  in  Standish; 
m.  Melissa  Tasker  June  2,  1855.    Settled  in  Unity.    Farmer. 

Children : 

(454)  1.     Clara  E.,  b.  Unity,  October  8,  1856 ;  m.  F.  A.  Harmon 

of  Thorndike. 

(455)  2.     Charles,  b.  Unity,  .     Resides  Grass  Range, 

Mont. 

(456)  3-     Benjamin,   b.    Unity,    February   28,    1864.      Resides 

Grass  Range,  Mont. 

(457)  4.     Ernest  B.,  b.  Unity,  September  20,  1866. 

(388)  Charles  Fosss  (Benjamin7,  Jonathan9,  Peter6,  Worth- 
ington4,  Josiah',  Henry2,  John1)  was  b.  Thorndike,  June  12,  1833; 
m.  January  9.  1862,  Elizabeth  Reed  Millett  of  Paris,  Me.  Retail 
boot  and  shoe  dealer  in  Portland,  Me. 

Children : 

(458)  1.     Dora  Harding  Moulton,  b.  Portland,  June  5,  1864. 

(459)  2.     Ellen   Gertrude   Moulton,  b.    Portland,  January    12, 

1866. 


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JOHN    OF   HAMPTON.  243 

GENERAL  JONATHAN  MOULTON. 

The  ancestors  of  General  Jonathan  Moulton  were  among  the 
traditional  fifty-six  inhabitants  from  the  County  of  Norfolk, 
England,  who  first  settled  in  the  town  of  Hampton — then  Winni- 
cumet — in  the  year  1638. 

The  names  of  John  Multon  (sometimes  "Moulton")  and 
Thomas  Moulton  appear  in  a  partial  list  of  these  original  settlers, 
which  may  be  found  in  Belknap's  History  of  New  Hampshire, 
Vol.  1,  page  37. 

General  Jonathan  Moulton  was  a  descendent  of  John  above 
named :  he  was  born  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  June  30th, 
1726,  and  died  at  Hampton  in  the  year  1788,  at  the  age  of  62. 
He  was  a  large  proprietor  in  lands,  and  several  nourishing  towns 
in  the  interior  of  this  State  owe  their  early  settlement  to  his  exer- 
tions and  influence.  This  fact  is  mentioned  in  "Farmer  and 
Moore's  Gazetteer,"  published  in  1823.  When  he  was  thirty- 
seven  years  old,  the  town  of  Moultonborough  was  granted  to  him 
and  sixty-one  others,  by  the  Masonian  proprietors,  November  17, 
1763.  He  was  already  noted  for  the  distinguished  service  which 
he  had  rendered  in  the  Indian  wars,  which  ended  with  the  Ossipee 
tribe,  along  the  northerly  borders  of  Moultonborough,  in  1763. 
Many  of  his  adventures  during  this  bloody  period  have  been  pre- 
served and  transmitted  to  the  present  time ;  enough  indeed,  to  fill 
a  large  space  in  this  brief  sketch. 

It  may  be  well  to  preserve  one  of  these  incidents  in  this  record : 
An  octogenarian  in  the  vicinity  of  Moultonborough  relates 
that,  during  the  Indian  wars,  Colonel,  afterwards  General  Jona- 
than Moulton  went  out  with  a  scouting  party  from  Dover.  After 
numerous  adventures,  they  met  with  and  attacked  a  party  of  six 
Indians,  near  a  place  now  known  as  Clark's  Landing,  on  the  shore 
of  Lake  Winnipesaukee,  all  of  whom  fell  in  the  skirmish  which 
ensued,  with  one  exception.  The  Colonel  had  a  large  dog  with 
him,  which,  after  the  affray  was  over,  he  placed  upon  the  track 
of  the  escaped  Indian.  The  dog  ran  off  on  to  the  ice.  The  party 
followed,  and  as  they  approached  the  entrance,  of  what  is  now 
Green  Bay  they  saw  in  the  distance  that  the  dog  had  the  Indian 


244  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

down  upon  the  ice;  and  when  they  reached  the  spot  the  Indian 
was  dead, — killed  by  the  dog. 

The  active  services  of  the  General  in  these  border  wars  had 
made  him,  at  an  early  age,  well  and  favorably  known  to  the  lead- 
ing men  of  that  day.  His  numerous  raids  and  scouts,  in  the  region 
occupied  by  the  Ossipee  tribes,  had  made  him  well  acquainted 
with  the  wilderness,  and  with  the  adjacent  country  upon  the  west- 
ern shores  of  the  lake,  and  no  doubt  secured  to  him  the  land  grant 
which  he  obtained,  in  common  with  many  of  his  companions  in 
arms,  lie  was  rightly  placed  at  the  head  of  the  grantees,  by  the 
Masonian  proprietors,  and  the  town  of  Moultonborough,  which 
was  named  after  him,  perpetuates  the  memory  of  his  rugged 
virtues  and  of  his  enterprising  character.  His  descendents  have 
been  inhabitants  of  Moultonborough  and  of  Centre  Harbor  to  the 
present  time. 

After  obtaining  the  grant,  the  General  devoted  much  of  the 
remainder  of  his  life  to  this  territory,  he  obtained  from  Governor 
Wentworth  the  grant  of  land  now  known  as  the  town  of  New 
Hampton,  which  was  formerly  a  part  of  Moultonborough  gore, 
then  called  "Moultonborough  Addition."  The  following  amusing 
account  of  the  way  in  which  General  Monlton  secured  this  last 
grant  appears  in  Fogg's  Gazeteer,  and  is  to  be  found  in  other 
histories  of  those  early  times : 

"In  1763,  General  Jonathan  Monlton.  of  Hampton,  having  an 
ox  weighing  one  thousand  four  hundred  pounds,  fattened  for  the 
purpose,  hoisted  a  flag  upon  his  horns,  and  drove  him  to  Ports- 
mouth as  a  present  to  Governor  Wentworth. 

The  General  refused  any  compensation  for  the  ox,  but  said 
he  would  like  a  charter  of  a  small  gore  of  land  he  had  discovered 
adjoining  the  town  of  Moultonborough,  of  which  he  was  one  of 
the  principal  proprietors.  The  Governor  granted  this  simple  re- 
quest of  General  Moulton,  and  he  called  it  New  Hampton,  in 
honor  of  his  native  town. 

This  small  gore  of  land  contained  nineteen  thousand  four  hun- 
dred and  twenty-two  acres,  a  part  of  which  now  constitutes  Centre 
Harbor." 


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Thus  it  appears  that  General  Moulton,  by  his  energy  and  enter- 
prise largely  contributed  to  the  formation  of  three  towns — one 
named  New  Hampton,  by  him ;  another  named  Moultonborough 
for  him ;  and  the  third,  Centre  Harbor,  was  carved  from  a  part 
of  his  grant  called  "Moultonborough  Addition." 

Many  curious  traditions  are  still  extant  with  regard  to  General 
Moulton.  He  is  said  to  have  traded  his  soul  to  Satan  for  a  boot 
full  of  gold  and  then  to  have  cheated  the  Devil  by  removing  the 
bottom  of  the  boot  so  it  could  not  be  filled.  After  his  death  the 
ghosts  of  himself  and  his  wife  were  thought  to  revisit  the  old 
mansion  by  night,  he.  thumping  with  his  heavy  gold  headed  cane, 
and  his  wife  moving  along  in  her  rustling  silk  gown.  The  ghosts 
were  "laid"  with  formal  exercises  and  afterwards  walked  no  more. 

General  Moulton  is  the  hero  of  Whittier's  poem,  "The  New 
Wife  and  the  Old/' 

From  Dow's  History  of  Hampton  we  take  the  following: 

We  have  met  General  Moulton  often  in  these  pages ;  but  here 
let  us  pause  and  take  our  leave  of  him,  for  we  shall  meet  him  no 
more.  We  have  seen  him  honoured  year  after  year  to  represent 
his  townsmen  in  the  Legislature.  We  have  seen  him  the  intrepid 
commander,  in  responsible  positions,  amid  the  perils  of  war.  We 
have  never  seen  him  false  to  his  trust  or  incompetent  in  its  execu- 
tion. A  certain  reticence  and  lofty  bearing  in  the  mastship  affair 
once  aroused  the  displeasure  of  his  fellow  citizens ;  and  perhaps 
the  same  qualities,  with  his  general  characteristics  as  a  man  in 
advance  of  his  age,  and  shrewd  in  his  business  may  have  held  the 
envy  and  dislike  of  many  through  life. 

And  yet  one  cannot  believe  he  would  have  been  so  honored 
and  trusted  through  a  most  critical  period  of  our  history,  had 
he  been  unworthy. 

General  Jonathan  was  a  descendant  of  John,  of  the  fourth 
generation.     (Jacob3,  John2,  John1.) 


DAVID  MOULTON. 
(From  a  Portland  Paper.) 
The  good  people  of  Portland,  Maine  were  shocked  to  hear  of 
the  death  of  David  Moulton,  United  States  Deputy  Collector  of 


246  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Customs,  which  sad  event  occurred  at  his  residence  in  Deering, 
Sunday  morning. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  in  town  the  Thursday  previous  to  his  death 
attending  to  his  duties  at  the  Custom  House  as  usual,  but  he 
complained  of  illness,  and  when  he  left  the  city  in  the  afternoon 
for  his  home,  it  was  never  to  return.  His  doctors,  Dr.  Foster,  of 
Deering  and  Dr.  Vose  did  all  they  could  for  him,  but  he  died  of 
typhoid  pneumonia  in  fifty-four  hours.  He  had  often  suffered 
from  serious  and  severe  attacks  of  gastric  trouble  but  never  before 
of  lung  trouble  as  far  as  we  know. 

The  loss  of  such  a  man  as  Mr.  Moulton  will  be  severe  in  the 
community.  He  was  of  a  most  amiable  disposition,  a  man  of  great 
fidelity  and  integrity  as  his  long  connection  with  the  Custom  De- 
partment shows,  and  a  man  so  universally  cheerful,  possessed  of 
such  a  rare  fund  of  wit  and  humor,  that  he  endeared  himself  to 
all  with  whom  he  came  in  contact.  To  those  with  whom  he  was 
associated  his  loss  will  be  keenly  felt.  Collector  Anderson  said 
yesterday  he  didn't  know  what  they  should  do  without  Moulton, 
he  was  so  accurate,  and  the  system  of  accounts  at  the  Custom 
House  was  so  intricate. 

To  the  many  associations  to  whom  he  gave  his  services  as  a 
reader — for  his  reputation  as  "Elder  Crawford"  was  wide 
spread — he  will  be  greatly  missed.  As  a  poet,  he  had  much  grace 
of  language,  and  his  travesty  on  the  "Peabody  Wake"  will  never 
be  forgotten  so  long  as  George  Peabody's  name  is  remembered. 

David  Moulton  was  sixth  in  descent  from  John  Moulton,  the 
emigrant  ancestor,  who  was  born  at  Ormsby,  Norfolk  County, 
England,  about  1599.  Left  England,  with  his  wife  Annie  and 
five  children,  in  the  spring  of  1637;  settled  at  Winnacunnett,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1638,  admitted  a  freeman,  May  22,  1639,  was 
chosen  the  first  deputy  to  the  General  Court  the  next  September, 
and  died  about  1650. 

His  grandfather,  David  Moulton,  was  a  soldier  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary War,  and  was  in  the  battle  of  Butt's  Hill,  Rhode 
Island,  fought  August  29,  1778,  under  the  command  of  General 
Sullivan.  He  married  Dorothy,  a  descendant  of  Joseph  Moulton, 
who  was  also  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Winnacunnett  (Hampton), 


JOHN   OF   HAMPTON.  247 

New  Hampshire.  Removed  from  Hampton  to  Porter  in  1794,  and 
at  the  first  town-meeting  held  after  the  incorporation  of  Porter 
in  1807,  he  was  chosen  chairman  of  the  select-men  and  continued 
a  member  of  the  board  until  1822,  with  the  exception  of  two  years. 

Joseph  Moulton,  second  son,  and  father  of  the  subject  of  this 
sketch,  was  born  in  1797.  He  married  Abigail  Goodwin,  daughter 
of  Zachariah  Beal,  of  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  February 
10,  1823.  She  was  born  at  New  Market,  January  25,  1798.  He 
was  a  shoemaker  and  tanner  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and 
at  Porter,  Maine,  until  1835,  when  he  removed  to  Foxcroft,  Maine, 
where  he  carried  on  farming  until  1855,  when  he  removed  to 
Westbrook  (now  Deering).  He  held  the  office  of  Adjutant  of 
Second  Regiment,  Second  Brigade,  Sixth  Division,  ten  years ;  of 
Deputy  Sheriff  for  Oxford  County,  eight  years ;  for  Piscataquis 
County,  eight  years ;  of  Coroner,  for  fourteen  years ;  of  United 
States  Deputy  Marshal  (appointed  in  1840)  ;  and  of  selectman, 
assessor  and  overseer  of  the  poor  of  Westbrook  for  the  years 
1856-57.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  until  the  formation  of 
the  Republican  party. 

Of  their  children,  David  was  the  oldest  son  and  was  born  at 
Porter,  November  21,  1825.  He  was  educated  at  the  town  school 
of  Porter  and  Foxcroft  Academy.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  be- 
came a  clerk  in  Bangor.  Subsequently  he  was  a  student  at  Fox- 
croft Academy,  followed  by  two  terms  as  a  teacher.  In  the  spring 
of  1844  he  came  to  Portland,  and  for  several  years  was  a  clerk  in 
a  hat  and  cap  store.  He  afterwards  set  up  business  for  himself, 
and  engaged  in  the  hat  and  cap  trade,  and  for  a  time  in  the  sale  of 
corn  and  flour.  May  15,  1863,  he  was  appointed  Deputy  Collector 
of  Customs  for  the  District  of  Portland  and  Falmouth.  This 
office  he  continued  to  hold,  having  officiated  under  Jedediah 
Jewett,  Governor  Washburn,  Lot  M.  Morrill,  Fred  N.  Dow  and 
Samuel  J.  Anderson,  Collectors.  He  also  acted  as  cashier  at  the 
Custom  House,  and  was  responsible  for  a  faithful  and  accurate 
disposition  of  all  moneys  received.  General  Taylor,  for  whom  he 
cast  his  first  vote,  Lincoln  and  Grant,  were  his  choice  for  presi- 
dents. He  married,  November  26,  1852,  Elizabeth  J.,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  Wentworth,  of  Biddeford.    His  wife  was  born  April 


248  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

4,  1829,  and  died  February  10,  1869,  leaving  five  children,  Abbie 
Cora,  deceased,  Henry  C,  Sarah  Agnes,  George  Albert  and  Man- 
Lizzie. 

Mr.  Moulton's  two  daughters  resided  with  him  at  Deering. 
and  his  two  sons  resided  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  one  of  them 
doing  business  in  Boston.  He  was  a  member  of  Woodford  Lodge 
of  Masons  and  the  Masonic  Relief  and  Portland  Commandery ; 
a  former  member  of  Rramhall  and  a  present  member  of  Rocky 
Hill  Lodge  of  Knights  of  Pythias ;  a  member  of  Harmony  Lodge 
and  Ivy  Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  the  Odd  Fellows  Relief ;  a 
member  of  Woodford  Commandery  Lmited  Order  of  the  Golden 
Cross ;  a  member  of  the  Order  of  Good  Templars,  and  of  the  Citi- 
zen's Relief. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  a  descendant  of  John,  of  the  seventh  gen- 
eration.    (Joseph9,  David6,  John4,  John3,  John2,  John1.) 


JOHN  CARROLL  M<  HJLTON. 

John  Carroll  Moulton,  son  of  Jonathan  Smith  Moulton  and 
Deborah  (Neal)  Moulton,  born  in  Centre  Harbor,  December  24, 
1810,  is  the  subject  of  our  sketch.  In  addition  to  the  ordinary 
opportunities  of  the  district  school,  in  his  native  town,  he  attended 
Holmes  Academy,  at  Plymouth,  Xew  Hampshire,  where  for  sev- 
eral terms  he  pursued  his  studies  under  the  instruction  of  the 
late  Samuel  Burns,  who  ranked  among  the  foremost  teachers  of 
his  time.  To  perfect  himself  in  mathematical  studies,  for  which 
he  showed  an  early  and  natural  aptitude,  he  placed  himself  under 
the  tuition  of  Master  Dudley  Leavitt.  the  noted  almanac-maker, 
who,  for  many  years,  opened  an  annual  term  of  high  school  in 
Meredith,  where  he  taught  all  the  advanced  branches  of  mathe- 
matics to  pupils,  who  in  that  day  flocked  from  every  part  of  the 
country  to  place  themselves  at  the  feet  of  this  great  mathematical 
Gamaliel.  These  studies  he  ardently  pursued  far  beyond  the  limits 
of  the  ordinary  academical  course,  and  they  seem  to  have  im- 
pressed upon  him  a  permanent  proficiency  often  called  for  and 
manifested  in  the  various  large  business  transactions,  with  which 


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JOHN    OF   HAMPTON.  249 

he  has  been  connected  for  so  many  years.  During  the  intervals  of 
schools,  he  assisted  his  father — who  was  in  trade  and  a  large 
farmer — as  clerk  and  general  assistant  in  his  extensive  business. 
In  1831,  at  about  the  age  of  twenty,  he  opened  a  store  and  com 
menced  trade  at  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  remained 
about  a  year,  when  he  returned,  and  resumed  the  same  business 
at  Centre  Harbor. 

July  15,  1833,  he  married  Nellie  B.  Senter.  He  then  opened 
a  hotel  in  what  has  since  grown  to  be  one  of  the  famous  board- 
ing-houses of  Centre  Harbor,  and  with  the  aid  of  his  brilliant  and 
accomplished  wife,  united  the  duties  of  landlord  and  merchant, 
which  employments  he  continued  there  for  several  years.  In  1836, 
Lake  Village,  New  Hampshire,  began  to  attract  attention  as  a 
place  of  large  prospective  business,  and  Mr.  Moulton  left  Centre 
Harbor,  and  opened  a  store  at  that  place.  He  also  engaged  in 
manufacturing,  and  continued  in  these  employments  for  several 
years. 

In  1841,  he  removed  to  Laconia,  then  known  the  world  over  as 
Meredith  Bridge,  and  took  charge  of  the  Belknap  Hotel.  This 
being  the  only  stage  house  of  that  lively  place,  it  wras  usually  in- 
undated with  the  stream  of  public  travel,  peculiar  to  those  times. 
He  continued  this  business  about  two  years,  when  he  opened  a 
book-store  and  an  apothecary-shop  in  a  building,  which  stood  on 
the  site  now  occupied  by  the  post  office  and  the  national  bank.  He 
was  soon  after  appointed  postmaster — in  the  latter  part  of  Tyler's 
administration ;  was  re-appointed  by  President  Polk,  through 
whose  term  he  held  the  office,  which  he  continued  to  do  a  short 
time  before  the  term  of  President  Taylor,  when,  being  a  life-long 
Democrat,  he  was  removed.  He  was  re-appointed  by  President 
Pierce  and  also  by  President  Buchanan,  during  whose  terms  he 
held  the  office,  which  he  continued  to  do  a  short  time  under  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  when  he  was  superseded  by  the  appointment  of  a 
Republican.  Thus  he  held  the  o/ftce  of  postmaster  during  part  of 
the  terms  of  three  Republican,  and  the  full  term  of  three  Demo- 
cratic administrations,  making  his  term  of  office  about  sixteen 
years  in  all.     The  duties  of  his  long  term  of  service  were  per- 


25O  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

formed  in  a  manner  universally  acceptable  and  satisfactory  to  the 
public. 

In  1848,  the  Boston,  Concord  and  Montreal  Railroad  was 
built  and  completed  from  Concord  to  Plymouth.  Tn  anticipation 
of  this  event,  the  firm  of  Charles  Ranlet  and  Company  built  large 
and  extensive  car-works  at  Laconia,  which  they  designed  par- 
ticularly for  the  construction  of  freight  cars.  The  firm  com- 
menced and  carried  on  the  business,  until  the  decease  of  the  senior 
partner,  in  i860,  when  the  works  were  suspended.  In  1861,  Mr. 
Moulton  became  a  partner,  and  by  his  great  energy  and  business 
capacity  has  developed  a  large  business,  which  employs  some  two 
hundred  men,  most  of  whom  are  skilled  workmen.  The  monthly 
payroll  is  about  eight  thousand  dollars.  The  works  have  been 
repeatedly  enlarged,  and  several  extensive  buildings  erected,  to 
accommodate  the  increase  of  business.  For  several  years,  passen- 
ger cars  of  the  finest  style  and  finish,  as  well  as  freight  cars,  have 
been  built  at  their  works,  and  their  annual  gross  earnings  are  to 
be  reckoned  at  several  hundred  thousand  dollars.  In  February, 
1881,  these  car  shops,  with  most  of  their  machinery  and  contents. 
were  burned  to  the  ground,  and  in  thirty  days  from  the  fire,  cars 
were  being  built  in  new  shops,  which  had  been  erected  on  the  old 
foundations.  Mr.  Moulton  was  then  over  seventy  years  of  age, 
and  was  well  able  to  retire  from  business,  with  an  ample  com- 
petence, to  the  quiet  repose,  which  most  men  desire  as  the  closing 
blessing  of  an  active  and  arduous  life. 

In  1871  and  1872  he  was  chosen  Senator  from  District  Number 
Six,  and  performed  his  official  duties  with  his  accustomed  prompt- 
ness and  fidelity,  and  to  the  satisfaction  of  his  constituents.  He 
was  also  elected  Councilor  for  District  Number  Two,  in  1874.  In 
1876  he  was  one  of  the  Delegates  to  the  Democratic  National 
Convention  held  at  St.  Louis,  which  nominated  Samuel  J.  Tilden 
for  the  Presidency,  and  in  the  ensuing  Presidential  Campaign 
was  one  of  the  candidates  on  the  Democratic  ticket  for  elector. 

In  1865,  the  rapid  growth  of  the  manufacturing,  commercial 
and  other  business  interests  at  Laconia  and  Lake  Village  sug- 
gested to  him  the  great  need  of  additional  financial  facilities.  To 
meet  these  demands,  it  was  necessary  to  procure  a  charter  from 


JOHN   OF   HAMPTON.  251 

the  Government  to  establish  a  national  bank  at  Laconia.  Almost 
insurmountable  obstacles  to  success  in  this  enterprise  were  en- 
countered, and  finally  overcome.  The  charter  was  procured  and 
the  bank  established,  largely  by  the  active  and  persistent  labor  of 
the  subject  of  this  sketch.  Upon  the  organiation  of  the  Laconia 
National  Bank,  he  was  chosen  its  first  president,  and  continuously 
and  acceptably  held  the  position  till  the  time  of  his  death.  It  may 
well  be  said,  that  the  impartiality  with  which  the  accomodations  of 
this  bank  have  been  extended  to  promote  all  hopeful  enterprises, 
has  done  much  to  advance  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  the  place. 

For  several  years,  Mr.  Moulton  was  a  stockholder  in  the  Gil- 
ford Hosiery  Corporation  at  Laconia.  In  1868,  he  became  sole 
owner  of  the  entire  stock  and  property.  He  steadily  continued 
its  successful  operation  unti  the  factory  employed  about  one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  hands,  mostly  females,  at  the  mill,  and  gave  employ- 
ment to  many  households  in  the  surrounding  country.  Mr. 
Moulton  and  Benjamin  E.  Thurston  were  joint  owners  of  the 
extensive  flouring  and  grain  mill  of  Laconia.  He  was  also  a 
large  owner  of  the  stock  in  the  Laconia  Gas,  Light  Company, 
and  did  much  to  place  this  important  pioneer  enterprise  upon 
the  solid  basis  it  now  holds  among  the  public  improvements  cf 
the  growing  town. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  of  Winnipisseoge 
Lodge  No.  7,  which  was  established  at  Laconia  in  1842.  He 
became — after  many  years,  one  of  the  Uniformed  Patriarchs  of 
the  Order. 

His  domestic  and  family  relations  are  as  follows : 

July  15,  1833,  he  married  Nellie  B.  Senter,  of  Centre  Harbor, 
who  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel  M.  Senter.  Her  ancestor, 
Colonel  Joseph  Senter,  and  Ebenezer  Chamberlain  were  the  first 
settlers  in  that  town  in  1765  and  1767.  She  died  November  18, 
i860,  at  Laconia.  Five  children  were  born  to  them,  of  whom 
three  survive. 

Edwin  Carroll  Moulton  was  born  May  25,  1834,  and  died 
November  13,  1867.  He  married  Augusta  Ranlet,  of  Laconia, 
daughter  of  Charles  Ranlet,  and  their  only  child,  Nelly  Augusta 


252  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Moulton.  He  was  an  active  business  man,  full  of  promise,  and 
many  friends  still  cherish  his  memory. 

Samuel  Moore  Senter  Moulton  was  born  August  t,  1837,  and 
resides  at  Laconia.  May  2,  186 1,  he  enlisted  and  served  in  the 
New  Hampshire  Volunteers.  July  26,  186 1,  he  enlisted  in  the 
Regular  Army  of  the  United  States,  and  served  three  years  during 
the  Rebellion,  with  the  mounted  troops.  Since  the  war  he  has 
been  employed  as  book-keeper,  clerk,  and  paymaster  in  the  car 
fastories  above  referred  to.  He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  La- 
conia for  the  years  1868  and  1869;  and  was  Representative  of 
the  town  to  the  Legislature  for  the  years  1876  and  1877.  He 
married  Martha  B.  Thurston,  daughter  of  Benjamin  E.  Thurston, 
who  is  well-known.  He  served  as  Representative  to  the  Legis- 
lature from  the  town  of  Moultonborough  in  Carroll  CCounty, 
for  the  years  1867  and  1868,  after  which  he  removed  to,  and 
now  resides  in  Laconia,  which  town  he  represented  in  the  Legis- 
lature in  1 88 1.  He  was  also  High  Sheriff  of  Belknap  County  in 
the  years  1874  and  1875. 

William  Hale  Moulton  was  born  July  20,  1844,  died  March 
10,  1849. 

Horatio  Francis  Moulton  was  born  January  24,  1848.  During 
the  war  he  was  three  years  in  the  United  States  Navy.  He  was 
one  of  the  naval  cadets,  and  intended  to  pass  his  life  in  the 
United  States  service,  but  was  prevented  by  pulmonary  disease. 
He  married  Ella  S.  Melcher,  of  Springfield,  Massachusetts, 
daughter  of  William  Melcher.  Their  family  consists  of  several 
children.    He  is  Superintendent  of  the  Gilford  Hosiery  Company. 

Ida  Lettice  Moulton  was  born  June  4,  1850.  She  married 
Joshua  B.  Holden,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  their  family 
consists  of  four  children.  Mr.  Moulton  married  his  second  wife, 
Sarah  A.  McDougal,  August  18,  1866.  Her  many  virtues  and  use- 
ful charities  have  endeared  her  to  a  large  circle  of  warm  friends. 

The  lives  of  men  who  are  absolved  in  the  exacting  duties  of 
many  diversified  and  burdensome  pursuits  are  not  crowded  with 
incidents  which  interest  remote  posterity;  but  the  successful  and 
many  sided  enterprises  of  such  men  exert  a  wide  and  beneficial 
influence  in  their  day  and  generation.    Such  a  man  was  Mr.  Moul- 


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ton.  He  was  always  an  open-handed,  public-spirited  citizen.  To 
him,  and  to  two  or  three  others,  we  owe  the  building  of  the  finest 
church  in  Laconia,  and  the  support  of  a  liberal  ministry.  The 
town  of  his  adoption  still  continues  to  exhibit  many  evidences  of 
his  liberal  contributions  to  whatever  tended  to  promote  the  growth 
of  the  town,  the  prosperity  of  its  business,  or  the  public  welfare. 

One  of  his  last  enterprises  for  the  public  benefit  was  the 
building  of  the  most  elegant  opera  house  in  New  England — 
outside  of  Boston — at  an  expense  of  $70,000,  near  the  centre  of 
his  town. 

The  following  is  the  genealogy  of  Hon.  John  Carroll  Moulton, 
of  Laconia,  New  Hampshire. 

1.  John  Moulton,  born  in  England  about  1599,  married  Anne 

,  settled  in  Hampton.     He  died  between  January  23, 

1649  and  October  1,  1650. 

2.  John  Moulton,  son  of  John  and  Anne  Moulton,  Lieutenant 
(called  the  Giant)  b.  in  Newbury,  March  16,  1638,  m.  March  23, 
1666,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Antony  Taylor  and  remained  on  the 
homestead.    She  died  in  1729,  aged  83  years. 

3.  Jacob  Moulton,  son  of  John  and  Lydia  Moulton,  b.  June 
21,  1688.  He  married  December  10,  1714,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
John  Smith. 

4.  Gen.  Jonathan  Moulton,  son  of  Jacob  and  Sarah  Moulton, 
b.  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  June  30,  1726.  January  7,  1749, 
he  married  Abigail  Smith.    He  died  in  1788. 

5.  Benning  Moulton,  son  of  Jonathan  Moulton  and  Abilgail 
(Smith)  Moulton,  b.  May  21,  1761.  He  married  Sally  Lovett 
November  7,  1782.  He  settled  in  Center  Harbor  in  1783,  and 
there  died  December  23,  1834. 

6.  Jonathan  Smith  Moulton,  son  of  Benning  Moulton  and 
Sally  (Lovett)  Moulton,  b.  at  Center  Harbor  December  14,  1785. 
He  married  Deborah  Neal.    He  died  November  15,  1855. 

7.  John  Carroll  Moulton,  son  of  Jonathan  Smith  Moulton 
and  Deborah  (Neal)  Moulton  was  born  in  Center  Harbor,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1810  and  died  July,  1894,  his  good  wife  having  died  two 
months  previous. 


CHAPTER  XII. 

DESCENDANTS  OF  WILLIAM  MOULTON,  OF  HAMPTON,  N.  H. 

(i)  William  Moulton,  born  in  Ormsby,  Norfolk  County, 
England,  about  1617,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Lucia  (Lucy)  Page,  with  whose  family  he  came  to  New  England. 
His  age  is  given  as  twenty  years  in  his  "examination"  before 
leaving  England,  April  11,  1637.  They  landed  probably  at  Bos- 
ton, thence  he  and  the  Pages  went  to  Newbury,  Mass.,  where  it 
seems  they  remained  something  over  a  year  before  joining  the 
new  settlement  at  Winnacunnett,  now  Hampton,  N.  H.,  in  1639. 
At  that  place  he  took  up  his  permanent  abode,  settling  quite  near 
Thomas  and  John  Moulton.  He  died  April  18,  1664.  His  will, 
which  is  found  in  Essex  County,  Mass.,  Probate  Records,  Vol.  2, 
pages  9,  10  and  11,  bears  date  March  8,  1663  (4).  He  declares 
himself  to  be  at  that  time  "sick  and  weak  of  body."  It  is  evident 
that  Mr.  Moulton  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability  and 
force  of  character.  Coming  as  he  did  to  a  new  country  before 
arriving  at  his  majority,  presumably  bringing  little  with  him  and 
dying  at  the  early  age  of  forty-seven,  he  left  what  was,  for  those 
times  a  large  estate — a  double  mansion  in  one  of  the  best  locali- 
ties of  the  new  township  with  "orchyd,"  tillage  land,  "medow" 
and  marshes,  together  with  personal  estate  to  no  inconsiderable 
amount.  All  this  was  distributed  by  his  will  with  a  curious 
particularity  characteristic  of  the  old  country.  This  lengthy  and 
formal  document  is  appended  in  abbreviated  form,  as  to  give  it 
entire  would  occupy  too  much  space. 

THE     LAST     WILL     AND     TESTAMENT     OF     WILLIAM     MOULTON,     OF 

HAMPTON,  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  NORFOLK,  IN 

NEW    ENGLAND. 

I  William  Moulton  being  sick  &  weak  of  body  butt  sound  in 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  255 

vnderstanding  &  memory  doe  by  this  my  last  will  &  testament 
settle  my  Estate  as  followeth: 

Imp.  I  Give  &  bequeath  vnto  Margritt  my  Louing  wife  my 
new  House  being  west  partt  of  my  Dwelling  House  with  the 
Chambers  belonging  thereunto  and  the  use  of  the  leanto  and  the 
one  Halfe  of  the  Orchyd  as  it  is  divided  by  a  path  Goeing  through 
itt,  she  hauing  Liberty  to  choose  which  pt  she  pleaseth,  the  which 
she  is  to  Injoy  during  the  terms  of  Her  life  or  to  her  day  of 
marriage. 

Itt  em.  ...  all  furnituer  .  .  .  and  the  mouables  of 
the  house  excepting  whatt  is  otherwise  disposed  of  as  shall  bee 
after  expressed. 

Ittem.  .  .  .  my  warmeing  pan  &  smoothing  Iron  and  fire 
shouell  &  tonges:  and  the  rest  of  the  Iron,  Brass  and  peuter  is 
to  bee  deuided  into  two  partts  by  one  of  my  exequeters  and  my 
sones  and  then  my  wife  to  Choose  her  partt  and  my  two  Eldest 
sones  to  haue  ihe  other  partt. 

Ittem.  I  give  unto  Margritt  my  Louing  wife  my  whole  stock 
of  neatt  Cattle,  Horse  &  Swine  towards  the  bringing  up  of  my 
Children  .  .  .  only  my  children  are  to  Injoy  those  cattle 
which  are  now  accounted  theirs,  viz. : — my  sone  Joseph  three, 
my  son  Benimen  two  &  Hanna  one  &  Mary  one. 

Ittem.  I  give  unto  my  son  Joseph  Moulton  my  Dwelling 
House  &  Barne  with  all  my  outt  Houseing  and  my  House  Lott 
being  by  estimation  ten  acres  more  or  less  as  it  is  and  ten  acres 
of  planting  land  in  the  north  plaine  lying  by  Henery  Robies  land, 
the  which  was  granted  to  me  by  the  Towne  and  fiue  acres  more 
or  less  lying  in  the  East  field  .  .  .  and  nine  acres  of  fresh 
medow  lying  near  to  the  Great  bores  Head.  Ittem  two  acres 
of  Saltt  marsh  lying  in  a  place  called  the  seueralls 

Ittem  five  acres  of  Saltt  marsh  on  the  other  side  of  the  falls. 
Ittem  three  shares  of  Comonedy,  two  shares  of  the  Cow  comon 
&  one  share  of  the  ox  comon. 

Ittem.  I  give  &  Bequeath  unto  my  sonn  Benjamin  Moulton 
ten  acres  of  planting  land  Adjoyning  to  my  House  Lott  and  ten 
acres  of  planting  land  in  ye  north  plaine.  .  .  .  Ittem  fouer 
acres  of  Medow  in  the  Greatt  Medow     ....     Ittem  three 


256  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

acres  in  the  Greatt  Bores  Head  medow.  litem  fiue  acres  of  Salt 
Marsh  lying-  on  the  other  side  of  the  River.  .  .  .  Ittem  one 
share  of  the  Cows  Comon  and  one  share  of  ye  ox  comon. 

Ittem.  I  Giue  unto  my  Son  Robert  Moulton  six  acres  of 
planting  land  in  the  East  field  Adjoyning  to  the  lott  of  John 
Redman;  And  further  it  is  my  will  .  .  .  when  my  Sone 
Joseph  shall  come  to  the  age  of  twenty-one  vers  hee  shall  enter 
upon  &  possess  which  I  have  here  given  and  appointed  for  him  & 
then  thatt  hee  shall  yerly  pvid  and  lay  in  for  his  mother  fower 
loads  of  Hay  .  .  .  and  every  yeere  fifteen  Bushiles  of  Indian 
Corne  and  eight  Bushiles  of  wheatt  and  fiue  Bushiles  of  malt  all 
merchentable  .  .  .  and  convenient  House  Room  for  Hay  and 
cattell  .  .  .  and  further  that  my  son  Beniamen  shall  pvide 
for  his  mother  thrre  loads  of  Hay  yerly  to  be  putt  into  the  Barne 
and  to  pay  her  ten  bushiles  of  indian  Corne  &  six  bushiles  of 
wheatt  yerly.     ... 

Itt.  I  Giue  &  Bequeth  unto  my  daughter  Hanna  Moulton 
the  some  of  ten  pounds  .  .  .  the  which  is  to  be  Improved  by 
my  Exequetors  for  her  until  shee  shall  com  to  the  Age  of  twenty 
yer  or  att  her  day  of  marriage  which  shall  fall  out  first. 

///.  I  Giue  unto  my  Daughter  Mary  the  some  of  ten  pounds 
.  .  .  fiue  pounds  when  shee  shall  Come  to  the  age  of  sixteen 
vers  and  fiue  pounds  the  yer  following. 

Itt.  I  Giue  unto  my  Daughter  Sarah  the  some  of  ten  pounds 
.  fiue  pounds  when  shee  shall  Come  to  Age  of  sixteen 
veer  and  fiue  pounds  the  yeere  following. 

Ittem  I  Giue  unto  my  Daughter  Ruth  the  some  of  ten 
pounds.     .     .     . 

Ittem  I  doe  appoint  conserning  my  Child  which  is  yet  unBorne 
thatt  if  God  Giue  itt  life  untillitt  come  to  the  age  of  fourteen 
yeeres  itt  shall  choose  a  gardian  and  thatt  then  my  two  sones 
Joseph  &  Beniamen  shall  pay  unto  the  sd  Child  the  some  of  fiue 
pounds  to  bee  Improved  in  the  Hands  of  the  sd  Gardian  for  the 
pfitt  of  the  Child  untill  itt  shall  Come  of  Age.  The  bedstead  & 
the  Greatt  table  and  other  Lumber  shall  Remaine  in  the  house 
.  .  .  by  Lumber  I  intend  tubbs  and  troughs  &  such  like,  and 
when   my   sones    Come    to   Age   my   plowes,   Cartes,   yoakes   & 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  257 

Chaines  and  such  Implements  of  Husbandry  shall  be  deuided 
between  my  two  sones  Joseph  &  Beniamen  .  .  .  my  two 
sones  Joseph  &  Beniamen  shall  pvide  &  bring  home  for  their 
mother  twenty  lodds  of  wood  p  annum;  thirteen  loads  to  bee 
pvided  by  Joseph  &  seaven  loads  by  Beniamen.     .     .     . 

I  doe  make,  Costitute  and  appoint  my  louing  father  in  law 
Robert  Page,  yeoman  and  my  louing  Brother  in  Law  Henery 
Dow  to  bee  my  Lawful  Exequetors  to  this  my  last  will  and 
testiment  .  .  .  my  sones  .  .  .  shall  allow  vnto  mother 
Commonedy  for  to  keep  her  cattle  .  .  .  and  this  my  last  will 
and  testiment  I  doe  confirme  with  my  hand  &  Seale  the  Eight 
Day  of  March  Anno  D.,  one  thousand  six  Hundred  and  Sixty  & 
three. 

Signed,  Sealed  and  Confirmed        Wittnes  my  Hand  &  Seale 
in  the  psents  of  Will :  Moulton 

Robertt  Page,  (Seal) 

Samuel  Dalton, 
Thomas  Page. 

This  was  testified  by  Robert  Page  &  Tho:  Page  upon  their 
oath  to  be  ye  last  will  &  testamt  of  Willi:  Moulton  also  Sam: 
Dalton  testifid  vpon  his  Oath  this  to  be  ye  last  will  &  testamt 
of  ye  sd  Will.  Moulton  to  his  best  Knowledg:  At  ye  court  held 
at  Hampton  n:8th  mo  1664. 

Tho:  Bradbury,  rec. 

The  tender  care  exhibited  for  "Margritt.  his  loving  wife," 
shows  that  his  early  affection  for  her  had  suffered  no  abatement 
in  the  lapse  of  years.  An  imaginative  mind  can  find  much  of 
romance  and  pathos  in  the  story  of  this  puritan  youth  and  maiden 
who  left  their  English  home  in  the  little  hamlet  of  Ormsby  "near 
Great  Yarmouth  and  not  far  from  Norwich.  In  County  Norfolk" 
and  came  for  conscience  sake  to  New  England  wilderness  only 
seventeen  years  after  the  Mayflower  dropped  anchor  at  Plymouth. 
Margaret,  his  widow,  married  2d,  Lieut.  John  Sanborn.  She 
died  July  13,  1699. 

Children : 
(2)     1.     Joseph,  b. ;  m.  Bathyah  Swaine;  d. . 


258  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(3)  2.     Benjamin,  b.  about  1648;  m.  Hannah  Wall;  d.  March 

28,  1728. 

(4)  3.     Hannah,  b.  February  15,  1652;  m.  Josiah  Sanborn;  d. 

November  6,  1687. 

(5)  4.     Mary,  b.  1654;  d.  July  27,  1664  ( ?)     (Also  said  to  have 

m.  Jonathan  Haynes,  who  m.  (2)  her  sister,  Sarah. 
— Savage  Diet.) 

(6)  5.     Sarah,  b.  December  17,  1656;  m.  December  30,  1674, 

Jonathan  Haynes  of  Newbury,  Mass. 

(7)  6.     Ruth,  b.  May  7,  1659;  m.  Richard  Sanborn. 

(8)  7.     Robert,  b.  November  8,  1661 ;  m.  Lucy  Smith ;  d.  Octo- 

ber 11,  1732. 

(9)  8.     William,  b.  May  25,  1664;  m.  Abigail  Webster;  d.  1732. 


SECOND  GENERATION. 

(2)  Joseph  Moulton2,  son  of  William1,  m.  May  24,  1677, 
Bathyah,  daughter  of  William  Swaine. 

Children : 

(10)  1.  Mary,  b.  February  22,  1678;  d.  unm.  February  21, 

1756. 

(11)  2.     Samuel,  b.  December  25,  1679;  m.  Deborah  Palmer; 

d.  January  22,  1754. 

(12)  3.     Judith,  b.  June  6,  1686;  m.  John  Clark;  d.  May  13, 

1723  (?). 

(13)  4.     Abiah,  b.  July  15,  1689. 

(14)  5.     Sarah,  b.  February  10,  1692;  m.  Joseph  Page. 

(3)  Benjamin  Moulton",  son  of  William1,  m.  Hannah, 
daughter  of  James  Wall.  She  inherited  a  part  of  her  father's 
homestead,  where  they  resided,  and  it  is  still  occupied  by  their 
descendants. 

Children : 

(15)  1.     James,  b.  December  13,  1686;  m.  Mary  Redman. 

(16)  2.     Benjamin,  b. ;  m.  Elizabeth  Sanborn. 

(17)  3.     Mary,  b.  June  5,  1691 ;  m.  Thomas  Batchelder ;  d.  May 

22,  1716. 

(18)  4.     Joseph,  b.   September  27,   1693;  m.  Hannah  (?)  ;  d. 

May  4,  1750. 

(19)  5.     Elizabeth,  b.  March  3,  1696;  d.  unm.  January  5,  1773. 

(20)  6.     Ezekiel,  b.  ;  m.  Sarah  Moulton;  d.  January 

12,  1783. 


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(8)     Robert  Moulton2,  son  of  William1,  m.  May  29,  1689, 
Lucy,  daughter  of Smith. 

Children : 

(21)  1.     William,  b.  March  8,  1690;  m.  Abigail  Page. 

(22)  2.     Robert,  b.   February    15,    1693;  m.   Sarah  Lamprey; 

d.  October  3,  1778. 

(23)  3-     Jeremiah,  b.  December  1,  1696;  m.  Martha . 

(24)  4.     Jonathan,  b.   June   5,    1702;  m.   Elizabeth   Lamprey; 

d.  May  22,  1735. 


(9)  William  Moulton2  of  Newbury,  son  of  William1,  m. 
May  27,  1685,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Webster,  Jr.,  son  of 
John  of  Ipswich.  She  d.  July  24,  1723.  Mr.  Moulton's  will  is 
dated  October  12,  1732,  proved  October  30,  following.  He  mar- 
ried  (2)    Sarah  ,  who  survived  him.     He  owned  land 

in  Amesbury  and  Salisbury.  Estate  valued  at  £1,433  7s.  Is  called 
in  various  deeds  on  record:  Weaver,  Inn  Holder,  Trader,  Mer- 
chant. Had  a  shop  near  Moulton  Hill,  in  Newbury,  and  made 
silver  buckles  and  ornaments. 

Children : 

Abigail,  b.  June  13,  1686;  m.  Samuel  Bartlett  of  New- 
bury. 

Batt,  b.  July  4,  1688;  m.  (1)  Hannah  Libby  of  Salem; 
(2)  Jemina ;  d.  1750. 

William,  b.  about  1690;  m.  (1)  Sarah ;  (2) 

Ruth  Emery;  d.  1762. 

Jonathan,  b.  September  7,  1692 ;  m.  Rebecca  Chase ; 
d.  January  26,  1717. 

Joseph,  b.  November  25,  1694 ;  m.  Mary  Noyes ;  d. 
about  1756. 

Stephen,  b.  ;  m.  Rebecca  Chase.     Removed 

to  Rehoboth,  Mass. 

Margaret,  b.  February  21,  1698(9)  ;  d.  September  25, 
1701. 

Sarah,  b.  July  4,  1701 ;  m.  her  cousin,  Ezekiel  Moul- 
ton; d.  August  7,  1783. 

Mary,  b.  August  2,  1705 ;  m. Morse.    Had  a 

daughter,  Margaret. 


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THIRD    GENERATION. 

(n)     Samuel  Moulton'  (Joseph2,  William'),  m.  August  8, 
1706,  Deborah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Palmer.    She  d.  May  20,  1716. 
Children : 

(34)  1.     Joseph,  b. ;  m.  Bethia  Hobbs  ;  d. . 

(35)  2.     Deborah,  b.  February  5,  1712;  m.  Andrew  Mace. 

(36)  3-     Samuel,  b.  November  15,  1713. 

(37)  4.     Ebenezer,  b.  May  10,  1716. 

(15)  James  Moulton'  (Benjamin2,  William1),  m.  March 
11,  1714,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Redman. 

Children : 
.(38)      1.     Hannah,  b.  March  2.  1715. 

(39)  2.     Richard,  bapt.  May  5,   1717. 

(40)  3.     Mary.  bapt.  February  6,   1721  ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(41)  4.     Mary,  bapt.  October  14,  1722. 

(16)  Benjamin  Moulton'  (Benjamin2,  William1),  m.  Au- 
gust 25,  1720,  Elizabeth  Sanborn,  and  settled  at  Hampton  Falls. 
She  was  b.  1680,  and  d.  October  5,  1743. 

Children : 

(42)  1.     Benjamin,  b.  May  18,  1721  ;  m.  Sarah  Rowell ;  d.  Sep- 

tember 10,  1782. 

(43)  2.     Abigail. 

(44)  3.     Unknown. 

(18)  Joseph  Moulton'  (Benjamin2,  William'),  m.  Hannah 
(?)  :  d.  May  4.  1750,  aged  $j.  Descend- 
ants, if  any,  not  traced. 

(20)  Ezekiel  Moulton'  (Benjamin2,  William1),  m.  Sarah 
(32),  daughter  of  William  Moulton  of  Newbury,  Mass. 

Children : 

(45)  1.     Susanna,  b.  July  3,  1728. 

(46)  2.     Benjamin,  b.  June  29,  1729;  m.  Mary  Hrown ;  d.  May 

15.  1793- 

(47)  3.     Hannah,  b.  January  6,  1731  ;  d.  unm.  January  30,  1794. 

(48)  4.     Mary,  b.  March  17.  1733;  d.  unm.  March  25,  1818. 

(49)  5.     Small,  b.  November  1,  1734;  m.  (1)  Martha  Mason; 

(2)  Elizabeth  Shaw. 

(50)  6.     Ezekiel.  b.  May  16,  1740;  m.  Ruth  Sanborn.    Went  to 

Moultonboro',  N.  H. 


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(51)     7.     Elizabeth,  b.  June  2,  1742;  d.  August  23,  1754. 

(21)  William  Moulton3   (Robert2,  William1),  m.  Decem- 
ber 23,  1715,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Christopher  Page. 

Children : 

Dorothy,  b.  November  3,  1716;  m.  Robert  Drake;  d. 
November  II,  1786. 

Nathan,  b.  April  24,  1718;  m. Dow;  d.  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1772. 

Stephen,  b.  December  23,  1720;  d.  February  15,  1721. 

Shubael,  b.  December  20,  172 1  ;  d.  November  25,  1723. 

Abigail,  b.  June  13,  1724;  m.  Samuel  Palmer;  d.  No- 
vember 16,  1783. 

Ephraim,  b.   May   24.    1726;  m.   Mehitable  Godfrey. 
Went  to  Xewfield.  Me. 

Lucy,  b.  July  14.  1728:  m.  Amos  Knowles ;  d.  Novem- 
ber 27,  1823. 
8.     Stephen,  b.  May  5.  1730:  d.  unm.  November  5,  1748. 

Huldah.  b.  June   13,   1732;  m.  Carter  Batchelder;  d. 
April  7,  1773. 

(61)  10.     Hannah,  b.  March  3.  1734:  m.  Josiah  Marston. 

(22)  Robert   Moulton3    (Robert2,   William1),   m.   July  9, 
1719,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Lamprey. 

Children : 

(62)  1.     Daniel,  b.  April  18,  1720. 

(63)  2.     Sarah,  b.  March  24,  1722. 

(64)  3.     Deborah,  b.  October  14,  1724:  m.  Enoch  Fogg. 

(65)  4.     Robert,  b.  May  10,  1727;  m.  (1)   Susanna  ; 

(2)  Mary ;  d.  July  10,  1795. 

(66)  5.     Jonathan,  bapt.  September  4.  ;  d.  September 

10,  i/35- 

(67)  6.     Mary,  b.  October  7.  1739. 

(23)  Jeremiah  Moulton3  (Robert2,  William1),  m.  Martha 
.    Wife's  name  is  also  given  as  Mary .     She  d. 


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4 

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9 

March  10,  1770. 

(68)     1.     Martha,  b.  August  29,  1750. 

(24)  Jonathan  Moulton'  (Robert2,  William1),  m.  Decem- 
ber 21,  1727.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Lamprey.  He  d. 
at  the  age  of  33. 


262  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Children : 

(69)  1.     Jonathan,   b.   April    19,    1729;    m.    Sarah   Dow;    re- 

moved to  Scarborough,  Me.,  in  April,  1775 ;  d. 
April  22,  182 1. 

(70)  2.     Daniel,  b. 1731 ;   m.  (1)  Grace  Reynolds, 

(2)  Hannah  Beck  Cotton.  Went  to  Scarborough, 
Me.,  about  1745  and  settled  there;  d.  August  26, 
1809. 

(71)  3.     Robert,  b.  May  20,  1733;   m.  (1)  Elizabeth  Philbrick, 

(2)  Sarah . 

(72)  4.     Reuben,  b.   ab.    1735;    m.   Hannah   Philbrick;    d.   at 

Rye,  N.  H. 

(26)  Batt  Moulton5    (William2.   William'),  married    (1) 
December  4,  1712,  Hannah  Libby,  of  Salem,  Mass.     She  died  in 

Amesbury,  November  8,  1729.     (2)  Jemina .    He  was 

a  carpenter  and  removed  to  Amesbury,  where  he  died,  about 
1750.  His  brother  William  was  appointed  administrator  of  his 
estate,  February  4,  1750.  He  was  named  for  his  maternal  grand- 
mother, Ann  Batt.  The  first  four  children  were  born  in  New- 
bury, the  others  in  Amesbury. 

Children : 

(73)  1.     Hannah,  b.  March  23,  17 14. 

(74)  2.     Daniel,  b.  November  21,  1715. 

(75)  3-     Abigail,  b.  November  16,  1717. 

(76)  4.     Sarah,  b.  November  19.   1719. 

(77)  5-     Jonathan,    b.    November    19,    1720.      Probably    died 

young. 

(78)  6.     Jonathan,  b.  May  17.  1722.     Probably  died  young. 

(79)  7.     Lydia,  b.  October  1,  1726;    m.  Nathan  Chase,  Febru- 

ary 15,  1752. 

(80)  8.     Lois.'b.  February  2,  1732  (3). 

(81)  9.     Tonathan,  b.  November  4,  1735. 

(82)  10.     David,  b.  April  28,  1738. 

(83)  11.     Moses,  b.  March  12,  1742  (3). 

(84)  12.     Aaron,  b.  May  16,  1745. 

(27)  William    Moulton'    (William',   William1),   married 

(1)   Sarah  ,   (2)   April  24,  1716,  Ruth  Emery,  who 

survived  him.     He  removed  to  Amesbury,  where  he  died.     Was 
a  weaver.     His  will  was  proved  December  20,  1762;    mentions 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  263 

a  grandson  David  Noyes,  probably  son  of  daughter,  Elizabeth. 
His  sons,  Stephen,  William  and  Jonathan  were  living  when  will 
was  made. 

Children : 

(85)  1.     Stephen,  b.  . 

(86)  2.     Ruth,  b.  at  Newbury,  May  II,  1718;    married  Ben- 

jamin Sargent. 

(87)  3.     Anna,  b. ;  m. Rogers. 

(88)  4.     Mary,  b. ;   m.  Allen. 

(89)  5.     Joseph,  b. — 

(90)  6.     William,  b. 


(91)  7-     Jonathan,  b.  December  14,  1730. 

(92)  8.     Elizabeth,    b.    December    24,    1734;     m.    

Noyes  (?). 

(93)  9.     David,  b.  November  4,  1736. 

(28)  Jonathan  Moulton*  (William2,  William1),  b.  in 
Newbury ;  married  December  5,  1716,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Aquilla  and  Esther  Chase. 

Children : 

(94)  1.     Jonathan,  b.  in  Newbury,  February  16,   1717.     Was 

of  Newbury,  March  26,  1738-9  when  he  gave  dis- 
charge to  his  guardian,  Joseph  Hills. 

(29)  Joseph  Moulton'  (William2,  William1),  b.  in  New- 
bury; married  July  25,  1717,  Mary  Noyes,  who  survived  him. 
He  was  a  blacksmith.  Added  to  his  business  the  making  of  gold 
beads,  etc.  Moved  to  Newburvport.  This  branch  has  been 
called  "the  Goldsmith  Moultons."  Will  proved  March  1,  1756. 
Sons  of  Joseph  and  Stephen  residuary  legatees. 

Children : 

(95)  1.     Samuel,  b.   May   15,   1718;    m.  Mary  Ordway;    d. 

»  1756. 

(96)  2.     William,  b.  July  12,  1720. 

(97)  3.     Anne,  b.  April  1,  1722. 

(98)  4.     Joseph,  b.  August  4,  1724. 

(99)  5-     Cutting,  b.   September   11,    1726;    d.  December  29, 

1729. 

(100)  6.     Eunice,  b.  January  29,  1728;   m.  Thomas  Eaton. 

(101)  7.     Mary,  b.  July  14,   1731 ;    m.  Samuel  Pettengill,  of 

Salisbury. 

(102)  8.     Stephen,  b.  July  17,  1733. 


264 


MOULTON    ANNALS. 


(103)  9.     Elizabeth,  b.  October  , 

(104)  10.     Abigail,  b.  August  20,  1738, 


1735 ;    m.  Jackman. 


(30)  Stephen  Moulton3  (William2,  William1),  born  in 
Newbury;  married  December  14,  1721,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Rebecca  Chase;    lived  in  Rehoboth,  Mass. 

Children : 

(105)  1.     Rebecca,  b.  June  8,  1723. 

(106)  2.     Abigail,  b.  March  7,   1725    (6). 

(107)  3.     Mary,  b.  June  8,  1732. 

(108)  4.     Judith,  b.  August  8,  1734. 

(109)  5.     Elizabeth,  b.  July  22,   1736. 
(no)     6.     Stephen,  b.   July    II,    1738. 

Mass. 

Elihu,  born  in  Rehoboth,  is  also  supposed  to  belong  to  this 
family.  His  son  was  born  June  23,  1808,  in  Rehoboth,  and  a 
grand-son  of  Elihu  was  Ephraim  F.,  born  at  Rehoboth,  Sep- 
tember 19,  1834.  Ephraim  F.  was  Colonel  of  the  Militia  in 
Massachusetts,  and  resided  over  forty  years  in  Melrose,  where 
he  for  many  years  carried  on  business  as  a  stone  mason  and 
contractor. 


Resided   in   Rehoboth, 


FOURTH     GENERATION. 


(34)     Joseph  Moulton4  (Samuel1,  Joseph',  William1),  mar- 
ried December  24,  1733,  Bethia,  daughter  of  Nehemiah  Hobbs. 

Children : 
in)     1.     Nehemiah,  b.  October  3,  1734:    m.  Sarah  -  -; 

d.  August  17,  181 5. 


112) 

113) 
114) 

115) 
116) 


Joseph,  b.  February  1,  1737;   m.  Sarah  Godfrey;   d. 

June  29,  1839. 

,  b.  June,  1739;    d.  June,  1739. 

Bethia,  b.  September  12,  1840;    m.  Jonathan  Smith, 

of  Rye;    d.  December  3,  1772.     . 
Deborah,  b.  March  4,  1744. 
Samuel,  b.  September  1,  1747;  m.  Elizabeth  Mason; 

d.  . 


(39)  Richard  Moulton*  (James*,  Benjamin2.  William1) 
was  probably  father  of  Redmond  who  came  to  Freedom,  N.  H., 
and  settled  on  what  is  now  known  as  "Moulton  Brook." 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  265 

(42)     Benjamin    Moulton4    (Benjamin3,   Benjamin2,   Wil- 
liam1), married  Sarah  Rowell,  b.  1719.    She  died  March  23,  1789. 
Children : 

(117)  1.     Benjamin,   b.    May   23,    1743;    m.   ;    d. 

March  5,   1819. 

(118)  2.     Jemina,  b.  February   11,   1747. 

(119)  3.     Thomas,  b.  December  29,  1749;   d.  January  12,  1754. 

(120)  4.     Elizabeth,  b.  March  31,  1752;  d.  September  18,  1759. 

(121)  5.     Thomas,  b.  January  26,  1754. 

(122)  6.     Sarah,  b.  January  14,   1757;    d.  April  20,  1772. 

(123)  7.     Abigail,  b.  June  26,  1759;  d.  April  21,  1777. 
Benjamin  Moulton  moved  on  to  a  farm  in  Kensington,  N.  H., 

soon  after  his  marriage  and  said  farm  is  now  owned  by  one  of 
his  descendants,  Benjamin". 

(46)  Benjamin  Moulton*  (Ezekiel3,  Benjamin2,  Wil- 
liam1), married  Marv,  daughter  of  Tohn  Brown,  of  Hampton 
Falls. 

Children : 

(124)  1.  Abigail,  b.  August  21,  1751  ;   d.  September  11,  1751. 

(125)  2.  Sarah,  b.  December  19,  1752;    d.  September  5,  1754. 

(126)  3.  John.  b.  September  8,  1754;   d.  April  14,  1760. 

(127)  4.  Sarah,  b.  October  22,  1756. 

(49)  Small  Moulton*  (Ezekiel3,  Benjamin2,  William1), 
married  (1)  Martha,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Mason,  who  died 
November  3,  1795 ;  (2)  November  23,  1796,  Elizabeth  Shaw. 
He  removed  to  Wakefield,  Mass.,  where  he  died. 

Children: 

(128)  1.     Elizabeth,  baptized  February  8,  1767. 

(129)  2.     Robert,  baptized  July  24,  1768. 

OS0)     3-     Joseph  Mason,  baptized  December  3,  1770;   married 
Olive  Bragg;   d.  November  9,  1815. 

(131)  4.     Oily,  bap.  December  6,  1772. 

(132)  5.     Charles,  bap.  July  2,  1775;    m.  Rebecca  Coffin;    d. 

September  9,  1825. 

(133)  6.     Mercy,  bap.  July  26,  1778. 

(134)  7.     Jonathan,   bap.   January    14,    1781 ;    m.  

Hoit,  of  Newburyport,  Mass.    Lived  at  Newbury- 
port,  then  Wakefield,  where  he  died. 


266  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(50)  Ekeziel  Moulton*  (Ezekiel',  Benjamin2,  William1), 
married  February  2,  1762,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Stephen  Sanborn, 
and  removed  to  Moultonborough,  N.  H. 

Children : 

(135)  1.     William,  bap.  October  30,  1763.    (Perhaps  others.) 

(53)  Nathan  Moulton*  (William',  Robert2,  William1), 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Simon  Dow. 

Children : 

(136)  1.     Dorothy,  bap.  October  15,  1752;  d.  January  18,  1754. 

(137)  2.     Bethia,  bap.   November  24,   1754;    d.   December  2, 

1754- 

(138)  3.  Nathan  Smith,  b.  August  23,  1756. 

(139)  4.  Jacob,  b.  December  25,  1758. 

(140)  5.  Sarah,  b.  September  25,  1761. 

(141)  6.  Lydia,  b.  September  12,  1764. 

(142)  7.  Jonathan  Smith,  b.  June  12,  1767. 

(143)  8.  John,  b.  December  29,  1769. 

(57)  Ephraim  Moulton4  (William1,  Robert2,  William1), 
born  May  24,  1726;  married  December  27,  1749,  Mehitable, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Godfrey,  and  settled  first  on  a  part  of  his 
father's  home  farm  in  Hampton,  where  he  and  his  sons  all 
occupied  farms  near  each  other.  In  November,  1779,  he  removed 
to  Newfield,  York  County,  Me. 

Children : 

(144)  1.     Mehitable,  b.  January    14,   1751 ;    d.   November  26, 

1753- 

(145)  2.     David,  b.  October  13,  1754;    m.  Mary  Batchelder; 

d.  January  12,  1835. 

(146)  3.     Stephen,  b.   November  26,   1756;    m.    (1)    Deborah 

Hilton,  (2)  Jerusha  Libby;   d.  August  30,  1856. 

(147)  4.     Levi,  b.  February  15,  1759;   m.  ;  d.  No- 

vember 24,  1 83 1. 

(148)  5.     Simeon,  b.  April  26,  1761 ;  m.  (1)  Lydia  Pease,  (2) 

Sarah  Parsons ;   d.  April  10,  1834. 

(149)  6.     Mehitable,  b.  June  18,  1763;  m.  Dea.  Wm.  Symmes; 

d.   .     Children:     Mehitable,   Timothy, 

Austres,  William,  James. 


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(65)  Robert  Moulton4  (Robert3,  Robert2,  William1),  mar- 
ried (1)   Susannah  ;    (2)   Mary  . 

Children :  , 

(150)  1.     Anna,  b.  October  7,  1749;   d.  July,  1772. 

(151)  2.     Sarah,  b.  September  10,  1753;   m.  Dr.  Ebenezer  Til- 

ton  ;   d.  April  15,  1779. 

(152)  3.     Elizabeth,  bap.  December  4,  1757;    d.  November  13, 

1758. 

(69)  Jonathan  Moulton4  (Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1), 
born  April  19,  1729;  married  May  13,  1755,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Dea.  Samuel  Dow,  of  Hampton.  He  removed  to  Scarborough, 
Me.,  from  Hampton,  in  April,  1775.  Settled  on  a  farm  near 
Scarborough  Corner,  now  occupied  by  his  great  grandson,  Henry 
Moulton.  He  had  a  large  farm  and  also  a  tannery.  Was  com- 
monly known  as  "Hampton"  Moulton.  He  and  his  wife  were 
voted  members  of  the  Second  Parish  Church,  July  24,  1777. 
Died  April  22,  1821. 

Children : 

(153)  1.     Mehitable,  b.  October  16,  1755;  m.  Simeon  Marston ; 

d.  March  27,  1825.  Children:  Samuel,  Jonathan, 
Simeon,  John,  Simon,  Hannah,  Mehitable,  Com- 
fort. 

(154)  2.     Sarah,  b.  February  25,  1757;   m.  Daniel  Emery;    d. 

October  29,    1846.     Children :    Jonathan.   Daniel, 
Comfort,  Mercy.  Josiah. 
(x55)     3-     Joseph,  b.  April   13,   1759;    m.   Catherine  Jamison; 
d.  October  22,  1844. 

(156)  4.     Mary,  b.  August  25,  1761  ;  m.  Benjamin  Emery;  d. 

April  22,  1815.    Children:  Mercy,  Sarah,  William, 

(157)  5.     Lucy,  b.   January  3,    1764:    m.   Francis   Libby ;    d. 

August  21,  1819.  Children:  Daniel,  Mehitable, 
Isaac,  Ruth,  William,  Dea.  Joseph,  Rev.  Peter, 
Anna,  Nahum,  Samuel. 

(158)  6.     Jonathan,  b.  March  15,  1766;  m.  Rebecca  Burnham ; 

d.  October  26,  1845. 

(159)  7.     Elizabeth,  b.  March  15,  1768;  m.  Samuel  Sanborn; 

d.  September  15,  1841.   Children:  Mary,  Ebenezer. 

(160)  8.     Comfort,  b.  April  22,  1770;  m.   (1)  Jonathan  Win- 

gate,  (2)  Samuel  Meserve ;  d.  December  24,  1848. 
Children :  Clement,  Jonathan,  Olive,  and . 


268  MOULTOX    ANNALS. 

(161)  9.     Daniel,  b.  August  28,  1774;   m.  Polly  Libby ;    d.  De- 

cember 23,  1862. 

(70)  Daniel  Moulton,  Captain*  (Jonathan',  Robert', 
William1),  born  in  Hampton,  N.  H.,  1731.  His  father  died  when 
he  was  four  years  old,  and  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  man  who 
treated  him  harshly.  About  1745,  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  he 
ran  away  and  went  to  the  new  settlements  in  Maine,  first  to 
Saco,  and  then  to  Scarborough,  where  he  settled  on  the  east  side 
of  Nonsuch  river,  near  "Rocky  Hill,"  opposite  what  is  now  known 
as  the  Daniel  Carter  place.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  became 
the  owner  of  large  tracts  of  land,  holding  most  of  what  is  now 
Scarborough  Corner  School  District,  and,  it  is  said,  about  two 
miles  of  Nonsuch  meadows.  He  had  a  large  square  house  and 
several  large  barns.  He  gave  each  of  his  children  a  farm  with 
large  square  house.  In  later  years  he  paid  a  considerable  sum 
in  settlement  for  "his  time"  to  the  man  to  whom  he  had  been 
apprenticed.  He  is  mentioned  in  Southgate's  History  of  Scar- 
borough, as  one  of  the  prominent  men  in  the  town  after  its  second 
settlement.  He  was  an  especial  favorite  of  Charles  Pine,  the 
hunter  and  Indian  fighter,  whose  granddaughter  he  married, 
and  Pine  attempted  by  will  to  entail  a  tract  of  land  upon  Daniel 
and  his  issue.  He  married  (1)  April  25,  1750,  Grace,  daughter 
of  John  Reynolds  and  Grace  Pine.  Daniel  and  Grace,  his  wife, 
"owned  the  covenant"  in  Second  Parish  Church,  October  29, 
1753.  She  died  December  19,  1787,  aged  fifty-eight.  He  mar- 
ried (2)  Hannah  Beck  Cotton,  of  Pepperellboro.  She  was 
admitted  to  the  Second  Parish  Church  April  5,  1789;  died  Sep- 
tember 4,  1814,  aged  eighty.  He  died  August  26,  1809,  aged 
seventy-eight. 

Children: 

(162)  I.  Charles  Pine,  b.  July  15,  1751  ;  m.  Olive  Fabyan ;  d. 

September  15.  1809. 

(163)  2.  Jonathan,  b.  September  21,  1753;  m.  Mehitable  Har- 

mon ;  d. . 

(164)  3.  John,  b.  September  12,  1755;  m.  (1)  Mary  Burnham ; 

(2)  Burnham  (  ?). 

(165)  4.  Lucy,  b.  January  10,  1758;  m.  Nathaniel  Fenderson ; 

d.  March  16,  1837. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  269 

(166)  5.  ,  b. ;  buried  November,  1761. 

(167)  6.  Daniel,   bap.   June   27,    1762;    d.    July   23,    1763  (?). 

"Drowned  in  a  tubb." 

(168)  7.  Daniel,  b.  May  25,  1764;  m.  Deborah  Dyer;  d.  Febru- 

ary 17,  1849. 

(169)  8.  .  b. ;  buried  November  5,  1766. 

(71)  Robert  Moulton4  (Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  m. 

(1)  July  30,  1754,  Elizabeth  Philbrick,  who  d.  No- 
vember 7,  1754;  (2)  Sarah ,  and  lived  at 

Little  Boar's  Head,  in  Hampton.    (Rev.  Peter  Libby 
stated  that  Robert  removed  to  York  County,  Maine. 
Doubtful.) 
Children : 

170)  1.  Elizabeth,  b.  December  17,  1756. 

171)  2.  Lucy,  b.  November  8,  1758. 

172)  3-  Joses,  b.  June  II,  1760. 

173)  4.  Hannah,  b.  January  13,  1762. 

174)  5.  Daniel,  b.  November  17,  1763. 

175)  6.  Sarah,  bap.  May  10.  1767,  at  North  Hampton. 
x76)  7-  Jonathan,  bap.  March  19,  1769. 
177)  8.  ,  bap.  July  12,  1772. 

(72)  Reuben  Moulton4  (Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  m. 
Hannah  Philbrick;  d.  at  Rye,  N.  H.     Children,  if  any,  not  traced. 

(95)  Samuel  Moulton4  (Joseph',  William2,  William1),  b. 
May  15,  1718;  m.  November  29,  1743,  Mary  Ordway.  Lived  in 
Newbury,  Mass. 

Children : 

(178)  1.  Abigail,  b.  July  23,  1744. 

(179)  2.  Mary,  b.  July  3,  1746;  d.  unm. 

(180)  3.  Cutting,  b.  July  25,  1748;  m.  (1)  Mary  Merrill;  (2) 

Judith   Emery ;   removed  to  Parsonsfield,   Me. ;   d. 
1809. 

(181)  4.  Rebecca,  b.  December  16,  1750;  m.  Henry  Merrill;  d. 

-December  10,  1823. 

(182)  5.  Samuel,  b.  June  14,  1753;  m-  Hannah  Noyes ;  removed 

to  Parsonsfield,  Me. ;  d.  December  25,  1837.     She 
d.  October  30,  181 5. 

(183)  6.  John,  b.  June  15,  1755;  m.  Ednah  Merrill. 


27O  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(96)  William  Moulton*  (Joseph5,  William2,  William1),  b. 
July  12,  1720,  in  Newbury;  m.  September  16,  1742,  Lydia  Green- 
leaf.  Was  a  goldsmith,  and  resided  in  Newburyport  until  1788, 
when  he  removed  to  Marietta,  O.,  with  his  son  Enoch  (Edmond). 
They  were  among  the  forty-eight  pioneers  who  made  a  settlement 
there  in  April,  1788.  S.  P.  Hildreth,  in  his  "Private  History," 
speaks  of  William  and  his  wife,  Lydia;  son,  Edmond,  and  two 
daughters,  Anna  and  Lydia,  as  being  m.  in  Marietta  at  the  time  of 
the  Indian  troubles  there  in  1791.    Mr.  Moulton  died  about  1793. 

"Next,  old  Mr.  William  Moulton  from  Newburyport,  Mass., 
aged  70,  with  his  leather  apron  full  of  old  goldsmith's  tools  and 
tobacco.  Close  at  his  heels  came  his  daughter,  Anna,  with  the 
china  teapot,  cups  and  saucers.  Lydia  brought  the  great  Bible. 
But  when  all  were  in,  the  mother  was  missing.  Where  was 
mother?  She  must  be  killed.  'No,'  says  Lydia;  'mother  said 
she  would  not  leave  the  house  looking  so.  She  would  put  things 
away  and  a  little  more  to  rights,  and  then  she  would  come."  Di- 
rectly mother  came,  bringing  the  looking-glass,  knives  and  forks, 
etc.'' — "An  Indian  Raid  on  Marietta,"  from  "Lives  of  Early  Set- 
tlers of  Ohio." 

Children : 

(184)  1.  Joseph,  b.  1744;  m.  Abigail  Noyes ;  d.  March  12,  1816. 

(185)  2.  William,  b.  March  6,  1749. 

(186)  3.  Anna,  b.  May  9,  1750;  m.,  1796,  Dr.  Josiah  Hart,  one 

of  the  early  physicians  of  Marietta. 

(187)  4.  Mary,  b.  March  7,  1754. 

(188)  5.     Lydia.  b.  February  (July)  11,  1757;  m.  Dr.  Leonard, 

an  English  surgeon  of  great  eccentricity  of  char- 
acter. 

(189)  6.  Enoch    (Edmond),   b.   January    16,    1759.      Went   to 

Marietta.     Said  by  Hildreth  to  have  been  "noted 
for  his  oddities  and  simplicity." 

(190)  7.  Catherine,  b.  November  2,  1762. 

(98)  Joseph  Moulton4  (Joseph5,  William2,  William1),  b. 
August  4,  1724.  Joseph  was  one  of  the  residuary  legatees  in  his 
father  Joseph's  will.  He  probably  married  and  lived  in  Newbury, 
and  had  children,  Joseph,  Jr.,  and  others.  Descendants,  however, 
not  known. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  27I 

(102)  Stephen  Moulton4  (Joseph5,  William2,  William1), 
b.  July  17,  1733;  m.  August  8,  1754,  Abigail  Williams.  Believed 
to  have  remained  in  Newbury  and  to  have  left  descendants  there. 
Descendants  not  traced. 

(no)     Stephen  Moulton4  (Stephen',  William3,  William1), 

b.  July  n,  1738;  m.  .     He  lived  in  Rehoboth,  Mass., 

where  his  children  married  and  had  families. 

Children  (order  not  known) 

(191)  1.  Stephen,  b. . 

(192)  2.  Chase,  b. ;  m. .    Had  a  son  living  in 

Rehoboth  in  1871. 

(*93)     3-  William,  b. . 

(194)     4.  (daughter),  b.  . 


FIFTH    GENERATION. 

(in)     Nehemiah   Moulton5    (Joseph*,   Samuel',  Joseph2, 

William1),  m.  Sarah ,  who  d.  April  18,  1803.    Children 

not  traced. 

(112)  Joseph  Moulton5  (Joseph4,  Samuel',  Joseph2,  Will- 
iam1), m.  June  26,  1773,  Sarah  Godfrey  of  Rye,  and  lived  on  the 
homestead  in  Hampton.    She  d.  March  3,  1843. 

Children : 

(195)  1.  Joseph,  bap.  March  13,  1774-     (Others  not  traced.) 

(116)  Samuel  Moulton5  (Joseph4,  Samuel3,  Joseph2,  Will- 
iam1), m.  May  17,  1770,  Elizabeth  Mason. 

(196)  1.  Elizabeth,  b.  October  30,  1770. 

(197)  2.  Simeon,  bap.  March  14,  1773;  m.  Betsy  Philbrick. 

(198)  3.  David,  bap.  June  22,  1777. 

(199)  4.  Daniel,  bap.  August  15,  1779- 

(117)  Benjamin  Moulton5  (Benjamin4,  Benjamin',  Benja- 
min2, William1),  m. ,  and  lived  in  Kensington,  N.  H. 

Children : 

(200)  1.  Elizabeth,  b.  February  14,  1766. 

(201)  2.  Sarah,  b.  October  10,  1767;  m.  John  Kimball. 


2"]2.  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(202)  3.  Mary,  b.  February  14,  1769;  m.  Haines. 

(203)  4.  Benjamin,  b.  June  11,  1770;  d.  young. 

(204)  5.  Ephraim,  b.  February  4,  1772;  m.  Susannah  Tilton  of 

Hampton  Falls.     He  d.  February  4,  1849. 

(205)  6.  John,  b.  May  29,  1774;  m.  (1)  Abigail  Blake.    He  d. 

May  23,  1835.  Had  son,  William  Perry,  of  Exeter. 
Second  wife,  Lydia  Hilliard. 

(206)  7.  Jeremiah,  b.  March  17,  1776,  in  Kensington,  N.  H. ; 

m.  Sarah  Hill  of  Candia,  N.  H.,  March  19,  1819. 
She  was  b.  July  20,  1786,  and  d.  May  15,  1840.  He 
d.  May  31,  1856. 

(207)  8.  Thomas,  b.  January  29,  1778;  d.  August  23,  1850. 

(208)  9.  Hannah,  b.  July  28,  1780;  m.  Richard  Sanborn. 

(209)  10.  Jemina,  b.  May  31,   1782;  m.  William   McClary;  d. 

1834. 
Benjamin  married  second  wife,  Elizabeth  Rowe,  August  13, 

1783. 

Children : 

(210)  11.  Betsey,  b.  July  22,  1791 ;  d.  February  21,  1821. 

(211)  12.  Ruth,  b.  February  25,  1794. 

(212)  13.  Benjamin,  b.  August  15,  1795;  m.  Mehitable  Brown 

October  16,  1817. 

(213)  14.  Joseph,   b.   July  6,    1800;   m.   Jemima    Dearborn;   d. 

September  28,  1841. 

(130)  Joseph  M.  Moulton*  (Small*,  Ezekiel',  Benjamin', 
William1),  m.  Olive  Bragg  of  Seabrook.  Lived  in  Hampton  on 
Lewis  L.  Lamprey  place.  She  d.  October  22,  1848,  aged  about 
80  years. 

Children : 


about  1806;  m.  (1)  Nancv  Dow  of  Salisbury, 
She  d.  1881.   Second,  Mrs.  Wright  of  North- 


(214) 

I. 

William 

(215) 

2. 

Dorothy 

(216) 

3- 

Caleb,  b 
Mass. 

wood 

(217) 

4- 

Sally. 

(218) 

5- 

John. 

(132)  Charles  Moulton'  (Small*,  Ezekiel',  Benjamin', 
William1) ,  m.  Rebecca  Coffin  of  Salisbury,  Mass.  Remoevd  about 
1814  to  Wakefield,  Mass. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  273 

Children : 

(219)  1.  Nancy  Coffin,  b.  October  6,  1799;  m.  (1)  Josiah  Moul- 

ton;  (2)  Jos.  Brewster. 

(220)  2.  Mary,  b.  July  6,  1801  ;  m.  William  Moulton. 

(221)  3.  Charles,  b.  February  13,  1803;  m.  Olive  Aver. 

(222)  4.  Martha,  b.  December  10,  1804;  m.  Ephraim  Pickering. 

(223)  5.  Stephen,  b.  August  31,  1806;  m.  .     Settled 

in  Maine. 

(224)  6.  Samuel,  b.   November   14,   1808;  m.  Nute. 

Settled  in  Maine. 

(225)  7.  Sophia,  b.  January   23,   1811;  m.   (1)   Charles  Ayer; 

(2)  Dudley  Edgerly. 

(226)  8.  Olive,  b.  September   12,  1813 ;  m.  Alvah  Skinner. 

(227)  9.  Jonathan,  b.  January  0.  1815;  m.  Olive  Rand  of  Rye. 

(228)  10.  Susan,  b.  June  20,  1818;  d.  August,  1826. 

(229)  11.  Rebecca,  b.  August  13,  1820:  m.  Frederic  Skelton,  an 

Englishman,  and  lived  in  Maine. 

(134)     Jonathan   Moulton*  (Small4,  EzekieT,  Benjamin', 

William1),  m.  Hoit  of  Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  settled 

first  in  that  town,  but  afterward  removed  to  Wakefield,  Mass. 
Children  not  traced. 

(145)  David  Moulton8  (Ephraim4,  William',  Robert', 
William1),  m.  August  12,  1784,  Mary  Batchefder.  She  d.  May  to, 
1833.  He  went  to  Newfield,  Me.,  with  his  father,  and  settled  on 
a  farm  there.  Was  a  cooper  by  trade.  Served  as  chairman  of 
board  of  selectmen  twenty  years  in  succession.  Children  all  born 
in  Newfield : 

(230)  1.  Hannah,  b.  April   12,   1787;  m.  John  Thompson;  d. 

November  4.   1833.     Children:    Mary,  m.  William 
Symms:    Hannah,    unm. ;    Lvdia,    m.    Ira    Chellis ; 

Louisa,  m.  Cram  ;   Nancy,  m.  

Cram:   David    (Thompson   &    Fowler),   John   and 
Thomas. 

(231)  2.  David,  b.  March  2,  1789;  m,  Sarah  Burnham ;  d.  Feb- 

ruary 20,  1869. 

(232)  3.  Daniel,  b.  January  22,  1791  ;  m.  Nancy  Thompson;  d. 

May  12,  1842. 

(233)  4.  Mary.  b.  October  3,  1795:  m.  Amos  Hodgdon  of  Ossi- 

pee ;  d.  September  29,  1825.    One  daughter. 


274  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(234)  5.  Nancy,  b.  Mary  14,  1798;  m.  Rufus  Burbank  of  New 

field;  d.  May  10,  1865.     Children:     Miriam,  Cath- 
erine, Mary  H.,  m.  Edmund  Burt. 

(146)  Stephen  Moulton5  (Ephraim4,  William',  Robert', 
William1),  m.  (1)  Deborah  Hilton;  she  d.  February  7,  1795; 
(2)  Jerusha  Libby;  she  d.  January  24,  i860.  Born  in  Hampton, 
N.  H.  Removed  to  Nevvfield,  Me.,  and  settled  on  a  farm  there. 
Was  a  cooper. 

Children : 

(235)  1.  Sarah,  b.  December  20,   1787;  m.  Thomas  Smith  of 

Newfield  ;  d.  .     Children :     Millett,  Harri- 
son G.  O.,  Deborah. 

(236)  2.  Abigail,  b.  November  19.  1793;  m.  Daniel  Moore  of 

Parsonsfield.    Children:   Gamaliel,  Amzi. 

(237)  3.  Nathan,   b.   April   30,    1797;   m.    Nancy   Campernell ; 

d.  April  14,  1880. 

(238)  4.  Oliver,   b.   October  25,    1800;   m.    Susan   McKusick ; 

d.  June  4,  1855. 

(147)  Levi  Moulton'  (Ephraim4,  William',  Robert1,  Will- 
iam1) was  born  in  Hampton,  and  removed  to  Newfield  with  his 
father  and  brothers. 

Child: 

(239)  1.  Levi.  b. ;  d. . 

(148)  Simeon  Moulton'  (Ephraim4,  William',  Robert', 
William1)^!.  (1)  October  6,  1785,  Lydia  Pease;  she  d.  September 
16,  1798;  (2)  February  7,  1799,  Sarah  Parsons;  she  d.  September 
10,  1855.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  Revolutionary  War,  enlisting 
at  the  age  of  16  and  serving  through  the  war.  He  also  settled  in 
Newfield,  Me.,  on  a  farm  near  his  father  and  brothers. 

Children : 

(240)  1.  Lydia,  b.  August  12,  1786;  m.  Stephen  Dunnell;  d. 

March.  18 19. 

(241)  2.  Mark,  b.  December  27,  1791 ;  m. .    Removed 

to  Ossipee,  N.  H. 

(242)  3.  John.  b.  January  5,  1796;  m.  .     Removed  to 

Moultonville,   N.  H.,   which  was   named   for   him. 
Was  a  large  manufacturer  of  furniture. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  275 

Children  of  Sarah  Parsons : 

(243)  4.  Simeon,  b.   November   16,   1799;  m.  .     Re- 

moved to  Ossipee,  N.  H. 

(244)  5.  Samuel,  b.  September  28,  1801 ;  m.  Elizabeth  B.  Gil- 

patrick ;  d.  November  27,  1878. 

(245)  6.  William,  b.  May  3,  1803;  m.  .     Removed  to 

Ossipee,  N.  H. 

(246)  7.  Sarah,  b.   Februarv  9,   1805;  m.  Fernald, 

d. . 

(247)  8.  Cyrus,  b.  January  23,  1807 ;  m. .    Removed  to 

Charlestown,  Mass. 

(248)  9.  Charles,  b.  January  8.  1809;  m.  .     Removed 

to  Eastern  Maine. 

(249)  10.  Frances   P.,  b.  August   5,    181 1;   m.   Maj.  

Smith  ;  d. . 

(250)  11.  Joseph  P.,  b.  August  29,   1814;  m.  .     Re- 

moved to  Woburn,  Mass. 

( 155)  Joseph  Moulton'  (Jonathan4,  Jonathan',  Robert', 
William1),  m.  December  18.  1781,  Catherine  Jameson.  Lived  on 
his  father's  farm  in  Scarborough.  Me.  Was  a  tanner  and  shoe- 
maker. 

(251)  1.  Sarah,  b.  April  19,  1784;  unm. ;  d.  . 

(252)  2.  Catherine,  b.   December  6,   1786;  m.   May  21,   1807, 

Isaac  Milliken. 

(253)  3.  Robert,  b.  August  8,  1789;  m.  Hannah  Pillsbury ;  d. 

May  25,  1855. 

(254)  4.  Abigail,  b.  January  25,   1792;  m.  Joseph  Emery;  d. 

May  25,  1875. 

(255)  5-  Hannah,  b.  November  2,  1794;  unm.;  d.  1830. 

(256)  6.  Anna,  b.  March  22,  1796;  m.  Joseph  Meserve;  d.  1865. 

(257)  7.  Mary,  b.  April  22.  1800;  unm. ;  d.  August  20,  1855. 

(258)  8.  Comfort  Wingate,  b.  August  11,  1802;  unm.;  d.  April 

29,  1884. 

(158)  Jonathan  Moulton6  (Captain  Jonathan4,  Jonathan', 
Robert1,  William1),  m.  (1)  March  27,  1788,  Rebecca  Burnham; 
(2)  Int.  November  24,  1827,  Anna  Fenderson.  Lived  in  that  part 
of  Scarborough  which  was  afterward  set  off  to  Saco. 

Children : 

(259)  1.  Reuben,  b.  November  7,  1787:  m.  Mary  Andrews. 

(260)  2.  Abigail,  b.  October  23,  1790;  d.  January  18,  1791. 

(261)  3.  Thomas,  b.  March  15,  1792;  d.  September  6,  1800. 


276  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(262)  4.  Mary  B.,  b.  August  25,  1794;  m.  Ephraim  Berry. 

(263)  5.  Sarah,  b.  July  13,  1797;  d.  September  13,  1800. 

(264)  6.  Belisarius.  b.  January  26,  1799;  d.  August  31,  1832; 

unm. 

(265)  7.  Eliza,  b.  November  4,  1801 ;  m.  November  22,  1826, 

Elijah  Tapley  of  Saco;  d.  1889. 

(266)  8.  Rebecca,  b.  May   15.  1804;  m.  John  Andrews;  d.  Au- 

gust 11.  1826. 

(269)  9.  Jonathan   Collins,  b.   September    18,   1806;  m.   Fanny 

McKenney;  d.  September  18,   1836.     No  children. 
She  m.  (2)  William  Harper  Deering  of  Saco. 

(161)  Daniel  Moulton5  (Deacon  Jonathan',  Jonathan', 
Robert',  William' ).  m.  September  2,  1795,  Mary  Furber,  daughter 
of  Eliakim  Libby.  She  was  b.  April  1,  1774.  Lived  on  Libby 
place,  near  Scarborough  Corner,  where  William  Jose  now  lives. 
Was  shoemaker  and  farmer ;  was  prominent  in  Second  Parish 
Church  in  Scarborough. 

Children : 

(270)  1.  Harriet,  bap.  July  25,  r 7< >/  :  d.  September  25,  I799(  ?). 

(271)  2.  Mehitable  Davis,  hap.  July  13.  1801  ;  m.  Thomas  Car- 

ter of  Scarborough;  d.  188 — . 

(272)  3.  Thomas  Cummings,  bap.  June  18,  i8o<>;  d.  young. 

(273)  4.  William  Collins,  hap.  (  ictober  5.  [809;  in.  Eliza  Libby. 

Lives  in  Saco. 

(274)  5.   Harriet,  bap.  May.  1812:  m.  Simon  Jo-<  ;  d.  . 

(162)  Charles  Pine  Moulton5  (Daniel4.  Jonathan',  Rob- 
ert', William1),  b.  July  15.  1751  ;  m.  March  24.  1774,  Olive,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Mary  Fabyan  of  Scarborough.  She  was  bap- 
tized October  26,  1755.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  lived  on  west- 
erly side  of  Nonsuch  River,  in  Scarborough,  near  "Rock  Hill," 
where  Dennett  afterward  lived.  He  died  June  4,  1807,  at  the  age 
of  56,  and  was  buried  in  the  graveyard  on  his  farm.  His  widow, 
Olive,  m.  (2)  November  13,  1822,  Joseph  Harmon.  She  died 
October  14,  1840. 

(275)  1.  Joshua,  b.  August  5    1775:  m.  Lydia  Stone;  d,  Feb- 

ruary 11,  1855. 

(276)  2.  Hannah,  b.  April  7,  1777;  d.  March  9.  1831  ;  unm. 

(277)  3-  Elias,  b.  August  24,  1779;  m.  Marv  Skillin ;  d.  May  7, 

1845. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  277 

(278)  4.  John,  b.  December  13,  1781 ;  m.  Hannah  Tvler;  d.  May 

28,  1812. 

(279)  5-  Daniel,  b.  November  11,  1783;  m.  Mary  Dennett;  d. 

January  22,  1816.     No  children. 

(280)  6.  Gracia,  b.  December  19,  1785;  m.  Samuel  Sawyer  of 

Saco;  d.  December  31,  1808.  One  child;  Jane,  b. 
June  28,  1807,  who  m.  Dr.  Jonathan  Fogg. 

(281)  7.  Mary   Brackett,  b.   September  2,   1787;  d.   September 

7,  1808;  unm. 

(282)  8.  Lucy,  b.  November  20,  1789;  d.  November  26,  1789.. 

(283)  9.  Lucy.  b.  October  2J.  1790:  d.  May   10,  1821  ;  unm. 

(284)  10.  Phebe,  b.  March   13.  1794;  m.  March  24.   1814,  Rev. 

Abraham  Libby.  Lived  in  Wilton,  Me.,  then 
moved  in  1840  to  Hancock  County.  111.;  d.  August 

14,  1841.  Children:  Charles  Moulton.  Mehitable, 
Olive  Moulton.  Cyrus  Fenderson,  Eleanor,  Phebe 
Ann. 

(285)  11.  Olive,  b.  August  15.  [796 ;  d.  August  26,  1813 ;  unm. 

(163)  Jonathan  Moulton'  (Major  Daniel',  Jonathan1, 
Robert2.  William'  ),  lived  on  north  side  of  road  near  Scarborough 
Corner  where  Arthur  Fogg  now  lives.  There  was  a  large  sawmill 
on  the  brook  there.  He  m.  first,  December  20,  1775,  Mehitable 
Harmon;  second.  Int.,  June  7,  1823,  widow,  Margaret  Plummer 
of  Portland.     Had  no  children. 

(164)  John  Moulton'  (Daniel4,  Jonathan5,  Robert2, 
William1),  m.  February  25,  1779,  Mary  Burnham.  Lived  on  old 
road  near  Scarborough  Corner,  afterwards  discontinued. 

Children : 

(286)  1.  Reuben,  b. ;  d.  July  2,  1781. 

(287)  2.  Jonathan,  bap.  July  21,  1782  ;  m.  Marv  Stone  ;  d.  March 

15.  1852. 

(288)  3.  Thomas,  bap.  July  17.  1785;  m.  Betsey  Lane;  d.  Janu- 

ary 1,  1 841. 

(289)  4.  Daniel,  bap.  October  31,  1790;  m.  Patience  Harmon; 

d.  1880. 

(290)  5.  Rebecca,   bap.    Mav    13,    1793;   m.   Samuel   Boothby; 

d. . 

(291)  6.  Reuben  Seavey,  bap.  August  11,   1796;    m.  Miranda 

Hajmon;  d.  March  1,  1869. 

(292)  7.  Ebenezer,  bap.  November  8,  1799;  d.  young. 


278  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(165)     Lucy     Moulton5     (Daniel4,     Jonathan3,     William', 
William1),  m.  Nathaniel  Fenderson  of  Scarborough. 

Children : 

(293)  1.  Elizabeth,  bap.  October  2,   1776;  m.  Benjamin  Cool- 

broth  ;  d. . 

(294)  2.  Wallace,   bap.   Julv  6,    1777;   m.   Jane   McLaughlin; 

d.  . 

(295)  3-  Lucy,  b. ;  m.  James  Harmon ;  d. . 

(296)  4.  Reuben,  bap.  September  9,  1781  ;  m.  Milli- 

ken  ;  d. . 

(297)  5.  Simon,  bap.  July  9,  1786. 

(298)  6.  Ivory,  bap.  October  19,  1788;  m.  Mehitable  Milliken. 

(299)  7.  Mehitable,     bap.     August     11,     1796;     m.     Stephen 

Woodman. 

(300)  8.  Cyrus,  bap.  November  8,  1799;  m.  Olive  Woodman. 

(301)  9.  Nancy,  b. :  m.  James  Sands. 

(302)  10.  Nathaniel,  bap.  October  19,  1802;  m.  first,  Mary  A. 

Jose;  second,  Eliza  Boothby ;  d.  January  10,  1863. 

(168)  Daniel  Moulton*  (Daniel4,  Jonathan',  Robert', 
William1),  m.  November  20,  1790,  Deborah  Dyer;  she  d.  April 
13,  1852,  aged  80.  He  lived  at  Scarborough  Corner  where  John 
and  William  Moulton,  his  grandsons  now  live ;  called  "No  Finger 
Daniel,"  having  lost  the  fingers  on  one  hand. 

Children : 

(303)  !•  James,  b.  November  25.  1791  ;  m.  Mary  McKenney , 

second,  Rose  Bean ;  d. . 

(304)  2.  John.  b.  June  2$,  1703:  m.  Sophia  Barrows;  d.  April 

7.  1885. 

(305)  3.  Daniel,  b.  August  4.  1795:  m.  Mercy  Jose;  d.  Febru- 

ary 1,  1865. 

(306)  4.  Gratia,  b.  August  6,  1797;  m.  Nathaniel  Jose;  d.  No- 

vember 12,  1857. 
(3°7)     5-  William,  b.  March  27,  1801  ;  m.  Nancy  Cumston ;  d. 
December  28,  1868. 

(308)  6.  Eliza,    b.    October    12,     1803;    m.    Oliver    Phillips; 

d. . 

(309)  7.  Morris,  b.  January  10,  1807;  d.  June  9,  1827,  in  Ha- 

vana ;  unm. 

(310)  8.  Mehitable,  b.  November  23,   1812;  m.  June  9,   1829, 

Alvan  McKenney. 

(311)  9.  Dorcas,  b.  April  4,  1814;  m.  Harvey  Collins;  lives  in 

Scarborough. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  279 

(180)  Cutting  Moulton5  (Samuel4,  Joseph',  William', 
William1),  m.  (i)  Mary  Merrill;  (2)  Judith  Emery.  Was  a 
soldier  in  Revolutionary  War.  Removed  from  Newberry,  Mass. 
to  Parsonsfield,  York  County,  Me.,  in  1786,  and  settled  on  farm 
there  now  owned  by  Wm.  E.  Moulton.  He  d.  1809,  in  Parson- 
field,  Me. 

Children — (by  first  wife)  : 

(312)  1.  Samuel,  b.  1775;  m.  Ann  Moulton;  d.  May  2,  1800. 
Children — (by  second  wife)  : 

(313)  2.  William,  b.  July  28,   1785;  m.  Mary  Pearl;  d.  May 

I,  i875- 

(314)  3.  John,  b.  November  5,  1786;  m.  Hannah  Foster. 

(315)  4.  Cutting,  b.  June  14,  1788;    m.  Lydia  Lord;  d.  March 

22,  1854. 

(316)  5.  Mary,  b.  September  7,  1789;  d.  April  7,  1856. 

(3X7)     6.  Joseph,  b.  November  6,  1791 ;  m.   (1)  Ruth  Messer; 
(2)  Mary  Barker:  d.  1864. 

(318)  7.  David.  It.  lulv  27,  1793;  m.  Sarah  Wetherby ;  d.  Octo- 

ber 1,  1*868. 

(319)  8.  Judith,  b.  October  1794;  d.  1873. 

(320)  9.  Nathan,  b.  February  2,  1796;  m.  Mary  Edgerly;  d. 

December  20,  1874. 

(182)  Samuel  Moulton"  (Samuel4,  Joseph',  William1, 
William1),  m.  Hannah  Noyes;  soldier  in  Revolutionary  War,  at 
Bunker  Hill.  Removed  from  Newbury,  Mass.,  with  his  brother, 
Cutting,  to  Parsonsfield,  Me.,  and  settled  there  December  25. 
1786,  on  a  farm  now  owned  by  his  grandson,  Joseph  Moulton. 

Children : 

(321)  1.  Ann,  b.  September  24,  1777;  m.  (1)  Samuel  Moulton; 

(2)  Dr.  James  Bradbury.  By(i)  husband  2  chil- 
dren, Dr.  Alvahand;  Clarissa,  d.  young.  By  (2) 
husband,  James  W.,  U.  S.  Senator,  b.  January  10, 
1802;  Dr.  Samuel  M.,  b.  August  22,  1805,  and 
Clarissa,  who  m.  Dr.  Chas.  G.  Parsons. 

(322)  2.  Mary,   b.   January,    1779;   m.   Richard   Campbell;   d. 

August  22,  1835. 

(323)  3-  Samuel,  b.  March  18,  1780;  m.  (1)  Sarah  Davis;  (2) 

Hannah  Lord;  d.  March  22,  1871.  His  (2)  wife  d. 
December,  1845. 

(324)  4.  William,  b.   1782;  m.  Margaret  Stevens;  d.   October 

II,  i860. 


28o  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(325)  5-  Joseph,  b.  1787;  d.  October  13,  1813  ;  unm. 

(326)  6.  Hannah,  b.  1789;  d.  December  2,  1836;  unm. 

(327)  7-  Sarah,  b.  1703;  d.  October  10,  1813 ;  unm. 

(328)  8.  Abigail,  b.  1795  ;  in.  Moses  Davis;  d.  May  31,  1851. 

(183)  John  Moulton"  (Samuel*,  Joseph5,  William', 
William'),  m.  Ednah  Merrill.  He  d.  February  12,  1844.  His 
wife  d.  May  16,  1852,  age  85. 

Children — (order  not  known)  : 

(329)  Mary,  1..  [790-I  :  d.  April  2^,  1818. 

(330)  William,  b.  1791-2;  m.  Ruth  Bartlett. 

(331)  Alice,  b. ;  m.  Henry  Merrill. 

(332)  Joseph,  b.  1797-8;  (1.  May  7.'  1820. 

(333)  John.  b.  1803;  m.  1833.  Elizabeth  Bartlett:  b.  1807. 

(334)  Sarah,  b. ;  d.  [845. 

(184)  JOSEPH  Moulto  (William*,  Joseph'.  William', 
William1),  b.  1744:  m.  Abigail,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Abigail 
Noyes.  Lived  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  and  carried  on  the  busi- 
ness of  goldsmith;  was  a  well-known  and  respected  citizen;  d. 
March  12,  [816;  wife  Abigail  d.  September  8,  [818,  aged  73. 

Children  : 

Abigail,  b.  August  26,  [766,;  unm.;  d.  . 

Eben  Noyes,  1».  January  1.  [768;  m. . 

Judith,  b.  August  10.  [769;  unm.;  d. . 

ph.  1).  November  10.  1770;  d.  young — drowned. 
William,  b.  August    19,    1 77- :  m.  Judith   Noyes;  d. 

January  14.  1861. 

Mary,  b.  June  30.  1774. 

Joseph.  1).  <  Ictol  er  8,  1775  ;  d.  young. 

I'll.  b.  March  22.  \~~~. 
John,  b.  December  6,  1778. 
Enoch,  b.  October  i-\  1780. 
Phebe  Lane,  i>.  August  -7.  1782. 
Nancy,  b.  October  19,  178'.. 


SIXTH    GENERATION". 

(       )     Jonathan  Moulton*''  (Redmond5,  probably  Richard', 

James',  Benjamin',  William1),  m.  (t)  Taylor;  (2)  Mrs. 

Wallace. 


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WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  28l 


Children  (order  unknown)  : 

(347) 

Jonathan. 

(348) 

Redmond. 

(349) 

Sibley. 

(35o) 

Nathaniel. 

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Ira. 

(352) 

Nabby. 

(353) 

Hannah. 

(354) 

Eliza. 

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second  wife : 

(355) 

Sarah. 

(356) 

Mary  Ann. 

(203)  BENJAMIN  Moulton'  (Benjamin6,  Benjamin*,  Ben- 
jamin', Benjamin1.  William'),  Captain,  m.  Mehitable  Brown,  who 
was  b.  December  7.  [792  :  d.  in  Kensington  July  4.  1878. 

Children  : 
($57)     1.  Benjamin  <'■..  b.  April  18,  1821. 
(358)     2.  Elizabeth,  b.  November  17.  1819  (?). 
(35*))     3.   Hannah,  b.  December  13,  i8_'4. 

(204)  Ephraim'  (  Benjamin",  Benjamin4,  Benjamin',  Benja- 
min', William'  ).  m.  Susannah  Tilton  of  Hampton  Falls.  She  was 
born  in  Exeter,  N.  H. 

Children : 

(360)  1.  Mary.  m.  Jonathan  Robinson:  d.  March,  1868. 

(361)  2.  Catherine,  m.  Moulton  Hilliard  ;  d.   1878. 

(362)  3.  Jeremiah,   m.   Rachel   Sawyer  of   Durham,   Me.     She 

(1.  1879,  aged  74.  They  had  four  children;  all  but 
one  deceased.  Eldest  son.  William  R..  living  in 
1888.  Sebec.  Me. 

(205)  John6  (Benjamin5,  Benjamin4.  Benjamin3,  Benja- 
min1. William1),  m.  (1)  Abigail  Blake;  (2)  Lydia  Hilliard. 

Children ; 

(363)  1.  Benjamin,  b.  November  15,  1800;  d.  June  12,  1873. 

(364)  2.  Mary,  b.  September  20,  1802;  d.  -* . 

(365)  3.  John.  b.  July  2.  1804;  d.  about  1840. 

(366)  4.  Charles,  b.  February  22,  1807;  d.  September  5,  1850. 

(367)  5.  Emery,  b.  December  17,  1809;  d.  April  2,  1850. 

(368)  6.  Jeremiah  S.,  b.  December  1,  181 1. 


282  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

By  second  wife : 

(369)  7.  William  Perry,  b.  December  18,  1820;  m.  Catherine  S. 

Dudley  of  Brentwood,  January  6,  1853. 

(370)  8.  Lydia  Frances,  b.  June  2,  1829 ;  m.  Abraham  R.  War- 

ner. 

(371)  9-  Sarah  Elizabeth,  b.  February  6,  1833;  d.  Februaary 

8,  1834. 

(206)  Jeremiah0  (Benjamin5,  Benjamin",  Benjamin',  Ben- 
jamin", William1),  m.  Sarah  Hill,  b.  in  Lebec,  Me. 

Children : 

(372)  1.  Benjamin  S.,  b.  February  25,  1810;  d.  October  7,  1832. 

(373)  2-  Jeremiah,  b.  December  28,  181 1 ;  d.  December  21,  1849. 

(374)  3.  Ephraim,  b.  January  9,  1814;  d.  May  8,  1850. 

(375)  4-  Jesse  H.,  b.  May  24,  1816. 

(376)  5.  Maria  C,  b.  August  18,  1818. 

(377)  6.  Daughter,  b.  July  25,  1820;  d.  July  27,  1820. 

(378)  7-  Daughter,  b.  May  3,  1823;  d.  May  6,  1823. 

(379)  8.  Mary  P.,  b.  June  28,  1824;  m.  John  Gerrish  Webster 

of  Boston,  1858,  and  had  Frances  Maria,  b.  August 

9,  i860,  and  Mary  Alba,  b.  November  18,  1861. 
By  second  wife :  /  s  if  /T 

(380)  9.  Benjamin,  b.  July  24,  1843;  d-       /<//£• 

(381)  10.  Jerry,  b.  February  23,  1856;  d.     /  " '  a  . 

(207)  Thomas"  (Benjamin5,  Benjamin*,  Benjamin',  Benja- 
min1, William1),  m.  (1)  Esther  Melcher,  b.  April  21,  1779;  d. 
October  17,  1827;  (2)  Mary  Gordon,  who  d.  September  1,  1850. 

Children : 

(382)  1.  Benjamin  A.,  b.  July  15,  1801 ;  d.  March,  1831. 

(383)  2.  Thomas  H.,  b.  July  29,  1804;  d.  1836. 

(384)  3.  Mary  E.,  b.  October  3,   1806;  m.  John  T.  Blake  of 

Kensington,  N.  H.,  February  1,  1829;  d.  April  8, 
1882.  They  had  nine  children:  I,  John  P.;  2, 
George;  3,  Augusta;  4,  Thomas  H. ;  5,  Henry; 
6,  Mary ;  7,  Sarah ;  8,  Henry  T. ;  9,  Phebe  M. 

(216)  Caleb  Moulton8  (Joseph8,  Small4,  Ezeklel5,  Benja- 
min4, William1),  m.  (1)  Nancy  Dow  of  Salisbury.  She  d.  1881. 
Second,  Mrs.  Wright  of  Northwood.  He  settled  in  Gilmanton ; 
began  business  as  a  tanner;  then  became  a  farmer  and  cattle 
trader,  and  acquired  a  large  property.    He  d.  1892. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  283 

Children  (by  first  wife)  : 

(385)  1.  Charles  F.,  b. ;  d. . 

(386)  2.  Susan  A.,  b.  ;  m.  Nathan  Batchelder  of  Gil- 

manton. 

(387)  3.  John  S.,  b. .    Lives  on  homestead. 

(231)  David  Moulton"  (David0,  Ephraim4,  William',  Rob- 
ert', William1),  m.  October  8,  1812,  Sarah  Burnham  of  Parsons- 
field.    Removed  from  Newfield  to  Parsonsfield. 

Children : 

(388)  1.  Mary  Ann,  b.  September  24,  1813 ;  m.  Daniel  Thomp- 

son; d.  September  6,  1885.     Children:    Usher  B., 
Sarah,  Ellen. 

(389)  2.  Lydia  B.,  b.  September  30,  1816;  m.  Joseph  Thomp- 

son ;  d.  Great  Falls,  N.  H.,  April,  1890.     Children : 
David  M.,  Amos,  George  H.,  Charles  N.,  Adelaide, 
Lydia  E. 
(39°)     3-  Sarah,  b.  January  22,   1819;  m.   George  Moore;  d. 
.     Children  :    Abby,  Hannah.  Mary. 

(391)  4.  Orinda,  b.  May  9,  1821 ;  m.  Daniel  C.  Norton  of  Bos- 

ton; d.  February  8,  1869.    One  child,  Eveline. 

(392)  5-  David,  b.  April  24,  1825;  m.  Elizabeth  Doe;  d.  April 

26,  1887. 

(232)  Daniel  Moulton"  (David5,  Ephraim4,  William', 
Robert2,  William1),  m.  September  16,  1813,  Nancy  Thompson  of 
Newfield.    Lived  in  Newfield. 

Children : 

(393)  1.  Sarah,  b.  July  12,  1814;  m.  David  Libby.     Lives  in 

Newfield. 

(394)  2.  Mary  B.,  b.  December  20.  1819;  m.  Wentworth  Libby 

of  Newfield;  d.  June  8,  1852.     One  child,  Went- 
worth, d.  young. 

(395)  3-  Lucy  T.,  b.  January  20,  1822;  unm. 

(396)  4.  Harriet  N.,  b.  April  8,  1824;  m.  William  S.  Burbank 

of  Parsonsfield  :  d.  May  24,  1888.    Children :   Anna 
N.,  Mary  W.,  Willis  W.,  Lindley  A. 

(397)  5.  Benning,  b.  October  15,  1826;  unm.;  d.  January  22, 

1851. 

(398)  6.  James  M.,  b.  November  27,  1828;  m.  Sarah  L.  Aver. 

Lives  in  Newfield. 

(399)  7-  Amos  H.,  b.  April  29,  1832;;  m.  Helen  M.  Staples. 

Lives  in  Montana. 


284  MOULTON    ANNALS 

(237)  Nathan  Moulton"  (Stephen5,  Ephraim4,  William', 
Robert2,  William1),  m.  October  23,  1817,  Nancy  Campernell. 
Lived  in  Newfield.    She  d.  May  7,  1862,  aged  66. 

Children : 

(400)  1.  Abigail,  b.  January  21,  1818;  m.  Stephen  B.  Benson 

of  Parsonsfield  ;  d.  .     Children  :    Annette, 

m.  Amzi  Boothby ;  Emma,  m.  Freedom  Foss. 

(401)  2.  Luther,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(402)  3.  Richard  C,  b.  ;  m.  Emily  J.  Home.     Lives 

in  Newfield. 

(238)  Oliver  Moulton"  (Stephen5,  Ephraim',  William', 
Robert",  William1),  m.  October  14,  1827,  Susan  McKusick  of 
Limerick.     Lived  in  Newfield. 

Children  : 

(403)  1.  John  C,  b.  December  30.  1828;  m.  Thirza  A.  Russell. 

(404)  2.  Mary  J.,  b.   February   _>8.   1831  ;  m.  A.  K.   P.  Davis. 

Lives  in  Newfield.     Children:    Sarah  L.,  Frank  O., 
William. 

(405)  3.  Nahuni  1..  b.  July  2.  1833;  d.  September  7,  i860;  unm. 

(406)  4.   Sarah  L..  b.  August  26,  1838;  num.     Lives  in  Newfield. 

(407)  ;.   William  McKusick,  b.  Jannarv  [2,  1^4^:  d.  March  20, 

1851. 

(408)  6.  Albert  S.,  b.  fnlv  13.  1X41);  ni.  Jennie  Noyes;  d.  May 

17.  1874. 

(409)  7.  Ada  F.,  b.  November  4,  185 1  ;  m.   Bennett  Moulton. 

Lives  in  Parsonsfield.     One  child,  Nellie  M..  b.  July 
14.  1879. 

(244)  Samuel  Moulton*  (Simeon8.  Ephraim*,  William', 
Robert'.  William1),  m.  January  17,  1826,  Elizabeth  B.  Gilpatrick 
of  Limerick,  Me.  Remained  on  his  father's  homestead  in  New- 
field. 

Children : 

(410)  1.  Mary  A.,  b.  March   1.  1827;  unm.     Lives  on  home- 

stead in  Newfield. 

(411)  2.  Olive  F..  b.  May  3.  1829;  m.  Eben  H.  Svmms ;  d.  June 

3,  1858. 

(412)  3.  Elizabeth,  b.  August  24,  1831  ;  d.  May  16,  1859. 

(413)  4.  David  S.,  b.  January  31,  1834;  d.  May  17,  i860. 

(414)  5.  Sarah,  b.  September  6,  1836:  d.  May  3,  1857. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  285 

(415)  6.  Augusta,  b.  October   13,  1839;  m.  Morrill. 

Lives  in  Parsonsfield. 

(416)  7.  Charles,  b.  November  2,  1843 !  m-  Clara  J.  Garland. 

Lives  in  Newfield. 

(253)  Robert  Moulton9  (Joseph5,  Jonathan",  Jonathan', 
Robert2,  William'),  m.  January  22,  1818,  Hannah  Pillsburv. 
Lived  in  Scarborough.  Me.,  on  the  farm  near  Scarborough  Corner, 
settled  by  Jonathan  of  Hampton. 

Children : 

(417)  1.  Elizabeth  P.,  b.  April  13,  1820;  m.  Cyrus  Sawyer. 

(418)  2.  Henry,  b.  September  3,  1822;  m.  Eliza  Burnham. 

(419)  3.  Joseph  S..  b.  June  13,  1825;  m.  Rebecca  B.  Moulton. 

(420)  4.  Catherine,  b.  March  3.  1828;  m.  Charles  S.  Tibbetts ; 

d. . 

(259)  Reuben  Moulton"  (Jonathan',  Jonathan4,  Jonathan', 
Robert2.  William1 ).  m.  Mary,  daughter  of  William  An- 
drews.   He  was  a  fanner  and  lived  in  Hollis,  Me. 

Children  (order  not  known)  : 

(421)  1.  Sarah,  b. ;  m.  Joseph  McDaniel. 

(422)  2.  Rebecca,  b.  ;  m. Hanson. 

(423)  3.  Sweat,  b.  ;  m.  .     Lives  on  father's 

farm. 

(273)  William  C.  Moulton"  (Daniel",  Jonathan4,  Jona- 
than', Robert2.  William1),  m.  August  2,  1829,  Eliza,  daughter  of 
Captain  David  Libby.  Lives  in  Saco,  Me.,  where  he  has  been  for 
many  years  connected  with  lumber  mills. 

Children : 

(424)  1.  Araxene  Southgate,  b.  1830;  m.  Charles  Morrison  of 

Philadelphia;  deceased.    Lives  now  in  Saco.    Two 
children,  deceased. 

(425)  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  ;  m.  Frederic  W.  Bailey 

of  Portland,  Me.    Xo  children. 

(426)  3.  Myra  Fogg,  b.  October  3,   1839;  m.    (1)    James   P. 

Spaulding;  (2)  John  P.  Moulton.     Lives  in  Saco. 
One  child,  deceased. 

(427)  4.  Harriet  Jose,  b.  October  3,  1839;  m.  Henry  Littlefield 

of  Troy,  X'.  Y.     No  children. 

(428)  5.  David  Thompson,  b.  December  3,  1843 !  m-  Laura  E. 

Stubbs.    Lives  in  Saco. 


286  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(429)  6.  Louisa  Thompson,  b.  December  3,  1843  5  m-  William 

Coburn  of  Maiden,  Mass.     Two  children:    Daniel, 
Knowlton. 

(430)  7.  Amanda  Dunn,  b.  December  30,  1847;  m.  Frank  Tur- 

ner of  Maiden,  Mass.    Two  children :   Frank,  Rene. 

(275)  Joshua  Moulton,  Captain"  (Charles',  Daniel4,  Jona- 
than5, Robert2,  William1),  b.  August  5,  1775  ;  m.  October  16,  1800, 
by  Rev.  Thomas  Lancaster  to  Lydia,  daughter  of  Solomon  and 
Mary  (Harmon)  Stone  of  Beech  Ridge,  Scarborough.  Lived  on 
county  road  near  Scarborough  Corner;  was  a  blacksmith,  a 
large  land  owner  and  tavern  keeper;  was  also  considerably  inter- 
ested in  shipping  and  shipbuilding,  captain  in  militia.  Lydia,  his 
wife,  was  b.  June  16,  1780;  d.  July  17,  1872.    He  d.  February  11, 

i855- 

Children : 

(431)  1.  Charles,  b.  May  8,  1801  ;  m.  Hannah  L.  Messerve;  d. 

February  14,  1891.  , 

(432)  2.  Solomon,  b.  February  12,  1804;  m.  Patience  Jameson; 

d.  June  26,  1880. 

(433)  3-  Freedom,  b.  October  31,  1808;  m.  Shuah  Coffin  Car- 

ter; d.  July  31,  1857. 

(434)  4.  Joshua,  b.  May  20,  181 1;  m.  Harriet  Emery.     Live^ 

in  Scarborough. 

(435)  5-  Olive,  b.  May  15,  1814;  m.  Silas  Libby ;  d.  April  8, 

1841.    One  child,  Olive,  b.  April  7.  1841  ;  d.  about 
1880. 

(436)  6.  Ira,  b.  August  24,  1816;  m.  Lydia  H.  Berry;  d.  No- 

vember 13,  1885. 

(437)  7.  Mary,  b.  December  7,  1818;  m.  Rev.  James  H.  Saw- 

yer; d.  February  3,  i860.  Two  children,  died  young. 

(438)  8.  Lydia  Jane,  b.  August   17,   1824;  m.   December  22, 

1850,  Horace  Sawyer.    Lives  in  Saco. 
Children : 

1.  Frederic   Woodbury,   b.   January    17,    1854;   d., 

unm.,  August  27,  1888. 

2.  Elmer  Freedom,  b.  September  3,  1861 ;  d.,  unm., 

November  22,  1881. 

3.  Charles  Oliver,  b.  May  18,  1865. 

r 

(277)     Elias  Moulton9   (Charle5,  Daniel4,  Jonathan',  Rob- 
ert1, William1),  m.  March  2.   1805,  Mary,  daughter  of  Simeon 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  287 

Skillings.    She  d.  1826.    Kept  a  store  at  Old  Scarborough  Corner, 
near  M.  M.  Moulton's  house ;  afterward  lived  on  Broadturn  road ; 
then  removed  to  Portland,  where  he  died. 
Children : 

(439)  1.  Charles,  b.  1809;  m.  Mary  J.  Skillings;  d.  February 

16,  1864,  aged  54. 

(440)  2.  Mary  Jane,  b.  April  17,  181 1 ;  m.  Stephen  H.  McAllis- 

ter of  Portland ;  d.  May  5,  1870. 
Children: 

Charles  L.,  b.  July  15,  1833;  m.  Harriet  Libby. 
Henry  F.,  b.  October  25,    1835 !  m-   Margaret  G. 

Bartlett. 
Mary  O.,  b.  March  9,  1838;  m.  William  Haggett. 
Martha  T.,  b.  January  28,  1840;  d.  September,  1889. 
William  H..  b.  January  20  ,1842. 
George  E.,  b.  August  17,  1844;  d.  January  31,  1885. 

Albert  D.,  b.  January  27,  1846 ;  d. . 

Royal  E.,  b.  December  17,  1848;  d.  . 

Ella  F.,  b.  June  12,  1852.    Missionary  in  Burmah. 

(441)  3.  Olive  E.,  b.  September  24,  1812;  m.  Silas  M.  Adams; 

d.  September  29,  1888.     One  child,  George  M.,  b. 
September  29,  1834. 

(442)  4.  George  W.,  b.  July  18,  1824;  m.  Cornelia  Hicks;  d. 

February  13,  1891. 

(278)  John  Moulton"  (Charles5,  Daniel4,  Jonathan5,  Rob- 
ert2, William1),  m.  September  26,  1807,  Hannah  Tyler.  Lived  on 
old  Scarborough  Corner  road.  He  was  a  man  of  great  physical 
strength ;  d.  suddenly  from  disease  brought  on  by  over-exertion  in 
lumber  mill,  aged  about  30.    Child  : 

(443)  1.  Mary,    b.    October    9,    1808;    m.    Edward    Milliken; 

d.' . 

(279)  Daniel  Moulton*  (Charles5,  Daniel4,  Jonathan", 
Robert2,  William1),  m.  (Int.,  September  24.  1814)  Mary  Dennett. 
Had  his  father's  home  farm,  and  lived  there  with  his  mother. 
Died  when  about  30  years  old.    Had  no  children. 

(287)  Jonathan  Moulton8  (John5,  Daniel4,  Jonathan5, 
Robert2,  William1),  m.  (Int.,  July  29,  1814)  Mary  Stone.    Lived 


288  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

on  county  road  near  Scarborough  Corner,  where  Joshua  Moulton 
now  resides.    Was  for  many  years  a  school  teacher. 

Children : 

(444)  1.  Angelia  M.,  b.  August  23,  1829;  m.  M.  Colman  Dun- 

nell,  and  lives  in  Newfield,  Me.    Has  no  children. 

(288)  Thomas  Moulton6  (John6,  Daniel4,  Jonathan3,  Rob- 
ert2, William1),  m.  November  2,  1810,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Capt.  John  Lane.  She  d.  August  24,  1879.  Lived  first  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Scarborough;  in  1829  removed  to  Buxton,  Me. 

Children : 

(445)  1.'  John,  b.  October  26,  1811;  drowned  in  Fogg  Brook, 

June  4,  1818. 

(446)  2.  Charles,  b.  June  5,  1813;  m.  (1)  Laura  Dunnell,  (2) 

Joanna  Dunnell ;  d.  December  6,  1879. 

(447)  3.  Ivory  F.,  b.  February  23,  1816  ;  unm. ;  d.  November  24, 

1842. 

(448)  4.  John  L.,  born  October  3,  1818;  m.  Martha  Harmon. 

Lives  in  Buxton. 

(449)  5.  Mary,  b.  April  10,  182 1  ;  m.  George  Carll.     No  chil- 

dren. 

(450)  6.  Nathan,  b.  April  26,  1824;  d.  about  1826. 

(451)  7.  Alcestes  L.,  b.  March  8,   1828;  m.  John  T.  Porter; 

d.  September  2,  1861. 
Children : 

Austin  C,  b.  March  9,  1853;^.  September  6,  1853. 

Ansel  H.,  b.  February  12,  1855. 

Charles  C,  b.  October   15,  1859;  d.  September  3, 

i860. 
Alma  J.,  b.  September  21,  i860;  d.  October  21,  1861. 

(452)  8.  Eliza,  b.  January  22,  1830 ;  m.  John  Berry  of  Bar  Mills. 

No  children. 

(453)  9-  Hannah,  b.  November  21,  1832;  m.  William  Dunnell. 

Children : 

Edgar,  b.  July  18,  1852. 

Marilla,  b.  November  18,  1855. 

Eliza  E.,  b.  August  12,  1859. 

Alcestes,  b.  March  5,  1865;  d.  February  15,  1866. 

(289)  Daniel  Moulton0,  Squire  (John5,  Daniel4,  Jona- 
than3, Robert2,  William1)^!.  (Int.,  April  20,  1814)  Patience  Har- 
mon.   Shed.  February  11,1869,  aged  77.    He  was  a  man  of  much 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  289 

native  ability,  but  somewhat  eccentric  and  peculiar ;  was  active  in 
town  matters,  and  for  many  years  held  the  office  of  town  agent ; 
was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  in  1838  and  1839.  On 
account  of  his  political  belief  and  his  great  esteem  for  General 
Jackson  he  was  commonly  known  by  the  name  of  "Hickory." 
Died  1880. 

Children : 

(454)  1.  Mary,  b.  May  18,  1815;  d.  unm.  February  16,  1874. 

(455)  2.  Miranda,   b.   Mav    14,    1817;  m.    (1)    Friend   Daniel 

Holmes.  (2)  J.  W.  Bond. 

(456)  3.  Abigail,  b.  May  29,  1819;  m.  Rumery  Guilford.    Lived 

in  Saco.    Died . 

(457)  4.  Benjamin  H.,  b.  March  29,  1821 ;  d.  March  12,  1823. 

(458)  5.  Narcissa,  b.  February  8,  1823:  m.  (1)  Silas  Harmon. 

(2)  George  M.  Lowe;  d.  188 — . 

(459)  6.  Patience  L.,  b.  April  12,  1825;  d.  1861,  unm. 

(460)  7.  Hester  Ann.  b.  April  30,  1827;  m.  Charles  T.  Skillin. 

Lives  in  Portland. 

(461)  8.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  20,  1829;  m.  George  Fillebrown  of 

Boston  ;  d. . 

(462)  9.  Irene  Frances,  b.  April  25,  1832 ;  m.  Joseph  Morse  of 

Boston  ;  d.  . 

(463)  10.  Benjamin  F.,  b.  August  13,  1834;  unm. 

(464)  11.  Martha  J.,  b. ;  m.  Thomas  Farris  of  Boston. 

(291)  Reuben  Seavey  Moulton6  (John5,  Daniel4,  Jona- 
than5, Robert2,  William1),  m.  (1)  Miranda  Harmon;  she  d. 
March  25,  1841  ;  (2)  (Int.,  August  29,  1855)  Sarah  Cannell.  Was 
a  farmer  and  lived  on  northerly  side  of  Scarborough  Corner  road, 
on  westerly  side  of  and  just  beyond  Nonsuch  River. 

Children : 

(465)  1.  Caleb  B..  b.  August  16.  1823  ;  m.  (1)  Olive  J.  Fender- 

son;  (2)  Francena  Sands;  d.  December  15,  1871. 

(466)  2.  Granville,  b.  July  5,  1825 ;  d.  March  17,  1829. 

(467)  3.  Jordan  F.,  b.  January  19,  1827;  m.  Mary  A.  Stuart. 

Lives  in  California. 

(468)  4.  Rebecca,  b.  January  19,  1829 ;  d.  February  23,  1829. 

(469)  5.  Granville  L.,  b.  December  26,  1830;  m.  Miranda  M. 

Thurston.    Lives  in  Scarborough. 

(470)  6.  Rebecca  B.,  b.  June  1,  1833;  m.  Joseph  S.  Moulton. 

Lives  in  Brownfield,  Me. 


29O  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(471)  7.  Reuben  S.,  b.  September  28,  1835;  m.  Isabella  Kim- 

ball.   Lives  in  Hiram,  Me. 

(472)  8.  John  F.,  b.  September  12,  1837 ;  m.  Mary  A.  Boynton. 

Lives  in  Boston. 

(3°3)  James  Moulton6  (Daniel5,  Daniel4,  Jonathan5,  Rob- 
ert', William1),  m.  (1)  March  1,  1812,  Mary  McKenney.  She 
was  born  in  Saco,  September  3,  1793,  and  d.  in  Wayne,  October 
25,  1858.  Second,  February,  i860,  Rosaline  Bean.  He  removed 
from  Scarborough  to  Hartford,  Oxford  County,  and  afterward 
to  Wayne,  Kennebec  County,  where  he  died. 

Children : 

(473)  1.  Nancy,  b.  April   1,   1812;  m.    (1)    Daniel  Foss,    (2) 

Hiram  Hines.     Lived  in  Lewiston,  Me. ;  d.  April 
22,  1891.    No  children. 

(474)  2.  Sumner  C,  b.  July  3,  1815;  m.  Catherine  Morrison; 

d.  September  27,  1846. 

(475)  3.  Daniel,  b.  August  11,  1816;  unm. ;  d.  in  Brewer,  Me., 

November  24,  1843. 

(476)  4.  James  M.,  b.   November  8,   1820;  m.  Arella  Bates; 

d.  in  Wayne.  May  22.  1848.    No  children. 

(477)  5-  Jonathan,  b.  April  22,   1823;  m.  Lucy  M.  Foss;  d. 

November  7,  1887. 

(478)  6.  Morris,  b.  August  10,  1827;  unm.;  d.  in  Wayne,  De- 

cember 11,  1845. 

(304)  John  Moulton*  (Daniel5,  Daniel*,  Jonathan',  Rob- 
ert1, Wililam1),  m.  Sophia  Barrows.  Lived  for  some  years  in 
Hartford,  Oxford  County;  then  removed  to  his  father's  place  in 
Scarborough.  Had  a  large  farm,  with  fine  buildings,  and  was  a 
man  of  character  and  property.    Died  April  7,  1885. 

Children : 

(479)  1.  Gratia,  b.  August  2,  1819 ;  d.  September  25,  1841 ;  unm. 

(480)  2.  Cyrus  F.,  b.  December  20,  1823 ;  m.  Olive  Foss.    Lives 

in  Scarborough. 

(481)  3.  John,  b.  February  3,  1826;  m.  Eliza  Foss.     Lives  in 

Scarborough. 

(482)  4.  William,  b.   September  27,   1833;  m.   Mary  Ophelia 

Johnson.     Lives  in  Scarborough. 

(483)  5.  Allen  B.,  b.  September  14,  1835  ;  m.  Adelaide  N.  Agry ; 

d.  July  12,  1890. 


MRS.    .MARTHA   J.    MOULTON    BROOKS. 

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WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  20,1 

(305)  Daniel  Moulton6  (Daniel5,  Daniel4,  Jonathan',  Rob- 
ert2, William1),  m.  Mercy  Jose.  She  d.  September  19,  1873,  aged 
87.  He  lived  on  a  large  farm  on  westerly  side  of  Fogg  Hill,  near 
Scarborough  Corner.    Died  February  1,  1865. 

Children : 

(484)  1.  Martha  K.,  b.  September  3,  1818;  m.  Samuel  R.  Snow; 

d.  April  17,  1877. 
Children:    Charles  E.,  Mary  A.,  Daniel  M.,  Celia  M., 
James  I. 

(485)  2.  Elbridge  Gerry,  b.  February  7,  1822;  m.  Celia  A.  Saw- 

yer; d.  in  Portland,  March  3,  1881. 

(486)  3.  James  W.,  b.  June  4,  1824;  m.  Sarah  E.  Webster;  d. 

January  16,  1862. 

(487)  4.  Morris  M.,  b.  January  17,  1827;  m.  (1)  Hannah  A. 

Woodman,  (2)  Harriet  F.  Dyer;  d.  September  10, 
1882. 

(488)  5.  Greenleaf  M.,  b.  March  13,  1830;  unm. ;  d.  September 

25,  1864. 

(307)  William  Moulton"  (Daniel5,  Daniel4,  Jonathan5, 
Robert2,  William1),  b.  March  22,  1801 ;  m.  October  31,  1836, 
Nancy  McLaughlin,  daughter  of  Henry  V.  Cumston  of  Scarbor- 
borough.  Lived  first  on  his  father's  place  in  Scarborough ;  after- 
ward removed  to  Hartford,  Oxford  County;  then  to  Portland; 
called  "Duke  of  Scarborough."  Engaged  in  wholesale  grocery 
business  in  Portland ;  was  for  many  years  president  of  Cumber- 
land National  Bank.    Died  December  28,  1868. 

Children : 

(489)  1.  Sarah  Cumston,  b.  January  27,  1838;  d.  November, 

1849. 

(490)  2.  Ella,  b.  January  27,  1842;  m.  June  25,  1868,  Darius 

H.  Ingraham,  Esq.,  a  lawyer  in  Portland,  Me.    Was 
U.  S.  Consul  at  Cadiz,  Spain,  1885  to  1889. 
Children : 

Alice,  b.  March  28,  1869. 

William  Moulton,  b.  November  2,  187 1.     Lives  in 
Portland. 

(491)  3.  William  Henry,  b.  March  18,  1852;  m.  Dora  A.  Deer- 

ing.    Lives  in  Portland. 

(312)  Samuel  Moulton6  (Cutting5,  Samuel4,  Joseph*, 
William2,  William1),  m.  his  cousin,  Ann,  daughter  of  Samuel 


292  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Moulton.     She  m.  (2)  Dr.  James  Bradbury.    Lived  in  Parsons- 
field,  York  County,  Me. ;  d.  at  age  of  25. 
Children : 

(492)  1.  Alvah,  b.  October  11,  1798;  m.  Mary  Dalton ;  d.  Sep- 

tember 11,  1868. 

(493)  2.  Clarissa,  b. ;  d.  in  infancy. 

(313)  William  Moulton6  (Cutting5,  Samuel4,  Joseph', 
William2,  William1),  m.,  1804,  Mary  Pearl.  Lived  in  Parsons- 
field. 

Children : 

(494)  1.  Clarissa,  b.  September  26,  1805;  m.  Marston  Ames  of 

Ossipee.    Six  children. 

(495)  2.  Samuel,  b.  June  11,  1807;  m.  Nancy  Towle;  d.  Sep- 

tember 20,  1890. 

(496)  3.  Cutting,  b.  April  19,  1810;  m.  Marv  Towle;  d.  Septem- 

ber 17,  1886. 

(497)  4.  William  E.,  b.  March  19,  1813;  m.  Priscilla  Towle. 

Lives  in  Parsonsfield. 

(498)  5.  Judith,  b.  July  19,  1817;  m.  Joseph  Moulton;  d.  Octo- 

ber 17,  1886. 

(499)  6.  Catherine,  b.  December  11,  1820;  m. Currier. 

(315)  Cutting  Moulton"  Cutting5,  Samuel4,  Joseph',  Will- 
iam2, William1),  m.  Lydia,  daughter  of  Rev.  Wentworth  Lord  of 
Ossipee,  N.  H.    She  m.  (2)  Col.  Bartlett  Doe. 

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3.  Patience  B.,  b. 

4.  Almira,  b. 

5.  Orindab,  b.  — 

6.  Emery  B.,  b.  - 

7.  Mary  F.,  b.  — 

8.  James  W.,  b.  - 

9.  John  L..  b. 


10.  Susan,  b. ;  m.  Hon.  Alvah  Doe. 

11.  Albert,  b.  . 


(317)  Joseph  Moulton6  (Cutting5,  Samuel4.  Joseph',  Will- 
iam2, William1)  was  b.  in  Parsonsfield,  November  6,  1791.  He 
removed  when  young  to  Newport,  N.  H. ;  then  to  Antrim,  N.  H., 


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in  1826.  Married  (i),  1815,  Ruth  Messer.  She  a.  at  Hillsbor- 
ough, N.  H.,  1841.  Second,  April  13,  1843,  Polly  Barker.  She 
d.  at  Antrim,  March  13,  1872.  Joseph  built  in  Antrim  the  house 
occupied  in  1877  by  Joseph  Wilson.  He  afterwards  bought  the 
Adam  Dunlap  place.    He  died  April  17,  1864. 

Children  (by  first  wife)  : 

(511)  1.  Solon  W.,  b.  March  5,  1817,  Newport,  N.  H. ;  m.  (1) 
Sarah  Spears  of  Waterville,  Me.,  May  5,  1840,  at 
Lowell,  Mass.  She  d.  May  20,  1854.  Second,  Hul- 
dah  J.  Hinkley,  December  17,  1854.  She  was  b. 
September  17,  1827,  Lisbon,  Me. 

(512.)     2.  Almond,  b.  August  26,  1818;  d.  August,  1819. 

(513)  3-  Martha  Jane,  b.  February  20,  1821,  Newport,  N.  H. ; 

m.  (1)  Walter  Brooks  March  31  ,1842,  at  East 
Antrim,  N.  H.  He  d.  May  6,  1854.  They  lived  in 
Milford,  N.  H.,  where  all  their  children  were  born. 
Second,  James  Field,  December  1,  187 1,  at  Nashua, 
N.  H.    She  d.  in  Milford,  N.  H.,  October  30,  1879! 

Children  (by  first  husband)  : 

1.  Eliza  Ann,  b.  February  5,  1843,  Milford,  N.  H. ; 
m.  Dana  Grafton  Fenno  at  Boston,  Mass.,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1868.    He  d.  at  Westboro,  July  29,  1888. 

2.  Abby  Maria,  b.  August  4,  1844;  m.  March  5, 
1863,  Sylvanus  Joel  Talbot  in  Milford,  N.  H. 
One  son,  Edgar,  d.  1896. 

3.  Albin  Warner,  b.  August  10,  1847;  m-  Catherine 
Pond,  June  12,  1869,  at  Milford.  N.  H.  Has  a 
son  and  daughter. 

4.  Leonard  Walter,  b.  June  16,  1858 ;  m.  January  4, 
1887,  Bertha  Adelle  Rolfe  at  Colebrook,  N.  H. 
One  son. 

(514)  4.  Carlos   Pembroke,   b.   February   10,    1823;   d.   March 

.  1837. 

(515)  5-  Maria  Lucetta,  b.  Tune  20,  1826,  at  Antrim,  N.  H. ;  m. 

April  28,  1888,  Martin  Fiske  Eldredge. 

(516)  6.  Mary  Lucretia,  b.  December  8,  1828,  at  Antrim,  N.  H. 

m.  (1)  George  O.  Lathe  August  28,  1844,  at  Bel- 
lows Falls,  Vt.  He  d.  at  Lowell,  Mass.  Second, 
Oliver  Fiske,  August  28,  1859,  at  North  Tewksbury. 
One  son  by  first  husband. 
(5*7)  7-  Joseph  Almond,  b.  November  4,  1832;  d.  October  4 
or  6,  1833. 


294  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(518)  8.  Joseph,  b.  August  12,  1834,  Antrim,  N.  H. ;  m.  Sarah 

Jane  Fox  May  2,  1865,  at  Antrim,  N.  H.  She  was 
b.  March  7,  1840,  Stoddard,  N.  H. ;  d.  November  4, 
1 88 1,  Newry,  Me. 

(320)     Nathan    Moulton8),    Cutting5,    Samuel4,    Joseph5, 
William2,  William7),  m.  Mary  Edgerly.    Lived  in  Parsonsfield. 
Children : 

(519)  1.  Lorenzo,  b.  October  7,  1830;  m.  Susan  E.  Moulton. 

One  daughter,  Ina  May.    Second  child  dead. 

(520)  2.  Martha  J.,  b.  September  5,  1832 ;  d.  September  7,  1865. 

(521)  3.  Mary  A.,  b.  October  23,   1834;  m.  Eben   G.  Perry. 

Two  sons. 

(522)  4.  Eli,b.  1836;  d.  1843. 

Hannah,  b.  April  22,  1839 ;  m.  Tristram  H.  Tucker. 
Two  daughters. 

(323)  Samuel  Moulton",  Deacon  (Samuel5,  Samuel4,  Jo- 
seph3, William5,  William1),  m.  (1)  October  26,  1800,  Sarah  Davis 
of  Scarborough.  She  d.  181 1.  Second,  March  21,  1812,  Hannah 
Lord.  She  d.  1840.  Lived  in  Parsonsfield ;  was  deason  in  Baptist 
Church,  and  prominent  in  town  affairs. 

Children : 

(523)  1.  Hannah,  b.  December  25.  1801 ;  d.  July  26,  i860;  unm. 

(524)  2.  Charles,  b.    May   12,   1803;  m.   December    13,    1832, 

Lovina  Knowles :  d.  June  3,  1855. 

(525)  3.  Samuel,  b.  July  17,  1805;  m.  October,  1826,  Cyrena 

Knowles;  d.  February  19,  1875. 

(526)  4.  George,  b.  April,   1807;  m.  November,   1830,  Maria 

Jane  Day.    Lived  in  Bath,  Me. 

(527)  5.  Silas,  b.   September   13.   1809;  m.   (1),  1834,  Louisa 

'    Merrill,    (2)    September  11,   1856,  Patience  Lord; 
d.  May  5,  1869. 
(528    6.  Sarah,  b.  September  1,  1811;  d.  December  25,  i860: 
unm. 
Children  (by  second  wife)  : 

(529)  7-  Joseph,  b.  November  8.  1816;  m.  November  7,  1839, 

Judith  Moulton;  d.  March  1,  1900. 

(530)  8.  Wentworth  L..  b.  October  6,  1818;  m.  Sarah  A.  Ben- 

son; d.  March  23,  183 1. 
(531)'  9.  Isaac  M.,  b.  March  25,   1822;  m.   September,   1839, 
Elizabeth  F.  Frost;  d.  June  24,  1897.    His  wife  d. 
July  18,  1899. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  295 

(324)  William  Moulton'  (Samuel0,  Samuel*,  Joseph', 
William2,  William1),  b.  1782,  m.  Margaret  Stevens;  d.  Oct.  II, 
i860. 

Children : 

1.  Enoch,  married  and  had  William,  Otis  and  Margaret. 

2.  Mary,  m.  Almon  Lord  and  had  William  M.,  Emily  F., 

Edward  (who  married  and  had  Rose  M.,  Frederick, 
Leonard,  Edward  F.,  and  Josephine,  wife  of  F.  W. 
Peterschen  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.),  Mary  A.,  and  Al- 
mon D. 

(330)  William'  (John5,  Samuel4,  Joseph',  William2,  Will- 
iam1), m.  Ruth  Bartlett.    He  d.  July  16,  167 1. 

Children : 

(532)  1.  William,  b.  1825;  m.  Sarah  (Moody)  Varney. 

(533)  2-  Sarah  Jane,  b.  1835;  m.  Rufus  H.  Wigglesworth. 

(534)  3-  Joseph  B.,  b.  1839;  m.  1870,  Ellen  A.  Ordway. 

(333)     John  Moulton6  (John8,  Samuel4,  Joseph',  William2, 
William1),  m.,  1833,  Elizabeth  Bartlett. 
Children : 

(535)  *•  J0*111  C.,  b.  May  9,  1837;  m.  November  11,  1857,  Orissa 

Ida  Floyd. 

(339)  William  Moulton'  (Joseph5,  William4,  Joseph', 
William'jWilliam1),  m.  Judith,  daughter  of  Samuel  Noyes.  Lived 
in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  where  he  carried  on  the  jewelry  business ; 
was  highly  respected  and  commonly  known  as  "The  Honest  Gold- 
smith"; d.  February  14,  1861. 

Children : 

(536)  1.  Mary,  b.  September  9,  1803;  d.  September  18,  1851. 

(537)  2-  Rebecca,  b.  1808;  unm. ;  d.  December  1,  1857. 

(538)  3-  William,  b.  1810;  unm.;  d.  September  10,  1857. 

(539)  4-  Harriet,  b.  1812;  m.  John  N.  Kent;  d.  December  22, 

1889. 

(540)  5.  Joseph,  b.  February  17,  1814;  m.  Elizabeth  L.  Cole- 

man.   Lives  in  Newburyport. 

(541)  6.  Nathan,  b.   1819;  m.  ;  d.  in  Illinois  about 

1870. 


296  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

SEVENTH   GENERATION. 

(349)     Sibley  Moulton7   (Jonathan4,  Redmond5,  Richard4, 
James',  Benjamin2,  William1),  m.  Lucinda  Fogg. 
Children  (order  unknown)  : 

(542)  Charles  E.,  (543)  Enoch,  (544)  Celestia,  (545)  Dru- 

silla,  (546)  Sarah. 
Charles  E.,  b.  August  27,  1826,  Exeter,  N.  H. ;  m., 

1864,  Lucy  A.  Towle. 
Children : 

1.  Frank  H.,  b.  August  6,  1866,  Freedom,  N.  H. 

2.  Lucinda  A.,  b.  May  16,  1868,  Freedom,  N.  H. 

3.  Etta  B.,  b.  October  13,  1870,  Ossipee,  N.  H. 

(369)  William  P.'  (John4,  Benjamin5,  Benjamin4,  Benja- 
min', Benjamin2,  William1),  m.  Catherine  S.  Dudley  January  b, 

1853- 

Children  (all  born  in  Exeter,  N.  H.)  : 

(547)  1.  Sarah  E.,  b.   February  5,   1854;  m.   Dr.   Charles  E. 

Odlin  of  Exeter,  N.   H.,   now  of  Melrose.     Son, 
Russell  M.  Odlin,  b.  July  12,  1876. 

(548)  2.  Martha  C,  b.  October  4,  1855. 

(549)  3-  Ellen  F.,  twin,  b.  November  25,  1858. 

(550)  4.  Frances  E.,  twin,  b.  November  25.  1858. 

(392)  David  Moulton7  (David4,  David5,  Ephraim4,  Will- 
iam', Robert2,  William1),  m.  November  30,  185 1,  Elizabeth  Doe 
of  Parsonsfield.  Was  by  trade  a  house  carpenter  and  builder, 
which  business  he  followed  in  Boston  for  forty  years  or  more. 
Afterward  removed  to  Maiden,  Mass.,  where  he  died  April  26, 
1887. 

Child : 

(551)  Ella,  b. — ■ .    Still  lives  in  Maiden  with  her  mother. 

(398)  James  M.  Moulton7  (Daniel4,  David5,  Ephraim4, 
William8,  Robert2,  William1),  m.  December  16,  1856,  Sarah  L. 
Ayer  of  Newfield.  Settled  in  Newfield,  where  he  has  engaged  in 
trade.  Is  a  man  of  substance  and  one  of  the  prominent  and  re- 
spected citiens  of  the  town. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  297 

Children : 

(552)  1.  Anne  Ayer,  b.  April  5,  1861 ;  m.  April  21,  1886,  Dr. 

O'Neil  W.  R.  Straw.    Lives  in  Gorham,  Me.    One 
child,  Palmer,  b.  July  5,  1887. 

(553)  2-  James  Harris,  b.  September  2,  1867.     Lives  with  his 

father.    Unm. 

(399)  Amos  Moulton7  (Daniel*,  David5,  Ephraim4,  Will- 
iam1, Robert2,  William1),  m.  September,  1856,  Helen  M.  Staples 
of  Newfield,  and  settled  in  that  town.  In  i860  removed  to  Mil- 
waukee, Wis.,  where  he  was  for  two  years  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  shoes.  He  then  removed  to  Jefferson  City,  Mont., 
where  he  now  resides. 

Children : 

(554)  1.  Nellie  D.,  b.  May  14,  1873. 

(555)  2-  Carroll  Lincoln,  b.  July  3,  1876. 

(556)  3-  James  Elton,  b.  February  4,  1878. 

(402)  Richard  C.  Moulton7  (Nathan8,  Stephen5,  Ephraim4, 
William',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  February  4,  1862,  Emily  J. 
Home,  and  resides  in  Newfield. 

Children : 

(557)  1.  Anne  L.,  b.  December  26,  1863. 

(558)  2.  Abbie  J.,  b.  April  14,  1870. 

(403)  John  C.  Moulton7  (Oliver",  Stephen5,  Ephraim4, 
William',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  September  11,  1856,  Thirza  A. 
Russell  of  Bethel,  Me.  Settled  on  a  farm  in  Newfield,  which  had 
been  the  home  of  his  father,  grandfather  and  great-grandfather, 
Ephraim,  the  emigrant,  from  Hampton,  N.  H.  He  now  lives  in 
Auburn,  Me.    Had  two  daughters,  both  of  whom  died  young. 

(408)  Albert  S.  Moulton7  (Oliver8,  Stephen5  Ephraim4, 
William3,  Robert2,  William1),  m.  March  29,  1871,  Jennie  Noyes 
of  Newburyport,  Mass.    Lived  in  Haverhill,  Mass. 

Children : 

(559)  1.  Albert  H.,  b.  March,  1872.    Lives  in  East  Hampstead, 

N.  H. 

(560)  2.  Grace,  b.  February  14,  1874;  d.  in  infancy. 


298  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(416)  Charles  Moulton7  (Samuel6,  Simeon6,  Ephraim4, 
William',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  April  9,  1872,  Clara  J.  Garland 
of  Newfield.  Lived  for  some  years  on  his  father's  place  in  New- 
field  ;  then  bought  the  property  known  as  Adams'  Mills,  near  the 
center  of  the  town,  where  he  now  carries  on  the  business  of 
milling. 

Children : 

(561)  1.  Addison  D.,  b.  May  13,  1873. 

(562)  2.  Lizzie  A.,  b.  May  5,  1875. 

(563)  3.  Olive  A.,  b.  October  20,  1877. 

(564)  4.  Sarah  F.,  b.  July  8,  1879. 

(565)  5.  Alice  B.,  b.  October  31,  1881. 

(566)  6.  George  B.,  b.  October  25,  1883. 

(567)  7.  Charles  H.,  b.  July  II,  1887. 

(418)  Henry  Moulton7  (Robert6,  Joseph6,  Jonathan4, 
Jonathan3,  Robert2,  William1),  m.  January  27,  1847,  Eliza  Burn- 
ham.  Is  a  farmer  and  lives  on  the  homestead  near  Scarborough 
Corner,  which  was  settled  by  Jonathan  of  Hampton. 

Children : 

(568)  1.  Robert   Franklin,  b.   June   23,    1848;   111.   July,    1876, 

Elvira  Bickford.    Lives  in  Saco,  Me.    No  children. 

(569)  2.  Abbie  Ann,  b.  August  21,  1849;  m-  December  27,  1873, 

Frank  L.  Sawyer.    Lives  in  Groton,  Mass.     Child, 
Fred  S..  b.  February  5,  1875. 
(57°)     3-  George  Harris,  b.  April  3,  1856;  m.  July  3,  1882,  Cora 
Libby.    Lives  in  Scarborough.    Two  children. 

(571)  4.  Edwin,  b.  August  29,   1859;  unm.     Lives  on  home 

place. 

(419)  Joseph  Moulton7  (Robert6,  Joseph6,  Jonathan4,  Jona- 
than', Robert1,  William1),  m.  (Int.,  September  6,  1864)  Rebecca 
B.,  daughter  of  Reuben  S.  Moulton.  Lived  on  part  of  the  home- 
stead, near  his  brother  Henry.    Died  about  1869. 

Children : 

(572)  1.  Francis  Howard,  b.  September  14,  1856;  m. 

Swan.    Lives  in  Boston. 

(573)  2.  ,  b. ;  d.  young. 

(574)  3.  Miranda,  b.  November  15,  1859;  m.  Charles  Jewett. 

(428)     David  Thompson  Moultont  (William  C.6,  Daniel6, 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  299 

Jonathan4,   Jonathan',    Robert2,   William1),   b.    in    Scarborough, 
December  3,  1843  J  m-  November  17,  1866,  Laura  E.  Stubbs.    Is 
a  painter  and  lives  in  Saco. 
Children : 

(575)  !•  Guy  Winchester,  b.  February  15,  1868;  d.  February 

12,  1872. 

(576)  2.  Herbert  Percy,  b.  January  5.  1871 ;  d.  July  5,  1887. 

(577)  3-  Harold  S.,  b.  January  11.  1881. 

(578)  4.  David  Coburn.  b.  May  3,  1883. 

(431)  Charles  Moulton7  (Joshua6,  Charles5,  Daniel', 
Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  b.  May  8.  1801  ;  m.  December  16, 
1829,  by  Rev.  Thaddeus  Pomeroy  to  Hannah  Libby.  daughter  of 
Mathias  Meserve  of  Scarborough.  She  was  born  December  13, 
1806;  d.  January  17.  1884.  Lived  with  his  son,  Liberty,  on  the 
county  road  in  Gorham.  Me.;  was  a  blacksmith  and  had  a  good 
farm ;  was  a  man  well  to  do,  an  upright,  honorable  citizen,  and 
highly  respected :  had  been  one  of  the  selectmen  of  the  town ;  d. 
February  14,  1891. 

Children : 

(579)  !•  Jolin  Bisbee.  b.  May  8,  183 1  ;  m.  Ada  W.  Adams.     Is 

a  merchant  in  Santa  Cruz,  Cal.     No  children. 

(580)  2.  Lydia,  b.  February  2,  1833  :  m.  Johnson  Libby  of  Scar- 

borough ;  d.  September  8,  1884. 
Children : 

Edna  Estelle,  b.  May  1,  1856. 
Eugene  H.,  b.  October  14,  1858. 
Moulton  C,  b.  July  15,  i860. 
Alice,  b.  April,  1863;  d.  April  23,  1863. 

(581)  3.  Esther  Jane,  b.  July  17,   1835;  m.  August  25,  1866, 

Stephen  F.  Brown.  Lives  in  Boston ;  is  a  widow. 
No  children. 

(582)  4.  Mathias,  b.  May  8.  1839;  m.  Rose  A.  Bean.     Was  a 

soldier  in  Civil  War ;  member  of  firm  of  Talbot  & 
Moulton,  carriagesmiths,  Portland.  One  child,  Wil- 
lis Bean,  b.  March  20,  1877. 

(583)  5-  Olive,  b.  October   14,   1841 ;  unm.     Has  been  for  a 

series  of  vears  a  successful  high  school  teacher. 

(584)  6.  Charles  Ira.  b.  January  4,  1844:  unm.    Was  a  soldier 

in  the  Civil  War ;  went  West,  and  had  a  ranch  in 
Texas ;  now  in  Mexico. 


3°0  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(585)  7-  Liberty,  b.  June  24,  1847;  m-  Fanny  O.  McKenney. 

Lives  on  father's  homestead  in  Gorham.    One  child, 
Oren,  b.  July  9,  1880. 

(432)  Solomon  Stone  Moulton7  (Joshua*,  Charles',  Dan- 
iel4, Jonathan3,  Robert2,  William1),  b.  February  12,  1804;  m.  May 
23,  1827,  Patience,  daughter  of  Capt.  Henry  Jameson.  Lived  in 
Old  Town,  Penobscot  County,  Me.  Had  repair  shop,  and  did  a 
large  business  in  connection  with  the  lumber  mills  there ;  d.  in 
Scarborough  June  26,  1880.    His  wife  d.  July  14,  1867. 

Children : 

(586)  1.  Oliver,  b. ;  d.  young. 

(587)  2.  Lydia  Jane,  b.  May  5,  1830;  d.  June  13,  1862;  unm. 

(588)  3.  Sarah  Helen,  b.  April  7,  1834.    Lives  in  Bangor.  Unm. 

(589)  4.  Martha  Elizabeth,  b.  December  22,  1838;  m.  Herbert 

F.  Dean  of  Boston;  d.  February  15,  1881.    No  chil- 
dren. 
(59°)     5-  Charles  Davis,  b.  September  9,  1842;  m.  Arabella  A. 
Carmen  of  Brooklyn,   X.  Y.     Is  a  broker  in  New 
York;  member  of  the  X.  Y.  Stock  Exchange. 
Children : 

Charles  Jameson,  b.  November  0,  1873. 
Arabella,  b.  July  1,  1876:  d.  March,  1878. 
Percy,  b.  November  10,  187*  >. 
Marion,  b.  February  n,  1887. 

(433)  Fref.dom  Moulton1  (Joshua',  Charles',  Daniel*. 
Jonathan3,  Robert2,  William1),  b.  in  Scarborough,  Me.,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1808;  m.  June  13.  1842.  Shuah  Coffin,  daughter  of  Ezra 
and  Sarah  (Fabyan)  Carter;  Ezra  Carter  (Ezra,  Daniel,  Eph- 
raim  of  South  Hampton.  N.  H.),  her  father  came  from  Con- 
cord, N.  H.,  to  Scarborough  about  1800,  and  was  a  tanner.  She 
was  b.  December  20,  181 1.  Mr.  Moulton  fitted  for  college  at 
Gorham  Academy,  but  on  account  of  difficulty  with  his  eyes 
was  obliged  to  give  up  his  collegiate  course.  Taught  school  in 
Gorham  and  Scarborough  for  some  years.  After  marriage  in 
1842  went  to  Jay,  Franklin  County,  Me.,  where  he  remanied 
eleven  years.  In  1853,  removed  to  Scarborough  and  there  pur- 
chased the  Ezra  Carter  homestead  on  Portland  road  near  Dun- 
stan  Corner,  where  he  aftc  'ward  resided,  and  continued  teach- 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  301 

ing  a  part  of  every  so  long  as  he  lived;  was  always  prominent 
in  educational  matters;  member  of  superintending  school  com- 
mittee in  Jay  eleven  years,  and  also  member  of  superintending 
school  committee  in  Scarborough ;  was  town  clerk  at  time  of 
decease.  He  was  a  man  of  marked  ability,  of  highest  integ- 
rity and  standing,  and  was  universally  esteemed.  Mr.  Moul- 
ton,  his  wife  and  all  his  children,  were  school  teachers.  He 
died  July  31,  1857.  aged  48. 
Children : 

(591)  1.  Martha  Carter,  b.   April   It.   1843;  m.  October  20, 

1869,  Lewis  O.  Hills,  a  merchant  of  Arlington, 
111. ;  afterward  removed  to  Louisiana ;  d.  July  12, 
1889.  Children:  Grace  Amanda,  b.  September 
8,  1870;  d.  July  20,  1889;  Moulton  Augustus,  b. 
August  28,  1874;  Alida  Martha,  b.  December  29, 
1875;  Louis  Linville,  b.  May  7,  I877. 

(592)  2.  Sarah  Carter,  b.  November  3.  1846;  graduated,  Port- 

land High  School,  1869;  took  course  in  Oswego, 
X.  Y.  Xormal  School;  teacher;  lives  in  Scar- 
borough. 

(593)  3-  Augustus    Freedom,   b.     May    1,    1848;   graduated, 

Westbrook  Seminary,  1869;  Bowdoin  College, 
I873 !  fifSt  m  class  Phi  Beta  Kappa ;  tutor,  Bow- 
doin College,  1874;  admitted  to  Bar,  Cumberland 
County,  Me.,  1876;  member  of  State  Legislature, 
1878  and  1879;  now  lawyer  in  Portland,  Me. 

(594)  4.  Lydia  Frances,  b.  May  26,  185 1  ;  educated  at  West- 

brook  Seminary  and  Oswego,  X.  Y.  Xormal 
School ;  teacher  in  Jackson  Grammar  School, 
Portland. 

(434)  Joshua  Moulton'  (Joshua*.  Charles5,  Daniel4, 
Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  b.  May  20,  181I;  m.  December 
15,  1842,  Harriet  E.,  daughter  of  Josiah  Emery  of  Buxton. 
Lives  on  part  of  his  father's  farm  on  County  Road  near  Scar- 
borough Corner.  Is  a  very  substantial  farmer  and  well  to  do 
citizen. 

Children : 
(595     x-  Josiah  Emery,  b.  July  19,  1844;  m.  March  7,  1865, 
Emma  A.,  daughter  of  Daniel  Carter;  lives  with 
his  father  on  homestead.    Children  :     Harriet  Es- 


302  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

telle,  b.  September  lo,  1865 ;  Freedom  Augustus, 
b.  March  26,  1867;  Frederic  Emery,  b.  June  19, 
1869 ;  Joshua  Albert,  b.  March  8,  1875 ;  d.  January 
24,  1876;  Marianna  Carter,  b.  July  28,  1877;  Hen- 
rietta Jane,  b.  June  25,  1880;  Joshua  Elmer,  b. 
June  12,  I882 ;  d.  February  20,  1885. 

(596)  2.  Freedom  Augustus,  b.  September  3,  1846;  d.  August 

19,  1849. 

(436)  Ira  Moulton7  (Joshua6,  Charles5,  Daniel4,  Jona- 
than", Robert",  William1),  b.  August  24,  1816;  m.  December 
22,  1850,  Lydia  H.,  daughter  of  James  Berry  of  Saco.  Lived 
on  his  father's  place  in  Scarborough  on  County  Road ;  was  a 
farmer,  and  for  many  years  was  well  known  for  furnishing 
entertainment  for  travelers  and  teams ;  was  a  man  who  stood 
well  in  community,  and  was  highly  respected ;  d.  November 
13,  I885,  aged  69. 

Children: 

(597)  1-  James  Berry,  b.  February  18,  1852;  m.  July  15,  1871, 

Ella  P.,  daughter  of  Samuel  Knight  of  Falmouth, 
Me.     Resides  in  Boston,  Mass. 
Children: 

1.  Genevra  May,  b.  January  8,  I877. 

2.  Norinne  Merle,  b.  March  27,  1884. 

(598)  2.  Herbert  Frank,   b.   September  6,    1866;  graduated, 

Westbrook  Seminary,  1888,  now  a  student  in 
Theological  Department  of  Tufts  College;  Class 
of  1892 ;  unm. 

(439)  Charles  Moulton7  (Ellas",  Charles5,  Daniel4,  Jona- 
than5, Robert2,  William1), m.  October  5,  1832,  Mary  Jane, 
daughter  of  Captain  Wm.  Skillings  of  Cape  Elizabeth.  Lived 
for  some  yearrs  on  Jewell's  Island  in  Portland  Harbor,  after- 
ward in  Portland. 

Children : 

(599)  1.  Sarah  Louise,  b.  1844;  d.  in  infancy. 

(600)  2.  George  Franklin,  b.  October  9,  I846;  unm.    Soldier 

Seventeenth  Maine  Volunteers  in  Civil  War; 
killed  in  battle  before  Petersburg,  Va.,  June  16, 
1864 — a  gallant  and  patriotic  young  soldier. 

442)     George    W.    Moulton7    (Elias',    Charles5,    Daniel*, 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  3O3 

Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),!).  July  24,  1824;  m.  November 
19,  1848,  Cornelia,  daughter  of  William  Hicks  of  Portland.  Lived 
in  Portland  until  1868,  where  he  had  a  shoe  and  grocery  store, 
then  removed  to  Falmouth,  M.,  where  he  had  a  large  market 
garden.  A  very  active  and  honorable  man ;  d.  February  13, 
189I. 

Children : 

(601)  1.  Roscoe  G.,  b.  September  22,  1849;  m-  December  3, 

1882,  Sarah  M.  Bradbury.  Lives  in  Boston,  Mass. 

(602)  2.  Frank,  b.  December  24,    1852;   m.   March   1,   1883, 

Clara  S.  Sturdivant.  Lives  on  father's  place.  Was 
one  of  the  Selectmen  of  Falmouth  three  years.  No 
children. 

(603)  3.  Mary  Etta,  b.  October  4,  I858;  m.  Henry  K.  Norton. 

Lives  in  Falmouth.     No  children. 

(446)  Charles  Moulton7  (Thomas6,  John6,  Daniel4, 
Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  b.  June  5,  1813;  m.  Laura  Dun- 
nell  (2),  Joanna  Dunnell,  sister  to  first  wife.  Lived  in  Buxton, 
York  County,  Me.,  and  was  a  framer ;  d.  December  6,  1879. 

Children: 

(604)  1.  Laura  A.,  b.  January  19,  1841 ;  d.  November  20,  186I. 

(605)  2.  Ivorv  F.,  b.   February   15,   1842;  d.  September   15, 

I861. 

(606)  3.  Charles  H.,  b.  October  5,   1844;  d.  November  24, 

1861. 

(607)  4.  Almira   F.,  b.   November  3,    1846;   d.   October  20, 

1861. 

(608)  5.  Thomas,  b.  June  23,  1850  :unm. 

(609  6.  Elizabeth,  b.  July  31,  1852  ;m.  Albert  Moody. 

(610)  7.  Samuel  S.,  b.  October  10,  1853  ;unm. 

(611)  8.  Melissa,  b.  January  16,  1855;  m.  Peter  Stewart. 

(612)  9.  Caroline,  b.  July  31,  1857  ;unm. 

(448)  John  L.  Moulton7  (Thomas6,  John8,  Daniel*, 
Jonathan8,  Robert2,  William1),  m.  Martha  Harmon.  Lives 
in  Buxton,  York  County,  Me. 

Children : 

(613)  1.  Ivory  H.,  b.  April  26,  1845;  m-  Laura  A.  Frost. 

(614)  2.  Martha   A.,   b.    December    13,    1846;   d.    December 

26,  1846. 


304  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(615)  3.  Martha  A.,  b.  December  I5,   1847;  m.   Eugene  A. 

Libby. 

(616)  4.  Ellen  P.,  b.  October  9,  1851 ;  m.  Chase  Goodwin. 

(617)  5.  Austin    C,    b.    December    12,    1853;    m.    Mary    E. 

Osborne. 
(618.)     6.  John  F.,  b.  February  20,  1858:1mm. 

(619)  7.  Stephen   H.,   b.  January  3,   i860;   m.    Florence   M. 

Sheldon. 

(465)  Caleb  Burbaxk  Moulton7  (Reuben  S.\  John6, 
Daniel',  Jonathan'.  Robert2,  William1),  m.  (1)  Olive  J.,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Fenderson;  (2)  Francena  Sands.  Lived  in  Scar- 
borough. Was  a  soldier  in  Company  A.,  Eighth  Maine  Volun- 
teers; d.  December  15,  1877. 

Children : 

(620)  1.  Miranda  Elizabeth,  b.  October  13,  L851  ;  m.  William 

Collins.  Lives  in  Scarborough.  Children :  Cora 
E.,  George-  Herbert,  Olive  ML,  Harvey  E.  Caleb, 
William  \\  ..  Perley,  Laura  G. 

(621)  2.  Alberta  A.,  b.  August   II,   1853;  ni.  James  Phinney. 

Children:      Edwin  J.,   Lilian   F.,   Martha  Ellen. 

(622)  3.  Franklin,  b.  about  1855;  d.  in  infancy. 

(623)  4.  Mary  Frances,  b.  August  7,  1856;  d.  March  li,  1857. 

(624)  5.  Abby  Jam-,  1>.  May  25,  i860;  m.  Charles  E.  Libby, 

of  Scarborough.     Children :      Laura  E.,  Horace, 
Florence  M.,  Edwin,  Fannie  E. 
Children  of  Francena  Sands: 

(625)  6.  Mary  Olive.  1>.  August   15.  1868;  m.   Albro  Rogers 

of  Brownfield ;  one  child,  Estella. 

(626)  7.  Caroline  Ella,  b.  about  1872.     Lives  in  Brownfield. 

(627)  8.  Rebecca,  b.  about  1878.    Lives  in  Pirownfield. 

(467)  Jordan  F.  Moulton7  (Reuben  S.\  John6,  Daniel4, 
Jonathan',  Robert2,  William' ),m.  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Asa 
Stuart.     Lived  in  Scarborough ;  now  in  Stockton,  California. 

Children : 

(628)  1.  Albion  J.,  b.  August  3,  1854;  d.  July  1,  I863. 

(629)  2.  James  Stuart,  b.  September  28,   1856;  m.  July  31, 

1887,  Edith  Dow  Yaple  of  Ripon,  Cali. 

(630)  3.  Caroline,  b.  October  22,  1858. 

(631)  4.  William  A.,  b.  September  27,  i860;  d.  May  7,  1881. 

(632)  5.  Mary  Etta,  b.  June  9,  1864. 

(633)  6-  Jordan  F.,  b.  March  14,  1867;  d.  February  28,  1881. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  305 

(469)  Granville  L.  Moulton  (Reuben  S.e,  John', 
Daniel4,  Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  August  10,  I851, 
Miranda  M.,  daughter  of  Henry  Thurston  of  Scarborough.  Is 
a  farmer  and  lives  on  the  Broadturn  Road  in  Scarborough. 

Children  : 

(634)  1.  Emma  Jane,  b.  December  19,   1851 ;  m.  Joseph  A. 

Lothrop.     Lives  in  Pine  Point,  Me. 

(635)  2.  Frank  G.,  b.  March  11,  1855;  m.  Nellie  J.  Fenderson. 

Lives  in   Scarborough ;  one  child ;   Granville  J., 
b.  November  19,  1889. 

(636)  3.  James  G.,  b.   March  28,  1864;  m.  Minnie  L.  Farr. 

Lives  in  Scarborough. 

(637)  4.  William  M.,  b.  September  22,  1867;  unm.     Lives  at 

home. 

(638)  5.  Reuben  S.,  b.  August  31,  1869;  unm.  Lives  at  home. 

(639)  6.  Henry  A.,  b.  May  29,  1873;  unm.    Lives  at  home. 

(471)  Reuben  S.  Moulton7  (Reuben  S.",  John6,  Daniel*, 
Jonathan',  Robert2.  William'  ).m.  July  22,  i860,  Isabella  Kim- 
ball. Lived  in  Scarborough  and  removed  to  Hiram,  Me.,  May 
1855,  where  he  has  since  resided. 

Children : 

(640)  1.  Fannie  A.,  b.  November  1,  1861 ;  d.  June  23,  1863. 

(641)  2.  Frederic  C,  b.  August  8,  1864;  unm.  Lives  in  Hiram. 

(642)  3.  Edwin   N.,  b.   November  6,    1866;  unm.     Lives  in 

California. 
(634)     4.  Albion,  b.  August  6,  1871 ;  unm. 

(644)  5.  Herbert,  b.  December  22,  1872  ;unm. 

(645)  6.  Annie  L.,  b.  December  4,  1876:1111111. 

(472)  John  Francis  Moulton'  (Reuben  S.'John",  Dan- 
iel4, Jonathan3,  Robert2,  William1),  m.  February  2,  1865,  Mary 
A.,  daughter  of  Jacob  Boynton  of  Brownfield.  Removed  from 
Scarborough  to  Boston,  Mass.  in  April,  I871,  where  he  has 
since  resided.    Has  also  a  farm  in  Buxton,  Me. 

Children : 

(646)  1.  Albion,  b.  June  10,  1865;  d.  October  21,  1869. 

(647)  2.  Charles  Albert,  b.  April  11,  1867;  unm. 

(648)  3.  Frances  Octavia,  b.  May  3,  I872;  m.  September  1, 

1889,  John  Freeman  Moulton.     Children:     Ervin 
Francis,  b.  September  12,  1890. 


306  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(474)  Sumner  C.  Moulton7  (James*,  Daniel6,  Daniel4, 
Jonathan5,  Robert2,  William1),!!!.  January  17,  1843,  Catherine 
Morrison.  She  was  b.  in  Wayne,  October  18,  1818;  d.  Decem- 
ber 27,  I887.  He  removed  from  Hartford,  Oxford  County,  with 
his  father  to  Wayne,  Kennebec  County,  where  he  afterwards 
resided;  d.  September  27,  1846. 

Children : 

(649)  1.  Mary  S.,  b.  November  6,  1843;  m.  (1)  January  17, 

1866,  Emery  Foss  of  Wayne.     He  d.  September 
.    11.  I872;  (2)  December  31,  1881,  Dr.  F.  L.  Dixon. 
She  d.  April  13,  1885. 

(477)  Jonathan  Moulton'  (James*,  Daniel",  Daniel4, 
Jonathan3,  Robert2,  William1),  m.  December  5,  1852,  Lucy  M. 
Foss  of  Leeds.  Me.  She  was  b.  January  14,  1827.  Lived  in 
Wayne,  Me.,  where  he  died  November  7,  1887. 

Children : 

(650)  1.  Sumner  C,  b.  October  1,  1853;  d.  October  1,  1876, 

in  Wayne ;  unm. 

(651)  2.  James  M..  1>.  September  26,  1859;  m.  May  3,  1879, 

Sarah  Stinchfield  of  Danforth.  Lives  in  Wayne. 
Postmaster,  [884.  Deals  extensively  in  horses. 
Children:  Jonathan  E.,  b.  November  26,  1880; 
Nancy  L.,  b.  March  20,  1882;  James  William,  b. 
February  28,  1889. 

(480)  Cyrus  F.  Moulton7,  Captain  (John*,  Daniel5, 
Daniel4,  Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  Olive,  daughter  of 
Walter  Foss  of  Saco.  For  some  years  followed  the  sea  and 
was  Captain  of  merchant  vessels.  Now  resides  in  Dunstan 
Corner,  Scarborough.  Was  a  member  of  the  State  Legisla- 
ture from  Scarborough  in  1857.  Has  held  various  town  offices, 
Collector  of  Taxes,  etc.  Was  for  fourteen  years  Treasurer  of 
the  town.  Is  a  man  of  recognized  integrity  and  business  ca- 
pacity. 

Children : 

(652)  1.  Frank  H.,  b.  August  1,  1851.     Lives  in  Iowa;  unm. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  307 

(653)  2.  Gratia,  b.  June  6,  1853;  m.  March  30,  1873,  George 

W.  Doughty;  d.  April  11,  1881.  Children: 
Clara  M.,  b.  September  19,  1874;  d.  April  28, 
1888;  Frank  M.,  b.  November  18,  1875;  Edgar  A., 
b.  April  13,  1876;  d.  February  1,  1877;  Willie  E., 
b.  October  30,  1878 ;  d.  May  9,  1888. 

(654)  3.  Ira  J.,  twin;    b.   November    16,    1857;    d.   Februarv 

12,  1858. 

(655)  4.  Eliza  J.,   twin;    b.   November   16,    1857;    d.  August 

26,  1858. 

(656)  5.  Alice  J.,  b.  September  21,  i860;  m.  January  6,  1888, 

Elmer  E.  Cummings  of  Portland.  Children: 
Walter,  b.  July  13,  1889. 

(657)  6.  Alvin  F.,  b.  June  4.   1862 ;    m.   November  16,   1886, 

Annie  H.  Hanson.     Lives  in  Scarborough. 

(658)  7.  Hattie  A.,  b.  September  4,  1865;  m.  September  2, 

1890.  Simon  Cummings  of  Portland.  Children: 
Ida  Eveline,  b.  April  16,  1891. 

(481)  John  Moulton7  (John6.  Daniel6,  Daniel\  Jona- 
than', Robert",  William1),  m.  June  15,  1875,  Eliza,  daughter 
of  Walter  Foss  of  Saco.  Lives  with  his  brother  Wm.  on  his 
father's  farm  in  Scarborough.  Has  been  Selectman  of  the 
town.    No  children. 

(482)  Willam  Moulton7  (John8,  Daniel5,  Daniel4,  Jona- 
than1, Robert2,  William1  ),m.  July  I2,  1870,  Mary  Ophelia, 
daughter  of  Levi  Johnson  of  Quincy,  111.  Lives  on  his  fath- 
er's farm  in  Scarborough.  Was  for  some  years  a  school 
teacher.  Has  been  a  member  of  the  S.  S.  Com.,  Town  Treas- 
urer and  Town  Clerk.  Member  of  the  State  Legislature  from 
Scarborough  in  1874  and  1875.  Is  a  Justice  of  the  Peace,  Land 
Surveyor  and  an  active  business  man. 

Children : 

(659)  1.  Frederic  William,  b.  June  24,   1871 ;  drowned  Au- 

gust 3,  1890 ;  unm. 

(483)  Allen  Barrows  Moulton7  (John6,  Daniel5,  Dan- 
iel4, Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  September  6,  1864, 
Adelaide  N.,  daughter  of  Captain  George  Agry  of  Hallowell. 
In  youth  followed  the  sea.     Afterwards  resided  in  Portland, 


308  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Me.,  and  was  member  of  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  W.  and  C. 
R.  Milliken.  Killed  by  accidental  discharge  of  a  gun,  July 
12,  I890. 

Children: 

(660)  1.  Robert  Agry,  b.  July  1,  1872.     Lives  in  Portland. 

(661)  2.  Allen  Agrv,  b.  May  24,  1867;  d.  August  27,  1867. 

(662)  3.  Helen,  b.  July  5,  1882. 

(485)  Eldridge  Gerry  Moulton7  (Daniel6,  Daniel0,  Dan- 
iel4, Jonathan3,  Robert2,  William1),  m.  October,  I855,  Celia 
Ann,  daughter  of  Asa  Sawyer  of  Litchfield,  Me.  Resided  and 
had  grocery  store  in  Boston,  Mass.,  where  his  family  still  re- 
side.    Drowned  in  Portland  Harbor,  March  3,  1881. 

Children : 

(663)  1.  Elizabeth  S.,  b.  May  5,  1859.     Lives  with  mother; 

unm. 

(664)  2.  James  William  Greenleaf,  b.  February  20,  1866;  m. 

March  20,  1887,  Lottie  A.  Long.    Lives  in  Boston. 

(486)  James  William  Moulton7  (Daniel6,  Daniel5,  Dan- 
iel4, Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  June  5,  1854,  Sarah  E., 
daughter  of  Captain  Eben  H.  Webster  of  Cape  Elizabeth ;  b. 
in  Scarborough,  went  to  Portland  when  a  young  man  and  was 
member  of  wholesale  grocery  firm  of  Rogers  and  Moulton ;  d. 
January  22,  1862. 

Children : 

(665)  1.  Charles  Rogers,  b.  April  16,  1857;  unm.     Lives  in 

Seattle,  Wash. 

(666)  2.  Sarah,  twin,  b.  November  5,  1859;  d.  June  4,  1864. 

(667)  3.  Nellie,  twin,  b.  November  5,  1859;  d.  June  15,  1864. 

(487)  Morris  M.  Moulton  (Daniel6,  Daniel6,  Daniel4, 
Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  m.  (1)  (Int.,  August  30,  1852) 
Hannah  A.,  daughter  of  Captain  James  Woodman  of  Buxton; 
(2)  (Int.,  April  19,  I877),  Harriet  F.  Dyer.  Lived  in  Scar- 
borough on  farm  formerly  occupied  by  his  father.  Was  also 
engaged  in  lumber  business  in  Saccarappa ;  d.  September  10, 
1882. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  309 

Children: 
(681)  1.  Ivory  F.,  b.  December  26,  1852;  m  (1)  Clara  E. 
Davis;  (2)  Castella  R.  Jackson.  Children:  Eu- 
gene C,  b.  December  7,  1877;  Morris  L,  b.  No- 
vember I7.  1883 ;  Bernice  M.,  b.  October  30,  1885 ; 
Nathan  C,  b.  February  12,  1888. 

(669)  2.  Sarah  E.,  b.  December  10,  1855 ;  m.  Freedom  Me- 

serve  of  Scarborough. 

(670)  3  Martha  M.,  b.  September  21,   1857;   m.   Eugene  C, 

Carll ;  d.  November  21,  1878.    No  Children. 

(671)  4.  James  W.,  b.  February  12,  i860;  m.  Mary  A.  Sea- 

vev.     Lives  in  Westbrook.     No  children. 

(491)  William  Henry  Moulton7  (William".  Daniel5, 
Daniel4,  Jonathan',  Robert2,  William1),  b.  March  18,  1852;  m. 
December  15,  1881,  Dora  Adelaide,  daughter  of  George  W. 
Deering  of  Portland,  Me.  Graduated  at  Portland  High  School 
and  Bowdoin  College;  Class  1874.  Director  and  Vice-Presi- 
dent Cumberland  National  Bank,  and  Director  in  Portland 
Savings  Bank.  Member  of  well-known  firm  of  Woodbury  & 
Moulton,  Bankers  in  Portland,  Me.,  and  of  high  financial  and 
business  standing.    No  children. 


*»• 


(492)  Dr.  Alvah  Moulton7  (Samuel8,  Cutting5,  Samuel4, 
Joseph3,  William2.  William1),  b.  October  li,  1798  in  Parson- 
field;  m.  May  10,  1821,  Mary,daughter  of  Samuel  Dalton.  She 
was  b.  March  22,  1799;  d.  November  28,  1870.  Studied  medi- 
cine with  Dr.  James  Bradbury.  Removed  to  Ossipee,  N.  H., 
where  he  afterwards  resided.  Was  an  eminent  practioner,  an 
active  church  member  and  temperance  advocate ;  d.  September 
13,  1868. 

Children: 

(672)  1.     Ann  B.,  m.  John  C.  Dore  o  f  Chicago,  111. 

(673)  2.  Louisa   F.,  m.  Warren   Nickerson  of  Boston;  one 

child,  Annie  L.,  d.  1896. 

(674)  3.  Ferdinand,  Lawyer  in  Washington,  D.  C.     Author 

of  "Pension   Laws,"  United  States  District  At- 
torney:  d.  October  13,  1866;   unm. 

(675)  4.  Maria  Amanda,  m.  Henry  A.  Jackson  of  Boston. 


3IO  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(676)  5.  Clarissa  B.,  m.  Daniel  O.  Quimby  of  New  York;  d. 

November  30,  1882.  Had  five  children ;  all  but 
one  d.  young.     Man-  A.,  d.  1871,  aged  21. 

(677)  6.  Alvah  D.,  lives  in  Quincy,  Mass. ;   unm. 

(678)  7.  James   B.,   resided   in   San   Francisco;   d.   June   2l, 

1861 ;  unm. 

(679)  8.  George  F.,  m.  Susan  Brewster;  one  child,  Ellen,  d. 

October  25,  1892. 

(680)  9.  Henry    William,     m.     May     2,     1855,     Susan     F., 

daughter  of  John  and  Louisa  (Gale)  Whittemore. 
Captain  in  War  of  Rebellion ;  Commissioner  of 
Board  of  Enrollment,  Fifth  Massachusetts  Dis- 
trict ;  member  Massachusetts  Legislature,  1865 ; 
United  States  Marshal,  1869;  Vice-President  His- 
torical Society.  Old  Newbury ;  member  N.  E. 
Gen.  Soc. ;  President  Metropolis  Land  Company, 
Boston  and  also  of  Texas  and  N.  E  Land  Com- 
pany. Resided  at  Moulton  Hill,  Newburyport. 
In  real  estate  business  in  Boston  ;  d.  May  13,  I896. 
Children:  Susan  W. ,  d.  Febmarv  19.  1889;  An- 
nie D.,  m.  1887,  Frederick  W.  Marston.  Child: 
William  Moulton,  b.  May  9,  1893 ;  William  L.,  d. 
May  5,  1861  ;  Alice  C. ;  Mary  L.,  m.  February  27, 
1896,  Dr.  C.  Horton  Smith.  Children :  Moulton 
Smith,  b.  September  4,  I901 ;  d.  in  infancy;  Moul- 
ton Smith  (2d)  b.  October  3,  19J5 ;  Claribel. 

(681)  10.  Sarah  E.,  m.  Charles  H.  Dow  of  Boston. 

(682)  11.  Maroy  E.   M.,  m.   Amos   F.  Towle  of  Boston;    one 

child,  Warren  A. 

(683)  12.  Charles    E..    lived    in    Chicago;    d.    November    18, 

1869;  unm. 

(495)  Samuel  Moulton7  (William6.  Cutting',  Samuel4, 
Joseph',  William2,  William1),  m.  December  28,  1828,  Anna, 
daughter  of  Jabez  Towle.  She  was  b.  January  28,  181 1;  d. 
September  18,  1877.  He  lived  in  East  Parsonfield,  Me.;  d.  Sep- 
tember 14,  1890. 

Children : 

(684)  1.  David  O.,  b.  June  5,  1830;  m.  March  20,  1856,  Mehi- 

table  T.  Wormwood.  Resides  in  Falmouth,  Me. 
Farmer  and  teacher.  Labor  candidate  for  Con- 
gress in  1886:  Children:  Clarence  H.,  b.  June 
1,  1857;  m.  Edna  I.  Brown;  Dr.  Willis  B.,  b.  July 


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WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  311 

3,  I862;  M.  D.  Bowdoin  College,  1883;  m.  Es- 
tella  M.  Cole;  Margaret  E.,  b.  May  22,  1870; 
teacher;  David  E.,  b.  September  16,  1871 ;  unm. 

(685)  2.  George  J.,  b.   February    11,    1832;   m.   Fanny   Mc- 

Bride.  Lives  in  Boston.  Active  Labor  Reformer. 
Children  :     George,  Annie  F. 

(686)  3.  Mary  A.,  b.  November  10,  I833 ;  m.  Ivory  B.  Weeks ; 

d. ;  four  children. 

(687)  4.  John  H.,  b.  July  17,  1835;  d-  young. 

(688)  5.  Albion  T.,  b.  October  1,  1837;  d.  young. 

(689)  6.  Sarah,  b.  March  3,  1839;  unm.    Lives  in  Parsonfield. 

(690)  7.  Ann,  b.  November  20,  1840;  d.  . 

(691)  8.  Hannah  H.,  b.  April  I2,  1842;  m.  Benj.  R.  Pray;  d. 

.     No  children. 

(692)  9.  Martha  M.,  b.  November  19,  1843;  unm.;  d. . 

(693) '  10.  Harriet,  b.  May  18,  1845;  d.  young. 

(694)  11.  Lucien  D..  b.  November  I7,  1846;  unm.     Lives  in 

Parsonfield. 

(695)  12.  Melissa  J.,  b.   August  31,   1849;  m.  William  Fen- 

derson. 

(696)  13.  Enoch  Westcott,  b.  June  2,  1852;  unm.     Lives  in 

Parsonfield. 

(427)  William  E.  Moulton7  (William8,  Cutting6, 
Samuel4,  Joseph3,  William2,  William1),  b.  March  19,  I813;  m. 
November  30,  1837,  Priscella.  daughter  of  Simeon  Towle.  Has 
held  all  the  various  town  offices.  Lives  now  on  farm  in  Par- 
sonfield, where  his  grandfather  Cutting  settled.  Mrs.  M.,  was  b. 
February  3,  1815 ;   d.  1876. 

Children : 

(697)  1.  Lucy  E.,  b.  November  17,  1839;  m.  James  G.  Perry 

of  Portland.  Children:  Gertrude,  b.  January  1, 
1864;  Grace,  b.  March  I9,  1872. 

(698)  2.  Mary  E.,  b.  February   11,  1841 ;  m.  D.  H.  Hill  of 

Sandwich,  N.  H.    Children :    Walter  and  Bertha. 

(699)  3.  Alonzo  P.,  b.  April  9,  1843;  m.  Mary  E.  Towle;  d. 

August  18,  1885.  Was  a  soldier  in  Civil  War. 
Children :  William,  Genevieve,  Alonzo  and  Mar- 
shall. 

(700)  4.  Annette  M.,  b.  July  25,  I845 ;  d.  September  8,  1845. 

(701)  5.  Ada  C,  b.  August  5,  1846;  m.  Albion  K.  Towle  of 

Newfield.  Children :    Fred,  Albion  and  Ada. 


312  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(702)     6.  Eva  A.,  b.  July  12,  1849;  m-  Henry  W.  Colcord. 

Lives  in  Parsonsfield.    No  children. 
(7°3)     7-  Clara  P.,  b.  March  30,  1852;  m.  John  B.  Lord.    Lives 

in   Parsonsfield;  one  child,   Katie. 

(704)  8.  Harriet  A.,  b.  September  6,  1856.    Lives  at  home. 

(511)  Solon  W.  Moulton7  (Joseph6,  Cutting6,  Samuel*, 
Joseph3,  William2,  William1),  m.  (1)  Sarah  Spears  of  Water- 
ville,  Me.,  May  5,  1840,  at  Lowell,  Mass.  She  d.  May  20,  1854; 
(2)  Huldah  J.  Hinkley,  December  17,  1854,  at  Lowell,  Mass. 
She  was  b.  September  17,  1827,  at  Lisbon,  Me. 

Children   (all  by  first  wife)    : 

(705)  1.  Ruth  R.,  b.  November  12,  1841 ;  m.  Wm.  Rodick;  d. 

August  20,  1870. 

(706)  2.  Walter  A.,  b.  April  7,   1843;  m-  Mary  Hughe;  d. 

October  29,   1871.     Solon   W.   was  a  merchant. 
He  d.  November  13,  1877,  at  Lewiston,  Me. 

(518)  Joseph  M.  Moulton7  (Joseph8,  Cutting6,  Samuel*, 
Joseph3,  William2,  William1),  m.  Sarah  Jane  Fox,  May  2,  1865, 
Antrim.  She  was  b.  March  9,  I840,  Stoddard,  Me. ;  d.  No- 
vember 4,  1881,  Newry,  Me. 

Children : 

(707)  1.  Arthur  Ashbury,  b.  January  6,  1867,  Antrim,  N.  H. 

Carpenter  and  Architect. 

(708)  2.  Ruth  Florence,  b.  May  24,  1869,  Antrim. 
(7°9)     3-  Agnes  Lucetta,  b.  July  10,  I875,  Randolph,  Me. 

Joseph  M.  Moulton  has  been  a  colporteur  and  was  pastor 
of  Methodist  Church  in  Maine  from  1876  to  1895,  when  this 
data  was  received. 

(524)  Charles  Moulton7  (Samuel6,  Samuel5,  Samuel*,  Jo- 
seph3, William2,  William1),  m.  December  13,  1832,  Lovina 
Knowles.    She  d.  1887. 

Children : 

(710)  1.  Hannah,  b. ;  m.  Richard  Eastman. 

(711)  2.  Harriet  P.,  b.  1835;  d.  i860. 

(712)  3.  Maria  B.,  b.  1839;  d.  1854. 

(713)  4.  Charles,  b.  1846;  d.  1847. 

(714)  5.  Charles,  b.  1849;  m-  Mary  E.  Fenderson.     Had  four 

children,  Melinda  and  Charles  L.  now  living. 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  313 

(525)  Samuel  Moulton7,  Deacon  (Samuel9,  Samuel5, 
Samuel4,  Joseph3,  William2,  William1),  m.  October,  1826,  Cyrena 
Knowles.  Lived  in  Parsonsfield.  Was  deacon  in  Baptist  Church 
there. 

Children : 

(715)  1.  David,  b. ;  d. . 

(716)  2.  Sarah,  b. ;  d. . 

(717)  3.  Axa,  b. ;  d. 


(718)  4.  John,  b. ;  m. .    Lives  in  Aroostook 

County. 

(719)  5.  Edwin  M.,  b. ;  m. Gilpatrick.    One 

daughter. 

(526)  George  Moulton7  (Samuel6,  Samuel5,  Samuel4,  Jo- 
seph5, William2,  William1),  m.  November  18,  1830,  Maria  Jane 
Day  of  Limerick.  She  d.  May  20,  1877;  m.  (2)  April  27,  1879, 
Alice  A.  Dunton.  She  d.  February  21,  1891.  In  1828  he  removed 
to  Bath,  Me.  In  1837  went  into  machinery  business ;  made  the 
first  boiler  and  steam  engine  built  in  Bath.  Succeeded  in  business 
in  1879  by  his  son  George,  Jr.    Still  lives  in  Bath. 

Children : 

(720)  1.  Ann   Smith,  b.   September  29,    1831  ;   d.   January  4, 

1849  >  unm. 

(721)  2.  Mary  Elizabeth,  b.  December  12,  1832;  m.  November 

20,  1853,  George  H.  Duncan;  d.  January  31,  1851. 

(722)  3.  Jane  Day,  b.  April  24,  1834;  d.  September  25,  1852; 

unm. 

(723)  4.  Eben  Day,  b.  October  25,  1835;  d.  August  15,  1855; 

unm. 

(724)  5.  Samuel,  b.  March  29,  1837;  d.  May  22,  1856;  unm. 

(725)  6.  George  Fuller,  b.  January  2,  1839;  d.  April  19,  1839. 

(726)  7.  George,  Jr.,  b.  March  4,  1840;  m.  November  18,  1864, 

Fannie,  daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  Shaw.     Pro- 
prietor of  machine  works,  Bath.    Alderman  in  1886, 
'87  and  '88.    Mayor  in  1889. 
Children : 

George  Fred,  b.  September  11,  1865. 
Mary  Millens,  b.  November  20,  1866. 
Jane  Day,  b.  April  18,  1869. 
Ruth  Ella,  b.  September  29,  1870. 
Fannie  May,  b.  August  1,  1873. 


314  MOULTON    AXXALS. 

Charles  Day,  b.  October  22,  1875. 
John  O.,  b.  October  25,  1877. 
Carrie  Elizabeth,  b.  May  30,  1882. 
(72J)     8.  Charles   Duncan,  b.  April   15,   1842;  d.  October   16,. 
1870;  unm. 

(728)  9.  Sarah  White,  b.  August  10,  1844;  d.  October  16,  1872  : 

unm. 

(729)  10.  Carrie  Abigail,  b.  January  28,  1847.    Lives  with  father 

in  Bath.    Unm. 

(730)  11.  Maria  Ann.  b.  January  21,  1849;  d.  March  3,  1871  ; 

unm. 

(731)  12.  Emma  Jane,  b.  February  12,  1853;  d.  May  1,  1854. 

(527)  Silas  Moultox7  (Samuel0,  Samuel5,  Samuel',  Jo- 
seph', William2.  William1),  m.  (1),  1834,  Louisa  Merrill;  (2) 
September  11,  1856,  Patience  Lord.  Was  Baptist  minister,  Town 
Clerk  of  Parsonsfield  1848-53 ;  member  of  S.  S.  Com.  for  some 
years;  d.  May  5,  1869. 

Children : 

(732)  1.  Rebecca  M.,  b.   1835;  m.  Samuel  Boothby ;  d.  1857. 

Two  children:    Silas  M.  and  Joseph. 

(733)  -•  George,  b.  1837;  m.  Eliza  A.  Moulton.    Lives  in  Lim- 

erick.    Children:    Three  daughters  and  one  son. 

(734)  3.  Salome  K..  1>.  1840;  m.  Daniel  Wentworth  of  Porter, 

Me. 

(735)  4.  Alvin  C,  b.  1884;  m.  Emily  J.  Randall;  d.  1880. 

(736)  5.  Bennett  S..  b.  1857;  m.  Ada  F.  Moulton.    One  daugh- 

ter, Nellie. 

(737)  6.  Sarah  L.,  b.  1859;  d.  1878. 

(529)  Joseph  Moulton7  (Samuel*,  Samuel1,  Samuel*,  Jo- 
seph', William3,  William1),  m.  November  7,  1839,  Judith,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Moulton.  Lived  on  his  father's  farm  in  Parsons- 
field. 

Children : 

(738)  1.  Susan  E.,  b.  1840;  m.  Lorenzo  Moulton. 

(739)  2-  Emily  B.,  b.  1842;  m.  Irving  Nason. 

(740)  3.  Eliza' A.,  b.  1844:  m.  George  Moulton.  son  of  Silas. 

(741)  4.  Charles   C,  b.    1846;  m.   Grace   McLean.     Lives   in 

Parsonsfield. 

(742)  5.  Alvah  O.,  b.  1848;  m.  Ella  Bean.    Graduate  Bates  Col- 

lege, class  1874. 


ALBERT    R.    M<  HJLTON,    M.  I). 

(No.  752.) 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  315 

(743)  6.  John  F.,  b.  April  n,  1850;  m.  Mattie  Parsons.    Gradu- 

ate Long  Island  Medical  College,  1874.  Practicing 
physician.  Limington,  Me. 

(744)  7.  Frank  P..  b.    1851  ;  m.  Rachel  Emma  White,   1881. 

Graduate  Bates  College,  class  1874.  Teacher  of 
Greek  and  Latin  in  Hartford,  Conn.  Children : 
Harold  Chandler,  Marion  Judith  and  Carl  Francis. 

(745)  8.  Henry  D.,  b.  1853;  m.  Nellie  A.  Roberts.     Lives  on 

home  place. 

(746)  9.  Marv  P.,  b.  1857;  m.  Joseph  H.  Roberts  of  Parsons- 

field. 

(747)  10.  Elisha  W.,  b.  1859;  d.  1871. 

(530)  Wentworth  L.  Moulton7  (Samuel6,  Samuel8, 
Samuel4,  Joseph,',  William2.  William1),  m.  September,  1839, 
Sarah  A.  Benson.     Lived  in  Parsonsfield ;  d.  March  23,  18 — . 

Children : 

(748)  1.  Jane,  b.  1840. 

(749)  2.  George  W..  b.  1842:  m.  Phebe  P.  Hill. 

(750)  3.   Emily  A.,  b.  I842 ;  d.  1866. 

(751)  4.  James  B.,  b.  1847.     Resides  in  Parsonsfield. 

(752)  5.  Albert  R.,  b.  September  21,  1852;  m.  Ida  M.  Hoppin. 

Graduated  from  Bowdoin  Medical  College,  1876. 
X-^sistant  Superintendent  Insane  Asylum,  Wor- 
cester, Mass. 

(531)  Isaac  Moulton7  (Samuel8,  Samuel",  Samuel4, 
Joseph3,  William2,  William1),  m.  February  6,  1851,  Elizabeth 
L.  Frost.    Lives  in  Parsonfield. 

Children: 

(753)  1.  Noyes,  b.   January  28,    1852,   Parsonsfield,   Me.  ;m. 

(1)  Jessie  N.  Currie.  b.  March  21,  1852;    (2)  Etta 
J.  Lavor,  b.  December  24,  1862. 
Children  by  first  wife: 

1.  Ruby  Lee,  b.  July   13,  1874,  Charleston,  Mass.;  d. 

August  29,  1875. 

2.  Ruby  Elva,  b.  January  22,  I877. 
Children  by  second  wife : 

3.  Mabel"  L.,  b.  May  19,  1889,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

4.  Walter  P.,  b.  February  23,  1891,  Brooklyn,  X.  Y. 

(754)  2.  Anna  M.,  b.  December  11,  1854;  m.  James  G.  Fen- 

derson. 

(755)  3-  Abbie  S.,  b.  July  26,  1857. 


3l6  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

(756)     4.  Nettie,  b.  January  23,  I863 ;  m.  Howard  Henderson. 
He  d.  October  12,  1899. 

(756)  5.  Leonard  Frost,  b.  August  9,  1870;  m.  March   17, 

1900,  Gertrude  M.  Bowdoin. 
All  the  children  of  Isaac  were  born  in  Parsonsfield,  Me. 

(532)     William  Moulton7  (William9,  John6,  Samuel4, 
Joseph',  William2.  William1),  m.  Mrs.  Sarah   (Moody)   Var- 
ney.     He  d.  1870. 
Children: 

(757)  1.  Lucy,  d.  young. 

(758)  2.  Alice,  d.  young. 

(534)  Joseph  B.  Moulton7  (William*,  John",  Samuel4, 
Joseph',  William3,  WTilliam'),  m.  I870,  Ellen  A.  Ordway. 

Children : 

(759)  1.  Nellie  B.,  b.  April  25,  1871 ;  m.  April  25,  1897,  Chas. 

L.  Rogers. 

(760)  2.  Ruth  P.,  b.  November  12,  1872. 

(761)  3.  Wm.  A.,  b.  September  2,  1874. 

(762)  4.  Joseph  L.,  b.  June  lo,  1876;  m.  October  26,  1900, 

Alice  W.  Hopkinson. 

(763)  5-  Frank  O.,  b.  March  17,  1883;  d.  young. 
(764.)     6.  Samuel  C,  b.  February  29,  1884,  twin. 

(765)  7-  Sarah  L.,  b.  February  29,  1884,  twin. 

(766)  8.  Rebecca  J.,  b.  February  2,  1&86. 

(535)  John  C.7  (John*.  John8,  Samuel4,  Joseph',  William2, 
William'),  m.  November  11,  1857,  Orissa  Ida  Floyd. 

Children : 

(767)  1.  Mary  Ida,  b.  February  15,  1859. 

(768)  2.  Sarah    Lizzie,   b.   July  2,    1861 ;   m.    November    15, 

1894,  Chas.  E.  Plummer. 

(769)  3.  Hannah  Bartlett,  b.  March  24,  1864;  m.  George  F. 

Merrill,  October  4,  1880. 

(770)  4.  Susie   Ella,  b.     January  26,  1872;  d.  February  26, 

1876. 

(771)  5.  John  Charles,  b.  April  26,  1877. 

(540)  Joseph  Moulton7  (William8,  Joseph8,  William4, 
Joseph',  William2,  William1),  b.  in  Newburyport,  Mass.,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1814;  m.  July  12,  1838,  Elizabeth  Coleman.  Is  a 
wealthy  and  much  respected  citizen  of  Newburyport.    He  with 


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WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  317 

his  son  William,  carry  on  the  business  of  jewellers  and  dealers 
in  gold  and  silver  ware,  this  branch  having  been  goldsmiths 
from  generation  to  generation. 
Children: 

(772)  1.  William,  b.  April  7,  1838;  d.  1840. 

(773)  2.  William,  b.  November  29,  I840;  d.  1841. 

(774)  3-  Edward,  b.  June  24.  1842;  d.  1843. 

(775)  4.  Edward,  b.  March  22,  1844.    Lives  in  Newburyport ; 

m.  Mattie  C.  Coffin. 
Children: 

1.  Frank,  d.  young. 

2.  Alice  C,  b.  July  3,  1871. 

(776)  5-  Charles,  b.   August  4,   1846;   m.   1873,   Eleanor   S., 

daughter  of  E.  C.  Mansfield  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
d.  1874. 

(777)  6.  George,  b.  September  2y,  1848;   d.  1856. 

(77%)  7-  William,  b.  January  31,  1851;  m.  (1)  Mary  A., 
daughter  of  John  C.  Mason  of  Worcester,  Mass. ; 
(  2)  1899,  Carrie  Amand  of  West  Newburg,  Mass. 

(779)     8.  Elizabeth,  b.  April  18,  1857.    Lives  at  home;  unm. 


MRS.  ANN   MOULTOX. 
[See  numbers  312  and  321.] 

Mrs.  Ann  Moulton,  wife  of  Samuel  Moulton,  mother  of  Alvah 
Moulton.  wife  of  Dr.  James  W.  Bradbury,  mother  of  Dr.  Samuel 
Moulton  Bradbury,  mother  of  Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury. 

Ann,  the  second  daughter  of  Samuel  Moulton  and  his  wife 
Hannah  (Noyes)  Moulton,  was  born  at  Newbury,  September  2nd, 
1777.  When  she  was  about  seven  years  of  age,  her  father  moved 
his  family  from  Newbury  to  Parsonsfield,  previous  to  its  incor- 
poration into  a  town,  where  he  cleared  up  a  farm  and  made  a 
comfortable  and  convenient  home,  in  which  he  passed  a  long  and 
useful  life.  He  was  for  many  years  a  deacon  of  the  Free  Will 
Baptist  Church,  a  pillar  in  the  church,  venerable  for  his  virtues 
piety.  His  son  Samuel  was  a  deacon  of  the  same  church  at  the 
same  time,  and  trod  in  the  foot-steps  of  his  Christian  father.  The 
children  enjoyed  only  such  limited  advantages  of  education  as  such 
frontier  settlements  afford;  but  they  had  the  inestimable  blessing 


3l8  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

of  the  training  in  a  pious  household,  where  industry,  economy, 
the  domestic  virtues,  and  the  precepts  of  Christianity  were  incul- 
cated by  precept  and  example. 

Ann,  the  subject  of  this  notice,  was  married  to  Samuel  the  son 
of  Cutting-  Moulton,  and  they  settled  upon  a  farm  near  the  village 
on  the  middle  road,  in  Parsonsfield.  Their  married  life  was  short, 
he  dying  in  about  two  years.  The  children  by  this  marriage  were 
Alvah,  born  October  nth,  1798,  and  a  daughter,  who  died  in 
infancy. 

In  1800  she  was  married  to  Dr.  James  Bradbury,  who  had 
recently  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  as  a  physician 
in  that  town.  The  children  by  this  marriage  were,  James  Ware, 
born  June  10th,  1802.  Samuel  Moulton,  born  August  22,  1804. 
Clarissa  Ann,  born  July  n,  1807.  The  two  sons  are  now  (1888)' 
living.  The  daughter  married  Dr.  Charles  G.  Parsons,  and  they 
settled  in  Windham  where  she  died  March  22,  1850.  She  was  a 
most  amiable  and  excellent  person.  Ann  Bradbury,  her  mother, 
was  a  woman  of  great  energy  and  decision  of  character,  industri- 
ous and  orderly  in  her  household  arrangements,  a  kind  and  de- 
voted mother  and  wife.  For  many  years  she  was  a  great  sufferer 
from  ill  health,  which  impaired  her  naturally  strong  constitution, 
and  terminated  her  days  before  she  had  reached  the  age  of  58. 
She  died  March  22nd.  1835,  and  was  buried  in  the  cemetery  near 
the  village  before  named. 

Airs.  Ann  Moulton  (Moulton)  was  a  descendent  of  William, 
of  the  sixth  generation.  (Samuel5,  Samuel4,  Joseph',  William2, 
William1.) 


HON.  JAMES  W.  BRADBURY   [No.  321]. 

A  biography  of  the  Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury,  one  of  the  dis- 
tinguished sons  of  Ann  Moulton.  may  be  properly  introduced 
here,  immediately  after  the  brief  notice  of  his  mother  which  ap- 
pears on  the  preceding  pages,  written  by  his  own  hand  in  his 
eighty-sixth  year.  Perhaps  no  better  idea  of  his  high  attain- 
ments and  achievements,   as   well  as   noble   character   could  be 


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WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  319 

given,  than  appears  in  the  speeches  of  his  distinguished  cotem- 
poraries  at  the  anniversary  dinner  given  in  his  hononr,  upon  his 
eighty-fifth  birthday,  and  at  the  termination  of  his  duties  as 
President  of  Maine  Historical  Society,  which  office  he  had  filled 
for  many  years.  The  following  extracts  from  publications  of  the 
proceedings  upon  that  occasion,  will  perhaps  be  a  sufficient  dis- 
closure of  his  life  and  character. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  standing  Committee  of  the  Maine  His- 
torical Society,  held  in  Portland,  March  10,  1887,  on  motion  of 
Hon.  William  Goold,  of  Windham,  it  was  voted  that  meetings  of 
the  Society  be  held  on  the  tenth  day  of  June  next,  and  as  that  day 
is  the  eighty-fifth  anniversary  of  the  birth  of  the  honored  Presi- 
dent of  the  Society,  Hon.  James  Ware  Bradbury,  L.L.  D.,  of 
Augusta,  it  was  also  voted  that  the  Society  observe  the  day  in 
some  special  manner.  Arrangements  for  a  complimentary  ban- 
quet were  made  by  the  Committee,  and  invitations  were  extended 
to  the  members  of  the  Society  to  participate  in  the  same.  The 
Presidents  of  the  several  Historical  Societies  of  New  England, 
and  the  surviving  college  classmates  of  Mr.  Bradbury,  were  in- 
vited to  become  the  guests  of  the  Society  on  the  occasion. 

On  the  evening  of  the  10th  of  June,  at  six  o'clock,  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  and  their  guests  assembled  in  the  parlors  of 
the  Falmouth  Hotel.  Prominent  among  them  was  the  special 
guest  of  the  occasion,  Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury,  President  of  the 
Society,  whose  birthday  the  gentlemen  present  had  assembled  to 
honor.  With  his  bright,  clear  eye,  and  erect  figure,  he  belied  his 
eighty-five  years ;  whose  almost  only  sign  was  betokened  by  his 
long  snow-white  hair.  Among  the  other  guests  who  attracted 
great  attention  was  the  revered  Ex.  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States,  Hon.  Hannibal  Hamlin,  who  at  the  age  of  seventy-eight, 
appeared  younger  than  many  men  of  sixty.  It  is  a  rare  circum- 
stance that  two  men  who  have  attained  such  distinction  as  Mr. 
Bradbury  and  Mr.  Hamlin  can  be  found  both  residents  of  the 
same  State,  the  one  representing  its  leading  Historical  Society 
by  the  highest  office  in  its  gift,  and  the  other  that  of  the  leading 
Historical   Society  of  the   eastern  part  of  the   Commonwealth. 


320  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

They  served  together  as  Senators  in  the  United  States  Senate 
nearly  forty  years  ago. 

James  Ware  Bradbury  was  born  June  ioth,  1802,  at  Parsons- 
field,  York  County,  Maine,  where  his  father,  Dr.  James  Brad- 
bury, was  a  physician  of  eminence.  He  graduated  at  Bowdoin 
College  in  the  Class  of  1825,  that  included  Longfellow,  Haw- 
thorne, and  J.  I.  C.  Abbott,  among  its  members.  He  taught  the 
Hallowell  Academy  for  a  year,  and  then  studied  law  with  Mr. 
(afterwards  judge),  Shepley,  and  with  Rufus  Mclntyre.  In  1830, 
Mr.  Bradbury  settled  in  Augusta,  where  he  devoted  himself  to 
his  profession.  He  edited  the  "Maine  Patriot"  for  one  year,  and 
was  also  County  Attorney.  In  1844,  first  as  a  nominating  delegate 
at  Baltimore,  and  afterwards  as  President  of  the  Maine  Elec- 
toral College,  he  assisted  in  making  Mr.  Polk  President  of  the 
United  States.  He  had  hardly  taken  his  seat  in  1847  when  he 
was  called  on  by  the  death  of  his  colleague,  Senator  Fairfield,  to 
pronounce  the  customary  euology.  During  his  entire  connection 
with  the  Senate  he  held  a  place  on  the  Committee  on  Judiciary, 
and  was  Chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Printing.  He  was  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  the  French  Spoliation  Claims  and  made 
an  elaborate  speech  on  the  bill  in  favor  of  the  claiments,  which 
passed  the  Senate  by  a  large  majority.  He  declined  a  re-election 
before  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office.  He  was  an  overseer 
and  is  now  a  Trustee  of  Bowdoin  College.  On  the  death  of  Prof. 
Cleveland,  he  was  chosen  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  Maine 
Historical  Society,  and  on  the  death  of  Judge  Bourne,  its  Presi- 
dent. 

The  gentlemen  present  at  the  dinner  complimentary  to  Mr. 
Bradburv  formed  a  representative  assemblage  of  the  men  of  let- 
ters of  Maine.  At  the  head  of  the  table  sat  Prof.  Henry  L.  Chap- 
man of  Bowdoin  College,  President  of  the  occasion.  At  the  right 
was  seated  President  Bradbury.  The  guests  were  numerous,  and 
among  the  most  distinguished  people  of  the  nation. 

If  space  permitted,  we  should  be  glad  to  quote  extensively  from 
the  speeches  on  this  occasion.  It  may  be  said  that  Hon.  Wm. 
Goold  of  Windham  voiced  the  sentiments  of  all  present,  in  saying : 

"My  respect  for  our  esteemed  President  has  increased  with 


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WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  321 

our  intercourse.  I  knew  his  father,  a  respected  physician.  He 
lies  buried  near  the  little  country  church  where  I  usually  attend. 
His  tall  monument  looks  approvingly  at  the  window  near  my  seat. 
I  never  see  this  memorial  to  your  father,  Mr.  President,  but  I 
think  of  yourself. 

"Softly,  oh  softly,  the  years  have  swept  by  thee, 
Touching  thee  lightly  with  tenderest  care ; 
Sorrow  and  death  they  have  often  brought  nigh  thee, 
Yet  have  they  left  thee  but  vigor  to  wear. 
Growing  old  gracefully, 
Gracefully  fair."' 

Hon.  George  F.  Talbot  said :  "I  think  it  was  Alexander,  of 
whom  our  school-books  somewhere  told  us,  that  asked  in  his 
youth  which  he  had  rather  have  been,  Achilles  or  Homer,  re- 
plied: "And  which  had  you  rather  be,  the  victor  in  the  Olympic 
games,  or  the  herald  that  proclaims  his  name'"  Much  that  has 
been  said  hitherto  in  recognition  of  the  valuable  services  and  com- 
manding abilities  of  our  honored  guest  has  had  reference  to  his 
career  as  a  scholar,  as  a  lawyer,  and  as  a  co-laborer  with  us  in 
work  of  gathering  and  preserving  the  facts,  the  traditions,  and 
the  documents  out  of  which  the  completed  history  of  our  State  is 
to  be  created.  I  have  not  forgotten  that  our  guest  is  a  statesman, 
not  less  than  a  scholar,  and  that  his  long  service  as  a  legislator  in 
tlu-  highest  council  of  the  nation  has  had  no  insignificant  influence 
in  making  the  history  he  has  helped  to  tell." 

Mr.  Bradbury  is  a  descendant  of  William,  of  the  seventh 
generation.  (Ann",  Samuel',  Samuer,  Joseph3,  William2, 
William1.) 


DR.  ALVAH  MOULTON. 

From  Dearborn's  History  of  Parsonsfield,  we  take  the  fol- 
lowing : 

Dr.  Alvah  Moulton7,  Samuel6.  Cutting',  Samuel4,  Joseph3, 
William2,  William1),  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann  (Moulton)  Moul- 
ton, and  half-brother  of  Hon.  James  W.  Bradbury  of  Augusta  and 


322  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Samuel  Bradbury,  M.  D.,  of  Limington,  was  a  student  of  Dr. 
James  Bradbury,  his  step-father,  and  Prof.  Ramsey  to  whom 
reference  has  been  made.  He  was  born  in  Parsonsfield,  October 
ii,  1798,  and  died  September  II,  1868.  In  182 1,  he  married  Miss 
Mary  Dalton,  daughter  of  Samuel  Dalton  of  Parsonsfield,  and  re- 
moved to  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  man  of  high  moral  character,  integrity  and  uprightness, 
commanding  the  respect  of  all  who  knew  him  ;  a  physician  of  large 
practice  and  a  surgeon  of  repute.  His  wife  was  a  woman,  coming 
from  one  of  the  best  families  of  the  town,  every  way  worthy  the 
noble  husband.  They  reared  a  family  of  twelve  children,  six 
sons  and  six  daughters,  all  arriving  to  manhood  and  womanhood. 
Eight  yet  survive — five  daughters,  all  married  to  men  of  wealth 
and  influence,  and  three  sons,  successful,  or  retired  business  men, 
worthv  a  noble  ancestrv. 

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Dr.  Moulton  was  ever  active  in  all  the  moral  reforms  of  the 
age ;  an  energetic  promoter  of  temperance,  an  ardent  supporter 
of  religious  institutions,  an  active  member  of  the  church,  given  to 
hospitality,  generous,  and  courteous  to  all.  To  his  profession  he 
gave  his  best  efforts,  and  to  his  professional  brothers  his  warmest 
sympathies,  ever  treating  them  with  deference  and  politeness. 
His  presence  in  the  household  where  sickness  and  sorrow  pre- 
vailed was  helpful  and  gave  a  sense  of  relief,  and  his  countenance 
ever  beaming  with  gratitude  and  affection  was  a  benediction. 


FERDINAND    MOULTON    [Xo.  674 1. 

Ferdinand  Moulton,  son  of  Dr.  Alvah  Moulton7,  (Samuel", 
Cutting',  Samuel',  Joseph3,  William*,  William1)  was  born  in 
Ossipee,  N.  H.,  September  26,  1824,  and  died  October  13,  1866, 
in  the  mountains  of  West  Virginia  whither  he  had  hastened  to 
escape  that  dread  enemy,  consumption.  The  Boston  Transcript, 
October  24th,  of  the  same  year  published  an  obituary  notice  from 
which  the  following  is  taken : 

"So  passed  away  to  that  unknown  country  a  man  whose  many 
social  virtues  and  gentlemanly  qualities  had  endeared  him  to  all 


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(No.  593.) 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  323 

who  knew  him.  It  was  our  good  fortune  to  be  well  acquainted 
with  Mr.  Moulton.  He  was  a  man  of  fine  legal  attainments,  hav- 
ing been  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Washington  Bar,  and 
lately  engaged  in  the  prosecution  of  Government  claims.  He  was 
a  thorough  classical  scholar,  and  a  man  of  unblemished  char- 
acter. 

We  remember  the  last  words  he  spoke  to  us  after  he  had  be- 
come convinced  of  his  approaching  dissolution,  and  never  did 
language  sound  so  sad,  or  was  a  sentence  so  fraught  with  meaning 
as  the  one  he  spoke  to  us.  Taking  our  hands  in  his  and  looking 
calmly  up  in  our  face  he  said,  "The  sceptre  is  departing  from 
Judah."  And  so  he  passed  away. 

We  shall  ever  remember  him  as  a  true  and  generous  friend 
and  pleasant  companion. 

Mr.  Moulton  was  the  author  of  several  works  of  importance 
to  the  legal  profession,  among  which  that  on  "Pension  Laws"  had 
been  accepted  by  the  United  States  as  a  standard  authority. 


AUGUSTUS    FREEDOM    MOULTON    [No.  593]. 

Augustus  Freedom  Moulton,  Counsellor-at  Law,  was  born 
in  Jay,  Franklin  County,  Maine,  May  1,  1848;  son  of  Freedom 
and  Shuah  Coffin  Carter  Moulton.  His  father  was  born  in  Scar- 
borough, fitted  for  college  at  Gorham  Academy,  but  did  not 
enter ;  was  a  teacher  and  farmer,  a  member  of  the  School  Com- 
mittee in  Jay  and  in  Scarborough,  and  Town  Clerk  of  Scar- 
borough at  the  time  of  his  death  in  1857.  His  mother,  Shuah 
Coffin  ,was  daughter  of  Ezra  and  Sarah  Fabyan  Carter  of  Scar- 
borough, and  was  also  a  teacher.  His  paternal  ancestry  traces 
back  through  Freedom  Moulton,  Capt.  Joshua  Moulton,  Charles 
Moulton  to  Capt.  Daniel  Moulton,  active  in  Revolutionary  times, 
who  came  to  Scarborough  from  Hampton,  N.  H.,  about  1745. 
Capt.  Daniel  was  descended  from  William  of  Hampton,  the 
Emigrant,  through  Jonathan  and  Robert. 

Augustus  F.  Moulton  received  his  education  in  the  common 
schools  in  Scarborough,  where  his  father  removed  from  Jay  in 


324  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

1853,  at  Gorham  Academy,  Saco  High  School  and  Westbrook 
Seminary,  where  he  graduated  in  1869.  He  graduated  from  Bow- 
doin  College  in  1873,  first  in  his  class.  He  was  Tutor  in  Bowdoin 
for  a  year  and  resigned  in  1874  to  enter  upon  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  Hon.  William  L.  Putnam,  in  Portland.  In  1876, 
he  was  admitted  to  the  Bar  in  Cumberland  County,  and  at  once 
entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Portland,  wher  he 
has  since  been  actively  engaged,  making  a  specialty  of  mercantile 
and  corporation  law  and  establishing  an  extensive  business  in  the 
State  and  United  States  Courts.  Although  established  in  busi- 
ness in  Portland,  he  retained  his  residence  in  Scarborough  until 
1896.  He  was  a  member  of  the  School  Committee  there  fifteen 
years  and  held  other  town  offices.  He  was  a  member  of  the  State 
Legislature  in  1878  and  again  in  1879,  serving  each  term  upon  the 
Judiciary  Committee.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Trus- 
tees of  Westbrook  Seminary  and  of  the  Fraternity  and  Cumber- 
land Clubs  in  Portland,  of  the  Portland  Board  of  Trade,  Maine 
Historical  Society,  Maine  Genealogical  Society  and  in  college  was 
a  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  and  Phi  Beta  Kappa.  He 
is  a  prominent  mason,  being  Past  Commander  of  Portland  Com- 
mandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  also  Past  Chancellor  of  Bram- 
hall  Lodge.  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  1896,  he  removed  to  Deering, 
Maine,  where  he  now  resides,  and  was  there  in  1898,  elected 
Mayor  of  the  City.  He  has  never  married.  His  family  have  all 
been  interested  in  educational  matters,  his  father,  mother,  his 
three  sisters  and  himself  having  all  been  school  teachers. 

Mr.  Moulton  is  a  descendant  of  William,  of  the  eighth  gen- 
eration. (Freedom7,  Joshua6,  Charles5,  Daniel\,  Jonathan3,  Rob- 
ert2, William1.) 


HENRY  W.  MOULTOX. 

Capt.  Henry  W.  Moulton  was  born  in  Ossipee,  N.  H.,  May 
3rd,  1833,  and  received  an  excellent  education  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  state.  His  intention  was  to  further  pursue  his  studies, 
following  a  professional   career,  but  his  health  being  seriously 


HENRY  WILLIAM  MOULTON. 

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WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  325 

affected,  he  was  obliged  to  abandon  this  plan  and  engage  in  travel, 
passing  a  year  in  Central  America  and  California. 

The  change  of  plan  was  a  life-long  disappointment  to  Mr. 
Moulton  whose  keenest  pleasures  lay  in  the  pursuit  of  literature 
and  the  enjoyment  of  the  other  fine  arts.  Though  often  mentioned 
in  later  years  as  "a  typical  business  man,  his  closest  friends  well 
knew  how  irksome  to  him  were  the  details  of  business  life  and 
they  remember  him  now  as  a  lover  of  the  beautiful  and  an  accom- 
plished critic  of  architecture,  painting  and  poetry. 

His  residence  in  California  led  to  his  acquaintance  with  the 
Chinese  and  developed  an  interest  in  the  inhabitants  of  the  Mid- 
dle Kingdom,  which  lasted  through  his  entire  life.  It  was  here 
that  he  instructed  the  first  class  of  Chinamen  ever  taught  in  this 
country,  and  his  kindness  to  them  resulted  in  the  devoted  friend- 
ship of  many  of  his  pupils. 

At  twenty  years  of  age  he  came  to  Xewburyport,  the  home  of 
his  ancestors,  and  soon  after  made  his  first  business  venture,  es- 
tablishing the  paint  and  drug  business  in  that  city. 

In  1855.  Mr.  Moulton  married  Miss  Susan  F.  Whittemore,  a 
beautiful  and  accomplished  young  lady,  well-known  in  Newbury- 
port  as  a  successful  teacher  and  a  sweet  singer.  Six  children  came 
to  gladden  their  home,  the  only  son.  William  L.,  living  less  than 
a  year. 

When  the  War  of  the  Rebellion  broke  out  Mr.  Moulton  en- 
listed in  the  32nd  Massachusetts  Infantry  and  served  with  credit, 
holding  a  captain's  commission. 

He  was  a  member  of  the  Enrollment  Board  under  the  draft, 
with  an  office  in  Salem.  His  war  record  is  an  excellent  one,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  valuable  member  of  A.  W.  Bart- 
lett  Post  49,  G.  A.  R. 

In  1864.  he  was  a  member  of  the  General  Court,  earnestly  ad- 
vocating the  right  of  the  city  he  represented. 

Soon  after  the  war  Captain  Moulton  received  an  appointment 
as  United  States  Marshal  of  Idaho  and  served  for  several  years. 
On  his  return  to  Xewburyport  he  engaged  extensively  in  real 
estate  transactions,  acquiring  a  large  amount  of  land,  principally 
at  the  North  end. 


326  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

The  beautiful  home,  built  by  Mr.  Moulton  at  this  time,  on  the 
banks  of  the  Merrimac,  in  Newburvport,  is  closely  associated  with 
his  memory.  It  is  described  in  a  subsequent  chapter  entitled 
"Places  named  Moulton." 

Capt.  Moulton's  enterprise  was  made  evident  by  his  attempt  to 
establish  a  large  carriage  manufacturing  business  in  Ward  6, 
erecting  several  factory  buildings  and  numerous  tenements. 

The  work  was  well  underway  and  apparently  his  efforts  were 
to  be  crowned  with  success  when  the  great  panic  of  1873  came  and 
the  planning  and  expenditure  of  money  was  ruthlessly  rendered  of 
no  avail.  The  thriving  little  village  which  had  been  named  Moul- 
tonville  (which  name  it  bears  to-day)  became  again  a  peaceful 
residential  section.  Had  the  panic  not  occurred,  there  is  no  doubt 
but  what  his  plans  would  have  succeeded. 

It  was  during  this  period  that  Captain  Moulton  attempted  to 
have  the  University  of  Modern  Languages  established  here  under 
the  offer  from  the  United  States  Government. 

The  Chinese  Minister  was  prevailed  upon  to  come  here  and 
view  the  proposed  situation.  A  large  academy  was  built  near  the 
carriage  shops,  which  may  now  be  seen,  and  all  other  preliminary 
steps  taken  to  secure  the  university,  but  owing  to  circumstances 
over  which  Captain  Moulton  had  no  control,  the  university  was 
not  secured  for  Newburvport. 

Nothing  daunted  Captain  Moulton  continued  his  efforts  to- 
wards building  up  the  city,  and  much  of  the  best  land  was  con- 
verted into  house  lots  and  utilized  as  building  sites. 

During  the  last  twenty-five  years  of  his  life  Captain  Moulton 
was  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business,  having  an  office  in  Boston. 

But  the  malaria,  contracted  in  the  days  of  the  Civil  War,  had 
taken  firm  hold  of  his  system,  and  in  January,  1896,  he  was 
obliged  to  relinquish  his  grasp  on  the  active  duties  of  life.  May 
13th  of  the  same  year,  he  "passed  to  the  great  majority,"  leaving 
behind  him  a  noble  record  of  courage,  energy  and  fidelity. 

Captain  Moulton  was  of  a  deeply  religious  nature,  which 
found  its  best  expression  in  a  broad  Christianity,  embracing  all 
sects  and  creeds.     In  his  vouth,  he  became  a  member  of  a  Free 


(Daughter  of  No.  680.) 


WILLIAM  OF  HAMPTON.  327 

Baptist  Church  in  Maine,  but  that  old  church  had  been  swept  away 
in  the  changes  of  time,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life,  he  united 
with  the  Belleville  Congregational  Church. 

A  delightful  and  entertaining  talker,  Captain  Moulton  was  the 
life  of  the  home  circle. 

Many  a  time  was  the  breakfast  hour  prolonged,  while  the 
family  listening  to  fascinating  tales  of  travel,  exciting  war 
stories,  or  able  exposition  of  the  public  topics  of  the  day.  His 
wonderful  fund  of  information  and  his  able  judgment  were 
brought  to  bear  upon  every  topic  of  general  interest,  giving 
his  daughter  a  more  liberal  education  than  could  be  gained 
from  any  text  books. 

In  the  Boston  Transcript  of  May  21st,  1896,  we  read  the  trib- 
ute of  his  friend,  which  is  a  just  estimate  of  his  character 

"The  heroic  life  of  Captain  Moulton  teaches  us  not  to  despair, 
no  matter  what  difficulties  arise.  He  succeeded  in  many  things 
when  others  were  hopeless,  and  he  died  as  heroically  as  he  lived, 
with  that  sweet  and  deathless  hope  which  was  an  inspiration  to 
all  who  kew  him.  He  will  never  be  forgotten,  for  he  never  be- 
trayed a  friend ;  and  although  he  seldom  made,  he  never  feared  an 
enemy.  Such  men  as  he  were  the  foundation  of  our  Republic, 
and  men  as  sincere  as  he  alone  can  save  it  from  the  storm-clouds 
which  threaten.  Whittier  said  of  him,  to  me,  when  Moulton  came 
home  from  the  army :  'A  few  such  men  as  Moulton  would  save 
society.'  He  was  tenderly  loved  by  such  men  as  Whittier,  and 
his  friendship  and  the  loss  of  his  society  will  make  his  memory 
lasting  as  life." 

Henry  W.  Moulton8,  the  author  of  "Moulton  Annals,"  was  a 
descendant  of  William ( Alvah7,  Samuel',  Cutting6,  Sam- 
uel4, Joseph3,  William3,  William1.) 


CHAPTER  XIII. 


MOULTON    SILVERSMITHS. 


The  primitive  Colonial  silversmith  of  New  England  was 
William  Moulton2,  whose  first  silver  shoe  buckles  appeared 
about  1690,  and  his  son  Joseph  Moulton  was  the  first  goldsmith 
of  New  England  whose  successors  have  continued  the  business 
down  to  the  present  time.  This  enterprising  father  and  son 
were  forerunners  of  the  great  army  of  craftsmen,  who,  two 
centuries  later,  offer  magnificent  products  in  the  precious 
metals,  turning  out  an  infinite  variety  of  spoons,  cutlery,  hol- 
low-ware and  jewelry,  in  all  the  splendor  of  the  modern  art. 

Yea,  more.  Out  of  a  rude  "Black-smith  &  White-smith 
shop"  of  about  1690  has  grown  through  eight  generations,  in 
the  direct  line,  one  of  the  most  superb  solid  silver-ware  fac- 
tories in  the  world.  The  stately  and  extensive  works  of  the 
"Towle  Manufacturing  Company,"  located  in  Newburyport, 
whose  elegant  goods  in  gold  and  silver  are  known  throughout 
America,  is  the  mature  result  of  the  first  plant  on  the  banks 
of  the  Merrimac  River,  near  Moulton  Hill,  Newbury.  It  has 
been  brought  down  to  us  by  many  generations  of  good  and 
true  workmen  in  silver  and  gold.  From  the  little  shop  down 
to  the  present  time,  each  generation  of  silver  and  goldsmiths 
has  been  noted  for  fidelity  and  perfect  reliability,  always  giving 
genuine  work  and  material.  The  name  "Moulton"  has  been 
a  perfect  guarantee  all  these  years  whenever  stamped  upon 
spoons  or  other  ware.  Mr.  Towle,  the  founder  of  the  Towle 
Manufacturing  Company,  learned  his  trade  with  Joseph  Moul- 
ton, a  typical  representative  of  the  best  qualities  of  his  line  of 
goldsmith  progenitors.  His  son  William  still  continues  the 
business.  We,  therefore,  claim  this  large  and  successful  manu- 
factory as  the  legitimate  successor  of  "Little  William,"  who 


MOULTON  SILVERSMITHS.  329 

founded  the  Moulton  family  and  the  silver  and  goldsmiths 
business  in  Newbury,  away  back  in  the  far  past,  when  the 
Indian  still  sped  over  its  waters  in  his  light  canoe.  I  cannot 
forbear  to  sketch  this  ancestor,  whose  courage  and  enterprise 
were  conspicuous  in  days  when  life  was  made  up  of  a  continual 
battle  with  a  dreary  climate,  a  barren  land  in  a  wilderness  of 
savage  beasts  and  savage  men,  environed  by  poverty!  Yet 
cheerful  and  brave  was  this  first  silversmith  born  in  America. 
His  father,  named  "William  Moulton,"  had  left  Ormsby,  Nor- 
folk County,  England,  when  only  seventeen  years  of  age  and 
sailed  to  America  in  a  little  ship  with  Capt.  Robert  Page  and 
family,  arriving  at  Ipswich  in  1635 ;  having  made  a  stay  of 
two  years  at  Newbury,  he  proceeded  to  Hampton,  N.  H., 
whither  a  brother  John  and  a  brother  Thomas  had  preceded 
him. 

The  long  voyage  across  an  unknown  and  perilous  sea  had 
given  him  a  chance  to  cultivate  the  friendship  of  the  Captain's 
daughter,  Margaret.  This  he  did  so  successfully  that  it  has 
given  a  bias  to  all  his  descendants,  moving  them  at  an  early 
age  to  matrimonial  alliances.  William  and  Margaret  pros- 
pered in  their  colonial  home,  and  at'the  age  of  forty-seven 
he  owned  a  comfortable  large  house,  with  flocks  and  herds  and 
plenty  of  field,  pasture  and  woodland. 

Likewise,  sons  and  daughters  had  been  given  them.  Some 
were  nearly  grown  when  the  icy  hand  of  death  fell  upon 
William  and  left  Margaret  a  widow.  Seeing  the  approaching 
end,  William  had  made  a  judicious  will,  the  last  item  of  which 
was  "to  the  child  yet  unborn,  five  pounds." 

A  few  weeks  from  the  sad  obsequies  another  child's  voice 
was  heard  in  the  house.  To  his  inheritance  of  five  pounds  his 
mother  added  the  name  of  William.  It  was  the  cherished 
name  of  the  ruddy  lad  with  blue  eyes  and  flaxen  hair  whose 
father  had  left  dear  old  England  with  her,  a  bonny  lass,  twenty 
years  before.  And  the  child  grew  fast  and  waxed  strong. 
When  about  sixteen  years,  spent  in  study  and  farming,  had 
passed,  William  took  his  five  pounds  with  interest  and  jour- 


330  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

neyed  west  of  Hampton  seven  or  eight  miles  to  Amesbury 
Ferry,  crossing  the  Merrimac  at  that  point  to  the  village  of 
Newbury  that  had  grown  up  on  the  south  side  of  the  river. 
Here  was  already  established  a  boat-building  business,  a  tan- 
nery and  a  rude  tavern.  Many  well-cultivated  farms  stretched 
away  from  the  river  to  "the  great  woods,"  which  afterwards 
developed  quite  rapidly  into  the  farming  village  of  West  New- 
bury. Here  William  found  employment  among  the  people. 
Many  excellent  families  had  already  arrived  in  the  vicinity; 
the  Bartletts,  Merrills,  Chases,  Longs,  Poors,  Woodmans, 
Huses,  and  others.  A  certain  Major  Emery  had  married  a 
Widow  Webster,  who  brought  him  a  ready-made  family — an 
entire  brood  of  little  Websters,  from  which  the  great  Daniel 
Webster  descended.  All  these  he  adopted  and  loved  as  his 
own.  One  of  the  oldest,  John  Webster,  had  grown  to  man- 
hood and  married,  naming  his  daughter  Abigail  for  one  of  his 
sisters.  Now  this  "Abigail"  was  a  lovely  girl,  and  William, 
quick  like  his  father  in  perceiving  fine  qualities,  promptly  mar- 
ried her.  He  first  bought  four  acres  of  land,  having  saved  all 
his  hard-earned  wages,  and  before  he  was  twenty-one  had 
built  him  a  house,  into  one  timber  of  which  he  cut  the  figures 
"1683."  Into  this  house  he  took  Abby  as  his  wife,  when  he  was 
twenty-one.  Before  his  front  door  he  drew  with  oxen  a  large 
flat  stone,  for  a  door-step.  There  it  served  for  nearly  two  hun- 
dred years,  till  the  old  house  came  down,  when  it  was  drawn 
to  "Moulton  Castle,"  so  called,  and  now  does  service  for  de- 
scendants of  William,  in  the  eighth  generation.  Over  this 
stone  he  walked  many  a  hungry  Indian  to  be  fed  and  many 
a  soldier  of  the  French  and  Indian  War.  Many  times  has 
Hannah  Dustin  (the  slayer  of  ten  Indians)  stepped  over  that 
stone  to  visit  her  cousin,  William  Moulton's  wife.  I  love  to 
sit  on  that  old  step  and  dream  of  those  vanished  days. 

William's  family  grew  apace.  His  son  Joseph  was  large 
enough  to  help  in  the  farm  work  and  in  a  little  store  which 
William  had  established  on  the  Newbury  side  of  the  Merrimac, 
near  the  ferry.  He  prospered  and  established  a  "Fuller's  Mill." 
He  also  bought  land  on  which  was  limestone  that  he  converted 


MOULTON  SILVERSMITHS.  331 

into  ''quick  lime."  Near  his  store  he  established  a  "Black- 
smith &  Whitesmith  Shop."  Here  he  hired  an  emigrant  who 
could  hammer  silver,  and  converted  coin  into  silver  shoe 
buckles.  A  few  pair  of  these  and  an  occasional  rude  silver 
spoon  was  all  that  the  country  demanded. 

There  was  no  wealth  or  luxury  and  but  little  money.  Yet 
the  business  steadily  grew.  A  lucky  settler  might  get  an 
extra  return  for  furs  sent  to  England,  enabling  him  to  indulge 
in  a  pair  of  silver  shoe  buckles  for  his  wife.  From  1700  to  I740 
a  new  town  rapidly  sprang  into  existence ;  it  was  later  known 
as  Newburyport.  To  this  growing  place  Joseph  and  his  son 
William  removed  their  whitesmithing  shop,  and  at  about  this 
period  introduced  the  manufacture  of  gold  beads,  which 
wealthy  dames  wore  and  bequeathed  as  heirlooms  to  their  de- 
scendants. Soup  ladles,  "hollow-ware"  and  fine  jewelry  were 
introduced  by  successive  Moulton  manufacturers ;  spoons  of 
all  sizes  were  made  by  them  before  the  revolution  and  ever 
since  that  period.  The  Moultons  of  the  last  three  or  four 
generations  have  added  large  stocks  of  gold  and  silver  watches 
and  repaired  the  same,  but  have  not  engaged  in  their  manu- 
facture. 

The  genealogy  of  the  Moulton  silver  and  goldsmiths  is  as 
follows : 

1.  William,  emigrant. 

2.  William.    The  founder  of  the  silversmith  work  about 

1690. 

3.  Joseph. 

4.  William. 

5.  Joseph. 

6.  William. 

7.  Joseph. 

8.  William,  who  continues  the  business. 

Mr.  Towle  informed  the  writer  that  many  a  time  when  he 
worked  with  the  Moultons  the  old  silver  knee  buckles  made 
by  their  ancestors  had  been  brought  to  their  store  for  sale. 
They  were  relics  of  a  vanished  age ;  the  fashion  of  wearing 
them  had  passed  away,  and  they  were  bought  as  old  silver 
and  melted  up.     Had  they  been  spared  till  now,  they  would 


332  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

have  brought  their  weight  in  gold,  for  the  work  of  the  ancient 
Moulton  silversmiths  is  in  great  demand  now,  as  a  souvenir 
of  colonial  times.  Many  important  establishments  have  grown 
out  of  this  colonial  plant,  notably  the  Moulton  goldsmith 
located  in  Portland,  but  none  so  extensive  as  the  one  we  have 
mentioned. 

The  shop  of  William  Moulton  has  disappeared,  but  a  trace 
of  its  existence  is  legibly  written  on  the  green  sod  of  the  river 
banks  near  Moulton  Hill.  This  old  homestead  crumbled  away, 
but  the  memory  of  the  youthful  lovers,  William  and  Abby 
Webster,  still  lingers  in  the  sweet  valley  where  the  house 
stood.  Here  soft  summer  breezes  blew  and  the  Indian  servant 
"Dinah"  crooned  songs  of  the  forest  to  the  many  babes  born 
to  them. 

Not  far  off  is  -the  site  of  the  little  church  built  by 
William  and  fifteen  other  pioneers.  It  was  a  humble  building 
dedicated  to  God's  worship,  yet  very  costly  to  them  in  the 
days  when  all  our  ancestors  ate  the  bread  of  poverty.  Costly, 
too,  it  was  in  a  struggle  to  get  the  great  and  general  court  to 
legalize  it  for  worship. 

Here  was  made  the  most  ancient  record  of  Newbury.  So 
quaint  and  old  the  church  book !  The  scribe,  vainly  striving 
to  spell  out  the  barbarous  name  of  the  only  Indian  woman  of 
its  membership,  scratched  it  over  with  black  marks  and  wrote 
after  it  "Dinah,  Indian,  Servant  to  William  Moulton,  joined 
1698."  I  regard  this  endorsement  of  the  religion  of  William 
Moulton  in  its  acceptance  by  the  dusky  woman  of  the  forest 
from  his  example,  as  a  tribute  to  his  conduct  more  pensively 
beautiful  than  any  written  eulogy. 

"Dinah"  was  the  only  Indian  woman  whose  name  I  can 
find  on  the  books  of  the  ancient  churches  of  the  Merrimac 
Valley.  And  the  old  house  came  down !  I  took  a  timber, 
blackened  and  decayed  by  time,  but,  like  its  founder,  sound  at 
the  core,  and  cut  it  into  boards.  These  smoothed  and  wrought 
into  a  beautiful  table  served  me  well  as  an  altar  of  dreams. 
So  easy  is  it  for  the  spirit  to  take  its  flight  into  the  far  past, 


MOULTON   SILVERSMITHS.  333 

leaning  upon  this  holy  relic,  to  live  with  our  blessed  ancestors 
in  their  struggle  to  form  a  good  and  noble  society  in  the  ap- 
palling solitudes  of  America. 

Peradventure,  their  serene  souls  behold  above  their  old  bat- 
tlefields the  splendors  of  the  forty-four  stars,  enlightening  the 
great  continent ! 


CHAPTER  XIV. 

UNCLASSIFIED    MOULTONS. 

This  chapter  includes  the  names  and  partial  lineage  of  some 
members  of  the  family  whom  we  have  been  unable  to  definitely 
locate. 

They  doubtless  descended  from  one  of  the  emigrants  men- 
tioned in  this  book,  and  it  is  hoped  that  the  publication  of 
these  disconnected  items  will  aid  us  in  obtaining  a  complete 
record. 


REV.  AVERY  MOULTON. 

(The  late  Albanus  Avery  Moulton,  president  of  Rio  Grande 
College,  wrote  that  his  grandfather,  Rev.  Avery  Moulton,  moved 
to  Canada  from  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  and  that  the  father  of  Avery 
was  Joseph  Moulton.) 

From  Eistory  of  Stanstead  County,  Canada. 

In  I804,  Elder  Avery  Moulton  received  license,  and  was 
ordained  in  1806.  This  year  the  old  log  meeting  house  was 
built,  Wm.  Moulton,  Avery  Moulton,  and  others  sustaining 
the  expense.  Wm.  Moulton  was  licensed  to  preach  about  this 
time.  The  old  log  meeting  house  was  about  30  by  25  ft.,  built 
of  unhewn  logs  with  one  window  on  each  of  the  three  sides, 
a  stone  back,  and  stick  chimney  and  door  on  the  other  side. 
Total  probable  expense  $75.00. 

In  181 1  and  12,  the  church  had  two  revivals  under  Elder 
Avery  Moulton  and  Robinson  Smith,  it  extended  to  the  church 
in  Hatley.  In  1823  the  Wheelock,  Vt.,  quarterly  meeting  had 
a  revival,  among  its  fruit  were  Abial,  Thomas  P.  and  Albanus 
K.,  sons  of  Elder  Avery  Moulton  and  several  of  his  daughters. 

The  Elder  Abial  Moulton  was  installed  Pastor  of  the  1st 
F.  W.  Baptist  church  of  Stanstead  July  22,  1834.  It  was  dur- 
ing his  incumbency  that  the  Act,  authorizing  the  ministers 


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of  the  F.  W.  Baptist  churches  to  officiate  at  marriages  and 
funerals  and  to  keep  registers,  was  passed.  In  I835,  the  1st 
Stanstead  F.  W.  Baptist  Church  enjoyed  a  revival  and  36  were 
added  to  its  number.  This  revival  was  followed  by  another 
in  1840  and  41.  Among  the  F.  W.  Baptist  churches  which 
remained  faithful  rejecting  the  doctrine  of  the  second  advent, 
was  the  church  of  Elder  Abial  Moulton.  In  1848  the  F.  W. 
Baptists  and  Wesleyan  Methodists  united  in  building  a  Union 
meeting  house.  This  house  was  built  from  the  materials  of  the 
old  Union  House  erected  in  1816.  , 

Children  of  Rev.  Avery  Moulton : 

Lydia,  b.  May  27,  1794;  m.  Howard  King. 

Fanny,  b.  April  17,  1796;  m.  Rev.  J.  J.  Beliss. 

Abial,  b.  May  31,  1798;  m.  Fanny  Wallingford. 

Alonzo,  b.  August  3,  I800 ;  m.  Priscilla  Prescott. 

Salome,  b.  November  23,  1803;  m-  Silas  A.  Davis. 

Sophronia,  b.  May  6,  1806;  m.  Thomas  Wells,  1810. 

Luanda,  b.  March  8,  1813;  m.  Joel  Adams. 

William  A.,  b.  October  8,  1816. 

Pantha  L.,  b.  June  8,  I819;  m.  Albert  Hibbard. 


REV.  ABIAL   MOULTON. 

[Son  of  Rev.  Avert  Moulton.] 
Born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  May  31,  1798.  March  14,  1820, 
married  Fanny  Wallingford  (born  in  Hopkinton,  N.  H.,  Octo- 
ber 4,  I798).  They  settled  in  Stanstead.  Mr.  Moulton  en- 
gaged early  in  work  of  the  F.  W.  Baptist  Church  ministry,  and 
during  the  past  30  years  has  labored  in  Stanstead  and  neigh- 
boring towns. 
Children : 

David  W.,  b.  January  6,  182 1 ;  m.  Betsey  Batchelder. 
Lydia  M.,  b.  November  27,  1822 ;  m.  Israel  Wood. 
Abigail  W.,  b.  February  23,  1825;  m.  Wilder  P.  Boyn- 

ton. 
Hiram,  April  6,  1827;  d.  June  6,  1832. 
Owin  N.,  b.  February  2.J,  1829;  m.  Asenath  Lyford. 
Fanny,  b.  February  9,  183I. 

Morrilla,  b.  August  1,  1833;  m-  Leonard  L.  Bangs. 
Emma  E.,  b.  November  5,  1835 ;  m.  Lucius  J.  Bangs. 
Gilbert  M.,  b.  April  20,  1838;  m.  Martha  W.  Hall. 
Mary  E.,  b.  February  2,  1841. 


336  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

From  "Morning  Star." 

On  the  morning  of  Nov.  16,  after  a  protracted  sickness,  the 
Rev.  Abial  Moulton  of  Stanstead,  P.  Q.,  departed  this  life, 
aged  87  yrs.  and  5  months.  The  subject  of  this  notice  was 
born  in  Gilmanton,  N.  H.,  and  when  two  years  of  age,  his 
father  moved  to  Sanstead.  His  father,  the  Rev.  Avery  Moul- 
ton, with  himself  and  two  brothers,  Rev.  T.  P.  and  A.  K. 
Moulton,  were  prominent  in  the  early  history  of  F.  Baptists  in 
this  part  of  the  province.  In  1820  he  married  Miss  Fanny 
Wallingford,  which  relation  was  sustained  with  honor  and 
fidelity  until  death,  a  period  of  more  than  65  years.  He  was 
blessed  with  an  interesting  family,  consisting  of  four  sons  and 
six  daughters,  eight  of  whom  are  now  living.  When  married, 
he  commenced  on  a  new  farm,  living  in  a  log  cabin;  but,  by 
industry,  and  the  blessing  of  God,  in  a  few  years  he  had  fruitful 
fields  and  a  comfortable  home.  This  was  his  home  until  called 
to  exchange  his  earthly  for  a  heavenly  country.  There  were 
seasons  in  early  life  when  he  was  exercised  with  strong  re- 
ligious impressions ;  but  he  did  not  fully  and  unreservedly 
begin  the  Christian  life  until  twenty-five  years  of  age.  In  two 
years  from  that  time  he  commenced  the  work  of  ministry,  and 
continued  until  called  to  go  up  higher.  In  1828  he  received 
ordination  at  the  first  session  of  the  Stanstead  Q.  Meeting. 
His  pastorate  of  the  Stanstead  Church  was  more  than  fifty 
years,  being  installed  51  years  ago. 

During  his  ministry  he  did  not  travel  as  extensively  as 
some,  but  was  very  successful  in  promoting  revivals,  and 
gathering  churches.  Some  of  the  most  extensive  revivals 
known  in  the  Eastern  Township  were  witnessed  under  his 
labors.  His  record  shows  in  one  instance  of  baptizing  100 
converts  in  a  few  weeks  as  the  result  of  a  precious  revival  in 
Hatley. 

As  a  brief  summary  of  his  labors,  he  organized  fifteen 
churches,  and  assisted  in  organizing  several  others.  He  ad- 
ministered the  ordinance  of  baptism  to  more  than  1,000  per- 
sons, solemnized  400  marriages,  and  attended  more  than  500 
funerals.     But  those  among  whom  he  has  preached  the  Gospel 


UNCLASSIFIED  MOULTONS.  337 

and  served  in  his  official  capacity  will  see  his  face  no  more. 
He  was  a  man  of  remarkable  energy  and  perseverance.  In 
whatever  he  engaged,  if  success  was  among  the  possibilities, 
he  was  sure  to  win.  But  few  of  our  ministers  have  endured 
greater  hardships  or  sacrificed  more  to  preach  Christ  than  our 
dear  brother.  He  was  ready  in  season  and  out  of  season  for 
every  good  work,  regardless  of  storms,  privations  or  opposi- 
tions of  foes.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to  espouse  the  temper- 
ance cause  in  that  part  of  the  country,  and  lived  to  see  the 
principles  of  total  abstinence  prevail.  He  was  a  true  friend 
and  firm  supporter  of  missions  and  education.  As  a  Christian, 
our  brother  was  humble  and  devout;  as  a  minister,  in  deport- 
ment unassuming  and  exemplary;  and  in  his  public  ministra- 
tions, plain,  direct,  and  fearless.  He  was  long  spared  to  bless 
his  family,  the  world,  and  the  church  with  his  godly  example, 
pious  instructions,  fervent  prayers  and  faithful  ministrations. 

Hatley. 
Rev.  Abial  Moulton  preached  often  in  this  town. 

Barriston. 

Elder  Abial  Moulton  labored  in  the  church  here.  In  1835 
a  revival  took  place.  In  this  revival,  Abila  Moulton  and  T.  P. 
Moulton  were  prominent  laborers. 

In  1842,  a  small  church  of  il  members  was  formed  by  Rev. 
Abial  Moulton.  In  1854  they  took  the  name  of  "Coaticook 
Church,"  and  were  supplied  by  Rev.  A.  Moulton  and  others. 
June  27,  1855,  the  Rev.  Thomas  P.  Moulton  was  installed  Pas- 
tor. The  following  year  a  neat  edifice  was  erected,  expense 
of  $2,300.    This  church  is  in  the  village  of  "Coaticook." 


MICHAEL    MOULTON. 

Michael  Moulton,  of  Newport,  R.  I.,  born  ;  died 

January  30,  1763,  in  Jamaica,  West  Indies.  Came  to  Newport 
about  the  middle  of  the  last  century  from  parts  unknown. 
Was  a  sea  captain.     Married  October  4,  1747,  Hannah  Pierce, 


338  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

of  Newport,  who  was  born  February  16,  1722.     She  was  the 
daughter  of  Clothier  and  Hannah  (Sherman)  Pierce. 

Children : 

1.  John. 

2.  Elizabeth. 

3.  Michael. 

4.  William. 

5.  John  Cooper. 

SECOND   GENERATION. 

John  Moulton,  born  April  28,  1748;  died  October  23,  1762, 
at  St.  Martins,  unmarried.  Elizabeth  Moulton,  born  Novem- 
ber 29,  1742;  married  November  12,  I768,  Jeremiah  F.  Green; 
died  a  year  or  so  after  marriage  without  issue. 

Michael  Moulton,  born  March  17,  1757;  died  December  18, 
1820,  of  consumption;  married  November  6,  1776,  Dorothy 
Brown,  daughter  of  Ezekiel,  Jr.,  and  Rachel  (Cole)  Brown. 
She  was  born  1759;  died  August  20,  I837.  They  had  nine 
children,  who  are  given  below.  Michael  Moulton  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Revolution,  serving  from  May,  1775,  until  February, 
1779,  as  Sergeant,  Ensign.  Lieutenant,  and  Lieutenant  at  sea. 
He  was  in  the  battles  of:  Siege  of  Boston,  Harlem,  White 
Plains,  Trenton,  Princeton,  Island  of  Rhode  Island,  and  at  sea. 

THIRD    GENERATION. 

John  Moulton  (Michael,  Michael),  b.  June  7,  1778,  at 
Swanzey,  Mass. ;  m.  Mary  Cornell,  but  had  no  issue. 

William  Moulton  (Michael,  Michael),  b.  June  14,  1780,  in 
Swanzey.;  d.  June  10,  1856;  m.  Mary  Henshaw,  who  was  b. 
1782;  d.  September  26,  1833.  They  had  children:  (1)  Elizabeth 
Henshaw,  (2)  Mary,  (3)  Catherine,  (4)  Susan  Henshaw,  (5) 
Harriet. 

Elizabeth  Molton  (Michael,  Michael),  b.  July  19,  1782,  in 
Providence;  d.  November  3,  1807,  without  issue.  Married 
Oliver  Vars. 


UNCLASSIFIED  MOULTONS.  339 

Rachel  Molten  (Michael,  Michael),  b.  September  7,  1785, 
in  Newport;  d.  September  9,  1869;  m.  William  Friend,  who 
died  March  6,  I859. 

Children : 

1.  Elizabeth. 

2.  William. 

3.  Michael. 

4.  Jane. 

5.  George  Washington. 

6.  William  Henry. 

7.  Sarah  Pierce. 

8.  Samuel  Brown. 

9.  William  Gammell. 

Michael  Moulton  (Michael,  Michael),  b.  April  3,  1788;  d. 
February  29,  1868;  m.  April  4,  1813,  Sarah  Cutter,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Freelove  (Lawton)  Cutter;  d.  November  23,  1787. 
He  d.  June  12,  1856. 

Children : 

1.  Harriet. 

2.  Eliza. 

3.  Theodore. 

4.  Albert 

5.  Henry. 

6.  James. 

7.  George. 

8.  Frank. 

Harriet  Molten,  b.  18I3 ;  d.  February  29,  1876;  unm. 


FOURTH   GENERATION. 

Elizabeth  Henshaw  Molten  (William,  Michael,  Michael), 
m.  Rev.  Henry  Chase  of  New  York,  and  they  both  died  with- 
out issue. 

Mary  Molten  (William,  Michael,  Michael),  m.  Robert  Sea- 
tie  of  20  Farewell  street,  Newport,  R.  I.  Don't  know  whether 
they  are  dead  or  alive. 

Catherine  Molten  (William,  Michael,  Michael),  m.  Robert 
Minkler  of  15  Mt.  Vernon  street,  Newport,  R.  I. 


34°  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Susan  Henshaw  Molten  (William,  Michael,  Michael,),  b. 
June  10,  1815;  m.  September  28,  1834,  George  Walters  Seamans 
of  288  Carpenter  street,  Providence,  R.  I.  He  was  b.  August 
4,  181I,  at  Providence,  and  d.  March  12,  1865.  They  had  chil- 
dren: (1)  George  William,  (2)  Susan  Molten,  (3)  Annie  Ruth 
Bird,  (4)  Frank,  (5)  Henry  Chase. 

Harriet  Molten  (William,  Michael.  Michael),  m.  a  Mr.  Sea- 
more  of  Providence. 

Eliza  Molten  (Michael,  Michael,  Michael),  b. (she 

would  never  tell  when)  ;  d.  January  19,  1892 ;  m.  Samuel  Mason 
of  Newark,  N.  J.,  who  was  b.  December  6,  1826,  in  Birming- 
ham, Eng.    They  had  a  child,  Henry  Molten. 

Albert  Molten,  b.  February  20,  1820,  at  Newport ;  d.  De- 
cember 16,  I844;  m.  Elizabeth  Cuthbert  Potter  of  Philadelphia. 
She  was  b.  June  9,  1822 ;  d.  December  8,  1892. 

Children : 

1.  Mary  Louisa. 

2.  Elizabeth  Potter. 

3.  Laura. 

4.  Robert  Potter. 

5.  Annie  Hill. 

Henry  Molten  (Michael,  Michael,  Michael),  b.  February 
20,  1820;  twin  with  Albert;  d.  August  5,  1880;  m.,  1840,  Caro- 
line Scott,  who  d.  about  1890.     No  children. 

James  (Michael,  Michael,  Michael),  b.  February  17,  1822; 
m.  April  30,  1844,  Susan  E.  Bacon,  who  was  b.  June  12,  1823. 
They  are  living  in  Woonsocket,  R.  I. 

Children : 

1.  Albert  Bacon,  b.   April   29,   1846;  unm.     Residence, 

Woonsocket. 

2.  Maria  T.,  b.  1848;  m. Foster.    Had  five  chil- 

dren. 

3.  Susan  E.,  b.  1851.     Married  twice. 

4.  Harriet  Belle,  b.  1854.  Married  and  had  children. 

5.  Amy  E.,  b.  January  18,  1862:  m.  October,  1885. 

George  Molten,  b.  I828;  m.  June  13,  1850,  Almira  Frances 
Bates,  who  was  b.  June  16,  1833.  They  are  living  at  202  West 
Seventy-ninth  street,  New  York. 


UNCLASSIFIED  MOULTONS.  341 

Children : 

1.  Sarah  Frances,  b.  March  28,  1851;  m.  Peter  E.  Bird. 

Address,  7  Clinton  avenue,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

2.  James  Molten,  b.  August  12,  1854;  m.  Ida  Garrick. 

Address,  Providence,  R.  II. 

3.  Mary   Ellen,   b.    February   21,    1853;   m.    George   B. 

Campbell.     He  is  dead.     Address,  7  Clinton  ave- 
nue, Jersey  City. 
Frank  Henshaw,  b.  November  18,  1856;  m.  Anna  Horning. 
No  issue.    Address,  202  West  Seventy-ninth  street,  New  York. 
Frank  Molten   (Michael,  Michael.  Michael),  b.   1831.     He 
is  married  and  has  children,  but  I  have  no  further  record  of 
him.    His  nephew,  Mr.  Henry  Mason  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  is  very 
much  interested  in  genealogical  matters. 


FIFTH    GENERATION. 

Mary  Louisa  Molten  (Albert,  Michael,  Michael,  Michael), 
b.  March  13,  1845;  m-  September  30,  1868,  Robert  Stewart 
Davis  of  Philadelphia.     Child:  Robert  Stewart. 

Elizabeth  Potter  Molten  (Albert,  Michael,  Michael,  Mich- 
tel),  b.  May  24,  1849;  m.  October  11,  1871,  Thomas  Simpson 
of  Philadelphia.  He  was  b.  December  28,  1843  5  d.  September 
1,  1884. 

Children : 

1.  Thomas. 

2.  Elizabeth  Edith. 

Laura  Molten  (Albert,  Michael,  Michael,  Michael),  b.  May 

12,  1851 ;  m.  September  4,  1872,  Macomb  Kean  Elmer  of  Phila- 
delphia.   He  was  b.  August  1,  1845;  d.  December  28,  1879. 

Children : 

1.  Macomb  Kean  (M.  D.),  b.  July  18,  1873. 

2.  Robert  Potter,  b.  March  15,  1877. 

Robert  Potter  Molten  (Albert,  Michael,  Michael,  Michael), 
b.  October  6,  1853 :  m.  June  4,  I879,  Alice  Labor  Brearley.  Ad- 
dress, "Ballifield."  Carpenter  Station,  Philadelphia. 

Children  : 

1.  Helen  Cuthbert  Molten,  b.  March  6,  1882. 


342  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

2.  Florence  Brearley,  b.  July  2,  1884. 

3.  Robert  Potter,  b.  November  12,  1886. 

4.  Alan  De  Klyn,  b.  February  4,  1888;  d.  in  infancy. 

5.  Joseph  Gillingham  Brearley,  b.  February  8,  I894. 

6.  Philip  Sherman,  b.  November  16,  1896. 

Annie  Hill  (Albert,  Michael,  Michael,  Michael),  b.  Septem- 
ber 8,  1859;  d.  June  2,  1871. 


NOAH  MOULTON. 

Noah  Moulton  married  Asenath .    Lived  on  Moul- 

ton  Hill,  Lyman,  N.  H.  They  had  nine  boys  and  live  girls ; 
all  married  previous  to  I845.  One  son,  William,  practiced  law 
in  Ohio  in  183 — .  Another  son,  Baron,  was  a  merchant.  Noah 
had  brothers,  Daniel  and  Job. 

David  (son  of  Noah),  b.  September  17,  1790,  Lyman,  N.  H. 
He  was  the  third  child.  Married  (1)  Hannah  Parker,  March 
4,  1814.  She  was  b.  Parker  Hill,  Lyman,  September  30,  1792; 
d.  September  22,  1832.  Second,  m.  Hannah  Watts,  June  25, 
I835,  at  Lower  Waterford,  Vt.  She  was  b.  December  4,  1804 ; 
d.  July  14,  1865. 

Children : 

1.  E.  P.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  July  2,  1816.    Served  in  Civil 

War  three  years. 

2.  Amos  G.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  August  10,  1818. 

3.  N.  M.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  October  I3.  1819. 

4.  B.  P.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  March  4,  1821. 

5.  P.  C,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  November  11,  1822;  d.  April 

9,  1823. 

6.  V.  D.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  February  20,  1824. 

7.  O.  A.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  October  3,  1825. 

8.  C.  I.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  February  23,  I827;  d.  April 

21,  1827. 

9.  S.  C,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  June  28,  1828. 

10.  H.  B.,  b.  Concord,  Vt..  February  5,  1830;  d.  October 

19,  1831. 

11.  H.  B.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  August  15,  1831  ;   d.  Tune  18. 

1833- 


UNCLASSIFIED  MOULTONS.  343 

By  second  wife : 

12.  H.  M.,  b.  Concord,  Vt,  April  22,  1836. 

13.  H.  E.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  May  8,  1838. 

14.  S.  M.,  b.  Concord,  Vt.,  March  4,  1841. 

15.  Hosea  Ballou,  b  .Concord,  Vt.,  June  28,  1843. 

16.  George,  b.   September,   1851,  in  Virginia;  d.  April, 

1852. 

David  Moulton  went  to  New  York  in  1844;  thence  to  Fair- 
fax, Va.  He  died  in  Federal  service,  September  27,  1863.  He 
had  been  a  farmer,  Captain  of  State  Militia,  Selectman. 

Amos  G.  Moulton,  son  of  David  (son  of  Noah),  resides  in 
Fort  Scott,  Kan.;  m.  Mrs.  Mary  Murray,  November  1,  1850. 

Children : 

1.  H.  E.,  b.  Fairfax.  Va.,  May  14,  1852. 

2.  A.  G.,  b.  Fairfax,  Va.,  September  23,  I854. 

3.  E.  A.,  b.  Barton,  Ala.,  October  14,  1856. 

4.  W.  T.,  b.  Juha,  Miss.,  July  21,  1861. 

5.  A.  B.,  b.  Leighton,  Ala.,  September  13,  1864. 

Amos'  brothers  and  sisters  are  living  in  Maine,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Vermont  and  Nebraska.  Amos  was  a  stage  driver,  sta- 
tion agent,  and  railroad  conductor.  Had  some  exciting  experi- 
ences during  the  war,  when  he  was  taken  by  the  rebels,  but 
released  on  account  of  his  age.  He  was  also  tried  as  a  Union 
man  and  narrowly  escaped  hanging. 

Hosea  B.  Moulton,  son  of  David  (son  of  Noah).  "Among 
the  most  prominent  and  best-known  attorneys-at-law  in  the 
District  of  Columbia  is  Judge  Hosea  B.  Moulton,  for  four 
years  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  District,  which  position  he  re- 
signed in  1877,  and  established  himself  in  the  practice  of  his 
profession ;  and  during  the  intervening  years  has  enjoyed  a 
large  and  remunerative  practice.  He  is  thoroughly  well  read, 
and  is  known  throughout  the  city  and  District  as  an  impressive 
and  ready  speaker,  with  great  command  of  language.  He  gives 
the  closest  and  most  faithful  attention  to  the  interests  of  his 
clients,  and  they  deservedly  place  the  highest  and  most  implicit 
reliance  in  both  his  honor  and  abilities.  He  is  engaged  in  a 
general  law  business,  practising  before  the  District  Courts 
and  Courts  of  Claims,  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States, 


344  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

and  the  Executive  Departments  of  the  Government.  He  gives 
special  attention  to  the  law  and  equity  of  practice,  and  to 
trial  in  the  Supreme  Court  and  courts  of  final  appeal.  He  is 
considered  authority  upon  all  questions  of  practice  and  State 
and  National  law.  He  has  compiled  the  District  laws  for  two 
of  the  leading  national  digests,  and  other  works.  He  was  born 
in  the  State  of  Vermont,  but  has  resided  for  over  twenty  years 
in  the  City  of  Washington.  He  served  in  the  Union  Army 
during  the  war,  and  held  a  commission  as  Lieutenant  Colonel 
in  one  of  the  District  military  organiations.  He  is  recognized 
as  a  leader  in  all  moral,  Christian  and  reformatory  works, 
having  made  more  public  addresses  upon  the  subject  of  tem- 
perance, Sunday  school,  and  the  church,  probably  than  any 
other  citizen  of  the  District.  He  is  highly  respected  and  es- 
teemed in  Washington's  best  social  and  professional  circles, 
and  is  a  welcome  visitor  in  the  houses  of  the  leading  men  of 
the  nation." 


From  ''York  Town  Records." 

Ebenezer,  b. ;  m.  Anne,  daughter  of  the  Hon.  John 

Bradbury. 

Children : 

i.  Mercy,  b.  in  York,  April  I7,  1780. 

2.  Jerusha.  b.  in  York,  February  10,  1785. 

3.  Nancy,  b.  in  York,  April  20,  1788. 

Job,  his  children,  b.  in  York  of  his  wife  Mary,  daughter  of 
Andrew  Toothacer,  viz.:  John,  b.  September  20,  1740. 

William,  his  children,  b.  in  York  of  his  wife  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Nath.  Harmon,  viz. : 

Children : 

1.  William,  b.  December  5,  1779. 

2.  Nathaniel,  b.  October  18,  178I. 

3.  Hannah,  b.  July  19,  1783. 


Daniel  Moulton  of  Corinth,  Vt.,  married  twice,  and  had 
a  family  of  eleven  children,  nine  boys  and  two  girls.    All  mar- 


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ried  except  one  daughter.  One  of  the  daughters  married  a 
second  cousin,  named  Eli  Moulton.  Names  of  Daniel's  chil- 
dren :  Darius,  Ezra,  Aaron,  Michael,  Calvin,  Joel,  Hiram, 
Louisa,  Ruth,  and  others. 

Hiram  lived  at  Lawrence,  Mass.  Ezra  at  Hammond,  N. 
J.  Michael  at  Newport,  Vt.  Aaron,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Darius, 
Texas.  Calvin,  b.  January  2,  I805,  Corinth,  Vt. ;  lived  at 
Waterbury,  Vt.    Joel  d.  at  Corinth,  Vt. ;  he  had  three  children. 

Michael  left  a  son,  William,  at  Hydepark,  Vt. 

G.  Wilbur  Moulton,  of  Chicago,  111.  (son  of  Calvin),  b.  May 
28,  1835,  Corinth,  Vt. 


Jonathan  Moulton,  b.  1766-8;  d.  1863-4  at  Sandwich,  N.  H. 
His  son,  John  M.  Moulton,  b.  at  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  March,  1801 ; 
d.  1865;  m.  Eliza  A.  Woods,  b.  Pepperill,  Mass.,  March,  1808. 
Living  in  1888  at  West  Ossipee,  N.  H. 

D.  S.(  son  of  John  M.  Moulton),  residing  in  Oakland,  Cal. 
Bookkeeper  and  business  manager.  Served  three  years  as 
First  Lieutenant  Fourth  Indiana  Cavalry  in  Civil  War,  with 
Army  of  Cumberland  and  Tennessee.  Was  aid  on  the  staff  of 
Brig.  Gen.  McCook.  Participated  in  all  the  cavalry  battles 
from  Chattanooga  to  Atlanta.  Was  for  four  years  Assistant 
Cashier  of  Customs  at  the  Port  of  San  Francisco.  Left  his 
home,  Sandwich,  N.  H.,  at  the  age  of  sixteen  for  Indiana. 
Married  August  30,  I865,  Hannah  J.  Gustine.  at  Michigan 
City,  Ind. 

Children : 

1.  Harry  G.,  b.  September  23,  1867. 

2.  Grace  L.,  b.  January  18,  1870. 

3.  Edith  J.,  b.  October  I3,  1876. 

4.  Dan.  Hazen,  b.  December  20,  1879. 


Oliver  Moulton  is  the  son  of  Thomas  T.  Moulton,  who  was 
born  in  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Clock  maker.  Family  removed  to 
Saco,  Me.,  where  Oliver  received  his  early  education,  and  was 
employed  in  the  cotton  mills.    Leaving  there,  he  became  over- 


346  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

seer  in  Pemberton  Mills,  Lawrence,  Mass.  Xext  he  went  to 
Manchester,  N.  H.,  and  was  superintendent  of  Amoskeag  Mills. 
Has  retained  position  of  superintendent  of  Hamilton  Manufac- 
turing Company,  in  Lowell,  since  1864. 


Edmund  T.  Moulton,  born  New  York  City,  April  3,  18411. 
Bank  clerk  and  bookkeeper  from  1872- 1880.  Son  of  Rodman 
Green  Moulton  and  Cornelia  Waughwont.  Rodman  Green 
Moulton  was  in  1880.  general  sales  agent  of  the  Delaware  & 
Hudson  Canal  Company.  Dewitt  C.  Moulton,  a  brother  of 
Rodman,  died  unmarried.  Mother  of  Rodman  and  Dewitt  was 
Jane  Green  of  Catskill,  X.  Y.  Father's  Christian  name  un- 
known.    He  was  a  school  teacher  in  New  York  City. 


Dr.  Moulton,  b.  Albany.  X.  H.,  1815;  m.  Bank^; 

d.  187I.  His  mother  was  a  Chase,  His  father  came  from 
Xew  Hampshire;  died  several  years  before  1X71.  Dr.  Moulton 
had  three  sisters  and  two  brothers,  one  of  the  latter,  Gihnan, 
of  Sandwich,  X.  11. 

Children  : 

1.  Daughter. 

2.  Lana  A.    Resides  in  Salem. 


Wyatt  Moulton.  b.  Sandwich.  X.  H. ;  m.  Marie  Dow  of 
Sandwich.  Drayman.  Removed  to  Bangor,  then  to  Portland, 
Me.  Died  1840. 

Children : 

1.  Lewis  B.,  b.  Portland,  May  22,  183 1  ;  d.  April  4,  1885. 

2.  Sarah    B.,   b.   in    Portland,    1833:    m„    1863,    Phineas 

Harrington  of  Manchester.   Went  to  Oakland,  Cal. 
She  d.  I883.    No  children. 
Lewis  B.  (son  of  Wyatt)  went  to  Manchester,  N.  H.,  and 

lived  there  last  30  years  of  his  life.     Odd   Fellow.      Married 

Hattie  B.  Blake  of  Alexandria,  N.  H. 

Children  : 

1.  Alva   W.,   b.    Manchester,   N.   H.,   August   23,    1863. 

Cloth  inspector. 

2.  Adella  M.,  b.  Manchester,  N.  H.,  February  12,  1866; 

d.  February  7,  1888. 


UNCLASSIFIED  MOULTONS.  347 

Albert  H.  Moulton.  1).  Piscataquis  County,  Maine,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1856;  m. .    Child:   Josephine  Eliza. 

His  father,  Albert,  Kittery,  Me.,  a  carpenter,  son  of  Joseph 

Moulton,  who  married  Catherine  Moulton. 

Edmund  M.,  who  owns  the  homestead  in  York,  is  cousin 
of  the  father,  Albert. 


William  Moulton.  fishmonger,  m.  Lydia  Ann  (Kelley)  Wal- 
ker of  Stratham,  widow  of  David  Walker  (b.  in  Lee).  Lived 
in  Stratham  and  at  the  Xorth  Reach  in  Hampton.  She  mar- 
ried (3)  Josiah  H.  Davis,  son  of  Elijah.  By  her  first  marriage 
she  had  one  daughter.  Annie  May  Walker,  b.  in  Stratham  May 
23,  1856;  in.  (  i)  Daniel  M.  Elkins,  >on  of  David  B.;  (2),  Au- 
gust 28,  1885,  Ephraim  Cole  Cook,  of  Kittery,  Me.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Moulton  had  children: 

1.  Charles  William,  1>.  in  Stratham.     Drowned. 

2.  Nellie  Frances,  b.  in  Stratham. 

3.  Benjamin  Franklin,  b.  in  Hampton. 

4.  George  Edward,  b.  in  Hampton. 


Samuel  Moulton  111.  Abigail  .     Probably  removed 

to  North  Hampton,  February  4,  I803.    Age,  73  years. 

Children : 

1.  Samuel,  bapt.  April  15.  I764. 

2.  Mary.  bapt.  April  12.  i~'v. 

3.  Joseph,  bapt.  July  22,  1764. 

4.  Jonathan,  bapt.  February  n,  1770. 

5.  David,  bapt.  February  28.  I773. 

6.  Abner,  bapt.  November  10,  1774. 

7.  John,  bapt.  September  30.  1781. 


CHAPTER  XV. 

MOULTONS  IX  THE  REVOLUTION. 

Massachusetts  Revolutionary  Muster  Rolls. 
Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  officers  in  Colonel  Dike's 
regiment.     From  Sudbury.     Rank,  Lieutenant.     See  Moulton. 

Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  men  who  were  drafted 
from  the  Fourth  Middlesex  County  Regiment  to  reinforce  the 
army  at  Northward  as  Captain  in  Colonel  How's  regiment. 
Number  of  men  from  his  company,  5  marched  August  20,  1777. 
(See  Moulton.)     Residence,  Sudbury. 

Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  officers  as  Field  Officer 
of  the  Main  Guard,  June  3.  1775.  First  name  not  given.  Rank, 
Lieutenant  Colonel.  Dated,  Cambridge,  June  2,  1775.  (Same 
dated  June  8,  1775.) 

Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  Field  Officers  of  the  Con- 
tinental Army.  177''.  as  Lieutenant  Colonel.  First  name  not 
given.  In  Col.  Prescott's  regiment,  in  Maj.  Gen.  Heath's  divi- 
sion. , 

Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  officers  as  Officer  for  the 
Main  Guard,  June  o.  1775.  First  name  not  given.  Rank,  Lieu- 
tenant Colonel.    Dated,  June  8,  1775. 

Aaron  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  men  as  private  in 
Capt.  Badlan's  Company,  Col.  L.  Baldwin's  (Twenty-sixth) 
Regiment,  on  a  muster  roll  for  I776. 

Aaron  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Lexington 
Alarm   Roll   of  (apt.  Joseph   Morse's   regiment,   which   marched 

on   the   alarm   of   April    19,    1775,   from    Natick   to   . 

Length  of  service,  five  days. 

Aaron  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of on  a  muster 

return  of  Capt.  Daniel  Pillsbury's  company,  Col.  Edward  Wig- 
gleworth's  regiment,  dated .    Town  belonged  to  New- 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  349 

bury.  Enlisted  for  Newbury.  Mustered  by  County  Muster 
Master.     (See  Aaron  Moulton.) 

Aaron  Moulton  of  Newbury  also  appears  in  a  list  of  men 
enlisted  into  Continental  Army.  Also  mentioned  as  enlisting 
for  the  whole  war.  Thirty-two  references  to  Aaron  Moulton. 
The  Newbury  Moulton  spelt  also  Molton. 

Abel  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  officers  as  Captain 
in  Capt.  Abel  Moulton's  (Third  York)  company,  Col.  Eben 
Sayer's  (First  York)  regiment.     Commissioned  June  25,  1776. 

Abel  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  officers  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Militia  as  Second  Major  of  the  First  York  Company. 
Regiment  commanded  by  Col.  Grow.  Commissioned  Septem- 
ber 13.  1779. 

Abel  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  officers  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Militia.  Returned  by  Brig.  Gen.  Jotham  Moulton  as 
Capatin  in  Capt.  Moulton's  company,  of  Col.  John  Frost's 
regiment. 

Abel  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  officers  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Militia  as  Captain  in  the  Company,  of  Col. 

Lemuel  Robinson's  regiment.  Commissioned  February  21, 
1776.  Abel  Moulton  appears  in  an  Official  Record  of  a  Ballot 
by  the  House  of  Representatives,  dated  September  13,  I779,  as 
having  been  chosen  to  the  office  of  Second  Major  in  the  Fifth 
Regiment  of  Militia  in  the  County  of  York.  Appointment  con- 
curred in  by  the  Council,  September  13,  1779. 

Abel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Captain  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Abel  Moulton's  company,  Col.  Jonathan  Tit- 
comb's  regiment,  for  service  at  Rhode  Island.  Enlisted  May 
J9>  l777-  Was  discharged  July  18,  1777.  Time  of  service,  two 
months  one  day.     Town  to  which  soldier  belonged.  York.  Me. 

Abner  Moulton,  Corporal  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt. 

Reuben  Munn's  company,  Col.  Elisha  Porter's  regiment.  Time 
of  enlistment,  September  26,  1777.  Time  of  discharge,  October 
l3>  l777-  Time  of  service,  25  days,  travel  included.  He  was 
detached  to  join  Gen.  Gates  for  30  days  at  the  Northward. 
Same  man  named  again.    Roll  dated  Munson. 

Bartholomew  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  on 


35°  MOULTON    AXXALS. 

descriptive  list  dated  June  7,  1780,  of  the  officers  and  crew  of 
the  sloop  Race  Horse,  commanded  by  Clifford  Byrne,  aged  29 
years,  statue  5  feet  8  inches,  complexion  light.  Where  be- 
longing, Danvers.     (See  also  Moulton.) 

Benjamin  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  private  on  Lexington 
Alarm  Roll  of  Captain  Anthony  Needham's  Company  Regiment — 
which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  South  Brim- 
field   to   Cambridge.      Town   to   which   soldier   belonged,    South 
Brimneld.     Length  of  service  11  days.     Travel  included.     Left 
imbridge,  April  27.  Marched  April  20. 
Caeesar  Moulton  (spelled  Molten)  appears  with  rank  of  Pri- 
vate on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Captain  Thomas  Bragdon's  Com- 
pany (  late)  Colonel  Storer's  Regiment.    Reported  as  of  the  North- 
ern Army.     Discharged  at  Queman's  1  [eights.     Time  of  enlist- 
ment August    14.  1777.     Time  of  discharge  November  30,   1 777. 
Time  of  service  4  months,  3  days.     Town  to  which  soldier  be- 
longed.   Not  given.     (Name  given  <»n  roll  as  Caesar  Molton,  in 
another  placi 

Caleb  Moulton  appears  anion-  a  list  of  officers  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Militia  as  Captain  in  the  9th  Co.  of  the  4th  Middlesex 
*    ..  Regt.     Com.  July  5.  1776. 

Caleb  Moulton  (name  given  on  roll  as  Caled  Moulten)  appea 
with  rank  of  Captain  on  Pay  Roll  of  Cap!  Caleb  Moulton's  Co., 
Col.  Thomas  Poor's  Regt,  dated  at  Clinton  November  14,  1778. 
For  service  from  August  31,   1778  to  October  1,   1778.     Time  of 
service  1  month. 

Caleb  Moulton  (Molton)  appears  with  grade  Lieutenant  on 
a  Return  of  Capt.  Caleb  Brook's  Co.,  Col.  Dike's  Regt.,  marched 
August  _7.  1776  to  camp.    Dated  Dorchester. 

Caleb  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Lieutenant.  Residence, 
Sudbury.  For  service  3  months  to  December  1st,  177C).  Later 
chosen  by  fourth  company  in  Sudbury  and  accepted  by  Council. 
July  5.  1776,  as  Captain  in  Capt.  Caleb  Moulton's  (9th  Co.  of  Col. 
Ezekiel  Plow-  Regt).  (See  Caleb  Moleton.)  Caleb  Moulton 
appears  with  grade  of  Second  Lieutenant  on  a  Return  of  Capt. 
Caleb  Brook's  Co.,  Col.  Dyke's  Regt.  Dated  Dorchester,  Sep- 
tember 21,   1776. 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  35 1 

Caleb  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  Lexington 
Alarm  Roll  of  Capt.  Nathaniel  Cudworth's  Co.,  Col.  Abijah 
Pierce's  Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775, 
from  Sudbury  to  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged — Sud- 
bury.   Length  of  service  1  month.  11  days. 

Caleb  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  men  discharged  from 
army  service  in  Col.  Thomas  Poor's  Regt.  by  order  of  Gen.  Wash- 
ington.   Dated  West  Point,  October  12,  1778.  Rank,  Captain. 

Caleb  Moulton,  Captain,  appears  on  Pay  Roll  for  service  2 
months.  22  days.    Date  not  given.     Previous  to  September  1,  1778. 

Caleb  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Captain  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Captain  Caleb  Moulton's  Co.,  Col.  Thomas  Poor's 
Regt  Time  of  enlistment  June  8.  1778.  Time  of  discharge 
<ber  11,  177*.  Time  of  service  4  months.  14  days.  Travel  in- 
cluded.    Served  under  Lieut.  Eliphalet  Eiastil 

Calvin  Moulton  appears  on  an  order  dated  Monson,  April  1, 
[782,  for  v  For  3  months  service  in  i~S<>,  given  by  himself  and 

others  in  Col.  Seth  Murray's  Regt  and  in  Capt.  Joseph  Brown- 
ing">  Co. 

Calvin  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Browning's  Co.,  Col.  Murray's  Regt.,  time  of  enlist- 
ment. July  24.  1780.  Time  of  discharge.  October  10.  1780.  Time 
of  service  2  months.  24  days.  Hampshire  Co.  Regt.,  raised  for  3 
months  by  Resolve,  June  22,  1780  to  reinforce  the  Continental 
Army. 

Calvin  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Reuben  Munn's  Co.  (detached  to  join  Gen. 
Gates  for  30  days  at  the  Northward.  Col.  Elisha  Porter's  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment.  September  26,  1777.  Time  of  discharge,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1777.    Time  of  service  2$  days. 

Daniel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  Roll 
of  Capt.  Aaron  Hayne's  Co.,  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb's  Regt.,  dated 
in  camp  at  Ticonderoga.  December  1,  1776.  Appointed  or  en- 
listed January  1,  1776.    Time  of  service  11  months. 

Daniel  Moulton  (given  on  Roll  as  Molton)  appears  with  rank 
of  Private  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Joshua  Shaw's  Co., 
Col.  Elisha  Porter's  Regt.    Service  at  New  London,  Conn.    Time 


352  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

of  enlistment,  July  22,  1779.  Time  of  discharge,  August  2j,  1771). 
Time  of  service,  1  month,  9  days  (travel  included).  Town  to 
which  soldier  belonged .  Roll  dated  at  Monson.  (Hamp- 
shire Co.  Regt.  1 

Daniel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Edward  Grow's  Co.,  raised  in  York  County, 

Col. ,    Regt.    Time  of  enlistment,  July  i".  1775.    Time 

of  discharm-.  November  1.  1775.  Time  of  service,  3  month-.  _•  1 
days.    Given  "Daniel  Moulton  3rd,"  elsewhere. 

David  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of on  a  warrant  to 

pay  officers  and  men  borne  on  a  roll  hearing  .late  January  31. 
1783  of  <  'apt.  Jeremiah  Putnam's  Co.,  Col.  Nathan  Tyler**  Regt 

David  Moulton  appear-  with  rank  of  Private  "ii  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Putnam's  Co.,  Con.  Nathan  Tayl 
Regt.  for  service  at  Rhode  [sland.    Time  of  enlistment,  Septem- 
ber 1,   1770.     Time  of  discharge,  January   1,  [780.     Time  of  ser- 
vice. 4  months,  —  days.    Town  to  which  soldier  belonged . 

David    Moulton   ap|  in   a    Paj     Roll    for  six   month-   men 

raised  by  the  Town  of  Amesbury  for  service  in  the  Continental 
Army  during  17N0.  Marched  July  3.  1780.  Discharged,  Decem- 
ber 31,  17S0.    Time  in  service.  6  months,  to  days. 

David    Moulton   of   Amesbury   appears   among   a   list  of  men 
raised  for  the  six  month-  service  and  returned  by   Brig.  Gen.   Pat- 
ill  as  having  passed  muster  in  a  return  dated  ("amp  Totoy. 
October  25,  17X0. 

David  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  (apt.  Samuel  Iluse's  Co.,  Cl.  Jacob  Gerrish'a  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment.  April  13.  [778.  Time  of  discharge,  July  4, 
177S.  Time  of  -cry ice.  2  month-.  _'_•  days.  Town  to  which  -ti- 
dier belonged, . 

David  Moulton  appears  in  a  descriptive  li-t  of  men  raised  to 
reinforce  the  Continental  Army  for  the  term  of  six  moii- 
agreeable  to  resolve  of  June  5,  1780,  age  21  year-.  Statue.  5  feet 
3  inches.  Complexion,  light.  Residence,  Amesbury.  Time  of 
arrival  at  Springfield.  July  <».  17X0.  Tenth  Division.  Marched  to 
camp,  July  10.  1780,  under  command  of  Capt.  Daniel  Shay.  I 
J  >avid   Moulton.) 


MOULTONS  IN"  THE  REVOLUTION.  353 

Ebenezer  Moulton  appears  among  signatures  to  an  order  for 
Bounty  Coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money  due  for  the  Eight  Months 
Service  in  1775  in  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  Rufus  Put- 
nam's (late  Dr.  Brewer's  Regt..  dated  Roxburv,  November  4, 
1775.    Payable  to  Lieut.  Jehiel  Munger. 

Ebenezer  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Lexington 
Alarm  Roll  of  Capt.  Johnson  Moulton's  Co.,  Regt.,  which  marched 

Oil  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775  from  York  to .    Town  to 

which  soldier  belonged,  York.  Length  of  service  4  days.    Enlisted, 
April  2ISt. 

Ebenezer  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Company 
Return   of  Capt.   Walbridge's   Co..   Col.   Brewer's   Regt.,  dated, 

.    Town    to    which    soldier    belonged,    South    Brimfield. 

Time,  probably,  (  tetober,  return. 

Ebenezer  Moulton,  Jr.,  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Mus- 
ter and  Paj  Roll  of  Capt.  Daniel  Winchester's  Co.,  Col.  Ruggles 
Woodbridge's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  August  17.  1777.  Time 
of  discharge,  November  29,  1777.    Time  of  service,  3  months,  21 

days.       Town  to  which   soldier  belonged,  .     Service  in 

Northern  Department,  8  days  travel  included. 

Ebenzer  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  D.  Brewer's  Regt, 
dated  August  1.  1775.  Time  of  enlistment.  May  18.  1775.  Time 
of  service,  _■  months,  [8  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged. 
South  Brimneld. 

Elijah  Moulton  appears  among  signatures  to  an  order  for 
Bounty  Coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money  due  for  the  Eight  Months 
Service  in  1775  in  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  Rufus  Put- 
nam's (late  D.  Brewer's)  Regt.,  dated  Roxburv,  Xovember  4, 
1775.     Taxable  to  Lieut.  Jehiel  Munger. 

The  same  among  a  list  of  men  in  need  of  blankets.  (See 
Elijah  Moulton)).    Receipted,  July  25,  1775. 

Elijah  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Fifer  on  Company  Re- 
turn of  Capt.  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  Brewer's  Regt.  Date  not 
given,  probably  October,  return.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged, 
Monson. 

Elijah  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of on  descriptive 


354  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

list,  dated  June  7,  1780  of  the  officers  and  crew  of  the  Sloop  Race 
Horse,  commanded  by  Clifford  Byrne,  age  27  years.  Statue,  5  feet 
6  inches.  Complexion,  light.  Where  belonging,  Danvers.  (See 
Elijah  Moulton.) 

Elijah  Moulton  appears  in  a  return  of  men  enlisted  into  the 
Continental  Army  from  Ninth  Company  of  Col.  John  Bliss'  first 
regiment,  dated  April  1,  1779.  Town  belonged  to,  Monson. 
Town  enlisted  for,  Monson.  Term  of  enlistment,  8  months,  from 
March  1,  1778.    Joined  Capt.  Keep's  Co.,  Col.  Sheperd's  Regt. 

Elijah  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  Roll 
of  Capt.  Aaron  Charles'  Co.,  Col.  Timothy  Robinson's  Regt.,  dated 
in  garrison  at  Ticonderoga,  February  24,  1777.  When  appointed 
or  enlisted,  December  25,  1776.  Time  of  service,  1  month,  29  days. 

Elijah  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  Roll 
of  Lieut.  John  Wright's  Co.  (formerly  Capt.  Keep's  Co.)  of  the 
Third  Massachusetts  regiment,  Col,  William  Sheperd  for  July  and 
August,    1778,   date   not  given.     Sworn  to   September  7,   1778. 

When  appointed  or  enlisted  .     Term  of  enlistment,  8 

months.     Reported  sick  .  absent,  enlisted  March  1st,  year 

not  given. 

Elijah  Moulton  (name  on  roll  Molton))  appears  with  rank  of 
Private  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Nehemiah  May's  Co., 
Col.  David  Leonard's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  May  6,  1777. 
Time  of  discharge,  July  8,  1777.     Time  of  service,  2  months,  12 

days,  travel  included.    Town  to  which  soldier  belonged . 

Roll  dated  South  Brimfield.    Reported  two  months  levies. 

Elisha  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  Roll 
of  Capt.  John  Trotter's  Co.,  Col.  Rufus  Putnam's  (5th  Regt  for 
April,  1 78 1.  When  appointed  or  enlisted,  March  12,  1781.  Term 
of  enlistment,  3  years.  (See  Elisha  Molton.)  Roll  dated  West 
Point. 

Ephraim  Moulton  appears  in  a  list  of  six  month's  men  raised 
by  Town  of  Lancaster  for  service  in  the  Continental  Army  during 
1780.  (When  marched  or  discharged  or  time  of  service,  not 
given.) 

Ephraim  Moulton  appears  in  a  descriptive  list  of  men  raised 
to  reinforce  the  Continental  Army  for  the  term  of  six  months 


M0ULT0XS  IX  THE  REVOLUTION.  355 

agreeable  to  resolve  of  June  5,  1780,  age  19  years.  Statue  5  feet 
11  inches.  Complexion,  light.  Residence,  Lancaster.  Time  of 
arrival  at  Springfield,  July  13,  1780,  14th  division.  Marched  to 
camp,  July  13,  1780,  under  command  of  Capt.  Thomas  Pritchard. 

Ezra  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  men  who  served  as 
Privates  at  Concord  Battle  and  elsewhere,  belonging  to  Lynn, 
now  called  Lynn,  Lynnfield  and  Saugus. 

Ezra  Moulton  appears  in  a  descriptive  list  of  the  men  enlisted 
from  Essex  County,  for  the  term  of  nine  months  from  the  time 
of  their  arrival  at  Fishkill.  Town  from,  Lynn.  Time  of  arrival 
at  Fishkill,  July  17.  (Xo  description  given.)  (See  Ezra  Molton, 
same  name  and  town,  1780.) 

Ezra  Moulton  appears  in  a  descriptive  list  of  men  raised  to 
reinforce  the  Continental  Army  for  the  term  of  six  months, 
agreeable  to  resolve  of  June  5.  1780,  age  51  years.  Stature,  5  feet 
9  inches.  Complexion,  ruddy.  Residence,  Lynn.  Time  of  arrival 
at  Springfield,  July  13.  1780,  14th  division.  Marched  to  camp, 
July  13,  1780,  under  command  of  Capt.  Thomas  Pritchard. 

Ezra  Moulton  of  Lynn  appears  among  a  list  of  men  raised  for 
the  Six  Months'  Service  and  returned  as  having  passed  muster  in 
a  return,  dated  Camp  Totoway,  October  25,  1780. 

Freeborn  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Captain  on  Lexington 
Alarm  Roll  of  Capt.  Freeborn  Moulton's  Co.,  Col.  Danielson's 
Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  Mon- 
son  to  Cambridge.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Monson. 
Length  of  service,  21  days.     Left  Cambridge,  May  6,  1775. 

George  Moulton  (name  spelled  Molton)  appears  with  rank  of 
Private  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Silvanus  Smith's  Co., 
Col.  Rufus  Putnam's  (5th)  Regt.,  for  January,  1781.  When  ap- 
pointed or  enlisted  not  given.  Term  of  enlistment,  during  war. 
Roll  dated  West  Point.    Reported,  deserted. 

George  Moulton  appears  in  a  return  of  men  enlisted  into  the 
Continental  Army,  dated,  January,  1781.  Enlisted  May  10,  1780. 
By  whom  enlisted,  Lieut.  Stowers.  Served  in  Capt.  Smith's  Co., 
(5th)  Massachusetts  Regt.  Term  of  enlistment,  during  war. 
Belonging  to  Greenwich. 

George  Moulton  appears  in  a  descriptive  list  of  enlisted  men 


356  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

belonging  to  Greenwich  County,  age  21  years.  Statue  5  ft.  6  in. 
Complexion  dark.  Time  of  enlistment,  May  10,  1780.  Term  of 
enlistment,  during  war.  Joined  Capt.  Smith's  Co.,  Col.  Putnam's 
(5th)  Regt.  Enlisted  as  pricate  by  Lieut.  Stowers,  joined  from 
the  Fifteenth  Regiment,  dated,  West  Point,  January  10,  1781. 
Hosmer  Moulton  appears  on  a  petition,  dated,  Boston,  May  26, 

1778,  signed  by  Samuel  Jackson  as  First  Lieutenant  on  Sloop 
"America,"  Capt.  Samuel  Avery. 

Isaiah  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  seaman  on  Muster  Roll 
and  Pay  Roll,  dated,  Salem,  October  9,  1776,  of  the  officers  and 
crew  of  the  Sloop  Tyrannicide,  commanded  by  John  Fish.  (No 
description  given).  Service  from  June  17,  1776.  Reported 
wounded.    Since  dead. 

James  Moulton  appears  in  a  return  of  men  raised  under  Re- 
solve of  December  2,    1780.     When   raised,  January    15,    1781. 

Term  enlisted   for  .     Belonging  to  Boston,  Countv  of 

Suffolk. 

James  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  seaman  upon  a  list  of 
prisoners  sent  in  the  Cartel  Silver  Eel  from  Halifax  to  Boston, 
October  8,  1778  to  be  exchanged. 

James  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Caleb  Moulton's  Co.  Served  under  command  of 
Lieutenant  Eliphalet  Hastings.  Col.  Thomas  Poor's  Regt.  Time 
of  enlistment,  June  27,  1778.     Time  of  discharge,  February  24, 

1779.  Time    of    service,    8    months,    8    days,    travel    included. 
Town, . 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pay  Roll  of 
Capt.  Eliphalet  Hasting's  Co.,  Col.  Thomas  Poor's  Regt.,  dated. 
King's  Ferry,  January  22,  1779.  For  service  from  November  30, 
1778  to  January  1,  1779.    Time  of  service,  1  month. 

John  Moulton  (spelled  Molton)  appears  with  rank  of  Private 
on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Daniel  Eame's  Co.,  Col.  Ben- 
jamin Harves'  Regt.,  for  service  at  Rhode  Island.  Time  of  enlist- 
ment, September  29,  1777.  Time  of  discharge,  November  1,  1777. 
Time  of  service,  1  month,  3  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  be- 
longed,   .     (Secret  expedition  to  Rhode  Island). 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  357 

Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Benj.  Larrabee's  Co.,  Col.  Mitchell's  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  July  9,  1779.  Time  of  discharge,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1779.  Time  of  service,  2  months,  3  days.  (Spelled  Mol- 
ten).   Marched  on  expedition  to  Penobscot. 

John  Moulton  appears  on  a  petition  dated  Boston,  December 
22,  1777,  of  P.  Moore,  that  said  Moulton  be  commissioned  Com- 
mander of  the  Schooner  ("The  George,"  granted  in  Council, 
December  22,  1777.     (Given  Moultson  on  Roll). 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  Roll 
of  late  Capt.  Caleb  Keep's  Co.  of  (3rd)  Massachusetts  Regt, 
Col.    William    Shepard    for    October,    1778,    dated,    Providence, 

November    13,    1778.      When    appointed    or    enlisted,    . 

Term  of  enlistment,  9  months. 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Stephen  Chamberlain's  Co.,  Col.  Dean's  Regt., 
for  service  at  Rhode  Island.  Time  of  enlistment,  March  7,  1781. 
Time  of  discharge,   March   14,   1781.     Time  of  service,  7  days. 

Town  to  which  soldier  belonged, .     Marched  by  order  of 

Gov.  Hancock'. 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Roll  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Procter's  Co.,  Col.  Jacob  Gerrish's  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  November  12,  1777.  Time  of  discharge, 
February  3.  1778.     Time  of  service,  2  months,  21  days.     Town 

to    which    soldier    belonged,     .       (See    John  Molton). 

Regiment  of  Guards.    Service  at  Charlestown. 

John  Moulton  appears  in  an  order  for  advance  pay  given  by 
himself,  dated,  Cambridge,  June  14,  1775,  payable  to  Capt.  Rich- 
ardson. Pay  due  on  account  of  service  in  Capt.  Addison  Rich- 
ardson's Co.,  Col.  Mansfield's  Regt.  (See  John  Molton).  Not 
an  autograph  signature  signed,  "his  mark."  Reported  as  having 
taken  the  oath  of  allegiance. 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of on  a  warrant  to 

pay  officers  and  men  borne  on  a  roll  bearing  date,  February  22, 
1785,  of  Capt.  Richard  Dodge's  Co.,  Col.  Putnam's  Regt. 

John  Moulton  of  Wenham  appears  among  a  list  of  men  raised 
for  the  Six  Month's  Service,  and  returned  by  Brig.  Gen.  Patter- 


358  .  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

son  as  having  passed  muster  in  a  return,  dated  Camp  Totoway, 
October  25,  1780.     (See  John  Molton). 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  private  on  a  return  of 
Capt.  John  Gleason's  Co.,  Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  Regt.  Time  of 
service,  dated,  North  Kingston,  June  26,  1777,  and  certified  to  by 
Micah  Balcom,  July  26,  1844. 

John  Moulton  appears  in  a  list  of  Six  Month's  Men  raised 
by  the  Town  of  Wenham  for  service  in  the  Continental  Army 

during    1780.      When   marched    .      When    discharged, 

.    Time  in  service, . 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of on  Muster  and 

Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Spurr's  Co.,  (6th)  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment, 
August  1,  1780.  Time  of  discharge,  December  13,  1780.  Time 
of  service,  4  months,  13  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged, 
.  Autograph  signature.    Reported  6  months  levies. 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Benj.  Peabody's  Co.,  Col.  Jacob  Gerrish's  (1st) 
Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  October  14,  1779.  Time  of  discharge, 
November  22,  1779.  Time  of  service,  1  month,  19  days.  Town 
to  which  soldier  belonged  not  given.  (Name  on  roll,  Molton). 
Raised  by  resolve  of  October  9,  1779.  Roll  dated  Middleton,  11 
days  travel  included. 

John  Moulton  appears  in  a  descriptive  list  of  men  raised  to 
reinforce  the  Continental  Army  for  the  term  of  six  months,  agree- 
able to  resolve  or  June  5,  1780,  age  17  years.  Statue,  5  feet  8 
inches.  Complexion,  light.  Residence,  Wenham.  Time  of  ar- 
rival at  Springfield,  July  3,  1780.  Third  Division  marched  to 
camp,  July  3,  1780,  under  command  of  Lieut.  Daniel  Frye  of  the 
Artificers. 

John  B.  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pay  Roll  of 
Capt.  (late)  Keep's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Shepard's  Regt.,  dated  No- 
vember 14,  1778,  for  service  from  October  1,  1778  to  November 
1,  1778.  Time  of  service,  1  month.  Given  as  Molton  on  Pay 
Roll,  (3rd  Regt.). 

Same  name  in  same  regiment  and  company  appears  on  Muster 
Roll  for  November  1778,  dated,  Providence,  December  8,  1778. 
Term  of  enlistment,  9  months.    Reported, ,  under  guard. 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  359 

Same  name  on  Pay  Roll  for  November,  1778.  Sworn  to  at 
Providence. 

John  Bound  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  D.  Brewer's  Regt.,  dated 
August  1,  1775.  Time  of  enlistment,  May  11,  1775.  Time  of 
service,  2  months,  25  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged, 
South  Brimfield. 

John  Bound  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  Lex- 
ington Alarm  Roll  of  Capt.  Freeborn  Moulton's  Co.,  Col.  Daniel- 
son's  Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from 
Monson  to  Cambridge.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Mon- 
son.    Length  of  service,  21  days.    Remarks,  left  Cambridge,  May 

6,  1775- 

John  Bound  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  Com- 
pany  Return   of   Capt.   Walbridge's    Co.,   Col.    Brewer's   Regt., 

dated,  .     Town  to  which   soldier  belonged,    Stafford, 

Conn.     (Spelled  Molton). 

John  Cooper  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Joseph  Cole's  Co.,  Col.  John  Jacob's 
Regt.for  service  at  Rhode  Island.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  1, 
1778.  Time  of  discharge,  January  1,  1779.  Time  of  service,  6 
months.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Swanzey.  (Name 
spelled  Molton. 

Johnson  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Captain  on  Lexing- 
ton Alarm  Roll  of  Capt.  Johnson  Moulton's  Co., Regt., 

which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  York  to 

.     Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  York.     Length  of 

service,  4  days.    Enlisted  April  21st. 

Johnson  Moulton  appears  among  of  list  of  Field  Officers  of  the 
Massachusetts  Militia  as  Lieutenant-Colonel  of  the  York  Co., 
Regt.    Commissioned, . 

Johnson  Moulton  appears   with  rank  of  Lieutenant-Colonel 

on  Company  Return  of  Capt.  's  Co.,  Col.  J.  Scannon's 

Regt.,  dated  .     Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  York, 

Me.  Date  not  given,  probably  October,  return.  Reported :  En- 
listed May  2,  1775. 

Johnson  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  Field  Officers  of  the 


360  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Massachusetts  Militia  as  Colonel  of  the  York  Co.,  Regt.  Com- 
missioned. 

Johnson  Moulton  appears  among  a  list  of  Officers  in  Col. 
Scammon's  (York  Co.)  Regt.  Rank,  Lieutenant-Colonel,  dated 
Cambridge,  May  2,  1775.  (See  Johnson  Molton).  Commis- 
sioned May  29,  1775. 

Johnston  Moulton,  Lieutenant-Colonel  appears  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  the  Field  and  Staff  Officers  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Regt.,  Col.  James  Scammon's  for  service, ,  en- 
gaged May  2,  1775.     Discharged,  .     Time  of  service,  3 

months,  7  days.    Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  York. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  among  signatures  to  an  order  for 
a  Bounty  Coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money,  due  for  the  eight 
month's  service  in  1775,  in  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col. 
Rufus  Putnam's  (late  D.  Brewer's)  Regt.,  dated,  Roxbury,  No- 
vember 4.  1775.    Payable  to  Lieut.  Jehiel  Munger. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Simeon  Brown's  Co.,  Col.  Nathaniel 
Wade's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  1,  1778.  Time  of  dis- 
charge September  1,  1778.    Time  of  service  2  months.    Town 

to  which  soldier  belonged:  (Spelled  Molton).    Dated 

East  Greenwich. 

Jonathan  Moulton  (spelled  Molton)  appears  with  rank  of 
Private  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Thomas  Bragdon's 
Co.,  (late)  Col.  Storer's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  August 
14,  I777.     Time  of  service  123  days,  15  days'  travel  included. 

Town  to  which  soldier  belonged .   Reported  as  of  the 

Northern  Army,'  discharged  at  Queman's  Heights. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Com- 
pany Return  of  Capt.  Walbridge's  Regt.,  dated  , 

probably  October  Return. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  a 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Browning's  Co.,  Col.  Seth  Murray's  Regt., 
for  service  for  3  months  1780.  Time  of  enlistment  July  30, 
1780.  Time  of  discharge,  October  10,  1780.  Time  of  service 
two    months    18     days.      Town    to    which    soldier    belonged 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  361 

.     Hampshire  Co.  Regt.  raised  for  3  months  by  Re- 
solve of  June  22,  1780  to  reinforce  the  Continental  Army. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of on  Muster 

and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  John  Dodge's  Co.,  Col.  Jacob  Gerrish's 
Regt.     Time  of  enlistment,  April  1,  I778.     Time  of  discharge 

.    Time  of  service,  3  months  3  days.    Town  to  which 

soldier    belonged,    .      Probably    sergeant    Regt.    of 

guards. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Joshua  Shaw's  Co.,  Col.  Elisha  Porter's 
Regt.  Hampshire  Co.  Regt.  service  at  New  London,  Conn. 
Time  of  enlistment,  July  22,  1779.  Time  of  discharge,  Au- 
gust 27,  1779.  Time  of  service,  1  month  9  days.  (Travel  in- 
cluded).    Town   to  which   soldier  belonged,  .     Roll 

dated  at  Monson. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Sapt.  Simeon  Brown's  Co.,  Col.  Nathaniel 
Wade's  Regt.  for  service  at  Rhode  Island  (East  Greenwich). 
Time  of  enlistment,  July  1,  1778.  Time  of  discharge,  January 
1,  1779.  Time  of  service  6  months  7  days.  Town  to  which 
soldier  belonged  not  given.  Company  made  up  from  Essex 
and  York  counties. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Lexing- 
ton Alarm  Roll  of  Capt.  Freeborn  Moulton's  Co.,  Col.  Daniel- 
son's  Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  I9,  1775, 
from  Monson  to  Cambridge.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged, 
Monson.     Length  of  service,  20  days.     Left  Cambridge  May 

5,  1775- 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  corporal  on  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Samuel  Sayer's  Co.,  Col.  

Regt.  Company  commanded  by  Lt.  Sam  Young  after  Au- 
gust 3,  1779.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  7,  1779.  Time  of  dis- 
charge, September  6,  1779.  Time  of  service,  2  months.  Late 
Maj.  Littlefield's  detachment  from  York  Co.,  serving  in  Pe- 
nobscot Expedition. 

Jonathan  Moulton  mentioned  4th  in  this  record  is  given 


362  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

on  a  Muster  Roll  dated  August  1,  1775.  Time  of  enlistment, 
May  18,  1775.    Time  of  service,  2  months  18  days. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Sergeant  on  a  Re- 
turn of  Capt.  Reuben  Munn's  Co.,  Col.  Nicholas  Dike's  Regt. 
for  travel  appowance.  Residence,  So.  Brimfield.  Roll  dated 
Roxbury,  September  17,  1776. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Sergeant  on  a  Re- 
turn of  Capt.  Reuben  Mann's  Co.,  Col.  Nicholas  Dike's  Regt. 
for  travel  allowance.  Residence,  So.  Brimfield.  Roll  dated 
Boston,  November  26,  1776. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Samuel  Sayer's  Co.,  Col.  

Regt.  Company  commanded  by  Lt.  Sam  Young  after  August 
3,  1779.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  7,  1779.  Time  of  discharge, 
September  6,  1779.  Time  of  service,  2  months.  Late  Maj. 
Littlefield's  Detachment  from  York  Co.,  serving  in  Penobscot 
Expedition. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Private  on  De- 
scriptive List,  dated  October  li,  1780  of  the  officers  and  crew 
of  the  Privateer  "America,"  commanded  by  Wm.  Coffin,  Esq. 
Age,  22  years,  statue,  5  feet  8  inches.  Complexion  dark. 
Where  belonging,  Old  York. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Private  on  De- 
scriptive List  dated  October  11,  1778  of  the  officers  and  crew 
of  the  ship  "America,"  commanded  by  Wm.  Griffin,  Esq. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  3rd  Sergeant  on 

Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  John  Dodge's  Co.,  Col.  

Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  April  3,  1778.  Time  of  discharge, 
June  1,  1778.  Time  of  service,  1  month  28  days.  Town  to 
which  soldier  belonged, .  Roll  dated  Camp  at  Win- 
ter Hill.    Autograph  signature. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Men  drafted 
from  1st  York  Co.  Regt.  to  serve  in  R.  I.  or  elsewhere  in  New 
England  for  2  months. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Abel  Moulton's  Co.,  Col.  Titcomb's 


M0ULT0NS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  363 

Regt.,  for  service  at  Rhode  Island.    Time  not  given.     Length 
of  service,  2  months  I4  days. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  for  Bounty 
paid  him  by  Selectemen  for  the  twon  of  York  to  serve  in  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.  for  the  term  of  6  months  unless  sooner  discharged. 
Receipt  dated  July  13,  1778.  Raised  by  resolve  of  June  12, 
1778. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Lexing- 
ton Alarm  Roll  of  Capt.  Thos.  Kimball's  Co.,  Col.  John  Baker's 
Regt.,  which  marched  on  the  alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from 
Wenham  to .  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Wen- 
ham.     Length  of  service,  2  days.  , 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Abel  Moulton's  Co.,  Col.  Titcomb's 
Regt,  for  service  at  Rhode  Island.  Time  of  enlistment.  May 
I9»  l777-  Time  of  discharge,  July  18,  1777.  Time  of  service, 
2  months  1  day.    Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  York,  Me. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  among  signatures  to  an  order  for 
Bounty  Coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money,  clue  for  the  Eight 
Months'  Service  in  1775,  in  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col. 
Rufus  Putnam's  (late  D.  Brewer's)  Regt.,  dated  Roxbury, 
Nov.  4,  1775.    Payable  to  Lt.  Jehiel  Munger. 

Joseph  Moulten  (spelled  Molten)  appears  with  rank  of 
Sergeant  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Caleb  Keep's  Co.,  Col. 
Israel  Chapen's  Regt.  Raised  for  3  months  to  reinforce  the 
Continental  Army.  Time  of  enlistment,  October  18,  I779 
Time  of  discharge,  November  21,  1779.  Time  of  service,  1 
month  11  days,  6  days'  travel  included.  Town  to  which  sol- 
dier belonged,  . 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  Com- 
pany Return  of  Capt.  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  Brewer's  Regt.. 

dated ,  (probably  October  Return).    Town  to  which 

soldier  belonged,  Munson. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Abraham  Tyler's  Co.,  Col.  Poor's  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  June  1,  1778.  Time  of  discharge,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1779.     Time  of  service,  9  months  4  days.     Town  to 


364  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

which  soldier  belonged, .    Service  at  North  River,  N. 

Y.,  by  Resolve  of  April  20,  1778.  Travel  included  in  time. 
Name  given  on  Roll  as  Joseph  Moulten. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and   Pay  Roll  of  Capt.   Abraham   Tyler's   Co.,  Col.   Thomas 

Poor's  Regt.    Time  of  enlistment,  from  to  February 

16,  1779.  Time  of  service,  1  month  4  days.  (Name  given  on 
roll  as  Joseph  Molton). 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  D.  Brewer's 
Regt..  dated  August  1,  1775.  Time  of  enlistment,  May  13, 
1775.  Time  of  service,  2  months  24  days.  Town  to  winch  sol- 
dier belonged,  Monson. 

Joseph  Moulton  named  4th  in  this  book  is  mentioned  as 
serving  from  June  30.  1778  to  August  1,  1778.  Time  of  ser- 
vice. 1  month.     (Name  given  on  roll  as  Joseph  Moulten.) 

The  same  appears  on  Pay  Roll  dated  King's  Ferry,  Jan- 
uary 22,  i77<;.  For  service  from  November  1,  1778  to  Decem- 
ber 1.  1778.     Time  of  service.  1  month. 

The  same  appears  on  Pay  Roll  for  service  from  July  31, 
I778  to  September  1,  1778.  Time  of  service,  1  month.  (Name 
given  on  roll  as  Joseph  Molton). 

The  same  appears  on  Roll  of  same  Co.  and  Regt.  dated 
Fort  Clinton,  November  14,  1778.  For  services  from  August 
31,  1778  to  October  1,  1778.  Time  of  service.  1  month.  (Name 
given  as  Joseph  Molton  ). 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  the  officers  and  crew  of  the  Ship  Vengeance, 
commanded  by  Thomas  Thomas.  Time  of  enlistment,  June 
27>  I779-  Time  of  discharge,  August  27,  I779.  Time  of  ser- 
vice, 2  months.     Expedition  to  Penobscot. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  in  a  List  of  Men  enlisted  from 
Cumberland  Co.,  for  the  term  of  nine  months  from  the  time 
of  their  arrival  at  Fishkill  as  returned  by  Brig.  Lemuel  Thomp- 
son, Brunswick,  July  1,  1778.  Town  from  Scarborough.  (See 
Joseph  Molton.)     Raised  by  Resolve  of  April  20,  1778. 

Joshua  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  365 

and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Tadok  Buffiinton's  Co.,  Col.  Samuel 
Johnson's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  August  19,  1777.  Time 
of  discharge,  November  30,  1777.  Time  of  service,  3  months 
12  days.     Town,  .     Service  at  the  Northward. 

Joshua  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Tadok  Buffington's  Co.,  Col.  Samuel 
Johnson's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  August  I9,  1777.  Time 
of  discharge,  November  30,  1777.     Discharged  at  Cambridge. 

Time  of  service,  3  months  12  days.    Town, .     Service 

at  Northward. 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Seaman  or  Mariner 
on  the  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  the  officers  and  crew  of  the 
sloop  Tyrannicide,  Capt.  John  Fiske.  Time  of  enlistment, 
June  17,  1776.     Time  of  discharge,  . 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Seaman  or  Mariner 
on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  the  officers  and  crew  of  the  Sloop 
Tyrannicide,  Capt.  John  Fiske.  Time  of  enlistment,  June  17, 
1776.  Time  of  discharge,  July  19,  1776,  days.  Re- 
ported, wounded. 

Jotham  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Field  Officers 
of  the  Mass.  Militia  as  Brig.  Gen.  of  the  York  Co.  Regt.  Com- 
missioned February  8,  I776.  Reported :  deceased.  His  place 
taken  by  John  Frost  August  II,  1777. 

Jotham  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Field  Officers 
of  the  Mass.  Militia  as  Colonel  of  the  2nd  York  Co.  Regt. 
Commissioned  August  30,  1775.     (See  Jotham  Molton.) 

Jotham  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Officers  of  the 
Mass.  Millitia  chosen  by  Legislature  January  30,  1776,  as 
Brig.  Gen.  of  York  Co.  Regt. 

Jotham  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  the  Mass.  Militia 
as  Col.  of  the  2nd  York  Co.  Regt.     Commissioned  August  30, 

1775- 

Jotham    Moulton   appears   among   a   List  of   Officers   of   the 

Mass.  Militia  as  Brigadier  of  the  Militia  drafted  to  reinforce 
Army   at   New   York,   Co.,   Regt.      Com- 
missioned December  10,  1776.  , 
Michael  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  Muster 


366  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Peleg  Peck's  Co.,  Col.  Thomas  Carpen- 
ter's Regt,  for  service  at  R.  I.  on  Alarm  of  August  1,  1780. 
Time  of  enlistment,  August  2,  1780.  Time  of  discharge,  Au- 
gust 9,  1780.  Time  of  service,  8  days.  Town  to  which  soldier 
belonged,  Swanzey.  (This  name  was  spelled  Molton  on  the 
Roll).  Reported,  marched  to  Tiverton  under  order  of  Council 
July  22,  1780. 

Michael  Moulon  appears  among  a  List  of  Officers  of  the 
Mass.  Militia  at  1st  Lt.  in  Capt.  Fuller's  Co.,  of  Col.  Jacob's 
Regt.  Commissioned  September  23,  1778.  Raised  for  defence 
of  New  England  States. 

Michael  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Peleg  Peck's  Co.,  Col.  George  Williams' 
Regt.,  for  service  at  R.  I.  Time  of  enlistment,  September  29, 
1779.  Time  of  discharge,  October  30,  1777.  Time  of  service, 
1  month  1  day.  Town,  .  Marched  on  secret  expe- 
dition under  Maj.  Gen.  Spencer.     Stationed  at  Tiverton. 

Michael  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Aaron  Haynes  Co.,  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb's  Regt., 
dated.  In  camp  at  Ticonderoga,  December  1,  1776.  When 
appointed  or  enlisted,  January  1,  1776.  Time  of  service.  11 
months.     Reported:     Sick  on  board  the  Gondola. 

Michael  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Ensign  on  A  Pay 

Abstract  of  Capt.  Joshua  Reed's  Co.,  Col.  Regt.,  for 

service  prior  to  April,  1776.     (See  Micah  Molten). 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  T.  Mellen's  Co.,  Col.  A.  Perry's 
Regt.,  for  service  at  R.  I.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  28,  1780. 
Time  of  discharge,  August  10,  1780.  Time  of  service,  14  days. 
No  residence  given.    This  name  is  spelled  Molton  on  the  Roll. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Aaron  Haynes  Co.,  Col.  Asa  Whitcomb's  Regt., 
dated  In  camp  at  Ticonderoga,  December  1,  1776.  When  ap- 
pointed or  enlisted,  December  6,  1775.  Time  of  service,  it 
months  25  days.    Reported :     Deserted  April  1,  1776. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pay 
Roll   of   Capt.    (Lt.)    Eliphalet   Hasting's   Co.,    Col.   Thomas 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  367 

Poor's  Regt.,  dated  King's  Ferry,  January  22,  1779.  For  ser- 
vice from  November  30,  1778  to  January  1,  1779.  Time  of 
service,  1  month.  , 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  in  Capt.  Caleb  Moulton's  Co., 
Col.  Thomas  Poor's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  June  2j,  1778. 
Time  of  discharge,  January  29,  1779.  Time  of  service,  7  months 
13  days.    Travel  included.     Town,  . 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  for  service  from  July  31,  1778 
to  September  1,  1778.    Time  of  service,  1  month. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  for  service  from  July  31,  177S 
to  September  1,  1778.     Time  of  service,  1  month. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Joseph  Winch's  Co.,  Col.  Samuel  Bullard's  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  August  16,  1777.  Time  of  service,  3  months 
25  days.  Discharged  November  29,  1777,  11  days'  travel  included. 
Service  in  Northern  department. 

Nathaniel  Moulton,  whom  I  have  named  three,  is  named  on 
Pay  Roll  for  service  from  November  1,  1778  to  December  1,  1778. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  (4)  appears  on  Pay  Roll  dated  Fort  Clin- 
ton, November  14,  1778  for  service  from  August  31,  1778  to  Oc- 
tober 1,  1778. 

Oliver  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Boy  upon  a  List  of 
Prisoners  sent  to  Boston  in  the  Cartel  Snow  Drift,  from  Halifax, 
September  30,  1778.     (See  Oliver  Molton.) 

Peter  Moulton  appears  among  signatures  to  an  order  for 
Bounty  Coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money  due  for  the  Eight  Months' 
Service  in  1775  in  Capt.  Wentworth  Stuart's  Co.,  Col.  Edmund 
Phinney's  Regt..  dated  Cambridge,  October  26,  1775.  Payable  to 
Capt.  Stuart,  dated  Fort,  November  2. 

Peter  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Officers  of  the  Mass. 
Militia  appointed  Governor's  Council,  May  10,  1776,  as  2nd  Lt. 
in  4th  (Pierson  Town)  Co.,  of  the  3rd  Cumberland  Co.  Regt. 

Peter  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  a  Billeting 
Roll  of  Capt.  Wentworth  Stuart's  Co.,  Col.  Phinney's  Regt.,  from 

the  date  of  his  enlistment  to  the  date  of  marching  to 

Headquarters,  July  12,  1775,  equivalent  to  57  days. 

Peter  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  Company 


368  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Return  of  Capt.  Stuart's  Co.,  Col.  Phinney's  Regt.,  dated  Septem- 
ber 29,  1775.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Pearsontown, 
Me.    Reported,  enlisted  May  16,  1775. 

Peter  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Officers  of  the  Mass. 
Militia  as  2nd  Lieut,  in  the  4th  Co.,  of  the  3rd  Cumberland 
Regt.    Commissioned  May  10,  1776. 

Peter  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Officers  of  the  Mass, 
.Militia  as  2nd  Lieut,  in  the  5th  Co.,  of  the  3rd  Comberland  Co. 
Regt.    Commissioned  May  10.  1776. 

Samuel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Prix  ate  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Moses   Milliard's  Co.,  Col.   Ebenezer  Thayer's 
Regt.,  for  service  at  R.   I.     Time  of  enlistment,  July  26,   1780. 
Time  of  discharge,  I  October  30.  1780.     Time  of  service,  8  d 
Town. .     Suffolk  Co.  Regt.     Name  spelled  Molton. 

Samuel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  A  Return 
of  Capt  John  Gleason's  Co.,  Col.  Josiah  Whitney's  Regt.,  in  ser- 
vice   .    Dated  North  Kingston,  June  26,  1777.  and  ser- 

tified  to  by  Micah  Balcom  July  26,  [844. 

Samuel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Aaron  Guild's  Co.,  Lemuel  Robinson's  Regt 

Time  of  enlistment.  Jan.  20,  177''-     Time  of  discharge,  . 

Time  of  service,  13  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Ded- 
ham.  1  Spelled  Molton.  Suffolk  and  York  Co.  Regt.  Service  at 
Dorchester  I  (eights. 

Samuel  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  David  Goodwin's  Co.,  Col.  Cogswell's  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  September  13.  1778.  Time  of  discharge, 
December  3,  [778.  Time  of  service,  3  months  20  days.  (Spelled 
Molton.)  Service  in  guarding  and  fortifying  ports  in  and  near 
Boston. 

Silal  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Officers  as  Lieut,  in 
Col.  John  Bailey's  Regt.,  who  wanted  clothing.  Dated:  Dor- 
chester, October  22.  1778.  See  (Silas  Molton)  also  given  "Silas 
Morton." 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  among  signatures  to  an  Order 
for  Bounty  Coat  or  its  equivalent  in  money  due  for  the  Eight 
Months'  Service  in  1775,  in  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col. 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  369 

Rufus  Putnam's  Regt.,  dated  Roxbury,  Nov.  4,  I775,  payable 
to  Lieut  Jehiel  Munger. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Com- 
pany Return  to  Capt.  Walbridge's  Co.,  Col.  Brewer's  Regt., 

dated   .    Town     to    which     soldier   belonged.    South 

Brimfield.    Time,  probably  October  return. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pay 
Abstract  of  Capt.  Browning's  Co.,  Col.  Seth  Murray's  Regt., 
for  service  for  3  months.   1780. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  Mus- 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Phineas  Stebbin's  Co.,  Col.  Nathan 
Sparhawk's  Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  September  23,  1778. 
Time  of  discharge,  December  12,  1778.  Time  of  service,  2 
months  24  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged.  So.  Brim- 
field.  Name  spelled  "Molton."  Detached  by  order  of  Coun- 
cil of  September  17,  1778  to  reinforce  Gen.  Sullivan.  Or- 
dered to  Boston  by  a  Resolve  of  September  17,  I778. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  A  Pay 
Roll  of  Capt.  Browning's  Co.,  Col.  Seth  Murray's  Regt.  En- 
listed July  30.  1780.     Discharged  October  10,  1780.     Time  of 

service,  2  months  18  days.     Town.  .     Hampshire  Co. 

Regt.,  raised  for  3  months  by  Resolve  of  June  22,  1780.  to  re- 
inforce the  Continental  Army. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Bliss's  Co.,  Col.  Paterson's  Regt.,  dated  August 
1,  1775.  Time  of  enlistment.  May  li.  1775.  Time  of  service, 
2  months  26  days.     Town  to  which  soldier  belonged.  Boston. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Private  on  A  Mus- 
ter Return  of  Capt.  Caleb  Keep's  Co.,  Col.  Wm.  Shepard's 
Regt.,  dated  January  31,  1778.  Town  to  which  soldier  be- 
longed, So.  Brimfield.  Town  enlisted  for,  So.  Brimfield.  (See 
Solomon  Molton.)  Enlisted  for  8  months,  discharged  January 
10,  1778. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
Roll  dated  August  I,  1775  on  Company  Return  of  Capt.  Wal- 
bridge's Co.,  Col.  Brewer's  Regt.     Time  of  enlistment,  May 


370  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

12,  1775.    Time  of  service,  2  months  24  days.    Town  to  which 
soldier  belonged,  So.  Brimfield. 

Solomon  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Gunner  on  Con- 
tinental Army  Pay  Accounts  of  Capt.  Warner's  Co.,  Col.  Re- 
ver's  Regt.,  for  service  from  May  26,  1777  to  December  31, 
1779.    Residence  not  given.     (See  Solomon  Molton). 

Stephen  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Fifer  on  Company 
Return  of  Capt.  Thayer's  Co.,  Col.  Fellow's  Regt.,  dated  Dor- 
chester, October,  1775.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged. 
Stafford,  Conn.  , 

Stephen    Moulton   appears   with   grade  of  on   A 

Warrant   to   pay  officers   and   crew  of  the   Brigantine   Pallas, 

Capt.  James  Johnson.     Date,  .     Service  at  Penobscot 

from  July  3  to  August  20,  177a 

Stephen  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Men  belonging 
to  No.  Yarmouth  Cumberland  Co.,  raised  to  reinforce  the 
Army.     Dated  December  3.  177''. 

Stephen  Moulton  2nd  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jas.  Hill's  Co.,  Col.  Williams'  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  September  20.  1777.     Time  of  discharge, 

October  30,  1777.    Time  of  service, days.    Town  to 

which   soldier   belonged,   .      Service*  at  Trenton,   R.   I. 

Roll  sworn  to  at  Rehoboth. 

Stephen  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 

and   Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  George  Roger's  Co..  Col. Regt. 

(Detached  by  order  of  Col.  Jona.  Mitchell  to  work  on  the  fort 

at  Falmouth.     Time.  .     Service  in   November,   1775. 

Time.  4  days.    Second  Cumberland  Co.  Regt. 

Stephen  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Volunteer  on 
Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  the  officers  and  crew  of  the  ship  Gen. 
Putnam.  Commanded  by  Daniel  Waters,  Esq.  Time  of  en- 
listment. July  23,   1779.     Time  of  discharge,  .     Time 

of  service,  1  month  14  days. 

Stephen  Moulton.  Jr..  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Mus- 
ter and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Stephen  Bullock's  Co..  Col.  Thomas 
Carpenter's  Regt.,  for  service  at  R.  I.,  on  the  Alarm  of  De- 
cember 8,  1776.    Time  of  enlistment,  December  8,  1776.    Time  of 


MOULTOXS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  3JI 

discharge,  December  23,  1776.  Time  of  service,  16  days.  Town 
to  which  soldier  belonged,  Rehoboth.  Reported :  Marched  to 
Bristol,  R.  I. 

Thomas  Moulton   (written  Molton  on  Roll)  appears  with 

rank  of on  Pay  Abstract  of  Capt.  Samuel  Whitmore's 

Co.,  Col.  Reuben  Fogg's  Regt.  for  Mileage.  This  abstract  was 
furnished  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  by  L.  K.  Ha- 
mion  of  Portland.  Me.,  the  original  being  in  his  possession. 
Residence,  Gorham. 

Thomas    Moulton   appears   with   grade   of  on   A 

Warrant  to  pay  officers  and  crew  of  Brigantine  Pallas,  Capt. 

James  Johnson.     Date,  .     Service  at  Penobscot  from 

July  3  to  August  20,  1779. 

William  Moulton  appears  in  a  Descriptive  List  of  men 
raised  to  reinforce  the  Continental  Army  for  the  term  of  six 
months  agreeable  to  Resolve  of  June  5,  1780.  Age,  18  years. 
Statue  5  feet  5  inches.  Complexion  light.  Residence,  Ames- 
bury.  Time  of  arrival  at  Springfield  July  9,  1780.  10th  division. 
.Marched  to  camp  July  10,  1780,  under  command  of  Capt.  Dan- 
iel  Shay.      (See   Win.    Moulton.) 

William  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Seaman  upon  a  List 
of  Prisoners  exchanged  from  port  of  Halifax  by  order  of  Sir 
George  Collier  June  28,  1777.  Taken  in  Privateer  Hope.  (See 
Wm.  Molton.  > 

William  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 

Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Edw.  Grow's  Co.  (from  York)  Co.  's 

Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  10,  1775.  Time  of  discharge, 
December  31,  1775.    Time  of  service,  5  months  21  days. 

William  Moulton  of  Amesbury  appears  among  a  List  of  Men 
raised  for  the  Six  Months'  service  and  returned  by  Brig.  Gen. 
Patterson  as  having  passed  Muster  in  a  return  dated  Camp  Toto- 
way,  October  25,  1780.     (See  Wm.  Molton.) 

William  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  for  six  months'  men 
raised  by  the  town  of  Amesbury  for  service  in  the  Continental 
Army  during  1780.  When  marched.  July  3.  1780.  When  dis- 
charged. January  10,  1781.  Time  of  service,  6  months  19  days. 
Raised  by  Resolve  of  June,  1780. 


372  MOULTON    AXXALS. 

Wm.  Moulton  appears  in  a  List  of  Six  Months'  men,  raised 
by  the  town  of  Amesbury  for  service  in  the  Con.  Army  during 
1780.     Time,  . 

Win.    Moulton   appears   with   rank  of   Private  on  Lexington 

Alarm  of  Capt.  Caleb  Pilsberry's  Co.,  Col. Regt.,  which 

marched  on  the  Alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  from  Amesbury  to  Med- 
ford  and  Cambridge.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Ames- 
bury.   Length  of  service,  4  days.    Marched,  April  19  and  20. 

William  Moulton  appears  with  grade  of  Private  on  A  Return 

of  Capt.  Andrew    Samson's  Co.,  Col.  Regt.,  in  service 

at  fort  on  the  Gurnett     (  See  Wm.  Molten).    Dated  May  20,  1777. 

Wm.  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Putnam's  Co.,  Col.  Nathan  Tyler's 
Regt.,  for  service  at  I\.  I.  Time  of  enlistment,  December, 
1779.  Time  of  discharge,  January  1,  1780.  Time  of  service, 
1  month  6  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Amesbury. 
Marched  by  resolve  of  Court  of  June  8,  I779. 

William  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Putnam's  Co.,  Col.  Nathan 
Tyler's  Regt.,  for  service  at  R.  I.  Time  of  enlistment,  July 
IO,  1779.  Time  of  discharge,  December  1.  1770.  Time  of  ser- 
vice, 4  months  _•  1  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged. 
.     Marched  by  resolve  of  Court,  June  8,  1770. 

The  same  appears  for  service  at  R.  I.  Enlisted  September 
1,  1779.  Discharged  January  1.  1780.  Time  of  service,  4 
months. 

William  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of on  A  War- 
rant to  pay  officer^  and  men  borne  on  a  Roll  bearing  date  Janu- 
ary 31,  [783,  under  command  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Putnam  and  Col. 
Nathan  Tyler. 

John  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  Men's  names  signed 
to  a  receipt  for  Advance  Pay  given  by  Rev.  Daniel  Hopkinson 
dated  Beverly.  September  25,  1775.  Service  guarding  the  Sea 
Coast. 

John  Moultson  (probably  meant  for  Moulton)  appears  on  a 
Petition  dated  Boston  December  22,   1777  of  P.  Moore,  that 


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said  Moultson  be  commissioned  Commander  of  the  Schooner 
"The  George."     Granted  in  Council  December  22,  1777. 

MOULTUN. 

Aaron  Moultun  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Morse's  Co..  Col.  John  Patterson's  Regt,  dated 
August  1,  1775.  Time  of  enlistment,  April  24,  1775.  Time  of 
service,  3  months  14  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged, 
Natick.    Joseph  Morses's  Co.     (Probably  meant  for  Moulton.) 

MOULDON. 

(Probably  meant  for  Moulton.)  William  Moulton  appears 
with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Edw. 

Grow's   Co.,  Col.   Regt.     Time  of   enlistment,  July 

10,  1775.  Time  of  discharge,  November  1.  1775.  Time  of  ser- 
vice, 3  months  21  days.     Raised  in  York  Co. 

MOULSOX. 

John  Moulson  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 

Pay  Roll  of  Capt.   Moses  Brown's  Co..  Col.  Regt. 

Time  of  enlistment,  July  15,  1775.  Time  of  service,  6  months 
2  days.     Stationed  at  Beverly.     (Probably  Moulton.) 

David  Moultan  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jeremiah  Putnam's  Co.,  Col.  Nathan  Ty- 
ler's Regt.,  for  service  at  R.  I.  Time  of  enlistment,  December 
1,  1779.  Time  of  discharge,  January  1,  1780.  Time  of  service, 
1  month  6  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Amesbury. 
Marched  by  resolve  of  Court.  June  8,  1779.     (Moulton). 

David  Moultan.  Capt.  and  Col.,  as  above  for  service  at 
R.  I.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  10,  1779.  Time  of  discharge. 
December  1,  1779.  Time  of  service,  4  months  21  days.  Town, 
.  Marched  by  resolve  of  Court  June  8,  1779.  (Moul- 
ton). 


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MOULTEN. 

John  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Caleb  Moulton's  Co.,  Col.  Thomas  Poor's 
Regt.  Time  of  service,  1  month  4  days.  Service  performed 
previous  to  August  r.  1778. 

John  Moulten  appears  in  a  Pay  Roll  for  Sin  Months'  Men 
raised  by  the  town  of  Wenham  for  service  in  the  Continental 
Army  during  1780.  Marched  June  28,  1780.  Discharged, 
December  14.  1780.  Time  in  service.  5  months  29  days.  (  Name 
meant  for  Moulton). 

Joseph  Moulten  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pay  Roll 
of  Capt.  Abraham  Tyler's  Co.,  Col.  Thos.  Poor's  Regt.,  dated 
King's  Ferry,  January  22,  1 77* ;.  For  service  from  November 
30,  1778  to  January  1.  1770.     Time  of  service.  1  month. 

Nathaniel  Moulten  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pa) 
Roll.     (Given  under  Moulton). 

M<  ILTEN. 

Aaron  Molten  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  Roll 
of  Capt.  Dudley  Coleman's  Co.  (Also  Lieut.  Col.)  Col.  \\  rig- 
glesworth's  Regt..  for  March  and  April,  1770.  Appointed  and 
enlisted  March  20,  \~~~-  Term  of  enlistment,  3  years.  Com- 
manded by  Mai.  Porter.  Roll  dated  Providence,  May  5.  1770. 
Reported  on  command  at  Obdikes,  Newtown. 

Aaron  Molten  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Company 
Return  of  Capt.  Roger's  Co.,  Col.  Gerrick's  Regt.  Town  to 
which  soldier  belonged.  Newbury.  No  date.  Probably  Octo- 
ber.    Return. 

Aaron  Molten  appears  among  a  List  of  Men  enlisted  by 
Lieut.  Samuel  Carr  to  serve  in  Col.  Loammi  Baldwin's  Regt. 
Dated  Chelsea,  December  7.  1775.  Probably  meant  for  Moul- 
ton. 

Caesar  Molten  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Thomas  Bragdon's  Co.,  Col.  Storer's  Regt 
Reported  as  of  the"  Northern  Army.     Discharged  at  Queman's 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  375 

Heights.     Time  of  enlistment,  August  14,  1777.  Time  of  dis- 
charge, November  30,  1777.    Time  of  service,  4  months  3  days. 

Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  .     Not  given.     Roll 

sworn  to  in  Suffolk  Co.     (Probably  meant  for  Moulton). 

John  Molten  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  P>enj.  Larrabee's  Co.,  Col.  Mitchell's  Regt. 
Time  of  enlistment,  July  9,  I779.  Time  of  discharge,  Septem- 
ber 12.  1779.  Time  of  service.  2  months  3  days.  Probabiy 
meant  for  Moulton.    Marched  on  expedition  to  Penobscot. 

MOLTIN. 

Ezra  Moltin  appears  in  a  Pay  Roll  for  Six  Months'  Men  of 
Lynn  for  service  in  the  Continental  Army  during  1780. 
Marched  June  2~.  1780.  Discharged,  December  5,  1780.  Time 
in  service.  5  months  20  days.     Probably  meant  for  Mor.iton. 

MOLTO. 

Johnson  Molto  appears  among  a  List  of  Officers  in  Col. 
Jas.  Scammon's  Regt.  Commissioned  June  2,  1775.  Rank 
Lieut.  Col. 

MOLTON. 

Aaron  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Corporal  on  Company 
Return  of  Capt.  Morse's  Co.,  Col.  Paterson's  Regt.     Town  to 

which  soldier  belonged,  Needham.     Date, .     Probably 

October.     Return. 

Aaron  Molton  appears  among  a  list  of  Men  as  Private  in 
26th  Regt.  Return  as  having  lost  goods,  etc.,  at  evacuation 
of  N.  Y.  September  14.  '76. 

Aaron  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  a  Pay  Ab- 
stract of  Capt.  Wm.  Rogers'  (8th)  Co.,  Col.  Baldwin's  Regt., 
for  service  in  August,  1775. 

Aaron  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  Roll 
of  Wm.   Rogers'   Co.,  Col.   Gerrish's  Regt.,  dated   August   1, 


376  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

1775.  Time  of  enlistment,  April  2~.  1775.  Time  of  service, 
3  months  11  days.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Newbury. 
Probably  meant  for  Moulton. 

Aaron  Moulton  appears  in  a  Descriptive  List  of  Enlisted 
Men  belonging  to  Newbury.  Age,  36  years.  Stature,  5  feet  6 
inches.  Complexion  light.  Hair  brown.  Eyes  blue.  Time  of 
enlistment,    November    1,    1799.     Term   of  enlistment,   during 

war.     Joined  Capt.  Co.,  Col.  Greaton's  (3rd)   Regt. 

Enlisted  by  Capt.  Lt.  Dean.  Dated  West  Point,  January  25, 
1781. 

Aaron  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  A  Pay  Ab- 
stract of  Capt.  Smart's  Co.,  3rd  Regt.,  for  clothing.  Roll  dated 
July  1,  1 78 1.     Reported  transferred  to  Light  Infantry. 

Aaron  Molton.  Private  of  Capt.  Badlam's  Co.,  Col.  Bald- 
win's (26th)  Regt..  appears  tor  wages  February,  177''.  Dated 
N.  Y.,  April  i<;,  1776. 

The  same  appears  on  Pay   Abstract  for  service  in  April, 

1776.  Dated  X.  Y..  June  12.  177'' 

Aaron  Molton  appears  with  grade  of  Private  on  a  Return 
of  Capt.  Ezra  Badlam's  »'"..  Col.  Baldwin's  26th  Regt.,  in  ser- 
vice.   Reporud :    Belonging  to  service  prior  to  February,  1776. 

Aaron  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  011  Muster  Roll 
of  Capt.  Dan  Pilsbur/s  Co.,  of  the  4th  Mas-.  Regt,  (V>1.  Edw. 
Wigglesworth's  Regt.,  for  service  June,  1778.    Dated  Greenage 

July  21.  1778.     When  enlisted, .    Term  of  enlistment, 

3  years.     (Probably  meant  for  Moulton). 

Aaron  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  a  Pay  Ab- 
stract of  Capt.  Wm.Roger's  (8th)  Co.,  Col.  Baldwin's  (38th) 
Regt.,  for  service  in  September,  1775. 

Varon  Molton  (probably  meant  for  Moulton)  appears  with 
rank  of  Private  on  Pay  Abstract  of  Capt.  Daniel  Pilsbury's 
Co.,  Col.  Wiggleworth's  Regt.  (4th),  for  service  October,  1778, 
1  month.    Roll  sworn  to  at  Providence. 

Aaron  Molton  appears  in  a  Statement  of  Continental  Bal- 
ances with  rank  of  in  Col.  Smith's  (late)  Wiggles- 
worth)   Regt.     Time  engaged  for  .     Certified  March 

21,  1780.     (Moulton). 


MOULTOXS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  T)77 

Caesar  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 

Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Co.,  Col  Benj.  Tupper,  ioth  Regt. 

Time  of  service,  7  days.  Roll  made  up  from  January  1,  1782 
to  January  1,  1783.     Reported  died  January  7,  1782. 

Elijah  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Nehemiah  May's  Co.,  Col.  David  Leonard's 
Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  May  6,  1777.  Time  of  discharge, 
July  8,   1777.     Time  of  service,  2  months  12  days.     Town  to 

which  soldier  belonged,  .     Roll  dated  So.   Brimfield. 

Reported  2  months  levies.  Travel  included  in  time  of  service. 
(Probably  meant  for  Moulton). 

Elijah  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pay  Roll  of 
Capt.  (late)  Keep's  Co.,  Col.  Win.  Shepard's  Regt.,  dated  No- 
vember  14.  '78.  For  service  from  October  1.  1778  to  Novem- 
vember  I,  1778.  Service.  1  month.  (Probably  meant  for 
Moulton  ».  Reported:  Discharged  November  1.  1778,  3rd 
Regt. 

Ezra  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Matross  on  a  Pay  Ab- 
stract of  Capt.  YVinthrop  Gray's  Co..  Col.  Craft's  Regt.,  ad- 
vance pay  and  blanket  money.  Residence,  Lynn.  Autograph 
signature.  Roll  sworn  to  June  8,  1776.  (  Probably  meant  for 
Moulton). 

Ezra  Molton  appears  among  a  List  of  Men  raised  by  re- 
solve of  April  20.  1778  for  Continental  Service  for  9  months 
from  time  of  arrival  at  Fishkill.     Residence,  Lynn. 

lames  Molton  appears  among  a  List  of  Men  taken  from  the 
Orderly  Book  of  Col.  Israel  Hutchinson  of  the  27th  Regt.  Re- 
ported prisoner  taken  at  Fort  Washington  belonging  to  Capt. 
Richardson's  Co.  Dated  Fort  Lee.  November  16,  1776.  Rank 
Corporal. 

John  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster  and 
Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jonathan  Proctor's  Co.,  Col.  Jacob  Gerrish's 
Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  February  3,  I778.  Time  of  dis- 
charge, April  3,  1778.  Time  of  service,  2  months  1  day.  Town, 
.     Service  at  Cambridge. 

John  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  A  Pay  Ab- 
stract of  Capt.  John  Spurr's  Co.,  Col.  Thomas  Nixon's  Regt., 


3/8  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

for  service  for  July,  1780.  Credited  with  20  days.  Reported: 
Enlisted  July  3.  1780. 

The  same  man  in  same  (  "..  and  Col.  in  a  return  for  service, 
August  1  to  September  1,  1780.     (Moulton). 

John  Bound  Molton  appears  among  signatures  to  an  order 
for  Bounty  Coat  nr  its  equivalent  in  money  dm-  for  the  Eight 
Months'  Service  in  1775.  in  Capt.  Amos  Walbridg  o.,  Col. 

Rufus  Putnam V  Regt.,  dated  Roxbury,  November  4.  I775. 
Payable  to  Jehiel  Munger. 

Jonathan  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and    Pay    Roll  of  Capt.    Simeon    Brown's   Co.,   Col.    Nathai 
Wade's  Regt.    Time  of  enlistment,  November  1.  1 77S.    Time 
1  >t"  service,  -■  months  7  da)  s. 

Jonathan  Molton,  Capt.  and  Col.  as  above,  for  service  to 
November  6,  [778.  Dated  East  Greenwich,  November  6,  [778. 
Term  of  enlistment,  1  year,  from  January  1.  [778.    (Moulton  . 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Private,  same  Capt. 
and  Col.  a^  above,  service  to  October  14,  I778.     Dated   1 
Greenwich,   October    14.    1778.       Term    of    enlistment.    1    year, 
from    January    1.    177K.      (Moulton). 

Jonathan  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Mu  ter 
and    Pay    Roll    of   Capt.    Simeon    Brown's   Co.,   Col.    Nathaniel 

Wade's  Regt.,  For  service  to  September  17.  177s-     Dated  I 
Greenwich,  September  17.  1778.     Appointed  or  enlisted  July 

1,  1778.  Term  of  enlistment.  1  year,  from  January  1,  1778. 
Service  in  R.  I.     (Moulton). 

Jonathan  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Simeon  Brown's  Co..  Col.  Nathaniel 
Wade's  Regt.,  for  service  in  R.  I.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  1. 
1778.     Time  of  discharge,  January   1.   I779.     Time  of  service, 

6  months  7  days.    Town  to  which  soldier  belonged, . 

Stationed  at  East  Greenwich,  R.  I.  Company  made  up  from 
Essex  and  York  Counties. 

Jonathan  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Simeon  Brown's  Co.,  Col.  Nathaniel 
Wade's  Regt.     Time  of  enlistment,  September  1,  1778.     Time 


MOULTONS  IX  THE  REVOLUTION.  379 

of  discharge,  October    ^t.    1778.     Time  of  service.   2   months. 
Town,  . 

Joseph  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Pay  Roil 
of   Capt.    Abraham    Tyler's    Co..    Col.   Thomas    Poor's    Regt., 

dated  .     For  service  from  to  February  16, 

I779.     Time  of  service.   1    month  4  days.      (Probably  meant 
for   Moulton). 

Michael  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  a  War- 
rant to  Pay  Officer--  and   men  borne  on  a  Roll  bearing  date 

July  7.   1784  of  Capt.  Peleg  Peck's  Co..  Col.  Regt. 

(  Moulton). 

Michael  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Lieut,  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jacob  Fuller's  I '"..  Col.  John  Jacob's 
Regt.,  Mr  service  at  R.  I.  Time  of  enlistment.  May  1.  1778 
Time  of  discharge,  January  1.  1779.  Time  of  service,  8  months 
1  day.  Town  to  which  soldier  belonged,  Swanzey.  Reported: 
Detached  raised  for  i  year  from  January  1.  '78. 

Michael  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Ensign  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Joshua  Reed's  Co..  Col.  Varnum's  Regt. 
Time    of    enlistment,    January    1.    177^.     Time    of    discharge. 

.     Time  of  service,  .     Town  to  which  soldier 

belonged. .     1  Probably  meant  for  Moulton). 

Silas  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Lieut,  on  a  Return  of 
Officers.  Col.  John  Bailey's  Regt..  for  clothing,  dated  Dor- 
chester, September  28,   t  77S. 

Stephen  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
Roll  of  Capt.  Abel  Thayer's  Co..  Col.  John  Fellow's  Regt., 
dated  August  t.  1775.  Time  of  service,  8  days.  Town  to  which 
soldier  belonged.  Stafford.  Ct. 

Stephen  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  (Lieut.)  James  Horton's  Co..  Col. 
Thomas  Carpenter's  Regt.,  for  service  at  R.  I.  Time  of  enlist- 
ment. August  5,  1780.  Time  of  discharge.  August  7.  1780. 
Time  of  service,  3  days.  Marched  to  Tiverton.  R.  I.,  by  order 
of  Council,  July  22,  1780.     (Probably  meant  for  Moulton). 

William  Molton  appears  with  rank  of  Private  on  Muster 
and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Benj.  Plumer's  Co.,  Col.  William  Jones' 


380  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

Regt.  Time  of  enlistment,  July  6,  1779.  Time  of  discharge, 
September  24,  1779.  Time  of  service,  2  months  18  days.  Ser- 
vice at  Majorbagaduce,  under  Col.  Sam  McCobbs. 

NEW    HAMPSHIRE    REVOLUTIONARY    MUSTER   ROLLS. 

Abraham  Moulton  appears  as  having  served  two  weeks  in 
a  Scouting  Party  under  command  of  Capt.  James  Davis,  17I2. 

In  a  Muster  Roll  of  a  Company  raised  out  of  Col.  Jonathan 
Moulton's  Regt.  of  militia  to  join  the  army  at  New  York  in 
Col.  Tash's  Regt.,  appears  the  name  of  Cato  Moulton,  Fifer, 
as  receiving  bounty  of  6  pounds. 

Cato  Moulton  appears  again  as  drawing  advance  pay. 

Cato  Moulton  appears  in  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Sias'  Co.,  Col. 
David  Gilman's  Regt.,  from  the  State  of  New  Hampshire 
from  ye  5th  day  of  December,  1776  to  nth  day  of  March,  both 
of  said  days  included.  Time  engaged,  December  5.  Time  in 
service,  3  months  n  days.  Wages,  7.8.  1  lbs.  Miles  traveled, 
600.     (Other  facts  regarding  pay). 

Daniel  Moulton,  Private,  appears  on  a  Return  of  Lieut. 
Bragdon's  Party  at  Kittery  Point,  November  5,  1775. 

David  Moulton  appears  in  same  Scouting  Party  as  Abra- 
ham. 

David  Moulton  appears  upon  a  receipt  for  wages  3rd  Co. 
2nd  Regt.  of  Fort  of  N.  H.  Col.  Enoch  Poor.     Signed  July  7, 

1775- 

David   Moulton   appears  upon  a  pay  roll  of  Capt.  Henry 

Elkin's  Co.,  Col.  Enoch  Poor's  Regt.,  to  August  1,  1775.  Time 
in  service,  2  months  10  days.  (Capt.  Elkin's  War  of  Hamp- 
ton )     (Other  facts  regarding  pay). 

David  Moulton's  name  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  for 
money  to  provision  themselves  on  their  march  to  Charlestown 
by  order  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  August  1,  1775. 

David  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  dated  October 

17,  '75- 

David  Moulton,  Corporal,  appears  on  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt. 
Nay's  Co.,  in  the  northern  Army  in  the  Continental  Service 


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as  mustered  and  paid  by  Capt.  Ezekiel  Worthern,  Muster 
Master  and  Pay  Master  of  said  Company  mustered  July  10,  1776. 
Edmund  Moulton  appears  in  Capt.  David  Ouinby's  Co., 
Col.  Joshua  Wingate's  Regt,  on  the  Roll  of  men  raised  for 
Canada  belonging  to  Col.  Josiah  Bartlett's  Regt.,  July,  I776. 

Edward  Moulton  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Henry 
Elkin's  Co.,  Col.  Enoch  Poor's  Regt,  to  August  1,  1775.  Time 
of  entry,  May  27.  Time  in  service,  2  months  10  days.  (Capt. 
Elkins  War  of  Hampton).     (Other  facts  regarding  pay). 

Edward  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  dated  Octo- 
ber 17,  '75. 

Edward  Brown  Moulton  appears  upon  a  receipt  for  wages 
3rd  Co.,  2nd  Regt.  of  Fort  of  N.  H.  Col.  Enoch  Poor.  Signed 
July  7,  1775. 

Edward  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  for  money  to 
provision  themselves  on  their  march  to  Charlestown  by  order 
of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  August  1,  1775. 

Edward  B.  Moulton  appears  in  a  Muster  Roll  of  a  Com- 
pany raised  out  of  Col.  Jonathan  Moulton's  Regiment  of  mi- 
litia to  join  the  army  at  N.  Y.  on  Col.  Tash's  Reg.,  as  Fifer, 
receiving  Bounty  of  6  pounds. 

Elisha  Moulton  appears  in  a  Muster  Roll  of  a  Company 
raised  out  of  Col.  Jonathan  Moulton's  Co.  of  militia  to  join 
the  army  at  N.  Y.  on  Col.  Tash's  Regt.,  as  Fifer,  receiving 
Bounty  of  6  pounds.     , 

Ezekiel  Moulton  appears  among  the  receipts  of  men  mus- 
tered for  service,  1759.  Col.  Weare,  Capt.  Sam'l  Leavitt,  Mus- 
ter Master  and  Pay-master.  Dated  Hampton  Falk,  April  28, 
I759.    Enlisted  April  17. 

Ezekiel  Moulton  appears  in  Capt.  Jeremiah  Marston's  Co., 
Col.  John  Goffe's  Regt.  in  a  Roll  of  Capt.  Marston's  Co.  at 
Crown  Point,  September  30,  1762. 

James  Moulton  appears  on  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Edw. 
Everett's  Co.  in  Col.  Bedel's  Regt.  1776,  February  15. 

James  Moulton,  Private,  appears  upon  a  list  of  same  Com- 
pany and  Regt.  dated  June  24,  1776.  , 

James  Moulton  appears  among  the  Three  Years'  Men  en- 


382  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

listed  from  Col.  Stickney's  Militia  Regt.  1777,  from  Concord 
Parish  Town  Canterbury,  Capt.  Morrill. 

James  Moulton  appears  in  a  Return  of  the  Soldiers  5th 
Regt.  Militia  of  N.  H.  Residence,  Wintworth,  Capt.  Wier's 
Co.,  Col.  Scammel's  Regt.    Term  of  enlistment,  3  years. 

James  Moulton  appears  on  a  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Sol- 
diers in  Capt.  House's  Co.,  and  Col.  Cilley's  Regt.  Mustered 
March  17,  1777. 

James  Moulton  appears  on  a  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Sol- 
dier's in  Capt.  House's  Co.,  Col.  Cilley's  Regt. 

Jeremiah  Moulton  appears  in  an  Account  of  Men  billited 
by  Steward  under  Capt.  Austin,  July  21  to  November  I4. 
Year, .  , 

Jeremiah  Moulton  appears  in  a  Descriptive  List  of  Capt". 
Winthrop  Rowe's  Co.,  June  3,  1775.  Age,  18.  Occupation, 
cordwainer.    Residence,  Kensington,  Rockingham  Co. 

Jeremiah  Moulton,  Private,  appears  on  Pay  Roll  of  Cox  t. 
Winthrop  Rowe's  Co.,  Col.  Enoch  Poor's  Regt.,  to  August  1, 
1775.     Entered  May  2j.    Time  in  service,  2  months  8  days. 

Same  name  Co.  and  Regiment  acknowledges  receipt  of 
Bounty  Coat,  Medford.  October  4,  1775. 

Job  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jas.  Osgood's 
Co.  of  Rangers,  raised  by  the  Colony  of  N.  H.  Col.  Timothy 
Bedel.  Time  of  entry,  July  14.  1775.  Time  of  discharge,  De- 
cember 3I,  1775.  Time  in  service,  5  months  18  days.  Rank, 
Private.     Joined  the  Continental  Army   1775. 

Job  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  for  first  month's 
wages  August  8,  1775. 

Job  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  that  part  of  Capt. 
Joshua  Hay  ward's  Co.  in  Col.  David  Gilman's  Regt.,  raised 
out  of  a  Regt.  of  Militia  under  the  command  of  Coi.  Israel 
Morey,  by  order  of  the  Council  Assembly  of  this  State  to  Join 
the  Continental  Army  in  the  State  of  New  York  til  I  the  first 
day  of  March  next.     Time  of  engagement,  December  20. 

Job  Moulton  appears  under  same  Capt.  and  Col.  on  a  Pay 
Roll  from  the  State  of  N.  H.  from  December  5,  1776  to  March 
15,  1777,  both  of  said  days  included.     Rank,  Private.     Time 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  383 

engaged,  December  5,   1776.     Time   in  service,   3  months   11 
days. 

John  Moulton  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  Soldiers  Posted 
at  Fort  William  and  Mary  by  the  Governor's  Orders  from 
February  21,  I771,  until  March  31,  1772.  Rank,  Private.  Time 
entered  the  service,  November  18,  1771.  Time  discharged, 
March  25,  1772..    Time  served,  4  months  16  days. 

John  Moulton  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Henry 
Elkin's  Co.  in  Col.  Enoch  Poor's  Regt.  to  August  1,  1775. 
Time  of  entry,  May  2y.  Time  in  service,  2  months  10  days. 
(Capt.  Elkin's  War  of  Hampton.)  (Other  facts  regarding 
par.) 

John  Moulton,  Private,  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt. 
Sam'l  Nay's  Co.  in  the  Northern  Army  in  the  Continental 
service,  as  mustered  and  paid  by  Capt.  Ezekiel  Worthern, 
Muster  Master  and  Paymaster  of  said  company,  mustered 
July  10,  1776. 

John  Mobs  Moulton  appears  upon  a  receipt  for  wages,  3rd 
Co.,  2nd  Regt.  of  Fort  of  N.  H.,  Col.  Enoch  Poor.  Signed, 
July  7,   1775. 

John  Mobs  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  for  money 
to  provision  themselves  on  their  march  to  Charlestown  by 
order  of  the  Committee  of  Safety,  August  1,  1775. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  as  Col.  of  the  3rd  N.  H.  Regt. 
Residence,  Hampton.    No.  of  men.  16  to  50,  781.     (1776.) 

Same  man  appointed  Paymaster  to  men  in  his  regiment, 
December  18,  1776. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  as  having  served  two  weeks  in  a 
scouting  party  under  command  of  Capt.  James  Davis.     1712. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  on  a  Return  in  the  Haverhill  Co., 
who  have  been  employed  in  the  public  service  and  are  now  in 
actual  service.  May,  1777.     In  Bedel's  Co.,  1775. 

Joses  Moulton  appears  on  a  List  of  Men  Enlisted  from  the 
10th  Regt.  of  Militia  in  State  of  Hampshire,  commanded  by 
Joseph  Badger,  Esq.,  for  completing  the  three  regiments  al- 
lotted to  their  State  as  their  proportion  of  the  Continental 


384  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Army.  Town  from — Gilmantown.  Enlisted  for  three  years. 
Capt.  Bell. 

Joses  Moulton  appears  on  a  Descriptive  List  of  same  Co. 
Residence,  Gilmantown.  Age,  17.  Time  of  entry,  April  5, 
1777. 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  as  having  served  two  weeks  in  a 
Scouting  Party  under  command  of  Capt.  James  Davis,  1712. 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  as  paying  and  mustering  Capt.  El- 
kin's  Co.  July  1,  1775. 

The  same  appears  as  Paymaster,  August  4,  1775.  Same 
Co.  and  Regt. 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  r^^eipt,  dated  October 

17,  1775- 

Josiah  Moulton,  Fifer,  appears  on  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt. 

Wm.  Stilson's  Co.  in  the  Northern  Army,  Continental  Ser- 
vice.    Mustered  July  4,  1776. 

The  same  appears  in  Capt.  Parson's  Co.  in  a  Pay  Roll. 
Date, . 

The  same  appears  in  Capt.  Jos.  Parson's  Co.,  Col.  David 
Gilman's  Regt.,  commencing  December  5,  1776,  and  ending 
March  11,  1777,  both  of  said  days  included. 

Josiah  Moulton  of  Hampton  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of 
Capt.  Richard  Weare's  Co.  in  Col.  Scammel's  Regt.,  raised  by 
the  State  of  New  Hampshire.     Mustered,  November  26,  1777. 

Michael  Moulton  appears  in  Capt.  Jeremiah  Marston's  Co., 
Col.  John  Goffe's  Regt.,  on  a  Roll  of  Capt  Marston's  Co.  at 
Crown  Point,  September  30,  1762. 

Moses  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Aaron  Kins- 
man's Co.,  Col.  John  Stark's  Regt.,  to  August  1,  1775.  Rank, 
Private.  Time  of  entry,  May  20,  I775.  Time  in  service,  2 
months  17  days. 

Moses  Moulton  appears  on  a  receipt  for  value  of  Regi- 
mental Coat,  dated,  October  10,  1775. 

Moses  Moulton  appears  on  a  Roll  as  present,  December  11, 

1775- 

Moses  Moulton  appears  on  a  receipt  dated  New  York,  April 

20,  1776. 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  385 

Nathan  Moulton  appears  on  a  Return  of  the  men  enlisted 
into  the  three  battalions  raised  by  the  State  of  New  Hamp- 
shire for  the  Continental  Army,  toward  the  quota  from  Col. 
Bellow's  Regt.,  1777.     Residence  given,  Alstead. 

The  same  appears  on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jason 
Wait's  Co.  in  Col.  John  Stark's  Regt.  Date,  April  29.  Pri- 
vate.    Age,  39.     Residence,  Alstead. 

Nathan  Smith  Moulton  appears  upon  a  receipt  for  wages 
3rd  Co.,  2nd  Regt.  of  Fort  of  N.  H.,  Col.  Enoch  Poor.  Signed, 
July  7,  I775. 

Nathan  Smith  Moulton's  name  appears  signed  to  a  receipt 
for  money  to  provision  themselves  on  their  march  to  Charles- 
town,  by  order  of  Committee  of  Safety,  August  1,  1775. 

Nathan  Smith  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  dated 
October  17,  1775. 

Nathan  Smith  Moulton  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  a  Co. 
raised  out  of  Col.  Jonathan  Moulton's  regiment  of  militia  to 
join  the  army  at  New  York  in  Col.  Tash's  Regt.,  September 
21,   1776. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  on  the  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Dan'l 
Moore's  Co..  in  Col.  John  Stark's  Regt..  to  August  1.  1775. 
Private.    Entered  April  23.    Time  of  service,  3  months  16  days. 

The  same  appears  under  same  Capt.  and  Col.  on  a  receipt 
for  value  of  regimental  coat.    No  date. 

The  same  appears  on  a  Return  of  the  Men  Enlisted  during 
the  war  in  the  1st  N.  H.  Regt.  Town  for — Dearfield.  Capt. 
Morrill's  Co. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  of  Deerfield  appears  on  a  Return  from 
Col.  John  McClary's  Regt.  of  Militia.  Enlisted  for  3  years, 
1777.     Time  of  enlistment,  . 

Same  name  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Amos  Mor- 
rill's Co.,  in  Col.  John  Stark's  Regt.,  raised  by  New  Hamp- 
shire   in    the    Continental    Service.     Mustered    February    6 

(i777(?))- 

Redmond  Moulton  appears  as  Sergeant  on  a  Return  of 
Capt.  Henry  Elkin's  Co.  at  Pierce's  Island,  November  5,  1775. 


386  MOULTOX   ANNALS. 

Redmond  Moulton  appears  on  a  list  of  Capt.  Elkin's  Co., 
dated  Portsmouth,  November  23,  1775.  , 

,  Robert  Moulton  appears  as  having  served  two  weeks  in  a 
Scouting  Party  under  the  command  of  Capt.  James  Davis, 
17 1  j. 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Jas. 
Carr's  Co.  Residence,  Hampton.  Age.  17.  Time  of  entry, 
March  16,  1778. 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  upon  a  receipt  for  wages.  3rd  Co. 
2nd  Regt.    Col.  Enoch  Poor.     Signed  July  7,  1775. 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Henry 
Elkin's  Co..  in  Col.  Enoch  Poor's  Regt..  to  August  [,  1775. 
Time  of  entry.  May  27.  Time  in  service,  2  months  10  days. 
(Capt.   Elkin's   War  of  Hampton.)      (Other   facts   regarding 

pay.) 

Simeon  Moulton  appear-  signed  to  a  receipt  for  money  to 
provision  themselves  «>n  their  march  to  Charlestown  by  order 
of  the  Committee  on  Safety,  August  1.  1775. 

Thomas  Moulton  appears  with  rank  of  Sergeant  on  a  war- 
rant to  pay  officer-  and  nun  borne  on  a  roll  bearing  date  of 
July  7.  1784.  of  Capt.  Peleg  Peck's  Co..  Col. Regt. 

Thomas  Moulton  appears  as  Private  on  a  Return  of  Capt. 
Henry  Elkin's  Co.  at  Pierce'-  I -land,  November  5,  1785. 

William  Moulton  appears  a-  having  served  two  weeks  in 
a  Scouting  Party  under  the  command  of  Capt.  James  Davis, 
I712. 

William  Moulton  appears  on  a  list  of  Capt.  Henry  Elkin's 
Co.  at  Pierce's  Island,  dated  Portsmouth,  November  23,  1775. 

William  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  commencing  Janu- 
ary 1.  1776.     (Autograph  signature  evidently  C.  M.) 

VOL.  II  NEW   HAMPSHIRE  ROLLS. 

Cato  Moulton.  from  Hampton,  appears  on  a  Return  of  Sol- 
diers enlisted  into  the  Continental  Service  out  of  the  3rd  Regt. 
of  Militia  in  the  State  of  New  Hampshire,  April,   1777  and 


MOULTOXS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  38/ 

1778.     Co.  ,   Regt.  .     Term   enlisted   for,   3 

years. 

David  Moulton,  Private,  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  for  Capt. 
Ezekiel  Gile's  Co.,  Col.  Stephen  Peabody's  Regt.  State  of 
New  Hampshire,  for  Continental  Service  at  R.  I.,  1778.  Dis- 
charged at  R.  I..  December  30.  1778,  Engaged  June  8.  I778. 
I  discharged  January  4.   1771). 

Same  name,  same  company,  appears  on  a  Return  of  the 
3rd  Regt.  of  Militia  in  the  State  of  X.  H.,  to  join  the  army  at 
Providence  under  command  of  Major  General  Sullivan;  also 
Muster  Roll  and  Pay  Roll,  agreeable  to  orders  received  from 
Maj.  Gen.  Folsom,  June.  1778.     Enlisted  for  Southampton. 

Edmund  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  for  Capt.  Jesse 
Page's  Co.,  in  Col.  Jacob  Gale's  Regt.,  marched  from  N.  H. 
and  joined  the  Continental  Army  in  R.  1.  August.  1778.  Rank, 
Private.  Entry,  August  5,  1778.  Discharge,  August  21,  1778. 
Time-  in  service,  [9  day-. 

Ezekiel  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  a  Company  of 
Militia  commanded  by  Lieut  Col.  Ebenezer  Smith,  raised  in 
the  Town  of  Meredith  and  Towns  Adjacent,  which  company 
marched  for  the  relief  of  the  Garrison  at  Ticonderoga  on  the 
alarm  July  7.  I777.  Rank.  Private.  Entry,  July  7,  1777.  Dis- 
charge. July  15.  1777.    Time  in  service.  9  days. 

Jacob  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Col.  Jonathan 
Moulton's  Regt.  of  Militia.  Marched  from  Hampton,  in  the 
State  of  New  Hampshire,  and  joined  the  army  under  Gen. 
( rates  near  Saratoga.  October,  1777.  Entered  September  30, 
l777-    Discharged  <  October  30.  1777.    Time  in  service.  1  month. 

James  Moltan  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  trie  late  Richard 
Wcare's  Co.  in  the  3rd  Battalion  of  the  N.  H.  forces  com- 
manded by  Col.  Alexander  Scammell.  Made  up  to  July  1.  1777. 
Enlisted  February  16,.  To  be  paid  for  T34  days.  Dated, 
Greenland,  September  24,  1819. 

James  Moulton  appears  upon  a  Return  of  men  enlisted  from 
the  12th  Regt.  of  Militia  (two  excepted),  who  enlisted  in  Capt. 
Jno.  House's  Co.  and  received  the  State  bounty  whereof,  Israel 


388  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

Morey,  Esq.,  is  Col.  in  Continental  Service,  July,  ^777-     Resi- 
dence, Wentworth.    Capt.  Wear's  Co. 

James  Moulten  appears  among  those  soldiers  who  enlisted 

in  Col.  Thomas  Stickney's  Regt.  for  Concord.  Town, . 

Capt.  Morrel. 

Jeremiah  Moulton,  Private,  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of 
Capt.  Moses  Leavitt's  Co.,  in  Col.  Moses  Nichol's  Regt.  of 
Volunteers  in  R.  I.  Expedition,  August,  1778.  Entry,  August 
5  ;  discharge.  August  27.  Time  in  service,  25  days.  (Travel 
included.)  (This  Co.  was  made  up  from  neighborhood  of 
Hampton. — C.  M.) 

Job  Moulton  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Joshua  Hay- 
ward's  Co.,  which  marched  from  Haverhill  and  other  towns  at 
Coos  to  join  the  Continental  Army  near  Saratoga,  and  were 
embodied  in  Col.  Jona.  Chase's  Regt.,  September,  1777.  En- 
tered October  2.  Discharged  (  )ctober  26.  Time  in  service. 
25  days.    Dated.  Exeter,  November  7. 

Job    Moulton.   Sergeant,   appears   upon    a    Muster   Roll    of 
Capt.  Timothy  I'. arrow's  Co..  in  a  Regt.  raised  fur  defence  of 
the   frontiers   on    and    adjacent    to    Connecticut    River,    com- 
manded by  Col.  Timothy  Bedel.     Dated,  Haverhill.  July,  I77S 
Appointed  April  10.     For  what  time,  April   1,   1770. 

John  Moulton,  Private,  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt. 
Ezekiel  Gile's  Co..  in  Col.  Stephen  Peabody*s  Regt.,  which 
Regt.  was  raised  by  the  State  of  X.  H.  for  the  Continental 
Service  at  R.  I.,  1778.  Discharged  at  R.  I.  December  30.  1778. 
Engaged  June  8.  1778.  Discharged  January  4.  1770.  (Travel 
included.)     Time  in  service,  6  months  28  days. 

John  M.  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Col.  Jonathan 
Moulton's  Regt.  of  Militia.  Marched  from  Hampton,  in  the 
State  of  N.  H.,  and  joined  the  army  under  Gen.  Gates  near 
Saratoga,  October,  1777.  Entered  September  30.  Discharged 
October  30.     Time  in  service,  1  month. 

John  Mobbs  Moulton  appears  among  Recruits  for  the 
Army  in  R.  I.  on  a  Return  of  Men  raised  out  of  the  3rd  Regt. 
of  Militia  to  join  the  army  at  Providence  under  the  command 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  389 

of  Maj.  Gen.  Sullivan.  Capt.  Gile's  Co.  Town  enlisted  for, 
Hampton  Falls.     Dated,  June,  1778. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  upon  a  list  of  34  men  raised  as 
a  Company  of  Volunteers  under  the  command  of  Capt.  Joseph 
Hutchin's  in  Eastern  Division  of  the  Northern  Department, 
under  the  command  of  Maj.  Gen.  Gates.  Time  of  engagement. 
August  18,  1777.    Time  of  discharge.  October  3. 

Jonathan  Moulton.  Col.,  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  Col. 
Jonathan  Moulton's  Regt.  of  Militia:  marched,  as  stated,  under 
John  M.  Moulton  of  this  volume.  Same  entry,  discharge,  and 
time  of  service. 

Col.  Moulton's  guard  at  Hampton,  from  May  to  October,  is 
mentioned  in  the  Summary  of  Service  in  1777.  made  by  the 
Editor. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  as  Sergeant  on  Muster  Roll  of 
Capt.  Timothy  Barrow's  Co.  in  a  Regt.  raised  for  the  defence 
of  the  frontiers  on  and  adjacent  to  Connecticut  River,  com- 
manded by  Col.  Timothy  Bedel.  Appointed  April  11.  1778. 
For  what  time,  April  1.  I779.     Dated,  Haverhill,  July,  1778. 

Col.  Moulton's  Regt.  is  mentioned  as  apportioning  13  men 
for  service  in  R.  I.  according  to  the  Resolution  of  June  24, 
1779.  Col.  Moulton  returns  14  men  raised  out  of  the  3rd  Regt. 
of  Militia  in  the  State  of  N.  H.  to  join  the  army  at  Providence, 
in  the  State  of  R.  I.,  under  Gen.  Gates. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  in  2rd  Co.  of  2nd  Regt.  of  Depre- 
ciation Rolls  to  January  t.  1780.     Rank,  Private. 

Joseph  Moulton.  Jr..  appears  in  5th  Co.  of  3rd  Regt.  of  the 
same. 

Joses  Moulton  appears  on  a  list  of  the  names  of  the  men 
enlisted  from  the  10th  Regt.  of  Militia  in  the  State  of  N.  H., 
commanded  by  Joseph  Badger.  Esq.,  for  completing  the  three 
Regts.  allotted  to  this  State  as  their  proportion  of  the  Conti- 
nental Army.  Town  belonging,  Gilmantown.  Enlisted  for 
three  years.     Capt.  Bell's  Co. 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  as  adjutant  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Col. 
Jonathan  Moulton's  Regt.  of  Militia.  Marched  from  Hamp- 
ton, in  the  State  of  N.  H.,  and  joined  the  army  under  Gen. 


39Q 


MOULTOX   ANNALS. 


Gates  near  Saratoga,  October.   1777.     Entered  September  30. 
Discharged  October  30.    Time  of  service,  1  month. 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  the  late  Richard 
Weare's  Co.  in  the  3rd  Battalion  of  X.  H.  forces  commanded 
by  Col.  Alex.  Scammell.  Made  up  to  July  1.  1777.  Enlisted 
April  23.    Paid  for  68  days. 

Josiah  Moulton,  Fifer,  appears  in  ;th  Co.  of  3rd  Regt. 

Josiah  Moulton  appears  on  a  Return  of  Soldiers  enlisted 
into  Continental  Service  out  of  the  3rd  Regt.  of  Militia,  in  the 
State  of  N.  H.,  April,  1777  and  1778.  from  Hampton.  Capt 
Weare's  Co.,  Col.  Scammell's  Regt.  Enlisted  for  1  year. 
Dated,  Hampton.  May  18,  1778. 

Nathan  Moulton  appears  on  a  Size  Roll  of  the    Absentees 
belonging  to  the  tst  X.  H.  Regt.,  commanded  by  Col.  Joseph 
Cilley.     Valle)    Forge,   January    10.    1778.     Capt.   Write1 
Town,  Alstead.     Vge,  40.    I  Complexion,  light ;  hair,  light ;  <■■■ 
light.     Where  left.  Albany.     Reason  of  absence,  on  furlough: 
wounded,  November. 

Nathaniel  Moulton,  Private,  appears  in  2nd  Co.  of  1st  Regt. 
Deprecation  Rolls  to  January  1.  1780. 

Nathaniel  Moulton  appear-  as  Private  in  3rd  Co.  «»f  l-t 
Regt.  of  same. 

Nehemiah  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt  Nicholas 
Rawling's  C<»..  in  Col.  Abraham  Drake's  Regt.,  raised  out  of 
the  Regt.  commanded  by  Gen.  Whipple  to  re-inforce  the 
Northern  Army  at  Stillwater,  September,  1777.  Rank.  Ensign. 
Entry.  September  8.  1777.  Discharged  October  20.  Time  of 
service.  I  month  22  da 

Noah  Moulton  appears  from  a  Return  of  Men  enlisted 
from  the  12th  Regt.  of  Militia   I  two  excepted),  who  enlisted 

in  Capt. Co.,  Col.  Warner's  Regt..  and  received  State 

bounty,  whereof  Israel   Morey.   Esq.,   is   Col.   in   Continental 
Service.  July,  I777.     Residence,  Lyman. 

Noah  Moulton  appears  upon  a  Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Timo- 
thy Barrow's  Co.,  in  a  Regt.  raised  for  the  defence  of  the  fron- 
tiers on  and  adjacent  to  Connecticut  River,  commanded  by 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  39I 

Col.    Timothy    Bedel.      Dated,    Haverhill,    July,    1778.     Ap- 
pointed April  10.    For  what  time,  April  1,  1779. 

Redmond  Moulton  appears  as  Ensign  on  a  Pay  Roll  of 
Capt.  Moses  Leavitt's  Co..  in  Col.  Abraham  Drake's  Regt., 
commanded  by  onathan  Moulton.  to  reinforce  the  Northern 
Army  (Continental)  at  Stillwater,  September,  1777.  Entered 
September  8,  1777.  Discharged  December  15,  1777.  Time  of 
service,  3  months  8  days.  In  another  similar  reference  in  all 
other  respects  he  is  called  Redman. 

Redmand  Moulton.  same  Co.  and  Regt.  as  above,  same 
time  of  service  is  given  in  a  Pay  Roll.  Residence,  North 
Hampton. 

Redman  Moulton.  Private,  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of 
Capt.  Moses  Leavitt's  Co..  in  Col.  Moses  Nichol's  Regt.  of 
Volunteers  in  R.  I.  Expedition.  August.  1 778.  Entry.  August 
5,  177*.  Discharge,  August  27.  Time  in  service.  25  days. 
(Travel  included. )  This  Co.  was  made  up  from  neighborhood 
of  Hampton. — C.  M.  1 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  in  a  Muster  Roll  of  a  Company 
raised  out  of  Col.  Hale's  Regt.  of  militia  to  join  the  army  at  New 
York  in  Col.  Tash's  Regt..  as  receiving  Bounty  of  6  lbs.  Capt. 
Carr's  Co. 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  as  Private  in  4th  Co.  of  2nd  Regt. 
of  Depreciation  Roll  cited  abov 

William  Moulton  apears  in  Col.  Moulton's  return  of  14  men 
raised  out  of  the  3rd  Regt.  of  militia  in  the  State  of  N.  H.  to  join 
the  Army  at  Providence  in  the  State  of  R.  I.  under  Gen.  Gates. 
Enlisted  July  5.  for  6  months. 

William  Moulton.  Private,  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt. 
Jonathan  Leavitt's  Co..  Col.  Hercules  Momey's  Regt.,  raised  by 
the  State  of  N.  H.  for  the  defence  of  R.  I.  1779.  Entered  July  5. 
Dischargel  December  22.    Time  in  service  5  mos.  18  days. 

VOL.  III. 

Benjamin  Moulton  is  mentioned  as  lodging  some  New  York 

tories.     His  residence,  Kensington.    Date  . 

Daniel  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  for  Capt.  Ebenezer 


392  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

Webster's  Co.  of  Rangers,  raised  by  the  State  of  N.  H.  for  the 
defense  of  the  Western  frontiers.  1872.  Residence,  Haverhill. 
Rank-Private  Date  of  engagement,  April  4,  1782.  Discharge, 
November  8.     In  service  7  mos.  5  days. 

David  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Henry  But- 
ler's Co.  in  Col.  Thomas  Bartlet's  Regt.  of  Militia,  raised  by  the 
State  of  N.  H.  for  the  defence  of  the  U.  S.,  1780.  (At  West 
Point.)  Rank,  Private,  Entry,  July  3,  1780.  Discharge,  October 
25.  1780.  Time  in  service.  3  months,  23  days.  Dated  Exeter, 
January  26,  1781. 

James  Moulton  appears  on  a  Return  of  Capt.  [saac  Frye's 
Co.  Jan.  1,  1780.  Third  Battalion  of  N.  II.  Forces  commanded 
by  Col.  Alexander  Scammell  from  January  1.  1777  to  January 
1.  1780.  Enlisted  February  3,  1777.  Term,  3  years.  Dis- 
charged February  3,  1780. 

James  Moulton  appears  on  a  Return  of  Capt.  Isaac  Frye's  Co. 
Col.  Alex.  Scammell  Regt., as  having  deserted  January  23,  1780. 

Job  Moulton.  Ensign,  appears  in  a  List  of  the  12th  Regt.  of 
foot  colony  N.  II.  September  5.  1775.  From  Battalion  com- 
missioned June  20,  lj£ 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  as  Col.  to  rai-M  25  men,  accord- 
ing to  the  act  of  June  [6,  1780. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  for  recruits  in  Con- 
tinental Army.  1780.  Town,  Concord.  Time  of  engagement. 
June  27,  1780.  Discharge  with  time  allowed  to  travel  home, 
December  13,  1780.     Time  in  service  5  months  29  days. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  on  a  Return  of  New  Levies  mus- 
tered in  camp  by  Maj.  W'm.  Scott.  Age  17.  Town,  Penny- 
cook.     Rockingham  Co.     No  date. 

Col.  Moulton's  Men  were  mentioned  as  3  months  men  at 
West  Point  1780. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  on  a  List  of  men  to  each  of 
whom  were  issued  l/2  pt.  of  rum  and  1  lb.  sugar  at  West  Point, 
July,  1780. 

The  same  appears  among  a  list  of  men  who  enlisted  in  the 
year  of  1782  for  3  years  or  during  the  war,  receiving  State 
Bounties.    Name  dated  April  10. 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  393 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  among  the  men  on  Pay  Roll  of 
Capt.  Nehemiah  Lovewell's  Co.,  Bedell's  Regt.,  1777. 

Jonathan  Moulton  appears  returned  from  Concord  May  10, 
1782. 

Jonathan  Moulton  of  Moultonborough  appears  as  Selectman 
signing  the  enlistment  papers  of  a  soldier  August  9,  1779. 

Joseph  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  receipt  in  behalf  of  the 
selectmen  of  Hampton,  November  17,  1775. 

Josiah  Moulton.  Fifer,  appears  on  a  Return  of  Capt.  Isaac 
Frye's  Co.,  Col.  Alex.  Scammell's  Regt,  3rd  Battalion  of  N.  H. 
Forces  from  January  1,  1777,  to  January  1,  1780.  Enlisted  April 
1,  1777,  for  one  year. 

Josiah  Moulton,  Fifer.  appears  in  same  Co.  and  Regt.,  de- 
serted March  1,  1780. 

Xathan  Moulton  appears  in  a  list  of  men  enlisted  under  Capt. 
William  Moulton  bound  upon  a  Scout  in  pay  of  the  province  of 
X.  I  f.  Residence.  Hampton.  28  days.  July  30.  1745.  to  Au- 
gust 26,  1745. 

Nathaniel  Moulton,  Private,  appears  in  2nd  Co.,  1st  Regt,  of 
Depreciation  Rolls  to  January  1,  1781. 

Corporal  Nathaniel  Moulton  appears  on  a  Return  of  Non- 
Com.  officers  and  privates  of  Capt.  Simon  SartwelFs  Co.  Feb- 
ruary 14.  1 78 1.     6th  Co.     Residence.  Dearfield. 

Nat.  Moulton  of  Deerfield  appears  in  record  of  town  returns. 

Xathaniel  Moulton  appears  on  a  Claim  of  the  men  now  en- 
gaged in  the  service  of  the  U.  S.  of  America  for  Deerfield  for 
the  year  of  1777. 

Noah  Moulton,  Sergeant,  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  a 
party  of  men  raised  by  order  of  the  Court  of  N.  H.  for  the 
defence  of  the  Western  Frontiers  at  Co's  commanded  by  Sergt. 
James  Ladd.     Appointed  January  28,  1782.     To  April  3,  1782. 

Noah  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Ebenezer  Web- 
ster's Co.  of  Rangers  raised  by  the  State  of  N.  H.  Residence, 
Haverhill.  Rank-Private  Engaged  April  4,  1782.  Discharged 
November  5.    In  service  7  months  2  days. 

Same  name  appears  on  a  receipt  for  wages  from  January  28 
to  April  9,  1782. 


394  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Noah  Moulton  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Locke's  Co. 
Fort  Wm.  and  Mary.  From  Rye,  1746.  Two  days  each  man. 
July  2,  1746. 

Reuben  Moulton,  Private,  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Jacob 
Smith's  Co.  of  Rangers  for  the  defence  of  the  Northern  Frontiers 
of  the  State  of  N.  H.  to  be  under  the  direction  of  Jos.  Whipple, 
Esq.,  and  Col.  David  Page.  Town,  Sandwich.  Engaged  Au- 
gust 2.7,  1 78 1.  Discharged  November  6,  1781.  Time  in  service, 
2  months  9  days. 

Reuben  Moulton,  Private,  appears  upon  a  Pay  Roll  of  men 
drafted  from  Col.  Richardson's  Regt.  to  serve  as  a  scouting  party 
on  Androscoggin  River,  1782.  Engaged  August  14.  Discharged 
November  27.    Time  of  service,  3  months  14  days. 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  as  Private  in  4th  Co.  of  2nd  Regt., 
commanded  by  Col.  Gen.  Reid  for  1780,  on  Depreciation  Rolls 
to  January  1,  1781. 

Simeon  Moulton,  Private,  appears  in  4th  Co.  of  2nd  Regt., 
commanded  by  Col.  Geo.  Reid,  for  1781. 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  among  a  List  of  men  in  the  Con- 
tinental Army  for  the  town  of  Hampton.  July  10,  1781. 

Simeon  Moulton  appears  among  the  selectmen  of  the  town  of 
Moultonboro,  December  27,   1782. 

William  Moulton  appears  as  receiving  Bounty,  1780. 

William  Moulton  appears  on  a  List  of  the  men  in  Capt.  Nicho- 
las Gilman's  Co.  in  the  3rd  N.  H.  Regt.,  commanded  by  Col. 
Alex.  Scammell,  from  January  1,  1780  to  January  1,  1781.  Rank- 
Private.     Term,  war. 

Wm.  Moulton,  Private,  appears  in  the  10th  Co.  of  3rd  Regt., 
commanded  by  Col.  Scammell,  1780. 

William  Moulton  appears  among  those  who  received  a  grat- 
uity of  $15.00  for  their  faithful  services.  Camp  James  River, 
May  10,  '81. 

William  Moulton.  Private,  appears  in  9th  Co.  of  3rd  Regt., 
'81. 

William  Moulton  of  Hampton  appears  on  the  record  of  Town 
Returns. 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  RF.VOLUTION.  395 

William  Moulton,  Jr.,  received  a  Bounty  for  6  months'  service 
30  pounds.     Dated  July  7,  1779.    Hampton. 

William  Moulton  appears  in  a  List  of  the  men's  names  in 
the  Continental  Army  for  the  town  of  Hampton. 

William  Moulton  appears  Capt.  of  the  Scouts.  (See  Na- 
than Moulton.) 

VOL.    IV. 

Benjamin  Moulton  of  Hampton  appears  signed  to  a  petition 
addressed  to  Charles  II.,  1677,  requesting  a  continuance  under 
the  Govt,  of  Mass. 

Daniel  Moulton  appears  on  a  List  of  Capt.  Joseph  Parson's 
Co.  November  22,  1775.     Dated  Portsmouth. 

Daniel  Moulton  served  as  common  sentinel  at  Oyster  River, 
N.  H.,  from  August  20  to  September  3,  1694. 

Daniel  Moulton  appears  signel  to  a  petition  from  North  Hamp- 
ton, N.  H.,  concerning  a  meeting-house,  1718. 

Henry  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  petition  addressed  to 
Charles  II.,  1677,  requesting  a  continuance  under  the  Govt,  of 
Mass. 

James  Moulton  served  as  common  sentinel  at  Oyster  River, 
N.  H.,  from  July  23,  1694.  to  August  20,  1694. 

James  Moulton  servel  as  common  sentinel  at  Oyster  River, 
N.  H.,  from  September  17  to  October  1,  1694. 

Job  Moulton,  Yeoman,  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  the  Co. 
enlisted  by  Capt.  Matthew  Thornton.  Age  26.  Town  from,  Bath. 
Date  of  enlistment,  July  12,  1775. 

Job  Moulton  appears  on  a  receipt  for  one  month's  advance 
wages  to  serve  until  March  1,  1777. 

Job  Moulton  appears  on  a  Muster  Roll  of  Capt.  Thomas  Simp- 
son's Co's  1776.  Capt.  Simpson  of  Haverhill  in  N.  H.  Dated 
October  12,  1776. 

Job  Moulton  appears  on  a  Pay  Roll  of  Capt.  Simpson.  Rank- 
private.     Entered  October  1  ,1776.     In  service  2  months  1  day. 

John  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  petition  addressed  to 
Charles  II.,  1677,  requesting  a  continuance  of  Govt,  of  Mass. 


39^  MOULTON   AXXALS. 

John  Moulton  appears  signed  to  a  petition  to  the  Deputy  Gov., 
wherein  several  men  beg  release  from  prison,  where  they  have 
been  placed  by  virtue  of  the  judgment  of  the  Justice  of  Peace. 
1786.    From  the  Prison  at  Great  Island. 

MAINE. 

Among  the  980  names  of  Revolutionary  soldiers  who  made 
application  to  the  State  of  Maine  for  bounty  land  or  money  in 
1835,  appears  the  following: 

Simeon  Moulton  enlisted  from  Exeter.  X.  H.,  and  died  in 
Newfield,  Me.,  April  10,  1834.  His  widow,  Sally,  made  the  ap- 
plication. Other  soldiers  from  the  District  of  Maine  are  in- 
cluded in  the  Mass.  records. 

FROM   VERMONT  RFA'.   MUSTER  ROM  . 

Gershorn  Moulton  served  as  a  private  9  days  from  June  30, 
1777.  in  Capt.  Daniel  Culver's  Co.,  Col.  James  Mead's  Regt. 
Also  6  days  in  November,  1778.  under  Capt.  Ephraim  Buel,  Col. 
Warren's  Regt.,  and  5  days  in  177Q  under  the  same  command. 
And  from  May  29  to  June  5,  1780,  8  days,  under  same  command. 
And  26  days  in  October,  1780,  in  Capt.  Isaac  Clark's  Co. 

John  Moulton  served  as  a  private  28  days  from  July  1,  1776, 
in  Capt.  Benj.  Hickok's  Co..  under  command  of  Capt.  Gideon 
Brownson.  Also  in  Capt.  E.  Buell's  Co.,  Col.  Warren's  Regt., 
served  6  days  in  November,  1778.  And  in  1770  6  days  under  the 
same  command.  Also  in  Mich,  1780,  7  days  under  the  above  com- 
mand.   Anl  in  May  and  June,  1780,  8  days  as  above. 

Reuben  Moulton  served  5  days  as  a  private  in  Capt.  E.  Buell's 
Co.,  Col.  Warren's  Regt..  in  1779.  Joseph  served  1  day  in  Capt. 
Sam'l  S.  Sarage's  Co.,  Col.  Eben  Wood's  Regt.,  in  1780. 

Noah  Moulton  and  Jonathan  Moulton  served  in  Capt.  Nehe- 
miah  Lovewell's  Co.,  Col.  Peter  Olcott,  commencing  February  1. 
1780.  Noah  1  month  14  days,  Jonathan  1  months  9  days  as 
privates. 

Samuel  Moulton  served  4  days  in  Capt.  John  Stark's  Co.,  Col. 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  397 

Ira  Allen's  Regt.,  "two  alarms  at  Skeensborough  and  Ticonder- 
oga,"  April  i,  1780.  Also  6  days  in  Capt.  E.  Buell's  Co.,  Novem- 
ber, 1778.     Sam.  L.,  Jr. 

FROM    CONNECTICUT    STATE  RECORDS. 

( iurdeon  Moulton,  Private.  Paid  from  June  12.  1781,  to 
December  31,  1781,  in  Fourth  Regt.,  Conn.  Line,  Col.  Zebulon 
Butler.  Gurdeon  Moulton,  Private,  in  the  list  of  pensioners 
under  act  of  1818,  residing  in  New  York. 

"Sergeant  Howard  Moulton,  Capt.  Ozion  Bissell's  Co.,  in 
Col.  Jedidiah  Huntington's  Regt..  missing.  The  regiment  was 
the  17th  Continental.-'  It  was  reorganized  for  service  in  the 
Continental  Army  for  the  year  1776.  After  the  siege  of  Bos- 
ton, it  marched  under  Washington  to  New  York  ;  remained 
in  that  vicinity  from  April  until  the  close  of  the  year.  En- 
gaged in  the  battle  of  Long  Island,  August  27th,  and  near 
Greenwood  Cemetery.  Was  surrounded  by  the  enemy  and 
lost  heavily  in  prisoners.  Moved  the  main  army,  until  after 
the  battle  of  White  Plain.  Disbanded  under  Gen.  Heath,  near 
Peekskill,  December  31,  1776. 

James  Moulton,  Jr..  Private  in  Capt.  William  Warna's  Co. 
Number  of  days  in  service  eight  (8).  In  the  list  of  men  who 
marched  from  the  Connecticut  town  for  the  relief  of  Boston  in 
the  Lexington  alarm,  April,  1775.  , 

John  Bound  Moulton,  Private  in  Capt.  Amos  Walbridge's 
Co.  from  the  town  of  Stafford.  Number  of  days  in  the  service, 
nineteen  (I9).  In  the  list  of  men  who  marched  from  the  Con- 
necticut town  for  the  relief  of  Boston,  April,  1775. 

Capt.  Ozziar  Bissell's  Co.,  in  Col.  Jedidiah  Huntington's 
regt..  Private  Sam'l  Moulton  missing.  Regt.  was  the  17th 
Continental.     (See  Howard  Moulton,  above.) 

Lieut.  Col.  Stephen  Moulton  from  the  town  of  Stafford. 
Number  of  days  in  the  service  seven  (7).  In  the  list  of  men 
who  marched  from  the  Connecticut  town  for  the  relief  of  Bos- 
ton. April,  1775.  Also — Twenty-second  Regiment,  Lieut.  Ste- 
phen Moulton,  of  Stafford.    Appt.  before  the  war.    Prisoner  at 


39&  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

New  York  in  1776.  Taken  prisoner  September  15,  1776.  Ex- 
changed, March  2,  1777. 

Wilson  Moulton,  of  Windham.  Com.  Lieutenant,  January 
1,  I777;  promoted  Capt.  March  1,  1778.  Retired  January  1, 
1 78 1 ;  in  Col.  Seth  Warner's  regiment  1777-81. 

Also — Capt.  Wm.  Moulton  joined  August  20,  1781,  General 
Waterburv's  State  Brigade. 

RHODE   ISLAND. 

A  letter  received  a  short  time  since  from  the  Secretary  of 
the  State  of  Rhode  Island  stated  that  the  Revolutionary  Mus- 
ter  Rolls  were  not  in  a  condition  to  furnish  certificates  of  ser- 
vice. An  index  was  at  that  time  being  prepared,  however,  and 
very  likely  before  the  publication  of  this  volume  will  be  ready 
for  examination.  , 

BATTLE  OF  LEXINGTON. 

An  interesting  document  pertaining  to  the  battle  of  Lex- 
ington : 

Charles  H.  Walcott,  Esq.,  chairman  of  a  committee  con- 
nected with  the  centennial  anniversary  of  the  battle  of  Lexing- 
ton, celebrated  in  that  town  April  19.  I875,  concluded  a  report 
by  reading  the  following  curious  document  recently  discovered 
by  him  in  the  State  House  archives,  and  never  before  printed 
or  referred  to  by  any  historical  writer: 

"To  the  Honorable  General  Court  of  the  Province  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  in  New  England,  in  their  present  session 
at  Watertown.  The  Petition  of  Martha  Moulton,  of  Concord, 
in  sd.  Province  Widow  Woman  Humbly  Sheweth 

That  on  the  19th  Day  of  April  1775,  In  the  forenoon.  The 
town  of  Concord,  wherein  I  dwell,  was  beset  with  an  army  of 
Regulars,  who  in  a  Hostile  manner  enter'd  the  Town,  and 
Draw'd  up  in  a  Form  before  the  Door  of  the  house  where  I 
live,  and  there  they  continu'd  on  the  Green  feeding  their  horses 
within  five  feet  of  the  Door, — and  about  50  or  60  of  them  was 


MOULTONS  IN  THE  REVOLUTION.  399 

in  and  out  the  house,  calling  for  water  and  what  they  wanted, 
for  about  three  hours.    At  the  same  time  all  our  near  neighbors 
In  the  greatest  Consternation  were  Drawn  off  to  places  far 
from  the  thickest  part  of  the  Town,  where  I   live,  and  had 
taken  with  them  their  Families  and  what  of  their  effects  they 
cou'd  carry — some  to  a  neighboring  wood  and  others  to  remote 
house  for  security.     Your  Petitioner  being  left  to  the  mercy 
of  six  or  seven  hundred  armed  men  and  no  person  near  but 
an  old  man  of  85  years  &  myself  71   years  old  &  both  very 
Infirm — It  may  easily  be  Imagin'd  what  a  sad  condition  yr 
Petitr  must  be  in.    Under  these  circumstances  yr  Petitr  Com- 
mitted herself,  more  Especially  to  the  Divine  protection  and 
was  very  remarkably  kept  with  so  much  Fortitude  of  mind, 
as  to  wait  on  them  as  they  call'd  with  water  &  what  we  had — 
Chairs  for  Major  Pitcairn  &  4  or  5  more  officers  who  sat  at 
the  Door  Viewing  the  men.     At  length  yr  Petitr  had,  by  de- 
grees cultivated  so  much  favor  as  to  talk  a  little  with  them — 
when  all  on  a  sudden  They  had  set  fire  to  the  Great-Gun  Car- 
riage Just  by  the  house  and  while  they  were  in  flames  yr  Petitr 
saw  smoke  arise  out  of  the  Town  house,  higher  than  the  Ridge 
of  the  house.     Then  yr  Petitr  did  put  her  life,  as  it  were  in 
her  hand  and  ventur'd  to  beg  of  the  officers  to  send  some  of 
their  men  to  put  out  the  fire,  but  they  took  no  notice,  only 
sneer'd.    Yr  Petitr  seeing  the  Town  house  on  fire,  and  must  in 
a  few  minutes  be  past  recovery  Did  yet  venture  to  Expostu- 
late with  the  officers  Just  by  her  as  she  stood  with  a  pail  of 
Water  in  her  hand  Begging  of  them  to  send  it — when  they 
only  said  O  mother  we  won't  do  you  any  harm  Dont  be  con- 
sern'd  mother  &  such  like  talk.     The  home  still  burning  and 
knowing  that  all  the  Row  of  4  or  5  houses  as  well  as  the 
School-house  was  in  certain  danger  yr   Petitr    (not  knowing 
but   she   might   provoke   them   with    incessant   Pleading — yet 
ventur'd  to  put  as  much  strength  to  her  arguments  as  an  Im- 
portunate widow  could   think  of — And  so  yr   Petitr  can  safely 
say  that  under  Divine  Providence  she  was  an  Instrument  of 
saving  the  Court  house  &  how  many  more  is  not  certain,  from 
being  consum'd — with  a  great  deal  of  valuable  furniture — and 


400  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

at  the  great  Risque  of  her  life,  at  last  by  one  pail  of  water  after 
another  they  sent  &  Did  extinguish  the  fire.  And  now  may 
it  please  the  Hon'd  Court  as  several  People  of  note  in  the 
Town  have  advis'd  yr  Petitr  Thus  to  inform  the  public  of  what 
she  had  done — and  as  no  notice  has  been  taken  of  her  for  the 
same — she  Begs  Leave  to  Lay  this  her  Case  before  your  hon- 
ors, and  to  Let  this  honor'd  Court  also  know  that  yr  Petitr 
is  not  only  so  Old  as  to  be  not  able  to  earn  wherewith  to  sup- 
port herself — is  very  poor  and  shall  think  her  highly  honor'd 
in  the  Favorable  Notice  of  this  honor'd  Court.  As  what  yr 
Petitr  had  done  was  of  a  Public  as  well  as  a  private  Good  and 
as  yr  honors  are  in  a  Public  Capacity  yr  Petitr  begs  that  it 
may  not  be  taken  ill  in  this  way  to  ask  in  the  most  humble 
manner  something — as  a  Fatherly  Bounty — such  as  to  your 
great  wisdom  and  Compassion  shall  seem  meet  and  your  Peti- 
tioner, as  in  Duty  bound  For  the  peace  and  prosperity  of  this 
our  American  Iseral,  shall  ever  pray. 

Martha  Moulton." 
Concord.  Feb.  4,  1776. 

The  committee  to  whom  the  petition  was  referred  reported 
the  following  resolve,  but  the  report  was,  for  some  reason,  not 
accepted : 

"Resolved,  that  there  be  paid  out  of  the  Public  Treasury 
to  James  Barrat  Esqr.  the  sum  of  three  pounds  for  the  use  of 
Martha  Moulton  the  Petitioner  for  her  good  service  in  so 
boldly  &  successfully  (sic)  preventing  the  enemy  from  Burn- 
ing the  Town  House  in  Concord  as  set  forth  in  the  Petition." 


CHAPTER  XVI. 

PLACES    NAMED    MOULTON. 

There  are  in  the  United  States  several  towns  and  villages 
by  the  name  of  Moulton. 

Among  these  the  town  of  Moultonborough,  or  Moulton- 
boro,  Carroll  County,  New  Hampshire,  is  the  most  attractive 
as  a  summer  resort.  It  is  visited  by  people  from  all  parts  of 
the  country  for  its  pure  air,  magnificent  forests  and  grand 
mountain  scenery.  The  placid  waters  of  Lake  Winnepesaukee, 
on  the  south,  reflect  the  lofty  heights  of  the  Ossipee  Mountains 
that  rise  on  the  north  and  east.  Fine  farms,  fringed  by  sweet 
maples  and  rippling  brooks;  pleasant  white  houses,  with  their 
green  blinds,  flocks  and  herds,  here  and  there  a  mill  or  a 
schoolhouse,  dot  the  landscape  and  make  a  ride  from  the  cen- 
tral village  delightful. 

Good  hotels  and  boarding  houses,  good  stores,  horses,  post- 
office  and  hosts  contribute  to  render  one's  stay  in  this  cool 
northern  town  a  happy  summer  experience. 

It  was  among  these  mountains  that  General  John  Moulton 
came  at  the  close  of  the  Revolutionary  War  and  took  posses- 
sion of  his  vast  landed  estates  in  this  region. 

The  grant  he  had  received  through  Governor  Wentworth 
and  otherwise  made  him  lord  of  innumerable  tracts  of  wild 
land,  well  timbered,  and  much  of  it  in  good  condition  for  culti- 
vation after  the  timber  was  removed. 

Several  towns  beside  Moultonboro  have  been  incorporated 
from  these  possessions. 

This  town  is  the  home  of  several  families  bearing  the  name 
of  Moulton,  lineal  descendants  of  the  doughty  General  Jonathan, 
whose  biography  appears  in  a  previous  chapter. 

Xot  far  from  Moultonborough,  N.  H.,  and  in  the  same  county, 


402  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

within  tMe  town  of  Ossipee,  lies  the  pretty  village  of  Moulton- 
ville.  This  place  was  settled  by  John  Moulton,  born  in  1796,  in 
Kennebunk,  Me.    [See  No.  242.] 

The  business  which  John  Moulton  established  in  Moulton- 
ville  was  bedstead  making.  Finding  a  good  waterpower  here, 
he  erected  a  mill  and  put  in  machinery  to  produce  the  old-fash- 
ioned, high-posted  bedsteads.  Much  of  this  machinery  was  of  his 
own  invention.  The  bedstead  of  that  day  comprised  four  posts 
and  four  heavy  rails  each,  with  a  broad  headboard  and  footboard, 
the  rails  laced  together  by  bed  cords  interwoven  and  drawn 
taught  with  a  bed  wrench.  These  heavy  goods  were  loaded  upon 
teams,  some  of  which  Mr.  Moulton  himself  drove  forty  miles 
and  on  one  occasion  seventy  miles,  to  a  market.  After  many 
years  railroads  came  nearer,  and  at  last,  within  twenty  years,  a 
railroad  passed  through  the  village,  which  had  grown  from  his 
industry.  The  church,  the  schoolhouse,  the  lecture  room,  not  to 
mention  the  inevitable  store,  blacksmith  shop  and  photographic 
studio,  followed  in  time,  and  when  the  worthy  and  interesting 
veteran,  John  Moulton,  was  succeeded  by  his  son,  Lorenzo,  a 
very  large  business  grew  up.  This  was  carried  on  with  great 
success  till  an  early  death  overtook  the  son.  Both  were  lamented 
by  all  their  townsmen,  and  many  a  family  missed  the  aid  which 
this  large  business  had  given  them. 

A  young  son  of  Lorenzo,  of  the  third  generation  here,  sur- 
vived, but  he  was  not  old  enough  to  succeed  to  the  business  in 
full.  Other  parties  took  an  interest  with  him  and  to  some  extent 
the  manufacture  still  goes  on.  The  "Cottage  bedstead"  long  since 
took  the  place  of  the  old  high-posted  affair.  The  close-grained 
beech  and  maple  and  the  birch  tree  still  grow  on  the  hillside  in 
place  of  their  fallen  ancestors,  and  supply  the  necessary  material. 
This  village  is  near  the  center,  while  directly  north  is  West  Os- 
sipee, the  spot  where  the  poet,  Whittier,  loved  to  linger  through 
the  balmy  summers.  "Bear  River,"  familiar  to  us  in  his  songs, 
roars  out  a  hoarse  melody  and  mighty  Crocoroa  marshalls  his 
ranks  of  lesser  mountains  as  a  wall  to  guard  the  village  of  Moul- 
tonville  from  the  fierce  north  winds  of  the  White  Hills.  The  early 
experiences  of  the  founder  of  this  village  were   romantic  and 


PLACES  NAMED  MOULTON.  403 

would  make  a  readable  book.  In  his  youth  he  taught  school  in 
the  pioneer  settlements  of  the  far  east.  Once  he  looked  out  upon 
Penobscot,  flowing  by  his  school-house  door,  and  beheld  an  In- 
dian with  his  upset  canoe  swimming  for  the  shore.  As  Mr.  Moul- 
ton  beckoned  to  him  he  came  up,  dripping,  and  accepted  some 
strings  and  other  materials  with  which  to  mend  the  torn  birch 
bark  of  his  canoe.  Repairs  completed,  he  vanished  up  the  stream. 
Forty  years  passed  by.  There  was  a  celebration  in  Boston,  and 
John  Moulton,  grown  old  and  dignified,  was  one  of  the  honored 
guests  upon  the  platform.  A  party  of  Penobscot  Indians  were  in 
attendance,  one  of  whom  struggled  up  to  the  platform  and  greeted 
Mr.  Moulton  with  thanks  for  his  help,  forty  years  before,  in  mend- 
ing his  boat. 

A  typical  Moulton  was  this  John :  a  God-fearing  man,  of  cour- 
age, fortitude  and  industry.  More  than  that,  he  was  a  man  of 
ideas.  Let  this  village  ever  reverence  the  good  name  bestowed 
upon  it  by  its  founder. 

The  town  of  Moulton,  Iowa,  was  named  by  its  citizens  for 
Jonathan  B.  Moulton  of  St.  Louis,  he  being  the  civil  engineer 
who  laid  out  the  railroad  through  this  town. 

Appleton's  Encyclopedia  tells  us  that  Moulton  has  good 
schools  and  that  its  chief  occupation  is  stock-raising.  Surely 
this  village  cannot  fail  to  prosper,  if  it  partakes  of  the  high  char- 
acter of  him  for  whom  it  was  named. 

Moulton,  Texas,  we  find  upon  the  map,  but  are  unable  to 
elicit  any  information  regarding  the  town. 

The  same  is  true  of  Moulton,  Franklin  Co.,  N.  C. 

A  village  with  a  population  of  several  hundred  and  bearing 
the  name  of  Moulton  exists  in  Rose  township,  Shelby  Co.,  Illi- 
nois.    There  is  likewise  a  post-office,  Moulton,  in  Missouri. 

Moulton,  Alabama,  was  laid  out  in  1818.  It  was  named  after 
a  U.  S.  army  officer,  by  the  name  of  C.  H.  Moulton,  who  died 
and  was  buried  in  the  town  limits.  There  is  no  record  of  his 
having  any  family.  Mr.  Moulton  died  long  before  most  of  the 
present  citizens  of  Moulton  were  born,  and  there  are  none  of  that 
name  now  living  in  that  part  of  the  country.  The  village  has 
about  five  hundred  inhabitants,  half  of  whom  are  colored. 


404  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

The  village  of  Moultonville,  in  Newburyport,  Massachusetts, 
was  named  for  Capt.  Henry  W.  Moulton  of  that  city,  a  biographi- 
cal sketch  of  whom  appears  in  a  previous  chapter. 

This  village  was  once  the  center  of  several  thriving  industries, 
carriage  manufacturing  being  the  most  prominent.  All  the  streets 
of  Moultonville  were  laid  out  and  presented  to  the  city  by  Mr. 
Moulton.  The  houses  and  factories  were  built  by  him  and  for 
some  time  prosperity  smiled  upon  this  settlement,  but  with  the 
financial  panic  of  1872  the  business  died  out,  the  factories  were 
abandoned,  and  the  village  became  the  quiet  hamlet  which  it 
remains  to  this  day. 

In  Central  India  there  is  a  railroad  center  of  importance  put 
down  on  some  maps  as  "Moulton,"  upon  other  maps  it  appears 
as  Mooltan. 

Thinking  that  it  might  have  been  founded  by  some  English 
settler,  inquiry  was  instituted,  resulting  in  the  discoverv  that 
it  was  an  old  Indian  city,  founded  nearly  one  thousand  years  ago, 
with  its  sombre  temples  and  tiled-roofed  buildings  and  that  "Mool- 
tann"  was  its  Indian  name. 

Though  dealing  especially  with  places  of  our  name  in  the 
United  States,  it  seems  not  inappropriate  to  mention  the  town  of 
Moulton,  in  Lincolnshire,  England,  occupied  for  so  many  gen- 
erations by  the  Norman  lords  who  were  our  ancestors. 

According   to  the   best   authorities,    Moulton    began    from   a 

■late  waste,  to  rise  into  something  like  a  village.  : 
1 100,  under  the  direction  of  Thomas  de  Moulton  of  Egremont 
and  Lord  of  Holbeach.     This  nobleman  served  the  office  of  high 
sheriff  of  the  county  of  Lincoln  from  1106  to  1100. 

He  resided  at  Moulton,  in  a  mansion  which  is  now  down, 
but  which  formerly  stood  in  what  is  called  Hall  grounds,  belong- 
ing to  Lord  Eardley.  The  village  has  evidently  decreased  in 
importance,  since  the  Moulton  peerage  became  extinct.  In  182 1 
it  contained  324  houses  and  1629  inhabitant-. 

The  ancient  church,  "All  Saints,"  at  Moulton  is  quite  cele- 
brated as  a  specimen  of  early  Norman  architecture.  The  strik- 
ing feature  of  the  church  is  its  well-proportioned  tower  and  spire, 
which  in  this  respect  are  unsurpassed  by  any  in  the  kingdom. 


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Various  Roman  antiquities  have  been  found  near  Moulton, 
which  fact  is  not  surprising  when  we  realize  the  early  settle- 
ment of  the  village. 

In  Allen's  "History  of  Lincolnshire"  we  read  the  town  of 
Moulton  probably  took  its  name  from  a  mill  in  the  vicinity. 

Theories  with  regard  to  the  origin  of  the  name  have  already 
been  discussed  in  the  first  chapter  of  this  volume,  and  the  reader 
is  at  liberty  to  further  pursue  for  himself  investigation  along  this 
line. 

We  learn  from  Farrar's  "Church  Heraldry"  that  there  were 
formerly  two  parishes  of  Moulton  in  Norfolk  County,  called 
Mouton  and  Great  Moulton.  It  is  said  that  there  are  five  par- 
ishes of  that  name  in  England,  besides  the  township  in  Lincoln. 
Five  of  the  Moulton  emigrants  of  New  England  are  known  to 
have  come  from  Norfolk  County,  anl  it  is  not  improbable  that 
they  inhabited  one  of  these  parishes. 

MOULTON    HILL. 

There  is  more  than  one  delightful  spot  known  as  Moulton 
Hill.  In  the  town  of  Monson,  in  the  extreme  south  of  Worcester 
County,  Massachusetts,  is  a  symmetrical  hill,  rising  by  a  com- 
fortable ascent  till  its  broad  top  spreads  out  into  the  green  fields 
of  a  beautiful  farm.  Here  was  built,  in  1763,  a  substantial  house, 
which  was  regarded  as  a  mansion  at  that  period.  It  was  erected 
by  Jesse  Moulton,  a  descendant  of  Robert  of  Salem,  and  ancestor 
of  the  Monson  Moultons.  The  old  house  still  stands;  it  is  in  a 
good  state  of  preservation  and  has  won  a  good  report  by  its 
service  in  housing  several  generations  of  excellent  people  by  the 
name  of  Moulton.  Further  reference  to  this  branch  of  the  family 
will  be  found  in  Chapter . 

In  Lyman,  N.  H.,  and  in  Wenham,  Mass.,  are  hills  bearing 
the  name  of  Moulton.  Moulton  Hill,  Newburyport,  Mass.,  has 
been  the  home  of  eight  generations  of  Moultons,  William  2nd 
having  built  his  house  at  the  foot  of  the  hill  where,  more  than 
two  hundred  years  later,  his  descendants  were  living. 

In  1866  Capt.  Henry  W.  Moulton  of  Newburyport  came  into 


406  MOULTON  ANNALS. 

possession  of  this  estate,  which  already  for  six  generations  had 
been  held  by  different  branches  of  the  Moulton  family.  Here 
he  erected  the  noble  and  picturesque  building-  which,  from  its 
Gothic  architecture,  became  known  for  miles  around  as  "Moul- 
tan  Castle."  Sir  Edw.  Thornton,  the  British  minister,  passed 
four  summers  here  with  his  family  and  retinue  of  servants,  dur- 
ing Mr.  Moulton's  absence  in  Idaho,  where  he  served  as  U.  S. 
Marshal.  The  view  from  the  summit  of  the  hill  is  very  beau- 
tiful and  extensive,  including  at  least  fourteen  different  towns 
and  villages.  No  lovelier  prospect  can  be  found  in  all  New 
England  and,  indeed,  many  who  have  traveled  extensively  in  both 
the  old  and  the  new  world,  claim  never  to  have  seen  a  landscape 
more  beautiful.  Here  the  author  of  this  volume  passed  many 
happy  hours,  enjoying  the  loveliness  of  nature  and  dreaming  of 
the  vanished  Moultons  who  had  lived  and  moved  on  this  same 
spot  in  other  days.  Here,  at  the  very  summit  of  the  house,  in 
a  lofty  chamber  called  facetiously  "the  high  room,"  the  present 
volume  of  "Moulton  Annals"  sprang  into  being.  Surrounded 
by  his  beloved  books  and  the  portraits  of  the  friends  he  held 
most  dear,  Mr.  Moulton  delighted  to  occupy  his  leisure  hours, 
which  were  all  too  rare,  in  literary  pursuits,  no  subject  being 
more  congenial  than  his  lineage. 

History  repeats  itself,  and  like  the  last  Sir  Thomas  of  Gils- 
land,  Mr.  Moulton  left  no  son  to  assume  his  name  and  estate. 
A  few  months  previous  to  the  death  of  Mr.  Moulton,  in  1896, 
Moulton  Hill  passed  out  of  the  family. 


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CHAPTER  XVII. 

THE   MOULTONS  IN   LITERATURE. 

It  was  the  intention  of  the  author  of  this  volume  to  devote 
a  chapter  to  the  subject  indicated  by  the  headline,  but  the  editor 
has  deemed  it  unwise  to  delay  the  publication  of  the  work  for 
this  purpose,  as  a  considerable  amount  of  research  would  be  neces- 
sary in  order  to  suitably  present  the  subject. 

No  doubt  many  of  our  name  have  attained  more  or  less  dis- 
tinction in  the  field  of  literature.  The  names  of  a  few  of  these 
are  well  known  to  the  writer. 

Elizabeth  Barrett  Browning,  called  by  many  the  greatest 
woman  poet  of  the  century,  was  a  Moulton  by  birth,  her  father 
being  Edward  Barrett  Moulton,  who  altered  his  sirname  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provision  of  his  grandfather's  will,  which  left 
him  in  possession  of  the  Barrett  estates.  We  may  justly  be  proud 
of  this  bright,  particular  star  in  the  literary  horizon  of  our  family. 

Louise  Chandler  Moulton,  of  course,  is  a  Chandler  by  birth, 
and  therefore  has  no  place  in  this  history.  Her  husband,  Wm.  U. 
Moulton,  however,  was  a  journalist  of  note,  for  many  years  the 
editor  of  "The  True  Flag"  in  Boston,  and  an  accomplished  lit- 
erary critic. 

Joseph  W.  Moulton  of  New  York  achieved  great  prominence 
as  a  historical  writer,  and  was  a  scholarly,  cultivated  gentleman. 
He  is  mentioned  in  Chapter  VIII.,  among  the  descendants  of 
Robert.  We  find  the  following  biography  in  the  Troy,  N.  Y., 
Budget :  Joseph  W.  Moulton,  historian,  born  in  Stafford 
Springs,  Conn.,  in  June,  1789,  died  in  Roslyn,  L.  I.,  April  20, 
1875.  His  parents  removed  to  Troy,  N.  Y.,  when  he  was  six 
years  old.  He  studied  law  in  the  same  office  with  Wm.  L. 
Marcy,  Martin  Van  Buren  and  Chancellor  Walsworth.  After 
his  admission  to  the  bar  he  settled  in  Buffalo,  N.  Y.    He  sub- 


408  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

sequently  removed  to  New  York  city,  and  finally  retired  to 
Roslyn,  where  he  devoted  himself  entirely  to  antiquarian  and 
legal  researches.  He  published,  with  John  V.  N.  Yates,  "A 
History  of  the  State  of  New  York,"  treating  merely  of  the 
earlier  period  of  its  history  (New  York,  i824-'6)  ;  "Chancery 
Practice  of  New  York"  (3  vols.,  i829~'32)  ;  "View  of  the  City 
of  New  Orange  as  It  Was  in  1673"  (1849)  ;  and  an  annotated 
edition  of  John  F.  Mitford's  "Treatise  on  Pleadings  in  the 
Court  of  Chancery"  (1849). 

C.  W.  Moulton,  of  the  firm  "Moulton,  Wenborne  &  Co.," 
Buffalo,  was  for  many  years  editor  of  a  unique  little  mgazine 
called  "Queries,"  and  also  "The  Magazine  of  Poetry,"  which 
has  been  very  influential  in  acquainting  American  readers  with 
our  less  prominent  poets.  He  is  himself  a  very  successful  verse 
maker. 

Susan  W.  Moulton  of  Newburyport,  daughter  of  Henry  W. 
and  therefore  descendent  of  William,  gave  great  pleasure  to  her- 
self and  her  friends  by  her  graceful  verses  and  bright,  interest- 
ing stories.  Her  book,  "Hill  Rest,"  a  religious  novel,  was  written 
at  the  age  of  twenty-two,  and  proved  a  very  successful  venture. 
Her  poems  and  stories  were  published  in  the  Youth's  Companion, 
Cottage  Hearth  and  Valley  Visitor.  Those  who  were  judges 
spoke  of  her  as  possessing  a  rare  poetic  instinct,  and  we  who 
loved  her  do  not  doubt  that  the  rich  promise  of  her  youth  would 
have  been  amply  fulfilled  had  the  Angel  of  Death  but  stayed  his 
hand. 

Mrs.  Bina  Moulton  Wyman,  mentioned  in  Chapter  VIII., 
among  the  descendants  of  Robert,  has  shown  much  talent  and 
fluency  with  her  pen. 

What  an  interesting  library  might  be  collected  from  the  desks 
of  our  own  family ! 


CHAPTER  XVIII. 

MOULTON  OF  FOUR-SCORE. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.,  Aug.  5,  1888. 
Mr.  Henry  W.  Moulton  : 

Dear  Sir : — I  send  you  what  I  recall  from  memory  and  actual 
seeing,  imperfect  in  writing,  spelling  and  order.  If  you  find  a 
few  grains  of  wheat  that  will  aid  you  in  your  design,  I  shall  be 
satisfied. 

I  was  born  January  9,  1807;  have  seen  some  cold  winters  and 
some  warm  summers.  Was  born  in  Trenton,  Oneida  Co.,  New 
York,  ten  miles  north  of  Utica. 

Respectfully  yours, 

Chloe  C.  Greene  Moulton. 

Indianapolis,  July  21,  1884. 

Dear  Sir: — My  son,  R.  J.  Moulton,  had  a  letter  from  you, 
dated  May  14,  which  I  fully  decided  to  answer  at  once,  as  he 
knew  very  little  of  what  you  wished.  I  am  the  only  one  left  to 
tell  the  tale.  Please  excuse  repetition  and  mistakes.  I  must 
take  my  story  from  the  Scotch  line  as  I  have  often  heard  it  re- 
peated. 

In  the  early  part  of  seventeen  hundred  the  King  of  England 
gave  a  grant  of  land  to  a  Scotch  minister,  Presbyterian,  to  settle 
in  Nova  Scotia  and  form  a  colony  there  as  promoter  and  leader. 
I  do  not  know  his  name,  but  I  think  it  was  ^Stephen  Moulton. 
He  .was  the  father  of  Col.  Stephen  Moulton  of  Revolutionary 
times,  who  lived  in  Stafford,  Conn.,  was  sick,  took  a  very  active 
part  in  the  contest,  was  a  colonel,  furnished  three  sons  and  sup- 
plies for  the  army.     Those  sons  were  taken  prisoners — Salmon, 


*Ebenezer  was  the  name  of  the  father  of  Col.  Stephen.     See 
page  70,  E.  A.  C. 


4IO  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Stephen  and  Howard  Moulton.  They  were  confined  in  a  prison 
ship  in  New  York.  I  think  Col.  Moulton  was  taken  prisoner  and 
when  he  was  released  on  exchange  caused  his  sons  to  be  set  at 
liberty. 

Col.  Moulton  was  rich  when  discharged.  He  was  paid  in 
continental  scrip.  After  he  came  home  he  sent  a  man  to  Herki- 
mer Co.,  N.  Y.,  to  buy  land  from  what  was  then  called  Royal 
Grant.  The  agent  was  to  pay  $1.00  per  acre.  It  had  advanced 
twenty-five  cents  per  acre  (Poor,  honest  man!)  He  went  back 
very  soon.  The  scrip  was  good  for  naught.  Was  left  poor.  He 
came  back  to  Floyd,  Oneida  Co.,  N.  Y.,  where  most  of  his  sons 
lived,  his  wife  having  died.  He  was  a  college-bred  man,  very 
much  of  a  gentleman,  as  I  have  been  told.  He  was  short  and 
thick  set.  I  can't  tell  the  color  of  his  eyes  or  hair.  He  had  been 
or  lived  in  affluence.  It  proved  very  humiliating  to  a  manly  man 
to  be  poor,  dependent  on  his  children  or  any  one  else  after  doing 
what  he  had  for  his  country  and  posterity.  (Can't  give  dates  as 
I  would  like,  of  birth  or  death,  but  it  is  recorded.  If  I  obtain 
them  I  will  let  you  know  hereafter.) 

Col.  Moulton  lived  until  the  officers  were  about  to  be  pen- 
sioned. The  bill  was  expected  to  be  sanctioned  that  winter  by 
the  government. 

He  and  a  friend  took  a  Utica  newspaper,  together.  It  was 
about  twelve  inches  square.  His  grandson,  Josiah,  was  going 
to  the  wood  for  wood.  He  hopped  on  and  held  on  by  a  stake. 
(He  was  very  active.)  He  rode  to  the  neighbor's,  got  the  paper 
and  walked  home — a  quarter  of  a  mile.  He  was  at  his  son  Ben- 
jamin's, where  he  always  had  a  warm  welcome.  The  son  and 
wife  were  noble  specimens  of  humanity.  The  Colonel  always 
had  his  arm  chair  and  little  table  at  one  side  of  the  fire-place.  The 
wife,  Sarah,  was  about  her  work.  He  was  reading  about  the 
pensions.  She  asked  him  a  question.  He  did  not  answer.  She 
looked  and  he  was  dead.  It  was  not  known  whether  it  was  the 
excitement  of  what  he  read  that  caused  it.    It  was  apoplexy. 

He  was  buried  at  Floyd  Corners,  Oneida  Co.,  nearly  opposite 
the  house  he  died  in.  He  was  one  of  the  first  that  was  buried 
in  that  cemetery.    He  was  carried  on  a  bier  by  his  neighbors. 


MOULTON   OF   FOUR-SCORE.  41 1 

The  house  is  still  standing-.  A  two-storied,  gambrel-roofed 
house,  owned  by  his  son,  Benjamin,  has  been  built,  too,  and  im- 
proved. It  is  still  owned  by  the  heirs  of  Linus  Moulton,  a  nephew 
of  Ben ;  rented  hers  in  New  York  city.  I  think  Col.  Moulton 
must  have  died  about  1812.  History  can  tell  that.  History  speaks 
of  him,  but  not  as  it  should,  knowing  what  he  did  for  his  country. 

The  Moultons  were  a  manly  race,  high-toned,  with  much 
self-esteem.  They  liked  to  seek  and  liked  to  carry  the  purse. 
They  were  very  hospitable ;  always  had  a  place  for  the  stranger. 
They  showed  lover  of  offspring,  love  of  country,  hatred  of  the 
English.  Were  much  inclined  to  military  renown.  They  liked 
praise,  but  if  they  did  not  get  it  the  world  was  no  wiser. 

Will  now  turn  to  the  grandchildren — the  children  of  Col. 
Moulton.  Salmon  Moulton,  born  in  Stafford,  Conn.  He  was  a 
college-bred  man,  a  very  devout  Methodist,  a  class  leader  for 
years.  Lived  to  over  ninety  years  of  age.  He  was  rather  small 
of  stature,  with  sandy  complexion.  (This  tribe  I  knew  for  over 
forty  years.)  He  was  a  farmer,  well-to-do.  His  father  gave 
him  a  liberal  education  and  a  farm.  Being  the  eldest,  he  could 
do  so  at  that  time.  Salmon  married  Susan  Johnson  of  Conn., 
noted  for  gift  of  prayer.    They  had  six  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Harry,  the  eldest,  married  a  cousin,  Lucretia  Moulton.  They 
had  three  sons  and  one  daughter.  All  but  one  died  pretty  young. 
He  lived  in  Floyd,  near  the  old  homestead. 

Aurora  Moulton  was  married  in  Conn.  Had  two  sons  and  one 
daughter. 

Horace  lives  in  Berlin,  Wis.,  He  is  a  money  loaner,  well  off 
and  a  bachelor. 

Cyrus,  his  brother,  lives  in  Turin,  Lewis  Co.,  N.  Y.  He  deals 
in  iron ;  is  well-to-do ;  has  a  wife  and  two  children.  Mrs.  Kiggs, 
a  sister,  lives  in  Turin.  Her  husband,  an  iron  merchant,  is  said 
to  be  very  wealthy. 

Stephen  Moulton  was  in  the  prison  in  New  York ;  also  Salmon. 
Both  deserved  pensions  in  time.  Stephen,  farmer  on  Floyd  Hill, 
had  two  sons  and  three  daughters. 

Jesse,  farmer,  played  on  the  violin,  taught  his  children  fine 


412  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

manners  and  to  dance.  He  loved  his  friends,  was  very  hospitable, 
had  a  most  excellent  wife  from  Albany,  N.  Y.  One  daughter, 
Julia,  married  a  Bell.  She  lives  in  Vernon,  Oneida  Co.,  New 
York. 

His  son,  Lewis,  an  artist,  lived  in  Rome,  N.  Y  He  is  dead.. 
The  other  sons  were  in  merchandise.  I  don't  know  where,  if 
living. 

Asa,  Stephen's  son,  was  very  queer.  He  made  lots  of  fun 
for  the  tribe.    I  will  not  try  to  delineate  him. 

Two  of  the  daughters  raised  nice  families.  Polly,  the  eldest, 
had  no  children.  I  think  that  branch  are  nearly  all  dead.  If  I 
could  see  you,  would  relate  some  funny  things  which  are  of  no 
interest  now.  (I  lived  forty  years  among  them;  was  rather  a 
pet  with  all.     I  think  they  esteemed  me  as  much  as  they  ought.) 

To  go  back,  Stephen  had  two  elder  sons,  Abel  and  Israel, 
wealthy  men — called  by  flic  tribe  "Little"  and  "I  They  had 

large  families,  scattered  now. 

Howard  Moulton,  son  of  old  Col.  Moulton,  lived  in  Troy,  N. 
Y.  He  was  in  the  Revolution.  He  had  three  children,  a  son 
and  two  daughters. 

Joseph,  a  lawyer,  was  a  partner  of  Daniel  Webster  in  N.  Y. 
The  eldest  daughter  married  Gen.  Wool  of  Troy  N.  Y.  He  was 
superior  in  intellect;  was  to  have  aided  her  husband  in  advance- 
ment.    They  had  no  children. 

The  other  daughter  married  a  Griswold.  They  lived  in  Troy. 
Were  said  to  be  always  intimately  connected  with  the  Wools. 
The  property  is  all  in  the  Griswold  name. 

On  the  General  Wool  place  was  a  tree  (I  can't  give  the  his- 
tory") which  has  lately  fallen.    Troy  people  can  do  so. 

Xext  are  Joseph  and  Benjamin,  twins.  Ben.,  the  father  of 
my  husband,  was  born  in  Conn.  He  married  Sarah  Johnson. 
They   had  ten  children. 

John  Moulton,  the  eldest,  lived  at  Clarence,  near  Buffalo,  N. 
Y.  They  had  two  sons.  One  was  crippled  from  birth.  He 
still  lives  at  the  old  homestead.  The  father  was  a  mechanic  and 
farmer.  He  married  Betsey  Boman  of  Lancaster,  Tenn.  They 
accumulated  a  fine  property.     The  place  was  called  Bomansville. 


MOULTON    OF    FOUR-SCORE.  413 

The   mother   and    father  died   not  long  ago.     Both   were  very 
worthy  people. 

James,  the  youngest,  lives  at  Big  Stone,  Minnesota,  bordering 
on  Dakota.  He  is  a  farmer,  a  reliable  man.  Had  six  daughters. 
Most  of  them  live  at  Bomansville  or  near. 

Mary  Moulton  Knighton  lives  at  Bomansville.  She  owns  the 
mill  property.  I  cannot  give  the  names  of  all.  It  was  a  very 
respectable,  worthy  family. 

Eleanor,  the  eldest  daughter,  was  born  in  Floyd,  N.  Y.  She 
went  to  Wiliamsville.  She  married  John  Roberts,  a  merchant. 
They  had  three  daughters. 

Sal  Maria  was  very  accomplished  and  fine  looking;  would  be 
noticed  in  a  crowd.    She  died  at  twenty-four. 

Marion,  the  second,  traveled  extensively  in  South  America. 
She  married  William  Wakeman  of  Kentucky,  a  cousin  of  the 
Wakeman  in  the  New  York  post  office.  He  went  to  the  Rubber 
field  on  the  Amazon.  She  lives  in  or  near  Utica.  She  has  had 
a  varied  life.  She  is  still  a  very  intelligent  woman.  She  com- 
menced a  book  of  travels. 

Georgiana  died  in  infancy. 

Eleanor  was  the  mother  of  daughters.  All  had  dark  hair. 
She  was  a  very  superior  woman  in  looks  and  personal  appear- 
ance. At  that  time  I  never  saw  a  lady  that  could  so  inverse 
with  gentlemen  of  high  station.  She  seemed  at  home  on  all  sub- 
jects. She  was  a  very  devout  Methodist,  and  in  fact  a  very  su- 
perior woman.  She  died  at  the  same  time  as  Sal  Maria  cf  an 
epidemic  called  "Black  Tongue"  that  prevailed.  It  was  the  same 
winter  that  malaria  flourished  in  New  York.     I  can't  give  dates. 

Arthur  H.  Moulton,  the  son  of  Ben.,  was  born  at  Greenbush, 

Co.,  New  York.     He  lived  in  Floyd  up  to  manhood. 

In  August,  1822,  he  went  to  Williamsville,  New  York,  where  he 
resided  until  his  death.  He  had  red  hair.  He  married  Esther 
Hyde  of  Lebanon  Conn.,  by  whom  he  had  four  children ;  but  one 
is  living.  A.  H.  Moulton,  Jr.,  of  Acron,  N.  Y.,  the  father,  died 
four  years  since,  aged  eighty-six.  He  lived  more  than  sixty  years 
at  Williamsville  as  carpenter  and  merchant.  He  was  a  very 
devoted  disciple  and  strictly  honorable  all  his  life.    He  was  called 


414  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Deacon  in  the  family.    He  was  three  times  married.    The  last  wife 

survived  him.     She  was  a  Mrs.  Taylor.     If  living  she  may  be  in 
Chicago  with  an  adopted  son.    I  cannot  call  his  name. 

• 

Next  is  Josiah  Moulton.  my  husband.  He  was  born  in  Green- 
bush,  X.  Y.  He  came  to  Floyd,  Oneida  Co.,  in  infancy.  He 
grew  to  twenty-two  years,  then  married  Chloe  C.  Greene  of  Tren- 
ton. Oneida  Co.,  October  n.  1827.  Floyd  and  Trenton  were  ad- 
joining towns.  They  lived  at  Holland  Fatten  for  several  years. 
They  were  married  at  Floyd.  He  was  a  carriage  maker;  very 
mechanical.  He  could  go  to  the  woods,  cut,  build  and  finish  a 
house,  even  to  paint  and  paper.  He  was  full  six  feet,  very  erect, 
with  dark  hair  and  eyes  and  fine  features;  very  fine  ill  appear- 
ance. He  was  a  manly  man.  The  Moultons  were  strong  Demo- 
crats. At  a  certain  time  he  became  Republican  and  disgusted  the 
old  heads.  He  had  to  fight  alum.  He  maintained  his  integrity 
to  the  day  of  hi>  death.  He  was  l>. .rn  December  2,  [804;  died 
August   13,   1880,  of  heart  d  He  was  partial   to  military 

drills.  He  raised  an  Independent  Rifle  Co.  and  was  made  Briga- 
dier-General. He  had  his  commission  from  Gov.  Maury  of  New 
York.    It  is  still  pr<  i.    He  had  five  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Powers,   born  in  Trenton,   lives  at  Onala.-ka.   Wis.,   near  La 

-se.  He  had  much  to  do  in  the  lumber  business.  He  mar- 
ried Cittana  Hall  of  Vermont  He  had  ten  children,  four  sons 
and  six  daughters.  They  all  grew  to  maturity.  One  son  has 
since  died  at  twenty-seven.  All  were  correct  and  intelligent.  All 
but  one  live  in  the  same  village. 

.W'Xt,  our  daughter  Ellen  married  L.  Hinkston  May  2d,  1840. 
She  had  five  daughters  and  one  son.  Chloe  and  Clara  were  twins. 
Chloe  was  an  artist  of  fair  repute.  She  married  Dr.  John  Shei- 
gart.  They  live  in  Waukegan,  Ills.  No  children.  Clara  married 
George  Parmalee.  They  live  at  Minneapolis,  Minn.  He  is  in 
the  furniture  business.  They  have  three  children.  Nelly,  the 
eldest,  married  Chas.  Wicard,  cashier  of  the  First  National  Bank, 
Waukegan.     They  have  three  sons. 

May,  the  youngest  daughter,  married  Al.  Berry,  a  grocer. 
They  live  now  in  Chicago.     Xo  children. 


MOULTON    OF    FOUR-SCORE.  415 

The  son  lives  in  Minneapolis ;  in  the  furniture  trade ;  unmar- 
ried. 

The  other  daughter  died  in  infancy. 

Ellen  H.  Moulton,  the  mother  of  these,  was  born  in  Floyd, 
June  22.  She  died  January  3,  1880,  of  spinal  disease.  She  ex- 
celled in  goodness. 

R.  J.  Moulton,  our  second  son,  was  born  February  13,  1836. 
He  lives  in  Indianapolis  and  writes  in  the  Western  Union  Tele- 
graph Company.  He  has  for  sixteen  years  been  crippled  in  the 
lower  limbs  from  typhoid  fever.  He  has  dark  hair,  is  fine  looking 
and  corpulent.  He  married  Mary  C.  Stillwell  of  Alton,  Ills.  Had 
three  sons.  Lester  died  young.  Frank  is  in  the  elevator  busi- 
ness.    Ralph  S.  is  a  boy  of  ten. 

James  Arthur  Moulton  lives  in  Waukegan,  Ills.  He  is  a 
farmer.  He  married  Emily  Iluklon  of  Waukegan.  No  children. 
He  has  auburn  hair  and  is  of  medium  height.  He  enlisted  in  the 
army  as  a  private.  He  stayed  until  the  close  of  the  war;  was 
not  wounded. 

Josiah  Moulton,  Jr.,  enlisted  as  a  private.  He  was  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  Lookout  Mountain.  He  was  shot  in  the  mouth 
and  lost  two  teeth.  He  was  in  the  hospital  at  Nashville  until 
the  close  of  the  war.  He  has  dark  hair,  is  tall  and  corpulent — 
rather  fine  looking.  ITe  lives  in  Indianapolis  and  is  in  the  Atlantic 
Tea  Store.  He  married  Margaret  Cooper  of  Ohio.  \To  chil- 
dren. 

Powers  <  i.  Moulton,  the  eldest  (already  mentioned)  was  in 
the  war.  but  not  wounded. 

Benton  Moulton  died  in  infancy. 

Joseph  Moulton  was  born  in  Stafford,  Conn.  He  married 
a  Miss  Johnson  of  the  same  state.  They  had  four  sons  and  six 
daughters.  I  did  not  know  much  of  them,  save  the  eldest,  Eliza- 
beth. I  knew  her  intimately.  She  married  John  Hawke,  by  whom 
she  had  ten  children,  eight  sons  and  two  daughters.  The  sons 
are  all  dead.  Her  daughter.  Mrs.  Rice,  lives  at  Kankakee,  Ills. 
He  is  engaged  in  selling  goods.  Owns  a  good  home.  Is  very 
favorably  known  in  Kankakee  on  the  north  side  of  the  river. 

Elizabeth  Moulton  Hawke  married  a  second  time.     She  was 


4l6  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

known  as  Mrs.  Vaughn.     She  died  in  1886  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
six. 

Josiah  Moulton,  Sr.,  should  have  come  before  Ben.  and  Jo- 
seph. He  was  born  in  Stafford,  Conn.  Lived  in  Troy^and  Al- 
bany. He  married  Rebecca  Huse  of  New  York.  They  had  two 
children,  Charles  and  Harriet.  He  had  sandy  hair,  was  tall 
and  graceful  and  fascinating  in  address.  He  was  in  the  mercan- 
tile business  with  his  brother.  Howard,  in  Troy.  He  was  sheriff 
of  Albany  Co.  He  came  to  Floyd  in  about  18 15.  In  the  mean- 
time his  son,  Charles,  had  grown  to  manhood  and  become  wealthy. 
He  lived  in  New  York  many  years.    He  married  irene  M<  t/ 

of  French  descent.  They  had  several  children.  The  eldest, 
Charles,  Sr.,  married  a  Miss  Greenough  of  Boston  or  Harvard. 
She  went  to  Paris  and  figured  much  in  Empress  Eugenie's  court. 
She  carried  dispatches  of  importance  and  was  a  favorite  in  high 
circles.  She  was  an  elegant  person,  pertaining  to  beauty  and 
accomplishments.  Her  husband  died  some  years  since.  She 
marric-d  again,  1  think  an  Italian  lord  or  prince,  and  has  gone 
to  his  people  with  her  husband.  It  was  published  in  the  American 
newspaper  >. 

Clara  Moulton,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  a  Mr.  Brown 
of  New  York.  In  traveling  hack  and  forth  on  the  Atlantic  the 
vessel  was  lost.  All  on  board  were  lost.  Clara,  husband  and 
child  all  went  down.     Charles  Moulton,  her  lath-  in   Ft 

visiting  his  mother.  When  he  read  the  paper  it  dropped  from 
his  hand.  He  said  not  a  word,  but  started  for  I'tica,  thence  to 
\ew  York.     Such  events  are  registered.    You  can  search. 

The  next  daughter  married  a  German  prince  or  dignitary. 
Had  children,  but  lived  apart.  lie,  wanting  a  higher  station, 
could  not  assume  it  if  any  of  his  or  his  wile's  family  had  been 
on  the  stage  as  an  actress.  His  wife's  great  grandmother  had 
been  this.  It  was  the  German  law.  I  think  there  is  a  son  and 
daughter,  she  having  married  a  foreigner. 

Charles  Moulton,  Sr.,  lived  in  Paris  many  years,  then  went 
to  some  famous  water  place  on  the  coast  of  Brittany,  I  think. 
He  died  there,  three  years  since,  more  than  eighty.  His  wife 
died  a  few  years  previous.     He  had  dark  hair  like  his  mothi 


MOULTON    OF   FOUR-SCORE.  417 

was  of  medium  height.     He  made  money  easily;  made  a  great 
deal  in  New  York.     His  heirs  must  own  property  there  now. 

Hariet  Moulton,  only  sister  of  Charles,  Sr.,  came  to  Floyd 
with  parents.  Her  hair  was  sandy.  She  was  very  fair  and  grace- 
ful in  manners.  She  was  very  accomplished.  She  married  Pow- 
ers Greene,  who  was  raised  a  farmer  in  Trenton  (he  was  a 
brother  of  mine).  He  went  into  merchandise.  They  have  one 
daughter,  Harriet  C.  Greene.  The  mother  died  when  the  child 
was  an  infant.  She  lived  with  her  grandmother  until  seven  years 
old;  then  she  went  to  Little  Falls  to  live  with  Dr.  Greene,  a 
brother  of  father.  She  was  educated  there  until  twenty-one.  The 
father  traveled  in  the  South.  1  larrirt  came  to  Illinois  about  1850. 
She  was  with  me  a  year.  She  married  II.  M.  Hills,  a  merchant, 
of  Waukegan.  They  had  two  sons  and  three  daughters.  Mr. 
Hills  built  a  fine  resilience  in  Waukegan.  lie  died  at  about  forty- 
five  of  consumption.  Hi>  wife  still  lives  at  the  homestead  with 
daughters,  or  they  with  her.  The  son.  Frank  P.  Hills,  graduated 
at  Racine,  Wis.,  then  went  to  Harvard,  Mass..  and  studied  a 
time.     He  had  first  entered  a  partnership.     He  had  typhoid  and 

I  in  two  weeks,  his  mother  and  sister  being  in  Europe.    He 

a  very  promising  man  of  twenty-seven.     He  was  of  more 

than   common   promise   and    worthy   of   all   that   had   been   done 

him  in  education.      He   had   made   the  best  of  his  time.     It 
was  a  very  sad  blow  to  his  mother  and  all. 

The  mother  and  si»ter.  Rebecca,  came  home,  but  alas!  What 
could  they  do?    Submit. 

Mrs.  Hills  inherited  property  from  her  father,  also  from  her 
husband.  In  fact,  she  is  very  well  off.  Her  eldest  daughter, 
flattie  traveled  in  Europe  one  year  and  a  half.  She  is  now  in 
Waukegan.  at  home.  When  Mrs.  Hills  went  to  Europe  she  vis- 
ited her  uncle  Charles.  He  had  obtained  much  information  rela- 
tive to  the  Moulton  race,  which  she  learned  through  him,  which 
she  may  communicate  to  you  if  you  write  or  visit  her. 

Her  address  is  IT.  C.  Hills,  Waukegan,  Lake  Co.,  Ills.     Fred 

Hills  died  young.     Grace,  the  youngest  is  still  with  her  mother. 

v.  here  is  another  mistake.     Two  of  Benjamin's  I  have 

omitted.     James  Moulton,  son  of  Benjamin,  was  born  in  Flovd. 


418  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

He  had  sandy  hair,  was  a  very  bright  boy  and  very  industrious. 
He  picked  berries  to  buy  school  books.  When  he  was  eight 
wars  old  his  cousin,  Charles  Moulton,  came  to  Floyd  and  took 
a  fancy  to  him.  He  told  his  father  to  send  him  to  .\\-\v  York 
and  he  would  procure  a  place  for  him.  In  a  year  or  so  he  did, 
fitting  him  out  in  country  home-spun  and  feeling  that  they  had 
done  pretty  well,  lie  was  hopeful,  feeling  that  all  was  right. 
But,  alas  for  human  expectations!  His  cousin  thought  he  would 
do  all,  so  took  him  to  a  tailor  and  had  him  fitted  to  a  city  suit, 
got  him  a  position  and  he  prospered.  James  afterwards  told  me 
that  he  had  paid  all  indebtedness  or  favors  to  Charles.  1  le  re- 
mained in  New  York  until  about  eighteen,  lie  learned  the  trade 
of  merchandise  and  was  a  very  expert  salesman.  He  came  to 
Holland  Patten  where  his  parents  then  lived,  lie  visited  a  while, 
then  went  to  Rome,  \.  Y..  ten  miles  away  as  a  clerk  of  dry 
goods.  He  did  well  and  made  friends  easily.  This  was  in  about 
[829.      About   this"   time   came   a   wonderful    revival.      He   became 

devoted  to  that,  experienced  Methodism  and  came  out  a  bright 

light.     At  this  time  he  married   Hannah   WestCOtt,  u  hose  father 

sheriff  of  Rome.    He  was  appointed  missionary  to  a  remnant 

'•r"  Oneida  Indians.  It  was  woods,  then,  but  afterwards  Oneida 
community. 

After  a  time  he  went  to  Turin,  Lewes  Co.,  as  a  merchant. 
He  did  not  succeed  well — a  boy.  yet  encumbered  with  a  family. 
He  went  back  to  \ew  York  after  a  time  and  succeeded  well  as 
jobber  and  importer.  He  was  connected  with  the  best  linns  in 
Xew  York  and  at  one  time  was  worth  a  hundred  or  two  thousand 
then  lost  and  gained.  He  bought  a  house  on  Twenty-first  street, 
then  sold  it  and  went  to  Morrisena.  He  bought  a  large  space  for 
gardening,  rose  early  and  did  all  the  work  but  spading.  He 
(1  two  "r  three  crops  and  kept  bees,  working  like  a  tailor. 
At  the  proper  time  he  was  down  town  at  business  and  then  home 
at  night  to  work  in  his  garden.  He  was  restless  and  did  not  love 
a  lazy  person.  While  doing  this  he  raised  three  sons  and  four 
daughters,  including  one  pair  of  twin. 

Sarah  married  Tom  Timson.  He  had  much  to  do  with  a 
book  publishing  house.     I  can't  place   it.     Timson  died  a   few 


MOULTON    OF    FOUR-SCORE.  4IO, 

years  since.  His  wife  lives  at  Morrisena,  near  her  fathers  resi- 
dence. She  has  seven  sons  and  daughters  and  she  settles  her 
own  estate. 

Letitia,  the  second  daughter,  married  Stoker.  His  grand- 
father was  a  Hollander.  He  came  at  the  first  settlement  and 
brought  timber  for  his  house  above  Fortieth  street.  He  bought 
a  hundred  acres.  The  old  house  has  been  torn  down  and  the 
railroad  is  in  its  place.  Stoker  lives  near  Fortieth  street.  I  do 
not  know  on  what  avenue.  Letitia  has  no  children.  She  is  re- 
ported rich. 

James  was  a  strong  Democrat  and  Methodist  and  remained 
so  to  the  last.  lie  had  two  sons,  not  strong  men.  They  died 
there,  after  speculating,  I  think. 

Jery,  the  only  son  left,  is  in  Xew  York.  I  do  not  know  his 
business  or  plar 

Jane,  the  youngest,  lives  in  New  York.  I  cannot  tell  her  hus- 
band's name. 

James  Moulton  was  a  very  generous,  noble  man.  He  did 
many  generous  acts  of  kindness  to  the  poor.  lie  was  with  us  six 
months  of  his  life  in  Waukegan,  Ills.  He  suffered  terribly  with 
spinal  and  Bright's  disease.  He  went  back  to  New  York  to  his 
daughter,  Sarah  Timson.  He  died  with  his  children  about  him, 
fully  resigned.  1  [e  bad  fought  the  battle  of  life  manfully.  He  ac- 
quired a  classic  education  after  he  was  a  man.  He  died  some 
time  in  the  seventies.  He  left  some  property  for  his  children, 
his  wife  having  died  some  years  before. 

Maria  Moulton.  the  youngest,  married  Hezekiah  Mclnltosh 
of  Hollandpatten.  Xew  York.  They  had  ten  children,  eight  sons 
and  two  daughters.  They  were  brought  up  on  a  farm  in  Tren- 
ton and  Steuben,  Oneida  Co. 

Andrew  J.  Mcintosh  lives  in  Utica.  also  Ichabod.  They  were 
lawyers  of  repute.  Andrew  owns,  I  think,  what  was  "Boggs 
Hotel"  and  lives  there.  He  married  an  Albany  lady.  No  chil- 
dren. Ichabod  married  a  Miss  Barnum  of  Utica.  They  have 
four  children.  Both  brothers  owned  much  real  estate.  The  other 
sons  are  scattered  or  dead. 


420  MOULTON    ANNALS. 

Sarah  married  Josiah  Brown,  a  lawyer,  of  Utica.  They  now 
live  in  Hollandpatten. 

The  other  sister  married  a  Mr.  Wells,  a  fanner,  of  Tren- 
ton. 

Ebenezer  Moulton,  the  youngest  son  of  old  Col.  Moulton,  was 
born  in  Stafford.  He  lived  and  died  in  Floyd,  lie  married  a 
Miss  Sillsbridge  of  Verona.  They  had  two  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters. 

Linus  Moulton  lived  in  Floyd  in  the  same  house  his  grand- 
father, Col.  Moulton,  died  in.     He  married  <  Hive  .     I  cannot 

call  the  last  name.  She  was  a  worthy  woman.  They  had  one 
son,  Germain,  and  mx  daughters.  He  died  at  twenty-four,  He 
was  a  good  and  promising  son.  He  died  of  consumption.  Mary 
Married  Asa  Clark.  They  had  one  child.  Emma  Clark;  lives  in 
Xew  York  city.  All  are  dead  but  Emma.  The  other  sisters  died 
young  of  consumption. 

Harriet  married  Armstrong  of  Koine,  a  merchant,  none  but 
Louise   leaving   SOUS.      She   married   Thorn   of   I  md.   Ohio. 

They  had   SOUS  in  I  o. 

David  Moulton  was  educated  and  brought  up  in  Floyd.  I  It- 
married  Huldah  Sisers  of  Steuben.  They  had  four  daughl 
He  wa>  a  strong  Democrat,  self-made  and  fine  looking.  He  had 
a  fine  figure,  six  feet  tall.  He  was  well  proportioned  and  com- 
manding. He  »i:tst  be  obeyed  in  military  politics.  He  was  a 
lawyer  and  went  to  the  legislature  at  Albany,  i  le  was  ele 
sheriff  of  '  taeida  Co.  two  or  three  times.     H  called  "I 

.Moulton."  He  had  many  friends.  Some  say  his  hobby  was  to 
accumulate  wealth,  not  to  build  for  posterity.  He  labored  in  this 
way  and  was  very  successful,  amassing  one  or  two  hundred  thou- 
sand. In  a  weak  moment  he  signed  for  a  shoe  tirm  in  Rochester. 
X.  Y.  and  was  ruined.  It  \seiit  through  a  course  of  law.  Sol 
thing  was  left  him.  In  the  meantime  he  married  again,  contrary 
to  his  daughters'  wishes.  He  died  four  years  since  of  paral 
at  about  eighty.     He  was  buried  near  his  home.     He  was  a  man 

gerat  natural  abilities  and  very  strong  will  power. 

"King  David"  had  four  daughters.  Julia  married  Xehemiah 
Sleeper  of  Massachusetts,  a  merchant.     They  had  a  son,  David 


MOULTON    OF   FOUR-SCORE.  421 

Moulton  Sleeper.     He  was  in  Herkimer  Co.  not  long  since,  bev 
tween  Utica  and  Littls  Falls. 

Two  daughters  were  theirs.  Caesarene  married  a  lawyer  of 
note,  Robinson,  living  near  Utica.  She  died  early,  leaving  one 
son.     She  was  beautiful  and  accomplished. 

Huldah  married  a  Hale  and  is  now  living  in  Utica. 

Marion  Moulton  married  Henry  Kellogg  of  Utica.  They  had 
two  sons.  Moulton  Kellogg  is  in  New  York.  They  are  said  to 
be  sharp  lawyers.     Fred  Kellogg  also  lives  in  New  York. 

Sarah  Moulton  married  Ed.  Kellogg,  a  brother  of  Henry. 
She  has  two  daughter-.  They  all  live  in  Xew  York.  Eliza  Moul- 
ton married  William  Pratt  of  Utica.  a  lawyer.  They  live  in  Utica. 
They  had  n  and  two  daughters.    I  hie,  Rochester,  is  in  Chi- 

'.  Ills. 

After  David--  death  the  children  and  grandchildren  contested 
the  will  against  the  wife,  calling  her  no  wife.  But  the  courts 
in  Utica  decided  she  was  his  wife,  and  lawfully  made  her  ad- 
ministratrix. It  was  all  published  in  the  Utica  papers  one  year 
since. 

Eben  Moulton  married  again,  a  Miss  Gardner  of  Utica.  They 
had  one  -on  and  two  daughters. 

Orris  Moulton  lived  in  Southern  Illinois,  lie  was  a  stock 
raiser  of  note.  He  died  in  St.  Louis  of  cholera  on  his  way  home, 
transporting  stock,  near  1850.  He  left  a  wife  and  several  chil- 
dren. 

Eliza  Moulton  married  Hosea  Clark  of  Massachusetts.  She 
had  a  very  beautiful  daughter,  who  died  young.  This  hastened 
her  father's  death.  The  mother  was  a  most  beautiful  girl.  She 
was  like  a  moss  rose  in  a  flower  garden.  She  had  dark  hair,  but 
was  fair,  and  was  the  envy  of  some  of  the  tribe,  being  the  second 
wife's  child. 

Hosea  Clark  was  a  widower  and  had  two  sons,  Arthur  and 
Alford.  Arthur  died  in  manhood.  Mrs.  Clark  and  the  son,  Al- 
ford  lives  at  Nowich,  Conn.  They  keep  a  hotel  and  boarding 
hoi: 

Maria  Moulton  married  a  Mr.  Tony  of  Kentucky;  is  widowed, 
if  living.     She  may  be  with  her  sister,  Mrs.  Clark. 


422  MOULTON   ANNALS. 

Stephen  Moulton,  the  son  of  Salmon,  did  live  in  Rome,  New 
York.  I  think  he  has  some  writing  pertaining  to  the  ancestors. 
His  wife  may  have  them,  if  living.  He  was  an  educated  man; 
was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church  and  gave  a  legacy  to  young 
men  that  were  fitting  for  that  order. 

Joshua  Moulton,  the  son  of  Salmon,  had  Severn,  the  father 
of  Frank  Moulton,  who  figured  in  the  Beecher  trial.    He  is  dead. 

Salmon  also  had  a  son,  John,  a  printer,  in  \\\\  York,  in  Mr. 
Greely's  office.    He  is  dead  also. 


IAMKS    CAKDXKR    MOULT<  >N. 


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ADDENDA. 

Jotham  Moultox,  born  in ,  Maine. 

Children: 

i.  Jeremiah. 

2.  Jotham. 

3.  James  Gardner,  b.  Sept.  8,  1819. 

4.  Mary,  m.  Dow. 

5.  Abby,  m.  Bradbury. 

6.  Lydia  Ann,  m.  Roswell  Squires. 

James  Gardner  Moultox,  b.  Sept.  8,  1819,  at  Biddeford, 
Maine ;  m.  Sarah  Jane  McCorrison. 

Children  born  at  South  Boston,  Mass. : 

1.  James  Gardner,  b.  May   12,   1844;  m.   Sophia 

Malta  Bassett. 

2.  Frank,  b.  Sept.  22,  1848 ;  m.  Abbie  Huff. 

Children:    Frank  Samuel,  Mary  Ella,  Abbie 
Laura,  and  James  Gardner,  Jr. 

James  Gardner  Moultox,  born  in  South  Boston,  Mass.,  May 
12,  1844.  After  leaving  High  School  served  five  years  at  engrav- 
ing, carving  and  designing.  Professor  of  mathematics  and  lec- 
turer under  the  auspices  of  the  Bryant  and  Stratton  Business 
College  of  Baltimore,  Md.,  1876-1881 ;  since  1885  engaged  in 
Chicago  as  importer  and  dealer  in  American  and  foreign  paint- 
ings;  mason  (32nd  degree),  Hesperia  Lodge,  Washington  Chap- 
ter, Chicago  Commandery,  Oriental  Consistory,  Chicago  Council, 
and  Shriner. 


424 


MOULTON    ANNALS. 


Moulton  had  children,  Levi,  John,  Christopher,  Jerry, 

David,  Ellen,  Marjory. 

Levi  Moulton,  son  of  the  above,  m.  Rebecca  Lacy. 
Children : 


William  Alexander. 

Mary. 

Eliza. 

Indiana. 

Amelia. 

Elizabeth. 


William  Alexander  Moulton,  b.  Aug.  14,  1843,  at  Patriot, 
Switzerland  County,  Indiana,  m.  Ruth  X.  Cavendar,  b.  February 
10,  1848,  at  Chattanooga.  Tennessee,  daughter  of  Thomas  Caven- 
dar and  Ruth  Dale. 

Children  : 

Thomas  L. 
Orrin  O. 
Hallie  E. 
Bertha  M. 
Grace. 
Maud  I!. 


ORRIX   O.   MOULTON. 

Louisville.  Kv. 


INDEXES. 

Persons  by  the  Name  of  Moulton,  Moulten,  Etc. 

(The  Revolutionary  War  rolls,  Chapter  13,  are  not  indexed  as  they  are  arranged 
in  alphabetical  order  under  each  state.) 


Aaron,  262,  345. 

Abbie  Ann,  298. 

Abbie  Cora.  237,  248. 

Abbie  J.,  297. 

Abbie  Laura,  4:23. 

Abbie   M..   199. 

Abbie  S.,  315. 

Abby,  77,  159,  4:.'.:. 

Abby  Ann,  165. 

Abby  D.,  229. 

Abby  M.,  19:2. 

Abel,  71,  81,  187,  188,  189,  191,  192. 
412. 

Abiah,  258. 

Abial,  334,  335,  .137. 

Abigail,  63,  64.  65,  60.  72.  151,  187, 
188,  193,  209,  210.  211.  213,  215, 
216,  217,  219,  220,  222.  221.  225, 
226,  235,  259.  260.  261,  262,  264, 
265,  269,  274.  27:».  280,  284,  289. 

Abigail  Faxon.  162,  163. 

Abigail  Knowles,  221. 

Abigail  Rush,  190. 

Abigail  Smith,  222. 

Abigail   W.,   335. 

Abner,  68.  72,  82.  347. 

Abra  Wentworth.  229. 

Abraham.   210    213. 

Ada  C,  311. 

Ada   F..  284,  314. 

Adaline  Lucy,  87. 

Adaline  Sherman.  106. 

A.ldie,  233.  240. 

Addie   M.,  233. 

Addie  Rebecca.  242. 

Addison   D.,   298. 

Adella  M.,  346. 

Agnes,   225. 

Agnes  Genevieve,  238. 

Agnes   H.,  201. 

Aimes  Lucetta.  312. 

Albanus  Averv.  334. 


Albanus  K.,  334.  336. 

Albert,  90,  164,  165.  192,  197,  292,  339, 

340,  347. 
Albert  A.,  231. 
Albert  Ba«on,  340. 
Albert  H.,  297.  347. 
Albert  R.,  315. 
Albert  Sweetser,  114. 
Albert  S.,  284,  297. 
Albert    \Y;illi-.    172. 
AII*>rta  A.,  304. 
Alberta  M..  233. 
Albion.  305. 
Albion  II..  232. 
Albion  J..  304. 
Alcestes  I...  288. 
Ahlen.  225. 
Alfred  1\.  197. 
Alice,    103,    174,    187,    199.    232,    240, 

2S0. 
Alice  (  otton.  86. 
Alice  C,  310,  317. 
Alice  J.,  307. 
Alice  Lummus.   173. 
Alice  L..  166.  174. 
Alice  W..  196. 
Allen  B.,  290.  307. 
Allen  C  198. 
Almedia  S.,  234. 
Almerin,  S3.  96. 
Almira.  292. 
Almira  F..  303. 
Alonzo.  311,  335. 
Alonzo  Grafton,  165,  172.  174. 
Alonzo  P..  311. 
Alphonso.  236. 
Althea.  226. 
Alva  W..  346. 
Alvah   (Alvahand),  279.  292,  309.  317, 

318.  321,  322. 
Alvah  D..  310. 
Alvah  O..  314. 


426 


MOULTOX    AXXALS. 


Alvin,  88. 

Alvin  C.,  314. 

Alvin  F.,  307. 

Amanda,  71,  80,  234. 

Amanda  D.,  286. 

Amanda  Xelson,  88. 

Amelia,  424. 

Amos  G.,  342,  343. 

Amos  H.,  283,  297. 

Amy  E.,  340. 

Andrew,  229. 

Andrew  W.,  229. 

Angelia  M..  288. 

Ann,  214,  279,  291,  311,  317. 

Ann  B.,  309. 

Ann  X.,  231. 

Ann  Rebecca.  231. 

Ann  Smith,  313. 

Anna,  66,  70,  94,   154,   167,  210.  211, 

216,  217,  220,  224,  263,  267,  270, 

275. 
Anna  Eliza.  195. 
Anna  E.,   196. 
Anna  M.,  315. 
Anna  R.,  195. 
Anne,  208,  263. 
Anne  Ayer,  297. 
Anne  L.,  297. 
Annette  M.,  311. 
Annie  A.,  242. 
Annie  Conies,  1 14. 
Annie  D..  310. 
Annie  F.,  311. 
Annie  Hill.  340.  342. 
Annie  L.,  237.  305. 
Annie  M.,  102. 
Annie  Russell,  199. 
Anson,   81. 
Aphia.  228. 
Araxene  S.,  285. 
Arthur,  77,  90,  91,  103,  109,  236. 
Arthur  Ashbury,  312. 
Arthur  Augustus,  166,  173. 
Arthur  C,  231. 
Arthur  G.,  241. 
Arthur  H.,  413. 
Arthur  R.,  197. 
Asa.  77,  412. 
Asa  L..  191. 
Augusta,  102,  285. 
Augusta  A.,  238. 
Augustus,  157,  164. 
Augustus  Freedom.  301.  323. 
Augustus  F..  207. 
Augustus  G.,  170. 
Augustus  H.,  166. 


Aurelia  Elizabeth,  92. 
Aurora,  411. 
Austin,  82. 
Austin  C,  304. 
Avery,  334,  335. 
Asa,  313. 
A.  B.,  343. 
A.  G.,  343. 

Baron,  342. 

Bartholomew,  69,  76,  90. 

Batt.  259,  262. 

Belisarius,  276. 

Benjamin,  66,  69,  70,  71,  75,  77,  78, 
80,  89,  93,  101,  152,  155,  213,  225, 
234,  242,  258,  260,  265,  271,  272, 
281,  2S2,  410,  411,  412,  413,  416, 
417. 

Benjamin  A.,  2S2. 

Benjamin  Franklin,  347. 

Benjamin  F.,  102,  109,  289. 

Benjamin  <;.,  281. 

Benjamin  M.,  94,  105. 

Benjamin  Potter,  230. 

Bennett  S.,  314. 

Bennett,  284. 

Benning,  217,  222,  253,  283. 

Bernard.  202. 

Bernice  M..  309. 

Bertha  E.,  201. 

Bertha  M.,  424. 

Bethia.  264,  266. 

Betsev,  75,  77,  155,  219,  272. 

Bette"  69. 

Beverlv   S.,   230. 

Bina  (Sabina  Colestia),  97,  138,  408. 

Blanche  E.,  19.".. 

Bridget,  208. 

Brooks  Fenno,  202. 

Bvron  Kemp,  203. 

B.'  P.,  342. 

Caleb,  152.  222,  272,  282. 

Caleb  B..  289,  304. 

Calvin,  68,  73,  87,  160,  191,  194,  345. 

Carl  Francis,  315. 

Carl  W..  107,  138. 

Carlos  Pembroke,  293. 

Caroline,  83,  84,  93,  96,  126,  136,  199, 

234.  303,  304. 
Caroline  Chase,  85. 
Caroline  E.,  232,  304. 
Carrie,  103,  195. 
Carrie  Abigail,  314. 
Carrie  Eliza.  201. 
Carrie  Elizabeth,  314. 


BY  THE  NAME  OF  MOULTON,    MOULTEN,   ETC. 


427 


Carrie  Lincoln,  297. 

Catherine,  74,  93,  160,  192,  270,  275, 
281,  285,  292,  338,  339,  347. 

Cecelia  Sherman,  106. 

Celia  Lull,  87. 

Celestia,  296. 

Charles,  90,  95,  96,  106,  144,  157,  159, 
165,  191,  197,  199,  234,  242,  265, 
272,  273,  275,  281,  285,  286,  287, 
288,  294,  298,  299,  302,  303,  312, 
317,  416,  417,  418. 

Charles  Albert,  305. 

Charles  Aldrich,  92. 

Charles  A.,  195,  197. 

Charles  C,  195,  314. 

Charles  Davis,  300. 

Charles  Day,  314. 

Charles  Duncan,  314. 

Charles  Emery,  230. 

Charles  E.,  296,  310. 

Charles  Foss,  234,  242. 

Charles  Francis,  89,  102. 

Charles  Franklin,  174. 

Charles  F.,  79,  94,  232,  283. 

Charles  Henry,  202. 

Charles  H.,  169,  232,  298,  303. 

Charles  I.,  197,  299. 

Charles  Jameson,  300. 

Charles  J.,  230. 

Charles  Lummus,  165,  172. 

Charles  L.,  312. 

Charles  Myron,  203. 

Charles  M.,  235. 

Charles  Pine,  268,  276. 

Charles  Powers,  99,  108. 

Charles  Rogers,  308. 

Charles  Standley,  166. 

Charles  S..  82,  96,  229. 

Charles  Tilton,  241. 

Charles  Volney,   164. 

Charles  William,  97,  106,  127,  347. 

Charles  W.,  203. 

Charlotte.  160. 

Chase,  271. 

Cheney,  88,  100. 

Chester,  78. 

Christopher,  424. 

Clara,  95,  416. 

Clara  Etta,  232. 

Clara  E.,  234.  242. 

Clara  J.,  238. 

Clara  P.,  312. 

Clarence  Edgerton,   100. 

Clarence  Freeman,  87,  100. 

Clarence  Hartley,  108. 

Clarence  H.,  102,  109,  310. 


Claribel,  310. 

Clarissa,  71,  292. 

Clarissa  B.,  310. 

Cleveland  Fortune,  92. 

Columbia,  170. 

Columbus,  167. 

Comfort,  267. 

Comfort  Wingate,  275. 

Cora  M.,  201. 

Cutler,  88,  100. 

Cutting,  263,  269,  279,  292,  318. 

Cyrus,  225,  275,  411. 

Cyrus  F.,  290,  306. 

Cyrus  W.,  169. 

C.  H.,  403. 

C.  I.,  342. 

C.  W.,  408. 

Dan,  72,  83,  98,  126,  223. 

Dan  Alonzo,  83,  96,  97,  107,  136. 

Dan  D.,  96. 

Dan  Hazen,  345. 

Dana  Walker,  201. 

Daniel,  68,  69,  73,  75,  76,  77,  90, 
154,  159,  160,  186,  187,  188, 
192,  210,  211,  216,  220,  221, 
226,  228,  261,  262,  268,  269, 
273,  276,  277,  278,  283,  287, 
290,  291,  342,  344. 

Daniel  Johnson,  78,  92. 

Daniel  L.,  169. 

Daniel  M.,  191. 

Daniel  Young,  228,  239. 

Darius,  345. 

Dart,  105. 

David,  79,  94,  155,  189,  190,  192, 
194,  210,  212,  215,  216,  219, 
222,  227,  228,  237,  238,  245, 
247,  262,  263,  266,  271,  273, 
283.  296,  313,  342,  343,  347, 
424. 

David  Allen,  228. 

David  Carpenter,  230. 

David  Coburn,  299. 

David  E.,  311. 

David  G.,  194. 

David  Hartshorn,  160. 

David  O.,  310. 

David  Potter,  230. 

David  S.,  284. 

David  T.,  285,  298. 

David  W.,  335. 

Deborah,  260,  261,  264. 

Desier  Clapp,  100. 

Dewitt  C,  346. 

Dolly,  212,  218. 


152, 
189, 
223, 

271, 

288, 


193, 
221, 
246, 
279, 
420, 


428 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


Donald  Alonzo,  107. 
Dora  Harding,  234,  242. 
Dorcas,  187,  188,  189,  190,  192,  278. 
Dorkas,  67. 

Dorothy,  61,  212,  214,  216,  221,  222, 
261,  266,  272. 

Dorothy  H.,  223. 

Dorothy  O..  (Dolly),  84. 

Drusilla,  296. 

Dwight,  82,  95. 

Dwight  E.,  197. 

D.  S.,  345. 

D.  Warren.,  166. 


Eben,  101,  108,  193,  225.  226.  234,  235, 
421. 

Eben  Day,  313. 

Eben  Hobson,  158,  166. 

Eben  Newhall,  89,  102. 

Eben  Xoves,  280. 

Ebenezer.  64,  65,  66.  68,  HO.  70,  71.  75, 
79,  88,  101.  186,  189,  192,  220, 
224.  225,  233,  260.  344.  40'.).  420. 

Eddie,  109. 

Edgar  Sewall,  200. 

Edith,  232. 

Edith  Foster.  172. 

Edith  ••..  ::4.-.. 

Edith  May,  241. 

Edith  M.,'202. 

Edmond  I  Enoch),  270. 

Edmund  M..  347. 

Edmund  T.,  346. 

Edward.  101,211,  215,  17. 

Edward  Barrett,   '<>7. 

Edward  Brown.  218,  223. 

Edward  E.,  197. 

Edward  H.,  239. 

Edward  Lincoln,  201. 

Edward  L.,  192. 

Edward  Q.,  102,  109. 

Edwin,  298, 

Edwin  A..  198,  200. 

Edwin  Carroll.  251. 

Edwin  M..  313. 

Edwin  N.,  305. 

Elbridge  Gerrv.  291.  308. 

Eleanor  78,  413. 

Eli.  225,  235.  294,  345. 

Elias,   158,  270.  286. 

Elihu,  264. 

Elijah,  68,  69.  73,  75,  76,  89,  215. 

Elisha,  170.  214.  218. 

F.lisha  P..  161. 

Elisha  W..   315. 


Eliza,  79,  81,  93,  94,  95,  228,  276,  278, 
281,  288,  339,  340,  421,  424. 

Eliza  Ann,  230. 

Eliza  A.,  314. 

Eliza  J.,  192. 

Eliza  L..  229. 

Elizabeth.  04.  66,  69,  71,  74,  77,  84, 
90,  95,  151,  152,  160,  187,  189, 
210,  211,  212,  214.  217,  218,  224, 
233,  258,  261,  263,  264,  265,  267, 
269,  271,  278,  281,  284,  289,  303, 
317,  338,  415,  424. 

Elizabeth  Adeline,  107. 

Elizabeth  Curtis,  89. 

Elizabeth  Eveline,  228. 

Elizabeth  E.,  230. 

Elizabeth  Henshaw,  338.  339. 

Elizabeth  Jane,  1 14. 

Elizabeth  J.,  78,  91. 

Elizabeth  Potter,  340,  341. 

Etizabeth  1'..  285. 

Elizabeth  s..  :;08. 

Elizabeth  Violin.  105. 

Elizabeth  Wall  is.  159. 

Elkanah  11..  234,  212. 

Ella,  291,  296. 

Ella  M..  198. 

Ellen,  85,  169,  L70,  235,  310,  n  1.  424. 

Ellen  P.,  296. 

Ellen  Gertrude,  234,  212. 

Ellen  J.,  Kit. 

Bllen  M..  101,  1 

Ellen  P..  304. 

Klnatliaii.  235. 

Elsie  A..  168. 

Elvira  Jane.  00. 

Elvira  P..  169. 

Ematine,  96. 

Emeline,  101. 

Emergene,  94. 

Emery,  218,  281. 

Km. tv  T...  292. 

Emily,  158,  193. 

Emily  A..  315. 

Emily  F.,  195. 

Emma  E.,  335. 

Emma  11..  195. 

Emma  Jane,  ::05. 

Bndoxia,  225,  235. 

Enoch,  270.  280,  295,  29C. 

Enoch  Westcott,  311. 

Ephraim,  68,   74.  215,  261,  266.  272, 
281,  282. 

Ephraim  F..  264. 

Ernest  B..  234,  242. 

Finest  E.,  232. 


BT  THE   NAME  OF   MOULTON,    MOULTEN,   ETC. 


429 


Ervin  Francis,  305. 

Esther,  75,  170,  216,  217,  226,  232. 

Esther  Jane,  299. 

Ethel  H.,  103. 

Etta  B.,  296. 

Eugene  C,  309. 

Eunice,  68,  74,  83,  263. 
m — Eunice  Almira,  239. 
—  Eunice  Emeline,  88. 

Eva  A.,  312. 

Ezekiel,   113,  258,  259,  260,  266. 

Ezra,  345. 

E.  A.,  343. 

E.  P.,  342. 

Fabel  C.  Potter.  230. 

Fannie  May,  3  1  3. 

Fanny.  226,   335. 

Fanny  Deborah,  240. 

Ferdinand,  309,  322. 

Fidciia.  B2. 

Fli7it.  74,  88. 

Florence.  240. 

Florence  P...  342. 

Florette,  239. 

Franc,  106. 

Fraiu.-.  L99,  229. 

Frances  E.,  296. 

Fiance-;  Jeanette,  92. 

Frances  Octavia,  305. 

Frances  P.,  27.">. 

Francis,  105. 

Francis  Howard.  298. 

Francis  M.,   101. 

Francis  Tilton,  176. 

Frairk.    102,    110.    199.    303,    317,    339, 

341.  415.    122. 
Frank  Daniels,  230. 
Frank  E.,  167. 
Frank  F.,  240. 
,     Frank  (I..  305. 

Frank  llonshaw.  341. 
Frank  H..  233,  296,  306. 
Frank   McKee,   171. 
Frank   Peirce,   230. 
Frank  P.,  315. 
Frank  P.,  232. 
Frank  Samuel.  423. 
Frank  Tilton.    173. 
Franklin  W.,  82. 
Frazer,  223. 
Fred  C.  232. 
Frederic,  158.  166. 
Frederic  C.  305. 
Frederic  Emery.  302. 
Frederic  William,  307. 


Frederick  F.,  170,  174. 
Frederick  G.,  170. 
Frederick  S.,  107. 
Freeborn,  65,  68,  72,  81,  126. 
Freedom,  286,  300,  323. 
Freedom  Augustus,  302. 
Freeman,  83,  97,  98. 

<;alen  F.,  197.  „."' 

Gary,  90,  103. 
Gary  W.,  103,  109. 
I  ienevieve,  311. 
Genevra,  302. 

George.  81,  93,  102,  109,  159,  167,  171, 
189,  190,  192,  193,  194,  199,  228, 
.'.  294,  311,  313,  314,  317,  339, 
340,  343. 
George  Adison,  92,  104. 
(Ieorge  Albert,  237,  248. 

age  Beverly.  230. 
(ienrge  D.,  193. 
1  ieorge  Edward,  347. 

•  ■eorge  Edwin,  227,  237. 
( Ieorge  Emery,  231. 

■ : eorge  K..  194.  201. 

1  ieorge  Franklin,  302. 

George  Fred,  101,  313. 

George  Freeman.  98,  108,  110. 

George  F..  231,  310. 

< Ieorge  Henry  Calvin.  201. 

(Ieorge  Harris.  298. 

1. eorge  H.,  195,  200,  202. 

George  J.,  311. 

George  L.  D.,  174. 

•  ieorge  Mayhew,  241. 
George  Orion,  167,  174. 
George  Otis,  164,  172. 
'eorge  O.,  197,  198. 
(Ieorge.  Pice,  85. 
(ieorge  R.,  99. 

George  Stillman,  87,  89. 

George  T..  89. 

George   W..    158,   203.  230,   287,  302, 

315. 
( ieorgiana,  413. 
Gilbert,  233. 
Gilbert  Fayette,  234. 
dilbert  H.  S..  198. 
Gilbert  M.,  335. 
Gilley,  102,  109. 

Gilman,  161.  169.  170.  191,  197,  346. 
Gilman  L.,  197. 
Gilman  Smith.  87.  100. 
Grace,  102.  424. 
Grace  D..  203. 
Grace  Lincoln.  108. 


430 

I  .race  L.,  345. 
Grace  Thayer,  185. 
Gratia,  277. 
Cranville  J.,  305. 
Granville  L.,  289,  305. 
Gratia,  278,  290,  307. 
Greenleaf  M.,  291. 
<  .  u-tus,  81. 
(..  Wilbur,  345. 


Hallie  E.,  424. 

Hannah,  63,  64,  65,  68,  71,  76,  81,  151, 
153,  161,  186,  187,  188,  189,  190, 
191,  193,  211,  213,  214,  215,  216, 
224,  226,  227,  25S,  260,  261,  262, 
269,  272,  275,  276,  2S0.  281. 
294,  312,  344. 

Hannah  Bartlett,  316. 

Hannah  H.,  311. 

Hannah  Selnian,  159. 

Harley  8.,  200. 

Harold  Chandler,  315. 

Harold  S.,  299. 

Barriet,  Bl,  B5,  94,  160,  L91,  L95,  835, 
276,  139,  340,  416,  417. 

420. 

Harriet  A.,  312. 

Harriet  Belle.  340. 

Harriet  Collins,  80. 

Harriet  Estelle,  302. 

ll.ii  i  i « •  l    Jose,  285. 

Harriet  Maria,  97. 

Harriet  N.,  283. 

Harriet  P.,  312. 

Harriot  B.,  95. 

Barriette  \N  iult,  202. 

Barry,  L09,  171,  411. 

HariN     \..  232. 

Harry  C.  202. 

HarrV  G.,  345. 

Barry  W.,  104. 

Hat  tie  A.,  307. 

Hat  tie  Ku^enie,  238. 

Helen,  95,  235,  308. 

Helen  Cuthbert,  341. 

Helen  F.,  200. 

Helen  Lavinia,  87. 

Heman,  83. 

Henrietta  Jane,  302. 

Henrv,  78.  70.  90.  92,  05,  158,  164.  171. 
iS0,  191.  102.  107.  208,  209,  210. 
211.  213.  214.  21."..  219,  285,  298, 
339,  340. 

TTenrv  August,  172. 

Henrv  A..  171,  305. 

Henrv  Clifford,  237. 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


Henry  Cole,  165. 
Henry  D.,  615. 
Henry  Jennings,  169. 
Henry  J.,   169. 
Benrj   Percy,  L65,  172. 

Henry  Philip,  172. 

Henry  S..   105. 

I  [enry  \\  arren,  102. 

ll.iirv   William,  310,  324,  404,  405. 

Herbert,  182,  305. 

Herbert    Deane,   170. 

Herbert  Frank,  302. 

Herbert  G.,  197. 

Barbed  11.,  198. 

Herbert  Percy,  299. 

Beater  Ann,  289. 

Hiram.  71.  81,  160,  167,  335,  34.'.. 

Horace,  T  1,  73,  74,  81,  87,  9S,  225,  411. 

Horace   Freeman,  loo. 

Horatio   l-'raix-i-. 

Horatio    I'.,  235. 

Hoaea  Ballou,  343. 

Howard,   66,   70,  76,  80,  9."..    Ml.   410, 

us. 

Boward  W.,  801. 

Boyl  Sherman,  107. 

Buldah,  213,  215,  816,  219,  821,  223, 

1.  261. 
II.  F  .  343. 
II.  M..  :;43. 

b la  Lattice 
[da  M..  L97. 

bla   <>..  200. 
Imri   Ami.  :.':::. 
Ina  May,  894. 
Increase,  72. 
Indiana,   124. 
Ira.  881,  886,  302. 
Irene  Klla.  167. 
Irene    Frances,  289. 
bring   Farrar.  200,  202. 

ic,  ::i5. 
Isaac    Hodsdon.  227,   238. 
Isaac  M.,  294. 
[srael,  71,  80,  412. 
Tvory  F.,  288.  303,  309. 
Ivor'v  H.,  303. 

Jacob,  210,  212,  217.  221,  266. 
Jacob  K.,  228,  239. 
Jacob   Samuel,  230. 
Jacob  Smith,  217,  222. 
Jacob  S.,  230. 
Jacob  T.,  222,  230. 


BY   THE   NAME  OF  MOULTOX,    MOULTEX,   ETC. 


431 


James,  72,  75,  93,  104,  110.  150,  152, 

154,  210,  212,  2i:».  216,  219,  221, 

258,  260,  278,  290,  339.  340,  341, 
413,  417,  418,  419. 

James  Arthur,  415. 

James  Berry,  302. 

James  B.,  310,  315. 

James  Coffin,  226,  236. 

James  Douglas,  104. 

James  Elton,  297 

Jamee  I  Gardner,  423. 

James  G.,  305. 

-I;i nies  Harris,  297. 

•lames  Hervey,  89. 

•lames  H.,  103. 

•lames  L.;  232. 

•lames  M.,  167,  283,  290,  296,  ::06. 

•lamps   P.,  96. 

James  Newell,  89. 

Jamee  smart.  304. 

James  T..  77.  90. 

James  Warren,  228. 

Janus  William,  306.  308. 

•  lames  \\\.  238,  291,  292,  309. 

James  W.  <:..  308. 

•Tan.  512,  213,  315,   119. 

Jane  Day.  313. 

Jane  Frances,  98. 

•lane  M.,  236. 

Jefferson.  159,  167. 

Jemima,  7::.  7».  189,  265. 

Jennie.  90,  102,  171. 

Jennie  Frances,  242. 

Jeremiah,  72.  SI.  isn.  187,  1SS.  190, 

191,   193.   196.    199.  212,  216.  221. 

228.  259.  261.  272.  281,  282,  423.' 
Jeremiah  S.,  281. 
Jermain,  94,  104. 
•Terry.  2S2.  424. 
Jerub,  83. 

Jerusha,  72.  159.  344. 
•lery.  419. 

resse,  7:.'.  77.  -I.  82,  90.  199.  2S2.  405, 
411. 

Jesse  A..  239. 
Joanna.   193,  220. 
Job,  212,  342,  344. 

Joel,  345. 

John.  63.  64.  65,  66.  67.  68.  69.  73,  76, 

77.    7S,   84.   88,   91.   93,    151,   152. 

153,  154.  156,  157,  158,  160,  167. 

1S7.  188,  189,  191,  199.  207,  208. 

209.  210.  211.  212.  213,  214.  216. 

217,  218.  220,  221,  224.  226,  227. 

233.  236.  243.  253.  254.  265,  266, 


268,  269,  272,  274,  277,  278,  279, 
280,  281,  287,  288,  290,  295,  307, 
313,  329,  338,  347,  401,  402,  403, 
412,  422,  424. 
John  Arthur,  239. 

John  Augustus,  165,  172. 

John  A.,  197. 

John  Bisbee,  299. 

John  Bound,  68,  70,  74. 

John  Calvin,  230. 

John  Carroll,  248,  253. 

John  Charles,  316. 

John  C,  229,  284,  295,  297,  316. 

John  Francis,  165,  173,  175,  305. 

John    Franklin.  98.   140. 

John   Freeman,  305. 

John  F.,  290,  304,  315. 

John   1  .rant.  202. 

John   Henry,  86,  97.  99,  107,  108,  137, 
1H7.  227.   237. 

John   IF,  196,  202. 

John  Jay.   92. 

John   F..'  167.  288.  292,  303. 

John  Melvin,  174. 

John  Mobbs,  219   22:;. 

John  M..  191.  345. 

John   0.,  314. 

John  Parker.  242. 

John  Pike.  203. 

John  P.,  169.  233,  285. 

John  Sanborn,  228. 

John  Shackford.  218,  223,  232. 

John  S..  229.  232,  283. 

John  T..   Ill,    113. 

John  Washington.  218. 

John  Wesley,  in:..  201. 

John  William.  238. 

Johnston.  78,  92. 

Jonas,  72,  S2^ 

Jonathan.  6:,.  f,s,  74,  82,  151,  152,  153, 
154,  155,  158,  190,  192,  198,  209, 
211.  213.  215,  216,  217,  219,  220. 
222.  223,  225,  226,  231,  243,  253, 
259,  261,  262,  263,  265,  267,  26S, 
269.  273.  275,  277,  280,  281,  287, 
290.  306,  345,  347,  401. 

Jonathan  Benjamin,  162,  170,  171,  182. 

Jonathan  B.,  403. 

Jonathan  Collins,  276. 

Jonathan  R,  306. 

Jonathan  Smith,  217,  222,  229,  253. 
266. 

Jonathan  Tuck,  222,  228,  239. 
Jordan  F.,  289,  304. 


43^ 


MOULTON    AXXALS. 


Joseph,  63,  64,  65,  68,  70,  71,  78 
88,  102,  111,  113,  152,  186, 
199,  209,  217,  221,  227,  246, 
~\->7,  258,  259,  260,  263,  26  t, 
270,  271,  27:.',  279,  280,  292, 
295,  298,  314,  316,  331,  3  14, 
412,  415,  416. 

Joseph  Albert^  102. 

Joseph  Almond,  293. 

Joseph  B.,  295,  316. 

Joseph  ( iollins,  231. 

Joseph  < r.  I!..  342. 

Joseph  l...  316. 

■].h  Mason,  265,  872. 

Joseph  M..  312. 

Joseph   Neal.  22'.i,  240. 

Joseph  P.,  275. 

Joseph  Smith,  89,  102. 

Joseph  3..  285,  289. 

Joseph  Tilton,  230,  240. 

Joseph  \V„  196,  407. 

Josephine,   195. 

Josephine   A.,    169. 

Josephine  E.,  3  17. 

Josephine  \'»int i:i ,  92. 

Joses,    26! I. 

Joshua.  66,   69,   70,   76,   78,   93, 
286,  288,  301,   122. 
uia   \\\,    159,   166. 

Josiah,  70,  77.  79,  91,  151,  163, 

155,   161,   168,   189,  192,  209, 

214.  215,  217,  -'is.  219,  220, 

224.  225,  229,  233,  240,  273, 

414.  ir..  tit;. 

Josiah   Emery,  301. 
Josiah  Watson,  240. 
Jotham,  188,  190,  193,  L98,   i. 
Jotham  Tilden,  193,  199. 
Judah,  70. 
Jnde,   72,  83,   96. 
Judith.    190,    L92,    198,  211.  219, 
264,  279,  2si).  292,  294,  314. 
Judith   A.,    lus. 
Julia.  90,  94,  235,  412.  420. 
Julia    A..    192. 
Julia   Ellen,  165. 
Julius,  170.  184. 
Justin   II..  87,   100. 
Justus,   194. 

Katie  B.,  196. 
Katie  Caroline,  104. 
Keene.  232. 
Kittie  L.,  96. 


,  80, 
187, 
247, 
267, 
294, 
:U7, 


276, 


154, 
210, 
222 
410l 


258, 


Lafayette,  S2. 

Lana  A.,  346. 

Laomi,    lus. 

Laura,  81,  83,  340,  341. 

Laura    A..    :J03. 

Laura  Dorcas,   171. 

Laura    I...  95. 
Lavinia,   86,   2_'">. 

Lavinia   11..  96. 

Leander  1L,  234. 

Lee  Anna,    185. 

Leonard   Frost,  316. 

Leroy  C,  198 

Letitia,  90,  419. 

Levi,  266,  423. 

Levi.  225,  274,  424. 

Levi  Everett,   ls-'- 

Levi   Foss,    170,    177. 

Levine,  73. 

Lewis,  B0   90,  93,  95,  H2. 

Lewis  A..   169,  233. 

Lewis  B.,  346. 

Lewis  E.,  17-!. 

I  i  ris  F<  nno,  200. 

Lewis   W.,   233. 

Liha,  81. 

Libby,  213. 

Liberty,  300. 

Lilla   A.,    197. 

Lillian   A..    195. 

Lillian  (  live,    His. 

Lillfe   Belle,   173. 

Linus,  79,  94,  41 1.   120. 

Lissa  C.j  99. 

ie,    102. 

Ie    \..   298. 
Lizzie  i  leveland,   102. 
Lizzie  Esther,  241. 
Lizzie  I...  1 
Lois,  65,  67,  262. 
Lorenzo,  294,  31 1,  K>2. 
Lorenzo  Gordon,  166,  17:L 
Loretta,   171. 
Loretta  Anna. 
Lnric.-.    - 
Lorita,   169. 
Louisa,  161,  345. 
Louisa    P.,  309. 
Louisa  Julene,  92. 
Louisa  M.nia.  98. 
Louisa  T.,  286. 
Louise,  94,    105,  420. 
Lucia,  82. 
Lucia  8.,  87. 
Lucinda,    169,  296,  335. 
Lucien  D.,  31 1. 


15  Y  the  name  of  moulton,  moultex,  etc. 


433 


Lucretai,  79,  93,  411. 

Lucretia    Isabelle,  242. 

Lucy,  73,  81,   82.    152,   187,   188,   193, 

214,  215,  261,  267,  268,  269,  277, 

278. 
Lucy   Ann.   158,  423. 
Lucy  A.,  82. 
Lucy  C.j  104. 
Lucy  K.'.  232,  240.  311. 
Lucy  France*)   17:;. 
Lucy  Hannah,   LOO. 
Lucy  Maria,  102,  194. 
Lucy  T.,  283. 
Luke,   235. 
Lulu  E.,  174. 

Luther,  68,  7::.  191,  195,  201,  2S4. 
Lydia,   65,   67,   69,   B9,   95,    1st.    189, 

I'll.    192,  2(11.  211.  212.  214.  217. 

22H.   225,   202,   266,   270.   274.   335. 
Lydia   Ann, 

Lydia  B.,  283,  292,  299. 
Lydia   Frances,  2s2.  301. 
Lydi  i    .1  me   286,   300. 
Lydia   M., 
Lydia    !'..  2:;::. 

Mab(  1.   10!'. 
Mabel  L.,  315. 
Mace,   :  >6. 

Marcia,  98. 
Marcia   !:..  96. 

M   •!.■:!    I.      I'M. 

M     gai    '.  01.  93,  259,  295. 

Margared    K..  311. 

Mar  1..    196. 

Margie,  202.' 

Maria,   77.  79,  83,  so.  222.   231,    U9, 

121. 
Maria  1,  309. 

M  ui  !    Ann.   :'.14. 
M  iria    B.,   312. 
Maria   ('..  282. 
Maria  H.,  235. 
Maria   Lucetta,  293. 
Maria  Susan,  234. 
Maria  T.,  340. 
M  iriam,  63. 
Marian  Isabel,  101. 
Marianna  Carter.  302. 
Marion.   103.   300.   413.   421. 
Marion  Judith,  315. 
Marion   M.,  0(1. 
Marjory,  424. 
Mark.  274. 
Maroy  E.  M..  310. 
Marsha,  68. 


Marshall,   234,   311. 

Marshal]    K..   232. 

Martha,    64,    1S9.    101.    193,    194.    199, 

209,  212,  216,  261,  273,  398,  400. 
Martha  Ann.  89. 
Martha  A..  304. 
Martha  Carter,  301. 
Martha   Cotton,  So. 
Martha   C.  296. 
Martha    Elizabeth,  300. 
Martha  Emmogine,  242. 
Martha.  Harding,  234. 
Martha  •lane.  293. 
Martha  J..  289,  294. 
Martha   K..  201. 
Martha    M.\  309,  311. 
M  try,  0::.  04.  05.  07.  70.  71.  72.  73,  74, 

j;.  78,  70.  82,  ss.  so.  02.  03.  04. 

l.Mi.   151.   15s.   L86,   L88,    loo.   L92, 

103.    104.   20S.   210.   211.   212.   213. 

215.   210.   217.  21S.  219,  221.  224, 

220.   25S.   25!!.   200.    201.   203     204. 

207.  200.  270.  272.  273.  275.  279, 
'.  281,  286,  2S7.  2ss.  289,  295. 
19,  347.  413.  420,  423.  42  1. 
! 

Mary  Adaline,  100. 

M  iry  Ann.  159,  281,  283. 

ry  A..  284,   201.   .ill. 

Mary  Brackett,  277. 

Mary  I!..  270.  283. 

Mary  1 '..   195. 

Mary  Deane,  199. 

Mi  iv  Eliza,   101. 

Mary  Elizabeth,   105.  285,  313. 

Mary  Ella,    123. 

Mary  Ellen,   166,  341. 

Mary  Etta,  303.  30 1. 

M  try  K..   172.   100.   107.  235.  2S2.  311. 

M   iv   Fall.,  229. 
Ma rv   K  .  202. 
Mary   Hannah,  238. 
Mix    Hoyl   Sherman,  106. 
Mary   I!..'   los. 
Mary   Ma.  316. 
M  try  Jane,   89,   287. 
Mary  •»..    194,   284. 
Mary  Lizzie,  237,  248. 
Mary  Louisa,  88,  340,  341. 
Mary  Lucretia,  293. 
Mary  L.,  310. 
Mary  Madeline,  238. 
Mary  Maria.  227. 
Mary  Millena,  313. 
Mary  Mott,   237. 


\ 


434 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


Mary  Naomi,  160. 

Mary  N.4    170. 

Mary  Olive,   304. 

Mary  Olivia,  86. 

Mary  P.,  282,   315. 

Mary  S.,  306. 

Mathias,  299. 

Matilda  Lunimus,  165. 

Maude  H.,  424. 

Mehitable,    65,    68,    69,    74,    215,    266, 

267,  278. 
Mehitable  Davis,  276. 
Melinda,    312. 
Melissa,  303. 
Melissa  J.,  311. 
Mellona,  162. 
Mellona  Jane,  171,  185. 
Melvin  L..   197. 
Mercy,  192,  265,  344. 
Micah,  215. 

Michael,  215,  337,  338,  339,  345. 
Milan  C,  198. 
Miles,  88,   101. 
Milton  S.,  233. 
.Minnie,  108,  199. 
Miranda,  289,  298. 
Miranda  Elizabeth,  304. 
Miriam,  64,  66,  !»4.  20!>.  228. 
Miriam  F.,  201. 
Mollie,  74,  75. 
Morilla,  335. 
Morris,  278,  290. 
Morris  I.,  309. 
Morris  M..  291.  308. 
Mose3,  218,  223.  262. 
Moses  Svvett.  226,  236. 
Mvra   Fo^'.  285. 
Myron  E.,  232. 

Xahbv,  281. 

Nahum  I.,  284. 

Nancy,    73,   75,   76,   81,   95,    189,    192, 

193.  222.  274.  280,  290,  344. 
Nancy  A.,   198. 
Nancy  Coffin,  273. 
isancy  C,    198. 
Nancy  Hartshorn.   160. 
Nancy  L.,  306. 
Nancy  M.,   191. 
Nannie  Emma,  185. 
Xanoleon  Bonaparte,  92. 
Narcissa,  289. 
Nathan,  189,  210,  212,  217,  261,  266, 

274,  279,  284,  288,  294,  295. 
Nathan  C,  309. 
Nathan  Harris,  164,  171. 


Nathan  Smith.  217,  266. 
Nathaniel,  71,  80,   152,  153,  154,  161, 
163,  170,   190,  214,  219,  281,  344. 
Nathaniel  Otis,  242. 
Nathaniel  Parker,  222,  231. 
Nathaniel  Thayer,    171,   218. 
Needham,  74,  87. 
Nehemiah,  264.  271. 
Nellie  Abbie,   173. 
Nellie  B.,   316. 
Nellie  D.,  297. 
Nellie  Frances,  347. 
Nellie  Ma  v.  202. 
Nellie  M.,  284. 
Nelly  Augusta,  252. 
Nettie,  316. 
Nettie  Lulu,  99. 
Newton  J.,  201. 
Noah,   IS! i.  211,  217,  342. 
Noali  Chesman,  169. 
Norinne  Merle,   302. 
Norman,  83. 

\nv.~.     315. 

Nye,  71. 
V   M..  342. 

t  >.ikos  Oilman,    169. 

Olive.    192,  273,  277,  286,  299. 

<  (live  Amanda,  16!*. 

Olive  A.,  298. 

olive  E.,   287. 

Olive  F.,  284. 

Olive  L.,   169. 

Olive  Mehitable.  88. 

Oliver,    191,    196,   228.   274,  284,  300, 

Oily,  265. 

Oi-alee,    182. 

Oren,  198,  300. 

Orinda,  283. 

Orindab,  292. 

Orrin  O.,  424. 

Orria  0..  79,  94,  105,  421. 

Oreon,  83. 

Othaniel,    170. 

Othaniel  P.,  161. 

Otis,    229,   295. 

Owin  N..  335. 

0.   A..  342. 

Pantha  L.,  335. 
Patience  B.,  292. 
Patience  L.,  289. 
Patty.   70. 
Paul  Porter,   164. 
Paul  Vincent.  171. 


BY  THE   NAME  OF   MOULTON,    MOULTEN,   ETC. 


435 


Paulina,    194. 

Pauline,    74. 

Pearly,  74,   88. 

Penelope,   73. 

Percy,  300. 

Percy  Luther.   201. 

Peter,  215,  219,  225,  235. 

Phebe,  216,  217,  228,  277. 

Phebe  Lane,  280. 

Philip  Sherman,  342. 

Phineas,  68,  72,  73,  85,   126. 

Polly.  77,  158,  159,  412. 

Polly  Harriet,  92. 

Powers,   91,   103,  414. 

Rachel,  210,  212,  214,  218,  339. 
Rachel  Dennison,  86. 
Ralph  S.,  415. 
Ralph  Weld,  202. 
Raymond.  95.   103. 

Rebecca,  211,  264,  269,  273,  276,  277, 
285,  295,  304. 

Rebecca  B.,  285,  289,  298. 

Rebecca  J.,  316. 

Rebecca  M.,  314. 

Rebeckah,  72. 

Rebekah,  68. 

Redmond,   2S1. 

Reuben.  213,  215,  262,  269,  275,  285. 

Reuben  Seavey,  277,  289. 

Reuben  S.,  290   298,  305. 

Richard,  260.  264. 

Richard  C,  284,  297. 

Robert,  61,  63,  64,  65,  66,  67,  70,  71, 
111,  113,  126,  258,  259,  261,  262, 
265,  267,  269,  275,  285,  405. 

Robert  Agrv,  308. 

Robert  Elmer.   114. 

Robert  Franklin,  298. 

Robert  H.,  110. 

Robert  Potter,  340.  341,  342. 

Rodman  Green,  346. 

Rodman  J.,  91,  415. 

Roger  Conant,   166. 

Rosabella,  170. 

Roscoe  G.,  303. 

Roscoe  Norris.  236. 

Roscoe  N.,  237. 

Rosea,  70. 

Rowland  Cotton.  85.  99. 

Roy  S.,  200. 

Roval,  71,  74,  80,  88,  101. 

Rubie,  72. 

Rubv.  82. 

Rubv  Elva,  315. 


Rufus,  71,  80,  190,  191.  193,  195.  199, 

202. 
Rufus  H.,  196,  201. 
Russell,    77. 

Ruth,  20S,  258,  263,   272.   345. 
Ruth  Ella,  313. 
Ruth  E.,  95. 
Ruth  Florence,  312. 
Ruth  P.,  316. 
Ruth  R.,  312. 
Rutherford  B.  H.,   197. 
R.  W.,   198. 

Sabina  Celestia   (Bina),  138. 

Sadie  M.,   174. 

Sal  Maria,  413. 

Salla,  75. 

Sallie,  231. 

Sallie  Pell,   190. 

Sally,  74,  81.  159,  217,  219,  272. 

Salmon,  70,  78,  409,  411,  422. 

Salome,  335. 

Salome  K.,  314. 

Samuel,  63,  64.  65,  66,  67,  70,  76,  150, 
151,  152,  154,  159,  161,  168,  186, 
258,  260,  263,  264,  269,  271,  273, 
275,  279,  284,  291,  292,  294,  310, 
313,  317,  318,  347. 

Samuel  C.,  316. 

Samuel    M.   S.,  252. 

Samuel  Page,  222. 

Samuel  Smith,  222,  229. 

Samuel  S.,  303. 

Sarah.  69.  71,  72,  75,  76,  78,  93,  94, 
140,  151,  152,  153,  154,168,  188, 
211,  212,  213,  215,  216,  217,  218, 
220,  221,  226,  258,  259,  260.  261. 
262,  265,  266,  267,  269,  271,  274, 
275,  276,  280,  281,  283,  284.  285, 
294,  296,  311,  313.  418. 

Sarah  Abbv,  238. 

Sarah  Abigail,  227. 

Sarah  Agnes,  237,  248. 

Sarah  Ann,  229. 

Sarah  A.,   193. 

Sarah  B.,  346. 

Sarah  Carter,  301. 

Sarah  Cumston,  291. 

Sarah  Durke,  86. 

Sarah  Elvira,  97. 

Sarah  E.,  296,  309.  310. 

Sarah  Frances,   166.  341. 

Sarah  F.,  298. 

Sarah  Helen,  300. 

Sarah  Jane,  226,  295. 

Sarah  J.,  90,  170. 


43^ 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


Sarah  Lizzie,  310. 

Sarah  L.,  284,  292,  314,  316. 

Sarah  Roxana,  98. 

Sarah  While.  314. 

Saul,  170. 

Setli  Shackford,  229. 

Severn,  93,  L04,  422. 

Sherman,  107.  110. 

Sherman  Roberts,   100. 

Sibley,  281,  296. 

Silas,  294,  314. 

Simeon,  266,  271,  -74,  _'7">. 

si i.   L'li),   214,  215,  220,  221,   224, 

lis,  23."). 
Simon  Moody,  233. 
Small.  260,  265. 

-  iriety,  210. 
Solomon,  67,  7  1.  80  286. 
Solomon  Stone,  300. 

m  W.,  293,  312. 
Sopbronia,  335. 
Sophia,  81,  83,  B9,  - 
Stephen,  66,  70,  77.  78,  92,   Ml.   L99, 

259,  261,  263,  204.  266,  271.  273. 

27-1.    109,    U0,  411,    112.    122. 
Stephen  M..  304. 
Stillman,  73,  86,  161,  170. 
Sne  Maria.    162. 
Sumner  C,  290,  306. 
Susan,  78,  93,  191,  L92,  L97,  27::. 
Susan  A..  21 

-  n   !•:..  294, 

-  hi  Henshaw,  33s.  :;in. 
Susan  1'..  172. 

Susan  W.,  408. 
Susanna,  65,  260. 
Susie,    : 

s 

Sylvanus  Thayer,  17 1.  185. 
Sylvester,  192. 

S.  C,  342. 
S.    M.,    343. 

Tarbox,  154,  158,  160. 

Theodore,  188,  L89,   L90,  22."..  339. 

Thomas,  93,  104,  153,  158,  L60,  168, 
186,  187,  L88,  207,  208,  214,  219, 
221.  227.  238,  243.  2.14.  265,  272. 
273.  277.  282,  2^.  303,   329. 

Thomas  I...  424. 

Thomas   P.,  ....4.  330.  3  1 

Thomas  T..  345. 

Timothy  Pike,  218. 

Thomas  11..  282. 

Tryphena,  217. 

T.J.,  110. 


I  lyss<  -  Oman,  169. 
Uriah,  17<>. 

Virginia  Hunt,  237. 
V.  D.,  342. 
Wallace  C,  107. 

Walter  A..  312. 
Walter  K.,  L97. 
Walter  Perry,  201. 

Walter    P.,   315. 

Walter  Standley,  166,   173. 
Warren,  78,  B9,  92,   L02. 

Welldeli    S.,   232. 

ntworth  I..,  294,  315. 
f,  78,  93. 

Wilbur,  201. 

Wilbur  1...  2 

Willard,  195. 

William.  72.  75,  82,  90,  93,  96,  L51, 
152,  l.">4.  155,  160,  189,  190,  L92, 
207,  2  in.  214.  218,  223.  254,  258, 
259,  260,  261,  262,  263,  266,  270, 
271.  272.  27:;.  27s.  27!>.  2S0,  2!>n, 
291,  2!i2.  _'!!.-•.  307,  31 1.  314,  310. 
'.  338,  342.  344, 
345,  :'47. 

William  Albert,  211. 

William  Alexander,    12  1. 

William   A..  L6,  335. 

Wiliaan    B.,   239,   212. 

W  illiam  I  ad,   104. 

William  <  k>llins,  276. 

William   (  ..  285. 

William  I)..   190,   194,  200. 

William    K..   292,   311. 

William  Ford,  86,  99,   108. 

William  !■'..  200,  2 

William  '..    II,    190,    192,    198. 

William  Henry,  291,  309. 

William  II..    197,  202. 

William  Jackson,  89,  L02. 

William  James,    ins.    iin. 

William  King, 

William  Lews,  238. 

William  1...  310. 

William  Mitchell,  '.'2. 

Willis  m  .v..  305. 

William  V.   L94. 

iam  Parker,  231,  242. 

William  Perry,  272.  282,  296. 

William  Pitt.    217. 

William  Porter,  104.  172. 

William  R.,  281. 

William  Springer,    1">7.    103. 

William  Sob  n. 

William  l\,  407. 


i;y  the  name  of  moultox,  moultex,  etc. 


437 


Willie 

C,  202. 

Willie 

F.,  196. 

Willis 

Bean.  2! 

99. 

Willis 

B.,  310. 

Willis 

G.,   108. 

202. 

Worthington,  2 

11,  215 

Wyatt. 

34G. 

W.  Edgar,  108. 
W.  H.  J..  235. 
W.  T..  343. 


Zebine,  80. 
Zelotes,  223.  231. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTOX. 


Abbott,  Etta,  198,  202. 
Abbott,  Henry  I'..   L98,  2(>2. 
Abbott,  Lizzie.    ll>7.    174. 
Aborn,  Ebenezer,  64. 
Aborn,  Mary,  102. 
Adams,  Ada  W..  299. 
Adams,  Alfred  .1!»3. 
Adams,  ( 'lara.   193. 
Adams,   Emily,   L93. 
Adams,  Prank,  193. 
Adams,   George,    L93. 
Adams,  George  M.,  -*7. 
Adam-.  Joel,  33d. 

at-.  Marietta,  193. 
Adams,  Mary,  L93. 
Adam-.  Samuel,  L93. 
Adams,  Sarah,  L93. 
Adams.  Silas   M.,  287. 
Adams,  William.   193. 

Adams.  .  158,  L66. 

Agry,  Adelaide  X..  290.  307. 
Agry,  George,   307. 
Alger,  Allan,   126. 
Alger,  Ann.  st. 

Caroline.   12(i. 

Charles.  S4. 

Fay.   126. 

Frances.    126. 

Frederick.    120. 
Algerj  Russell,  84,  126,  136. 
Alger.  Russell  Alexander.  84.  114. 

136. 
Al?er,  Svbil,  S4. 

Allen.  — ,  263. 

Amand,  Carrie.  317. 
Ames,  Marston,  202. 
Andrews,  John.  276. 
Andrews.  Lincoln  C.  86. 
Andrews.  Mary,  273.  285. 
Andrews.  S.  D.,  234. 
Andrews.  William.  285. 


Alger 
Alger, 
Alger. 
Alger, 
Alger, 


Andrew-.  .    168. 

Armstrong,   Jesse,  94,  420. 

Arrington,  Lydia,  242. 

Ashley,  Mabelle  D.,  230. 

Avery,  John,  L94. 

A\  er,  ( iharles,  273. 

Aver.  Olive  273. 

Ayer,  James,  219. 

Ayr.  Sarah  L..  283,  296. 

Ami-.   Emily  A..   195. 

Ayers,  Sophia  B.,   191.  197. 

Ayers,  Joseph,  151. 

Babcock,  Hugh,  241. 

Babcock,  dan.'   Maria.  241. 

Baehelder,  Dorothy  (Sanborn),  213. 
Bachelder,  Jethro,  213. 
Bacbelder,  Peter,  213. 
Bachellor,  Joseph,  ii-'i. 
i'.ai  on.    Ada    Loui-e.   97. 

Susan  E.,  340. 

Eunice,  164. 

Ezekiel,  156. 

Frederic  W..  285. 


B  icon, 
Bailey, 
Bailey, 
Bailey, 

I'.ai  ley. 

Bailey, 
Baker, 
Balsh, 


Mary,   153,   156,  221 
William    F..    126. 
Elizabeth,  65,  66. 

Freeborn,  63. 
Bane.  Eleanor.    187. 
Bane,  Lewis.   187. 
126,       Bangs,  Edith  E.,  233. 

Bangs.  Leonard  L.,  335. 
Bangs.   Lueius  J.,  335. 

Bangs,  .  346. 

Barker.  Mary.  279.  293. 
Barnes,  Margaret,  78,  92. 
Barnev.  Mary  Melissa,  230. 
Barnhart.  Christina  B..  91. 
Barrows.  Sophia,  278,  290. 

Barnum,  .  419. 

Bartlett.  Bertha  May,  97. 


>37. 


438 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


Bartlett,  Elizabeth,  280,  295. 
Bartlett,  J.  H.,  187. 
Bartlett,  Margaret  G.,  287. 
Bartlett,  Ruth,  280,  295. 
Bartlett,  Samuel,  25!). 
Bassett,  Sophia  M.,  423. 
Batehelder,  Betsey,  335. 
Batehelder,  Carter.  261. 
Batehelder,  Dorothy,  210. 
Batehelder,  John,  211. 
Batehelder,  Mary.  2tiii,  273. 
Batehelder,  Nathan,  283. 
Batehelder,  Samuel,  190. 
Batehelder,  Thomas,  258. 
Bates,  Almira  Frances,  340. 
Bates,  Axella,  290. 
Bates,  Henry  H.,  8b". 
Battell,  Charles  W.,  97. 
Battell,  Dwiglit  H.,  97. 
Baylies,  Frances,  77. 
Beal,  Abigail  G.,  221,  227,  247. 
Beal,  Zachariah,  227,  247. 
Bean,  Ella,  314. 
Bean.  Rose,  278,  290. 
Bean,  Rose  A.,  299. 
Beardsley,  Charles  E.,   108. 
Beardsley,  Gertrude,  108. 
Beliss,  J.  J.,  335. 

Bell,  ,  90,  412. 

Bellflower,  Benjamin,  Gl. 
Benjamin,  Isaac.  169. 
Bennet,  Lucy,  199. 
Benson,  Annette,  284. 
Benson,  Emma,  284. 
Benson,   Sarah   A..   294,   315. 
Benson,  Stephen  B.,  284. 
Berrv,  Al..  414. 
Berry  Bridget.   191.   196. 
Berry,  Ephraim.  276. 
Berrv,   James,   302. 
Berrv.  John,  288. 
Berrv.  Laura  M.,  230. 
Berrv,  Lvdia,  223. 
Berry.  Lvdia  H..  280,  302. 
Bingham,  Abel.  65. 
Bickford.  Elvira.  298. 
Bird.  Peter  E..  341. 
Bishop.  Levi,  84. 
Bissell.  William  H.  A.,  85. 
Blake,  Abigail.  272.  281. 
Blake,  Ann.  220.  225. 
Blake.  Augusta.  282. 
Blake,  Charles  W..  198. 
Blake.  Elizabeth  D.,  224,  233. 
Blake,  George,  282. 
Blake,  Hattie  B.,  346. 


Blake,  Henry  T.,  282. 
Blake,  John  P.,  2S2. 
Blake,  John  T.,  282. 
Blake,  Mary,  282. 
Blake,  Mary  Ann,  225. 
Blake,  Phebe  M.,  282. 
Blake,  Sarah,  282. 
Blake,  Thomas  H.,  282. 
Blake,  William  11.,  238. 
Blanchard,  Inez,  100. 
Blanchard,  Sarah,  72. 

Blanchard, ,  160. 

Blod-'U.  Edward  O.,  98. 
Blodgett,  Elsie  Louise,  98. 
Blodgett,   Kunice  M.,  98. 
Blodgett,   Freeman  M,  !'S. 
Blodgett,   Freeman  R.,  98. 
Blodgett,  Grace  Irene,  98. 
Blodgetl .  Ida  Louise,  98. 

I'.l.  I. llllc-.   7-. 

Blodgett,  Mary,  72,  126. 
Blodgett ,  Oscar,  98. 
blodgett,  Theoda,  83.  - — 
Blodgett,  Thomas,  72. 
Blodgett,  Walter  L.,  98. 

Blodgett,  ,  96. 

Boiii.ui.  Betsey,  412. 

Bond.    I.   W..*2s'.t. 

Boothbv.    Kli/.i,   278. 

Bool  hli\ .  Joseph.   314. 

Boothhy,  Samuel,  277,  314. 

Boothl.v.    Silas   M.,   314. 

Bound."  Kuth,  65,  68. 

Bowdoin.  Gertrude  M..  316. 

Bowers.    KlizalM-th,    196. 

Boyi-e.  Warden.  96. 

Bovnton,  Jacob,  305. 

Bovnton,  Mary  A.,  290,  305. 

Boynton.  Wilder  P.,  335. 

Bradbury,  Anne,  344. 

Bradburv.  Clarissa,  279,  318. 

Bradbury,  James,  279,  202,  318. 

Bradburv,  James   W..   279,  317,  318, 

320. 
Bradbury,  John,  344. 
Bradburv.  Maria.  192. 
Bradburv,  Samuel  M..  279,  317. 
Bradbury,  Sarah  M..  303. 

Bradbury.  .   52. 

Bradlev,  Anna  Maria,  194. 
Bradley,  Charles  F.,  174. 
Bradley,  Grace,  172,  174. 
Bradway,  David,  72. 

Bradway.  ,  72. 

Brage.  Mary,  76. 
Bragg,  Olive,  265,  272. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


439 


Braglon,  Samuel,   1S6. 
Brawley,  Emma,  200. 
Brearlev,   Alice  L.,   341. 
Breed,  Frank  B.,  201. 
Breed,  Maria,  200. 
Brewster,  Jos.,  273. 
Brewster,  Susan,  310. 
Briggs,  Benjamin,  99. 
Briggs,  Robert  M.,  99. 
Brigham,  John,  151. 
Brinkerhoff.  John.  78. 
Briton,  Millie,  84. 
Brooks.  Ahby  Maria.  293. 
Brooks,  Albi'n  Warner,  293. 
Brooks.  Eliza  Ann,  293. 
Brooks,  Elizabeth,  79. 
Brooks,  Helen,  79. 
Brooks,  Josephine..  79. 
Brooks,  Leonard  Walter,  293. 
Brooks.  Mary  Ann,  79. 
Brooks.  Mer'ritt.  79. 
Brooks.  Nathaniel,  190. 
Brooks.  Stephen.  79. 
Brooks,  Walter,  293. 
Broome.  Mary.  91. 
Brown.  Anna.  210.  224. 
Brown.  Dorothy.  338. 
Brown,  Ebenezer,  210. 
Brown,  Ed.  A..  242. 
Brown,  Edna  I.,  310. 
Brown.  Ezekiel.  338. 
Brown,  Horace.  228. 
Brown.  John.  265. 
Brown.  Josiah.  420. 
Brown,  Martha    Ann.  228,  -339. 
Brown.  Mary.  260.   265. 
Brown.  Mehitable.  272.  281. 
Brown,  Samuel.  219. 
Brown,  Sarah.   161.  16S. 
Brown,  Simon,  221. 
Brown.  Stephen   F..  299. 
Brown.  William.  239. 
Brown,   Zachariab.   224. 

Brown,  ,  95.  213,  218,  223,  416. 

Brownell,  Daniel.  169. 
Brownell.  Lester.  169. 
Bugbee.   Esther,  80. 

Bumstead.  ,  84. 

Burbank.  Anna  N.,  283. 
Burbank,  Catherine.  274. 
Burbank.  Lindlev  A..  283. 
Burbank.  Marv  H.,   274. 
Burbank.  Mary  W..  283. 
Burbank.  Miriam,  274. 
Burbank.   Rufus,   274. 
Burbank.  William  S..  283. 


Burbank,  Willis  \\\.  2S3. 
Burdon,  John,  64. 
Burnham,  Eliza,  2S5,  29S. 
Burnham,  Louisa,  98. 
Burnham,  Mary,  26S,  277. 
Burnham,  Rebecca,  267,  275. 
Burnham,  Sarah,  273,  283. 
Burr.  Mary  A.,  96. 
Burt,  Edmund.  274. 
Burton,  Frank  A.,  238. 
Butterfield,  Emily,  162. 
Butterfield,  Fannie,  162. 
Butterfield,  Mellona,  162. 
Butterfield,  Moses  B.,  162. 

Campbell,  Oeorge  B.,  341.. 
Campbell,  Hiram,  13S. 
Campbell,  Mario  E.,  107,  13S. 
Campbell,  Richard,  279. 
Campernell,  Nancy,  274,  2S4. 
I  annell,  Justin,  233. 

Cannell,   Sarah.   289. 

n.  Eugene  C,  309. 

i  .nil,  Crur-e.  2S8. 
Carmen,  Arabella  A.,  300. 
I    irter.  Daniel.   301. 
Tarter.  Eliza.  235. 
I  niter.  Emma  A..  301. 
Carter.  Ezra,  3no.  323. 
Carter,  Lucv  W.,  230. 

<  arter.  Shuah  Coftin.  286,  300.  323. 

<  arter,  Thomas.  27i*>. 
•  arey,  A.  Jane,  169. 
Case,  Frank  B.,  103. 
Cavendar.  Ruth  X.,  424. 
Cavendar,  Thomas.  424. 
Chadbonme.  Alice,  186. 

<  liadbourne,  Hannah,   199. 
Chadboume.  Theodate,  198. 
(  hadwick,  Ann,  99. 
Chadwiek.  Lissa,  87. 
Chadwick.  Milton  L..  87. 
Hiadwick,  Minnie,  87. 
Chadwick.  Rufus,  99. 
Chaffee,  Chadwick.  72. 
Chaffee.  Charles.  72. 
Chamberlain,  Oilman  Moulton.  87. 
Chamberlain.  Robert  Holmes.  87. 
Chamberlain.  Theodore  G.,  87. 
Chandler.  Altha  E..  96. 
Chandler,  Ella  M..  96. 
Chandler,  Emma  E.,  96. 
Chandler,  E.  R.,  96. 

Chandler,  Miles  Burdick,  96. 
Chandler!  Orrin  M.,  96. 
Chase.  Alice,  85. 


440 


M0ULT0N    ANNALS. 


Chase,  Aquilla,  263. 
Chase,   Henry,  339. 
se   Nathan,  2 

Chase.   Reheeea.  :.•:,'.».  263,  264. 
Chase,  Thomas,  2(54. 

Chase, .  346. 

Chellis,  Ira.  273. 

( theetman,  Lucinda,  161,  169. 

Clark,  Annie,  199. 

Clark.  Asa,  94,    120. 

(lark.  Daniel,    i 

(  lark.  Emma,  79. 

(lar!x.  Emergine,  94,  420. 

(  lark,    Hannah.   ~>>. 

(  lark.  Hosea,  79,  421. 

Clark.  John,  258. 

(  leaves,  Sarah  .1.  \\\.  200. 

(  lements,  Dorothy,  2 in,  212. 
Cleveland,  Eliza,  78,  '.'2. 
Cleveland,  Moses,  92. 
Clinton.  Jonathan,  1 52. 
(live.  Sally   P..    L08. 
Cobb,    Martha.   201. 
Coburn,  Daniel.  286. 
Coburn,  Knowrton, 
Coburn,  William,  286. 
Coffin,  Christine,  220. 

:i.   Daniel.  211. 

Coffin.  Edward,  r 

Coffin,  Elizabeth,  89. 

Collin.  Hattie   k.,   103. 

Collin.  .Ian- 

Colli,,.  Jane,  221.  22 

Coffin,  Mattie  I  ..    :i7. 

Coflin.  l!el,..,-r.i,  265,  2 

Collin.  William.   159,   L67. 

(  oggleshall,  Frederick,  231. 

Coigneries,  Coniers,  Conyers,  Convene, 

1  IT    I  t!>. 

Coleord,  Henry  W..  312. 
Cole.  Abby,  157,  16! 

Cole.  Ann.   1.".7.   L65. 

Cole.  Estella  M..  311. 
Cole.   Zaehaviah.    L65. 

•  nan.  Elizabeth,  2'.'."..  316. 
(  olciiian.   Fimna   Delia,  8  I. 
Collins,  Caleb,  304. 
Collins.  Cora  F...  304. 
Collins,  George  Ik.  304. 
Collins.  Harvey,  2*8. 
Collins,  Harvey  F..  :'.<>4. 
Collin-.  1  aura  G.,  304. 
Collins,  <>live  M.,  304. 
Collins.  Perley,  304. 
Collins,  William.  304. 


Errata.) 

201. 


Collins,  William  W..  304. 
(  omina,  Emma  M.,  230. 
1  onant,  Exercise,  151,  L52 

Conant.  Irene.   158,  166. 
(onant.    .lane,    151,    152. 

(  onant.  Roger,  151. 

(  onant.  Sarah,  151. 
(  on\  eree,   Kleanor,  70. 
Converse,   Jesse.      (See 
1  onway,  Elizabeth,  196 
(  ..m«.i\  .  Margaret  II..  200,  2 
Cook,  Mary,  63,  126. 
Cooke.  Ann   1'..   L99. 
i  ooii.roth.  Benjamin,  278. 
I  ooper,  Ma rgareu,   \  15. 
1  orey,  Elizabeth,  1;::.  64. 
(  oniell.  Mary.  338. 
Cotton,  Bil 

on,  Hannah  Beck,  262, 
( 'otton.  Maria.  -  5. 

Cowden,  Lizzie,  10:;. 

(  o\  ken.lal.  <  lharles  Powers,  B  k 

1  03  kendal,  Lucy  Maude,  B  i. 

C03  kendal,  .  B4. 

( xaig,  Laura  Ann.  95. 

i  ram, 

Crockett,  Martha. 
(  1  ispin,  Richard,  69. 
(  roseman,   Martha.    191. 

(  nm-ton.    II1-111  \    \  ..   291. 

Cumston,  Nancj .  278,  291. 

(   urn.  r.  .'   29 

< 'mi  in.  Stephen,  76. 
(  ummings,  Elmer  K..  :'.(i7. 
Cummings,   [da    F..  307. 
Cummings,  Simon,  307. 
Cummings,   Walter.  307. 
( Jurrie,  Jessie  X..  ::  l">. 
Curtis,  Elizabeth, 

1 '     j.-t .  Rebeckah,  67. 
Dagget,  William,  68. 
Dal.-.  Ruth,   124. 
Dalrymple,  Edw.,  167. 
Dalrymple,   Emily,  167. 
Dalton,  Emma, 
Dalton.  Marv.  292,  309,    :22. 
Dalton.  Samuel,  .".09.  322. 
Daniels,  Lina,  230. 
Danielson,  Emma,  107. 

Dart.    Frances.   105. 
Davis.  Abbie,  L64,  171. 
Davis,  A.  K.  Ik.  2S4. 
Davis,  Clara  F..  ::oo. 
Davis,  David.  73. 
Davis,  Frank  0./ 284. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


Davis,  John.  89. 
Davis.  Josiah  EL,  347. 
Davis,  Moses,  2S0. 
Davis,  Robert  S.,  341. 
Davis.  Sarah,  279,  294. 
Davis,  Sarah  L.,  284. 
Davis,  Silas  A.,  335. 
Davis.  William.'  284. 

Davis,  .  153,  136. 

Day.  Albert.  19",. 
Day,  Maria  -lane.  294,  313. 
Dean.  Herbert  F.,  300. 
Deans,  Elvira  J.,  170. 
Dearborn,  Jemima, 
Dearborn,  Nancy,  220,  225. 
Deering,  Dora  A.,  291,  309. 
Deering,  George  W '..  309. 
Deering,  Wm.  II. .  276. 
Denett,  Joseph,  231. 
Dennett,  Mary,  277,  287. 
Dewey,  Caddie,  166,  174. 
Dillon,  si. In.. v.  100. 
Dixon,  F.  L.,  306. 
Dodge,  Bartholomew,  160. 
Dodge,  Elijah,  152 


ge,  Jei  usha,  154, 


159. 
159. 


Dodge,  Naomi,  154, 

'.Ivah.  292. 
Doe,  Bartlett,  292. 
Doe,  Elizabeth,  283.  290. 
Doetch,  Lucy  B.,  97. 
Dole,  Florence,  234. 
Dole,  William  T.,  89. 
Donnell,  Alice.  186,  189,  190. 
Donnell,  Benjamin  F..  193. 
Donnell,  -lame-.  200. 
Donnell,  Miriam  s..  194,  200. 
Donnell.  S.  I '..   193. 
Donnell,  William,  189,  190. 
Dorr.  .Tolm  J.  1*...  199. 
Dorr,  Thomas  J.  P...  199. 
Doughty,  Clara  M.,  307. 
Doughty,  Edgar  A..  307. 
Doughty,  Frank  M.,  307. 
Doughty,  George  W.,  307. 
Doughty,  Willie  E.,  307. 
Dow,  Charles  H..  310. 
Dow.  Helen  M.,  239. 
Dow.  John  A..  239. 
Dow.  Josiah,  214.  210.  228. 
Dow.  Marie,  346. 
Dow.  Nancy,  272.  282. 
Dow.  Samuel,  207. 
Dow.  Sarah.  262.  266.  267. 
Dow.  Simon.  266. 
Dow.  .  261,  423. 


Downing.  Emanuel,  63. 

Downs.  Hannah  (or  Huldah),  214,  219. 

Drake.  Chester  C,  84. 

Drake..  Chester  Freeman,  8/4. 

Drake,  Dewitt  Clinton,  84. 

Drake,  Leonora,  84. 

Drake,  Lloyd  Chester,  84. 

Drake,  Marian,  84. 

Drake.  Martha  F..  22S.  239. 

Drake.  Robert,  261. 

Drake.  Rosamond,  84. 

Drake.  Samuel.  239. 

DnBois.  William  EL,  87. 

Dudley,  Catherine  S.,  282,  296. 

Dudley,  John,  172. 

Dudley.  Rebecca,  164,  172. 

Duncan.  George  EL,  313. 

Dunnell,  Edgar,  28 

Dunnell,  Ettza  E.,  288. 

Dunnell.  Joanna,  288,  3,03. 

Dunnell.  Laura,  288,  303. 

Dunnell.   Manila.  288. 

Dunnell,  M  Colman,  28S. 

i  Bunnell,  Stephen,  274. 

Dunnell,  William    288. 

Duntou.  Alice  A..  313. 

Durkee,  Lucy.  73. 

Durkee,  ,  65. 

Dwinell,  Bartholomew,  153. 
Dyer.  Deborah,  209.  278. 
Dyer.  Harriet    F..  291,  308. 
Dyer.  Sarah.   170. 

Earnest, .  s  1. 

Fa-i  man.  James,  219. 
Eastman,  Richard,  312. 
Eaton,  Joseph,   187. 
Fatou.  Thomas,  203. 
Edgerly,  Dudlev.  273. 
Edgerly,   Mary,'  279.  294. 
Edgerton,  Hannah.  100. 
Edson,  Levi.  71. 
Edson,   Mary.  77. 

Edwards.  — ,  60. 

Eldredge,  Martin  F.,  293. 
Flkins.  Moses,  218. 
Elmer,  Macomb  K..  341. 
Elmer,  Robert  P.,  341. 
Emery.   Anthony,  217. 
Emery.  Benjamin,  267. 
Emery.  Comfort,  267. 
Emery,  Daniel,  267. 
Emery.   Harriet.  286,   301. 
Emery,  Jonathan.  267. 
Emery.  Joseph,  275. 
Emery.  Josiah,  267,  301. 


442 


MOULTOX    AXNALS. 


Emery,  Judith,  269,  279. 

Emery,  Mercy.  267. 

Emery,  Ruth,  262. 

Emery,  Sarah,  213,  217,  267. 

Emery,  William,  19:;.  267. 

Emmons,  Sophronia  W.,  191,  197. 

Emory,  Augusta,  199. 

Kmrich,  Clarence  T.,  91. 

Finrich,  Horace  H.,  91. 

Kmrich,  Jacob,  91. 

Kmrich,  J.  L.,  91. 

Krwin,  Calvin  E.,  171. 

Evans,  Charles  Kelson,  237. 

Kvans.  .Mary  Anna,  77. 

Evans,  Owen,  77. 

Fabyan,  Joseph,  276. 
Fabyan,  Olive,  268,  276. 
Fabyan,  Sarah,  300,  323. 
Fair.  Minnie  L.,  305. 
Farrar,  Mary,   193. 
Fam's.  Thomas,  289. 
Fenderson,  Anna. 
Fenderson,  ( tarns, 
Fenderson,  Elizabeth,  278. 
Fenderson,  [vory,  278. 
Fenderson,  James  I ;..  315. 
Fenderson,  John,  304. 
Fenderson,  Lucy,  278. 
Fenderson,  Marj    !■:..   ;i  \. 
Fenderson,  Mehitable,  278. 
Fenderson,  Nancy, 
Fender-., m.  Nathaniel,  26*.  278. 
Fenderson,  Nellie  J.,  .'!<>:,. 
Fenderson,  olive  .1.,  289,  ::04. 
Fenderson.  Reuben,  278. 
Fenderson,  Simon,  278. 
Fenderson,  Wallace.  21 
Fenderson,  William,  311. 
Fenley,  Mary  8.,  100. 
Fenno,  Charlotte  Tl„  199. 
Fenno,  Dana  Grafton,  293. 
Fenton,  Joseph,  67. 
Fernald.  Maria.  192. 
Feraald.  Mary  A..  199. 

Fernald,  — ,  275. 

Field,  -Tame-. 
Files,  Albion,  224. 
Filas,  Cyrus,  224. 
Files,  Harriet.  224. 
Files,  Julia,  224. 
Files,  Lorenzo,  224. 
Files,  Wm.  F..  224. 
Fillebrown.  Geonre.  2S9. 
Fisher,  Addison,  191. 


1-  i-k.  Sarah.    1 
Fiske,  Oliver,  293. 
Fitz,  John  S.,  235. 
Fleckinger,  Eli,  84. 
Fleckinger,  Joseph,  8  l. 
Flint.  Stephen,  64. 
Floyd,  Onssa  Ida,  295,  316. 
ii.m1i,  261. 
gg,  James,  ! 
Fogg,  Jonathan,  277. 
Fogg,  Josiah,  79. 
g,  Luanda,  296. 
_.  Mary,  79. 
Ford.   Edward  Moulton,  85. 
Ford,  Ellen  M..  85. 
Ford,  .lulia  Olivia.  85. 
Ford,  La\  inia, 
Ford,  Lydia,  279. 
Ford,  Mary  Elisabeth, 
Ford,  Mary  Louisa,  B5. 
Ford,  Samuel,  85. 
Ford,  William.  85,  86. 
Fobs,  Agnes,  220,  225. 

FOSS,  Daniel.  290. 

Fees,  Elisa,  290,  307. 

j .  :;06. 
I  Bther,  161,  170. 
lorn,  284. 
i  oss,  l.ucv   M..  290,  ::06. 
Foss,  Olive,  290,  306. 
Foss,  Ri  13. 

.  Walter.  306,  307. 
Foster,    Hannah.   279. 

r,  ,  340. 

Sarah  Jane,  294,  312. 
Freeman,  <  diver,  194. 
French,  Franklin.  9 
1- razier.  ( >live. 

French,  Bark  M.. 

French.  Herbert  F.,  108. 
Fretts,   Flora.  241. 
Friend,  Elisabeth,  339. 
Friend,  George  W.,  :;39. 
Friend,  lame-:.  i:>0. 
Friend,  -lane,  339. 
Friend,  John,  1 50. 
Friend.  Martha.  193. 
Friend,  Michael,  339. 
Friend,  Samuel  B.,  339. 
Friend,  Sarah  P..  339. 
Friend,  William,  339. 
Friend.  William  G.,  339. 
Friend.  William  H.,  339. 
Frost,  Elizabeth  F.,  294,  315. 
Frost,  Laura  A.,  303. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


443 


Fuller,  Etta,  303. 
Fuller,  Sarah,  71,  103. 
Fuller,  Stephen,  65. 

Gainley,  George,  203. 
Gainley,  Margie,  203. 
Gale,  Louisa,  310. 
Gardner,  Eliza,  79,  421. 

Gardner. ,  74. 

Garland,'  Abigail,  211,  215,  222.  229. 

Garland,  Amos,  228. 

Garland,  Anna  Florence,  241. 

Garland,  Clara  J.,  285,  298. 

Garland,  David,  229. 

Garland.  Mary,  211.  214. 

Garland.  Nathan,  224. 

Garland,  Olive,  221,  228. 

Garland,  Peter,  214.  215. 

Garland.  Samuel,  212. 

Garland,  Thomas,  210. 

Gani.k.  [da,  341. 

Garvin,  Martha   M..  242. 

Gerrv.  LouNa  <  'h:i|>in.  IDS. 

Gifford,  Laura,  161,  170. 

Gilbert,  Mary,  84. 

Giles,  Augusta,  173. 

Giles,  Lucy  O..  165,  173,  i: 

Gill,  Elijah.  169. 

Gill,  Jason,  169. 

Gilpatrick,  Elizabeth  B.,  275,  284. 

Gilpatrick,  ,  313. 

Glover,  E1izal>eth    (Xorris),   150,    111. 

Godfrey,    lames,  238. 

Godfrey,  Jonathan,  266. 

Godfrev,  Mehitahle.  261,  266. 

Godfre'v.  Sarah.  264.  271. 

Godfrev.  Sarah  K..  228,  238. 

Goode,  Abigail,  63.  113,  126,  247. 

Goodwin.  Chase,  304. 

Goodwin.  Isaac,  221. 

Goodwin!  Timothy.  189,  190. 

Gordon.  Mary,  282. 

Gould,  George,  226. 

Gould,  John,  86. 

Gove,  Edward.  210. 

Gowan.  Hannah.  189,  190. 

Gowan.  Judith.  188. 

Grant.  Charles,  191. 

Grant,  David,  188. 

Grant.  Ebenezer,  189. 

Grant,  Eleanor.  106. 

Grant.  Lydia.  188. 

Grant,  Olive,  191. 

Grant.  Roy.  106. 

Grant.  Stephen,  192. 

Graves,  Charlotte  William,  86. 


Graves,  Dudley  Chase,  86. 
Graves,  Ernest  Collins,  S6. 
Graves,  Gemont,  86. 
Graves,  George,  86. 
Graves,  Harmon  Sheldon,  86. 
Graves,  Lilian  Carol,  86. 
Graves,  Maria  Moulton,  86. 
i  way.  John  M..  91. 
(.ray.    Marion,    91. 
Green,  Harrriet,  80,  417. 
( ireen,  Jane,  346. 
Green,  Jennie  M.,  185. 
Green,  Jeremiah  F.,  338. 
Green,  Julia  Worth,  185. 
i  Ireen,  Mellie  Mercer,  185. 
Green,  Powers.  80,  91,  417. 
< ireen,  Sarah.  64,  66. 
Green,  Thomas,  64,  66. 
Green,  Wm.  Cowan,  171,  185. 
Green,  Chloe  C,  91,  409,  414. 
Greene,  Esther.  232. 
Greenleaf,  Lydia,  270. 
Greenough,  I.illie.  144,  416. 
Greenwood,  Rosanna,  1 91,  195. 
Griffith,  Anna,  77. 
Griffith;  Mary  H.,  97. 
Griffith,  Oglesby,  97. 
Griffith,  Sarah  S.,  97. 
Grigg,  John  W\,  100. 
Griswold,  Chester,  77,  412. 
I rriswold,  John  A.,  77. 
i :  roves.  Hannah,  64,  65,  126. 
Guilford,  Rumerv,  289. 
Guptill,  Joel,  232. 
i  rustine,  Hannah  J.,  345. 

Hackett,  Irene  B.,  160,  167. 

Eageman,  ,  144. 

Haines.  — .  272. 

Haggett,  William,  287. 
Haldeman,  John  W.,  106. 
Haldeman,  Mary  A.,  106. 
Haldeman,  William  J.,  106. 
Hale.  Chauncey,  92. 
Hale,  Priscilla.  173. 

Hale, ,  421. 

Halev.  Daniel,  221. 
Hall,  Bertha  S.,  239. 
Hall,  Cittana,  414. 
Hall.  Eunice,  65.  66. 
Hall,  Lessie,  235. 
Hall,  Martha  W.,  335. 

Hall,  ,  96. 

Ham.  Ann  Maria,  101. 

Hamblin.  ,  161. 

Hamlin,  Edith  H.,  237. 


444 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


Hammond,  Mary,  192. 
Hanks,  Anna,  83. 
Hansfield,   Anne,    113. 
Hansan,  Lucy,   226. 
Hanson,  Annie  H.,  307. 

Hanson,  — ,  285. 

Harding,  America  Lee,  171,  185. 
Harding,  Hannah,  225,  234. 
Harding,  William,  225. 
Harmon,  Abigail,  189,  344. 
Harmon,  Elias,,  226. 
Hannon,  F.  A.,' 242. 
Harmon,  James,  278. 
Harmon,  Joseph,  276. 
Harmon,  -losiah,  220. 
Harmon,  Martha,  288,  303. 
Harmon,  Mary,  286. 
Harmon,  Mehitable,  26S,  277. 
Harmon.  Miranda.  277,  289. 
Harmon.  Nathaniel.  189.  344. 
Harmon,  Patience.  277.  288. 
Harmon.  Silas.  289. 
Harmon.  William,  220. 
Harrigan,  Katie.  232. 
Harrington,  Phineas.  346. 
Hart.  KNie  Katharine.  86. 
Hart,  Josiah.  270. 
Hart.  William   Harriette,  77. 
Hartshorn.  Mary,  154.  160. 
Harwood,  Elizabeth,. 69. 
Hasty.   Abby,   224. 
Hasty.  Andrew.  224. 
Hasty,  Hiram.  224. 
Hasty,  James  L..  224. 
Hasty,  Josiah,   :.':;::. 
Hasty,  Luev,  224. 
Hasty.  .Martha.  224,  233. 
Hasty,  Sarah,  224. 
Hatch,  Martha.  193. 
Hatch,  Stephen,  193. 
Hatzfekl,  Helen.  95,  143. 
Hatzfeld.  Paul.  95,  143. 
Haynes,  Jonathan,  258. 
Haynes.  Mary,  65,  67. 
Hay  ward,  Almira,  198. 

Ilavward,  ,  114. 

Flazeltine,  Harriet  M..  191.  196. 

Hege.rmann,  ,  146. 

Hemingway.  John,  199. 
Henderson.  Howard,  316. 
Henry,  Annette,  84.  117,  126. 
Henry.  W.  G.,  117. 
Herrick,  Sarah,  151.  152. 
Heseltine,  Daniel  W.,  237. 
Heseltine,  Marion  Elizabeth,  237. 
Hicks,  Cornelia,  287,  303. 


Hibbard,  Albert.  335. 

Hicks.  William,  303. 

Hill.  Bertha,  311. 

Hill,  D.  H.,  311. 

Hill.  Phebe  P.,  315. 

Hill.  Sarah,  272,  282. 

Hill.  Susan,  192,  197. 

Hill.  Walter,  311. 

Hilliard.  Lvdia.  272,  281. 

Hilliard,  Moulton.  281. 

Hills.  Alida  M.,  301. 

Hills.  Frank  P.,  417. 

Hills,  Grace,  417. 

Hills,  Grace  A.,  301. 

Hills.   11  a  Hie.  417. 

Hills,  Joseph.  263. 

Hills.  Lewis  <>..  301. 

Hills,  Louis  I...  301. 

Hills.  Moulton  A..  301. 

Hills,  Rebecca,  417. 

Hills.  William  Henry,  80,  417. 

Hilton.  Deborah,  266,  274. 

Hilton.  Edward,  209. 

Hilt. -n.  Sobriety,  208,  209. 

lline-.  Hiram,  :.".»<). 

Hinkley.  Iluldah  J.,  293,  312. 

Hinkston,  Obloe,  414. 

Hinkaton,  ( Sara,  414. 

Hinkston,  I...  414. 

Hobbs,  Bethia,  260,  264. 

Hobbs,   Hannah,    193. 

Hobbs,  Nehemiah,  264. 

i  [odgdon,  Amos.  :.»73. 

Hoit,  .  265,  273. 

Holbrook,  Lydia  D.,  218. 
Holden,  Joshua  B.,  252. 
Hollingshead,  David.  78. 
Holmes,  Daniel,  2S9. 
i  [olmes,  Viella,  105. 
Holt.  Benjamin,  187. 
Holt.  Diroas,  188,  189. 

Holt,  ,  101. 

Hopkins.  John  Henry,  86. 

Hoppin,  Ida  M.,  315. 

Home,  Emily  J.,  2S4,  297. 

Horning.  Anna.  341. 

Houk.  George.  91. 

Houk.  Harrison.  Willard.  92,  103. 

Houk.  John.  78.  91,  415. 

Houk.  Minnie  Francvis,  103. 

Houk.  Moulton,  103. 

Howard.  Olive  Pearl,  99. 

Howard,  Phebe  J.,  159,  167. 

Howard.  Tabitha,  152. 

Hoyt.  Caroline.  104. 

Hudson,  Catherine,   113. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


445 


Hues,  Rebecca  Collins,  79,  416. 
Huff,  Abbie,  423. 
Hughe,  Mary,  312. 
Huklon,  Emily,  415. 
Huntington,  John,  95. 
Hussey.  George,  193. 
Hutsinpiller.  Lillian  M.,  103. 
Hyde,  Esther,  413. 
Hyde,  Florence  A.,  230. 

Ingalls,  Eliza,  167. 
Ingalls.  Thomas  J.5  222. 
Ingraham,  Alice,   291. 
Ingraham,  Darius  H.,  291. 
Ingraham,  Win.  M.,  291. 

Jackson,  Castella  R.,  309. 

Jackinan, ,  264. 

Jackson.  Henry  A..  309. 

Jacobs,  Benjamin.  69. 

Jacobs.    Sarah.    75. 

Jameson,  Henry,  300. 

Jameson,  Patience,  286,  300. 

Jamison,  Catherine,  267,  275. 

Jellison,    Olive,    190. 

Jenners.  Thomas,  211. 

Jewett,   Charles,    298. 

Johnson,  Anna,  219. 

Johnson,  Catherine,  75. 

Johnson,  Horace,  103. 

Johnson,   John,    78. 

Johnson,  Katherine  K.,  92,  103. 

Johnson,  Levi,  307. 

Johnson,  Mary  Elizabeth.  78,  415. 

Johnson,  Mary  O.,  290.  307. 

Johnson,  Pete'r,  208. 

Johnson.  Sarah.  77,  412. 

Johnson,  Setn,  77. 

Johnson,  Susan,  411. 

Jones,  Anna,  173. 

Jones,  Harriet,  225,  235. 

Jose,  Mary  A.,  278. 

Jose.  Mercy,  278,  291. 

Jose,  Nathaniel.  278. 

Jose,  Simon,  276. 

Keen,  Edward.  234. 
Kelley,  Kate.  239. 
Kelley,  Lydia  Ann,  347. 
Kellogg.  Clara,  94. 
Kellogg,  Converse,  94. 
Kellogg,  David  M.,  94. 
Kellogo-.  Edwin  C,  94.  421. 
Kellogg,  Ella,  94. 
Kellogg,  Frederick  H.,  94,  421. 
Kellogg,  Henry  N.,  94,  421. 


Kellogg,  Louise,  94. 
Kellogg,  Moulton,  421. 
Kelsey,  Joel  W.,  227. 
Kemp,  Ida,  203. 
Kenney,  George,  159. 
Kent,  Eleanor,  78. 
Kent,  John  N.,  295. 
Kent,  Lorenzo,  78. 
Kent,  Thomas,  78. 
Kent.  William  (?),  78. 

Kent,  ,  78. 

Kiggs,  - — — ,  411. 
Killiam,  Hannah,  151.  152. 
Kilham,  John,  152. 

Kilham,  ,  158. 

Kimball,  Anna,  153,  154. 
Kimball,  Isabella,  290,  305. 
Kimball,  John.  271. 
Kimball.  Nathaniel,  154. 

Kimball,  ,  161. 

King,  Harty,  95. 
King,  Howard,  335. 
King,  Tolly,  81. 
King,  Thomas,  65. 
Kingsbury,  Fanny,  194. 
Kingsbury,  John,  189. 
Kingsbury,  Mary,  189. 
Kneeland,  Lorenzo  Dow.  241. 
Knight,  Ella  P..  302. 
Knight,  Samuel,  302. 

Knighton,  ,  413. 

Knowles.   Abigail.  216,  221. 
Knowles,  Anos,  221,  261. 
Knowles.  (vrena,  294,  313. 
Knowles,  Lovina,  294,  312. 

Knowles,  ,  212. 

Knowlton,  Mary,  88. 
Knowlton,   Persis,   83. 
Knox,  Abbie,  167. 
Kuder,  John,  105. 
Kuder,  Marietta,   105. 
Kurtz,  Flora,  97. 

Lacy,  Rebecca,  423. 
Lakeman.  Hannah,  225,  235. 
Lamphrey,  Hannah.  210,  213. 
Lamprey.  Benjamin,  213,  261. 
Lamprey.  Dudley.  228. 
Lamprey.  Elizabeth,  259,  261. 
Lamprey.  Lewis  L.,  272. 
Lamprey,  Miriam.  222,  228. 
Lamprey,  Morrill  M.,  228. 
Lamprey,  Morris,  211. 
Lamprey.  Sarah,  259,  261. 
Lane.  Arthur  E,  100. 
Lane,  Elizabeth  (Betsey),  277,  288. 


446 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


Lane,  John,  288. 

Lane,  Laurinda,  161,  168. 

Lane,  Mary   (Polly),  220,  225. 

Lane,  ,  161,  168. 

Langton,  Theodosia  J.,  191,  197. 

Lathe,  George  O.,  293. 

Lawrence,  Silas  T.,  169. 

Lawrence, ,  96. 

Lavor,  Etta  J.,  315. 

Leach,  Mary  190,  194. 

Leavitt,  Arenas,  212. 

Leavitt,  James  O.,  198. 

Leavitt,  Rebecca,  222,  231. 

Leavitt,  Sarah,  210,  212,  217,  222. 

Lecock, ,  209. 

Ledyard,  W.,  84. 

Lee,  Frances   (Grigg),  100. 

Lee,  Sarah,  78. 

Leonard,  ,  270. 

Le  Roy,  Francois  Caesar,  74. 

Leverett,  Mary,  151,  152. 

Lewis,  Anna,  92. 

Lewis,  Arthur,  169. 

Lewis,  Clara,  169. 

Lewis,  Ella,  169. 

Lewis,  Francis,  169. 

Lewis,  Thomas,   169. 

Libby,  Abraham,  277. 

Libby,  Anna,  267. 
Libby,  Ansel,  224. 
Libby,  Anthony,  213. 
Libby,  Charles  E..  304. 
Libby,  Charles  M.,  277. 
Libby,  Cora,  298. 
Libby,  Cyrus  F.,  277. 
Libbv,  Daniel,  224,  267. 
Libby,  David,  283,  285. 
Libby,  Edna  E.,  299. 
Libby,  Edwin,  304. 
Libby,  Eleanor,  277. 
Libbv,  Eliakin,  276. 
Libby,  Eliza.  276,  285. 
Libby,  Eugene  A.,  304. 
Libby,  Eugene  H„  299. 
Libby,  Fannie  E..  304. 
Libby,  Fanny.  224. 
Libby,  Florence  M.,  304. 
Libby,  Francis,  267. 
Libby,  Gardnier,  224. 
Libby,  Hannah,  259,  262. 
Libby,  Harriet,  287. 
Libby,  Horace,  304. 
Libby.  Irving,  224. 
Libby,  Isaac,  267. 
Libby,  Jane,  210,  213. 
Libby,  Jerusha,  266,  274. 


Libby,  Johnson,  299. 

Libby,  Joseph,  267. 

Libby,  Laura  E.,  304. 

Libby,  Levi,  224. 

Libby,  Margaret   (Ellen),  108. 

Libby,  Maria,  224. 

Libby,  Mary  Furber,  276. 

Libby,  Mehitable,  267,  277. 

Libby,  Miranda,  224. 

Libby,  Moses,  199. 

Libby,  Moulton  C,  299. 

Libby,  Nahum,  267. 

Libbv,  Olive,  286. 

Libby,  Olive  M.,  277. 

Libby,  Peter,  224,  267. 

Libby,  Phebe  Ann,  277. 

Libby,  Polly,  268. 

Libby,  Ruth,  267. 

Libby,  Samuel,  267. 

Libby,  Silas,  286. 

Libby.  Went  worth,  283. 

Libby,  William,  267. 

Lillebridge,  David  (or  Daniel).  79. 

Lillebridge,  Hannah,  77. 

Lillebridge,  Mary,  79. 

Lilley.  Sarah,   113. 

Lindsey,  Habakkuk.  76. 

Lindsev,  Hannah,  76. 

Little,  Elizabeth  R.,  107. 

Little,  John,  107. 

Littlefield,  Henry,  285. 

Locke,  Nathaniel,  214. 
Locke,  Miriam,  218. 
Locke,   Patience,   211. 
Locked  Rachel,  210,  214. 
Long,  D.  A.,  84. 
Long,  Lottie  A.,  308. 
Lord,  Almon,  295. 
Lord,  Almon  D.,  295. 
Lord,  Edward,  295. 
Lord,  Edward  F.,  295. 
Lord,  Emily  F.,  295. 
Lord,  Frederick,  295. 
Lord,  Hannah,  279,  294. 
Lord,  Katie,  312. 
Lord,  John  B.,  312. 
Lord,  Joseph  B.,  101. 
Lord.  Josephine,  295. 
Lord,  Leonard,  295. 
Lord,  Lydia,  292. 
Lord,  Mary  A.,  295. 
Lord,  Patience,  294,  314. 
Lord,  Rose  M.,  295. 
Lord,  Wentworth,  292. 
Lord,  William,  63. 
Lord.  William  M.,  295. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


447 


Lothrop,  Joseph  A.,  305. 

Lovett,    (or  Leavitt),  Sally,  222,  253. 

Low,  Jennie,  90. 

Low,  Lettie,  90. 

Low,  Philip  B.,  90. 

Lowe,  George  M.,  289. 

Lowe,  Olive,  189,  192. 

Lummus,  Matilda.  157,  165. 

Lunt,  Alfred.  191. 

Lunt,  Eva  L.,  237. 

Lunt,  Mary,  154.  160. 

Lunt,  Samuel.  97.  138. 

Lunt,  Sarah  M.  L.,  97,  138. 

Lunt, ,  187. 

Lyford,  Asenath,  335. 
Lyman,  Job,  188. 

MacDermott.  Patrick,  89. 
Mace,  Andrew,  260. 
Mace,  Betsey,  215,  219. 
Mace,  Josiah.  216. 
Mace,  Richard,  219. 
Mackintire,  Daniel,  66. 
Mackintire,  Judith,  66. 
Mackintire,  Mehitable,  69. 
Mackintire.  Thomas.  64. 
Magoon,  Minerva,  84. 
Mansfield.  Eleanor  S..  317. 
Mansfield,  E.  C,  317. 
Marden.  Betsey.  229. 
Marden.  John,'  229. 
Marden,  Polly,  222. 
Marsh,  Aaron,  75. 
Marsh,  Zachariah,  64. 

Marsh,  ,  76. 

Marshal],  S.  Bradlev.  197. 
Marston,  Abigail,  214,  218. 
Mar-ton.  Caleb,  210. 
Marston,  Comfort,  267. 
Marston.  Frederick  W.,  310. 
Marston,  Hannah,  267. 
Marston,  Huldah,  214,  218. 
Marston,  James,  214. 
Marston,  Jeremiah.  216.  218. 
Marston,  John,  217,  267. 
Marston,  Jonathan.  218,  267. 
Marston,  Josiah,  261. 
Marston,  Mary.  210,  211.  214,  216. 
Marston.  Mehitable,   267. 
Marston,  Samuel,  216.  267. 
Marston,  Simeon,  267. 
Marston,  Simon,  267. 
Marston.  Thomas.  210. 
Marston,  William  M.,  310. 

Martin,  .  224. 

Mason,  Benjamin,  265. 


Mason,  Elizabeth,  264,  271. 
Mason,  Henry  M.,  340. 
Mason,  John  C,  317. 
Mason,  Lizzie  C,  230. 
Mason,  Martha,  260,  265. 
Mason,  Mary,  211,  215. 
Mason,  Mary  A.,  317. 
Mason,   Nathaniel,   215. 
Mason,  Samuel,  340. 
Matthews,  Abel,  189. 
Maxwell,  Hannah  A.,  227,  238. 
May,  Moses,  151. 
McAllister,  Stephen  H.,  2S7. 
McAllister,  Albert  D.,  287. 
McAllister,  Chas.  L.,  287. 
McAllister,  Ella  F.,  287. 
McAllister,  George  E.,  287. 
McAllister,  Henry  F.,  287. 
McAllister,  Martha  T..  287. 
McAllister,  Mary  O.,  287. 
McAllister,  Royal  E.,  287. 
McAllister,  William,  160. 
McAllister.  William  H.,  287. 

McAllister,  ,  160. 

McBride,  Fanny.  311. 
McCain,  George  M.,  97,  139. 
McCain,  Gladys  M.,  97,  139. 
McCain,  Philip  L,  97,  139. 
McCain.  Walter  M.,  97,  139. 
McClarv,  William,  272. 
McClellan,  Sarah  J.,  239. 
McCorrison,  Sarah  Jane,  423. 
McDaniel.  Joseph,  285. 
McDougal.  Sarah  A.,  252. 
Mclntire,  Mary,  190. 
Mcintosh.  Andrew,  77,  419. 
Mcintosh,  Anna  Jane,  78. 
Mcintosh,  Arthur  Clarence,  196. 
Mcintosh,  Arthur  D.,  196. 
Mcintosh,  Frederic,  196. 
Mcintosh.  George,  77. 
Mcintosh,  Hattie,  196. 
Mcintosh.  Henriette  Maria.  78. 
Mcintosh,  Hezekiah,  77,  419. 
Mcintosh,  Ichabod,  419. 
Mcintosh,  Sarah,  420. 

McTntosh,  ,  420. 

McKee,  Charity,   163,  171. 
McKee,  Eliza  Ann,  163,  171. 
McKenney,  Alvan,  278. 
McKenney,  Fanny,   276. 
McKenney,  Fanny  O.,  300. 
McKenney,  Mary,  278,  290. 
McKerwin,   Jennie,   231. 
McKusick,  Susan,  274,  284. 
McLane,  Fannie  Moulton,  240. 


448 


MOULTON   ANNALS. 


MeLane,  George  R.,  240. 
McLaughlin,  Jane,  278. 
McLean,  Grace,  314. 
McXulty,  Flora  C,  10S. 
Melcher,  Ella  S.,  252. 
Meleher,  Esther,  282. 
Melcher,  William,  2.V.\ 


Silas 


92. 

65. 

269,  280. 
F.,  31G. 
269,  280. 
204.  314. 

279. 

309. 


Merchant 

Merrick,  

Merrill,  Ednah. 

Merrill,  George 

Merrill,  Henry, 

Merrill,  Louisa, 

Men-ill,  Mary,  269, 

Meserve,   Freedom, 

Meserve,  Hannah  Libby,  2S6,  299. 

Meserve,  Joseph,  275. 

Meserve.,  Mathias,  299. 

Meserve,  Samuel,  2r>7. 

Messer,  Ruth,  279,  293. 

Metz,  <  leasarina,  144,  416. 

Metz,  Julius.   144. 

Miles,  Justin,  9 

Miles,  Marcia    (or  Maria).  83.  126. 

Miles.  Timothy,  83. 

Miller.  Benjamin,  94. 

Miller.  Eunice,  83. 

Miller.  Lester  B.,  79. 

Miller.  Nancy,  94. 

Millet  t,  Amos.  234. 

Millett,  Elizabeth  R.,  234,  242. 

Milliken.  Edward,  287. 

Milliken,  Isaac.  275. 

Milliken,  Mehitable,  278. 

Milliken,   ,   27-. 

Minkler,  Robert,  339. 
Moody,  Albert,  303. 
Moody,  Martha    A.,  227,  238. 
Moore.  Abby,  283. 
Moore.  Amzi,  274. 
Moore.  Annie  ( :..  195. 
Moore,  Charles  1!..  195. 
Moore,  Charles   !...   195. 
Moore.  Daniel.  274. 
Moore.  Gamaliel,  274. 
Moore,  George,  283. 
Moore,  Hannah,  283. 
Moore.  Mary,  28*3. 
Moore,  Myrtle  L..  195. 
Moore,  Willard  A..  195. 
Morgan.  Justin,  72. 

Morrill,  ,  285. 

Morrison.  Alonzo,   96. 
Morrison.  Catherine,  290,  306. 
Morrison.   Charles,   96,   285. 
Morrison,  Emma,  96. 


Morrison,  John,  96. 
Morse,  Joseph,  2S9. 
Mors©,  Margaret,  259. 
Morse,   Mary,   231. 

Morse,  ,  259. 

[Morton.  Joseph,  73. 
Munser, 


74. 

Murray.  Mary,  343. 
Myrick,  Sally.  192. 

Nash,  Charles  Anson,  163. 
Nash,    Frances,    163. 
Nash,  Frank,  163. 
Xash,  George  Stone,  163. 
Nash,  Mary   Frances,  163. 
Xash.  Henry  Sylvester,  163. 
Nash,   Catherine,    163. 
Xash.  Mellona  Emma,  163. 
Nash,  Spencer  Moulton,  163. 

Nash,    Sylvester.    163. 

Xason.   [rving,  314. 
Neol,   Deborah.  229,  253. 
Xeedhain.  Anthony,  65. 

\ Lham,  Bumphrey,  68. 

Needham,  Joseph,  68. 
Needham,  Stephen,  66. 
Nelson,  Robert,  171. 
Nevens,  Lucia   I ...  230. 
Newell,  John,  86. 
Nelson,   Marion  Preston,  170. 
Xc.u  hall,   Aaron.    89. 
Nichols,  Luther  W..  231. 
Nickerson,  Addie,  235. 
Xickerson.  Annie  L.,  309. 
Nickerson,  Warren.  309. 
Nbdy,  <  Catherine,   1 52. 
X<  niis.  Edward,  150,  151. 
Norton,  Daniel  I  ..  283. 
Norton,  Eveline,  283. 
Norton.  Henry  K.,  303. 
Norton,  Jesse,  237. 

es,    Abigail,  270,  280. 
Nbyes,  Daniel,  280. 
Noyes,  David,  263. 
Nbyes,  Hannah.  269,  279.  317. 
Noyes,  Jennie,  284,  297. 
Noyes,  Judith,  280,  295. 
Noyes,  Mary,  259,  263. 
Noyes,  Samuel,  295. 
Nugent,  ■,  158. 


Nute, 


■27:;. 


<  lakley.  Clarice.  85. 
Ober,  Emily,  158. 
Ober,  Julia,  158. 
Ober,  Oliver,   158. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


449 


Ober,  Samuel,  158. 
Odlin,  Charles  E.,  296. 
Odlin,  Russell  M.,  296. 
Olcutt,  Keenah,  110. 
Olin,  Frank  W.,  237. 
Oliver,  Simon,  188. 
Ordway,  Ellen  A.,  295,  316. 
Ordway,  Mary,  263,  269. 
Osborne,  Mary  E.,  304. 

Page,  Abigail,  259,  261. 
Page,  Abner,  216. 
Page,  Christopher,  261. 
Page,  Francis,  223. 
Page,  John.  218. 
Page,  Joseph,  258. 
Page,  Margaret,  207.  254,  329. 
Page,  Molly,  223. 
Page,  Robert,  207,  254. 
Paine,  Sarah,  209,  211. 
Palmer,  Anna  (Jones),  166,  173. 
Palmer,  Charles  A.,  98. 
Palmer,  Deborah,  258,  260. 
Palmer,  Florence  M.,  98. 
Palmer,  Huldah,  216,  220. 
Palmer,  Jacob,  221. 
Palmer,  Joseph,  213,  260. 
Palmer,  Josiah  C,  228. 
Palmer.  Louise  M.,  98. 
Palmer,  Phebe,  221. 
Palmer,  Samuel,  220,  261. 
Parker,  Adaline  W.,  240. 
Parker,  Annie,  232. 
Parker,  Hannah,  342. 
Parker.  Sarah,  239. 
Parmalee.  George.  414. 
Parmelee,  Elizabeth,  85.  86. 
Parsons.  Chas.  G.,  279,  318. 
Parsons,  Mattie.  315. 
Parsons,  Sarah.  266,  274. 
Patch,  Lucy,  87. 
Patch,  Sarah,  241. 
Patten,  Priscilla,  191. 
Pavne.   W.   H.,   235. 
Pearl,  Mary,  279,  292. 
Pease,  Lydia,  266,  274. 

Pemberton. ,  84. 

Pennoek,  Nathan,  85. 
Perkins,  Abraham,  210. 
Perkins,  Elizabeth,   187. 
Perkins,  Hannah.  210,  214. 
Perkins,  Humphrey,  209. 
Perkins.  Jacob,  187. 
Perkins.  James,  213,  214. 
Perkins,  Mary.  209,  210. 
Perrin,  Hannah  Olivia,  100. 


Perrin,  Philander,  100. 
Perry,   Gertrude,   311. 
Perry,  Grace,  311. 
Perry,  James  G.,  311. 
Perry,  John,  65. 
Perry,  Eben  G.,  294. 
Perry,  Oakes,  223. 
Persons,  Helen,  84. 
Peterschen.  F.  W.,  295. 
Pettengill,  Samuel,  263. 
Phelps,  Charles  Pierpont,  86. 

Phelps,  ,  89,  101. 

Philbrick,  Betsy,  271. 
Philbrick,  Catherine  A.,  165,  172. 
Philbrick,  Ebenezer,  211. 
Philbrick,  Elizabeth,  262,  269. 
Philbrick,  Hannah,  262,  269. 
Philbrick,  Joseph,  216. 
Philbrick,  Martha,  225,  234. 
Philbrick.  Phebe,  211,  216. 
Phillips.    Oliver,    278. 
Phinney,  Edwin  J.,  304. 
Phinney,  James,  304. 
Phinney,  Lilian  F.,  304. 
Phinney,  Martha  E.,  304. 
Pickering,  Ephraim,  273.   . 
Pierce,  Clothier,  338. 
Pierce,  Hannah,  337. 
Pierce,  Hattie,  110. 
Pike.  Charles  Russell,  126. 
Pillsbury,  Elizabeth  A.,  223,  232. 
Pillsbury,  Hannah,  275,  285. 
Pillsbury,  Marcia  V.,  232. 
Pine,  Grace,  268. 

Pinkham, 158. 

Pizaral,  Paulina,  202. 
Plaisted,  Abigail,  220,  224. 
Plaisted,  John,  220. 
Plaisted,  Joseph,  191. 
Plaisted,  Sarah  J.,  194,  201. 

Piatt,  ,  84. 

Plumlev,  Martha  A.,  96. 
Plummer.  Charles  E.,  316. 
Plummer.  Dolly,  83,  96. 
Plummer,  Margaret.  277. 
Plummer,  Willie,  198. 
Pomeroy,  Ruth,  92. 
Pond,  Catherine,  293. 
Porter,  Ansel  H.,  288. 
Porter,  Huntington,   217. 
Porter,  Jane,  105. 
Porter,  John  T.,  288. 
Porter,  Mary  Ann,  157,  164. 
Porter,  Paul,  164. 
Porter,  William  L.,  105. 
Porter, ,  154. 


450 


M0ULT0X   ANNALS. 


Potter,  Elizabeth  C,  340. 
Potter,  Ruth  Weedon,  230. 
Powers,  Ann,  84. 
Powers,  Clara,  84. 
Powers,  Dolly,  84. 
Powers,  Elizabeth  Luey,  84. 
Power>,  Harriet  Adeline.  84. 
Powers,  Hiram,  84. 
Powers,  John,  84. 
Powers,  Louisa.   8  >. 
Powers,  Phineas.  84. 
Powers,  Thomas,  3 1. 
Powers.  Wyxam,  84. 
Pratt,  Harriet.  94. 
Pratt.  Mary  A..  191,  195. 
Pratt,  Milton,  94. 
Pratt,  Miriam,  '.>  1. 
Pratt,  Sarah,  161. 
Pratt,  William.  94,    121. 
Pray,  Benjamin  R.,  311. 
Preble,  Caleb,    188. 
Preble,  Hannah,  1*7.  i 
Preble.  Samuel  A.,  198. 
Prescott,  Priscilla,  335. 
Pressey,  .lohn.    164. 
Pressey,  Julia  Ann,   157,  164. 
Pressey,  Peter,  219. 
Probasco.  Charles  M..  106. 
Probasco,  Henry  Russell,  106. 

ProbasCO,   William   R..    106. 
Proctor,  .Toseph  \V..   IT:. 
Proctor,  Lizzie  L.,  166,  173. 
Pulman,  Mary,  186,  1ST. 

Quimby.  Daniel  O..  310. 
Quimby,  -Mary   A..  310. 

Rand,  Olive.  273. 

Rand.  Samuel  M.,  226. 

Randall.  Emily  J.,  314. 

Rankin,  Carrie  S.,  195.  201. 

Ranlet,  Augusta,  251. 

Ranlet,    Charles.   251. 

Reaman.  Mary.  :M2. 

Reaser  (or  Reser).  Sarah.  210,  212. 

Reddy,  John  C,  92. 

Redman,  Mary,  258,  260. 

Rensch,  Austin,  84. 

Rensch.  Clarence  M.,  84. 

Rensch.   Henry.    84. 

Reynolds,  Grace,  262,  268. 

Reynolds,  John,  268. 

Rice,  Albert,  159. 

Rice,  Benjamin  P.,  159. 

Rice,  John,  84. 

Rice,  Mary  Abby,  159. 


Rice,  .Mary  Gilbert,  S4. 
Rice,  Sabrina  C,  83,  98. 
Rice,  William,  159. 

Rice,  ,  415. 

Richardson,  Charles,   75. 
Riddle.  Thomas.  68. 
Ripley,  Julia   (Dillon).  100. 
Roberts,  Addison  F.,  100. 
Roberts,  Annie  J.,  100. 
Roberts,  Eunice  A.,  (.is. 
Roberts,  Joseph  11..  315. 
Robert-,  Maria.   I  B. 
Roberts,  Miriam,  78. 
Roberts,  Nellie  A..  315. 
Roberts,   Sarah,   78. 

Roberts,  .  78. 

Robinson.  Jonathan,  281. 

Robinson,  ,  82,  96,  421. 

Rockwell,  Charles  W.,  106,  107. 
Rockwell,  Charlotte  L.,  107. 

Rockwell,   Frances  S..  107. 
Rockwell.    Lewi-   (.'..    107. 
Hodick.  William.  312. 
I'oL't'r-..  Albro,  :;(J4. 
Rojjer*.  Charles  I...  316. 
Rogers,  Estella,  304. 
Rogers,  F.  W..  92. 

Rogers, ,  263. 

Rolfe,  Berths  Adell,  -293. 
Rollins,  George    I  ..  23s. 
Rose,  Aaron,  106. 
Ros-.  Belle,  106. 
ROSS,    Kit  a    A..  236. 
Rounds,  Albion.  226. 
Rowe,  Elisabeth,  272. 
Rowe,  Ephraim,  22<t. 
Rowell,  Asa  T.,  222. 
Rowell,  Sarah,  260. 
Russell,  Elizabeth,  7.">. 
Russell,  Thirza  A.,  284,  297. 

Sampson,  Charles   11..  94. 

Sanborn.  Benjamin,  213. 
Sanborn.  Betsey,  222,  230. 
Sanborn,  Daniel.  212,  213. 
Sanborn.  Dorothy.  213. 
Sanborn,  Ebenezer.  267. 
Sanborn.   Klizabeth,  258,  260. 
Sanborn,  -lohn,  257. 
Sanborn,  .Tosiah,  258. 
Sanborn,  Mary.  267. 
Sanborn.  Matthew,  222. 
Sanborn,  Nathan.  211. 
Sanborn.  Richard,  258,  272. 
Sanborn.  Ruth.  260,  266. 
Sanborn,  Samuel,  267. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


451 


Sanborn,  Stephen,  266. 
Sanborn,  William,  208. 
Sands,  Francena,  289,  304. 
Sands,  James,  278. 
Sargent,  Benjamin,  263. 
Sawyer,  Anna  M.,  231. 
Sawyer,  Asa,  308. 
Sawyer,  Celia  A..  291.  308. 
Sawyer.  Charles  0.,  2S6. 
Sawyer,  Cyrus,  2S5. 
Sawyer,  Elmer  F.,  286. 
Sawyer,  Frank  L.,  298. 
Sawyer,  Fred  S.,  29S. 
Sawyer,  Frederic  W.,  286. 
Sawyer,  Horace,  286. 
Sawyer,  James  II.,  286. 
Sawyer,  Jane,  277. 
Sawyer,  Rachel.  281. 
Sawyer.  Samuel,  277. 
Sayward,  Hannah,  187,  18S. 
Scaby,  Celia,  84. 
Scamman,  George  S..  233. 
Scammon,  Harold  H,  233. 
Si  amnion,  Percy  M..  233. 
Scholfield,  Anna,  202. 
Scott,  Caroline,  340. 
Scott.  David  B.,  237. 
Scot  I,  Man-  E..  227,  237. 

Scott,  ,  84. 

Seager,  ,  90. 

Seaman-;,  Annie  R.  B.,  340. 
Seamans,  Frank,  3-10. 
Seamans,  Ceo.  Walters,  340. 
Seamans,  Ceo.  Wm.,  340. 
Seamans,  Henry  C,  340. 
Seamans,  ftusan  M.,  340. 

Seamore.  ,   340. 

Seattle,  Robert,  339. 
Seavey,  Mary  A.,  309. 

Seavey,  .  160,  168. 

Sente.r,  Nellie  B..  249.  251. 
Senter.  Samuel   M..  251. 
Severance.  Mary,  235. 
Sewall,  Elizabeth,  198. 
Sewall,  Samuel,  188. 
Sewall,  Stover,  188. 

Shaekford, ,  217,  222. 

Shannon.  Nancy,  221.  227. 
Shaw.    Anna,    220,    226. 
Shaw.  Ebenezer,  220. 
Shaw,  Elizabeth.  260,  265. 
Shaw,  Fannie,   313. 
Shaw,  Joanna,  215,  220. 
Shaw,   John,    313. 
Shaw,  Louisa,   95. 
Shaw,   Mary  A.,   226. 


Shaw,  Rachel,  229. 
Shaw,   Sargent,   226. 
Sheely,  Ella  V.,  236. 
Sheigart,  John,  414. 
Shelden,  Henry  D.,    126. 
Sheldon,  Florence  M.,  304. 
Sherman,  Adaline  M.,  97. 
Sherman,  Arthur  Hoyt,  97. 
Sherman,  Charles,   127. 
Sherman,   Chas.  H.,   97. 
Sherman,  Charles  M.,  97. 
Sherman,  Frances  B.,   106,  127. 
Sherman,  Frank  Allen,  97. 
Sherman,   Hannah,   338. 
Sherman,  Helen  Hoyt,  97. 
Sherman,   Hoyt,   97. 
Sherman,   John   B.,   97. 
Sherman,  Mary  Ann,   100. 
Sherman.  Sarah  M.,  97. 

Shrieve.  ,  76. 

Silver.  Reed  Page,  230. 

Sillsbridge.  ,  420. 

Simpson,  Elizabeth  E.,  341. 
Simpson,   John,    192. 
Simpson,  Thomas,  341. 
Si-ers,   Huldah,  420. 
Sizer,   Prudence  M.,   94. 
Skelton.   Frederic.  273. 
Skinner.   Alvah,   273. 
<killin.  Charles  T..  2S9. 
Skillings,  Mary,  276.  287. 
Skillings,  Mary  J.,  287,  302. 
Skillings,  Simeon,  287. 
Skillings.   William.   302. 
Skinner,  Thomas,  72. 
Sleeper,  Cesarine,  94,  421. 
Sleeper,  David  M..  94,  420. 
Sleeper,  Huldah,  421. 
Sleeper,  Nehemiah,  94,  420. 
Sleeper.   Prudence.  94. 
Smith,  Abigail,  213.  217,  253. 
Smith,  Anne,  218,  223. 
Smith.  Benjamin,  217. 
Smith,   C.   Horton.   310. 
Smith,  Deborah,  274. 
Smith,   Florence   I.,   91. 
Smith,  Gilbert  D.,  84. 
Smith,   Harrison   G.    0.,   274. 
Smith,  Henry  T.,   91. 
Smith,   Jabez,   210. 
Smith,  Jane  Emma,   162,   170. 
Smith,  John,   211,   212,  253. 
Smith,  Jonathan.  264. 
Smith,  Joseph,   71,   193. 
Smith.  Lucy,  87,  258,  259. 
Smith,  Mafv,  89. 


452 


MOULTON    ANNALS. 


Smith.,  Millett.  274. 

Smith.  Moulton.  310. 

Smith,  Rebecca,  209,  211. 

Smith.  Samuel.   -7. 

Smith.  Sarah.  60    210,   212.  253. 

Smith,  Thomas    274. 

Smith.  Westcott  T..  91. 

Smith.  William.  235. 

Smith,  .  _" 

Snow.  Celia  BL,  2!»1. 
Snow.  Charles  E..  20L 
Snow.  Daniel  M..  20L 
Snow.  Mary  A..  201. 
Snow,  James  I..  291. 
Snoer,  Samuel  R..  201. 
Southwick.   Nathan.   75. 
Spiller.   Lydia   P..   164,   171. 

S  |  ><•;:.  9,    SW 

Iding,  James  P..  285. 
Spears,   8  u  ah,  312. 

S     ning,  .   1 

Springer,  Olive   8.,  200. 

Springer.    Sally    (Webber),    153.    156. 

Springer,   William.    156. 

Squier,    Solomon.    72. 

Bqniers,  Roswell,  423. 

Squier?.  ,  81. 

-  pies,  Helen  M.,  283.  2 

Stearns.  .  101. 

Steele.   Anna,    166. 
Stevens,  Joshua  BL,  227. 
Stevens.  Mai 

Stevens.  Mary   A..    - 
Steven-.  Susan,  2'. 
Stewart.   Peter.  303 
Stiles.  Arthur  Dean.  166. 
Stile-.  Ueorjre  P.,  166. 
Stiles.   Irene  Gray,    166. 
Stillwell.  Marv   <\.   415. 

-  np-on.  Mary  A..  230. 
Stinchfield.    Sarah.   306. 
Stoeker.   Hattie.    165.    172. 
Stoker.  .  419. 

3     :ie.   Lydia.   276.   2s6. 
Stone,  Solomon,  236. 
Stone.    Mary,   277.  287. 
Stone.   Sarah.   241. 
Storrs.  Sybil.  73. 
Stover.  Alice  P...   19 
Stover.  WaiJo  .T..   1 
Stover.  Warren  L..   196. 
Stover.  W.  J.,  196. 
Straw.    O'Neill    W.    P..    297. 
Striker.  -T.  A..  00. 
Stuart.  Asa,  304. 
Stuart.  Mary,   225. 


-  .it.  Mary  A..  289.  304. 
Stubbs.  Laura  E..  285,  299. 
Studwell.  Fannie,  92. 

-  irdivant,  Clara  S.,  303. 
Sumner.   Edward,  79. 
Sumner,  John,  79. 
Swaine,  Bathyah,  257,  258. 
Swaiiif.  William.  258. 
Swallow.  Charles  F.,  9S. 

-  .How.  William  S..  98. 
Swan.  ,  298. 

Sweetser.  Sarah  Frances.  113.   114. 
-.    -t.  Moses,  221. 
Swett.  Oliver.    194. 
Swett.  Bewail,  189. 

-.  Austres,  266. 
Syrnmes,  •'  -'16. 

mes,  Mehitable,  266. 
Syrnmes,  Timothy,  266. 
Syrnmes,   William,  266. 
Symms,  Eben  II..  284. 
Symms,  Ellen  R.  s-2. 
Symms,   William.  273. 
Symonda,  Mehitable,  89.  102. 

Talbot.  Edgar,  - 
Talbot.   Svlvanu.s  J..  293. 
Tapley.   Elijah,   27 
Tarbox.   John,    159. 
Tarlxix.    Mary.    153. 
Tarbox.  Rebecca,   153.   1">4. 
Tarbox,   Samuel,    153. 

cer,  Melissa,  234,  242. 
Tavlor.   Anne,    165. 
Taylor,   Anthony,   209,   253. 
Taylor.  George  W.,  165. 
Tavlor,  Gnu  •  -.   100. 
Tavlor.   Lydia,  208.  209. 
Tavlor.   Martha.   102. 

Taylor.  .  280.  414. 

Tewksbury.  ,  96. 

Thayer.   Ann   Eliza,    101. 
Thayer,  Dorcas.    161. 
Thavt-r.  Sylvanus,  161. 
Thin-.;.   Roswell,  71. 
Thomas  Lydia.   161,  168,  253. 
Thompson.  Adelaide.  283. 
Thompson,  Amo*.  283. 
Thompson.  Annie  E..   160. 
Thompson.  Charles  N..  283. 
Thompson.  Daniel. 
Thompson.   David.  273. 
Thompson.  David  M..  283. 
Thompson.  Ellen.  2€ 
Thomp-son.  Oeorjre  H..  283. 
Thomp-on.  Hannah.  273. 


NAMES    OTHER    THAN    MOULTON. 


453 


Thompson,  John,  273. 
Thompson,  Joseph,  283. 
Thompson,   Louisa,   273. 
Thompson,  Lydia.  273. 
Thompson,  Lydia  E.,  283. 
Thompson,  Mary,  273. 
Thompson.  Nancy,  273,  283. 
Thompson.   Sarah.   283. 
Thompson,  Sheldon,   173. 
Thompson,  Thomas.  273. 
Thompson.  Usher  B.,  283. 
Thorn.   Jennain,   94. 
Thorn,  Wm.  B.,  94,  420. 
Thurston,  Benjamin.  217. 
Thurston,  Benjamin  E.,  252. 
Thurston,    Henrv.    305. 
Thurston,  Martha    B..  252. 
Thurston.  Miranda  M..  289      305. 
Tibbetts,  Armine,  ^2ti.  236. 
Tibbetts,  Charles  8.,  2S5. 
Tibbetts,  Henry,  236. 
Tilden,  Joanna.    100. 
Tilden,  Jonathan,  100. 
Tilton.  Ebenezer.  2H7. 
Tilt "ii.  Nancy,  222. 
Tilton.   Samuel.    186. 
Timpson,  Adelaide.  90. 
Timpson.  Alexander  S..  91. 
Timpson,    Florence    I..   91. 
Timpson,  Sarah  M.,  91. 
Timpson.  Thomas  W.,  91,  418. 
Titcomb,  David.  S9. 
Titcomb,  William  P..  191. 
Todd.  Jane.   190. 
Todd.  Relief.  111.  113. 

Tony. .  421. 

Toothaeer.  Andrew.  344. 
Toothacer.  Mary,  344. 
Towle.  Abraham  P.,  213. 
Towle.  Ada.  311. 
Towle.  Albion.   311. 
Towle.   Albion  K..  311. 
Towle.   Amos   F..   310. 
Towle.  Anna.  310. 
Towle.  Charlotte.  224.  233. 
Towle.   Fred.  311. 
Towle.  Jabez.  310. 
Towle.  Lemuel.  233. 
Towle.  Lucy  A..  296. 
Towle.  Mary,  292. 
Towle.  Mary  E..  311. 
Towle.  Nancy,  292. 
Towle.   Priscilla.  292.  311. 
Towle.  Simeon,  311. 
Trask.    Clarissa.    82. 
Trask.  Lazarus.   72. 


Trask. 


81. 


Tripp,  Eunice,   188. 
Trout,  Andrew,    171. 
True,  Sarah  J.,  240. 
Tuck,  Jonathan,  216. 
Tuck.  Samuel,  216. 
Tucker,   Tristram   H.,   294. 
Turner,  Frank,  286. 
Turner.   Rene.   286. 
Tattle,  John  M..  97. 
T uttle.   Martin.   97. 
Twiss,  Elizabeth.   76. 
Tyler,  Hannah,   277,  287. 

Varney,  Sarah   (Moody),  295,  316. 
Varnum.   Harriet   M.,    191,    195. 
Vara,  Oliver.  338. 
Vaughn.  John.  78,  91,  416. 
Vincent,   Thomas.   158. 
Virgin.   Hannah.  219. 
Virgin,  Sally.  219. 

Wagner,  W.  W.,  92. 

Wagner,  .  84. 

Wakeman,  William,  413. 
Walbridge,  Myitis,  87. 

Waldron.  Eliza.  235. 
Walker,  David.   347. 
Walker,   Flizabeth.  224. 
Walker.  Fred  B.,  173. 
Walker.  Rebecca,  65,  68,  126. 
Walker.  Lydia  Ann   (Kelley).  347. 
Walker,  Sarah  D..   195,  201. 
Walker,  Susan  F.,   195,  201. 

Walker.  .  81. 

Wall.   Hannah.  25S. 

Wall.   James.    258. 

Wallace.  Adaline.  83,  96,  127,  136. 

Wallace.  Daniel.  96. 

Wallace.  ,  280. 

Wallingford.   Fanny,   335.  336. 
Wallis,  Maria   X..   165.   172. 
Wallis.  Sally,   154.   158. 
Ward.  Daniel.   233. 
Ward.  George  W.,  233. 
Ward.   Luc-ret ia.   235. 
Ward.    Sarah.    233. 

Warden.   .    82. 

Warner.    Abraham    R.,    282. 
Warner.  Edward,   78. 
Washburn.   Eglantine.   99. 
Washburn.   Rensaly.   80. 
Waterman,  John  C..  104. 
Waterman.  Kate.  92. 
Waterman.   Sarah,   104. 
Watson.  Anne,  226,  236. 


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MOULTON    ANNALS. 


Watson,  Mary  Fogg,  229. 
Watts,  Hannah,  342. 
Waughwant,  Cornelia,   346. 
Webber,  Emily,  1!)8. 
Webster,  Abigail.  258,  25!),  330 
Webster,  Eben  H.,  308. 
Webster,  Frances  M.,  282. 
Webster,  John,  259,  330. 
Webster.  John  G.,   282. 
Webster,  Mary  A..  2s_>. 
Webster.  Sarah  E.,  291,  308. 
Weeks,  Almeda,  223,  232. 
Weeks.   Ivorv  B.,  311. 
Weeks,  Mary,  190. 
Weld,  Alice  Moulton,  196. 
Weld,  Frances  M.,   196,  202. 
Weld,  Henry  C.  196. 
Weld,    Miriam,    87. 
Wells,  Thomas,  335. 

Well-.    ,   420. 

Went  worth,  Daniel,  314. 

Ebenezer.    2.'!7. 
Elizabeth    J.. 


247. 

227. 


Wentwortli, 
Wentworth, 

247. 
Wentwortli,    Phebe,  221.  227 
Wentworth,    Samuel.    227. 

Westcott,  Hannah,  (to.  418. 
Wetherby,  Sarah,  279. 

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Alice.    Si;. 

William.   86. 

William   P 
Whipple.  Charles  II. 
White.  Mary.   76. 
White,  Rachel  Emma.  315. 
Whittemore,  John.  310. 
Whittemore,   Susan  P.,   310,   32 
Wicard,  Charles.  414. 
Wiedinger,  Bernard,  100. 


237, 


Wheat  ly, 
Wheeler. 
Wheeler. 

Wheeler 


si;. 
89. 


Wigglesworth,  Rufus  II.,  295. 
Wilcox,  Carrie  A.,   170. 
Wilcox,  Jelferson,  79. 
Wilcox,  Jermaine,  7". 
Wilcox,    Oziah,    78. 
Wilcox.   Sophia,   79. 
Wilcox,  Susan,  79. 
Wilkins,  Amos,  89. 
Willard,  Alice.   107. 
Williams,   Abigail,  271. 
William-.  (  leo  Lorena,  98. 
Wingate,  Jonathan,  267. 
Witiiam,   Thomas,    192. 
Witham,  T.    193. 
Wood,  Emetine,  230. 
Wood,   Israel,  ;'••;■"'. 
Woodley,  John  T.,  OS. 
Woodman.    Hannah   A.,  291,   308. 
Woodman.  James,  308. 
Woodman,  I  Hive,  278. 
Woodman,  Stephen.  278. 
Woods,  Eliza  A..  345. 
Woodward,  Ellen,  H>4. 
Wool,  John  E.,  76.  140.  412. 
Wormwood,  Mehitable  T..  310. 
Worthington,  Elizabeth,  209,  210. 

Wright, .  272.  282. 

Wyatt,  Hannah,  L54,  158. 
Wvman.   John,   !>7,    139. 


Yaple,   Edith   Dow.  304. 
Young,  Charles  II..   104. 
Young,  Daniel,  221.  228. 
Young,  Eunice,  221,  228. 
Young,  Jonathan,  192,  198. 
Young,  Joseph,  221. 
Young,  Mercy,   198. 
Young,  Nancy,  193. 


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