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NEW    ENGLAND 

FAMILIES  '"''  '^^^' 

GENEALOGICAL  AND   iMEMORIAL 


yf  Record  of  the  Achievemenis  of  Her  People  in  the  Making  of 
Commonwealths  and  the  Founding  of  a  Nation 


COMPILED   UNDER  THE   EDITORIAL   SUPERVISION   OF 

WILLIAM   RICHARD   CUTTER,  A.M. 

CORKESPONDIKG   SECRETARY    AND    HISTORIAN   OF   THE   NEW   ENGLAND   HlSTORIC-CENEALOCtCAL  EOOETY; 
LIBRARIAN    EMERITUS   OF   WOBURN   PUBLIC   LIBRARY;     AUTHOR   OP   "THE 
CUTTER    FAMILY,"    "  inSTORY    OF   ARLINGTON,"    ETC. 


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ILLUSTRATED      GENbALCGtCAL  SOC/E" 

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FOREWORD 


THE  present  work,  "New  England  Families,"  presents  in  the  agrgrcgatc  a 
great  amount  and  variety  of  genealogical  and  personal  information  and 
portraiture.    It  contains  a  vast  amount  of  ancestral  history  never  before 
printed.    The  object,  clearly  defined  and  well  digested,  is  threefold: 

First:  To  present  in  concise  form  the  history  of  established  families  of 
the  region. 

Second :     To  preserve  a  record  of  its  prominent  present-day  people. 

Third:  To  present  through  personal  sketches,  linked  with  the  genealogical 
narrative,  the  relation  of  the  prominent  families  of  all  times  to  the  growth, 
singular  prosperity  and   widespread   influence  of  New  England. 

There  are  numerous  voluminous  narrative  histories  of  this  section,  making 
it  unnecessary  in  this  work  to  even  outline  its  annals.  What  has  been  published, 
however,  principally  relates  to  the  people  in  the  mass.  The  amplification  neces- 
sary to  complete  the  picture  of  the  region,  old  and  nowaday,  is  what  is  now 
supplied  by  these  Genealogical  and  Personal  Memoirs.  In  other  words,  while 
others  have  written  of  "the  times,"  the  province  of  this  work  is  to  be  a  chron- 
icle of  the  people  who  have  borne  a  conspicuous  part  in  founding  and  developing 
a  nation. 

No  other  region  ofifers  so  peculiarly  interesting  a  field  for  such  research. 
Its  sons — "native  here,  and  to  the  manner  born,"  and  of  splendid  ancestry — 
have  attained  distinction  in  every  field  of  human  effort.  An  additional  interest 
attaches  to  the  present  undertaking  in  the  fact  thai,  while  dealing  primarily 
with  the  history  of  native  New  England,  this  work  approaches  the  dignity  of 
a  national  epitome  of  genealogy  and  biography.  Owing  to  the  wide  dispersion 
throughout  the  country  of  the  old  families,  the  authentic  account  here  presented 
of  the  constituent  elements  of  her  social  life,  past  and  present,  is  of  far  more 
than  merely  local  value.  In  its  special  field  it  is,  in  an  r.ppreri.ible  degree,  a 
reflection  of  the  development  of  the  country  at  large,  since  hence  went  out 
representatives  of  the  historical  families,  in  various  generations,  who  in  far  re- 
mote places — beyond  the  Mississippi  and  in  the  Far  West — were  with  the  van- 
guard of  civilization,  building  up  communities,  creating  new  commonwealths, 
planting,  wherever  they  went,  the  church,  the  school  house  and  the  printing 
press,  leading  into  channels  of  thrift  and  enterprise  all  who  gathered  about  them, 
and  proving  a  power  for  ideal  citizenship  and  good  governmer.t. 

This  work  everywhere  conveys  the  lesson  that  distinction  has  been  gained 
only  by  honorable  public  service,  or  by  usefulness  in  private  station,  and  that 
the  development  and  prosperity  of  the  section  of  which  it  treats  has  been  de- 
pendent upon  the  character  of  its  citizens,  and  the  stimulus  which  they  have 
given  to  commerce,  to  industry,  to  the  arts  and  sciences,  to  education  and  religion 
— to  all  that  is  comprised  in  the  highest  civilization  of  the  present  day — through 
a  continual  progressive  development. 

Truly   a>   hemic  pdcms   have  been   written   in   human    li\cs   in   the   paths  of 

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iv  FOREWORD 

peace  as  in.tlie  scarred  roads  of  war.  Such  examples,  in  wliatever  line  of  en- 
deavor, are  of  much  worth  as  an  incentive  to  those  who  conic  afterward,  and 
sucL  were  never  so  needful  to  be  written  of  as  in  the  present  day,  when  pes- 
simism, forgetfid  of  the  splendid  lessons  of  the  past,  withholds  its  effort  in  the 
present,  and  views  the  future  only  with  alarm. 

The  ciiitutlian  of  records  concerning  the  useful  men  of  preceding  genera- 
tions, who  aids  in  placing  his  knowledge  in  preservable  and  accessible  form,  of 
the  homes  and   churches,   schools   and   other   institutions,    which   they    founded, 
and  of  their  descendants  who  have  lived  honorable  and  useful   lives,  performs 
a  public  service  in  rendering  honor  to  whom  honor  is  due,  and  in  inculcating  the 
most   valuable   lessons   of  patriotism   and   good    citizenship.     The   story   of   the 
Plymouth  and   Massachusetts   Bay   colonies   lies  at   the    foundation  of   the   best 
there  is  in  American  history,  and  the  names  of  Brewster,   W'inslow,  Bradford, 
Standish,  Alden,  Warren,  Howland — all  of  whom  came  in  the  "Mayflower^'  and 
were  prominent  in  the  Old  Colony,  with  Freeman,  Gorham  and  Sears — all  these 
of  Plymouth,  and  Winthrop,  Saltonstall,  Dudley,  Wilson,  Bradstreet,  and  others, 
of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  have  an  undying  fame,  and  these  names  are 
prominent  to-day  in  the  entire  world.     These  early  settlers  erected  an  original 
form   of  government,   pledging   themselves   to   maintain   and    preserve   all   their 
liberties  and  privileges,  and  in  their  vote  and  suffrage,  as  their  conscience  might 
them  move,  as  to  best  conduce  and  tend  to  the  public  weal  of  the  body  without 
respect  of  person  or  favor  of  any  man.     Their  heroism  was  exhibited  in  their 
conflicts  with   savages.     In   statesmanship  they  builded   better  than   they  knew. 
Their  code  of  laws  known  as  the  "Body  of  Liberties"  has  been  termed  an  almost 
declaration  of  independence,  opening  with  the  pronouncement  that  neither  life, 
liberty,  honor  nor  estate  were  to  be  invaded  unless  under  express  laws  enacted, 
by  the  local  authorities,  and  when  this  bold  declaration  led  to  the  demand  of  the 
English  government  that  the  colonial  charter  should  be  surrendered,  the  colon- 
ists resisted  to  a  successful  issue.     In  later  days  Faneuil  Hall  became  the  cradle 
of  American  Liberty,  and  from  its  platform  were  proclaimed  the  doctrines  which 
bore  fruit  in  resistance  to  the  Stamp  Act,  in  the  Boston  Massacre,  and  the  en- 
gagement of  contesting  armed  forces  at  Lexington  and  Concord  and  Bunker  Hill. 
The  above  applies  with  equal  force  to  the  Providence,  Hartford  and  Xew 
Haven  colonies,  whose  founders  partook  of  the  same  character  as  those  of  Mas- 
sachusetts.    In  Providence  we  find  the  first  colony  founded  on  religious  liberty. 
and  the  story  of  the  "Charter  Oak"  illustrates  again  the  sturdy  nature  of  the 
Hartford  colonists.     From  these  pioneer  settlements  spread  out  a  people  whose 
God-fearing  lives  and  heroic  struggles  with  a  savage  foe,  while  conquering  the 
forest  wilderness,  bore  fruit  in  establishing  a  hardy  nation  and  set  an  e.xample 
for  succeeding  generations. 

When  came  the  momentous  question  whether  a  free  and  liberal  government 
"of  the  people,  by  the  people,  and  for  the  people,"  was  to  perish  from  the  earth, 
the  sons  of  their  illustrious  sires  were  not  found  wanting  in  patriotism  and  devo- 
tion, but  freely  sacrificed  comforts,  property  and  life  for  the  vindication  of  the 
principles  inherited   from  the  fathers. 

Here,  too,  were  developed  in  highest  degree  the  arts  of  peace.  Religion, 
education,  science,  invention,  labor  along  all  the  lines  of  mechanical  and  indus- 
trial progress,  here  made  their  beginnings,  and,  while  their  ramifications  extended 
throughout  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  land,  the  parent  home  and  the  parent 
stock  held  their  pre-eminence,  as  they  do  to  the  present  day. 


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FOR]-:WORD  V 

Tl-if  work  has  had  editorial  supervision  by  an  antiquarian  and  genealogist 
of  iii^rh  >tanding,  Mr.  William  Richard  Cutter,  A.M..  corresponding  secretary 
and  historian  of  the  Xew  England  Historic-Genealogical  Society,  librarian  emeri- 
tus of  Woburn  Public  Library,  author  of  "The  Cutter  Family."  "Hiitory  of 
Arlington,"  etc.,  etc.  Efficient  aid  has  also  been  given  by  the  following  named 
gentlemen:  \\'ilfred  Harold  Monro,  L.H.D..  professor  of  History,  Brown  Uni- 
versity, president  of  Rhode  Island  Historical  Society,  ex-governor  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars;  Samuel  Hart,  D.D.,  D.C.L.,  dean  of  Rcrkeley  Divinity  School, 
president  of  Connecticut  Historical  Society:  Ezra  Scholay  Stearns.  ex-Secretary 
of  State.  .\.  H..  member  American  .Antiquarian  Society.  Xcw  England  Historic- 
Genealogical  Society,  Xew  Hampshire  State  Historical  Society,  corresponding 
member  Minnesota  State  Historical  Society;  John  Ellsworth  Goodrich,  U.D., 
Latin  Professor  Emeritus,  University  of  Vermont,  vice-president  of  Vermont 
Historical  Society;  Albert  Roscoe  Stubbs,  librarian  of  Maine  Genealoo-ical  So- 
ciety; and  John  Reynolds  Totten,  editor  of  "New  York  Genealogical  and  Bio- 
grapliical  Record,"  member  of  Mayflower  Society,  etc. 

If  in  any  case  a  narrative  is  incomplete  or  faulty,  the  shortcoming  is  usually 
ascribable  to  the  paucity  of  data  obtainable,  many  families  being  without  exact 
records  in  their  family  line ;  while,  in  some  instances,  representatives  of  a  "-iven 
family  are  at  disagreement  as  to  the  names  of  some  of  their  forbears,  important 
dates,  etc. 

It  is  confidently  beh'eved  that  the  present  work  will  prove  a  real  addition 
to  the  mass  of  annals  concerning  the  historic  families  of  New  England,  and 
tiiat,  without  it,  much  valuable  information  would  be  inaccessible  to  the  general 
reader,  or  irretrievably  lost,  owing  to  the  passing  away  of  custodians  of  family 
records  and  the  consequent  disappearance  of  material  in  their  possession. 

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The  following  critique  was 
MATHER  prepared  and  read  by  invita- 
tion of  the  president  by  Mr. 
William  R.  Cutter,  at  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Rumford  Historical  Association  in  Wo- 
bum,  Massachusetts,  on  March  26,  191 2.  This 
is  its  first  appearance  in  print. 

In  character  not  always  understood  by  his 
contemporaries  or  by  posterity,  Cotton  Mather 
jirobably  accomplished  more  good  than  he  is 
often  accredited  with.  He  was  born  Febru- 
ary 12,  1663;  was  graduated  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege, 1678!;  was  ordained  a  colleague  with  his 
father.  May  13,  1685  (aged  twenty-two),  and 
was  a  precocious  scholar.^ 

The  diary  of  Cotton  Mather  is  a  minute 
record  of  his  religious  and  personal  experi- 
ences.* The  actual  interest  in  origfnal  docu- 
ments is  the  documents  themselves;  and  this 
diary,  as  printed,  is  furnished  with  only  a  few 
illustrative  notes.  It  is  fortunate  that  in  our 
communities  there  are  societies  with  means 
and  ability  enough  to  print  such  valuable 
sources  of  contemporary  history,  from  which 
we  learn  what  the  people  were  thinking  of  and 
what  they  were  doing  in  remote  times.  In  spite 
of  his  egregious  vanity  and  excessive  egotism, 
Cotton  Mather  was  the  most  eminent  and 
learned  clergyman  of  his  time  in  America,  pas- 
tor of  the  largest  church  in  Boston,  in  the  habit 
of  preaching  to  the  largest  congregations 
wherever  he  went,  having  in  his  house  the 
largest  library  or  collection  of  books  to  be 
found  on  this  side  of  the  Atlantic,  author  of 
more  books  and  tractj^than  there  were  days  in 
the  year,  and  vastly  learjied  in  ancient  and  for- 
eign languages.  Benjamin  Franklin  expressed  . 
his  obligations  to  Mather's  tract,  "Ways  to  do 
Good,"  as  one  of  his  greatest  inspirations  to 
usefulness.  Mather  had  one  quality  common 
to  the  New  England  clergyman  of  former  days 
— and  that,  too,  not  a  bad  quality  in  itself — 
that,  of  taking  an  interest  in  relatives,  even  to 
those  of  a  remote  degree.  He  died  February 
13,  1727-28,  one  day  beyond  his  sixty-fifth 
birthday.     His  life  was,  therefore,  shorter  by 


*Mass  Hist.  Soc.  CoU.,  7»  vll.  Diary  of  Cotton 
Mather  1709-1724.  noston;  published  by  the  Society. 
1012..   (Diary,  vol.  2);  .  ■  _ 


twenty  years  than  that  of  his  father,  and 
shorter  by  about  eight  years  than  that  of  his 
grandfather.  His  father  was  president  of 
Harvard  College  for  sixteen  years,  and  his 
grandfather  was  the  third  minister,  in  succes- 
sion, of  the  town  of  Dorchester.  His  ances- 
tors were  both  scholarly  and  influential.  His 
defects  were  largely  due.  to  the  overabundant 
nature  of  his  qualities.  He  was  three  times 
married,  and  had  fifteen  thildren  by  his  first 
and  second  marriages.  His  last  wife,  like  his 
second,  was  a  widow  at  the  time  he  married 
her.  She  was  uncritical  as  to  his  faults,  even 
when  entreated  to  explain  them,  but  owing  to 
an  outbreak  of  insanity,  which  appears  to  have 
.  gradually  come  upon  her,  she  became  a  source 
of  great  trouble  in  his  family,  and  almost 
drove  him  distracted  himself.    He  said: 

"My  glorious  Lord  has  inflicted  a  new  and  sharp 
chastisement  upon  me.  The  consort,  in  whom  I 
flattered  myself  "with  the  view  and  hopes  of  an  un- 
common enjoyment,  has  dismally  confirmed  it  unto 
me,  that  our  i.dols  'must  prove  our  sorrows.  Now 
and  then,  in  some  of  the  former  years,  I  observed 
and  suffered  grevious  outbreakings  of  her  proud 
passions;  but  I  quicklynavercame  them  with  my  vic- 
torious love,  and  in  the  methods  of  meekness  and 
goodrjess  *  *  *  I  do  not  know  tha^  I  have  to 
this  day  spoke  one  impatient  or  unbecoming  word 
unto  her,  though  my  provocations  have  been  un- 
speakable, and,  it  may  ^e,  lev/  men  in  the  wbrld 
would  have  borne  them  as  I  have  done.  But  this 
last  year  has  been  full  of  her  prodigious  paroxisms, 
which  have  made  it  a  year  of  such  distresses  with 

yne  as  I  have  never  seen  in  my  life  before.  When 
the  paroxisms  have  gone  off,  she  has  treated  me 
still  with  a  fondness,  that,  it  may  be,  few  wives  in 
the  world  have  arrivedunto.  But  in  the  returns  of 
them  (which  of  late  still  grow  more  and  more-fre- 

•quent)  she  has  insulted  me  with  such  outrages  that 
I  am  at  a  loss  which  I  should  ascribe  them  to— 
whetlier  a  distraction  (which  may  be  somewhat 
hereditar>),  or  to  a  possession  whereof  the  symp- 
toms have  been  too  direful  to  be  mentioned. 

In  the  fifst  place  she  took  such  an  objec- 
tion against  his  '  writings  (evidently  of  "  the 
diary  variety)  that  he  was  obliged  to  lay  them 
where  he  thought  she  could  not  find  them.  For 
fear  of  what  might  happen,  he  wrote  not  one 
disrespectful  word  of  this  "proud  woman"  in 
all  the  p.ipers.  RiU,  nevertheless,  by  rumma.g- 
ing  siie   found   them,  and  hid   them,  and   in- 


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formed  him  that  he  would  never  see  them  any" 
more.  He  offered  to  blot  out  with  the  pen 
whatever  she  would  not  have  there,  but  un- 
availingly.  She  gave  him  to  understand  that 
she  might  return  the  papers  of  the  four  or  five 
preceding  years  which  she  had.  got  into  her 
possession.  Mather  claimed  that  they  were  of 
more  value  to  him  than  any  temporal  estate  ht 
could  pretend  unto.  He  began  to  believe  that 
before  another  birthday  (he  was  in  his  fifty- 
sixth  year)  his  life  would  be  finished  His 
theme  was  upon  the  article  of  "Good  De- 
1  vised,"  which  stood  for  it  three  hundred  and 
sixty-five  times  in  a  year.  He  concludes  by 
saying  that  "while  those  who  destroyed  Jere- 
miah's roll  got  nothing  by  it,  so  this  unhappy 
woman  will  get  nothing  by  what  she  does 
unto  mfne." 

He  was  also  in  a  continual  anguish  of  ex- 
pectation that  his  wife,  by  exposing  her  mad- 
ness, would  bring  ruin  on  his  ministry,  and  he 
was  also  troubled   about    what    might    occur 
.    ,  when   her  own   reputation   was  made   public. 
^1  His  family,  too,  were  made  unhappy  by  her 
-  furious  and  froward  conduct.     He  even  re- 
sorts to  the  use  of  the  Latin  and  Greek  lan- 
guages to  express  her  unaccountable  passions. 
They  seemed  little  short  of  Satanical,  and  on 
one  occasion,  after  unrepeatable  invectives,  he 
was  compelled  by  her  to  rise  at  midnight  and 
retire  to  his  study;  while  she,  calling  up  two 
other  persons,  went  over  to  a  neighbor's  house 
for   a    lodging.    "She    told   numberless    lies, 
"which  a  tongue  set  on  fire  of  hell  would  make 
no  conscience  of."    He  claimed  that  there  was 
no  other  husband  who  treated  his  wife  with 
greater  efforts  to  please  her  and  make  her  com- 
fortable at  home  and  reputable  abroad.     She 
invented  occasions  for  outrages,  and  then  at 
lucid  intervals  would  be  filled  with  expressions 
'       of  the  most    enamored    fondness.     The    poor 
husband,  at    last,  when    rebuking    her    lying 
tongue,  used  terms  which  he  had  not  been  used 
to.     She  was  the  most  heavy  scourg^that  he 
had  ever  met  withal.     But,  at  last,  came  the 
occasion  of  her  recovery.    "In  the  evening  of 
the  day,"  says  her  husband,  "my  poor  wife, 
returning  to  a  right  mind,  came  to  me  in  my 
study,  entreating  that  there  might  be  an  eter- 
nal oblivion  of  everything  that  has  been  o'ut  of 
joint,    and    an    eternal    harmony    ever    after- 
wards." 

Out  of  Cotton  Mather's  fifteqi' children  a 
nnml)cr  of  wliom  died  young,  there  was  one 
son  who  was  a  very  bad  yoimg  man,  who  gave 
his  father  much  anxiety— ^n  example  of  the 
saying,  "ministers'  sons  and  deatons'  daugh- 
ters." After  a  scandalous  career  he  was  re- 
ported lost  at  sea  in  the  West  India  Islands.  His 
vessel  had  been  out  five  months  on  a  compara-' 


tively  short  voyage,  and  had  not  arrived.  An 
untrue  rumor  was  brought  to  his  father  that 
the  son  was  yet  living,  but  in  a  day  or  two  it 
was  found  that  the  news  applied  to  another 
vessel.  Surely  the  life  of  Cotton  Mather  was 
very  human  I 

In  Cotton  Mather's  writings  we  discover 
coincidences  between  his  times  and  ours.  He 
mentions  cold  weather,  in  winter  and  hot 
weather  in  summer.  He  caught  cold  from  go- 
ing out  damp  winter  evenings.  On  one.  occa- 
sion he  was  attacked  by  a  painful  malady, 
which  I  should  diagnose  as  the  tic-douloureux. 
He  wrote : 

"I  have  been  for  some  time  afflicted  with  griev- 
ous pains  in  my  head  *  *  •  A  neighboring  min- 
ister last  night  asked  me,  whether  the  Dragon  (that 
is  the  Devil)  might  not  be,  by  the  wise  permission 
of  Heaven,  taking  some  revenge  upon  me,  for  some 
notable  mischief,  which  my  head  may  have  lately 
done  unto  his  kingdom.  •  •  »  AH  methods  and 
medicines  for  my  cure  fail  me.  I  have  used  un- 
guents, and  plasters,  and  cataplasms,  and  epispastics, 
and  sinapisms,  and  cathartics,  and  what  not,  but  all 
to  no  purpose.*  My  physicians  are  of  no  value. 
My  pains  this  morning  are  more  violent  than  they 
use  to  be.  I  lie  down  like  a  stag  in  a  net,  with  a 
very  despairing  discouragement.  However,  I 
thotight  I  would  make  one  more  experiment.  (In 
his  characteristic  way,  he  commended  his  case  to  • 
his  Maker).  Behold,  I  had  no  occasion  for  any 
further  application.  My  pains  immediately  went 
off.  And  as  yet  (I  write  the  day  following)  I  have 
no  return  of  them."  "After  two  or  three  days  of 
unaccountable  repose,  I  suffered  some  return  of 
my  pain  *  •  *  and  I  put  on  an  epispastic,  which 
suddenly  and  mightily  relieved  me." 

He  was  an  admirer  of  the  rainbow  in  the 
sky,  and  preached  a  sermon  and  wrote  a  book 
upon  the  subject.  The  fuel  of  the  people  was 
wood,  ani  the  wooden  city  of  Boston  was  sub- 
ject to  conflagrations,  in  which  many  buildings 
were  destroyed.  His  aged  father  was  worried 
because  his  people  wanted  to  swarm  into  a  new 
church  (people  at  that  day,  as  well  as  this, 
were  desirous  of  a  change),  and  he  did  what 
he  cpuld  to  comfort  him.  For  the  restraining 
of  profaneness  in  a  considerable  number  of 
unruly  children  on  the  Lord's  Day  in  his  con- 
gregation, he  found  a  person  to  look  after  them 
whom  He  accordingly  employed  and  rewarded 
for  that  service.    In  1713  he  wrote  : 


"There  are  knots-^f  riotous  young  men  in  Tlie 
town.  On  purpo^  to  insult  piety,  they  will  come 
under  my  window  in  the  middle  of  the  night,  and 
sing  profane  and  filthy  soTigs.  The  last  night  they 
did  so.  ond  fell  upon  people  with  clubs,-  taken  off  my 
woo<J-pilc." 

At  about  this  time  an  epidemic  of  the  mea- 
sles in  Boston  caused  the  deaths  of  five  mem- 

•In  present  day  torma,  unguents  ate  olntmenlH, 
cfttoplaBTnn  nre  pouUlces.  epIspOBtlca  are  bllgtem, 
and  nlnnplsms  nre  cntoplaKms  wltti  a  mustard  In- 
(fredlent,  I,  o.,  a  mustard  poultice. 


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bers  of  his  family,  including  his  second  wife. 
This  occasioned  him  to  give  a  list  of  the  names 
.  of  his  children,  ^nd  this  mathematical  calcula- 
tion upon  their  number:  "Of  15,  dead  Q, 
living  6." 

"Some  foolish  and  froward  people  in  the  flock  fall 
out  about  their  seats.  I  must  use  the  methods  of 
prudence  and  piety  to  manage  such  rot)ts  of  bit- 
tertiess."  [We  shall  hear  some  more  about  this 
subject  of  seating  the  meeting-house,  later  on.] 

"This  day  [August  14,  1716,]  a  singular  thing  be- 
fell me.  ♦  •  ♦  I  was- prevailed  withal  to  do  a 
thing,  which  I  very  rarely  do;  not  once  in  years. 
I  rode  abroad  with  some  gentlemen  and  gentle- 
women, to  take  the  country  air,  and  to  divert  our- 
selves at  a  famous  fish-pond.  [Spy  Pond,  now  in 
Arlington.)  Jn  the  canoe  on  the  pond  my  foot 
slipped,  and  I  fell  overboard  into  the  pond.  Had 
th?  vessel  been  a  little  further  from  the  shore,  1 
must  have  been  drowned.  But  I  soon  recovered 
the  shore,  and  going  speedily  into  a  warm  bed,  I 
received  no  sensible   harm." 

,  His  wife,  too,  had  premonitions  "all  the 
former  part  of  the  day  and  all  the  day  before" 
that  this  f 'little  journey"  would  have  mischief 
attending  it. 

I  have  discovered  in  writing  the  "History  of 
Arlington,"  that  there  was,  at  a  very  early 
period,  a  house  very  near  the  shore  of  this 
pond  devoted  to  the  public  entertainment  of 
such  visitors  as  might  come  to  it.  The  deep 
waters  of  this  very  dangerous  lake  have  prob- 
ably engulfed,  from  Mather's  day  to  this,  more 
drowned  persons  than  any  similar  body  of 
water  in  this  vicinity. 

L  arn  very  glad  that  I  have  had  the  oppor-  . 
tunity  to  examine  closely  the  pages  of  these 
memorial  records  of  the  experiences  of  Cotton 
Mather.  The  process  of  examination  has  been 
a  mental  stimulus  as  well  as  recalling  to  my 
mind  certain  religious  beliefs  which  found 
rigid  followers  in  the  days  of  my  childhood.  ' 
Cotton  Mather  said  on  one  occasion : 

"I  feel  a  very  sensible  rebuke  from  Heaven  upon 
me,  in  shutting  me  out  from  the  service  of  the 
flock.  On  the  last  Lord's  day  I  was  compelled  into 
sitting  still  [his  father  and  he  were  joint  pastors  01 
the  same  church]  out  of  a  compliment  to  a  person, 
who  had  been  asked  by  my  father  to  pfeach  for 
him,  .ind  yet  arrived  not  so  soon,  but  that  my  father 
feariiiR  liis  failmg  had  got  another  to  supply -hiS 
room.  The  young  man^juwhom  I  thus,  in  civility, 
gave  way,  was  also.«mrrwhom  for  the  vanity  of  his 
character  I  did  UTast  of  all  desire  to  see  in  our 
pulpit.  'Ihis  Lord's  day  I  am  arrested  with  a  cold, 
and  a  eolith,  amLam  withal  so  hoarse,  that  I  am 
laid  by  trmn  all  public  ministrations." 

Who  is  there  who  has  not  had  difTercnccs, 
certainly  in  opinion,  if  not  otherwise,  with  the 
body«of  liis  numerous  family  relations?  Ma- 
ther luid  certainly  in  his  schemes  of  doing 
good  Incliulcd  them  in  the  number  of  his  bene- 
ficiaries.   On  one  occasion  he  writes: 


I  am  sorry  that  among  my  personal  enemies,  I 
must  now  reckon  some  of  my  relatives.  Unac- 
countable creaturesi  But  I  have  a  little  penetrated 
into  their  inexplicable  character  and  conduct.  I 
must  watch  over  my  spirit,  and  study  to  carry  it  as 
well  unto  them,  as  if  they  were  better  affected 
towards  me." 

On  another  occasion  he  said : 

"I  observe  a  great  number  of  people  in  the  flock, 
whose  employments  are  so  circumstanced,  that 
while  their  hands  are  employed,  their  minds  are 
very  much  at  leisure;  and  others,  in  whose  business 
both  hands  and  minds  are  so.  I  would  in  a  sermon 
propose  methods  for  these  neighbors  to  redeem 
this  time." 

People  of  this  kind  are  not  scarce  now. 
Cotton  Mather  also  had  a  practice  of  writ- 
ing out  his  sermons  fully  in  order  that  the  copy 
rnight  be  used  for  publication,  and  he  some- 
times wrote  English  sentences  in  the  Greek 
character,  in  which  manner  their  meaning  was 
obscured  to  the  ordinary  reader. 

There  is  no  more   interesting  part  in  the 
book  than  that  describing  Cotton  Mather's  ex-- 
perience  during  the  terrible  visitation  of  Bos- 
ton by  the  smallpox  in  the  year  1721,  a  time 
when  vast  numbers  of  the  people  were  lying 
sick  of  that  loathsome  disease,  and  an  equally 
large  number  died.     The  disease  was  appar- 
ently brought-  by  a  vessel  of  war  which  lay  in 
the  harbor,  on  board  of  which  were  two  or 
three  men  sick  with  the  pestilence.     Mather's 
life  was  in  extreme  danger   from  the  horrid 
venom  of  the  sick  chambers,  which  he  made  it 
his  duty  to  enter  on  his  pastoral  visits.  Mather 
called  the  attention  6f  the  physicians  of  Bos- 
ton to  the  "new  method"  of  inocijlation   for 
this  dire  disease,  used  by  the  African  people 
and   Asiatics,   in    their   own   countries,   which 
he  113d  read  about  in  letters  from  Constantino- 
ple and  Smyrna,  as  published  by  the  Royal  So- 
ciety in  London.     As  soon  as  his  project  was 
^jiade  public  a  stoim  of  opposition  arose  on  the 
part  of  the  New  Englanders.    The  chief  moral 
reason   brought -against   inoculation   was   that 
it  wasa  heathen  practice,  and  it  was  unlawful 
to  learn  of  the  heathen,  and,  absurd  as  the  ar- 
gument seemed,  its  defenders  could  only  point 
out*-'in  reply,  that  all  of  the  physicians  of  an- 
tiquity were  heathen,  and  that  the  colonists  of 
New  England  had  learned  from  the  Indians  a 
corrective  to  snake  bites  and   the  practice,  of  '• 
smoking. 

Mather  also  prepared  a  little  treatise  on  the 
sniallfKJX.  first  awakening  the  sentiments  of 
piety  which  it  calls  for,  and  then  exhibiting 
the  best  medicines  and  methods  which  the 
world  had  yet  had  for  the  managing  of  it ;  and, 
finally,  adding  the  new  discovery  to  prevent 
it  in  the  way  of  inoculation.     He  instructed  the 


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physicians  in  this  new  method  used  by  the 
Africans  and  Asiatics  to  abate  the  dangers, 
and  infallibly  to  save  the  lives  of  those  that 
have  the  smallpox  in  the  natural  way.  But  a 
horrid  clamor  was  raised  against  him,  and  a 
strange  possession  from  the  evil  one  took  pos- 
session of  the  people  on  this  occasion;  they 
raved,  they  railed,  thev  blasphemed;  they 
talked  not  only  like  idiots,  but  also  like  fran- 
tics;  and  not  only  himself,  but  the  physician 
who  began  the  experiment,  were  objects  of 
their  fury;  their  furious  obloquies  and  invec- 

'  tives.  "This  cursed  clamor  of  a  people 
strangely  and  fiercely  possessed  of  the  Devil," 
he  said,  "will  probably  prevent"  the  saving  of 
the  lives  of  Mather's  two  children  from  the 
smallpox  in  the  "way  of  transplantation ;"  an- 
other way  of  describing  the  operation  or  pro- 
cess of  inoculation.  After  ten  remarkable  ex- 
periments in  his  own  neighborhood  it  was  de- 
cided that  his  son  should  undergo  the  opera- 

v^ltion  of  receiving  the  smallpox  in  the  new  way; 

.privately,  if  possibly  the  child  should  die  under 

it.    So  it  was  done,  not  so  skillfully  as  he  had 

wished,  but  successfully.     Thereupon,  in  the 

words  of- Mather:  •  . 

"The  towfi  became  a  liell  on  earth,  a  city  full  of 
lies,  and  murders,  and  blasphemies,  as  far  as  wishes 
and  speeches  can  render  it  so;  Satan  seemed  to  take 
a  strange  possession  of  it,  in  the  e'pidemic  rage 
against  that  notable- and  powerful  and  successful 
way  of  saving  the  lives  of  people  from  the  dangers 
of  the  small-pox." 

The  situation  grew  still  darker.  "This  mis- 
erable town,"  said  Mather,  "is  a  dismal  picture 
and  emblem  of  Hell."  He  arraigns  the  church 
members  as  having  a  fearful  share  in  the  false 
reports,  and  murderous  wishes,  and  the  "rage 
of  wickedness  among  us"  was  "beyond  what 
was  ever  known  from  the  beginning  to  this 
day."  Mather  acknowledged  in  his  own  hand 
that  in  his  remarks  on  the  folly  an^*  baseness 
of  an  absurd  and  wicked  people  that  he  used 
"too  bitter  terms."  Such  terms  as  miserable, 
and  detestable,  and  abominable,  as  applied  to  ' 
the  town,  seemed  to  fall  easily  and 'naturally 
from  his  lips.  .     . 

He  received  a  kinsman  into  his  iioifsc  wlio 
was  under  the  inoculation  of  the  smallpox,  to 
whom  he  gave  the  use  of  his  chamber.  This 
poor  man  in  the  night,  as  it  grew  towards  the 
morning,  while  lying  in  this  room,  narrowly 
escaped  being  killed  hy  a  murderous  bomb 
which  some,  mnlicintis  jicrson  threw  ihrniigh 
the  window  intending  it  for  the  unpopular 
Mather.    The  circumstances  were  these: 

/  "Tow.ird  three  o'clock,  in  the  night,  some  im- 
known-h.nnds  threw  a  fired  (or  lighted)  granado 
(hand  gran.idc)   inti  the  clmnihcr  where  my  kins- 


man lay,  and  which  uses  to  be  my  lodging-room. 
The  weight  of  the  iron  ball  alone,  had  it  fallen  upon 
his  head,  would  have  been  enough  to  have  done 
part  of  the  business  designed.  But  the  Granado- 
was  charged,  the  upper  part  with  dried  powder,  the 
lower  part  with  a  mixture  of  oil  of  turpentine  and 
powder,  and  what  else  I  know  not,  in  such  a  man- 
ner, that  upon  its  going  off,  it  must  have  split,  and 
have  probably  killed  the  persons  in  the  room,  and 
certainly  fired  the  chamber,  and  speedily  laid  the 
house  in  ashes  •  •  •  The  grenade,  m  passing 
through  the  window,  had  by  the  iron  in  the  middle 
of  the  casement,  such  a  turn  given  to  it,  that  in  fall- 
ing on  the  floor,  the  fired  wild-fire  in  the  fuse  was 
violently  shaken  out  upon  the  floor,  without  firing 
the  grenado." 

When  the  missile  was  taken  up  there  was 
found  a  paper  so  tied  with  string  about  the 
fuse  that  it  might  outlive  the  breaking  of  the 
shell,  on  which  paper  was  written  an  oppro- 
brious and  insulting  message. 

I  have  been  requested  by  your  president  to 
examine  the  second  volume-  of   Cotton   Ma- 
ther's Diary,  lately  issued  from  the  press,  to 
discover  further  facts,  if  any,  concerning  the 
connection  of  this  celebrated  man  with   Wo- 
burn.     As  there  was  no  index  to  tHe  first  vol- 
ume, a  comprehensive  index  in  the  second  vol- 
ume covers  all  the  contents  of  the  first.    In  the 
Woburn   Journal    for   August  4,    191 1,   I    at- 
tempted some  review  of  the  first  volume,  under 
the    heading   of   "Cotton    Mather    and    Wo- 
burn," and  described  certain  events  in  the  his- 
tory  of   the   Woburn    First    Parish    Church, 
whose  early  records   of  those   days   are   now 
rtiissing,   and  may  be   regarded   as  altogether 
lost.     The  substance  of  what  I  found  in  Ma- 
ther's recford  was  a  reference  to  an  evil  spirit 
at  Wobi^rn   (some  reference,  perhaps,  to  the 
performance  of  a  personal  devil,  for  our  fore- 
fathers heartily  believed  in  such  things)  ;  to  an 
account  of  a  sermon  preached  by  Mather  at 
Woburn  in  1703,  forestalling  the  settlement  of 
a  new  minister  there — a  species  of  fast  for  that 
purpose,   that   a   desirable   minister   might   be' 
had,  and  an  account  of  an  assault  upon   the 
action  of  Mather  in  reference  to  the  conduct 
of  a  wicked  man  in  tlie  Woburn  church  ;  a  man 
whom   the   church    had   censured    for   his    im- 
pious conduct,  and  who  had  applied  to  Mather 
to  help  him  out  of  trouble,  and   Mather  had 
rendered  a  decision  against  him.    Next  Mather 
was  a  member  of"  a  council  held  at  Woburn 
to    settle    the,  disturbances    and    differences 
anion'g  the  brethren.    In  the  second  volume  o/v 
the    Diary    we    find    .in   account   of    two   visil'- 
wliicli  Mather  had  made  to  this  place  to  settle 
(lifTercnccs  among  the  rather  violently  disposed 
Woburn  people. 

Those  who  read  Mather's  reflections  on  va- 
rious subjects  will  be  more  appreciative  01" 
their  real  valuu  if  the  'jcrson  has  lia<l  some  cn- 


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perience,  however  small,  of  the  puritanical 
training  once  accorded  to  persons  residing  in 
this  section.  Puritanism  is  a  fact  whose  condi- 
tions can  be  traced .  to  the  early  history  of 
Greece  and  Rome.  Its  conditions  are  the  con- 
verse of  luxury  and  vicious  living.  It  is  found 
where  a  people  live  the  simple,  dutiful  life  of 
their  ancestors,  and  mainly  in  the  rural  por- 
tions of  the  land,  away  from  the  enervating  in- 
fluences of  the  cities.  The  influences  of  New 
England  puritanism  existed  in  modified  form 
in  Woburn  until  after  1840. 

In  justice  to  Cotton  Mather  it  was  his  in- 
.  tention  to  do  good  to  all  his  fellow  mortals  in 
whatever  state  and  condition,  and,  in  illustra- 
tion, note  what  he  says  at  the  beginning  of  his 
fifty-first  year,  or  at  the  opening  of  1713 : 

"Not  one  day  has  passed  without  some  contriv- 
ance to  do  good,  invented  and  registered;  besides 
multitudes  of  such  not  entered  in  these  poor 
memorials.  Not  one  day  has  passed  without  being 
able  to  say  at  night,  something  of  my  small  reve- 
nues dealj  out  unto  pious  uses.  Never  any  time 
spent  with  any  company  without  some  endeavor  of 
a  fruitful  conversation  in  it." 

No  wonder  such  a  .man  is  said  to  .  have 
placed  the  sign  over .  his  study  door.:  ''Be 
short ;"  he.  was  so  busy  about  many  things. 

And  now  what  did  he  say  in  his  second  vol- 
ume of  Diary  about  Woburn,  vol.  2,  p.  135. 
Visit,  Nov.  4,  1711 :  .  ^. 

"God  has  blessed  my  applications  unto  Woburn, 
for  the  bruising  of  Satan,  who  had  begun  to  raise 
grievous  contentions.  It  was  thought  that  it  would- 
be  a  confirming  and  finishing  stroke  on  that  good 
work,  if  I  would  give  a  lecture  unto  that  people. 
I  assign  a  time  for  it;  purposing  to  preach  as 
charming  things  as  I  can  unto  them,  on  Romans, 
15-14,  /  am  persuaded  you  are  full  of  goodness." 

Wise  Cotton  Mather!  Three  days  after- 
ward, on  Wednesday,  November  7,  171 1,  he 
writes :  "This  day  I  accomplished  my  purpose 
for  Woburn,  and  had  many  smiles  of  Heaven 
on  my  journey.  Some  that  were  surprising 
ones." 

A  reference  to  Sewall's  "History  of  Wo- 
burn," p.  186,  shows  that  the  trouble  had  some 
reference  to  the  "disorderly  seating  of  many 
persons  in  the  house  of  God." 

On  a  second  visit,  vol.  2,  p.  167,  February  7, 
1711-12,  Wednesday.  "I  preached  the  lecture 
at  Woburn  on  Rom.  15,  14.  Being  Full  of 
Goodness."  An  extension  of  the  same  sub- 
ject .nnd  on  the  same  text.  When  the  char- 
acter of  the  controversy  is  understood  the  im- 
plied sarcasm  of  the  text'  is  refreshing,  show- 
ing that  Mather  was  not  slow  in  turning  a 
ridiculous  situation  into  a  lesson  of  enlighten- 
ment. 

Examining  the  work  of  Sewall,  we  find 
that  at  bottom  the  case  was  one  arising  from 


notions  of  family  rank  and  station  brought 
over  from  England,  where  cj'stinctions  of  that 
kind  had  long  been  created  and  cherished,  and 
to  which  our  earliest  ancestors  here  had  at- 
tached an  inordinate  importance,  and  were 
jealous  of  any  neglect  of  them  by  others.  Thus 
the  sentiments  with  regard  to  rank  and  condi- 
tion in  society  held  strongly,  while  other 
praiseworthy  qualities  had  been  neglected.  The 
superiority  of  family  was  strong  in  many 
minds,  and  that  when  seating  the  meeting- 
house was  done,  after  repairs  and  enlarge- 
rrient  had  been  made,  a  change  was  made  in 
the  method,  which  became  very  unpopular, 
which  was  explained  by  the  following  petition 
from  the  town  records:  Many  inhabitants  were 
much  "aggrieved  at  the  disorderly  seating  of 
many  persons  in  the  house  of  God,  the  ancient 
behind  the  backs  of  the  youth,  which  they  ap- 
prehended not  to  be  according  to-the'  law  of 
God,  which  requireth  the  youth  to  rise  up  be- 
fore the  hoary  head,  and  to  honor  the  person 
of  the  old  man."  In  this  case  the  seating. had 
been  done  on  this  foolish  principle.  Namely, 
to  prefer  those  first  who  had  done  the  most  by 
their  contributions  to  the  building  of  the  orig- 
inal house,  and,  second,  those  who  had  con- 
tributed the  most  towards  its  recent  repairs 
and  enlargement,  and,  finally,  those  who  paid, 
the  largest  taxes.  Thus  the  front  seats  were 
awarded  to  the'  wealthy  and  liberal,  though 
young,  before  the  aged  members  of  the  church 
and  community,  who  were  poor.  Hence  there 
resulted,  and  justly,  much  murmuring  and  dis- 
content, and  a  row'also  resulted,  which  Cot- 
ton Mather's  eloquence  seems  to  have  quelled. 


,  Henry     Seggerman     was 

SEGGERMAN     born     in     Brefnen,     Ger- 
many, and  lived  and  died 
there.     He  was  not  in  active  business.     He 
^married  Johanna  Hildebrand.    They  had  two 
children,  Louise,  and  Henry,  mentioned  below. 
(II)    Henry  .(2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Segger- 
man, was  bom  in  Bftmen,  Germany,  and  came 
•Qo  this  country  in  1850  when  a  young  man.   He 
located  in  New  York  City  and  became  a'  pros- 
perous and  prominent  merchant.     He  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics  and  a  German  Lutheran 
in  religion.     He  died  in  1888. 

He  married,  in  New  York  City,  Martha 
Strong  GIeason,who  was  born  on  Staten 
Island,  New  York,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Helen  (Vanderburgh)  Gleason,  granddaugh- 
ter of  James  and  Martha  (Strong)  Vander- 
burgh, descendant  of  Peter  I3rown,  who  came 
in  the  "Mayflower"  (see  Strong  and  Brown). 
Children':  Anna,  born  1856;  Frederick  Krue- 
ger,  mentioned  below ;  Louise  Norton,  1863 ; 
Victor,  August,  1865. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


'    (III)  Frederick  Krueger,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
:Seggerman,-  was  bom  in  Yonkers,  New  York, 
iFebruary  7,  1857.     His  early  education  was 
received  at  St.  John's  College,  which  he  at- 
.tendcd  until  he  was  twelve  years  old,  when  he 
.went  abroad  and  became  a  student  at  Keilhan 
■high  school,  near  Rudolsbadt,  Germany,  an  in- 
stitute  founded  by   Froebel,  of  kindergarten 
■fame,  graduating  after  a  five-year  course  in 
.1874.     After  his  return  to  this  country  he 
.started  in  his  business  career  as-  clerk  for  the 
Decastro  &  Donner  Sugar  Refining  Company. 
Afterward  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the  firm 
•      .^f-  Havemeyer  &  Elder,  sugar  refiners,  and 
clerk  for  the  firm  of  L.  W.  Minford  &  Com- 
pany, of  New  York.    He  founded  tlje  firm  of 
Seggerman   Brothers  in  partnership  with  his 
.brother.     Afterward  the  business  was  incor- 
porated under  the  name  of  Seggerman  Broth- 
.ers,  Incorporated,  and  he  is  president  of  the 
.  \^^.  company,  which  imports  and  deals  in  coffee 
and  also  handles  California  products.     He  is 
one  of  the  leading  merchants  in  his  line  of 
■business  in  New  York.    He  is  also  vice-presi- 
»  dent  of  the  Wisconsin  Condensed  Milk  Com- 

pany, which  has  factories  at  .Burlington,  Wis- 
consin, Pecatonica  and  Grey's  Lake,  Illinois, 
and  vice-president  of  the  McCann-Frazier 
Company,  of  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  He 
.  is  a  member  of. the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
New  York,  the  Knollwood  Country  Club,  the 
New  York  Athletic  Club,  the  Baltusrol  Golf 
Club,  the  New  York  Wool  Club,  the  May- 
flower Society  of  New  York,  the  Society  of 
Mayflower  Descendants  and  Squadron  A  Club 
of  New  York.  In  politics  he  has  been  an  in- 
dependent Democrat,  but  he  voted  for  Theo- 
dore Roosevelt  and  William  H.  Taft  for  presi- 
•  dent.  He  served  four  years  in  the  Seventh 
Regiment,  New  York  National  Guard,  and  for 
three  years  in  Squadron  A,  New  York  Na- 
tional Guard.  He  is  a  communisant  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church.  His  home  is  at 
309  West  Eighty-first  street,  and  his  offices  at 
91  Hudson  street,  NcwJYork. 

He  married,  October  18,  1887,  Annie  Haw- 
thorne Timpson,  who  was  born  in  a  bouse  on 
Eighteenth  street,  New  York,  in  1866,  daugh- 
ter of  Alfred  H.  and  Ellen  (Mather)  Timp- 
son, granddaughter  of  General  Mather,  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  Her  father  was  cash- 
ier of  tiic  Continental  National  tJank  of  New 
York,  and  was  for  Icn  years  a  member  oj  the 
famous  Seventh  Regiment.  New  York  Na- 
tional Guard.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Se"^- 
german:  i.  Frederick  Timpson,  born  in  New 
York  City,  1890;  graduated  from  Princeton 
Unive-sity;  member  of  Ivy  Club  and  of 
.Squadron  A  ;  associated  in  business  with  his 
fatiier.     2,  Kenneth    Mather,   born    in    New 


York  City,   1892;  member  of  class  of  1913, 

Princeton  University;  member  of  the  Cottage 

•Club. 

(The  Brown  Line). 

(I)  Peter  Brown,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  bom  in  England,  and  came  in  the  "May- 
flower" with  the  Plymouth  Company  in  1620. 
He  was  unmarried  when  he  came,  but  within 
the  next  thirteen  years  had  married  twice.  He 
was  admitted  a. freeman  in  1633.  Mary  and 
Martha  Brown,  probably  his  wife  and  daugh- 
ter, had  shares  in  the  division  of  cattle  with 
him  in  1627,  and  it  is  believed  that  the  name 
of  his  first  wife  was  Martha,  that  Mary  and 
Priscilla  were  her  daughters,  and  the  two  men- 
tioned in. the  history  of  Governor  Bradford  as 
married  in  1650.  In  1644  the  daughters  were 
placed  in  the  care  of  their  uncle,  John  Brown, 
a  leading  citizen  of  Duxbury.  Peter,  Brown 
died  in  1633,  before  October  10,  and  his  estate 
was  settleti  by  the  court  November  11,  1633. 
He  had  several  children.  , 

(II)  Peter  (2),  son  of  Peter  (i)  Brown, 
was  born  in  1632.  He  settled  ,in  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  and  lived  to  be  nearly  sixty  years 
old.  He  died  at  Windsor,  March  9,  1692, 
leaving  an  estate  of  ^409  to  be  divided  by  thir- 
teen children.  The  famous  .Abolitionist,  John 
Brown,  was  a  descendant,  through  his  son 
John,  grandson  John  and  great-grandson  John, 
whose  son  Owen  was  father  of  Captain  John. 
Abigail,  his  daughter,--  born  1662,  married 
Samuel  Fowler,  born  1683,  and  their  daugh- 
ter Isabel  married  Ezra  Strong  (see  Strong). 

'  (The  strong  Line). 

(II)^amuel    Strong,  son    of    Elder    John 
Strong  (q.  v.),  was  born  August  5,  1652,  and 
died  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  October 
29,  1732.,.    He  married  (first),  June  19,  1684. 
Esther,  daughter  of  Deacon   Edward  Clapp. 
She  died  January  26,    1698,   and  he  married 
(second),     October     28,     1698,     Mrs.     Ruth 
Wright,  widow  of  Joseph   Wright.     Samuel 
Strong  was  a  farmer.  Children,  bom  at  North- 
ampton, by  first  wife:  Esther,  April  30,  1685; 
Samuel,  January  21,  1687;  Susannah,  Febru- 
ary 26,   1688;  Abigail,  January   r,   1689^  died 
young;  Abigail,  November  23,  1690;  Christian, 
March  i,  1692;  Nehemiah,  1694-5;  Ezra,  men- 
tioned below.    Children  by  second  wife;  Mary. 
May  19,   1701;  Joseph,  May  9,  1703;  Josiaii. 
August  I7,>i705  ;  Deacon  Samuel,  February  1 1. 
1712-13. 

(Ill)  Ezra,  son  of  Samuel  Strong,  \v,-}< 
born  in  Northampton,  October  14,  1697.  Hf 
married  December  14,  1720,  Isabel  Fowler, 
born  February  i,  1700,  died  December  27. 
1723,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Abigail 
(Brown)' Fowler.  He  married  (second),  M.iy 
27rT736,  Miriam,  daughter  of  Robert  Jr.  and 


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Rebecca  (Rust)  Dank.  Ezra  was  a  farmer  at 
Northampton  and  Southampton.  Children : 
Ezra,  mentioned  below ;  Benoni,  born  Decem- 
ber 23,  17-3-  Children  by  second  wife:  Miriam, 
February  14,  i737;  Isabel,  May  12,  1744; 
child,  died  August  29,  1746. 

(IV)  Ezra  (2),  son  of  Ezra  (i)  Strong, 
was  born  at  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  January 
17,  1721.  He  married,  November  5,  1741, 
Mary  King,  born  February  24,  1719,  died  at 
Benson.  Vermont,  daughter  of  John  and 
granddaughter  of  Fearnot  and  Mary  (Fowler) 
King.  Children,  born  at  Westfield :  Captain 
John,  mentioned  below ;  King,  December  4, 
1744;  Asa,  December  16,  1746;  Eleanor,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1748;  Silence.  November  26.  1750; 
Warham,  January  31,  1753;  Huldah,  October 
2,  1757;  Ozem,  December  i,  1760;  Russell. 

(V)  Captain  John  Strong,  son  of  Ezra 
Strong,  was  born  in  Pittsfield,  October  13, 
1742.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale  College  in 
1766  and  became  a  lawyer  in  Pittsfield.  He 
was  an  officer  in  the  American  army  during 
the  revolution,  and  contributed  funds  to  the 
support  of  the  government  so  generously  that 
at  the  end  of  the  war  he  was  bankrupt.  He 
removed  to  Shodack,  New  York,  and  Albany. 
Children:  i.  Hannah.  2.  Martha,  married,  in 
1805,  at  Kinderhook,  New  York,  James  Van- 
derburgh, a  merchant  of  Troy,  New  York, 
where  he  died  in  1828;  children:  Margaret, 
Maria,  Cornelia,  married  Charles  M.  Parker; 

Julia,     married     Arnold ;     William, 

Helen,  married  Daniel  Gleason  (see  Segger- 

man)  ;  Catherine,  married  Evarts.     3. 

Margaret.  4.  Charles.  5.  Joseph.  6.  John, 
died  unmarried.    7.  James. 


This  ancient  family  is  now 
CARLETON  represented  in  New  York 
by  William  Dudley  Carle- 
ton,  of  the  law  firm  of  Jones  &  Carleton.  Mr. 
Carleton  has  been  for  several  years  in  active 
general  practice  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
where  he  ranks  as  one  of  the  highly  esteemed 
members  of  the  bar.  The  history  of  the  Carle- 
ton family  is  traced  through  the  following  gen- 
erations, the  name  being  derived,  according  to 
some  authorities  in  England,  from  the  place 
name.  Carleton  is  from  the  Saxon  word 
"ceorl,"  husbandman,  and  "ton,"  or  town.  The 
coat  of  arms  is  as  follows  :  Escutcheon  :  Argent, 
a  bond  sable,  three  mascles  of  the  field.  Crest : 
Out  of  a  ducal  coronet,  or,  an  horse's  head 
couped.      Motto:    Ant   mors   ant    Gloria. 

(I)  Baldwin  de  Carleton,  of  Carleton,  near 
Penrith,  Cumberland,  England,  1066.  (H) 
Jeffrey  de  Carleton.  (HI)  Edward  de  Carle- 
ton.    (IV)    Henry  de  Carleton.     (V)    Gilbert 

de  Carleton,  married Fitzwilliam. 

(VI)   William    de    Carleton    was    justice's 


counsellor  of  Edward,  the  king's  son  and  lieu- 
tenant, while  the  sovereign,  Edward  II.  was 
absent  in  foreign  wars.  William  de  Carleton 
also  served  on  a  commission  to  reconcile  the 
king  and  the  barons.  He  was  chancellor  of  the 
exchequer,  and  interceded  with  the  king  in  be- 
half of  the  Earl  of  Norfolk  and  Hartford. 
William  de  Carleton  married  Helena,  daugh- 
ter of  Geoffrey  de  Stanton. 

(VII)  Adam  de  Carleton  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Adam  de  Newton.  (VIII)   Adam 

de  Carleton  married  Sinella  .  supposed 

to  have  been  a  Plantagenet.  (IX)  John  de 
Carleton  was  conspicuous  as  commissioner 
with  the  chief  men  of  England  in  making 
treaty  with  Flanders.  (X)  Henry  de  Carle- 
ton was  of  county  Lincoln,  thirteenth  of  Rich- 
ard   II.;    married    Alicia   .      (XI)   Sir 

Thomas  de  Carleton.     (XII)   Sir  Walter  de 

Carleton,  married  Fieldman.     (XIII) 

Thomas  Carleton,  of  Sutton,  Lincolnshire, 
married Shorne.  (XIV)  John  Carle- 
ton, of  Sutton  and  Walton-upon-Thames,  died 
1450;  married  Anne  Skepwith.  (XV)  John 
Carleton  married  Alice  Danield. 

(XVI)  John  Carleton  lived  in  1500;  mar- 
ried Joyce,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret 
(Culpepper)  Welbeck,  cousin  of  Queen  Cath- 
erine, wife  of  Henry  VIII. 

(XVII)  Edward,  fifth  son  of  John  Carle- 
ton, settled  in  East  Clandon,  Surrey,  in  1571, 
and  is  ancestor  of  the  Carletons  of  London, 
Surrey,  Arundel  and  America. 

(XVIII)  Erasmus,  son  of  Edward  Carle- 
ton, was  a  citizen  and  mercer  of  St.  Barthol- 
omew, London  ;  married  Elizabeth . 

(XIX)  Edward,  son  of  Erasmus  Carleton, 
was  born  in  1605,  in  England,  and  is  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  the  American  family.  In 
1638-39  he  settled  on  the  plantation  of  Rev. 
Ezekiel  Rogers,  and  became  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  the  town  of  Rowley,  Massachusetts, 
where  next  to  the  minister  he  was  the  largest 
landowner.  He  was  given  the  title  of  "Mr.," 
usually  reserved  for  ministers  and  people  of 
high  social  or  official  standing.  He  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman  May  18,  1642;  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1644-45-46-47 :  commissioner 
to  hear  small  causes  in  1648.  He  returned  to 
England,  and  died  there  about  1661.  He  mar- 
ried Eleanor  Denton  (Carth  originally,  of  old 
Roman  ancestry).  He  left  an  estate  in  New 
England,  a  part  of  which  his  son  John  ob- 
tained. Christopher  and  Hannah  Babbage 
and  Jeremiah  and  Nehemiah  Jewett  received 
letters  of  administration  on  behalf  of  the  chil- 
dren of  Hannah  Carleton,  his  widow.  Novem- 
ber 29,  1678.  Children:  John,  mentioned  be- 
low: Edward,  born  October  28.  1639;  Mary, 
June  2,  1642;  Elizabeth,  March  26,  1644. 

(XX)  John,  son  of  Edward  Carleton,  was 


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born  in  1630,  in  England,  and  was  one  of  the 
leading  men  of  the  town  of  Haverhill.  He 
married  Hannah,  born  June  15,  1640,  in  Eng- 
land, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Mallin- 
son)  Jewett.  Joseph  Jewett  was  the  son  of 
Edward  Jewett,  of  Bradford,  West  Riding  of 
Yorkshire,  baptized  December  31,  1609;  mar- 
ried, October  i,  1634,  Mary  Mallinson.  Chil- 
dren of  John  Carleton  and  his  wife:  John, 
born  1658;  Joseph,  March  21,  1662;  Edward, 
mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  born  September  9, 
1667.  All  these  children  were  born  in  Haver- 
hill, and  in  that  town  John  Carleton,  the 
father,  died  January  22.  1668. 

(XXI)  Edward,  son  of  John  Carleton,  was 
born  March  22,  1664,  in  Haverhill,  and  settled 
in  Bradford,  Massachusetts,  where  his  de- 
scendants have  been  numerous  to  the  present 

time.    He  married  Elizabeth .  Children, 

all  born  at  Bradford:  Edward.  February  20, 
1690-91;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Nehe- 
miah,  April  15,  1695;  Nathaniel,  1697,  bap- 
tized June  20,  that  year ;  Ebenezer,  December 
22,  1704;  Mehitable,  March  8,  1707. 

(XXII)  Benjamin,  son  of  Edward  Carle- 
ton, was  born  April  23,  1693,  ^"^  married 
(first)  Abigail  Dudley  (?),  who  died  June  29, 
1726,  in  her  twenty-seventh  year.  He  mar- 
ried   (second)    Elizabeth    .     Children, 

born  at  Bradford,  the  eldest  by  first  wife,  the 
others  by  second  wife:  Dudley,  mentioned  be- 
low; Reuben,  June  2,  1732;  Abigail,  May  13, 
1734;  Mary,  December  4,  1736;  Hannah,  April 
24,  1740;  Phoebe,  July  9,  1742;  Benjamin, 
December  16,  1745 ;  Joseph,  October  22, 
1748.  Benjamin  Carleton,  the  father,  died  at 
Bradford,  IVIay  3,  1772,  in  his  eightieth  year. 

(XXIII)  Dudley,  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Abigail  (Dudley?)  Carleton,  was  born  Jan- 
uary 5,  1721-22,  and  his  name  appears  in  the 
revolutionary  rolls  of  Massachusetts  as  one  of 
a  list  of  men  serving  as  a  committee  for  Essex 
county  to  raise  recruits  for  the  campaigns  in 
New  York  and  Canada.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 25,  1745,  .Abigail  Willson,  of  Bradford, 
who  died  October  2,  1799,  aged  seventy- four 
years.  Children,  born  in  Bradford:  Rebecca, 
May  26,  1746;  Dudley,  May  16,  1748;  Abigail, 
March  30,  1750;  David,  December  7,  1751,  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution ;  Hannah,  January  7, 
1753;  Michael,  mentioned  below;  Moses,  Jan- 
uary 17,  1759;  Mercy,  September  17,  1760; 
Edward,  July  2,  1762;  William,  June  i.  1764; 
Ebenezer,  April  4,  1766;  Phoebe,  March  4, 
1769. 

(XXIV)  Michael,  son  of  Dudley  and  Abi- 
gail (Willson)  Carleton.  was  born  May  23, 
1757.  Bradford,  his  native  place,  is  now  part 
of  Haverhill.  He  married,  November  20, 
1795,    3'    Haverhill,    Ruth,   born    August    12, 


1778,  at  that  place,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Lydia  (White)  Ayer.  Nathaniel  was  a  son 
of  David  and  Hannah  (Shepard)  Ayer,  and 
was  born  February  24,  1734-35.  David  was  a 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Esther  Ayer,  and  was 
born  May  2,  1714.  Nathaniel  was  born  No- 
vember 5,  1676,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Tam- 
sen  (Thurlow)  Ayer.  Nathaniel  was  born 
March  13,  1654-55,  son  of  John  Ayer  Jr.,  and 
grandson  of  John  Ayer,  the  American  immi- 
grant. Children  of  Michael  and  Ruth  (Ayer) 
Carleton,  born  at  Haverhill :  Michael,  April  8, 
1796,  died  April  13,  1796;  William,  mentioned 
below;  David,  April  17,  1799;  Nathaniel,  No- 
vember 29,  1800;  died  December  8  following; 
Nathaniel,  1807,  died  at  Fayetteville,  North 
Carolina,  April,  1833. 

Alichael  Carleton  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution, a  private  in  Captain  John  Davis'  com- 
pany. Colonel  Jonathan  Cogswell's  regiment, 
stationed  near  Boston  in  1778;  also  in  Captain 
Stephen  Webster's  company.  Colonel  Jacob 
Gerrish's  regiment,  October  14  to  November 
22,  1779,  a  regiment  raised  in  Essex  and  Suf- 
folk counties  to  re-enforce  Washington's  army. 
There  was  another  Michael  Carleton,  of  And- 
over,  in  the  revolution.  (See  Mass.  Soldiers 
and  Sailors  in  the  Revolution  under  Carleton 
and  Calton,  pp.  36  and  103,  vol.  iii).  Ebenezer 
Caltran  (misspelling  for  Carleton)  was  in  Cap- 
tain John  Bodwell's  company.  Colonel  Jacob 
Gerrish's  regiment,  from  April  to  July,  1778, 
and  was  stationed  at  Cambridge.  Michael 
Carleton  died,  according  to  his  gravestone,  at 
Bradford,  June  20,  1836,  and  his  widow 
passed  away  September  13,  1847. 

(XXV)  William,  son  of  Michael  and  Ruth 
(Ayer)  Carleton,  was  born  May  20,  1797,  at 
Haverhill,  where  he  served  seven  years  as  ap- 
prentice to  a  tinman.  At  twenty-one  he  went 
to  Charlestown  to  follow  his  trade,  and  after  a 
few  years  opened  a  small  shop  and  store  on 
Washington  street,  Boston,  where  he  began 
the  manufacture  of  handlamps.  He  prospered 
and  gradually  enlarged  his  business  until  his 
manufactory  gave  employment  to  about  three 
hundred  workmen.  The  following  incident 
illustrates  his  native  force  of  character.  Two 
years  after  the  erection  of  his  first  factory  he 
determined  to  introduce  power,  and  had  an 
engine  built  by  M.  W.  Baldwin,  founder  of 
the  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works,  in  Philadel- 
phia. When  it  had  been  put  into  operation  it 
was  visited  by  many  mechanics,  and  greatly 
excited  their  admiration.  Among  these  visit- 
ors was  Otis  Tufts,  a  machinist,  of  Boston, 
who  immediately  began  the  construction  of  an 
engine  on  the  same  model,  thus  inaugurating 
the  building  of  stationary  steam  engines  in 
Boston.     When  experiments  were  undertaken 


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for  the  introduction  of  illuminating  gas  into 
Boston,  Mr.  Carleton  entered  into  the  manu- 
facture of  gas  fi.xtures,  and  having  difficulty 
in  obtaining  suitable  castings  for  this  and  other 
purposes  of  his  business,  started  a  brass  foun- 
dry of  his  own.  During  the  remainder  of  his 
life  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  a 
great  variety  of  small  brass  works,  and  at  the 
time  of  the  introduction  of  kerosene  oil  he  was 
the  first  to  enter  this  field.  He  was  a  large  ex- 
porter, sending  his  goods  to  nearly  all  foreign 
countries,  and  continued  in  the  supervision  of 
his  large  enterprise  until  his  eightieth  year,  re- 
taining both  mental  and  physical  faculties.  No 
incident  of  his  life  better  illustrates  his  charac- 
ter than  the  following.  In  his  latter  days  he 
carried  on  his  business  for  several  years  at  an 
annual  loss  of  not  less  than  $10,000  rather  than 
economize  for  his  own  advantage  by  the  dis- 
charge of  his  employes.  Mr.  Carleton's  benev- 
olence began  early  in  life  and  increased  with 
his  income,  embracing  not  only  the  poor  at 
home,  but  the  needy  far  away.  He  affiliated 
with  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  was  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church,  to  the  work  of 
which  he  was  a  liberal  contributor.  His  gifts 
to  foreign  missions,  to  home  missions  and  to 
the  cause  of  education  in  the  west  and  south 
were  very  large,  but  the  one  generous  deed 
for  which  his  name  will  be  inscribed  in  history 
was  the  donation  to  Carleton  College,  North- 
field,  Minnesota,  in  1871,  of  $50,000.  The 
amount  was  bestowed  without  the  least  osten- 
tation, without  any  conditions,  and  in  the  most 
available  form;  other  gifts  were  added,  and 
from  him  and  other  members  of  his  family  the 
college  received  in  all  nearly  $70,000.  The 
trustees  unanimously  requested  permission  to 
bestow  his  name  upon  the  institution  which, 
previous  to  the  period  of  his  aid,  looked  only 
to  the  heroic  efforts  of  a  few  earnest  and  de- 
voted men.  It  is  now  one  of  the  noblest  of  our 
western  institutions  of  learning. 

Mr.  Carleton  was  president  of  the  Charles- 
town  Gas  Light  Company  and  the  Sandwich 
Glass  Company.  He  married  (first)  Lydia 
Hunting,  of  an  old  colonial  family,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  a  son,  William  Edward, 
mentioned  below.  Mr.  Carleton  married  (sec- 
ond), March  11,  1875,  Susan  Willis,  a  niece 
of  his  first  wife.  Miss  Willis  was  born  in 
April,  1818,  in  Shutesbury,  Massachusetts,  her 
father  being  a  cousin  of  the  poet,  N.  P.  Willis. 
The  first  of  her  ancestors  in  this  country,  John 
Hunting,  came  to  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  in 
1638,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  and  the  first 
ruling  elder  of  the  church  in  that  place.  Mrs. 
Susan  (Willis)  Carleton  was  a  most  lovely 
character.  She  and  her  husband  were  united 
in  their  benefactions  to  Carleton  College,  and 


it  is  difficult,  if  not  impossible,  to  say  to  which 
of  these  two  the  institution  owes  most.  Mrs. 
Carleton  died  March  23,  1876,  and  Mr.  Carle- 
ton passed  away  December  5,  of  the  same 
year.  Ouiet  and  simple  in  manner,  retiring  in 
disposition,  yet  decided  in  character,  he  was  a 
man  of  unswerving  integrity  and  earnest 
Christian  faith. 

(XXVI)  William  Edward,  son  of  William 
and  Lydia  (Hunting)  Carleton,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 6,  1835,  in  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  private  schools 
of  Boston,  and  later  attended  the  Lawrence 
Scientific  School  of  Harvard  University.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument 
Association.  Mr.  Carleton  married,  Novem- 
ber 21,  1877,  Bertha  Jane,  born  January  15, 
1848,  in  Bangor,  Maine,  daughter  of  Dudley 
Franklin  and  Dollie  (MacQuesten)  Leavitt,  of 
that  city.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Carleton  became  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  William 
Dudley,  mentioned  below ;  Guy  Edward,  born 
November  15,  1879,  in  the  home  at  Monument 
Square,  in  Charlestown,  now  part  of  Boston, 
graduate  of  Harvard  University,  class  of  1902, 
and  Ruth  IngersoU,  born  at  Charlestown,  May 
5,  1889.  Mr.  Carleton  died  May  20,  1910, 
leaving  a  name  in  all  respects  worthy  of  his 
noble  ancestry. 

(XXVII)  William  Dudley,  son  of  William 
Edward  and  Bertha  Jane  (Leavitt)  Carleton, 
was  born  September  11,  1878,  at  Charlestown, 
and  attended  private  schools  in  Boston,  and 
also  the  Boston  Latin  School,  from  which  he 
graduated  in  1898.  The  same  year  he  entered 
Harvard  University,  completing  the  four 
years'  course  in  three  years,  and  graduating  in 
the  class  of  1901,  cum  laude,  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  After  taking  a  graduate 
course  in  New  College,  O.xford  University, 
England,  he  returned  to  this  country  and  en- 
tered Harvard  Law  School,  from  which  in 
1905  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws.  During  the  ne.xt  three  years  he  was  in 
the  law  office  of  Lord,  Day  &  Lord,  New 
York  City,  and  in  June,  1908,  formed  a  part- 
nership under  the  firm  name  of  Jones  & 
Carleton,  with  E.  Powis  Jones,  since  which 
time  he  has  been  in  general  practice  in  New 
York.  In  February,  1906,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  New  York  bar. 

Mr.  Carleton  is  a  member  of  the  Bar  Asso- 
ciation of  New  York,  the  Harvard  Club  of 
New  York,  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument  Asso- 
ciation and  other  organizations.  He  is  well 
known  for  his  ability  as  a  lawyer  and  as  a 
public  speaker.  While  at  college  he  received 
the  first  prize  in  the  Boylston  prize-speaking 
contest.  In  politics  he  is  an  Independent.  He  is  a 
communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church. 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


The  surname  Needham  is 
XEEDHAM  English  in  origin.  Need- 
ham  was  a  market  town  in 
county  Suffolk.  England,  and  a  parish  in  the 
county  of  Norfolk,  England,  and  it  is  probable 
that  the  families  of  that  name  took  it,  after  the 
Norman  fashion,  from  these  towns.  The  fam- 
ily of  the  Earl  of  Kilmorey,  to  take  one  in- 
stance, took  their  name  from  Needham  in  the 
county  of  Derby,  England,  where  they  are 
supposed  to  have  resided  during  the  reign  of 
Edward  III.,  and  possibly  even  earlier.  Other 
derivations  of  the  name  are  from  the  Saxon, 
neat ;  Danish,  nad,  a  herd,  and  ham,  a  village. 
In  another  sense  it  may  denote  a  clean,  fair 
town.  The  Needham  families  of  the  United 
States  are  the  descendants  of  several  early  im- 
migrants. Chief  among  them  were  John  Need- 
ham, of  Boston ;  Edmund  Needham,  of  Lynn, 
and  Anthony  Needham,  of  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts. John  Needham,  of  Boston,  was  born  in 
1674,  died  February  24,  1742,  having  married 
Mary  Jefts,  February  26,  1702,  the  ne.xt  gen- 
eration finding  them  at  Billerica,  Massachu- 
setts, and  Tewksbury,  Massachusetts.  Ed- 
mund Needham  came  from  London  about 
1639  and  died  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  May 
16,  1677,  having  married  a  lady  of  the  bap- 
tismal name  of  Joan.  There  were  several  other 
settlers  of  a  somewhat  later  date  whose  de- 
scendants are  scattered  throughout  America. 
The  Needhams,  descendants  of  Anthony,  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Salem  and  the  towns 
in  its  vicinity  and  in  Hampden  county,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(I)  Anthony  Needham,  first  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  American  branch  of  the  Needham 
family  here  dealt  with,  was  born  in  England  in 
1628,  died  after  September  6,  1705,  at  Salem, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  among  the  number 
of  municipal  officers  organized  under  an  act  of 
incorporation  by  the  people  of  the  town,  and 
he  was  also  lieutenant  in  the  troop  of  horse 
raised  by  the  Salem  authorities.  He  was  in 
religion  a  Quaker  Puritan,  and  when  in  Eng- 
land, which  he  is  supposed  to  have  left  about 
1650,  he  took  with  his  family,  according  to  tra- 
dition, an  active  part  in  the  reformation  work 
under  Cromwell.  He  married,  January  10, 
1655,  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  .-Vnn  Potter, 
who  died  after  July  16,  1695,  and  by  whom  he 
had  twelve  children,  namely:  i.  Rebecca,  born 
December  21,  1656;  married  Michael  Chaple- 
man,  in  January,  1675.  2.  Hannah,  born  June 
30,  1658.  3.  Elizabeth,  born  October  i.  1659. 
4.  Provided,  born  February  12.  ifi6i.  died  un- 
married. 5.  Anthony,  mentionerl  below.  6. 
Mary,  born  February  3,  1665.  died  unmarried 
in  1742.  7.  George,  born  March  26,  1667, 
died  unmarried.    8.  Isaac,  born  April  15,  1669, 


died  in  May,  1750.  9.  Abigail,  born  May  31, 
1671 ;  married  Thomas  Gould  in  1691.  10. 
Thomas,  born  July  25,  1673,  died  in  1752.  11. 
Dorothy,  born  August  25,  1675  ;  married  Will- 
iam Brown,  of  Ipswich,  [Massachusetts.  12. 
Rachel,  born  March  17,  1677;  married  Will- 
iam Small,  February  21,  1712. 

(II)  Anthony  (2),  eldest  son  of  Anthony 
(i)  and  Ann  (Potter)  Needham,  was  born 
April  II,  1663,  died  in  1758.  He  married, 
January  3,  1695,  at  Salem,  Massachusetts, 
Mary  Swinerton,  born  May  17,  1670,  by  whom 
he  had  five  children,  namely:  i.  Anthony, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Humphrey,  born  in  1698. 
3.  Ruth,  born  about  1700,  died  June  8,  1748, 
at  Brimfield,  Massachusetts ;  married  Ben- 
jamin Warner,  of  Brimfield,  Massachusetts. 
April  II,  1733,  at  Salem,  Massachusetts.  4. 
Rebeckah,  born  about  1704;  married  Jonathan 
Felton,  January  18,  1719.  5.  Jasper,  born 
June  15,  1707,  died  October  3,  1794. 

(III)  Anthony  (3),  eldest  son  of  Anthony 
(2)  and  Mary  (Swinerton)  Needham,  was 
born  November  23,  1696,  died  July  2,  1763, 
at  South  Brimfield,  Massachusetts.  He  re- 
moved from  Salem  to  Brimfield,  Massachu- 
setts, and  was  the  first  white  settler  in  the 
town.  He  was  the  first  town  clerk,  selectman 
and  representative  to  the  general  court  from 
Brimfield  from  1730  to  1740.  He  had  numer- 
ous land  grants  in  Brimfield,  and  was  a  leader 
in  the  pioneer  work  of  clearing  the  wilderness 
and  building  up  a  prosperous  community. 
When  a  body  of  municipal  officers  was  organ- 
ized in  1762  by  the  authorities  of  the  district 
of  South  Brimfield  he  was  elected  to  one  of 
the  leading  positions.  He  took  much  interest 
in  military  affairs  and  became  captain  of  a 
troop  of  horse.  Wales,  Massachusetts,  was  a 
part  of  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  from  1731 
till  1828,  and  a  small  moss-covered  stone 
erected  in  his  memory  in  the  old  burying 
ground  in  Wales,  bearing  the  most  ancient 
date  of  any  stone  there,  tells  that  he  died  July 
2,  1763,  aged  sixty-seven  years.  He  married. 
June  10,  1722,  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  Mary 
Moulton,  born  September  30,  1702,  died  in 
1790,  and  by  whom  he  had  eleven  children, 
namely:  i.  Anthony,  born  May  18,  1723,  died 
in  1783  at  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts.  2. 
Mary  (Molly),  born  June  21,  1725;  married 
Benjamin  Cooley,  at  Brimfield,  Massachu- 
setts, February  14,  1744.  3.  Hannah,  born  in 
March,  1727,  died  x\ugust  16,  1781  ;  married 
William  Carpenter,  at  Brimfield,  Massachu- 
setts, April  28,  1743.  4.  Ruth,  born  January 
16,  1729;  married  Israel  Kibbey,  at  Brimfield, 
Massachusetts,  June  7,  1756.  5.  Naomi,  born 
June  5,  1731,  died  December  10,  1772,  at 
Brimfield,     Massachusetts;     married     Joseph 


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Munger,  at  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  June  7, 
1756.  6.  Nehemiah,  mentioned  below.  7. 
Abigail,  born  November  10,  1736,  died  Decem- 
ber II,  1736-  8.  Jasper,  born  July  31,  1738, 
died  December  14,  1821.  9.  Jeremiah,  born 
June  17,  1741,  died  in  August,  1815,  at  Wil- 
mington, New  York.  10.  Daniel,  born  Sep- 
tember ID,  1743-  II-  Abner,  born  December 
17,  1746.  died  June  20,  1800. 

(IV)  Nehemiah,  second  son  of  Anthony 
(3)  and  Mary  (Moulton)  Needham,  was  born 
April  4,  1734,  died  in  1783.  He  served  with 
his  brother  Anthony,  who  was  a  lieutenant  of 
the  South  Hampshire  Regiment  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war,  and  who  responded  as  captain 
to  the  Lexington  Alarm.  April  19,  1775,  in 
both  the  French  and  Indian  and  the  revolu- 
tionary wars.  With  them  in  the  revolution- 
ary war  were  also  their  younger  brothers,  Jas- 
per. Jeremiah,  Daniel  and  Abner.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  June  21,  1758,  at  Brimfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, Eunice  Fuller,  who  died  in  1778,  at 
South  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  and  by  whom 
he  had  seven  children,  namely:  i.  Eunice, 
born  June  24,  1759,  died  November  16,  1837, 
at  Brimfield,  Massachusetts ;  married  Robert 
Andrews,  April  18,  1781.  2.  Mehetable,  born 
January  17,  1762;  married  (first)  Ebenezer 
Moulton,  December,  1786;  married  (second) 
Amos  Green,  September  11,  1828.  3.  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below.  4.  Robert,  born  No- 
vember 27,  1766,  died  in  1820,  at  Stafford, 
Connecticut.  5.  Susanna,  born  December  14, 
1769;  married  David  Brown.  6.  Nehemiah, 
born  October  16, 1772.  7.  Abigail,  born  June  20, 
1775.  He  married  ( second) ,  March  10,  1779,  at 
South  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  Lydia  Blodg- 
ett,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  namely :  8. 
Sarah,  born  December  29,  1779;  married  Will- 
iam Gilbert  Jr.,  November  10,  1800,  at  Marl- 
boro, Vermont.  9.  Samuel,  born  May  22, 
1782,  died  February  17,  1813. 

(V)  Jonathan,  oldest  son  of  Nehemiah  and 
Eunice  (Fuller)  Needham,  was  born  May  21, 
1764,  died  December  8,  181 1,  in  Calvert 
county,  Maryland.  He  was  a  large  trader  in 
cattle  and  also  did  a  large  business  in  real 
estate.  When  the  revolutionary  war  was  in 
progress  he  served  along  with  his  brother  Rob- 
ert in  spite  of  their  youth.  He  married.  May 
30,  1786,  at  South  Brimfield,  Massachusetts, 
Eunice,  daughter  of  Captain  Asa  Fisk,  of 
South  Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  land  owner 
and  farmer,  after  whom  was  named  Fisk  Hill. 
There  were  five  children  of  the  marriage,  the 
mother  dying  after  ten  years  of  married  life. 
She  was  born  October  24,  1768,  died  January 
20,  1797.  Children:  i.  Roswell,  born  August 
8,  1787,  died  April  8,  1870.  2.  Sally,  born 
March  29,  1789.     3.  Asa,  born  May  18,  1791, 


died  February  11,  1874,  at  Baltimore,  Mary- 
land. 4.  Jonathan,  mentioned  below.  5. 
Chester,  born  October  10,  1795,  died  Novem- 
ber 7,  1850. 

(VI)  Jonathan  (2),  third  son  of  Jonathan 
(i)  and  Eunice  (Fisk)  Needham,  was  born 
June  21,  1793,  died  January  24,  1862,  at 
Wales,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  deacon  of 
the  Baptist  church  for  twenty  years,  and 
served  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  married,  De- 
cember 21,  1816,  at  South  Brimfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, Lodisa  Pratt,  born  May  3,  1799,  died 
November  19,  1873.  at  Wales,  Massachusetts, 
by  whom  he  had  three  children,  namely:  i. 
Asa  H.,  born  .\pril  6,  182 1,  died  April  27. 
1849,  at  Baltimore,  Maryland.  2.  Eunice  M., 
born  .\pril  8,  1827,  died  September  29.  1843, 
at  Wales.  Massachusetts.  3.  Henry  M.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Henry  M.,  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
and  Lodisa  (Pratt)  Needham,  was  born  No- 
vember 23,  1829,  died  August  12,  1890.  at 
Wales.  Massachusetts.  He  was  educated  at 
Union  College  and  subsequently  at  Harvard 
Law  School.  From  his  graduation  to  his  death 
he  practiced  law  in  New  York  City  and  resided 
at  Brooklyn,  New  York.  He  married.  July  6. 
1864,  at  St.  Albans,  Vermont.  Helen  E., 
born  October  3,  1840,  died  August  2;^.  1903,  at 
Brooklvn,  New  York,  daughter  of  Henry  T. 
Chapman,  of  Brooklyn,  New  York.  They  had 
three  children,  all  born  at  Brooklyn,  namely: 
I.  Helen  P.,  born  April  10.  1865;  married 
George  C.  Flynt,  of  Monson,  Massachusetts, 
June  21.  1892,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York.  2. 
Henrv  Chapman,  born  November  8,  1866;  re- 
ceived his  degree  of  LL.  B.  from  Columbia 
Law  School  in  1888;  is  a  practicing  attorney 
in  New  York  City,  devoting  his  attention  al- 
most entirely  to  real  estate  and  probate  work. 
3.  George  A.,  born  September  12,  1868;  after 
completing  his  course  at  the  Adelphi  Academy, 
Brooklyn,  entered  the  employ  of  Herring  & 
Company,  manufacturers  of  safes  and  bank 
vaults ;  later,  and  upon  the  sale  of  that  com- 
pany to  the  so-called  trust,  he  with  others  or- 
ganized the  Remington  &  Sherman  Company, 
manufacturers  of  safes  and  vaults;  he  is  vice- 
president  of  the  company  and  an  engineer  of 
abilitv. 


This  ancient  Scotch  name, 
PATTERSON     long  honorably  known  in 

"Thistle  Kingdom."  was 
transported  to  Northern  Ireland  at  a  very 
early  day  in  common  with  many  other  Scotch 
nam'es,  forming  a  population  now  popularlv 
known  as  the  Scotch-Irish.  These  settlers  on 
the  lands  of  Antrim.  Derry  and  other  North- 
ern   Irish    counties    preserved    the    traditions. 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


customs  and  habits  of  thought  of  their  ancestry 
in  such  marked  degree  that  it  has  often  been 
said  of  them,  "They  were  more  Scotch  than 
the  Scotch."  The  United  States  owes  many  of 
its  best  citizens  to  this  sturdy  blood  which  was 
lured  to  our  shores  by  the  prospects  of  relig- 
ious liberty  and  practical  opportunity. 

(I)  In  Argleshire,  Scotland,  dwelt  John 
Patterson,  who  settled  in  Northern  Ireland 
during  the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth  century. 
Little  can  now  be  shown  regarding  his  de- 
scendants, but  it  was  known  that  he  had  a  son 
Robert,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  John  Patterson,  resided 
in  Xortliem  Ireland,  married,  and  among  his 
children  was  a  son  Alexander,  mentioned  be' 
low. 

(III)  Alexander,  son  of  Robert  Patterson, 
was  born  in  Northern  Ireland.  He  came  to 
America  with  the  immigrants  who  settled  Lon- 
donderry, New  Hampshire,  locating  there  in 
1721.  No  record  of  his  wife  appears,  and  only 
one  of  his  children  is  known,  Alexander,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Alexander  (2),  son  of  Alexander  (i) 
Patterson,  was  born  at  Bush  Mills,  Northern 
Ireland,  in  1714,  died  in  Strafford,  Vermont, 
in  1802.  In  early  life  he  accompanied  his 
father  to  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire.  He 
appears  but  little  in  the  records  of  that  town, 
in  which  he  served  as  surveyor  of  highways  in 
I753"55-  About  the  year  1764  he  visited  the 
town  of  Henniker,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
appeared  leading  a  cow  and  carrying  a  bag  of 
meal.  He  built  a  shanty  of  boughs  for  pro- 
tection while  locating  his  lands  and  beginning  a 
clearing.  In  the  spring  of  1765,  with  his  sons, 
Joseph  and  Isaac,  he  visited  the  location,  which 
is  on  the  north  side  of  the  Contoocook  river, 
and  there  they  began  a  clearing  in  earnest.  At 
that  time  his  family  was  in  Pembroke,  New 
Hampshire,  whither  he  returned  in  time  to 
gather  his  hay  crop.  After  this  was  accom- 
plished he  returned  to  Henniker  with  his  sons, 
and  they  then  burned  off  the  clearing  already 
made  and  prepared  the  ground  for  a  crop  the 
following  year.  They  built  a  log  cabin,  in 
which  they  settled  witli  the  entire  family  in  the 
fall.  The  snows  of  the  ensuing  winter  were 
very  deep,  and  for  a  period  of  six  weeks  they 
saw  no  person  outside  of  the  family.  Mr.  Pat- 
terson became  a  leading  citizen  of  Henniker, 
where  he  served  as  selectman  in  1772-73,  and 
from  which  town  he  went  out  as  a  revolution- 
ary soldier.  In  1799  he  removed  to  Thetford, 
\'ermont,  and  shortly  afterward  to  Strafford, 
same  state,  where  his  death  occurred.  He  and 
one  of  his  sons  responded  to  the  alarm  follow- 
ing the  battle  of  Lexington,  and  his  name  ap- 


pears  among  the  signers   of   the   Association 
Test  in  1776. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Arbuckle,  who  was 
born  in  1720  on  board  ship  while  her  parents 
were  removing  from  Scotland  to  America.  She 
is  described  as  a  "pert  little  woman,  straight 
as  an  arrow,  of  great  activity,  running  over 
with  humor,  and  of  an  excellent  education  for 
her  day.''  Her  name  is  the  only  one  of  a  fe- 
male which  appears  on  the  call  to  Rev.  David 
McGregor  to  become  first  pastor  of  the 'West 
Parish  of  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire.  She 
taught  one  of  the  first  schools  in  Henniker. 
Children :  Lydia,  ]Mary,  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Margaret,  Sarah,  Isaac,  Josiah,  died 
young;  Josiah,  Robert,  Alexander,  James. 

(V)  Joseph,  eldest  son  of  Alexander  (2) 
Patterson,  was  born  in  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1750,  died  in  Henniker,  New 
Hampshire,  January  16,  1831.  He  resided  on 
the  homestead  in  Henniker,  and  was  an  indus- 
trious, successful  and  useful  citizen,  acquiring 
the  title  of  honorable,  which  was  an  unusual 
honor  in  his  time.  He  enlisted  for  three 
months'  service,  September  20,  1776,  in  Cap- 
tain Emery's  company.  Colonel  Baldwin's  regi- 
ment, and  participated  in  the  battle  of  White 
Plains,  October  28,  1776,  having  been  shot 
through  the  neck.  He  lost  most  of  his  accou- 
trement on  account  of  this  injury,  and  the  state 
subsequently  granted  him  five  pounds  and 
fourteen  shillings.  He  married  Susannah, 
daughter  of  Captain  William  and  Naomi  (Bell) 
Dimcan,  of  Londonderry,  and  granddaughter 
of  George  and  Margaret  (Cross)  Duncan  and 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  (Todd)  Bell,  who  were 
among  the  leading  citizens  of  Londonderry. 
Children :  Abraham,  Elizabeth,  Polly,  Joseph, 
William,  mentioned  below :  Samuel,  Rachel, 
Susannah,  George,  .A.nna.  Margaret. 

(VI)  William,  third  son  of  Joseph  Patter- 
son, was  born  in  Henniker,  New  Hampshire, 
November  4,  1784,  died  in  Lowell,  Massachu- 
setts, April  26,  1862.  He  resided  on  the  pater- 
nal homestead  until  1843,  when  he  removed 
to  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  and  later  to 
Lowell,  Massachusetts.  He  was  connected 
with  the  operation  of  various  mills,  and  is 
described  as  an  energetic  and  industrious  citi- 
zen. He  was  captain  of  the  Henniker  Militia 
Company.  He  married  (first)  Lydia  Joslyn, 
born  September  19,  1787,  in  Henniker,  New 
Hampshire,  where  she  died  March  12,  1816, 
daughter  of  James  and  Sarah  (Wetherbee) 
Joslyn.  He  married  (second)  August  29, 
1820,  Frances  Mary  Shepard,  of  Holderness, 
New  Hampshire,  born  April  20,  1795,  died 
June  19,  1858.  Children  of  first  wife  :  i.  Mary, 
born  181 1,  died  March  24,   1812.     2.  Alonzo, 


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born  March  21,  1813,  died  July  18,  1885;  re- 
sided in  Henniker,  where  he  served  as  select- 
man and  was  otherwise  prominent.  3.  George 
W.,  born  March  12,  181 5,  died  July  19,  1895. 
Children  of  second  wife:  4.  Lydia  A.,  died 
young.  5.  James  Willis,  born  July  2,  1823, 
died  May  4,  1893;  professor  in  Dartmouth 
College,  member  of  congress  and  United  States 
senator  from  New  Hampshire.  6.  Sophia 
Anne,  born  October  23,  1825,  died  February 
21,  1877:  married  Charles  Wilkins ;  resided  in 
California.  7.  Joseph  D.,  died  young.  8.  Har- 
riet W.,  born  March  25,  1830,  died  January 
13,  1910;  married  Charles  Smith,  of  Law- 
rence, Massachusetts.  9.  Joseph,  died  young. 
10.  Frances  Jane,  died  young.  11.  John  Bart- 
lett,  born  August  9,  1836.  12.  Charles  Henry, 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Charles  Henry,  youngest  son  of  Will- 
iam Patterson,  was  born  in  Henniker,  New 
Hampshire,  January  20,  1840.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Manchester. 
Later  he  entered  Dartmouth  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1864  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Very  shortly  after- 
wards he  entered  the  public  service,  being  em- 
ployed in  the  war  and  treasury  departments 
at  Washington,  D.  C,  from  1864  to  1866.  Dur- 
ing this  period  he  pursued  the  study  of  law 
and  attended  lectures  at  the  Law  School  of 
Columbian  University,  Washington,  from 
which  he  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Laws  in  1866.  He  was  immediately 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Washington,  but  never 
engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion. He  was  employed  in  a  clerical  position 
in  the  office  of  the  assistant  treasurer  until 
1868,  when  he  received  promotion  to  an  official 
position,  which  he  resigned  in  1882  to  become 
assistant  cashier  of  the  Fourth  National  Bank 
of  New  York.  In  1887  he  was  appointed 
cashier  of  the  same  institution,  and  in  1910 
became  vice-president,  in  which  capacity  he 
is  serving  at  the  present  time  (1912).  Mr. 
Patterson  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  in  politics  is  a  Republican. 

Mr.  Patterson  married,  November  17, 
1868,  Frances  Anne  Holden,  of  Lowell,  Mas- 
sachusetts, born  September  25,  1843,  daughter 
of  Frederick  Artemas  Holden,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Artemas  Holden.  Children:  i. 
Frederick  Holden,  born  June  27,  1870:  gradu- 
ate of  Columbia  University ;  lawyer  bv  pro- 
fession;  married,  October  17,  1900,  Alay  C, 
daughter  of  James  W.  Corsa;  child,  Shepard 
Holden,  born  December  6,  1901.  2.  Edith, 
born  August  26,  1874;  married,  June  i,  1901, 
William  N.  Shaw ;  child,  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
June  24,  1908.     3.  Roswell  Miller,  born  Sep- 


tember 15,  1876;  graduate  of  Yale  College; 
lawyer  by  profession ;  married,  October  22, 
19 10,  Antoinette  Sexton. 


Frank     Spencer     VVither- 
WITHERBEE    bee,  born  at  Port  Henry, 

New  York,  May  12,  1852, 
comes  from  an  old  New  England  family,  and 
is  a  direct  descendant  of  John  Witherbye,  who 
was  born  in  the  county  of  Suffolk,  England, 
about  1650,  and  came  to  America  in  1672.  His 
name  first  appears  at  Marlboro,  Massachu- 
setts, as  having  married  May  A.,  daughter  of 
John  Howe,  a  prominent  citizen  of  that  place. 
He  fought  in  "King  Philip's  War,"  and  on 
March  26,  1676,  when  at  church,  was  attacked 
by  the  Indians,  who  also  set  fire  to  his  house. 
He  was  later  one  of  the  founders  of  the  town 
of  Stow,  Massachusetts,  and  in  1688  was 
elected  a  selectman  of  that  town,  where  he 
died  about  the  year  171 1. 

(H)  Thomas  Witherbye,  son  of  John 
Witherbye,  was  bom  in  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts, January  5,  1678,  died  January  23,  1713. 
He  resided  in  "Alarlboro,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  February  20,  1699,  Hannah,  born 
August  4,  1677,  daughter  of  John  and  Lydia 
Wood,  of  Marlboro.  She  married  (second),. 
August  8,  1716,  Moses  Leonard.  Children  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Wood)  Witherbye: 
Mary,  born  June  10,  1700;  Hannah,  June,. 
1702  ;  Thomas,  March  4,  1705  ;  Silas,  of  whom 
further;  Submit,  March  9,  1710. 

(III)  Captain  Silas  Witherbye,  son  of 
Thomas  Witherbye,  was  born  at  Marlboro, 
Massachusetts,  July  20,  1707,  died  at  Shrews- 
bury, March  10,  1783.  He  married,  August 
20,  1738,  Thankful  Keyes,  born  at  Marlboro 
in  1709,  died  in  Shrewsbury,  June  12,  1782, 
daughter  of  Major  John  Keyes,  known  at 
that  time  as  "the  famous  Major." 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Witherby,  son 
of  Captain  Silas  Witherbye,  was  bom  in  Graf- 
ton, Massachusetts,  June  i,  1747,  died  May  9, 
1827,  in  Shrewsbury,  whither  he  had  removed 
in  1777.  He  married,  January  2,  1770,  Relief 
Huston,  of  Dunstable,  New  Hampshire,  born 
in  May,  1749,  died  December  23,  1813.  Chil- 
dren: Lewis,  born  December  2,  1770 ;  Jona- 
than, of  whom  further;  Thomas,  born  Feb- 
ruary   13,    1774;    Sally,   born    September    10, 

(V)  Jonathan  Witherbee,  son  of  Lieutenant 
Thomas  Witherby.  was  born  in  Fitzwilliam, 
Massachusetts.  M'arch  3,  1772,  died  in  Brid- 
port,  Vermont,  August  18.  1820.  He  mar- 
ried, October  30,  1795,  at  Shrewsbury.  Massa- 
chusetts, Virtue  Hemenway,  born  in  Shrews- 
burv,  January  23.   1775,  died  there.   May  la 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


1849,  daughter  of  Silas  and  Mary  Smith  Hem- 
enway. 

(\  I)  Thomas  Weatherby,  son  of  Jonathan 
W'itherbee,  was  bom  in  Shrewsbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, April  2,  1797,  died  at  Port  Henry, 
New  York,  August  12,  1850.  He  married, 
November  4,  1819,  Millie  Adams  of  Bridport, 
Vermont,  born  in  Dublin,  New  Hampshire, 
July  2,  1799,  died  at  Port  Henry,  New  York, 
May  27,  1879,  daughter  of  Timothy  Adams, 
who  was  a  descendant  of  Henry  Adams,  of 
Quincy,  Massachusetts,  the  ancestor  of  the 
two  Presidents  Adams. 

(MI)  Jonathan  Oilman  Adams  W'itherbee, 
son  of  Thomas  Weatherby,  was  born  in  Crown 
Point,  New  York,  June  7,  1821,  died  at  Port 
Henry,  New  York,  August  25,  1875.  He  was 
one  of  the  principal  pioneers  of  the  iron  ore 
industry  of  Lake  Champlain,  and  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  firm  of  Lee,  Sherman  &  With- 
erbee,  established  in  1849,  and  merged  into  the 
firm  of  W'itherbee,  Sherman  &  Company  in 
1862,  which  was  incorporated  under  the  same 
name  in  1900,  and  is  now  one  of  the  largest 
producers  of  iron  ore  in  this  country.  He  was 
a  man  of  wide  influence  in  both  business  and 
political  circles.  He  married,  Alay  13,  1846, 
Charlotte  Spencer,  born  in  'V'ergennes,  Ver- 
mont, February  15,  1827,  and  at  this  time 
(  1912)  is  still  living.  Her  father  was  Jona- 
than B.  Spencer,  born  in  Vergennes,  Vermont, 
in  1796,  died  at  VVestport,  New  York,  in  No- 
vember, 1875.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  developing  the  lumber  districts  of  Canada 
and  the  Western  States.  He  served  with  dis- 
tinction in  the  war  of  1812,  and  for  his  ser- 
vices received  a  tract  of  land  in  the  state  of 
Iowa.  His  wife  was  May  (Walker)  Spencer, 
born  in  Vergennes,  \ermont,  April  6,  1802, 
died  in  Westport,  New  York,  in  July,  1895,  ^' 
the  age  of  ninety-three  years,  and  with  scarcely 
a  gray  hair  in  her  head. 

(\'ni)  Frank  Spencer  Witherbee,  son  of 
Jonathan  Oilman  Adams  and  Charlotte  (Spen- 
cer) Witherbee,  was  born,  as  stated  at  the  be- 
ginning of  this  article,  at  Port  Henry,  New 
York,  May  12,  1852.  He  was  educated  in 
various  private  schools  and  at  Yale  Univer- 
sity, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1874  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
Since  1875  he  has  devoted  himself  chiefly  to 
iron  mining  at  Port  Henry,  New  York,  having 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  copartnership  of 
Witherbee,  Sherman  &  Company  in  that  year. 
L'pon  the  incorporation  of  that  company  in 
1900  he  was  elected  its  first  president,  which 
office  he  still  holds.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
[^ake  Camplain  &  Moriah  Railroad  Company, 
and  of  the  Cubitas  Iron  Ore  Company,  and 
vice-president  of  the  Cheever  Iron  Ore  Com- 


pany. He  was  formerly  president  of  the  Troy 
Steel  Company  and  vice-president  of  the  Ten- 
nessee Coal,  Iron  and  Railroad  Company,  both 
of  which  companies  are  now  a  part  of  the 
United  States  Steel  Corporation.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Equitable  Life  Assurance  Society, 
the  Chatham  and  Pheni.x  National  Bank,  and 
the  Fulton  Trust  Company,  of  New  York 
City;  and  of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank,  Port 
Henry,  New  York,  and  the  Central  Hudson 
Steamboat  Company. 

He  has  traveled  extensively  in  the  United 
States,  Canada  and  Europe.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican in  politics,  and  has  taken  an  active  part 
in  public  aiifairs.  He  represented  New  York 
state  on  the  Republican  National  committee 
during  the  second  Harrison  campaign,  was  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  Republican  state 
committee  of  New  York,  and  was  frequently  a 
delegate  to  National,  state  and  other  nominat- 
ing conventions  of  the  Republican  party.  In 
the  first  Harrison  election  he  was  chosen  as  a 
presidential  elector  from  New  York  state.  He 
was  a  prime  mover  in  securing  the  legislation 
to  create  an  Adirondack  State  Park  and  to 
complete  the  State  Barge  Canal.  He  served 
five  years  in  the  New  York  state  militia.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  American  Iron  and  Steel 
Institute  and  a  member  of  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Mining  Engineers,  Lake  Superior 
Mining  Institute,  New  York  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Metropolitan  Aluseum  of  Art, 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New 
York  State  Historical  .Association,  American 
Scenic  and  Historic  Preservation  Society,  Sons 
of  the  Revolution  and  American  Oeographic 
Society.  He  is  a  member  of  the  following 
clubs :  Union,  University,  Metropolitan,  Re- 
publican, Down  Town  and  Railroad  (New 
York  City)  ;  Tu.xedo,  Sleepy  Hollow  Country, 
Travellers'  (Paris),  and  Benedict  (Port 
Henry,  New  York).  His  residences  are  at 
No.  4  Fifth  avenue.  New  Y'ork  City,  and  at 
"Ledgeside,"  Port  Henry,  New  York. 

He  married,  April  25,  1883,  Mary  Rhine- 
lander,  daughter  of  Lispenard  and  Mary 
(Rhinelander)  Stewart  (see  Stewart  V). 
Children:  Lispenard  Stewart,  born  in  New 
Y'ork  City,  June  i,  1886,  died  February  8, 
1907 ;  Evelyn  Spencer,  born  at  Port  Henry, 
New  York,  July  8,  1889. 

(The  Stewart  l^ine). 

(II)  Charles  Stewart,  the  pioneer  ancestor, 
son  of  Robert  Stewart,  came  from  the  north 
of  Ireland  with  the  Scotch-Irish  in  1750  and 
settled  in  Plunterdon  county.  New  Jersey.  He 
was  commissioned  by  congress,  June  18,  1777, 
as  commissary  of  issues  in  the  army  of  the 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


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United  States  and  served  as  such  during  tine 
remainder  of  the  revolutionary  war.  He  was 
the  niale  representative  of  his  grandfather,  a 
Scottish  officer  of  dragoons,  wounded  in  the 
battle  of  the  Boyne  in  Ireland,  fighting  with 
the  army  of  William  III.  At  a  later  date  he 
made  his  home  in  county  Donegal,  Ireland. 

(III)  Robert  Stewart,  brother  of  Charles 
Stewart,  lived  at  Londonderry,  Ireland,  and 
at   Hunterdon    county,    New   Jersey;   died    in 

1785- 

(IV)  Alexander  L.,  seventh  child  of  Rob- 
ert Stewart,  was  born  May  31,  1775.  He  mar- 
ried, January  2"],  1803,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Anthony  Lispenard  (see  Lispenard  IV).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Helen,  born  February  28,  1805;  mar- 
ried James  Watson  Webb,  of  New  York,  and 
among  their  children  was  General  .'Vlexander 
S.  Webb,  of  civil  war  fame,  president  of  the 
College  of  the  City  of  New  York.  2.  Mary 
Jordan,  married,  February  14,  1826,  Stephen 
Hogeboom  Webb.  3.  Sarah  A.,  married 
(first)  John  Skillman,  and  (second)  Rev. 
Charles  Samuel  Stewart.  4.  Lispenard,  of 
whom  further.  5.  Eliza  (or  Elvia),  born 
March,  1812,  died  unmarried,  February  22, 
1866.  6.  Amelia  Barclay,  born  November  6, 
1814,  died  April  74,  1826.  7.  Matilda  Wilson, 
born  February  6,  1816;  married  Herman  C. 
LeRoy. 

(V)  Lispenard,  son  of  Alexander  L.  Stew- 
art, was  born  in  New  York  City,  August  9, 
1809.  He  married,  June  4,  1834,  Louisa  Ste- 
phania  Salles,  who  died  September  7,  1837. 
He  married  (second),  December  22,  1847, 
Mary  Rogers  Rhinelander  (see  Rhinelander 
IV).  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Louisa  Ste- 
phania,  born  at  Paris.  May  21,  1836;  married. 
May  21,  1861,  John  B.  Trevor  and  had  Helen 
and  Henry  G.  2.  Sarah  Lispenard,  born  April 
9,  1837;  married,  April  20,  1864,  Frederick 
Graham  Lee.  Children  by  second  wife:  3. 
William  Rhinelander,  bom  December  3,  1852; 
married.  November  5,  1879,  Annie  Armstrong 
and  had  Muriel,  Anita  and  William  R.  4. 
Lispenard,  born  July  19,  1855  ;  state  senator, 
prominent  in  business  and  public  life.  5.  Mary 
Rhinelander,  born  March  3,  1859;  married, 
April  25,  1883,  Frank  Spencer  Witherbee  (see 
Witherbee  VIII). 

(The   Lispenard   Line). 

(I)  Antoine  L'Espenard,  who  came  from  a 
tamilj  of  French  extraction  claiming  descent 
from  the  ancient  nobility  of  France,  left  Ro- 
chelle  in  his  native  country  in  1669  for  Amer- 
ica with  his  wife  Abeltie,  and  in  1670  he  was 
a  settler  at  Albany,  New  York  A  treaty  of 
neutrality  between  the  English  and  French, 
dated  November  16,  1686,  stipulated  that  the 


Indian  trade  should  be  free  to  the  colonies  of 
both  nations  and  that  neither  French  nor  Eng- 
lish should  interfere  in  the  warfare  among  the 
Indians.  .Xntoine  L'Espenard  was  the  repre- 
sentative of  the  English  government  dis- 
patched by  Governor  Dongan  from  New  York 
to  Governor  Denonville  in  Canada.  He  was 
selected,  it  is  believed,  because  he  was  an  in- 
timate ac(|uaintance  of  the  governor  and 
doubtless  spoke  his  language  perfectly.  L'Es- 
penard ascertained  during  his  mission  that 
the  French  were  preparing  to  make  a  winter 
expedition  on  snow  shoes  against  .\lbany  to 
burn  the  city,  because  the  inhabitants  had  aided 
the  Seneca  Indians.  L'Espenard  warned 
Colonel  Peter  Schuyler  at  .Albany,  then  mayor 
of  the  city,  and  Schuyler  moved  promptlv 
against  the  French  settlements  at  the  north  end 
of  Lake  Champlain  and  won  a  victory.  For  a 
few  years  L'Espenard  lived  at  Saratoga  and 
he  was  one  of  the  French  settlers  taken  to 
Albany  when  the  war  between  the  French  and 
English  colonies  came  in  1690.  He  was  re- 
leased immediately  with  other  French  known 
to  be  friends  of  the  English.  Soon  afterward 
he  joined  the  Huguenot  colony  at  New  Ro- 
chelle.  New  York,  and,  according  to  tradition, 
he  was  joined  by  Baroness  L'Espenard,  prob- 
ably a  relative.  He  resided  on  what  is  now 
Davenport's  Neck  on  Long  Island  sound. 
When  he  was  eighty-one  years  old  he  was 
granted  by  the  freeholders  of  New  Rochelle 
land  upon  which  to  build  a  grist  mill,  which 
he  erected  on  the  east  side  of  the  Neck,  then 
called  Leisler's  and  LeCount's  Neck,  and  the 
family  mansion  stood  at  the  easterly  end  of  the 
millpond.  L'Espenard  died  at  New  Rochelle 
is  his  eighty-sixth  year.  His  will  was  re- 
corded in  Albany  and  a  second  will  was  dated 
April  3,  1685,  in  New  York.  These  wills  be- 
queath to  wife  Abeltie  and  children — David, 
.\nthony,  of  whom  further;  Johannes,  Cor- 
nelia, Margarita  and  Abigail. 

(II)  Anthony  Lispenard,  as  the  name  has 
been  spelled  since  the  days  of  the  pioneer,  son 
of  Antoine  L'Espenard,  was  born  October  31, 
1683.  He  married,  November  7,  1705,  Eliza- 
beth Huygens  de  Klyne,  daughter  of  Leonard 
and  granddaughter  of  Barrentsen  Huygens  de 
Klyne,  of  New  York.  Elizabeth  was  baptized 
March  29,  1688  (Reformed  Dutch  Church. 
New  York),  .\nthony  died  in  the  seventy- 
fifth  year  of  his  age  and  his  will  was  dated 
.August  16,  1755.  Children:  .\nthony,  Mag- 
dalen, Leonard,  of  whom  further  ;  John.  Eliza- 
beth, David,  .Abigail,  Maria  and  Susannah. 

(HI)  Leonard,  son  of  .Anthony  Lispenard. 
was  born  December  14,  1714.  He  married,  in 
1741,  .Alice,  ilaughter  of  .\nthony  and  Cornelia 
Rutgers.    His  wife  inherited  from  her  father. 


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who  died  in  1746,  a  third  of  one  large  landed 
estate  known  as  the  Rutgers  Farm,  a  portion 
of  the  extensive  grant  of  land  which  Anthony 
Rutgers  received  from  George  II.  In  an  or- 
chard on  this  farm  on  East  Broadway,  New 
York,  Nathan  Hale,  the  American  spy,  was 
hanged.  Leonard  Lispenard  purchased,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1748,  from  the  sisters  of  his  wife, 
the  other  two-thirds  and  became  sole  owner  of 
this  farm.  Leonard  Lispenard  was  an  import- 
ing merchant  in  New  York,  and  for  some  fifty 
years  he  held  important  offices  of  trust.  From 
1750  to  1762  he  was  an  alderman  and  was 
one  of  the  committee  of  the  common  coun- 
cil to  draft  an  address  in  honor  of  Lord 
Amherst  for  his  success  in  the  war  against 
Canada  in  1760.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Twenty-eighth  session  assembly,  province  of 
New  York,  1759;  twenty-ninth  session,  1761- 
63,  delegate  to  the  "Stamp  Act  Congress" 
which  met  in  New  York  in  1765,  and  in 
the  same  year  he  was  one  of  the  twenty- 
eight  delegates  from  New  York  City  who 
united  with  delegates  from  eight  other  colo- 
nies in  a  futile  effort  to  secure  the  repeal 
of  certain  obnoxious  laws.  In  1773  he  was 
president  of  the  New  York  Marine  Society. 
He  was  an  original  member  of  the  Society 
of  the  New  York  Hospital  and  one  of 
its  governors  from  1770  to  1777,  and  from 
1780  to  1787.  He  was  a  member  of  the  "Com- 
mittee of  Fifty-one,"  elected  May  14,  1774,  to 
act  on  the  impending  crisis,  and  one  of  the 
"Provisional  Committee"  which  met  in  New 
York,  April  20,  1775;  member  of  the  "Com- 
mittee of  One  Hundred,"  chosen  May  5,  1775, 
to  control  all  general  affairs  relating  to  public 
interests :  deputy  to  the  revolutionary  con- 
gress in  New  York  in  1775.  He  was  regent 
of  the  University,  and  governor,  trustee  and 
treasurer  of  King's  College,  now  Columbia 
University.  As  a  member  of  the  "Committee 
of  Observation"  he  was  active  in  political 
movements  and  influential  in  molding  public 
sentiment.  When  the  news  of  Lexington  came 
a  small  body  of  men,  including  Anthony  and 
Leonard  Lispenard,  seized  a  sloop  laden  with 
provisions  for  the  English  at  Boston  and  threw 
the  cargo  overboard,  and  on  .\pril  23,  1775, 
captured  a  thousand  stands  of  arms  and  sent 
them  to  the  American  army.  Leonard  Lispen- 
ard, who  was  then  holding  a  commission  as 
colonel  of  militia  under  the  king,  resigned.  On 
his  way  to  Boston  to  take  command  of  the 
army  General  Washington  and  his  party,  June 
25-  I775-  were  entertained  at  the  house  of 
Colonel  Lispenard  at  what  is  now  the  corner 
of  Hudson  and  Desbrosses  streets.  Lispenard 
died  February  20,  1790.  was  buried  in  the 
family  vault  in  Trinity  churchyard.     His  es- 


tate was  bounded  on  the  north  by  Canal  street, 
south  by  Reade  street  and  extended  from  the 
Hudson  river  to  West  Broadway.  Lispenard, 
Leonard  and  Anthony  streets  were  named  for 
the  family. 

Children:  Leonard,  born  1743,  graduate  of 
King's  College,  1762,  merchant,  member  of 
chamber  of  commerce,  owned  the  property  at 
Davenport's  Neck,  where  he  had  a  summer 
residence;  Cornelia,  married,  February  5, 
1759,  Thomas  Marston ;  Anthony,  of  whom 
further. 

(I\')  Anthony  (2),  son  ol  Leonard  Lis- 
penard, was  baptized  in  the  Reformed  Dutch 
church.  New  York,  Decembe.  8,  1742.  He 
married,  December  10,  1764,  his  cousin,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Andrew  Barclay  a  New  York 
merchant,  after  whose  famib  Barclay  street 
was  named.  The  wife  of  .  ndrew  Barclay 
was  Helen  Roosevelt,  niece  of  Rev.  Henry 
Barclay,  rector  of  Trinity  Chur-h,  New  York. 
Her  sisters  were  Mrs.  .Augustus  \'an  Court- 
land,  of  the  Manor  of  Yan  Courtland ;  Mrs. 
Frederick  Jay,  Mrs.  Beverly  Robinson  and 
Mrs.  Bayley,  whose  descendant.  James  Roose- 
velt Bayley,  was  Roman  Catholic  Archbishop 
of  Baltimore  and  Primate  of  America.  An- 
thony Lispenard  was  the  proprietor  of  exten- 
sive breweries  and  mills  on  Greenwich  road 
near  the  foot  of  the  present  Canal  street.  It 
is  said  that  he  was  captain  of  militia  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  revolution  and  sided  with  the 
colonies  against  the  king. 

Children :  Thomas  and  Anthony,  died  un- 
married;  Alice,  died  unmarried  in  1886; 
Leonard,  married  Ann  Dorothy  Bache ;  Helen 
Roosevelt,  married,  in  1792,  her  cousin,  Paul 
Richard  Bache;  Sarah,  married,  January  27, 
1803,  .Alexander  L.  Stewart  (see  Stewart  IV). 

(The  Rhinelander  Line). 

(I)  Philip  Jacob  Rhinelander,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  bom  about  1650  on  the  Rhine  in 
France,  died  in  New  Rochelle,  New  York.  His 
native  place  was  four  miles  above  Oberwessel. 
He  came  with  the  Huguenots  in  1686  and  set- 
tled in  New  Rochelle  on  Long  Isla  id  sound. 
He  became  an  extensive  land  owner. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Philip  Jacob  Rhine- 
lander, was  born  in  New  Rochelle,  and  died  in 
New  York  City.  He  invested  largely  in  real 
estate  and  was  trustee  of  the  family.  He  mar- 
ried Magdalen,  daughter  of  Stephen  Renaud, 
of  New  Rochelle. 

fill)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Rhinelander,  was  born  in  New  York  City  in 
1753,  died  there  in  1825.  He  possessed  much 
real  estate  and  was  trustee  of  the  Rhinelander 
estate.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Chris- 
topher  and    Mary    (Dyer)     Roberts,    grand- 


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daughter  of  John  Dyer  and  descendant  of 
Colonel  Roberts,  a  line  officer  in  the  revolution, 
also  of  Huguenot  ancestry. 

(IV)  William  Christopher,  son  of  William 
(2)  Rhinelander,  was  born  in  New  York  City 
in  1791,  died  there  in  1878.  lie  was  trustee  of 
the  family  estates  under  his  father's  will.  He 
was  quartermastei'  and  lieutenant  in  Colonel 
Stone's  regiment  in  the  war  of  181 2.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1816,  Mary  Rogers,  descendant  of 
John  and  Mary  (Pierrepont)  Rogers.  Mary 
Pierrepont  was  a  niece  of  Benjamin  Franklin. 
Children :  Mary  Rogers,  married  Lispenard 
Stewart  (see  Stewart  IV)  ;  Julia,  died  young; 
William,  trustee  of  the  Rhinelander  estates, 
married,  June  i,  1863,  Matilda  Cruger,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  J.  Oakley,  chief  justice  of  the 
supreme  court,  1846-57;  member  of  congress 
1813-15 ;  Serena. 


George    Willis,    the    immigrant, 
WILLIS     was    born    in    England   in    1602. 

He  came  to  New  England  in 
1636  or  earlier  and  settled  in  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  was  a  mason  by  trade  and  in 
Cambridge  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
brick.  In  1636  he  was  a  proprietor  of  the  town 
of  Cambridge,  and  he  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  the  colony.  May  2,  1638.  He  petitioned 
to  be  excused  from  training  in  1662.  He  was 
probably  a  brother  of  Michael  Willis,  cutler, 
of  Dorchester.  There  were  at  least  seventeen 
emigrants  bearing  the  name  of  Willis  in  Mas- 
sachusetts and  Plymouth  colonies  before  1650, 
and  it  is,  of  course,  impossible  to  trace  the  con- 
nection between  them,  if  any  existed.  George 
Willis  acquired  considerable  land  in  Cam- 
bridge, Brookline,  Billerica  and  vicinity.  He 
lesided  on  the  west  side  of  the  common  in 
Cambridge.  In  1638  he  was  a  deputy  to  the 
general  court.  He  married  (first)  Jane  Pal- 
frey, widow,  who  had  children  John  and  Eliza- 
beth Palfrey.  The  son,  John  Palfrey,  who 
came  to  America  and  joined  the  church  at 
Cambridge,  December  10,  1658,  is  the  progen- 
itor of  the  Palfrey  families  in  this  country.  On 
joining  the  church  in  1640  Jane  Willis  spoke 
of  formerly  being  in  Newcastle  and  Heddon, 
England.     George    Willis    married    (second) 

Sarah  ,   who  survived  -him.     He  died 

September,  1690.  Children  of  George  and 
Jane  Willis:  John,  born  in  1630:  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  below ;  George ;  Thomas,  born  De- 
cember 28,  1638,  at  Cambridge;  Roger,  in 
1640,  settled  in  Sudbury;  Stephen,  October 
14,  1644. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  George  Willis,  ap- 
pears to  have  left  practically  no  record  behind 
him.  He  owned  land  in  Dorchester.  The 
family  history  names  as  his  children :  Nathan- 


iel, mentioned  below;  John,  married  Rebecca 
Tufts;  Andrew,  married  Susanna 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  .Vatlianiel  (i) 
Willis,  is  believed  to  have  had  these  children: 
Charles,  mentioned  below;  James,  Richard, 
had  a  son  William  at  Boston. 

(IV)  Charles,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Willis, 
married,  in  1727,  Anna  Ingalls,  probably 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Russell)  In- 
galls. Her  will  proved  in  1765  mentions  only 
two  children :  Charles,  mentioned  below ; 
Anna,  born  December  29,  1731. 

(V)  Charles  (2),  son  of  Charles  (i)  Wil- 
lis, was  born  in  Boston,  .August  21,  1728.  His 
father  appears  to  have  died  when  he  was  a 
child  and  he  was  brought  up  in  Boston  in  the 
bookstore  of  John  Phillips  and  Nathaniel  Bel- 
knap on  Cornhill.  He  was  a  sailmaker.  He 
married  Abigail  Belknap,  born  May  2,  1730, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Rebecca  (Bailey) 
Belknap,  granddaughter  of  Joseph  and  .Abigail 
(Buttolph)  Belknap  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Abraham  Belknap,  of  Boston,  ancestor  of 
Rev.  Dr.  Jeremiah  Belknap,  of  Boston,  author 
of  "The  History  of  New  Hampshire."  His 
mother  was  daughter  of  John  Bailey  and 
granddaughter  of  the  gifted  Rev.  Thomas 
Bailey,  of  Watertown.  Children :  Charles, 
born  1753;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Abi- 
gail, married.  1785,  Lieutenant  Isaac  Collins. 

(VI)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Charles  (2) 
Willis,  was  born  February  7,  1755,  died  in 
Ohio,  April  i,  183 1. 

He  was  a  printer  by  trade.  From  June, 
1774,  to  January,  1784,  he  published  the  Inde- 
pendent Chronicle,  a  Whig  newspaper,  in  Bos- 
ton, printed  in  the  same  building  in  which 
Benjamin  Franklin  had  worked  at  his  trade. 
He  was  an  active  man.  a  fine  horseman  and  a 
leader  of  the  patriots.  He  took  part  in  the 
Boston  tea  party  and  was  adjutant  of  the  Bos- 
ton regiment  sent  on  an  expedition  to  Rhode 
Island  under  General  Sullivan  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war.  In  1784  he  sold  his  interest  in 
the  Independent  Chronicle  and  became  one  of 
the  pioneer  journalists  of  the  frontier.  He 
removed  first,  however,  to  Winchester.  Vir- 
ginia, where  he  published  a  paper  for  a  short 
time ;  then  to  Shepardstown,  where  for  a  time 
he  published  a  paper,  and  thence  in  1790  to 
Martinsburg,  Virginia,  where  he  founded  the 
Potomac  Guardian  and  published  it  until  1796. 
In  that  year  he  removed  to  Chillicothc.  Ohio, 
and  established  the  Scioto  Gazette,  the  first 
newspaper  in  what  was  then  known  as  the 
Northwest  Territor}-.  He  was  printer  to  the 
government  of  the  territory  and  afterward 
held  an  agency  in  the  post  office  department. 
He  bought  and  cultivated  a  farm  at  Chilli- 
cothe,  where  his  death  occurred. 


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He  married  (first)  at  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, Lucy  Douglas,  born  September  22, 
1755,  at  New  London,  daughter  of  Natlian  and 
Anne  (Dennis)  Douglas,  granddaughter  of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  (Sperry)  Douglas  and 
great-granddaughter  of  Robert  and  Mary 
Douglas,  first  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  then 
of  New  London.  She  died  in  Boston,  May  i, 
I7_.  He  married  (second),  January  18, 
1789,  Mary  Cartwell,  at  Winchester,  Virginia, 
bom  September  7,  1770,  died  September  9, 
1844.  Children  by  first  wife:  Andrew  and 
Mary,  died  young;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Rebecca,  born  July  28,  1782.  By  second 
wife:  Elijah  C,  born  January  9,  1790;  Sarah 
A.,  May  10,  1791 ;  Mary  A.,  February  12, 
1793  :  Eliza  A.,  October  7,  1795 ;  Catherine  C, 
May  12,  1797;  Martin  C.  February  19,  1799; 
Julia  A.,  March  29,  1801  ;  Matilda,  November 
22,  1802;  Henry  C,  February  5,  1805;  James 
M.,  January  20,  1808;  Madeline  C.  October 
19,  181 1. 

(VII)  Nathaniel  (4),  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
Willis,  was  born  in  Boston,  June  6,  1780,  died 
May  26,  1870.  He  remained  there  until  1787, 
when  he  joined  his  father  in  Winchester,  Vir- 
ginia, and  was  set  to  work  folding  newspapers 
and  setting  type.  .At  Martinsburg,  a  few  years 
later,  he  became  postrider  and  with  his  time- 
honored  tin  horn  used  to  deliver  the  papers 
from  saddle-bags  through  the  country  round 
about.  A  sketch  of  the  old  office  of  the  Poto- 
mac Guardian  made  by  Porte  Crayon  is  in  the 
possession  of  Richard  Storrs  Willis,  of  De- 
troit. At  the  age  of  fifteen  Nathaniel  returned 
to  Boston  and  entered  the  printing  office  of 
his  father's  old  newspaper,  the  Independent 
Chronicle,  workmg  in  the  same  pressroom  in 
which  his  father  and  the  great  Franklin  had 
worked  in  their  day  as  apprentices.  He  also 
found  time  while  in  Boston  to  drill  a  militia 
company,  the  Fusiliers.  In  1803.  at  the  re- 
quest of  a  Maine  congressman  and  others  of 
the  Republican  party,  he  established  at  Port- 
land, Maine,  the  Eastern  Argus.  Party  feel- 
ing was  vehement  and  the  controversies  in  his 
newspaper  soon  involved  Willis  in  costly  libel 
suits,  .\fter  six  years  he  sold  the  newspaper 
to  Francis  Douglas.  .\\.  this  time,  through  the 
influence  of  Rev.  Dr.  Edward  Payson.  the 
e<iitor  turned  his  attention  to  religion.  From 
1810  to  1812  he  made  efforts  to  establish  a  re- 
ligious newspaper  in  Portland,  but  secured  no 
substantial  support.  In  the  meantime  he  sup- 
ported himself  by  publishing  tracts  and  relig- 
ious books.  In  January.  18 16.  he  started  the 
Boston  Recorder,  which  he  asserted  to  be  the 
first  religious  newspaper  in  the  world.  He  con- 
ducted this  paper  until  1844.  when  he  sold  it 
to  Rev.  Martin  Moore,  and  it  still  lives  in  the 


Congregationalist  and  Boston  Recorder.  Wil- 
lis also  originated  the  idea  of  a  religious  paper 
for  children.  The  Youth's  Compayiion,  which 
he  commenced  in  1827  and  edited  for  about 
thirty  years,  was  the  first  and  remains  today 
perhaps  the  best  and  most  successful  publica- 
tion of  its  kind. 

Charles  Dudley  Warner  wrote  of  him: 

The  elder  Willis,  though  a  thoroughly  good  man 
and  good  father,  was  a  rather  wooden  person.  His 
youth  and  early  manhood  had  been  full  of  hardship; 
his  education  was  scanty,  and  he  had  the  formal 
and  narrow  piety  of  the  new  evangelicals  of  that 
day,  revolting  against  the  latitudinarianisra  of  the 
Boston  Churches.  He  was  for  twenty  years  deacon 
of  the  Park  Street  Church,  profanely  nicknamed  by 
the  Unitarians  Brimstone  Corner.  *  *  «  His 
rigidity  was,  perhaps,  more  in  his  principles  than  in 
his  character,  and  his  austerity  was  tempered  by 
two  qualities  which  have  not  seldom  been  found  to 
consist  with  the  diaconate,  namely,  a  sense  of 
humor — dry  of  course  to  the  correct  degree — and 
an  admiration  for  pretty  women,  or,  in  the  dialect 
of  that  day,  for  female  loveliness. 

Mr.  Willis  married  (first)  Hannah  Parker, 
who  was  a  native  of  Holliston,  Massachusetts, 
"a  woman  whose  strong  character  and  fervent 
piety  were  mingled  with  a  playful  afifection- 
ateness  which  made  her  to  her  children  the 
object  of  that  perfect  love  which  casteth  out 
fear."  The  testimony  to  her  worth  and  her 
sweetness  is  universal.  The  Rev.  Dr.  Storrs, 
of  Braintree,  in  an  obituary  notice  written  on 
her  death  in  1844,  at  the  age  of  sixty-two, 
spoke  of  her  as  "the  light  and  joy  of  every 
circle  in  which  she  moved;  the  idol  of  her 
family ;  the  faithful  companion,  the  tender 
mother,  the  affectionate  sister,  the  fast  and 
assiduous  friend."  She  was  born  January  28, 
1782,  died  in  Boston.  March  21.  1844,  daugh- 
ter of  Solomon  and  Elizabeth  Parker,  descend- 
ant of  John  Parker,  a  pioneer  of  Hingham. 
Mr.  Willis  married  (second).  July  8,  1845, 
Susan  (Capen)  Douglas,  widow  of  Francis 
Douglas.  She  was  born  October  11.  1790. 
Children:  i.  Lucy  Douglas,  born  May  11, 
1804;  married  Josiah  F.  Bumstead.  2.  Na- 
thaniel Parker,  mentioned  below.  3.  Louisa 
Harris,  born  May  11,  1807;  married  Rev.  L. 
Dwight.  4.  Julia  Dean,  a  talented  writer  in 
her  brother's  paper ;  never  married.  5.  Sarah 
Payson,  born  July  9,  i8ri  ;  a  prolific  and  suc- 
cessful writer  for  children  under  the  name  of 
"Fanny  Fern ;"  married  Charles  Eldridge.  6. 
Mary  Perry,  born  November  28,  1813,  died 
unmarried,  March  22.  1853.  7.  Richard  Storrs, 
born  February  10.  1819;  editor  of  the  Musical 
World,  author  of  "Our  Church  Music,"  a 
poet  and  musical  composer  of  note ;  married 
Jessie  Cairns.  8.  Ellen  Holmes,  born  Septem- 
ber 23.  1821,  died  February  5.  1844;  married, 
June  12,  1843,  Charles  F.  Dennett. 


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(VIII)  Nathaniel  Parker,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(4)  Willis,  was  born  in  Portland,  Maine,  Jan- 
uary 20,  1806.  He  began  his  school  life  un- 
der the  instruction  of  Rev.  Dr.  McFarland,  of 
Concord,  New  Hampshire.  Afterward  he  at- 
tended the  Boston  Latin  School,  Phillips  Acad- 
emy of  .\ndover,  Massachusetts,  and  Yale 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
high  honors  in  the  class  of  1827.  While  in 
college  he  b^an  to  write  under  the  signature 
of  "Roy,"  and  he  published  various  religious 
articles  and  won'  the  first  prize  offered  by 
Lockwood,  the  publisher,  for  the  best  poem 
contributed  to  his  gift  book,  "The  Album." 
After  leaving  college  he  became  the  editor  of 
the  "Legendary"  and  the  "Token,"  a  series  of 
sketches  and  tales,  published  by  S.  G.  Good- 
rich, known  as  "Peter  Parley."  In  the  follow- 
ing year,  1828,  he  established  the  American 
Monthly  Magazine,  and  conducted  it  for  two 
years  and  a  half,  when  it  was  merged  with  the 
Nctv  York  Mirror,  and  the  interesting  literary 
partnership  of  the  editors,  Nathaniel  P.  Wil- 
lis and  George  P.  Morris,  be^an.  Willis  went 
abroad  as  soon  as  the  partnership  was 
launched  and  contributed  to  the  Mirror  the 
piquant  sketches  called  "Pencillings  by  the 
Way,"  while  traveling.  He  made  a  long  and 
interesting  journey  through  all  the  countries 
of  the  Continent.  During  his  foreign  resi- 
dence he  wrote  for  the  New  Monthly  Maga- 
zine the  tales  and  sketches  of  "Philip  Slings- 
by." 

In  1837  Mr.  Willis  returned  home  and  made 
his  home  near  the  village  of  Oswego,  New 
York,  at  "Glenmary."  The  sudden  loss  of 
his  income  by  the  death  of  his  father-in-law 
and  the  failure  of  his  booksellers,  five  years 
later,  compelled  him  to  return  to  the  city. 
For  a  time  he  was  associated  with  Dr.  Porter 
in  the  publication  of  the  Corsair,  a  weekly 
critical  journal.  While  in  London  soon  after- 
ward he  published  a  collection  of  stories, 
poems  and  letters  under  the  title  of  "Loiter- 
ings  of  Travel,"  and  another  volume,  "Two 
Ways  of  Dying  for  a  Husband,"  which  con- 
tained his  plays,  "Bianca  Visconti"  and  "Tor- 
tesa  the  Usurer,"  and  when  he  returned  he 
found  the  Corsair  had  failed  and  he  engaged 
with  General  Morris  in  the  publication  of  the 
New  Mirror,  first  as  a  weekly,  afterward  as  a 
daily.  The  Neiv  Mirror  passed  into  other 
hands  while  Willis  was  sick  abroad,  and  upon 
his  return  he  was  again  associated  with  Gen- 
eral Morris  in  the  publication  of  a  weekly,  the 
Home  Journal.  As  editor  and  contributor  in 
New  York,  and  at  his  second  country  place, 
"Idlewild,"on  the  Hudson,  Willis  toiled  faith- 
fully through  the  twenty-one  years  of  life  that 
remained   to   him.     During  the  civil   war   he 


went  to  the  front  as  correspondent  of  his  pa- 
per.    He  died  at  "Idlewild,"  January  20,  1867. 
A  recent  writer  says  of  his  early  life: 

He  figured  to  some  extent  in  the  more  fashion- 
able society  of  Boston,  gave  great  care  to  his  dress 
and  personal  appearance,  and  drove  a  high-stepping 
bay  horse  which  he  named  Thalaba.  For  frequent- 
ing the  theatre  and  neglecting  his  duties  in  Park 
Street  Church,  he  was  excommunicated  from  the 
church.  In  England  Lady  Blessington  and  other 
persons  of  less  notoriety  and  perhaps  a  secure  posi- 
tion took  him  up  and  made  much  of  him.  To 
w'omen  particularly,  and  often  to  older  women,  he 
was  here,  as  elsewhere,  very  attractive.  He  was 
given  the  entree  of  the  best  clubs,  and  found  it  as 
easy  as  it  had  been  at  New  Haven  to  make  him- 
self agreeable  to  everybody.  No,  not  everybody, 
for  when  his  Pencillings  were  reprinted  in  England 
there  were  those  who  took  him  roundly  to  task  for 
some  of  the  things  he  had  said.  He  fought  a  duel 
with  Captain  Marryat,  the  author. 

He  was  unquestionably  among  the  foremost 
poets  and  writers  in  this  country  in  his  day. 
No  complete  edition  of  his  works  has  been 
published.  Thirteen  volumes  published  by 
Scribner  contained  a  large  part  of  his  writings. 
A  bibliography  is  given  in  the  biography  writ- 
ten by  Professor  Henry  A.  Beers,  edited  by 
Charles  Dudley  Warner,  and  published  in  the 
"American  Men  of  Letters"  series  of  the  Riv- 
erside Press  in  1885.  This  list  describes  twen- 
ty-nine books,  besides  nine  others  that  he 
edited  and  wrote  in  part. 

He  married  (first)  in  England,  Mary  Leigh- 
ton  Stace,  daughter  of  a  British  army  officer 
who  won  distinction  in  the  battle  of  Waterloo, 
commissary-general  in  command  of  the  arsenal 
at  Woolwich.  She  was  a  woman  of  great 
beauty,  grace  and  sweetness  of  character. 
He  married  (second),  October  i,.  1846,  Cor- 
nelia, an  adopted  daughter  of  Hon.  Joseph 
Grinnell,  of  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  a 
congressman  from  Massachusetts.  She  was 
born  March  19,  1825,  died  in  1904.  Child  by 
first  wife:  Imogene,  bom  June  20,  1842.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Grinnell,  mentioned  be- 
low; Lillian,  born  April  27,  1850;  Edith,  born 
September  28,    1853;  John   Dailey,  born  May 

30,  1857- 

(IX)  Grinnell.  son  of  Nathaniel  Parker 
Willis,  was  born  at  19  Ludlow  place.  New 
York  City,  April  28,  1848.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  New  Bedford,  Massachu- 
setts, and  the  Friends  Academy  of  that  city. 
He  is  a  partner  of  the  firm  of  Grinnell  Willis 
&  Company,  merchants  and  agents  of  the 
Wamsutta  Mills,  44  and  46  Leonard  street. 
New  York  City.  Mr.  Willis  has  inherited  the 
literary  tastes  of  his  father  and  has  written 
some  poetry,  but  his  life  has  been  devoted 
mainly  to  business.  He  married.  October  24, 
1874,  Mary  Baker  Haydock.  born  March   13, 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


1849,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Hannah  (Whar- 
ton)  Haydock.  Children:  Hannah  Haydock, 
born  in  New  York  City.  December  31,  1875; 
Cornelia  Grinnell.  born  in  Xew  York  City,  Au- 
gust 31,  1877;  Joseph  Grinnell.  born  in  Ger- 
mantown,  Pennsylvania.  July  24,  1879. 

This  name  is  usually  written 
HELMS     Helme,   but   that   branch  of   the 

family  which  located  in  Orange 
county,  New  York,  early  in  the  eighteenth 
century,  seems  to  have  changed  the  final  let- 
ter and  their  descendants  have  adhered  to  the 
new  form.  The  name  is  found  very  early  in 
Rhode  Island,  and  was  identified  with  the  set- 
tlement of  eastern  Long  Island  soon  after  the 
pioneers  located  there.  Down  to  a  very  recent 
date  it  has  been  conspicuous  in  connection  with 
the  historj'  of  Orange  county,  Xew  York. 

(I)  Thomas  Helme  was  in  the  town  of 
Brookhaven.  Long  Island,  before  1680.  He 
was  among  the  original  proprietors  of  the  town 
and  was  one  of  the  second  patentees.  With 
Richard  Woodhull  he  was  appointed  to  lay 
out  Little  Xeck  in  1687,  was  commissioner 
in  1690  and  justice  of  the  peace  in  1691.  On 
December  2~,  1686.  he  was  appointed  one  of 
the  seven  trustees  of  the  freeholders  and  com- 
monalty by  Governor  Dongan,  of  Xew  York. 
He  was  president  of  the  board  of  trustees  in 
1694-95  and  1698:  justice  of  the  peace  in 
1701-06,  trustee  in  1702  and  a  member  of  the 
commission  to  lay  out  highways  in  1704.  In 
1687  and  1691  he  was  town  clerk  of  Brook- 
haven. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Helme,  was  bom  about  1680,  and  resided  in 
Brookhaven. 

(III)  Phillips  Helms,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Helme.  born  June  14,  1703,  in  Brookhaven, 
was  probably  named  in  honor  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Phillips,  long  pastor  of  the  church  at  Sea- 
tucket.  He  married  Johanna,  daughter  of  .An- 
drew Miller,  a  prominent  citizen  of  Brook- 
haven, and  they  had  sons  :  .\nson,  William  and 
Thomas. 

(IV)  William,  second  son  of  Phillips  and 
Johanna  (Miller)  Helms,  was  born  September 
10,  1758,  in  Brookhaven,  and  settled  in  the 
present  township  of  Monroe,  Orange  county, 
Xew  York.  Many  others  of  the  name  are 
found  in  that  vicinity  about  the  same  time.  In 
1775  Vincent  Helms  was  constable  of  the  town 
of  Monroe  and  Thomas  Helms  was  his  bonds- 
man. The  neighborhood  where  the  family  was 
located,  south  of  Mombasha  Lake,  was  known 
as  Helmsburg.  William  Helms  was  a  private 
in  the  revolutionary  army,  and  helped  forge 
the  Hudson  river  chain.  He  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  Hugh  Dobbins,  from  Ireland. 


(V)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  and 
Eleanor  (Dobbins)  Helms,  was  born  about 
1780.  in  Monroe,  where  he  resided  engaged  in 
farming.  He  was  an  active  member  of  the 
Methodist  church,  a  man  of  standing  and  in- 
fluence in  the  community.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Helms. 

(  \T  )  Uriah,  son  of  William  f2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Helms)  Helms,  was  born  January  i, 
1800,  in  Xew  York  City,  and  died  in  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  in  the  fall  of  1881.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant in  Xew  \oxV.  City,  dealing  in  fancy 
goods.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  a  Democrat  in  politics.  He  mar- 
ried Amy.  eldest  daughter  of  Amos  and  Rosetta 
(Lewis)  Whitney,  born  January  5,  1805,  in 
Yorktown  (  see  \Vhitney  V  ) . 

(\TI)  Rosetta  Lewis,  only  child  of  Uriah 
and  Amy  (  Whitney)  Helms,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  and  was  educated  at  Rutgers  Fe- 
male College,  from  which,  she  graduated  in 
1853.  She  is  a  graduate  of  the  X''ew  York 
University  Woman's  Law  class  of  1902.  and 
member  of  the  Alumni  Association.  She  is 
a  member  of  St.  Mark's  (Protestant  Epis- 
copal )  Church,  Brooklyn,  Xew  York,  where 
she  resides ;  of  the  Rutgers  Alumnae  .Asso- 
ciation ;  charter  member  of  the  Chiropeon 
Club,  of  Brooklyn ;  member  of  Colony,  No.  8, 
Society  of  New  England  Women,  of  Brook- 
lyn ;  of  the  Sunshine  Society,  of  Fort  Green 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  .\merican  Revolu- 
tion, and  of  the  National  Society  of  Patriotic 
Women.  She  married,  March  22,  1866,  Charles 
Winter,  who  was  bom  in  Xew  York  City, 
May  9,  1832,  son  of  Isaac  Winter,  who  came 
from  Prussia.  Charles  Winter  was  a  marine 
engineer  during  the  civil  war,  and  was  em- 
ployed in  the  quartermaster's  department  of 
the  ship  "Fulton."  He  was  ten  years  a  member 
of  the  Seventh  Regiment.  X.  G.  S.  X.  Y.,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Marine  order.  He  died 
December  26,  1889. 

(The  Whitney   Line). 

The  surname  Whitney,  originally  written  de 
Whitney,  is  said  to  have  been  derived  from 
the  name  of  the  parish  where  the  castle  stood. 
.\luard,  a  Saxon,  held  the  land  before  the  con- 
quest, but  at  the  time  of  "Domesday  Survey," 
.A.  D.  1086.  it  was  waste,  without  an  owner, 
save  the  king,  as  lord  paramount.  .A  grandson, 
or  great-grandson  of  Sir  Turstin,  one  of  the 
conqueror's  knights,  known  as  Turstin  of 
Fleming,  sometime  between  iioo  and  1200, 
engaging  in  the  border  wars,  built  a  stronghold 
and  took  up  his  abode  at  Whitney,  on  the 
banks  of  the  Wye,  and  thus  far  after  the  cus- 
tom of  the  period  acquired  the  surname  of  de 
Whitney.  The  first  mention  of  a  de  Whitney 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


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in  any  extant  record  is  that  of  Robert  de  Wyt- 
teneye,  in  the  "Testa  de  Nevil,"  A.  D.   1242. 

(I)  Henry  Whitney  was  born  in  England 
about  1620.  No  record  has  been  found  of 
the  time  of  his  arrival  in  this  country,  but  the 
town  records  of  the  town  of  Southold,  Long 
Island,  show  that  on  October  8,  1649,  he  with 
Edward  Tredwell  and  Thomas  Benedict 
bought  three-fourths  of  William  Salmon's 
land  at  Hashamommock,  now  Southold,  Long 
Island.  The  town  records  of  Huntington, 
Long  Island,  show  that  he  was  an  inhabitant 
of  that  place  August  17,  1658,  when  he  bought 
of  Wyandance,  sachem  of  Pemmanake,  "three 
whole  necks  of  land  for  the  use  of  the  whole 
town  of  Huntington."  He  built  a  gristmill 
there  for  Rev.  William  Leverich,  and  the  dis- 
pute that  followed  over  payment  finally  led 
to  the  dismissal  of  the  minister  from  his  par- 
ish. Once  he  was  in  court  for  grinding  corn 
in  the  absence  of  the  owner  of  the  mill  which 
he  formerly  owned,  but  he  proved  that  the 
grinding  was  necessary  and  that  no  harm  had 
been  done  the  property,  and  he  was  acquitted. 
He  removed  to  Jamaica,  Long  Island,  where 
he  bought  a  tract  of  land  of  Richard  Harker. 
His  name  appears  several  times  on  the  town 
records  there  as  a  member  of  important  com- 
mittees. He  made  a  contract  July  24,  1665, 
with  the  town  of  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  to 
build  a  "corne"  mill  there  and  received  a 
grant  of  land  from  the  town  for  that  purpose, 
and  also  grants  of  a  home  lot  and  of  several 
other  pieces  of  land.  He  probably  died  at 
Norwalk  in  1673.  His  will  was  dated  June  5, 
1672.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  October 
II,  1669.  His  will  shows  an  only^on  John, 
mentioned  below.  ' 

(II)  John,  son  of  Henry  Whitney,  was 
born  before  his  father  went  to  Southold,  died 
in  1720.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  January  20. 
1665,  at  Norwalk,  where  he  settled  with  his 
father.  He  was  also  a  miller  and  millwright, 
and  succeeded  his  father  as  owner  of  the  Nor- 
walk mill  and  homestead.  He  built  a  fulling 
mill  and  in  the  deed  of  his  mills  and  land  to 
his  son,  July  8,  1712,  attempted  to  entail  the 
estate.  John  Jr.  reconveyed  the  land  to  his 
father  and  his  father  deeded  it  to  his  second 
son  Joseph,  May  20,  1713,  on  condition  that 
he  support  his  parents  the  remainder  of  their 
days.  His  administrator  was  appointed  Oc- 
tober II,  1720.  He  married,  March  17,  1674- 
75,  Elizabeth  Smith.  Children :  Not  in 
order  of  birth:  i.  John,  born  March  12, 
1676-77;  married  March  4,  1709-10,  Eliza- 
beth Finch  :  lived  in  Norwalk,  where  he  died 
February  3,  1712-13.  2.  Joseph,  March  i, 
1678-79:  millwright:  married  July  6,  1704, 
Hannah  Hoyt.     3.  Henry.  February  21,  1680- 


81  ;  a  weaver  by  trade :  married  June  14,  1710, 
Elizabeth  Olmstead ;  died  at  Ridgefield,  Con- 
necticut, April  26,  1728.  4.  Elizabeth,  1684; 
married  Joseph  Keeler,  a  prominent  citizen 
of  Ridgefield,  Connecticut,  where  both  died.  5. 
Richard,  April  18,  1687;  a  miller;  married, 
April  7,  1709,  at  Fairfield.  Hannah  Darling, 
who  died  October  20,  1774:  lived  at  Fairfield. 
6.  Samuel.  1688;  married.  January  18.  1721- 
22.  Anna  Laboree :  resided  at  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut; he  died  there.  December  6,  1753.  7. 
Anne.  1691  ;  married.  October  13.  1709,  Mat- 
thew St.  John,  one  of  the  original  settlers  of 
Ridgefield,  Connecticut :  settled  in  Sharon, 
Connecticut,  in  1745;  she  died  May  9.  1773. 
8.  Eleanor,  January  27,  1693;  married,  June 
13-  ^7^7>  Jonathan  Fairchild :  she  died  Janu- 
ary 25,  1777.  9.  Nathan,  mentioned  below. 
10.  Sarah,  married,  June  13,  1717.  Samuel 
Smith,  one  of  the  proprietors  and  first  settlers 
of  Ridgefield.  Connecticut.  11.  Josiah,  mar- 
ried, October  30,  1729.  Eunice  Hanford:  no 
record  of  their  births  or  deaths  has  been 
found. 

(III)  Nathan,  son  of  John  Whitney,  was 
born  at  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  about  1690.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  December  9,  1728. 
Real  estate  was  deeded  to  him  February  5, 
1718-19,  by  Joseph  Keeler,  Henry  Whitney 
and  Matthew  St.  John,  brothers  and  brothers- 
in-law.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Ridgefield,  Con- 
necticut. His  wife  bore  the  name  of  Sarah. 
The  dates  of  their  deaths  are  not  known.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary,  born  December  29,  1715:  mar- 
ried Isaac  Keeler.  2.  Eliasaph,  February  3, 
1716-17;  bought  house  at  Stamford,  May  13, 
1742;  was  a  tanner  and  shoemaker:  deacon  of 
the  church  at  what  is  now  Darien  :  wife  and  he 
lived  together  seventy  years;  he  died  May  17, 
1817,  age  one  hundred  years  three  months 
three  days.  3.  Eliakim,  November  13,  1718; 
tanner,  currier  and  shoemaker ;  married 
(first).  May  10,  1744.  at  Stamford,  Mary 
Beachgood ;  (second)  Mar\'  Gorham,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1775;  he  died  in  Malta.  New  York, 
about  1811.  4.  Sarah.  October  25.  1720.  5. 
Nathan.  .August  13,  1722.  died  young.  6. 
Nathan,  June  11,  1724;  removed  to  Cortlandt, 
New  York.  7.  Seth,  mentioned  below.  8.  Jo- 
siah. June  12,  1729.  9.  Jeremiah,  September 
18,  1731  :  died  1810:  settled  at  Cortlandt  Ma- 
nor, now  Yorktown,  New  York,  in  1747;  mar- 
ried Eva  Youngs.  10.  Uriah,  November  12. 
1737.     II.  Ann,  .August  31,  1739:  died  young. 

(IV)  Seth,  fifth  son  of  Nathan  and  Sarah 
Whitney,  was  born  Februar\-  8.  1726.  in 
Ridgefield.  and  died  before  May  30.  1807.  in 
what  is  now  Yorktown.  New  York.  He  was 
a  tanner,  currier  and  shoemaker,  and  in  1758 
was    residing  on    Cortlandt's    patent    in    the 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


neighborhood  now  known  as  Crompond,  in 
the  town  of  Yorktown,  where  he  purchased  a 
fine  farm  which  is  still  in  possession  of  his 
descendants,  and  built  a  house  which  stood 
for  more  than  a  century.  His  house  was  at- 
tacked by  Tories  during  the  revolution  and 
bis  arms  taken  away.  Subsequent  to  this  an- 
other party  approached  his  house  and  one  of 
its  members.  Joseph  Hueson,  attempted  to 
enter  by  a  rear  window,  believing  that  Mr. 
Whitney  was  entirely  without  means  of  de- 
fense. The  latter  had,  however,  mounted  an 
old  bayonet  upon  a  strong  staff,  and  with  this 
he  stabbed  Huescn,  who  fell  within  the  win- 
dow. The  other  members  of  the  party  then 
seized  Whitney  and  took  him  into  his  yard, 
where  he  was  struck  on  the  head  with  a  pis- 
tol and  left  for  dead :  the  scar  caused  by  this 
blow  remained  with  him  until  death.  The 
diary  of  Rev.  Silas  Constant  shows  that  he 
sometimes  held  religious  services  in  Seth 
Whitney's  house.  The  last-named  married 
(first)  Sarah  Aloe,  probably  from  Greenwich, 
and  (second),  March  21,  1787,  Elizabeth 
Wright:  his   third  wife,   Anna    (Smith)    was 

the    widow    of    Jump    and    Captain 

Trowbridge,  of  Bedford.  She  died,  June  29, 
1819.  Children  of  Seth  Whitney:  Sarah,  born 
April  3,  1750,  married  Joseph  Fowler;  Mary, 
■  married,  1790,  Samuel  Beadle;  Ezra,  a  bach- 
elor, resided  with  his  brother  Seth  in  York- 
town  ;  Abijah,  lived  in  Yorktown,  as  did  also 
Seth.  born  May  13,  1765 ;  Amos,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Amos,  youngest  son  of  Seth  and  Sarah 
(Moe)  Whitney,  was  bom  December  15,  1767, 
in  Yorktown,  where  he  was  a  farmer,  residing 
on  the  western  part  of  his  father's  homestead, 
and  died  February  2,  1844.  He  was  buried 
in  Crompond  East  graveyard,  near  the  site 
of  the  old  Congregational  church,  where  he 
was  admitted  a  member  July  26.  1788.  He 
married,  January  21,  1800,  Rosetta  Lewis, 
born  .April  3,  1779,  daughter  of  David  Lewis, 
of  Waterbury,  Connecticut  (see  Lewis  V). 
She  was  admitted  to  the  Crompond  church 
March  2-j.  1802,  and  died  September  3,  1868. 
Children:  Lewis,  born  October  18,  1801,  died 
in  Harlem,  New  York ;  Amy,  mentioned  be- 
low:  Seth,  December  25,  1808,  was  a  farmer 
in  Yorktown;  Silas  Constant,  .August  13, 
1810,  was  a  farmer  in  Yorktown;  David,  Oc- 
tober 26,  18 1 3,  was  a  farmer  at  New  Castle 
Corner;  Sarah  Jane,  December  24,  1819,  be- 
came the  wife  of  William  Edward  Blakeney, 
and  resided  in  Caldwell,  New  Jersev. 

(VI)  .Amy,  eldest  daughter  of  .Amos  and 
Rosetta  (Lewis)  Whitney,  was  born  January 
5,  1805,  in  Yorktown.  and  became  the  wife  of 
Uriah  Helms,  of  New  York  City.     He  was  a 


grandson  of  William  Helms,  a  native  of  New 
York  state,  who  served  as  a  private  soldier  in 
the  revolutionary  army  and  assisted  in  forg- 
ing the  chain  which  the  colonists  stretched 
across  the  Hudson  river  in  the  hope  of  pre- 
venting the  ascent  of  British  forces.  He  mar- 
ried Eleanor,  daughter  of  Hugh  Dobbins,  a 
native  of  Ireland.  Their  son,  William  Helms, 
was  born  near  Monroe,  in  Orange  county, 
New  York,  and  was  a  farmer  and  member  of 
the  Methodist  church.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Helms,  and  they  were  the  parents  of  Uriah 
Helms,  born  January  i,  1806,  in  New  York 
City,  where  he  was  a  fancy  goods  merchant, 
and  died  in  1881.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  in  politics  a  Demo- 
crat. He  removed  in  1859  to  St.  Louis,  Mis- 
souri, where  he  remained  until  after  1874. 
He  married,  in  January,  1831,  at  Crompond, 
Amy  Whitney,  as  above  noted.  She  died  Oc- 
tober 9,  1849,  and  was  buried  in  Crompond 
East  Graveyard.  Their  only  child.  Rosetta 
Lewis  Helms,  married  Charles  Winter  (q.  v). 

(The  Lewis  Line). 

This  is  one  of  the  oldest  names  in  English 
history  and  one  of  the  most  numerous  and  dis- 
tinguished in  American  history.  It  is  claimed 
by  many  genealogists  that  the  name  was  orig- 
inally spelled  Louis,  and  was  known  in  France 
as  early  as  the  eighth  century,  when  that  coun- 
try was  a  part  of  the  Roman  Empire.  Genealo- 
gists also  attempt  to  establish  the  fact  that  all 
of  the  Lewis  name  in  America  descended  from 
one  common  stock  of  Huguenot  refugees  who 
fled  from  France  on  the  revocation  of  the 
Edict  of  Nantes  in  1685 ;  but  the  records  show 
that  in  many  countries  of  England  there  were 
many  of  the  name  to  be  found  centuries  be- 
fore that  event,  and  indeed  there  were  many 
of  them  in  Virginia  previous  to  1685.  The 
name  of  Louis  in  continental  Europe  and 
Lewis  in  England  is  too  old  and  too  numerous 
to  be  traced  to  a  common  origin.  The  name, 
doubtless,  had  a  common  origin,  but  it  would 
be  worse  than  useless  to  attempt  to  trace  it. 
Indeed,  the  name  Lewis  is  too  numerous  in 
America,  too  widely  dispersed,  and  traceable 
to  too  many  different  sources,  to  admit  of  any 
"common  origin"  theory  even  here.  It  is  as- 
serted that  General  Robert  Lewis  was  the  first 
of  the  name  in  America  known  to  history  or 
genealogy.  He  was  a  native  of  Brecon, 
Wales,  and  came  here  in  1635,  with  his  wife 
Elizabeth,  sailing  from  Gravesend.  England, 
in  .April  of  that  jear.  and  settling  in  Gloucester 
county,  Virginia.  These  facts  are  all  denied, 
and  even  his  e.xistence  is  doubted.  But  the 
proofs  are  substantial,  and  he  may  be  accepted 
as  a  fact. 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


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The  records  of  Massachusetts  Bay  colony 
name  Humphrey  Lewis  in  May,  1629.  There 
were  several  others  among  the  earliest  in  New 
England,  including  John  Lewis,  who  was  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1634, 
Edmond  Lewis  among  the  early  settlers  of 
Watertown  and  Lynn,  Benjamin  Lewis,  who 
was  at  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  before  1669, 
and  John  Lewis  at  Westerly  before  1690. 
William  Lewis  and  his  wife  and  only  son  Will- 
iam came  to  Boston  in  1632  in  the  ship  ''Lion." 
The  family  is  exceedingly  numerous  in  New 
York,  there  being  several  Lewis  Associations, 
and  had  a  periodical  published  called  "The 
Lewis  Letter."  In  the  Mohawk  Valley,  David 
Lewis  kept  an  inn  near  Schenectady  in  1713. 
Lewis  county.  New  York,  is  named  in  honor 
of  Major-General  Morgan  Lewis,  of  French 
ancestry,  son  of  Francis  Lewis,  a  signer  of  the 
Declaration  of  Independence.  He  was  a 
famous  general  in  the  revolutionary  and  1812 
wars  with  Great  Britain,  and  governor  of 
New  York,   1804-07,  defeating  Aaron  Burr. 

(I)  John  Lewis  crossed  the  .A.tlantic  in  the 
ship  "Hercules"  in  1635  with  his  wife  Sarah. 
He  came  from  Tenterden,  county  Kent,  Eng- 
land, bearing  a  certificate  of  character  from 
the  mayor  and  vicar  of  Tenterden.  He  is 
supposed  to  have  been  a  brother  of  George 
Lewis,  who  was  in  Plymouth  as  early  as  1634, 
and  later  resided  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts. 
John  Lewis  resided  for  a  time  in  Scituate, 
whence  he  removed  to  Boston,  and  there  his 
wife  died  July  12,  1757.  Their  sons  John  and 
Joseph  settled  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where 
the  former  purchased  in  1678  an  island  at  Po- 
quonnock  Falls. 

dl)  Joseph,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Lewis, 
resided  in  that  part  of  Windsor  which  is  now 
Simsbury,  and  married,  in  Windsor,  April 
30,  1674,  Elizabeth  Case.  Children  recorded 
at  Simsbury :  Elizabeth,  born  March  20,  1675  ; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  John,  January  8, 
1781.  There  were  undoubtedly  others  whose 
names  were  not  placed  on  the  records. 

(Ill)  Joseph  (2),  eldest  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
and  Elizabeth  (Case)  Lewis,  was  born  March 
15,  1676,  in  Simsbury,  and  settled  in  Water- 
bury,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a  cloth- 
weaver,  and  acquired  what  was  considered 
wealth  in  his  time,  dying  November  29,  1749, 
at  Waterbury.  He  married,  April  7,  1703, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Rebecca 
(Carrington)  Andros,  born  March  16,  1684. 
After  his  death  she  married,  in  1750,  Isaac 
Brunson,  and  died  March  6,  1773.  Joseph 
Lewis'  first  child,  a  daughter,  died  aged  twen- 
ty-six days.  Others  recorded  in  Waterbury: 
Joseph,  born  March  12,  1705:  Sarah,  .April  29, 
1708  ;  John,  mentioned  below  :  Mary,  June  10, 


1714:  Rev.  Timothy,  Augi:.Tt  6,  1716,  died  at 
Mendliam,  New  Jersey;  Samuel,  July  6,  1718; 
Abram,  February  i,  1720. 

(IV)  John  (2),  second  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
and  Sarah  (.\ndros)  Lewis,  was  born  April 
12,  1711,  in  Waterbury,  and  died  there  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1799.  He  married  (first),  Decem- 
ber 4,  1734,  in  Waterbury.  Mary,  daughter  of 
Samuel  ^Iunn,  of  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
baptized  in  December,  171 1,  died  September 
30,  1749;  (second).  May  29,  1750,  .Amy, 
daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Smith,  of  New 
Haven  (see  Smith  III).  Oiildren  of  first 
wife:  David,  died  aged  eighteen,  in  1754; 
John,  bom  December  10,  1740;  Sarah,  April 
9,  1743.  Children  of  second  wife:  .Ann,  born 
May  24,  1751;  Samuel  Smith,  September  17, 
1753;  David,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  David,  youngest  child  of  John  (2)  and 
.Anna  (Smith)  Lewis,  was  born  .April  11,  1756, 
in  Waterbury,  where  he  resided.  No  record 
of  his  wife  appears  in  that  town,  but  the  fol- 
lowing children  are  shown:  Sylvester,  Martha, 
Rosetta,  David,  Chester,  Isaac.  Betsy,  Sylvia, 
Joseph,  John,  Hannah,  Warren. 

(VI)  Rosetta,  second  daughter  of  David 
Lewis,  was  bom  .April  3,  1779,  in  Waterbury, 
and  was  married  January  i,  1800.  to  .Amos 
Whitney,  of  Yorktown,  Westchester  county. 
New  York  (see  Whitney  V). 

(The  Smith  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Smith,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  England  in  the  ship  "Hector," 
which  came  to  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  leav- 
ing London,  England,  in  1637,  and  wintered 
at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He  was  one  of  the 
youngest  persons  on  the  ship.  He  was  bom 
in  1634,  died  at  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 16,  1724.  It  is  thought  by  some  that 
his  father,  who  accompanied  him.  was  Charles 
Smith.  He  married,  in  1662,  Elizabeth,  born 
1642.  died  1727,  only  daughter  of  Edward 
Patterson.  Thomas  Smith  proceeded  to  the 
rights  of  his  father-in-law  among  the  proprie- 
tors of  New  Haven.  Children :  John,  born 
March,  1664;  Anna,  April  i,  1665;  infant, 
1667;  John,  June  14,  1669;  Thomas,  died 
young:  Thomas,  January  31.  1673;  Elizabeth, 
June  II,  1676;  Joanna,  December  17,  1678; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below:  .Abigail.  .August  17, 
1683:  Lydia,  March  24.  1686:  Joseph,  1688; 
Benjamin.  November  16,  1690. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Smith,  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  June  24,  1681.  He  mar- 
ried. 1708,  .Anna  Morris,  born  1686,  died  Oc- 
tober 19,  1743.  daughter  of  Eleazer  Morris, 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  Morris,  who  signed 
the  Plantation  Covenant  in  New  Haven  in 
1639.     Children:  Patterson,  born  October  17, 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


i/og;  Abel,  mentioned  below.  James,  June  14. 
1713;  Benjamin,  September  20,  1716;  Anna. 
May  17,  1719;  Sarah.  April  6,  1725;  Daniel. 
August  6,  1727:  Thankful.  August  27,  1729; 
Samuel,  June  11,  1732. 

(Ill)  Anna,  eldest  daughter  of  Captain 
Samuel  and  Anna  (Morris)  Smith,  became 
the  wife  of  Captain  John  Lewis  (see  Lewis 
IV).  

The  lineage  of  a  very  large 
PUTNAM     part  of  the   Putnams  of   New 

England  is  traced  to  John  Put- 
nam, the  immigrant,  the  ancestor  of  several 
prominent  citizens  of  the  early  days  of  Massa- 
chusetts. The  name  comes  from  Puttenham, 
a  place  in  England,  and  this,  perhaps,  from  the 
Flemish  word  putte.  "a  well."  plural  putten, 
and  ham.  signifying  a  "home",  and  the  whole 
indicating  a  settlement  by  a  well.  The  name 
has  also  been  connected  with  the  family  name 
of  Put,  which  is  still  in  existence  in  certain 
villages  in  Friesland.  and  which  may  very 
possibly  have  been  borne  by  some  of  the  Fries- 
land  followers  of  Hengist  and  Horsa.  Some 
four  or  five  years  after  the  settlement  of  Sa- 
lem, Massachusetts,  it  became  necessary  to 
extend  the  area  of  the  town  in  order  to  accom- 
modate a  large  number  of  immigrants  who 
were  desirous  of  locating  within  its  jurisdic- 
tion, and  as  a  consequence  farming  com- 
munities were  established  at  various  points, 
some  of  them  being  considerable  distance 
from  the  center  of  population.  Several  fam- 
ilies newly  arrived  from  England  founded  a 
settlement  which  they  called  Salem  Village, 
and  the  place  was  known  as  such  for  more 
than  a  hundred  years.  It  is  now  called  Dan- 
vers.  Among  the  original  settlers  of  Salem 
\'illage  was  John  Putnam.  He  was  the  Amer- 
ican progenitor  of  the  Putnams  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  among  his  descendants  were  the  dis- 
tinguished revolutionary  generals.  Israel  and 
Rufus  Putnam.  Much  valuable  information 
lelative  to  the  early  history  of  the  family  is  to 
be  found  in  the  "Essex  Institute  Collection." 
In  common  with  most  of  the  inhabitants,  they 
suffered  from  the  witchcraft  delusion,  but 
were  not  seriously  affected. 

(I)  The  first  ancestor  of  whom  definite 
knowledge  is  obtainable  is  Roger,  a  tenant  of 
Puttenham  in  1086. 

(II)  The  second  generation  is  represented 
by  Galo,  of  the  same  locality. 

(III)  Richard,  born  1154,  died  1189,  pre- 
sented the  living  of  the  church  of  Puttenham 
to  the  prior  and  canons  of  Ashby. 

(IV)  Simon  de  Puttenham  was  a  knight  of 
Herts  in  1199. 

(\')   Ralph  de  Puttenham,  a  journeyman  in 


1 199,  held  a  knight's  fee  in  Puttenham  of  the 
honor  of  Leicester  in  1210-12. 

(VI)  William  de  Puttenham  is  the  next  in 
line. 

(\'II)  John  de  Puttenham  was  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Puttenham  in  1291  and  was  a  son 
of  William.  His  wife.  "Lady  of  Puttenham," 
held  half  a  knight's  fee  in  Puttenham  of  the 
honor  of  Wallingford  in  1303." 

(VIII)  Sir  Roger  de  Puttenham,  son  of 
John  de  Puttenham  and  Lady  of  Puttenham, 
was  born  prior  to  1272.  and  with  his  wife 
Alina  had  a  grant  of  lands  in  Penne  in  131.'. 
He  was  sheriff  of  Herts  in  1322,  in  which  year 
he  supported  Edward  II.  against  the  Morti- 
mers. His  wife,  perhaps  identical  with  Helen. 
is  called  a  daughter  of  John  Spigomel,  and 
was  married  (second)  to  Thomas  de  la  Hay. 
king's  commissioner,  knight  of  the  sheer,  in 
1337.  who  held  Puttenham  with  reversion  to 
the  heirs  of  Roger  Puttenham,  and  land  in 
Penne  in  right  of  his  wife. 

( IX)  Sir  Roger  de  Puttenham  was  pardon- 
ed by  the  king  in  1338,  probably  on  account  of 
some  political  offense.  The  next  year  he  was 
a  follower  of  Sir  John  de  Molyns,  and  was 
knight  of  the  shire  from  1355  to  1374.  He 
had  a  grant  of  remainder  after  the  death  of 
Christian  Bordolfe  of  the  manor  of  Long 
Marston.  in  1370-71.  He  had  a  second  wife, 
Marjorie,  in  1370. 

(X)  Robert,  son  of  Sir  Roger  de  Putten- 
ham, in  1346,  held  part  of  a  knight's  fee  in 
Marston.  which  the  Lady  of  Puttenham  held. 
He  was  living  in  1356. 

(XI)  William,  son  of  Robert  de  Putten- 
ham. of  Puttenham  and  Penne.  was  commis- 
sioner of  the  peace  for  Herts  in  1377,  and  was 
called  "of  Berk  Hampstead."  He  was  ser- 
geant-at-arms  in  1376.  He  married  Margaret, 
daughter  of  John  de  Warbleton.  who  died  in 
^575'  when  his  estates  of  Warbleton,  Sher- 
field,  etc.,  passed  to  the  Putnams.  They  had 
children :  Henry,  Robert  and  William. 

(XII)  Henry  Puttenham,  son  of  William 
and  Margaret  (Warbleton)  de  Puttenham, 
was  near  sixty  years  of  age  in  1468,  and  died 
July  6.  1473.  He  married  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  Jeffrey  Goodluck.  who  died  in  i486,  and 
was  probably  his  second  wife. 

(XIII)  \Villiam.  eldest  son  of  Henry  Put- 
tenham, was  in  possession  of  Puttenham, 
Penne,  Sherfield  and  other  estates.  He  was 
buried  in  London  and  his  will  was  proved  July 
23.  1492.  He  married  Anne,  daughter  of  John 
Hampden,  of  Hampden,  who  was  living  in 
i486.  They  had  sons:  Sir  George,  Thomas 
and  Nicholas. 

(  XIV)  Nicholas  Putnam,  third  son  of  Will- 
iam   and    Anne    (Hampden)    Puttenham,    of 


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Penne  in  1534,  bore  the  same  arms  as  his 
elder  brother,  Sir  George.  He  had  sons :  John 
and  Henry. 

(XV)  Henry,  youngest  son  of  Nicholas 
Putnam,  was  named  in  the  will  of  his  brother 
John,  in  1526. 

(XVI)  Richard,  son  of  Henry  Putnam,  was 
of  Eddelsboro  in  1524,  and  owned  land  in 
Slapton.  His  will  was  proved  February  26, 
1557,  and  he  left  a  widow  Joan.  He  had  sons : 
Harry  and  John. 

(XVH)  John,  second  son  of  Richard  and 
Joan  Putnam,  was  of  W'ingrave  and  Slapton ; 
was  buried  October  2,  1573,  and  his  will  was 
proved  November  14  following.  His  wife 
Margaret  was  buried  January  21 .  1568.  They 
had  sons :  Nicholas,  Richard,  Thomas  and 
John. 

(XVni)  Nicholas,  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Margaret  Putnam,  was  of  W'ingrave  and 
Stukeley;  died  before  September  27,  1598,  on 
which  date  his  will  was  proved.  His  wife 
Margaret  was  a  daughter  of  John  Goodspeed. 
She  married  (second)  in  1614,  William  Hux- 
ley, and  died  January  8,  i6ig.  Children  of 
Nicholas  and  Margaret  Putnam :  John,  Anne, 
Elizabeth,  Thomas  and  Richard. 

(I)  John,  eldest  son  of  Nicholas  and  Mar- 
garet (Goodspeed)  Putnam,  was  of  the  nine- 
teenth generation  in  the  English  line,  and  first 
of  the  American  line.  .e  was  born  about 
1580,  and  died  suddenly  ■  Salem  Village,  now 
Danvers,  Massachusetts  December  30,  1662, 
aged  about  eighty-two  y.'ars.  It  is  known  that 
he  was  a  resident  of  /^ston  Abbotts,  England, 
as  late  as  1627,  as  the  date  of  the  baptism  of 
fhe  youii^r'^,^  son  show:-,  but  just  when  he  came 
to  New  England  is  not  known.  Family  tradi- 
tion is  responsible  for  the  d?'^e  1634,  and  the 
tradition  is  known  to  have  been  ir.  the  family 
over  one  hundred  and  fifty  years,  lii  I '^41, 
new  style,  John  Putnam  was  granted  land  i-i! 
Salem.  He  was  a  farmer  and  exceedingly 
well  oflf  for  those  times.  He  wrote  a  fair  hand 
as  deeds  on  file  show.  In  these  deeds  he  styled 
himself  "Yeoman";  once  in  1655,  "husband- 
man." His  land  amounted  to  two  hundred  and 
fifty  acres,  and  was  situated  between  Daven- 
port's hill  and  Potter's  hill.  John  Putnam  was 
admitted  to  the  church  in  1647,  six  years  later 
than  his  wife,  and  was  also  a  freeman  the 
same  year.  The  town  of  Salem  in  1644  voted 
that  a  patrol  of  two  men  be  appointed  each 
Lord's  day  to  walk  forth  during  worship  and 
take  notice  of  such  who  did  not  attend  service 
and  who  were  idle,  etc.,  and  to  present  such 
cases  to  the  magistrate ;  all  of  those  appointed 
were  men  of  standing  in  the  community.  For 
the  ninth  day  John  Putnam  and  John  Hathorne 
were   appointed.      The    following   account   of 


the  death  of  John  Putnam  was  written  in  1733 
by  his  grandson  Edward:  "He  ate  his  supper, 
went  to  prayer  with  his  family  and  died  before 
he  went  to  sleep."  He  married  in  England, 
Priscilla  (perhaps  Gould),  who  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  Salem  in  1641.  Their  children 
baptized  at  Aston  Abbotts,  were:  Elizabeth; 
Thomas,  grandfather  of  General  Israel  Put- 
nam, of  the  revolutionary  war;  John;  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below  ;  Sara ;  Phcebe ;  John. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  third  son  of  John  and  Pris- 
cilla Putnam,  was  baptized  at  Aston  .\bbotts, 
October  11,  1619,  and  died  at  Salem  Village, 
July  23,  1700.  He  was  a  man  of  considerable 
landed  property  ;  his  wife  brought  him  seventy- 
five  acres  additional,  and  on  this  tract  he  built 
his  house  and  established  himself.  Part  of  his 
property  has  remained  uninterruptedly  in  the 
family.  It  is  now  better  known  as  the  "old 
Judge  Putnam  place."  He  was  constable  in 
1656,  and  afterwards  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  1690-91,  selectman,  and  always  at  the 
front  on  all  local  questions,  whether  pertaining 
to  politics,  religious  affairs,  or  other  town  mat- 
ters. "He  had  great  business  activity  and 
ability  and  was  a  person  of  extraordinary 
powers  of  mind,  of  great  energy  and  skill  in 
the  management  of  affairs,  and  of  singular 
sagacity,  acumen  and  quickness  of  perception. 
He  left  a  large  estate."  Nathaniel  Putnam 
was  one  of  the  principals  in  the  great  law  suit 
concerning  the  ownership  of  the  Bishop  farm. 
His  action  in  this  matter  was  merely  to  pre- 
vent the  attempt  of  Zerubabel  Endicott  to  push 
the  bounds  of  the' Bishop  grant  over  his  land. 
The  case  was  a  ong  and  complicated  atfair, 
and  was  at  last  settled  to  the  satisfaction  of 
.\llen  and  Putnam  in  1683.  December  10, 
1688,  Lieutenant  Natnar.iel  P"*nam  was  one 
of  the  four  messengers  sent  to  Rev.  Samuel 
Parris  to  obtain  his  reply  to  the  call  of  the 
pr-l^n.  Parris  was  afterwards  installed  as 
the  minister  of  the  parish,  and  four  years 
later  completely  deceived  Mr.  Putnam  in  re- 
gard to  the  witchcraft  delusion.  That  he  hon- 
estly believed  in  witchcraft  and  in  the  state- 
ments of  the  afflicted  girls  there  seems  to  be 
no  doubt ;  that  he  was  not  inclined  to  be  severe 
is  evident,  and  his  goodness  of  character  shows 
forth  in  marked  contrast  with  the  almost  bitter 
feeling  shown  by  many  of  those  concerned. 
That  he  should  have  believed  in  the  delusion  is 
not  strange,  for  belief  in  witchcraft  was  then 
all  but  universal.  The  physicians  and  ministers 
called  upon  to  examine  the  girls,  who  pretend- 
ed to  be  bewitched,  agreed  that  such  was  the 
case.  There  can  be  no  doubt  that  the  express- 
ed opinion  of  a  man  like  Nathaniel  Putnam 
must  have  influenced  scores  of  his  neighbors. 
His  eldest  brother  had  been  aead  seven  years, 


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and  he  had  succeeded  to  the  position  as  head 
of  the  great  Putnam  family  with  its  connec- 
tions. He  was  known  as  "Landlord  Putnam," 
a  term  given  for  many  years  to  the  oldest  liv- 
ing member  of  the  family.  He  saw  the  family 
of  his  brother,  Thomas  Putnam,  afflicted,  and 
being  an  upright  and  honest  man  himself,  be- 
lieved in  the  disordered  imaginings  of  his 
grandniece,  Ann.  These  are  powerful  reasons 
to  account  for  his  belief  and  actions.  The  fol- 
lowing extract  from  L'pham  brings  out  the 
better  side  of  his  character:  "Entire  confidence 
was  felt  by  all  in  his  judgment  and  deservedly. 
But  he  was  a  strong  religionist,  a  lifelong 
member  of  the  church,  and  extremely  stren- 
uous and  zealous  in  his  ecclesiastical  relations. 
He  was  getting  to  be  an  old  man,  and  Mr. 
Parris  had  succeeded  in  obtaining,  for  the 
time,  possession  of  his  feelings,  sympathy  and 
zeal  in  the  management  of  the  church  and  se- 
cured his  full  cooperation  in  the  witchcraft 
prosecutions.  He  had  been  led  by  Parris  to 
take  the  very  front  in  the  proceedings.  But 
even  Nathaniel  Putnam  could  not  stand  by  in 
silence  and  see  Rebecca  Nurse  sacrificed."  .A. 
curious  paper  written  by  him  is  among  those 
which  have  been  preserved:  "Nathaniel  Put- 
nam, senior,  being  desired  by  Francis  Nurse, 
Sr.,  to  give  information  of  what  I  could  say 
concerning  his  wife's  life  and  conversation. 
I,  the  above  said,  have  known  this  said  afore- 
said woman  forty  years  and  what  I  have  ob- 
served of  her,  human  fra  Ities  excepted,  her 
life  and  conversation  havt  been  to  her  pro- 
fession, and  she  hath  brought  up  a  great  fam- 
ily of  children  and  educateo  them  well  so  that 
there  is  in  some  of  them  apparent  savor  of 
godliness.  I  have  known  her  dilTer  with  her 
neighbors,  but  I  never  knew  or  heard  of  any 
that  did  accuse  her  of  what  she  is  now  charged 
with."  In  1694  Nathaniel  and  John  Putnam 
testified  to  having  lived  in  the  village  since 
1641.  He  married,  in  Salem,  Elizabeth,  dau^'.'" 
terof  Richard  and  .\lice  (Bosworth)  Hutchin- 
son, of  Salem  Village.  She  was  born  .August 
20,  and  baptized  at  Arnold,  England,  .August 
30,  1629,  and  died  June  24,  1688.  In  1648  both 
Nathaniel  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  were  admit- 
ted to  the  church  in  Salem.  Their  children,  all 
born  in  Salem,  were :  Samuel,  Nathaniel,  John, 
Joseph,  Elizabeth,  Benjamin  and  Mary. 

(Ill)  Captain  Benjamin  Putnam,  youngest 
son  of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Hutchinson) 
Putnam,  was  born  December  24,  1664,  at 
Salem  Milage,  and  died  at  the  same  place 
about  1715.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in 
Salem  and  held  many  town  offices,  being 
tithingman  of  the  village  in  1695-96:  constable 
and  collector  in  1700:  selectman  in  1707-13, 
and  was  often  on  the  grand  and  petit  juries 


He  was  chosen  to  perambulate  the  bounds  be- 
tween the  towns  of  Salem  and  Topsfield,  which 
was  his  last  appearance  on  the  records,  in  1712. 
He  held  the  position  of  lieutenant  and  captain  ; 
served  in  the  Indian  war  and  received  the  titles- 
in  1706-1711.  It  appears  that  he  was  impris- 
oned at  one  time,  but  for  what  cause  does  not 
appear.  .Among  the  signatures  to  the  cer- 
tificate of  character  of  Rebecca  Nurse,  appear 
the  names  of  Benjamin  and  his  wife  Sarah. 
Rev.  Joseph  Green,  in  his  diary,  mentions 
calling  on  "Landlord  Putnam,"  and  that  he 
was  very  sick  and  out  of  his  head.  December 
30,  1709,  he  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  church 
of  the  village.  His  will  dated  October  28, 
1706,  was  proved  .April  25,  1715.  He  gives 
to  his  son  (Minister  at  Reading)  "one  hun- 
dred and  fifty  pounds  for  his  learning."  "Over- 
seers. Uncle  John  Putnam  and  Captain  Jona- 
than Putnam."  .All  his  children  but  Josfah 
are  mentioned.  He  was  married  August  25,. 
1686,  to  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Put- 
nam (according  to  Colonel  Perley  Putnam), 
but  on  the  Salem  records  the  births  are  re- 
corded as  by  wife  Hannah.  His  first  wife  died 
December  21,  1705,  and  he  married  (second) 
July  I,  1706,  Sarah  Holton.  His  children  were: 
Josiah  :  Nathaniel :  Tarrant :  Elizabeth  ;  Ben- 
jamin: Stephen;  Daniel,  mentioned  below - 
Israel :  Cornelius. 

(IV)  Rev.  Danie'  Putnam,  sixth  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Hannah,  or  Elizabeth)  (Putnam) 
Putnam,  was  bom  No,  ember  12,  1696,  in  Salem, 
Village,  and  died  Jure  20,  1759,  at  Reading, 
Massachusetts.  His  father  left  him  in  his  will 
"one  hundred  and  fift\  pounds,  for  his  learn- 
ing." In  1718  the  No. -h  Precinct  of  J?esJin;^ 
voted  to  give  him  twenty  acrrs  ot  land  if  he 
would  be  their  minister,  also  "to  build  Mr. 
Putnam  an  hcase  28  feet  long,  19  feet  wide 
and  15  feet  stud,  a  lenter  on  the  back  side  lO' 
feol  stud,  three  chimneys  from  the  ground, 
and  chamber  chimney,  and  convenient  parlor 
and  convenient  well,  in  lieu  of  the  100  pounds, 
if  Mr.  Putnam  finds  nails  and  glass  for  the 
house."  He  was  not  ordained  until  1720,  at 
which  time  the  church  had  thirty-nine  mem- 
bers. He  was  their  minister  thirty-nine  years, 
and  added  one  hundred  and  ninety-four  per- 
sons to  the  church,  baptized  four  hundred  and 
ninety-one,  and  married  one  hundred  and 
eleven  couples.  He  married,  February  25, 
1718,  Rebecca  Putnam,  born  August  16,  1691. 
Their  children  were:  Rebecca;  Daniel,  men- 
tion below  ;  .Aaron,  died  young  ;  Sarah  ;  Han- 
nah ;  Elizabeth  :  Mary  ;  Joshua ;  Aaron  ;  Bethia ; 
Susanna. 

(V)  Deacon  Daniel  (2)  Putnam,  eldest  son 
of  Rev.  Daniel  (i)  and  Rebecca  (Putnam) 
Putnam,  was  born  November  8,  1721,  in  Read- 


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ihg,  died  November  5,  1774.  in  the  same  town. 
He  was  elected  deacon  of  the  church  in  North 
Reading  in  1754;  was  selectman  of  Reading  in 
1763-68-71,  and  in  1773  represented  his  town 
in.  the  general  court.  June  4,  1774,  Hannah 
Putnam,  spinster,  was  appointed  adminis- 
tratrix on  his  estate.  He  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Hannah  (Alartin)  In- 
galls,  of  North  Andover,  Massachusetts,  who 
was  born  September  12,  1723,  and  died  May 
II,  1761,  in  Reading.  Their  children  were: 
Henry,  mentioned  below  ;  Daniel ;  Joshua  ;  Re- 
becca ;  Aaron ;  Sarah. 

(VI)  Henry,  eldest  son  of  Deacon  Daniel 
(2)  and  Hannah  (Ingalls)  Putnam,  was  born 
May  7,  1755,  at  North  Reading,  and  died  No- 
vember 27,  1806,  at  the  same  place.  He  was 
a  man  of  influence  in  the  community,  and  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  church  in  1778.  He  re- 
sponded to  the  Alarm  of  April  19,  1775,  and 
served  nine  days  in  Captain  John  Flint's  com- 
pany. He  married  (first)  November  9,  1775, 
Mary  Havvkes,  of  Lynnfield,  Massachusetts, 
who  died  January  21.  1794;  (second)  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Ann  (Adams)  Tufts, 
of  Charlestown,  who  married  (second)  in 
June,  1811,  Jacob  Osgood.  She  cared  for 
James  Otis,  the  patriot,  for  many  years,  and 
he  was  killed  by  lightning  in  her  house. 

(VH)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  and 
Mary  (Hawkes)  Putnam,  was  born  June  28, 
1778,  died  in  January,  1827,  in  Brunswick, 
Maine.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard  Col- 
lege in  1802;  served  in  many  town  offices  in 
Brunswick,  and  in  1808  was  named  as  chair- 
man of  a  committee  to  petition  the  president 
to  withdraw  the  Embargo  Act.  He  was  repre- 
sentative from  Brunswick,  in  1813.  He  mar- 
ried, September  13,  1807,  Catherine  Hunt, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Pease  Palmer,  of  Roxbury, 
Massachusetts,  w^o  was  born  in  1783  and  died 
December  12,  1889.  She  taught  school  in 
Brunswick  from  1807  to  1825,  when  she  re- 
moved to  New  York.  Children :  Henry,  born 
1808,  died  1815;  Catherine,  1810,  died  1827; 
George  Palmer,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth, 
1816,  died  1875;  Anne.  1819,  died  1869. 

(VHI)  George  Palmer,  son  of  Henry  (2) 
and  Catherine  Hunt  (Palmer)  Putnam,  was 
born  February  7,  1814,  in  Brunswick.  Maine, 
and  died  December  20,  1872,  in  New  York. 
He  received  his  early  training  with  his  sisters 
in  his  mother's  school,  a  well-known  and  popu- 
lar institution  of  Brunswick.  He  enjoyed  the 
sports  of  the  times  and  region,  skating  on  the 
Androscoggin  river  in  winter  and  boating  up 
and  down  the  same  in  summer.  When  he  was 
eleven  years  of  age  he  was  oflfered  an  appren- 
ticeship in  Boston  to  the  mercantile  business 
by  the  husband  of  his  mother's  sister,  John 


Gulliver.  The  latter's  son,  John  Putnam  Gul- 
liver, was  of  the  same  age  as  young  Putnam, 
and  they  became  companions  in  the  business 
training  and  work  of  the  store.  This  estab- 
lishment was  devoted  chiefly  to  carpets  and 
its  owner  was  a  man  of  strict  puritanical  views. 
The  boys  slept  together  in  the  rear  of  the  store 
and  were  chiefly  occupied  in  keeping  the  place 
in  order.  There  were  few  holidays  and  the 
business  day  was  a  long  one.  The  Sabbath 
was  observed  with  full  New  England  strict- 
ness, including  morning  and  evening  prayers 
at  home,  Sunday  school  and  two  long  church 
services.  No  reading  was  permitted  on  the 
Sabbath  except  works  of  a  devotional  char- 
acter, and  there  were  very  few  books  then 
available  to  the  young  men.  Young  Putnam 
had  a  strong  taste  for  reading  and  in  later 
years  he  often  referred  to  the  "literary  starva- 
tion" which  he  suffered  in  Boston,  and  also 
referred  to  the  compunctions  of  conscience  he 
e.xperienced  when  surreptitiously  reading  a 
volume  of  Miss  Edgeworth's  tales.  This  be- 
longed to  the  forbidden  class  of  fiction  and  its 
reading  was  looked  upon  as  a  frivolity. 

He  remained  with  his  uncle  in  Boston  about 
four  years,  and  decided  in  1829  to  try  his 
chances  of  securing  a  livelihood  in  New  York. 
Here  he  very  soon  became  engaged  in  literary 
work,  and  during  the  first  years  after  his 
arrival,  when  he  was  fifteen  years  old,  he  be- 
gan a  historical  manual  which  was  completed 
in  three  years'  time.  In  1833  he  completed  and 
published  through  West  &  Trow  a  weekly 
chronicle  entitled  the  Publishers'  Advertiser. 
He  undertook  to  review  the  current  publica- 
tions which  in  that  year  included  the  first 
volume  of  Bancroft's  "United  States,"  Ab- 
bott's "Young  Christian,"  Mrs.  Sigourney's 
"Sketches,"  and  Cooper's  "Letters  to  My 
Countrymen."  His  first  introduction  to  the 
book  trade  was  made  very  shortly  after  his 
arrival.  He  speaks  of  his  first  studies  as  con- 
ning paragraphs  in  the  papers  beginning  "Boy 
Wanted."  His  second  application  was  made 
at  a  little  book  and  stationery  store  on  Broad- 
way, near  Maiden  Lane,  where  he  engaged 
himself  to  do  errands,  sweep,  etc..  for  which 
he  was  to  receive  a  wage  of  twenty-five  dol- 
lars per  year  and  board  in  the  family  of  his 
employer,  George  W.  Bleecker,  who  lived  over 
his  store.  For  a  short  time  he  was  engaged 
as  a  canvasser  in  the  interest  of  a  (|uarto- 
monthly  published  by  Mr.  Bleecker.  which  took 
him  on  a  cruise  up  the  Hudson  river.  He  was 
subsequently  employed  as  first  clerk  in  the 
Park  Place  House,  an  emporium  of  literature 
and  art.  and  still  later  was  general  clerk  and 
messenger  for  Jonathan  Leavitt,  in  a  twostory 
building    at    the    corner    of    John    street   and 


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Broadway.  Mr.  Leavitt  being  the  leading  pub- 
lisher of  theological  and  religious  books. 

About  this  time  Daniel  Appleton,  founder  of 
the  great  house  of  D.  Appleton  &  Company, 
became  connected  with  Mr.  Leavitt.  In  that 
era  an  edition  of  one  thousand  copies  of  a  new 
book  was  the  average,  and  those  of  five  hun- 
dred copies  were  as  usual  as  any  exceeding  two 
thousand.  After  Mr.  Appleton  had  establish- 
ed his  own  business,  he  and  Mr.  Leavitt  pub- 
lished jointly  an  edition  of  one  thousand  copies, 
including  some  four  hundred  pages,  prepared 
hy  young  Putnam,  entitled  "Chronology,  an 
Introduction  and  Index  to  L'niversal  History." 
It  had  been  prepared  originally  for  his  own 
benefit  as  a  reference.  It  was  his  custom  in 
these  times  to  repair  to  the  Mercantile  Library, 
then  recently  opened,  after  the  closing  of  the 
store  where  he  was  employed,  which  was 
usually  after  nine  o'clock.  He  read  almost 
exclusively  works  of  history.  In  the  shop  of 
Mr.  Leavitt  he  was  advanced  to  two  dollars 
per  week,  and  after  a  few  months  to  foUr  dol- 
lars. With  this  large  income  he  felt  able  to 
rent  a  seat  in  the  church.  In  1833  he  entered 
the  employ  of  Wiley  &  Long,  publishers  and 
booksellers.  In  1840  he  became  a  partner, 
and  the  firm  was  styled  Wiley  &  Putnam,  Mr. 
Wiley  being  about  one  year  the  senior  of  Mr. 
Putnam,  .At  that  time  the  .^ppletons  and  I.  & 
J.  Harper  were  the  leading  publishers  in  New 
York,  and  the  principal  retail  booksellers  were 
Stanford  &  Swords.  .\  very  large  portion  of 
the  books  then  sold  in  New  York  were  import- 
ed from  England.  In  the  firm  of  Wiley  & 
Putnam  the  publishing  division  was  in  charge 
of  the  junior  partner,  while  the  senior  gave 
his  attention  chiefly  to  the  selling.  Mr.  Put- 
nam held  to  the  view  that  irrespective  of 
nationality  or  political  boundaries  contempor- 
ary authors  should  receive  the  returns  secured 
from  the  publication  of  their  works,  and  he 
became  intimately  associated  with  Bryant. 
Matthews,  Halleck,  Cooper  &  Fay.  In  1840 
he  made  his  first  business  journey  to  England 
in  the  effort  to  establish  a  closer  relation  be- 
tween the  book  trades  of  the  two  countries. 
In  1 84 1  he  made  a  second  journey  to  London 
and  established  a  branch  house  in  that  city  in 
Paternoster  Row,  the  old-time  center  of  the 
London  book  trade.  The  business  of  this 
agency  was  the  sale  of  American  books  and 
the  purchase  of  English  publications  for  sale 
in  the  United  States.  Thus  began  the  great 
publishing  house  now  having  a  world-wide 
reputation  and  known  as  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons, 
and  which  still  maintain  a  London  publication 
office.  The  firm  of  G.  P.  Putnam  was  estab- 
lished in  1848  and  in  1853  began  the  publica- 
tion of  Putnam's  Monthly. 


In  1862  Mr.  Putnam  was  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  collector  of  internal  revenue  of 
New  York  and  this  position  he  acceptably  filled 
for  three  years.  His  activities  in  connection 
with  the  spread  of  literature  and  art  were 
numerous,  and  he  was  one  of  the  founders, 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  honorary  super- 
intendent, of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of  Art. 
In  1872  he  was  chairman  of  the  .A.merican 
committee  on  art  at  the  Vienna  Exposition. 
His  literary  work  was  early  recognized  by 
Bowdoin  College,  which  conferred  upon  him 
in  1853  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts. 
The  career  of  Mr.  Putnam  furnishes  an  excel- 
lent example  of  the  fact  that  a  liberal  educa- 
tion is  not  indispensable  in  the  development 
of  one's  best  powers,  if  he  be  an  earnest  and 
painstaking  student.  He  was  accustomed  to 
refer  humorously  to  the  granting  of  this  degree 
as  a  reward  for  his  service  in  spreading  the 
alarm  on  one  occasion,  when  a  fire  broke  out 
in  the  college  buildings  at  Brunswick,  while  he 
was  a  small  boy. 

Mr.  Putnam  organized  in  1837  the  earliest 
of  the  American  copyright  Leagues  or  Asso- 
ciations, and  he  was  from  that  date  until  the 
year  of  his  death,  1872,  the  secretary  and  the 
working  man  in  the  series  of  Leagues  and 
.Associations  which  had  for  their  purpose 
bringing  the  United  States  into  copyright  rela- 
tions with  Europe,  and  securing  for  authors 
on  both  sides  of  the  .Atlantic,  irrespective  of 
political  boundaries,  the  returns  due  to  them 
for  their  labor. 

He  married  in  May,  1841.  in  New  York, 
\'ictorine,  bom  1824,  daughter  of  Joseph 
Haven,  and  his  second  wife.  Mary  Parsons 
Tuttle.  Joseph  Haven  was  a  son  of  Samuel 
Haven,  a  merchant  of  Boston,  and  was  en- 
gaged in  the  china  trade  of  that  city.  He  be- 
came broken  in  health  and  died  there  whiFe 
his  daughter  Victorine  was  an  infant.  The 
children  of  George  Palmer  and  Victorine 
(Haven)  Putnam  were:  Mary  Corinna,  bom 
1842,  married,  1873,  Abram  Jacobi,  M,  D. ; 
George  Haven,  mentioned  below ;  Edith  G, 
born  1846:  John  B..  born  1848:  .Amy  V.,  bom 
1850;  Irving,  born  1852:  Bayard,  born  1854; 
Kingman,  born  1856;  Ruth,  born  i860;  Her- 
bert, mentioned  below ;  Sidney,  born  1869. 
Several  of  the  children  were  possessed  of 
literary  taste  and  have  contributed  more  or 
less  to  .American  literature. 

.Among  the  principal  works  issued  by  the 
father  were:  ".American  Facts,"  London  and 
New  York,  1846 :  "The  World's  Progress,"  a 
manual  of  historical  reference.  New  York  and 
London,  1832-1871  ;  "Tabular  Mews  of  Uni- 
versal History."  This  constitutes  the  second 
division  of  "The  World's  Progress,"  and  has 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


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been  issued  in  successive  editions  from  1832 
to  1908.  The  last  edition  is  rewritten  and 
brought  down  to  date.  The  elder  son  is  the 
author  of:  "The  Question  of  Copyright,"  New 
Yori<  and  London,  1892 ;  "Authors  and  Their 
PubHc  in  Ancient  Times,"  New  York  and  Lon- 
don, 1898;  "The  Artificial  Mother,"  New  York 
and  London,  1884;  "Books  and  their  Makers 
in  the  Middle  Ages,"  New  York  and  London, 
1900;  "The  Censorship  of  the  Church,  a  Study 
of  the  Prohibitory  and  Expurgatory  Indexes," 
with  reference  to  their  influence  on  the  pro- 
duction and  distribution  of  books,  two  volumes. 
New  York  and  London,  1906-07 ;  "Authors 
and  Publishers,"  a  manual  of  suggestions  for 
beginners  in  literature  ( written  in  cooperation 
with  J.  B.  P),  1899,  New  York  and  London; 
"Abraham  Lincoln;  the  Peoples'  Leader  in  the 
Struggle  for  National  Existence,"  1910.  John 
Bishop  Putnam,  the  second  son,  co-author  of 
".\uthors  and  Publishers,"  is  also  the  author 
of  "A  Norwegian  Ramble."  He  is  the  founder 
and  president  of  the  Knickerbocker  Press. 
Ruth  Putnam  is  the  author  of  "William  the 
Silent,"  two  volumes,  1900,  New  York,  Am- 
sterdam and  London ;  "Medieval  Princess," 
1905,  New  York  and  London ;  "Charles  the 
Bold  of  Burgundy,"  1908,  New  York  and 
London.  Mary  Putnam  Jacobi,  M.  D.,  who 
died  in  1905,  had  had  a  distinguished  career  as 
a  physician.  She  was  the  first  woman  to  se- 
cure admission  to,  and  a  degree  from,  the 
School  of  Medicine  in  Paris.  She  was  the 
author  of  a  number  of  medical  treatises,  and 
was  a  constant  contributor  to  the  scientific 
journals. 

(IX)  George  Haven  Putnam,  Litt.  D.,  eld- 
est son  of  George  P.  and  Victorine  (Haven) 
Putnam,  was  born  April  2,  1844,  in  London, 
and  was  educated  at  Columbia  University, 
New  York,  at  Gottingen  and  Paris.  He  enlist- 
ed in  1862  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy- 
Sixth  Regiment  New  York  Volunteers  and 
was  promoted  successively  to  sergeant,  lieu- 
tenant, quartermaster,  adjutant,  and  was  on 
retiring  commissioned  major.  He  served  in 
the  Army  of  the  Gulf,  and  later  under  Sheri- 
dan, in  Virginia,  and  participated  in  the  en- 
gagements of  the  Red  River  campaign,  and  of 
Sheridan's  campaign  in  the  Shenandoah  Val- 
ley. In  1865  he  was  appointed  deputy  collector 
of  internal  revenue  and  served  until  1866.  In 
1866  he  was  admitted  a  partner  in  his  father's 
publishing  house,  which  is  now  incorporated 
under  the  style  of  G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons  and  of 
which  he  is  head.  The  establishment  occupies 
quarters,  extending  from  Twenty-third  to 
Twenty-fourth  street,  near  Fifth  avenue,  and 
in  the  Putnam  Building  in  Forty-fifth  street, 
near  Fifth  avenue.     Mr.   Putnam  has  taken 


active  part  in  copyright  legislation.  He  re- 
organized in  1886  the  Publishers'  Copyright 
League,  of  which  he  has  since  been  secretary 
and  working  member.  He  was  interested  in 
taking  up  the  copyright  work  that  his  father 
had  originated,  and  the  League  of  which  he 
was  secretary  was  finally  able  to  bring  about 
in  1891  the  international  copyright  legislation 
for  which  the  earlier  Putnam  had  worked  for 
forty  years.  He  is  himself  the  author  of 
numerous  volumes  bearing  upon  the  relations 
of  author  and  publisher,  as  well  as  of  a 
memoir  of  his  father,  which  was  printed  in 
two  volumes  for  private  circulation.  He  has 
received  honorary  degrees  from  Bowdoin  Col- 
lege, the  L'niversity  of  Pennsylvania  and  Co- 
lumbia University.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Century  Association,  and  of  the  City,  the 
Authors'  and  the  Economic  clubs  of  New 
York,  and  of  the  Legion  of  Honor  (France). 

He  married  (first)  in  July,  i86g,  Rebecca 
Kettell  Shepard,  who  died  in  July,  1895.  He 
married  (second)  April  27,  1899,  Emily  James, 
daughter  of  Judge  James  C.  and  Emily 
(Adams)  Smith,  a  graduate  of  Bryn  Mawr, 
and  from  1894  to  1900  dean  of  Bernard  Col- 
lege. His  children  by  his  first  wife  were: 
Bertha  Haven,  Ethel  Frothingham,  Corinna 
Haven  and  Dorothy  Leslie.  By  his  second 
wife:  Palmer  Crosslett,  bom  July,  1900. 

(IX)  Herbert  Putnam,  Litt.  D.,  son  of 
George  Palmer  Putnam,  was  born  September 
20,  1 861,  in  New  York  City,  and  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1883.  He  was 
librarian  of  Minneapolis  Athenaeum  and  Public 
Library  from  1884  to  1891  ;  was  librarian  of 
the  Boston  Public  Library  from  1895  to  1899, 
and  in  1899  was  appointed  Librarian  of  Con- 
gress, and  was  delegate  to  the  International 
Library  Conference  in  1897,  and  president  of 
the  American  Library  Association  in  1898. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1886. 

Mr.  Putnam  married,  in  October,  1886, 
Oiarlotte  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Charles  W. 
Munroe,  of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Their 
children  are :  Shirley  and  Brenda. 


The  family  of  Holbrook  is 
HOLBROOK     ancient  and  distingiiished  in 

England.  The  ancient  coat- 
of-arms  is  :  A  chevron  between  three  martletts. 
Several  other  coats-of-arms  were  borne  by 
different  branches  of  the  family  in  England. 

(I)  Thomas  Holbrooek,  or  Holbrooke,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  aged  thirty- four,  of  Broad- 
way, England,  with  wife  Jane,  aged  thirty- 
four,  and  children,  John,  aged  eleven  ;  Thomas,, 
aged  ten ;  Anne,  aged  five,  and  Elizabeth,  aged 
one,  came  from  Weymouth,  England,  about 
1628.     He  settled  at  Weymouth,  Massachu- 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


setts,  in  1640,  and  was  on  the  committee  to  lay 
out  the  way  from  Braintree  to  Dorchester. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman.  Alay,  1645.  He 
was  selectman  several  years.  His  will  was 
dated  December  31,  1669,  with  codicil,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1673.  He  died  1674-76.  His  widow 
Jane  died  before  April  24,  1677,  when  admin- 
istration of  the  estate  was  granted  to  his  son 
John.  Children:  John,  born  1617;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Captain  William,  died  1699, 
lived  at  Scituate :  Ann,  married  Rey- 
nolds ;  Elizabeth,  married  Walter  Hatch ;  Jane, 

married Drake. 

(H)  Thomas  (2)  Holbrook,  son  of  Thomas 
(i)  Holbrooek,  or  Holbrooke,  lived  at  Scitu- 
ate, Weymouth  and  Braintree,  Massachusetts. 
In  1653  he  bought  a  farm  of  fifty-three  acres 
in  Braintree,  and  later  became  the  owner  of 

much  real  estate.    He  married  Joanna , 

who  survived  him.  He  made  his  will,  July  25, 
1695,  and  administration  on  his  estate  was 
granted  his  widow,  August  19,  1697,  and  his 
eldest  son,  Thomas.  In  the  will  he  mentions 
Thomas  as  his  eldest  son,  and  Peter,  to  whom 
he  gives  "all  that  estate  of  lands  and  meadows 
in  Mendon  which  he  had  formerly  purchased 
of  his  brother  William."  Children:  Thomas, 
buried  at  Braintree,  December  20,  1728;  John, 
born  October  15,  1653,  ^^  Braintree:  Peter, 
mentioned  below ;  Joanna,  born  October  30, 
1656;  Susanna,  married  .Andrew  Willet,  of 
Boston;  Joseph,  born  February  12,  1660,  died 
young. 

(III)  Deacon  Peter  Holbrook,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  Holbrook,  was  born  September  6,  1656, 
died  1712-13.  He  settled  in  Mendon,  where 
he  inherited  lands  from  his  father,  most  of 
which  was  afterwards  included  in  Bellingham. 
He  was  an  important  man  in  his  time.  His 
will  was  made  January  16,  1711-12,  and  proved 
May    29.    1713.      He    married    (first)    Alice 

,  who  dTed  April  29,  1705.    He  married 

(second)  Elizabeth  Pool,  who  survived  him, 
and  married  (second)  Robert  Ware,  of  Wen- 
ham,  and  died  1724.  Children:  John,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1679,  at  Braintree ;  Peter,  October 
16,  1681,  Mendon:  Silvanus.  .August  15,  1685; 
Joannah,  March  7.  1686-87:  Richard.  May  30, 
1690:  Eliphalet,  mentioned  below:  William, 
March  28,  1693-94;  Samuel.  February  27, 
1695-96;  Mary,  October  14,  1702. 

(IV)  Eliphalet,  son  of  Deacon  Peter  Hol- 
brook, was  born  January  2~.  1691-92,  died  Oc- 
tober 19,  1775,  at  Bellingham.  He  is  called 
"yeoman."  He  married,  November  17,  1716, 
Hannah  Rockwood.  born  August  15,  1692. 
Children  :  Ebenezer,  born  June  3,  1717.  at  Men- 
don ;  Seth.  February  26,  1721.  at  Bellingham; 
Eliphalet.  mentioned  below ;  Noah.  December 
6,  1727;  Caleb,  January  14,  1731  ;  Elijah,  May 


6,  1736,  died  May  2,   1740;  Joanna,  July  21. 

1738- 

(\)  Eliphalet  (2),  son  of  Eliphalet  (i) 
Holbrook.  was  born  October  25,  1725.  He 
died  intestate,  and  administration  was  granted 
his  son  Henry,  on  whom  the  homestead  was 
settled.  April  10,  1778.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1753,  Abigail  Wight,  who  died  Sep- 
tember 3,  1808.  Children:  Olive,  born  April 
4,  1755;  Henry,  mentioned  below;  Martha, 
October  11,  1758:  Caleb,  November  i,  1760; 
Peter.  November  2^,  1762  ;  Seth,  July  17,  1765  ; 
Nathan.  July  24.  1768;  Peruda,  March  24, 
1770;  Eliab,  February  20,  1772,  died  October 
16.  1775;  Eliphalet,  February  9,  1774,  died 
October  15,  1775;  Abigail,  June  9,  1776,  died 
aged  six  weeks ;  Abigail. 

(\T)  Ensign  Henry  Holbrook,  son  of  Eli- 
phalet (2)  Holbrook,  was  born  August  27, 
1756,  died  at  Bellingham,  his  native  town,  Oc- 
tober I,  1833,  aged  seventy-seven.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  in  the  company  of 
Captain  Jesse  Holbrook  on  the  Lexington 
Alarm,  April  19.  1775,  and  served  from  May 
9  until  August  of  that  year  in  Captain  Sam- 
uel Cobb's  company,  Colonel  Joseph  Read's 
regiment.  He  was  also  in  Captain  Jesse  Hol- 
brook's  company,  Colonel  Wheelock's  regi- 
ment in  1776  on  the  Rhode  Island  Alarm;  in 
Captain  Samuel  Fiske's  company.  Colonel 
Ephraim  Wheelock's  regiment,  in  Rhode 
Island  in  1777;  also  in  Captain  Amos  Ellis's 
company.  Colonel  Benjamin  Hawes's  regiment, 
in  Rhode  Island  in  1777-78,  and  in  Captain 
Nathan  Thayer's  company,  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Thayer's  regiment  in  the  Continental  army  in 
New  York  in  1780.  He  married  (first)  De- 
cember 20,  1780,  at  Bellingham,  Elizabeth 
Cook,  born  July  16.  1753,  died  at  Bellingham, 
August  4,  1803  (gravestone).  He  married 
(second)  Eunice  Badger,  born  June  17,  1769, 
died  March  10.  1818.  Children,  born  at  Bell- 
ingham: Eliphalet,  April  13,  1782;  Eliab,  men- 
tioned below;  Anna,  March  29.  1786;  Henry, 
July  3 1,  1790. 

(V'll)  Eliab,  son  of  Ensign  Henry  Hol- 
brook, was  born  at  Bellingham,  May  6,  1784. 
He  married  there  ( intentions  dated  October 
15,  1809)  Betsey  Ide.  Children,  born  at  Bell- 
ingham; Elizabeth.  June  25,  181 1;  Lurania, 
October  31,  1815;  Eliab,  mentioned  below. 

(\  III)  Eliab  (2),  son  of  Eliab  (i)  Hol- 
brook, was  born  at  Bellingham,  October  8, 
1817.  He  married  (  first)  April  25,  1839,  Han- 
nah Pickering,  who  died  January  9,  1841. 
daughter  of  Ellery  Thayer.  He  married  (  sec- 
ond )  June  23,  1842  (intention  at  Bellingham; 
May  15,  1842),  Julia  Ferry  Morse.  She  was 
born  July  9,  1817,  daughter  of  Eliakim  Morse 
(see  Morse  VI).     Child  of  first  wife:  Heler 


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Angelia,  born  at  Bellingham,  April  26,  1840. 
Children  of  second  wife,  born  at  Bellingham: 
Hannah  Elizabeth,  August  23,  1843 ;  Gilbert 
M.,  March  31,  1845;  Hiram  Pond,  February 
15,  1848;  Edward,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Edward,  son  of  Eliab  (2)  Holbrook, 
was  born  at  Bellingham,  July  7,  1849.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  Bellingham  and 
Hopkinton,  Massachusetts,  and  after  his 
schooling  became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Bige- 
low,  Kennard  &  Company,  dealers  in  watches, 
jewelry  and  silverware  in  Boston.  From  the 
age  of  sixteen  to  twenty-one  he  was  with  this 
house,  and  then  he  became  a  salesman  for  the 
Gorham  Manufacturing  Company,  manufac- 
turers of  silverware,  in  1870.  He  subsequently 
became  the  agent  of  the  company  in  Xew 
York,  in  1887  was  elected  treasurer  of  the 
company  and  in  1894  president.  Since  then  he 
has  filled  both  offices  and  he  is  one  of  the  best 
known  and  most  prominent  silver  manufac- 
turers in  this  country.  The  period  covered  by 
this  connection  with  the  Gorham  Manufactur- 
ing Company  has  marked  an  epoch  in  the  de- 
velopment of  the  silverware  industry,  more 
important  than  any  that  has  occurred  during 
the  past  century,  as  the  growth  of  that  indus- 
try has  been  of  larger  extent  during  the  time 
of  Mr.  Holbrook's  official  connection  with  the 
Gorham  Manufacturing  Company,  than  for 
all  of  the  one  hundred  years  previous  and 
during  this  remarkable  development  of  the 
manufacture  of  silver  as  an  industry. 

He  was  one  of  the  charter  members  and 
organizers  of  the  Silversmiths  Company  of 
the  United  States  in  1905  and  became  its  first 
president,  an  office  he  is  still  filling.  He  is  a 
director  of  the  Rhode  Island  Hospital  Com- 
pany of  Providence,  Rhode  Island ;  of  the 
Merchants  National  Bank  of  New  York  City ; 
of  the  Harriman  National  Bank  of  New  York 
t  ity ;  of  the  Garfield  Safe  Deposit  Company 
of  New  York  City ;  of  the  American  Brass 
Company,  the  leading  brass  manufacturing 
concern  of  the  United  States ;  of  the  Ameri- 
can Coal  Company,  and  the  General  Fire  Ex- 
tinguisher Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Union  League  of  New  York,  the  Union  Club, 
the  Metropolitan  Museum,  New  York,  the 
New  England  Society  of  New  York,  the  Hope 
Club  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  the  Pil- 
grims, an  American  Club  of  London,  England. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  Mr.  Holbrook 
is  one  of  the  few  Americans  who  have  had 
conferred  upon  them  the  medal  of  the  Legion 
of  Honor  of  France  by  the  French  govern- 
ment. 

He  married,  F'ebruary  18,  1874,  in  Boston, 
Frances,  born  in  1854,  daughter  of  John  J. 
Swift,  of  Boston.     Her  father  was  president 


of  the  Boston  &  Fitchburg  Railroad  Company 
Her  mother,  Mary  fllichborn)  Swift,  was  of 
the  old  Hichborn  family  of  Boston,  to  which 
Admiral  Hichborn  belongs.    Children:  i.  John 
Swift,  bom  in   Boston,  March  4,   1875;  mar- 
ried, in  April,  1907,  Grace,  daughter  of  John 
J.    Sinclair,    vice-president    of    the    Gorham 
Manufacturing    Company.      2.    Lilian,    born 
March  7,  1878;  married,  January  3,  1906,  the      . 
Count  Guillaume  de  Balincourt,  and  now  resi-      ^ 
dent  of  Xeuilly  sur  Seine,  France.  <y3-= 

(The   Morse   Line).  X~^ 

(  I )   Samuel  Morse,  the  immigrant  ancestor,    V  — 
was  born  in  England  in  1586.     He  sailed  for  , 
New  England  in  the  ship  "Increase,"  April  15,  ''    ■»    ^ 
1635,  and  settled  first  at  Watertown,  and  in     V_  j 
the  following  year,   1636,  at  Dedham,  Massa-     ) 

chusetts.     He  was  admitted  a  freeman  there, 5  <■ 

October  8,    1640.     Afterward  he  removed  to     r,) 
the  adjoining  town  of  Medfield,  where  many     -^  ^ 
of  his  descendants  have  lived.    He  was  a  town     _ 
officer  of  Dedham  and  one  of  the  proprietors,    q 
He  died  April  5,  1654,  and  his  will  was  proved       1 
January  30,  16^5.     He  married,  in  England,     , 
Elizabeth  a«tia^;fwho  died  at  Medfield,  June^ 
20,  1655.     She\vas  forty-eight  years  old  when     ' 
she   emigrated.      Children,  born   in   England :     ^  ^ 
John,   161 1  ;  Daniel,  1613;  Joseph,  mentioned     S 
below  ;  Abigail,  married  Daniel  Fisher,  of  Ded-"T:j 
ham;    Mary,   married    Samuel    Bullem ;  Jere- 
miah, went  "east." 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Morse,  was 
born  in  England  in  1615,  and  came  to  this 
country  with  his  parents  in  1635.  He  lived 
first  in  Watertown,  but  soon  removed  to  Ded- 
ham, where  he  received,  August  18,  1636, 
twelve  acres  of  land  for  a  home  lot.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Watertown,  September  i,  1636,  Han- 
nah Phillips.  He  died  in  Dedham  and  his 
widow  married  (second)  November  3,  1658, 
Thomas  Boyden.  She  died  in  Medfield,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1676.  Children,  born  at  Dedham:  Sam- 
uel, March  10,  1639;  Hannah.  August  8,  1641  ; 
Sarah,  September  16,  1643;  Dorcas,  August 
23,  1645;  Elizabeth,  September  i,  1647;  Jo- 
seph, September  26,  1649;  Jeremiah,  mention- 
ed below. 

(III)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Joseph  Morse,  was 
born  at  Dedham,  March  10,  165 1,  died  Febru- 
ary 19,  1715-16.  He  resided  at  Dorchester  and 
Medfield.  He  married  Elizabeth,  born  in  1659, 
died  April  25,  1733,  daughter  of  Francis  and 
Sarah  Hamant.  Children,  born  at  Med- 
field: Elizabeth.  June  22,  1678;  Jeremiah,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1679;  Elizabeth,  February  24.  1681 ; 
Mary,  March  5.  1685  :  Timothy,  December  27, 
1687:  Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Captain 
Samuel.  September  24,  1694:  .\bigail,  October 
16.  1696,  died  young;  Jedediah,  1700;  John, 
1704.  resided  at  U'rentham. 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Jeremiah  Morse, 
was  born  at  Medtield.  .August  31,  1692.  He 
settled  in  early  life  at  Wrentham,  an  adjacent 
town.  He  married  (first)  March  15,  1714, 
Sarah,  born  at  Dedham,  December  18,  1694, 
died  at  Wrentham,  February  20,  1725-26, 
daughter  of  Peter  and  Abigail  Fales.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  February  14.  1727,  Sarah  Blake, 
of  Wrentham.  Oiildren,  born  at  Wrentham : 
Benjamin.  March  6,  1716:  Hannah,  December 
17,  1720:  Peter.  October,  1723;  Joseph,  Au- 
gust 22,  1728;  Sarah.  December  30,  1730;  Na- 
than, December  22,  1733:  Moses,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  Benjamin  Morse,  was 
born  at  Wrentham,  June  17,  1739.  He  was  a 
farmer  at  Wrentham.  He  married  there,  June 
4.  1766,  Lydia  E>aniel.  Children,  born  at 
Wrentham:  Rhoda,  March  5,  1767;  Darius, 
May  29,  1769;  Aaron,  .August  24,  1771 ;  Lydia, 
October  26,  1775;  Jacob,  January  25,  1778; 
Eliakim,  mentioned  below;  Polly,  July  i,  1784. 

(\'I)  Eliakim,  son  of  Moses  Morse,  was 
born  at  Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  October  8, 
1780.  He  married  Lucinda  Pond,  born  at 
Franklin,  Massachusetts,  July  5.  1787,  daugh- 
ter of  Eliezer  and  Huldah  (  Hill)  Pond.  They 
lived  for  a  time  at  West  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. They  settled  in  Oakham,  Worcester 
county,  Massachusetts.  Children  except  four 
eldest,  born  at  Oakham:  Lucinda,  June  13, 
1809,  at  Franklin;  Elvira  Metcalf,  November 
4,  1812,  at  West  Springfield;  John  Morman, 
February  i,  1814,  at  West  Springfield;  James, 
February  14,  1816,  at  West  Springfield:  Julia 
Ferry,  born  July  9,  1817;  married  Eliab  Hol- 
brook  (see  Holbrook  VHI)  ;  Hiram  Conant, 
February  3,  1821  ;  Electa  Bothwell,  May  30, 
1822;  Jasper  Pond,  February  8,  1824;  Sabra 
Aldens,  August  18,  1827. 


The  name  Mead  is  the  English 
MEAD  form  of  the  Norman  de  Prato, 
Hervey  de  Prato  in  1200,  in  Nor- 
mandy, was  King  John's  knight  and  the  cus- 
tody of  Rouen  Castle  was  given  to  his  brother. 
In  1180-95,  there  is  found  in  the  Norman  rec- 
ords the  names  of  William,  Robert.  Matilda, 
Roger  and  Reginald  de  Prato,  and  in  1198 
those  of  Richard  and  Robert  de  Prato.  The 
following  year,  in  Essex,  England,  occurs  the 
name  of  Roger  de  Prato,  and  the  same  year 
also  that  of  Walter  de  Prato  in  Hereford, 
England. 

De  Prato  as  translated  into  English  became 
Mead.  Meade,  Mede  and  Meads.  The  first  of 
the  Mead  or  Meade  family  who  came  origin- 
ally from  Somersetshire  into  county  Essex  was 
Thomas  Meade,  Esq.,  who  in  the  reign  of 
King  Henry  VI.  settled  at  Elmdon.    The  coat- 


of-arms  is  thus  described:  Sable,  a  chevron  be- 
tween three  pelicans  or  vulnant  gules. 

(I)  William  Mead,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  a  brother  of  Gabriel  or  Goodman  Mead, 
and  came  with  the  latter  in  the  ship  "Eliza- 
beth," 1635,  from  England.  Goodman  Mead 
remained  in  Massachusetts,  but  William  went 
into  the  Connecticut  Valley,  and  settled  first 
in  Wethersfield,  and  in  1641  removed  to  Stam- 
ford. He  received  from  the  town  of  Stam- 
ford, December  7.  1641,  a  home  lot  and  five 
acres  of  land.  His  wife  died  in  Stamford, 
-September  16,  1657,  but  no  record  of  his  death 
has  been  found.  Children :  Joseph,  born  in 
1630:  Martha,  about  1632;  John,  mentioned 
below;  Son,  died  in  1658. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Mead,  was  born 
about  1634,  died  February  5,  1699.  He  lived 
in  Stamford  until  1657,  when  he,  with  Joseph 
his  brother,  removed  to  Hempstead.  Long 
Island.  In  1660  he  again  removed  to  Old 
Greenwich.  Connecticut,  and  October  26th  of 
that  year  bought  land  from  Richard  Crab.  In 
1670  he  was  propounded  for  a  freeman  of 
Greenwich,  and  in  1670-80-86  was  a  member 
of  the  assembly.  .About  1672  a  number  of  citi- 
zens of  Greenwich,  together  with  some  from 
other  colonies  than  Connecticut,  bought  from 
a  few  Indians  a  tract  of  land  within  the  bounds 
of  Greenwich,  then  called  Horseneck,  and  now 
known  as  Greenwich  Borough.  These  pur- 
chasers were  twenty-seven  in  number,  and 
were  called  the  "2j  proprietors  of  1672."  On 
the  list  are  the  names  of  John  and  Joseph 
-Mead.  In  1691  John  Mead  with  his  son  John, 
and  others,  was  appointed  on  a  committee  to 
procure  materials  and  build  a  new  meeting 
house.  He  married,  in  1657,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Potter,  of  Stamford,  and 
through  her  received  a  considerable  amount 
of  property.  Children  :  John  ;  Joseph  :  Han- 
nah :  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan ; 
David:  Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Nathan- 
iel ;  Samuel ;  .Abigail ;  Mary. 

(HI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Mead,  was 
born  in  1663,  died  in  1728.  He  is  on  the  list 
of  voters  in  Horseneck  in  1688,  and  on  the 
ta.x  list  of  Greenwich  in  the  years  1694-95. 
The  following  year  he  was  apix)inted  by  the 
town  to  keep  the  tavern,  which  stood  on  the 
same  site  for  nearly  two  hundred  years,  and 
had  a  thrilling  history  during  the  colonial  and 
revolutionary  wars.  He  married.  1691,  Sarah 
Knapp,  of  Stamford.  Children:  Ebenezer. 
mentioned  below;  Caleb,  born  1694;  Sarah, 
1696:  Hannah,  1698;  Jabez.  1700;  David, 
1702:  .Abigail.  1704;  Susanna.  1706;  [emima. 
1708. 

CIV)  Ebenezer  (2).  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Mead,  was  born  October  25,  1692,  died  May 


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3,  1775.  He  married,  December  12,  1717,  Han- 
nah Brown.  Children :  Ebenezer,  born  Octo- 
ber 8,  1718;  Silas,  May  22,  1720;  Rev.  Abra- 
ham, December  5,  1721,  died  1743;  Jonas,  De- 
cember 25,  1723;  Rev.  Solomon,  December  25, 
1725;  Deliverance,  mentioned  below;  Dr. 
Amos,  February  22,  1730;  Edmund,  1732; 
Hannah,  December  5,  1734:  Jabez,  November 

4,  1737;  Jared.  December  15,  1738;  Captain 
Abraham,  December  14,  1742. 

(V)  Deliverance,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Mead,  was  born  May  4.  1728.  riied  May  3, 
1785.  He  married,  June  11,  1759,  Abigail, 
born  February  22,  1738,  died  April  28,  1807, 
daughter  of  Captain  Isaac  Howe.  Children : 
Elizabeth,  born  April  ig,  1760;  Sarah,  Novem- 
ber 7,  1761  ;  Rachel,  August  25,  1763;  Han- 
nah, August  10,  1765;  Jabez,  February  13, 
1767,  died  October  29,  1769;  Robert,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1768;  Mary,  Alarch  25,  1771,  died 
November  11,  1776;  Huldah,  February  26, 
1773;  Ephraim,  mentioned  below:  Jabez,  .\u- 
gust  22,  1777;  Zenas.  December  10,  1779. 

(VI)  Ephraim,  son  of  Deliverance  Mead, 
was  born  Alarch  15,  1775,  died  July  16,  1850. 
He  married  i\zuba,  born  January  9,  1787,  died 
January  21,  1861,  daughter  of  Jonah  Mead. 
Children:  Mary  H.,  born  February  2,  1810; 
Huldah,  February  5,  1812;  Thirza.  July  26, 
1814,  died  April  14,  1830:  Jane,  July  23,  1817; 
Elthea,  July  26,  1820,  died  April  5,  1830; 
Isaac  Howe,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Isaac  Howe,  son  of  Ephraim  Mead, 
was  born  July  4,  1823,  died  December  13, 
1889.  He  married  Mary  E.,  daughter  of 
Zophar  Mead,  of  New  York  City,  mentioned 
below.  Children :  Ephraim,  September  7, 
1856;  Elbert  L.,  September  11,  1857,  died 
young;  Dr.  Clarkson  S..  February  19,  1859; 
Willard  H.,  April  26,  i860;  Spencer  P.,  men- 
tioned below :  Thomas  M.,  May  25,  1865 ; 
Amos  H.,  February  i,  1869. 

(VIII)  Spencer  Percival,  son  of  Isaac 
Howe  Mead,  was  born  at  Greenwich,  Con- 
necticut, March  23,  1863.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools,  at  the  Greenwich 
Academy  and  at  the  New  York  Law  School, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1893,  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  In  the  same 
year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York 
and  he  practiced  in  that  city  for  six  years. 
For  several  years  he  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Lawyers'  Insurance  and  Trust  Company  of 
New  York.  He  has  been  keenly  interested  in 
local  and  faniily  history  and  is  the  author  of 
"Ye  Historic  of  ye  Town  of  Greenwich,  Conn." 
and  "History  and  Genealogical  Record  of  the 
Mead  and  Reynolds  Families  in  America."  He 
has  contributed  much  to  current  literature. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  England  Society 

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of  New  York,  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars.  He  was  made  a 
Mason  in  Acacia  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  of 
Greenwich,  Connecticut,  and  has  taken  all  the 
degrees  in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry,  including 
the  thirty-second.     He  is  unmarried. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Mead,  was 
born  in  May,  1666,  died  February  27,  1746. 
He  married  (first)  May  10,  1700,  Sarah 
Waterbury,  of  Stamford,  Connecticut,  born 
-August  15,  1677;  (second)  Rachel  Brown,  of 
Rye.  Children  of  first  wife:  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  born  June  3,  1702;  Eli- 
phalet,  March  14,  1704,  Elizabeth.  November 
2,  1705;  Keziah,  February  10,  1707.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Rachel,  May  30.  1717;  Oba- 
diah,  February  20.  1719;  Zeb'ediah,  August  16, 
1720;  Nehemiah,  1721  ;  Mary,  1724;  Hannah, 
1726. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Renjamin  (i) 
Mead,  was  born  March  18.  1701,  died  Octo- 
ber 22,  1782.  He  married,  November  18,  1728. 
Martha  Ferris,  born  November  8.  1708,  died 
November  6,  1797.  Children:  Benjamin,  born 
August  15,  1729;  Thaddeus,  November  16, 
1730;  Martha,  July  18,  1732;  Sarah,  .Xugust 
10,  1735;  Elizabeth,  October,  1737;  Sylvanus, 
mentioned  below;  Gideon,  .\pril  18,  1741 ; 
"Mary,    September   29,    1743;   Rachel,   .August 

31.  1745- 

(V)  Captain  Sylvanus  Mead,  son  of  Benja- 
min (2)  Mead,  was  born  January  19,  1739, 
died  in  1780,  in  the  revolution.  He  married 
Sybil,  daughter  of  Jonas  Wood,  of  Hunting- 
ton, Nassau  Island,  now  Long  Island.  Chil- 
dren :  Whitman,  mentioned  below  ;  Piatt,  born 
June  16,  1768;  Gideon,  November  i,  1771 ; 
.Asel,  May  i,  1774. 

(VT)  Whitman,  son  of  Captain  Sylvanus 
Mead,  was  born  May  3,  1764,  died  January, 
1795.  He  married,  1787,  Rachel,  daughter  of 
Deliverance  Mead,  mentioned  above.  Chil- 
dren :  Mary,  born  February  14,  1788 ;  Zophar, 
mentioned  below;  Whitman.  August  5.  1792. 

(VII)  Zophar,  son  of  Whitman  Mead,  was 
born  December  20,  1790,  died  October  3,  1838 
He  married,  April  26,  1820,  Martha,  born  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1799,  died  May  29,  1869,  daughter 
of  David  Seaman.  Children :  Araminta,  born 
March  6.  1821  ;  Marie  A.,  June  7,  1822,  died 
young;  Mary  E.,  October  18,  1823,  married 
Isaac  Howe  Mead,  mentioned  above. 


William  Britton.  the  pioneer 
BRITTON     ancestor  in  this  country,  came 

from  Bristol,  England,  and  set- 
tled in  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  The  family 
name  in  England  was  Summerill.  but  this  son 
William,  before  leaving  England,  took  his 
mother's  famih-  name  which  was  Britton.  This 


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change  of  name  is  proven  by  letter  written  from 
father  to  son.  He  was  a  sea  captain.  He 
married,  on  Sunday,  May  22,  1785,  at  New- 
port, EHzabeth  Clarke,  daughter  of  Audley 
and  Margaret  (Howland  or  Hulin)  Clarke 
(see  Clarke  I\')-  Children,  born  at  Newport: 
William,  mentioned  below ;  Alargaret,  April 
15,  1787;  Eliza,  April  15,  1790,  died  August 
23,  1791 ;  Eliza,  September  17,  1793,  died  Sep- 
tember 16,  1794;  Nathaniel  Mumford,  May 
22,  1795;  Eliza,  August  21.  1798;  John  Henry, 
January  15,  1803,  died  July,  1816;  John  Henry, 
September  5,  1805,  died  September,  1S19. 
William  Britton  died  at  Esopus,  Ulster  county. 
New  York,  November  i,  1836.  His  wife  was 
born  in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  July  28,  1765, 
died  October  21,  1819. 

(H)  Captain  William  (2)  Britton,  son  of 
William  (i)  Britton,  was  born  at  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  March  6,  1786,  died  in  New 
York,  May  27,  1857.  He  was  a  sea  captain. 
He  married  (first)  April  5,  1804,  Ann  Price; 
(second)  Sarah  Packer,  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land. Children :  Mary  Ann,  born  September 
26,  1805;  William  Audley,  mentioned  below; 
John  Price,  May  16,  1813. 

(III)  William  Audley,  son  of  Captain  Will- 
iam (2)  Britton,  was  born  at  Newport,  Rhode 
Island,  April  11,  181 1.  He  was  educated  in* 
the  public  schools.  He  engaged  in  business  as 
a  banker  in  Mississippi,  and  died  in  New  York 
City  in  1874.  He  married,  July  16,  1844,  Mary 
Ann  Adams,  born  April  23,  1822,  in  Durham, 
New  York,  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Almira 
L.  (Mills)  Adams,  and  a  descendant  of  George 
.\dams,  of  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  Almira 
L.  Mills  was  a  descendant  of  Peter  Wautrous 
\'an  Der  Meulen  (Dermenen),  who  came  from 
Holland  and  whose  name  was  anglicized  to 
Mills.  Children :  Charles  Price,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Reuben  Adams,  born  in  Kent,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1849.  married  Matilda  Dunbar,  of 
Natchez,  Mississippi,  and  had  a  daughter 
Gladys. 

(IV)  Charles  Price,  son  of  William  .\ud- 
ley  Britton.  was  born  at  Kent,  Connecticut, 
June  2~.  1845.  He  attended  the  district  schools 
in  Connecticut,  and  private  schools  in  New 
York  City,  .\fterward  for  a  time  he  was  a 
clerk,  and  at  the  time  of  his  marriage  he  was 
admitted  to  partnership  in  the  dry  goods  job- 
bing firm  of  William  I.  Peake  &  Company. 
.After  five  years  in  this  firm  he  became  in  1871 
a  stock  broker  and  has  continued  in  that  busi- 
ness to  the  present  time.  His  office  is  at  ill 
Broadway,  New  York  City.  His  firm  is  Charles 
P.  Britton  &  Company.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  the  Society  of 
Colonial  Wars,  the  New  England  Society  of 
New  York,  the  Union  League  Club  of  New 


York.  In  politics  he  is  an  Independent.  He 
was  formerly  in  the  state  militia  and  is  now  a 
veteran  member  of  the  Seventh  Regiment, 
New  York  National  Guard.  He  is  a  communi- 
cant of  the  Fifth  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church. 
He  married,  September  5,  1866,  Caroline 
Berry,  born  in  Kent,  Connecticut,  in  October, 
1846,  daughter  of  John  Clark  and  Ann 
(Marsh)  Berry.  Children:  i.  William  Adams, 
bom  in  Kent,  August  17,  1868,  died  in  Ashe- 
ville.  North  Carolina,  September  29,  1888.  2. 
Mary  Marsh,  bom  in  New  York  City,  March 
13.  '^'^77)'  died  November  20.  1875.  3-  Henry 
Berry,  born  September  5,  1878,  a  graduate  of 
Columbia  University,  class  of  1901,  a  mechan- 
ical engineer  by  profession,  now  a  partner  in 
his  father's  firm  of  Charles  P.  Britton  &  Com- 
pany, stock  brokers ;  married  Marian  W.  G., 
daughter  of  Horace  S.  and  Fanny  (Griswold) 
Ely;  children:  Charles  Price,  born  October  11, 
1909  ;  Horace  Ely,  born  October  9,  1910. 

(The  Clarke  Line). 

The  name  Qarke  is  derived  from  the  Latin 
word,  "clericus,"  meaning  a  priest,  or  one  con- 
nected with  the  service  of  the  church.  At  first 
the  name  was  used  to  designate  those  in  cleri- 
cal orders,  but  was  later  given  to  all  who  were 
able  to  read  and  write. 

(I)  Jeremiah  Qarke,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  the  Newport  branch,  came  to  America 
before  1638,  and  in  that  year  was  admitted  an 
inhabitant  of  the  island  of  Aquidneck,  later 
Newport,  Rhode  Island.  He  and  eight  others 
signed    a   compact   at    Portsmouth,    April   28, 

1639,  preparatory  to  the  settlement  of  New- 
port. The  same  year  he  was  present  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  inhabitants,  and  was  made  treasurer, 
tie  held  various  important  positions  in  the 
town;  1639-40  constable:  1642,  lieutenant; 
1644,  captain;  1644-45-46-47  treasurer  for 
Newport;  1647-48-49  treasurer  for  the  four 
towns  of  the  colony.  In  1648  he  was  an  assist- 
ant and  became  president  regent,  with  the 
power  of  governor  under  this  title.    In  March, 

1640,  he  had  land  recorded  to  the  amount  of 
one  hundred  and  si.xteen  acres,  and  that  same 
year  was  chosen  with  two  others  to  lay  out  the 
remainder  of  the  lands  at  Newport.  He  mar- 
ried, before  leaving  England,  Frances,  born 
161 1,  died  September,  1677,  daughter  of  Lewis 
Latham,  sergeant,  falconer  to  King  Charles  I., 
and  widow  of  William  Dungan,  performer  of 
St.  Martin's  in  Field  Parish,  London.  She 
came  to  New  England  with  her  second  hus- 
band, Jeremiah  Clarke,  and  her  four  children, 
one  son  and  three  daughters.  She  married 
(third)  Rev.  William  \'aughan.  Jeremiah 
Clarke  died  in  Newport,  January,  1651-52. 
Children:    Walter,    born    1637;    Mary,    1641 ; 


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Jeremiah,  mentioned  below  ;  Latham  ;  Weston, 
April  5,  1648;  James,  1649;  Sarah,  1651. 

(II)  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Jeremiah  (i) 
Clarke,  was  born  1643,  died  January  16,  1729. 
In  1666  he  was  a  freeman.  In  1696-98-99- 
1700-01-02-03-04-05,  he  was  deputy.  He  was 
ordained  deacon  of  the  Second  Baptist  Church 
in  1701.  He  deeded  one-half  of  his  lands  in 
Providence  and  in  Connecticut  to  his  son 
James,  September  17,  169 1,  and  on  the  same 
date,  the  other  half  of  the  above  lands  to 
his  son-in-law,  Jeremiah  Weeden,  for  three 
pounds,  and  the  sum  of  three  pounds  annually 
during  the  life  of  Jeremiah  and  his  wife  Ann. 
He  married  Ann  Audley,  who  died  December 
15,  1732.  Oiildren :  Jeremiah:  Henry,  men- 
tioned below  ;  James  ;  Samuel :  Weston  ;  Fran- 
ces, born  December  15,  1669;  Mary,  died  1756, 
married  Jeremiah  Weeden  ;  Anne,  born  1675  ; 
Sarah,  died  1729. 

(III)  Henry,  son  of  Jeremiah  (2)  Clarke, 
married  Judith  Peckham.  Children:  James, 
married  Catherine  Magee ;  William,  married 
Diana  Davis;  Anne,  married  William  Pike; 
Hannah,  married  Richard  Moore,  January  9, 
1734:  Judith,  married  Job  Hubbard;  Audley, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Audley,  son  of  Henry  Clarke,  of  New- 
port, Rhode  Island,  was  born  about  1738.  He 
married,  at  Newport,  December  7,  1760,  IVIar- 
garet  Hulin,  or  Howland,  and  she  died  No- 
vember 4,  1784.  He  is  in  the  census  of  New- 
port as  having  one  male  over  sixteen,  one 
female  over  sixteen,  and  two  females  under 
sixteen,  in  1774.  Children:  Henry,  born  at 
Newport,  October  19,  1761  ;  Olive,  March  26, 
1763:  Elizabeth,  July  28,  1765,  married,  Sun- 
day, May  22,  1785,  William  Britton,  of  Bristol, 
England    (see    Britton    I);    Sarah,    July    29, 


The  name  of  Lockwood  is 
LOCKWOOD     of  ancient  origin,  and  dates 

back  over  eight  hundred 
years,  when  it  is  mentioned  in  Domesday 
Book.  During  the  reign  of  Edward  III.,  1327- 
jj,  a  John  Lockwood  was  attached  to  the  royal 
party,  fought  at  Naseby,  and  was  wounded 
there.  There  were  families  of  the  name  in 
county  Essex  and  county  Northampton  as 
early  as  1530.  At  that  date  Rev.  Richard 
Lockwood,  rector  of  Dingley,  in  Northampton- 
shire, had  a  coat-of-arms  granted  to  him,  as 
follows:  Argent,  a  fesse  between  three  mart- 
letts  sable. 

(I)  Robert  Lockwood,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, came  from  England  about  1630,  and 
settled  first  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  made  a  freeman,  March  9,  1636- 
37.     About  1646  he  removed  to  Fairfield,  and 


was  made  a  freeman  of  Connecticut,  May  20, 
1652.  His  name  is  recorded  as  a  settler  in 
Fairfield  as  early  as  1641,  and  in  May,  1657, 
he  was  appointed  sergeant  there.  He  died  in 
1658,  and  an  inventory  of  his  estate  was  made 
September  nth  of  that  year.  He  is  supposed 
to  have  lived  for  a  time  in  Norwalk,  Connecti- 
cut. While  living  in  Watertown  he  was  exec- 
utor of  the  estate  of  one  Edmund  Lockwood, 
supposed  to  be  his  brother.  His  wife  was 
Susannah,  who  survived  him,  and  married 
( second  j  Jeffrey  Ferris.  She  died  at  Green- 
wich, December  23,  1660.  Children,  the  first 
six  born  in  Watertown :  Jonathan,  September 
10,  1634;  Deborah,  October  12,  1636;  Joseph, 
August  6,  1638;  Daniel,  March  21,  1640;  Eph- 
raim,  mentioned  below ;  (krshom,  September 
6,  1643  ;  John ;  Abigail,  married  John  Barlow, 
of  I'^airfield ;  Sarah ;  Mary,  married  Jonathan 
Huested. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  Robert  Lockwood, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember I,  1641.  He  removed  with  his  parents 
when  a  child  to  Fairfield,  and  afterward  lived 
in  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  His  name  appears 
in  the  list  of  home  lots  there,  and  he  was  made 
a  freeman,  October,  1667.  He  bought  the 
home  lot  of  Jonathan  Marsh,  December  30, 
1664.  He  married,  June  8,  1665,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Matthias  Sention  Sr.,  of  Norwalk. 
The  name  is  now  written  St.  John.  Children : 
John,  born  March  19,  1666;  Daniel,  August 
13,  1668:  Sarah,  November  3,  1670;  Ephraim, 
May  I,  1673;  Eliphalet,  mentioned  below;  Jo- 
seph. April  I,  1680;  James,  April  21,  1683; 
Edmund,  died  unmarried ;  Mary,  married  Jo- 
seph Garnsey ;  Abigail,  married  Cook. 

(HI)  Deacon  Eliphalet  Lockwood,  son  of 
Ephraim  Lockwood,  was  bom  February  27, 
1675-6,  died  October  14,  1753  ;  born  and  buried 
in  Norwalk.  He  was  representative  from  Nor- 
walk to  the  general  assembly  in  May,  1724.  He 
married,  October  11,  1699,  Mary,  born  about 
1673,  'i'S'J  March  6,  1761,  daughter  of  John 
Gold,  of  Stamford,  Connecticut.  Children, 
born  in  Norwalk:  Hannah,  July  28,  1700,  died 
July  16,  1712;  Damaris,  November  7,  1701  ; 
Son,  born  November  28,  died  December  20, 
1703:  Mary,  November  4,  1704;  Eliphalet, 
June  2.  1706;  John,  January  8,  1707-08; 
Mercy,  April  11,  1709,  died  October  i,  1712; 
Peter,  mentioned  below;  Hannah,  July  12, 
1712.  died  October  27,  1713;  .\bigail,  October 

17.  1716. 

( I\')  Deacon  Peter  Lockwood,  son  of  Dea- 
con Eliphalet  Lockwood.  was  born  in  Norwalk, 
March  16.  1710-11,  died  in  Danbury,  Connect- 
icut, in  1775.  He  was  representative  from 
Norwalk  six  times  between  the  years  1755 
and  1764.     Before  he  removed  to  Danbury  he 


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had  been  appointed  deacon.  His  will  was 
made  .August  26,  1775.  and  proved  November 
I,  1775.  He  married  (first),  September  8, 
1737,  Abigail  Hawley,  died  June  6,  1749, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hawley,  of  Ridge- 
field,  Connecticut.  He  married  (second), 
January  i,  1750-51,  Elizabeth,  born  Febru- 
ary 17,  1727-28,  daughter  of  David  and  Lau- 
rana  (Bill)  Lambert,  and  granddaughter  of 
John  Bill,  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried (third)  Hannah  Fitch.  Children  of  . 
first  wife:  Abigail,  born  October  17,  1738; 
Eliphalet.  October  17,  1741  ;  Hannah,  Sep- 
tember 2;^,  1743  :  Mary,  .\ugust  31,  1745  :  Dor- 
othy, December  7,  1747,  died  June  23,  1750. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Lambert,  December 
14,  1753,  died  January  i,  1754;  Dorothy,  Au- 
gust 10,  1755;  Lambert,  mentioned  below; 
Gould. 

( \' )  Lambert,  son  of  Deacon  Peter  Lock- 
wood,  was  born  in  Xorwalk,  July  17,  1757, 
died  February  11,  1825.  He  was  assistant 
quartermaster-general  in  the  revolution,  and 
his  widow  received  a  pension  at  the  rate  of 
$600  a  year.  During  the  British  attack  on 
Danbury,  April  26,  1777,  he  was  sent  by 
Colonel  Cook,  then  in  command  there,  to  Gen- 
eral Silliman  for  arms  and  ammunition,  but 
coming  suddenly  upon  the  British  troops  near 
Reading  Church,  was  made  a  prisoner.  He 
was  recognized  by  General  Tryon,  the  British 
commander,  as  a  young  man  who  had  for- 
merly given  him  aid  when  his  carriage  broke 
down  while  passing  through  Norwalk,  and 
was  consequently  taken  under  the  general's 
protection.  In  the  latter's  hasty  retreat  from 
Danbury,  however,  he  was  interrupted  while 
writing  a  protection  for  him,  and  left  him  to 
take  care  of  himself.  He  was  a  merchant  by 
occupation,  and  about  1792,  with  J.  S.  Cannon, 
built  a  store  and  wharf  at  Bridgeport,  and  ran 
a  packet  sloop,  the  "Juba,"  to  New  York.  In 
1794  he  removed  from  Wilton  to  Bridgeport, 
and  lived  on  the  north  side  of  State  street. 
When  the  Bridgeport  Bank  was  incorporated 
in  1806  he  was  a  subscriber,  and  February  3, 
1807,  was  elected  a  director.  In  i8ii  he  was 
first  clerk  of  the  Bridgeport  and  Stratford 
Burying  Ground  .Association.  He  was  a  pew- 
holder  in  the  old  Congregational  church  in 
1835.  Two  of  his  sons  were  clergymen.  He 
was  a  public-spirited  man,  of  fine  presence 
and  agreeable  manners.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1793,  Elizabeth,  born  March  i,  1771, 
died  February  3,  1846.  daughter  of  Rev.  .\zel 
Roe.  of  Woodbridge.  New  Jersey.  Children: 
Rebecca  Roe.  born  1794:  Frederick,  April  7, 
1796;  Peter,  February  9,  1798;  Roe,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  1802. 

(V'l)   Roe,  son  of  Lambert  Lockwood,  was 


born  in  Bridgeport,  1800.  died  in  1871.  He 
removed  to  New  York.  He  married,  June  19, 
1821,  Julia  G.  Gouge,  of  Bridgeport.  Chil- 
dren :  George  Roe,  mentioned  below ;  Freder- 
ick, died  young ;  Catharine  G.,  born  August 
31,  1825;  Julia,  January  19,  1828;  Elizabeth 
Roe,  December  25,  1839;  Louisa  Matilda,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1841. 

(\TI)  George  Roe,  son  of  Roe  Lockwood, 
was  born  March  31,  1822,  in  Bridgeport.  He 
married,  June  7.  1848,  Mary  Elizabeth,  born 
1826,  in  Hartford,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Martha  (  Smith  )  Bigelow.  She  was  the  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Clarissa  (Hillyer)  Bige- 
low, great-granddaughter  of  John  and  Hannah 
( Wadsworth )  Bigelow.  great-great-grand- 
daughter of  Timothy  and  .Abigail  (Olcott) 
Bigelow,  great-great-great-granddaughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Mabel  (Edwards)  Bigelow, 
great-great-great-great-granddaughter  of  Jon- 
athan and  Rebecca  (Shephard)  Bigelow,  and 
great-great-great-great-great-granddaughter  of 
John  Bigelow.  Children,  born  in  New  York 
City:  Ella,  October  2,  1849;  Richard  Bigelow, 
December  7,  1850;  Mary  Elizabeth,  May  17, 
1854;  George  Roe,  mentioned  below. 

(\  III)  Dr.  George  Roe  (2)  Lockwood,  son 
of  George  Roe  (i)  Lockwood,  was  born 
March  7,  1861,  in  New  York  City.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  was  graduated 
from  the  College  of  the  City  of  New  York  in 
the  class  of  1881  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.  He  studied  medicine  in  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Columbia  Uni- 
versity and  received  his  degree  of  M.  D.  in 
1884.  He  spent  a  year  abroad,  traveling  and 
studying  in  the  medical  schools  and  hospitals 
of  the  old  world  and  since  his  return  has  been 
in  practice  in  New  York  City,  making  a  spe- 
cialty of  diseases  of  the  stomach.  He  is  on 
the  stafT  of  the  Bellevue  Hospital  of  New  York 
City.  He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Med- 
ical .Association,  and  the  city,  county  and 
state  medical  societies. 

He  married,  November  4,  1893,  Elizabeth, 
born  in  New  York  City.  1872.  died  August  19, 
191 1,  daughter  of  Horace  and  5lelvina 
(  Brown  )  Dennett,  of  New  York. 


Albertus  Simon  appears  to  be 
SIMMONS  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this 
family.  He  was  of  Ehitch  an- 
cestry and  settled  in  Rensselaerwyck,  in  or 
near  what  is  now  Troy,  New  York,  then  in  Al- 
bany county.  He  was  born  in  1728.  -At  an 
early  date  families  of  English  ancestry  named 
Simmons  appeared  in  New  York  and  the  name 
Simonds  was  common  in  Massachusetts.  Si- 
monds  is  also  an  English  surname.  While  all 
have  a  similar  derivation  from  the  personal  or 


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baptismal  name  Simon,  which  dates  back  of 
Biblical  times,  and  while  Simon  became  a 
surname  in  this  family,  it  may  have  been  a 
patronymic  for  several  generations  earlier.  It 
is  impossible  to  trace  many  of  the  early  Dutch 
families  of  New  York,  because  for  several  gen- 
erations they  continued  to  use  patronymics  in- 
stead of  surnames. 

But  before  the  revolution  Simon  was  well 
established  as  a  surname  and  in  New  York 
state  we  find  Antras,  Battis,  Henrich,  Jacob 
and  John  Simon,  evidently  of  Dutch  stock,  in 
the  American  army.  Henry,  or  Heinrich,  and 
Jacob,  were  living  in  Rensselaerwyck,  Albany 
county,  when  the  first  federal  census  was 
taken  in  1790,  doubtless  the  same  Simons  who 
served  in  the  revolution.  Peter  and  Helmers 
also  were  heads  of  families  in  the  same  local- 
ity, and  Albertus  Simon,  of  Rensselaerwyck, 
had  four  males  over  sixteen,  three  under  that 
age  and  six  females  in  his  family.  Judging 
from  the  fact  that  he  had  so  numerous  a  farri- 
ily  living  in  1790  at  home,  we  are  led  to  the 
conclusion  that,  if  he  were  the  immigrant,  he 
must  have  had  brothers  or  relations  of  the 
name  who  settled  in  the  same  section. 

(II)  Christian  John  Simon,  one  of  the 
younger  sons  of  Albertus  Simon,  was  born  at 
Rensselaerwyck,  New  York,  probably  about 
1775.  He  married  Patience  Safford.  of  Green- 
wich, New  York,  now  Washington  county. 

(III)  Joseph  Ferris  Simmons,  as  the  name 
is  now  spelled,  son  of  Christian  John  Simon, 
was  born  in  1818,  in  the  town  of  Brunswick, 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  died  July  8, 
1879.  He  married  Mary  Sophia  Gleason,  born 
18 19.  died  July  5,  1872,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Gleason.  of  Shaftsbury,  New  York.  Children : 
I.  Joseph  Edwards,  who  was  president  of  the 
Fourth  National  Bank  of  New  York  City ; 
president  of  the  New  York  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce in  1909-10;  president  of  the  New  York 
Stock  Exchange :  grand  master  of  the  Free 
Masons  of  New  York  State :  president  of  the 
Board  of  Education  of  New  York  City:  his 
son,  Joseph  F.  Simmons,  is  a  member  of  the 
New  York  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  2.  Dr. 
Charles  Ezra,  mentioned  below.  3.  Emma 
Kate,  born  in  Troy,  New  York,  March  2,  1850; 
married  Charles  R.  Flint,  born  in  Thomaston, 
Maine,  late  of  Brooklyn  and  New  York. 

(IV)  Dr.  Charles  Ezra  Simmons,  son  of 
Joseph  Ferris  Simmons,  was  born  in  Troy, 
New  York.  August  16,  1840.  He  attended  a 
private  academy  at  Troy,  the  Sand  Lake 
Boarding  School,  and  in  1857  entered  Will- 
iams College,  .\fter  three  years  at  Williams 
he  entered  Beloit  College  at  Beloit,  Wisconsin, 
and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1861  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  .\rts.     He  studied 


for  a  year  at  the  University  of  Guttenburg, 
Germany,  and  in  1862-63  was  a  student  at 
Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  and  in  18^3-64  at  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  Columbia  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1864  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  From 
the  time  of  his  graduation  until  1868  he  prac- 
ticed in  Troy  and  since  then  in  New  York  City. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Medical  Society  of 
Greater  New  York,  of  the  New  York  Medical 
Society,  the  New  York  Academy  of  Medicine, 
the  American  Medical  .Association  and  the 
Alumni  Association  of  Williams  College  of 
New  York.  He  was  commissioner  of  chari- 
ties and  corrections  from  1885  to  1895  in  New 
York  City,  appointed  originally  by  Mayor 
Grace  and  reappointed  by  Mayor  Grant.  He 
has  written  from  time  to  time  various  medical 
monographs  and  was  the  first  to  report  a  case 
of  quinine  blindness.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Old  South  Dutch  Reformed  Church  of  New 
York  City.  In  politics  he  is  an  independent 
Democrat,  but  was  formerly  an  active  member 
of  Tammany  Hall  and  held  the  office  of 
Sachem  in  that  organization. 

He  married,  June  29,  1865,  Sarah  Ruby 
Gould,  born  July  6,  1842.  daughter  of  Jacob 
Gould,  of  Rochester,  New  York.  Children:  i. 
Edward  DeForest,  born  at  Rochester,  May  18, 
1866;  unmarried;  a  real  estate  dealer  in  New 
York  City.  2.  Mary  Sophia,  born  June  20, 
1868:  married  Henry  King  Browning,  a  mer- 
chant of  New  York  City;  children:  .Adelaide 
Scott  Browning,  born  ^Iarch  31,  1892;  Mar- 
jory Hull  Browning,  born  June  8,  1893;  Cath- 
erine Simmons  Browning,  born  April.  1895; 
Natalie  Hull  Browning,  born  September,  1896. 
3.  Ruby  Gould,  born  October  21,  1874,  in  New 
York  City. 


The  name  of  Norton  is  of  an- 
NORTON  cient  origin  and  the  many  dis- 
tinct families  in  .America  bear- 
ing it  are  undoubtedly  descended  from  the 
same  source.  Their  lineage  can  be  traced  back 
to  Le  Signr  de  Noruile  (Norvile),  who  crossed 
the  channel  with  the  Norman  Conqueror  and 
subsequently  served  as  the  latter"s  constable. 
This  de  Norvile  married  a  lady  of  the  famous 
house  of  Valois.  Dr.  Norton,  of  London.  Eng- 
land, has  made  much  research  to  discover  the 
earliest  origin  of  the  family  and  finds  it  first 
in  Norway,  whence  came  a  large  portion  of 
the  inhabitants  of  Normandy,  France,  the  orig- 
inal home  of  William  the  Conqueror.  In  Nor- 
way it  had  its  present  form,  but  the  influences 
of  the  French  language  changed  it  somewhat, 
being  made  Nordville  and  Norvile.  A  few 
generations  after  its  arrival  in  England  it  was 


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changed  to  the  original  form  of  Norton.  The 
senior  William  D.  Norvile  was  chamberlain  of 
William  the  Conqueror  at  the  time  of  the  con- 
quest. A  descendant  of  Cantable  de  Norville 
in  the  sixth  generation,  anglicized  the  name 
into  its  present  form  of  Norton.  Professor 
Charles  Eliot  Norton,  of  Harvard  University, 
is  a  lineal  descendant  of  the  constable  in  the 
twenty-first  generation.  In  addition  to  Norton 
street,  a  prominent  London  thoroughfare,  there 
are  in  England  several  important  rural  com- 
munities of  this  name — Chipping  Norton,  Sed- 
bey  Norton,  King's  Norton  and  Phillip's  Nor- 
ton, all  of  ancient  origin  and  doubtless  deriving 
their  name  from  some  prominent  family  or 
individual.  Several  immigrants  of  this  name 
are  mentioned  in  the  early  colonial  records  of 
New  England.  Captain  Walter  Norton  arrived 
in  America  in  1630.  George  Norton,  of  Salem, 
Ipswich,  and  other  places,  who  came  from 
London,  was  made  a  freeman  in  1634,  and  died 
in  1659.  William  Norton,  of  Hingham  and 
Ipswich,  born  in  England,  1610,  came  in  the 
"Hopewell"  in  1635,  and  took  the  freeman's 
oath  the  same  year.  Rev,  John  Norton,  brother 
of  William,  born  in  1605,  probably  in  London, 
emigrated  to  Massachusetts  Bay  in  1635,  short- 
ly after  graduating  from  Cambridge,  and  locat- 
ed in  Ipswich.  In  1656  he  became  pastor  of 
the  First  Church  in  Boston,  and  was  noted  for 
his  piety  and  learning.  Nicholas  Norton,  who 
is  thought  to  have  come  from  the  county  of 
Herts,  was  of  Weymouth,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1638,  removed  to  Martha's  'Vineyard, 
and  his  descendants  are  still  found  there.  A 
Francis  Norton  was  admitted  a  freeman  at 
Weymouth  in  1642.  Major  Peter  Norton,  an 
efficient  officer  in  the  revolutionary  war,  was  a 
son  of  Ebenezer,  grandson  of  Joseph,  and 
great-grandson  of  Joseph,  the  Martha's  Vine- 
yard settler. 

(I)  Nicholas  Norton  was  born  in  1610,  in 
England,  and  settled  in  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, among  the  pioneers.  February  20,  1639, 
he  bought  of  Richard  Standerwick,  of  Broad- 
way, Somersetshire,  a  clothier,  all  the  cattle  in 
the  hands  of  Mr.  Hull,  in  New  England.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  and  held  various  town 
offices.  He  removed  to  Martha's  Vineyard, 
and  died  there  in  1690,  aged  eighty  years.  Chil- 
dren :  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Nicholas; 
Isaac,  born  at  Weymouth,  May  3,  1641  ;  Jacob, 
March  i,  1644. 

(II)  Joseph  Norton,  born  about  1640,  was 
a  son  of  Nicholas  Norton,  and  may  have  been 
a  nephew  of  some  of  the  other  immigrants 
mentioned  in  a  preceding  paragraph,  though  no 
actual  proof  of  relationship  has  been  found. 
He  settled  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  in  the 
vicinity   of  which   the   Nortons  named   above 


settled.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  and 
fidelity  in  1677,  and  was  a  soldier  against  the 
Indians  in  1697.  He  died  November  16,  1721, 
at  Salisbury.  He  married,  March  10,  1662, 
Susanna,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Dorcas 
Getchell,  who  died  his  widow  .August  19,  1724. 
Children,  all  born  at  Salisbury:  i.  Son,  1662, 
died  young.  2.  Samuel,  October  11,  1663;  a 
soldier  in  service  at  Wells,  Maine,  in  1696.  3. 
Joseph,  August  14,  1665.  4.  Priscilla,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1667;  married  John,  son  of  Robert 
Ring.  5.  Solomon,  mentioned  below.  6.  Ben- 
jamin, March  24,  1671-72,  died  October,  1693. 
7.  Caleb,  June  25,  1675 :  married,  March  6, 
1699- 1 700,  Susanna  Frame;  was  a  soldier  in 
1697-98,  and  subsequently  removed  to  Bruns- 
wick, Maine.  8.  Flower,  November  21,  1677. 
9.  Joshua,  October  13,  1680,  died  January  22, 
1692-93. 

(III)  Solomon,  fourth  son  of  Joseph  and 
Susanna  (Getchell)  Norton,  was  born  January 
31,  1670,  in  Salisbury,  and  resided  in  that 
town,  where  he  died  May  2,  1721.  His  wife 
bore  the  baptismal  name  of  Sarah,  and  they 
had  children  in  Salisbury:  Miriam,  born  De- 
cember 4,  1695;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below; 
John,  January  14.  1701  ;  Maria,  November  9, 
1704;  Gideon,  August  i,  171 1. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  Solomon  and 
Sarah  Norton,  was  born  February  24,  1699, 
in  Salisbury,  and  settled  in  Newbury,  where 
he  died  February  27,  1756.  He  married  (first) 
in  Newbury,  June  14,  1722,  Margaret  Richard- 
son, born  September  27,  1699,  in  Newbury, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Margaret  (Godfrey) 
Richardson,  and  died  there  November  11, 
1742.  There  were  six  children  of  this  mar- 
riage: Judith.  1723;  Joshua,  November  4, 
1728:  Hannah,  died  young;  Benjamin,  August 
II,  1734,  died  young;  Hannah,  March  5,  1737; 
Miriam,  August  6,  1739.  Benjamin  Norton 
married  (second)  December  5,  1744,  Mercy 
Shute,  born  April  18,  1710,  in  Maiden,  Massa- 
chusetts, daughter  of  Richard  and  Lydia  Shute. 
Children  recorded  in  Newbury:  Mary,  born 
September  12,  1745;  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah,  May  24,  1751. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2),  third  son  of  Benjamin 
( I )  Norton  and  second  child  of  his  second 
wife,  Mary  Shute,  was  born  January  16,  1747, 
in  Newbury,  and  died  April  28,  1816,  in  New- 
buryport.  He  was  a  private  in  the  brigantine 
"Freedom,"  commanded  by  Captain  John 
Clouston,  in  June,  1776.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1775,  in  Newburyport,  Sarah  Wyatt, 
born  February  7,  baptized  February  8,  1776, 
in  the  Third  Church  of  Newbury,  daughter  of 
John  Wyatt,  and  died  March  7,  1834,  in  New- 
buryport. Children:  Benjamin,  born  July  21, 
1777;  Joshua,  died  young;  Sarah,  November 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


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3,  1780;  Hannah,  August  11,  1782;  Catherine, 
February  27,  1784;  Joshua,  January  5,  1786; 
Stephen,  January  8,  1788;  Mary  Brown,  C)cto- 
ber  31,  1790;  William,  January  8,  1792;  Eliza- 
beth, February  18,  1794;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below;  Charles,  May  4,  1798,  the  last  not  on 
Xevvburj'port  records. 

(\'I)  Daniel,  sixth  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Wyatt)  Norton,  was  born  Febru- 
ary 18,  1796,  in  Newburyport,  and  was  engaged 
in  the  sailmaking  business  during  the  greater 
part  of  his  active  career.  He  removed  to  Bos- 
ton about  1830,  and  died  at  Melrose,  Massa- 
chusetts, August  3.  1884.  He  married  (first)  in 
Newburyport,  August  19,  1819,  Jane  Cheever, 
born  there  July  17,  1801,  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  (Hidden)  Cheever,  and  died  Octo- 
ber 2,  1820,  in  Newburyport.  Their  only 
child,  Jane,  born  September  9,  1820,  died  1897, 
married  Samuel  Francis  Hunt,  of  Cambridge, 
who  died  the  same  year;  they  had  four  chil- 
dren: Charlotte  Jane,  born  June  30,  1846; 
Francis  Edgar,  June  20,  1848,  married  Re- 
becca Franklin  Nickerson,  January  15,  1885; 
Abigail  Elizabeth,  died  in  second  year ;  x\lfred 
Herbert,  September   15,   1861,  married,  April 

4,  1900,  Kathryn  Cecilia  Kyle,  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York,  and  has  children:  Alfred  Herbert, 
bom  June  i,  1901  ;  William  Edgar,  July  11, 
1906 ;  both  in  Colorado  Springs,  Colorado. 
Daniel  Norton  married  (second)  in  Newbury- 
port, March  20,  1822,  Mary  Carr,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1800,  on  Carr's  Island,  Newburyport, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Mary 
(Putnam)  Carr,  and  died  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  August  2,  1877.  Mary  (Carr) 
Norton  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  George 
Carr,  one  of  the  Mayflower  colony,  who  was 
born  about  1598-99  in  England,  and  was  ship 
carpenter  on  the  Mayflower.  He  married 
(first)  in  England,  Lucinda  Davenport,  who 
came  to  .America  with  him  and  was  one  of  the 
forty-one  who  died  at  Plymouth  in  the  suc- 
ceeding winter.  A  few  years  later  he  settled 
at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  found 
of  record  as  early  as  1633  and  had  a  house  lot 
in  1635.  He  removed  to  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  received  land  in  the  first 
division  in  that  town  in  1640-41-44,  and  his 
name  appears  in  most  of  the  early  lists  of  citi- 
zens. In  1640  the  town  granted  him  Carr's 
Island,  and  he  established  a  ferry  there  in 
1641.  In  1662  it  was  agreed  that  he  should 
have  a  common  right  in  .\mesbury  when  any 
of  his  sons  came  to  live  there,  and  he  received 
land  in  1668.  The  records  give  him  the  title 
of  "Mr.,"  which  was  given  in  those  days  only 
to  the  most  prominent  citizens.  He  agreed  to 
keep  the  ferry  in  .-Amesbury  at  Goodwin's 
Landing   in    .April,    1670.      He   died   .April   4, 


1682,  in  Salisbury.  He  had  married  (second) 
Elizabeth,  supposed  to  have  been  a  daughter 
of  Elder  Thomas  Oliver,  of  Boston,  as  James 
Oliver,  the  latter's  son,  is  spoken  of  in  the 
records  as  a  brother-in-law  of  George  Carr. 
She  survived  him,  was  a  member  of  the  Salis- 
bury church  in  1687,  and  died  May  6,  1691. 
Her  will  was  made  March  18,  1684,  and  proved 
June  30,  following  her  death.  Children :  Eliz- 
abeth, George,  Richard  (died  young),  Will- 
iam, James,  Mary,  Sarah,  John,  Richard  and 
.Anne.  Daniel  and  Mary  (Carr)  Norton  had 
children:  2.  Daniel,  born  June  4,  1823,  died 
March,  1900;  married  Hannah  Higgins,  of 
Charlestown,  who  died  in  1897;  children:  i. 
Ellen  Wade,  died  at  the  age  of  twenty-three 
years;  ii.  Alice  May,  born  May  22,  1857,  mar- 
ried John  Randall  Heath,  of'  Jamaica  Plain, 
Massachusetts,  and  had  a  son  Donald,  born 
June  24,  1883;  iii.  Ada  L.,  June  16,  1859,  mar- 
ried Winthrop  Messenger,  of  Melrose,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  has  children :  a.  Winthrop  Nor- 
ton, born  October  i,  1883;  b.  Stuart,  February 
14,  1891  ;  c.  Hazel,  September  17,  1893.  3. 
Mary  Elizabeth,  June  29,  1826;  married  (^first) 
January  31,  1847,  Allen  F.  Eastman,  who  died 
March  6,  1890;  their  daughter,  Mae  Aphia, 
died  in  her  second  year.  She  married  (sec- 
ond) December  18,  1902,  John  Mitchel  Osgood, 
who  died  October  14.  1908.  3.  .Clarissa  .Ann, 
February  12,  1829,  died  June  24,  1909;  mar- 
ried July  31,  1857,  Edward  John  Norris,  died 
1906;  children:  i.  Walter  Eliott,  died  in  fourth 
month;  ii.  Webster,  born  October  20,  1859; 
married  Margaret  Stetson ;  iii.  Clara  .Augusta, 
November  21,  1861,  married  .Arthur  E.  Rob- 
erts, and  had  daughters :  Marjorie,  born  De- 
cember 2j,  1890,  and  Emma  Norris,  died  in 
second  year;  iv.  George  Lincoln,  January  11, 
1866,  married  Rachel  Parker;  v.  Walter 
Henry,  March  6,  1870,  married  July  6,  1897, 
Effie  Louise  Shapleigh,  and  has  children :  a. 
Elizabeth,  born  .August  8,  1898;  b.  Katherine, 
June  7,  190 1  ;  c.  Edward  John.  March  21, 
1908;  d.  Emerson  Shapleigh,  October  31,  191 1  ; 
vi.  Emma  Josephine,  February  5,  1874,  died 
1910.  4.  Hannah  Bartlet,  .August  24,  1832; 
married  January  15,  1852,  Thomas  L.  Sum- 
mers: died  January  16,  1854.  5.  James  Carr, 
February  9,  1835,  died  at  age  of  twelve  days. 
6.  Sarah,  .August  15,  1836:  married  October  5, 
1856,  Thomas  L.  Summers,  who  died  January 
II,  1886:  children:  i.  Hannah  Frances,  born 
July  5,  1857;  married  .March  26.  1890,  William 
Merritt;  ii.  .Arthur  Warren.  May  21,  1859; 
married  Alabel  Bond,  and  has  children :  Grace 
B.,  born  March  31,  1897;  .Arline  W.,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1898;  .Arthur  Warren,  .April  18,  1902; 
iii.  Mary  Eunette,  February  24,  1864.  7.  Car- 
oline Duntlin,  .August  2,  1839  ;  married  Thomas 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


W.  Griffith  ;  children  :  i.  Mary  Eliza,  born  Jan- 
uary 8,  1866,  married.  August  12.  1890,  James 
Arthur  Crawford,  and  had  children:  Allen 
F.  E.,  died  in  sixteenth  year:  Phebe  Hooper, 
born  March  12,  1896:  ii.  William  Henry,  De- 
cember 13,  1868;  married  October  2,  1890, 
Abbie  Boston,  and  has  children :  Emory,  born 
March  28,  1891  ;  Florence  May,  January  23, 
1893;  Harold.  February  21,  1895;  Ralph,  De- 
cember 21.  1898.  8.  William  Edward,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Vll)  William  Edward,  youngest  child  of 
Daniel  and  Mary  (Carr)  Norton,  was  born 
June  28,  1843,  in  Boston,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Charlestown.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  attended  the  Lowell  Insti- 
tute science  lectures  and  art  classes,  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  life  classes  at  that 
institute.  Mr.  George  Hollingsworth  and  Mr. 
Carleton.  art  instructors  there,  were  Mr.  Nor- 
ton's first  teachers  in  art.  He  studied  anatomy 
under  Dr.  Rimmer,  of  Boston,  and  also  pur- 
sued that  subject  in  the  Harvard  Medical 
School,  the  Royal  Academy  in  London  and  the 
Beau.x  Arts  in  Paris.  When  quite  young  he 
learned  the  trade  of  house  sign  and  decorative 
painting,  but  his  wonderful  artistic  talent  fitted 
him  for  more  interesting  and  higher  work. 
When  a  mere  boy  he  manifested  a  talent  for 
art  and  had  a  wonderful  knack-  of  drawing, 
especially  of  horses  and  ships.  In  order  to 
satisfy  his  craving  for  knowledge  of  ships  and 
the  ocean,  he  went  to  sea  as  a  sailor.  Return- 
ing to  Boston  he  studied  painting  under  the 
lenowned  George  Inness,  of  that  city,  and 
took  a  studio,  soon  becoming  known  as  a 
marine  painter.  He  made  two  more  voyages 
as  a  sailor  prior  to  going  to  London,  England. 
in  1877,  and  in  1878  exhibited  three  pictures 
at  the  Royal  Academy,  following  which  he 
went  to  Paris  for  further  study  under  Jacques- 
son  de  la  Chevreuse  and  .\.  \'ollen,  and  at  the 
Beaux  .^rts.  Some  three  or  four  years  later 
he  visited  Italy  and  other  parts  of  Europe  and 
afterwards  opened  a  studio  in  [,ondon,  where 
he  lived  until  1902.  .At  the  Salon  in  Paris  in 
1895,  Mr.  Norton  received  honorable  mention, 
and  while  in  Europe  he  was  a  constant  and 
regular  exhibitor  in  the  Royal  .Academy  in 
London,  in  the  Paris  Salon,  and  in  many  of 
the  public  art  galleries  of  other  countries.  In 
the  L'nited  States  he  has  been  awarded  three 
gold  medals  for  his  work,  besides  two  Osborne 
prizes,  S500  each,  and  the  Jordan  prize.  $1,000. 
Since  1902  he  has  been  a  resident  of  New 
York  City,  his  studio  being  located  at  No.  193 1 
Broadway.  Mr.  Norton's  paintings  have  been 
chiefly  marine  views  and  scenes  pertaining  to 
and  having  to  do  with  the  sea  and  sailors. 
One  of  his  well-known  paintings  is  "The  Eng- 


lish Channel,"  which  adorns  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce  at  Boston,  and  he  also  painted  the 
celebrated  picture  entitled,  "Fight  of  the  Ala- 
bama and  Kearsarge,"  which  is  owned  by  the 
Historical  Society  of  Portland,  Maine.  "Fish 
Market,  Dieppe  France,"  which  hangs  in  the 
public  library  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  was 
executed  by  him,  as  was  also  "Crossing  the 
Grand  Banks,"  which  is  in'  the  Abbot  Hall, 
Marblehead,  Massachusetts.  Essex  Hall,  Sa- 
lem, Boston  Art  Club,  Boston  Athletic  Club, 
and  Black  Heath  Art  Club  of  London  own 
examples  of  his  work.  Three  more  of  his 
famous  pictures  are:  "The  Thames  from  Lon- 
don Bridge";  "Tranquillity";  "Midst  Fog  and 
Ice."  In  political  conviction  Mr.  Norton  is  a 
stalwart  Republican,  and  in  religious  matters 
he  is  independent.  He  is  affiliated  with  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  having  been  made  a  Mason 
in  Winslow  Lewis  Lodge  at  Boston,  in  1877. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Salamagimdi  Club  of 
New  York,  and  the  Boston  Art  Club,  and  was 
formerly  a  member  of  the  Natural  History 
Society,  Papyrus  Oub,  and  the  Boston  Yacht 
Club  of  Boston.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Na- 
tional Geographic  Society  of  Washington,  D.  C. 
He  married,  September  23,  1868.  Sarah  Dor- 
cas Ryan,  of  Grand  Manan,  New  Brunswick, 
Canada,  where  he  passed  several  summers 
sketching  the  rugged  and  picturesque  scenery 
of  that  locality.  Mrs.  Norton  was  born  Octo- 
ber 3,  1846,  and  died  in  New  York,  May  15, 
1904.  Children:  Gertrude  Maud,  born  Octo- 
ber 27,  1871,  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts: 
Florence  Edith,  July  i,  1879,  in  Paris  France. 


The  surname  Kinney  is  ident- 

KINNEY     ical  with  Kenney,  Kenny,  Keney, 

Kinnee,    Kene   and    Keny.   and 

the  spelling  is  found  varied  still  more  in  the 

earlv  records. 

f  I)  Henry  Kinney,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  1624.  of  English  ancestry  in  Holland. 
.According  to  some  accounts  he  was  born  in 
Norfolk,  England,  but  came  from  Holland  to 
.America.  He  was  first  at  Roxbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  placed  in  apprentice- 
ship to  William  Park,  of  Ro.xbury,  by  Vincent 
Potter,  probably  a  relative.  Kinney  removed 
thence  to  Salem,  Massachusetts,  about  1653. 
His  wife  .Ann  was  admitted  to  the  Salem 
church.  .August  24,  1654.  Children  and  dates 
of  bqptism :  John.  September  10,  1654:  Mary, 
July  3,  1659;  Sarah,  June  29,  1662;  Elizabeth, 
May  I,  1664:  child.  May  12,  1666;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Henry  Kinney,  was 
born  at  Salem,  January  r,  1655-56.  in  what 
is  now  Danvers,  Massachusetts.  He  resided 
at  Salem  village,  now  Danvers.     He  married, 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


May  23,  1677,  Elizabeth  Knight,  who  died  in 
1694.  Among  their  children  was  Thomas, 
who  removed  to  Preston,  Connecticut,  in  1715  ; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Kinney,  was 
born  at  Salem,  September  7,  1680,  died  in 
1745.  He  came  to  Preston,  Connecticut,  in 
1706,  was  a  farmer  at  Preston,  and  his  farm 
adjoined  that  of  his  brother  Thomas.  He  was 
captain  in  the  colonial  troops  in  the  Indian 
wars.  He  married,  in  1704,  at  Salem,  Keziah 
Peabody,  born  1686,  at  Topsfield,  died  at  Pres- 
ton, daughter  of  Jacob  and  Abigail  (Towne) 
Peabody,  of  Topsfield,  granddaughter  of  Fran- 
cis Peabody,  the  immigrant.  Children,  baptized 
at  Preston  (church  records)  :  Abigail,  Septem- 
ber 15,  1706;  Jacob,  July  2.  1707;  Zipporah, 
May  8,  1709;  Daniel,  July  8,  171 1 ;  Child,  Oc- 
tober 18.  1713;  Eunice,  .\pril  i,  1716;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Ezra,  September  20,   1727. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Kin- 
ney, was  born  at  Preston,  Connecticut,  bap- 
tized there  May  4,  1718,  died  in  Vermont.  He 
married  (first)  at  Preston,  now  Griswold, 
Sarah  Blunt,  who  died  in  1754.  He  married 
(second)  1755,  at  Norwich,  Jemima  (New- 
comb)  Lamb,  born  in  1730.  at  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut, died  in  Vermont,  daughter  of  Heze- 
kiah  and  Jerusha  (Bradford)  Newcomb,  and 
widow  of  Jonathan  Lamb,  of  Norwich.  She 
was  a  descendant  of  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford, who  came  in  the  "Mayflower."  She  was 
admitted  to  the  church  at  Preston  with  her  hus- 
band. May  30,  1756.  They  came  thither  from 
the  East  Norwich  Church.  Children,  baptized 
at  Preston  (church  records)  :  Joseph,  May  30, 
1756;  Jonathan,  September  25,  1757;  Daniel, 
October  28,  1759;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below; 
David,  June  13,  1762;  Bradford,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Rev.  Jonathan  Kinney,  son  of  Joseph 
(2)  Kinney,  was  baptized  at  Preston,  Con- 
necticut, June  13,  1762.  He  removed  to  Ver- 
mont with  his  parents.  He  lived  for  ten  years 
at  Bethel,  Vermont.  In  1793  he  came  to  Plain- 
field,  Vermont,  and  began  to  clear  a  farm  on 
Lot  No.  4,  working  through  the  week  and 
spending  his  Sundays  at  the  home  of  Seth 
Freeman.  He  built  a  frame  house  in  1794 
nearly  opposite  the  H.  Q.  Perry  house,  and  his 
was  the  first  frame  house  in  the  town  of  Plain- 
field.  In  February,  1795,  his  family  moved 
into  the  new  house.  He  was  the  first  minister 
of  the  Congregational  church.  He  died  at  Ber- 
lin in  1838.  Deacon  Justus  Kinney  afterward 
lived  on  his  farm.  Justus,  a  child  of  Rev. 
Jonathan  Kinney  was  the  first  person  buried 
in  the  town.  He  died  March  6,  1796.  David, 
another  child,  is  mentioned  below. 

(V)   Judge    Bradford    Kinney,    brother   of 


Rev.  Jonathan  Kinney,  was  baptized  at  Pn 
ton,  Connecticut,  September  15,  1765.  H 
came  to  Vermont  with  the  family  during  or 
just  after  the  revolution.  He  lived  at  Royal- 
ton  until  about  1795  when  he  came  to  Plain- 
field,  Vermont,  and  settled.  He  was  the  first 
representative  to  the  legislature ;  magistrate 
and  a  citizen  of  prominence.  The  Vermont 
revolutionary  rolls  show  that  Peabody,  Jesse, 
Jacob,  Daniel,  Benoni  and  Seth  Kinney  (or 
Kenney)  were  soldiers  and  all  were  of  this 
family.  Seth  was  also  in  a  Connecticut  regi- 
ment. 

(VI)  David,  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Kinney, 
was  born  at  Plainfield,  Vermont,  October  29, 
1787.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  followed  farming  in  his  native  town.  He 
married  and  among  his  children  was  William 
Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  William  Henry,  son  of  David  Kin- 
ney, was  born  at  Plainfield,  X'ermont,  May  11, 
1836,  and  is  now  living  in  that  town.  He  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools,  and  fol- 
lowed farming  all  his  active  life.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Congregationalist,  and  in  politics  a  Re- 
publican. He  married  Sarah  Jane,  daughter 
of  Rev.  Joel  Fisk  (see  Fisk  XIII). 

(Vni)  William  Chapman,  son  of  William 
Henry  Kinney,  was  born  at  Plainfield.  X'er- 
mont, October  29,  1864.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at 
St.  Johnsbury  .Academy.  X'ermont,  entering 
Dartmouth  College  in  1883  and  graduating 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the  class 
of  1887.  He  then  became  clerk  in  the  Han- 
over National  Bank,  and  subsequently  in  a 
similar  position  in  the  National  Bank  of  Com- 
merce of  New  York  City.  Thence  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  well-known  banking  firm 
of  Har\'ey  Fisk  &  Sons,  New  York,  January 
I,  1888,  and  he  is  now  cashier  of  the  house. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Dartmouth  College 
Club  of  New  York  City,  the  Vermont  Society 
of  New  York,  the  Union  League  Club  of  New 
York  and  the  New  England  Society  of  New 
York.  His  home  is  at  Plainfield.  New  Jersey, 
and  he  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  health  of 
that  city,  and  president  of  the  Muhlenburg 
Hospital  of  Plainfield.  He  is  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  Greeley  Square  Realty  Com- 
pany of  New  York,  and  secretary  and  assistant 
treasurer  of  the  Hudson  Companies  of  New 
York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Crescent  .Ave- 
nue Presbyterian  Church  of  Plainfield.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  December  10,  1890.  Belle  Har- 
riet, born  fanuary  7.  1866,  daughter  of  John 
H.  and  .Ann  E.  George,  of  East  Hardwick, 
\'ermont.  Children:  George  Montgomery, 
born    at    Plainfield,    February   29.    1892,   died 


42 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


May,  1897;  William  Chapman,  born  at  Plain- 
field,  New  Jersey,  June  7,  igcx). 

(The    FIsk    Line). 

The  surname  Fisk  or  Fiske  has  been  in  use  ■ 
from  the  earliest  times  in  England.  The  rec- 
ords show  that  in  May,  1208,  the  Duke  of 
Lorraine  granted  land  in  Digneveton  Park,  to 
the  men  of  La.xfield.  the  list  including  one 
Daniel  Fisc,  who  is  supposed  to  have  been  the 
grandfather  of  Lord  S_\Tnond  Fisk.  from  whom 
the  .American  family  is  descended,  as  given 
below. 

(I)  Lord  Symond  Fisk  was  proprietor  of 
the  Manor  of  Stadhaugh,  parish  of  Laxfield. 
Suffolk,  England,  1390-1422.  He  married 
(first)    Susannah  Smith,    (second)    Katharine 

.      His    will    was   proved   at    Norwich, 

February'  26,  1463-64.  Children:  William, 
married  Joan  Lynne ;  Jeffrey,  married  Mar- 
garet   ;  John:  Edmund,  married  ^Mar- 

gery :  Margaret,  married  E>ow- 

sing  or  Dowling. 

(H)  William,  son  of  Lord  Symond  Fisk, 
was  bom  at  Stadhaugh.  He  married  Joan 
Lynne,  of  Norfolk.  He  died  before  his  wife, 
who  made  her  will,  July  13,  1504,  which  was 
proved  February  28,  1505.  Children  :  Thomas, 
William,  .Augustine.  Simon,  mentioned  below : 
Robert,  John,  Margery.  Margaret. 

(HI)  Simon,  son  of  William  Fisk,  was 
born  at  Laxfield.  His  will  was  dated  July  10, 
1536,  and  proved  July  13,  i;-?8.     He  died  in 

June,    1538.      He  married    Elizabeth   , 

who  died  in  Halesworth.  June,  1558.  Chil- 
dren: Simon,  mentioned  below;  William, 
Robert,  Toan.  Jeffrey.  Gelyne,  .^gnes,  Thomas, 
Elizabeth.  John. 

(W)  Simon  (2).  son  of  Simon  (i)  Fisk, 
was  bom  in  Laxfield.  His  will  was  dated 
January  26,  1603,  and  he  died  that  vear.  Chil- 
dren :  Robert.  John.  George.  Nicholas.  Jeffrey, 
Jeremy.  William,  Richard.  Joan,  Gelyne,  ."Xgnes. 

(Vj  Robert,  son  of  Simon  (2)  Fisk,  was 
born  at  Stadhaugh  about  1323.  died  in  1600, 
and  his  will  was  proved  July  28,  1600.  He 
married  Mrs.  Svbil  f Gould)  Barber.  For 
some  time  he  lived  in  the  parish  of  St.  James, 
South  Elmham,  England.  Sybil,  his  wife,  was 
in  great  danger  at  the  time  of  the  religious 
persecution,  i353-;8.  as  well  as  her  sister.  Isa- 
bella (born  Gould),  who  was  confined  in  the 
castle  of  Norwich,  and  escaped  death  only 
through  the  intervention  of  her  brothers.  Rob- 
ert Fisk  fled  to  Geneva  during  the  reign  of 
Bloody  Mary,  on  account  of  the  religious  faith 
that  he  held.  The  progenv  of  three  sons  set- 
tled in  New  England.  Children  :  William.  Jef- 
frey, Thomas.  Eleazer.  died  in  England  in 
1615 ;  Elizabeth,  married  Robert  Bernard. 


(VI)  William,  son  of  Robert  Fisk,  was 
born  in  La.xfield,  in  1566.  He  married  (first) 
Anna,  daughter  of  Walter  Anstye,  of  Tibben- 
ham,  county  Norfolk,  England.     He  married 

(second)  Alice .     He  also  had  to  leave 

his  home  on  account  of  his  religion.  His  will 
was  proved  May  17,  1623.  Children:  John, 
mentioned  below ;  Nathaniel,  Eleazer,  Eunice. 
Hannah,  Hester,  Mary. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  William  Fisk,  was  born 
at  St.  James,  England,  died  in  1633.  He  mar- 
ried Anne,  daughter  of  Robert  Lantersee.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  born  1601  :  William,  mentioned  be- 
low :  .Anne,  married  Francis  Chickering;  Mar- 
tha, married  Captain  Edmund  Thompson ;  Na- 
than, died  in  infancy:  Eleazer,  born  in  Eng- 
land. 

(VIII)  William  (2),  son  of  John  Fisk,  and 
the  immigrant  ancestor,  was  bom  in  England 
about  1613,  and  came  to  this  country  in  1637. 
He  had  a  grant  of  land  in  Salem,  Alassachu- 
setts,   that  year,   and   was    freeman.   May    18, 

1642.  Soon  after  he  removed  to  Wenham, 
where  he  was  first  town  clerk,  1643-60.  In 
1647  he  was  elected  representative  to  the  gen- 
eral court  and  was  reelected  until  1652.  In 
1643  he  received  permission  to  keep  an  ordi- 
nary, and  in  1646  was  licensed  to  "sell  wine 
and    strong   water."     He   married   at    Salem. 

1643,  Bridgett  Muskett,  of  Pelham,  England. 
.After  his  death,  1634,  she  married  ("second) 
November  4,  1661.  Thomas  Rix,  of  Salem,  sur- 
geon. He  died  suddenly  September,  1654,  and 
letters  of  administration  were  granted  his 
widow,  July  16.  1634.  Children :  William, 
mentioned  below :  Samuel,  bom  in  Wenham, 
married  Phebe  Bragge  and  Hannah  .\llen ; 
Joseph,  married  Elizabeth  Haman :  Beniamin, 
married  Bethusha  Morse ;  Martha,  born  in 
Wenham. 

(IX)  Deacon  William  (3)  Fisk.  son  of 
Hon.  William  (2)  Fisk,  was  baptized  in  Wen- 
ham, June  4,  1642-43,  died  February  5,  1728. 
He  married  there,  January  13,  1662,  Sarah 
Kilham,  born  164Q,  died  January  26,  1737, 
daughter  of  Austin  Kilham,  the  immigrant, 
who  settled  in  Wenham  before  1643;  married 

Alice  .     William  Fisk  was  a  weaver  by 

trade  and  held  a  number  of  town  offices :  repre- 
sentative. 1701-04-11-13-14 :  moderator,  1702- 
03-12-13-14.  He  was  called  lieutenant,  and 
was  elected  deacon  of  the  church  in  1679.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah,  born  February  3,  1664;  Ruth, 
March  2.  1666:  Samuel,  May  8,  1667,  died 
young:  Martha.  May  5,  1668;  Joseph,  Febru- 
ary 10,  1669,  died  young :  Samuel.  February 
16,  1670:  Joseph,  April  14,  1672:  Benjamin, 
March  22,  1674;  Theophilus,  July  28,  1676: 
Ebenezer,  Febriiary  10.  1677,  <i'ed  June  7, 
1678:   Ebenezer,  mentioned  below;  Jonathan, 


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July  22,  i68i,  died  February  14,  1705;  Eliza- 
beth, December  12.  1684. 

(X)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Deacon  William  (3) 
Fisk,  was  bom  in  Wenham,  March  22,  1679, 
died  September  30,  1771.  He  was  a  farmer  by 
occupation,  and  held  various  town  offices.  He 
was  elected  deacon.  May  16,  1739,  and  resign- 
ed "by  reason  of  age"  in  1758.  He  married 
(first)  in  Wenham,  May  24,  1710,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Fuller,  of  Salem,  from 
whom  was  descended  the  celebrated  Margaret 
Fuller.     She  was  born  1686,  died  August  25, 

1732.  He    married     (second)     December    i, 

1733,  Mrs.  Martha  Kimball,  who  died  March 
28,  1764.  Children:  Sarah,  born  July  15,  171 1 ; 
Jonathan,  December  11,  1713;  Ebenezer,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  October  12,  1718; 
Jacob,  December  26,  1721  ;  Mary,  January  27, 
1723;  William,  November  30,  1726;  Mercy, 
March  9,  1728;  Lucy,  April  22.  1732. 

(XI)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Fisk,  was  born  in  Wenham,  Massachusetts, 
July  2,  1716,  died  in  1804.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Shelburne.  Massachusetts. 
about  1760,  and  its  first  constable.  Before 
settling  in  the  latter  town,  he  had  lived  in  Up- 
ton, Grafton  and  Hardwick,  Massachusetts. 
He  married,  in  Upton,  Massachusetts,  January 
28,  1739,  Dorcas  Tyler,  an  aunt  of  President 
John  Tyler.  Children :  Dorcas,  born  October 
17,  1640;  Elizabeth,  January  28,  1743;  Jona- 
than, September  17,  1746;  Ebenezer,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1749;  Levi,  December  16,  1751 ;  Abigail, 
October  7,  1755;  John,  September  27,  1757, 
Grafton;  Simeon,  July  15,  1762,  Hardwick; 
Moses,  mentioned  below. 

(XH)  Deacon  Moses  Fisk,  son  of  Eben- 
ezer (2)  Fisk,  was  born  September  13,  1764, 
in  Shelburne,  died  February  5,  1847.  He 
married,  June  2,  1789,  Hannah  Batchelor,  born 
in  Upton,  May  14,  1770,  died  in  Waitsfield, 
Vermont,  in  1854.  He  settled  in  Waitsfield, 
where  he  and  his  wife  were  among  the  original 
members  of  the  Congregational  church.  Of 
this  church  he  was  a  deacon  for  fifty-five 
years.  Children:  Joel,  born  July  16,  1790, 
died  July  18,  1795;  Perrin,  July  6,  1792; 
Moses,  July  25,  1794;  Joel,  mentioned  below; 
Harvey,  April  12,  1799;  Lyman,  October  15, 
1801  ;  Betsey,  May  8,  1804;  Anson,  October 
31,  1806:  Jonathan,  May  6,  1809;  Elvira  Eliza, 
August  20,  181 1  (twin)  ;  Horace  Alonzo 
(twin),  August  20,  1811;  Emily,  January  12, 
1817. 

(Xni)  Rev.  Joel  Fisk,  son  of  Deacon  Moses 
Fisk,  was  born  in  Waitsfield,  Vermont,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1796,  died  December  16,  1856.  He 
fitted  for  college  at  Montpelier  Academy,  read 
theology  with  Rev.  Charles  Walker,  of  Rut- 
land, Vermont,   1825-26,  and  graduated  from 


Middlebury  College,  Vermont,  in  1825.  H'. 
was  settled  successively  at  Monkton,  Vermont, 
1826-30;  New  Haven,  Vermont,  1830-32;  Es- 
se.x.  New  York,  1832-44 ;  as  missionary  at 
Phillipsburg,  Canada  East,  1844-45,  and  Plain- 
field,  \'ermont,  where  he  died.  He  married, 
October  15,  1826,  Clarinda  Chapman,  born 
June  21,  1803,  died  January  15,  1878.  Chil- 
dren: Pliny,  born  May  10,  1828;  Clarinda 
Chapman,  November  27,  1829;  Harvey,  April 
26,  1831 ;  Sarah  Jane,  December  12,  1835,  mar- 
ried William  Henry  Kinney  (see  Kinney  VH)  ; 
Mary  L,  April  9,  1838:  Daniel  C,  November, 
1840;  Richard  Henry,  November  17,  1842. 


Joseph      Richards      married 
RICHARDS     Agnes ,  who  was  bur- 
ied  March   31,   1608.     They 
lived  in  North  Leigh,  Oxfordshire,   England. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Joseph  Richards,  was 
baptized  May  20,  1586.  He  lived  in  North 
Leigh,  Oxfordshire,  England.  His  wife  died 
about  July  18,  1632. 

(III)  Dr.  Joseph  (2)  Richards,  of  New- 
gate, in  the  parish  of  Whitney  and  county  of 
Oxford,  England,  son  of  William  Richards, 
was  baptized  April  2j,  1628,  died  in  1710-11. 
He  was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  and  he  settled 
on  five  hundred  acres  of  land  near  Chester, 
Delaware  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  will  is 
recorded  in  Philadelphia,  dated  July  6,  1710- 
II,  proved  February  16,  1711-12.  In  his  will 
he  mentioned  his  children  and  grandchildren. 
He  was  buried  at  Old  Chichester,  Delaware- 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  married  Jane . 

Children:  Joseph,  married  Mary  ;  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below  ;  Ann.  married  (first) 
Anthony  Weaver,  and  (second)  Humphrey 
Scarlott ;  Susanna,  married  James  Lowne,  and 
had  four  or  more  children. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Dr.  Joseph  (2) 
Richards,  died  in  1700.  His  will  was  dated 
December  26,  1699.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Mason.  Children:  William, 
probably  died  young ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below;  Elizabeth,,  married,  about  1716,  Roger 
Kirk ;  Mary,  probably  died  young. 

(V)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Richards,  was  probably  the  only  son  in  this 
generation  to  continue  the  family  name.  He 
died  in  1730.  He  married  Margaret,  who  died 
December  5,  1796,  aged  ninety,  widow  of 
William  Carpenter.  She  left  one  hundred  and 
thirteen  descendants.  She  was  daughter  of 
.-Mien  and  Sarah  (  ?)  Wiley,  and  was  born 
about  1706.  Children:  William  Richards, 
married  (first)  .April  13,  175 1,  Joanna  Jenkins, 
and  (second)  May  10,  1759,  Jane  Miller ; 
Nathaniel ;   Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

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was  born  in  1727,  died  in  1821,  aged  ninety- 
four.  He  was  only  three  years  old  when  his 
father  died.  He  married  (first)  January  17. 
1753,  ^lary  Gregg,  of  Hockessing.  She  was 
daughter  of  Thomas  Gregg,  who  married,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1729,  Dinah  Harlan,  and  who  died 
September  i,  1748;  Dinah  was  daughter  of 
Michael,  died  1729,  and  Dinah  (Di.xon)  Har- 
lan, married  January,  1690;  Dinah  Dixon  was 
daughter  of  Henry  Dixon;  Michael  Harlan 
was  son  of  James  Harlan.  Thomas  Gregg  was 
son  of  John,  born  about  1668,  died  1738;  mar- 
ried, 1694,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  and 

Elizabeth  (Fox)  Cocke:  John  Gregg  was  son 
of  William,  who  died  July  i,  1687.  Isaac 
Richards  married  (second)  November  10, 
1763,  Rebecca  Miller.  Children  by  first  wife: 
I.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  2.  Nathaniel, 
born  September  21,  1756.  3.  Isaac,  born  April 
18,  1759.  died  June  22,  1854:  remained  on 
homestead  at  Toughkenamon,  Pennsylvania: 
married  (first)  Ann  Pusey,  and  (second) 
Tamsen  Hoopes.  4.  William,  born  January 
17,  1761.  5.  Mary,  March  i,  1762.  6.  Lydia, 
twin  of  Mary. 

(VII)  Thomas,  son  of  Isaac  Richards,  was 
born  June  10,  1755,  died  February  8,  1837, 
aged  eighty-two  years.  He  moved  to  Cecil 
county,  Maryland,  taking  his  family,  about 
1795.  He  married,  September  23,  1779,  at 
Uwchlan  Meeting.  Hannah  Cox,  born  about 
1753,  died  August  7,  1823,  aged  seventy  years, 
daughter  of  Lawrence  and  Sarah  (Edge) 
■  Co.x  ;  Lawrence  Cox  is  said  to  have  come  from 
England  to  Willistown,  where  he  died  about 
1760:  he  married  at  Middletown  Meeting,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1739,  his  second  wife  Sarah,  who  died 
December  6,  1805,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Smedley)  Edge;  John  Edge  was  born  May. 
1685,  died  about  1734,  married,  August,  1709, 
Mary,  born  February  3.  1690.  daughter  of 
George  Smedley,  died  1723.  and  Sarah  Kitchin. 
married  1687 ;  John  Edge  was  son  of  John  and 
Jane  Edge ;  and  this  John  who  was  born  about 
1646,  died  May  10,  171 1,  was  son  of  George 
Edge.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  1781,  died 
1828;  married,  May  18,  1797,  William  Moore, 
born  February  24,  1771.  2.  Isaac,  born  1783, 
died  December  15,  1832  ;  married  Lydia  Wood, 
born  1774,  died  June  19,  1839.  3.  Hannah, 
born  September  ig.  1785,  died  November  25, 
1859:  married.  1819,  Samuel  Taylor,  born 
.April  2,  1768,  died  .April  22,  1852,  son  of 
Elisha  and  Elizabeth  Taylor;  children:  Isaac 
R.,  Samuel  H.,  Sarah.  4.  Thomas,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Mary,  born  May  7,  1790,  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1828:  married.  .September  13,  1819. 
.Abraham  Metcalf.  son  of  .Abraham  and  Mary 
Metcaif.  6.  Jacob,  born  September  4,  1793, 
died  August  6,    1881 ;  married,   November  4, 


1819,  Sarah  B.  Taylor,  of  Kennett;  died  March 
7,  1868.  7.  Rachel,  born  November  16,  1798; 
married,  1823,  Mahlon  McMillan,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Ruth  (Moore)  McMillan. 

(VIII)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Richards,  was  born  November  11,  1787,  died 
October  9,  1868,  aged  eighty-one.  He  married, 
April  14,  1814,  Orpah  Stubbs  (see  Stubbs). 
Children:  i.  Ruth  Hannah,  born  May  20,  1816, 
died  February  3,  1909;  married  Amos  Preston, 
died  August  27.  1875,  and  had  two  sons, 
Thomas  and  Albert  W.,  and  a  daughter  Eliza- 
beth. 2.  Isaac  Stubbs.  mentioned  below.  3. 
Joanna  .A.,  born  July  10,  1822,  died  1855  ;  mar- 
ried Isaac  Jackson. 

(IX)  Isaac  Stubbs,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Richards,  was  born  September  7,  1819,  died 
April  19.  1864.  He  married,  March  11,  1841, 
at  Oxford,  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania, 
Mercy  .Ann  Reynolds  (see  Reynolds  VI). 
Children:  i.  Ruthanna,  born  1843,  <^'^d  March 
6,  1896 ;  married  Joseph  R.  Coates,  born  May 
12,  1834.  2.  Joseph  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Louis  Henry,  born  1847,  <^'ed  1895; 
married,  October  29,  1885,  Rebecca  William- 
son :  child.  Arthur  Louis.  4.  Isaac  Stubbs, 
born  1848,  died  August  19,  1880;  married, 
February  25.  1874,  Margaret  Deal,  and  had 
no  children.  5.  Jacob  Granville,  born  1851 ; 
married  (first)  December  26.  1872,  Jennie  Eliz- 
abeth Langdon.  and  (second)  Mae  V.  Penn- 
ington: had  four  sons  by  first  wife,  William, 
Harry  F.,  Joseph  T.  and  Hampton,  and  three 
daughters  and  one  son  by  second  wife,  Mae 
Ruth.  Josephine  Mercy.  Granville  P.  and  Mar- 
garet S.  6.  William  Franklin,  born  January 
12,  1855,  died  July  19,  1859.  7.  Mercy  Ann. 
born  and  died  September  24,  1859. 

(X)  Joseph  Thomas,  son  of  Isaac  Stubbs 
Richards,  was  born  near  Rising  Sun,  Mary- 
land, February  12.  1845.  He  was  educated 
largely  at  the  West  Nottingham  Academy, 
Maryland,  Rev.  S.  A.  Gayley,  president,  and 
George  K.  Bechtel,  a  graduate  of  Princeton 
College,  principal,  and  finishing  at  Polytechnic 
College  of  Pennsylvania,  of  which  Dr.  .A.  L. 
Kennedy  was  then  president.  After  master- 
ing the  profession  of  civil  engineering,  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Company  in  1869  as  a  rodman  and  transit- 
man  during  the  construction  of  the  railroad 
shops  at  .Altoona,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  made 
supervisor  of  a  division  of  the  main  line  from 
Harrisburg  to  Newport  in  1870,  leaving  this 
position  in  1871  to  become  chief  engineer  of 
the  Kent  County  railroad,  on  the  Eastern  Shore 
of  Maryland.  After  the  construction  was 
completed  the  board  of  directors  elected  him 
to  fill  the  position  of  superintendent,  secretary 
and   auditor.     He   managed   the   railroad    for 


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about  one  year,  and  returned  to  the  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad  in  1873  ^s  chief  of  locating 
engineers  for  the  surveys  of  three  routes  over 
the  Allegheny  Mountains,  intended  to  form 
a  connecting  link  between  the  Bexlford  division 
and  the  main  line  at  Altoona  and  Johnstown, 
Pennsylvania.  After  finishing  the  surveys, 
with  estimates  of  cost,  the  work  was  abandon- 
ed because  of  a  financial  panic  in  1874,  and  he 
resigned  and  accepted  the  position  of  mining 
engineer  for  the  Cambria  Iron  Company  at 
Johnstown,  Pennsylvania.  He  returned  to  the 
Pennsylvania  railroad  in  1875.  He  was  for 
one  year  supervisor  of  the  main  line  from 
Newport  to  Granville,  and  early  in  1876  was 
promoted  to  be  assistant  engineer  in  charge  of 
constructing  the  system  of  tracks,  bridges  and 
stations  for  the  Philadelphia  Centennial  Ex- 
position. .\fter  the  Centennial  year  he  was 
appointed  principal  assistant  engineer  of  the 
L'nited  New  Jersey  Railroad  and  Canal  Com- 
pany, with  office  at  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey, 
continuing  in  that  position  until  1883,  when  he 
was  made  assistant  to  the  chief  engineer  with 
office  at  Philadelphia.  In  1885  his  title  was 
changed  to  assistant  chief  engineer.  In  1893 
the  maintenance  of  way  department  of  the 
railroad  was  created  and  he  was  made  the 
engineer  to  organize  and  manage  this  depart- 
ment, including  all  lines  east  of  Pittsburgh 
and  Erie  to  New  York  and  Washington,  be- 
coming chief  engineer  of  the  department  for 
the  entire  system  in  1903.  This  position  made 
him  the  operating  engineer  for  the  company 
and  a  staff  officer  of  the  general  manager,  and 
besides  caring  for  the  buildings  and  tracks,  he 
had  charge  of  such  construction  work  as  came 
under  the  department  of  the  general  manager. 
Mr.  Richards  has  been  deemed  an  authority 
on  railroad  engineering,  both  in  construction 
and  maintenance,  for  many  years,  and  has 
written  quite  extensively  on  the  economy  and 
efficiency  of  this  department  of  railroading. 
His  address  to  the  .American  Civic  .Association 
at  the  annual  meeting  in  1907  at  Brown  Uni- 
versity, Providence,  Rhode  Island,  on  "The 
Railroad  as  a  Factor  in  Civic  Improvement," 
has  been  republished  extensively  throughout 
the  country.  The  efficiency  of  his  organization 
was  exemplified  in  the  repairs  after  the  Johns- 
town Flood  in  1889,  when  he  had  about  nine 
thousand  organized  for  the  emergency  work 
of  rebuilding  the  lost  bridges,  buildings  and 
roadbed.  In  the  beginning  of  this  disaster  he 
rebuilt  1,100  feet  of  the  railroad  bridge  over 
the  swollen  waters  of  the  Susquehanna  river 
at  Montgomery,  Pennsylvania,  in  three  days 
and  a  half,  and  the  entire  line  from  Philadel- 
phia to  Johnstown  was  opened  for  traffic  in 
fourteen  days.  Another  item  of  efficiency  work 


done  under  Mr.  Richards'  direction  was  in 
1897,  when  the  old  metal  span  of  286.3  feet  of 
double-track  bridge  over  the  Schuylkill  river 
at  Philadelphia  was  moved  twenty-seven  feet, 
replaced  by  the  new  structure  moved  the  same 
distance,  without  interrupting  the  regular 
schedule  of  trains.  The  longest  interval  be- 
tween trains  was  thirteen  minutes,  but  the 
actual  time  taken  to  move  the  old  and  new 
spans  was  but  two  minutes  and  twenty-eight 
seconds.  Mr.  Richards,  at  the  request  of  Presi- 
dent Frank  Thomson,  wrote  an  account  of  this 
feat  to  answer  the  criticism  of  an  English 
technical  journal,  in  which  it  was  called  an 
incredible  feat  and  described  as  "credible,  if 
credible"  because  "nothing  of  the  kind  has  ever 
been  done."  The  journal  published  Mr.  Rich- 
ards' account,  stating  that  it  was  a  case  like 
Columbus'  egg — easy  enough  when  you  under- 
stand it.  Mr.  Richards  was  for  a  number  of 
years  the  designing  and  constructing  engineer 
for  the  new  piers  at  New  York  and  Philadel- 
phia for  the  International  Navigation  Com- 
pany. The  steel  pier  No.  14  in  New  York, 
north  of  Cortlandt  street.  North  river,  was. 
when  finished,  considered  by  a  committee  of 
experts,  as  the  most  complete  in  its  appoint- 
ments for  steamships  of  any  building  in  the 
harbor.  He  cooperated  with  the  late  president, 
-Alexander  J.  Cassatt,  of  the  Pennsylvania. 
Railroad  Company,  in  planning  much  of  the 
construction  work  on  the  system  during  his 
administration,  and  all  the  operating  details 
of  stations  and  yards  were  entrusted  to  Mr. 
Richards.  The  new  station  constructed  by 
the  Terminal  Company  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
and  owned  jointly  by  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road Company  and  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Rail- 
road Company,  built  to  accommodate  all  the 
main  lines  enteripg  Washington  from  the 
south,  was  planned  by  a  committee  of  w'hich 
Mr.  Richards  was  chairman.  He  was  also 
chairman  of  various  committees  of  operating' 
officers  in  charge  of  the  plans  and  construction 
of  the  new  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Station  in 
New  York  City.  This  station  presented  many 
new  problems,  the  tracks  being  forty-two  feet 
below  the  street  level,  with  numerous  supports 
located  at  the  track  level  for  the  station  build- 
ing, and  the  tracks  were  arranged  for  operation 
either  by  tunnel  engines  or  multiple-unit  trains. 
The  United  States  Mail  Building  was  con- 
structed over  the  tracks  also.  In  such  a  vast 
expenditure  of  money  it  was  necessary  to  se- 
cure the  greatest  possible  efficiency  and  capac- 
ity. The  architects  of  the  station  reported 
direct  to  the  railroad  committees,  which  had  to 
harmonize  many  differences  of  opinion  be- 
tween architects  and  engineers.  The  perfect 
order  and  train  ser\-ice  at  the  opening  of  the 


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station  demonstrated  that  every  feature  of  the 
great  undertaking  had  been  worked  out  suc- 
cessfully. 

Mr.  Richards  is  first  vice-president  of  the 
West  End  Trust  Company;  former  president 
of  the  Engineers  Club  of  Philadelphia;  mem- 
ber of  the  Union  League  of  Philadelphia,  the 
Historical  Society  of  Pennsylvania,  the  Amer- 
ican Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  the  American 
Society  for  Testing  Materials,  the  American 
Railway  Engineering  Association,  the  Amer- 
ican Forestry  Association,  the  American  Rail- 
way Association,  and  a  member  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Jacob  Tome  Institute  of 
Port  Deposit,  Maryland.  In  National  politics 
he  is  a  Republican ;  in  religion  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  Friends,  as  his  family  has 
been  since  early  in  the  seventeenth  century. 

He  married,  November  26,  1873,  Martha 
Elizabeth  Ernest,  born  December  5,  1848, 
daughter  of  Henry  Wooster  and  Mary  Ann 
(Walters)  Ernest.  Children:  i.  Mercy,  born 
February  11,  1875;  married,  June  3,  1896, 
Norman  Sturgis  Essig,  D.  D.  S.,  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1869;  children:  Charles  James  Essig, 
born  March  12,  1898;  Joseph  Richards  Essig, 
January  14,  1902.  2.  Mamie,  October  18,  1876, 
died  August  30,  1877.  3.  Joseph  Ernest,  born 
March  8,  1881  ;  married,  March  18,  1905,  Cath- 
arine Louise  Fletcher,  born  March  28,  1886; 
children :  Philip  and  Herold,  bom  January  26, 

1909,  died  next  day ;  Christine  Louise,  January 
II,  1910.  4.  Amy,  born  September  12,  1883; 
married,  February  2,  1909,  Edwin  Oberlin 
Fitch  Jr.,  L'nited  States  navy,  born  January  6, 
1882;  child,  Susanna  Fitch,  born  November  3, 

1910.  5.  Martha,  born  February  20,  1888,  died 
October  21,  i^'* 


(The   Stubbs   Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Stubbs,  who  died  in  1763,  mar- 
ried, in  1720,  Mary  Minor. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Thomas  Stubbs,  died 
April  6,  1808.  He  married,  January  20.  1751, 
Ruth  Gilpin,  born  October  23,  1736,  died  July 
27,  1 781,  daughter  of  Joseph  Gilpin,  born  Jan- 
uary 21,  1703.  died  December  31,  1792,  mar- 
ried, October  17,  1729,  Mary,  daughter  of  Vin- 
cent Caldwell,  born  1673,  died  January  10, 
1720.  married,  1703,  Betty  Pierce;  Betty  Pierce 
was  born  September  18,  1680,  died  October  27, 
1757,  daughter  of  George  Pierce,  died  about 
1734,  married,  December  i,  1679,  Ann  Gainer. 
Joseph  Gilpin,  father  of  Ruth,  was  son  of  Jo- 
seph Gilpin,  born  April  8,  1663,  died  1739, 
married,  December  23,  1691,  Hannah  Glover, 
born  1675,  died  1757;  Hannah  was  daughter 
of  George  and  Alice  (Lamboll)  Glover.  Jo- 
seph Gilpin,  father  of  Joseph  Gilpin,  was  son 
of  Thomas  and  Joan   (Bartholomew)   Gilpin. 


(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Daniel  Stubbs,  was 
born  May  27,  1761,  died  August  4,  1856.  He 
married.  May  4,  1786,  at  Little  Britain  Meet- 
ing, Ruth,  daughter  of  Moses  Pyle,  of  Little 
Britain,  who  died  January,  1784;  Moses  Pyle 
married,  October  9,  1741,  at  Londongrove 
Meeting,  Mary  Cooke,  his  second  wife,  born 
August  4,  1719;  she  was  daughter  of  John 
Cooke,  born  July  2,  1696,  died  1759,  married, 
October,  1718,  Elinor  Lansdale,  born  in  Lan- 
cashire, daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret 
Lansdale.  John  Cooke  was  son  of  Peter 
Cooke,  who  married,  October  7,  1695,  Elinor 
Norman.  Moses  Pyle  was  son  of  John  Pyle, 
born  June  8,  1687,  died  1752.  married,  1710, 
Lydia  Thomas,  died  before  17 16,  daughter  of 
Peter    Thomas,    who   married,    February    15, 

1686,  Sarah  Stedman,  daughter  of and 

Elizabeth  Stedman.  John  Pyle  was  son  of 
Robert  Pyle,  who  was  baptized  December  29, 
1660,  died  in  1730,  married.  September  16, 
i68r,  Ann,  daughter  of  William  Stovy,  who 
died  November  7,  1705.  Robert  Pyle  was  son 
of  Nicholas  Pyle,  baptized  March  12,  1625, 
died  August,  1691,  married,  September  22, 
1656,  Edith  Musprat,  who  died  June,  1676. 

(IV)  Orpah,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ruth 
(Pyle)  Stubbs,  was  born  August  8,  1791,  died 
September  16,  1833.  She  married,  April  14, 
1814,  Thomas  Richards  (see  Richards  VIII). 

(The  Reynolds  Line). 

(I)  William  Reynolds,  the  first  ancestor 
known  in  the  direct  line,  married  Margaret 
Exton. 

(ID  Henry,  son  of  William  Reynolds,  was 
born  in  1655,  died  August  7,  1724.  He  mar- 
ried, November  10,  1678,  Prudence  Clayton, 
who  died  about  1728,  daughter  of  William  and 
Prudence  Clayton. 

(III)  Henry  (2).  son  of  Henry  (i)  Rey- 
nolds, was  born  August  16,  1693,  died  Decem- 
ber 17,  1779.  He  married.  1717.  Hannah 
Brown,  born  October  31.  1701,  died  December 
12.  1731-32,  daughter  of  William  Brown,  born 
January  29,  1658,  died  June  23,  1746;  he  mar- 
ried (thircl)  1699,  Catharine  Williams,  mother 
of  Hannah;  William  Brown  was  son  of  Rich- 
ard Brown,  who  died  September  28,  1662,  and 
his  wife,  Mary  Brown. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Reynolds, 
was  born  September  14,  1728,  died  February 
6.  1799.  He  married,  August  10,  1751.  at  East 
Nottingham.  Rebecca  Day,  born  about  1735, 
died  September  14,  1785,  daughter  of  John 
Day,  who  died  1775,  and  who  married  at  Not- 
tingham Meeting,  April  21,  1733,  Lydia  Ross; 
she  was  born  July  7,  1708.  died  March  i,  1799, 
daughter  of  .Alexander  Ross,  who  died  1748, 
and  who  married,  1706,  Katharine  Chambers. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


(V)  Jacob  (2j,  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Reynolds, 
was  born  November  lo,  1755,-  died  February 
2,  181 1.  He  married,  at  West  Nottingham 
Meeting,  October  19,  1785,  Esther,  born  Alay 

12,  1763,  daughter  of  John  Taylor,  who  died 
1772,  married  at   Birmingham   Meeting,  May 

13,  1762,  as  his  second  wife,  Mary  Jackson. 
Mary  Jackson  was  daughter  of  Samuel  Jack- 
son, of  Marlborough,  who  died  June  9,  1745, 
and  who  married  at  New  Garden  Meeting, 
September  16,  1727,  Mary  Chambers,  born 
January  7,  1707,  died  October  4,  1787:  Mary 
was  daughter  of  John  Chambers,  born  Decem- 
ber 28,  1662,  son  of  William  Chambers;  John 
Chambers  married,  April  13,  1699,  Deborah 
Dobson,  daughter  of  Richard  Dobson.  Sam- 
uel Jackson  was  son  of  Thomas  Jackson,  who 
died  in  1727.  John  Taylor,  father  of  Esther 
Taylor,  was  son  of  Richard  Taylor,  born  No- 
vember 26,  1702,  died  September  2,  1744,  mar- 
ried,   1735,   Eleanor ,   who  died    1793. 

Richard  Taylor  was  son  of  Joseph  Taylor,  who 
died  March  30,  1744,  and  who  married,  Janu- 
ary 16,  1700,  Elizabeth  Haines,  who  died 
June  21,  1743;  Joseph  Taylor  was  son  of 
Abiah  Taylor,  who  married.  January  17,  1663, 
Alice . 

(VI)  Jacob  (3),  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Rey- 
nolds, was  born  May  8,  1791,  died  May  12, 
1869.  He  married  Anna  Moore  (see  Moore 
IV).  Their  daughter,  Mercy  Ann  Reynolds, 
born  May  29,  1816,  died  February  5,  1885, 
married  Isaac  Stubbs  Richards  (see  Richards 
IX). 

(The    Moore    Line). 

(I)  Andrew  Moore,  of  Sadsbury,  was  born 
in  1688,  died  in  1753.  He  married  (second) 
April  24,  1725,  Rachel  Halliday,  born  October 
25,  1704,  died  in  1785,  daughter  of  William 
Halliday,  who  died  in  1741,  and  who  married 
at  Moate  Meeting,  Ireland,  September  2,  i6g8, 
Deborah  Woodsworth. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Andrew  Moore,  was 
born  July  13,  1736,  died  July  13,  1805.  He 
was  of  Londongrove.  He  married  at  Sads- 
bury Meeting.  January  22,  1756,  Jane  Marsh, 
born  February  18.  1735.  died  November  15, 
1779,  daughter  of  Henry  Marsh,  of  Sadsbury, 
Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  who  died  about 
1803,  fought  in  the  revolution,  married  at 
Christ  Church,  Philadelphia,  .\ugiist  i,  1734, 
Anne  Stuart,  born  June  4,  1712.  Henry  Marsh 
was   son   of   William   Marsh,  died    1744,   and 

Sarah .     Anne  Stuart  was  daughter  of 

.■\lexander  Stuart,  who  died  November  5, 
1714-15,  and  who  married,  1708.  Mary  Baily. 
born  September  10,  1688,  died  1741 :  Mary 
Baily  was  daughter  of  Joel  Baily,  who  was 
baptized  January  29,  1658,  and  died  1732;  Joel 
Baily  married,  1687,  Ann  Short. 


(Ill)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Moore, 
was  born  April  11,  1767,  died  December  13J 
1850.  He  was  of  West  Nottingham,  Mary- 
land, and  he  married  at  West  Grove  Meeting, 
October  2-j,  1791,  Mercy  Cutler,  born  October 
12,  1773,  died  November  7,  1822,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Susanna  (Dunn)  Cutler;  Ben- 
jamin Cutler  was  of  Buckingham  and  London- 
grove,  born  in  1740.  died  September  6,  1794, 
married,  July  25,  1770,  Susanna  Dunn,  born 
September  3,  1751,  died  October  18,  1823. 
Susanna  Dunn  was  daughter  of  Ralph  Dunn 
Jr.,  born  October  2,  1716,  died  August  23, 
1797,  married  Anna  Heaton.  born  July  5,  1726, 
died  August  16,  1813,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Susanna  (Carter)  Heaton;  Susanna  Carter 
was  daughter  of  James  and  Susanna  (Grif- 
fith) Carter;  Robert  Heaton  Jr.  was  son  of 
Robert  and  Grace  (Pierson)  Heaton.  Ralph 
Dunn  was  son  of  Ralph  Dunn  Sr.,  who  died 
March  or  April,  1727,  and  who  married  Sarah, 
widow  of  Thomas  Searl,  and  daughter  of  John 
and  Jane  (Cutler)  Naylor.  Benjamin  Cutler 
was  son  of  Benjamin  Cutler,  born  July  7,  1709, 
died  1769,  married,  December,  1731-32,  Mercy 
Bills,  who  died  November  21,  1749;  Mercy 
Bills  was  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary 
(Gardner)  Bills;  Nathaniel  Bills  was  born 
June  25,  1677,  died  1729,  and  was  of  Shrews- 
bury, New  Jersey ;  he  was  son  of  Thomas 
Bills,  who  died  February  2,  1721,  and  who 
married  (second)  May  2,  1676,  Johanna  Twin- 
ing (see  Twining  II).  Benjamin  Cutler  was 
son  of  John  Cutler,  who  married,  April  17, 
1703,  Margery,  daughter  of  Cuthbert  and 
Mary  Hayhurst. 

CIV)  Anna,  daughter  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Mercy  (Cutler)  Moore,  was  born  August  31, 
1793,  died  September  19,  1874.  She  married 
Jacob  Reynolds   (see  Reynolds  VI). 

(The  Twining  Line). 

( I )  William  Twining,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England.  He  settled  in  this  coun- 
try, as  early  as  1643,  when  he  was  a  free- 
holder at  Yarmouth,  on  Cape  Cod,  Massachu- 
setts. Family  tradition  makes  of  him  a  Welsh- 
man and  another  tradition  asserts  that  he  came 
from  Yorkshire.  He  appears  in  the  list  of 
those  able  to  bear  arms  in  1643.  and  in  1645 
he  was  one  of  five  sent  out  against  the  Narra- 
gansett  Indians.  He  removed  to  Eastham,  an 
adjacent  town,  in  1644.  and  he  was  constable 
there  in  1651.  He  died  April  15,  1659,  at 
Eastham,  aged  about  si.xty-five.  He  married, 
in  1652,  at  Orleans.  .\nne  Doane.  who  died 
February  2~.  1680.  She  must  have  been  a  sec- 
ond wife.  Children:  William,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Isabel. 

(II)  William    (2),    son    of    William    (i) 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Twining,  was  born  soon  after  1620,  probably 
in  England,  and  died  at  Newtown,  Bucks 
county,  Pennsylvania.  November  4,  1703.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman,  June  3,  1652 ;  was  on 
the  grand  jury  in  1652  and  in  1667-68-71.  He 
was  deacon  of  the  Eastham  church  as  early  as 
1677.  About  1695  he  became  a  Friend  and 
decided  to  leave  New  England,  where  Quakers 
were  sorely  persecuted,  and  he  settled  on  the 
banks  of  the  Delaware  in  Pennsylvania  with 
part  of  his  family.  His  will  was  dated  June 
26,  1697,  proved  April  8,  1705,  bequeathing  to 
grandson  William,  son  of  Stephen;  daughters 
Joanna,  Mehitable,  daughters  of  his  daughter, 
Anne  Bills:  to  William  Twining,  his  lands  in 
Eastham  and  county  of  Barnstable,  Massachu- 
setts :  to  Elizabeth  Rogers,  his  daughter,  land 
at  Truro.  He  married  Elizabeth  Deane.  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Deane.  of  Plymouth,  whose 
widow  married  Josiah  Cooke.  She  died  at 
Newtown.  Pennsylvania,  December  28.  1708. 
Children:  Elizabeth,  married,  August  19,  1669, 
John  Rogers ;  Anne,  married,  October  3,  1672, 
Thomas  Bills :  Susanna,  born  February  25, 
1654:  Joanna,  born  Mav  30,  1657,  married 
Thomas  Bills  (see  Moore  HI):  Mehitable, 
married  Daniel  Deane :  Stephen,  born  Febru- 
ary 6,  1659;  William,  born  at  Orleans,  Febru- 
ary 28,  1664. 


The  surname  Howe  was  originally 
HOWE     identical  with  Howe,  Hoc,  Hough, 

Howes  and  other  variations,  in- 
cluding the  Norman-French  forms  of  de  la 
How,  de  How,  de  Hoc,  etc.  The  oldest  Eng- 
lish forms  are  doubtless  Hoo  and  How.  The 
name  was  spelled  How  in  New  England  until 
comparatively  recent  date.  John  How,  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  a  large  part  of  the  American 
families  of  this  surname,  is  believed  to  be  the 
son  of  John  How,  of  Warwickshire.  England, 
and  grandson  of  John  How,  of  Hodinhall,  said 
to  be  connected  with  Sir  Charles  How,  of  Lan- 
caster, who  lived  during  the  reign  of  Charles  L 
John  How,  the  American  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England,  and  was  among  the  earli- 
est settlers  of  Watertown,  Massachusetts ;  was 
admitted  a  freeman.  May  13,  1640,  and  was  at 
Sudbury  as  early  as  1639,  and  a  selectman  of 
Sudbury  in  1642.  He  was  also  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Marlborough.  Massachusetts.  Abra- 
ham How.  of  Marlborough,  another  early  set- 
tler of  Marlborough,  was  probably  related. 
There  were  several  other  Hows  in  Massachu- 
setts before  1650.  A  branch  of  the  English 
family  settled  in  the  north  of  Ireland  and 
thence  scattered  through  that  country  as  well. 
In  1890  we  find  the  record  of  sixteen  births 
in  Howe  families  in  Ireland,  si.x  in  Ulster 
province. 


( I )  Francis  Howe,  of  this  Irish  branch  of  the 
family,  a  descendant  of  John  How,  was  born  in 
Tullee,  county  of  Roscommon,  Ireland,  died  at 
New  London  in  1899.  When  but  seven  years 
old  he  came  to  this  country  with  his  widowed 
mother.  He  made  his  home  in  Stonington. 
Connecticut.  At  fourteen  he  was  apprenticed 
to  the  captain  of  a  whaling  ship.  At  twenty  he 
returned  from  a  three  years'  voyage  as  master 
of  his  ship.  In  religion  he  was  a  Roman  Cath- 
olic, in  politics  a  Democrat.  He  married  Ann 
Larkin,  born  in  county  Clare,  Ireland,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Patrick  and  Anne  (Winter)  Larkin. 
Children :  Thomas,  born  in  Groton,  Connecti- 
cut, and  resides  at  New  London ;  Mary  Ellen, 
born  at  Stonington,  Connecticut  and  now  re- 
sides at  New  London ;  Frank,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

There  is  a  family  tradition  that  Francis 
Howe  was  of  the  same  stock  as  Sir  William 
Howe  and  Lord  Howe  who  led  the  British 
forces  in  the  revolution,  and  if  this  tradition 
is  well  founded  there  is  reason  to  believe  that 
he  was  also  related  very  distantly  to  the  old 
New  England  families  of  this  surname.  It  is 
likelv  that  all  the  Hows  came  originally  from 
the  same  stock.  The  coats-of-arms  tend  to  sup- 
port this  belief,  the  various  families  bearing 
the  same  armorials  in  many  cases. 

(Ill)  Frank,  son  of  Francis  Howe,  was 
born  at  Stonington,  Connecticut,  April  11, 
1856.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Gro- 
ton and  New  London,  Connecticut.  Early  in 
life  he  developed  a  talent  for  music.  Finally 
deciding  upon  the  cornet,  he  studiously  applied 
himself,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  had  become 
so  proficient  as  a  musician  that  he  appeared 
professionally  as  a  cornetist.  At  the  age  of 
twenty  he  appeared  first  in  Philadelphia  with 
the  Third  Regiment  Bank,  C.  N.  G.,  and  ap- 
peared as  a  solo  cornetist  at  the  Centennial 
Exposition.  In  1879  he  began  his  business 
career  as  a  clerk  in  the  Boston  carpet  house 
of  John  &  James  Dobson,  Philadelphia.  He 
won  promotion  from  time  to  time.  He  left  to 
become  the  Boston  sales  agent  of  another  Phil- 
adelphia firm.  Cofiin.  .\ltemus  &  Company,  dry 
goods  commission  merchant.  Thence  he  went 
to  Chicago  to  conduct  a  branch  store  for  this 
firm.  While  living  in  Boston  he  developed 
somewhat  a  talent  for  playing  and  he  was  Dick 
Deadeye.  at  the  old  Globe  Theatre  in  Boston, 
in  Gilbert  and  Sullivan's  "H.  M.  S.  Pinafore," 
in  the  same  amateur  cast  in  which  Richard 
Mansfield  played  Sir  Joseph  Porter  at  the  time 
Mansfield  had  not  yet  entered  into  prominence 
as  an  actor.  In  1883  Mr.  Howe  made  his  first 
venture  as  a  theatrical  manager  at  McVicker's 
Theatre,  Chicago,  producing  "lolanthe,"  the 
first  performance  in  Chicago  of  this  operetta. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


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From  that  time  he  has  continued  in  the  theatre 
business  with  eminent  success.  In  1895  he 
became  the  sole  lessee  of  the  oldest  theatre  in 
America,  the  Walnut  Street  Theatre  of  Phila- 
delphia, erected  in  1808,  and  at  the  same  time 
he  became  also  lessee  of  the  Park  Theatre, 
Board  street  and  Fairmont  avenue,  Philadel- 
phia, which  was  opened  in  1889,  and  which 
was  the  most  pretentious  and  most  modern 
that  the  city  knew  at  that  period. 

Some  of  the  most  famous  productions  in 
America  were  made  at  the  Park  Theatre  dur- 
ing his  management.  Notable  among  them 
being  "The  Fencing  Master"  by  Reginald  De 
Koven,  A.  M.  Palmer's  famous  stock  company, 
together  with  many  well  remembered  musical 
productions  and  dramas.  Not  long  afterward 
he  disposed  of  the  lease  of  the  Park  Theatre, 
but  he  has  retained  the  Walnut  Street  Theatre 
and  conducted  it  with  gratifying  success  to  the 
present  time.  It  was  during  Air.  Howe's 
lesseeship  of  the  historic  Walnut  Street  The- 
atre that  some  of  the  now  most  famous  actors 
and  actresses  made  their  first  successes.  Nota- 
ble among  these  were  David  Warfield,  Willie 
Collier,  Dan  Daly,  Ethel  Barrymore,  George 
Cohan,  Helen  Ware,  Robert  Mantell.  In  1900 
he  induced  Mr.  William  Weightman,  the  capi- 
talist, to  build  the  beautiful  Garrick  Theatre 
in  Philadelphia,  of  which  Mr.  Howe  became 
lessee  and  manager.  This  theatre  was  opened 
October  11,  1901  ;  Richard  Mansfield  in  Booth 
Tarkington's  "Monsieur  Beaucaire"  was  the 
stage  offering.  From  that  date  until  the  fall 
of  191 1,  he  directed  the  policy  and  manage- 
ment of  this  house,  which  in  that  time  became 
one  of  the  most  popular  and  successful  play- 
houses of  that  city  and  now  has  an  inter- 
national reputation.  Mr.  Howe  was  gifted 
with  that  ambitious  characteristic  that  caused 
him  to  first  study  the  wants  of  his  patrons  and 
then  see  that  they  got  the  nature  of  entertain- 
ments that  appealed  to  them.  He  avoided  the 
licentious  and  his  patrons  were  insured  of  the 
highest  class  in  the  art  of  music  and  the  drama. 
This  is  borne  out  in  the  fact  that  on  the  stages 
he  directed  such  artists  as  Mansfield,  Mme. 
Modjeska,  Mme.  Janauscheck,  Wilson  Barrett, 
Julia  Marlowe,  Agnes  Huntington,  Marie 
Tempest,  E.  H.  Sothern,  Joseph  JefTerson, 
Fanny  Davenport,  Chauncey  Olcott,  Ethel 
Barrymore,  and  other  stars  fondly  remember- 
ed by  theatre  visiting  people  of  Philadelphia, 
made  their  appearance.  Air.  Howe  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Lambs  Club  of  New  York  City,  and 
he  is  president  of  the  Theatrical  Managers' 
Association  of  Philadelphia.  In  politics  he  is 
Republican,  in  religion  a  Roman  Catholic. 

He  married,  April  16,  1890,  Florence  Leigh, 
1—4 


born  in  1870,  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey, 
daughter  of  Frederick  and  W'ilhelmina  (.\Iel- 
ber)  Leigh.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Howe  have  no 
children. 


William  Frothingham, 
FROTHINGHAM     immigrant  ancestor  of 

all  the  colonial  families 
of  this  surname,  was  born  in  England  about 
1600,  and  came  from  the  vicinity  of  Holder- 
ness  in  Yorkshire,  the  ancient  seat  of  the  fam- 
ily, which  probably  came  thither  from  Scot- 
land. The  name  spelled  Fotheringham  was 
common  in  Forfarshire,  Scotland,  before  1300, 
at  the  very  beginning  of  the  use  of  surnames. 
In  the  ancient  History  of  Scotland  by  John 
Lesley,  vol.  i.,  p.  vi.,  the  family  of  Fodring- 
hame  together  with  Crychton,  Giffert,  Manlis, 
Borthik  "and  others"  are  said  to  have  come 
from  Wugre  (Hungary)  under  Malcolm,  King 
of  Scotland,  with  his  wife  Queen  Margaret. 
But  Hailes  raised  a  doubt  of  the  accuracy  of 
the  statement.  Indeed,  it  seems  that  the  final 
syllable  indicates  a  local  origin  of  Fothering- 
ham, though  the  surname  may  have  been  a 
place  name  taken  by  a  Hungarian  noble  after 
the  custom  of  the  time,  eventually  becoming 
the  family  name. 

William  Frothingham  came  from  England 
in  Winthrop's  fleet,  and  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  in 
1630.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  March  6, 
1631-32.  With  his  wife  Anne  he  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  Boston  in  1630  and  joined  the 
new  church  at  Charlestown  in  1632.  He  was 
an  adherent  of  Rev.  John  Wheelwright  who 
founded  E.xeter,  brother  of  the  celebrated  Mrs. 
Hutchinson,  but  Frothingham  finally  renounced 
his  beliefs  and  remained  in  the  established 
church  of  the  Puritans  at  Charlestown.  His 
wife  Anne  died  July  28,  1674,  aged  sixty- 
seven  years  (see  gravestone).  He  had  a  grant 
of  land  from  the  town  on  the  Mystic  side  ( Wo- 
burn )  of  ten  acres.  His  house  and  four  acres 
of  land  were  bounded  on  the  north  by  the 
Mystic  river,  east  by  homesteads  of  George 
Bunker  and  Thomas  Ruck ;  west  by  E.  Mel- 
lows and  Abraham  Pratt.  He  had  eight  other 
parcels  of  land  on  record.  His  will  is  dated 
September  31,  1651,  and  was  proved  Febru- 
ary 6,  1652.  The  document  itself  has  been  in 
the  possession  of  the  family  many  years, 
though  the  records  show  that  it  was  proved 
properly.  He  bequeathed  his  property  to  his 
wife,  and  the  inventory  places  a  value  of  fifty 
pounds  on  his  house  and  orchard.  His  widow 
bought  a  house  and  land  in  Charlestown  in 
1656  of  Grace  Palmer.  Her  will,  dated  Octo- 
ber 4,  1672,  was  proved  October  6,  1674,  be- 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


queathing  to  her  sons  Samuel,  J.  Kettell,  Peter 
and  Nathaniel  Frothingham,  and  Thomas 
White,  who  received  her  house  orchard  and 
barn.  Children,  born  in  Charlestown :  Bethia, 
born  February  7,  163 1 ;  John,  August  10, 
1633;  Elizabeth,  March  15,  1635;  Peter,  April 
15,  1636;  Mary,  April  i,  1638;  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  below;  Stephen,  November  11, 
1641  ;  Hannah,  March  29,  1642;  Joseph,  De- 
cember I.  1645;  Samuel. 

(11)  Nathaniel,  son  of  William  Frothing- 
ham, was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
April  16,  1640,  died  there  December  12,  1688. 
His  gravestone  is  preserved.  He  died  the 
same  day  as  his  brother,  Peter  Frothingham. 
He  joined  the  church  with  his  wife,  January 
22,  1670-71.  He  lived  in  Charlestown  and 
was  granted  two  common  rights  there  in  1681. 
He  owned  land  on  what  is  now  called  Bunker 
Hill.  He  was  a  legatee  of  the  estate  of  Will- 
iam Croft,  of  Lynn,  in  1689,  or  rather  his 
eldest  son  was,  together  with  the  eldest  chil- 
dren of  his  brother  Peter.  His  estate  was 
divided  in  1708.  He  married,  February  6, 
1667,  Mary  Hett,  and  she  married  (second) 
in  1694,  Samuel  Kettell.  Children:  Mary,  born 
September  25,  1668,  died  January  9,  1679 ; 
Nathaniel,  April  16,  1670,  died  July  28  fol- 
lowing; Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Hannah. 
November  26,  1673,  died  young;  Thomas,  De- 
cember 2,  1675;  Joseph,  October  31,  1677; 
Benjamin,  December  26,  1679;  Eliphalet,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1681  ;  Mary,  November  14,  1682; 
Hannah,  May  30,  1685  ;  Abigail,  May  10,  1687  ; 
.\biel  (daughter),  May  26,  1689,  died  June  5, 
1689. 

(IH)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Frothingham,  was  born  July  2,  167 1.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  church  with  his  wife,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1705-06.  He  was  a  carpenter.  His 
name  was  on  the  tax  lists  of  1727  and  1729. 
In  1696,  with  his  father's  heirs,  he  deeded  land 
to  Kidder  which  had  been  inherited  from  his 
father.  He  bought  of  his  brothers  Benjamin 
and  Thomas,  in  1702,  one-half  house  joining 
the  north  end  of  his  father's  house  and  land  be- 
lowr,  fifty-two  feet  broad,  and  in  1708  he 
bought  of  heirs  of  his  father,  one-third  of  an 
orchard.  There  are  recorded  also  many  other 
purchases  made  by  him  at  different  dates.  His 
will  was  dated  June  16,  1725-26,  and  proved 
.August  24,  1730.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife 
and  three  daughters  all  the  estate  during  his 
wife's  life,  and  afterwards  it  was  to  be  divided 
among  all  the  children.  On  June  9,  1760,  Ben- 
jamin Frothingham  was  appointed  executor 
of  his  estate.  He  married,  .\pril  12,  1694,  Han- 
nah Rand,  who  died  .\pril  23,  1760,  aged 
eighty-seven,  according  to  her  gravestone.  He 
died   July   31,    1730,    aged   fifty-nine    (grave- 


stone). Children:  Hannah,  born  June  8,  1695, 
died  August  15,  1714;  Elizabeth,  January  20, 
1696-97 ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
January  19,  1700;  Joseph,  July  15,  1703; 
Sarah,  December  8,  1705;  Benjamin,  April  6. 
1708;  Thomas,  January  3,  1709-10;  Ruth,  -Au- 
gust ID,  1712. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Frothingham,  was  born  December  7,  1698, 
died  May  7,  1749,  aged  fifty,  according  to  his 
gravestone.  He  was  taxed  in  1727-48.  In 
1723  his  father  deeded  to  him  a  lot  of  land, 
and  some  purchases  of  other  lands  are  record- 
ed, as  well  as  land  which  he  sold.  He  was  a 
painter.  His  widow  was  made  administratrix. 
May  22,  1749,  and  the  inventory  amounted  to 
one  thousand  four  hundred  and  si.xty-si.x 
pounds.  He  married,  July  2j,  1721,  Susanna 
Whittemore.  She  married  (second)  Stephen 
Badger,  in  1756.  Children:  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph,  born  January  15,  1723- 
24;  Susanna,  October  23,  1725;  Hannah,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1727;  William,  October  16,  1729; 
Jabez,  July  23,  1731,  died  November  30,  1748; 
Jonathan,    .August    15,    1733;   James,    August 

22.  1735- 

{\)  Nathaniel  (4),  son  of  Nathaniel  (3) 
Frothingham,  was  born  June  2,  1722.  He 
lived  in  Charlestown  and  Boston  and  was  a 
coachmaker.  In  the  shops  at  one  period  were 
four  of  the  family  bearing  the  name  Nathaniel, 
each  designated  by  some  peculiar,  significant 
term.  He  was  taxed  from  1756  to  1773.  In 
1746  his  father  deeded  to  him  one-half  house. 
In  1784  he  deeded  to  his  son  Nathaniel  a  lot, 
and  in  1786  he  bought  a  house  of  Nathaniel 
and  Hepzibah  Rand.  In  1788  he  bought  of 
Nathaniel  Prentiss  a  house  and  one  acre  of 
land  partly  in  Cambridge  and  partly  in  Charles- 
town. In  1796  his  son  Ebenezer  with  his  heirs 
sold  land  to  Page :  Nathaniel  Frothingham's 
executors  in  1798  sold  land  to  Nathaniel  Pren- 
tiss, and  also  to  John  Page,  and  to  Richard 
Frothingham  in  1799.  Nathaniel  Frothingham 
married  (first)  ^Iarch  i,  1743-44.  Mary  Whit- 
temore, who  died  December  18,  1763,  aged 
forty  r gravestone).  He  married  (second)  in 
1765,  Ruth  Taylor,  who  died  October  12,  1800, 
aged  sixty-one,  and  on  the  gravestone  is  writ- 
ten:  "Husband  and  two  wives  were  all  buried 
here."  He  died  in  West  street,  Boston,  March 
14,  1791,  aged  sixty-nine.  Children:  Nathaniel, 
baptized  February  24,  1744-45;  Nathaniel, 
mentioned  below;  Richard,  March  15,  1748; 
Mary,  baptized  July  14,  1754;  Ebenezer,  De- 
cember 13,  1756;  child,  December  11,  died  De- 
cember 12.  1758;  Susanna,  September  ig,  1763; 
Katharine,  May  14,  died  October  i,  1765: 
Thomas,  November  30.  1767:  Peter,  Novem- 
ber 24,  1775. 


(VI)  Nathaniel  (5),  son  of  Nathaniel  (4) 
Frothingham,  was  born  April  6,  1746.  He 
was  a  coachmaker  in  Boston.  This  Nathaniel 
Frothingham  was  one  of  those  patriots  who 
took  part  in  the  Boston  Tea  Party,  and  dis- 
guised as  Indians  threw  the  tea  overboard  in 
Boston  Harbor.  In  1784  his  father  deeded 
him  land  on  Main  street.  In  1785  he  bought 
land  with  cellar  of  B.  Bradish.  He  bought  of 
Ebenezer  Frothingham  his  levy  on  Soley  & 
Stearns,  and  in  1801  he  sold  land  to  John 
Larkin.  He  married  (first)  May  16,  1771, 
Rebecca  Austin.  He  married  (second)  De- 
cember 22,  1785,  Mary  Townsend,  who  died 
October  12,  1800,  aged  forty-two  (suicide). 
He  married  (third)  May  2,  1804,  Lydia  Ket- 
tell.  Children:  Nathaniel,  born  1779;  Rebecca, 
1781  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  1789; 
Susanna,  1792;  Ruth,  married  John  Redman, 
builder;  others  who  died  young. 

(VTI)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  (5)  Froth- 
ingham, was  born  at  Charlestown,  March  4, 
1787,  died  in  1869.  He  located  in  Boston,  be- 
came cashier  of  the  State  Bank,  and  latterly 
for  many  years  the  president  of  the  institution. 
He  was  one  of  the  prominent  citizens  of  Bos- 
ton taking  part  in  many  civic  activities.  He 
married,  in  1810,  Eliza  Atkins,  born  in  1792, 
died  in  1850.  Children:  Samuel,  Harriet,  Eliza, 
Theodore,  of  whom  further ;  Henry ;  Cor- 
nelia, married  Joshua  H.  Wolcott  (see  Wolcott 
VII). 

(VIII)  Theodore,  son  of  Samuel  Froth- 
ingham, was  born  July  5,  1818,  in  Boston.  He 
received  his  education  in  Boston,  and  after 
leaving  school  went  into  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness in  that  city.  In  1859  he  removed  to  Phil- 
a'^lelphia,  continuing  in  the  same  kind  of  busi- 
ness of  which  he  had  already  made  a  success, 
and  there  he  resided  until  his  death.  Mr. 
Frothingham  was  one  of  the  original  members 
of  the  Union  League  Club,  and  was  a  very 
well-known  and  conspicuous  citizen.  He  mar- 
ried, February  4,  1845,  Mary  Frances  Wol- 
cott, who  was  from  Litchfield,  Connecticut. 
She  was  born  July  9,  1823,  at  Litchfield,  died 
April  10,  1898,  in  Philadelphia.  Children:  i. 
Mary  Goodrich,  born  March  i,  1846;  married 
Charles  A.  Brimlay,  died  July  15,  191 1.  2. 
Theoflore,  mentioned  below.  3.  E.  Cornelia, 
born  December  22,  1853.  4-  Bessye  Wolcott, 
born  January  15,  1857:  married  Percival  Rob- 
erts Jr.  5.  Harriet  Wolcott,  born  December 
28,  i860;  married  Dr.  Herbert  Norris. 

(IX)  Theodore  (2),  son  of  Theodore  (i) 
Frothingham,  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, March  Z2.  1848.  He  was  prepared  for 
college  under  Reginald  Chase,  in  Philadelphia, 
and  matriculated  at  Harvard  College,  joining 
as  sophomore  the  class  of  1870.    He  graduated 


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with  his  cousm,  Roger  Wolcott.  After  he  left 
college  he  engaged  in  business  in  Philadelphia 
as  a  ship  broker  and  commission  merchant 
until  the  year  1886.  He  then  became  con- 
nected with  the  Solicitors'  Loan  and  Trust 
Company  as  secretary,  and  later  as  vice-presi- 
dent and  treasurer ;  secretary  and  assistant 
treasurer  of  the  Schuylkill  River  East  Side 
Railroad  Company  since  1886;  president  of  the 
Commercial  Trust  Company  from  1894  until 
1900;  vice-president  and  treasurer  of  the  Phil- 
adelphia Securities  Company  since  1898,  and 
secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  .Assets  Realiza- 
tion Company  since  1900.  He  was  director  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  was  also  director  of  the 
Philadelphia  Orthopedic  Hospital  for  many 
years,  being  for  three  years  its  treasurer.  He 
has  been  director  of  the  Pennsylvania  Insti- 
tute for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  for  the  past  ten 
years,  and  as  director  has  been  connected  with 
a  number  of  other  corporations.  He  was 
vice-president  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Phila- 
delphia from  1892  to  1895,  and  president  from 
1895  to  1898.  He  was  second  vice-president 
of  the  New  England  Society  of  Pennsylvania 
from  1901  to  1903,  and  president  from  1903 
to  1906.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Rittenhouse, 
Philadelphia,  Country  and  other  clubs. 

He  married.  May  22,  1888,  Lucy  Jaudon 
Harris,  of  Philadelphia.  They  have  five  chil- 
dren:  Theodore,  born  April  19,  1889;  Thomas 
Harris,  April  5,  1891 ;  Huntington  Wolcott, 
September  19,  1893;  William  Bainbridge,  Oc- 
tober 30.  1898;  Dorothea,  May  6.  1909. 

Mrs.  Theodore  Frothingham  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Thomas  Cadwalader  Harris. 
LTnited  States  navy,  and  Mary  Louise  Bain- 
bridge Jaudon.  She  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
December  23,  1866.  The  father  of  Captain 
Thomas  Cadwalader  Harris  was  Dr.  Thomas 
Harris,  born  January  3,  1784,  who  was  the 
first  surgeon-general  of  the  L'nited  States 
navy.  He  practiced  for  many  years  in  Phila- 
delphia, and  was  a  prominent  man  of  his  time. 
The  father  of  Dr.  Thomas  Harris  was  Will- 
iam Harris,  born  in  Chester  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1757,  and  was  a  revolutionary  offi- 
cer, later  serving  as  brigadier-general.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  legislature  during  the 
years  1779-80.  and  1810-11-12.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 4,  1 81 2.  This  patriot  was  the  son  of 
Thomas  Harris,  born  in  1722,  who  came  in 
1747  from  Ireland,  and  settled  in  Chester 
county,  Pennsylvania. 

(The    Wolcott    Line). 

(I)  John  Wolcott  lived  and  died  in  Tolland, 
Somersetshire,  England.  His  will,  dated  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1571,  was  proved  .April  ir,  1372.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below ;  .Alice,  Mary. 


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(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Wolcott, 
lived  at  Tolland,  where  he  died  March  2,  1618. 
He  owned  mills  and  other  property  at  Tolland. 
William  and  Thomas  Wolcott  were  in  Tol- 
land as  early  as  1526,  but  the  relationship  is 
not    known.      John     Wolcott    married    Joan 

,   who   died   April    5,    1637.     Children, 

baptized  at  Lidiard,  a  parish  adjoining  Tol- 
land: Christopher,  died  iMarch  25,  1639; 
Henry,  mentioned  below ;  John,  died  February 
17,  1652. 

(III)  Henry,  son  of  John  (2)  Wolcott, 
was  baptized  at  Lidiard,  England,  December 
6.  1578.  He  came  with  the  first  company  to 
Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  though  it  is  said 
he  came  first  in  1628.  He  came  with  part  of 
his  family  in  the  ship  "Alary  and  John,"  land- 
ing at  Xantasket,  May  30,  1630.  He  was  an 
original  settler  and  proprietor  of  Dorchester, 
and  was  on  the  first  list  of  freemen,  October 
19,  1630.  He  was  a  leading  citizen  and  select- 
man and  in  other  important  positions.  In 
1636-37  he  moved  with  many  neighbors  to 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  was  a  member  of 
the  first  general  assembly  in  1637;  in  1643  he 
was  elected  to  the  house  of  magistrates,  serv- 
ing the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  a 
wealthy  and  influential  man,  owning  a  good 
estate  in  Somersetshire,  England,  at  his  death. 
He  was  called  a  "man  of  fine  estate  and  su- 
perior abilities."  He  died  May  30,  1655.  He 
married,  January  19,  1606,  in  England.  Eliza- 
beth Saunders,  born  1582,  died  at  Windsor, 
July  5,  1655,  daughter  of  Thomas  Saunders. 
Children:  John,  baptized  at  Lidiard,  England, 
where  he  died ;  Anna,  Henry,  baptized  Jan- 
uary 21,  1610-11  ;  George,  Christopher,  Mary, 
Simon,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Simon,  son  of  Henry  Wolcott,  was 
born  in  1624-25  in  England.  He  was  prominent 
in  public  life.  In  1668  he  was  on  a  commit- 
tee of  the  general  court  to  further  planting. 
In  1671  he  moved  to  Simsbury,  and  was  cap- 
tain of  the  train  band  there,  August  11,  1673; 
selectman,  1674.  He  and  his  neighbors  were 
driven  from  home  during  King  Philip's  war. 
In  1680  he  was  one  of  the  six  in  the  colony 
called  "Mr."  He  married  (first),  March  19, 
1657,  Joanna  Cook,  born  August  5,  1638,  died 
April  27,  1657;  (second),  October  17,  1661, 
Martha  Pitkin,  who  came  from  England  with 
her  brother  William,  attorney-general  and 
treasurer  of  the  colony.  Simon  Wolcott  died 
September  11.  1687,  and  his  widow  married 
(second")  Daniel  Clark,  and  died  October  13, 
1719.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  August  19, 
1662;  Martha,  May  17,  1664;  Simon,  June  24, 
1666;  Joanna,  June  30,  1668;  Henry,  May  20, 
1670;  Christopher,  July  4,  1672;  Mary,  1674; 


William,  November  8,  1676;  Roger,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Governor  Roger  Wolcott,  son  of  Si- 
mon Wolcott,  was  born  January  4,  1679,  at 
Simsbury,  Connecticut,  and  he  was  the  fore- 
most man  of  the  day  in  the  colony.  He  re- 
ceived school  instruction  from  his  parents. 
After  his  mother  married  (second)  Daniel 
Clark,  he  went  to  live  with  her  in  her  new 
home.  In  1690  he  learned  to  write  and  read; 
in  1694  he  was  apprenticed  to  a  clothier  or 
fuller  to  learn  the  trade,  and  January  2,  1699, 
he  engaged  in  business  as  a  clothier  on  his  own 
account,  and  became  very  successful.  He  was 
elected  selectman  of  Windsor  in  1707 ;  deputy 
to  the  general  assembly  in  1710.  He  took  part 
in  the  expedition  against  Canada  in  171 1  as 
commissary  of  Connecticut  stores.  He  was 
elected  councillor  in  1714;  judge  of  county 
court  in  1731  :  of  superior  court  in  1732; 
deputy  governor  and  chief  judge  of  superior 
court  in  1 741.  He  was  commissioned  major- 
general  of  the  colonial  army  by  Governor  Shir- 
ley, of  Massachusetts,  and  Governor  Law,  of 
Connecticut,  and  led  the  Connecticut  troops  in 
the  expedition  against  Cape  Breton  in  1745, 
then  being  sixty-seven  years  old.  In  1750  he 
was  elected  governor  of  Connecticut.  He 
published  three  books,  "Political  Meditations,'' 
1720;  "A  Tract  on  a  Controversial  Letter  on 
the  New  England  Churches,"  1761,  and  "Let- 
ter to  the  Freemen  of  Connecticut,"  1761.  He 
died  May  17,  1767.  He  married,  December  3, 
1702,  Sarah  Drake,  born  May  10,  1686,  daugh- 
ter of  Job  Drake.  Children :  Roger,  Eliza- 
beth, born  April  10,  1706;  Ale.xander,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1708;  Samuel,  January  9,  1710;  Alex- 
ander, January  7,  1712;  Sarah,  born  and  died 
December  10,  1713;  Sarah,  January  31,  1715; 
Hepzibah,  June  23,  1717:  Josiah,  February  6, 
1719;  Erastus,  twin,  February  8,  1721; 
Ephraim,  twin  of  Erastus ;  Oliver,  mentioned 
below;  Ursula,  October  30,  1734. 

(VI)  Governor  Oliver  Wolcott,  son  of 
Governor  Roger  Wolcott,  was  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1747.  Soon  afterward  he 
was  commissioned  captain  and  marched  to  the 
defense  of  the  northern  frontier  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war.  He  studied  medicine  for  a 
time.  In  1751  he  was  appointed  the  first 
sheritT  of  Litchfield  county.  He  was  active  in 
support  of  the  movement  in  the  colonies 
against  British  misrule  and  was  a  member  of 
the  continental  congress  in  July,  1775,  and 
was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  immortal  Declar- 
ation of  Independence.  When  he  returned  to 
Litchfield  he  carried  with  him  the  leaden 
statue  of  King  George  from  New  York  and 
had  it  converted  into  bullets  to  shoot  at  the 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


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king's  soldiers.  He  was  commissioned  by 
Governor  Trumbull  and  the  committee  of 
safety,  August  15,  1776.  to  command  four- 
teen regiments.  In  November,  1776,  he  again 
attended  Congress,  and  in  1777  he  attended  the 
session  at  Baltimore.  He  was  commissioned 
brigadier-general,  January  17,  1777,  and  com- 
manded a  brigade  under  General  Gates.  He 
attended  congress  at  Yorktown  in  1778.  In 
the  summer  of  1779  he  commanded  a  division 
of  militia  defending  the  seacoast.  Early  in 
life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  gen- 
eral assembly,  and  from  1774  to  1786  an  as- 
sistant or  councillor  and  while  councillor  was 
also  chief  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas. 
For  many  years  he  was  judge  of  probate  also. 
He  served  in  the  provincial  militia  in  all 
grades  to  the  rank  of  major-general.  During 
the  war  he  contributed  liberally  to  the  pat- 
riots' cause  from  his  own  fortune.  In  1782- 
83    he    occasionally    attended    congress.      In 

1785  he  was  commissioner  of  Indian  affairs 
for  the  northern  department  and  was  engaged 
in   making  peace  with   the   Six   Nations.      In 

1786  he  was  elected  lieutenant-governor  of 
Connecticut  and  re-elected  annually  until  he 
became  governor.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
state  convention  to  ratify  the  federal  constitu- 
tion in  1787;  was  presidential  elector  in  1796 
and  voted  for  Adams  and  Pinckney.  From 
1796  until  he  died  he  was  governor  of  the 
state.  He  married.  January  21,  1755,  Lor- 
raine, daughter  of  Captain  Daniel  Collins,  of 
Guilford.  Children:  Oliver,  born  August  31, 
died  September  13,  1757;  Oliver,  born  Jan- 
uary II,  1760.  also  governor  of  Connecticut; 
Laura,  December  15,  1761,  married  William 
Moseley :  Mariann,  February  16,  1765.  married 
Chauncey  Goodrich ;  Frederick,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VII)  Frederick,  son  of  Governor  Oliver 
Wolcott,  was  born  November  2.  1767,  died  at 
Litchfield,  May  28,  1837.  He  graduated  from 
Yale  College  in  1786  with  first  honors.  He 
began  to  study  law,  but  gave  it  up  on  account 
of  ill  health.  In  1793  he  was  made  clerk  of 
the  court  of  common  pleas,  and  in  1798  clerk 
of  the  superior  court  of  Litchfield  county,  an 
office  he  filled  until  1836.  In  1796  he  was  made 
judge  of  probate,  an  office  he  also  filled  as 
long  as  he  lived.  He  represented  the  town  often 
in  the  general  assembly.  In  1808  he  was  pres- 
idential elector.  From  1810  to  1823  he  was 
a  state  senator,  and  during  the  last  six  years 
was  a  fellow  of  Yale  College.  He  and  his 
brother  Oliver  were  engaged  for  many  years 
in  the  manufacture  of  woolen  cloth  at  Wol- 
cottville,  Connecticut,  and  in  farming.  They 
imported  Devon  and  Durham  cattle  and  Mer- 
ino sheep.    Twice  he  declined  the  nomination 


for  governor  when  his  party  nominee  was 
elected.  All  his  lif«  he  was  a  student  and  a 
scholar,  continuing  to  study  and  read  the  an- 
cient classics. 

He  married  (first),  October  12,  1800,  Bet- 
sey Huntington,  born  November  8.  1774,  died 
April  2,  1812,  daughter  of  Colonel  Joshua 
Huntington.  He  married  (second)  Sally 
Worthington  (Goodrich) Cooke,  a  daughter  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Goodrich,  of  Berlin.  She  was 
born  August  7,  1778,  and  died  September  14, 
1842.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Mary  Ann 
Goodrich,  born  August  9,  1801.  2.  Hannah 
Huntington,  January  14,  1803.  3.  Joshua 
Huntington,  born  August  29,  1804;  married 
(first),  November  12,  1844,  Cornelia,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Frothingham.  of  Boston  (see 
Frothingham  VII).  She  died  June  i,  1850, 
and  he  married  (second),  November  12,  1751, 
a  sister  of  his  first  wife;  his  only  surviving 
son  was  Governor  Roger  Wolcott,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, born  July  13,  1847.  4-  Elizabeth, 
born  March  6,  1806.  5.  Frederick  Henry,  born 
August  19,  1808.  6.  Laura  Maria,  August  14, 
1811.  Children  by  second  wife:  7.  Charles 
Moseley,  born  November  20,  1816.  8. 
Chauncy  Goodrich,  born  March  15,  1819,  died 
young.  9.  Henry  Griswold.  born  November 
4,  1820.  10.  Mary  Frances,  born  July  9,  1823; 
married,  February  4,  1845,  Theodore  Froth- 
ingham, of  Boston  (see  Frothingham  VIII). 


Hoyt  is  the  surname  of  an  ancient 
HOYT  English  family.  As  the  old  Eng- 
lish word  hoit  rom  hoyt  means  to 
leap  or  to  caper,  it  is  probable  that  some  early 
progenitor  of  the  family  was  noted  for  his 
agility  or  good  spirits.  In  America  the  name 
has  been  spelled  in  more  than  thirty  different 
ways.  The  Hoyt  family  in  this  country  seems 
to  have  sprung  from  two  men.  Simon  Hoyt 
and  John  Hoyt,  between  whom  no  relationship 
has  been  traced,  although  they  were  perhaps 
brothers.  Simon  Hoyt  was  in  Salem.  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1629.  He  was  the  emi- 
grant ancestor  of  most  of  the  Hoyts  of  West- 
ern Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  Eastern 
New  York.  The  descendants  of  John  Hoyt 
embrace  most  of  those  bearing  the  name  in 
Eastern  -  Massachusetts,  Maine  and  New 
Hampshire.  In  other  parts  of  the  country 
there  are  numerous  members  of  both  branches. 
(I)  John  Hoyt  was  probably  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1610.  He  was  one  of  the  earliest 
settlers  of  Salisbury.  Massachusetts,  and  ob- 
tained lands  at  the  "first  division,"  in  1639 
or  1640.  A  few  years  later  he  removed  across 
the  Powow  river  to  the  west  parish  of  Salis- 
bury, his  family  being  one  of  thirty  that  re- 
moved to  settle  it,  and  he  sold  his  house  on  the 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


east  side  in  1647.  This  west  parish  was  named 
Amesbury  in  1668  by  the  general  court.  In 
both  Salisbury  and  x\mesbury  John  Hoyt 
seems  to  have  been  prominent.  He  was  at  an 
early  date  appointed  sergeant  of  the  Salisbury 
military  company.  In  the  .Amesbury  records 
his  name  is  frequently  mentioned  as  prudential- 
man,  selectman,  constable,  juror,  moderator  of 
a  town  meeting,  etc.  In  old  deeds  he  was 
styled  "planter."  He  died  February  28, 
1687-88. 

John  Hoyt  was  twice  married,  both  of  his 
wives  being  named  Frances.  He  had  five  chil- 
dren by  his  first  wife,  who  died  February  23, 
1642-43,  viz. :  Frances,  John,  mentioned  be- 
low:  Thomas  (twin),  born  January  i,  1640 
41;  Gregorie  (twin),  January  i,  1640-41: 
Elizabeth,  February  23,  1642-43;  and  eight 
children  by  his  second  wife,  viz. :  Sarah,  Jan- 
uary 16,  1644-45;  ^lary,  February  20,  1645- 
46;  Joseph,  born  and  died  in  1648;  Joseph, 
born  November  27,  1649;  Marah,  November 
24,  1653;  Naomi,  January  23,  1654-55;  Doro- 
thie,  April  13,  1656;  Mehetabel,  October  25, 
1664. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i) 
Hoyt.  was  born  in  Salisbury  about  1638.  In 
old  deeds,  of  which  he  gave  and  received  a 
large  number,  he  is  sometimes  called  a  planter 
and  sometimes  a  carpenter.  He  lived  in  Ames- 
bury  and  there  held  the  offices  of  "standing 
lot-layer,"  constable  and  "Clarke  of  ye  mar- 
ket." He  was  "upon  ye  request  and  choyce" 
of  the  town  licensed  for  several  years  to  keep 
the  town  ordinary  or  inn.  He  was  killed  by 
the  Indians  in  Andover,  on  the  road  to  Haver- 
hill, August  13,  1696.  He  married,  June  23, 
1659,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Rachel 
Barnes.  She  survived  him  many  years,  and  it 
is  probable  that  she  is  the  Granny  Hoyt  who 
tried  the  experiment  of  using  the  powder- 
horn  in  kindling  the  fire  and  thus  gave  rise  to 
the  expression  current  among  her  descendants  : 
"Quick  as  Granny  Hoyt's  powder-horn."  John 
Hoyt  had  ten  children :  William,  born  Septem- 
ber 5,  1660:  Elizabeth,  February  8,  1661-62; 
John,  March  28,  1663;  Mary,  October  11, 
1664;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Sarah;  Ra- 
chel, June  28,  1670 ;  Dorothie,  January  29, 
1673-74;  Grace.  March  29,  1676;  Robert. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Hoyt,  was 
born  July  14,  1666.  He  appears  to  have  lived 
at  the  homestead  of  his  grandfather,  John 
Hoyt,  in  Amesbury.  He  held  the  offices  of 
tythingman  and  selectman.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1702,  Dorothy  Worthen,  and  died  in 
1719  or  1720.  He  had  eight  children:  John, 
born  July  2,  1703;  Mehetabel,  November  25, 
1705;  Joseph,  January  10,  1707-08:  Ezekiel, 
mentioned  below ;  Judith  or  Juda,   February 


22,  1711-12;  Nathan,  February  16,  1714; 
Moses,  March  23,  1716;  Dorothy,  August  23, 
1718. 

(IV)  Ezekiel,  son  of  Joseph  Hoyt,  was 
born  in  Amesbury,  January  7,  1709-10.  He 
was  a  tanner,  and  seems  to  have  been  a  man 
of  considerable  means.  He  removed  about 
1739  to  that  part  of  Salisbury  which  became 
South  Hampton,  and  thence,  about  1748,  to 
Brentwood,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  died  in 
1754.  He  married,  December  25,  1735,  Re- 
becca Brown,  of  Newbury.  He  had  seven 
children:  Judith,  born  November  25,  1736; 
Mary,  October  11,  1739;  Sarah,  March  22, 
1741-42;  Dorothy,  June  10,  1744;  Ezekiel, 
January  27,  1746-47,;  Ezekiel,  September  3, 
1749;  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

iV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Ezekiel  Hoyt.  was 
born  November  3,  1751,  in  Brentwood,  New 
Hampshire.  He  settled  in  Sandwich,  New 
Hampshire,  and  died  there  May  12,  1788.  He 
was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  Association 
Test  issued  by  the  New  Hampshire  committee 
of  safety  in  April,  1776,  which  was  as  fol- 
lows: "We  the  Subscribers,  do  hereby  sol- 
emnly engage,  and  promise,  that  we  will,  ta 
the  utmost  of  our  Power,  at  the  Risque  of 
our  Lives  and  Fortunes,  with  ARMS,  oppose 
the  Hostile  Proceedings  of  the  British  Fleets, 
and  .Armies,  against  the  United  American 
COLONIES."  He  married,  August  25,  1774, 
at  Epping,  New  Hampshire,  Betsy,  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Huldah  (Eastman)  Folsom. 
His  widow  died  July  16,  1834.  He  had  five 
children:  Huldah,  born  -April  25,  1775;  Eze- 
kiel, January  27,  1777;  Daniel,  mentioned  be- 
low: Joseph,  July  31,  1780;  Josiah,  May  14, 
1786. 

(VD  General  Daniel  Hoit  (as  he  spelled 
the  name),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Hoyt,  was  born 
in  Sandwich.  October  26.  1778.  He  was  a 
merchant  in  Sandwich,  for  many  years  presi- 
dent of  the  Carroll  County  Bank,  and  a  prom- 
inent public  man  in  New  Hampshire.  He 
was  elected  fifteen  times  to  represent  his  na- 
tive town  in  the  lower  house  of  the  state  leg- 
islature, first  in  1807,  and  was  senator  four 
years  and  a  member  of  the  governor's  council 
two  years.  He  was  general  of  the  state  mili- 
tia, and  always  went  by  the  name  "General." 
He  early  identified  himself  with  the  Liberty 
or  Free  Soil  party,  and  was  for  several  years 
their  candidate  for  governor.  Two  years  of 
his  life  was  spent  in  Ohio.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah  (Sally),  daughter  of  Moses  and  Eliza- 
beth (Batchelder)  Flanders,  January  21,  1805, 
and  (second)  Betsy  Emerson,  of  Chester,  De- 
cember 10,  1838.  His  first  wife  died  May  31, 
1837.  He  had  five  children,  all  by  his  first 
wife :  Eliza  Flanders,  born  April  9,  1806 ;  Julia 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


Maria,  November  15,  1807;  Albert  Gallatin, 
December  13,  1809,  a  distinguished  artist; 
Otis  Gray,  August  12,  1811;  William  Henry 
(Harrison),  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Rev.  William  Henry  (Harrison) 
Hoyt,  son  of  General  Daniel  Hoit,  was  born  in 
Sandwich,  January  8,  181 3.  He  dropped  the 
name  Harrison  early  in  life.  Later  he  changed 
the  spelling  of  his  surname  from  Hoit  to 
Hoyt.  He  was  graduated  at  Dartmouth  Col- 
lege in  1831,  and  after  pursuing  a  course  of 
study  at'Andover  Theological  Seminary  and 
at  the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  New 
York,  he  was  ordained  a  minister  of  the  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  church  in  1836.  During  the 
next  two  years  he  was  a  professor  at  Bishop 
Hopkins's  seminary  in  Burlington,  Vermont, 
and  rector  of  the  Episcopal  church  in  Middle- 
bury,  and  from  1838  until  1846,  when  he  left 
the  ministry,  he  was  rector  of  St.  Luke's  Epis- 
copal Church  in  St.  Albans.  Soon  afterward 
he  became  a  convert  to  the  Roman  Catholic 
faith,  studied  law  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar.  In  i860  he  removed  from  St.  Albans  to 
Burlington,  where  he  was  editor  and  proprie- 
tor of  the  Burlington  Sentinel,  which  was  at 
one  time  carried  on  by  John  G.  Saxe,  the  poet. 
He  removed  to  New  York  City  about  1868. 
After  the  death  of  his  wife,  in  January,  1875, 
he  became  a  Catholic  priest,  being  ordained 
in  May,  1877.  On  December  8,  1883,  while 
celebrating  mass  in  St.  Ann's  church,  on 
Twelfth  street.  New  York,  he  fell  insensible 
before  the  altar,  and  died  four  days  later.  He 
was  a  man  of  scholarly  attainments,  a  fine 
linguist,  and  possessed  of  qualities  of  heart 
that  endeared  him  to  all  who  knew  him.  He 
married,  August  21,  1838,  Anne,  daughter  of 
Eleazer  Hubbell  and  Fanny  Fay  (Follett) 
Deming,  of  Burlington.  He  had  eleven  chil- 
dren :  Charles  Albert,  born  July  27,  1839 ; 
William  Henry,  March  26,  1841  ;  Francis  Dem- 
ing, November  29,  1843:  Anna  Deming,  May 
22,  1846;  Mary  Elizabeth,  February  4,  1848; 
Julia  Catherine,  January  20,  1850;  Jane 
Frances,  April  10,  185 1  ;  George  Aloysius,  De- 
cember 14,  1852;  Frederick  Alphonsus  (twin), 
mentioned  below:  Edward  Vincent  (twin), 
October  12,  1854;  Henrianna  Maria,  October 
I,  1858. 

(Vni)  Frederick  Alphonsus,  son  of  Rev. 
William  Henry  Hoyt,  was  born  October  12, 
1854,  in  Burlington.  He  received  his  educa- 
tion at  the  College  Ste.  Marie,  in  Montreal, 
Canada,  and  at  the  College  of  St.  Francis 
Xavier,  in  New  York.  He  was  for  many 
years  in  the  insurance  business  in  New  York, 
where  he  resides.  He  married,  April  4,  1883, 
Florence    Sarah,    daughter   of   Captain    Peter 


Umstead  Murphey.  of  the  United  States  ai.  I 
Confederate  navies,  and  Emily  Rennie  (Pat- 
rick) Murphey.  He  has  four'children:  Will- 
iam Henry,  mentioned  below ;  George  Aloy- 
sius, born  July  21,  1885;  Charles  Albert,  July 
28,  1888;  Florence  Fredericka,  January  24, 
1891. 

(IX)  William  Henry,  son  of  Frederick  Al- 
phonsus Hoyt,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
January  lo,  1884.  He  studied  at  private 
schools  in  New  York  and  Montreal,  Canada, 
and  received  the  degree  of  A.  B.  from  Ford- 
ham  College  in  1902,  A.  M.  from  the  L^niver- 
sity  of  \'ermont  in  1906  and  LL.  B.  from  Har- 
vard L'niversity  in  1910.  Since  his  admission 
to  the  bar  in  1910  he  has  been  in  general 
practice  in  New  York  City,  with  the  timi  of 
Hawkins,  Delafield  &  Longfellow,  but  making 
a  specialty  of  the  legality  of  municipal  bonds. 
He  is  a  diligent  student  of  North  Carolina  his- 
tory, and  has  written  several  books  and  arti- 
cles on  that  subject,  including  "The  Mecklen- 
burg Declaration  of  Independence;  A  Studv 
of  Evidence  Showing  that  the  Alleged  Early 
Declaration  of  Independence  by  Mecklenburg 
County,  North  Carolina,  on  May  20th,  1775, 
is  Spurious"  (G.  P.  Putnam's  Sons,  1907) ; 
"The  Murphey  Papers :  Being  the  Correspon- 
dence, Public  Papers  and  other  Writings  and 
Collections  of  Archibald  Debow  Murphey,  of 
North  Carolina,  1777- 1832"  (North  Carolina 
Historical  Commission,  1912),  and  the  article 
on  Judge  Murphey  in  "The  Biographical  His- 
tory of  North  Carolina"  (vol.  IV.,  Greens- 
boro, North  Carolina,  1905).  He  married, 
December  9,  191 1,  Josephine  Dorothea,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Allen  and  Annie  Josephine 
(Cassidy)  Butler. 

Thomas  Johnson,  the  immi- 
JOHNSON  grant  ancestor,  was  one  of 
three  brothers,  Robert,  John 
and  Thomas,  who  came  to  America  in  1638. 
Although  no  definite  proof  has  been  found, 
the  records  seem  to  show  that  they  were  un- 
doubtedly brothers.  They  came  from  Kings- 
ton-on-Hull  and  landed  at  Boston,  being  Puri- 
tans under  Ezekiel  Rogers,  a  Cambridge  grad- 
uate and  clergyman,  of  Rowley,  in  Yorkshire. 
Thomas  and  Robert  settled  in  New  Haven,  and 
John,  after  remaining  there  a  short  time, 
moved  to  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  where  Eze- 
kiel Rogers  and  his  followers  had  settled. 
Thomas  was  drowned  with  Thomas  .Ashley  in 
New    Haven    harbor   in    1640.      He    married 

Helena .     Children,  according  to  Ralph 

Dunning  Smyth,  the  Guilford  historian: 
Thomas,  of  New  Haven.  Connecticut,  and 
Newark,  New  Jersey;  Daniel,  of  New  Haven; 


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Jeremiah,  of  New  Haven  and  Derby,  Connect- 
icut ;  William,  mentioned  below.  Savage  also 
adds  a  John,  of  Guilford. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Thomas  Johnson,  was 
born  in  England,  October  lo,  1635.  He  was 
sometimes  called  Wingle  or  Windle  on  the 
records,  and  has  also  been  confused  with  his 
cousin  William,  of  Guilford,  son  of  Robert, 
the  immigrant.  According  to  tradition,  the 
family  came  from  Cherry-Burton,  a  village 
about'  three  miles  from  the  town  of  Beverly, 
Yorkshire,  about  si.x  miles  north  of  Rowley, 
England.  William  married  (first)  in  America, 
in  December,  1664,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John 
and  Jane,  or  Jeanne,  (Wollen  or  Woolin) 
Hall.  She  was  born  in  1643,  and  baptized  by 
Rev.  Mr.  Davenport,  in  New  Haven,  August 
9.  1646.     According  to  Ralph  D.   Smyth,  he 

married  (second)  Abigail .  but  she  was 

not  mentioned  in  his  will,  and  all  of  his  chil- 
dren were  by  his  first  wife.  He  owned  land 
in  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  although  he  lived 
in  New  Haven,  where  many  deeds  of  land  to 
and  from  him  are  recorded.  He  was  a  hus- 
bandman and  planter.  In  1670  he  was  one  of 
about  forty  who  signed  the  original  compact 
for  the  settlement  of  Wallingford  and  became 
original  proprietors.  He  had  a  lot  of  land 
about  twenty  rods  square  assigned  to  him 
there,  which  he  sold  in  1694  to  Isaac  Curtis. 
He  died  in  1716  and  his  will,  dated  March. 
1716,  was  proved  in  .August,  1716,  his  son 
Isaac  being  named  executor.  Children  by 
first  wife :  Lieutenant  William,  born  Septem- 
ber 5,  1665,  died  1742:  John,  born  July  20, 
1667:  Abraham,  1669;  Abigail,  December  6, 
1670:  Isaac,  of  Woodbridge,  Connecticut,  dea- 
con and  captain,  born  October  27,  1672,  died 
October  23,  1750,  married,  April  25,  1693, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  John  Cooper,  from  whom 
descended  Andrew  Johnson,  LL.  D.,  president 
of  the  LTnited  States ;  Sergeant  Jacob,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah.  November  6,  1676;  Sam- 
uel. September  3,  1678;  Mary,  April  i,  1680; 
Lydia,  July  7,  1681  ;  Hope,  May  10,  1685,  died 
same  month:  Elizabeth,  May  10,  1685,  twin  of 
Hope ;  Ebenezer,  .\pril  5,  1688. 

(III)  Sergeant  Jacob  Johnson,  son  of 
William  Johnson,  was  born  in  New  Haven. 
September  25,  1674,  died  July  17,  1749.  He 
was  sergeant  of  the  Wallingford  trainband, 
and  was  referred  to  by  that  title  in  a  deed  in 
1752  and  also  in  probate  records.  In  1721, 
1732,  1733  and  1736  he  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  from  Wallingford.  He  owned 
much  land,  leaving  an  estate  valued  at  over 
fourteen  thousand  pounds,  including  four 
hundred  acres  and  several  slaves.  His  will 
was  dated  June  3,  1749,  and  his  sons  Abner 
and  Caleb  were  executors.  He  married  (first). 


December  14,  1693,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John 
and  Abigail  (Merriman)  Hitchcock.  She  died 
January  9,  1726.  He  married  (second)  Dor- 
cas Linsley,  of  Bran  ford,  Connecticut.  Mat- 
thias Hitchcock,  father  of  John,  was  one  of 
the  original  signers  of  the  "fundamental 
agreement"  of  the  New  Haven  colony.  John 
Hitchcock  was  an  original  proprietor  at  Wal- 
lingford, 1670.  His  wife  Abigail  was  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Nathaniel  Merriman.  Abigail 
Hitchcock  was  born  in  New  Haven,  April  10, 
1674.  Children  by  first  wife:  Reuben,  born 
August  27,  1694;  Deacon  Isaac,  February  21, 
1696:  Enos,  1698,  died  1786;  Abigail,  1699; 
Captain  Abner,  August  2,  1702;  Lieutenant 
Caleb,  1703;  Israel,  1705;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  1710;  Rev.  Jacob,  at  Walling- 
ford. April  13.  1713. 

(IV)  Ehniel,  son  of  Sergeant  Jacob  John- 
son, was  born  in  1709,  died  October  14,  1780. 
He  was  a  trial  justice  under  the  king.  He  mar- 
ried, December  24,  1732,  Joanna  Preston,  who 
was  born  March  18,  1714,  died  January  18, 
1781.  Children:  Charles,  born  November  13, 
1735,  died  at  sea;  Captain  Solomon,  men- 
tioned below;  Joanna,  April  4,  1743;  Lieuten- 
ant Daniel,  March  24,  1746;  Israel,  July  8, 
1748:  Justin,  March  4,  1752;  Abigail,  Decem- 
ber 23,  1753  :  Joshua,  July  26,  1757 ;  Mindwell, 
May  19,  1758:  Rebecca,  March  29,  1759. 

(V)  Captain  Solomon  Johnson,  son  of  Dan- 
iel Johnson,  was  born  May  4,  1740,  died  April 
4,  1799.  He  lived  in  Wallingford.  He  served 
in  the  revolution  and  was  a  sea  captain.  He 
married,  December  6,  1765,  Mary  Barker, 
who  was  born  March  10,  1742,  died  September 
7.  1825.  Children:  John  Barker,  and  Charles, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Captain  Solomon 
Johnson,  was  born  in  Wallingford,  May  3, 
1767,  died  September  22,  1848,  in  Durham, 
New  York.  He  was  captain  of  a  troop  of 
horse  in  Durham.  He  left  Wallingford  about 
1792,  and  became  a  farmer  in  Durham.  The 
following  certificate  in  the  handwriting  of 
Charles  Johnson  is  in  the  possession  of  his 
great-grandson,  Edward  Hine  Johnson,  of 
Philadelphia :  "I  do  hereby  certify  that  Ezekiel 
Smith  has  been  enrolled  and  served  in  a  uni- 
form company  of  cavalry  for  fifteen  years 
previous  to  the  date  hereof.  Durham,  Sep- 
tember 5,  181 1.  Charles  Johnson.  Captain." 
Ezekiel  Smith  was  the  maternal  great-grand- 
father of  Edward  Hine  Johnson,  mentioned 
below.  (See  Colonial  Records  of  Connecti- 
cut, vol.  6,  p.  233 ;  vol.  7,  p.  420;  vol.  8,  p.  27.) 
He  married  Elizabeth  Rice,  of  New  Haven. 
She  was  born  October  22.  1769,  and  died  De- 
cember 25,  1840.  Child:  Solomon  Rice,  men- 
tioned below. 


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(VII)  Solomon  Rice,  son  of  Charles  John- 
son, was  born  in  Durham,  New  York,  in  Au- 
gust, 1797,  died  November  5,  1833,  in  Dur- 
ham. He  was  a  farmer  in  Durham.  He  mar- 
ried, October  12,  1828,  Mary  Whittlesey,  of 
Saybrook,  Connecticut.  She  was  born  De- 
cember 12,  1797,  and  died  December  3,  1829. 
Child:  Solomon  Whittlesey,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Solomon  Whittlesey,  son  of  Solomon 
Rice  Johnson,  was  born  at  Durham,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1829.  He  resided  in  New  York  City 
and  Brooklyn,  and  was  one  of  the  founders 
and  third  president  of  the  American  News 
Company.  He  married,  September  15,  1853, 
Adelaide  Hine,  who  was  born  in  Cairo,  New 
York,  February  12,  1830,  died  December  15, 
1898.  Children:  Edward  Hine,  mentioned  be- 
low; Agnes,  born  January  28,  i860;  Mary, 
June  9,  1861  ;  ^Adelaide,  December  7,  1869, 
died  March  28,  1888. 

(IX)  Edward  Hine,  son  of  Solomon  Whit- 
tlesey Johnson,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
June  29,  1854.  He  received  his  early  education 
in  private  schools,  where  he  prepared  for  col- 
lege. In  1873  he  entered  Yale  College  and  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Ph.  B.  in  the 
•class  of  1876.  He  then  entered  the  service 
of  the  American  News  Company  of  New 
York.  He  remained  with  this  company,  of 
which  his  father  was  president,  until  1884, 
when  he  came  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
to  take  charge  of  the  Central  News  Company. 
Since  then  he  has  been  manager  of  this  com- 
pany and  has  resided  in  Philadelphia.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  University  Club,  the  Phila- 
delphia Country  Club,  the  Corinthian  Yacht 
Club  of  Philadelphia,  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Wars,  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  the  New 
England  Society  of  Philadelphia.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  but  he  is  independent  in 
municipal  politics.  He  is  a  communicant  of 
St.  James'  Protestant  Episcopal  Church. 

He  was  married,  December  12,  1883,  in  St. 
Mark's  Church,  Philadelphia,  by  Rev.  Dr. 
Nicholson,  to  Frances  Van  Leer,  who  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  October  27,  1858,  daugh- 
ter of  George  H.  Earle.  Children :  Edward 
Earle,  born  in  Philadelphia,  October  31,  1884, 
and  associated  with  his  father  in  the  manage- 
ment of  the  Central  News  Company  of  Phila- 
delphia; Florence  Earle,  December  8,  1892. 


Thomas  Miller,  yeoman,  of 
MILLER  Bishops  Stortford  (called  usu- 
ally Stortford),  England,  had 
by  his  wife  Bridget,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jer- 
negan  (see  Jernegan  XVI),  the  following  chil- 
dren (Hert.  .Ant.,  3,  p.  263)  :  i.  John,  see  No. 
2.  2.  Thomas,  mentioned  in  his  brother's  will 
and  in  that  of  John  Gace,  where  he  is  called 


"Maister  Thomas  Miller,"  evidently  a  clergy- 
man ;  his  wife's  name  was  Matilda  (  Hert,  ."Xnt. 
vol.  2,  p.  342).  3.  Agnes,  married.  May  1, 
1584.  John  Gace,  whose  will  is  dated  29  Au- 
gust, 44  Elizabeth  (1601),  proved  20  Septem- 
ber, 1602,  mentions  wife  Agnes  and  "John 
Miller  the  Elder"  and  "Maister  Thomas  Mil- 
ler." .Agnes  had  previously  married  a  man 
named  John  Dennison,  buried  December  4, 
1582,  by  whom  she  had:  i.  George,  mentioned 
in  stepfather's  will.  ii.  Edward,  also  men- 
tioned in  same  will.  iii.  William,  also  men- 
tioned in  same  will,  married  at  Stortford,  No- 
vember 7,  1603,  Margaret  Monck,  and  came 
to  New  England,  1631,  settling  at  Roxbury; 
wife  died  1645,  he  died  1653  (N.  E.  Reg., 
vol.  46,  pp.  352-53,  and  vol.  47,  pp.   1 10-11). 

iv.    Elizabeth,    married    Crouch.     4. 

Bridget,  married  George  .Abbott  (Hertford 
Antiquary,  3,  p.  225).  5.  Margaret,  married 
Edward  Hake  (ibid.  3,  pp.  225).  6.  Eliza- 
beth, married  Thomas  Sprenger  (ibid.  3,  p. 
85).  7.  Jane,  married  Richard  Meade  (ibid. 
3.P-85). 

(II)  John  Miller,  of  Stortford,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Bridget  (Jernegan)  Miller,  was 
a  butcher,  as  shown  by  his  will.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Jardfielde,  of 
Stortford,  and  sister  of  John  and  George 
Jardfielde  (Hert.  Ant.,  vol.  3,  p.  271).  Mr. 
Miller's  will  is  dated  26  March,  1601,  proved 
November  9,  1602.  Hertford  .Antiquary,  vol. 
3,  page  85,  mentions  "my  poor  Aunt  Holly 
(probably  his  father's  sister)  ;  wife  Elizabeth; 
eldest  son  John  to  have  orchard  and  dovehouse 
in  it,  situated  near  Hockerell  bridge  now  on 
tenure  of  Nicholas  Wilsemer;  and  six  closes 
of  land  which  my  father  bought  of  the  Willie 
daughters  beyond  Waightfield ;  daughter  .Ag- 
nes Miller  a  messuage  in  Stortford  where 
John  Moulton  now  dwelleth  and  the  meadow 
purchased  of  Thomas  Meade:  daughter  Sarah 
Miller,  land  in  the  Great  Halfe.  purchased  of 
Thomas  Jernegan:  daughter  Katherine  Miller; 
brother-in-law  Richard  Mead :  daughter  Ur- 
sula to  have  land  in  Great  Halfe  bought  of 
William  Brett;  son  William  house  in  Stortford 
wherein  Richard  Barges  now  dwelleth  and 
land  in  Sheeplo,  late  bought  of  Thomas  Wiles- 
mer,  also  house  in  Little  Hadham :  three  eld- 
est daughters,  Joane,  Margaret  and  Jane:  ser- 
vant Luce  Wilesmer.  Debts  owing  to  me  by 
the  Rt.  Hon.  Edward  Lord  Morley  and  his 
sons.  Brother  Thomas  Miller  and  brother- 
in-law  Thomas  Sprenger.  to  be  executors." 

(Iin  John  Miller  Jr..  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  (Jardfielde)  Miller,  of  Stortford, 
married,  and  had  children  faccoj-ding  to  par- 
ish records  which  run  back  to  1561,  Rev. 
Henry    Tydd    Lane,    \'icar   of    St.    Michaels, 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


Bishops  Stortford,  Hertfordshire,  England)  : 
I.  John,  born  1605-06;  matriculated  in  Caius 
College,  Cambridge,  1623;  graduated  A.  B. 
1627:  probably  came  to  New  England  in  1635  ; 
was  at  Dorchester,  1636;  lands  in  South  Bos- 
ton, 1637;  was  in  Roxbury,  1638;  Rowley, 
1639:  freeman  22  May,  and  became  minister 
there,  and  was  also  first  town  clerk;  in  1642 
he  was  called  to  Yarmouth,  Cape  Cod,  but  was 
back  in  Roxbury  in  1647;  wife's  name  Lydia, 
she  died  7  August,  1658,  and  he  died  at  Groton, 
12  June,  1663  (Savage,  vol.  III.,  p.  209)  ;  had 
children :  i.  John,  born  in  England,  March, 
1632:  married.  24  December.  1659,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Josiah  Winslow.  ii.  Mehitable, 
born   12  July,   1638;  married  John  Crow.    iii. 

Lydia,  born   12  April,   1640;  married  

Fish.  iv.  Faith,  born  1642 ;  married,  3  Au- 
gust. 1664.  Nathaniel  W'inslow.  v.  Hannah, 
born  1644;  married,  22  May,  1666,  Joseph 
Frost,  vi.  Susannah,  born  29  "August,  1647  '< 
died  14  October,  1669.  vii.  Elizabeth,  born  13 
October.  1649 ;  married  Samuel  Frost,  viii. 
Mary,  born  165 1  ;  married,  8  November,  1677, 
John  Whittemore.  2.  Thomas,  see  No.  4.  3. 
Alexander  ( ?). 

(IV)  Thomas  Miller,  son  of  John  Miller 
Jr.,  was  born  at  Bishops  Stortford,  about  1609- 
10;  came  to  Massachusetts  with  brother  John 
in  1635,  but  did  not  settle  in  Dorchestei,  as 
the  list  of  inhabitants  of  that  town  in  January, 
1636.  contains  only  John  and  Alexander.  The 
first  notice  we  have  of  Thomas  Miller  is  that 
he  was  enrolled  as  a  freeman  at  Boston,  122 
May,  1639:  residence  Rowley  (Gage's  Rowley, 
p.  131).  The  following  items  are  from  the 
Rowley  Town  Records :  "Thomas  Miller 
granted  one  house  lott,  containing  one  acre 
and  a  half,  bounded  on  North  side  by  Mr. 
Tenney's  lott,  and  east  by  the  street,  10  May, 
1643."  "Thomas  Miller  granted  two  acres  of 
salt  marsh  lying  on  south  side  of  Humphrey 
Rayners'  salt  marsh;  in  the  marsh  field  the 
southwest  end  abutting  on  an  Island,  the  north- 
east end  on  John  Scales'  salt  marsh."  "Thomas 
Miller  granted  four  and  one  half  acres  of  up- 
land joining  to  the  rod  of  ground  on  east  side 
of  Francis  Parratt's  planting  lott  in  north  east 
Field,  the  south  end  abutting  upon  a  cart  path 
near  Satchell's  Meadow,  the  north  end  on 
some  ground  not  laid  out."  "Thomas  Miller, 
an  acre  of  rough  marsh  in  the  field  called  the 
Marsh,  the  west  end  abutting  on  upland  of 
Humphrey  Reyners.  the  south  side  lying  along 
by  a  cowpath."  "Thomas  Miller,  two  acres 
lying  on  North  side  of  James  Bailey."  All 
these  of  the  same  date,  10  May,  1643.  1648: 
"Thomas  Miller  has  no.  XX  6  rail  length  and 
no.  XXXI  ten  rail  length  of  the  public  fence." 


"Thomas  Miller  allowed  2s.  6d.  for  going  to 
Ipswich  for  Deacon  Mighill  and  £15  for  fenc- 
ing horse  pasture  and  £10  lent  him."  1650. 
1651:  "Thomas  Miller,  los.  for  work  about 
mill."  1661,  January  28,  "Thomas  Miller  sold 
his  lotts  to  Ezekiel  Northend."  The  New  Eng- 
land Register,  vol.  14,  p.  139,  gives  us  Thomas 
Miller,  Middletown,  Connecticut,  1670,  as- 
sessed value  of  real  estate  £50.  The  Town 
Records  of  Afiddletown,  Connecticut,  vol.  i, 
p.  8,  show  deal  on  the  9th  day  of  June.  1654. 
"Thomas  Miller,  late  of  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, rec'd  lands  in  Middletown,"  and  that  he 
brought  letters  of  recommendation  from  the  ist 
Church  of  Rowley  to  the  ist  Church  of  Middle- 
town.  The  New  England  Register,  vol.  14,  p.  67. 
containing  the  town  records  of  Middletown, 
shows   that    Capt.    Thomas    Miller,   as   he   is 

styled,  first  married  Isabel —,  who  died 

in  1660,  having  had  one  child:  i.  .\nne,  who 
married,  in  1653,  Nathaniel  Bacon.  Captain 
Miller  married  (second),  at  Middletown.  June 
6,  1666,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  Nettleton, 
of  Milford,  settled  there  1639.  Captain  Thomas 
Miller  died  in  Middletown,  .August  14,  1680, 
above  70.  By  second  wife  had:  i.  Thomas 
Jr.,  born  May  6,  1666;  married,  1688,  Eliza- 
beth Turner,  and  died  September  24,  1729.  2. 
Samuel,  born  .\pril  i.  1668;  married,  1702, 
Mary  Eggleston,  and  died  April  11,  1738.  3. 
Joseph,  born  August  21,  1670;  married,  1701, 
Rebecca  Jolinson.  and  died  in  December,  1717. 
4.  Benjamin,  born  July  20,  1672 ;  see  No.  5.  5. 
John,  born  March  10.  1674;  married,  1700, 
Marcy  Bevin.  and  died  May  3,  1745.  6.  Mar- 
garet, born  September  i,  1676.  7.  Sarah,  born 
January  7,  1678:  married  Smith  Johnson.  8. 
Mehitable,  bom  March  28,  1680.  Captain  Mil- 
ler's widow  married  (second)  Thomas  Harris. 

(V)  Benjamin  Miller,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (Nettleton)  Miller  (Senior  so-called  in 
Middletawn  records),  born  July  30,  1672  ;  mar- 
ried, 1700-01,  Mary  Basset,  born  1674,  died 
December  5,  1709,  aged  35;  had  at  his  death, 
September  12,  1737:  i.  Benjamin  Jr.,  see  No. 
6.  2.  Daniel,  born  1704;  died  unmarried,  Se{>- 
tember  26,  1736,  aged  thirty-two.     3.  Thomas, 

born  1706;  married  Love  ,  and  had:  i. 

,\bigail ;  ii.  Thomas ;  iii.  Hannah ;  iv.  Eliza- 
beth ;  V.  Lydia ;  all  baptized  with  mother.  De- 
cember g,  1737. 

(VT)  Benjamin  Miller  Jr.,  born  1702; 
wife's  name,  Hannah  ;  married  about  1730,  and 
iiad:  I.  Benjamin  (3d),  see  No.  7.  2.  Thank- 
ful, born  May  12;  died  December  8,  1733.  Mr. 
Miller  removed  to  New  Hampshire  in  1737- 
38,  as  in  the  latter  year  we  find  him  at  New- 
ington  (New  Hampshire  Town  Papers,  vol. 
XIII,  p.  260),  and  was  there  in   1753   (ibid. 


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vol.  XII,  p.  717),  and  as  late  as  5  June,  1783 
(vdI.  XIII,  p.  50).  We  have  been  unable  to 
find  the  date  of  his  death  or  that  of  his  wife. 

(VII)  Benjamin  Miller  (3d),  was  born 
between  1731  and  1735.  He  was  in  Newing- 
ton,  New  Hampshire,  prior  to  1775,  when  he 
removed  to  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  but 
returned  to  New  Hampshire  about  1778-80, 
settling  at  Lyme,  where  he  probably  died.  He 
married,  in  1773,  Esther,  daughter  of  Elijah 
Clapp.  Children:  i.  Elijah,  see  No.  8.  2-3. 
Benjamin  and  Esther,  twins,  baptized  at 
Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  June  23,  1776; 
Esther  married  at  Brookfield,  January  21, 
1794,  Sewell  Gleason,  her  residence  given  as 
Lyme,  New  Hampshire.  4.  A  daughter,  bap- 
tized August  31,  1777,  name  probably  erased. 

(VIII)  Elijah  Miller,  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Esther  (Clapp)  Miller,  was  born  at  Newing- 
ton.  New  Hampshire,  in  1774,  as  his  recorded 
age  at  death  in  the  New  Hampshire  State  Of- 
ficial Register  was  sixty-three.  He  was  bap- 
tized June  23,  1776;  died  January  10,  1837. 
He  was  then  in  the  town  of  Lyme,  New 
Hampshire,  from  1780  to  1798,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Hanover,  and  married  there  Eunice, 
daughter  of  David  and  Susanna  (Durkee) 
Tenney;  she  was  born  in  Hanover,  December 
21,  1783  (see  Tenney),  died  February  21, 
1870.  Mr.  Miller  also  held  several  local  of- 
fices in  Hanover  town  and  Grafton  county, 
and  was  state  senator  June  23,  1829,  to  June  2, 
1830,  and  from  that  date  to  June  i.  1831 ;  and 
was  a  member  of  the  governor's  council  1834- 
35-36,  and  died,  according  to  New  Hampshire 
Official  Register  of  1851,  January  10,  1837, 
aged  sixty-three.  He  was  a  man  of  ability 
and  distinction.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat, 
in  religion  a  Unitarian.  By  occupation  he  was 
a  farmer.  Children :  Patia,  Benjamin  D., 
Elijah  Tenney,  of  whom  further;  Esther, 
John  A.,  Eunice. 

(IX)  Elijah  Tenney  Miller,  son  of  Elijah 
and  Eunice  (Tenney)  Miller,  was  born  at 
Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  August  15,  181 5, 
died  May  30,  1892.  He  married  Chastina  C. 
Hoyt,  born  about  1826,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Abigail  (Strong)  Hoyt  (see  Hoyt). 
Children:  Fayette  M.,  born  July  25,  1844; 
Susan  A.,  born  March  22,  1847,  married 
David  C.  Tenney,  of  Hanover,  and  died  1873; 
Charles  Ransom,  see  forward. 

(X)  Charles  Ransom  Miller,  son  of  Elijah 
Tenney  and  Chastina  C.  (Hoyt)  Miller,  was 
born  at  Hanover,  New  Hampshire,  January 
17,  1849.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Hanover,  the  Kimball  LTnion  .-\cademy  at 
Meriden,  New  Hampshire,  and  the  Green 
Mountain  Institute  at  South  Woodstock,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  completed  his  preparation  for 


college.  He  entered  Dartmouth  College  and 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1872  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  .\rts.  In  1905  he  was 
honored  by  his  alma  mater  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws.  From  the  time  of  his  grad- 
uation from  college  until  1875  he  was  on  the 
editorial  staf?  of  the  Republican,  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  and  rose  to  the  position 
of  city  editor  of  that  newspaper.  In  July,  1875, 
he  became  exchange  editor  of  the  New  York 
Times,  and  since  then  has  been  connected  with 
that  newspaper.  He  was  foreign  editor  for 
a  time,  then  editorial  writer,  and  since  April, 
1883.  has  been  editor-in-chief.  From  1881 
to  1883  he  was  editorial  writer.  He  is  also 
vice-president  of  the  New  York  Times  Com- 
pany. During  the  period  of  Mr.  Miller's 
editorship  The  Times  has  become  one  of  the 
foremost  newspapers  of  the  country.  In  the 
opinion  of  many  of  the  best  judges  it  is  the 
best  newspaper  in  New  York  City,  and  the 
success  of  the  newspaper  under  the  policy  of 
"All  the  news  that's  fit  to  print"  has  been  a 
wholesome  e.xample  and  inspiration  to  editors 
and  publishers  of  newspapers  throughout  the 
whole  country.  In  politics  Mr.  Miller  is  an 
Independent,  and  in  religion  non-sectarian. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Century  Club,  the 
Metropolitan  Club,  the  Ardsley  Club,  the  Gar- 
den City  Golf  Club,  the  Blooming  Grove  Hunt- 
ing and  Fishing  Club  of  Pike  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. 

He  married,  October  10,  1876.  Frances  Ann 
Daniels,  born  April  8,  185 1,  died  December 
8,  1906,  daughter  of  Francis  Cotton  Daniels,  a 
descendant  of  Rev.  John  Cotton,  the  Puritan 
divine.  Children :  Madge  Daniels,  born  Octo- 
ber 28,  1877;  Hoyt  Miller,  bom  March  18, 
1883,  in  New  York  City.  Mr.  Miller  resides 
at  21  East  Ninth  street,  and  his  office  is  in  the 
Times  Building,  New  York  City. 

(The  Jernegan  Line). 

(I)  Sir  William  Jernegan,  of  Horeham, 
county  Suffolk,  Knight,  married  Isabella, 
daughter  of  Thomas  .\spall,  of  Aspall,  and  had 
issue  a  son  and  heir. 

(II)  Sir  Hubbard  Jernegan.  of  Horeham. 

Knight,  married   Maude,  daughter  of  

Harlinge,  and  had  a  son  and  heir. 

(III)  Sir  Hugh  Jernegan,  of  Horeham, 
Knight,  married  Ellen,  daughter  and  heir  to 
Sir  Thomas  Inglethorpe,  Knight,  and  had: 
Sir  Walter  (see  No.  4)  ;  Jane,  married  John 
Levston. 

(IV)  Sir  Walter  Jernegan.  of  Somerleton, 
Knight,  married  Isabel,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Sir  Peter  Fitz  Osborne,  of  Somerleton.  and 
became  possessed  of  that  estate  in  her  right, 
and  had  a  son  and  heir. 


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(V)  Sir  Peter  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton, 
Knight,  married  Ellen,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger 
Huntingfelde,  Knight,  by  Joyce  d'Eugaine. 
(This  Sir  Roger,  who  died  in  1301,  was  great- 
grandson  of  Wilham  de  Huntingfelde,  who 
was  one  of  the  twenty-five  barons  who  com- 
pelled King  John  to  sign  Magna  Charta  at 
Runnymede,  June  15,  1215;  Burke's  Extinct 
Peerage,  1866,  p.  293).     Had  a  son  and  heir. 

(VI)  Sir  John  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton, 
Knight,    married    Agatha,    daughter    of    Sir 

Shelton,   Knight,  and  had  a  son  and 

heir. 

(VH)"  Sir  John  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton, 
Knight,  married  Jane,  daughter  and  co-heir 
of  Sir  William  Kelvedon,  Knight,  and  widow 
of  Loudham,  and  had  two  children :  Sir  John 
(see  No.  8)  ;  Jane,  married  Sir  Gilbert  Deben- 
liam. 

(Vni)  Sir  John  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton, 
Knight,  married,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir 
Thomas  Vise  de  Lou,  Knight,  and  had  three 
children:  Thomas  (see  Xo.  9);  Elizabeth, 
married  John  Gonvyle ;  .Alice,  married  John 
Cleresbys. 

(IX)  Sir  Thomas  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton, 

Knight,    married    Love,    daughter    of   

Apleyard,  Esq.,  and  had  two  children:  John 
(see  No.  10),  and  Margaret. 

(X)  Sir  John  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton, 
Knight,  married  Jane,  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Davell,  Knight,  and  had  a  son  and  heir. 

(XI)  Sir  John  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton. 
Knight,  married  Isabel,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Sir  Jervis  (Gervaise)  Clifton.  Knight,  and  had 
five  children:  Edward  (see  Xo.  12);  Sir 
Richard ;   ,   married   Palmer ; 


married 


ied 


Scott ; 


Haslake,  of  Norfolk. 


(XII)  Edward  Jern^an,  of  Somerleton, 
Esq.,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Sir  Ed- 
mond  Bedingfelde,  of  the  county  of  Norfolk, 
Knight,  and  had,  by  this  marriage,  seven  chil- 
dren:  John  (see  No.  13)  ;  Thomas,  OlifTe,  Sir 
Robert,  Nicholas,  Edward,  Margaret,  married 

(first)   Edward  Lord  Grey,   (second)   

Barkley,  (third)  Edmond  Bellingham.  He 
married  (second)  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard 
Scroope.  of  Bolton,  and  had  four  children 
more:  Sir  Henry,  Ferdinando,  Edmond,  Mary. 

(XIII)  Sir  John  Jernegan,  of  Somerleton. 
Knight,  married  Bridget,  daughter  of  Sir 
Robert  Drury,  of  Hawsted,  county  Suffolk, 
Knight,  and  had"  five  children:  George  (see 
No.  14);  Robert;  John  (see  No.  14).  Hert- 
fordshire line ;  Anne,  married  Sir  Thomas 
Cornwallis,  of  Broome,  county  Suffolk. 
Knight;  Eliza,  married  Sir  John  Sulyard,  of 
W'etherton.  county  Suffolk.  Knight. 

(XIV)  George    Jernegan,    of    Somerleton, 


Esq.,  married  Eley,  daughter  of  Sir  John  Spel- 
man,  of  Nasborough,  county  Norfolk,  Knight, 
by  Elizabeth,  his  wife,  daughter  and  heir  of 
Sir  Henry  Frowyke,  of  Gunnersbury,  county 
Middlesex,  Knight,  and  had  ten  children:  i. 
John,  son  and  heir,  married  Catherine,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Lord  Cobham,  and  had.  in  1561, 
Middlesex,  Knight,  and  had  ten  children:  i. 
Elizabeth.  2.  Robert,  Hving  1561.  3.  Walter, 
living  1561.  4.  Thomas,  living  1561.  5. 
George,  living  1561.  6.  Henry,  living  1561. 
7.  Eley,  married  Arthur  Jeunye,  of  Knotishall, 
county  Suffolk.  8.  Anne,  married  Lyman 
Broke.  9.  EHzabeth,  living  1561.  10.  Mar- 
garet, living  1561. 

(XIV)  John  Jernegan,  founder  of  the 
Hertfordshire  line,  third  son  of  Sir  John  Jer- 
negan and  Bridget  Drury  (see  No.  13),  re- 
moved to  Hertfordshire,  settling  at  Little 
Wylmondeley,  where  his  maternal  grand- 
father. Sir  Robert  Drury,  Knight,  owned 
lands  in  15 16.  In  the  Hertford  Genealogist 
and  Antiquary,  vol.  I,  p.  78,  we  find  the  fol- 
lowing Feet  of  Fines,  Trinity  Term,  8  Henry 
VIII  (1516):  "Robert  Drury,  Kt.  William 
Drury  Esq..  son  of  Robert  Drury,  Kt.  John 
Jernegan,  Esqr.  (grandson),  John  Vere. 
Philip  Calthorp,  Kt.  George  Waldegrave, 
Esqr.  Philip  Butler,  Esqr.  Edward  Greene, 
Esqr.  Robert  Norwicke,  Esqr.  and  Francis 
Mountford,  Esqr."  Giles  Alyngton  and  Mary 
(Drury)  his  wife  were  joint  tenants  and  own- 
ers of  the  Manor  of  Little  Wylmondeley,  and 
six  messuages,  lands  and  rents  in  Great  and 
Little  Wylmondeley,  and  the  advowson  of  the 
Priory  of  Wylmondeley. 

John  Jernegan  married ,  daughter  of 

Thomas  Parsons,  of  Stortford.  and  acquired 
lands  there.  He  had  four  children:  i.  Thomas 
(see  No.  15).  2.  Henrj',  whose  wife  was 
Anne,  daughter  of  George  Ellyott,  of  Farn- 
ham;  owned  lands  there.  1579  (Hert.  Gen. 
Ant.,  vol.  2,  p.  255),  lived  at  Stortford,  1596 
(ibid.  vol.  3,  p.  226).  3.  Mary,  married  Thomas 
Bartlett.    4.  .\nne,  married  Robert  Baspole. 

(XV)  Thomas  Jernegan  settled  at  Stort- 
ford. married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  William 
Snowe,  of  that  place,  and  had  evidently  but 
one  daughter  and  heiress. 

(XVI)  Bridget,  daughter  of  Thomas  Jer- 
negan, married  Thomas  Miller,  of  Stortford, 
and  her  son,  John  Miller,  was  co-tenant  with 
his  grandfather,  Thomas  Jernegan,  in  lands 
at  Stortford,  in  1598.  (Hert.  Gen.  &  Ant., 
vol.  3,  p.  265.) 

(The  Hoyt  Line). 

(II)   Thomas     Hoyt,    son    of    John    Hoyt^ 
(q.   v.),   was  born  January    i,    1640-41.     He 
was  apprenticed  to  Walter  Taylor,  who  seems 


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to  have  been  a  disorderly  character,  for 
Thomas  Hoyt  and  Thomas  Jonson,  two  of 
his  apprentices,  ran  away  from  him  because 
of  his  treatment  of  them,  and  April  12,  1664, 
the  Salisbury  court  decreed  that  he  be  fined 
for  using  "cursing  speaches  to  his  servants" ; 
John  Hoyt.  father  of  Thomas,  was  "admon- 
isht  for  enterjeining  his  son",  who  evidently 
ran  home,  and  the  two  servants  were  each 
fined  for  leaving  Walter  Taylor.  On  Decem- 
ber 5,  1677,  he  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  be- 
fore Captain  Thomas  Bradbury,  at  Salisbury. 
Shortly  after  1680  he  moved  to  Amesbury, 
where  in  1685-86  John  Hoyt  deeded  him  land 
at  "Bugsmore,"  there.  On  November  29, 
1689,  there  was  a  Thomas  Hoyt,  of  Ames- 
bury,  who  married  Mary  Nash,  and  it  must 
have  been  this  Thomas.  He  died  January  3, 
169091.  His  son  Thomas  was  administrator 
of  his  estate,  March  31,  1691.  An  inventory 
of  the  estate  of  Thomas  Hoyt  was  taken 
March  31,  1691. 

He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and 
Elisabeth  Brown,  of  Salisbury.  Children, 
born  at  Salisbury :  Lieutenant  Thomas ;  Will- 
iam, born  October  19,  1670,  died  October  29, 
1670;  Ephraim,  mentioned  below:  John,  born 
April  5,  1674;  William,  April  8.  1676;  Israel, 
July  16,  1678;  Benjamin,  September  20,  1680. 
Born  at  Amesbury:  Joseph,  about  1684; 
daughter.  Deliverance,  May  2,  1688,  died  May 
9,  1688,  called  second  daughter,  on  records; 
Mary,  born  October  i,  1690,  died  January  20, 
1690-91,  possibly  child  of  a  second  wife. 

(HI)  Ephraim  Hoyt,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Brown)  Hoyt,  was  born  at  Salisbury, 
October  16,  1671,  and  died  in  1741  or  1742. 
In  January,  1702-03,  he  petitioned  the  town  of 
Hampton  for  a  piece  of  land  to  cultivate  for 
two  or  three  years,  at  the  end  of  which  time 
he  would  return  it  to  the  town,  and  he  doubt- 
less lived  in  that  part  incorporated  as  Hamp- 
ton Falls  in  1712,  for  he  was  taxed  there  in 
1727  and  1732.  In  June,  1741,  he  deeded  to 
his  son  Ephraim  his  homestead  in  Hampton 
Falls,  and  in  August,  1742,  his  widow  Elisa- 
beth relinquished  her  right  of  dower.  He 
married  (first)  Hannah  Godfrey,  of  Hamp- 
ton, April  25,  1695,  and  (second),  August  12, 
1736,  another  Hannah  Godfrey,  and  (third) 
Elisabeth  Macrest,  or  Macree,  September  4, 
1738.  Children  by  first  wife  (baptismal 
dates)  :  Ephraim,  mentioned  below :  Benjamin, 
December  16,  1716:  Hannah,  December  16, 
1716;  Mary,  November  3,  1717;  Huldah,  No- 
vember 3,  1717;  David,  September  2,  1722; 
Jonathan,  September  2,  1722:  Nathan,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1722:  John,  September  23,  1722. 

(IV)  Ephraim  Hoyt,  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Hannah  (Godfrey)  Hoyt,  was  born  at  Hamp- 


ton Falls,  and  baptized  there  December  i6 
1716.  He  lived  in  Hampton  Falls  until  about 
1757,  when  he  moved  to  Chester,  New  Hamp- 
shire, where  he  lived  until  his  death,  betweea 
February  and  April,  1767.  In  1727  he  was 
taxed  at  Hampton  Falls,  and  also  in  1732. 
His  will  was  dated  February  16,  1767,  and 
proved  April  29,  1767.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah  Clough,  of  Salisbury,  January  3,  1726- 

27,  (second)  Abigail  Welch,  October  31,  1754, 

(third)    Susanna  .     Children,   by   first 

wife:  William,  mentioned  below;  Lydia,  bap>- 
tized  January  15,  1744;  Hannah,  born  Febru- 
•^•■y  5.  1730-31;  Reuben,  March  21,  1732-33; 
Sarah,   August   2,    1735;   Ephraim,    February 

28,  1737-38;  Mary,  January  28,  1739-40;  Ben- 
jamin. By  second  wife:  Philip,  born  Febru- 
ary 13.  1756,  at  Hampton  Falls;  Samuel,  July 
4,  1758,  at  Chester,  New  Hampshire;  Thomas,, 
who  may  have  been  a  child  of  third  wife. 

(V)  William  Hoyt,  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Sarah  (Clough)  Hoyt,  lived  in  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire.  He  served  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war,  and  also  in  the  revolution.  He 
was  killed  in  battle,  July  5,  1777.  He  was  cer- 
tainly a  brother  of  Reuben,  of  Salisbury  and 
Enfield.  He  is  very  likely  the  one  who  mar- 
ried Sarah  Smith,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Smith.  Children :  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low; Nicholas  (Smith  ?)  ;  Abraham,  born  Jan- 
uary 25,  1764;  Sarah,  January  25, 1764;  Elisha, 
died  when  about  fourteen ;  William. 

(VI)  Benjamin  Hoyt,  son  of  William  and 
probably  of  Sarah  (Smith)  Hoyt,  was  born 
abotft  1755.  He  was  in  the  battle  when  his 
father  was  killed,  during  the  revolution,  but 
was  unable  to  find  the  body.  He  moved  to 
Hartford,  Vermont,  with  his  mother.  He  died 
February  25,  1830.  He  married  (first)  Isa- 
bella Elliot,  of  Exeter,  (second)  Widow  Mack, 
(third)  Widow  Smith.  Children,  by  first  wife: 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Lucy  E. 

(VH)  Benjamin  Hoyt,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Isabella  (Elliot)  Hoyt,  was  born  Octo- 
ber ID.  1779.  He  died  August  9,  1844,  his 
wife  surviving  him.  She  moved  to  Enfield. 
New  Hampshire.  He  married  Abigail  Strong,, 
of  Plainfield,  New  Hampshire,  about  1807. 
Children:  Abigail,  born  1809:  Isabella,  181 1; 
Mary,  1814;  Benjamin;  Lucius  C. :  George  E., 
1820:  Eliza,  1823,  married  George  Clark,  of 
Enfield,  New  Hampshire:  Chastina  C,  1826, 
married  Elijah  Miller,  died  July  9,  1849  (see 
Miller). 

(The  Tenney  Line). 

(IV)  Joseph  Tenney.  son  of  Elder  Samuel 
Tenney  (q.  v.),  was  bom  in  Bradford,  March 
16,  1698-99,  and  married  there.  February  14. 
1722-23,  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  and  Isa- 
bella  ( )   Wood,  born  there,   December 


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14,  1700.  She  united  with  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church,  September  7,  1718,  and  he 
July  6,  1718.  In  1723  he  removed  to  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  and  that  same  year  was  admitted 
to  the  colony.  Later  he  removed  to  Wood- 
bury, Connecticut,  where  he  died  April  20, 
1775.  Children,  born  in  Norwich:  Joseph, 
April  22,  1724;  .\nne,  February  5,  1726-27; 
John,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  September  17, 
1731;  Asa,  September  4,  1733;  Elijah.  June 
25,  1735 ;  Jesse,  June  14,  1739,  died  in  infancy; 
Jesse,  April  20,  1741 ;  Hannah,  April  24,  1743. 

(V)  John  Tenney,  son  of  Joseph  Tenney, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  September 
2,  1729,  and  died  February  19,  1810.  He  mar- 
ried, March  11,  1755,  Olive  Armstrong,  born 
in  Woodbury,  July  5,  1736,  died  April  18, 
1806.  May  5,  1760,  he  bought  land  in  Wood- 
bury. In  1770  he  removed  to  Hanover,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  went  by  o.x-team.  He 
bought  there,  November  16,  1770,  three  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  located  on  Moose  Moun- 
tain, afterwards  known  as  Tenney  Hill.  Chil- 
dren, first  four  bom  in  Norwich :  Silas,  April 

15.  ^757'  Lydia,  May  12,  1758,  died  March  7, 
1759;  David,  mentioned  below;  Reuben,  July 
29,  1760;  Lydia,  October  23,  1761 ;  Eunice, 
January  27,  1763;  Andrew,  October  13,  1764; 
John,  July  9,  1767;  Truman,  .April  14,  1769, 
died  January  17,  1776;  Asa,  November  30, 
1772,  died  January  23,  1776;  Truman,  April 
10,  1778. 

(VI)  David  Tenney,  son  of  John  Tenney, 
was  born  in  Norwich,  May  15,  1759,  died 
March  14,  1851.  He  lived  at  Hanover,  on  a 
portion  of  the  land  formerly  belonging  to  his 
father,  and  came  there  with  his  parents  when 
eleven  years  of  age.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  and  a  pensioner  of  that  war.  His 
record  as  given  in  the  "History  of  Hanover" 
is  as  follows :  David  Tenney,  private  in  Cap- 
tain Edmund  Freeman's  Hanover  company. 
Colonel  Jonathan  Chase's  regiment,  June  27 
to  July  3,  1777;  David  Tenney,  of  Captain 
Freeman's  Hanover  company,  at  a  military 
court  testified  that  he  was  present  at  the  sur- 
render of  General  Burgoyne,  October  17,  1777, 
their  company  having  left  home  on  September 
22  and  being  discharged  October  19 ;  on  Janu- 
ary 21,  1780,  the  town  of  Hanover  raised  nine 
men  to  form  Captain  Timothy's  Bush's  com- 
pany, of  whom  David  Tenney  was  one,  and 
they  served  six  weeks  and  three  days,  receiv- 
ing forty-eight  shillings  per  month  and  twelve 
shillings  bounty;  on  July  3,  1780,  David  Ten- 
ney again  enlisted,  for  three  months. 

David  Tenney  married  (first),  in  Hanover, 
December  5,  1782,  Susanna  Durkee,  born  No- 
vember 7,  1765,  died  February  11,  1788.  He 
married  (second)  April  9,  1789,  Anna  Jacobs, 


born  August  23,  1765,  died  May  8,  1813.  He 
married  (third)  May,  1824,  widow  Priscilla 
(Smith)  Dole,  who  died  at  Newbury,  Ver- 
mont. Children,  born  probably  at  Hanover: 
Eunice,  December  21,  1783,  married  Elijah 
Miller  (see  Miller);  Elisha,  May  26,  1785; 
Sheldon,  May  18,  1786;  Susanna,  January  3, 
1788.  Children  of  the  second  wife:  Lucy, 
February  7,  1790;  Vina,  May  28,  1791 ;  Seth, 
October  8,  1792;  Elijah,  August  22,  1794; 
David,  April  9,  1796;  Anna,  August  26,  1798; 
Olive,  March  22,  1800;  Percy,  March  24, 
1802;  Joseph,  April  15,  1804. 


James  Dugan  was  born  in  county 
DUGAN  Tipperary,  Ireland,  in  1836,  died 
in  Webster,  Massachusetts,  in 
1908.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1852,  and 
made  his  home  in  Webster,  Worcester  county, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  employed  through- 
out his  active  life.  In  religion  he  was  a  Cath- 
olic, in  politics  a  Democrat. 

Mr.  Dugan  married  (first)  Margaret  Spen- 
cer, born  in  Worcester,  June  26,  1843,  died 
1871,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Spencer. 
Her  sister  Jane  was  born  in  that  city,  Febru- 
ary 26,  1846.  Michael  Spencer,  of  this  family, 
married  Mary  Dugan.  John  Spencer  married 
Jean  Brien.  Mr.  Dugan  married  (second) 
Jane  Breen,  born  in  Ireland  in  1831,  and  is 
now  living  in  Webster,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  Mary  Alice,  born  1867, 
died  in  1899;  married  Henry  Andre,  and  had 
children :  Frederick,  James,  John,  William  and 
Mary  Andre.  2.  Dr.  William  J.,  mentioned 
below.  3.  John  William,  died  unmarried. 
Child  by  second  wife:  Lawrence  J.,  born  No- 
vember 17,  1874;  a  prominent  citizen  of  Web- 
ster, a  leading  Democrat,  formerly  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court  for  the  district  com- 
prising the  towns  of  Webster,  Oxford  and 
EHidley,  Worcester  county,  Massachusetts ; 
married  ;  children:  James  and  Mar- 
garet. 

(II)  Dr.  William  J.  Dugan,  son  of  James 
Dugan.  was  born  September  18,  1869,  at  Web-, 
ster,  Massachusetts.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  the  Webster  high  school,  com- 
pleting his  preparation  for  college  at  Phillips 
.Academy,  Exeter,  New  Hampshire.  In  1893 
he  entered  Jefiferson  Medical  College  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1896.  For  sixteen 
years  he  has  been  connected  with  the  out- 
patient department  of  that  institution,  and  he 
is  now  in  the  neurological  out-patient  depart- 
ment of  the  same  college,  assistant  neurologist 
and  lecturer  on  electro-therapeutics.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  .American  Medical  Association, 
the   Pennsylvania   State  Medical   Society,   the 


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Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  the 
Medico-Legal  Society  of  Medical  Jurispru- 
dence, the  Pathological  Society,  the  Neuro- 
logical Society,  the  Philadelphia  Psycho-Ther- 
apeutic Society,  the  American  Electro-Ther- 
apeutic Society,  the  Medical  Club  of  Philadel- 
phia, the  New  England  Society  of  Philadel- 
phia, the  Phillips-Exeter  Alumni  Association, 
and  the  Jefferson  Medical  Alumni  Society.  He 
is  the  author  of  a  medical  work  entitled  "Man- 
ual of  Electro-Therapeutics,"  published  by  the 
F.  A.  Davis  Company,  Philadelphia,  in  1910. 
Within  a  year  it  has  been  adopted  as  a  text- 
book by  twenty  medical  colleges  in  the  L'nited 
States.  He  is  a  specialist  with  extensive  ex- 
perience in  diseases  of  the  nerves,  having  his 
offices  in  the  Flanders  building.  Fifteenth  and 
Walnut  streets,  Philadelphia.  His  residence  is 
at  Overbrook,  No.  1908  North  Sixty-third 
street.  He  is  one  of  the  best  known  specialists 
in  electro-therapeutics  and  electro-physics.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic,  in  politics  a 
Republican. 

He  married,  April  12,  1899,  Nan  Marie,  born 
in  Philadelphia.  March  25,  1883,  daughter  of 
Bernard  and  Ella  Marie  (Howell)  Gillespie. 
Dr.  and  Mrs.  Dugan  have  no  children. 


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The  surname  Thayer  was  orig- 
THAYER     inally  Tayer,  Tawier  and  Taw- 

yer,  and  is  a  trade  name  for 
one  who  dresses  skins.  The  letter  "h"  was  not 
added  until  after  the  family  came  to  New 
England,  and  in  the  Mendon  line  that  letter 
was  silent  as  in  Thomas,  until  quite  recently. 
The  home  of  the  family  in  England  was  Thorn- 
bury,  in  the  western  part  of  Gloucestershire, 
a  short  distance  from  the  river  Severn,  eleven 
miles  north  of  Bristol.  The  narrle  is  now  ex- 
tinct in  Thornbury.  The  spelling  Theyer  and 
Thayern,  with  the  same  root  form  "Taw"  has 
long  been  used  by  the  family  at  Brockworth, 
Gloucestershire,  a  parish  twenty-five  miles 
northeast  of  Thornbury,  and  there  was  a  fam- 
ily of  Tawyerat  Raounds  in  Northamptonshire, 
about  eighty  miles  northeast  of  Brockworth 
and  one  hundred  and  five  miles  from  Thorn- 
bury ;  also  a  family  of  Thayer  at  Great  Bad- 
dow  and  later  at  Thayden  Garnen  in  county 
Essex,  afterwards  of  London ;  but  no  con- 
nection between  these  families  has  been  estab- 
lished, so  far  as  is  known.  In  an  account  of 
".Able  and  Sufficient  Men  in  Body  fit  for  His 
Majesty's  Service  in  the  Wars,  within  the 
County  of  Gloucester  in  the  Month  of  August 
1608,"  given  in  three  classes,  namely,  those 
about  twenty  years,  those  about  forty  years, 
and  those  between  fifty  and  sixty  years  of  age, 
there  appear  in  Thornbury,  Edward,  John, 
Nicholas  and  Richard  Tayer,  all  of  the  second 


— comb,  eight  miles  northeast  of 
Thornbury,  John  Thayer,  of  the  second  class, 
and  in  Brockworth  and  its  vicinity,  Johti 
Theyer  of  the  first  class,  Richard,  Rr)ger, 
Thomas,  Walter  and  William  Theyer  of  the 
second  class,  Gabriel,  Giles,  John  Thomas  of 
the  first  class,  and  William  Thayer  of  the  sec- 
ond class.  The  Thornbury  parish  register  be- 
gins in  A.  D.  1538,  with  breaks  from  1645  to 
1660  and  from  1679  to  1684  (see  "New  Eng- 
land Register."  1906,  page  283,  for  copy  of 
baptisms,  etc.). 

John  Thayer  or  Tayer  was  baptized  Janu- 
ary 4.  1557-58.  and  another  John,  son  of 
Thomas,  October  15,  1558.  The  godfathers 
and  godmothers  are  given,  but  as  a  rule  the 
parents'  names  are  omitted.  A  Richard  Tayer 
or  Tawier  was  baptized  .August  2,  1562,  and  a 
Thomas,  February  12,  i5(x)-70.  It  is  prob- 
able that  either  Thomas  or  Richard  was  father 
of  the  American  ancestors,  Richard  and 
Thomas.  The  will  of  Thomas  was  dated  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1622,  and  proved  May  20,  1623. 

(I)  Richard  Thayer,  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  his  son 
Richard  settled  in  Braintree.  He  was  born 
and  baptized  in  Thornbury,  Gloucestershire, 
England,  April,  1601,  and  came  to  America  in 
1641,  bringing  with  him,  according  to  a  de- 
position of  his  son  Richard,  eight  children.  He 
was  a  shoemaker  by  trade.  He  married  (first) 
in  Thornbury.  xApril  5,  1624,  Dorothy  Morti- 
more.  He  married  (second)  Jane  Parker, 
widow  of  John  Parker,  and  in  1658  joined  her 
in  a  deed  to  her  Parker  children.  He  died 
before  1668  (see  Suffolk  Deeds  V.,  446). 
Children :  Richard,  mentioned  below ;  Cor- 
nelius;  Deborah,  baptized  February,  1629-30; 
Jael,  married,  March  17,  1654,  John  Harbour 
Jr.;  Sarah,  married,  July  20,  1651,  Samuel 
Davis;  Hannah,  married.  May  28,  1664,  Sam- 
uel Hayden ;  Zachariah,  died  July  29,  1693 ; 
.Abigail,  died  August  6,  1717;  Nathaniel,  bom 
about  1650. 

(tl)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Thayer,  was  baptized  February  10.  1624-25, 
died  at  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  August  27. 
1695.  He  married,  December  24,  1651,  Doro- 
thv  Pray  and  lived  in  Braintree.  She  died 
December  II,  1705.  Children:  Dorothy,  born 
.August  30,  1653 :  Richard,  mentioned  below  : 
Nathaniel,  January  i,  1658;  Abigail,  Febru- 
ary ID,  166 1  :  Joannah.  December  13,  1665; 
Sarah,  December  13,  1667;  Cornelius,  Septem- 
ber 18.  1670. 

(Ill)  Richard  (3).  son  of  Richard  (2) 
Thayer,  was  born  .August  31,  1655,  died  De- 
cember 4,  1705,  or  September  11,  1729.  He 
married,  July  16,  1679,  Rebecca  Micall,  and 
lived  in  Braintree.    She  was  born  January  22. 


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1658.  Children:  Rebecca,  born  August  16, 
1680;  Benjamin,  October  6,  1683;  Richard, 
January  26,  1685 ;  John,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  February  10,  1689;  James,  November 
12,  1691 ;  Deborah,  April  11,  1695;  Anna,  No- 
vember 14,  1697;  Gideon,  July  26,  1700;  Obe- 
diah,  May  i,  1703,  died  April  5,  1721. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Thayer,  was 
born  January  12,  1688,  died  September  10, 
1745.  He  married,  May  26,  171 5,  Dependence 
French,  and  lived  in  Braintree.  Children : 
John,  born  February  18,  1716;  John,  July  27, 
1717;  Benjamin,  January  11,  1720;  Obediah, 
December  31,  1721  ;  Micah,  October  31,  1723; 
Richard,  December  15,  1725,  died  January  30, 
1727 ;  Richard,  mentioned  below ;  Abiah,  June 
25.  1729;  Simeon,  March  22,  1732;  Elijah, 
July  16,  1736. 

(V)  Richard  (4),  son  of  John  Thayer,  was 
born  January  26,  1727.  He  married,  1752, 
Susan  Randall,  and  settled  in  Randolph,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children :  Randall,  bom  June  8, 
1753;  Susannah,  June  14,  1754;  Rhoda.  Sep- 
tember 9,  1755;  Richard,  September  13.  1757: 
Barnabas,  October  12,  1759;  Rebecca.  April 
12,  1761;  Sarah,  October  19,  1763;  Bezer, 
mentioned  below;  Phineas,  March  7,  1767; 
Jonathan,  January  9,  1769;  Luther,  July  17, 
1771  ;  Anna,  January  24,  1773. 

(VI)  Bezer.  son  of  Richard  (4)  Thayer, 
was  born  at  Randolph,  March  5,  1765.  He 
married.  1788,  Eunice  Howard,  and  lived  in 
Randolph.  Children,  born  in  Randolph:  Eli- 
phalet,  mentioned  below;  Loring,  July  18. 
1791  ;  Charlotte,  March  8,  1793 ;  Bezer,  March 
30,  1795;  Eunice,  July  20,  1797;  Harriet,  Au- 
gust 10,  1799;  Minot,  April  5,  1801  ;  Azel,  De- 
cember 26,  1802;  Jason,  November  28,  1804. 

(VII)  Eliphalet,  son  of  Bezer  Thayer,  was 
born  at  Randolph,  July  4,  1789,  died  June  29, 
1867.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  (first) 
March  28.  181 3.  Mary  Davenport  Vose.  and 
Hved  at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  His  wife 
died  October  20.  1829  (see  Vose  VI).  He 
married  (second)  Jane  Hunt,  September  26, 
1832.  Children  by  first  wife :  Henry  Vose, 
born  January  26,  1814;  Edward  Loring,  De- 
cember 3,  1815;  Warren.  August  28.  1817; 
Richard  C.  mentioned  below  :  Lydia  Caroline, 
September  8,  1822;  Child,  August  11.  1824; 
Hannah  Vose,  September  9,  1825.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Martha  Jane,  March  i,  1834; 
George.  August  i.  1835;  Alice,  September  12, 
1837 ;  Seth.  December  9,  1839. 

(VIII)  Richard  C.  son  of  Eliphalet  Thayer, 
was  born  at  Dorchester.  October  5,  1819.  He 
married.  October  31.  1841,  Julia  .K.  C.  Wads- 
worth,  and  lived  at  3  Lyon  Place.  Boston, 
Massachusetts.  Children :  Richard  Loring, 
born  March  6,  1843;  Frank  James,  mentioned 


below;    Henry    B.,    March    3,    1854;    Charles 
\'ose.  September  24,  1856. 

(IX)  Frank  James,  son  of  Richard  C. 
Thayer,  was  born  in  Somerville,  Massachu- 
setts, September  15,  1852.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools.  His  occupation  is 
foreman  of  Boston  postoffice.  In  religion  he 
is  non-sectarian,  and  in  politics  independent. 
He  resides  in  Somerville.  He  married  Susan 
W'addington  Holden.  Among  their  children 
was  Albert  Roland,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Albert  Roland,  son  of  Frank  James 
Thayer,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts. January  14,  1878.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  place.  He  started 
in  the  banking  business  as  messenger  for  the 
Blackstone  National  Bank,  corner  of  Hanover 
and  Union  streets.  Boston.  Afterward  he  was 
a  clerk  in  the  Second  National  Bank  of  Bos- 
ton, and  held  various  positions  of  trust  there 
during  the  six  years  following.  For  three 
years  he  was  with  the  banking  house  of  E.  H. 
Rollins  &  Sons,  of  Boston  and  New  York,  and 
two  years  with  the  banking  house  of  Thomas 
Xew'hall.  banker  and  broker,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  When  Mr.  Newhall  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Edward  B.  Smith  & 
Company.  Chestnut  street,  corner  of  Broad, 
Philadelphia,  on  December  i,  1909,  Mr.  Thayer 
became  connected  with  the  company,  and  has 
been  salesmanager  of  the  bond  department 
since  January,  1910.  In  politics  he  is  inde- 
pendent, and  in  religion  non-sectarian.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  New  England  Society  of 
Philadelphia.  His  home  is  at  1843  North 
Thirteenth  street,  Philadelphia. 

(The  Vose  Line). 

(I)  Robert  Vose,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Garston,  near  Liverpool,  county  Lan- 
caster, England,  about  1599,  died  in  Milton, 
Massachusetts,  October  16,  1683,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Anna  Vose.  In  July,  1654,  he 
purchased  of  the  heirs  of  "Worshipful  John 
Glover"  one  hundred  and  seventy-four  acres 
of  land  in  Dorchester,  afterwards  Milton,  on 
the  easterly  and  southerly  sides  of  "Cobert 
Baddocks  River."  A  part  of  this  land  has  re- 
mained in  the  family  for  two  and  a  half  cen- 
turies. Robert  Vose  was  a  prominent  man  in 
the  town.  He  was  one  of  the  three  petitioners 
for  the  incorporation  of  Milton.  He  gave  to 
the  town  in  1664  eight  acres  of  land  for  church 
purposes  near  Vose's  lane  and  Center  street, 
now  occupied  in  part  by  the  Blanchard  house. 
He  was  active  in  church  affairs.  He  lived  in 
the  old  Glover  house,  near  the  junction  of 
Canton  avenue  and  Brook  road.  He  married 
Jane ,  who  died  in  October.  1675.  Chil- 
dren :  Edward,  born  1636;  Thomas,  mentioned 


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below ;  Elizabeth,  married,  December  9,  1657, 
Thomas  Swift ;  Martha,  married  Lieutenant 
John  Sharp,  of  Muddy  Brook  (Brookline), 
who  was  killed  in  the  Sudbury  fight  by  the 
Indians. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Vose,  was  born 
about  1641,  died  April  3,  1708.  He  was  a 
man  of  more  than  ordinary  standing  in  the 
town.  For  many  years  he  was  town  clerk  and 
under  his  management  the  records  were  kept 
systematically  and  carefully.  He  was  ah  offi- 
cer in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  went  on 
the  expedition  to  Canada.  He  was  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court.  He  married  Wait- 
still  Wyatt,  who  died  January  8.  1727,  aged 
eighty- four  years.  Her  mother,  Mary  Wyatt, 
was  ninety-two  years  of  age  when  she  died, 
and  the  Dorchester  town  records  say  that 
"she  was  instrumental  for  the  bringing  into  the 
world  of  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  odd 
children."  Children:  Elizabeth;  Henry,  men- 
tioned below ;  Jane ;  Thomas,  married  Han- 
nah   . 

(III)  Lieutenant  Henry  Vose,  son  of 
Thomas  Vose,  was  born  .A.pril  9,  1663,  died 
March  26,  1752,  aged  eighty-nine.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Babcock,  born  October  24,  1666, 
died  November  18,  1732.  Children:  Waitstill, 
Robert,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  Elizabeth, 
Martha,  Abigail,  Hepzibah,   Beulah.  Thomas. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Robert  (2)  Vose,  son  of 
Lieutenant  Henry  Vose,  was  born  October  25, 
1693,  died  April  20,  1760.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1721,  Abigail  Sumner,  born  Janu- 
ary 31,  1699-170x3,  died  December  20.  1769. 
Her  brother,  Seth  Sumner,  was  great-grand- 
father of  Hon.  Charles  Sumner  and  of  Gen- 
eral Edwin  Vose  Sumner,  of  the  United  States 
army.  Robert  Vose  occupied  the  farm  on  the 
corner  of  Brush  Hill  road  and  Atherton  street, 
Milton,  which  remained  in  the  possession  of 
the  family  until  about  1880.  His  sons  were 
remarkable  for  their  height.  Children :  Oth- 
niel,  Waitstill,  Robert,  Henry,  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below ;  William,  James,  Elizabeth,  Abi- 
gail, Thomas,  Joshua.  Benjamin. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Lieutenant  Robert  (2) 
Vose,  was  born  May  13,  1730,  at  Milton,  died 
there   November  9,    1804,   aged   seventy-four. 

He  married  Sarah  .     Children,  born  at 

Milton:  Susanna,  April  3,  1756;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below;  Ann,  October  27,  1762. 

(VI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  ( i)  Vose, 
was  horn  at  Milton,  March  6,  1760.  He  mar- 
ried Miriam  Billings  (see  Billings  IV).  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Milton:  Peter,  October  8,  1777; 
Charles,  June  14.  1783;  Lydia  Billings.  March 
II,  1792;  Mary  Davenport,  at  East  Windsor, 
Connecticut,  January  22.  1794,  married  at  Mil- 
ton, Eliphalet  Thayer  (see  Thayer  VII). 

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(The  Bluings  Line). 


(I)  Roger  Billings,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  a  proprietor  of  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  in  1640.  He  was  ad- 
niitted  a  freemm.  May  18,  1648.  He  bought 
of  the  Indians  a  tract  of  land  two  and  a  half 
by  two  miles,  part  of  which  was  taken  off  in 
establishing  the  Rhode  Island  line.  In  1662 
he  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  si.x  miles 
square  for  a  township  at  Warranoco.  He 
died  November  15,  1683.  aged  si.\ty-five  years 
(gravestone).  His  will  was  dated  February 
2,  1680,  and  November  13,  1683,  and  proved 
December  13,  1683.     He  married  (first)  Mary 

,  who  died  in  1644:   (second)   Hannah 

,  who  died  May  25,  1662:  (third)  Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  of  John  Pratt.  Children: 
Mary,  born  July  10,  1643,  died  December  10, 
1643;  Mary,  baptized  November  23,  1645, 
married,  December  16,  1663,  Samuel  Belcher: 
Hannah,  married.  February  24,  1665,  John 
Penniman  ;  Joseph ;  Ebenezer,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 26,  165 1,  married  Hannah  Wales;  Samuel, 
baptized  October  26,  1651:  Roger,  mentioned 
below;  Elizabeth,  born  October  27,  1659;  Zep- 
pora.  born  May  21,  1662,  died  October  8,  1676; 
Jonathan,  died  January  14,  1677. 

(II)  Roger  (2),  son  of  Roger  (i)  Billings, 
was  born   November   16,    1657,  died  January 

17,  1717-18.  He  settled  in  Canton,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  married.  January  22,  1678.  by 
Governor  Bradstreet,  to  Sarah  Paine,  who  died 
September  19,  1742,  aged  eighty-four,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  Paine,  of  Braintree.  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  Hannah,  born  January  21, 
1679:  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  John,  March 
10,  1683;  Roger.  January  9,  1685;  William, 
July  27,  1686;  Sarah,  February  2-j.  1687-88; 
Stephen,  .August  27,  1691 ;  Mehitable,  Janu- 
ary 21,  1693-94;  mioses,  November  20.  1696; 
Ann,  .\ugust  4,  1698;  Abigjail,  February  15, 
1700;  Elizabeth,  June  21,  1701  ;  Isaac,  July  9, 
1703;  Daughter,  alive  1742. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Roger  (2)  Billings, 
was  born  at  Milton  or  Canton.  May  27,  1681. 
He  settled  at  Milton,  and  died  there  January 

18.  1765.  He  married  Ruhamah  Babcock.  who 
died  there  February  2.  1740.  aged  fifty- four. 
Children,  born  at  Milton :  Hannah,  February 
25,  1707;  Joseph,  June  17.  1708;  Benjamin, 
September  6,  1711,  died  October  28,  1711; 
Sarah,  born  November  6.  1712.  died  September 
21,  1714:  Patience,  March  21.  1717:  Ebenezer, 
mentioned  below;  John,  born  ^Iay  29,  1722; 
Ruhamah,  February  19,  1725. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Joseph  Billings,  was 
born  at  Milton.  September  19,  1719,  died  Sep- 
tember 16.  1766.  He  married  (first)  Jerusha 
.  He  married  (second)  at  Milton,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1749,  Miriam  Davenport,  who  died 


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December  19,  1785  (see  Davenport  III).  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Jerusha,  born  February  8, 
1745,  died  young;  Jerusha,  October  29,  1746, 
died  November  5,  1746.  Children  by  second 
wife:  Mary,  November  5,  1750:  Hannah,  No- 
vember 5.  1752:  Joseph,  March  26.  1757: 
Lydia,  March  21,  1760;  Miriam,  April  10, 
1763,  married  Samuel  Vose  (see  Vose  VI); 
Benjamin.  October  26,  1765. 

(The   Davenport    Line). 

The  English  ancestry  of  the  famous  Rev. 
John  Davenport,  founder  of  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, has  been  traced  for  many  centuries  in 
England.  The  Davenport  surname  is  traced 
to  the  earliest  period  of  the  use  of  hereditary 
family  names.  Besides  Rev.  John  Davenport, 
Captain  Richard  Davenport,  of  Salem,  and 
Thomas  Davenport,  mentioned  below,  were  in 
Massachusetts  before  1640.  The  families  used 
the  same  coat-of-arms.  indicating  common  an- 
cestry, but  the  relationship  has  not  been  traced. 

(I)  Thomas  Davenport,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  from  England  to  Dorchester.  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  admitted  to  the  church, 
Ncvember  20,  1640.  His  wife  Mary  joined 
the  church.  March  8,  1644,  and  died  October 
4,  1691.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  May  18, 
1642.  and  was  elected  constable  in  1670.  He 
probably  lived  on  the  east  slope  of  Mount 
Bowdoin,  near  Bowdoin  street  and  Union  ave- 
nue. He  bought  a  house  and  land  of  William 
Pegrom.  November  26,  1663,  and  of  William 
Blake.  February  5,  1666.  His  will  was  dated 
July  24.  1663,  bequeathing  his  homestead  to 
his  son  John  after  his  wife's  death.  He  died 
November  9,  1685.  His  estate  was  appraised 
at  three  hundred  and  thirty-seven  pounds,  six- 
teen shillings,  eight  pence.  Children,  born  at 
Dorchester:  Sarah,  December  28.  1645; 
Thomas,  baptized  March  2,  1645.  killed  in  the 
Narragansett  fight  in  King  Philip's  war,  De- 
cember, 1676;  Mary,  baptized  January  21. 
1649;  Charles,  baptized  December  7,  1652: 
.\bigail.  baptized  July  8,  1655  ;  Mehitable,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1657,  died  October  18,  1663;  Jona- 
than, March  6.  1659:  Ebenezer,  April  28,  1661  : 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(ID  John,  son  of  Thomas  Davenport,  was 
born  in  Dorchester.  fJctober  20.  1664,  died  at 
Milton,  Massachusetts.  March  21.  1725.  He 
inherited  the  homestead  after  his  mother's 
death,  and  after  she  died  he  moved  to  Milton, 
where  his  name  is  first  found  on  the  ta.x  list 
of  1707.  In  Milton  he  lived  on  the  old  farm 
still  standing  on  the  Isaac  Davenport  estate. 
owned  by  the  family.  His  will  is  in  the  pro- 
bate office  of  Suffolk  county.  He  married 
Naomi,  who  died  January  7.  1739.  supposed 
to  have  been  the  Naomi,  daughter  of  Timothy 


Foster,  of  Dorchester,  who  was  born  there 
February  11.  1668.  Children,  born  in  Dor- 
chester, except  the  last :  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Samuel,  October  20,  1697  ;  Ephraim.  bap- 
tized .August  6,  1699;  Joseph,  born  August  30. 
1701  ;  Stephen,  October  8,  1703;  Mehitable, 
August  30,  1705;  Benjamin,  August  12,  1707. 
(Ill)  John  (2).  son  of  John  (i)  Daven- 
port, was  born  in  Dorchester,  June  10,  1695, 
died  at  Stoughton,  Massachusetts,  July  20, 
1778.  He  married,  in  Milton,  June  10,  1725. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Joseph  Bent.  She  was  bap- 
tized January  28,  1699,  died  July  20,  1768. 
Children,  all  born  in  the  part  of  Stoughton 
now  Canton:  Mary,  November  19,  1729; 
Miriam.  April  15,  1732,  married,  February  23, 
1749,  Ebenezer  Billings,  of  Milton  (see  Bill- 
ings I\')  ;  Mariah.  November  13.  1735;  John. 
November  i,  1737;  Mehitable,  April  30,  1740. 


(Genealogy  by  Mrs.  M.  H.  O.  France-Rice,  of  South 
Montrose,    Pa.) 

The  Bunnell  family  dates  back 
BUNNELL  to  Normandy.  France,  where 
they  were  called  La  Bunnells. 
When  they  came  to  England  is  not  known,  but 
a  Bunnell  historian  visited  England  from  Con- 
necticut many  years  ago,  and  traced  the  family 
back  to  the  eleventh  century,  when  William 
La  Bunnell  came  to  England  from  Normandy 
as  aide-de-camp  on  the  staff  of  William  the 
Conqueror  in  1066.  Their  coat-of-arms  is 
still  preserved,  but  the  French  La  was  dropped. 
The  ancestry  is  traced  from  three  brothers. 
William  (mentioned  below),  Solomon  and 
Benjamin,  who  came  from  Cheshire,  England, 
in  1638.  and  settled  at  New  Haven.  Connecti- 
cut. When  the  first  census  was  taken  in  1790 
in  the  Thirteen  Colonies,  there  were  Bunnells 
recorded  in  every  state,  and  their  descendants 
are  widespread.  Beginning  with  the  first  at 
New  Haven,  historians  wrote  of  them  as  "be- 
ing without  exception  men  of  character  and 
piety,  who  used  every  opportunity  to  promote 
education  and  religion,  and  were  the  first  in 
all  history  to  adopt  a  written  constitution  and 
to  refuse  compensation  for  public  service." 

( I )  William  Bunnell,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  with  his  brothers  Solomon  and  Ben- 
jamin from  Cheshire,  England,  in  1638,  and 
settled  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  where  he 
married,  in  1640,  Anna,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Wilmot. 

(II)  Benjamin,  eldest  son  of  William  Bun- 
nell, was  born  in  1642,  and  married  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Peter  Mallory.  They  had  ten  chil- 
dren. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2).  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Bunnell,  was  born  about  1676.  Children:  Re- 
becca, born    1701  :   Hannah,    1702;   Benjamin, 


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1704;   Solomon,   mentioned   beknv ;   (iershom, 
1707;  Natlianiel ;  Isaac.  1713. 

(IV)  Solomon,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Bun- 
nell, was  born  in  1705.  He  married  Mary 
Holdrem,  about  1737,  and  moved  from  Xew 
Haven  about  1740  to  Kingwood.  Xew  Jersey. 
His  brother  came  with  him  as  far  as  Elizabeth, 
Xew  Jersey,  where  he  located,  and  spelled  his 
name  Bonnell.  About  1760  Solomon  moved 
to  .Middle  Smithfield.  Bucks  (now  Monroe) 
county,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  died  in  1779. 
Children:  I.  Isaac,  born  July  13.  1738:  mar- 
ried Lanah  Barkalve,  1766,  and  had  eight  chil- 
dren. 2.  Solomon,  married  Eleanor  Fo.x,  two 
children.  3.  Benjamin,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Rachel,  married  Benjamin  P.rink.  one  child. 
5.  Patty  (Martha),  married  (first)  Robert 
Hanners,  and  (second)  John  Lock,  three  chil- 
dren. 6.  Polly  (Mary),  married  Elias  Daily, 
three  children :  returned  to  Connecticut.  7. 
Lizzie  (Elizabeth),  married  Benjamin  Drake. 
8.  Rebecca. 

(V)  Benjamin  (3).  son  of  Solomon  Bun- 
nell, was  born  Xovember  lo.  1742.  in  King- 
wood,  Xew  Jersey.  He  married  Catharine 
Barry  (Barre)  in  1778.  When  about  eleven 
years  old  he  came  with  his  parents  to  "The 
Hollow."  in  Monroe  county.  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  later  inherited  a  part  of  his  father's 
farm.  Catharine  Barry  was  daughter  of  James 
and  Hester  (  Bryant)  Barry,  of  Bucks  county, 
Pennsylvania.  She  was  born  Xovember  26, 
1759.  and  died  September  5.  1843,  ^^d  was 
buried  in  the  Bunnell  Cemetery  at  "The  Xeck," 
Wyoming  county,  Pennsylvania,  At  the  be- 
ginning of  the  revolutionary  war,  Benjamin 
was  induced  by  his  father  to  remain  at  home, 
care  for  the  family  and  attend  the  farm,  while 
he  entered  the  service.  After  his  father's 
health  failed  the  records  show  that  he  enlisted 
in  1778.  remaining  to  the  close  of  the  war.  He 
took  his  newly  wedded  wife  to  a  fort  in  Xew 
Jersey,  where  their  eldest  child  Polly  was  born. 
By  his  military  service  Benjamin's  health  was 
a  great  deal  impaired  for  future  usefulness. 
Children:  i.  Mary  (Polly),  born  August  5, 
1778,  died  January  24,  1838;  married  John 
Jayne,  father  of  David.  Benjamin,  and  .\aron. 
2.  Elizabeth.  February  13.  1780:  married  Will- 
iam Ja\-ne,  in  1797,  had  twelve  children,  ainong 
whom  was  son  Allan,  born  June  20.  1812,  mar- 
ried Margaret  Hankinson,  of  Xew  Jersey,  and 
left  ij.  property  valued  at  about  $250,000,  at 
Meshcopen,  Pennsylvania,  when  he  died.  3. 
Esther.  1781  ;  married  Moses  Kennedy:  went 
to  Ohio  e^rly  in  1800.  4.  Rebecca.  October  17, 
1782.  djed  July  7.  1850:  married  Moses  Bart- 
romiKJtlff'ltussell  Hill.  Wyoming  county.  Penn- 
-sybiai^jacQhine  children.  5.  Martha,  October 
I-. ''^SjAdied  January  19,  1856;  married,  July 


10,  1810,  John  Place:  lived  on  homestead  at 
Middle  Smithfield,  where  Frederick  Place,  a 
grandson,  now  resides.  6.  Benjamin,  October 
29,  1788.  died  February  27,  1880;  married 
Mary  Eve  Ozies,  in  1806:  died  at  Bunnell  Hill, 
Wyoming  county,  7.  John,  .August  13,  1790, 
died  .August  11,  1872;  married  Mary  Place, 
July  10,  1810,  fourteen  children:  was  first  class 
leader  in  .Methodist  church  founded  at  \'os- 
burg  in  1816,  was  converted  at  a  camj)  meeting 
in  181 5.  8.  Solomon,  mentioned  below'.  9. 
Isaac.  I'ebruary  18.  1795,  died  June  26,  1832; 
married,  1815,  .Anna  Overfield,  granddaughter 
of  Nicholas  DePue,  of  Minisink.  eight  chil- 
dren. 10.  Catharine.  March  13,  1797,  died 
February  20,  1892:  married  (first)  Dr.  Elijah 
Carney,  of  .Mehooany,  and  had  Benjamin: 
married  (second)  Benjamin  Crawford,  and 
had  four  children.  11.  James.  May  29,  1799, 
died  March.  1879:  married  Lovisa  Russell, 
nine  children.  12.  Gershom,  December  15, 
1803,  died  June  8,  1855;  married  Sarah  Kel- 
logg, January   i,   1823,  two  children. 

(\I)  Solomon,  son  of  Benjamin  (3)  Bun- 
nell, was  born  July  21,  1792,  and  died  May  22, 
1874.  He  married  Eleanor  Place,  .August  19, 
1812.  at  .Middle  Smithfield,  and  with  his  five 
other  brothers,  became  pioneer  farmers  in 
Wyoming  county.  He  located  on  a  farm  over- 
looking Black  Walnut  Bottom,  which  is  noted 
as  having  been  a  camping  ground,  .August  4, 
1779,  for  General  Sullivan's  army  on  its  way 
to  destroy  the  Indians  at  the  (jreat  Lakes. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  married  .Ansel  Gay, 
when  fourteen  years  old.  and  had  seventeen 
children.  2.  .Anna,  born  .August  17,  1814,  died 
January  2,  18 17.  3.  John,  mentioned  below. 
4.  James,  died  ^lay  28,  1884,  aged  nearly  si.x- 
ty-seven  years ;  married  Mary  .Ann  Luce,  nine 
children,  of  whom  two,  Carrie  and  Ella,  are 
now  living.  5.  Mary  .Ann.  July  10.  18 19.  died 
-August  ID.  1820.  6.  Eleanor,  married  William 
Cooley.  of  South  Auburn.  Sus(|uehanna  coun- 
ty. Pennsylvania,  four  children.  7.  .Kurelia. 
married  Isaac  Carter,  Xovember  25,  1851.  died 
October  2"/,  1867;  four  children.  8.  Phoebe, 
March  11,  1825.  died  February  11.  1826.  9. 
Infant  daughter,  born  and  died  January  15, 
1830.  10.  Infant  daughter,  born  Mav  7.  died 
May  8.  1832. 

(\TI)  John,  son  of  Solomtm  Bunnell,  was 
born  May  20,  1816,  and  died  January  2},,  1887. 
He  married.  May  19.  1836.  Laura  .M.  Whit- 
comb.  Children:  i.  .Alrisa  Leaman.  born  Janu- 
ary 5.  1840:  married  (first)  Etna  Storm,  and 
had  Frank  Wesley,  and  died  in  1864:  married 
( second )  .Alice  Williams,  and  had  daughter 
Jessie.  2.  Wesley.  October  12.  1841  :  married 
Hannah  .A.  Hadlock.  and  had  Clarence  L'dell : 
died  October  12.  1903.     3.  Henry  Clay,  men- 


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tioned  below.  4.  Albert.  May  11.  1845;  '■"^'■- 
ried  Harriet  A.  Overfield,  six  children ;  died 
October  7,  1906.     5.  George  Marble,  January 

13,  1849.  died  April  28,  1849.  6.  Amma  Del- 
phine,  December  12,  1855;  married  Henry 
Bacon.  October  8,  1877;  seven  children. 

(Vni)  Henry  Clay,  son  of  John  Bunnell, 
was  born  May  20,  1843.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 6,  1866,  Lydia  Martha  Overfield  (see 
Overfield  IV).  He  is  now  living  in  Scranton, 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  farmer  and  county 
commissioner.  Children:  i.  William  Over- 
field,  mentioned  below.  2.  Dana  \\  hitcomb, 
born  September  29,  1870,  died  January  7,  1877. 
3.  Annie  Laura,  November  12,  1872,  died  May 

14,  1875.  4.  Mary  Otta,  February  27,  1876; 
a  trained  nurse  of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania.  5. 
Hartley  Tohn,  August  14.  1878,  died  Septem- 
ber 8.  1882.  6.  Harry  Wesley,  May  9,  1883, 
died  February  17.  1888.  7.  Infant  son,  June  9, 
1887,  died  same  day. 

(IX)  William  Overfield  Bunnell,  son  of 
Henry  Clay  Bunnell,  was  born  at  Meshoppen, 
Wyoming  county,  Pennsylvania,  July  22,  1867. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
and  private  schools  of  his  native  place.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  drug 
store  of  N.  &  E.  H.  Wells,  in  his  home  town, 
and  continued  for  two  years  there.  Having 
a  natural  inclination  toward  surgery  and  medi- 
cine, he  was  often  called  upon  to  assist  in 
operations,  and  at  an  early  age  acquired  much 
practical  knowledge  of  the  profession  he  after- 
ward followed.  On  account  of  ill  health  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years,  he  returned  to  his 
father's  home  and  for  three  years  assisted  him 
in  the  stone  (]uarrying  and  lumbering  business. 
When  he  came  of  age  he  began  at  the  bottom 
of  the  ladder  in  the  railroad  business  as  brake- 
man  on  the  Lehigh  Valley  railroad,  and  soon 
won  promotion  to  the  position  of  conductor. 
When  the  railroad  extension  was  built  from 
Sayre  to  Buffalo  he  was  placed  in  charge  of 
some  of  the  construction  work.  Leaving  the 
railroad  business  soon  afterward,  he  resumed 
the  study  of  medicine  under  the  instruction  of 
Dr.  Jacob  Biles,  at  Meshoppen,  and  a  year 
later  entered  the  Eclectic  Sledical  School  at 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  taking  four  full  lecture 
courses  and  graduating  with  the  degree  of 
doctor  of  medicine  June  5,  1894.  He  passed 
the  examinations  of  the  State  Medical  Board 
with  an  exceptionally  high  average,  receiving 
marks  of  100  per  cent,  in  five  branches.  After 
serving  in  the  Eclectic  Medical  School  two 
terms  as  prosector  of  anatomy  and  assistant 
demonstrator  of  histology,  he  was  appointed 
to  the  chair  of  diagnosis  and  hygiene  in  the 
Medical  School  of  Lincoln  L'niversity  at  Lin- 
coln, Nebraska.    He  resigned  on  account  of  ill- 


ness and  returned  home.  After  he  took  two 
full  courses  of  lectures  at  the  Golden  Cross 
Medical  College,  at  Chicago,  and  received  the 
degrees  of  D.  O.  and  D.  .A.  O.  He  then  open- 
ed an  office  at  Wilkes- Barre,  Pennsylvania, 
making  a  specialty  of  diseases  of  the  eye,  ear, 
nose  and  throat.  After  three  years  he  found 
the  confinement  to  office  practice  was  again 
undermining  his  health,  and  he  turned  to 
general  practice  in  the  country,  locating  at 
Conyngham,  where  he  had  to  be  outdoors 
much  of  the  time.  His  health  improved  and 
he  decided  to  make  a  specialty  of  medical 
jurisprudence,  and  he  began  to  study  law  in  the 
office  of  \'osburg  &  Dawson  at  Scranton,  Penn- 
sylvania. After  two  years  he  entered  the 
Indiana  Law  School  of  Indianapolis  Univer- 
sity, Indianapolis,  and  took  three  full  courses 
of  lectures,  not  missing  a  lecture  or  failing  in 
a  recitation  during  his  course.  He  was  gradu- 
ated in  due  course  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
in  1908,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  to 
practice  in  the  supreme  court  of  Indiana  and 
in  the  L'nited  States  circuit  court.  While  a 
law  student  he  read  law  in  the  office  of  Colonel 
James  A.  Rohback,  the  dean  of  the  Law 
School.  After  practicing  law  a  short  time  in 
Indianapolis,  he  returned  to  Conyngham  as 
clerk  in  the  office  of  John  Kelly,  making  a  spe- 
cial study  of  Pennsylvania  statutes  and  prac- 
tice, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Luzerne 
county,  March  14,  1910,  by  the  late  Judge 
John  Lynch.  He  opened  an  office  at  12  Swartz 
Block,  Hazelton,  Pennsylvania,  and  another 
at  105  Coal  Exchange  Building,  Wilkes-Barre. 
E>r.  Bunnell  is  one  of  the  few  successful  men 
following  two  difficult  professions,  law  and 
medicine,  and  has  made  an  enviable  reputation 
in  medical  jurisprudence.  His  residence  is  at 
No.  256  North  Washington  street,  Wilkes- 
Barre,  Pennsylvania. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Medical 
Association  and  vice-president  of  the  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons  Mutual  Insurance  Asso- 
ciation of  the  L'nited  States.  He  has  con- 
tributed frecjuently  to  medical  journals.  He 
is  prominent  in  a  number  of  fraternal  organ- 
izations. He  joined  the  Ki-Men-Chee  Tribe.  / 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  at  Meshoppen,  / 
Pennsylvania,  and  was  the  founder  of  Sha-/ 
Man  Tribe  of  this  order  at  Conyngham.  Tlvt 
name  "Sha-Man"  is  the  Indian  term  for  "medi- 
cine man,"  the  lodge  being  named  in  honor  of 
its  founder.  Dr.  Bunnell.  He  was  district 
deputy  for  one  term.  He  is  also  a  mepiber  of 
Conyngham  Lodge,  Xo.  208,  I.  O-' Gtr'CF. ;. 
Wyoming  \'alley  Encampment,  X'o.  iSi'L'C). 

0.  F. :   Canton,    Xo.  31,   PatriarchsJitP'-tait. 

1.  O.  O.  F. :  Goldie  Lodge,  No.  108.  Daag^  t*iirs 
of  Rebekah  :  Patriotic  Order  Sons  of  ».-\'^iica. 


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Camp  No.  206,  being  chief  surgeon  of  the 
Second  Regiment.  Mihtary  Reserves  of  the 
same,  with  the  rank  of  major.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  Diamond  City  Court.  No.  46,  Tribe 
of  Ben-Hur,  being  medical  examiner  of  the 
same.  He  was  the  organizer  of  Power  City 
Lodge,  No.  202,  Loyal  Order  of  Moose;  a 
member  of  Haymakers  Association,  No.  165^/^, 
L  O.  R.  M.,  and  various  other  orders,  being  a 
member  in  all  of  fourteen  different  organiza- 
tions. In  religion  he  is  a  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian Church.  In  poHtics  Dr.  Bunnell  is  a  Re- 
publican. 

He  married  (first)  March  20.  1895,  Eloise 
Hines,  who  was  born  at  Lacyville,  Wyoming 
county,  Pennsylvania,  in  1873.  He  married 
(second)  August  15,  1902,  Rose  Pease,  who 
was  born  at  Dayton,  Ohio,  in  1873.  Child  by 
first  wife:  Marjorie  Elizabeth,  born  January 
2.  1896.  Children  of  second  wife:  William 
Henry,  born  July  28,  1904:  Harry  Albert,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1906,  at  Conyngham.  * 

Mrs.  Bunnell  was  the  founder  of  Sha- 
hoctee  Council,  Daughters  of  Pocahontas,  at 
Conyngham,  Pennsylvania,  the  name  "Sha- 
hoctee'"  meaning  medicine  woman,  and  this 
lodge  was  named  in  honor  of  Mrs.  Bunnell, 
who  was  a  professional  nurse  before  her  mar- 
riage. 

(The  Overfleld  Line). 
(By  Mrs.   M.   H.   O.   France-Rice). 

The  Overfields  or  Eberfields  are  a  numerous 
and  well-known  family  in  Germany,  where 
there  are  large  historic  towns  of  the  same 
name.  The  first  written  mention  of  the  fam- 
ily in  America  is  in  the  book,  "The  Great  In- 
dian Walk  and  Life  of  Edward  Marshall,"  by 
his  descendant,  William  J.  Buck,  in  regard  to 
Marshall's  walking  a  vast  tract  of  land  from 
the  Indians  in  Eastern  Pennsylvania  in  1737. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Overfield,  or  "L^eber- 
feldt,"  about  1734;  her  parents  were  located 
on  the  east  bank  of  the  Delaware  river,  in  New 
Jersey,  above  Easton,  Pennsylvania,  in  the 
famous  Minisink  regions.  The  name  of  Eliz- 
abeth's father  is  not  known,  but  he  was  born 
near  Stuttgart,  Germany,  and  emigrated  to 
America  in  1722. 

( f )  Paul,  brother  of  Elizabeth  Overfield, 
was  born  in  1715,  in  Germany,  and  when 
seven  years  of  age  came  with  his  parents  to 
America.  He  married  Rebecca  Marshall,  sis- 
ter of  Edward,  the  noted  Indian  walker.  He 
died  in  Middle  Smithfield,  Monroe  county, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1800,  aged  eighty-five.  Chil- 
dren: Abner :  Benjamin,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah ;  Mary ;  Rachel :  Paul  Jr. ;  William  ; 
Martin. 

fll)  Benjamin,  son  of  Paul  Overfield,  was 
born  in  1751,  in  Middle  Smithfield,  and  died 


October  27,  1813,  in  Braintrim.  Luzerne  (now 
Wyoming)  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  enlisted 
in  the  Continental  army  in  1776,  and  was  in 
the  battles  of  Trenton  and  Princeton,  New 
Jersey.  He  also  fought  at  Chadd's  Ford  and 
Germantown,  Pennsylvania.  He  and  his 
brothers  Abner  and  Martin  were  in  the  forces 
when  General  Sullivan  was  dispatched  by  Gen- 
eral Washington  in  the  summer  of  1779  to  raid 
the  Indians  in  Genesee  Valley,  New  York.  His 
brother-in-law,  Moses  \'an  Campen  was  quar- 
termaster. During  this  excursion  from  Easton, 
Pennsylvania,  Benjamin  located  his  homestead 
in  the  fastnesses  of  the  wilderness  along  the 
Susquehanna  river  at  Brick  Chapel,  as  it  is 
now  known,  Wyoming  county,  Pennsylvania. 
He  and  his  brothers  .\bner  and  Martin  were  in 
the  Fifth  Battalion  of  Northampton  county, 
and  were  honorably  discharged  in  178 1.  He 
removed  his   family  to  the  new  home  in  the 

spring  of   1794.     He  married    (first)   

Gonzales,  a  descendant  of  Spanish  nobility. 
He  married  (second)  Margaret  Henshaw. 
Children  by  first  wife :  William ;  Emanuel, 
married  Sarah  Shields,  and  moved  to  Canada; 
Martin,  married  Susan  Shinks ;  Rebecca,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Marshall ;  Elizabeth,  married 
David  Daily,  moved  early  "to  the  Ohio"  ;  Elea- 
nor, married  Bowman,  had  son  Eras- 

tus,  married  (second)  Daniel  Cooley,  of  South 
Auburn,  Susquehanna  county,  .and  had  five  or 
six  children.  Children  by  second  wife:  Paul, 
mentioned  below:  Sarah,  born  June  15,  1794, 
in  new  home,  married  John  Sterling,  of  Black 
Walnut. 

(Ill)  Paul,  son  of  Benjamin  Overfield,  was 
born  May  22,  1792.  and  married,  June  18, 
1812,  Lyclia  Lacey,  whose  father,  Isaac,  came 
from  Connecticut.  They  lived  on  the  original 
homestead  of  their  pioneer  ancestors,  and 
twelve  children  were  born.  Qiildren :  i.  Will- 
iam, mentioned  below.  2.  Susannah,  born 
October  22,  1816,  died  1819.  3.  Harriet,  Janu- 
ary 12.  1818,  died  February  6,  1881 ;  married 
Rev.  Almon  G.  Stilwell,  in  1840.  nine  children. 
4.  Sarah  E..  February  28,  1820,  died  June  21, 
1902 ;  married  Rev.  Henry  Brownscombe,  Au- 
gust 21,  1843:  four  children,  all  deceased.  5. 
Benjamin,  March  28,  1822,  died  March  5, 
1904:  married  Lois  Ann  Camp.  March  2,  1847; 
nine  children,  all  married.  6.  Margaret,  April 
16,  1824,  died  December  13,  1875:  married 
John  C.  Sturdevant.  September  27,  1848:  two 
sons.  7.  Anna.  .May  20.  1826:  married  John 
C.  Bertholf,  November  30,  1863:  one  child. 
8.  John  Lacey,  July  16.  1828.  died  November 
19,"  1889:  edu'cated'at  Wyoming  Seminary  and 
Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Connecticut,  class 
of  1856;  entered  the  law  firm  of  Scudder  & 
Carter,  of  Greater  New  York,  and  after  four 


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years  practiced  law  as  a  profession  in  New 
York  and  Brooklyn  ;  married  (  first )  Augusta 
Dean,  one  son  Alam,  1861,  and  both  died; 
married  (second)  Olivia  Binns.  and  had  Le- 
onidas,  Louise.  Mortimer,  and  Chauncey  Percy, 
in  business  at  Salt  Lake  City.  Utah.  9.  Eliza 
Rebecca,  September  3,  1830;  married  Edmund 
C.  Bunnell.  February  6,  1851;  seven  children, 
all  married.  10.  Xancy  Maria.  September  24, 
1832.  died  May  13.  1876;  married  George  W. 
Smith.  November  2t,,  1852;  he  was  in  civil 
war.  II.  Lydia  Martha,  born  November  28. 
1836,  died  August  6,  1846.  12.  Infant  son. 
born  and  died  same  day. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Paul  Overfield,  was 
born  October  10,  1813,  and  died  March  6, 
1898.  aged  eighty-four.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
expert  fruit  grower ;  also  a  pioneer  in  Susque- 
hanna county.  He  married  Anna  Bunnell. 
February  22.  1836;  she  was  daughter  of  John 
and  Mary  (  Place )  Bunnell :  she  died  March 
II,  1854;  her  father  was  one  of  the  si.x  brothers 
who  came  from  near  Stroudsburg,  Monroe 
county,  to  Wyoming  county,  Pennsylvania,  in 
1813.  He  married  (second)  November  17. 
1854,  Minerva  H.  Reeney.  who  died  January 
20,  1884.  Children:  i.  Mary  Harriet,  the 
family  historian,  born  March  26,  1837;  was 
graduated  from  Wyoming  Seminary,  June  23, 
1859:  married  (first)  John  M.  France.  March 
26,  1861,  and  had  one  child  (Lydia  M..  born 
September  27,  1862,  who  married  Henry  R. 
Decker,  of  South  Montrose,  Pennsylvania,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1883):  she  married  (second)  W. 
Henry  Rice,  of  Solebury,  Bucks  county,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  23,  1887,  and  he  died 
February  22,  1909.  2.  Lydia  Elizabeth,  born 
February  26.  1839,  died  August  8.  1839.  3. 
Sarah  Helen.  June  6.  1840.  died  August  i. 
1847.  4-  P^ul  James.  February  6,  1842,  died 
November  2,  1882 :  served  three  years  in  civil 
war.  from  1862  to  1865;  married  Sarah  Roe. 
December  30,  1872;  seven  children  (the  eldest, 
Peter  D.,  being  noted  for  football  at  Pennsyl- 
vania University,  now  judge  by  appointment 
of  President  William  H.  Taft  at  Valdez. 
Alaska,  and  married  \'irginia  Beale  Leckie.  of 
\'irginia.  .April  28,  1906).  5.  John  Bunnell, 
January  14,  1844;  served  in  civil  war,  was 
treasurer  of  Wyoming  county  one  term:  mar- 
ried Julia  Johnson.  January  24.  1866.  had  four 
children,  died  in  Pasadena,  California,  where 
he  now  lives  with  his  second  wife,  Josephine 
Nye.  whom  he  married  January  i,  1908.  6. 
Lydia  Martha,  December  29.  1845 ;  married 
Henry  Clay  Bunnell.  February  6,  1866  (see 
Bunnell  VIII).  7.  Ettaline  A..  March  28. 
1848:  married  Henry  Low  Lott.  January  11, 
1865 ;  four  children.  8.  Charles  Nezbert.  May 
5,    1850;   married    .Amanda    Ace,   January    i. 


1879:  si.x  children;  he  was  helpless  with  paral- 
ysis for  a  number  of  years  and  is  now  de- 
ceased. Children  by  second  wife:  9.  Seth  Lee, 
October  12.  1855  ;  married  Mary  Boyhen.  .April 
7.  1875  •  seven  children.  10.  William  Grant. 
February  18.  1857;  located  early  in  Puyallup, 
Washington ;  married  .Addie  Stone ;  six  chil- 
dren. II.  .Annie  Minerva,  May  11,  1858,  died 
October  i,  1863.  12.  Infant  son,  born  August 
28.  died  September  18.  1859.  13.  Gilbert,  Jan- 
uary 18,  1861 ;  married  Deborah  Nye,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1886;  have  son  George  at  Pasadena. 
14.  Henry  Dean.  June  25.  1862.  died  January 
7,  1864.  Four  unrecorded  and  unnamed  infants 
were  born. 


John  Russell,  immigrant  ances- 
RUSSELL     tor.  came  to  New  England  and 

settled  first  at  Cambridge, 
where  he  was  a  proprietor  in  1635.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  March  3,  1635-36,  and 
was  a  town  officer  and  clerk  of  the  writs.  He 
was  a  subscriber  to  the  orders  drawn  up  for 
the  town  of  Woburn,  at  Charlestown,  in  1640, 
and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Woburn. 
He  was  a  proprietor  there  in  1640.  He  was 
selectman  of  \\'oburn  for  several  years,  and 
in  1644  was  appointed  on  a  committee  for 
distribution  of  land.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
church,  but  afterwards  became  a  Baptist,  and 
about  1669-70  was  admitted  to  the  Baptist 
church  of  Boston,  which  at  that  time  met  for 
worship  at  Noddle's  Island,  He  was  later 
chosen  elder  of  this  church.  For  his  change 
of  faith  he  was  summoned  before  the  court 
at  Charlestown  in  1671  and  sent  to  prison,  but 
soon  released.  He  died  June  i,  1676.  His 
will   was   dated   May  27,    1676.     He  married 

( first )   Elizabeth  .  who  died  December 

16.  1644.  He  married  (second)  May  13,  1645, 
Elizabeth  Baker,  who  died  January  17,  1689- 
90.  Children:  Samuel,  born  1636;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  married,  December  21. 
1659,  Timothy  Brooks. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Russell, 
was  born  about  1640,  died  December  21,  1680, 
aged  forty  years,  and  was  buried  in  King's 
(Thapel  burying  ground,  Boston.  He  settled 
first  in  Woburn.  and  later  removed  to  Boston 
where  he  was  ordained  to  succeed  Elder  Gould 
as  minister  of  the  Baptist  church.  July  28, 
1679.  During  the  short  period  he  was  in  office. 
he  wrote  a  treatise  in  answer  to  some  harsh 
reflections  in  a  publication  by  Rev.  Dr.  Increase 
Mather,  asserting  "The  Divine  Right  of  Infant 
Baptism."  The  answer  was  entitled  ".A  Brief 
Narrative  of  some  considerable  passages  con- 
cerning the  First  Gathering  and  Further  Prog- 
ress of  a  Church  of  Christ  in  Gospel  Order,  in 
Boston,  in  New  England,  etc."     It  was  dated 


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in  Bostuii,  May  20,  1680,  and  sent  to  London 
for  publication.  He  married,  October  31,  1661, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Champney,  of  Cam- 
bridge. She  died  at  Woburn,  April  25,  1696. 
Children :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph, 
born  January  15,  1663-64,  at  Woburn;  Samuel, 
February  3,  1667-68,  died  December  i,  1668; 
Sarah,  February  10,  1670-71  ;  Elizabeth,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1672-73  ;  Jonathan,  August  6,  1675  ; 
Thomas,  January  5,  1677-78;  Ruth. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Russell, 
was  born  August  i,  1662,  died  July  26,  1717. 
He  married,  December  21,  1682,  Elizabeth 
Palmer,  who  died  about  1723.  He  died  before 
she  did,  as  the  Woburn  records  say  that 
"Widow  Elizabeth  RusselU'  is  named  in  the 
province  tax  in  1723,  but  not  in  that  of  1724. 
Children,  born  in  Woburn :  John,  September 
20,  1683;  Joseph,  October  3,  1685;  Stephen, 
August  25,  1687;  Elizabeth,  June  21,  1690; 
Samuel,  July  16,  1692;  Sarah,  October  15, 
1694;  Son,  August  19,  1697,  died  September 
12,  1697;  Ruth,  January  16,  1699;  Jonathan, 
November  7,  1700;  Alary,  March  2,  1703,  died 
November  27,  1709;  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (3)  Russell, 
was  born  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  June  26, 
1705,  died  before  1790.  He  moved  from  there 
to  Sherborn,  Massachusetts,  where  he  settled 
on  the  southeast  side  of  Course  brook,  and 
lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  Isaac  Cooledge,  Esq., 
of  Sherborn.  and  Hannah  (Morse)  Cooledge; 
Hannah  Morse  was  daughter  of  Captain  Jo- 
seph and  Hannah  (  Badcock )  Morse.  Thomas 
Russell's  wife,  Hannah,  died  December  21, 
1800,  aged  ninety  years.  She  was  niece  of 
Mary  Cooledge,  wife  of  Deacon  Jonathan  Rus- 
sell. Children,  born  in  Sherborn :  Joel,  March 
7.  ^733-34''  Rebecca,  April  20,  1735;  Isaac, 
September  27,  1736;  Hannah,  January  27, 
1738-39;  Hannah,  February  21,  174041  ;  Isaac, 
November  21,  1742;  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low; Hannah,  May  11,  1746;  Sarah,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1748;  Isaac,  March  8,  1750;  Hannah, 
April  2,  1752;  Samuel,  November  18,  1754. 

(V)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (  i)  Rus- 
sell, was  born  December  13,  1744.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain  Benjamin 
BuUards  company,  Colonel  Pierce's  regiment. 
April  19,  1775;  also  in  1776-77.  He  married 
Abigail  — ;* — .  Children  :  Daniel,  born  .\pril 
7-  1775;  Joseph,  November  i,  1776;  Arnold, 
mentioned  below  ;  Thomas,  baptized  March  4, 
1781  ;  Nabby,  born  May  30,  1783;  Shubael, 
baptized  November  20,  1785. 

(VI)  Arnold,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Russell, 
was  born  in  Sherborn  or  vicinity,  and  was 
baptized    .August    23.    1778.      He    removed   to 


Albany  county,  New  York.  He  married 


and  among  his  children  was  Zenas 
Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(\II)  Zenas  Henry,  son  of  Arnold  Russell, 
was  born  in  .Albany  county,  .New  York,  in 
1806,  died  May  11,  1878.  He  was  a  success- 
ful business  man  of  Honesdale,  Pennsylvania, 
the  first  vice-president  and  second  president  of 
the  Honesdale  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  original  incorjjorators,  of  which 
his  son  is  now  president.  The  bank  was  organ- 
ized in  1836  under  a  state  charter,  and  now  has 
a  capital  of  .'?i 50,000,  with  a  surplus  of  nearly 
?200,ooo.  Mr.  Russell  was  one  of  the  early 
pioneers  of  Northeastern  Pennsylvania,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  was  successfully  en- 
gaged in  the  mercantile  business  in  Honesdale. 
He  was  one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Grace 
Episcopal  Church,  and  continued  a  liberal  sup- 
porter of  the  same  up  to  the  time  of  his  death, 
being  senior  warden  of  the  church  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  He  married  Lucy  Waite  Forbes, 
who  passed  away  April  22,  1891,  a  descendant 
of  Daniel  Forbes,  the  pioneer  of  the  family, 
who  was  born  at  Kinellar,  Scotland,  about 
1620,  and  settled  during  the  civil  war  in  Eng- 
land at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
died  in  October,  1687.  Through  the  Waite 
family  she  was  descended  from  the  same  stock 
as  Chief  Justice  Waite,  of  the  United  States 
supreme  court.  Her  parents  lived  at  New 
Bedford.  Massachusetts.  Children  :  Sophie  C, 
married  Robert  J.  Menner,  and  she  is  now  de- 
ceased :  Annie  E.,  married  William  H.  Dim- 
mick,  and  she  is  now  deceased;  Julia  .\.,  died 
in  infancy;  Henry  Zenas,  mentioned  below. 

(\TII)  Henry  Zenas,  son  of  the  late  Zenas 
Henry  Russell,  was  born  at  Honesdale,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  3,  1851.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  is 
president  of  the  Honesdale  National  Bank, 
treasurer  of  the  Honesdale  Consolidated  Light, 
Heat  and  Power  Company,  and  is  one  of  the 
most  prominent  business  men  and  financiers 
of  this  section.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  Grace  Episcopal  Church, 
of  which  he  has  been  senior  warden  and  treas- 
urer for  a  number  of  years.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  E.xchange  Club,  of  Honesdale. 

He  married  (first)  May  15,  1884.  Jessie  .A. 
Wood,  born  in  Honesdale.  died  F'ebruary  24, 

1908.  He   married    (second)    September   22. 

1909.  Mrs.  Jessie  (Ball)  Dolmetsch.  born  at 
Goshen,  New  York,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Margaret  Ball.  Children  by  first  wife:  i. 
Zenas  Henry,  born  February  25,  1885  :  married 
Isabelle  Crooker,  of  Mt.  \'ernon,  and  they  re- 
side at  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  where 
he  is  connected  with  the  .Amoskeag  Company; 
they  are  the  parents  of  two  sons.  Henry  Z..  2d, 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


and  Malcolm  Story  Russell.  2.  Sophie  Men- 
ner.  born  December  3,  1886:  married  Clinton 

I.  Dow,  and  they  reside  at  Manchester,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  is  connected  with  the 
Amoskeag  Company.  3.  Marietta,  born  June 
19,  1889.  4.  Lucy  Forbes,  born  October  7, 
1891.    5.  Milton  Dimmick,  born  April  i,  1895. 

Samuel  Pond,  immigrant  ancestor, 
POND  was  born  in  England,  and  was  one 
of  the  early  settlers  of  Windsor, 
Connecticut.  He  died  \Iarch  14,  1654,  and  his 
inventory  was  filed  March  19,  1654.  He  left 
sixty-two  acres  of  land.  He  married.  No- 
vember   14,    1642,    Sarah   .      Children : 

Isaac,  born  at  Windsor.  March  16,  1646;  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below ;  Nathaniel,  December 
21,  1650.  killed  by  the  Indians.  December  19, 
1675,  in  King  Philip's  war:  Sarah,  February 

II,  1652. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Pond, 
was  born  at  Windsor.  March  4,  1648.  He  was 
one  of  the  signers  of  the  "New  Plantation  and 
Church  Covenant"  of  Bran  ford.  Connecticut, 
January  20,  1667.  He  was  propounded  for 
freeman  in  1672.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the 
general  court  from  Bran  ford  in  1678-82-83- 
87,  and  was  lieutenant  of  the  military  company 
in  1695.  He  married,  February  3,  1669.  Miriam 
Blakeley.  Children,  born  at  Branford:  Na- 
thaniel, 1676,  died  1679 ;  Abigail,  1677 ;  Sam- 
uel. July  I,  1679:  Josiah.  September  25.  1688; 
Lois,  1690 :  Moses,  mentioned  below ;  Miriam, 
i6q6:  Mindwell.  1698. 

(HI)  Moses,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Pond,  was 
born  and  baptized  in  1693.  In  1747  he  made 
his  will  at  Branford.  Connecticut,  then  aged 
fifty-four  years,  and  bequeathed  to  wife  Mary 
and  ten  children :  Aaron,  Gad,  .\sher,  Paul, 
Samuel.  Man,',  Bathsheba,  Lois,  Rachel,  Mind- 
well.  He  was  a  cordwainer.  He  resided  for  a 
few  years  at  Haddam,  then  at  Branford.  where 
he  had  a  farm.  He  was  administrator  of  the 
estate  of  Isaac  Tyler,  of  Haddam.  who  died 
January  22.  1718.  and  he  was  guardian  of  a 
minor  son.  Israel  Tyler.  He  married.  January 
7,  1718-19,  Mary,  daughter  of  Elijah  Brain- 
erd,  and  granddaughter  of  Daniel  Brainerd 
fp.  42  "Brainerd  Genealogy").  She  lived  at 
Haddam.  Middlesex  county.  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren :  Aaron,  mentioned  below ;  Moses,  born 
1721  ;  Mary.  1723:  Bathsheba,  January  2. 
1724-25;  Gad.  .-Xugust  12,  1727,  at  Branford: 
Asher.  August  12,  1727;  Lois,  June  20.  1730; 
Rachel.  May  26.  1733:  Paul,  May  12.  1736; 
Samuel.  June  24.  1739:  Mindwell,  July  12, 
1742. 

Elijah  Brainerd.  son  of  Daniel  Brainerd, 
married  ("first)  September  28.  1699,  Mary 
Bushnell,  born   March   10,   1675.  daughter  of 


Joseph  and  Mary  (Leffing\vell)  Bushnell.  She 
died  September  11,  1735.  Elijah  Brainerd 
married  (second)  Margaret  ,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1738.  The  will  of  Elijah  Brainerd,  who 
died  April  20,  1740,  according  to  the  Hartford 
probate  records,  bequeaths  to  his  daughter, 
Mary  Pond,  and  mentions  the  "right  of  Moses 
Pond"  in  describing  land. 

Daniel  Brainerd,  father  of  Elijah  Brainerd, 
and  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was  born  probably 
at  Braintree,  county  Essex,  England,  about 
1641,  and  was  brought  to  this  country  when 
about  eight  years  old  and  lived  with  the  Wads- 
worth  family  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He 
remained  there  until  1662,  when  with  others  he 
took  up  land  and  made  Haddam  his  permanent 
home,  although  at  that  time  it  was  an  unbroken 
wilderness.  His  children  were  baptized  in  the 
Middletown  church,  eight  miles  from  home. 
He  married  (first)  Hannah  Spencer,  born 
about  1641.  at  Lynn.  Massachusetts,  daughter 
of  Gerrard  and  Hannah  Spencer,  of  Cam- 
bridge and  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  Had- 
dam, Connecticut.  She  died  about  1691.  Dan- 
iel Brainerd  married  (second)  March  30.  1693, 
Elizabeth  (Wakeman)  Arnold,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Wakeman.  both  natives 
of  England.  Samuel  Wakeman  died  at  the 
Bahama  Islands  in  1641.  Daniel  Brainerd 
married  (third)  November  29,  1698,  Hannah 
(Spencer)  Sexton,  born  April  25,  1653,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Spencer,  and  widow 
of  George  Sexton.  Deacon  Daniel  Brainerd 
died  April  i,  171 3,  and  is  buried  in  the  old 
burial  ground  at  Haddam.  His  home  was  on 
Lot  No.  3''4  and  was  bounded  west  by  the 
main  street,  north  by  land  of  John  Bailey,  east 
by  the  river  and  south  by  Joseph  Stannard's 
place.  Deacon  Brainerd  was  constable,  sur- 
veyor, fence  viewer,  assessor,  justice  of  the 
peace  and  on  town  committees  to  lay  out  land, 
etc.,  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  in  Hart- 
ford and  he  was  elected  by  that  body  in  1669  a 
commissioner.  He  was  deacon  of  the  old 
church  at  Haddam.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Daniel,  born  March  2.  1665-66:  Hannah,  No- 
vember 20,  1667  :  James.  June  2,  1669:  Joshua. 
July  20.  1671-72 :  William.  March  30,  1673- 
74:  Caleb.  November  20,  1675-76:  Elijah, 
about  1677-78:  Hezekiah,  May  24,  1680-81. 

(IV)  Aaron,  son  of  Moses  Pond,  was  born 
at   Haddam,   October    i.    1719.     He  married, 

Januarv  23.   1744-45.   Martha  .     They 

had  Moses,  mentioned  below,  and  perhaps 
other  children. 

(V)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Aaron  Pond,  was 
born  at  Haddam,  January  7.  1745-46.  He  was 
living  at  Southington.  Hartford  county,  Con- 
necticut, in  1790.  when  according  to  the  first 
federal  census  he  had  in  his  family  two  males 


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over  sixteen,  three  males  under  sixteen  and 
three  females.  His  name  appears  in  Novem- 
ber, 1793,  on  a  list  of  subscriptions  for  music 
i  1  the  church  at  VVolcott,  Connecticut.  Accord- 
ing to  the  town  history  of  Wolcott  (p.  196) 
Colonel  Moses  Pond  kept  a  hotel,  afterward 
o.vned  by  Lucius  Tuttle.  Of  his  family  Moses 
joined  the  church  at  Wolcott  in  1828;  Moses 
J.  Pond  was  baptized  at  Southington,  an  adult, 
.\pril  6.  1834;  Naomi  Pond  was  baptized  at 
Southington  in  1827 ;  Lois  Pond  in  1826. 
Muses  Pond  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
(pages  562  and  622,  Connecticut  revolutionary 
records),  a  private  in  the  Si.xth  Brigade,  Con- 
nec  icut  seacoast  guard.  He  was  credited  to 
Farnington,  and  was  of  the  Fifteenth  Regi- 
ment, Colonel  Noadiah  Hooker,  in  1780.  He 
was  in  the  same  regiment  in  1779,  Captain 
Beecher's  company,  and  was  detached  with 
othevs  to  serve  in  the  battalion  of  Lieutenant 
Colonel  Mead  from  July  29,  1779,  to  the  fol- 
lowirg  March  and  was  credited  to  Farming- 
ton  [larish.  Southington  was  formerly  part 
of  Farmington.  He  married  and  among  his 
children  was  .Alpheus,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Alpheus,  son  of  Moses  (2)  Pond, 
was  of  Southington,  Wolcott  and  Bristol,  Con- 
necticut. He  died  in  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  at 
the  age  of  si.xty-seven  years.  He  married  Bet- 
sey Peck,  and  she  died  aged  forty-four  years. 
Their  children  were  Julia,  born  in  1814;  Lois, 
1815;  Henry,  1817;  Roswell,  1819;  Alvin  P., 
mentioned  below ;  Almeron,  1822 ;  Hiram, 
1825;  Lucinda,  1827;  Phoebe,  1829;  Oliver, 
1831:  Emeret,  1835;  Leontine,  1838. 

(VH)  Alvin  Porter,  son  of  Alpheus  Pond, 
was  born  at  Wolcott,  Connecticut,  December 
19,  1820.  died  at  Southington,  Connecticut, 
Alarch  16,  1883.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  followed  the  trade  of  a  me- 
chanic. He  married  (first)  Emeline  Thirza 
Clark,  born  May  19,  1826,  daughter  of  Jesse 
Clark,  of  Clark  Farms,  Southington,  Connecti- 
cut. She  died  November  8,  1867.  Their  only 
child  was  Charles  Harvey  Pond,  mentioned 
below.  Mr.  Pond  married  (second)  Mary 
Ann  Frost,  by  whom  he  had  one  son,  Elbert 
A.,  born  December,  1874,  now  living  in  New 
Britain,  Connecticut. 

(Vni)  Charles  Harvey,  son  of  Alvin  Por- 
ter Pond,  was  born  at  Southington,  Connecti- 
cut, December  15,  1847.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  Lewis 
Academy,  also  of  Southington.  He  began  his 
business  career  as  a  clerk  in  the  hardware 
house  of  George  B.  Curtiss  Company,  in  New 
York,  in  1865.  In  1868  he  was  employed  at 
Bristol,  Connecticut,  in  connection  with  the 
Curtiss  Company,  and  in  the  follovvini(  Febru- 
ary he  returned  to  Southington  in  the  employ 


of  the  .\etna  Nut  Company,  as  bookkeeper  and 
secretary,  remaining  in  this  position  until  1873, 
when  he  went  to  Ohio  in  the  employ  of  the 
Gerard  Rolling  Mill  Company  at  Gerard,  Ohio, 
and  in  1874  became  the  junior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Taylor,  Mitchell  &  Pond,  at  Massillon, 
Ohio,  manufacturers  of  merchant  iron  and""T" 
rails.  He  was  traveling  salesman  during  part 
of  the  time  and  engaged  in  office  work  part  of 
the  time.  In  1879  he  again  returned  to  South- 
ington, Connecticut,  and  engaged  in  business 
with  J.  B.  Savage  in  the  manufacture  of  to.^- 
ings.  In  1887  the  business  was  removed  to 
Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  and  was  incorporated 
as  the  Scranton  Forging  Company,  using  drop 
and  trip  hammers  for  the  work  formerly  done 
by  hand.  Mr.  Savage  became  president  and 
Mr.  Pond  secretary  and  manager  of  the  com- 
pany. Mr.  Pond  became  president  in  i8i;)0, 
and  since  then  has  been  at  the  head  of  the  con- 
cern. The  business  has  flourished  and  is  one 
of  the  prominent  industries  of  the  city  of 
Scranton.  In  addition  to  this  business  Mr. 
Pond  is  financially  interested  in  various  other 
industrial  corporations,  and  is  a  director  in 
several  companies.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
North  Scranton  Bank.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Presbyterian,  and  for  twelve  years  he  was 
treasurer  of  the  Green  Ridge  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  which  he  was  also  a  trustee  for 
many  years.  He  is  also  a  member  and  ex- 
president  of  the  New  England  Society  of 
Northeastern  Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Scranton  Board  of  Trade,  and  of  the 
Green  Ridge  Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  December  15,  1874,  Harriet  I., 
born  at  Southington,  Connecticut,  December 
16,  1850,  daughter  of  Samuel  H.  and  Helen 
(Lee)  Finch.  Children:  i.  Harry  Orlo,  born 
at  Massillon.  Ohio,  October  15.  1875:  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  his  father;  member  of 
the  Green  Ridge  Club.  He  married,  October 
5,  191 1,  Helen  M.  Heimbach,  of  Scranton.  2. 
Charles  Wilcox,  born  at  Southington,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1879,  died  January  24.  1900,  in  Scran- 
ton. 


James    Mathewson,    the 
MATHEWSON     immigrant  ancestor,  may 

have  been  the  James 
Mathews  or  Mathewson  who  was  in  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  in  1634,  and  in  Yar- 
mouth prior  to  1639;  was  constable  of  Yar- 
mouth 1639-40.  and  on  the  list  of  those  able 
to  bear  arms  at  Yarmouth  in  1643. 

James  Mathewson  settled  in  Providence. 
Rhode  Island,  as  early  as  1658.  He  bought 
land  there  of  Thomas  .Angell.  January  27, 
1658,  and  of  John  Brown.  February  24,  1668. 


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He  was  a  deputy  to  the  assembly  in  1680.  His 
will  was  dated  August  24.  1682,  and  proved 
October  17.  1682.  He  married  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Field  :  she  married  (second)  Henry 
Brown,  and  died  in  1703.  Children:  Ruth, 
married  Benjamin  Whipple ;  James,  born  Au- 
gust II,  1666,  (lied  January  7,  1737;  John,  died 
September  18,  1716;  Isabel,  married  John 
Brown  ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia  ; 
Zachariah,  died  January  5,  1749;  Daniel,  born 
January  ^8,  1683  (posthumous). 
.-  1  II  )  Thomas,  son  of  James  Mathewson,  was 
born  at  Providence.  Rhode  Island.  April  i,  1673, 
and  died  October  2^.  1735.  He  lived  at  Provi- 
dence and  Scituate,  Rhode  Island.  He  had  a 
deed  dated  December  2,  1707.  of  four  acres 
from  William  Field,  who  calls  him  brother-in- 
law,  and  Thomas  Field,  father  of  William,  con- 
firmed the  deed,  the  consideration  of  which 
was  "good  will  and  respect."  His  widow  Mar- 
tha was  appointed  administratrix  November 
10,  1735.  He  married  Martha  Field,  who  died 
in  1735,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Martha 
(Harris)  Field.  Children:  Thomas,  mention- 
ed below ;  .\mos, 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Mathewson,  was  born  about  I7t)0,  at  Provi- 
dence or  Scituate.    He  married  Sarah . 

Children,  recorded  as  born  at  Scituate :  Philip. 
September  4.  1737;  Thomas,  January  8,  1739 
(either  he  or  his  father  died  July  8,  1743;  if 
the  son,  there  must  have  been  another  Thomas 
born  about  1743-44) :  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Mathewson.  was  called  Jr.  in  the  records,  indi- 
cating that  his  father  was  alive  after  he  grew 
to  maturity.  He  married  (first)  Hannah 
,  and  (second)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Stephen  Smith  (by  Jeremiah  .-Kngell,  at 
Scituate,  July  30.  1769).  He  removed  to  \'er- 
mont.  Children  by  first  wife,  born  at  Scituate, 
Rhode  Island:  Elizabeth,  November  12,  1764: 
Elisha,  .April  17,  1767.  Children  of  second 
wife:  .Abigail,  May  14,  1770;  Charles,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Charles,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Mathew- 
son, was  born  October  26,  1784,  and  died  .Au- 
gust 24,  1870.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Wheelock, 
Vermont.  He  married  Sarah  Williams,  born 
October  7,  1797.  died  October  i,  1872.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Wheelock.  \'ermont :  Charles  M., 
born  January  7,  1819,  died  June  21,  1849; 
Sarah  .Ann,  born  February  5,  1820.  died  .Au- 
gust 5.  1840;  .Azro  Buck,  mentioned  below: 
Melina,  born  October  13,  1825.  died  October 
12.  1840:  -Asher  .A.,  born  March  15.  1827; 
Harley  P..  born  December  14,  1829:  .Athelia 
E..  December  4.  1830.  died  .April  25.  1873; 
Arthur  W.,  November  14,   1832;  Rosilla   M., 


October  2,  1834,  died  September,  1836:  Epaph- 
ras  C,  September  25.  1836;  Ozias  D.,  Febru- 
ary 15.  1839,  died  May  14,  1862. 

(VI)  Azro  Buck,  son  of  Charles  Mathev/- 
son,  was  born  at  Wheelock,  \'ermont,  Febru- 
ary 7,  1822,  and  died  July  18.  1884.  He  mar- 
ried. April  13.  1853,  .Amelia  Sias.  who  was 
born  in  Boston.  July  19,  1827,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Solomon  Sias,  one  of  the  founders  ?nd 
first  publishers  of  Zion's  Herald,  a  religious 
newspaper  of  Boston.  His  father.  Captain 
Benjamin  Sias,  born  June  14,  1747,  mar -ied 
December  25,  1771,  died  December  21,  r''99,^ 
lived  at  Canterbury  and  London,  Engl;ind. 
and  Loudon.  New  Hampshire :  he  was  caj^tain 
of  the  Tenth  Company.  Colonel  Thomas  Lick- 
ney's  regiment  of  New  Hampshire  militia,  as 
shown  by  a  return  of  the  commanding  officers, 
March  5,  1776;  also  captain  of  a  company  in 
Colonel  David  Oilman's  regiment,  "destined 
for  New  York,"  mustered  and  paid  by  Colonel 
Thomas  Stickney,  December  5,  1776:  also 
captain  of  a  company  of  men  which  marched 
from  Loudon  to  reinforce  the  garrison  at  Ti- 
conderoga.  July  2.  1777:  also  captain  of  a 
company  in  Colonel  T.  Stickney's  regiment 
under  (jeneral  John  Stark,  which  joined  the 
Northern  Continental  army.  July  20,  1777.  and 
was  also  at  Bennington,  September  3,  1777, 
in  Stark's  brigade.  He  was  of  a  party  of  vol- 
unteers who  went  to  Fort  Edward  when  Gen- 
eral Burgoyne  was  taken  in  October,  1779. 
He  was  also  captain  of  a  company  in  Colonel 
Moses  Nichols'  regiment  in  the  Rhode  Island 
expedition  in  .August,  1778,  and  captain  at  the 
forts  in  Piscataqua  harbor,  September  2-27, 
1779.  The  record  given  herewith  is  an  ab- 
stract from  the  Revolutionary  War  Rolls  pre- 
served in  the  archives  of  New  Hampshire,  as 
certified  by  the  secretary  of  state,  Edward  N. 
Pearson. 

Captain  Benjamin  Sias  married  Abigail 
McHjre,  who  was  born  March  2,  1754,  and  died 
February  16,  1822.     Children:  Jeremiah,  born 

June  5.  1773.  married  .Abigail  .  March, 

1799,  aiul  died  November  25.  1833;  Samuel, 
born  December  23.  1775,  married,  1802,  Sally 
Chamberlain,  and  died  December  18,  1857; 
.Archelaus,  born  .August  29,  1778,  married 
Polly  Glines,  and  died  December  5.  i860:  Rev. 
Solomon,  born  February  25.  1781,  married 
.Amelia  Rogers  (see  Rogers).  July  31.  1825, 
and  died  February  12,  1853:  John,  born  Jan- 
uary 16.  1785,  married  Betsey  Cheney,  and 
died  July  15.  1864:  Hannah,  born  June  i.  1787. 
died  unmarried.  January  31.  181 1;  Abigail, 
born  July  31,  1789.  died  in  childbirth.  June 
30,  17 — :  Enoch  Wood,  born  September  i. 
1792.  died  in  infancy,  September  20.  1793. 
Children   of   .Azro   Buck  and   .Amelia    (Sias) 


'  His-.i^.ci.  ?-^i  i.'i 


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Mathewson  :  Amelius  Sias,  born  May  26.  1856, 
died  November  11,  1870:  Charles  Frederick, 
mentioned  below ;  Lillie  Blanche,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1862;  Nellie  Kate,  born  March  i,  1867, 
died  April  6,  1895. 

(VII)  Charles  Frederick,  son  of  Azro 
Buck  Mathewson,  was  born  in  Barton,  Ver- 
mont, May  3,  i860.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  entered  Dart- 
mouth College,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the 
class  of  1882,  of  which  he  was  valedictorian. 
He  was  first  in  scholarship  in  his  class,  and 
won  prize  awards  in  Greek,  Latin,  mathematics 
and  oratory.  He  was  elected  to  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa.  He  began  to  study  his  profession  at 
the  Columbia  Law  School,  from  which  he  re- 
ceived his  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  1885.  In  the 
same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New 
York  City  and  began  to  practice.  He  has  de- 
voted his  attention  particularly  to  corporation 
business,  and  has  built  up  a  handsome  prac- 
tice. He  is  a  partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Kraut- 
hofT,  Harmon  &  Mathewson.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Caledonian-American  Insurance  Com- 
pany, the  New  York  &  Queens  Electric  Light 
&  Power  Company  and  the  Columbia  Trust 
Company  of  New  York;  a  member  of  the  New 
York  Law  Institute,  and  the  Bar  Association 
of  New  York  City,  in  which  he  has  served  on 
the  executive  and  grievance  committees.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  was  active  in 
various  lines  of  athletics  while  in  college,  and 
since  graduating  has  continued  to  take  a  lively 
interest  in  outdoor  sports,  especially  golf  and 
tennis.  He  was  president  of  the  Dartmouth 
Alumni  Association  from  1894  to  1896.  Since 
1904  he  has  been  an  alumni  trustee  of  Dart- 
mouth College,  from  which  he  received  the 
honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts  in  1908, 
and  in  1912  he  received  from  Middlebury 
College  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  D.  He  was 
formerly  president  of  the  Metropolitan  Asso- 
ciation of  the  Amateur  Athletic  Union.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  New  England  Society  of 
New  York,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the  trustees ; 
of  the  Vermont  Society,  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent;  the  Dartmouth  Club  of  New  York,  of 
which  he  was  the  first  president ;  the  Univer- 
sity Club  of  New  York ;  the  University  Club 
of  Boston ;  the  Down  Town  .Association ;  the 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity  of  the  council 
of  which  he  is  president;  St.  Andrew's  Golf 
Club  the  Apawamis  Club,  and  the  Automobile 
Club  C<  America.    In  religion  he  is  a  liberal. 

He  i.'iarried,  December  8,  1886,  Jeanie 
Campbell  .\nderson,  who  was  born  in  Port- 
land,   Maine  ^  January   8,    1852,    daughter   of 


General  Samuel  J.  and  Jane  Wade  (Dow) 
Anderson.  (For  a  partial  account  of  her  an- 
cestry see  appended  sketches). 

(The  Rogers  Lines). 

Two  lines  of  Rogers  ancestry  met  in  Amelia 
Rogers,  who  married  Rev.  Solomon  Sias,  as 
stated  above.  The  first  of  these,  her  paternal 
line,  was  a  family  connected  with  the  history 
of  Newbury  and  Newburyport,  formerly  part 
of  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  from  the  early 
colonial  days. 

(I)  Robert  Rogers,  founder  of  this  family, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1625,  and  died  De- 
cember 23,  1663.  He  came  first  to  Boston, 
and  removed  in  1651  to  Newbury.  He  mar- 
ried Susanna  ,  of  Xewbury.    Children ; 

Robert,  born  April  28,  1650;  Thomas,  of 
whom  further;  John,  born  March  13,  1653- 
54;  Susan,  born  February  6,  1656,  died  Sep- 
tember 4,  1657. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  and  Susanna 
Rogers,  was  born  at  Newbury,  July  9,  1652, 
and  died  October  15,  1735.  He  married  Ruth 
Brown,  probably  the  daughter,  born  May  26, 
1662,  of  Isaac  and  Rebecca  (  Baily )  Brown; 
she  died  February  i,  1730.  Children:  Thomas, 
born  August  14  or  15,  1678;  Susanna,  born 
March  17,  1681-82:  Robert,  born  April  5, 
1684;  John,  born  July  11,  1686;  Isaac,  born 
June  21,  1691 ;  Stephen,  baptized  .August  20, 
1693;  Daniel,  born  November  14,  1695;  Dan- 
iel (second),  born  November  14,  1698;  Jon- 
athan, of  whom  further;  Ruth,  born  October 

30.  1715- 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Thomas  and  Ruth 
(Brown)  Rogers,  was  born  at  Newbury,  June 
18.  1702.  He  was  a  captain  in  the  English 
provincial  army.  He  married,  intention  July 
12,  1735,  Margery  Stevens,  of  Boston.  Chil- 
dren: Jonathan,  born  June  16,  1736;  Robert, 
born  .April  21.  1738;  Benjamin,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Margery,  born  May  2,  1742;  Hannah, 
born  March  18.  1744-45. 

(IV)  Benjamin  (i),  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Margery  (  Stevens )  Rogers,  was  born  at  New- 
bury, January  2~.  1739-40.  and  died  .April  10, 
1812.  He  married,  April  22,  1762.  Mary, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Tamzen.  also  called 
Thomasin  (Gerrish)  Stevens,  who  was  born 
June  23,  1741.  and  died  about  1813.  Children: 
Benjamin  (2).  of  whom  further;  Mary,  born 
February  10,  1780. 

(\')  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (l) 
and  Mary  (  Stevens)  Rogers,  was-  born  in 
Newbury  ( in  what  is  now  .Newburyport,  as  it 
is  very  probable  that  some,  at  least,  of  the 
former  entries  may  be),  January  22.  1763,  and 


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died  in  Boston,  April  27,  1806.  He  married, 
August  26,  1788,  Amelia,  daughter  of  Elihu 
and  Elizabeth  (Cogswell)  Hewes,  one  line  of 
whose  ancestry  is  given  hereinafter ;  she  vvas 
born  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  September 
II,  1761.  and  died  at  Newbury,  \'ermont,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1850.  Children :  Amelia,  born  in 
1789,  died  in  1856,  married  Rev.  Solomon 
Sias.  of  whom  above ;  William  Cogswell,  bom 
January  11.  1800,  died  July  13,  1862,  married 
Caroline  Dudley. 

One  line  of  .A.melia  Hewes,  by  which  she 
was  descended  from  another  Rogers  family  is 
as  follows : 

(I)  John  Rogers,  the  first  member  of  this 
family  about  whom  we  have  definite  informa- 
tion, was  born  about  1500.  He  lived  in  the 
north  of  England.  He  was  put  to  death  at 
Chelmsford,  England,  in  1575,  being  the  first 
to  suffer  for  religious  nonconformity  in  the 
reign  of  Queen  Mary.  He  married.  May  8. 
1 54 1,  .A.gnes  Carter. 

(  H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  .\gnes 
(Carter)  Rogers,  was  born  September  10, 
1548.  and  died  in  1601  ;  his  will  was  recorded 
in  October,  of  that  year.  He  married  Mary 
,  who  was  born  about  1550,  and  died  in 

1579- 

(HI)  Rev.  John  (3)  Rogers,  son  of  John 
(2)  and  Mary  Rogers,  was  born  at  Moulsham, 
Chelmsford,  England,  in  1571.  and  died  Oc- 
tober 18.  1636.  He  was  a  distinguished  Puri- 
tan, and  preached  at  Dedham.  England.  He 
married  Elizabeth  (Gold)  Hawes. 

(IV)  Rev.  Nathaniel  Rogers,  son  of  Rev. 
John  (3)  and  Elizabeth  CGold-Hawes)  Rog- 
ers, the  first  member  of  this  family  in  Amer- 
ica, was  born  at  Haverhill,  England,  in  1598, 
and  died  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  July  3, 
1655.  He  came  to  America  November  17, 
1636.  Like  his  father,  he  was  a  Puritan  ;  from 
1638  he  was  minister  at  Ipswich.  He  mar- 
ried. January  23,  1625,  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Robert  Crane,  who  was  born  at  Coggeshall, 
England,  about  1610,  and  died  at  Ipswich. 
Massachusetts.  January  23,  1675-76.  Children: 
John  (4),  of  whom  further;  Nathaniel,  born 
September  30,  1632.  died  June  14,  1680;  Sam- 
uel, born  January  16,  1634,  died  December  21, 
1693,  married  ffirst),  December  12,  1657,  Ju- 
dith .\ppleton ;  f  second),  November  13,  1661, 
Sarah  Wade:  Timothy:  Ezekiel.  married  Mar- 
garet f Hubbard)  Scott:  Margaret,  married 
Rev.  William  Hubbard. 

f  V)  Rev.  Dr.  John  (4)  Rogers,  son  of  Rev. 
Nathaniel  and  Margaret  (Crane)  Rogers,  was 
born  at  .\ssington,  England,  January  23,  1630- 
31,  and  died  July  2.  1684.  In  June,  1676,  he 
was  elected  president  of  Harvard  College,  but 


declined;  in  .April,  1682,  he  was  elected  again 
and  was  installed  August  12,  1683.  Of  this 
institution  he  was  himself  a  graduate,  and  he 
had  assisted  his  father  and  other  ministers ; 
he  was  also  a  physician.  He  married,  in  1660, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Patience 
(Dudley)  Denison,  who  was  born  April  10, 
1642.  Her  mother  was  daughter  of  Thomas 
EHidley,  of  whom  hereafter.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth, born  February  3,  1661,  died  March  13, 
1754,  married,  November  23,  1681,  John  Ap- 
pleton ;  Margaret,  born  February  18,  1664, 
died  June  7,  1720,  married  (first),  December 
21,  1682,  Thomas  Berry;  (second),  November 
25.  1697,  Rev.  John  Leverett,  a  president  of 
Harvard  College;  Rev.  John  (5),  of  whom 
further;  Daniel,  born  September  25,  1667, 
died  December  i,  1722,  married  Sarah  .Apple- 
ton  ;  Rev.  Nathaniel,  born  February  22,  1669, 
died  October  3,  1723,  married  Sarah  Purkess ; 
Patience,  born  in  1676,  died  May  2,  1731,  mar- 
ried, April  15,  1696,  Benjamin  Marston. 

(VI)  Rev.  John  (5)  Rogers,  son  of  Rev. 
Dr.  John  (4)  and  Elizabeth  (Denison)  Rogers, 
was  born  at  Ipswich.  July  7,  1666,  and  died 
December  28,  1745.  He  was  a  minister  at 
Ipswich.  He  married,  March  4,  1691,  Martha, 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Laurence) 
Whittingham.  who  died  March  9,  1759.  Chil- 
dren: Rev.  John  (6),  born  about  1692,  died  in 
1773,  married,  October  16,  1718,  Susannah 
Whipple :  Martha,  born  November  2,  1694, 
died  .August  25,  1727.  married,  June  24,  1714, 
Thomas  Berry;  Mary,  died  October  18,  1725, 
married  John  Wise;  William,  born  June  19, 
1697,  died  July  29,  1749  ;  Rev.  Nathaniel,  born 
September  22.  1701.  died  May  TO,  1775,  mar- 
ried (first).  December  25,  1728.  Mary  (Lev- 
erett) Denison;  (second)  Mary  (Burnham) 
Staniford:  Richard,  born  December  2.  1703. 
died  November  26.  1742.  married  Mary 
Crampton ;  Elizabeth,  born  July  20.  1705; 
Rev.  Daniel,  born  July  28.  1707,  died  in  1785, 
married  .Anna  Foxcroft ;  Elizabeth,  of  whom 
further;  Samuel,  born  .August  31,  1709,  died 
December  21,  1772.  married,  June  i,  1735. 
Hannah  Ruhami. 

(\TI)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  John 
(5)  and  Martha  (Whittingham)  Rogers,  was 
horn  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts.  July  28,  1707. 
She  married,  March  14,  1727-28,  Francis  Cogs- 
well. 

('\'III)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Franc's  and 
Elizabeth  (Rogers)  Cogswell,  was  ^ycn  in 
Ipswich,  December  17,  1729.  She  m-  //ied,  in 
October.  1756,  Elihu  Hewes,  who  v^s  born  in 
England,  about  1727,  and  died  ?;  Hampden. 
Maine,  about  1808.  Child:  Arr^Ha,  of  whom 
above. 


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(Descent   of   Mrs.    C.    F.    .Mathewson    from    Governor 
Dudley). 

Mrs.  Mathewson's  ancestry  is  an  interest- 
ing one  in  many  lines.  Eligibility  to  the  Colo- 
nial Dames  is  well  established.  Some  of  the 
most  prominent  families  in  colonial  history 
are  included,  and  some  of  the  most  notable 
men  of  early  New  England.  The  following 
ancestry  can  show,  from  necessary  limitations 
of  space,  but  a  partial  list  of  these;  various 
other  lines  can  be  easily  traced. 

(I)  Captain  Roger  Dudley,  the  first  member 
of  this  family  about  whom  we  have  definite 
information,  was  born  in  England  about  1550; 
it  is  probable  that  he  was  killed  at  the  battle 
of  Ivry,  in  1590.  Children:  Thomas,  of  whom 
further ;  at  least  one  daughter. 

(II)  Thomas,  only  son  of  Captain  Roger 
Dudley,  the  immigrant,  was  born  in  North- 
amptonshire, England,  in  1576,  and  died  at 
Ro.xbury,  Massachusetts,  July  31,  1653.  In 
England  he  was  a  page  in  the  family  of  Will- 
iam Lord  Compton,  afterward  Earl  of  North- 
ampton, and  later  steward  to  the  Earl  of  Lin- 
coln. With  Winthrop  and  a  party  of  four 
vessels  he  came  in  1630  to  America  on  the 
Arabella,  sailing  April  8,  arriving  June  12.  He 
settled  first  at  Cambridge,  removed  to  Ipswich, 
and  finally  resided  at  Roxbury.  In  May,  1634, 
he  was  elected  governor  to  succeed  Winthrop, 
and  was  re-elected  in  1640,  1646  and  1650. 
For  thirteen  years  he  was  deputy-governor, 
and  for  ^ve  years  assistant.  He  was  one  of 
twelve  men  appointed  by  the  general  court  in 
1636  to  establish  Harvard  College,  and  he 
signed  its  charter  in  1650.  In  March,  1644, 
he  was  appointed  sergeant  major-general  of 
the  colony,  being  the  first  to  hold  this  posi- 
tion ;  he  held  it  for  four  years.  He  married 
(first)  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Edmund  Yorke, 
who  was  born  in  Northamptonshire,  England, 
in  1582,  and  died  at  Roxbury,  December  27, 
1643;  (second)  Catherine  (Dighton)  Hack- 
burn,  who  died  August  29,  1671.  She  married 
(first)  Samuel  Hackburn,  (third)  Rev.  John 
Allen.  Children,  six  first  named  by  first,  oth- 
ers by  second,  wife:  Rev.  Samuel,  born  1610, 
died  February  10,  1683,  married  (first)  Mary 
Winthrop,     (second)     Mary     Byley,     (third) 

Elizabeth ;   Anne,   of   whom    further; 

Patience,  born  1615,  died  February  8,  1689-90,' 
married,  October  18,  1632,  Daniel  Denison ; 
Sarah,  baptized  July  21,  1620,  died  1659,  mar- 
ried (first)  Benjamin  Keane,  (second) 
Thomas  Pacy ;  Mercy,  born  September  27, 
1621,  died  July  i,  1691,  married  Rev.  John 
Woodbridge ;  Dorothy,  died  February  27, 
1643;  Deborah,  born  February  27,  1645,  ^^^^ 
November  i,  1683;  Joseph,  born  September 
23,  1647,  died  April  2,  1720,  married  Rebecca 


Tyng;    Paul,   born    September    8,    1650,   died 
December  i,  1681,  married  Mary  Leverett. 

(Ill)  Anne,  daughter  of  Governor  Thomas 
and  Dorothy  (Yorke)  Dudley,  was  born  in 
England,  about  1612,  and  died  September  16, 
1672.  She  married,  in  England,  in  1628,  Si- 
mon, son  of  Rev.  Simon  and  Margaret  Brad- 
street,  who  was  baptized  at  Horbling,  Lin- 
colnshire, England,  March  18,  1603-04,  and 
died  March  27,  1697.  He  matriculated  at  an 
English  college,  but  did  not  finish  his  course, 
perhaps  on  account  of  his  father's  death.  He 
came  to  America  with  Governor  Winthrop  in 
the  Arabella.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Newtown,  now  Cambridge.  For  a  while  he 
resided  probably  at  Salem,  certainly,  at  Ip- 
swich, removing  in  1648  to  Andover,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  and  the  lead- 
ing citizen.  Among  his  important  offices  and 
functions  were  these :  secretary  of  colony, 
from  1630-34;  one  of  the  commissioners  of 
the  united  colonies,  in  1643.  In  1653  he  suc- 
cessfully opposed  a  projected  war  on  the 
Dutch  and  Indians.  He  was  a  commissioner 
with  regard  to  the  boundary  between  New 
Amsterdam  and  New  Haven  in  1650,  and  the 
next  year  a  commissioner  concerning  the  jur- 
isdiction of  Massachusetts  over  York  and  Kit- 
tery,  Maine.  About  1662  he  went  to  England 
to  answer  charges  against  the  colony.  He  was 
deputy  governor  1673-79;  he  was  assistant 
fifty  years  together.  From  1679  he  was  gov- 
ernor of  the  colony  until  the  dissolution  of  the 
charter  in  May,  1686.  Although  then  almost 
ninety  years  old,  he  was  active  in  resisting 
Andros ;  and  when  Andros  was  imprisoned  he 
took  charge  of  the  government.  The  old  char- 
ter was  restored  and  he  was  governor  of  Mas- 
sachusetts and  New  Hampshire  until  May, 
1692.  The  general  court,  in  consideration  of 
his  long  and  extraordinary  service,  voted  iioo 
toward  defraying  the  expenses  of  his  inter- 
ment. He  was  buried  in  the  Charter  burying 
ground  at  Salem.  His  wife,  Anne  (Dudley), 
was  the  first  American  poetess.  Her  poems 
were  first  published  in  London  in  1650;  a  sec- 
ond edition  was  brought  out  in  Boston  in  1678. 
.Among  her  descendants  have  been  William 
Ellery  Channing,  Oliver  Wendell  Holmes, 
Richard  H.  Dana  and  Wendell  Phillips.  Gov- 
ernor Bradstreet  married  (second)  Ann 
(Downing)  Gardner,  who  married  (first)  Jo- 
seph Gardner.  Children,  all  by  first  wife: 
Samuel,  of  whom  further:  Dorothy,  died  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1672,  married,  June  25,  1654,  Rev. 
Seaborn  Cotton  ;  Sarah,  married  (  first )  Rich- 
ard Hubbard,  (second)  Samuel  Ward:  Rev. 
Simon,  born  1638  or  1640,  marrie<l,  October  2, 
1667,  Lucy  Woodbridge;  Hannah,  died  1707, 
married,   June     14.     i6S9.    Andrew     Wiggin ; 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


Mercy,  born  about  1647,  died  October  5,  1715, 
married,  October  31,  1672,  Nathaniel  Wade; 
Dudley,  born  1648,  died  November  13,  1702, 
married  Ann  (Wood)  Price:  John,  born  July 
22,  1652.  died  January  11,  1718,  married,  June 
II,  1677,  Sarah  Perkins. 

(IVj  Samuel,  son  of  Governor  Simon  and 
Anne  (Dudley)  Bradstreet,  died  in  August, 
1682.  He  graduated  in  1653  from  Harvard. 
He  was  a  physician  in  Boston.  From  1657  to 
1661  he  was  in  England.  He  removed  to  the 
island  of  Jamaica,  and  there  died.  He  mar- 
ried (  first )  Mercy,  daughter  of  William  Tyng, 

(second)  Martha .    By  his  first  wife  he 

had  five  children,  the  three  children  of  his  sec- 
ond wife  were  living  with  their  grandfather, 
Governor  Bradstreet,  at  the  time  of  the  lat- 
ter's  death.  Among  these  children  were :  Eliza- 
beth, born  January  29,  1663:  Annice,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1665  ;  Mercy,  of  whom  further. 

(\')  Mercy,  daughter  of  Dr.  Samuel  and 
Mercy  ( Tyng )  Bradstreet,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 20,  1667.  She  married  Dr.  James,  son  of 
Peter  and  Sarah  (  Newdigate )  Oliver,  who 
was  born  March  19.  1659.  He  lived  in  Cam- 
bridge. 

(VI)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dr.  James  and 
Mercy  (  Bradstreet)  Oliver,  married,  in  Bos- 
ton, Augvist  12,  1714,  Jacob,  son  of  Jonannes 
and  Elizabeth  ( Staats )  Wendell,  who  was 
baptized  at  Albany,  New  York,  .\ugust  11, 
169 1.  Coming  to  Boston  in  his  youth,  he  had 
entered  the  counting-house  of  John  Mico,  a 
well-known  merchant.  He  afterward  entered 
business  on  his  own  account,  and  became  one 
of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  that  day. 
From  1737  to  1760  he  was  of  His  Majesty's 
council;  in  1735  and  1745  he  was  commander 
of  the  .Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery.  He 
was  in  1733  director  of  the  first  banking  in- 
stitution in  the  province.  Children :  Jacob 
(2),  of  whom  further:  Mercy,  born  June  22, 
1717:  Elizabeth.  January  20,  1718;  Sarah. 
March  3,  1720,  married  Rev.  Dr.  Abiel 
Holmes,  was  mother  of  Oliver  Wendell 
Holmes:  Mercy,  born  .\pril  10,  1722;  Mary. 
January  14,  1723:  Katharine,  June  17,  1726: 
John  Mico,  May  31,  1728.  married  Katharine 

;    Ann.    December    7.     1730;    Oliver. 

March  5,  1733.  married,  1762.  Mary  Jackson: 
Abraham,  born  November  2,  1735,  whose 
youngest  child.  Margaret,  married  William 
Phillips,  and  was  grandmother  of  Wendell 
Phillips :  one  other  daughter. 

(VH)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  and 
Sarah  (Oliver)  Wendell,  was  born  September 
4,  1/715.  He  married,  in  Boston,  December  9, 
1736.  Elizabeth  Hunt.  She  married  (second). 
at  Windham.    Maine.   .August    12,    1766,   Rev. 


Thomas  Smith,  father  of  her  daughter's  hus- 
band, her  son-in-law  officiating. 

(\TII)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jacob  (2) 
and  Elizabeth  (Hunt)  Wendell,  was  born 
about  1742,  and  died  October  16,  1799.  She 
married,  in  Boston,  October  8,  1765,  Rev. 
Peter  Thacher,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (Tyng)  Smith,  who  was  born  June  14, 
1 73 1,  and  died  October  26,  1826.  He  grad- 
uated from  Harvard  in  1753.  .After  teaching 
school  several  years  he  became  pastor  of  the 
church  at  New  Marblehead,  now  Windham, 
Maine,  September  22,  1762.  He  was  dismissed 
from  the  charge  in  1790,  but  continued  to  re- 
side at  Windham  and  to  be  prominent  both  in 
the  church  and  in  the  town.  He  married  a 
second  time,  but  had  no  children  by  this  mar- 
riage. Children:  Elizabeth  Hunt,  born  August 
17,  1766:  Sarah,  April  9,  1768:  Lucy,  of  whom 
further;  Thomas,  born  October  2,  1770,  died 
February  2j,  1802 ;  John  Tyng,  born  March  6, 
1772:  ^lary,  July  6,  1774:  Peter,  November 
6,  1775,  died  November  9,  1775;  Ann  Wen- 
dell, born  March  28,  1777;  Rebecca,  June  15, 
1778,  tlied  .April  19,  1782;  Susanna  \V'endell, 
born  March  31,  1780:  Rebecca,  September  25, 
1783,  died  October  31,  1808. 

(IX)  Lucy,  daughter  of  Rev.  Peter 
Thacher  and  Elizabeth  (Wendell)  Smith,  was 
born  .August  24,  1769,  and  died  .April  17,  1844. 
She  married,  April  13,  1788,  .Abraham,  son  of 
.Abraham  and  Ann  (Collins-Cloutman)  .Ander- 
son, who  was  born  June  18,  1758,  and  died 
September  3,  1844.  His  father  was  one  of 
the  leading  men  of  New  Marblehead;  Chil- 
dren:   Peter   Smith,   baptized    May    17,    1789, 

married  Susan ;  John,  born  October  8, 

1791;  John,  of  whom  further;  Betsy,  born 
November  19,  1795;  Edward,  born  September 
3.  1802:  .Abraham,  born  September  18,  1805. 

(X)  Hon.  John  .Anderson,  son  of  .Abraham 
and  Lucy  (Smith)  Anderson,  married  .Ann 
Williams  Jameson. 

(XI)  General  Samuel  Jameson,  son  of  Hon. 
John  and  Lucy  (Smith)  .Anderson,  lived  in 
Portland,  Maine.  He  married  Jane  Wade, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (  Brooks-Wade) 
Dow.  Child :  Jeanie  Campbell,  born  in  Port- 
land, Maine,  January  8,  1852,  married  Decem- 
ber 8,  1886,  Charles  Frederick  Mathewson,  of 
whom  above. 

(The   Dow  Line). 

The  surname  Dow  first  occurs  in  the  Hun- 
dred Roll  of  the  thirteenth  century  at  the  time 
surnames  were  coming  into  use  in  England. 
It  is  undoubtedly  derived  from  the  Scotch 
word  Dhu,  signifying  black.  The  ancestors 
who  adopted  the  surname  were  probably  of  a 
swarthy  complexion,  or  living  in  a  place  popu- 


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larly  known  as  a  "black"'  region.  Such  mem- 
bers of  the  family  as  came  early  to  England, 
in  the  southern  counties,  were  called  "Dove" 
by  the  people  who  spoke  Norman-French,  and 
this  pronunciation  and  its  written  form  gave 
rise  to  the  design  of  doves  upon  the  coats-of- 
arms  of  various  branches  of  the  family,  a 
custom  known  as  canting  in  heraldry.  The 
Dutch  "Douw"  IS  the  same  name,  probably 
having  the  same  origin.  From  John  Dow,  of 
Tylner,  county  Norfolk,  England,  born  July 
7-25,  1561,  the  immigrant  to  America,  Thomas 
Dow.  is  believed  to  have  descended. 

(I)  Thomas  Dow,  the  immigrant  ancestor. 
was  born  in  England,  and  was  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Newbury,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  June  22,  1635.  He 
bought  a  house  and  land  at  Newbury  in  1648. 
Afterward  he  removed  to  Haverhill.  He  mar- 
ried Phebe .  He  died  May  31,  1654.  His 

will  was  dated  May  29,  1654.  and  proved  April 
8.  1656.  bec|ueathing  to  wife  Phebe,  sons  John. 
Thomas,  Stephen  (mentioned  below),  Mary 
and  Martha,  all  under  age  Children,  born  at 
Newbury:  Stephen,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
April  26.  1644;  Martha,  June  i,  1648. 

(H)  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  Dow,  was 
born  at  Newbury,  March  29,  1642,  and  died  at 
Haverhill.  July  3,  1717.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  of  Haverhill  in  1668.  He  married 
Ann  Story.  He  was  selectman  in  1685 ;  grand 
juror  in  1692.  He  and  his  son  were  in  the 
Sixth  garrison  in  1697,  and  his  daughter 
Martha  was  killed  by  Indians.  Children,  born 
at  Haverhill:  Ruhamah,  February  24,  1663; 
Samuel,  January  22,  1665;  Hannah,  July  i, 
1668 :  Stephen,  mentioned  below :  Slartha. 
April  I,  1673;  John,  July  13,  1675. 

(HI)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (i) 
Dow,  was  born  at  Haverhill,  September  18, 
1670.  He  was  with  his  father  in  the  Haver- 
h.ill  garrison  in  1697,  when  his  sister  and  twen- 
ty-six others  were  slain  by  Indians.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Hutchins.  Children,  born  at  Haver- 
hill :  Timothy.  September  4.  1698 ;  Nathaniel. 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  April  18.  1701  ;  Eliza- 
beth, February  29.  1703-04;  Richard,  F"ebruary 
15.  1705-06:  David,  December  25,  1714;  Jon- 
athan, September  11.  1718;  Stephen,  October 
13,  1722. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Dow. 
was  born  at  Haverhill.  August  11.  1699.  He 
married  Mary  Hendrick.  Children,  born  at 
Haverhill:  Daniel.  June  28,  1728:  James,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1731  ;  Amos.  March  12.  1734-35: 
Jeremiah,  mentioned  below\ 

(V)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Nathaniel  Dow,  was 
born  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  March  14. 
1737-38.  He  lived  at  what  is  now  Salem,  New 
Hampshire.      He   was   first   in   the   Provincial 


service  at  Crown  Point  in  1762  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war:  afterward  he  was  in  Cap- 
tain Dearborn's  company.  Colonel  Stark's  regi- 
ment, and  in  Captain  Henry  Elkin's  company, 
enlisted  for  the  defense  of  Piscatac|ua  harbor 
in  the  revolution,  November,  1775.  He  was 
captain  of  a  company  in  1776,  and  in  Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Welsh's  regiment  at  the  battle  of 
r.ennington  and  at  the  surrender  of  General 
Liurgoyne.  The  family  possesses  papers  re- 
lating to  Captain  Dow,  dated  1758,  a  lieuten- 
ant's commission  under  George  III.  and  a 
captain's  commission  granted  for  some  act  of 
bravery  by  the  Continental  Congress  during 
the  revolution  were  preserved,  together  with 
a  stirring  letter  from  his  commanding  officer 
in  the  revolution  urging  him  to  enlist  more 
men.  but  were  lost  or  stolen  from  the  Poly- 
technic Institute  of  Louisville.  Kentucky, 
where  they  were  deposited  by  one  of  the  Dow 
family  for  safe-keeping  while  he  was  living  at 
Louisville.  Jeremiah  Dow  married,  at  P>rad- 
ford.  Massachusetts,  May  i,  1766.  Lydia  Kim- 
ball, a  descendant  of  Richard  Kimball,  the 
pioneer.  She  was  born  at  Bradford,  March 
8,  1749.  and  died  March  12.  1826.  They  had 
seven  children. 

(VI)  Aquila.  fifth  child  of  Jeremiah  Dow, 
was  born  at  Salem,  New  Hampshire,  .\pril  23, 
1771  ;  married.  June  25.  1794,  Delia  Dow.  They 
had  seven  children. 

(VTI)  John  Dow,  son  of  .\quila  Dow,  was 
born  April  17,  1799;  married  Sarah  (Brooks) 
Wade,  of  ^Iedford,  Massachusetts,  a  grand- 
niece  of  Governor  John  Brooks,  of  Massachu- 
setts. They  had  six  children.  Their  eldest, 
Jane  Wade,  married  Samuel  Jameson  .Ander- 
son, of  Portland.  Maine,  and  their  youngest 
child.  Susan  Jameson  Anderson,  married 
Frank  Eliot  Sweetser,  and  their  eldest,  Jeanie 
Campbell  .\nderson.  married  Charles  F. 
Mathewson.  of  New  York.  (See  Mathew- 
son  VII.) 


Stephen  Kingsley.  the  im- 
KIN(jSLEY     migrant      ancestor.      settled 

first  in  Braintree.  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1637.  coming  froiu  Eng- 
land. Many  of  his  descendants  because  of  the 
prejudices  of  the  revolutionary  period  against 
the  word  "King."  have  followed  the  spelling 
Kinsley.  John  Kingsley,  of  Dorchester;  Rich- 
ard and  Roger  Kingsley  also,  are  believed  to 
be  brothers  of  Stephen  Kingsley.  who  was  a 
proprietor  of  the  town  of  Braintree.  and  was 
admitted  a  freeman  May  13,  1640.  He  re- 
moved to  the  adjacent  town  of  Dorchester,  and 
bought  half  of  the  Hutchinson  farm.  February 
2;^.  1656.  Returning  to  Braintree.  he  sold  his 
land  in  .Milton,  formerly  Dorchester,  May  11. 


So 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


1670.  He  was  an  elder  of  the  church,  and  a 
deputy  to  the  general  court.  His  will,  dated 
at  Milton,  May  27,  1673,  and  proved  July  3, 
1675.  bequeathed  to  his  son  John,  sons-in-law 
Henry  Crane  (ancestor  of  United  States  Sen- 
ator Crane),  Anthony  Colli fer  and  Robert 
Mason ;  to  the  three  children  of  his  son  Sam- 
uel, to  the  son  at  the  age  of  twenty-one  and 
the  daughters  at  the  age  of  eighteen.  He  mar- 
ried   EHzabeth    .      Children:    Samuel, 

mentioned  below;  John,  daughter,  married 
Henry  Crane,  born  at  Braintree,  August  30, 
1640:  daughter,  married  Anthony  Gollifer; 
daughter,   married   Robert   Mason ;   Mary. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Stephen  Kingsley,  was 
born  in  England,  probably  about  1636,  died 
May  22,  1662,  before  his  father.  He  lived  at 
Milton,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Captain  Richard  and  Alice 
Brackett.  Children,  named  in  the  will  of  their 
grandfather,  Stephen  Kingsley;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below ;  two  daughters. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Kingsley,  was  born  at  Braintree  or  Dorchester, 
August  16,  1662,  died  December  17,  1713,  at 
Easton,  Massachusetts.  His  estate  was  divided 
in  1722,  when  the  youngest  son,  Benjamin, 
came  of  age.  He  lived  in  South  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  bought  the  Jeduthan 
Robbins  place,  adjoining  that  of  Thomas 
Washburn.  After  he  settled  in  Easton.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Washburn, 
who  died  at  Easton,  February  28,  1740.  Chil- 
dren, probably  born  at  Easton :  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below ;  Hannah,  married,  February  2, 

1714,  Edward    Hay  ward ;     Sarah,     married, 

1715,  Josiah  Hayward;  Mary,  married,  1716, 
Thomas  WilHs ;  Susannah,  married,  1729, 
Samuel  Packard;  Abigail,  married,  1728,  Will- 
iam Hayward;  Bethia,  married,  1732,  William 
Brett ;  Benjamin,  bom  in  Easton,  died  in  1759, 
married  (first)  Priscilla  Manley,  (second)  a 
Widow  Perkins. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Kingsley,  was  born  in  Bridgewater.  Massa- 
chusetts, about  1690.  He  settled  early  at 
Easton,  where  his  homestead  is  described  as 
west  of  the  Littlefield  place,  near  the  rail- 
road, southeast  of  Cranberry  Meadow.  After- 
ward he  removed  to  Norwich,  Connecticut.  In 
1741  he  and  his  wife,  then  of  Norwich,  deeded 
land  in  Bridgewater  to  their  "brother."  Joseph 
Packard,  of  Bridgewater,  son  of  John  Pack- 
ard. This  deed  identifies  this  Samuel  Kings- 
ley  completely.  John  Packard  was  a  son  of 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Packard,  the  former 
of  whom  died  at  Bridgewater  in  1684.  John 
Packard,  father  of  Mary,  wife  of  Samuel 
Kingsley,  married  Judith,  daughter  of  John 
and   Judith    Winslow,   and   granddaughter  of 


John  and  Mary  (Chilton)  Winslow.  Mary 
Chilton  came  with  her  parents,  James  and 
Mary  Chilton,  in  the  "Mayflower."  John 
Winslow  came  in  the  ship  "Fortune,"  in  1621, 
to  Plymouth.  All  the  descendants  of  Samuel 
and  Alary  (Packard)  Kingsley  are  eligible  to 
the  Mayflower  Society.  Children  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  (Packard)  Kingsley,  born  at 
Easton:  Nathan.  March  6,  1715,  married  Betty 
Dunbar;  Samuel,  December  12,  1716,  died  in 
Worcester,  on  his  way  from  Deerfield  to  his 
family  in  Bridgewater,  September  25,  1773, 
married  Sophia  White ;  Mary,  February  28, 
1719;  John,  May  20,  1721,  married  Thankful 
Washburn,  settled  in  Charlemont,  Massachu- 
setts; Hannah,  January  3,  1724,  Amos,  March 
26,  1726;  Silence,  August  30,  1727;  Daniel, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Kingsley, 
was  born  at  Easton.  Massachusetts,  August 
2~,.  1731.  He  went  with  his  parents  to  Nor- 
wich. Connecticut,  about  1746.  In  1756  he 
deeded  land  in  Norwich.  He  sold  land  there, 
December  29,  1761,  and  with  wife  and  four 
children  located  in  Charlemont,  Hampden 
county,  Massachusetts,  where  he  became  a 
prominent  citizen.  In  1770  he  was  one  of  the 
largest  property  owners  in  Charlemont,  as  the 
tax  list  shows.  The  others  were  Othniel  Tay- 
lor and  Aaron  Rice.  He  married,  at  Norwich, 
February  15,  1753;  Eunice,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Ruth  (Post)  Bingham.  Children, 
born  in  Norwich:  Stephen,  December  6,  1753; 
Hannah,  May  13,  1756;  Lois,  December  9, 
1758;  Samuel,  February  19,  1761.  Born  at 
Charlemont:  Daniel,  .^pril  22,  1764;  Nathan, 
mentioned  below ;  John.  Daniel  Kingsley  and 
his  sons  Stephen,  Daniel  and  Nathan,  served 
in  the  revolutionary  war. 

(VI)  Nathan,  son  of  Daniel  Kingsley,  was 
born  in  Charlemont.  about  1765.  He  removed 
with  his  father  and  brothers  to  Bennington, 
Vermont,  about  1780.  Daniel  Sr.  and  Daniel 
Jr.  drew  land  in  Cambridge."  \'ermont,  now 
Chittenden  county.  August  28,  1783.  Daniel 
Sr.  had  lot  No.  i ;  Daniel  Jr.  lot  No.  44,  and 
Stephen  lot  No.  47.  In  1790  there  were  three 
heads  of  family  of  this  surname  in  Cambridge, 
Nathan  and  his  brothers,  Stephen  and  Daniel. 
Nathan  had  in  his  family  three  males  over 
si.Kteen,  of  whom  two  were  doubtless  brothers, 
one  son  under  si.xteen,  and  three  females.  Ste- 
phen had  three  males  over  sixteen,  three  under 
that  age  and  four  females.  Daniel  had  one 
female.  Nathan  Kingsley  was  one  of  the 
prisoners'  guard  under  Lieutenant  Joseph 
Wickwire  at  the  schoolhouse  in  Bennington, 
1 78 1.  He  was  also  in  Captain  Peleg  Matte- 
son's  company,  marching  to  the  northward  in 
1781    (pp.   423-519,    Vermont    Revolutionary 


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Rolls).  He  married  Lydia  Pearl.  Children: 
Hiram,  Pearl,  \athan,  mentioned  below; 
Lydia,  born  1797,  married  Aycox. 

(VH)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i) 
Kingsley,  was  born  in  North  Hero,  Vermont, 
in  1791.  He  married,  in  1816,  Lois  Hazen, 
who  was  born  at  North  Hero,  Vermont.  Qiil- 
dren:  Lavinia,  born  in  1817,  married  Jed  Mar- 
tin ;  Fessenden  G.,  1819,  married  Mary  .A. 
Parks;  ALideleine,  1821  ;  Lydia,  1823;  Hiram 
Pearl,  mentioned  below;  Diadama,  1827,  mar- 
ried Dan  Hazen;  Diana,  1829,  married  Alson 
Wheeler  ;  Darwin,  1832,  married  Martha  Bell ; 
Laura,  1835,  married  Dan  Hazen ;  Rosina, 
1838,  married  William  McGregor;  Cecelia, 
1840,  married  William  H.  Babcock. 

(\'HI)  Hiram  Pearl,  son  of  Nathan  (2) 
Kingsley,  was  born  in  Alburgh,  Vermont, 
April  26,  1825,  died  November  30,  1882.  He 
married  Celia  Permilla  La  Due,  born  at  Al- 
burgh, in  1831,  now  (  1912)  living  at  Burling- 
ton, Vermont,  daughter  of  .\braham  and  Per- 
milla ( Ames )  La  Due,  of  French  Huguenot 
ancestry.  Her  brother,  Phineas,  is  now  (1912) 
living  at  Alburgh.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Kingsley:  Flora  Ann,  born  1853,  married 
(first)  S.  C.  Dodds.  (second)  W.  W.  Sawyer; 
Darwin  Pearl,  mentioned  below;  Lena,  1859, 
married  J.  A.  Dodds ;  Naomi,  1864,  married 
W.  W.  Sawyer;  Emmett  E.,  1868,  died  1874. 

(IX)  Darwin  Pearl,  son  of  Hiram  Pearl 
Kingsley,  was  born  at  Alburgh,  Vermont,  May 
5,  1857.  His  boyhood  was  spent  on  his 
father's  modest  farm,  bordering  on  Lake 
Champlain,  and  like  the  other  boys  of  the 
neighborhood  he  received  his  early  education 
in  the  district  schools  of  his  native  town  dur- 
ing the  winter  terms.  He  was  the  prize 
scholar  of  his  school  district,  however,  and 
when  he  was  examined  by  the  county  superin- 
tendent for  a  certificate  as  a  teacher  he  met 
with  no  difficulty.  But  instead  of  teaching 
school  he  determined  to  have  a  college  educa- 
tion, and  in  order  to  prepare  he  went  to  the 
academy  at  Barre.  Vermont,  of  which  Dr.  J. 
S.  Spaulding  was  then  principal.  He  could 
expect  but  little  assistance  from  his  father, 
and  he  depended  upon  his  own  exertions  to 
pay  his  way.  He  worked  at  various  occupa- 
tions out  of  school  hours,  taught  school  in  win- 
ter and  worked  at  farming  in  summer,  and  to 
save  expenses  boarded  himself.  He  managed 
thus  to  get  through  the  preparatory  school 
and  won  distinction  for  scholarship.  Where 
the  money  was  to  be  found  for  his  college  ex- 
penses he  did  not  know,  but  again  he  suc- 
ceeded in  providing  for  himself.  A  good  friend 
offered  to  lend  him  small  sums  of  money, 
from  time  to  time,  providing  Mr.  Kingsley 
would  take  out  a  policy  of  insurance  on  his 
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life  for  one  thousand  dollars,  stating  that  while 
he  was  perfectly  willing  to  trust  him  to  repay 
the  loans,  he  wanted  to  be  protected  against 
the  contingency  of  death.  This  was  probably 
the  first  time  that  life  insurance  had  been 
brought  to  the  attention  of  Mr.  Kingsley.  and 
this  policy,  which  meant  a  liberal  education 
to  him,  when  he  wanted  it  more  than  any- 
thing else,  doubtless  had  an  influence  upon  his 
subsequent  career  in  the  life  insurance  busi- 
ness. By  economies  similar  to  those  that  he 
exercised  in  the  academy,  Mr.  Kingsley  com- 
pleted his  freshman  year  with  a  total  outlay 
of  $165  for  college  bills,  books,  clothing, 
board,  and  during  the  second  year  he  spent  but 
ten  dollars  more.  During  his  junior  and  senior 
years  his  financial  circumstances  were  better, 
and  he  was  enabled  to  live  more  as  other  col- 
lege boys  lived  and  to  enter  more  into  the  life 
of  the  institution.  He  was  elected  to  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  of  the  University  of  \'ermont, 
and  competed  in  the  first  contest  in  oratory  in 
1878,  winning  the  first  prize.  That  competition 
is  now  known  as  the  "Kingsley  Prize  Speak- 
ing," and  is  a  regular  feature  of  commence- 
ment week  at  his  alma  mater.  He  was  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  1881  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts. 

Immediately  after  graduation  he  went  to 
Denver.  Colorado,  but  not  liking  the  city  for 
a  home,  he  went  further  and  located  in  what 
is  now  the  city  of  Grand  Junction,  Colorado. 
.■\t  that  time  it  was  a  settlement  of  tents  and 
log  huts,  and  the  L'te  Indians  had  but  recently 
taken  themselves  out  of  the  Valley  of  the 
Grand  to  their  reservation  in  Utah.  In  1882, 
after  a  few  weeks  in  Grand  Junction,  he  pur- 
chased an  interest  in  The  Ncivs.  which  is  now 
the  leading  newspaper  in  that  section  of  the 
state.  The  newspaper  brought  him  into  pub- 
lic life,  and  two  years  later  he  was  elected  a 
delegate  from  Colorado  to  the  Republican  na- 
tional convention  which  nominated  James  G. 
Blaine  for  president.  In  1886  he  was  nom- 
inated on  the  Republican  ticket  for  state 
auditor  and  was  elected,  being  also  ex-officio 
state  superintendent  of  insurance  in  1887-88. 
.As  an  editor  Mr.  Kingsley  had  all  the  ex- 
perience peculiar  to  the  management  of  a 
frontier  newspaper.  In  standing  for  what  he 
thought  was  right  in  politics  and  in  local  gov- 
ernment, he  had  to  defend  himself  not  only 
with  pen  and  voice,  but  with  his  fists. 

M  the  end  of  his  term  as  state  auditor  he 
had  another  important  decision  to  make.  He 
had  intended  to  study  law  and  expected  to 
have  time  for  reading  law  while  holding  this 
office,  but  he  found  that  the  conscientiou-;  per- 
formance of  his  official  duties  occupied  all 
his  time.     As  superintendent  of  insurance  he 


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came  into  contact  with  insurance  men  and  thus 
acquired  an  inside  knowledge  of  the  business. 
\'arious  hfe  insurance  companies  otTered  op- 
portunities to  him.  and  in  the  end  he  gave  up 
the  ambition  to  become  a  lawyer  to  engage  in 
business  in  the  service  of  the  company  of 
which  he  is  now  president.  In  January,  1889, 
he  took  his  family  to  Boston,  and  in  the  lan- 
guage of  life  insurance  men  began  with  the 
rate  book,  then  managed  an  office,  then  had 
charge  of  the  business  in  several  states.  Upon 
the  election  of  John  .\.  McCall  as  president 
of  the  Xew  York  Life  Insurance  Company, 
Mr.  Kingsley  came  to  Xew  York  City  to  take 
charge  of  the  agency  department  under  George 
W.  Perkins.  In  this  department  he  made  a 
remarkable  record  in  securing  new  business 
and  increasing  the  efficiency  of  the  agents,  es- 
pecially from  1892  to  1905.  The  agents  were 
brought  together  in  clubs  and  conventions  for 
conference  and  instruction. 

At  banquets  and  conventions  the  ability  of 
Mr.  Kingsley  as  a  speaker  was  of  inestimable 
value.  He  preached  life  insurance  with  a  zeal 
and  enthusiasm  that  inspired  his  men.  A  vol- 
ume of  his  addresses  was  issued  by  the  com- 
pany some  years  ago  under  the  title,  "The 
First  Business  of  the  World."  .An  additional 
volume  entitled,  "Militant  Life  Insurance." 
was  issued  in  191 1.  Incidentally  he  became 
widely  known  among  the  agents  in  the  field, 
and  he  won  a  reputation  for  uprightness  and 
fair  dealing,  as  well  as  for  energy,  thorough- 
ness and  executive  ability.  He  was  made 
superintendent  of  agencies,  then  third  vice- 
president,  then  vice-president  of  the  company. 
Since  1901  he  has  devoted  most  of  his  time  to 
the  financial  department.  He  began  to  attend 
the  meetings  of  the  finance  committee,  and 
early  in  1905  was  made  a  member  of  the  com- 
mittee. From  the  beginning  of  1906  until  he 
was  elected  president.  June  17,  1907,  he  had 
sole  charge  of  mortgages  on  real  estate  and  of 
the  real  estate  of  the  company.  Under  his  ad- 
ministration the  Xew  York  Life  Insurance 
Company  has  maintained  its  leadership,  en- 
joying rapid  growth  and  the  public  confidence, 
notwithstanding  the  assaults  made  upon  it  and 
other  great  life  insurance  companies.  He  was 
called  before  the  .Armstrong  committee  in  the 
investigation  by  the  state  and  came  through 
the  ordeal  without  criticism. 

Mr.  Kingsley  is  a  director  of  the  Citizens' 
Xational  Bank'of  Xew  York,  Xational  Surety 
Company,  Xew  York  Trust  Company.  Louis- 
ville &  Xashville  Railroad  Company  and  mem- 
ber of  the  Xew  \'ork  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
Xew  York  Society  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 
Vermont  Society  of  Xew  York,  Tuna  Club 
(California),   .American   Museum  of   Xatural 


History,  Burns  Society,  St.  Andrews  Golf 
Club,  University  Club,  Union  League  Club  of 
Xew  York,  Sleepy  Hollow  Country  Club,  Xa- 
tional Golf  Links,  Lake  Champlain  Associa- 
tion. Hobby  Club,  Xew  England  Society.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Unitarian,  but  not  a  church 
member.  His  wife  was  brought  up  in  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  faith,  and  his  children  attend  the 
Presbyterian  church.  His  home  is  at  River- 
dale-on-the-Hudson. 

Mr.  Kingsley  has  always  found  time  for 
out-door  recreation  and  athletics.  In  college 
he  was  a  football  and  baseball  player.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  famous  Tuna  Club,  and  in 
his  rooms  at  Xo.  346  Broadway  has  a  fine 
speciman  of  tuna  caught  with  rod  and  reel  at 
Catalina  Islands.  California.  Since  about  1895 
he  has  played  golf  at  every  opportunity.  His 
library  indicates  his  fondness  for  good  books, 
and  he  is  something  of  a  collector.  He  has  all 
four  of  the  Shakespeare  folios,  including  three 
of  the  1632  folio  and  other  Shakespereana  of 
interest.  He  has  also  a  small  collection  of  first 
editions  of  Tennyson  and  Dickens.  He  has 
been  a  trustee  of  the  University  of  Vermont 
since  1897. 

Mr.  Kingsley  married  (first),  June  19,  1884, 
Mary  M..  born  Xovember,  1863,  died  August 
21,  1890.  daughter  of  Ossian  and  Susan  T. 
(Walton)  Mitchell,  of  Burlington,  \'ermont. 
He  married  (second),  December  3,  1895,  Jo- 
sephine I.  ]McCall,  born  in  Albany,  Xew  York, 
March  14.  1873,  daughter  of  John  A.  McCall. 
Child  by  first  wife:  Walton  Pearl,  born  in 
Colorado.  August  10,  1886:  graduate  of  the 
L'niversity  of  \'ermont  (  1910).  Children  of 
second  wife:  Hope,  born  Xovember  3.  1897; 
Darwin  Pearl  Jr.,  June  15.  1899:  John  Mc- 
Call, February  28,  1903 :  Lois.  August  3,  1905. 


When  surnames  were  generally 
W.AITT     introduced   into   England   in   the 

eleventh  century  those  who  held 
an  office,  in  most  cases,  added  its  designation  to 
their  Christian  names ;  thus  Richard,  the  min- 
strel-watchman, became  Richard  le  Wayte,  aft- 
erward contracted  to  Richard  Wayte.  The 
name  has  since  been  spelled  Wayt.  Wayght, 
Waight,  Wait,  Waitt.  Weight.  Wa'iet.  etc.  The 
word  is  derived  from  the  old  high  German, 
wahten,  to  keep  watch ;  and  is  common  in  this 
sense  of  guard,  or  watchman,  to  all  the  Teu- 
tonic languages ;  the  German  wacht,  Dutch 
vaght.  Swedish  wakt  and  English  watch. 
When  used  as  a  verb  its  meaning  is  "to  stay 
in  expectation  of :"  as  a  noun  it  denotes  "a 
minstrel  watchman."  The  original  Waytes 
were  found  in  England  immediately  after  the 
Xorman  Conquest,  only  among  the  retainers 
of  the  kings,  princes   and  great  barons ;   but 


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their  rank  gradually  degenerated  with  that  of 
the  other  orders  of  minstrels  until  the  name 
was  applied  only  to  those  itinerant  musicians 
who,  in  most  of  the  large  towns  of  England, 
go  around  the  principal  streets  at  night,  for 
some  time  before  Christmas,  playing  popular 
tunes,  calling  the  hour  and  expecting  a  grat- 
uity. These  are  the  "Christmas  waits,"  or 
wandering  melodists. 

In  A.  D.  1075,  William  the  Conqueror  gave 
the  earldom,  city  and  castle  of  Norwich,  in 
England,  to  Ralf  de  W'aiet,  son  of  Ralf,  an 
Englishman,  by  a  Welsh  woman;  Ralf  de 
\V'aiet  married  Emma,  sister  of  Roger,  Earl  of 
Hereford,  cousin  of  the  Conqueror.  This  is 
the  earliest  record  found  in  regard  to  the  fam- 
ily and  the  source  from  which  all  by  the  same 
name  seem  to  trace  their  origin,  down  through 
Ricardus  le  Wayte  of  the  county  of  Warwick, 
a  lineal  descendant.  Thereafter  the  name  was 
written  Wayte  almost  exclusively  until  differ- 
ent persons  of  the  name  came  to  New  Eng- 
land, when  the  forms  Waite  or  Wait  were 
generally  used.  The  kindred  were  pretty 
freely  distributed  throughout  the  central  por- 
tion of  southern  England,  extending  to  north- 
ern Wales,  the  land  from  which  the  progen- 
itors of  the  present  family  came  to  the  New 
World.  The  arms  of  the  family  are  as  fol- 
lows: Argent,  chevron  gules  between  three  bu- 
gle horns,  stringed,  sable,  borne  by  the  name 
Wayte :  crest,  a  bugle  horn,  stringed,  sable, 
garnished.  Motto :  Pro  aris  et  focis  (  For  our 
homes  and  altars).  The  bugle  portrays  the 
musical  element  of  the  family  and  tends  to 
support  the  tradition  that  the  original  Waytes 
were  musician  attendants  upon  the  king  and 
his  knights. 

The  earliest  settlers  of  this  name  in  Amer- 
ica were  three  brothers,  cousins  of  the  regi- 
cide judge,  Thomas  Wayte;  Richard,  born  in 
1596  ;  Gamaliel,  born  in  1598.  and  Thomas,  born 
in  1601.  who  came  over  from  Wales  or  south 
England  in  the  year  1634,  and  landed  at 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  Tne  two  eldest  set- 
tled first -in  Plymouth  and  then  Boston,  while 
the  youngest.  Thomas,  went  on  to  Rhode 
Island,  settling  at  Portsmouth,  all  of  them 
leaving  descendants.  Another  early  settler  of 
the  name  was  John,  son  of  Samuel  Wayte,  of 
W  ethersfield.  England,  who  came  over  about 
1638,  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Mai- 
den^ Massachusetts.  He  attained  great  influ- 
ence in  the  community,  and  with  Joseph  Hills, 
his  father-in-law,  bore  the  highest  honors  and 
responsibilities  in  the  town  from  the  time  of 
its  incorporation  ;  his  name  is  perpetuated  in 
"Wayte's  Mount."  He  left  a  son,  Samuel, 
who  inherited  house  and  lands,  and  who  in 
turn  left  descendants.    Other  earlv  settlers  of 


this  name  were:  Richard,  born  1608,  of  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  1637;  Thomas,  of  Ip- 
swich. 1658;  Alexander,  of  Boston,  1637; 
George,  of  Providence,  1646;  John,  of  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  1649.  and  Benjamin,  of  Hat- 
field, 1663;  the  latter  having  been  a  fainous 
Indian  fighter  and  finally  killed  by  them. 

These  all  became  prominent  in  the  history 
of  the  colonies,  and  many  were  soldiers  and 
officers  in  the  war  of  the  revolution  ;  in  later 
days  descendants  of  these  early  progenitors 
have  become  conspicuous  in  the  history  of  the 
country  and  in  public  affairs,  the  name  being 
found  in  all  professions  and  in  all  walks  in 
life,  especially  in  legal  ranks,  where  they  are 
among  the  first  citizens  of  the  state. 

f  I )  Among  these  descendants  was  Samuel 
Waitt,  of  Barnstable,  Massachusetts,  grand- 
father of  Arthur  M.  Waitt;  he  was  a  choco- 
late manufacturer  in  Boston.  He  married 
Persis  Hallett,  whose  father  flew  the  first  Sea- 
men's "Bethel  Flag"  in  the  world. 

(II)  Robert  Mitchell,  son  of  Samuel  Waitt, 
was  born  in  Rhode  Island,  in  August,  1824, 
died  May  7,  1900.  He  was  a  sea  captain  in 
early  life  and  later  became  inspector  of  United 
States  customs  at  Boston,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Ellen,  born  December  7.  183 1.  died 
August  II,  191 1,  daughter  of  Captain  Mathias 
and  Mary  ( Cobb)  Hinckley,  of  Barnstable. 
Massacnusetts,  and  a  descendant  of  Governor 
Thoma;    Hinckley,  of  Massachusetts  Colony. 

(III)  Arthur  Manning,  son  of  Robert 
Mitchell  and  Ellen  (Hinckley)  Waitt,  was 
born  in  East  Boston,  Massachusetts,  October 
24,  1858.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  East  Boston  and  the  English  High 
School  of  Boston,  and  in  1875  he  entered  the 
Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technology^  one 
of  the  best  technical  schools  in  the  country, 
graduating  in  1879  at  this  institution,  obtain- 
ing the  degree  of  S.  B.  in  mechanical  engineer- 
ing. He  at  once  entered  the  railway  service 
and  until  l88-I  .was  draughtsman  in  the -car 
and  locomotive  department  of  the  Chicago, 
Burlington  &  Ouincy  Railrbstl^  from  that  date 
to  1882  he  was  draughtsman  iij  the  car  and 
locomotive  department  of  the  Eastern  Rail- 
road, and  from  then  until  1884  chiefM^a^'ghts- 
man  of  the  locomotive  department  of  tfl^  same 
road.  From  1884  to  1887  he  was  generaP^re- 
man  of  the  car  department  of  this  railroad",' 
and  from  1887  to  February  I.  1889,  was  assist- 
ant master  car  builder  of  the  Boston  &  Maine 
Railroad.  From  February  i,  1889.  to  October, 
1889.  he  was  assistant  manager  of  the  Pull- 
man Car  Works,  and  from  that  date  to  Octo- 
ber, 1892,  he  was  assistant  general  master  car 
builder  of  the  Lake  Shore  &  Michigan  South- 
ern Railway.     He  then  became  general  master 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


car  builder  of  the  same  road,  continuing  until 
April,  1899:  from  then  until  March,  1903,  he 
was  superintendent  of  the  motive  power  and 
rolling  stock  of  the  New  York  Central  &  Hud- 
son River  Railroad.  From  September,  1903, 
to  January,  1905,  he  traveled  in  Europe  and 
the  United  States  studying  electric  traction ; 
from  January,  1905,  to  date  he  has  been  con- 
sulting engineer  and  specialist  in  New  York 
City,  and  is  now  (1912)  president  of  the 
Standard  Third  Rail  Company,  at  No.  165 
Broadway,  New  York  City. 

He  is  a  member  and  former  vice-president 
of  the  .American  Society  of  Mechanical  En- 
gineers; former  member  and  president  of  the 
American  Railway  Master  Mechanics"  Asso- 
ciation ;  former  president  and  member  of  the 
Western  and  Central  Railroad  Club:  member 
of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  En- 
gineers, and  of  the  Master  Car  Builders'  As- 
sociation. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  follow- 
ing clubs :  Machinery,  Transportation,  En- 
gineers, Technology  and  the  New  York  Rail- 
road. He  has  taken  all  the  degrees  in  Free 
Masonry  up  to  and  including  the  thirty-second 
degree,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Lake  Erie  Con- 
sistory ;  Iris  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Ma- 
sons, Cleveland.  Ohio ;  Webb  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  of  the 
Oriental  Commandery,  Knights  Templar. 

Mr.  Waitt  married  (first),  in  Boston,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1886.  Maude,  born  in  Canada,  Jan- 
uary 20.  1865,  daughter  of  Roscoe  and  Sarah 
Gleason.  He  had  one  child  by  this  marriage, 
Weymer  Hinckley  Waitt,  born  in  Bos::on,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1887.  The  son  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  at 
MacKenzie  private  school  at  Dobbs  Ferry, 
New  York,  and  subsequently  spent  a  year  in 
study  at  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology, in  Boston  :  also  one  year  at  Columbia 
University.  He  married  Frances  C.  W.  Haines, 
of  New  York  City,  and  has  no  children.  Mr. 
Waitt  married  (second)  in  New  York  City, 
April  6,  1906,  Mrs.  .^nna  S.  Milbury,  widow 
of  Dr.  Frank  S,  Milbury,  of  Brooklyn.  She 
was  born  in  Breslau.  Germany,  .April  i,  1867, 
and  is  the  daughter  of  .\dolph  Schoeps.  Mr. 
Waitt  has  no  children  by  his  second  marriage. 
He  has  a  handsome  residence  in  Sharon,  Con- 
necticut. 


The  Post  family  is  of  ancient  Ger- 
POST     man  origin.    .As  early  as  A.  D.  980 

we  find  among  the  conquerors  of 
Nettelburg,  later  known  as  Shaumburg,  Her- 
ren  \'on  Post,  and  in  1030  .Adolph  Post  was  a 
member  of  the  Reichstag  of  Minden.  From 
the  local  name  \'on  Post  doubtless  came  the 


surname  Post,  for  in  the  same  town,  Ludwig 
and  Heinrich  Post,  in  1273,  appear  as  wit- 
nesses to  a  deed,  and  this  Heinrich  was  pro- 
genitor of  a  prominent  German  family. 

(I)  Goossen  Post,  a  descendant  of  Hein- 
rich Post,  and  from  whom  the  American  fam- 
ily is  traced  by  the  family  historian  in  an  un- 
broken line,  is  mentioned  in  1376  as  one  of  the 
anzienlijkste  .Arnhemsche  burgers.  .Arnheim 
is  in  that  part  of  Netherlands  called  Gelderland. 
He  had  wife,  Jantje,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Jane  (Rapalje)  \'an  Zul.  They  had  sons: 
Peter,  mentioned  below :  George. 

(II)  Peter  Post,  son  of  Goossen  Post, 
owned  land  in  1399  in  or  near  Elspet,  and  is 
thought  to  have  married  Annatie.  daughter  of 
George  and  Else  (Meyers)  Suydam.  of 
Zwolle.  Children :  Peter  .Arnold,  mentioned 
below ;  George,  said  to  have  emigrated  to  Eng- 
land and  to  have  settled  in  county  Kent  aboUt 
1473,  and  his  will  was  filed  at  Canterbury, 
1502 :  Jan. 

(III)  Peter  .Arnold  \"an  Der  Poest,  son  of 
Peter  Post,  is  given  in  the  Post  Genealogy  as 
son  of  Peter,  and  his  birth  year  as  1500,  but 
it  is  probable  that  some  generations  were 
missed  in  the  search.  Goossen  Post  must  have 
been  born  about  1325  to  be  a  city  officer  in 
1376,  and  his  son  Peter,  who  owned  land  in 
1399,  was  born,  say  as  early  as  1365,  Peter 
.Arnold  would  be.  according  to  this  reckon- 
ing, over  a  hundred  years  younger  than  his 
father.  Peter  .Arnold  married  Marragrietje, 
daughter  of  Jan  Bogert,  and  had  sons :  Jan, 
whose  daughter  Sarah  married  in  Maidstone, 
Kent,  September  15,  1607,  Isaac  Clark,  or 
Clerk ;  Panwell,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Panwell  \'an  Der  Poest,  son  of  Peter 
-Arnold  \'an  Der  Poest,  married,  February  7, 
1571.  Susannah,  daughter  of  .Abraham  \"an 
Gelder.  Children,  baptized  at  the  Dutch 
Church,  .Austin  Friars,  London :  .Abraham, 
October  6.  1573:  Sarah,  same  date:  Susanna, 
January  18,  1578:  Jan,  November  5,  1579; 
Arthur,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  .Arthur  Post,  son  of  Panwell  \'an  Der 
Poest,  was  baptized  .August  26,  1580.  He 
married,  February  2,  1614,  in  Maidstone. 
Kent,  Bennet,  daughter  of  Richard  Lambe. 
That  he  was  the  father  of  the  .American 
])ioneer,  Richard,  is  deduced  from  a  "deed" 
dated  June  14,  1644,  ''being  of  grete  age  .Ar- 
thur Post  gives  to  my  cousin  Richard  _\  an 
Mulken :  my  second  son  Stephen  and  his  wife 
Margaret :  lands,  tenements  and  hereditaments 
in  Estling,  formerly  in  the  possession  of  my 
eldest  son  Richard,  being  now  of  New  Eng- 
land, or  some  parts  beyond  the  seas.  Panwell, 
my  younger    son,,  to    have   my    wearing   ap- 


NEW  ENGLAXD. 


parel."  (Phillips  Coll.  Mss.  in  Mulken  Gen. 
Mss.  XXII.  4).  This  must  mean  will,  not  a 
deed  in  the  proper  sense  of  the  word. 

( \'I )    Richard     Post,    immigrant    ancestor, 
son  of  Arthur  Post,  of  England,  is  said  by  the 
genealogy  and  other  authorities  to  have  settled 
first  at   Lynn,   Massachusetts.     Richard    Post 
or  Poast.  lived  at  Lynn  and  Woburn,  Massa- 
chusetts, it  is  true,  and  was  a  taxpaver  in  1643. 
But  we  have  record  that  he  married  in  Lynn 
or   Woburn,    F"ebruary   27.    1649-50,    Susanna 
Sutton,  and  that  in  the  same  locality  a  Richard 
Post  married,  Xovember  18,   1662,  Mary  Tv- 
ler.    The  records  seem  to  show,  however,  that 
Richard    Post   went   with   the   pioneers    from 
Lynn  to  Southampton.  Long  Island.  He  shared 
in   every   division   of   the   common   land,   and 
from    1643  to   1687  he  was  prominent  in   the 
records  of  the  town.     It  is  true  that  he  may 
have  returned  to  Lynn  for  two  wives,  but  it  is 
not   known    that   the    Southampton    man    had 
any  other  wife  than  Dorothy  (given  in  some 
works  as  Johnson).     He  was  constable,  mar- 
shal,  magistrate,   lieutenant,   commissioner   to 
treat  with  the  Indians,  on  a  committee  to  set- 
tle a  dispute  between  the  town  and   Captain 
Topping,   patentee    under    Governor    Andros' 
patent.     The  original  homestead  of  Post  was 
on  the  east  side  of  Main  street  and  has  lately 
been  owned  by  Captain  Charles  Howells  and 
Henry  Post.     Before  he  died  he  deeded  land 
to  his  sons,  John  and  Joseph   Post,  daughter 
Martha,  wife  of  Benjamin  Foster,  and  grand- 
son, Benjamin  Foster  Jr.,  April  17,  1688.  He 
died  in  1689.    Children :  Martha,  married  Ben- 
jamin Foster;  Joseph,  was  in  business  in  Tal- 
bot  county,   Maryland,    in    1675.    returned   to 
Southampton    and    died   there    Xovember    10, 
1 72 1,  aged   about   seventy-one   years,   leaving 
a  will :  John,  mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Captain  John  Post,  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant Richard  Post,  was  born  about  1650,  doubt- 
less at  Southampton.  He  was  progenitor  of 
all  the  Post  families  of  eastern  Long  Island ; 
Montrose  and  Honesdale.  Pennsylvania ;  Pal- 
myra and  Xewburg,  Xew  York,  and  Cali- 
fornia. The  homestead  of  Captain  Post,  be- 
queathed to  his  son.  Captain  John  Post,  was 
on  the  east  side  of  Main  street,  Southampton, 
and  the  railroad  station  occupies  part  of  it  at 
present.  He  was  one  of  the  purchasers  of  the 
house  and  lot  bought  for  and  dedicated  to  the 
use  of  a  Presbyterian  parsonage  '"  forever," 
and  the  property  is  still  owned  by  the  church. 
His  will  was  dated  December  9,  1687,  and 
proved  at  Southampton,  March  21,  1687-88. 
bequeathing  to  five  sons  and  three  daughters, 
homestall,  close  at  the  head  of  the  creek,  a 
fifty-pound  commonage,  the  house  and  home 
lot   formerly  his   father's,  the  close  that  was 


his  father's  between  the  .Mill  path  and  Cubb's 
Pound  path,  close  at  Long  Springs  and  his 
fifty-pound  allotment  at  Mecox ;  land  at  Hog 
Xeck,  west  of  Canoe  place  and  in  Great  place. 
He  died  in  1687.  He  married,  in  167 1,  Mary 
.  Children:  Mary.  Captain  John,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Jeremiah,  settled  in  Hempstead: 
Sarah :  Dorothy,  Martha,  Deborah,  Richard, 
lived  at  Hempstead,  became  a  Friend. 

( VHI)  Captain  John  (2)  Post,  son  of  Cap- 
tain John  ( I )  Post,  was  born  in  1673,  at  South- 
ampton, died  there  in  1741.  In  1690.  when  he 
was  about  seventeen  years  old,  he  was  trading 
land,  and  in  1692  he  was  buying  and  selling 
land  and  his  name  was  on  the  tax  list.  In  1712 
he  was  a  trustee  and  proprietor  and  purchased 
for  the  town  the  Xorth  End  Burying  Ground 
in  which  his  Uncle  Joseph  was  the  first  man 
buried.  From  1714  to  1739  he  was  many  times 
elected  to  public  office,  serving  as  trustee,  col- 
lector of  taxes,  assessor,  commissioner  on  dis- 
puted boundaries  and  captain  of  the  military 
company  (as  shown  by  the  records  at  .\lbany  >. 
He  died  in  1741.  He  married  Mary  Halscy. 
Children:  John,  born  1700,  died  1792,  mar- 
ried Abigail  Halsey;  Joseph,  born  1704,  died 
1780;  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Isaac,  son  of  Captain  John  (2)  Post, 
was  born  in  1712,  died  May  8.  1785.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Jessup,  and  among  his  children  was 
Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Post,  was 
born  in  1741,  died  in  1788,  killed  by  a  fall 
from  a  tree.  He  married  xAgnes.  born  June  i, 
1764,  Gied  May  2,  1834,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Denorah  (Hudson)  Rugg  (see  Rugg  II). 
His  wicow  married  (second)  Bartlett  Hinds, 
born  .Ap-il  4.  1755,  and  had  two  children  :  Rich- 
ard Hinds,  born  December  17.  1795,  and  Bart- 
lett Hina>,  born  June  7,  1797  (see  Hinds  V). 
Children  c  f  Isaac  and  Agnes  Post :  Isaac,  men- 
tioned belc.w;  David,  born  July  26.  1786.  died 
February  2^,  i860. 

(XI")  Isaic  (3),  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Post,  was 
born  .August  12,  1784.,  in  Southampton,  Long 
Island.  Xew  York,  died  in  Montrose,  Penn- 
sylvania. March  23,  1855.  lie  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Xortheastern  Pennsylvania, 
coming  to  Montrose  in  the  early  part  of  1800. 
where  he  became  one  of  the  prominent  men  of 
the  community.  He  conducted  a  general  store, 
and  also  kept  an  inn.  He  took  a  forerriost 
part  in  every  good  project  in  the  community, 
and  was  instrumental  in  establishing  the  first 
bank  in  that  section.  He  held  various  offices 
of  honor  and  trust,  was  major  of  the  Second 
Battalion  of  the  State  Militia  in  181 1,  and  was 
also  inspector  of  the  Second  Brigade;  he  was 
treasurer  of  Susquehanna  county  in  1812;  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature  from  Susque- 


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hanna  county  in  1828;  and  associate  judge  of 
Susquehanna  county  in  1837.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Masonic  organization,  holding  mem- 
bership in  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  131,  of  Newburg, 
New  York.  He  married,  in  1805,  Susannah 
Hinds,  the  ceremony  being  performed  by 
Thomas  Tiffany,  Esq.  She  was  born  Novem- 
ber 10,  1782,  died  November  15,  1846,  daugh- 
ter of  Bartlett  Hinds  (see  Hinds  V).  Their 
children  were:  Mary  Ann,  born  March  6,  1806, 
died  April  17,  1806;  Wilham  Leander,  April 
26,  1807,  died  February  26,  1871  ;  Albert  Lo- 
tan,  March  25,  1809,  died  December  6,  1886; 
Mary   Susannah.   May  25,    181 1,  died  March 

23,  1812;  Susannah  Jane,  April  4,  1813,  died 
February  9,  1819 ;  Agnes  Ann,  September  25, 
1815,  died  June  22,  1816;  Isaac  Lucius,  men- 
tioned below:  Jane  Amanda,  November  14, 
1820,  died  October  25,  1903,  unmarried;  Eliz- 
abeth \'allonia,  July  4,  1825,  died  October  4, 
1853,  she  married  Gordon  Dimock,  y[.  D.,  of 
Montrose,  Pennsylvania,  who  was  a  surgeon 
in  the  civil  war ;  George  Leonidas,  September 

24,  1828,  died  December  5,  1841. 

(XH)  Isaac  Lucius,  son  of  Isaac  (3)  Post, 
was  born  July  11,  1818,  in  Montrose,  Pennsyl- 
vania, died  December  8,,  1899.  His  education 
was  acquired  in  the  district  schools.  During 
the  civil  war  he  served  in  the  paymaster's  de- 
partment of  the  Army  of  the  Cumberland, 
under  Colonel  Asa  Holt  Jr..  and  after  the  war, 
in  1865,  he  removed  toScranton,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  was  for  a  number  of  years  engaged 
in  the  insurance  business,  and  where  he  also 
served  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  alderman. 
He  was  active  in  the  Pennsylvania  Avenue 
Baptist  Church,  of  Scranton.  He  wa ,  a  very 
stalwart  Republican,  and  was  instrun.ental  in 
bringing  Congressman  Galusha  A.  Crow  be- 
fore the  public,  assisting  materially  'n  raising 
the  funds  for  his  campaign.  Mr.  Post  was 
married,  July  28,  1846,  by  the  Key.  H.  A. 
Riley,  at  Montrose,  Pennsylvania,  to  Harriet 
.\manda,  born  February  26,  18^8,  died  at 
Scranton,  November  22,  -iSyg,  daughter  of 
William  and  Amanda  (Harris)  Jessup  (see 
Jessup-Rugg  IWy.  To  this  union  was  born 
one  son.  Isaa^-,  mentioned  below. 

(XIII)  Isaac  (4),  son  of  Isaac  Lucius  Post, 
was  born  November  21,  1856,  at  Montrose, 
Pennsylvania.  He  attended  the  public  and 
^i5n  schools  of  Scranton  and  Professor  H.  H. 
Merrill's  Academic  and  Primary  Training 
School.  He  began  his  business  career,  Octo- 
ber I,  1873,  as  messenger  boy  of  the  Third 
National  Bank  of  Scranton,  and  a  year  later, 
December  2,  1874,  became  messenger  of  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Scranton.  His  ability 
and  fidelity  to  duty  were  rewarded  by  promo- 
tion and  he  was  advanced  by  various  steps  to 


positions  of  larger  responsibility.  He  became 
assistant  cashier,  January  4,  1886,  and  in  Oc- 
tober, 1891,  cashier,  a  position  he  has  filled 
since  then  with  conspicuous  ability.  He  enlist- 
ed in  the  Scranton  City  Guards  during  the 
labor  disturbances  of  1877,  in  Company  A,  and 
with  the  other  members  of  the  company  was 
mustered  into  the  Thirteenth  Regiment,  Na- 
tional Guard  of  Pennsylvania,  October  10, 
1878.  He  was  discharged  May  25,  1885,  with 
the  rank  of  first  sergeant.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican  :  in  religion  a  Presbyterian,  being  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
which  he  served  as  trustee  for  several  years. 

He  married,  February  16,  1887,  Emily  Pier- 
son,  born  at  Roselle,  New  Jersey,  April  14, 
1 861.  daughter  of  Hiram  Pierson  and  Caro- 
line Elizabeth  (Shnyder)  Baldwin,  the  former 
late  general  passenger  agent  of  the  Central 
Railroad  of  New  Jersey.  Children :  Margaret 
Baldwin,  born  April  12,  1889;  Evelyn  Jessup, 
February  22,  1892;  Norman  Baldwin,  January 
3,  1896,  died  March  26,  1900,  at  Scranton; 
Carolyn  Elizabeth,  August  27,  1897. 

(The  Rugg-Jessup  Line). 

Charles  Rugg  married  Agnes,  daughter  of 
Lord  Norman,  according  to  family  tradition, 
of  Exeter,  England.  It  was  a  runaway  match 
and  the  young  couple  came  to  America,  where 
Rugg  became  a  manufacturer  of  cloth  with 
mills  at  North  Side,  about  three  miles  from 
North  Sea,  Long  Island,  New  York.  After- 
ward they  returned  to  England. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Charles  Rugg,  married 

(first)   in  England, ;  (second) 

Deborah  Hudson.  After  coming  to  America 
Joseph  Rugg  lived  at  North  Sea.  Long  Island, 
and  both  he  and  his  wife  died  at  North  Sea 
and  are  buried  there.  Deborah  died  in  1808, 
at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Phila  Harris. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Silas,  died  on  board  a 
British  prison  ship  at  Brooklyn  in  the  revolu- 
tion :  Sally,  married Wooley,  at  South- 

air.pton.  New  York.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Polly,  born  1761,  married  Samuel  Scott; 
Agnes,  born  June  i,  1764,  married  Isaac  Post 
(see  Post  X )  ;  Phila,  mentioned  below ;  Phebe, 
born  July  12,  1774,  married  Luke  Foster,  of 
Cincinnati,    Ohio;    Jerusha,    born    1776,    died 

January   8,    1822,  married  ^^oorhees; 

Jerusha ;  Joseph. 

(III)  Phila,  daughter  of  Joseph  Rugg,  was 
born  May  8,  1766,  died  December  26,  1831. 
She  married,  January  15,  1792,  Henry  Harris, 
born  .August  16,  1764,  died  November  21, 
1851.  Children:  Harvey,  born  October,  1792. 
married  Sarah  Scott:  Mary,  born  August  17, 
1794,  marriefl  Huntting  Cooper,  March  29, 
1821,  and  died  at  North  Sea,  April  5,   i860; 


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Ann,  born  June  i,  1796,  married,  in  1826, 
Samuel  Hodgden  ;  Amanda,  mentioned  below  ; 
Joseph,  born  December  30,  1802,  married,  in 
1831,  Harriet  White,  and  died  January  15, 
1879;  Phebe,  born  December  28,  1804,  mar- 
ried, April  19,  186 1,  Huntting  Cooper,  and 
died  September  19,  1890;  Harriet,  born  May 
28,  1807,  married.  May  15,  1847,  Moses  Cass 
Tyler,  of  Montrose,  Pennsylvania. 

(IV)  Amanda  Harris,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Phila  (Rugg)  Harris,  was  born  August 
8,  1798,  at  North  Sea,  Long  Island,  died  June 
13,  1883.  She  married,  July  4,  1820,  William 
Tessup,  born  June  21,  1797,  in  Southampton. 
Children:  i.  Jane  Rose,  born  June  29,  1821, 
(lied  in  Jersey  City,  October  i,  1864;  married 
Javan  Butterfield  Salisbury.  2.  Mary  Sophia, 
born  March  20,  1823,  died  in  Montrose,  De- 
cember 19,  1893  ;  married,  at  Montrose,  May  26, 
1841,  Francis  Blake  Chandler.  3.  Fanny,  born 
March.  1825.  4.  Harriet  Amanda,  born  Febru- 
ary 26,  1828;  married  Isaac  Lucius  Post  (see 
Post  XII).  5.  William  Huntting,  born  Janu- 
ary 29,  1830;  married,  October  5,  1853,  at 
Scranton,  Sarah  Wilson  Jay.  6.  Henry  Har- 
ris, born  April  19,  1832:  married  (first)  Octo- 
ber 7,  i8=;7,  Caroline  Bush:  (second)  Octo- 
ber I,  1868.  Harriet  Elizabeth  Dodge;  (third) 
July  23,  1884,  Theodosia  Davenport  Lock  wood. 
7.  Samuel,  born  December  21,  1833;  married. 
September  2.  1862,  Ann  EHza  Jay.  8.  Fanny 
Mulford,  born  October  29,  1835,  died  unmar- 
ried. 9.  George  Augustus,  born  February  5, 
1838;  married,  September  28,  1864,  Ellen 
Beardsley.  10.  Phebe  Ann,  born  September 
5,  1840,  died  April  25,  1872;  married,  Sep- 
tember II,  1861.  Alfred  Hand  11.  Huntting 
Cooper,  born  February  18.  1843;  marriea.  at 
Clarksville,  Tennessee,  December  27,  1865, 
Marina  Modena  Cobb. 

(The  Hinds  Line). 

The  surname  Hyne.  Hine,  Hinds  is  variously 
spelled.  It  is  derived  from  the  trade  or  occu- 
pation, like  many  other  English  sumsmes.  A 
hyne,  hine.  or  hind  was  a  tiller  of  the  soil, 
peasant,  farmer.  The  surnames  Haynes, 
Haines,  Hine  and  Hinds  may  have  had  differ- 
ent origins,  but  for  a  long  time  the  spellings 
were  used  interchangeably  in  England  and 
America,  and  it  is  not  possible  to  separate  the 
families  by  the  surnames.  In  fact  nine  differ- 
ent ways  of  spelling  their  name  are  still  found 
among  the  descendants  of  William  Hinds,  the 
immigrant. 

(I)  William  Hinds,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England.  He  settled  in  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  in  1644,  or  earlier.  He  came 
over  with  his  sister  Margaret,  aged  thirty,  in 
the  ship  "Paull"  of  London.     He  was  thirty- 


five  years  of  age  at  the  time.  He  served  as 
a  soldier  in  Saiem.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
church  there,  November  14,  1647.  On  Novem- 
ber 25,  1647,  he  gave  a  letter  of  attorney  to 
Thomas  Hines  or  Haynes,  merchant  of  Lon- 
don, for  collection  at  Danes  Halle.  Bedford- 
shire, England,  his  former  home.  He  mort- 
gaged land  at  Salem  in  1647.  ^^'^  tli*^  mort- 
gage was  discharged  in  iT/jo.  He  owned  land 
in  common  with  Richard  Hinds  at  Salem. 
Both  were  related,  no  doubt,  to  Robert  Hines, 
who  was  in  Salem  in  1648.  William  Hinds 
removed  to  Marblehead  and  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Richard  Ingersoll.  Children: 
William,  mentioned  below ;  Francis,  born 
about  1670. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Hinds,  was  born  about  1655  in  Salem.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1675  and  was 
present  at  the  taking  of  the  Narragansett  fort. 
Over  fifty  years  later,  in  1728,  he  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  payment  for  his  services  in'  the 
Narragansett  grant,  at  what  is  now  .\mherst. 
New  Hampshire.  He  married  (first)  .Abigail, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  (Hubbard) 
Ward,  and  granddaughter  of  Samuel  and 
Frances  Ward,  of  Hingham.  Abigail  joined 
the  church.  May  19,  1684,  at  Salem,  and  was 
one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Marblehead 
church.      She  died   in    1688,   and  he  married 

(second)  Elizabeth  .     Children  of  first 

wife:  John,  born  February  14,  1682:  Abigail, 
January,  1684:  Rebecca,  April  7.  1686:  Will- 
iam, baptized  July  22,  1688.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife,  born  at  Marblehead:  Richard,  bap- 
tized January  6,  1694-95;  Joseph,  baptized 
March  21,   1701  ;   Benjamin,  born   September 

3.  1705. 

(III)  John,  nephew  of  William  (2)  Hinds, 
probably  son  of  Francis  Hinds,  was  born  about 
1685.  He  went  to  Bridgewater  when  a  young 
man,  and  married  there,  .\ugust  1 1,  1709,  Han- 
nah, born  April  26,  1787,  daughter  of  John 
and  Hannah  Shaw,  great-granddaughter  of 
Abraham  Shaw,  the  immigrant,  of  Dedham. 
Children,  born  at  Bridge>vater :  Hannah,  1710; 
Elizabeth,  1712:  Abigail,  17x4:  John,  1716; 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below;  Susanna,  1722. 

(IV)  Rev.  Ebenezer  Hinds,  son  of  John 
Hinds,  was  born  in  Bridgewater,  July  29.  1719, 
died  at  Fairhaven.  Massachusetts,  .April  19, 
1 812.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Bridgewater  until 
he  was  over  thirty  years  of  age.  He  was  bap- 
tized by  immersion  in  1749  by  Rev.  Ebenezer 
Moulton.  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Brim- 
field,  and  the  same  year  began  to  exercise  his 
gifts  in  prayer  and  exhortation.  In  1749  he 
was  called  to  distant  points  to  preach  and  bap- 
tize, above  eighty  miles,  it  is  said,  so  his  repu- 
tation must  have  extended  rapidly.     He  bap- 


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tized  ten  in  Bridgevvater  and  three  in  Rayn- 
ham  the  first  year.  He  joined  the  Second 
Baptist  Church  of  Boston,  March  3,  1751,  then 
under  the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Ephraim  Bond. 
He  preached  at  the  house  of  Thomas  Xelson, 
of  Assavvomsett  Xeck,  in  1753,  and  afterward 
regularly.  He  was  ordained  the  first  pastor 
of  the  Second  Baptist  Church  of  Middleboro, 
January  26,  1758.  This  church  was  organized 
November  16,  1757.  A  house  and  barn  were 
bought  for  a  parsonage  at  Lakeville,  called 
Beech  Woods.  He  continued  as  pastor  up- 
wards of  forty  years  and  spent  the  best  part 
of  his  life  in  Middleboro,  and  his  church  en- 
joyed a  season  of  healthful  growth  and  pros- 
perity, the  denomination  gaining  strength 
rapidly.  Mr.  Hinds  contributed  greatly  to 
the  growth  of  his  sect  and  his  pulpit  was  a 
stronghold.  His  pastorate  closed  when  he  was 
seventy,  but  he  continued  to  preach  from  time 
to  time  and  retained  his  physical  and  mental 
vigor.  Even  after  he  was  eighty  years  old  he 
would  mount  his  horse  unaided,  ride  long  dis- 
tances to  hold  religious  services  or  assist  at 
ordinations.  He  went  as  chaplain  with  Cap- 
tain Benjamin  Pratt's  company  to  Lake  George 
in  1758  in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  Elder 
Hinds  deeded  his  house  to  the  church  and 
society,  November  2,  1805. 

He  married  (first)  Susannah  Keith,  of 
Bridgewater,  born  1727.  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Washburn)  Keith,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Rev.  James  Keith.  She  was  buried  near 
the  present  Congregational  church  in  Bridge- 
water.  He  married  (second)  in  1751,  Lydia 
Bartlett,  who  died  May  12.  1801.  Her  brother 
Richard  was  a  soldier  at  .-\nnapolis  Royal  in 
1775  under  Colonel  Winslow  in  seizing  and 
disposing  of  the  neutral  French. 

The  epitaph  of  Elder  Hinds  on  his  tomb- 
stone in  the  old  ^^iddlebo^o  graveyard  reads : 
"In  memory  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Hinds,  who  died 
April  19,  1812,  in  the  94th  year.  T  have  fought 
a  good  fight.  I  have  finished  my  course,  I  have 
kept  my  faith,  henceforth  there  is  laid  up  for 
me  a  crown  of  righteousness'."  That  of  his 
wife:  "Sacred  to  the  memory  of  Mrs.  Lydia, 
wife  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Hinds.  She  died  May 
12,  1801,  in  her  sixty-seventh  year.  "Give  her 
of  the  fruits  of  her  hanfls,  and  let  her  own 
works  praise  her'."  Children  of  first  wife: 
Keziah,  born  1745:  Salome.  1747:  Child,  died 
in  infancy  ;  Child,  died  in  infancy.  Children  of 
second  wife  :  Ebenezer.  born  January  25,  1753  ; 
Bartlett,  mentioned  below  :  Susannah,  Slay  16. 
1757;  John,  September  19,  1759;  Leonard,  Au- 
gust 19,  1761  ;  Lydia,  .\ugust  i.  1763;  Pre- 
served, February  27,  1765  ;  Abanoam,  June  19, 
1768;   Keziah,   March    19,    1772.  died  August 


12,  1774;  Hannah,  born  May  12,  1773;  Rich- 
ard, September  11,  1775. 

(V)  Bartlett,  son  of  Rev.  Ebenezer  Hinds, 
was  born  in  Bridgewater,  April  4,  1755,  died 
December  11,  1822.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  in  Captain  Wood's  company.  He 
went  to  Pennsylvania  and  became  the  first 
settler  in  Montrose,  Susquehanna  county.  He 
was  involved  in  the  controversy  between  set- 
tlers who  were  divided  over  the  question 
whether  Connecticut  or  Pennsylvania  had  juris- 
diction over  their  land  and  he  was  once  the 
victim  of  a  persecution  and  assault  by  a  mob 
(see  p.  40,  Hinds  Genealogy).  Bartlett  Hinds 
was  one  of  the  three  county  commissioners 
elected  when  Susquehanna  county  was  organ- 
ized in  1812.  He  married  (first)  December  i, 
1780,  Ruth  Pickens,  of  Middleboro,  daughter 
of  John  Pickens  (see  Pickens  II).  He  mar- 
ried (second)  .Agnes  (Rugg)  Post,  widow  of 
Isaac  Post,  she  was  born  June  i.  1764,  died  in 
May,  1834  (see  Post  X).  Children  of  first 
wife:  Susannah,  born  November  10,  1782,  died 
November  15.  1846.  married  Isaac  Post  (see 
Post  XI)  :  Conrad,  January  5,  1785.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Richard,  born  December  17, 
1795  :  Bartlett,  June  7,  1797. 

CThe  Pickens  Line). 

( 1 1  Thomas  Pickens,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  the  north  of  Ireland  with  the 
Strowbridges,  McCulloys  and  a  few  other 
Scotch  families  about  17x8  with  the  earliest 
Scotch-Irish  pioneers.  They  came  from  Bally- 
gully,  near  Coleraine.  Ireland.  With  Pickens 
came  also  his  wife,  Margaret  (  Steele)  Pickens, 
and  their  children :  Jane,  .Andrew  and  James 
r*ickens,  and  after  a  rough  and  tedious  voyage 
of  eleven  weeks  they  landed  at  Boston.  They 
lived  at  Milton,  near  Boston,  at  Freetown  on 
Cape  Cod  and  finally  at  Middleboro,  in 
Plymouth  county.  Thomas  Pickens  bought 
land  in  Middleboro,  December  26,  1732,  of 
Itarnabas  Eaton  (see  Middleboro  History  and 
Strowbridge  Genealogy,  p.  17,  which  contains 
a  letter  written  by  one  of  the  third  genera- 
tion). In  1736  Thomas  Pickens,  of  Freetown, 
deeded  land  to  John  Dunham.  In  1739  Thomas 
Pickens,  of  Middleboro.  deeded  to  son  James. 
Thomas  Pickens  died  before  November,  1739. 
The  son  James  died  March  22,  1800,  in  his 
eighty- fourth  year.  In  this  country  Thomas 
and  Margaret  Pickens  had:  Martha,  John, 
mentioned  below  ;  Margaret,  Thomas. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Pickens,  was 
born  about  1725.  He  married  Ruth  Cushen. 
They  lived  in  Middleboro  and  their  daughter 
Ruth,  born  April.  1759.  married  Bartlett  Hinds 
(see  Hinds  V). 


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Sergeant  Richard  Hildreth, 
HILDRETH     immigrant  ancestor,  was  born 

in  the  north  part  of  England, 
in  161 5,  died  in  1688.  He  settled  first  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman  there.  May  10,  1643.  He  removed 
to  Woburn.  Massachusetts,  and  was  one  of  the 
grantees  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts.  Hy 
1663  he  had  no  less  than  eight  grants  of  land 
from  the  general  court,  amounting  altogether 
to  one  hundred  and  five  acres.  The  "History 
of  W'estford'"  says  : 

Tlie  Hildreth  homestead  was  about  midway  be- 
tween the  centre  and  south  villages  of  Chelmsford. 
This  family  also  spread  into  Westford.  A  tract  of 
land  containing  about  five  hundred  acres  on  the 
east  side  of  the  town  came  into  their  possession.  It 
is  not  easy  to  give  the  exact  boundaries.  It  in- 
cluded the  houses  with  land  attached  of  Augustus 
Eunce.  George  Porter  Wright,  the  Drew  Brothers, 
(Thomas  and  George).  Isaac  G.  Minot  and  Julian 
Hihireth.  Providence  Meadow  was  its  northwest 
limit  and  tlie  house  of  Edward  Symmes  stands  not 
far  from  the  east  border.  The  Hildreths  also  took  up 
two  or  three  farms  south  and  east  of  Tadmuck  hill  or 
that  spur  of  it  known  as  Prospect  Hill.  Four  or  five 
houses  there  were  at  one  time  known  as  "Hildreth 
Row."  Richard  Hildreth  had  a  special  grant  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  from  the  general  court 
in  1663  on  account  of  having  lost  the  use  of  his  right 
hand,  presumably  in  the  service.  He  was  accused 
in  1670  by  Rev.  John  Fiske.  of  Chelmsford,  of  hav- 
ing used  "reproachful  speech  concerning  the 
■cliurch"  and  was  disciplined  by  the  church.  Pre- 
viously he  had  been  charged  by  Deacon  Esdras 
Reade  in  1656  and  1661  with  the  use  of  similar 
"seditious  language"  and  was  ordered  to  appear 
before  the  church  authorities,  but  he  refused  to 
obey  the  order.  His  will  was  dated  February  9, 
1686,  and  proved  some  time  after  his  death  in  1688. 
He  left  land  in  Chelmsford  to  his  son  Ephraim, 
who  was  then  living  in  Stow,  including  the  home- 
stead and  the  seven  acres  north  of  the  Great  Pond, 
eighteen  acres  south  and  seventeen  acres  east 
of  it. 


He  married  (first)  Sarah  ,  who  died 

1644;    married    (second)     Elizabeth    , 

who  died  at  Maiden,  August  3.  1693,  aged  six- 
ty-eight years.  Children  of  first  wife :  James, 
born  in  Woburn,  163 1  ;  Ephraim,  born  in  Cam- 
bridge or  Woburn,  married  .\nna  Moore,  of 
Lancaster.  Children  of  second  wife,  born  at 
^\'oburn :  Elizabeth,  September  21,  1646; 
Sarah,  August  8,  1648.  Born  at  Chelmsford: 
Joseph.  April  16.  1658,  married,  December  12, 
1683,  Abigail  Wilson ;  Persis,  February  8, 
1660;  Thomas,  February  i,  1662;  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below :  Abigail,  tuarried  Moses  Parker. 

(H)  Isaac,  son  of  Richard  Hildreth.  was 
born  in  July,  1663,  and  lived  at  Woburn  in 
1695.  It  is  believed  that  he  removed  to  Stow, 
Massachusetts,  or  vicinity.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth   .  Two  children  were  born  at  Wo- 
burn :  Persis.  November  25,  i6qi  ;  Joanna,  No- 
vember 16,  1695. 


(III)  Isaac  (2)  Hildreth  was  a  grandson 
of  Richard  Hildreth  and  doubtless  son  of  Isaac 
( I  )  Hildreth,  of  whom  little  is  known.  He 
was  born  about  1700  in  Stow  or  vicinity,  and 
was  among  the  early  settlers  and  proprietors 
of  the  town  of  Petersham,  Worcester  county, 
Massachusetts.  His  son  Isaac  appears  to  have 
succeeded  to  his  homestead  and  there  is  no 
record  of  his  death  in  the  vital  records  of 
Petersham  or  the  probate  records  of  the  county 
of  Worcester.  It  is  surmised  that  he  returned 
to  Stow  and  probably  died  in  Middlesex  county. 
The  Hildreth  family  before  1700  lived  at 
Chelmsford,  Dracut,  Concord,  Stow  and  vicin- 
ity. All  of  the  name  are  descended  from  Rich- 
ard Hildreth.  From  this  section  came  a  large 
part  of  the  original  settlers  of  Petersham.  The 
earliest  authentic  list  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
town  of  Petersham  was  prepared  December 
14,  1750,  by  Thomas  Adams,  clerk  of  the  pro- 
prietors, giving  the  names  of  forty-seven  set- 
tlers with  the  proprietor's  rights  on  which  they 
located.  Isaac  Hildreth's  naine  is  misspelled 
"Hilldrake."  a  not  uncommon  spelling,  how- 
ever. He  or  his  son  Isaac  deeded  to  Isaac  Jr. 
land  in  Petersham,  November  28,  1753.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Isaac,  born  about  1725  ;  lived  and  died 
at  Petersham;  his  will  was  dated  May  8,  1764, 
bequeathing  to  wife  Esther  and  minor  chil- 
dren whose  names  were  found  to  be  Isaac, 
Jesse,  Joshua,  Esther  and  Rachel  (see  Worces- 
ter County  Probate  Records,  No.  29.  302  A). 
2.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  3.  John,  born 
about  1735-45:  lived  in  Petersham:  married 
(intention  dated  February  6,  1768)  Elizabeth 
Farr,  of  Chesterfield.  4.  Elizabeth,  married, 
November  4,  1762,  Jonas  Davis,  of  Chester- 
field, New  Hampshire.  5.  Jonathan,  settled 
in  Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire,  as  early 
as  175 1,  coming  from  Petersham  and  settling 
in  Chesterfield,  New  Hampshire,  about  1763; 
married  three  times,  wives  named  Mary,  Phebe 
and  Dinah;  was  selectman  and  left  many  de- 
scendants. 6.  Edward,  settled  in  Chesterfield 
as  early  as  1767,  w'nen  he  married  Sarah  Whit- 
ney: he  died  January  21,  1821,  aged  eighty 
vears,  and  had  manv  descendants  at  Chester- 
field and  vicinity.  '  7.  William,  came  from 
Petersham  to  Chesterfield:  married.  1768.  Jo- 
anna Bingham.  There  may  have  been  other 
daughters. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  Hildreth.  was 
born  in  1735  at  Stow  or  vicinity,  in  Massa- 
chusetts. He  married  (first)  in  1759.  Han- 
nah Farr.  who  died  at  Chesterfield  in  Decem- 
ber, 1786.  aged  forty-five  years.  He  settled 
there  before  17A7  on  the  farm  now  or  lately 
owned  bv  Hermon  C.  Harvey  and  formerly  by 
Marshall'  H.  Day.  Samuel  Hildreth  was  select- 
man of  Chesterfield   in    1776-78-     f^e  died  in 


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1812,  in  his  seventy-seventh  year.  The  Parr 
or  Farrar  family  came  from  Stow  to  Peters- 
ham among  the  early  settlers.  Hannah  (  Parr  ) 
Hildreth  probably  died  before  1787,  as  her 
name  does  not  appear  on  the  following  de- 
scribed deed,  signed  by  her  husband.  Samuel 
Hildreth.  Daniel  Parr,  Edward  Hildreth  2d. 
and  Sarah  his  wife,  Mary  Parr,  all  of  Chester- 
field, New  Hampshire,  and  Patience  Parr,  of 
Bovlston,  Massachusetts,  quitclaimed  to  Sam- 
uel Parr,  of  Boylston,  all  their  rights  as  heirs- 
at-law  of  "their  father  Daniel  Parr"  whose 
home  is  described  as  in  the  "north  part  of 
Shrewsbury,  now  Boylston,"  the  deed  being 
dated  .April  26,  1787.  and  witnessed  by  Jona- 
than Hildreth  and  Samuel  Hildreth  Jr.,  at 
Chesterfield  (recorded  at  Worcester).  Sam- 
uel Hildreth  signed  the  .Association  Test  in 
1776  and  his  descendants  are  eligible  to  the 
Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  Revolution.  Chil- 
dren of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Hildreth:  Leah, 
born  October  4,  1760;  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Daniel,  May  18,  1765,  died  1781  :  Isaac, 
September  19,  1767,  married  Hannah  Parr : 
Hannah.  October  29,  1769:  Susanna,  October 
2,  1771,  died  1774;  Joel,  December  28,  1773, 
married  Anna  Bowker  and  died  in  Lynn,  Mas- 
sachusetts;  Susanna,  July  8,  1776;  Elijah, 
July  7,  1779;  Daniel,  September  30,  1781,  mar- 
ried Susanna  Fairbanks:  Persis,  July  8,  1782, 
married  John  Rugg,  of  Salem.  Massachusetts. 
Samuel  Hildreth  married  (second),  at  Peters- 
ham. January  10,  1788,  Sally  Bosworth. 

(\')  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Hil- 
dreth, was  born  at  Chesterfield,  October  25, 
1762,  died  there  April  12,  1802.  His  first  wife 
died  in  1790.  and  he  married   (second)  Jeru- 

sha  .     Children,  born   in   Chesterfield : 

Daniel.  February  27,  1790,  a  prominent  citi- 
zen of  Beverly,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
in  .August,  i860;  .Alvin  (  ?),  born  May  28, 
1792:  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Paul,  April 
19,  1798,  died  in  Danvers,  Massachusetts; 
Thirza,  May  20,  1801,  died  .August  19,  1816. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Hil- 
dreth, was  born  in  Chesterfield,  New  Hamp- 
shire, October  3,  1794,  died  in  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts. For  a  time  he  was  a  farmer  at 
Springfield,  formerly  Protectworth,  New 
Hampshire.  The  census  of  1790  shows  that 
at  Cornish,  adjacent  to  the  present  town  of 
Springfield,  liverl  Samuel,  who  then  had  four 
males  over  sixteen,  one  under  si.xteen  and  two 
females  in  his  family,  and  Joel,  who  had  two 
males  under  sixteen  and  one  female.  .At  Ches- 
terfield Edward.  Isaac,  Jesse,  Ichabod,  Lotan, 
Martin.  Reuben.  Samuel  and  William  were  at 
that  time  heads  of  families.  He  married 
(first)  Polly,  daughter  of  David  Morgan.  Chil- 


dren :  David  Morgan,  mentioned  below ; 
Thirza  J.,  born  1824,  married,  May  30,  1844, 
James  L.  Alger,  at  Lynn.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  ;  child,  Caroline  Lou- 
isa, born  September  14,  1836. 

(\"II)  David  Morgan,  son  of  Samuel  (3) 
Hildreth,  was  born  at  Springfield,  New 
Hampshire,  December  28,  1821.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Lynn,  Massachu- 
setts, whither  his  father  came  in  1827  when  he 
was  six  years  old.  Throughout  his  active  and 
useful  life  he  was  engaged  in  the  hotel  busi- 
ness. He  was  proprietor  of  the  famous  St. 
Charles  Hotel  in  New  Orleans,  before  the  civil 
war.  and  also  conducted  for  a  time  the  Royal 
Hotel  of  New  Orleans.  He  remained  in  New 
Orleans  after  the  war  began,  and  was  living 
there  when  it  was  surrendered  to  the  federal 
army.  Subsequently  he  gave  up  business 
there  and  spent  two  years  in  Spain  with  his 
family.  He  returned  to  this  coimtry,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1864,  and  conducted  the  New  York 
Hotel,  which  became  headquarters  for  visit- 
ing southerners,  especially  those  from  New 
Orleans. 

He  married  (first),  September  28,  1841,  at 
Lynn,  Elizabeth  C.  Washburn,  who  died  .Au- 
gust 19,  1849,  aged  twenty-seven  years.  He 
married  ( second )  Annie  Lloyd  Mudge,  born 
in  Portland,  Mame,  October  14,  1830,  daugh- 
ter of  Solomon  Hinkley  and  Susan  ( Hodg- 
kins)  Mudge,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
Child  of  first  wife:  Sally  Elizabeth,  born  at 
New  Orleans  (recorded  at  Lynn).  August  7, 
1849.  Child  of  second  wife:  Walter  Ed- 
wards, mentioned  below. 

(\'III)  Walter  Edwards,  son  of  David 
Morgan  Hildreth,  was  born  in  Oakdale,  Mad- 
ison county,  Illinois,  where  his  parents  were 
then  living,  October  21,  1857.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  various  private  schools  and  in  Colum- 
bia College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1877  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  .Arts.  For  a  time  he  followed  his  profes- 
sion as  civil  engineer  and  then  became  finan- 
cially interested  in  various  mining  industries. 
When  his  father  died  he  succeeded  to  his  hotel 
business,  and  is  at  present  president  of  the 
Breslin  Hotel  Company  and  manager  of  Ho- 
tel Breslin.  Broadway.  New  A^ork  City.  He 
is  president  of  the  Urbana  Wine  Company. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Columbia  University 
Club  and  the  University  Club.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  March  4,  1886,  Hanie  Ham- 
mond Lawson.  born  at  Woodbury,  Connecti- 
cut.-May  4.  1857.  daughter  of  Robert  C.  Law- 
son.  Children :  Ruth  Lawson.  born  May  10, 
1893;  Hanie  Dorothy,  November  13,  1894. 


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There   are    several    cJift'er- 

TWITCHELL  ent  ways  of  spelling  this 
surname,  among  them 
Twichell,  Tuchill,  Twitchwell  and  Twitchell. 

(I)  Joseph  Twitchell,  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  No- 
vember, 1633,  died  September  13,  1657.  He 
was  made  freeman.  May  14,  1634.  He  had 
land  assigned  to  him  in  Dorchester,  February 
18,  1635-36.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church, 
January  8,  1644.  He  signed  a  deed  of  land. 
May  24,  1656.  The  inventory  of  his  estate 
was  presented  December  26,  1657,  by  Timothy 
Wales  and  Benjamin  Twitchell,  probably  a 
brother. 

(H)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Twitch- 
ell, was  an  early  settler  in  Sherborn,  Massa- 
chusetts.     He    married    Lydia    ,    who 

died  between  171 5  and  1730.  He  had  one  hun- 
dred acres  of  the  first  grants  in  Sherborn,  and 
June  12,  1682,  united  with  the  others  in  pay- 
ing ofT  the  Indian  claims.  In  1686  he  was 
rated  to  extinguish  the  Indian  claim  to  the  re- 
mainder of  the  lands.  He  built  his  house  near 
Royal  Stone's  house  in  Sherborn.  Children : 
Patience,  born  December  2,  1678 ;  Content, 
January  25,  1680;  Charity,  December  7,  1682; 
Sarah,  November  15,  1684;  Lydia,  October 
II,  1686;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Ephraim, 
October  24,  1695. 

(Ill)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
Twitchell,  was  born  September  3,  1688,  died 
January  31,  1728.  He  lived  in  Sherborn, 
where  he  was  born.  He  married,  March  27, 
1717,  Elizabeth,  born  in  Sherborn,  July  22, 
1696,  died  there  March  31,  1782,  daughter  of 
John  Holbrook,  who  was  born  in  Sherborn  in 
1674,  died  there  February  28,  1740;  he  mar- 
ried Silence  Wood,  born  in  "BuUard's  Fort," 
February  22,  1675,  the  day  after  her  father's 
death,  and  her  mother  died  a  few  days  later; 
she  died  in  Sherborn,  May  11,  1756;  she  was 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Wood,  born  in  Dorches- 
ter, Massachusetts,  January  3.  165 1,  and  killed 
by  the  Indians  on  the  bank  of  the  Charles 
river,  February  21,  1675-76.  Jonathan  Wood 
was  son  of  Nicholas  Wood,  freeman  of  Dor- 
chester, June  2,  1641,  who  died  in  Natick 
Bounds,  February  7,  1670;  the  inventory  of 
his  property  was  dated  1649  ;  he  married  Mary 
Williams,  of  Roxbury,  died  February  19,  1663. 
daughter  of  Robert  Williams,  who  came  to 
Roxbury  in  1637,  was  made  freeman.  May  2, 
1638,  and  is  said  to  have  come  from  Norwich, 
county  Norfolk,  England,  with  wife  Eliza- 
beth (Stratton,  by  family  tradition),  who  died 
July  28,  1674;  he  died  September  i,  1693. 
John  Holbrook  was  son  of  Thomas  Holbrook. 
born  about  1727.    Thomas  Holbrook  married. 


in  Weymouth,  January  26,  1669,  Margaret 
Bouker,  who  died  April  9,  1690.  Thomas  Hol- 
brook was  son  of  John  Holbrook,  of  Dorches- 
ter, who  was  made  freeman.  May  13,  1640,  and 
later  removed  to  Weymouth.  Massachusetts. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Twitchell:  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Deacon  Jona,  July  22,  1721. 

I  IV)  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Joseph  (3) 
Twitchell,  was  born  February  13,  1718,  at 
Sherborn,  died  there  March  12,  1792,  from 
apoplexy.  He  was  captain  of  the  militia,  and 
commissary  for  the  army  in  the  revolution. 
He  served  as  town  clerk,  representative  and 
magistrate.  He  married  ("first)  Deborah  Fair- 
banks, June  28,  1739.  They  were  admitted 
to  the  church,  July  27,  1 740.  He  married 
(second)  Deborah  (Sanger)  Fasset,  January 
I,  1786.  His  first  wife  was  daughter  of  Elea- 
zer  Fairbanks,  born  in  Sherborn,  December 
29,  1690,  died  there  September  19.  1741  ;  he 
was  a  capnin ;  he  married,  in  Sherborn,  De- 
cember 25,  1712,  Martha  Bullard,  born  in 
Sherborn,  February  11,  1695,  daughter  of 
Hon.  Samuel  Bullard,  born  in  Sherborn,  De- 
cember 26,  1667,  died  December  11,  1727,  mar- 
ried, June,  1690,  Deborah  Atherton,  born  in 
Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  June  i,  1669.  Hon. 
Samuel  Bullard  served  as  captain,  and  was  as- 
sessor five  years,  selectman  nineteen  years, 
representative  in  1708-09  and  1723-24-25;  he 
was  son  of  Benjamin  Bullard.  Deborah  .Ath- 
erton, wife  of  Samuel  Bullard,  was  daughter 
of  James  Atherton,  born  in  England,  came  to 
Dorchester,  then  Lancaster,  1654,  and  finally 
Sherborn,    Massachusetts,    where    he   died   in 

1707;    he  married    Hannah  .    Eleazer 

Fairbanks  was  son  of  George  Fairbanks,  born 
in  England,  came  with  his  father  to  Dedham 
before  1641  and  settled  in  1657  in  Sherborn, 
where  he  died  January  10.  1682.  married 
Mary .  He  was  son  of  Jonathan  Fair- 
banks, born  in  Yorkshire.  England,  married, 
in  Halifax  Parish,  Yorkshire.  May  20.  1617, 
Grace  Smith,  of  Warley,  England,  came  to 
New  England  before  1641  and  settled  in  Dur- 
ham. Massachusetts,  died  December  5.  1668. 
Children  of  Joseph  Twitcheil  by  first  wife: 
Captain  Samuel,  born  August  24.  1740:  Jo- 
seph, November  27.  1741  ;  Elizabeth.  July  27, 
1743;  Eleazer,  January  22.  1744-45;  Ezram, 
Tune  23,  1746;  Martha.  December  16.  1747; 
Deborah.  March  26,  1749.  died  May  13.  1752"; 
.Abel,  Mav  28,  1751:  Deborah.  December  23. 
1752;  Mollv,  Mav  17,  1755;  Amos,  December 
28,  1756;  Eli.  February  17.  1759:  Peter,  men- 
tioned'below;  Jule.  March   18.  1766. 

(V)  Peter,  son  of  Joseph  (4)  Twitchell. 
was  baptized  .August  30.  1760.  died  in  Bethel, 
Maine,   November   18,  1855.     For  over  forty 


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years  he  was  a  vegetarian  in  diet.  In  1851 
he  was  able  to  walk  for  miles  to  church  and 
back  and  stand  during  the  delivery  of  the  ser- 
mon. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He 
married  (first),  Alay  8,  1783,  Sarah  Bullard, 
who  died  September  20,  1791.  He  married 
(second)  Amy  Perry,  January  10,  1793,  born 
in  Sherborn,  January  10,  1774,  died  in  Bethel, 
October,  1835  (see  Perry  \'I).  Children  by 
first  wife:  Almond,  born  July  10,  1784,  died 
November  18,  1792;  Jona,  1789;  Eli,  died  of 
small-pox,  September  26,  1792:  by  second 
wife:  Eli,  born  July  22,  1794;  Julia,  April  10, 
1797;  John  Adams,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  John  Adams,  son  of  Peter  Twitchell, 
was  born  in  Sherborn,  September  7,  1798, 
ilied  in  Bethel,  Elaine,  April  13,  1877.  He 
married,  in  Bethel,  June  17,  1823,  Roxanna 
Howe,  born  in  Bridgton,  Maine,  June  13,  1800, 
died  in  Bethel,  February  22,  1888  (see  Howe 
V'll).  He  had  a  son,  John  Quincy  Adams, 
mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  John  Quincy  Adams,  son  of  John 
Adams  Twitchell,  was  born  in  Bethel,  Maine, 
May  18,  1838,  died  in  Portland.  Maine.  Feb- 
ruary 29,   1896.     He  married . 

Children:  Frederick,  died  in  infancy.  Ger- 
trude Marble,  born  in  Portland.  Maine,  1872, 
died  in  1906.     .Arthur  C,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  .Arthur  C,  son  of  John  Quincy 
Adams  Twitchell,  was  born  at  Portland, 
•Maine.  October  12,  1874.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  prepared 
for  college  at  St.  Paul's  School,  Concord,  New 
Hampshire.  He  entered  WilHams  College  and 
was  graduated  in  1898  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  For  a  time  afterward  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  International  Paper 
Company  of  New  York  City,  but  soon  resigned 
to  become  the  manager  of  the  M.  B.  Fuller 
Company,  of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania.  .After 
two  years  with  that  concern,  he  became  pur- 
chasing agent  of  the  Temple  Iron  Company. 
He  is  also  general  managec  of  the  Winton 
Coal  Company,  of  Scranton.  with  offices  in 
the  Mears  Building.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Dime  Deposit  and  Discount  Bank  of  Scranton. 
He  is  a  member  of  Peter  Williamson  Lodge. 
No.  323.  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
Scranton;  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  the 
Coionial  Society,  the  Scranton  Club,  the  Coun- 
try Club  and  of  Kappa  Alpha,  a  college  fra- 
ternity. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
attends  the   Presbyterian  church. 

He  married.  .April  5.  1899.  Frances  .A., 
born  July  27,  1875,  daughter  of  Byron  Man- 
ning and  Frances  ( Silkman )  Winton,  and 
granddaughter  of  W.  W.  Winton.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Twitchell   have  no   children. 


(The  Perry  Line). 

(I)  John  Perry,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
to  Roxbury.  probably  coming  over  in  the 
"Lion"  in  1632.  He  was  made  freeman, 
March  4.  1633.     He  died  September  21,  1642. 

(II)  John  (2).  son  of  John  (i)  Perry,  was 
born  in  Roxbury.  Massachusetts.  September 
2,  1639,  died  in  Sherborn,  before  1715.  He 
married,  in  Sherborn,  Massachusetts,  IVIay  2^, 
1665,  Bethiah  Morse,  born  in  Sherborn.  March 

24,  1646,  died  in  1717,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Morse,  who  was  born  in  England  in  161 3,  died 
at  Sherborn  in  1688 ;  he  settled  first  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  made 
freeman.  May  6,  1635 ;  he  married  Lydia 
Fisher  in  Dedham.  where  he  lived  for  a  time ; 
she  was  sister  of  Anthony  Fisher  Sr.,  and  she 
died  at  Sherborn,  January  29,  1691.  Daniel 
Morse  was  son  of  Samuel  Morse,  the  immi- 
grant, who  came  in  the  "Increase"  from  Lon- 
don in  1635,  aged  fifty,  with  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, aged  forty-eight ;  he  died  December  5, 
1654,  and  she  died  June  20,  1655. 

(  III)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (2)  Perry, 
was  born  in  Sherborn  in  1683,  died  there  Sep- 
tember 7,  1756.  He  married  Abigail  Mason, 
who  died  March  15,  1729. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Perry,  was  born  in  Sherborn.  January  2.  17 17, 
died  there  January  24,  1754.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Soughton,  from  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(V)  Edward  West,  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Perry,  was  born  in  Sherborn,  March  8,  1743. 
died  there  June  5,  1810.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution.  He  married,  in  Sherborn, 
September  4.  1771.  Esther,  born  in  Sherborn. 
May  26,  1751.  died  there  March  12.  1813. 
daughter  of  Captain  Edward  Learned,  born  in 
Sherborn.  December  2,  1705.  died  there  Sep- 
tember 9,    1775:  he  married    (third),  .August 

25,  1748,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Fuller)  Pratt,  born  in 
Newton,  Massachusetts,  October  20,  1720,  died 
at  Sherborn,  January  11,  1783.  Captain 
Learned  was  son  of  Benoni  Learned,  born  in 
Charlestown.  Massachusetts,  December  4, 
1656.  died  .April  10,  1738;  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah  Slore.  born  in  Sudbury,  Massa- 
chusetts. March  3.  1684.  died  at  Sherborn. 
January  25.  1737.  Benoni  Learned  was  son 
of  Isaac  Learned,  of  Woburn  and  Charles- 
town,  born  in  England,  freeman,  1647.  died 
November  27  or  December  4.  1657,  married, 
July  9,  1646,  Mary  Stearns.  Isaac  Learned 
was  son  of  William  Learned,  of  Charlestown, 
1632,  when  he  and  his  wife,  Judith  (Goodith) 
Learned  joined  the  church  ;  he  was  made  free- 
man. May  14.  1634,  and  was  selectman  in 
1636:  he  settled  in  Woburn  in  1641.  died  .April 
5.  1646. 


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Mrs.  Sarah  (Fuller-Pratt)  Learned,  wife  of 
Captain  Learned,  was  daughter  of  Captain 
Jonathan  Fuller,  who  was  born  in  Newton, 
Massachusetts,  January  7,  1687,  died  there 
December  i,  1764;  he  married,  October.  1718, 
Sarah  Mirick,  born  in  Newton,  March  6.  1695^ 
died  September  21,  1772,  daughter  of'  John 
Mirick,  of  Newton,  who  married,  in  1682, 
EHzabeth  Trowbridge,  born  in  Dorchester! 
October  12.' 1660;  John  Mirick  died  July  ii^ 
1706.  son  of  John  Mirick.  who  was  in  Charles- 
town  before  1643.  Elizabeth  Trowbridge  was 
(laughter  of  Lieutenant  James  Trowbridge, 
who  was  baptized  in  Dorchester  in  1638.  free- 
man, 1665.  selectman,  clerk  of  the  writs,  dea- 
con, representative  1700  and  1703:  he  lived 
in  the  part  of  Cambridge  that  became  Newton, 
and  died  May  22.  1717:  he  married,  in  Dor- 
chester. December  30.  1659,  Margaret  .\ther- 
ton.  born  there  and  died  in  Cambridge.  June 
17.  1672.  daughter  of  Major  Humphrey  Ath- 
erton.  of  Dorchester,  1636;  freeman.  May  2, 
1638,  and  of  the  artillery  the  same  year,  its 
captain  in  1650,  often  selectman,  and  repre- 
sentative nine  years,  from  1638.  but  not  in 
succession;  major-general  in  1656,  died  Sep- 
tember 17,  1661.  Lieutenant  James  Trow- 
bridge was  son  of  Thomas  Trowbridge,  of 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  1640,  who,  accord- 
ing to  tradition,  first  settled  at  Dorchester, 
coming  from  Taunton,  county  Somerset.  Eng- 
land, about  1637.  and  returned  home  about 
1644.  leaving  his  three  sons,  and  died  in  Taun- 
ton. England.  February  7,  1672. 

Captain  Jonathan  Fuller  was  son  of  Joseph 
Fuller,  born  in  Cambridge,  February  10,  1652, 
died  February  7,  1699:  married.  February  13, 
1680,  Lydia  Jackson,  born  in  Newton.  1656, 
died  April  13,  1700;  Lydia  was  daughter  of 
Edward  Jackson,  of  Cambridge,  baptized  in 
Stepney.  Whitechapel  parish.  London.  Eng- 
land. February  3,  1604-05.  came  to  New  Eng- 
land about  1643,  freeman.  1645:  representa- 
tive, 1647,  ^id  fifteen  years  more,  died  in  the 
village,  now  Newton,  July  17.  1681  ;  married 
(second),  March  14,  1649,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  * 
(Newgate)  Oliver,  born  in  England.  1618. 
died  in  Newton,  September  30,  1709.  Edward 
Jackson  was  son  of  Christopher  Jackson,  of 
Stepney.  Whitechapel  parish.  London.  Eliza- 
beth (Newgate)  Oliver  w^as  daughter  of 
John  Newgate,  born  in  Southwark.  near 
London  Bridge.  1580.  come  to  Boston 
with  wife  and  children;  merchant  there  in 
1632.  freeman.  March  4.  1635  ;  representative. 
1638.  died  1665  :  widow  Ann  died  in  1679. 

Sarah  More,  wife  of  Benoni  Learned,  was 
daughter  of  Jacob  More,  born  in  Sudbury, 
April  28,  1645.  married  there.  May  29.  1667. 
Elizabeth    Looker.     Jacob   More  was   son   of 


John  More,  of  Sudbury,  1643,  wife  Elizabeth 

;    married     (second),    November     16. 

1654,   Ann   Smith,   settled   in   Lancaster,  diecl 
November,  1703. 

Mary  Stearns,  wife  of  Isaac  Learned,  was 
baptized  in  Neyland,  county  Sutfolk,  Eng- 
land. January  6.  1627;  she  married  (seconcb 
John  Burge.  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts; 
she  died  in  1663;  daughter  of  Isaac  Stearns,  of 
Watertown,  freeman.  1630;  May  18.  1631. 
Isaac  was  on  the  first  jury  that  tried  a  civil 
cause  in  New  England,  and  he  died  June  19. 
1671,  leaving  wife  Mary. 
^  Joseph  Fuller  was  son  of  John  Fuller,  of 
Cambridge,  died  February  7,  1699;  widow 
Elizabeth  died  April  13,  1700. 

(\'I)  Amy.  daughter  of  Edward  West 
Perry,  married  Peter  Twitchell  (see  Twitch- 
ell  V). 

(The  Howe  Line). 

(  I )  Abraham  Howe,  immigrant  ancestor,. 
was  of  Roxbury.  He  was  made  freeman. 
May  2,  1638.  and  died  in  Boston.  November 
20.  1683.     His  wife  died  December.  1645. 

(II)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Howe,  was  born  in  England. 

(III)  Isaac,  son  of  Abraham  (2)  Howe,, 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts, 
March  30,  1656.  He  married,  in  Ipswich,. 
Massachusetts,  May  11,  1685,  Deborah, 
daughter  of  James  Howe  Jr.,  who  was  born 
about  1634.  married  Elizabeth  Jackson,  was 
made  freeman,  1669;  and  granddaughter 
of  James  Howe,  of  Roxbury,  freeman.  May 
17,  1637,  of  Ipswich.  1648.  died  May  17,  1702,. 
married  Elizabeth  Dane,  daughter  of  John 
Dane,  who  was  of  Roxbury ;  came  from 
county  Essex,  England,  1636,  with  his  tirst 
wife  Frances;  two  or  more  children  born  in 
England,  at  least  Elizabeth  and  John ;  mar- 
ried (second)  Widow  Chandler,  who  died 
September  14.  1658. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Isaac  Howe,  was  born 
in  Charlestown.  His  intention  of  marriage 
was  made  January  20.  1721.  with  Eleanor 
Sherwin.  born  in  Ipswich.  June  28.  1696.  She 
was  daughter  of  John  Sherwin.  of  Ipswich, 
who  was  born  in  1644.  died  October  15, 
1726.  married  (second).  September  30.  1691. 
Mary  Chandler,  born  in  Andover.  ^^assachu- 
setts.  in  1659.  daughter  of  William  Chandler, 
who  was  born  in  Roxbury.  December.  1636, 
and  married.  .August  24.  1658.  Mary  Dane. 
born  in  Ipswich  in  1639.  died  May  10.  1679, 
(laughter  of  John  Dane  Jr..  of  Ipswich:  John 
Dane  Jr.  was  born  in  Colchester.  England, 
1613,  made  freeman.  June  2,  1641.  was  a  sur- 
geon, and  died  September  29.  1684.  William 
Chandler  was  son  of  William  Chandler,  of 
Roxbury.    1637.   who  died  January   10.    1642, 


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leaving  a  widow  Annis  or  Hannah,  who  mar- 
ried (second),  July  2,  1643,  John  Dane. 

(.V)  Jacob  (2j,  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Howe, 
was  born  in  Charlestown,  February  9,  1724, 
died  in  Ipswich,  August  i  or  9,  1806.  He  mar- 
ried, November  21,  1751,  Lydia  Davis,  born 
in  Ipswich,  October  9  or  19,  1731,  died  there 
February  2,  1808. 

(\'I)  Jacob  (3),  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Howe, 
was  born  in  Ipswich  in  1759,  died  in  Paris, 
Maine,  January  30,  1830.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution.  He  married,  1782,  Bettee 
Foster,  born  in  Bo.xford,  Alassachusetts,  Au- 
gust 10,  1763,  died  in  Farmington,  Maine, 
daughter  of  Closes  Foster,  who  was  born  in 
Bo.xford,  March  2,  1739,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  married,  September  29,  1761,  Han- 
nah Putnam,  born  in  Danvers,  Massachusetts, 
in  August,  1743,  and  who  married  (second), 
October  23,  1777,  Reuben  Burnham,  of  Bridg- 
ton,  Maine.  Closes  Foster  was  son  of  Jere- 
miah Foster,  who  was  born  in  Boxford,  May 
4,  1701,  and  whose  intention  of  marriage  with 
Abigail  Wood  was  published  in  Bo.xford,  Oc- 
tober 31,  1731  ;  she  died  July  27,  1750,  and  he 
died  August  15,  1785.  Jeremiah  Foster  was 
son  of  Timothy  Foster,  who  was  born  in  Row- 
ley Village,  now  Boxford,  in  1672,  died  there 
in  1751  ;  he  married  Mary  Dorman,  who  died 
before  1718,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  ^lartha 
Dorman,  of  Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  and 
granddaughter  of  Thomas  Dorman,  of  Ips- 
wich, who  was  made  freeman,  March  4,  1635, 
and  died  in  Topsfield,  April  25,  1670.  Tim- 
othy Foster  was  son  of  U'illiam  Foster,  who 
was  born  in  England  in  1633,  died  May  17, 
1713;  he  married.  May  15,  1661,  Mary  Jack- 
son, born  February  8,  1639.  William' Foster 
was  son  of  Reginold  Foster,  of  Ipswich,  1638, 
born  in  England,  and  died  between  March  5 

and  May  30.  1681  ;  he  married  Judith  , 

who  died  in  October,  1664. 

Hannah  Putnam,  wife  of  Moses  Foster,  was 
daughter  of  W^illiam  Putnam,  who  was  born 
in  Salem  Village,  now  Danvers,  March  3,  , 
1712;  he  married  Ruth  Leach:  he  was  son  of  ' 
Bartholomew  Putnam.  Bartholomew  Putnam 
was  born  in  Danvers  in  October,  1688  ;  he  mar- 
ried Mary  Putnam,  who  was  born  in  Danvers, 
February  2,  1691,  and  was  sister  of  General 
Israel  Putnam,  and  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
Joseph  Putnam,  who  was  born  in  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts. September  4,  1669;  Lieutenant  Jo- 
seph Putnam  married,  April  21,  1690,  Eliza- 
beth Porter,  born  October  2.  1673,  daughter 
of  Israel  Porter,  of  Salem :  Israel  Porter  mar- 
ried, November  20.  1672,  in  Salem,  Elizabeth 
Hathorne.  born  in  Salem,  July  22,  1649, 
daughter  of  Major  William  Hathorne  or 
Hawthorne,   of    Salem,    1636.      Major    Haw- 


tliorne  came  in  the  "Arabella"  with  Winthrop 
in  1630  and  was  made  freeman.  May  14,  1634; 
he  was  representative  for  Salem  for  many 
years,  and  speaker  in  1644  and  six  years  later; 
he  was  assistant  or  councillor  in  1662-79,  and 
military  commander  as  captain  or  major  in 
King  Philip's  war;  he  died  in  1681.  Israel 
Porter  was  son  of  John  Porter,  of  Hingham, 
1635,  who  was  representative  in  1644  and  re- 
moved to  Salem  that  year ;  he  died  September 
6,  1676,  and  his  widow  Mary  died  February 
6,  1685. 

Lieutenant  Joseph  Putnam,  father  of  Mary 
Putnam,  was  son  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Putnam,  of  Lynn  and  Salem,  who  was  made 
freeman.  May  18,  1642,  and  died  May  5,  1686; 
he  married  (second),  November  14,  1666, 
Mrs.  Mary  \'eren,  widow  of  Nathaniel  Veren, 
and  she  died  March  16.  1694. 

Bartholomew  Putnam  was  son  of  Lieuten- 
ant James  Putnam,  who  was  born  in  Salem 
Village,  September  4,  1661  ;  he  married  Sarah 

.    Lieutenant  James  was  son  of  Captain 

John  Putnam,  who  was  born  at  Aston  Abbots, 
county  Bucks,  England,  and  baptized  May  27, 
1627;  he  came  to  Salem  about  1640,  where  he 
married,  September  3,  1652,  Rebecca  Prince; 
he  was  representative  in  1680-86-91-92.  Cap- 
tain Putnam  was  son  of  John  Putnam,  who 
was  born  in  England  in  158 — ,  died  in  Salem 
Village,  now  Danvers,  December  30,  1662;  he 
married  in  England,  before  1612,  Priscilla 
Deacon ;  he  was  a  well-to-do  farmer. 

(\II)  Roxanna,  daughter  of  Jacob  (3) 
Howe,  married  John  Adams  Twitchell  (see 
Twitchell  VI). 


Thomas  Pope,  immigrant  ancestor, 
POPE  was  born  in  1608,  died  in  Dart- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  in  October. 
1683.  He  settled  in  Plymouth.  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  taxed  on  January  2,  1632-33, 
and  again  on  January  2,  1633-34.  On  Octo- 
ber 6.  1636,  he  received  a  grant  of  five  acres 
of  land  "at  the  fishing  point  next  Slowly  field, 
and  said  Thomas  be  allowed  to  build.  '  On 
June  7,  1637,  he  volunteered  to  go  under  "Mr. 
Prence,"  on  an  expedition  against  the  Pe- 
quots.  On  August  29,  1640,  lie  sold  his  prop- 
erty at  the  fishing  point  to  John  Bonham,  and 
on  November  20  of  that  year  he  was  granted 
five  acres  "of  meadowing  in  South  Meadows 
toward  Gavans  Colebrook  meadows."  In  Au- 
gust, 1634,  he  was  among  those  men  able  to 
bear  arms.  He  was  chosen  constable,  June 
4.  1645,  and  was  on  a  jury  in  August,  1645. 
In  1646  he  was  at  Yarmouth.  On  June  r, 
1647,  an  action  for  slander  was  brought 
against  him.  confessed,  authors  and  defendants 
were  brought  in  equally  guilty,  and  damages 


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paid.  In  July,  1648,  he  was  chosen  surveyor 
of  highways,  and  again  on  June  6,  1651.  On 
July  26,  1652,  and  in  1656,  he  was  "on  an  En- 
quest".  In  December,  1663,  he  and  Gyles 
Rickard  were  arrested  "for  breaking  the 
King's  peace  by  striking  each  other,  and  were 
fined  three  shillings  and  four  pence".  On 
February  7,  1664,  and  May  2.  1665,  he  was 
disputing  with  John  Barnes  in  regard  to  a 
boundary  line.  He  was  made  freeman  in 
1668.  In  1673  he  petitioned  for  a  grant  of 
land  at  Saconnett,  now  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island,  but  was  unable  to  secure  the  grant. 
He  was  granted  permission  by  the  court  to 
look  for  lantl,  undisposed  of,  and  he  secured  a 
large  tract  on  the  east  side  of  the  Acushnet 
river  at  Dartmouth,  wdiere  he  moved  doubt- 
less about  1674.  In  July,  1675,  h's  son  John, 
aged  twenty-two,  his  daughter  Susannah  and 
her  husband  Ensign  Jacob  Mitchell,  were 
killed  by  King  Fhilip"s  Indians,  "early  in  the 
morning  as  they  were  fleeing  on  horseback  to 
the  garrison,  whither  the  Mitchell  children 
had  been  sent  the  afternoon  before".  The 
Dartmouth  settlement  was  abandoned  soon 
after  this,  because  of  the  danger  from  the  In- 
dians, and  no  attempt  seems  to  have  been  made 
for  about  three  years  to  settle  there  again. 
On  June  12,  1676,  several  Indians  who  had 
been  captured  and  sent  in  by  Bradford  and 
Church,  were  brought  before  the  court:  one 
of  them,  John-num,  was  accused  of  being 
concerned  in  the  murder  of  Jacob  Mitchell 
and  his  wife  and  John  Pope,  and  was  put  to 
death.  On  July  13,  1677,  other  Indians  were 
put  into  slavery  as  a  punishment  for  the  out- 
rages committed  at  Dartmouth.  Thomas 
Pope's  will  was  dated  July  9,  1683.  Isaac  and 
Seth  Pope  were  appointed  administrators  on 
his  estate.  November  2,  1683.  Isaac  inherited 
the  homestead  of  one  hundred  and  seventy- 
two  acres,  comprising  a  large  part  of  the 
thickly  settled  portion  of  Fairhaven,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

Thomas  Pope  married  (first)  in  Plymouth, 
January  28,  1637,  Ann.  daughter  of  Gabriel 
and  Catherine  Fallowell.  of  Plymouth.  He 
married  ( second )  in  Plymouth.  May  19,  1646, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Carey) 
Jenney.  of  Plymouth.  Child  by  first  wife, 
born  in  Plymouth :  Hannah.  1639.  Children, 
born  in  Plymouth,  by  second  wife:  Seth,  men- 
tioned below:  Susannah,  1649:  Thomas. 
March  25.  1651.  probably  died  young:  Sarah, 
Feb'ruary  14,  1652:  John,  March  15.  1653: 
Joanna,  died  about  1605:  Isaac,  born  after 
1663. 

(II)  Seth,  son  of  Thomas  Pope,  was  born 
in  Plymouth.  January  13,  1648,  died  in  Dart- 
mouth. March   17.  1727.     .\ccording  to  tradi- 


tion, about  1G70  he  came  to  Sandwich,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  a  peddler,  and  the  constable,  fol- 
lowing a  regulation  then  in  force,  ordered  him 
to  leave,  lest  in  future  he  might  become  a 
charge  on  the  town,  and  the  records  confirm 
the  story  in  part.  He  left,  saying  he  would 
come  back  and  buy  up  the  town.  He  took  a 
boat  at  Monument  and  went  along  the  coast 
to  Acushnet,  settling  within  the  present  limits 
of  Fairhaven.  He  was  very  successful  in 
business,  and  became  one  of  the  wealthy  and 
influential  men  in  the  colony.  On  March  8. 
1678-79,  he  was  given  an  allowance  by  the  court 
to  pay  him  for  expenses  and  time  taken  in  re- 
turning guns  to  the  Indians  after  King  Philip's 
war.  On  June  2,  1085,  he  was  chosen  select- 
man at  Dartmouth,  and  on  March  4,  1686,  he 
took  the  oath  of  fidelity.  He  was  again  se- 
lectman on  June  2,  i(i86,  and  on  June  4  was 
commissioned  lieutenant.  In  1689  and  1690 
he  was  chosen  representative  from  Dartmouth 
to  the  general  court  at  Plymouth :  he  was 
magistrate  for  Bristol  county,  July  7,  1691, 
and  justice  of  the  peace  in  Dartmouth,  May  27, 
1692.  He  was  named  as  one  of  the  fifty-six 
proprietors  of  Dartmouth  in  the  confirmatory 
deed  of  Governor  Bradford  in  1694.  On  June 
12,  1695,  he  appeared  in  Boston  to  urge  an 
abatement  of  ta.xes  in  behalf  of  his  townsmen. 
He  had  a  wharf  and  warehouse  at  .\cushnet, 
and  in  1698  was  part  owner  of  the  sloop 
"Hopewell,"  and  in  1709  of  the  sloop  "Joanna 
and  Thankful."  In  1700  he  purchased  a  large 
amount  of  realty  in  Sandwich,  including  the 
gristmill,  fulling-mill  and  weaving-shop,  car- 
rying out  his  promise  made  to  them  thirty 
years  before ;  the  property  at  the  time  of  his 
death  was  valued  at  three  thousand  four  hun- 
dred and  si.xty  pounds.  He  owned  a  large 
amount  of  real  estate  in  Dartmouth,  including 
several  farms  and  dwelling  houses,  a  saw  and 
gristmill,  a  store  and  warehouse,  and  other 
property  amounting  to  more  than  fifteen 
thousand  pounds. 

He  married  (first)  Deborah  Perry,  born  in 
1655,   died    February   19,    171 1.     He  married 

( second )    Rebecca    ,    born    1662,    died 

January  2;^,  1741.  Children  by  first  wife,  all 
born  in  Dartmouth  except  the  first,  and  per- 
haps the  second :  John,  mentioned  below : 
Thomas,  September  i,  1677:  Susannah.  July 
31.  1681  :  Sarah,  February  16,  1683;  Mary, 
September  11.  1686:  Seth,  .\pril  5.  1689;  Han- 
nah. December  14.  1693;  Elnathan,  .August 
15,  1694:  Lemuel,  February  21,  1696. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Seth  Pope,  was  born 
October  23.  1675,  after  his  parents  were  driven 
from  Dartmouth  by  the  Indians:  it  has  not 
been  found  where  they  remained  the  two  or 
three  vears  thev  were  away  from  Dartmouth, 


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but  perhaps  they  were  at  Plymouth  or  Sand- 
wich, or  possibly  in  Rhode  Island.  He  died  in 
Sandwich,  November  i8,  1725,  and  his  grave- 
stone there  still  exists,  probably  the  oldest  one 
in  America.  He  married  (first),  about  1699, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Patience  (Skiff) 
Bourne,  of  Sandwich,  and  she  died  April  15, 
171 5.  He  married  (second).  October  3,  1717. 
E.xperience  (Hamblen)  Jenkins,  of  Barnsta- 
ble :  she  was  born  March  28,  1693.  Children 
by  first  wife,  all,  except  perhaps  the  first,  born 
in  Sandwich:  Seth,  mentioned  below  ;  Deborah, 
January  6,  1702-03:  Sarah,  March  25,  1705- 
06:  Elizabeth,  January  3,  1706-07;  Thomas, 
1709:  Mary,  December,  1713.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife:  Ezra.  April  3,  1719;  Joanna,  March 
3,  1721-22;  Charles,  February  28,   1724-25. 

(IV }  Seth  (2),  son  of  John  Pope,  was  born 
in  Sandwich,  January  3,  1701.  died  in  1769. 
He  often  held  public  offices  in  the  town.  In 
1749  he  moved  to  Lebanon,  Connecticut, 
where  he  had  a  farm  at  the  north  end  of 
Town  street,  which  he  sold  in  the  spring  of 
1759.  He  then  bought  a  large  tract  on  the 
borders  of  Plainfield  and  \"oluntown,  Con- 
necticut, now  in  the  village  of  Sterling  Hill. 
In  1760  he  was  on  the  list  of  taxpayers  in 
Plainfield,  and  April  28,  1762,  he  was  admitted 
an  inhabitant  of  Voluntown.  On  March  i, 
1762,  he  conveyed  his  homestead  to  his  sons 
Seth  Jr.  and  Gershom.  He  married,  June  22, 
1719,  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Gershom  and  Me- 
hetable  (Fish)  Tcbey,  of  Sandwich.  She  was 
born  March  23,  1697-98.  On  October  3,  1769, 
his  son  Seth  was  appointed  administrator  of 
his  estate.  Children,  born  in  Sandwich :  Icha- 
bod,  September  5,  1720,  died  young;  Eliza- 
beth, October  3,  1721  ;  Deborah,  February  23, 
1725;  John,  April  24,  1727;  Mehetable,  May 
27,  1729;  Seth,  mentioned  below;  Gershom, 
December  18,  1733,  died  young:  Elnathan, 
.\ugust  16,  1735;  Ichabod,  January  27,  1740; 
Gershom.  .August  22,  1743. 

(V)  Seth  (3),  son  of  Seth  (2)  Pope,  was 
born  April  19,  1731.  He  went  with  his  father 
to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  in  1749,  where  he 
married,  about  1730,  Martha,  born  November 
6.  1734,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Lydia  (  Lo- 
throp )  Bacon.  On  March  i,  1762,  he  received 
from  his  father  the  homestead  in  \'oluntown. 
He  was  killed  by  being  run  over  by  a  cart,  in 
September,  1774.  Children:  Ansel,  born  1751 ; 
Lothrop,  1753:  Hannah,  1757:  Seth,  died  .Au- 
gust, 1802:  William,  1763:  Esther,  married 
Philo  Hamlin,  of  Bloomfield,  New  York: 
Lydia,  February  28.  1767:  Martha,  married 
(first)  John  Fairchild  and  (second)  Tyrranus 
Collins :  Ebenezer.  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  Ebenezer  Pope,  son  of  -Seth 


(3)  Pope,  was  born  April  3,  1772,  died  March 
8,  1841.  He  lived  until  1784  in  the  family  of 
his  maternal  grandfather,  Ebenezer  Bacon,  of 
Lebanon.  From  1795  to  1809  he  lived  in  .\1- 
ford,  where  he  carried  on  a  small  ironworks, 
and  in  1809  he  moved  to  Great  Barrington, 
Massachusetts,  where  for  many  years  he  was 
a  prominent  citizen  and  Mason.  He  served 
several  times  as  selectman  in  Alford  and 
Great  Barrington,  and  three  times  was  elected 
to  the  state  legislature.  In  1827,  because  of 
financial  trouble,  he  moved  to  Verona,  New 
York,  returning  in  1831  and  settling  in  West 
Stockbridge,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died. 
He  married  (first),  December  17,  1800.  Ke- 
ziah,  born  in  1776,  died  February  6,  1804, 
daughter  of  Simon  and  Anne  Willard ;  Simon 
Willard  was  son  of  Simon,  son  of  John,  son 
of  Simon  Willard,  of  Kent,  England,  born 
1605.  He  married  (second)  Rhoda Willard, 
sister  of  Keziah,  born  1782,  died  January  13, 
1S13.  He  married  (third)  Mrs.  Zady  (  Prin- 
dle )  Tobey,  born  April  5,  1777.  died  February 
5,  1864.  Children  born  in  .^Iford  by  first 
wife:  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below;  Keziah, 
born  February  6,  1803.  Children  of  second 
wife,  born  in  Alford  and  (Jreat  Barrington: 
.\bby,  -August  20,  1805 ;  .Amanda,  November 
4,  1806;  William,  July  21,  1808,  died  January 
15,  1884:  Martha,  June  30,  1810;  John  Wil- 
lard, October  i,  1812,  died  February  16,  1813. 
Children  by  third  wife,  born  in  Great  Barring- 
ton:  John,  .\ugust  2,  1814;  Harriet,  July  24, 
1817:  Seth  Griswold.  December  14,  1819,  died 
October  26,  191 1. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Captain  Eben- 
ezer ( I )  Pope,  was  born  in  Alford,  Massa- 
chusetts, October  22,  1801,  died  in  Union 
township.  New  Jersey,  December  12,  1878.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  a  blacksmith.  In  1809  he 
went  with  his  father  to  Great  Barrington,  and 
in  1827  to  \'erona.  New  York.  In  183 1  he  re- 
turned to  West  Stockbridge,  and  afterward 
lived  in  Great  Barrington  until  1867,  when  he 
moved  to  Union  township  with  his  sons,  and 
lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Great  Barrington,  January  27,  1840, 
Electa  Leonard,  born  December  19,  1803,  died 
in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  February  27, 
1878,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Leonard)  Wainwright.  Children,  born  in 
Great  Barrington :  Franklin  Leonard,  born 
December  2,  1840.  died  October  13,  1895; 
William,  born  and  died  November  2j.  1842: 
Ralph  Wainwright.  mentioned  below :  Henry 
William,  November  2,  1848,  at  Elizabeth. 
New  Jersey,  married  in  Pittsfield,  May  10, 
1870,  i.ucy  Delia  Porter,  born  .April  23,  1851  ; 
children:   Grace   Electa,  born   June    11,   1871. 


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William  Henry,  August  20,  1873,  Irving 
Wainwright,  September  29,  1875,  Florence  L., 
June  8,  1892. 

(VIII)  Ralph  Wainwright,  son  of  Eben- 
ezer  (2)  Pope,  was  born  in  Union  township, 
New  Jersey,  August  16,  1844.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  schools  at  Great 
Barrington  Academy  and  Amherst  Academy 
in  Massachusetts.  He  learned  the  art  of 
telegraphy  and  became  an  operator  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  American  Telegraph  Company  at 
Great  Barrington,  Alassachusetts,  and  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island,  from  1861  to  1864.  He 
studied  the  principles  of  electricity  and  elec- 
trical engineering,  as  then  practiced  in  con- 
nection with  telegraph  business  largely,  and 
he  must  be  numbered  among  the  pioneers  in 
electrical  engineering.  In  1858  he  mastered 
the  working  of  the  Hughes  printing  telegraph. 
In  1861  he  had  charge  of  the  Morse  telegraph 
office  at  Great  Barrington,  and  in  1862-63  he 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  American  Telegraph 
Company  in  its  New  York,  New  Haven  and 
Providence  offices.  In  1865  he  was  one  of  that 
band  of  telegraph  pioneers  who  went  into  the 
forests  of  British  Columbia  to  construct  an 
overland  telegraph  system  with  Europe  by 
way  of  Alaska  and  Siberia.  In  1867  he  was 
with  the  Bankers  &  Brokers  Telegraph  Com- 
pany, remaining  until  1872,  when  he  became 
an  inspector  of  the  Gold  &  Stock  Telegraph 
Company.  He  was  promoted  to  the  office  of 
deputy  superintendent  of  this  company  in 
1880,  when  the  apparatus  then  used  by  that 
company  was  at  that  date  probably  the  high- 
est development  of  electro-mechanical  art. 
While  with  the  Bankers  &  Brokers  Company 
in  1867  he  was  also  assistant  editor  of  The 
Telegrapher.  In  1882  he  became  manager  of 
the  Union  Electric  Manufacturing  Company 
of  New  York.  In  1884  he  was  associate  ed- 
itor of  The  Electrician  and  Electrical  En- 
gineer. In  1885  he  was  elected  secretary  of 
the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engin- 
eers, organized  the  preceding  year,  and  he 
continued  in  this  office  until  he  resigned  and 
retired  August  i,  191 1. 

In  i8qo  Mr.  Pope  founded  the  monthly 
journal,  Electric  Power,  and  in  1891  he  became 
editor  for  electrical  terms  in  the  Standard 
Dictionary.  In  1893,  under  direction  of  the 
council,  his  quarters  as  secretary  were  estab- 
lished in  the  rooms  of  the  American  Institute 
of  Electrical  Engineers  in  the  Electrical 
Building  of  the  Columbian  Exposition,  and  he 
was  appointed  on  the  committee  of  judges  for 
the  Department  of  Electricity.  While  at  the 
Exposition  at  Chicago  he  personally  met  more 
than  two-thirds  of  all  the  members  of  the  In- 


stitute, and  ever  since  then  lie  has  kept  up  a 
large  personal  acquaintance  among  the  mem- 
bers of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers.  Mr.  Pope  had  visited  a  majority 
of  the  sections  of  the  Institute  and  many  of 
the  branches,  and  made  a  study  of  their  re- 
(|uirements  and  growth.  I'pon  his  retirement 
from  the  office  of  secretary,  the  Institute,  be- 
ing unwilling  to  lose  his  services  entirely,  made 
him  honorary  secretary  with  the  duty  of  or- 
ganizing and  visiting  the  various  sections  and 
branches,  a  task  for  which  his  knowledge  of 
the  members,  of  electrical  science  and  of  the 
Institute  itself,  pre-eminently  qualified  him. 
At  the  time  of  his  retirement,  a  committee  on 
resolutions,  consisting  of  John  J.  Carty, 
George  A.  Hamilton  and  David  B.  Rushmore, 
made  a  report,  from  which  we  quote  the  fol- 
lowing: 

For  more  than  twenty-six  years,  Mr.  Ralph 
Wainwright  Pope  has  faithfully  and  loyally  served 
the  American  Institute  of  Electrical  Engineers  as 
Secretary  and  for  the  twenty-seventh  consecutive 
year  he  has  again  been  elected  to  the  office  of  sec- 
retary. The  Board  of  Directors  and  the  member- 
ship at  large  are  of  the  opinion  that  by  his  continu- 
ous and  honorable  service  he  has  attained  such  a 
position  in  the  regard  and  affections  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Institute  that  he  is  entitled  to  some 
relief  from  the  active  e.xecutive  duties  01  his  ardu- 
ous position.  Therefore,  to  carry  out  his  own  ex- 
pressed wishes,  his  resignation  as  secretary  has 
been  accepted.  In  accepting  his  resignation,  the 
board  of  directors,  in  order  to  give  expression  to 
their  own  feeling  of  gratitude  as  well  as  the  feeling 
of  the  membership  at  large,  and  in  order  to  reward 
such  long  and  distinguished  service,  has  appointed 
him  to  the  position  of  Honorary  Secretary,  in 
which  capacity  the  Institute  may  still  have  the 
benefit  of  his  long  experience  in  its  afifairs. 

In  thus  complying  with  the  natural  and  just  desire 
of  Mr.  Pope,  the  board  of  directors  iTas  thought  it 
well  to  mark  this  change  by  this  minute,  expressing 
its  good  will  and  appreciation,  and  by  pointing  out 
that  the  term  of  Mr.  Pope's  service  in  the  Institute 
covers  many  of  the  most  important  developments 
in  electrical  engineering,  and  that  this  period  has 
witnessed  the  growth  of  the  Institute  from  the 
humblest  beginning  to  its  present  flourishing  con- 
dition. 

Mr.  Pope  is  a  member  of  the  Engineers' 
Club,  the  New  York  Electrical  Society,  asso- 
ciate of  the  American  Institute  of  Electrical 
Engineers,  honorary  member  of  the  Franklin 
Institute,  and  of  the  Association  of  Railway 
Telegraph  Superintendents.  In  politics  he  is 
an  Independent  Democrat,  and  in  religion  a 
Protestant  Episcopalian. 

He  married  (first)  Alice  E.  Judson.  born 
September  4.  1849.  died  October  27.  1880, 
daughter  of  Azariah  and  Ellen  Judson.  He 
married  (second),  February  6,  1884.  Ruth  E. 
Whiting,  born  1846.  died  1901,  daughter  of 
Gideon  M.  and  Louisa  Whiting,  of  Great  Bar- 


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rington,  Massachusetts.  He  married  (third), 
October  i,  1902,  Katherine  A.  (Cain)  Durant, 
formerly  of  Clyde,  New  York.  Children,  all 
by  first  wife:  i.  Ellen  Lowrey,  born  at  Eliza- 
beth, New  Jersey,  May  26,  1870;  married 
Horace  Russ  Wemple.  2.  Frank  judson,  born 
at  Elizabeth,  July  27,  1873;  married  Mary  E. 
Russell,  of  Great  Barrington.  3.  Gertrude 
Castle,  born  in  Elizabeth,  September  24,  1876, 
died  February  i,  1890. 


,  William  Johnson,  the  immi- 
JOHNSON  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
Kent,  England,  according  to 
tradition,  and  was  an  early  settler  of  Charles- 
town.  Massachusetts.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man March  4,  1634-35,  and  was  with  his  wife 
Elizabeth  received  into  the  Charlestown 
church  February  13,  1634-35.  He  was  a 
planter.  He  made  a  deposition,  now  on  file, 
December  29,  1657,  stating  his  age  as  fifty-four 
years,  from  which  we  learn  that  he  was  born 
in  1603.  In  early  family  records  it  is  stated 
that  "he  was  a  Puritan  of  good  parts  and  edu- 
cation, and  brought  with  him  from  England  a 
wife  and  child  and  means."  As  early  as  1638 
he  was  assessed  for  ten  separate  parcels  of 
real  estate  in  Charlestown.  His  homestead 
is  described :  "One  dwelling  house  with  gar- 
den plot  and  yard — half  a  rood  of  ground  by 
estimation  more  or  less — situate  in  the  middle 
row,  butting  southwest  upon  the  street  path — 
northwest  upon  Bark  Street  bounded  on  the 
southeast  by  Rice  Cole  and  on  the  northwest 
by  Thomas  Carter."  He  afterward  appears 
to  have  possessed,  for  the  time  and  place,  a 
large  estate,  a  part  of  which  by  deeds  of  gift  or 
otherwise  he  distributed  among  his  family  and 
the  remainder  he  bequeathed  to  them  by  will 
dated  December  7,  1677.  He  died  December 
9,  1677,  his  widow  in  1685,  leaving  six  sons 
and  a  daughter.  John  Johnson,  of  Haverhill, 
and  Zechariah  Johnson,  of  Charlestown,  were 
appointed  administrators  of  the  estate  of  their 
father  and  mother,  April  12,  1686,  and  the 
estate  was  divided  April  13,  1686,  between  the 
administrators  and  their  brothers  Isaac,  Jon- 
athan and  Nathaniel.  Children :  John,  black- 
smith, of  Haverhill ;  Ruhannah,  baptized  at 
Charlestown,  February  21,  1634-35;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  March 
17,  1639,  married  Edward  Wyer;  Jonathan, 
baptized  August  14,  1641  ;  James,  baptized  Au- 
gust 21,  1643:  Nathaniel;  Zechariah.  aged 
thirty-three  in  1679;  Isaac,  aged  twenty-two 
in  1671. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  William  Johnson,  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  and  baptized  there  by 
Rev.  Thomas  James,  February  12,  1636-37. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  proprietors 


of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  whither  he  and 
his  brother  John  removed  from  Charlestown. 
He  held  various  town  offices.  He  married 
(first),  April  19,  1664,  Mary  Soatlie,  who 
died  March  22,  1664-65,  (second),  in  1666, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Ensign  Thomas  Tenney, 
of  Rowley,  England.  He  and  his  sons  owned 
three  hundred  acres  of  excellent  land,  on 
which  part  of  the  city  of  Haverhill  now  stands. 
"These  Johnsons,"  says  a  tradition,  "were 
noted  for  having  highly  cultivated  farms  which 
were  enclosed  by  stone  walls,  while  those  of 
their  neighbors  were  fenced  with  logs."  He 
and  wife  Hannah  quitclaimed  rights  in  his 
father's  estate  to  brother  Isaac  in  1681.  He 
died  November  16,  17 14,  leaving  a  widow  and 
a  large  family  of  children.  Children,  born  at 
Haverhill:  Joseph,  October  15,  1667;  William, 
January  15,  1668;  Thomas,  mentioned  below; 
Zechariah,  April  16,  1672 ;  John,  November  9, 
1673;  Hannah,  June  10,  1675;  Mary,  June  4, 
1677;  Jonathan,  April  24,  1679;  Elizabeth, 
February  28,  1680;  Nathaniel,  August  15, 
1683;  Zechariah,  xA.ugust  26,  1687. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Joseph  Johnson,  was 
born  in  Haverhill,  December  11,  1670.  He 
was  a  town  officer;  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Haverhill  North  Parish  church,  of  which  he 
was  elected  deacon  March  23,  1732,  and  of 
which  his  own  family  at  its  foundation  consti- 
tuted a  fifth  of  the  membership.  He  married, 
May  I,  1700,  Elizabeth,  eldest  daughter  of 
Cornelius  and  Martha  (Clough)  Page,  grand- 
daughter of  John  Clough,  of  Salisbury,  Massa- 
chusetts, who  came  from  London  in  1635  in 
the  ship  "Elizabeth."  Johnson  died  February 
18,  1742,  and  his  widow  June  12,  1752.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Haverhill:  Alehitable,  February 
26,  I7CX3-OI  ;  Cornelius,  January  17,  1702-03; 
Thomas,  January  6,  1704-05;  Abigail,  May  15, 
1707  ;  Ruth,  August  24,  1709  ;  John,  mentioned 
below;  Jabez,  April  24,  1716;  Jeremiah,  June 
30,  1717;  Elizabeth,  January  2,  1719-20.  Two 
others. 

(IV)  Hon.  John  Johnson,  son  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Johnson,  was  born  at  Haverhill, 
North  Parish,  November  15,  171 1,  and  was 
one  of  the  founders  and  earliest  settlers  of 
Hampstead.  New  Hampshire,  formerly  part 
of  Haverhill.  He  procured  the  charter  for 
the  town  and  was  paid  his  expense  by  vote  of 
the  town  May  30,  1750.  He  was  chosen  on 
the  first  board  of  selectmen.  Soon  afterward 
he  was  appointed  by  the  royal  governor,  Ben- 
ning  Wentworth,  a  magistrate,  and  he  was  one 
of  the  justices  of  the  court  of  general  ses- 
sions at  Portsmouth  for  the  Province  of  New 
Hampshire. 

He  married  (first),  November  25,  1731, 
Sarah  Haynes,  who  died  September  20,  1750, 


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daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Haynes,  of 
Haverhill,  west  parish.  She  was  a  sister  of 
Joseph  Haynes,  of  Haverhill,  a  deputy  from 
that  town  to  the  First  Provincial  Congress  at 
Salem,  1774,  a  delegate  to  the  convention  in 
Essex  county  at  Ipswich,  September  6-7,  1774, 
"to  consider  and  determine  on  such  measures 
as  shall  appear  to  be  expedient  for  the  country 
to  adopt  in  the  then  alarming  crisis."  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Sarah  Morse.  He  died  April  i, 
1762,  leaving  five  surviving  sons,  all  of  whom 
adhered  to  the  cause  of  the  patriots  during  the 
revolution.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at 
Haverhill:  i.  Jesse,  October  20,  1732;  a  mem- 
ber of  revolutionary  committees,  and  the  state 
legislature.  2.  Sarah,  July  9,  1734.  3.  Miriam, 
March  22,  1736.  4.  Colonel  Caleb,  February 
3,  1737-38;  commanded  a  company  in  the  rev- 
olution.   5.  Moses,  April  13,  1740;  died  young. 

6.  Colonel  Thomas,  March  21,  1741-42;  settled 
at  Newbury,  Vermont ;  captain  of  a  company 
in  the  revolution,  distinguished  himself  at  the 
taking  of  Ticonderoga  and  at  the  siege  of 
Mount  Independence  in  the  autumn  of  1777, 
when  he  was  for  a  time  an  aide  on  the  staff  of 
General  Lincoln ;  captured  in  the  spring  of 
1781  by  the  British  and  taken  to  Canada,  re- 
leased on  parole  October  5,  1781  ;  afterward 
colonel  of  militia.  7.  Ruth,  February  3,  1743- 
44.  8.  Elizabeth,  March  6,  1744-45.  Born  at 
Hampstead:  9.  Moses,  October  11,  1748.  10. 
Haynes,  mentioned  below.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife,  born  at  Hampstead:  11.  Sarah,  De- 
cember 29,  1751.  12.  Ruth,  April  23,  1754. 
13.  Elizabeth,  twin  of  Ruth.     14.  Peter,  June 

7,  1756;  soldier  in  the  revolution,  wounded  in 
the  arm  at  battle  of  Bunker  Hill ;  soldier  in 
the  company  of  his  brother.  Captain  Thomas 
at  Ticonderoga,  and  pronounced  by  his 
brother  "brave  as  a  lion."  15.  John,  August 
18,  1757,  died  young.  16.  Judith,  April  4, 
1758.  17.  John,  February  9,  1760.  18.  Tam- 
mie,  July  6,  1761. 

(V)  Haynes,  son  of  Hon.  John  Johnson, 
was  born  at  Hampstead,  New  Hampshire,  Au- 
gust 28,  1749.  At  an  early  age  he  went  from 
Hampstead  with  his  elder  brother  Thomas  as 
one  of  the  first  settlers  in  that  part  of  the  Con- 
necticut Valley  known  then  as  the  "Coos"  or 
"Cohass"  country,  which  included  the  Ox-bow 
and  other  rich  meadows  in  the  present  town  of 
Haverhill,  New  Hampshire,  and  Newbury  and 
I'radford,  Vermont.  These  meadows  were 
first  discovered  in  the  spring  of  1752  by  John 
Stark,  afterwards  the  famous  general  in  the 
revolution,  who,  captured  by  the  Indians  while 
hunting  on  Baker's  river,  in  Rumney,  New 
Hampshire,  was  taken  through  these  meadows 
to  the  home  of  the  St.  Francis  tribe  of  Indians 
in  Canada.     It  was  not  until  1762,  however, 


that  a  settlement  was  made  there,  and  the 
town  of  Newbury  was  chartered  in  1763.  At 
the  first  town  meeting  of  Newbury  held  at 
Plaistow,  New  Hampshire,  June  13,  1763, 
Jesse  Johnson,  brother  of  Haynes,  was  elected 
town  clerk,  and  another  brother,  Caleb,  was 
elected  constable.  The  town  of  Mooretown, 
subsequently  Bradford,  received  its  charter  in 
1770,  and  at  an  annual  town  meeting,  May  i, 
1775.  it  was  voted  to  raise  a  stock  of  ammuni- 
tion and  Haynes  Johnson  and  Benjamin  Jen- 
kins were  made  "a  committee  to  look  out  and 
procure  a  stock  of  powder,  lead  and  flints." 
While  actively  engaged  in  his  duties  on  this 
committee  he  was  taken  ill  and  died  at  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire,  September  2,  1775. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Elliot.  His  young  wife, 
who  was  with  him  when  he  died,  was  obliged 
to  take  her  three  young  children,  the  youngest 
less  than  a  month  old,  all  on  the  same  horse, 
and  return  to  her  father's  home  in  Hampstead, 
a  distance  of  more  than  thirty  miles  through  a 
wilderness,  mostly  by  a  blazed  trail.  She  after- 
wards returned  to  Newbury,  Vermont,  and 
married  Remembrance  Chamberlain,  by  whom 
she  had  a  large  family  of  children.  It  is  a 
remarkable  fact  that  for  many  years  after  her 
death  nearly  all  of  the  large  farms  in  the  Con- 
necticut Valley  between  Newbury  and  Brad- 
ford were  owned  and  occupied  by  her  descend- 
ants. Children  of  Haynes  and  Elizabeth  John- 
son:  Jonathan,  died  January  19,  1812;  Jesse, 
born  March  27,  1772,  died  July  18,  1830; 
Haynes,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  Haynes  (2)  Johnson,  son  of 
Haynes  (i)  Johnson,  was  born  in  Newbury, 
Vermont,  August  13,  1775,  and  died  Novem- 
ber I.  1863.  He  settled  on  a  large  farm  on  the 
Connecticut  river,  in  the  town  of  Bradford, 
Vermont.  He  was  for  a  long  time  captain  of 
the  Bradford  militia  company,  and  was  all  his 
life  prominent  in  town  and  military  affairs. 
He  married,  April  8,  1802,  Jane,  daughter  of 
Captain  Ezekiel  Sawyer,  then  of  Bradford, 
formerly  of  Rowley,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
had  served  his  country  in  the  revolution  as  an 
officer  in  the  army.  His  wife  died  May  21, 
1869,  aged  eighty-seven  years.  He  built  a 
large  mansion  on  the  homestead.  He  and  his 
wife  were  members  of  the  Congregational 
church  of  Bradford.  Children,  born  at  Brad- 
ford:  Ezekiel,  September  26,  1803,  married, 
February  27,  1827,  Nancy  Rogers,  of  New- 
bury; Mary,  twin  of  Ezekiel;  Eliza,  February 
18,  1808,  married  Earle  Paine;  Haynes  C, 
April  4,  181 1,  married  Harriet  Willard,  and 
had  part  of  his  father's  homestead;  Hannah, 
October  10,  1813,  married  William  Peters; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Jane  Ann.  Febru- 
ary 22,  1819,  married  Dan  W.  Shaw ;  Clarissa 


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Edmund  Elliot,  November  27,  1827,  had  part 
of  his  father's  homestead. 

(VII)  Thomas,  son  of  Captain  Haynes  (2) 
Johnson,  was  born  at  Bradford,  Vermont,  De- 
cember 13,  1816.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  when  a  young 
man  left  home  to  work  in  Boston  and  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts.  In  1856  he  purchased 
and  settled  on  the  large  river  farm  in  Brad- 
ford, Vermont,  adjoining  the  place  on  which 
he  was  born,  and  there  spent  the  rest  of  his 
life.  He  died  March  6,  1894.  The  farm  is 
beautifully  located  near  Rowell's  Ledge,  and 
was  formerly  known  as  the  Rowell  place.  The 
local  newspaper,  at  the  time  of  his  death  said : 
"Mr.  Johnson  was  an  upright  man  in  all  his 
dealings,  and  was  one  of  the  most  respected 
and  substantial  citizens  of  Bradford.  He  was 
one  of  the  best  representatives  of  the  old  class 
of  citizens  who  made  Vermont  what  it  is."  He 
married,  February  12,  1862,  Harriet  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Christopher  and  Emily  (^Walker)  Avery, 
of  Corinth,  Vermont,  a  descendant  of  Captain 
James  and  Joanna  (Greenslade)  Avery,  who 
were  among  the  first  settlers  of  New  London, 
Connecticut.  Her  maternal  grandfather  was 
a  lieutenant  in  the  revolution.  Children  of 
Thomas  and  Harriet  E.  Johnson:  Frank  Ver- 
ner,  mentioned  below ;  Charles  Forster,  born 
August  6,  1865 ;  Herbert  Thomas,  January 
27,  1872. 

(Vni)  Frank  Verner  Johnson,  son  of 
Thomas  Johnson,  was  born  at  Bradford,  Ver- 
mont, March  12.  1863.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Bradford 
Academy,  \'ermont,  graduating  in  the  class  of 
1882.  He  then  entered  Dartmouth  College 
and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1886  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  In  1889  he 
entered  the  Law  School  of  Columbia  College 
in  New  York  City,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
New  York  bar  in  May,  1891.  For  many  years 
during  the  earlier  period  of  his  professional 
career  he  was  the  New  York  attorney  of  the 
Travelers'  Insurance  Company  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  and  devoted  a  large  part  of  his 
time  to  the  defense  of  negligence  actions  on 
behalf  of  policyholders  in  that  company.  He 
entered  upon  the  general  practice  of  law  in 
New  York,  and  has  been  especially  successful 
in  the  field  of  trial  attorney.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  New  York  Bar  .\ssociation :  the  Asso- 
ciation of  the  Bar  of  the  City  of  New  York; 
the  New  York  County  Lawyers'  Association ; 
the  Manhattan  Club  of  New  York;  the  Dart- 
mouth College  Club  of  New  York ;  the  Found- 
ers' and  Patriots'  Society,  and  of  several  col- 
lege fraternities.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church. 


He  married,  April  19,  1893,  Evelyn  Webber, 
born  August  29,  1866,  daughter  of  Christopher 
and  Julia  (Cooper)  Webber,  of  Rochester, 
\'ermont,  granddaughter  of  Christopher  Web- 
ber Sr.,  a  lawyer  of  Vermont.  Children,  bom 
in  New  York  City:  Evelyn,  April  29,  1894; 
Frances  Virginia,  July  3,  1895,  died  in  August, 
1896. 


-^  Lieutenant  William  Clark,  the  im- 

CLARK  migrant  ancestor,  came  to  New 
England  in  the  ship  "Mary  and 
John,"  which  sailed  from  Plymouth,  England, 
March  20,  1633,  and  arrived  at  Nantasket, 
May  30,  1636.  He  settled  at  Dorchester, 
where  he  and  his  wife  Sarah  were  members 
of  the  church  in  1636,  and  where  he  was  a 
proprietor.  He  was  selectman  in  Dorchester, 
1660,  and  April  28,  1661.  was  dismissed  from 
the  church  to  join  in  forming  a  church  at 
Northampton,  whither  he  moved  about  1669. 
He  was  lieutenant  of  the  Train  Band  .of 
Northampton  in  August,  1661.  He  was  allotted 
twelve  acres  of  land  which  included  part  of 
the  site  of  Smith  College,  and  which  remained 
in  the  family  many  generations.  He  put  up  a 
log  house,  which  was  burned  in  1681  by  a 
negro  slave.  He  then  built  another  which 
stood  until  1826.  "He  was  a  leading  citi- 
zen," frequently  selectman,  and  fourteen  years 
deputy  to  the  general  court.  He  was  of  Deer- 
field  in  1673,  and  owned  lot  No.  38  in  1683. 
He  returned  to  Northampton,  where  his  wife 
Sarah  died  September  6,  1675,  and  he  married 
(second)  Sarah  Cooper,  widow  of  Thomas 
Cooper,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  at 
Springfield  in  1675.  He  died  July  19,  1690, 
aged  eighty-one,  and  his  wife  died  May  8, 
1688.  About  1880  a  fine  monument  was 
erected  by  his  descendants  near  his  grave  in 
Northampton.  Children :  Sarah,  born  June 
21,  1638.  died  young;  Jonathan,  born  October 
I,  1639;  Nathaniel,  born  January  27,  1642; 
Experience,  born  March  30.  1646;  Rebecca, 
born  about  1649;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Samuel,  baptized  October  25,  1653 ;  William, 
born  Jujy  3,  1656;  Sarah,  born  March  9,  1659; 
perEaps,  Increase,  born  March  i,  1645. 
''"(II)  John,  son  of  Lieutenant  William  Clark, 
was  born  in  165 1,  died  at  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, on  his  way  home  from  Boston,  from 
"fatigue  and  cold  taken  in  a  snow  storm,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1704."  He  inherited  the  southerly 
si.x  acres  of  the  homestead.  His  house  stood 
just  beyond  that  of  the  president  of  Smith 
College  in  Northampton.  He  was  prominent 
in  church  and  town  affairs,  and  was  four  years 
deputy  to  the  general  court.  His  sons,  six  in 
number,  each  married  and  outlived  their  wives. 
Each  of  his  five  married  daughters  also  out- 


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lived  their  husbands,  and  all  the  children  lived 
to  be  over  eighty  years  of  age,  all  living  when 
the  youngest  was  seventy  years  old.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  July  12,  1677,  Rebecca  Cooper,  of 
Springfield,  who  died  May  8,  1678.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  March  20,  1679,  Mary  Strong, 
who  died  December  3,  1738,  aged  eighty- fourj 
daughter  of  John  and  Abigail  (Ford)  Strong. 
Children :  Sarah,  born  April  20,  1678 ;  John, 
born  December  28,  1679;  Nathaniel,  born  May 
13,  168 1  ;  Ebenezer,  born  October  18,  1682; 
Increase,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  Octo- 
ber 27,  1685 ;  Rebecca,  born  November  24, 
1687;  Experience,  born  October  30,  1689;  Abi- 
gail, born  March,  1692;  Noah,  born  March 
28,  1694;  Thankful,  born  February  13,  1696; 
Josiah,  born  June  11,  1697. 

(III)  Increase,  son  of  John  Clark,  was  born 
April  8,  1684,  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts, 
in  the  homestead  on  Elm  street,  where  at  last 
accounts  descendants  were  still  living.  The 
initials  "I.  C."  in  a  prominent  place  in  one  of 
the  rooms,  before  the  house  was  repaired  in 
later  years,  were  probably  those  of  Increase 
Clark.  In  1735  and  1739  he  was  selectman 
of  Northampton  and  held  other  offices.  He 
lived  on  the  homestead  sixty-five  years  and 
died  there  in  1775.  He  married  at  the  age  of 
twenty-six,  in  1710,  Mary,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Sheldon,  whose  home  lot  was  the  sixth  on  Elm 
street  proceeding  north  from  King  street. 
Among  his  children  were :  Deacon  Simeon, 
who  settled  in  Amherst  and  had  a  numerous 
posterity;  Elijah,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Deacon  Elijah  Clark,  son  of  Increase 
Clark,  was  born,  lived  and  died  on  the  Elm 
street  homestead.  He  was  born  in  1730,  died 
in  1791.  He  was  honored  by  various  town 
offices.  He  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  church 
in  1785,  at  the  age  of  fifty-four,  and  served  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  During  the  revolution 
he  served  on  the  town  committee  of  fifteen  and 
his  services  entitled  his  descendants  to  member- 
ship in  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  Amer- 
ican Revolution.  Three  of  his  sons  were  also 
deacons,  two  in  the  same  church.  Of  his  chil- 
dren, Eli,  the  second  son,  moved  to  Marcellus, 
now  Skaneate'ics,  New  York,  in  1801,  and  was 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  that  section,  journeying 
thither  by  ox-cart  through  the  wilderness. 
E.xperience,  the  only  daughter,  married  Justin 
S.  Smith,  had  eleven  children,  and  lived  on  her 
father's  homestead  for  many  years.  Luther, 
mentioned  below.     Calvin,  born  1770. 

(V)  Deacon  Luther  Clark,  son  of  Deacon 
Elijah  Clark,  was  born  in  1767,  in  the  old  Jud- 
son  Smith  house  in  Northampton,  died  Octo- 
ber 17,  1855,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  In  1812 
he  bought  the  homestead  on  Mill  river.  He 
took  part  in  Shay's  rebellion.     He  held  town 


offices  fifty  years,  and  was  deacon  of  the 
church.  He  married  Polly  White.  He  left 
four  living  sons. 

(VI)  Bohan,  son  of  Deacon  Luther  Clark, 
married  and  among  his  children  was  Luther 
Clapp,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Luther  Clapp,  son  of  liohan  Clark, 
was  born  in  Northampton,  July  4,  181 5.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Northampton, 
Massachusetts.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
banker  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri.  He  married 
Julia  Crawford,  born  October  2.  1823,  daugh- 
ter of  David  Crawford,  of  Putney,  Vermont. 
Her  father  was  brigade  major  on  the  staff  of 
General  Winfield  Scott,  United  States  army, 
during  the  war  of  1812.  David  Crawford 
married  Nancy  Campbell,  who  was  born  in 
Vermont.  Children  of  Luther  C.  Clark :  George 
Crawford,  mentioned  below;  Ellen  White,  de- 
ceased ;  Arthur  Campbell ;  Louis  Crawford ; 
Julia  Goodman,  married  Samuel  P.  Blagden ; 
David  Crawford. 

(VIII)  George  Crawford,  son  of  Luther 
Clapp  Clark,  was  born  in  St.  Louis,  Missouri, 
Augiist  3,  1845.  He  attended  private  and 
public  schools  in  New  York  City  and  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
from  the  College  of  the  City  of  N'ew  York  in 
the  class  of  1863.  Since  that  time  he  has  been 
in  the  banking  business  in  New  York  City. 
He  is  the  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Clark, 
Dodge  &  Company,  bankers  and  brokers,  51 
Wall  street.  His  father  was  also  a  banker  in 
New  York,  and  his  son,  George  C.  Clark  Jr., 
is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Clark,  Dodge  & 
Company,  the  third  generation  to  follow  this 
business  in  New  York  City.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Northern  Securities  Company  ;  the  Chi- 
cago, Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  Company  : 
the  City  Investing  Company;  the  Norfolk  & 
Southern  Railway  Company ;  the  Atlantic 
Mutual  Insurance  Company,  and  of  the  Sea- 
mens  Bank  for  Savings  of  New  York.  He 
is  treasurer  and  director  of  the  Brearley  School 
(Limited)  and  of  the  General  Memorial  Hos- 
pital ;  member  of  the  Metropolitan  Museum  of 
Art,  New  England  Society  of  New  York, 
American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  L'nion 
Club,  Century  Club,  Racquet  and  Tennis  Club, 
University  Club,  Down-town  Club.  Riding 
Club,  New  York  Yacht  Club.  His  home  is  at 
1027  Fifth  avenue.  New  York  City. 

He  married,  November  4,  1875,  Harriet  Sey- 
mour, born  .August  18,  1853,  daughter  of 
James  G.  and  Charlotte  (Seymour)  .Averell. 
of  Ogdensburg,  New  York.  Children:  i. 
George  Crawford,  born  February  8,  1878; 
married  Gertrude  Sard,  of  .-Mbany,  New  York, 
and  they  have  two  children :  George  Crawford. 
3d,  and  Caroline.     2.   Edith  Gilbert,  married 


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Reginald  Fincke ;  children :  Reginald  Jr.  and 
Nancy  Gilbert.  3.  Marian  Averell.  4.  James 
Averell,  born  1894. 


The  name  Highet  seems  to  have 
HIGHET     originated  in  the  neighborhood 

Ayr,  Scotland,  where  members 
of  the  family  have  been  prominent  and  influ- 
ential, acting  well  their  part  in  all  the  walks 
of  life,  proving  themselves  of  the  highest  type 
of  manhood  by  their  useful  lives  in  the  com- 
munities in  which  they  resided. 

(I)  John  Highet,  the  progenitor  of  the  line 
here  under  consideration,  is  a  native  of  Ayr, 
Scotland,  born  May  17,  1737.  His  entire  life 
was  spent  in  his  native  land,  and  he  was  noted 
for  integrity  and  uprightness  of  character.  He 
married  Jane  McGregor  and  among  their  chil- 
dren was  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Jane 
(McGregor)  Highet,  was  born  at  Ayr,  Scot- 
land, May  20.  1782,  died  in  June,  1833,  in  New 
York  City.  He  was  reared,  educated  and  mar- 
ried in  his  native  land,  from  whence  he  emi- 
grated to  the  United  States  in  1819,  locating 
in  Baltimore,  Maryland,  his  purpose  in  coming 
to  this  country  being  to  erect  a  carpet  mill, 
which  was  the  first  of  its  kind,  he  being  a 
skillful  mechanic  or  machinist.  After  a  resi- 
dence of  eighteen  months  in  Baltimore,  he 
removed  to  Xew  York  City  and  there  spent 
the  remainder  of  his  days.  He  was  interested 
in  the  welfare  of  the  cities  in  which  he  made 
his  home,  and  was  honored  and  respected  by 
his  neighbors.  He  married,  at  Ayr,  Scotland, 
December  7,  1819,  Janet  Thomson  Wilson. 
Children,  all  born  in  the  United  States :  Mary, 
died  young;  John,  drowned  in  early  life  ;  Mary 
Jane,  married  James  B.  Burgess  ;  William  Wil- 
son, mentioned  below ;  Margaret  Primrose, 
married  Charles  Stevens  ;  Robert  Bennett,  mar- 
ried Mary  Hill.  Of  these  children  only  two 
are  living  at  the  present  time  (1912)  William 
Wilson  and  Robert  Bennett. 

(HI)  William  Wilson,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Janet  Thomson  (Wilson)  Highet,  was  born 
in  Xew  York  City,  March  29,  1829.  He  ob- 
tained a  practical  education  in  the  public 
schools,  and  his  active  career  has  been  devoted 
to  carriage  manufacturing.  He  has  resided  in 
New  York  City  and  Poughkeepsie.  Through- 
out his  life  he  has  been  public-spirited  and 
enterprising,  ever  forward  in  advancing  the 
interests  of  the  localities  in  which  he  has 
resided.  He  married,  March  29,  1853,  Ellen 
Adams,  born  in  June,  1830,  daughter  of  Galen 
Thompson  and  Alary  Ellen  (Fletcher)  Porter, 
the  latter  of  whom  was  a  daughter  of  Elisha 
Fletcher  (see  Porter  VII).  Children:  Carita, 
married  Joseph  LeRoy  Porter;  Ella,  married 


Raymond  L.  Donnell;  Frank  Brewster,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Frank  Brewster,  son  of  William  Wil- 
son and  Ellen  Adams  (Porter)  Highet,  was 
born  in  Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  February 
10,  1858.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
New  York  City,  thereby  preparing  himself  for 
an  active  and  useful  life.  He  is  now  serving 
in  the  capacity  of  secretary  and  treasurer  of 
Gardner,  Highet  &  Company,  of  New  York, 
manufacturers  of  feather  stitch,  cotton  braid 
and  fancy  narrow  fabrics.  He  is  a  communi- 
cant of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  and 
in  politics  is  an  adherent  of  the  Republican 
party.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York 
Society  of  the  Sons  of  the  Revolution,  New 
York  Historical  Society,  Metropolitan  Museum 
of  .\rt.  New  England  Society  of  New  York, 
Ardsley  Club  and  the  Greenwich  Country  Club. 
His  home  is  in  Greenwich,  Connecticut. 

Mr.  Highet  married,  April  16,  1885,  Isabella 
Boudinot  Servoss,  born  in  New  York  City, 
daughter  of  Elias  Boudinot  Servoss,  and  a 
descendant  of  Elias  Boudinot,  president  of  the 
continental  congress  when  peace  was  declared. 

(The   Porter  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Porter,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  and  sailed  for  this  coun- 
try from  Weymouth,  England,  March  30, 1635. 
With  others  in  the  same  company  he  settled 
in  Weymouth,  Massachusetts.  His  home  was 
not  far  from  the  site  of  the  meeting  house  in 
the  north  parish.  In  1661  he  was  on  a  com- 
mittee to  repair  the  meeting  house.  He  mar- 
ried Ruth .    Children :  John,  mentioned 

below;  Ruth,  born  October  3,  1639;  Thomas, 
married  Sarah  Viniv;  Mary,  married  John 
Bicknell.  Richard  Porter  died  in  1689.  His 
will  was  dated  December  25,  1688,  and  proved 
March  6,  1689. 

(II)  Sergeant  John  Porter,  son  of  Richard 
Porter,  lived  in  Weymouth  and  was  one  of  its 
leading  citizens,  having  many  grants  and  buy- 
ing much  land.  In  1693  he  built  the  first  saw 
mill  in  what  is  now  South  Abington  at  "Little 
Comfort."  In  1696  he  sold  half  of  his  mill  to 
Joseph  Josselyn.  He  held  various  town  offices 
and  served  on  committees  to  fix  town  bound- 
aries. He  married.  February  9,  1660,  De- 
liverance, daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Martha 
(Shaw)  Byram.  Children:  Mary  born  Octo- 
ber 12,  1663;  Susanna,  June  2,  1665;  John, 
July  2,  1667;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Nich- 
olas; Ruth,  September  18,  1676;  Thomas; 
Ebenezer ;  Sarah.  Sergeant  Porter  died  at 
Weymouth,  August  7,  1717;  his  widcw  SepK 
tember  30,  1720.  His  will  was  dated  Febru- 
ary 8,  1715-16. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Sergeant  John  Porter, 


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was  born  about  1670.  He  was  a  town  officer 
of  Weymouth  in  1705.  About  this  time  he 
removed  to  Abington,  where  he  was  school- 
master in  1712,  and  by  trade  a  shoemaker.  He 
wa^  selectman  in  Abington,  1714,  and  for  three 
years  afterward;  assessor  in  1716.  We  know 
he  taught  school  there  in  1724  and  1727.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  members  of  the  Abing- 
ton church.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Abigail  ( Dyer)  Nash,  of  Weymouth, 
about  1698.  Children,  born  at  Weymouth,  ex- 
cept the  three  younger  who  were  born  at  Ab- 
ington :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1701 ;  David,  1702;  Jacob,  August  10, 
1704;  Hannah,  December  16,  1716;  Abigail, 
June  23,  1719.  Samuel  Porter  died  at  Abing- 
ton, August  31,  1725,  and  his  will  is  dated 
August  24,  1725. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Por- 
ter, was  born  at  Weymouth,  May  14,  1699. 
He  lived  in  Abington  and  Bridgewater.  He 
married  (first)  July  2,  1722,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Sarah  (Ford)  Josselyn,  of  Ab- 
ington. He  married  (second)  May  31,  1764, 
Ruth  Reed,  widow,  of  Bridgewater.     He  and 

wife  Sarah  deeded  land  in  Bridgewater,  De- 
cember I,  1742,  to  his  brother  Jacob.  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  born  May  26,  1723;  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1725;  Samuel,  October  12,  1727;  Jo- 
seph, mentioned  below;  Ebenezer,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1731;  Mary,  August  3,  1733;  Adam, 
February  24,  1735 ;  Hannah,  February  18, 
1736;  Betterus,  September  23.  1737;  Noah, 
May  13,  1740;  Jonathan,  August  27,  1741 ;  De- 
liverance, July  19,  1742;  Abigail,  July  7,  1743; 
Tabitha,  1744;  Sarah. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Joseph  Porter,  son  of  Sam- 
uel (2)  Porter,  was  born  February  27,  1730. 
He  lived  at  Bridgewater  and  Stoughton,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  bought  a  house  in  what  is  now 
West  Bridgewater.  April  9,  1765,  and  sold  it 
April  2,  1777,  removing  then  to  Stoughton. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
William  Briggs'  company.  Colonel  Joseph 
Read's  regiment,  from  May  to  August,  1775, 
credited  to  Stoughton.  He  was  also  in  Cap- 
tain Simeon  Leach's  company.  Colonel  Benja- 
min Gill's  regiment,  marching  from  Stoughton 
to  Braintree  in  1777,  and  was  corporal  in  Cap- 
tain James  Endicott's  company  in  1778.  The 
genealogy  states  that  he  was  a  lieutenant  in  the 
time  of  the  war.  He  married,  January  25, 
1763,  Elizabeth,  born  July  4,  1733,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Content  (Whitcomb)  Burriil.  She 
was  a  teacher  at  Abington  before  marriage,  a 
woman  of  remarkable  beauty.  Children,  of 
whom  the  first  seven  are  recorded  at  Bridge- 
water:  Elizabeth,  born  November  8,  1753; 
Joseph,  June  10,  1754;  Hannah,  July  21,  1758; 
Robert,  March  30,  1762;  Isaac,  mentioned  be- 


low; Content,  February  5,  1767;  Mehitable, 
April  15,  1769;  Lebbeus,  April  22,  1771  ;  Cyrus, 
1774.  Lieutenant  Porter  died  January  15, 
1803;  his  widow  died  March  26,  1822,  aged 
eighty.  His  will  was  dated  February  16,  1802. 
(VI)  Isaac,  son  of  Lieutenant  Joseph  Por- 
ter, was  born  February  23,  1765,  at  Bridge- 
water.  He  was  admitted  to  the  North  Bridge- 
water  Church  in  1780.  He  resided  in  Bridge- 
water  and  Middleborough ;  was  surveyor  of 
highways  in  Bridgewater  in  1797.  He  mar- 
ried Susannah,  born  December,  1763,  died  Oc- 
tober 29,  1841,  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Anna 
(Perkins)  Packard,  of  Bridgewater.  Chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  first  five  were  born  in 
Middleborough  and  the  others  in  Bridgewater: 
Susanna,  born  April  17,  1788,  married  Galen 
Thompson;  Isaac,  April  20,  1790;  Sybil,  April 
13,  1792;  Rhodolphus,  January  25,  1794;  Sam- 
uel, May  12,  1796;  Reuben,  March  23,  1798; 
Martin,  July  21,  1800;  Ira,  April  5,  1803; 
Anna,  April  20,  1805;  Galen  Thompson,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Galen  Thompson,  son  of  Isaac  Por- 
ter, was  born  in  Bridgewater,  November  5, 
1807.  He  was  a  real  estate  dealer  in  Harlem, 
New  York  City.  He  married,  September  13, 
1829,  Mary  Ellen,  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Abi- 
gail R.  (Day)  Fletcher  (see  Fletcher  VII),  of 
Lancaster,  Massachusetts.  Children:  Ellen 
Adams,  born  June,  1830,  married,  March  29, 
1853,  William  W.  Highet,  of  New  York  (see 
Highet  III) ;  John  Holmes,  February,  1832, 
married  Louisa  J.  Ayers,  and  died  June  5, 
1875:  Emma,  October,  1834,  died  December 
17,  1834;  Mary  Emma,  March,  1837.  married 
Marcellus  E.  Randall,  September  8,  1854; 
Anna  Perkins,  November,  1839,  married. 
March  30,  1862,  Lewis  W.  Stetson,  and  died 
March  7,  1869 ;  Galen  Thompson,  June,  1842, 
died  at  St.  Thomas,  West  Indies,  September 
15,  1866,  purser  in  United  States  navy;  David 
Fletcher,  December,  1844,  married.  .August  13, 
1869,  Fannie  E.  Leggett,  of  New  York;  Har- 
riet Augusta,  September.  1847,  married  Elihu 
L.  Tompkins,  of  White  Plains,  September  2-j, 
1865 ;  Frank,  died  February  25,  1852. 

(The  Fletcher  Line). 

(I)  Robert  Fletcher,  the  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England  in  1592,  died  at  Concord, 
April  3.  1677,  aged  eighty-five.  His  will  was 
dated  February  4,  1672.  then  "aged  about  four- 
score". The  family  tradition  fixes  his  birth- 
place in  yorkshire.  He  settled  in  Concord, 
Massachusetts,  in  1630.  and  became  well-to-do 
and  prominent.  He  was  appointed  by  the 
general  court  a  constable  for  Concord,  Novem- 
ber 2,  1637:  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
town  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts.    He  mar- 


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ried 


Children  :  Luke,  born  in 


England  ;    William,    mentioned   below  ;    Caro- 
line ;  Francis,  1630;  Samuel,  1632. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Robert  Fletcher,  was 
born  in  England  in  1622,  died  November  6, 
1677.  He  came  to  Concord  with  his  father. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  church  there,  was 
made  a  freeman.  May  io,  1643;  selectman, 
1655,  of  Chelmsford,  the  first  town  meeting 
being  at  his  house.  In  1673  he  was  appointed 
a  commissioner  or  magistrate  for  Chelmsford. 
He  owned  the  land  on  which  the  city  of 
Lowell  is  located,  and  a  part  of  the  original  lot 
near  the  meeting  house  in  Chelmsford  is  still 
owned  by  his  descendants  and  has  been  in  the 
possession  of  the  family  two  hundred  years 
and  more.  He  married,  October  7,  1645, 
Lydia  Bates,  of  Concord,  who  died  October 
12,  1704.  Children:  Lydia,  born  January  30, 
1647;  Joshua,  mentioned  below;  Paul;  Sarah: 
William,  born  at  Chelmsford,  February  21, 
1657;  Mary.  October  4,  1658:  Esther,  April 
12,  1662;  Samuel,  July  23,  1664. 

(III)  Joshua,  son  of  William  Fletcher,  was 
born  at  Concord,  March  20,  1648,  died  No- 
vember 21,  171 3.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man, March  11,  1689.  He  married  (first) 
May  4,  1668.  Grissel  Jewell,  who  died  in  Janu- 
ary, 1681.  He  married  (second)  July  18,  1681, 
Sarah  Willey.  Child  of  first  wife:  Joshua, 
born  about  1669.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Paul,  1682 ;  Rachel,  June  27,  1683 ;  Timothy, 
October,  1685;  John,  May  7,  1687:  Joseph, 
June  10,  1689;  Sarah,  January  21,  1690;  Jon- 
athan: Jonas,  1694;  Elizabeth,  June  10,  1698. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Joshua  Fletcher,  was 
born  in  Chelmsford,  May  7,  1687.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1712,  Hannah  Phelps,  of  Lancaster, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  settled  and  built  a 
house  on  George's  Hill,  directly  west  of  the 
present  meeting  house.  The  homestead  re- 
mained in  the  family  until  1868.  His  wife 
died  April  10,  1737,  aged  fifty-one.  Children, 
born  in  Lancaster:  John,  Timothy,  Robert, 
Joshua,  mentioned  below;  Lydia,  Hannah, 
Ruth. 

(V)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  John  Fletcher,  was 
born  in  Lancaster,  December  26,  1724,  died 
November  13,  1814.  He  was  born  and  always 
lived  on  the  homestead  on  George's  Hill.  At 
the  time  of  the  revolution  he  was  on  the  com- 
mittee of  safety  and  his  service  makes  eligible 
his  descendants  to  the  Sons  and  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution.  Though  more  than 
fifty  years  old,  he  responded  to  the 'Lexington 
Alarm  and  joined  the  Lancaster  company.  He 
married,  May  15,  1748,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Sarah  Allen.  She  died  July  25, 
181 3.  aged  eighty-six.  Children,  born  at  Lan- 
caster: Joshua,  February  25,   1749;  Timothy, 


September  20,  1750,  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion: Phineas,  May  29,  1753;  Elisha,  June  i8, 
1755;  John,  October  i,  1757;  Mary,  June] 
1760:  Peter,  September  5,  1762;  Rufus,  qjen- 
tioned  below;  x^nne,  born  September  29,  1767; 
Sophia,  November  22,  1769;  William,  August 
9,  1772. 

(VI)  Rufus,  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Fletcher, 
was  born  at  Lancaster,  October  14,  1764.  He 
lived  on  part  of  the  homestead  on  George's- 
Hill  and  died  there  September  28,  1851,  a 
humble  and  devoted  Christian.  He  married, 
June  29,  1786.  Mary  Sawyer.  Children: 
Elisha,  mentioned  below ;  Sophia,  October  18, 
1788;  Artemas,  October  10,  1790;  Cynthia, 
January  31,  1792:  Christopher,  April  6,  1794; 
Rufus,  June  9,  1795,  died  young;  Rufus, 
March  30,  1797:  Mary,  December  25,  1799; 
Elijah.  August  23,  1802,  died  young;  Lewis, 
December  19,  1805. 

(VII)  Elisha,  son  of  Rufus  Fletcher,  was 
born  September  4,  1787,  at  Lancaster.  He 
was  a  mason  by  trade.  He  found  employment 
in  New  York  City  and  when  about  to  move 
his  family  thither  he  was  killed  by  the  fall  of 
a  building,  October  11,  1816.  His  widow  died 
in  1865.  He  married  Abigail  R.  Day  in  1809. 
Children:  Mary  Ellen,  born  September  6,  1810, 
married,  September  13,  1829,  Galen  Thompson 
Porter  (see  Porter  VII)  ;  John  Day,  April  29, 
1813;  Elisha  Rufus,  born  in  Gloucester,  No- 
vember 16,  1816 ;  David  Boynton,  twin  of 
Elisha  Rufus,  married  Sarah  A.  Smith. 


This  family  is  of  Welsh  origin 
DAVIES     and  was  first  known  under  the 

name  of  Davies  in  1581.  when 
Robert  ap  David  of  Gwysany  assumed  it,  and 
received  confirmation  of  the  family  arms  and 
grant  of  crest  and  motto.  From  the  best  in- 
formation that  can  be  obtained,  it  appears  that 
John  Davies,  the  immigrant,  was  the  only  son 
of  Thomas  E>avies,  fourth  son  of  Robert 
Davies  of  Gwysany  Castle  in  the  parish  of 
Mold,  Flintshire,  England.  The  family  for 
years  has  ranked  among  the  first  of  North 
Wales.  They  derived  an  unbroken  descent 
from  the  famed  Cymric  Efell,  Lord  of  Eylwys 
Eyle,  who  lived  A.  D.  1200,  son  of  Madoc  ap 
Meredith,  Prince  of  Powys  Fadoc,  sixth  in 
descent  from  Merwyn,  King  of  Powys,  third 
son  of  Rodic  Maur. 

(1)  John  Davies,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  in  Kingston  parish  in 
1680,  and  came  to  America  in  1735  with  his 
wife,  Catherine  Spenser.  He  settled  in  the 
western  part  of  Litchfield  county,  Connecticut, 
and  purchased  one  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of 
land  from  Thomas  Lee  for  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds,  within  the  present  town  of  Wash- 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


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ington.  Within  fifteen  years  after  his  arrival 
he  was  owner  of  a  large  and  valuable  tract 
containing  nearly  a  thousand  acres  of  the  best 
land  in  Litchfield  county.  In  religion  he  was 
Episcopalian,  being  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Episcopal  church  at  Litchfield.  On  April  4, 
1747,  he  conveyed  to  Mr.  Samuel  Cole,  as  trus- 
tee for  the  church,  a  tract  of  fifty-two  acres 
of  land  in  Litchfield,  to  be  held  for  the  use  and 
benefit  of  the  minister  of  the  church.  At  his 
request  the  church  was  named  St.  Michael's, 
and  the  first  service  held  April  23,  1749.  In 
1747  Mr.  Davies  gave  to  his  son  a  tract  of  four 
hundred  and  thirty  acres,  and  in  1750  he  gave 
to  his  grandsons,  John,  Thomas  and  William, 
one  hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land.  His 
wife  died  several  years  before  he  did,  but  the 
exact  dates  are  unknown.  He  had  only  one 
child,  John. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Davies, 
was  born  in  England,  in  171 1,  died  May  19, 
1797,  aged  eighty-six  years.  He  was  educated 
at  the  LTniversity  of  Oxford,  and  in  1734,  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Brown,  who  died  about  1739. 
He  married  (second)  in  England,  1744,  Mary 
Powell,  who  died  December  15,  1801,  aged 
seventy-five  years.  He  made  two  or  more 
voyages  to  America  before  he  finally  settled 
here  in  1747  on  the  land  given  him  by  his 
father.  As  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  society 
in  Litchfield  he  was  influential.  Like  his 
father,  he  did  not  appear  to  have  much  interest 
in  taking  part  in  public  affairs.  During  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  1757,  he  purchased  a 
large  tract  of  land  in  Saratoga  county.  New 
York,  and  went  there  to  take  possession,  but 
was  kept  from  his  purpose  by  hostile  Indians, 
and  returned  to  Connecticut  in  1758.  He  and 
his  family  were  Tories,  and  the  property  of 
his  sons  John  and  William  was  confiscated, 
and  John  was  fined  and  imprisoned  for  a  year 
in  Litchfield  jail  for  giving  aid  to  the  royal 
cause.  His  young  son  David  narrowly  escaped 
death  for  the  same  reason,  but  was  pardoned 
on  enlisting  in  the  continental  army  during 
the  war,  it  is  written,  although  his  name  does 
not  appear  on  the  war  rolls.  After  the  sepa- 
ration of  Birch  Plains  of  "Davies  Hollow" 
from  the  township,  the  family  withdrew  from 
the  church  and  built  one  principally  at  their 
own  expense  near  their  homes.  Children,  by 
first  wife,  bom  in  England:  John,  mentioned 
below;  Thomas,  born  January  2,  1737;  Will- 
iam, born  1739,  died  in  infancy.  Children,  by 
second  wife,  born  in  England:  William,  born 
January  29,  1744:  Mary,  March  17,  1745,  died 
young;  James,  1746,  died  in  infancy;  Walter, 
June  22,  1747.  Born  in  America:  Catherine, 
born  July  20,  1751 ;  Elizabeth,  July  3,  1753; 
Ann,  November  18,  1755  ;  James  John,  Decem- 


ber 31,  1757;  David,  March  14,  1759;  Rachel 
August  20,  1761;  George,  February  12,  1764; 
Thomas,  May  30,  1766. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Davies, 
was  born  at  Kingston,  county  of  Hereford', 
England,  June,  1735,  and  was  brought  to 
America  by  his  father  when  young.  In  1750 
his  grandfather  conveyed  to  him  a  tract  of 
land,  and  in  1758  his  father  gave  him  sixty 
acres.  During  the  revolution  he  was  imprison- 
ed for  aiding  England's  cause,  as  well  as  being 
deprived  of  his  property.  He  was  active  in  the 
organization  of  the  Church  of  St.  John,  found- 
ed by  his  father.  In  1793  or  1794  he  opened  a 
store  in  the  town  of  Washington,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  son  Thomas  John.  They  also 
purchased  cattle  in  the  country  which  they 
sold  in  New  York.  This  enterprise  was  suc- 
cessful until  the  summer  of  1798,  when  there 
was  an  epidemic  of  yellow  fever  in  New  York, 
and  the  cattle  drove  sent  there  was  an  entire 
loss  to  him.  This  last  blow  seems  to  have  dis- 
couraged him,  and  he  died  April  18,  1799, 
aged  sixty-four.  He  married,  in  1763,  Eunice 
Hotchkiss,  of  New  Haven,  who  died  March 
29,  1824,  aged  seventy-nine.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, Thomas  John,  Eunice,  Esther,  all  born 
before  1774. 

( IV)  Thomas  John,  son  of  John  (3)  Davies, 
was  born  at  Davies  Hollow,  November,  1767. 
He  lived  near  his  father.  As  the  rest  of  the 
family  had  been,  he  was  an  Episcopalian,  and 
in  August,  1796,  he  was  elected  chorister.  In 
1798  he  met  with  reverses  in  business  and 
determined  to  start  again  on  the  shore  of  Black 
Lake,  St.  Lawrence  county.  New  York.  In 
1800  he  removed  his  family  there  and  made  a 
home  in  the  wilderness.  Soon  many  families 
were  settled  near,  and  Mr.  Davies  always  had 
a  leading  part  in  the  community.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Democrat  and  for  ten  years  held  the 
office  of  sheriflF  of  St.  Lawrence  county,  and 
served  for  several  years  as  county  judge.  Two 
sons,  Charles  and  Thomas,  he  sent  to  the 
L'nited  States  Military  Academy  at  West 
Point.  He  died  April  18,  1845,  aged  seventy- 
eight,  and  was  buried  on  his  own  grounds  at 
Black  Lake.  He  married,  December  29,  1792, 
Ruth  Foote,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Foote, 
of  Watertown,  Connecticut,  who  died  Septem- 
ber 21,  1852.  Children:  Belvidere.  wife  of 
George  Ranney;  John  Foote.  Charles.  Henry 
E.,  mentioned  below;  Thomas  Alfred,  and 
Eunice  Ruth. 

(V)  Henry  Ebenezer,  son  of  Thomas  John 
Davies,  was  born  at  Black  Lake.  February  8, 
1805.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he  entered  the 
family  of  the  late  Judge  Alfred  Conkling,  at 
Canandaigua,  to  prepare  for  the  profession  of 
the  law.    On  becoming  of  age  he  was  admitted 


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to  the  bar  in  Albany  county,  April,  1826.  He 
began  his  professional  career  in  Buffalo,  then 
a  small  village  on  the  western  frontier.  His 
first  important  case  was  between  the  owners 
of  uplands  who  wished  to  extend  warehouses 
into  the  river  and  shut  off  ancient  rights  of 
way  and  by  the  aid  of  old  residents,  including 
the  Seneca  Chief,  Red  Jacket,  establishing  the 
fact  that  the  right  of  way  had  existed  from 
time  immemorial,  Mr.  Davies  won  his  case  and 
his  victory  resulted  in  his  election  in  the  fol- 
lowing year  as  city  attorney.  In  the  winter  of 
1829-30  he  removed  to  New  York  City  and 
soon  after  formed  a  partnership  with  his  uncle, 
Samuel  A.  Foote,  and  the  firm  continued  until 
1848,  when  Mr.  Foote  retired.  Among  the 
clients  of  the  firm  were  various  large  corpora- 
tions, including  the  Erie  Railroad  Company. 
Mr.  Davies  next  entered  into  partnership  with 
Hon.  William  Kent,  and  the  firm  lasted  until 
1853.  His  next  partner  was  Henry  J.  Scudder, 
son-in-law  of  Prof.  Charles  Davies.  When 
Mr.  Davies  was  elected  ajusticejof  the  supreme 
court  in  1855,  James  C.  Carter,  who  had  been 
a  clerk  of  the  firm,  was  admitted  to  partner- 
ship and  the  firm  became  Scudder  &  Carter. 

Mr.  Davies  was  always  a  Whig  in  politics 
and  was  an  able  public  speaker  and  cam- 
paigner. In  1840  he  was  elected  assistant  ald- 
erman of  the  City  of  New  York  from  the  Fif- 
teenth Ward  and  in  1842  was  chosen  an  alder- 
man. At  this  time,  he  was  chairman  of  the 
committee  in  charge  of  celebrating  the  intro- 
duction of  Croton  water  in  the  city.  In  1850 
he  was  appointed  corporation  counsel  and  he 
held  the  office  three  years.  One  of  the  most 
important  services  he  rendered  in  this  office 
was  in  successfully  defending  Mayor  Cor- 
nelius W.  Lawrence  in  suits  for  damages 
caused  by  the  blowing  up  of  buildings  to  check 
a  conflagration,  upon  order  of  the  mayor. 
After  he  retired  from  this  office  he  made,  at 
the  request  of  the  common  council,  a  compila- 
tion of  the  statutes  relating  to  the  city  with  its 
ancient  and  modern  charters.  In  the  summer 
of  1855,  he  accompanied  abroad  Millard  Fill- 
more, former  President  of  the  United  States, 
whose  friendship  he  had  formed  in  early  life, 
continuing  until  his  death.  In  the  same  year 
he  was  elected  to  the  bench  of  the  supreme 
court.  During  his  term  of  office  he  presided 
at  two  celebrated  murder  trials,  those  of  Can- 
cemi  and  Burdell,  and  in  the  general  term  con- 
curred in  the  decision  that  slaves  brought  into 
the  state  became  free.  In  the  fall  of  1859  he 
was  elected  justice  of  the  court  of  appeals  for 
eight  years,  during  the  last  two  of  which  he 
was  chief  justice.  He  wrote  the  opinions  of 
the  court  in  many  most  important  cases,  such 
as  that  of  Kortright  vs.  Cady  (21  N.  Y.  343), 


establishing  the  point  that  tender  of  the  amount 
due  on  a  mortgage  destroys  the  lien  thereof; 
People  vs.  The  Canal  Appraisers  (33  N.  Y. 
461),  establishing  the  law  relating  to  navigable 
streams;  Dealfield  vs.  Parish  (25  N.  Y.  9), 
discussing  the  matter  of  testamentary  capacity. 
Probably  no  opinion  ever  caused  him  more 
thought  and  study  than  that  written  in  Metro- 
politan Bank  vs.  Van  Dyck  (27  N.  Y.  400), 
sustaining  the  legal  tender  acts  of  the  nation. 
He  gave  to  the  government  unfaltering  sup- 
port during  the  civil  war,  and  his  conviction 
that  the  constitution  conferred  extraordinary 
powers  on  the  government  in  time  of  war 
found  expression  in  his  opinions,  especially  in 
the  legal  tender  case.  At  the  end  of  his  term, 
he  declined  reelection  and  resumed  his  practice 
in  partnership  with  Judge  Noah  Davis  until 
the  latter  was  reelected  to  the  bench  in  1872, 
and  afterward  with  his  son,  Julien  Tappan 
Davies.  He  was  counsel  for  the  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  and  other  large  corpora- 
tions, but  devoted  himself  mainly  to  chamber 
practice  and  to  service  as  referee  in  important 
cases.  The  day  before  he  was  stricken  with 
his  last  illness  he  sat  for  many  hours  as  one 
of  the  commissioners  to  determine  the  feasi- 
bility of  constructing  the  Broadway  Arcade 
Railroad.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Institution 
for  the  Instruction  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb, 
and  during  the  last  year  of  his  life  its  presi- 
dent. In  1870  he  became  dean  of  the  Law 
School  of  the  University  of  the  City  of  New 
York  and  continued  in  this  office  as  long  as  he 
lived.  He  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
LL.  D.  from  the  university  and  also  from  Am- 
herst College. 

"Judge  Davies  was  conspicuous,"  wrote  his 
son,  Henry  Eugene  Davies,  in  the  Davies  gene- 
alogy, "during  his  long  and  busy  life  for  ster- 
ling integrity  and  devotion  to  the  interests  com- 
mitted to  his  charge.  His  capacity  for  labor 
was  prodigious  and  sustained  by  a  constitu- 
tion of  iron  that  gave  him  enormous  powers 
of  endurance.  During  the  Cancemi  trial,  after 
five  days  spent  until  a  late  hour  in  presiding, 
at  half-past  seven  on  a  Friday  evening  he  com- 
menced to  write  his  charge.  He  finished  it  as 
he  was  summoned  to  breakfast  at  eight  o'clock 
the  ne.xt  morning,  having  labored  all  the  night 
without  intermission  for  sleep  or  refreshment. 
From  this,  and  from  other  similar  herculean 
labors,  he  never  suffered  any  inconvenience 
or  felt  that  he  had  sustained  a  strain,  until 
some  two  years  before  his  death,  when  age 
slowly  claimed  him  as  its  own.  Yet  he  retained 
great  vigor  until  the  day  when  he  was  fatally 
attacked,  some  two  weeks  only  before  his 
death.  *  *  *  In  person  he  was  strongly 
and  heavily  built,  though  of  medium  stature. 


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He  possessed  the  powerful  body  with  large 
organs  and  short  limbs,  characteristics  of  his 
Welsh  ancestry.  His  head  was  large,  with  a 
brain  fully  developed,  and  a  countenance  full 
of  benignity,  though  stern  in  such  times  as 
called  for  an  exhibition  of  strength.  He  was 
genial  in  manner  and  friendly  with  all  men. 
His  sole  pleasure  was  the  professional  one  of 
whist.  Temperate  indeed,  almost  abstemious 
in  his  habits,  simple  in  his  tastes,  earnest  in 
his  professional  duties,  the  two  leading  motives 
of  his  life  were  devotion  to  duty  and  love  of 
his  family.  True  to  the  church  of  his  ancestry, 
and  following  their  lead,  he  gave  to  St.  Luke's 
Church  at  Mattewan,  in  Dutchess  county,  the 
land  upon  which  its  edifice  is  erected.  Under 
the  shadow  of  its  eaves  he  rests — wife,  chil- ' 
dren  and  grandchildren  reposing  around  hi^li. 
The  memory  of  his  pure,  strong,  loving  spirit 
is  the  most  precious  heritage  of  his  livi!;ig  de- 
scendants." He  died  in  the  city  of  Ne^r  York, 
December  17,  1881.  / 

He  married  Rebecca  Waldo  Tapf)an,  born  in 
Boston,  1815,  died  February  24,/i884,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  (Salisbury)  Tappan. 
John  Tappan  was  born  July  ^6,  1781,  son  of 
Benjamin  (S),  (Benjamin  (,4),  Samuel  (3), 
Peter  (2),  Abraham  (i)  Tappan),  married, 
September  30,  1805,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Salisbury,  granddavighter  of  John,  and 
great-granddaughter  of''  Nicholas  Salisbury. 
Elizabeth  (Sewall),  wir^e  of  Samuel  Salisbury, 
was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  (6),  (Rev.  Joseph 
(5),  Samuel  (4),  /Henry  (3),  Henry  (2), 
Henry  (i),)  SewalA.  Elizabeth  (Quincy)  Sew- 
all,  wife  of  Sami^el,  was  a  daughter  of  Ed- 
mund and  Elizabeth  (Wendall)  Quincy.  Sarah 
(Salisbury)  T^pan  died  August  28,  1839, 
after  having  eljeven  children,  and  he  married 
(second),  September  22,  1841,  Mrs.  Hannah 
(Pomroy)  Ed/wards.  John  Tappan  was  sent 
by  the  Unite/a  States  government  to  London 
as  a  delegate  to  the  International  Convention 
of  Peace  in  I1843.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Davies:  i.  /General  Henry  Eugene,  born  in 
New  York  City,  July  2,  1836;  entered  the  ser- 
vice as  capf  ain  in  1861  and  rose  to  the  rank 
of  major-gfeneral  in  1865,  resigning  January 
I,  1866;  laxvyer  in  New  York  City;  author  of 
Davies'  Gftnealogy ;  public  administrator  1866- 
69  in  NeAv  York  City ;  assistant  district  attor- 
ney 18701-73;  died  September  6,  1894;  married, 
August  ao,  1858,  Julia  Rich.  2.  William  Gil- 
bert, bo'tn  March  21,  1842;  a  lawyer;  married, 
Decemtfer  15,  1870,  Lucy  C,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Ale.xanider  H.  Rice.  3.  Julien  Tappan,  men- 
tioned (below.  4.  Theodore,  October  22,  1847: 
was  in/  the  diplomatic  service;  journalist;  died 
MarcHi  15,  1875.  5.  Francis  Herbert.  Septem- 
ber i£,  1849;  married,  April  27,  1876,  Cornelia 


Scott,  daughter  of  Henry  S.  Rokenbaugh ; 
died  February  27,  IQ06.  6.  Helen,  June  9, 
1851.  7.  Lucy,  March  7,  1853;  married,  April 
21,    1875,   ^^-   Samuel   Swift,   died    February 

4,  1897- 

(VI)  Julien  Tappan  Davies,  son  of  Hon. 
Henry  E.  Davies,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
September  25,  1845.  He  attended  the  schools 
of  his  native  city  and  the  private  school  of  Dr. 
Reed  at  Walnut  Hill,  Geneva,  New  York.  He 
entered  Columbia  College  in  1862  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1866.  In  the  sum- 
mer of  1863,  while  a  student  in  college,  he 
joined  the  Twenty-second  Regiment  of  New 
York  State  Militia,  and  took  an  active  part  in 
the  Pennsylvania  campaign  of  the  Civil  War, 
ending  at  the  Battle  of  Gettysburg.  On  leav- 
ing college  he  devoted  himself  to  the  study  of 
law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Alexander  W.  Brad- 
ford. Under  the  will  of  Judge  Bradford,  Mr. 
Davies  succeeded  to  part  of  his  law  practice, 
and  soon  afterward  became  associated  with 
his  father.  Judge  Davies,  who  retired  from  the 
bench  of  the  Court  of  Appeals,  January  i, 
1868.  With  these  fortunate  connections  he 
established  an  active  and  prosperous  profes- 
sional career  and  gained  a  deservedly  high 
reputation  as  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of 
New  York  City.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. •  In  religion  a  member  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  He  has  been  for  many  years  counsel 
for  the  elevated  railways  of  New  York;  has 
been  since  1881  a  trustee  of  the  Mutual  Life 
Insurance  Company  of  New  York.  His  office 
is  at  34  Nassau  street,  New  York.  He  is  now 
a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Davies,  Auerbach, 
Cornell  &  Barry. 

He  married,  April  22,  1869,  Alice,  born  Jan- 
uary 12,  1847,  daughter  of  Hon.  Henry  H. 
Martin,  a  descendant  of  Captain  John  Mar- 
tin, of  Woodbury,  Connecticut.  Children: 
Julien  Townsend,  bom  February  20,  1870; 
Alice,  died  in  1885,  aged  fourteen ;  Helen,  died 
in  1877,  aged  five;  Thomas  Alfred,  died  in 
1877,  aged  four:  Ethel,  born  March  19,  1876; 
Frederick  Martin,  bom  September  12,  1877; 
Cornelia  Sherman,  born  October  21,  1882. 


The  surname  Hubbard  dates 
HUBBARD  from  the  first  use  of  family 
names  in  England,  and  was 
doubtless  in  earlier  times  a  personal  name. 
Some  writers  think  it  a  modification  of  the 
Danish  name  Hubba,  made  famous  by  one  of 
the  sea  kings  who  conquered  part  of  England. 
Several  forms  of  spelling  survive,  Hubbard 
and  Hobart  being  the  most  prominent  as  sur- 
names, Hubert  and  Herbert  as  personal 
names.  In  old  records  some  fifty  different 
spellings  have  been  found,  and  as  late  as  the 


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colonial  period  in  America  the  variations  are 
very  numerous.  The  English  family  has  al- 
ways been  prominent,  and  many  of  the 
branches  have  ancient  coats-of-arms.  We  find 
the  records  mentioning  a  John  Hubbard,  born 
about  1235,  living  in  Rye,  Norfolkshire,  Eng- 
land, and  from  him  a  numerous  posterity  re- 
siding in  that  section  of  the  country. 

(I)  George  Hubbard,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  1601,  probably  in  the 
eastern  or  southeastern  part.  He  settled  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  before  1639.  Another 
George  Hubbard,  who  settled  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  was  doubtless  a  relative,  but  not 
his  father.  William  and  Thomas  Hubbard, 
also  of  Hartford,  were  among  the  early  settlers, 
and  they  seem  also  to  be  closely  related.  George 
Hubbard  came  with  the  first  settlers  overland 
from  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  He  was 
given  six  acres  of  land  "by  courtesy  of  the  town, 
with  privilege  of  wood  &  keeping  cows  on  the 
common",  and  lived  on  a  lot  adjacent  to  land 
of  James  Ensign  and  George  Graves  on  a 
road  that  ran  parallel  with  the  Connecticut 
river,  from  the  south  meadow  to  George 
Steele's  place.  In  1640,  after  his  marriage,  he 
was  assigned  a  home  lot  and  land  on  the  east 
side  of  the  Connecticut  river.  In  1649  he  was 
fined  ten  pounds  for  exchanging  a  gun  with 
an  Indian,  it  being  against  the  law  to  furnish 
arms  or  ammunition  to  the  savages.  He  re- 
moved in  March,  1650-51,  with  about  fifteen 
other  settlers  and  their  families,  to  Mattabesit, 
later  called  Middletown,  Connecticut.  He  was 
licensed  as  an  Indian  agent  and  trader  as  early 
as  1650.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1654. 
He  owned  much  land  on  both  sides  of  the 
river,  living  on  what  is  now  Main  street.  He, 
together  with  Thomas  Wetmore  and  two 
others,  gave  land  for  the  second  meeting- 
house. He  was  the  first  sexton  of  the  first 
meeting-house,  and  his  son  Joseph  beat  the 
drum  to  call  the  people  to  meeting  or  to  warn 
them  against  hostile  Indians.  His  will,  dated 
May  22,  u68i,  states  his  age  as  eighty  years. 
His  inventory  is  dated  May  13,  1685,  and 
states  that  he  died  March  18,  1684.  In  1640 
he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizabeth  Watts;  she  died  in  1702.  Children: 
Mary,  born  at  Hartford,  January  16,  1641-42: 
Joseph,  December  10,  1643;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below  ;  Samuel,  May,  1648 :  George,  December 
15,  1650;  Nathaniel,  December  10,  1652: 
Richard,  July,  1655;  Elizabeth,  January  15, 
1659.  One  record  says  that  George  Hubbard 
"was  highly  respected  and  of  marked  integ- 
rity and  fairness." 

fll)  Daniel,  son  of  George  Hubbard,  was 
baptized  at  Hartford,  December  7,  1645,  ^"d 
died  at  Haddam,  November  9,  1704.    He  set- 


tled in  Haddam  about  1700.  He  took  part  in 
the  war  of  1690.  He  married  (first),  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1669-70,  Mary  Clark,  who  died  De- 
cember 24,  1673.  He  married  (second) 
Sarah  Cornwell,  born  at  Middletown,  Octo- 
ber, 1647,  daughter  of  Sergeant  William  and 
Mary  Cornwell.  Child  of  first  wife:  Daniel 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Margaret,  born  July  20,  1675,  married  John 
Ward;  Mary,  January  16,  1678;  Jacob;  Sarah, 
March  10,  1680;  Mehitable,  August  18,  1683; 
Mary,  March  23,  1686. 

(III)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Hub- 
bard, was  bom  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 16,  1673.  He  removed  with  his  fam- 
ily to  Haddam,  where  he  owned  considerable 
land,  and  was  regarded  as  a  well-to-do  and 
prominent  citizen.  He  married  (first),  De- 
cember 8,  1697,  Susannah  Bailey,  of  Haddam. 
In  hiS  will,  which  was  proved  January  14, 
1756,  he  bequeathes  to  his  second  wife,  Bath- 
sheba  Hubbard.  Children:  Mary;  Daniel,  born 
1 70 1,  died  March  11,   1765;  Susannah,   1703, 

married   ^ —   Crampton ;    Elizabeth,    1706, 

married  Eben!?zer  Munger;  Hannah,  1708, 
married,  June  i\3,  1734,  Elisha  Cone;  Martha, 
1710,  married  ABjraham  Stone;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IV)  Thomas,  sJgn  of  Daniel  (2)  Hubbard, 
was  born  in  1714  at^Jaddam,  Connecticut.  He 
was  an  extensive  Ian  A  owner  and  conducted  a 
grist  mill.  He  married\first)  Elizabeth  Snow. 
He  married  (second),\at  Haddam,  Sarah 
Walkley.  Children,  bomlat  Haddam:  Agnes, 
1736,  married  Lewis  Smlith;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below;  Hannah,  I7t4i.  married  John 
Brainerd ;  Daniel.  1742,  manr'^"^  Anna  Wood- 
ruff. 

(V)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Hub- 
bard, was  born  at  Haddam,  IConnecticut,  in 
1738,  died  there  June  6,  1803.  \He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution,  accordina  to  the  gene- 
alogy. He  was  wealthy  for  his  I  day,  owning 
considerable  land  and  a  grist  mill. I  He  married, 
November  6,  1771,  Sarah  BoardiVian,  born  in 
1752,  died  at  Haddam,  1829.  Cwildren,  born 
at  Haddam:  Zerviah.  baptized  October,  1772; 
Amasa,  mentioned  below ;  Hann»h,  baptized 
1777:  Jemima,  1778;  Jerusha,  baptized  June, 
1780;  Daniel,  baptized  February,  r.782 ;  Sam- 
uel Boardman,  baptized  June,  i784;\Damaris, 
baptized  January,  1787,  married  {Jonathan 
Burr;  Juliana,  1788,  married  Elish  a  Clark; 
Sarah  and  Elizabeth,  twins,  1790;  Mai'jia,  1793, 
married  Herman  Brainerd.  ' 

(VI)  Amasa,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  mubbard, 
was  baptized  at  Haddam,  Connecticuft,  Sep- 
tember, 1775.  He  married  (first)  El  jzabeth 
Burr:  married  (second)  Deborah  C'oates; 
married   (third)  Hannah,  daughter  of  ^David 


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Hubbard.  Children,  born  at  Haddam :  Samuel, 
about  i8a2,  died  young;  Clarissa,  1805,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Arnold;  Thomas,  1806;  Dr.  Sam- 
uel Thomas,  mentioned  below  ;  Rev.  Jonathan, 
1810,  graduate  of  Princeton  University,  re- 
sided at  Granville,  New  York,  married  Mary 
Fish  and  had  children,  Jane,  Frederick  and 
Martha;  Daniel,  1812,  died  in  1835;  Alburn, 
1816,  resided  at  Haddam,  married  (first) 
Cynthia  Bonfoey  and  (second)  Mary  Smith 
and  had  children :  Eleanor,  Frank,  Florence 
and  Frederick. 

(VH)  Dr.  Samuel  Thomas  Hubbard,  son 
of  Amasa  Hubbard,  was  born  at  Haddam. 
Connecticut,  February  19,  1808.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  the  Garfield  grammar  school,  Midd'e- 
town,  and  Suffield  Academy,  Suffield,  Con- 
necticut. He  studied  medicine  with  Amos  S. 
Miller,  of  New  York,  graduating  at  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  State  of  New  York  in  i8.j§.  He 
was  a  prominent  physician  of  New  Ycjrk  City, 
and  in  addition  to  his  private  practice  held  the 
position  of  physician  to  the  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital, consulting  physician  to  tb/e  New  York 
Dispensary.  He  was  a  memb?;r  of  the  >.Ted- 
ical  Society  of  New  York  0)unty,  the  Nev/ 
York  Academy  of  Mediq^ne,  the  Medical 
Journal  Association,  the /Medico-Legal  So- 
ciety, the  Society  for  thfe  Relief  of  Widows 
and  Orphans  of  Medieval  Men,  and  of  the 
Physicians'  Mutual  Aid^  Association.  He  was 
president  of  the  firstynamed  society  in  1866- 
67;  vice-president  oS'the  second-named  from 
1873  to  1876,  corpesponding  secretary  from 
1853  to  1858,  trus/ee  from  1862  to  1873,  and 
re-elected  in  187&/  He  also  served  as  trustee 
of  the  College  off  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
Columbia  UniveTrsity,  New  York.  Dr.  Hub- 
bard married,  ijn  1850,  Mary  Hearn  Hustace, 
of  New  Yorly  City,  born  1826,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and/ Ann  (Hearn)  Hustace,  of  New 
York.  Children :  Walter  Comstock,  mentioned 
below;  Emil-^,  bom  1853;  Samuel  Thomas  Jt., 
mentioned  Celow ;  William,  born  1857,  died 
in  1884.      / 

(YHI)  /Walter  Comstock.  son  of  Dr.  Sam- 
uel Thoma/.s  Hubbard,  was  born  in  New  York 
City,  JurJe  26,  185 1.  He  attended  private 
schools  adid  the  Mount  Washington  Collegiate 
Institute/  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of/  1865.  After  completing  his  studies 
he  enga^^ed  in  the  shipping  and  commission 
businessr  in  New  York  City  and  subsequently 
became  I  a  cotton  merchant.  In  partnership 
with  hi;s  brother,  Samuel  Thomas  Hubbard, 
they  erjtablished  the  firm  of  Hubbard  Brothers 
vir  Company,  cotton  merchants  and  brokers. 
New  'York  City.  He  acted  as  president  of  the 
Gotten  Exchange  of  New  York  City  in  1905- 


06-07.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  the  Union  Club,  the  Union  League 
Club,  of  New  York,  St.  Nicholas  Club  of 
New  York,  New  York  Yacht  Club,  Seawan- 
haka  Yacht  Club,  Larchmont  Yacht  Club. 
New  England  Society  of  New  York  and  St. 
Nicholas  Society,  Sons  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution, and  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars.  Mr. 
Hubbard  married,  in  May,  1872,  Helen  In- 
galls,  daughter  of  Alfred  A.  Valentine,  of 
New  York,  wlo  came  thither  from  Rhode 
Island.  Children:  i.  Dr.  Ernest  Valentine, 
graduate  oi  Columbia  College  and  the  Col- 
lege of  Physicians  and  Surgeons ;  a  physician 
in  New  York  City ;  married  Mary  Cheatham, 
of  Nashville,  Tennessee.  2.  Exlith  Ingalls, 
married  Duncan  Sterling,  of  New  York.  3. 
Ralph  Hustace,  graduate  of  Columbia  Col- 
lege ;  married  Etta  Fleming,  of  New  York 
City. 

(VIII)  Samuel  Thomas  Jr.,  son  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Thomas  Hubbard,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  1855.  He  completed  his  studies  in 
private  schools.  He  is  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Hubbard  Brothers  &  Company,  cotton  mer- 
chants and  brokers,  New  York  City.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Cotton  Exchange  of  New 
York  City,  serving  as  president  of  the  same  for 
two  terms,  and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  the  New  York  Club  and  the 
New  York  Yacht  Club.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth A.  Van  Winkle,  of  New  York  City.  Chil- 
dren :  William  Hustace,  Samuel  Thomas, 
Elizabeth  and  Margaret. 


Fairbairn  is  an  ancient 
FAIRBAIRN  Scotch  surname  meaning 
"fair  child."  The  old  coat- 
of-  arms  of  the  Scotch  Fairbairns  is  described: 
Gules  an  eagle ;  wings  endorsed  or,  a  bordure 
ermine.  Crest :  a  griffin  passant  sable.  Motto: 
Semper  eidem  (Always  the  same).  The 
family  is  also  found  in  England.  Among  the 
famous  men  of  the  family  may  be  mentioned 
Andrew  Martin  Fairbairn,  who  was  born  in 
Scotland,  November  4,  1838;  D.  D.  University 
of  Edinburgh,  1878;  M.  A.  Oxford  May  17, 
1887.  He  was  a  minister  of  the  independent 
church  at  Bathgate,  West  Lothian  in  i860:  at 
Aberdeen  in  1872:  became  principal  of  Air- 
dale  College,  in  1884,  and  of  Mansfield  Col- 
lege, Oxford,  in  1886:  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  D.  D.  from  Yale  University  in  1889; 
was  Muir  lecturer  on  philosophy  and  history 
of  religion  at  Edinburgh  University  from  1878 
to  1883,  and  was  chairman  of  the  Congrega- 
tional Union  of  England  and  Wales  in  1883. 
Children :  John  Shields,  born  at  Bathgate,  De- 
cember 21,  1868,  graduate  of  Magdalen  Col- 
lege, B.  A.  1 89 1,  with  honors  in  physiology; 


no 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


Andrew,  born  at  Bathgate,  October  1870, 
graduate  of  the  Oxford  High  School  and 
Wadham  College,  B.  A.  1892. 

John  Fairbairn  was  born  in  Nenthorn,  Rox- 
burghshire, Scotland,  in  1714;  married  Helen 
Anderson,  of  Cralny,  and  died  at  Galashiels  in 
1796;  children:  Walter,  died  young;  William, 
of  Galashiels,  died  in  1805;  Andrew,  men- 
tioned below;  Peter,  secretary  to  Lord  Sea- 
forth,  died  in  1823. 

Andrew  Fairbairn,  son  of  John  Fairbairn, 
was  born  at  Smailholme,  Roxburghshire,  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1758;  married,  December  12,  1783, 
Margaret  Henderson,  of  Jedburgh,  and  died 
January  14,  1844.  Children:  Sir  William, 
made  baronet  November  2,  1869,  for  eminent 
service  as  engineer  and  scientist;  Thomas, 
drowned  in  1812;  Sir  Peter,  mayor  of  Leeds. 

(I)  George  Fairbairn,  who  was  closely  re- 
lated doubtless  to  the  Roxburghshire  family 
from  which  Sir  William  Fairbairn  descended, 
was  born  at  St.  Boswell's  parish,  Roxburgh- 
shire, Scotland,  in  1670,  and  died  in  his  native 
place.  He  married  Jenett  Caile,  born  1673, 
in  the  same  parish. 

(  H)  William,  son  of  George  Fairbairn,  was 
born  in  1709  in  St.  Boswell's  parish  and  died 
there  in  1789;  married  Ann  Cranston,  born 
1700  and  died  in  1778  in  Crasting  parish,  Rox- 
burghshire, daughter  of  Robert  and  Isabella 
Cranston. 

(HI)  William  (2),5onof  William  (i)  Fair- 
bairn, was  born  at  Cron  ( ?)  Flats,  Bothwell 
parish,  Roxburghshire,  Scotland,  July  13, 
1762,  and  died  February  18,  1843.  I"  1796 
he  came  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and 
engaged  in  business  as  a  printer  and  book  pub- 
lisher. He  published  an  edition  of  Burns' 
poems  in  this  country  at  the  same  time  that 
they  were  published  in  England  for  the  benefit 
of  the  poet's   family. 

He  married  Mary  Mott,  who  was  born  at 
Poughkeepsie,  New  York,  December  23,  1776, 
and  died  in  New  York  City,  February  i,  1840, 
a  daughter  of  Henry  Mott,  born  about  1746, 
and  Elizabeth  (Newcomb)  Mott  (see  New- 
comb  V). 

(IV)  Robert  Brinckerhoff,  son  of  William 
(2)  Fairbairn,  was  born  at  Greenwich  Village, 
New  York,  May  27,  1818,  and  died  January 
27,  1899,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York.  He  received 
a  public  school  education  and  then  took  spe- 
cial training  in  the  Mechanics'  School,  after 
which  he  entered  a  bookstore  in  Franklin 
Square,  where  for  three  years  he  received  a 
useful  and  educational  training,  which  he  al- 
ways declared  was  of  great  value  to  him  the 
rest  of  his  life.  In  1834  he  entered  Bristol 
College,  Pennsylvania,  ith  the  view  of  study- 
ing for  the   Episcopal  ministry.     When  that 


institution  ceased  to  exist  he  was  transferred 
to  Washington  (now  Trinity)  College,  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1840  with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Arts.  He  then  studied  at  the  General 
Theological  Seminary  in  Chelsea  Square,  New 
York,  from  which  he  was  graduated,  and  in 
1843  ^^'3S  ordained  deacon,  immediately  enter- 
ing on  the  rectorship  of  Christ  Church,  Troy, 
New  York.  After  being  very  successful  there 
and  rescuing  the  church  from  debt,  restoring 
a  property  worth  $20,000  to  the  vestry,  he 
went  to  Stillwater,  on  the  upper  Hudson,  as 
rector  of  St.  John's  Church  there,  but  not  long 
after  this  he  decided  that  he  was  more  fitted 
naturally  for  a  teacher,  and  he  combined  the 
duties  of  the  ministry  with  that  of  teaching. 

In  1853  he  became  the  principal  of  the  Cat- 
>kin  Academy,  and  for  nearly  ten  years  held 
that  -office,  resigning  to  accept  a  position  as 
professor  of  mathematics  in  St.  Stephen's 
College  at  Annandale-on-the-Hudson.  This  in- 
stitution hid  been  established  as  a  training 
college  for  the  ministry  for  only  three  years : 
the  Rt.  Rev.  Horatio  Potter  was  its  foimder, 
but  it  very  likelV  w^s  not  started  with  definite 
views  as  to  its  puVpose,  and  the  result  w^s  that 
it  had  not  made  asvnuch  progress  as  it  should, 
though  under  the  dinection  of  able  men.  After 
one  year  there.  Dr.  \Fairbairn  was  appointed 
the  warden,  as  the  presiding  officer  was  called, 
after  Oxford  fashion,  v  He  seemed  to  have  a 
definite  idea  of  what  the'VJnstitution  was  to  do. 
His  view  was  that  it  was  a«  undergraduate  col- 
lege, in  which  the  education  and  training  of 
young  men  who  intended  \to  study  theology 
was  to  be  conducted,  and  tniough  he  did  not 
have  adequate  means  to  carry>.out  his  purpose, 
he  was  never  discouraged.  \v|'ith  the  help  of 
several  faithful  professors  heVmade  the  col- 
lege a  power  in  the  church,  and\at  the  end  of 
twenty-eight  years  could  nami  nearly  two 
hundred  men  prominent  in  theA  church  who 
had  received  their  preparation  at\  his  college. 
He  is  the  author  of  several  wcirks,  among 
which  are  "The  Child  of  Faith,"  "Qollege  Ser- 
mons," "The  Doctrine  of  Morality  (in  Its  Re- 
lation to  the  Grace  of  the  Gospel, "awd  twenty- 
five  pamphlets  on  educational  and[  religious 
subjects.  In  1864  the  degree  of  Doctlpr  of  Di- 
vinity was  given  him  by  Trinity  College,  and 
also  by  St.  Stephen's  College  in  1874.  |  He  was 
one  of  the  sixty  persons  on  whom  a  I  doctor's 
degree  was  conferred  by  Columbia  Cd'Hege  at 
its  centennial  anniversary  in  1887.  jHe  also 
received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  La\As  from 
Delaware  College  in  1876.  J 

He  married  Juliet  Arnold,  daughter  o\f  An- 
son and  Sally  (Gardner)  Arnold  (see  Alrnold 
XXIII).    She  was  born  at  Troy,  June  3,  I1822, 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Ill 


and  died  in  August,  1893,  at  Annandale,  New 
York. 

(V)  Dr.  Henry  .'\rnold  Fairbairn,  son  of 
Robert  Brinckerhoff  Fairbairn,  was  born  at 
Catskill,  New  York,  May  5,  1855.  He  attend- 
ed the  Annandale  parisli  schools  and  St.  Ste- 
phen's College  of  Annandale,  graduating  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1875.  l" 
1878  he  received  the  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
f-om  his  alma  mater,  and  in  1910  the  honor- 
ary degree  of  Doctor  of  Letters.  He  received 
his  medical  education  at  the  University  of  Vir- 
ginia, receiving  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  1878.  In  the  same  year  he  located  iri 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he  has  been  j)rac- 
ticing  to  the  present  time  (1912).  For  many 
years  he  has  been  among  the  foremost  physi- 
cians of  Brooklyn.  Formerly  he  was  a  surgeon 
of  much  skill  and  reputation,  but  in  later  years 
he  has  devoted  his  practice  chiefly  to  internal 
medicine.  He  has  a  very  large  practice  and  is 
popular  not  only  among  his  patients,  but 
among  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  ac(]'.iaint- 
ances.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Re- 
gents of  the  Long  Island  College  Hospital ;  at- 
tending physician  of  St.  John's  Hospital  of 
Brooklyn ;  attending  physician  of  the  Brook- 
lyn Hospital;  consulting  physician  of  the  Long 
Island  State  Hospital :  consulting  physician 
of  the  Long  Island  College!  Hospital ;  consult- 
mg  physician  of  the  Swedish  Hospital ;  con- 
sulting physician  of  the,  Hebrew  Orphan  Hos- 
pital. He  is  a  trustee'  of  St.  Stephen's  Col- 
lege of  .A.nnandale.  ''He  is  a  director  of  the 
Home  Trust  Company  of  Brooklyn.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  staunch  Republican.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  /Church  of  the  Good  Shep- 
herd ( Protestaqit  Episcopal),  and  was  for- 
merly a  vestryrfian  and  for  many  years  dele- 
gate to  the  Diocesan  Councils.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Un^r^on  League  Club  of  New  York 
and  the  Autl^vors'  Club  of  London ;  the  New 
York  .Acaderr'iy  of  Medicine,  the  Kings  County 
Medical  Society,  the  New  York  State  Medical 
Society,  of  which  he  is  a  member  of  the  publi- 
cation comi4iittee ;  the  American  Medical  As- 
sociation, t'he  Victoria  Institute  of  London, 
England,  r^nd  the  New  England  Society  of 
New  Yorl^.  He  published  a  biography  of  his 
father  unoier  the  title  of  "The  College  War- 
den" (180(9),  'ind  h^s  written  extensively  for 
the  medicfel  journals  on  the  subject  of  Internal 
Medicine,!  and  published  many  pamphlets  on 
medical  stibjects. 

He  married,  February  7,  1888,  Alice  Le- 
Fevre  («ee  LeFevre).  Children:  i.  Robert 
LeFevre,j  born  January  2,  1889,  educated  at 
Brooklyi^  Polytechnic  Institute  ;  Adelphi  .Acad- 
emy, fro'm  which  he  was  graduated  in  1905  ; 
Columbi^a  College  (A.  B.   19 10)  ;  the  School 


of  Mmes  of  Columbia  University,  graduating 
in  1913;  member  of  the  Sigma  Alpha  Epsi- 
lon  fraternity;  secretary  of  the  Civil  Engin- 
eermg  Society  of  Columbia.  2.  Ruth,  born 
December  16,  1889.  3-  Russel  Arnold,  born 
January  3,  1891,  graduate  of  Adelphi  Acad- 
emy in  1909  and  from  Columbia  University 
School  of  Mines,  1912;  member  of  Sigma 
Alpha  Epsilon  fraternity.  4.  Agnes  Lathers, 
born  July  30,  1892,  student  at  Packer's  School, 
class  of  1912. 

(The  Newcomb  Line). 

Captain  .Andrew  Newcomb,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  came  from  the  "west  of  England," 
according  to  tradition,  perhaps  from  Devon- 
shire or  Wales.  He  was  very  likelv  among 
the  earliest  settlers  of  New  England.  The 
first  mention  of  him  was  in  1663,  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  when  he  married  his  second 
wife,  Grace,  widow  of  William  Rix  or  Ricks. 
He  was  called  a  mariner  or  sea  captain,  and 
doubtless  had  always  had  this  occupation.  In 
the  Charlestown  records  for  February  28,  1666- 
67,  mention  is  made  of  his  taking  horses  on 
his  ship  for  John  Ely  and  Elikim  Hutchin- 
son; on  August  28,  1679,  in  the  New  York 
Colonial  Manuscripts  at  Albany,  Andrew  New- 
comb is  named  as  Master  of  the  sloop  "Ed- 
mund and  Martha,"  then  in  New  York  and 
bound  for  Boston,  probably  from  Virginia,  a 
part  of  the  lading  being  tobacco.  Philip  Fox- 
well  deposed  that  Andrew  Newcomb  was  in 
Saco  river  from  Boston,  October,  1684,  and 
this  is  the  last  record  of  him  until  his  will  was 
proved  two  years  later.  His  second  wife, 
Grace,  was  born  about  1620-25,  ^'^'^  had  by 
her  first  husband,  William  Ricks :  Elisha,  John, 
Thomas  and  Ezekiel,  born  in  Boston  between 
1645  and  1656.  On  February  14,  1672,  agree- 
ment was  made  that  Andrew  Newcomb  and 
Grace  should  occupy  William  Ricks'  house 
during  their  lifetime:  that  John  and  Thomas 
Ricks  should  have  the  new  house  near  the 
former,  near  the  water-mill  in  Boston,  each  to 
have  a  half  of  the  land,  paying  to  Newcomb 
twenty  pounds  each.  On  April  13,  1681,  he 
bought  of  Simon  Lynde  and  Sarah,  wife  of 
Joseph  Goodale,  the  administratrix  of  Thoma.5 
Ricks,  the  right  to  redeem  an  estate  in  Bos- 
ton mortgaged  to  Lynde  by  Thomas  Ricks  in 
1677.  On  April  14,  1681,  he  and  his  wife  sold 
to  John  Ricks  all  right  in  the  house  near  Mill 
Bridge,  that  had  been  owned  by  Thomas 
Ricks,  deceased.  His  will  was  dated  January 
31,  1682-83,  and  proved  December  9,  1686.  He 
doubtless  died  in  November,  i686,  though. he 
may  have  died  a  year  earlier  at  sea.  .-Mthough 
his  son  Andrew  was  not  mentioned  in  his 
will,  manv   facts  show  that  he  was  doubtless 


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his  son.  Children  of  first  wife :  Andrew,  men- 
tioned below ;  Susannah,  born  between  1635 
and  1650.  Child  of  second  wife :  Grace,  born 
in  Boston,  October  20,  1664. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Andrew  (2)  Newcomb, 
son  of  Captain  Andrew  (i)  Newcomb.  was 
born  about  1640,  and  was  living  in  America 
as  early  as  July,  1666,  when  he  attended  a 
meeting  at  the  Isle  of  Shoals,  near  Ports- 
mouth, New  Hampshire,  of  several  merchants 
and  men  engaged  in  the  fisheries,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  fixing  the  price  of  fish.  The  first 
record  of  land  purchased  by  him  was  April 
20,  1669,  at  Alfred,  York  ccJunty,  ^L'^ine,  when 
he,  of  Kittery,  York  county,  a  fisherman, 
bought  of  Daniel  Moore,  of  Portsmouth, 
blacksmith,  a  dwelling-house  in  Kittery  and 
six  acres  adjoining  the  house  at  Emberrys 
(Emery)  Point.  The  place  is  situated  on  the 
southeast  side  of  the  mouth  of  the  Spinney 
Creek,  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  Piscataqua 
river.  Andrew  Newcomb  served  as  consta- 
ble, and  in  1671  was  living  at  the  Shoals.  In 
June,  1673,  he  was  called  before  the  county 
court  at  Dover,  New  Hampshire,  to  answer  a 
complaint  of  Francis  Small  for  withholding 
the  "Hull  of  a  fishing  shallop  of  sd  Smalls 
receiued  of  Thomas  Trickle  by  virtue  of  sd 
Small's  order",  but  finally  the  case  was  with- 
drawn as  there  was  no  cause  of  action.  On 
July  19,  1673,  a  deed  is  recorded  at  Exeter, 
New  Hampshire,  in  which  he  sold  a  house  on 
Hog  Island  to  Henry  Platts.  About  1675  he 
seems  to  have  moved  from  the  Shoals  to  Ed- 
gartown,  Martha's  Vineyard,  Dukes  county, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  remained  the  rest  of 
his  life,  dying  between  March  7,  1703-04,  and 
October  22,  1708.  He  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  Edgartown  and  had  several  shares 
in  the  divisions  of  land  there,  also  making 
many  purchases  of  land.  He  sold  the  land  in 
1700  which  is  the  famous  camp-meeting 
ground  on  Martha's  Vineyard.  He  served  as 
juror  at  quarter  court,  September  26,  1677,  at 
Edgartown,  also  December  28,  1680;  was  fore- 
man of  the  jury  September,  1681,  and  foreman 
of  the  grand  jury,  March  7,  1703-04;  in  1681 
was  constable,  and  was  chosen  townsman  May 
10,  1693,  overseer,  March  16,  1693-94;  on 
April  13,  1691,  was  chosen  lieutenant  and  was 
in  command  of  the  fortification  that  year.  He 
very  likely  was  a  merchant  for  several  years. 
He  was  well-to-do  and  a  prominent  man  in 
Edgartown.  The  land  on  which  the  court-house 
now  stands  belonged  to  him. 

He    married    (first)    Sarah    .    about 

1661,  and  she  died  about  1674.  He  married 
(second)  in  Edgartown,  in  1676,  .'\nna.  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Thomas  and  Anna  (Baker) 
Hayes ;  she  was  born  about  1658,  and  died  in 


the  summer  of  1731  or  in  September  of  that 
year,  aged  about  seventy-three,  having  sur- 
vived her  husband  for  many  years.  Her  name 
is  on  the  oldest  list  of  church  members  which 
has  been  kept  there,  July  13,  1717,  and  also  in 
the  list  of  January  24,  1731.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Simeon,  born  about  1662;  Andrew, 
about  1664 ;  Simon,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas, 
about  1668;  Sarah,  about  1670;  Alary  or 
Mercy,  about  1672 ;  Peter,  about  1674.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Anna,  1677;  Elizabeth, 
1681 ;  Joseph,  1683;  Emblem,  about  1685  ;  Ta- 
bitha.  about  1688;  Hannah,  about  1694;  Zer- 
viah,  1698-99;  Mary,  about  1700. 

(III)  Simon,  son  of  Lieutenant  Andrew 
(2)  Newcomb,  was  born  about  1666,  probably 
at  Kittery,  York  county,  Maine,  or  perhaps 
on  one  of  the  islands  of  the  Shoals,  near  Kit- 
tery. His  father  moved  to  Edgartown  when 
he  was  about  eight  years  old,  and  here  he  lived 
until  1713,  when  he  moved  to  Lebanon,  New 
London  county,  Connecticut,  where  he  remain- 
ed the  rest  of  his  life.  The  first  time  his  name 
was  on  record  was  May  10,  1690,  when  he 
was  named  in  the  will  of  William  Vinson,  of 
Edgartown,  to  see  that  it  was  carried  out.  He 
owned  several  shares  of  land  on  the  Island  of 
Chappaquiddick,  where  he  kept  large  num- 
bers of  cattle  and  sheep.  He  also  received 
several  shares  from  1695  on,  in  Edgartown,  as 
a  proprietor,  and  he  bought  much  land  at  Po- 
hoggannut,  near  Job's  Neck.  He  bought  of 
his  father  the  land  called  Job's  Neck,  or  So- 
pataming.  Other  purchases  and  grants  to  him 
are  also  recorded,  and  there  are  records  of  the 
land  sold  by  him,  also.  His  first  purchase  in 
Lebanon  was  September  26,  171 1,  when  he 
bought  of  Israel  and  Mary  Phelps,  a  farm  of 
about  160  acres,  on  which  he  lived  in  Lebanon 
for  nearly  a  third  of  a  century,  leaving  it  by 
will  to  his  son  Simon.  He  gave  farms  to  his 
sons,  and  made  several  purchases  in  Lebanon. 
In  1 7 10  he  was  chosen  field  driver  in  Edgar- 
town, and  was  made  freeman  there;  in  1714 
was  surveyor  of  highways;  grand  juryman, 
1718;  served  on  various  committees  and  helped 
in  settling  town  boundaries.  His  will  was 
dater  July  23,  1741.  He  died  January  20, 
1744-45,  aged  seventy-nine. 

He   married   about    1687,   Deborah  , 

who  died  in  Lebanon,  June  17,  1756,  aged 
ninety-one.  Children :  John,  born  about  1688- 
89;  Thomas,  mentioned  below:  Hezekiah, 
1693-94;  Obadiah.  1695;  Deborah,  1696-97; 
Sarah,  about  1698:  Benjamin,  ab(^ut  1700; 
Elizabeth,  1701-02;  Simon,  about  1705. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Simon  Newcomb, 
was  born  in  Edgartown,  in  1691-92",  died  in 
1761.  About  1714  he  settled  in  Lebanon, 
Connecticut,  where  he  lived  until  173O,  moving 


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then  to  Salisbury,  Connecticut.  He  was  a 
cordwainer,  being  also  engaged  to  a  large  ex- 
tent in  mercantile  business  until  1739,  for  over 
twenty  years.  His  account  book  of  1735-1739 
is  still  preserved.  In  1737  he  gave  Hannah 
Harsel  pay  for  schooling  his  children.  About 
twenty  purchases  of  real  estate  are  recorded 
in  Lebanon,  the  first  being  September  29,  1718, 
on  Chestnut  Hill,  now  in  the  town  of  Colum- 
bia. The  largest  purchase  was  for  200  acres. 
On  December  8,  1729,  he  was  elected  surveyor 
of  highways,  and  between  March  19,  1738-39, 
and  October  11,  of  that  year,  moved  to  Salis- 
bury, where  he  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors. He  was  moderator  of  the  first  town 
meeting,  November  9,  1741,  and  first  chosen 
selectman.  In  1745  he  united  with  the  Salis- 
bury church  by  letter  from  the  First  Church  of 
Lebanon;  in  1746  moved  to  Crum  Elbow  Pre- 
cinct, or  "Little  Nine  Partners,"  Dutchess 
county,  New  York,  about  ten  miles  east  of 
Poughkeepsie,  where  he  was  one  of  the  "Lit- 
tle Nine  Partners"  to  a  large  tract  granted  by 
the  government.  He  gave  a  farm  to  each  of 
his  sons.  He  lived  in  Charlotte  Precinct,  in 
the  town  of  Pleasant  Valley,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Washington  Hollow  churchyard. 

He  married  (first)  at  Nantucket,  Massachu- 
setts, December  28,  1712,  Eunice,  daughter  of 
Dennis  and  Catharine  (Innes)  Manning,  of 
Nantucket,  born  about  1685,  died  December 
7,  1715.  He  married  (second),  January  17, 
1720,  Judith,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Wood- 
worth,  of  Lebanon.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Cyrenius,  born  April  16,  1721 ;  Azariah,  May 
18,  1722;  Keziah,  November  14,  1723;  Zac- 
cheus,  February  19,  1724-25;  Adonijah,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1726;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Ju- 
dith, May  21,  1733;  Simon,  January  9,  1736; 
Deborah,  June  21,  1738,  died  in  Salisbury, 
June  24,  1739. 

(V)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Newcomb,  was  born  November  11,  1730.  In 
1739  he  went  with  his  father  to  Salisbury, 
and  in  1746  to  Dutchess  county,  New  York. 
He  lived  at  "Little  Nine  Partners,"  or  North 
East  Precinct,  after  his  marriage.  He  married 
Bridget  Gardner,  of  Rhode  Island,  and  she 
married  (second)  Dr.  Corkins ;  they  lived  in 
Susquehanna,  and  when  the  fort  was  taken  by 
the  Indians  they  just  escaped  with  their  lives. 
Children :  Elizabeth,  married  Henry  Mott,  of 
Poughkeepsie.  their  daughter  Mary  married 
William  (2)  Fairbairn  (see  Fairbairn  III)  ;  Ju- 
dith, born  September  23,  1759,  married  James 

Newcomb;  Nancy,  married Wilcox,  of 

Ferrisburg,  Vermont ;  Gardner,  "moved  west," 
had  a  son  who  was  a  Baotist  deacon. 


(The  Arnold  Line). 


The  family  of  Arnold  is  very  ancient,  hav- 
ing its  origin  among  the  princes  of  Wale's.  Ac- 
cording to  a  line  recorded  in  the  College  of 
Arms,  they  trace  from  Ynir,  King  of  Gwent- 
land,  who  flourished  about  the  middle  of  the 
twelfth  century,  and  who  was  descended  from 
Ynir,  the  second  son  of  Cadwaladr,  king  of 
the  Britons.  This  Cadwaladr  built  Abergav- 
enny, county  Monmouth,  and  its  castle  was  aft- 
erward rebuilt  by  Hamley  ap  Hamlet,  ap  Sir 
Druce  of  Balladon,  in  France,  and  portions 
of  the  walls  still  remain.  The  coat-of-arms  is: 
Gules,  a  chevron  ermine  between  three  pheons 
or.  Crest:  A  lion  rampant  gules,  holding  in 
his  paws  a  lozenge  or.  Motto :  .l/i7i»  Gloria 
Ccssunt. 

(I)  Ynir,  King  of  Gwentland,  married 
Nesta,  daughter  of  Jestin  ap  Curgan,  king  of 
Glamorgan. 

(II)  Meiria  succeeded  his  father  and  mar- 
ried Eleanor,  daughter  of  Ednivid  ap  Jor- 
worth,  of  the  house  of  Trevor. 

(III)  Ynir  Vichan,  king  of  Gwent,  married 
Gladice,  daughter  of  Rhys  Coch  ap  Maen- 
erch,  Lord  of  Ystradyw,  in  Brecknockshire. 

(IV)  Carador  ap  Ynir  Vichan,  Lord  of 
Gwent,  married  Nesta,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  Sir  Rydereck  le  Gros,  Knight. 

(V)  Dyfnwall  ap  Carador,  Lord  of  Gwent, 
married  Joyes,  daughter  of  Hamlet  ap  Sir 
Druce,  Duke  of  Balladon,  in  France. 

(VI)  Systyl  ap  Dyfnwall.  Lord  of  Upper 
Gwent,  married  Annest,  daughter  and  heiress 
of  Sir  Peter  Russell,  Knight,  Lord  of  Kent- 
church,  county  Hereford. 

(VII)  Arthur  ap  Systyl  married  Jane, 
daughter  of  Lein  ap  Moreidhec,  Lord  of  Cant- 
reblyn. 

(VIII)  Meiric  ap  Arthur  married  Annest, 
daughter  of  Cradock  ap  Einen  ap  Golhroyn. 

(IX)  Qwillim  ap  Meiric,  Esq.,  married 
Jane,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Ivor  ap  Sys- 
sylht.  Lord  of  Lyhs  Taly-hont. 

(X)  Arnholt  ap  Qwillim  ap  Meiric.  Esq., 
married  Janet,  daughter  of  Philip  Flering, 
Esq. 

(XI)  Arnholt  ap  Arnholt  Vychan,  Esq., 
married  Sybil,  daughter  of  Madoc  ap  Einen 
ap  Thomas. 

(XII)  Roger  Arnold  of  Llanthony  in  Mon- 
mouthshire, was  the  first  of  the  family  to 
adopt  a  surname.  He  married  Joan,  daughter 
of  Sir  Thomas  Gamage,  Knight,  Lord  of  Coy- 
toy. 

(XIII)  Thomas  Arnold,  Esq.,  succeeded  to 
Llanthony  and  other  estates  in  Monmouth- 
shire.    He    married    Agnes,  daughter  of    Sir 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Richard  Warnstead,  Knight.  Children :  John 
of  Hingham  and  Over ;  Richard,  mentioned 
below. 

(XIV)  Richard  Arnold  moved  to  Somer- 
setshire in  the  parish  of  Street.  He  married 
Emmote,  daughter  and  heiress  of  Pearce 
Young,  of  Damerham,  Wiltshire. 

(XV)  Richard  (2)  was  eldest  son  and 
heir  of  Richard  (i)  Arnold,  and  removed  to 
Dorsetshire  and  was  seated  at  Bagbere,  in  the 
parish  of  Middleton,  otherwise  Milton  Abbas. 
He  was  Lord  of  the  Manor  of  Bagbere  and 
had  estates  at  Alton  Pancras.  Buckland  New- 
ton, Cheselbourne,  Melcombe  Horsey,  and 
other  places  in  that  county.  He  was  also  the 
patron  of  the  churches  of  Blandford  and  of 
Bingham  Melcombe.  His  manor  house  at 
Bagbere  was  standing  until  1870,  when  it  vvas 
demolished  and  a  farm  house  erected  on  the 
site.  A  small  part  of  the  ancient  building  is 
incorporated  in  the  new  house.  His  will  was 
dated  May  15,  1593,  and  proved  July  9,  1595. 
He  desires  to  be  buried  "in  the  Parishe 
Churche  of  Milton  in  the  He  called  Jesus  He 
as  we  goe  to  the  Tower".     He  married  twice. 

(XVI)  Thomas  (2),  second  son  of  Rich- 
ard (2)  Arnold,  is  mentioned  in  his  father's 
will.  He  lived  some  time  at  Melcombe  Horsey, 
and  removed  to  Cheselbourne  on  one  of  his 
father's  estates.  The  family  register  of  the 
baptisms  of  his  children  was  prepared  and 
brought  to  America.  He  married  (first)  Alice, 
daughter  of  Tohn  Gullev.  of  North  Over,  par- 
ish  of  Tolpuddle,  near  Cheselbourne.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Thomasinel  Joanna,  baptized 
November  30,  1577;  Margery,  baptized  Au- 
gust 30,  1581;  Robert,  baptized  1583;  John, 
born  1585:  William,  June  24,  1587.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Elizabeth,  1596;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Eleanor,  baptized  July  31, 
1606. 

(XVII)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Arnold,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  was 
born  in  1599  at  Cheselbourne,  county  Dorset, 
England,  and  baptized  April  18,  1599.  He 
came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Plain  Joan"  in 
May,  1635,  settling  at  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, and  on  May  13,  1640,  was  made  free- 
man. He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1666-67-70-71-72,  and  in  1672  was  a  member 
of  the  town  council.  There  are  records  of  his 
buying  and  selling  land  in  Watertown  at  vari- 
ous times.  He  died  in  September,  1674,  at 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  and  his  wife  and 
children  settled  his  estate  as  he  had  directed 

by  oral  will.     He  married  (first)  ,  and 

(second)  Phebe  Parkhurst.  who  died  in  1688, 
daughter  of  George  and  Susanna  Parkhurst. 
Children :  Thomas,  born  May  3,  1625,  died 
young:  Nicholas,  1627,  died  young;  Susanna. 


By  second  wife:  Richard,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas :  John,  February  19,  1648 ;  Eleazer, 
June  17,  1651. 

(XVIII)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Arnold,  was  born  March  22,  1642,  at  Provi- 
dence, and  died  April  22,  1710.  He  served  as 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly  in  1671-76-79- 
80-8 1 -96-98- 1 700-0 1 -02-05-07-08,  and  was  as- 
sistant in  1681-82-83-84-85-86-90-98-99;  on 
May  6,  1685,  was  on  a  committee  to  draw  up 
an  address  of  congratulation  to  King  James  II. 
on  his  peaceable  succession  to  the  throne ;  on 
December  22,  1686,  was  appointed  a  member 
of  the  council  of  Governor  Andros  :  was  on  the 
town  council  in  1 700-01,  and  in  1707-08  was 
a  speaker  of  the  house  of  deputies.  His  will 
was  dated  June  8.  1708,  proved  May  10,  17 10. 
He  married  (first)  Mary  Angell,  who  died  in 
1695,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Alice  Angell; 

(second)    Sarah   ,    who   died   in    1712. 

Children  by  first  wife:  Richard,  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Thomas,  born  March  24,  1675 ; 
Mary:     By  second  wife:  Jonathan. 

(XIX)  John,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Arnold, 
was  born  November  i,  1670,  at  Providence, 
died  October  27,  1756.  He  was  a  miller.  In 
religion  he  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  and  on  December  9,  1719,  was  ap- 
pointed to  build  their  meeting-house.  In  1731- 
32  he  was  a  cnember  of  the  town  council  at 
Smithfield,  Rhode  Island.  About  1712  he 
built  his  corn  ard  fulling  mill  on  the  island 
near  Woonsocketl  Falls.  His  will  was  dated 
May  5,  1753,  andSproved  November  i,  1756. 
He  married  (first)\Mary  Mowry,  bom  1675, 
died  January  27,  1702,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Joanna  (Inmanl  Mowry:  (second),  Oc- 
tober 31,  1742,  Hannah  Hayward.  Children  of 
first  wife:  William,  fcorn  December  9,  1695; 
John,   July   27,    1697;    Daniel,    May   i.    1699; 


Mercy,  December  22, 


1701  ;  Anthony,  March 


12,  1704:  Seth,  mentio^ied  below;  Israel,  Anna, 
Susanna,  Abigail. 

John  Arnold,  was  born 
Island,    September   6, 


(XX)  Seth,  son  of  " 
at   Providence,   Rhode 
1706. 

(XXI)  Seth  (2),  sQJn  of  Seth    (i)  Arnold 


as   born   at    Providen 
1728.     He  settled  at 
October    25,   1750 
born  at  Smithfield :  G 
Phebe,  June  2,   1755 
1763 ;  Anthony,  May 
ruary  22,   1752   (an 


or    Smithfield,   about 
mithfield  and  married, 
ary    Cargill.    Children, 
orge,  mentioned  below; 
James,   November  27, 
8,  1769;  John,  died  Feb- 
Ider  son). 
(XXII)   George,  sdn  of  Seth   (2)    .A.rnold, 
was  born  October  11,  ".1751,  at  Smithfield.    He 

married   Elizabeth  — / .    Children,  born  at 

Smithfield:  Phebe,  boirn  September  27,  1777; 
Hadwen,  June  20,  177.9;  Oliver,  February  27, 
1781  ;   Elizabeth,   March   24,    1783:  Margaret, 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


Il: 


February  21,  1785;  George,  January  i,  1787;. 
Anson,  mentioned  below  ;  Maria,  September  17, 
1791  ;  James,  September   12,   1793;  Sarah  H., 
August  7,  1795- 

(XXIII)  Anson,  son  of  George  Arnold, 
was  born  at  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island,  March  8, 
1789,  died  at  Catskill,  New  York,  April  19, 
1855.  He  married  Sally  Gardner,  born  July 
15.  1795.  died  at  Troy,  New  York,  May  9, 
1859,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Gardner.  Their 
daughter  Juliet  married  Robert  Brinckerhoff 
Fairbairn  (see  Fairbairn  IV). 

(The  LeLevre  Line). 

Peter  LeFevre,  the  first  of  this  family  in 
America,  was  born  at  Havre  de  Grace,  France, 
whence  he  fled  with  other  Huguenots  to  San 
Domingo,  West  Indies.  Among  his  children 
was  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  Jacques,  son  of  Peter  LeFevre. 
was  born  in  1753.  died  in  1837.  He  removed 
from  San  Domingo  to  New  Rochelle,  New 
York,  where  the  Huguenots  had  made  a  settle- 
ment before  1700.  He  married  Susanna  Cou- 
tant,  of  an  old  New  Rochelle  family  (see  Cou- 
tant  III).  She  died  in  1802.  Children:  Peter 
E. ;  Prosper  ;  John  W.,  mentioned  below  ;  Ben- 
jamin Drake. 

(III)  John  W.  LeFevre,  son  of  John  J. 
LeFevre,  was  born  about  1780-90. 

(IV)  Peter  Edward,  son  of  John  W.  Le- 
Fevre, was  born  at  New  Rochelle,  New  York, 
September  6,  1810,  died  there  December  24, 
1886.  He  was  a  master  mariner  and  at  one 
time  superintendent  of  the  Ocean  Steamship 
Company,  of  New  York.  During  the  Civil 
War  he  commanded  the  "Vanderbilt"  when 
that  vessel  was  sent  to  prevent  the  Confeder- 
ate iron-clad  "Merrimac"  from  coming  out 
of  Hampton  Roads.  His  home  was  in  New 
Rochelle  and  he  was  captain  of  a  militia  com- 
pany there.  He  was  a  Democrat  of  the  old 
school.     In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist. 

He  married  at  Rye,  New  York,  April  6, 
1848,  Mary  Ann  Mount,  a  daughter  of  Forman 
Marshall  Mount,  who  was  born  May  4,  1793, 
at  Allentown,  New  Jersey,  and  died  at  Rye, 
May  14,  1827,  also  a  shipmaster.  Forman 
Marshall  Mount  married,  December  25,  1819, 
at  St.  Mary's  Church,  Rotherhith,  E.,  London, 
England,  Mary  Ann  Russell,  who  was  born  at 
Nantucket,  Massachusetts,  May  10,  1803,  and 
died  on  Easter  Sunday,  April,  1882,  at  New 
Rochelle.  Forman  Mount,  father  of  Forman 
Marshall  Mount,  married  April  6,  1760,  Mar- 
garet Edwards.  Michael  Alount,  father  of 
Forman,  was  born  in  1730,  and  died  February 
4,  1815;  married  Mary  Forman,  who  died 
September  12,  1809,  aged  seventy-five  years, 
daughter  of  Ezekiel  Forman,  born  October  31, 


1706,  died  October  3,  1745,  granddaughter  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  ( Wilson j  Forman,  great- 
granddaughter  of  Aaron  and  Dorothy  Forman. 
Aaron's  father  was  Robert,  of  Flushing,  1645. 
Richard  Mount,  father  of  Michael,  died  1777. 
Mary  Forman's  mother  was  Elizabeth  Sea- 
brooke,  born  17 13,  died  May  16,  1791,  daugh- 
ter of  James  and  Hannah  (Grover)  Sea- 
brooke,  granddaughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Seabrooke  and  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Law- 
rence) Grover,  great-granddaughter  of  James 
Grover  on  one  side  and  of  William  and  Han- 
nah Lawrence  on  the  other. 

A  daughter  of  Peter  Edward  LeFevre, 
Alice,  married  Dr.  Henry  Arnold  Fairbairn 
(see  Fairbairn  V). 

(The  Coutant  Line). 

John  Coutant,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  France  in  1658,  and  came,  about  1689 
from  Saint  Arville,  France,  with  the  first  set- 
tlers from  Rochelle,  France,  to  the  settlement 
at  New  Rochelle,  New  York.  His  name  is 
spelled  Contin,  Coutin,  Couton  and  in  various 
other  ways  in  early  records.  He  married  Su- 
sanna Bonne foy,  who  was  born  in  1660.  His 
name  appears  prominently  in  New  Rochelle 
records.  Children  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
Isaac,  John  Jr.,  Peter,  Judy,  Hester. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i)  Cou- 
tant, was  born  about  1690.  He  is  mentioned  in 
the  will  of  Ambrose  Sicard,  of  New  Rochelle, 
August  27,  1733.  The  will  of  his  brother  Isaac, 
dated  December  8,  1747,  and  proved  Novem- 
ber 29,  1766,  bequeaths  to  wife  Catherine  and 
children — Jacob,  Isaac,  John  (if  he  ever  re- 
turns), Catherine,  Esther,  Susanna  and  Mir- 
iam. Isaac  was  witness  of  Pierre  Perott's 
will  at  New  Rochelle,  May  26,  1730,  and  of 
Lewis  Guion's  will,  November  23,  1732.  Cath- 
erine Coutant,  widow  of  Isaac,  was  legatee 
under  the  will  of  Mar  LeFevre,  of  New  Ro- 
chelle, dated  April  17,  1753,  proved  May  11. 
1753.  "the  best  of  my  diamond  rings,"  and 
Jacob  and  Jane  Coutant  were  witnesses  of 
this  will. 

(HI)  Isaac,  son  of  John  (2)  Coutant,  was 
born  in  New  Rochelle,  in  1723,  and  died  in 
1802.  He  married  Fannie  Badeau,  of  another 
French  Huguenot  family,  who  was  born  in 
1732,  died  December  17,  1825.  Their  daugh- 
ter Susanna,  born  about  1760,  married  John 
LeFevre   (see  LeFevre  II). 


The  name  of  Burke,  Bourke  or 
BURKE     Bourck,    was    originally    written 

de  Burgh,  and  under  that  form 
is  an  ancient  name,  and  signifies  "pertaining 
to  a  city."  It  is  of  much  note  in  the  old  world, 
and  mav  be  traced  back  to  the  eighth  century. 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Its  head  was  Charles,  Due  d'Ingheim,  fifth  son 
of  the  Emperor  Charlemagne.  In  the  fourth 
generation  from  him  is  Baldwin  de  Bourg,  his 
great-grandson,  a  renowned  Crusader,  whose 
son  Baldwin  founded  the  house  of  Blois  in 
France,  and  was  a  progenitor  of  the  noble  fam- 
ilies of  Burgh  and  Vesey,  in  Ireland.  Early  in 
the  fourteenth  century  lived  John,  Earl  of 
Comyn  and  Baron  of  Tonsburgh  in  Normandy, 
and  a  descendant  of  the  above,  "who,  being 
general  of  the  king's  forces,  and  governor  of 
his  chief  towns,  obtained  the  surname  of  de 
Burgh."  The  name  is  mentioned  in  very  early 
English  history,  and  its  owners  verify  their 
descent  from  the  old  crusader  by  deeds  of 
bravery,  piety  and  loyalty  to  their  king.  The 
most  celebrated  was  Hubert  de  Burgh,  who 
became  king's  justiciary  of  England  under 
Henry  III.,  was  made  Earl  of  Kent,  and  re- 
ceived in  marriage  the  eldest  sister  of  the 
King  of  Scotland.  In  the  reign  of  Henry  II. 
a  branch  of  the  de  Burghs  went  over  into  Ire- 
land, and  from  that  time  down  figures  in  Irish 
history.  It  is  frequently  involved  in  the  wars 
and  struggles  which  harassed  that  riotous 
kingdom,  and  in  most  cases  is  found  on  the 
side  of  law  and  order. 

(I)  Richard  Burke,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
is  supposed  to  have  been  born  about  1640,  in 
England,  and  died  at  Sudbury,  Massachusetts, 
1693-94.  October  24,  1670,  he  bought  one 
hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  land  in  Sudbury, 
and  March  i,  1685-86,  he  was  granted  by  the 
town  of  Stow  thirty  acres  of  upland  and 
swampland  for  a  house  lot.  July  26,  1687, 
he  had  another  small  grant  of  land  in  Stow. 
He  married,  in  Sudbury,  June  24,  1670,  Mary 
Parmenter,  born  in  Sudbury,  June  10,  1644, 
daughter  of  John  and  Amy  Parmenter,  and 
granddaughter  of  Deacon  John  Parmenter, 
born  1588,  who  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Sudbury,    1639.      She   survived   her  husband, 

and  afterward  married Allen.  Children, 

born  in  Sudbury:  Richard,  mentioned  below; 

John,  married  Rebecca  ;  Joseph,  born 

April  I,  1676;  Mary,  September  25,  1680; 
Jonas,  January  4,  1683-84;  Thomas,  November 
I,  1686. 

(II)  Richard  (2).  son  of  Richard  (i) 
Burke,  was  born  in  Sudbury,  April  16,  1671. 
He  lived  at  Stow,  Sudbury  and  Brookfield, 
Massachusetts.  His  name  appears  upon  the 
records  of  Stow  as  late  as  1705;  in  1708  he 
is  called  of  Sudbury,  and  in  1720  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  Brookfield.  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Sawtell,  and 
granddaughter  of  Richard  Sawtell,  a  proprie- 
tor of  Watertown,  1636-37,  and  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Groton,  where  he  was  town  clerk 
for  the  first  three  years  after  its  organization. 


Her  father  was  also  an  original  proprietor  of 
Groton.  She  was  born  there  March  5,  1671- 
72,  and  died  in  Sudbury,  April  i,  1716  (?). 
Children,  first  three  born  probably  in  Stow, 
last  three  in  Sudbury:  Abigail,  married  John 
Parmenter;  Richard,  lived  in  Brookfield,  mar- 
ried Mary  ;  Jonathan,  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah,  born  1708;  Keziah,  February  24, 
1710-11  ;  Uzziah,  twin  of  Keziah. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Burke, 
was  born  in  January,  1701,  and  died  in  Wind- 
sor, Vermont,  May  18,  1775.  He  lived  in 
Brookfield,  where  his  name,  appears  on  the 
records  as  late  as  1748,  at  which  time  he  pur- 
chased real  estate  in  Brimfield,  Massachusetts. 
July  ID,  1759,  he  conveyed  to  his  son  Jona- 
than eighty  acres  of  land  in  Brimfield.  and 
was  later  of  South  Brimfield,  which  was  in- 
corporated September  18,  1762.  He  was  often 
appointed  on  committees  on  town  and  churcti 
affairs  in  the  two  latter  towns.  December  15, 
1769,  he  was  living  in  what  is  now  Westmm- 
ster,  Vermont.  He  served  in  the  colonial  wars, 
1722-24;  in  Major  John  Chandler's  company, 
August  18  to  November  26,  1722;  January  8, 
1724,  on  the  frontier;  in  garrison  at  Brook- 
field, Massachusetts,  April  13  to  November 
20,  1724.  (Authorities:  Temple's  "History 
North  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,"  quoting 
from  muster  rolls  among  Massachusetts  ar- 
chives in  State  House,  Boston;  Burke  Alvoid 
Memorial;  Hemmenway's  Gazeteer). 

Jonathan  married  May  10,  1731,  in  North- 
ainptcn,  Massachusetts,  Thankful,  daughter  of 
William  and  Ann  (Webb)  Wait;  she  was  born 
in  .Northampton,  January  27,  1706  (?),  and 
dieil  in  Windsor,  January  29,  1783.  Children, 
all  but  the  youngest,  born  in  Brookfield,  the 
latter  in  Brimfield:  Keziah,  March  3,  1732; 
Jonathan,  February  26,  1733-34;  Simeon,  May 
3,  1736;  Jesse,  mentioned  tjelow ;  Isaiah,  June 
13,  1740;  Richard,  "deceast  April  13,  1741"; 
Solomon,  born  December  2,  1742:  Silas,  No- 
vember 22,  1744;  Elijah;  Anna,  September  2, 
1748. 

(IV)  Captain  Jesse  Burke,  son  of  Jonathan 
Burke,  was  born  in  Brookfield,  April  8,  1738, 
and  died  in  Westminster,  Vermont,  January 
20,  181 1.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Westminster,  and  a  large  landowner.  He  was 
proprietor  of  a  large  part  of  the  land  comprised 
in  the  lower  settlement  of  the  East  Parish  of 
rbat  town.  In  the  political  agitation  which 
preceded  the  outbreak  of  the  revolution  he  was 
early  allied  to  the  side  of  the  patriots,  and  was 
captain  of  the  first  military  company  raised  in 
the  vicinity.  He  was  a  friend  and  confidant 
of  Ethan  Allen,  of  revolutionary  fame,  and 
during  the  collision  between  the  people  of  Ver- 
mont and  the  authorities  of  New  York,  prior 


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to  the  independence  and  admittance  of  Ver- 
mont into  the  Union  as  a  state,  had  the  latter 
as  a  guest  at  his  house.  He  was  a  man  of 
marked  decision  of  character,  of  integrity  and 
intelligence.  He  married  May,  1761,  in 
Brookfield,  Leah  (Jennings)  Rice,  widow  of 
Charles  Rice.  She  died  August  5,  181 1,  aged 
.■;ev'.'nty-four  years,  gravestone  record.  Chil- 
dren,   born   in    Westminster:    Anna,    married 

(first)     Calvin     Chaffee,     (second) 

Cobb;  Joseph,  born  June  22,  1762;  Jonathan, 
married  May  26,  181 1,  widow  Laurana  But- 
terfield ;  Eliab,  born  1766;  Jesse,  born  Decem- 
ber 20,  1770;  Eli,  born  October  21,  1771 ;  Eli- 
jah, mentioned  below. 

(V)  Elijah,  son  of  Captain  Jesse  Burke, 
was  born  in  Westminster,  March  3,  1774,  and 
died  March  21,  1843.  He  was  a  farmer  by  oc- 
cupation, and  in  early  life  was  very  active  in 
that  line.  He  was  among  the  first  to  engage 
in  the  introduction  and  growth  of  merino 
sheep  in  Vermont,  and  for  many  years  was 
owner  of  large  flocks  of  that  valuable  animal. 
He  was  much  respected  by  his  fellow-towns- 
men, and  was  often  tendered  public  offices,  all 
of  which,  except  the  most  humble  and  practi- 
cally useful,  he  invariably  declined.  He  mar- 
ried, September,  1795,  Grace,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Lucy  Jefifers,  of  New  London, 
Connecticut;  she  was  born  September  14,  1777. 
Children,  born  in  Westminster :  Russell,  men- 
tioned below ;  Rhoda,  June  25,  1799,  died 
March  18,  1818;  Elijah,  March  31,  1802,  died 
August,  1804;  George  Emery,  born  October 
zj,  1803;  Udney,  September  i,  1806;  Edmund, 
January  23,  1809;  Thales,  January  31,  1811  ; 
Gratia,  March  22,  1815;  Catharine,  May  5, 
1817. 

(VI)  Russell,  son  of  Elijah  Burke,  was 
born  in  Westminster,  March  26,  1797,  and 
died  in  Springfield,  Vermont,  October  4, 
1852-55.  He  married,  August  18,  1822,  Eliza 
Williams,  born  March  15,  1803.  Children: 
Russell  Williams,  born  July  5,  1825,  died  June 
19,  1826;  Russell  Williams,  born  April  3, 
1827;  John  Westfield,  September  4,  1829,  died 
July  26,  1830;  John  Westfield,  June  2,  1831, 
died  April  20,  1832;  Harriet  Eliza,  March  2, 
1833,  died  March  16,  1833;  Harriet  Eliza, 
May  14,  1834,  died  April  14,  1838;  George 
Henry,  February  23,  1837,  died  August  6, 
1839;  George  Henry,  born  June  5,  1839; 
Charles  Clinton,  of  whom  further. 

(VH)  Charles  Clinton,  son  of  Russell 
Burke,  was  born  at  Springfield,  Vermont.  He 
was  educated  at  the  Kimball  Union  Academy, 
Meriden,  New  Hampshire.  From  Meriden  he 
went  to  Boston  and  began  his  business  career 
there  with  a  wholesale  provision  house.  After 
living  in  Boston  about  two  years  he  went  to 


the  oil  regions,  arriving  at  Titusville,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  the  early  sixties.  Crude  petroleum 
was  then  being  produced  in  great  abundance. 
There  were,  however,  few  refineries  in  the  coun- 
try, and  few  men  with  practical  knowledge  of 
that  branch  of  the  business.  In  order  to  be- 
come proficient  in  it  he  placed  himself  under 
the  tuition  of  a  well-known  chemist  of  the  oil 
fields.  After  obtaining  from  him  the  general 
methods  of  refining,  he  supplemented  this 
course  of  instruction  by  sending  to  Pittsburgh 
for  a  German  chemist  whose  services  he  util- 
ized in  the  manufacture  of  various  products 
from  petroleum.  Although  he  had  not  then  at- 
tained his  majority,  Mr.  Burke  associated  him- 
self with  others  and  secured  a  factory,  which 
he  reconstructed,  and  long  afterward  this  plant 
was  totally  ruined  by  fire.  Mr.  Burke  removed 
later  to  Pittsburgh  and  remained  there  several 
years  as  a  refiner.  In  1871  he  established 
himself  in  New  York  and  became  an  owner  in 
an  oil  refinery  on  Newtown  creek.  This  plant 
was  successfully  operated  under  his  manage- 
ment until  about  1883.  In  that  year  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  Eagle  Oil  Company, 
with  works  at  Communipaw,  New  Jersey.  He 
has  originated  several  grades  of  lubricating 
oil  which  are  celebrated  for  their  excellent 
qualities,  and  has  received  letters  patent  for 
various  valuable  improvements  in  machinery. 
Mr.  Burke  is  a  director  of  the  Fulton  Trust 
Company,  of  New  York,  having  been  one  of 
its  founders.  He  has  served  as  vice-president 
and  president  of  the  New  York  Produce  Ex- 
change, and  is  also  treasurer  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Society  of  New  York,  and  a  member  of 
the  L^nion  League  Club. 

Mr.  Burke  has  been  married  twice — in  1872, 
to  Miss  Elsie  P.  Ely,  a  daughter  of  the  late 
Abner  L.  Ely,  of  New  York;  and  in  1886,  to 
Miss  Elizabeth  S.  Cass,  a  daughter  of  General 
George  W.  Cass,  of  Pittsburgh.  Mr.  Burke 
has  several  sons  and  daughters,  and  resides  at 
Plainfield,  New  Jersey. 

(The  Williams  Line). 

The  Williams  family  of  Wales  and  Eng- 
land is  of  great  antiquity.  The  surname  is 
derived  from  the  ancient  personal  name  Will- 
iam. Sir  Robert  Williams,  ninth  baronet,  of 
the  house  of  Williams  of  Penrhyn,  was  a  lin- 
eal descendant  from  Marchudes  of  Cyan,  Lord 
of  Abergelen  in  Denbighshire,  of  one  of  the 
fifteen  tribes  of  North  Wales  that  lived  in  the 
time  of  Roderick  the  Great,  King  of  the  Brit- 
ons, about  A.  D.  849.  The  ancient  Williams 
coat-of-arms  of  the  Welsh  family  is:  Sable  a 
lion  rampant  argent  armed  and  langues  gules. 
The  crest  is  a  moor  cock.  The  seat  of  the 
family  was  at  Flint,  Wales,  and  in  Lincoln- 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


shire.  Oliver  Cromwell,  the  Protector,  was  a 
Williams  by  right  of  descent,  and  was  related 
to  Richard  Williams,  who  settled  in  Taunton, 
Massachusetts,  as  shown  by  the  following  pedi- 
gree. Alden  de  Cromwell  lived  in  the  time  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  and  from  him  de- 
scended ten  Ralph  de  Cromwells  in  succession, 
the  last  of  the  name  dying  without  issue.  The 
seventh  Ralph  de  Cromwell  married,  1351, 
Amicia,  daughter  of  Robert  Berer,  M.  P.  Rob- 
ert Cromwell  (  i )  was  a  Lancastrian,  killed  in 
the  wars  in  1461.  From  him  the  line  to  Oliver 
Cromwell  and  Richard  Williams  is  definitely 
known.  William  Cromwell  (2),  son  of  Rob- 
ert (i),  left  a  daughter  Margaret,  who  was 
ancestor  of  both  Cromwell  and  Williams.  John 
Cromwell    (3)   married  Joan   Smith.     Walter 

Cromwell  (4)  married Glossop.   Kath- 

erine  Cromwell  (5),  daughter  of  Walter  (4), 
married  Morgan  Williams,  fifth  from  Howell 
Williams,  mentioned  below.  Sir  Richard  Will- 
iams (6),  son  of  Morgan  and  Katherine  (5), 
bom  about  1495,  rnarried  Frances  Murfyn. 
After  reaching  mature  years  Sir  Richard  took 
the  name  of  Cromwell,  under  the  patronage 
of  his  mother's  brother,  Thomas  Cromwell.  He 
lived  in  Glamorganshire,  Wales.  Sir  Henry 
Cromwell  (7),  alias  Williams,  son  of  Sir  Rich- 
ard (6),  was  called  the  "Golden  Knight"  of 
Hinchenbrook,  Huntingdon ;  married  Joan 
Warren.  Robert  Cromwell  (8),  alias  William, 
was  of  Huntingdon,  a  brewer,  married  Eliza- 
beth Stewart.  Their  first  child  was  Oliver,  the 
Great  Protector.  Oliver  Cromwell  used  the 
alias  in  his  youth,  and  in  some  deeds  his  name 
is  found  Oliver  Williams,  alias  Cromwell. 
Howell  Williams  (i).  Lord  of  Ribour,  was 
progenitor  of  the  Williams  family  of  Wales. 
Morgan  Williams  (2)  married  Joan  Batten. 
Thomas  of  Lancashire  (3),  son  of  Morgan 
(2),  died  in  London.  John  Williams  (4), 
son  of  Thomas  (3),  married  Margaret  Smith; 
died  3t  Mortlake,  1502.  Their  son  John,  born 
1485,  married  Joan  Wykys,  daughter  of  Henry 
Wykys,  of  Bolleys  Park,  Chertney,  and  sister 
of  Elizabeth  Wykys,  who  married  Thomas 
Cromwell  (brother  of  Katherine,  mentioned 
above),  secretary  to  Henry  VHL,  Lord 
Cromwell,  of  Oakham,  Earl  of  Essex.  Rich- 
ard Williams  (6),  born  at  Rochampton  1487; 
settled  at  Monmouth  and  Dexter;  nied  155Q. 
John  W^i'.'iams  (6),  son  of  Richard  (5),  was 
of  Huntmgdonshire,  near  Wotton-under- 
Edge,  Gloucester;  died  1577.  William  (7), 
son  of  John  Williams  (6),  was  also  of  Hunt- 
ingdon; married,  November  15,  1585,  Jane 
Shepherd ;  second,  December  4,  1603,  Jane 
Woodward  His  first  child  by  the  second  mar- 
riage was  Richard  Williams,  who  settled  in 
Taunton.  Massachusetts.    The  Williams  fami- 


lies of  America  descend  from  more  than  a 
score  of  different  immigrant  ancestors.  That 
several  of  them  were  related  to  Richard  of 
Taunton,  mentioned  above,  seems  certam,  but 
the  degree  has  not  been  traced  in  the  various 
instances. 

(I)  Roger  Williams,  son  of  James  and 
Alice  (Pemberton)  Williams,  born  1599,  in 
Wales,  was  a  very  bright  youth  and  engaged 
the  favorable  notice  of  prominent  men  in  Lon- 
don through  whom  he  secured  excellent  edu- 
cational facilities.  He  was  ordained  a  clergy- 
man of  the  Church  of  England,  but  soon  be- 
came an  extreme  Puritan  and  migrated  to  New 
England.  For  his  opposition  to  the  New  Eng- 
land theocracy  he  was  driven  from  Salem, 
taking  refuge  at  Plymouth,  where  he  studied 
the  Indian  dialects.  Banished  from  the  col- 
ony in  163s,  accompanied  by  a  few  adherents, 
he  escaoed  in  midwinter  to  the  shores  of  Na;- 
ragansett  Bay,  where  he  purchased  lands  of 
the  Indian  chiefs,  founded  the  city  of  Provi- 
dence, and  established  a  government  of  pure 
democracy.  In  1654  he  was  elected  pres'dent 
of  the  colony,  and  his  death  occurred  in  168,. 
He  married  Mary  Barnard,  who  died  in  1676, 
and  had  children:  Mary,  born  1633,  died  1681  ; 
Freeborn,  1635-1710;  Providence,  1638-1686; 
Mercy,  1640-1705;  Daniel.  1642-1702;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Joseph,  youngest  child  of  Roger  and 
Mary  (Barnard)  Williams,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1643,  'ri  Providence,  died  there  August 
17,  1724.  He  married,  December  17.  1669, 
Lydia  Olney,  born  1645,  "^'^^  September  n, 
1724.  Children:  Joseph,  born  1670,  died 
young;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  Joseph. 
November  10,  1673;  Mary,  June  16,  1676; 
I.imes,  September  20,  1680;  Lydia,  September 

26,  1683. 

(III)  Thomas,  second  son  of  Joseph  and 
Lydia  (Olney)  Williams,  was  born  February 
16,  1672,  in  Providence,  and  died  there  August 

27,  1724.  He  married  Mary  Blackmar,  who 
died  July  i,  1717.  Children:  Joseph,  died 
July  17,  1750,  Thomas,  Stephen,  John,  Abigail, 
Jonathan,  Mary. 

(IV)  Stephen,  third  son  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Blackmar)  Williams,  was  born  in 
Providence,  was  a  house  carpenter  in  that 
town,  and  died  there  May  26,  1745.  He  mar- 
ried, June  28,  1736,  Jemima,  whose  surname  is 
not  shown  in  the  records.  Children :  Isaiah, 
born  January  15,  1738;  Katherine,  April  28, 
1739-  Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Jonathan,  second  son  of  Stephen  and 
Jemima  Williams,  was  born  May  20,  1741.  in 
Providence,  and  settled  in  Douglas,  Massachu- 
setts, before  1659,  dying  there  February  16, 
1803.     He  resided  in  East  Douglas,  and  the 


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records  show  that  his  wife's  name  was  Esther. 
Children  recorded  in  Douglas :  Samuel,  born 
September  29,  1769;  Jonathan,  mentioned  be- 
low; Thaddeus,  February  4,  1774;  Amos,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1776;  John  Nason,  May  23,  1780; 
Jesse.  July  20,  1789. 

(VI)  Colonel  Jonathan  (2),  second  son  of 
Jonathan  ( i )  and  Esther  Williams,  was  born 
March  11.  1772,  in  Douglas,  and  resided  for  a 
short  time  in  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  whence 
he  removed  to  Grafton,  Vermont,  remaining 
there  but  a  brief  period.  About  1796  he  set- 
tled at  Springfield,  Vermont,  where  he  bought 
land  of  Joseph  Selden  and  built  what  was  later 
called  the  Dr.  Eleazer  Grain  house,  situated 
where  the  Brown  residence  now  stands.  In 
1800  he  built  the  part  of  the  tavern  house  to 
the  east  and  west,  known  so  long  as  Black 
River  Hotel  and  Springfield  House,  and  for  a 
time  he  kept  the  hotel.  In  1803  he  built  on  the 
site  of  Leland's  block,  a  building  which  he 
occupied  as  a  hat  shop ;  later  he  built  below 
the  lower  bridge  the  house  now  owned  by  the 
Olneys,  and  the  George  O.  Henry  house, 
known  for  a  long  time  as  the  Williams  Tavern, 
where  he  and  afterwards  his  son  Luke  kept  a 
public  house.  He  was  engaged  with  Ethan 
Allen  in  running  the  fulling  mill  on  the  west 
side  of  the  river  in  1797.  In  1812  he  built  the 
woolen  mill  at  the  lower  bridge,  where  he  man- 
ufactured cloth,  and  which  was  afterwards 
run  by  his  son.  For  several  years  he  was  con- 
stable of  the  town,  and  he  was  a  man  of  great 
executive  ability  and  enterprise,  of  much  influ- 
ence in  public  affairs.  He  was  colonel  of  the 
Second  Regiment  of  state  militia  and  enlisted 
m  the  war  of  1812  with  General  John  Perkins, 
Jonathan  Chase  and  others.  At  the  close  of 
the  war  he  had  charge  of  paying  off  the  sol- 
diers. He  married  Betsey  Kidder,  and  she 
died  January  23,  1841.  Children:  Elias.  bom 
in  Grafton.  Massachusetts,  September  4,  1794; 
Luke,  born  in  Grafton,  Vermont,  March  29, 
1796;  Henry,  December  11,  1797;  Frederick, 
died  in  infancy;  Frederick.  June  11.  1801  ; 
Eliza.  March  15.  1803,  married  Russell  Burke 
(see  Burke);  Lucretia,  December  8,  1806; 
Nancy,  December  20,  1808;  Harriet,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1810;  Jonathan,  January  2,  1813; 
George  N.,  October  9,  1814;  Sarah,  August'  13, 
1816;  Louisa,  October  18,  1818. 


Henry  Chamberlin,  the 
CHAM  BERLIN    immigrant  ancestor,  came 

from  Hingham.  county 
Norfolk,  England,  arriving  in  New  England, 
August  10,  1638,  in  the  ship  "Diligent,"  accom- 
panied by  his  mother  Christian,  his  wife  Jane, 
and  two  or  more  children.  His  mother  was 
probably  the  "Mrs.  Chamberlin,  widowe,  sis- 


ter of  Mr.  Israeli  Stoughton,"  who  received  an 
allowance  from  Mr.  Andrews'  gift  by  the 
governor  and  deputies  of  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony,  May  14,  1645.  She  died  at  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  .A.pril  19,  1659,  aged  eightv- 
one.  Henry  Chamberlin,  in  common  with 
many  others,  came  to  New  England  to  escape 
religious  persecution.  He  settled  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  had  a  grant  of  a 
house-lot  in  1638.  He  was  made  freeman 
March  13,  1638-9,  and  lived  in  Hingham  until 
1660.  On  February  4,  1660,  he  deeded  land 
in  Hingham  to  Daniel  Gushing,  and  in  this 
deed  and  others  he  was  called  blacksmith  and 
shoemaker.  About  1661  he  moved  to  Hull, 
where  he  lived  until  his  death,  July  15,  1674. 
He  called  himself  blacksmith  from  1660  until 
his  death.  His  will  was  made  December  8, 
1673,  and  his  widow  with  her  sons  deeded  his 
property  in  Hingham  to  Thomas  Sawyer, 
March  3,  1674-5.  Children,  perhaps  not  in 
order  of  birth:  Susannah,  born  about  1616; 
Henry,  eldest  son  ;  William,  mentioned  below  ; 
Daniel,  baptized  at  Hingham,  England,  May 
15,  1632.  buried  there  May  19,  1632;  Mary, 
perhaps  twin,  baptized  at  Hingham,  England, 
May  15,  1632,  buried  there  May  25,  1632; 
John,  baptized  at  Hingham,  England,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1633;  Ursula,  born  about  1634;  Faith; 
Daniel  (2),  baptized  at  Hingham,  Massachu- 
setts, September  26,  1641 ;  Nathaniel,  baptized 
at  Hingham.  Massachusetts,  November  26. 
1643,  not  mentioned  in  his  father's  will;  Ebe- 
nezer :  probably  a  son  died  at  Hingham,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1646. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Henry  Chamberlin, 
was  born  doubtless  about  1620.  On  Novem- 
ber 9,  1647.  he  bought  a  house  and  lot  from 
Francis  Smith,  in  Boston,  situated  on  Wash- 
ington street,  and  bounded  on  the  west  by  the 
"Common,"  and  on  January  4,  1648,  he  deeded 
this  back  to  hin»  and  before  .•\ugiist  2j.  1654, 
moved  to  Hull,  settling  on  the  east  side  of 
Quaker  Lane.  In  1657  he  was  granted  by  the 
proprietors  eleven  lots  of  land  in  Hull,  and 
also  had  his  deed  from  Thomas  Jones,  of 
Langley's  Island,  confirmed  by  them,  .\bout 
1658  he  was  a  selectman,  and  June  5,  1662, 
was  one  of  the  appraisers  of  Thomas  Loring's 
estate.  In  1669  he  was  townsman.  He  died 
at  Hull,  October  22,  1678,  and  his  estate  was 
valued  at  £529,  provision  being  made  by  him 
for  the  care  of  his  father  and  mother.  He 
married  (first),  about  1651  (name  unknownl, 
who  died  at  Hull  about  1660,  and  he  married 
(second),  about  1661  (name  unknown).  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife,  probably  born  at  Hull: 
Williarn,  .^pril  9.  1652:  John,  baptized  at 
Hingham.  August  2j.  1654:  Job,  born  about 
1656;  Nathaniel,  September  4,  1659;  Freedom. 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


about  1660.  Children  by  second  wife,  bom  at 
Hull:  Benjamin,  baptized  at  Hingham,  May 
18,  1662;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
born  about  1672,  and  Sarah,  bom  about  1676. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  son  of  William  Chamberlin, 
was  born  at  Hull  about  1665,  and  died  at  Col- 
chester, August  7,  1752,  aged  eighty-seven 
years.  He  was  buried  in  the  old  parish  ceme- 
tery in  Colchester  village.  In  1685  William 
James,  of  Scituate,  was  his  guardian.  On 
March  30,  1687,  he  deeded  to  his  brother  Will- 
iam, of  Hull,  weaver,  land  on  Pettox  Island 
which  had  been  his  father's,  his  brother  Free- 
dom's and  finally  his  own.  In  the  deed  he 
called  himself  cordwainer.  About  1688  he 
moved  to  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  before 
1701  migrated  to  Hatfield,  Massachusetts.  As 
early  as  1704  he  moved  from  Hadley  or  Hat- 
field to  Colchester,  Connecticut.  On  May  29, 
1693,  he  executed  a  power  of  attorney  to  his 
brother  William.  On  May  31,  1695,  his  wife 
Mercy  quitclaimed  her  interest  in  his  estate  to 
Nathaniel  Chamberlin,  weaver,  and  John  Col- 
lier, husbandman,  both  of  Hull.  He  was  a  petit 
juror  at  Hadley  in  1701,  and  in  1705  his  taxes 
at  Hadley  and  Hatfield  were  referred  to.  The 
first  mention  of  him  in  Colchester  was  April 
I,  1703,  when  the  proprietors  granted  land 
they  had  formerly  given  him  to  Thomas  Day, 
and  October  30,  1704,  they  granted  him  twen- 
ty acres  on  Wig^vam  Hill.  Stiles  says  that  he 
lived  for  a  time  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
but  of  this  no  proof  has  been  found.  Until 
his  death  he  was  very  prominent  in  Colches- 
ter, where  he  served  as  selectman  in  1705, 
1706,  1716-18,  and  perhaps  other  years,  was 
licensed  to  keep  the  ordinary  in  1710,  and  con- 
tinued to  keep  a  tavern  until  1748.  At  the  ex- 
pense of  the  province  he  entertained  the 
French  ambassadors  when  they  passed  through 
Colchester  to  and  from  New  London  in  171 1. 
He  was  admitted  a  freema^i  December  31, 
1712.  His  home  was  on  the  main  road  leading 
from  New  London  to  Hartford,  and  about  a 
mile  north  of  the  present  village  of  Colchester. 
He  married,  at  Hadley.  June  8,  1688,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  John  and  Frances  (Foote)  Dick- 
inson; she  was  born  at  Wethersfield,  Con- 
necticut, about  1668,  and  died  at  Colchester, 
June  30,  1735.  Joseph  Chamberlin  died  at 
Colchester,  August  7,  1752,  and  was  buried 
there.  Children:  William,  of  Colchester; 
Sarah,  born  at  Hadley,  November  2,  1690,  died 
young;  Sarah  (2),  born  at  Hadley,  March  10, 
1693;  Elizabeth,  born  about  1695;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below ;  John,  born  at  Hatfield, 
March  4,  1700;  Benjamin,  born  about  1701  ; 
Freedom,  born  at  Colchester,  .\pril  15,  1705, 
and  John  (2),  born  at  Colchester,  January 
31,  1707-08. 


(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Cham- 
berlin, was  born  about  1697,  at  Hadley  or  Hat- 
field, and  settled  in  Colchester.  His  wife 
Lydia  died  there  March  3,  1730,  and  he  prob- 
ably married  (second),  July  12,  1738,  Han- 
nah, widow  of  Aaron  Gillett.  October  18,  1749, 
Hannah  Stores  quitclaimed  to  Joseph  Cham- 
berlin and  wife.  Children  of  first  wife  :  Lydia, 
born  October  20,  1721 ;  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Job,  born  February  8,  1725-26;  Jona- 
than, July  I,  1728;  Jonathan  (2),  February  22, 
1729-30,  died  young. 

(V)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Cham- 
berlin, was  born  at  Colchester,  April  11,  1724, 
and  appears  to  have  settled  near  his  grand- 
mother's home,  in  the  neighborhood  of  Had- 
ley or  Hatfield,  where  his  father  and  some  of 
his  uncles  and  aunts  were  born.  He  married, 
February  7,  1762,  at  Sunderland  (which  was 
incorporated  from  Hadley  in  1714),  Eunice, 
born  July  31,  1739,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Cowles)  Amsden,  of  Deerfield.  The 
marriage  is  also  given  in  Deerfield,  as  are  the 
births  of  the  children.  On  his  wedding  day 
Joseph  Chamberlin  bought  lot  18,  on  the  west 
side  of  Sunderland ;  he  purchased  it  of  Gideon 
Henderson,  and  in  August  of  the  same  year 
sold  it  to  Nathaniel  Barstow.  He  owned  other 
land,  perhaps  inherited  from  his  father  or 
grandmother,  and  his  farm  remained  until  re- 
cently in  the  possession  of  his  descendants. 
Children :  Luther,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
born  at  Sunderland,  .A.ugust  24,  1764,  died 
June  II,  1766;  Joseph,  born  April  3,  1766,  died 
at  Cannonville,  or  Trout  Creek,  Delaware 
county,  New  York. 

(VI)  Luther,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  and  Eu- 
nice (Amsden)  Chamberlin,  was  bom  about 
1763,  and  was  probably  still  a  child  when  his 
parents  removed  to  Vermont,  appearing  to 
have  resided  both  at  Guilford  and  Brattleboro. 
Joseph  Chamberlin  was  a  lieutenant  in  Colonel 
Timothy  Church's  regiment,  of  Brattleboro. 
The  farm  of  Joseph  Chamberlin  at  Guilford 
was  in  the  territorv'  over  which  New  York  and 
New  Hampshire  claimed  jurisdiction  and 
granted  land  titles  for  many  years,  and  Ver- 
mont and  New  Hampshire  also  had  a  contro- 
versy over  this  territory.  Luther  Chamber- 
lin' married  Temperance  Pollard,  and  about 
1790  went  with  his  wife  to  New  York  state 
from  Brattleboro,  Vermont,  settling  on  part 
of  lot  66,  in  the  northern  part  of  "j6'"'cho" 
(now  Bainbridge),  on  Stockwell's  creek.  This 
was  part  of  the  land  originally  granted  to  his 
father,  but  Luther  did  not  remain  there  long, 
preferring  to  migrate  to  a  fine  farm  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Susquehanna  river,  some  six 
miles  further  south.  A  little  settlement  which 
had  already  begun  to  grow  just  at  the  north- 


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ern  line  of  this  farm  was  known  a  little  later 
as  South  Bainbridge,  and  is  now  Afton.  Here 
were  bom  and  reared  several  children,  among 
them  a  son,  Joseph  Pollard,  mentioned  below, 
and  a  daughter,  Eunice,  named  in  honor  of  her 
grandmother.  Luther  Chamberlin  died  about 
1838,  his  wife  having  passed  away  in  1828. 

(VII)  Joseph  (4)  Pollard,  son  of  Luther 
and  Temperance  (Pollard)  Chamberlin,  was 
born  in  1795,  at  South  Bainbridge,  and  spent 
his  entire  life  on  the  farm.  He  became  a  very 
prominent  man  in  the  community.  As  justice 
of  the  peace  he  tried  Joseph  Smith,  the 
founder  of  Mormonism,  for  false  pretense. 
He  was  sheriflf  of  the  county,  1843-46,  and 
served  as  assemblyman  in  1834,  in  the  fifty- 
seventh  session  of  the  legislature,  and  1852 
in  the  seventy-fifth  session,  he  was  again  a 
member  of  the  assembly.  He  was  urged  to 
become  a  United  States  senator,  and  the  guber- 
natorial nomination  was  tendered  him  by  both 
political  parties,  but  he  declined  to  assume  the 
burdens  which  his  acceptance  of  these  honors 
would  have  involved.  A  man  of  generous  im- 
pulses, he  gave  liberally  to  all  projects  for  the 
betterment  of  the  neighborhood,  but  when  it 
was  decided  to  rename  the  village  and  many 
desired  to  call  it  Chamberlin  or  Chamberlin- 
ville,  he  gave  his  influence  in  favor  of  Afton. 
He  married,  February  19,  1824,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Carpenter ;  children : 
Jeanette.  born  November,  1825,  died  Decem- 
ber 5,  185 1  ;  John  Clark,  bom  May  14,  1828, 
died  January  27,  1903;  Joseph  (5)  Pollard 
(2),- born  June  i,  1830,  died  May  13,  1897; 
Emma,  born  August  27,  1832,  died  July  27, 
1908;  Henrietta,  born  September  18,  1837, 
now  living  in  Colorado ;  Ralph,  born  March 
18,  1840,  died  December  26,  1891 ;  Horace 
Stowell.  mentioned  below.  Mrs.  Chamberlin 
died  August  22,  1848,  and  the  death  of  Mr. 
Chamberlin  occurred  November  21,  1857. 

(VIII)  Horace  Stowell,  son  of  Joseph  (4) 
Pollard  (i)  and  Margaret  (Carpenter)  Cham- 
berlin, was  born  August  6,  1842,  at  Afton, 
New  York,  and  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  at  the  Delaware  Literary 
Institute,  Franklin,  New  York.  After  com- 
pleting his  course  of  study  he  returned  to  his 
native  place,  and  in  January,  1866,  opened  a 
general  store.  In  1871-72  he  was  supervisor 
of  the  town,- and  was  urged  to  accept  a  nonv 
ination  for  the  assembly,  an  honor  which  he 
declined,  having  little  inclination  for  political 
life.  In  1875  he  engaged  in  the  commission 
business  in  Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  an  enter- 
prise which  was  most  successful.  Eventually 
he  sold  out  and  became  general  manager  of  the 
B.  G.  Carpenter  wholesale  and  retail  house- 
furnishing,  gas-fitting,  plumbing    and    metal- 


work  establishment  in  Wilkes-Barre,  Penn- 
sylvania, to  which  city  he  removed  his  family 
in  1876,  making  it  his  home  for  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  Mr.  Chamberlin  married,  Febru- 
ary 13,  1866,  in  St.  Paul's  Protestant  Episco- 
pal Church,  Oxford,  New  York,  Mary  M., 
born  August  22,  1845,  only  child  of  Amos  A. 
and  Lucy  L.  (Palmer)  Hitchcock,  and  they 
became  the  parents  of  one  son:  Rollin  Smith, 
mentioned  below.  The  death  of  Mr.  Chamber- 
lin, which  occurred  January  20,  1900,  was  an 
irreparable  loss  to  his  family  and  friends.  He 
was  a  man  of  strong  domestic  aflPections,  find- 
ing his  highest  happiness  at  his  own  fireside. 
The  loss  to  the  community  in  general  was  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  exceptional  magnitude,  as 
appears  by  the  following  extract  from  an  obit- 
uary notice  published  in  one  of  the  Wilkes- 
Barre  papers : 

Mr.  Chamberlin  is  dead  after  a  brave  but  short 
struggle  with  pleuro-pneumonia.  This  announce- 
ment comes  with  unusual  sorrow, — he  was  one 
of  Wilkes-Barre's  best  known  and  most  highly 
esteemed  citizens.  In  him  seemed  embodied  the 
qualities  of  an  ideal  manhood,  and  those  who  knew 
him  best  were  most  sincere  in  their  admiration  for 
him.  For  many  years  he  had  been  with  B.  G. 
Carpenter  &  Company.  His  figure  was  familiar  to 
all,  his  greeting  sincerely  pleasant,  and  to  be  in  his 
presence,  whether  in  a  business  or  social  way,  was 
to  be  in  the  company  of  a  thorough  gentleman. 
Men  such  as  he  stand  out  prominently  in  the  com- 
munity,— not,  perhaps,  for  great,  illustrious  deeds, 
but  for  the  nobleness  of  mind  and  soul  that  rise 
above  the  vanities  and  fame  of  earth. 

(IX)  Rollin  Smith,  only  child  of  Horace 
Stowell  and  Mary  M.  (Hitchcock)  Chamber- 
lin, was  bom  June  2,  1867,  in  Afton,  Chenango 
county.  New  York,  and  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Penn- 
sylvania. When  a  very  young  man  he  became 
a  night  operator  for  the  Bell  Telephone  Com- 
pany, and  in  1889  was  made  manager  of  the 
Wilkes-Barre  exchange.  A  few  years  later  he 
was  promoted  to  the  position  of  district  super- 
intendent, and  in  1902  became  general  super- 
intendent, with  headquarters  at  Harrisburg, 
Pennsylvania.  He  held  this  office  for  eight 
years,  retiring  when  the  state  system  was  ab- 
sorbed by  the  Philadelphia  Bell  Telephone 
Company.  In  19 11  he  was  made  superintendent 
of  the  Scranton  district  of  the  Consolidated 
Telephone  Company,  with  headquarters  in  the 
handsome  Republican  Building  on  Washing- 
ton avenue.  His  administration  was  marked 
by  a  wonderful  increase  in  the  number  of  sub- 
scribers and  a  great  improvement  in  the  effi- 
ciency of  the  service  of  the  system.  Mr.  Cham- 
berlin is  an  energetic,  magnetic  and  thoroughly 
capable  e.xecutive  head,  and  a  most  genial  and 
approachable  gentleman,  with  bubbling  good 


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humor  and  a  kind  word  for  every  one.  So 
satisfactory  was  his  management  of  affairs  in 
this  district  that  he  was  promoted  in  191 1  to 
the  general  superintendency,  with  offices  in 
Philadelphia.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
belongs  to  the  Engineers'  Club,  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  is  a  member  of  St.  Stephen's  Pro- 
testant Episcopal  Church,  of  Wilkes-Barre. 

Mr.  Chamberlin  married,  June  6,  1894, 
Helen  Louise,  born  September  12,  1872,  at 
Wilkes-Barre,  daughter  of  David  L.  and  Polly 
A.  (Griffin)  Patrick,  of  that  city.  Children: 
Esther  Margaret,  born  May  12,  1900.  at 
Wilkes-Barre,  and  Helen  Louise,  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1908,  at  Harrisburg. 


Samuel  Packard,  immigrant 
PACKARD  ancestor,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land with  his  wife  and  one 
child  in  the  ship  "Diligent,"  of  Ipswich,  John 
Martin,  master,  in  1638.  He  came  from  Wind- 
ham, a  small  hamlet  near  Hingham,  county 
Norfolk,  England,  and  settled  in  Hingham, 
Massachusetts.  He  moved  about  1660  to 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  and  held  office 
there  in  1664.  In  1670  he  was  licensed  to  keep 
the  ordinary.  His  sons,  and  probably  he  him- 
self, were  soldiers  under  Captain  Benjamin 
Church  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1675-76.  His 
will  was  dated  1684.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born 
probably  in  England,  married,  1665,  Thomas 
-Alger,  of  West  Bridgewater;  Samuel  Jr.,  born 
in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  married  Elizabeth 
Lathrop ;  Zaccheus,  mentioned  below  ; 
Thomas,  born  in  Hingham,  living  in  Bridge- 
water  in  1673;  John,  born  in  Hingham;  Na- 
thaniel, married  a  daughter  of  John  Kingman ; 
Mary, married  Richard  Phillips;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Randall ;  Israel ;  Jael,  married 
John  Smith  ;  Deborah,  married  Samuel  Wash- 
burn ;  Deliverance,  married  Thomas  Wash- 
burn, brother  of  Samuel  Washburn. 

(II)  Zaccheus,  son  of  Samuel  Packard,  was 
bom  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  died  in 
Bridgewater,  August  3,  1723.  He  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Howar  1,  ot  West 
Bridgewater.  Children,  born  in  Bridgewater : 
Israel,  .April  27,  1680;  Sarah,  .August  19, 
1682;  Jonathan,  December  7,  1684;  David, 
February  11,  1687;  Solomon,  mentioned  be- 
low; Deacon  James,  June  2,  1691  ;  Zaccheus 
Jr.,  September  4,  1693  I  John.  October  8,  1695  ; 
Captain  .Abiel,  .April  29,  1699. 

(III)  Solomon,  son  of  Zaccheus  Packard, 
was  born  at  Bridgewater.  Massachusetts, 
March  20,  1689,  died  in  1723.  He  married 
(first),  in  1715,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  How- 
ard. He  married  (second)  Susanna,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Kingman.  Children,  born  at 
Bridgewater:  Sarah,  1719,  married  Isaac  Ful- 


ler; Jacob,  mentioned  below;  Nathan,  1722; 
Susanna,  1724,  married  Joseph  Alden  ;  Joanna, 
1725,  married  Israel  Allen;  Martha,  1727, 
married  Isaac  Alden  Jr.  and  Israel  Bailey; 
Solomon,  1729;  Nathan,  1733;  B^nja'min, 
1734,  married  Ruth  Leach;  Zebulon,  1736; 
Micah,  1738,  went  to  Maine. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  Solomon  Packard,  was 
born  in  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  in  1720, 
died  in  1777.  He  married,  in  1742,  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Mark  Perkins.  Children,  born  at 
Bridgewater;  Jacob,  Asa,  mentioned  below; 
Oliver,  Mark,  Hezekiah,  graduate  of  Harvard, 
17S7,  minister  of  Chelmsford,  D.  D..  died  in 
1849;  Rhoda,  married  Abijah  Stowell :  Doro- 
thy, married  James  Richards ;  Phebe,  married 
Henry  Thayer. 

(V)  Rev.  Asa  Packard,  son  of  Jacob  Pack- 
ard, was  bom  at  Bridgewater,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1758.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  was 
a  fifer  in  the  revolutionary  army  and  at  the 
battle  of  Harlem  received  a  severe  wound  that 
was  nearly  fatal  from  a  musket  ball  in  his 
back  above  the  hip.  But  he  recovered  and 
served  again  later  in  the  war.  The  records 
show  that  Asa  Packard,  of  Chesterfield  and 
Bridgewater,  was  a  fifer  in  Captain  Robert 
Webster's  company  of  militiamen.  General 
Pomeroy's  regiment,  in  the  Lexington  .Alarm. 
xApril  21,  1775,  and  that  he  continued  in  this 
company  through  the  summer  under  Colonel 
John  Fellows  to  October  8,  1775.  He  is 
known  to  have  served,  as  stated,  in  1776.  He 
was  in  Captain  Nathan  Packard's  company. 
Colonel  Eliphalet  Gary's  regiment,  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1780  in  Rhode  Island;  also  in  the 
Tenth  Company,  of  Plymouth  county,  and  his 
service  is  reported  as  eight  months 
at  Roxbury,  twelve  months  at  York, 
fifteen  days  at  Bedford  and  five  days 
in  Rhode  Island  (Mass.  Soldiers  and 
Sailors  in  Rev.).  He  graduated  from  Har- 
vard College  in  1783  and  became  a  minister  at 
Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  March  23,  1785. 
He  continued  there  until  the  church  and  so- 
ciety were  dissolved  and  was  dismissed  at  his 
own  request.  In  1808,  two  years  later,  he  was 
settled  over  the  west  or  seceding  parish  and 
stayed  there  until  May  12,  1819.  He  then  re- 
moved to  Lancaster,  Alassachusetts,  where  he 
lived  until  his  death,  March  20,  1843,  ^S^^ 
eighty-five  years.  He  fell  dead  while  listening 
to  a  letter  from  his  brother,  having  been  in 
his  usual  good  health  to  the  very  end  of  life. 

He  married  Nancy,  daughter  of  Josiah 
Quincy,  of  the  famous  old  Braintree  family  of 
that  surname.  She  died  February  3.  1844,  aged 
eighty  years.  Children  :  Ann  Marsh,  born  Au- 
gust 7,  1791,  died  June  6,  1796:  Elizabeth 
Quincy,    November    2,    1792,   died    in    1816; 


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Frederick  Adolphus,  mentioned  below ;  Asa, 
January  24,  1796,  married  Lydia  Blake,  of 
Shrewsbury,  and  died  in  1851  ;  xAnn  Marsh, 
March  17,  1798,  married  James  G.  Carter,  and 
died  December  15,  1853;  Ruth  Freeman, 
March  22,  1800,  married,  April  12,  1831,  Rev. 
George  Trask. 

(VI)  Frederick  Adolphus,  son  of  Rev.  Asa 
Packard,  was  born  at  Marlborough,  Massachu- 
setts, September  26,  1794,  died  November  11, 
1867.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  the  class  of  1814  and  studied  law.  After  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  he  settled  in  general 
practice  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He  rep- 
resented that  town  in  the  general  court  in  1828. 
In  1829  he  removed  to  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  became  editor  of  the  American  Sun- 
day School  Union  publications.  He  received 
the  degree  of  LL.  D.  from  Princeton  Univer- 
sity. He  married.  May  5,  1822,  Elizabeth 
Dwight,  born  February  16,  1798,  died  at  Phil- 
adelphia, July  5,  1862,  daughter  of  Hon.  John 
and  Sarah  (Dwight)  Hooker,  descendant  of 
several  of  the  leading  families  of  that  section 
(see  Hooker  VHI).  Children:  i.  John 
Hooker,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Frederick,  born 
at  Springfield,  July  24,  1828;  a  lawyer  at  Ap- 
pleton,  Wisconsin ;  died  at  Philadelphia,  July 
18,  1862;  married,  November  2,  1852,  Ellen 
Louisa,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Susan  (Mitch- 
ell) Hall.  3.  Mary  Hooker,  born  at  Philadel- 
phia, August  30,  1830;  married,  April  12, 
1854,  Samuel  Clarke  Perkins,  son  of  Samuel 
Huntington  and  Mary  (Donnell)  Perkins.  4. 
John  Hooker,  mentioned  below.  5.  Lewis 
Richard,  born  at  Philadelphia,  August  22, 
1836;  graduated  from  Yale  in  1856,  Ph.  D., 
studied  for  the  ministry,  but  gave  it  up,  was 
tutor,  then  assistant  professor,  and  finally 
Hillhouse  Professor  of  Greek  in  Yale; 
director  of  the  American  Archaeological  School 
at  Athens.  1883-84;  died  October  26,  1884,  at 
New  Haven ;  married,  December  29,  1870, 
Harriet  Moore  Storrs. 

(VII)  Dr.  John  Hooker  Packard,  son  of 
Frederick  Adolphus  Packard,  was  born  at 
Philadelphia.  August  15,  1832.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1850  and  from  his  alma  mater  received  the 
degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1853.  He 
was  resident  physician  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Hospital  in  1856,  and  in  general  practice  in 
Philadelphia  until  the  time  of  his  death.  May 
21,  1907.  He  was  a  member  of  the  County, 
State  and  National  Medical  Societies.  He  was 
demonstrator  of  anatomy  in  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1862-63 :  acting  assistant  sur- 
geon in  the  United  States  army  in  the  service 
during  the  civil  war,  1861-65  ;  surgeon  to  the 
Episcopal   Hospital,    1863-84;  surgeon  to  the 


Women's  Hospital  in  1876-77,  and  to  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital  from  1884  to  1896.  He 
wrote  on  many  medical  and  surgical  subjects 
for  medical  journals  from  time  to  time.  He 
was  the  author  of  books  on  "Minor  Surgery," 
"Lectures  on  Inflammation,"  "Operative  Sur- 
gery." He  translated  into  English  "Malgaigne 
on  Fractures."  I'rom  1S68  to  1871  he  was 
editor  of  the  Medical  Directory  of  Philadel- 
phia. He  retired  from  active  practice  several 
years  before  he  died. 

He  married,  June  3,  1858,  Elizabeth  Wood, 
born  at  Philadelphia,  May  2.  1835.  died  March 
II,  1897.  in  that  city,  daughter  of  Charles  Stu- 
art and  Juliana  ( Fitz  Randolph)  Wood.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Philadelphia:  I.  Elizabeth 
Dwight.  April  6.  1859.  2.  Charles  Stuart 
Wood,  mentioned  below.  3.  Frederic  .Adol- 
phus, mentioned  below.  4.  John  Hooker,  born 
May  9,  1865  ;  married,  June  15.  1889,  Agnes, 
born  July  7,  1868.  daughter  of  Richard  A.  and 
Susan  Price  (Toland)  Tilghman ;  children : 
Joan  Hooker,  born  December  24,  1890,  and 
John  Francis  Randolph,  June,  1893.  5.  Francis 
Randolph,  mentioned  below.  6.  George  Ran- 
dolph, mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Charles  Stuart  Wood,  son  of  Dr. 
John  Hooker  Packard,  was  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, June  2,  i860.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  prepared  for  college  at  Rugby 
Academy.  He  was  a  student  in  the  University 
of  Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1880  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts.  After  leaving  college  he  became  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  of  the  Philadelphia  Ware- 
house Company.  After  four  years  in  this  po- 
sition he  became  treasurer  of  the  Washing- 
ton Manufacturing  Company  in  1886  and  con- 
tinued there  until  1892.  Since  then  he  has 
been  with  the  Pennsylvania  Company  for  In- 
surances on  Lives  and  Granting  Annuities,  as 
auditor  in  1892-93.  treasurer,  1893-99.  and 
president  and  director  since  1899.  He  is  an 
officer  of  various  other  insurance  and  financial 
corporations,  director  of  the  Farmers'  &  Me- 
chanics' National  Bank,  of  the  Insurance 
Company  of  North  America,  of  the  Philadel- 
phia Savings  Fund  Society,  the  Philadelphia 
Contributionship,  the  Penn  Mutual  Life_  In- 
surance Company,  the  Philadelphia  Ware- 
house Company,  the  Fourth  Street  National 
Bank,  the  Franklin  National  Bank,  the  Ches- 
apeake &  Delaware  Canal  Company,  Lehigh 
Coal  &  Navigation  Company,  Westmoreland 
Coal  Company,  Philadelphia  Rapid  Transit 
Company.  He  has  been  a  trustee  of  the  Uni- 
versity or  Pennsvlvania  and  director  and  treas- 
urer of  the  University  .-\thletic  Association. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Club,  the 
Racquet  Club,  the  Rittenhouse  Club,  St.  An- 


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thony's  Club  and  the  Country  Club.  In  relig- 
ion he  is  an  Episcopalian.  His  residence  is  at 
326  South  Twenty-first  street  and  De  Lancey 
Place,  and  his  office  at  517  Chestnut  street, 
Philadelphia. 

He  married,  April  14,  1882,  Eliza  Gilpin, 
bom  February  18,  i860,  at  Alexandria,  Vir- 
ginia, daughter  of  Samuel  and  Maria  (Will- 
iams) McLean,  of  Warrenton,  Virginia.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Elizabeth  Routh,  born  March  31, 
1883,  died  July  11,  1883.  2.  John  Hooker  (3), 
April  4,  1884;  married,  October  8,  1907,  Mil- 
dred, daughter  of  Edwin  N.  Benson,  of  Phil- 
adelphia. 

(Vni)  Frederick  Adolphus  Packard,  M. 
D.,  son  of  Dr.  John  Hooker  Packard,  was 
born  November  17,  1862,  died  of  typhoid 
fever,  November  i,  1902.  He  was  graduated 
from  the  College  Department  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  in  1882,  and  from  the 
Medical  School  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1885.  He  graduated  at  the  head  of  his 
class  in  medicine.  After  serving  as  resident  phy- 
sician in  the  Hospital  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  and  in  the  Pennsylvania  Hos- 
pital, he  practiced  in  Philadelphia.  He  was 
visiting  physician  to  the  Children's  Hospital, 
the  Episcopal  Hospital,  the  Philadelphia  Hos- 
pital and  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital.  He  was 
a  trustee  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  also  at  one  time  or  another  president 
of  the  Philadelphia  Pediatric  Society  and  the 
Pathological  Society,  a  member  of  the  Asso- 
ciation of  American  Physicians  and  the  Amer- 
ican Pediatric  Society.  He  married,  June  i, 
1893,  Katherine,  daughter  of  Dr.  Edward 
Shippen. 

(Vni)  Francis  Randolph,  son  of  Dr.  John 
Hooker  Packard,  was  born  in  Philadelphia, 
March  23,  1870.  He  graduated  from  the  Bio- 
logical School  of  the  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1889,  and  from  the  Department  of 
Medicine  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1892.  Served  as  resident  physician  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital  from  1893  to  1895. 
During  the  Spanish-American  war  he  was 
commissioned  as  lieutenant  and  assistant  sur- 
geon of  Second  Pennsylvania  Volunteer  In- 
fantry. Since  1899  Dr.  Packard  has  devoted 
himself  e.xclusively  to  the  practice  of  diseases 
of  the  nose,  throat  and  ear.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Laryngological,  Rhinological 
and  Otological  Society,  the  American  Medical 
Association  and  the  College  of  Physicians; 
chief  to  the  Out-Patient  Department  for  Dis- 
eases of  the  Nose,  Throat  and  Ear  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital ;  laryngologist  to  the 
Children's  Hospital  of  Philadelphia,  the  Bryn 
Mawr  and  Chestnut  Hill  Hospitals  ;  consulting 
aurist  to  the  Pennsylvania  Institution  for  the 


Deaf  and  Dumb;  also  lecturer  on  the  His- 
tory of  Medicine  in  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania. From  1901  to  1906  Dr.  Packard 
edited  the  American  Journal  of  the  Medical 
Sciences.  He  is  the  author  of  a  History  of 
Medicine  in  the  United  States,  published  by 
the  J.  B.  Lippincott  Company,  1901 ;  a  text 
book  on  Diseases  of  the  Nose,  Throat  and 
Ear,  of  which  several  editions  have  been  pub- 
lished. He  is  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia, 
University  and  Franklin  Inn  clubs,  and  lives 
at  304  South  Nineteenth  street,  Philadelphia. 
He  married  (first)  Christine  Curwen,  June  i, 
1899,  who  died  May  16,  1901,  without  issue. 
Married  (second)  Margaret  Horstmann,  Feb- 
ruary ID,  1906.  They  have  three  children: 
Margaret,  bom  February  26,  1907 ;  Ann,  May 
18,  1908:  Elizabeth,  April  25,  1912. 

(VIII)  George  Randolph,  son  of  Dr.  John 
Hooker  Packard,  was  born  September  25, 
1872.  He  has  been  engaged  in  the  fire  insur- 
ance business.  He  married,  October  31,  1895, 
Elizabeth  Wain  Wistar,  daughter  of  T.  Wis- 
tar  Brown.  Children :  Mary  Farnum,  born 
November  9,  1896;  Elizabeth  Wood,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1897;  Ruth,  November  14,  1900; 
George  Randolph  Jr.,  November  17,  1905. 

(The  Hooker  Line). 

(VI)  John  (3)  Hooker,  son  of  Hon.  John 
(2)  Hooker  (q.  v.)  was  born  March  6,  1695- 
96,  at  Farmington,  died  at  Kensington,  August 
3,  1766.  He  was  a  justice  of  the  peace  and  a 
prominent  and  active  man  in  the  business  of 
the  town.  He  married,  July  4,  1728,  Mercy, 
(Mary),  born  at  Kensington,  September  29, 
1703,  died  there  in  1782,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Thomas  and  Mary  (Thompson)  Hart,  of 
Kensington,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  at 
Kensington :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Seth, 
born  De'cember  8,  1731 ;  Ashbel,  April  18, 
1737:  Elijah,  April  12,  1746. 

(VII)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Hooker, 
was  born  at  Kensington.  March  19,  1729-30. 
He  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1751. 
He  was  ordained  at  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts, December  5,  1753,  and  remained  there 
for  twenty-four  years,  until  his  death  of  small- 
pox, February  6,  1777.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1755.  Sarah,  born  January  27,  1732,  at 
Springfield,  died  at  Northampton,  April  5, 
1817.  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Pratt) 
Worthington,  of  Springfield.  Children,  born 
at  Northampton:  Mary,  September  10,  1756; 
Sarah.  January  30,  1757;  Seth,  October  26, 
1759:  John,  mentioned  below;  Lucy,  baptized 
August  19,  1764,  died  June  30,  1766;  William, 
November  26,  1766;  Thomas,  May  20,  1770; 
John  Worthington,  baptized  April  12,  1772; 
Lucy,  July  16,  1775. 


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(VIII)  John  (5),  son  of  John  (4)  Hooker, 
was  born  at  Northampton,  August  or  October 
8,  1761,  died  at  Springfield,  March  7,  1829. 
He  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1782. 
He  settled  at  Springfield  and  became  a  lawyer 
and  judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas.  He 
was  a  deacon  of  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  and  a  member  of  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.  He 
married,  February  9,  1791,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  (Buckminster) 
Dwight,  and  died  at  Springfield,  September  5, 
1842.  Children,  born  at  Springfield  :  John,  De- 
cember 15,  1791;  George,  March  17,  1793; 
Sarah,  October  16,  1795 ;  Josiah,  April  17, 
1797;  Elizabeth  Dwight,  February  16,  1798, 
married  Frederick  Adolphus  Packard  (see 
Packard  VI);  Mary,  September  14,  1799; 
Richard,  July  15,  1801,  died  April  24,  1802; 
Clarissa,  February  11,  1804,  died  October  8, 
1804;  Worthington,  March  13,  1806;  Richard, 
April  ID,  1808. 

William   Sargent,    progenitor 
SARGENT     of  the  American  family,  was 

born  in  Exeter,  England,  in 
1610,  and  is  said  to  have  gone  to  the  Barba- 
does  with  his  father  when  he  was  quite  young 
and  to  have  been  brought  up  there.  He  re- 
turned to  England  where,  according  to  tradi- 
tion, he  married  Mary  Epes  against  family  op- 
position and  we  are  told  that  she  stole  away 
from  home  in  the  habit  of  a  milkmaid  to  be- 
come his  wife,  and  that  they  left  England  and 
settled  at  Bridgetown,  Barbadoes.  The  fact 
that  Mary  Epes  was  an  ancestor  of  this  fam- 
ily through  the  marriage  of  William  Sargent 
Jr.  tends  to  disprove  the  tradition,  however. 
The  name  Epes  doubtless  comes  into  the  Sar- 
gent family  through  the  Duncan  marriage. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Sar- 
gent, was  the  American  immigrant.  He  was 
bom  at  Bristol  or  Exeter,  England,  and  went 
to  Bridgetown,  Barbadoes,  with  his  parents. 
He  appears  first  in  New  England  at  Gloucester 
and  was  called  William  Sargent  (2)  to  dis- 
tinguish him  from  another  William  Sargent  of 
that  town.  It  is  not  known  that  they  were  re- 
lated. William  Sargent  (2)  was  a. mariner 
and  owned  a  sloop.  He  had  a  grant  of  land  of 
two  acres  in  1678  on  Eastern  Point  and  built 
his  house  there.  He  died  prior  to  January, 
1707,  and  the  probate  records  support  the  be- 
lief that  he  was  lost  at  sea.  He  married,  June 
21,  1676,  Mary,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Mary 
(Epes)  Duncan  (see  Duncan  II).  She  died 
February  28,  1724.  Children:  Fitz  William, 
born  January  6,  1678,  died  January  28,  1699; 
Peten  May  27,  1680;  Mary.  December  29, 
1681;  Daniel,  October  31,  1685;  Jordan,  Jan- 
uary 22,  1687,  died  1689;  Epes,  mentioned  be- 


low ;  Ann,  born  August  6,  1692 ;  Andrew,  Au- 
gust 21,  1693;  Samuel,  1694,  died  October  11, 
1699;  Fitz  John,  1696,  died  January  20,  1697'; 
Machani,  .\pril  9,  1699,  died  same  day;  Jabez, 
January  30,  1700,  died  next  day;  Fitz  William, 
October  21,  1701  ;  Winthrop,  March  11,  1703. 

(Ill)  Colonel  Epes  Sargent,  son  of  William 
(2)  and  Mary  (Duncan)  Sargent,  was  born 
July  12,  1690,  died  of  small-pox,  December  6, 
1762,  aged  seventy-two  years,  was  buried  in 
Gloucester.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen,  a 
wealthy  merchant,  for  several  years  one  of  the 
magistrates,  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1744.  After  his  second  marriage  he  removed 
to  Salem  and  was  active  in  town  and  military 
affairs;  colonel  of  his  regiment,  justice  of  the 
general  sessions  and  held  other  offices  of  trust 
and  honor. 

Colonel  Sargent  married  (first),  .\pril  i, 
1720,  Esther,  bom  July  i,  1701,  died  July  i, 
1743,  daughter  of  Florence  and  Elizabeth 
Maccarty.  Her  father  was  a  butcher  by  trade, 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  first  Protestant 
Episcopal  church  in  New  England.  Colonel 
Sargent  married  (second),  August  10,  1744, 
Catherine  Brown,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts, 
widow  of  Samuel  Brown,  who  was  born  April 
7,  1709,  and  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  1727.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Win- 
throp, granddaughter  of  Waitstill  Winthrop, 
great-granddaughter  of  Fitz  John  Winthrop, 
who  was  governor  of  Connecticut.  Governor 
Fitz  John  Winthrop  was  a  son  of  Governor 
John  Winthrop,  of  Connecticut,  and  grandson 
of  Governor  John  Winthrop,  the  first  gover- 
nor of  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  Children 
by  first  wife :  i.  Epes,  bom  February  27,  1721 ; 
was  a  loyalist  in  the  revolution ;  removed  to 
Boston  and  thence  to  Nova  Scotia ;  married 
Catherine  Osbom.  2.  Esther,  September  20, 
1722.  3.  Ignatius,  July  27,  1724.  4.  Thomas, 
April,  1726.  died  April  24,  1727.  5.  Winthrop, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Sarah,  .August  6,  1729.  7. 
Daniel,  March  18,  1731,  died  in  Boston,  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1806;  a  successful  merchant:  father 
of  Henry  Sargent,  a  famous  painter,  and  of 
five  other  prominent  men.  8.  William,  June, 
1733,  died  1736.  9.  Benjamin,  October  18, 
1736.  10.  Mary  Ann.  December  i,  1740,  prob- 
ably died  young.  Children  by  second  wife:  11. 
Paul  Dudley,  born  in  1745  in  Gloucester; 
colonel  in  the  .American  army  in  the  revolu- 
tion; afterward  a  farmer  at  Sullivan,  Maine. 
and  represented  that  town  in  the  general  court. 
was  judge  of  probate,  of  common  pleas,  and 
held  other  offices  under  the  state  and  federal 
government:  died  September  5,  1827.  12.  John, 
December  24,  1749;  was  also  a  loyalist  and  re- 
moved to  Nova  Scotia.  13.  Catherine,  died  in 
infancy.   14.  Ann,  died  young.   15.  Mary. 


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(IV)   Winthrop,  son  of  Colonel  Epes  and 
Esther     (Maccarty)     Sargent,    was    born    in 
Gloucester,  March  6,  1727,  died  there  Decem- 
ber 3,  1793.     He  followed  the  sea  and  early  in 
life  became  a  master  mariner  and  commanded 
a  vessel.     In  later  years  he  was  a  merchant. 
He  was  an  officer  in  a  sloop-of-war  at  the  tak- 
ing of  Breton  in  1745  by  Admiral  Warren  and 
General  Pepperell.     He  was  a  patriot  during 
the  revolution,  one  of  the  committee  of  safety 
of  Gloucester  in   1775  and  government  agent 
on  Cape  Ann  throughout  the  war.     In   1778 
he  was  a  delegate  to  the  state  convention  to 
ratify  the  federal  constitution.     He  was  a  par- 
ishioner of  Rev.  John  Murray,  of  Gloucester, 
and  one  of  his  warm  friends  and  supporters. 
We  are  told  that  he  was  "much  respected  for 
general  benevolence."  He  married  Judith,  bom 
September  25,  1731,  in  Gloucester,  died  July  i, 
1793,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Judith  (Robin- 
son) Saunders,  granddaughter  of  Captain  An- 
drew  Robinson,   of   Gloucester.      Her   father, 
Thomas  Saunders,  was  lieutenant  of  the  ship, 
"Merry  Making,"  in  1725,  and  for  many  years 
was  in  the  service  of  the  province  in  command 
of  a  government  vessel.     On  one  voyage  he 
was  taken  prisoner  by  the  French  and  Indians, 
but  made  his  escape,  taking  with  him  a  bag  of 
the    enemy's     gold     containing    about    $200. 
Thomas   Saunders,    father  of   Thomas   Saun- 
ders, appears  in  the  records  of  Cape  Ann  as 
early  as  1702,  and  in  1704  was  granted  an  acre 
of  land  between  the  head  of  the  harbor  and 
Cripple  Cove;  in   1706  he  was  granted  some 
flat  land  on  the  shore  for  his  business  as  ship- 
builder, and  in   1725  he  commanded  the  ship 
"Merry  Making,"  of  which  his  son  was  lieu- 
tenant. Children,  born  in  Gloucester:  i.  Judith, 
May  5,  1751,  died  in  1821  ;  married  (first),  Oc- 
tober 3,  1769,  John  Stevens,  who  died  March 
8.  1786,  and  (second)  John  Murray,  by  whom 
she  had  Julia  Maria  Murray.     2.  Winthrop, 
May   I,   1753,  died  at   New  Orleans,  June  3, 
1820;    commanded    a    company    in     Colonel 
Crane's  regiment  in  the  revolution   and  took 
part  in  the  battles  of  Trenton,  Brandywine  and 
others;  was  major,  adjutant-general  after  the 
war    and    fought    against    the    Indians    under 
Pontiac  ;  was  governor  of  the  Northwest  Ter- 
ritory ;    in    1796   was    appointed   governor   of 
Mississippi  and  made  his  home  near  Natchez 
until  his  death ;  also  charter  member  of  the 
Order  of  Cincinnati,  certificate  of  membership 
dated  October  31,  1786,  ten  years  after  the  in- 
dependence of  the  United  States.     3.   Esther, 
May  I,   1753,  died  November  30,   181 1;  mar- 
ried John  Stevens  Ellery ;  children  :  John  Ste- 
vens Ellery,  Sarah  Ellery,  who  married  Igna- 
tius Sargent.    4.  Catherine,  July  5,  1758,  died 
June  15,  1759.    6.  Sarah,  July  12,  1765,  died 


September  6,  1766.  7.  Fitz  William,  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Sarah,  December  3,  1771, 
died  October  5,  1775. 

(V)  Fitz  William,  son  of  Winthrop  and 
Judith  (Saunders)  Sargent,  was  born  at 
Gloucester,  August  14,  1768,  died  at  Newton 
Massachusetts,  October  6,  1822.  He  was  a 
prudent  and  enterprising  merchant  in  Glouces- 
ter, but  was  for  many  years  a  sufferer  from 
rheumatism.  He  married,  September  3,  1789, 
Anna,  who  died  .August  5,  i860,  aged  ninetv- 
one  years,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Sawyer)  Parsons  (see  Parsons  IV).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Anna  Maria,  born  July  11,  1790,  died 
August  27,  1794.  2.  Winthrop,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Sarah,  September  24,  1793;  married, 
January  2,  1817,  Samuel  Worcester  (see 
Worcester  VII).  4.  Judith,  April  12,  1795; 
married  (first)  David  Williams,  who  died 
May,  1821,  and  (second).  May  6,  1824,  David 
Worcester,  who  died  July  25,  1845.  5.  Juliana, 
March  2~,  1797,  died  April  5,  1842;  married, 
December  19,  1820,  Edward  B.  Babbitt.  6. 
Fitz  William,  December  18,  1799,  died  Octo- 
ber 23,  1818.  7.  Thomas  Parsons,  September 
24,  1801,  died  September  26,  1801.  8.  Mary, 
July  4,  1806,  died  aged  ninety-two  years. 

(VI)  Winthrop  (2),  son  of  Fitz  William 
and  Anna  (Parsons)  Sargent,  was  born  at 
Gloucester,  January  20,  1792.  He  succeeded 
his  father  in  business  and  was  known  as  the 
"Gloucester  merchant."  In  1829  he  removed 
to  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  rep- 
resentative from  Gloucester  to  the  general 
court  in  1823.  In  Philadelphia  he  became  ac- 
tive in  the  Presbyterian  Board  of  Foreign 
Missions  and  in  church  work.  He  continued 
to  live  in  Philadelphia  until  his  death,  except 
for  a  few  years  spent  in  Byfield  parish,  New- 
bury, Massachusetts,  at  the  home  of  his  son, 
Gorham  Parsons  Sargent.  He  married.  May 
17,  1814,  Emily  Haskell,  of  Gloucester.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Anna  Maria,  born  June  6,  1815  ;  mar- 
ried, November  22,  1848,  Moses  .Allen  Lowe; 
children:  Eliza,  married  Waldo  B.  Smith; 
Lucy,  Winthrop,  David  L.  and  Anna.  2. 
Emily,  April  6,  1817;  married.  September  19, 
1841,  Henry  Pleasants,  M.  D. ;  children:  Mary 
Haskell,  born  August  2,  1842,  died  September 
10,  1843;  Israel,  October  2,  1843,  died  Novem- 
ber 27,  1847;  Emily  Sargent.  September  15, 
1845;  Sally,  December  30,  1848;  Elizabeth 
Byrd,  July  10,  1851  ;  Henry,  September  12, 
1853.  3.  Fitz  William,  January  19,  1820;  a 
physician;  married,  November  27,  1850,  Mary 
Newbold  Singer ;  children :  Mary  Newbold, 
born  May  3,  1852.  died  July.  1853;  John  Sin- 
ger, January  12,  1856;  the  artist  now  residing 
in  London:  Emily.  January  29,  1857;  Mary 
Winthrop,  1865.    4.  Winthrop.  mentioned  be- 


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low.  5.  Henry,  June  2,  1825 ;  married,  Octo- 
ber, 1864,  Sophie  H.  Malin.  6.  John  Haskell, 
February  8,  1828;  married,  June  2,  1853, 
Frances  Eugenia  Hall.  7.  Thomas  Parsons, 
July  19,  1830;  married,  December  13,  1854, 
Jane  Elizabeth  Goodall.  8.  Gorham  Parsons, 
December  10,  1834;  married,  January,  1865, 
Caroline  B.  Montmellin. 

(VH)  Dr.  Winthrop  (3)  Sargent,  son  of 
Winthrop  (2)  Sargent,  was  born  in  Glouces- 
ter, July  8,  1822,  died  in  Roxbury  (Boston), 
Massachusetts,  March  16,  1896.  He  was  grad- 
uated from  Dartmouth  College  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1844,  and  studied  his 
profession  in  the  Medical  School  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  in  1847. 
He  practiced  medicine  for  several  years  in 
Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  in 
1855  located  in  Philadelphia,  where  he  contin- 
ued to  practice  medicine  and  minor  surgery, 
and  there  he  took  rank  among  the  most  suc- 
cessful physicians  of  his  day.  In  1862  Dr. 
Sargent  was  surgeon-in-chief  of  the  United 
States  Military  Hospital  at  Kingsessing,  and 
later  in  the  civil  war  was  a  contract  army  sur- 
geon. He  was  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  the  Medical  Society  of 
the  State  of  Pennsylvania  and  served  as  its  re- 
cording secretary  and  corresponding  secretary, 
one  of  the  founders,  secretary  and  president 
of  the  Montgomery  County  Medical  Society, 
member  and  for  several  years  censor  of  the 
Philadelphia  County  Medical  Society,  fellow 
of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
Philadelphia.  He  married  (first),  in  Philadel- 
phia, November  16,  1847,  Elizabeth  Browne, 
born  August  6,  1822,  died  April  25,  1864.  He 
married  (second),  November  7,  1876,  Anna  C. 
Caldwell,  born  in  New  Orleans  in  1836.  daugh- 
ter of  William  W.  and  Jane  (Wheelwright) 
Caldwell,  of  Newburyport,  Massachusetts. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife:  i.  Samuel  Browne, 
born  December  13,  1848.  2.  Winthrop,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Jane  Tunis,  January  28.  1856; 
married  Edward  Worcester.  4.  Fitz  William, 
January  4,  1859;  married  (first)  Kate  E. 
Cowdrey,  October  6,  1886,  died  October  27, 
1891,  and  (second)  Hattie  Barnes,  October  i, 
1894.  5.  Katie,  May  15,  1862,  died  May  25, 
1862.  6.  Elizabeth  Browne,  October  26,  1863. 
died  April  10,  1890;  married  Theodore  Wor- 
cester, January  15,  1890. 

(VH'I)  Winthrop  (4),  son  of  Dr.  Win- 
throp (3)  Sargent,  was  born  in  Gwynedd, 
Montgomery  county,  Pennsylvania.  x\ugust  18. 
1853.  He  was  educated  in  public  and  private 
academies.  He  was  engaged  in  various  enter- 
prises, and  in  his  younger  days  was  on  the 
ofifice  force  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  Com- 
pany, stationed  at  Altoona,  Pennsylvania.    His 


time  in  later  years  has  been  given  largely  to 
real  estate  ^nd  the  management  of  property. 
In  191 1  was  appointed  by  Governor  Tener  a 
member  of  The  Chestnut  Tree  Blight  Com- 
mission. His  office  is  in  the  Real  Estate  Trust 
Building  in  Philadelphia.  His  home  is  at  Hav- 
erford,  a  suburb  of  Philadelphia,  and  he  has 
also  a  summer  residence  at  Bass  Rocks, 
Gloucester,  the  ancient  home  of  the  Sargent 
family.  He  is  a  member  of  Merion  Cricket 
Club  of  Haverford,  Philadelphia  Country 
Club,  Radnor  Hunt  Club,  Historical  Society 
of  Pennsylvania,  Union  League  of  Philadel- 
phia, Racquet  Club  of  Philadelphia,  the  En- 
gineers' Club  of  New  York  and  Essex  County 
Club  of  Manchester,  Massachusetts. 

He  married,  October  20,  1886,  Emma,  born 
January  25.  1861,  in  Maine,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Howard  and  Elizabeth  Ann  (Scott) 
Worcester  (see  Worcester  VIII).  Children: 
I.  Winthrop,  born  August  21,  1887,  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts:  a  graduate  of  Haver- 
ford College,  1908,  with  honors ;  obtained  the 
degree  of  M.  A.  at  Harvard  University,  1909; 
married,  July  6,  1910,  Frances  Rotan ;  child. 
Winthrop,  bom  July  12,  191 1.  2.  Samuel 
Worcester,  April  13,  i88g,  at  Philadelphia; 
graduate  of  Harvard  University,  June.  191 1; 
married,  June  5,  191 1,  Marion  Bigelow.  3. 
Gorham  Parsons,  August  18,  1891,  at  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts;  class  of  1914,  Dart- 
mouth College.  4.  Fitzwilliam,  October  10. 
1892,  at  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts;  class  of 
1914,  Harvard  University.  5.  Richard  Milne, 
January  6,  1899,  died  January  9  of  that  year. 

(The  Duncan  Line). 

(I)  Captain  Nathaniel  Duncan,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England,  and  was  one 
of  the  original  church  colony  which  came  in 
1630.  He  was  a  merchant  and  a  person  of 
some  distinction  as  shown  by  the  title  "Mr." 
which  was  at  that  time  reserved  for  clerg}'men, 
scholars  and  men  of  high  standing.  He  came 
to  America  in  the  sloop,  "Mary  and  John." 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony,  May  6,  1635.  He  was  one  of  the 
seven  signers  of  the  second  church  covenant  in 
1636.  He  held  the  offices  of  selectman, 
auditor  and  deputy  to  the  general  court.  He 
removed  to  Boston  and  was  received  with  his 
wife  in  the  Boston  church.  March  7.  1646. 
We  are  told  that  he  was  "learned  in  Latin  and 
French :  a  very  g(X)d  accountant."  "My  son 
Nathaniel  Duncan  and  his  children  are  lega- 
tees in  the  will  of  Ignatius  Jordan  (Jurdaine), 
of  E.xeter.  England.  March  i.  1635;"  and  from 
this  fact  it  is  presumed  that  Duncan's  wife 
Elizabeth  was  a  daughter  of  Ignatius  Jordan. 
He  was  lieutenant  of  the  first  company  in  Dor- 


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Chester,  1636,  afterward  captain.  He  became 
auditor  general  for  the  county.  •  Nathaniel 
Duncan  died  in  1668  and  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  filed  January  26,  1668,  by  James 
Trowbridge,  administrator.  Children:  Na- 
thaniel, member  of  the  Boston  Artillery  Com- 
pany in  1642;  Peter,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  Captain  Nathaniel  Dun- 
can, was  born  about  1630  in  England  or  soon 
after  coming  to  New  England.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Boston  Artillery  Company  in 
1654.  He  removed  to  Gloucester,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married  Mary  Epes,  daughter  of 
the  widow,'  Martha  Epes  (who  was  second  or 
third  wife  of  Samuel  Symonds,  Esq.,  of  Ips- 
wich). Children:  Mary,  married  William 
Sargent  (see  Sargent  II)  ;  Martha,  born  No- 
vember 10,  1655 ;  Elizabeth,  February  28, 
1657,  died  young;  Elizabeth,  August  30,  1661 ; 
Ruth,  July  27,  1663 ;  Peter,  November  2,  1665  ; 
Priscilla,  January  9,  1667;  Margery,  January 
8,  1670;  Daniel,  May  19,  1672. 

(The  Parsons  Line). 

The  name  of  Parsons,  which  is  very  ancient, 
is  recorded  in  various  counties  of  England  and 
Ireland.  In  1290  Walter  Parsons  lived  at 
Mulso,  Ireland,  where  some  of  the  family 
owned  and  still  own  the  castle  of  Ross  and 
were  viscounts  and  earls  of  Ross.  Sir  John 
Parsons  was  mayor  of  Hereford  in  1481.  In 
1546  Robert  Parsons,  a  famous  Jesuit,  lived 
at  Bridgewater,  was  educated  at  Oxford,  had 
to  flee  from  the  country  because  of  religion, 
founded  an  English  college  at  Rome  and  was 
well  known  as  a  writer.  Charles  I.,  in  1634, 
knighted  Thomas  Parsons,,  a  royalist.  Sir 
John  and  Sir  Humphrey  Parsons  were  lord 
mayors  of  London  in  1704-31-40.  The  coat-of- 
arms  which  is  entitled  to  be  used  by  the 
American  branch  of  the  family,  and  which  was 
granted  Sir  Thomas  Parsons,  is  as  follows : 
Gules  two  chevrons  ermine,  between  three 
eagles  displayed  or.  Crest:  An  eagle's  leg 
erased  at  the  thigh,  standing  on  a  leopard's 
head — gules. 

(I)  Benjamin  Parsons,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  to  America  with  his  older  brother, 
"Cornet"  Joseph  Parsons,  sailing  from 
Gravesend,  England,  for  Boston  in  the 
"Transport,"  July  4,  1635.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts  in 
1639,  and  was  a  prominent  citizen  there.  He 
was  a  deacon  of  the  church,  and  held  many 
important  town  offices.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Vore,  of  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut ;  Richard  Vore  was  a  member 
of  Rev.  John  Warham's  church,  and  came 
with  him  to  Windsor  in  1635.  She  died  in 
Springfield,    January    i,    1676.    He    married 


(second),  February  21,  1677,  Sarah,  widow  of 
John  Leonard,  and  she  died  in  1690.  He  died 
in  Springfield,  August  24,  1689.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Sarah,  born  August  18,  1656;  Ben- 
jamin, September  15,  1658;  Mary,  December 
10,  1660,  died  January  27,  1662;  Abigail,  Jan- 
uary 6,  1662;  Samuel,  October  10,  1666;  Eben- 
ezer,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  December  17, 
1670;  Hezekiah,  November  24,  1673;  Joseph, 
December,  1675. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Benjamin  Parsons, 
was  born  in  Springfield,  November  17,  1668. 
He  was  a  deacon  of  the  church  in  West 
Springfield  for  fifty-two  years  and  highly  re- 
spected. He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Katherine  Marshfield,  who  came 
from  E.xeter,  England,  with  Rev.  John  War- 
ham  and  settled  in  Windsor,  Connecticut. 
Children:  Ebenezer,  born  January  12,  1691 ; 
Margaret,  September  19,  1693 ;  Jonathan,  July 
16,  1695,  drowned  July  i,  1703;  Benjamin,  De- 
cember 15,  1696;  Caleb,  December  27,  1699; 
Sarah,  February  4,  1703;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below;  Abigail,  October  21,  1708;  Katherine, 
October  16,  171 5. 

(III)  Rev.  Jonathan  Parsons,  son  of  Eben- 
ezer Parsons,  was  born  in  West  Springfield, 
November  30,  1705,  died  there  July  19,  1776. 
He  was  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1729, 
and  then  studied  theology  with  Rev.  Elisha 
Williams,  president  of  Yale  College,  and  with 
Rev.  Jonathan  Edwards,  of  Northampton, 
Massachusetts.  He  was  ordained  minister  at 
Lyme,  Connecticut,  March  17,  1730.  In  1746 
he  moved  to  Newburyport,  Massachusetts,  and 
officiated  as  minister  of  the  church  there  until 
his  death ;  he  was  buried  in  the  tomb  by  the 
side  of  Rev.  George  Whitfield,  who  had  died 
at  his  house  not  long  before.  He  was  one  of 
the  famous  preachers  of  his  day,  and  published 
two  volumes  of  his  sermons,  besides  several 
occasional  and  other  sermons  in  pamphlet.  He 
married  (first),  December  14,  1731,  Phebe, 
daughter  of  John  Griswold,  of  Lyme,  Con- 
necticut, and  sister  of  Governor  Matthew 
Griswold.  She  died  December  26,  1770.  He 
married  (second)  Lydia  Clarkson,  widow  of 
Andrew  Clarkson,  of  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire.  She  tiied  April  30,  1778.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife  :  Marshfield,  born  1733  ;  Jon- 
athan, 1735;  Samuel,  1737;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below;  Phebe,  1748;  Lucia,  1752; 
Lydia,  1755.  Rev.  Jonathan  Parsons  had  thir- 
teen children,  but  six  of  them  died  in  infancy. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Par- 
sons, was  born  in  Lyme,  Connecticut.  .A-pril  28, 
1739.  He  was  a  mariner,  living  at  Newbury- 
port, Massachusetts,  and  although  he  was  re- 
ported as  missing  it  is  believed  that  he  was 
murdered  while  on  board  his  ship,  in  Febru- 


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ary,  1772.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Gibson. 
He  married  (second)  Sarah  Sawyer,  of  New- 
bury, Massachusetts ;  she  was  born  March  25, 
1740,  daughter  of  Enoch  Sawyer,  who  was 
born  June  22,  1694,  died  at  Newbury,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1771  ;  he  was  a  physician  of  great  abil- 
ity ;  he  married  Sarah  Pierpont,  born  in  Read- 
ing, Massachusetts,  October  3,  1697,  died  1773, 
daughter  of  Rev.  John  Pierpont.  Child  by 
first  wife:  Jonathan  Gibson.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife:  Sarah,  married  Gorham  Parsons; 
Anna,  married  Fitz  William  Sargent  (see  Sar- 
gent V)  ;  Mary,  married  Ignatius  Sargent. 

(The  Worcester  Line). 

(I)  William  Worcester,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  from  England  and  was  pastor  of  the 
first  church  in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  some 
time  in  1638  and  1640.   He  died  there  October 

28,  1662.    He  married  (first)  Sarah ,  who 

died  at  Salisbury,  April  23,  1650.  He  married 
(second),  July  2;^,  1650,  Mrs.  Rebecca  Hall, 
who  died  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  February 
21,  1695,  widow  of  Henry  Bylie,  John  Hall 
and  William  Worcester ;  her  fourth  husband 
was  Samuel  Symonds,  deputy  governor  of  the 
colony. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Worcester, 
was  bom  in  England,  lived  in  Salisbury  and 
Bradford,  Massachusetts,  died  February  20, 
1680-81.  He  was  in  business  in  Towley  as 
"partner  in  a  sawmill."  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1659,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Francis 
Parrott,  of  Rowley,  born  May  i,  1640. 

(III)  Francfs,  son  of  Samuel  Worcester, 
was  born  in  Rowley,  later  Bradford,  died  De- 
cember 17,  171 7.  He  was  an  innholder  and 
yeoman  there.  He  married,  January  29,  1690- 
91,  Mary,  daughter  of  Peter  Cheney,  of  New- 
bury, born  September  2,  1671  ;  she  married 
(second),  December  8,  1726,  Joseph  Eaton,  of 
Salisbury. 

(IV)  Francis  (2),  son  of  Francis  (i)  Wor- 
cester, was  born  in  Bradford,  June  7,  16^, 
where  he  lived  until  1722,  and  then  lived  in 
Concord  and  Littleton ;  he  was  a  blacksmith. 
He  then  preached  in  Box  ford  and  was  or- 
dained at  Sandwich  in  1735.  He  then  moved 
to  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  from  there 
to  Plaistow,  New  Hampshire,  and  in  1750  to 
Hollis,  New  Hampshire.  He  married  (first), 
April  18,  1720,  Abigail  Carlton,  of  Rowley, 
who  died  July  25,  1774,  aged  seventy-eight. 
He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Martin.  He  died 
October  14,  1783. 

(V)  Noah,  son  of  Francis  (2)  Worcester, 
was  born  in  Sandwich.  October  4,  1735.  He 
lived  in  his  father's  home  until  his  death  at 
Hollis,  August  13,  1817.  He  was  an  officer 
in  the  revolution.     He  married  (first),  Febru- 

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ary  22,  1757,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Abraham  Ty- 
ler, of  Hollis,  born  October  1 1,  1733,  died  July 
6,  1772.  He  married  (second),  September  29, 
1772,  Hepzibah  Sherwin,  born  in  Box  ford, 
April  30,  1746,  died  July  2,  1831. 

(VI)  Noah  (2)  Worcester,  D.  D.,  son  of 
Noah  (i)  Worcester,  was  born  in  Hollis,  No- 
vember 25,  1758,  died  in  Brighton,  October  31, 
1837.  He  served  in  the  revolution  as  filer  and 
fife  major.  He  lived  in  Plymouth  and  Thorn- 
ton, New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  shoemaker, 
teacher  and  preacher,  being  licensed  in  1786, 
and  preached  at  Thornton  and  Salisbury,  New 
Hampshire;  in  May,  1813,  he  moved  to 
Brighton,  Massachusetts,  becoming  editor  of  a 
new  periodical,  the  Christian  Disciple.  In 
1791  he  received  an  A.  M.  from  Dartmouth 
College,  and  in  1818  the  degree  D.  D.  from 
Harvard  College.  He  married  (first),  Novem- 
ber 25,  1779,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Moses 
Brown,  of  Newburyport,  born  May  6,  1760, 
died  November  16,  1797.  He  married  (sec- 
ond). May  23,  1798,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  Huntington,  of  Norwich.  Connecti- 
cut, born  March  24,  1764,  died  January  16, 
1832. 

(VII)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Noah  (2)  Wor- 
cester, D.  D.,  was  born  in  Thornton,  New 
Hampshire,  August  31,  1793,  died  in  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts,  December  25,  1844.  He 
was  pastor  of  the  New  Jerusalem  Church, 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts.  He  published 
several  valuable  school  books.  He  married, 
January  2,  1817,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Fitz  Will- 
iam Sargent,  of  Gloucester,  Massachusetts, 
born  September  24,  1793  (see  Sargent  V). 

(VIII)  Samuel  Howard,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Worcester,  was  born  in  Gloucester,  Massachu- 
setts, February  16,  1824.  He  lived  in  Cam- 
bridgeport  and  Bridgewater.  He  was  a  stu- 
dent at  Brown  University,  from  which  he  re- 
ceived degrees  of  B.  A.  and  M.  A.  He  was  a 
teacher  at  the  academy  at  Framingham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  was  pastor  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem Church  in  Baltimore,  Maryland.  He 
married  (first),  September  22,  1844,  Jane 
Ames,  daughter  of  Calvin  Washburn,  of 
Bridgewater,  born  March  9,  1821.  died  De- 
cember 7,  1854.  He  married  (second),  Octo- 
ber II,  1855,  Elizabeth  Ann,  daughter  of 
Townsend  B.  Scott,  of  Baltimore.  Emma, 
child  of  second  wife,  married  Winthrop  Sar- 
gent (see  Sargent  VIII). 

The    Clark     family    located    at 

CLARK     Portsmouth.  New  Hampshire,  at 

an  early  date.    Judging  from  the 

names  they  were  closely  related  to  the  Clarks 

of  Haverhill  and  vicinity,  but  no  proof  of  the 

relationship  has  been  found.    There  were  also 


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Clarks  at  Kittery,  Maine,  an  adjacent  town. 
Edward  Clark  had  land  assigned  to  him  at 
Portsmouth,  October  19,  1659.  He  was 
drowned  June  17,  1675.  He  left  a  widow, 
Mary,  and  two  children,  John  and  Sarah,  by 
his  first  wife.  By  his  second  wife  he  had 
three  young  children  whose  names  are  not 
given.  John  Clark,  probably  a  relative  of  Ed- 
ward Clark,  believed  to  be  a  brother,  was  in 
Portsmouth,  according  to  the  town  records,  as 
early  as  February  4,  1660.  His  will  was  dated 
April  25,  1700,  proved  February  4,  1701,  be- 
queathing to  sons,  Jacob  and  Joseph. 

(I)  Josiah  Clark,  born  1650  or  earlier, 
doubtless  in  England,  was  of  age  in  1671,  when 
with  Samuel  Clark,  both  in  John  Hunking's 
division,  he  subscribed  to  the  fund  for  the  sup- 
port of  Mr.  Moody,  the  minister.  Samuel,  Jo- 
siah, John  and  Edward  were  very  likely 
brothers.  Nothing  further  is  found  on  the 
records  of  Samuel  and  Josiah  (p.  12,  vol.  I, 
"New  Hampshire  Gen.  Recorder"). 

(H)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (i)  Clark, 
was  born  about  1685,  probably  at  Portsmouth, 
but  the  vital  records  are  incomplete.  He  mar- 
ried, April  21,  1715,  at  Portsmouth,  Mary 
Wingate  (p.  43,  vol.  V,  "New  Hampshire  Gen. 
Recorder").  Josiah  Clark  joined  the  North 
Church,  Portsmouth,  July,  1715,  with  wife 
Mary.  Children:  Josiah,  mentioned  below; 
John,  married,  November  26,  1747,  at  New- 
ington,  Abigail  Peverly,  and  had  at  Ports- 
mouth, Elizabeth,  baptized  November  27, 
1748;  probably  other  children,  including  An- 
drew,   who   married    Mary   ,    and   had 

William  and  Mary,  baptized  December  7, 
1735,  at  Portsmouth. 

(HI)  Josiah  (3),  son  of  Josiah  (2)  Clark, 
was  born  about  1720-25.  He  married,  January 
14,  1748,  at  Newington,  New  Hampshire, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Abigail  (Nel- 
son) Moses,  of  Portsmouth,  born  April  9, 
1724  (p.  175,  vol.  n,  "New  Hampshire  Gen. 
Records").  Both  were  of  Portsmouth.  Chil- 
dren of  Josiah  and  Abigail  Clark,  born  at 
Portsmouth:  John,  baptized  December  25, 
1748;  Josiah,  baptized  July  29,  1750;  Andrew, 
mentioned  below  (pp.  87,  89.  91,  "New  Hamp- 
shire Gen.  Records"). 

(IV)  Andrew,  son  of  Josiah  (3)  Clark,  was 
baptized  at  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire, 
April  15,  1753,  at  the  North  Church.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  South  Church,  Portsmouth. 
He  had  a  son  And'-ew,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Captain  Andrew  (2)  Clark,  son  of  An- 
drew (i)  Clark,  was  baptized  at  the  South 
Church,  Portsmouth,  March  26.  1780.  He 
followed  the  sea,  became  a  master  mariner 
and  was  lost  at  sea  about  1815.  His  will  was 
proved  July  17,   1816.     He  bought  his  house 


at  Portsmouth  by  deed  dated  March  17,  1810. 
He  married,  about  1805,  Phebe  Ann  Pearce 
Roach,  bom  February  i6,  1784,  daughter  of 
Captain  Thomas  and  Phebe  (Pearce)  Roach, 
granddaughter  of  Captain  William  and  Mary 
(Buss)  Pearce.  Captain  William  Pearce  mar- 
ried at  Portsmouth.  March  28,  1763,  Mary 
Buss,  and  they  had  Phebe,  bom  in  1766;  Anne, 
1767,  and  Elizabeth,  1768.  Captain  Pearce 
married  (first),  January  4,  1755.  Phebe 
Haines.  Mary  (Buss)  Pearce  died  in  July, 
1788,  aged  fifty-four.  Captain  Thomas 
Roach  died  November  4,  1824:  he  ran  away 
from  school,  according  to  family  history,  and 
was  found  on  board  Captain  Pearce's  vessel 
after  it  left  Calais,  France.  It  is  related  that 
Captain  Pearce  wrote  to  the  boy's  people,  and 
that  they  answered  that  as  he  had  run  away 
he  could  stay  where  he  was,  and  he  became  a 
seaman,  and  finally  mate  under  Captain 
Pearce  and  married  his  daughter.  He  was 
afterward  master  mariner  himself  and  a  ship- 
owner. Captain  Roach  was  an  open-hearted, 
hospitable  man  of  gentlemanly  tastes,  of  con- 
siderable wealth.  He  owned  a  slave  Dinah 
who  married  a  slave  of  Captain  Pearce ;  they 
lived  in  a  little  house  at  the  rear  of  Captain 
Roach's  house,  which  was  at  the  corner  of 
Daniel  street  and  South,  now  Chapel,  street. 
In  1810  Captain  Roach  sold  his  house  or  part 
of  it  to  his  son-in-law,  Andrew  Clark,  for 
$1,300.  having  in  1808  bought  a  farm  at  New- 
ington, about  three  miles  from  Portsmouth. 
A  brother  of  Captain  Roach  came  from 
France  and  visited  him  at  Newington,  where 
Captain  Roach  lived  the  life  of  a  gentleman, 
entertaining  much,  especially  the  sea  captains 
in  port  at  Portsmouth.  His  gravestone  is  in 
the  family  cemetery  on  his  farm.  Among  the 
French  Spoliation  Claims  was  one  of  $700 
for  the  loss  of  Captain  Roach's  vessel,  "The 
Two  Sisters."  Children  of  Captain  Andrew  (2) 
and  Phebe  Ann  (Pearce)  Clark;  Andrew  Jr., 
born  at  Portsmouth,  March  9.  1806;  Joseph 
Stevens,  mentioned  below ;  Mary  Ann,  bom 
August  9,  18 10. 

(VI)  Joseph  Stevens,  son  of  Captain  An- 
drew (2)  Clark,  was  born  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire.  August  13,  1808,  died  February  8, 
1877.  He  was  educated  in  the  state  of 
Maine.  He  was  an  accountant  by  profession 
and  afterward  engaged  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness. He  resided  at  Mendon,  Worcester 
county,  and  at  Worcester.  He  married  (first), 
name  unknown;  (second),  August  12,  1851, 
at  Mendon,  Mercy  Maria  Aldrich,  born  at 
Mendon,  January  26.  1824  (see  Aldrich  VI). 
Children,  recorded  in  Worcester:  Charles  Ed- 
win, mentioned  below;  William  Augustus, 
bom  June   14,   1856;   Lucinda  Aldrich;   Fred 


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W. ;  Ella  M. ;  the  last  three  named  were  born 
near  Woonsocket. 

(VII)  Charles  Edwin,  son  of  Joseph  Ste- 
vens Clark,  was  born  at  Mendon,  but  recorded 
in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  April  23,  1854. 
His  early  childhood  was  spent  in  Worcester, 
whence  the  family  removed  to  Woonsocket, 
Rhode  Island,  where  he  attended  the  public 
and  high  schools.  His  business  career  began  in 
Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania,  where  he  spent 
ten  years  in  the  woolen  trade.  In  1893  he  be- 
came engaged  in  the  dental  manufacturing 
business,  forming  the  Pennsylvania  Dental 
Manufacturing  Company,  a  corporation  of 
which  he  is  president  and  treasurer.  In  poli- 
tics Mr.  Clark  is  a  Republican  and  a  member 
of  the  Union  League  Club.  He  attends  the 
Presbyterian  church  and  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Tabernacle  Presbyterian  Church.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  New  England' Society  of  Phil- 
adelphia and  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  His 
offices  are  at  1317  Sanson  street,  his  home  at 
41 15  Walnut  street,  Philadelphia,  and  his 
summer  home  is  at  Strafford,  Pennsylvania. 

He  married,  February  13,  1880,  Nancy 
Warner  Skinner,  born  in  Northampton,  Mas- 
sachusetts. December  29,  1853,  daughter  of 
William  and  Nancy  (Warner)  Skinner,  of 
Northampton.  Her  father  was  born  in  Lon- 
don, England ;  her  mother  was  of  an  old 
Hampshire  county,  Massachusetts,  family. 
Children,  born  in  Philadelphia:  i.  Raymond 
Skinner,  born  December  22.  1880;  married, 
October  3,  191 1,  Helen  Ashton  Burt,  of 
Wheeling.  West  Virginia;  he  was  a  student  at 
Harvard  University  from  1899  to  1901 ;  since 
then  has  been  with  his  uncle's  firm,  William 
Skinner  &  Sons,  of  New  York.  2.  Herbert 
Skinnc,  born  September  16,  1886;  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1909  (A.  B.).  and 
since  then  has  been  associated  in  business  with 
his  father,  living  in  Philadelphia.  3.  Charles 
Edwin  Jr.,  born  August  12,  1887;  graduated 
from  Princeton  class  of  191 1,  as  civil  en- 
gineer ;  now  employed  by  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Company. 

(The  Aldrlch  Line). 

(I)  George  Aldrich,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Derbyshire,  England,  about  1605, 
died  at  Mendon,  Massachusetts.  March  i, 
1682.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  He  sailed  for 
America,  November  6,  1631,  and  settled  first 
in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  becoming  a 
member  of  the  church  there,  with  his  wife 
Catherine,  in  1636.  '  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man. December  7,  1636.  From  about  1640  to 
1663  he  lived  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  and 
finallv  settled  in  Mendon,  where  he  was  one 


of  the  first  seven  settlers,  and  here  he  lived 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  sold  his  place 
in  Braintree,  June  9,  1663,  to  Richard  Thayer. 
His  will,  dated  at  Mendon,  November  2,  1682, 
was  proved  April  26,  1683,  and  he  bequeathed 
to  his  wife  and  children:  Joseph,  John,  Jacob, 
Mary  Bartlett,  Mercy  Randall  and  Martha 
Dunbar.  He  married,  in  England,  September 
3,  1629,  Catherine  Seald,  born  in  1610,  ac- 
cording to  her  deposition,  June  18,  1670,  when 
she  gave  her  age  as  sixty  years.  She  died  at 
Mendon,  January  11,  1691.  Children:  Abel; 
Joseph,  born  June  4,  1635;  Mary,  June  i6, 
1637,  died  young;  Meriam,  June  29,  1639,  died 
young;  Experience,  September  4,  1641,  died 
December  2,  1641.  Born  in  Braintree;  John, 
April  2,  1644;  Sarah,  January  16,  1645;  Peter, 
April  4,  1648;  Mercy,  June  17,  1650;  Jacob, 
mentioned  below ;  Martha,  July  7,  1656. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  George  Aldrich,  was 
born  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  February 
28,  1652,  died  at  Mendon,  October  22,  1695. 
He  settled  at  Mendon  and  was  a  farmer,  liv- 
ing on  the  old  homestead.  He  married,  No- 
vember 3,  1674,  Huldah,  born  June  16,  1657, 
daughter  of  Ferdinand  and  Huldah  (Hay- 
ward)  Thayer,  of  Braintree.  Children:  Jacob, 
born  May  8,  1676;  Abel,  January  27,  1678; 
Seth,  July  6,  1679;  Huldah,  November  17, 
1680;  Rachel,  February  22,  1682,  died  Novem- 
ber 25,  1690;  Sarah,  October  24,  1683;  David, 
May  23,  1685;  Peter,  October  17,  1686;  John, 
November  27,  1688;  Moses,  mentioned  below; 
Mercy,  February  17.  1692,  died  March  18, 
1693;  Rachel,  December  2"],  1695. 

(HI)  Moses,  son  of  Jacob  Aldrich,  was 
born  April  i,  1691.  He  married,  April  23, 
171 1,  Hannah  White,  born  December  9,  1691, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  White,  of  Men- 
don. Children:  Abigail,  born  September  18, 
1712;  Mary,  February  15,  1714;  (jeorge,  Jan- 
uary 13,  1715:  Mercy,  November  28,  1717; 
Robert,  December  11,  1719;  Lydia,  October 
28,  1721  ;  Thomas,  February  24,  1723;  Caleb, 
mentioned  below;  Luke,  February  29,  1727; 
Alice,  May  2,  1730;  Moses.  April  19,  1732; 
Aaron,  January  23,  1733. 

(IV)  Caleb,  son  of  Moses  Aldrich;  was 
born  January  13,  1725,  died  November  8, 
1809.  He  was  a  prominent  man  and  held  both 
town  and  state  offices.  He  was  a  justice  of 
common  pleas  from  1781  to  1787.  He  mar- 
ried, January  i.  1747.  Mary  Arnold,  born  in 
1732,  died  in  1816.  Children:  Susannah,  born 
November  25,  1748;  Thomas,  April  7,  1750; 
William,  April  3,  1752;  Hannah,  February  2, 
1754;  Naaman.  mentioned  below;  Joel,' June 
2.  1758;  Augustus.  May  g,  1760;  Man,-,  Sep- 
tember 8,   1763;  Caleb,  September  27.   1764; 


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Moses,  March  15,  1767;  Lydia,  May  29,  1769; 
Arnold,  August  i,  1773. 

(V)  Naaman,  son  of  Caleb  Aldrich,  was 
born  May  6,  1756,  died  October  19,  1824.  He 
married,  June  6,  1776,  Mercy  Arnold,  bom 
August  4,  1757,  died  February  25,  1826, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Rachel  (Arnold)  Ar- 
nold. Children  :  Mark,  born  October  13,  1777; 
Luke,  mentioned  below;  Lucy,  July  25,  1782; 
John,  January  20,  1785  ;  Peleg,  November  25, 
1787;  Alpha,  August  30,  1790;  son,  May  11, 
1793,  died  December  28,  1793;  daughter,  De- 
cember 13,  1794,  died  January  13,  1795;  son, 
August  21,  1796,  died  October  18,  1796; 
Louis,  February  18,  1799;  Maria  A.,  June  9, 
1802. 

(VI)  Luke,  son  of  Naaman  Aldrich,  was 
born  March  22,  1780,  died  August  16,  1867. 
He  married  (first),  April  23,  1800,  Nancy 
Nichols,  born  about  1773,  died  March  24, 
1819,  aged  forty-six.  He  married  (second), 
November  2^,  1820,  Lucinda  Thayer,  born 
about  1 79 1,  died  February  6,  1859,  daughter  of 
Seth  and  Sarah  (Holbrook)  Thayer,  of  Mil- 
ford,  Massachusetts  (see  Thayer  VH).  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife :  Alercy,  born  May  19,  1801 ; 
Lucy,  January  20,  1803 ;  Stephen  A.,  February 
17,  1805;  Harriet,  February  4,  1807;  Eliza, 
May  12,  1809;  Alpha,  May  15,  1812.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Seth  T.,  November  i, 
1821 ;  Mercy  Maria,  January  26,  1824,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Stevens  Clark,  died  November  18, 
1902  (see  Clark  VI) ;  Edwin  R.,  July  25, 
1826;  Benjamin  F.,  May  2,  1828;  Sarah  Ann, 
April  3,  183 1 ;  Moses,  February  8,  1834. 

(The  Thayer  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  Thayer,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  Thornbury,  England,  and  settled 
in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  in  1630.  He  mar- 
ried Margery  Wheeler,  who  died  December 
II,  1672,  and  he  died  April,  1672.  He  was  a 
shoemaker.  His  will  was  dated  September  13, 
1665.  Children :  Thomas  Jr.,  Ferdinando, 
mentioned  below ;  Shadrach. 

(II)  Ferdinando,  son  of  Thomas  Thayer, 
was  born  in  England.  He  settled  in  Mendon, 
Massachusetts,  about  1668,  where  he  had  a 
large  family,  and  where  he  died  March  28, 
1713.  He  was  in  Mendon  before  King  Philip's 
war,  and  his  name  was  on  the  minutes  of  the 
first  town  meeting  there,  June,  1667,  as  select- 
man. He  had  a  tract  of  land  set  off  for  him 
in  January,  1674,  as  well  as  other  lands  also, 
and  after  the  Indians  burned  the  town,  he  re- 
turned again  and  took  lands  which  included  a 
forty-acre  house  lot.  May  26,  1686.  He  mar- 
ried Huldah  Hayward,  of  Braintree,  and  she 
died  in  Mendon,  September  i,  1690.  Children, 
about  half  of  them  born  in  Braintree  and  the 


remainder  in  Mendon :  Sarah,  Huldah,  Jona- 
than, mentioned  below;  David,  died  1674; 
Naomi,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Isaac,  Josiah,  Eben- 
ezer,  Benjamin,  David. 

(Ill)  Jonathan,  son  of  Ferdinando  Thayer, 
was  born  March  18,  1658,  and  lived  in  Men- 
don. He  married,  June  22,  1679,  Elizabeth 
French;  she  died  October  3,  1703. 

(IV')  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Thayer,  was  bom  December  8,  1690,  died 
April  2y,  1747.  He  married  (first),  in  1710, 
Sarah  Bailey,  and  she  died  in  1712.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  October  i,  1714,  Bethiah  Chap- 
in,  born  in  Medfield,  Massachusetts,  February 
16,  1693,  died  in  1734,  daughter  of  Captain 
Seth  Chapin,  of  Braintree,  who  was  born  Au- 
gust 4,  1668,  and  married  Bethiah  Thurston, 
March  25,  1691  ;  Captain  Seth  Chapin  was  son 
of  Josiah  Chapin,  Esq..  who  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1634,  and'married  Mary  King,  of  Wey- 
mouth. November,  1658.  Josiah  Chapin  was  a 
lawyer  and  surveyor  and  held  the  highest 
municipal  and  civil  positions,  dying  at  the 
age  of  ninety-two  years ;  he  was  son  of  Sam- 
uel Chapin,  who  came  with  his  wife  Cicely 
from  England  to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  in 
1636,  and  settled  at  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  prominent  in  church  and 
state.  Jonathan  Thayer  married  (third),  Sep- 
tember 4,  1735,  Rachel  Holbrook.  He  had 
fourteen  children. 

(V)  Seth,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  and  Bethiah 
(Chapin)  Thayer,  was  born  July  27,  1725, 
died  April  17,  18 19.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lution as  private  on  the  Lexington  Alarm, 
April  19,  1775,  under  Captain  William  Jenni- 
son,  marching  from  Mendon  to  Roxbury  and 
Cambridge,  and  he  served  eleven  and  a  half 
days.  His  name  is  on  the  list  of  officers  cho- 
sen by  the  company,  July  9,  1776,  as  first  lieu- 
tenant on  Muster  and  Pay  Roll  of  "Capt. 
Lieut.  Seth  Thayer's  Co.",  Lieutenant-Colonel 
Nathan  Tyler'  regiment,  for  service  in  Rhode 
Island  on  the  alarm  of  December,  1776.  He 
enlisted  December  8,  and  was  discharged  Jan- 
uary 23,  1777.  His  name  is  on  a  resignation 
dated  at  Mendon,  November  i,  1779.  as  first 
lieutenant  of  Fifth  Company,  Third  Regiment 
in  Worcester  county.  Colonel  Nathan  Tyler, 
and  the  resignation  was  accepted  by  the  coun- 
cil, November  16,  1779.  He  married  his  third 
cousin.  Judith  Thayer,  of  Braintree,  in  1751. 
She  was  born  December  25.  1734.  died  Jan- 
uary I,  1823,  daughter  of  John  and  Lydia 
(Wales)  Thayer. 

(VI)  Seth  (2),  son  of  Seth  (i)  Thayer, 
was  born  July  27,  1765,  died  in  1819.  He 
settled  at  Bear  Hill,  Milford,  Massachusetts. 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Daniels,  of  Hol- 
liston,  Massachusetts,  April  27,  1786,  and  she 


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died  in  1787.  He  married  (second),  April  19, 
1790,  Sarah  Holbrook,  of  Bellingham,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  she  died  in  Milville  in  1844.  She 
was  daughter  of  Seth  Holbrook,  who  served  in 
the  revolution  and  drew  a  pension.  Seth  Hol- 
brook was  born  November  24,  175 1,  and  lived 
in  Bellingham;  he  married  his  second  cousin, 
Dinah  Holbrook,  and  he  was  son  of  Seth,  who 
was  son  of  Joseph,  son  of  Joseph,  son  of 
Peter,  son  of  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Hol- 
brook. Seth  Holbrook  served  as  a  private  on 
the  Lexington  Alarm,  in  Captain  Jesse  Hol- 
brook's  company,  from  Mendon,  and  he  was  a 
corporal  in  Captain  Cobb's  company,  Colonel 
Read's  regiment.  1775;  he  was  sergeant  in 
Captain  Samuel  Cowell's  company.  Colonel  L. 
Robinson's  regiment,  1776;  corporal  in  Cap- 
tain Job  Knap's  company,  Colonel  Job  Cush- 
ing's  regiment :  sergeant  in  Captain  Amos  El- 
lis' company,  Major  Seth  Dullard's  regiment, 
1780;  sergeant  in  Captain  Amos  Ellis'  com- 
pany, Colonel  Dean's  regiment  for  service  in 
Rhode  Island,  Fourth  Suffolk  County  Regi- 
ment. 

(VH)  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Seth  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Holbrook)  Thayer,  married,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1820,  Luke  Aldrich  (see  Aldrich).  She 
was  born  in  1791,  died  February  6,  1859. 


Joseph   Bemis,  immigrant  ances- 
BEMIS     tor  of  this   family,  was  born  in 

England  in  1619.  He  came  to 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1640, 
and  died  there  August  7,  1684.  He  was  ac- 
companied by  his  sister,  Mary  Bemis,  who 
married  at  Watertown,  March  20,  1644-45, 
William  Hagar.  Joseph  Bemis  was  selectman 
of  Watertown  in  1648-72-75.  He  was  a  black- 
smith, as  well  as  a  farmer.  His  will  was  dated 
August  7,  1684,  and  proved  October  7,  1684. 
His  widow  administered  the  estate,  which  was 
divided  November  18,  1712,  soon  after  her 
death.  Children,  born  in  Watertown :  Sarah, 
January  15,  1642-43;  Mary,  September  10, 
1644:  Joseph  Jr.,  twin,  October  28,  1647,  bur- 
ied November  4,  1647;  Ephraim,  twin  of  Jo- 
seph, buried  November  4,  1647;  Martha,  born 
March  24,  1649;  Joseph  Jr.,  December  12, 
1651;  Rebecca.  April  17,  1654;  Ephraim,  Au- 
gust 25,  1656;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Joseph  Bemis,  was  born 
in  Watertown,  in  August,  1659,  died  Octo- 
ber 24,  1732.  He  married  (first),  at  Water- 
town,  about  1680,  Mary,  daughter  of  George 
and  Susanna  Harrington.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), January  i,  1716-17,  Mrs.  Sarah  (Hol- 
land) Phillips,  widow  of  Jonathan  Phillips, 
who  was  born  November  16,  1663,  died  Feb- 
ruary 1703-04.  She  was  born  in  Watertown, 
November  30,  1662,  died  before  1726,  daugh- 


ter of  Nathaniel  Holland  and  his  second  wife 
Sarah  (Hosier)  Holland.  He  married  (third)i 
at  Watertown,  May  30,  1726,  Judith  fJenni- 
son)  Barnard,  who  was  born  at  Watertown 
August  13,  1667,  died  there,  daughter  of  En- 
sign Samuel  Jennison,  who  was  born  in  1645, 
died  October,  1701,  and  his  wife,  Judith  (Na- 
comber)  Jennison,  who  died  March  i,  1722-23. 
She  was  the  widow  of  James  Barnard.  John 
Bemis  owned  land  in  Marlborough  before 
April  26,  1701,  when  he  sold  it.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Beriah,  born  June  23,  1681  ;  Su- 
sanna, December  24,  1682;  Joseph,  November 
17,  1684;  John,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 24,  1688;  Samuel,  1690;  Lydia,  1692; 
Hannah,  October  9,  1694,  died  October,  1700; 
Isaac,  1696;  Jonathan,  April  30,  1699,  prob- 
ably died  young;  Jonathan,  November  17, 
1701 ;  Abraham,  November  26,  1703;  Susanna, 
December  3,  1705;  Hannah,  December  3,  1707. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Bemis, 
was  bom  in  Watertown,  October  6,  1686.  He 
married  (first).  May  8,  1710,  Hannah  War- 
ren, born  January  25,  i6i90-9i,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Warren,  who  was  born  October  6, 
1653,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  (Whitney)  War- 
ren, born  June  9,  1656.  He  married  (second), 
April  2,  1713,  Anna  Livermore,  born  1690, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Livermore,  born  1640, 
died  1690,  and  his  wife,  Anna  (Bridge)  Liv- 
ermore. born  in  1646,  died  August  28,  1727. 
After  John  Bemis  died,  his  widow  married, 
December  5,  1769,  Josiah  Smith.  Child  of 
first  wife :  John,  mentioned  below.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Anna,  born  April  29,  1714;  Jo- 
siah, February  29,  1715-16;  Abraham,  De- 
cember 27,  1717;  Grace,  November  5,  1719; 
Lydia,  April  5,  1721  ;  Abijah,  March  16,  1722- 
23 ;  Elisha,  March  20,  1725-26 ;  Elizabeth, 
March  23,  1727-28;  Nathaniel,  May  6,  1730; 
Susanna,  April  3,   1732;   Phineas,   March  24, 

1734- 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Bemis, 
was  born  at  Watertown,  February  11,  1711-12. 
He  was  a  surveyor  of  highways  and  soldier 
in  the  French  War,  1656.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1 73 1,  Hannah  Warren,  born  April 
28,  1715,  daughter  of  Captain  Daniel  War- 
ren, born  April  30,  1686,  and  his  wife,  Hannah 
(Bigelow)  Warren.  Children,  born  in  Water- 
town  :  John,  August  28,  1732  ;  Timothy,  March 
6,  1734-35;  Anna,  September  30,  1736:  Eliza- 
beth, January  17,  1738-39;  Lydia,  June  10, 
1741 :  Abigail,  September  i,  1743,  died  July  25, 
1750;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
September  27,  174S;  Henry,  January  28,  1750- 
51  ;  Jeduthan,  June  10,  1753;  Mary,  May  16, 
1755;  Daniel,  March  5,  1758. 

(V)  Sergeant  Nathaniel  Bemis,  son  of  John 
(3)   Bemis,  was  born  at  Watertown,  Massa- 


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chusetts,  March  12,  1745.  He  married,  1765, 
Esther  Cox,  born  October  4,  1743,  daughter 
of  EHsha  and  Anna  Cox,  of  Weston,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  served  in  the  revolution  as  a 
sergeant  in  Captain  John  Walton's  company  at 
Cambridge,  1778.  In  another  list,  year  not 
given,  he  was  of  Weston,  as  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain Charles  Miles'  company,  Colonel  Jona- 
than Reed's  regiment.  Children:  Lucy,  born 
August  5,  1766;  Nathaniel,  May  8,  1770;  Lot, 
August  5,  1772;  Polly,  November  22,  1777; 
Elisha,  January  22,  1780;  Charles,  mentioned 
belovif. 

(VI)  Charles,  son  of  Sergeant  Nathaniel 
Bemis,  was  born  January  9,  1785,  died  in 
1877  at  the  age  of  ninety-two  years.  He  mar- 
ried, December  20,  1807,  Betsey  Jones,  born 
December  24,  1781,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
Eli  Jones,  of  Lincoln,  who  was  born  in  1756, 
died  May  9,  181 1,  a  Bunker  Hill  soldier;  and 
his  wife,  Anna  (Brown)  Jones,  who  was  born 
June  26.  1763  (see  Jones  V).  Children:  Emily 
Jones,  born  November  29,  1808;  Charles 
Winslow,  May  15,  181 1  ;  Dexter,  May  3,  1813; 
Eli  Emery,  July  17,  1815 ;  Betsy  Jane,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1817;  Royal,  mentioned  below;  Luke, 
November  10,  1822 ;  John,  June  26,  1825,  died 
in  infancy. 

(VII)  Royal,  son  of  Charles  Bemis,  was 
born  at  Lincoln,  October  i,  1820,  died  April 
13,  1910.  He  was  brought  up  on  his  father's 
farm,  and  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  He  was  for  a  time  a  manufacturer 
of  boots  and  shoes,  afterward  a  manufacturer 
of  watch  tools,  and  finally  engaged  in  the  busi- 
ness of  florist  at  Waltham,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (first)  Mary  Ann  Bond,  who  died  in 
April,  1849.  He  married  (second)  Susan 
Warren  Durgin,  daughter  of  David  and  Sarah 
(Oddway)  Durgin.  She  had  several  sisters 
and  brothers,  Nathaniel,  Joseph,  Sarah,  Sut- 
ton, Aurexene,  Robinson  and  a  sister  who  is 
now  living,  Mrs.  Oliver  Treadwell,  of  Naples, 
Maine.  Children  of  second  wife:  Arthur  Her- 
bert Lincoln,  now  living  in  Williamstown, 
Massachusetts ;  Susie  Bell,  born  in  Waltham 
in  1862,  married  Frank  Lamb,  of  Naples, 
Maine,  where  she  is  now  living;  Dr.  Royal 
Warren,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Royal  Warren  Bemis,  son  of 
Royal  Bemis,  was  born  at  Waltham,  January 
16,  1868.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  and  fitted  for  college  in  the 
Waltham  high  school.  He  entered  the  Jeffer- 
son Medical  College  at  Philadelphia  in  1889, 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  Doctor  of 
Medicine  in  1892.  During  the  next  three 
years  and  a  half  he  was  an  interne  at  the 
Municipal  Hospital  of  Philadelphia.  Since 
then  he  has  been  in  general  practice  in  Phila- 


delphia. His  offices  are  at  2512  North  Fifth 
street.  He  has  been  on  the  staff  of  physicians 
at  St.  Christopher  Hospital  for  Children,  Phil- 
adelphia, since  1898,  and  on  the  staff  of  the 
Stetson  Hospital,  Nose  and  Ear  Department, 
since  1901,  and  for  several  years  on  the  staff 
of  the  Roosevelt  Hospital.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Philadelphia  County  IMedical  Society  and 
was  chairman  of  the  Kensington  branch  in 
1899;  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Medical 
Club,  County  Medical  Society  of  Philadelphia, 
the  Pennsylvania  Medical  Society  and  the 
American  Medical  Association ;  member  of 
Medico-Legal  Society;  of  the  Clinical  Society 
of  Philadelphia ;  of  the  Philadelphia  Laryngo- 
logical  Society ;  of  the  Pediatrical  Society.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Health  of  the 
city  of  Philadelphia  for  two  years.  He  is 
a  medical  examiner  for  the  Royal  Arcanum. 
In  addition  to  his  extensive  general  practice  he 
makes  a  specialty  of  diseases  of  the  nose  and 
ear.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a 
communicant  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married,  August  5,  1896,  Gertrude  L. 
Foster,  born  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  March 
8.  1872,  daughter  of  Handley  and  Elizabeth 
( Kilpatrick)  Foster.  They  have  a  daughter. 
Marion  Elizabeth,  born  July  29,  1898,  in  Phil- 
adelphia. 

(The   Jones  Line). 

(I)  William  Jones,  immigrant  ancestor, 
lived  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  as  early 
as  1658,  when  he  owned  fifteen  acres  of  land 
and  two  and  a  half  of  commons.  His  will, 
dated  March  4,  proved  March  28,  1678,  left 
all  his  property  to  his  son  Thomas,  mentioned 
below.  "Old  Father  Jones  near  90  died  March 
8,  1677-8."  at  Charlestown.  He  may  have 
been  the  same  William  Jones  who  lived  in  the 
adjoining  town  of  Cambridge  and  was  a  pro- 
prietor there  in  1635,  coming  from  Sandwich, 
England,  a  painter  by  trade,  whose  wife  Mar- 
garet came  in  the  ship  "Hercules"  in  March, 
1634.  She  was  accused  of  being  a  witch,  tried, 
convicted  and  hanged  by  the  superstitious  au- 
thorities in  1648.  Her  husband  desired  soon 
afterward  to  ship  for  the  Barbadoes,  but  was 
imprisoned,  and  unless  he  is  the  William  Jones, 
of  Charlestown,  described  above,  nothing  more 
is  known  of  him.  There  was  no  other  William 
Jones  in  Massachusetts  before  1650. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Jones,  was 
born  in  1645  (aged  twenty-four  in  1669).  He 
was  a  bricklayer  by  trade.  It  is  a  significant 
fact  that  Thomas  Jones,  as  the  record  shows, 
went  to  the  Barbadoes  and  returned,  was  mar- 
ried in  Charlestown  and  again  went  to  sea, 
although  he  was  a  bricklayer  or  mason  by 
trade.    He  died  in  Charlestown,  November  28, 


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1679,  leaving  five  children  aged  one  to  ten 
years.  He  married  Sarah  Crouch  after  1669, 
and  she  married  (second)  Thomas  Stanford. 
He  owned  and  sold  land  in  Charlestown.  His 
widow,  administratrix  of  his  estate,  was 
granted  two  commons  in  1681.  The  probate 
records  proved  that  his  son  Thomas  was  liv- 
ing in  Sherborn  when  heirs  sold  land  in 
Charlestown  in  1695.  Children,  born  in 
Charlestown:  Sarah,  April  24,  1670;  Mary, 
May  13,  1672;  Thomas,  mentioned  below; 
William,  October  4,  1676. 

(HI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Jones,  was  born  in  Charlestown,  July  3,  1674, 
baptized  October  11,  1674,  died  at  Sherborn, 
May  25,  1729,  aged  fifty-six  years.  He  owned 
land  in  Charlestown.  He  settled  in  Sherborn, 
Middlesex  county,  Massachusetts,  and  in  1721 
was  the  largest  taxpayer  there.  He  shared  in 
the  New  Sherborn  or  Douglas  grant  in  1730. 

He  married  Elizabeth  .     Children,  born 

in  Sherborn:  Jonathan.  December  13,  1701 ; 
Eli,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas,  May  27,  1706; 
Elizabeth.  May  27,  1711;  Aaron,  April  11, 
1713,  died  1742;  Jonathan,  lived  at  Holliston, 
formerly  Sherborn. 

(IV)  Eli,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Jones,  was 
born  in  Sherborn,  December  5,  1704.  He 
married.  May  15,  1729,  Mercy  Underwood, 
born  April  3,  1709,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
granddaughter  of  Joseph  Underwood.  She 
died  at  Holliston,  January  31,  1754.  Children, 
born  at  Holliston:  David,  February  17,  1731  ; 
Hannah,  August  6,  1734;  Thankful,  April  6, 
1738;  Miriam,  June  i,  1743:  Mercy,  Septem- 
ber 18,  1745;  Mary,  baptized  June  3,  1750;  Eli, 
mentioned   below;   Abel,   baptized    September 

24.  1758- 

(V)  Lieutenant  Eli  (2)  Jones,  son  of  Eli 
(i)  Jones,  was  born  at  Holliston,  April  24, 
1756,  died  at  Lincoln,  Massachusetts,  May  9, 
181 1,  aged  fifty-five  years  (gravestone).  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  Captain 
Abraham  Pierce's  company  on  the  Lexington 
Alarm,  was  at  Bunker  Hill  and  in  the  same 
company,  Colonel  Samuel  Thatcher's  regiment, 
in  1776;  also  in  Captain  Joseph  Fuller's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Samuel  Bullard's  regiment,  Au- 
gust 20  to  November  29,  1777,  at  Stillwater; 
also  in  Captain  Edward  Fuller's  company. 
Colonel  William  Mcintosh's  regiment,  March- 
April,  1778;  also  in  the  Continental  army,  en- 
listing July  19,  1779,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three 
years.  He  was  five  feet,  seven  inches  and  a 
half  in  height.  He  served  in  Colonel  Brad- 
ford's company  and  regiment  (Fourteenth)  to 
April,  1780.  He  was  commissioned  lieutenant, 
July  15,  1780.  In  1780  he  was  in  Captain 
James    Cooper's    company.  Colonel    Gamaliel 


Bradford's  regiment  (Fourteenth),  and  again 
for  six  months  in  1781  under  Colonel  John 
Brooks.  He  lived  in  Weston  and  afterward  in 
Lincoln.  He  was  warden  in  Weston  in  1786, 
fence  viewer  in  1790,  and  owned  a  pew  in  the 
church  in  i8oo. 

He  married,  at  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  .\u- 
gust  23,  1780,  Anna  Brown,  born  June  24,  1763, 
died  in  Lincoln,  Massachusetts,  April  14,  1857, 
aged  ninety-four  years,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Abijah  Brown,  who  fought  at  Bunker  Hill,  a 
prominent  figure  in  revolutionary  days.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Weston  and  Lincoln:  i.  Betsey, 
born  December  24,  1781,  died  July  15,  1874; 
married  Charles  Bemis  (see  Bemis  VI).  2. 
Nancy,  born  March  25,  1783,  died  September 
26,  1851.  3.  William,  born  September  16,  1785. 
4.  Polly,  born  September  29,  1788,  died  August 
26,  1848.  5.  Sally,  born  October  12,  1790.  6. 
Susan,  born  October  30,  1793,  died  March, 
1886.  7.  Rebecca,  born  March  23,  1795.  8. 
Sophia,  born  June  27,  1797.  9.  Hannah,  bom 
September  27,  1799.  10.  Levina,  born  Janu- 
ary 24,  1802.  II.  Eli,  born  May  13,  1804.  12. 
Almira,  born  July  12,  1808,  baptized  July  17, 
1808;  married  Jonas  Hastings. 


William  Giflford,  the  immi- 
GIFFORD     grant   ancestor,  was  born   in 

England,  and  appears  to  have 
been  for  a  short  time  at  Stamford,  Connecticut, 
and  about  1647  his  name  appears  in  the  court 
records  there.  He  certainly  settled  in  the 
Plymouth  colony  soon  afterward,  and  in  1650 
was  a  member  of  the  grand  inquest  at  Ply- 
mouth. He  continued  to  reside  in  Sandwich, 
Massachusetts,  until  his  death,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  five  years  between  1665  and  1670 
when  he  with  George  Allen  and  the  sons  of 
Peter  Gaunt,  all  of  Sandwich,  together  with 
others,  were  first  proprietors  and  settlers  of 
Monmouth,  New  Jersey,  having  purchased  the 
land  of  the  Indians,  and  to  whom  the  Mon- 
mouth Patent  was  granted  April  8,  1665.  They 
were  adherents  of  the  Quaker  faith,  and  suf- 
fered severely  from  persecution  and  vexatious 
arrests  and  suits  in  Massachusetts  and  New 
Jersey.  GifFord  owned  land  in  Massachusetts, 
Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut.  His  Massa- 
chusetts possessions  consisted  of  land  in  Sand- 
wich. Falmouth  and  Dartmouth.  He  gave  by 
will  to  his  sons  Jonathan  and  James  land  at 
Falmouth,  and  deeded  to  sons  Robert  and 
Christopher  lands  at  Dartmouth,  Massachu- 
setts, both  of  whom  built  houses  on  their  prop- 
erty. Robert  continued  at  Dartmouth,  but 
Christopher  moved  to  Little  Compton.  Rhode 
Island.  Both  have  descendants  in  Southern 
Massachusetts  and    Rhode    Island.     William 


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NEW  ENGLAND, 


probably  deeded  his  Connecticut  lands  to  his 
son  John,  who  gave  by  will  lOO  acres  in  Con- 
necticut to  his  son  Samuel,  and  200  acres  to  his 
grandsons.  He  died  April  9,  1687.  He  mar- 
ried twice.  His  second  wife  was  Mary  Mills, 
whom  he  married  July  16,  i|^§85  she  died  Feb- 
ruary ID.  1734.  Children  oTfirst  wife:  John, 
died     1708:     Hananiah.     married     Elizabeth 

;     William,    died    1738;     Christopher, 

born  July,  1658,  died  November  22,  1748; 
Robert,  born  1660,  died  1730:  Patience,  died 
1673,  married  Richard  Kirby.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Mary;  Jonathan,  born  May  14, 
1684;  James,  born  March  10,  1685-86. 

(H)  Robert,  son  of  William  Gifford,  was 
born  in  1660,  died  in  1730.  He  resided  at 
Dartmouth,  IMassachusetts.  He  married  Sarah 
Wing,  born  February  2,  1658,  daughter  of 
Stephen  and  Sarah  (Briggs)  Wing.  He  mar- 
ried   (second)    Elizabeth    .      Children, 

born  at  Dartmouth:  Benjamin,  Jeremiah,  Ste- 
phen, Timothy  and  Simeon. 

(HI)   Jeremiah,  son  of  Robert  Gifford,  was 

born  at  Dartmouth ;  he  married  Mary . 

Children,  born  at  Dartmouth :  Jonathan, 
March  25,  1704;  Gideon,  March  19,  1705-06; 
John  O.,  March  7,  1707-08;  Sarah,  October  3, 
1710;  Elizabeth,  October  13.  1712;  Joseph, 
twin  of  Elizabeth;  William.  January  19,  1714; 
Benjamin,  May  14,  1717;  Isaac,  May  16C1717 
(sic),  died  March  3,  1812;  Peleg,  mentioned 
below:  Margaret,  x^pril  15,  1722;  Adam,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1725  ;  David.  April  5,  1728. 

(IV)  Peleg,  son  of  Jeremiah  Gifford,  was 
bom  at  Dartmouth,  December  i,  1719. 

(V)  Elihu  Gifford,  as  far  as  is  known  only 
son  of  Peleg  Gifford,  was  born  at  Dartmouth, 
October  9.  1747,  and  died  December  3, 
i846(?).  He  was  a  captain  in  the  revolution. 
He  married  Abigail  Chase.  Children :  Isaac, 
born  July  t6,  1769,  died  February  14,  1850; 
Pamel.  ^^a^ch  12,  1772.  married  John  Wood, 
of  Dartmouth;  Abraham,  January  6,  1774, 
died  August  13,  1861  ;  Elihu  Jr.,  October  i, 
1776,  died  in  the  West  Indies.  1798;  George 
Washington,  mentioned  below ;  Polly,  born 
January  20.  1780,  died  June,  1830,  married 
Elihu,  son  of  David  Gifford,  of  Dartmouth ; 
Paul,  born  October  31,  1782,  died  June  25, 
1854;  Pardon,  twin  with  Paul,  died  June  7, 
1854;  Abigail,  January  4.  1785,  died  in  No- 
vember, 1854.  married  Francis  Tripp,  and 
(second)  Benjamin  Howland ;  Benjamin,  July 
I,  1787,  died  March  1830. 

(VI)  George  Washington,  son  of  Elihu 
Gifford.  was  born  at  Dartmouth.  February  8, 
1778,  and  died  in  February,  1816.  He  mar- 
ried Judith  Palmer,  and  lived  at  Mattapoisett, 
Massachusetts.     Children  :   Frederic ;  Holder ; 


Gideon ;  EHhu ;  Captain  Peleg  W.,  bom  1805, 
died  1889,  married  .\raelia  Hammond;  George 
Washington,  mentioned  below ;  Mary  H.,  born 
in  1814,  at  Newport,  married  Arnold  M. 
Barker,  November  10,  1839,  and  died  Febru- 
ary 4.  1874,  had  four  children. 

(VII)  George  Washington  (2),  son  of 
George  Washington  (i)  Gifford,  was  born  at 
Mattapoisett,  Massachusetts,  February  4,  1812. 
He  followed  the  sea  and  became  a  master  mar- 
iner. He  died  in  1885.  He  married  Ann 
Grant,  born  June  15,  1842,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Diman)  Grant.  Chil- 
dren: I.  George  Barker,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Mary  E..  born  December  4,  1862,  at  Assonet; 
married  James  H.  Breck.  of  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  had  Robert  G.  Breck,  born 
1891.  3.  Ann  E.,  born  September  29,  1864; 
married  Frank  L.  Blackwell,  of  Fairhaven, 
Massachusetts,  and  had  Malcolm  Gifford,  born 
January  9.  1897,  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  4. 
Charles  H.,  born  in  Rehoboth.  Massachusetts; 
married  Elizabeth  Ellis,  of  Fair  Haven;  chil- 
dren: Ruth  Gifford,  born  1891,  and  Frances 
Gifford,  born  1895.  5.  Grace  B..  bom  at  Re- 
hoboth, !ilarch  8,  1870;  married  Albert  A. 
Chamberlain,  of  Springfield.  Massachusetts; 
children:  William,  born  1895,  and  Gifford 
Chamberlain,  1900. 

(VIII)  George  Barker,  son  of  George 
Washington  (2)  Gifford.  was  born  at  Assonet 
(Freetown),  Massachusetts,  January  15,  1861. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Fair 
Haven  and  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts.  After 
leaving  school  he  was  employed  in  a  furniture 
repairing  store,  and  afterward  was  clerk  in  a 
general  store  at  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts. 
In  1878  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Standard 
Oil  Company  as  a  helper  in  the  machine  shop, 
and  was  promoted  in  time  to  the  position  of 
foreman  and  afterward  superintendent.  Dur- 
ing the  thirty-three  years  in  which  he  has  been 
connected  with  this  great  corporation  his  rise 
has  been  steady.  At  the  present  time  he  is 
manager  of  the  works  of  the  Standard  Oil 
Company  at  Bayonne,  New  Jersey,  with  offices 
at  26  Broadway,  New  York  City.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Jersey  City  Club,  the  Newark 
Bay  Club,  the  New  England  Society  of  New 
York.  He  attends  the  Baptist  church,  and  in 
politics  is  an  independent  Republican.  He 
married,  November  i,  1883,  Minnie  Van  Cott, 
born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  September  9, 
1862.  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Hester 
(Strickland)  Van  Cott.  They  have  one  son: 
George  Barker  Jr.,  born  in  Brooklyn,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1886,  educated  in  the  public  schools  and 
at  Pratt  Institute,  Brooklyn,  a  mechanical  en- 
gineer by  profession. 


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The    surname    Tracy    is    taken 

TRACY  from  the  castle  and  barony  of 
Tracie,  near  Vire  Arrondisse- 
ment  of  Caen.  The  first  of  the  name  of  whom 
there  is  record  is  Turgis  de  Tracie,  who,  with 
William  de  la  Ferte,  was  defeated  and  driven 
out  of  Main  by  the  Count  of  Anjou  in  1078, 
and  was  in  all  probability  the  Sire  de  Tracie 
mentioned  below,  in  the  army  of  Hastings. 
The  coat-of-arms  of  the  family  was  borne 
in  the  middle  of  the  twelfth  century,  and  was 
as  follows :  Or,  an  escallop  in  the  chief  dexter, 
between  two  bendlets  gules.  Crest :  On  a  cha- 
peau  gules  turned  up  ermine  an  escallop  sable, 
between  two  wings  expanded  or. 

(I)  Sire  de  Tracie  is  mentioned  as  being  in 
the  army  of  Hastings  in  1066,  an  officer  in  the 
army  of  William  the  Conqueror. 

(H)  Henri  de  Tracie  was  his  son,  and  was 
Lord  of  Barnstable.  He  settled  in  County 
Devon,  and  was  the  only  man  of  noble  birth 
in  that  county  who  stood  firm  for  the  king 
during  the  invasion  of  the  Empress  Maud,  and 
received  as  a  reward  the  Barony  of  Barnstable. 
He  died  about  1 146. 

(HI)  Grace  de  Tracie,  daughter  of  Henri, 
married  John  de  Sudely,  and  her  second  son 
inherited  her  estates  and  assumed  her  name. 

(IV)  William  de  Tracie,  son  of  Grace, 
lived  in  the  reign  of  Henry  H.,  and  held  the 
Manor  of  Toddington.  He  was  one  of  the 
knights  who,  in  11 70,  at  the  instigation  of 
Henry  IL,  assassinated  Thomas  a  Becket, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury.  He  is  described  as 
"a  man  of  high  birth,  state  and  stomach,  a 
favorite  of  the  king  and  his  daily  attendant." 
In  1 171  he  was  created  justiciary  of  Nor- 
mandy, serving  about  five  years.  He  then  re- 
turned to  England  and  during  the  reign  of 
King  John,  took  up  arms  against  him,  and  his 
lands  were  confiscated.  They  were  later  re- 
stored, however.  Late  in  life  he  founded  and 
endowed  a  chapel  to  Thomas  a  Becket  in  the 
conventual  church  at  Tewkesbury,  indicating 
his  repentance.  He  died  at  Morthoe,  County 
Devon,  in  1224. 

(V)  Sir  Henry  de  Tracy  of  Toddington 
was  his  heir,  and  died  about  1246. 

(VI)  Sir  Henry  de  Tracy  was  his  eldest 
son  and  died  1296. 

(Vn)  Sir  William  de  Tracy,  Esq.,  of  Tod- 
dington, was  high  sheriflF  of  Gloucestershire, 
and  was  called  to  the  privy  council  of 
Henrs'  IV. 

(VIII)  William  de  Tracy  inherited  the 
Toddington  estates  and  was  sheriflf  of  Glouces- 
tershire.    He  died  1460. 

(IX)  Henry   Tracy,    Esq.,    was    his    eldest 
n,  and  married  Alice,  daughter  and  co-heir- 

of  Thomas  Baldington,  Esq. 


(X)  Sir  William  Tracy  of  Toddington  was 
his  eldest  son,  sheriff  of  Gloucestershire  dur- 
ing the  reign  of  Henry  VIII.  (1513).  He  was 
one  of  the  first  to  embrace  the  reform  religion 
in  England,  as  shown  by  his  will,  dated  1530. 
He  married  Margaret  Throckmorton. 

CXI)  Richard  Tracy  was  his  third  son  and 
inherited  the  Manor  of  Sathway.  He  was 
highly  educated  and  wrote  several  treatises  on 
religion.  He  was  sheriff  of  Gloucestershire. 
He  married  Barbara  Lucy,  a  pupil  of  Fox,  the 
Martyrologist.     He  died  1569. 

(XII)  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  Tracy,  had 
a  son,  Stephen,  mentioned  below. 

(XIII)  Stephen,  son  of  Samuel  Tracy,  and 
himself  the  immigrant  ancestor,  came  to  Ply- 
mouth, Massachusetts,  on  the  ship  "Ann," 
Captain  William  Prince,  in  1623,  with  his  wife 
and  infant  daughter.  His  name  is  on  the  list 
of  freemen,  in  1623.  He  settled  first  on  the 
south  side  of  Plymouth  and  shared  in  the  divis- 
ion of  cattle  in  1627.  Soon  after,  he  removed 
to  Duxbury,  and  in  1634,  was  appointed  one  of 
five  to  lay  out  highways.  He  served  as  a  con- 
stable in  1639,  and  was  one  of  five  to  select  a 
site  for  a  meeting  house.  He  was  a  grand 
juror  in  1639-40-42,  and  was  arbitrator  by  or- 
der of  the  governor.  Before  1654,  he  had  re- 
turned to  England,  for  a  power  of  attorney  is 
in  print  which  authorizes  John  Winslow  to  dis- 
pose of  Tracy's  property  in  New  England. 
This  instrument  bears  the  date,  March  20, 
1654-55,  at  New  London.  In  it  he  calls  him- 
self an  inhabitant  of  Great  Yarmouth,  in 
County  Norfolk,  and  states  that  he  has  five 
children  in  New  England.  There  is  no  fur- 
ther record  of  him,  and  it  is  probable  that  he 
never  returned. 

He    married,    162 1,   in    Holland,    Triphosa 

La .    Children  :  Sarah,  born  in  Holland, 

married  George  Partridge ;  John,  mentioned 
below ;  Rebecca,  born  at  Plymouth ;  Ruth, 
Mary,  Thomas. 

(XIV)  John,  son  of  Stephen  Tracy,  was 
born  at  Plymouth.  1623,  and  died  at  Windham. 
Connecticut.  June  30,  1718.  He  married  Mary 
Jane,  daughter  of  Governor  Prince  and  Mary 
Collins,  his  second  wife.  He  was  representa- 
tive in  1683  and  1686.  deputy  in  1677  and  1692. 
Children  :  John  ;  Alphea  ;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below. 

(XV)  Stephen,  son  of  John  Tracy,  was 
born  1673. "died  December  14.  1769.  He  mar- 
ried, January  26,  1707.  Deborah  Bingham. 
Children:  Mary.  August  26,  1708;  Prince,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1710-11  :  Deborah,  January  8,  1714; 
John,  April  25,  1718  ;  James,  January  15,  1720; 
Nathaniel.  January  2.  1722;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(XVI)  Thomas,  son  of  Stephen  Tracy,  was 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


bom  August  19,  1725,  and  died  at  Hartford, 
Vermont,  February,  1822.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1 75 1,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Elizabeth  (Allen)  Warner.  Children: 
Mary,  November  12,  1752  ;  Andrew,  August  i, 
1754;  Deborah,  March  10,  1756;  Susannah, 
July  7,  1758;  James,  January  28,  1760; 
Thomas,  September  4,  1761 ;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Elizabeth,  April  15,  1765. 

(XVH)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Tracy,  was 
born  July  18,  1763,  and  died  April  10,  1829. 
He  married,  December  26,  1792,  Ruth  Carter. 
Children:  Joseph  Chester,  November  3,  1793; 
Ebenezer  Carter,  mentioned  below ;  Myron, 
April  20,  1798;  William  Warner,  Decerhber 
12,  1801 ;  Ira,  January  15,  1806;  Samuel,  April 
14,  1808;  Stephen,  February  25,  1810;  Ezra 
Carter,  January  5,  1812. 

(XVni)  Ebenezer  Carter,  son  of  Joseph 
Tracy,  was  born  January  10,  1796,  died  at 
Windsor,  Vermont,  May  15,  1862.  He  mar- 
ried, September  13,  1832,  Martha  Sherman 
Evarts{seeEvartsVI).  Children:  Martha  Day, 
October  i,  1833,  died  November  2,  1852;  Jere- 
miah Evarts,  mentioned  below ;  Anna,  October 
23,  1836:  William  Carter,  July  14,  1838,  killed 
in  the  Civil  War,  January  23,  1864;  Roger 
Sherman,  August  10,  1840,  died  October  22, 
1841  ;  John  Jay,  December  23,  1843;  Charles 
Walker,  June  28,  1847. 

(XIX)  Jeremiah  Evarts,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Carter  Tracy,  was  bom  January  31.  1835,  at 
Windsor,  Vermont.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  began  to  study 
law  in  the  office  of  his  uncle,  Hon.  William  M. 
Evarts,  of  New  York  City.  He  attended  Yale 
Law  School  and  was  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1857.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York  and  became 
a  clerk  in  the  office  of  Mr.  Evarts.  Since 
June  I,  1859,  he  has  been  partner  in  the  firm 
and  its  successors.  The  present  firm  is  Evarts, 
Choate  &  Sherman,  one  of  the  best-known  law 
firms  in  the  United  States  and  second  to  none 
in  the  importance  of  its  clientele  and  in  the 
personnel  of  the  partners  comprising  it.  Mr. 
Tracy  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Bar  As- 
sociation of  New  York  City  and  is  a  member 
of  the  New  York  State  Bar  Association  and 
the  New  York  Lawyers'  Institute.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religion  a  Presby- 
terian. 

He  married,  September  30,  1863,  Martha 
Sherman,  daughter  of  Rev.  David  and  Mary 
(  Evarts)  Greene.  Their  home  is  in  New  York 
City.  Children :  Emily  Baldwin,  born  No- 
vember 30,  1864;  Howard  Crosby,  August  i, 
1866.  now  of  Plainfield,  New  Jersey:  Evarts, 
mentioned  below  ;  Mary  Evarts.  December  22. 
1869,     now     in     Yokohama,    Japan;     Robert 


Storer,  October  6,  1871,  deceased;  Margaret 
Louisa,  May  11,  1873,  now  of  Muncie.  In- 
diana; Edith  Hastings,  December  13,  1874, 
now  of  New  York;  Martha,  April  10,  1876,  of 
Philadelphia ;  William  Evarts,  September  24, 
1878,  of  Telluride,  Colorado. 

(XX)  Evarts,  son  of  Jeremiah  Evarts 
Tracy,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  May  23, 
1868.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  en- 
tered Yale  University,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts 
in  the  class  of  1890.  He  went  abroad  and 
studied  until  1894  at  L'Ecole  Nationale  et  Spe- 
ciale  des  Beaux  Arts  in  Paris.  He  traveled 
extensively  in  Europe  and  America,  including 
the  British  possessions  and  South  America  and 
visited  the  important  buildings  and  architec- 
tural masterpieces  of  the  world.  He  is  a  part- 
ner of  the  firm  of  Tracy,  Swartout  &  Litch- 
field, architects,  of  New  York  City.  The  firm 
has  made  a  specialty  of  public  buildings,  clubs, 
banks,  hotels  and  courthouses.  Some  of  the 
notable  buildings  designed  by  this  firm  are  the 
Yale  Club,  the  Home  Club  and  Hotel  Web- 
ster, in  New  York  City ;  the  National  Metro- 
politan Bank  of  Washington,  D.  C. ;  the  Con- 
necticut Savings  Bank  of  New  Haven,  the 
Somerset  county  courthouse.  New  Jersey ;  the 
Minneapolis  Club,  Minneapolis,  Minnesota; 
United  States  Post  Office  and  courthouse, 
Denver,  Colorado ;  armory,  Washington,  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can. He  is  a  member  of  the  Beaux  Arts  Soci- 
ety, the  Architectural  League  of  New  York, 
the  American  Institute  of  Architects  and  the 
Metropolitan  Club  of  Washington,  the  Uni- 
versity Club  of  New  York,  the  Yale  Club  of 
New  York  and  the  Plainfield  Country  Club. 

He  married  at  Plainfield,  New  Jersey,  June 
23,  1904,  Caroline  Frederica  Streuli,  daughter 
of  A.  F.  Streuli,  of  Zurich,  Switzerland.  Her 
father  came  to  America  in  1866  and  settled  in 
Philadelphia,  where  he  married  Caroline 
Hooper,  of  an  old  Arperican  family.  Mr. 
Streuli  came  from  an  old  "nviss  family,  the  an- 
cient home  of  which  was  bLiild  in  the  year  800 
and  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  Streuli 
family.  In  olden  times,  the  Catholic  church 
paid  an  annuity  to  the  family  for  sheltering 
pilgrims  to  the  Convent  of  Einsedeln,  and  the 
annuity  is  still  paid  to  the  family  by  the  papal 
government.  One  of  the  provisions  of  the 
contract  stipulated  that  the  family  should  en- 
tertain any  religious  pilgrims  passing  through 
the  country.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tracy  have  no 
children. 

(The  Evarts  Line). 

John   Evarts.   the  immigrant  ancestor,   w 
admitted   a    freeman   at    Concord,    Massact 
setts,  in  March,  1637-38.     He  lived  there  sc 


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years  and  then  remove'd  to  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut. He  took  the  freeman's  oath  there, 
February  5,  1651-52,  and  in  1655,  appears  as 
the  defendant  in  two  civil  suits.  He  purchased 
John  Mepham's  allotment  at  Guilford,  July  29, 
1651,  and  in  1667,  was  appointed  tythingman. 
He  is  said  to  have  lived  some  time  in  New 
Haven.     He  died  May  9,  1669.     He  married 

(first)    Elizabeth  ,    (second).   May  27, 

1663,  Elizabeth  Parmelee,  who  died  in  Novem- 
ber, 1688,  widow  of  John  Parmelee.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  James,  mentioned  below.  2. 
John,  born  at  Concord,  February  29,  1639-40; 
died  December  28,  1692.  3.  Judah,  born  at 
Concord,  October  27,  1642 ;  died  November, 
1696.     4.   Daniel,  born   1645  ;  died  December 

5,  1692.  5.  Elizabeth,  married,  1665,  Peter 
Abbott;  she  was  killed  by  her  husband  at  Fair- 
field, and  he  was  executed  for  the  offense,  Oc- 
tober 16,  1667. 

(H)  James,  son  of  John  Evarts,  was  born 
in  1638,  died  in  April,  1682.  He  married,  in 
1660,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Richard  Cuttridge. 
Children:  Mary,  March  26,  1661,  died  young; 
John,  1664;  Lydia,  166 — ;  James,  1667,  men- 
tioned below ;  Joseph,  1669,  died  December 
21,  1679;  Jonathan,  died  unmarried,  October, 
1696;  Judah,  1673;  Mary,  May  i,  1674;  Han- 
nah, September  23,  1677 ;  Joseph,  February  24, 
1679-80;  Dorothy. 

(IH)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Evarts, 
was  born  in  1667,  died  January  3,  1739.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  lived  in  East  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut. He  married,  March  7,  1694,  Mary 
Carter,  who  died  March  30,  1751.  Children: 
Mary,  December  7,  1696;  Jonathan,  April  12, 
1699;  Mindwell,  August  16,  1705,  died  i)ecem- 
ber  31,  1736;  James,  April  21,  1713,  died  April 

6,  1721 ;  Elinor,  December  9,  1714;  Reuben 
(twin),  March  25,  1719,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth  (twin),  March  25,  1719. 

(IV)  Reuben,  son  of  James  (2)  Evarts,  was 
born  March  25,  1719,  died  July  31,  1776.  He 
married,  June  5,  175 1,  Honor,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  Evarts,  son  of  John  (HI),  son  of 
James  (H).  Jeremiah  was  born  May  21,  1702, 
died  September  14,  175 1,  married,  June  8, 
1726,  Jerusha  Blinn.  She  married  (second) 
Deacon  Thomas  Stone,  of  East  Guilford. 
Children  of  Reuben  and  Honor  Evarts  :  James, 
mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  December  15, 
1755;  Jeremiah,  February  25,  1761 ;  Reuben, 
January  7,  1763;  John,  December  16,  1765. 

(V)  James  (3),  son  of  Reuben  Evarts,  was 
born  at  East  Guilford,  May  15,  1752.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  lived  in  Georgia,  removing  there 
in  1787  and  also  in  Sunderland.  Vermont.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Timothy  Todd. 
Children  :  Jeremiah,  mentioned  below  ;  another 
son  and  three  daughters. 


(VI)  Jeremiah,  son  of  James  (3)  Evarts, 
was  born  February  3,  1781.  He  became  a  law- 
yer in  New  York  City  and  for  many  years  was 
secretary  of  the  American  Board  of  Commis- 
sioners for  Foreign  Missions.  He  married 
Mehitable  Barnes,  daughter  of  Roger  Sher- 
man. Children:  Hon.  William  Maxwell,  the 
eminent  lawyer;  Martha  Sherman,  married, 
September  13,  1832,  Ebenezer  Carter  Tracy 
(see  Tracy  XVIII"). 


The  English  ancestry  of 
INGRAHAM  the  American  Ingrahams 
has  been  traced  on  what  ap- 
pears to  be  good  authority  to  very  ancient 
times.  Randolph,  son  of  Ingel'ram  or  Ing'- 
ram,  was  sheriff  of  Nottingham  and  Derby  in 
the  reign  of  Henry  II.,  A.  D.  1133-89.  He  had 
two  sons,  Robert  and  William.  Robert  Ingram, 
knight,  son  of  Randolph,  was  of  so  much  im- 
portance in  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  that  the 
Prior  and  Convent  of  Lenton  granted  to  him 
a  yearly  rent  out  of  their  lands  in  Shaynton 
and  Nottingham,  in  recognition  of  his  military 
service  in  their  defense.  His  arms  are  painted 
in  Temple  Newsham  or  Newsam,  England, 
which  is  an  immense  estate,  six  miles  long 
and  four  wide,  about  four  and  a  half  miles  east 
of  Leeds.  It  is  now  called  the  Ingram  estate, 
and  at  first  it  was  a  settlement  of  Knights 
Templar  in  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  cen- 
turies. After  their  dispersion  it  was  granted 
by  Edward  II.  to  Sir  John  Darcy  and  descended 
to  Sir  Thomas  Darcy,  who  was  beheaded  by 
Henry  VIII.,  and  the  estate  was  forfeited  to 
the  Crown.  In  1554  it  was  again  granted  by 
Edward  II.  to  Mathew,  Earl  of  Lennox,  and 
here  was  born  his  son,  Henry  Darnley,  who 
later  married  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots.  The  es- 
tate descended  to  their  son,  James  I.  .of  Eng- 
land, and  from  him  to  his  kinsman,  Esme  Stu- 
art, Duke  of  Lennox,  from  whom  it  passed  to 
Sir  Arthur  Ingram,  the  first  of  the  Lords  Vis- 
count Irwin,  one  of  the  conditions  being  that 
the  room  in  which  Lord  Darnley  was  born 
should  remain  unaltered,  and  this  room  is  still 
called  the  "King's  Chamber." 

(I)  Sir  Arthur  Ingram,  who  is  supposed  to 
have  been  born  about  1570,  was  celebrated  for 
his  valor  as  a  cavalier.  He  was  a  near  rela- 
tive of  Wentworth,  the  celebrated  Earl  of 
Stafford.  He  married  (first)  Eleanor,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Henry  Slingsby,  and  (second)  Lady 
Katherine,  daughter  of  Thomas,  Lord  Vis- 
count Fairfax,  of  Gilling.  Sir  Arthur  died  in 
1655.  His  portrait,  in  cavalier  costume,  that 
of  the  first  Viscount  Irwin  in  full  armor,  and 
that  of  Henr>-,  the  second  Viscount  Irwin  in 
half  armor,  all  nearly  full  length,  were  in  the 
collection  of  the  Bishop  of  California,  William 


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Ingraham  Kipp,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  who  died  in 
1894.  His  sons  were  Henry  and  Arthur  In- 
graham. 

(H)  Henry  Ingraham  or  Ingram,  son  of  Sir 
Arthur  Ingram,  was  born  between  1595  and 
1600.  At  the  time  of  the  restoration,  six  years 
after  the  death  of  his  father,  Ingram  was  cre- 
ated a  Peer  of  Scotland  by  Charles  II.  with  the 
title  of  Viscount  Irwin,  by  letters  patent  dated 
May  23,  1661,  as  a  recompense  to  the  family 
for  their  loyalty.  He  married  Anne,  daughter 
of  Alontacute,  Earl  of  Manchester,  a  leader  in 
Parliament.  The  male  branch  in  England  de- 
scended from  Sir  Henry,  the  second  Viscount 
Irwin,  and  became  extinct  with  Charles  In- 
gram, ninth  Viscount  Irwin,  who  died  in  1778. 
His  daughter,  the  marchioness  of  Hartford, 
and  Lady  William  Gordon,  successively  inher- 
ited Temple  Newsam,  and  from  them  it  passed 
to  their  sister,  Mrs.  Hugo  Maynell,  whose 
son  took  the  name  of  Ingram,  and  his  de- 
scendants are  the  present  owners  of  the  family 
estate. 

(II)  Arthur  Ingraham,  of  Barrowby,  son  of 
Sir  Arthur  Ingram,  and  brother  of  Henry  In- 
graham or  Ingram,  was  born  between  1595 
and  1600.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Sir  John 
Mallory,  about  1615,  and  the  genealogists  agree 
that  from  him  the  Ingraham  family  of  Amer- 
ica is  descended. 

(III)  Richard  Ingraham,  son  of  Arthur  In- 
graham, came  to  America  between  1638  and 
1642.  He  settled  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  a  proprietor  in  1645.  Some 
vears  later  he  moved  to  Northampton,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  in  1668,  late  in  life,  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Joan  (Rockwell)  Baker,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Rockwell  and  widow  of  Jeffrey 
Baker,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut.  By  this  mar- 
riage he  had  no  children.  The  name  of  his 
first  wife  is  not  known.  He  contributed  a  sum 
at  the  time  of  the  general  subscription  for  the 
support  of  Harvard  College  in  1672-73.  He 
died  in  August,  1683,  and  his  widow  died  Sep- 
tember 16,  1683,  both  at  Northampton.  He 
may  have  been  a  brother  of  Edward,  who  came 
to  America  in  1635.  Among  his  children  were: 
William,  of  Boston;  John,  of  Hadley;  Jarrett, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jarrett,  son  of  Richard  Ingraham, 
was  born  in  1640-42,  probably  in  Boston.  His 
name  first  appears  in  the  records  of  the  town 
of  Boston  for  1662,  May  28,  when  he  married 
(first)  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Edward  Searles, 
Governor  John  Endicott  performing  the  cere- 
mony. Soon  afterward  he  removed  to  Reho- 
both. He  was  there  certainly  in  1665  when 
his  second  child  was  born  and  his  name  ap- 
pears on  the  list  of  those  who  drew  lots  for 
meadow  land  in  the  North  Purchase  of  Reho- 


both, now  the  town  ofAttleboro,  May  16,  1668. 
He  removed  with  his  family  to  Swansea,  Mas- 
sachusetts, about  1672,  and  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  that  town.  He  returned  to 
Rehoboth,  however,  about  1690,  and  his  wife 
Rebecca  died  there  August  19,  1691.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  April  22,  1692,  Waitstill,  widow 
of  Joseph  Sabin.  He  died  at  Rehoboth,  Jan- 
uary II,  1717-18,  and  his  widow  November 
15,  1718.  Children  of  Jarrett  and  Rebecca 
Ingraham :  Margaret,  born  in  Boston,  January 
17,  1662-63.  Born  in  Rehoboth:  Rebecca,  May 
I,  1665;  Mary,  September  10,  1667;  Ephraim, 
June  22.  1669;  Mercy,  July  13,  1671.  Born  in 
Swansea :  Hannah,  December  29,  1673 ;  John, 
May  5,  1676;  Joseph,  January  14,  1677;  Ben- 
jamin, mentioned  below ;  Jeremiah,  July  12, 
1683;  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth,  August  12, 
1686.  Child  by  second  wife,  at  Rehoboth :  Oba- 
diah,  September  21,  1696. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Jarrett  Ingraham, 
was  born  about  1679.  His  father's  will  dated 
April  16,  1714,  proved  February  3,  1717-18, 
mentions  him  after  Joseph.  Benjamin  Ingra- 
ham married  (first),  at  Rehoboth,  March  20, 
1712,  Patience  Ide,  who  died  in  November, 
1716,  leaving  one  child,  Benjamin.  He  mar- 
ried (second).  May  15,  1718,  Elizabeth  Sweet. 
He  lived  for  some  years  in  Rehoboth,  pre- 
sumably on  property  deeded  to  him  by  his 
father  and  mentioned  in  the  will.  He  removed 
to  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  where  he  died  in 
1741.  Child  by  first  wife:  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below.  Children  by  second  wife,  born 
at  Rehoboth:  Henry,  March  15,  1719-20;  Jun- 
iah,  January  21,  1721-22;  Jeremiah,  February, 
1723-24;  Job,  March,  1726;  Patience,  May  21, 
1728;  Elizabeth,  October  10,  1730;  Betty, 
March  25.  1733. 

(VI)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Ingraham.  was  born  at  Rehoboth,  August  25, 
1714.  He  went  to  Woodbury,  Connecticut, 
with  others  of  the  family.  He  married,  in 
Woodbury,  February  18,  1732,  Hannah  Tom- 
linson,  and  resided  in  Woodbury  until  1745, 
when  he  removed  to  Chatham,  Columbia 
county.  New  York.  Children :  Hannah,  born 
February  6,  1743,  married  Joshua  Barrett; 
Samuel,  January  6.  1745;  Abijah  and  Ben- 
jamin were  Tories  and  removed  to  Nova 
Scotia  during  the  revolution ;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Ingra- 
ham, was  born  about  1735.  He  removed  to 
Columbia  county.  New  York,  and  according  to 
the  first  federal  census  in  1790,  was  living  at 
Canaan  in  that  county  and  had  in  his  family 
two    females.      In   the   same   town   the    Gibbs 

family    settled.      He    married    Julia   

(probably  a  Gibbs). 


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(VIII)  Nathaniel  Gibbs,  son  of  John  Ingra- 
ham,  was  born  in  1761,  died  August  24,  1827, 
aged  sixty-six.  He  married  (first)  Juliana, 
born  August  18,  1766,  died  December  28,  1797, 
eldest  daughter  of  Dr.  Daniel  Redfield,  son  of 
Daniel  Redfield,  of  Guilford,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (second)  Elizabeth  Phoenix,  (see 
Phoenix  IV).  Children  by  first  wife:  Ezra 
L'Hommedieu  ;  Nathaniel  Gibbs,  United  States 
consul  at  Tampico;  Martha  (Patty),  married 
Alexander  Phoenix;  Samuel  Dana;  John  Red- 
field;  David  Gelston;  Benjamin  Gale;  Fred 
Redfield.  (Children  by  second  wife:  Daniel 
Phoenix,  mentioned  below  ;  Sidney ;  William  ; 
DeWitt,  died  young. 

(IX)  Daniel  Phoenix,  son  of  Nathaniel 
Gibbs  Ingraham,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
April  22,  1800.  He  married,  in  Guilford,  Con- 
necticut, January  25,  1838,  Mary  Hart  Lan- 
don,*of  Guilford,  Connecticut,  born  February 
25,  1815.  Children:  Daniel  Phoenix  Jr.,  born 
February  17,  1839,  died  September,  1902,  was 
an  attorney  in  New  York  City,  married  Annie 
E.  Lent,  and  had  seven  children:  Nathaniel 
Gibbs,  James  Lent,  Landon,  Virginia,  Daniel 
Phoenix,  Anne  Von  Lent;  Arthur ;  George 
Landon,  mentioned  below ;  Arthur,  mentioned 
below. 

(X)  Judge  George  Landon  Ingraham,  son 
of  Daniel  Phoenix  Ingraham,  was  born  Au- 
gust I,  1842.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
and  was  graduated  from  Columbia  College 
Law  School  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B<  in 
1869.  He  was  elected  judge  of  the  superior 
court  of  the  city  of  New  York  in  January, 
1883.  In  May,  1891,  he  was  appointed  justice 
of  the  supreme  court  of  the  first  New  York 
district  and  elected  the  following  November 
for  the  remainder  of  the  term  of  his  prede- 
cessor. In  November,  1905,  he  was  reelected 
for  a  full  term  of  fourteen  years.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Century  Club,  the  Manhattan  Club,  the  Metro- 
politan Club,  the  New  York  Yacht  Club,  and 
the  Tuxedo  Club.  He  married,  December  4, 
1872,  Georgina  Lent.  Children:  Nathalie  and 
Phoenix. 

(X)  Arthur,  son  of  Daniel  Phoenix  Ingra- 
ham, was  born  in  New  York  City,  September 
26,  1849.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city  and  Dr.  D.  W.  Dwight's  private 
school  and  entered  Columbia  College  in  1866, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1870  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  entered  the  employ 
of  Jay  Cook,  the  famous  banker,  Wall  street, 
New  York  City,  and  continued  there  for  two 
years.  Since  then  he  has  not  been  in  active 
business,  devoting  his  time  to  the  management 
of  his  investments.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
St.  Nicholas  Society,  New  England  Society  of 


New  York  City,  University  Club,  Racquet 
Club,  New  York  Yacht  Club,  Manhattan  Club, 
Larchmont  Yacht  Club,  Cuttyhunk  Fishing 
Club,  Whist  Qub,  Wamsutta  Club  of  New 
Bedford,  Massachusetts,  and  Maryland  Club  of 
Baltimore,  Maryland.  In  politics  he  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat.    He  is  unmarried. 

(The  Phoenix  Line). 

(I)  Alexander  Phoenix,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, probably  of  Scotch  ancestry,  settled  in 
New  Amsterdam,  now  New  York,  in  1643. 
In  1652  he  removed  to  Rhode  Island,  where 
he  purchased  large  tracts  of  land  in  Narra- 
gansett.  He  was  living  near  Wickford,  Rhode 
Island,  as  late  as  July  29,  1679.  The  surname 
is  believed  to  be  originally  Fenwick.  The  name 
of  his  first  wife  is  unknown.  He  married 
(second)  Abigail  Sewall,  probably  daughter 
of  Thomas  Sewall,  and  born  .A.ugust  14,  1650. 
She  was  living  May  23,  1717,  when  mention 
was  made  of  her  grandson,  Charles  Brown, 
son  of  her  daughter  Abigail.  She  had  other 
daughters,  whose  names  are  not  known.  Chil- 
dren :  Jacob,  mentioned  below ;  Alexander, 
married  in  New  York,  October  29,  1704,  Hes- 
ter Van  Vorst. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  Alexander  Phoenix,  was 
born  in  New  Orange,  now  Albany,  New  York, 
and  baptized  in  the  Dutch  church  at  New 
Amsterdam,  October  8,  165 1.  He  purchased, 
November  2,  1685,  the  bouwerie  known  as 
Klinkenbergh,  behind  the  present  city  of  Al- 
bany, and  January  11,  1686,  a  house  on  the 
north  side  of  Beaver  street,  between  Broad- 
way and  New  street,  where  he  lived  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Dutch  church 
of  New  York,  June  2,  1686;  freeman  of  New 
York,  1698;  was  living  as  late  as  June  24, 
1727.  He  married,  June  4,  1686,  Anna  (Van 
Vleeck)  Beeck,  in  the  Ehitch  church  of  New 
York.  She  was  the  widow  of  William  Beeck 
and  daughter  of  Tielman  Van  Vleeck,  the 
first  sheriff  and  president  of  the  court  at 
Bergen,  New  Jersey,  by  his  wife  Magdalena. 
Children:  John,  baptized  at  the  Dutch  church. 
New  York,  January  12,  1687;  Alexander,  bap- 
tized May  5,  1689,  died  young;  Ale.xander, 
mentioned  below;  Jacob,  baptized  November 
4,  1694,  married  Elizabeth  Beek. 

(III)  Ale.xander  (2),  son  of  Jacob  Phoenix, 
was  baptized  in  New  York,  December  5,  1690 
He  was  a  freeman  of  New  York  City  in  1732; 
member  of  the  Blue  Artillery  Company  in 
1738.  His  will  was  proved  September  20, 
1770.  He  married  (first)  at  New  York,  May 
30,  1712,  Margaret  Comfort.  He  married 
(second)  at  New  York,  July  19,  1723,  Eliza- 
beth (Burger)  Bockee  or  Bocquet.  widow  of 
Jacob   Bockee  or   Bocquet,  and   daughter  of 


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George  and  Elizabeth  (Thomas)  Burger.  She 
was  born  July  31,  1692,  married  (first)  June 
8,  1717,  and  died  February  28,  1757.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Jacob,  baptized  in  the  Ehitch 
church,  New  York,  April  29,  1713;  Gerard, 
baptized  August  3,  1715;  Mary  and  Anna, 
twins,  baptized  April  14,  1717;  Gerard,  bap- 
tized January  3,  1720;  Telamon,  baptized  Jan- 
uary 7,  1722.  Children  by  second  wife:  John, 
baptized  April  12,  1724;  Alexander,  baptized 
December  11,  1726;  Anna,  baptized  April  8, 
1730;  Catharine,  baptized  October  17,  1733; 
Daniel,  baptized  March  31,  1736,  died  young; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  ^Alexander  (2)  Phoenix, 
was  baptized  at  the  Dutch  church,  New  York, 
July  13,  1737.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Wall 
Street  Presbyterian  Church  from  1772  to  1812; 
member  of  the  general  committee  of  one  hun- 
dred. May  5,  1775,  and  on  the  committee  to 
receive  General  Washington  at  the  end  of  the 
revolutionary  war,  1783 ;  New  York  city  treas- 
urer from  1784  to  1809;  governor  of  New 
York  hospital  in  1787;  secretary  of  the  New 
York  Insurance  Company,  1795-99;  trustee  of 
the  New  York  Society  Library,  1795  to  1810; 
director  of  the  Manhattan  Company,  1803  to 
1 810.  He  died  in  New  York  City,  May  16, 
1812.  He  married  (first)  Hannah  (license 
dated  February  8,  1770),  daughter  of  Timo- 
thy and  Mary  (Piatt)  Tredwell,  of  Smith- 
town,  Long  Island.  He  married  (second) 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dr.  Zophar  and  Re- 
becca (Wood)  Piatt,  of  Huntington,  Long 
Island  (license  dated  November  2,  1772).  She 
died  in   1784.     Children,  all  by  second  wife: 

1.  Gerard,  born  July  10,  1774,  at  New  York. 

2.  Elizabeth,  born  April  23,  1776,  died  De- 
cember I,  1844;  married,  E>ecember  i,  1798, 
Nathaniel  Gibbs  Ingraham  (see  Ingraham 
VIII).  3.  Alexander,  born  February  28,  1778, 
near  Madison,  New  Jersey ;  pastor  of  Con- 
gregational church  at  Chicopee,  Massachusetts  ; 
married  (first)  Martha  (Patty),  daughter  of 
Nathaniel   Gibbs   and  Juliana    (Redfield)    In- 

,  graham,  born  July  9,  1786,  died  January  31, 
1810  (see  Ingraham  VIII).  4.  Sidney,  born 
October  7,  1779.  5.  Rebecca,  born  January  17, 
1781.  6.  Jennet,  born  July  15,  1782.  7. 
Amelia,  born  March  30,  1784. 

The  Goodhue  family  is  one 
GOODHUE  of  English  extraction  and  the 
earliest  date  to  which  it  has 
been  traced  in  England  is  1280  .\.  D.  In  the 
eighth  year  of  the  reign  of  King  Edward  I., 
in  various  public  records,  are  found  the  names 
of  Wills  GcKlhewen  and  Robs  Godhewen 
(William  and  Robert  Goodhue),  both  of  the 
county  of  Kent.     The  name  has  been  spelled 


Godhewen,  (joodhugh,  Goodhug,  Godhewyn, 
Godhew  and  (jodhill.  It  is  of  Saxon  origin, 
the  first  syllable  "God"  being  Saxon  for 
"good."  It  seems  quite  probable  from  all  that 
can  be  learned  regarding  the  ancestry  of  this 
family  that  William  Goodhue,  who  came  from 
England  to  America  in  1635-36,  and  settled 
in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  was  a  descendant 
of  Wills  Godhewen,  of  Kent,  mentioned  above. 
His  name  William,  his  origin  from  Kent,  and 
the  fact  that  in  his  day  the  name  was  fre- 
quently written  Goodhew,  are  evidences  of 
some  weight.  Robert  and  William  Goodhew, 
of  1280,  were  agriculturists. 

Concerning  the  coat-of-arms  of  the  Good- 
hue family  there  is  extant  a  record  of  arms 
granted  to  one  branch  of  the  family  in  1738 
and  to  another  in  1790.  Those  granted  in 
1738,  on  petition  of  Mary  Goodhugh,  widow 
of  Richard  Goodhugh,  of  Lender  River,  ifi  the 
parish  of  Scale,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  are  de- 
scribed as  follows :  "Gules,  a  chevron  vaire 
between  three  talbots  passant,  argent;  crest  of 
adoption,  a  talbot  as  in  the  arms.  Motto: 
Xec  invedis.  nee  despicio.  Of  the  arms 
granted  in  1790  the  following  description  is 
given :  "Or  on  a  chevron  between  three  grif- 
fins' heads,  erased  gules,  a  swan's  neck  also 
erased,  ducally  gorged  gold;  on  each  side  of 
the  field  a  bee  volant.  Crest,  a  young  shep- 
herd leaning  on  the  stump  of  a  tree,  playing  a 
flute,  his  dog  by  his  side.  Motto :  Dieu  avec 
nous  ((jod  with  us)." 

(I)  William  Goodhue  was  born  in  England 
about  1612-13.  He  immigrated  to  America  in 
1635-36.  Before  leaving  England  he  married 
Margery  Watson,  of  Kent,  who  died  at  Ips- 
wich. Massachusetts.  August  28,  1668.  She 
was  the  mother  of  all  his  children — two  sons 
and  one  daughter.  His  second  wife  was  the 
widow,  Mary  Webb,  whom  he  married  at 
Ipswich,  February  7.  1669-70;  she  died  Sep- 
tember 7,  1680.  July  26,  1682.  William  Good- 
hue married  the  widow.  Bethiah  Grafton, 
whose  death  occurred  December  6,  1688.  His 
fourth  wife  was  Remember  Fisk,  of  Wenham, 
Massachusetts,  who  survived  her  husband  and 
died  at  Ipswich,  February  16,  1701-02.  They 
were  married  in  1689.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  William,  born  in 
1645 ;  Mary.  --' 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  William  and  Margery 
(Watson)  Goodhue,  was  born  in  1639,  at  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts.  He  married  (first)  July 
13,  1661,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Whipple, 
one  of  the  elders  of  the  church.  After  his 
marriage  Joseph  inherited  his  father's  farm 
and  dwelling.  He  married  (second)  October 
15,  1684,  Rachel  Todd,  a  widow,  who  died  at 
Ipswich  in  1691.     He  married  (third)  Mercy 


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Clarke,  likewise  a  widow,  July  4,  1692.  He 
died  at  Ipswich,  September  2,  1697,  at  the  age 
of  fifty-eight  years.  When  death  called  him 
he  was  moderator,  selectman,  assessor,  repre- 
sentative to  the  general  court  and  a  deacon  of 
the  First  Church.  His  children  by  first  mar- 
riage were:  Joseph,  born  May  13,  1662,  died 
young;  Mary;  Sarah;  Margery;  Susannah; 
Elizabeth ;  John,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
born  July  20,  1681 ;  William.  Children  by 
second  marriage :  Ebenezer,  born  July  25, 
1685;  Joseph,  1687;  Benjamin,  January  25, 
1690,  died  December  3,  1697.  Child  of  third 
marriage:  Samuel,  born  April  6,  1696. 

(HI)  John,  seventh  child  of  Joseph  and 
Sarah  (Whipple)  Goodhue,  was  born  in  1679. 
He  married,  in  1711,  Sarah  Sherwin,  of  Ips- 
wich. Children:  Sarah,  born  in  1713;  Han- 
nah, September  4,  1715;  John,  July  13,  1718; 
Elizabeth,  December  28,  1719;  John,  mention- 
ed below. 

.(IV)  John  (2),  youngest  son  of  John  (i) 
and  Sarah  (Sherwin)  Goodhue,  was  born  in 
January,  1721,  and  was  well  known  as  Lieu- 
tenant John  Goodhue.  He  resided  at  Ipswich 
and  died  there  January  15,  1815.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1743,  Elizabeth  Lampson,  and  had  ten 
children :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth, 
born  July  13,  1746;  Sarah,  March  6,  1747; 
Lucy,  May  6,  1750;  Ebenezer,  1754;  Ephraim, 
January  16,  1757;  Priscilla ;  Abner,  January 
18,  1762;  Eunice,  March  4,  1764;  Daniel,  Au- 
gust 27,  1769. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Lampson)  Goodhue,  ivas  born  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts.  April  23,  1745,  died  May 
4,  1817.  He  married  (fir.-t)  August  27,  1772, 
Mercy  Lampson,  who  died  October  16,  1777; 
(second)  Mary  Potter,  who  died  October  5, 
1821.  Children  by  first  marriage:  John,  born 
at  Ipswich  Hamlet,  February  21,  1774;  Eunice, 
February  12,  1776.  Children  by  second  mar- 
riage: Thomas,  December  28,  1779;  Isaac, 
mentioned  below ;  Ephraim  and  Manasseh 
(twins),  July  30,  1783;  Polly,  June  3,  1785. 

(VI)  Isaac,  second  son  o^  John  (3)  and 
Mary  (Porter)  Goodhue,  was  born  June  13, 
1781.  He  married,  September  16,  1802,  Sarah 
Henfield,  of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  in  September,  1819,  Mary  Lea- 
rock,  of  Salem,  who  died  June  7,  1856.  He 
was  noted  for  his  great  philanthropy  and  pub- 
lic spirit.  Children  of  first  wife:  Margaret; 
Benjamin  S.,  born  June  16,  1812;  Sarah  Tar- 
rant, January  16,  1814;  Mary  Eliza,  March 
15,  1818.  Children  of  second  wife:  Jane  Cath- 
erine, August  9,  1822,  died  1840;  Lydia  B., 
October  6,  1824;  Jane  Gage,  January  14,  1826; 
Henry  A.  and  Ellen  A.  (twins),  February  i, 
1828,  Henry  A.  is  mentioned  below;  Isaac  W., 


November  3,   1831,  died  at  sea;  Samuel   D 
December  i,  1833,  died  January  10,  1880;  Ar- 
deha,   born   in   Portland,   Maine,  October  31 
1835,  died  April  22,  1841. 

(VII)  Henry  A.,  son  of  Isaac  and  Mary 
(Learock)  Goodhue,  was  born  February  i, 
1828,  died  August  8,  1880.  He  was  a  furni- 
ture merchant  at  Meriden,  Connecticut,  during 
his  active  life,  and  he  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Mexican  war.  He  married  Emma  Burdette, 
born  at  Elmira,  New  York,  July  27,  1837, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Burdette.  Children: 
Henry  A.  Jr.,  born  December  25,  i860,  died  in 
1865 ;  Isaac  Walter,  mentioned  below ;  Delia 
A.,  March  11,  1873. 

(VIII)  Isaac  Walter,  second  son  of  Henry 
A.  and  Emma  (Burdette)  Goodhue,  was  born 
in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  November  22,  1862. 
He  received  his  preliminary  educational  train- 
ing in  the  public  schools  of  Meriden,  Connec- 
ticut, and  subsequently  he  was  prepared  at 
private  schools  for  entrance  to  the  Crozer 
Theological  Seminary,  at  Chester,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  graduated  from  that  institution 
in  1890,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divin- 
ity. He  was  ordained  to  the  Baptist  ministry 
in  1S90  and  became  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
church  at  Bristol,  Pennsylvania.  While  living 
in  Meriden,  Connecticut,  he  was  secretary  of 
the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  of 
that  city.  He  was  pastor  of  a  large  church 
in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  in  1898,  and 
for  several  years  was  pastor  of  Ascension 
Church  in  New  York  City,  being  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Young  People's  Society  of  the 
latter  church.  He  is  a  life  member  of  the 
Foreign  Missionary  Society. 

Notwithstanding  the  marked  success  of  Mr. 
Goodhue  in  the  ministry  and  as  a  pulpit  orator, 
because  of  circumstances,  he  determined  to 
leave  the  ministry  and  take  up  the  study  of 
law.  Consequently  he  entered  the  law  depart- 
ment of  Columbia  University,  New  York  City, 
in  1898,  and  was  graduated  therefrom  in  1900 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  1901  and  at  once  began 
the  practice  of  civil  law  in  New  York  City, 
with  offices  at  43  Wall  street.  Then  followed 
what  is  quite  unusual,  a  man  educated  and 
trained  in  one  profession  and  eminently  suc- 
cessful in  the  same,  changing  to  another  and 
quite  different  calling  and  also  meeting  with 
unqualified  success  in  it.  This  has  been  the 
case  with  Mr.  Goodhue.  He  is  president  and 
a  director  of  the  Continental  Talc  Company 
and  in  connection  with  his  law  work  is  a 
member  of  the  New  York  County  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, the  New  York  State  Bar  Association 
and  the  National  Bar  Association.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  Co- 


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lumbia  University  and  belongs  to  the  Repub- 
lican Oub  of  New  York.  He  has  completed 
the  circle  of  York  Rite  Masonry,  being  affili- 
ated with  Kane  Lodge,'  No.  454,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and 
Couer  de  Lion  Commandery,  Knights  Temp- 
lar. He  is  likewise  a  member  of  Ancient 
Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine, 
and  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
Mr.  Goodhue  married  and  has  one  child, 
Walter  Kendall,  born  at  Waterbury,  Connecti- 
cut, May  14,  1885. 

Simon  Dearden,  the  ancestor 
DEARDEN     of  this  family,  lived  and  died 
in  England.  He  married  Har- 
riett Sinneston,  and  they  had  a  son,  William, 
of  whom  further. 

(H)  William,  son  of  Simon  Dearden,  was 
born  in  Manchester,  England,  August  25.  1817, 
died  in  July,  1894.  He  came  to  the  United 
States  and  entered  mercantile  life  at  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  after  a  similar  career  at 
Lowell,  Northampton,  England.  He  was  a 
man  of  great  business  ability,  and  was  also 
possessed  of  a  brilliant  mind  and  considerable 
literary  talent.  He  married  Sarah  Faraday, 
born  in  Shropshire,  England,  in  1818,  died  in 
1856.  They  had  a  son,  Robert  Rowland,  of 
whom  further. 

(HI)  Robert  Rowland,  son  of  William 
Dearden,  was  born  in  Lowell,  Massachusetts, 
March  23,  1845.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city,  followed  by  a  course 
in  the  English  and  Classical  Institute  at 
Springfield,  Massachusetts.  After  the  com- 
pletion of  his  education,  he  immediately  be- 
came associated  with  his  father  in  business  at 
Springfield,  continuing  thus  for  a  few  years, 
but  being  of  a  literary  turn  of  mind  mercan- 
tile pursuits  were  extremely  distasteful  to  him, 
and  in  1867  or  1868  he  went  west  and  entered 
the  publishing  business  in  Chicago.  He  asscn 
ciated  himself  with  the  Blanchard  Publishing 
Company,  who  issued  maps  and  lithographs, 
and  subsequently  bought  out  the  concern.  He 
also  associated  himself  with  William  F.  Brew- 
ster, of  the  same  firm,  in  the  publication  of 
the  Northwestern  Review;  in  1869  he  bought 
out  the  interests  of  Mr.  Brewster,  changing 
the  name  to  the  United  States  Reinew,  and 
removing  the  enterprise  to  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, in  1875.  Mr.  Dearden  has  maintain- 
ed his  active  connection  with  this  paper  which 
has  become  the  well  known  insurance  organ 
of  the  United  States,  with  a  circulation  in 
every  state  in  the  Union,  and  has  been  largely 
responsible  for  the  immense  growth  of  the 
insurance  business  in  .*\merica,  carrying  in- 
formation into  countless  homes  in  regard  to 


methods  employed  and  benefits  to  be  derived. 
As  an  insurance  journalist,  Mr.  Dearden  has 
shown  himself  to  be  in  the  leading  ranks  of 
the  profession.  He  is  president  of  the  cor- 
poration which  manages  the  Review,  of  which 
he  is  the  editor,  and  his  son,  Robert  Rowland 
Dearden  Jr.  is  secretary  and  manager  of  the 
business. 

Soon  after  his  removal  to  Philadelphia,  Mr. 
Dearden  entered  political  life,  and  was  first 
elected  to  represent  Philadelphia  in  the  Penn- 
sylvania legislature  in  1882,  and  was  reelected 
in  1884-86-88-90,  serving  continuously  for 
eight  years  as  a  representative  of  the  city; 
for  four  years  he  was  chairman  of  the  impor- 
tant committee  of  appropriations.  He  was 
also  chairman  of  the  house  insurance  commit- 
tee in  1885,  and  in  1890  was  unanimously 
chosen  as  a  candidate  for  receiver  of  taxes  of 
Philadelphia,  on  the  Municipal  League  ticket, 
but  he  declined  the  nomination.  He  was  again 
elected  to  the  house  of  representatives  in  1906, 
representing  the  twenty-second  and  forty-sec- 
ond wards  of  Philadelphia,  the  Germantown 
district,  and  has  been  reelected  in  the  same 
capacity  in  1907-09-11,  serving  until  the  pres- 
ent time,  being  a  strong  member  of  the  Re- 
publican party. 

He  has  been  a  well  known  speaker  on  the 
stump  for  many  years,  and  has  made  for 
himself  a  name  as  a  writer  on  semi-literary 
subjects.  During  his  early  life,  while  out  in 
the  west  at  Omaha,  then  considered  one  of  the 
frontier  posts  of  civilization,  he  was  a  con- 
tributor to  the  Springfield  Republican,  depicting 
western  life  as  he  saw  it.  Mr.  Dearden  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  was 
for  a  time  one  of  its  trustees ;  he  is  a  member 
of  the  American  Academy  of  Political  and 
Social  Science,  and  of  the  Columbia  Club,  of 
which  he  was  president  for  four  years.  He 
resides  with  his  family  at  Oak  Lane,  corner  of 
Sixty-ninth  avenue  and  North  Eleventh  street, 
Philadelphia. 

Mr.  Dearden  married,  November  5,  1867, 
Ella  Sherwin,  daughter  of  Horace  and  Lydia 
(Sherwin)  Chapin,  the  latter  having  been  bom 
in  Vermont,  July  19,  1845.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Dearden  have  three  children:  i.  Grace  Ella, 
born  in  Chicago,  April  10,  1869;  married  Will- 
iam Elton ;  children :  William  Dearden,  Row- 
land Faraday  and  Roberta  Chapin  Elton.  Mrs. 
Elton  died  March  15,  1907.  2.  Robert  Row- 
,  land  Jr.,  born  in  Chicago,  January  3,  1871 ;  he 
is  secretary  and  manager  of  the  corporation 
which  publishes  the  United  States  Retnew,  of 
which  his  father  is  president,  as  previously 
stated.  He  married  Lotta  Sutliffe;  children: 
Robert  Rowland  3rd,  John  Edward  and  Cath- 
erine.    3.  Edward  Chapin,  born  in  Evanston, 


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Illinois;  married  Elizabeth  Blaborn,  daughter 
of  the  well  known  oil  cloth  manufacturer. 
They  have  one  child,  Edward  Chapin  Jr. 

On  both  the  paternal  and  the  ma- 
BULL     ternal  sides,  the  Bull  family  of  New 

York  traces  its  origin  to  several  of 
the  oldest  and  most  distinguished  New  Eng- 
land families  of  the  colonial  and  revolutionary 
periods,  the  Bulls,  the  Lanmans,  the  Trum- 
btills,  the  Boylstons,  the  Coits  and  others. 

(I)  Henry  Bull,  a  native  of  South  Wales, 
.was  born  in  1610,  died  in  1693.  He  came  to 
America  in  1635  and  was  the  progenitor  of 
all  the  Bull  families  of  New  England.  After 
a  short  residence  in  the  Alassachusetts  Bay 
Colony  he  went  to  Rhode  Island,  being  one 
of  the  followers  of  Roger  Williams.  With 
seventeen  associates  he  purchased  land  in  1638 
and  joined  in  the  settlement  of  Newport,  be- 
ing at  once  one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  new 
colony.  He  was  chosen  sergeant  of  the  town, 
with  the  care  of  the  prison  included  in  the 
duties  of  his  office;  while  in  1689,  when  he 
was  nearly  eighty  years  of  age,  he  accepted 
election  as  governor,  when  the  duty  of  restor- 
ing the  charter  privileges  of  the  colony  after 
the  fall  of  Andros  made  the  office  one  of 
arduous  labor  and  heavy  responsibilities,  so 
much  so,  in  fact,  that  two  others  declined  to 
serve  in  that  capacity.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  Massachusetts,  May  17,  1637.  He 
was  one  of  the  tifty-eight  followers  of  Wheel- 
wright and  Mrs.  Hutchinson,  disarmed  by 
order  of  the  general  court.  Henry  Bull  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  having  been  associated  in  that  enter- 
prise with  men  from  Boston  and  vicinity ;  this 
was  in  1638.  In  the  following  year  he  became 
one  of  the  founders  of  Newport.  He  was 
elected  corporal  of  the  train  band,  June  27, 
1638;  chosen  sergeant,  November  24,  1638, 
and  in  1641-42  he  was  designated  as  sergeant 
assistant.  In  1655-57  he  was  one  of  the  six 
commissioners  from  Newport  to  the  general 
court  of  election  at  Providence,  and  from  1666 
to  1681  represented  Newport  in  the  general 
assembly.  In  1674-76  he  was  assistant,  and 
in  1685-86  and  1689-90  governor  of  Rhode 
Island. 

Henry  Bull,  according  to  the  Friends'  Rec- 
ords "aged  about  eighty-four  years,  departed 
this  life  at  his  own  home  in  Newport,  he 
being  the  last  man  of  the  first  settlers  of  this 
Rhode  Island,  22nd.  iimo.  1693-4."  He  was 
buried  in  the  Coddington  ground,  the  old 
"Quaker  Cemetery  on  Farewell  Street"  in 
Newport.  The  records  of  deeds  indicate  that 
he  owned  considerable  property.  The  house 
1—10 


that  he  built  on  the  easterly  side  of  Spring 
street  is  still  standing  and  is  in  the  possession 
of  his  descendants,  it  being  the  only  one  re- 
maining of  those  built  by  the  original  settlers. 
On  July  18,  1906,  the  Rhode  Island  Historical 
Society  unveiled  a  tablet,  attached  to  the  house 
and  inscribed :  "The  Gov.  Bull  house,  the  old- 
est house  in  Rhode  Island.  Built  in  part  in 
1639  by  Henry  Bull,  Governor  under  the  Royal 
Charter  of  the  Colony  of  Rhode  Island  and 
Providence  Plantations,  in  the  years  1685-6 
and  1690." 

He  married   (first)    Elizabeth  ,  who 

died  October  I,  1665,  and  was  buried  at  New- 
port. He  married  (second)  at  Sandwich, 
Massachusetts,  Esther  Allen,  born  December 
18,  1648,  died  February  26,  1676,  daughter  of 
Ralph  and  Esther  (Swift)  Allen.  He  married 
(third)  March  28,  1677,  Ann  Clayton,  widow 
of  Governor  Nicholas  Easton.  She  died  Janu- 
ary 30,  1707,  and  was  buried  in  the  Codding- 
ton  cemetery   at    Newport.     Children :   Jireh, 

mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  married  

Allen ;  Amey,  married  Edward  Richmond. 

(II)  Jireh,  son  of  Henry  Bull,  was  born 
at  Portsmouth,  September,  1638,  died  in  1684 
in  Kingstown,  probably.  He  was  one  of  a 
company  who  purchased  land  in  the  Narragan- 
sett  Country,  June  29,  1660,  and  he  signed 
articles  relating  to  the  Westerly  lands,  March 
22,  1661.  He  bought  five  hundred  acres  at 
Pettequamscott  and  thereafter  seems  to  have 
resided  on  the  west  side  of  the  bay  except 
during  King  Philip's  war.  He  and  two  others 
were  appointed  on  a  commission  to  the  In- 
dians, August  19,  1669.  By  appointment  of 
the  governor  he  was  a  conservator  of  the 
peace  in  1669-70,  1678  and  1683.  He  was 
assessor  or  rate-maker  for  Pettequamscott  in 
1670;  was  appointed  lieutenant  and  took  the 
oath  of  fidelity.  May  19,  1671  ;  was  appointed 
one  of  the  commissioners  to  adjust  the  Con- 
necticut boundary  line,  May  14,  1672.  Roger 
Williams  in  a  letter  dated  June  27,  1675.  to 
John  Winthrop,  written  from  Richard  Smith's 
at  Narragansett,  says :  "Just  now  comes  in 
Sam  Dier  in  a  catch  (ketch)  from  Newport, 
to  fetch  over  Jireh  Bull's  wife  and  children 
and  others  of  Pette<|uamscott."  This  was  on 
account  of  King  Philip's  war  and  in  December 
following  Bull's  garrison  house  was  burned, 
ten  Englishmen  and  five  women  and  children 
were  killed,  but  two  escaping.  After  the  war 
Jireh  Bull  returned  to  his  home  and  five  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  were  laid  out  to  him  De- 
cember 5,  1679.  During  the  war  he  was  prob- 
ably at  Newport,  for  he  was  on  a  commission 
appointed  .April  4,  1676.  to  make  a  census  of 
the  island,  and  August  24,  1676,  he  served  on 


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a  court-martial  to  try  Indians.  In  1683  serv- 
ices of  the  Church  of  England  were  read  at 
his  house.    He  died  in  1684. 

The  name  of  his  wife  is  unknown.     It  is 

thought  that  she   was  Katherine  ,   on 

whose  estate  administration  was  granted  Au- 
gust 16,  1713.  Children:  Henry,  of  Kingstown, 
born  1658,  died  1691 ;  Jireh,  mentioned  below  ; 
Mary,  1663,  died  June  13,  1754,  married  John 
Coggeshall;  Ephraim,  of  Kingstown,  born 
16^,  died  1721  ;  Ezekiel,  of  Kingstown,  born 
1671,  died  September  7,  1727. 

(III)  Jireh  (2),  son  of  Jireh  (i)  Bull,  was 
born  in  1659,  died  July  16,  1709.  He  married 
(first)  Godsgift,  born  August  27,  1658,  died 
April  23,  1691,  eighth  child  of  Governor  and 
Damaris     (W'estcott)     Arnold.     He    married 

(second)    Sarah   .      Children,   born    at 

Westerly,  by  his  first  wife:  Jireh,  1682,  died 
1709;  Benjamin,  married,  December,  1710, 
Content  James ;  Benedict,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Benedict,  son  of  Jireh  (2)  Bull,  was 
born  in  1687  in  Rhode  Island.  He  settled  in 
Milford,  Connecticut,  about  171 1.  He  mar- 
ried Sibella  Brj'an.  Children,  born  at  Mil- 
ford:  Benedict,  1717,  killed  in  childhood  by  a 
fall;  Sibella.  February  14,  1719-20;  Jii:eh, 
mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  October  10,  1721, 
twin  of  Jireh,  married  (first)  December  22, 
1748,  Esther,  daughter  of  Solomon  Baldwin, 
(second)  April  11,  1754,  Anna  Piatt;  they 
lived  at  Milford;  Godsgift,  February  24,  1724; 
Content,  about  1725,  married  a  Mr.  Bryan,  of 
Milford. 

(V)  Jireh  (3),  son  of  Benedict  Bull,  was 
born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  October  10, 
1721.  He  married  Sibella,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah Peck.  Children,  born  at  Milford:  Si- ■ 
bella,  married  Daniel  Buckingham ;  Jabez, 
mentioned  below ;  Jerusha,  married  David 
Noble ;  Content,  married  David  Baldwin ; 
Henry,  born  1754;  Jeremiah,  born  March  10, 

1757- 

(VI)  Jabez,  son  of  Jireh  (3)  Bull,  was 
born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  January  19, 
1747.  In  1790  Jeremiah  Bull  was  head  of  a 
family  at  Milford,  according  to  the  first  Fed- 
eral census.  Anna  Bull  (doubtless  widow  of 
Benjamin)  was  living  with  one  male  over  six- 
teen and  two  females  in  her  family,  in  1790. 
Benjamin  and  Temperance  Bull  were  also 
heads  of  families  in  Milford.  Hinman  calls 
Jabez  "Benedict  Jabez,"  as  if  he  had  assumed 
the  name.  Jabez  Bull  rnarried  Naomi  Bridge. 
Children,  born  at  Milford:  James,  married  a 
Miss  Bryan  ;  Lucy,  married  William  Atwater  ; 
Jireh,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Jireh  (4),  son  of  Jabez  Bull,  was 
born  in  Milford  about  1770-80.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Atwater,  probably  a  sister  or  near 


relative  of  William  Atwater,  who  married 
Lucy  Bull.  One  child,  Frederic,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Frederic,  son  of  Jireh  (4)  Bull, 
was  born  in  Milford,  Connecticut,  July  17, 
1800,  died  in  1871.  He  was  a  prominent  busi- 
ness man  in  New  York  City  for  more  than  a 
third  of  a  century  preceding  his  death  at  his 
country  seat  in  Montclair,  New  Jersey,  in  1871. 
He  was  head  of  the  New  York  family  bearing 
the  name.  He  married  Mary  Huntington  Laii- 
man,  born  May  28,  1804,  at  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  in  1880  (see  Lanman).  The 
ceremony  was  performed  in  1829.  Children: 
Sara,  Elizabeth,  Mary  H.,  Caroline  W.,  Abi- 
gail T.,  Frederic,  William  Lanman,  mentioned 
below ;  Anna  C. 

(IX)  William  Lanman,  seventh  child  and 
youngest  son  of  Frederic  and  Mary  Hunting- 
ton (Lanman)  Bull,  was  born  in  New  York 
City,  August  23,  1844.  After  a  good  prepara- 
tory education  he  completed  his  studies  in  the 
College  of  the  City  of  New  York,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  in  1864.  He  then  began  his 
business  career  by  entering  the  banking  house 
of  Edward  Sweet  &  Company,  the  senior  part- 
ner of  this  firm  being  a  brother-in-law  of  iMr. 
Bull.  In  1867  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm, 
a  relation  that  he  has  maintained  uninterrupt- 
edly down  to  the  present  time,  a  period  of 
forty-five  years.  Outside  of  his  banking 
business  Mr.  Bull  has  been  otherwise  promi- 
nent in  business  and  in  social  life.  Twice  he 
has  been  president  of  the  New  York  Stock 
Exchange  and  his  important  railroad  connec- 
tions have  included  membership  in  the  director- 
ates of  the  Northern  Pacific,  the  East  Ten- 
nessee, Virginia  &  Georgia,  the  New  York, 
Susquehanna  &  Western,  and  the  Atchison, 
Topeka  &  Santa  Fe  railroads.  He  is  a  valued 
and  appreciative  member  of  the  following 
prominent  organizations :  The  Chamber  of 
Commerce,  Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants, 
Museum  of  Natural  History,  Metropolitan 
Museum  of  Art,  Historical  Society,  Sons  of 
the  American  Revolution,  New  York  Zoolog- 
ical Society  and  others,  and  is  affiliated  with 
the  following  clubs :  Century  Association,  Gro- 
lier.  Union,  Metropolitan,  Republican,  Ardsley, 
Church,  City  Midday,  Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Man- 
hattan Society,  and  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  honor- 
ary fraternity.  The  Bull  home  is  at  805  Fifth 
avenue.  New  York. 

William  Lanman  Bull  married,  February  15, 
1 87 1,  Sarah  Newton,  born  March  28,  1851, 
daughter  of  Henry  Rossiter  and  Sarah  (New- 
ton) Worthington,  and  granddaughter  of  Ad- 
miral Newton,  of  the  United  States  navy.  The 
father  of  Mrs.  Bull  was  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful   inventors   and    manufacturers    of   his 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


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generation.  He  invented  the  steam  pump  and 
was  the  pioneer  in  the  manufacture  of  pump- 
ing machinery.  He  was  born  in  New  York 
in  1817,  and  died  in  New  York,  in  1880.  His 
father  was  Asa  Worthington,  a  prominent 
merchant  of  New  York,  who  was  for  many- 
years  in  the  South  American  trade  and  was 
United  States  consul  at  Lima.  Peru.  The 
American  founder  of  the  Worthington  family 
came  over  in  1649.  He  was  descended  from 
Sir  Nicholas  Worthington,  of  Worthington, 
England,  who  fell  at  Naseby,  defending  the 
cause  of  King  Charles.  The  mother  of  Mrs. 
Bull  was  a  daughter  of  Commodore  John  T. 
Newton,  United  States  navy ;  Commodore 
Newton  had  a  long  and  notable  career.  Born 
in  Alexandria,  \'irginia,  in  May,  1793,  he  died 
in  Washington,  D.  C,  in  July,  1857.  He  was 
appointed  midshipman  in  1809,  lieutenant  in 
1813,  commander  in  1827,  captain  in  1837,  and 
commodore  in  1857.  He  saw  service  on  the 
"Hornet"  in  the  war  of  1812,  commanded  the 
steamships  "Fulton"  and  "Missouri,"  had 
charge  of  the  Pensacola,  Florida,  and  the 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  navy-yards,  and 
was  t^ag  officer  of  the  home  squadron  in  1848- 
52.  Children  born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bull:  i. 
Frederic,  mentioned  below.  2.  Henry  Worth- 
ington, born  March  27,  1874,  at  Montclair, 
New  Jersey ;  married  Maude  Livingston,  in 
March,  1906.  3.  William  Lanman  Jr.,  born 
July  16,  1880;  married  Matilda  E.  Heppen- 
heimer,  in  1904;  they  have  one  child,  Eliza- 
beth W.,  born  November  25,  1904. 

(X)  Frederic  (2),  son  of  William  Lanman 
Bull,  was  born  at  Montclair,  New  Jersey,  De- 
cember II,  1871.  He  attended  the  Cutler 
School  in  New  York  City  and  the  Stevens' 
Technological  School,  in  which  he  took  the 
mechanical  engineering  course.  For  five  years 
he  practiced  his  profession  in  New  York  City, 
in  the  employ  of  the  Henry  R.  Worthington 
Company.  He  became  a  clerk  in  the  banking 
house  of  Edward  Sweet  &  Company,  34  Pine 
street,  New  York  City,  in  1898,  and  in  the 
following  year  was  admitted  to  partnership 
in  the  firm,  continuing  in  that  capacity  to  the 
present  time  (1912).  Mr.  Bull  is  a  member 
of  the  Union,  Racquet,  City  Midday,  West- 
minister Kennel  and  Knickerbocker  clubs  ;  the 
Brook  Club  of  New  York;  New  England  Soci- 
ety of  New  York  ;  Metropolitan  Club  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  In  politics  he  is  a  stalwart  Re- 
publican, and  in  his  religious  faith  is  a  com- 
municant of  Grace  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church  of  New  York. 

He  married,  October  2,  1895,  Helen,  born  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  October  15,  1871,  daugh- 
ter of  Jeremiah  Potter  and  Margaret  Down- 


ing (Lanman)  Robinson.  Children:  Frederica, 
born  June  30,  1896;  Helen,  November  6,  1900! 

(The  Lanman  Line). 

The  Lanman  family,  to  which  Mrs.  Fred- 
eric Bull  belonged,  was  of  English  origin.  Its 
founder  in  this  country  was  James  Lanman, 
of  London,  1692-1775,  who  came  to  America 
about  1700  and  settled  in  Boston.  In  1714  he 
married  Joanna,  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  and 
Lucy  (Gardner)  Boylston,  of  Roxbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  removed  to  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1724,  and  there  his  son,  Peter  Lan- 
man, 1725-1804,  was  born.  Peter  Lanman 
married,  in  1764,  Sarah  Spalding  Coit,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Samuel  Coit,  of  Preston,  Con- 
necticut. During  most  of  his  life  Peter  Lan- 
man was  a  prominent  shipping  merchant  at 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  where  he  died.  The 
Coit  family  was  derived  from  the  oldest  set- 
tlers in  Connecticut.  Colonel  Samuel  Coit, 
the  great-grandfather  of  Mrs.  Frederic  Bull, 
was  a  resident  of  Plainfield  and  Preston  (now 
Griswold),  Connecticut.  He  was  born  in 
Plainfield,  in  1708,  and  his  wife,  whom  he 
married,  in  1730,  was  Sarah  Spalding,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Spalding,  of  Plainfield.  He 
was  several  times  a  member  of  the  general 
assembly  of  the  state  and  a  judge  of  the  county 
court.  His  daughter  Sarah  was  born  in  1743. 
The  parents  of  Colonel  Coit  were  the  Rev.  Jo- 
seph and  Experience  (Wheeler)  Coit,  of  New 
London,  Connecticut.  The  Rev.  Joseph  Coit, 
born  in  1673,  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Coit,  of 
New  London,  who  died  in  1704,  and  his  wife, 
Alartha  Harris,  daughter  of  William  and  Edith 
Harris,  of  Wethersfield,  Connecticut ;  he  was 
a  grandson  of  the  founder  of  the  family  in 
America,  namely,  John  Coit,  who  came  hither 
from  Wales,  in  1630,  and  settled  in  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  afterward  removing  to  New 
London.  The  wife  of  John  Coit  was  Mary 
Gennes.  He  died  in  1659  and  his  wife  died  in 
1676. 

Peter  Lanman,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
1771-1854,  was  a  son  of  Peter  and  Sarah 
Spalding  (Coit)  Lanman.  His  wife  was  Abi- 
gail Trumbull,  1781-1861,  daughter  of  David 
Trumbull,  whose  father  was  Jonathan  Trum- 
bull, governor  of  Connecticut  from  1769  until 
1783,  and  through  the  whole  period  of  the 
American  revolution  a  trusted  supporter  and 
confidential  adviser  of  General  Washington. 
The  wife  of  Governor  Trumbull  was  Faith 
Robinson,  a  direct  descendant  of  John  .Mden 
and  Priscilla  Mullins.  Mary  Huntington  Lan- 
man, who  married  Frederic  Bull  (see  Bull 
VIII),  was  the  daughter  of  Peter  and  Abigail 
(Trumbull)   Lanman. 


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Francis  Eaton,  the  immigrant  an- 
EATON  cestor  of  this  family,  came  from 
England  to  Plymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1620,  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  signed 
the  famous  compact  on  board  that  historic 
vessel.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1633,  and  March  25, 
1633,  was  rated  at  nine  shilHngs.  His  wife 
Sarah,  son  Samuel,  and  infant,  came  with  him. 
His  wife  died  before  1627;  Bradford  says  she 
died  "in  the  generall  sicknes  which  was  in  the 
winter  of  1620-21."  He  married  a  second 
wife,  who  died  soon,  and  he  married  (third) 
Christian  Penn,  who  came  over  in  the  "Ann," 
in  1623.  He  removed  from  Plymouth  to  Dux- 
bury,  where  he  died  in  the  latter  part  of  1633. 
Administration  on  his  estate  was  granted  to 
Thomas  Prence  and  John  Doane,  November 
25,  same  year.  In  July,  1634,  his  widow  mar- 
ried Francis  Billington,  by  whom  she  had  eight 
children.  Children  of  Francis  Eaton,  by  first 
wife:  Samuel,  born  in  England  or  Holland, 
1620.  By  second  wife :  Rachel,  born  in  Plym- 
outh, 1624-25,  married,  March  2,  1645,  Joseph 
Ramsden.  By  third  wife:  Benjamin,  of  whom 
further.  There  were  two  other  children,  one 
an  "ideote,"  and  another  who  probably  died 
without  issue. 

(H)  Benjamin,  son  of  Francis  Eaton,  was 
born  in  Du.xbury,  Massachusetts,  about  1627. 
He  was  apprenticed  or  bound  out  February 
II,  1635,  for  fourteen  years,  including  two 
years  at  school,  to  Bridget  Fuller,  widow.  In 
1648  he  was  of  Du.xbury,  and  in  1650  of 
Plymouth,  and  was  admitted  to  the  first  church 
there,  March  19,  1693.  He  married,  December 
4,  1660,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William  Hoskins ; 
he  was  a  grantee  of  Middleboro,  but  never 
lived  there.  Children:  William,  born  about 
1662,  will  proved  March  18,  1690-91  ;  Benja- 
min, of  whom  further;  Ebenezer,  born  about 
1667;  Rebecca,  married  Josiah  Richard. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Eaton,  was  born  at  Plymouth,  in  1664.  His  trade 
was  that  of  "housewright"  at  Kingston,  then  a 
part  of  Plymouth.  His  will  was  dated  April 
3,  1745,  and  proved  December  20  same  year. 
He  married  (first)  December  18,  1689,  Mary 
Coombs,  who  had  twelve  children  by  him.    He 

married   (second)   Susanna  ,  who  died 

April  13,  1739,  aged  seventy  years.  Children, 
born  at  Kingston:  William,  June  i,  1691 ; 
Hannah,  February  16,  1692;  Jabez,  February 
8,  1693.  died  young;  Daniel,  1694;  Sarah,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1695;  John,  October  6,  1697;  Ben- 
jamin, 1698;  Francis,  of  whom  further; 
Elisha,  about  1702;  Mary,  married  Zachariah 
Souls ;  Elizabeth,  married  Cornelius  Sturte- 
vant;  David,  born  about  1709. 

(IV)  Francis    (2),   son  of  Benjamin    (2) 


Eaton,  was  born  about  1700,  at  Kingston,  and 
lived  at  Middleboro,  where  he  died  before 
1748.  He  joined  the  church  there,  September 
30-  1733-  He  married  (first)  Thankful  Al- 
den,  and  (second)  in  1727,  Lydia,  daughter  of 
John  Fuller.  Among  their  children  was  John, 
of  whom  further. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Francis  (2)  Eaton,  was 
born  about  1730.  He  lived  for  a  time  at  Pel- 
ham,  Massachusetts.  He  married  Patience 
Shelley.  Among  their  children  were  Dr. 
Eliphaz  and  Jairus,  both  further  mentioned 
below. 

( VI)  Dr.  Eliphaz  Eaton,  son  of  John  Eaton, 
was  born  at  Pelham,  March  3,  1773.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1797,  Polly  Barnes,  a  native  of  Green- 
wich, Massachusetts.  They  resided  a  few 
years  at  Hartford,  Vermont,  and  then  moved 
to  Barnard,  where  he  studied  medicine.  Dr. 
Eaton  practiced  at  Eden  for  a  time,  and  in 
1805  located  at  Enosburg,  where  he  practiced 
about  si.xty-five  years,  the  first  physician  of 
the  town,  and  for  many  years  the  only  one. 
Children :  Amanda,  died  at  Enosburg,  April 
19,  1823,  aged  twenty- four  years ;  Sophia,  died 
June  3,  1821,  aged  twelve  years;  Oren,  died 
August  23,  1803,  aged  si.xteen  months  ;  Horace, 
of  whom  further ;  Maro,  lived  in  Magnolia, 
Iowa ;  Aley,  died  September  4,  1855,  aged 
forty-seven  years ;  Rollin,  died  in  Philadelphia, 
October  13,  1858;  Sophia,  wife  of  D.  C.  Har- 
wood;  Anne,  wife  of  Henry  Dixon,  of  Ben- 
nington. Dr.  Eaton  died  November  22,  1846, 
and  his  wife  January  29,  1865,  aged  eighty- 
seven  years. 

(VII)  Dr.  Horace  Eaton,  son  of  Dr.  Eliphaz 
Eaton,  was  born  at  Barnard,  Vermont,  June 
22.  1804.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  St.  Albans  Academy ;  taught 
school  for  a  time,  and  entered  Middlebury 
College.  He  studied  medicine  in  his  father's 
ofiice,  and  graduated  from  the  Medical  Col- 
lege at  Castleton,  Vermont.  He  practiced  with 
his  father  at  Enosburg,  and  afterward  with 
his  brother.  Dr.  Rollin  Eaton.  He  was  town 
clerk  several  years,  representative  in  the  state 
legislature  six  years,  state  senator  six  years, 
lieutenant-governor  five  years,  governor  two 
years,  state  superintendent  of  schools  five 
years,  and  a  member  of  the  constitutional 
council.  He  was  six  years  a  professor  in 
Middlebury  College.  He  married  (first)  Au- 
gust 14,  1831,  Cordelia  H.  L.  Fuller;  (sec- 
ond) Edna  Palmer.  From  his  epitaph  we 
quote:  "Enlightened,  learned  and  conscien- 
tious, he  discharged  the  duties  of  every  sta- 
tion with  eminent  ability  and  uprightness. 
This  monument  is  erected  by  his  friends  in 
token  of  his  great  merit  as  a  public  man  and  a 
citizen." 


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(VI)  Jairus.  son  of  John  Eaton,  settled 
early  in  the  nineteenth  century  in  Enosburg, 
Vermont.  He  married  Lucy  Bennett,  and  they 
joined  the  Methodist  class  there  in  1813. 
Among  their  children  were  two  sons  who  en- 
tered the  ministry  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church :  Jairus  and  Bennett,  both  further  men- 
tioned below. 

(\'II)  Rev.  Bennett  Eaton,  son  of  Jairus 
( I )  Eaton,  was  born  at  Enosburg,  Vermont, 
December  31,  1806,  died  at  Crescent,  New 
York,  March,  1872.  He  was  educated  ir>  the 
.  public  schools,  and  received  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts  from  Middlebury  College.  He  was 
repeatedly  a  member  of  the  Vermont  legis- 
lature, representing  his  native  town.  He  united 
with  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  Enos- 
burg in  November,  1827,  and  was  soon  after 
chosen  class  leader.  He  gave  up  that  office 
to  go  out  as  a  traveling  preacher  in  his  denomi- 
nation. He  was  for  a  time  pastor  of  the  Enos- 
burg church,  and  wrote  a  historical  sketch  of 
the  church  in  that  town  for  "The  Vermont 
Historical  Magazine,"  and  in  1866  published 
"An  Essay  on  Death,  its  Author  and  Cause." 
He  married,  about  1829,  Betsey  Maria,  born 
January  21,  1809,  daughter  of  Joel  and  Han- 
nah (Billings)  Webster.  Children:  Rev.  Joel 
Webster  Eaton,  D.  D.,  born  September  21, 
1831 ;  Rev.  Homer  Eaton,  D.  D.,  LL.  D.,  of 
whom  further;  Lucy  Maria  Eaton,  born  De- 
cember 5,  1836. 

(Vnf)  Rev.  Homer  Eaton,  D.  D.,  LL.  D., 
son  of  Rev.  Bennett  Eaton,  was  born  at  Enos- 
burg, Vermont,  November  16,  1834.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
the  Bakersfield  (Vermont)  Academy,  and  the 
Methodist  Theological  Seminary  at  Concord, 
New  Hampshire,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  1857.  In  the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to 
the  Troy  annual  conference  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  and  his  first  pastorate  was 
in  the  city  of  Troy,  New  York.  In  1861  he 
was  chosen  first  assistant  secretary  of  the  con- 
ference, and  was  secretary  from  1870  to  1877. 
In  1872  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  general  con- 
ference of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
held  at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  by  that  body 
was  appointed  one  of  the  fraternal  delegates  to 
the  general  conference  of  the  Methodist  church 
in  Canada.  He  was  reserve  delegate  to  the  gen- 
eral conference  in  1876,  and  delegate  to  each 
of  the  general  conferences  in  1880-84-88-92- 
•96-1900-04-08-12.  In  1881  he  was  a  delegate 
to  the  Methodist  ecumenical  conference  held 
in  London,  England,  and  again  in  1901.  He 
was  elected  agent  of  the  Methodist  Book  Con- 
cern in  1889,  and  since  then  has  had  charge 
of  that  immense  publishing  business,  with  head- 
quarters in  New  York  City,  the  annual  sales  of 


which  amount  to  more  than  a  million  dollars 
annually.  Since  1896  he  has  been  treasurer 
of  the  board  of  foreign  missions  of  the  M. 
E.  church  and  has  traveled  in  Europe  and 
Asia  in  the  interests  of  that  board.  During 
his  ministerial  life  he  was  successively  pastor 
of  many  of  the  principal  churches  in  his  con- 
ference, and  has  for  a  long  time  ranked  among 
the  foremost  clergymen  of  his  denomination 
in  the  country.  In  1878  he  received  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Divinity  from  Syracuse  Univer- 
sity, and  later  was  honored  with  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  by  the  same  institution.  Dr. 
Eaton's  office  is  at  150  I*"ifth  avenue,  New 
York  City. 

Dr.  Eaton  married,  April  28,  1858,  Hannah, 
born  March  19,  1834,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Rowena  (Keith)  Saxe,  of  Sheldon,  Vermont, 
granddaughter  of  John  Saxe,  of  German  an- 
cestry (see  Saxe  III). 

(VII)  Rev.  Jairus  (2)  Eaton,  son  of  Jairus 
(i)  Eaton,  was  born  at  Enosburg,  Vermont, 
December  8,  1808,  and  died  at  Warren,  Ver- 
mont, December  25,  1861.  He  was  a  preacher 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  at  Enos- 
burg, and  in  various  other  parishes  in  \'er- 
mont,  and  for  several  years  represented  War- 
ren in  the  legislature.  He  married,  July  4, 
1832,  Hannah  Giddings,  of  Bakersfield. 

(The  Saxe  Line). 
(Compiled  by  John  W.  Saxe,  Esq.,  Beaton). 

(I)  John  Saxe,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Langensalza,  near  Saxe-Gotha,  Ger- 
many, in  1732.  He  came  to  Philadelphia  about 
1750.  He  married,  November  18,  1771,  Cath- 
erine Wever,  born  in  1744,  at  Rhinebeck,  New 
York.  After  the  revolution  he  joined  a  com- 
pany of  many  German  loyalists  from  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  who  were  on  their  way  to 
Messisquot  Bay,  now  Phillipsburg,  Canada, 
finally  settling  at  Saxes  Mills  in  \'ermont. 
Here  the  pioneer,  as  a  farmer  and  miller,  lived 
and  had  a  family  of  eight  sons  who  accom- 
panied his  wife  and  himself  on  their  journey 
up  the  Hudson  river  and  thence  through  Lake 
Champlain,  and  one  daughter,  .-Xnna,  who  was 
born  after  the  migration. 

(II)  Jacob,  seventh  son  of  John  Saxe,  set- 
tled at  Plattsburg,  New  York,  where  he  was 
at  one  time  engaged  as  an  iron  founder  at  the 
mouth  of  the  Salmon  river,  and  after  years 
of  great  activity  and  financial  reverses,  he  re- 
turned to  \'ermont,  spending  his  declining 
years  on  a  farm  at  Sheldon,  Vermont.  He 
married  Rowena  Keith,  whose  father  was  born 
August  2,  1783.  at  Rhinebeck,  New  York,  died 
November  12,  1866.  at  Sheldon.  Vermont;  he 
married,  December  23,  1812.  Rowena,  eldest 
daughter    of    .Alfred   Keith,   born    March   31. 


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1794,  at  Pittsford,  Vermont,  and  died  March 
25,  1873,  at  Sheldon,  Vermont. 

(Ill)  Hannah,  eleventh  child  and .  fourth 
daughter  of  Jacob  Saxe,  was  born  March  19, 
1834,  at  Sheldon,  Vermont.  She  married, 
April  28,  1858,  Rev.  Homer  Eaton,  born  No- 
vember 16,  1834,  at  Enosburg,  Vermont  (see 
Eaton  Vni).  Airs.  Hannah  (Saxe)  Eaton 
was  a  first  cousin  of  John  Godfrey  Saxe,  who 
for  many  years  was  so  popular  as  a  poet  and 
lecturer  in  Lyceum  courses,  and  who  died  at 
Albany  in  March,  1887.  She  had  eight  brothers  : 
Alfred,  George,  and  Godfrey,  who  were  in 
the  Methodist  ministry;  Edward,  a  pioneer, 
settled  at  Saxeville,  Wisconsin,  was  killed  in 
the  civil  war :  Robert  J.,  was  a  merchant  at 
Sheldon  and  Omaha,  Nebraska,  and  at  one 
time  was  consul  of  the  United  States  at  St. 
Johns,  Province  of  Quebec,  Canada;  Arthur 
W.,  a  prominent  physician  and  state  senator 
at  Santa  Clara,  California;  Jacob  W.,  a  mer- 
chant at  Boston ;  Herman  A.,  for  many  years 
a  teacher  at  San  Jose,  California.  Her  sister, 
Rowena  K.,  is  now  widow  of  Emerson  W. 
Keyes,  formerly  superintendent  of  schools  in 
Brooklyn.  Her  brother,  Herman  A.,  and  Mrs. 
Eaton  are  the  only  survivors  of  a  family  of 
thirteen  children. 


The  surname  Chauncy  is 
CHAUNCEY     of   Norman  origin,  derived 

from  Canchy,  a  place  in 
Normandy.  The  ancestry  of  President  Chaun- 
cy, of  Harvard,  is  traced  to  the  time  of  the 
Norman  Conquest  in  several  lines  and  to 
Charlemagne  in  one  pedigree.  The  paternal 
ancestry  is  given  by  Sir  Henry  Chauncy  in  the 
History  of  Hertfordshire.  The  Chauncys  occu- 
pied estates  in  Yorkshire  as  hereditary  barons 
of  Skirpenbeck  from  1066  to  1399,  removing 
then  to  Gedleston  or  Newplace  in  Hertford- 
shire. 

(I)  Chauncy  de  Chauncy  came  to  England 
from  Normandy  in  1066  with  the  Conqueror. 

(II)  William  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  was  Bar- 
on of  Skirpenbeck. 

(III)  Walter  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  was  also 
Baron. 

(IV)  Anfride  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  had  sons 
Walter  and  Roger. 

(V)  Roger  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  had  sons 
Robert  and  Hugh. 

(VI)  Robert  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  was  Bar- 
on in  the  twenty-third  year  of  Henry  III. 

(VII)  Thomas  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  mar- 
ried Isabel  de  Chauncy,  of  another  branch  of 
the  family,  daughter  of  Sir  Philip. 

(VIII)  William  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  was 
Baron  of  Skirpenbeck,  in  the  second  year  of 
Edward  II.. 


(IX)  Thomas  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  was 
Baron  in  the  seventeenth  year  of  Edward  III. 

(X)  William  de  Chauncy,  his  son,  married 
Joan,  daughter  of  Sir  Roger  Bigod,  son  of 
Roger,  son  of  Sir  John.  Through  intermar- 
riages with  the  royalty,  the  ancestry  is  traced 
to  Charlemagne  and  Alfred  the  Great. 

(XI)  John  de  Chauncy,  son  of  Sir  William, 
married  Margaret  Gifford,  whose  ancestry  is 
traced  to  the  Earls  of  Northumberland  and  the 
early  Saxon  kings. 

(XII)  John  Chauncy,  his  son,  married  Ann 
Leventhorp,  died  May  7,  1479,  and  was  buried 
in  the  church  at  Sawbridgeworth. 

(XIII)  John  Chauncy,  his  son,  married  a 
daughter  of  Thomas  Boyce. 

(XIV)  John  Chauncy,  his  son,  married  Eliz- 
abeth Mansfield,  widow,  and  died  June  4,  1546. 

(XV)  Henry  Chauncy,  his  son,  possessed 
great  wealth  in  land ;  built  a  house  called  New 
Place  on  his  manor  of  Gifford's  of  Gelston ;  he 
died  April  24,  1587. 

(XVI)  George  Chauncy,  his  son,  was  father 
of  President  Qiauncy.  He  married  (first) 
Jane,  daughter  of  John  Cornwall,  of  Yardley. 
He  married  (second)  Agnes,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Welsh,  of  Great  Wymondley,  and  widow 
of  Edward  Humberston,  by  whom  he  had 
George,  Edward  and  President  Charles.  He 
had  children  also  by  his  first  wife.  He  had 
estates  at  Yardley,  New  Place,  Gififords, 
Netherhall  and  others.  His  home  was  at  Yard- 
ley  Bury,  Hertfordshire,  where  he  died  in  1625, 

(XVII)  Charles  Chauncy,  the  second  presi- 
dent of  Harvard  College,  was  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  the  Chauncey  (Chauncy)  family  in 
the  United  States.  He  was  the  fifth  son  of 
George  Chauncy,  of  New  Place  and  Yardley 
Bury  in  Hertfordshire,  England.  Charles 
Chauncy  was  baptized  November  5,  1592,  thir- 
ty-fourth year  of  Elizabeth,  in  Yardley  Bury 
Church,  Hertfordshire.  He  received  his  pre- 
paration for  entrance  into  the  University  in 
the  famous  Westminster  School,  where  on  No- 
vember 5,  1605,  he  with  the  other  members  of 
the  school  came  near  falling  victims  to  the 
famous  "Gunpowder  Plot"  of  Guy  Fawkes,  be- 
cause of  the  nearness  of  the  school  to  the 
parliament  house.  He  entered  the  University 
as  a  student  of  Trinity  Collie,  Cambridge, 
where  he  received  the  degree  of  B.  A.  in  1613, 
and  that  of  M.  A.  in  1617.  He  became  a  fellow 
of  the  College  and  was  honored  in  1624  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Divinity.  Because 
of  his  deep  knowledge  of  Oriental  literature, 
he  was  chosen  by  the  heads  of  the  houses  as 
Professor  of  Hebrew,  but  since  Dr.  William, 
the  vice-chancellor,  preferred  a  relative  of  his 
own,  Mr.  Chauncy  withdrew  his  pretensions, 
and  was  appointed  Professor  of  Greek.    While 


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he  was  living  at  Cambridge  he  composed  sev- 
eral Latin  and  Greek  poems  which  are  still  in 
existence,  and  he  had  a  high  reputation  at 
Cambridge  for  his  learning.  In  1627  he  be- 
came vicar  of  Ware,  Hertfordshire,  probably 
obtaining  the  place  through  the  master  and 
fellows  of  Trinity  College,  who  were  patrons 
of  the  vicarage.  He  soon  became  involved  in 
the  church  difficulties  of  the  times,  and  in  Jan- 
uary, 1629,  was  questioned  in  the  high  com- 
mission court  for  having  preached  against  the 
church:  the  case  was  referred  to  Bishop  Laud, 
on  condition  that  Mr.  Chauncy  submit  to  what 
the  bishop  decided.  In  1635  he  was  again 
prosecuted  in  the  high  commission  for  oppos- 
ing the  railing  in  of  the  communion  table  at 
Ware,  and  he  was  suspended,  cast  into  prison, 
condemned  to  costs  and  obliged  to  make  a 
humiliating  recantation  ;  he  never  was  able  dur- 
ing the  remainder  of  his  life  to  forgive  him- 
self for  conforming  to  their  orders.  He  seems 
to  have  preached  for  a  short  time  at  Marston- 
Lavvrence  before  he  went  to  Ware. 

He  sailed  from  England  late  in  1637,  arriv- 
ing at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  a  few  days 
before  the  great  earthquake,  which  occurred 
June  I,  1638.  Here  he  preached  with  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Reynor  for  about  three  years,  and  but  for 
his  views  on  the  baptism  of  infants  would  have 
been  called  to  settle  as  a  minister  in  Plymouth. 
In  1641  he  was  elected  pastor  of  the  church  at 
Scituate,  Massachusetts,  succeeding  Rev.  John 
Lathrop,  who  had  moved  to  Barnstable.  In 
addition  to  his  duties  as  minister,  he  practiced 
as  a  physician,  and  Mather  says  that  he  was 
well  fitted  for  that  work.  He  also  prepared 
young  men  for  college,  among  them  the  cele- 
brated Mr.  Thomas  Thacher.  In  Scituate  he 
also  had  a  controversy  on  the  subject  of  bap- 
tism with  William  Vassal,  who  headed  the 
church  formed  from  those  who  had  separated 
from  Chauncy's  church.  His  many  trials  there 
made  him  desire  to  change  his  residence,  for 
although  he  had  many  friends  there,  he  some- 
times had  not  even  the  necessaries  of  life.  He 
had  received  an  invitation  from  his  people  in 
Ware,  England,  to  return  to  them  as  their  min- 
ister, for  his  party  were  in  power  and  his  old 
persecutor  had  been  beheaded.  While  he  was 
in  Boston  making  preparations  to  remove  his 
family  to  England,  to  accept  the  call  to  Ware, 
the  overseers  of  Harvard  College,  unwilling 
to  lose  so  valuable  a  man,  "on  November  2, 
1654,  deputed  Mr.  Richard  Mather  and  Mr. 
Norton  to  tender  to  him  the  place  of  President, 
with  the  stipend  of  one  hundred  pounds,  to  be 
paid  out  of  the  county  treasury,  and  also  to 
signify  to  him,  that  it  is  expected  and  desired 
that  he  forbare  to  disseminate  or  publish  any 
tenets  concerning  immersion  baptism,  and  the 


celebration  of  the  Lord's  Supper  in  the  even- 
ing, or  to  expose  the  received  doctrine  thereon." 
"He  made  no  difficulty  in  complying  with  this 
desire,  and  was  ever  punctual  in  the  regard  he 
paid  to  it."  He  was  inaugurated  November 
29,  1654.  Mather  gives  a  description  of  his 
character  which  could  hardly  be  equalled  by 
other  Puritans  of  the  time,  and  shows  what  a 
highly  educated  and  prominent  man  he  was ; 
he  says  of  his  preaching:  "He  was,  indeed,  an 
exceeding  plain  preacher,  frequently  saying 
Artis  est  celare  artem;  and  yet  a  more  learn- 
ed and  lively  preacher  has  rarely  been  heard." 
In  August,  1655,  he  petitioned  the  general 
court  for  a  larger  salary,  as  the  one  allowed 
him  was  insufficient  to  provide  a  living  for  his 
large  family.  On  May  23,  1655,  the  court 
granted  him  five  hundred  acres  of  land,  and 
this  may  have  been  the  land  said  to  have  been 
given  him  on  the  Charles  river,  or  the  land  in 
Marlborough,  formerly  called  "Chauncy."  On 
May  23,  1655,  the  court  directed  the  treasurer 
to  pay  him  thirty  pounds.  On  May  27,  1663, 
he  again  petitioned  the  court,  and  the  commit- 
tee decided  that  the  court  had  paid  him  all  that 
was  right,  while  the  deputies  decided  to  pay 
him  five  pounds  a  quarter  out  of  the  county 
treasury  to  supply  his  wants ;  the  magistrates 
did  not  consent  to  this  provision.  Although  as 
he  grew  old  he  became  very  feeble  in  body,  his 
mind  remained  strong  to  the  last,  and  even 
when  he  had  almost  to  be  carried  he  preached 
sermons  occasionally.  His  friends  begged  him 
to  cease  his  labors,  saying  he  would  surely  die 
in  the  pulpit  if  he  continued  to  work  so  hard, 
and  he  only  replied :  "How  glad  should  I  be, 
if  what  you  say  might  prove  true."  He  made 
his  farewell  oration  at  the  beginning  of  the 
year  1671,  and  took  a  solemn  farewell  of  his 
friends,  dying  February  19,  1671,  aged  seven- 
ty-nine years.  He  is  remembered  as  one  of  the. 
first  ministers  of  New  England.  The  princi- 
pal works  published  by  President  Charles 
Chauncy  were:  "The  Oration  before  the  Span- 
ish and  Austrian  Ambassadors" :  "The  Latin 
and  Greek  Poems" :  "The  Catechism" :  "The 
Retraction  of  Charles  Chauncy,"  published  by 
him  in  1641,  for  the  satisfaction  of  those  who 
might  be  offended  with  his  submission  before 
the  High  Commission  Court,  February  11, 
1635;  "A  Sermon,"  1655;  "A  Sermon,"  de- 
livered the  day  after  Commencement.  1655 : 
"Twenty-six  Sermons,"  1659;  ".'\ntisynodalia 
Scripta  Americana,"  his  last  published  work, 
so  far  as  is  known. 

He    married,    March    17.    163".    Catharme, 
daughter   of   Robert  Eyre,  of  Sarum.  Wilts, 
England,  and  .'\gnes  or  .A.nn  his  wife,  daugh- 
ter of  the  celebrated  John  Still,  bishop  of  Bath ' 
and  Wells.    She  died  January  24.  1667.    Chil- 


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dren:  Sarah,  born  at  Ware,  England,  June  12, 
1631;  Isaac,  born  at  Ware,  August  23,  1632; 
Ichabod,  born  at  Ware,  1635;  Barnabas,  in 
England,  1637;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below; 
Elnathan,  twin  of  Nathaniel,  born  about  1639, 
in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts;  Israel,  born  at 
Scituate,  1644;  Hannah. 

(XVIII)  Rev.  Nathaniel  Chauncy,  son  of 
President  Charles  Chauncy,  was  born  about 
1639,  at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  twin  of  El- 
nathan, and  was  baptized  at  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1641.  He  attended  Harvard  Col- 
lege, taking  his  tirst  degree  there  in  1661,  with 
his  brother  Elnathan  and  his  youngest  brother 
Israel.  In  1664  he  took  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts,  and  afterwards  was  a  fellow  of  the 
College.  He  preached  in  Windsor  as  a  candi- 
date, October  14,  1687,  and  was  called  by  the 
members  of  the  church,  being  the  successor  of 
Rev.  Warham  and  Rev.  Huit,  the  first  pastors 
of  the  church.  He  was  constantly  engaged  in 
controversy  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  as  the 
church  was  divided.  He  remained  in  Windsor 
for  twelve  years,  and  on  November  10,  1679, 
was  invited  to  preach  as  a  candidate  at  Hat- 
field, Massachusetts;  on  January  21,  1680,  the 
town  invited  him  to  settle  as  their  minister, 
and  he  accepted,  residing  there  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  preaching  about  five  years.  He 
died  November  4,  1685,  and  on  December  7, 
1685,  the  town  voted  to  pay  the  expenses  of 
his  funeral.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of 
Elder  John  Strong,  mentioned  elsewhere  in 
this  work,  at  Northampton,  November  12,  1673. 
She  married  (second)  Deacon  Medad  Pom^- 
eroy,  September  8,  1686,  who  died  December 
30,  1 7 16,  aged  seventy-eight ;  Abigail  died  April 
15,  1704.  She  had  a  son  Samuel  by  her  sec- 
ond husband,  who  was  born  in  1687,  attended 
Yale  College,  and  was  minister  at  Newtown, 
.Long  Island.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Chauncy  left  a 
very  valuable  library  for  the  times,  much  of 
which  he  inherited  from  his  father,  and  many 
of  the  books  are  still  owned  by  his  descend- 
ants. Children:  Isaac,  born  September 6,  1674; 
Katherine,  January  12,  1676;  Abigail,  October 
14,  1677;  Charles.  September  3,  1679;  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below  ;  Sarah,  1683. 

fXIX)  Rev.  Nathaniel  (2)  Chauncy,  son 
of  Rev.  Nathaniel  (i)  Chauncy,  was  bom  in 
Hatfield,  September  21,  1681.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  four  years  of  age,  and  he  was 
brought  up  by  his  uncle.  Rev.  Israel  Chauncy, 
who  agreed  to  educate  him  for  the  use  of  his 
father's  library.  He  attended  Yale  College,  as 
his  uncle  was  one  of  the  founders  of  that  col- 
lege, and  his  name  stands  on  the  Triennial 
Catalogue  as  the  first  who  received  a  d^ree 
■there.  He  was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Strat- 
ford.    He  taught  school  for  a  time  after  grad- 


uation in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  keeping 
up  his  studies  for  the  ministry  meanwhile.  He 
commenced  preaching  at  Durham,  Connecticut, 
May  23,  1706,  and  after  serving  on  probation 
nearly  five  years  was  ordained  February  17, 
171 1.  He  was  one  of  the  ablest  preachers  of 
his  day.  His  sermons  were  delivered  without 
notes,  in  a  distinct  and  earnest  tone.  He  was 
loved  and  respected  by  his  people,  and  was  a 
very  strong  man,  with  a  magnetic  personality. 
The  works  published  by  him  were :  A  sermon 
entitled  "Honouring  God  the  True  Way  to 
Honour";  "Regular  Singing  Defended";  "The 
Faithful  Servant  Rewarded."  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1708,  Sarah  Judson,  of  Stratford, 
daughter  of  Captain  James  Judson,  who  was 
son  of  Joseph  Judson,  who  came  from  Eng- 
land with  his  father,  William  Judson,  when  he 
was  fifteen  years  of  age,  and  lived  in  Concord 
four  years  and  later  in  Stratford ;  Joseph  Jud- 
son married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Porter, 
of  Windsor;  Captain  Judson  married  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Wells,  of  Hartford.  Mrs. 
Chauncy  was  bom  February  16,  1682,  died 
May  31,  1745.  Children:  Elihu,  mentioned  be- 
low; Sarah,  born  February  24,  171 1 ;  Israel, 
died  a  bachelor  in  Durham;  Charles,  served  in 
revolution  ;  William,  lived  in  northwestern  part 
of  Connecticut;  Catharine,  born  September  22, 
1714;  Abigail,  October  2,  1717;  Nathaniel, 
January  21,  1720;  Elnathan,  September  10, 
1724. 

(XX)  Elihu  Chauncey,  son  of  Rev.  Nathan- 
iel (2)  Chauncy,  was  born  in  Durham,  Con- 
necticut, March  24,  1710,  died  April  10,  1791. 
He  was  representative  from  Durham  in  the 
state  legislature  for  seventy-six  semi-annual 
sessions.  In  the  first  part  of  the  years  in  which 
he  served,  he  was  chosen  second.  Colonel 
James  Wadsworth,  an  older  man,  being  first, 
but  in  the  latter  part  he  was  invariably  chosen 
first,  General  James  Wadsworth,  a  younger 
man,  being  second.  He  served  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war  as  colonel  of  a  regiment  sta- 
tioned on  the  northern  frontier,  and  he  was 
always  invited  to  sit  with  the  officers  of  the 
regular  army  in  the  councils  of  war.  He  was 
chief  justice  of  the  county  court,  and  at  the 
beginning  of  the  revolution  was  on  the  commit- 
tee who  sat  for  the  trial  of  persons  suspected  of 
being  Tories.  As  he  refused  to  take  the  oath 
of  fidelity,  he  was  suspected  of  being  a  Tory 
and  resigned  his  place  on  the  committee,  and 
during  the  war  held  no  public  office.  In  addi- 
tion to  carrying  on  a  farm-,  he  engaged  in  mer- 
cantile business,  which  proved  unprofitable. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  influence  in  the  town. 
He  inherited  his  father's  home  and  left  it  to 
his  son,  Charles.  It  was  situated  at  the  east 
end  of  the  street  leading  from  the  "Green." 


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He  married,  March  28,  1739,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Griswold,  Esq.,  of  Killingworth. 
She  died  March  i,  1801,  aged  eighty-three. 
Children:  Charles,  born  December  28,  1739, 
died  January  13,  1740;  Catharine,  April  11, 
1741 ;  Sarah,  December  22,  1742,  died  August 
15,  1744;  Sarah,  May  8,  1745;  Charles,  men- 
tioned below. 

(XXI)  Judge  Charles  (2)  Chauncey,  LL. 
D.,  son  of  Elihu  Chauncey,  was  born  in  Dur- 
ham, May  30,  1747,  died  April  28,  1823,  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut.     He  was  king's  at- 

■  torney  for  the  state  and  judge  of  the  superior 
court.  He  studied  law  with  James  Abraham 
Hillhouse,  Esq.,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
in  November,  1768.  In  1776  he  was  appointed 
attorney  for  the  state,  and  in  1789  was  on  the 
bench  of  the  superior  court,  resigning  in  1793 
to  retire  from  the  courts.  For  a  time  he  devot- 
•ed  himself  to  study  and  lecturing  to  a  class  of 
students  at  law.  In  1779  Yale  College  con- 
ferred on  him  the  honorary  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts,  and  in  181 1  he  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Laws  from  Middlebury  College. 
Throughout  his  life  he  never  ceased  to  study, 
and  his  knowledge  of  all  kinds  of  literature 
was  extensive.  He  married  Abigail,  born  No- 
vember 9,  1746,  died  December  24,  1818, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Abigail  Darling,  of 
New  Haven.  Qiildren:  i.  Charles,  LL.  D., 
torn  at  New  Haven,  August  17,  1777,  died 
August  30,  1849,  in  Philadelphia;  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1792,  aged  fifteen,  prob- 
ably the  youngest  person  to  graduate  from  the 
College ;  he  established  himself  in  Philadelphia, 
and  in  the  first  half  of  the  eighteenth  century, 
with  Horace  Binney  and  John  Sergeant,  was 
among  the  leaders  of  its  bar.  2.  Elihu.  born  at 
New  Haven,  January  15,  1779,  died  April  8, 
1847;  graduated  from  Yale  College,  1796; 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  Philadelphia ;  giving  up 
law  he  engaged  in  financial  enterprises  and 
banking;  he  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the 
Reading  railroad  and  its  first  president;  was 
cashier  of  the  Bank  of  the  United  States,  and 
after  it  was  abolished  of  the  Bank  of  Pennsyl- 
vania. 3.  Sarah,  born  December  2,  1780;  mar- 
ried William  Walton  Woolsey,  December, 
1814;  died  February  8,  1856.  4.  Abigail,  born 
June  27,  1785,  died  June  11,  1814.  5.  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below. 

(XXII)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Judge  Charles 
(2)  Chauncey,  of  New  Haven,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1789,  died  February  7,  1865,  in  Phil- 
adelphia. In  1806  he  was  graduated  from  Yale 
College,  and  was  admitted  to  the  Philadelphia 
bar.  He  married,  June  8,  1836,  Elizabeth  Se- 
wall,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Nancy  (Gard- 
ner) Salisbury,  of  Boston.  Nancy  Gardner 
was   daughter   of   Rev.    Francis    Gardner,   of 


Leominster,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  pas- 
tor for  over  fifty  years.  She  died  May  22, 
1850.  For  six  years  she  was  secretary  and  for 
thirteen  years  a  directress  of  the  Philadelphia 
Female  Orphan  Society  of  Philadelphia.  Chil- 
dren: Charles;  Elihu. 


There  were  three  immigrants  by 
ALLYN  the  name  of  Allyn, named  Thomas, 
Samuel,  and  iVIatthew,  brothers. 
They  came  first  to  Cambridge,  Massachusetts, 
from  Brampton,  county  Devon,  England,  and 
they  are  thought  to  have  been  the  sons  of  Sam- 
uel Allyn,  of  Chelmsford,  county  Essex,  Eng- 
land. 

(I)  Matthew  Allyn  or  Allyne,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family, 
came  from  Brampton,  county  Devon,  England, 
with  his  brothers.  Deacon  Thomas  and  Sam- 
uel. If  he  was  son  of  Samuel,  of  Chelmsford, 
England,  he  was  baptized  in  April,  1604.  He 
came  with  the  original  Braintree  company  in 
1632,  to  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  where 
in  1633  he  received  forty-five  acres  in  the 
division  of  lands  at  "the  Common  Pales,"  much 
the  largest  share  of  any  settler,  and  he  had  an 
acre  for  his  cow  and  three  acres  for  planting 
ground  "on  the  Neck."  In  1635  he  received 
a  grant,  or  purchased  five  acres  at  Wigwam 
Neck,  six  acres  of  meadow  land  near  Water- 
town,  and  five  acres  at  Charlestown  lane.  In 
1635  he  owned  five  houses  on  the  town  plot  at 
Cambridge,  where  he  was  the  largest  land- 
holder. He  lived  near  the  meeting  house.  He 
was  made  a  freeman  of  Massachusetts,  March 
4,  163s,  and  was  a  representative  at  the  gen- 
eral court,  March  session,  in  1636.  He  moved 
to  Hartford  probably  in  1637,  and  was  an  orig- 
inal proprietor  there,  having  his  house  lot  on 
the  road  to  the  Neck,  now  on  Windsor  street. 
He  owned  one  hundred  and  ten  acres  of  land 
there  and  built  the  first  mill  at  Hartford,  at 
the  foot  of  what  is  now  West  Pearl  street.  In 
May,  1638,  he  was  lodging  with  Roger  Will- 
iams, and  in  1640  was  a  proprietor  of  Wind- 
sor. He  owned  large  amounts  of  land  in  Kill- 
ingworth and  Simsbury,  Connecticut.  He  was 
a  member  of  Rev.  Mr.  Hooker's  church  at 
Hartford,  but  was  excommunicated,  doubtless 
for  a  doctrinal  diff'erence.  On  June  3,  1644, 
he  appealed  to  the  general  court  for  redress, 
but  the  records  do  not  show  how  the  aflfair  was 
settled,  and  the  trouble  may  have  been  the 
cause  of  his  removal  to  Windsor,  where  in 
1638  he  had  purchased  all  the  lands,  "houses, 
servants,  goods,  and  chattels"  of  the  New 
Plymouth  Company.  This  purchase  took  away 
the  last  right  Plymouth  had  on  the  Connecticut 
river.  His  homestead  at  Windsor  was  near  the 
company's  old  trading  house.     Soon  after  his 


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removal  to  Windsor  he  set  up  a  claim,  that, 
since  he  had  purchased  his  land  from  Plymouth, 
Connecticut  had  no  right  to  tax  his  property 
in  Windsor,  and  a  committee  decided  that  he 
should  pay  taxes  only  to  Connecticut. 

He  was  representative  to  the  general  court 
every  year  except  1653,  from  1648  to  1658 
inclusive,  and  from  1657  to  1667  inclusive  he 
was  a  magistrate  of  the  colony.  In  1660-64  he 
was  commissioner  for  the  United  Colonies  of 
New  England.  In  1649,  when  the  general 
court  decided  to  begin  hostilities  against  the 
Indians,  Mr.  Allyn  was  first  of  three  deputies 
chosen  to  raise  troops.  In  1657  he  and  Joseph 
Gilbert  were  appointed  to  announce  to  the  In- 
dians at  Pacomtuck  the  decision  of  the  com- 
missioners. In  1659  he  and  his  son  John  were 
on  the  committee  for  dividing  Indian  lands  at 
Podunk.  In  1660,  when  the  governor  and 
deputy  governor  were  chosen  commissioners 
for  1661,  he  was  chosen  as  a  reserve,  and  also 
to  act  as  moderator  in  their  absence.  In  1661  he 
was  moderator  and  on  the  committee  to  peti- 
tion for  the  charter,  in  which  he  was  named  as 
one  of  the  grantees,  when  it  was  granted  to  Con- 
necticut by  Charles  II.  In  1662  he  was  mod- 
erator and  chairman  to  treat  with  New  Haven 
concerning  a  union  in  1662-63.  I"  October, 
1663,  he  was  chairman  of  a  committee  to  treat 
with  the  Dutch  envoys  from  New  Amsterdam, 
and  with  Mr.  Willis  was  chosen  to  settle  the 
government  of  the  English  towns  on  the  west 
end  of  Long  Island.  In  1664  the  committee 
on  the  government  of  the  towns  was  renewed 
with  more  members  with  authority  to  establish 
courts,  etc.  Also,  in  1664,  he  was  on  the  com- 
mittee to  settle  bounds  between  "the  Bay"  and 
Rhode  Island,  and  the  south  bounds ;  also,  with 
three  others  he  was  "desired  to  accompany  the 
Gov.  to  N.  Y.  to  congratulate  His  Majesty's 
commissioners."  In  1665,  when  the  Connecti- 
cut and  New  Haven  colonies  were  united,  he 
and  his  son.  Lieutenant  John,  were  chosen 
assistants,  and  again  in  1666,  when  he  was 
moderator,  and  in  1667.  In  1666  they  were 
both  on  the  committee  having  authority  to  levy 
troops,  etc.,  in  case  of  war.  The  Killingworth 
land  records  name  him  as  a  large  landowner 
and  first  settler,  though  he  probably  never  lived 
there.  Hon.  Matthew  Allyn  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  men  in  the  colony,  as  can  be 
seen  from  his  many  offices  of  trust.  Hinman 
says,  "Few  men  had  more  influence,  or  received 
more  honors  from  the  people,  than  Mr.  Allyn." 
Theie  are  many  evidences  that  he  was  always 
respected  highly  in  Hartford,  despite  the  fact 
that  he  was  excommunicated  from  the  church, 
and  Mr.  Hinman  seems  to  hint  that  the  Hart- 
ford church  encouraged  him  to  move  because 
of  his  "influence  with  the  settlers."     In   1658 


when  there  was  again  trouble  in  the  Hartford 
church,  he  was  chairman  of  the  committee  of 
the  general  court  to  conduct  a  correspondence 
on  the  subject. 

He  died  February  i,  1670-71,  and  his  will, 
dated  January  30,  1670-71,  makes  his  wife 
executrix,  giving  her  the  use  of  the  estate ;  to 
his  son  John  he  left  his  Killingworth  lands, 
confirming  to  him  those  lands  in  Hartford 
which  he  had  already  given  him.  He  had  al- 
ready deeded  his  house  in  Windsor  to  his  son 
Thomas,  subject  to  life  use  by  himself  and  his 
wife,  and  he  gave  him  also  a  large  estate.  "Old 
Mrs.  Allyn,"  probably  his  mother,  was  admit- 
ted to  the  Windsor  church  August  5,  1649,  ^"(i 
"Old  Mr.  Allyn"  died  September  12,  1675. 
Children,  born  probably  in  England :  Hon. 
John ;  Captain  Thomas,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  married,  June  11,  1646,  Captain  Benja- 
min Newberry. 

(II)  Captain  Thomas  Allyn,  son  of  Hon. 
Matthew  Allyn,  lived  in  Windsor,  on  Branker 
place.  He  lived  on  the  homestead  after  his 
father's  death  in  1670-71.  He  was  a  listed 
trooper,  and  was  made  freeman  in  1658.  He 
was  the  accidental  cause  of  Henry  Stile's  death 
ir  1651.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev. 
John  Warham,  October  21,  1658,  and  he  died 
February  14,  1695-96.  She  was  a  member  of 
the  Windsor  church.  Children :  John,  bom 
August  17,  1659,  died  October  4,  1659;  Hon. 
and  Col.  Matthew,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,. 
March  11,  1662-63  ;  John,  June  24,  1665  ;  Sam- 
uel, November  3,  1667;  Jane,  July  22,  1670; 
Abigail,  October  17,  1672;  Sarah,  July  13, 
1674;  Hester,  October  29,  1679. 

(III)  Hon.  and  Col.  Matthew  Allyn,  son  of 
Captain  Thomas  Allyn,  was  born  June  5,  1660. 
He  married,  January  5,  1686,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Wolcott  Jr.,  and  granddaughter 
of  Henry  Wolcott  Sr.  She  inherited  from  her 
grandfather  an  estate  in  the  parishes  of  Tol- 
land and  Ledyard  St.  Lawrence,  county  Som- 
erset, England,  and  at  Wellington,  called  Long- 
Forth,  England.  The  rents  of  these  lands,  held 
by  her  husband  in  her  right,  were  disposed  of  by 
him  in  his  will,  1740,  to  their  three  living  sons, 
and  the  four  sons  of  his  deceased  son  Thomas. 
His  estate  amounted  to  £1,806,  and  he  left  four 
pounds  to  the  First  Society  of  Windsor.  "The 
Hon.  Col.  Matthew  Allyn  Esq.,  who  was  many 
years  one  of  the  Council  and  Judge  of  the 
Superior  Court,  for  the  Colony  of  Conn.,  died 
Feb.  17.  A.  D.  1758,  in  ye  98th  year  of  his  age. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Allyn,  his  consort,  died  June  ye 
4th,  A.  D.  1734,  in  the  69th  year  of  her  age." 

.•\nd  here  their  Bodies  sleep  in  Dust, 
Till  the  Resurrection  of  the  Just. 

Children :  Captain  Thomas ;  Sergeant  Mat- 


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thew,  August  9,  1687;  Peletiah,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Josiah,  March  9,  1692-93 ;  Henry,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1699;  Theophilus,  August  26,  1702. 

(IV)  Captain  Peletiah  Allyn,  son  of  the 
Hon.  and  Col.  Matthew  Allyn,  was  born  May 
3,  1689,  and  married,  August  26,  171 1,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Dorothy  (Talcott) 
Stoiighton.  He  died  November  3,  1766,  aged 
seventy-eight.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1712;  Peletiah,  October  4,  1714; 
Mary,  October  11,  1716;  Theophilus,  August 
28,  died  December  4,  1718;  Dorothy,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1719;  Jerusha,  March  4,  1723-24;  Sam- 
uel Wolcott,  mentioned  below ;  Captain  Solo- 
mon, October  8,  1732 ;  Chloe,  baptized  Novem- 
ber 14,  1736. 

(V)  Samuel  Wolcott,  son  of  Captain  Pele- 
tiah Allyn,  was  born  December  6,  1727,  and 
married,  February  20,  1755,  Joanna  Mills.  He 
died  February  27,  1801,  aged  seventy-four,  and 
she  died  July  9,  1794,  aged  sixty-three.  Chil- 
dren: Clarissa,  born  December  21,  1756;  Mary, 
baptized  December  4,  1757;  Samuel,  mention- 
ed below ;  Wolcott,  born  and  baptized  Septem- 
ber II,  1763;  Clarissa,  January  13, 1766;  Mary, 
October  30,  1767. 

(VI)  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Wolcott  Allyn, 
was  born  November  15,  and  baptized  Novem- 
ber 18,  1759.  He  married  Jerusha,  daughter 
of  Captain  Ebenezer  F.  Bissell.  Children :  Har- 
riet, baptized  February,  178 — ,  married  Odiah 
Loomis;  Eli  B.  (?),  baptized  July  5,  1788, 
married  Jerusha  Mather;  Henry,  mentioned 
below;  Richard,  baptized  April  15,  1792,  mar- 
ried Julia  Phelps.  He  probably  had  also: 
Amelia,  baptized  January  4,  1795 ;  Samuel 
Wolcott,  baptized  September  20,  1801,  died 
January  7,  1805;  Samuel  Wolcott,  baptized 
March  4,  1805,  died  June  6,  1805,  aged  four 
years. 

Ebenezer  Fletcher  Bissell,  mentioned  above, 
was  first  lieutenant  of  the  Fourth  Company, 
Captain  Elihu  Humphrey  from  Connecticut  in 
1775;  captain  in  Colonel  Huntington's  regi- 
ment in  1776;  on  guard  duty  against  Bur- 
goyne's  army  as  they  went  southward  in  1777. 

(VII)  Henry,  son  of  Samuel  Allyn,  was 
born  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  March,  1790, 
and  baptized  May  30,  1790.  He  died  in  Ala- 
bama, October  12,  1826.  He  removed  to  Ben- 
nington, Vermont,  and  married  there,  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Anna  (Robinson)  Web- 
ster. (See  Robinson  IV).  Children,  born  at 
Bennington:  Emily,  July  16,  1814;  Henry 
Webster,  March  27,  1816;  Ann  Jerusha,  Au- 
gust 21,  1818;  Isaac  Webster,  mentioned  be- 
low; Ruth  Eliza,  August  23,  1823,  died  Octo- 
ber 25,  1825;  John  Newton,  September  4, 
1825,  died  October  28,  1826. 

(VIII)  Isaac  Webster,  son  of  Henry  Allyn, 


was  bom  at  Bennington,  Vermont,  October  18, 
1821,  and  died  P\'bruary  19,  1897.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  located  at 
White  Eyes  Plains,  Coshocton  county,  Ohio, 
and  during  most  of  his  active  life  was  a  com- 
mission merchant.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  at  Chillicothe,  Ohio, 
December  31,  1846,  Elizabeth  Long,  who  was 
born  in  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  September  21,  1847; 
May  18,  1882.  Her  parents  were  natives  of 
Canada,  and  she  was  left  an  orphan  at  the  age 
of  twelve  years.  Children:  i.  Henry  Webster, 
born  Chillicothe,  Ohio,  September  21,  1847; 
died  at  New  Philadelphia,  Ohio,  August  27, 
1850.  2.  Frank  Bissell,  born  at  New  Philadel- 
phia, Ohio,  October  14,  1849  ;  died  in  Chillicothe, 
Ohio,  May  8,  1852.  3.  Henry  Harvey,  born  at 
New  Philadelphia,  Ohio,  November  8,  1852; 
died  at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  June  17, 
1867.  4.  Ruth  Elizabeth,  born  at  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  June  20,  1857;  died  at  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  December  17,  1876.  5.  Hermair 
Bryden,  mentioned  below.  6.  Fannie  Webster, 
born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  July  4, 
1866. 

(IX)  Dr.  Herman  Bryden  Allyn,  son  of 
Isaac  Webster  Allyn,  was  born  at  White  Eyes- 
Plains,  Coshocton  county,  Ohio,  May  2,  i8i5o. 
He  came  to  Philadelphia  when  one  year  old, 
and  later  attended  the  public  schools  and  high 
school  of  Philadelphia,  and  completed  his  pre- 
paration for  college  under  a  private  tutor.  He 
entered  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1879,  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the  class  of  1882.  Im- 
mediately afterward  he  began  the  study  of  his 
profession  in  the  Medical  School  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  and  received  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1885.  For  one 
year  he  was  resident  physician  at  the  Philadel- 
phia General  Hospital,  and  for  one  year  resi- 
dent physician  at  Girard  College,  and  was 
afterward  visiting  physician  at  St.  Joseph's 
Hospital  and  instructor  in  physical  diagnosis 
in  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  clinical  pro- 
fessor of  medicine  in  the  Woman's  Medical 
College  of  Pennsvlvania,  and  visiting  physician 
to  the  Philadelphia  General  Hospital.  He  is 
associate  in  medicine  in  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, and  a  director  of  the  Philadelphia 
Countv  Medical  Society:  member  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania State  Medical  Society,  and  of  the 
American  Medical  .Association  :  fellow  of  the 
College  of  Physicians  of  Philadelphia :  member 
of  the  Pathological  Society  of  Philadelphia:  of 
the  Medical  Club  of  Philadelphia;  of  the  New 
England  Societv  of  Philadelphia;  of  the  Phy- 
sicians' Motor  Club  of  that  city ;  of  Harmonv 
Lodge,  No.  52,  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons,  of 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


Philadelphia.  He  is  an  elder  of  the  Presbyter- 
ian church.  In  politics  he  is  RepubHcan,  but 
is  non-partisan  in  municipal  affairs.  For  two 
years  he  was  associate  editor  of  the  Medical 
and  Surgical  Reporter  of  Philadelphia,  and  has 
contributed  numerous  papers  on  clinical  medi- 
cine from  time  to  time  to  various  medical  jour- 
nals and  societies.  Dr.  x-\llyn  occupies  one  of 
the  foremost  places  in  the  medical  profession 
in  Pennsylvania.  His  office  is  at  501  South 
Forty-second  street,  Philadelphia. 

He  married,  June  27,  1889,  Rachael  Patter- 
son, born  in  Philadelphia,  July  6,  1856,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Duval  and  Mary  (Jones)  Greg- 
ory. Her  mother  was  born  in  Manchester, 
England.  Children:  i.  Herman  Webster,  born 
in  Philadelphia,  March  20,  1891.  2.  Henry 
Gregory,  November  28,  1892.  3.  Emily,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1895. 

(The  Robinson  Line). 

(I)  William  Robinson,  the  immigrant  an- 
■cestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family,  was  born 
about  1640.  The  first  record  found  of  him 
shows  that  he  was  living  in  Watertown,  Mas- 
sachusetts, as  early  as  1670,  when  he  had  a 
farm  of  two  hundred  acres  on  the  narrow  neck 
of  land  claimed  by  both  Concord  and  Water- 
town.  He  was  a  signer  of  the  original  petition 
for  the  separation  of  Newtowne  and  Cam- 
bridge in  1678.  He  married  in  Cambridge,  as 
early  as  1667,  Elizabeth  Cutter,  who  was  born 
in  Cambridge,  July  15,  1645,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard and  Elizabeth  (Williams)  Cutter.  Eliza- 
beth Williams  is  said  to  have  come  with  her 
father,  Robert  Williams,  in  the  ship  "John  and 
Dorothy,"  to  Massachusetts,  April  8,  1637 ; 
Robert  Williams  was  born  in  1608,  in  Nor- 
wick,  county  Norfolk,  England,  and  was  a 
cordwainer ;  his  wife  Elizabeth  was  born  in 
England,  and  was  admitted  to  the  church 
at  Roxbury  in  1644 ;  she  died  in  Cambridge, 
March  5,  1662.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born 
at  Cambridge,  1669;  Hannah  (Ann),  born 
at  Concord,  July  13,  1671,  died  at  Cambridge, 
October  5,  1672;  William,  born  July  10,  1673; 
Mercy,  born  August  7,  1676;  David,  born  May 
23.  1678;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Jonathan, 
twin  of  Samuel,  born  April  20,  1680. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Robinson,  was 
born  April  20.  1680,  twin  of  Jonathan.  Jona- 
than moved  from  Cambridge,  where  he  was 
born,  to  Cambridge  Farms,  in  1706,  and  doubt- 
less about  1735,  when  the  town  of  Grafton  was 
organized,  Samuel,  with  his  father  and  other 
members  of  the  family,  moved  to  the  new 
town,  the  place  they  settled  being  set  off  as 
Hardwick  in  1739.  He  married  Sarah  Man- 
ning, and  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and 
Indian  wars.     He  was  a  founder  of  Benning- 


ton, Vermont,  with  his  sons,  and  he  died  there 
in  1767. 

(Ill)   Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Rob- 
inson, was  born  in  Cambridge,  Middlesex  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts,  April  i,  1707.     In  1735  he 
moved  to  Hardwick,  and    from  there  to  the 
territory   known   as    New   Hampshire   Grants 
(Vermont),   in    1761,   settling  at   Bennington. 
He  had  been  a  captain  in  the  Massachusetts 
troops  through  several  campaigns  in  the  vicin- 
ity of   Lakes   George  and  Champlain,   in  the 
French  and  Indian  wars.     He  was  made  the 
first  justice  of  the  peace  in  Bennington,  being 
commissioned  by  Governor  Wentworth  of  New 
Hampshire.  This  appointment  made  him  prom- 
inent in  the  struggles  between  the  New  Hamp- 
shire  and  New   York  authorities,  and  as  an 
appointee  of  Wentworth  he  took  sides  in  the 
case  of  two  claimants  in  Pownal,  and  was  sup- 
ported by  Samuel  Ashley,  a  New  Hampshire 
deputy  sheriff,  and  both  men  were  arrested  by 
the  authorities  of  the  state  of  New  York  and 
carried  to  Albany,  where  they  were  placed  in 
jail,  and  were  indicted  for  resisting  the  New 
York  officers,  but  never  brought  to  trial,  as, 
after  an  acrimonious  correspondence  between 
the   governors    of    New    York    and    of    New 
Hampshire,  the  affair  ended  in  a  compromise. 
On  his  return  to  the  grants.  Captain  Robinson 
was  chosen  by  the  settlers  in  1765  to  go  to  Al- 
bany and  try  to  save  the  land  on  which  they 
had  settled  from  the  speculators  who  were  ob- 
taining grants   of   the   very   same   land   from 
Lieutenant-Governor   Golden,   but  his   efforts 
were  useless.    In  1766  he  was  sent  as  agent  for 
the  settlers  to  England  to  present  their  claims 
to  the  British  ministry  and  he  was  making  fav- 
orable headway,  when  he  caught  the  fatal  dis- 
ease, smallfMDx,  and  died  in  London,  England, 
October   27,    1767.     His   eldest   son.   Colonel 
Samuel  Robinson,  was  chosen  one  of  the  town 
committee  of  Bennington  to  succeed  his  father. 
Colonel  Robinson  married  in  Hardwick,  Mas- 
sachusetts, Mercy  Leonard,  who  was  born  in 
1713,  and  died  June  9,   1795,  at  Bennington. 
She  was  daughter  of  Moses  Leonard.     Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hardwick :  Leonard,  born  July 
27,   1733;   Samuel,   August   15,    1738:  Moses, 
March  26,   1741 ;  Paul,  October.   1743:  Silas, 
April,  1746;  Macy,  October,  1748:  Sarah.  No- 
vember, 1751 ;  David,  mentioned  below;  Jona- 
than, August   II,  1756;  Anna,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IV)  General  David  Robinson,  son  of  Sam- 
uel Robinson,  was  born  at  Hardwick.  Massa- 
chusetts, November  22,  1754,  and  came  to  Ben- 
nington with  his  father  in  1761,  being  then 
seven  years  of  age.  He  served  in  the  Revolu- 
tion as  a  private  at  the  battle  of  Bennington, 
August  16,  1771,  and  rose  rapidly  by  regular 


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promotion  to  the  rank  of  major-general,  re- 
signing that  office  in  1817.  From  1789  till 
181 1,  a  period  of  twenty-two  years,  he  served 
as  sheriff  of  Bennington  county.  He  was  then 
appointed  United  States  marshal,  holding  that 
office  for  eight  years,  until  1819.  He  married 
Sarah  Fay,  daughter  of  Stephen  Fay,  and  by 
her  had  tliree  sons.  Stephen  Fay  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  state  assembly  for  several  years,  and 
also  was  judge  of  the  county  court  and  mem- 
ber of  the  council  of  censors  in  1834;  he  died 
in  1852,  aged  seventy-one  years.  General  David 
Robinson  died  in  Bennington,  Vermont,  De- 
cember 12,  1842  (December  11,  1843,  accord- 
ing to  his  gravestone),  aged  eighty-nine  years. 

General  Robinson  was  a  man  of  powerful 
constitution  and  great  courage.  Once  when  a 
desperate  criminal  had  taken  refuge  in  a  barn 
loft,  he  insisted  upon  going  into  the  barn  and 
capturing  the  man  in  spite  of  the  danger,  and 
succeeded  in  his  purpose  without  harm,  al- 
though the  criminal  was  noted  for  being  a 
reckless  man. 

(IV)  Anna,  daughter  of  Samuel  Robinson, 
was  born  at  Hardwick,  Massachusetts,  October 
2,  1759;  married  Isaac  Webster,  son  of  Joseph 
Webster.  Joseph  Webster  died  in  1795,  aged 
sixty-two  years.  He  came  of  an  old  New 
Hampshire  family.  Isaac  Webster  was  born  in 
1755.  Children,  born  at  Bennington:  Anna, 
March  2,  1781 ;  Sarah,  November  28,  1782; 
Joseph,  July  20,  1784;  Persis,  November  11, 
1785;  Mary,  March  4,  1788;  Ruth,  March  20, 
1790,  married  Henry  Allyn  (see  Allyn  VII)  ; 
Mary,  April  18,  1792;  Isaac  Robinson,  March 
8,  1795;  Harriet,  January  18,  1797;  Isaac, 
June  26,  1781,  died  1817. 

Isaac  Webster,  mentioned  above  was  ser- 
geant in  the  Bennington  company  from  1776 
to  1783  in  Colonel  Seth  Warner's  regiment; 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bennington  and  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  land  at  Eden,  Vermont,  in 
part  payment  for  service.  (See  Vermont  Rev- 
olutionary Rolls,  pp.  27-107-1 10-623-671-672; 
also  p.  158,  Vermont  Historical  Gazette,  vol.  i). 


John  Riley,  the  immigrant  ances- 
RILEY    tor,  came  in  1621,  the  year  after 

the  landing  of  the  Pilgrims,  from 
Stepney,  England,  to  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut, where  in  1643  he  was  a  landholder.  His 
name  was  spelled  Riley,  Rilloy  and  Ryly  in  the 

old  records.     He  married  Grace  ,  who 

died  November  28,  1703,  aged  about  seventy- 
nine,  "if  she  had  lived  till  Xmas."  He  died  in 
May  or  June,  1674,  and  the  inventory  of  his 
estate,  taken  June  11,  1674.  by  John  Kilbourn. 
Enoch  Buck  and  Eleazer  Kimberly,  was  valued 
at  668  pounds,  4  shillings.  His  will  was  dated 
May  13,   1674.     He  made  his  wife  executrix 


and  bequeathed  to  her  and  to  his  children.  The 
will  was  proved  September  3,  1674.  I  lis  widow 
was  a  member  of  the  church  in  1674.  Children: 
John,  born  about  .Vugust  15,  1646;  Joseph,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1649;  Jonatlian,  about  March  4, 1652- 
53;  Mary,  married  Benjamin  Gilbert;  Grace, 
married,  November  22,  1680,  William  Good- 
rich, 2nd ;  Sarah,  married  David  Sayres  (or 
Sears);  Jacob,  born  about  1660;  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Isaac  Riley,  son  of  John 
Riley,  was  born  about  1670-71,  died  January 
29i  1737-38.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  was 
taken  February  14,  1737-38,  and  amounted  to 
2,856  pounds,  13  shillings,  3  pence.  His  will 
was  dated  January  20,  1737-38,  and  his  wife 
Ann  and  son  Samuel  were  appointed  executors. 
He  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  But- 
ler, December  17,  1696.  Children:  Ann,  born 
and  baptized  May  21,  1699;  Josiah.  born  May 
9,  baptized  May  11,  1701;  Isaac,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  born  February  18,  1705-06; 
Sarah,  baptized  June  13,  died  September  18, 
1708;  Lucy,  born  September  20,  1709;  Eph- 
raim,  baptized  February  18,  171 1;  Samuel, 
born  April  29,  baptized  May  3,  1713;  Nathan- 
iel, born  January  13,  1715-16,  baptized  Janu- 
ary 23,  1715-16. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Isaac  (l) 
Riley,  was  born  May  18,  1704,  baptized  May 
21,  1704,  died  February  26,  1768.  He  married 
(first),  June  12,  1729,  Jemima  Sage,  who  died 
May  14,  1765,  aged  sixty-one  years.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  May  28,  1766,  Hannah  Young, 
who  was  probably  "wid.  H.,"  who  died  April 
8,  1825,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Children: 
Lucy,  born  March  27,  1732;  Ashbel,  born  Jan- 
uary 9,  baptized  January  13,  1733-34;  Roger, 
mentioned  below;  Justus,  born  June  24,  1739; 
Lois,  born  February  9,  1742-43  ;  Melicent,  born 
December  24,  baptized  December  30,  1744; 
Ebenezer,  born  December  10,  1748. 

(IV)  Roger,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Riley,  was 
born  February  6,  1737,  died  May  12,  1832. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  magistrate  of  Berlin, 
Connecticut.  He  married,  February  12,  1761, 
Comfort  Loveland,  who  died  November  17, 
1773.  Their  children:  Lucy,  Roger,  Comfort, 
Isaac,  mentioned  below,  Cynthia. 

(V)  Isaac  (3),  son  of  Roger  Riley,  was 
born  at  Berlin.  Connecticut.  November  29, 
1770,  died  at  Portland,  Maine.  March  14, 
1824.  He  was  a  shipping  merchant  in  the  city 
of  New  York,  the  owner  of  sixteen  vessels; 
also  a  bookseller  and  publisher  there  and  in 
Philadelphia.  He  was  the  owner  of  two  town- 
ships in  Maine,  "Ketcham"  and  "Riley."  to 
which  he  took  a  colony  of  settlers  from  Phila- 
delphia in  1823.  He  married.  September  30, 
1794,  Hannah  Alsop,  of  Middletown,  Connec- 


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ticut,  daughter  of  Richard  Alsop,  a  merchant 
of  New  York  and  Middletown,  with  a  large 
business  in  the  West  Indies.  Richard  Alsop 
was  a  brother  of  John  Alsop,  delegate  from 
the  city  of  New  York  to  the  First  Continental 
Congress  held  in  Carpenter's  Hall,  Philadel- 
phia, in  1/74,  but  who  resigned  on  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  and  who  was  also  for 
many  years  a  vestryman  and  was  buried  in  the 
graveyard  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren: Emmeline  Matilda,  married  Joseph 
Greenleaf ;  Mary  Wright,  married  Lewis 
Adams  ;  Richard  Alsop ;  Henry  Augustus,  men- 
tioned below ;  Julia,  married  William  S.  Rod- 
gers  :  Adelaide  ;  Theodore  W. ;  Caroline,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Abbott ;  Louisa  ;  Clara. 

(VI)  Rev.  Henry  Augustus  Riley,  son  of 
Isaac  (3)  Riley,  was  born  November  21,  1801. 
in  New  York  City,  died  at  Montrose,  Pennsyl- 
vania, March  17,  1878.  He  graduated  in  the 
■collegiate  department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  in  1820,  studied  law  for  a  short 
time  in  the  office  of  Horace  Binney,  Philadel- 
phia, graduated  in  the  medical  department  of 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in  1825,  and 
practiced  medicine  in  New  York  until  1829, 
when  he  entered  the  Theological  Seminary  of 
Princeton,  New  Jersey,  and  graduated  in  1832. 
In  1835  he  was  installed  as  pastor  of  the 
Eighth  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church  of  New 
York,  and  in  1839  pastor  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  Montrose,  Pennsylvania,  which  he 
held  for  twenty-five  years.  He  married  (first) 
September  28,  1832,  Emma  Vaughan  Smith, 
born  in  Philadelphia,  December  3,  1802,  died 
in  Montrose,  Pennsylvania,  February  17,  1843. 
■Children:  i.  James  P.  W.,  born  x\ugust  3, 
1833,  died  October  11,  1888;  married  Kate 
Crawford.  2.  Isaac,  born  February  2,  1835, 
died  October  23,  1878;  married  Katharine  A. 
Parker.  3.  Julia  Rodgers,  born  January  25, 
1837;  married  Rev.  B.  J.  Douglas.  4.  Eliza- 
beth Smith,  born  June  27,  1838,  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  1902 ;  married  Daniel  D.  Lord.  Henry 
Augustus  Riley  married  (second),  October  29, 

1845,  Blendena  Miller,  born  September  16, 
181 1,  died  August  17,  1903,  daughter  of  Dr. 
John  Miller,  of  Truxton,  New  York,  member 
of  legislature  of  New  York,  1820;  member 
■of  congress,    1825 ;   constitutional   convention, 

1846.  Children :  5.  Lewis  Adams,  mentioned 
"below.  6.  Henry  Augustus,  born  December 
20,  1848,  died  June  9,  1892.  7.  Samuel  Miller, 
born  November  20,  1852,  died  January  17, 
1902. 

(VII)  Lewis  Adams,  son  of  Rev.  Henry 
Augustus  Riley,  was  born  in  Montrose,  Penn- 
sylvania, June  7,  1847.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there  and  the  academy  at  Homer,  New 
York.      In    1864   he   entered   the   engineering 


office  of  Harris  Brothers  at  Pottsville,  Penn- 
sylvania, to  learn  the  profession  of  mining  and 
civil  engineering.  In  1870  he  was  appointed 
engineer  and  agent  of  the  Ashland  estate,  and 
when  that  property  passed  into  the  hands  of 
the  Philadelphia  &  Reading  Coal  and  Iron  Com- 
pany, he  became  division  engineer  of  the  com- 
pany. In  1872  he  was  made  engineer  and  agent 
of  the  Locust  Mountain  Coal  and  Iron  Com- 
pany and  Coal  Ridge  Coal  and  Improvement 
Company,  properties  controlled  by  the  Lehigh 
Valley  Railroad  Company.  When  the  Lehigh 
Valley  Coal  Company  was  formed  in  1875,  he 
was  appointed  engineer  and  superintendent  of 
the  company's  property  in  the  Mahanoy  region. 
In  1880  Mr.  Riley  leased  the  lands  of  the  Lo- 
cust Mountain  Coal  and  Iron  Company,  where 
he  subsequently  opened  the  "Logan,"  "Cen- 
tralia,"  and  "Big  Mine  Run"  collieries,  and 
operated  them  under  the  firm  name  of  Lewis 
A.  Riley  &  Company.  These  properties  were 
sold  to  the  Lehigh  Valley  Coal  Company  in 
1896.  Logan  mine  was  the  first  anthracite 
colliery  to  adopt  the  rope  system  of  haulage. 
The  Centralia  drainage  tunnel,  a  mile  and  a 
half  long,  draining  several  mines,  was  com- 
pleted by  Mr.  Riley  in  1889,  and  extended  in 
1890,  and  was  the  first  of  the  kind  in  the  an- 
thracite region.  It  was  a  costly  and  difficult 
undertaking,  and  proved  of  great  practical 
value  in  operating  the  mines.  In  1885  and 
again  in  1891,  Mr.  Riley  was  appointed  one  of 
the  commissioners  to  revise  the  mining  laws  of 
the  state  of  Pennsylvania. 

He  has  continued  in  the  mining  business  as  a 
partner  of  the  firm  of  Lentz,  Lilly  &  Company, 
which  was  formed  in  1883,  and  is  operating  col- 
lieries in  the  Mahanoy  region.  In  1896  he  was 
elected  president  of  the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navi- 
gation Company,  the  oldest  and  one  of  the  larg- 
est mining  and  railroad  companies  in  America, 
which  position  he  held  for  eleven  years.  He  is 
also  president  of  the  Lehigh  &  Hudson  River 
Railway  Company,  a  director  of  the  Westmore- 
land Coal  Company,  Penn  Gas  Coal  Company, 
Huntington  &  Broad  Top  Mountain  Railroad 
and  Coal  Company,  Eastern  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
ways Company,  and  the  American  Gas  Com- 
pany. He  is  a  member  of  the  Philadelphia 
Country  Club,  Merion  Cricket  Club,  Racquet 
Club  of  Philadelphia,  and  president  of  the 
Devon  Golf  Club ;  also  a  member  of  the  Ritten- 
house  Club  of  Philadelphia,  the  American  In- 
stitute of  Mining  Engineers,  and  a  life  member 
of  the  New  England  Society  of  Philadelphia. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church, 
and  a  vestryman  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  of 
Philadelphia.  He  resides  at  No.  1509  Spruce 
street,  Philadelphia. 


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He  married,  September  8,  1870,  Margaret 
Morton,  born  April  24,  1848,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Frances  (Morton)  Drinker,  of 
Montrose,  Pennsylvania.  Her  parents  were 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Children : 
I.  Henry  Drinker,  born  at  Montrose,  Pennsyl- 
vania, January  28,  1872;  married,  February  9, 
1898,  Alice,  daughter  of  Horace  Brooke  Burt, 
of  Philadelphia ;  children :  Jean  Burt,  Lewis 
Alsop  and  Horace  Burt.  2.  Margaret  Alorton, 
born  in  Ashland,  Pennsylvania,  August  23, 
1873- 


The     Willcox     family     is    of 

WTLLCOX  Saxon  origin,  and  was  seated 
at  Bury  St.  Edmunds,  Eng- 
land, before  the  Roman  Conquest.  Sir  John 
Dugals,  in  the  Visitation  of  the  County  of  Suf- 
folk, mentions  fifteen  generations  of  the  fam- 
ily previous  to  the  year  1600.  This  traces  the 
lineage  back  to  the  year  1200,  when  the  sur- 
name came  into  use  as  an  inherited  family 
■name.  On  the  old  records  the  forms  of  Wil- 
cox, Wilcocks.  Wilcoxon  and  Willco.x  are  used 
interchangeably. 

(I)  William  Willcox  (or  Wilcoxson,  as 
commonly  spelled),  was  born  in  1601,  at  St. 
Albans,  Hertfordshire.  England.  He  came  to 
America  when  thirty-four  years  old,  in  the 
ship  "Planter,"  having  a  certificate  from  the 
minister  at  St.  Albans.  Another  William  Will- 
cox settled  at  Cambridge.  Massachusetts  Bay, 
and  became  a  proprietor  of  that  town  and  a 
town  officer ;  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  May 
25,  1636,  died  November  28,  1653,  leaving  a 
will  mentioning  various  relatives  and  friends. 

William  Willcox,  first  named,  was  admitted 
as  a  freeman  December  11,  1636.  He  was  a 
linen  weaver  by  trade.  He  removed  to  Strat- 
ford. Connecticut,  in  1639 ;  was  a  representa- 
tive to  Hartford  in  1647,  and  died  in  1652. 
He  married  Margaret ,  born  161 1.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John,  born  1633.  2.  Joseph,  of  whom 
further.  "3.  Samuel,  died  March  12,  1713:  was 
sergeant ;  lived  at  Windsor  and  Meadow  Plain. 
Simsbury.  4.  Obadiah,  born  1641,  died  1713; 
settled  in  Guilford,  Connecticut.  5.  Timothy, 
died  June  13,  1713;  deacon;  married  Johanna 
Birdsay,  December  28,  1664.  6.  Elizabeth, 
married.  April  16,  1663,  Henry  Stiles,  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  7.  Hannah,  married, 
March  7,  1664.  Lieutenant  Daniel  Hayden.  8. 
Sarah,  died  1691 ;  married,  March  7,  1665. 
John  Meigs,  of  Madison,  Connecticut.  9. 
Phebe,  married,  December  11.  1669,  John 
Birdsey,  of  Stratford. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  William  Willcox,  was 
born  about  1635,  died  February  9,  1703.  He 
settled  in  Killingworth,  Connecticut,  and  his 
descendants  have  been  numerous  in  that  town. 


always  spelling  the  name  Wilcox  or  Willcox. 
He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Killingworth 
under  the  act  of  1663.  and  a  Widow  Willcox 
was  one  of  the  Saybrook  purchasers  from  Kill- 
ingworth in  1687.  Children,  born  at  Kill- 
ingworth: I.  Joseph,  of  whom  further.  2. 
Thomas,  born  November  13,  1661.  3.  Samuel, 
born  1663.  4.  Hannah,  born  January  19,  1665. 
5.  Nathaniel,  born  August  9,  1668.  6.  \Villiam, 
born  January  8,  1671.  7.  Margaret,  born  1673. 
8.  John,  born  1675. 

(HI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Will- 
cox, was  born  at  Killingworth,  October  29, 
1659.  He  married,  February  14,  1683,  Han- 
nah Kelsey,  of  Killingworth.  He  died  there 
February  2,   1726.     They  had  seven  children. 

(I\')  Stephen,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Willcox, 
was  born  July  12,  1706,  in  Killingworth,  and 
died  there  December  22,  1781.  He  was  one 
of  the  grantees  of  Newport,  New  Hampshire, 
in  1761,  and  was  appointed  on  a  committee  of 
four  at  Killingworth,  December  25,  1764.  to 
allot  the  lands  to  grantees,  and  this  duty  was 
performed  July  6,  1766,  at  Charlestown,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  one  of  a  committee  chosen 
on  the  second  Tuesday  of  March,  1765.  to  open 
a  cart  road  to  Newport,  at  the  west  end  of  the 
lots  as  laid  out,  and  at  the  same  time  was 
appointed  to  go  to  Portsmouth  to  get  an  exten- 
sion of  the  conditions  of  the  town  charter. 
His  sons,  Jesse,  L'riah  and  Phineas,  and  his 
daughter  Lydia,  wife  of  Samuel  Hurd,  came 
to  Newport  after  the  lots  were  laid  out,  and 
settled  on  the  father's  grant,  each  being  given 
300  acres  of  land.  The  first  meeting  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  town  was  held  October  13, 
1767,  at  the  house  of  Jesse  Willcox,  and  Ste- 
phen Willcox  was  moderator,  and  appointed 
on  a  committee  to  assign  lots.  He  seems  to 
have  returned  to  his  home  in  Connecticut.  He 
married.  May  10,  1733,  Mary  Pierson,  born 
May  10,  171 3.  died  December  13.  1795.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Killingworth:  I.  Mary,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1734;  married  Hurd:  died  June 

18,  1805.  2.  Lydia,  twin  with  Mary;  married 
Samuel  Hurd ;  died  December  13,  1798.  3. 
Flepsibeth,  born  July  3,  1736,  died  June  7. 
i8r6.  4.  Sarah,  born  January  6,  1738,  died 
.^pril  17,  1819.  5.  Stephen,  born  January  8, 
1740.  died  January  20,  1823.  6.  .\sa,  born 
December  17,  1741,  died  at  Habana.  in  the 
French  war,  September  10,  1761,  aged  twenty 
years.  7.  Jesse,  of  whom  further.  8.  Phineas, 
born  January  13.  1747,  died  at  Newport.  1819. 
g.  Uriah,  born  March  13.  I749-  lO-  Eunice, 
born  June  14.  17=^1.  n.  Mabel,  born  Decem- 
ber 5".  1752.  12.  Joseph,  born  January  22. 
I75^rdied  Januarv  17.  1817.  13.  Nathan,  born 
November  q.  17S8.  died  March  21,.  1813. 

(V)  Jesse,   son   of    Stephen    Willcox.   was 


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born  at  Killingworth,  Connecticut,  October  5, 
1744,  died  Marcii  12,  1823,  at  Newport,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  one  of  the  original  set- 
tlers of  Newport,  coming  in  and  breaking 
ground  before  the  American  revolution  and 
just  after  the  conquest  of  Canada  by  the  Eng- 
lish had  made  the  Connecticut  Valley  fairly 
safe  for  settlement,  it  having  been  previously 
much  traveled  by  Indians  in  their  raids  upon 
the  colonists.  He  married,  June  11,  1767, 
Thankful  Stevens,  and  among  their  children 
was  Oliver,  of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Oliver,  son  of  Jesse  Willcox,  was  born 
in  Newport,  New  Hampshire,  about  1780-85, 
and  died  in  New  York  City  in  1837.  His  early 
life  was  spent  in  Newport,  and  he  was  brought 
up  on  a  farm,  but  on  account  of  delicate  health 
he  did  not  continue  the  arduous  life  of  a 
farmer,  but  joined  an  older  brother  in  business 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  spent  his  subse- 
quent life.  For  the  greater  part  of  his  resi- 
dence there  he  was  an  influential  officer  in  the 
Presbyterian  church.  He  was  of  a  peculiarly 
gentle  and  loving  nature,  full  of  genial  sym- 
pathy, of  playful  humor,  and  of  such  youthful 
feeling  as  made  him  strongly  attractive  to  chil- 
dren. He  married,  September  i,  1807,  Sally 
Stanton,  born  October  19,  1786,  at  Killing- 
worth,  died  February  2,  1843,  at  Norwich, 
Connecticut  (see  Stanton  V).  Children:  i. 
.Albert  O.,  born  May  10,  1810;  married  .\nn 
E.  Hamilton.  2.  Elizabeth  S.,  born  1812;  mar- 
ried Anthony  Lane.  3.  Henrietta,  born  1814; 
married  Oliver  W.  Norton.  5.  Edwin,  born 
August  I,  1816;  married  Amelia  A.  Whittle- 
sey. 6.  Mary  Augusta,  married  (first)  Dr. 
David  D.  Marvin,  (second)  Thomas  C.  Fan- 
ning. 7.  William  Henry,  of  whom  further.  8. 
Giles  Buckingham,  born  August  7,  1826;  mar- 
ried Mary  J.  Cooley.     9.  Hamilton. 

(VII)  Rev.  William  Henry  Willcox,  son  of 
Oliver  Willcox,  was  born  January  28,  1821, 
in  Cedar  street.  New  York  City,  a  region  which 
at  that  date  was  just  ceasing  to  be  a  residence 
quarter.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
at  the  age  of  twelve  completed  the  high  school 
course.  With  the  exception  of  one  year  he 
was  then  in  business  with  his  father  until  he 
was  si.xteen  years  old,  when  his  father  died. 
His  father  had  purposed  to  become  a  minister, 
but  had  been  compelled  by  ill  health  to  relin- 
quish his  studies,  therefore  it  was  his  earnest 
wish  that  his  son  should  enter  the  calling  thus 
closed  to  him,  so  at  the  age  of  thirteen  he  re- 
turned to  school  for  a  year.  Shortly  after  his 
father's  death  a  friend  of  the  father  offered 
him  a  scholarship  for  four  years  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  City  of  New  York,  now  the 
New  York  University,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in 


1843,  ''■^  ''^^  head  of  a  class  of  unusual  ability. 
Immediately  after  graduation  he  entered  upon 
his  theological  studies,  entering  Union  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  from  w'hich  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1846.  He  afterward  received  the  hon- 
orary degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws  from  Drury 
College.  In  1846  he  presented  himself  for 
license  to  the  then  Fourth  Presbytery  of  New 
York.  Ready  for  work,  the  opportunity  soon 
opened  to  him  for  undertaking  a  mission  of 
an  unusual  character  in  Norwich,  Connecticut. 
On  "the  Plain,"  near  the  monument  of  Uncas, 
stood  an  unused  church  edifice  of  average  size. 
Four  gentlemen  residing  in  the  neighborhood 
conceived  the  idea  of  gathering  a  congregation 
for  it,  composed  of  their  own  families  and 
others  of  like  inclination,  together  with  the 
people  working  in  a  factory  nearby.  They 
invited  the  young  minister  to  this  work.  He 
remained  at  Norwich  until  1848,  and  he  spent 
the  following  two  years  in  private  reading  and 
study,  broken  by  preaching  for  a  short  time  as 
a  temporary  supply  at  South  Royalston,  Wor- 
cester county,  Massachusetts.  In  the  spring 
of  1850  he  accepted  an  invitation  to  Elmwood, 
a  growing  settlement  near  the  Providence 
boundary  line,  in  the  town  of  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island,  where  he  remained  for  two  years.  At 
the  time  he  was  invited  to  Elmwood,  he  was 
considering  a  visit  to  the  west,  with  a  view  to 
possible  settlement,  but  his  younger  brother, 
Giles  B.,  was  then  a  student  at  Andover  Semi- 
nary, and  after  graduation  would  be  ready  to 
join  him.  So  the  elder  brother  waiting,  in 
June,  1852,  after  ending  his  connection  with 
the  Elmwood  church,  the  two  set  out  together 
for  Chicago,  making  brief  stays  at  several 
smaller  places,  and  one  of  several  weeks  in 
Detroit.  The  climate  proving  unfavorable  for 
them,  the  thought  of  permanent  residence  was 
abandoned,  and  they  shortly  turned  back,  the 
elder  brother  going  to  Kennebunk.  Maine,  he 
having  been  tendered  the  pastorate  of  the 
Union  Church  of  that  town,  which  he  accept- 
ed, and  was  installed  pastor  October  28,  1S52. 
In  tlie  summer  of  1856  ]Mr.  Willcox  preach- 
ed for  a  part  of  his  vacation  in  the  Bethesda 
Church  of  Reading,  Massachusetts,  which  was 
then  without  a  head,  but  declined  an  invitation 
to  become  its  pastor.  A  year  later  the  invita- 
tion, coupled  with  more  favorable  terms,  was 
renewed  and  was  accepted.  He  was  dismissed 
at  Kennebunk,  June  8,  1857,  and  installed  at 
Reading,  July  2,  1857.  Thus  began  a  pastorate 
which  continued  until  the  end  of  his  active 
work  as  a  clergyman  nearly  twenty-two  years 
later.  The  church  to  which  he  went  had  about 
double  the  membership  of  the  Kennebunk 
church,  and  throughout  his  pastorate  continued 
to    have    a    steady    normal    growth.      In    his 


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sermons  he  displayed  unusual  ability  in  pre- 
senting with  clearness  and  power  the  funda- 
mental truths  of  Christianity,  and  in  impress- 
ing them  upon  the  intellects  and  consciences  of 
his  congregation.  His  preaching  laid  stress 
upon  the  performance  of  the  common  duties 
of  life,  not  as  forming  the  essence  of  religion, 
but  as  the  expression  of  this  controlling  af- 
fection, as  the  means  both  of  developing  and 
manifesting  the  filial  spirit. 

He  was  dismissed  from  the  Reading  church 
March  5,  1879,  in  order  to  take  up  other  duties 
which  demanded  his  time  and  attention.  Va- 
leria Goodenow,  an  aunt  of  Mrs.  Willcox.  and 
in  early  life  a  member  of  Judge  Goodenow's 
household  in  Alfred,  had  married  Daniel  P. 
Stone  who  afterwards  as  a  drygoods  merchant 
and  private  banker  in  Boston,  accumulated  a 
large  fortune.  ]\Ir.  Stone  died  in  1S78,  leav- 
ing property  amounting  to  more  than  two  mil- 
lions of  dollars,  and  j\Ir.  Willcox  was  one  of 
the  three  executors  of  the  will.  Mrs.  Stone 
requested  j\lr.  Willco.x  to  resign  his  pastorate 
and  become  her  private  secretary  and  confi- 
dential adviser,  at  the  same  salary  he  had 
been  receiving.  He  did  so,  and  a  few  months 
after  his  dismissal  from  his  church,  removed 
to  Maiden,  Massachusetts.  During  the  fol- 
lowing few  years,  after  the  bequests  made  by 
Mr.  Stone  to  his  relatives,  and  the  gifts  in 
lieu  of  bequests  made  by  Mrs.  Stone  to  her 
relatives  and  friends,  had  consumed  nearly 
one-half  of  the  estate,  more  than  a  million 
dollars  were  given  to  educational  and  religious 
objects.  The  leading  beneficiaries  were  the 
American  Missionary  Association  and  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  each  receiving  $175,000. 
Other  colleges  remembered  were  Wellesley, 
Amherst,  Bowdoin,  Drury,  Oberlin,  Dart- 
mouth, Hamilton,  American,  Iowa,  Ripon, 
Olivet,  Robert,  Illinois,  Beloit,  Chicago  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  Howard  University,  and  the 
Boston  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 
This  distribution  was  made  almost  entirely  on 
the  recommendations  of  Mr.  Willcox.  He 
felt  strongly  this  responsibility,  and  spared 
no  pains  to  meet  it  wisely.  This  work  of  per- 
sonal investigation  and  voluminous  corre- 
spondence made  the  five  years  following  1878 
perhaps  the  busiest  of  his  life,  as  in  the  service 
which  they  rendered  to  the  community  they 
were  the  most  significant.  The  death  of  Mrs. 
Stone  occurred  in  1884,  and  during  the  time 
between  that  and  his  own  death  in  1904,  Mr. 
Willcox  was  much  occupied  in  the  care  of 
various  religious  and  educational  institutions. 

From  October,  1877,  Mr.  Willcox  was  a 
corporate  member  of  the  American  Board  of 
Commissioners  for  Foreign  Alissions,  and 
from  1887  he  was  president  of  the  board  of 


trustees  of  Jaffna  College,  Ceylon.  Between 
1876  and  1886  he  was  a  trustee  of  Drury  Col- 
lege, at  Springfield,  Missouri,  and  from'  1879 
to  1882  a  trustee  of  Abbot  Academy,  .Ando- 
ver. In  1878  he  was  made  a  trustee  of  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  and  in  1879  a  trustee  of 
Straight  Universitv.  From  189 1  lie  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Maiden  Hospital.  Wellesley 
College  made  him  one  of  its  trustees  in  1879, 
member  of  the  executive  committtee  of  that 
board  in  1883,  and  chairman  thereof  in  1884. 
In  1894  he  was  made  president  of  the  Con- 
gregational Education  Society.  Two  of  his 
sermons,  "Hope  for  the  Country"  (1863),  and 
"A  Christian— What,  How,  Why"  (1874), 
were  published  in  pamphlet  form,  and  he  was 
an  occasional  contributor  to  the  Congregation- 
alist.  the  Advance,  and  the  American  Agricul- 
turalist. 

Mr.  Willcox  married,  May  30,  1853,  Annie, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Daniel  Goodenow  (q.  v.). 
Children :  Ella  G. ;  Mary  A.,  professor  of 
zoology  and  biology  at  Wellesley  College  for 
twenty-five  years ;  William  Goodenow,  of 
whom  further:  Walter  F.,  professor  of  social 
science  and  statistics  at  Cornell  University; 
Valeria ;  Frederic  A. ;  and  Henry  Howard. 

Hon.  Daniel  Goodenow,  deceased,  father  of 
Mrs.  William  Henry  Willcox,  was  borj;i  in 
Henniker,  New  Hampshire,  October  30,  1793. 
His  father  was  a  farmer  of  too  limited  means 
to  allow  his  five  boys  to  hope  for  much  assist- 
ance from  him  in  acquiring  anything  more 
than  the  simplest  common  school  education. 
But  those  boys  were  all  possessed  of  that  self- 
reliant  energy  and  those  quenchless  aspira- 
tions which  always  proclaim  mental  superi- 
ority. They  were  determined  to  secure  for 
themselves  the  coveted  education  which  the 
poverty  of  their  father  forbade  him  to  give 
them.  They  all  became  lawyers,  and  with  the 
exception  of  John  the  eldest  (who  died  soon 
after  his  admission  to  the  Oxford  bar  in  1812) 
they  were  for  many  years  prominent  and  hon- 
ored citizens.  Daniel,  the  third  son,  entered 
Phillips  Academy  at  Andover,  Massachusetts, 
to  prepare  himself  for  college.  On  completing 
his  preparatory  studies,  his  limited  means  for- 
bade his  immediate  entrance  upon  a  collegiate 
course  and  he  left  his  home  at  Brownfield  to 
enter  the  law  office  of  Hon.  John  Holmes,  at 
Alfred.  This  was  in  1813,  when  he  was 
twerity  years  of  age.  During  the  four  years 
spent  in  i\Ir.  Holmes'  office  he  worked  his  way 
onward  to  his  profession  and  supported  him- 
self by  occasionally  teaching  school.  He  also 
studied  the  sciences  and  classics  so  success- 
fully that  in  18 17  he  was  admitted  to  the 
senior  class  of  Dartmouth  University,  and 
graduated  a  few  months  later. 


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Soon  after  this  IMr.  Goodenow,  having 
chosen  Alfred  as  his  home,  was  admitted  to 
the  York  county  bar  and  rapidly  gained  an 
extensive  practice.  In  1825-27-30,  he  was 
chosen  to  the  House  of  Representatives,  and 
was  speaker  the  last  year.  In  1831-32-33,  he 
was  the  candidate  of  the  \\'hig  party  for  gov- 
ernor:  and  in  1838  and  again  in  1841,  he  held 
the  important  office  of  attorney-general.  In 
December,  1841,  he  was  appointed  judge  of 
the  district  court  for  the  western  district  of 
Maine,  succeeding  Judge  Whitman.  This  of- 
fice he  held  to  the  very  general  acceptance  of 
the  bar  and  the  community  for  the  constitu- 
tional term  of  seven  years. 

In  1848  Judge  Goodenow  resumed  his  pro- 
fessional practice  and  for  a  period  of  seven 
years  was  the  acknowledged  head  of  the  York 
county  bar.  In  1855  he  was  appointed  one  of 
the  judges  of  the  supreme  court,  and  filled  this 
most  important  post  with  such  dignified  ability 
as  added  materially  to  his  reputation  through- 
out the  state.  The  honorary  degree  of  LL.D. 
was  in  i860  conferred  upon  him  by  Bowdoin 
College,  of  which  institution  he  was  a  faith- 
ful and  devoted  trustee  for  the  last  twenty- 
five  years  of  his  life.  In  company  with  Chief 
Justice  Tenney,  he  retired  from  the  bench  of 
the  supreme  court  in  1862,  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
nin^years.  He  was  a  practical  Christian,  and 
a  man  of  the  loftiest  personal  character. 

His  first  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Hon.  John 
Holmes,  widely  known  for  her  beauty  and 
accomplishments.  She  had  four  children,  the 
youngest  of  whom  died  in  infancy.  The  eld- 
est was  the  wife  of  Rev.  William  H.  Willcox. 
The  other  two  were  lawyers  in  Maine, — Hon. 
John  Holmes  Goodenow,  at  Alfred,  and  Henry 
Clay  Goodenow,  of  Lewiston.  The  mother  of 
these  children  died  in  1840.  The  second  wife 
of  Judge  Goodenow  (whom  he  married  in 
1848)  was  a  daughter  of  the  late  Judge  Dana, 
of  Fryeburg,  and  was  the  widow  of  Henry 
B.  Osgood,  Esq.,  of  Portland.  They  had  one 
daughter,  who  is  still  living. 

(XTII)  William  Goodenow  Willcox,  son  of 
Rev.  Dr.  William  Henry  Willcox,  was  born  at 
Reading,  Massachusetts,  February  8,  1859. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  the  State  Normal  School  at  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts.  His  business  career 
began  January  i,  1884,  when  he  entered  the 
employ  of  A.  O.  Willcox  &  Son,  fire  and  ma- 
rine insurance  brokers.  He  was  admitted  to 
partnership  in  1887,  and  shortly  after  the  firm 
name  was  changed  to  Albert  Willcox  &  Com- 
pany. Since  the  death  of  Albert  Willcox,  the 
senior  partner,  in  1906,  the  firm  has  consisted 
of  William  G.  Willcox  and  William  Y.  Wem- 
ple,  managers  of  the  American  business  of  the 


Salamandra  Insurance  Company  of  St.  Peters- 
burg, Russia.  The  firm's  brokerage  business 
and  the  business  of  Charles  E.  and  W.  F. 
Peck,  and  also  that  of  Walker  &  Hughes,  was 
taken  over  by  a  corporation  under  the  name 
of  Willcox,  Peck  &  Hughes,  of  which  Mr. 
William  G.  Willcox  is  vice-president.  He  is 
also  a  director  of  the  Assurance  Company  of 
America,  and  of  the  Battery  Park  National 
Bank  of  New  York ;  member  of  the  advisory 
committee  of  the  Staten  Island  branch  of  the 
Corn  Exchange  Bank  of  New  York;  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  S.  R.  Smith 
Infirmary  and  of  the  Staten  Island  Academy; 
trustee  and  treasurer  of  the  investment  com- 
mittee of  the  Tuskegee  Normal  and  Industrial 
Institute,  Alabama,  of  which  Booker  T.  Wash- 
ington is  principal.  He  is  treasurer  of  the 
Richmond  County  (New  York)  Society  for 
the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Down  Town  Club  of  New 
York,  and  of  the  Staten  Island  and  Richmond 
County  Country  clubs.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Unitarian,  and  an  independent  in  politics. 

Mr.  Willco.x  married,  at  West  New  Brigh- 
ton, Staten  Island,  [May  28,  1889,  ^lary  Otis, 
born  December  20,  1861,  daughter  of  Sydney 
Howard  Gay.  Her  father  was  managing  edi- 
tor of  the  New  York  Tribune  for  many  years 
under  Horace  Greeley,  and  subsequently  edi- 
tor of  the  Chicago  Tribune.  He  wrote  "Bry- 
ant's History  of  the  United  States,"  for  which 
William  Cullen  Bryant,  the  poet,  wrote  an 
introduction.  ^Irs.  Willcox  is  a  member  of 
the  Staten  Island  Chapter,  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  is  active  in  the 
woman  suffrage  movement.  Children,  born  on 
Staten  Island:  i.  Henry,  born  May  3,  1890. 
2.  Sydney  Gay,  born  July  28,  1892.  3.  Daniel 
Goodenow,  born  April  25,  1896,  died  March 
23,  1907.  4.  Elizabeth  Neall,  born  July  11, 
1899.      5-    Anna    Goodenow,    born    April    26, 

1903- 

(The    Stanton   Line). 

The  surname  Stanton  is  derived  from  a 
place  name,  and  is  identical  with  Stonington  in 
origin.  The  family  is  of  ancient  English  ori- 
gin. Robert  Stanton,  an  early  settler  of  New- 
port, Rhode  Island,  was  the  progenitor  of 
Hon.  Edwin  M.  Stanton,  of  Lincoln's  cabinet; 
died  in  Newport  in  1672,  aged  seventy-three. 
There  was  a  John  Stanton  in  \'irginia  in  1635, 
and  Thomas  Stanton,  aged  twenty,  sailed  for 
\'irginia  in  1635  'n  the  merchantman  "Bona- 
ventura".  The  family  historian  thinks  he 
went  to  \'irginia,  but  many  ships  whose  rec- 
ords state  that  Virginia  was  the  destination 
came  to  New  England.  The  "Bonaventura" 
may  have  landed  some  passengers  in  Mrginia, 
others  in  Connecticut  or  Boston. 


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■  (I)  Thomas  Stanton,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  in  Boston  in  1636,  and  is  on  record  as  a 
magistrate  there.  If  he  was  the  one  who  came 
in  1635,  his  age  must  have  been  understated, 
as  men  under  twenty-one  were  not  magistrates 
in  the  colony,  and  in  1636  he  was  acting  as 
Indian  interpreter  for  Governor  Winthrop.  It 
is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  he  was  a  trader 
and  had  been  both  to  New  England  and  Vir- 
ginia before  1635,  in  order  to  have  sufficient 
knowledge  of  the  language  of  the  Indians  to 
become  an  interpreter.  The  services  of  Mr. 
Stanton  as  interpreter  during  the  Pequot  war 
were  invaluable,  says  the  history  of  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut:  "He  was,  moreover,  a 
man  of  trust  and  intelligence  and  his  knowl- 
edge of  the  country  and  of  the  natives  made 
him  a  useful  pioneer  and  counsellor  in  all 
land  questions,  as  well  as  difficulties  with  the 
Indians."  DeForest's  History  of  Connecti- 
cut says:  "Some  time  in  .^pril  (1637)  a 
small  vessel  arrived  at  the  fort  (Saybrook), 
having  on  board  Thos.  Stanton,  a  man  well 
acquainted  with  the  Indian  language,  and  long 
useful  to  the  colonial  authorities  as  interpre- 
ter." Thomas  Stanton  served  through  the  Pe- 
quot war  and  special  mention  is  made  of  his 
bravery  in  the  battle  of  Fairfield  Swamp, 
where  he  nearly  lost  his  life.  He  must  have 
returned  to  Boston  at  the  close  of  the  war,  for 
he  was  one  of  the  magistrates  in  the  trial  of 
John  W'ainwright,  October  3,  1637.  In  Feb- 
ruary. 1639,  he  and  his  father-in-law,  Thomas 
Lord,  were  settled  in  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
coming  there  soon  after  the  colony  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Hooker  established  the  town.  He 
was  appointed  official  interpreter  for  the  gen- 
eral court  at  Hartford,  April  5,  1638,  and  at 
the  same  session  was  sent  with  others  on  a 
mission  to  the  Warranocke  Indians  and  as  a 
delegate  to  an  Indian-English  council  meeting 
at  Hartford.  He  was  interpreter  for  the  York- 
shire. England,  colonists  at  New  Haven,  No- 
vember 24,  1638,  when  the  land  on  which  the 
city  of  New  Haven  is  located,  was  bought  of 
the  Indians.  He  was  an  Indian  trader  as  early 
as  1642.  when  with  his  brother-in-law,  Rich- 
ard Lord,  he  made  a  voyage  to  Long  Island 
to  trade  and  collect  old  debts,  and  there  is  a 
document  showing  that  he  traded  as  far  away 
as  Virginia.  He  had  the  grant  of  a  monopoly 
of  the  trading  with  the  Indians  at  Pawkatuck 
and  along  the  river  of  that  name.  He  built 
a  trading  house  there,  about  165 1  moved  to 
Pequot.  and  in  1658  occupied  his  permanent 
residence  at  Stonington.  In  1650  the  general 
court  appointed  him  interpreter  to  the  elders 
who  were  required  to  preach  the  gospel  to  the 
Indians  at  least  twice  a  year.  Caulkins  said 
of  him:     "From  the  year  1636,  when  he  was 


Winthrop's  interpreter  with  the  Xahantic 
sachem,  to  1670  when  the  Uncas  visited  him 
with  a  train  of  warriors  and  captains  to  get 
him  to  write  his  will,  his  name  is  connected 
with  almost  every  Indian  transaction  on  rec- 
ord." He  received  several  grants  of  land.  In 
165 1  he  was  deputy  magistrate.  In  1658  he 
moved  to  Wequetequock  Cove,  east  of  Ston- 
ington, where  he  was  the  third  settler;  it  was 
then  called  Southington,  Massachusetts,  part 
of  Suffolk  county,  and  in  1658  he  was  ap- 
pointed one  of  the  managers.  In  1664  he  was 
commissioner  to  try  small  causes,  and  in  1665 
had  authority  to  hold  a  semi-annual  court  at 
New  London.  In  1666  he  was  again  commis- 
sioner of  county  judges,  overseer-general  of 
the  Coassatuck  Indians,  commissioner  in  In- 
dian affairs,  and  commissioner  until  his  death 
in  1677.  In  1666  he  was  in  the  general  as- 
sembly and  remained  until  1674.  He  and  his 
sons  were  active  in  King  Philip's  war.  He 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church  at 
Stonington,  June  3,  1674,  and  his  name  was 
the  first  on  the  roll.  He  died  December  2, 
1677,  and  was  buried  in  the  family  burial 
ground  between   Stonington  and  Westerly. 

He  married  Ann  Lord,  born  in  England, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  and  Dorothy  Lord. 
Her  father  was  the  first  physician  licensed  to 
practice  in  Connecticut  by  the  general  court, 
June  30,  1652,  and  the  rates  he  could  charge 
in  Hartford,  Wethersfield,  Windsor,  and  other 
towns  in  this  section  were  fixed  in  the  license, 
a  salary  of  fifteen  pounds  to  be  paid  by  the 
county.  The  Lord  coat-of-arms:  Argent  on 
a  fesse  gules  between  three  cinque  foils  azure 
a  hind  passant  between  two  pheons  or.  Ann 
Stanton  spent  her  last  days  with  her  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Dorothy  Noyes,  of  Stonington.  and 
died  there  in  1688.  The  original  home  site  of 
Thomas  Stanton  at  Hartford  is  now  occupied 
by  the  Jewell  Leather  Belting  Company  fac- 
tory. Children:  Thomas,  born  1638:  John, 
1641  ;  Mary,  1643;  Hannah,  1644;  Joseph, 
mentioned  Below ;  Daniel,  1648 ;  Dorothy, 
1651  ;    Robert,    1653;    Sarah,    1655;    Samuel, 

1657- 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Stanton,  was 
born  in  1646,  baptized  March  21,  1646.  He 
went  with  his  parents  to  Stonington.  anrl  set- 
tled on  a  large  tract  of  land  which  his  father 
had  bought  of  a  Narragansett  Indian  chief  for 
a  half  bushel  of  wampum.  The  sachem's  child 
was  a  captive  and  was  redeemed  by  the  aid  of 
Thomas  Stanton,  so  the  Indian  sold  the  land 
as  part  payment  of  the  price.  In  1669  he  was 
appointed  assistant  magistrate  to  hold  court 
in  New  London.  In  1685  he  leased  land  in 
Charlestown.  Rhode  Island,  formerly  part  of 
Westerlv,   "where    I    do   now    live,"   showing 


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that  he  had  moved  there.  He  married  (first) 
June  19,  1673,  Hannah  Mead,  of  Roxbury, 
who  died  in  1676,  daughter  of  William  2^Iead. 
He  married  a  second,  and  perhaps  a  third  and 
fourth  time.  Children:  Joseph,  born  1674; 
Hannah,  1676,  buried  May  6,  1681 ;  Thomas, 
December  16,  1678,  died  young:  Rebecca, 
April,  1681  :  Thomas,  baptized  April  5,  1691 ; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,  baptized 
July  16,  1698,  died  young. 

(HI)  Captain  Daniel  Stanton,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Stanton,  was  baptized  April  i,  1694,  died 
December  28,  1773.  He  married  (first) 
Mercy,  daughter  of  Job  Babcock.  of  Westerly  ; 

(second)  ;  (third)  December  10,  1762, 

probably  Prudence,  daughter  of  Rev.  Salmon 
and  Dorothy  (Xoyes)  Treat.  Children:  Dan- 
iel, married  twice ;  Samuel,  married  Sarah 
Browning;  John,  mentioned  below;  Joseph, 
married  Abigail  Sheffield ;  George,  died  un- 
married ;  Mary ;  Elizabeth. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Captain  Daniel  Stanton, 
was  born  in  February,  1722,  in  Charlestown, 
Rhode  Island,  died  at  Paris,  Oneida  county. 
New  York,  September  i,  1814.  He  married 
Dorothy  Richardson,  born  1724,  died  1790, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Anne  (Treat)  Rich- 
ardson, and  granddaughter  of  Dorothy 
(Noyes)  Treat.  Children,  born  at  Westerly: 
Adam,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel ;  Amos,  born 
December  22,  1756;  George:  Prudence;  An- 
na; Dorothy;  Mary,   1769;  Rachel;  Rebecca, 

1773- 

(\')  Adam,  son  of  John  Stanton,  was  born 

in  Westerly  in  1749,  died  at  Clinton,  Connecti- 
cut, October  15,  1834.  He  moved  from  Wes- 
terly, in  1774-75,  and  settled  in  Killingworth, 
Connecticut,  in  the  southern  part,  now  Clinton. 
He  built  his  house  on  the  lot  where  stood  the 
house  of  Abraham  Pierson,  the  first  president 
of  Yale  College,  and  the  timbers  of  the  Pier- 
son  house  are  now  in  the  Stanton  house.  His 
first  business  was  making  salt  from  the  water 
of  Long  Island  sound,  sending  it  by  ox  trains 
to  Boston,  and  selling  it  for  two  dollars  a 
bushel.  He  married,  December  4,  1777,  Eliza- 
beth, born  May  28,  1754,  at  Preston,  Connec- 
ticut, died  May  23,  1805,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Treat.  Children :  Mary,  born  Octo- 
ber 23,  1778;  Elizabeth,  May  29,  1780;  John, 
April  5,  1783;  Sally,  October  19,  1786,  died 
February  2,  1843,  inarried,  September  i,  1807, 
Oliver  \\'illcox  (see  Willcox  \'l)  ;  Nancy, 
February  18,  1790,  accidentally  burned  to 
death,  February  28,  1879. 


James     Cowdin     or     Cowden, 

COWDIN     son  of  Thomas   Cowden,   was 

born  in  the  north  of  Ireland  in 


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Thomas    Cowden    came    thither    from 


Scotland.  The  coat-of-arms  of  James  Cowden 
answers  to  the  description  of  the  most  an- 
cient Cowden  coat-of-arms  in  Scotland : 
"Azure  on  a  fesse  argent  between  three  an- 
nulets or.  a  lion  passant  sable.  Crest :  A  demi- 
lion  sable  charged  with  an  annulet  or  label. 
In  Ireland  the  common  spelling  has  been  Cow- 
din,  but  Cowden  is  also  used.  Family  tradi- 
tion states  that  James  Cowdin  was  a  barrister 
and  resided  for  some  time  in  Dublin.  He  mar- 
ried young,  and  had  one  child,  David. 
Early  in  1720  he  married  (second)  Janet 
Craige.  It  is  said  that  his  first  wife  was 
"Lady  Polly  Connor."  Janet  Craige  or  Craig 
was  also  of  Scotch  parentage,  both  Craigs  and 
Cowdens  coming  from  Scotland  and  locating 
near  each  other  between  Manor  Cunningham 
and  Newton  Cunningham.  In  1728  James 
Cowden,  his  wife  and  four  or  five  children, 
also  Matthew  Cowden,  son  of  William  Cow- 
den, twelve  years  the  junior  of  James  and 
probably  his  cousin,  came  from  Londonderry, 
Ireland.  Matthew  located  in  Paxtang  town- 
ship in  Pennsylvania,  where  many  Scotch- 
Irish  settled  and  where  he  doubtless  had  rela- 
tives and  friends.  In  his  family  records  we 
find  "He  had  relatives  in  New  England." 
Mrs.  Cowden  probably  had  relatives  among 
the  New  England  Scotch-Irish,  for  John, 
David  and  Robert  Craige  came  with  the  pio- 
neers in  1718.  The  Cowdens  settled  in  Wor- 
cester, [Massachusetts,  whither  some  of  the 
first  Scotch-Irish  had  come,  and  in  1731  he 
purchased  land  at  North  Worcester  and 
cleared  a  farm  in  what  is  now  Holden.  In 
1740  James  Cowden  and  his  son  David  were 
petitioners  for  the  incorporation  of  the  town 
of  Holden.  He  died  October  i,  1748,  "having 
gone  to  W'orcester  to  execute  his  will,  just 
written,  he  was  taken  suddenly  ill.  and  died 
in  a  few  hours."  He  left  a  considerable  es- 
tate. His  widow  administered  the  estate.  She 
married  (second)  Captain  James  Craig,  a 
prominent  citizen  of  Rutland,  Massachusetts, 
April  16,  1755,  and  she  died  February  19, 
1776.  Children  of  James  Cowden:  David-, 
captain  in  revolution ;  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  IMargaret ;  William,  captain  in  the  revo- 
lution ;  Samuel ;  Elizabeth ;  Robert :  John ; 
James.  David,  James  and  John  invested  in 
New  York  lands ;  John  settled  in  Canada ; 
David  and  James  at  Cambridge,  Washington 
county,  New  York.  Robert  lived  at  Prince- 
ton, Massachusetts  ;  William  in  Worcester  and 
Rutland :  Samuel  in  Rutland.  Each  of  the 
sons  learned  a  trade. 

(II)  Captain  Thomas  Cowdin,  son  of  James 
Cowdin,  was  born  in  Ireland,  December  25, 
1720.  His  education  was  received  chiefly  in 
the  home  in  North  Worcester  under  the  in- 


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struction  of  his  father,  and  he  became  well 
versed  in  jurisprudence  and  in  Roman,  Eng- 
lish, Scottish  and  Irish  history.  In  youth  he 
served  an  apprenticeship  in  Marlboro  as  a 
blacksmith,  and  afterward  opened  a  shop  on 
his  own  account  on  Main  street,  Worcester. 
He  belonged  to  a  company  of  cavalry  there 
and  was  sergeant  in  the  old  French  and  In- 
dian war,  sailing  from  Boston  for  Louisburg, 
March  24.  1745,  and  he  distinguished  himself 
during  the  fight.  Afterwards  he  was  sta- 
tioned at  the  town  of  Charlestown  No.  4,  New 
Hampshire,  and  on  one  occasion  was  detailed 
with  two  soldiers  to  carry  despatches  to  Fort 
Dummer.  ^Meeting  hostile  Indians,  the  little 
party  scattered  and  ran  for  their  lives.  Cow- 
din  reached  what  is  now  Keene.  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  a  company  of  soldiers  was  sent  to 
escort  him  to  Fort  Dummer.  When  returning 
to  Charlestown  No.  4,  they  met  searching  par- 
ties looking  for  Cowdin,  whom  his  compan- 
ions supposed  to  have  been  captured  or  killed. 
Sergeant  Cowdin  sailed  from  Boston,  ^lay  20, 
1755,  in  the  e.xpedition  against  Nova  Scotia, 
and  he  continued  in  the  service  most  of  the 
time  until  the  close  of  the  French  and  Indian 
war.  He  was  commissioned  ensign,  Septem- 
ber 24.  1756,  and  lieutenant,  February  21, 
1760.  He  was  detailed  to  search  for  deserters, 
April  17,  1761.  He  was  commissioned  captain 
by  Governor  Francis  Bernard,  April  18,  1761, 
and  the  commission  is  now  in  the  possession 
of  the  Wallace  library  of  Fitchburg,  as  is  also 
his  captain's  commission,  dated  April  6,  1780, 
and  his  commission  as  justice  of  the  peace. 

In  1764  Captain  Cowdin  bought  of  Samuel 
,  Hunt  his  property  in  Fitchburg  and  removed 
thither  in  July.  The  house  had  been  used 
as  a  tavern  and  for  ten  years  Captain  Cow- 
din continued  to  conduct  an  inn  there.  The 
location  on  Pearl  street  has  long  been  known 
as  the  General  Wood  place.  He  was  on  the 
building  committee  and  gave  an  acre  and  forty 
rods  of  land  from  his  wheat  field  for  a  site 
for  the  new  meeting  house.  During  the  win- 
ter of  1764-65  services  were  held  in  Cowdin's 
house.  He  was  town  clerk  from  1766  to  1775, 
selectman  for  many  years,  and  member  of  the 
school  committee.  He  owned  much  real  es- 
tate ;  some  four  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
Fitchburg,  and  his  homestead  of  some  two 
hundred  acres  extended  from  Mount  Vernon 
street  to  Baker's  brook.  In  1770  he  was  the 
largest  ta.xpayer.  In  1775  he  built  a  house 
on  the  site  of  the  present  American  House  and 
resided  there  the  remainder  of  his  days.  In 
1779  he  was  made  a  Free  ]\Iason  in  Trinity 
Lodge  of  Lancaster. 

He  was  opposed  to  the  war  of  the  revolution 
and  was  at  first  called  a  Tory,  but  he  sent  his 


son  Thomas  with  a  load  of  provisions  for  the 
minute-men  when  on  the  march  to  Lexington. 
For  the  first  time  after  he  became  a  freeman 
of  Fitchburg  he  was  dropped  from  the  list  of 
town  officers.  But  he  soon  joined  the  Whigs, 
and  in  1777  responded  to  the  Bennington 
Alarm  in  the  Fitchburg  company.  In  1778  he 
enlisted  for  eight  months,  and  in  1779  he  served 
three  months  as  captain  in  Captain  James 
Denny's  regiment  which  was  sent  to  reinforce 
the  American  army  in  New  York.  He  was 
elected  representative  to  the  first  general  court 
under  the  new  state  constitution  in  1780  and 
several  years  afterward.  His  influence  became 
greater  than  ever.  During  Shays'  Rebellion 
he  loyally  supported  the  government.  Until 
emancipation  came  with  the  constitution  in 
1780,  Captain  Cowdin  owned  negro  slaves  and 
afterward  they  remained  in  his  employ.  Two 
of  these,  Nancy,  the  maid  servant  of  Mrs. 
Cowdin,  and  Mevus,  the  body-servant  of  the 
captain,  were  important  figures  in  the  family 
history.  Mevus  was  something  of  a  fiddler 
and  his  services  were  in  demand  for  dances 
far  and  near. 

An  excellent  account  of  the  life  of  Captain 
Cowdin  was  written  by  Miss  Ada  L.  Howard, 
ex-president  of  Wellesley  College,  and  is  pub- 
lished in  the  proceedings  of  the  Fitchburg 
Historical  Society  in  1898.  It  is  illustrated 
with  engravings  of  the  oil  paintings  of  Captain 
Cowdin  and  his  wife.  "Till  past  threescore 
and  ten,"  says  Miss  Howard,  "Esquire  Cow- 
din was  strong  in  heart  and  intellect.  He 
was  keenly  alive  to  the  interests  of  the  town 
of  Fitchburg — the  schools,  the  militia  and  the 
church.  He  was  honored  as  'one  of  the  richest 
men  of  his  time',  and  the  great  secret  of  his 
success  and  power  was  his  unswerving  integ- 
rity." He  died  at  Fitchburg,  April  22,  1792, 
and  was  buried  in  the  old  South  Street  bury- 
ing ground.  A  monument  of  Quincy  granite 
was  erected  to  his  memory  by  his  grandson, 
John  Cowdin,  of  Boston,  and  occupies  a  con- 
spicuous place  on  the  summit  of  Laurel  Hill. 

He  married  (first)  November  19,  1748,  Ex- 
perience Gray,  of  Worcester.  She  died  April 
3,  1760.  He  married  (second)  October  2, 
1761,  Hannah  Craig,  of  Rutland.  "She  was 
a  woman  of  sterling  character  and  worthy  of 
her  honored  husband.  *  *  *  All  tradi- 
tions represent  Mrs.  Cowdin  as  endowed  with 
strong  mental  power  and  the  physical  health 
to  make  that  power  effective  in  many  direc- 
tions." She  administered  her  husband's  es- 
tate and  brought  up  five  minor  children.  She 
spent  her  last  years  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Jacob  LTpton.  and  died  at  Fitchburg,  July  30, 
1822.  The  births  of  the  children  are  recorded 
in  Fitchburg  in  the   father's  own  hand,   viz: 


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Thomas,  born  March  7,  1754,  at  Worcester; 
Experience,  January  10,  1757,  at  Worcester; 
Hannah,  June  23,  1763,  at  Worcester.  Born 
at  Fitchburg:  Joseph,  July  5,  1765;  Angler, 
mentioned  below;  Daniel,  October  30,  1769; 
James.  March  30,  1772. 

(Ill)  Angier,  son  of  Captain  Thomas  Cow- 
din,  was  born  at  Fitchburg,  July  13,  1767.  A 
story  of  his  youth  is  related  by  Miss  Howard. 
He  saw  a  bear  in  the  woods  and  ran  home  for 
a  gun,  but  his  father  refused  to  let  him  have 
it.  The  servant  Xancy  got  the  gun  for  the 
boy,  however,  and  he  hurried  back  and  shot 
the  bear,  which  was  brought  to  the  Cowdin 
home  by  some  woodsmen.  The  only  comment 
of  the  Squire  when  he  was  convinced  that  the 
lad  had  shot  the  bear  was  to  say  to  Xancy, 
"You  are  a  curious  girl."  He  settled  in  Ja- 
maica, Vermont.  He  married  (first)  Sally 
Farwell,   who   died   in    1794  with   her   mfant 


daughter.     Married    (second)    Abbie 


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born  in  Fitchburg  in  1767,  died  in  1830.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Angier,  died  1795  ;  Abel, 
died  March  3,  1866;  Jephthan  R.,  born  Xo- 
vember  14,  1799,  died  December  20,  1864; 
Alary  F.,  born  July  29,  1801,  died  April  30, 
1862:  Martha  F.,  twin  of  Mary  F.,  born  July 
29,  1801,  died  October  10,  1856:  Hannah  D., 
born  July  25,  1803,  died  August  15,  1875; 
General  Robert,  born  September  18,  1805,  died 
July  9,  1874,  colonel  of  one  of  the  first  regi- 
ments to  start  for  Washington  after  Fort  Sum- 
ter was  fired  upon;  John,  born  December  11, 
1807,  died  March  10,  1885  ;  Samantha,  born 
April  9,  1809,  died  February  28,  1844;  Caro- 
line, born  September  17,  1812,  died  January 
3.  1832;  Sarah  E..  born  April  24,  1815,  died 
September  15,  1833;  Sylvia  C.  born  Alay  13, 
1817,  died  December  28,  1862:  Elliot  Christo- 
pher, mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Elliot  Christopher,  son  of  Angier 
Cowdin,  was  born  at  Jamaica,  Vermont,  Au- 
gust 9,  1819.  His  father  died  when  he  was 
a  child  and  during  his  boyhood  he  was  under 
the  care  of  his  brother  John,  a  Boston  mer- 
chant and  importer,  at  whose  house  he  lived 
for  more  than  twenty  years.  He  attended 
the  common  schools,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen 
years  became  a  clerk  in  the  store  of  Allen  & 
Mann,  dealers  in  ribbons  and  millinery,  Bos- 
ton. After  he  had  been  with  this  house  for 
nine  years,  the  senior  partner  died  and  he 
was  admitted  to  the  firm,  the  name  of  which 
became  W.  H.  Mann  &  Company  in  1844.  One 
of  the  factors  that  contributed  materially  to 
his  success  in  life  was  the  education  he  re- 
ceived as  a  m.ember  of.  the  Mercantile  Library 
Association,  a  club  of  merchants'  clerks  then 
located  in.  School  street.  The  members  de- 
claimed, wrote  compositions  and  had  lecture 


courses.      In   October,    1S42,   he    was    elected 
treasurer. 

In  1846  he  made  his  first  trip  abroad  to 
purchase  goods  for  the  firm  and  from  that 
time  as  long  as  he  lived  he  made  frequent 
voyages  to  Europe,  from  New  York  to  Paris, 
Lyons,  St.  Etienne  and  Basle.  He  crossed 
the  Atlantic  eighty-six  times.  He  was  in 
Paris  during  the  French  revolution  of  1848. 
In  the  spring  of  1853  he  withdrew  from  the 
firm  of  W.  H.  Mann  &  Company,  and  estab- 
lished a  new  firm  in  Xew  York  under  the 
name  of  Elliot  C.  Cowdin  &  Company  with  a 
branch  in  Paris,  and  he  made  his  home  in 
Paris  and  attended  to  the  buying.  Business 
grew  and  prospered.  He  entertained  many 
American  friends  at  his  home  in  Paris,  and 
there  Charles  Sumner  was  a  guest  when  he 
sought  rest  and  recuperation  after  the  assault 
by  Senator  Brooks. 

When  the  financial  panic  of  1857  came,  he 
made  haste  to  return  to  Xew  York.  But  few 
merchants  and  manufacturers  escaped  failure 
and  he  expected  to  see  his  fortune  wiped  out, 
when  he  found  that  three-quarters  of  the  cus- 
tomers of  the  firm  had  suspended  or  were 
unable  to  meet  their  obligations,  but  he  weath- 
ered the  storm  and  maintained  his  credit.  He 
demonstrated  the  possession  of  that  union  of 
probity,  firmness,  integrity  and  sagacity  which 
inspired  confidence.  In  the  autumn  of  1858 
he  made  his  home  in  Xew  York  City  and  after- 
ward made  two  trips  abroad  each  year. 

When  the  civil  war  came  he  gave  his  hearty 
support  to  the  government.  He  was  a  Repub- 
lican and  made  his  first  political  speech  as 
president  of  the  Republican  festival  in  Xew 
York.  Februarv-  22,  i860,  and  was  active  in 
organizing  the  Union  League  Club  of  Xew 
York,  the  purpose  of  which  was  to  make  pa- 
triotism fashionable  and  bring  into  activity  in 
the  cause  of  freedom  and  union  the  forces  of 
wealth  and  culture.  "The  tremendous  pres- 
sure which  the  L'nion  League  Club  of  Xew 
York,  strong  in  wealth,  high  in  social  posi- 
tion, dominant  in  intelligence,  vehement  in 
patriotism,  merciless  in  hunting  traitors  to 
their  last  hiding  places,  brought  to  bear  on 
the  latent  treason  peeping  forth  in  some  of 
the  highest  circles  of  Xew  York  society  has 
never  been  adequately  recognized."  Early  in 
1 861  ]Mr.  Cowdin  was  in  Paris  and  his  office 
was  a  center  for  the  Union  Americans,  and 
he  presided  at  the  great  American  Union 
breakfast,  May  29,  1861.  at  the  Grand  Hotel 
du  Louvre,  making  the  opening  speech.  He 
kept  a  sharp  eye  on  the  American  representa- 
tives and  in  at  least  one  instance  detected  a 
disloyal  official.  In  the  fall  he  returned  to 
Xew  York,  visited  the  army  in  the  field  and 


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made  a  stirring  patriotic  address.  In  1862  he 
was  nominated  as  the  Union  candidate  for 
congress  in  the  eighth  New  York  district,  but 
was  defeated.  He  was  appointed  one  of  the 
commissioners  of  the  United  States  to  the 
great  Paris  Exposition  of  1867,  and  he  pre- 
pared a  report  on  silk  and  silk  manufactures 
that  proved  to  be  of  great  value  to  American 
merchants  and  manufacturers.  In  1869  he  re- 
moved his  family  to  Paris,  and  in  May  of 
that  year  he  presided  at  a  farewell  banquet 
given  by  Americans  to  General  John  A.  Dix. 
Hon.  E.  B.  Washburne,  who  succeeded  Gen- 
eral Dix  as  ambassador,  became  a  valued 
friend,  and  when  Air.  Cowdin  died,  he  wrote: 
"I  never  had  a  more  sincere,  unselfish  and 
devoted  friend,  personal  and  political.  As  a 
husband,  father,  friend  and  citizen,  Mr.  Cow- 
din  was  almost  without  a  peer."  Mr.  Cowdin 
came  to  know  the  Americans  in  Paris  and  the 
Americans  visiting  that  city  better  than  any- 
one else,  for  he  kept  open  house  and  his  din- 
ners and  receptions  were  the  most  graceful 
and  genial  acts  of  hospitality  which  the  great 
city  afforded  to  Americans  who  were  only  for 
a  few  weeks  resident  in  it.  When  Paris  was 
besieged  Mr.  Cowdin's  family  was  on  the 
last  train  that  left  Paris,  and  afterward  he 
was  in  Paris  during  the  desperate  days  of 
the  Commune.  He  observed  affairs  closely 
and  afterward  gave  a  very  valuable  and  in- 
structive lecture  on  "The  War,  the  Commune 
and  the  International,"  at  Cooper  Union,  New 
York.  In  1876  he  was  prevailed  upon  to  ac- 
cept a  nomination  to  the  state  assembly,  and 
he  was  elected.  He  introduced  a  bill  to  re- 
duce the  excessive  taxation  of  bank  stock  in 
New  York,  and  it  was  defeated  by  a  narrow 
margin.  This  legislature,  it  is  said,  was  one 
of  the  worst  in  temper  and  disposition  of  any 
in  the  history  of  the  state.  Mr.  Cowdin  sup- 
ported otherwise  progressive  legislation,  but 
appears  to  have  been  a  generation  ahead  of 
the  majority  of  his  colleagues,  and  his  mea- 
sures met  with  gross  personal  abuse  and  ma- 
lignant vituperation.  He  sought  to  introduce 
better  business  methods,  and  effect  sensible 
economy  in  the  administration  of  New  York 
City,  and  he  tried  to  organize  an  eft'ective 
street  cleaning  department.  Disappointed  at 
the  result  of  his  year's  work,  he  declined  re- 
election. 

In  1877  he  retired  from  commercial  business 
and  went  to  live  at  Mount  Kisco  on  a  pretty 
farm  he  had  bought  there,  and  he  set  to  work 
with  vigor  and  enthusiasm  to  transform  it 
into  a  country  place  of  elegance  and  beauty 
as  well  as  a  highly  productive  farm.  He  was 
one  of  the  active  members  of  the  Bedford 
Farmers'  Club  and  one  of  the  reunions  of  the 


club  was  held  at  his  house  shortly  before  he 
died.  After  he  became  a  resident  of  West- 
chester county,  he  was  urged  to  take  the  nom- 
ination for  congress  on  the  death  of  Hon. 
Alexander  Smith,  of  Yonkers,  but  he  declined 
the  honor,  though  he  took  an  active  part  in 
the  campaign  and  presided  at  Cooper  Insti- 
tute at  the  merchants'  meeting  when  Senator 
Blaine  spoke. 

Mr.  Cowdin  died  at  his  New  York  home,  14 
West  Twenty-first  street.  New  York,  April  12, 
1880,  after  a  short  illness  of  Bright's  disease. 

The  firm  which  Air.  Cowdin  established  was 
engaged  chiefly  in  importing  silks ;  after  his 
withdrawal  it  became  Hanson,  Wood  &  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Cowdin  was  a  leading  member  for 
many  years  of  the  New  York  chamber  of 
commerce  and  was  chairman  of  the  executive 
'  committee  at  the  time  of  his  death.  He  was 
vice-president  of  the  Union  League  Club ;  had 
been  president  of  the  New  England  Society; 
was  a  member  of  the  Century  Club ;  director 
of  the  Aletropolitan  Bank,  the  Hanover  Fire 
Insurance  Company  and  of  the  Woman's  Hos- 
pital ;  member  of  the  Westchester  Agricultural 
Society. 

He  was  the  intimate  and  trusted  friend  of 
such  statesmen  as  Sumner,  Greeley  and  Henry 
Wilson.  In  a  letter  to  Mrs.  Cowdin,  General 
Sherman  wrote:  "Will  you  permit  me  to  in- 
trude for  a  moment  on  your  sacred  thresh- 
old to  mingle  my  grief  with  yours  on  learn- 
ing the  death  of  your  good  husband.  You 
will  remember  that  he  was  always  kind  to  us 
who  fought  for  our  country  in  its  day  of 
peril,  that  I  have  been  more  than  once  your 
guest,  notably  in  Paris,  and  that  I  am  in- 
debted to  Mr.  Cowdin  for  many  acts  of  great 
kindness  in  public,  .\mong  all  my  acquain- 
tances I  can  recall  no  more  ardent,  enthusias- 
tic and  generous  patriot  than  Air.  Cowdin, 
and  I  lament  his  death  as  a  national  loss." 

The  Evening  Mail  paid  this  tribute  to  his 
citizenship:  "For  the  public,  the  one  great 
lesson  of  Mr.  Cowdin's  life  was  the  fact  that 
he  realized  and  performed  the  duties  of  a 
citizen.  If  New  York  had  twenty  such  men, 
the  fight  against  municipal  misrule  and  bad 
State  legislation  would  be  far  more  hopeful. 
He  gave  his  money  freely  for  all  good  causes. 
But  he  did  far  more  than  that.  He  gave  hirn- 
self.  .\nd  he  found  a  noble  satisfaction  in 
doing  his  duty  as  a  citizen.  He  found  in  po- 
litical and  public  activities  an  unfailing  stim- 
ulus, a  keen  delight  and  a  self-rewarding 
toil." 

A  memoir  bv  E.  P.  Whipple  published 
shortly  after  Air.  Cowdin  died  contains  m 
addition  to  a  biography,  the  funeral  sermon  by 
Rev.   Dr.    Bellovvs,   newspaper  obituaries  and 


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memorial  editorials  and  resolutions  and  mes- 
sages of  condolence.  He  and  his  family  at- 
tended All  Souls'  Church. 

He  married,  September  13,  1853,  Sarah 
Katharine  Waldron,  of  Boston,  born  Febru- 
ary 4,  1827,  died  December  6,  1903,  daughter 
of  Samuel  Wallis  and  Martha  (Alelcher) 
Waldron. 

Children :  i.  Katherine  Waldron,  born  June 
5,  1856:  married  (first)  Dr.  Caspar  Griswold ; 
(second)  Henry  iMarquand.  2.  John  Elliot, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Alartha  Waldron,  born 
November  15,  1859;  married  Robert  Bacon, 
formerly  secretary  of  state  of  the  United 
States,  now  United  States  x\mbassador  to 
France :  children :  Robert  Low,  born  July  23, 
1884;  Caspar  Criswold,  born  March  7,  1886, 
Elliot  Cowdin,  born  July  4,  1888 :  Martha, 
July  4,  1890.  4.  Winthrop,  born  September  28, 
1861 :  married  (first)  Lena,  daughter  of 
Bishop  Henry  C.  Potter,  (second)  Lelia, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Harrison,  of  Virginia.  5. 
Alice,  born  September  5,  1866:  married  Ham- 
ilton L.  Hoppin ;  children:  Hamilton  How- 
land  ;  Geoffrey,  died  November,  1903.  6.  El- 
liot Channing,  born  March  28,  1872. 

(V)  John  Elliot,  son  of  Elliot  Christopher 
Cowdin,  was  born  in  Boston.  March  22,  1858. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  private 
schools  in  New  York  City.  In  1869  he  went 
abroad  and  studied  in  France  and  Germany, 
returning  in  1875  to  enter  Harvard  College 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1879  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts. 
He  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  silk  in 
New  York  City,  as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of 
Johnson,  Cowdin  &  Company.  The  business 
has  been  very  successful  and  continues  under 
the  same  name,  though  the  senior  partner  died 
in  1887.  In  politics  Air.  Cowdin  is  a  Repub- 
lican, in  religion  a  L^nitarian.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  University  Club,  the  Harvard  Club,  the 
Union  League  Club  and  other  clubs  of  New 
York  City,  and  of  the  New  England  Society 
of  New  York.  He  resides  at  13  Gramercy 
Park,  New  York. 

He  married,  May  20,  1885,  Gertrude  Chee- 
ver,  born  INIay  16,  1863,  in  New  York  City, 
daughter  of  John  H.  and  Anna  (Dow)  Chee- 
ver.  Children:  i.  Elliot  Christopher,  born  in 
New  York  City,  Alarch  3,  1886.  2.  Ethel, 
April  16,  1887;  married,  June  4,  1910,  Charles 
^Morgan,  son  of  Charles  Morgan,  of  New 
York :  child :  Charles  Morgan,  born  March 
18,  191 1.     3.  John  Cheever.  !March  17,   1889. 


Although    the    Snowdens   of 
SNOWDEN     Philadelphia,     Pennsylvania, 
claim  no  New   England   an- 
cestry in  their  paternal  line  they  trace,  through 


intermarriage,  to  the  oldest  and  most  historic 
families  in  New  England — the  Hookers,  Fitz 
Randolphs,  Leetes,  Smiths  and  many  others  of 
note.  The  Snowdens  herein  recorded  spring 
from  an  English  ancestor,  whose  family,  al- 
though perhaps  originally  founded  in  Scotland, 
was  long  seated  in  Yorkshire,  West  Riding. 
Sir  Walter  Scott,  in  the  "Lady  of  the  Lake," 
names  King  James  as  the  "Knight  of  Snow- 
den"  and  Snowdens  paid  the  "hearth  tax"  in 
Yorkshire  as  far  back  as  Queen  Elizabeth  who 
began  to  reign  in  1558.  The  name  of  Snow- 
den  is  yet  found  in  Yorkshire  and  is  not  an 
uncommon  one.  The  American  ancestor,  John 
Snowden,  was  the  son  of  William,  but  no 
record  of  him  is  found,  save  in  papers  of  his 
son  John,  who  speaks  of  land  inherited  from 
his  father,  William,  lying  in  Delaware  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  probably  lived  and  died  in 
England,  and  may  have  invested  through  his 
son  in  Pennsylvania  lands.  He  had  three 
children :  William,  settled  at  Burlington,  New 

Jersey,  married  Hannah ,  who  survived 

him  and  married  (second)  Moses  Lippincott; 
John,  of  whom  further ;  Ann,  who  married 
John  Pancoast. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Snowden,  was 
born  in  Knaresboro,  Yorkshire,  England,  in 
1632,  died  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  in 
May,  1736.  He  came  to  America  where  the 
first  definite  knowledge  of  him  is  found  when 
in  1677  he  signed  in  a  list  of  the  proprietors 
of  West  Jersey,  but  he  was  in  Pennsylvania 
prior  to  that  date  as  there  are  land  records 
in  Delaware  county  showing  his  ownership  of 
land  there  at  an  earlier  date.  Later  he  settled 
on  lands  at  Burlington,  New  Jersey,  probably 
to  be  near  old  friends  from  Yorkshire  who  had 
settled  there.  He  also  owned  land  across  the 
river  in  Falls  township,  Pennsylvania,  and  in 
Philadelphia.  He  was  associate  judge  of 
Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania,  1704-1712;  mem- 
ber of  the  house  of  assembly  from  Bucks  coun- 
ty, 1715-1717-171S:  justice  of  the  peace; 
moved  from  Bucks  county  to  Philadelphia 
about  1720,  where  he  remained  until  death. 
He  had  been  brought  up  in  the  Established 
Church  but  later  had  joined  the  Quakers  in 
Yorkshire  and  in  New  Jersey  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Burlington  ]Meeting.  When  the 
trouble  arose  in  that  meeting  with  Keith  he 
seems  to  have  sided  with  the  "Keithians". 
Later  he  became  a  Baptist  and  was  immersed 
in  1704.  He  married  in  Burlington  ^Meeting, 
2mo.,  13  day.  1682,  Ann  Barrett,  probably  a 
widow,  and  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  j\Iar- 
garet  Scott.  She  died  1688  and  was  buried 
at  what  is  now  Fourth  and  Arch  streets.  Phil- 
adelphia. He  married  (second),  1718,  Eliza- 
beth   Swift,   evidently   a   daughter   of   Joseph 


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Swift,  a  prominent  man  and  a  leader  in  the 
Keith  division.  She  is  mentioned  in  his  will. 
She  married  (second)  William  Fletcher.  Chil- 
dren of  John  Snowden,  all  by  first  wife:  Ann, 
born  1683,  was  unmarried  and  living  at  the 
time   of    her   father's   death ;    Margaret,   born 

1684,    married    Priestley;    John,    of 

whom  further;  William,  married  Abigail 
WooUey ;  Mary,  married,  6mo.,  8  day,  1726, 
Benjamin   Wright. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Snowden, 
"the  founder",  was  born  in  Burlington,  New 
Jersey,  1685,  died  in  Philadelphia,  March  24, 
175 1.  He  owned  large  tanning  interests,  farm 
property  and  Philadelphia  property  at  Second 
and  Dock  streets  that  remained  in  the  family 
for  four  generations.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
Philadelphia,  and  the  first  regularly  ordained 
elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in  this  coun- 
try. He  represented  the  first  church  in  the 
Synods  of  1717-1718-1719-1721-1725  and 
1727.  He  married  (first),  November  10,  1709, 
iMary,  daughter  of  Christopher  Taylor,  a 
leading  citizen  of  Chester  county.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  October  4,  1720.  in  Princeton, 
New  Jersey,  Mrs.  Ruth  (  Fitz  Randolph)  Har- 
rison, widow  of  Edward  Harrison  and  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Fitz  Randolph.  She  was  born 
at  Piscataway,  New  Jersey,  April  8,  1695,  ^'^^ 
September  25,  1780,  at  Maidenhead  (now 
Lawrenceville.  New  Jersey).  Benjamin,  her 
father,  was  born  in  Plymouth  colony  at  Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts,  1663,  died  in  Princeton, 
New  Jersey,  October  5,  1746,  son  of  Edward 
Fitz  Randolph,  born  1615.  in  Nottinghamshire, 
England,  died  at  Piscataway,  New  Jersey, 
1676.  He  was  one  of  the  early  Pilgrims  and 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Blos- 
som, an  Englishman  who  joined  the  Puritans 
at  Leyden.  sailed  in  the  "Speedwell"  for  Amer- 
ica, but  went  back  when  the  "Speedwell"  was 
found  unseaworthy.  He  later  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  the  "Mayflower"  on  her  last  voyage. 
Elizabeth,  his  daughter  was  born  in  Leyden, 
Holland,  and  came  to  America  with  her  father, 
who  became  one  of  the  founders  of  Plymouth. 
Benjamin  Fitz  Randolph  married  Sarah  Den- 
nis, born  at  Piscataway  July  18,  1673,  '^'^'^1  '^'^ 
Princeton.  New  Jersey,  November  22,  1732,  a 
descendant  of  the  early  New  England  families 
of  Dennis,  Howland  and  Bloomfield. 

Children  of  John  (2)  Snowden  and  his  first 
wife,  ]\Iary  Taylor:  James,  born  March  8, 
171 1,  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Caleb 
North:  Rebecca,  born  February,  1713,  mar- 
ried, 1730,  Charles  Edgar:  Mary,  born  1715. 
married  (first),  1735,  David  Murray,  (second) 
Matthias  Keen,  a  captain  of  the  revolution  and 
burgess  of  Bristol,  Pennsylvania ;  Anna,  died 


in  infancy;  John,  born  1718,  died  1772,  mar- 
ried, 1740,  Rachel  Hendrick.  Children  of 
John  (2)  Snowden  and  his  second  wife,  Ruth 
(Fitz  Randolph-Harrison)  Benjamin,  born 
1721,  died  1748;  Jedidiah,  born  September  21, 
1724,  died  1797,  married  Mary  Bell.  He  is 
the  ancestor  of  Dr.  Weir  Mitchell,  the  famous 
physician  of  Philadelphia,  and  well  known 
author  of  historical  novels;  Isaac,  of  whom 
further;  Rachel,  died  in  childhood. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  John  (2)  Snowden  and 
his  second  wife,  Ruth  (Fitz  Randolph-Harri- 
son) was  born  in  Philadelphia,  April  14, 
1732,  died  in  Middletown  township,  Ches- 
ter county,  Pennsylvania,  December  26, 
1809.  His  tombstone  yet  standing  is  re- 
markable for  its  elaborate  and  well 
chosen  words  of  eulogy.  He  owned  a 
great  deal  of  land  in  and  around  Princeton, 
New  Jersey,  and  was  an  early  friend  and  pa- 
tron of  both  the  town  and  college.  He  owned 
tanneries  in  Philadelphia  and  a  parcel  of  land 
extending  from  the  north  side  of  Spruce  street 
to  the  south  side  of  Chestnut  street,  and  from  • 
the  west  side  of  Ninth  street  to  the  east  side 
of  Eleventh  street.  He  made  Philadelphia  his 
home  until  the  British  occupied  Philadelphia 
when  he  took  up  his  residence  in  Princeton. 
He  was  a  distinguished  patriot  and  civil  officer 
of  Philadelphia,  and  in  Princeton  is  remem- 
bered for  his  early  connection  with  Princeton 
and  as  a  trustee  for  sixteen  years  of  Prince- 
ton College.  He  was  quartermaster  of  the 
Fourth  Battalion  of  Philadelphia  Associators 
in  1775,  and  in  1777  under  Colonel  Kane;  al- 
though himself  under  arms  he  enlisted  and 
paid  the  cost  of  keeping  two  men  in  the  field 
that  he  might  always  be  represented.  From 
1777  to  1779  he  was  commissioner  to  sign  con- 
tinental money  and  his  name  may  be  seen  on 
many  bills  yet  in  existence.  From  1780  to 
1782'  he  was"  treasurer  of  Philadelphia  county 
and  city.  He  was  equally  prominent  in  the 
Presbyterian  church,  and  was  the  first  treas- 
urer of  the  L^nited  Synod  of  Pennsylvania  and 
New  Jersey :  first  treasurer  of  the  first  Gen- 
eral Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in 
the  United  States ;  charter  member  of  the  Sec- 
ond Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia,  and 
member  of  the  committee  that  prepared  the 
form  of  government  for  the  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  United  States. 

As  stated  he  served  sixteen  years  as  trustee 
of  Princeton  College  and  with  Mr.  Bayard 
furnished  the  funds  to  send  its  president,  Rev. 
John  Witherspoon,  to  Europe  in  the  interest  of 
the  college.  He  was  a  member  of  the  social 
organization, ''The  State  in  Schuylkill,"  and  his 
name  appears  on  its  first  list  of  members,  after 
the   sjranting  of   its   charter.     The  club   was 


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formed  by  wealthy  gentlemen  to  acquire  lands 
for  fishing  and  shooting  purposes  and  as  a 
purely  social  body.  It  is  still  maintained  as  a 
social  club,  menilDership  being  derived  by  in- 
heritance, no  new  members  being  admitted  in 
any  other  way.  Isaac  Snowden  was  a  leader 
in  "his  city,  niaintained  an  elegant,  hospitable 
mansion  and  in  social  life  was  very  prominent. 
He  married  (first),  :\Iarch  8,  1759,  Alary 
Parker,  born  September  8,  1726,  died  2^Iay  29, 
1761,  a  native-born  Philadelphian,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Parker.  He  married  (second), 
March  17,  1763,  in  Old  Christ  Episcopal 
Church,  Philadelphia  (where  his  first  marriage 
was  also  solemnized),  Mary  (Cox)  AlcCall, 
born  1735,  died  June  30,  1806,  widow  of  Sam- 
uel r\IcCall  and  daughter  of  William  Co.x  (also 
Co.xe)  and  Mary  Francis.  William  Cox,  one 
of  the  early  counsellors  of  Philadelphia,  was 
born  in  England  and  educated  in  Holland. 
Children  of  Isaac  Snowden  and  his  first  wife : 

1.  Benjamin  Parker,  born  1760,  was  lost  at 
sea ;  he  was  a  graduate  of  Princeton  and  -left 
a  will  which  was  not  probated  until  three  years 
after  his  loss  was  reported.  2.  ]\Iary,  died  in 
infancy.  Children  of  Isaac  Snowden  and  his 
second'  wife:  3.  Isaac  (2),  born  1764,  a  grad- 
uate of  Princeton  College,  and  an  elder  of  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Philadelphia ; 
married  Cornelia  Clarkson.  4.  Rev.  Gilbert 
Tennent,  born  1766,  died  1797;  graduate  of 
Princeton,  and  an  eloquent,  forceful  minister 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  5.  Rev.  Samuel 
Finley,  born'  1767,  died  1845 ;  graduate  of 
Princeton  and  a  prominent  minister  of  the 
Presbyterian  church :  married  Susan  Breese ; 
descendants  are  yet  found  in  New  Jersey,  but 
are  mostly  in  the  south,  particularly  Tennes- 
see. 6.  Rev.  Nathaniel  Randolph,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 7.  Rev.  Charles  Tennent,  bom  1772,  died 
at  an  advanced  age ;  was  a  graduate  of  Prince- 
ton and  a  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  church ; 
married  Sarah  ]\Ialcolm,  daughter  of  General 
Malcolm,  of  New  Jersey.  8.  Mary,  born  1774, 
died  1774.  9.  William,  born  1776,  died  unmar- 
ried. 

(V)  Rev.  Nathaniel  Randolph  Snowden.  son 
of  Isaac  Snowden  by  his  second  wife  ]vlary 
(Cox-McCall)  Snowden,  was  born  in  Phila- 
delphia, January  17.  1770,  died  in  Freeport, 
Armstrong   county,    Pennsylvania,    November 

2,  185 1.  He  was  a  graduate  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege, class  of  1787,  studied  divinity  and  was 
ordained  a  minister  of  the  Presbyterian  church 
in  1792.  His  first  pastorate  was  over  the 
church  at  Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
also  had  charge  of  the  churches  at  Derry  and 
Paxtang,  preaching  in  all  every  Sunday.  His 
was  the  first  English  church  in  Harrisburg. 
He  was  a  tutor  for  a  time  at  Dickinson  Col- 


lege, Carlisle,  which  in  its  early  days  was  a 
Presbyterian  college.  He  remained  at  Harris- 
burg from  1792  to  1803.  then  was  for  several 
years  at  Aliddletown  and  Williamsport,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  lived  for  a  number  of  years  in 
Philadelphia,  retired  from  the  ministry,  then 
settled  in  Armstrong  county,  at  Freeport, 
where  he  died.  He  was  of  a  kindly,  sympa- 
thetic nature  and  accomplished  a  great  deal  of 
good  for  his  blaster's  cause.  He  married, 
]\Iay  24,  1792,  at  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  Sa- 
rah Gustine,  born  June  21,  1775,  in  New  York 
City,  died-  April  2,  1856,  at  Freeport,  Arm- 
strong county,  daughter  of  Lemuel  (2)  Gus- 
tine, born  1749,  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  died 
1807,  at  Carlisle  (see  Gustine  \').  Children 
of  Rev.  Nathaniel  R.  Snowden:  i.  Dr.  Isaac 
^^■a^■ne,  of  whom  further.  2.  Dr.  Charles  Gus- 
tine, born  1796,  died  1868;  studied  medicine 
and  spent  his  life  engaged  in  the  practice  of 
his  profession  at  Freeport.  Armstrong  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  married  (first)  Sarah 
Scott,  (second)  Margaret  Given.  3.  Dr.  Lem- 
uel Gustine,  born  1798,  died  1842.  He  was  a 
regularly  qualified  physician.  4.  Samuel,  died 
young.  5.  Mary  Parker,  born  1801,  died  1889; 
married  James  Thompson,  chief  justice  of  the 
supreme  court  of  Pennsylvania.  6.  Nathaniel 
Duffield,  born  1803,  died  1864.  He  was  also 
a  regularly  accredited  physician,  in  practice  all 
his  active  life.  He  married  Jane  AlcClelland, 
and  their  only  living  son  is  Major  General 
George  Randolph  Snowden,  of  Philadelphia. 
7.  James  Ross,  of  whom  further. 

(\T)  James  Ross,  son  of  Nathaniel  R.  and 
Sarah  (Gustine)  Snowden,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 9,  1809,  near  Chester,  Pennsylvania,  died 
in  Bucks  county,  March  21,  1878.  He  studied 
under  the  direction  of  his  father  at  Dickinson 
College,  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  later  embraced 
the  profession  of  law  and  at  the  age  nineteen 
years  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  located 
at  Franklin,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  practiced 
until  his  entrance  into  public  and  political  life. 
He  was  a  Democrat  in  politics  and  was  chosen 
a  member  of  the  assembly  from  Venango  coun- 
ty. In  1842  and  1844  he  was  speaker  of  the 
House.  In  1847  treasurer  of  the  United 
States,  and  during  1847  and  1848  also  treas- 
urer of  the  United  States  mint  at  Philadelphia. 
In  1852  he  became  solicitor  for  the  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad  and  removed  his  residence  to 
Pittsburgh.  In  1853  he  was  appointed  direc- 
tor of  the  United  States  mint  at  Philadelphia, 
continuing  until  1861.  At  that  time  the  di- 
rector of  the  Philadelphia  mint  was  director 
of  all  United  States  mints.  From  1861  to 
1873  he  was  prothonotary  of  the  supreme 
court  of  Pennsylvania.  In  the  latter  year  he 
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locating  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  a  high  au- 
thority on  mint  management,  and  when  the 
government  began  an  investigation  into  the 
condition  of  the  several  mints  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  assist  in  the  investigation.  He  was 
the  author  of  "Mint  Manual  of  Coins  of  all 
Nations",  "Washington  Memorials",  "Coins  of 
the  Bible",  "Life  of  Gyantwahia"  (Cornplan- 
ter),  and  of  innumerable  pamphlets,  etc.,  on 
his  favorite  subjects,  coins  and  coinage  and 
George  Washington.  He  was  colonel  of  a 
volunteer  militia  regiment  of  Pennsylvania 
troops,  and  in  1845  president  of  the  State 
^lilitary  Convention  and  wrote  the  memorial 
that  brought  about  much  needed  reforms  in 
the  military  establishment  of  the  state.  He 
received  from  Jefferson  College  the  degree 
of  Master  of  Arts  and  from  Washington  and 
Jefferson  that  of  Doctor  of  Laws.  He  was  an 
elder  of  the  Presbyterian  church  belonging  to 
the  old  Tabernacle  Church  of  Philadelphia. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  State  in  Schuylkill ; 
the  Masonic  order ;  was  corresponding  secre- 
tary of  the  Pennsylvania  Historical  Society ; 
member  Numismatic  Society,  Philadelphia 
Academy  of  Natural  Science,  Presbyterian 
Historical  Society,  and  others  of  professional 
and   scientific   nature. 

He  married,  September  13,  1848,  Susan  En- 
gle  Patterson,  born  in  Philadelphia,  October 
19,  1823,  died  there  February  11,  1897,  daugh- 
ter of  General  Robert  Patterson,  of  Philadel- 
phia, the  hero  of  many  battles  of  the  war  of 
1812,  the  war  with  Mexico  and  the  civil  war. 
General  Patterson  was  born  January  12,  1792, 
in  county  Tyrone,  Ireland,  died  in  Philadel- 
phia, August  8,  1881.  He  was  the  son  of 
Francis  Patterson,  an  Irish  patriot  who  es- 
caped from  Ireland  to  America,  a  price  being 
offered  for  him  "dead  or  alive"  by  the  British 
government.  He  fled  to  America  with  his 
only  son  Robert  (General)  in  1798.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Graham.  Both  the  Pattersons  and 
Grahams  trace  their  ancestry  to  the  famous 
Scotch  families  bearing  their  names.  Gen- 
eral Robert  Patterson  became  an  eminent  busi- 
ness man  of  Philadelphia  and  from  a  youth 
was  filled  with  patriotism  and  military  en- 
thusiasm. He  was  captain  and  colonel  of 
iniltia  and  served  in  the  United  States  Reg- 
ular Army  during  three  wars.  He  was  com- 
missioned first  lieutenant.  Twenty-second 
Regiment  Infantry,  April  5,  1813:  captain 
Thirty-second  Regiment,  June,  1813;  serving 
at  Lundv's  Lane  and  in  other  battles  of  the 
war  until  1814.  He  was  commissioned  Major 
General  of  Volunteers  July  7,  1846.  and  was 
second  in  command  during  the  Mexican  war, 
gaining  a  high  reputation  as  a  military  com- 
mander.    At  the  outbreak  of  the  civil  war  he 


again  oft'ered  his  sword  to  his  country  and 
was  assigned  a  command.  At  that  early  pe- 
riod, with  all  the  commanders  hampered  and 
often  harassed  by  the  authorities  at  Wash- 
ington, few  successes  came  to  the  Union  army. 
He  was  in  command  of  Union  forces  at  the 
first  battle  of  Bull  Run,  and  although  he 
fought  that  battle  bravely  and  well,  his  orders 
were  of  such  a  nature  that  success  was  im- 
possible. Much  has  been  written  derogatory 
to  the  old  hero's  part  in  that  battle,  but  he 
had  the  commendation  of  President  Lincoln 
and  the  great  generals  of  the  war.  He  was  a 
gallant,  courtly  gentleman,  and  at  his  mansion 
on  Locust  street,  Philadelphia,  (where  now 
stands  the  Pennsylvania  Historical  Society 
Building)  maintained  a  generous  hospitality, 
celebrating  every  year  the  taking  of  the  city 
of  Mexico  with  his  old  companions-in-arms 
who  gathered  from  all  sections  to  join  with 
him  and  live  again  that  glorious  day.  Gen- 
eral Patterson  married  December  12,  1817, 
Sarah  Ann  .Engle,  born  in  Philadelphia,  .April 
2,  1792,  died  there  in  June,  1875,  daughter  of 
James  Engle,  a  patriot  of  the  revolution,  who 
enlisted  at  the  age  of  nineteen  years ;  was  ser- 
geant, ensign  and  second  lieutenant.  Third 
Regiment  Pennsylvania  Line;  in  1809  was 
speaker  of  the  Pennsylvania  house  of  assem- 
bly ;  married  Margaret  .\dam.  a  descendant 
of  the  Grahams  of  Montrose,  Scotland,  and  of 
the  "Quaker  Jones"  family.  James  was  a  son 
of  John  and  Ann  (Witmer)  Engle;  John  the 
son  of  Paul  (2)  and  Willimker  (Tyson)  En- 
gle; Paul  (2),  son  of  Paul  (i)  Engle,  was 
elected  burgess  of  Germantown  in  1703,  but 
declined  on  account  of  Mennonite  principles. 
Children  of  General  Robert  Patterson:  1. 
Mary  Ann  Engle,  born  1818,  died  1874:  mar- 
ried General  John  Joseph  Abercrombie.  2. 
James  Engle,  died  young.  3.  Francis  Engle, 
born  1821,  died  1861 ;  a  veteran  of  the  Mexi- 
can war  and  brigadier-general  in  command  of 
Pennsylvania  troops  during  the  civil  war.  His 
was  the  first  command  to  follow  the  Sixth 
Massachusetts  through  Baltimore,  going 
through  unmolested.  4.  Susan  Engle,  men- 
tioned above. 

Children  of  James  Ross  Snowden:  i.  Sa- 
rah Patterson,  married  John  Stephenson 
Mitchell,  a  descendant  of  Governor  Jennings, 
of  New  Jersey ;  the  Stephensons  of  New  Jer- 
sev  and  the  Kinzey  and  Mitchell  families  of 
Bi'tcks  county,  Pennsylvania.  Mrs.  Mitchell 
survives  her' husband,  a  highly  cultured,  pa- 
triotic lady,  residing  in  Philadelphia.  She  is 
historian  of  Pennsylvania  Chapter.  Daughter 
of  Founders  and  Pa'triots  of  .America  :  member 
of  Colonial  Dames  of  .America;  Philadelphia 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Revolution;  mem- 


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ber  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Society  of 
Daughters  of  1812;  regent  of  General  Robert 
Patterson  Chapter,  Daughters  of  1812;  mem- 
ber of  the  Guadaloupe  Club  (a  society  formed 
of  descendants  of  the  Mexican  war)  ;  dame  of 
the  Alilitary  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion  ;  mem- 
ber of  the  Pennsylvania  Society  of  New  Eng- 
land Women;  president  of  the  Plastic  Club 
(art)  ;  member  of  the  board  of  managers  of 
the  Fellowship  of  Pennsylvania  Academy  of 
Fine  Arts.  2.  Robert  Patterson,  assistant  en- 
gineer Camden  &  Amboy  railroad ;  married 
^Iary  Dilbert.  3.  James  Ross,  died  young.  4. 
Frank  Patterson,  deceased.  5.  Gertrude,  died 
young.  6.  Alary  Thompson,  married  William 
Stansfield.  7.  Llewellyn,  twin  of  Alary  Thomp- 
son, deceased.  8.  Charles  A.,  died  in  infancy. 
9.  Louisa  Hortense,  graduate  of  Lhiiversity 
of  Pennsylvania,  Bachelor  of  Science,  with 
post-graduate  courses  at  the  Sorbonne, 
Paris :  Leipsic,  Germany,  and  the  L'niversity 
of  Pennsylvania ;  received  the  Woman's  Table 
at  Naples,  and  is  still  pursuing  courses  of 
study  both  at  home  and  abroad ;  a  resident  of 
Philadelphia. 

(\T)  Dr.  Isaac  Wayne  Snowden,  eldest  son 
of  Rev.  Nathaniel  R.  Snowden,  was  born  in 
Harrisburg,  Pennsylvania,  in  1794,  died  at 
Hogestown.  Cumberland  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, in  1850.  He  was  given  a  good  educa- 
tion and  chose  the  profession  of  medicine 
which  he  successfully  practiced  all  his  life  in 
Cumberland  county.  He  was  the  first  of  his 
brothers  to  adopt  that  profession,  which  was 
later  followed  by  them  all  with  the  e.xception 
of  James  Ross  Snowden.  He  was  a  Democrat 
in  politics  and  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  He  married  Margery  Bines  Loudon, 
daughter  of  Archibald  Loudon  of  Cumberland 
county.  Children:  i.  Nathaniel  Randolph, 
died  unmarried.  2.  Sarah  Gustine,  married 
Thomas  Stewart :  resides  in  Ohio.  3.  Alaude, 
unmarried.  4.  Archibald  Loudon,  of  further 
mention. 

(VH)  Archibald  Loudon,  son  of  Dr.  Isaac 
Wayne  Snowden,  was  born  in  Cumberland 
county,  Pennsylvania,  August  11,  1837.  Fol- 
lowing a  preliminary  academic  education  he 
entered  Jefferson,  later  known  as  Washington 
and  Jefferson  College,  in  western  Pennsyl- 
vania, from  whence  he  was  graduated  Bache- 
lor of  .Arts,  class  of  1856.  In  1880  his  alma 
mater  bestowed  the  honorary  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts  and  in  1902  Doctor  of  Laws. 
After  completing  his  collegiate  course  he  de- 
termined upon  the  profession  of  law  and  en- 
tered the  L^niversity  of  Pennsylvania  Law 
School,  but  was  destined  for  a  far  different 
career.  At  the  solicitation  of  his  uncle,  James 
Ross  Snowden,  then  director  of  the  United 


States  mint  at  Philadelphia,  he  accepted  the 
appointment  of  register  of  the  mint.  In  1866 
he  was  promoted  chief  coiner,  a  position  he 
continuously  iilled  until  1877.  In  the  latter 
year  he  received  unsought  the  appointment  of 
postmaster  of  Philadelphia,  by  President 
Grant,  holding  until  1879.  His  administration 
of  the  Philadelphia  postoffice  was  strictly  a 
business  one  and  gave  great  satisfaction.  He 
returned  to  the  mint  in  1879  as  superintendent, 
receiving  the  appointment  from  President 
Hayes,  who  twice  offered  him  the  directorship 
of  all  United  States  mints  and  was  twice  re- 
fused. He  was  unanimously  confirmed  by 
the  senate  as  superintendent  of  the  Philadel- 
phia mint  and  entered  upon  his  long  career  as 
chief  of  that  institution,  so  noted  a  historic 
landmark  of  Philadelphia.  As  chief  coiner 
and  superintendent,  his  services  covered  a  pe- 
riod of  twenty-eight  years.  These  we're  years 
of  great  advancement  for  the  mint.  Colonel 
Snowden  installed  better  machinery  and  ap- 
pliances for  more  rapid,  accurate  and  artistic 
coinage,  some  of  which  he  invented  while 
others  he  suggested.  He  became  a  recognized 
authority  on  coinage  and  is  the  author  of 
many  published  papers  relating  to  these  sub- 
jects. 

He  continued  superintendent  of  the  mint 
until  1885,  when  President  Cleveland  ap- 
pointed a  successor  agreeing  with  himself  in 
political  faith.  In  1889  Colonel  Snowden  was 
appointed  by  President  Harrison,  minister 
resident  and  consul  general  to  Greece,  Rou- 
mania  and  Servia.  Shortly  after  his  appoint- 
ment this  mission  was  raised  to  that  of  envoy 
extraordinary  and  minister  plenipotentiary. 
He  served  under  this  appointment  1889-1891, 
with  headquarters  at  Athens,  Greece.  In  the 
latter  year  he  was  appointed  United  States 
minister  to  Spain  and  spent  the  years  1891- 
1893  at  the  Spanish  capital,  Aladrid.  Some 
grave  diplomatic  questions  arose  during  his 
term  of  office,  which  with  others  of  long 
standing  he  successfully  settled.  On  his  re- 
tirement from  Madrid  the  Queen  Regent  in 
recognition  of  his  valuable  services  to  the  two 
governments  conferred  upon  him  the  Grand 
Cordon  of  Isabella  the  Catholic,  one  of  the 
highest  orders  of  Spain.  Later,  when  a  pri- 
vate citizen  and  free  to  accept  honors  without 
the  consent  of  congress,  he  received  from  the 
King  of  Greece,  the  Grand  Cordon  of  the  Sa- 
viour, the  highest  order  in  Greece,  as  a  mark 
of  the  personal  friendship  of  King  George. 
From  the  King  of  Roumania  he  received  the 
Grand  Cordon  of  the  Crown  of  Roumania.  On 
retiring  from  the  diplomatic  service  Colonel 
Snowden  returned  to  Philadelphia,  which  has 
ever  since  been  his  home.     He  has  also  ren- 


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dered  his  country  military  service.  .'\t  the  out- 
break of  the  civil  war  he  organized  a  regiment 
of  volunteers  and  was  commissioned  lieuten- 
ant-colonel, and  Pennsylvania's  quota  being 
full  the  regiment  was  assigned  to  service  in 
regiments  from  other  states.  He  was  urged 
to  return  to  the  mint  in  Philadelphia,  by  die 
director,  and  did  so,  but  subsequently  partici- 
pated in  the  skirmishes  preliminary  to  the  bat- 
tle of  Gettysburg,  as  a  member  of  the  First 
City  Troop  of  Philadelphia,  an  organization 
with  which  he  was  connected  actively  for  fif- 
teen years,  passing  through  all  subordinate 
ranks  to  that  of  colonel  in  command,  com- 
missioned 1877.  He  is  an  orator  and  writer 
of  national  repute  and  as  stated,  is  a  recog- 
nized authority  on  matters  relating  to  coins 
and  coinage.  His  services  to  the  city  of  Phil- 
adelphia have  been  varied  and  continuous.  He 
has  been  president  of  theFairmount  Park  board 
of  commissioners,  and  was  in  entire  manage- 
ment of  the  great  parade  on  December  16, 
1879,  that  welcomed  General  Grant  on  his  re- 
turn from  his  trip  around  the  world.  For 
his  efficient  service  in  organizing  that  great 
parade  and  for  the  splendid  work  accomplished 
he  received  the  cordial  thanks  of  the  city  au- 
thorities. Another  great  public  event  with 
which  Colonel  Snowden  was  prominently  con- 
nected was  that  to  which  he  was  appointed 
by  the  Constitutional  Centennial  Commission. 
He  organized  the  industrial  and  civic  depart- 
ments of  the  great  processional  celebration 
which  took. place  in  Philadelphia.  September 
15-17,  1887.  Both  these  parades  were  unparal- 
leled successes  and  most  creditable  to  Colonel 
Snowden  and  his  city.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  American  Philosophical  Society  and  other 
organizations  of  a  literary  character.  His 
clubs  are  the  State  in  Schuylkill,  St.  Andrews, 
Philadelphia  and  the  Union  League.  He  is  an 
e.x-president  of  the  Fire  Association  of  Phila- 
delphia and  of  the  United  Fire  Underwriters 
of  America.  He  is  yet  actively  interested  in 
business,  occupying  offices  in  the  Land  Title 
Building.  His  residence  is  1812  Spruce  street, 
Philadelphia.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics. 
Colonel  Snowden  married,  February  16, 
1864,  Elizabeth  Robinson,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Robinson  Smith,  of  Philadelphia. 

(Gustine  and  Allied  Families). 

Sarah  Gustine,  wife  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Ran- 
dolph Snowden,  was  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Augustin  Jean,  born  on  the  Isle  of  Jersey  at 
the  village  of  Saint  Ouen,  1647,  died  1720,  at 
Falmouth-  (Portland),  Maine,  son  of  Edward 
Jean,  born  in  October,  1597,  died  November 
12,  1674.  Edward  Jean,  married.  April  25, 
1638,    Esther   Lerossignol,    born    at    L'Etacq, 


Isle  of  Jersey,  January  25,  1612.  Children: 
Katherine,  born  October  2,  1640;  Augustin,  of 
further  mention ;  Marguerite,  born  November 
24,  1656;  Edmund,  April  16, . 

(II)  .Augustin,  son  of  Edward  Jean,  was 
born  at  Saint  Ouen,  on  the  Isle  of  Jersey, 
January  9,  1647.  He  came  to  the  American 
colonies  settling  at  W'atertown.  Massachusetts. 
He  anglicized  his  name  to  John  .\ugustin, 
which  through  many  changes  finally  became 
John  Gustin  or  Gustine.  He  fought  in  King 
Philip's  war  in  Captain  Turner's  company  at 
Brookfield,  and  under  Captain  Beeres  at  .Marl- 
boro, ranking  as  sergeant  or  acting  sergeant. 
He  married,  January  10,  1678,  at  \Vatertown, 
Massachusetts,  Elizabeth  Browne,  born  May 
26,  1657,  at  Cambridge,  daughter  of  John 
Browne,  "the  Scotchman",  born  presumably  in 
Scotland  in  1631,  died  in  W'atertown  in  1697; 
married.  .April  24,  1655,  by  Captain  .\therton, 
Esther  Alakepeace  ;  children  of  John  Browne  : 
John  (2),  born  1656,  died  young;  Elizabeth, 
of  previous  mention;  Sarah,  July  18.  1661  ; 
^lary,  December  19,  1662;  John  (3),  Novem- 
ber 27,  1664  :  Hester,  1667,  died  1677  ;  Thomas, 
1669;  Daniel,  1671 ;  Deborah.  1673;  -Abigail, 
1675;  Joseph,  1677.  Esther  Makepeace  was 
a  daughter  of  Thomas  Makepeace,  born  in 
England,  in  1592,  died  in  Boston,  Massachu- 
setts, 1667  ;  his  children  were  :  Thomas  ;  Will- 
iam ;  Hannah ;  ^Mary ;  Esther,  married  John 
Browne ;  Wait-a-While,  married  Josiah  Coop- 
er ;  Opportunity.  Children  of  John  Gustine, 
born  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  Falmouth, 
Maine:  Samuel,  of  whom  further:  Sarah; 
John,  born  in  1691 ;  Abigail,  December,  1693, 
married  Zachariah  Brazier;  Ebenezer,  born 
1696;  Thomas,  March  5,  1699;  David,  Febru- 
ary 6,  1703. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Gustine,  was 
born  about  1680  at  Falmouth  (Portland), 
^Nlaine.  He  married  at  Stonington,  Connecti- 
cut. June  12,  1712.  .Abigail  Shaw,  born  in 
1695.  Children:  Abigail,  born  1713:  Samuel 
(2),  1718:  Stephen,  1720;  Elizabeth,  1722; 
Lemuel,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Lemuel,  son  of  Samuel  Gustine,  was 
born  in  Stonington,  Connecticut,  1724.  He 
served  as  land  commissioner  and  in  other  pub- 
lic capacities.  He  married  and  had  four  chil- 
dren: I.  Lemuel  (2),  of  whom  further.  2. 
Dr.  Joel,  served  in  the  revolution  and  fought 
at  Bunker  Hill.  3.  Hannah,  married  .Archi- 
bald Snowden,  of  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  (an- 
other Snowden  branch.)  4.  A  daughter,  mar- 
ried William  Thompson. 

(V)  Lemuel  (2),  son  of  Lemuel  (i)  Gus- 
tine. was  born  in  Saybrook,  Connecticut.  1749. 
died  at  Carlisle,  Pennsylvania,  1807.  He  was 
a  regular  physician  and  a  surgeon  in  the  revo- 


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lutionary  war.  He  later  settled  in  the  Wyo- 
ming valley  of  Pennsylvania  with  his  wife, 
and  daughter  Sarah.  He  was  aide  to  Colonel 
Zebulon  Butler  and  under  Colonel  Nathan 
Denison.  who  commanded  the  left  wing  of  the 
patriot  forces  at  the  battle  and  massacre  of 
Wyoming,  July  3,  1778.  He  signed  the  ar- 
ticles of  capitulation  as  a  witness  and  promised 
with  all  the  surrendered  troops  not  to  again 
take  up  arms  in  the  conflict  between  Great 
Britain  and  the  colonies.  He  had  mad6  some 
good  friends  among  the  Indians,  probably 
through  his  healing  art,  who  advised  him  to 
get  awav  quickly,  warning  him  of  what  later 
followed.  His  wife  had  died  a  month  previ- 
ous, leaving  him  with  a  three  year  old  daugh- 
ter, Sarah,  and  an  infant  of  one  month.  These 
he  placed  in  a  boat  with  him,  escaping  down 
the  river  to  Harrisburg — the  infant  dying  be- 
fore or  just  after  reaching  that  city.  Sarah 
lived  to  a  good  old  age  and  was  the  last  sur- 
vivor of  the  Wyoming  massacre.  Dr.  Lemuel 
Gustine  is  incorrectly  called  Samuel  in  the 
records  and  on  the  Wyoming  battle  monu- 
ment. He  spent  his  latter  years  in  western 
Pennsylvania,  near  his  only  daughter,  Sarah, 
wife  of  Rev.  Nathaniel  Snowden.  Dr.  Gus- 
tine married  Susanna  Smith,  born  at  White 
Plains,  New  York,  November  17,  1750,  died  at 
Forty  Fort,  Wyoming  Valley.  Pennsylvania, 
June  12,  1778,  daughter  of  Dr.  William 
Hooker  Smith,  a  well  known  character  in  the 
Wyoming  \'alley.  Children :  Sarah,  married 
Rev.  Nathaniel  R.  Snowden  (see  Snowden 
V),  and  Susan,  the  babe  before  mentioned. 

(The   Smith   Line). 

(I)  William  Smith  was  born  in  England; 
married,  September  4,  1661,  Elizabeth  Hart- 
lev,  of  Newport  Pegnel,  Buckinghamshire, 
England,  of  a  distinguished  English  family  of 
lawyers. 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Smith,  was 
born  at  Newport  Pegnel,  Buckinghamshire, 
England,  September  19,  1675,  died  at  New 
York  City,  November  14,  1745.  He  came  to 
New  York  in  171 5  and  was  the  founder  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  in  that  city. 
By  the  advice  of  the  trustees  of  Yale  College, 
he  secured  the  services  of  Jonathan  Edwards, 
then  a  youth  of  nineteen  years,  who  became 
the  first  pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  New  York  City,  which  proved  to 
be  the  first  steppingstone  to  his  wonderful 
career  as  a  minister.  Thomas  Smith  married, 
May  13,  1696,  in  England,  Susanna  Odell, 
who  died  before  her  husband  came  to  New 
York. 

Children:  William,,  born  October  5. 
1697,  father  of  William  Smith,  the  historian  of 


New    York ;   Thomas ;   Rev.   John,   of    whom 
further;  Odell,  died  in  infancy. 

(HI)  Rev.  John  Smith,  son  of  Thomas 
Smith,  was  born  ]\Iay  5,  1702,  at  Newport 
Pegnel,  Buckinghamshire,  England,  died  at 
White  Plains,  New  York,  February  26,  1771. 
He  was  a  graduate  of  Yale  and  a  noted  phy- 
sician and  minister  of  the  Gospel  (see  Dex- 
ter's  "Yale  Graduates").  He  married,  May 
6,  1724.  Alehitable  Hooker,  born  May  i,  1704, 
at  Guilford,  Connecticut,  died  at  White 
Plains,  New  York,  September  15,  1775, 
daughter  of  Judge  James  Hooker  (see 
Hooker). 

(IV)  Dr.  William  Hooker  Smith,  son  of 
Rev.  John  Smith,  was  born  at  Rye,  New  York, 
ilay  23,  1725,  died  July  17,  1815,  in  Luzerne 
county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  a  surgeon  and 
physician  at  Rye,  and  in  1772  transferred  his 
business  and  practice  to  the  Wyoming  Valley 
of  Pennsylvania.  He  was  an  ardent  patriot 
and  on  May  15,  1775,  enlisted  in  the  Third 
Company,  First  Regiment  Connecticut  Troops. 
He  served  with  his  regiment  in  the  Northern 
New  York,  Lake  Champlain  and  Canadian 
expeditions:  re-enlisted  in  December,  1775, 
in  the  Tenth  Connecticut  Regiment,  Colonel 
Parsons,  joined  Washington  at  New  York, 
fought  at  Long  -Island,  commissioned  captain. 
Twenty-fourth  Regiment  Connecticut  Line ; 
was  commissioned  surgeon  May  27,  1778,  and 
at  the  time  of  the  Wyoming  Massacre,  in 
July,  1778.  was  away  with  the  Wyoming  Bat- 
talion. He  marched  with  General  Sullivan  in 
1779  into  the  Indian  country  and  by  his  cheer- 
fulness and  example  greatly  encouraged  the 
soldiers  on  that  fatiguing  and  dangerous  mis- 
sion. After  the  war  he  was  chosen  the  first 
judge  of  the  fifth  district,  Luzerne  county, 
Pennsylvania,  court  of  common  pleas,  taking 
office  May  11,  1787.  He  erected  the  first 
iron  works  on  the  Susquehanna,  having  un- 
bounded faith  in  the  future  development  of 
the  mineral  wealth  of  Pennsylvania.  After 
his  death  his  heirs  received  from  the  govern- 
ment twenty-four  hundred  dollars  in  payment 
of  his  services  as  surgeon  during  the  revolu- 
tion. 

He  married,  in  1743,  at  Rye.  New  York, 
Sarah  Browne,  born  there  ]\Iarch  13,  1725, 
died  at  Forty  Fort.  June  12,  1778.  Children: 
Mary,  unmarried:  Sarah,  born  1747,  married, 
June  22,  1765,  James  Sutton ;  Susanna,  born 
1750,  married  Lemuel  Gustine  (see  Gustine 
V);  John,  died  young;  Martha,  born  1754; 
James,  1757:  Elizabeth.  1759:  Deborah,  1761  ; 
William,  1762:  Jonathan,  1764;  Doctor  Smith 
had  two  other  wives,  but  no  more  children.. 

(V)  Susanna,  daughter  of  Dr.  William 
Hooker  Smith,  married  Dr.  Lemuel  Gustine. 


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V3 


{\'l)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Lemuel  Gus- 
tiiie,  married  Rev.  Nathaniel  R.  Snowderi  (see 

Snowden  \'). 

(The   Hooker   Line). 

Mehitable  Hooker,  mother  of  Dr.  William 
Hooker  Smith,  was  a  descendant  of  Thomas 
Hooker,  the  Puritan  minister  and  early  set- 
tler of  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  was  born 
at  Marfield,  Leicestershire.  England,  July  7, 
1576,  died  July  7,  1647.  He  was  a  graduate 
of  Cambridge  University  and  became  a  min- 
ister of  the  Gospel.  He  came  to  America  in 
the  ship  "Griffin",  arriving  at  Boston,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1633.  He  was  chosen  pastor  of  the 
church  at  Newtown  (Cambridge)  till  June, 
1636,  when  he  led  a  company  through  the 
forests  settling  on  the  banks  of  the  Connecti- 
cut at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  From  that  time 
until  his  death  he  was  identified  with  all  the 
important  public  affairs  of  the  colony.  He 
was  one  of  the  moderators  of  the  first  New 
England  Synod,  held  in  Cambridge,  in  the 
famous  case  of  Ann  Hutchinson.  His  wife's 
name  was  Susan  ,  perhaps  Pym,  al- 
though there  is  no  proof.  Children:  Rev. 
John,  returned  to  England ;  Joanna,  married 
Rev.  Thomas  Shephard ;  Mary,  married  Rev. 
Roger  Newton,  first  pastor  of  Farmington, 
Connecticut ;  Sarah,  married  Rev.  John  Wil- 
son, of  ]\[edfield;  a  daughter,  married:  Rev. 
Samuel,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  Rev.  Samuel  Hooker,  son  of  Rev.  Tho- 
mas Hooker,  was  born  in  1633,  died  at  Farm- 
ington, Connecticut,  November  6,  1697.  He 
was  a  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  1653, 
studied  divinity  and  on  account  of  his  earnest- 
ness and  piety  was  known  as  the  "Fervent 
Hooker."  He  was  the  second  minister  of  the 
Farmington  Church  and  a  powerful,  effective 
preacher.  He  married,  September  22,  1658, 
Mary,  born  at  Plymouth,  May  4,  1643.  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Thomas  Willett,  of  Swansea 
(see  Willett  IV).  She  survived  him  and  mar- 
ried (second)  Rev.  Thomas  Buckingham,  of 
Saybrook.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hooker: 
Doctor  Thomas,  married  Mrs.  Mary  (Smith) 
Lord ;  Samuel,  married  Mehitable  Hamlen : 
William,  married  Susanna,  widow  of  John 
Blackleach :  Judge  James,  of  whom  further : 
Roger,  died  unmarried ;  Nathaniel :  ^Nlary, 
married  Rev.  James  Pierpont :  Hezekiah,  died 
young:  Doctor  Daniel,  married  Sarah  Stand- 
ley:  Sarah,  married  Rev.  Stephen  Bucking- 
ham. 

(HI)  Judge  James  Hooker,  son  of  Rev. 
Samuel  Hooker,  was  born  at  Farmington, 
October  27.  1666,  died  at  Guilford,  Connecti- 
cut, March  12,  1743.  He  was  first  judge  of 
the  probate  court  at  Guilford:  representative 
1702-03-05-06-07-08-09-10-12-13-16-20;  justice 


of  New  Haven  courts  1712,  and  from  1714  to 
1720,  and  1722;  judge  1720-1725.  He  mar- 
ried, .\ugust  1,1691,  at  Guilford.  Mary  Leete, 
born  January  11,  1672,  died  October  '5,  1752I 
daughter  of  William  Leete  of  Guilford  ( see 
Leete  HI).  Children  of  Judge  James  Hooker: 
I.  Mary,  born  November  5,  1693,  married 
James  Hart.  2.  Ann,  died  unmarried.  3. 
Sarah,  born  February  26,  1696,  died  January 
26,  1760;  married  Bartlett.     4.  Will- 


iam,  born  October    16,    1702. 


Mehitable, 


married  Rev.  John  Smith  (see  Smith  III). 

(I\')  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Judge  James 
Hooker,  married  Rev.  John  Smith. 

(V)  Dr.  William  Hooker,  son  of  Rev.  John 
Smith,  married  Sarah  Browne. 

(VI)  Susanna,  daughter  of  Dr.  William 
Hooker  Smith,  married  Dr.  Lemuel  Gustine. 

(\TI)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Dr.  Lemuel  Gus- 
tine, married  Rev.  Nathaniel  R.  Snowden  (see 
Snowden  V). 

(The  Willett  Line). 

Mary  Willett,  wife  of  Rev.  Samuel  Hooker, 
was  a  descendant  of  a  distinguished  clerical 
family  of  Leicestershire,  England.  Rev. 
Thomas  Willett  was  born  in  15 10,  died  1598. 
He  was  rector,  vicar  and  canon  of  the  estab- 
lished church  at  Barley,  Leicestershire,  Eng- 
land :  sub-almoner  to  King  Edward  \T :  de- 
prived of  his  ministerial  dignities  by  Queen 
Alary  and  forced  by  his  conscience  to  forsake 
church  promotion ;  was  hidden  in  the  house 
of  a  noble  friend,  who  on  the  accession  of 
Queen  Elizabeth  was  appointed  bishop  of  Ely, 
Thomas  Willett  being  appointed  prebend.  He 
was  a  most  scholarly  divine,  holding  many 
degrees  and  positions  of  honor. 

(II)  Rev.  Andrew  Willett,  son  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Willett,  was  born  in  1562,  at  Ely, 
England,  died  at  Hadsden,  England,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1621.  He  was  a  high  dignitary  of  the 
church  and  died  full  of  honors.  He  married, 
in  1589,  Jacobeda  Goad,  baptized  in  1592,  died 
July  II,  1632,  daughter  of  Thomas  Goad,  Doc- 
tor of  Divinitv  and  provost  of  Kings  College. 

(III)  Captain  Thomas  Willett,  son  of  Rev. 
Andrew  Willett,  was  born  .August  29,  1605,  at 
Barley,  Leicestershire,  England,  died  at  Swan- 
sea, Massachusetts,  August  3,  1674.  He  came 
to  Plymouth  at  an  early  day  and  on  March  7, 
1648,  succeeded  Miles  Standish  as  captain  of 
Plvmouth.  In  1650  he  was  on  the  committee 
of  arbitration  to  settle  the  boundary  lines  be- 
tween the  Dutch  and  English :  was  assistant 
from  Plvmouth  1651-16(54:  member  of  council 
of  war  1653:  served  on  the  expedition  that 
captured  New  York  from  the  Dutch,  and  on 
June  2,  1665,  was  appointed  the  first  English 
Mavor  of  New  York  City;  member  ot  the 
general  council   1672.     He  married,  July  6, 


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1636,  Mary  Browne,  born  in  England,  died  at 
Swansea,  Massachusetts,  January  8,  1669. 
Children  :  ^lary  ;  ^vlartha  ;  John  ;  Rebecca  ;  Es- 
ther; James;  Hezekiah,  first  and  second;  Da- 
vid ;  Andrew ;  Samuel. 

(IV)  Marv,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
Willett,    married   Rev.    Samuel    Hooker    (see 

Hooker  H). 

(The  Browne  Line). 

Mary  Browne  descended  from  Sir  Anthony 
Browne  to  whom  Henry  VIII.  presented  Bat- 
tle Abbey. 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  Sir  Anthony  Browne. 

(HI)  Thomas  (2)  was  a  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Browne,  and  brother  of  Peter  Browne  who 
came  in  the  "^layflower". 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Browne, 
was  born  in  England  in  1584.  died  at  Swansea, 
JMassachusetts,  April  10,  1662.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  Plymouth  colony,  coming 
in  1633  with  wife  Dorothy  and  three  children. 
He  was  made  freeman  1635,  and  in  1636  be- 
gan his  eighteen  years'  service  on  the  board 
of  assistants.  In  1637  he  became  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  Taunton.  In  1643  was  serving 
in  the  train  band  with  his  sons.  John  and 
James.  In  1645  he  moved  to  Rehoboth,  set- 
tling at  what  is  now  Swansea  on  land  scrupu- 
lously purchased  from  the  Indian  sachem 
Massasoit.  For  twelve  years  from  1645,  and 
from  the  second  year  of  its  existence,  he  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  colonial  commis- 
sioners. 

(V)  Alary,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
Browne,  married  Captain  Thomas  Willett  (see 
Willett  III). 

(Another  Browne  Line"). 

Sarah  Browne,  wife  of  Dr.  William  Hooker 
Smith,  descended  from  Sir  Anthony  Browne, 
through  Peter  Browne  of  Plymouth,  who  came 
to  New  England  with  the  Pilgrims  on  the 
"Mayflower"  in  1620  (see  "Mayflower  De- 
scendants"). The  line  of  descent  is  through 
Hackaliah,  son  of  Peter,  who  founded  the 
branch  known  as  the  Brownes  of  Rye,  New 
York.  Peter  (i),  the  Pilgrim,  descended 
through  a  younger  son  of  Sir  Anthony 
Browne. 

(II)  Hackaliah,  son  of  Peter  Browne,  "the 
Pilgrim",  was  born  in  Plymouth,  died  1720, 
at  Rye,  New  York.    He  married  Ruth  Mead. 

(III)  Deliverance,  son  of  Hackaliah 
.  Browne,  was  born  at  Rye,  in  1672,  died  in  1727 

at  White  Plains,  New  York.  He  was  a  jus- 
tice from  1698  to  1716;  commissioner  of  ar- 
bitration 1697;  representative  1698;  married 
and  had  issue. 

(IV^)  Jonathan,  son  of  Deliverance  Browne, 
was  born  at  Rye,  New  York,  in  1706,  died  at 
Hartford,    Connecticut,   June    15,    1768.     He 


was  a  justice  in  1735  and  prominent  in  ^^'est- 
chester  county.  New  York;  married  Phoebe 
Knitfen. 

(\')  Sarah,  only  child  of  Jonathan  Browne, 
married  Dr.  William  Hooker  Smith  (see  Smith 
IV). 

(The   Leete  Line"). 

Mary  Leete,  wife  of  Judge  James  Hooker, 
was  a  descendant  of  Governor  William  Leete, 
born  in  Doddington,  Huntingtonshire,  Eng- 
land, in  1613,  died  April  16.  1683.  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut ;  was  "bred  to  the  law",  and  served 
for  a  time  in  Bishops  Court,  Cambridge,  where 
he,  observing  the  oppression  of  the  Puritans 
and  their  uncomplaining  submission  to  perse- 
cution, became  himself  a  Puritan  and  re- 
signed his  office.  He  came  to  New  Haven 
Colony  in  July,  1639,  and  became  one  of  the 
most  prominent  figures  in  the  colony.  After 
holding  many  high  offices,  he  was  chosen  gov- 
ernor in  1676,  holding  and  wisely  administer- 
ing that  high  office  until  his  death  in  1683. 
He  had  three  wives,  his  children,  however,  be- 
ing all  by  his  first  wife,  Anne,  daughter  of 
Rev.  John  Payne,  whom  he  married  in  Eng- 
land. She  died  in  Connecticut,  September  i, 
1668.  Children:  John,  married  Alary  Chit- 
tenden; Andrew,  born  1643;  William,  of 
whom  further ;  Abigail ;  Caleb ;  Peregrine ; 
Joshua ;  Anna. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  Governor  Will- 
iam Leete,  was  born  in  1645,  '^'^'^  ^^  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  June  i,  1687.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  general  court  of  Connecticut  eight  terms 
and  a  man  of  prominence.  He  married  Mary 
Fenn,  born  in  1647  at  Milford,  died  at  Guil- 
ford, Connecticut,  June  20,  1701. 

(III)  Mary,  only  child  of  William  Leete, 
married  Judge  James  Hooker  (see  Hooker 
HI). 

From  these  intermarriages  the  Snowdens  of 
Philadelphia  trace  a  New  England  ancestry 
even  to  the  "Alayflower"  and  can  prove  al- 
liance with  the  best  blood  of  the  colonies,  and 
in  their  own  paternal  right  are  of  the  best 
blood  of  Pennsylvania. 


In  the  two  contiguous  par- 
APPLETON     ishes    of    Great    and    Little 

Waldingfield  (given  in  the 
local  records  as  Waldingfield  Alagna  and 
Waldingfield  Parva)  in  the  county  of  Suf- 
folk, England,  the  family  of  Appleton  can 
trace  a  clearly  defined  line  back  for  five  hun- 
dred years.  Prior  to  that  time  many  scat- 
tering notices  of  members  of  the  family  are 
to  be  found.  In  these  there  are  various  spell- 
ings of  the  name,  the  form  Apulton  being  the 
one  used  in  the  genealogical  tree  from  which 
the  following  account  is  taken.     As  a  local 


NEW   ENGLAND. 


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appellation  the  name  is  fouml  in  old  records 
prior  to  the  Norman  Conquest,  the  word  be- 
ing of  Saxon  origin  and  meaning  orchard,  or 
apple  enclosure.  This  etymology  is  borne  out 
by  the  arms  of  the  family  which  contain  three 
apples.  Since  the  names  borne  by  the  family 
are  Norman,  it  is  probable  that  the  family 
was  a  Norman  one  to  whicii  had  been  granted 
a  Saxon  estate  before  surnames  became  pre- 
valent. The  arms  of  the  Suffolk  Appletons 
are  given  as  follows :  Argent,  a  fesse  sable, 
between  three  apples  gules,  stalked  and  leaved 
vert;  Crest,  an  elephant's  head  couped  sable 
ear"d  or,  in  his  mouth  a  snake  vert,  writhed 
about  his  trunk. 

(I)  Jolm  Appleton,  or  Apulton.  was  living 
in  Great  W'aldingfield  in  1396  and  died  there 
in    1414. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Appleton, 
lived  at  Little  Waldingfield.  He  confirmed 
lands  to  his  son  John,  and  Margaret,  his  son's 
wife,   in    1459. 

(III)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  .-\ppleton, 
died  in  1481  and  was  buried  at  Waldingfield. 
He  married  IVIargaret,  daughter  of  Richard 
Wellinge  and  she  died  in   1468. 

(IV)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Appleton, 
was  of  Great  Waldingfield  in  1483  ;  married 
Alice,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Thomas  Alal- 
chier  and  wife.  Amy.  Children :  John,  and 
two  sons  named  Thomas,  a  custom  not  un- 
common. 

(V)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (4)  Appleton, 
was  of  Little  Waldingfield,  died  in  1507;  he 
married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Robert  Crane 
of  Little  Stonham,  and  she  died  November 
4.  1504.  Both  are  buried  at  Waldingfield. 
Children  :  Robert,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas, 
rector  of  Lavenham :  William  and  .\lice. 

(\T)  Robert,  son  of  Thomas  Appleton,  was 
of  Little  Waldingfield  and  died  in  1526.  He 
married    Mary,   second    daughter   of   Thomas 

Ivlountney.      She    married     (second)    

]Martyn ;  her  portrait  in  brass  is  in  the  Little 
Waldingfield  church.  Children :  William, 
mentioned  below ;  and  Edward,  of  Edward- 
stone. 

(VH)  William,  son  of  Robert  Appleton, 
was  of  Little  Waldingfield,  and  married  Rose, 
daughter  and  heiress  of  Robert  Sexton  of 
Lavenham.  Children:  Thomas  (2),  men- 
tioned below ;  and  Frances. 

(\TII)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  William  Apple- 
ton,  died  in  London  in  1603 ;  he  married  Mary, 
second  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Edward 
Isaack,  of  Patricksbourne,  county  Kent.  Chil- 
dren:  Sir  Isaac,  died  1608:  John,  buried  at 
Chilton;  Thomas  (3),  of  London;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  married  Robert 
Ryece,  Esq.;  Judith,  died  1587;  Judith,  mar-  ' 


ried  Dr.  Lewis  Cayley ;  Sarah,  married  Ed- 
ward Bird  of  Walden  ;  and  Henry  Smythe. 

(IX)  Samuel  .Appleton,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  American  line,  was  a  son  of 
Thomas  (2)  .Appleton,  mentioned  above.  He 
was  born  at  Little  W'aldingfield,  England,  in 

ly      1586;  married  at   Preston,  England.  January 

24,  1616,  Judith  Everard  (some  accounts  give 
his  wife's  name  as  Mary).  He  came  to  Massa- 
chusetts  and   took  the   freeman's  oath.   May 

25,  1636,  and  as  early  as  July,  1636.  was  a 
resident  of  Ipswich.  In  the  same  year  Sarah 
Dillingham  bequeathed  to  .Appleton  and  iiis 
wife,  and  committed  the  education  of  her 
child  to  Mr.  Saltonstall  and  .Mr.  .\ppleton. 
The  title  Mr.  indicated  social  position  above 
the  ordinary,  and  but  three  others  in  Ipswich 
at  that,  time  were  given  this  prefix  in  the 
records.  He  was  chosen  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  Alay,  1637,  and  received  several 
grants  of  land  besides  his  great  farm  of  four 
hundred  and  sixty  acres ;  the  ancient  grant  is 
now  entirely  in  the  possession  of  direct  de- 
scendants. He  died  at  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, in  June,  1670.    He  married  (first)  Judith 

Everard;  (second)  Martha .     Children 

of  first  wife :  Mary,  born  at  Little  Walding- 
field, 1616;  Judith  (she  and  all  but  the  two 
youngest  were  also  born  at  Little  Walding- 
field), 1618;  Martha,  1620;  John,  1622;  Sam- 
uel (2),  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  born  at 
Reydon,  1629.  Child  of  second  wife:  Judith, 
born  at  Reydon,  1634,  married  Samuel  Rog- 
ers of  Ipswich. 

(X)  Major  Samuel  (2)  .Appleton.  son  of 
Samuel  (i)  Appleton,  was  born  at  Little 
Waldingfield,  England,  1624,  and  came  with 
his  father  to  New  England.  He  was  lieuten- 
ant and  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1668; 
and  deputy  with  his  brother  John,  in  1669-71, 
and  again  in  1673  and  1675.  In  King  Philip's 
war  he  was  commissioned  captain,  by  order 
dated  September  24,  1675,  was  sent  to  assist 
the  Connecticut  river  towns,  and  when  Major 
Pynchon  resigned,  Appleton  succeeded  to  the 
command  of  the  colonial  forces  in  that  section. 
He  repulsed  an  attack  on  Hatfield  by  about 
eight  hundred  Indians.  Much  of  his  official 
correspondence  in  his  own  handwriting  is  to 
be  found  in  the  archives.  In  December,  1675, 
at  Dedham  he  took  command  of  six  companies 
of  foot  and  one  of  horse  and  joined  General 
Winslow's  forces  for  the  attack  on  Narragan- 
sett.  In  October,  1676,  he  was  appointed  to 
command  an  expedition  to  Piscataqua,  but  de- 
clined it.  In  1 68 1  he  took  his  seat  in  the 
council  as  an  assistant  and  continued  until  the 
evil  days  of  Governor  .Andros,  when  he  was 
proscribed  among  those  "persons  factiously 
and  seditiouslv  inclined,  and  disaffected  to  his 


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majesty's  government,"  and  a  warrant  issued 
for  his  arrest.  He  escaped  for  a  time  by  tak- 
ing refuge  in  the  home  of  his  son  at  Lynn, 
but  in  October,  1687,  he  was  brought  before 
the  governor  and  council  and  ordered  "to 
stand  committed  until  he  give  bond  in  the 
sum  of  1,000  pounds  to  appear  at  the  next 
superior  court  at  Salem  to  answer  what  shall 
be  objected  against,  him,  and  in  the  meantime 
to  be  of  good  behavior".  He  refused  to  give 
the  bond  and  was  committed  to  the  jail  in 
Boston  and  kept  a  prisoner  from  November  to 
March.  He  was  never  tried  on  the  complaint 
and  it  is  said  that  he  had  the  satisfaction,  after 
the  fall  of  Andros,  of  handing  the  haughty 
governor  into  the  boat  which  conveyed  him 
to  prison  in  the  Castle.  He  died  May  15, 
1696,  and  his  gravestone  is  still  preserved  at 
Ipswich. 

He  married  (first)  April  2,  165 1,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  William  Paine,  of  Ipswich.  He 
married  (second)  December  8,  1656,  Mary 
Oliver,  who  was  then  but  sixteen  years  old, 
daughter  of  John  Oliver  of  Newbury.  She 
died  February  15,  1698.  Chiklren  by  first 
wife:  Hannah,  born  January  9,  1652;  Judith, 
August  19,  1653;  Samuel,  November  3,  1654. 
Children  by  second  wife:  John,  born  1660; 
Isaac,  mentioned  below  ;  Joanna  ;  Joseph,  June 
5,  1674;  Oliver,  June,  1676;  Mary,  June,  1676; 
Oliver,  1677;  Mary,  about  October  20,  1679. 
The  records  also  give  another  wife,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  (Lawrence) 
Whittingham. 

(XI)  Major  Isaac  Appleton,  son  of  ISIajor 
Samuel  Appleton,  was  born  at  Ipswich,  in 
1664,  and  died  May  22,  1747.  He  made  his 
home  at  Ipswich  on  the  farm  he  inherited 
there.  He  married  Priscilla,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Baker,  of  Topsfield.  She  died  May 
26,  1731.  She  was  a  granddaughter  of  Gov- 
ernor Symonds.  The  following  account  of  the 
lineage  of  Priscilla  Baker  is  taken  from  a  book 
entitled,  "The  Ancestry  of  Priscilla  Baker, 
who  lived  1674-1731,  and  was  the  wife  of 
Isaac  Appleton  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,"  by 
William  Appleton,  1870.  Condensed,  the  ac- 
count states  that  John  Baker  emigrated  from 
Norwich,  England,  in  1637,  and  settled  at 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  and  his  son,  Thomas, 
married  Priscilla.  daughter  of  the  Lieutenant- 
Governor  Samuel  Symonds,  and  their  eldest 
child  was  Priscilla  Baker,  the  wife  of  Isaac 
Appleton.  Samuel  Symonds  was  the  son  of 
Richard  Symonds  of  Great  Yeldham,  county 
Essex,  England,  a  gentleman  of  good  family 
and  position.  He  came  to  New  England  in 
1637  and  held  many  important  offices.  His 
second  wife  was  Martha  Read,  sister  of  the 
second  wife  of  Governor  John  Winthrop,  of 


Connecticut.     One   child  of  theirs  was   Pris- 
cilla, who  married  Thomas  Baker. 

The  children  of  Alajor  Isaac  and  Priscilla 
(Baker)  Appleton  were:  Priscilla,  born 
March  16,  1697;  Isaac,  March  21,  1699;  Mary, 
October  i,  1701 ;  Isaac  (2),  mentioned  below; 
Rebecca,  1706;  Elizabeth,  1706;  Martha,  born 
July  30,  1708 ;  Joanna,  baptized  November  17, 
17 17. 

(XII)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Major  Isaac  (i) 
Appleton,  was  born  at  Ipswich,  ^lay  30,  1704, 
and  died  December  18,  1794,  at  the  age  of 
ninety-one.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Sawyer  (intention  dated  April  25,  1730), 
daughter  of  Francis  Sawyer  of  Wells,  Elaine. 
She  was  born  in  1710,  and  died  April  29, 
1785.  He  married  (second)  at  the  age  of 
eighty-two,  December  11,  1785,  ;\Irs.  Hepzi- 
bah  Appleton.  Children :  Isaac,  baptized  May 
30,  1731  ;  Francis,  baptized  JNIarch  25,  1733; 
Elizabeth,  baptized  October  24,  1736;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  baptized  October 
5,  1740;  John,  baptized  December  26,  1742; 
Daniel,  baptized  April  7,  1745 ;  William,  bap- 
tized April  12,  1747;  Alary,  baptized  July  2, 
1749;  Joseph,  baptized  June  9,  1751.  Jesse 
Appleton,  a  grandson  of  Isaac  Appleton,  was 
president  of  Bowdoin  College. 

(XIII)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Ap- 
pleton, was  born  in  1739.  He  inherited  his 
father's  farm  at  Ipswich,  and  in  1794  built 
on  the  site  of  an  older  one  the  house  which 
is  now  the  summer  home  of  Mrs.  D.  F.  Apple- 
ton.  He  married  (intention  dated  November 
26,  1768)  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Timothy 
White,  of  Haverhill.  He  died  May  15,  1819; 
she,  November  10,  1834.  Children,  born  at 
Ipswich:  Elizabeth,  December  6,  1769;  Sam- 
pel  Gilman,  February  26,  1771 ;  Alary,  De- 
cember 3,  1772;  Susanna,  December  21,  1774; 
Isaac,  December  15,  1776;  Timothy,  Novem- 
ber 13,  1778;  John  White,  November  29,  1780; 
Rebecca,  March  19,  1783;  James,  mentioned 
below;  Gardiner,  Alarch  2,  1787;  Joanna,  July 
19,  1789;  Nathan  Davis,  May  20,   1794. 

(XIV)  General  James  Appleton,  son  of 
Samuel  (3)  Appleton,  was  born  at  Ipswich, 
February  14,  1785.  He  was  an  active  and 
conspicuous  citizen.  His  military  career  be- 
gan during  the  war  of  1812.  He  rose  through 
all  the  grades  and  became  brigadier-general 
of  the  -Massachusetts  militia.  He  resided  in 
Ipswich  and  Gloucester  in  early  life  and  re- 
moved to  Portland,  Maine,  where  he  became 
prominent  in  public  life,  an  influential  member 
of  the  legislature.  Although  Neal  Dow  is 
given  credit  for  being  father  of  the  Alaine 
prohibitory  law.  General  Appleton  first  intro- 
duced the  measure  in  a  report  he  made  to  the 
legislature  in  1837,  and  was  an  earnest  worker 


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in  the  temperance  movement.  After  the  death 
of  Samuel  Oilman  Appleton,  his  brother,  he 
inherited  the  homestead  known  as  "Appleton 
farms"  at  Ipswich  and  afterwards  made  his 
home  there.  He  retained  his  interest  in  poli- 
tics and  made  a  memorable  address  to  the 
Ipswich  soldiers  at  the  railroad  station  as  they 
started  for  the  front  in  the  civil  war.  He  died 
August  25,  1862.  He  married,  November  15, 
1807,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Daniel  Fuller, 
of  Gloucester.     She  died  January  7,  1872. 

Children:  i.  Samuel  Gilman,  born  at 
Gloucester,  November  5,  1808,  died  at  Alorris- 
ania.  New  York,  November  29,  1873;  he  mar- 
ried, September  30,  1839,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Sylvester  Gardner  of  Alanlius,  New 
York.  2.  Sarah  Fuller,  born  at  Gloucester, 
January  20,  181 1  ;  died  June  7,  1884;  married 
at  Marblehead.  May  6,  1833,  Rev.  Stephen  C. 
Millett,  of  Beloit,  Wisconsin.  3.  James,  born 
at  Gloucester,  Alarch  11,  1813;  died  March, 
1884;  married,  June  21,  1842,  Sarah  Bristol, 
daughter  of  Samuel  L.  Edwards,  of  Manlius, 
New  York.  4.  Alary  White,  born  at  Glouces- 
ter, November  15,  1815;  died  January  14, 
1905.  5.  Elizabeth  Putnam,  born  at  Glouces- 
ter, December  3,  1818;  died  March  29,  1897, 
at  Racine,  Wisconsin ;  married,  September  2, 
1845,  Shelton  L.  Hall,  of  Racine.  6.  Joanna 
Dodge,  born  at  Marblehead,  February  23, 
1821  ;  died  at  Racine,  .April  25,  1870;  married, 
November  9,  1843,  Peyton  R.  Morgan.  7. 
Hannah  Fuller,  born  at  Marblehead,  April  21, 
1823 ;  died  at  Orange,  New  Jersey,  November 
10,  1903 ;  married,  April  27,  1854,  Robert  H. 
Thayer.  8.  Daniel  Fuller,  mentioned  below. 
9.  Harriette  Hooper,  born  at  JMarblehead, 
March  24,  1828;  died  August  26,  1905:  mar- 
ried. December  9,  1849,  Rev.  John  Cotton 
Smith,  rector  of  St.  John's  Church,  Portland, 
and  later  of  the  Church  of  the  Ascension,  New 
York  City.  10.  Anna  Whittemore,  born  at 
Marblehead,  January  31,  1831  :  married,  June 
21,  1852,  Dr.  Charles  H.  Osgood. 

(XV)  Daniel  Fuller,  son  of  General  James 
Appleton,  was  born  at  Marblehead,  January 
31,  1826.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  in  Portland.  In  1846  he  came  to  New 
York  City,  and  entered  the  employ  of  Royal 
Robbins,  who  afterward  admitted  him  to  part- 
nership under  the  firm  name  of  Robbins  & 
Appleton.  In  1857  this  firm  became  the  own- 
ers of  the  new  and  small  watch  factory  at 
Waltham.  and  this  was  the  beginning  of  the 
American  Waltham  Watch  Company.  _  Mr. 
Appleton  retained  his  interest  in  the  business 
until  his  death,  and  his  sons  have  succeeded 
him  in  the  company.  He  was  a  delegate  to 
the  first  national  convention  of  the  Republican 
party   when    General   John    C.    Fremont    was 


nominated  for  president,  and  he  was  one  of 
those  invited  to  sit  on  the  platform  at  the  con- 
vention when  President-  McKinley  was  nom- 
inated for  the  second  time.  While  his  busi- 
ness interests  were  in  New  York  City,  he 
spent  his  vacations  in  Ipswich  at  the' old 
homestead  to  the  ownership  of  which  he  suc- 
ceeded after  his  father's  death.  He  died  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1904. 

He  married  (first)  June  9,  1853.  Julia, 
daughter  of  Nicholas  P.  Randall,  of  Manlius, 
New  York.  She  died  .August  20,  1886,  aged 
si.xty  years  (see  Randall  V).  He  married 
(second)  December  17,  1889,  Susan  Cowles, 
daughter  of  Professor  John  P.  Cowles,  of 
Ipswich.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Francis 
Randall,  mentioned  below.  2.  Ruth,  born  May 
30,  1857;  married,  April  15,  1880,  Charles 
Sanders  Tuckerman,  A.B.,  Harvard,  1874, 
who  died  August  27,  1904;  children:  Muriel, 
born  in  Brookline,  March  6,  1881 ;  John  .Apple- 
ton,  in  Boston,  November  26,  1884;  Julia 
Appleton,  in  Ipswich,  May  17,  1888;  Leverett 
Saltonstall,  in  Salem,  December  3,  1892.  3. 
Mary  Eliza,  born  April  21,  i860;  married, 
November  22,  1881,  Gerald  Livingston  Hoyt, 
of  Staatsbu^rg,  New  York,  A.B.,  Yale,  1872; 
children ;  Julia  Marion,  born  in  New  York, 
Alarch  3,  1883;  Lydig,  in  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1883.     4.  Randolph  Morgan.  January 

4,  1862,  A.B.,  Harvard.  1884;  married,  June 
2,  1888,  Helen  Kortwright  Mi.xter:  children: 
Madeline,  born  in  Ipswich,  July  8,  1891  ;  Julia, 
in  Ipswich,  June  5,  1894;  Sybil,  in  Boston, 
December  28,  1899.  5.  James  Waldingfield, 
June  4,  1867,  graduate  of  Harvard.  1888. 

(X\T)  Francis  Randall,  son  of  Daniel  Ful- 
ler Appleton,  was  born  in  New  York,  .August 

5,  1854.  He  attended  private  schools,  and 
was  fitted  for  college  in  Phillips  .Academy, 
Andover,  Massachusetts.  He  was  graduated 
from  Harvard  College,  in  the  class  of  1875, 
and  from  the  Columbia  Law  School,  in  1877, 
and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York 
in  1877.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  New 
York  City  for  several  years.  From  18S4  to 
19 10,  when  he  retired,  he  was  a  member  of 
the  firm  of  Robbins  &  Appleton,  agents  for 
the  Waltham  Watch  Company.  His  winter 
home  is  in  New  York.  His  summer  home  is 
on  the  old  homestead  at  Ipswich,  of  which  he 
is  the  present  owner.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  and  was  an  over- 
seer of  Harvard  College  during  1903-1909. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican :  in  religion,  an 
Episcopalian. 

He  married  at  Lenox,  Massachusetts.  Octo- 
ber 7,  1884,  Fanny  Lanier,  born  at  Leno.x, 
August  17,  1864,  daughter  of  Charles  Lanier, 
of  New  York,  and  of  his  wife  Sarah  Egles- 


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ton,  a  great-granddaughter  of  ^lajor-General 
Paterson  of  General  Washington's  staff  in  the 
revolutionary  war.  Children :  Francis  Ran- 
dall Jr.,  born  in  Lenox,  July  9,  1885,  graduate 
of  Harvard  College  in  1907 ;  Charles  Lanier, 
born  in  New  York,  September  25,  1886;  grad- 
uate of  Harvard  College,  1908;  Ruth,  born  in 
New  York,  January  10,  1891  ;  Alice,  born  in 
New  York,  December  8,  1894 ;  James,  born  in 
New  York,  March  6,  1899. 

(The  Randall  Line). 

(I)  John  Randall,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  at  Westerly,   Rhode   Island,   and  died 

there    1684-85.     He   married   Elizabeth  . 

Children,  born  at  Westerly :  John,  mentioned 
below  ;  Stephen,  Matthew,  and  Peter. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Randall, 
was  born  in  1666  at  Westerly,  and  died  at 
Stonington,  Connecticut.     He  married   (first) 

at    Stonington,    in    1695,    Abigail ,    who 

died  at  Stonington,  in  1705.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) at  Stonington,  November  25,  1706, 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca  (Pal- 
mer) Baldwin.  She  was  born  February  24, 
1675.  Children,  born  at  Stonington :  Eliza- 
beth, July  4,  1696;  Jonathan.  December  16, 
1698:  Mary,  1700;  John,  December  2,  1701  ; 
Dorothy,  December  7,  1703 ;  Abigail,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1705;  Sarah,  November  10,  1707;  Na- 
than, mentioned  below;  Ichabod,  October  21, 
171 1 ;  Sarah,  Alarch  12,  1714;  Joseph,  June  2, 
1715 ;  Benjamin,  twin  of  Joseph;  Rebecca, 
July  31,  1717,  Joseph,  July   17,   1720. 

(HI)  Nathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Randall,  was 
born  at  Westerly,  July  7,  1709.  and  died  at 
\'oluntown.  Connecticut.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  at  Westerly,  May  4,  1736.  and  was 
a  farmer  there  until  about  1750,  when  he  set- 
tled at  Voluntown,  Connecticut,  and  bought 
lands  of  Amos  Kinney  and  others.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  December  16.  1730,  Mary  Cottrell, 
and  (second)  her  sister,  Eleanor  Cottrell,  July 
22,  1736.  Children:  Nathan,  born  September 
18,  1731  ;  Joseph,  September  8,  1733;  Nathan, 
October  10,  1735;  Reuben,  April  24,  1737; 
Amos,  October  11,  1739;  Dorothy,  June  5, 
1741 ;  Eleanor,  February  24,  1743;  Amy,  De- 
cember 26,  1745;  Peleg,  October  19,  1748; 
Lydia,  June  3,  1751  ;  Nicholas,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Jonas,  September  8,  1756. 

(IV)  Nicholas,  son  of  Nathan  Randall,  was 
born  May  21,  1753,  at  Voluntown,  Connecti- 
cut, and  died  at  Bridgewater,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1 8 14.  He  married  at  Voluntown. 
Content  Phillips^  born  at  Voluntown,  died  at 
Bridgewater.  January  14,  18 15.  He  was  a 
farmer.  He  took  the  freeman's  oath,  Septem- 
ber 9,  1777;  was  selectman  of  \'oluntown, 
1795-97  and  1798-1804;  member  of  the  school 


committee,  1796-97  and  1801-02,  and  an  asses- 
sor. He  was  appointed,  in  1803,  on  a  commit- 
tee to  fix  a  place  for  holding  the  county  and 
superior  courts.  In  1805  he  removed  to 
Bridgewater.  Children :  Nicholas  Phillips, 
mentioned  below  ;  Rebecca,  November  2,  1780; 
Mary,  June  17,  1782;  Rodley,  ^lay  24,  1783; 
Jenevereth,  1785;  Jason,  March  24,  1787; 
Jonathan.  August  21.  1789;  John,  October  20, 
1792;  Betsey,  1795;  Charles,  August  20,  1806. 

(V)  Nicholas  Phillips,  son  of  Nicholas  Ran- 
dall, was  born  in  \'oluntown,  July  25,  1779, 
and  died  in  Manlius,  New  York.  ^larch  7, 
1836.  He  prepared  for  college  and  graduated 
with  honor  at  Yale  College,  in  the  class  of 
1803.  He  then  entered  the  law  office  of 
Hotchkiss  &  Simons,  at  Clinton,  New  York, 
and  in  due  course  was  admitted  to  the  bar. 
In  1807  he  opened  an  office  in  New  Hartford, 
New  York,  and  in  18 11  removed  to  Manlius, 
New  York,  forming  a  partnership  with  James 
O.  Wattles.  He  continued  to  practice  law 
the  rest  of  his  life  with  marked  ability  and 
success.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  in  his  younger  days,  but  afterward  be- 
came a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church  and  for  a  number  of  years  was 
vestryman  and  warden  of  the  church  at  ^lan- 
lius. 

He  married  (first)  at  Clinton,  1809.  Sarah 
Bristol,  born  at  Clinton,  1787,  died  there  Feb- 
ruary, 1815;  (second)  at  Sandy  Hill,  New 
York,  1813,  Belvidera  Hitchcock,  born  at 
Sandy  Hill,  1789,  died  at  Alanlius,  November, 
1818;  (third)  at  Caldwell,  New  York,  1819, 
Eliza  Norman,  born  in  England,  1791,  died 
at  Manlius.  June,  1822;  (fourth)  at  Manlius, 
1823,  Sybil  Dyer,  born  at  Rutland,  \'ermont, 
May  29,  1800.  Children  of  first  wife:  Francis, 
born  at  New  Hartford,  New  York,  June  15, 
1810;  Sarah  Bristol,  born  at  ]\Ianlius.  Octo- 
ber I.  1812.  Child  of  second  w^ife:  Belvidera 
Hitchcock.  November  3,  1816.  Child  of  third 
wife :  Nicholas  Norman,  July  14.  1820.  Chil- 
dren by  his  fourth  wife:  Eliza.  November  16, 
1823;  Julia,  April  9,  1827,  married  at  Manlius, 
June  9,  1853,  Daniel  Fuller  Appleton  (see 
Appleton  XV)  ;  Charles,  September  30,  1833  ; 
Nicholas  Dyer,  May  30,  1835. 


Jacob  Dolson  Cox,  son  of  ?ylichael 
COX     and  Mary   (Dolson)   Cox,  was  born 

in  Dutchess  county.  New  York,  June 
2,  1792.  He  became  a  carpenter  and  builder 
in  New  York  City  and  was  noted  for  his 
skill  in  building  churches  and  warehouses  and 
in  roofing  large  areas  w'ithout  using  internal 
columns  of  support.  He  was  called  to  ]\Ion- 
treal.  Canada,  at  the  age  of  thirty-three  to 
superintend  the  carpenter  work  on  the  great 


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church  of  Notre  Dame  and  planned  the  re- 
markable concealed  trusses  which  support  both 
the  roof  and  ceiling  of  that  imposing  building. 
He  was  engaged  on  this  work  four  years,  re- 
turned to  New  York  City,  carried  on  his 
business  as  architect  and  builder  there  for 
twenty  years,  then  went  to  California  with 
the  "Argonauts"  and  died  at  Yuba,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1852.  He  married  Thedia  Redelia  Ken- 
yon,  whose  acquaintance  he  made  at  Albany, 
New  York,  a  direct  descendant  of  Elder  Will- 
iam Brewster,  of  the  "Mayflower"  colony  (see 
Brewster  X).  They  had  eleven  children,  four 
of  whom  died  in  infancy,  and  five  of  whom 
achieved  distinction  in  business  and  in  pub- 
lic life. 

(H)  Alajor  General  and  Governor  Jacob 
Dolson  (2)  Cox,  son  of  Jacob  Dolson  (i) 
Cox.  was  born  in  Montreal,  October  27,  1828, 
died  at  Magnolia,  Massachusetts,  August  4, 
1900.  When  he  was  a  year  old  the  family 
returned  to  New  York  City  and  he  received 
his  early  education  there.  He  graduated  from 
Oberlin  College.  Ohio,  with  the  class  of  185 1. 
In  the  fall  of  that  year  he  was  appointed  su- 
perintendent of  the  public  schools  in  Warren, 
Ohio.  While  superintendent  he  completed  the 
study  of  law,  which  he  had  commenced  before 
going  to  college,  and  was  admitted  to  prac- 
tice in  1853.  In  1859  he  was  elected  to  the 
Ohio  state  senate  to  represent  the  Trumbull- 
]\Iahoning  district.  He  foresaw  the  coming 
civil  war  and  prepared  for  it  by  extensive 
reading  of  military  works.  When  Sumter 
was  fired  upon,  Mr.  Cox  devoted  his  whole 
time  to  organizing  and  equipping  the  state 
militia.  He  was  commissioned  brigadier-gen- 
eral of  Ohio  State  Volunteers,  April  23,  1861, 
and  brigadier-general  of  United  States  Vol- 
unteers, Alay  17,  1861.  He  remained  at  Camp 
Dennison,  drilling  and  instructing  volunteers, 
until  July  6,  1861,  wdien  he  was  ordered  to 
take  command  of  an  expedition  up  the  Kana- 
wha \'alley.  West  Virginia.  With  three  thou- 
sand men  he  encountered  General  Wise  with 
four  thousand  men  and  drove  him  up  the 
valley,  capturing  Gauley  Bridge  with  one 
thousand  five  hundred  stands  of  arms  and 
quantities  of  ammunition.  In  August,  1862, 
he  was  ordered  east  with  his  Kanawha  divi- 
sion and  placed  in  charge  of  the  Virginia  de- 
fenses of  Washington.  After  the  defeat  of 
General  Pope  and  the  resumption  of  command 
by  General  McClellan.  the  Kanawha  division 
w'as  attached  to  the  Ninth  Army  Corps,  to  the 
command  of  wdiich  he  succeeded  on  the  death 
of  General  Reno  at  South  ^Mountain.  He 
directed  all  its  operations  at  the  battle  of  An- 
tietam.  and  on  October  6.  1862,  was  commis- 
sioned major-general  "for  gallant  conduct  at 


South  Mountain  and  Antietam".  At  the  same 
time  he  was  sent  back  to  West  Virginia,  which 
had  been  overrun  l)y  tiie  Confederate  forces 
during  his  absence,  and  after  driving  them  out 
again  he  remained  in  ciiarge  of  the  district 
until  April,  1863,  when  he  was  placed  in 
charge  of  the  District  of  Ohio.  During  the 
summer  of  1863  he  defeated  a  plot  for  releas- 
ing the  confederate  prisoners  on  Johnson's  Is- 
land, Sandusky  Bay,  and  in  the  fall  of  1863 
he  directed  the  operations  which  resulted  in 
the  capture  of  General  Morgan  and  his  raid- 
ers. In  December,  1863,  he  was  sent  to  East 
Tennessee  and  commanded  the  field  operations 
of  the  Twenty-third  Army  Corps  during  the 
ensuing  winter  and  spring.  In  May,  1864, 
the  Twenty-third  Corps  joined  General  Sher- 
man's army  at  Dallas  and  took  a  prominent 
part  in  the  Atlanta  campaign,  being  largely 
employed  in  turning  operations  on  the  enemy's 
flank  and  rear,  which  required  a  high  degree 
of  courage,  discipline  and  military  skill.  After 
Sherman  started  on  liis  "March  to  the  Sea", 
General  Cox  commanded  the  Twenty-third 
Army  Corps  and  distinguished  himself  anew 
at  the  battles  of  Franklin  and  Nashville,  in 
recognition  of  which  he  was  again  commis- 
sioned major-general,  his  first  commission  hav- 
ing expired  for  want  of  confirmation  by  the 
senate.  His  corps  was  then  transferred  to 
North  Carolina  and  took  a  prominent  part  in 
the  capture  of  Wilmington  and  w-on  two  bat- 
tles at  Kinston. 

General  Cox  was  nominated  for  governor 
of  Ohio,  while  acting  as  district  commander 
of  North  Carolina,  and  was  elected  by  a  hand- 
some majority  in  the  fall  of  1865.  In  March, 
i86g,  he  was  appointed  secretary  of  the  in- 
terior by  President  Grant.  He  applied  the 
rules  of  civil  service  reform  to  his  department, 
and  introduced  various  reforms  in  the  Indian 
service.  The  patent  laws  of  the  United  States 
were  revised  and  amended  during  his  term 
of  office.  He  resigned  and  left  the  cabinet  in 
October,  1870,  owing  to  lack  of  support  in  en- 
forcing his  civil  service  rules  as  against  cam- 
paign committees  and  clerks  who  had  ex- 
hausted their  vacations  and  still  desired  to  go 
home  and  participate  in  the  political  campaigns 
in  their  respective  states.  He  resumed  the 
practice  of  law  in  Cincinnati,  but  was  called 
to  the  presidency  of  the  Toledo  &  Wabash 
Railroad  Company  by  the  unanimous  voice  of 
two  factions  contending  for  its  control,  in  Sep- 
tember. 1873,  and  decided  that  it  was  his  duty 
to  accept.  He  removed,  with  his  family,  to 
Toledo,  and  in  1876  was  elected  to  congress 
from  that  district.  Returning  to  Cincinnati 
at  the  close  of  his  congressional  term,  he  was 
appointed  dean  of  the  Cincinnati  Law  School, 


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and  in  1885  president  of  the  University  of 
Cincinnati.  Both  institutions  prospered 
greatly  under  his  management. 

General  Cox  was  the  author  of  two  volumes 
in  the  Scribncr  Campaign  series:  "Atlanta" 
and  "March  to  the  Sea;  Franklin  and  Nash- 
ville", also  of  various  articles  in  the  Century 
publication :  ''Battles  and  Leaders  of  the 
Civil  War".  He  also  wrote  the  last  half  of 
General  Force's  biography  of  General  Sher- 
man ;  the  "Second  Battle  of  Bull  Run",  in 
which  he  sustains  the  findings  of  the  first 
court  martial  against  General  Fitz  John  Por- 
ter;  "The  Battle  of  Franklin",  a  critical  re- 
view of  the  entire  campaign  culminating  in 
that  bloody  contest,  and  "Military  Reminis- 
cences of  the  Civil  War",  a  serious  review  of 
operations  with  which  he  was  connected,  well 
fortified  by  authorities.  He  wrote  many  his- 
torical and  military  reviews  and  biographical 
notices  for  The  Nation,  The  Atlantic,  The 
North  American,  and  other  magazines. 

His  scholarship  was  profound,  his  fairness 
and  ability  as  a  military  critic  unquestioned, 
and  his  whole  influence  on  public  affairs  salu- 
tary, though  after  1878  he  persistently  refused 
to  accept  any  political  office.  He  helped 
organize  the  Republican  party  in  Ohio  and 
maintained  his  party  relations  to  the  end, 
though  he  differed  with  the  majority  as  to  the 
reconstruction  measures,  especially  the  policy 
of  committing  the  welfare  of  the  Southern 
States  to  the  ignorant  and  incapable  blacks  just 
released  from  slavery.  In  August,  1865,  he 
predicted,  in  his  so-called  "Oberlin  Letter", 
extensively  published,  all  the  evil  consequences 
which  actually  ensued  from  enfranchising  the 
blacks  in  the  Southern  States  before  they  were 
fitted  by  education  and  training  for  the  re- 
sponsibilities of  civil  government.  He  was 
also  opposed  to  a  high  protective  tariff;  be- 
lieving that  a  moderate  tarifif,  designed  chiefly 
to  produce  revenue,  would  furnish  all  the  pro- 
tection American  manufacturers  really  needed. 
General  Cox  had  deep  religious  feeling  and 
faith  in  an  all-wise  overruling  Providence.  In 
later  life  he  was  a  constant  attendant  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  finding  in  its  liturgy  the 
best  expression  of  his  spiritual  needs  and  as- 
pirations. 

General  Cox  married  Helen  Finney  Coch- 
ran, the  widowed  daughter  of  Rev.  Charles 
G.  Finney,  the  distinguished  revivalist,  after- 
wards president  of  Oberlin  College.  They 
had  seven  children,  two  of  whom  died  in  in- 
fancy. Four  still  survive :  Helen  Finney, 
wife  of  Professor  John  G.  Black,  of  \\'ooster 
University:  Jacob  Dolson  (3),  a  prominent 
manufacturer  of  Cleveland,  Ohio :  Kenyon, 
the  distinguished  artist;  and  Charlotte  Hope, 


who  married  John    H.    Pope,   son   of   ]\Iajor 
General  John  Pope,  United   States  army. 

(The  Brewster  Line). 

(I)  \\'illiam  Brewster  Sr.  lived  in  Scrooby, 
Nottinghamshire,  England,  as  early  as  1570- 
71,  in  which  year  he  was  assessed  in  that  town 
on  goods  valued  at  three  pounds.  In  1575-76 
he  was  appointed  by  Archbishop  Sandys  re- 
ceiver of  Scrooby  and  bailiff  of  the  manor 
house  in  that  place  belonging  to  the  bishop,  to 
have  life  tenure  of  both  offices.  Some  time  in 
the  year  1588,  or  possibly  before,  he  was  ap- 
pointed to  the  additional  ofiice  of  postmaster 
under  the  Crown.  He  was  known  as  the 
"Post"  of  Scrooby,  and  was  master  of  the 
court  mails,  which  were  accessible  only  to 
those  connected  with  the  court.  He  died  in 
the  summer  of  1590.  His  wife  was  Prudence 
.     Child,  William,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Elder  William  (2)  Brewster,  immi- 
grant ancestor,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower", 
was  born  during  the  last  half  of  the  year  1566 
or  the  first  half  of  1567,  the  date  being  fixed 
by  the  affidavit  made  by  him  at  Leyden,  June 
25,  1609,  when  he  declared  his  age  to  be  forty- 
two  years.  The  place  of  his  birth  is  not 
known,  but  is  supposed  to  have  been  Scrooby. 
The  parish  registers  of  Scrooby  do  not  begin 
until  1695,  and  no  record  of  his  birth,  baptism 
or  marriage  has  ever  been  discovered.  He 
matriculated  at  Peterhouse,  which  was  then 
the  "oldest  of  the  fourteen  colleges  grouped 
into  the  University  of  Cambridge,"  December 
3,  1580,  but  does  not  appear  to  have  stayed 
long  enough  to  take  his  degree.  He  is  next 
found  as  a  "discreete  and  faithfull"  assistant 
of  William  Davison,  secretary  of  state  to 
Queen  Elizabeth,  and  accompanied  that  gentle- 
man on  his  embassy  to  the  Netherlands  in 
August,  1585,  and  served  him  at  court  after 
his  return  until  his  downfall  in  1587.  He  then 
returned  to  Scrooby,  where  he  was  held  in 
high  esteem  by  the  people,  and  did  much 
good  "in  Promoting  and  furthering  religion," 
In  1590  he  was  appointed  administrator  of 
the  estate  of  his  father,  who  died  in  the  sum- 
mer of  that  year,  and  succeeded  him  as  post- 
master, which  position  he  held  until  Septem- 
ber 30,  1607.  While  in  Scrooby  he  lived  in 
the  old  manor-house  where  the  members'  of 
the  Pilgrim  Church  were  accustomed  to  meet 
on  Sunday.  When  the  Pilgrims  attempted  to 
move  to  Holland  in  the  latter  part  of  1607, 
they  were  imprisoned  at  Boston.  Brewster 
was  among  those  imprisoned  and  suffered  the 
greatest  loss.  After  he  reached  Holland  he 
endured  many  unaccustomed  hardships,  not 
being  as  well  fitted  as  the  other  Pilgrims  for 
the  hard  labor  which  was  their  common  lot,  and 


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he  spent  most  of  his  means  in  providing  for 
his  children.  During-  the  latter  part  of  the 
twelve  years  spent  in  Holland,  he  increased 
his  income  by  teachin^^  and  by  the  profits  from 
a  printing  press  which  he  set  up  in  Leyden. 
When  after  twelve  years  it  was  decided  that 
the  church  at  Leyden  should  emigrate  to  Vir- 
ginia, Brewster,  who  had  already  been  chosen 
elder,  was  desired  to  go  with  the  first  com- 
pany. He  was,  therefore,  with  his  wife  Mary, 
and  two  young  sons,  among  the  passengers  of 
the  "Mayflower"  which  landed  at  Plymouth 
harbor,  December  16,  1620.  Here  he  bore  an 
important  part  in  establishing  the  Pilgrim  re- 
public, was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  famous 
compact,  and  is  believed  to  have  drafted  the 
same.  He  was  the  moral,  religious  and  spirit- 
ual leader  of  the  colony  during  its  first  years, 
and  its  chief  civil  adviser  and  trusted  guide 
until  his  death.  His  wife  was  :\Iary^ilsSja4sl>» 
She  died  April  17,  1627,  somewhat  less  than 
sixty  years  old.  Elder  Brewster  died  April 
10,  1644,  in  Plymouth,  and  a  final  division  of 
his  estate  was  made  by  Bradford,  Winslow, 
Prence  and  Standish,  between  Jonathan  and 
Love,  his  only  remaining  children.  Children : 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below  ;  Patience  ;  Fear  ; 
Child,  died  at  Leyden,  buried  June  20,  1609; 
Love;  Wrestling,  came  in  "Mayflower"  with 
his  parents,  and  brother  Love,  was  living  at 
time  of  division  of  cattle,  May  22,  1627. 

(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  Elder  William  (2) 
Brewster,  was  born  August  12,  1593,  in  Scroo-. 
by,  Nottinghamshire,  England,  and  came  over 
in  the  ship  "Fortune"  in  1621.  He  moved 
from  Plymouth  to  Duxbury  about  1630,  and 
was  deputy  from  there  to  the  general  court, 
Plymouth  colony,  in  1639-41-43-44.  From 
there  he  moved  to  New  London,  about  1649, 
and  settled  in  that  part  later  established  as 
Norwich,  the  farm  lying  in  both  towns.  He 
was  admitted  an  inhabitant  there,  February 
25,  1649-50,  and  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1650-55-56-57-58.  He  engaged  in 
the  coasting  trade,  and  was  master  of  a  small 
vessel  plying  from  Plymouth  along  the  coast 
of  Virginia.  In  this  way  he  became  acquainted 
with  Pequot  harbor,  and  entered  the  river  to 
trade  with  the  Indians.  He  was  clerk  of  the 
town  of  Pequot,  September.  1649,  and  re- 
ceived his  first  grant  of  land  in  that  town  in 
the  same  month  from  L^ncas,  Sachem  of  the 
^lohegans,  with  whom  he  had  established  a 
trading  house.  At  this  latter  place,  which  is 
still  called  by  his  name,  Brew'ster's  Neck,  he 
laid  out  for  himself  a  large  farm.  The  deed 
for  this  land  was  confirmed  by  the  town,  No- 
vember 30,  1652,  and  its  bounds  determined. 
In  1637  he  was  a  military  commissioner  in  the 
Pequot  war,  in  1642  a  member  of  the  Duxbury 


committee  to  raise  forces  in  the  Xarragansett 
alarm  of  that  year,  and  a  member  of  Captain 
Myles  Standish's  Duxbury  company  in  the 
military  enrollment  of  1643.  He  was  prom- 
inent in  the  formation  of  the  settlement  of 
Duxbury  and  in  the  establishment  of  its 
church.  He  sometimes  practiced  as  an  at- 
torney and  was  also  styled  gentleman.  He 
died  August  7,  1659,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Brewster  cemetery  at  Brewster's  Neck,  Pres- 
ton. A  plain  granite  shaft,  about  eight  feet 
high,  was  erected  to  his  memory  and  that  of 
his  wife.  The  original  footstone  is  still  in 
existence  and  leans  against  the  modern  monu- 
ment. 

No  probate  papers  relating  to  his  estate 
have  been  found,  but  bills  of  sale  are  re- 
corded, dated  in  1658,  which  conveyed  all 
his  property  in  the  town  plot  and  his  house  and 
land  at  Poquetannuck  with  his  movable  prop- 
erty to  his  son  Benjamin,  and  son-in-law,  John 
Picket.  His  widow  was  evidently  a  woman  of 
note  and  respectability  in  the  community.  She 
had  always  the  prefix  of  Mrs.  or  Mistress,  and 
was  usually  recorded  in  some  useful  capacity 
as  nurse  or  doctor,  as  a  witness  to  wills,  etc. 

He  married,  April  10,  1624,  Lucretia  Old- 
ham, of  Darby,  doubtless  a  sister  of  John  Old- 
ham, who  came  to  Plymouth  about  1623.  She 
died  Alarch  4,  1678-79.  There  is  some  reason 
to  believe  that  he  had  married  before  at  an 
early  age,  and  buried  his  wife  and  child  by 
this  marriage  in  Leyden.  Children,  the  first 
three  born  in  Plymouth,  the  fourth  in  Jones 
River,  the  others  in  Duxbury:  William,  born 
March  9,  1625  ;  Mary,  mentioned  below  ;  Jona- 
than, July  17,  1629;  Ruth,  October  3,  163 1 ; 
Benjamin,  November  17,  1633;  Elizabeth,  May 
I,  1637;  Grace,  November  i,  1639;  Hannah, 
November  3,  1641. 

(IV)  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Brew- 
ster, was  born  April  16,  1627.  She  married, 
November  10,  1645,  (November  12  by  Ply- 
mouth Colony  record)  John  Turner,  of  Scitu- 
ate,  son  of  Humphrey  and  Lydia  (Gamer) 
Turner.  Children :  Jonathan,  born  Septem- 
ber 20,  1646;  Joseph,  probably  died  in  infancy; 
Joseph,  January  12,  1648-49;  Ezekiel,  men- 
tioned below;  Lydia,  January  24,  1652;  John, 
1654;  Elisha,  1656-57;  Mary,  died  at  Hull, 
Massachusetts,  December  10,  1738.  aged  eigh- 
ty;  Benjamin.  March  5,  1660;  Ruth,  1663; 
Isaac,  not  mentioned  in  father's  will;  Grace, 
1667;  Amos,   1671. 

(V)  Ezekiel,  son  of  John  and  Mary  (Brew- 
ster) Turner,  was  born  January  7,  1650-51. 
He  married  Susanna  Keeny  and  among  their 
children  was  Abigail,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  .\bigail,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Su- 
sanna (Keeny)  Turner,  married  Clement  Mi- 


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nor  and  among  their  children  was  Lucy,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\"II)  Lucy,  daughter  of  Clement  and  Abi- 
gail (Turner)  Minor,  married  Rev.  Nathan 
Howard  and  among  their  children  was  TheJia, 
mentioned  below. 

(Mil)  Thedia.  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathan 
and  Lucy  (Minor)  Howard,  married  Payne 
Kenvon  and  among  their  children  was  Joseph, 
mentioned   below. 

(IX)  Joseph,  son  of  Payne  and  Thedia 
(Howard)  Kenyon,  married  Sarah  Allyn  and 
among  their  children  was  Thedia  ReJelia, 
mentioned  below. 

(X)  Thedia  Redelia,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  (x\llyn)  Kenyon,  married  Jacob 
Dolscn  Cox  (see  Cox  I). 


The  original  Howlands  in 
HOWLAND  America  were  Arthur,  Hen- 
ry, and  John.  The  last 
named  was  one  of  the  "Mayflower"  number, 
and  the  others  appeared  in  the  early  days  of 
the  settlement  of  Plymouth,  but  liow  and  from 
what  place  in  England  they  came  has  never 
been  definitely  ascertained. 

(I)  Henry  Howland,  youngest  of  the  three 
brothers  mentioned  above,  is  first  heard  of 
in  Plymouth,  in  1624,  when  his  name  appears 
in  the  allotment  of  cattle  to  the  different  fam- 
ilies. In  the  court  records  of  Plymouth  the 
name  of  Henry  Howland  is  found  in  a  list 
of  freemen  under  date  of  1633.  He  appears 
in  Duxbury  among  its  earliest  settlers,  where 
he  is  referred  to  as  "living  by  the  bay  side, 
near  Love  Brewster's",  and  the  records  say 
he  was  "one  of  the  substantial  landholders  and 
freemen".  He  was  chosen  constable  for  Dux- 
bury  in  1635,  and  was  for  several  years  sur- 
veyor of  highway's  in  the  town.  In  1643  he 
was  on  a  list  of  freemen  and  of  men  able  to 
bear  arms.  He  served  on  the  grand  jury  nine 
years  between  1636  and  1656.  In  1657  he 
apparently  joined  the  Friends,  which  was  just 
beginning  to  spread  in  America,  and  as  a  re- 
sult endured  for  the  rest  of  his  life  the  vari- 
ous persecutions  to  which  this  sect  was  sub- 
jected by  the  civil  authorities.  Towards  the 
end  of  I'.is  life  he  became  a  large  possessor  of 
real  estate.  In  1652  he  was  associated  with 
others  in  the  ownership  of  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  Dartmouth,  and  in  1659  he  bought 
with  twenty-six  others  what  was  then  called 
.Assonet,  now  Freetown.  It  appears  by  his 
will  that  he  owned  a  house  in  Duxbury  where 
he  doubtless  died.  He  married  ;\Iary  New- 
land,  who  died  June  6,  1674.  He  died  Janu- 
ary 17,  1671.  Children:  Joseph;  Zoeth,  men- 
tioned below  ;  John  :  Samuel ;  Sarah  ;  Eliza- 
beth ;    Mary ;  Abigail. 


(II)    Zoeth,   son  of   Henry   Howland,   was 

born  in  Duxbury,  and  married  Abigail , 

October,  1656.  He  was  killed  by  Indians, 
January  21,  1676,  at  Pocaset.  Abigail  mar- 
ried (second),  February  12.  1678.  John  Kirby 
Jr.  He  took  the  oath  of  "fidelitie"  "at  Duxbury 
m  1657,  and  became  a  convert  to  the  Friends' 
sect  about  the  same  time,  and  meetings  were 
held  at  his  house,  for  which  he  was  fined  in 
December,  1657.  In  March,  1657-58,  he  was 
sentenced  to  "sitt  in  the  stockes  for  the  space 
of  an  hour"  for  "speaking  opprobiously  of  the 
minnesters  of  Gods  Word."  In  March.  1659, 
his  wife  was  fined  ten  shillings  for  not  at- 
tending the  meetings  of  the  Puritans.  He 
moved  to  Dartmouth,  probably  as  early  as 
1662,  for  more  congenial  society.  The  New- 
port Friends'  records  and  the  inventory  of 
Iiis  estate,  dated  June,  1677,  refer  to  him  as 
Zoeth  of  Dartmouth,  and  his  mother  owned 
a  house  there.  Just  where  he  was  killed  and 
hew  he  came  to  be  there  is  unknown.  His 
sons,  with  the  exception  of  Samuel,  were  ac- 
tive memjjers  of  the  old  Apponegansett  meet- 
ing. The  first  eight  children  are  recorded  in 
tb.e  Newport  Friends'  records.  Children: 
Nathaniel,  born  October  5,  1657:  Benjamin, 
Alay  8.  1659:  Daniel,  July.  1661  ;  Lydia.  No- 
vember 23,  1663:  Mary.  February  23,  1665- 
66;  Sarah,  April,  1668;  Henry,  August  30, 
1672;  Abigail,  August  30,  1672;  Nicholas, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Nicholas,  son  of  Zoeth  Howland,  mar- 
ried, December  26,  1697,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Lieutenant  John  Woodman,  of  Little 
Crompton,  Rhode  Island.  He  died  before 
July  7,  1722,  at  which  date  his  will  was  ad- 
mitted to  probate  in  the  Bristol  county  office. 
He  was  a  large  real  estate  owner  and  seems 
to  have  carried  on  a  tannery  as  well  as  farm- 
ing. His  homestead  was  situated  west  of 
Apponegansett  meeting  house,  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  road,  and  his  real  estate  there 
seems  to  have  extended  from  that  of  his 
brother  Henry  westward  to  what  is  now  called 
the  Chase  road.  This  neighborhood  was 
called  Pascamansett,  from  the  river  that  flowed 
through  it.  He  owned  Gooseberry  Neck,  at 
the  mouth  of  Buzzards  Bay.  He  was  a  suc- 
cessful business  man,  highly  respected  and 
trusted  by  the  community,  and  held  a  number 
of  town  offices  from  1702  to  1712.  Children: 
Abigail,  born  November  3,  169S;  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1700;  Rebeckah,  April  9,  1702; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Nicholas.  July  13, 
1706;  Hannah,  September  10,  170S;  Joseph, 
October  24.  1710;  Daniel,  September  28,  1712  ; 
Benjamin,  November  30,  1716;  Job,  Septem- 
ber 26,  1719:  Edith. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Nicholas  and  Hannah 


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(Woodman)  Hovvland,  was  born  in  Dart- 
mouth, July  13,  1706.  He  married  (first) 
January  9,  1723,  Sarah,  daughter  of  William 
Soule.  of  Dartmouth;  (second)  April  8,  1747, 
Ruth  Davol,  of  Dartmouth,  where  he  died. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Nicholas,  mentioned 
below;  Samuel,  born  May  12,  1727;  Hannah, 
April  27,  1728;  Sarah,  October  31,  1731 ; 
Alice.  February  6,  1733;  Alary,  February  14, 
1730:  William,  December  24,  1738;  Elizabeth, 
June  2,  1741.  Children  by  second  wife:  Silas, 
born  October  8,  1749;  Eunice,  September  4, 
1751;  Reuben,  January  18,  1754;  Daniel, 
Ap'ril  3,  1757;  Weston,  May  23,  1759. 

(\")  Nicholas  (2),  eldest  son  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  (Soule)  tlowland,  was  born  March 
I,  1725,  in  Dartmouth,  and  married,  Januarj' 
4,  1750,  Mary,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
Sisson,  of  Wesiport.  They  lived  in  Westport. 
where  he  owned  a  farm  on  the  east  side  of 
\\'estport  river,  about  two  and  one-half  miles 
below  Westport  village.  Children  :  Alary ; 
Alice :  Anne ;  Jonathan ;  Joseph ;  William, 
mentioned  below;  Reuben,  January  11,  1774; 
Benjamin. 

(VI)  William,  third  son  of  Nicholas  (2) 
and  Alary  (Sisson)  Howland,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1772,  in  Dartmouth,  and  married, 
June,  1795.  Diana  Smith,  of  that  town.  They 
moved  to  Saratoga,  New  York,  where  he  was 
a  hatter,  living  there  until  his  death  in  1832. 
He  learned  his  trade  in  Westport,  and  carried 
on  the  business  for  a  time  at  Smith  Alills, 
Dartmouth.  Children :  Thomas,  born  Alarch 
20,  1797:  Dorcas,  June  28,  iSoo;  Benjamin, 
August  12,  1803:  Jonathan,  February  22, 
1806;  William,  mentioned  below;  Smith,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1809:  Almina,  August  26,  1912;  El- 
lenor  A.,  Alarch  7.  1815;  Reuben,  Alarch  12, 
1818. 

(\'II)  William  (2),  fourth  son  of  William 
and  Diana  (Smith)  Howland.  was  born  Feb- 
ruary II,  1808,  in  Saratoga,  New  York.  He 
married  (first)  Louisa  Packard,  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1817,  died  July  4.  1845.  He  married 
(second)  November  2,  1852,  Alary  Ann  Pot- 
ter, born  August  18,  1815.  died  April  6,  1882. 
His  early  days  were  spent  on  his  father's  farm, 
and  from  twelve  to  eighteen  years  of  age  he 
attended  the  district  schools,  working  in  his 
father's  hat  factory  winters.  He  attended  an 
academy  at  White  Creek,  New  York,  and 
was  for  a  time  clerk  for  John  Cummings. 
Afterwards  he  was  in  a  store  in  South  Dart- 
mouth. In  1836  he  went  on  a  voyage  as  super- 
cargo for  I.  H.  Bartlett,  of  New  Bedford,  to 
the  Kennebec  river,  Alaine,  and  afterwards 
commanded  a  coaster  until  he  returned  to  Air. 
Cmnmings  and  went  into  business  with  him  in 
i8-|2  in  the  general  merchandise  business.   Air. 


Cummings  also  ran  a  saw-mill  and  grist-mill, 
and  Air.  Howland  assumed  a  very  large  share 
of  the  care  and  oversight  of  the  above.  He 
remained  there  twenty-five  years,  and  then 
moved  to  the  William  Potter  homestead,  the 
former  home  of  his  wife,  a  mile  northwest  of 
Smith  Alills.  He  had  one  of  the  best  farms 
in  that  locality,  which  greatly  improved  under 
his  management,  as  he  was  a  successful  and 
progressive  agriculturist.  He  was  held  in  high 
esteem  by  the  community.  ChiUlrcn  :  Alaria 
Packard,  born  June  4,  1842;  Thomas  Smith, 
mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Thomas  Smith,  only  son  of  William 
(2)  and  Louisa  (Packard)  Howland,  was 
born  in  Dartmouth,  Alassachusetts,  February 
13,  1844.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  various  private  schools 
in  New  Bedford,  then  entered  the  Alassachu- 
setts State  Normal  School  at  Bridgewater, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1862.  He 
enlisted  from  New  Bedford,  Alassachusetts,  in 
Company  I,  Thirty-third  Regiment  Alassachu- 
setts \'olunteer  Infantry  for  three  years,  and 
took  part  in  many  of  the  important  battles  of 
the  civil  war,  including  Gettysburg  and  Chat- 
tanooga. He  was  in  General  Sherman's  army 
in  the  famous  Alarch  to  the  Sea,  and  took  part 
in  the  grand  review  at  Washington  at  the  close 
of  the  war.  He  entered  the  service  as  a  pri- 
vate, and  was  promoted  to  the  grade  of  cor- 
poral, then  sergeant,  and  when  mustered  out 
held  a  commission  as  second  lieutenant,  signed 
by  the  famous  war  governor  of  Alassachusetts, 
John  A.  Andrew.  He  was  mustered  out  of 
service  June  11,  1865,  and  became  a  student 
in  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School  of  Harvard 
L^niversity,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  civil  engineer  in  1868.  He  was 
employed  in  the  engineering  department  of 
the  Burlington  &  Alissouri  River  Railroad, 
with   headquarters   at   Burlington.   Iowa.     In 

1884  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Burling- 
ton  &    Alissouri    Railroad    Company,    and   in 

1885  moved  to  Boston,  where  he  made  his 
headquarters  until  1901.  In  that  year  he  was 
elected  vice-president  and  treasurer  of^  the 
Chicago.  Burlington  &  Quincy  Railroad  Com- 
pany, offices  he  has  held  to  the  present  time, 
and'  has  made  his  home  in  Chicago.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  University  Club  of  Chicago: 
the  Union  League  Club ;  the  Exmoor  Country 
Club;  and  the  New  England  Society  of  Chi- 
cago. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in 
religion   non-sectarian. 

He  married.  October  3,  1871,  at  Burlington, 
Iowa.  Eliza  Semple  Harbach.  born  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Pennsvlvania,  December  7__.  1848. 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Ball  (Graham) 
Harbach.    Children:    i.  Abram  Harbach,  bom 


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September  25,  1872 ;  attended  Hopkinson 
School  in  Boston,  and  entered  Harvard  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  in  1896;  mar- 
ried Angelica  Bustamente,  who  is  of  Spanish 
ancestry,  of  the  City  of  Mexico,  where  they 
are  now  living,  and  where  he  is  engaged  in 
business;  children:  Thomas  Bustamente  and 
Angelica.  2.  Mary  Potter,  born  at  Burling- 
ton^Iowa,  February  23,  1877  ;  educated  in  pub- 
lic schools  and  at  Miss  Shaw's  private  school, 
Boston ;  graduated  from  Radcliffe  College, 
1898;  married  I.  W.  Linn,  a  nephew  of  Miss 
Tane  Addams,  of  Hull  House,  Chicago ;  he  is 
a  professor  in  Chicago  University ;  children : 
Jane  Addams  Linn  and  Elizabeth  Howland 
Linn.  3.  Elizabeth  Harbach,  born  at  Burling- 
ton, October  2,  1878;  educated  in  private 
schools ;  an  art  student,  now  living  in  Chicago. 
4.  Ruth  Almy,  born  at  Burlington,  October  16, 
1881  ;  fitted  for  college  in  private  schools,  and 
graduated  from  Radcliffe,  class  of  1901 ;  mar- 
ried John  DeWitt,  and  resides  in  Keokuk, 
Iowa. 


William  Lane,  the  immigrant  an- 
LANE     cestor,   may  have   been   related   to 

Job,  James  and  Edward  Lane,  who 
came  from  Yorkshire,  England,  and  settled  in 
Billerica,  Maiden  and  Gloucester,  Massachu- 
setts, and  in  Falmouth,  now  Portland,  Maine. 
There  was  a  tradition  that  William  Lane,  of 
Boston,  and  two  brothers,  cordwainers,  came 
to  Beverly  or  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  and 
to  Maine,  and  were  nephews  of  William  Lane, 
of  Dorchester,  who  in  1635  came  from  county 
Norfolk,  England.  William  Lane  appears  to 
have  gone  to  Connecticut  early,  as  a  son  Sam- 
uel was  born  at  Hartford,  August  8,  1648, 
but,  if  so,  he  returned.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  in  Massachusetts,  May  6,  1657.  He 
was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  His  first  wife, 
Aviary,  was  a  member  of  the  First  Church  of 
Boston,  and  died  in  Boston,  May  22,  1656. 
He  married  (second)  August  21,  1656,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Brewer.  They  were  mar- 
ried bv  Deputy-governor  Bellingham.  Her 
father  lived  in  Ipswich  in  1642,  afterward  in 
Roxbury,  and  died  in  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, March  3,  1689-90.  Children :  Samuel, 
born  in  Hartford,  August  8,  1648,  died  young; 
Samuel,  born  in  Boston,  January  23,  1651-2; 
John,  born  in  Boston  February  5,  1653-4; 
"Mary,  May  15,  1656;  Sarah,  June  15,  1657; 
William  (2),  of  whom  further;  Elizabeth, 
February  3,  1661 ;  Ebenezer,  March  21, 
1666-7. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Lane, 
was  born  in  Boston,  October  i,  1659.  He  was 
a  tailor  by  trade.    He  joined  the  North  Church 


in  Boston  in  1681,  and  removed  in  1686  to 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  settled 
on  a  grant  of  ten  acres  of  land.  He  built  a 
one-story  house  near  the  meeting-house  on  the 
site  afterward  occupied  by  the  academy.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  a  devout  and  godly  man," 
living  a  quiet  and  humble  life,  respected  by 
all  his  neighbors.  He  married,  June  21,  1680, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  Webster.  She 
died  January  6,  1745,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
He  died  at  the  home  of  his  son  Joshua,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1749,  aged  eighty-five.  Children, 
born  in  Boston:  John,  born  in  Boston,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1685 ;  Sarah,  November  6,  1688 ; 
Elizabeth,  July  12,  169 1  ;  Abigail,  December 
9,  1693;  Deacon  Joshua,  of  whom  further; 
Samuel,  June  4,  1698;  Thomas,  June  8,  1701. 

(Ill)  Deacon  Joshua  Lane,  son  of  William 
(2)  Lane,  was  born  in  Hampton,  June  6, 
1696.  He  resided  on  a  farm  on  the  road  to 
North  Hampton,  half  a  mile  north  of  the  pres- 
ent railroad  station,  and  followed  the  trade 
of  tanner  and  shoemaker.  While  standing  on 
his  doorstep  after  a  thunder  shower  he  was 
struck  by  lightning  and  killed,  June  14,  1766. 
He  had  sixty  grandchildren  at  the  time  of 
his  death.  He  married,  December  24,  1717, 
Bathsheba  Robie,  who  was  born  August  2, 
1696,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Robie. 
He  and  his  wife  joined  the  Hampton  Church 
Alarch  ID,  1718. 

Deacon  E.  J.  Lane,  of  Dover,  wrote  of  him : 
"Deacon  Joshua  Lane  was  a  good  man,  gov- 
erned in  all  his  conduct  by  the  love  and  fear 
of  God  and  good-will  to  men.  He  was  just  in 
his  dealings,  generous  to  the  poor,  kind  and 
compassionate  to  the  sick  and  the  aftlicted, 
rejoicing  with  those  who  rejoiced  and  weeping 
with  those  who  wept.  So  he  gained  the  love 
and  respect  of  all.  He  had  clear  views  of  the 
great  plan  of  salvation,  of  the  depravity  of 
man,  of  his  own  unworthiness  and  of  the 
need  of  being  born  again.  He  trusted  in  the 
Son  Jesus  Christ  and  the  power  of  the  Holy 
Spirit  to  renew  and  sanctify  his  soul.  He  was 
eminently  devout,  a  man  of  prayer,  not  only 
in  the  social  meetings,  but  in  the  family  and 
in  the  closet.  He  was  a  constant  attendant 
at  public  worship,  and  made  diligent  use  of 
the  means  of  grace,  daily  studying  the  Bible 
and  meditating  upon  its  instructions.  As  a 
father  he  was  atTectionate,  yet  faithful,  thus 
securing  the  love  and  the  respect  of  his  chil- 
dren, and  a  numerous  posterity  seemed  to  in- 
herit his  faith  and  his  piety,  and  rose  up  to 
call  him  blessed."  Joshua  Lane  died  at  a 
time  when  there  was  no  minister  in  the  parish, 
and  at  his  burial  his  son,  Deacon  Jeremiah 
Lane,  wrote  and  read  a  funeral  discourse 
called   "A   Afemorial    and   Tear   of   Lamenta- 


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tion."  It  was  printed  for  the  benefit  of  his 
descendants,  eighty-two  of  whom  were  Hving 
at  the  date-  of  his  death.  This  has  been  re- 
printed, and  on  August  15,  1889,  a  handsome 
granite  monument  was  placed  on  his  grave, 
and  dedicated  to  the  memory  of  the  early  gen- 
eration of  the  Lane  family. 

Bathsheba  (Robie),  wife  of  Deacon  Joshua 
Lane,  was  an  active,  intelligent,  Christiaa  wom- 
an, an  excellent  mother,  efficiently  aiding  her 
husband  in  training  their  children  to  habits  of 
industry,  sobriety  and  morality.  Her  grand- 
-  father,  Samuel  Robie,  was  born  at  Castle  Dun- 
ington,  the  family  seat  in  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, February  12,  1619,  and  came  to  America 
as  early  as  1639.  At  the  ordination  of  Rev. 
James  Miltimore  in  Stratham,  in  January, 
1786,  the  eight  sons  of  Deacon  Joshua  Lane 
met  at  the  house  of  their  elder  brother,  Dea- 
con Samuel  Lane,  who  was  then  sixty-eight 
years  old,  and  Josiah,  the  youngest  was  forty- 
eight.  Children,  born  at  Hampton :  Deacon 
Samuel,  of  whom  further;  Alary,  February  7, 
1720:  Joshua,  Alarch  16,  1721 ;  William,  June 
II,  1723  :  Joshua,  July  8,  1724 ;  Josiah,  twin  of 
Joshua;  Major  John,  February  14,  1726;  Sa- 
rah, December  3,  1727;  Bathsheba,  June  6, 
1729;  Isaiah,  December  21,  1730;  Deacon 
Jeremiah,  March  10,  1732;  Ebenezer,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1733;  Abigail,  November  13,  1734; 
Elizabeth,  May  25,  1736;  Josiah,  May  19, 
1738;  Anna,  March  24,  1741. 

(IV)  Deacon  Samuel  Lane,  son  of  Deacon 
Joshua  Lane,  was  born  at  Hampton,  October 
6.  1718.  He  removed  in  June,  1741,  from 
Hampton  to  Stratham,  New  Hampshire. 
Here  he  continued  the  business  of  tanner  and 
shoemaker,  and  purchased  first  a  piece  of  wet 
land  on  the  east  side  of  the  stream,  and  then 
three  acres  of  dry  land  on  the  opposite  side, 
where  he  built  his  house.  He  afterward 
bought  eighty  acres,  and  followed  farming  as 
well  as  the  trade  of  tanner.  He  was  often 
called  upon  to  survey  land.  He  surveyed  the 
township  of  Bow  and  several  others.  He  was 
elected  selectman  in  175 1,  and  was  justice  of 
the  peace  for  several  years.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  provincial  assembly  in  1766,  and 
from  1774  until  he  died  was  town  clerk.  When 
he  was  seventeen  years  old  he  joined  the 
church  and  drew  up  certain  articles  to  govern 
his  conduct  as  a  christian,  and  throughout  his 
life  followed  those  rules.  He  was  elected  dea- 
con of  the  Stratham  Congregational  Church, 
July  4,  1765,  and  held  the  office  until  May  28, 
1800,  when  he  was  chosen  elder,  an  office  he 
held  the  rest  of  his  life,  "displaying  an  ex- 
emplary christian  character  and  enjoying  that 
respect  which  his  consistent  life  obtained  from 
his    fellow-citizens."      He   was   deputy    from 


Stratham  to  the  Fourth  Provincial  Congress 
held  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  May  17, 
1775-  *  *  *  Deacon  Lane  was  a  great 
lover  of  good  books  and  collected  a  large  li- 
brary, which  was  especially  rich  in  the  depart- 
ment of  theology.  His  systematic  plan  of  de- 
voting two  hours  a  day  to  study,  enabled  him 
to  became  familiar  with  the  best  writers  of  the 
age  and  qualified  him  to  be  useful  in  the  af- 
fairs of  the  government  and  the  church." 

He  married  (first)  December  24,  1741, 
Mary  James,  of  Hampton,  born  March  3, 
1722,  died  January  30,  1769,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Susanna  James.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) June  22,  1774,  Mrs.  Rachel  (Parsons) 
Colcord,  widow  of  Gideon  Colcord,  of  New- 
market. She  was  born  at  Cape  Ann,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  29,  1726,  died  January  18,  1813, 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Eunice  (  Sargent)  Par- 
sons, and  granddaughter  of  John  Parsons, 
whose  father  Jefifry  Parsons  was  born  in  Exe- 
ter, England,  in  163 1,  died  in  Gloucester.  Au- 
gust, 1689.  His  first  wife,  with  whom  he  lived 
twenty-seven  years,  is  described  as  a  kind 
companion  and  good  mother.  His  second  wife 
"was  an  excellent  Christian  woman,  and 
though  she  had  the  care  of  seven  fatherless 
children  by  her  first  husband,  she  took  a  deep 
interest  in  training  the  children  of  her  second 
husband,  so  that  his  children  and  grandchil- 
dren long  cherished  the  memory  of  her  dis- 
creet and  faithful  care  of  them  and  her  affec- 
tionate interest  in  their  welfare."  Children 
by  first  wife:  Mary,  July  14,  1744;  Samuel, 
May  8,  1746;  Joshua,  February  9,  1748;  Su- 
sanna. July  24,  1750 ;  Sarah,  September  30, 
1752;  Martha,  February  22,  1755:  Bathsheba, 
Alay  27,   1757;  Jabez,  of  whom  further. 

(V)  Jabez,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Lane, 
was  born  at  Stratham.  May  16,  1760,  died 
April  3,  1810.  He  resided  on  the  homestead 
and  continued  the  tanning  business  of  his 
father.  He  had  planned  to  learn  a  profession 
and  was  fitting  for  college  when  the  revolution 
broke  out,  and  he  gave  up  study  to  devote  him- 
self to  his  father's  trade.  He  joined  the  Con- 
gregational church  in  Stratham,  and  through- 
out his  life  was  a  devout  and  zealous  christian. 
In  an  obituary  notice  written  by  Hon.  Paine 
Wingate,  his  neighbor,  his  virtues  as  a  man 
and  christian  were  highly  extolled.  He  said : 
"In  his  domestic  relations  he  was  an  example 
worthy  of  our  esteem  and  imitation.  He  ex- 
celled in  filial  piety,  conjugal  affection  and 
parental  care.  His  household  was  watched 
over,  instructed  and  managed  with  unusual 
assiduity  and  regularity,  even  to  the  minutest 
concern's.  As  a  neighbor  he  was  ever  ready 
to  friendly  offices,  and  when  occasion  required 
he  shunned  not  to  perform  the  most  difficult 


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part  of  the  duty  of  a  friend,  a  neighbor  and 
a  christian,  to  admonish,  to  counsel,  and  with 
meekness  endeavor  to  reclaim  those  who  were 
deviating  from  the  path  of  rectitude.  In  his 
charities  to  the  needy  and  distressed,  except 
on  public  occasions,  when  he  was  suiificiently 
liberal,  he  studiously  avoided  ostentation,  but 
they  will  be  gratefully  remembered  by  many 
who  have  experienced  his  seasonable  and 
bountifulrelief.  *  *  ''■'  If  we  consider  the 
character  of  the  deceased  in  its  various  rela- 
tions from  his  youth  to  the  grave,  we  shall 
seldom  tind  one  in  the  private  walks  of  life 
more  deserving  of  our  esteem  and  imitation." 

He  married,  October  2,  1783,  his  step-sister, 
Eunice  Colcord,  born  March  25,  1763,  died 
April  6,  1836,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Rachel 
(Parsons)  Colcord.  Children:  Anna,  born 
December  27,  1784:  Martha,  January  28, 
1787;  Mary,  April  10,  17S8;  George,  July  14, 
1791  ;  Elizabeth,  March  7,  1794;  Charles,  of 
whom  further:  Andrew  Colcord.  July  i,  1799; 
Deacon  Edmund,  June  6,  1802;  Lucv,  Mav  12, 
1805. 

(\'I)  Charles,  son  of  Jabez  Lane,  was  born 
November  27,  1796,  at  Stratham,  died  there 
October  27,  1884.  He  went  to  Newmarket 
(Xewfields)  in  1817.  and  was  one  of  the  first 
class  at  the  Methodist  Seminary,  afterward 
transferred  to  Wilbraham,  Alassachusetts,  and 
was  the  last  survivor  of  his  class.  He  began 
business  in  Newfields  as  a  tanner,  and  from 
selling  leather  and  shoes  proceeded  to  deal 
in  groceries  and  dry  goods.  He  prospered  and 
built  houses  to  rent  and  sell  and  became  one 
of  the  most  substantial  and  wealthy  citizens 
of  the  town.  He  held  various  offices  of  trust 
and  honor.  He  was  an  earnest  member  of 
the  Congregational  church,  and  when  his 
youngest  son  died  just  after  finishing  his 
course  in  the  Andover  Theological  Seminary, 
i\Ir.  Lane  gave  $500  to  found  a  memorial 
scholarship  there.  He  retired  from  business 
in  November,  1867. 

He  married  (first)  September  24,  1821, 
Hannah  French,  bom  in  Pittsfield,  February 
5,  1802,  died  January  18.  1841,  daughter  of 
Abraham  and  Hannah  (Lane)  French.  He 
married  (second)  October  9,  1842,  Elizabeth 
Berry,  of  Greenland,  born  July  8,  1804,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaiah  Berry.  Children  by  first  wife : 
Olivia  Emeline,  born  November  14,  1825 : 
Rev.  John  William,  of  whom  further:  Mary 
Elizabeth.  April  29,  1830,  married  Rev.  Jacob 
Chapman:  Annie  Lucy.  September  i,  1834: 
Charles  Edward,  December  27,  1837. 

(VII)  Rev.  John  William  Lane,  son  of 
Charles  Lane,  was  born  at  Newfields,  New 
Hampshire,  September  7,  1827.  He  was  a  stu- 
dent   for   a   time   in    Princeton   College,   and 


afterward  at  Amherst,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  in  1856.  He  then  entered  Andover  Theo- 
logical Seminary,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1859.  He  won  the  prize  for  oratory 
in  the  speaking  contest  while  at  Amherst. 
He  served  on  the  Christian  Commission  work 
during  the  civil  war.  He  was  ordained  pastor 
of  thfe  Congregational  church  at  Whately, 
Massachusetts,  October  17,  i860,  and  contin- 
ued in  that  pastorate  for  a  period  of  eighteen 
years.  In  Alay,  1878,  he  was  installed  pastor 
of  the  Second  Congregational  Church,  at 
North  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  where  he  con- 
tinued until  191 1.  For  some  years  he  was 
connected  with  the  Massachusetts  State  Agri- 
cultural College  at  Amherst,  and  the  Spring- 
field Training  School,  Springfield,  ]\Iassachu- 
setts,  as  one  of  the  faculty. 

He  married,  August  26,  1868,  Mary  Haynes, 
born  at  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  July  11, 
1841,  graduated  at  South  Hadley,  Massachu- 
setts, now  IMount  Holyoke  College,  in  1864, 
and  was  afterward  a  teacher  in  the  seminary. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza 
(Spaulding)  Haynes.  Her  brother  John 
Haynes  was  in  the  service  in  the  civil  war, 
and'  died  at  Port  Hudson,  Louisiana,  during 
the  service.  Children:  i.  Charles  William, 
born    November    16,    1869,    died   October   21, 

1870.  2.    Samuel,   born   and   died   March   6, 

1 87 1.  3.  John  Edward,  born  at  Whateley, 
February  12,  1872  ;  educated  at  Hopkins  Acad- 
emy; graduated  from  Yale  University  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1894.  and 
blaster  of  Arts  in  1895,  and  from  Yale  Medi- 
cal School  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  1902,  now  practicing  at  North  Yakima, 
Washington;  married  Alice  Treat  Rogers,  of 
Ansonia,  Connecticut.  4.  Aleck  Forbes,  born 
July  20,  1873,  died  March  18,  1875.  5.  Amy 
Sanders,  born  at  Whateley,  October  31,  1874; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Hopkins 
.^cademy:  graduated  at  Wellesley  College  in 
the  class  of  1896;  received  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts  from  the  University  of  Michigan; 
now  a  teacher  in  the  high  school  at  Saginaw, 
Michigan.  6.  Wallace  Rutherford,  of  whom 
further.  7.  Wilfred  Clary,  of  whom  further. 
8.  Susan  Klein,  born  July  13,  1881,  at  North 
Hadley :  graduate  of  Hopkins  Academy  in 
1899,  and  from  the  Northampton  High  School, 
Alassachusetts,  in  1900;  student  at  Wellesley 
College  1900-1901  :  graduate  of  the  Hilary 
Flitchcock  }.Iemorial  Hospital  of  Hanover, 
New  Hampshire,  as  a  trained  nurse;  since  then 
engaged  in  settlement  work  in  New  York 
City. 

(VIII)      Professor      Wallace     Rutherford 
Lane,   son  of  Rev.  John  \\'illiam   Lane,   was 


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born  at  Whateley,  Massachusetts,  near  North- 
ampton,  August   12.    1876.     He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and 
graduated  from  Hopkins  Academy.     He  com- 
pleted  his   preparation   for  college  at   Willis- 
ton    Seminary.    Easthampton,    Alassachusetts) 
and    entered    Brown    University,    Providence, 
Rhode  Island.     While  in  college  he  won  the 
Carpenter  prize  in  a  speaking  contest.    He  en- 
tered the  Yale  Law  School,  and  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  in  igoo. 
He  began  to  practice  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa, 
making   something   of   a   specialty  of   patent, 
manufacturing    and    corporation    cases.      For 
nearly  ten  years  he  was  in  partnership  with 
Joseph   R.   Orwig.     He  came    from    Iowa  to 
Chicago,   January    i,    19 10,   and   entered   into 
partnership  with  Robert  Parkinson  in  the  prac- 
tice of  law.    The  firm  has  made  a  specialty  of 
corporation,    patent,    trade    mark    and   unfair 
competition  cases.     The  office  of  the  firm  is 
in  the  Marquette  building.    Air.  Lane  has  been 
a   contributor   to    the    Vale   Lain  Journal,   to 
Laze  and  Commerce  and  to  the  Illinois  Lazi> 
Reviezc.    Among  the  articles  he  has  published 
in  various  journals  may  be  mentioned :     "The 
Development   of   Secondary  Rights   in  Trade 
Mark  Cases"  {Yale  Lan;  Journal,  ]i\nt,  1909), 
"Assignability  of  Trade  ]\Iarks,"  "Legitimate 
Competition,"  "Dilatory  Patent  Proceedings" 
{The  Green  Bag).     Mr.  Lane  was  professor 
in  the  Highland   Park  College  of  Law  from 
1900  to  1904.     At  present  he  is  a  lecturer  at 
the  law  schools  of  the  University  of  Nebraska, 
and  of  Drake  University,  at  Des  Moines. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  American  Bar  Asso- 
ciation, and  in  1908  delivered  an  address  be- 
fore that  organization ;  and  also  belongs  to 
the  Iowa  State  Bar  Association.  He  has  been 
admitted  to  practice  at  the  bar  of  the  supreme 
court  of  the  United  States,  and  of  the  States 
where  he  has  engaged  in  practice.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Patent  Law  Association  of 
Chicago,  and  the  Washington  Patent  Bar  As- 
sociation ;  the  Pi  Beta  Pi  fraternity ;  the  Book 
and  Gavel  Society  of  the  Yale  Law  School: 
the  Union  League  and  University  Clubs,  of 
Chicago;  the  University  Club,  of  Evanston, 
Illinois;  the  Des  Aloines  and  the  Grant  Club, 
of  Des  Moines,  Iowa;  and  other  clubs.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  in  religion,  a  Con- 
gregationalist. 

He  married,  July  i.  190 1,  Gertrude  Gard- 
ner, born  at  New  Bedford,  [Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 12,  1874,  daughter  of  William  F.  and 
Esther  :\Iarion  (Cook)  Gardner.  Children, 
born  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa :  i.  Esther  Haynes. 
May  27,  1902.  2.  Josephine  Gardner,  April 
3,  1904.  3.  John  Wallace,  October  9,  1908. 
(\'III)   Wilfred  Clary   Lane,  son  ot  Rev. 


John  William  Lane,  was  born  at  North  Had- 
ley,   Massachusetts,   June   23,    1878.     He   at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and   was  graduated    from   Hopkins   Academy 
in  1896,  subsequently  taking  courses  prepara- 
tory for  college  at  Phillips  .Andover  .\cademy 
and  Williston  Seminary.     He  entered   Brown 
University,  but  was  compelled  to  abandon  his 
course  there  before  its  completion  on  account 
of  ill  health,  and  went  south  to  seek  a  change 
of  climate.     While  there  he  matriculated   in 
the  Mercer  University  Law  School,  at  Macon, 
Georgia,  and  was  graduated  with  honors,  re- 
ceiving the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws  with 
the  class  of  1900.    He  then  entered  Yale  Law- 
School,   receiving  the  degree  of   Baciielor  of 
Laws  from  that  institution  in  190 1.    He  began 
the  practice  of  law  at  Macon,  Georgia,  con- 
tinuing his  residence  there  from  1901  to  1905, 
and  in  connection  with  his  professional  work 
in  Macon  lectured  at  the   Mercer  University 
Law  School  for  four  years.    In  January,  1905, 
he  was  appointed  clerk  of  the  United  States 
circuit  and  district  courts,  and  Uniterl  States 
commissioner  at  .\ugusta,  Georgia,  which  po- 
sition he  held  until  March  30,  1907.     His  res- 
ignation was  then  tendered  for  the  purpose  of 
accepting  a  promotion  to  the  office  of  referee 
in    bankruptcy    for    the    southern    district    of 
Georgia,  with  headquarters  at  Yaldosta.    This 
station  he  continued  successfully  to  fill,  in  ad- 
dition  to   engaging   in   general   practice,  and 
specializing   in    United    States    court   practice 
and  patent  litigation,  until  June.   1912,  when 
he    resigned   to    engage    in    legal   practice   at 
Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  was  a 
delegate  to  the  Republican  National  Conven- 
tion at  Chicago  in  1908,  from  the  Eleventh 
Congressional  District  of  Georgia.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  .American  Bar  Association ;  the 
State  Bar  Associations  of  Georgia  and  Flor- 
ida; a  member  of  the  Bar  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  tlie  United  States,  the  supreme 
courts  of  Georgia,  Florida,  and  Iowa,  and 
various  courts  of  the  United  States  for  the 
circuits  where  he  has  engaged  in  practice. 
He  belongs  to  the  Phi  Delta  Theta  national 
college  fraternity;  the  Capitol  City  Club,  of 
.Atlanta;  the  Country  Club,  of  -Augusta;  the 
Alcyone-Suwannee  Club,  of  Florida;  and  the 
Grant  Club,  of  Des  Moines.  Iowa.  In  fra- 
ternal organizations  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ; 
a  past  chancellor  and  member  of  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  Georgia.  Knights  of  Pythias ;  is  a 
Thirty-second  Degree  Alason.  and  a  Shriner. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationaiist. 

He  married.  October  2.  ig^/.  Lile  Darling 
Woodburv,    born    in     Burlington,    \  ermont. 


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March  3,  1883,  daughter  of  ex-Governor  Ur- 
ban Woodbury,  of  Vermont.  They  have  one 
child :  John  Woodbury,  born  at  Valdosta, 
Georgia,  ;\Iay  30,  1909. 


The  name  is  a  very  ancient  one 
FIELD  and  can  be  traced  back  to  the  con- 
quest of  England  by  William  the 
Norman.  Probably  not  a  dozen  families  can 
prove  so  great  an  antiquity.  The  name  is  one 
of  those  derived  from  locality.  Burke  states 
that  this  family  was  originally  in  Alsace  (then 
part  of  French,  now  German  territory),  seated 
at  the  Chateau  de  la  Feld,  or  "of  the  field", 
near  Colmar,  in  German  Kolmar,  from  the 
darkest  of  the  middle  ages.  Sir  Hubertus 
de  la  Feld  was  the  first  of  the  line  that  im- 
migrated to  England,  and  in  1069  was  en- 
rolled as  owner  of  lands  by  gift  of  the  con- 
queror, as  compensation  for  military  services, 
in  the  county  of  Lancashire.  He  was  one  of 
the  Counts  de  la  Feld,  of  Colmar.  In  the 
fourteenth  century,  because  of  wars  with 
France,  the  French  prefixes  were  dropped,  and 
the  name  thereafter  written  Field. 

(I)  Roger  del  Feld,  born  in  Sowerby,  Eng- 
land, about  1240,  was  a  descendant  of  Sir 
Hubertus  de  la  Feld.  He  was  head  of  the 
family  which  settled  in  Lancashire  and  Kent 
counties. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Roger  del  Feld,  was 
born  about  1278,  in  Sowerby.  He  was  a 
jeweler  there  in  1307. 

(III)  John  Feld,  son  of  Thomas  del  Feld, 
was  born  in  1300,  in  Sowerby,  and  had  land 
in  that  place  in   1336. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Feld,  was  born 
in  1330,  in  Sowerby.  He  was  constable  there 
in  1365,  and  greave  in  1370,  and  also  filled 
other  public  offices.  His  wife's  name  was  An- 
nabelle. 

(V)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Annabelle  Feld,  was  born  in  1360,  and  willed 
lands  to  his  wife  Isabelle,  in  the  territory  of 
Bradford.  He  died  in  1429  at  his  residence 
in  Bradford. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Isa- 
bel Feld,  was  probably  born  in  Bradford,  died 
there  .A.pril;  1480.  His  wife  Katherine  was 
administratrix  of  his  estate. 

(VU)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
and  Katherine  Feld,  was  born  in  Bradford, 
and  lived  in  East  Ardsley. 

(VIII) Richard  Felde,  son  of  William  (2) 
Feld,  was  born,  probably,  in  East  Ardsley, 
where  he  was  a  husbandman,  and  died  De- 
cember, 1342.  His  wife  Elizabeth  was  one 
of  his  executors. 

(IX)  John  Field,  son  of  Richard  and  Eliza- 
beth   Feide,    was   born   about    1535,   at   East 


Ardsley.  He  married,  in  1650,  Jane,  daughter 
of  John  Amyas.  She  died  August  30,  1609, 
and  he  died  May,  1587.  He  was  an  eminent 
astronomer,  and  introduced  into  England,  in 
1557,  the  Copernican  system,  against  the  op- 
position of  scientists  of  his  day,  and  in  recog- 
nition of  this  service  to  astronomy  a  sphere 
was  later  added  to  and  surmounted  the  family 
coat-of-arms. 

(X)  John,  son  of  John  and  Jane  (Amyas) 
Eield,  was  born  about  1568  in  Ardsley.  He 
moved  away  before  attaining  his  majoritv. 
Record  of  his  death  has  not  been   found. 

(XI)  Zachariah,  grandson  of  John  (i) 
Field,  the  astronomer,  American  ancestor  of 
the  Field  family,  was  born  in  1596,  at  East 
Ardsley,  Yorkshire,  England.  The  Field  fam- 
ily has  usually  taken  the  liberal  side  of  religi- 
ous and  political  questions.  In  1629  Zachariah 
Field  left  England  on  account  of  the  perse- 
cutions of  dissenters,  and  landed  in  Boston, 
settling  in  Dorchester.  In  1636  he  was  one 
of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker's  congregation, 
which  settled  in  Hartford,  Connecticut.  With 
the  more  liberal  members  of  that  church  he 
removed  to  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  in 
1659.  He  was  engaged  in  mercantile  business 
and  had  a  large  trade  with  the  Indians.  He 
was  one  of  the  original  twenty-five  proprietors 
of  Hatfield,  same  colony,  and  was  a  member 
of  the  committee  which  laid  out  the  lands. 
He  received  a  grant  of  land  there  in  1661, 
and  resided  there  until  his  death.  June  30, 
1666.  He  married  about  1640.  Their  chil- 
dren were :  Mary :  Zachariah  ;  John ;  Samuel, 
of  whom  further ;  Joseph. 

(XII)  Sergeant  Samuel  Field,  son  of  Zach- 
ariah Field,  was  born  about  165 1,  at  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  He  married,  August  9,  1676, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Catherine 
(Chapin)  Gilbert,  of  Springfield.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  October  17,  1702.  Ebenezer 
Chapin,  of  Springfield.  He  came  with  his 
father  to  Northampton,  [Massachusetts,  in 
1663.  He  removed  to  Hatfield.  Massachusetts, 
where  he  became  a  prominent  and  influential 
man,  holding  many  town  offices.  He  was 
sergeant  in  the  Turner's  Falls  fight.  May  19, 
1676.  He  was  slain  by  Indians,  while  hoeing 
corn  June  24,  1697.  The  settlement  of  his 
estate  was  dated  September  20,  1701.  Chil- 
dren: Samuel  (2),  of  whom  further: 
Thomas,  June  30,  1680;  Sarah,  June  30,  1683: 
Zachariah,  August  29,  1685  ;  Ebenezer,  March 
17,  1688;  Mary,  July  23,  1690;  Josiah,  No- 
vember 5,   1692 ;  Joshua,  April  9,   1695. 

(XIII)  Deacon  Samuel  (2)  Field,  son  of 
Sergeant  Samuel  ( i )  Field,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1678,  at  Hatfield,  Massachusetts. 
He  married,  January  10,  1706,  Mrs.  Hannah 


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(Edwards)  Hoyt,  born  September  lo,  1675, 
died  July  23,  1747.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  Edwards,  and  her  first  husband,  David 
Hoyt,  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in  the  ^Meadow 
Fight.  Deacon  F'ield  died  -August  25,  1762, 
at  Deerfield,  Alassachusetts.  He  was  wounded 
in  a  tight  with  the  Indians,  August  25,  1725, 
near  where  the  present  depot  of  Greenfield 
now  stands.  He  was  a  deacon  and  a  very 
prominent  man  in  the  town.  He  was  granted 
by  the  general  court,  in  1736,  two  hundred 
acres  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  Northfield, 
probably  for  military  services. 

The  following  is  a  manuscript  account  of 
the  fight  with  the  Indians,  by  Reverend  Ste- 
phen Williams,  about  1730:  "August  25,  1725, 
Deacon  Samu  Field,  Deacon  Samu  Child, 
Sergt.  Joseph  Severance,  John  Wells,  Joshua 
Wells  and  Thomas  Bardwell,  went  over  to 
Derfd  river  to  the  Green  river  farms,  and 
they  took  a  cow  with  them,  designing  to  put 
her  in  the  pasture,  the  Indians  ambushed  them, 
but  Deacon  Child,  driving  the  cow,  discovered 
them  and  cried  out,  'Indians!'  John  Wells 
discharged  his  gun  at  an  Indian,  who  fell  upon 
his  friend.  Deacon  Field,  being  at  some  dis- 
tance from  the  company,  rode  towards  them, 
but  the  company  being  before  separated  one 
from  the  other,  retreated  toward  the  mill  and 
at  a  considerable  distance  from  the  hill,  they 
halted,  jt  John  Wells  might  load  his  gun,  and 
then  the  Indians  hrd  upon  them,  and  wound 
Dea  Samu  Field,  the  ball  passing  through  the 
right  Hypocondria,  cutting  oflf  three  plails  of 
the  mysenteice ;  a  gut  hung  out  of  the  wound 
in  length  almost  two  inches,  which  was  cut 
ofif  even  with  the  body ;  the  bullet  passing  be- 
tween the  lowest  and  the  next  rib,  cutting  at 
its  going  forth  part  of  the  lower  rib.  His  hand 
being  close  to  his  body  when  ye  ball  came 
forth,  it  entered  at  the  root  of  the  heel  of  ye 
thumb,  cutting  the  bone  of  the  forefinger, 
resting  between  the  fore  and  second  finger; 
was  cut  out  and  all  the  wounds  through  the 
blessing  of  God  upon  men  were  healed  in  less 
than  five  weeks  by  Dr.  Thomas  Hastings," 
etc. 

Children,  born  at  Hatfield  and  Deerfield: 
Elizabeth,  April  16,  1707;  Samuel,  February 
20,  1709;  David,  of  whom  further;  Eunice, 
May  29,  1714;  Thankful,  1716;  Ebenezer,  Oc- 
tober 2,  1723. 

(XIV)  Colonel  David  Field,  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  (2)  Field,  was  born  at  Hatfield,  Jan- 
uary 4,  1712.  He  married,  in  1740,  Mrs. 
Thankful  (Taylor)  Doolittle,  born  July  18, 
1716,  daughter  of  Thomas  Taylor,  and  widow 
of  Oliver  Doolittle.  She  died  March  26.  1803. 
He  was  a  merchant  in  Deerfield  and  traded 
with  the  Indians  on  the  :\Iohawk  river.    From 


his  generosity  and  losses  due  to  the  revolution 
he  failed,  and  his  accounts  receivable,  amount- 
ing to  20,000  pounds,  realized  not  si.\  per  cent. 
He  was  a  deputy  to  the  provincial  congress  at 
Concord  in  1774,  and  at  Cambridge  in  1775. 
He  was  member  of  the  Massachusetts  council 
of  safety.  He  was  commissary  general  under 
Stark  at  the  battle  of  Bennington,  .\ugust  16, 
1777.  He  was  in  the  confidence  of  John  Han- 
cock and  other  leaders.  He  was  colonel  of 
the  Fifth  Hampshire  County  Regiment,  com- 
missioned February  8,  1776,  and  his  regiment 
turned  out  at  the  battle  of  Ticonderoga  as 
volunteers.  His  resignation  on  account  of 
age  was  dated  at  Deerfield,  February  4,  1778, 
and  accepted  by  the  general  court,  Fei^ruary 
20,  1778.  He  was  active  and  intluential  in 
the  town  and  held  many  important  offices. 
Children,  born  at  Deerfield:  Mary,  October 
31,  1741 ;  Samuel  (3),  of  whom  further;  Ru- 
fus,  July  20,  1745,  died  young;  David,  May  4, 
1747;  Tirza,  April  16,  1749;  Oliver,  Septem- 
ber 13,  1751  ;  Elihu,  October  16,  1753;  Thank- 
ful, March  25,  1758;  Filena,  September  5, 
1761. 

(XV)  Rev.  Samuel  (3)  Field,  son  of  Col- 
onel David  Field,  was  born  in  Deerfield,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1743.  He  married  April  26,  17^, 
Sarah  Childs,  born  1742,  died  December  31, 
1831,  daughter  of  Samuel  Childs.  He  was 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1762,  and 
studied  divinity  under  Rev.  Jonathan  Ashley, 
but  afterward  read  law  in  the  office  of  Daniel 
Jones,  at  Hinsdale,  New  Hampshire,  .-\fter 
being  admitted  to  the  bar  he  returned  to  Deer- 
field, where  he  was  for  a  time  a  merchant. 
In  1 77 1  he  opened  a  law  office  in  Greenfield, 
where  he  also  engaged  in  trade.  In  1774  he 
removed  to  Conway  and  followed  farming  for 
two  years,  returning  thence  to  Deerfield,  where 
he  resided  until  May,  1794,  and  then  re- 
turned to  Conway  to  practice  his  profession. 

"In  his  person,  he  exceeded  the  ordinary 
height  of  man,  thickset,  without  inclining  to 
corpulency.  His  face  exhibited  a  relaxed  ap- 
pearance and  his  natural  countenance  an  un- 
usual gravity  and  sternness,  but  when  en- 
livened by  conversation  a  complacency  and 
thorough  good  nature  that  was  highly  pleas- 
ing and  could  scarcely  fail  of  persuading  a 
stranger  of  the  excellence  of  his  heart.  He 
was  careless  in  pecuniary  matters  as  well  as  in 
dress,  but  in  domestic  life  was  much  beloved 
by  all.  *  *  *  His  naturally  pacific  dispo- 
sition led  him  to  regret  the  late  war  with  its 
multiplied  evils  resulting  to  all  parts  of  the 
social  and  political  society.  He  did  not  take 
an  active  part  in  the  revolution.  Xo  man  re- 
joiced more  sincerely  in  the  establishment  of 
the  independence  of  his  country,  nor  had  the 


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republican  institutions  which  were  the  result 
of  that  glorious  struggle  any  more  heartfelt 
friends.  *  *  *  He  represented  the  town 
of  Deerfield  in  the  general  court  for  several 
years  and  was  a  member  of  the  convention 
that  adopted  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States,  besides  holding  various  other  offices. 
In  religious  matters,  he  was  a  firm  believer 
in  the  doctrines  of  Swedenborg  and  Sande- 
niann,  and  was  known  as  a  Sandemanian.  upon 
which  he  lectured  and  wrote  quite  a  treatise 
upon  them.  He  was  also  quite  a  political, 
prose  and  poetical  writer.  Part  of  his  works 
were  collected  and  published.  '''■  *  *  He 
possessed  a  mind  always  content  with  his  pres- 
ent condition,  and  he  could  tread  with  equal 
tenor  the  adverse  or  prosperous  path.  He 
was  ju^t  and  upright  in  all  his  dealings ;  quiet 
and  peaceful,  full  of  compassion  ;  and  ready 
to  do  good  to  all  men  according  to  his  abilities 
and  opportunities."' 

Children:  Robert  Rufus,  of  whom  further; 
Samuel  Edwards,  October  2,  1773;  Samuel 
Edwards,  July  31,  1775  ;  Sarah,  April  11,  1777, 
died  young;  Sarah,  June  12,  1779;  George 
Plumb,  July  22,  1781 ;  Tirza,  February  13, 
1784. 

(XVI)  Robert  Rufus,  son  of  Rev.  Samuel 
(3)  Field,  was  born  August  22,  1771,  at  Deer- 
field.  He  married,  January  15,  1795,  Patty 
Hoyt,  born  1775,  died  July  23,  1859,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Abigail  (Nash)  Hoyt.  He 
removed  to  Conway,  Massachusetts,  in  1791, 
and  in  1796  to  Phelps.  Ontario  county,  New 
York.  In  1800  he  went  to  Geneva,  New  York, 
and  in  1808  returned  to  Deerfield,  where  he 
died.  He  was  for  many  years  toll-gatherer  of 
the  Deerfield  river  bridge  at  Cheapside,  and 
during  most  of  his  life  followed  farming. 
Children  :  Richard  Edward,  of  whom  further ; 
Abigail  Hoyt,  September  19,  1799;  Robert  Ru- 
fus,"june  29,  1806;  Tirza  Ann,  baptized  April 
21,  1809. 

(XVII)  Richard  Edward,  son  of  Robert 
Rufus  Field,  was  born  at  Conway,  Mass.,  Sep- 
tember 5,   1796. 

He  married  (first)  June  21.  1820, 
Elizabeth  Wait,  born  March  10,  1797,  died 
April  4,  1864,  daughter  of  William  and 
Hepsibeth  Wait.  He  married  (second)  ^Irs. 
Sarah  T.  (Snow)  Thompson,  daughter  of 
David  and  Sarah  R.  (Wait)  Snow,  of  Heath, 
and  widow  of  John  Thompson.  Mr.  Field 
lived  most  of  his  life  in  Greenfield,  where  he 
was  a  manufacturer  of  carriages  and  sleighs. 
He  removed  for  about  two  years  to  Guilford, 
Vermont,  where  he  engaged  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  woodenware.  returning  to  Greenfield 
and  his  former  business.  He  was  a  Whig  in 
politics  and  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the 


peace  for  many  years.  For  a  time  he  ac- 
cepted an  appointment  in  the  customs  service 
under  President  Fillmore.  For  upwards  of 
forty  years  he  was  connected  with  St.  James 
Episcopal  Church,  as  vestryman,  warden,  su- 
perintendent of  Sunday-school,  and  lay  reader, 
his  license  for  the  latter  dating  about  1827. 
His  private  journal  records  many  sermons 
and  addresses  delivered  in  churches  at  his 
home  and  neighboring  towns.  It  also  men- 
tioned that,  in  183 1-2.  as  lay  reader  at  Guil- 
ford, \'erniont,  he  walked  every  other  Sunday 
to  the  West  \'illage,  a  distance  of  four  miles, 
for  over  a  year,  to  hold  service  for  which 
he  "received  one  quarter  of  veal"  as  compen- 
sation. He  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  the 
press,  writing  under  the  nom  de  plume  of 
"Saturday  Night".  Pie  died  November  14, 
1884. 

Children  born  at  Deerfield :  Richard,  Oc- 
tober 5,  1821  :  David  Griswold,  August  9, 
1823 ;  James  Edward,  December  25,  1825 ; 
Charles  Reed,  of  whom  further;  Martha  Eliza- 
beth, March  23,  1836. 

(XVIII)  Charles  Reed,  son  of  Richard  Ed- 
ward Field,  was  born  September  24,  1828,  in 
that  part  of  Deerfield  that  has  since  become  a 
part  of  Greenfield.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  the  then  famous  Fallenberg  Acad- 
emy, at  Greenfield.  Engaging  in  the  grocery 
and  forwarding  business,  that  took  him  to 
Boston  frequently,  he  there  saw  some  chil- 
dren's cabs  made  in  England.  Purchasing 
one  as  a  pattern  he  brought  it  home  to  his 
father,  who  was  then  manufacturing  carriages 
and  sleighs.  Several  were  made  and  sold 
so  readily  in  Boston,  that  he,  in  copartner- 
ship with  his  father,  as  R.  E.  Field  &  Son, 
engaged  in  their  manufacture,  one  of  the  first 
of  their  kind  in  this  country.  Later  dispos- 
ing of  all  other  business  interests  he  founded 
the  Charles  R.  Field  ]\Ianufacturing  Company, 
in  which  he  remained  as  its  head  for  the 
balance  of  his  life.  He  was  many  times  select- 
man of  Greenfield,  vestryman  of  St.  James 
Church,  e.xecutor  of  several  estates,  director 
of  First  National  Bank,  trustee  of  Franklin 
Savings  Institution,  and  at  one  time  candidate 
for  auditor  on  the  Democratic  state  ticket  of 
]Massachusetts. 

He  married,  July  5.  1854,  Martha  Hinkley, 
daughter  of  Phineas  Wait  and  Mary  (Pierce) 
Barr.  She  was  born  June  7,  1835,  at  Peter- 
sham, Massachusetts.  Her  brother  George 
served  in  the  Fifty-second  Massachusetts  Reg- 
iment in  the  civil  war.  Children:  i.  Harry 
Ledyard,  born  at  Greenfield,  October  31,  1861, 
associated  with  his  brother  Charles  E.,  in  Chi- 
cago ;  married  Elizabeth  Wait,  of  Greenfield. 
2.  Frank  Russell,  residing  in  Denver,  Colo- 


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rado ;  married  Jessie  McElheney,  of  LaSalle, 
Illinois.     3.  Charles  E.,  of  whom  further. 

(XIX)  Charles  Edward,  son  of  Charles 
Reed  Field,  was  born  at  Greenfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  3,  1857.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there.  In  1870  he  entered  Norwich 
University,  and  was  graduated  in  1874  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science.  He  was 
employed  in  the  construction  of  the  Hoosac 
Tunnel  line  of  Fitchburg  railroad,  1874-5. 
Then  he  became  associated  with  his  father  in 
manufacturing  children's  carriages  at  Green- 
field until  1877,  when  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  D.  B.  Shipman  White  Lead  Works,  at 
Chicago,  Illinois,  was  elected  secretary  and 
treasurer  of  the  company.  When  this  com- 
pany was  merged  with  the  National  Lead 
Company  he  was  made  comptroller  of  its  Chi- 
cago branch  and  later  assistant  manager.  In 
November,  1910,  he  was  elected  manager  and 
a  director  of  the  company.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  was  vice- 
president  of  the  Chicago  Church  Club,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  board  of  missions,  diocese  of  Chi- 
cago, and  for  many  years  a  trustee  of  the 
Church  Home  for  the  Aged.  He  has  held 
the  office  of  president  in  the  Massachusetts 
Society  of  Chicago,  the  National  Paint,  Oil 
&  Varnish  Association,  and  the  Chicago 
Paint,  Oil  &  Varnish  Club.  In  addition  to 
this  he  is  a  member  of  the  New  England  So- 
ciety of  Chicago,  the  Chicago  Athletic  Asso- 
ciation, and  the  Evanston  Golf  Club. 

He  married,  January  3,  1883,  Helen  Led- 
yard  Powers,  born  at  Coldwater,  Michigan, 
May  ir,  1858,  daughter  of  David  Cooper  and 
Margaret  (Ledyard)  Powers.  Children:  i. 
Margaret  Ledyard,  born  at  Coldwater,  Michi- 
gan, August  18,  1884.  2.  Charles  Barr,  born 
at  Chicago,  February  4,  1888;  married,  April 
10,  19 12,  Ann  Lament,  daughter  of  Reuben 
and  Elizabeth    (Wood)   Dugan. 


Robert  Keyes,  the  immigrant  an- 
KEYES     cestor,     settled     in     Watertown, 

Massachusetts,  before  or  in  the 
year  1633.  The  records  there  say  that  he 
moved  to  Sudbury,  Alassachusetts,  June  16, 
1645,  and  died  there  in  1647,  while  another 
record  gives  his  death  as  July  16,  1647.  His 
death  was  recorded  in  Watertown,  Newbury, 
Plymouth  and  Sudbury.  He  seems  to  have 
been  in  Watertown  in  1633  or  earlier,  to  have 
moved  to  Newbury  between  1643  and  1645, 
and  to  Sudbury  in  1645.  His  widow  married, 
in  1658,  John  Gage  (in  November,  1664,  ac- 
cording to  Plymouth  record.)  Children,  re- 
corded at  Watertown,  except  Peter  and  the 
second  Mary,  born  in  Newbury:  Sarah,  born 
]\Iay  26,  1633;  Peter,  probably  son  of  Robert; 


Rebecca.  March  17,  1637;  Phebe,  June  17 
1639;  Mary,  1641,  died  1642;  Elias,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  June  16,  1645. 

(II)  Elias,  son  of  Robert  Keyes,  was  born 
in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  May  20,  1643. 
He  married,  September  11,  16*55,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  Blanford,  or  Blanchard. 
Children,  born  in  Sudbury :  Elias,  November 
15,  1666;  John,  probably,  1668,  supposed  son 
of  Elias;  James,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
April  9,  1673;  Thomas,  February  8,  1674. 

(III)  James,  son  of  Elias  Keyes,  was  born 
in  Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  September  13, 
1670,  and  died  in  Bolton,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1746.  He  was  one  of  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  Indian  Plantation  in  Marlboro 
in  1693.  He  was  third  in  the  list  of  twenty- 
two  town  clerks  of  Bolton.  He  married  Han- 
nah   ,  of  Marlboro,  and  she  died  March 

19,  1742.  Children,  born  at  Sudbury:  Elias, 
mentioned  below;  James,  born  1696;  Mathias 
and  Jonathan,  twins,  1698;  Elizabeth,  1701; 
Hannah,  1704. 

(IV)  Elias  (2),  son  of  James  Keyes,  was 
born  in  1694,  at  Sudbury,  and  died  February 
27,  1756.  He  was  one  of  the  sixteen  founders 
of  the  church  in  Shrewsbury,  Massachusetts. 
About  1742  or  1743  he  moved  to  Xew  Marl- 
boro, and  was  dismissed  from  the  Shrewsbury 
church  to  that  place.  He  married,  at  Marl- 
boro, December  13,  1718,  Keziah  Brigham. 
Children:  Elias,  born  July  22,  1719;  Mary, 
April  13,  1721,  died  1724;  David,  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1722;  Robert,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  December  12,  1726;  Charles,  April  29, 
1728;  Keziah,  February  13,  1730;  Paul,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1731 ;  Zenas,  March  9,  1733,  died  . 
1740;  Martha,  June  27,  1736;  Thaddeus,  June 
17,   1738:  Deliverance,  1740. 

(V)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Elias  Keyes,  was 
born  April  18,  1725,  at  Marlborough,  and  went 
with  the  family  to  Berkshire  county,  Massa- 
chusetts.   He  settled  in  Sheffield.     He  married 

Azubah .    Children  :    David,  mentioned 

below  ;  Elizabeth,  born  October  20.  1754  ;  Han- 
nah, September  26,  1756;  Phebe,  August, 
1759;  Mary,  born  March  5,  1767,  died  May 
10,  1769:  Jane,  June  22,  1769. 

(VI)  David,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Keyes,  was 
born  at  Sheffield,  August  28,  1753.  He  re- 
moved to  Middletown,  Vermont,  when  a  young 

man.    He  married Stevens.    He  was  a 

soldier  in  the  revolution,  from  Vermont,  and 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  Ticonderoga.  Chil- 
dren :  Robert,  born  September  6,  1783 ;  Tol- 
man,  went  west  and  has  many  descendants 
there  ;  Stephen,  mentioned  below  ;  Hiram,  went 
west,  where  he  has  descendants ;  Lyman,  born 
1796,  lived  at  Middletown,  where  he  died  Jan- 
uary 22,  1833,  leaving  one  son;  Jonas  C,  left 


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home   young ;    Sally,    married 


Beals ; 


Azubah ;  Polly,  died  in  [Nliddletown ;  Emme- 
line,  went  west ;  Azubah  and  Polly,  never  mar- 
ried. 

(VII)  Stephen,  son  of  David  Keyes,  was 
born  in  1790-1,  at  Middletown,  and  settled  in 
his  native  town.  His  brother  Robert  lived 
in  Poultney,  and  afterward  in  Knox  county, 
Ohio.  Stephen  Keyes  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Polly  Waldo,  born  1789,  died  1864, 
daughter  of  Gamaliel  Waldo.  The  Waldo 
familv  was  prominent  in  Windham  county, 
Connecticut.  He  died  at  Middletown,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1865.  Children,  born  at  Middletown: 
I.  Harley  C,  1813  ;  lived  in  East  Rutland,  Ver- 
mont, died  March,  1878;  married  Emily  iNIal- 
lory ;  children:  Merrett,  and  Laura  C,  reside 
in  West  Rutland.  2.  Mary  Ann,  1814,  died 
October  31,  1848.  3.  Sally  Maria,  married 
Lucius  B.  Adams,  and  resided  at  Castleton, 
Vermont ;  children :  John  Quincy,  Charles, 
Mary  Ann,  and  Jennie,  wife  of  Aimer  Gard- 
ner, and  resides  in  Rutland,  Vermont.  4.  Isaac 
B.,  1822,  died  June  15,  1862;  his  widow  lives 
at  Spencerport,  New  York ;  had  a  daughter 
who  died  in  infancy.  5.  Annis  J.,  born  1827, 
died  January  13,  1842.  6.  Lovisa,  married 
Alanson  Adams,  and  had  Alphonso,  Adelaide, 
and  Emma  Adams,  all  deceased,  and  she  died 
in  Poultney  about  1866.  7.  David  H.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  David  Harrison  Keyes,  son  of 
Stephen  Keyes,  was  born  at  Middletown,  Ver- 
mont, August  II,  1833,  in  the  village  of  Mid- 
dletown Springs.  He  attended  the  public  and 
select  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  worked 
during  his  youth  on  his  father's  farm  there. 
His  first  business  venture  was  as  salesman 
traveling  for  a  patent  medicine  concern.  Sub- 
sequently he  became  sales  agent  of  Johnson 
&  Browning,  of  New  York,  map  publishers. 
He  then  entered  partnership  with  Nelson  Ran- 
som, of  Poultney,  Vermont,  where  they  es- 
tablished a  general  store,  and  continued  in 
business  as  Ransom  &  Keyes  until  the  store 
was  burned  in  February,  1862.  In  the  autumn 
following  he  went  to  Chicago  and  opened  an 
agency  of  the  L'niversal  clothes  wringer. 
Afterward  he  represented  the  xAmsterdam 
wringer,  and  was  a  jobber  in  other  similar 
goods.  He  established  a  business  as  contrac- 
tor in  gravel-roofing,  and  carried  it  on  for  a 
period  of  twenty-five  years.  Among  other 
impxjrtant  contracts  he  had  that  for  the  roof- 
ing of  the  buildings  on  the  entire  system  of 
the  Chicago  &  Northwestern  railroad  for  a 
period  of  twenty-six  years.  He  was  also  for 
many  years  a  part  owner  of  the  .Artesian  Stone 
and  Lime  Works  of  Chicago,  Keyes  &  Thatch- 
er,  proprietors.     In    1902  the  firm  leased   its 


plant  for  twenty  years,  and  since  then  Mr. 
Keyes  has  been  virtually  retired  from  active 
business,  devoting  himself  to  his  private  affairs 
and  to  the  enjoyment  of  well-earned  leisure. 
He  was  formerly  a  member  of  the  Douglas 
Club  and  the  Oakland  Club  of  Chicago.  He 
attends  the  Evangelical  church.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Progressive  Republican.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  New  England  Society  of  Chicago. 

He  married,  in  January,  1873,  EUa  Jewell, 
born  1847,  daughter  of  Jefferson  and  Susan 
(Fuller)  Jewell,  of  Rockford,  Illinois.  Her 
mother  was  a  cousin  of  iMargaret  Fuller,  the 
transcendental  thinker,  scholar  and  author. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Keyes  have  no  children.  They 
reside  at  4420  Oakenwald  avenue,  Chicago, 
and  Mr.  Keyes  has  an  office  at  145  Roanoke 
Building. 


The  family  of  Dutton  or  Dun- 
DUTTON  ton  takes  its  name  from  the  an- 
cient town  of  Dutton,  Eng- 
land, mentioned  three  times  in  the  Domesday 
Book.  One  part  of  this  town  was  held  by 
Odard  or  L'dard,  also  spelled  Hodard  and 
Hudard.  The  family  has  borne  a  coat-of-arms 
from  the  earliest  days,  and  from  1060  to  the 
present  time  has  ranked  among  the  leading 
noble  families.  Hodard,  the  progenitor  of 
the  family  in  England,  came  from  Normandy 
in  1066  with  William  the  Conqueror.  In  the 
distribution  of  the  conquered  lands  he  re- 
ceived a  good  part  of  the  town  of  Dutton 
in  Cheshire,  and  settled  there.  This  grant 
came  from  Hugh  Lupus,  formerly  Earl'  of 
Avranches,  later  Earl  of  Chester.  The  sister 
of  Hugh  Lupus  married  William  of  Norman- 
dy. One  authority  makes  Hodard  a  nephew 
of  Hugh  Lupus,  and  therefore  a  nephew  by 
marriage  to  the  King.  Hodard  had  five 
brothers — Edward,  Wolmere,  Horswyne, 
Wolfarth,  and  Nigell.  Hodard  held  Aston 
under  William  FitzNigell,  Baron  of  Halton. 
Hodard  was  Lord  of  Dutton;  according  to 
the  family  record  in  1665  the  land  was  then 
in  the  custody  of  his  lineal  descendant.  Lady 
Elinor  Vicomptess  Kilmorey.  daughter  of 
Thomas  Dutton.  His  descendants  added  the 
name  of  the  town  to  their  Christian  names, 
after  he  received  the  land. 

(I)  John  Dutton,  the  American  ancestor, 
came  to  .America  in  1630.  He  was  before 
the  general  court  of  Massachusetts,  October 
29.  1640.  The  names  of  Dunton  and  Dutton 
have  the  same  origin,  and  in  the  same  fami- 
lies the  two  spellings  were  used  as  late  as  the 
revolution.  It  is  presumed  therefore  that  the 
Dutton  and  Dunton  pioneers  at  Reading, 
Massachusetts,  may  have  been  sons  of  John 
Dutton;   Thomas,   born    1621,    mentioned   be- 


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low;  Josiali,  lived  in  Reading;  Robert  of 
Reading;  Samuel  of  Reading,  born  about 
1620. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Button,  was 
born  in  England  in  1621.  Most  of  the  New 
England  families  of  the  name  are  traced  to 
him  as  their  ancestor.  Thomas  Dutton  lived 
in  Reading  seven  years,  and  in  1668  had  lived 
ten  years  in  Woburn.  He  removed  to  Biller- 
ica  in  1669.  and  was  accepted  as  an  inhabi- 
tant November  22,  1669.  He  settled  on  the 
south  side  of  Fox  brook  by  the  old  and  aban- 
doned road  to  the  Great  plain,  northwest  of 
the  Davis  place.  He  was  living  in  Billerica 
in  1675,  and  died  there  January  22,  1687. 
His  wife  Susannah  died  August  27,  1684, 
aged  fifty-eight  years.  He  married  second, 
November  10,  1684,  Ruth  Hooper,  probably 
widow  of  William  Hooper  of  Reading.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife,  born  at  Reading :  Thomas, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  September  14, 
165 1  :  Susanna.  February  27,  1653-4;  John, 
March  28,  1656-7.  Born  at  Woburn  :  Eliza- 
beth, born  January  28,  1658-9 ;  Joseph,  Janu- 
ary 25,  1 660- 1 ;  Sarah,  March  5,  1661-2; 
James,  August  22,  1665;  Benjamin,  Febru- 
ary 19,  1667. 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Dutton,  was  born  in  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
September  14,  1648.  He  married  (first)  in 
Billerica,  January  10,  1678-9,  Rebecca  Dra- 
per, a  widow,  of  Concord.  She  died  March 
16,  1720-1.  He  married  (second),  Novem- 
ber, 1721,  Sarah  Converse.  He  bought  or 
had  land  of  his  father  in  Billerica  in  1670; 
also  purchased  land  of  John  Stearns.  He 
was  in  Sergeant  Hill's  garrison  in  1675,  and 
in  the  center  squadron  in  1707.  In  1677  he 
served  in  the  ill-starred  expedition  to  the 
Eastward,  as  the  Kennebec  country  was 
called.  His  petition  to  the  general  court 
(Mass.  Archives,  vol.  Ixix,  page  209)  con- 
tains the  best  account  of  this  expedition.  Two 
hundred  Christian  Indians  from  Natick  and 
forty  English  soldiers  took  part  under  Captain 
Benjamin  Sweat  of  Hampton.  Of  these,  fifty 
men  were  killed  by  the  Indians  and  a  score 
more  wounded.  Dutton  was  shot  through  the 
side  of  his  belt  and  through  the  left  knee, 
"and  fell  down  not  able  to  help  himself". 
His  escape  from  death  was  marvelous.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Billerica :  Rebecca,  born  No- 
vember 13.  1679;  Thomas,  mentioned  below; 
John,  February  24,  1683-4,  died  December  14, 
1687;  Susannah,  born  April  30,  1686,  died 
September  3,  1688;  Susan,  born  November 
4,    1687. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Dutton,  was  born  at  Billerica,  Massachusetts, 
August    2,    1681,    and   died    at    Westford    in 


1759.  He  moved  to  Westford  after  1738, 
and  he  and  his  sons  lived  in  the  vicinity  of 
the  Jonathan  T.  Colburn  place.  He  married 
at  Billerica.  January  31,  1710-11,  Hannah 
Burge  of  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Billerica :  Joseph,  born  Decem- 
ber, 1712;  Thomas,  mentioned  below;  John, 
born  February  13,  1715;  Josiah,  February  21, 
1716-17;  Hannah,  .August  10,  1718,  died  Oc- 
tober following;  Rebecca,  twin  of  Hannah, 
died  young;  Benjamin,  born  May  2,  1720; 
James,  May  5,  1721  ;  Hannah,  June  13,  1723; 
Rebecca,  May  18,  1726;  Ephraim,  January  i, 
1728;  David,  1731  ;  Susanna,  March  10, 
1732-3- 

(V)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Dut- 
ton. was  born  at  Billerica,  August  28,  1713. 
and  moved  to  Westford,  Massachusetts,  about 
1746.  He  married  (first)  Mary  Hill,  who 
died  about  1754.  He  married  (second),  Sep- 
tember 9,  1756,  Sarah  Fitch,  a  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  (Clark)  Fitch.  She  was 
born  in  Boston,  May  8,  1731.  Thomas  Dut- 
ton remained  in  Westford,  but  a  change  of 
town  lines  placed  him  among  the  residents 
of  Lunenburg  near  the  present  line  of  Fitch- 
burg.  Children,  by  first  wife:  Mary,  born 
at  Billerica,  December  14,  1737;  Silas,  born 
at  Westford,  November  23,  1739;  Sarah, 
March  18,  1741.  Born  in  Lunenburg:  Han- 
nah, January  28,  1744-5;  Sybil,  December  9, 
1749;  Elizabeth,  December  18,  1752.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Joseph  Fitch,  born  ■ 
July  3,  1757;  Susanna,  March  7,  1759;  John,  \ 
mentioned  below ;  James,  baptized  November 

20,  1773,  at  Rockingham,  Vermont.  The  fam- 
ily removed  to  Rockingham,  \'ermont.  be- 
fore the  revolution,  and  Sarah,  wife  of 
Thomas,  was  admitted  to  the  Rockingham 
church  by  letter  from  the  Lunenburg  church; 
at  this  time  Thomas  was  refused  admission 
because  of  irregular  attendance,  but  was  af- 
terward admitted.  As  early  as  December  31, 
1746,  Thomas  Dutton  appears  to  have  been 
interested  in  Charlestovvn,  New  Hampshire 
(township  No.  4),  as  his  name  appears  among 
the  petitioners  for  the  protection  of  the  town 
during  the  French  and  Indian  war.  .Another 
signer  was  John  Dutton  of  Townsend,  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Dutton. 
was  born  in  Lunenburg,  July  9,  1761,  and  died 
March  10,  1826.  He  married  (first),  in 
Fitchburg,  August  31,  1786  (intention  pub- 
lished .August  13.  1786.  at  Putney.  \'ermont), 
Betsey  Hodgkin  of  Fitchburg.  She  was  born 
in  1761  and  died  May  ir.  1818.  at  X'ergennes.- 
\'ermont.  He  married  (second),  at  Lowvilie, 
New  York.  February  15.  1820.  Lucy  Hamil- 
ton of  Nova  Scotia.     She  was  born  October 


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20,  1770,  and  died  at  Auburn,  Ohio,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1864.  John  Button  was  a  soldier  in 
the  war  of  1812,  assistant  to  the  surgeon,  in 
1814,  and  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Benning- 
ton. Children  by  first  wife:  Betsey,  born 
September  24,  1787,  died  May  18,  1805;  Sally, 
bom  May  22,  1789,  died  September  18,  i8ri ; 
James  M.,  born  in  Claremont,  New  Hamp- 
shire, September  11,  1790,  died  April  13, 
1859;  Lucy,  January  19,  1793,  died  February 
8,  1825;  Charles  Olcott,  February  25,  1795, 
died  September  11,  1818:  Rufus,  mentioned 
below;  Sybil,  July  22,  1801,  died  April  12, 
1820;  Thomas  R.,  October  13,  1803,  died 
January  24,   1829. 

(VH)  Rufus,  son  of  John  Button,  was 
born  in  Rutland,  Vermont,  October  13,  1797. 
When  a  young  man  he  was  a  manufacturer 
of  hats  and  in  later  life  a  farmer.  He  died 
November  26,  1880.  He  married,  February 
28,  1828,  Mary  Campbell  Ball,  who  was  born 
June  20,  1798,  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts,  a 
daughter  of  Jonas  Ball;  she  died  May  27, 
1872.  Children:  i.  Catherine  Elizabeth 
Browning,  bora  in  Norfolk,  St.  Lawrence 
county.  New  York,  Becember  31,  1828,  died 
January  28,  1906.  2.  Charles  Frederick  Ball, 
mentioned  below.  3.  James  Rufus,  born  at 
Canton.  St.  Lawrence  county,  February  22, 
1833,  died  January  12,  1904;  he  was  auditor 
and  afterward  purchasing  agent  of  the  Mich- 
igan Central  Railroad  Company;  he  married 
Beborah  Adams  and  had  three  children:  Al- 
fred, who  lives  in  Betroit,  Michigan ;  Robert, 
who  lives  in  Toledo,  Ohio;  and  Edith  May, 
who  married  Frank  Wilcox.  4.  John  Byron, 
born  at  Bainbridge,  Geauga  county,  Ohio, 
July  I,  1835;  married  Emily  Russell  and  had 
four  children :  Russell,  Rufus,  Mabel  and 
Elsie  Button.  John  B.  Button,  the  father  of 
these  children,  enlisted  as  private  and  rose 
through  all  the  grades  to  the  rank  of  captain 
of  the  Second  Ohio  Regiment  of  Volunteer 
Cavalry,  serving  the  full  term  of  three  years 
and  three  months  in  the  civil  war.  He  also 
served  as  private  in  the  First  Ohio  Infantry, 
first  call  for  three  months'  volunteers.  5. 
George  Whipple,  born  at  Bainbridge,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  October  28,  1837,  and  died  No- 
vember 4.  1869,  unmarried.  6.  Betsey  Ann, 
born  at  Newburg,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  August 
13.  1840. 

(Vni)  Charles  Frederick  Ball.  M.  B.,  son 
of  Rufus  Button,  was  born  in  Norfolk,  St. 
Lawrence  county.  New  York,  January  5, 
1831.  ^  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
Shaw  Academy  in  Euclid,  Ohio,  and  entered 
Hudson  Preparatory  School,  now  Western 
Reserve  College,  where  he  fitted  for  college. 
He  entered  Oberlin   College  and   was   a  stu- 


dent there  in  1854-5,  leaving  his  class  to  take 
up  the  study  of  medicine  at  the  Cleveland 
Medical  College  and  afterward  at  the  Belle- 
vue  Hospital  Medical  College  in  New  York 
City,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Boctor  of  Medicine  in  1864.  He 
began  to  practice  medicine  in  Cleveland,  but 
after  a  short  time  enlisted  in  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Fiftieth  Regiment,  Ohio  Volunteer 
Infantry,  from  Cleveland,  as  a  private.  Sub- 
sequently he  took  the  United  States  medical 
examination  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  was  ap- 
pointed first  assistant  surgeon  in  his  own  reg- 
iment and  served  in  that  rank  to  the  end  of 
the  war.  He  was  detailed  to  take  charge  of 
one  of  the  military  hospitals  in  the  suburbs 
of  Washington.  After  he  was  mustered  out, 
he  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  New  York 
City,  1866-1867.  Since  that  time  he  has  been 
in  general  practice  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  In 
1884  he  was  appointed  lecturer  on  diseases  of 
the  chest  at  the  College  of  Physicians  and 
Surgeons  in  Cleveland  and  afterward  he  was 
appointed  professor  of  Obstetrics  and  Biseas- 
es  of  children.  He  also  occupied  the  chair 
of  Medical  and  Clinical  Medicine.  He  re- 
signed June  15,  1901,  and  retired  after  seven- 
teen years  of  faithful  and  brilliant  service. 
Upon  his  retirement  from  the  faculty,  his 
associates  passed  a  resolution  of  appreciation 
of  his  fidelity  and  ability  and  of  regret  at  his 
retirement. 

Br.  Button  is  a  member  of  the  American 
Medical  Association,  of  the  Cuyahoga  County 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  was  at  one 
time  president,  and  the  Cleveland  Medical 
Society.  From  time  to  time  he  has  contrib- 
uted to  various  medical  journals  and  publica- 
tions articles  and  papers  of  a  technical  na- 
ture. He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  since  the  age  of  fourteen  and 
he  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational  Club 
of  Cleveland.  In  politics  he  is  an  independent 
Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New 
England  Society  of  Cleveland  and  the  West- 
ern Reserve. 

He  married,  August  12,  1857,  at  Cleveland, 
Mary  Sophia  Newton,  born  in  Jei¥erson 
county,  New  York,  in  1837,  died  ]\Iay  9,  1904, 
a  daughter  of  William  H.  and  Alvira 
(Coughlin)  Newton.  They  had  one  child, 
Charles  Frederic,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Charles  Frederic,  son  of  Charles 
Frederick  Ball  Button,  was  born  in  Cleve- 
land, April  5,  1870.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  city  and  at  Ober- 
lin College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1893  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts.     Since  then  he  has  been  a  teacher 


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in  the  public  schools  of  Cleveland  and  is 
now  on  the  faculty  of  the  Cleveland  High 
School  of  Commerce.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Congregationalist.  He  married,  June  25, 
1902,  Elma  Edwina  Booth,  born  at  Litchfield, 
Medina  county,  Ohio,  July  12,  1882,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Sherman  William  Booth.  They  have 
one  child,  Frederic  Booth  Button,  born  in 
Cleveland,  December  24,  1906. 


Samuel  Webb,  the  immigrant  an- 
WEBB     cestor,  was  born  in  Redriff,  near 

London,  England,  December  25, 
1696,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Webb, 
who  served  in  the  reign  of  Queen  Anne, 
and  who  was  lost  at  sea  in  1708.  Sam- 
uel Webb  was  left  an  orphan,  his  mother 
having  died  in  1706,  and  he  was  "bound  out" 
to  learn  his  trade.  As  his  master  or  guardian 
did  not  allow  him  as  much  liberty  as  he  de- 
sired, in  1 713  he  ran  away,  taking  passage 
on  a  ship  for  America,  but  where  he  went 
first  after  reaching  this  country  has  not  been 
ascertained.  It  is  likely  that  he  followed 
the  sea  for  a  time. 

In  an  account  of  him,  written  by  his  grand- 
son, Seth  Webb,  it  states  that  he  landed  in 
Rhode  Island  and  was  taken  into  the  family 
of  Mr.  }ilclntyre,  a  blacksmith,  of  Tiverton, 
Rhode  Island,  and  there  learned  his  trade, 
and  though  his  name  is  not  found  on  Tiver- 
ton records,  he  could  have  been  there  at  that 
time,  for  he  was  a  minor.  The  first  public 
record  of  him  is  in  Braintree  and  Weymouth, 
giving  his  first  marriage,  September  15,  1721, 
to  Susanna,  born  in  Weymouth,  January  14, 
1702-03,  died  there  December  22,  1724, 
daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  (Porter)  Ran- 
dall. He  married  (second),  August  il,  1726, 
Bethiah  (Farrow)  Spear,  born  at  Hingham, 
Massachusetts,  November  29,  1704,  died  at 
Little  Isle  of  Holt,  November  30,  1770,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Persis  (Holbrook)  Farrow, 
of  Hingham,  and  widow  of  David  Spear,  of 
Braintree,  Massachusetts.  Rev.  Nehemiah 
Hobart  officiated  at  these  marriages,  and  they 
were  recorded  in  the  Weymouth  town  records. 
Samuel  Webb  may  have  been  distantly  re- 
lated to  the  other  Webbs  of  Braintree  and 
Weymouth.  It  is  a  curious  coincidence  that 
he  should  have  chosen  for  his  residence  on 
leaving  Rhode  Island  the  same  town  in  which 
Richard  Webb  settled  as  early  as  1640,  but  a 
mile  or  so  from  the  home  of  Christopher 
Webb,  of  Braintree.  But  a  thorough  search 
shows  that  he  was  not  a  direct  descendant  of 
any  of  the  pioneers  of  this  name.  There  is 
no  reason  to  doubt  the  family  record  of  his 
birth  in  England.  About  1730  Samuel  Webb 
moved    away    from    Weymouth,    leaving    his 


sons  Samuel  and  Thomas  with  their  grand- 
father, John  Randall,  who  was  chosen  guar- 
dian for  the  son  Samuel,  March  14,  1736,  ac- 
cording to  the  Suffolk  probate  records.  The 
history  of  Deer  Isle  states  that  he  once  lived 
in  the  vicinity  of  Salem,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  in  that  part  of  Falmouth,  now  Westbrook, 
in  1740.  The  history  of  Gorham  states  that 
he  was  in  Boston  in  1744.  He  moved  to 
what  is  now  Windham  in  1745  and  settled 
on  home  lot  No.  23.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
there  and  the  first  schoolmaster.  He  served 
as  a  soldier  in  the  Indian  wars  of  1747-48  and 
in  1757.  He  probably  moved  from  \Vindham 
to  North  Yarmouth  about  1760,  and  about 
1764  to  Little  Isle  of  Holt.  After  the  death 
of  one  of  his  sons  in  1784,  he  moved  to  Deer 
Isle,  where  he  died  February  15,  1785.  In 
the  burying  ground  of  North  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  is  a  large  granite  monument 
erected  by  his  descendants  over  the  spot 
where  his  first  wife  lies  buried,  and  upon  this 
is  the  following  inscription :  "Samuel  Webb, 
son  of  Samuel  Webb,  born  in  London,  Eng- 
land, 1696,  died  in  Deer  Isle,  Maine,  Feb.  15, 
1785."  Other  family  names  are  inscribed 
thereon,  including  that  of  his  first  wife.  He 
and  his  second  wife  are  buried  in  the  old 
graveyard  at  Deer  Isle. 

Children  of  first  wife:  Samuel,  born  July 
31,  1722;  Thomas,  December  21,  1723,  died 
January  31,  1724;  Thomas,  December  i, 
1724.  Children  of  second  wife:  David,  born 
March  29,  1727;  Susannah,  March  29,  1729; 
Ezekiel ;  Seth,  mentioned  below ;  John,  born 
about  1735;  Eli,  November  17,  1737;  James; 
Elizabeth,  June  14,  1743;  Josiah,  January  21, 
1745;  Elizabeth,  March  4,  1746-47. 

(II)  Seth,  son  of  Samuel  Webb,  was  born 
in  1732.    He  settled  in  Windham.  Maine.    He 
was  surprised  and  captured  by  Indians,  Au- 
gust  22,    1750,    and   carried   to   Canada,    but 
returned  home   before   the   next  Indian   war. 
In   1756  he  took  part  in  the  Indian  fight  at 
Windham.     He  was  on   military  duty  again 
with   Elisha  Webb  in    1758.     He  bought   lot 
No.  16  at  Windham,  May  29,  1760,  for  forty 
pounds,  and  sold  it  in  1761.     He  bought  land 
at  Gorham.   Maine,  May  28.   1763.     In   1764 
he  was  of  New  Gloucester,  Maine,  according 
to  a  deed  in  which  he  conveyed  part  of  his 
Gorham  land  to  Ebenezer  Hall,  of  Falmouth, 
and  in  the  same  year  he  removed  to  the  Isle 
of  Holt,  now   Kimball's  Island,  on  which  he 
was  the  first  settler.     He  was  at  what  is  now 
Hampden,    Maine,    in    1776-77.    ^or   a    short 
time.     He  was  a  famous  hunter  and  was  on 
excellent  terms  with   the   Penobscot   Indians. 
He  was  killed  by  the  accidental  discharge  of 
his  gun  in  the  autumn  of  1784  while  hunting 


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sea  fowl  on  the  Little  Isle  of  Holt.  Solomon 
Kimball  was  appointed  administrator  in  1791 
and  sold  the  island  to  Moses  Brackett,  of 
Haverhill,  receiving  a  deed  of  it  himself  on 
the  same  day  from  Brackett.  Mr.  Webb's 
family  removed  to  Deer  Isle  and  in  1790  the 
widow  Hannah  and  four  females  comprised 
the  family,  according  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus. He  married  Hannah  Winship,  of  Wind- 
ham (published  at  Falmouth,  November  12, 
1759).  She  was  born  in  1742,  died  at  Deer 
Isle,  April  18,  1815.  Children:  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below;  Susannah,  married,  in  1784, 
James  Saunders ;  Alehitable,  married  Francis 
Kimball ;  Bethiah,  married  Daniel  Moore ; 
Hannah,  married  Joshua  Emerson;  Samuel, 
born  May  31,  1770;  Mary,  1774;  William, 
1776,  lived  at  Deer  Isle;  Sarah. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  Seth  Webb,  was  born 
at  Isle  of  Little  Holt  in  1765,  died  in  1849, 
aged  eighty-three.  (Bangor  Hist.  Reg.,  vol. 
i">  P-  33)-  He  settled  at  Windham.  His 
name  is  reported  as  of  Windham  in  the  cen- 
sus of  1790,  and  also  Eli,  Ezekiel,  Seth,  John, 
Josiah  and  James,  mentioned  above,  or  sons 
of  those  mentioned. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Josiah  Webb,  was  born 
about  1785-90.  He  was  doubtless  born  in 
Windham,  and  settled  early  in  what  is  now 
Skowhegan,  Cumberland  county,  Maine.  He 
married  .  Children :  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below ;  Sumner,  Seth,  John,  Cornelia, 
and  two  others  who  died  young. 

(V)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  John  Webb,  was 
born  at  Skowhegan,  Maine,  September  19, 
181 1.  He  was  the  eldest  of  the  family  and' 
during  his  youth  attended  school  and  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  in  his  native  town  until 
he  was  nearly  of  age.  His  father  for  many 
years  was  in  ill  health  and  the  care  and  man- 
agement of  the  farm  devolved  upon  the  eldest 
soil,  giving  him  at  an  early  age  the  burden 
of  much  work  and  responsibility  but  afford- 
ing him  an  invaluable  training  in  business, 
in  self-reliance  and  practical  administration  of 
affairs.  The  old  farmhouse  did  not  fit  his 
notion  of  a  proper  home  for  the  family,  so 
he  set  to  work  with  the  aid  of  his  younger 
brothers  to  erect  a  better  house,  getting  the 
funds  for  material  largely  by  working  out 
on  neighboring  farms  and  themselves  per- 
forming the  carpentering  and  other  labor. 
Six  months  before  he  was  twenty-one,  follow- 
ing the  example  of  many  ambitious  young 
men  of  his  day,  he  purchased  his  "freedom" 
of  his  father  for  the  sum  of  fifty  dollars.  He 
contracted  to  work  for  a  year  for  $12  a  month 
for  Mr.  Hill.  In  November,  1832,  he  came 
to  Boston,  and  for  several  months  was  em- 
ployed in  a  box  factory  in  Roxbury.     Early 


in  the  spring  of  1833,  when  he  was  just  re- 
covering from  a  severe  illness,  he  was  accost- 
ed by  a  stranger  on  the  street,  a  man  from 
Milton  looking  for  help.  Mr.  Webb  was  en- 
gaged on  the  spot  to  come  to  work  as  soon 
as  he  was  strong  enough.  His  employer  was 
Benjamin  Dickerman,  proprietor  of  what  was 
then  known  as  the  Red  Alill,  occupying  the 
present  site  of  the  chocolate  mill'  of  the 
Baker  Company.  After  working  here  a  few 
months  he  worked  for  some  time  in  the  paper 
mills  of  Deacon  Lyon.  He  was  next  em- 
ployed by  H.  G.  Durell  as  clerk  in  his  gro- 
cery store.  Here  his  native  enterprise  and 
sagacity  asserted  itself.  With  the  co-opera- 
tion of  Mr.  Durell  he  made  a  trip  to  ^Maine, 
chartered  a  vessel,  which  he  loaded  with  pro- 
duce from  the  farms  and  brought  to  the  mar- 
kets of  Milton.  The  experiment  was  so  suc- 
cessful that  it  was  repeated.  So  highly  did 
ilr.  Durell  value  his  young  clerk  that  he  of- 
fered him  a  partnership,  but  Air.  Webb  de- 
clined, having  larger  things  in  view.  Late 
in  1838  or  early  the  following  year,  J\Ir.  Webb 
engaged  in  partnership  with  Josiah  F.  Twom- 
bly  to  manufacture  chocolate  and  he  contin- 
ued in  this  business  with  remarkable  success 
and  profit  until  he  retired  from  business  in 
1 88 1,  a  period  of  nearly  forty  years.  He  laid 
the  foundations  and  built  up  one  of  the  great 
industries  of  New  England. 

Rev.  C.  S.  Rogers,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  the 
Dorchester  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  in 
a  memorial  sermoii,  spoke  thus  of  his  re- 
ligious  life : 

"He  was  a  Christian  mao.  He  accepted  the  scrip- 
tures as  the  word  of  God>  He  rested  his  faith  on 
Christ  as  the  world's  Redeemer  and  his  personal  sa- 
vior. His  life  was  built  upoto  this  foundation.  In 
religion,  as  in  other  matters,  \Jiis  convictions  were 
positive  and  he  was  not  ashametl  of  them.  He  was 
not  demonstrative  in  religious  matters.  His  piety 
was  fashioned  after  the  model  oP\  St.  James  rather 
than  the  more  deeply  spiritual  ma<del  of  St.  John. 
It  was  eminently  practical  and  conimon  sense.  It 
expressed  itself  in  deeds  rather  thaii  in  words,  but 
it  rested  on  a  firm  belief.  His  relifcious  life  began 
before  he  left  the  parental  roof. 'i  When  about 
eighteen  years  of  age  he  was  convertted  and  united 
with  the  Baptist  Church,  of  which  hisViarents  were 
members.  When  he  came  to  DorchesteJy  he  did  not 
forget  his  habit  of  attending  church.  Th\  first  Sab- 
bath morning  he  attended  the  CongKiegationa! 
Church  and  heard  a  sermon  by  Rev.  Mr.  ^anford. 
In  the  afternoon  he  was  invited  by  Mr.  DicK^rman, 
who  was  a  Methodist,  to  attend  the  MetViodist 
Church.  It  was  the  first  time  that  he  had  ever  Iheard 
of  the  Methodist  Church,  but  he  consented  to\go. 
The  preacher  was  Rev.  John  T.  Burrill.  The  sVib- 
ject  of  the  discourse  was  'the  doctrine  of  frvee 
grace.'  He  had  been  accustomed  to  hear  only  tile 
hard  and  stern  doctrine  of  predestination  and  urS^ 
conditional  election  and  reprobation.  The  doctrine  -. 
of  Methodism  as  preached  bv  Mr.  Burrill  was  a  \ 
new  revelation.  He  accepted  it  joyfully,  and  passed 
in  his  lot  with  the  despised  and  persecuted  people. 


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It  was  a  characteristic  act  and  he  never  regretted  it. 
His  musical  taste  and  talent  soon  drew  him  into  the 
choir.  For  several  years  he  led  the  singing,  and  in 
order  to  make  the  choir  more  efficient  taught  a 
singing  school.  From  that  early  day  his  life  and  the 
life  of  this  church  has  been  closely  identified.  Be- 
sides serving  as  chorister,  he  was  for  a  time  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school,  and  for  many  years 
until  his  death,  a  trustee.  He  has  been  a  blessing 
to  the  church,  and  the  church  has  been  an  unspeak- 
able  blessing  to  him. 

"He  has  given  generously  of  his  time  and  money, 
but  what  he  has  given  returned  in  showers  of  bless- 
ing on  himself  and  his  family.  Especially  is  this  true 
of  the  part  he  took  in  the  erection  of  this  beautiful 
edifice.  I  may  be  allowed  in  this  connection  a  word 
that  is  personal. 

"In  the  year  1872  he  came  as  one  of  a  committee 
of  two  to  invite  the  speaker  to  return  to  this  church 
for  a  second  pastorate,  with  a  view  to  erection  of  a 
new  church  edifice,  then  greatly  needed.  On  being 
told  that  before  I  could  give  an  affirmative  answer  I 
must  know  how  much  he  would  pledge  in  the  enter- 
prise, without  hesitation  and  with  the  decision  so 
characteristic  of  himself,  he  named  a  sum  so  gener-' 
ous  that  the  project  seemed  possible,  and  an  affirma- 
tive answer  was  given. 

"Soon  after  entering  upon  this  pastorate,  unfore- 
seen obstacles  presented  themselves.  The  great  Bos- 
ton fire,  followed  by  a  fearful  financial  panic  and 
other  difficulties,  delayed  the  work.  We  came  nearly 
to  the  end  of  the  second  year  of  the  pastorate  with- 
out breaking  ground.  The  pastor  had  nearly  decided 
to  leave  at  the  end  of  the  year,  but  Mr.  Webb  un- 
derstood the  crisis,  and,  in  the  face  of  great  dis- 
couragement, threw  the  weight  of  his  influence  and 
counsel  in  favor  of  an  immediate  advance.  The  way 
had  been  prepared  by  the  purchase  of  property  on 
either  side  of  the  lot  then  occupied,  in  which  pur- 
chase the  trustees  received  valuable  assistance  from 
that  old  and  tried  friend  of  the  society,  Mr.  Edmund 
J.  Baker.  Another  serious  problem  was  what  dis- 
posal could  be  made  of  the  old  church.  Mr.  Webb 
and  Mr.  Joseph  E.  Hall  settled  this  problem  by 
purchasing  the  property  at  considerable  financial 
risk. 

"The  church  was  erected  after  years  of  prepara- 
tory work  and  many  discouragements,  but  Mr.  Webb 
never  faltered.  With  tireless  vigilance  he  watched 
the  progress  of  the  work  until  it  was  complete. 
Even  then  he  did  not  rest.  In  accomplishing  so 
great  a  work,  there  has  been  incurred  a  consider- 
able debt.  He  could  not  be  content  until  this  was 
canceled.  Largely  by  his  generous  liberality,  but 
generously  aided  by  others  within  and  outside  of 
the  society,  the  result  was  at  last  achieved.  It 
was  one  of  the  brightest  days  of  his  life  when  the 
last  dollar  of  the  debt  was  paid.  *  *  *  The  fact 
remains  that  without  the  large  contributions  which 
Mr.  Webb  had  the  ability  to  make  and  which  his 
generous  heart  prompted  him  to  bestow,  no  such 
edifice  as  this  would  have  been  reared.  This  church, 
I  trust,  will  stand  and  fulfil  its  beneficient  mission 
for  generations  to  come.  As  long  as  it  stands  it 
will  be  a  monument  to  the  Christian  character  and 
generous  liberality  of  Josiah  Webb.  By  it,  he  being 
dead  will  yet  speak. 

"Our  brother,  our  neighbor,  our  friend  is  gone. 
We  shall  miss  him  in  the  place  of  business,  in  the 
sweet  associations  of  the  home  and  in  the  sacred 
precincts  of  the  church.  We  shall  miss  his  wise 
counsels  and  his  welcoming  smile,  but  he  has  not 
passed  out  of  the  circle  of  earthly  affection  and  in- 
fluence.    To  us,  who  have  known  and  loved  him  in 


the  various  relations  and  associations  of  life   'he  be 
ing  dead  shall  yet  speak.'  ' 

'His  words  were,  always  wholesome,  true  and 
pure,  such  shall  his  influence  continue  to  be.  He 
has  wrought  well  his  part,  and  he  has  entered  upon 
his  reward.  The  faith  that  made  him  strong  for 
duty  did  not  fail  him  in  tiic  time  of  his  weakness. 
His  last  days  were  days  of  wonderful  peace.  As 
earth  faded  away,  Heaven  became  real.  He  de- 
lighted in  the  word  of  God,  and  lingered  with  ever 
deepening  interest  over  its  sacred  page.  He  was 
ready  to  go." 

At  an  informal  meeting  of  the  Dorchester 
Methodist  church  trustees,  October  14,  1888. 
the  following  resolutions  were  adopted : 

"Whereas,  Divine  Providence  has  removed  from 
our  midst  Bro.  Josiah  Webb,  who  has  for  sixteen 
years  been  president  of  this  board. 

First.  That  in  his  death  we  mourn  the  loss  of 
one,  who  by  his  untiring  zeal  and  interest  has  built 
himself  into  this  church,  and  as  long  as  this  church 
shall  stand  will  be  a  memorial  of  his  devotion  to 
the  cause  which  this  society  represents. 

Second.  That  we  as  trustees  wish  to  leave  on 
record  that  without  his  long  and  continued  efforts 
we  should  have  been  unable  to  rear  this  beautiful 
and  commodious  church  building,  and  to  express 
our  gratitude  to  God,  who  so  kindly  spared  his  life 
until   the  completion  of  this  work. 

Third.  That  we  kindly  tender  to  the  bereaved 
family  and  especially  to  the  widow,  our  deepest  sym- 
pathy in  their  hour  of  grief. 

Fourth.  That  these  resolutions  be  spread  upon 
our  records  and  a  copy  of  them  sent  to  the  family 
of  our  deceased  brother." 

In  dealing  with  the  business  career  and 
character  of   Mr.   Webb,  the  preacher  said : 

"It  was  no  accident  that"  Josiah  Webb  became 
prosperous  in  business.  He  did  not  believe  in  what 
is  commonly  called  luck.  He  believed  in  making  hrs 
own  luck  by  the  blessing  of  God  upon  honest  en- 
deavor. When  he  came  to  Milton  his  entire  posses- 
sions were  five  dollars  in  cash  and  a  scanty  ward- 
robe, carried  in  the  not  very  modern  style  of  grip- 
sack then  in  common  use  by  poor  boys  going  out 
from  a  humble  country  home  to  seek  their  fortune 
in  the  world.  *  *  *  The  foundations  of  his  pros- 
perity were  laid  on  a  solid  basis.  He  had  inherited 
from  his  mother  a  rare  endowment  of  energy  and 
business  tact.  This  natural  endowment  he  used  with 
the  greatest  faithfulness.  He  was  faithful  in  that 
which  was  least.  He  had  no  idea  of  beginning  at 
the  top  of  the  ladder.  He  was  content  to  begin  at 
the  lowest  round,  but  he  had  no  idea  of  remaining 
there.     *     •     * 

"If  the  relation  that  existed  between  Josiah  Webb 
and  his  employers,  and  at  a  later  date  between  Josiah 
Webb  and  his  employees,  might  generally  character- 
ize the  relation  of  employer  and  employee,  there 
would  be  no  labor  troubles,  and  strikes  would  become 
a  thing  of  the  past.  The  child  is  father  of  the  man; 
the  young  man  a  prophecy  of  the  man  of  middle  and 
later  vears.  A  shewd  observer  of  human  life  might 
with  tolerable  accuracy  have  prophesied  Mr.  Webb's 
future  from  the  characteristics  of  his  young  man- 
hood. What  he  was  then  he  substantially  continued 
to  be  in  all  the  essential  qualities  of  life.  He  only 
grew.  To  his  natural  endowments  he  added  quali- 
ties which  were  of  his  own  choosing.    He  was  a  tire- 


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less  worker.  He  e.xpected  no  success  that  did  not 
come  as  the  reward  of  faithful  toil.  He  was  thor- 
oughly honest.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  no  man  who 
knew  him  ever  suspected  him  of  giving  short  meas- 
ure or  of  any  of  the  tricks  of  trade.  He  was  faith- 
ful to  all  trusts.  In  business  circles  his  name  was  a 
synonym  for  veracity  and  fidelity.  It  vyas  a  fit  ex- 
pression of  the  confidence  reposed  in  him  when  he 
was  called  to  fill  the  responsible  position  of  a  direc- 
tor in  the  Blue  Hill  National  Bank,  which  position 
he  held  for  a  quarter  of  a  century.  His  counsel  was 
highly  valued  and  widely  sought,  especially  by  young 
men  entering  upon  business  life.  And  not  a  few 
who  have  been  favored  with  a  good  degree  of  suc- 
cess are  largely  indebted  to  his  advice  and  in  some 
cases  financial  aid.  From  first  to  last  his  business 
record  was  clean  and  honorable.  He  made  money 
not  for  its  own  sake.  It  gave  him  more  pleasure  to 
use  it  for  wise  and  benevolent  purposes  than  it  did 
to  amass  it. 

"As  a  friend  Mr.  Webb  was  no  less  reliable  than 
as  a  man  of  business.  He  was  appreciative  of  real 
merit  wherever  it  was  found,  and  such  was  his  keen 
insight  into  human  nature  that  he  was  rarely  de- 
ceived. 

"He  hated  all  sham  and  pretense,  but  delighted  in 
genuine  worth.  The  friends  that  he  had  and  had 
proved  were  friends  for  life.  No  one  who  knew 
him  intimately  can  forget  with  what  deep  and  tender 
regard  he  always  spoke  of  Deacon  Lyons  and  his 
family,  of  Mr.  H.  G.  Durell,  Mr.  Sampson  and  of 
others,  some  living  and  some  departed,  whom  he 
held  in  lasting  esteem.  His  friendships  were  an  es- 
sential part  of  his  life.  As  a  friend  he  was  able  to 
give  as  well  as  receive.  He  had  positive  convic- 
tions on  most  subjects. 

"He  was  not  widely  or  profoundly  read.  He 
might  not  always  express  himself  in  faultless  gram- 
mar, but  he  always  had  something  to  say  that  was 
worth  hearing,  and  he  never  failed  to  make  his 
thoughts  clear.     You  always  knew  what  he  meant. 

"At  his  pleasant  home  he  dispensed  a  generous 
hospitality.  He  was  always  glad  to  see  his  friends 
and  it  was  his  delight  to  share  with  them  the  best 
he  had.  As  we  stand  here  to-day  and  turn  our 
thoughts  backward,  how  many  beautiful  memories 
of  sunny  hours  spent  beneath  his  roof-tree  come 
thronging  about  us !  With  what  animation  and 
cheerful  smile  he  always  welcomed  us !  How  deeply 
interested  was  he  in  all  that  interested  us !  He  was 
a  true  friend." 

He  married,  April  24,  1835,  Betsey  Cro- 
well,  of  Chatham,  Massachusetts,  daughter 
of  James  Crowell.  She  survived  him,  after 
fifty-three  years  of  married  life  together. 
Children:  i.  Louisa,  died  young-.  2.  Charles 
Henry,  born  January  11,  1841,  died  June  22, 
1872.  Mr.  Rogers  said:  "Charles  Henry 
Webb  was  a  young  man  of  rare  promise.  To 
much  of  his  father's  business  tact  and  energy, 
he  added  the  advantages  of  a  superior  educa- 
tion. He  had  a  fine  musical  ear  and  culture. 
With  what  significant  and  exquisite  taste  did 
he  conduct  the  singing  in  the  old  church  that 
stood  on  this  thrice  consecrated  spot !  Dear 
young  man !  It  is  fitting  that  we  remember 
him  now  under  these  impressive  circumstances 
and  drop  this  simple  chaplet  of  undying  af- 
fection on   his  early  grave."     3.  John,   died 


young.  4.  Josiah  Sumner,  born  January  23, 
1847,  died  February  11,  1898;  he  was  in  busi- 
ness with  his  father;  he  was  interested  in 
church  work ;  he  was  a  member  of  Macedonian 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  thirty- 
second  degree.  5.  Eliza  Jane,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(VI)  Eliza  Jane,  daughter  of  Josiah  Webb, 
was  born  April  16,  1849.  She  married,  July 
27,  1882,  Alliston  Belding  Clum,  born  May 
20,  1845,  '"  Troy,  New  York,  son  of  John 
and  Mary  E.  (Belding)  Clum.  ;\Ir.  Clum 
was  in  the  stationery  business  in  Boston.  He 
was  a  member  of  Macedonian  Lodge,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  the  ^Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Children:  i.  Bessie  Webb, 
born  October  31,  1866;  married,  April  16, 
1906,  Charles  Edward  jNIarden,  and  has  two 
children :  Webb  Randolph,  born  March  12, 
.1909,  and  Dorothy  Foster,  born  November  5, 
1910. 


Robert  Bronsdon,  immi- 
BRONSDON  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
1638-39  in  England,  died 
in  Boston,  November  22,  1701.  His  death  is 
recorded  by  Samuel  Sewall  in  his  diary  as 
follows:  "November  23,  1701,  Mr.  Brons- 
don died  the  night  before."  The  first  men- 
tion of  Robert  Bronsdon  in  the  colonial  rec- 
ords, as  far  as  yet  discovered,  was  in  1667, 
when  he  was  twenty-nine  years  of  age.  He 
is  mentioned  in  the  records  as  a  merchant, 
and  there  is  no  doubt  that  he  was  a  man  of 
wealth  and  influence,  and  added  much  to  the 
commercial  importance  of  Boston.  He  was 
an  active  and  important  factor  in  the  upbuild- 
ing of  the  North  End  of  Boston,  and  erected 
several  handsome  brick  houses  and  also  build- 
ings for  commercial  purposes.  He  held  pub- 
lic office  only  once,  March,  1675-76,  when  he 
was  elected  constable.  He  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance,  November  11,  1678,  and  was  made 
freeman  in  1690.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Second  Church  of  Boston,  the  church  of  the 
Mathers.  He  was  an  educated  man,  and  is 
mentioned  by  Rev.  Cotton  Mather  in  his  Mag- 
nalia,  together  with  others,  as  having  been  of 
assistance  to  him  in  getting  the  book  to- 
gether. According  to  the  deeds  of  the  prop- 
erty which  have  been  preserved,  he  did  a 
large  and  lucrative  business  in  real  estate. 
In  1673  he  was  one  of  a  company  of  public- 
spirited  men  of  Boston  who  commenced  the 
construction  of  the  "out  wharves",  which 
were  situated  about  where  Atlantic  avenue 
now  stands,  and  were  of  great  financial  im- 
portance to  the  builders.  His  will  was  dated 
November  6,  1701,  and  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  was  five  thousand  pounds.     The  inven- 


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tory  shows  that  his  possessions  were  varied 
and  unusual  and  his  brick  mansion  luxuri- 
ously appointed.  He  was  buried  in  the  old 
burying   ground   on   Copp's   Hill. 

Robert  Bronsdon  married  (first),  April  15, 
1667,  Bathsheba,  daughter  of  Edward  Rich- 
ards, of  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  The  latter  was 
born  in  1616,  admitted  a  freeman,  1641,  died 
January    26,    1689-90.     His    wife    was    Ann 

.    He  was  a  joiner  or  builder  by  trade. 

Robert  Bronsdon  married  (second),  January, 
1677,  ^Irs.  Rebeckah  Cooley,  widow  of  Henry 
Cooley.  She  was  living  in  1689.  He  mar- 
ried (third),  April  12,  1694,  Hannah  Breeme, 
born  July  26,  1668,  died  in  1730.  She  was 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Anne  Breeme,  of 
Hingham.  They  were  married  by  Rev.  Cot- 
ton blather.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  in 
the  North  End  of  Boston :  Mary,  September 
22,  1668,  died  young;  Elizabeth,  twin,  Au- 
gust 27,  1670;  Mary,  twin  of  Elizabeth;  Jo- 
seph, born  August  7,  1672,  died  1697.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife :  Rebeckah,  October  7, 
1679,  died  young;  Sarah,  1682;  Robert,  July 
28,  1684,  died  October  13,  1695;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below. 

(H)  Benjamin,  son  of  Robert  Bronsdon, 
was  born  August  30,  1686,  in  Boston.  After 
his  father's  death,  he  chose  as  his  guardian 
William  Clark,  who  had  married  his  sister. 
Benjamin  Bronsdon  was  well  educated  for 
the  times,  and  upon  coming  of  age  became  a 
merchant.  He  owned  warehouses  and  a  brew 
house,  and  a  large  section  of  the  "out 
wharves."  In  1707  he  also  owned  "three  nea- 
groes."  In  1708  he  served  a  term  as  consta- 
ble, but  does  not  appear  to  have  held  any 
other  public  office.  He  died  intestate,  April 
12,  1757,  and  was  buried  in  Copp's  Hill  bury- 
ing ground.  The  tomb  which  he  built  about 
1717  is  still  standing.  He  married  (first), 
March  25,  1707,  ]\Iary,  born  March  22,  1681- 
82,  in  Boston,  died  there,  October  6,  1751, 
daughter  of  Captain  Bilbert  and  Mercy 
(Whit  well)     Bant.       He     married     (second) 

Elizabeth  ,  before  1756.     She  survived 

him. 

Children:  Alercy,  born  September  15, 
1708;  yiary.  August  12,  1710,  died  October 
15,  1721 ;  Rebecca,  April  12,  1712,  died  July  4, 
1712;  Robert,  July  12,  1713,  died  December 
II,  1713;  Gilbert,  February  2,  1714-15;  Ben- 
jamin, February  28,  1715-16;  Robert,  August 
9,  1717,  died  October  16,  1721 ;  William,  April 
6,  1719,  died  August  25,  1719;  William,  May 
2.  1720,  died  October  i,  1 721 ;  Bant,  men- 
tioned below;  Robert,  T^Iarch  10,  1723;  Wil- 
liam, July,  1724,  died  before  1728;  Mary,  bap- 
tized December  19,  1726:  Sarah,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary  26,    1728;   William,   baptized  June    16, 


1729;  Elizabeth,  February  28,  1731;  Rebecca, 
November,  1732. 

(III)  Bant,  son  of  Benjamin  Bronsdon, 
was  born  October  23,  1721,  in  Boston,  family 
tradition  says  that  Bant  Bronsdon  died  away 
from  home  about  1765,  and  his  wife  before 
1790,  but  there  is  no  authentic  record  of  their 
deaths.  He  was  a  mariner  by  occupation  and 
therefore  took  small  part  in  the  affairs  of  his 
home  town.  There  is  no  record  of  real  estate 
in  Boston  belonging  to  Bant  Bronsdon  e.xcept 
his  interest  in  the  Bant  estate,  which  he  deed- 
ed to  Ezekiel  Goldthwait  in  1756.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1750,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Lydia  (Story)  Box,  of  Boston  (see  Box). 
Children,  recorded  in  books  of  King's  Chapel : 
John  Box.  mentioned  below ;  Sarah  Bant,  born 
1753;  Rebecca,  baptized  August  31,  1755; 
Benjamin,  baptized  October  23,  1757;  Bant, 
baptized  January  30,  1760;  William,  baptized 
1761 ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  September  5,   1764. 

(IV)  John  Box,  son  of  Bant  Bronsdon,  was 
born  May  21,  1751,  on  Hancock  street,  Bos- 
ton, near  JMount  Vernon  street.  He  attended 
the  Mayhew  School  on  Hawkins  street,  but 
was  early  apprenticed  to  a  bootmaker  in  Bos- 
ton. 

Before  his  marriage  he  had  accumulated 
sufficient  means  to  enable  him  to  purchase  a 
house  and  land  in  Milton,  and  turned  his  at- 
tention to  farming.  He  acquired  considerable 
land  and  appears  to  have  possessed  industry 
and  perseverance  as  well  as  business  ability. 
He  also  engaged  in  boot  and  shoe  making  and 
met  with  a  good  degree  of  success.  During  two 
years  of  the  revolution  he  served  as  a  soldier, 
his  service  being  as  follows:  Milton,  Decem- 
ber 21,  1775.  Captain  John  Bradley's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Lemuel  Robinson's  regiment, 
for  seventeen  days.  Captain  John  Bradley's 
company.  Colonel  Gill's  regiment,  that 
marched  from  Milton  to  Dorchester  Neck, 
March  4,  1776,  to  the  assistance  of  the  army 
when  the  forts  were  erected  at  Dorchester, 
service,  five  days.  Captain  Josiah  Vose's 
company  of  militia  from  Milton  that  guarded 
the  sea  shore  from  April  13  to  26,  1776.  He 
took  an  active  part  in  the  doings  of  that 
eventful  time,  and  spared  neither  himself  nor 
his  possessions.  On  the  night  of  March  4, 
1776,  when  the  fortification  on  Dorchester 
Heights  was  erected,  he  drove  his  own  team, 
loaded  with  material  for  the  construction  of 
breastworks.  He  died  February  22.  1823.  and 
his  wife  June  18,  1827.  and  both  are  buried 
in  Milton  cemetery.  He  was  of  medium 
height  and  weight,  dark  hair  and  eyes,  and  of 
dignified  presence.  His  wife  was  fair  with 
blue  eves,  and  possessed  much  natural  ability 
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quiet  and  serene,  a  marked  contrast  to  her 
outspoken  and  impulsive  husband. 

John  Box  Bronsdon  married,  August  9, 
1774,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Hannah 
(Puffer)  Baker,  of  Stoughton.  Children, 
born  in  Milton,  Massachusetts:  Phinehas, 
born  May  7,  1775,  died  June  22,  1776;  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below ;  Abigail,  born  Decem- 
ber 31,  1779;  Samuel,  mentioned  below:  Sarah 
Curtis,  born  February  24,  1783;  Elizabeth 
Box,  November  7,  1784;  Rebecca,  June  10, 
1786;  John,  April  9,  1788;  Phinehas,  April  6, 
1790:  Hannah,  August  27,  1792;  Elijah,  De- 
cember 16,  1796;  William  Bant,  September 
21,   1798. 

(\')  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Box  Bronsdon, 
was  born  in  Milton,  Massachusetts,  July  i, 
1778.  He  was  named  for  his  Uncle  Benja- 
min. From  boyhood  he  was  very  fond  of  hunt- 
ing and  fishing,  and  often  as  a  young  boy  he 
accompanied  his  father  about  the  Blue  Hills, 
where  game  was  abundant.  When  he  became 
of  age  he  after  a  time  purchased  Brush  Island 
at  Cohasset,  and  had  a  camp  there,  where  he 
went  on  hunting  expeditions.  After  his  mar- 
riage he  lived  in  a  house  about  two  miles  from 
his  father's  house,  in  Scott's  Woods.  He  died 
suddenly  of  heart  disease,  July  18,  1832,  and 
his  wife  survived  him  many  years.  She  was 
buried  beside  him  in  the  Milton  cemetery.  On 
his  tombstone  is  the  following  inscription : 
"Behold  my  wife  and  children  dear,  This  was 
your  friend  who  slumbers  here.  Though 
death  to  me  no  warning  gave  But  suddenly 
laid  me  in  the  grave  Yet  mourn  not  for  your 
God  is  near  He  will  to  you  a  friend  appear." 
Benjamin  Bronsdon  married,  July,  1805,  Nan- 
cy Wade  Damon,  born  in  Scituate,  Massachu- 
setts, May  4.  1780.  died  February  6,  1862,  in 
Milton,  aged  eighty-two.  She  was  daughter 
of  Zadock  and  Thankful  (Wade)  Damon. 
Children,  born  in  Milton :  Jane,  born  August 
13,  1806,  married  Aaron  Bullock  Drake ; 
George  Curtis,  born  ^lay  17.  1810,  died  un- 
married :  Lewis  \'ose,  mentioned  below ;  Enos 
Fobes,  born  December  5,  1819,  married  Annah 
N.  Coffin. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Box  Bronsdon, 
was  born  in  Milton,  Massachusetts,  August  9, 
1780,  died  June  10,  1840.  He  lived  in  Milton 
all  his  life.  He  and  his  wife  were  members 
of  the  Unitarian  church  there.  They  were 
noted  for  their  generosity  and  hospitality.  He 
married,  February  4,  1812,  INIary  (Polly), 
born  August  lO,  1785,  died  August  25,  1867, 
daughter  of  William  and  Experience  (Pittee) 
Brewer,  of  Hingham,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Milton :  Charles,  born  April  20, 
1813.  married  Lydia  Maria  Jenness ;  Mary 
Elizabeth,  December  28,   1814,  married  Will- 


iam Henry  Swan;  Francis  Henry,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1817,  married  Sarah  Ann  Kenni- 
son :  Samuel,  born  November  29,  1819,  mar- 
ried Deborah  K.  Whiton :  William  Brewer, 
mentioned  below ;  Amos  Holbrook,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1824;  Joseph  Warren,  born  April 
2,  1829,  was  in  civil  war.  Thirteenth  Massa- 
chusetts Regiment,  died  in  the  service. 

(VI)  Lewis  \'ose,  son  of  Benjamin  Brons- 
don, was  born  at  Alilton,  August  5,  1814,  died 
April  4,  1907,  at  Milton.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  lived  on  his  father's  homestead  in  Scott's 
Woods.  He  married,  February  6,  1844, 
Louisa  ^IcDuffee,  born  in  Bradford,  \'er- 
mont,  April  11,  1817,  died  June  13,  1900, 
daughter  of  John  and  Martha  (Doak)  Mc- 
Duffee.  of  Bradford,  Vermont.  Both  the  Doak 
and  McDuffee  families  were  of  Scotch-Irish 
descent.  The  name  ^IcDuffee  traces  back  to 
the  time  of  Shakespeare's  ^lacbeth,  where  the 
name  is  spelled  McDuff ;  for  his  services  to  the 
King,  McDuff  received  a  large  tract  of  land 
in  county  Fife,  with  other  gifts,  and  the  "fee" 
was  added  to  his  name.  The  family  appears 
in  the  north  of  Ireland  about  1612 ;  in  1689 
"Matchless  Martha"  McDuffee  was  made 
famous  by  saving  a  quantity  of  meal  during 
the  siege  of  the  city  of  Londonderry  and  dis- 
tributing it  among  the  starving  people ;  she 
and  her  husband,  John  AIcDuffee,  and  several 
children  came  to  America  in  1720.  Among 
the  children  was  Daniel  McDuffee  and  his 
wife  and  daughters,  who  in  the  spring  of 
1721  settled  with  other  Scotch-Irish  friends, 
in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire.  John  Mc- 
Duffee, grandson  of  Daniel,  was  born  in  Lon- 
donderry, and  when  a  young  man  moved  to 
Bradford,  \'ermont,  where  he  owned  a  large 
tract  of  land  and  a  ferry  across  the  Connecti- 
cut river ;  he  was  a  civil  engineer  and  sur- 
veyed many  of  the  first  railroads  in  America ; 
he  was  the  father  of  Mrs.  Bronsdon.  Chil- 
dren of  Lewis  \'ose  and  Louisa  (McDuffee) 
Bronsdon:  i.  Louise,  born  January  24,  1849; 
lives  in  ^lilton  where  she  formerly  taught 
school.  2.  Lewis,  born  May  6,  1852 ;  married, 
September  6,  1894,  Delia  Riley,  of  Braintree, 
^Massachusetts.  3.  Peleg,  born  August  13, 
1854;  unmarried;  farmer  at  Milton. 

(VI)  William  Brewer,  son  of  Samuel 
Bronsdon.  was  born  at  Milton,  Massachusetts, 
May  4,  1822.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Milton  Academy,  and  learned  the 
trade  of  carpenter.  During  his  active  life  he 
was  a  carpenter  and  builder  and  has  always 
lived  on  the  homestead.  Brook  road,  ^lilton. 
He  served  nine  months  in  the  civil  war,  en- 
listing in  September,  1862,  in  Company  B, 
Forty-fifth  Regiment  ^ilassachusetts  \'olun- 
teer   Militia,   and   was   mustered   out   July   7, 


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1863,  with  an  honorable  record  in  the  service. 
In  pohtics  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  married,  in  Milton,  July 
19,  1853,  .Margaret  Thompson  Willev,  who 
died  January  9,  1898,  daughter  of  Simeon  and 
Deborah  (Hopkins)  Willey,  of  Alattapan. 
Children:  i.  Arthur  Edgar,  born  .\pril  17, 
1854,  died  September  4,  1854.  2.  William 
Frankhn,  Aprd  23,  1857,  died  April  26,  1857. 
3.  Walter  Lincoln,  April  7,  1865;  married, 
June  17,  1896,  Madeline  Robina  Findlater, 
born  December  4,  1873,  daughter  of  James 
Alexander  and  Margaret  (Burns)  Findlater; 
children,  born  in  Milton :  Howard  Allen,  born 
February  5,  1897;  Winslow  Brewer,  January 
6,  1898. 

(The  Box  Line). 
(I)  John  Box,  immigrant  ancestor,  was  de- 
scended from  the  English  gentry,  and  was 
born  in  London  in  1697.  The  first  mention 
found  of  him  in  America  is  in  1730,  at 
Charlestown,  ^Massachusetts,  where  he  asked 
for  a  settlement.  Through  his  marriage  he 
acquired  a  part  of  the  Story  homestead,  and 
his  wife's  mother  lived  with  them,  dying  in 
1741.  John  Box  was  a  rope-maker.  In  1743 
he  borrowed  money  of  Joseph  Smith  to  extend 
his  business,  and  in  1755  he  purchased  of 
Ebenezer  Storer  a  piece  of  land  on  Beacon 
Hill.  On  June  10,  1741,  his  storehouse  was 
destroyed  by  fire,  the  loss  being  estimated  at 
about  two  thousand  pounds.  When  the  land 
was  purchased  in  1755  i*  was  taken  in  the 
name  of  Box  &  Austin,  showing  that  the  part- 
nership was  formed  about  that  time.  In  1758 
and  1760  they  bought  still  more  land.  Their 
business  was  for  the  most  part  in  the  mer- 
chant's line,  and  they  supplied  many  vessels 
with  cordage.  They  had  a  sail  loft  at  the 
North  End  where  sails  were  cut  and  fitted. 
Their  warehouse  and  office  at  King  street  just 
escaped  the  great  fire  of  1760.  Mr.  Box  was 
sometimes  called  major,  though  no  military 
service  has  been  found  credited  to  him.  His 
brother  was  a  naval  commander  in  Egypt  un- 
der Nelson.  He  was  vestryman  in  1741-42- 
45-64-65-74,  and  warden,  either  senior  or 
junior,  from  1746  to  1754,  inclusive.  With 
Mrs.  Box  and  others  he  acted  as  sponsor  to 
various  infants  at  baptism.  He  gave  two  hun- 
dred pounds  towards  rebuilding  the  present 
chapel  and  later  gave  a  hundred  pounds  more, 
as  well  as  contributing  for  the  organ.  He 
was  a  prominent  member  of  St.  John's  Grand 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  Boston, 
having  joined  July  23,  1740,  and  he  held  vari- 
ous offices  of  importance.  He  died  October 
31,  1774,  "of  a  consumptive  disorder."  "He 
was  a  man  of  a  fair  unblemished  character, 
strictly   just   in   his   dealings,   a   Constant   at- 


tender  of  Divine  worship."  He  was  buried 
in  the  family  tomb  under  King's  Chapel.  Ow- 
ing to  the  litigation  concerning  his  estate,  the 
whole  was  lost  to  the  heirs.  His  will  was 
dated  September  28,  1774.  Mrs.  Box  re- 
turned to  the  Story  homestead  after  the  Bea- 
con Hill  home  was  sold.  According  to  tradi- 
tion Mrs.  Box  was  a  Tory  in  her  sympathies, 
but  was  not  harmed  because  of  the  esteem  in 
which  her  husband  had  been  held.  She  died 
March  9,  1788,  aged  seventy  years,  and  was 
buried  from  Trinity  Church. 

John  Box  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Elisha 
Story,  who  is  said  to  have  come  from  England 
about  1700,  accompanied  by  a  sister  Sarah, 
who  later  married  Thomas  Dawes.  Elisha 
Story  lived  in  Boston  where  the  "Revere 
House"  is  now  situated,  and  he  was  a  cord- 
wainer  (shoemaker).  In  1705  he  became  a 
member  of  the  Old  South  Church.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  October  17,  1706,  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Emmons,  and  had 
two  sons  named  Elisha,  by  her,  who  both  died 
young;  she  died  July  27,  1713,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Sarah,  widow  of  Charles  Ren- 
ouf,  or  Renough,  October  i,  1713.  Elisha 
Story  died  September  20,  1725,  aged  forty- 
two,  and  she  died  June  28,  1741  ;  his  will  was 
dated  January  6,  1723,  and  proved  September 
30,  1725.  When  he  was  living  on  King  street 
as  a  crown  officer,  a  mob  attacked  and  plun- 
dered his  house  and  destroyed  his  papers.  Mr. 
Story  resigned  his  office  as  deputy  register  of 
the  court  of  the  admiralty.  His  children 
were:  Sarah,  born  September  8,  1714,  died 
young:  Elizabeth  and  Elisha,  born  March  3, 
1717-18,  died  young;  Lydia,  baptized  March 
26,  1718-19,  married  John  Box  ;  \\'illiam  Story, 
born  April  25,  1720.  Children  of  John  and 
Lydia  (StoryJ  Box:  Elizabeth,  married  Cap- 
tain Bant  Bronsdon  (see  Bronsdon  III)  ;  John, 
baptized  October  5,  1737 ;  Lydia,  baptized 
March  4,  1738-39,  buried  September  11,  1743; 
Elisha,  baptized  .April  11,  1740,  buried  Sep- 
tember II,  1743;  Lydia,  baptized  .April  24, 
1745;  Sarah,  baptized  October  28.  1747:  .\nn. 
baptized  November  22,  buried  November  27, 
1749;   Mary,   baptized    1757. 

(The  Baker  Line). 
(I)  Richard  Baker,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  Boston,  November  28,  1635,  from 
London,  England,  in  the  "Bachelor",  as  mas- 
ter's mate.  He  was  a  man  of  superior  mould 
and  capacity.  He  settled  in  Dorchester,  and 
became  infiuential  in  town  and  church  affairs : 
freeman.  1642:  member  of  the  .Ancient  and 
Honorable  .Artillery  Company  in  1658:  town 
officer  nearly  every  year  from  1642  to  1685 ; 
selectman  in'  1653.    He  married  Faith,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Henry  Withington,  immigrant  in  1636, 
and  a  prominent  citizen  of  Dorchester;  he 
signed  the  church  covenant  with  Rev.  Richard 
IMather,  in  1636,  and  was  soon  after  chosen 
ruHng  elder,  which  office  he  held  twenty-nine 

years  ;  his  first  wife  was  Elizabeth ,  and 

his  second  wife  Mrs.  Marjorie  (Turner)  Paul ; 
he  died  February  2,  1666-67,  aged  seventy- 
nine  years.  Richard  Baker  died  October  25, 
1689,  and  his  wife  February  3,  1688-89. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Richard  and  Faith  (With- 
ington) Baker,  was  born  in  Dorchester,  April 
30,  1643,  died  August  26,  1690.  He  married, 
July  II,  1667,  Preserved,  born  1646,  died  No- 
vember 25,  1711,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Sarah  (Proctor)  Trott,  of  Dorchester. 
Thomas  Trott  came  from  Bristol,  England,  in 
the  "James",  May  23,  1635 1  ^e  was  made 
freeman  in  1641,  joined  the  church  the  same 
year,  was  selectman  in  1646,  died  July  28, 
1696,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Sarah  (Proc- 
tor) Trott  died  May  27,  1712;  she  was  daugh- 
ter of  George  and  Edith  Proctor,  who  came 
from  England  and  settled  in  Dorchester.  Mr. 
Proctor  was  granted  land  in  1634-37-56,  and 
was  town  bailiff  in  1642. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Pre- 
served (Trott)  Baker,  was  born  November 
25,  1671.  He  married.  May  16,  1708,  Hannah, 
born  December  19,  1686,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain John  ^Vithington,  who  commanded  the 
Dorchester  company  on  the  disastrous  expedi- 
tion to  Canada  in  1690,  and  his  wife,  Eliza- 
beth (Preston)  Withington.  Captain  With- 
ington was  the  son  of  Deacon  Richard  With- 
ington, who  was  the  only  son  of  Elder  Henry 
W'ithington  by  his  wife,  Elizabeth  (Eliot) 
Withington,  the  latter  the  daughter  of  Philip 
Eliot,  brother  of  the  famous  apostle  to  the 
Indians,  John  Eliot.  Philip  Eliot  was  the  son 
of  Bennet  and  Lettice  (Agar)   Eliot. 

(IV)  Elijah,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Hannah 
(Withington)  Baker,  was  born  May  14,  1720, 
died  November  2,  1802.  He  married  Hannah 
Puffer,  who  was  descended  from  Rachel 
Farnsworth,  of  Braintree,  first  wife  of  Mat- 
thias Pufifer,  the  immigrant,  who  was  in  Dor- 
chester as  early  as  1663. 

(V)  Abigail,  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Han- 
nah (Puffer)  Baker,  married,  August  9, 
1774,  John  Box  Bronsdon  (see  Bronsdon  IV). 

Thomas  Blanchard,  the 
BLANCHARD     immigrant    ancestor,    was 

a  yeoman,  born  in  Eng- 
land. He  came  to  this  country  from  Penton, 
Hants,  England,  sailing  from  London  in  the 
ship  "Jonathan",  and  landing  at  Charlestown, 
Jilassachusetts.  June  23,  1639.  He  settled  at 
Braintree  and  lived  there  until  1650,  when  he 


returned  to  Charlestown  and  bought  land 
there  in  165 1  and  also  land  in  Boston.  He 
married  (second)  in  London,  Agnes  (Bent) 
Barnes,  a  widow,  who  died  during  the  voyage 
to  America,  as  did  also  her  child  and  her 
mother.  He  died  at  Charlestown,  May  21, 
1654.  He  bequeathed  by  will  to  his  wife 
Mary,  three  sons,  a  grandson,  Joseph  Blan- 
chard, and  to  the  church  in  iMalden.  His 
third  wife,  Mary,  died  in  1676.  His  son 
George  settled  in  Maiden,  and  Samuel  in  An- 
dover,  Massachusetts.  Children :  George,  born 
1618,  died  March  18,  1700;  Thomas,  1625, 
died  1651;  Samuel,  1629,  died  April  22,  1707; 
Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  child,  born  1639, 
died  in  infancy;  John  (?). 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Blanchard, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1630.  He  settled  in 
Weymouth,  and  died  in  1676.  He  married 
Susannah  .  Children,  born  at  Wey- 
mouth: John,  March  27,  1660;  Mary,  De- 
cember I,  1662;  Nathaniel,  September  25, 
1665  ;  Edward,  mentioned  below ;  Alercy,  April 
14,  1674. 

(HI)  Edward,  son  of  Nathaniel  Blanchard, 
was  born  at  Weymouth,  June  7,  1668.  Ac- 
cording to  the  history  of  Northfield,  New 
Hampshire,  Edward  Blanchard  was  one  of 
the  men  furnished  by  the  province  of  New 
Hampshire  for  scouting  purposes  under  Cap- 
tain Jeremiah  Clough,  who  kept  the  old  fort 
at  Canterbury.  This  protection  was  given 
from  1 72 1  to  1746.  According  to  the  North- 
field  history  he  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in 
1738.  According  to  the  history  of  Canterbury, 
of  which  Northfield  was  originally  a  part, 
there  is  doubt  about  his  name,  Benjamin  and 
Richard  both  being  given  in  records.  There 
appears  to  be  no  doubt  that  Edward  had  sons 
Benjamin  and  Richard,  however,  or  rather  that 
Benjamin  and  Richard  were  brothers  and 
early  settlers.  The  Canterbury  history  states 
that  Benjamin's  father  (Benjamin  of  North- 
field,  mentioned  below)  was  scalped  by  the 
Indians  in  their  raid  on  Canterbury  in  1746, 
near  his  home  not  far  from  the  fort.  The 
Northfield  history  tells  us  that  his  wife  was 
Bridget,  of  Scotch-Irish  descent,  and  that  once 
she  was  taken  captive  by  the  Indians  when 
she  was  out  after  the  cows,  but  eluded  her 
captors  and  showed  such  fleetness  in  running 
that  the  Indians  stopped  their  pursuit  and 
"shook  their  sides  with  laughter  while  she 
safely  arrived  at  the  fort."  Children :  Ser- 
geant Richard,  who  married  (second) ■ 

Hancock,  in  1768,  and  had  Jacob,  Hannah, 
Benjamin,  and  Edward,  besides  other  children 
by  his  first  wife ;  lived  on  the  east  slope  of 
Zion's  Hill;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Benjamin  Blanchard,  one  of  the  foun- 


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ders  of  Northfield,  was  born  about  1720.  He 
was  probably  a  scout  in  Canterbury  in  1746 
after  the  date  of  his  father's  death,  and  he 
signed  with  others  a  petition  to  the  provincial 
government  in  1748,  asking  protection  for  the 
grist  mill  of  Henry  Lovejoy  in  West  Concord. 
He  came  from  the  Canterbury  fort  in  1760 
through  the  unbroken  forest  to  the  foot  of 
Bay  Hill  and  settled  on  the  farm  later  owned 
by  Judge  Peter  Wadleigh.  After  making  a 
clearing  and  erecting  a  cabin  he  brought 
thither  his  wife  and  nine  children.  He  paid 
for  his  farm  in  part  by  services  as  surveyor 
and  the  rest  in  furs  valued  at  $750.  For  sev- 
eral years  Benjamin  Blanchard  and  family 
were  the  only  settlers  in  Northfield.  "Blanch- 
ard's  residence  was  a  log  house — then  and  for 
many  years  after  the  fashionable  style  of  ar- 
chitecture among  the  pioneers  of  Bay  Hill, 
and  of  the  town  generally.  It  was  a  conven- 
ient style — not  showy,  but  having  a  severe 
Doric  simplicity,  while  in  keeping  with  the 
character  of  the  early  inhabitants.  They  were 
not  capacious — containing  but  one  or  at  most 
two  rooms,  and  with  the  big  families  of  those 
days,  they  must  at  times  have  furnished  rather 
close  quarters.  But  they  were  warm  and  cosy 
— easily  constructed,  for  the  timber  was  close 
at  hand  and  a  few  days'  labor  only  was  re- 
quired to  transform  it  into  the  settler's  modest 
mansion.  Here  then,  Blanchard  lived  for  sev- 
eral years,  cut  off  from  mankind  by  many 
miles  of  intervening  forest.  *  *  *  pje 
must  have  suffered  privations,  we  know — all 
settlers  did  in  those  times." 

His  wife  was  buried  in  the  orchard,  close 
by  a  tree  that  was  known  to  later  generations 
as  the  "Granny  Tree."  He  died  at  the  home 
of  his  son  Edward,  on  the  Byron  Shaw  place, 
but  was  buried  on  the  old  homestead.  When 
the  present  Wadleigh  house  was  built,  his 
gravestone  was  unearthed  in  digging  the  cel- 
lar. His  son  Edward  sold  the  homestead  to 
Lieutenant  Charles  Glidden  in  1805  for  $2,000. 

Mr.  Blanchard  was  a  man  of  great  industry 
and  mechanical  skill.  In  his  old  age  he  spent 
much  of  his  time  in  whittling:  "He  wore 
pantaloons  patched  with  woodchuck  skins  to 
protect  them  from  wear,  and  he  seemed  a  pa- 
triarch, with  his  thick  white  hair  hanging  long 
over  his  shoulders.  He  had  a  brother  or  uncle 
Joseph,  an  officer  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war.  who  in  1754  marched  si.x  hundred  men 
to  the  Salisbury  Fort,  now  the  site  of  the 
Orphans'  Home,  and  thence  through  the  wild- 
erness to  Crown  Point  and  Canada.  He  had 
another  brother  who  kept  a  hotel  in  Concord 
in  1785,  who  directed  the  Hills  to  Bay  Hill 
when  they  came  up  from  Haverhill  seeking  new 
homes."     Before   the   town   was   divided,   we 


find  on  the  ta.x  list  in  1767,  Benjamin  Blanch- 
ard, Benjamin  Blanchard  (2d),  Edward 
Blanchard  and  Richard  Blanchard.  Benjamin 
(2d)  was  a  distant  relative  (Benjamin  (5), 
Benjamin,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  Thomas  (l).) 
Richard  was  the  brother  and  Edward  a  son. 
Benjamin  Blanchard  recorded  his  cattle  mark 
November  28,  1760;  Edward  Blanchard  in 
1771- 

Children:  i.  Elizabeth,  married  William 
Glines,  who  lived  in  Northfield.  near  Canter- 
bury; Mayor  Glines,  of  Somerville.  Massachu- 
setts, is  a  descendant.  2.  Benjamin,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Richard,  married  Polly  Webster  and 
lived  on  the  River  road.  4.  Edward,  suc- 
ceeded to  the  homestead,  selectman  of  North- 
field  for  many  years ;  married  Azubah  Keazer, 
and  his  widow  married  Lieutenant  Thomas 
Clough. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Blanchard,  was  born  about  1744,  died  1826, 
aged  eighty-two  years.  Among  the  signers  of 
the  Association  Test  in  1776,  an  act  that  en- 
titles descendants  to  membership  in  the  vari- 
ous revolutionary  societies,  we  find  the  names 
of  Benjamin  Blanchard,  Richard  Blanchard 
and  Edward  Blanchard.  It  is  difficult  to  dis- 
criminate between  the  records  of  the  various 
Benjamin  Blanchards  of  Canterbury  and 
Northfield  in  the  revolutionary  war.  In  Can- 
terbury, Benjamin  Jr.  and  Benjamin  (3d) 
were  very  active.  He  married  ^lary  Wells, 
of  New  Hampshire. 

(VI)  Joshua,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Blanch- 
ard, was  born  in  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire, 
on  a  farm  later  owned  by  Dr.  Moses  Hoyt. 
July  16,  1777,  he  settled  in  Eaton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  conducted  a  farm  there.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Calfe,  who  was  born  at  Belfast, 
Maine,  June  15,  1787,  daughter  of  John  Calfe 
and  Tamsen  (Evans)  Calfe.  Her  father.  Rev. 
Thomas  Evans,  a  clergyman,  was  a  graduate 
of  Edinburgh  L'^niversity,  Scotland.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Sandwich,  New  Hampshire, 
excepting  John  Calfe:  i.  George  Sullivan, 
born  March  5,  1813;  married  (first)  Mary 
Linscott,  (second)  Lucy  Russell.  2.  Joshua 
Wells,  born  August,  1816:  married  Lucy  El- 
lis. 3.  Thomas  Calfe,  born  November  21, 
1818:  married  Sarah  \'ittum.  4.  Stephen 
Danforth,  born  November  21,  1822:  married 
Jane  Sommersville.  5.  Sarah  West,  born  No- 
vember 21,  1824:  married  Cyrus  Jones.  6. 
John  Calfe,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  John  Calfe.  son  of  Joshua  Blanch- 
ard, was  born  December  2,  1831,  at  Eaton, 
New  Hampshire.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
In  1866  he  came  to  Hyde  Park.  Massachu- 
setts, before  it  was  incorporated,  and  engaged 


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in  business  at  his  trade  as  a  carpenter.  He 
became  a  builder  of  prominence,  beginning  to 
take  contracts  in  1867  and  continuing  with  uni- 
form success  for  a  number  of  years.  He  had 
charge  as  millwright  of  the  mill  machinery  of 
the  mills  of  Glover  &  Willcomb,  manufacturers 
of  curled  hair  in  Boston,  for  a  period  of  twen- 
ty-five years.  He  devised  machinery  for  remov- 
ing dirt  from  curled  hair.  Since  1906  he 
has  been  retired  from  active  labor,  making  his 
home  in  Hyde  Park.  In  the  civil  war  he 
enlisted  in  the  Eighth  Regiment  New  Hamp- 
shire \'olunteer  Infantry,  November  13,  1861, 
and  served  his  term  of  enlistment  under  Cap- 
tain Alphonso  G.  Colby.  He  is  a  member  of 
Timothy  Ingraham  Post,  No.  121,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic.  In  pwlitics  he  is  a 
Progressive.  His  residence  is  at  5  Childs 
street,  Hyde  Park,  JNIassachusetts. 

He  married,  June  23,  1856,  Mary  E.  Crans- 
ton Atchison,  who  was  born  in  England, 
]\Iarch  4,  1832.  Children:  i.  ^lary  Elizabeth, 
born  July  27,  1859 :  married  Edgar  H.  Wright 
of  Hyde  Park ;  children :  Edgar  H.  Jr..  born 
May  4,  1881,  and  Lilly  Blanchard  Wright, 
May  9,  1885.  2.  John  Calfe  Jr.,  born  January 
13,  1861,  manager  of  the  clothing  department 
of  the  Walpole  Rubber  Company,  of  which 
company  he  is  a  director. 


Walter  House,  the  first  of  this 
HOUSE     surname  in  Connecticut,  died  in 

1670  at  New  London,  leaving  a 
widow  and  son  John,  of  whom  we  know  noth- 
ing further. 

(I)  William  House,  perhaps  a  relative  of 
Walter  House,  settled  in  Glastonbury,  Connec- 
ticut, and  died  in  1703-4.  His  will  was  dated 
February,  1703-4,  at  Glastonbury.  The  inven- 
tory amounted  to  £119  13s.,  taken  by  Joseph 
Smith  and  Thomas  Hale  Sr.  In  the  settle- 
ment of  the  estate  the  ages  of  his  children  are 
given.  (Page  83,  Vol.  II,  Hartford  county 
probate  records.)  Children:  John,  born 
1674:  Sarah,  1676;  Alary,  1678;  Anne,  1684; 
William,  1685;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Eu- 
nice, not  mentioned  in  estate,  married  Thomas 
Loveland. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  William  House,  was 
born  at  Glastonbury,  in  1687.  He  was  ad- 
ministrator of  his  brother's  estate.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel  Pitkin,  born  December  14,  1692. 
See  will  of  Roger  Pitkin,  her  father,  Janu- 
ary I,  1733.  (Page  620,  Hartford  probate  rec- 
ords, III.)  The  home  of  the  House  family 
has  been  at  Glastonbury,  Connecticut. 

Charles  Andrew  House,  a  descendant  of 
the  Glastonbury  branch,  and  lineal  descendant 
of  William  House,  the  immigrant,  was  born  at 
East  Glastonbury,  Connecticut,  June  12,  1845. 


He  attended  the  public  schools  there  and  the 
Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  College.  He  came 
to  Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts,  in  1873,  and 
after  conducting  a  grocery  store  for  a  few 
years  he  purchased  the  plant  of  the  Fairmount 
Manufacturing  Company,  a  business  that  he 
conducted  successfully  during  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  was  an  active  and  prominent 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
serving  on  the  official  board  and  teaching  in 
the  Sunday  school,  and  for  many  years  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school.  He  was  a 
member  of  Neponset  Council,  Royal  Arcanum, 
of  which  he  was  at  one  time  the  regent  and 
for  many  years  secretary.  He  was  a  member 
of  Riverside  Lodge,  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen,  the  Business  Men's  .Association  and 
of  the  .\nti-SaIoon  League.  He  died  at  Hyde 
Park,  January  20,  1908. 

He  married,  January  13,  1869,  Annetta 
Faunce,  born  October  29,  1841,  at  Sandwich, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Elisha  Benjamin 
and  Thankful  (Toby)  Bradford.  Children: 
I.  Nettie  Burnham,  born  June  26,  1870;  mar- 
ried Henry  A.  Norris.  of  Hyde  Park,  June 
7,  1893,  ^"d  had  children:  Bradford  Faunce 
Norris,  born  February  3,  1896;  Myra  Norris, 
January  29,  1900;  Marian,  died  aged  three 
years ;  Jeanette  Norris,  born  March  29,  1905. 
Mr.  Norris  is  in  the  insurance  business  in 
Boston.  2.  Charles  Bradford,  bom  January 
5,  1873 ;  in  partnership  with  his  brother-in- 
law,  William  Garfield  Nunn,  in  the  Fairmount 
Manufacturing  Company  at  Hyde  Park.  3. 
Ethel  Faunce,  born  October  30,  1880;  mar- 
ried, June  7,  1905,  William  Garfield  Nunn, 
and  they  have  one  child,  Edward  Andrew 
Nunn,  born  December  9,  1908. 

(The  Bradford  Line). 

The  surname  Bradford  is  derived  from  the 
name  of  a  place,  Broadford  or  Bradenford. 
There  are  two  very  ancient  towns  of  this 
name,  one  in  Wiltshire,  England,  near  Bath, 
and  one  in  Yorkshire,  near  Leeds.  Near  the 
latter  was  the  home  of  the  ancestors  of  the 
.American  family.  The  family  dates  back 
in  England,  doubtless,  to  the  beginning  of  sur- 
names in  the  eleventh  or  twelfth  centuries. 
One  of  the  first  martyrs  burned  at  the  stake 
during  the  reign  of  Bloody  Mary  was  John 
Bradford,  Prebend  of  St.  Paul,  and  a  cele- 
brated preacher.  He  was  born  in  Manchester, 
Lancashire,  1510,  and  was  executed  July  i, 
1555.  He  was  a  friend  of  Rogers,  Hooper, 
Saunders,  Latimer,  Cranmer.  and  Ridley,  who 
also  died  at  the  stake  about  the  same  time. 

The  Bradford  coat-of-arms  is:  .\rgent  on 
a  fesse  sable  three  stags'  heads  erased  or. 
The  Right  Rev.  Father  in  God,  Samuel  Brad- 


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ford,  Lord  Bishop  of  Rochester  and  Dean  of 
Westminster,  bore  these  arms  as  well  as  those 
of  his  Episcopal  See. 

The  ancestry  of  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford has  not  been  traced  beyond  his  grand- 
father, mentioned  below,  though  it  is  known 
that  the  family  is  ancient. 

(I)  William  Bradford,  grandfather  of  Gov- 
ernor William  Bradford,  lived  at  Austerfield, 
(Osterfeldt),  county  Nottingham,  England, 
and  in  1576  he  and  John  Hanson  were  the 
only  subsidiaries  located  there.  Bradford  was 
taxed  twenty  shillings  on  land ;  Hanson  the 
same  amount  on  goods.  His  grandson  Will- 
iam lived  with  him  after  the  death  of  William, 
his  son.  The  date  of  his  burial  at  Austerfield 
was  January  10,  1595-6.  Children:  William, 
mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  had  a  daughter 
Margaret :  Robert,  baptized  at  Austerfield, 
June  25,  1561.  (Governor  Bradford  lived  with 
him  after  death  of  grandfather)  ;  Elizabeth, 
baptized  July  15,  1570. 

(H)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (l) 
Bradford,  was  born  at  Austerfield,  probably 
about  1560,  and  died  when  yet  a  young  man, 
July  15,  1 59 1.  He  married  Alice  Hanson. 
Children,  born  at  Austerfield :  Margaret, 
baptized  IMarch  8,  1585,  died  young;  Alice, 
baptized  October  30,  1587  ;  William,  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  Governor  William  (3)  Bradford,  son 
of  William  (2)  Bradford,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  baptized  at  Austerfield,  March  19, 
1590.  After  his  father's  death  he  lived  at 
first  with  his  grandfather,  and  at  his  death 
in  1596  went  to  live  with  his  uncle,  Robert 
Bradford,  who  lived  in  Scrooby,  five  miles 
from  Austerfield,  near  the  estate  of  the  Brew- 
sters,  in  county  Nottingham.  He  joined  the 
church  where  Rev.  Richard  Clifton  and  Rev. 
John  Robinson  preached,  and  soon  became 
one  of  the  leading  "separatists".  His  early 
educational  advantages  were  limited,  but  by 
diligent  study  he  became  very  proficient  in 
Dutch.  Latin,  French  and  Greek,  and  also 
devoted  himself  to  the  study  of  Hebrew,  that 
he  might  read  the  Bible  in  its  original  form. 
He  went  with  the  company  which  migrated  to 
Holland,  and  was  a  most  influential  power 
among  them.  On  coming  of  age  he  received 
considerable  property  from  his  father's  estate, 
but  did  not  succeed  him  in  his  commercial 
undertakings.  He  learned  the  art  of  "fustian 
or  frieze  weaving".  On  November  15,  i6j3, 
he  was  affianced  to  Dorothea  May.  from  Wis- 
beach.  Cambridge.  England.  The  banns  were 
published  in  Leyden,  and  they  were  married 
'n  Amsterdam,  Holland.  December  9,  1613. 
■^is  age  is  given  as  twenty-three,  hers  as  six- 
.  "Thev  embarked  for  England,  July  22, 


1620,  and  after  many  trials  sailed  from  Plv- 
niouth,  England,  September  6,  1620,  on  the 
ship  "Mayflower",  reaching  Cape  Cod  har- 
bor the  November  following.  While  they 
were  at  anchor  and  he  was  absent  from  the 
vessel,  Dorothea  fell  overboard  and  was 
drowned,  December  9,  1620.  Soon  after  the 
death  of  Governor  Carver,  William  Bradford 
was  elected  governor  of  the  colony,  an  office 
which  he  held  by  annual  election  until  his 
death,  with  the  exception  of  the  years  1633-34- 
36-38-44.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  all 
the  councils,  which  were  held  at  his  house, 
and  in  all  civic,  political,  and  military  affairs. 
From  his  house  at  the  foot  of  Burial  Hill 
each  Sunday  morning,  the  company  of  people 
who  assembled  there  marched  up  to  the  fort 
at  its  top,  where  religious  services  were  held. 
The  history  of  the  times  which  he  left  gives  a 
correct  and  valuable  picture  of  the  events  of 
that  day.  He  married  (second)  Alice,  widow 
of  Edward  Southworth,  and  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander Carpenter,  of  Wrentham,  England.  She 
died  March  26,  1670,  and  he  died  May  9,  1657. 
Children :  John  of  Duxbury,  1645.  ^y  sec- 
ond wife.  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Mercy, 
married  Benjamin  or  Joseph  \'ermages ;  Jo- 
seph, born  1630. 

(IV)  Major  William  (4)  Bradford,  son  of 
Governor  William  (3)  Bradford,  was  born  in 
Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  June  16.  1624,  and 
died  there  February  20,  1700.  He  removed 
to  Kingston,  Massachusetts,  for  a  time.  He 
was  assistant  deputy  governor,  and  was  one 
of  Governor  Andros'  council  in  1687.  He  was 
the  chief  military  officer  of  Plymouth  colony. 
His  will  was  dated  January  29,  1703.  He 
married  (first)  Alice  Richard,  who  died  at 
Plymouth  December  12,  1671,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Wealthyan  Richards,  of  Wey- 
mouth, Massachusetts.  He  married  (second) 
the  widow  Wiswell;  (third)  Mrs.  Mary 
Holmes,  who  died  June  6,  1714-5,  widow  of 
Rev.  John  Holmes,  of  Duxbury,  and  daughter 
of  John  Atwood,  of  Plymouth.  Children: 
John,  born  February  20,  1653  ;  William,  bom 
March  11,  1655,  died  1687:  Thomas,  of  Nor- 
wich: Samuel,  born  1668;  Alice,  married  Ma- 
jor  James    Fitch:    Hannah,    married    Joshua 

Ripley;  Mercy,  married Steel:  Meia- 

tiah,  married  John  Steel:  Mary:  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Kenelm  Baker.  By  second  wife:  Joseph, 
of  Norwich,  mentioned  below :  Israel,  married 
Sarah  Bartlett :  David,  married  Elizabeth  Pin- 
nev  ;  Ephraim  :  Hezekiah. 

'(V)  Joseph,  son  of  William  (4)  Bradford, 
was  born  in  1674,  and  died  January  18.  1747- 
He  lived  in  Norwich  and  removed  to  Le- 
banon, and  thence  to  the  North  Parish  of 
New  London  in  17 17.     He  was  a  very  active 


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and  energetic  citizen.  His  farm  was  lately 
owned  by  J.  Randolph  Rogers,  and  was  form- 
erly called  the  Perez  Bradford  place.  He  was 
elder  of  the  New  London  church  in  1724.  He 
married  (first)  October  5,  1698,  Anna  Fitch, 
who  died  October  17,  1715,  daughter  of  Rev. 
James  and  Priscilla  Fitch.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Mary  (Sherwood)  Fitch,  widow  of  Cap- 
tain Daniel  Fitch.     She  died  September   10, 

1752- 

Children:  Anne,  born  July  6,  1699; 
Joseph,  born  April  9,  1702;  Priscilla,  twin  of 
Joseph;  Althea,  born  April  6,  1704;  Irena, 
twin  of  Althea;  Sarah,  born  September  21, 
1706;  Hannah,  May  24,  1709;  Elizabeth,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1712;  Althea,  September  19,  1715; 
Irena,  twin  of  Althea.  By  second  wife :  John, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Joseph  Bradford,  was 
born  May  20,  1717,  and  died  March  10,  1787. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  the  North  Par- 
ish, now  Montville,  New  London.  He  mar- 
ried, December  15,  1736,  Esther  Sherwood. 
Children:  Samuel,  born  January  4,  1738; 
John,  December  7,  1739;  Joseph,  June  17, 
1742;  Sarah,  July  27,  1744;  Perez,  October  11, 
1746;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below;  Eleanor, 
died  young;  Rebecca,  born  January,  1754; 
]Mary,  January  17,  1756. 

(VII)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Bradford, 
was  born  in  New  London,  October  8,  1748. 
He  lived  in  the  north  part  of  the  North  Parish, 
in  Salem  Society,  where  he  owned  a  farm. 
He  married  Parthenia,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Sarah  (Fitch)  Rogers.  Child:  Thomas, 
mentioned   below. 

(VIII)  Thomas,  son  of  Benjamin  Bradford, 
was  born  November  16,  1776.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  lived  in  New  Salem  Society,  in 
North  Parish,  now  Salem,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  April  23,  1806,  Mercy,  daughter  of 
Elisha  and  Anna  '(F'tch)  Fox.  Children: 
Parthenia,  born  January  13,  1807;  Rachel, 
April  3,  1808;  Anna  F.,  November  22,  1809; 
Elisha  B.,  mentioned  below ;  Mary  E.,  June 
18,  1815. 

(IX)  Elisha  B.,  son  of  Thomas  Bradford, 
was  born  September  22,  181  r,  at  Salem,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  October  8,  1895.  He  was  a 
Methodist  minister,  and  lived  for  a  time  in  Un- 
casville,  moving  later  to  Massachusetts.  He  was 
living  at  Hyde  Park  in  1884.  He  married, 
in  West  Duxbury,  May  30,  1838,  Thankful 
Toby  Faunce.  Children:  i.  William  Fish, 
born  March  27,  1839,  died  October  4,  1839. 
2.  Anetta  Faunce,  born  October  29,  1841 ; 
married,  January  13,  1869,  Charles  A.  House 
(see  House).  3.  Ella  Albertine,  born  March 
29,  1846 :  married,  December  4,  1883,  Water- 
man R.  Burnham,  of  Norwich. 


Karl  Friedrich  Herre- 
HERRESHOFF     schoff      (original     form 

of  family  name),  pro- 
genitor of  the  American  family  of  Herre- 
shoff,  was  a  native  of  Germany.  He  married 
Agnes  Muller,  and  they  had  one  child, 
Charles  Frederick  (further  mentioned  below). 
His  wife  died  when  the  child  was  three  years 
old,  and  he  entrusted  the  latter  to  the  care 
of  a  friend  near  Berlin,  and  went  to  Italy, 
where  he  died  soon  afterward. 

(II)  Charles  Frederick  Herreshoff,  son  of 
Karl  Friedrich  and  Agnes  (Muller)  Herre- 
schofif,  was  born  in  Germany,  December  27, 
1763,  and  when  three  years  old  was  left  to 
the  care  of  a  friend  of  his  father,  a  profes- 
sor and  author,  by  whom  he  was  brought  up. 
April  I,  1779.  he  entered  the  Philanthropin, 
an  educational  institution  which  had  been  re- 
cently founded  at  Dessau.  After  remaining 
there  eight  years  he  emigrated  in  1787  to 
the  United  States  and  located  in  New  York 
City.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was  engaged 
in  business  with  a  Mr.  Goch,  and  after  1801 
was  associated  with  his  father-in-law,  John 
Brown,  particularly  in  the  development  of 
a  tract  of  land  in  Herkimer  county,  known 
as  the  "John  Brown  Tract."  He  was  a  man 
of  unusual  education,  an  accomplished  lin- 
guist, versed  in  seven  langfuages,  a  good  mu- 
sician, and  of  polished  address.  He  married, 
in  1801,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Smith)  Brown  (see  Brown).  Children:  I. 
Anna  Frances,  born  April  2,  1802.  died  in 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  unmarried,  September 
4,  1887.  2.  Sarah,  born  April  27,  1803,  died 
in  Bristol,  unmarried,  June  2,  1882.  3.  John 
Brown,  born  March  2j,  1S05,  died  in  Bristol, 
unmarried,  June  11,  1861 ;  graduated  from 
Brown  University,  1825.  4.  Agnes,  bom 
July  6,  1807,  died  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  unmarried,  March  5,  1849.  5-  Charles 
Frederick,  of  whom  further.  6.  James 
Brown,  born  December  20,  181 1,  died  January 
4,  1812.  All  these  children  were  born  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island. 

(III)  Charles  Frederick  Herreshoff,  son 
of  Charles  Frederick  and  Sarah  (Brown) 
Herreshoff.  was  born  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  July  26,  1809.  He  graduated  from 
Brown  L'niversity  in  1829,  and  lived  many 
years  on  Point  Pleasant  farm,  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  where  all  his  children  were  born.  In 
1856  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Bristol.  He 
married,  Alay  15,  1833,  Julia  Ann,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Warren  and  Ann  (Lane)  Lewis, 
born  March  20,  181 1.  Her  father,  son  of 
Captain  Winslow  Lewis,  was  born  September 
20,  1784,  died  ]\Iay  11,  1844,  married,  May 
I,  1808,  Ann,  daughter  of  Levi  and  Elizabeth 


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(Giles)  Lane,  of  Boston,  born  June  21,  1786, 
died  in  Bristol,  July  13,  1856.  Captain  Wins- 
low  Lewis,  born  in  Wellfieet,  July  3,  1741, 
died  at  sea,  July,  1801  ;  he  was  son  .of  Rev. 
Isaiah  Lewis,  and  married,  September  12, 
1765,  Mary,  daughter  of  Willard  and  Bethia 
(Atwood)  Knowles,  of  Eastham,  born  Octo- 
ber 20,  1746,  died  in  Boston,  January  31, 
1807.  Rev.  Isaiah  Lewis,  born  in  Hingham, 
was  son  of  John  Lewis,  and  married,  June 
25,  1730,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Kenelm  and 
Abigail  (Waterman)  Winslow,  born  June  25, 
1707,  died  April  13,  1776.  John  Lewis,  son 
of  James  Lewis,  was  born  October  29,  1656, 
died  November  8,  1715,  settled  in  Hingham, 
and  married  there,  November  17,  1682,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Daniel  and  Susannah  Lin- 
coln, of  Hingham,  born  September  10,  1659, 
died  October  30,  171 5.  James  Lewis,  born 
in  East  Greenwich,  England,  1633,  died  at 
Hingham,  [Massachusetts,  1726,  was  son  of 
George,  and  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
George  and  Sarah  Lane,  of  Hingham,  born 
1638.  George  Lewis  was  born  in  East  Green- 
wich, county  Kent,  England,  died  at  Barn- 
stable, Massachusetts,  and  married,  in  Eng- 
land, Sarah  Jenkins,  and  settled  in  Scituate, 
Plymouth  county,  Massachusetts,  between 
1633  and  1636.  Children  of  Charles  Freder- 
ick and  Julia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herreshoff,  born 
in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island :  James  Brown, 
Caroline  Louise,  Charles  Frederick,  and  John 
Brown,  all  of  whom  are  further  mentioned 
below;  Lewis,  born  February  3,  1844,  and 
Sally  Brown,  born  December  i.  1845,  both 
unmarried,  and  reside  at  the  family  home- 
stead, Bristol ;  also  Nathaniel  Greene.  John 
Brown  Francis  and  Julian  Lewis,  all  further 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  James  Brown  Herreshoff,  chemist 
and  mechanical  engineer,  son  of  Charles 
Frederick  and  Julia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herreshoff, 
was  born  March  18,  1834.  He  was  educated 
in  the  schools  of  Bristol  and  Providence  and 
Brown  L'niversity,  which  he  entered  in  1852, 
there  pursuing  a  special  three-\ear  course, 
mainly  in  chemistry.  After  leaving  the  uni- 
versity he  became  superintendent  of  the  Rum- 
ford  Chemical  Works,  Providence,  and  re- 
mained as  such  eight  years.  From  1863  to 
1870  he  was  variously  concerned  in  commer- 
cial enterprises  and  with  inventions,  obtain- 
ing several  patents  for  various  improvements. 
In  1870  he  traveled  abroad.  For  two  years 
he  resided  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  later  re- 
sided several  years  in  England  and  France,  re- 
turning home'  in  1883,  and  lived  at  Bristol  ten 
years,  in  Coronado,  California,  eleven  years, 
afterwards  taking  up  his  residence  in  New 
York  Citv,  where  he  is  engaged  in  study  and 


mechanical  research.  His  residence  is  at  1415 
Sedgwick  avenue.  He  married,  May  14, 
1875,  Jane,  daugiiter  of  William  and  Jane 
(Morrow)  Brown,  of  Ireland,  born  .\ugust 
22,   1855.     Children: 

1.  Jane  Brown,  born  in  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  July  13,   1876. 

2.  James  Brown,  born  in  London,  Eng- 
land, March  18,  1878;  educated  in  Bris- 
tol schools  and  Coronado,  California,  later 
at  University  of  California,  where  he  took  a 
full  course  and  a  post-graduate  course  in 
chemistry  and  metallurgy.  .About  1900  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Nichols  Copper 
Company,  near  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where 
he  is  now  superintendent,  and  has  inaugu- 
rated many  improved  processes.  He  married, 
January  ii,  1906,  Constance  Mills,  of  San 
Diego,  California,  born  July  15,  1879.  Chil- 
dren: Constance  Walden,  born  February  11, 
1907;  James  Brown,  January  5,  1909;  Mar- 
garet,  March  21,   1910. 

3.  Charles  Frederick,  born  in  Nice,  France, 
]\Iay  28,  1880;  educated  in  schools  of  Bristol, 
and  Coronado,  California;  took  special  course 
in  naval  architecture  and  marine  engineering 
at  University  of  Glasgow,  Scotland.  In  1902 
he  returned  home  and  established  himself  in 
New  York  City  as  a  naval  architect  and  me- 
chanical engineer,  and  built  many  yachts  and 
power  launches.  He  later  resided  in  Bridge- 
port, Connecticut,  and  was  concerned  in  the 
construction  of  gasoline  engines  and  other 
appurtenances  of  motor  boats  and  automo- 
biles. In  1908  he  removed  to  Detroit,  Michi- 
gan, and  is  engaged  in  manufacturing  auto- 
mobiles. He  married,  in  Glasgow.  Scotland, 
April  9,  1902.  Elizabeth  McCormick.  born  in 
New  York,  February  11,  1884.  Children: 
Allan  Stuart,  born  February  8,  1903;  Eliza- 
beth, June  22,   1904. 

4.  William  Stuart,  born  in  Hampton  Wick, 
England.  April  21,  1883;  educated  in  schools 
of  Bristol,  and  Coronado,  California;  and 
graduated  from  University  of  California  as 
mechanical  and  civil  engineer.  In  1904  he 
entered  the  employ  of  the  Nichols  Copper 
Company,  but  later  established  himself  as 
designer  and  builder  of  special  gasoline  en- 
gines for  motor  launches  and  flying  machines. 
He  resides  at  1415  Sedgwick  avenue.  New 
York  City. 

5.  Anna  Frances,  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  July  5,  1886;  is  a  graduate  of  Bar- 
nard College. 

(IV)  Caroline  Louise,  daughter  of  Charles 
F.  and  lulia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herreshoff.  was 
born  February  27,  1837.  She  married.  Au- 
gust 16.  1866.  Lieutenant  E.  Stanton  Chese- 
"brough,  born  in  New  York  City,  .August  17, 


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1841,  died  in  Bristol,  October  22,  1875.  Their 
only  child,  Albert  Stanton  Chesebrough,  born 
in  Bristol,  January  ii,  1868,  is  a  naval  archi- 
tect and  mechanical  engineer,  and  since  1891 
has  been  a  designer  of  steam  and  sailing 
yachts  and  supervisor  of  their  construction. 
He  married,  May  6,  1897,  Emma,  daughter 
of  Hon.  J.  Russell  and  Emma  (VVestcott) 
Bullock,  of  Bristol,  born  September  25,  1869, 
in  Bristol,  died  there  December  6,  1908. 
Children:  Edith  Russell,  born  July  7,  1903; 
Westcott  Herreshoff,  March  16,   1908. 

(IV)  Charles  Frederick  Herreshoff,  son  of 
Charles  F.  and  Julia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herre- 
shoff, was  born  February  26,  1839.  He  re- 
sides on  the  Point  Pleasant  farm.  Poppa- 
squash,  Bristol,  and  has  always  been  a  farm- 
er. This  beautiful  property  was  bought  by 
John  Brown,  in  November,  1781,  the  State 
of  Rhode  Island  being  the  grantor.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  December  3,  1868,  Mary  Potter, 
born  Alarch  3,  1843,  died  ?\Iarch  24,  1866; 
(second)  Alice  Almey,  Child  by  first  mar- 
riage: Julia  Ann,  born  August  20,  1864,  re- 
sides at  home. 

(IV)  John  Brown  Herreshoff,  naval  archi- 
tect and  mechanical  engineer,  son  of  Charles 
F.  and  Julia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herreshoff,  was 
born  April  24,  1841.  He  is  president  and 
treasurer  of  the  Herreshoff  Manufacturing 
Company,  established  in  Bristol,  Rhode 
Island,  in  1863.  The  company  began  with 
the  construction  of  sailing  craft  of  all  sizes, 
mainly  for  pleasure,  and  the  reputation  of 
their  yachts  for  excellence  of  design  and  con- 
struction and  also  for  high  speed,  soon  placed 
them  as  foremost  in  the  world.  In  1876  Xa- 
thanael  Greene  Herreshoff  became  a  member 
of  the  company  as  designer  and  superintend- 
ent. The  character  of  work  was  now 
changed,  and  steam  vessels  (yachts,  motor 
boats  and  torpedo  boats)  largely  took  the 
place  of  sailing  vessels.  During  the  '90's  the 
international  races  gave  an  impetus  to  the 
construction  of  the  well-known  defenders  of 
the  America's  cup — the  "Vigilant,"  "De- 
fender," "Columbia"  and  "Reliance,"  and  the 
cup  race  off  New  York  attracted  the  atten- 
tion of  the  entire  marine  world,  the  Herre- 
shoff vessels  showing  the  result  of  the  high- 
est skill  in  design,  as  well  as  sailing  qualities. 
Since  that  period  the  Herreshoff  Company 
has  continued  the  construction  of  pleasure 
craft  to  be  sent  to  all  parts  of  the  world,  as 
well  as  serviceable  vessels  for  the  L'nited 
States   and    foreign  governments. 

Mr.  Herreshoff  resides  in  High  street, 
Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  He  married,  April  22, 
1892,  Eugenia  Tams  Tucker,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.     He  has  a  daughter  by  a  for- 


mer marriage— Katherine  Kilton,  born  July 
31,  1871,  married,  April  29,  1896,  Lewis 
Henry,  born  October  4,  1855,  died  September 
6,  1900,. son  of  Algernon  Sidney  and  Clara 
(Diman)  De  Wolf.  She  married  (second) 
Walter  J.  Tubbs,  of  Bristol,  and  (third) 
Charles  K.  Amidon,  of  Brookhne,  Massachu- 
setts. Child  by  first  marriage:  Louise 
Henry,  born  August  9,   1898. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  Greene  Herreshoff,  naval 
architect,  steam  and  mechanical  engineer,  son 
of  Charles  F.  and  Julia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herre- 
shoff, was  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  in 
1848.  He  was  educated  in  the  Bristol  schools 
and  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Technol- 
ogy. From  early  childhood  he  displayed  taste 
and  ability  in  nautical  affairs,  and  at  the 
early  age  of  ten  years  was  a  skillful  manager 
of  sailboats.  In  the  autumn  of  1869,  having 
just  attained  his  majority,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  the  Corliss  Steam  Engine  Com- 
pany, of  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  doing  ex- 
pert and  experimental  work  on  the  steam  en- 
gine. In  1876  he  became  associated  with 
his  brother,  John  Brown  Herreshoff,  in  the 
Herreshoff  Alanufacturing  Company,  for 
whom  he  had  previously  done  designing.  He 
gave  to  his  profession  the  highest  skill  and 
all  that  scientific  experimentation  could  sug- 
gest, with  the  result  that  the  vessels  of  all 
descriptions  turned  out  by  the  Herreshoff 
Company  proved  to  be  examples  of  perfec- 
tion from  every  point  of  view.  Added  to  his 
skill  in  designing  and  construction,  he  was 
conceded  to  be  the  most  skillful  sailor  of 
yachts  in  the  United  States,  and  without  a 
superior  in  the  world.  He  reached  his  zenith 
of  skill  in  the  production  of  the  Defenders 
of  the  America's  Cup,  which,  in  design,  con- 
struction and  mechanical  appliance  surpassed 
any  vessel  for  its  purpose  ever  produced  in 
this  or  any  other  country.  His  attainments 
in  the  designing  of  steam  engines  for  special 
work  in  steam  yachts,  torpedo  boats  and  oth- 
er high  speed  vessels,  have  placed  him  in  the 
front  rank  of  steam  engineers.  In  1896 
Brown  L'niversity  conferred  upon  him  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Science,  in  recognition 
of  his  many  inventions  and  improvements 
in  naval  architecture  and  steam  engineering. 
He  is  an  honorary  member  of  the  New  York 
Yacht  Club,  the  Boston  Yacht  Club,  the 
Rhode  Island  Yacht  Gub  and  the  Bristol 
Yacht  Club ;  and  a  member  of  the  Institute 
of  Naval  Architects,  London ;  of  the  Royal 
Society  of  Arts,  London ;  the  Society  of  Na- 
val .Architects  and  Marine  Engineers  of  New 
York ;  and  the  Franklin  Institute  of  the  State 
of  Pennsylvania. 

Mr.    Herreshoff    married,    December    26, 


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1883,  Clara  Anna  De  Wolf,  born  September 
5,  1853,  died  November  28,  1905,  daughter 
of  Algernon  Sidney  and  Clara  Anna  (Diman) 
De  Wolf,  of  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  Children: 
I.  Agnes  Muller,  born  October  19,  1884.  2. 
Algernon  Sidney,  born  November  22,  1886; 
educated  in  Bristol  schools  and  Institute  of 
Technology,  Boston ;  now  assistant  superin- 
tendent of  Herreshoff  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. 3.  Nathaniel  Greene  Jr.,  born  Febru- 
ary 5,  1888;  educated  at  Bristol  schools,  and 
Institute  of  Technology,  Boston ;  mechanician 
and  electrician ;  now  in  employ  of  General 
Electric  Company,  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  4. 
Alexander  Griswold,  born  in  Bristol,  April 
16,  1889;  educated  in  Bristol  schools  and  In- 
stitute of  Technology,  Boston ;  now  drafts- 
man for  Herreshoff  Manufacturing  Company. 
5.  Lewis  Francis,  born  November  11,  1890; 
educated  in  Bristol  schools  and  at  College  of 
Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts,  Kingston, 
Rhode  Island :  has  charge  of  farm  of  family 
in  Bristol,  at  Ferry  Hill.  6.  Clarence  De  Wolf, 
born  February  22,  1895,  in  Bristol. 

(IV)  John  Brown  Francis  Herreshoff,  a 
distinguished  chemist  and  metallurgist,  son  of 
Charles  F.  and  Julia  Ann  (Lewis)  Herre- 
shoff, was  born  in  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1850.  He  was  educated  in  the  Bris- 
tol (Rhode  Island)  schools,  and  Brown  L^ni- 
versity,  from  which  he  received  the  honorary 
degree  of  ^Master  of  Arts  in  1890.  He  has 
long  been  recognized  as  one  of  the  foremost 
chemists  and  metallurgists  in  the  world. 
From  1875  to  1890  he  was  associated  with 
the  firm  of  G.  H.  Nichols  &  Company,  and  as 
superintendent  of  the  Laurel  Hill  (Long 
Island)  Chemical  Works.  From  1890  to  1900 
he  was  with  the  Nichols  Chemical  Company, 
and  from  the  latter  year  to  the  present  time 
he  has  been  identified  with  the  Nichols  Cop- 
per Company  as  vice-president,  and  with  the 
General  Chemical  Company  as  consulting  en- 
gineer. During  these  thirty  years  of  active 
industrial  development  he  has  applied  his 
mind  to  a  great  variety  of  chemical  and 
metallurgical  industries,  and  has  perfected 
many  radical  improvements,  replacing  old 
methods  with  scientific  processes  founded 
upon  his  practical  experience  and  e.xperimen- 
tation.  In  1883  he  patented  the  copper  smelt- 
ing furnace  which  bears  his  name,  and  is  of 
world-wide  fame.  Later  he  developed  the 
most  advanced  process  for  the  manufacture 
of  sulphuric  acid.  In  1896  he  patented  a  fur- 
nace for  roasting  fine  iron  pyrites,  and  made 
a  marked  improvement  upon  it  in  1899.  His 
next  great  work  was  the  development  of  the 
electrolytic  refining  of  copper,  which  attract- 
ed   the    admiring    attention    of    the    scientific 


world,  and  in  1908,  at  a  notable  meeting  of 
the  Chemists'  Club,  on  behalf  of  the  .Xmeri- 
can  Chemical  and  Electro-Chemical  Society, 
Mr.  Herreshoff  was  presented  with  the  "Per- 
kins Gold  Medal,"  provided  for  award  to 
that  chemist  residing  in  the  United  States 
who  had  accomplished  the  most  valued,  work 
in  applied  chemistry  during  his  career.  The 
presentation  (the  first  in  .America)  and  a  re- 
view of  Mr.  Herreshoff 's  scientific  attain- 
ments, were  given  in  full  in  the  Journal  of 
the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry,  and  re- 
printed in  pamphlet  form  in  England  as  well 
as  in  the  United  States. 

A  further  honor  came  to  him  in  1909,  when 
Brown  University  conferred  upon  him  the 
honorary  degree  of  Doctor  of  Science — a  de- 
gree most  sparingly  bestowed,  and  only  in 
recognition  of  the  most  scientific  attainments. 

Mr.  Herreshoff  is  a  member  of  the  .-Kmeri- 
can  Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  the 
American  Chemical  Society,  the  Society  of 
Chemical  Industry,  the  Scientific  Alliance,  the 
Brown  University  Alumni  Association,  the 
University  and  Chemistry  Clubs  of  New  York 
City,  the  New  York  Yacht  Club  and  the  Ham- 
ilton Club  of  Brooklyn.  His  offices  are  at 
25  Broad  street,  and  his  residence  at  620  West 
End   Avenue,   New   York   City. 

Mr.  Herreshoff  married  (first),  February 
9,  1876,  Grace  Eugenia  Dyer;  born  March  20, 
1851,  died  December  2,  1880,  daughter  of 
John  Dyer,  of  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  He 
married  (second)  Emily  Duval  Lee,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Henry  Lee,  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  Child  of  first  marriage:  i. 
Louise  Chamberlain,  born  November  29, 
1876;  married  Charles  C.  Eaton,  of  Provi- 
dence, now  of  Schenectady,  New  York,  a 
descendant  of  Chad  Brown.  Children  of  sec- 
ond marriage :  2.  Francis  Lee.  born  in'  Brook- 
lyn, October  2,  1883;  married  Mildred  Mas- 
ter, of  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  has  one 
child,  Norman  F.  Herreshoff.  3.  Frederick, 
born  in  Brooklyn,  March  7,  1888;  he  is  a  lead- 
ing American  golf  player;  he  was  runner  up 
with  H.  H.  Hilton,  of  England,  in  the  Inter- 
national .Amateur  Golf  Championship  finals 
in  191 1.  He  is  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Fre- 
naye  &  Herreshoff.  bankers  and  brokers,  60 
Broadway,  New  York:  he  married  Mary 
Faulkner'  4.  Sarah  Lothrop,  born  in  Brook- 
Ivn,  October  17,  1889.;  married  Luigi  Mas- 
n'ada,  of  Bergamo,  Italy,  and  they  reside  m 
his  native  place;  they  have  one  child,  a 
daughter,  born  July,   191 1. 

(IV)  lulian  Lewis  Herreshoff.  an  accom- 
plished liuisician,  son  of  Charles  Frederick 
and  Julia  -Ann  (Lewis)  Herreshoff.  was 
born  at  Point  Pleasant  Farm,  Bristol,  Rhode 


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Island,  July  29,  1854.  His  musical  education 
was  under  the  supervision  of  the  best  teachers 
the  country  afforded,  and  in  1886  he  went 
with  his  family  to  Europe  for  further  and 
advanced  study  in  music,  giving  special  at- 
tention to  the  piano,  studying  with  Professor 
KuUak.  He  also  perfected  himself  in  the 
German  language,  and  entered  the  University 
of  Berlin.  On  his  return  to  America  in  1888 
he  established  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island, 
the  Westminster  School  of  Languages  and 
IMusic,  where  all  the  modern  languages  and 
vocal  and  instrumental  music  are  taught,  and 
which  is  to-day  in  a  flourishing  condition. 
The  School  is  in  the  Butler  Exchange  Build- 
ing, and  his  home  is  at  146  Lloyd  Avenue, 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember II,  1879,  Ellen  Frances,  daughter  of 
James  Madison  and  Frances  E.  (Mowr>') 
Taft,  of  Pawtucket,  Rhode  Island,  born  Janu- 
ary 3,  1852.  They  have  one  child,  Grace, 
born  in  Bristol,  March  31,  1881. 

(The  Brown  Line). 

(I)  Chad  Brown,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from  England  in  the  ship  "Martin,"  which 
arrived  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  July,  1638. 
He  brought  with  him  his  wife  Elizabeth,  son 
John,  then  eight  years  old,  and  perhaps 
younger  ones.  A  fellow  passenger  died  on 
the  voyage,  and  Chad  Brown  witnessed  the 
will  soon  after  his  arrival.  He  did  not  long 
remain  in  Massachusetts,  probably  because  of 
his  religious  views,  but  soon  removed  to  Prov- 
idence, where  he  became  at  once  a  leader  and 
one  of  the  most  valued  citizens  of  that  col- 
ony. That  same  year  (1638)  he  and  twelve 
others  signed  a  compact  relative  to  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  town.  In  the  capacity  of  sur- 
veyor he  was  soon  after  appointed  on  a  com- 
mittee to  compile  a  list  of  the  home  lots  of 
the  first  settlers  of  the  "Towne  Streete,"  and 
the  meadows  allotted  to  them.  His  own  home 
lot  fronted  on  the  "towne  streete,"  now  South 
Main  and  Market  Square,  with  the  southern 
boundary  to  the  southward  of  College  and 
South  Alain  streets.  The  college  grounds 
of  Brown  L'niversity  now  comprise  a  large 
portion  of  this  lot.  In  1640,  he  served  on  a 
committee  with  three  others  in  regard  to  the 
disputed  boundary  between  Providence  and 
Pawtuxet.  That  same  year,  he,  with  Robert 
Cole,  William  Harris  and  John  Warner,  was 
the  committee  of  Providence  Colony  to  re- 
port their  first  written  form  of  government, 
which  was  adopted  and  continued  in  force 
until  1644.  in  which  year  Roger  Williams  re- 
turned from  England  with  the  first  charter. 
Chad  Brown  was  the  first  of  the  thirty-nine 
signers  of  this  agreement.     In  1642  he  was 


ordained  as  the  first  settled  pastor  of  the  Bap- 
tist church.  In  1643  he  was  on  a  committee 
to  make  peace  between  the  Warwick  settlers 
and  Alassachusetts  Bay,  but  their  efforts  were 
unavailing.  He  died  September  2,  1650,  on 
which  date  the  name  of  his  widow  occurs  in 
a  tax  list.  Children :  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  James  and  Jeremiah,  both  of  whom  re- 
moved to  Newport,  Rhode  Island ;  Judah,  or 
Chad,  died  May  10,  1663,  unmarried;  Daniel. 

(II j  John  Brown,  son  of  Chad  Brown, 
was  born  1630,  and  died  about  1706.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Obadiah  and 
Catharine  Holmes,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island. 
He  lived  in  Providence,  at  the  north  end,  in 
a  house  afterwards  occupied  by  his  son  James. 
He  served  the  town  in  various  official  capaci- 
ties— juryman,  commissioner  on  union  of 
towns  in  1654,  surveyor  of  highways,  1659; 
was  freeman  in  1655  ;  moderator,  member  of 
the  town  council,  deputy  in  legislature,  assist- 
ant. He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance,  May  31, 
1666.  In  1672  he  sold  the  home  lot  of  his 
father  to  his  brother  James,  of  Newport,  who 
resold  the  same  day  to  Daniel  Abbott.  Near- 
ly one  hundred  years  later  a  part  of  it  was 
repurchased  by  his  great-grandsons  John  and 
Moses  Brown,  and  by  them  presented  to  the 
College  of  Rhode  Island  at  the  time  of  its 
removal  from  Warren  to  Providence.  The 
corner-stone  of  University  Hall,  for  many 
years  the  only  building,  was  laid  by  John 
Brown,  May  31,  1770.  Children:  Sarah, 
married,  November  14,  1678,  John  Pray; 
John,  bom  March  18,  1662 ;  James,  mentioned 
below ;  Obadiah ;  Martha ;  Alary  and  Deborah. 

(Ill)  James  Brown,  son  of  John  Brown, 
was  born  in  1666,  and  died  October  28,  1732. 
He  married,  December  17,  1691,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Andrew  and  Mary  (Tew)  Har- 
ris, granddaughter  of  William  and  Susannah 
Harris,  and  also  of  Richard  and  Alary 
(Clarke)  Tew,  born  December  17,  1671,  and 
died  August  18,  1736.  He  served  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  town  council  almost  continuously 
from  1705  to  1725,  and  from  1714  to  1718 
as  town  treasurer.  He  was  pastor  or  elder 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  and  in  1726  suc- 
ceeded Rev.  Ebenezer  Jenkes  in  the  ministry, 
a  position  which  he  held  until  his  death.  One 
historian  says,  "He  was  an  example  of  piety 
and  meekness  worthy  of  admiration."  In  his 
will,  made  Alarch  3,  1728,  he  provides  well 
for  his  children.  His  father  had  deeded  to 
him,  July  6,  1690,  three  home  lots,  dwelling 
house  and  other  land.  Children :  John,  born 
October  8,  1695 ;  James,  mentioned  below ; 
Joseph,  May  5,  1701  ;  Alartha,  October  12, 
1703;  Andrew,  September  20,  1706;  Alarv, 
April  29,  1708,  died  February  20,  1729;  Anna, 


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born  1710;  Obadiah,  October  2,  1712;  Jere- 
miah, Xovember  25,  1715;  Elisha,  May  25, 
1717. 

(IV)  James  Brown,  son  of  James  Brown, 
was  born  March  22,  1698,  and  died  April  27, 
1739.  He  married  Hope,  daughter  of  Nicho- 
las and  ]\Iercy  (Tillinghastj  Power,  and 
granddaughter  of  Elder  Pardon  and  Lydia 
(Tabor)  Tiliinghast,  born  January  4,  1702, 
died  June  8,  1792.  Shortly  after  his  mar- 
riage he  entered  into  business  and  later  with 
his  younger  brother  Obadiah  became  part- 
ners. They  were  the  founders  of  the  com- 
mercial house  of  the  Browns.  Children : 
James,  born  February  12,  1724,  died  unmar- 
ried, 1750;  Nicholas,  born  July  28,  1729; 
Mary,  1731 ;  Joseph,  December  3,  1733;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Moses,  September  12,  1738. 
The  names  of  these  four  sons  are  those  of 
the  "four  brothers,"  whose  history  is  inti- 
mately connected  with  that  of  the  times  in 
which  they  lived. 

(V)  John  Brown,  son  of  James  Brown, 
was  born  January  27,  1736,  and  died  Septem- 
ber 20,  1803.  He  was  the  third  of  the  '"Four 
Brothers."  and  was  associated  with  them  in 
business  until  1782,  when  he  withdrew  and 
established  himself  at  India  Point,  where  he 
began  direct  trade  with  the  East  Indies  and 
China.  He  became  a  wealthy  merchant,  and 
at  the-time  of  the  breaking  out  of  the"Revolu- 
lution  had  large  interests  at  stake.  This  did 
not,  however,  prevent  him  from  supporting 
the  patriot  cause  and  contributing  largely  to 
it.  The  Hope  Furnace  at  Cranston,  built 
mostly  by  him  and  his  brothers,  manufactured 
cannon  for  use  in  the  Continental  army.  He 
furnished  the  ships  and  was  leader  of  the 
party  which  destroyed  the  British  armed 
schooner  "Gaspee,"  in  Narragansett  Bay, 
June,  1772.  On  suspicion  of  being  concerned 
in  this  affair  he  was  sent  in  irons  to  Boston, 
but  was  released  through  the  efforts  of  his 
brother  Closes.  It  is  said  that  at  this  time, 
to  avoid  arrest,  he  did  not  sleep  two  nights  in 
succession  under  the  same  roof,  but  made 
the  rounds  of  his  country  seats,  of  which  he 
possessed  several  about  Providence.  In  1767. 
he  and  his  brother  ]\Ioses  served  on  the  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  town  of  Providence 
to  prepare  for  the  introduction  of  free 
schools.  With  his  brothers  he  was  influential 
in  the  removal  of  the  College  of  Rhode  Island 
from  Warren  to  Providence,  and  was  its  con- 
stant benefactor.  He  laid  the  cornerstone  of 
its  first  building.  May  14,  1770.  He  also 
gave  liberally  to  the  support  of  the  Baptist 
Church.  He  secured  the  building  of  the 
Washington  bridge  across  the  Seekonk.  at 
the  lower  ferry,  and  his  brother  Moses  that 


of  the  Red  or  Central  Bridge,  at  the  upper 
ferry.  He  was  a  member  of  the  .-Kssembly 
in  1789,  in  which  year  that  body  increased 
the  import  duty  on  many  foreign  goods  for 
the  purpose  of  encouraging  home  manufac- 
ture. In  January  of  that  year  he  appeared  at 
the  Assembly  dressed  in  a  suit,  the  cloth  of 
which  w-as  made  from  the  wool  of  his  own 
sheep.  His  town  residence  was  op  South 
Main  Street,  and  here  he  gave  a  famous  din- 
ner party  in  honor  of  General  Nathaniel 
Greene,  the  largest,  it  is  said,  that  had  ever 
been  given  in  Rhode  Island.  In  1787  he 
built  his  Power  street  mansion,  then  the  finest 
in  the  city.  In  1790  he  was  a  member  of  the 
society  for  promoting  abolition  in  the  United 
States  and  for  improving  the  condition  of 
the  African  race.  In  1799  he  was  elected  a 
member  of  Congress  and  served  two  years. 

He  married,  November  27,  1760,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Dorcas  (Harris) 
Smith,  bom  May  13,  1738,  died  February  25, 
1825,  granddaughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mercy 
(Angell)  Smith,  great-granddaughter  of 
John  and  great-great-granddaughter  of  John 
Smith,  the  miller.  She  was  also  grand- 
daughter of  William  and  .Abigail  Harris. 
Children:  James,  born  September  22.  1761, 
died  unmarried,  December  12,  1834;  Benja- 
min, February  13,  1763,  died  July  7,  1773; 
Abigail,  November  26,  1764,  died  October  16, 
1766;  Abby,  born  November  20,  1766,  died 
March  5,  1821,  married,  1788,  John  Francis, 
of  Philadelphia;  Sarah.  September  5,  1773, 
married,  July  2.  i8or,  Charles  Frederick  Her- 
reshoff  (see  Herreshoff)  ;  Alice,  January  i, 
1777,  died  October  21,  1823;  married  James 
Brown  Mason. 


In  Fallaise,  a  town  in  Norman- 
COFFIN  dy,  stands  the  old  chateau  of 
Courtitout,  once  the  home  of  the 
Norman  Coffins ;  the  name  is  now  extinct  in 
that  vicinage.  The  chateau  is  now  owned  by 
Monsieur  Le  Clere,  wdio  is  the  grandson  of 
the  last  Mademoiselle  Coffin,  who  married  a 
Le  Clere  in  1796.  Until  her  marriage  the 
chateau  had  always  been  owned  by  a  Coffin. 
(The  above  information  came  through  .Admi- 
ral Henry  E.  Coffin,  of  the  English  navy^  who 
is  the  nephew  of  .Admiral  Sir  Isaac  Coffin, 
who  was  born  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  May 
16,  1759,  made  a  baronet,  and  granted  a  coat- 
of-arms  in   1804). 

The  familv  traces  its  ancestry  to  Sir  Rich- 
ard Coffin.  Knight,  who  accompanied  William 
the  Conqueror  from  Normandy  to  England,  in 
the  year  1066,  to  whom  the  manor  of  Al- 
wington  in  the  county  of  Devonshire  was  as- 
signed.    There  are   various  branches  of  the 


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family  in  county  Devon.  The  English  rec- 
ords show  the  name  Covin,  whence  it  was 
changed  to  Cophin,  and  is  also  found  as  Ko- 
phin,  Cotfyn  and  Coffyne. 

Before  1254  the  family  was  flourishing  at 
Portledge  near  the  sea,  in  the  parish  of  Al- 
wington,  five  miles  from  Biddeford,  England. 
For  a  period  of  two  hundred  years  the  heir 
always  received  the  name  of  Richard  and  so 
the  family  was  perpetuated  for  many  genera- 
tions through  that  name.  The  name  was  early 
brought  to  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  and 
has  been  borne  by  many  leading  men.  The 
Cotfin  family  were  not  as  conspicuous  during 
the  revolution  as  they  undoubtedly  would  have 
been  if  their  location  had  been  different.  The 
island  was  visited  by  the  British  warships  on 
several  occasions,  and  the  inhabitants  were  in- 
timidated, and  for  their  own  safety  were 
obliged  to  preserve  a  neutrality.  The  Port- 
ledge  family  bore  these  arms:  Vert,  five 
cross-crosslets  argent,  between  four  plates. 
These  arms  are  also  used  by  the  American 
families. 

(I)  Tristram  Coffin,  a  descendant  of  Sir 
Richard  Coffin,  married  and  lived  in  Brixton, 
county  of  Devonshire,  England.  In  his  will 
he  left  legacies  to  Anne  and  John,  children 
of  his  son  Nicholas  Coffin ;  Richard  and  Joan, 
children  of  Lionel  Coffin ;  Philip  Coffin  and 
his  son  Tristram  :  and  appointed  Nicholas  Cof- 
fin, of  whom  further,  as  his  executor. 

(II)  Nicholas,  son  of  Tristram  Coffin,  lived 
in  Butler's  parish,  Devonshire,  England,  where 
he  died  in  1603.  In  his  will,  which  was  proved 
at  Totnes,  in  Devonshire,  November  3,  1603, 
mention  is  made  of  his  wife  and  five  children, 
namely:  Peter,  of  whom  further;  Nicholas, 
Tristram,  John  and  Anne. 

(III)  Peter,  eldest  son  of  Nicholas  and  Joan 
Coffin,  was  born  on  the  Coffin  estate  at  Brix- 
ton, Devonshire,  England,  about  1580,  and 
died  there  in  1627-28.  He  married  Joan  or 
Joanna  Thember,  and  their  si.x  children  were 
born  and  baptized  in  the  parish  of  Brixton, 
Devonshire,  England,  in  the  order  following: 
I.  Tristram,  of  whom  further.  2.  John,  born 
about  1607 ;  he  was  a  soldier  and  died  in  the 
service  from  a  mortal  wound  received  in  bat- 
tle during  the  four  years'  siege  of  the  fortified 
town  during  the  civil  war,  and  he  died  within 
the  town  about  1642.  3.  Joan,  born  in  Eng- 
land, about  1609,  and  probably  died  theft.  4. 
Deborah,  died  probably  in  England.  5.  Eu- 
nice, born  in  England,  came  to  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony  with  her  parents ;  married  Will- 
iam Butler,  and  died  in  1648.  6.  Mary,  mar- 
ried Alexander  Adams,  and  had  children : 
IMary,  Susannah,  John  and  Samuel ;  she  died 
in   1677  or  thereabouts.     Widow  Joan   with 


her  children,  Tristram,  Eunice  and  Mary,  her 
two  sons-in-law,  husbands  of  her  daughters 
who  were  married  in  England,  her  daughter- 
in-law,  Dionis,  and  five  grandchildren,  came 
to  Salisbury  in  1642.  She  died  in  Boston  in 
Alay,  1661,  aged  seventy-seven  years,  and  in 
the  notice  of  her  family  it  is  quaintly  stated 
that  the  Rev.  Mr.  Wilson  "embalmed  her 
memory". 

(IV)  Tristram  (2),  eldest  son  of  Peter  and 
Joan  (Thember)  Coffin,  was  born  in  the  parish 
of  Brixton,  Devonshire,  England,  probably  in 
1605.  He  was  of  the  landed  gentry  of  Eng- 
land, being  heir  to  his  father's  estate  in  Brix- 
ton, and  he  was  probably  a  churchman  after 
the  order  of  the  time  of  Elizabeth.  He  died 
at  his  home  on  Nantucket  Island,  October  2, 
1681.  It  is  a  strange  fact  that  the  christian 
name  of  the  immigrant  forefather  of  all  the 
Coffins  in  America,  Tristram,  is  repeated  and 
multiplied  in  every  family  in  every  generation, 
while  the  name  of  the  foremother,  Dionis,  is 
repeated  but  once  in  all  the  generations,  and 
that  was  when  it  was  given  to  the  eldest 
daughter  of  Stephen,  but  when  she  married 
Jacob  Norton  her  name  appears  as  Dinah.  It 
is  not  known  on  which  of  the  early  ships  con- 
veying emigrants  from  England  to  New  Eng- 
land the  Coffin  family  took  passage,  but  it  is 
generally  believed  that  it  was  the  same  ship 
that  brought  Robert  Qement,  the  emigrant, 
who  owned  the  ships  "Hector",  "Griffin",  "Job 
Clement,"  and  "Mary  Clement,"  and  if  Robert 
Clement,  the  immigrant,  took  passage  on  one 
of  his  own  ships,  Tristram  Coffin,  the  immi- 
grant, was  a  passenger  in  the  same  ship,  and 
both  men  settled  in  Haverhill  in  1642. 

The  early  settlers  of  Salisbury,  which  town 
was  established  October  7,  1640,  commenced 
a  settlement  at  Pentucket  the  same  year,  and 
the  Indian  deed  for  this  land  was  witnessed 
by  Tristram  Coffin  in  1642,  and  in  1643  ^^ 
removed  to  the  place  which  was  established  as 
the  town  of  Haverhill,  Norfolk  county,  ?\Iassa- 
chusetts  Bay  Colony.  He  settled  near  Robert 
Clement.  Tradition  has  it  that  Tristram  Cof- 
fin was  the  first  man  to  plow  land  in  the  town 
of  Haverhill,  he  constructing  his  own  plow. 
He  changed  his  residence  to  the  "Rocks"  in 
the  following  year,  and  in  1648-49  removed 
to  Newbury  where  he  kept  an  ordinary  and 
sold  wine  and  liquors  and  kept  the  Newbury 
side  of  Carr's  Ferry.  In  September,  1643, 
his  wife  Dionis  was  prosecuted  for  selling  beer 
for  threepence  per  quart,  while  the  regular 
price  was  but  twopence,  but  she  proved  that 
she  had  put  si.x  bushels  of  malt  into  the  hogs- 
head while  the  law  only  required  the  use  of 
four  bushels,  and  she  was  discharged.  He  re- 
turned to  Salisbury  and  was  commissioner  of 


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the  town,  and  while  living  there  purchased 
or  planned  the  purchase  of  the  island  of  Nan- 
tucket, where  he  with  his  associates  removed 
on  account  of  religious  persecution.  At  least 
Thomas  Macy,  who  was  the  pioneer  settler 
on  Nantucket  Island,  "fled  from  the  officers  of 
the  law  and  sold  his  property  and  home  rather 
than  submit  to  tyranny,  which  punished  a  man 
for  being  hospitable  to  strangers  in  the  rain- 
storm even  though  the  strangers  be  Quakers." 
IMr.  ]Macy  returned  to  Salisbury  and  resided 
there  in  1664,  and  when  he  left  he  sold  his 
house  and  lands  and  so  the  story  of  his  fleeing 
from  persecution  would  seem  to  be  spoiled  and 
history  perhaps  gives  the  true  reason  for  his 
migration,  the  search  for  a  milder  climate  and 
better  opportunities  for  cultivating  the  soil. 
Early  in  1654  Tristram  Coffin  took  Peter 
Folger,  the  grandfather  of  Benjamin  Franklin, 
at  the  time  living  in  Martha's  Vineyard,  as  an 
interpreter  of  the  Indian  language,  and  pro- 
ceeded to  Nantucket  to  ascertain  the  "temper 
and  disposition  of  the  Indians  and  the  capa- 
bilities of  the  island,  that  he  might  report  to 
the  citizens  of  Salisbury  what  inducements 
were  offered  emigrants."  A  grant  of  the  Is- 
land had  been  given  to  Thomas  Alayhew  by 
William  Earl,  of  Sterling,  and  recorded  in 
the  secretary's  office  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
July  2,  1659.  Thomas  Mayhew  deeded  the 
Island  to  Tristram  Coffin,  Richard  Swain, 
Peter  Coffin,  Stephen  Greenleaf,  William  Pike, 
Thomas  Macy,  Thomas  Barnard,  Christopher 
Hussey,  John  Swain,  retaining  an  interest  of 
one-twentieth  for  himself,  the  consideration 
being  "£30  and  two  Beaver  Hats,  one  for  my- 
self and  one  for  my  wife."  Later  the  same 
parties  purchased  from  one  Wanackmamak, 
head  Sachem  of  Nantucket,  a  large  part  of 
their  lands,  consideration  £40.  James  Coffin 
accompanied  Thomas  Macy  and,  family,  Ed- 
ward Starbuck  and  Isaac  Coleman  to  the  is- 
land later  the  same  year,  and  they  all  took  up 
their  residence  there.  The  Coffin  family  that 
settled  at  Nantucket  included  Tristram  Sr., 
James,  Mary,  John,  and  Stephen,  each  the 
head  of  a  family.  Tristram  Coffin  was  thirty- 
seven  years  old  when  he  arrived  in  America, 
and  fifty-five  years  old  at  the  time  of  his  re- 
.  moval  to  Nantucket,  and  during  the  first  year 
of  his  residence  he  was  the  richest  proprietor. 
The  property  of  his  son  Peter  is  said  soon 
after  to  have  exceeded  in  value  that  of  the 
original  proprietor,  the  family  together  own- 
ing about  one-fourth  of  the  island  and  the 
whole  of  Tuckernock.  On  the  29th  of  June, 
1671,  Francis  Lovelace,  governor  of  New 
York,  granted  a  commission  to  Tristram  Cof- 
fin to  "be  chief  magistrate  on  and  over  the 
island  of  Nantucket  and  Tuckanuckett  (Deeds 


III,  secretary's  office,  Albany,  New  York).  At 
the  same  time  Thomas  .\Iayhew  was  appointed 
the  chief  magistrate  of  Martha's  X'ineyard 
through  commissions  signed  by  Governor 
Lovelace,  of  New  York,  bearing  date  June  29, 
1671,  and  the  two  chief  magistrates,  together 
with  two  assistants  for  each  island,  constituted 
a  general  court,  with  appellative  jurisdiction 
over  both  islands.  The  appointment  was  made 
by  Governor  Francis  Lovelace,  of  New  York, 
and  his  second  commission,  September  16, 
1677,  was  signed  by  Edward  Andros,  gover- 
nor-general of  the  province  of  New  York. 
Tristram,  when  he  died,  left  his  widow  Dionis, 
seven  children,  sixty  grandchildren,  and  a 
number  of  great-grandchildren,  and  in  1728 
there  had  been  born  to  him  one  thousand  five 
hundred  and  eighty-two  descendants,  of  whom 
one  thousand  one  hundred  and  twenty-eight 
were  living. 

He  married  Dionis  (the  diminutive  for 
Dionysia  and  afterwards  written  Dionys), 
daughter  of  Robert  Stevens,  of  Brixton,  Eng- 
land. The  children  were  nine  in  number,  the 
first  five  having  been  born  in  England,  as 
follows :  Peter,  Tristram  Jr.,  Elizabeth, 
James,  of  whom  further;  John.  Deborah, 
Mary,  John,  Stephen. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Tristram  (2)  and  Dionis 
(Stevens)  Coffin,  was  born  in  1640  in  England, 
died  at  Nantucket,  July  28,  1720,  aged  eighty 
years.  He  came  to  Nantucket  with  the  first 
settlers,  but  subsequently  removed  to  Dover, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  resided  in  1668, 
being  a  member  of  the  church  there  in  1671 
and  the  same  year,  May  31,  he  was  there  made 
a  freeman.  Soon  after  this  date,  however, 
he  returned  to  Nantucket  and  resided  there 
until  his  death.  He  filled  several  important 
public  positions  at  Nantucket,  among  them 
judge  of  the  probate  court.  The  first  records 
of  the  probate  office  are  under  his  administra- 
tion. He  was  the  father  of  fourteen  children 
all  of  whom  except  two  grew  to  maturity  and 
married.  From  him  have  descended  perhaps 
the  most  remarkable  representatives  of  the 
Coffin  family,  as  doubtless  the  most  numerous 
and  generally  scattered.  This  branch  fur- 
nished the  family  that  remained  on  the  side  of 
Great  Britain  in  the  revolution  and  General 
John  Coffin,  as  well,  rendered  service  against 
the  colonies.  Sir  Isaac  Coffin,  brother  of  Gen- 
eral ^ohn  Coffin,  did  not  take  an  active  part 
in  the  war  of  the  revolution  against  the  col- 
onies. He  was  in  the  British  navy  at  the 
breaking  out  of  the  war.  and  at  his  own  re- 
quest was  assigned  to  service  in  the  Mediter- 
ranean, that  he  might  not  have  to  fight  against 
his  own  kindred.  Although  the  highest  hon- 
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navy,  and  he  had  been  chosen  a  member  of 
parliament,  he  cherished  a  regard  for  the  land 
of  his  nativity.  In  1826  he  visited  Boston  and 
Nantucket,  and  was  honorably  and  hospitably 
received.  Harvard  University  conferred^  on 
him  the  honorary  degree  of  M.A.  _At  Nan- 
tucket he  founded  a  school,  chiefly  in  the  in- 
terest of  the  Coffin  family.  The  land  on 
which  the  school  stands  was  given  by  Gorham 
Coffin,  who  was  one  of  the  trustees,  and  had 
been  the  site  of  the  residence  of  his  father, 
Abner  Coffin.  The  school  is  still  in  existence, 
and  at  the  present  time  is  a  Mechanical  Train- 
ing School  for  the  inhabitants  of  the  Island. 
One  of  the  most  distinguished  women  that 
.America  has  produced,  Lucretia  Mott.  was 
also  descended  from  this  line,  her  father, 
Thomas  Coffin,  being  the  seventeenth  child  of 
Benjamin,  and  not  the  youngest  either. 

James  Coffin  married,  December  3,  1663, 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  -Abigail  Sever- 
ance, of  Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  Children  : 
Mary,  James.  Nathaniel,  of  whom  further; 
John,  Dinah,  Deborah,  Ebenezer.  Joseph,  Eliz- 
abeth, Benjamin,  Ruth,  Abigail,  E.xperience, 
Jonathan. 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  James  and  Mary 
(Severance)  Coffin,  was  born  at  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1671,  died  August  29,  1721. 
He  married,  October  17,  1692,  Damaris, 
born  October  24,  1673,  died  September  6, 
1764,  daughter  of  William  and  Dorcas  Gayer, 
of  Nantucket.  Children:  Dorcas,  Christian, 
Lydia,  William,  Charles,  Benjamin,  of  whom 
further :  Gayer.  Nathaniel,  Catharine. 

(\TI)  Benjamin,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Damaris  (Gayer)  Coffin,  was  born  in  Nan- 
tucket, April  3,  1705,  died  in  Nantucket,  No- 
vember 3,  1780.  He  married  (first)  Jedidah, 
daughter  of  Batchelor  Hussey,  (second)  De- 
borah, daughter  of  Thomas  Macy.  Children : 
Reuben,  Nathaniel,  William,  Benjamin,  Abi- 
gail, Joseph,  Anna,  Seth,  Paul,  Elihu,  Isaiah, 
Abraham,  Abner,  of  whom  further ;  an  in- 
fant died  young,  Isaac,  Thomas,  Deborah. 

(Vni)  .Abner,  son  of  Benjamin  and  De- 
borah (Macy)  Coffin,  was  born  at  Nantucket, 
March  20,  1753,  died  there  February  15,  1802. 
He  was  for  many  years  judge  of  the  probate 
court  at  Nantucket.  He  married  Elizabeth, 
born  February  27,  175 1.  died  June  19,  1826, 
daughter  of  Peleg  Gardner.  Children:  Kezia, 
Elizabeth,  Alfred.  Roland.  Gorham.  of  whom 
further.  Elizabeth  (Gardner)  Coffin  is  a  de- 
scendant of  "Mayflower"  ancestry,  tracing  her 
line  from  John  Howland.  who  married  Eliza- 
beth Tilley ;  their  daughter  Desire  married 
Captain  John  Gorham ;  their  son  John  mar- 
ried Mary  Otis ;  their  son  Stephen  married 
Elizabeth    Gardner ;    their    daughter    Eunice 


married    Peleg   Gardner,   and   they   were   the 
parents  of  Elizabeth    (Gardner)    Coffin. 

(IX)  Gorham,  youngest  son  of  Abner  and 
Elizabeth  (Gardner)  Coffin,  was  born  at  Nan- 
tucket, January  25,  1785,  died  December  17, 
1849.  He  was  a  ship  master  by  the  time  he 
was  twenty-one  and  was  also  engaged  in  the 
mercantile  marine  as  commander  of  a  ship. 
During  the  Napoleonic  wars  he  was  captured 
by  French  forces  when  coming  out  of  the 
Thames  river,  having  landed  a  cargo  in  Lon- 
don, the  vessel  and  crew  being  taken  into 
Boulogne,  France,  and  held  for  some  time  be- 
fore he  could  get  the  ship  released,  when  her 
American  ownership  was  shown.  Afterwards 
he  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Christo- 
pher Mitchell  &  Sons,  shipowners,  engaged 
in  the  whaling  business,  and  who  also  had  a 
refinery  making  sperm  candles.  The  "Globe", 
one  of  their  ships,  was  taken  by  mutineers,  the 
captain  and  other  officers  killed,  and  then  went 
to  Mulgrave  Islands  where  it  was  intended  to 
form  a  colony.  One  night,  while  the  vessel 
was  being  dismantled,  some  of  the  crew 
slipped  the  cables  and  succeeded  in  navigating 
the  ship  to  Valparaiso,  where  she  was  taken 
charge  of  by  the  United  States  consul.  Later 
a  United  States  cruiser  went  in  search  of  the 
mutineers,  and  they  found  all  had  been  killed 
by  the  natives  except  two  boys.  These  two 
were  rescued  by  the  United  States  ship.  Gor- 
ham Coffin  married  Rebecca,  born  February 
25.  1788,  died  February,  1842,  daughter  of 
Christopher  Mitchell.  Children :  Eliza,  Ste- 
phen, Harriet,  Andrew  Gardner,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Lydia,  Phebe,  Alfred,  Arthur,  Mary 
Ann. 

(X)  Andrew  Gardner,  son  of  Gorham  and 
Rebecca  (Mitchell)  Coffin,  was  born  at  Nan- 
tucket. September  4,  1816,  died  July  31,  1897. 
As  a  boy  he  went  round  the  world  in  one  of 
his  father's  ships  and  was  away  four  years. 
At  the  age  of  twenty  or  twenty-one  he  came 
to  New  York  and  engaged  as  a  clerk  in  an 
insurance  office  and  an  importing  concern,  and 
finally  engaged  in  the  wholesale  drug  busi- 
ness. In  1852  he  put  a  stock  of  drugs  on  a 
vessel  and  sailed  for  San  Francisco  and  en- 
gaged in  the  drug  business.  Later  he  joined 
the  firm  of  Redington  &  Company,  and  came 
to  New  York  as  the  purchasing  and  shipping 
agent  of  the  firm,  which  business  exists  to- 
day, having  been  incorporated  in  New  York  in 
1907,  under  the  name  of  Coffin,  Redington 
Company.  He  continued  with  this  firm  until 
he  retired  from  active  work.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  M.,  born  March  14,  1817. 
died  January  10,  1856,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Elizabeth  Sherwood,  (second)  Sarah,  died 
August,   1880,  daughter  of  Chandler  Pierson, 


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of  Avon,  New  York.  Children :  Isaac  Sher- 
wood, of  whom  further;  EHzabeth  Rebecca, 
born  September  9,  1850;  Grace,  child  by  sec- 
ond marriage,  born  June  6,   1859. 

(XI)  Isaac  Sherwood,  son  of  Andrew 
Gardner  and  EHzabeth  M.  (Sherwood)  Coffin, 
was  born  at  Nantucket,  February  28,  1842. 
He  was  educated  in  a  private  school,  and  came 
to  New  York  with  his  parents.  He  went  with 
his  father  to  California  at  the  age  of  fifteen. 
He  remained  there  two  years  and  then  re- 
turned to  New  York  and  has  continued  in 
the  business  ever  since,  succeeding  his  father. 
He  has  been  president  of  the  Electro-Silicon 
Company,  manufacturers  of  polishing  prepara- 
tions, and  vice-president  of  the  Coffin,  Reding- 
ton  Company.  He  is  an  independent  Repub- 
lican, and  attends  the  Unitarian  church  in 
Brooklyn,  where  he  lives.  He  belongs  to  the 
Downtown,  Hamilton,  Rembrandt  (Brooklyn) 
and  Lorentian  Fishing  clubs. 

He  married  (first)  Emma,  daughter  of 
Abraham  Leggett,  and  had  daughter  Adele, 
born  Alay  8,  1870,  died  April  10,  191 1,  and 
a  son,  Frederick  Leggett,  born  1873,  with 
father  in  business.  He  married  (second)  Ida 
E.,  daughter  of  Joseph  Willetts.  Children  by 
second  marriage :  Sherwood,  born  in  Brook- 
lyn, February  15,  1883;  Willets,  born  January 
29,  1885,  with  father  in  business;  Mitchell, 
born  September,  1889,  graduated  from  Massa- 
chusetts Institute  of  Technology  in  1912; 
Helen,  born  December  20,  1898. 


John  Alden,  immigrant  ancestor, 
ALDEN  was  born  in  England  in  1599. 
He  joined  the  Pilgrims  on  the 
"Mayflower"  at  Southampton  as  the  ship  was 
on  its  way  to  America.  When  the  ship  stopped 
there  for  supplies,  he  was  hired  as  cooper; 
He  had  not  been  with  them  at  Leyden  and 
was  probably  not  a  member  of  the  independent 
church,  but  soon  joined.  He  cast  his  for- 
tunes with  the  Pilgrims,  after  enduring  the 
hardships  of  that  first  terrible  winter  at  Ply- 
mouth when  so  many  died.  He  was  doubt- 
less influenced  in  this  decision  by  his  love  for 
Priscilla  r^IuUens,  the  story  of  which,  with 
some  embellishments,  is  told  in  the  "Courtship 
of  ]Miles  Standish".  She  was  the  daughter  of 
William  ^Mullens  who  came  on  the  "May- 
flower" with  his  family.  John  and  Priscilla 
were  married  in  the  spring  of  1621.  When 
the  common  property  of  the  colony  was  di- 
vided in  1627,  .\lden  went  with  Captain  Stan- 
dish,  Elder  Brewster,  John  Howland,  Francis 
Eaton  and  Peter  Brown  to  Mattakeeset,  the 
Indian  name  of  that  territory  now  included  in 
Duxburv.  Marshfield,  Pembroke.  Hanson  and 
Bridgewater,     ^lassachusetts.       For     several 


years  they  were  obliged  to  return  to  Plymouth 
during  the  winter  season  to  combine  all  their 
forces  against  the  possible  Indian  attacks. 
The  residence  at  Plymouth  in  the  winter  also 
gave  them  an  opportunity  to  attend  worship, 
and  the  records  show  a  written  agreement  of 
Alden  and  others  in  1632  to  remove  their  ^ 
families  to  Plymouth  in  the  winter.  In  1633 
Alden  was  appointed  assistant  to  the  governor, 
an  office  which  he  held  for  nearly  all  of  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  serving  with  Edward 
Winslow,  Josiah  Winslow,  Bradford,  Prince 
and  Thomas  Hinckley.  From  1666  until  his 
death  he  held  the  office  of  first  assistant,  was 
often  called  the  deputy  governor,  and  was 
many  times  acting  governor  in  the  absence 
of  the  governor.  From  1640  to  1650  he  was 
also  deputy  to  the  colonial  council  from  Dux- 
bury.  Winslow's  "History  of  Duxbury"  says 
of  him,  "Holding  offices  of  the  highest  trust, 
no  important  measure  was  proposed,  or  any 
responsible  agency  ordered  in  which  he  had 
not  a  part.  He  was  one  of  the  council  of 
war,  many  times  an  arbitrator,  a  surveyor  of 
lands  for  the  government  as  well  as  for  in- 
dividuals, and  on  several  important  occasions 
was  authorized  to  act  as  agent  or  attorney  for 
the  colony.  He  was  possessed  of  a  sound 
judgment  and  of  talents  which,  though  not 
brilliant,  were  by  no  means  ordinary.  Writers 
who  mention  him  bear  ample  testimony  to  his 
industry,  integrity  and  exemplary  piety,  and 
he  has  been  represented  as  a  worthy  and  use- 
ful man  of  great  humility,  and  eminent  sanc- 
tity of  life,  decided,  ardent,  resolute  and  perse- 
vering, indifferent  to  danger,  stern,  austere 
and  unyielding,  and  of  incorruptible  integrity. 
He  was  always  a  firm  supporter  of  the  Church 
and  everything  of  an  innovating  nature  re- 
ceived determined  opposition."  From  the 
Puritan  point  of  view  Alden  was  a  model  if 
this  description  of  his  virtues  is  truthful.  He 
took  his  part  in  making  the  lives  of  the  Quak- 
ers at  Plymouth  colony  intolerable.  On  the 
Alden  farm  stands  the  house  built  by  his  son 
Jonathan,  having  been  occupied  by  eight  gen- 
erations in  direct  line.  It  is  the  oldest  hou.se 
in  New  England,  with  three  exceptions  :  the  old 
fort  at  Medford,  built  in  1634,  the  Fairbanks 
house  at  Dedham,  built  in  1636,  and  the  old 
stone  house  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  built  in 
1640.  Here  .\lden  spent  his  declining  years. 
He  died  in  Duxbury.  September  i.  1686,  aged 
eighty-seven  years,  the  last  of  the  famous  band 
of  Pilgrim  Fathers,  and  the  last  of  the  "May- 
flower" compaiiv. 

John  Alden  had  eleven  children,  only  eight 
of  whom  are  known,  namely  :  John,  born  atwut 
1622  at  Plvmoiith;  Joseph,  of  whom  further; 
Elizabeth,  '1625  ;  Jonathan,  about   1627;  Sa- 


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rah,  married  Alexander  Standish,  son  of  Cap- 
tain ]\Iiles  Standish  ;  Ruth,  married  John  Bass, 
of  Braintree,  from  whom  the  presidents  Ad- 
ams descended ;  Mary  ;  David,  prominent  man 
of  Duxbury. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Alden,  was  born 
in  Plymouth  in  1624,  died  February  2,  1697. 
He  inherited  land  at  Bridgewater  where  he 
settled,  and  also  at  Middleborough,  Alassa- 
chusetts.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1659. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Moses  Sim- 
mons Jr.,  who  came  in  the  "Fortune"  in  162 1 
and  settled  at  Duxbury.  Joseph  Alden's  will 
was  dated  December  14,  1696,  proved  March 
10,  1697.  Children :  Isaac,  married,  Decem- 
ber 2,  1695,  Alehitable  Allen ;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below ;  John,  born  about  1675  '>  Eliza- 
beth, married,  1691,  Benjamin  Snow;  !Mary, 
married,  1700,  Samuel  xAllen. 

(III)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Alden, 
was  born  in  1667  at  Plymouth  or  Duxbury, 
died  at  Bridgewater,  December  22,  1747.  He 
settled  in  South  Bridgewater,  Alassachusetts. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  church  and  a  prominent 
citizen.  His  will  was  dated  November  12,  1743. 
He  married,  in  1690,  Hannah  Dunham,  of  Ply- 
mouth, daughter  of  Daniel  Dunham.  She  died 
January  13,  1748,  aged  seventy-eight  years. 
Children,  born  at  Bridgewater:  Daniel,  Janu- 
ary 29,  1691 ;  Joseph,  August  26,  1693,  died 
December  9,  1695 ;  Eleazer,  September  27, 
1694:  Hannah,  February,  1696;  Mary,  April 
10,  1699;  Joseph,  September  5,  1700,  died  Oc- 
tober 5,  1700;  Jonathan,  December  3,  1703, 
died  November  10,  1704;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Mehitabel,  October  18,  1707;  Seth, 
July  6,  1710. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Alden,  was 
born  at  Bridgewater,  August  20,  1705,  died 
in  1785.  He  resided  at  Titicut,  Bridgewater. 
He  married  (first)  1728,  Abiah,  daughter  of 
Captain  Joseph  Edson.  He  married  (second) 
in  1752,  a  daughter  of  Josiah  Washburn.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Bridgewater:  Abiah,  1729; 
Mehitable,  1732;  Sarah,  1734;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below;  Josiah,  1738;  Simeon,  1740; 
Silas,  died  aged  twenty-one ;  Mary ;  Hosea, 
killed  by  kick  of  a  horse. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Alden, 
was  born  in  Bridgewater  in  1736,  died  in  1816. 
He  was  a  carpenter  and  lived  in  Abington, 
^Massachusetts.  He  was  a  very  worthy  man 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church  in 
Randolph,  now  East  Stoughton,  Alassachu- 
setts.  He  married  Hannah  Williams,  of  Rayn- 
ham,  ^Massachusetts.  Children  :  Daniel ;  Silas, 
born  1765;  Joseph;  Samuel;  William,  1772; 
Hosea,  died  young;  Hannah;  Seth,  mentioned 
below ;  Hosea. 

(VI)  Deacon  Seth  Alden,  son  of  Samuel 


(2)  Alden,  was  born  November  3,  1777,  died 
June  3,  1838.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  was  a  carpenter  of  East  Stough- 
ton, Massachusetts.  He  married  (first)  Janu- 
ary II,  1802,  Harmony,  born  in  1781,  died 
May  24,  1823,  daughter  of  Perez  Southworth. 
He  married  (second)  Betsey,  born  October  3, 
1790,  died  January  28,  1842,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Littlefield.  Children  bv  first  wife: 
Lysander,  born  August  12,  1804.  died  Novem- 
ber 28,  1808;  Eunice,  November  27,  1806; 
Azel,  March  i,  1809;  twins,  February  22, 
1811,  died  same  day;  Lysander,  Januarv  21, 
1812:  Samuel,  September  12,  1814;  Adoiiiram 
Judson,  May  30,  1817,  burned  to  death,  No- 
vember 22,  1819;  Adoniram  Judson.  Novem- 
ber 25,  1819;  Southworth  and  Seth,  twins, 
May  13,  1823.  Children  by  second  wife:  Ann 
Amelia,  born  August  3,  1826 ;  Nathaniel  Lit- 
tlefield, June  13,  1828;  Isaac,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  James,  September  7,  1835. 

(VII)  Isaac,  son  of  Deacon  Seth  Alden, 
was  born  at  Randolph,  Massachusetts,  Decem- 
ber 10,  1830.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of  shoe- 
making.  For  about  ten  years  of  his  life  he 
was  a  manufacturer  of  boots  and  shoes.  In 
1865,  at  the  close  of  the  civil  war,  he  went 
west  and  followed  farming  for  five  years  at 
Malcom,  Iowa.  In  1873  he  returned  to  Bos- 
ton, but  a  few  years  later  returned  to  the 
west,  locating  at  Alinneapolis,  Minnesota, 
where  he  spent  his  last  years.  He  married, 
in  1855,  Hannah  S.,  daughter  of  Alphonso 
and  Mary  (Cardell)  Rice,  of  Randolph,  \'er- 
mont.  Children:  i.  Carrie  Florence,  born 
June  12,  1856;  married  Frank  H.  Nutter;- 
children :  William,  Frank  H.  and  Hannah 
Nutter,  all  living  in  Minneapolis.  2.  Charles 
L.,  mentioned  below.  3.  John  Willard,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Charles  L.,  son  of  Isaac  Alden.  was 
born  November  29,  1858,  at  East  Stoughton, 
now  Avon,  Massachusetts.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools.  He  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  grocer  in  Roxbury  in  1876,  and 
from  time  to  time  added  other  grocery  stores 
to  his  business  until  he  had  a  very  large  and 
flourishing  trade.  He  also  engaged  in  the 
milk  business  and  in  the  course  of  time  de- 
voted all  his  attention  to  his  dairy  and  sold 
his  grocery  stores  one  by  one.  Under  the 
name  of  "the  Oak  Grove  Farm"  he  built  up 
a  very  extensive  and  widely  known  business. 
Perhaps  no  similar  concern  in  Boston  has  a 
higher  reputation  for  the  excellence  of  its 
products.  The  business  was  incorporated  in 
1910  under  the  name  of  the  Alden  Brothers 
Company,  with  main  offices  at  1171  Tremont 
street.     The  company  has  a  large  wholesale 


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business  and  a  large  number  of  retail  stores 
in  Greater  Boston  for  the  disposal  of  its  dairy 
products.  His  home  for  many  years  has  been 
at  Hyde  Park,  now  a  part  of  the  city  of  Bos- 
ton. He  has  been  a  director  of  the  Hyde 
Park  National  Bank  since  its  organization  in 
1906.  He  was  president  of  the  Hyde  Park 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  its  first 
two  years.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church  of  Hyde  Park, 
and  in  191 1  he  was  chairman  of  the  build- 
ing committee  of  the  church  and  aided  ma- 
terially in  securing  the  funds  for  the  erection 
of  a  new  edifice  costing  $80,000.  Mr.  Alden 
is  keenly  interested  in  family  history  and  local 
affairs.  He  is  treasurer  of  the  Alden  Kindred 
of  America,  an  association  of  the  descendants 
of  John  and  Priscilla  Alden. 

He  married,  September  13,  1883,  Bessie  L., 
daughter  of  Abijah  and  Mary  (Bryant) 
Wheeler,  of  Bethel,  Maine.  Children:  i. 
John,  born  July  25,  1884.  2.  Priscilla,  born 
June  30,  1886;  married,  January  i,  1910,  Web- 
ster Brewer  Evans,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth 
College,  class  of  1908,  now  engaged  in  the  life 
insurance  business  in  Boston,  a  son  of  L.  S. 
and  Emily  (Tripp)  Evans.  3.  Arthur  W., 
born  September  28,  1888.  4.  Charles  L.  Jr., 
born  June  6,  1890.  5.  Rachel,  born  December 
23,  1892.  6.  Esther,  born  June  7,  1894.  7. 
Myles  Standish,  born  December  13,  1897.  8. 
Bradford,  born  and  died  May  4,  1903. 

(VHI)  John  Willard,  son  of  Isaac  Alden, 
was  born  in  Unity  Springs,  New  Hampshire, 
April  18,  1863.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  He  has  been  associated  in  busi- 
ness with  his  brother,  is  also  engaged  in  the 
cake  baking  business  at  No.  2220  Washington 
street,  Boston,  and  is  a  manufacturer  of  the 
celebrated  "Berwick  Cake  Specialties"  and  has 
built  up  a  large  wholesale  and  retail  trade  in 
loaf  cake  throughout  New  England.  He  mar- 
ried, October  10,  1892,  Rachel,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Austin  and  Adelaide  (Churchill)  Craig. 
Her  father  was  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Rochester,  New  York.  Children: 
Craig,  Josephine,  Rachel,  Priscilla. 

George  Purinton,  immigrant 
PURINTON  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  settled  as  early  as 
1640  in  York,  Maine.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1640  for  the  town  of  York. 
He  died  about  1647.  His  widow  was  licensed 
to  sell  wine  in  that  jurisdiction  in  1649.  His 
will  was  dated  June  25,  1647.  It  mentions 
his  wife  ^lary  and  five  children:  also  "my 
brother  Robert  Purrinton."  Robert  Purin- 
ton. brother  of  George,  married  .\my  Davis, 
and  had  children  :  John  and  Robert ;  was  land- 


holder of  Portsmouth  in  1640  and  1657.  Mary 
Purinton,  widow  of  George,  married  (sec- 
ond) before  1661,  Captain  John  Davis,  of 
York;  she  was  living  in  1690.  Children: 
John,  mentioned  below  :  Elias,  was  living  in 
1698 ;  Mary,  Frances,  Rebecca.  One  of  the 
daughters  married  John    Penwell. 

(II)  Lieutenant  John  Purinton,  son  of 
George  Purinton,  was  born  about  1640.  He 
was  a  fisherman.  He  married  Mary  Scammon 
and  removed  from  York  to  Cape  Porpoise, 
where  he  lived  until  1678.  He  took  the  oath 
of  allegiance  in  1680,  had  a  grant  of  land  in 
1681,  was  town  clerk  and  selectman  until  the 
town  was  abandoned  in  1690,  when  he  left. 
He  died  a  few  years  later.  Children :  John, 
house  carpenter,  removed  to  Salisbury ;  James, 

mentioned    below ;    Joshua,    married    

Derrell,  a  shoemaker,  of  Hampton;  George; 
Elizabeth,  married  John  Conner,  of  Salisbury ; 
Mary,  married  Sanders  Carr,  of  Salisbury. 

(III)  James,  son  of  John  Purinton,  was 
born  about  1663.  He  was  lost  at  sea.  His  es- 
tate was  administered  October  2,  17 18.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.    He 

married    (first)    Elizabeth  ;    (second) 

Lydia  Mussey.  Children :  James,  born  July 
8,  1693 ;  Elizabeth,  born  December  8,  1695, 
married  Phillip  Rovvell ;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Elisha,  born  1698-1705;  Daniel;  Mary, 
living  in  1719;  Hannah,  born  April  14,  1708, 
married  Josiah  Dow,  son  of  Joseph  and  ^Ia^y 
Dow ;  Ruth. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  James  Purinton,  was 

born    1700.      He    married   Theodate   . 

-Among  their  children  was  James,  born  Janu- 
ary 22,  1722-23. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  or  nephew  of  John  (2) 
Purinton,  was  born  about  1725.  The  family 
remained  comparatively  small  until  1800  or 
later  and  in  the  census  of  1790  but  few  adults 
are  reported.  The  largest  settlement  was  at 
Dover,  New  Hampshire ;  at  Weare  we  find 
Chase,  Elisha,  Elisha  Jr.  and  Hezekiah  Pur- 
rinton or  Purrington ;  at  Dover,  Zachariah, 
Elijah,  Elisha,  John,  Zaccheus  and  Winthrop  at 
Weare  and  Henniker  ;  James  at  Pittsfield,  New 
Hampshire.  Jonathan  settled  at  Kensington. 
He  was  doubtless  a  brother  of  Elijah,  who 
came  to  Weare,  New  Hampshire.  The  rec- 
ords do  not  give  us  the  families  at  this  period. 

(\T)  Chase,  nephew  of  Elijah  and  doubtjess 
son  of  Jonathan  Purinton,  came  from  Ken- 
sington, New  Hampshire,  and  settled  on  lot 
46,  range  6,  in  Weare.  New  Harnpshire,  after- 
ward removing  to  Lincoln,  \'erniont.  He 
married  .  Children:  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Elijah,  born  July  18.  1781  ; 
James,  November  12,  1783;  Judith,  April  19, 
1786;  Elizabeth,  August  3,  1788;  Chase,  July 


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19,  1792 ;  Lydia,  October  3,  1795 ;  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1799. 

(VIIj  Jonathan  (2.),  son  of  Chase  Purin- 
ton,  was  born  at  Weare,  New  Hampshire,  De- 
cember 3,  1779.  He  married  Hannah  Hunt- 
ington and  settled  at  Lincoln,  Vermont.  They 
had  five  sons:  Benjamin,  Eleazer,  John,  Tho- 
mas, mentioned  below,  and  Jacob,  and  a 
daughter  Huldah.  Some  of  the  descendants 
are  living  on  the  old  homestead  at  Lincoln. 

(Vni)  Thomas,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Pur- 
inton,  was  born  in  February,  1812,  died  in 
April,  1894  or  1896.  He  married  Martha 
Chandler,  born  in  May,  18 18,  died  in  January, 
1888.  Children,  born  at  Lincoln,  Vermont: 
Luther,  born  in  June,  1841,  died  in  June,  1883  ; 
Edgar  Jerome,  mentioned  below ;  Edna  Sa- 
lome, twin  of  Edgar  Jerome,  born  July  21, 
1846,  married  Royal  Smith,  of  Bristol,  Ver- 
mont. 

(IX)  Edgar  Jerome,  son  of  Thomas  Purin- 
ton,  was  born  July  21,  1846,  in  Lincoln,  Ver- 
mont, died  at  Starksboro,  Vermont,  March  4, 
1897.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
During  the  greater  part  of  his  life  he  fol- 
lowed farming  in  Starksboro.  He  represented 
the  town  and  in  1886  was  selectman,  serving 
for  a  number  of  years.  In  early  life  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  church,  but 
in  later  life  joined  the  Society  of  Friends  and 
was  active  in  the  affairs  of  the  Friends  church. 
He  married  Henrietta  Wood,  born  at  Starks- 
boro, Vermont,  January  15,  1848,  daughter 
of  Artemas  and  Harriet  Wood.  Children:  i. 
Riley  Harris,  mentioned  below.  2.  Luther 
Artemas.  born  in  September,  1873  ;  a  merchant 
at  Burlington,  Vermont ;  married  Carrie, 
daughter  of  Edwin  Meader ;  children :  Vira, 
Charles  and  Kenneth.  3.  Child,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Harriet,  born  January  12,  1891 ; 
married  Frank  Darrow  and  has  one  child, 
Burchard  Darrow. 

(X)  Riley  Thomas,  son  of  Edgar  Jerome 
Purinton,  was  born  in  Bristol,  Vermont,  De- 
cember 17,  1871.  When  he  was  but  six 
months  old  his  parents  removed  to  Starksboro, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  in  Starksboro  until  he  was 
twenty- four  years  old  and  then  went  to  New 
York  state,  where  he  had  charge  of  Dr. 
Brush's  farm  for  a  year.  Returning  to  Ver- 
mont he  bought  a  farm  in  Lincoln,  and  fol- 
lowed farming  there  from  1897  to  1902.  In 
1905  he  came  to  Rutland,  where  he  has  resided 
since.  In  1907  he  engaged,  in  business  at  Rut- 
land as  a  dealer  in  groceries,  meats,  provi- 
sions, wood  and  hay.  He  also  conducts  a 
farm  there.  While  residing  in  Lincoln  he  was 
road  commissioner  of  the  town  for  two  years. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.     He  married, 


April  30,  1892,  Lena  Lafayette,  born  August 
9,  1874,  in  Starksboro,  daughter  of  Israel  and 
Celia  (Wicklaw)  Lafayette.  Children:  i. 
Celia  Alice,  born  .April  i,  1893;  married  Lewis 
M.  Buffum.  2.  Henrietta  Jessie,  born  August 
2,  1894,  died  in  1905.  3.  Edgar  Israel,  born 
August  30,  1896.  4.  Edna  Vida,  born  A'lay 
9,  1898.  5.  Emma  Gladys,  born  July,  1899. 
6.  Child,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Raymond  Datus, 
born  May  14,  1904.    8.  Child,  died  in  infancy. 


According  to  tradition,  the 
SEAVER     earliest  member  of  the  Seaver 

family  came  in  Cromwell's  army 
into  Ireland.  He  settled  in  the  Town  of  Trea, 
county  Armagh,  and  his  name  was  Charles 
Seaver.  The  coat-of-arms  borne  by  the  branch 
of  the  family  in  Ireland  is  the  only  one  known, 
and  is  as  follows :  Argent,  a  chevron  gules 
between  three  doves  pecking  sheaves  of 
wheat,  proper.  Crest:  A  hand  and  arm,  hold- 
ing a  sword  erect,  encircled  by  a  laurel  wreath, 
all  proper.  Motto:  "The  highest  praise  to 
merit." 

(I)  Robert  Seaver,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  about  1608,  in  England.  On  March  24, 
1633-34,  at  the  age  of  about  twenty-five,  he 
took  the  oaths  of  supremacy  and  allegiance 
to  pass  for  New  England  in  the  ship  "Mary 
and  John"  of  London,  Robert  Saymes,  mas- 
ter. In  the  same  ship  came  William  Ballard, 
and  in  1633  also  came  Elizabeth  Ballard.  She 
soon  "joyned  the  church,  and  was  afterwards 
married  to  Robert  Sever  of  this  church,  where 
she  led  a  godly  conversation".  (Church  rec- 
ords.) He  settled  in  Roxbury  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  April  18,  1638.  His  name 
was  spelled  variously  in  the  records.  Sever. 
Seavers,  Civer,  Seaver.  He  was  married 
twice,  his  second  wife  being  Elizabeth  Bal- 
lard, who  was  buried  December  18,  1689.  His 
will  was  dated  January  16,  1681,  and  proved 
July  5,  1683.  He  died  May  13,  1683,  aged 
about  seventy-five  years.  Children :  Shubael, 
mentioned  below :  Caleb,  born  August  30, 
1641  ;  Joshua,  twin,  August  30,  1641  :  Eliza- 
beth, November  19,  1643 ;  Nathaniel,  January 
8,  1645  ;  Hannah,  February  14,  1647,  died  June 
3,  1647;  Hannah,  born  October  13,  1650,  bur- 
ied March  3,  1653. 

(II)  Shubael,  son  of  Robert  Seaver,  was 
born  January  31,  1639,  and  died  January  18, 
1729-30.  He  married,  February  7,  1668,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Nathaniel  Wilson,  and  she 
died  February  13,  1721-2,  aged  seventy-five 
years.  Children:  Robert,  born  June  7,  1670: 
Joseph,  mentioned  below  ;  Hannah,  September 
I,  1674;  .*\bigail,  July  23,  1677;  Shubael,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1679;  Thankful,  .'\pril  6,  1684. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Shubael  Seaver,  was 


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born  June  i,  1672,  in  Roxbury,  Alassachiisetts, 
died  before  August  26,  1754,  on  which  date 
his  will  was  proved.  He  married  in  Sudbury, 
Massachusetts,  December  10,  1701,  Alary 
Read.  Children:  Robert,  mentioned  below; 
Mary,  born  October  5,  1706;  Nathaniel,  born 
April  I,  1709;  Hannah,  born  1712;  Elizabeth, 
born  January  31,  1714;  Abigail,  married  Aza- 
riah  Walker. 

(IV)  Robert,  son  of  Joseph  Seaver,  was 
born  in  1703,  died  probably  early  in  1752.  He 
and  his  two  oldest  sons  enlisted  in  the  first 
Louisburg  expedition  and  were  at  the  sur- 
render of  the  fortress,  June  28,  1745.  In  Oc- 
tober, 1748,  his  house  in  Sudbury  was  burned, 
and  he  appealed  for  help  from  the  colonial 
legislature.  Soon  after  this  he  moved  to  Nar- 
ragansett  No.  2,  settling  upon  right  lot  No. 
70  in  the  southeast  part  of  the  town.  This 
land  he  bought  of  Josiah  Brown  of  Sudbury 
on  November  20,  1750.  In  the  spring  of  175 1 
he  had  "a  frame  of  a  house,  3  acres  of  land 
fenced,  2  cleared  and  i  broken  up  ready  for 
planting."  In  1755  his  widow  sold  his  land 
to  Luke  Brown,  but  she  continued  to  live  in 
Westminster  until  her  death  in  1773  or  1774. 
He  married,  September  2,  1726,  Eunice  Nor» 
man,  of  Boston,  daughter  of  Captain  Norman, 
whose  ship  was  wrecked  outside  of  Boston 
Harbor,  on  the  rocky  ledge  since  known  as 
Norman's  Woe.  Children :  Joseph,  born  in 
Sudbury,  June  10,  1727 ;  Benjamin,  born  in 
Framingham,  October  8,  1728 ;  Thankful, 
Framingham,  October  6,  173 1  ;  Norman,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Hannah  ;  Samuel,  born  in  Sud- 
bury, April  8,   1747. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Norman  Seaver,  son  of 
Robert  Seaver,  was  born  in  1734  or  1735,  ac- 
cording to  his  tombstone,  whether  at  Fram- 
ingham or  Sudbury.  He  seems  to  have  come 
to  Narragansett  No.  2  with  his  father  and 
money  was  paid  to  him  for  work  for  the  pro- 
prietors in  175 1.  He  returned  to  Sudbury 
after  his  father's  death  and  lived  there  a  few 
years,  then  moving  to  Shrewsbury,  now  Boyls- 
ton.  Early  in  1773  probably,  he  returned  to 
Westminster  (Narragansett  No.  2),  where  he 
bought  lots  No.  76  and  122.  This  land  was 
occupied  for  years  by  his  grandson  Isaac, 
and  was  situated  between  Prospect  and  Beech 
Hills.  He  served  in  the  revolution  as  lieu- 
tenant in  Captain  Ebenezer  Belknap's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Nathaniel  Wade's  regiment.  July 
25,  1778,  to  January  i,  1779,  Rhode  Island. 
He  served  from  Westminster  as  sergeant  in 
Captain  Noah  Miles'  company,  Colonel  John 
Whitcomb's  regiment,  April  19,  1775  ;  ensign 
in  Captain  Francis  Wilson's  company,  Colonel 
Danforth  Keyes'  regiment,  1777:  finally  as 
first  lieutenant  in  Captain  Belknap's  company. 


He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade,  and  had  the  con- 
tract for  part  of  the  work  on  the  second  meet- 
ing house  of  Westminster.  During  the  "rais- 
ing", July  31,  1787,  he  fell  from  the  frame 
and  received  injuries  which  resulted  in  his 
death  almost  immediately.  lie  married,  at 
Sudbury,  March  14,  1754,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Experience  Reed,  and  she  died  in 
1808.  Children:  Eunice,  born  May  3,  1755; 
Benjamin,  April  21,  1757;  Sarah,  January, 
1759;  Joseph,  March  13,  1761  ;  Isaac,  Febru- 
ary 18,  1763  ;  Ethan,  September  24,  1765  ;  Dan- 
iel, June  28,  1767;  Heman,  mentioned  below; 
Luther,  April  13,  1771;  Relief,  September  25, 
1774;  Asahel  R.,  October  2,  1775;  Faithful, 
August  2,  1777;  Lucinda,  Alarch  23,  1780. 

(VI)  Heman,  son  of  Lieutenant  Norman 
Seaver,  was  born  May  6,  1769,  died  at  Marl- 
boro, Massachusetts,  December  19,  1835.  For 
years  he  was  a  very  successful  teacher  in 
Alarlboro.  He  moved  to  Montreal,  Canada, 
where  he  became  a  wealthy  man.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  Weeks,  (second)  Sarah  Rice. 
Child  by  first  marriage :  Norman,  mentioned 
below.  Children  by  second  marriage :  Sarah 
R.,  married  Professor  Horace  Day,  of  New 
Haven,  Connecticut ;  Hannah :  Elizabeth ;  Will- 
iam Rufus,  a  clergyman  in  Pontiac,  Michigan. 

(VII)  Norman  (2),  son  of  Heman  Seaver, 
was  born  in  Groton,  Massachusetts,  in  1806, 
and  died  at  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  in  1839.  He 
was  a  lawyer  by  profession.  He  received  his 
education  at  the  Jesuits  College  in  Montreal 
and  then  attended  Middlebury  College  for  two 
years,  and  Harvard  College  for  four  years. 
He  married  Anna  Maria,  born  in  1806,  died 
in  1893,  daughter  of  Luther  and  Lucy  (Bige- 
low)  Lawrence.  Children:  Edwin  Lowell, 
deceased;  Norman,  mentioned  below;  Emily, 
deceased. 

(VIII)  Rev.  Norman  (3)  Seaver,  son  of 
Norman  (2)  Seaver,  was  born  in  Boston, 
April  23,  1834.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there  and  the  Boston  Latin  School  and  was 
admitted  to  Williams  College  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 
of  Arts  in  1854.  He  studied  law  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  of  Suffolk  county  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years,  but  he  preferred  the 
ministry  as  a  profession  and  entered  the  An- 
dover  Theological  Seminary  from  which  he 
was  graduated.  He  was  ordained  and  for 
more  than  fifty  years  has  been  in  the  ministry 
continuously.  He  preached  for  eight  years 
at  Rutland'.  \'ermont ;  for  eight  years  was 
pastor  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of 
New  York  City,  and  had  a  pastorate  for  eight 
vears  in  Syracuse,  New  York.  He  also  had 
pastorates  in  Philadelphia ;  Chicago :  St.  Paul, 
Minnesota,  where  he  preached  for  five  years. 


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and  at  Montpelier,  \'ermont,  where  he  was  a 
pastor  for  eight  years,  since  then  he  has  been 
minister  at  large,  preaching  every  Sunday. 
He  married  (first)  in  Rutland,  Vermont,  in 
1865,  Caroline  Keith  Daniels,  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Ellen  (Stocker)  Pond,  widow  of  Eras- 
mus Abbott  Pond  of  Rutland.  He  has  no 
children. 


Thomas  H.  Brooks  is  a  mem- 
BROOKS     ber  of  one  of  the  old  colonial 

families  of  America  that  has 
been  represented  in  the  Western  Reserve, 
Ohio,  from  pioneer  times.  His  father,  the 
late  Dr.  Martin  L.  Brooks,  was  one  of  Qeve- 
land's  beloved  physicians  for  nearly  half  a 
century.  Hezekiah  Brooks,  the  pioneer  of  the 
family  in  the  Western  Reserve,  came  from 
Berlin,  Hartford  county,  Connecticut,  in  1818, 
bringing  with  him  his  wife  and  children,  three 
in  number,  and  several  relatives.  They  made 
a  seven  weeks'  journey  through  the  almost 
unbroken  wilderness  with  teams,  and  settled 
near  LaPorte,  in  Carlisle  township,  Lorain 
county,  Ohio,  where  Hezekiah  Brooks  fol- 
lowed farming  through  the  remainder  of  his 
life. 

Dr.  Martin  L.  Brooks  was  born  December 
7,  1812.  in  Berlin,  Connecticut,  and  was  six 
years  of  age  when  the  family  came  to  Ohio. 
He  was  the  eldest  of  thirteen  children.  Soon 
after  the  arrival  of  the  Brooks  family  in  the 
new  country,  other  pioneer  residents  came, 
and  the  parents,  ambitious  to  educate  their 
children,  soon  opened  a  school  which  Martin 
L.  Brooks  attended  to  the  age  of  si.xteen 
v-ears.  when  an  accident  occurred  which  prob- 
ably had  much  to  do  with  the  shaping  of  his 
future  life.  While  hauling  logs  he  in  some 
manner  sustained  a  fracture  of  the  leg. 
When  he  had  partially  recovered  but  was  not 
yet  fitted  for  manual  labor,  his  father,  not 
wishing  his  son  to  remain  idle,  placed  him 
as  a  student  in  the  academy  of  the  Rev.  Henry 
Lyon,  at  Brownhelm — the  first  classical 
school  in  the  entire  section.  His  ambitions 
once  aroused,  there  was  no  return  to  the  farm 
for  him,  and,  after  spending  two  years  at  the 
academy,  he  continued  his  education  at 
Elyria,  Ohio,  and  afterward  went  to  Ober- 
lin,  remaining  a  student  there  for  two  years, 
during  which  time  Charles  G.  Finney  also 
entered  that  institution.  While  attending 
school  at  Oberlin  it  was  Mr.  Brooks'  good 
fortune  to  hear  William  Lloyd  Garrison,  and 
as  the  result  of  the  interest  in  the  slavery 
question  which  the  latter  awakened,  Dr. 
Brooks  early  became  imbued  with  the  anti- 
slaven.'  spirit  of  that  great  champion  of  hu- 
man liberty,  and  on  July  4th,  1833,  he  made 


the  first  speech  on  abolition  ever  delivered  at 
Oberlin,  coming  out  firm  and  square  against 
slavery.  This  caused  much  excitement  and 
talk  in  the  little  town  which  was  destined 
afterward  to  become  one  of  the  greatest  abo- 
lition centers  of  the  north.  It  is  popularly 
supposed  that  Oberlin  College  was  founded 
on  anti-slavery  principles  from  the  first,  but 
this  is  erroneous,  as  the  trustees  did  not 
adopt  the  principles  of  anti-slavery  until  some 
time  after  Dr.  Brooks  made  his  maiden 
speech  in  defense  of  it. 

After  leaving  Oberlin  Dr.  Brooks  went  to 
Cincinnati,  where  he  engaged  in  teaching 
school,  and  subsequently  taught  a  large  school 
for  negroes  at  Gallipolis,  Ohio,  numbering 
among  his  pupils  many  freed  slaves.  This 
school,  of  which  he  had  charge,  was  under 
the  patronage  of  the  presbytery  of  Chillicothe. 
While  there  he  aroused  the  antipathy  of  the 
townsfolk  by  his  outspoken  defense  of  the 
colored  race.  At  one  time  a  number  of  his 
friends  had  to  guard  his  house  from  ruffians 
who  threatened  his  life,  and  on  another  occa- 
sion he  was  attacked  on  a  lonely  road,  but, 
being  mounted  on  a  good  horse,  made  his 
escape.  Contrary  to  the  advice  of  his  friends, 
he  boldly  came  forth  and  had  his  assailant 
arrested  and  placed  in  jail.  During  his  so- 
journ there  he  was  also  a  member  of  the 
famous  underground  railway  system,  and 
many  fugitive  slaves  had  occasion  to  thank 
him  for  his  aid  in  assisting  them  to  freedom 
in  Canada.  In  this  connection.  Dr.  Brooks 
related  how  one  night,  just  as  he  was  starting 
from  a  friendly  farm  house  with  a  load  of 
hay,  under  which  there  was  a  small  colony 
of  little  darkies,  the  good  hostess  came  out  to 
him  and,  raising  both  hands  to  heaven, 
brought  them  down  on  his  strong  young 
shoulders  with  a  fervent  "God  bless  vou,  mv 
boy!" 

On  the  conclusion  of  his  labors  in  Galli- 
polis, Dr.  Brooks  attended  a  course  of  lectures 
at  the  Medical  College  of  Ohio.  Cincinnati, 
but  as  his  funds  became  exhausted  he  went 
to  Kaskaskia,  Illinois,  where  he  remained  in 
business  for  three  years.  During  that  period 
he  was  at  one  time  brought  into  close  con- 
tact with  Abraham  Lincoln,  who  even  at  that 
early  day  impressed  Dr.  Brooks  as  a  remark- 
able man.  In  1842  he  returned  to  Cincinnati 
and  completed  his  medical  studies,  being 
graduated  in  1844.  .\fter  spending  some 
time  in  a  hospital  in  that  city,  he  located  at 
Patriot,  Indiana,  a  small  town  on  the  Ohio 
river,  where  he  remained  until  the  spring  of 
1848,  when,  feeling  that  his  labors  were  cir- 
cumscribed by  the  narrow  borders  of  the 
place,   he   removed  to    Cleveland,    which   city 


NEW   ENGLAND. 


remained  his  home  throughout  the  rest  of  his 
days.  His  practice  steadily  grew,  as  did  his 
medical  reputation,  and  as  steadily  he  ad- 
vanced in  the  respect  and  affection  of  the 
community.  His  practice  in  Geveland  cov- 
ered a  period  of  more  than  forty-five  years, 
during  which  time  he  enjoyed  well-earned 
distinction  as  a  successful  and  capable  fam- 
ily   physician. 

During  the  civil  war  Dr.  Brooks  had 
charge  of  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital 
as  surgeon,  and  he  was  for  years  a  censor  in 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Wooster,  while  later  he  was  censor  of  the 
medical  department  of  the  Western  Reserve 
University.  He  was  also  honored  with  the 
first  presidency  of  the  Cuyahoga  County  Aled- 
ical  Society.  For  a  number  of  years  after 
the  close  of  the  civil  war  Dr.  Brooks  was 
associated  in  practice  with  Dr.  H.  J.  Herrick, 
his  son-in-law,  but  during  the  last  quarter 
of  a  century  his  active  connection  with  the 
profession  was  alone.  He  practiced  in  all 
departments,  never  confining  his  attention  to 
a  specialty,  but  engaged  in  family  practice, 
office  consultation  being  of  secondary  con- 
sideration. His  life  was  ever  an  extremely 
busy  one.  Aside  from  his  profession,  he  took 
great  interest  in  politics  and  public  questions, 
though  he  never  sought  political  preferment. 
Originally  he  was  connected  with  the  Whig 
party,  but  on  the  formation  of  the  Republi- 
can party  to  prevent  the  further  extension  of 
slavery,  he  identified  himself  with  that  or- 
ganization. He  was  also  deeply  interested  in 
religious  matters,  and  was  an  elder  in  the 
Second  Presbyterian  Church  of  Cleveland,  for 
forty  years. 

At  Kaskaskia,  Illinois,  December  8th,  1839, 
Dr.  Brooks  was  married  to  Miss  Rebecca  F. 
Hope,  a  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas  Hope, 
of  Hampton,  Virginia,  the  Hope  family  being 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  pronounced  pro- 
slavery  families  of  that  state.  Mrs.  Brooks 
passed  away  about  twelve  years  prior  to  the 
death  of  her  husband,  who  about  seven  years 
before  his  demise  retired  from  active  prac- 
tice because  of  advancing  age.  He  died 
after  a  few  weeks'  illness,  on  June  10,  1899, 
sincerely  mourned  and  beloved  by  all  who 
knew  him.  Under  the  caption  of  "A  Beloved 
Physician",  a  Cleveland  paper  said  editorially 
of  Dr.   Brooks : 

"Full  of  years  and  rich  in  the  garnered  friendships 
of  a  half-century's  busy  life,  Dr.  Martin  L.  Brooks 
has  passed  from  an  earth  that  he  did  much  to  make 
pleasant  for  poor  humanity.  He  was  an  honor  and 
an  ornament  to  the  noblest  of  professions,  and  in 
that  branch  of  the  service  which  he  made  peculiarly 
his  own.  that  of  family  physician,  he  endeared  him- 
self to  grateful  thousands.     His  smile  was  a  light  in 


the  sickroom  and  his  cheering  words  have  brought 
hope  to  countless  despairing  souls.     He  had  schooled 

himself  to  conceal  his   natural   fears  and  anxieties 

perhaps  it  was  a  heaven-sent  faculty — and  to  the  ail- 
ing ones  he  seemed  more  the  tender  sympathetic 
friend  than  the  watchful  and  heavy  burdened  phy- 
tor  Brooks,'  but  it  was  ever  a  term  of  affectionate 
sician.  For  many  years  he  was  known  as  'Old  Doc- 
tor Brooks,'  but  it  was  ever  a  term  of  affectionate 
regard.  He  early  aged  in  appearance,  and  maiiy  of 
our  older  citizens  well  remember  that  he  bore  a 
venerable  air  for  a  quarter  of  a  century  or  more. 
But  though  time  left  its  impress  freely  on  the  outer 
crust  of  the  man  it  never  touched  his  heart.  There 
was  sadness  in  many  homes  when  the  news  of  his 
death  was  read,  for  no  man  beyond  the  border  of 
the  hearthstone  is  quite  so  dear  as  he  who  has  light- 
ened the  pain,  or  mayhap,  shared  the  sorrow  of  the 
family  circle,  and  it  is  as  such  a  friend  and  com- 
forter that  the  dear  old  doctor's  memory  will  be 
best  revered  and  long  cherished." 

To  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Brooks  were  born  a 
daughter  and  two  sons :  Mary,  who  became 
the  wife  of  Dr.  H.  J.  Herrick,  of  Cleveland; 
^Martin,  who  was  a  physician  engaged  in  prac- 
tice in  Newburg,  where  he  died,  and 
Thomas  H. 

The  last-named  son  was  born  in  Patriot, 
Indiana,  October  10,  1846,  and  was  but  one 
year  of  age  when  his  parents  established  their 
home  in  Cleveland.  His  early  education  was 
acquired  in  the  public  schools,  and  afterward 
he  entered  Williams  College,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  1870.  In  1875  he  estab- 
lished the  T.  H.  Brooks  Foundry  and  struc- 
tural iron  business.  In  1890  the  firm  name 
was  changed  to  T.  H.  Brooks  &  Company, 
which  stands  to-day  as  one  of  the  foremost 
representatives  of  this  line  of  business  in  the 
middle  west,  being  exclusively  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  structural  iron  and  orna- 
mental steel  work.  The  plant  is  one  of  the 
most  important  productive  industries  of  the 
city,  and  the  modern  business  methods  which 
are  employed  and  the  high  commercial  prin- 
ciples which  are  followed  in  its  conduct,  con- 
stitute this  one  of  the  leading  business  con- 
cerns of  Cleveland.  Mr.  Brooks  has  also  fig- 
ured prominently  in  connection  with  financial 
interests,  being  one  of  the  organizers  of  the 
East  End  Banking  &  Trust  Company  in  1890, 
while  for  several  years  he  sei^ved  as  president 
of  the  organization  until  the  same  was  merged 
with  the  Cleveland  Trust  Company.  He  is 
interested  in  a  number  of  banks  and  manu- 
facturing concerns  in   Cleveland. 

Mr.  Brooks  married  Miss  .-Vnna  M.  Cur- 
tiss.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Second  Presby- 
terian church,  and  for  a  number  6f  years  has 
served  on  its  board  of  trustees.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  is  a  well-known  club 
man,  belonging  to  the  University  Club  of 
New  York,  and  the  Union,  Country  and  Eu- 


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did  Clubs  of  Cleveland.  In  that  city,  where 
his  residence  has  been  maintained  from  early 
childhood  days,  he  lias  a  wide  acquaintance, 
and  such  has  been  his  course  in  life  that 
young  and  old,  rich  and  poor,  speak  of  him 
in  terms  of  highest   respect. 


This  surname  was 
TOLM.-\X-TURXER    originally  "le  Tol- 

lere,"  or  "le  Tol- 
ler," the  term  applied  to  those  employed  in 
gathering  the  king's  levy.  Tradition  asserts 
that  the  Tolmans  are  of  remote  German  ori- 
gin, and  that  their  Teutonic  ancestors  settled 
in  England  at  a  very  early  date.  In  the  year 
825  A.  D.,  during  the  reign  of  Egbert,  first 
king  of  the  United  Saxons,  Sir  Thomas  Tol- 
man  was  grand  almoner  of  that  sovereign. 
The  recognized  head  of  the  family  in  Eng- 
land during  the  first  half  of  the  seventeenth 
century  was  Sir  Thomas  Tolman,  of  North 
Lincolnshire,  and  a  nephew  of  the  latter  was 
a  favorite  of  the  ill-fated  Charles  I.  A  Sir 
Thomas  Tolman  of  the  same  period  com- 
manded a  Puritan  regiment  under  Cromwell 
at  the  battle  of  IMarston  ^loor,  in  1644.  The 
family  coat-of-arms  is  thus  described :  ''Sa. 
a  martlet  ar.  between  three  ducal  crowns  or ; 
crest :  two  arms  in  armour  embowed,  wield- 
ing a  battle  a.xe,  all  ppr." 

(I)  The  .American  descendants  of  the  Eng- 
lish Tolmans  now  being  considered  are  un- 
doubtedly the  posterity  of  Thomas  Tolman, 
of  Salcomb  Regis,  Devonshire,  who  accord- 
ing to  the  Parish  register,  was  buried  there 
August   24,    1622. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Tol- 
man, of  Devonshire,  England,  was  born  in 
England.  December  9,  1608,  died  June  8, 
1690;  his  will  was  dated  October  29,  1688. 
The  family  tradition  says  that  he  came  to 
New  England  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John" 
in  1630.  He  -settled  in  Dorchester,  and  owned 
land  extending  from  the  sea  to  the  Dedham 
line.  He  owned  also  land  in  what  is  now 
Canton,  Stoughton  and  Sharon.  The  first 
mention  of  him  on  the  Dorchester  records  is : 
"It  is  ordered  that  Goodman  Tolman's  house 
be  appointed  for  the  receiving  any  goods  that 
shall  be  brought  in  whereof  the  owner  is  not 
known."  He  signed  the  church  covenant  in 
1636,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May  13, 
1640.  He  located  near  Pine  Xeck,  now  Port 
Norfolk,  and  his  house  stood  within  a  hun- 
dred feet  of  Pine  Neck  creek,  on  the  west 
side,  and  on  the  north  side  within  about  two 
hundred  feet,  the  creek  forming  an  elbow 
there.  In  1852  the  Old  Colony  railroad  re- 
moved the  most  of  the  cellar  of  the  house. 
The  land  is  still  or  was  lately  in  possession 


of  the  family,  and  some  of  his  descendants 
still  reside  there.  He  probably  built  also  the 
house  in  which  his  son  Thomas  lived,  between 
what     is     now     Ashmont     and     Washington 

streets.      He  married    (first)    Sarah   ; 

(second)  Katherine  ,  who  died  No- 
vember 7,  1677.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  born 
1633,  died  September  12,  1718,  aged  eighty- 
five  years;  married,  November  4,  1654,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Richard  Johnson,  of  Lynn, 
^Massachusetts ;  she  died  December  15,  1726; 
Thomas  was  admitted  with  his  wife  into  the 
Dorchester  church,  ^lay  17,  1674;  he  was 
made  a  freeman  in  1678;  his  house  stood 
about  one  hundred  feet  from  "Ashmont 
street"  in  "Tolman's  Lane" ;  children :  Thom- 
as, ]\Iarv-,  Samuel,  Daniel.  2.  John,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Sarah,  married,  [March  18, 
1659,  Henry  Leadbetter ;  died  April  20,  1722. 
4.  Rebecca,  married  James  Tucker.  5.  Ruth, 
married  Isaac  Royal;  died  ]May  i,  1681.  6. 
Hannah,  born  July  27,  1642,  died  August  4, 
1729;  married  (first)  George  Lyon,  (second) 

\VilIiam    Blake.      7.    Mary,    married   

Collins,  of  Lynn. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Tolman, 
died  January  i,  1724-25.  He  was  made  a 
freeman  in  1678.  He  was  one  of  the  select- 
men of  Dorchester  for  1693-94-95.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Col- 
lins ;  she  died  October  7,  1690.  He  married 
(second)  June  15,  1692,  Mary  Paul,  widow, 
who  died  August  25,  1720.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Elizabeth,  born  October  14,  1667; 
married,  October  28,  1692,  Moses  Hewse,  or 
Hewes.  2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jo- 
seph, born  June  7,  1674.  4.  Benjamin,  born 
December  6,  1676;  went  to  Scituate,  Massa- 
chusetts.    5.  Henry,  born  March  13,  1678-79; 

married    Hannah   ,   by   whom   he   had 

nine  children,  all  born  in  Dorchester;  he  af- 
terwards removed  to  Attleboro,  ^lassachu- 
setts,  where  he  died  at  an  advanced  age;  his 
wife  Hannah  died  November  11,  1735.  6. 
Ann,  born  February  i.  1681.  7.  Ebenezer, 
born  Alarch  27,  1683.  8.  Ruth,  born  January 
I,  1685;  married  Joseph  Burt,  January  18, 
171 1.    9.  William,  born  September  2,  1687. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Eliza- 
beth (Collins)  Tolman,  was  born  January  2, 
1671,  died  October  23,  1759.  He  married 
(first)  February,  1696-97,  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Breck ;  she  died  January  20,  1712. 
He  married  (second)  April  i,  1714,  Eliza- 
beth White,  who  died  June  25.  1768,  aged 
eighty-nine  years.  Among  his  children  was 
John,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Su- 
sanna (Breck)  Tolman,  was  born  .April  6, 
1700,  died   from  the  sting  of  bees,   [May  29, 


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1779.  He  was  a  wheelwrisjht  by  trade.  He 
married.  January  2,  1735,  Hannah  Clap,  who 
died  March  16,  1799.  Children:  i.  Hannah, 
born  May  11,  1736;  married  Deacon  Edward 
Pierce,  November  i,  1763.  2.  John,  bom 
April  13,  1738;  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Ba- 
ker, April  16,  1761,  who  died  November  23, 
1762,  aged  twenty-five;  married  (second) 
Hannah  Hall.  May  31,  1764,  and  .she  died 
April  22,  1828.  aged  eighty-two.  3.  Ezekiel, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Jemima,  born  May  28, 
1743.  died  May  24,  1774.  5.  Ruth,  born  No- 
vember 5,  1745,  died  January  9,  1750.  6.  Su- 
sannah, born  August  16,  1749,  died  January 
12,  1750.    7.  Nathaniel,  born  March  16,  1752. 

(VI)  Ezekiel.  son  of  John  (3)  and  Han- 
nah (Clap)  Tolman,  was  born  October  24, 
1740,  died  December  31,  1827.  He  served 
as  selectman  for  four  years,  and  representa- 
tive to  general  court  for  six  years.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Harrington,  who  died  October  16, 
1821,  aged  eighty  years.     Children:    i.  Sarah. 

born  July  13,  1767;  married  Clap  Jr., 

1800.  2.  Ezekiel,  born  January  22,  1769;  re- 
moved to  Maine,  married  and  had  children. 
3.  Lemuel,  born  October  8,  1770;  married 
(first)  Mary  Tolman.  May  11.  1797;  (sec- 
ond) June  4,  1840.  Lydia  Brewer;  he  died 
at  Roxbury.  Massachusetts.  4.  Nathaniel, 
born  August  9,  1772,  drowned  in  Portland 
Harbor,  October  10,  1804;  married  Lydia 
Pratt,  January  28,  1796.  5.  Moses,  born 
April,  1774;  went  to  Industry,  Maine,  to  live. 
was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  married  and  had 
children.  6.  Phineas.  born  November  9. 
1775;  married  Lydia  (Pratt)  Tolman.  widow 
of  his  brother,  Nathaniel,  on  December  8. 
1809.  7.  Ruth,  born  June  17,  1777;  married 
John  Dickerman.  of  Stoughton.  Massachu- 
setts, June  10,  1795.  8.  John,  born  May  29, 
1779 ;  went  to  Portland,  Maine,  married,  but 
had  no  children.     9.  Enos,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Enos,  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Sarah 
(Harrington)  Tolman,  was  born  January  19, 
1784,  died  in  1868.  He  married  Esther 
Treat,  who  died  in  Medway,  Massachusetts, 
in  1859.  and  was  buried  in  the  Codman  ceme- 
tery, Norfolk  street.  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts. Children:  i.  Sarah  Ann.  born  Janu- 
ary 18,  1807:  married.  November  29.  1832, 
Benjamin  F.  Turner,  and  had  a  son.  Jacob 
Arthur,  mentioned  below.  2.  Hannah  Mer- 
rill, born  'Slay  18,  1809;  married,  March  26, 
1834,   Thomas   Cook.     3.   Enos,   born   March 

21,    1811;    married    Irene    .    and    had 

children :  Charles  Edwin,  George  Enos,  El- 
bridge,  Harriet  Newell  and  Irene.  4.  Ezekiel. 
born  September  29,  1812,  died  young.  5. 
Ezekiel,  born  April  3,  1814.  6.  Esther,  born 
February  9.   1816.     7.   Harriet   Newell,  born 


January  17,  1818;  married  William  B.  Pierce. 
8.  Ezekiel  James,  born  .May  16,  1819.  g. 
John,  born  December  12,  1820.  10.  Amos 
David,  born  January  4,  1823.  11.  Elizabeth, 
born  December  5,  1824.  12.  Charles,  born 
October  28,   1827. 

Jacob  Arthur  Turner,  son  of  Benjamin  F. 
and  Sarah  .-Knn  (Tolman)  Turner,  was  bom 
April  15,  1849.  He  married.  .May  20,  1891, 
in  Milton.  Massachusetts,  Mary  Delia,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  G.  Corliss,  of  ^iilton.  and  .Ma- 
ria Lydia  (Whittier)  Corliss,  and  a  rela- 
tive of  John  Greenleaf  Whittier,  the  poet. 
Her  grandfather  was  Elijah  Corliss.  Jacob 
\.  Turner  came  to  .Milton  in  1865  and  in 
1872  he  formed  a  partnership  with  John  Tol- 
man to  conduct  the  ice  business,  which  con- 
tinued until  the  autumn  of  1876,  when  the 
firm  was  dissolved.  Then  Mr.  Turner  went 
into  the  ice  business  on  his  own  account.  In 
1883  he  formed  a  partnership  with  J.  Frank 
Pope  and  the  firm  was  Pope  &  Tumer,  which 
has  been  in  existence  ever  since.  They  are 
well  known  ice  dealers  and  conduct  an  ex- 
tensive business.  Mr.  Turner  is  a  member 
of  the  Sons  of  Veterans,  the  .Ancient  and 
Honorable  .\rtillery  Company  of  Boston,  the 
Fusileers  \'eteran  Association  of  Boston,  the 
Thomas  G.  Stevenson  Post,  No.  26,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  Macedonian  Lodge, 
Free  and  .Accepted  Masons,  of  Milton,  Wash- 
ington Lodge,  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons,  of 
Roxbury,  ^lassachusetts,  Mount  N'emon 
Chapter,  Roxbury  Council,  Joseph  \V'arren 
Commandery,  and  is  a  Scottish  Rite  thirty- 
second  degree  Mason.  Mrs.  Turner  is  a 
member  of  the  .Milton  Historical  Society. 
Women's  Relief  Corps.  Eastern  Star,  Milton 
Educational  Society,  the  Milton  Women's 
Club  and  the  Social  League  of  Milton.  Their 
children  are :  Jacob  Lee,  bom  Januan,'  5, 
1899,  and  Roger  Felix,  born  March  3,  1901. 
They  reside  on  Central  avenue,  Milton,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 


The  English  surname 
BACHELDER     Batchelder      is      identical 

with  Batcheller.  and  is, 
of  course,  variously  spelled  in  the  early-  rec- 
ords. The  English  registers  of  the  thirteenth 
and  fourteenth  centuries,  where  the  name  is 
first  found,  use  the  French  prefix.  "le".  At 
a  later  date  the  "le"  was  dropped,  as  in  the 
case  of  similar  surnames.  Before  1600  the 
name  is  common  in  Kent.  Surrey.  Sussex, 
Wilts,  Hampshire.  Bucks.  Middlesex.  Nor- 
folk and  Suffolk,  all  in  southeastern  England. 
There  were  seven  immigrants  of  this  sur- 
name to  New  England  :  .Alexander,  of  Ports- 
mouth.   New    Hampshire;    Rev.    Stephen,    of 


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Lynn,  ^Massachusetts,  and  Hampton,  New 
Hampshire:  Henry,  of  Ipswich;  Joseph  and 
John,  of  Salem;  William,  of  Charlestown,  and 
John,  of  Watertown,  Denham  and  Reading. 

(I)  Rev.  Stephen  Batchelder,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  this  line,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, in  1561.  He  matriculated  at  St.  John's 
College,  Oxford,  in  1581,  and  in  1586,  at 
the  age  of  twenty-six  years,  was  presented 
by  Lord  de  la  Warr  with  the  living  of  Wher- 
w'ell  (Horrell),  a  pretty  village  in  Hamp- 
shire, on  the  river  Test.  The  Oxford  regis- 
ters do  not  give  Mr.  Batchelder's  name,  but 
there  were  at  Kingselere,  Burgolere  and  High- 
clere,  a  few  miles  from  Wherwell,  a  large 
family  of  Bachilers ;  and  at  L'pper  Clatford, 
in  1571,  there  died  a  Richard  Bachiler,  whose 
will  mentioned  several  family  names  early 
found  in  Hampton,  New  Hampshire.  While 
Stephen  Bachiler  was  at  Wherwell,  there  was 
living  at  Andover  and  Weyhill,  a  few  miles 
away,  Rev.  James  Samborne,  whose  son.  Rev. 
James  Samborne  Jr.,  was  rector  of  Grately, 
nearby,  in  1604,  and  of  L'pper  Clatford.  1610- 
28.  Mr.  Bachiler  was  deprived  of  his  living 
in  1605,  presumably  for  holding  Calvinistic 
or  Puritan  beliefs,  and  he  took  refuge  in 
Holland,  it  is  said,  but  no  record  of  his  life 
there  has  been  found.  His  son-in-law.  Rev. 
John  Wing,  was  the  first  pastor  of  the  Eng- 
lish church  at  Middleburgh,  in  Holland,  from 
1620,  and  it  is  worth  noting  that  Mr.  Samuel 
Bachilor,  minister  to  Sir  Charles  Morgan's 
fighting  regiment  in  Holland,  was  the  same 
year  called  to  a  pastorate  in  Flushing,  Hol- 
land, and  declined.  Samuel  is  thought  by 
some  genealogists  to  have  been  son  of  Ste- 
phen;  he  was  author  of  a  book  called  "Miles 
Christianus,"  perhaps  the  same  volume  that 
Rev.  Stephen  sent  to  the  wife  of  Governor 
Winthrop  in  October,  1639,  from  Hampton. 
He    said   in   this   letter: 

"I  present  my  great  respect  and  thankfulness  unto 
you  in  a  little  token.  And  though  it  be  little  in  it- 
self, yet  doth  it  contain  greater  weight  of  true  worth 
than  can  easily  be  comprehended  but  of  a  spiritual 
man.  *  *  *  Looking  among  some  special  re- 
served books,  and  lighting  on  this  little  treatise  of 
one  of  mine  own  poor,  I  conceived  nothing  might 
suit  more  to  my  love,  nor  your  acceptance.  As  God 
gives  you  leisure  to  read  anything  that  may  further 
your  piety,  and  hope  of  a  better  life  than  this,  if  you 
shall  please  to  vouchsafe  a  little  part  of  that  time  to 
read  this  by  degrees,  I  shall  judge  it  more  than  suf- 
ficient to  my  love  and  desire  of  furthering  you  in  the 
way  of  grace." 

When  in  London  in  1631,  making  prepara- 
tion to  come  to  Xew  England,  permission 
was  granted  him,  his  wife  Helen,  and  daugh- 
ter, Ann' Sandborn  (Samborne)  widow,  who 
lived  in  the  Strand,  London,  to  go  to  Flush- 


ing for  two  months  to  visit  his  sons  and 
daughters  there.  Soon  after  leaving  Wher- 
well, Mr.  Batchelder  settled  at  Newton  Stacv, 
the  nearest  hamlet  to  the  eastward  and  bought 
land  there  in  1622,  selling  it  in  1631.  He 
sailed  for  Boston,  March  g,  1632,  on  the 
ship  "William  and  Francis",  being  pastor  of 
the  colony  sent  over  by  the  Plow  Coinpany 
to  settle  the  Plow  Patent  in  Maine.  His  son- 
in-law,  Christopher  Hussey,  of  Dorking,  set- 
tled in  Lynn,  where  he  was  joined  by  Mr. 
Batchelder,  who  formed  a  small  church  there, 
baptizing  first  his  grandson,  Stephen  Hussey, 
born  1630.  The  Plow  colony  was  a  failure. 
At  Lynn,  Mr.  Batchelder  came  into  collision 
with  the  authorities  and  for  a  time  was  re- 
stricted to  preaching  to  those  that  came  with 
him.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  6, 
1635.  In  February,  1636,  he  moved  to  Ips- 
wich, where  he  was  granted  fifty  acres  of 
land.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Sand- 
wich, Massachusetts,  and,  though  seventy-six 
years  old  at  that  time,  walked  from  Ipswich 
to  Sandwich.  But  he  soon  moved  again,  this 
time  to  Newbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
had  a  grant  of  land  July  6,  1638.  Finally  he 
and  his  company  who  petitioned  therefor 
were  granted  liberty  to  begin  a  plantation  at 
Winnicunnet,  later  called  Hampton,  Xew 
Hampshire.  The  settlement  was  begun  Oc- 
tober 16,  1638,  the  town  incorporated  June  7, 
1639,  and  soon  afterward  named  Hampton. 
In  1639  Ipswich  voted  to  give  Mr.  Bachiler 
si.xty  acres  of  upland  and  twenty  of  meadow 
if  he  would  reside  in  that  town  as  preacher 
three  years,  but  he  preferred  Hampton,  where 
he  had  three  hundred  acres  for  a  farm,  be- 
sides his  house  lot.  He  gave  the  town  a 
church  bell  which  was  used  until  it  cracked 
in  1703,  and  was  sent  to  England  to  help  pay 
for  a  new  bell.  Soon  trouble  arose  in  the 
church,  and  even  the  personal  character  of 
the  aged  preacher  was  assailed.  He  was 
called  to  Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  and  Casco, 
Maine,  but  finally  accepted  neither.  He  left 
Hampton  and  resided  in  Portsmouth  in  1647. 
He  gave  all  his  property  to  his  grandchildren 
in  that  year  and  returned  to  England  between 
1650  and  1658,  settling  in  Hackney,  part  of 
London,  where  he  died  in  1660.     He  married 

(first)    in   England  ,  and    (second)    in 

England,  Helen ,  born  1583,  died  1642. 

He     iTiarried     (third),     about     1648,     Mary 

,   and  this  marriage   was  unfortunate. 

Grave  charges  were  made  against  her  and 
he  sued  for  divorce.  When  he  went  to  Eng- 
land he  left  her  behind.  He  may  have  erred, 
but  in  the  main  his  life  was  clean  and  honor- 
able. He  was  learned  and  had  a  very  long 
and  eventful,   if   not   entirely   successful   life. 


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A  description  of  his  coat-of-arms  is  given  in 
Morgan's  "Sphere  of  the  Gentry,"  printed 
1661 :  Vert  a  plough  in  fesse  and  in  base  the 
sun  rising  or.  Motto:  Sol  justiter  exoritur. 
Children  :  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below  ;  De- 
borah, born  1592;  Stephen,  1594;  Theodate, 
1596  daughter;  Ann,  1601. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Stephen  Batchelder, 
was  born  in  England  and  resided  there.  He 
married  Hester  Alercer,  of  Southampton,  a 
niece  of  Rev.  John  Priaulx,  archdeacon  of 
Sarum.  Children  :  Stephen,  merchant  of  Lon- 
don ;  Anna,  married  Daniel  DuCornet;  Fran- 
cis, resided  in  England ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below ;  Benjamin,  resided  in  England. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Batchelder,  was  born  in  1630,  in  England,  and 
was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  lived  in 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  held 
many  offices  of  trust.  He  was  some  time  con- 
stable, and  selectman  nine  years.  It  is  said 
that  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife,  when 
he  determined  to  marry  again,  he  resolved  to 
be  governed  in  his  choice  by  the  direction  in 
which  his  statif,  held  perpendicularly  over  the 
floor,  should  fall,  when  dropped  from  his  hand. 
The  experiment  being  tried,  the  staff  fell  to 
the  southwest,  and  in  that  direction  he  bent 
his  steps,  travelling  to  Woburn,  where  he  of- 
fered the  widow  Wyman  his  hand.  His  will 
was  dated  February  14.  1706-7 ;  he  died  sud- 
denly January  2,  1710.  He  married  (first) 
December  10,  1656,  Deborah,  daughter  of 
John  Smith,  of  Martha's  Vineyard,  sister  of 
John  and  niece  of  Ruth  Dalton.  She  died 
March  8,  1675,  and  he  married  (second)  Oc- 
tober 31,  1677,  Mrs.  Mary  (Carter)  Wyman, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Carter,  and  widow 
of  John  Wyman,  of  Woburn.  She  was  bom 
July  24,  1648,  and  died  1688,  probably  cousin 
of  his  first  wife.  He  married  (third)  Octo- 
ber 3,  1689,  Elizabeth  B.  Knill,  widow  of  John 
Knill.  She  survived  her  husband,  and  was 
admitted  to  the  Charlestown  church  September 
2,  1677.  Children :  Deborah,  born  October 
12,  1657 :  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Ruth, 
May  9,  1662 :  Esther,  December  22,  1664 ;  Abi- 
gail, December  28,  1667 ;  Jane,  January  8, 
1669:  Stephen,  July  31,  1672,  died  December 
7,  1762:  Benjamin,  born  September  19,  1673; 
Stephen,  March  8,  1675;  Mercy,  December  11, 
1677;  Mary,  September  18,  1679,  died  young; 
Samuel,  January  10,  168 1  ;  Jonathan,  1683; 
Thomas,  1685  ;  Joseph,  August  9,  1687;  Mary, 
October  17,  1688,  died  young;  Theodate. 

(IV)  Deacon  Nathaniel  (3)  Batchelder,  son 
of  Nathaniel  (2)  Batchelder,  was  born  in 
Hampton,  December  24,  1659,  and  died  in 
1745,  in  Hampton  Falls.  In  1719-20  he  was 
an  assessor,  and  in  1722  selectman;  he  and  his 


sons  Nathaniel.  Joseph  and  Josiah  were  orig- 
inal proprietors  of  Chester.  New  Hampshire. 
He  married,  probably  in  1683,  Elizabeth  Foss, 
of  Portsmouth,  born  i66^3.  died  1746.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hampton:  John,  July  28,  1684; 
Deborah,  April  9,  1686;  Nathaniel,  February 
19.  1690;  Elizabeth,  1694;  Josiah.  July  i, 
1695;  Jethro,  January  2,  1698;  Nathan.  July 
2,  1700;  Phinehas.  November  i,  1701  ;  Ebene- 
zer,   mentioned   below. 

(V)  Deacon  Ebenezer  Batchelder,  son  of 
Nathaniel  (3)  Batchelder,  was  bom  Decem- 
ber ID,  1710,  and  died  in  1784.  He  lived  in 
East  Kingston,  New  Hampshire,  where  he 
was  prominent ;  deacon  of  the  church  ;  in  1774. 
representative  to  general  court.  He  married 
Dorothy  .  Children:  Nathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Richard,  October  5,  1736;  Will- 
iam, November  2,  1738;  Nathaniel,  February 
21,  1740;  Betty,  August  2,  1741  ;  Dorothy, 
Alay  23,  1743;  Ebenezer,  February  6.  1746; 
Josiah,  December  25,  1749;  Joanna,  October  7, 
1750;  Ann,  January  13,  1758. 

(VI)  Major  Nathan  Bachelder,  son  of 
Ebenezer  Batchelder,  was  born  in  East  Kings- 
ton, October  25,  1734.  He  was  an  early  set- 
tler of  Loudon,  New  Hampshire,  and  served 
in  the  revolution  as  major.  He  married, 
April  8,  1756,  Margaret  Bean,  daughter  of 
Joseph,  son  of  James,  son  of  John  Bean.  She 
was  born  in  Kingston,  August  12,  1738.  He 
married  (second)  September  16,  1781,  Doro- 
thy Page,  of  Deerfield.  Children:  Richard, 
born  December  8.  1756;  Phineas,  November 
16,  1760;  William.  March  19,  1762;  Joseph, 
January  2,  1764;  Ebenezer,  October  2.  1769; 
Dolly,  February  13.  1772;  Josiah.  mentioned 
below ;  Ebenezer.  died  in  infancy. 

(VII)  Josiah.  son  of  Nathan  Bachelder.  was 
born  in  Loudon,  January  24.  1775.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Blake.  Children,  born  in  Loudon: 
Moses,  mentioned  below  ;  Mathais  ;  Joseph. 

(VIII)  Moses,  son  of  Josiah  Bachelder. 
was  born  in  Loudon.  August  3,  1802,  and  died 
-April  I,  1830.  He  lived  in  Gilmanton,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  a  lumber  dealer.  He 
married,  in  Gilmanton,  1824,  Sally  Parsons 
Gilman,  born  February  28,  1803,  died  Febru- 
ary 8,  1871.  Child:  John  Badger,  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  Colonel  John  Badger  Bachelder,  son 
of  Moses  Bachelder,  was  born  at  Gilmanton, 
New  Hampshire,  November  29,  1835.  and  died 
at  Hyde  Park,  now  Boston.  Massachusetts. 
December  23.  1894.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  His  life  svas  devoted  to  liter- 
ary work.  He  became  a  writer  of  national 
reputation,  as  the  government  historian  of  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg.  Shortly  after  the  bat- 
tle he  went  to  the  field  of  action,  by  order  of 


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the  United  States  government,  and  began 
what  proved  to  be  the  work  of  a  lifetime,  for 
throughout  his  Hfe  he  was  engaged  in  col- 
lecting the  facts  and  writing  the  history  of 
the  battle.  He  prepared  for  publication  and 
preservation  thousands  of  pages  of  manuscript. 
He  had  traversed  the  field  day  after  day,  and 
from  personal  interviews  with  the  men  en- 
gaged on  both  sides  in  the  battle,  he  could 
tell  any  combatant  just  where  his  place  was  in 
that  great  struggle.  He  could  point  out  the 
location  and  trace  the  movements  of  every 
regiment,  Federal  and  Confederate.  He  was 
author  of  various  other  works :  "The  Tourist's 
Guide;"  "Gettysburg,  What  to  See  and  How 
to  See  It :"  "Geometrical  Drawing  of  the  Get- 
tysburg Battlefield;"  "Historical  Paintings  of 
the  Battle  of  Gettysburg;"  "Last  Hours  of 
Lincoln;"  and  "Popular  Resorts  and  How  to 
Reach  Them."  In  politics  he  was  a  Republi- 
can, in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  For  many 
years  he  made  his  home  in  Hyde  Park. 

He  married,  at  Nottingham,  New  Hamp- 
shire, November  2,  1854,  Elizabeth  Barber 
Stevens,  who  was  born  August  5,  1828,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  B.  Stevens  (see  Stevens).  They 
had  one  child,  Charlotte  Butler,  born  'Slzy  16, 
1861,  died  June  2,  1874. 

(The  Stevens  Line). 

(I)  William  Stevens,  the  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England,  in  1617,  and  came  from 
Gonsham.  county  Oxford,  England,  at  the 
age  of  twenty-one  years,  with  his  mother 
Alice  Stevens,  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  and 
servants,  in  the  ship  "Confidence",  sailing! 
April  24,  1638.  He  settled  in  Newbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  was  admitted  a  freeman  of 
the  colony  May  18,  1642.  He  was  a  yeoman 
and  a  proprietor  of  the  town.  He  died  May 
19,  1653.  His  will,  proved  June  30,  1653, 
bequeathed  to  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  sons 
John  and  Samuel.  His  widow  married,  March 
3,  1653-4,  William  Titcomb.  Children  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  Stevens :  Bitfield,  born 
IVIarch  16,  1649,  died  July  23,  1649;  John, 
born  November  19,  1650;  Samuel,  November 
18,  1652,  killed  at  Bloody  Brook,  September 
18,   1675.  by  the  Indians. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Stevens,  was 
born  at  Newbury,  November  19,  1650.  He 
married.  March  9,  1669-70,  Mary  Chase.  He 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance  at  Newbury  in 
1669  and  again  in  1678,  aged  thirty.  His 
will  was  dated  January  13,  1724-5,  and  proved 
April  6,  following.  Children,  born  at  New- 
bury and  Haverhill :  Mary,  February  10, 
1670 ;  John,  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  July 
3,  1676;  Moses;  daughter,  September  7,  1680; 
Aaron,  April  7,   1685;  Joseph,  November -19, 


1689,  died  young;  Benjamin,  January  15,  1692- 
3  ;  Sarah  ;  Hannah. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Stevens, 
was  born  at  Newbury,  March  22,  1673-4.  He 
settled  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  May  18,  1697,  Hannah  Currier; 
(second)  May  30,  1700,  Mary  Bartlett; 
(third)  Miriam  Jackson.  Children,  born  at 
Haverhill  by  first  wife:  Child,  February  8, 
1697-8,  died  young;  child,  January  1699-1700, 
died  young.  Children  by  second  wife:  Abi- 
gail, born  July  4,  1701 ;  Moses,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Hannah,  ]\Iarch  16,  1704-5 ;  Jonathan, 
March  25,  1707;  Joseph,  July  12,  1709;  Mary, 
April  14,  1710;  John,  July  26,  1712,  died  1717; 
Susanna,  May  17,  1716;  Samuel,  ^larch  29, 
1718 ;  Timothy,  June  20,  1721 ;  Ruth,  February 
20,   1724-5.     Child  by  third  wife :  Ann,  May 

13.  1729-  '  ^       ^ 

(IV)  Closes,  son  of  John  (2)  Stevens,  was 
born  at  Haverhill,  November  13,  1702.  He 
married,  at  Haverhill,  April  2^,  1724,  J^Iary 
Roberts.  Children,  born  in  Haverhill :  Moses, 
September  29,  1726;  Mary,  baptized  May  7, 
1727;  David,  October  10,  1728;  Mary,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1730;  Hannah,  October  3,  1732;  Reu- 
ben, December  i,  1734;  Joshua,  mentioned  be- 
low; Susanna,  baptized  August  27,  1738; 
Amos,  baptized  December  21,  1740;  I\Iary, 
baptized   October   24,    1742;   Daniel,    May   3, 

1747- 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Moses  Stevens,  was 
born  at  Haverhill,  and  baptized  there  June 
9,  1737.  He  lived  in  Stratham.  Newmarket 
and  Nottingham,  New  Hampshire.  He  was 
in  Newmarket  in  1787.  In  1790  the  first  fed- 
eral census  shows  Joshua  at  Nottingham  with 
four  males  over  sixteen,  and  three  females  in 
his  family. .  He  died  at  Nottingham,  Septem- 
ber 16,  1816,  aged  seventy-nine  years.  He 
came  to  Nottingham  from  Stratham,  accord- 
ing to  the  town  history,  and  settled  on  the 
farm  afterward  owned  by  his  grandson  Dan- 
iel Stevens.  He  married  Anna  Harvey,  born 
August  12,  1741,  daughter  of  Robert  Harvey; 
(second)  Anna  Watson.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Molly,  married  Elijah  ]\Iathes ;  Tho- 
mas, mentioned  below ;  John,  married  Mary 
Avery,  of  Deerfield ;  Robert,  married  ^lary 
Gile ;  Nancy,  married  Robert  Harvey.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:    Hannah  and  Harvey. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Joshua  Stevens,  was 
born  at  Nottingham,  New  Hampshire,  Febru- 
ary 2,  1764,  and  died  September  24.  1847.  He 
married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Daniel  Barber, 
of  Epping,  New  Hampshire,  and  succeeded 
to  the  homestead. 

(\TI)  Daniel  Barber,  only  son  of  Thomas 
Stevens,  was  born  at  Nottingham^AIarch  14, 
1803.    He  married,  March  2.  ''"      "Betsey  M., 


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daughter  of  Captain  John  Butler.  Children : 
I.  Elizabeth  Barber,  born  August  5,  1828; 
married,  November  2,  1854,  Colonel  John 
Badger  Bachelder  (see  Bachelder).  2.  Tho- 
mas, born  February  16,  1830;  married  Sarah 
Jane  Sanborn,  of  Deerfield,  and  they  lived 
near  the  homestead;  children:  Alice  Butler, 
married  Dr.  C.  G.  Carleton  of  Lawrence,  Alas- 
sachusetts,  and  have  one  child,  Frances  Coggs- 
vvell  Carleton :  Edward  Sanborn,  married  Car- 
oline Pike,  and  they  have  one  child,  Charlotte 
Butler:  Blanche;  and  Andrew  Butler,  married 
Grace  Pike,  and  they  have  one  child,  Thomas 
Benjamin  Stevens.  3.  Amanda,  born  April 
16,  1833,  unmarried.  4.  John  Butler,  born 
October  19,  1837;  married  Jennie  Lucy,  and 
lived  in  San  Jose,  California.  5.  Charlotte 
Butler,  born  ]\Iarch  9,  1840,  lived  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  6.  Joanna  Mary,  born  Febru- 
ary 17,  1842,  died  in  Pennsylvania,  April  11, 
i860.  7.  Walter  Daniel,  born  November  10, 
1849;  married  Martha  Gault  Shute,  of  Derry, 
New  Hampshire,  November  16,  1871  ;  chil- 
dren: Mabel  B.,  born  July  29,  1874,  deceased; 
Bessie  Butler,  February  15,  1876,  married 
Fred  Bachelder,  and  had  one  child,  Helen 
Louise  Bachelder ;  Harold  Edward ;  Mildred, 
married  Harry  C.  Kimball. 


Among  the  earliest  names  in  New 
BUCK  England  this  has  borne  an  honor- 
able part  in  the  development  of  that 
section,  as  well  as  of  other  states  in  the  Union. 
While  not  so  universally  represented  as  some 
others,  it  has  carried  its  full  share  in  the 
spread  of  civilization.  The  name  is  supposed 
to  be  of  German  origin,  and  is  found  with 
many  forms  of  spelling  in  the  early  records 
of  England  and  the  United  States. 

(I)  William  Buck  was  born  in  1585,  in 
England,  and  died  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts, December  24,  1658.  He  came  to  New 
England  in  the  bark  "Increase"  in  1635,  being 
then  fifty  years  old,  accompanied  by  his  son 
Roger,  a  young  man  of  eighteen  years.  He 
was  a  manufacturer  of  plows  and  set  up  his 
shop  in  the  "West  Field,"  Cambridge,  on  the 
former  highway  to  the  great  swamp,  now 
called  Raymond  street.  No  mention  appears 
in  the  records  of  his  wife  or  other  children, 
and  he  may  have  been  a  widower  or  may  have 
preceded  his  family  to  the  new  world,  antici- 
pating their  subsequent  arrival. 

(H)  Roger,  son  of  William  Buck,  was  also 
born  in  England,  and  came  with  his  father 
at  the  age  of  eighteen  and  settled  in  Cam- 
bridge in  1643.  His  wife  Susanna  died  in 
1685,  and  he  afterward  moved  to  the  adja- 
cent town  of  Wobuan,() Massachusetts,  where 
he  died  November:  40^  1693.     Children  born 


at  Cambridge:  Samuel,  February  6,  1643, 
died  September  21,  1690;  John,  September  3', 
1644,  died  young;  Ephraim,  July  26,  1646- 
-Mary,  January  23,  1648,  died  August  31, 
1669 ;  Lydia,  married  Henry  Smith ;  Ruth, 
November  6,  1653,  married  T.  Bathrick  :  Eliza- 
beth, July  5.  1657,  married  Joshua  Wood. 

(HI)  Ephraim,  son  of  Roger  Buck,  was 
born  at  Cambridge,  July  26,  1646.  He  settled 
in  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  and  had  a  farm 
in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Wilmington,  later 
called  the  "old  Buck  farm,"  one  mile  south 
of  the  meeting  house.  Children,  born  in  Wo- 
burn: Sarah,  January  11,  1673;  Ephraim, 
July  13,  1676;  John,  died  young;  John,  Febru- 
ary 7,  1679-80;  Samuel,  November  13,  1682; 
Eunice,  July  7,  1685 ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  October  28,  i6<)i. 

(IV)  Ebfenezer,  son  of  Ephraim  Buck,  was 
born  at  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  May  20,  1689. 
In  1723  he  settled  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 
He  married,  January,  1713,  Lydia  Fames  (or 
Ames).  Children  born  at  Woburn:  Lydia, 
May  28,  1715;  Elsenezer,  February  22,  1717- 
18 ;  Colonel  Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Colonel  Jonathan  Buck,  son  of  Eben- 
ezer Buck,  "was  born  at  Woburn.  February 
20,  1719,  and  died  at  Bucksfield,  Maine.  March 
18,  1795.  He  was  the  founder  of  Buckstield, 
which  was  named  for  him.  He  resided  for 
a  time  in  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  and  went 
to  Penobscot  country  in  1762  and  located  in 
what  was  later  the  town  of  Bucksfield.  He 
is  described  as  a  thin,  spare  figure,  five  feet 
ten  inches  in  height,  of  expressive  face,  with 
a  Roman  nose,  arching  eyebrows  and  dark  ■ 
penetrating  eyes.  He  was  of  an  ardent  tem- 
perament and  iron  will.  In  fx)litics  he  was 
a  staunch  Whig,  and  aided  the  revolution 
with  all  his  power.  His  houses  and  saw  mills 
were  burned  by  the  British  in  1779,  and  he 
himself  barely  escaped  capture  when  Castine 
was  taken.  He  traded  with  the  Indians  and 
had  a  reputation  for  absolute  honesty  in  his 
transactions  with  them.  It  is  said  that  he 
never  deceived  any  man.  During  the  war  he 
was  colonel  of  the  Fifth  Regiment.  He  mar- 
ried, October  19,  1742,  in  Haverhill,  Lydia 
Morse,  of  Newbury,  born  August  17,  1718,  in 
Newbury,  daughter  of  Philip  and  Mary 
(Brown)  Morse.  She  died  December  15,  1789, 
aged  seventy-one.  Children:  i.  Jonathan, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Mary,  born  September 
29,  1749,  married  Colonel  Dustin.  and  lived 
at  Camden,  Maine.  3.  Ebenezer,  .\prii  25, 
1752 :  a  bold  pioneer,  captain  in  the  revolution, 
carpenter  bv  trade:  married,  in  1780,  Mary 
Brown,  of  Belfast ;  children  :  Ebenezer,  Mary, 
William,  Jane,  George.  .-Mice,  Jonathan, 
Charles,  Henry  and  Caroline;  he  died  April 


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20,  1824.  4.  Amos,  July  24,  1754:  settled  in 
Bucksfield,  near  Orland ;  a  blacksmith ;  mar- 
ried, September,  1778,  Lydia  Chamberlain,  of 
Plaistow.  5.  Daniel,  September  2,  1756,  at 
Haverhill ;  followed  the  sea  and  became  a 
captain  :  settled  in  Bucksfield,  and  was  a  trader 
from  .1798  to  1812,  built  a  store  and  wharf 
there  in  1805;  married,  in  1783,  Alary,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Dummer  Sewall,  of  Bath ;  chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  Eliza,  Harriet,  Alaria,  Jona- 
than. Sewall,  Lucy,  Rufus,  Daniel  and  Richard 
Pike.  6.  Lydia,  October  22,  1761  ;  married 
Joshua  Tjeat.  of  Frankfort,  and  had  eleven 
children.     Three  other  children  died  in  youth. 

(VI)  Jonathan,  son  of  Colonel  Jonathan 
Buck,  was  born  at  Haverhill,  April  3,  1748, 
and  died  at  Bucksfield,  March  27,  1824.  In 
character  he  was  much  like  his  father,  an 
earnest  Christian,  and  deacon  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  of  Bucksfield.  He 
held  various  offices  of  trust  and  represented 
the  town  in  the  general  court,  1804,  and  again 
from  181 1  to  1813.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion. He  married,  November,  1768-9,  Han- 
nah Gale.  Children,  born  at  Bucksfield :  Rev. 
Benjamin,  1768,  settled  at  Orland  :  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Ruth,  August  9,  1775  ;  Lydia, 
October  25,  1777;  Hannah,  June,  1780;  Amos, 
October,  1782;  Joseph,  May,  1785,  had  ten 
children:  James,  April  29,  1787;  Nancy,  De- 
cember, 1789;  David,  May,  1792;  Moses,  July, 
1794. 

(VII)  John,  son  of  Jonathan  Buck,  was 
born  in  Bucksfield-,  October  27,  1771,  and  died 
there  November  25,  1835.  He  married  at 
Bucksfield,  Elizabeth  Bartlett,  of  Newbury- 
port,  Massachusetts,  December  28,  1794.  His 
wife  died  May  12,  1850,  aged  seventy-nine 
years.  Children,  born  at  Bucksfield:  Eliza,  in 
1796:  John,  mentioned  below:  Edmund,  1805; 
Hannah  G.,  1809,  died  February  26,  1880: 
Joseph  W.,  181 1  ;  Charles,  1813:  Nancy  O'- 
Brien. 1815,  married  J.  Gorham  Lovell. 

(VIII)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Buck, 
was  born  June  9,  1816.  He  may  have  been 
the  second  child  of  the  same  name,  for  the 
printed  genealogy  in  the  Bangor  Historical 
Magazine  gives  the  date  of  birth  of  a  son 
John  as  1803.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  followed  farming  for  a  living,  and 
died  in  Bucksfield  in  1899.  He  married  Abby 
Alatilda  Morse,  born  in  Newfane.  Vermont, 
February  5.  1827,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Ada 
Morse.     She  survives  her  husband  (1912). 

(IX)  Orlando  Jacob,  son  of  John  (2)  Buck, 
was  born  in  Bucksfield.  Alaine,  December  30, 
1852.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  the  State  Normal  School  at 
South  Paris,  Maine.  He  was  for  a  number  of 
years  a  dealer  and  manufacturer  of  oils  and 


paints.  In  1881  he  went  to  Chicago,  and  is 
general  superintendent  and  second  largest 
stockholder  of  the  William  Wrigley  Jr.  Com- 
pany, manufacturers  of  Wrigley's  spearmint 
pepsin  gum,  which  has  a  world-wide  reputa- 
tion. The  company  has  extensive  factories  in 
Chicago,  New  York,  and  at  Toronto.  Ontario, 
in  Canada.  The  headquarters  in  Chicago  is 
at  No.  727  W.  Van  Buren  street.  Mr.  Buck 
is  also  vice-president  of  The  Otis  Lithograph 
Company  of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  He  resides  at 
No.  9900  Longwood  Drive,  Chicago.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  New  England  Society  of 
Chicago,  and  a  life  member  of  the  Art  In- 
stitute of  Chicago  :  the  Hamilton  Club  ;  the  Illi- 
nois Athletic  Club :  Beverley  Country  Club ; 
regular  member  of  South  Shore  Country  Club 
and  Swan  Lake  Shooting  Club.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican :  in  religion  a  Universalist. 
He  married,  January  21,  1880,  Lillian 
Louise  Brewer,  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  born  De- 
cember 26,  1856,  daughter  of  Nelson  C.  and 
Caroline  C.  Brewer.  Children:  i.  Hazle, 
born  in  Cleveland,  December  25,  1880:  mar- 
ried Davis  Ewing,  of  Bloomington,  Illinois. 
2.  Nelson  LeRoy,  December  2,  1882,  at  Chi- 
cago :  assistant  factory  manager  of  the  Will- 
iam Wrigley  Jr.  Company  :  married,  Alarch  13, 
1909,  Rena  Alice  Hooper,  of  Chicago.  3.  Ells- 
worth Brewer,  at  Chicago,  July  3,  1892. 


Clark,  also  written  Clarke,  Clerk, 
CLARK     Gierke  and  Oearke.  is  a  name  of 

great  antiquity  in  England.  Or- 
iginally any  person  who  could  read  and  write 
was  given  the  name  and  it  came  to  be  the  sur- 
name of  learned  persons  generally,  but  par- 
ticularly of  officers  and  ecclesiastical  courts 
and  parish  churches  who  were  entrusted  with 
recording  and  preserving  the  records.  In 
medieval  days,  the  name  was  one  to  be  re- 
spected, hence  it  is  of  frequent  use  in  Domes- 
day Book,  either  written  in  one  of  the  vari- 
ous spellings  given  above  or  Clericus — "clerk 
or  clergyman",  "one  of  the  clerical  order''. 
In  the  early  settlement  of  New  England  by 
the  English  Puritans,  1625  to  1640.  we  find 
men  of  the  name  who  became  founders  of 
large  and  distinguished  families,  not  only  in 
the  New  England  colonies,  but  in  \'irginia, 
Maryland  and  New  York,  the  family  in  the 
southern  section  of  the  United  States  gener- 
ally adopting  the  spelling  with  the  final  "e". 
The  most  numerous  of  the  Christian  names 
appears  to  have  been  William,  with  John, 
Thomas  and  Samuel,  in  abundant  evidence. 
Irish  emigrants  to  America  have  added  to 
the  name  either  from.  Saotth-Irish  or  from 
the  families  of  O'CleiTindo^O'Clersach.  not 
only  common  but  distingTaiaWed  names  in  the 


NEW   ENGLAND. 


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Emerald  Isle,  and  literally  indicating  "the  son 
of  the  cler".  Four  brothers  from  Bedford- 
shire, England,  came  to  New  England  in  the 
first  quarter  of  the  seventeenth  century ;  they 
were :  Thomas,  John,  Carew  and  Joseph 
Clark.  Thomas  Clark  (1593-1697),  a  car- 
penter in~t^lymoutn  colony,  1623,  and  Susan- 
nah Ring,  wife,  have  among  their  illustrious 
descendants:  Alvan  Clark  (1804- 1887)  of 
telescope  fame,  and  his  son  .-\lvan  Graham 
Clark  (1832-1897)  the  lens  maker  of  Cam- 
bridge, Alassachusetts:  Alonzo  Howard 
Clark,  born  1850,  the  scientist;  George  P.as- 
sett  Clark  (1827-1891)  the  mechanician; 
James  Freeman  Clarke  (1810-1888)  the  cler- 
gyman, author  and  anti-slavery  advocate; 
Samuel  F.  Clarke  (1851)  the  naturalist.' 
John,  with  Roger  Williams,  was  a  foun- 
der of  Rhode  Island,  and  also  founder 
of  the  Baptist  church  in  Newport,  1638; 
he  has  numerous  descendants.  Nathaniel 
Clarke,  of  Newbury  (1642)  and  Elizabeth 
(Somerby)  Clarke,  his  wife,  have  among 
their  descendants :  Thomas  March  Clark 
(1812-1903),  second  bishop  of  Rhode  Island; 
Rufus  Wheelwright  Clark  (1813-1886),  Yale 
1838,  clergyman  and  author;  Samuel  -Adams 
Clark  (1822- 1875),  clergyman;  and  others 
equally  notable.  William_Qark_ (i6o2;i690)  ; 
in  Nantucket,  Massachusetts  Bay  colony, 
1630,  Dorchester,  1636,  and  Northampton, 
1659,  is  the  progenitor  of  the  Clarks  of  west- 
ern Massachusetts  and  Connecticut,  and  has 
numerous  descendants  in  the  far  west. 
Among  his  more  distinguished  descendants 
we  may  name:  General  Emmons  Clark  (1827- 
1905)  commander  of  the  Seventh  Regiment, 
National  Guards,  New  York  State  Alilitia, 
1864-89;  Edson  Lyman  Clark,  born  1827, 
clergyman  and  author.  Yale,  1853 ;  Ezra  Clark 
(1883-1896),  representative  in  the  thirty- 
fourth  and  thirty-fifth  congresses  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Hartford  Water  Board ;  Governor 
Myron  H.  Clark  (1806-1892),  governor  of 
New    York,    1854-55,   and   others. 

(I)  Joseph  Clark  was  born  in  county  Suf- 
folk, England,  and  married,  in  the  first  half 
of  the  seventeenth  century,  Alice  Pepper.  He 
settled  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  signed  the 
Dedham  covenant  and  was  one  of  the  thirteen 
original  grantees  and  founders  of  the  adjoin- 
ing town  of  Medfield,  where  he  was  admitted 
a  freeman.  May  15.  1653.  His  homestead  in 
Medfield  was  on  the  west  side  of  South  street ; 
an  old  cellar  hole  near  the  corner  of  Oak 
street  has  for  many  years  marked  the  site  of 
his  former  dwelling.  He  was  a  man  of  prop- 
erty and  influence  and  was  selectman  in  1660. 
He  died  January  6,  1664,  and  his  wife  died 
;\Iarch   17,   1710.     Children:      I.  Joseph    (2), 


mentioned  below.  2.  Benjamin,  February  o, 
1643,  married  Dorcas  Morse.  3.  Ephraim' 
February  4,  1646,  married,  March  6,  U/xj, 
Maria  Butler.  4.  Daniel,  September  29.  1647', 
mortally  wounded  by  Indians  in  King  Philip's 
war,  dying  .April  7,  1676.  5.  Mary,  June  12, 
1649.  6.  iSarah,  February  21,  1651,  married, 
January  7,  1673,  John  Bavers.  7.  John,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1652.  8.  Nathaniel.  (Jctober  6.  1658, 
married  Experience  Hinsdell.  9.  Rebecca, 
born  .August  16,  i'>6o,  died  February  17,  1738- 
39;  married  (first),  .May  i,  1679.  John  Rich- 
ardson; married  (second)  John  Hall. 

(II)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
-Alice  (Pepper)  Clark,  was  born  in  Dedham, 
February  27,  1642,  and  died  in  1702.  His 
father  received  a  grant  of  land  for  a  house 
lot  for  Joseph,  junior,  in  1663.  In  1674  his 
house  was  situated  near  Pine  Swamp,  near 
the  junction  of  Curve  and  Spring  streets, 
Medfield,  and  he  built  a  malt  house  near  it. 
He  married.  -April  8,  1663,  Mary  .Allen,  born 
1641,  died  September  4,  1702,  daughter  of 
James  .Allen,  of  .Medfield,  cousin  of  Rev.  John 
-Allen,  of  Dedham.  .Allen  bequeathed  a  house 
to  his  son-in-law,  Joseph  Clark,  on  the  site 
of  the  house  of  C.  W.  Kingsbury.  .At  the  time 
of  his  death  he  owned  besides  his  homestead, 
land  at  the  planting  field  and  at  Wxentham. 
He  was  selectman  of  the  town  for  some  years, 
deputy  to  the  general  court,  and  held  other 
offices  of  importance.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
born  1664.  2.  John,  1666,  died  169 1.  3.  Jon- 
athan, 1668,  died  1690.  4.  Esther,  1670,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Thurston.  5.  Thomas.  1672, 
died  1690.  6.  Mary,  1674-75.  7.  Daniel,  1676, 
died  1694.  8.  Leah,  1677.  9.  Solomon,  men- 
tioned below.  10.  David.  1680,  died  1714; 
married,  1703,  Mary  Wheelock.  11.  Moses, 
born  and  died,  1685.  12.  Aaron,  1686,  died 
175 1 :  he  settled  in  Wrentham. 

(III)  Solomon,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Mary  (.Allen)  Clark,  was  born  in  Medfield.  in 
1678,  and  died  in  1748.  He  settled  at  the 
planting  fielfl  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
Thomas  S.  Clark.  He  was  for  three  years 
selectman ;  was  trustee  of  Province  Loan, 
1721,  and  deputy  to  general  court,  1725.  He 
married  (first),  1698,  Mary  White,  who  died 
-April  16,  1740;  (second)  October  7,  1740, 
Elizabeth  .Adams,  born  1694,  died  1766.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  Mary,  bom  .April  7, 
1699:  died  1718.  2.  Jonathan,  June  14.  1700. 
3.  Solomon  (2),  mentioned  below.  4.  Daniel, 
-August  7,  1703.  5.  David.  January  19,  1705. 
6.  Ann,  -March  4,  1706,  died  1764;  married, 
1726.  Ephraim  Carey.     7.  Hannah.  December 

8.  1708;  died  1710.    8.  Daniel.  April  25,  1710. 

9.  Hannah.  September  30,  171 1,  married.  1730, 
Aquila  Robbins.      10.  Sarah,  born  and   died 


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May  5,  1713.  n.  John,  :\Iay  14.  i/iS-  12. 
Sarah,  July  3,  1718;  married,  1736,  Daniel 
Clark. 

(IV)  Solomon  (2),  second  son  of  Solomon 
(i)  and  Mary  (White)  Clark,  was  born  Au- 
gust ri,  1701,  in  Medfield,  and  died  there 
March  24,  1747.  He  lived  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  town,  near  the  head  of  Noon  Hill 
street,  where  lilacs,  garden  pinks  and  a  grape- 
vine still  mark  the  site.  All  traces  of  the  cel- 
lar and  well  have  been  obliterated.  He  mar- 
ried, December  25,  1723,  Alary  Lovell,  born 
January  26,  1704,  in  Medfield,  daughter  of 
Alexander  and  Elizabeth  (Dyer)  Lovell.  She 
married  (second)  October  11,  1753,  Eleazer 
Morse  of  Sherborn.  Children  of  Solomon  (2) 
Clark:  Solomon,  born  July  29,  1726;  Marah 
and  Silence  (twins).  May  8.  1729;  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1730;  Thankful,  February  13,  1733; 
Elizabeth,  October  4,  1734;  Sybil,  July  10, 
1737;  Dyer,  July  30,  1740,  lived  in  Franklin, 
Massachusetts;  Stephen,  January  29,  1742; 
Cephas,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Cephas,  youngest  child  of  Solomon  (2) 
and  Mary  (Lovell)  Clark,  was  born  January 
7,  1745,  in  Medfield,  and  settled  in  Keene, 
New  Hampshire,  where  he  was  a  member  of 
the  "company  of  foot"  1773,  and  signed  the 
association  test.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the 
revolution  and  was  also  a  Baptist  clergyman. 
He  married  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 4,  1766,  Jemima  Griggs,  bom  there 
November  17,  1747,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mehitable  (Ellis)  Griggs.  Children:  i.  Ce- 
phas, died  in  his  third  year.  2.  Rufus,  born 
April  22,  1770,  married,  April  13,  1793,  Han- 
nah Kingsbury.     3.   Paul,  died  one  year  old. 

4.  Silas,  twin  of  Paul,  died  eleven  days  later. 

5.  Paul,  April  25,  1774,  married,  June  25, 
1799,  Hannah  Hodgman.  6.  INIehitable,  April 
4,  1776,  married,  April  28,  1795,  Wilkes  Rich- 
ardson, and  removed  to  Champion,  New  York. 
7.  Silas,  November  30,  1777,  married,  Febru- 
ary 20,  1805,  Betsy  Wyman.  8.  Samuel, 
May  22,  1780.  9.  Abigail.  May  23,  1782.  10. 
Cephas  (2),  mentioned  below.  11.  Gideon, 
May  15,  1786,  resided  in  Keene,  where  he 
died,  September  6,  1859;  he  married,  October 
15,  1813,  Delana  Ware,  who  died  October  22, 
1867.  12.  Caleb  Ellis,  May  29,  1788.  Ca- 
phas  Clark  died  .August  8.  1858. 

(VI)  Cephas  (2),  eighth  son  of  Cephas  (i) 
and  Jemima  (Griggs)  Clark,  was  born  July 
17,  1784,  in  Keene:  he  settled  finally  in  Glov- 
er, Vermont,  having  previously  resided  in 
Rutland,  \'ermont,  and  Westmoreland.  New 
Hampshire.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  1812  in  Colonel  Steele's  regiment, 
which  was  stationed  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire.    After  the  war  he  settled  upon  a 


farm  in  Glover,  and  there  continued  until  his 
death,  in  July,  1858.  When  he  removed  from 
Westmoreland  to  Glover,  in  October,  1818, 
his  household  goods  were  transported  on  a 
sled  drawn  by  two  oxen,  and  his  first  dwelling 
was  a  log  house  built  after  his  arrival  there. 
An  heirloom  still  preserved  in  the  family  is 
a  flax  wheel  used  in  Cephas  Clark's  family. 
He  married,  September  26,  1805,  in  West- 
moreland, Deborah  Wilbur,  born  April  18, 
1790,  in  Westmoreland,  and  died  in  Glover, 
July  23,  1850,  daughter  of  Rev.  Nathaniel 
and  Deborah  (Aldrich)  Wilbur,  of  Westmore- 
land (see  Wilbur  VI).  Children:  Caleb  Al- 
drich, born  December  14,  1807,  in  Westmore- 
land, died  in  Glover,  July  10,  1883 ;  Cephas 
Cheney,  September  30,  1809,  in  Rutland,  Ver- 
mont, died  in  Glover,  October  23,  i86g;  Ama- 
sa  Ford,  June  22,  181 1,  in  Rutland,  died 
September  5,  1879,  in  Wilmington,  Massa- 
chusetts; Alvah  Ward,  July  9,  1813,  in  Keene, 
died  in  Glover  in  Jime,  1884;  Deborah  Wil- 
bur, May  31,  1815,  in  Westmoreland,  died 
March  13,  1882,  in  Greensboro,  Vermont,  wife 
of  Moses  Haines ;  Nathaniel  Evelyn,  June, 
1817,  in  Keene,  died  in  Glover,  October  11,  "^^ 
1820;  Frederick  P.  A.,  mentioned  below; 
Betsy  Alfreda,  August  27,  1821,  in  Glover, 
died  there  in  July,  1889;  Abigail  Richardson, 
May  14,  1824,  died  in  November,  1891 ;  Na- 
thaniel Evelyn,  Alarch  10,  1826;  Fannie  Can- 
dace,  June  18,  1828,  died  September  8,  i860; 
Ezra  Leonard,  August  29,  1830,  died  in  April, 
1896,  in  Wakefield,  Massachusetts. 

(VII)  Frederick  Plummer  Abbott,  sixth 
son  of  Cephas  (2)  and  Deborah  (Wilbur) 
Clark,  was  born  May  21,  1819.  in  Glover, 
Vermont,  where  he  died  February  6.  1889. 
Throughout  the  active  years  of  his  life  he  was 
engaged  in  agriculture.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1845,  Eliza  Jennette  King,  bom  No- 
vember 6,  1823,  in  Glover,  died  January  19, 
1907.  The  history  of  her  family  reads  much 
like  a  tale  of  romance.  Her  great-grand- 
father, George  King,  was  the  son  of  a  south- 
ern slave  holder  and  was  disinherited  because 
of  his  marriage  to  a  northern  woman.  He 
settled  in  Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire,  and 
was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  losing  his  life 
in  battle.  George  King,  his  son,  was  born  in 
Portsmouth,  and  was  for  many  years  a  sailor 
in  the  merchant  marine  and  on  privateers.  At 
one  time  he  was  captured  by  a  British  vessel 
and  held  a  prisoner  seven  months  in  the  West 
Indies.  He  was  a  selectman  of  Portsmouth 
in  1776  and  1777.  In  1776  he  was  a  seaman 
on  the  Continental  frigate  "Raleigh,''  enlisting 
July  15,  at  a  wage  of  eight  dollars  per  month, 
and  is  described  as  an  American  "'of  dark  com- 
plexion, five  feet  and  six  inches  in  height". 


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George  William,  son  of  George  King  Jr.,  was 
born  in  Gilmanton,  New  Hampshire,  and  mar- 
ried Hannah  Pierce,  of  Tuftonboro,  same 
state.  They  were  the  parents  of  Eliza  Jen- 
nette  King,  wife  of  Frederick  P.  A.  Clark. 

(Vni)  William  Frederick,  son  of  Freder- 
ick P.  A.  and  Eliza  J.  (King)  Clark,  was 
born  Janimry  7,  1849,  '"  Glover,  Orleans 
county,  \'ermont,  and  was  a  student  at  the 
Montpelier  Seminary,  and  the  Orleans  Liberal 
Institute  in  his  native  town,  after  which  he 
took  up  the  study  of  law.  His  youth  was 
•passed  upon  the  paternal  homestead  and  his 
early  occupation  was  that  of  a  farmer.  Be- 
fore completing  his  legal  studies  he  became 
interested  in  the  real  estate  and  insurance 
business  with  which  he  has  been  prominently 
connected  down  to  the  present  time.  He 
wrote  "History  of  Methodism  in  Glover,"  and 
several  poems  of  merit— "Glover  Boys  at  Get- 
tysburg", "God  on  the  Deep",  and  others. 
His  political  affiliations  are  with  the  Repub- 
lican party,  of  which  he  has  always  been  a 
strong  and  highly  valued  supporter.  His  in- 
terest in  the  public  affairs  of  the  town  has 
been  a  beneficial  one  for  that  section  and  he 
has  served  in  the  following  offices :  Town 
superintendent,  town  grand  juror,  member  of 
the  Vermont  state  legislature  in  1896,  and  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  In  1898  he  had  charge  of 
the  leading  bill  making  provision  for  the  ex- 
penses and  conduct  of  the  Spanish-American 
war,  and  was  assistant  judge  of  Orleans 
county,  \'ermont,  1902-6.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  IMethodist  Episcopal  church,  and  holds 
a  high  rank  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  being 
a  member  of  Orleans  Lodge,  Xo.  55,  Free  and 
Accepted  Alasons,  of  Barton.  \'ermont ;  Key- 
stone Chapter.  Xo.  16.  Royal  Arch  Alasons; 
Malta  Commandery,  Xo.  10,  Knights  Tem- 
plar, of  Newport,  Vermont ;  Mount  Sinai 
Temple.  Xobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine,  of 
iMontpelier,  \'ermont. 

'Sir.  Clark  married,  September  27,  1871, 
Elizabeth  ]\Iarston,  born  in  Craftsbury,  Ver- 
mont, June  6,  1848,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Charles  2\Iarston  and  Emeline  B.  (Emery) 
IMarston,  the  former  a  member  of  the  \'er- 
mont  state  legislature.  Mr.  and  Airs.  Mars- 
ton  had  two  other  children:  Jeremiah  and 
Ellen.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  have  had  chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  F.,  born  in  1873:  was  grad- 
uated from  the  University  of  \'ermont,  took 
a  post-graduate  course  at  Cornell  L'niversity. 
and  is  "now  an  instructor  in  the  agricultural 
department  of  that  institution.  2.  .\rthur  W., 
1879,  \^'^s  graduated  from  the  University  of 
\'ermont.  and  is  now  first  assistant  chemist  in 
the  Xew  York  State  Agricultural  Experi- 
mental   Station   at    Geneva,    Xew    York;    he 


married,  October  6,  1909,  Muriel  Blood,  and 
has  one  child :  Ruth  Elizabeth.  3.  Eliza  E., 
1889,  now  attending  the  William  Smith  Col- 
lege, Geneva,  Xew  York.  4.  James  G.,  1891, 
is  now  attending  Cornell  College. 

(The  Wilbur  Line). 

One  of  the  many  notable  characters  in  early 
Xew  England  history  was  the  founder  of  the 
family  bearing  the  surname  of  Wilbur,  but 
which  in  the  time  of  the  ancestor  himself 
was  spelled  Wildbore.  This  rendition  is  said 
to  have  been  continued  through  one  or  two 
generations  of  some  branches  of  the  family 
after  that  of  Samuel,  and  in  various  early 
records  in  towns  where  some  of  his  descen- 
dants became  settled  the  name  appears  in  dif- 
ferent forms,  and  Savage  gives  account  of 
Wildboar,  Wildboare,  Wilbur,  Wilbore  and 
Wildbore.  The  name  Wilbur  now  represents 
a  majority  of  the  descendants  of  Samuel 
Wildbore,  of  Boston  and  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island,  and  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  where 
the  scene  of  his  life  was  chiefly  laid.  It  may 
be  said,  however,  that  so  good  an  authority 
as  jAustin  in  his  genealogical  dictionary  gives 
the  family  name  of  Samuel  as  Wilbur.  In 
the  present  work  the  name  will  be  mentioned 
as  known  to  the  several  generations  hold- 
ing it. 

(I)  Samuel  Wildbore  w-as  born  in  England, 
and  is  believed  to  have  come  to  this  country 
before  1633,  with  his  wife  and  several  chil- 
dren. The  Qiristian  name  of  his  first  wife 
was  Ann  and  reliable  accounts  mention  her 
as  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Bradford,  of  Don- 
caster,  Yorkshire,  England,  from  which  part 
of  the  dominion  Samuel  himself  is  said  to 
have  come.  His  second  wife  was  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Thomas  Lechford.  The  year  of 
Samuel's  birth  is  not  known,  but  he  died 
September  29,  1656.  He  was  made  freeman 
in  Boston  in  1633.  and  with  his  wife  Ann  was 
admitted  to  the  church  in  December  of  the 
same  year.  In  1634  he  was  assessor  of  taxes, 
and  on  Xovember  20,  1637,  was  one  of  the 
several  persons  disarmed  "in  consequence  of 
having  been  seduced  and  led  into  dangerous 
error  by  the  opinion  and  revelations  of  Mr. 
Wheelwright  and  Mrs.  Hutchinson."  and 
therefore  being  given  license  to  depart  from 
the  colony  he  took  up  his  place  of  abode  in 
the  colony  of  Rhode  Island.  He  is  next  re- 
corded ill  Portsmouth.  Rhode  Island,  where 
on  March  7.  1638,  he  was  one  of  eighteen 
who  entered  into  the  following  compact :  "We 
whose  names  are  underwritten  do  here  sol- 
emnly in  the  presence  of  Jehovah  incorporate 
ourselves  into  a  Bodie  Politick,  and  as  He 
shall  help,  will  submit  our  persons,  lives  and 


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estates,  unto  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  the 
King  of  Kings  and  Lord  of  Lords,  and  to 
all  those  perfect  '  and  absolute  laws  of  His 
given  us  in  His  holy  word  of  truth,  to  be 
guided  and  judged  thereby."  It  is  evident 
that  Samuel  W'ildbore  was  a  person  of  some 
consequence  in  the  plantation  at  Portsmouth, 
for,  in  1638  he  was  present  at  a  public  meet- 
ing, upon  notice,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
chosen  clerk  of  the  train  band.  In  1639  he 
was  made  constable  and  given  an  allotment 
of  a  neck  of  land  lying  in  the  great  cove, 
containing  about  two  acres.  In  1640  he  and 
Ralphe  Ea'rle,  who  seems  to  have  been  in 
some  way  associated  with  him,  were  ordered 
to  furnish  the  town  of  Newport  with  new 
sawed  boards  at  eight  shillings  per  hundred 
feet,  and  half-inch  boards  at  seven  shillings, 
to  be  delivered  at  the  "pit,"  by  the  water- 
side. On  ^larch  16,  1641,  he  was  made  free- 
man in  Portsmouth,  became  sergeant  of  mili- 
tia in  1644  and  in  1645  returned  with  his 
wife  to  Boston.  On  November  29,  1645, 
Samuel  Wildbore  and  his  wife  were  received 
into  the  church  in  Boston,  and  in  a  deposition 
made 'May  2,  1648,  he  made  oath  that  when 
he  married  the  widow  of  Thomas  Lechford 
he  received  no  part  of  her  former  husband's 
estate.  In  1655  he  was  again  in  Portsmouth, 
but  at  the  time  of  the  making  of  his  will  he 
lived  in  Taunton  and  at  the  same  time  had 
a  house  in  Boston.  His  will  was  recorded 
in  both  Massachusetts  and  the  Plymouth  col- 
ony. That  instrument  bore  date  April  30, 
1656,  and  was  admitted  to  probate  November 
I,  following,  which  fact  determines  the  year 
in  which  he  died.  His  will  made  provision 
for  his  sons  Samuel,  Joseph  and  Shadrach, 
but  does  not  mention  a  son  William,  who  is 
ascribed  to  him  in  family  records.  It  is 
probable  that  if  he  had  a  son  of  that  name 
he  died  before  his  father,  and  so  far  as  the 
records  disclose  he  had  no  female  issue.  The 
estate  and  property  inventoried  two  hundred 
and  eighty-two  pounds,  nineteen  shillings,  six 
pence.  The  children  just  mentioned  were 
sons  of  Samuel  by  his  first  marriage ;  none 
were  born   of  the   second  marriage. 

(II)  Shadrach  Wilbur,  of  Taunton,  Massa- 
chusetts, son  of  Samuel  Wildbore,  died  in 
i6g8,  and  in  some  respects  enjoyed  a  promi- 
nence equal  to  that  of  his  father.  He  suc- 
ceeded to  all  the  lands  in  Taunton  that  had 
been  his  father's  and  for  thirty-five  years 
was  clerk  of  the  town.  In  1674  he  was 
grand  juror  and  in  1685  was  licensed  to  sell 
strong  liquor  by  the  gallon  if  "careful  not  to 
sell  to  such  as  will  abuse  the  same''.  In  1687 
he  was  taken  into  custody  on  a  warrant  which 
charged  that  he  "hath  lately  in  the  name  and 


with  the  consent  of  the  said  town  written  and 
published  a  certain  scandalous,  factious  and 
seditious  writing,  therein  very  much  reflect- 
ing upon  and  contemning  the  laws,  authority 
and  government  of  his  Majesty's  territory  and 
dominion  of  New  England."  This  was  dur- 
ing the  time  of  Sir  Edmund  Andros  and  un- 
der the  charge  mentioned  Shadrach  was  kept 
in  prison  for  some  time.  His  will,  dated  Sep- 
tember 12,  1696,  was  admitted  to  probate, 
Alarch  I,  1698,  and  named  as  executors  his 
sons  Joseph  and  Shadrach.  His  property  was 
inventoried  at  seven  hundred  and  twenty 
pounds,  nine  shillings,  hence  he  must  have 
been  a  man  of  considerable  means.  He  mar- 
ried twice,  but  the  name  of  his  first  wife,  by 
whom  all  his  children  were  born,  is  unknown. 
The  Christian  name  of  his  second  wife  was 
Hannah,  who  died  in  1696.  The  ten  children 
of  Shadrach  Wilbur  were :  Sarah,  Mary, 
Samuel,  Rebecca,  Hannah,  Joseph,  Shadrach, 
John.  Eleazer,  Benjamin. 

(III)  Shadrach  (2),  third  son  of  Shad- 
rach (i)  Wilbur,  was  born  December'5,  1672, 
in  Taunton.  He  settled  on  a  farm  in  that 
part  of  the  town  which  was  afterwards  set 
off  as  the  town  of  Raynham.  No  record  of 
his  marriage  appears.  He  had  six  sons : 
Shadrach,  Meshach,  Joseph,  Jacob,  Abyah 
and  Philip.  The  first  two  settled  in  Rayn- 
ham. 

(IV)  Joseph,  third  son  of  Shadrach  (2) 
Wilbur,  was  born  about  1712,  in  Raynham, 
and  settled  in  Westmoreland,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  the  first  representative  of 
that  town  in  the  state  legislature,  and  was 
elected  highway  surveyor,  ]\Iarch  5,  1775. 
He  married  and  among  his  children  was  Na- 
thaniel. 

(V)  Rev.  Nathaniel  Wilbur,  son  of  Joseph 
Wilbur,  was  born  October  23,  1755.  He  was 
a  Baptist  preacher,  serving  forty  years  as  pas- 
tor of  a  church  in  Westmoreland.  He  mar- 
ried. October  19,  1782,  in  Westmoreland,  De- 
borah, born  March  17,  1750.  in  Abington, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  De- 
borah (Xiles)  Aldrich  (see  Aldrich  III).  Chil- 
dren :  Nathaniel  Azel,  Joseph,  Deborah,  Ca- 
leb Alvah,  Warren. 

(VI)  Deborah,  only  daughter  of  Rev.  Na- 
thaniel and  Deborah  (Aldrich)  ^^'ilbur,  was 
born  April  18,  1790.  in  Westmoreland,  and 
became  the  wife  of  Cephas  (2)  Clark  of  that 
town    (see  Clark  VI). 

(The  .\ldrich  Line). 

The  family  of  Aldrich  in  this  country  was 
founded  by  George  Aldrich,  of  Braintree  and 
Mendon.  ^lassachusetts,  and  Henry  Aldrich, 
of  Dedham,  same  colony,   who  was   presum- 


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ably  a  brother  of  George.  The  latter  came 
from  Devonshire,  England,  in  163 1,  arriving 
on  the  Massachusetts  coast,  Xovember  6th, 
and  settled  first  at  Dorchester,  whence  he 
removed  to  Braintree.  He  was  among  the 
pioneer  settlers  of  Alendon,  Massachusetts, 
in  1663,  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life 
there.  Henry  Aldrich  died  in  Dedham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1645,  leaving  a  son  Samuel  and 
probably  other  sons.  As  most  of  the  mem- 
bers of  this  family  were  Quakers  they  were 
ignored  in  the  Puritan  records  and  very  little 
can  be  found  concerning  them.  There  are 
but  four  entries  under  this  name  in  the  vital 
records  of  Braintree  and  very  few  in  Dedham 
and  other  towns,  which  were  originally  a  part 
of  Dedham.  There  is  mention  of  a  Benjamin 
Aldrich  in  Braintree  in  1651,  and  he  may 
have  been  the  grandfather  of  the  Benjamin 
with  whose  name  the  line  herein  traced  must 
begin,  but  all  circumstances  go  to  indicate 
that  he  was  more  probably  descended  from 
Henry,  of  Dedham.  A  Thomas  Aldrich  lived 
in  Dedham,  where  he  was  married  (first)  in 
1675  and  (second)  in  1678. 

(I)  Benjamin  .\ldrich,  born  about  1694, 
settled  in  Walpole,  Massachusetts,  formerly 
a  part  of  Dedham,  and  was  one  of  the  grant- 
ees of  Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire,  to 
which  town  he  removed  after  1749.  and  there 
died  in  1763.  He  married,  in  Bridgewater, 
]\Iassachusetts,  August  24,  1721,  Mary  Shaw. 
The  births  of  ten  children  were  recorded  in 
Walpole:  Mary,  June  8,  1725;  Susannah, 
October  27,  1727;  Caleb,  mentioned  below: 
Elizabeth,  April  3,  1732;  Benjamin,  March 
17.  1734;  Luke.  March  2^.  1736;  George, 
^larch  13,  1738;  Ebenezer,  March  5,  1740; 
Joel,  July  18.  1743;  Sarah,  Alarch  24,  1749. 
The  last  three  sons  resided  in  Westmoreland. 

(H)  Caleb,  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Mary  (Shaw)  Aldrich,  was  born  March  4, 
1730,  in  Walpole.  He  resided  in  Weymouth, 
?ilassachusetts,  from  1755  to  1758.  the  ne.xt 
ten  years  were  spent  in  Abington,  Alassachu- 
setts,  and  in  1768  he  settled  in  Westmoreland, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  His  farm 
was  in  the  eastern  part  of  the  town  and  was 
successively  owned  by  his  son  Niles,  grandson 
Xiles  and  great-grandson  Allen  .-Mdrich.  He 
married,  in  Weymouth.  January  30,  1755,  De- 
borah Xiles,  born  October  11,  1734.  in  Brain- 
tree, daughter  of  Joseph  and  .Anne  (Cornish) 
Xiles,  of  that  town.  She  was  descended  from 
John  Xiles,  who  settled  in  Dorchester.  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1634,  was  in  Braintree  as  early 
as  1639  and  was  admitted  freeman.  May  26. 
1647.  His  wife  Tane  died  there  May  16,  1654. 
He  died  February  8,  1694.  They  had  sons: 
John,    Joseph,    X'athaniel,    Samuel,    Increase, 


Benjamin  and  Isaac.  Joseph,  son  of  John  and 
Jane  Xiles,  was  born  .August  15,  1640,  in 
Braintree,  and  married,  Xovember  2.  1662, 
Mary  Mical.  Their  children  were  Hannah, 
Joseph.  Mary,  John  and  Benjamin.  John 
(2),  son  of  Joseph  and  .Mary  (Mical)  Xiles, 
was  born  about  1671  in  Braintree.  and  had 
a  wife  named  Catherine.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Second  Church  of  Braintree.  His  chil- 
dren were :  Hannah,  Susannah,  Joseph, 
Sarah,  Deborah,  John,  Jane,  Catherine,  .Abi- 
gail. Joseph  (2),  senior  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Catherine  Xiles,  was  born  May  i,  1700,  in 
Braintree.  and  lived  in  that  town  where  he 
married.  July  15,  1731,  .Anne  Cornish.  Chil- 
dren: .Anne,  Deborah,  Mary,  Hannah  and 
probably  others.  Deborah,  second  daughter 
of  Joseph  (2)  and  .Anne  (Cornish)  Xiles, 
was  born  October  11,  1734.  and  became  the 
wife  of  Caleb  .Aldrich,  as  above  noted.  They 
had  children  born  in  .Abington :  two  are  re- 
corded in  Weymouth  in    1755  and   1757. 

(Ill)  Deborah,  daughter  of  Caleb  and  De- 
borah (Xiles)  .Aldrich,  was  born  March  17, 
1750,  in  .Abington,  and  became  the  wife  of 
Rev.  X'athaniel  Wilbur,  of  Westmoreland  (see 
Wilbur  v.). 


Thomas    Upson,    the    immigrant 
UPSON     ancestor,  was  born   in   England. 

and  was  in  Hartford.  Connecti- 
cut, as  early  as  1638,  though  his  name  does 
not  appear  among  the  original  settlers  of  the 
town.  He  with  others  "had  the  privilege  of 
getting  wood  and  keeping  cows  on  the  com- 
mon". In  1640  he  owned  four  acres  of  land 
in  the  division  east  of  the  Connecticut  river. 
His  name  appears  among  the  first  settlers  and 
proprietors  of  Farmington.  He  married,  in 
1646,  Elizabeth  Fuller,  who  married,  after 
his  death,  Edmund  Scott.  He  died  July  19, 
1655,  leaving  a  small  estate  which  was  dis- 
tributed in  167 1  to  his  children  and  to  Ed- 
mund Scott,  whom  his  widow  had  married, 
in  her  right.  Children  :  Elizabeth,  born  at 
Hartford  probably,  died  July  20,  1655,  un- 
married; Thomas;  Stephen,  mentioned  below; 
Marv :  Hannah. 

(II)  Sergeant  Stephen  Upson,  son  of 
Thomas  Upson,  was  born  in  Farmington, 
about  1650;  married.  December  29,  1682, 
Marv-,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (Hart) 
Lee,' of  Farmington  (see  Lee).  Upson  set- 
tled at  Waterbury.  Connecticut,  before  his 
marriage,  and  became  a  substantial  citizen, 
holding  the  offices  of  surveyor,  school  com- 
mittee, grand  juror,  and  was  three  times 
elected  deputy  to  the  General  court.  He  was 
a  sergeant  of  the  militia  company  in  1715.  He 
died  in  1735,  and  his  wife  February  15.  1715- 


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16.  Children,  born  at  Farmington :  'Slary. 
born  November  5,  1683,  married  Richard 
Wahon;  Stephen,  September  30,  1686,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Bronson:  EHzabeth,  February  14, 
1689-90,  married  Thomas  Bronson ;  Thomas, 
Alarch  i,  1692.  married  Rachel  Judd ;  Han- 
nah, March  16,  1695,  married  Thomas  Rich- 
ards and  (second)  John  Bronson;  Tabitha, 
]\Iarch  II,  1698,  married  John  Scoville ;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Thankful,  }ilarch  14,  1706, 
married  James  Blakeslee. 

(III)  John  Upson,  son  of  Stephen  Upson, 
was  born  in  Farmington,  December  13,  1702; 
married,  July  i,  1725,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Deacon  Thomas  Judd,  and  great-granddaugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Judd,  of  Farmington.  From 
this  marriage  was  descended  Daniel  Upson, 
born  at  Southington,  Connecticut,  March  13, 
1786,  father  of  Hon.  William  H.  Upson,  of 
Akron,  Ohio,  judge  of  the  circuit  court.  The 
Upsons  lived  in  Waterbury  and  afterward  in 
the  southwest  part  of  Southington,  Connecti- 
cut. In  seating  the  congregation  in  1786, 
Mr.  John  Upson  was  assigned  to  a  front  pew 
with  the  dignitaries  of  the  town.  His  will 
was  dated  in  1763.  He  died  November  2, 
1789,  aged  eighty-seven  years.  His  wife  died 
January  28,  1798,  aged  ninety-six  years. 
Children,  born  at  Waterbury :  Daniel,  March 
19,  1726;  Elijah,  February  11,  1727,  died 
young;  Elijah,  February  5,  1730,  died  young; 
Hannah,  November  17,  1733,  married  Silas 
Merriman;  ^^lartha.  May  i,  1736,  married 
William  Barnes ;  John,  mentioned  below ; 
James,  November  4,  1742;  Elijah,  ]May  6, 
1745:  Jessie,  December  4,   1748,  died  young. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Upson, 
was  born  at  Farmington,  March  31,  1739. 
buried  in  Tallmadge,  Ohio.  He  was  executor 
of  his  mother's  will  and  sold  land  in  South- 
ington, formerly  part  of  Farmington,  in 
1796-97.  His  last  deed  is  dated  January  31, 
1798,  when  he  was  living  in  Blandford,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  and  his  wife  were  dismissed 
from  the  Southington  church  in  1796.  He 
married  Lois  Atwater.  Children,  born  in 
Southington  :  Freeman ;  Reuben ;  Sylvia ; 
Stephen;  Horatio,  of  whom  further;  Huldah ; 
Lucinda ;  John;  Daniel,  baptized  May  21, 
1786;  Lois,  baptized  June  15,  1788;  Alfred, 
baptized  July  4,  1790. 

(V)  Horatio,  son  of  John  (2)  Upson,  was 
born  in  Southington  or  Waterbury,  died  De- 
cember 12,  1849,  buried  at  Tallmadge,  Ohio. 
He  was  a  soldier  from  Connecticut  in  the 
war  of  1812  in  Captain  John  Buckingham's 
company  from  Watertown,  formerly  part  of 
Waterbury,  and  served  at  New  Haven  in  Oc- 
tober, 1814.  He  married,  and  his  children 
were:     i.  Elias  C,  born  December  16,  1797, 


died  March  15,  1879;  married  Orra  Blakes- 
lee, in  1824,  who  died  July  21,  i860.  2. 
Charles,  born  January  26,  1800,  died  May 
16,  1840;  married,  January  15,  1823,  Emma 
Clark,  who  died  September  i,  1824.  3.  Lois, 
born  ^Nlarch  22,  1802,  now  deceased;  mar- 
ried, in  1822,  William  Church,  died  February 
23,  1884.  4.  Edwin,  of  whom  further.  5. 
Jenette,  December  18,  1806,  died  January  21, 
1884;  married  Heman  Parsons,  October, 
1833.  6.  Frederick,  October  7,  1809,  died  at 
Norwalk,  Ohio;  married,  October  3,  1835, 
;\Iary  Powers.  7.  Lucy,  July  24,  1812;  mar- 
ried, February  i,  1835,  Harvey  Strong.  8. 
William,  August  8,  1815,  died  Alarch  16, 
1816.    9.  George,  July  21,  1819,  died  Julv  24, 

1847. 

(\T)  Edwin,  son  of  Horatio  Upson,  was 
born  in  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  May  21, 
1804,  died  at  Cleveland,  May  i,  1885,  buried 
at  Tallmadge,  Ohio.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  in  his  native  town  and  when  a  young 
man  left  home  and  walked  with  a  knapsack 
on  his  back  all  the  way  from  Waterbury  to 
New  Connecticut,  now  Tallmadge,  Summit 
county,  Ohio.  He  married,  September  15, 
1833,  Betsey  Augusta,  born  in  Litchfield, 
Connecticut,  daughter  of  Jacob  N.  Blakeslee, 
a  prominent  citizen  of  Watertown,  and  Electa 
(Weed)  Blakeslee.  Edwin  Upson  became  one 
of  the  prominent  and  influential  men  in  Sum- 
mit county.  Children:  i.  IMary  M.,  born 
May  20,  1836;  married  Rufus  P.  Upson;  lives 
in  Tallmadge,  Ohio.  2.  Jacob  E.,  September 
II,  1838,  died  June  8,  1844.  3.  Joseph  Edwin, 
of  whom  further. 

(VII)  Joseph  Edwin,  son  of  Edwin  Up- 
son, was  born  at  Tallmadge,  Summit  county, 
Ohio,  August  14,  1842.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
Eastman  Business  College  of  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York.  His  business  career  began  in 
the  town  where  his  grandfather  was  born, 
Waterbury,  and  for  the  first  year  he  was 
clerk  and  bookkeeper  in  the  Waterbury  Sav- 
ings and  Loan  Association.  ^Afterward  he 
went  to  New  York  City  in  a  similar  position 
with  the  firm  of  Abbott  Brothers,  manufac- 
turers of  and  dealers  in  photographic  sup- 
plies. Soon  after  the  beginning  of  the  civil 
war  he  returned  to  his  old  home  in  Ohio 
and  assisted  his  father  on  the  farm.  At  the 
age  of  twenty  he  enlisted  in  the  famous 
"Squirrel  Hunters",  a  company  organized  un- 
der a  call  for  volunteers  by  Governor  David 
Tod.  The  company  was  sent  to  the  vicinity 
of  Covington,  Kentucky,  to  check  the  raids 
of  General  Kirby  in  northern  Kentucky  and 
southern  Ohio.  He  re-enlisted  in  1864  as  a 
private  in  the  164th  Regiment  Ohio  Volunteer 


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Infantry,  under  Colonel  John  C.  Lee,  and 
went  to  Arlington  Heights.  \'irginia,  where 
he  served  for  a  hundred  days  in  defending 
Washington.  At  the  time  this  regiment  was 
mustered  out  it  was  reviewed  by  President 
Lincoln  at  the  White  House. 

After  he  left  the  service,  he  entered  the 
employ  of  William  Bingham  &  Company, 
hardware  merchants,  Water  street,  Cleveland, 
and  continued  with  this  firm  until  1866,  when 
he  became  a  clerk  for  L.  L.  Lyon,  of  the 
same  city,  in  the  ship  chandlery  business.  In 
1871  he  started  in  business  as  a  ship  chandler 
in  partnership  with  John  W.  Walton,  under 
the  tirm  name  of  L'pson  &  Walton.  The  busi- 
ness flourished  and  the  name  of  the  firm  is 
widely  and  favorably  known.  The  business 
was  incorporated  some  years  ago  as  The  Up- 
son-Walton Company,  of  which  Mr.  Upson 
is  president.  In  other  enterprises  he  has  also 
taken  an  important  part.  He  is  president  of 
the  Wilson  Transit  Company,  the  Cleveland 
Block  Company,  and  vice-president  of  the 
iMahoning  &  Lake  Erie  Coal  Company.  He 
is  also  a  director  of  the  Central  Grain  Ele- 
vator Company ;  the  Cleveland  Grain  Com- 
pany ;  the  Keller  Transit  Company ;  Lake  Car- 
riers' Association,  and  \'olunteer  Transit 
Company.  He  has  large  financial  interests  in 
lake  commerce,  and  has  been  prominent  in 
promoting  the  business  growth  and  prosperity 
of  the  city  of  Cleveland.  His  home  was  11447 
Euclid  avenue,  but  in  October,  1912,  he 
moved  to  Los  Angeles,  California.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Cleveland  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, and  both  he  and  his  wife  are  members 
of  the  Euclid  Avenue  Presbyterian  Church. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  September  22.  1868.  Cornelia 
Maria  Lyman,  born  at  Newton  Falls,  Trum- 
bull county,  Ohio,  August  31,  1846,  daughter 
of  Luther  F.  and  Harriet  (Stevens)  Lyman 
(see  Lyman).  Children:  i.  Frances  Emma, 
born  in  Cleveland,  January  8,  1870;  married 
Robert  Young ;  living  at  Los  Angeles.  Cali- 
fornia ;  children  :  Mary  Frances  and  Clarence 
Young.  2.  Mira  Augusta,  born  December  23, 
1872,  "died  December  7.  1874.  3.  Oliver  Wel- 
ton,  born  in  Cleveland,  January  25,  1875 ; 
married  Helen  Burkert,  of  Detroit,  Michigan; 
he  is  now  associated  in  business  with  his 
father  in  the  Upson-Walton  Company.  3. 
Walter  Lyman,  born  in  Cleveland,  July  3, 
1877;  graduate  of  Princeton  University  with 
degrees  of  electrical  engineer  and  master  of 
science ;  formerly  professor  of  electrical  en- 
gineering at  Ohio  State  L'niversity,  now  re- 
siding at  Schenectady,  New  York,  as  profes- 
sor of  electrical  engineering  in  L'nion  Col- 
lege :    married    .\nna    Leigh    Richardson,    of 


Cleveland;  has  one  child.  Joseph  Edwin  (2(1). 
4.  Clara  lornelia.  born  in  Cleveland.  January 
,V  1^79:  "o\^'  living  with  her  parents  in  Cali- 
fornia. 

1  The  Lee  Line). 
(I)  John  Lee,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  county  Essex,  England,  probably  in 
Colchester,  in  1620.  between  .April  10  and  Au- 
gust 8.  He  was  thirteen  years  of  age  when 
he  sailed  for  .America,  according  to  the  offi- 
cial shipping  list  of  passengers  sailing  from 
Ipswich.  His  great-grandson.  Seth  Lee, 
A.  M.,  wrote  that  he  was  sent  over  when  un- 
der age  by  his  father  from  Colchester,  Eng- 
land, among  some  of  the  first  settlers;  his 
father  intended  to  come  later  with  the  family, 
but  never  came  after  all.  John  lived  at  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  and  when  Farmington  was 
settled  he  became  one  of  the  eighty-four  pro- 
prietors to  whom  the  land  was  granted.  \\'il- 
liam  Westwood  was  his  guardian  on  his  ar- 
rival, and  he  remained  a  year  with  him  at 
Cambridge  before  he  went  to  Hartford  in 
1635.  He  was  just  twenty-one  years  of  age 
when  he  joined  the  Farmington  settlers.  On 
March  4,  1657.  he  was  made  constable  at  a 
particular  court  at  Hartford.  His  home  lot 
was  on  the  west  side  of  the  main  street  of 
Farmington,  on  ground  now  occupied  by  the 
ladies'  school  of  the  Misses  Porter.  Part  of 
the  land  which  he  owned  in  the  original  grant 
of  F"armington  is  still  in  possession  of  de- 
scendants in  Southington,  Bristol  and  New 
Britain.  He  died  .August  8,  1690,  and  was 
buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  Farmington. 
The  old  headstone  on  his  grave  was  replaced 
in  1876  by  a  monument  erected  by  William 
H.  Lee.  of  New  York.  His  son  John  inher- 
ited the  homestead.  The  inventory  of  his  es- 
tate was  presented  November  5,  1690,  at 
Hartford.  John  Lee  married,  in  1658,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Stephen  Hart.  She  is 
said  to  have  been  born  about  1635,  but  as  her 
brother  Stephen,  who  was  younger  than  she, 
was  born  in  1634.  the  first  date  must  be 
wrong,  and  she  was  probably  born  in  1630- 1. 
She  and  her  husband  joined  the  Farmington 
church  July  15.  1660.  She  married  (second'), 
January  5.  1692,  Jedediah.  son  of  Elder  John 
Strong,  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  as 
his  third  wife.  He  was  born  May  7,  1637. 
and  after  her  death  lived  with  his  children  at 
Coventry.  Connecticut,  where  he  died  May 
22,  1733.  Jedediah  Strong  and  his  wife  "set 
out  early  in  the  morning  to  visit  their  chil- 
dren at  Coventry  (Ct. ).  but  when  they  came 
against  the  Falls  at  South  Hadley  among  the 
broad,  smooth  stones,  the  horse's  feet  slipped 
up,  and  he  fell  flat  on  the  of?  side,  and  by  the 
fall  killed  the  woman,  tho'  she  was  not  quite 


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dead  then,  but  had  life  in  her  till  the  next  day. 
yet  never  spoke  a  word" :  she  di-ed  October 
lo.  1710.  Children  of  John  and  .Mary  (Hart) 
Lee.  born  at  Farmington :  John,  June  11, 
1659:  Mary,  mentioned  below.  Stephen.  April 
2,  1669:  Thomas.  August,  1671 ;  David,  1674; 
Tabitha,  1677. 

(II)  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Lee.  was 
born  at  Farmington.  Connecticut,  August  14, 
1664.  She  married.  December  29.  1682,  Ser- 
geant Stephen  Upson,  of  Mattatuck,  or  \Va- 
terbury  (see  L'pson). 

(The  Lyman  Line). 

(R')  Richard  Lyman,  son  of  Richard  Ly- 
man iq.  v.),  was  born  in  April,  1678,  at 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  and  died  June 
6,  1748.  He  removed  to  Lebanon  in  1696. 
He  married.  April  7,  1700,  Mary  Woodward. 
Children:  Israel,  born  February  22.  1701  ; 
Ebenezer.  August  4.  1702;  Thomas.  July  6, 
1704:  Mary,  October  27,  1706:  Hannah,  Sep- 
tember 13.  1708:  John.  January  10,  171 1  :  Da- 
vid, mentioned  below :  Elizabeth ;  Richard, 
March  23,   1721. 

(V)  David,  son  of  Richard  Lyman,  was 
born  in  171 1.  and  died  December  27.  1787. 
He  married.  May  z-j,  1732,  Anna  Lee,  who 
died  December  5,  1736.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), March  i,  1740.  Mary  Benton,  of  Tol- 
land. She  died  May  29,  1741.  and  he  mar- 
ried (third),  April  8,  1742,  Mary  Gittau,  of 
Woodbury.  He  removed  in  1745  to  Bethle- 
hem, Litchfield  county,  Connecticut.  Mary 
was  a  daughter  of  Francis  Gittau.  M.  D.,  a 
French  Huguenot  whose  family  was  banished 
from  France  and  came  to  America  from  Eng- 
land. She  died  in  1803,  aged  eighty-five 
years.  Children  by  second  wife  :  David,  born 
May  20,  1741,  died  young;  John,  born  at  Leb- 
anon, February  14,  1744:  David,  born  at 
Bethlehem,  May  20,  1747:  Francis,  1755.  died 
in    Ohio,    in    1840;    Josiah,    settled    in    Ohio; 

Elizabeth ;  Anna ;  a  daughter,  married  

Steele. 

(\T)  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  Lyman, 
was  born  May  20.  1747.  ^"d  died  July  29. 
1813.  He  married,  October  20,  1773,  Mary 
Brown,  of  Torrington,  a  relative  of  John 
Brown,  the  Abolitionist,  and  a  descendant  of 
Peter  Brown,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower" 
to  Plymouth.  Her  descendants  are  eligible 
to  the  Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants.  She 
died  July  22.  1620.  David  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution,  and  was  discharged  in  order 
to  have  him  operate  a  grist  mill  in  New  Ha- 
ven for  the  American  troops.  He  was  called 
"General".  Children :  Elijah,  born  August 
16,  1774:  David,  June  14,  1776;  John,  Octo- 
ber  5,    1778;    Rev.    Orange.    July    26.    1780; 


Daniel,  April  15,  1784;  Norman.  September  6. 
1787;  Mary.  August  18,  1789;  Samuel,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1793. 

(VII)  David  (3),  son  of  David  (2)  Lv- 
man.  was  born  June  14.  1776.  at  New  Haven. 
He  married,  April  9.  1801,  Rhode  P.  Belden. 
Children,  born  at  New  Haven:  David  B., 
July  28,  1803,  a  missionary:  George,  April 
18,  1806,  of  Cleveland;  Elijah,  Fetjruarv  6, 
1S08,  of  Ohio;  Edward,  August  5,  1810'.  of 
Ohio ;  Luther  F..  mentioned  below  ;  Rhoda  P.. 
November  22.  1816,  of  Ohio;  James.  February  - 
14.  1818.  died  young;  Benjamin,  July  18, 
1819,  of  Iowa;  Gaylord  P.,  September  6, 
1821,  of  Ohio;  Julia  A..  ;May  22,  1822. 

(\"III)  Luther  F.,  son  of  David  (3)  Ly- 
man, was  born  at  New  Haven,  October  i, 
1814.  He  married  Harriet  Stevens  and  set- 
tled in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Their  daughter.  Cor- 
nelia Maria,  born  at  Newton  Falls.  Trumbull 
county.  Ohio.  August  31,  1846,  married  Jo- 
seph  Edwin  Upson   (see  L'pson). 

This  is  one  of  the  English 
CUTTING  families  which  came  to  Amer- 
ica in  the  period  following  the 
Puritan  emigration,  but  must  nevertheless  be 
credited  with  enterprise  and  energy.  The 
conditions  prevailing  at  the  time  of  the  Pil- 
grims must  seem  appalling  even  to  the  stout- 
est hearts,  and  one  can  readily  see  that  it  re- 
quires much  enterprise  at  any  time  for  one  to 
cross  three  thousand  miles  of  ocean,  leaving 
behind  friends  and  ties  of  every  association, 
to  make  a  beginning  in  a  new  world. 

(I)  Richard  Cutting,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  line,  was  admitted  freeman  April  18, 
i6go,  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
settled  about  1640.  He  was  a  wheelwright  by 
occupation.  He  died  March  21.  1696.  "an 
aged  man".  His  wife  Sarah  died  November 
4,  1685,  aged  sixty  years.  In  his  will,  dated 
June  24.  1694.  are  named  sons  Zachariah  and 
James,  and  daughter  Susan  Newcomb  and 
Lydia  Spring.  His  son  John  and  his  daughter 
Sarah,  wife  of  John  Barnard,  died  before  the 
date  of  the  will. 

(II)  Zachariah.  son  of  Richard  Cutting. 
was  born  about  1645.  '"  Watertown,  and 
lived  there  many  years.  He  sold  land  there 
in  1709,  which  indicates  that  he  moved  from 
the  town,  and  no  record  of  his  death  is  found. 
The  name  of  his  wife  was  Sarah  . 

(III)  Zachariah  (2),  son  of  Zachariah  (i) 
Cutting,  was  born  about  1670.  in  Watertown. 
and  probably  passed  his  life  there.  The  name 
of  his  first  wife  is  not  on  record.  He  mar- 
ried (second).  May  5,  1701,  Elizabeth  Wel- 
lington, born  April  27.  1685,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph  and   Elizabeth    (Strait)    Wellington,   of 


M,n.  ^€/,nrAi  .9f  ^€uffh,^ 


WatcTt.Jun.  His  first  wife  was  tlie  motlier  of 
Jonas,  Sarah  (died  young),  and  Lvdia:  t!ie 
second  wife,  of  Elizabeth,  Susannah  an<l 
Saraii. 

(I\')  Jonas,  son  of  Zachariah  (2)  Cutting, 
was  born  about  1695,  and  Hved  in  Watertow^ii 
until  about  1734,  when  he  removed  to  Shrews- 
bury, Massachusetts.  He  married.  March  6, 
1720,  Dinah  Smith,  born  January  24,  1695,' 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Jane  (Peabody) 
Smith,  of  Watertown.  Children:  Tonas : 
Zachariah:  James:  Lydia:  Francis,  mentioned 
below  ;  Dinah  ;  Salmon  :  Eliphalet. 

(V)  Francis,  .son  of  Jonas  Cutting,  was 
born  September  24,  1728,  in  W'atertown.  and 
lived  in  Shrewsbury  for  a  time.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  tiie  revolution,  and  served  in  the 
siege  of  Boston  in  1775,  and  at  Rutland,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1779,  guarding  prisoners.  Af- 
ter living  in  Shrewsbury  he  lived  in  Worces- 
ter and  vicinity.  He  married.  May  11,  1750, 
Thankful  Warren,  born  May  29,  1730.  in 
Weston,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Sarah  (Whitney)  Warren.  Children, 
born  in  Worcester:  James,  October  20,  1754; 
James,  'Slay  i,  1756:  Francis,  November  20, 
1758:  Benjamin,  baptizetl  August  26,  1760; 
Susannah,  born  October  5,  1762;  John,  March 
12,  1765;  Benjamin,  August  19,  1766;  David 
and  Jonathan.  August  19,  1768:  Reuben,  Sep- 
tember 16.  1771. 

(\II)  Francis  Cutting,  doubtless  a  grand- 
son of  Francis,  and  son  probably  of  Francis 
Jr.,  was  born  in  the  vicinity  of  Croydon  or 
Claremont,  Xew  Hampshire,  about  1790  (not 
shown  in  Xew  Hampshire  records).  He  mar- 
ried. May  4.  1817.  in  Croydon,  Keziah  Hud- 
son. Benjamin  Cutting,  a  son  of  Francis 
(\').  settled  in  Croydon  and  served  in  the 
revolution.  His  son  Francis,  born  at  Croy- 
don, lived  there  all  his  life  and  left  children  : 
Irena,  Alfred,  Freeman.  Elon,  F"rancis  M., 
Shepherd  H..  Philinda.  Diantha  S.  and  Addi- 
son. Francis  was  register  of  deeds  of  Sulli- 
van county,  Xew  Hampshire. 

(\'HI)  Charles  Albert,  son  of  Francis  Cut- 
ting, was  born  in  Claremont,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire, in  1818,  and  died  in  1897.  He  was  edu- 
cated at  Highgate  Springs.  \'ermont.  and 
later  kept  a  hotel  at  St.  Albans,  same  state. 
Thence  he  removed  to  Minnesota  and  kept  a 
hotel  'at  Hastings.  Following  this  he  was  in 
the  same  business  at  Salem.  Oregon.  Going 
to  Tama  City  and  Cedar  Rapids.  Iowa,  he 
was  there  a  hotel  keeper,  and  later  moved 
to  Palatine,  Illinois,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried Laura  Elizabeth  .\verill,  daughter  of 
John  Averill,  a  Quaker  and  member  of  \'er- 
mont  legislature.  She  was  born  in  1818  at 
Highgate    Springs,   and    died    in    Chicago   in 


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low. 

(IX  I   Hon.  Charles  Sidney,  son  of  Charles 
.Mbert  (.utting,  was  born  at  Highgate,  Frank- 
lin count)',  \'ermont,  March   i,  1854.     He  at- 
tended the  public  scliools  and  Willamette  L"ni- 
versity  at  Salem,  (  )regon.     In  1907  the  Uni- 
versity of  Miciiigan  conferred  on  liiin  the  de- 
gree of  LL.D.       He  began  his  career  as  a 
newspaper   man,   as    assistant    editor   of   the 
Cedar  Raf^ids   Times  in  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa. 
Afterward  he  was  for  a  time  in  educational 
work  and   for  six  years  was  principal  of  the 
high  school  at  Palatine.  Cook  county.  Illinois. 
In  1874  he  went  to  Chicago,  and  in  1877  ^^- 
gan  to  studx-  law  in  the  office  and  under  the 
instruction  of  Judge  Joshua  C.  Knickerbocker. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  Illinois,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1879,  and  began  to  practice  law  in  Chi- 
cago.    From   1887  to  1890  he  was  master  in 
chancery  of  the  circuit  court  of  Cook  county, 
Illinois.     For  one  year   he  was  attorney   for 
the  town  of  Cicero,  Illinois.     For  nianv  years 
he  was  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Cutting.' Cas- 
tle &  Williams.    Since  1900  he  has  been  judge 
of  the  probate  court  of  Cook  county,  having 
been   four  times  re-elected  to  this  office.     In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.      For  nine  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  education 
of  Cook  county  and  for  three  years  its  presi- 
dent.    He  was  also  for  three  years  a  member 
and  president   of  the  board   of  education  of 
Palatine,   Illinois,   while   living  in   that   town. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  .American  Bar  .Asso- 
ciation, the  Illinois  Bar  .Association,  the  Chi- 
cago liar  .Association,  the  Union  League  Club, 
of  which  he  was  formerly  president,  the  Ham- 
ilton Club,  the  City  Club,  the  Law  Club,  the 
Chicago  Literary  Club,  the  Oaks  Club  of  .Aus- 
tin. Illinois,  the  Twentieth  Century  Club,  the 
Westward   Ho !  Club,  and  the  .Xew  England 
Society  of  Chicago.      In   religion  he   is  non- 
sectarian   and  liberal.     He  married.  June  27, 
1876.  .Annie  Elizabeth,  born  in  Cook  county, 
Illinois.    July    17.    1854,   daughter   of    Myron 
H.  and  Ann  L.  (  Bradwell )  Lytle.    They  have 
one  child,  Robert  Myron,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  Robert  Myron,  son  of  Hon.  Charles 
Sidney  Cutting,  was  born  at  Palatine.  Cook 
county,  Illinois,  February  18.  1882.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  county 
and  entered  the  University  of  .Michigan,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1903 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  01  .Arts.  He 
studied  law  at  the  Xorthwestern  University 
and  was  graduated  in  1906  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  In  the  same  year  he 
was  admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar.  .After  prac- 
ticing law  for  a  time,  he  engaged  in 
the  manufacture  of  automobiles  in   Chicago, 


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a  business  in  which  he  has  continued  to  the 
present  time.  He  married.  Xovember  lo, 
1909,  Mary,  daughter  of  Ferdinand  E.  Bar- 
telme,  of  Chicago. 


Edward    Bangs,    tlie    immigrant 
BANGS     ancestor,  was   born   in    England, 

about  1592,  and  came  to  Plym- 
outh. Massacliusetts,  in  the  "Anne",  which 
landed  there  in  July,  1623,  one  of  the  tirst 
three  vessels  which  arrived  at  Plymouth,  the 
two  which  precedetl  her  being  the  "Mayriow- 
er"  and  the  "Fortune".  There  is  a  tradition 
that  Edward  Bangs  came  from  Chichester. 
county  Sussex,  England.  The  year  of  his 
arrival  he  received  four  acres  of  land  for  a 
garden  plot  on  the  other  side  of  Eel  river,  and 
in  1627,  at  a  division  of  cows  and  goats  and 
also  at  a  division  of  land,  he  received  a  share. 
He  was  at  this  time  one  of  the  surveyors  ap- 
pointed to  lay  out  the  lots  of  land,  together 
with  Edward  W'inslow.  John  Howland,  Fran- 
cis Cook  and  Joshua  Pratt.  In  1633  he  was 
a  freeman,  and  in  1634-35  one  of  the  asses- 
sors. October,  1636,  he  was  on  a  jury  "to 
try  actions  and  abuses"  and  1636-37  and  1638, 
1640,  and  164 1,  one  of  the  great  inquest,  or 
grand  jury.  In  the  latter  year  he  was  ap- 
pointed, with  the  governor  and  assistants,  as 
a  committee  to  divide  the  meadow  lands.  In 
1642  he  contributed  one-sixteenth  part  of  the 
money  to  build  a  barque  of  forty  or  fifty  tons 
to  cost  £200.  As  compensation  the  court  at 
Plymouth  granted  him  eighty  acres  of  land. 
It  is  said  that  he  superintended  the  building 
of  this  vessel.  In  1645  '^^  'i^d  removed  to 
Eastham,  the  oldest  town  on  Cape  Cod,  and 
was  that  year  a  freeman  there.  He  was  town 
treasurer  of  Eastham,  1646-1665.  and  select- 
man for  about  two  years.  In  1650-52  he  was 
a  deputy  to  the  old  Colony  Court,  and  in  the 
latter  year  one  of  the  jurors  to  lay  out  a  con- 
venient way  from  Sandwich  to  Plymouth.  In 
1657  he  was  licensed  as  a  merchant,  and  it  is 
said  that  for  many  years  he  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  trade.  He  had  formerly  been  a 
shipwright.  He  married  (first),  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Margaret  Hicks. 
Robert  Hicks  came  from  Southwark.  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  a  dealer  in  hides  and 
leather,  in  1621.  in  the  "Fortune,"  and  set- 
tled at  Plymouth.  .At  an  early  date  he  had 
one  acre  of  land  assigned  to  him.  and  is 
called  "merchant".  He  settled  at  Duxbury 
before  1634.  and  subsequently  removed  to 
Scituate.  He  died  at  Plymouth,  and  left  a 
will  dated  May  28.  1645.  His  first  wife  was 
Elizabeth,  and  hi";  second  Margaret,  who  sur- 
vived him.  Erlward  Bangs  married  Csecond  ) 
Rebecca   .     He   died   at    Eastham,    in 


1678.  Child  of  first  wife:  Jnlni.  married, 
January  23,  1660,  Hannah  Smalley,  daughter 
of  John,  of  Eastham:  children  of  the  second 
wife :  Lieutenant  Joshua,  born  at  Plymouth, 
1637:  Rebecca,  married,  October  ib,  1654, 
Captain  Jonathan  Sparrow,  died  before  ibJJ ', 
Sarah,  married  at  Eastham,  1656.  Captain 
Thomas  Howes,  of  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts ; 
Captain  Jonathan,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia, 
married  (first),  December  24,  1661,  Benjamin 
Higgins;  Hannah,  married,  April  30.  1062, 
John  Doane:  Bethia,  May  28.  11)50;  Apphia 
<_)ctober  15,   1651;  Mercy,  twin  with  Apphia. 

(II)  CajJtain  Jonathan  Bangs,  son  of  Ed- 
ward Bangs,  was  born  at  Plymouth,  1640, 
and  died  at  Brewster,  Xovember  9,  1728.  He 
lived  in  early  life  at  Eastham,  where  he  was 
selectman  for  three  years,  and  deputy  to  the 
(31d  Colony  Court,  1674-76-82-83-87.  In  1692 
he  was  representative  to  the  general  court. 
He  was  also  for  some  time  treasurer  of  East- 
ham. He  was  captain  of  the  military  com- 
pan\'.  In  i(j8o,  on  a  document  relating  to  the 
boundaries  of  certain  lands  lying  at  Sautuck- 
ett  (later  Harwich)  and  adjacent  places,  and 
signed  by  him  and  others  concerned,  he  used 
a  crest  which  belonged  to  the  Bankes  or 
Bangs  family  of  England.  He  married 
(first),  July  16,  1664,  IMary,  daughter  of 
Captain  Samuel  and  Thomasine  (Lumpkin) 
Mayo,  baptized  at  Barnstable,  February  3, 
1649-50,  died  at  Brewster,  January  26,  171 1. 
Her  father.  Captain  Samuel,  mariner,  was 
born  about  1625,  settled  at  Boston,  1658,  and 
died  1663  or  1664.  He  was  the  son  of  Rev. 
John,  of  Boston  and  Barnstable,  and  lastly 
of  Yarmouth.  Jonathan  Bangs  married  (sec- 
ond)   Sarah    ,    who    died    June,    1719, 

aged  seventy-eight.  He  married  (third), 
1720,  Ruth  Young,  of  Eastham,  daughter  of 
Daniel  Cole,  of  Eastham.  Children:  Captain 
Edward,  born  September  30.  1665,  at  East- 
ham;  Rebecca,  February  i,'i667,  at  Eastham; 
Mary,  April  14,  1671 ;  Jonathan,  May  4.  1673; 
Hannah,  March  14,  1676;  Tamson,  or  Thom- 
asine. .May  5,  1678;  Captain  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below:  Mercie,  January  7,  16S2:  Eliza- 
beth, .May  16,  1685:  Sarah!  August,  1687; 
Lydia.  (Dctober  2,  1689. 

(III)  Captain  Samuel  Bangs,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Jonathan  Bangs,  was  born  July  12,  1680, 
at  Harwich,  and  died  June  ri,  1750,  at  the 
same  place.  He  married  (first).  January  13, 
1703,  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel"  and  Sarah 
(Pope)  Hinckley,  born  July  22.  1678.  died 
January  7,  1741,  at  Harwich.  Her  father 
was  the  son  of  Governor  Thomas  Hinckley 
and  his  first  wife.  Her  mother  was  the 
daughter  of  John  Pope,  of  Sandwich.  He 
married  (second).  April  i,  1742,  widow  Mary 


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Rider,  who  married  (third)  Thomas  Huckins. 
Children,  Seth,  born  June  29,  1705 ;  Samuel, 
July  II,  1707;  David,  March  29,  1709;  Mary, 
May  2,  1711,  at  Harwich;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below;  Melatiah,  March  4,  1714-15;  Sarah, 
October  23,  1716;  Lemuel,  June  2,  1719;  Abi- 
jah,  July  29,  1743. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Captain  Samuel 
Bangs,  was  born  at  Harwich,  January  30, 
1713,  and  married,  September  18,  1735, 
Thankful  Hamblen,  of  Barnstable.  He  died 
at  Phillips'  Patent  (Oblong),  New  York,  in 
1757.  Children :  Tabitha,  born  September 
20,  1736;  ElHce,  or  Alice,  about  1737;  Han- 
nah, June  21,  1738;  Lemuel,  mentioned  below; 
Lydia,  October  5,  1741;  Joseph;  Jonathan, 
baptized  December  9,  1744;  Heman,  baptized 
April  3,    1748;  Thankful,   baptized   May    12, 

1750- 

(V)  Lemuel,  son  of  Joseph  Bangs,  was 
bom  December  '31,  ^739,  at  Harwich,  and 
died  May  9,  1824,  near  the  f)resent  town  of 
Genesee  Falls,  New  York.  He  married  (first) 

Hall;  (second)  Rebecca,  daughter  of 

Elijah  and  Sarah  Keeler,  born  at  Ridgefield, 
Connecticut,  April  23  or  April  29,  1751,  died 
February  24,  1812,  at  Grand  River,  Upper 
Canada.  He  was  by  trade  a  blacksmith.  He 
was  a  commissary  in  the  French  war,  and  an 
adjutant  in  the  revolution.  In  religion  he 
was  an  Episcopalian.  He  lived  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  till  1782;  in  Fairfield  till  1791 ; 
in  Stamford,  New  York,  till  1809;  then  re- 
moved to  Grand  River,  Upper  Canada.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Richard,  bom  August  i, 
1764;  Phebe,  September  5,  1765;  Lemuel 
Hamblin,  February  14,  1767;  Sarah,  April  25, 
1766,  probably  died  young;  Eliakim,  July  25, 
1768;  Sarah,  bom  at  Ridgefield,  March  7, 
1774;  children  of  second  wife:  Rev.  Joseph, 
born  at  Stratford,  Connecticut,  April  25, 
1776;  Rev.  Nathan,  mentioned  below;  Captain 
Elijah  Keeler,  Stratford,  June  4,  1780;  Rev. 
John,  Stratford,  August  8,  1782;  Hannah, 
Stratford,  about  1786,  died  at  Fairfield,  about 
September  6,  1786;  Priscilla,  Fairfield,  July 
20,  1787. 

(VI)  Rev.  Nathan  Bangs,  son  of  Lemuel 
Bangs,  was  bom  at  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
May  2,  1778,  and  died  in  New  York,  May  3, 
1862.  In  May.  1799,  he  removed  to  Upper 
Canada,  where  he  taught  school  and  practiced 
surveying  for  two  years.  In  1800  he  joined 
-  the  MethodisLs,  and  TrrAugust,  "18017  was  4t- 
censed  to  preach.  Until  December  lit  of  that 
year  he  travelled  on  the  Niagara  circuit,  and 
until  June,  1802.  on  Long  Point  circuit.  He 
then  joined  the  New  York  Annual  Conference 
on  trial  and  was  assigned  the  Bay  Quirite  and 
Home  District  until"  June,  1804.    He  then  at- 


tended  the   New   York   Annual   Conference, 
was  received  into   full  communion,  ordained 
a  deacon  and  two   days  later  an  elder,  and 
■  assigned  the  river  Thames  district,  including 
part  of  Michigan  and  Ohio.    In  1805  he  was 
assigned  the   Oswegatchie   circuit  with    Syl- 
vanus  Keeler;  in  1806,  Quebec;  in  1807,  Ni- 
agara.    On  his  way  to   the  latter  place  he 
was  turned  back  by  the   presiding  elder  to 
Montreal  for  the  year.     In  1808  he  returned 
to  New  York  and  was  assigned  to  the  Dela- 
ware circuit,   the   following  year   to  Albany, 
and  in  1810  to  New  York  City.     In  181^2  he 
was  prevented  by  the  war  from  returning  to 
Montreal,  where  he  had  been  assigned  as  pas- 
tor  and  presiding   elder,   and   lived  part   of 
the  year  in  Troy  and  part  in  Bedford,  New 
York.     In    1813    he  was  presiding  elder  of 
Rhinebeck  district,  and  in  1817  returned  to 
New  York  City.    Here  he  served  as  pastor  of 
the  Duane  Street  €hureh-^from-T8i7-t41Li-8i^- 
presiding    elder    of    New    York    district    till 
1820;    book    agent   till    1828;    editor   of    the 
Christian  Advocate  and  Journal  till  i832;'edi- 
tor  of  books  till  1836;  resident  corresponding 
secretary  of  the  Missionary  Society  till  1841 ; 
president  of  Wesleyan  University  till  Septem- 
ber,   1842;  pastor  of   Second   Street  Church 
till  1844;  of  Green  Street  Church  till   1846; 
of  Sands  Street  Church,  Brooklyn,  till  1848; 
presiding  elder  of  New  York  East  district  till 
1852.     At  that  time,  after  having  taken  fifty 
consecutive  annual  appointments,  he  was  re- 
ported superannuated.     He  was  a  great  man 
in  the  Methodist  church,  and  its  recognized 
historian.     He  was  a  Doctor  of  Divinity,  the 
founder    of    their    periodical    literature,    and 
their  educational  institutions,  the  first  editor 
of  their   Quarterly  Rez'iew,    chief    editor    of 
their  monthly  magazine  and  their  book  publi- 
cations.   He  was  their  greatest  missionary  ad- 
vocate, and  during  twenty  years  wrote  all  the 
reports  of  their  missionary  society. 

He  married,  April  22,,  1806,  at  Edwards- 
burg,  L^pper  Canada,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Margaret  (Lateur)  Bolton,  bom 
at  Terrebonne,  L.  C,  December  23,  1787,  died 
in  New  York  City,  ]\Iay  16,  1864.  Children: 
Nancy,  born  in  Upper  Canada,  April  25,  1807, 
died  there,  June  10,  1807;  Lemuel,  born  in 
Stamford,  New  York,  March  26.  1809;  Wil- 
liam McKendree,  born  in  New  York  City,  De- 
cember 15,  1810;  Nathan, 'born  at  Sharon, 
Connecticut^  October  21-,  -  iSi^  ;  Mary  Eliza, 
born  at  Rhinebeck,  New  York,  October  30, 
1815  ;  Elijah  Keeler,  bom  at  New  York,  July 
12,  1817;  Grace  Shatwell,  born  at  New  York 
City,  June  30,  1819;  Susan  Cornelia,  at  New 
York,  April  17,  1821,  died  December  12, 
1822;  Joseph  Henry,  New  York,  January  17, 


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1S23;  Rebecca,  June  17,  1S25  ;  Francis  Nelie- 
miah.  February  23,  182S. 

(\'II)  Lemuel,  son  of  Rev.  Nathan  r.ang;s, 
was  born  at  Stamford.  New  York,  March  26, 
1809.  For  many  years  he  was  a  pubHsher 
and  book  auctioneer  and  dealer  in  New  York 
City.  He  married  (first)  Sarah  Almira  Dis- 
brow,  born  July  17.  1S14.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  Julia  Anderson  Merwin,  born  December 
2,  1S14,  daughter  of  Saniuel  Merwiii,  of  Con- 
necticut. 

(\'III)  Dr.  Lemuel  Bolton  Bangs,  son  of 
Lemuel  Bangs,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
August  9,  1842.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  New  York,  and  the  College  of 
City  of  New  York.  He  did  not  graduate  in 
arts  and  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.  from 
I'le  College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  of 
Columbia  University  in  1872.  Since  then  he 
has  practiced  in  New  York  City,  and  won 
distinction  as  a  surgeon  and  teacher.  He  is 
con>ulting  surgeon  of  St.  Luke's  Hospital,  of 
Bellevue  Hospital,  City  Hospital,  St.  \'incent's 
Hospital  and  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Hos- 
pital. He  was  professor  of  genito-urinary 
diseases  in  the  New  York  Post-Graduate 
^Medical  School  and  Hospital ;  professor  of 
genito-urinary  surgery  in  the  University  and 
Bellevue  Hospitals  Medical  School,  1898-1901. 
In  1S85  he  was  president  of  the  American 
Association  of  Genito-Urinary  Surgeons.  He 
edited  a  text-book  on  genito-urinary  diseases. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  County 
Medical  Society,  the  New  York  State  Medi- 
cal Society,  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion, of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  St. 
Nicholas  Society,  and  of  the  University,  Cen- 
tury and  Quill  clubs  of  New  York  City.  His 
home  is  in  New  York  City.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican,  in  religion  Protestant  Episco- 
palian. 

He  married  (first),  October  26,  1876, 
Frances  Augusta  Edwards,  born  May  25, 
1845.  daughter  of  William  Edwards,  of  New 
York.  She  died  December  27,  1S85,  and  he 
married  (second).  December  5,  1894,  Isabel 
Hoyt.  born  September  6,  i86i,  daughter  of 
ReiUien  and  Rhoda  E.  Hoyt,  of  New  York. 
Children  by  his  first  wife:  i.  Merwin  Bolton, 
born  August  29,  1877.  2.  Mary  Edwards, 
born  January  31.  18S0.  3.  Helen  Augusta, 
born  June  14.  1SS2.  Child  of  second  wife: 
4.  Nesbitt  Ho\t.  born  September  28,  1896. 


John  Tluuber.  immigratit  an- 
THURBER     cestor  of  the   .American  fam- 
ily, came  from  England  with 
his    wile    Priscilla   and   si>;   of  his  eight   chil- 
dren, leaving  James  and  Mary  in  his  old  home 
at   Stanton.   Lincolnshire.      In    1672,   the    fol- 


lowing }ear,  the  other  two  joined  the  family. 
They  settled  at  Rehohoth.  Massachusetts,  on 
a  place  at  New  Meadow  Neck,  now  in  Bar- 
rington,  Rhode  Island.  Children:  Abigail, 
John,  Thomas,  Edward,  Charity.  Elizabeth, 
James,  Mary. 

(I)  Captain  George  Winchester  ThurLer,  a 
descendant  of  John  Thurber,  was  born  in 
1830  and  lived  at  Liibec,  Maine.  He  fol- 
lowed the  sea  from  early  youth  and  became 
a  master  mariner.  He  was  lost  at  sea  in  1871. 
He  was  an  able  and  cxjicricnced  mariner  and 
taught  navigation  to  man>-  seafaring  men  on 
shore  and  at  sea.  He  married  Abigail  Ma- 
tilda, daughter  of  Jonathan  (4)  and  Abigail 
(Reed)  Dawes  (see  Dawes  \TI).  Her  mother 
was  born  at  Mount  Desert.  Maine.  Children: 
I.  ]Mary  Frances,  born  in  Ellsworth,  in  1S53. 
now  deceased:  married  Orient  Richardson, 
of  ■Mount  Desert.  2.  Susan  Elizabeth,  born  in 
Ellsworth,  now  deceased.  3.  George  \\'.,  born 
in  Ellsworth.  4.  Alexander  B.,  b<:>rn  in  Ells- 
worth.    5.   Frank  Leslie,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Frank  Leslie,  son  of  Captain  George 
Winchester  Thurber,  was  born  in  Ellsworth, 
Hancock  county,  Maine,  March  22,  iSoi.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
When  a  joung  man  he  entered  the  hotel  Inisi- 
ness  as  clerk  and  manager  and  was  emploved 
in  these  capacities  at  Ellsworth,  at  Moose- 
head  Lake  and  at  Bangor  and  Portland, 
Maine,  for  a  period  of  twelve  years.  In  1893 
he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Union  ^[utual 
Life  Insurance  Company  of  Maine  as  repre- 
sentative and  general  manager  of  the  company 
in  the  maritime  provinces  and  continued  in 
this  position  for  five  years.  In  November. 
1898,  he  came  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  for  the 
Union  Mutual  Life  Insurance  Company,  and 
since  July,  1910,  he  has  been  superintendent 
of  agencies  for  the  Prudential  Insurance 
Company.  He  is  a  member  of  Lakewood 
Lodge,  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons,  of  l.ake- 
wood,  Ohio,  and  of  Webb  Chapter.  Roval 
.Vrch  Masons,  of  Ck\claud.  Ohio.  He  i.^  a 
member  of  the  New  England  Society  of 
Cleveland  and  the  Western  Reserve.  '  His 
home  is  at  Lakewood.  Ohio,  and  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  city  council  there.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Christian  Scien- 
tist. 

He  married  (first),  November  29.  1882, 
Helen  McFarland,  born  in  ElUworth.  Maine, 
August  9.  i8r«.  died  in  Cleveland.  Ohio,  x^i^i^. 
daughter  of  Robert  P.  and  .\nn  (.\nder>on) 
McFarland.  He  married  (second).  1901. 
May  Lavina  (Brown)  Bishop,  a  widow, 
daughter  of  (^ieorge  and  .\r,rie  Jeanette 
r.rown.  She  was  born  in  Fremont.  Ohio, 
November  iS.  1874.    Children  by  Seconal  wife: 


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Frances  May,  born  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  1902; 
Thornton,  born  in  Lakewood,  Ohio,  1909. 

(The   Dawes  Line). 

(I)  William  Dawes,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  American  family,  came  to  America  from 
England  with  the  first  body  of  Massachusetts 
Bay  Colony  in  1628-29,  the  foimders  of  Bos- 
ton and  Salem,  but  soon  returned.  Family 
tradition  says  that  he  was  accompanied  by 
his  wife  and  that  she  gave  birth  to  a  child 
during  the  voyage,  and  that  the  child  was 
named  Ambrose  for  the  vessel  on  which  he 
was  born,  but  nothing  further  is  known  of 
either  father  or  son.  The  coat-of-arms  of 
the  English  family  of  Dawes  is  described : 
Argent  on  a  band  azure,  cottised  gules,  three 
swans  or,  between  six  pole-axes. 

(IIj  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Dawes,  was  born  in  Sudbury,  county  Suffolk, 
England,  in  1620.  He  came  to  America  in 
the  ship  "Planter"  in  April,  1635,  at  the  age 
of  fifteen  years.  He  married,  at  Braintree, 
Massachusetts,  Susanna,  daughter  of  John 
and  Susanna  Mills,  of  that  town,  about  1641, 
and  his  eldest  son  was  born  there.  He  was  a 
mason  by  trade.  About  1652  he  moved  to 
Boston,  where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  buying  an  estate  on  the  east  side  of  Sud- 
bury street.  Part  of  this  estate  was  deeded 
to  his  son  Ambrose  and  the  mansion  house 
remained  in  the  possession  of  his  descendants 
fully  five  generations ;  was  at  one  time  known 
as  "The  Parrot",  and  was  finally  destroyed 
by  the  British  during  the  siege  of  Boston  in 
1776.  Air.  Dawes  was  admitted  a  freeman. 
May  6,  1646,  and  both  he  and  his  wife  were 
among  the  founders  of  the  Third  or  Old 
South  Church  in  1669  and  former  members 
of  the  First  Church.  He  died  March  24, 
1703.  Children:  Ambrose,  born  July  24, 
1642:  William,  March  8,  1655,  died  young; 
Hannah,  January  7,  1659,  died  January  14 
following;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below; 
Daughter,  married  John  Nicholls,  whom  Am- 
brose calls  "my  brother". 

(HI)  Jonathan,  son  of  William  (2)  Dawes, 
was  born  in  Boston,  November  3,  1661.  He 
was  a  mason  and  bricklayer.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Morse.  His  wife  joined  the  Old  South 
Church,  January  29,  1688.  Jonathan  Dawes 
died  October  5,  1690,  leaving  some  debts,  in- 
cluding ninety  pounds  due  his  father,  and 
property  amounting  to  £226.  His  widow 
was  appointed  administratrix.  Children: 
Hannah,  baptized  January  13,  1683,  probably 
died  young;  Hannah,  baptized  August  9,  1685, 
died  young;  Jonathan  or  Joanna,  born  April 
21,   1687,  baptized  April  24  following;   Han- 


nah, baptized  May  19,  1689;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel,  probably  twin  of  Jona- 
than. 

(I\)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Dawes,  was  born  January  ii.  1691.  He  set- 
tled at  East  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  Lois  Stetson,  at  Pembroke,  I'ebruary 
10,  1714.  They  had  a  daughter  Margaret, 
born  July  2~,  1715.  They  probably  moved  to 
Maine  and  had  other  children. 

(V)  John,  believed  to  be  son  of  Jonathan 
(2)  Dawes,  settled  in  Boothbay,  Maine.  He 
was  a  prominent  citizen  and  active  during  the 
revolution.  He  served  on  the  committee  on 
correspondence  in  1778  and  1781  and  on  the 
committee  on  ammunition  from  Boothbay, 
Maine,  in  1782.  A  John  Dawes,  of  Boothbay, 
was  a  seaman  on  the  brigantine  "Warren"  in 
1777  and  was  captured  by  the  British,  March 
12,  1777.  According  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus, taken  in  1790,  Jonathan  and  John  Dawes 
were  heads  of  families  in  Boothbay,  Lincoln 
county,  Maine.  Jonathan  had  in  his  family 
two  males  over  sixteen,  one  under  age  and 
eight  females. 

(\T)  Jonathan  (3),  son  of  John  Dawes, 
was  of  Boothbay,  Maine. 

(VH)  Jonathan  (4).  son  of  Jonathan  (3) 
Dawes,  married  .Vbigail  Reed,  of  Mount  Des- 
ert, Maine.  Their  daughter,  Abigail  Matilda, 
married  Captain  George  Winchester  Thurber 
(see  Thurber  I ). 


The  family  of  Allison  is  of 
ALLISOX     very  old  date  in  the  parish  of 

Avondale,  county  of  Lanark, 
Scotland,  where  the  name  is  still  prevalent. 
Mac  Alister,  the  original  form  of  the  surname 
Alison,  was  the  name  or  title  of  the  clan 
that  inhabited  the  south  of  Knapdale  and  the 
north  of  Kintyre  in  Argyleshire.  They  are 
traced  to  Alister  or  Alexander,  son  of  Angus 
Nor,  or  Angus  the  (Jreat,  of  the  clan  Donald. 
Their  name  is  spelled  in  conformity  with  the 
universal  practice  of  higher  families  among 
the  ancient  Gaels,  who  took  their  surnames 
from  the  names  of  the  greater  chieftains 
among  their  ancestors,  calling  themselves  their 
sons  or  descendants,  and  confining  the  use  of 
occupational  names  like  .MacCiowan  (smith), 
MacBaird  (minstrel)  now  Ward,  to  families 
of  no  social  position.  Exposed  to  the  en- 
croachments of  the  Campliells  the  principal 
possessions  of  the  Mac.Mlisters  or  Allisons 
became  ere  long  absorbed  by  different  branch- 
es of  that  powerful  clan.  Their  clan  badge 
was  the  five-leafed  heather.  The  Highland 
name  of  the  Mac.\llisters  was  changed  into 
the  anglicized  form  of  Allison,  when  the  fam- 
ily or  a  branch  of  it  was  driven  from  Loupe, 


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near  Oban,  in  Argyleshire.  by  the  followers 
of  King  Robert  Bruce.  From  their  descent 
from  Alexander  (Alister),  eldest  son  of  An- 
gus Nor,  Lord  of  the  Isles  and  of  Kintyre  in 
1284,  grandson  of  Somerled,  thane  of  Argyle, 
the  ;\racAllisters  claim  to  be  representative, 
after  the  MacDonells  of  Glengarry,  of  the 
ancient  Lords  of  the  Isles,  as  heirs  male  of 
the  grandson  of  Somerled.  Alexander  of 
Loupe,  last  mentioned,  took  the  side  of  Baliol, 
competitor  for  the  Scottish  throne,  and  was 
attacked  by  King  Robert  Bruce  in  his  chief 
castle,  Sweyn  of  Knapdale.  This  was  not 
a  great  distance  from  Oban.  He  was  over- 
come, compelled  to  flee,  taken  prisoner  on 
his  way  to  Ayrshire,  and  confined  in  the  Dun- 
donald  Castle,  where  he  died  in  1309.  This 
castle  is  in  the  parish  of  Dundonald,  Ayrshire, 
four  miles  from  Prestwick,  four  from  Kil- 
marnock and  seven  from  Ayr.  His  two  sons 
and  a  few  of  their  followers  escaped,  and  to 
preserve  them  from  the  wrath  of  the  follow- 
ers of  Bruce  they  settled  in  the  parish  of 
.  Avondale  and  changed  their  name  to  Allison. 
This  was  in  1310.  There  they  have  continued 
for  six  hundred  years,  and  at  the  present  day 
a  great  many  of  the  farms  and  small  estates 
in  that  neighborhood  are  owned  by  Allisons, 
and  the  wilderness  has  now  to  some  extent 
become  a  fruitful  field. 

(I)  Lawrence  Allison,  immigrant  ancestor 
and  progenitor  of  the  branch  of  American 
Allisons  here  dealt  with,  died  in  1664.  He 
was  a  Puritan.  He  is  first  heard  of  in  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  whence  he  went  to 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  removing  again 
from  there  to  Stamford,  and  thence  to  Hemp- 
stead, Long  Island,  with  several  other  newly 
landed  immigrants,  who  had  accompanied 
Rev.  Richard  Denton  in  1644.  Most  of  the 
early  families  of  Hempstead  were  under  his 
leadership  and  came  from  Hemel,  Hempstead, 
England,  about  twenty  miles  from  London. 
Some,  however,  went  to  Halifax.  These  im- 
migrants are  supposed  to  have  been  part  of 
a  colony  which  came  across  the  sea  with  Rob- 
ert Winthrop  and  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall  in 
1630.  In  June,  1645,  Lawrence  Allison  ob- 
tained a  verdict  of  four  pounds'  damages 
against  Thomas  Mansfield  in  particular,  in 
the  court  of  Connecticut.  In  1657  he  was 
taxed  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  for  twenty- 
nine  acres.  In  1658  Lawrence  and  John  Alli- 
son became  sureties  for  the  good  behavior  of 
Lawrence's  son-in-law  and  John's  brother-in- 
law,  John  Ellington.  On  November  29,  1658, 
he  had  ten  acres  of  land  allotted  him  in 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  and  in  1659  was 
chosen  townsman.  Not  long  did  he  continue 
with  his  vouthful  settlement,  for  at  the  court 


of  sessions  held  at  Hempstead,  January  2, 
1665,  letters  of  administration  on  his  estate 
were  granted  to  his  three  sons,  their  father 
having  died  in  the  previous  vear.  This  is 
the  oldest  record  but  one  in  legal  archives 
of  the  surrogate  office  in  New  York  City.  In 
legal  documents  Lawrence  signed  his  name 
by  his  "mark".  Children :  Richard,  born 
about  1620:  Thomas,  1622;  John,  of  whom 
further. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Lawrence  Allison,  was 
born  about  1624,  died  after  1678.  When  a 
young  man,  in  company  with  his  father.  Rev. 
Richard  Denton  and  several  other  immigrants, 
composing  a  colony  which  was  aggrieved  at 
the  limited  franchises  granted  the  town  of 
Stamford  by  the  New  Haven  colony,  he  left 
the  jurisdiction  of  England  and  took  up  land 
under  the  Dutch  government  on  the  south 
side  of  Long  Island.  This  was  in  1644,  ^nd 
three  years  later  land  was  apportioned  to 
them  in  Hempstead.  On  November  29,  1658, 
ten  acres  of  land  were  allotted  to  John,  who 
like  his  father  signed  legal  documents  with 
his  "mark".  In  1662  he  was  elected  towns- 
man, and  a  year  later  land  was  granted  him 
and  others  at  Nad  Nan's  Neck.  He  was  taxed 
this  same  year  for  thirty  acres  in  one  place 
and  for  ten  acres  in  another,  as  well  as  for 
two  oxen  and  four  cows.  In  1676  he  was 
chosen  overseer  and  was  granted  four  acres 
of  land,  for  which  he  was  required  to  furnish 
the  town  two  gallons  of  rum  to  drink  at  a 
public  meeting  on  Hempstead  Plains.  In 
1678  he  was  chosen  constable  and  real  estate 
valuer.  He  made  no  will  and  his  estate  went 
to  relatives.  Children :  John,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Thomas. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Allison, 
was  born  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island,  died  in 
1754  between  June  6  and  October  21.  He 
was  the  immediate  founder  of  the  family  of 
Allisons  who  for  a  number  of  generations 
have  lived  and  been  buried  at  Haverstraw, 
Rockland  county.  New  York.  John  Allison 
was  one  of  a  company  which  purchased  land 
in  the  north  part  of  the  Kakiat  patent  of 
land  in  Orange  county.  He  became  owner  of 
the  greater  part  of  De  Hart's  patent,  which 
included  the  present  townships  of  Haverstraw 
and  Grassy  Point  in  Orange  county,  now 
Rockland  county.  In  the  heyday  of  his  life 
he  removed  with  his  family  to  New  Hemp- 
stead, later  to  Haverstraw,  and  founded  his 
home,  which  remained  such  until  his  death. 
From  the  knowledge  we  have  of  his  enter- 
prises he  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  push 
and  executive  ability.  He  was  probably  buried 
in  the  old  cemetery  called  "Neck",  near  ]\Iinis- 
congo  creek,   or  in  the   old  Allison  burying- 


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ground,  near  the  former  house  of  Benjamin 
AlHson.  Cliildren,  all  born  in  Ilaverstraw  : 
Benjamin,  about  1717;  John;  Joseph,  of 
whom  further;  William;  Elizabeth;  Deborah; 
Mary;  Hannah;  Richard. 

(RO  Captain  Joseph  Allison,  son  of  John 
(2)  Allison,  was  born  at  Haverstraw,  Orange 
county.  New  York,  about  1721,  died  January 
2,  1796.  He  resided  in  Haverstraw,  New 
York,  where  he  owned  a  large  farm  and  much 
landed  estate.  The  headstone  of  Mr.  Allison 
appears  in  the  old  Allison  burial  ground, 
though  his  remains  now  rest  in  the  Mount 
Repose  cemetery.  He  married  (first)  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  }ilatthe\v  Benson,  died  De- 
cember 12,  1767;  (second)  May  4,  1769.  El- 
sie Parcells,  who  died  April  16,  181 5.  Chil- 
dren by  first  marriage :  Matthew,  born  July 
13,  1745;  Elizabeth.  1746;  Mary,  1747;  Han- 
nah, 1750;  Joseph,  1752;  John,  1754;  William, 
1756;  Thomas,  1760;  Deborah,  1762;  Benja- 
min, 1764.  Children  by  second  marriage: 
Peter,  1770;  Amos,  1771  ;  Michael,  1773;  Par- 
cells,  1777 ;  Richard,  of  whom  further ;  Elsie, 
1783;  Abraham,   1783. 

(V)  Richard,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  and 
Elsie  (Parcells)  Allison,  was  born  in  Haver- 
straw, Rockland  county,  New  York,  October 
23,  1780,  died  November  26,  1825,  in  New 
York  City.  He  resided  in  both  Haverstraw 
and  New  York  City.  He  was  married,  at 
St.  John.  New  Brunswick,  to  Miss  Eliza 
Ruckel,  died  May,  1870,  in  New  York  Ci,ty. 
Children,  all  born  in  New  York  City :  Mary 
Caroline,  February  5,  1808,  died  in  1878  at 
Newark,  New  Jersey ;  Michael,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Susan  Elizabeth,  March  29,  181 1,  died 
in  1883  at  Glendale,  Ohio;  Richard,  August 
7,  1813;  Jasper  H.,  July  12,  1815,  died  in 
1883  at  Newark;  Edgar,  November  22.  1817, 
died  in  1818  in  New  York  City;  .\melia 
Southard,  I\Iay  13,  1820,  died  in  1877  at  Glen- 
dale, Ohio;  Abram  Stagg,  February  17,  1823 
died  in  1872;  Sarah  Jane,  February  17, 
died  in  1873  in  New  York. 

(VI)  ^Michael,  son  of  Richard  and 
(Ruckel)  Allison,  was  born  in  New 
City,  June  22,  1809,  died  at  Tappan, 
York,  April  5,  1876.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools,  and  left  school  to  engage  in 
the  furniture  business  in  New  York,  where 
he  made  his  home  till  1868.  He  then  moved 
to  Tappan,  at  which  place  he  lived  until  the 
year  of  his  death.  He  married  (first)  in  New 
York  City,  Susan  Gentil,  born  in  New  York 
about  1812,  died  there  .April  5,  1846;  (second) 
Harriet  M..  daughter  of  .\ndrew  Calhoun, 
born  in  1764  in  the  parish  of  Ray,  near  the 
towns  of  Rahpoe  and  Lubadisk,  county  Done- 
gal,  Ireland,   son  of   William  Calhoun.     The 


1823, 

Eliza 
York 
New 


church  he  attenderl  was  at  Manor  Cunning- 
ham. .Vndrew  Calhoun  came  to  .\merica  in 
1790,  lived  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  is 
buried  in  Concord,  .\'ew  Hampshire.  Mrs. 
Harriet  .M.  (Calhoun)  .Mlison  was  born  iii 
Canajoharie,  New  'S'ork,  May  5,  1827.  and  in 
1880  removed  to  Nebraska,  where  she  now 
resides.  Children  by  first  marriage;  Jane 
Amelia,  born  in  New  York  City,  June  20, 
^^33 '■  William  Gentil,  of  whom  further; 
Richard,  July  7,  1838;  Thomas,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. Children  by  second  marriage :  Howard 
Calhoun,  Ixirn  in  New  York  Citv,  .April  7, 
1852;  Harriet,  born  .May  29,  1853;  .Michael, 
April  I,  1856;  Lilia,  July  19,  1857;  Irving, 
December  18,  1859;  "Winthrop.  .August  26, 
1861  :  Eliot,  July  i,  1866;  .Mabel  Hitchcock, 
born  in  New  York  City,  September  12,  1867. 

(\TI)  William  Gentil,  eldest  son  of  Mi- 
chael and  Susan  (Gentil)  Allison,  was  born 
in  New  York  City,  .August,  1835,  died  there 
April  5.  1869.  He  was  in  the  twine  and  cord- 
age business  practicallv  all  his  life,  the  title 
of  the  firm  being  G.  H.  &  W.  G.  Allison,  of 
New  York.  The  firm  broke  up  when  W.  G. 
Allison  died,  and  the  business  was  surrendered 
to  Lewis  C.  Glover.  William  Gentil  .\llison 
was  a  member  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  and 
one  of  the  first  volunteers  to  enlist  in  the  civil 
war.  He  was  aflfected  by  a  sunstroke  when 
in  active  service,  and  died  shortly  after  he 
had  been  honorably  discharged.  He  married, 
March  30,  1863,  'Hester  Julia  Manwaring, 
born  in  New  York  City,  June  16.  1843  (see 
Manwaring  \TI).  Children:  Ida,  born  Jan- 
uary 14,  1867,  married  Rt.  Rev.  C.  T.  A. 
Pise,  D.  D.,  dean  of  St.  Philip's  Cathedral, 
Atlanta,  Georgia ;  William  Manwaring,  of 
whom  further. 

(\'II)  Judge  Thomas  Allison,  third  son  of 
Michael  and  Susan  (Gentil)  .Allison,  was 
born  in  New  York  City,  Septenilx;r  19,  1840. 
He  received  his  preliminary  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  the  city,  and  from  ward 
school  No.  35  in  \\'est  Thirteenth  street  en- 
tered the  Free  Academy,  now  the  College  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  being  graduated  in 
i860.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1861, 
having  studied  in  the  office  of  the  Hon.  John 
W.  Edmonds,  and  has  since  been  in  active 
practice  of  his  profession,  ranking  high  as  a 
lawyer.  He  was  offered  by  .Mayor  Edson  in 
1884  the  appointment  as  corporation  counsel 
of  New  York  City,  but  declined  to  accept.  He 
was  nominated  for  judge  of  the  court  of  com- 
mon pleas  for  the  city  and  county  of  New 
York  in  1889,  endorsed  by  the  Republicans, 
and  polled  some  ninety-two  thousand  votes, 
but  was  defeated  by  the  Tammany  Hall  Dem- 
ocratic candidate.     In  1895  he  was  appointed 


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by  Governor  Morton  to  fill  a  vacancy  as  judge 
of  the  court  of  general  sessions  until  1896, 
when  he  again  took  up  his  practice.  In  1902 
he  was  appointed  by  the  appellate  division  to 
the  position  of  commissioner  of  jurists,  which 
he  has  held  ever  since.  The  degrees  of  Bach- 
elor and  Master  of  Arts  have  been  conferred 
upon  him.  He  married,  August  30,  1871, 
yiarv  E.,^  daughter  of  William  E.  Millet. 
Children:  'Mary  A.,  born  April  27,  1873; 
Florence  A.,  October  15,  1874;  Albert,  Janu- 
ary 17,  1876,  died  1876;  Olive,  October  16, 
1877;  Thomas,  September  23,  1879,  died  1882. 
(\TII)  William  Manwaring,  only  son  of 
William  Gentil  and  Hester  Julia  (Manwar- 
ing) Allison,  was  born  in  King  street,  New 
York  City,  March  12,  1869.  only  three  weeks 
before  the  death  of  his  father.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  the  College  of 
the  City  of  New  York,  attending  the  latter 
only  one  term,  preferring  to  enter  commercial 
life.  On  January  4,  1885,  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  the  firm  of  Combs,  Crosby  &  Eddy, 
one  of  the  largest  exporting  firms  of  Ameri- 
can manufactures,  where  he  rose  from  office 
hoy  to  be  head  of  one  of  their  important  de- 
partments. He  continued  in  the  employ  of 
this  concern  until  1894,  in  which  year  he  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  Charles  William 
Jacob,  in  the  business  of  importing  crude 
drugs  and  other  foreign  raw  products.  The 
firm  of  Charles- W.  Jacob  &  Allison  has  been 
steadily  successful,  being  recognized  authori- 
ties in  the  lines  they  specialize. 

William  ^Manwaring  Allison  married,  June 
15.  1901,  Alice,  daughter  of  George  L.  and 
Fannie  (Edwards)  Crosby,  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  who  was  born  in  Paris,  France,  Au- 
gust 13,  1876.  Children:  Crosby,  born 
March  28,  1903 ;  William  Alanwaring,  Janu- 
ary 9,  1905:  Frances  Doris,  February  21, 
1908:  Alice  Eileen.  June  28,  191 1.  After  his 
marriage  Mr.  Allison,  who  had  always  re- 
sided in  New  York  City,  took  up  his  residence 
in  Brooklyn,  and  has  also  a  summer  residence 
at  Bay  Shore,  Long  Island.  He  and  his  fam- 
ily are  members  of  St.  Peter's  Protestant 
Episcopal  Church,  of  Brooklyn,  where  he  is 
a  member  of  the  vestry.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  of  Brooklyn. 

(The   Manwaring   Line). 

The  line  of  descent  of  Mrs.  William  G.  Al- 
lison is  from  Oliver  Manwaring.  One  of  his 
descendants.  Miss  Frances  Caulkins,  has  writ- 
ten a  "History  of  New  London"  in  which  she 
refers  to  the  old  homestead  which  has  been 
in  the  possession  of  the  Manwaring  familv 
for  nearly  two  hundred  and  forty-one  vears. 
She  savs :     "The  first  record  relating  to   the 


Manwarings  in  this  country  of  which  we  have 
any  knowledge  bears  date  November  3,  1664, 
when  Joshua  Raymond  purchased  house, 
home  lot  and  other  land  in  New  London  be- 
longing to  Mr.  William  Thompson,  mission- 
ary to  the  Indians  near  New  London,  for  Oli- 
ver Manwaring,  his  brother-in-law."  In 
front  of  this  house  was  the  common  that  fig- 
ured in  the  defense  of  New  London  against 
the  traitor,  Benedict  .Arnold,  on  September  6, 
1 78 1.  The  invaders  drove  the  Americans  out 
of  Fort  Nonsense  and  entered  the  town  where 
only  a  small  body  of  men  armed  with  one 
field-piece  opposed  them.  The  English  sol- 
diers ransacked  the  Manwaring  house,  de- 
stro}-ed  the  furniture  and  set  fire  to  the  struc- 
ture. The  fire  was  soon  discovered  and  ex- 
tinguished by  a  man  after  the  English  left, 
and  a  barrel  of  soap  was  used  to  put  out  the 
flames.  The  house  is  still  of  distinct  colonial 
architecture,  and  surrounded  by  wide 
grounds.  It  descended  in  course  of  time  to 
Dr.  R.  A.  ^Manwaring,  son  of  Christopher 
(2)   Manwaring. 

(I)  Oliver  Manwaring,  the  progenitor, 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Richard  Ray- 
mond, and  sister  of  Joshua  Raymond,  referred 
to  above.  Their  children  were :  Hannah, 
Elizabeth,  Prudence,  Love,  Richard,  of  whom 
further;  Judith,  Oliver,  Bathsheba,  Anne, 
]\Iercy. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  Oliver  ^^lanwaring. 
married  Elinor,  daughter  of  Richard  Jen- 
nings. Their  children  were :  Richard.  Asa, 
Henry,  Hannah,  an  unnamed  infant:  Christo- 
pher, of  whom  further;  Love. 

(III)  Christopher,  son  of  Richard  Man- 
waring, married  Deborah,  daughter  of  Rob- 
ert Denison,  January  31,  1745  (see  Denison 
V).  Their  children  were:  Robert,  of  whom 
further ;  Deborah,  Hannah.  Eleanor,  Anna, 
Elizabeth,  Asa.  Roger,  Sybil,  Sarah,  John, 
Lois. 

(I\')  Robert,  son  of  Christopher  Alanwar- 
ing, married  (first),  October  8,  1772.  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Captain  James  Rogers ; 
(second)  Elizabeth  Raymond;  (third)  Susan 
Bushnell.  Children  by  first  marriage :  De- 
borah, Christopher,  of  whom  further;  Fanny, 
Elizabeth,  Eleanor.  Lucretia.  Phebe.  Child 
by  second  marriage :  Caleb  Baker.  Child 
by  third  marriage,  William  Hubbard. 

(\')  Christopher  (2).  son  of  Robert  ]\Ian- 
waring,  married  (first)  Sarah  Bradley;  (sec- 
ond) Tanuarv  21,  1807.  Alarv.  daughter  of 
Dr.  Simon  Wolcott  (see  Wolcott  \'ll).  Chil- 
dren of  first  marriage:  Sally.  Christopher  C, 
Lucretia,  and  an  infant.  Children  of  second 
marriage:  Mary.  Simon  \\'oIcott.  of  whom 
further;  Dr.  Robert  .\lexander,  who  inherited 


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the  Man\varin,e:  homestead,  referred  to  above, 
and  left  it  to  his  son  Wolcott  B.  Manwaring, 
who  willed  it  on  his  death  to  the  city  of  New 
London,  Connecticut,  for  a  children's  hospi- 
tal, with  the  remainder  of  the  family  estate 
for  its  support. 

(\"I)  Simon  Wolcott,  son  of  Christopher 
(2)  Manwaring,  was  born  in  September,  1810, 
died  March  2,  1871.  He  married  Sarah  Ban- 
ta,  in  New  York  City,  November  2,  1837. 
Children:  Mary  Ellen,  Sarah  Frances,  Hes- 
ter Julia,  of  whom  further;  Caroline,  Martha 
Pitkin. 

(MI)  Hester  Julia,  daughter  of  Simon 
Wolcott  Manwaring,  was  born  in  Xevv  York 
City,  June  16,  1843.  ^'^'le  married  William 
Gentil  Allison   (see  Allison  \'II). 

(The   Denison   Line). 

(I)  The  record  of  the  Denison  family  be- 
gins with  William  Denison,  who  was  born 
about  1586  in  England.  He  came  to  America 
in  163 1,  and  settled  in  Ro.xbury,  Massachu- 
setts.    He  married  Margaret  ,  and  had 

children  :  Daniel,  Edward,  George,  of  whom 
further. 

(H)  George,  son  of  William  Denison,  mar- 
ried (first)  Bridget  Thompson :  (second)  .'\nn 
Borodell.  Children  by  first  marriage :  Sarah, 
Hannah.  Children  by  second  marriage  :  Cap- 
tain John,  of  whom  further;  .Ann  I3orodell, 
George,  William,    JMargaret,   Mercy. 

(HI)  Captain  John  Denison,  son  of  George 
and  Ann  (Borodell)  Denison,  married  Phebe, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Say,  of  Say- 
brook,  Connecticut.  Children :  John,  George, 
Robert,  of  whom  further;  William.  Daniel, 
Samuel,   Ann,   Phebe,   Sarah. 

(IV)  Robert,  son  of  Captain  John  Deni- 
son, married  Joanna,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Joanna  (Gardner)  Stanton.  Their  children 
were:  Deborah,  of  whom  further;  Robert. 
Elizabeth,  died  young;  Elizabeth,  Daniel,  An- 
drew, Mary,  Robert,  David,  Sherman,  Mercy, 
Robert,  Gurdon,  Samuel,  Sarah,  Eunice. 

(\')  Deborah,  daughter  of  Robert  Denison, 
married  Christopher  Manwaring  (see  ]\[an- 
waring  III). 

(The   Wolcott    Line). 

(II)  Henry  Wolcott,  American  progenitor 
of  this  family,  was  born  in  England,  son  of 
John  Wolcott.  His  marriage  to  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  .'maunders,  and  also  born 
in  England,  occurred  on  January  19,  1606. 
Their  children  were :  John.  .\nna.  Henry, 
George,  Christopher,  Mary,  Simon,  of  whom 
further. 

(III)  Simon,  son  of  Henry  \\'olcott,  mar- 
ried (first)  Joanna  Cook,  by  whom  he  had  no 
children.     He  married    (second)    October   17. 


1661,  Martha  Pitkin,  by  whom  he  had  nine 
children:  Elizabeth,  Martiia.  Simon,  Joanna, 
Henry.  Christopher,  .Mary,  William,  Roger' 
of  whom  further. 

(lY)  Roger,  son  of  Simon  Wolcott,  mar- 
ried, December  3,  1702,  Sarah  Drake.  Chil- 
dren :  Roger,  Elizabetli,'  .Alexander,  died 
young  ;  Samuel ;  Alexander,  of  whom  further  ; 
Sarah,  died  young;  Sarah,  Hcpzibah,  Josiah, 
Erastus,  L'rsula,  (Jliver,  Marianne. 

(V)  Alexander,  son  of  Roger  Wolcott, 
married  (first)  Lydia  .Atwater ;  (second) 
-Mrs.  Mary  Allen;  (third)  in  1745,  Mary 
Richards,  of  New  London,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren by  first  marriage  ;  Jeremiah,  .Alexander, 
Lydia.  Children  by  third  marriage:  Fisther, 
Simon,  of  whom  further;  Esther,  (jeorge, 
died  young;  George,  Christopher,  Mary, 
Alexander,  Guy,  Elizabeth. 

(\T)  Simon  (2),  son  of  .Alexander  Wol- 
cott, is  referred  to  as  Dr.  Simon  Wolcott. 
He   married    (first)    in    1774,    Lucy    Rogers; 

(second)    Mrs. Mumford.     Children 

by  first  marriage :  Lucretia,  Alexander,  Lucy, 
Mary,  of  whom  further;  Lucy,  Charlotte, 
Catherine,  Elizabeth.  Child  by  second  mar- 
riage :    Frances  Caroline. 

(\TI)  Mary,  daughter  of  Dr.  Simon  (2) 
Wolcott,  married,  January  21,  1807,  Christo- 
pher (2)  Manwaring,  as  his  second  wife  (see 
Manwaring  \"). 


The  BufFiim  family,  now  rep- 
BUFFL'M     resented  in  Rutland,  \'enTiont, 

by  Charles  Paris  Rufifum.  long 
identified  with  the  agricultural  interests  of 
the  county,  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  New  Eng- 
land, whither  it  was  transplanted,  early  in 
the  seventeenth  century,  from  the  Mother 
country  across  the  sea. 

(I)  Robert  I'.utTum,  progenitor  of  the  fam- 
ily in  America,  came  in  1630  froin  England 
to  Massachusetts,  and  died  in  1679. 

(II)  Caleb,  son  of  Robert  Buffum,  was 
born  in    1650. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  Calei)  Buffum,  was 
born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  1686.  and 
subsequently  removed  to  Smithfield,  Rhode 
Island. 

(I\')  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Buffum.  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Rich- 
mond, New  Hampshire.  He  belonged  to  the 
Society  of  Friends,  and  was  in  his  day  re- 
garded as  one  of  the  foremost  men  in  the 
county,  being  an  advanced  thinker  and  of 
sterling  integrity  of  character. 

(\')  Caleb  (2).  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Buf- 
fum, was  born  in  1759.  in  SmithfieM,  Rhode 
Island. 

(\T)  Caleb  (3).  son  of  Caleb  (2)  BufTuin, 


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was  born  February  i,  1781,  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  and  in  1797  settled  in  Danby, 
\'ermont.  He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade, 
and  in  1806  purchased  the  triphammer  and 
shop  of  Samuel  Dow.  For  ten  or  twelve 
years  thereafter  he  followed  his  trade  in  Dan- 
by, and  in  1818  removed  to  a  farm  at  Mount 
Tabor,  where  he  lived  for  many  years.  He 
was  a  man  of  note  in  the  town  and  for  twen- 
ty-nine years  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace,  also  serving  as  town  clerk  and  select- 
man for  several  years.  In  1841  he  returned 
to  Danby.  where  for  a  number  of  years  he 
cultivated  a  farm.  Later  he  came  to  Rutland, 
where  his  last  years  were  spent  in  the  home 
of  his  son  Caleb.  He  married,  December  15, 
1803,  Huldah  Paris,  born  December  15,  1779, 
and  the  following  were  their  children:  i. 
Lucy,  born  November  16.  1804,  died  in  1895  ; 
married  (first)  Larned  Bowen,  (second)  Jo- 
siah  AI.  Dayton.  2.  Sophia,  born  January  26, 
1806,  died  August  6,  1866;  married  Andrus 
Bowen.  3.  Almira,  born  October  10,  1807, 
died  December  16,  1872;  married  Hartwell 
Kendall.  4.  Paris  E.,  born  December  2,  1809, 
died  April  16,  1891.  5.  Daniel,  born  March 
18,  1812.  died  April  13,  1853.  6.  Henion  M., 
born  April  6,  1814.  7.  Huldah  Melissa,  born 
February  29,  1816,  died  July  12,  1908;  mar- 
ried Dr.  }^Iyron  Knowlton.  8.  Amanda  Ma- 
ria, born  June  7,  1818,  died  February  23, 
1844:  married  William  W.  Pierce.  9.  Caleb, 
mentioned  below.  10.  Hannah,  born  April  15, 
1823,  died  March  4,  1830.  11.  Earned,  born 
February  26,  1827,  died  March  31,  1831.  Ca- 
leb BufTum,  the  father,  died  October  8,  1857, 
in  Rutland,  and  his  widow  passed  away  May 
2T,  1866. 

(VII)  Caleb  (4),  son  of  Caleb  (3)  and 
Huldah  (Paris)  Buffum,  was  born  June  4, 
1820,  in  Danby,  Vermont.  He  received  a 
common  school  education.  He  came  as  a 
young  man  to  Rutland  and  there  carried  on 
an  extensive  business  as  a  butcher,  having 
also  large  farming  interests.  He  married 
(first),  March  6,  1842,  Nancy,  daughter  of 
Hiram  Griffith,  (second)  April  23,  1848,  Sally 
Ann,  daughter  of  Slocum,  of  Man- 
chester, \'ermont.  By  his  second  marriage 
Mr.  BufFum  became  the  father  of  the  follow- 
ing children:  I.  Charles  Paris,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Albert  R.,  died  in  infancy.  3.  John 
S.,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Fannie  S.  5.  Sarah 
Ann.  6.  Huldah,  married  William  Dolan. 
The  three  daughters  are  deceased.  Mr.  Buf- 
fum  died  in  Rutland,  April  15,  1896,  and  the 
death  of  Mrs.  Buffum  occurred  in  1897,  she 
being  then  seventy-five  years  old. 

(VIII)  Charles  Paris,  son  of  Caleb  (4)  and 
Sally  Ann  (Slocum)   Buft'um,  was  born  May 


31,  1854,  in  Rutland,  N'ermont.  He  received 
his  education  in  the  schools  of  the  town.  He 
has  always  made  farming  his  occupation  and 
has  also  engaged  in  business  as  a  butcher. 
He  lives  on  a  large  farm  situated  within  the 
city  limits  and  comprising  one  hundred  and 
fourteen  acres.  On  this  estate  he  conducts  an 
extensive  dairy  business  and  keeps  a  large 
amount  of  young  stock.  Mr.  Buffum  mar- 
ried. May  31,  1887,  Julia,  daughter  of  Lewis 
and  Hannah  (Arnold)  Walker,  of  Clarendon, 
\'ermont.  and  they  are  the  parents  of  four 
children;  i.  Thomas  Caleb,  born  June  22. 
1888;  carries  on  the  home  farm;  married 
Jessie  Jasamond.  and  has  two  children :  Clar- 
ence Caleb,  born  November  25,  1908,  and 
Charlotte  Lois,  born  May  23,  191 1.  2.  Lewis 
jMerritt,  born  November  12,  1890;  married 
Celia  Purinton  and  has  had  one  child,  Harold, 
deceased.  3.  Ada  Walker,  born  October  12, 
1892.  4.  Florence  Natalie,  born  September 
5.  i^    ' 


Dr.  John  David  Hanrahan. 
HANRAHAN     of  Rutland,  Vermont,  who 

has  been  for  more  than  a 
quarter  of  a  century  one  of  the  leading  physi- 
cians in  his  section  of  the  state,  is  descended 
from  Irish  ancestors  and  is  himself  a  native 
of  the  Green  Isle. 

(I)  James  Hanrahan,  grandfather  of  Dr. 
Hanrahan,  of  Rutland,  was  born  in  Ireland 
and  passed  his  entire  life  in  his  native  coun- 
try. He  married  Mary  Brown,  and  their  chil- 
dren were:  John,  died  in  Ireland;  Michael, 
came  to  America ;  James,  mentioned  below ; 
David,  came  to  America ;  Honora,  married 
John  Mahoney  and  died  in  Ireland;  Bridget, 
married  John  Daley ;  Mary,  married  Richard 
Brady;  Alargaret,  married  (first)  Thomas 
Mangan,  (second)  Michael  Collins.  The 
three  last-named  daughters  came  to  America. 

(II)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  and 
Mary  ( Brown )  Hanrahan,  was  born  in 
county  Limerick,  Ireland,  and  in  1856  emi- 
grated to  the  L'nited  States.  He  married  El- 
len, daughter  of  Michael  and  Mary  (Dalton) 
O'Connor,  of  County  Kerry,  Ireland,  and  the 
following  children  were  born  to  them  :  Hon- 
ora; John  David,  mentioned  below;  Margaret; 
David;  James.  James  Hanrahan,  the  father, 
died  in  Rutland.  \'ermont. 

(III)  John' David,  son  of  James  (2)  and 
Ellen  (O'Connor)  Hanrahan,  was  born  June 
18.  1844,  in  Rathkeale,  county  Limerick,  Ire- 
land. At  the  age  of  eleven  years  he  came 
with  his  parents  to  the  L'nited  States,  making 
the  voyage  to  Quebec,  and  then  going  by  way 
of  Montreal  and  Troy  to  New  York  City 
by  boat.     His  earliest  education  was  received 


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in  the  national  schools  of  Ireland,  and  after 
coming  to  this  country  he  attended  the  public 
schools  and  Free  Academy  of  New  York  City. 
In  i860  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  with 
Dr.  John  K.  Wright,  of  Yorkville,  New  York. 
He  attended  four  courses  of  lectures  in  the 
medical  department  of  the  University  of  the 
City  of  New  York,  graduating  in  March, 
1867.  In  June,  1861,  Dr.  Hanrahan  was,  on 
examination,  not  having  yet  graduated,  ap- 
pointed surgeon  in  the  I'nited  States  navy, 
and  served  throughout  the  civil  war,  being 
stationed  on  vessels  which  did  duty  mostly 
on  the  rivers  of  N'irginia  and  North  Carolina, 
where  his  time  and  services  were  divided  be- 
tween the  army  and  navy.  He  thus  received 
the  benefit  and  e.xperience  of  both  branches 
of  the  service,  especially  in  the  surgical  line. 
In  August,  1863,  the  vessel  on  which  he  was 
serving  was  captured  at  the  mouth  of  the  Rap- 
pahannock river,  and  all  on  board  were  made 
prisoners.  They  were  taken  overland  to 
Richmond.  X'irginia,  and  confined  in  Libby 
prison.  The  Confederates  at  that  time  were 
much  in  need  of  surgeons  and  medical  sup- 
plies, and  Dr.  Hanrahan  was  asked  if  he 
would  go  over  to  Belle  Isle  and  attend  the 
Union  prisoners.  After  consulting  with  his 
fellow  captives  he  consented,  and  for  six 
weeks  faithfully  attended  the  sick  and  wound- 
ed prisoners,  laboring  under  great  disadvan- 
tages, the  supply  of  medicine  and  surgical  ap- 
pliances being  very  limited.  He  was  subse- 
quently paroled,  having  been  treated  during 
his  imprisonment  with  the  greatest  courtesy 
by  the  medical  staiif  and  officers  of  the  Con- 
federacy. 

After  the  close  of  the  war  Dr.  Hanrahan 
practiced  for  about  one  year  in  New  York 
City,  and  then  for  the  same  length  of  time 
in  Montreal,  coming,  April  12.  i86g,  to  Rut- 
land, where  he  has  ever  since  remained,  build- 
ing up  a  most  enviable  reputation  both  as  a 
physician  and  a  citizen.  He  was  the  first 
Catholic  professional  man  in  the  state,  and 
his  practice,  especially  in  the  surgical  and  ob- 
stetrical line,  has  been  remarkably  extensive. 
He  was  for  many  years  town  and  city  ph\  si- 
cian  of  Rutland,  and  has  served  as  physician 
and  medical  examiner  for  the  following  or- 
ganizations :  St.  Peter's  Hibernian  Society. 
American  Order  of  Foresters,  Catholic  Order 
of  Foresters,  Rutland  Council,  Knights  of  Co- 
lumbus; and  Queen  of  \'ermont  Circle  com- 
panies. Foresters  of  America.  He  has  also 
served  at  ditterent  times  as  examiner  for 
several  life  and  accident  insurance  companies. 
He  was  surgeon  of  the  Third  Regiment  \'er- 
mont  National  Guard  until  it  was  mustered 
out  of  service.     Dr.  Hanrahan  is  the  author 


of  several  medical  papers,  has  performed 
many  surgical  ojierations  and  has  served  con- 
spicuously through  several  epidemics  of  small- 
pox and  diphtheria. 

Dr.  Hanrahan  has  always  been  active  in 
state  and  national  jiolitics,  and  for  a  numiier 
of  years  was  chairman  of  the  county  com- 
mittee, also  serving  for  twelve  or  fifteen  years 
on  the  state  committee.  For  eight  years  lie 
was  village  trustee,  and  for  one  year  served 
as  president  of  the  board.  I"or  the  .same 
length  of  lime  he  was  jiresident  of  the  vil- 
lage, and  for  one  year  held  the  office  of  coun- 
ty commissioner,  the  only  Democrat  ever 
elected  to  that  position  in  Rutland  county.  He 
has  acted  as  delegate  to  four  national  con- 
ventions, and  in  1888  was  chairman  of  the 
\'ermont  delegation.  He  was  president  of 
the  United  States  pension  examining  board 
under  the  Cleveland  administration,  and  for 
four  years  served  as  its  treasurer  under  Har- 
rison. He  was  appointed  by  {'resident  Cleve- 
land postmaster  of  Rutland  and  held  the  office 
throughout  the  four  years  of  the  second  Cleve- 
land administration. 

Since  its  organization  Dr.  Hanrahan  has 
been  an  active  member  of  the  Grand  .\rmy 
of  the  Republic,  and  is  one  of  the  charter 
members  of  Roberts  Post,  for  which  he  has 
been  surgeon,  having  also  ser\'efl  as  medical 
director  of  the  Department  of  \'ermont.  He 
has  served  on  the  staffs  of  three  commanders- 
in-chief,  \'eazey.  I'almer,  and  W'eissert,  and 
in  igii  was  elected  at  Rochester,  New  York, 
surgeon-general  of  the  Grand  .Army  of  the 
Republic.  Dr.  Hanrahan  is  a  member  of  the 
.American  Medical  Association,  the  \'ermont 
State  Medical  Society  and  the  Rutland  Coun- 
ty Medical  and  Surgical  Society,  of  which  he 
was  the  first  president.  He  is  a  director  and 
consulting  surgeon  of  the  RutlancL  Hospital, 
the  Fanny  .Allen  Hospital  at  Winooski,  \'er- 
mont,  and  a  member  of  the  \'ermont  Sanitary 
.Association.  .Among  the  Irish  Nationalists 
Dr.  Hanrahan  has  always  been  conspicuous 
and  he  was  at  one  time  president  of  the  Land 
League.  He  belongs  to  the  .American  Catho- 
lic Historical  Society,  and  the  Irish-.American 
Historical  Society,  of  which  he  was  at  one 
time  vice-president  for  the  state  of  X'ermont. 
He  was  appointed  by  Bishop  De  Goesbriand 
a  delegate  from  the  diocese  of  \'ermont  to 
the  first  .American  Catholic  Congress  and 
Catholic  Centennial  Celebration,  held  in  Bal- 
timore, November  10,  1889.  Dr.  Hanrahan 
has  always  taken  a  public-spirited  interest  in 
the  welfare  and  advancement  of  his  home  city, 
and  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  the  Rutland 
board  of  trade.  He  was  also  a  director  of  the 
original    electric    light    company   of    Rutland, 


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and  for  several  years  Iield  the  same  office  in 
the  New  England  Fire  Insurance  Company. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Rutland  County 
Agricultural  Societv,  and  is  identified  with 
the  Rutland  Lodge  of  Elks,  St.  Peter's  Hiber- 
nian Benevolent'Union,  the  American  Order 
of  Foresters,  the  Catholic  Order  of  Foresters, 
Rutland  Council.  Knights  of  Columbus,  the 
Young  Men's  Catholic  Union  and  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Hibernians. 

Dr.  Hanrahan  married  (first),  February  12, 
1870.  Mary  A.,  daughter  of  Bernard  and 
Elizabeth  (Halpin)  Riley,  of  Tinmouth,  \'er- 
mont.  Dr.  Hanrahan  married  (second),  1883, 
Frances  M..  daughter  of  John  C.  and  Mary 
(Hughes)  Keenan,  becoming  by  this  mar- 
riage the  father  of  the  following  children:  i. 
^larv  F.,  born  October  31,  1883;  married 
\\'alter  K.  Barber,  of  Rutland,  and  has  one 
child,  John  F.  2.  James,  born  December  28, 
1885,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Anna,  born  Septem- 
ber 14,  1886;  married  Nelson  Dwire.  of  Bris- 
tol, \'ermont,  now  of  Springfield,  IMassachu- 
setts.  4.  Hugh,  born  November  4,  1887; 
graduate  of  St.  Lawrence  College,  ^Montreal, 
and  of  the  University  of  Vermont.  5.  Fran- 
ces, born  April  14,  1889.  6.  John  P.,  born 
September  8,  1891.  Dr.  Hanrahan  married 
(third)    Mary  E.    (Lynch)   Griffin. 


Griswold      is      an      ancient 
GRISWOLD     English     surname     derived 

from  the  name  of  a  place, 
like  many  other  English  patronymics.  The 
ancient  seat  of  the  family  was  at  Solihull, 
Warwickshire,  prior  to  the  year  1400.  The 
ancient  coat-of-arms  is :  Argent  a  fesse  gules 
between  two  greyhounds  current  Sable. 
About  the  middle  of  the  fourteenth  century 
John  Griswold  came  from  Kenihvorth  and 
"married  a*  daughter  and  heiress  of  Henry 
Hughford,  of  Huddersly  Hall  at  Solihull,  and 
thefamily  has  since  been  known  as  the  Gris- 
wolds  of  Kenihvorth  and  Solihull.  Solihull 
is  on  the  northwest  border  of  Warwickshire 
and  Yardly  in  Worcestershire  on  the  south 
and  west.  It  is  but  eight  miles  from  Kenil- 
worth  to  the  westward  and  twelve  miles 
northwest  of  Stratford-on-Avon,  and  was  a 
place  of  importance  before  the  Norman  con- 
quest. The  two  American  immigrants,  Ed- 
ward and  Mathew  Griswold,  came  to  Con- 
necticut from  Kenihvorth.  Mathew  came 
over  in  1639  and  settled  at  Windsor.  Connec- 
ticut; died  at  Lyme,  Connecticut,  September 
21,  1698,  and  was  buried  at  Saybrook :  as- 
sisted in  the  settlement  of  Lyme  and  was  a 
large  land-owner:  was  deputy  to  the  general 
assembly  in  1664  and  afterwards. 

(I)   Edward  Griswold,  immigrant  ancestor, 


son  of  George  Griswold,  and  brother  of  r\lath- 
ew  Griswold,  was  born  in  Warwickshire, 
England,  about  1607.  He  came  to  Connecti- 
cut at  the  time  of  the  second  visit  of  George 
Fenwick,  when  many  other  settlers  came.  He 
was  attorney  for  ]Mr.  St.  Nicholas,  of  War- 
wickshire, who  had  a  house  built  for  him  at 
Windsor,  and  a  tract  of  land  impaled,  as  had 
also  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall.  Mr.  Griswold 
later  had  a  grant  of  land  at  Pociuonock  to 
which  he  removed  in  1649,  when  his  house 
was  the  outpost  of  the  colony.  It  was  on 
the  site  of  the  Eliphalet  S.  La'dd  house,  hav- 
ing the  Tunxis  river  on  the  south  and  east. 
He  was  active  in  public  affairs.  In  1650  he 
helped  build  the  fort  at  Springfield  for  F'ynch- 
eon.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court 
from  Windsor  in  1656.  and  every  season  but 
one  afterward  until  the  new  charter  was 
granted.  He  was  a  prominent  settler  of  Ho- 
monosett  or  West  Saybrook,  whither  about 
1663  he  removed  with  his  younger  children, 
deeding  to  his  sons  George  and  Joseph  his 
Windsor  property,  reserving  a  small  annuity. 
The  settlement  was  organized  as  a  town  in 
1667  and  received  the  name  of  his  English 
home,  Kenihvorth,  which  became  strangely 
perverted  in  the  spelling  to  Killingworth,  now 
Clinton.  Connecticut.  He  was  the  first  dep- 
uty from  the  town,  magistrate  and  deputy  for 
more  than  twenty  years,  1662  to  1678-89,  and 
was  succeeded  in  office  by  his  son  John.  The 
colonial  records  show  him  to  have  been  an 
active  and  influential  member  of  the  legisla- 
ture, accomplishing  much  good.  He  had  the 
pleasure  of  meeting  his  own  son  Francis  and 
brother  Mathew  in  office,  and  there  has  been 
scarcely  a  time  since  when  the  family  has  not 
been  represented  in  the  legislature  of  the  prov- 
ince and  state.  He  served  frequently  as  com- 
missioner. In  1678  he  was  on  the  committee 
to  establish  a  Latin  school  at  New  London. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  Killingworth  church, 
and  died  in  Killingworth  in  1691,  aged  eighty- 
four  years. 

He   married    (first)    in    England    in    1630, 

Margaret :  she  died  August  23,  1670; 

her  gravestone  is  the  oldest  in  the  burial 
ground  at  Clinton,  formerly  Killingworth.  He 
married  (second),  1672-73,  Sarah,  widow  of 
James  Bemis,  of  New  London.  Children,  all 
by  first  wife,  recorded  in  Kenihvorth.  Eng- 
land :  Sarah,  born  163 1  ;  George.  1633  :  Fran- 
cis, mentioned  below;  Lydia.  1637;  Sarah, 
1638 :  Ann.  born  in  Windsor,  baptized  June 
19,  1642;  Mary,  born  in  Windsor,  baptized 
October  13,  1644;  Deborah,  baptized  at  Wind- 
sor, June  28,  1646;  Joseph,  baptized  March 
12,  1647:  Samuel,  baptized  November  18, 
1649;  John,  baptized  August  i,  1652. 


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(II)  Francis,  son  of  Edward  Griswold,  was 
born  in  England  in  1635,  (I'ed  in  October, 
1671.  He  was  made  freeman  in  1657.  He 
moved  to  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  before  bis 
father  went  to  Killingwortb,  and  later  he  set- 
tled in  Norwich,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
a  first  proprietor  and  an  active  citizen.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  from  1661 
inclusive  to  1671.  Children :  Sarah,  born 
March  28,  1653;  Joseph.  June  4.  1655,  died 
July,  i('i55  ;  Mary,  August  26,  1656;  Hannah, 
December  11,  1660;  Deborah,  JMay,  1662; 
Lydia,  June.  1663,  died  1664:  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below:  Margaret,  born  October,  1668; 
Lydia,    October.    1671. 

(III)  Captain  Samuel  Griswold,  son  of 
Francis  Griswold,  was  born  September  16, 
1665,  died  December  g,  1740,  at  Norwich, 
Connecticut.  He  was  captain  of  the  Second 
Company  of  the  Train  Band  of  Norwich.  He 
married  (first),  on  her  seventeenth  birthday. 
December  10.  1685,  Susanna,  daughter  of 
Christopher  Huntington.  She  died  March  6, 
1727,  and  he  married  (second)  Hannah 
.  who  died  February  25,  1752.  Chil- 
dren :  Francis,  born  September  9,  1691  ;  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below;  Lydia,  ^lay  28,  1696; 
Hannah,  April  30,  1699;  Sarah,  January  19, 
1700-01;  John,  December  16,  1703;  Joseph, 
born  October,  1706;  Daniel,  April  25,  1709, 
died  December  22,  1724. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Captain  Sam- 
uel (i)  Griswold,  was  born  February  8,  1693. 
He  married.  April  2,  17 19,  Elizabeth  Abell. 
Children:  Samuel,  born  April  21,  1720,  died 
June,  1726;  Elisha,  May  6,  1722;  Ebenezer, 
mentioned  below;  Samuel,  April  7,  1728;  Si- 
mon,  August    14,    1731;   Elizabeth,    Alay    19, 

1734- 

(Y)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Gris- 
wold, was  born  July  29,  1725,  died  in  1810. 
He  married,  November  7,  1748,  Hannah  Mer- 
rill. Children:  Ebenezer.  born  July  16,  1749 ; 
Eunice,  April  20,  1752;  Hannah,  August  2t,. 
1754:  Rhodilla,  October  31,  1756;  Samuel, 
March  29.  1759:  Ruth.  July  16,  1761  ;  Jede- 
diah,  [March  11,  1764;  Joshua,  April  19,  1766; 
Alvin,  October  24,  1768;  Rufus,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Dr.  Rufus  Griswold,  son  of  Ebenezer 
Griswold.  was  born  in  Norwich.  March  8, 
1773,  died  in  Wallingford.  Vermont.  May 
10.  1849.  aged  seventy-five  years.  He  was 
a  physician,  and  practiced  in  various  towns  in 
the  state  of  \ermont.  He  was  very  success- 
ful in  his  practice.  He  married  Catharine 
Obert,  who  died  March  26,  1865,  aged  eighty- 
four  vears.  Children:  Margaret,  married 
Elnatlian  ^klatto.x;  Mary,  married  Darius 
Bucklin  ;    Eliza,   married   Dennis   Cavanaugh ; 


Harriet;  Caroline,  married  Joseph  Hawkins; 
Samuel   H.,  mentioned  below. 

(\II)  Dr.  Samuel  Henry  Griswold,  son  of 
Dr.  Rufus  Griswold,  was  born  in  Chester, 
Massachusetts,  Scpteml>er  14.  1818,  died  in 
Rutland,  X'ermont,  July  13,  1896.  He  came 
to  Wallingford.  X'crmont.  with  his  parents 
when  a  mere  infant  and  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools  and  one  term  in  Ludlow 
.Academy.  Later  he  studied  merlicine  in  Rut- 
land and  taught  school  there  in  the  winter 
terms.  He  attended  lectures  at  the  .Meilical 
School  at  Castleton.  X'ermont,  ancl  received 
his  diploma  of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  He  prac- 
ticed first  at  Clarendon  Springs,  \'ernujnt, 
for  five  years  and  then  came  to  West  Rutland, 
X'ermont,  where  he  continued  in  general  [)rac- 
tice  for  a  [leriod  of  twenty-five  \ears.  From 
1875  until  he  died  he  made  his  home  in  Rut- 
land. In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in  re- 
ligion a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church.  He  was  a  member  of  the  X'ermont 
State  Medical  Society. 

He  married,  April  28,  1845,  Laura  .\nn 
Tenney,  born  in  Sudbury,  X'ermont.  Novem- 
ber 29,  1822.  died  October  28.  1893.  daughter 
of  Alvin  and  Mary  (  Barnes )  Tenney.  They 
had  one  child,  Carrie  E..  born  in  XX'est  Rut- 
land, X'ermont,  July  11,  1858,  now  living  on 
the  homestead  at  Rutland. 


This  old  New  England  family, 
DL'TTOX  through  marriage,  is  intimately 
connected  with  the  Day,  Dalli- 
ba,  Dwight,  Brewster,  Perkins  and  Hunting- 
ton lines,  a  brief  genealogical  record  of  each 
of  which  is  given  in  the  following  context. 
Savage,  in  his  "Genealogical  Dictionary  of 
New  England."  states  that  John  Dutton  ar- 
rived in  1630  but  that  it  is  not  known  where 
he  seated  himself.  Thomas  Dutton,  of  X\^o- 
burn.  perhaps  a  son  of  John,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1621  and  lived  for  some  time  at 
Reading,  Pennsylvania,  where  by  his  wife  Su- 
san it  is  thought  he  had  the  following  chil- 
dren : 

Thomas,  born  in  1648;  Mary.  Novem- 
ber 14.  1651;  Susannah,  February  27,  1654; 
John,  March  2,  1656.  The  following  were 
probably  born  at  XX'oburn,  Massachusetts: 
Elizabeth,  January  28,  1659;  Joseph.  January 
25,  1661 ;  Sarah.  March  5,  1662;  James,  Au- 
gust 22,  1665  ;  Benjamin.  February  19,  1669. 
Thomas  Dutton  removed  from  Woburn  to 
Billerica  and  was  there  with  his  sons  Thomas 
and  John  in  1^175.  His  son  Thomas  was 
wounded  and  had  a  remarkable  escape  in 
1677,  when  Captain  Swett  and  many  of  his 
men  were  killed  in  the  Indian  war  at  the  east. 
His  wife  died  May  2y.  1684.  aged  fifty-eight 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


years,  and  he  married  (second),  November. 
9,  1684,  Ruth  Hooper. 

From  the  genealogy  furnished  by  Chester 
Button,  of  Lake  Sibley,  Kansas,  the  follow- 
ing facts  are  gleaned.  The  Dutton  ancestry 
is  traced  with  certainty  to  Thomas  Dutton, 
of  Wallingford,  Connecticut,  who  in  the  early 
part  of  the  eighteenth  century  was  living  there 
with  three  brothers,  Samuel,  Benjainin  and 
David.  These  four  brothers  are  understood 
to  have  been  sons  of  David  Dutton,  who 
at  a  still  earlier  date  was  living  with  his 
brother  Jonathan  at  Barnstable,  Massachu- 
setts. It  is  thought  that  David  and  Jonathan 
may  have  been  grandsons  of  Thomas  Dutton, 
of  Woburn  and  Billerica. 

(I)  Samuel  Dutton,  supposedly  son  of  Da- 
vid and  brother  of  Thomas,  Benjamin  and 
David  (2)  Dutton,  is  the  earliest  ancestor  of 
this  particular  branch  of  the  family  of  whom 
anything  definite  is  known.  He  was  born 
February  13,  1704-05,  at  East  Haddam  or 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  died  December  30, 
1790.  He  served  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war  from  1755  to  1757  and  was  a  member  of 
Captain  Ephraim  Preston's  Company,  the 
Thirteenth,  Colonel  Tyman's  regiment,  in  No- 
vember of  the  latter  year.  This  company 
consisted  of  men  from  New  Haven  and  Wal- 
lingford, Connecticut.  It  would  seem  from 
a  document  concerning  the  last  will  and  tes- 
tament of  Samuel  Dutton,  entered  in  "Public 
Records  State  of  Connecticut."  and  bearing 
upon  expenses  incident  to  the  settlement  of 
his  estate,  that  he  was  the  owner  of  property 
in  the  vicinity  of  Farmington.  He  married, 
March  17,  1726,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Jarad 
and  Elizabeth  Cone.  Jarad  Cone  was  born 
in  March,  1668,  at  East  Haddam;  married,  in 

1693,  Elizabeth  ,  died  .\pril    11,   1718. 

He  was  a  son  of  Daniel  and  Mehitable  (Spen- 
cer) Cone,  the  latter  of  whom  was  born  at 
Lynn,  in  1642,  died  at  Haddam  in  i6gi,  and 
the  former  of  whom  died  October  24,  1706. 
Mehitable  Spencer  was  a   daughter  of  Jarad 

Spencer,  who  married  .Alice ,  and  died 

in  1685.  He  was  commissioned  ensign  of  the 
Haddam,  Connecticut.  Train  Band,  in  1675, 
and  was  ensign  of  the  Train  Band  of  Lynn  in 
1656:  he  sen-ed  in  King  Philip's  war  and  was 
deputy  for  Haddam  in  1674-75-78-79-80-83. 
Samuel  and  Rachel  Dutton  had  a  son,  Ebe- 
nezer,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  and  Rachel 
(Cone)  Dutton,  was  born  January  22.  1732- 
■},j^.  He  was  ensign  of  the  Sixteenth  Com- 
pany of  Train  Band,  Twelfth  Regiment,  in 
1768;  was  lieutenant  of  the  Sixteenth  Com- 
pany in  1772;  and  was  captain  of  the  com- 
pany in   1774.     He  married,  April  26,   1753, 


Phoebe  Beebe,  of  Haddam.  Among  their 
children  was  Amasa,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Amasa,  son  of  Ebenezer  and  Phoebe 
(Beebe)  Dutton,  was  born  in  East  Haddam, 
January  27,  1754.  died  October  24,  1842.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  the  revolution,  having 
enlisted  as  an  orderly  in  August,  1776.  In 
October,  1780,  he  was  commissioned  ensign, 
and  in  1783  captain  at  Fort  Trumbull.  He 
married  Mary  Rogers,  born  June  17.  1752, 
died  May  4,  1796.  .Among  their  children  was 
George,  mentioned  below. 

( I\" )  George,  son  of  Amasa  and  Mary 
(Rogers)  Dutton,  was  born  .August  20,  1789, 
died  December  21,  1854,  aged  sixty-five  years. 
He  resided  for  two  years  after  his  marriage 
(January  i,  1817)  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, but  afterwards  he  removed  to  Utica, 
New  York,  and  lived  there  until  his  death. 
He  married  Sarah  Dwight  Day,  born  March 

20,  1796,  died  September  2,  1877  (see  Day 
\T).  Children:  George,  born  December  13, 
1818,  died  July  10,  1864;  William  Henry, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary  Day,  October  12, 
1823,  married  Dr.  Theodore  Pomeroy ;  Sarah 
Dwight,  August  18,  1825,  married  Rev.  Dr.  J. 
Mcllvaine :  Elizabeth  Bushnell,  April  28, 
1829,  died  July  20,  1847. 

(V)  William  Henry,  son  of  George  and 
Sarah  Dwight  (Day)  Dutton,  was  born  De- 
cember 25,  1820,  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsyl- 
vania, died  at  Long  Branch,  New  Jersey,  July 

21,  1904.  Most  of  his  life  was  spent  in  L'tica, 
New  York.  In  1865  he  engaged  in  business 
at  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  He  married, 
December  30,  1846,  Mary  Huntington  Dalli- 
ba,  born  June  20,  1826,  died  Tanuary  30,  1877 
(see  Dalliba  II).  Children:"  William  Dalli- 
ba,  mentioned  below ;  Edward  Tracy,  born 
January  6,  1850,  died  August  31,   1857. 

(\T)  William  Dalliba,  son  of  William 
Henry  and  Mary  Huntington  (Dalliba)  Dut- 
ton, was  born  at  L'tica,  New  York,  December 
I,  1847.  He  received  his  early  educational 
training  in  the  public  schools  and  in  the  .Acad- 
emy of  Utica,  New  York.  When  he  was 
seventeen  years  of  age  his  father  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  where  the  family 
home  was  maintained  for  a  number  of  years. 
\\'hile  in  that  city  Mr.  Dutton  was  a  member 
of  many  prominent  clubs,  including  the  Penn 
Club,  the  .Art  Club,  and  the  Union  League 
Club.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Histori- 
cal Society,  and  took  an  active  interest  in  mu- 
nicipal reform.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
and  one  of  the  committee  of  five  on  organiza- 
tion of  the  Art  Club,  now  one  of  the  largest 
and  most  successful  clubs  in  Philadelphia. 
Notwithstanding  his  immersion  in  business,  he 
gave  much  time  to  matters  relating  to  art  and 


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also  to  municipal  reform,  having  been  at  one 
time  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
the  committee  of  fifty. 

In  1892  Mr.  Dutton  was  called  to  New 
York  by  Mr.  Leopold  Peck,  head  of  the  house 
of  Hardman.  Peck  &  Company,  manufacturers 
of  the  Hardman  Piano,  and  he  has  been  ac- 
tively engaged  in  connection  with  the  work  of 
that  corporation  during  the  intervening  years 
to  the  present  time  (1912)  being  now  treas- 
urer of  the  company  and  a  member  of  its 
board  of  directors.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
[Metropolitan  Club,  the  Fencers'  Club,  Society 
of  Mayflower  Descendants,  the  Sons  of  the 
Revolution,  and  the  Huguenot  Society,  having 
been  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
the  latter  organization  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  has  a  large  social  connection.  In  politics, 
in  which  he  takes  a  deep  though  not  active 
interest,  he  is  an  Independent  Republican.  He 
was  baptized  in  the  Episcopal  church,  but  is 
now  more  of  a  Unitarian  than  an  Episco- 
palian. 

Mr.  Dutton  married  (first),  January  30, 
1873,  Evelyn  Dunbar  Bradley,  born  at  Phila- 
delphia, Pennsylvania,  June  21,  1851,  died 
April  24,  1904,  daughter  of  Joseph  W.  and 
Amelia  M.  Bradley.  Mr.  Dutton  married 
(second),  June  i,  1911,  Mrs.  Augusta  Tem- 
ple Merritt,  of  New  York ;  her  maiden  name 
was  Schack.  One  child  by  first  wife:  Louis, 
born  at  Portland,  Maine,  September  i,  1873; 
he  married,  April  25,  1907,  Olive  Eugenia 
Ayer  and  they  have  two  children :  Olive  Eve- 
lyn, born  March  7,  1908;  Jean,  born  August 

I,  1911. 

(The   Day  Line). 

( I )  The  lineage  of  this  family  is  traced 
back  to  Thomas  Day,  who  resided  at  West 
Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  171 1.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Cooper,  born  in  1619,  died  Oc- 
tober 27,  1675.  Thomas  Cooper  was  a  lieu- 
tenant and  commanded  Brookfield,  Jilassachu- 
setts.  forces.  He  was  killed  at  the  burning 
of  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  :\Irs.  Day  died 
November  21,   1726. 

(II)  lohn,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(Cooper]  Dav,  was  born  February  20,  1669, 
died  August  6,  1730.  He  served  under  Cap- 
tain :Moselv  in  King  Philip's  w^ar.  He  mar- 
ried, March  10,  1697,  Mary  Smith,  born  m 
1677.  died  in  1742. 

(III)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Smith)  Day,  was  born  October  27,  1710, 
died  in  1808.'  He  served  as  captain  of  a  com- 
panv  of  militia  at  Crown  Point  in  1755  and  m 
the  following  vear  was  captain  under  Major- 
General  Winsl'ow.  In  1757  he  was  captain  at 
relief  of    Fort   William    Henry   and    m    1771 


lie  held  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel  of  South 
Regiiuent.  He  married,  (  ktober  9,  1742,  Eu- 
nice Morgan,  whose  demise  occurred  in  1765. 

(lY)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  iicnjamin  (i) 
and  Eunice  (Morgan)  Day.  was  l)orn  .\pril 
23,  1747,  died  March  24,  1794.  He  married, 
July  16,  1772,  Sarah  Dwight,  born  October 
30/1751  (see  Dwight  I\'). 

(V)  Henry,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Dwight)  Day,  was  born  March  23, 
1773,  died  October  10,  181 1.  He  married, 
May  31,  1794.  Mary  Ely,  born  Novem- 
ber 15.  1774,  died  June  15,  1859.  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Druscilla  (Brewster)  Ely 
(see  Brewster  \TI).  Cable  Ely,  father  of 
William  Ely,  married.  May  21,  1740,  Mary 
Edwards.  He  was  a  son  of  John  and  Mary 
(Bliss)  Ely,  and  Mary  Bliss  was  a  daughter 
of  Samuel  Bliss,  a  volunteer  in  the  Narra- 
gansett  war.  Samuel  Bliss  was  born  in  1624; 
married,  November  to,  1665,  Mary  Learnard, 
who  died  March  21,  1724.  He  died  March 
23,  1720. 

(\  I)  Sarah  Dwight,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Mary  (Ely)  Day.  was  born  March  20, 
1796,  died  September  2,  1877.  She  married, 
Januarv  i,  18 17,  George  Dutton  (see  Dutton 

IV). 

(The    Dwight   Line). 

(I)  Timothy  Dwight,  immigrant  ancestor 
of  this  old  Massachusetts  family,  was  born 
in  England  in  the  year  1629.  He  immigrated 
to  America  as  a  young  man  and  died  in  the 
Old  Bay  State,  January  31,  1717-18.  In  1691- 
93-94  he  was  deputy  from  Dedham  to  the 
general  court  of  Massachusetts  Bay.  In  1676 
he  was  commander  of  the  SutTolk  County 
Troop;  in  1683  he  was  lieutenant  of  a  Boston 
troop;  in  1693  he  was  commissioned  captain 
of  a  Massachusetts  company.  He  married. 
January  9,  1(^34-65,  Ann  Flint,  widow  of  John 
13assett.  She  was  born  September  11,  1643. 
died  January  29,  1685-86. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Timothy  and  Ann 
(Flint-Bassett)  Dwight,  was  born  October  16, 
1676,  died  March  26.  1732.  He  served  as  a 
scout  for  Hatfield.  Massachusetts,  and  subse- 
quently was  captain  of  a  company  in  Lieuten- 
ant losepli  Hawley's  Regiment.  He  married. 
August  2~.  1702,  Lydia  Hawley.  burn  July  7. 
1686.  died  in  1748.  On  her  tombstone  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  is  engraved:  "Dust 
is  cast  down  and  leveled  with  dust:  but  not 
the  souls  who  trust  in  the  Lord  Jehovah ;  for 
He  is  the  health  of  their  countenance  and 
their  God.  " 

(HI)  Edmund,  son  of  Henry  and  Lydia 
(Hawlev)  Dwight,  was  born  January  19, 
1717,  died  October  28,  1755.  He  was  an  en- 
sign  in   the  colonial  army  and   was   likewise 


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captain  at  Lewisburg.  He  married,  August 
22,  1742,  Elizabeth  Scott,  born  in  1724,  died 
in  1764. 

(I\')  Sarah,  daughter  of  Edmund  and 
EHzabeth  (Scott)  Dwight,  born  October  30, 
1751,  married,  July  16,  1772,  Benjamin  (2) 
Day  (see  Day  I\"). 

(The   Brewster  Line). 

(I)  The  original  progenitor  of  the  name 
of  Brewster  in  America  was  the  famous  El- 
der William  Brewster,  who  came  over  in  the 
"Mayflower",  in  162 1.  He  was  born  in  1593, 
died  April  16,  1644.  He  married  Mary  Love, 
who  died  April  17,  1627. 

(II)  Love,  son  of  Elder  William  and  Mary 
(Love)  Brewster,  was  born  in  Holland  a 
short  time  prior  to  his  parents'  immigration 
to  America,  and  he  died  in  Alassachusetts, 
October  i,  1650.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Duxbury  Company,  Massachusetts,  in  1643. 
He  married,  May  15,  1634,  Sarah  Collier,  who 
died  April  26.  1691.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
William  Collier,  who  came  to  America  from 
England  in  1633 ;  he  was  assistant  at  Plym- 
outh Colony,  commissioner  of  United  Colo- 
nies, and  a  member  of  the  council  of  wars ; 
his  demise  occurred  in   1670. 

(III)  William  (2),  son  of  Love  and  Sarah 
(Collier)  Brewster,  died  November  3,  1693. 
He  married.  January  2,  1673,  Lydia  Par- 
tridge, who  died  February  2,  1742-43.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  George  and  Sarah  (Tracy) 
Partridge,  the  former  of  whom  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Duxbury  Military  Company,  under 
IMiles  Standish.  Sarah  Tracy  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Tryphosa  Tracy.  Stephen 
Tracy  was  married  at  Leyden,  January  2, 
1621,  and  came  to  America  in  the  good  ship 
"Ann",  in  1623;  he  was  prominent  in  the 
public  life  in  his  home  community  and  was 
the  incumbent  of  many  important  and  respon- 
sible  offices. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  William  (2)  and 
Lydia  (Partridge)  Brewster,  was  born  July 
7,  1688.  He  married.  October  10,  1713,  at 
Preston,  Connecticut,  Elizabeth  Witten,  born 
^Nlarch  3,  1694,  died  February  21,  1741. 

(\')  William  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Elizabeth  (Witten)  Brewster,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 16,  1 7 14,  died  in  1742.  He  married, 
March  24,  1737,  at  Preston,  Damaris  (jates. 
born  December  18,  17 18,  died  September  7. 
1 75 1.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Joseph  Gates, 
born  March  16.  1680.  at  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts, died  at  Preston,  1742.  Joseph  Gates 
married,  in  171 1,  Damaris  Rose,  of  Preston, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Rose.  Thomas  Rose  was 
a  grantee  of  Preston,  and  married,  in  1686, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Robert  Allvn,  the  latter 


of  whom  was  born  in  1608,  died  in  1683.  and 
who  was  in  1657  secretary  of  the  general  court 
of  Connecticut.  Thomas  Gates,  father  of  Jo- 
seph Gates,  was  born  in  1642.  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Edmond  Freeman,  a  native 
of  England,  where  he  was  born  in  1590.  died 
in  1682.  In  1642  Edmond  Freeman  was  a 
member  of  the  council  of  war  and  in  1647  he 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  Plymouth. 

(\T)  Druscilla,  daughter  of  William  (3) 
and  Damaris  ( Gates )  Brewster,  was  born  No- 
vember 3,  1745.  died  October  13,  1828.  She 
married.  October  12,  1766,  William  Ely,  born 
June  15,  1743,  died  March  2.  1825. 

(\TI)  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and 
Druscilla  ( Brewster )  Ely,  was  born  Novem- 
ber 15.  1774,  died  June  15.  1859.  She  mar- 
ried. May  31,  1794,  Henry  Day  (see  Day  V). 

(The  Dalliba  Line). 

(I)  Nothing  is  known  concerning  the  im- 
migrant ancestor  of  this  family.  George 
Dalliba  was  a  resident  of  Connecticut  prior  to 
his  removal  to  Whitestown,  New  York,  in 
1785.  He  was  a  pioneer  in  that  vicinity  and 
resided  there  during  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  He  married  and  had  children :  James, 
mentioned  below ;  Penelope,  born  at  Whites- 
town.  New  York,  in  November,  1786, 
married,  in  July,  1805,  at  Oriskany,  Asa  Mer- 
rill, son  of  Jarad  Merrill,  of  Whitestown ;  she 
died  at  Byron,  New  York,  April  22,  1823; 
Major  Hamilton  Wilcox  Merrill,  L'nited 
States  army,  a  graduate  of  U'est  Point,  was 
her  son ;  he  served  with  the  utmost  gallantry 
in  the  battle  of  Molino  del  Rey ;  his  son,  Hon. 
Frederick  J.  H.  Merrill,  Ph.D.,  is  the  state 
geologist  of  New  York. 

(II)  James,  son  of  George  Dalliba,  was 
born  at  Granby,  Connecticut,  December  5, 
1785,  died  at  Port  Henry,  New  York,  October 
9,  1832.  After  receiving  a  good  preliminary 
educational  training  he  was  appointed,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1808,  as  a  representative  from  Connec- 
ticut to  the  L'nited  States  Military  Academy 
at  West  Point,  in  which  institution  he  was 
graduated  (No.  9)  March  i.  1811.  and  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  of  artillery, 
IMarch  8,  1813.  He  was  commissioned  cap- 
tain and  deputy  commissary  of  ordnance,  Au- 
gust 5,  1813,  and  major  and  assistant  com- 
missary general,  February  9,  1815.  On  the 
reorganization  of  the  army,  June  i.  182 1.  the 
ordnance  department  was  abolished  and  he 
was  commissioned  a  captain  in  the  First  Ar- 
tillery with  rank  from  August  5.  1813,  and 
was  brevet  major  with  rank  from  Februarv' 
9,  1815.  Being  dissatisfied  with  the  reduc- 
tion in  his  rank  by  the  reorganization,  and 
unable  to  obtain  redress,  he  resigned  frowi  the 


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army,  .May  i,  1824.  During  liis  career  as 
officer  he  did  garrison  service  in  Atlantic 
posts  in  181 1  and  1812:  in  the  campaign  on 
the  Xorthwestern  frontier  in  Michigan  terri- 
tory he  participated  in  the  battle  of  Browns- 
town,  August  9,  1812;  he  was  surrendered  as 
prisoner  of  war  by  General  Hull  at  Detroit, 
August  16,  1812,  and  his  name  appears  in 
various  lists  of  United  States  prisoners  of 
war  in  Canada,  published  in  the  newspapers 
of  that  day  as  James  Dalliba,  second  lieuten- 
ant of  artillery  (of  Utica),  a  prisoner  of  war 
at  Chariabe.  about  six  miles  from  Quebec. 
He  was  e.xchanged  September  17,  1813,  and 
was  on  ordnance  duty  from  that  time  until 
his  resignation.  He  was  for  some  time  in 
command  of  the  United  States  Arsenal  at 
\\'atervliet.  His  views  on  the  subject  of  re- 
organization are  stated  in  a  pamphlet  of  thir- 
ty-si.x  pages,  \'olume  102,  .\'o.  2,  .State  Li- 
brary, Albany.  It  is  entitled:  "Improve- 
ments in  the  Military  Establishment  of  the 
United  States,  Suggested  by  James  Dalliba, 
Brevet  Major  of  the  First  .Artillery  on  Ord- 
nance Service,  and  late  Major  of  the  Corps 
of  Ordnance,  Troy.  Printed  by  William  S. 
Parker,  1822."  It  is  dated  "U.  S.  Arsenal, 
Watervliet,  X.  Y.,  December  29,  1821.."  The 
only  other  printed  work  of  Alajor  Dalliba 
in  the  State  Library  is  "A  Narrative  of  the 
Battle  of  Brownstown,  Fought  on  the  9th  of 
-A.ugust,  1812,  During  the  Campaign  of  the 
Northwestern  .\rmy,  under  the  Command  of 
Brigadier  General  Hull." 

In  company  with  Hon.  John  D.  Dickerson, 
of  Troy,  Major  Dalliba  erected  the  first  fur- 
nace at  Port  Henry,  about  1822,  the  same 
yielding  from  fifteen  to  eighteen  tons  of  iron 
a  week.  Until  1827  the  iron  was  taken  to 
Troy,  New  York,  and  after  that  the  works 
were  used  for  the  manufacture  of  stoves  and 
hollow  ware.  At  his  death  the  property 
passed  into  the  hands  of  Stephen  S.  Keyes. 
Major  Dalliba  first  lived  at  Port  Henry  in 
1824  and  he  erected  his  residence  there  in 
1825.  He  married,  October  22,  1815,  Susan- 
nah, daughter  of  Gurden  Huntington,  of 
Rome,  New  York  (see  Huntington  V).  She 
died  at  Rome,  New  York,  March  19,  1837. 
One  child,  Mary  Huntington  Dalliba,  born 
June  20,  1826,  died  January  30,  1877;  mar- 
ried, December  30,  184^1.  William  Henry  Dut- 
ton  (see  Dutton  \'). 

(The   lluntiiigtoii   Line). 

(I)  Simon  Huntington,  founder  of  the 
American  branch  of  the  Huntington  family, 
was  born  in  England,  where  he  was  reared  to 
maturity  and  where  he  married  Margaret 
Baret,  sister  of  the  mavor  of  Norwich,  Eng- 


land, who  was  a  Huguenot  of  record  in  Eng- 
land. The  name  Baret  or  i'.arn-  appears  as 
Huguenot  in  the  books  at  the  Huguenot  Li- 
brary, 105  East  Twenty-second  street,  New 
York  City.  Simon  Huntington  died  at  sea 
in  1633. 

(II)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  and 
Margaret  (  Baret) »  Huntington,  was  born  in 
England  in  1629  and  was  brought  to  .-Xmerica 
in  1O33,  at  the  age  of  four  years.  He  died 
June  28,  1706.  He  served  as  representative 
in  the  general  court  of  Connecticut  in  1674- 
77-85.  He  married,  in  October,  1653,  Sarah 
Clark,  born  in  1633,  died  in  1721,  daughter 
of  John  Clark,  of  Saybrook  and  Windsor, 
who  died  in  1678  at  Saybrook.  John  Clark 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  Con- 
necticut for  twenty-one  sessions,  lieginning  in 
1649;  he  was  churchman  and  freeman  of  New 
Haven  and  a  sergeant ;  was  magistrate  and 
commissioner  and  was  entrusted  with  many 
important  commissions  as  a  result  of  the  con- 
fidence placed  in  him  by  his  fellow  citizens. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Simon  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Clark)  Huntington,  was  born  March  13, 
1675-76,  died  September  13,  1741.  He  mar- 
ried, July  8,  1735,  Rachel  Wolcott,  of  Wind- 
ham, daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Priscilla 
( Bailey )  Wolcott :  Jonathan  was  a  son  of 
Jonathan  and  .Mary  (Sibley)  Wolcott,  the  lat- 
ter of  whom  was  a  daughter  of  John  Sibley, 
who  served  in  King  Philip's  war,  was  a  lieu- 
tenant of  Salem  militia,  and  captain  of  Troop 
of  Horse.  Priscilla  Bailey  was  a  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Priscilla  ( Putnam )  Bailey,  and 
the  latter  was  a  daughter  of  John  Putnam, 
who  in  1678  was  lieutenant  of  Troop  of 
Horse,  and  was  called  captain. 

(I\')  Benjamin,  son  of  Daniel  and  Rachel 
(Wolcott)  Huntington,  was  born  .April  19, 
T736,  died  October  16,  1800,  at  Rome,  New 
York,  where  he  was  buried.  He  was  gradu- 
ated in  Yale  College  in  1761  ;  from  1771  to 
1780  was  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  from 
Norwich:  from  1775  to  1777  ^^•^^  ^  member 
of  the  committee  of  safety  for  Connecticut: 
in  1776-77  was  clerk  of  the  house:  in  1779 
was  delegate  to  the  Hartford  convention:  in 

1780  was  delegate  from  Connecticut  to  con- 
gress: from  1780  to  1784  and  1787-88  he  was 
a  member  of  the  Continental  congress :  in 
1778-79  was  speaker  of  the  house:  member 
of  the  upper  house  of  Connecticut  legislature, 

1 781  to  1793.  and  first  mayor  of  Xonvich, 
Connecticut,  1784  to  I7>/).  when  he  resigned. 
He  was  representative  from  Connecticut  to 
the  first  congress  of  the  United  States  of 
.\merica,  1789,  and  judge  of  the  superior 
court  of  Connecticut,   1793  to   1796. 

He  married.  May  5.  1765.  his  cousin,  Anne 


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Huntington,  born  January  10,  1740,  died  Oc- 
tober 6,  1790.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Jabez 
Huntington  by  his  second  wife.  Sarah  Booth, 
who  was  born  in   1701,  died  March  21,  1783. 

She  was  a  widow  of Wetmore.     Jabez 

Huntington  was  born  January  26,  1691,  died 
September  26,  1752;  he  was  a  man  of  promi- 
nence in  the  pubhc  afifairs  of  his  community 
and  was  colonel  of  the  Fifth  Regiment  of 
Connecticut.  He  w-as  a  son  of  Christopher 
and  Sarah  (Adgatej  Huntington;  Sarah  Ad- 
gate  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  ?\[ary 
(]\Iarvin)  Adgate ;  IMary  Marvin  was  a 
daughter  of  Matthew  and  Elizabeth  Marvin, 
who  immigrated  to  America,  April  15,  1635. 
(\')  Gurden,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Anne 
(Huntington)  Huntington,  was  born  March 
16,  1768.  died  in  1840.  He  was  twice  mar- 
ried. He  married  (second),  July  6,  1794. 
Anne  Perkins,  born  February  i,  1768,  died 
April  21,  1802  (see  Perkins  V).  Their 
daughter,  Susannah  Huntington,  married 
James  Dalliba  (see  Dalliba  H). 

(The    Perkins    Line). 

(I)  This  old  American  family  was  founded 
in  this  countr\-  by  John  Perkins,  whose  birth 
occurred  in  1590  at  Xewent,  Gloucestershire. 
England.  He  immigrated  to  this  country  on 
the  ship  "Lyon",  December  i,  1630.  and  land- 
ed at  Nantucket,  February  5,  1631.  Soon 
after  his  arrival  in  this  country  he  was  made 
"Sargant  of  the  Allied  English  and  Friendly 
Indians  under  Mascowoma,  at  Agawam  (Ips- 
wich, ^Massachusetts),  in  the  war  with  the 
Tarratines".     He  married  Judith  . 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  John  and  Judith  Perkins, 
was  born  in  England  in  1624,  died  January 
29,  1700.  He  came  from  England  to  Amer- 
ica with  his  parents  in  163 1,  and  married,  in 
1647  or  1648,  Elizabeth  Love,  born  in  1629. 
died  February  12.  1665. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Jacob  and  Elizabeth 
(Love)  Perkins,  was  born  at  Ipswich,  Massa- 
chusetts, June  21,  1647,  died  September  6. 
1726.  He  married,  May  22,  1700,  Martha 
^Morgan,  born  in  1680,  died  in  October,  1754, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Dorothy  (Parke) 
Morgan :  Joseph  was  a  son  of  James  and  Mar- 
gery (Hiil)  Morgan,  of  Roxbury.  Dorothy 
Parke  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Dor- 
othy (Thompson)  Parke;  Thomas  was  a  son 
of  Robert  Parke. 

(I\')  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
Martha  (Morgan)  Perkins,  was  born  October 
25,  1704,  at  Norwich,  Connecticut,  died  July 
7.  1794.  He  married,  July  23,  1730,  Mary 
Bushnall.  born  in  1707.  died  in  1793.  daugh- 
ter of  Cable  and  .Ann  (Leffingwell)  I'.ushnall ; 
Cable   was   a   son   of   Richard   and    Elizabeth 


(Adgate)  Bushnall;  Richard  was  a  son  of 
Richard  and  Alary  (  Marvin )  Bushnall.  Ann 
Lefifingwell  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  (Bushnall)  Leffingwell;  Thomas  was  a 
son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (White)  Leffing- 
well ;  Thomas  Leffingwell  served  in  the  Con- 
necticut general  assembly  for  twenty-si.x  ses- 
sions and  also  served  in  King  Philip's  war. 

(\')  Andrew,  son  of  Joseph  (21  and  Mary 
(Bushnall)  Perkins,  was  born  at  Norwich, 
Connecticut,  July  17,  1743.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1766,  Anne  Turner,  born  in  1747, 
died  June  12,  1785,  daughter  of  Philip  and 
Anne  (Huntington)  Turner;  Philip  was  a  son 
of  Philip  and  Elizabeth  ( Xash)  Turner; 
Philip  was  a  son  of  "Young"  John  and  Anne 
(James)  Turner.  Humphrey  Turner,  father 
of  "Young"  John  Turner,  married  Lydia  Ga- 
mer, at  Plymouth,  and  was  incumbent  of  the" 
offices  of  deputy  and  constable.  Philip  Tur- 
ner, who  married  Anne  Huntington,  served  as 
cornetist  and  captain  in  the  army  and  was  at 
one  time  deputy  for  Norwich.  His  wife  was 
Widow  Adgate  and  daughter  of  Daniel  Hunt- 
ington, who  married  Abigail  Bingham,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Bingham.  Thomas  Bingham 
married  Alary  Rudd,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Rudd,  who  fought  in  the  Indian  wars.  Anne 
Perkins,  daughter  of  .Andrew  and  Anne  (Tur- 
ner) Perkins,  married  Gurden  Huntington 
(see  Huntington  V). 


The  family  of  Bissell    (spelled 
BISSELL     also  Bisselle  and  Byssell)  is  an 

ancient  one  and  is  of  French 
origin.  One,  at  least,  of  its  members  em- 
braced the  doctrines  of  the  Reformation,  and 
after  the  Massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew's  Day, 
August  24,  1572,  fled  to  England  to  escape 
the  persecution  which  then  broke  out  against 
the  Huguenots. 

(I)  John  Bissell.  first  settler  of  the  name  in 
America,  arrived  at  Plymouth.  Massachusetts, 
from  Somersetshire,  England,  in  1628.  He 
removed  in  1640  to  East  Windsor.  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  that  town- 
ship. He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court, 
1648  to  1665  ;  member  of  the  Windsor  Troop 
of  Horse,  1657-1658;  captain  of  the  Windsor 
Dragoons  in  King  Philip's  War.  1675  ;  quar- 
termaster of  the  Hartford  Troop  of  Horse, 
May  ID,  1679.  -A  careful  investigation  shows 
that  the  following  coat-of-arms.  used  up  to 
the  present  time  by  his  descendants,  was  taken 
from  France  to  England,  by  his  grandfather, 
and  is  the  same  mentioned  in  Burke's  "Gen- 
eral Armory  of  Great  Britain."  Bis-^ell  arms: 
Gules,  on  a  bend,  argent,  three  escallops,  sa- 
ble :  crest :  a  demi-eagle  with  wings  dis- 
played, charged  on  neck  with  an  escallop  shell, 


BISSELL 


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or.  Motto:  /;;  recto,  dcciis  (In  rectitude, 
honor ). 

John  Bt.s.'iell.  the  first  settler,  married  in 
England,  and  died  October  3,  1677,  hi.s  wife 
having  passed  away  May  21,  1641.  The  fol- 
lowing were  their  children,  of  whom  the  three 
first  were  born  in  England:  1.  John.  2. 
Thomas.  3.  Mary.  4.  Samuel.  5.  Nathaniel, 
born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  September  24, 
1640.  6.  Joyce,  married  Samuel  Pinney,  No- 
vember 7,  1665. 

John,  son  of  John  Uissell,  married,  June 
17,  1658.  Isabel  Mason,  of  Saybrook,  Connecti- 
cut, daughter  of  Major  John  .Mason;  she  died 
March  29,  1665.  He  married  (second),  in 
1669  (name  unknown).  Children;  i.  Mary, 
born  February  22.  1658.  2.  John,  1661.  3. 
Daniel,  born  Septeirtber  29,  1663.  4.  Dorothy, 
born  August  10,  1665.  5.  Josiah,  born  Octo- 
ber 10,  1670.  6.  Hezekiah,  born  April  30, 
1673.  7.  Ann,  born  April  28,  1675.  8.  Jere- 
miah, born  February  22,  1677. 

Thomas,  second  son  of  John  Bissell,  the  first 
settler,  married.  October  11,  1655,  Abigail 
]\Ioore,  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  died 
July  31,  1689. 

Thomas,  second  son  of  Thomas  ( i )  and 
Abigal  (Moore)  Bissell,  was  born  October  2, 
1656,  and  married,  October  15,  1768,  Esther 
Strong,  of  Northampton,   Alassachusetts. 

Ebenezer,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Esther 
(Strong)  Bissell.  was  born  .\ugust  i,  1685, 
in     East      Windsor,     Connecticut ;     married 

,    who    died    August    i,    1726. 

Married    (second)    Mary   ,    who    died 

Alarch  9,  1753.  (Tombstone  in  Old  East 
Windsor  graveyard.)  Ebenezer  Bissell  died 
September  5,  1750. 

Captain  .Aaron  Bissell,  son  of  Ebenezer  Bis- 
sell, married,  December  5,  1757,  Dorothy 
Stoughton ;  he  died  May   11,   1787. 

Epaphras.  son  of  Captain  Aaron  and  Dor- 
othy (Stoughton)  Bissell,  was  born  July  24, 
1765,  in  East  Windsor,  Connecticut;  married, 
November  30,  1794,  Jerusha  Wolcott,  of  the 
same  place,  and  died  November  20,  1826.  His 
widow  survived  him  until  September  7,  1849. 
Children  : 

I.  Frances,  born  in  September,  bap- 
tized October  11,  1795;  married,  September 
22,  1819,  Owen  P.  Olmsted,  of  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut :  had  one  daughter,  Frances,  who  was 
born  in  that  city  .March  23,  1829,  and  married, 
November  21,  1849,  Henry  R.  Coit,  and  died 
in  Litchfield,  Connecticut.  March  27,  1909.  2. 
Edward,  born  January  20,  1797.  3-  Freder- 
ick, born  .\ugust  26,  1799.  died  June  5,  1870: 
unmarried.  4.  Sidney,  horn  January  3.  1802; 
died  .April  i.  1873.  5.  Theodore,  born  March, 
1804;  married  Cynthia  ^L  Spoffard,  May  16, 


1827,  and  died  December.  1876.  6.  Lcvorett, 
born  September,  1807;  married,  November 
26,  1840,  Julia  Reed  Watson,  of  Fast  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut,  and  died  September  25,  1872, 
leaving  no  children. 

Edward,  eldest  .son  of  Epaphras  and 
Jerusha  (Wolcott)  Bissell,  resided  first  in 
Geneseo,  .\ew  York,  moved  from  there  to 
Lockport,  New  York,  thence  to  Toledo.  Ohio 
(then  a  part  of  the  Connecticut  Reserve),  be- 
ing one  of  the  founders  of  that  city.  He  mar- 
ried. October  15,  1823,  Jane  .'\nn  Maria, 
daughter  of  Abner  and  Elizabeth  (Loring) 
Reed,  the  former  of  East  Winrlsor.  Connecti- 
cut, the  latter  of  Lansingburg.  New  York. 
The  death  of  Edward  Bissell  occurred  No- 
vember 9.  1861,  and  that  of  his  widow  Sep- 
tember 30,  1864.  Hosmer's  "History  of  To- 
ledo" states  as  follows;  "Whatever  Toledo 
may  become  in  the  future,  she  will  always  owe 
her  first  start  in  life  to  Edward  Bissell,  a 
gentleman  of  fine  education  and  refinement, 
of  great  foresight,  sagacity  and  energy,  who 
knew  no  such  word  as  fail."  Children;  i. 
Edward,  born  September  24,  1824.  2.  .Ar- 
thur Frederick,  born  June  14,  1826.  3.  Eliza- 
beth Reed,  born  F"ebruary  13.  1828.  4.  Char- 
lotte, born  February  21.  1830;  died  unmar- 
ried. 5.  Mary,  born  December  5,  183 1.  6. 
Henry  Tudor,  born  August  12,  1834.  7.  Julia 
W..  born  October  12,   1836. 

Edward,  eldest  son  of  Edward  fi),  born  at 
Geneseo,  New  York,  entered  Yale  College  in 
1840,  and  was  graduated  in  1844;  entered  the 
Law  Department  of  Harvard  University, 
graduating  in  1846.  Moved  to  Galveston, 
Texas,  for  the  purpose  of  practicing  his  pro- 
fession. In  May  of  the  same  year  enlisted  in 
the  First  Regiment  of  Te.xas  Riflemen,  then 
being  organized  for  the  war  with  Mexico.  In 
July,  1847,  after  the  regiment  was  disbanded 
at  Camargo,  he  returned  to  Toled(i,  ()hio,  and 
in  1848  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  He  mar- 
ried, December  24.  1862.  Sarah  .A.  Secor.  of 
Toledo,  Ohio,  and  died  November  22,  1894. 
Children;  i.  Edward  .A.,  born  .April  7,  1864, 
died  May  5,  1872.  2.  Frederick,  born  Octo- 
ber 28,  1865.  3.  Herbert  Spencer,  born  June 
2,  1868.  4.  Maurice  Reed,  born  February  II, 
1870.  5.  \\'alter  Secor.  born  .May  20.  1877. 
6.  Charlotte  Secor,  Iiorn  (October  22.   1880. 

Frederick,  second  son  of  Edward  (2),  mar- 
ried. October  2^.  1892.  Katharine  Latham 
Scott,  of  Toledo.  Ohio.  Children ;  Cornelia 
Corwin.  born  July  30,  1893;  Edward,  bom 
July  8,  1897;  Sarah  Secor.  born  January  11, 
1904;  Katharine,  born  February  5.  1905. 

Herbert  Spencer  married.  June  10.  1902, 
Cora  .Alice  Law.  Children;  >iary  Law,  bom 
June  5,  1903;  Robert  Secor.  born  October  9, 


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1907,   died   September  9,    1909;    Herbert   Ed- 
ward, born  November  5,   1909. 

(4)  ]\Iaurice  Reed,  born  February  11.  1870; 
married,  October  26,  1899,  Harriet  :M.  Rus- 
sell at  Massillon,  Ohio.  Child:  Thomas  Rus- 
sell, born  September  25,   1905. 

(5)  Walter  Secor,  born  May  20,  1877;  mar- 
ried, October  10,  1905,  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  Har- 
riet Maria  Thorp.  Children:  i.  Frederick 
Thorp,  born  May  10,  1907.  2.  Charlotte  H., 
born  July  24,  191 1. 

Arthur  Frederick,  second  son  of  Edward 
and  Jane  Ann  Maria  (Reed)  Bissell,  was 
born  at  Geneseo,  New  York,  June  14,  1826, 
and  graduated  June,  1848,  from  the  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  New  York  City. 
In  the  autumn  of  1849  settled  at  Toledo. 
Ohio,  and  practiced  there  his  profession  until 
]\Iay  12,  1863,  when  he  retired  from  the  prac- 
tice of  medicine  and  moved  to  New  York  City. 
He  married,  October  29,  185 1,  at  Rye,  New 
York,  Anna  Evelyn,  daughter  of  Judge  Nehe- 
miah  and  Pamela  Rhoda  I  Sanford )  Browne, 
of  that  place.  Mrs.  Bissell  died  December  22, 
1900,  leaving  one  child,  Florence  Sanford, 
born  July  29,  1854. 

(3)  Elizabeth  Reed  Bissell,  born  February 
13,  1828:  married,  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  Judge 
William  Collins,  of  that  city,  who  died  April 
3,  1891.  Elizabeth  Reed  (Bissell)  Collins 
died  May  7.  1907,  leaving  no  children. 

(4)  Charlotte  (Bissell),  born  February  21, 
1830;  died  unmarried.  May  21,   1855. 

(5)  Mary  (Bissell),  born  December  5, 
1831 ;  married,  January,  1857,  at  Toledo, 
Ohio,  Alfred  W.  Gleason,  and  died  December 
16,  1900.  Children  :  Mortimer  Chester,  born 
December  13,  1866,  died  April  30,  1879; 
Maud,  born  May  27,  1869,  married.  May  9, 
1905,  Frederick  W.  Pride,  of  New  York  City. 

(6)  Henry  Tudor,  third  son  of  Edward 
and  Jane  Ann  Maria  (Reed)  Bissell,  was  born 
August  12,  1834,  in  Lockport,  New  York; 
studied  law  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio ;  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  at  Toledo,  Ohio,  in  1858:  en- 
listed .August  22,  :8C)2,  in  the  One  Hundred 
and  Eleventh  Regiment  of  Ohio  \'olunteer 
Infantry:  appointed  sergeant-major,  Septem- 
ber I  ;  promoted  to  second  lieutenant  of  H, 
November  17,  1862,  and  first  lieutenant  and 
adjutant  of  the  regiment  February  i,  1863. 
He  participated  in  General  Buell's  campaign 
in  pursuit  of  General  Bragg's  army,  and  in 
1863  in  the  campaign  raid  after  Morgan,  un- 
til that  general  was  captured.  When  the 
regiment  commenced  its  East  Tennessee  cam- 
paign he  was  too  ill  from  fatigue  and  exposure 
to  accompany  it,  and  died  in  tiie  hospital  at 
Louisville,  Kentucky,  September  9,   1863. 

(7)  Julia   W.    (Bissell),  born  October    12, 


1836:  married,  December  6,  i860,  Asa  W. 
Backus,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  died 
December  5,  1891.  Children:  i.  Carrie  T. 
2.  Asa  W.  3.  Lizzie  H.  4.  Julia  R.  5.  Ed- 
ward T.    6.  Frederick  T. 


Thomas  Flagg,  immigrant  ances- 
FLAGG  tor  of  the  American  family,  was 
born  in  Whenburgh,  county  Nor- 
folk, England,  in  161 5.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  years  he  came  to  America,  embarking  at 
Soratby,  Norfolk,  in  1637.  He  was  then  in 
the  employ  or  service  of  Richard  Carver.  He 
settled  as  early  as  1641  at  Watertown,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  became  a  proprietor  and  yeo- 
man. He  had  a  homestall  of  six  acres,  also 
twenty  acres  originally  granted  to  John  Rose, 
July  25,  1636.  He  is  ancestor  of  all  the 
American  families  of  this  name  as  far  as  the 
genealogists  know.  The  name  in  England 
was  spelled  Fleg  and  Flegg,  a  spelling  that 
still  prevails.  The  lineage  of  the  family  has 
been  traced  in  England  to  William  Flegg, 
who  died  in  1426,  and  various  Fleggs  and 
de  Fleggs  are  mentioned  in  English  records 
in  the  twelfth  and  thirteenth  centuries.  The 
head  of  the  English  family  was  the  Lord  of 
the  Manor  of  Flegg  Hall,  Winterton,  in  the 
Hundred  of  East  Flegg,  county  Norfolk. 
Thomas  Flagg  was  a  prominent  citizen.  He 
was  selectman  from  1671  to  1676,  also  1678, 
1681  and  from  1685  to  1687.  He  was  lieu- 
tenant of  the  Watertown  company.  He  lost 
his  left  eye  by  a  gunshot  wound  received  pre- 
vious to  1659. 

He   married   Mary   ,   who  was  born 

1619.  He  died  February  6,  1697-98.  His  will 
was  dated  March  5,  1697,  and  proved  Febru- 
ary 16,  1697-98.  He  bequeathed  to  wife 
Mary:  to  sons  Michael,  Thomas,  Eleazer,  Al- 
len and  Benjamin ;  to  daughters  Mary,  Eliza- 
beth Bigelow  and  Rebecca  Cooke ;  to  grand- 
child, John  Flagg,  and  to  the  heirs  of  de- 
ceased son,  Gershom.  The  widow's  will, 
proved  April  21,  1703,  named  children  Mary, 
Elizabeth  Bigelow.  Rebecca  Cooke  and  Ben- 
jamin I'lagg.  Children:  Gershom,  mentioned 
below;  John,  born  June  14,  1643;  Bartholo- 
mew, at  Watertown,  February  2^.  1645: 
Thomas,  April  28,  1646:  William,  1648;  Mi- 
chael, March  27,,  1650-51;  Eleazer,  May  14, 
1653;  Elizabeth,  March  22,  1654-55;  Mary, 
January  14.  1656-57;  Rebecca,  September  5. 
1660;  Benjamin,  June  25,  1662;  Allen,  at 
Watertown,  May  16,  1665. 

(II)  Lieutenant  Gershom  Flagg,  son  of 
Thomas  Flagg.  was  born  at  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  April  16,  1641,  died  July  6, 
1690.  He  settled  in  Woburn  about  1668:  he 
was  a  tanner  bv  trade  and  had  his  tanvard 


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and  residence  with  an  acre  of  land  on  what 
is  now  High  street  near  the  site  of  the  first 
meeting-house,  having  Rev.  Mr.  Carter's 
house  on  the  west,  the  old  burying  ground 
on  the  east  and  the  training  field  on  the  south. 
Lieutenant  Flagg  was  killed  with  Captain 
Wiswall  and  others  by  the  Indians  at  Wheel- 
wright's Pond  at  Lee,  New  Hampshire.  His 
widow  married  Israel  Walker.  Many  of  the 
descendants  of  Gershom  Flagg  have  been  fa- 
mous. Children :  Gershom,  mentioned  be- 
.low:  Eliezer.  August  i,  1670;  John,  Mav  25. 
1673:  Hannah,  March  12,  1675  ;' Thomas,  June 
22.  1677,  died  June  23,  1677;  Ebenezer,"  De- 
cember 21,  1678;  Alary.  February  28,  1682- 
83 ;  Thomas,  April  19,  1685  ;  Benoni,  August 
19,  1687.  died  same  day;  Abigail,  January  8, 
1689. 

(Ill  I  Gershom  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant 
Gershom  i  i )  Flagg,  was  born  at  Woburn, 
March  10,  1669,  and  died  there  August  24, 
1755.  He  became  a  leading  citizen  of  that 
town.  His  wife  Hannah  died  January  4, 
1 74 1.  He  was  a  constituent  member  of  the 
Third  Society  in  1746.  Children,  born  at  Wo- 
burn :  Elizabeth,  born  May  22,  1696:  Gershom, 
November  22,  i6g8,  died  July  11,  1700;  Zach- 
ariah,  June  20,  1700;  Gershom.  January  25, 
1702;  Benjamin,  died  by  gunshot  wound, 
April  7,  1725;  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Dr.  Samuel  Flagg,  son  of  Gershom 
(2)  Flagg.  was  born  March  21,  1735-36.  He 
became  a  prominent  physician  of  Hartford, 
Connecticut.  He  died  there  in  1782.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  physicians  to  inoculate  for 
smallpox.  Among  his  children  was  Samuel, 
mentioned  below. 

(\')  Dr.  Samuel  (2)  Flagg,  .son  of  Dr. 
Samuel  (i)  Flagg,  was  born  April  21.  1766. 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  removed  to 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  one  of  the  foremost 
physicians  of  his  day.  He  married  and 
among  his  children  was  Samuel  G.,  mentioned 
below. 

(\T)  Samuel  G.,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  (2) 
Flagg,  married  Harriet  Maxwell.  He  settled 
in  New  York,  removing  later  to  Boston. 

(\'II)  Stanley  G.,  son  of  Samuel  G.  Flagg, 
was  born  in  "Waterford.  New  York.  .April  19, 
1830.  He  spent  his  childhood  in  Boston, 
where  he  attended  the  public  schools.  At  the 
age  of  fourteen  years  he  became  clerk  in  a 
retail  dry  goods  store  and  continued  for  ten 
years.  In  1855  he  established  a  malleable  iron 
business  in  a  small  way,  developing  the  new 
idea  of  making  malleable  iron  fittings  for 
gas,  steam  and  water  pipe,  formerly  made  of 
brass,  and  his  idea  proved  so  successful  that 
his  trade  grew  to  very  large  proportions  in  a 
short  time.     In  1863  the  capacity  of  his  plant 


was  enlarged.  In  1865  he  bought  the  prop- 
erty at  19th  street  and  Pennsylvania  avenue. 
Philadelphia,  and  in  1881  greatly  increased  it 
by  purchasing  adjoining  property.  Subse- 
quently he  admitted  his  sons  to  partnership 
under  the  firm  name  of  Stanley  G.  Flagg 
&  Company.  In  1896  a  subsidiary  fac- 
tory was  erected  at  Pittstown,  Pennsylvania. 
The  firm  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  stove 
lining  and  fire  brick  in  1872,  and  in  1896  pur- 
chased a  pottery  on  Ridge  avenue.  The 
manufacture  of  steel  castings  was  added  to 
the  business  and  became  an  important  part  of 
the  output  of  the  factories.  He  married  .Ade- 
laide Shoemaker  (Jordon.  born  in  Philadel- 
phia, F'ennsylvania.  1828.  daughter  of  Morde- 
cai  Lewis  and  Hannah  (Marshall)  Shoe- 
maker. Hannah  Marshall  was  also  a  native 
of  Philadelphia.  Child,  Stanley  G.,  mentioned 
below. 

(Vni)  Stanley  G.  (2).  son  of  Stanley  G. 
(i)  Flagg,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  21,  i860.  He  was  educated 
in  private  schools  in  his  naMve  city,  and  at 
Classical  High  School  of  Philadelphia.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  firm  of  S.  G.  Flagg  & 
Company,  Morris  Building,  Philadelphia. 
His  residence  is  at  1723  Spruce  street  in  that 
city.  He  is  a  member  of  the  .Art  Club  of 
Philadelphia;  the  Pennsylvania  Society,  Sons 
of  the  .American  Revolution ;  of  the  Ritten- 
house  Club  of  Philadelphia;  of  the  Cnion 
League  Club  of  Philadelphia.  He  is  a  vestry- 
man of  St.  James'  Protestant  Episcopal 
Church. 


The  surname  Edson  is  very  likely 
EDSON  a  contraction  of  Edwardson,  Ed- 
monson, Edwinson,  or  some 
other  name  of  the  same  kind.  There  is  a 
theory  that  it  is  a  corruption  of  .Addison.  The 
first  mention  of  the  name  Edson  is  when  the 
immigrant  came,  and  it  may  be  that  he  adopt- 
ed that  spelling. 

(I)  Deacon  Samuel  Edson,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  an  early  settler  in  this  country, 
being  found  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  in  1639. 
when  he  was  acknowledged  as  an  inhabitant 
and  was  granted  a  half  an  acre  of  land  near 
Catt  Cove  and  four  acres  of  planting  ground. 
In  1642  he  was  granted  twenty-five  acres  of 
land  in  Mackerel  Cove  and  two  acres  of  mea- 
dow. .About  1650  he  moved  to  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  called  an  inhabitant 
there  in  a  deed  dated  December  10.  1652.  and 
died  there  in  i'')92.  aged  eighty  years.  He  and 
his  wife  were  buried  in  the  old  burying- 
ground,  and  the  oldest  monument  in  the  grave- 
yard is  erected  over  their  graves.  Deacon 
Samuel    Edson,    and    Rev.    James    Keith,    of 


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Scotland,    the    first   minister   of   Bridgewater, 
were  given  grants  of  land  after  the  fifty-four 
proprietors  "had    taken    their    shares,    making 
fiftv-six   shares.      He   erected   the   first   corn- 
mil'l  in  the  town  in  1662,  on  Town  river,  and 
later  he  deeded  this  mill  to  his  five  daughters ; 
the  deed  was  recorded  April   19,    1636.     His 
will   was   dated  January    15,    1688-89,  proved 
September  20,  1692.     He  was  made  freeman 
before  1657.    His  home  was  on  the  south  side 
of  the  river,  near  his  mill.     It  is  not  known 
that  he  was  a  millwright  by  trade,  but  it  is 
known  that  he  was  a  good   farmer  and  had 
mechanical  ability.     In   i66o  he  owned  three 
shares  in  the  town,  and  he  very  likely  con- 
veved  two  of  these  to  his   sons   Samuel  and 
Joseph,  as  in  the  great  division  of  1683  he  had 
only  one  share.    He  acquired  a  large  estate  by 
his'  industry  and   thrift,  and   was   well-to-do. 
He   held   several   town   offices :    in    1666   ap- 
pointed a  member  of  the  council  of  war;  in 
1676   representative   to    the   general   court   at 
Plymouth,   and    in   the   same   year   was   on   a 
committee  to  distribute  the  town  share  of  the 
Irish  contributions  for  the  distress  of  the  In- 
dian wars:  in  November,  1672,  was  on  a  com- 
mittee which  received  the  deed  of  conveyance 
from  Chief  Pomonoho  of  the  Titicut  purchase, 
"in    and    for    the    use  of    the    townsmen    of 
Bridgewater  joint  purchasers  with  them."     In 
December,   1686,  he  with  Ensign  John  Hay- 
ward  and  Deacon  John  Willis,  agents  for  the 
town,    received    a    confirmatory    deed    of    the 
Indian  Chief  Wampatuck  for  the  purchasers 
and  the  town  of  all  the  lands  previously  con- 
veyed  to    them    by    Massasoit,    on    March    3, 
1649.     In    1667  was   foreman  of  the  jury  to 
lay  out  roads,  as  well  as  in  1672;  in  1680  was 
on  a  committee  to  settle  the  Bridgewater  and 
Middleborough  boundary  line,  and  the   same 
vear  to  settle  the   Bridgewater  and   Taunton 
line.     He  was  one  of  the  first  deacons  of  the 
town  and  served  from  about  1664  to  the  end 
of  his  life.     Was  associated  with  very  prom- 
inent men  and  influential  in  town  atifairs.     He 
.  is  said  to  have  been  of  a  large,  athletic  frame, 
of  medium  weight  and  with  a  fine  constitution 
which   could   endure   almost   every   hardship ; 
dignified    and    grave    in    manner,    active    and 
keen  in  argument  and  very  firm  in  his  ideas, 
but  he  was  not  an  obstinate  man  and  would 
cheerfully  arlmit  the  accuracy  of  a  different 
judgment.     It   is  said  that  he  was  more   in- 
clined to  listen  than  to  debate,  but  when  he 
did  speak  at  town  meetings  he  generally  suc- 
ceeded in  convincing  his  audience  that  he  had 
carefullv  considered  his  subjects.   The  strength 
and  vigor  of  his  intellect,  the  quickness  of  his 
perceptions,   the   extent   and   accuracy   of   his 
memory  and  the  struggle  of  mental  enterprise, 


supplied  in  no  inconsiderable  degree  the  de- 
ficiencies of  education.  While  he  was  re- 
spected for  these  attributes  of  his  mind  and 
character,  it  was  to  his  constant  practice  of 
the  christian  virtues  and  the  influence  of  his 
example  that  his  pre-eminence  was  greatly 
due. 

He  married,  about  1637,  in  England,  Su- 
sanna Orcutt,  probably  an  elder  sister  of  Will- 
iam Orcutt,  who  came  from  Scituate  and  settled 
in  Bridgewater  before  1682.  "Her  education 
and  natural  abilities  were  said  to  be  full  equal 
to  his,  and  this  coupled  with  an  expressive 
modesty  of  deportment  and  unaffected  piety, 
gave  to  her  person  an  elevated  position  and  to 
her  character  a  high  rank  among  the  matrons 
of  the  town.  She  exhibited  a  majestic  figure, 
rather  above  the  medium  height,  an  elegant 
and  majestic  mein,  with  a  countenance  happily 
combining  graceful  dignity  with  cheerful  be- 
nignity.'' Children  ;  Susanna,  born  probably 
in  England  in  1638 :  Sarah,  born  in  Salem 
about  1640;  Elizabeth,  born  in  Salem  about 
1643;  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  born 
in  Bridgewater  about  1647 !  Joseph,  born  about 
1649;  Josiah,  born  in  Bridgewater,  1651  ; 
Bethiah,  born  about   1653. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Samuel 
(i)  Edson,  was  born  in  Salem,  1645,  died  in 
1719,  aged  seventy-four  years.  His  home  was 
on  the  south  side  of  Town  river  in  West 
Bridgewater,  where  he  had  forty  acres  given 
him  by  his  father.  The  house  and  barn  were 
burned  in  1676  by  the  Indians  in  King  Philip's 
war.  He  was  prominent  in  town  affairs.  In 
the  spring  of  1676  he  was  one  of  a  party  of 
twenty-one  men  who  went  to  join  Captain 
Church's  company  during  the  war.  They 
failed  to  meet  the  company,  but  came  sud- 
denly on  a  party  of  Indians  whom  they  fought, 
taking  seventeen  prisoners  and  returning  home 
without  losing  a  member.  The  prisoners  were 
sold  and  the  men  who  captured  them  received 
the  money.  In  1709-12-19  he  was  a  selectman, 
and  in  1697  '^^'^  ^7^3  ^^'^s  representative  to  the 
general  court.  He  was  highly  respected  by 
those  who  knew  him.  He  married.  1678,  Su- 
sannah, daughter  of  Nicholas  Byram,  and 
she  died  in  1741.  aged  ninety-three  years. 
Nicholas  Byram,  born  in  England,  married  a 
daughter  of  .-\braham  Shaw,  of  Dedham,  and 
settled  in  Bridgewater  alxiut  1660.  Children: 
Susannah,  born  1677:  Elizabeth,  1684;  Sam- 
uel, mentioned  below. 

(III)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Ed- 
son,  was  born  in  1690  in  Bridgewater,  died  in 
177 1,  aged  eighty-one  years.  On  January  23, 
1747.  he  gave  fourteen  acres  of  land  to  the 
society  in  England  for  the  propagation  of  the 
gospel  in  foreign  parts,  the  income  to  be  used 


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for  the  support  of  public  worship  in  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church  in  Bridgewater.  He 
married,  in  1707,  .Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Dean,  of  Taunton,  Massachusetts :  he  was  son 
of  Walter  Dean,  an  original  proprietor  and 
first  settler  of  Taunton.  She  was  born  in 
1687,  died  in  1770,  aged  eightv-three.  Chil- 
dren: Susannah,  born  1708;  Bethiah,  1710; 
iMary,  1712:  Samuel,  1714;  Nathan,  1716;- 
Abel.  1718;  Obed,  1720;  Elizabeth,  1722;  Sa- 
rah, 1724;  Silence,  1726:  Ebenezer,  1727; 
John,  1729:  Ezra,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Edson,  was 
born  in  1730,  and  lived  in  Bridgewater.  He 
married,  in  1756.  Rebecca  Johnson.  Children, 
born  in  Bridgewater:  Robert,  1757;  Ezra, 
1759;  Molly,  1760:  Rebecca,  1762;  Vina, 
1765;  Libeus,  1769:  Ebenezer,  1772;  Hannah, 
1774:  Cyrus,   mentioned  below;  Sarah,   1780. 

(\  )  Cyrus,  son  of  Ezra  Edson,  was  born 
April  2,  1776,  in  Bridgewater,  died  Septem- 
ber 23,  1862,  in  Alendon,  Vermont,  where  he 
settled  in  1817.  He  was  a  cabinetmaker  by 
trade.  He  married  (first)  March  3,  1797, 
Hannah  Hudson,  born  April  2,  1779,  died 
i^Iay  2,  1850,  daughter  of  John  Hudson.  He 
married  ( second )  September  19,  1852,  Laura 
Smith,  born  June  30,  1786.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Rebecca,  born  June  19,  1798;  Annie, 
August  II,  1799;  Hannah.  December  19. 
1802;  Cyrus,  mentioned  below;  Alelzar  and 
JMelvin,  October  11,  1807;  Susan,  May  18, 
1810;  Ezra.  January  12,  1813;  Galen  H.,  June 
13,  1815;  Otis  H.,  August  3,  1818. 

(VI)  Cyrus  (2),  son  of  Cyrus  (i)  Edson, 
was  born  May  26.  1805,  in  Minot,  Maine,  died 
in  Bennington,  \'erniont.  1892.  He  came  to 
\'ermont  in  18 1 7  with  his  parents,  and  was  a 
cabinetmaker  by  trade.  He  married  (first) 
Sybil  Wilcox,  (second)  Abigail  French.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Melvin  C. :  Sarah  A.,  mar- 
ried   Norton ;  Amos  W. ;  Albert  W., 

mentioned  below.    Child  by  second  wife :   Ara 
Otis. 

(\'n)  Albert  W..  son  of  Cyrus  (2)  Edson, 
was  born  in  South  Mendon,  \'ermont,  died 
in  Rutland.  \'ermont,  in  1898.  For  many 
years  he  lived  in  Norfolk.  \'irginia,  where  he 
was  in  the  internal  revenue  service.  He  later 
moved  to  Rutland,  where  he  was  engaged 
in  the  lumber  business  until  his  death.  He 
married  Carro  \'aughan,  now  deceased, 
daughter  of  James  and  Lucy  Graves  \'aughan. 
Children:  Grace,  deceased,  married  Thomas 
McGowan  ;  Russell,  mentioned  below. 

(MH)  Russell,  son  of  Albert  W.  Edson, 
was  born  at  Norfolk,  \'irginia,  September  0. 
1879.  When  a  child  he  Vent  to  Plainfield, 
New  Jersey,  and  there  made  his  home  with 
relatives,  receiving  his  education  and  remain- 


ing  there   until    191 1,   when   he   came   to   his 
present  home  in  Rutland,  Vermont. 


This  name  has  been  spelled 
MERRICK     in    at     least    eight     different 

ways,  such  as  Merrick,  Mey- 
rick,  Myrick.  .Mirick.  and  so  on.  I-'our  broth- 
ers bearing  the  name  landed  at  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts,  in  1636.  In  the  early  days 
many  of  the  family  were  sailors  and  many 
others  became  tillers  of  the  soil.  In  Burke's 
Peerage  may  be  fuund  the  following  para- 
graph : 

"  riie  ^[cyricks  are  of  t!ie  purest  and  noblest  Cam- 
liriaii  lilnnd.  and  have  possessed  the  -iamc  ancestral 
estate  and  residence  at  Bodorgan.  .Vnglesey,  Wales, 
without  interruption,  above  a  thousand  years.  They 
liave  the  rare  distinction  of  being  lineally  descended 
both  from  the  sovereign  Prince  of  Wales  of  the 
Welsh  royal  family,  and  from  King  Edward  I.. 
whose  oldest  son  was  the  first  Prince  of  Wales  of 
the   English    royal   family." 

The  family  here  described  is  supposed  to 
have  descended  from  Meyrick  ap  Llewellyn, 
who  was  captain  of  the  guard  at  the  corona- 
tion of  Henry  VIII.,  in  1509.  He  was  the 
first  high  sheriff  of  Anglesey,  and  held  this 
office  until  his  death.  From  him  and  his  po- 
sition the  name  of  Meyrick,  meaning  a  guard- 
ian, was  derived.  There  had  been  no  sur- 
names in  Wales  before  the  time  of  King 
Henry  VTII.  Six  of  the  name  were  knighted 
by  different  English  sovereigns.  The  family 
lived  on  the  island  of  .Anglesey  for  many  gen- 
erations, but  many  of  them  left  there  to  follow 
the  sea,  principally  the  younger  sons.  After 
the  advent  of  the  family  to  .America,  fully  a 
score  of  them  were  lost  at  sea  from  the  port 
of  Nantucket  alone.  Of  the  four  brothers 
mentioned  above.  William,  the  eldest,  born 
in  Wales,  in  1603,  reached  Charlestown  with 
his  three  brothers  in  i'>36.  in  the  ship 
"James,"  and  later  became  a  member  of  the 
militia  under  Captain  Myles  Standish ;  the  sec- 
ond brother  was  John  Merrick ;  the  third, 
James,  spelled  the  name  .Mirick,  and  the 
fourth  was  Thomas,  mentioned  at  length  be- 
low. 

(1)  Thomas  Myrick.  born  in  Wales,  in  1620, 
came  with  his  three  brothers  and  jirobably  a 
sister  Sarah  (who  married  John  .Atkinson) 
in  1636,  and  located  in  Charlestown.  The 
brothers  separated,  one  .going  to  Newbury, 
one  to  Plymouth,  one  remaining  in  Charles- 
town. and  Thomas  is  recorded  in  Roxbury  in 
1636.  He  was  at  Hartford.  Connecticut,  in 
1638,  when  he  was  preparing  to  visit  Spring- 
field, then  known  by  the  Indian  name  of 
.Agawam.  The  first  settlers  at  this  place  had 
grown  discouraged  and   had   returned  to  the 


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older  settlements  in  and  around  Boston,  their 
places  later  being  taken  by  others,  and  in 
January,  1638,  Thomas  Merrick  was  one  of 
thirteen  men  who  were  to  set  out  the  bounds 
of  the  plantation  on  both  sides  of  the  river 
and  mark  the  trees.  He  became  a  man  of 
influence  and  prominence  in  the  affairs  of 
Springfield,  and  his  name  appears  over  eighty 
times  in  the  town  records.  Between  1640  and 
1669  he  secured  ninety-six  acres  of  land  in 
the  vicinity.  He  helped  make  allotments  of 
land,  dealt  with  the  Indians,  helped  build  a 
church,  siu^veyed  lands,  viewed  fences,  and 
many  other  public  movements  found  him  ac- 
tively interested.  He  was  a  sergeant  in  the 
militia  of  which  William  Pynchon  was  cap- 
tain, and  his  seat  in  the  meeting  house  was 
the  second  from  the  front.  He  died  Septem- 
ber 7,  1704,  and  his  second  wife  is  buried 
by  his  side  in  the  cemetery  at  Springfield.  He 
married  his  first  wife,  according  to  the  rec- 
ords, July  14,  1639,  and  she  died  after  having 
had  five  children.  He  married  (second) 
Elizabeth  Tilley,  August  21,  1653,  who  died 
August  21,  1684.  The  first  wife,  Sarah,  was 
a  daughter  of  Rowland  and  Sarah  Stebbins, 
and  the  second  wife  is  thought  to  have  de- 
scended from  a  family  that  was  numerous 
and  influential  in  the  colony  at  Springfield. 
Eight  children  were  born  of  the  second  mar- 
riage, and  from  them  there  descended  thou- 
sands of  Merricks  who  located  in  many  parts 
of  the  United  States  and  Canada.  The  fol- 
lowing children  were  born  to  Thomas  Mer- 
rick: Thomas,  April  12,  1641,  died  young: 
Sarah,  born  May  9,  1643  '<  Mary,  September 
28,  1645,  died  1646:  Mary  (2),  born  August 
27,  1647;  Hannah,  February  10,  1649;  Eliza- 
beth, August  26,  1654,  died  1659;  Miriam. 
born  May  i,  1655;  John,  November  9,  1658; 
Elizabeth.  July  4,  1661  :  Thomas,  January  2, 
1664;  Tilley,  October  20.  1667;  James;  Abi- 
gail. September   i,   1673. 

(H)  Lieutenant  James  Merrick,  third  son 
of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Tilley)  Merrick, 
was  born  at  Springfield,  ]March  2,  1670,  and 
died  September  8.  1763,  aged  ninety-five  years, 
and  was  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  West 
Springfield,  where  his  tombstone  may  still  be 
seen.  He  served  as  selectman  in  1715-19,  and 
also  acted  as  constable,  tithingman.  fence 
viewer,  and  in  like  public  offices.  His  name 
was  often  on  the  town  records.  He  married 
(first)  July  30,  1696.  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Luke  Hitchcock,  of  Springfield,  who  was  born 
April  I,  1678,  and  died  February  3,  1733-34. 
Mr.  Merrick  married  (second)  Widow  Abi- 
gail Mosely,  of  Westfield.  Massachusetts,  who 
after  his  death  moved  to  Glastonbury,  Con- 
necticut, where  she  died.     Lieutenant  James 


Merrick  had  children  :  Sarah,  born  February 
12,  1696-97;  James,  January  i,  1698;  Thank- 
ful, October  8,  1701 ;  Joseph;  Mercy,  October 
21,  1706;  Aaron,  September  6,  1708;  Xoah, 
August  6,  171 1  ;  a  son  who  died  at  birth, 
January  23,  1715. 

(HI)  Deacon  Joseph  Merrick,  second  son 
of  Lieutenant  James  and  Sarah  (Hitchcock) 
-]\Ierrick,  was  born  March  27,  1704,  at  Spring- 
field, and  died  in  March,  1792,  in  his  eighty- 
eighth  year,  having  served  nearly  forty-two 
years  as  deacon  in  the  church.  He  married 
(first)  Mary  Leonard,  of  Northampton,  Mas- 
sachusetts, November  13,  1730:  she  died  in 
January,  1779,  aged  seventy-three  \ears.  He 
married  (second)  Widow  ^lary  Root,  in  De- 
cember, 1780,  and  she  died  in  September, 
1784,  aged  seventy-four  years.  Joseph  Mer- 
rick had  children :  Sarah,  born  September  19, 
1731;  Mary,  October  6,  1733:  Rebekah,  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1736;  Joseph;  Thankful,  September 
II,  1741 ;  ]\Iercy,  September  11,  1741 :  Tilley, 
September,  1743:  Margaret,  December  4, 
1745 ;  Eunice,  September  18,  1748,  died  in 
175 1 ;  Daniel,  January  6,  1750. 

{IV)  Joseph  (2),  first  son  of  Deacon  Jo- 
seph (i)  and  Mary  (Leonard)  Alerrick,  was 
born  at  West  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  in 
1739.  In  the  records  he  is  spoken  of  as  Cap- 
tain Joseph,  but  no  particulars  are  given  of 
the  service  which  entitled  him  to  this  title. 
He  married  Deborah  Leonard,  of  West 
Springfield.  His  four  sons,  all  born  at  West 
Springfield,  were:  Gad,  June  28,  1763;  Perez; 
Joseph,  Alay  12,  1769;  Quartus,  March,  1771. 

(V)  Perez,  second  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Deborah  (Leonard)  Merrick,  was  born  at 
West  Springfield,  January  28,  1766.  and  in 
1789  married  Hannah  Williston.  of  the  same 
place.  Children,  all  born  at  Franklin.  New 
York:  Sylvester  W. ;  Gordon,  1791  :  Perez, 
June  12,  1792;  Roderick,  August  5,  1794;  De- 
borah, 1796;  Flora,  1799;  Priscilla  Leonard, 
1800 :  William  Cabot,  1802 :  Austin  Leonard, 
Tanuarv  2,  1807:  Irene,  1809;  Louisa  Tones, 
181 1. 

(VI)  Sylvester  W.,  eldest  son  of  Perez  and 
Hannah  (Williston)  [Merrick,  was  born  in 
1790,  at  Franklin,  and  died  in  March,  1850, 
at  the  age  of  sixty  years,  in  Sandusky  county, 
Ohio.  In  181 1  he  married  Mercy  Loveland, 
who  died  in  1878,  at  Manteno,  Illinois.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Franklin,  Delaware  county. 
New  York:  i.  James  Fordyce.  1812:  mar- 
ried Matilda  Brakefield ;  had  five  children,  and 
died  in  October,  1896,  at  Lancaster,  Missouri ; 
he  was  a  pioneer,  a  farmer,  and  a  country 
merchant.  2.  Williston  Sylvester,  born  1814; 
married  Rowena  Hathaway ;  lives  at  Fos- 
toria,   Ohio;  six  children.     3.   Sarah   Amelia, 


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born  1816;  married  (first)  Jesse  Cook,  by 
whom  she  had  two  children,  and  (second) 
Joseph  Younglove,  and  died  in  1888,  at  Man- 
teno.  4.  Frederick  L.,  born  1821  ;  married 
Xancy  Chapman ;  became  a  merchant  at  Kan- 
kakee. Ilhnois,  and  died  in  189 1,  at  Fresno, 
Cahfornia,  having  had  nine  children.  5.  Dr. 
George  Clinton.  6.  Lyman  B.,  born  Septem- 
ber 10.  1829;  October  14,  1855.  at  Manteno, 
Illinois,  married  Sarah  J.,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Susannah  Harsh,  who  was  born  at  Free- 
port,  Ohio.  He  was  a  nurseryman  at  Topeka, 
Kansas,  and  he  and  his  wife  had  eight  chil- 
dren. 

(MI)  Dr.  George  Clinton  Merrick,  fourth 
son  of  Sylvester  \V.  and  Mercy  (Loveland) 
Merrick,  was  born  December  11,  1824,  at 
Franklin,  Xew  York,  and  died  July  2,  1895,  at 
Manteno,  Illinois.  He  was  always  devoted  to 
his  profession,  and  won  the  respect  and  es- 
teem of  all  by  his  upright  and  earnest  life. 
He  graduated  from  Rush  [Medical  College, 
Chicago,  Illinois,  with  the  class  of  185 1,  and 
later  practiced  at  Manteno  from  1852  for  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  was  not  in  any 
sense  a  politician,  but  took  a  keen  interest  in 
public  affairs,  and  President  Lincoln  appointed 
him  postmaster  at  Manteno,  in  which  office 
he  served  in  1861-62.  He  married  Mary  Eliz- 
abeth Peck,  of  Palmyra,  Wisconsin.  Children : 
I.  Charles,  born  September  17,  1852,  at  Man- 
teno; married  Laura  Shidler;  children:  Mary, 
Lawrence,  Ross  and  Sylvester ;  Mr.  Merrick 
is  now  a  broker  at  Seattle.  Washington.  2. 
Frederick  Williston,  born  October  15,  1855, 
at  Manteno :  now  a  merchant  at  Seattle :  he 
married  Grace  Frisbie ;  one  child,  Oscar 
Briggs.  3.  Mary  Helen  ^lerrick,  deceased, 
born  at  ]\lanteno.  May  15,  i860:  married  John 
F.  Barnard,  also  deceased ;  children  as  fol- 
lows :  IMary,  George,  Ruth  and  Merrick.  4. 
George  Peck.  5.  Oscar  Peck,  born  at  Lan- 
caster, Missouri,  April  6,  1867 ;  now  a  cashier 
and  accountant  in  employ  of  International 
Harvester  Company  :  married  Abigail  Castile  : 
children :  Gladys  and  Oscar  Peck  Jr.  The 
mother  of  these  children,  daughter  of  Joel  M. 
and  Amanda  (Purdy)  Peck,  was  born  No- 
vember 3,  1828.  at  Troy,  New  York,  and  her 
mother,  Amanda  Purdy,  was  the  daughter 
of  Judge  Purdy,  of  Chenango  county.  New 
York. 

(\TII)  George  Peck,  third  son  of  Dr. 
George  Clinton  and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Peck) 
Merrick,  was  born  October  4.  1862.  at  Man- 
teno, Illinois,  and  is  a  well-known  attorney- 
at-law  of  Chicago,  where  he  represents  many 
important  interests  in  a  legal  way.  He  re- 
ceived a  liberal  education,  and  is  well  fitted  by 
natural  ability  and  training  to  take  a  leading 


place  among  the  members  of  the  Chicago  bar. 
He  was  prepared  for  college  at  Evanston 
.\cademy,  and  in  1880  entered  Xorthwestern 
University,  graduating  four  years  later  with 
the  degree  of  B.  L.  Subsequently,  when  he 
had  proved  his  right  to  it,  his  alma  mater  con- 
ferred on  him  the  honorary  degree  of  LL.  \I. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  Chicago  bar  in  1886 
and  at  once  entered  upon  practice,  soon  becom- 
ing a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Hanecy  & 
Merrick,  which  arrangement  continued  four 
or  live  years.  .\t  the  end  of  that  time,  by 
various  changes,  the  firm  became  Merrick, 
I-lvans  &  Whitney,  and  Merrick  &  Ramsey. 
His  first  associate,  Judge  Hanecy,  was  elected 
to  the  circuit  bench  in  1893.  and  the  others 
with  whom  Mr.  Merrick  had  been  associated 
have  been  men  of  superior  ability. 

Mr.  Merrick  won  considerable  prominence 
for  his  connection  with  the  litigation  concern- 
ing the  Lake  Front  in  Chicago,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  securing  the  decisions  which 
established  the  lake  front  as  a  park,  to  be  kept 
free  from  buildings.  He  resides  in  Evanston, 
where  he  is  much  interested  in  educational 
matters  and  other  movements  affecting  the 
general  welfare.  He  has  served  as  alderman, 
has  been  president  of  the  board  of  education 
of  Evanston,  and  a  trustee  of  Xorthwestern 
University.  For  some  time  he  lectured  before 
the  Law  School  of  the  University,  and  has 
always  been  much  interested  in  this  branch 
of  its  work.  He  is  now  alone  in  the  practice 
of  law,  and  has  won  a  high  reputation  and 
standing  in  his  profession.  Fraternally  he 
belongs  to  Evanston  Lodge.  A.  F.  and  -A.  M., 
to  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter,  ami  to  Evanston 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American.  Illinois  and  Chicago 
I'.ar  Associations;  Chicago  Law  Institute,  Chi- 
cago Law  Club,  Chicago  Club.  University 
Club.  Mid-day  Club,  Glenview  Club,  Evans- 
ton Club,  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa  society,  the  New 
England  Society  of  Chicago,  the  American 
Historical  Association,  the  American  Geo- 
graphical Society.  Western  Economic  Society, 
and  .\merican  Peace  Society.  He  is  an  inter- 
ested student  of  history,  and  feels  reasonably 
proud  of  the  record  of  his  ancestors  in  -Am- 
erica. He  has  in  his  possession  a  commission 
signed  by  John  Hancock,  of  Massachusetts, 
and  given  to  one  of  his  ancestors  who  was  then 
living  there. 

On  January  21,  1885,  ^^r.  ^^errick  was 
united  in  marriage  with  Grace,  daughter  of 
Judge  James  S.  Thompson,  the  latter  being 
"from  Richmond.  N'irginia.  She  was  l>orn  at 
Xew  P.oston.  Illinois.  Children:  i.  Clinton, 
born  in  Chicago.  January  18,  1886:  attended 
the  public  schools,"  graduated  at  Yale  College 


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NEW   ENGLAND. 


with  degree  of  A.  B.,  class  of  1909 ;  became 
a  student  in  law  school  of  Northwestern  Uni- 
versity, of  Evanston,-  and  in  1912  graduated 
with  degree  of  LL.  B.,  and  has  been  admitted 
to  the  bar  of  Illinois.  2.  Grace  Willetts,  born 
in  Evanston,  October  i,  1896;  is  attending 
Evanston  high  school.  3.  Thompson,  born 
March  29,  1900,  at  Evanston ;  is  being  edu- 
cated in  public  schools  of  that  place.  This 
family  suffered  bereavement  in  the  death  of 
the  wife  and  mother,  April  25,  1912.  She  is 
deeply  mourned  by  many  outside  the  family 
circle. 


Roger  Sumner  was  a  husband- 
SUAINER     man  of   Bicester,  Oxfordshire, 

England.  He  married  there, 
November  2,  1601,  Joane  Franklin.  He  died 
there  December  3,  1608,  and  his  widow  mar- 
ried (second)  January  10,  161 1,  Marcus  Brian. 
Roger  Sumner  had  a  brother  William  who 
died   at   Bicester   in    1597. 

(II)  William,  only  child  of  Roger  Sumner, 
was  born  at  Bicester,  England,  in  1605,  and 
married  there,  October  22,  1625,  Mary  West. 
He  came  to  New  England  in  1636  and  settled 
at  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  May  17,  1637,  and  became 
a  prominent  man  in  the  province.  He  was 
selectman  there  in  1637  and  for  more  than 
twenty  years.  From  1663  to  1680  he  was  one 
of  the  feoffes  of  the  school  land,  and  from 
1663  to  1 67 1  he  was  a  commissioner  to  end 
small  causes.  In  1663  he  was  chosen  clerk 
of  the  train  band.  He  was  deputy  to  the 
general  court  in  1658,  1666-70,  1672,  1678-81, 
and  1683-86,  from  Dorchester.  His  wife 
]Mary  died  at  Dorchester,  June  7,  1676,  and  he 
died  December  9,  1688.  Children,  first  four 
born  at  Bicester,  England,  others  at  Dorches- 
ter, Massachusetts:  William;  Joane,  married 
Aaron  Way,  of  Dorchester,  Boston  and  Rum- 
ney  Marsh  ;  Roger,  mentioned  below  ;  George, 
1634;  Samuel,  Alay  18,  1638:  Increase,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1643. 

(III)  Roger,  son  of  William  Sumner,  was 
born  at  Bicester,  England,  and  was  baptized 
there  August  8,  1632.  When  he  was  less 
than  five  years  of  age  he  came  to  America 
with  his  father  and  settled  in  Dorchester, 
where  he  lived  over  twenty  years.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  church  there  in  1656,  when 
twenty-four  years  of  age.  In  1659  or  1660 
he  moved  to  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  with 
his  wife  and  one  son.  Hewas  dismissed  from 
the  church  in  Dorchester,  August  26,  1660, 
"that  with  other  Christians  at  Lancaster  a 
church  might  be  formed  at  that  place."  He 
was  the  first  and  only  deacon  of  this  church 
for  sixteen  vears,  and  seems  to  have  been  very 


prominent  in  the  new  settlement.  Lancaster 
was  attacked  and  destroyed  in  King  Philip's 
war,  February  10,  1676,  and  after  this  dread- 
ful affair  he  moved  with  his  family  to  Milton, 
^lassachusetts,  where  in  1682  he  was  chosen 
deacon  of  the  church,  being  admitted  No- 
vember 20,  1 68 1,  and  ordained  deacon  August 
20,  1682.  On  May  6,  1657,  he  had  been  made 
freeman  of  the  colony  of  Massachusetts.  His 
house  in  Milton  was  situated  on  the  east  side 
of  Brush  Hill,  a  short  distance  from  the  house 
owned  by  Manasseh  Tucker,  who  married  his 
daughter  Waitstill.  He  built  the  house  and 
it  is  still  owned  and  occupied  by  the  Sumner 
family.  On  December  14,  lytio.  an  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  taken  by  Thomas  \'ose, 
Ralph  Houghton  and  Samuel  Trescott,  and 
]Mary,  his  widow,  was  given  as  her  share  the 
old  end  of  the  dwelling-house  in  Milton,  while 
Waitstill  was  given  "one-third  part  of  the 
chamber,  and  one-third  part  of  the  garret  in 
the  new  end  of  the  dwelling-house,  and  other 
estate."  He  married,  in  Lancaster,  1656,  Mary 
Joslin  (Josselyn),  daughter  of  Thomas  Joslin, 
of  Lancaster.  He  died  at  Milton,  May  26, 
1698,  and  his  widow  survived  him  thirteen 
years,  dying  August  21,  171 1.  Children: 
Abigail,  born  at  Dorchester,  November  16. 
1657,  died  February  19,  1658:  Samuel,  at  Dor- 
chester, February  6,  1659,  lived  in  Canada; 
Waitstill,  at  Lancaster,  December  20,  1661, 
married.  December  29,  1679,  Manasseh  Tuck- 
er, of  Milton  (see  Tucker)  ;  Mary,  at  Lan- 
caster, August  5,  1665  ;  Jazaniah,  at  Lancas- 
ter, April  II,  1668,  served  in  Canada  expedi- 
tion, 1690.  and  undoubtedly  lost:  Rebecca, 
at  Lancaster,  October  9,  1671  :  William,  men- 
tioned below ;  Ebenezer,  at  Dorchester,  May 
28,    1678. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Roger  Sumner,  was 
born  at  Lancaster,  January  26,  1674,  and  died 
December  22,  1738.  The  following  is  quoted 
from  the  Boston  Neivs-Letter,  Thursday,  De- 
cember 28,  1738:  "Last  Thursday  one  Mr. 
Sumner  of  ^Iilton,  being  at  Roxbury,  on  his 
way  to  Boston,  was  very  much  benumb'd  by 
the  extream  Cold,  whereupon  he  stop'd  at  a 
House  to  warm  and  refresh  himself  but  was 
suddenly  seiz'd  with  a  Fit,  and  died  in  a  few 
Minutes."  He  married,  at  Milton.  June  2, 
1697,  Esther,  daughter  of  Matthias  Puffer, 
of  Dorchester;  she  died  June  27,  1748.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Milton:  Mary,  May  2,  1698: 
Abigail,  January  31,  1700;  Roger,  March  25, 
1702:  William,  February  7,  1705:  Gershom, 
July  I.  1707,  died  July  26,  1707:  Esther,  Au- 
gust 12,  1700.  died  June  7,  1710;  Seth,  men- 
tioned below. 

{\ )  Seth,  son  of  William  Sumner,  was 
born   December    15,   1710,  at   Milton,    Massa- 


NEW   ENGLAND. 


26s 


chusetts,  and  died  at  that  place  November  11, 
1771. 

He  married  (tirst)  (Jctober  17,  1734,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  John  Badcock,  of  Milton : 
she  died  August  13.  1739.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) 1743,  Lydia,  daughter  of  William  Bad- 
cock,  of  Milton ;  she  died  September  2,  1800. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Milton :  Seth, 
July  8,  1735:  Roger,  November  i,  1737.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife,  born  at  Milton :  Lydia, 
December  6,  1743:  Ebenezer,  May  11,  1745, 
died  same  tlay ;  Enos,  born  Sejitember  25, 
1746;  William,  mentioned  below;  Esther,  Sep- 
tember 12.  1750:  Clement,  February  2,  1752; 
Job,  .\pril  2^1,  1754,  served  in  revolution;  Ru- 
fus.  February  19.  1756,  served  in  revolution: 
Hannah.  April  15,  1757;  Abigail,  August  18, 
1760:  Jesse.  November  15,  1763. 

( \"I )  William,  son  of  Seth  Sumner,  was 
born  August  6,  1748.  He  served  in  the  revo- 
lution from  May  20.  1775,  to  October,  1775, 
as  ensign  in  Captain  Elijah  \'ose's  company 
from  Dorchester.  He  is  said  to  have  been  a 
lieutenant  in  the  ^Massachusetts  line,  but  the 
records  give  his  rank  as  that  of  ensign,  equiv- 
alent to  third  lieutenant.  He  was  a  paper 
maker  and  had  a  mill  on  River  street,  now 
Hyde  Park,  which  is  now  owned  by  the  Tiles- 
ton  &  Hollingsworth  Company.  His  brother, 
Job  Sumner,  born  April  2^.  1754.  was  gradu- 
ated from  Harvard  College,  1778;  served  in 
the  revolution  as  major  in  the  Massachusetts 
line,  and  died  September  16,  1789,  on  board 
a  packet-ship  on  passage  from  Charlestown, 
North  Carolina,  to  York ;  he  was  buried  at 
New  York  by  the  Freemasons,  with  much 
ceremony,  in  the  Trinity  church)ard.  Broad- 
way, where  there  is  a  marble  monument  to 
his  memor}-.  Job  had  a  son  Job,  born  at 
Milton,  January  20,  1776,  who  later  changed 
his  name  to  Charles  Pinckney  Sumner;  he 
was  graduated  from  Harvard  College,  1796, 
and  for  many  years  was  high  sheriff  of  Suf- 
folk ;  he  married  Relief  Jacobs,  and  died  in 
1839.  Charles  Pinckney  Sumner  was  father 
of  Hon.  Charles  Sumner,  who  was  born  at 
Boston,  January  6.  181 1,  graduated  from 
Harvard  College,  1830,  and  was  the  distin- 
guished L'nited  States  senator  from  Massa- 
chusetts. 

William  Sumner  married  (first)  April  30, 
1775,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Minot,  of 
Dorchester;  she  died  in  June.  1702.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  at  Dedhani,  June  12.  i794t 
Mary,  daughter  of  Eliphalet  Pond,  of  Ded- 
ham';  she  died  October  2.  1805.  He  married 
(third)  at  Dorchester,  October  2f\  1809.  Sa- 
rah, widow  of  Zachariah  Marquand  Thayer. 
oi  Braintree.  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Gardiner  of  Hingham.  Massachusetts ; 


she  died  at  Braintree.  March  3,  1835.  They 
lived  at  Dorciiester,  where  lie  died  January 
30,  1836.  Children  of  first  wife:  William, 
born  at  Dorchester,  July  10,  1775.  died  Janu- 
ary 25.  177');  Elizabeth,  at  Durchester,  March 
I/'  ^777 '•  Martha,  at  Milton.  .May  24,  1779; 
Lucy,  at  Milton.  November  20,  1781 :  Char- 
lotte, at  Milton,  October  10,  1784;  Clarissa, 
at  Dorchester,  October  26,  1786:  William, 
at  Dorchester,  December  27.  1788:  Abigail 
Minot,  at  Dorchester,  .May  18.  1792.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife,  born  at  Dorchester: 
Mary,  July  3.  1795;  Charles.  January  5,  1797; 
Rufus  Pond,  mentioned  below;  Edward,  Sep- 
tember 20,  1800;  Sally  Richards,  August  6, 
1802;  Elvira.  June   16,  1804. 

(VH)  Rufus  Pond,  son  of  William  Sumner, 
was  born  at  Dorchester.  Massachusetts,  Jan- 
uary 17.  1799.  He  married,  at  Boston.  May 
17,  1819,  Susan,  daughter  of  Noah  Kings- 
bury, of  Dorchester;  she  died  at  Milton,  luly 
23-J875. 

Children,  born  at  Milton:  I.  Freder- 
ick Augustus.  .March  4.  1820;  married  Lucy 
Lavinia,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gaffield.  of 
Boston ;  children :  Frederick  .Augustus,  born 
November  7.  1844.  died  March  27.  1847;  Lucy 
Gaffield,  .March  6.  1846.  died  February  9, 
1849;  Franklin  Herbert.  .April  20.  1847,  lives 
in  Dorchester ;  Charles  Pinckney.  .August  3, 
1849,  manager  of  Cunard  Steamship  Com- 
pany. New  York  City;  James  Gaffield,  .August 
16.  185 1,  married  a  daughter  of  Mayor  Fox, 
of  Cambridge,  Massachusetts ;  Mary  Elvira, 
September  18.  1852.  lives  at  Jamaica  Plain, 
Boston ;  Sarah  Gaffield,  November  16,  1854, 
lives  in  Boston,  had  two  children  who  died 
young.  2.  Charles  Henry,  born  at  Milton. 
October  16,  1822:  was  a  merchant  and  died 
November  2.  1891  :  married.  .April  23.  1846, 
Sally,  born  .August  28.  1826.  daughter  of 
Charles  Tileston.  of  Dorchester,  she  died 
March  5.  1909;  children:  i.  Isabel,  born  at 
Boston.  May  31.  1847.  married.  January  31, 
1877.  David  .Albert  Dunbar,  who  died  De- 
cember 14.  1895.  and  was  a  merchant  in 
Boston,  had  two  children — Laura  Spaulding 
Dunbar,  born  May  2.  1878.  married.  .April  7, 
1902.  John  Edward  McNammara.  having 
Louise  Otis,  P.etina  Dunbar  McNammara; 
and  Sally  Sumner  Dunbar,  born  (~»ctnber  31, 
1888.  married.  January  10.  191 1.  Edward  Ever- 
ett Richards,  of  Boston ;  ii.  Josephine  Maria, 
in  Boston.  .August  23.  1849.  married.  Janu- 
arv  7.  1874.  James  D'Wolf  Lovett.  died  Sep- 
tember 8.  1877:  iii.  Clara,  in  Boston.  February 
14.  1853.  unmarried;  iv.  Lillian,  in  Boston, 
May  2',.  185').  died  January  30.  1857:  v. 
Marion'  in  Boston.  .April  14.  i8/>t.  died  No- 
vember 3.   1869.     3.   Rufus  Willard.  horn  at 


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Milton,  November  7.  1823;  married,  February 
17,  1858,  Eliza  Sumner  Girard  Whittier,  of 
Dorchester:  she  died  Alarch  31,  i860;  child: 
Rufus  Willard,  at  Alilton,  February  18,  i860, 
died  same  day.  4.  Susan  Jane,  March  4, 
1825,  at  Milton:  married,  April  11,  1844, 
Ellis  Anderson  HoUingsworth,  of  Milton,  a 
prominent  paper  manufacturer  and  citizen ; 
children:  Sumner,  married  Mary  Clapp  Stev- 
ens, of  Gardiner,  Maine :  Ellis  HoUings- 
worth, of  HoUingsworth  &  Whitney  Company, 
of  Boston,  paper  manufacturers,  married  El- 
sie Littlefield.  5.  Franklin,  mentioned  below. 
6.  Gilbert,  at  Milton,  November  26,  1827; 
married,  June  24,  1849,  Catherine  Rider,  of 
Dorchester:  children:  x-\lbert,  July  16,  1850, 
died  November  4,  1850:  Helen  Eugenia,  Oc- 
tober II,  1854,  married  George  W.  Gould, 
one  child.  Catherine  Sumner  Gould :  Gilbert 
was  a  farmer.  7.  James,  at  Wilton,  May  28, 
1831  ;  married  ]\Iarch  3,  1864.  Elizabeth  Fran- 
cis, daughter  of  William  S.  Spring  of  Cam- 
bridge ;  children :  Georgia  Beatrice,  at  Cam- 
bridge, March  8,  1865  :  Susan  HoUingsworth, 
at  Hyde  Park,  April  24,  1868.  8.  Edmund, 
March  29,  1833:  lives  in  Franklin,  connected 
with    Norfolk    City    Mills:   married,   January 

8,  1857,  Jane,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Thomas 
Davenport,  of  Milton,  lives  at  Norfolk;  chil- 
dren :  Roger  Edmund,  Charlotte  Jane,  Arthur 
Malcolm,  Lilly  Maud  and  Daisy  Louise,  twins. 

9.  William,  September  25,  1835,  died  Decem- 
ber II,  1855.  ID.  Edward,  February  17, 
1837:  married,  February  17.  1863,  Harriet 
A.  Rogers,  of  Bath,  Maine;  lived  in  Brook- 
lyn, New  York ;  children,  born  there :  Ralph 
Edward,  Grace  Harriet,  Howard  Wilder,  .Ag- 
nes Humphrey,  and  Ruth.  11.  George,  June 
25,  1843 ;  married,  November,  1865,  Helen, 
daughter  of  Horatio  Gates,  of  Milton:  child, 
George,  born  there  .August  20,  died  August 
30,  1866. 

(Vni)  Franklin,  son  of  Rufus  Pond  Sum- 
ner, was  born  in  Milton,  August  4.  1826.  and 
died  there  July  4,  1898.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  active  life  he 
followed  farming  in  Milton.  At  one  time 
he  had  a  general  store  and  was  also  engaged 
in  farming.  In  1849  '^e  went  to  California, 
where  he  resided  for  eighteen  years.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Uni- 
tarian. He  married,  at  Milton.  No\ember  3, 
1858,  Mnry  .Antoinette  Kingsbury,  born  .April 
15'  1833,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary 
(Shaw)  Kingsbury.  Children,  born  at  Mil- 
ton: Frank,  died  young:  Antoinette,  died 
young:  Florence  AI.,  who  resides  with  her 
mother  on  the  homestead,  Brush  Hill  road, 
Milton. 


John  Strong,  the  immigrant 
STRONG  ancestor,  was  the  son  of  John 
.  Strong,  and  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1626,  died  at  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, February  20,  1697-8.  He  was  a  tanner 
by  trade,  and  an  important  citizen  of  Wind- 
sor. He  married  (first)  November  2,  1656, 
Alary  Clark,  baptized  September  30,  1638, 
died  April  28,  1663,  aged  twenty-five  years, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Frances  Clark.  Fran- 
ces Clark  married  (second)  March  22,  1639, 
Thomas  Dewey,  of  Westfield.  John  (2) 
Strong  married  (second)  in  1664,  Elizabeth 
Warriner,  died  June  7,  1684.  Children  of 
first  wife,  born  at  Windsor :  Mary,  born 
April  22,  1658;  Hannah,  .August  11,  1660. 
Children  of  second  wife :  John,  of  whom  fur- 
ther ;  Jacob,  born  April  8,  1673 ;  Josiah,  Jan- 
uary II,  1678:  Elizabeth,  about  1684. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Strong, 
was  born  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  December 
25,  1665,  died  there  May  29,  1749.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Windsor,  November  26,  1686,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Deacon  John  Trumbull,  of  Suf- 
field,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  at  W'indsor: 
Mary,  born  May  24,  1688 ;  Elizabeth.  Septem- 
ber 21,  1689:  Deacon  Jonathan,  .April  22, 
1694;  Esther,  .April  12,  1699:  -Abigail,  Alay 
II,  1701  ;  Deacon  David,  of  whom  further; 
John  Warham,  September  30,  1706;  John,  July 
14,  1707;  Elizabeth,  August  13,  1708. 

(III)  Deacon  David  Strong,  son  of  John 
(2)  Strong,  was  born  at  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, December  15,  1704.  died  January  25,  1801. 
He  was  a  farmer  at  Bolton,  Connecticut,  and 
for  si.xty-five  years  was  deqcon  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  In  1730  he  went  from  Wind- 
sor to  Bolton,  and  settled  three  miles  from 
the  center  of  the  town  on  the  road  to  Buck- 
ingham, then  Eastbury.  He  married  (first) 
May  3,  1732,  Thankful,  born  March  5,  1709, 
died  May  21,  1771,  daughter  of  Aloses  Loomis, 
born  May  15,  1671,  son  of  Nathaniel  and 
Elizabeth  (Aloore)  Loomis.  Aloses  Loomis 
married,  .April  27,  1694.  Joanna  Gibbs.  born 
March  26,  1671,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hepzibah  (Dibble)  Gibbs,  of  Windsor.  Dea- 
con David  Strong  married  (second)  .Abigail 
Phelps,  of  Simsbury,  di«d  October  16,  1787. 
He  married  (third)  in  1793,  Zilpah  Davis,  of 
Hebron,  born  1775.  She  was  eighteen  years 
old  and  he  was  eighty-eight  years  old  at  the 
time  of  their  marriage.  Children  by  first  wife  : 
David,  born  May  13,  1733 :  Levi.  December 
19,  1734;  Nathan,  January  15.  1736-7;  Judah, 
November  28.  1739;  Thankful,  October  12, 
1740;  Aaron,  September  21.  1743;  Bathsheba, 
January  20,  1747:  Hepzibah,  married  Captain 
William  Hibbard  ;  Ebenezer.  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,     son    of    Deacon     David 


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Strong,  was  born  in  1754,  died  in  1824.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private  in 
the  company  of  Captain  Thomas  Pitkin,  from 
Bolton,  on  the  Lexington  .Alarm,  April  19, 
1775;  also  in  1776  under  Captain  J.  Wells. 
He  lived  at  Bolton,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  .August  24,  1779,  Lucv  ( Kil- 
bourne)  Lawrence,  died  .April  28,  1793',  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Lucy  (Goodrich)  Kil- 
bourne,  and  widow  of  Daniel  Lawrence,  who 
was  killed  in  the  Wyoming  massacre.  He 
married  (second)  in  August,  1793,  .Abigail, 
'daughter  of  Ebenezer  Smith,  of  Ashford;  she 
died  October  29,  1825.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Ebenezer  Jr.,  born  May  20.  1780;  Solomon, 
July  8,  1782,  settled  at  Rome,  Xew  York ; 
Daniel,  November  18,  1784;  Eli,  of  whom  fur- 
ther; Genubath,  October  22,  1791.  Child  by 
second  wife:  Samuel,  .April  22.  1795,  was 
adopted  by  John  and  Cleopatra  Skinner,  of 
Barkhamsted,  and  his  name  changed  to  Sam- 
uel Skinner. 

(V)  Eli,  son  of  Ebenezer  Strong,  was  born 
October  8,  1789,  at  Bolton,  Connecticut,  died 
there  September  19,  1867.  He  was  a  farmer 
in  his  native  town.  He  married  (first)  De- 
cember ID,  1812,  Betsey  Covvles,  of  Belcher- 
town,  born  July  24,  1794,  died  October  27, 
1825,  daughter  of  John  Cowles  (see  Cowles 
VI).  He  married  (second)  Sybil  Cowles, 
born  July  19,  1802,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
Children,  born  at  Bolton,  by  first  wife:  Lucy 
Kilburn,  born  August  25,  1814;  Captain  Ethan 
Eli,  October  12,  1816;  William  Coles,  of 
whom  further ;  Semantha  Lodemia,  November 
28,  1820,  died  March  .28,  182 1  ;  John  Remem- 
ber Cowles,  February  7,  1822 ;  Cornelia  Jane, 
November  i,  1824.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Betsey  Lodinia,  February  10,  1827 :  Semantha 
Azubah,  January  16,  1829;  Samuel  .Alanson, 
March  29,  1831'  died  March  26,  1842;  Mary 
Emmeline,  July  6,  1833;  Horatio  Bardwell, 
June  10.  1836;  Harrison  Alanson,  October  16, 
1840. 

(VI)  William  Coles  (as  he  preferred  the 
spelling),  son  of  Eli  Strong,  was  born  in  Bol- 
ton, Connecticut,  July  27,  1818.  He  was  a 
paper  maker  at  Talcottville,  \'ernon,  Connec- 
ticut. He  married,  in  1839,  Lucy  ^L^ria 
Nichols,  born  December  9,  1820.  daughter  of 
John  and  Harriet  (Moulton)  Nichols.  Her 
father  was  of  Manchester,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Edgar  Eugene,  of  whom  further. 
2.  Jane  Maria,  born  January  2.  1843,  "^i^^ 
September  13,  1845.  3-  Charles  Wesley,  born 
October  25,  1844.  4.  Ella  Semantha.  born 
jMarch  23,  1847,  died  February  11.  1848.  5. 
Jeanie  ^faria,  born  October  4.  1849,  died  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1859.  6.  Eva  Cecil,  June  9.  1853. 
7.  Will  Nichols,  August  i,  1856.     8.  Clinton 


Frederic,  June   5,    1859,  died  June  21,    1862. 
9.   Minnie  .Mice,  September  11,   1864. 

(\II)  Edgar  Eugene,  son  of  William  Coles 
Strong,  was  born  at  .\Linchester,  Connecticut, 
April  14,  1841.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  also  the  academy  there, 
com[)lcting  his  preparation  for  college  at  a 
Ixjarding  school  at  East  (jreenwich,  Rhode  Is- 
land, known  as  the  Providence  Conference 
Seminary.  He  left  school  to  enlist  in  the 
Union  army,  becoming  a  private  in  Company 
H  of  Manchester,  Si.xteenth  Regiment  Connec- 
ticut \'olunteer  Infantry.  Subsequently  he 
was  transferred  to  Company  F  of  the  same 
regiment.  He  enlisted  in  .August,  1862,  and 
served  through  the  remainder  of  the  civil 
war.  He  was  slightly  wounded  at  the  great 
battle  of  .Antietam.  September  17,  1862,  and 
twice  afterward  during  skirmishes.  He  was 
promoted  from  the  ranks  for  faithful  and  ef- 
ficient service  and  commissioned  second  lieu- 
tenant of  Company  H.  and  afterward  first  lieu- 
tenant of  Company  F  of  the  Sixteentii  Regi- 
ment. He  was  in  command  of  the  company 
during  most  of  the  time  after  he  received  his 
commission.  His  regiment  was  in  the  army 
of  the  Potomac  under  McClellan,  Burnside 
and  Hooker.  He  was  honorably  discharged  in 
1865.  After  the  war  Mr.  Strong  became  clerk 
in  a  hardware  store  in  Cleveland.  Ohio,  and 
he  continued  in  this  business  with  the  same 
firm  for  a  period  of  twenty  years.  .Afterward 
he  was  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Brown.  Strong 
&  Company  in  the  lumber  business.  The  lum- 
ber yard  of  the  firm  was  partially  destroyed 
by  fire,  and  he  withdrew.  In  1887  the  firm 
of  Strong,  Carlisle  &  Turney  was  formed  to 
deal  in  mill  supplies  and  machinery,  wholesale 
and  retail.  ^Ir.  Strong  was  senior  partner. 
The  business  flourished  and  was  incorporated 
in  1893,  the  name  being  changed  five  years 
later  to  the  Strong-Carlisle-Hammond  Com- 
pany. Their  offices  are  at  No.  336  Frankfort 
avenue.  Cleveland.  Mr.  Strong  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  company  from  the  outset.  He  is 
also  president  of  the  Clarke  Manufacturing 
Company,  of  Cleveland,  and  is  a  ilirector  in 
both  corporations.  .Although  his  life  has  been 
devoted  to  business  in  which  he  has  won  high 
distinction  Mr.  Strong  had  intended  before  the 
war  to  study  medicine  and  surgery.  His  en- 
listment prevented  him  from  following  his 
chosen  career. 

He  is  a  member  of  Memorial  Post.  Grand 
.Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Cleveland :  the  Ohio 
Commanderv,  Militarv  (')rder  of  the  I-oyal 
Legion:  the' Cleveland  Yacht  Club;  the  New- 
England  Society,  of  Cleveland.  Ohio;  and  the 
Western  Reserve.  In  religion  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian ;  in  politics.  Republican.     He  is  a  vet- 


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eran  member  of  Tyrian  Lodge  of  Free  Ma- 
sons and  of  Cleveland  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Alasons. 

Mr.  Strong  married,  January  19,  1869, 
Mary  Ella  Clarke,  who  was  born  at  Cleveland 
September  i,  1846,  a  daughter  of  Aaron  and 
Caroline  (Bingham)  Clarke.  Children,  born 
at  Cleveland:  i.  Clinton  Eugene,  born  De- 
cember 14,  1869,  drowned  while  a  student  at 
Cornell  University.  2.  Herbert  William,  Jtme 
24,  187 1  :  married  Gladys,  daughter  of  George 
C.  Mosher,  of  Kansas  City:  children:  Ruth, 
born  July  -3,  1910.  and  Elizabeth,  February 
4,  1912.  3.  Edith,  born  July  2-],  1876,  died 
March  2,  1879.  4.  Elizabeth,  born  June  20, 
1880 ;  graduate  of  Smith  College,  Northamp- 
ton, Massachusetts;  married  Warren  S.  Hay- 
den  ;  child :  Sherman  Strong  Hayden,  born 
February  9,  1908. 

(The  Cowles  Line). 

(I)  John  Cowles.  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  1598,  died  in  Hat- 
field, Connecticut,  September.  1675.  He  was 
among  the  early  settlers  of  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut. Not  long  after  the  year  1640  he 
located  at  Farmington,  Connecticut,  and  in 
1652  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church 
there.  He  bought  land  at  the  north  end  of 
Farmington  village,  afterward  known  as  the 
Dr.  Thompson  and  Bodwell  places,  and  after 
selling  this  land  he  bought  three  lots  just 
south  of  the  present  meeting  house  and  built  a 
house  there.  He  spelled  his  name  Cowles,  in 
order  to  distinguish  himself  from  a  man 
named  Coles  of  the  same  town,  and  his  de- 
scendants have  spelled  the  name  Cowles,  Cowls 
and  Coles  to  the  present  time.  Originally  Cole 
and  Coles  were  of  the  same  English  family. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  deputy  to  the  general 
assembly  from  Farmington  in  1653-54.  In 
1659  he  was  one  of  the  signers  who  started 
the  settlement  at  Hadley,  Massachusetts,  but 
was  probably  not  among  the  first  to  settle,  al- 
though living  there  in  1662.  He  was  one  of 
the  twenty-five  "engagers"  in  Hadley  to  es- 
tablish themselves  in  Hatfield,  across  the  Con- 
necticut river,  before  March,  1661.  He  was 
on  the  committee  that  laid  out  a  burying 
ground  February  14,  1669,  and  there  was  no 
other  cemetery  there  until  1848.  His  widow 
Hannah  after  his  death  went  to  live  with  her 
son-in-law  Caleb  Stanley,  of  Hartford,  where 
she  died  IMarch  16,  1683,  and  is  buried.  Her 
will  was  dated  October  27;  1680,  and  in  it  she 
states  that  her  husband's  will  was  dated  De- 
cember II,  1674.  The  home-tead  in  Hatfield 
was  in  possession  of  descendants  until  April, 
1898.  Children:  Samuel,  born  1639:  John, 
of  whom  further;  Hannah.  1644,  married  Ca- 


leb Stanley;  Sarah,  1646,  married  Nathaniel 
Goodwin  ;  Esther,  1649,  married  Thomas  Bull; 
Elizabeth,  165 1,  married  Edward  Lyman; 
Mary,  June  24,  1654,  married  Nehemiah  Dick- 
inson. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Cowles, 
was  born  in  1641,  died  May  12,  171 1.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1690.  He  married.  No- 
vember 22.  1668,  Deborah,  daughter  of  Robert 
Bartlett,  of  Hartford.  Children,  born  at  Hat- 
field or  Hadley:  Hannah.  November  14, 
1669;  Jonathan,  of  whom  further:  Samuel, 
May  2-j,  1673;  John,  June  15,  1676:  Abigail, 
February  i,  1679;  Sarah,  June  5,  1681  :  Mary, 
November  3,  1683;  Esther,  April   14,   1686. 

(IH)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Cowles, 
was  born  January  26,  167 1,  at  Hatfield,  died 
there  November  13,  1756.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary 21,  1697,  Prudence  Frary,  died  July  i, 
1756.  Children:  Abigail,  born  May  24,  1698; 
John  (3),  of  whom  further;  Jonathan,  June 
30,  1703;  Timothy,  April  9,  1706;  Keziah, 
September  6,  1708;  Nathaniel,  March  31, 
171 1 ;  Eleazer,  September  18,  1713:  Elisha, 
April  19,  1716;  Eunice,  August  18,  1719; 
Abia,  October  27,  1722. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  Jonathan  Cowles, 
was  born  in  Hatfield,  December  2~.  1700,  died 
between  June  and  November,  1735.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  ,  died  at  Belchertown,  1795, 

in  her  eighty-ninth  year.  Children :  Israel, 
born  September  28,  1726,  settled  in  Belcher- 
town, where  he  died  in  1797,  married  Lydia 
Bardwell ;  Abia,  December  22,  1729,  married, 
March  3,  1752,  Gideon  Hannum.  of  Belcher- 
town: John  (4),  of  whom  further;  Martha, 
November  14,  1734,  married,  December  12, 
1754,  Stephen  Crawford,  of  Belchertown ; 
Mary,  baptized  October  3,  1742. 

(V)  Captain  John  (4)  Cowles,  son  of  John 
(3)  Cowles,  was  born  at  Hatfield  July  28, 
1731,  died  in  1811,  aged  eighty  years,  in  Bel- 
cliertown,  where  he  made  his  home  when  a 
young  man.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion in  Colonel  Woodbridge's  regiment  on  the 
Lexington  Alarm  and  until  fall  of  1775  at 
Cambridge.  He  married,  at  Hatfield,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1757,  Hannah  Bardwell,  died  in  1813 
at  Belchertown,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lydia 
Bardwell.  of  Hatfield  and  Belchertown.  Her 
father  died  in  1791.  aged  seventy-eight:  her 
mother  in  1800,  aged  eighty-six.  Children: 
John  (5).  of  whom  further;  Joshua,  died  in 
1842  aged  sixty-six;  Enos,  removed  to  South 
Hadley ;  probably  others. 

(VI)  John  (5).  son  of  Captain  John  (4) 
Cowles.  was  born  in  Belchertown  about  1758. 
died  there  in  1830.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Elijah 
Dwight's    company,    Colonel    Elisha    Porter's 


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Regiment,  at  Bennington  in  1777,  ranking  as 
corporal.  In  1782  lie  was  sergeant  in  Captain 
Gideon  Stebbin's  company,  Fourth  Hampshire 
County  Regiment.  He"  married  Elizabeth 
Smith,  died  in  1827,  aged  sixty-six.  Children, 
born  at  Belchertown :  Remember  J. ;  Saman- 
tha;  Betsey,  born  July  24,  1794,  died  October 
27,  1825,  married.  December  10,  1812,  Eli 
Strong  (see  Strong  \'):  Sybil,  born  Julv 
19,  1802,  second  wife  of  Eli  Strong;  and  other 
children. 


SKIXXER 


The  surname  Skinner  is  like 
a  large  class  of  English  trade 
antl  business  names  adopted 
about  the  twelfth  century  as  family  names,  as 
butcher,  baker,  chandler,  merchant,  brewer, 
etc.  Skinner  means  simply  a  dealer  in  furs 
and  hides.  The  Skinners  Company  of  London 
received  a  charter  of  incorporation  as  early 
as  the  reign  of  Edward  HL,  and  has  a  coat- 
of-arms  of  ancient  date.  The  families  of 
Skinner  are  found  in  all  parts  of  England. 
The  Skinners  of  Le  Burtons  and  Ledbury, 
county  Hereford,  descended  from  Stephen 
Skinner  (1557).  elder  son  of  Stephen  Skinner, 
of  county  Hereford.  Arms:  Sable  a  chevron 
or  between  three  griffins'  heads  erased  argent 
a  mullet  for  difference.  Crest :  .\  griffin's 
head  erased  argent  holding  in  the  beak  a  hand 
couped  gules  on  the  breast  a  mullet  for  dif- 
ference. The  families  at  Cowley,  Devonshire, 
in  London,  county  Essex,  in  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
in  Dewlich,  and  various  other  localities,  also 
bear  arms.  Thomas  Skinner  was  lord  mayor 
of  London  in  1596.  A  common  device  in 
various  Skinner  arms  is :  Sable  three  griffins' 
heads  erased  argent. 

(I)  Sergeant  Thomas  Skinner,  ancestor  of 
the  Essex  county  ( Massachusetts)  families, 
was  born  in  1617,  in  England,  and  died  March 
2,  1703-4.  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts.  He  came 
from  Chichester,  county  Sussex,  England, 
bringing  with  him  his  wife  and  two  sons.  He 
lived  at  one  time  at  Subdeaneries  Parish.  Chi- 
chester. He  was  a  victualler,  antl  May  31, 
1652.  was  licensed  to  keep  an  inn  at  Maiden. 
Hi's  house  there  was  situated  at  the  southeast 
corner  of  Cross  and  Walnut  streets.  It  was 
given  to  Skinner's  son  Abraham.  .A.pril  23, 
1684.  He  was  admitted  freeman  Mav  18, 
1663. 

He     married     (first)     in     England,     Mary 

,    who   died   .April   9,    1671 ;    (second) 

Lvdia  (Shepardson)  Call,  widow  of  Thomas 
Call :  she  died  December  17.  1723,  aged  eighty- 
seven  vears.  Children,  born  at  Chichester. 
England:  Thomas.  July  23.  1645:  .\braham, 
mentioned   below. 

(II)  Abraham,  son  of  Thomas  Skinner,  was 


born  in  Subdeaneries  Parish.  Chichoter,  and 
baptized  in  Pallant  Parish  Church,  September 
29,  1649.  He  had  the  homestead  in  Maiden, 
Massachusetts,  paying  certain  sums  to  his 
brother  and  mother  Lydia.  He  died  before 
his  father,  Sergeant  Thomas  Skinner,  who 
deeded  to  .\braham's  widaw,  Hannaii,  lot  75 
in  the  second  division,  in  consideration  of  her 
maintaining  the  grantor  and  his  wife.  May 
27,  1698.  He  served  in  King  Philip's  war 
in  1676  under  Captain  Prentice,  and  his  son 
.Abraham  was  a  grantee  on  account  of  this 
service  in  Narragansett  township  .\'o.  2.  A 
large  rock  at  the  corner  of  Cross  and  Walnut 
streets,  on  the  old  homestead,  was  known  as 
Skinner's  Rock,  and  was  not  removed  until 
1887.  Children,  born  at  .Maiden:  .\braham, 
mentioned  below;  Thomas.  December  7,  1688 
(given  1691  in  printed  Maiden  records,  but 
1688  by  various  other  good  authorities)  ; 
Mar\-,  September,  1690. 

(Ill)  .Abraham  (2),  son  of  .Abraham  (i) 
Skinner,  was  born  .April  8,  1681,  at  Maiden. 
He  removed  to  Woodstock  late  in  life  with 
his  son  William  Skinner.    He  married  Tabitha 

.   Children,  born  at  Maiden:    .\braham, 

May  10,  1718;  William.  July  16,  1720:  Isaac, 
-April  5,  1723  ;  Tabitha,  twin,  .August  18,  1725  ; 
-Abigail,  twin.  .August  18,  1725;  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below  :  Hannah,  June  15,  1730:  Eb- 
enezer,  March  29,  1733  ;  Jonathan,  December 
12.   17.^5- 

(I\')  Benjamin,  son  of  .Abraham  (2)  Skin- 
ner, was  born  at  Maiden,  February  26.  1727. 
He  removed  to  ^\'oodstock,  Connecticut.  He 
lived  in  Windham  county.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  a  fifer  in  Captain  Experience 
Storrs'  company  (second),  Colonel  Israel 
Putnam's  regiment,  and  was  at  Cambridge 
from  May  to  December,  1775,  and  probably  at 
the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  He  was  in  1776  in 
Colonel  Benedict  .Arnold's  regiment.  -Among 
his  children  was  Harvey,  who  settled  in  Royal- 
ton,  \'ermnnt.  and  Baxter,  mentioned  below. 
He  died  before  1787,  as  shown  by  appointment 
of  a  guardian  to  his  son  Harvey. 

(  \' )  Baxter,  son  of  Benjamin  Skinner,  lived 
in  Royalton,  X'ermont.  where  his  brother  Har- 
vey Skinner  lived.  He  is  first  mentioned 
there  on  the  list  of  I7<>'>,  and  last  in  181 1  :  in 
some  of  the  intervening  years  his  name  docs 
not  ajipcar  on  the  list.  He  bought  an  inter- 
est in  the  carding  and  fulling  mill  on  the  First 
Branch,  in  181 1.  He  married.  September  28, 
1797.  Miriam  Prouty,  of  Langdon,  New 
Hampshire.  Children :  Betsey,  born  1798, 
in  Langdon :  George.  May  0,  1800.  in  Lang- 
don. probably  :  (Iren.  March  24.  1802  :  Martha, 
.August  16,  1804;  Otis  -Ainsworth,  mentioned 
below;  Samuel  Prouty,  November  16,  1809,  at 


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Royalton;  Frances  Louisa.  1815;  Benjamin 
Harvey,  hotel  keeper  in  Chicago. 

(\'I)  Rev.  Otis  Ainsworth  Skinner,  son  of 
Baxter  Skinner,  was  born  in  Royahon,  \"er- 
mont,  July  3,  1807,  and  died  at  Naperville. 
Illinois"  September  i8,  1861.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  public  schools,  and  for  some 
years  was  a  school  teacher.  In  1826  he  was 
ordained  as  a  L'niversalist  minister,  and  in 
183 1  was  settled  in  a  pastorate  at  Baltimore, 
Maryland.  Three  years  later  he  accepted  a 
call  to  Haverhill,  ^iassachusetts,  and  in  1837 
went  to  Boston  to  preach.  He  had  a  pastorate 
in  New  York  City  from  1846  to  1849,  when 
he  returned  to  his  former  charge  in  Boston, 
where  he  remained  until  April,  1857.  In  that 
month  he  located  in  a  pastorate  at  Elgin,  Illi- 
nois, but  in  August  of  the  same  year  he  was 
elected  president  of  Lombard  L'niversity, 
Galesburg,  Illinois.  In  October,  1858,  he  be- 
came pastor  of  a  Universalist  church  at  Joliet, 
Illinois.  He  was  prominent  as  an  editor  as 
well  as  a  preacher.  He  edited  the  Soutlieast- 
ern  Pioneer,  a  religious  publication  at  Balti- 
more; the  Gospel  Sun,  of  Haverhill;  and  the 
Universalist  Miscellanx,  a  monthly  magazine 
of  Boston,  1844-49.  I^^  was  an  efficient  work- 
er for  liberal  religion,  for  education,  for  tem- 
perance, and  other  reforms.  He  was  the  au- 
thor of  "L^niversalism  Illustrated  and  De- 
fended" (Boston,  1839)  ;  "Miller's  Theory  Ex- 
ploded" (1840);  "Letters  in  Revivals" 
(1842);  "Prayer  Book  for  Family  Worship" 
(1843)  ;  "Letters  on  Moral  Duties  of  Parents" 
(1844);  "Lessons  from  the  Death  of  the 
Young"  ("1844)  ;  "Reply  to  Hatfield  '  (1847)  ; 
"Death  of  Daniel  Webster"  (1852).  A  biog- 
raphy of  Mr.  Skinner  was  written  by  Thomas 
B.  Thayer  and  published  in  Boston  in  1861. 
He  was  largely  instrumental  in  securing  the 
funds  for  the  founding  of  Tufts  College.  His 
portrait  was  presented  to  Lombard  Univer- 
sity, of  which  he  was  at  one  time  president, 
through  the  generosity  of  his  grandson,  Ed- 
ward ^I.  Skinner.  He  married,  July  30.  1831, 
Angela  Malvina,  born  .August,  1808,  at  Weare, 
New  Hampshire,  daughter  of  Rev.  Sebastian 
Streeter.  Children :  Angela  Adelaide,  born 
January  15,  1832,  at  Baltimore;  Otis  Streeter, 
mentioned   below. 

(VII)  Otis  Streeter,  son  of  Rev.  Dr.  Otis 
Ainsworth  Skinner,  was  born  December  26, 
1838.  at  Boston,  and  died  in  1908.  He  married 
Martha  L.  McGinnis,  born  in  1842,  at  Bruns- 
wick. New  Jersey,  daughter  of  Isaac  B.  Mc- 
Ginnis. Children,  i.  Edward  McGinnis,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Otis  Ainsworth,  born  at 
Madison.  \\'isconsin,  1869;  married  May  Mc- 
.AUister ;  children :  Edward  .Ainsworth,  born 
in  Chicago,  1894,  student  in  the  L'niversity  of 


Illinois  :  and  Marion  Streeter,  born  in  Chicago, 
1898. 

(\'III)  Edward  McGinnis,  son  of  Otis 
Streeter  Skinner,  was  born  in  Boston,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1864.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  city  and  at  Gardner,  Illi- 
nois, where  he  went  to  live  with  his  mother 
and  brother  in  1873.  He  removed  with  the 
family  afterward  to  Wilmington,  Illinois,  and 
in  1879  came  to  Chicago,  where  he  began  his 
business  career  as  a  messenger  boy  in  the 
wholesale  store  of  Field,  Leiter  &  Company. 
He  remained  with  this  concern  in  various  posi- 
tions for  ten  years.  In  1891  he  entered  the 
employ  of  Cluett,  Coon  &  Company,  now 
Cluett,  Peabody  &  Company,  in  charge  of  the 
credit  department,  and  continued  with  that 
firm  until  1894.  Since  1894  he  has  been  con- 
nected with  the  firm  of  Wilson  Brothers  as 
manager  of  the  credit  department,  and  since 
1901  as  a  director  and  general  manager. 

He  was  one  of  the  organizers  and  one  of 
the  first  presidents  of  the  Chicago  Associa- 
tion of  Credit  Men.  He  was  actively  identi- 
fied with  the  formation  of  the  Chicago  Com- 
mercial Association,  afterwards  the  Chicago 
Association  of  Commerce,  and  served  as  its 
president  in  1909,  after  having  served  at  dif- 
ferent times  as  chairman  of  almost  every  im- 
portant committee.  He  was  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  the  Chicago  Branch  of  the  Peace  So- 
ciety, was  a  director  for  several  years,  and 
vice-president  one  year.  He  was  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  secretary  of  the  Newsboys  and 
Boot-blacks  .Association,  and  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  Chicago  Home  for 
Boys,  likewise  a  member  of  the  board  of  the 
Anti-Cruelty  Association,  and  director  of  the 
Chicago  Immigrants'  Protective  League.  His 
interest  in  civic  matters  was  shown  by  his  hav- 
ing been  a  director  of  the  Illinois  Legislative 
\'oters'  League,  and  a  member  of  the  finance 
committee  of  the  Municipal  \'oters'  League. 
Mr.  Skinner  was  a  member  of  the  Chicago 
\'ice  Commission,  a  municipal  body  appointed 
by  Mayor  Busse,  the  only  municipal  commis- 
sion ever  appointed  to  investigate  the  social 
question.  He  was  one  of  the  few  business 
men  appointed  to  this  commission,  which  con- 
sists of  thirty  members  from  various  walks 
of  life.  The  report  of  this  commission  was 
thorough  and  exhaustive,  and  the  demand  for 
copies  came  from  all  over  the  world.  The 
report,  contrary  to  public  opinion,  reaches  the 
conclusion  that  the  social  evil  is  a  man  prob- 
lem, and  not  a  woman  question. 

Mr.  Skinner  has  been  a  lecturer  on  credit 
and  business  topics  at  the  University  of  \\'is- 
consin,  the  University  of  Illinois,  the  North- 
western University  at  Evanston,  and  has  given 


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much  time  in  an  effort  to  have  the  retail  mer- 
chant establish  his  business  upon  a  more  syste- 
matic, efficient  and  profitable  basis,  appearing 
in  one  year  before  the  Retail  Clothiers'  Asso- 
ciation in  the  states  of  Minnesota,  Iowa  and 
Michigan.  His  interest  in  the  welfare  of 
humanity  has  been  repeatedly  demonstrated, 
and-  he  has  given  his  voice  and  financial  aid 
to  every  movement  of  iniportance  toward  so- 
cial progress  and  betterment,  although  bur- 
dened by  the  cares  and  responsibilities  of  a 
great  mercantile  business. 
,  In  his  annual  address  as  president  of  the 
Chicago  Association  of  Commerce,  Mr.'  Skin- 
ner said :  "It  has  been  truthfully .  said  that 
commerce  can  make  a  large  city,  but  not  a 
great  city."  That  idea  furnishes  an  index  of 
Mr.  Skinner's  purposes  and  character.  He 
brought  about  new  and  progressive  policies  in 
this  Association  which  has  accomplished  so 
much  good  in  Chicago. 

He  is  an  active  member  of  St.  Paul's  Uni- 
— veT^alist— Churck  _d t_Chi£agOj  .of  the  Union 
League  Club,  the  Glenview  Golf  Club,  and  the 
New  England  Society  of  Chicago.  He  was 
the  founder  of  the  Men's  Club  of  St.  Paul's 
Church.     In  politics  he  is  a  Progressive. 

He  married,  July  5,  1893,  Carolyn  Hope 
Caldwald,  born  at  Hamilton,  Ohio,  June  4, 
1871,  daughter  of  Robert  Webster  and  Flor- 
ence Hope  (Flagg)  Caldwald.  They  have  no 
children. 


William  Parkinson,  the 
PARKINSON  first  ancestor  found  for 
this  family,  went  from 
Scotland  with  his  young  wife,  Esther  Woods, 
and  settled  in  Londonderry,  Ireland,  about 
1739-  There  his  oldest  son  was  born,  and 
in  1744  the  three  came  to  America  and  settled 
in  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire,  where  their 
kindred  had  settled.  Children :  Henry,  men- 
tioned below ;  born  in  Londonderry,  New 
Hampshire:  Aaron,  Jonathan,  Reuben,  Esther, 
Elizabeth,  Sylvanus,  William,  Katherine, 
Mary,  Susan. 

(II)  Henr)',  son  of  William  and  Esther 
(Woods)  Parkinson,  was  born  in  1741,  in 
Londonderr}-,  Ireland,  and  came  to  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  with  his  parents  in 
1744.  He  attended  Princeton  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1765,  and  then 
for  several  years  taught  in  some  department 
in  the  college,  being  called  "Tutor  Parkinson." 
He  returned  to  his  father's  home  after  this 
and  was  there  when  the  revolution  broke  out. 
He  enlisted  in  the  beginning  as  a  private  in 
Captain  Reid's  company,  marched  with  it  to 
the  vicinity  of  Boston,  and  participated  in  the 
battle  of  Bunker  Hill.     On  July  6,  1775,  he 


received  a  commission  as  quartermaster  in  the 
First  New  Hampshire  Regiment  under  Gen- 
eral Stark,  and  served  with  him  at  the  battle 
of  Bennington.     In  the  spring  of  1777,  Gen- 
eral Stark  threw  up  his  commission  in  anger, 
and  in  the  following  June  his  friend  Parkin- 
son received  his  discharge.     He  had  antici- 
pated this  change  and  had  arranged  to  have 
some  land  which  he  owned  at  Francestown, 
New  Hampshire,  cleared  for  him,  and  there 
built  his  home.     It  is  said  that  his  constitu- 
tion  was   broken   while    in   the    service.      In 
April,  1778,  he  was  appointed  town  clerk,  and 
served  in  this  office   1778-79-80.     His  hand- 
writing was  very  clear,  and  his  books  well 
kept,  being  distinct  and  legible  after  more  than 
a  hundred  years.    He  was  chosen  justice  of 
the  peace  March  23,  1780,  by  the  legislature, 
on  recommendation  of  the  town,  and  in  1779 
was   chairman  of   the   committee   of   safety. 
Early  in  1781  he  removed  to  Pembroke,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  remained  three  years, 
and  seems  to  have  taught  school  during  his 
stay  there.     ^He^hen—went-io-Coneord,  and  • 
for  the  ten  years  from  1784  to  1794  "main- 
tained a  superior  school,"  then  moved  to  Can- 
terbury, where  he  founded  a  classical  school 
at  which  young  men  were  fitted  for  college, 
and  for  many  years  was  known  as  the  "Can- 
terbury school-master."     There  he  bought  a 
farm,  built  a  house  and  mill,  and  spent  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  continuing  to  teach  until 
compelled  to  stop  because  of  the  infirmities  of 
age,  and  died  there  May  8,  1820.     He  mar- 
ried, September  17,  1777,  Jennett  McCurdy,  of 
Londonderry,    New    Hampshire,   and   by   her 
had  three  sons  and  five  daughters. 

(Ill)  Robert,  eldest  son  of  Henry  and  Jen- 
nett (McCurdy)  Parkinson,  was  born  in  Fran- 
cestown, May  18,  178 1.  His  father  gave  him  a 
good  education  and  he  was  a  great  reader,  a 
scholarly  and  capable  man,  and  taught  school 
for  a  few  years  in  early  life.  In  iSolB  Colonel 
Timothy  Dix  employed  him  to  superintend 
the  building  of  a  road  through  Dixville  Notch, 
which  lay  in  an  unbroken  wilderness.  Colonel 
Dix  having  bought  large  tracts  of  land  in  Coos 
county.  New  Hampshire.  Mr.  Parkinson  pur- 
chased a  farm  at  East  Columbia,  Coos  county, 
erected  a  log  house  thereon,  and  lived  there 
alone  until  1809.  He  then  married  and 
brought  his  wife  to  live  in  the  wilderness.  His 
barn,  of  sawed  timber,  was  the  first  building 
in  the  neighborhood,  and  in  it  the  first  public 
school  was  conducted.  Settlers  soon  began  to 
pour  in  and  all  received  a  welcome  at  his 
home.  He  made  heavy  investments  in  tim- 
ber, and  through  the  war  embargo  and  his 
having  become  security  for  others  he  became 
financially  embarrassed.     Because  of  this,  in 


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NEW  ENGLAND. 


1831  he  remoTcd  to  New  Boston,  and  later  to 
Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  and  died  at  the 
Iftter  i^e,  May  12,  i<S49.  He  married,  in 
February,  1810,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Daniel 
Ke^o,  of  New  Boston.  Children,  bom  in 
Columbia :  i.  Mary  Jane,  December  28,  1810 ; 
was  a  teacher,  and  employed  some  time  in  the 
School  of  Design,  Cooper  Institute,  New  York 
City.  2.  Hon.  Henry,  October  11,  1812;  mar- 
ried (first)  Mary  Alley,  in  1841,  (second) 
November  2,  1843,  Lydia  R.  Wilson;  he  was 
a  merchant  and  builder  in  Nashua.  3.  Eliza 
Ann,  March  11,  1814;  married  (first),  1856, 
Luke  Nichols,  (second)  Leonard  McKean.  4. 
Royal,  mentioned  below.  5.  Frances  S.,  March 
9,  1819 ;  was  a  teacher  for  fourteen  years,  be- 
ginning at  the  age  of  fifteen  years ;  she  mar- 
ried Rev.  Melancthon  G.  Wheeler,  May  4, 
1848;  children:  Elizabeth  P.,  married  John  R. 
Carter;  Prof.  John  H.,  graduate  of  Harvard 
and  of  Uoiversity  of  Bonn,  a  brilliant  scholar, 
became  professor  of  Greek  in  jLJniversity  of 
Virginia;  Carrie  A.,  graduated  from  Welles- 
ley,  and  married  Prof.  Charles  H.  Cooper,  of 
Carlton  College,  Minnesota;  Cornelia  F., 
studied  at  Wellesley,  and  married  W.  W.  Hill, 
of  Woburn,  Massachusetts;  and  Edward  F., 
graduate  of  Bowdoin  College,  taught  in  Hart- 
ford Theological  Seminary.  ,6.  Caroline,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1820;  was  for  forty  years  a  teacher 
in  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  and  Worcester, 
Massachusetts.  7.  John  K.,  in  New  Boston, 
January  31,  1822;  machinist  at  Diamond 
Springs,  California.  8.  Clara  H.,  September 
7,  1824;  was  a  teacher  in  Nashua  Academy, 
now  Smith  College ;  married,  1849,  Henry  W. 
Herrick,  of  Manchester ;  children :  Allen  E.,  a 
wood  engraver  and  artist ;  Rev.  Robert  P., 
graduate  of  Dartmouth  College  and  Hartford 
Seminary,  became  president  of  Western  Min- 
nesota Seminary;  and  Henry  A.,  mill  engineer 
for  the  Amoskeag  Corporation,  Manchester. 
(IV)  Rev.  Royal  Parkinson,  son  of  Robert 
and  Elizabeth  (Kelso)  Parkinson,  .was  bom 
at  Columbia,  New  Hampshire,  November  8, 
18 1 5.  He  graduated  from  Dartmouth  College 
in  1843,  and  from  Andover  Theological  Sem- 
inar>-  in  1847,  ^""^  o"  October  18,  1848,  settled 
over  the  Congregational  church  at  Cape  Eliza- 
beth, Maine.  Later  he  preached  at  West  Fal- 
mouth, Maine ;  Sandwich  and  Temple,  New 
Hampshire:  and  Windham,  Queechy,  Ran- 
dolph and  Milton,  Vermont.  In  1864-65  he 
served  as  chaplain  in  the  Union  army,  and 
afterwards  became  connected  with  the  Treas- 
ury Department  at  Washington,  where  he 
died  December  21,  1882.  He  married,  No- 
vember 21,  1848,  Joanna  Z.,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Griflfin,  a  publisher  and  bookseller  of 
Brunswick,    Maine.      Children:      i.    Joseph 


Griffin,  born  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  Au- 
gust 10,  1849;  made  deaf  by  scarlet  fever 
while  a  child;  was  educated  at  National  Insti- 
tution for  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  at  Washington, 
D.  C. ;  passed  civil  service  examinations  and 
was  appointed  to  a  clerkship  in  the  Patent  Of- 
fice in  that  city,  despite  his  handicap  proving 
exceptionally  efficient  and  competent.  He  was 
promoted  to  the  position  of  principal  exam- 
iner and  after  filling  that  position  several  years 
and  having  graduated  from  the  Washington 
Law  School,  resigned  to  become  a  partner  of 
his  brother  and  to  practice  law  in  Cincinnati. 
The  firm  had  an  extensive  practice,  extending 
to  the  principal  cities  of  the  country.  He  has 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  from  Dartmouth  College.  2.  Robert 
Henry,  twin  of  preceding,  mentioned  below. 
3.  George  Bowen,  attomey-at-law,  graduate 
of  Dartmouth  College,  is  practicing  in  Cin- 
cinnati. 4.  William  Dwight,  born  August  10, 
1857;  graduate  of  Dartmouth  College;  now 
superintendent  of  public  schools,  Waltham, 
Massachusetts. 

(V)  Hon.  Robert  Henry  Parkinson,  son  of 
Rev.  Royal  and  Joanna  Z.  (Griffin)  Parkin- 
son, was  bom  at  Cape  Elizabeth,  Maine,  Au- 
gust 10,  1849.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  Bangor,  Maine,  prepared  for  college  at 
Randolph,  Vermont,  and  in  1866  entered  Dart- 
mouth College,  from  which  he  graduated  with 
the  class  of  1870  with  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  arts,  taking  a  Phi  Beta  rank.  He  studied 
law  in  the  offices  of  Judge  Barrett,  and  the 
firm  of  Converse  &  Frei^ch,  of  Woodstock, 
Vermont,  and  later  with  Cross  &  Burnham, 
of  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  the  junior 
partner  of  which  firm  is  now  United  States 
senator  from  New  Hampshire.  In  1872  Mr. 
Parkinson  went  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and 
was  for  a  short  time  a  law  student  in  the 
office  of  E.  B.  Adams,  now  United  States  cir- 
cuit judge  of  the  Eighth  Circuit.  He  took  the 
examination  in  open  court  and  was  duly  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  at  St.  Louis  in  1872.  He 
immediately  began  the  practice  of  law  in  that 
city,  and  was  soon  afterwards  assistant  attor- 
ney of  the  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Railroatl  Com- 
pany there.  In  1874  he  became  junior  partner 
of  the  law  firm  of  Hatch  &  Parkinson,  in  Cin- 
cinnati, but  this  firm  was  dissolved  in  1878, 
and  he  and  his  brother  Joseph  Griffin  formed 
a  partnership,  pursuing  the  practice  of  law  at 
Cincinnati  and  making  a  specialty  of  patent 
and  trade-mark  law.  Since  1893  Mr.  Parkin- 
son has  resided  in  Chicago,  where  he  has  been 
in  extensive  practice,  arguing  many  important 
cases  in  the  federal  courts  there  and  in  New 
York,  Boston,  Cincinnati  and  other  cities,  as 
well  as  in  the  supreme  court  of  the  United 


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States.  Since  1910  the  firm  has  been  Parkin- 
son &  Lane.  His  office  is  in  the  Marquette 
Building,  and  his  residence  at  no  Bellevue 
Place,  Chicago. 

Mr.  Parkinson  is  the  author  of  various  ar- 
ticles on  legal  subjects,  and  is  counted  among 
the  ablest  patent  lawyers  of  the  country.  He 
was  appointed  by  the  United  States  Court  of 
Appeals  as  the  Chicago  representative  on  the 
committee  to  assist  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court  in  revising  its  rules  for  equity  practice, 
and  served  by  appointment  of  the  president 
and  secretary  of  state  as  one  of  the  American 
representatives  to  the  International  Conference 
of  1911,  to  formulate'a  treaty  relating  to  laws 
governing  industrial  property — a  conference  at 
which  forty  nations  were  represented.  Mr. 
Parkinson  is  a  member  of  the. American  Bar 
Association,  and  chairman  of  the  patent  sec- 
tion ;  of  the  Illinois  Bar  Association,  the  Chi- 
cago Bar  Association,  the  Lawyers'  Club  of 
New  York,  and  of  the  bar  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  the  United—Statesy-of-manjr  other 
federal  courts,  and  of  the  Supreme  Court  of 
Illinois.  He  also  belongs  to  the  Union  League 
Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Chicago  Club, 
and  the  New  England  Society  of  Chicago, 
and  of  the  Queen  City  Club  of  Cincinnati.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  in  poli- 
tics a  Republican. 

He  married,  April  22,  1878,  Helen  B.  Mc- 
Guffey,  born  in  December,  1857,  in  Cincin- 
nati, daughter  of  Alexander  H.  and  Elizabeth 
(Drake)  McGuffey.  Her  mother  was  sister 
of  Chief  Justice  Drake,  of  the  Court  of  Claims 
of  Missouri,  and  once  United  States  Senator 
from  Missouri,  and  a  daughter  of  Dr.  Daniel 
Drake.  Her  father's  brother  was  president  of 
the  University  of  Virginia:  Children,  born" 
in  Cincinnati:  i.  Elizabeth  Drake,  June  23, 
1879.  2.  June  Griffin,  April  6,  1881 ;  married 
Alfred  E.  Manierre,  of  Chicago.  3.  Stirling 
Bruce,  January  i,  1883 ;  married  Sylvia  Da- 
vidson, of  Chicago;  he  was  educated  in  the 
University  of  Chicago,  and  lives  in  that  city. 
4.  Kelso  Steele,  August  19,  1884;  perished  in 
a  storm  on  Lake  Michigan,^ in  August,  1893. 


Samuel  Barton,  immigrant  an- 
BARTON     cestor  of  all  the  families  of  the 

name  whch  have  been  long  in 
Worcester  county,  settled  in  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  was  a  witness  in  one  of  the 
famous  witchcraft  cases.  In  1638  Marmaduke 
Barton  was  in  Salem,  and  Samuel,  who  was 
probably  not  born  before  1650,  may  have  been 
born  in  Salem.  He  was  in  Watertown,  Mas- 
sachusetts, for  a  short  time,  and  received  the 
usual  "warning"  that  came  to  newcomers  when 
moving  into  a  Puritan  colony,  dated  June  \6, 


1693.    In  1699  and  perhaps  earlier,  he  was  in 
Framingham,  where  his  childi-en  are  all  re- 
corded.   He  bought  what  is  known  as  the  El- 
liott grist  mill  at  Oxford.    He  bought  a  fourth 
part  of  the  corn  mill,  one  home  lot  of  forty 
acres  and  ten  acres  adjoining,  also  fifty  acres 
in  the  second  division  on  Long  Hill,  and  vari- 
ous other  lots  of  land  in  Oxford,  together  with 
the  right  of  common  October   19,   1716,  for 
£85,  of  Jonathan  Provender.    He  was  then  of 
Framingham,  but  his  daughter  was  called  of 
Oxford  when  she  married,  December  17,  1716, 
so  he  must  have  moved  in  the  fall  of  1716. 
He  was  formally  dismissed  by  the  Framingham 
church    to   the    Oxford   church,   January    15, 
1721,  and  he  was  one  of  the  original  members 
of  the   church   there.     Before   his  death  he 
gave  one-half  his  homestead  to  his  son  Joshua, 
He  died   September   12,   1732,  and   his  will, 
dated  June   13,   1732,  proved  September  23, 
.1732,  bequeathed  to  all  his  children,  leaving 
lands  not  previously  disposed  of  to  Caleb,  his 
~third~soTiT    HeTTiarrfelTBannah;  daugfiternof 
Edmund   Bridges,    of   Salem,   probably,    and 
Edmund  Bridges  Jr.  also  settled  in  Framing- 
ham.    Children:     i.  Samuel,  born  October  8, 
1 69 1.     2.  Mercy,  May  22,   1694.     3.  Joshua, 
December  24,  1697.    4-  Elisha,  April  22,  1701.  • 
5.  Caleb,  mentioned  below.    6.  Jedediah,  Sep- 
tember   18,    1707.     7.   Mehitable,  August  22, 
1710.     8.  Edmund,  August  5,  1714;  his  son 
was  Stephen,  born  June   10,   1740,  father  of 
Stephen,  born  August  18,  1774;  this  Stephen 
was  father  of  Clarissa  H.  Barton,  born  De- 
cember 25,  1821,  who  became  so  famous  in 
the  civil  war  for  her  nursing,  and  was  founder 
of  the  Red  Cross  Relief;  she  died  in  May, 
1912. 

(II)  Caleb,  son  of  Samuel  Barton,  was 
born  February  9,  1705,  at  Framingham.  He 
was  constable,  and  hved  on  Prospect  Hill, 
in  Oxford,  until  about  1763,  when  he  moved 
to  Charlton.  He  was  executor  of  his  father's 
will.  He  died  at  Charlton.  He  married  (first) 
December  6,  1725,  Mary,  daughter  of  Peter 
Shumvvay,  born  at  Topsfield,  died  August  29, 
1747.  He  married  (second)  January  3,  1748, 
Susanna  March,  of  Sutton,  who  died  at  Plain- 
field,  when  very  aged.  Children:  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Hannah,  born  1728 ;  Reuben, 
1731,  died  1733;  Azubah,  born  1733,  died 
1747;  Caleb,  born  August  11,  1736;  Abraham, 
October  16,  1750;  Jacob,  November  2,  1752; 
Bathsheba,  October  15,  1754;  Hannah,  July 
18,  1757;  Sibley,  August  18,  1760;  Olive,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1763. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Caleb  Barton,  was  born 
October  12,  1726.  He  lived  in  the  east  part 
of  Oxford,  lot  H.,  21.  In  his  later  years  he 
lived  in  Andover,   Vermont,   where   his   son 


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NEW   ENGLAND. 


Rufus  lived,  and  he  died  there.  He  mnrried, 
July  23,  1746,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Phiueas 
Dana,  and  she  died  at  Ludlow,  Vermont,  be- 
fore her  husband  died,  while  lier  son  Rufus 
was  living  there. 

Children  of  John  llarton,  born  at  O.xford  : 
Asa,  May  21.  1747:  --\zul)ah,  August  15, 
1749:  Phinehas,  mentioned  below;  John,  Jan- 
uary 23,  1755;  Caleb,  December  17,  1756; 
David,  .March  30,  1759:  Abigail,  May  25, 
1761  ;  Jeremiah,  June  24.  1763:  Edward,  Au- 
gust 28,  I7''i5;  Hannah,  July  21,  1767;  Par- 
ley, March  6,  1770;  Amos,  June  i,  1772;  Ru- 
fus, August  II,  1774;  Phebe,  twin,  .-\ugust  11, 

1774- 

([\  )  Phinehas.  son  of  John  P>arton,  was 
born  at  Oxford,  ]May  9,  1752.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution,  from  O.Kford,  joining 
the  Continental  army  in  1777.  He  was  in 
Captain  Thomas  Newhall's  company  on  the 
Lexington  alarm,  and  in  Captain  John  How- 
ard's company,  Colonel  Samuel  Brewer's  regi- 
ment, in  1777.  He  settled  in  Leicester, 
\\'orcester  county,  ^Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, February  26,  1772,  Elizabeth  Hersey,  of 
Leicester.  He  died  there  July  26,  1827,  and 
she  died  there  January  7,  1836.  Children,  born 
at  Leicester:  Betsey,  September  3,  1776;  Eli- 
jah, October  25,  1778;  Polly,  March  25,  1781  ; 
Samuel  H.,  mentioned  below ;  Phinehas,  May 
12,  1785,  died  young;  child,  died  February 
18,  1790;  child,  died  July  3,  1792;  Phinehas, 
born  (October  27,  1795;  Horace,  December  17, 

1799- 

(\  )  Samuel  Hersey,  son  of  Phinehas  Bar- 
ton, v.-as  born  in  Leicester,  December  21,  1782, 
He  married  Margaret  Burdett,  of  Dutch  de- 
scent, a  native  of  New  York  state.  He  resided 
in  Albany,  New  York.  Children :  Henry, 
Ann  Eliza.  Ira,  Stephen,  Thomas  (all  now  de- 
ceased), Margaret,  born  in  Canada,  1830,  now 
living  in  Canada  :  -Samuel  Emery,  mentioned 
bclov.-. 

(  \  I)  Samuel  Emery,  son  of  Samuel  Hersey 
Barton,  was  born  in  Albany,  New  York, 
March,  1816,  and  died  May,  1879.  He  went 
to  Canada  with  his  father  when  he  was  a  boy, 
and  settled  at  Demorestville,  Ontario,  where 
he  followed  farming.  He  married  Piiilena 
Adelaide  Billings,  I)orn  at  Pnmfret,  Vermont, 
1821,  daughter  of  John  and  Philana  (Carpen- 
ter) Billings.  Children:  i.  James  Irvirig, 
born  in  Canada,  .April  6,  1S43;  married  Geor- 
giaiuia  Dunning:  chikl;  Georgia,  born  1S79, 
died  1892.  2.  Harriot,  born  in  Canada,  Feb- 
ruarv,  1845,  died  in  185 1.  3.  \manda,  born 
in  Canada,  1847,  died  in  i84().  4.  Jesse  Bill- 
ings, mentioncil  .  below.  5.  Eruily,  born  in 
Canada,  Tuly  8,  1852:  unmarried,  now  living 
in    Hinsdale,   Illinois.     6.   ^^arg^rct   .Adelaide, 


bfjrn  in  Canada,  August  27,  i860,  now  living 
at  Hinsdale,  umnarried. 

(VH)  Jesse  Billings,  son  of  Samuel  Em- 
ery Barton,  was  born  in  Donioic.>t\  ille,  On- 
tario, Canada,  ALay  28,  1S50.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1S73  with  the  degree 
of  bachelor  of  arts  from  Albert  College,  now 
part  of  the  L'niversity  of  Toronto.  He  began 
to  study  law  in  Chicago,  and  was  a  student  in 
various  law  ottices.  In  Jaiuiary,  1876,  he  was 
examined  in  open  court  and  admitted  to  tli'» 
bar.  He  was  for  two  years  and  a  half  assist- 
ant corporation  counsel  of  Chicago.  He  en- 
gaged in  general  practice  afterward,  and  No- 
\  ember  i,  1899.  he  was  appointed  attorney 
and  general  counsel  of  the  Chicago  Terminal 
Transfer  Railroad  Company,  a  position  he  has 
filled  with  signal  ability  and  success  to  the 
present  time.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Bar  Associa- 
tion and  of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association,  of 
the  Hinsdale  Club  of  Hinsdale,  Illinois,  where 
be  makes  his  home,  and  of  Hinsdale  Lodge  of 
Free  Masons.  He  was  made  a  Mason  in  1876, 
in  Oriental  Lodge,  No.  ^3-  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  New  England  Society  of  Chicago. 
His  office  is  in  the  Baltimore  &  Ohio  Railroad 
station,  Chicago. 

He  married  (first)  February,  1S79,  Ella  R. 
Wilcox,  born  February  5,  1855,  died  Decem- 
ber 27,  1879,  daughter  of  Albert  Wilcox,  of 
Point  Peninsula,  New  York,  He  married 
(second)  February  25,  1885,  Lucy  Eudora 
(Thomas)  Bonfield.  widow,  daughter  of  Jesse 
Burgess  Thomas,  judge  of  the  supreme  court 
of  Illinois:  she  was  born  in  Chicago,  in  1845. 
Child  by  first  wife:  i.  Ella  Wilco.x,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1S79.  died  in  infancy.  Children  by 
second  wife:  2.  .Alice  Alarie  (adopted),  born 
in  Paris,  France.  Alarch  28,  1880;  married 
-Aldis  Brainard  Hatch:  one  child,  Aldis  Brain- 
ard  Jr.  3.  Je-se  J'iltings,  born  in  Chicago, 
September  20.  1SS5  :  educated  in  public  schools 
of  Hinsdale.  Illinois,  prepared  for  college  at 
the  Lewis  Institute.  Chicago,  aufl  entered 
Stanford  L'ni\ersity.  California,  where  he  was 
a  student  for  two  years :  matriculated  at  Uni- 
versity of  Wiicon<;in.  where  he  spent  hi-  jun- 
ior and  seniiir  ycar>  :  now  a  civil  engineer  with 
the  Chicago  Telephone  Comjiany.  4.  Walter 
Irving,  born  in  Chicago,  June  8.  1SS8,  died 
1905.  5.  Lucv  -Adelaide,  born  in  Ogden  City, 
Utah,  September  2Ck  1891  :  educated  in  Lewis 
Institute,  Chicago,  the  National  Cathedral 
School  CPri'testant  EpiscopaD  for  Girls, 
Washington.  D.  C.  of  \\hich  she  is  a  gradu- 
ate, and  the  .\mi  Morgan  Studio  for  E\[ires- 
sion  of  Chicago,  from  which  she  was  gradu- 
ated in  191 2. 


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Tlie  surname  Hawley  seems  to 

HA\\LEY  have  had  a  Norman  origin.  At 
any  rate  it  was  used  bva  Nor- 
man at  the  time  of  the  Conquest,  and  appears 
in  the  Battle  Abbey.  The  family  has  been 
prominent  in  Derbyshire  since  about  A.  D. 
1200.  We  have  six  generations  of  an  old 
pedigree  in  that  county.  Doubtless  many  of 
the  families  branched  oft"  from  this  line.  John 
Hawley  (5),  of  Banbridge,  had  an  only  daugh- 
ter and  heir,  Anne,  who  married  'Thomas 
Blount.  He  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Hawley, 
of  Ersby,  and  grandson  of  Sir  William,  of 
Ersby.  Sir  William's  father  was  also  Sir 
William,  and  his  grandfather  was  Robert  de- 
Hawley.  Coat-of-arms  of  the  Derby  family : 
Vert  a  satire  engrailed  argent.  Crest :  A  dex- 
ter arm  in  armor  proper  garnished  or  holding 
in  the  hand  a  spear  or  bend  spinster  point 
downwards  proper.     Motto  :  S'uii'camoi. 

(I)  The  father  of  the  three  immigrants  of 
this  family  who  came  to  America  and  their 
two  sisters  is  not  known,  and  though  it  is 
known  that  they  were  of  the  Derbyshire  fam- 
ily, the  English  lineage  has  not  been  traced. 
Children  :  Joseph,  mentioned  below  :  Hannah, 
of  JNIilford.  Connecticut,  married  (first)  John 
UfTord,  and  (second)  Captain  John  Beard; 
Elizabeth,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut,  married 
John  Booth  ;  Thomas,  settled  in  Roxbury.  Mas- 
sachusetts, married  Emma  ;  Robert,  of 

Rhode  Island,  married  Dorothy  (Harbottle) 
Lamb,  widow  of  T.  Lamb. 

(H)  Joseph  Hawley,  the  American  immi- 
grant ancestor,  was  born  in  Derbyshire,  Eng- 
land, in  1603,  and  died  May  20,  1690.  He 
was  a  yeoman,  and  evidently  of  good  educa- 
tion and  abilities,  for  he  was  the  town  record- 
er, 1650-66.  at  Stratford,  Connecticut,  where 
he  settled  soon  after  coming  to  this  coun- 
try. He  married  Katherine  Birdsey,  who  died 
at  Stratford,  June  25,  1692.  He  bought  lands 
at  Stratford  in  1650  of  Richard  Mills,  and 
from  time  to  time  he  received  grants  of  land 
when  the  common  lands  were  divided.  He 
u'as  representative  to  the  general  assembly 
thirty  times  in  thirty-three  years,  and  evidently 
one  of  the  most  prominent  men  of  the  town  of 
that  time.  In  his  will  he  bequeathed  land  at 
Parwidge,  in  Derbyshire,  to  his  son  Samuel. 
This  is  the  town  of  Parwich,  nine  miles  from 
old  Derby.  Children,  born  at  Stratford:  Sam- 
uel. 1647;  Joseph  Jr.,  born  January  9,  1649; 
Elizabeth.  January  26,  165 1  :  Ebenezer,  Sep- 
tember 16,  1654:  Hannah.  May  26,  1657; 
Ephraim.  mentioned  below  ;  John  Esq.,  June 
14,  i66r  :  Mary.  July  16,  1663.  married  Cap- 
tain John  Coe. 

(Ill)  Ephraim,  son  of  Joseph  Hawley,  was 
born  at  Stratford,  August  7,   1659.  and  died 


there  .\pril  18,  1690.  He  married,  December 
4,  1683.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
and  Elizabeth  (Hollister)  Welles,  she  was 
born  September  29,  1W34,  and  died  June  29, 
1694.  Captain  Samuel  Welles  was  born  in 
1630,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
and  Joanna  (Treat)  Hollister.  His  mother 
was  a  sister  of  Governor  Robert  Treat.  Cap- 
tain Samuel  was  a  son  of  Governor  Thomas 
Welles,  mentioned  elsewhere  in  this  work. 
Ephraim  Hawley  was  a  farmer.  iUs  inventory 
was  dated  May  14,  1690.  His  widow  married 
(second)  Lieutenant  Agur  Tomiinson.  Chil- 
dren: Daniel,  burn  September  20,  1684;  Gid- 
eon, mentioned  below :  Abiah,  September  19, 
1690. 

(I\')  Gideon  Hawley,  son  of  Ephraim  Haw- 
ley, was  born  at  Stratford,  January  30,  1687, 
and  died  there  February  16,  1 730-1.  He  mar- 
ried, February  4,  171 1,  Anna  Bennett,  born 
in  1691,  died  November  14,  1727.  Gideon  lived 
at  what  was  called  I'equonnet,  now  Bridge- 
port.     His    estate   was   distributed   April   23, 

I734-. 

(children.  born  at  Stratford:  James, 
mentioned  below ;  Zechariah,  September  2, 
1717:  Gideon,  1719;  Sarah,  October  11,  1721 ; 
Abiah,  1723;  Ann,  1724;  Gideon,  November 
II,  1727,  a  missionary. 

(V)  Sergeant  James  Hawley.  son  of  Gid- 
eon Hawley,  was  born  at  Stratford,  now 
Bridgeport.  January  29,  1713,  and  died  Oc- 
tober 7,  1746.  He  married,  July  18,  1733, 
Eunice  Jackson,  born  1714,  died  September  6, 
1796.  daughter  of  Henry  Jackson.  His  widow 
married  Lieutenant  Isaac  Bennett.  James  was 
sergeant  of  militia.  He  followed  farming  in 
his  native  town.  Children,  born  at  Stratford: 
Benajah,  1734;  .Anna.  November  6,  1735; 
Wolcott,  .April  15.  1737:  .Aaron,  mentioned  be- 
low: Captain  David,  1741  :  Huldah.  1744:  Dea- 
con  Elijah.  December  30,    1744. 

(\  I)  Major  Aaron  Hawley,  son  of  James 
Hawley,  was  born  in  1739,  at  Stratford,  and 
died  July  21,  1803.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Bridgeport.  He  lived  in  the  old  red  house  on 
the  Hawley  place  from  1787  to  1803,  and  be- 
queathed it  to  his  son  Captain  Samuel.  He 
married,  November  24,  1759,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Captain  Ezra  and  .Abigail  I  Hall) 
Hawley;  she  was  born  in  1732.  and  died  July 
8,  1776.  He  married  (second)  July  10,  1777, 
Sarah  Comstock,  born  November  12.  1747. 
died  May  3,  1786,  daughter  of  John  and  De- 
borah f\\'eich)  Comstock.  He  married  (third) 
Rachel  Pickett.  Children,  born  at  Bridgeport: 
Samuel.  .April  15,  1761  ;  Gideon,  July  20,  1763; 
Isaac,  .April  30.  1765;  Hannah,  .August  6, 
1768;  Aaron,  mentioned  below;  .Anson.  .Au- 
gust 4.   1778;   John.   May   15.   1780;  Charles 


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and  Sarah,  twins,  September  28,  1782;  Will- 
iam, March  30,  1785. 

(\'II)  Aaron  (2),  son  of  Aaron  (i)  Haw- 
ley,  was  born  at  Bridgeport,  June  15,  1774, 
and  died  there  June  28,  1810.  He  mar- 
ried Grissell.  daughter  of  Captain  Ste- 
phen and  Mary  (Halberton)  Summers,  of 
Stratford;  she  was  born  May  15,  1773,  and 
died  September  5,  1853.  Children,  born  at 
Bridgeport :  Deacon  Stephen,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Caroline,  iNIarch  22,  1798:  Daniel,  Au- 
gust 12,  1800;  Susan,  December  28.  1802; 
Jane  Elizabeth,  September  27,  1805  ;  Matilda, 
July  7,  1807, 

(Vni)  Deacon  Stephen  Hawley,  son  of 
Aaron  (2)  Hawley,  was  born  at  Bridgeport, 
September  6,  1795,  and  died  there  November 
4.  1 86 1.  He  was  a  merchant  in  Bridgeport, 
and  later  engaged  in  the  insurance  and  bank- 
ing business.  He  was  prominent  in  church 
work,  was  connected  with  the  Congregational 
church,  and  leader  of  a  movement  for  the 
organization  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church 
of  Bridgeport,  in  which  he  was  a  ruling  elder 
to  the  time  of  his  death.  He  married  (first) 
in  Bridgeport,  Temperance  Wheeler,  born  Oc- 
tober I,  1794,  died  1857,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Julia  (Odell)  Wheeler.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  in  1858,  Eliza  A.  Rose.  Children,  born 
at  Bridgeport:  Captain  Aaron,  1816;  Daniel 
W.,  mentioned  below :  Frederick  S.,  July  19, 
1822 ;  Henry,  February  9,  1829. 

(IX)  Daniel  Wheeler,  son  of  Deacon  Ste- 
phen Hawley,  was  born  at  Bridgeport,  De- 
cember 25,  1818,  and  died  August  19,  1866. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  learned  the  trade  of  saddler 
and  harness  maker.  He  was  in  business  in 
Bridgeport  for  many  years,  making  and  deal- 
ing in  harness  and  saddles.  He  served  in  the 
civil  war  as  artificer  of  the  Second  Connecti- 
cut Light  Battery,  and  so  well  was  his  work 
done  that  the  harness  and  other  equipment 
that  was  made  under  his  charge  for  the  bat- 
tery, and  the  care  and  maintenance  of  same, 
earned  him  especial  commendation  from  his 
superior  officers,  and  prominent  mention  in  the 
history  of  the  battery.  At  the  opening  of  the 
war  he  laid  aside  a  prosperous  business,  vol- 
unteered at  the  enlistment  of  the  batterv,  re- 
fused official  honors,  and  gave  his  services  for 
the  pay  of  a  private  until  the  close  of  hostili- 
ties. He  was  a  giant  in  stature.  He  con- 
tracted a  fever  in  the  service,  and  never  re- 
covered his  health  and  died  soon  after  re- 
turning to  his  home.  He  married,  May  7, 
1846,  Henrietta  Sarah  Hopkins,  born  ^lav  24. 
1824,  died  September  3,  1887.  daughter  of 
Royal  and  Sally  fMinton)  Hopkins.  Her 
father  was  in  the  navv  in  the  war  of  1812, 


served  under  Commodore  Perry  at  the  battle 
of  Lake  Erie,  and  was  at  one  time  on  the 
start  of  General  Winfield  Scott.  He  was  the 
original  inventor  of  a  carding  machine  which 
he  manufactured  in  \'ermont  and  introduced 
in  the  southern  states,  where  it  was  extensively 
used.  Later  he  located  in  Canada,  and  was 
driven  out  at  the  beginning  of  the  war  of 
1812,  when  he  enlisted  in  the  navy.  Children 
of  Daniel  W.  Hawley :  Roswell  Mason,  born 
September  7,  1847,  '"'lied  in  childhood ;  Henry 
S.,   mentioned  below. 

(X)  Henry  S.,  son  of  Daniel  \Mieeler  Haw- 
ley, was  born  at  Bridgeport,  August  12,  185 1, 
and  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  From  1874  to  1883  he  was  engaged 
in  bridge  construction  and  in  promoting  and 
constructing  railroads.  He  was  a  contractor 
on  the  Grand  Trunk  railroad,  constructing  the 
section  from  \'alparaiso,  Indiana,  to  Thornton, 
Illinois.  He  purchased  at  master's  sale  the 
Chicago  &  Southern  railroad,  now  owned  by 
the  Chicago  &  Grand  Trunk  Railway  Com- 
pany, and  was  one  of  the  promoters  of  the 
Chicago  &  Wisconsin  railroad.  In  1883  he 
was  elected  president  of  the  Chicago,  Wiscon- 
sin &  Minnesota  railroad  during  its  construc- 
tion from  Chicago  to  Schleisingerville,  Wis- 
consin. He  was  general  agent  and  purchased 
the  right  of  way  of  portions  of  the  Chicago 
Great  Western  railroad,  and  up>on  its  comple- 
tion he  became  its  general  agent  of  trai¥ic 
and  leases  in  Chicago  from  1883  to  1890.  He 
was  general  agent  for  traffic  in  Chicago  of 
the  Chicago  &  Northern  Pacific  railroad  from 
1890  to  1893,  and  became  general  agent  and 
treasurer  for  the  receivers  of  the  same  rail- 
road, 1893  to  1897.  He  was  general  agent 
and  treasurer  of  the  reorganized  company,  the 
Chicago  Terminal  Transfer  railroad,  1897  to 
1899,  3nd  traffic  manager,  treasurer  and  assist- 
ant secretary  from  1899  to  1902.  He  is  now 
president  and  director  of  the  Railroad  Supply 
Company  of  Chicago,  manufacturers  and  deal- 
ers in  railroad  supplies.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  and  was  very  active  in  the  presi- 
dential campaigns  of  1880,  1884  and  1888, 
in  Illinois,  He  was  secretary  of  the  Union 
League  of  America  in  1872-4.  He  is  a  com- 
municant of  the  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
and  senior  warden  of  the  Church  of  the  Re- 
deemer in  Chicago.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
board  of  trustees  of  the  endowment  fund  of 
the  Diocese  of  Chicago.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  Hyde  Park  Council,  No.  582.  Royal  Ar- 
canum :  the  Royal  League  of  Chicago :  the 
South  Shore  Country  Club ;  the  Chicago  Auto- 
mobile Club ;  the  Chicago  Yacht  Club :  the 
Church  Club:  the  Engineers'  Club  of  New 
York ;  and  the  New  England  Society  of  Chi- 


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cago.  He  was  lay  delegate  to  the  General 
Convention  of  the  Episcopal  church  held  at 
Cincinnati  in  1910.  His  summer  house  is  at 
Wicklow,  Rhode  Island. 

He  married,  Xovember  3,  1880.  Lillie  Leah 
Ferguson,  born  July  24.  1857,  at  St.  Charles, 
Iowa,  daughter  of  William  G.  and  Leah  (Hill) 
Ferguson.  She  removed  from  her  native  town 
to  Rockford,  Illinois,  and  thence  to  Chicago. 
Her  father  was  a  native  of  Scotland,  son  "of 
Duncan  I'~erguson,  a  civil  engineer,  who  came 
to  America  and  settled  in  Rockford,  Illinois. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Hawley :  i.  Royal 
Duncan,  born  in  Chicago,  October  15,  1881  ; 
educated  in  public  schools  of  Hyde  Park  :  and 
was  for  three  years  a  student  in  the  Univer- 
sity of  Wisconsin;  married,  October  15,  1907, 
Marguerite  Lewis :  resides  in  San  Francisco, 
California,  and  is  a  dealer  in  railroad  supplies. 
2.  Philip  Ferguson,  born  in  Chicago,  Septem- 
ber 14.  1883;  educated  in  public  schools; 
graduated  from  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale  University,  class  of  1906;  now  assist- 
ant purchasing  agent  of  Railroad  Supply  Com- 
pany of  Chicago.  He  married,  October  22, 
1912,  Evelyn  DeWitt,  of  Chicago,  daughter  of 
Rev.  William  C.  DeWitt,  Dean'of  the  Western 
Theological  Seminary  of  Chicago.  3.  Henry 
Stephen  Jr.,  born  September  20,  1897,  '''^^ 
March  8,  1898. 


The  surname  Brig- 
BRIGHAM-SMITH     ham     is     from     the 

Saxon  word  brigg 
(bridge)  and  Jiain  (house).  There  is  a  manor 
of  the  name  in  county  Cumberland,  adjoining 
Scotland,  of  which  in  ancient  days  it  was  a 
part.  The  barony  from  which  the  family  name 
is  derived  is  now  generally  called  by  another 
name,  Cockermouth.  The  old  Brigham  castle 
was  one  of  the  strongest  in  its  day,  built 
largely  of  material  taken  from  an  old  Roman 
castle  in  the  vicinity.  As  late  as  1648  it  was 
garrisoned,  and  stood  siege  for  a  month,  .^fter 
it  was  taken  it  was  nearly  destroyed,  but  at 
last  accounts  a  small  part  was  still  habitable. 
From  this  manor  the  English  and  American 
Brighams  get  their  names,  and  all  probably 
are  descended  from  the  Brigham  family  there. 
(I)  Thomas  Brigham,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  1603.  in  England.  He  embarked 
at  London  for  New  England,  April  18,  1635, 
in  the  ship  "Susan  and  Ellen",  Edward  Payne, 
master.  He  settled  at  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts. In  1637  he  had  a  fourteen-acre  lot 
there,  bought  of  John  Doggett,  situated  in  a 
part  later  annexed  to  Cambridge.  He  built 
his  house  in  Cambridge  on  a  lot  containing 
three  acres  and  a  half.  His  neighbors  were 
Joseph,  Simon  and   Isaac  Crosby.     His  home 


was  about  two-thirds  of  a  mile  from  Harvard 
College,  and  at  one  point  abutted  on  Charles 
river.  He  resided  there  until  1648.  He  was 
arlmitted  a  freeman  April  18,  1637,  and  be- 
came a  leading  citizen.  He  was  selectman  in 
1640-42-47,  and  constable  in  1639-42.  He 
made  a  sj^ecialty  of  raising  hogs,  and  in  1647 
owned  a  third  of  all  the  swine  in  the  town. 
He  owned  a  windmill  for  grinding  corn.  He 
died  December  8,  1653.  lUs  will  was  dated 
December  7,  1653,  and  proved  October  3,  1654. 
He  married  .Mercy  Hurd,  who  is  said  to  have 
come  with  her  sister  alone  from  England, 
owing  to  religious  differences  from  which  they 
suffered  annoyance  and  persecution  at  home. 
After  the  death  of  Mr.  Brigham  she  marrie<l 
(second)  March  i,  1655,  Edmund  Rice,  of 
Sudbury  and  Marlborough,  by  whom  she  had 
two  daughters.  She  married  (third)  William 
Hunt,  of  Marlborough,  who  died  in  i()67-  She 
died  December  23,  1693,  after  being  in  her 
third  widowhood  twenty-six  years.  Children  : 
Mary ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  John, 
March  9,  1644;  Hannah,  March  9,  1649;  Sam- 
uel. January  12,  1652-3. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Brigham,  was  born  about  1640,  probably  in 
Cambridge,  and  died  in  Marlborough,  Xo- 
vember 25,  17 16.  When  his  mother  married 
Edmund  Rice.  Thomas  went  with  her  to  Sud- 
bury and  Marlborough,  and  when  he  came  of 
age  he  settled  in  Marlborough  near  Williams 
Pond,  in  the  southwest  part  of  the  town.  He 
was  one  of  the  purchasers  of  the  old  planta- 
tion (^ckoocangansett,  reserved  originally  for 
the  Indians  in  Marlborough.  On  the  old 
Brigham  homestead  on  the  south  side  of  the 
present  Forest  street,  about  a  score  of  rods 
from  the  highway  at  the  foot  of  Crane  Hill. 
is  a  slightly  raised  rectangular  spot  where 
rest  the  remains  of  the  last  of  the  Marlbor- 
ough Indians.  The  first  house  in  the  home- 
stead was  destroyed  by  fire.  In  1706  a  frame 
house  was  built  and  became  the  ell  of  a  house 
built  by  Gershom  in  1724.  The  old  house 
was  used  for  a  garrison  during  Queen  Anne's 
war.  The  old  ell  was  taken  down  in  1791,  and 
the  rest  of  the  house  occupied  until  1859,  and 
soon  afterward  it  was  torn  down  also.  Thomas 
Brigham  was  a  leading  citizen  and  held  vari- 
ous offices.  His  will  was  dated  .\pril  21.  1716, 
and  he  died  Xovember  25  following.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Decemt>er  27,  16A5.  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Moore)  Rice, 
granddaughter  of  Edmund  Rice,  the  immi- 
grant. He  married  (second)  July  3,  1695, 
Susanna  Shattuck.  daughter  of  William,  of 
Watertown,  and  widow  first  of  Joseph  Morse 
and  (second)  of  John  Fay,  whose  first  wife 
was  Mary,  sister  of  Thomas  Brigham.    Chil- 


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dren,  born  at  Marlborough :  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1667;  Nathan,  June  17,  1671  ;  David, 
August  II,  1673;  Jonathan,  February  22, 
1675;  David.  April  12,  1678;  Gershom,  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1680 ;  Elnathan,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  October  26,  16817;  married  Captain 
Jonas  Houghton. 

(III)  Elnathan,  son  of  Thomas  Brigham, 
was  born  at  Marlborough,  March  7,  1683,  and 
died  at  Mansfield  or  Coventry,  Connecticut, 
April  10,  1758.  He  removed  from  Marlbor- 
ough to  Mansfield  in   17 17.     He  married,  in 

1705,  Bethiah,  who  died  in  Coventry,  April 
15,  1765,  aged  eighty-two,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Hannah  (Brigham)  Ward.  Chil- 
dren, the  si.x  elder  born  at  Marlborough,  the 
other    two   at    Mansfield:      Uriah,    April    30, 

1706,  died  young;  Jerusha ;  Priscilla,  born 
April  3,  1709;  Levinah,  .August  31,  171 1  ;  Pru- 
dence, January  28,  1715;  Elnathan,  April  7, 
1716:  Paul;  Uriah,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Uriah,  son  of  Elnathan  Brigham,  was 
born  about  1723,  and  died  in  Coventry,  Janu- 
ary 25,  1777.  He  settled  in  Coventry.  He 
was  a  patriot,  and  his  an.xiety  for  his  country 
is  believed  to  have  hastened  his  death.  He 
was  very  plain  in  all  his  tastes.  He  married 
(first)  Lydia  Ward,  who  died  December  14, 
1750;  (second)  Ann,  daughter  of  Amos  Rich- 
ardson, of  Coventry,  May  28,  1754.  Children 
by  first  wife,  born  at  Coventry:  Hannah, 
April  9,  1746;  Captain  Gershom,  1750.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Roger,  October  28, 
1755:  Bethiah,  July  i4,  1757;  -Anna,  October 
14,  1759;  Norman,  December  2,  1761  ;  Don 
Carlos,  February  21,  1764;  Cephas,  mentioned 
below;  Martha  or  ^vlarcia,  January  28,  1770; 
Lucy  or  Lucia,  November  6,  1771. 

(V)  Cephas,  son  of  Uriah  Brigham,  was 
born  December  7,  1765,  in  Coventry,  Connec- 
ticut, and  died  May  17,  1841.  He  resided 
at  South  Coventry,  where  he  held  various 
offices  of  trust  and  honor,  and  was  representa- 
tive to  the  general  assembly.  Children,  born 
in  South  Coventry :  Anna,  married  Roderick 
Dimock ;  Lucia,  married  Horace  Russ  ;  Sally, 
married,  November  29,  1810,  Artemas  Russ; 
Uriah,  married  Emily  Wright  and  Harriet 
Nye;  Daniel  R.,  mentioned  below;  Eveline  L., 
married  Gurdon  Fuller ;  Maria,  married,  July 
4.  1821,  Levi  .-Mien;  Emily,  married  Roderick 
Dimock ;  Julia,  married  Abner  Mason ;  Ed- 
win G. 

(VI)  Daniel  R.,  son  of  Cephas  Brigham, 
was  born  in  South  Coventry,  August  6,  1795, 
and  died  December  3,  1834.  He  lived  at 
South  Coventry.  He  married  Eliza,  daughter 
of  George  Needham ;  she  was  born  January  6, 
1796.  ^ 

Children,   born    at    South   Coventry :    Dan- 


iel Watson,  April  6,  1821 ;  Henry  Gray, 
April  13,  1823;  Emily  Wright,  November  i, 
1826;  Frederick  Benton,  mentioned  below; 
George  N. ;  Edwin  G.,  May  2,  1831,  twin  of 
George. 

(VII)  Frederick  Benton,  son  of  Daniel  R. 
Brigham,  was  born  at  South  Coventry,  April 
13,  1829,  and  died  in  New  York  City.  He  mar- 
ried Jane  Smith,  daughter  of  Roswell  Smith 
(see  Smith).  Children:  Frederick  Everett, 
mentioned  below ;  Charles. 

(VIII)  Frederick  Everett  (Brigham) 
Smith,  son  of  Frederick  Benton  and  Jane 
(Smith)  Brigham,  was  born  in  Norwalk,  Con- 
necticut, March  15,  1857.  He  took  his  moth- 
er's name,  and  has  been  known  from  child- 
hood as  Frederick  Everett  Smith.  He  at- 
tended the  public  and  high  schools  of  New 
Britain,  Connecticut.  He  began  his  business 
career  as  a  clerk  in  the  New  Britain  National 
Bank,  was  promoted  from  time  to  time,  and 
remained  with  the  bank  for  eight  years  and 
a  half.  He  was  bookkeeper  for  several  houses 
and  clerk  in  a  hotel  for  a  time.  In  April, 
1882,  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  offices  of  the 
New  York  &  New  England  Railroad  Com- 
pany at  New  Britain,  remaining  in  that  posi- 
tion until  July  I,  1883,  when  he  accepted  a 
position  in  the  city  office  of  the  Union  Pacific 
Railroad  Company.  Boston.  Subsequently  he 
was  appointed  auditor  of  the  Connolton  \'al- 
ley  Railroad,  with  offices  at  Canton,  Ohio. 
Afterward  he  was  with  the  Cleveland.  Akron 
&  Columbus  Railroad  Company  in  the  pas- 
senger department,  and  became  chief  clerk  and 
afterward  traveling  auditor  of  the  Cleveland, 
Akron  &  Columbus  Railroad.  In  1889  he  was 
elected  auditor  of  the  Zanesville  &  Ohio  River 
Railroad  Company,  and  held  the  office  until 
1894.  In  that  year  he  removed  to  Lynn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, to  accept  the  position  of  auditor 
of  the  Lynn  &  Boston  Railroad,  and  continued 
until  the  road  was  consolidated  with  the  Bos- 
ton &  Northern  Railroad.  In  1899  }ilr.  Smith 
came  to  Chicago  and  was  made  auditor  of 
the  Chicago  Union  Traction  Company,  which 
was  reorganized  in  1908  under  the  name  of 
the  Chicago  Railway  Company,  in  which  he 
holds  the  responsible  office  of  comptroller.  He 
is  a  prominent  Free  Mason,  having  taken  all 
the  degrees  in  Scottish  Rite  Masonry  to  and 
including  the  thirty-second.  He  was  made  a 
Mason  in  Golden  Fleece  Lodafe.  of  Lynn,  of 
which  he  is  a  life  member.  He  is  a  member 
of  Sutton  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Zebu- 
Ion  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters ;  Olivet 
Commandery,  Kni£;hts  Templar.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Hamilton  Club  of  Chicago, 
and  the  New  England  Society  of  Chicago.  He 
is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and  non-sectarian 


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in  religion.     His  office  is  at  1105  North  Clark 
street,  Chicago. 

He  married,  May  3,  1883,  Helen  Josephine 
AlcCoy,  born  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1862.  Child:  Helen  King,  born  at 
Akron,  Ohio,  August  12,  18S5  ;  educated  in 
public  and  private  schools  at  Zanesville,  Ohio, 
public  schools  in  Svvampscott,  Massachusetts, 
and  college  in  Kalamazoo,  Michigan ;  married, 
June  26,  1909,  Franklin  Balch,  now  living  in 
Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  and  has  one  daugh- 
ter, Helen  Balch,  born  November  28,  1910. 

(The  Siiiitli  Line). 

Sergeant  Francis  Smith  was  born  at  Mid- 
dletown,  of  one  of  the  pioneer  families  of 
Connecticut,  about  1685.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 8,  171 1,  Hannah  Hubbard  of  Glastonbury, 
Connecticut,  and  settled  at  Bolton,  in  that  col- 
ony. Children,  born  at  I'.olton :  Deborah, 
November  24,  171 1:  Hannah,  March  6.  1714: 
Frances,  February  29,  1716;  Prudence,  March 
2,  1718;  Jonathan,  October  11,  1722:  David, 
mentioned  below  :  Martha,  Noveniber  2S,  1727  ; 
Noah,  April  14,  1730 ;  Ebenezer,  February  18, 

(H)  David,  son  of  Francis  Smith,  was 
born  at  Bolton,  October  3,  1725.  He  married 
Eunice  Jones.  Children,  born  at  Bolton :  Da- 
vid, and  Roswell,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Roswell,  son  of  David  Smith,  was 
born  January  19,  1758.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber II,  1790,  Hannah  Kingsbury,  born  Janu- 
ary 8,  1769,  at  Vernon,  and  lived  at  \'ernon, 
Connecticut.  Children :  Obediah  K.,  born  July 
6,  1791  ;  Fanny,  January  2,  1793:  Electa,  De- 
cember 28,  1794;  Harriet,  May  25,  1797;  Ma- 
bel, July  30,  1799;  Anna,  .April  11,  1802.  died 
1812  :  Roswell,  mentioned  below  :  Emily,  .\pril 
28,  1809. 

(IV)  Roswell  (2),  son  of  Roswell  (i) 
Smith,  was  born  at  \'ernon,  October  5,  1804. 
He  married  Mariva  King,  at  Vernon,  in 
March,  1832.  Among  their  children  was  Jane, 
born  April  17,  1833. 'died  November  30,  1869, 
married  Frederick  Benton  Brigham  ("see  Brig- 
ham). 


Nathaniel  Foote,  immigrant  an- 
FOOTE     cestor,  was  born  about  1593.    He 

came  probably  from  Shalford, 
Colchester,  England,  and  settled  in  Water- 
town.  Massachusetts.  He  took  the  freeman's 
oath  in  1633.  He  removed  to  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  where  he  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers.  In  1640  he  had  a  home  lot  of  ten 
acres  on  the  east  side  of  Broad  street.  He  was 
a  farmer.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  1644.  He  married,  in  England,  about 
1615,  Elizabeth  Deming,  born  about  1595,  die! 


July  8,  i(j83,  sister  of  John  Dcminp;.  a  first 
settler  of  Wethersfield.  She  married  (sec- 
oml)  Thomas  Welles.  .Nathaniel  Fuotc  ilicd 
in  1644.  Children:  EIizal)eth,  born  about 
1616;  Nathaniel,  abiut  1620;  Mary:  Robert, 
mentioned    below  ;    I'ranccs  :   Sarah  :   Rebecca. 

(II)  Robert.  s(jn  of  .Nathaniel  l-"ootc,  was 
born  in  i'')29,  died  in  1^)81.  lie  was  a  lieu- 
tenant. He  lived  in  Wethersfield  and  Walliiig- 
ford,  and  in  1669  in  Brandon.  Connecticut. 
He  married,  in  1659,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Frances  Potter;  she  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1686,  .Aaron  Blanchley,  of  Branford. 
Children:  .Nathaniel,  mentioned  below:  Sa- 
rah, born  February  12,  ifj^>2:  Joseph,  March 
6,  1664;  Elizabeth,  March  ft.  i(W>:  Samuel, 
May  14.  1668:  John,  July  24,  1670;  Stephen 
and   Isaac,  twins,  December   14,  1672. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Robert  Foote, 
was  born  .April  13,  1660.  He  married  Tabitha 
Bishop,  of  Guilford,  Connecticut,  who  died 
1715.  He  resided  at  Brandon,  Connecticut, 
and  died  in  1714.  Children:  Elizabeth,  bap- 
tized March,  1696:  Dorcas,  March,  1696; 
Nathaniel,  June,  I'V)^:  Daniel,  February,  1697; 
Moses,  mentioned  below  :  .Abraham.  1706;  Abi- 
gail, 1708. 

(IV)  Moses,  .son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Foote, 
was  born  January  13,  1702.  He  married,  June 
22,  1726.  Mary,  daughter  of  John  Byington ; 
she  died  January,  1740.  He  married  (second) 
November  5,  1740.  Ruth,  daughter  of  John 
Butler.  He  died  February,  1770,  she  died 
.August  7,  1792,  at  Gill,  Massachusetts.  He 
lived  in  that  part  of  Waterbury,  Connecticut, 
now  Plymouth.  Four  of  his  sons  were  in 
the  revolutionary  war.  Children :  Rebecca, 
born  .April  10,  1727;  Lydia,  March  23,  1728: 
Dorothy,  March  26,  1729:  David,  November 
II,  1730:  Ruth.  .August  I,  1732:  Moses,  .Au- 
gust 4.  I7,u:  Alary.  October  9,  1739:  .Aaron, 
July  fi.  1738:  Ebenezer.  May  21.  1740;  Obed. 
mentioned  below:  Lydia,  November  30,  1743 ". 
Dorothy,  November  10,   1749. 

(V)  Obed,  son  of  Moses  Foote,  was  born 
November  25,  1741.  He  married,  December 
3.  1761.  Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel  Todd; 
she  was  born  .'September  11.  1742.  and  mar- 
ried (second)  March  26,  1708,  Rev.  Jonathan 
Leavitt,  of  Heath,  Massachusetts ;  she  died 
May  16,  1816.  Mr.  Foote  died  September 
21,  1797.  In  Alay.  1780,  he  moved  to  Rowe. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  purchased  about 
1,000  acres  of  land.  In  1784  he  moved  to  Gill, 
Massachusetts,  where  he  purchased  the  farm 
on  which  he  lived  until  his  death.  Children : 
.Asenath.  born  September  10,  1762 :  Mary 
Dorothea.  Tune  11,  1764:  Bernice.  Tune  5, 
I7r/i:  Sedate.  March  5.  1768:  Samuel.  April 
7,  1770;  Chloe.  March  21,  1772;  Lydia,  May 


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15,  1774:  Erastus,  mentioned  below:  Philena, 
September  22,  1779;  Rhoda  Ann,  January  i, 
1781  ;  Obed,  April  27.   1787. 

(\'I)  Erastus,  son  of  Obed  Foote,  was  born 
September  19.  1777.  He  married,  1812,  Su- 
san, daughter  of  Colonel  .Moses  Carlton,  of 
\\'iscasset,  Maine :  she  was  born  January  28, 
1796,  and  died  June  28,  1817.  He  married 
(second)  July  9,  1820,  Eliza,  daughter  of  Col- 
onel Moses  Carlton,  of  \\'iscasset,  Maine ;  she 
was  born  July  i,  1798,  and  diel  June  27.  1880. 
He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  and  began  his  profcs^ional  ca- 
reer at  Camden,  Maine.  He  was  successively 
county  attorney,  senator  of  Massachusetts  leg- 
islature, senator  of  Maine  legislature  imme- 
diately after  the  organization  of  Maine  into 
a  state  and  attorney-general  of  Maine.  This 
last  office  he  held  for  twelve  successive  years, 
and  gave  tone  and  character  to  the  criminal 
jurisprudence  of  the  state,  alike  honorable  to 
himself  and  highly  appreciated  by  the  public. 
He  died  July  14,  1856,  at  W'iscasset,  Maine. 
Children :  ^lary  Wood,  born  December  20, 
1813;  Erastus  Aliles,  August  31,  1815  ;  Susan 
Eliza,  January  i,  1817;  Erastus,  mentioned  be- 
low; Mary  Todd,  December  25.  1823  ;  Abigail, 
August  31.  1825  :  Ann  Butler,  October  8,  1827. 

(\'ll)  Erastus  (2),  son  of  Erastus  (i) 
Foote,  was  born  September  6,  182 1,  in  W'is- 
casset, Maine.  He  married.  June  i,  1847,  Sa- 
rah Page  Wood,  daughter  of  \\'ilmot  Wood,  of 
Wiscasset,  Alaine.  He  prepared  for  college 
at  Augusta,  Maine,  and  graduated  from  Bow- 
doin  in  1843,  afterwards  practiced  law  in  Wis- 
casset. In  1868  he  moved  to  Chicago,  Illinois, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  real  estate  business 
until  the  time  of  his  death,  February  20.  1893. 
He  was  a  man  of  singularly  genial  character, 
and  was  highly  respected  and  loved  by  the 
community  in  which  he  lived.  Children :  Wil- 
mot  Wood,  born  May  21,  1848:  Erastus,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Emma  Louise,  October  27,  185 1  ; 
Eliza  Carlton,  November  10.  1854:  Harriete 
Cobb.  November  15.  1859. 

(\TII)  Erastus  (3),  son  of  Erastus  (2) 
Foote,  was  born  in  Wiscasset,  Maine,  March 
4,  1850,  and  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  When 
a  young  man  he  went  to  Boston  and  worked 
for  two  years  as  clerk  in  a  wholesale  grocery 
house.  In  1868  he  followed  his  father  to  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  and  became  a  clerk  in  the  iron 
foundry  and  manufacturing  establishment  of 
N.  S.  Bouton  &  Company.  This  concern  was 
finally  merged  in  the  L'nion  Foundry  Com- 
pany, of  which  Mr.  Foote  became  an  officer. 
In  1883  the  Dearborn  Foundry  Company  was 
establislied  and  Mr.  Foote  has  been  president 
since.     His  office  is  at  the  plant.    1525   Dear- 


born street,  Chicago.  He  owns  a  summer 
home  in  his  native  town  and  spends  as  nuicli 
time  as  jjossible  at  Wiscasset.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  L'nion  League  Club  of  Chicago,  the 
Western  Society  of  Engineers,  and  the  New- 
England  Society  of  Chicago.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republicaij.  in  religion  a  Presbyterian.  He 
is  unmarried. 

(  The  Wood  Line ) . 

( I )  Henry  Wood,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
in  Plymouth  as  early  as  September  16,  1641, 
when  he  bought  of  John  Dunham,  the  younger, 
his  house  and  land  at  Plymouth,  for  £7.  He 
was  among  the  Plymouth  men  reported  as- 
able  to  bear  arms.  He  removed  to  Yarmouth, 
where  his  children  Samuel  and  Sarah  were 
born.  In  1649  '^^  returned  to  Plymouth.  In 
1665  he  settled  at  Middleborough.  He  was 
not  among  the  twenty-six  original  purchasers, 
but  received  the  share  set  out  to  John  Shaw, 
and  part  of  his  original  homestead  is  still  in 
the  possession  of  his  descendants.  He  was 
the  original  proprietor  of  the  Little  Lotmen's 
Purchase.  His  home  was  near  the  General 
Abiel  Washburn  place.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman  of  the  colony  in  1648;  was  grand 
juror  1648-56-59-68  and  often  on  other  juries. 
He  was  one  of  the  complainants  against  the 
rates  at  Plymouth.  In  1665  he  had  one  share 
of  thirty  acres  on  the  west  side  of  the  Nenas- 
ket  river.  His  name  is  sometimes  spelled 
Wood,  alias  Atwood.  in  the  records.  His  son 
Samuel  and  son-in-law  John  Nelson  w-ere  ap- 
pointed administrators  of  his  estate,  October 
29,  1670.  He  married,  April  25,  1644,  -"Abi- 
gail Jenney.  daughter  of  John,  who  owned 
land  in  Lakenham,  now  Carver,  April  18, 
1644.  Their  sons  .\biel  and  Samuel  were 
among  the  original  members  of  the  church  at 
Middleborough.  Their  son  John  made  a  nun- 
cupative will  dated  April  13,  1673,  bequeathing 
to  his  two  youngest  brothers,  sister  Mary  and 
mother  Abigail,  and  later  the  court  ordered 
the  eldest  brother  Samuel  to  give  over  his 
land  to  the  youngest  brothers,  Abiel  and 
James.  Children:  Samuel,  May  25.  1647: 
Jonathan.  January  r,  1649:  David.  October 
17.  165 1  :  John:  Joseph:  Benjamin:  Abiel, 
mentioned  below  :  James  :  Sarah  ;  Abigail :  Su- 
sanna. 

(II)  Abiel,  son  of  Henry  Wood,  was  born 
in  1657,  and  died  October  10,  1719.  He  mar- 
ried Abiah  Bowen.  Children :  Elnathan, 
1686:  Abiah,  1688:  Abiel,  i6gi  ;  Timothy. 
1693  :  Jerusha,  1695  :  Ebenezer.  mentioned  be- 
low :  Judah.   1700:  Thomas,   1703. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Abiel  Wood,  was 
born  in  1697.  died  in  1768.  He  married  Lydia 
Lovell.  Children:  Silas,  born  1729;  Tim- 
othy.   1732:    Sarah.    1734:    Ebenezer,    1736: 


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Lydia.  1738:  Simeon,  1740 ;  Levi,  1740;  Abiel, 
mentioned   below :    Mary,    1746. 

(I\')  General  Abiel  Wood,  son  of  Ebene- 
zer  Wood,  was  born  July  22.  1744,  and  died 
August  II.  181 1.  He  married.  December  19, 
1765,  Betsey  Tinkhani,  born  July  14,  1750, 
died  Xovember  7,  1802.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) October.  1804.  Mrs.  Sally  Sayward,  of 
Old  York.  He  was  a  general  of  militia,  and 
an  officer  in  the  revolution.  Children :  Eben- 
ezer.  born  August  11.  1770;  Abiel,  mentioned 
below :  Joseph,  February  26,  1774 ;  Ebenezer, 
May  4,  177');  r.etsey,  June  14,  1778;  Joseph 
Tinkhani.  April  4,  1780:  Lydia,  April  13,  1782; 
Hartley,  Xovember  13,  1784:  Ebenezer,  No- 
vember, 29.  1786:  Henry.  October  9,  1788; 
Susan.  September  2.   1790. 

I  \" )  Major  Abiel  Wood,  son  of  General 
Abiel  Wood,  was  born  July  22,  1772,  and  died 
October  26.  1831.  He  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, and  major  in  the  militia.  He  married, 
in  1793.  Hannah  Hodge,  who  died  May  14, 
1814.  He  married  (second)  Jane  Anderson, 
November  26.  1818.  who  died  March  15,  1827. 
He  married  (third)  Lydia  Theobald,  in  1830. 
Children:  Betsey,  born  October.  1794;  Will- 
mot,  mentioned  below;  Helen,  July  13,  1799; 
Isabella,  1803;  Abiel,  February  22.  1807:  fian- 
nah ;  Margaret. 

(\T)  Willmot,  son  of  Major  Abiel  Wood, 
was  born  February  2.  1796.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 21.  1822.  Emeline  Page,  who  died  in 
1867.  Among  their  children  was  Sarah  Page 
Wood,  born  1826.  died  1898,  married  Eras- 
tus  Foote   I  see  Foote). 


The  surname  Walker  is  of  ob- 
WALKER  vious  origin,  one  of  the  oldest 
of  English  surnames.  A 
branch  of  the  family  went  to  the  north  of  Ire- 
land early  in  the  seventeenth  century  and  be- 
came in  later  generations  connected  with  the 
Scotch  settlers  there  and  known  as  Scotch- 
Irish.  According  to  the  records  of  1890  the 
family  is  still  numerous  in  the  Scotch  province 
of  Ulster.  Of  144  births  recorded  in  Ireland 
to  Walker  families  in  that  year,  eighty  were 
in  the  Protestant  counties  of  Antrim,  Down 
and  Londonderry.  .\t  the  time  of  the  siege  of 
Derry.  Rev.  George  Walker  was  assistant  gov- 
ernor and  a  distinguished  figure.  He  was 
suspected  by  his  men  and  violently  opposed  by 
his  enemies.  He  was  one  of  the  leaders  named 
in  the  act  of  attainder  passed  l)y  King  James's 
parliament  at  Dublin.  May  7,  1689.  He  fought 
during  the  siege,  and  afterward  was  sent  to 
King'WilliamVith  an  address  signed  by  the 
chief  defenders  of  the  town,  setting  out  Au- 
gust 9.  1689,  by  way  of  Scotland.  He  pub- 
lished an  account  of'  the  siege  which  became 


popular.  His  account  was  attacked  in  public 
print  and  defemled  by  himself  and  friends. 
-Among  the  signers  of  the  memorial  to  King 
.\\  illiani  we  find  the  names  of  two  George 
Walkers  and  one  Robert  Walker.  From  this 
Londonderry  family  of  Walkers  are  descended 
the  Walkers  of  this  .sketch. 

(I)  Soon  after  1719,  when  .Xutfield,  New 
Hampshire,  afterward  Londonderry,  was  set- 
tled by  the  Scotch-Irish,  we  tind  among  the 
settlers  Alexander  Walker.  In  the  petition 
brought  from  Londonderry,  Ireland,  dated 
March  26,  1718,  to  Governor  Shute,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, asking  for  a  grant  of  land,  we  find 
the  names  of  two  Robert  Walkers,  James 
Walker  and  William  Walker.  It  is  reasonable 
to  believe  that  the  first  settler  at  Londonderry 
was  son  or  nephew  of  one  of  these  Robert 
Walkers  of  Londonderry.  Ireland,  and  that 
Robert,  born  1 70S.  was  his  son.  Alexander 
Walker  had  a  grant  of  land  at  Xutfield  in 
1720,  recorded  March  2,  1720-21.  He  prob- 
ably died  soon,  as  little  is  known  of  him. 

(II)  Robert  Walker,  believed  to  be  son  of 
Alexander  Walker,  lived  at  Bradford,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  elder  in  the  church, 
according  to  his  gravestone  in  Forest  Hill 
Cemetery,  Derry,  formerly  the  old  village  of 
Londonderry.  He  died  October  10,  1777,  at 
Londonderry,  aged  sixty-nine.  He  had  a  pew 
in  the  Londonderry  church  in  1755. 

(II)  Andrew  Walker,  brother  of  Robert 
and  son  of  Alexander,  as  indicated  by  all  the 
evidence  found,  was  born  about  1710.  in  Ire- 
land, and  probably  came  in  1718  or  1720  with 
his  father's  family,  but  he  may  have  been  born 
after  that  date.  He  went  from  Londonderry 
soon  after  the  town  of  New  Boston,  New 
Hampshire,  was  settled,  and  built  a  grain  and 
saw  mill  to  accommodate  the  settlers,  under 
a  contract  with  the  town,  on  the  site  of  the 
Dodge  and  Bentley  mills  of  a  later  date,  and 
he  agreed  to  keep  the  mill  in  order  and  make 
reasonable  charges.  In  1753  complaints  were 
made  of  his  not  keeping  to  Iiis  agreement  and 
there  was  friction  with  the  town  for  a  time. 
Children:  Andrew,  married  Ruth  Woodbury, 
and  settled  at  L'nity,  New  Hampshire;  .Alex- 
ander, died  1776,  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary 
war:  James,  also  a  soldier  in  the  revolution: 
Robert,  mentioned  below :  Peggy,  married 
Jonathan  Major,  a  baker  in  the  American 
army. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  Andrew  Walker,  was 
born  at  New  I'oston.  about  1760.  and  died  at 
Acworth.  New  Hampshire,  in  1801.  He  mar- 
ried Deborah  Woodbury,  whose  ancestors 
were  among  the  early  settlers  of  Beverly, 
Massachusetts,  and  vicinity.  He  settled  in  .Ac- 
worth.       Children :       .\sa.     married     Betsev 


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Mathewson ;  Jesse  Woodbury,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Sally  E.,  married  Alexander  Walker ; 
Betsey,  married  Kinsman  Marshall;  Roswell, 
married  Florinda  Clark,  and  (second)  Lydia 
S.  .McMillan. 

(IV)  Jesse  Woodbury,  son  of  Robert  Wal- 
ker, was  born  September  i8,  1796,  at  New 
Boston,  New  Hampshire,  and  settled  early  in 
life  in  Whitefield,  same  state,  where  he  was  a 
farmer.  He  married  Polly  Griffin  White,  born 
June  10,  1796,  in  Weare,  New  Hampshire, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Dustin) 
White.  The  latter  was  born  in  Weare.  about 
1771,  a  great-granddaughter  of  Hannah  Dus- 
tin, whose  heroic  exploits  in  Indian  warfare  are 
commemorated  by  two  granite  monuments  in 
New  England.  Children :  Mary  A.,  married 
Simeon  Sanborn :  R.  Henry ;  Betsey  J. ;  Cal- 
vin W. ;  Alice ;  Deborah  W. ;  Plummer  S. ; 
Franklin  P.,  mentioned  below;  Roswell  M., 
lives  at  Groveton,  New  Hampshire ;  Lucetta, 
died  unmarried   in   187 1. 

(V)  FrankHn  Pierce,  son  of  Jesse  Wood- 
bury Walker,  was  born  at  Whitefield,  New 
Hampshire,  June  26,  1836.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  hotel  proprietor  at  Whitefield  and  one 
of  the  best  known  and  most  popular  citizens 
of  that  town.  He  died  there  August  31, 
191 1.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in  re- 
ligion a  Liberal.  He  married  Betsey  Wales, 
born  February  28,  1835,  in  London,  New 
Hampshire,  died  April  30,  1908,  in  Chicago, 
Illinois.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Samuel  T. 
and  Dolly  E.  (Staniels)  Wales  of  Chichester, 
New  Hampshire.  Samuel  T.  Wales  was  a 
son  of  Samuel  Wales,  born  August  29,  1771, 
in  Canton,  ^lassachusetts.  Children:  Sarah 
Jane.  IMary  Elizabeth,  Ellen  Jvlaria.  and  Em- 
ery Staniels,  mentioned  below.  The  eldest 
died  in  Salt  Lake  City,  wife  of  James  Mad- 
den. The  second  is  Mrs.  William  W.  San- 
born, residing  in  Concord,  New  Hampshire. 
The  third  wife  of  Edgar  Atwood  died  in  Pem- 
broke, New  Hampshire. 

(VI)  Emery  Staniels,  only  son  of  Franklin 
Pierce  Walker,  was  born  at  Whitefield.  New 
Hampshire,  September  29.  1856.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
commenced  his  business  career  as  clerk  in  the 
department  store  of  Jordan,  INIarsh  &  Com- 
pany, of  Boston,  where  he  was  employed  for 
two  years.  He  left  this  position  on  account 
of  ill  healtli,  and  after  a  prolonged  sickness 
he  began  to  study  law.  In  1875.  however,  at 
the  age  of  nineteen,  he  was  made  a  partner 
in  the  firm  of  Glidden  &  Walker,  which  es- 
tablished the  business  now  controlled  by  the 
American  Wringer  Company.  In  1876  he  be- 
came a  student  in  the  high  school  of  the  Chi- 
cago Atheneum,    entered   the    Union    College 


of  Law  in  Chicago  in  1879,  and  was  graduated 
in  due  course  in  the  class  of  1881.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  Illinois  bar  in  1881,  and  has 
been  practicing  law  in  Chicago  since  that  time. 
He  has  been  very  successful  and  prominent  in 
his  profession,  and  has  the  reputation  of  being 
a  persistent  and  courageous  fighter  in  any 
cause  which  he  espouses.  He  is,  perhaps,  best 
known  to  the  public  as  the  leader  in  the  fight 
against  the  smoke  nuisance  in  Chicago,  and 
as  the  first  lawyer  to  win  a  case  in  a  prosecu- 
tion under  the  ordinances.  He  secured  a  ver- 
dict against  the  New  York  Life  Building  of 
$1,500  for  not  complying  with  the  law,  and 
this  verdict  became  a  precedent  in  prosecuting 
other  offenders.  His  vigorous  crusade  against 
the  violators  of  the  smoke  laws  ultimately 
made  the  air  cleaner  and  the  city  more  health- 
ful. He  has  also  been  active  in  the  prosecu- 
tion of  violations  of  the  liquor  law,  especially 
that  prohibiting  selling  on  Sunday.  Mr.  Wal- 
ker was  a  leader  in  the  movement  resulting  in 
the  contribution  of  a  large  fund  for  the  re- 
lief of  the  earthquake  sutterers  in  Italy.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Bar  Association ; 
the  Union  League  Club  of  Chicago :  the  Press 
Club  of  Chicago;  the  New  England  Society 
of  Chicago.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  non-sectarian  in  religion. 

He  married.  January  i.  1882.  Placentia  J. 
Paranteau,  born  in  Troy,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1855,  daughter  of  Michael  and  Clemen- 
tine Paranteau.  Children:  i.  Edna,  born  in 
Chicago.  November  14,  1882  ;  educated  in  pub- 
lic schools  and  at  the  Lewis  Institute,  Chicago. 

2.  Placentia  (called  Bessie),  born  April  23, 
1884,  a  student  in  the  University  of  Chicago. 

3.  Emery  Sumner,  born  in  Loudon,  New 
Hampshire,  June  4,  1885  ;  educated  in  public 
and  private  schools  and  at  Illinois  L'niversity. 

4.  Stanley  Franklin,  born  November  19.  1887  ; 
educated  in  public  schools  and  at  Faribault 
Military  School,  Minnesota.  5.  Emerson, 
born  April  11,  1890. 


This  name  occurred  as  a  sur- 
UPHAM  name  very  early  in  the  period 
of  the  first  use  of  surnames. 
The  name  of  Hugo  de  Upham  occurred  in 
the  Charter  Rolls  in  England  in  1208.  when 
he  received  royal  grants  of  lands  and  honors. 
His  name  signified  Hugo  of  Upham.  and  Up- 
ham as  the  name  of  a  place  was  known  long 
before  the  use  of  surnames.  John  Upham 
and  Phineas,  his  son,  of  New  England,  added 
the  final  "e"  to  their  names,  but  their  de- 
scendants pretty  generally  dropped  this  final 
letter  and  the  name  again  assumed  its  original 
form. 

It    is    of    Saxon    or    Norman    origin,    and 


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early   became   known   in    Ireland,    as  well    as 
most  other  parts  of  the  British  Isles. 

(I )  John  Upham.the  first  of  the  name  known 
to  have  come  to  xA.merica,was  born  in  England, 
it  is  believed  in  Somersetshire,  but  nothing  is 
definitely  known  of  his  origin.  He  came  with 
the  Hull  colony  to  Weymouth,  when  his  fam- 
ily comprised  the  following;  Jolui  Upham, 
aged  thirty-five  years;  Elizabeth,  aged  twenty- 
six  ;  John  Jr.,  aged  seven ;  Nathaniel,  five, 
and  Elizabeth,  three.  Rev.  Joseph  Hull  was 
a  native  of  Somersetshire,  and  from  the  fact 
that  John  Upham  came  with  his  colony  it  is 
probable  that  he  also  was  born  there.  Rev. 
Hull  had  been  rector  at  Northleigh.  in  Devon, 
and  set  sail  with  his  followers,  March  20, 
1635,  from  Weymouth,  England,  for  lands 
in  the  Alassachusetts  Bay  colony.  Forty-six 
days  later  the  company  arrived,  and  on  July 
2  of  the  same  year,  having  gained  permission 
of  the  general  court,  they  located  at  Wes- 
saguscus,  their  future  home,  which  they 
named  Weymouth,  in  memory  of  their  sailing 
port  in  England.  John  L'pham  gave  his  age 
as  thirty-five  years,  which  would  have  made 
the  date  of  his  birth  1600,  and  although  the 
date  of  his  birth,  according  to  his  gravestone, 
would  have  been  three  years  earlier,  the  for- 
mer statement  is  generally  believed  to  be  cor- 
rect. Sarah  Upham  is  believed  to  have  been 
his  sister,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Upham, 
was  the  mother  of  his  children.  Her  name 
is  thought  to  have  been  Webb  before  her  mar- 
riage, from  her  name  appearing  in  the  will  of 
Richard  Webb,  which  was  made  in  his  old 
age.  in  1671.  John  Upham  was  admitted  free- 
man on  September  2,  1635,  and  in  1643  he 
became  a  selectman.  The  following  year  the 
general  court  empowered  him,  with  two  oth- 
ers, to  "end  small  causes,"  at  Weymouth, 
which  shows  him  to  have  been  a  man  of  judg- 
ment and  good  sense  in  considering  the  rights 
of  others.  He  also  served  as  selectman,  1645- 
47.  He  remained  in  Weymouth  until  1648 
and  from  then  until  1650  no  record  is  found 
of  his  name,  although  between  those  two 
dates  he  removed  to  Maiden,  having  made 
his  home  at  Weymouth  for  at  least  thirteen 
years.  Several  persons  from  Charlestown  or- 
ganized themselves  into  a  church  and  settled 
at  Maiden,  and  i  mo.  22d.  165 1,  John  Upham 
signed  a  petition  as  selectman  in  Maiden. 
About  1654  the  church  members  at  Maiden 
were  at  odds  with  the  general  court  because 
they  had  elected  their  minister  without  refer- 
ence to  other  churches,  but  they  again  found 
favor  by  making  acknowledgment  of  their  of- 
fense to  the  court  and  to  the  other  churches. 
In  1657,  with  two  others,  John  Upham  was 
appointed  by  the  general  court  to  "end  general 


small  causes"  at  .Maiden,  for  one  year,  and  his 
name  appears  freciuently  in  the  town  records  in 
various  connections.  In  1671  he  declared  his 
intention  of  marriage  with  Katherine,  widow 
of  Angell  Hollard.  at  which  time  he  declared 
he  had  no  intention  of  receiving  any  estate 
or  appurtenance  belonging  to  her,  and  espe- 
cially any  money  or  estate  from  her  former 
husband.  She  is  believed  to  have  been  Kath- 
ryn,  wife  of  Angell  Hollard,  who  ai)pears  on 
the  list  of  passengers  from  England  in  the 
Hull  company.  In  1678  John  Upham  is  men- 
tioned as  one  of  the  settlers  of  Worcester, 
but  his  will  has  not  been  found.  His  first 
wife,  Elizabeth,  died  between  December  2, 
1670,  and  August  14,  1671,  when  he  was 
about  to  contract  a  marriage  with  Katherine 
Hollard.  Each  passenger  and  half  passenger 
(under  twelve  years  of  age)  of  the  Hull  com- 
pany was  allotted  a  certain  number  of  acres 
of  land,  and  from  the  number  allotted  John 
Upham  he  must  have  one  more  child  than 
mentioned  in  the  list  of  passengers,  so  that  it 
is  supposed  his  son  Phineas  ( spelled  in  the 
records  also  Phinehas  and  Phynehas),  who 
was  born  in  1635,  "i^.^'  have  been  born  while 
on  the  voyage  from  England  or  very  soon 
after  the  family  arrived  in  their  new  home. 
Two  daughters  were  born  in  America,  Mary 
and  Priscilla,  and  there  was  an  adopted  son, 
John  Upham.  John  L'pham  died  February 
25,  1681,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  burying 
ground  at  Maiden.  His  gravestone  and  that 
of  several  of  his  descendants  are  in  a  very 
fair  state  of  preservation.  He  was  pious, 
upright  in  demeanor,  honored  and  respected 
by  his  fellows,  and  held  several  important  of- 
fices. He  was  a  pioneer  settler  in  Weymouth, 
Maiden  and  Worcester,  and  was  often  called 
upon  to  settle  estates  or  manage  affairs  for 
widows  and  orphans.  He  was  a  deacon  in 
the  church  twenty-four  years  at  least,  and 
educated  his  sons  to  become  useful  citizens, 
one  becoming  a  minister  and  another  an  offi- 
cer in  the  army.  His  children  were ;  John, 
Nathaniel,  Elizabeth,  Phineas,  Mary  and 
Priscilla,  and  he  had  an  adopted  son,  John. 
(II)  Lieutenant  Phineas  Upham.  son  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Upham.  was  the  only  son 
in  the  family  who  left  posterity.  As  before 
mentioned,  he  was  born  in  1635,  but  whether 
between  the  making  of  the  passenger  list  of 
the  Hull  Company  and  the  time  of  sailing  on 
the  voyage  to  the  New  World,  or  whether  he 
was  born  very  soon  after  the  landing  of  the 
company,  is  not  known.  He  performed  valu- 
able service  in  King  Philip's  war.  .According 
to  the  Maiden  records  he  became  owner  of 
land  in  Maiden  in  1663-64.  In  1671-73,  with 
others,  he  surveyed  the  road  from  Cambridge 


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to  ^Maiden.  On  July  S,  1673,  he  was  allotted 
land  at  Worcester.  He  received  the  commis- 
sion of  lieutenant  about  1675,  and  his  name  is 
found  frequently  in  the  history  of  events  dur- 
ing King  Philip's  war.  He  was  lieutenant 
of  the  fiDurth  company  of  the  Massachusetts 
regiment  of  which  Gen.  Josiah  Winslow.  gov- 
ernor of  Phmouth  colony,  was  commander- 
in-chief,  and  Samuel  Appleton,  of  Ipswich, 
was  major.  Captain  Isaac  Johnson  command- 
ed the  fourth  company,  and  when  he  was 
killed  at  the  beginning  of  the  storming  of 
Fort  Canonicus  and  battle  at  Great  Swamp 
fort.  Lieutenant  L'pham.  next  in  rank,  com- 
manded the  company  until  he  was  himself 
wounded.  He  died  in  Maiden  in  1676,  and 
in  the  records  of  the  general  court  at  their 
fall  term  in  that  year  it  is  noted  that  the  court 
ordered  his  bills  of  charge  from  surgeons 
and  doctors  be  paid,  and  that  Ruth  L'pham, 
his  widow,  be  paid  £10  from  the  treasury  of 
the  county,  "in  consideration  of  the  long  serv- 
ice her  husband  did  for  his  country,  the  great 
loss  of  the  widow  by  his  death,  being  left 
with  seven  small  children,  not  able  to  carry 
on  their  affairs,  for  the  support  of  herself  and 
family."  Ruth  L'pham  died  January  18,  i6g6- 
97,  aged  sixty  years,  and  was  buried  at  ]\Ial- 
den.  In  the  record  of  Maiden  marriages  the 
following  entry  is  to  be  found :  "Phineas  Up- 
ham  and  Ruth  Wood,  I4d.  2  m.  '58,  by  me, 
Richard  Russell."  The  children  of  this  couple 
were  all  born  at  Maiden,  and  were  as  fol- 
lows: Phineas.  .May  22,  1659;  Nathaniel, 
1661  ;  Ruth.  1664.  died  1676;  John;  Elizabeth; 
Thomas,  1668;  Richard.  1675. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  third  son  of  Lieut.  Phineas 
and  Ruth  ( Wood )  L'pham,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 9,  1666.  and  died  at  Maiden.  June  9,  1733. 
He  married  .Abigail  Hayward  ( in  one  account 
written  Howard),  1688,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Hayward,  and  died  .August  23,  1717.  John 
L'pham  married  (second)  Tamzen  Ong,  1717- 
18.  Children  :  John,  born  1690:  Samuel;  .Abi- 
gail, 1698:  Ezekiel,  1700;  David,  1702;  Jacob, 
died  in  infancy. 

(R')  Samuel,  second  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Abigail  (Hayward)  L'pham.  was  born  in 
1691,  in  Maiden,  and  his  will  was  dated  Feb- 
ruary I.  1761.  at  Leicester,  to  which  place  he 
removed  some  time  before.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Lazarus  Grover.  Chil- 
dren: Mary,  born  1715-16;  .Abigail,  1718; 
Mercy.  1720;  Samuel.  1722;  Jonathan;  Ebe- 
nezer,  1726;  Jacob,  1729;  Phebe,  1731.  died 
in  1738;  John,  1733,  died  in  1736;  William. 
1735.  died  in  1738. 

( \' )  Jonathan,  second  son  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Grover)  L'pham.  was  born  in  1724, 
probably  in  Maiden,  and  died  March  30,  1802, 


aged  seventy-seven  years,  having  lived  most 
of  the  time  at  Charlton  and  Brimtield.  In 
1759  the  town  of  Charlton  voted  him  £26  13s 
4d.  "for  setting  up  the  frame  of  the  church 
building."  He  married,  1750,  in  Leicester, 
Martha  Tucker,  and  (second),  probably  1752- 

53,  at  Charlton, Corbin.  died  in  .April, 

1816.  Children:  Bathsheba,  born  February 
5,  1752;  Jonathan,  November  30,  1753,  died 
young;  Jonathan,  December  8,  1754,  died 
young;  Martha,  Alay  9,  1756;  Jonathan; 
Esther,  December  4,  1762;  ]^Iercy,  Jan- 
uary 14,  1765;  Nancy,  February  25.  1767; 
Hannah,  July  8,  1768:  Phebe,  September  11, 
1772,  died  in  infancy;  Phebe.  April  9,  1773; 
-Anne.  February  4.  1774. 

(\'I)  Jonathan  (2),  eldest  son  of  Jonathan 
(i  )  L'pham  and  his  second  wife,  who  reached 
maturity,  was  born  February  2j,  1759.  and 
died  .April  2,  1840,  at  Westminster,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  lived  at  Brimfield  and  Holland, 
and  served  in  the  revolution.  He  afterwards 
received  a  pension  and  in  his  old  age  went 
to  live  with  his  son  Alvin,  who  had  settled  at 
Westminster,  where  his  death  occurred.  He 
lived  a  number  of  years  at  Holland,  where 
four  of  his  children  were  born,  and  the  others 
were  probably  born  at  Brimfield.  He  married 
Sarah  L'pham.  his  second  cousin,  daughter  of 
Ezekiel  and  Rebecca  L'pham,  her  line  of  de- 
scent being  as  follows:  John,  the  emigrant; 
Phineas,  John  (2)  and  Ezekiel.  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  L'pham  had  children :  Rebecca,  born 
1782;  Patty,  December  5,  1784;  \\"alter,  April 
25,  1787;  Calvin,  June  28,  1789;  Bathsheba, 
June  27.  1791  ;  Sally,  June  18,  1794:  Erastus, 
September  i,  1796;  .Alvin;  Diantha,  May  4, 
1802;  Horace,  April  14,  1806. 

(\'II|  Alvin,  fourth  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
and  Sarah  (L'pham)  L'pham,  was  born  Au- 
gust 2,  1799,  at  Holland,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  in  1852.  at  Niles,  ^lichigan.  For  many 
years  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
cane-seated  chairs  at  Westminster,  and  his 
output  was  sold  in  many  parts  of  the  state, 
as  he  had  wagons  on  the  road  to  take  orders 
and  deliver  the  same.  .A  business  firm  got 
into  debt  to  him  for  a  large  sum  of  money 
and  he  employed  Franklin  Pierce,  who  after- 
wards became  president,  to  recover  the  money 
owing.  Owing  to  delay  of  the  suit,  during 
which  time  the  defending  firm  placed  a  valu- 
able piece  of  their  property  in  hands  where 
it  could  not  be  claimed  in  judgment,  the 
claimant  was  unable  to  get  any  satisfaction, 
and  this  resulted  finally  in  his  having  to  give 
up  his  business  at  Westminster.  With  his 
wife  and  eight  children  he  removed  to  Niles, 
Michigan,  dying  there  a  few  months  after  his 
arrival.     The   remainder   of   the   familv   later 


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'J'Kanci-i  ■Jlant/au  'Mhfiietnti. 


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removed  to  Racine,  Wisconsin,  where  the  old- 
er ones  foinid  employment  and  the  younger 
ones  continued  their  education,  Mr,  L'pham 
was  a  man  of  superior  intellect  and  ability 
and  was  characterized  as  a  fond,  indulgent 
father,  a  courteous  and  hospitable  host  and 
friend,  and  popular  with  all  who  knew  him. 
He  said  grace  before  meals,  held  family  pray- 
er, and  read  daily  from  the  Scriptures  to  the 
members  of  his  household.  His  mother  lived 
with  him  many  years  and  passed  away  at  his 
home  when  over  ninety  years  old.  He  was  not 
only  a  good  husband  and  father,  but  a  loving 
and  dutiful  son,  and  his  fifty-two  years  of 
life  were  tilled  with  deeds  of  kindness  and 
thought  for  the  happiness  of  others,  .\11  his 
children  became  prominent  and  useful  mem- 
bers of  society  and  filled  their  places  in  the 
world  with  dignity  and  honor.  He  married 
Sarah  Derby,  born  at  Westminster,  February 
26,  1800,  died  at  Racine,  in  September,  1878, 
daughter  of  Ezra  and  Ruth  (Putter)  Derby, 
of  Westminster.  Children:  i.  Calvin  Hoad- 
ley.  2.  Sarah  Maria,  born  October  20,  1829; 
married  Porter  P.  Heywood,  at  Racine,  in 
1856,  and  some  years  later  moved  to  Chicago; 
two  children.  3.  Xathan  Derby,  born  May  18, 
1832;  married  Sarah  C.  Aliller.  4.  Angea- 
nette,  born  April  5,  1834;  married,  at  Niles, 
July  25,  1861,  Joseph  Lyford  Peavy,  an  officer 
of  the  First  Alichigan  Infantry  in  the  war  of 
the  rebellion,  who  died,  and  she  was  in  busi- 
ness in  Racine  at  one  time.  She  published 
a  newspaper  at  Shawano  in  1879,  and  was 
elected  superintendent  of  public  instruction  in 
Colorado,  being  the  first  woman  elected  to  a 
state  office  in  the  United  States.  Mr,  and 
Mrs.  Peavy  had  one  child.  5.  Ellen  Pauline, 
born  February  5,  1836;  married  Hiram  C. 
Russell,  of  Weyauwega,  Wisconsin,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1857,  and  died  at  Clinton,  Illinois, 
April  16,  1864:  two  children.  6.  Charles 
JMandell.  born  September  21,  1837;  married 
Julia  Parsons,  and  located  at  Shawano.  7. 
Erastus  Roberts,  died  1847,  aged  about  eight 
years.  8.  William  Henry,  born  May  3,  1841  : 
entered  the  Second  Wisconsin  Infantry  in 
1861,  was  shot  through  the  lungs  at  Bull  Run, 
in  July,  1861,  and  reported  dead,  but  was 
held  a  prisoner  of  war  six  months.  He  was 
appointed  to  the  United  States  Military  Acad- 
emy by  President  Lincoln,  and  servetl  in  the 
regular  army,  but  resigned  and  engaged  in 
lumber  business  at  ?ilarshfield,  W'isconsin. 
He  was  governor  of  Wisconsin,  1895-97.  He 
married  Mary  C.  Kelly.  9.  Mary  Eliza,  born 
April  29,  1843  •  niarried  Hiram  C,  Russell,  of 
.  hawano,  December  19,  1867;  fourteen  chil- 
.ren. 
(VIII)  Calvin  Hoadley,  eldest  child  of  Al- 


vin  and  Sarah  ( Derby )  L'pham,  was  born 
February  18.  1827,  Westminster,  Massachu- 
setts, and  died  February  2-j,  1892,  at  Ripen, 
Wisconsin.  He  was  for  many  years  promi- 
nent in  the  affairs  of  that  tmvn  and  was  held 
in  high  esteem  by  its  citizens.  He  was  an 
ofticer  in  the  civil  war,  and  served  as  captain 
and  commissary  of  subsistence  in  the  Depart- 
ment of  the  Gulf.  His  commission  was  signed 
by  both  President  Lincoln  and  Secretary  Stan- 
ton, a  circumstance  that  gave  him  great  satis- 
faction. He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  Westminster  Academy,  and  ac- 
companied his  mother  to  Racine  in  1853. 
From  this  district  he  was  sent  to  the  state 
legislature  in  1861.  In  1862  he  joined  the 
army,  remaining  in  the  service  of  his  country 
until  the  close  of  hostilities  and  winning  a 
most  honorable  record.  In  1866  he  removed 
to  Shaw-ano,  where  he  engaged  in  general 
merchandise  business.  In  1877  ''^  moved  to 
Ripon,  and  there  the  remainder  of  his  life  w-as 
spent.  He  became  postmaster  there  during 
President  Arthur's  administration.  He  was 
an  active,  shrewd  and  upright  business  man, 
and  very  successful.  He  was  a  selfmade  man 
in  every  sense,  and  became  one  of  the  best 
known  men  in  his  state. 

Calvin  H.  L'pham  married,  at  Westminster, 
October  28.  185 1,  Amanda  E.  Gibbs.  Chil- 
dren :  Frederic  William  ;  Catherine  Jeannette, 
born  February  8,  1864,  at  Racine,  married, 
May  2,  1890,  Dr.  F.  A.  Everhard,  of  Ripon, 
and  they  have  one  child,  FVederic  L'pham 
Everhard.  born  at  Ripon,  September  20,  1891 ; 
Mary  Ellen,  born  at  Shawano,  October  8, 
1870,  died  November  19,  1870. 

(IX)  Frederic  \\'illiam,  eldest  child  and 
only  son  of  Calvin  Hoadley  and  .\manda  E. 
(Gibbs)  Upham.  was  born  January  29,  1861, 
at  Racine.  Wisconsin.  He  attended  Ripon 
College,  then  went  to  Marshfield,  where  he 
became  associated  with  his  uncle,  William  H. 
Upham  (afterwards  governor  of  Wisconsin) 
in  lumber  business.  In  1894  he  removed  to 
Chicago  to  engage  in  the  same  business  on 
his  own  account.  He  soon  become  prominent 
in  political  affairs  and  was  elected  alderman, 
when  he  gave  his  support  to  measures  for  a 
clean  administration  and  contributed  his  sal- 
ary to  two  assistants  who  kept  in  close  touch 
with  the  needs  of  his  constituents.  In  1898 
he  was  elected  a  member  of  the  Cook  county 
board  of  tax  review  and  served  as  its  first 
president,  he  was  re-elected  in  1900  and  again 
in  1906,  his  term  expiring  December  31,  1912, 
after  fourteen  years  of  continuous  service. 
He  has  also  been  prominent  in  national  poli- 
tics, and  in  1892  was  a  delegate  to  the  Repub- 
lican   national   convention,   and    in    1904   was 


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vice-chairman  of  the  committee  on  arrange- 
ments of  the  RepubHcan  national  convention. 
In  1908  he  was  chairman  of  the  same  com- 
mittee of  the  convention  which  nominated 
Taft,  and  again  chairman  in  1912.  He  was 
assistant  treasurer  of  the  RepubHcan  national 
committee  during  the  Taft  campaign,  and 
served  on  the  advisory  statT  of  the  Republican 
national  committee  during  the  campaign  of 
1912.  Mr.  Upham  has  varied  business  inter- 
ests, being  the  principal  owner  of  the  Upham 
&  Agler  Lumber  Company,  president  of  the 
City  Fuel  Company ;  a  director  of  the  Pea- 
body  Coal  Company,  Illinois  Midland  Rail- 
way, Knickerbocker  Ice  Company,  Calumet 
Insurance  Company,  Security  Life  Insurance 
Company,  American  Surety  Company.  Single 
Service  Package  Corporation  of  America,  and 
a  trustee  of  Ripon  College.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  following  clubs :  Chicago.  Union 
League,  Commercial,  Chicago  Athletic,  Ham- 
ilton, Mid-day,  i^Iarquette.  City,  Press,  South 
Shore  Country,  Glen  \'ievv  Golf,  Chicago 
Golf  and  Exmoor  Golf,  of  Chicago :  of  the 
Lambs,  Union  League  and  Automobile  Club 
of  America,  of  Xew  York ;  and  of  the  Metro- 
politan Club,  of  the  city  of  Washington.  Be- 
sides, he  is  a  director  and  past  president  of 
the  Illinois  ^Manufacturing  Association,  and 
chairman  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
National  Business  League  of  America.  He 
belongs  to  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars,  Sons 
of  American  Revolution,  the  New  England 
Society,  and  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion. 

Mr.  Upham  is  much  interested  in  the 
early  history  of  the  country  and  is  reason- 
ably proud  of  the  part  his  ancestors  have 
taken  in  affairs  of  their  times.  They  have 
been  pioneers  in  many  fields  and  have  been 
imbued  with  the  spirit  of  progress,  which 
led  them  to  seek  the  best  they  could  find  for 
their  own  development  and  the  future  of  their 
children.  Mr.  Upham  is  well  known  in  many 
circles  and  has  won  his  position  by  ability 
and  hard  work.  His  business  interests  are 
international,  and  he  has  also  been  one  of  the 
most  active  workers  in  the  interests  of  the 
Republican  party  in  the  country.  He  is  a  typ- 
ical successful  American,  who  has  built  up 
extensive  business  relations,  and  at  the  same 
time  has  kept  alive  to  political  matters  and 
has  felt  the  incentive  for  the  highest  citizen- 
ship, for  he  has  performed  a  large  share  of 
work  in  every  campaign  in  which  he  has  ac- 
cepted responsibility  by  his  appointment  to 
important  national  committees.  His  work  has 
been  most  acceptable  to  the  Republican  party 
and  has  won  liim  wide  recognition. 

Mr.    Upham  married   Miss   Helen   Hall,  of 


Cedar   Rapids,  Iowa,  in   1905;   they  have  no 
children. 


Dr.   Daniel   Porter,    the   immi- 
PORTER     grant  ancestor  of  this   family, 

was  one  of  the  first  physicians 
of  the  colony  of  Connecticut.  He  was  doubt- 
less born  in  England  and  came  early  to  this 
country.  He  was  fined  March  16,  1644-45, 
for  some  trivial  ot¥ense  by  the  particular 
court.  He  was  licensed  to  practice  physic  and 
chirurgery  by  the  general  court  of  Connecti- 
cut, and  in  1681  a  yearly  salary  of  six  pounds 
was  ordered  paid  to  him  out  of  the  public 
treasury  and  his  "fee-table"  was  established 
by  law.  He  was  a  celebrated  bonesetter.  as 
the  surgeons  were  commonly  called  in  his  dav. 
He  settled  in  Farmington.  Connecticut,  but 
was  required  to  attend  the  sick  in  Hartford, 
Windsor.  Wethersfield  and  occasionally  in 
Middletown.  In  1668  he  was  "freed  from 
watching,  warding,  tryneing  (training)''  and 
in  the  following  \'ear  a  special  grant  of  land 
was  made  to  him  by  the  general  court  for 
his  services,  a  hundred  acres,  laid  out  after- 
ward in  the  northeast  part  of  Wallingford. 
This  tract  proved  not  in  the  colony  land,  and 
in  1723  on  petition  of  his  grandsons,  Daniel 
Porter,  son  of  Daniel,  and  Hezekiah  Porter, 
of  Woodbury,  son  of  Dr.  Richard  of  New 
Haven,  one  hundred  acres  were  granted  in- 
stead, west  of  the  Housatonic  river.  In  1671 
his  salary  was  raised  to  twelve  pounds  as  "in- 
couragement  for  setting  bones,"  and  the  court 
"advised  him  to  instruct  some  person  in  his 
art."  Evidently  he  instructed  his  son  Daniel, 
and  his  sons  Richard  and  Samuel  also  became 
bonesetters.  Porter  was  not  on  the  list  of 
freemen  in  1669,  but  was  in  1672.  He  died 
in  1690.  He  married  Mary  .  Chil- 
dren :  Dr.  Daniel,  mentioned  below ;  Mary, 
born  February  5,  1654-55 ;  Nehemiah,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1656;  Dr.  Richard,  }\Iarch  24,  1658; 
Anna,  1660-61;  John,  November  14,  1662; 
Dr.  Samuel,  October  24,  1665,  succeeded  his 
father  as  surgeon  at  Farmington. 

(II)  Dr.  Daniel  (2)  Porter,  son  of  Dr. 
Daniel  ( i )  Porter,  was  bom  February  2, 
1652-53,  died  January  15,  1725.  He  married 
Deborah  Holcomb,  and  settled  at  Waterbury, 
Connecticut,  where  she  died  May  4,  1765.  He 
was  for  a  considerable  time,  the  only  pro- 
fessional man  in  the  town,  there  being  no 
business  for  a  lawyer  and  no  means  of  sup- 
port for  a  minister.  Besides  medicine  and 
surgery,  which  he  learned  under  the  instriw- 
tion  of  his  father,  he  did  land  surveying  and 
filled  various  offices  the  duties  of  which  called 
for  more  than  the  usual  amount  of  education. 
He  left  an  estate  valued  at  about  two  thou- 


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sand  dollars  and  besides  this  he  hafl  £;;iven 
much  to  his  children  in  life.  His  medical  li- 
brary, it  may  be  said,  consisted  at  the  time  of 
his  death  of  a  "hone-set"  book  valued  at  two 
shillings.  Children,  born  at  Waterhury  :  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  below  ;  James,  born  April  20, 
1700;  Thomas,  April  i,  1702,  died  a^ed  nine- 
ty-live: Deborah,  March  6,  1703-04;  Ebenezer, 
December  24,   1708:  Ann,  April  29,   1712. 

(Ill)  Daniel  (3),  son  of  Dr.  Daniel  (2) 
Porter,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  .^[arch  5, 
1699,  died  there  November  14,  1772.  He 
married  (first),  June  13,  1728,  Hannah, 
daughter  of  John  Hopkins.  She  died  Decem- 
ber 31.  1739,  and  he  married  (second)  Jo- 
anna   .     Children  by  first  wife,  born  at 

Waterbury :  Preserved,  born  November  23, 
1729:  Dr.  Daniel,  March  S,  1731,  died  of 
smallpox  at  Crown  Point,  in  1759,  unmarried: 
Hannah,  June  16.  1733 ;  Dr.  Timothy,  men- 
tioned below:  Susanna.  July  7,  1737;  .A.nna, 
December  6.  1738.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Elizabeth,  married  Ard  Warner:  Jemima, 
married  Timothy  Scovill. 

(I\')  Dr.  Timothy  Porter,  son  of  Daniel 
(3)  Porter,  was  born  at  Waterbury,  June  19, 
I735>  died  January  24,  1792.  He  was  also 
a  physician  and  surgeon.  He  married  Alar- 
garet  Skinner,  born  1739,  died  in  1813, 
daughter  of  Gideon  Skinner  of  Bolton,  Con- 
necticut. Children  (dates  from  Waterbury 
history  )  :  Daniel,  mentioned  below  :  Sylvia  C, 
born  February  24,  1771  ;  Dr.  Joseph,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1772  :01ive,  July  26,  1775  ;  Anna,  April 
5,  1777:  Chauncey,  April  24,  1779;  Timothy 
Hopkins,  November  28.  1785. 

(V)  Daniel  (4),  son  of  Dr.  Timothy  Por- 
ter, was  born  September  23,  1768.  He  lived 
at  Waterbury.  He  married  (first),  June  9, 
1789.  Anna  Ingham,  granddaughter  of  Israel 
Clark  of  Southington,  (second)  February  i, 
1834,  ^Irs.  Leve  J.  Johnson.  Children  (from 
Waterbury  history)  :  Horace,  born  Septem- 
ber 30,  1790:  Timothy,  mentioned  below: 
Elias.  ^lay  14,  1795:  .4lma  Anna,  April  12, 
1800:  Dr.  Daniel.  May  20.  1805;  Joseph,  July 
II,  1807. 

(\T)  Timothy,  son  of  Daniel  (4)  Porter, 
was  born  at  Waterbury,  Connecticut,  January 
30,  1792.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Waterbury. 
on  the  old  Porter  homestead.  He  married 
(first).  May  17,  181 1.  Clarissa,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  Frisbie.  She  was  born  at  Water- 
bury, August  21,  1794,  and  died  November 
18,  182 1.  Her  father  was  born  at  Water- 
bury. November  30,  1773  :  married,  November 
23,  1791.  Deborah  Twitchell,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Twitchell.  and  died  in  New  Haven. 
Ohio,  May  14,  1835.  Reuben  Frisbie.  father 
of  Ebenezer,   son   of  Eliiah.  married    (first). 


May  25.  1769,  Hannah  Waklce.  daughter  of 
Ebenezer   U'aklee.      She   flied    .November   22, 

1778.  and  Reuben  married   (second).  June  3, 

1779.  Ruth  Seward,  daughter  of  .\m(js  Sew- 
ard. Reuben  Frisbie  died  September  10, 
1824.  aged  seventy-eight  years. 

Timothy  Porter  married  (second),  Decem- 
ber 30.  1824,  Polly  .Ann.  born  May  12,  1800, 
daughter  of  Hezekiah  Todd,  of  Cheshire. 
Connecticut.  Children  of  Timothy  and  Cla- 
rissa Porter:  Joseph,  mentioned  below  :  .Mary 
Ann.  Ijorn  .-Kugust  21,  1815,  married  S.  E. 
Palmer:  Jane  E..  born  February  3.  1818.  mar- 
riefl  J.  C.  W'elton.  Children  of  Timothy  and 
Polly  .Ann  Porter :  Timothy  Hopkins.  I'ebru- 
ary  16.  1826:  Nathan  T..  December  10.  1828; 
Thomas.  February  9,  1831  ;  David  G.,  .March 
8,  1833;  -"^'imuel  M..  May  17,  1835. 

(\'II)  Joseph,  son  of  Timothy  Porter,  was 
horn  at  Waterbury,  June  5,  1812.  and  died 
in  1893.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  for  many  years 
was  connected  with  the  Seville  Manufacturing 
Company. 

He  married,  January  26,  1840,  at  Water- 
bury, Charlotte  Ann  Tompkins,  of  Florence, 
New  York,  daughter  of  Eber  Tompkins  of 
Plymouth,  Connecticut.  Cliildren :  Celinda 
Jane,  born  June  25,  1842,  married  Henry  C. 
Robinson  and  had  Henry  P..  Edith  and  Irene 
Robinson:  Eleanor  Medora.  born  May  24, 
1845.  married  William  C.  Hart  of  New  Bri- 
tain. Connecticut :  Joseph  L..  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(\III)  Joseph  L.,  son  of  Joseph  Porter, 
was  born  in  Waterbury,  December  19,  1846. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  the  Waterbury  High  School  and  P.as- 
setts"  Private  School  at  Waterbury.  In  1863  he 
went  to  New  York  City  on  July  23,  entered  the 
employ  of  A.  W.  Welton  &  Porter,  dealers  in 
fancy  goods  and  notions.  His  uncles,  N.  T., 
Thomas  and  S.  M.  Porter  were  partners  in 
this  firm,  which  subsequently  became  Porter 
Brothers  &  Company,  and  continued  thus  until 
1897.  In  1897  Mr.  Porter  withdrew  from 
Porter  Brothers  &  Company,  and  reorganized 
the  old  firm  of  Noyes.  Smith  &  Company, 
dealers  in  fancy  goods  and  notions,  and  com- 
mission merchants,  under  the  name  of  Wat- 
son. Porter,  Gibbs  &  Company.  The  house 
continues  at  the  present  time  under  this  name, 
though  Mr.  Porter  is  the  only  survivor  of  the 
original  partnership.  Their  place  of  business 
is  at  61  Leonard  street.  New  York  City.  Mr. 
Porter  is  a  member  of  the  New  England  So- 
ciety of  New  York,  of  the  Wood  Club,  the 
Greenwich  Country  Club,  the  .\rdsley  Club 
at  .\rdsley-on-Hudson,  and  with  his  firm,  a 
member    of    the    Merchants'    .Association    of 


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Xew   York.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican : 
in  religion  a  Baptist. 

He  married,  October  31,  1894,  Carita  High- 
et.  daughter  of  William  Wilson  Highet,  and 
sister  of  Frank  Brewster  Highet  (see 
Highet). 


George  Abbott,  the  immigrant 
ABBOTT     ancestor,  was  probably  born  in 

England,  and  died  in  Rowley, 
Essex  county,  Massachusetts,  in  1647.  He 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  there,  coming  about 
1642  from  England,  with  his  family.  The 
records  of  Rowley  during  the  time  he  lived 
there  are  missing,  so  that  not  much  has  been 
found  concerning  him.  His  name  was  at  the 
head  of  a  list  of  fift\--nine  whose  house-lots 
were  surveyed  January  10.  1643.  About 
twenty  acres  of  land  are  recorded  as  belonging 
to  him  at  that  time,  but  he  evidently  owned 
much  more  than  that.  It  is  thought  that  the 
Thomas  Jr.  in  his  family  was  an  adopted 
son.  George  Abbott  died  in  1647.  ^nd  after 
his  death  the  court  at  Ipswich  decided  to  put 
Thomas  Jr.  out  as  an  apprentice  to  John 
Boynton  for  seven  years,  and  guardians  were 
appointed  for  the  children.  Abbott  left  a 
will,  according  to  the  Massachusetts  colonial 
records,  which  was  referred  by  the  general 
*  court  to  the  Salem  court,  November  11,  1647, 
but  the  will  has  not  been  found.  The  inven- 
tory of  his  estate  was  dated  August  30.  1647. 
About  three  years  after  his  death,  Thomas 
Sr.,  his  son,  was  eighth  on  the  list  of  land- 
owners, and  was  one  of  the  leading  proprie- 
tors and  overseers,  showing  that  his  father 
must  have  owned  a  large  amount  of  land. 
Children,  born  in  England :  Thomas  Sr. ; 
George,  mentioned  below  :  Xehemiah  :  Thomas 
Jr. 

(II)  George  (2).  son  of  George  (i)  Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  England,  about  1631.  Af- 
ter coming  to  Xew  England  he  lived  at  Row- 
ley about  fourteen  years,  and  in  1655  moved 
to  the  part  of  Andover.  later  called  X'orth 
Andover,  and  now  Andover  Center.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  tailor,  and  was  well-to-do  for 
the  times,  being  very  industrious  and  thrifty. 
There  were  but  four  men  in  the  town  who 
had  higher  taxes  than  he.  In  1658-59  he  was 
a  member  of  Sergeant  James  Osgood's  militia 
company,  and  had  been  before  that  a  member 
of  Sergeant  .^teven<'  company,  according  to 
the  Essex  county  court  records.  On  May  19. 
i66g.  he  was  made  freeman,  and  was  chosen 
constable  June  5.  1680.  He  very  likely  held 
many  other  offices,  but  the  records  are  too 
confused  to  tell  correctly.  For  about  thirtv 
years  he  was  in  charge  of  the  Xorth  meeting 
house  at  Andover,  and   received  thirty  shill- 


ings a  year  for  ringing  the  church  Ijell.  The 
first  grant  of  land  which  he  received  from 
the  town  consisted  of  two  parcels  of  about 
four  and  six  acres  each,  the  first  including 
a  house  and  orchard.  The  first  record  of  his 
land  at  Salem  is  June  10,  1662,  for  land  which 
his  son  John  inherited.  The  Andover  com- 
mittee assigned  many  other  lots  of  land  to 
him  at  various  times,  and  there  are  many 
deeds  on  records  made  by  him.  He  became 
a  large  land-owner  and  very  well-to-do.  He 
died  at  Andover,  intestate,  March  22.  1688-89, 
aged  about  fifty-eight  years,  according  to  a 
deposition  that  he  made  in  1657,  when  he 
said  he  was  twenty-six,  and  one  in  1676  when 
he  said  he  was  about  forty-four  years  old. 
His  property  was  divided  between  the  widow 
and  the.  children,  the  agreement  being  signed 
January  20.  1689-90.  George  Abbott  married 
in  Ipswich.  Massachusetts.  April  26.  1658, 
Sarah  Farnum,  who  was  probably  born  in 
Massachusetts,  about  1638;  she  was  daughter 
of  Ralph  and  Alice  Farnum,  of  Andover,  who 
sailed  from  Southampton,  England.  April  6, 
1635.  in  the  brig  "James",  arriving  at  Bos- 
ton, June  3,  1635.  he  aged  thirty-two  and 
his  wife  twenty-eight  years.  It  is  thought 
that  they  were  of  Welsh  ancestry :  they  went 
to  Dracut,  ^Massachusetts,  after  leaving  An- 
dover, and  were  the  ancestors  of  a  prominent 
family.  Sarah  Abbott  married  ( second ) .  Au- 
gust I,  1689,  Sergeant  Henry  Ingalls.  who 
was  born  in  England  about  1627,  son  of  Ed- 
ward and  Anna  Ingalls,  probably  of  Lincoln- 
shire. England,  who  settled  in  Lynn.  Massa- 
chuetts,  in  1629.  They  both  died  at  Andover, 
he  February  8,  1718-19,  aged  ninety-two 
years,  and  she  in  1728.  aged  ninety  years.  In- 
galls' son  James,  w^io  married  Hannah, 
daughter  of  George  and  Sarah  (Farnum) 
Abbott,  was  given  his  homestead  by  will  of 
July  5,  1 7 14.  being  charged  with  the  care  of 
the  widow.  Children,  born  in  Andover: 
George,  mentioned  below :  Sarah,  born  Sep- 
tember 6.  1660:  John.  August  26,  1662:  ^Mary, 
March  20.  1664-65:  X'ehemiah.  July  20.  1667; 
Hannah.  September  22,  1668:  ^lehitable,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1671,  died  young:  Lydia.  March  31, 
1675:  Samuel,  Mav  30,  1678:  Mehitable.  April 
4.    1680. 

(Ill)  George  (3),  son  of  George  (2)  .Ab- 
bott, was  born  in  Andover.  January  28.  1658- 
59.  and  died  there  January  24,  1724.  aged 
si.xty-five.  He  was  a  farmer  and  shoemaker 
in  Andover.  He  received  from  his  father 
sixteen  acres  of  upland  on  which  he  built  his 
house.  This  land  is  now  a  part  of  the  Kit- 
tredge  estate.  On  X'ovember  9.  1723,  he  sold 
to  his  brother  Obed  land  in  Andover.  <  ^n  Oc- 
tober 25,   1723,  he  sold  to  his  sou  L'riah  the 


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house  in  which  he  was  Hving,  the  barn,  half 
the  orchard,  some  plow  land,  and  two  other 
pieces  of  land.     His  will   was  dated  October 

.  I,  1724,  and  proved  December  7,  1724.  He 
married  (first),  at  Andover,  September  13, 
1689,  Elizabeth,  dauojhter  of  Joseph  and  Eliza- 
beth (Phelps)  Ballard,  and  g:randdau<,'hter  of 
William  Ballard,  an  early  settler  in  Andover. 
Joseph  and  John  Ballard  started  a  fulling- 
mill  in  Andover,  the  first  one  there.  Eliza- 
beth (Ballard)  Abbott  died  at  Andover  Mav 
6,  1706.    He  married  (second),  July  21,  1707, 

'  Hannah  Estey,  of  Topsfield,  Essex  county. 
Massachusetts:  she  was  born  there  in  1667, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  (Town)  Estev, 
and  granddaughter  of  Jeffrey  Estey.  .Mary 
Estey,  a  woman  of  "sound  judgment  and  ex- 
alted Christian  character",  was  executed  at 
Salem  for  witchcraft,  September  22,  1692. 
Hannah  (Estey)  .Abbott  died  in  Topsfield, 
November  5,  1741,  where  she  had  been  living 
with  John  Perkins  and  his  wife  since  her 
husband's  death.  Children,  born  in  .\ndover : 
George,  July  28,  1691  ;  Uriah,  November  20, 
1692;  Jacob,  March  19,  1694;  Elizabeth,  No- 
vember 5,  1695:  Obed,  March  16,  1696-97; 
Moses,  February  14,  1698 :  Peter,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  March  17,  1702-3;  Hannah, 
April  16,  1706. 

(IV)  Peter,  son  of  George  (3)  Abbott, 
was  born  in  Andover,  July  27,  1701.  He  was 
a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Brookfield.  Massachu- 
setts, where,  November  13,  1725,  he  bought 
eighty  acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Oua- 
boag  river.  He  served  in  the  colonial  wars, 
with  the  following  record:  Private,  July  17, 
1722,  Colonel  Shadrach  Walton's  command : 
private,  November  22,  1724,  in  Colonel 
Thomas  Westbrook's  command.  He  served  in 
the  revolution,  from  the  third  precinct  in 
Brookfield.  June  30,  1778.  He  probably  died 
in  1785.  His  will  was  dated  .April  27.  1744, 
and  proved  .\pril  26.  1785,  his  eldest  son  Joel 
being  executor.  He  married,  in  Brookfield, 
in  1730,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lydia 
Gilbert ;  Lydia  was  daughter  of  Thomas 
Barns.  Lydia  (Gilbert)  .\bbott  was  probably 
born  at  Brookfield,  January  3,  1712,  grand- 
daughter of  Henry  and  Mary  (Wheat,  wid- 
ow) Gilbert:  great-granddaughter  of  Thomas 
and  Catherine  (Chapin-Bliss)  Gilbert  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  Springfield.  Mas- 
sachusetts. The  Brookfield  records  show  that 
a  Peter  .Abbott  married,  in  1759,  Rachel  Ste- 
vens, and.  as  there  was  no  other  Peter  there 
at  the  time,  this  was  probably  his  second  mar- 
riage. Children,  horn  at  Brookfield :  Nathan, 
March  8,   1731,  died  January   16,   1742:  Joel, 

■  born  January  I  (12?).  1732-33;  Damaris, 
March  7.  1734-35,  died  July  11,  1736;  Gideon, 


born  .April  20.  1738;  Elizabeth,  July  30,  1739; 
Nathan,  mentioned  below;  Jesse,  twin  of  Na- 
than; Moses,  December  20,  1743,  died  Sep- 
tember 2,  1748;  Joshua,  born  .April  12,  1746; 
Lydia,  November  25.  1748;  Prudence,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1752:  Sarah,  May  21,  1755;  John, 
probably  died  young. 

I  \  )  Nathan,  son  of  Peter  .Abbott,  was  born 
-March  20,  1742,  in  Brookfield.  He  removed 
to  Tyringham.  Massachusetts,  and  later  to 
Stockbridge.  Windsor  county,  \'ermont,  where 
he  was  living  in  1790,  when  the  first  federal 
census  shows  that  he  had  two  males  over  six- 
teen, two  under  that  age,  and  five  females  in 
his  family.  .Among  his  children  were:  Peter; 
Mathias,  born  .August  11.  1770:  -\nne,  Octo- 
ber 6.  1772:  Elizabeth.  June  2~.  1777;  Dan- 
ford;  child  born  March  29,  1781  ;  child,  Feb- 
ruary, 1782. 

CV'I)  Danford,  grandson  of  Nathan  .Ab- 
bott,   was    born   about    1800,   in    Stockbridge, 

Vermont.     He  married  Burnett.     His 

sister  married  the  grandfather  of  C.  W.  Fair- 
banks,   vice-president    of    the    United    States. 

(\TI)  Luther  Burnett,  son  of  Danford  .Ab- 
bott, was  born  at  Stockbridge,  \'ermont,  in 
January  in  1829,  and  died  in  Minnesota,  1908. 
He  was  a  machinist,  farmer  and  railroad  man, 
able  and  successful.  He  married  Marian 
Elizabeth  Soper,  born  at  Leicester.  Rutland 
county,  \'ermont,  1827,  died  1910.  daughter 
of  Jesse  Soper,  born  1788,  a  soldier  in  the 
war  of  1812.  Jesse  -Abbott,  a  relative,  was 
also  a  soldier  in  this  war. 

(\TII)  Frank  D.,  son  of  Luther  Bur- 
nett -Abbott,  was  bom  at  Bethel,  Vermont, 
January  29,  1853.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  several  schools  in 
Minnesota,  and  the  normal  school  at  Owaton- 
na.  In  1874  he  came  to  Chicago  and  found 
employment.  Here  he  began  his  literary 
career  as  correspondent  and  contributor  to  a 
musical  publication  entitled  The  Vox  Humana. 
In  1884  he  established  The  Presto,  a  weekly 
journal  of  the  music  trades  and  industries, 
published  every  Thursday,  at  440  South  Dear- 
born street,  Chicago.  The  business  was  in- 
corporated in  1004  as  the  Presto  Publishing 
Company,  of  which  Mr.  .Abbott  is  president. 
This  corporation  also  publishes  The  Presto 
Buyers'  Guide,  the  Blue  Book  of  American 
Musical  Instruments.  C.  A.  Daniel!  is  the 
associate  editor  of  The  Presto. 

Mr.  .Abbott  is  a  member  of  the  Press  Club 
of  Chicago:  the  Glen  Oak  Club  of  Glen  Ellyn. 
Illinois:  the  \\'hcaton  Golf  Club  of  Wheaton, 
Illinois;  the  .Automobile  Club  of  Chicago:  the 
New  England  Society  of  Chicago:  Saint  Ce- 
cilia Lodge,  Free  .Vlasons :  .Austin  Chapter, 
No.   14,  Royal  .\rch  Masons.  .Austin.  Minne- 


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sota;  Apollo  Commandery,  Xo.  i.  Knights 
Templar.  .Medina  Temple,  Order  of  the  Mys- 
tic Shrine,  etc.,  etc.  ■  He  is  independent  in 
politics,  and  non-sectarian  in  religion.  He 
married,  in  1878.  Eva  Shugart,  who  was  born 
at  Elizabeth,  Pennsylvania.  March  9,  1859, 
daughter  of  Fletcher  Shugart,  of  German  an- 
cestry. They  have  one  child,  Bertha  Bere- 
nice,'born  at  Brighton,  Iowa.  January,  1879, 
who  married  Otto  Miller,  of  Glen  EUyn,  Illi- 
nois, and  has  one  child,  Jenny  Miller,  born 
June   I,   1910. 

Many  families  of  this  name  are 
BROWX     found  very  early  in  Xew  Eng- 
land, and  several  different  fam- 
ilies often  appear  in  one  neighborhood,  mak- 
ing  it    difficult    to    distinguish.      The    family 
herein    traced    was    located    in    the    Plymouth 
Colonv.  but  the  continued  tracing  is  rendered 
extremely  difficult  by  the  meagreness  of  vital 
records  in  some  of  the  towns  of  that  region. 
(I)    Among  the  signers  of  the  Mayflower 
Compact.   Xovember    11,    1620,  on   board  the 
historic  "Mayflower."  in  Cape  Cod  Bay,   Pe- 
ter  Brown   was   thirty-third.     He   is   said   to 
have  been  a  son  of  Thomas  and  great-grand- 
son   of    Anthony    Brown,    who    was    created 
Knight  of  the  Bath  at  the  coronation  of  Rich- 
ard II.,  and  was  recipient  of  the  famous  Bat- 
tle Abbey  at  the  hands  of  Henry  VHI.    John 
Brown,  an  elder  brother  of  Peter,  became  ac- 
quainted with   the    Pilgrims  at  Leyden,   Hol- 
land, prior  to  1620,  and  the  year  of  his  immi- 
gration has  been  fixed  at  about  1630.    He  was 
a    resident    of    Duxbury,    Massachusetts,     in 
1636,   and   was   a   man  of   large   intelligence, 
great  energy  of  character  and  deep  and  ear- 
nest piety.     In  1634  he  was  made  a  freeman, 
and  in  1636  was  an  assistant  to  the  governor, 
an  office  which  he  held  by  annual  election  for 
seventeen  years.     He  was  a  grand  pioneer  in 
the  settlement  of  the   towns   on   the  west  of 
old  Plymouth.     His  name  is  found  among  the 
purchasers  of  Taunton  in   1637,  and  he,  with 
;\Iiles    Standish,    erected    bounds    around    the 
purchase  in   1640,     Thither  he  had  probably 
removed  with  his    family    before    1643.    for 
among  the  fifty-four  males  subject  to  military 
duty  in  that  year  his  name  stands  first,  fol- 
lowed   bv    his    two    sons,    James    and    John. 
During  the  same  year  he  was  one  of  the  com- 
panv  to  purchase  Rehoboth,  and  his  interest 
in   that  township    was    the    largest    of    any, 
am.ounting   to   £600   sterling.     Prior  to  June 
9,   1645,  he  removed  to  Rehoboth.     His  son 
James  removed  from  Taunton  with  him.  and 
his  son  John  followed  in  1*^147.     In  December, 
1645,    John   Brown,   Sr.  became   sole   proprie- 
tor of  the  section  known  by  the   Indians  as 


Wannamoisett  and  Wannamoisett  Xeck  (now 
Bullock's  Point  and  Riverside,  Rhode  Island), 
which  originally  included  a  portion  of  the 
present  towns  of  Rehoboth  and  Swansea,  with, 
a  large  portion  of  Barrington  and  the  south 
part  of  Sekonk  and  East  Providence.  His 
name  appears  on  all  of  the  important  com- 
mittees of  the  town  of  Rehoboth.  In  1643 
the  colonies  of  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut  and  Xew  Haven,  united  in  a  con- 
federacy styled  the  United  Colonies  of  Xew 
England,  for  their  common  defense  and  wel- 
fare. Each  colony  sent  two  commissioners 
to  the  meetings  of  this  body,  and  John 
Brown  represented  Plymouth  Colony  twelve 
vears.  He  was  associated  in  deliberations 
with  such  men  as  John  Winthrop  and  others, 
serving  the  colonies  wisely  and  faithfully.  He 
died  at  Wannamoisett.  .\pril  10,  1662.  His 
widow,  Dorothy  Brown,  died  in  Swansea, 
January  2"],  1673,  aged  ninety  years.  Chil- 
dren :  Alary,  married  Captain  Thomas  W'il- 
lett ;  John,   mentioned   below ;  James   Brown. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  (i)  and 
Dorothy  Brown,  was  born  probably  in  Eng- 
land, and  resided  in  Rehoboth,  where  he  died 
March  31,  1662.  His  will  was  probated  the 
same  day  and  his  father  was  made  executor. 
He  married  Lydia.  daughter  of  William  Buck- 
land.  Children :  John,  born  "last  Friday  of 
September,  1650";  Annah,  January  29,  1657; 
Lydia,  August  5,  1655  :  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low;  Xathaniel,  June  9,  1661. 

(III)  Joseph,  second  son  of  John  (2)  and 
Lydia  (Buckland)  Brown,  was  born  April  9. 
1658,  in  Rehoboth,  and  resided  in  that  town 
until  after  1702,  when  he  removed  to  Attle- 
boro,  Massachusetts,  and  was  representative 
from  that  town  in  1712  and  1726-27-28.  He 
died  there  May  5,  1731.  He  married,  Xo- 
vember 10,  1680,  Hannah  Fitch,  born  1669-70, 
tlied  October  14,  1739.  Children,  born  in  Re- 
hoboth: Hannah  and  Joseph  (twins),  Xo- 
vember 21,  1681  (latter  died  young)  ;  Joseph, 
died  young:  Jabosh  (Jabez),  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  March  13,  1685;  Joseph,  August 
28.  1688 :  Lydia,  December  5.  1691 :  Benja- 
min, .\pril  13,  1694;  Mary,  June  28,  1696; 
Christopher,  June  17,  1699;  Jeremiah,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1702.  There  is  reason  to  believe  that 
there  was  another,   Xoah. 

(I\')  Jabez.  third  son  of  Joseph  and  Han- 
nah (  Fitch )  Brown,  was  born  December  30, 
1683,  in  Rehoboth,  and  died  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  September  9,  1724.  He  mar- 
ried at  Providence.  Xovember  18,  1718,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Israel  and  Mary  ( \Vilmarth ) 
Whipple,  born  Xovember  3,  1699,  in  .Attle- 
boro,  and  granddaughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
Whipple,   who  came   from    England   to   Dor- 


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Chester,  .Massachusetts,  in  1632,  and  removed 
to  Providence  in  1658.  They  had  sons :  Icha- 
bod,   Nicholas  and  Jabez. 

(  \' )  Nicholas,  son  of  Jabez  and  Mary 
(Whipple)  Brown,  was  born  February  24. 
1720,  in  Attleboro.  and  resided  in  Cumberland 
and  Smithtield,  Rhode  Island.  .\t  the  time 
of  his  marriage,  April  22.  1744.  to  Hope, 
daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  (  Spraguc  1 
Whipple,  he  was  called  "of  Cumberlanil,"  as 
was  also  his  wife.  She  was  born  Ajiril  2S, 
1723,  in  Smithfield.  Children:  Ichabod. 
mentioned  below;  Jeremiah,  born  about  1747; 
Nicholas,  October,  1749:  Elizabeth,  probably 
1751  :  Mary,  about  1753:  Levi,  1755. 

(  \'I  I  Ichabod.  eldest  child  of  Nicholas  and 
Hope  ( Whipple )  Brown,  was  born  probably 
1745.  in  Smithtield,  although  not  recorded 
in  that  town  or  elsewhere  in  Rhode  Island. 
He  was  an  officer  in  the  revolutionary  army, 
his  commission  issued  by  Governor  Greene, 
of  Rhode  Island,  in  1779.  After  the  revolu- 
tion he  resided  for  a  time  in  Adams.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  among  the  ear_l>-  settlers 
of  Farmington.  Ontario  county,  New  York, 
in  1791.  He  took  up  land  there  at  this  time, 
but  did  not  remove  his  family  until  later. _  He 
seems  to  have  lived  for  a  time  in  Mansfield, 
New  York,  as  his  wife  died  there  April  17, 
1807.  He  spent  his  last  days  with  his  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Rhoba  Wells,  in  Farmington,  where 
he  died  September  16.  1828.  He  married. 
November  9.  1777,  Hannah,  eldest  child  of 
Stephen  and  Mehitable  (Cook)  Ballou,  born 
March  15,  1752,  in  Cimiberland.  Rhode 
Island. 

(  \'II )  Benjamin  Ballou,  son  of  Ichabod  and 
Hannah  (  Ballou  1  Brown,  was  probably  born 
in  Adams,  and  resided  for  a  time  in  Penn 
Yan,  New  York,  where  he  kept  a  store, 
whence  he  removed  to  Manchester.  New 
York,  where  several  of  his  children  were  born. 
After  residing  for  a  tiine  in  Auburn,  New 
York,  he  removed  in  1837  to  McHenry,  Illi- 
nois, where  he  was  a  pioneer  settler.  He 
built  a  log  cabin  which  was  known  as  Brown's 
"Log  Cabin  Tavern"  on  the  site  of  the  pres- 
ent Riverside  Hotel  at  McHenry.  His  last 
days  were  spent  at  King  City,  Missouri,  with 
his'  daughter.  Reliance  Griswold.  and  he  died 
July  ^o.  1864.  He  married  Anne  Mary, 
daughter  of  Toshua  and  Reliance  (Lawrence) 
Wav,  in  M'ilo,  Yates  county.  New  \  ork, 
about  1815.  She  was  a  native  of  Milo.  New 
York.  Children:  Reliance.  Henry  Town- 
send,  Susan,  Homer.   Mary  and  William  W  . 

(\TII)  Henrv  Townsend.  eldest  son  ot 
Benjamin  R.  and  Anne  Mary  (Way)  Brown, 
was  born  November  i,  1823,  in  Manchester, 
New   York,  and   was  a  small   boy   when   his 


parents  removed  to  Illinois.  At  the  age  of 
sixteen  years  lie  operated  the  ferry  conducted 
by  his  father  over  the  Fox  river  at  McHenry. 
Ilis  duties  consisted  of  paddling  a  tiat-bottom 
scow  from  one  bank  to  tiie  other.  He  at- 
tended tlie  Slater  .Academy  at  Ringwood,  .Mc- 
Henry county,  Illinois,  for  several  seasons, 
and  suiiseiinently  took  up  the  study  oi  medicine 
with  Ur.  James  .Mc.Mlister,  of  that  town.  .Af- 
ter three  years  he  went  to  Chicago,  where  he 
entered  Rush  .Medical  College,  from  which 
he  received  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  I-'ebruary  7, 
1850.  .At  this  time  the  California  fever  was 
at  its  height  and  the  adventurous  spirit  which 
he  had  inlierited  from  his  pioneer  ancestors  led 
the  young  physician  to  cross  the  plains  with 
a  party  of  four  who  followed  the  "Id  .Mormon 
trail  until  they  reached  I'lacerville.  California, 
then  known  as  "Hangtown".  Ur.  Brown  here 
combined  the  practice  of  medicine  and  sur- 
gery with  gold  mining,  but  two  years  of  the 
wild  western  life  sufficed  him  and  he  returned 
to  Illinois.  Proceeding  by  steamer  to  the 
Isthmus  of  Panama,  he  crossed  with  mule 
train  and  proceeded  from  .Aspinwall  to  New 
Orleans  by  steamer,  thence  up  the  .Mississippi 
by  steamer  and  from  there  by  stage  to  Mc- 
Henry. He  devoted  five  years  to  the  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  in  and  about  that  town, 
and  in  1857  again  crossed  the  plains,  going 
as  far  as  Pike's  Peak,  Colorado,  where  he 
once  more  combined  the  occupation  of  phy- 
sician and  gold-seeker.  Within  a  year  he 
tired  of  this  and  returned  to  Illinois.  On  this 
journey  the  party  encountered  a  herd  of  buf- 
falo which  spread  as  far  as  the  eye  could 
reach,  and  three  days  were  consumed  in  driv- 
ing through  them.  Great  caution  was  neces- 
sary to  prevent  a  stampede  which  might  have 
proved  fatal  to  the  party.  Settling  at  Mc- 
Henry, Dr.  Brown  there  continued  to  prac- 
tice until  a  few  years  before  his  death.  June 
26,  1907.  He  was  a  man  of  broad  and  lib- 
eral mind;  a  L'niversalist  in  religion,  and 
an  active  supporter  of  Republican  jirinciptes 
in  governmental  affairs.  He  married,  at  Mc- 
Henrv.  June  i.  1852.  Mary  .Almira.  daughter 
of  .Abijah  and  Thankful  (Griswold)  Smith, 
born  .April  29.  183 1.  in  Springfield.  \'ermont. 
Their  first  child,  born  May  28.  1854.  died 
voung.  The  others  were :  .Adele.  born  June 
8.  1855.  married  Clarence  .A.  Knight,  at  Mc- 
Henrv,  October  31,  1877:  Paul,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IN)  Paul,  youngest  son  of  Dr.  Henry  T. 
and  Mary  .A.  (Smith)  Brown,  was  born 
December  i.  1864.  at  McHenry.  and  was  erlu- 
cated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
He  began  the  studv  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Hovne.   Horton  &  Hoyne.  in  Chicago,  which 


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was  one  of  the  most  prominent  law  firms  in 
the  west,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
"March,  1886.  Within  a  few  months  he  was 
appointed  r\laster  in  Chancery  of  the  Circuit 
Court  of  Cook  county,  which  position  he  held 
eight  years,  resigning  at  the  end  of  that  time 
in  order  to  devote  his  entire  time  to  his  pri- 
vate practice.  From  1889  to  1903  he  was 
a  member  of  the  law  firm  of  Knight  &  Brown, 
when  the  firm  was  dissolved  and  he  became  a 
member  of  the  firm  of  Horton  &  Brown, 
which  firm  continued  until  1906,  when  the 
firm  became  Horton,  Brown,  Richardson  & 
Miller.  This  was  dissolved  in  1908,  and  since 
that  time  Air.  Brown  has  continued  in  prac- 
tice independently.  Mr.  Brown  has  taken 
part  in  large  important  litigations.  Among 
the  earliest  of  these  cases  was  that  of  Greg- 
sten  vs.  City  of  Chicago,  Mr.  Brown  repre- 
senting the  complainant.  He  was  defeated  in 
the  Circuit  and  Appellate  courts,  but  the  Su- 
preme court  reversed  both  lower  courts  and 
sustained  every  contention  of  the  complain- 
ant. This  decision  settled  the  law  with  ref- 
erence to  the  rights  of  parties  using  space 
under  sidewalks,  streets  and  alleys  in  the  city 
of  Chicago  under  ordinance  or  contract.  Oth- 
er important  cases  were  those  of :  Swigart 
vs.  The  People,  154  Illinois,  284;  People  vs. 
Lake  Street,  Elevated  Railroad  Company,  54 
Illinois,  Appellate  348:  Llewellyn  vs.  Dinger, 
165  Illinois,  26.  The  last-named  case  involved 
a  large  tract  of  valuable  property  at  Wil- 
mette,  a  suburb  of  Chicago,  which  was  begun 
in  1871  and  continued  twenty-five  years,  a 
cloud  upon  the  title  to  the  land  involved,  and 
in  the  meantime  the  parties  to  the  litigation 
and  their  counsel  had  all  died.  In  1896  Mr. 
Brown  was  employed  by  the  heirs  of  the  orig- 
inal defendant.  Dinger,  and  in  January  of 
the  following  year  obtained  a  decision  of  the 
Supreme  court  terminating  the  litigation  in 
favor  of  his  clients.  He  was  counsel  in  sev- 
eral cases  involving  the  Lake  Street  Elevated 
Railroad,  and  in  that  of  the  Inter-Ocean  Pub- 
lishing Company  vs.  the  Associated  Press,  184 
Illinois,  348.  This  is  the  celebrated  case 
which  resulted  in  the  dissolution  of  the  Asso- 
ciated Press  as  an  Illinois  corporation  and  its 
reorganization  under  the  laws  of  Xew  York. 
The  Circuit  court  dismissed  the  hill  filed  by 
Air.  Brown  for  want  of  equity,  and  this  ac- 
tion was  approved  by  the  .Appellate  court,  but 
upon  appeal  the  Supreme  court  sustained 
every  contention  of  the  complainant,  revers- 
ing: the  decree  of  the  lower  courts,  with  direc- 
tions  to  enter  a  decree  as  prayed  for  in  the 
bill.  Mr.  Brown  was  counsel  in  the  case  of 
Sargent  Glass  Company  vs.  The  Matthews 
Land  Company  of  Indiana,  and  other  impor- 


tant cases  in  that  state,  wherein  large  cor- 
porations were  involved.  He  takes  an  active 
interest  in  political  progress,  being  a  staunch 
Republican,  but  has  steadfastlv  declined  any 
nomination  for  an  elective  oftice.  His  pleas- 
ing personality  and  professional  characteris- 
tics are  well  described  in  an  article  from  a 
Chicago  legal  paper,  as  follows:  "Mr.  Brown 
is  a  man  of  plain  manners,  fixed  convictions, 
sterling  integrity  and  a  firm  purpose  to  do  the 
right.  He  possesses  a  well-balanced  judg- 
ment, and  a  keen  sense  of  honor.  As  a  law- 
yer he  is  distinguished  for  his  thoroughness 
and  careful  attention  in  the  preparation  of 
his  ;)leadings,  his  logical  arrangement  and 
plain  presentation  of  the  issues,  and  his  terse 
argument — he  studies  each  case  as  if  he  never 
had  one  at  all  similar,  but  expected  to  have 
many  more  involving  the  same  questions." 

He  married,  April  2^,  1889,  at  AIcHenry, 
Grace  Alice,  daughter  of  Oliver  Williams  and 
Harriett  Elizabeth  (Holmes)  Owen,  born  at 
AIcHenry,  Illinois,  in  1864,  died  April  25, 
191 1,  in  Glencoe.  a  Chicago  suburb.  Their 
children  are:  Paul  Donald,  born  July  11, 
1890:  Grace  Dorothy,  October  25.  1892; 
Clarence  Raymond,  February  16,  1896. 


LANE 

verv  earlv 


The  surname  Lane  is  of  the  same 
class  as  Woods,  Pond,  Field,  Hill, 
coming  into  use  as  a  surname  at  a 
date.  The  personal  name  modi- 
fied by  the  designation,  "in  the  lane",  "by  the 
lane"',  "in  lana",  "ad  lanam",  may  be  found  in 
medieval  documents.  The  Lane  family  of 
Kings  Bromley  claims  to  be  of  Xorman  ori- 
gin, descending  from  Sir  Reginald  de  Lane, 
of  the  twelfth  century.  Alany  of  the  English 
branches  £)i  the  Lane  family  have  coats-of- 
arms. 

(I)  William  Lane,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  came  probably  from 
the  western  part  of  England.  He  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Dorchester,  Alassachusetts.  as  early 
as  1635.  He  received  grants  of  land  there  in 
1637.  His  will,  proved  July  6.  1634,  mentions 
his  children,  but  no  wife.  Children,  all  prob- 
ably born  in  England:  Elizabeth:  Man*; 
-Avis,  or  Avith :  George,  mentioned  below ; 
Sarah ;  Andrew. 

(II)  George,  son  of  William  Lane,  was 
an  early  settler  in  Hingham,  and  at  the  first 
division  of  land,  September  18,  1635,  was 
granted  a  house  lot  of  five  acres.  He  also 
had  a  grant  of  ten  acres  at  "Nutty  Hill.  "  and 
thirteen  shares  in  the  common  lands.  He 
was  a  shoemaker,  and  resided  on  what  is  now 
North,  near  Beal  street.  He  was  selectman 
in  1669-78.  He  died  June  11,  1689.  His 
will  was  dated  October  16,  1688,  and  proved 


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August  20.  1689.  He  married  Sarah  Harris. 
who  died  at  Hingham,  March  26.  1694-95, 
daughter  of  Walter  and  Mary  (Frye)  Harris. 
Her  father  came  to  Weymouth  in  1632.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Hingham :  Sarah.  March, 
1637-38;  Hannah,  February  24.  1638-39:  Jo- 
siah,  May  23,  1641  ;  Susannah,  June  23,  1644: 
John,  mentioned  below;  Ebenezer.  .\ugust  25, 
1650;  Mary,  April  11,  i6:;3;  Peter,  [ulv  21, 
1656.  ^  •     • 

(HI  I  John,  son  of  George  Lane,  was  born 
January,  1647-48,  and  died  at  Norton,  Massa- 
chusetts, November  23,  1712.  He  married, 
June  4.  1674.  .Mehitable,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Jane  Hobart ;  she  was  born  July  4,  165 1, 
and  died  February  15.  1689-90.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  about  1693.  Sarah .  who 

was  admitted  to  the  church  at  Norton  in 
1718  and  died  November,  1727.  He  was 
known  in  Hingham  as  John  Lane,  the  shoe- 
maker, and  was  constable  there  in  1689.  He 
removed  to  Norton,  Massachusetts,  about 
1694,  and  settled  near  the  boundary  between 
Norton  and  Attleborough.  He  was  taxed  in 
Attleborough.  November  12,  1696,  £1  for  pay- 
ing the  town's  debt  of  £5  15s.  id.,  and  was 
chosen  grand  juryman  March  22,  1696-97. 
He  was  rated  in  Norton,  1710,  for  building 
the  first  meeting  house,  and  was  on  the  com- 
mittee, June  12,  171 1,  to  secure  incorpora- 
tion of  the  precinct  of  Norton.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Samuel,  born  March  15,  1677: 
Priscilla,  March  5,  1679-80:  Mary.  .A.pril  3, 
1682:  Asaph,  July  21,  1685:  child:  children 
by  second  wife:  Ephraim.  mentioned  below: 
John,  born  February  18,  1695-96:  Sarah,  Jan- 
uary II.  1697-98:  Benjamin,  February  15, 
1698-99:  Sarah,  June  22,  1701 ;  Melatiah, 
June  18.  1703:  Elizabeth,  July  29,  1705:  Ebe- 
nezer,   April   6.    1707. 

(IV)  Ephraim,  son  of  John  Lane,  was  born 
June  24,  1604.  in  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts. 
He  married.  January  10,  1716-17.  Ruth  Shep- 
person.  who  united  with  the  church  in  Nor- 
ton, 1718:  she  was  a  daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Shepperson,  of  .Attleborough.  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  was  admitted  to  full  com- 
munion with  the  church  in  Norton,  1715.  and 
was  tithingman  in  1719.  Children:  Ephraim, 
mentioned  below:  Elkanah.  born  April  i, 
1719:  Ruth.  April  13.  1721,  died  young; 
Ruth.  January  11.  iy22-2Ti:  Jonathan.  Feb- 
ruary 2^.  1724:  Abigail,  September  11.  1727; 
Samuel,  September  30,  1729. 

(\')  Ephraim  (2).  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Lane,  was  born  September  30.  1717.  and  died 
in  1800,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  married. 
September  21.  ^738,  Mehitable  Stone,  who 
joined  the  church  in  1742.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  church  in  1734  and  was  made  tithing- 


man in  1745.  He  kept  a  public  house,  1754- 
67.  Children:  i-lphraini.  mentioned  below; 
Nathaniel,  born  June  15,  1743;  Isaac,  May 
9.  1745;  Mehitable,  June  3,  1747,  died  young'; 
.\nne,  July  21,  1752:  .Mehitable,  January  5, 
1755;  Chloe,  February  4,  1757;  Poliv,  May 
27,   i7''^2- 

(\'I)  Lieutenant-Colonel  Ephraim  (i) 
Lane,  son  of  Ephraim  (2)  Lane,  was  born 
July  9,  1739-40,  and  died  in  1826.  He  mar- 
ried, February  19.  1764.  Elizabeth  Copeland, 
of  Norton,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah 
(.\llen)  Copeland;  she  died  January  12,  1818. 
He  kept  public  house,  1768-73.  He  was  lieu- 
tenant-colonel in  Colonel  Daggett's  regiment, 
called  out  by  the  Lexington  alarm,  .\pril  19, 
1775;  was  appointed  first  captain  of  .Vorton 
artillery  com|)an\-,  <  )ctoi)er  31.  1776:  was  lieu- 
tenant-colonel of  Thomas  Carpenters'  regi- 
ment, Rhode  Island  service,  July  21  to  Sep- 
tember 9,  1778:  was  town  treasurer,  1787-88; 
selectman,  1789-94.  He  died  in  .-Xpril,  1826. 
Children:  William,  born  .April  7,  1765:  Eli- 
jah, .April  16,  1767:  Isaac.  May  28,  1769; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below:  Betsey.  June  6, 
1775:  David.  .August  15,  1777:  .Mien.  Feb- 
ruary 16.  1780:  Calvin,  March  11,  1782; 
George,  Julv  26,  1786:  Sarah,  October  29, 
1789. 

(\II)   Deacon  Daniel  Lane,  son  of  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Ephraim  Lane,  was  born  .April 
22.    1 77 1,   and   died   November    i.    1857.     He 
married,    November    17,    1794,    Eunice    Dan- 
forth.  who  died  in   1852.     He   served  in  the 
war  of   1812:   united  with  the  church  about 
1814:  was  selectman.  1815- 18- 19-20;  assessor, 
in  1812,  for  four  years.     He  was  elected  dea- 
con   of    the    L'nitarian   church   December  2, 
1824,  held  the  office  twelve  years,  and  then 
resigned.     The  church,   September  30.    1836, 
"voted  that  the  thanks  of  the  church  be  pre- 
sented to  Deacon   Daniel   Lane   for  the  long 
and  useful  services  he  has  afforded  the  church 
in    his    office.     *     *     *     Like    most    of    the 
young  men  of  his  time.  Deacon  Lane  enjoyed 
but   few  advantages  for  obtaining  an  educa- 
tion,  yet    by   observation    and   experience    he 
succeeded  in  storing  his  mind  with  much  prac- 
tical wisdom  and  good  sense,  so  that  his  coun- 
sel was  often   sought  for  and  valued  by  his 
friends  and  townsmen.     .As  an  oflicer  in  the 
church    his    many    virtues    and    his    practical 
good  sense,  his  love  for  peace  and  his  unos- 
tentatious  life,   rendered  his  advice  of  great 
value,  and  especially  was  it  so  to  his  vener- 
able  pastor.     In  all   the  positions  of  life  he 
occupied   he   was    faithful    and   reliable.      He 
retained  his  physical  and  mental  faculties  in 
a  remarkable  degree  to  the  la.st.  and  labored 
until   forty-eight  hours  before  his  death." 


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Children,  born  at  Xorton  :  i.  Eunice.  July 
i8,  1796,  died  January  24,  1825.  2.  Daniel, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Bradford,  April  19,  1799. 
died  December  7,  1834.  4.  Lavinia,  born 
March  14,  1801  ;  married  James  Perry,  and 
had  Harry  C,  born  1827;  George  L.  and 
Eliza.  5.  Thomas  Danforth,  born  .March  14, 
1803,  died  October  21,  1872:  resided  at  Law- 
rence, Massachusetts:  married  (first)  Alary 
Beals,  of  Canton.  Massachusetts,  who  died 
January  9,  1855.  and  (second),  about  1886, 
:  had  no  children.  6.  Clarissa,  Sep- 
tember 26.-  1804,  died  February  17,  1825. 
7.  Albert.  September  2~,  1806.  died  October 
5,  1863:  married.  February  28.  1835.  Almira 
Gregory,  of  Xorton.  born  August  26.  1814, 
and  had  Henry  A.,  born  Xovember  2,  1835  ; 
Crawford,  August  30.  1836;  Ellen  M.,  Mav 
26,  1838:  Marcus  O.,  April  15,  1846;  Her- 
bert E..  September  2.  1849;  Juha  Etta,  Janu- 
ary II,  1852.  8.  Ephraim,  born  April  i,  1809, 
died  Xovember  i.;,  1864:  married,  September 
22,  1834,  Lemira  .\nn  Chace,  who  died  Au- 
gtist  6,  1868 ;  children :  Willard,  born  at 
Taunton,  June  22,  1835 :  Seabury  Xelson, 
IMarch  24,  1837 ;  Frank  Ephraim.  December 
20,  1849.  9.  Harrison,  born  Alarch  26,  1810, 
a  painter,  at  Taunton ;  married  Augusta  Bab- 
bitt;  children:  Richard  B.,  born  Xovember  i, 
1846,  died  July  28,  1864:  Julia  A.,  January 
29,  1848.  10.  Benjamin  Copeland.  born  De- 
cember 22.  1812:  died  unmarried,  in   1890. 

(\Tn)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Daniel 
(i)  Lane,  was  born  in  Xorton,  September  4, 
1797.  He  was  a  manufacturer  at  Xorton.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Daniel  Bassett. 
of  Xorton.  Children:  i.  Daniel,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Clara  E.,  born  Xovember  11.  1829; 
married  Captain  Alartin  Palmer,  of  Xew  Bed- 
ford :  he  was  thrown  overboard  and  drowned 
while  harpooning  a  whale ;  children :  Clara 
A.,  born  1851,  Fred  ]\L,  1854,  Mary.  3. 
Frederick  T..  born  April  12,  1832;  married 
Serena  R.  Caswell,  born  December  lo.  1827: 
children:  Annie  S.,  born  July  12,  1857,  a 
teacher ;  Serena  C,  June  7,  1858,  an  artist ; 
Alary  L..  October  i,   1869.  a  teacher. 

(IX)  Dr.  Daniel  (3)  Lane,  son  of  Daniel 
(2)  Lane,  was  born  at  Xorton,  June  9,  1825, 
and  died  in  1912,  at  Dighton,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  dentist  in  Boston.  He  married, 
April  8,  1849,  Anna  Elizabeth  Pidge.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  .\rthur  Erastus,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Anna  W'inthrop.  born  July  29,  1857;  mar- 
ried, 1 88 1,  William  Henry  Gilmore,  a  jeweler 
at  Attleborough,  Massachusetts;  children: 
Arthur  Harold,  born  April  12.  1882;  Ernest 
Lenwood,  August  21.  1883:  Erastine  Bright. 
Alay  27,   1888;   Evans   W'inthrop,   March   28, 


1892.  3.  Emma  Frances,  twin  of  Anna,  died 
January   17,   1869. 

(X)  Arthur  Erastus,  son  of  Dr.  Daniel  ('3) 
Lane,  was  born  at  Xorton,  Januarv-i6,  1853. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  the  Lawrence  (Massachusetts)  high 
school.  After  leaving  school  he  became  a 
bookkeeper  in  a  Boston  house  dealing  in  wall- 
papers and  interior  decorations,  where  he  re- 
mained two  years.  He  then  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  Henry  A.  Gane  &  Son.  a  firm  estab- 
lished in  1846.  dealing  in  bookbinders'  sup- 
plies and  machinery,  in  1871,  as  bookkeeper. 
This  firm  had  a  store  also  in  Xew  York  City, 
and  he  subsequently  was  employed  in  that  de- 
partment as  bookkeeper  and  salesman  until 
1883.  when  he  was  admitted  to  the  firm  and 
went  to  Chicago  to  manage  the  branch  of  the 
firm's  business  in  that  city.  The  firm  also  has 
a  branch  in  St.  Louis.  It  is  now  composed 
of  three  partners — George  A.  Gane.  Arthur 
E.  Lane  and  S.  F.  Gane.  under  the  name  of 
Gane  Brothers  &  Company.  The  Chicago  of- 
fice is  at  610  to  618  Federal  street.  Chicago. 

Mr.  Lane  is  a  member  of  the  Chicago  Ath- 
letic Club,  the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  the 
Homewood  Club,  the  Hamilton  Club,  all  of 
Chicago,  the  Xew  England  Society  of  Chi- 
cago, and  of  Lodge  of  Free  Masons.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican ;  in  religion  non-sec- 
tarian. He  married,  December  21,  1882.  Mary 
Louise,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Louise 
(Lull)  Walker:  she  was  born  at  Woodstock, 
X'ermont,  Xovember  9,  1861.  Children:  i. 
Arthur  Walker,  born  February.  1884:  died 
June.  1884.  2.  Marjorie,  born  X'ovember  9, 
1887:  educated  in  private  schools  and  at  \'as- 
sar  College,  where  she  was  a  student  in  1904, 
and  at  Smith  College,  from  which  she  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts 
in   i()o8. 


Orange    Ellis,   the  immigrant  an- 
ELLIS     cestor,     came     with     his     brother 

Richard  to  Bangor.  Alaine,  and 
afterward  settled  at  Pepperill,  Aliddlesex 
county.  Alassachusetts,  where  he  married 
Emily  Shattuck,  who  was  descended  from 
one  of  the  pioneers  of  the  Massachusetts  col- 
ony. Among  their  children  was  Jarvis  C, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Jarvis  C,  son  of  Orange  Ellis,  was 
born  in  Pepperill,  Massachusetts,  in  1812.  He 
was  a  mechanic  and  contractor.  He  settled 
in  Fort  \'illage,  town  of  Waterloo.  Sheffield 
county.  Province  of  Quebec,  Canada,  where 
he  died  at  the  ripe  old  age  of  ninetv-two 
years.  He  married  Euretta  Rowena  Warner, 
born  in  1824,  died  in  1854.  daughter  of  Seth 
Warner  (see  Warner).     (Thildren :     i.  Caro- 


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line  Isabella,  born  at  l-"ort  \  illa_u;c.  1S44;  mar- 
ried P.  \\".  Hall,  and  was  killeil  in  a  railway 
accident  near  Montreal;  she  was  the  mother 
of  Henry  and  George  Hall,  now  living  at 
Montreal,  Canada.  2.  Orange  Warner,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Sarah  Rowena,  born  at 
Fort  \'illage,  1848;  married  .Alfred  Leopold 
MatTre.  of  Montreal:  now  living  at  Ruther- 
ford, Xew  Jersey:  children:  I'.rneslinc  and 
Alfred  Matifre.  Two  otliers,  .\lbert  and  Lo- 
renzo, died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  Urange  Warner,  son  of  Jarvis  C.  El- 
lis, was  born  at  Fort  \'illagc.  Waterloo,  Shef- 
field count)-,  Province  of  Ouebec,  Canada, 
September  4.  1846.  He  was  educated  in  the 
jniblic  schools  of  his  native  town  and  in  the 
Montreal  Military  School,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1868.  He  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  management 
of  lumber  mills,  woolen  mills  and  a  .grist  mill 
at  Waterloo  until  1876,  when  he  became 
agent  of  the  Goodyear  Rubber  Company  at 
Montreal,  Canada.  .After  some  six  years  in 
this  position  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Montrose  Wall  Paper  Company  and  contin- 
ued until  1890.  He  then  went  to  Chicago  as 
manufacturers'  agent  representing  various 
hardware  and  dry  goods  concerns,  and  has 
been  in  this  business  to  the  present  time.  Mr. 
Ellis  is  a  member  of  Shepard  Lodge,  No.  53, 
Free  Masons,  of  Waterloo,  of  which  he  was 
secretary;  of  Dorchester  Chapter.  Royal  Arch 
^Masons,  Xo.  17,  of  which  he  was  scribe:  of 
the  Good  Roads  Association  of  Illinois:  the 
New  England  Society  of  Chicago:  the  Illi- 
nois Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolution.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat  until  1896,  when  he 
became  a  Republican.  In  religion  he  is  an 
Episcopalian.  He  married,  November  15, 
1876,  Xancy  Augusta  Pierce,  born  in  1858. 
died  in  1895,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary 
(Benton)  Pierce  of  Stanstead.  Children:  i. 
Henry,  born  December  15,  1877:  educated  in 
public  schools  of  Canada :  now  living  at  Derby 
Line,  \"ermont.  2.  Isabella  Rose,  born  in 
:\Iontreal.  1879.  died,  1897.  3.  Mary  Xennie, 
born  in  Montreal,  1888,  now  living  in  Chi- 
cago. 4.  Margaret,  born  in  Montreal.  1886, 
living  at  Stanstead,  Canada.  Mr.  Ellis  re- 
sides at  4300  Ellis  avenue.  Chicago,  and  his 
office   is  at  22  East   Washington   street,  that 

city. 

(The  Warner  Line). 
The  name  Warner  is  an  old  English  sur- 
name which  occurs  in  Domesday  Dook  and  is 
■  also  found  in  the  account  of  the  Manor  of 
Warners,  which  derived  its  name  from  Ed- 
mund Warner,  who  held  the  estate  in  1630. 
The  coat-of-arms  is  described :  .A  bend  en- 
grailed between  six  roses  with  three  and  three 


gules;  motto.  Son  nobis  tunlum  iiali.  The 
coat-of-arms  is  found  carvccl  in  several  parts 
of  the  ceiling  of  the  south  aisle  of  the  church 
of  Great  Waltham,  England.  The  earlier 
Warners,  the  progenitors  of  the  family,  arc 
generally  supposed  to  have  been  of  a  fighting 
Christian  slock.  .\n  authority  has  stated  that 
several  were  killed  in  religious  riots  or  massa- 
cres. The  manor  of  Pakelsham.  containing 
418  acres,  was  granted  to  John  Warner,  of 
Warner's  Hall.  Great  Waltham ;  his  son  John 
held  it  until  1473;  '^'^  *'-'"  Henry  seized  of  it 
March  21,  1504;  his  .son  John,  gentleman. 
held  it  until  his  death  in  1552;  he  also  held 
the  Manor  of  I'irusches:  Henry,  his  brother, 
an  heir,  held  it  until  his  death  in  1556,  when 
it  passed  to  the  heirs  of  his  sister.  Queen 
I'lizabeth  granted  in  1508  lands  to  Sir  Ed- 
ward Warner,  Knight,  in  the  manor  of  Get- 
tingham,  county  Kent ;  also  manor  of  Daxley 
in  the  same  county;  he  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Brooke.  William 
Warner,  Esq.,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  became  possessed  of  Xorth- 
wood  .Manor,  county  Kent,  and  held  it  until 
his  death  in  1504;  then  his  son  Mumphrey 
seized  of  it,  and  he  held  it  until  1313.  when 
he  willed  it  to  his  son  William.  John  War- 
ner, of  Foot  Cray,  was  sheriff  of  county  Kent 
in  1442.  He  received  the  position  from  his 
father  John,  who  had  received  it  from  the 
government  in  1395. 

( I )  John  Warner,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  came  from 
England  with  the  party  which  sailed  on  the 
ship  "Tncrease"  in  1635.  In  1637  he  per- 
formed service  in  the  Pequot  war.  He  be- 
came one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Hart- 
ford in  1639.  He  became  an  original  pro- 
prietor and  settler  of  Farmington,  Connecti- 
cut, and  joined  the  church  there  in  1657.  He 
was  made  frecmnn  in  1664.  In  1673  he  went 
to  .Mattatuck.  now  Waterbury.  to  find  if  it 
was  a  desirable  place  to  settle,  and  was  a 
patentee  of  that  |ilace  in  i'i74.  It  was  his  in- 
tention to  move  thither,  but  he  died  in  i'>79. 
leaving  a  widow  Margaret.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  .Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas  Xorton  of 
Guilford,  .so  Margaret  must  have  been  a  third 
wife.  -Among  his  children  was  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(II)  John  (2).  son  of  John  (ii  Warner, 
was  born  in  Hartford  or  Farmington,  prob- 
ably the  latter  place,  about  1645.  He  was 
brought  uj)  in  I'armington  and  was  on  the 
list  of  freemen  in  if/ig  and  the  list  of  pro- 
prietors in  if)72,  together  with  his  father.  He 
also  subscribed  to'  the  articles  of  1674  and 
made  an  effort  to  secure  his  right  in  the 
•W  aterburv  estate",  of  which  he  was  a  pio- 


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neer.  His  name  occurs  in  all  the  fence  divi- 
sions, and  he  is  called  "Senior"  in  the  Water- 
bury  records.  He  had  recorded  there  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1703,  one  and  a  half  acres  of  land 
on  which  his  dwelling  then  stood.  He  called 
himself  of  Farmington  in  April,  1703,  and 
again  in  1706.  In  his  will,  however,  dated 
Farmington,  December  27,  1706,  he  speaks  of 
himself  as  of  Waterbury.  He  died  soon  after 
the  latter  date,  in  his  sixty-third  year,  and 
the  inventory  of  his  estate  was  made  in 
March.  1707.  His  real  estate  and  homestead 
in  Waterbury  were  given  to  his  son  John,  and 
the  latter,  with  Samuel  Bronson,  a  son-in-law, 
was  executor  of  his  will.  Children :  John, 
born  March  i,  1670:  Ephraim,  1670;  Robert; 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia.  baptized 
March  13,  1680;  Thomas,  baptized  Mav  6, 
1683. 

(HI)  Dr.  Ebenezer  Warner,  son  of  John 
(2)  Warner,  married,  December  ig,  1704, 
Martha  Galpin,  who  died  April  17,  1745.  He 
died  April  23,  1755.  Children;  Ebenezer. 
born  March  18,  1706;  Martha,  July  23,  1707; 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below ;  Margaret,  De- 
cember, 1712;  Rebecca,  December  12,  1715; 
Tamar.  February  26,  1718;  Lydia,  February, 
1720;  Thomas,  November,  1722;  Frances, 
February,  1726;  Rachael,  baptized  March  23, 
1729. 

(IV)  Dr.  Benjamin  Warner,  son  of  Dr. 
Ebenezer  Warner,  was  born  May  6,  1709. 
In  1763  he  moved  to  Bennington,  New 
Hampshire,  the  second  year  of  the  settlement 
of  the  town.  He  married,  December  16, 
1736,  Silence  Hurd,  who  died  November  15, 
1785.  Children;  Hannah,  born  August  4, 
1737;  Dr.  Benjamin,  May,  1739;  Daniel, 
April  12,  1741  ;  Seth,  mentioned  below ;  John, 
May  29,  1745;  Dr.  Reuben,  baptized  March 
4,  1750;  Elijah,  baptized  June  30,  1754;  Asa- 
hel ;  David  ;  Tamar. 

(\')  Colonel  Seth  Warner,  son  of  Dr.  Ben- 
jamin Warner,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  May 
6,  1743,  and  died  December  26,  1784.  He 
received  a  common  school  education  in  a 
school  nearly  six  miles  from  his  home,  and 
as  a  young  boy  was  remarkable  for  his  energy 
and  wise  judgment.  When  his  father  moved 
to  Bennington  he  at  once  became  interested 
in  hunting,  and  in  a  short  time  was  noted  for 
his  ability  in  that  line.  He  was  not  only  ex- 
perienced in  hunting,  but  knew  the  other  pos- 
sibilities in  the  woods  and  was  a  skillful  bota- 
nist, often  relieving  sickness  through  his 
knowledge  of  herbs.  About  this  time  the  con- 
test arose  between  New  York  and  New 
Hampshire  as  to  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Con- 
necticut river  to  within  twenty  miles  of  the 
Hudson    river.      New    York    was    given    the 


right  by  the  crown  antl  all  would  have  been 
settled  if  New  York  had  not  claimed  that  the 
patents  of  the  settlers'  grants  in  the  New 
Hampshire  grants  were  invalidated  by  the  de- 
cision. The  old  settlers  refused  to  give  up 
their  land  to  the  new  patentees  and  the  sher- 
iff was  resisted  by  force  after  the  settlers 
found  that  trials  at  Albany  brought  no  jus- 
tice. At  this  time,  while  Ethan  Allen  was 
directing  the  trials,  Warner  was  leader  of  the 
conventions  of  the  settlers,  who  trusted  thor- 
oughly in  his  wise  guidance.  In  1771  a  proc- 
lamation was  issued  by  the  governor  of  New 
York  offering  a  reward  of  £20  for  the  arrest 
of  Ethan  Allen,  Seth  Warner,  Remember  Ba- 
ker, and  some  others,  and  the  ne.xt  year  Baker 
was  taken  in  the  night.  Before  his  captors 
reached  Albany,  however,  Warner  and  his 
party  rescued  him,  and  after  a  time  the  gov- 
ernor of  New  York  offered  £50  each  for  the 
arrest  of  Allen,  Warner,  and  Baker,  who  were 
the  most  prominent  leaders  of  the  Green 
Mountain  Boys.  Warner  also  was  prominent 
in  the  revolution,  and  enlisted  at  its  beginning. 
He  commanded  the  party  which  took  Crown 
Point,  and  Allen  commanded  at  Ticonderoga. 
After  Colonel  Hinman's  regiment  reached  Ti- 
conderoga, Allen  and .  Warner  went  to  the 
Continental  Congress  to  ask  for  money  to  pay 
soldiers  and  raise  a  regiment  from  the  New 
Hampshire  grants.  They  were  successful  in 
their  efforts,  and  the  regiment  was  raised, 
Warner  being  appointed  lieutenant-colonel  by 
a  practically  unanimous  vote.  During  the 
siege  of  St.  John's  by  Montgomery,  he  was 
at  the  head  of  the  regiment,  September,  1775. 
In  January,  1776,  he  received  a  letter  from 
General  Wooster,  asking  him  to  raise  men  in 
the  middle  of  winter  to  go  to  Canada,  and 
the  request  was  carried  out  in  a  remarkably 
short  time.  On  July  5,  1776,  he  was  appoint- 
ed lieutenant-colonel  of  a  regiment  consisting 
of  those  who  had  served  with  him  in  Canada, 
and  he  went  at  that  time  to  Ticonderoga, 
where  he  remained  till  the  close  of  that  cam- 
paign. He  also  served  in  1777  at  the  battles 
of  Hubbardston  and  Bennington,  being  made 
colonel  after  the  last  battle.  The  hardships 
of  his  winter  in  Canada  and  other  services 
had  undermined  his  strong  constitution,  and 
when  his  regiment  returned,  November  10, 
1777,  he  was  returned  "sick  at  Hoosick".  He 
never  was  strong  after  this  sickness,  though 
he  continued  in  command  of  his  regiment  un- 
til the  end  of  the  year  1781,  living  at  Ben- 
nington with  his  family.  In  1782  he  returned 
to  Roxbury.  but  his  ill-health  remained  with 
him  and  he  died  December  26,  1784.  after  long 
suffering.  In  appearance  he  was  six  feet  tall  and 
well  proportioned,  showing  great  strength  both 


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in  body  and  in  character.  His  reputation  for 
firmness  and  bravery  protected  him  from  be- 
ing attacked  single-handed  except  on  one  oc- 
casion when  an  officer  from  New  York  at- 
tempted to  take  him.  Warner  wounded  and 
disarmed  the  officer  but  sent  him  back  to  New 
York  instead  of  kilHng  him.  He  was  so  much 
interested  in  the  pubhc  welfare  that  he  neg- 
lected his  own  affairs  and  his  family  was  left 
destitute.  -Most  of  his  grants  of  land  were 
sold  for  taxes,  but  in  November,  1787,  his 
heirs  received  from  the  legislature  of  Ver- 
mont 2.000  acres  of  land  in  county  Essex. 
He  was  highly  respected  and  loved  by  every- 
one. 

During  the  last  few  days  of  his  life  he 
was  deprived  of  his  reason,  and  imagined  he 
was  fighting  his  battles  over  again :  a  guard 
of  several  persons  was  kept  at  his  house  for 
two  or  three  days  before  his  death.  He  was 
noted  for  his  coolness  in  danger,  seeming  to 
be  unconscious  of  fear;  also  he  was  a  man 
of  great  generosity  and  kindness  to  his  fel- 
lowmen.  He  married  Esther  Burd.  Chil- 
dren :  Israel,  Abigail.  Seth,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(V)  Seth  (2),  son  of  Colonel  Seth  (i) 
Warner,  w'as  born  in  1776,  in  Bennington, 
and  settled  in  18 13  at  Henry ville,  Canada, 
then  a  wilderness,  making  his  way  from  St. 
Albans  by  marked  trees.  He  took  up  150  acres 
of  land  lying  on  both  sides  of  South  river, 
on  which  he  built  a  saw  mill.  At  first  his 
family  lived  in  a  log  house,  and  he  cleared 
land  and  developed  a  fine  farm.  The  upper 
floor  of  his  second  house  (still  standing)  was 
used  as  a  Masonic  hall.  He  died  there  Octo- 
ber 2j,  1854,  and  the  place  is  still  owned  by 
his  descendants.  He  was  a  thirty-second-de- 
gree Mason.  He  married  (first)  Lydia 
Barnes,  and  had  two  daughters.  He  married 
(second)  Polly  Hogle,  and  had  three  sons 
and  seven  daughters  :  Hethbert,  Fanny,  Aaron, 
Polly  Ann.  Henry  E..  Martha  Louise.  Euretta 
R.,  Hester  ^M.,  Caroline  E.,  and  Abigail  A. 
The  second  son  died  in  infancy ;  all  the  others 
lived  to  have  families.  Of  these  children, 
Euretta  Rowena,  born  1824,  married  Jarvis 
C.  Ellis,  of  Waterloo,  Canada  (see  Ellis). 


Samuel  Peirson,  the  immigrant 
PEIRSON  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  from  Yorkshire 
about  1699  to  Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania.  He 
belonged  to  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  and 
his  family  removefl  to  the  back  settlements 
of  North  Carolina,  and  in  the  war  which  end- 
ed in  1763  he  is  said  to  have  been  murdered 
with  all  his  family  except  two  children.  By 
his  first  wife  he  had  children:     Samuel,  men- 


tioned   below  ;   Thomas  ;    George  ;    Mary   and 
Elizabeth. 

(H)  Captain  Samuel  Peirson,  sun  of  Sam- 
uel Peirson.  was  born  in  I'hiladelphia,  about 
1 73 1,  and  died  at  New  Gloucester,  Maine. 
July.  1 79 1.  He  is  said  to  have  commanded 
the  first  vessel  that  made  the  passage  by  way 
of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope  to  China.  He  was 
afterwards  a  merchant  in  Boston.  His  cot- 
tage "with  paling  in  front  and  garden  in  the 
rear  was  on  Devonshire  street,  the  Quaker 
lane,  between  the  old  Exchange  Coffee  House 
and  State  street.  The  Boston  Massacre  took 
place  very  near  his  dwelling,  and  one  of  the 
wounded  soldiers  fell  upon  his  doorstep".  He 
married  Elizabeth  Cox.  who  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton. March,  1726.  and  died  at  Biddeford, 
Maine,  April,  1809.  Children:  Samuel  and 
George. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  Peir- 
son, was  born  in  Boston.  February  22,  1759, 
and  died  in  Biddeford,  Maine,  in  May.  1852. 
He  served  nearly  six  months  in  the  army  of 
the  revolution,  and  was  one  of  General  Wash- 
ington's private  clerks.  He  afterwards  en- 
tered business  as  a  merchant  in  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  in  Portland.  Maine.  About 
1792  he  made  his  home  in  Biddeford,  Maine, 
and  remained  there  until  his  death.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  Sarah  Page, 
born  at  Medford,  Massachusetts,  October  7, 
1755;  (second)  Sarah  Hill.  Children  by  first 
wife:  Samuel  Page,  born  March  5,  1784, 
murdered  by  Malays  in  the  Bay  of  Bington; 
Elizabeth  Cox,  born  at  Falmouth.  May  14. 
1786.  died  March,  1787:  George,  born  at  Fal- 
mouth, July  17,  1789,  drowned  at  Saco, 
Maine,  May  6,  1797:  John,  born  at  Danvers, 
Massachusetts,  February  3,  1791  lost  at  sea 
in  1826,  master  of  the  ship  ".-\rmadiIlo", 
which  capsized :  .Abel  Lawrence,  born  at  Bid- 
deford, January.  1703,  died  voung;  .Abel  Law- 
rence, mentioned  below :  Elizabeth,  born  at 
Biddeford,  December,  1796.  died  1798:  Sarah 
Page,  born  at  Biddeford.  June.  1801.  married 
Captain  Samuel  White,  of  Biddeford.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Jeremiah  Hill,  born 
June.  1806:  Abigail  Margaret,  February. 
1808;  George  Washington.  December.  1809; 
Daniel  Josiah.  February,  181 1,  died  June  29. 
1826:  Elizabeth  Mary,  May.  1813.  married 
Samuel  Chase;  Thomas  McCobb,  May,  1816. 
married  Sarah  Dunn,  and  had  Isabella,  Har- 
riet and  Thomas ;  Harriet  Lawrence,  January, 
1818.  died  February.  1837. 

(I\')  Abel  Lawrence,  son  of  Samuel  Peir- 
son, was  born  at  Biddeford.  Maine.  Novem- 
ber 25,  1794:  married,  in  1819.  Harriet  Law- 
rence, of  Salem.  Massachusetts.  He  resided 
in   Salem,   where    he    practiced   medicine    for 


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many  years.  He  was  drowned  in  a  railroad 
disaster  at  Xorwalk,  Connecticut,  ^Iay  6, 
1853,  and  was  buried  in  Salem.  Children: 
Dr.  Edward  Brooks,  born  at  Salem,  January 
22,  1820,  died  November.  1874,  married 
(first)  Catherine  Saltonstall.  (second)  Ellen 
E.  Perry,  by  whom  he  had  four  children ; 
Abby  Lawrence,  born  in  Salem,  182 1  ;  John 
L.  and  Sarah  S..  died  young;  Abel  Lawrence, 
mentioned  below;  Harriet  L.,  born  1831,  mar- 
ried Rev.  William  Ropes,  now  of  Andover, 
Massachusetts;  Charles  Lanman,  born  1833, 
married  Emily  Russell,  of  Boston ;  James  J., 
born  1833,  died  1847. 

(V)  Abel  Lawrence  (2),  son  of  .\bel  Law- 
rence (i)  Peirson,  was  born  July  24,  1824. 
and  died  in  March,  1870.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  Sa- 
lem, and  engaged  in  the  leather  business  in 
the  adjacent  town  of  Peabody,  Massachusetts. 
At  one  time  he  was  supercargo  on  a  vessel. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Teadwell  Sutton, 
daughter  of  General  William  and  Nancy  (Os- 
born)  Sutton.  She  was  born  in  1822,  and 
died  in  1892.  Children:  i.  Annie  Osborne, 
born  1850,  married  Price  W.  Hasbrouck,  of 
New  York  City.  Children :  Elizabeth  H., 
married  Oakley  R.  Delameter,  of  New  York; 
Lawrence  Hasbrouck,  who  married  (first) 
Frances  Reed,  of  New  York  City,  and  (sec- 
ond) Florence  Reed,  sister  of  his  first  wife; 
Harold  Hasbrouck,  married  Mary  Scott.  2. 
Harriet,  born  1853,  died  1873,  married  Caleb 
Caller,  of  Hamilton,  Ontario.  Canada.  3. 
Mar\-  H.,  born  in  1861 ;  unmarried.  4.  Eliza- 
beth, died  in  infancy.  5.  Abel  Lawrence, 
mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  Abel  Lawrence  (3),  son  of  Abel 
Lawrence  (2)  Peirson,  was  born  in  Peabody, 
Massachusetts,  April  24,  1869.  His  father 
died  when  he  was  about  a  year  old.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Peabody,  and 
graduated  from  the  high  school  of  that  town 
in  the  class  of  1886.  His  first  business  e.x- 
perience  was  as  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods 
house  of  Hovey  &  Company,  of  Boston.  Sub- 
sequently he  was  a  clerk  in  the  stock  ex- 
change concern  of  Putnam,  Messervy  &  Com- 
pany, of  Boston.  From  this  firm  he  went  to 
the  banking  and  brokerage  house  of  Parkin- 
son &  Burr,  New  York,  in  1892,  and  seven 
years  later,  after  winning  promotions  from 
time  to  time  to  positions  of  greater  responsi- 
bility, he  was  admitted  to  partnership,  and 
since  1899  he  has  continued  with  this  con- 
cern. He  is  a  member  of  the  Montclair  Golf 
Club ;  the  Esse.x  Fells  Club  of  New  Jersey ; 
the  New  England  Society  of  New  York,  and 
other  organizations.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican.    He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Prot- 


estant Episcopal  church.  At  the  present  time 
he  resides  at  Esse.x  Fells,  New  Jerse\,  and 
he  is  a  member  of  the- common  council  of  the 
municipality. 

He  married.  October  12,  1896,  Marv  Per- 
kins, born  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  February 
22,  1873,  daughter  of  Frank  A.  and  Caro- 
line L.  (Ives)  Langmaid,  of  Salem.  Chil- 
dren: Abel  Lawrence,  born  at  South  (Irange, 
New  Jersey.  August  3,  1897 ;  Rebecca,  born 
August  5,  1901,  at  East  Orange;  Charles 
Lawrence,  January  3,  1903,  at  East  Orange; 
Elizabeth,  August  12,  1908.  at  Esse.x  Fells. 


(II)    Samuel    Putney,    son    of 

PL'TNEY  John  Putney  (q.  v.),  was  born 
July  13,  1689,  at  Salem.  Massa- 
chusetts. About  1728  he  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers of  Rumford,  now  Concord,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  elected  fence  viewer  of  the 
town  in  i732-;^2-  Elizabeth  his  wife  was  one 
of  the  early  members  of  the  Congregational 
church,  joining  about  1730,  her  number  being 
95.  During  the  French  and  Indian  war  in 
1746  Samuel  and  Henry,  Joseph  and  William 
Putney  were  in  the  garrison  at  Joseph  Hall's 
house ;  Joseph  was  in  Rev.  Timothy  Walker's 
house,  and  John  Putney  Jr.  at  the  house  of 
Timothy  Walker  Jr.  His  sons  were  :  John ; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  William ;  Henry, 
born  1721,  died  April  13,  1807,  married  Mary 
Wells ;   Dolly   Jewett ;   Deborah   Austin. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Putney,  was 
born  about  17 10.  About  1740  he  and  James 
Rogers  became  the  first  settlers  of  the  town 
of  Dunbarton,  New  Hampshire.  During  their 
hunting  trips  together,  they  discovered  the 
Great  meadows  and  there  they  erected  their 
log  houses  and  lived  until  1746.  Rumford 
was  the  nearest  settlement  and  nothing  but  a 
blazed  trail  connected  the  two  places.  During 
the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1746  word  was 
sent  to  them  from  Rumford  of  a  threatened 
Indian  attack  and  they  sought  refuge  with 
their  families  at  Concord  where  tliey  were 
assigned  to  garrison  as  described  above.  The 
Indians  burned  their  houses  at  Dunbarton, 
killed  their  cattle  and  destroyed  their  orchards. 
During  the  war  Putney  was  wounded,  .\fter- 
ward  he  returned  to  Dunbarton  and  rebuilt 
his  house  and  barns  in  1749.  He  lived  to  an 
advanced  age.  Among  his  children  was  a  son 
Henry,  mentioned  below. 

fIV)  Henry,  son  of  Joseph  Putney,  was 
born  about  1740.  He  settled  in  Dunbarton 
and  the  town  meetings  of  Dunbarton  and 
Bow  were  held  at  his  house.  He  married 
Dolly  Jewett.  Among  his  children  was  David, 
mentioned  below. 

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about  1770  at  Diinbarton.  He  succeeded  to 
the  homestead  and  followed  farming  in  his 
native  town.  He  married  Rebecca  Sawyer. 
Children,  born  at  Dunbarton :  Mollv,  .March 
23,  1791  ;  Rebecca  Sawyer,  July  10,  1793;  .A.d- 
na,  July  10,  1796;  Fanny,  February  ij,  1799; 
David,  mentioned  i>elow  ;  F'anny, '  September 
22,  1805:  Henry,  June  11,  1807;  Louisa,  De- 
cember 5,  1810. 

(VI)  David  (2),  .son  of  David  (i)  Putney, 
was  born  at  Dunbarton,  September  6,  1801. 
His  brother  Henry  and  he  were  both  prom- 
inent citizens.  He  held  various  town  oflfices 
and  was  representative  to  the  state  legislature. 
He  married  Alary  Brown,  a  descendant  of 
Peter  Brown,  who  came  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Peter  Brown  was  also  a  progenitor  of  John 
Brown,  the  Abolitionist.  David  Putney  was 
buried  in  the  old  graveyard  on  the  border  be- 
tween Dunbarton  and  Bow,  Xew  Hampshire, 
where  many  of  the  earl\-  generations  of  the 
family  lie.  Children :  John,  soldier  in  the 
civil  war;  George:  Charles,  principal  of  the 
St.  Johnsbury  public  school,  \'ermont ;  .Albert 
Baker,  mentioned  below ;  Walter,  now  living 
on  the  homestead  at  Bow,  New  Hampshire,  a 
prominent  citizen  of  the  town,  has  been  rep- 
resentative to  the  state  legislature  and  state 
senator ;  Freeman,  teacher  in  the  public  schools 
of  Gloucester,  Massachusetts,  for  more  than 
thirty  years  and  superintendent  of  schools  for 
twenty  years:  Newton:  Milton:  Eliza;  Lu- 
cretia,  married  Charles  Brown,  of  Concord. 

(VH)  .Albert  Baker,  son  of  David  (2)  Put- 
ney, was  born  at  Bow,  New  Hampshire,  -Au- 
gust 25,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  became  a 
prominent  merchant  of  Boston.  Massachusetts, 
where  he  is  now  living,  retired  from  business. 
He  married  Sarah  Bliss  Abbott,  bom  at  Man- 
chester, New  Hampshire,  June  15,  1847,  a 
descendant  of  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Con- 
cord, New  Hampshire.  Her  mother,  Maria 
(Wood)  Abbott,  of  Bow,  comes  of  one  of 
the  pioneer  families  of  New  Hampshire.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Carrie  Maria,  born  in  Concord,  New 
Hampshire,  October  7,  1870;  married.  May  5, 
1892,  George  H.  Bryant ;  she  is  a  graduate  of 
Smith  College:  member  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  American  Revolution.  2.  .Albert  Hutchin- 
son, mentioned  below.  3.  Sadie  Josephine, 
died  in  infancv.  4.  -Alice  Josephine,  born  in 
1876,  died  unmarried  in  1807.  5-  Arthur 
Stuart,  born  in  Boston,  September  2,  1879; 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Newton, 
Massachusetts,  and  at  the  St.  Johnsbury  .Acad- 
emy, Vermont :  now  a  mining  superintendent 
at  Manhattan,  Nevada :  unmarried.  6.  Flor- 
ence .Abbott,  born  at  Boston,  January  24,  1882 ; 
married,    October,    1908,    Harry    F,    \'ail,    of 


Chicago,  and  has  one  child,  Harry  F.  \'ail  Jr., 
born  January  24,  19 10.  7.  Chester  Washburn, 
Ixjrn  at  Xewton,  .August  25,  1884.  died  young. 
8.  Clarence  Newell,  twin  of  Chester  Wash- 
burn, died  in  infancy.  9.  Theoijora  Newell, 
born  at  .\ewton,  .March  18.  1887;  married, 
December  30,  191 1,  -Albert  Christiana. 

(Vni)  -Albert  Hutchinson,  son  of  Albert 
Baker  Putney,  was  born  in  Boston,  September 
28,  1872.  He  attended  private  schools  in 
Boston  and  prepared  for  college  in  the  -Xew- 
ton high  school.  In  1889  he  entered  Vale 
College  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  -Arts  in  the  class  of  1893-  He 
then  entered  Boston  L^niversity  Law  School 
and  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  Bache- 
lor of  Laws  in  1895  and  for  three  years  prac- 
ticed law  in  Boston.  In  1900  he  was  ap- 
pointed professor  in  the  Illinois  College  of 
Law  and  in  1904  he  became  dean  of  the  fac- 
ulty. He  has  been  a  prolific  writer  on  legal 
topics.  In  1904  he  published  ''Government  in 
the  L'nited  States"  and  in  1908  "Law  Library"' 
(twelve  volumes)  and  "United  States  Consti- 
tutional History  and  Law."  His  later  works 
have  been :  "Currency,  Banking  and  Ex- 
change" (1909);  "Corporations"  (1909); 
"Principles  of  Political  Economy"  (1909); 
"Bar  E.xamination  Reviews"  (1910);  "For- 
eign Commercial  Law"  (1910),  and  in  collab- 
oration with  Hon.  James  Hamilton  Lewis  a 
"Handbook  on  Election  Laws"  (1912).  He 
is  an  able  and  interesting  public  speaker  and 
has  taken  an  active  part  on  the  stump  in  vari- 
ous political  campaigns.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  In  religion  he  is  a  Unitarian.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Press  Club  of  Chicago, 
the  South  Shore  Country  Club,  the  Cook 
County  Democracy. 

He  married,  -April  6,  1911,  Pearl  Lyda 
-Avery,  born  at  Waterloo,  Iowa,  July  9,  1886. 
(laughter  of  Jesse  and  Ida  (-Meek)  -Avery. 
She  comes  of  New  England  descent  on  her 
father's  side  and  of  an  old  southern  family 
on  her  mother's  side. 


Elder  William  Hatch,  immigrant 
HATCH     ancestor  of  the  family,  was  bom 

in  Sandwich,  county  Kent,  Eng- 
land. He  was  a  merchant  there,  and  came 
from  there  to  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  before 
1633.  In  the  course  of  a  year  or  two  he  re- 
turned to  England  to  get  his  family  and  in 
March,  1635,  sailed  with  his  wife  Jane,  five 
children  and  si.x  servants  in  the  ship  "Hercu- 
les" of  Sandwich.  He  was  a  merchant  of 
ability  and  was  the  first  ruling  elder  of  the 
Second  Church  of  Scituate.  founded  in  1644. 
He  was  lieutenant  of  the  militia  company. 
His  brother,  Thomas  Hatch,  was  in  Dorches- 


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ter,  Massachusetts,  in  1634,  and  afterward  in 
Scituate,  where  he  died  in  1646,  leaving  five 
children  :  Jonathan,  William,  Thomas,  Alice, 
Hannah,  the  home  of  Elder  William  Hatch 
was  on  Kent  street,  the  first  lot  south  of 
Greenfield  lane.  His  widow  Jane  married 
Elder  Thomas  King  in  1653.  Children  of 
William  and  Jane  Hatch :  Jane,  married  John 
Lovell ;  Anne,  married  Lieutenant  James 
Torre ;  Walter,  mentioned  below ;  Hannah, 
married  Samuel  Utley ;  William,  died  in  Vir- 
ginia;  Jeremiah,  died  in  1713. 

(H)  Walter,  son  of  Elder  William  Hatch, 
was  born  in  England  about  1625,  died  in  Scit- 
uate in  March,  1701.  He  was  a  shipwright 
by  trade,  and  with  his  brother  Jeremiah  bought 
land  in  what  is  now  Hanover,  Massachusetts, 
on  Center  street,  a  portion  of  which  was  called 
Hanmer's  Neck.  Most  of  the  Hatch  families 
of  Hanover  are  descended  from  Walter  Hatch. 
He  married  (first)  May  6,  1650,  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Holbrook,  of  Weymouth  ; 
(second)  at  ^larshfield,  August  5,  1674,  Mary 


Children  by  first  wife,  all  born  at  Scituate: 
Hannah,  March  13,  165 1  ;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below:  Jane,  March  7,  1656;  Antipas,  October 
26,  1658.  died  unmarried  December  7,  1705 ; 
Bethia,  July  8,  1664,  died  in  1737;  Israel, 
March  25,  1667,  died  in  1740;  Joseph,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1669. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Walter  Hatch,  was 
born  in  Scituate,  December  22,  1653,  died  in 
Scituate,  June,  1735.  He  was  also  a  ship- 
wright. The  name  of  his  wife  is  unknown. 
Children,  all  born  in  Scituate:  Samuel,  born 
November  10,  1678;  Josiah,  May  30,  1680; 
Hannah,  February  17,  1682 :  Ebenezer,  April 
6,  1684:  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth, 
June  16,  1690  :  Elisha,  November  7,  1692  ;  Eze- 
kiel,  ]Mav  14,  1695 ;  Desire,  September  25, 
1698. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Samuel  Hatch,  was  born 
December  20,  1687,  died  in  November,  1759, 
in    Pembroke,    Massachusetts.  .    He    married 

(first)   Lydia  ,  and   (second)   Penelope 

.     Children,  born  at  Scituate  or  Pem- 


broke :  Isaac,  mentioned  below ;  Josiah,  bap- 
tized September  30,  1722;  Lydia,  baptized 
January  4,  1729-30:  Penelope,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1725 :  Seth,  baptized  December  24, 
1727;  Sarah,  baptized  September  16,  1734; 
Samuel,  baptized  August  i.  1736. 

(V)    Isaac    (2),  son  of  Isaac    (i)    Hatch, 
was    born    in    1717,    baptized    September    30, 

1722,    died    1799.     He   married   Ann  . 

Children,  born  at  Pembroke :  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below:  Lydia,  born  January  11,  1740; 
Isaac,  October  4,  1742:  Judith,  February  16, 
1744;  Fisher,  June  28,  175 1 ;  John,  June,  1756; 


Jabez,  December  20,  1759 ;  Harris,  September 
13,   1760. 

(VI)  Josiah,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Hatch,  was 
born  at  Pembroke,  1739,  baptized  June  3; 
1739.  He  settled  in  Weathersfield,  Vermont, 
about  1780.  Among  his  children  was  Eben- 
ezer, mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Josiah  Hatch,  was 
born  in  1770,  died  in  1836.  In  1790  Ebenezer 
had  one  male  over  sixteen  and  one  female  in 
his  family,  according  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus.   He  married Dennis.     Among  his 

children  was  Abijah  B.,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Abijah  B.,  eldest  son  of  Ebenezer 
Hatch,  was  born  October  29,  1799  died  in 
1861.  He  lived  at  Grand  Isle,  Vermont,  and 
owned  a  farm  south  of  the  center  of  the  town 
on  road  No.  29.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican and  in  religion  a  Congregationalist. 
He  married  Abigail  Lyon,  born  March  16, 
1801,  daughter  of  Rev.  Asa  Lyon,  of  Goshen, 
Connecticut,  and  Esther  Newell,  of  Charlotte, 
Vermont.  Esther  Newell  was  daughter  of 
Rev.  Abel  Newell,  a  graduate  of  Yale  College 
in  175 1,  and  Abigail  Smith,  daughter  of  John 
Smith.  Children  of  Rev.  Abel  Newell :  Es- 
ther, married  Rev.  Asa  Lyon ;  John,  Abel, 
Abigail,  Job,  Elisha.  Children  of  Abijah  B. 
Hatch  :  Asa  Lyon,  born  September  29,  1822  ; 
Oscar,  March  8,  1824;  Mariet,  April  9,  1826, 
died  March,  1842;  Juliet,  August  5,  1827,  died 
April,  1859;  Henry  Reynolds,  mentioned  be- 
low; Daniel  M.,  February  18,  1832;  Esther  L., 
August  16,  1834,  died  September,  1856;  Eve- 
lyn D.,  December  4,  1836;  Elam  A.,  February 
25,  1839,  died  June,  1856:  William  Newell, 
February  21,  1842,  died  1848;  Arthur  E., 
September  11,  1846. 

(IX)  Henry  Reynolds,  son  of  Abijah  B. 
Hatch,  was  born  at  Grand  Isle,  Vermont,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1830.  He  worked  during  his  early 
youth  on  his  father's  farm,  and  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  For  six 
months  he  was  a  student  in  the  Vermont  Epis- 
copal Institute  at  Burlington,  Vermont.  At 
the  age  of  fifteen  he  began  his  mercantile  ca- 
reer as  clerk  in  the  general  store  of  John 
Brown  at  North  Hero,  Vermont,  but  he  re- 
turned to  farm  life  on  the  homestead,  con- 
tinuing for  two  years.  He  then  became  a 
clerk  in  the  employ  of  C.  F.  Staniford,  mer- 
chant, at  Burlington,  promising  his  father, 
however,  to  return  to  assist  in  the  summer 
work.  He  left  home,  finally,  March  22,  1853, 
to  go  to  St.  Paul,  Minnesota,  stopping  on  the 
way  at  Cleveland,  where  he  decided  to  remain. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  E.  I.  Baldwin  & 
Company,  merchants,  in  Cleveland,  as  clerk 
and  was  soon  filling  a  position  of  large  respon- 
sibility there.     In  1857  he  was  admitted  as  a 


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partner  and  later,  owing  to  the  ill  health  of 
Mr.  Baldwin,  the  management  of  the  business 
fell  upon  .Mr.  Hatch.  In  the  seventies  W.  S. 
Tyler  and  G.  C.  F.  Haynes  were  admitted  to 
the  firm  and  the  name  became  E.  I.  Baldwin, 
Hatch  &  Company.  Afterward,  however,  the 
junior  partners  both  withdrew  from  the  firm, 
leaving  Mr.  Hatch  the  sole  owner,  after  the 
death  of  Mr.  Baldwin,  whose  interests  he  pur- 
chased from  the  estate.  From  a  small  be- 
ginning this  dry  goods  business  developed  to 
mammoth  proportions.  The  yearly  sales  came 
to  aggregate  almost  a  million  dollars  before 
the  death  of  Mr.  Baldwin  and  continued  to 
grow  afterward  when  the  firm  name  was  H.  R. 
Hatch  &  Company.  This  firm  has  ranked  for 
years  among  the  foremost  in  its  line  in  Ohio. 
He  retired  from  bu'^iness  in  1906.  Mr.  Hatch 
has  various  other  financial  and  business  con- 
nections. He  was  one  of  the  original  stock- 
holders and  directors  of  the  Cleveland  Na- 
tional Bank,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Savings  and  Trust  Company,  which  was  later 
merged  with  the  Citizens  Savings  and  Trust 
Company.  He  is  a  ili rector  of  the  Society  for 
Savings  and  of  the  First  National  Bank,  and 
president  and  trustee  of  the  Lake  \"iew  Ceme- 
tery Association.  He  has  been  an  active  and 
prominent  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce and  co-operated  with  all  the  movements 
to  benefit  the  city  and  advance  the  welfare  of 
its  people.  In  later  years  he  has  had  time 
to  gratify  a  fondness  for  travel,  both  in  this 
country  and  abroad.  He  has  made  extensive 
tours  in  the  British  Isles,  in  the  Mediterra- 
nean countries,  Russia,  Norway,  Sweden. 
Egypt,  Palestine  and  Greece,  accompanied  by 
his  family. 

Mr.  Hatch  is  well-known  as  a  philanthropist. 
He  has  given  freely  to  various  organizations, 
the  purposes  of  which  he  approves.  He  is 
vice-president  of  the  Humane  Society  in  which 
he  has  rendered  valuable  service  to  the  needy 
and  to  the  community  itself.  In  1890  he 
erected  a  Home  for  Waifs  as  a  memorial  to 
his  wife,  called  the  "Lida  Baldwin  Infants' 
Rest".  He  gave  the  library  building,  known 
as  the  Hatch  Library,  to  Western  Reserve 
L^niversity.  He  was  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  Bethel' Associated  Charities.  He 
is  a  trustee  of  the  Young  Women's  Christian 
Association,  and  of  the  Western  Reserve  Uni- 
versity, and  a  member  of  the  L'nion  Club, 
Hunt  Club,  Country  Club,  and  Colonial  Club 
of  Cleveland.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Calvary  Presbyterian  Church,  and  president 
of  the  Society.  Mr.  Hatch  has  won  to  a  re- 
markable degree  the  respect  and  confidence  of 
the  people  of  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 
His    ability,    integrity,    kindliness,    exemplary 


l)ersonal  character,  public  spirit  and  wise  use 
of  his  wealth  and  inllucnce  have  placed  him 
among  the  most  honored  and  valued  citizens 
of  Cleveland.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
but  he  has  never  accepted  public  office. 

He  married  (first)  September  16,  1857,  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  Eliza  Newton, 
daughter  of  Silas  Irving  Baldwin  (see  Bald- 
win \T).  She  died  in  iSSh.  He  married 
(second)  in  November,  i.S<S7,  Mary  Cummings 
Browne,  born  July  21,  1861,  at  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  daughter  of  Leonard  Perkins  Browne, 
of  Newark,  New  Jersey.  Leonard  P.  Browne 
married  Matilda,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  (Miner)  Culver;  he  was  son  of  Gur- 
don  P.  and  Esther  (Dean)  Browne.  Children 
by  first  wife:  i.  Alice  (jertrude.  born  January 
29,  1859;  married  Charles  Lathrop  Pack,  April 

28.  1886:  children:  George  Lathrop,  deceased; 
Randolph  G.,  born  June  8,  1890 ;  Arthur  New- 
ton, February  20,  1893 :  Beulah  F.,  June  5, 
1895.  2.  Eddie  Irving,  Ijorn  June  i,  1861,  died 
young.  3.  Freddie  Baldwin,  born  June  i, 
i86i,  died  young.  4.  Willie,  died  in  infancy. 
5.  .\nna  Louisa,  born  .\ugust  30,  1865  ;  mar- 
ried Edward  C.  Meyer.  6.  Nellie  Baldwin, 
died  aged  six  months.  Children  by  second 
wife:     7.   Esther    Marguerita,   born   October 

29,  1889.  8.  Henry  Reynolds  Jr.,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1896. 

(The   Baldwin   Line). 

(I)  Richard  Baldwin,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  son  of  Silvester  Baldwin,  who  died  on  the 
ship  "Martin"  on  the  voyage  from  England 
to  America,  June  21,  1638.  Richard  Baldwin 
was  baptized  at  Parish  Ashton,  Clinton,  Buck- 
inghamshire, England,  August  25,  1622.  He 
settled  at  Milford,  Connecticut.  He  was  well 
educated  and  versed  in  the  law,  having  studied 
under  his  uncle,  Henry  Baldwin,  it  is  thought. 
His  handwriting  is  like  engraved  script.  He 
joined  the  church,  May  9,  1641.  His  home- 
stead in  1646  was  of  three  acres  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Wepawaug  river.  He  was  on  a 
committee  to  equalize  lots  in  1647.  He  and 
Thomas  Tibbals  were  granted  Beaver  Pond 
Meadow  on  condition  that  they  drain  it  within 
six  months.  He  was  sergeant  in  the  militia. 
He  was  an  active,  intelligent  citizen.  He  was 
prominent  in  the  settlement  of  the  town  of 
Derby,  kept  a  tavern,  and  was  licensed  to  sell 
liquor.  His  predecessor,  it  is  interesting  to 
note,  had  broken  a  court  order  by  selling 
strong  drink  "at  higher  prices  than  allowed". 
The  high  co~t  of  living  was  then  a  subject 
for  court  interference.  Not  only  were  prices 
regulated,  but  citizens  were  forbidden  to  buy 
certain  luxuries  unless  the  court  considered 
them  within  their  lueans.     Men  had  to  pay 


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taxes  on  a  certain  minimum  before  they  could 
indulge  their  vanity  in  top-boots  or  their  wives 
could  appear  in  silken  bonnets.  Richard  Bald- 
win was  a  member  of  the  general  assembly 
in  May.  1662,  and  May,  1664.  He  died  July 
23,  1665.  His  widow  married,  in  1670,  Will- 
iam Fowler  Jr.  He  mentioned  his  children 
in  his  will.  He  married  .Sarah  Bryan.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  baptized  at  Milford,  Sep- 
tember, 1644:  Sylvanus,  baptized  Xovember 
20,  1646:  Sarah,  baptized  April  i,  1649;  Tem- 
perance, baptized  June  29,  165 1:  Mary,  bap- 
tized Xovember  6.  1653 ;  Theophilus,  April 
26,  1659;  Zachariah,  September  22,  1660;  Mar- 
tha, April  I,  1663;  Barnabas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

{II)  Barnabas,  son  of  Richard  Baldwin, 
was  born  in  1665  at  Milford.  He  was  a  gran- 
tee of  the  town  of  Derby,  was  selectman  of 
Milford  and  collector.  His  will  was  dated 
May  5.  1740,  proved  October  19,  1741.  He 
married  I  first)  Sarah  Buckingham,  born  Janu- 
ary 8,  1664-65,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Baldwin)  Buckingham,  granddaughter  of 
Thomas  Buckingham.  She  died  before  De- 
cember 3,  1692.  He  married  (second)  Janu- 
ary I,  1696, .  Children:  Thomas,  bap- 
tized January  I,  1688-89;  Barnabas,  mentioned 
below;  Timothy,  baptized  January  i,  1698- 
99;  Marv,  baptized  January  i,  1698-99;  The- 
ophilus, baptized  October  22.  1699 ;  Henry, 
baptized  June  14,  1702:  Sylvanus,  born  Sep- 
tember 17,  1706. 

(HI)  Barnabas  (2),  son  of  Barnabas  (i) 
Baldwin,  was  born  in  Milford  in  1691,  baptized 
January  i,  1698-99.  He  married,  January  13. 
1725-26,  Mehitable  Beecher,  of  Xew  Haven, 
widow  of  John  Beecher  and  daughter  of  Tho- 
mas Tuttle  Jr.  She  was  born  June  14,  1699, 
married  (first)  John  Beecher,  December  7, 
1721,  and  had  a  son,  John  Beecher.  Barnabas 
Baldwin  settled  at  Xew  Haven,  but  returned 
to  Milford  in  1738  and  was  in  the  parish  of 
Amity.  He  was  one  of  the  original  members 
of  the  W'oodbridge  church.  He  was  an  en- 
sign in  1739  in  the  Si.xth  Company  of  New 
Haven,  lieutenant  in  1740  and  captain  in  1749. 
Children  :  Barnabas,  mentioned  below  ;  Me- 
hitable, born  December  13,  1728;  Esther, 
March  26.  1731  ;  Elsie.  March  26,  1733;  Tem- 
perance, May  20,  1736;  Sarah.  March  16, 
1737-38  ;  Thomas,  July  10,  1742  ;  Burwell,  July 
II,   1745,  died  in   1823. 

(IV)  Barnabas  (3),  son  of  Barnabas  (2) 
Baldwin,  was  born  in  Xew  Haven,  August  31, 
1726,  died  December  24,  1804.  He  married 
Mary  Turrell,  of  X'ew  Milford,  who  died  Jan- 
uary 15,  1803,  aged  seventy-four.  They  lived 
in  what  is  now  the  town  of  ^^'oodb^idge  and 
he  was  a  man  of  property  and  a  slave  owner. 


Children,  born  in  Milford:  Silas,  born  Octo- 
ber 19,  1748,  died  young;  Mary,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1751,  died  young;  Sarah,  baptized 
June  3,  1753,  died  young;  Jared ;  Barnabas, 
born  1760;  Mary,  ^iarch  18,  1765;  Ephraim, 
1766;   Silas,  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Silas,  son  of  Barnabas  (3)  Baldwin, 
was  born  in  Amity  parish.  Milford.  in  1770, 
died    April     18,     1808.       He    married     ^Iary 

,  born  June  12,  1774,  died  July  19,  1850. 

Children,  born  in  W'oodbridge :  David  R., 
August  4,  1791  ;  Huldah,  July  2,  1793;  Betsey, 
June  18.  1795;  Mary,  August  26.  1797;  Char- 
lotte, July  16,  1799;  Silas  Irving,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah  Harriet.  June  20.  1803;  Lucy 
C.  August  2,  1805  ;  Minerva.  1808. 

(\T)  Silas  Irving,  son  of  Silas  Baldwin, 
was  born  at  W'oodbridge,  July  5,  1801.  He 
lived  in  Xew  Haven  and  was  a  dealer  in  boots, 
shoes  and  dry  goods.  He  married,  March  27, 
1828,  Eliza  E..  daughter  of  Josiah  Xewton 
and  granddaughter  of  Enoch  Xewton.  of  Mil- 
ford. Children :  Elbert  I. ;  Eliza  Xewton, 
married  Henry  R.  Hatch  (see  Hatch  IX)  ; 
Alice  Gertrude,  married  John  M.  Richards ; 
Adolphus  Kent. 


Samuel     Duncan,     immigrant, 
DUXCAX     settled  in  Xewbury,  Massachu- 
setts.    Savage  says  perhaps  he 
moved  to  Boston.     He  owned  land  at  Muddy 
Brook.    Boston,    now    Brookline.      He    had   a 
son  Thomas,  January  15,  1656,  and  others. 

(I)  John  Duncan,  the  ancestor  of  the  line 
herein  recorded,  was  born  in  Billerica.  Octo- 
ber 28.  1678.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade. 
He  came  from  Billerica  to  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, among  the  early  settlers.  He  bought 
land,  one  hundred  and  three  acres  on  Xorth 
brook,  October,  1722,  of  Gershom  Rice.  He 
married,  June  16,  1701,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
John  Dutton.  He  and  his  wife  Sarah  deeded 
to  son,  John  Jr..  February  10.  1731-32.  part 
of  the  homestead  on  Xorth  brook.  He  died 
at  Worcester.  December  15,  1739.  aged  sixty- 
seven.  John's  will  was  dated  Xovember  30, 
1739.  and  proved  December  25.  1739.  at  Wor- 
cester, bequeathing  to  wife  Sarah ;  children 
Simeon,  John,  Samuel,  Daniel,  Sarah  Par- 
menter  and  .\bigail.  Children,  born  at  Bil- 
lerica:    Sarah,  June  14,  1703,  married  

Parmenter;  John,  April  10,  1706,  married  Sa- 
rah Rogers;  Elizabeth,  January  9,  1710-11; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below ;  Simeon,  .\ugust  22, 
1713,  married,  at  Billerica,  August  22,  1743, 
Bridget  Richardson,  and  lived  in  Worcester; 
Samuel ;  .Abigail. 

(ID  Daniel,  son  of  John  Duncan,  was  born 
in  Billerica,  February  13,  1711-12.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the   revolution   from  Petersham  in 


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tlie  guarils  under  Coluiiel  Loaniiiii  Baldwin  in 
Ma\-,  1775.  also  in  Captain  Juul  l^'lctclier's 
conipanx'.  Colonel  Ephraim  Uoolittle's  regi- 
ment, and  in  L'aptain  John  Callender's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Richard  Gridley's  regiment  of 
artillery  in  1775.  He  married  Sarah  Rice,  of 
Conway,  born  February  9.  1703.  died  at  Peter- 
sham. December  10.  1781,  daughter  of  (jer- 
shom  Rice,  born  May  9.  1667.  died  December 
19.  i/fiS.  aged  one  hundred  and  one  years,  son 
of  Thomas  Rice,  (lershom  Rice  resided  in 
Groton.  Connecticut,  and  removed  to  Marl- 
borough, .Massachusetts,  before  October  13, 
1713;  was  one  of  those  who  wished  to  renew 
the  settlement  at  W  orcester,  whither  he  went 
in  [715  and  had  a  grant  of  eighty  acres  in 
171S:  was  the  second  settler  of  the  third  ami 
permanent  settlement  of  Worcester,  his  broth- 
er, Jonas  Rice,  being  the  first :  the  first  town 
meeting  was  at  his  house,  and  he  planted  the 
first  orchard  in  \\  orcester ;  married  Elizabeth 
Balcom,  born  August  16,  1672.  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Elizabeth  (  Haynes )  Balcom  ;  chil- 
dren :  Gershom.  born  i''i96:  Elizabeth,  Octo- 
ber 20,  1698;  Abraham,  October  iG,  1701  ;  Sa- 
rah, February  9,  1703,  mentioned  above;  Ma- 
thias,  January  2(1,  1707:  Ruth.  April  11, 
17 10.  Children  of  Daniel  and  Sarah  Duncan, 
born  in  Worcester :  Mary,  December  30, 
1738-39,  married  James  Jackson :  John,  Sep- 
tember 4,  1740,  married  Rebecca  Meacham,  of 
New  Salem:  Daniel,  June  i,  1742,  married, 
January  21,  1765,  Zurvilla  Rice,  of  Worcester; 
Elizabeth,  January  2t>.  1743-44;  Ezekiel,  Janu- 
ary 15,  1744-45;  Lovinah,  October  7,  1747, 
married,  17^5,  John  Rice,  of  F'eter'iham  ;  Abel, 
mentioned  below ;  Sally,  married  James  Jack- 
son, of  Petersham. 

(HI)  Abel,  son  of  Daniel  Duncan,  was  born 
in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  February  2, 
1749-50.  He  married  Lydia  Mills,  of  Peter- 
sham, Children:  Abel  Jr.,  born  February  22, 
1772:  Xathan,  married  Betsy  Winn,  of  Ches- 
ter; Rufus.  mentioned  below;  Anna,  married 
Amos  Heald.  of  Chester ;  Lucy,  married  Jason 
Duncan  Jr..  of  Dummerston ;  Charles,  married 
Patty  Carter,  of  Wethersfield ;  John,  married 
Caroline  Hastings,  of  Charlestown.  Xew 
Hampshire  :  Arad  ;  George  ;  Lydia,  married 
Daniel  Church,  of  Chester. 

(I\")  Rufus.  son  of  Abel  Duncan,  was  born 
in  \"ermont  about  1780.  He  married  Lucy 
Kimball,  ot  Chester.  \'ermont.  They  lived  at 
Weathersfield.  X'ermont.  Among  their  chil- 
dren was  Albert  Russell,  mentioned  below. 

(\)  Albert  Russell,  son  of  Rufus  Duncan, 
was  born  in  Weathersfield,  \'ermont.  in  1814. 
He  married  Mary  Sophia  Kimball,  born  in 
Burlington.  X'erm'ont.  in  1817.  died  in  1891. 
Children;     i.  Frank  A.    2.  Henry  A.,  enlisted 


m  the  civil  war  from  \  ermont  and  served  in 
the  First  X'ermont  Battery;  diuil  in  the  serv- 
ice, was  unmarried.  3.  .\lberi  Russell,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Ellen  May,  born  1851 ;  mar- 
ried (first)  a  Mr.  Weston,  by  whom  she  had 
one  child,  Orville  ^L  ;  married  (second)  Rev. 
J.  E.  Metcalf,  now  living  near  Troy,  .Xew 
York.  5.  Kate  E..  born  1858;  married  M.  A. 
Chase,  now  living  in  Burlington,  .\ermont ; 
three  children. 

I  \T  I  Albert  Russell  (2),  Jr.,  son  of  .Albert 
Russell  (  I  )  Duncan,  was  born  at  Winooski, 
X'ermont,  December  6,  1847.  ^^^  received  his 
early  education  there  in  the  public  schools. 
.Afterward  he  was  for  si.\  years  clerk  in  a  dry 
goods  store  at  Burlington,  XernKjnt.  In  1869 
he  came  to  Cleveland,  ( )hio,  where  he  was  for 
twelve  years  a  salesman  in  a  dry  goods  house. 
In  1882  he  established  a  commission  business, 
dealing  in  butter,  eggs  and  other  produce  in 
Cleveland,  beginning  in  a  modest  way  with 
small  capital  and  being  his  own  salesman, 
bookkeeper  and  manager.  In  the  first  year  his 
total  sales  amounted  to  fifteen  thousand  dol- 
lars. From  year  to  year,  however,  the  busi- 
ness grew  to  large  proportions  and  became 
correspondingly  profitable.  In  1901  it  was  in- 
corporated as  the  .\.  R.  Duncan  Jr.  Company, 
of  which  Mr.  Duncan  is  president  and  gen- 
eral manager.  The  company  does  an.  aggre- 
gate business  of  more  than  a  million  and  a 
half  dollars  a  year  and  is  the  largest  of  its 
kind  in  Cleveland  and  in  the  state  of  Ohio. 
Mr.  Duncan  is  a  Rei)ublican  in  politics,  but 
disposed  to  independence  from  party  ties.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
Cleveland,  of  the  Cleveland  .Athletic  Club,  the 
Colonial  Club,  the  (ientlemen's  Driving  Club, 
the  Xew  England  Society  of  Cleveland  and 
the  Western  Reserve. 

He  married,  in  .August,  1869,  Ellen  Maria 
Xewton,  born  May  6,  1848,  died  Xovember 
24,  191 1,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Catherine 
(White)  Xewton.  She  was  a  member  of  the 
local  chapter.  Daughters  of  the  Revolution. 
Thev  had  no  children. 


John  Sackett.  the  immigrant, 
SACKETT  came  to  .Xew  England  from 
Biristol.  England,  with  his 
brother  Simon,  on  the  ship  "Lyon",  in  the 
winter  <if  if)30-3i.  He  brought  with  him  his 
son  John  Sackett  Jr.,  who  was  about  three 
vears  old  at  the  time.  Xo  record  of  any  other 
of  his  immediate  family  has  been  found. 
Either  before  leaving  England,  or  during  his 
tedious  mid-winter  voyage  to  .America,  he  be- 
came attached  to  the  brilliant  and  popular  non- 
conformist minister.  Roger  Williams,  whom 
he  followed  first  to  Plvmouth  settlement,  and 


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afterwards  to  Rhode  Island.  Tiring  of  his 
life  in  the  wilderness,  he  made  his  way  to  the 
New  Haven  settlement,  in  the  records  of  which 
he  is  mentioned  as  early  as  1640,  and  as  late 
as  1684.  On  October  6,  1684,  he  filed  an  in- 
ventory of  the  estate  of  John  Sackett  Jr. 
Child,  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Sackett, 
was  born,about  1628  in  England,  died  Septem- 
ber 3,  1683.  He  was  brought  to  New  Eng- 
land by  his  father  in  1631,  when  he  was  three 
years  old.  Very  little  is  known  of  his  boy- 
hood days.  In  1646  he  was  a  member  of  the 
New  Haven  Train  Band.  The  general  court 
of  that  year  first  brought  him  to  notice  and 
gave  him  a  place  in  the  recorded  history  of 
Connecticut  by  fining  him  si.x  cents  "for  want- 
ing a  rest  at  the  training  he  attended".  A 
rest  was  a  stick  crotched  at  one  end  which 
was  used  to  steady  the  heavy  musket  then 
in  use  when  taking  aim.  On  ]May  20,  1652, 
he  married  Agnes  Tinkham,  who  was  prob- 
ably a  younger  sister  of  the  colonist,  Ephraim 
Tinkham,  of  Plymouth  settlement.  He  re- 
mained a  resident  of  New  Haven  until  his 
death  in  1684.  The  records  there  show  that 
on  October  6,  1684,  John  Sackett  made  and 
filed  an  inventory  of  the  estate  of  John  Sackett 
Jr.  Agnes  (Tinkham)  Sackett  died  at  New 
Haven. in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1707.  An 
inventory  of  her  estate  was  filed  .\pril  25, 
1707,  by  her  grandson.  Lieutenant  Joseph 
Sackett,  who  had  previously  been  appointed 
administrator  of  her  husband's  estate.  The 
records  also  show  that  on  July  8,  1712,  Lieu- 
tenant Joseph  Sackett  made  a  final  accounting 
of  said  estate  and  was  discharged  from  his 
bonds.  Children  :  John,  born  April  30,  1653  ; 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below ;  Mary.  Septem- 
ber 24,  1657;  Joseph,  March  2,  .1660;  Martha, 
September   19,   1662. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Sackett, 
was  born  June  6,  1655,  and  lived  in  New 
Haven,  Connecticut.  He  married  Hannah 
.  Children,  born  at  New  Haven :  Jona- 
than, married  Ruth  Hotchkiss ;  Richard,  men- 
tioned below  :  Hannah  ;  John,  married  Hannah 
Smith ;  Joseph. 

(IV)  Captain  Richard  Sackett,  son  of  Jona- 
than Sackett,  was  born  at  New  Haven.  In 
his  younger  days  he  seems  to  have  worked  in 
the  forests  in  New  England  learning  how  tar 
was  extracted  from  pine  trees.  In  1699  he 
lived  in  New  York  City,  where  he  was  pro- 
prietor of  a  malt  house  or  brewery  located  on 
the  north  side  of  Cherry  street,  then  known 
as  .Sackett  street,  named  in  his  honor,  .\bout 
1699  '■'S  was  commissioned  captain  of  the 
Seventh  Company  of  the  New  York  City  Regi- 
ment under  Colonel  William  Peartree,  and  he 


kept  this  command  for  several  years.  On 
March  11,  1703,  he  petitioned  the  Lord  Corn- 
bury  government  for  permission  to  purchase 
some  land  in  Dutchess  county,  called  \\'assaic, 
from  the  Indians,  and  the  petition  was 
granted.  Richard  Sackett  &  Company  re- 
ceived a  patent  for  this  land,  November  2, 
1704,  covering  seven  thousand  five  hundred 
acres.  His  name  occurs  often  in  public  rec- 
ords of  New  York  and  Connecticut  at  that 
time,  and  he  seems  to  have  been  very  prom- 
inent. In  April,  1703,  he  was  appointed  by 
Lord  Cornbury  as  chief  revenue  officer  for  the 
southeastern  section  of  the  province  of  New 
York.  In  April,  1704,  he  filed  a  record  of 
expenses  incurred  in  seizing  the  sloop  "Bet- 
sey" of  Oyster  Bay,  for  trading  contrary  to 
the  law,  and  bringing  her  up  to  New  York, 
showing  that  he  had  jurisdiction  of  both  land 
and  seacoast  and  harbor.  On  June  16,  1704, 
he  was  licensed  to  dispose  by  lottery  of  sev- 
eral lots  of  land  in  New  York  City  and  Dutch- 
ess cciunty.  New  York.  Some  of  his  descend- 
ants say  that  for  a  time  he  was  a  sea  cap- 
tain. Also  it  is  said  that  "having  perfected 
his  title  to  the  Wassaic  tract,  he,  in  connec- 
tion with  several  wealthy  residents  of  New 
York  City,  purchased  the  Indian  titles  to  sev- 
eral other  extensive  tracts  in  same  vicinity, 
and  the  colony  line  between  New  York  and 
Connecticut  not  having  at  the  time  been  es- 
tablished, he  probably  availed  himself  of  his 
knowledge  of  astronomy,  acquired  in  the  study 
of  navigation,  and  made  experiments  and  ob- 
servations, based  upon  the  treaty  of  partition 
made  in  1683,  but  which  had  never  been  car- 
ried out  by  actual  survey,  and  persuaded  him- 
self that  the  boundary  line  when  surveyed 
would  run  within  about  two  miles  of  the  Ousa- 
tonic  river.  And  that  in  this  belief  he  pur- 
chased of  Metoxan,  the  great  chief  of  all  the 
Indian  tribes  in  that  region,  twenty-two  thou- 
sand acres  of  land,  more  than  seven  thousand 
acres  of  which  the  survey  of  the  boundary  line 
showed  to  be  in  Connecticut."  This  probably 
refers  to  the  Nine  Partners  tract  for  which, 
April  10,  1606,  a  patent  was  issued  for  him 
and  associates.  In  May,  1705,  he  petitioned 
the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut  for  per- 
mission to  transport  all  pine  and  spruce  for 
use  in  his  Majesty's  navy,  and  the  petition  was 
granted.  According  to  the  census  about  1708 
in  New  York  City,  he  lived  in  the  east  ward, 
and  had  a  family  which  included  his  wife, 
four  children  and  four  negro  slaves,  one  fe- 
male and  three  males.  In  171 1  the  family  set- 
tled permanently  in  Dutchess  county,  about  a 
mile  south  of  Wassaic.  and  it  is  said  that  when 
he  settled  there  was  no  one  living  within  fif- 
teen miles  of  him.     In  171 1  Governor  Hunter 


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appointed  him  superintendent  of  the  mahufac- 
tiire  of  naval  stores  in  the  province  of  New 
York  and  later  of  New  Jersev  also,  somewhat 
in  opposition  to  the  Lords  of  Trade,  and  he 
served  in  this  office  diirinij  Governor  Hunter's 
term  of  otifice ;  at  least  twelve  times  the  gover- 
nor spoke  favorably  of  his  work  in  official  re- 
ports to  the  Lords  of  Trade,  in  the  hrst  of 
which  he  said:  "I  have  provided  -liere  bv  the 
name  of  Sackett.  who  hath  lived  three  years 
in  the  Easterne  Countries,  among  the  manu- 
facturers of  tar,  and  gives  me  a  "vert  rational 
account  of  the  method  of  preparing  the  trees; 
I  have  also  wrote  to  Connecticut  for  two  more, 
who,  as  I  am  informed,  understand  ye  matter 
very  well".  Mr.  Sackett  was  one  of  the  pre- 
siding officers  of  the  "Court  over  the  Pala- 
tines", which  was  appointed  by  "His  Excel- 
lency, Brigadier  Hunter,  Captain-lieneral  and 
Governor-in-Chief",  to  manage  the  attairs  of 
the  Palatine  villages  within  his  jurisdiction. 
In  1715  he  was  made  the  first  clerk  of  Dutchess 
county,  being  recommended  by  Judge  Leon- 
ard Lewis,  and  he  held  that  office  until  1721. 
He  petitioned  the  New  York  assembly,  No- 
vember 29,  1/22.  for  a  warrant  of  survey  of 
land  in  Dutchess  county.  He  was  one  of  the 
incorporators  of  "The  New  London  Society, 
United  for  Trade  and  Commerce",  for  which 
in  1732  the  general  assembly  of  Connecticut 
granted  a  charter.  In  1734-35  the  New  York 
colonial  assembly  passed  an  act  for  the  divi- 
sion of  the  tract  of  land  in  Dutchess  county 
called  Nine  Partners.  Richard  Sackett  died 
at  W'assaic  in  1746  and  was  buried  in  a  pri- 
vate burying  ground  on  the  original  home 
farm  of  the  family.  His  will  was  proved  April 
28,  1746,  recorded  both  at  Albany  and  New 
York  City.  The  last  years  of  his  life  were 
made  often  disagreeable  by  suits  against  him 
from  persons  who  claimed  tracts  of  his  land 
from  deeds  which  they  declared  antedated  his. 
Captain  Sackett  was  employed  by  the  British 
colonial  government  of  New  York  state  for 
about  twenty  years,  and  he  was  connected  with 
Livingston  in  that  service. 

He  married  Alargery  L.  Sleade.  the  mar- 
riage license  being  issued  in  New  York  City, 
Mav  II,  ifiqg.  Children:  Richard,  mentioned 
below  :  John.  Catherine,  Maria,  Josiah  Crego. 

(  \' )  "Richard  (2),  son  of  Captain  Richard 
(I)  Sackett,  was  born  in  1701.  .\fter  his 
father's  death,  in  1746,  he  purchased  a  farm 
in  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  where  he  moved 
from  Dover,  Dutchess  county.  New  York,  and 
there  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  The 
Dutchess  county  records  show  that  he  re- 
fused to  qualify  as  an  executor  of  his  fatiier's 
estate,  as  he  wished  not  to  be  involved  in 
several   law   suits  pending  relative  to  title  to 


large  tracts  of  land  covere<l  by  his  father's 
will.  He  was  a  well-to-do  farmer  in  .Milford, 
and  seems  to  have  left  a  will  wiiich  was  not 
recorded.  He  left  several  pieces  of  land  to 
his  wife  and  children.  The  will  is  said  to  have 
been  dated  .\|)ril  2,  1 771,  and  the  larger  share 
is  said  to  have  gone  to  Rich;ird.     He  married 

Mary  .     Children:     Margery,  married 

Davi<l  Green:  Mary,  married  Lsrael  Canfield ; 
Richard,  mentioned  below  :  Elizabeth,  born  Oc- 
tober 14,  1751,  (lied  probably  in  infancy:  Cath- 
erine, October  14,  175 1,  died  probably  in  in- 
fancy. 

(\'I)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Richard  (2) 
Sackett,  was  born  July  14,  1749,  in  Milford, 
died  in  1789.  He  lived  in  New  Milford,  and 
in  Arlington,  \erniont.  He  seen)s  to  have 
been  a  well-to-do  farmer  also,  (-)n  January 
4,  177  .  before  he  was  of  age.  he  bought  from 
his  father  fifty  acres  of  land  near  the  home- 
stead at  New  Milford.  The  deed  of  this  land 
is  still  in  possession  of  the  family.  He  does 
not  seem  to  have  been  active  in  public  af- 
fairs, but  to  have  preferred  a  quiet  life.  He 
inherited  a  large  part  of  his  father's  estate  in 
1771,  and  in  1775  sold  all  the  property  in  New 
Milford.  He  then  moved  to  .\rlington.  where 
he  was  a  member  of  the  military  company 
under  Captain  Ebenezer  Wallace.  He  served 
in  the  revolution  in  this  company.  He  mar- 
ried, before  1776,  Martha  Benedict,  born  1756, 
died  1812:  she  married  (second)  about  1791, 
Jason  Kellogg.  Children:  Richard,  born 
.\pril  22.  1777;  Lucy,  October  8,  1780:  Jona- 
than, ^Lirch  12,  1783:  Anson,  mentioned  be- 
low: Hester,  June  24,  1789.  Mrs.  Sackett  was 
daughter  of  Jonathan  Benedict,  born  1723, 
died  1800.  married  Lucy  Castle,  who  died  at 
North  Milford,  N'ermont ;  Jonathan  Benedict 
moved  after  her  death  to  Manchester.  \'er- 
mont,  where  he  married  \\'idow  Margaret 
Seelye  (Pinnock).  He  was  .son  of  Joseph 
Benedict,  who  was  born  at  Norwalk,  Connec- 
ticut, and  married   ( first )   .\nne  ,  died 

1716:  they  moved  to  Ridgefield,  Connecticut; 
he  married    (second)    March  21,    1720,   Mary 

,  mother  of  Jonathan.    Joseph  was  son 

of  John  Benedict,  who  was  born  at  Southold, 
Long  Island,  and  married  at  Norwalk.  Con- 
necticut, Novcmljer  11,  1670,  Phebe  Gregory; 
was  made  freeman  in  1680,  and  was  a  deacon : 
selectman  from  1^189  to  ifygfj.  John  was  son 
of  Thomas  Benedict,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
who  came  from  Nottinghamshire,  England,  to 
Massachusetts  in  if->if<.  and  married  Mary 
Bridgman :  they  live<l  several  years  at  South- 
old  and  in  1662  lived  at  Jamaica.  Long  Island: 
later  lived  at  Norwalk.  where  he  was  deacon 
of  the  church. 

(\II)  Anson,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Sackett, 


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was  born  May  2~,  1785,  died  in  1869.  He 
was  a  tanner.  In  religion  he  was  an  Episco- 
palian, and  in  politics  a  Democrat.  About 
1812  he  moved  to  \'olney.  Oswego  county, 
New  York,  and  in  1838  to  \'illenova,  Chautau- 
qua county,  New  York,  where  he  remained 
until  his  death.  Jacob  Kendal,  a  citizen  of 
X'olney,  wrote  in  1899  that  Anson  and  Jona- 
than Sackett  came  in  18 12,  bought  a  farm 
which  they  ran  together,  and  then  divided. 
Anson  took  the  west  part  and  built  a  house 
for  which  Jacob  Kendal  helped  to  get  the  tim- 
ber ;  he  also  said  that  Anson  Sackett  was  an 
officer  of  the  Episcopal  church  at  Eulton,  four 
miles  from  his  home.  He  married,  at  Poult- 
nev,  \'ermont,  where  he  was  born,  Docia, 
daughter  of  Denison  Ruggles,  of  Hampton. 
New  York.  They  were  married  January  31, 
1810.  Children:  i.  George  R.,  born  Decem- 
ber 15.  1815,  died  July  15.  1848;  married  Cla- 
rissa (Payne)  Woodbury.  2.  Clarissa,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1817,  died  August,  1902;  married 
Selah  Seymour.  3.  William  D.,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Ezra  B.,  October  16,  1822,  died  April 
16,  1896 :  married  Simena  R.  Ward.  5.  Mar- 
tha, April  18,  1824,  died  April  6,  1846,  unmar- 
ried. 6.  Cyrus  T.,  April  14,  1827,  died  May 
29,  1855,  unmarried.  7.  Ozander  A.,  May  12, 
1829,  died  February  26,  1894;  married  Ophelia 
A.  Gould.  8.  Hester,  Alay  2,  1832  ;  married 
Medad  S.  Corey.  M.  D.  9.  Phoebe  D.,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1834;  married  William  J.  Swits. 

(VHI)  William  Dennison,  son  of  Anson 
Sackett,  was  born  in  Oswego  county,  New 
York,  August  30,  1820,  died  in  February, 
1904.  When  he  was  eighteen  years  of  age 
he  came  with  his  parents  to  Chautauqua  coun- 
ty. New  York,  in  1838 ;  the  journey  was  very 
difficult,  as  it  was  made  in  the  winter  on 
sleds  and  snowstorms  and  unbroken  roads 
made  traveling  hard.  He  attended  Allegheny 
College,  Meadville.  Pennsylvania,  and  then 
became  principal  of  the  Meadville  Academy, 
which  was  the  preparatory  school  for  the  col- 
lege. His  health,  however,  comp>elled  him  to 
give  up  this  work,  and  he  then  served  an  ap- 
prenticeship at  the  carpenter  and  joiner  trade. 
He  became  a  successful  contractor  and  builder, 
and  in  connection  with  his  business  carried  on 
a  planing  mill.  He  had  many  large  contracts 
in  connection  with  buikling  the  Atlantic  & 
Great  Western  railroad.  As  his  business  in- 
creased and  he  needed  more  capital  he  took  a 
partner,  and  conducted  business  under  the  firm 
name  of  Sackett  &  Thomas.  He  lived  for 
the  most  of  his  life  at  Meadville,  but  often 
made  long  stays  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
Mrs.  Waters,  at  Nashville.  Tennessee.  Early 
in  life  he  joined  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  was  always  generous  towards  its 


support.  He  contributed  toward  the  building 
of  the  First  Church  and  the  State  Street 
Church  in  Meadville,  and  for  many  years  was 
a  class  leader.  He  married,  December  31, 
1849,  Caroline,  daughter  of  Captain  Ora  and 
Eliza  (Morison)  De  Long.  Captain  De  Long 
came  from  Sackett's  Harbor,  New  York ;  the 
harbor  was  named  from  the  Sackett  faiuily, 
and  he  was  uncle  of  the  well  known  Lieuten- 
ant De  Long  who  headed  an  expedition  for 
the  North  Pole.  Children:  i.  James  De 
Long,  mentioned  below.  2.  Clara  Elisabeth, 
born  January  23,  1853:  resides  in  Meadville, 
Pennsylvania.  3.  Ella  ^L,  born  July  13.  1855, 
died  November  9,  189 1  ;  married  W.  T.  Wat- 
ers. 4.  Hattie  D..  November  17,  1857,  died 
April  9,  1859.  5.  Albert  H.,  February  8,  1859; 
married  Ida  P.enn.  6.  Mary  E.,  July  21.  1862; 
resides  in  Mea<lville.  7.  Carrie  ^L,  January 
13,  1866;  married  W.  T.  Waters.  8.  Gertrude, 
E.,  August  4,  1868;  married  C.  C.  LafFer, 
M.  D.  ' 

(IN)  James  De  Long,  son  of  William  Den- 
nison Sackett,  was  born  at  Meadville,  Pennsyl- 
vania, January  26,  185 1.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  for  a 
time  was  a  student  in  Allegheny  College, 
Pennsylvania.  After  leaving  school  he  was 
employed  for  a  time  as  clerk  in  the  purchas- 
ing department  of  the  New  York,  Pennsyl- 
vania &  Ohio  Railroad  Company.  In  1883  he 
entered  the  Cleveland  Paper  Manufacturing 
Company,  a  corporation  of  which  he  is  now 
secretary  and  manager.  He  is  a  prominent 
figure  in  the  wholesale  paper  business.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce  of 
Cleveland  and  of  the  Cleveland  Association 
of  Credit  Men  and  The  Manufacturers  and 
Wholesale  Merchants  Board.  He  is  also  a 
member  of  the  Cleveland  Athletic  Club,  the 
Mayfield  Country  Club,  the  Euclid  Club,  the 
Graphic  x-\rts  Club  and  of  the  New  England 
Society  of  Cleveland  and  the  Western  Re- 
serve. In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian,  in 
politics  a   Republican. 

He  married,  December  29,  1892,  at  Cleve- 
land, Clara  Gertrude,  born  in  Lancaster,  Penn- 
sylvania, March,  1866,  daughter  of  William 
H.  and  Anna  (  Buckins)  Hostetter.  Their  only 
child,  a  daughter,  born  July  8.  1894,  died  July 
10,   1894. 


The  surnames  Wiley  anrl  Willey 
WILEY  were  originally  used  interchange- 
ably in  England,  though  the  .\m- 
erican  families  of  Wiley,  mentioned  below, 
seem  not  related  to  the  Willey  families  at  all. 
Wiley  or  Willey  is  derived  from  the  personal 
name  William.  Some  others  of  the  same  deri- 
vation   are    Williams,    Williamson.    Fitz-Will- 


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iams,  W'ilkins,  Wilcox,  W'ilniot,  Billson,  Til- 
son  I  William  was  once  nicknamed  Till,  as 
well  as  Bill),  and  Guilliam,  Gillett,  etc.,  from 
the  French  Guillaume.  The  surname  Wiley 
was  derived  from  the  name  of  a  parish  in 
Wiltshire.  The  Wiley  coat-of-arms  is :  Ar- 
gent three  griffins  passant  sable.  The  Willey 
family  in  various  parts  of  the  country  uses  a 
modified  form  of  this  armorial,  and  this  seems 
to  prove  that  originally  the  Wiley  and  Willey 
families  were  of  the  same  stixk.  Wiley  or 
Willey :  Argent  three  griffins  segeant  in 
f esse  sable.  x\lso :  Argent  three  griffins  se- 
geant in  fesse  sable  between  five  trefoils 
slipped  vert.  The  only  crest  found  is :  A 
rose  bush  vert  bearing  roses  argent.  The 
Scotch  W'ylie  or  Wiley  family  is  especially 
numerous  in  the  north  of  Ireland,  county  An- 
trim. 

A  number  of  the  Willey  family  came  to 
New  England  before  1650.  Allen  Willey  was 
admitted  to  the  church  in  Boston,  November 
9,  i(')34 :  Isaac  ^^■illey  and  wife  Joanna  were 
in  Boston  before  1640;  she  married  second 
June  8.  1660.  in  Boston,  Edward  Burcham  of 
Lynn.  Thomas  Willey  settled  in  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  and  a  large  family  descended  from 
a  settler  of  this  surname  at  New  London,  Con- 
necticut. 

( I )  John  Wiley,  the  immigrant  ancestor  of 
the  Wiley  family,  was  born  in  England,  about 
1615.  He  settled  at  Reading,  Massachusetts, 
where  his  descendants  have  been  prominent 
to  the  present  time.  He  gave  bonds  in  the 
general  court  July  30,  1640.  and  was  a  pro- 
prietor in  1648.  His  wife  Elizabeth  was  a 
member  of  the  Reading  church  in  1648;  she 
died  .August  3.  1662.  He  lived  in  "Little 
World",  now  called  Woodville,  Reading,  and 
was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  in  that  town. 
He  died  probably  in  1672.  Children :  John 
Jr.:  Benjamin  (  ?),  married,  1707,  Mary  Nich- 
ols ;  Elizabeth,  born  March  4,  1649 :  Timothy, 
mentioned  below ;  Susanna,  born  July  16, 
1655  :  Sarah,  born  February  4,  1658. 

(in  Timothy,  son  of  John  Wiley,  was 
born  in  Reading.  Massachusetts,  .\pril  24, 
1653.  He  succeeded  his  father  on  the  home- 
stead, and  became  a  leading  citizen,  holding 
the  offices  of  selectman  and  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court.  He  died  in  1728.  He  married 
(first)  in  1678.  Elizabeth  Davis,  who  died  m 
1695.  daughter  of  George  Davis.     He  married 

(second)   1698,  Susanna  .    Children  of 

first  wife :  Tohn,  born  1670  :  Elizabeth,  Decem- 
ber 12,  i68'i.  died  voung:  Timothy,  mentioned 
below.  Elizabeth. 'born  May  i,  1690.  Child 
of  second  wife:  Thomas,  born  June  17.  1697. 

(Ill)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Timothy  (i) 
Wilev,  was  born  in  1688-92,  at  Reading,  and 


died  .\ugust  19,  1749.  He  lived  at  Woodville, 
Reading.  He  married,  in  1714,  Mary  Poole, 
of  Lynnfield.  Children,  born  at  Reading:  Sa- 
rah, 1715,  baptized  July  24,  1715:  Susanna, 
1717,  baptized  January  8.  1717;  -Mary,  born 
September  21,  1721  ;  Lydia,  April  17,  1724; 
Timothy,  October  5,  1725:  John,  1727;  Na- 
thaniel, mentioned  below;  I'hineas,  i'"ebruary 
8,   1730-1- 

(I\')  Nathaniel,  son  of  Timothy  (2)  Wiley, 
was  born  at  Reading,  .\pril  11,  1729,  and  bap- 
tized October  13,  1729.  He  lived  in  Reading, 
and  died  there  in  1822,  aged  ninety-three 
years.  He  served  in  the  revolution  on  the 
Le.xington  alarm,  .\pril  19,  1775,  in  Captain 
John  Walton's  company.  Colonel  David 
Green's  regiment.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
train  band  of  Reading.  He  married,  .\pril 
5,  1751.  Mary  Eaton,  of  Andover,  Massachu- 
setts. Children,  born  at  Wakefield,  South 
Reading:  Timothy.  June  21.  1752:  Mary, 
November  7.  1756:  Nathaniel,  March  29,  1759; 
Phineas,  .August  19,  1761  :  Benjamin,  Decem- 
ber 12,  1763;  Edmund.  July  12,  1766;  Eph- 
raim,  .August  17,  1768;  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low; Eli,  -April  II,  1775. 

(\')  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Wiley,  was 
born  at  Reading,  Massachusetts,  January  10, 
1772.  He  married  at  Reading,  February  19, 
1795,  Betsey  Vinton.  Children,  born  at  Read- 
ing, except  the  eldest :  Samuel,  born  in  Stone- 
ham  ;  John,  January  23,  1796;  John  (2d), 
mentioned  below;  Ira,  March  13,  1802;  Bet- 
sey, February  27,  1804;  .Adam,  April  5,  1806; 
Louisa,  .August  2,  1808;  Rebecca,  October 
2j,  18 10.  Ira  Wiley  was  captain  of  the  fam- 
ous Rifle  Grays,  married  Eunice  W.  Nichols 
and  had  Horace  and  Eunice  .A.  Wiley.  .Adam's 
son  Herbert  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war  in 
Company  K,  Twenty-third  Massachusetts 
Regiment,  volunteer  militia.  John  Wiley's 
farm  was  at  Little  W^irld.  Reading,  now  town 
of  Wakefield.  Children :  Lyman,  Orlando, 
George,  Samuel,  and  William  Henry,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\TI)  William  Henry,  son  of  John,  and 
grandson  of  Samuel  Wiley,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 12,  1821,  in  or  near  Boston. 

He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  was  for  many  years  a  manufacturer  of 
shoes  in  Hartford.  Connecticut,  senior  partner 
in  the  firm  of  William  H.  Wiley  &■  Son,  in 
his  later  years.  He  was  for  many  years  a 
member  of  the  North  P>aptist  Church  of  that 
citv,  and  helped  organize  the  .\>ylum  Hill 
Baptist  Church  of  which  he  wa<  a  member  at 
the  time  of  his  death.  .An  earnest  Republican, 
never  failing  to  vote  for  fifty  years.  He 
died  in  November.  1892,  in  Hartford.  He 
married    Miranda    Griswold.    born    at    Sims- 


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bury,  Connecticut,  in  1827.  daughter  of 
Roger  and  Eunice  ( Loomis )  Griswold, 
a  descendant  of  many  of  the  early  Con- 
necticut pioneers.  Children:  I.  Louis  Gris- 
wold. born  1849  :  married  Carrie ;  chil- 
dren :  Louis  Griswold  Jr.,  Robert,  Herbert  and 
2klabel.  2.  Edward  Xorris,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Lvman  A.,  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
1857';  married  Jennie  Burkett,  of  Hartford, 
and  had  Lillian  Burkett  and  Ralph  Burkett 
Wiley;  now  living  in  Chicago,  secretary  of 
People's  Gaslight  and  Coke  Company  of  Chi- 
cago. 4.  James  Allen,  born  at  Hartford,  1859: 
married  Annie  Corbin,  of  Hartford;  children: 
Harry,  John  and  Louisa  \\'iley.  5.  Clarence 
Henry,  born  at  Hartford.  1863 ;  resides  at 
Hartford,  retired  from  business  ;  married  Julia 
Howard,  and  had  Leland  Howard  Wiley.  6. 
Annie  A.,  born  at  Hartford ;  married  Edward 
C.  Frisbie,  of  Hartford ;  she  died  March  30, 
1912;  children:  Florence,  Edward  C.  Jr.  and 
Alice  Frisbie.  7.  Lillian,  born  at  Hartford, 
died  aged  sixteen  years. 

(  \'in  )  Edward  Norris,  son  of  William  Hen- 
ry Wiley,  was  born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
Alarch  8,  1855,  and  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic and  high  schools  of  Hartford.  He  started 
upon  his  business  career  as  clerk  in  a  whole- 
sale drygoods  house  in  Hartford,  and  after 
ten  years  of  experience  went  to  Chicago  in 
1881.  He  entered  the  employ  of  S.  ^L  Moore, 
insurance  agent  and  broker,  and  was  subse- 
quently admitted  to  partnership.  The  firm 
afterward  became  Wiley,  Magill  &  Johnson, 
then  Webster  &  Wiley.  Since  the  death  of 
Mr.  Webster,  Mr.  Wiley  has  continued  in  the 
insurance  business  with  offices  in  the  Insur- 
ance Exchange  Building,  Chicago.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  L'nion  League  Club  of  Chi- 
cago, the  Chicago  Athletic  Club  of  Chicago, 
the  Kenwood  Club,  the  Midlothian  Country 
Club,  the  Chicago  Club  of  Charlevoix,  ]\Iichi- 
gan,  where  Mr.  Wiley  has  a  summer  resi- 
dence :  the  Congregational  Club,  the  Kenwood 
Evangelical  Church,  and  the  New  England  So- 
ciety of  Chicago. 

He  married  (first)  ^lay  31,  1883,  Jennie 
E.  Moore,  born  in  Chicago,  i860,  died  in  July, 
1903,  daughter  of  Silas  M.  and  Elizabeth 
(Davidson)  Moore.  He  married  (second) 
August,  1909,  Mrs.  Alice  (Kelsey)  Teall, 
widow  of  Edward  M.  Teal!.  Children  by  first 
wife:  I.  Silas  Moore,  born  in  Chicago,  March 
15,  1884;  graduate  of  Princeton  College  with 
the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts,  and  from  the 
L'niversity  of  Michigan  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  laws,  now  a  member  of  the  Illinois 
Bar  Association,  practicing  law  in  Chicago. 
2.  Edward  Norris  Jr.,  born  in  Chicago,  1887, 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago,  the 


preparatory  school  at  Lawrenceville,  New 
York,  and  now  in  the  employ  of  the  insurance 
firm  of  \\'illiam  H.  Wiley  &  Sons,  Chicago. 


George  Robert  White  Scott, 
SCOTT  A.  M.,  Ph.  D.,  D.  D.,  was  of 
Scotch  and  English  ancestry.  He 
was  son  of  John  and  Eliza  ( Boden )  Scott. 
The  family  is  descended  from  Sir  Walter 
Scott,  and  his  mother,  Eliza  (  Boden  1  Scott, 
was  descended  from  James  Beattie.  the  poet. 
Dr.  Scott  was  born  in  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania, April  17,  1842,  died  at  Berlin,  Ger- 
many, September  13,  1902,  after  a  short  ill- 
ness. Although  he  spent  his  early  years  in 
Pennsylvania,  he  was  educated  in  New  Eng- 
land, and  was  graduated  from  Middlebury 
College,  \'ermont,  in  1864.  and  from  Andover 
Theological  Seminary  in  1867.  After  gradu- 
ating he  was  called  as  pastor  to  the  church 
at  Newport,  New  Hampshire,  in  1867.  and 
was  ordained  September  17,  1868,  remaining 
until  1873.  He  went  from  Newport  to  Bos- 
ton, where  he  remained  for  two  years  in 
charge  of  the  Chambers  Street  Mission  which 
was  supported  by  the  Old  South  Church.  In 
1876  he  went  to  Fitchburg.  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  pastor  of  the  Rollstone  Church 
for  twelve  years,  until  1888.  He  was  very 
popular  and  powerful  both  in  the  parish  and 
in  the  city.  He  was  a  member  of  several  of 
the  national  councils  of  the  Congregational 
churches,  and  spoke  in  those  of  1898  and  1901. 
He  was  chosen  moderator  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Association  of  Churches.  In  December, 
1885,  his  physician  insisted  on  his  taking  a 
trip  to  Europe  for  his  health,  but  he  retained 
his  name  as  pastor  of  the  Rollstone  Church 
and  his  position  as  chaplain  on  the  staff  of  the 
Sixth  Massachusetts  Regiment.  Although  he 
remained  abroad  for  six  years,  he  was  not  in- 
active, but  preached  in  many  places,  at  Dres- 
den, Florence,  \'enice  and  Rome.  He  preached 
the  installation  sermon  of  Rev.  Dr.  Stucken- 
berg  at  the  American  church  in  Berlin,  worked 
on  the  church  committee,  and  took  charge  of 
the  church  during  the  pastor's  trip  to  America. 
With  Dr.  Philip  Schaff  he  traveled  through 
Germanv,  becoming  acquainted  with  many 
prominent  people.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Evangelical  Alliance  which  met  in  Florence, 
Italy.  In  the  year  1886  he  studied  at  Tubin- 
gen, and  was  at  the  L'niversity  of  Berlin  for 
two  years,  receiving  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Philosophy  in  1889.  Already  both  ^iliddlebury 
College  and  Olivet  College.  Michigan,  had 
awarded  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Divin- 
ity. 

On  his  return  to  America  he  accepted  a  call 
as  pastor  and  preacher  for  six  months  at  the 


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Congregational  cliurcli  of  Leominster,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  remained  there  tor  five  years 
and  a  half.  A  tribute  to  his  ability  as  organi- 
zer and  manager  is  shown  in  tlie  fact  tliat 
four  colleges  offered  him  the  position  of  presi- 
dent, among  them  Middlebury  College,  and 
for  years  he  was  trustee  of  Dow  Academy  in 
Franconia,  Xew  Hampshire,  and  Jattna  Col- 
lege. Ceylon.  Even  after  he  retired  from  par- 
ish work  to  his  home,  Kenrick  Park,  Newton, 
he  was  as  busy  as  ever  with  sermons,  ad- 
dresses and  committees.  In  addition  to  all  this 
work  he  found  time  to  write.  The  "Italian 
Renaissance  of  To-day"  is  one  of  his  writings. 
He  also  contributed  much  to  The  Cliicai^o  Ad- 
vance, Tlie  Independent,  The  Congreiiotion- 
alist.  Our  Day,  Good  Words  (English),  and 
others.  He  became  a  member  of  the  Xew 
England  Historic  Genealogical  Society  in 
1893,  3t'  liis  work  as  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee on  papers  and  essays  was  very  valu- 
able. One  of  his  best  works  was  in  the  bio- 
graphical sketch  of  Rev.  Edwards  .A.  Park, 
D.  D.,  of  .Andover,  who  was  his  teacher  there 
and  a  personal  friend,  in  "Professor  Park  and 
His  Friends",  which  he  collaborated  with  Jo- 
seph Cook  and  others.  He  was  fraternal  dele- 
gate of  the  National  Council  of  .American 
Congregational  Churches  to  the  tercentenary 
celebration  and  dedication  of  the  John  Rob- 
inson Memorial  Church  of  Gainsborough, 
England.  He  had  been  instrumental  in  rais- 
ing over  five  thousand  dollars  for  this  church, 
to  which  Governor  Crane,  Bishop  Lawrence, 
and  President  Eliot,  of  Massachusetts,  con- 
tributed. He  made  three  addresses  during 
these  services,  June  8-1 1,  1902.  Following  this 
visit  he  preached  several  times  in  London,  and 
gave  addresses  at  Hackney  College,  London, 
and  at  the  Cnited  Yorkshire  College,  Brad- 
ford, and  spoke  at  the  Congregational  Union 
of  England  and  Wales.  On  November  i  of 
the  same  year,  1902.  his  funeral  was  held  in 
the  Eliot  Congregational  Church,  Newton, 
Massaafcusetts,  at  which  Rev.  Drs.  W.  D. 
Davis,  pastor  of  the  church,  Edward  L.  Clark, 
and  Samuel  E.  Herrick,  of  Boston,  otiticiated. 
Among  the  delegations  present  at  the  funeral 
were  those  from  the  American  Historical  .As- 
sociation, the  .American  Home  Missionary  So- 
ciety, in  which  he  was  a  member  of  the 
national  committee,  the  Congregational  Na- 
tional Council,  the  Massachusetts  State  .Asso- 
ciation of  Congregational  Churches,  the  New 
England  Historic  Genealogical  Society,  .Am- 
erican Board  of  Foreign  Missions,  of  which 
he  was  a  corp>orate  member,  lioston  Theologi- 
cal Library,  .Andover  Theological  Seminary, 
Middlesex  Congregational  L'nion,  the  Congre- 
gational  Club  of    Boston,   the   Bostonian   So- 


ciety, the  Monday  and  Tuesday  Clubs  of  New- 
ton, and  the  Hoard  of  Trustees  of  Jatifna  Col- 
lege of  Ceylon.  He  was  buried  in  the  family 
lot  in  .Mt.  .Auburn  cemetery,  the  Rev.  iJr. 
James  L.  Barton,  of  the  .\mcrican  Hoard,  (jffi- 
ciating.  Memorial  services  were  held  at  Leo- 
minster, .November  9,  and  at  the  Rollstone 
Church,  Fitchburg,  November  16:  at  the 
Gainsborough  church,  September  28,  and  in 
the  -American  Church  at  Berlin  on  the  same 
day. 

Wherever  Dr.  Scott  lived  he  soon  became 
powerful  among  the  neighlxirs.  and  he  maile 
very  few  enemies.  Everyone  loved  him  for 
his  manliness,  his  knowledge,  and  his  genial, 
hearty  manners.  He  was  always  a  true  friend 
and  generous.  He  was  of  commanding  sta- 
ture, able  to  hold  an  audience  through  his  per- 
sonality. His  name  will  always  be  remem- 
bered and  cherished  by  the  churches  in  which 
he  preached.  In  his  home  and  social  life  he 
was  much  beloved.  He  was  always  young 
in  spirit,  and  "always  a  lover".  On  his  trip 
to  the  Gainsborough  church,  when  President 
Roo.sevelt  sent  him  as  his  representative,  he 
wrote:  "Because  I  cannot  come  Dr.  Scott 
shall  be  in  my  stead.  Receive  his  greetings  as 
my  greetings."  His  ambition  was  to  be  an 
authority  on  the  history  of  the  Puritan  move- 
ment that  had  its  origin  in  England,  its  de- 
velopment in  Holland,  and  its  completion  in 
.America,  and  it  was  natural  that  he  should 
be  chosen  for  the  imjxjrtant  position  of  carry- 
ing  greetings    to    the    historic    church.      Rev. 


-Alexander  McKenzie 
service,  said  of  him 
chosen,  faithful 
could  be  given. 

Dr.    Scott    married 


D.D.,    in    the    funeral 
that    he    was   "Called, 


than  which  no  better  tribute 
September    22,    1869, 


Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Moses  -Arnolil 
Dow,  of  Boston,  the  founder  of  Dow  .Academy 
and  a  direct  descendant  of  Molly  Burr,  the 
niece  of  President  .Aaron  Burr,  of  Princeton. 
He  had  two  sons,  George  Dow,  mentioned  be- 
low, and  -Arnold,  and  a  daughter,  Mary  Eliza- 
beth, who  died  in  infancy. 

(II)  Dr.  George  Dow  Scott,  son  of  Rev. 
George  Robert  White  Scott,  was  born  at  New- 
port, New  Hampshire.  January  2S.  1871.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  Phillips  .Academy,  .Andover,  Massachu- 
setts. He  then  went  abroad  and  studied  at 
Eberhardt  Ludwig's  Royal  Imperial  Gymna- 
sium at  Stuttgart.  Germany,  and  at  the  Schill- 
mann  Gymnasium  in  Berlin.  Germany.  .After- 
ward he  traveled  extensively  in  all  parts  of 
Europe  and  became  proficient  in  several  Eu- 
ropean languages.  In  iSiii  he  returned  to  this 
country  and  entered  .Middlebury  College,  \'er- 
mont,  graduating  there   in  the  class  of   1895 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


with  the  degree  of  Baclielor  of  Science.  In 
1896  he  received  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts  at  Harvard  University,  after  which  he 
won  his  degree  of  Doctor  of  ^Medicine  at  Har- 
vard Medical  School.  In  1898  he  served  in 
the  Boston  Lying-in-Hospital ;  in  1900  he  was 
assistant  physician  on  the  Boston  Floating 
Hospital;  in  1901  he  was  an  interne  in  the 
Boston  City  Hospital,  south  department,  and 
in  the  New  York  Infants'  and  Children's  Hos- 
pital in  1903.  For  many  months  he  served  in 
the  \'ienna  General  Hospital  and  in  the  Poli- 
klinik  Hospital,  children's  department,  also  in 
\'ienna,  under  Professor  Alois  Monti.  Since 
1904  Dr.  Scott  has  been  in  practice  in  New 
York  City.  He  is  assistant  visiting  physician 
and  lecturer  on  the  diseases  of  infants  and 
children  as  well  as  chief  of  clinic  of  the  Post- 
Graduate  Medical  School  and  Hospital  of 
New  York ;  chief  of  clinic  and  attending  phy- 
sician at  St.  Mark's  Hospital  of  New  York, 
consulting  specialist  at  the  Nassau  Hospital, 
and  an  eminent  specialist  in  the  diseases  of 
children. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Aledical 
Society,  the  Bronx  ^ledical  Society,  the  New 
York  Physicians'  Association,  the  West  Side 
Clinical  Society,  the  Post-Graduate  Clinical 
Association,  the  Greater  New  York  jMedical 
Society,  the  New  York  County  Medical  So- 
ciety-, the  Harlem  Medical  Association,  the 
New  York  State  Medical  Society,  the  .\meri- 
can  Medical  Association,  the  Society  of  Medi- 
cal Jurisprudence,  the  Pediatric  Section  of  the 
Academy  of  Medicine.  His  office  is  at  1 1 1 
West  Seventy-seventh  street.  New  York.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Con- 
gregationalist. 


The  Ruggles  family  is  de- 
RUGGLES     scended     from     the     English 

family  of  counties  Suffolk  and 
Essex,  with  very  few  exceptions.  There  are 
some  who  claim  descent  from  an  ancestor  who 
came  from  France.  In  a  life  of  George  Rug- 
gles. the  famous  scholar  and  dramatic  author 
during  the  reign  of  King  James  I.,  written 
by  John  Sydney  Hawkins,  son  of  Sir  John 
Hawkins,  and  published  in  London  in  1787, 
there  is  a  statement  that  the  Ruggles  family 
of  Essex  and  Suffolk  was  descended  from  the 
very  ancient  family  of  Ruggeley  or  De  Rug- 
geley,  of  Staffordshire :  he  states  in  the  book 
that  doubtless  the  name  was  derived  from  the 
town  of  Ruggeley  or  Rugeley,  Staffordshire, 
where  thev  first  settled.  The  name  is  said  to 
be  of  .\nglo-Sa.xon  origin,  meaning  rugged 
land,  and  it  has  been  variously  spelled  De  Rug- 
gele,  De  Ruggeley,  Ruggeley,  Ruggelay.  Rug- 
gleigh,    Rogyll,    Rogle,    Rugle,    Rugles,    Rug- 


gles, and  finally  Ruggles.  The  first  mention 
of  the  family  is  in  Shaw's  "Antiquities  of 
Staffordshire",  which  states  that  Robert  de 
Ruggele  lived  in  1220,  during  the  reign  of 
Henry  HI.,  and  later  that  Humphrey  de  Rug- 
geley was  owner  of  Hawksbeard.  In  the 
"Antiquities  of  Warwickshire",  Sir  William 
Dugdale  speaks  of  the  families  as  follows : 
"They  were  gentlemen  of  very  good  note,  for 
so  early  as  the  twenty-sixth  year  of  the  reign 
of  King  Edward  I.,  viz.,  A.  D.  1298,  I  find 
William  de  Ruggele,  de  comitatu  Statfordiae, 
recorded  with  an  encomium  for  having  per- 
formed faithful  service  to  the  king  in  his  army 
then  in  Flanders ;  and  in  the  tenth,  thirteenth 
and  fourteenth  of  Edward  III.,  mention  is 
made  of  Simon  de  Ruggeley,  who  was  then 
sheriff  of  the  counties  of  Salop  and  Staft'ord". 
He  also  states  that  Nicholas  Ruggeley,  of 
Hawksbeard.  was  appointed  to  the  rangership 
of  Sutton  Chase,  Warwickshire,  in  the  second 
\-ear  of  Henry  IV.,  continuing  until  the  tenth 
year  of  Henry  \T. ;  about  1423  he  bought  the 
manor  of  Claptham,  in  Dunton,  later  called 
Downton  Ruggeley,  Warwickshire;  in  1428 
he  was  sheriff  of  Warwick  and  Leicester.  A 
branch  of  this  family  moved  to  Lincolnshire, 
at  Holton  Holgate,  and  later  some  of  the  fam- 
ily moved  to  Essex  and  Suffolk,  where  the 
first  known  ancestor  of  the  American  family 
was  found  in  1547.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the 
family  is  as  follows :  "Argent,  between  three 
roses  a  chevron  gules".  Crest:  "A  tower  or, 
with  a  beacon  flaming  at  the  top  proper,  and 
transpierced  with  four  arrows  in  saltire,  points 
downward,  argent."     Motto  :  "Struggle." 

(I)  Thomas  Ruggles  was  of  Sudbury,  coun- 
ty Suffolk,  Englaad.  His  will  was  dated  June 
21,   1547.     He  had  a  brother  William,  and  a 

sister    Isabella,   who  married   Norris. 

Children:  Nicholas,  mentioned  below;  John, 
of  Stanstead,  Suffolk,  will  proved  May  19, 
1566;  Ann;  Elizabeth. 

(II)  Nicholas,  son  of  Thomas  Ruggles,  was 
also  of  Sudbury,  county  Suffolk.  CRildren : 
Roger,  married,  February  2^.  1573,  Margery 
Dandye ;  George,  of  Sudbury,  will  proved  Alay 
16,  1616,  married,  June  5.  1575.  Alice  Dandye; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Edward,  married 
and  left  issue ;  Margery,  married,  January  ig, 

1584,  John  Drury;  William,  married  October 
6,  1577,  Mary  Brundish,  (second)  October  11, 

1585,  Lucy  Grome ;  Robert  of  Lavenham, 
county  Suffolk,  died  June  21,  1605,  married 
Elizabeth  . 

(III)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Nicholas  Rug- 
gles, was  of  Sudbury,  England.  Children: 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  John,  of  Roxbury, 
]\Iassachusetts,  in  1635,  born  1591. 

(I\')    Thomas    (3),    son    of    Thomas    (2) 


NEW    ENGLAND. 


3" 


Ruggles,  was  the  inimi^^rant  ancestor  of  tlic 
family.  He  was  born  in  Sudbury,  England, 
in  1584.  He  married,  in  Nasing,  county  Es- 
sex, EntJjland,  November  i,  idjo,  Mary,  sister 
of  William  Curtis,  who  came  to  Roxbury  with 
his  family  in  1632.  She  was  born  alwut  1586. 
and  died  February  14,  1674,  aged  eighty-eight 
according  to  the  Roxbury  church  records, 
though  perhaps  she  was  eighty-five  years  of 
age,  as  the  Nasing  records  give  a  Mary  Curtis 
baptized  in  1589.  Thomas  Ruggles  came  to 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  in  1637,  with  his 
wife  and  children,  Sarah  and  Samuel,  his  old- 
est son  having  died  in  England,  and  his  second 
son  John  being  brought  over  as  a  servant  of 
Phillip  Eliot.  He  and  his  wife  joined  the 
churcli  soon  after  their  arrival.  He  "had  a 
great  sicknesse  the  yeare  after  his  coming", 
and  died  November  15,  1644,  "of  a  consump- 
tion". In  his  will  he  bequeathed  to  his  son 
John  a  lot  of  about  sixteen  acres  of  land,  "be- 
yond the  Great  Pond ',  Jamaica,  and  to  Sam- 
uel he  left  the  lot  of  about  seven  acres  at 
Roxbury,  near  the  lots  of  Phillip  Eliot  and 
Arthur  Gary,  and  about  twelve  acres  at  Ded- 
ham,  Massachusetts :  his  daughter  Sarah  re- 
ceived £3,  and  his  wife  had  the  rest  of  his 
land  and  his  house,  as  well  as  certain,  provi- 
sions to  be  supplied  by  his  sons,  who  after  her 
death  were  to  divide  the  land,  John  having 
one  half  and  Samuel  and  Sarah  the  other  half. 
Mary,  wife  of  Thomas,  doubtless  married 
(second)  "goodman"  Roote.  She  survived 
her  first  husband  thirty  years.  Children : 
Thomas,  born  about  1621-2.  died  in  England: 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  baptized  in 
Nasing,  February  16,  1627-8:  Samuel,  born 
1629. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Ruggles, 
was  baptized  January  8,  1624-5,  in  Nasing, 
England.  When  he  was  ten  years  of  age, 
in  1635,  he  came  to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
in  the  ship  "Hopewell",  from  London  to  Bos- 
ton, with  his  uncle  John  Ruggles,  being  in 
care  of  Phillip  Eliot.  He  died  September  15. 
1658,  aged  thirty-three  years.  His  will,  dated 
September  9,  1658,  appointed  his  "uncle  Rug- 
les,  my  father  Craft,  and  my  brother  Samuel 
to  be  overseers:  and  if  my  wife  mary  again 
and  my  overseers  do  not  like  the  usage  of  my 
children,  I  give  them  power  to  take  them 
away  and  one  half  of  my  estate  which  I  leave 
in  the  hands  of  my  wife."  He  bequeathed  the 
whole  estate  to  his  wife  until  the  children 
should  be  of  age.  when  John  was  to  have  two 
parts  and  Samuel  and  Thomas  one  part  each : 
his  wife  and  his  father  Craft  were  executors 
of  the  will.  He  married,  January  24.  1650. 
Abigail  Craft,  born  in  Roxbury,  ^L^rch  28. 
1634,  died  January  19,  1706,  daughter  of  Grif- 


fin Craft,  an  early  settler  of  Rcxbury,  1630. 
and  an  active  man  in  town  affairs ;  he  marrietl 
.Mice .  She  married  (second)  Novem- 
ber 15,  1659.  Ralph  Day,  of  Uedhani,  and  by 
him  had  a  daughter,  Abigail  Day,  born  in  Ded- 
ham,  April  ^j.  iW)i.  She  married  (third) 
Adams,  and  died  in  Medfield.  Chil- 
dren:  John,  born  ( Jctober  10,  1O51,  died 
young ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1655:  Samuel,  August  16,  1657. 

(\T)  John  (2)  Ruggles.  son  of  John  (i) 
Ruggles,  was  born  January  22.  1(133-4,  in  Rox- 
bury, anil  died  December  16,  i'j<m.  aged  forty 
years.  He  was  a  yeoman  in  Roxbury.  He 
married,  September  2,  1674,  Martha  Devotion, 
of  Muddy  River,  now  Brookline.  Massachu- 
setts, daughter  of  Deacon  Edward  and  Mary 
Devotion.  She  was  baptized  at  Roxbury, 
March  13,  1653,  ^^^  she  married  (second) 
.■\pril  21,  1704,  John  Payne,  of  Dedhani, 
grandson  of  Thomas  of  Salem,  Massachusetts, 
an  emigrant  in  1637;  John  Payne  married 
I  first  I  .Mary,  daughter  of  Ralph  and  Susan 
( Fairbanks )  Day,  of  Dedham :  Ralph  Day 
married  (second)  .\bigail  (Craft)  Ruggles, 
mother  of  Martha's  husband.  Deacon  Edward 
Devotion,  father  of  Martha,  was  a  freeman 
and  member  of  the  church  at  Boston  in  1645. 
Children:  .Abigail,  born  June  5,  1675:  John, 
March  16,  1680:  Edward,  November  16,  1683; 
died  young:  Martha,  December  21,  1686;  Ed- 
ward, mentioned  below. 

(\'n)  Fulward,  son  of  John  (2)  Ruggles, 
was  born  in  Roxbury,  October  2,  1691,  and 
died  in  Cambridge,  in  1765.  Through  Samuel 
Craft,  father  of  his  first  wife,  Edward  became 
interested  in  the  new  settlement  of  Pomfret, 
Connecticut,  and  seems  to  have  moved  there 
about  17 1 5,  as  his  first  child  was  born  there 
in  17 17,  but  he  doubtless  returned  soon  after 
to  Roxbury,  as  his  other  children  were  born 
there,  and  he  is  spoken  of  in  deeds  as  a  yeo- 
man of  Roxbury.  His  later  years  he  lived  in 
Cambridge,  where  he  made  his  will  and  died. 
The  wili  was  administered  by  his  flaughter 
Elizabeth  Noble  and  stepson  Joseph  Williams: 
to  his  son  Edward  he  left  all  his  land  in  Pom- 
fret  :  he  bequeathed  to  his  wife  and  children. 
For  many  years  he  was  a  deacon  of  the  First 
Church  at'  Roxbury.  In  1748,  "Nehemiah 
Walter  Clerk,  Edward  Ruggles  an^l  Samuel 
Gridley.  deacons  of  the  First  Church  of  Rox- 
bury, sell  a  piece  of  land,  being  a  gift  to 
the  church,"  He  was  buried  by  the  side  of 
his  first  wife,  Hannah,  in  the  Eustis  street 
bur\ing-ground,  and  their  gravestones  arc 
still  to  be  seen.  He  married  (first)  June  24. 
1715-6.  Hannah  Craft,  daughter  of  Samuel, 
and  great-granddaughter  of  Griffin  Cralt,  the 
immisirant  ancestor.    She  was  born  March  15. 


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1697,  and  died  in  Roxbury,  March  11,  1732. 
He  married  (second)  January  11,  1733,  Abi- 
gail, widow  of  Joseph  WilHams,  and  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  (Torrey)  Davis.  Children 
by  first  wife :  Samuel,  born  at  Pomfret, 
March  29,  1717:  Hannah,  at  Roxbury  prob- 
ably, December  22,  1718;  Elizabeth,  at  Rox- 
bury, October  21,  1720,  died  young;  Elizabeth, 
October  20,  1722;  Edward,  mentioned  below; 
Abigail,  May  12,  1726;  Thomas,  November 
15,  1729;  Benjamin,  February  19,  1731. 

(\'III)    Edward    (2),  son  of  Edward    (i) 
Ruggles,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
June  22,  1724,  and  died  in  Alontague.  Massa- 
chusetts, December  25,   1797.     He  joined  the 
church  in  Roxbury,  ^Nlarch  3,  1744.    He  was  a 
farmer  in  the  west  parish  of  Pomfret,  known 
as  Abington  parish.     In  1753  he,  aged  twenty- 
nine,  and  Samuel  Craft,  aged  thirty-three,  his 
cousin,  were  elected  deacons  of  the  Abington 
church  soon  after  it  was  formed,  and  in  1782, 
according  to  church  records,  they  asked  a  dis- 
mission  from  ofifice,  which   was   granted,  but 
in  1785  they  were  again  elected  and  doubtless 
remained  in  that  ofifice  until  Samuel  Craft  died 
in    1 79 1,    aged    sixty-eight.      He    married,    in 
Pomfret,    Connecticut,    April    2,    1747,    Ann, 
daughter  of   Samuel   and  Elizabeth    (Griffin) 
Sumner;  Samuel  was  born  November  13,  1695, 
and  married  Elizabeth  Griffin,  November  20, 
1723 ;  he  was  son  of  George  Sumner,  of  Mil- 
ton,  Massachusetts,  who  was  born   F'ebruary 
9,  i566.  and  died  in  1732,  leaving  his  "eldest 
son  Samuel  all  my  land  in  Pomfret."    George 
married    Ann    Tucker,    and    he    was    son    of 
George,  of  Milton,  who  was  born  in  England, 
February  14,  1634,  and  married  Mary  Baker; 
George  Sumner  was  son  of  William  Sumner, 
of   Dorchester,   Massachusetts,    1636,  born   in 
England,  1605,  married  Alary  West;  William 
was  son  of  Roger  Sumner,  of  Bicester,  Ox- 
fordshire,  England,  died   1608,  married,   No- 
vember 2,   1 60 1,  Joane  Franklin.     Ann  Sum- 
ner,  wife  of   Edward   Ruggles,   was  born   in 
Pomfret,    September    25,    1724,    and    died    in 
Montague,  July  10,  1808.     Children:     Benja- 
min, bom  .\ugust  18,  1747:  .\bigail,  June  2^, 
1749 ;    Samuel,    mentioned    below ;    Elizabeth, 
April  10,  1754;  Anna,  October  i,  1756;  Han- 
nah, August  15,  1758;  Edward,  April  3,  1763; 
Thomas,  August   11,  I76.S- 

fIN)  Samuel,  son  of  Edward  (2)  Ruggles, 
was  born  at  Pomfret.  February  25,  1751.  and 
died  October  23,  1778,  in  Killingly,  Connecti- 
cut. The  Connecticut  revolutionary  records 
show  that  Samuel  Ruggles,  of  Willington, 
served  on  the  Lexington  alarm,  and  that  Sam- 
uel Ruggles,  of  Fairfield  county,  served  from 
May  8  to  November  15,  1775,  in  the  Eighth 
Company,  under  Captain  Joseph  Smith.     He 


married,  September  17,  1772,  Lucy  Robison. 
Children:  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below;  John, 
born  February  3,  1776,  moved  to  Rutland, 
\'ermont. 

(X)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  Ruggles,  was 
born  at  Pomfret,  December  17,  1773,  and  died 
June  22,  1823.  He  lived  in  Walpole,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  Persis  Goodell.  Chil- 
dren :  Perley,  born  April  21,  1796;  Philar- 
mon,  mentioned  below;  Electa,  July  16,  1800; 
Lucy,  April  30.  1803;  Louisa,  April  30,  1805; 
Persis,  March  9,  1808;  Phoebe,  December  5, 
181 1  ;  Mary  Ann,  March  5,  1814;  Ebenezer 
W.,  November  10,  18 18. 

(XI)  Philarnion,  son  of  Ebenezer  Ruggles, 
was  born  in  Walpole,  New  Hampshire,  .\pril 
30,  1798,  and  died  April  15,  1876.  He  lived 
in  Milton,  ^Massachusetts.  He  married  (first) 
Eliza  Burroughs,  and  (second)  Mary  Ann 
Burroughs.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Eliza 
A.,  born  August  20,  1822,  died  September  29, 
1863 ;  Amanda  R.,  November  14.  1826,  died 
December  14,  1888;  Mary  A.,  September  4, 
1830,  died  May  16,  1858;  Thomas  Edwin, 
mentioned  below. 

(XII)  Thomas  Edwin,  son  of  Philarmon 
Ruggles,  was  born  at  Topsfield,  Massachu- 
setts, May  19,  1838,  and  died  August  4,  191 1. 
He  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools, 
and  followed  farming  for  an  occupation.  He 
was  active  in  town  affairs,  and  served  six 
years  on  the  school  committee,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  on  the  board  of  selectmen.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Con- 
gregationalist. 

He  married,  September  13,  1866,  Harriot 
W.  Murray,  who  was  born  in  Bristol,  Eng- 
land, June  15,  1838,  daughter  of  John  Thomas 
and  Harriot  (Despard)  Murray,  granddaugh- 
ter of  John  Alurray,  and  great-granddaughter 
of  Colonel  John  Murray,  a  distinguished  citi- 
zen of  New  Brunswick,  Canada.  Mr.  Ruggles 
died  at  Milton,  August  4,  191 1.  He  had  lived 
there  since  he  was  about  four  years  old. 

Children  of  Thomas  Edwin  and  Harriot 
Ruggles:  i.  Ellen  Letitia,  born  November  5, 
1867,  died  May  26,  1905.  2.  Mary  Frances, 
born  March  13,  1869,  died  September  i,  1869. 
3.  Murray,  born  May  13,  1870;  married,  Oc- 
tober 9,  1895,  Caroline  Barnes,  daughter  of 
Henry  Barnes  and  Susan  Shaw,  and  has  one 
child,  Doris,  born  May  3,  1897.  4.  Henry  Ed- 
win, born  August  13,  1871,  died  August  23, 
1872.  5.  Edwin  Packenham,  born  January 
3,  1873 ;  married,  September  2,  1896,  (jer- 
trude,  daughter  of  Albert  Bacon,  of  Spring- 
field. Massachusetts,  and  has  one  child,  Helen, 
born  December  18,  1905.  6.  Frank  LeBaron, 
bprn  September  28,  1S74.  died  May  27,  1888. 
7.  Harriot  Despard,  born  December  13,  1876; 


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married,  September  3.  1907.  Albert  R.  I'.aker, 
of  Hartford,  Connecticut ;  children :  Edwin 
Ruggles.  horn  June  21.  iqoX,  and  Harriot 
Ijaker.  born  Xoveniber  15,   1910. 


William,  Count  Tank- 
CHAMBERLAIX  erville.  of  Tankerville 
Castle,  in  Xormandy, 
was  the  progenitor  of  the  Chamberlain  fam- 
ily in  England.  He  came  to  England  with 
William  tlie  Conqueror  in  1066.  but  returned 
to  Xormandy,  his  descendants  remaining  in 
England  on  the  land  granted  to  them.  (Hi 
John  De  Tankerville.  son  of  William,  was 
lord  chamberlain  to  King  Henry  I.,  and  as- 
sumed his  title  as  a  surname.  (HI)  Richard, 
son  of  John,  was  also  chamberlain  to  King 
Stephen,  and  the  surname  Chamberlain  has 
since  his  time  been  that  of  his  family..  (I\') 
William  Chamberlain  was  son  of  Richard. 
(  \"  I  Robert  Chamberlain  was  son  of  William. 
(\'I|  Sir  Richard  Chamberlain  was  son  of 
Robert.  (  \II  1  Sir  Robert  Chamberlain  was 
son  of  Sir  Richard.  (\'HI)  Sir  Richard  was 
son  of  Sir  Robert.  (IX)  John  Chamberlain 
was  son  of  Sir  Richard.  (  X  1  Thomas  Cham- 
berlain was  son  of  John.  (XI)  John  Cham- 
berlain was  son  of  Thomas.  (XII)  William 
Chamberlain  was  son  of  John.  The  Ameri- 
can family  of  which  William  was  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  doubtless  belongs  to  this  Eng- 
lish family,  though  the  line  is  not  traced.  The 
coat-of-arms  is :  Gules,  an  escutcheon  ar- 
gent between  eight  mullets  in  orle,  or.  Quar- 
tering :  gules  a  chevron  between  three  escal- 
lops or.  Motto:  I'irtuti  nihil  iinium.  Seat: 
Dunstew,  in  O.xfordshire,  England. 

(I)  William  Chamberlain,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England,  about  1620. 
His  brother  Thomas  was  one  of  the  three 
original  purchasers  of  the  Dudley  farm  at 
Billerica,  but  settled  at  Chelmsford.  Massa- 
chusetts. .Another  brother,  Edmund,  settled 
first  at  Woburn,  then  removed  to  Chelmsford 
before  1636,  when  he  sold  land  at  Billerica. 
Savage  said  that  Edmuntl  finally  settled  in 
Woodstock.  William  Chamberlain  was  ad- 
mitted an  inhabitant  of  Woburn,  January  6, 
1648.  and  permitted  to  buy  land  there.  He 
removed  to  Billerica  in  1654.  about  the  time 
his  brothers  left  that  town,  and  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  there.  He  died  May  31. 
170^'.  aged  eighty-six  years.  His  house  in 
Shawshin  (Billerica)  was  on  the  farm, 
probably  near  the  Woburn  road,  in  the 
southwest  part  of  the  village.  His  name 
first  appears  in  the  records  in  October. 
1654,  on  a  petition  to  enlarge  the  bounds  of 
the  town  and  to  change  the  name  to  Billerica. 
A  little  later,  when  the  committee  on  militia 


ordered  Sergeant  Milk's  house  to  he  a  garri- 
son. William  Chamberlain's  faniilv  was  one 
of  those  assigned  to  it.     lie  married  Rebecca 

,  who  died  September  2(t,   itnij,  in  the 

prison  at  Cambridge,  where  she  was  held  on 
a  charge  of  witchcraft.  Children:  Timothy, 
born  at  Concord.  Mas.sachusetts,  .\ugust  13, 
1649-50:  Isaac,  at  Concord,  October  1,  1650; 
John,  died  March  i.  1652;  Sarah,  born  at  Bil- 
lerica, .May  20,  1655-56.  Born  at  liillerica: 
Jacob,  mentioned  below :  Thomas,  l-'ebruary 
20,  1659:  Edmund,  July  15,  i6(^kd;  Rebecca. 
I-ebruary  2^,  if>h2;  .\braliam,  January  6, 
1664:  .Ann.  March  3,  i<^)^-(i6:  Clement,  May 
30,  1669;  Daniel,  September  27.  167 1  ;  Isaac, 
January  20,   1681. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  William  Chamberlain, 
was  born  in  Billerica,  Massachusetts,  January 

18,   1657-58.     He  married  Experience . 

Children :  Jacob,  mentioned  below ;  John, 
born  1695,  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts; 
William.  1^)97,  at  Cambridge,  .Massachusetts; 
Jason,  at  Holliston,  Massachusetts,  1701  ; 
Ebenezer,  at  Westborough,  Massachusetts. 
1704. 

(III)  Jacob  (2).  son  of  Jacob  (  i  )  Cham- 
berlain, was  born  in  1691-92,  and  died  July 
28,  1771,  in  Xewton,  .Massachusetts.  He 
came  to  Xewton  with  his  father  from  .Arling- 
ton about  1700.  His  name  is  among  those 
on  a  protest  dated  May  20.  1720.  against  hav- 
ing but  one  school-house  in  the  town.  He 
was  selectman   in    1746.     He  married,   about 

1718,  Susannah  Stone,  born  at  Groton.  Octo- 
ber 23,  1694,  daughter  of  Deacon  Simon  and 
Sarah  Stone,  of  Groton.  Children,  born  at 
Xewton :  Jacob,  mentioned  below :  Josiah, 
XovemBer  13.  172 1  ;  Susanna.  September  27, 
1724;  Isaac,  .April  6.  1728:  Willia.  September 
22,  1730:  Sarah.  September  19.  1733;  Mar- 
garet. September  20,  1736:  Simon.  .August  10, 

1739- 

(I\)  Jacob  (3),  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Cham- 
berlain,  was  bom  at   Xewton.  Xovember  28, 

1719.  Early  in  1742  he  moved  to  Worcester. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  bought  a  tract  of 
land  of  Richard  Flagg.  on  Salisbury  street. 
Eebruary  2S.  1742.  This  land  was  hande<l 
down  to  his  son  John,  and  from  him  seventy- 
two  acres  were  handed  down  to  his  son  Thom- 
as, since  inherited  bv  his  sons  Robert  H.  and 
Thomas  Jr.  Jacob  Chamberlain  was  a  farmer. 
In  1 761  he  held  the  office  of  selectman  in 
Worcester.  In  1774  he  was  a  Tory  protestor, 
numbered  among  "the  internal  enemies"  by 
the  committee  of  correspondence  in  1775.  and 
disarmed  by  that  committee.  .Xuain.  June  16. 
1777.  he  was  reported  among  others  that  the 
selectmen  deemed  enemies  to  the  common 
cause.      He    was    deacon    of    the    old    First 


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Church  on  the  common,  1775-90.  He  left  the 
church  August  8,  1779,  on  account  of  the  in- 
novation of  singing.  He  died  March  17,  1790, 
and  was  buried  on  the  common,  and  his  head- 
stone with  the  others  there  was  taken  down 
and  placed  under  the  sod.  The  stone  bears 
the  following  inscription :  "Sacred  to  the 
memory  of  Deacon  Chamberlain  who  depart- 
ed this  life  March  17,  1790,  in  the  71st  year 
of  his  age.  Who  fulfilled  the  ofifice  of  deacon 
in  the  Church  of  Christ  in  Worcester  for 
about  28  years  with  satisfaction  to  the  church 
and  honor  to  himself.  He  was  possessed  of 
good  natural  abilities.  Useful  in  society  of 
which  he  was  a  member.  Instructive  and  en- 
tertaining in  conversation.  Compassionate  to 
the  afflicted.  Given  to  hospitality,  sound  in 
faith.  And  now,  we  trust,  has  entered  into 
his  eternal  rest."  After  coming  to  Worcester, 
he  married,  at  Newton,  June  7,  1744,  Lydia 
Stone,  born  May  4,  1724,  daughter  of  John 
and  Abigail  (Stratton)  Stone,  of  Xewton.  He 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Anna  Heywood,  June 
3,  1769,  born  at  Brookline.  Massachusetts, 
widow  of  Abel,  son  of  Major  Daniel  Hey- 
wood, of  Worcester,  of  Indian  war  fame. 
Children :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah, 
born  January  26,  1746-47;  Thaddeus,  No- 
vember 17,  1748;  Susannah,  June  10,  1751, 
died  young;  Jacob,  September  19,  1753; 
Lydia,  October  8,  1755:  Susannah,  November 
22,  1757;  Abigail,  September  16,  1760;  Mary, 
July  13,  1763;  William,  July  25,  1767.  Child 
of  second  wife:  Anna,  born  July  21,  1770. 
(V)  John,  son  of  Jacob  (3)  Chamberlain, 
was  born  at  Worcester,  July  22,  1745.  He 
received  the  education  of  the  district  schools 
in  winter,  and  worked  with  his  fathef  on  the 
farm,  which  later  he  inherited.  He  dealt  ex- 
tensively in  real  estate  and  owned  consider- 
able property.  Seventy-two  acres  of  the  old 
homestead  were  handed  down  to  his  son 
Thomas  by  will  dated  June  5,  1806.  In  May, 
1775,  he  was  disarmed  by  the  committee  of 
safety  and  correspondence,  he  being  in  ac- 
cord with  his  father's  principles  of  loyalty  to 
the  crown.  He  was  a  selectman,  1785-95,  in- 
clusive, and  in  1797-98.  1801-02.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  First  Parish  church  twenty-two 
years,  succeeding  his  father  in  1791.  He  died 
in  1813.  He  married,  at  Worcester,  June  27, 
1771,  Mary  Curtis,  born  October  14,  1747. 
daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Elizabeth 
(Prentice)  Curtis,  of  Worcester.  Children: 
John  Curtis,  born  June  5,  1772,  a  lawyer  of 
note  in  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  mem- 
ber of  congress  from  his  district :  Elizabeth 
Prentice,  November  8,  1774;  Henry  \'assall, 
January  11,  1777.  a  well-known  lawyer  in 
iMobile,    Alabama,    became    a    judge;    .Mary, 


•April  8.  1779:  Thomas,  mentioned  below; 
Elizabeth,  May  25,  1785,  died  young;  Levi, 
Alay  14,  1788,  lawyer  in  Keene.  New  Hamp- 
shire; Dolly,  January  16,  1792. 

( \T )    Thomas,   son   of   John    Chamberlain, 
was  born  at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  March 

6,  1783.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools  of  the  town.  In  early  life 
and  after  he  was  married  he  taught  school. 
.Among  the  schools  in  his  charge  were  those 
at  Tatnuck  and  Quinsigamond.  He  conduct- 
ed the  farm  formerly  owned  by  his  father 
and  grandfather  in  what  was  known  as  the 
Chamberlain  district.  His  purpose  of  advanc- 
ing the  science  and  encouraging  and  improv- 
ing the  art  of  horticulture  was  widened  by 
the  fact  that  he  was  one  of  the  founders  and 
first  trustees  of  the  Worcester  Horticultural 
Societ]^  in  1840.  His  portrait  may  be  seen  on 
the  wall  of  Horticultural  Hall,  Front  street, 
Worcester.  He  was  crier  of  the  Worcester 
court  for  seventeen  years.  He  was  a  member 
and  first  president  of  the  common  council  of 
the  city  of  Worcester  after  incorporation,  and 
all  of  his  public  duties  he  discharged  with 
ability  and  faithfulness.  He  filled  most  of  the 
offices  of  the  state  militia,  from  corporal  to 
brigadier-general,  with  highest  honor  to  him- 
self and  satisfaction  to  those  under  his  com- 
mand. He  was  originally  a  Whig  in  politics, 
later  a  Republican.  He  attended  the  Old 
South  Church.  He  married  (first).  May  30, 
1810,  Nancy  Woods,  of  Groton,  born  Febru- 
ary 19,  1781,  died  July  25,  183 1,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Sampson  Woods.  He  married  ( sec- 
ond), October  30,  1832.  Hannah  Blair,  born 
February  19.  1793,  died  August  23,  1873, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Elizabeth  ( Harring- 
ton) Blair,  of  Worcester.  He  died  Septem- 
ber 5,  1855.  Children  of  Thomas  and  Nancy; 
Charles  Thomas,  born  May  30,  181 1,  died 
July  4,  1867,  married  Sarah  E.  Hathaway, 
"September  21,  1841  ;  Nancy  Woods,  June  16, 
1813,  died  May  20,  1891,  married  June  3, 
1839.  A.  Watson  Grant;  George  .Alexander, 
September  24,  1815,  died  July  22,  1866,  mar- 
ried Martha  W.  Barnes,  Alay  8,  1858;  John 
Curtis,  October  7,  1817.  died  July  2},.  1884, 
married  at  Mobile,  Alabama,  Hannah  Eliza- 
beth Chamberlain;  Mary  Elizabeth.  July  25, 
1819,  died  July  25,   1886.  married   December 

7,  1843,  -Andrew  Kettell  Hunt,  (second)  Her- 
bert Curtis ;  Francis  Henry,  September  5, 
1821,  died  .August  10.  1888,  married  Lucy 
Parker;  Sarah  Jane,  July  i,  1824.  died  De- 
cember 4.  1891.  married  Massena  Parker,  of 
Mobile;  Caroline  Maria,  October  26.  1826, 
died  .April  27,  1854,  married  James  P.  Lowe, 
of  Washington,  D.  C.  Children  of  Thomas 
and   Hannah ;     Dolly   Curtis,   born    February 


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10,  1834,  died  October  4,  1872:  Thomas  Jr. 
born  June  4,  1835  ;  Robert  Horace,  mentioned 
below. 

(MI)  General  Robert  Horace  Chamber- 
lain, son  of  Thomas  Chamberlain,  was  born  in 
Worcester,  June  16,  1838,  died  in  1910.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Wor- 
cester, and  at  the  Worcester  Academy.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  he  began  an  apprentice- 
ship with  Ball  &  Ballard,  machinists, 
School  street,  where  he  remained  until  the 
civil  war,  when  he  enlisted  in  Company  A, 
51st  Regiment.  Massachusetts  X'olunteer'  Mi- 
litia, September  25,  1862,  for  nine  months, 
and  was  appointed  a  sergeant  of  his  company. 
He  was  in  the  campaign  of  North  Carolina, 
taking  part  in  the  engagements  of  Goldsboro, 
Whitehall  and  Kingston,  and  was  afterwards 
at  Fortress  Monroe,  White  House,  Baltimore, 
Harper's  Ferry,  and  with  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  after  Gettysburg  in  pursuit  of  Lee. 
He  was  mustered  out  July  2~.  1863.  He  en- 
listed again  July  20,  1864,  in  Company  F, 
60th  Regiment,  received  a  lieutenant's  com- 
mission, and  later  became  a  captain.  The 
regiment  was  assigned  to  Indianapolis,  In- 
diana, on  special  guard  duty  at  the  camp  of 
five  thousand  Confederate  prisoners.  He  was 
mustered  out  November  30.  1864.  He  then 
returned  to  Worcester  and  worked  at  his 
trade  of  machinist  until  1870,  when  he  was 
appointed  by  Mayor  Blake  superintendent  of 
sewers.  He  held  this  position  for  eighteen 
years,  1870-88,  during  which  time  the  system 
was  developed  and  widely  extended.  In  1888 
he  was  appointed  master  of  the  House  of 
Correction,  and  in  1892  was  elected  high 
sherifif  of  Worcester  county. 

For  twelve  years  after  the  war  he  was  ac- 
tive in  the  state  militia.  In  1865  he  reor- 
ganized the  Worcester  City  Guards  and  was 
the  first  captain  of  that  company,  serving  for 
two  years.  He  also  reorganized  a  battery  of 
artillerv  in  Worcester,  called  the  Chamber- 
lain Light  Battery.  He  received  the  commis- 
sion of  major  and  afterwards  of  colonel  of 
the  loth  Regiment,  and  was  made  brigadier- 
general  of  the  Third  Brigade,  December  31, 
1868.  He  resigned  and  retired  from  the  serv- 
ice in  1876.  Before  he  was  superintendent 
of  sewers  he  had  served  from  1867  to  1870 
in  the  common  council  of  the  city.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  a  member  of 
the  Union  Congregational  Church.  He  was 
a  prominent  Free  Mason.  On  September  8, 
1862,  he  became  a  member  of  Montacute 
Lodge,  Free  Masons:  of  Worcester  Chapter, 
Roval  Arch  Masons,  Mav  6.  1864:  of  Hiram 
Council,  Roval  and  Select  Masters,  March  23. 
1865 ;    he    received    the    Templar    degrees    in 


Worcester  County  Commandery.  Knights 
Templar,  December  i.  1865;  in  1892  he  was 
elected  grand  commander  of  the  (jrand  Com- 
mandery of  Massachusetts  and  Fihode  Island; 
he  was  a  member  of  Massachusetts  Consis- 
tory, Thirty-second  degree,  of  Scottish  Rite 
■Masonry;  he  was  treasurer  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Masonic  fraternity  for  over 
twenty  years;  also  treasurer  of  the  Masonic 
Mutual  Relief  .-Vssociation.  He  was  a  char- 
ter member  of  George  H.  Ward  Post,  No.  10, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  a  member 
of  the  Loyal  Legion,  Boston.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Hancock  Club  and  of  the  Wor- 
cester Board  of  Trade. 

He  married.  January  10,  i8'')5,  Esther 
Browning,  born  July  12,  1841,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Lavinia  (Morse)  Browning,  of 
Hubbardston.  Massachusetts.  Her  father  was 
a  carpenter,  and  captain  of  a  company  of 
artillery.  Children:  i.  Flora  Browning,  born 
August  16,  1868:  married  Charles  B.  Weath- 
erby,  June  12,  1894:  children:  Esther  Sher- 
man Weatherby,  born  July  16,  1898.  Olive 
Benedict,  August  21,  1902.  and  Jean  Cham- 
berlain Weatherby,  December  31,  1904.  2. 
Mabel  Susan,  born  at  Worcester.  March  15, 
1872. 

(\TI)  Thomas  Chamberlain,  brother  of 
General  Robert  H.  Chamberlain,  was  born  in 
Worcester  on  the  old  Chamberlain  homestead 
on  Salisbury  street,  June  4,  1835.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  started  upon 
his  business  career  as  a  clerk  in  the  office  of 
the  Boston  Journal.  Afterward  he  was  for 
three  years  a  clerk  in  the  Bunker  Hill  Bank 
of  Charlestown.  Thence  he  went  to  Peoria. 
Illinois,  where  he  was  in  business  for  five 
years  on  his  own  account.  In  1861  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  in  the  State  Bank  of  Boston, 
and  for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years  was  pay- 
ing teller,  .\lthough  he  has  retired  from  the 
more  responsible  duties  of  this  position,  on 
account  of  age,  his  counsel,  assistance  and 
advice  are  given  to  the  bank  as  required.  He 
has  made  his  home  for  forty  years  at  Hyde 
Park,  now  part  of  the  city  of  Boston.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married.  Au- 
gust 31,  1859,  Helen  .\ugusta  Hovey,  born 
in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  December  14, 
1834,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  .\u,gusta 
(Flint)  Hovey.  Children:  i.  Henry  Rich- 
ardson, of  whom  further.  2.  .\lfred  Thomas, 
born  1863,  died  November  26,  1869.  3.  Helen 
C.  born  May  7,  1866.  4.  Alice  Louise,  born 
January  29.  1872:  married  Lester  \V.  Davis, 
of  Winchester,  Massachusetts. 

(\TII)  The  following  authentic  and 
very    complete    narrative    relating    to    Henry 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


Richardson    Cliamberlain    is    from    The   Xcic 
York  Sun: 

Henry  Richardson  Chamberlain,  who  (lied  in 
London,  February  15.  191 1.  had  been  the  London 
correspondent  of  Tlw  Sun  tor  nearly  twenty  years, 
and  had  been  a  member  of  its  stafif  continuously  for 
more   than  thirty   years. 

The  son  of  Thomas  Chamberlain  of  Boston,  he 
was  born  at  Peoria.  Illinois,  .-Vugust  25,  1859.  The 
family,  which  had  been  spending  a  year  in  that 
city.  Went  back  to  Boston,  and  there  he  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  While  he  was  attend- 
ing the  English  high  school  he  had  a  teacher  who 
used  as  his  main  text  books  Shakespeare  and  The 
Sun,  so  that  Mr.  Chamberlain's  acquaintance  with 
this  newspaper  began  early  in  life,  and  its  use  in 
the  classroom  he  always  believed  gave  him  his  taste 
for  newspaper  work.  When  he  was  graduated  from 
the  high  school,  at  the  age  of  sixteen,  his  father 
wished  him  to  go  to  college,  but  a  compromise  was 
effected  by  the  youth  agreeing  to  try  working  in  a 
cliemical  laboratory  in  Philadelphia.  It  took  only 
a  few  months  to  give  him  enough  of  chemistry,  and 
though  the  professor  under  whom  he  was  working 
told  Mr.  Chamberlain's  father  that  a  good  chemist 
was  lost  to  the  world  by  his  quitting,  he  went  back 
to   Boston. 

He  began  his  newspaper  work  by  hunting  up 
items  of  news  on  his  own  account  and  turning  them 
over  to  the  Boston  Journal,  and  when  he  was  eigh- 
teen, his  appearance  being  that  of  a  man  of  twenty- 
five,  he  got  a  place  as  a  regular  reporter,  .\fter  a 
few  years  doing  the  various  kinds  of  news  gather- 
ing incident  to  work  on  a  daily  paper,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Boston  correspondent  of  Tlie  Sun.  One  of 
his  early  noteworthy  efforts  in  news  getting  was  in 
a  celebrated  trunk  mystery  in  which  he  furnished 
to  the  police  the  clue  that  enabled  them  to  get  on 
the  track  of  the  criminal.  Then  he  was  put  on  fi- 
nancial work  and  gained  a  good  insight  into  the 
workings  of  banks  and  other  financial  institutions 
which  later  stood  him  in  good  stead.  He  covered 
for  the  Boston  Journal  and  for  Tlie  Sun  many  im- 
portant news  stories,  and  did  a  lot  of  writing  on 
special    subjects   that   attracted   attention. 

In  1888  he  came  to  New  York  as  managing  editor 
of  The  Press,  but  after  a  year  he  resigned  and 
went  to  Europe  for  a  vacation,  .^fter  a  few  months 
he  came  back  and  went  to  work  again  for  Tlie  Sun. 
this  time  in  New  York,  remaining  here  till  1891. 
That  year  he  accepted  an  offer  to  become  editor  of 
the  Boston  Journal,  and  he  then  resumed  his  work 
for  The  Sun  in  New  England,  .\fter  he  had  been  in 
that  place  a  year  he  was  made  correspondent  of  The 
Sun  in  London,  from  which  place  he  had  gen- 
eral oversight  of  The  Sun's  news  service  '  Europe. 
Soon  after  the  dissolution  of  the  United  t'ress  he 
took  charge  of  the  Laffan  Bureau  in  Lona  'U. 

In  the  course  of  his  work  Mr.  Chamberlain  trav- 
eled about  a  great  deal  all  over  Europe,  and  his 
foresight  was  so  keen  that  whenever  a  big  "story" 
would  break  anywhere  on  the  continent,  he  was 
usually  to  be  found  not  far  from  the  scene.  He  was 
in  Macedonia  at  the  time  of  the  disturbances  there, 
was  in  Rome  at  the  time  Pope  Leo  XIII.  died,  and 
the  particulars  of  the  Panama  Canal  scandal  were 
graphically  given  in  his  despatches  from  Paris.  .\t 
the  time  of  the  political  crisis  in  Russia  in  190Q,  Mr. 
Chamberlain  went  to  St.  Petersburg,  whence  his 
despatches  and  his  illuminative  descriptive  articles 
reached  the  situation  that  really  existed  there  and 
gave  a  different  aspect  to  events  there  from  that 
in  which  they  had  appeared  to  the  .\merican  public. 
His    investigations    mto    conditions    in    Russia    just 


prior  to  the  Japanese  war  pictured  such  terrible 
conditions  that  he  was  accused  of  sensationalism, 
but  subsequent  events  established  their  entire  ac- 
curacy. One  of  Mr.  Chamberlain's  later  achieve- 
ments was  his  long  and  graphic  story  of  the  Mes- 
sina earthquake.  .\t  the  time  he  was  describing 
conditions  in  Russia,  flattering  offers  were  made  to 
him  by  several  leading  magazines  to  write  on  the 
subject  for  them,  but  he  preferred  to  stick  to  his 
newspaper  work.  In  London  some  of  the  news 
events  he  covered  were  the  jubilee  of  Queen  Vic- 
toria, and  the  coronation  of  King  Edward  VII. 

.•\mong  his  personal  friends  was  the  late  John 
Hay,  who  got  to  know  him  well  when  Mr.  Hay  was 
.\merican  ambassador  to  the  Court  of  St.  James. 
Mr.  Hay  said  that  Mr.  Chamberlain  had  a  better 
grasp  of  the  European  situation  than  anybody  he 
knew,  and  there  were  times  when  he  was  secretary 
of  state  that  he  asked  for  Mr.  Chamberlain's  opin- 
ion on  matters  of  European  politics,  with  which  the 
correspondent  kept  thoroughly  conversant. 

Only  once  did  Mr.  Chamberlain  turn  his  attention 
to  other  than  journalistic  literature.  That  was 
when  he  published  a  novel  called  "Six  .Thousand 
Tons  of  Gold."  He  was  married,  in  Boston,  in  1883, 
to  Miss  .^bbie  L.  Sanger,  of  Boston.  Mr.  Cham- 
berlain's house  in  Nevern  Square  in  London  was 
for  many  years  a  sort  of  headquarters  for  .Ameri- 
cans abroad,  many  of  whom  are  indebted  to  him  for 
kindnesses  shown.  By  his  fellow  correspondents  in 
London  he  was  greatly  beloved,  and  those  who 
worked  under  him  were  always  enthusiastic  when 
they  spoke  about  him. 

Mr.  Chamberlain  was  always  a  hard  worker,  and 
he  took  a  long  rest  last  year  as  the  result  of  his 
health  giving  way.  He  returned  to  work  last  fall 
seemingly  in  e.xcellent  condition.  His  one  club  in 
London  was  the  Savage  Club,  an  organization  com- 
posed of  authors,  journalists,  artists  and  persons 
of  the  best  element  of  Bohemia,  many  of  whom 
were  his  close   friends. 

(The  Hovey  Line). 

(I)  Daniel  Hovey,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  a  planter  in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  and 
a  proprietor  of  the  town  in  1636.  He  was  one 
of  Major  Dennison"s  subscribers  in  1648,  and 
in  1664  owned  a  share  in  Plum  Island.  He 
had  twenty  acres  of  land  in  Topsfield  in  1660. 
and  in  1666  was  given  permission  by  the  town 
to  cut  trees  for  a  house  for  his  son  John,  a 
shop  for  his  son  James,  and  for  the  latter's 
use  in  his  trade.  He  married,  about  1642. 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Robert  Andrews.  In  a 
letter  to  the  Essex  probate  court,  dated  Sep- 
tember 2'^,  1683,  he  names  his  wife,  si.x  sons 
and  a  daughter,  all  her  children  and  all  the 
sons  living  except  James.  He  died  May  29, 
1695.  His  will  was  dated  March  18,  1691-92, 
when  he  was  seventy-three  years  old.  His 
estate  was  large  for  the  times.  Children : 
Daniel,  born  1642;  John,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas,  1648;  jaines,  killed  by  Indians  in 
King  Philip's  war,  August  2,  1675;  Joseph: 
Nathaniel,  March  20.  1657:  Priscilla :  Abi- 
gail. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Daniel  Hovey,  was  born 
in  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  about   1645.      He 


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settled  on  his  father's  land  in  Topsfield.  He 
married,  August  13,  1665,  Dorcas  Ivory,  of 
Topsfield.  He  named  a  son  Ivory,  and  in 
almost  every  family  of  his  descendants  that 
name  has  been  gjiven.  Children  :  John,  born 
in  Topsfield,  December,  1666;  Dorcas.  Janu- 
ary 16,  1668:  child,  horn  and  died  1671; 
Elizabeth.  January  18,  1674;  Luke,  men- 
tioned below;  Ivorv,  1678:  .-Xbigail.  .Xpril  28. 
1680. 

(Ill)  Ensign  Luke  Hovey,  son  of  John 
Hovey,  was  born  in  Topsfield,  Massachusetts, 
May  3,  1676,  recorded  also  in  Bo.xford.  He 
married,  October  25,  1698,  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Moses  Pillsbury :  she  was  l)orn  Febru- 
ary I.  i'>77-  They  came  to  Boxford  after 
the  birth  of  their  first  child,  and  built  the 
Hovey  house  which  was  used  by  the  family 
until  it  was  torn  down  recently.  It  was  situ- 
ated in  the  Bradford  road,  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  north  of  the  Second  church,  on  the  south 
slope  of  the  hill.  He  died  October  31,  1751, 
aged  seventy-five  years,  and  his  widow  died 
December  22,  1767,  aged  ninety  years.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Boxford,  except  first:  Susarr- 
nah,  July  25,  1699;  Dorcas,  May  20,  1701  ; 
Hannah,  July  18,  1703;  Elizabeth,  October  3, 
1706;  Luke,  May  18,  1708;  .\bigail,  July  6, 
1710;  Joseph,  July  17,  1712:  Abijah,  men- 
tioned below:  Daniel.  December  3,  1720. 

(R")  .Abijah.  son  of  Ensign  Luke  Hovey, 
was  born  at  Boxford,  December  9,  1719.  He 
married,  at  Haverhill,  March  21,  1744-45, 
Lydia  Graves,  of  Haverhill.  They  removed 
to  Lunenburg,  Worcester  county,  Massachu- 
setts, and  she  died  there  November  28.  1760. 
Children,  born  at  Lunenburg:  Dorcas,  June 
24,  1751;  Lydia,  .\ugust  17,  1753;  Miriam, 
October  8,  1758;  .Abijah,  October  16,  1760; 
Solomon,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Solomon,  son  of  .Abijah  Hovey,  was 
born  about  1750.  He  married  Jerusha,  sister 
of  Nehemiah  W'yman.  Their  son  Solomon 
is  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Solomon  (2),  son  of  Solomon  (i) 
Hovey,  was  born  .August  14.  1781.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Charlestown.  Massachusetts,  January 

5,  1806,  Sarah  Johnson.  Children,  born  at 
Charlestown  :  Solomon,  mentioned  below : 
twins,  born  July  3.  1808,  died  young:  Sarah 
Caroline,  June  iq,  1809:  Martha  Story,  Sep- 
tember 14.  181 1  :  James.  August  16,  1815: 
Harriet,  August   21".    1818:  Joseph   Faulkner. 

(VH)  Solomon  (3).  son  of  Solomon  (2) 
Hovev.  was  born  at  Charlestown,  November 

6.  1808.  He  became  president  of  the  Me- 
chanics' Fire  Insurance  Company.  He  mar- 
ried .Augusta  Flint.  Their  daughter,  Helen 
-Augusta,  married  Thomas  Chamberlain  (see 
Chamberlain). 


The    surname    Runnclls    is 
RCVNELLS     of  Scotch  origin,   from  the 

word  runnels,  meaning  a 
small  running  brook.  It  has  been  thought  by 
some  genealogists  that  the  families  of  Run- 
nclls and  Reynolds  were  identic.il,  but  they 
appear  to  be  of  distinctly  ditTerent  origin, 
though  the  s|)elling  is  (jften  use<l  interchange- 
ably. .Many  ReynoMs  families  -jiell  the  tiame 
Runnells,  but  few  Runnells  have  changed  to 
Reynolds.  Reynolds  is  an  English  surname. 
The  only  Runnells  coat-of-arms  is  described: 
-Argent  mascnieil  sable  upon  a  chief  indented 
of  the  last  a  plate  charge<l  with  a  rose  gules 
barbed  and  seeded  between  two  tleur-de-lis 
or.  Crest :  -A  fox  passant  or.  holding  in  the 
mouth  a  rose  as  in  the  arms  slipped  and  leaved 
vert.  Motto:  Munis  ahcncus  esto.  One 
branch  of  the  family  bearing  these  arms  came 
originally  from  Biddeford,  county  Devon, 
England.  The  Runnells  families  of  New 
England  are  descended  from  Samuel.  Job  and 
John  Runnells  ( Runels  or  Runals),  settlers 
in  New  Hampshire. 

Samuel  Runnells  was  born,  according  to 
family  tradition,  in  1671,  near  Port  Royal. 
Nova  Scotia,  and  it  is  said  that  he  and  an 
elder  brother  escaped  from  an  attack  of  In- 
dians or  pirates  up  in  their  father's  residence 
near  Halifax,  and  came  in  an  open  boat  to 
New  England.  Samuel  settled  in  Bradford. 
Massachusetts,  and  also  owned  a  house  and 
land  in  Boxford,  an  adjacent  town.  He  died 
October  27,  1745.  He  married  -Abigail  Mid- 
dleton. 

(I)  Job  Runnells.  younger  brother  of  Sam- 
uel Runnells,  came  doubtless  of  Scotch  ances- 
try from  Nova  Scotia  to  Dover,  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  bought  land  as  early  as  November 
13,  1713,  in  Dover,  now  Durham.  New  Hamp- 
shire. His  house  was  near  W'ensday's  brook 
a  little  south  of  the  .Mast  road.  He  added 
to  his  original  farm  from  time  to  time.  He 
served  on  a  town  committee  Xo  apportion 
lands  in  1734.  He  died  in  1765  and  his  es- 
tate was  inventoried  .April  25,  1765.  He  had 
deeded  some  of  his  property,  perhaps  all  of 
it.  to  his  son   Tob.     He  married,  about   1713. 

Ifannah    — ,    who    joined    the    Durham 

Church,  May  5,  1723.  -A  deed  of  February 
3.  1748-49  shows  that  .she  was  a  granddaugh- 
ter of  Robert  Burnham.  Children,  born  in 
Durham:  Job.  1714:  Abigail.  1717:  Susan, 
1719;  Enoch,  1721  :  .Marv.  .May  15.  1724;  Jon- 
athan. 1726:  Hannah.  June  4.  1728:  Samuel. 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Job  Runnclls,  was 
born  at  Durham.  .New  Hampshire,  in  1730. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war.  sentinel   in   Company  6  in    1755   in  the 


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Xew  Hampshire  Regiment.  He  resided  at 
Lee,  Xew  Hampshire,  whence  he  removed  to 
^^'oodstock,  Xew  Hampshire,  among  the  early 
settlers.  He  was  twice  married.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Love  Tibbetts,  but  his  children 
were  bv   his  first   wife.      Children :     Samuel, 

mentioned    below :    Hannah,    married   

Drew :  Love.\-,  died  young. 

(HI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Run- 
nells,  was  born  in  Lee  in  1754,  died  Decem- 
ber 19,  1797,  at  Milton,  Xew  Hampshire.  He 
removed  from  Lee  to  Shapleigh,  now  Acton, 
]vlaine.  He  worked  for  Daniel  Fox  who  had 
married  his'  cousin,  and  afterward  settled 
near  Lovewell's  pond  in  the  north  part  of 
Acton.  He  married,  in  1783,  Olive  Farn- 
ham,  of  Acton,  daughter  of  Paul  Farnham, 
and  sister  of  Ralph  Farnham,  the  last  sur- 
vivor of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  ( see  Farn- 
ham \').  She  died  at  Lebanon,  Maine.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Shapleigh :  Mary,  May  28, 
1784:  Eunice,  IMay  6,  1786:  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below:  Paul,  June  4,  1790:  Betsey, 
June  20,   1792:  Olive,  1794:  Asa,  July,  1796. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Run- 
nells,  was  born  at  Shapleigh,  Maine,  June  22, 
1788.  He  was  a  farmer  and  deacon  of  the 
Free  Will  Baptist  church  of  Acton  (Milton 
Mills),  and  died  there  March  27  or  29,  1854, 
of  smallpox.  His  gravestone  contains  the  ap- 
propriate epitaph.  "My  record  is  on  high." 
He  married.  January  3,  181 1,  Hannah  Farn- 
ham, of  Acton,  ^^aine,  daughter  of  Ralph 
Farnham  (see  Farnham  \'I).  She  was  born 
March  20.  1788,  died  at  Acton,  October  14, 
1861.  Her  gravestone  bears  this  inscription: 
"My  trust  is  in  God."  Children :  Asenath, 
born  October  28,  181 1:  Eli,  February  21, 
1815;  John,  mentioned  below;  Asa,  April  10, 
1818;  Hosea,  July  11,  1820;  Israel,  July  5, 
1823:  Alvah,  December  i,  1825:  William 
Buzzell.  August  14,  1828:  Almira,  lanuarv 
18,  1831. 

(V)  Rev.  John  Runnells,  son  of  Samuel 
(3)  Runnells,  was  born  March  9,  1817.  He 
received  his  academic  education  at  the  Par- 
sonsfield  Academy,  Maine,  1835-37,  and  stud- 
ied for  the  ministry  at  the  Free  Will  Baptist 
Theological  School  in  Parsonsfield.  He  was 
ordained  in  November,  1842,  at  Acton,  Maine, 
and  had  pastorates  at  Xorth  Berwick,  Maine, 
at  Eaton,  Xew  Hampshire,  until  1846,  at 
Milton  Mills,  Xew  Hampshire,  and  at  Xew- 
port,  Rhode  Island.  He  was  settled  as  pastor 
of  the  Free  Baptist  Church  at  Tamworth 
Iron  Works,  Xew  Hampshire,  in  Januarv, 
1852,  and  died  after  a  long  and  honorable 
service  as  minister,  at  Tamworth.  September 
2,  1877.  In  1859  he  was  elected  chaplain  of 
the  Xew  Hampshire  house  of  representatives 


for  the  June  session.  He  was  a  trustee  of 
the  Xew  Hampton  Literary  and  Theological 
Institution  and  was  assoc'iational  officer  of 
his  denomination  in  the  state  of  Xew  Hamp- 
shire. He  married,  December  15,  1842,  Hul- 
dah  Staples,  of  Xorth  Berwick,  Maine,  born 
at  Xorth  Berwick,  October  3,  1819,  died  at 
Tamworth,  Xew  Hampshire,  in  igo6.  Chil- 
dren :  John  Sumner,  mentioned  below :  Abbv 
May,  born  July  28,  1851,  died  in  1880,  mar- 
ried Rev.  Thomas  ]\I.  Findley  and  had  one 
son,  John  Runnells  Findley,  now  sales  agent 
of  the  American  Radiator  Company,  Chicago. 
(\T)  John  Sumner,  son  of  Rev.  John  Run- 
nells, was  born  at  Effingham,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire, July  30.  1844.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  at  Tamworth.  Xew  Hampshire,  and 
prepared  for  college  at  Xew  Hampton,  Xew 
Hampshire.  Academical  Institute.  He  was 
graduated  from  .\mherst  College  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the  class  of 
1865.  He  was  a  teacher  in  the  high  schools 
of  Rochester  and  Dover,  Xew  Hampshire,  in 
1866-67.  He  began  to  study  law  at  Dover, 
Xew  Hampshire,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  in  January,  1869.  He 
was  the  private  secretary  of  Governor  Mer- 
rill, of  Iowa,  for  one  year,  and  in  the  mean- 
time was  secretary  of  the  Iowa  Republican 
State  Central  Committee,  performing  the 
duties  of  his  office  with  "masterly  and  honor- 
ing ability,"  and  doing  efficient  service  in  the 
campaign  of  1868  with  Hon.  Peter  IMelendy, 
member  of  congress,  supporting  President 
Grant.  He  filled  a  consular  appointment  in 
Tunstall.  Staffordshire,  near  Manchester, 
England,  1869-71,  and  from  1876  to  1881  was 
official  reporter  of  the  Iowa  supreme  court. 
He  practiced  law  in  Iowa  from  the  time  of 
his  admission  to  the  bar  until  1887  when 
he  removed  to  Chicago,  and  since  then 
he  has  been  general  counsel  of  the  Pullman 
Sleeping  Car  Company,  and  in  May,  1905, 
became  vice-president  of  that  corporation. 
On  the  retirement  of  Robert  T.  Lincoln,  son 
of  President  Abraham  Lincoln.  Mr.  Runnells 
became  president  of  the  Pullman  Company. 
He  is  senior  partner  of  the  law  firm  of  Run- 
nells, Burry  &  Johnston,  of  Chicago.  He  was 
L'nited  States  district  attorney  for  Iowa, 
1881-85.  He  became  known  in  Iowa  as  a 
specialist  of  great  prominence  in  railway  and 
telegraph  law  and  also  for  his  successful  han- 
dling of  a  case  which  he  carried  through  the 
state  courts  to  the  supreme  court  of  the 
United  States  involving  the  constitutionality 
of  the  prohibitory  liquor  law  of  Iowa.  He  was 
chairman  of  the  Iowa  State  Republican  Com- 
mittee in  1879-80  and  member  of  the  Repub- 
lican   Xational    Committee    from    Iowa    from 


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1880  to  1884.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  Re- 
publican National  Convention  in  1880.  He 
is  an  able  public  speaker  and  has  been  chosen 
orator  upon  various  patriotic  and  historical 
occasions.  ( )ne  of  his  best  known  orations 
is  that  delivered  at  the  Grant  bam|uet  in  Xew 
York  City  in  1893.  He  is  a  gifted  writer  and 
when  a  young  man  was  for  a  time  on  the 
editorial  staff  of  the  Dcs  Moines  Register. 
He  is  a  director  of  the  Pullman  Company, 
the  -Merchants  Loan  and  Trust  Company, 
Pullman  Trust  and  Savings  Bank  and  other 
■  corporations,  and  a  member  of  the  Chicago 
Club,  the  University  Club,  the  Chicago  Lit- 
erary Club,  the  Onwentsia  Club,  the  Saddle 
&  Cycle  Club,  the  University  Club  of  Xew 
York  and  the  Xew  England  Society  of  Chi- 
cago. He  also  has  a  summer  residence  at 
Tamworth.  N^ew  Hampshire. 

He  married.  March  31,  1869,  at  Des 
Moines.  Helen  Rutherfurd  Baker,  born  at 
Concord,  Xew  Hampshire,  May  29,  1845, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Xathaniel  B.  Baker,  who 
was  governor  of  Xew  Hampshire  in  1854  and 
adjutant-general  of  Iowa  during  the  civil  war. 
She  is  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Colonial 
Dames,  being  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  and 
Priscilla  Alden,  who  came  in  the  "May- 
flower", and  related  to  Governor  Peter  Stuy- 
vesant,  of  Xew  Amsterdam.  Children:  i. 
Mabel,  born  in  Tunstall,  England,  July  8, 
1870:  married  Robert  Irving  Jenks,  a  native 
of  New  Hampshire,  now  living  in  New  York 
City.  2.  Lucy  B.,  born  at  Des  Moines,  Janu- 
ary 10.  1874:  married  Albert  A.  Jackson  and 
is  living  at  Philadelphia.  3.  Clive,  born  at 
Des  Moines,  September  10.  1877;  graduate 
of  Harvard  College  in  1900,  banker  and 
broker  in  Chicago.  4.  Alice  Rutherfurd,  born 
in  Des  Moines,  October  4,  1884;  married, 
January  6.  1912,  William  James,  son  of  Pro- 
fessor William  James,  of  Harvard  University, 

(The   Farnham  Line). 

The  Farnham  or  Farnum  family  is  of  an- 
cient English  origin.  The  principal  family 
seat  is  at  the  Querndon  House  of  Leicester- 
shire, the  lineage  of  which  is  traced  back  to 
the  reign  of  Edward  I.  The  Farnham  arms: 
Quarterly  or  and  az.  in  the  two  first  quarters 
of  a  crescent  countersigned.  Crest :  An 
eagle  or  wings,  close  preying  on  a  rabbit  arg. 

(I  I  Ralph  Farnham,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  T603.  He  came  with 
his  wife  Alice  from  London  in  the  brig 
"James",  sailing  from  Soutlia\npton,  .\pril 
6,  1635.  He  gave  his  age  as  thirty-two,  and 
his  wife's  as  twenty-eight  and  they  had  with 
them  three  young  children.  Mary.  Thomas 
and  Ralph.     He  was  a  barber  by  trade  but 


followed  husbandry  after  coming  to  New 
England.  He  settled  first  in  Ipswich,  of 
which  he  was  proprietor  in  1^)39.  He  settled 
finall\-  in  Andover,  Massachusetts.  He  died 
January  5,  1692-93,  and  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  is  dated  March  29,  1693.  Children:  i. 
Mary,  born  1628,  resided  in  Andover.  where 
she  died  February  3,  1714:  married  Daniel 
Poor,  of  Andover,  in  Boston.  ( )ctober  20, 
1650.  2.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Ralph,  born  1633.  died  January  8.  1691-92: 
married  Elizabeth  Holt,  of  Amlover,  October 
26,  1658,  she  died  (Jctober  14,  1710.  4.  Sa- 
rah, born  at  Andover,  married  John  Abbot, 
.\pril  16,  1658;  he  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
most  prominent  Abbots  in  America.  5.  John, 
born    1640. 

(II)  Ralph  (2),  son  of  Ralph  (i)  Farn- 
ham, was  born  1633,  in  England,  (lied  Janu- 
ary 8,  1692.  He  married,  October  26,  1658, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Xicholas  Holt,  at  .An- 
dover, Massachusetts.  She  died  •  October  14, 
1710.  Children:  Sarah,  born  about  Febru- 
ary, 1661  ;  Ralph,  mentioned  below :  John, 
April  I,  1664;  Henry.  December  7,  1666; 
Hannah,  December  7,  1668;  Thomas,  July  14, 
1670:  Ephraim,  October  i,  1675. 

(III)  "Ralph  (3).  son  of  Ralph  (2)  Farn- 
ham. was  born  June  i,  1662.  He  married 
Sarah  Sterling,  October  9,  1683.  Children: 
Sarah,  born  Alay  5,  1685  :  Henry,  September 
15,  1687;  Ralph,  mentioned  below;  Daniel, 
January  21,  1691 ;  Abigail,  May  3,  1692:  Wil- 
liam, August  5,  1693;  Xathaniel,  July  25, 
1695:  Barachias,  March  16,  1697;  Benjamin, 
March  14,  1699:  Joseph  or  Josiah,  February 
4,    1701, 

(IV)  Ralph  (4),  son  of  Ralph  (3)  Farn- 
ham, was  born  May  23,  1689.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Captain  Matthew  .Aus- 
tin. Children:  Joseph,  born  June  20,  1713; 
Ralph,  May  21.  1715:  Mary,  May  14.  1717; 
Matthew,  August  4,  1719:  Elizabeth.  Febru- 
ary 2~,  1721  :  David,  died  young:  Jonathan, 
April  II,  1726:  Xathaniel.  May  i,  1728:  Paul, 
mentioned  below:  Betty.  August  14,  1732; 
John,   May  26.   1735. 

(\')  Paul,  son  of  Ralph  (4)  Farnham,  was 
born  .\pril  20,  1730,  died  in  1820,  at  .\cton. 
Maine.  He  married  Elizabeth  Dore,  and  set- 
tled in  Lebanon,  Maine,  aftenvards  moving 
to  Acton.  Children :  Ralph,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Olive,  married  Samuel  1  2 )  Runnells 
(see  Runnells  III)  ;  Dummer :  Paul. 

(\T)  Ralph  (5),  son  of  Paul  Farnham, 
was  born  at  Lebanon,  Maine,  in  1756,  died  in 
.\cton.  Maine,  in  December,  i860,  aged  one 
hundred  and  four  years  and  five  months.  He 
lived  at  Acton.  Maine.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the   revolution   and  was  the  last   survivor  of 


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the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  His  jjreat-grand- 
son,  Hon.  John  S.  Runnells,  has  Ralph  Farn- 
ham's  portrait  in  the. office  of  the  president 
of  the  Pullman  Car  Company  of  Chicago. 
Children :  Benjamin.  John.  Daniel.  Ralph. 
Hannah,  married  Samuel  {3)  Runnells  (see 
Runnells  I\'):  Marv:   Joanna. 


Anthonv  Fisher,  the  first  of 
FISHER     this  surname  of  whom  there  is 

definite  record,  lived  in  the  lat- 
ter part  of  the  reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth  in 
the  parish  of  Syleham,  county  SutTolk,  Eng- 
land, on  the  south  bank  of  the  W'aveney 
river,  on  a  freehold  estate  called  "W'ignotte". 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and 
Anne  Fiske,  of  St.  James,  South  Elmasham, 
county  Suffolk,  England.  The  Fiske  family 
was  an  old  Puritan  family  of  that  county 
which  had  suffered  during  the  religious  perse- 
cutions of  Queen  Mary's  reign.  Anthony 
Fisher  was  buried  .\pril  11,  1640.  Children: 
Joshua,  baptized  February  24,  1585;  Mary, 
twin  sister  of  Joshua :  Anthony,  mentioned 
below ;  Amos,  married  Anne  Morrise,  widow 
of  Daniel  Locke ;  Rev.  Cornelius,  baptized  Au- 
gust 6,  1599:  Martha,  married  John  Bucking- 
ham, of  Syleham,  England. 

(II)  Anthony  (2),  son  of  Anthony  (i) 
Fisher,  was  baptized  at  Syleham,  England, 
April  23,  1591.  He  was  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, and  came  to  New  England  probably 
in  the  ship  "Rose",  arriving  in  Boston,  June 
26,  1637.  He  settled  at  Dedham  and  sub- 
scribed to  the  covenant  there.  July  18,  1637. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  May,  1643.  ^"d 
was  selectman  of  Dedham  in  1646  and  1647; 
selected  county  commissioner,  September  3, 
1660,  and  deputy  to  the  general  court.  May  2, 
1649.  He  was  woodreeve  in  1653-54-55-57- 
58-61-62.  He  removed  to  Dorchester,  and 
was  chosen  selectman  there.  December  5, 
1664.  and  the  two  years  following:  was  com- 
missioner in  1666.  He  died  in  Dorchester, 
April  18.  1671.  His  wife  Mary  was  admit- 
ted to  the  church  at  Dedham.  March  2-. 
1642,  but  he  was  not  "conformably  received 
into  ye  church,"  "on  account  of  his  proud  and 
haughty  spirit",  until  March  14,  1645.  He 
married  (second).  November  14.  1663,  Isa- 
bel Breck,  widow  of  Edward  Breck,  of  Dor- 
chester. Children,  all  by  first  wife:  .Anthony, 
mentioned  below:  Cornelius,  married  (first). 
at  Dedham,  February  23,  1653,  Leah  Heaton. 
(second)  July  25.  1665.  Sarah  Everett:  Dan- 
iel, born  about  1619  in  England;  Nathaniel, 
born  about  1620.  at  Syleham.  England;  Lydia. 
married  Daniel  Morse,  of  Sherborn ;  John, 
died  in  Dedham,  September  5.  1638. 

(III)  Anthony    (3),   son  of  Anthony    (2) 


Fisher,  came  with  his  parents  to  New  Eng- 
land, and  settled  in  Dedham,  Massachusetts, 
in  1637.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient 
and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  in  1644. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  May  6,  1646, 
and  joined  the  Dedham  church.  July  20,  1645. 
He  was  chosen  surveyor  of  Dedham  in  1652- 
53-54.  He  removed  to  Dorchester  and  was 
selectman  there  in  1666.  He  married,  in  Ded- 
ham. September  7,  1647,  Joanna,  only  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Jane  Faxon,  of  Braintree, 
Massachusetts.  Children:  Mehitable.  born 
June  2j.  1648.  probably  died  young:  Experi- 
ence, baptized  August  11,  1650,  probablv  died 
young;  Josiah,  born  May  i,  1654:  Abiah. 
baptized  August  3,  1656 :  Sarah,  born  Octo- 
ber 29,  1658;  Deborah,  baptized  February  24. 
1661;  Judith,  baptized  July  5,  1663;  Eleazer, 
mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Eleazer,  son  of  Anthony  (3)  Fisher, 
was  born  in  Dedham,  September  18,  1669, 
died  there  February  6,  1722.  He  married,  at 
Dedham,  October  13.  1698.  Mary  A\-ery.  born 
there  August  21.  1674.  died  in  Stoughton. 
Massachusetts.  March  25.  1749,  daughter  of 
William  and  Mary  (Lane)  Avery.  Her  fa- 
ther was  baptized  October  2y,  1647,  '"  the 
parish  of  Brekham.  Berkshire.  England,  son 
of  Lieutenant  William  Avery.  Children : 
Eleazer,  born  September  29,  1699;  William, 
June  28.  1701  ;  Jemima.  September  28,  1703; 
David,  June  21,  1705;  Ezra,  February  8, 
1707;  Nathaniel,  1708;  Mary,  October  27, 
1710;  Ezekiel.  October  22.  1712;  Timothy. 
August  28.  1714:  Stephen.  July  11.  1715.  died 
young;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Eleazer  Fisher,  was 
born  in  Dedham,  in  Alay,  1721.  On  March 
14,  1742,  he  joined  the  South  Parish,  now 
Norwood  church,  and  his  wife  joined.  August 
23.  1741.  as  Sarah  Everett.  He  died  January 
18.  1777,  aged  fifty-five  years,  and  his  widow 
died  August  2.  1795.  aged  seventy-seven 
years.      His    will    was    dated    December    23, 

1776.  and  proved  February  7.  1777.  His  sons 
Eliphalet  and  Jesse  were  executors :  he  left 
one-half  the  estate  to  his  wife,  and  mentioned 
also  his  grandson  Luther,  son  of  Benjamin, 
deceased,  sons  Asa,  Eliphalet.  Jesse.  Moses 
and  Aaron,  and  daughter  Sarah,  wife  of  Abel 
Allen.     The   inventory  was  dated  March  20, 

1777,  and  the  widow's  third  was  set  oft"  Sep- 
tember 18,  1777.  He  married,  in  South  Ded- 
ham, August  II,  1742,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
William  and  Rachel  (Newcomb)  Everett. 
She  was  born  in  Dedham.  June  7,  1718.  Chil- 
dren :  Benjamin,  born  ^Iay  23,  1743:  Asa. 
April  30.  1745;  Eliphalet,  June  2.  1747; 
Sarah,  May  24.  1749:  Jesse,  July  7,  1751; 
Sibyl.  August  21,  1753;  Moses,  mentioned  be- 


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low;  Aaron,  January  16,  1758;  John,  March 
19,   1760,  died  July  6.  1773. 

(\'I)  Moses,  son  of  Iknjamin  Fisher,  was 
born  at  Dedham,  Xovember  J7.  1755,  died 
January  23,  1847.  He  settled  in  I'Vancestown, 
Xew  Hampshire,  in  1785,  on  the  farm  which  is 
still  in  possession  of  the  family,  his  grandson, 
IMoses  Bradford  Fisher,  now  occupying  it. 
He  served  in  the  revolution  in  William  Bul- 
lard's  company.  Colonel  William  Heath's  reg- 
iment, for  six  days  at  the  Lexington  Alarm, 
and  from  September  25,  1777.  to  October  28, 
1777,  in  Captain  Abel  Richard's  company. 
Colonel  Benjamin  Havve's  regiment;  and  in 
Captain  Abel  Richard's  company.  Colonel 
^Mcintosh's  regiment,  at  Boston  and  Roxbury, 
from  March  23,  1778,  to  April  6,  1778.  "One 
of  the  luxuries  of  his  house  in  F'rancestown 
was  a  chandelier  made  of  iron,  by  the  black- 
smith, filled  with  chicken  oil,  with  a  cotton 
wick ;  this  lamp  hung  from  a  movable  crane 
(hake)  at  the  side  of  the  room."  He  mar- 
ried (first),  February  19.  1784,  Louisa, 
daughter  of  Eliphalet  and  Hannah  (Lewis) 
Thorp,  of  Dedham.  She  was  born  October 
26.  1762,  died  at  Francestown,  February  9, 
181 1.  He  married  (second).  January  25, 
1813,  Mrs.  Lucy  (Friend)  Manning,  of  Lyn- 
deboro.  She  was  born  June  11,  1774,  died 
March  14.  1841.  Children,  born  in  Fran- 
cestown: John,  born  April  20,  1785,  died 
Xovember  25,  1785 ;  Lewis.  August  19, 
1786;  Moses.  October  25.  1790;  Joel,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1793,  died  March  10,  1796;  Abijah. 
March  17.  1795;  Aaron,  August  25.  1797; 
Amasa.  August  31,  1799.  died  October  25. 
1800:  Hannah.  April  24.  1802;  Thorp,  men- 
tioned below;  Asa  Manning.  April  9.  1817. 

(V'H)  Thorp,  son  of  Closes  Fisher,  was 
born  in  Francestown,  Xew  Hampshire.  April 
24,  1804.  died  at  Salem.  Massachusetts,  De- 
cember 9,  1885.  He  married  (first).  Xovem- 
ber 6,  1832,  Joanna  Crombie,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Chloe  ( Farrington )  Jones. 
She  was  born  Xovember  2",  1806,  died  at 
Salem,  October  4.  1855.  He  married  (sec- 
ond). October  10,  i860,  Mary  Ruth,  daughter 
of  Captain  Christopher  and  Mary  (Randall) 
Babbidge,  and  widow  of  Henry  Russell,  of 
Salem.  She  was  born  in  Salem.  May  30. 
1807,  died  there  Febrviary  22.  1887.  Chil- 
dren: Louisa,  born  September  5.  1833: 
George  Augustine.  June  22,  1837;  Cliarles 
Henry,  mentioned  below ;  Joanna  .\ugusta, 
June  3,    1843. 

(\Tn)  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Thorp 
Fisher,  was  born  in  Salem.  Massachusetts. 
September  16.  1840.  died  February  28,  1910. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools.     He  learned  his  traile  in  the  shops  of 


Corliss  '&  Xightingale.  steamboat  and  engine 
builders,  Providence,  Rhode  Uland.  During 
the  civil  war  he  was  assistant  engineer  of  the 
steamer  "Curleu"  in  the  governinent  service. 
Reuben  .\very  was  the  chief  engineer.  He 
left  the  "Curleu",  when  the  steamer  "Xight- 
ingale" was  built  and  was  chief  engineer  of 
her.  She  was  in  the  navy  during  the  civil 
war,  and  at  Charleston.  South  Carolina,  dur- 
ing the  attack  on  Fort  Sumter.  Later  he 
went  to  Mexico,  when  the  L'nited  States  had 
trouble  with  tiiat  country  under  Maximilian, 
and  on  the  same  steamer  as  engineer. 
While  in  the  South  during  the  war  and  on 
the  Suwanee  river  he  contracted  yellow  fever, 
but  was  saved  from  death  by  medicine  given 
him  by  an  old  pilot.  At  the  end  of  the  war 
he  left  the  navy,  and  went  to  California  on 
a  prospecting  trip.  While  there  he  was  em- 
ployed to  erect  cjuartz  mills,  equipped  with 
engines  manufactured  by  his  former  employ- 
ers. Corliss  &  Xightingale,  and  strangely 
enough  he  worked  on  the  very  engine  when 
it  was  building  in  the  shops.  He  came  into 
intimate  relations  with  the  railroad  magnate 
of  later  years,  Collis  P.  Huntington,  and  with 
Mark  Hopkins,  president  of  the  Bank  of 
California,  the  owners  of  the  mine  where  the 
mill  was  erected.  Afterward  he  went  to 
China,  where  he  was  employed  for  a  number 
of  years  by  the  well-known  firm  of  Russell 
&  Company,  as  engineer  of  one  of  their 
steamers.  He  returned  after  the  death  of  his 
father  and  lived  at  Salem  while  settling  his 
father's  estate.  He  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness twenty-five  years  before  he  died,  devot- 
ing his  time  to  the  management  of  his  real 
estate  and  other  interests.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  John's  Commandery.  Knights  Tem- 
plar, of  Providence,  and  of  other  Masonic 
bodies.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in 
religion   a   Congregationalist. 

He  inarried,  March  16.  1885,  Lydia  Mat- 
thews (Bangs)  Arey,  born  September  10, 
1841,  at  South  Dennis,  on  Cape  Cod.  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Joshua  Berry  and  Rebecca 
(Matthews)  Bangs  (see  Bangs  \II).  They 
had  no  children.  Mrs.  Fisher  resides  at  Hyde 
Park,  Massachusetts,  where  Mr.  Fisher  spent 
his  later  years. 

(The  Bangs  Line). 

(Ill)  Captain  Edward  Bangs,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Jonathan  I'.angs  (q.v.),  was  born  Sep- 
tember 30.  1665.  died  May  22.  1746.  at  Sa- 
tucket.  now  Pirewster.  .Massachusetts.  He 
lived  in  Satucket  until  after  his  second  mar- 
riage, when  he  moved  to  Eastiiam.  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his 
life.     He  was  an  active  man.  a  merchant  and 


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innholder.  also  carrying  on  a  tanning  busi- 
ness. His  will  was  dated  April  14,  1746. 
proved  June  11,  1746.  He  married  (first) 
Ruth  Allen,  who  died  June  22.  1738,  aged 
sixty-eight  years.  He  married  (second  ),  Jan- 
uary 16.  1739,  Mrs.  Ruth  'Slayo.  of  Eastham, 
and  she  died  August  17,  1747.  Children,  born 
in  Satucket:  Captain  Joshua,  1691 ;  Mary, 
1692:  Edward.  .August  14,  1694:  Ruth,  1699; 
Ebenezer,  baptized  February  8,  1702;  Dr. 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below;  Rebecca,  baptized 
Alarch  9,  1709-10. 

(I\')  Dr.  Jonathan  (2)  Bangs,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Edward  Bangs,  was  baptized  May  2^. 
1707,  died  December  7,  1745.  The  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  dated  March  7,  1745.  His 
widow  was  administratri.x  of  the  estate.  He 
married,  January  4,  17^2-;^;^.  Phebe,  daughter 
of  Stephen  Hopkins  and  widow  of  Samuel 
Bangs  Jr. ;  Stephen  Hopkins  was  son  of  Ste- 
phen, son  of  Giles,  son  of  Stephen.  Only 
child,  Allen,  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Allen,  son  of  Dr.  Jonathan  (2)  Bangs, 
was  born  March  23,  1733-34.  at  Satucket.  la- 
ter Harwich,  now  Brewster,  Massachusetts, 
and  met  his  death  by  drowning  while  boating 
hav  from  Brewster  marshes.  September  14, 
1793.  He  was  a  farmer.  His  homestead  at 
South  Dennis,  Massachusetts,  is  still  in  pos- 
session of  descendants.  He  served  in  the 
revolution  as  private  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Crowell's  company  at  the  Lexington  .Alarm ; 
also  in  Captain  John  Nickerson's  company, 
Colonel  Nathaniel  Freeman's  regiment, 
marching  on  the  alarm  to  Dartmouth  and  Fal- 
mouth. September.  1778;  also  served  at  other 
times.  He  married  Rebecca  Howes,  of  Yar- 
mouth, born  there  April  16.  1732,  died  at 
South  Dennis.  September  9,  1793.  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  (Paddock)  Howes; 
Joseph  was  son  of  Samuel,  son  of  Jeremiah 
and  Sarah  (Prence)  Howes;  Sarah  was 
daughter  of  Governor  Thomas  Prence ;  Jere- 
miah was  son  of  the  Pilgrim,  Thomas  Howes. 
Children:  Jonathan,  born  February  13,  1755. 
died  ^lay  2j,  1760;  Joseph,  July  5,  1757; 
Phoebe,  .\ugust  17,  1758;  Jonathan,  July  19, 
1760;  Zenas.  May  3,  1763;  Allen,  April  22, 
1765.  died  October.  1765;  Allen,  mentioned 
below. 

(\T)  -Allen  (2).  son  of  Allen  (i)  Bangs, 
was  born  at  Brewster.  August  15,  1770.  He 
inherited  his  father's  homestead  at  South 
Dennis.  He  married.  April  i,  1792.  Rebecca 
Berrv.  at  Brewster.  She  was  born  at  Brew- 
ster. November  22,  1773,  died  January  i, 
1858,  at  South  Dennis.  He  died  there  July 
5,  1850.  Children :  Rebecca  H.,  born  No- 
vember 18.  1793;  Hannah,  married  Captain 
Reuben  Baker ;  Barnabas,  born  December  10. 


1797;  Allen  Jr..  June  i.  1800;  Phoebe.  No- 
vember I.  1802;  Jonathan.  February  24.  1806; 
Joshua  Berr\-.  mentioned  below;  Joseph,  Au- 
gust 21.   1810. 

(\TI)  Captain  Joshua  Berr}-  Bangs,  son 
of  Allen  ( 2 )  Bangs,  was  born  September  24, 
1808,  at  South  Dennis,  Massachusetts,  died 
at  Gardiner's  Island,  December  29,  1853.  He 
was  a  seafaring  man,  and  while  sailing  from 
Baltimore  to  Providence  in  1854  had  his  ves- 
sel wrecked  at  Gardiner's  Island,  all  men  being 
lost  but  Captain  Bangs,  who  was  rescued  and 
taken  to  the  old  Garrliner  house  on  the  island, 
where  he  died  from  injuries  and  exposure; 
Professor  Hosford  died  in  this  house.  He 
married.  May  21,  1834.  Rebecca  Matthews,  at 
Yarmouth,  daughter  of  Captain  Isaac  Mat- 
thews Jr.  She  was  born  September  3,  1810. 
Children;  i.  Lydia  Matthews,  born  at  Den- 
nis, September  10.  1842;  married  (first).  Sep- 
tember 9,  1869,  at  Cambridge,  Captain  John 
W.  Arey,  of  Chelsea,  master  mariner  of 
Bucksport,  Maine,  son  of  James  and  Mary 
Arey;  married  (second)  Charles  Henry  Fish- 
er, 'March  16.  1885  (see  Fisher  VH'l).  2. 
Joshua,  born  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island. 
November  11,   1844. 


The  surname  Draper  is  de- 
DRAPER  rived  from  the  trade  of  some 
"  remote  ancestor  and  belongs  to 
the  class  of  English  names  represented  by 
Smith,  Carpenter,  Cook.  Weaver.  Farmer,  etc. 
The  family  in  England  is  very  ancient  and 
has  produced  many  distinguished  men.  The 
coat-of-arms  of  the  Heptonstall  family  is : 
.Argent  on  a  fesse  engraved  between  three 
annulets  gules  as  many  covered  cups  or. 
Crest :  A  stag's  head  gules  attired  gold, 
charged  on  the  neck  with  a  fesse  between 
three  annulets  or.     Motto :   Vicit  perpecit. 

( I )  Thomas  Draper,  the  progenitor  of  this 
family,  lived  and  died  in  the  parish  of  Hep- 
tonstall, vicarage  of  Halifax,  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land. He  belonged  to  an  ancient  and  numer- 
ous family.  He  was  a  clothier  by  occupa- 
tion. Cliildren,  born  in  Heptonstall:  Thomas; 
John;  William;  James,  of  whom  further; 
Alary ;   Martha. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Thomas  Draper,  was 
born  in  Heptonstall,  Yorkshire,  England,  in 
1618.  He  was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  and 
came  to  New  England  about  the  time  he  came 
of  age.  From  1640  to  1650  he  was  a  pioneer 
and  proprietor  of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts. 
In  1654  he  became  a  proprietor  of  Lancas- 
ter. Massachusetts,  but  lived  and  died  in  Rox- 
bury. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1690. 
From  his  exceedingly  strict  piety  he  was 
known  in  his  day  as  James  the  Puritan.     He 


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was  tlie  owner  of  several  looms  and  fulloweil 
his  trade  as  clothier  in  this  countrv.  He  mar- 
ried, April  21,  1646,  Miriam  Stansfield,  at 
Heptonstall.  England.  She  was  born  there 
November  27.  1625,  daughter  of  Gideon  and 
Grace  (Eastwood)  Stansfield,  died  at  Rox- 
bury  in  January,  1697.  Her  gravestone  at 
Ro.xbury  is  inscribed:  "Here  lyes  ye  body  of 
Mrs.  ^Miriam  Draper,  wife  of  Mr.  fames  Dra- 
per, aged  about  seventy-seven  years.  Dec. 
Jan.  1697."  The  stone  appears  to  be  one  of 
the  oldest  in  the  cemetery.  He  died  in  July, 
1694,  aged  about  seventy-six  years.  Chil- 
dren: Miriam,  born  in  England,  February  7, 
1647,  died  there;  Susannah,  at  Roxbury.  1650: 
Sarah,  1652:  James  (2),  of  whom  further; 
John.  April  24,  1656,  at  Dedham ;  Moses, 
Septeiuber  26,  1663  at  Dedham ;  Daniel,  at 
Dedham,  May  30,  1665,  died  there;  Patience, 
at  Roxbury,  August  17,  1668;  Jonathan, 
March   10,   1670. 

(HI)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Dra- 
per, was  born  in  Roxbury  in  1654,  died  there 
April  30,  1698,  aged  forty-four  years.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1675- 
76.  In  1683  James  Draper  and  Nathaniel 
Whiting  were  given  permission  to  build  a 
fulling  mill  in  Dedham,  below  the  corn  mill 
on  Mother  brook.  The  Draper  interests  were 
gradually  sold  out  to  the  Whitings  in  this 
mill  property.  Draper  injured  a  sinew  while 
wrestling  and  was  never  able  to  leave  his 
house  afterward.  He  was  said  to  be  the 
strongest  wrestler  in  town.  He  married.  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1681,  Abigail  Whiting,  who  died  in 
Roxbury  October  25,  1721,  aged  fifty-nine 
years.  The  gravestones  of  both  husband  and 
wife  are  to  be  found  in  the  Ro.xbury  burial 
ground,  now  partly  within  the  city  of  Boston. 
Children,  born  at  Roxbury :  Abigail,  born  De- 
cember 29.  1681 ;  Nathaniel.  April  2,  1684; 
\N'illiam.  IMay  15.  1686,  died  young;  Eunice, 
June  5,  1689;  James  (3),  of  whom  further; 
Gideon,  1694;  Ebenezer,  April  2~,  1698. 

{I\')  James  (3),  son  of  James  (2)  Dra- 
per, was  born  at  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  in 
1691.  On  November  14,  1734,  the  West  Rox- 
bury church  dismissed  Ebenezer  Draper, 
James  Draper  and  his  wife,  Abigail,  to  the 
Dedham  church.  James  and  Ebenezer  Dra- 
per had  been  carrying  on  a  house  and  ordi- 
nary at  Baker  street.  Roxbury.  but  they  did 
not  have  enough  room,  because  of  granite 
rocks  on  one  side,  and  the  wet  lands  of  the 
Charles  river  on  the  other.  In  Green  Lodge 
they  had  more  room  for  farming,  and  here 
with  their  cousin,  Jeremiah  Whiting,  wdio  w^as 
a  carpenter,  they  built  new  houses  and  be- 
gan farming.  They  were  about  thirteen 
miles    from    Boston,    and   to   its   market   they 


sent  wood,  charcoal,  and  vegetables  in  the 
summer,  each  of  the  brothers  having  four 
or  five  horses  with  which  to  carry  in  their 
produce.  On  December  19,  1733.  the  records 
of  Dedham  show  that  a  road  was  authorized 
to  be  built  from  Dedham  and  Dorciiester,  by 
the  house  of  Jeremiah  Whiting  at  Green 
Lodge,  towards  the  Dedliam  .Meeting  House. 
Green  Lodge  was  a  .settlement  about  two 
miles  east  of  Dedham,  on  liie  i)resent  Green 
Lodge  road,  on  the  Xeponset  river.  It  wa.^ 
nearer  Dedham  than  Dorchester,  and  for  that 
rea.son  several  of  the  inhabitants  there  peti- 
tioned the  general  court  that  they  might  at- 
tend worship  there  instead  of  at  Dorchester, 
and  James  Draper  signed  this  petition.  The 
petition  re(|uested  that  they  be  set  off  from 
Stoughton  and  annexerl  to  Dedham,  and  al- 
though Stoughton  fought  against  this,  the  pe- 
tition was  granted.  Captain  James  Draper 
had  a  negro  servant  named  Sharper  Gulder, 
who.  July  31,  1760,  married,  Rev.  M.  Tyler 
officiating,  Rozella  .Allen,  a  negro  servant  of 
Esther  Fisher.  James  Draper  was  captain  of 
the  trainband.  In  1746  he  was  elected  to 
serve  one  year  as  selectman,  and  in  1756  was 
elected  to  serve  in  that  office  for  two  years. 
He  was  very  prominent  in  Dedham  and  high- 
ly respected.  He  was  very  well-to-do,  being 
the  owner  of  large  amounts  of  land. 

He  married  (first),  Alay  2,  1716,  Rachel, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Aldis.  She  was 
born  March  5,  1690,  died  May  16,  1717.  He 
married  (second),  November  12,  1719,  .Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  ( .Mor- 
ris )  Child,  of  Brookline,  Massachusetts.  She 
was  a  sister  of  Dorothy  Child,  who  married 
Ebenezer  Draper.  Child  by  first  wife:  John, 
born  January  26.  1716.  died  March  10,  1717. 
Children  by  second  w^ife:  James,  at  Stough- 
ton, September  22,  1720;  .Abigail,  at  Stough- 
ton, December  12,  1721  ;  John,  at  .^toughton, 
June  16,  1723;  Joshua,  at  Stoughton,  Decem- 
ber 25,  1724;  Josiah,  at  Stoughton,  .April  3, 
1726,  died  -August  18,  1726;  Josiah,  at 
Stoughton,  September  12,  1727;  Rebecca,  at 
Stoughton,  June  30,  1729:  Mary,  at  Stough- 
ton, September  24,  173 1 :  .Abijah.  at  Dedham. 
July  13,  1734.  died  .Voveiriber  18,  1734;  Abi- 
jah, July  II,  1735.  died  F"ebruary  13,  1737; 
.Abijah,  of  whom  further:  Samuel,  at  Ded- 
ham,  December  5,    1740.  died   November  29, 

1750-  .    , 

(\')  Major  -Abijah  Draper,  son  ot  James 
(3)  Draper,  was  born  at  Dedham.  .Mas.sachu- 
setts.  May  10.  1737.  He  succeeded  his  father 
in  his  landed  estate  at  Green  Lodge.  Dedham. 
He  was  an  energetic,  active,  public-spirited 
citizen,  always  ready  to  help  any  good  enter- 
prise.    He  was  one  of  the  three  chosen  by 


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ihe  Dedham  citizens  to  erect  a  monument  to 
William  Pitt  in  1766.  The  base  of  this  monu- 
ment is  still  to  be  seen,  and  is  called  the  "Pil- 
lar of  Libertv".  with  the  following  inscrip- 
tion: "To  the  Honor  of  William  Pitt,  Esq., 
and  other  Patriots,  Who  saved  America  from 
impending  slavery,  and  confirmed  our  most 
loval  Affections  to  King  George  III.,  by  pro- 
curing the  repeal  of  the  Stamp  Act,  i8th 
March,  1766.  Erected  here,  July  22,  1766, 
by  Dr.  Nathl.  Ames,  2d.  Col.  Ebenr  Battle, 
Major  Abijah  Draper,  and  other  patriots 
friendlv  to  the  Rights  of  the  Colonies  at  that 
day.  Replaced  by'the  Citizens,  July  4,  1828." 
Abijah  Draper  held  every  office  in  the  militia 
up  to  that  of  major,  and  commanded  a  body 
of  minute  men  at  Roxbury  under  Washing- 
ton. He  enlisted  in  the  revolution  from  Suf- 
folk county,  as  senior  major  of  the  First  Regi- 
ment, and  February  14,  1776,  entered  the 
army  as  second  major.  First  Regiment.  While 
at  Roxbury  he  was  exposed  to  smallpox,  and 
it  was  supposed  that  he  carried  it  to  his 
home  on  one  of  his  furloughs,  as  his  first 
wife,  Alice,  died  of  that  disease. 

He  married  (first),  April  8,  1762,  Alice, 
daughter  of  John  Eaton  and  Elizabeth  Lover- 
ing,  of  Purgatory,  Dedham.  She  was  born 
January  31,  1741,  died  January  22,  1777.  He 
married  (second),  March  25,  1778,  Desire, 
widow  of  Nathaniel  Metcalf,  and  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  and  Desire  (Cushman)  Foster. 
She  was  born  at  Attleboro,  Massachusetts, 
August  12,  1746,  died  at  Dedham  October  23, 
1815.  He  and  both  his  wives  are  buried  in 
the  Dedham  cemetery,  and  the  epitaph  on 
their  graves  is  as  follows :  "Ah,  why  so  soon 
from  me  he's  fled.  Laments  the  widow,  or- 
phan, friend.  You  must  not  say,  "too  soon  he's 
dead'.  Who  stayed  to  answer  Life's  great 
end."  The  following  is  on  Desire's  tomb : 
"She  sleeps  in  Jesus,  Wipe  the  falling  tear. 
She  lives  in  glory — Strive  to  meet  her  there." 
He  died  May  i,  1780.  at  Dedham.  Children 
of  first  wife;  Abijah,  born  June  11,  1763, 
died  December  16,  1774;  Ira,  December  24, 
1764:  Rufus,  November  27,  1766;  James. 
April  14,  1769,  died  January  22,  1777;  Alice, 
April  13,  1771 ;  Abijah  (2),  of  whom  fur- 
ther. Child  of  second  wife :  Lendamine, 
born  March  30.  1780. 

(\T)  Dr.  Abijah  (2)  Draper,  son  of  Major 
Abijah  (i)  Draper,  was  born  September  22. 
1775.  He  was  graduated  from  Brown  L'ni- 
versity  in  1797.  and  taught  school  at  Green 
Lodge  during  college  vacations.  He  then  be- 
gan practice  as  a  physician  at  West  Roxbury, 
^lassachusetts,  and  his  mother,  Mrs.  Desire 
Draper,  kept  house  for  him  until  he  married. 
For  a  period  of  sixty  years  he  and  his  son. 


Dr.  Abijah  Weld  Draper,  were  practicing 
physicians  in  West  Roxbury.  He  collected 
some  material  for  a  family  history,  but  it  was 
never  published.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  and  worship- 
ful master  of  a  Masonic  lodge.  He  married, 
January  12,  1807,  Lavinia  Tyler  of  .Attleboro. 
She  was  born  March  25,  1778,  died  May  22, 
1864.  He  died  March  26,  1836.  Children, 
born  at  West  Roxbury:  Abijah  Weld,  of 
whom  further:  Augusta,  July  21.  1810,  died 
September  4,  1877;  Amanda,  twin  of  Au- 
gusta, died  April  26,  1879,  said  to  have  died 
of  a  broken  heart. 

(\'II)  Dr.  Abijah  Weld  Draper,  son  of  Dr. 
Abijah  (2)  Draper,  was  born  at  \\'est  Rox- 
bury, January  25.  1808.  died  February  ig, 
1874.  He  taught  school  for  a  time  before  he 
began  his  profession  as  a  physician.  About 
1837  he  moved  to  Philadelphia,  where  he  es- 
tablished himself  as  a  dentist.  After  a  few 
vears  there  he  returned  to  West  Roxbury. 
where  he  began  practice  as  a  physician.  He 
wa-  one  of  the  surgeons  at  Army  Square 
Hospital,  Washington,  D.  C,  during  the  civil 
war.  A  few  years  before  his  death  he  was 
compelled  to  give  up  his  practice  because  of 
failing  health.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Massachusetts  Medical  Society,  and  the  New 
England  Historic-Genealogical  Society.  He 
was  especially  interested  in  the  history  of  the 
Draper  family  and  obtained  many  valuable 
notes  on  the  subject.  He  made  it  a  duty  as 
well  as  a  pleasure  to  care  for  the  old  graves 
of  the  family  in  Eustis  street.  West  Roxbury, 
cemetery.  He  was  also  much  interested  in  the 
history  of  the  town  of  Roxbury.  In  Novem- 
ber, 1877,  his  family  moved  to  Milton.  Massa- 
chusetts. 

He  married  (first),  January  20.  1839,  at 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  Lydia  Frances 
Swain,  born  at  Nantucket,  Massachusetts, 
January  18,  i8i2.died  at  West  Roxbury,  .April 
29.  1846.  He  married  (second).  April  26, 
1848,  Sarah  Hawes  (Hewins)  Reynolds,  a 
widow,  born  at  South  Boston.  March  19, 
1819.  Child  by  first  wife:  William  Mar- 
shall, born  June  28,  1840,  at  Philadelphia, 
died  at  West  Roxbury,  July  19,  1870:  enlisted 
in  the  Twenty-second  Massachusetts  Regi- 
ment, was  in  the  army  hospital  corps,  and 
did  work  in  the  field  and  in  a  hospital  at 
Baltimore,  Maryland:  at  the  close  of  the  war 
he  enlisted  for  three  years  more  in  the  regu- 
lar army.  Children  of  second  wife :  .\bijah 
Weld  (2),  of  whom  further:  Lydia  Frances. 
at  West  Roxbury,  July  21.  1852:  Miriam 
Stansfield,  November  19,  1854,  at  West  Rox- 
burv. 

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of  Dr.  Abijah  Weld  (  i  )  Draper,  was  born  at 
West  Roxbury.  Massachusetts,  April  18,  1849. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  Bryant  &  Stratton"s  Business  Col- 
lege of  Boston.  When  a  boy  on  his  father's 
farm  he  became  fond  of  horses  and  cattle 
and  acquired  practical  knowledsje  that  aided 
him  materially  in  his  profession.  When  a 
young  man  he  followed  farming.  In  18S0  he 
bought  a  farm  at  Foxborough.  .Massachu- 
setts, and  followed  farming  there  successfully 
for  many  years.  In  1891  he  carried  out  a 
long-cherished  ambition  to  study  veterinary 
medicine,  and  entered  the  Harvard  \'eterinary 
School,  in  which  he  took  a  three-year-course 
and  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1894  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  V.  Since 
graduation  he  has  practiced  his  profession  at 
Milton,  Massachusetts,  and  has  held  the  posi- 
tion of  agent  of  the  Cattle  Bureau  of  the 
Massachusetts  State  Board  of  Agriculture. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Milton  board  of 
health,  of  which  he  has  been  secretary  since 
1901.  He  is  a  member  of  Foxborough  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republi- 
can, in    religion   Unitarian. 

He  married,  June  9,  1886,  Ella  Josephine 
Howard.  Children :  Alice  Eaton,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1889,  died  May  5,  1900;  Howard, 
September  16,   1890. 


(V)  Simeon  Alden,  son  of  Sam- 
ALDEN     uel   Alden    (q.  v. ),   was   born    in 

1740.  died  at  Roxbury  (Canter- 
bury )  of  smallpox.  He  lived  at  Titicut  and 
Bridgewater.  Massachusetts.  He  served  in 
the  revolution  in  Colonel  Bailey's  regiment, 
April  19,  1775,  being  in  Colonel  Dike's  re- 
turn, January-March.  1777.  He  was  a  pri- 
vate in  Colonel  Mitchell's  regiment,  in  serv- 
ice in  Rhode  Island,  and  in  Colonel  Simeon 
Gary's  regiment  in  New  York,  1776;  in  Cap- 
tain Abner  Crane's  company,  1779,  in  Boston. 
He  served  in  Major  Eliphalet  Gary's  regi- 
ment, July.  1780,  from  Plymouth  county,  and 
in  Colonel  E.  Putnam's  Plymouth  county 
regiment.  September-October.  1781.  He  mar- 
ried, Alay  23,  1763,  Mary,  daughter  of  Seth 
Packard,  of  Brockton,  Alassachusetts.  Chil- 
dren: Simeon,  of  whom  further;  .Alpheus. 
born  1765;  Silas,  1766;  Solomon,  1767: 
Mary,  1769;  David.  1771 ;  Jonathan,  1775; 
Isaac,  1777;  Lot,  1781. 

(VL)  Simeon  (2),  son  of  Simeon  ( i )  .Al- 
den, was  born  February  29,  1764.  died  .April 
2,  1843.  aged  seventy-nine  years.  He  was  a 
currier  by  trade,  and  lived  in  Randolph,  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  served  in  Major  Eliphalet 
Gary's  regiment,  in  Rhode  Island,  July  and 
August,    1780.      He    married,    1785,    Rachel, 


(laughter  of  Joshua  French,  of  Randolph.  She 
was  born  June  30,  1765,  died  February  22, 
1844,  aged  seventy-nine  years.  Either  he  or 
his  son  changed  the  name  Simeon  to  Horatio 
Bingley,  by  act  of  the  legislature  in  June.  181 1. 
Children:  Horatio  I'ingley.  born  .March  16, 
1786;  John,  1787;  Hosea.  1789;  Rachel,  1792; 
Sally,  1797;  John.  1799;  Hiram,  uf  whom  fur- 
ther; Isaac,  1807. 

(\'II)  Hiram,  son  of  Simeon  (2)  .-Mden, 
was  born  November  14,  1804.  He  was  a 
boot  cutter  by  trade,  and  lived  at  Randolph. 
He  married,  February  29.  1824.  .Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  Tower  (see  Tower  \'l).  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Randolph :  Julia  .\nn.  born 
1825;  Hiram  Carroll,  of  whom  further;  Char- 
lotte .Augusta,  1831;  Margaret,  1833;  Caro- 
line Francis,  1835;  Mary  Celestina,  1837.  died 
1840;  William  Hart,  1839;  Celestina  Justina, 
1841,  died  1842;  Mary  Justina.  1846. 

(Mil)  Hiram  Carroll  .-Mden,  son  of  Hi- 
ram .Alden,  was  born  in  Randolph,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  21,  1826.  died  there  June  i, 
1896.  He  was  named  for  Charles  Carroll,  of 
Carrollton,  Maryland,  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools,  and  when  a 
young  man  began  his  career  in  a  mercantile 
house  in  Boston.  In  1858  he  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  boots  and  shoes  in  Randolph. 
At  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  he  raised 
a  company  and  left  his  business  to  go  to  the 
front  as  captain  in  the  Fourth  .Massachusetts 
Regiment  of  \'olunteer  Infantry,  under  Col- 
onel Walker.  He  was  commissioned  Septem- 
ber I,  1862,  and  mustered  out,  .\ugust  28, 
1863.  In  1866  the  railroad  was  opened 
through  Randolph  and  he  was  appointed  sta- 
tion agent  there.  In  1870  he  was  appointed 
treasurer  of  the  Randolph  Savings  -Bank, 
and  filled  the  position  until  he  died,  with  great 
fidelity  and  efficiency.  He  stood  high  in  the 
opinion  of  his  business  associates  as  an  able, 
upright  and  sagacious  banker.  He  was  well 
known  to  investors  and  financial  men  through- 
out the  state  and  universally  esteemed.  For 
fortv  years  he  was  town  clerk  and  treasurer 
of  Randolph,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death 
one  of  the  oldest  in  point  of  length  of  service 
in  the  state.  He  was  a  Republican  in  politics 
and  active  in  town  alTairs,  showing  great  pub- 
lic spirit.  He  was  the  prime  mover  in  the 
project  to  erect  a  soldiers'  monument  in  Ran- 
dolph. This  memorial  to  the  soldiers  of  the 
great  rebellion  was  appropriately  dedicated  in 
the  fall  of  191 1.  He  also  led  the  movement 
to  organize  the  Women's  Relief  Corps,  an 
auxiliarv  of  the  Grand  .\rmy.  He  was  a 
prominent  and  active  member  of  Captam 
Niles  Post.  No.  160,  Grand  .\rniy  of  the  Re- 


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public ;  of  Norfolk  Union  Lodge,  Free  Ala- 
sons,  and  Rising  Star  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Unitarian. 

He  married,  June  i8,  1848,  Julia  Caroline 
King,  born  September  28,  1828,  in  Randolph, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Wales  (Turner) 
King  (see  Turner  \T).  She  died  Decem- 
ber 31,  1909.  They  had  but  one  child,  Sarah 
King,  of  whom  further.  They  were  mem- 
bers of  the  First  Congregational  Church  of 
Randolph  until  1889.  when  they  became  mem- 
bers of  the  Church  of  the  Unity,  which  was 
organized  at  this  time.  They  were  among 
the  organizers. 

( IX )  Sarah  King,  daughter  of  Hiram  Car- 
roll .^Iden,  was  born  at  Randolph,  .\ugust  13. 
1849.  She  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  her  native  town.  She  married,  June  18, 
1872,  William  Porter,  of  Stoughton,  Alassa- 
chusetts,  son  of  Ahira  and  Rachel  (Swan) 
Porter.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Randolph,  and 
died  there  November  5,  1904.  Mrs.  Sarah 
King  (.\lden)  Porter  is  a  member  of  .\dams 
Chapter,  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Revolution, 
and  has  been  its  treasurer  for  fourteen  years. 
The  meetings  are  held  in  the  old  John  Quincy 
Adams  house  in  Quincy,  Massachusetts.  She 
is  a  member  of  the  Ladies'  Library  .Associa- 
tion, now  the  Women's  Club,  of  which  she 
has  been  the  president  four  years,  and  was 
vice-president,  treasurer  and  secretary  for 
fourteen  years.  Mrs.  Porter's  mother  was 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  the  Library 
Association  when  it  was  organized  in  1855. 
It  is  one  of  the  oldest  clubs  in  the  United 
States.  Airs.  Porter  was  a  noted  soprano 
singer  in  the  quartette  of  the  First  Congre- 
gational Church  of  Randolph,  for  twenty 
years. 

(The    Tower    Line). 

(I)  Robert  Tower,  the  first  ancestor  to 
whom  is  traced  the  lineage  of  the  .\merican 
family,  lived  in  the  parish  of  Hingham.  county 
Norfolk,  England.  While  the  name  is  found 
in  various  parts  of  England  at  an  early  date 
the  ancestry  has  not  been  traced  further. 
He  married,  .August  31,  1607,  at  Hingham, 
Dorothy  Damon,  who  died  in  November,  and 
was  buried  November  10,  1629.  He  died  in 
April,  and  was  buried  May  i,  1634.  Child, 
baptized  at  Hingham :  John,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Tower,  was  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  baptized  at  Hingham, 
England,  May  14,  1609.  He  came  with  many 
others  from  Hingham,  England,  to  Hingham, 
[Massachusetts,  where  he  settled  in  1637. 
Samuel  Lincoln  came  with  him.  He  became 
a  proprietor  of  Hingham,  and  occasionally 
drew   land  with   the  other  commoners.       He 


bought  various  parcels  of  land  and  sold  a 
few  lots.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  March 
13,  1638-39,  and  was  then  a  member  of  the 
church.  During  the  controversies  in  Hing- 
ham he  took  an  active  part,  and  his  name 
figures  in  the  proceedings  before  the  general 
court  in  1640  and  1645.  He  deposed  Janu- 
ary 9,  1676,  that  he  was  aged  about  sixty- 
nine  years.  He  was  one  of  the  incorporators 
of  Lancaster,  but  never  settled  there.  He 
had  an  Indian  deed  to  land  in  Rhode  Island, 
dated  June  17,  1661,  but  he  failed  after  some 
litigation  to  establish  his  title.  He  bought 
land  of  Edward  Wilder  in  Hingham,  by  deed 
dated  May  16;  1664,  extending  from  what  is 
now  Main  street,  at  Cole's  Corner,  to  the 
brook  at  Tower's  Bridge,  and  soon  afterward 
built  a  house  on  it.  Three  of  his  sons  built 
homes  on  this  lot  also  and  some  of  the  land 
has  remained  in  the  possession  of  descendants 
to  the  present  time.  The  old  house  was  torn 
down  soon  after  1800.  In  1657  he  was  a  way- 
warden;  in  1659,  constable;  in  1665  he  was 
on  an  important  town  committee  to  lay  out 
highways,  with  very  full  powers.  He  forti- 
fied his  house  during  King  Philip's  war,  and 
his  sons  and  others  formed  the  garrison.  He 
was  an  active  and  enterprising  man.  although 
like  many  pioneers  rather  illiterate  perhaps,  as 
he  signed  his  name  with  a  mark  like  a  capital 
T.  He  was  frequently  in  court  as  plaintiff  or 
defendant.  His  wife  signed  her  own  name. 
He  died  intestate  February  13,  1701-02,  hav- 
ing deeded  land  to  his  children,  and  thus  in 
part  settled  his  own  estate. 

He  married,  February  13,  1638-39,  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Richard  Ibrook,  an  early 
settler  of  Hingham.  She  died  May  15,  1700. 
Children:  John,  of  whom  further:  Ibrook, 
baptized  February  7,  1643-44:  Jeremiah,  bap- 
tized March  9,  1645-46:  Elizabeth,  baptized 
October  9,  1648;  Sarah,  baptized  July  15, 
1650;  Hannah,  born  July  17,  1652:  Benjamin, 
November  5,  1654;  Jemima,  April  25,  1660; 
Samuel,  January  26,   1661-62. 

(Ill)  John  (2).  son  of  John  (i)  Tower, 
was  baptized  December  13,  1639,  died  in 
Braintree,  Massachusetts,  .August  30,  1693. 
He  lived  in  Hingham  about  fourteen  years 
after  his  marriage,  when  he  removed  to  Brain- 
tree.  He  owned  land  in  Plymouth  colony,  but 
never  settled  there.  He  married.  May  14, 
1669.  Sarah  Hardin,  died  October  16,  1729, 
daughter  of  John  Hardin,  of  Braintree.  Chil- 
dren :  Benjamin,  born  January  25,  1673-74; 
Gideon,  January  26,  1676-77 :  Sarah,  October 
21,  1679:  John.  June  18,  1682;  Joseph,  of 
whom  further ;  Mary,  April  26,  1690. 

(I\')  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Tower,  was 
born  in  Braintree,  February  27,  1685-86,  and 


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lived  there,  probably  in  that  i)art  of  the  town 
which  became  Randolph.  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  his  name  appears  in  several 
real  estate  transactions,  the  last  one  when  he 
was  seventy-si.x  years  old.  He  died  intestate, 
probably  not  long  after  that  time.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Ruth  Thayer,  who  died  March  28, 
1752.  He  married  (second). ,  the  inten- 
tion being  published  March  27,  1756.  He 
married  ( third )  Hannah  Jones,  a  widow,  in- 
tention published  1759.  Children,  born  in 
iJraintree:  Ruth.  March  6.  1711:  Hannah. 
September  18,  1713:  Sarah,  February  18, 
1715-16;  John,  February  7,  1717-18  lAIar- 
garet,  August  21,  1721  ;  Gideon,  1723;  Joseph, 
of  whom  further:  Marv. 

(\')  Lieutenant  Joseph  (2)  Tower,  son  of 
Joseph  (  I )  Tower,  was  born  in  Braintree, 
died    in   Randolph,    September   7,    1801.      He 

married  Rebecca  .     He   served  in  the 

revolution  as  sergeant  in  Captain  Seth  Tur- 
ner's company,  answering  the  Lexington 
Alarm  April  19,  1775.  In  March,  1776,  he 
served  as  lieutenant  in  Captain  Eliphalet  Sa- 
win's  company,  and  again  in  June  of  the 
same  year :  also  in  Captain  Peter  Thayer's 
company,  which  marched  for  the  relief  of 
Fort  William  Henry;  and  later  in  Captain 
Ward's  company  for  five  months.  Tradition 
says  that  he  was  present  at  the  surrender  of 
Burgoyne.  His  will  was  dated  December  18, 
1800,  and  proved  October  6,  1801.  It  men- 
tions wife  Rebecca  and  children  Isaac,  Jo- 
seph, Jane,  Rebecca  and  Ruth.  The  others 
probably  died  young.  Children,  born  at 
Braintree:  Rebecca,  married,  1778,  Luther 
Spear;  Jane,  married,  1778,  Eli  Spear:  .\bra- 
ham ;  Elizabeth ;  Isaac,  of  whom  further ; 
Ruth;  Rhoda;  Mary;  Joseph,  born  1780. 

(\T)  Isaac  Tower,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jo- 
seph (2)  Tower,  was  born  February  22.  1767, 
in  Randolph,  died  there  March  12,  1834.  He 
married,  July  i,  1798,  Mary  Thayer,  who  was 
born  in  1777,  died  April  11,  1831,  aged  fifty- 
four  \ears.  Children,  born  in  Randolph :  Or- 
ramel,  March  8,  1799;  Isaac,  August  22, 
1801  :  Mary,  Xovember  23,  1803,  married  Hi- 
ram Alden  (see  Alden  \TI);  Benjamin 
Franklin,  April  24,  1806;  Sally,  December 
29,  1807;  Elmira,  July  11.  1810:  Luther.  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1813;  Siias  D..  September  2^,  1815: 
Lorenzo.  May   14.   1820. 

(  Tlie  Turner  Line). 
( I )  Humphrey  Turner,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England  about  1593.  and 
is  said  to  have  been  from  Essex,  England. 
He  came  to  Plymouth.  Massachusetts,  about 
1638,  and  had  a  house  lot  assigned  him  in 
1629.     He  built  his  house  and  lived  in  Plym- 


outh until  1()33,  when  lie  removed  lu  Scituate, 
where  he  had  a  house  lot  granted  him  on 
Kent  street.  He  settled,  liowever,  on  a  farm 
east  of  Colman's  Hills.  He  was  a  tanner  by 
trade,  and  is  said  to  have  possessed  that 
"judgment,  discretion,  energy  and  persever- 
ance of  character,  which  eminently  fitted  him 
to  be  one  of  the  pioneers  in  beginning  and 
carrying  forward  a  new  settlement."  Deane 
says  in  his  history  of  Scituate :  "He  was  a 
useful  and  enterprising  man  in  the  new  set- 
tlement and  often  employed  in  public  busi- 
ness." He  was  a  member  of  the  first  church. 
He  represented  the  town  several  years  as  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court ;  was  commissioner 
to  end  small  causes,  constable,  etc.  I-'ollow- 
ing  an  infre(|uent  and  puzzling  custom  of  his 
forbears  he  had  two  sons  of  the  same  name, 
John  Turner,  whom  he  distinguished  in  his 
will  as  John,  and  Young  son  John,  so  named, 
tradition  says,  at  the  instance  of  godfathers. 
Both  brought  up  families  and  died  at  a  good 
old  age  in  Scituate.  .At  last  accounts  a  lineal 
descendant  of  the  pioneer  owned  and  occu- 
pied the  Turner  homestead  in  Scituate.  His 
will  was  dated  February  28,  1669,  and  proved 
June  5,  1673.  Besides  his  children  he  men- 
tioned grandchildren  in  the  will. 

He  married,  in  England,  Lydia  Gamer, 
born  in  England,  died  in  Scituate  in  or  be- 
fore 1673.  Children :  John,  born  in  Eng- 
land, married,  Xovember  12,  1645,  ^t  Scitu- 
ate: John,  of  whom  further;  Thomas,  born  in 
Plymouth,  married  Sarah  Hiland :  Mary,  bap- 
tized January  25,  1634-35;  Joseph,  baptized 
January  i.  1638:  Daniel,  married  Hannah 
Randall:  Xathaniel.  baptized  .March  10.  1638: 
Lydia.  married  James  Doughty. 

(II)  John,  the  Younger,  .son  of  Humphrey 
Turner,  was  born  about  1628.  died  in  1687  at 
Scituate.  He  lived  northeast  of  Hick's 
Swamp,  near  the  farm  lately  owned  by  Leon- 
ard Clapp.  He  married,  .\pril  25,  1649,  at 
Scituate,  .Ann  James.  Children,  born  at  Scit- 
uate:  Japheth,  February  9,  1C30:  .\nn.  Feb- 
ruary 23,  1652;  Israel,  February  14,  1654; 
Miriam,  .April  8,  1658:  Sarah.  July  25.  1665; 
Jacob,  of  whom  further;  David.  Xovember  5. 
1670;  Philip.  .August  18,  1673:  Ichabod,  April 
9.   1676. 

( III  I  Jacob,  son  of  John  Turner,  was  born 
at  Scituate,  March  10,  1667,  died  Xovember 
2g,  1723,  aged  fifty-six  years.  He  married^  in 
1692,  at  Weymouth,  Massachusetts.  Jane  Vin- 
ing.  born  at  Weymouth.  July  7,  1672,  who 
married  (second),  in  1728,  Samuel  .Allen,  of 
Bridgewater,  Massachusetts.  Children:  Ja- 
cob, born  at  Weymouth.  .April  4,  1693;  Seth, 
of  whom  further;  Jane.  .April  13.  1698;  Ben- 
jamin, January  29,  1706.  died  March  27,  1713; 


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Elisha,  March  5,  1708,  died  March  i,  1724; 
Alicah,  July  8,  1710:  Mary,  April  12,  1713. 

( I\  )  Seth,  son  of  Jacob  Turner,  was  born 
at  Weymouth,  April  7,  1695,  died  there  Octo- 
ber 21,  1730,  aged  thirty-five  years.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1720,  Sarah  Shaw,  of  Weymouth. 
Children,  bom  at  Weymouth :  Benjamin, 
May  30,  1721 ;  Sarah,  January  18,  1723;  Jane, 
]\Iarch  30,  1725;  Seth  (2),  of  whom  further; 
jMerriam,  ^lay  27,  1729. 

(\')  Seth  (2)  Turner,  son  of  Seth  (i) 
Turner,  was  born  at  Weymouth,  April  7, 
1727,  died  at  Randolph,  .Massachusetts,  Jan- 
uary 29,  1806,  aged  seventy-nine  years.  He 
married  Rebecca  \'inton,  born  at  Stoughton, 
Alassachusetts,  in  1729,  died  at  Randolph, 
September  22,  1801,  aged  seventy-two  years. 
Children:  Rebecca,  born  1754:  Seth  (3),  of 
whom  further:  Sally,  1760;  Samuel  \'inton, 
July  29,  1764;  Benjamin.  September  22,  1765; 
John,  November  4,  1768:  Ohve,  1771. 

(\T)  Seth  (3),  son  of  Seth  (2)  Turner, 
was  born  at  Randolph,  November  15,  1756, 
died  there  October  2,  1842,  aged  eighty-six 
years.  He  married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Jon- 
athan Wales.  Children,  born  at  Randolph : 
I.  Sarah  Wales,  October  6,  1788;  married 
John  King.  Their  daughter,  Julia  Caroline 
King,  married  Hiram  C.  Alden  ( see  Alden 
Vni).    2.  Royal,  December  6.  1792. 


In  records  incident  to  the 
BALDWIN     Conquest     of     England     the 

name  of  Baldwin  appears  in 
the  Battle  Abbey,  and  one  of  the  name  is 
known  as  early  as  672.  The  Earls  of  Flanders 
bearing  the  name  date  from  the  time  of  Al- 
fred the  Great.  Baldwin  2nd  married  El- 
stouth.  daughter  of  Alfred,  and  Baldwin  5th 
married  the  daughter  of  Robert  of  France,  and 
their  daughter  Matilda  married  \\'illiam  the 
Conqueror.  Surnames,  however,  were  not 
used  in  England  until  long  after  the  Con- 
quest, Baldwin  de  Hampden  of  the  time  of 
the  Conquest  became  John  Hampden,  the  pa- 
triot of  the  English  revolution.  The  name  is 
found  in  Denmark,  Flanders  and  in  Nor- 
mandy, and  other  parts  of  France.  The  Bald- 
wins of  the  L^nited  States  came  largely  from 
county  Bucks,  England,  where  the  name  "John 
Baldwin"  is  of  frequent  historical  mention  in 
successive  generations,  as  is  Henry  and  Rich- 
ard. In  New  England  we  have  Richard  Bald- 
win, of  Braintree.  1637:  John  Baldwin,  of 
Stoughton,  Connecticut,  1638;  Richard  Bald- 
win, of  Milford,  Connecticut,  before  1639; 
John  Baldwin,  of  Milford,  Connecticut,  1639; 
Nathaniel  Baldwin,  of  Milford,  1639 ;  Joseph 
Baldwin,  of  Milford,  Connecticut,  1639,  and 
of  Hadley,   Massachusetts,   1640;  John   Bald- 


win, of  Billerica,  Massachusetts,  1655 :  and 
John  Baldwin,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut.  Yale 
University  has  on  its  alumni  rolls  over  eighty- 
three  Baldwins. 

(I)  Joseph  Baldwin,  son  of  Richard  Bald- 
win, of  Cholesbury,  near  Ashton  Clinton,  coun- 
ty Bucks,  England,  must  have  come  to  Mil- 
ford, either  with  the  original  settlers  from 
New  Haven  or  Wethersfield,  in  1639,  or  else 
almost  immediately  after  them,  as  he  is  of 
record  there  in  that  year.  Five  years  later, 
January  2;^,  1644,  his  wife  Hannah  joined  the 
church  there,  and  had  their  first  four  children 
baptized :  the  ne.xt  year  two  more  were  bap- 
tized, and  four  years  later  a  seventh.  Of  the 
last  two  children  no  record  of  baptism  has 
been  found.  About  1663  Joseph  Baldwin  and 
his  family  removed  to  Hadley,  where  he  and 
his  son  Joseph  were  admitted  as  freemen  in 
1666.  Meanwhile  his  wife  Hannah  had  died 
and  Joseph  Sr.  married  (second)  Isabel  Ward, 
sister  to  Deacon  Lawrence  Ward,  of  Newark, 
and  George  Ward,  of  Branford,  the  father  of 
John  Ward,  the  turner  of  Newark.  As  the 
Widow  Catlin.  Isabel  and  her  son  John  had 
been  among  the  original  settlers  of  Newark 
from  Branford  in  1666;  but  while  John  had 
remained  in  the  new  settlement  to  become  one 
of  its  foremost  men  and  its  first  schoolmaster, 
his  mother  had  removed  to  Hadley,  married 
again,  this  time,  James  Northam,  and  before 
September.  1671,  on  the  2nd  of  which  month 
she  was  granted  as  the  wife  of  Joseph  Bald- 
win and  "sister",  i.  e..  sister-in-law  of  Eliza- 
beth the  widow,  letters  of  administration  on 
the  estate  of  her  brother.  Deacon  Lawrence 
Ward,  she  had  become  widow  a  second  time 
and  married  her  third  husband,  Joseph  Bald- 
win. The  administration,  as  the  East  Jersey 
Deeds  tell  us,  she  turned  over  to  "her  son 
John  Catline  and  her  kinsman  John  Warde, 
turner,  both  of  Newark".  She  does  not  ap- 
pear to  have  borne  her  second  and  third  hus- 
bands any  children  :  she  died  in  Hadley,  De- 
cember 8,  1676.  Shortly  after  this  Joseph 
Baldwin  married  (third)  Elizabeth  Hitchcock, 
widow  of  William  Warriner,  of  Springfield, 
by  whom  likewise  Joseph  seems  to  have  had 
no  children,  although  she  survived  him  over 
twelve  years,  dying  April  25,  1696.  Joseph 
Baldwin  died  November  2.  1684,  but  long  be- 
fore his  death  he  conveyed  a  half  interest  in 
his  homestead  in  Hadley  to  his  son  Joseph  Jr., 
who  died  about  three  years  before  his  father. 
The  Vv'ill  of  Joseph  Sr.  is  recorded  in  North- 
ampton, Massachusetts,  and  is  dated  December 
20,  1680,  and  in  it  he  gives  his  Milford  prop- 
erty to  his  three  sons,  Joseph,  Benjamin  and 
Jonathan,  and  the  remainder  of  his  estate  to 
his  wife  and  other  children. 


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Children  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Baldwin: 
I.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  2.  Benjamin, 
born  about  1642.  will  [jroven  June  19.  1729: 
married  Hannah,  dauijhter  of  Jonathan  Ser- 
geant, of  Branford,  who  died  before  1721  ; 
children:  Joseph,  Jonatlian,  Benjamin,  Sarah, 
married  Robert  Young.  3.  Hannah,  born 
about  1643:  married.  May  6,  1659,  Jeremiah, 
son  of  Richard  Hull,  of  New  Haven,  and  had 
a  daughter  .Mary,  possibly  also  other  children. 
4.  Mary,  born  about  1644:  married  John  Cat- 
lin.  son  of  her  stepmother,  who  removed  from 
Newark,  New  Jersey,  to  Deertield,  Massachu- 
setts, before  1684;  children:  Joseph,  John, 
Jonathan,  Elizabeth,  married  James  Corse,  and 
with  brothers  Joseph  and  Jonathan  were  killed 
by  the  French  and  Indians  in  the  Deertield 
massacre,  February  29,  1704;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Bascom :  Sarah,  married  .Michael 
Mitchell:  Esther,  married  Ebenezer  Smead ; 
and  Ruth.  5.  Elizabeth,  baptized  March,  1645, 
died  April  24.  1687;  married,  March  31,  1664, 
at  Hadley,  James  Warriner ;  children :  Sam- 
uel, James.  Elizabeth,  William,  Hannah,  Sam- 
uel. Ebenezer  and  Mary,  .\fter  Elizabeth's 
death.  James  Warriner  married  (  second  )  July 
10,  1689.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Alexander  Al- 
vord  :  children :  Sarah,  Jonathan,  John,  John, 
Benjamin  and  David.  Sarah  ( .\lvord )  War- 
riner died  May  16.  1704.  and  James  Warriner 
married  (third)  December  19,  1706,  as  her 
third  husband,  Mary,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Stebbins.  James  Warriner  died  May  14,  1727. 
6.  Martha,  baptized  March,  1645  •  married,  at 
Hadley,  December  26,  1667,  John,  son  of  John 
Hawkes,  and  died  January  7,  1676:  children: 
John,  John,  Hannah,  married  Jonathan  Scott, 
of  Waterbury,  Connecticut.  John  Hawkes 
married  (second)  November  20,  1696,  Alice, 
widow  of  Samuel  Allis,  of  Hadley,  and  re- 
moved to  Deeriield,  having  by  his  second  wife 
one  child,  Elizabeth.  7.  Jonathan.  8.  David, 
born  October  19,  1651,  died  September.  1689: 
married.  November  11,  1674,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Ensign  John  Stream,  of  Mil  ford,  who  died 
Mav  28,  1712:  children:  Samuel,  David  and 
Nathan.  9.  Sarah,  born  November  6,  1653, 
married,  as  second  wife-,  Samuel  Bartlett,  of 
Northampton.  ^Massachusetts  ;  both  died  before 
Februarv  12.  1717:  children:  Samuel.  Sarah 
and  Alindwell. 

(H)  Joseph  (2),  eldest  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
and  Hannah  Baldwin,  was  born  about  1640, 
baptized  June  2;^.  1644,  in  Milford.  He  ac- 
companied his  father  to  Hadley,  where  he  was 
a  freeman  in  1666.  It  is  presumable  that  he 
lived  with  his  father  as  the  latter  deeded  to 
him  a  half  interest  in  the  home  estate.  He 
was  named  as  one  of  the  executors  in  his  fath- 
er's will,  but  died  before  the  latter.  November 


21,  1681.  His  first  wife,  as  indicated  by  the 
record  of  his  children  in  Hadley,  Iwre  the  name 
of  Elizabeth.  He  married  (second)  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Coley,  of  Milford,  bap- 
tized 1O48,  died  in  the  spring  of  i()Sij.  Chil- 
dren:  Joseph,  James,  Mehitable,  Hannah,  died 
young,  Mary,  died  young,  Mercy  (or  Mary), 
Hannah,  died  young,  Samuel  and  Hannah. 

( III )  James,  second  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and 
Elizabeth  F.aldwin,  born  about  16^)6,  in  Had- 
ley. was  a  weaver  and  resided  in  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  received  a  deed  of  property, 
August  5,  i(*j2.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
church  at  Milford  in  1699,  and  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth. July  18,  1703.  He  probably  resided  in 
Milford  until  after  1710,  when  his  youngest 
child  was  baptized  there.  He  was  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  town  of  Durham,  Connec- 
ticut, when  it  was  patented  May  i,  1708,  and 
resided  in  that  town  until  after  1724,  remov- 
ing to  Saybrook.  Coimecticut,  where  his  will 
was  made  in  1748,  and  proved  in  1756.  Chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth,  died  young,  David.  Phebe, 
Elizabeth,  Moses  and  .\aron  (twins),  Hannah, 
baptized   17 10.  at  Milford. 

(I\')  Moses,  second  son  of  James  and 
Elizabeth  Baldwin,  was  born  .-\pril  15.  1705,  in 
Milford.  and  settled  in  Saybrook.  where  his 
widow  received  his  estate  in  1756.  She  was 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Deacon  Robert  Royce,  of 
Wailingford.  Children :  .\aron,  Moses,  Han- 
nah, James,  died  young,  Royce,  David,  James, 
Noah  and  Joseph. 

(\)  David,  fourth  son  of  Moses  and  Abi- 
gail (Royce)  Baldwin,  was  born  March  8, 
1740,  in  Savbrook  ( family  Bible  says  March 
28),  and  resided  for  some  time  in  Wailingford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  was  in  1773.  In  1804 
he  removed  to  Atwater,  Portage  county, 
Ohio,  where  he  died  September  i,  1808.  He 
married  Parnell,  daughter  of  Joseph  (2) 
Clark,  of  Chester,  Connecticut.  She  died  Oc- 
tober 31,  1815,  in  Atwater.  Children:  Ros- 
well.  Benjamin.  David,  Noah,  Rebecca,  Lydia, 
.\bigail,  Joseph,  Clark,  Moses  and   Parnell. 

(\I)  Noah,  fourth  son  of  David  and  Par- 
nell (Clark)  Baldwin,  was  born  .\pril  2^.  1772, 
in  \\'alIingford.  and  settled  in  \'erniont,  where 
he  died  in  1857,  leaving  a  family.  He  mar- 
ried. May   14,  1795,  Sarah  Warner. 

(\II)  Hiram  Gates,  son  of  Noah  and  Sa- 
rah ( Warner )  ISaldwin,  was  born  June  19, 
1805,  died  at  Troy.  New  York.  November  15, 
1875.      He   married    Roxalina   Wood. 

(\TII)  Warner  Horace,  son  of  Hiram 
Gates  and  Roxalina  (Wood)  Baldwin,  was 
born  Mav  6,  1838,  in  Bristol,  X'ermont.  and 
is  still  living  in  Rutland,  \'ermont.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Brandon,  \ermont.  .\pril  7,  1858, 
Marv  Olive,  born  October  13,  1843,  '"  Mont- 


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pelier,  \'ermont,  daughter  of  Philander  Bar- 
ton and  Lydia   ( Bryant  j   Hatch. 

(IX)  LeRoy  Wilbur,-  second  son  of  Warner 
Horace  and  Mary  Olive  (Hatch)  Baldwin, 
was  born  October  31,  1864,  in  Rutland.  In 
January,  1883.  he  sought  a  larger  field  of  op- 
eration in  the  city  of  New  York.  There  he 
assisted  in  the  organization  of  the  American 
Automatic  Weighing  Machine  Company,  and 
became  managing  director  of  the  business  of 
the  company  in  the  United  States.  He  sold  the 
business  to  an  English  company  with  offices 
in  London, -England.  From  the  time  of  his 
location  in  New  York,  he  has  aided  in  the 
inauguration  and  development  of  various  im- 
portant enterprises.  One  of  the  chief  of  these 
is  the  Empire  Trust  Company,  now  located  at 
No.  42  Broadway,  of  which  he  is  president. 
This  institution  includes  in  its  directorate  many 
prominent  financiers  and  business  men  with 
a  capital  and  surplus  of  over  three  million  dol- 
lars. Mr.  Baldwin  is  actively  interested  in 
various  corporations,  including  the  Ann  Ar- 
bor Railroad  Company,  the  Wisconsin  Cen- 
tral Railroad,  the  Rutland  Railway  Light  & 
Power  Company,  L'nion  Ferry  Company  of 
Brooklyn,  Biograph  Company,  Garden  City 
Estates,  and  so  forth.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
following  clubs:  Turf  and  Field,  Metropoli- 
tan, Riding,  Automobile  of  America,  City  Mid- 
day, Sleepy  Hollow  Country,  Recess  and  Rum- 
son  Country. 

He  married,  in  New  York  City,  October, 
1889,  Ettie  Lucile,  daughter  of  the  late  Louis 
W.  Field,  a  prominent  broker  of  that  city. 
They  have  one  daughter  named  for  her  mother. 


John  Sherwin,  the  immigrant 
SHERWTN  ancestor  of  all  the  early  co- 
lonial families  of  this  sur- 
name in  New  England,  was  born  in  England 
in  1644,  of  ancient  and  honored  family.  He 
dieil  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  October  15, 
1726,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  married 
(first)  at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
settled,  after  coming  to  America,  Frances  Lo- 
mas,  November  25,  1667.  They  both  joined 
the  church  in  full  communion,  April  12,  1674. 
He  had  granted  to  him  by  the  town  the  right 
to  cut  trees  for  fencing — 300  rails — January 
13,  1667.  He  had  a  seat  in  the  meeting  house 
in  1700  and  was  on  the  list  of  commoners  for 
1707.  Children:  Robert,  Elizabeth,  Hannah, 
Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  .Au- 
gust, 1679;  Frances,  born  January  27,  1682. 
He  married  (second)  September  30,  1691, 
Mary,  daughter  of  William  Chandler.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  John,  born  i(')')2.  died 
1706:  .Alice,  born  January  21,  1694:  Abigail. 
born    May  4,    1695;    Eleanor,   born   June   28, 


169O:  William,  born  July  2j.  1698;  Jacob, 
born  October  17,  1699. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Sherwin.  was 
born  about  1675  in  Ipswich,  and  died  between 
1706  and  1712  at  Boxford,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  at  Boxford,  Massachusetts,  February 
I,  1700,  Susanna  Howlett.  of  Topsfield.  Massa- 
chusetts. Her  birth  appears  as  Johannah 
Howlett,  born  .August  2j,  1679.  at  Topsfield. 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
( Clark )  Howlett,  who  were  married  January 
3,  1670,  at  Topsfield.  Susanna  died  at  Box- 
ford, October  29,  1762,  aged  eighty-three 
years.  Thomas  Howlett,  father  of  Samuel 
and  grandfather  of  Susanna,  was  born  in 
England  :  settled  as  early  as  1635  '"  Ipswich, 
which  granted  to  him  that  year  a  house  lot 
adjoining  Thomas  Hardy's  in  the  way  leading 
to  the  mill ;  was  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1635  ;  was  a  commoner  in  1641  :  was  ensign 
in  the  militia  and  in  1643  he  was  paid  for 
active  service  with  ten  soldiers:  died  1673, 
aged  seventy-nine  years :  wife  Alice  died  June 
26.  1666:  second  wife  Rebecca  survived  him; 
children  :  Samuel,  Thomas,  Sarah  Cummings. 
Mary  Perley,  Nathaniel,  who  died  April  2^, 
1658.  Children  of  Ebenezer  and  Susanna 
( Howlett )  Sherwin,  born  at  Boxford  and  re- 
corded also  at  Topsfield,  Massachusetts  :  Su- 
sanna, born  August  6,  or  November  9,  1701, 
both  are  town  records ;  Jonathan,  born  Janu- 
ary 8,   1704:  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Sherwin.  was  born  January  5,  1706.  at  Box- 
ford, Massachusetts,  died  in  Dunstable,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1763.  He  was  a  farmer  and  coop- 
er at  Boxford.  He  married,  at  Boxford.  .Sep- 
tember 21,  1726,  Hepsibah  Cole.  Children 
torn  at  Boxford:  Ebenezer,  March  12,  1728; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below;  John,  May  15.  1732; 
Susanna,  August  28.  1734;  Elnatlian.  March 
9.  1736:  Sampson.  August  5,  1739:  Martha, 
December  2^.  1741  ;  Silas,  November  13,  1743, 
died  November  22.  1744:  Hepsibah,  April  19, 
1746.  Those  torn  at  Dunstable  were  Sarah, 
February   17,  1748:  Jonathan,  June   17.   1753. 

(I\')  Lieutenant  Daniel  Sherwin,  son  of 
Ebenezer  (2)  Sherwin,  married  Susannah 
Proctor  and  settled  in  Townsend.  Massachu- 
setts. They  had  fourteen  children,  among 
whom  were  Daniel  Jr.,  born  May  3.  1757; 
John,  mentioned  below ;  and  Levi,  who  was 
sole  executor  of  Daniel's  will.  He  was  a 
prominent  citizen  there  and  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  took  part  at  the  battle  of  Bunker 
Hill,  was  a  lieutenant  in  command  of  a  de- 
tachment of  the  Townsend  militia.  Colonel 
James  Prescott's  regiment,  responding  to  the 
Lexington  .Alarm  :  also  first  lieutenant  in  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Warren's  company  (First  Town- 


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send)  Fifth  Company  of  the  Sixth  Middlesex 
Regiment,  commissioned  April  24.  1776;  also 
first  lieutenant,  Captain  .Karon  Jewett's  com- 
pany, Colonel  Job  Cushing's  regiment  in  1777, 
marching  to  Bennington,  Vermont,  to  support 
Stark :  also  Captain  .\aron  Jewett's  company. 
Colonel  Samuel  BuUard's  regiment  in  1777  at 
the  time  of  taking  Burgoyne.  His  son  Daniel 
Jr.  was  also  in  the  army  in  i775-7'>77-78.  His 
son  Captain  John  was  also  in  the  revolution. 
Daniel  Sherwin   Sr.   died   in  Townsend,  June 

25.  1804. 

[X)  John  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Daniel 
Sherwin.  was  a  soldier  from  Townsend  in  the 
revolution  in  1780,  enlisting  for  six  months 
and  serving  from  July  10  to  December  8,  1780. 
He  is  described  at  that  time  as  twenty-one 
years  old,  of  ruddy  complexion,  five  feet  ten 
inches  tall.  He  removed  to  Weathersfield, 
\'ermont,  where  he  died  October  5,  1830.  He 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  militia.  He  married 
(first)  Keziah  .Adams,  who  died  the  same 
year,  and  (second)  Lucretia  Wheelock.  Their 
children  were  John,  mentioned  below,  and 
Polly,  born  October  i,  1790.  The  second  wife 
died  August  5,  1792,  and  he  married  (third) 
Eunice  Farwell.  They  had  eight  children, 
born  in  Townsend,  Massachusetts,  and  prob- 
ably before  the  removal  to  Weathersfield,  Ver- 
mont:  Miriam.  January  20,  1795;  Charles, 
September  22,  1796;  Lucy,  November  2,  1798; 
Eunice,  July  22,  1800:  Fox,  June  9.  1806: 
Harriet,  May  14,  i8o8:  Nancy,  December  21, 
181 1  :    George  Columbus,  June   14,  1814. 

(\T)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Sherwin, 
was  born  October  12,  1788,  died  November  24, 

1865.  He  resided  at  Weathersfield,  \'ermont. 
He  married  Martha  Leland,  of  Chester,  Ver- 
mont, February  17,  1814  (see  Leland  V),  and 
had  six  children:  i.  Joseph  Henry,  born  De- 
cember 9,   1814,  never  married,  died  June  3, 

1866.  2.  Alden  Wheelock,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Martha  Leland.  born  December  11,  1820; 
married  George  W.  Alford,  May  21,  1844: 
he  died  .\pril  20,  1875;  she  (1912)  resides  in 
North  .Adams,  ^Massachusetts.  4.  John  Proc- 
tor, born  July  19,  1824.  never  married,  died 
July  19,  i860.  5.  Lucretia  Smith,  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1829:  she  never  married;  died  Octo- 
ber 9,  1853.  6.  Nelson  Boynton,  born  May 
21,  1832;  married  Lizzie  ^L  Kidder,  July  11, 
i860:  he  died  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  May,  191 1. 

(VH)  Alden  Wheelock,  son  of  John  (3) 
Sherwin,  was  born  at  Weathersfield,  \'ermont, 
September  19,  1816,  died  at  Cleveland.  Ohio, 
Februarv  17,  i88g.  He  married,  November 
28,    1 84 1,   Rachel   Bachelder.  born    November 

26.  1818,  daughter  of  Edmund  Bachelder.  of 
Baltimore,  \''ermont.  They  lived  at  Balti- 
more, \'ermont,  removed  to  Springfield,  \'er- 


mont.  in  1846  and  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  i860. 
They  had  one  child,  Henry  .\lden,  mentioned 
below. 

(\  HI)  Henry  .\lden,  son  of  .Mden  Whee- 
lock Sherwin,  was  born  in  Baltimore,  \er- 
mont,  September  2~.  1842.  He  attended  the 
jniblic  schools  in  Springfield.  \'ermont,  until 
he  was  fifteen  years  old,  and  in  i860  came  to 
Cleveland,  (^hio,  with  his  father's  family.  He 
began  his  business  career  in  Springfield  as 
clerk  in  a  country  store.  In  Cleveland  he 
found  employment  as  clerk  in  a  large  dry 
goods  store.  His  ability  was  promptly  recog- 
nized and  he  was  rapidly  promoted,  becoming 
head  bookkeeper  within  a  year,  .\fter  his 
employers  went  out  of  business  he  held  a 
similar  position  in  a  wholesale  grocery  store. 
.Again  his  business  sagacity  and  trustworthi- 
ness won  the  confidence  of  his  firm  and  he 
was  soon  afterward  admitted  to  partnership. 
He  retired  from  this  concern  in  1866,  however, 
to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  account  as 
a  dealer  in  paints,  oils,  colors  and  varnishes. 
In  1870  he  formed  a  partnership  with  E.  P. 
Williams  and  .A.  T.  Osborn.  under  the  firm 
name  of  Sherwin,  Williams  &  Company.  The 
business  of  manufacturing  paints  and  var- 
nishes was  developed  rapidly.  In  1884  the 
business  was  incorporated  as  The  Sherwin- 
Williams  Company,  of  which  Mr.  Sherwin  was 
president  for  twenty-five  years;  then,  when 
partially  retiring  from  active  management,  be- 
came chairman  of  the  board  of  directors.  The 
company  has  the  largest  plant  and  business  in 
its  line  in  the  world,  and  the  paints  and  var- 
nishes bearing  the  familiar  name  of  the  con- 
cern are  in  use  in  every  civilized  country.  Ju- 
dicious advertising,  a  product  of  superior  mer- 
it, shrewd  management  of  the  manufactur- 
ing and  selling  departments,  perfect  organiza- 
tion and  co-operation  in  all  branches  of  the 
business  have  characterized  Mr.  Sherwin's 
management.  Mr.  Sherwin  attributes  his  suc- 
cess in  business  to  "good  quality,  backed  bv 
good,  persistent  advertising."  In  matters  of 
advertising  and  finance,  his  judgment  is  relied 
upon  without  question  in  every  concern  with 
which  he  is  connected. 

Air.  Sherwin  is  a  director  of  the  Cleveland 
Trust  Company,  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Cleveland  and'  of  the  Society  for  Savings. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cleveland  Clianiber  of 
Commerce,  trustee  of  the  Denison  University 
at  Granville,  Ohio,  and  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association  of  Cleveland,  of  which 
he  was  formcrlv  president.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Castalia  Sporting  Club. 
near  Sanduskv,  Ohio,  famous  for  its  trout  fish- 
ing, member' of  the  Rowfant  Club  and  the 
Union   Club.     He  is  a   liberal  contributor  to 


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organized  charity,  and  is  a  trustee  of  various 
benevolent  and  educational  institutions.  To 
every  movement  contributing  to  the  moral  and 
physical  welfare  and  improvement  of  the  com- 
munity he  has  given  freely  in  time,  influence 
and  money. 

Mr.  Sherwin  is  naturally  of  an  artistic  tem- 
perament and  fond  of  good  literature,  and  has 
collected  a  beautiful  library.  His  collection  of 
books  on  angling  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  larg- 
est in  the  world.  He  is  a  lover  of  nature  and 
especially  fond  of  fishing.  His  country  home 
at  Willoughby,  Ohio,  naturally  a  beautiful 
spot,  has  been  enbellished  under  his  own  su- 
pervision until  it  is  one  of  the  most  attractive 
and  artistic  country  places  in  America. 

He  married,  September  27,  1865.  Frances 
Mary  Smith,  born  December  16,  1843,  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  William  T.  and  Louise  Smith, 
of  Cleveland.  Her  father  was  a  highlv  re- 
spected   and    successful   merchant.     Children: 

I.  Belle,  born  March  25,  1868.    2.  Kate,  June 

II,  1870,  died  June  28,  1873.  3.  William  Al- 
den,  January  18,  1872,  died  August  20,  1897. 
4.  Prudence,  born  January  17,  1874.  5.  Eda, 
born  November  2,  1876:  married.  October  25, 
1899,  Orville  W.  Prescott,  son  of  Charles  M. 
and  Sarah  B.  Prescott,  of  Cleveland,  and  had 
children :  Henry  Sherwin,  born  October  23, 
1900:  John  Sherwin,  born  April  21,  1902:  Or- 
ville W.  Jr.,  born  September  8,  1906;  Sarah 
B.,  May  2,  1908. 

(The  Leland  Line). 

(I)  Henry  Leland,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  1625,  died  in  Sher- 
burne, Massachusetts,  April  4,  1680.  He  seems 
to  have  been  the  ancestor  of  all  in  America 
with  this  surname,  except  for  one  family  which 
adopted  the  surname,  and  one  other  family, 
whose  origin  is  not  known.  He  doubtless 
came  to  America  in  1652,  as  the  records  of  the 
church  in  Dorchester  show  that  he  joined  the 
church  there  in  1653,  and  no  earlier  record 
has  been  found,  .\fter  remaining  a  short  time 
in  Dorchester  he  moved  to  Sherburne,  where 
he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  will 
was  dated  May  ij ,  1680.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Badcock.  Their  first  child  was  either 
born  on  the  way  to  America  or  very  soon  after 
their  arrival,  and  the  other  children  are  re- 
corded in  Medfield,  as  Sherburne  at  that  time 
was  not  incorporated  as  a  town.  Children : 
Hopestill,  baptized  May,  1653,  died  1653  ^t 
Dorchester;  Experience,  born  May  16,  1654; 
Hopestill,  November  15,  1655 !  Ebenezer,  men- 
tioned below :  and  Eleazer.  who  was  born 
July   16,   1660. 

( II )  Ebenezer,  son  of  Henry  Leland,  was 
born  January  25,  1657,  died  in  1742,  at  Sher- 


burne, Alassachusetts.  He  was  a  farmer. 
Timothy  Leland,  of  Holliston,  was  adminis- 
trator of  his  estate,  appointed  October  18, 
1742.  He  spelled  his  name  Lealand,  and  that 
spelling  was  used  by  the  family  for  many 
years.    He  lived  in  Sherburne  all  his  life.    He 

married     (first)     Deborah    ,     (second) 

Alary  Hunt.  Children,  born  in  Sherburne: 
Deborah,  in  1679:  Ebenezer,  1681  :  Timothy, 
1684:  James,  mentioned  below:  Susannah, 
1690;  Patience.  1695;  Alartha,  1699;  Isaac, 
1702:  Sibella.  1709;  Amariah,  1710. 

(  III )  Captain  James  Leland.  son  of  Eben- 
ezer Leland.  was  born  in  Sherburne,  1687, 
died  in  1768  at  Grafton,  Massachusetts.  In 
1723  he  moved  from  Sherburne  to  Hassana- 
misco,  later  Grafton,  U'orcester  county,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  he  lived  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  had  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the 
Blackstone  river,  which  in  1735  was  in  the 
part  incorporated  as  Grafton,  and  he  lived  on 
the  east  bank  of  the  river.  All  of  his  chil- 
dren who  came  of  age  settled  near  him  and 
he  gave  his  sons  each  a  farm.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  captain.  He  married  Hannah 
Learned.  Children,  born  in  Sherburne :  Je- 
rusha,  born  1710:  Thankful,  1713,  died  1714; 
Benjamin,  1715:  Moses,  1716;  James,  1720; 
Hannah,  1722.  Born  in  Grafton:  Thankful, 
1724:  Thomas,  1726;  Deliverance,  1729; 
Phineas,  mentioned  below;  Prudence,  1732, 
died  1732. 

(IV)  Phineas,  son  of  Captain  James  Le- 
land, was  born  at  Grafton,  1730,  died  there 
■n  1773-  He  was  a  farmer.  He  lived  on  his 
father's  homestead  on  the  Blackstone  river  in 
Grafton.  He  married  (first)  Lydia  Fletcher, 
(second)  Sarah  Warren.  His  widow  mar- 
ried (second)  Ziba  Abbey,  of  Chatham.  Con- 
necticut, and  she  moved  to  Chatham,  with  her 
daughters  Sarah  and  Deliverance.  Children, 
born  in  Grafton:  Lydia.  1750:  Phineas, 
^I'bli'-  Eleazer,  1755;  Joseph,  1757:  David  W., 
1758  :  Thomas,  mentioned  below  :  Sarah.  1763  ; 
Caleb.  1765;  Joshua,  1765:  Lydia,  1767;  De- 
liverance,   1770. 

(\')  Thomas,  son  of  Phineas  Leland.  was 
born  in  Grafton,  1760,  died  in  1830  in  Ches- 
ter, \'ermont.  He  was  a  farmer.  For  a  few 
years  after  his  marriage  he  lived  in  Conway, 
Massachusetts,  and  he  then  moved  to  Grafton, 
where  he  lived  for  eight  or  ten  years.  In 
1/95  the  family  moved  to  Chester.  \'ermont, 
where  they  settled  on  uncultivated  land,  which 
in  time  became  a  fine  farm  through  their  hard 
efforts.  Lie  married  Lydia  Sherman.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  born  1780:  Ephraim  S.,  1782; 
Thomas,  1784:  Paulina.  1786:  Lydia.  1788; 
Martha.  1790,  married  John  Sherwin  (see 
Sherwin  \T)  ;  Jasper,   1792;  Asenath,   1794; 


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Susannah,  1796;  Phineas,  1798;  Mary,   1801 ; 
Fanny,   1803. 


The  first  mention  of  this  name 
STURGIS     was  in  a  French  volume  pub- 

hshed  by  Abbe  Mac  Groghe- 
gan.  which  reads:  "About  the  year  815,  dur- 
ing the  reign  of  Conor,  who  reignetl  fourteen 
years,  Turgesius,  a  son  of  a  king  of  Norway, 
landed  a  formidable  fleet  on  the  north  coast 
of  Ireland  ;  and  again,  atout  the  year  835,  a 
fleet  commanded  by  the  same  man  landed  on 
the  west  side  of  Lough  Lea,  where  he  forti- 
fied himself,  and  laid  waste  Connaught,  Meath 
and  Leinster,  and  the  greater  part  of  Ulster, 
and  was  declared  king.  He  reigned  about 
thirt\-  years.  Finally  the  people  revolted,  and 
under  the  lead  of  Malarliti,  Prince  of  Meath. 
he  w^as  defeated  by  a  strategcm  and  put  to 
death."  The  first  authentic  mention  is  in  Eng- 
lish history,  when  William  de  Turges  had 
grants  of  land  from  Edward  I.,  King  of  Eng- 
land, in  the  village  of  Turges,  county  of 
Northampton,  afterwards  called  Northfield. 
The  coat-of-arms :  Azure,  a  chevron  between 
three  crosses  crosslet,  fitchee  or.  a  border  en- 
grailed of  the  last.  Crest :  A  talbot's  head  or, 
eared  sable.     Motto :  Esse  quam  z'idere. 

(I)  Roger  Sturges,  of  Clipston,  Northamp- 
ton, England,  married  Alice  .    His  will 

was  dated  November  10,  1530.  Children: 
Richard,  mentioned  below  :  Robert :  Thomas  ; 
Ellen,  married  a  RauUen ;  Agnes,  married  a 
Hull :   Clementina,  named  in   will. 

(II)  Richard,  son  of  Roger  Sturges,  mar- 
ried in  Clipston.  Children  :  Roger,  mentioned 
below :  John,  had  five  children,  was  living  in 
1579;  Thomas,  of  Stannion,  Northampton 
county,  England. 

(III)  Roger  (2).  son  of  Richard  Sturges, 

was  of  Clipston.     He  married  Agnes  . 

His  will  was  dated  September  4,  1579.  Chil- 
dren :   Robert,  mentioned  below  ;  John. 

(IV)  Robert,  son  of  Roger  (2)  Sturges, 
was  buried  at  Faxon,  Northampton  county, 
England,  January  2,  161 1.  He  was  church 
warden  at"  Faxton  in  1589,  and  his  will  was 
dated  April  9,  1610,  and  proved  September 
19,  1611.  Children:  Philip,  mentioned  below; 
Alice. 

(V)  Philip  Sturgis.  son  of  Robert  Sturges. 
was  of  Hannington^  Northampton  county, 
England.  His  will  was  dated  1615.  He  mar- 
ried twice,  his  second  wife  being  Anne  Lewes. 
Children  bv  first  wife:  Edward,  mentioned 
below:  Robert:  Elizabeth.  By  second  wife: 
Alice,  baptized  January  17.  1608:  Anne,  born 
September  29,  i(k)9:  William,  born  October 
10,   1611. 

(VI)  Edward,   son  of   Philip  Sturgis,  was 


born  at  Hannington,  England.  He  came  to 
New  England  about  1O34  and  .settled  at  Sand- 
wich, Massachusetts.  He  was  in  Charlestown 
Massachusetts,  in  i'j34,  and  in  \'armoutli.  Cape 
Cod,    1O39.      He    married     (first)     Elizabeth 

,  though  one  genealogist  gives  her  name 

as  Alice.  She  died  February  14,  1^)91.  He 
married  (  second)  April  20,  1692,  Mary,  widow 
of  Zephaniah  Rider.  She  was  the  first  female 
child  born  of  English  parents  at  Yarmouth 
(see  footnote).  Edward  Sturgis  was  con- 
stable at  \'armoulh  in  1O40-41,  member  of 
grand  inquest  in  1650.  and  surveyor  of  high- 
ways in  1651.  He  was  admitted  freeman, 
June  5,  1 65 1,  and  was  committeeman  on  af- 
fairs of  the  colony  in  1657.  He  was  constable 
in  1662,  and  deputy  to  the  general  assembly 
in  1672.  He  died  at  Sandwich,  in  ()ct(iber, 
1695.  and  was  buried  at  Yarmouth.  Chihlren, 
born  in  England:  Alice,  December  2^.  1619; 
Maria.  October  2,  1621  ;  Edward,  April  10, 
1624:  Rebecca,  February  17,  1636-37.  Born 
in  New  England:  Samuel,  1638;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below :  Mary,  baptized  at  Barn- 
stable. January  I,  1646,  married  Benjamin 
Gorham :  Elizabeth,  born  at  Yarmouth,  April 
20,  1648:  Sarah,  married  Joseph  Gorham,  who 
was  born  at  Yarmouth  in  1653;  Joseph,  buried 
March  29,  1650.  aged  ten  days:  Hannah,  mar- 
ried (first)  a  Gray,  (second)  Jabez  Gorham. 
moved  to  Bristol,  Rhode  Island.  Otis  thought 
there  w-as  a  son  John,  born  about  1624,  who 
went  to  Connecticut. 

(\TI)  Thomas,  son  of  Edward  Sturgis,  in 
1695  ^^'3s  appointed  to  the  duty  of  "seating 
men,  women,  and  others  in  the  meeting-house." 

He     married     Abigail     .       Children: 

Daughter,  born  1681.  died  in  infancy;  daugh- 
ter. 1683,  died  in  infancy:  Edward,  born  De- 
cember 10,  1684 :  Thomas,  mentioned  below  : 
Hannah,  September  18,  1687;  John.  December 
2,  1690;  Elizabeth,  December  25,  1691  ;  Abi- 
gail, October  2S.  1694:  son,  died  in  infancy; 
Thankful,  March  18,  1697;  Sarah,  January, 
1600:  Jacob.  December  14.  1700;  sons,  twins, 
1702,  dieil  in  infancy. 

(\TIII  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Sturgis,  was  born  .\pril  14.  1686,  died  Decem- 
ber 18,  1763.  He  married,  December  2^, 
1717.  Martha,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Russell. 
Children:  Martha,  born  November  19.  1718: 
Elizabeth.  June  12.  1721,  died  in  infancy: 
Thomas,  mentioned  below :  Elizabeth,  born 
-August  26.  1725:  Rebecca.  October  9.  1727; 
Jonathan,  June  17.  1730:  .Abigail.  July  22. 
1732:  Hannah.  .August  24,  1735. 

*  The  ni.irriage  contmet  with  Mary,  widow  of 
Zephaniah  Rider,  ot  Yarmouth,  .\pril  .'O.  169^.  is 
in  Barnstahle  Records.  Vol.  2.  fol.  14:  also  in 
Pope's   "Pioneers   of   Massachusetts."   p.   440. 


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(IX)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Sturgis,  was  born  at  Barnstable,  Massachu- 
setts, Julv  22,  1722.  He  married  there,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1745,  Sarah  Paine,  of  Eastham,  who 
died  December  11,  1770.  He  may  have  had 
two  wives,  both  named  Sarah,  for  ^arnstable 
records  give  the  death  of  Sarah,  wife  of  Tho- 
mas Sturgis  Tr..  September  4.  1748.  Children 
of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Sturgis  ( p.  275,  vol.  2, 
Mss.  records  of  Barnstable,  at  New  England 
Historic-Genealogical  Library)  :  Martha,  born 
November  6,  1745,  died  December  29.  1745  : 
William,  February  19,  1748;  Russell,  August 
28,  1750:  Abigail.  August  3,  1752;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below  ;  John,  August  15,  1757  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, December  13.  1759:  Samuel,  Septem- 
ber 28,  1762 :  Josiah,  September  19,  1767. 
These  children  were  all  baptized  in  the  Barn- 
stable church. 

(X)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Stur- 
gis, was  born  at  Barnstable,  April  5,  1753, 
baptized  there  April  6,  died  there  September 
16,  1821  (p.  184,  vol.  4.  Mss.  records  men- 
tioned above).  He  lived  at  Barnstable  and 
joined  the  church  there  July  3,  1814.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Jackson,  who  was  baptized 
late  in  life  and  joined  the  church.  November 

7,  1813.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
in  Captain  Micah  Hamlen's  company.  Colonel 
Simeon  Gary's  regiment,  1776,  and  in  Cap- 
tain George  Lewis's  company.  Colonel  Free- 
man's regiment,  in  1778.  Fie  was  living  in 
Barnstable  in  1790.  Children,  born  at  Barn- 
stable: Nancy,  December  27,  1786;  Hezekiah 
Jackson,  March  10,  1793:  Thomas,  June  24, 
1795;  Martha  Russell,  March  21,  1797:  Cath- 
erine, April  20,  1801  ;  Russell,  December  6, 
1804 :  William,  mentioned  below ;  Esther 
Frances,  May  6,   18 10. 

(XI)  William,  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Sturgis, 
was  born  September  i,  1806,  at  Ijarnstable, 
Massachusetts.  He  obtained  his  education  in 
the  schools  of  that  city.  He  engaged  in  busi- 
ness in  Boston,  in  1820,  as  a  junior  clerk  with 
a  dry  goods  firm,  and  in  1830  went  to  London, 
engaging  there  in  the  shipping  of  dry  goods 
to  America.  He  returned  to  .America  in  1837 
and  formed  the  firm  of  Wright.  Sturgis  & 
Shaw.  Later  Mr.  Wright  died,  and  the  firm 
became  Sturgis,  Shaw  &  Company,  continuing 
until  1862,  when  it  dissolved.  Mr.  Sturgis 
remained  out  of  business  until  1895,  when  his 
death  took  place,  in  the  city  of  New  York. 
He  was  never  in  public  life,  but  was  a  Republi- 
can in  politics.     He  married  (first)  December 

8.  183 1,  Elizabeth  Knight  Hinckley,  born  at 
Hingham,  June  25,  1809,  (see  Hinckley  \'I). 
Children  :  Helen  Russell,  died  in  youth  :  Annie, 
born  about  1834:  Elizabeth  Jackson,  about 
1836;   Charlotte  Hinckley,  about   1840;  Will- 


iam. December,  1843;  Thomas,  April  30,  1846; 
Frank  Knight,  of  whom  further.  He  married 
(second)  in  1857.  Catharine  Gore  Torrey.  of 
Boston,  who  died  in  1863.  Children;  Frances 
Torrey  Sturgis,  born  April,  1859 ;  Elliot  Tor- 
rey Sturgis,  September,   1863. 

(XII)  Frank  Knight,  son  of  William  Stur- 
gis, was  born  September  19,  1847.  He  re- 
ceived an  excellent  education  and  at  sixteen 
years  of  age  became  a  clerk  with  a  mercantile 
firm.  In  January.  1868,  at  the  age  of  twenty, 
he  entered  the  banking  house  of  Capron, 
Strong  &  Company,  New  York  City.  He 
served  an  apprenticeship  of  one  year,  during 
which  he  devoted  himself  to  the  theoretical 
and  practical  study  of  finance,  and  was  then 
admitted  as  a  partner  into  the  firm.  He  has 
maintained  his  partnership  with  the  house  un- 
broken up  to  the  present  time.  In  1871  the 
original  firm  was  succeeded  by  Work,  Strong 
&  Company,  and  in  1896  the  style  became 
Strong,  Sturgis  &  Company,  which  it  still  re- 
mains. 

Mr.  Sturgis  has  the  highest  standing  as  a 
banker  and  broker,  and  has  been  honored  in 
many  ways  by  those  in  a  position  to  recog- 
nize his  strength  of  character  and  his  ability. 
In  1892  he  was  elected  to  the  presidency  of 
the  New  York  Stock  Exchange,  of  which 
he  had  been  a  member  since  1869,  and  in  1893 
was  re-elected.  He  is  a  member  of  the  gov- 
erning committee  of  the  Stock  Exchange,  and 
has  served  continuously  for  thirty-six  years. 
For  the  last  twenty  years  he  has  been  chair- 
man of  the  law  committee.  During  his  in- 
cumbency he  acquired  a  brilliant  reputation, 
second  to  none  of  his  predecessors.  It  was 
largely  at  his  suggestion  and  through  his  la- 
bors, in  association  with  other  leading  finan- 
ciers, that  the  Clearing  House  was  established. 
He  has  also  been  instrumental  in  introducing 
many  reforms  in  the  administration  of  the 
business  of  the  Stock  Exchange,  which  have 
benefited  both  the  members  and  the  business 
community.  He  is  vice-president  of  the  Stan- 
dard Trust  Company. 

He  has  been,  besides,  an  important  factor 
in  the  social,  benevolent  and  political  life  of 
New  York.  L^pon  the  organization  of  the 
Jockey  Club,  Mr.  Sturgis  became  a  member 
of  the  board  of  stewards,  as  well  as  treasurer 
and  secretary,  which  position  he  has  held  con- 
tinuously for  nearly  twenty  years.  He  has 
exercised  a  strong  and  wholesome  influence 
upon  all  matters  connected  with  the  turf  over 
which  the  Jockey  Club  has  had  especial  con- 
trol. 

Mr.  Sturgis  was  one  of  the  original  party 
of  men  who  organized  the  Madison  Square 
Garden  Company,  and  became  its  president  in 


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189  r,  continuing  in  that  office  until  the  disso- 
lution of  the  company  in  i<;i2.  Me  always 
gave  to  this  enterprise  earnest  care  and  con- 
sideration, believing  that  it  was  one  of  the 
greatest  boons  to  the  people  of  New  York, 
and  provided  not  only  for  their  public  meet- 
ings, but  for  the  development  of  indu^l^ial  en- 
terprises and  the  support  of  the  best  class  of 
sporting  interests. 

His  association  with  club  life  has  been  ex- 
tensive. He  was  one  of  the  founders  and  an 
original  member  of  the  board  of  governors 
of  the  Metropolitan  Club,  of  which  he  became 
president  in  191 1.  He  is  the  vice-president  of 
the  Knickerbocker  Club,  which  institution  he 
joined  in  1879.  He  is  vice-president  of  the 
Midday  Club,  and  is  a  member  of  the  Century 
Association,  the  Grolier  Club,  the  Coaching 
Club,  the  .\rmy  and  Navy  Club,  the  Union 
Club,  the  Riding  Club,  the  Leno.x  Club,  the 
Newport  Reading  Room,  the  Coney  Island 
Jockey  Club,  of  which  he  is  vice-president,  the 
Turf  and  Field  Club,  in  which  organization 
he  holds  the  same  office,  and  is  in  addition  a 
trustee  of  the  Westchester  Racing  Association. 
Mr,  Sturgis  was  one  of  the  original  founders 
of  the  Racquet  Club,  but  retired  from  it  after 
some  years  of  administration  as  its  secretary. 
He  is  a  life  member  of  the  Metropolitan  Mu- 
seum of  Art.  of  the  Natural  History  Museum, 
American  Geographical  Society,  New  York 
Historical  Society,  and  the  New  York  Yacht 
Club.  He  is  also  a  trustee  and  governor  of 
the  Newport  Racing  Association,  of  the  New- 
port Casino  of  Rhode  Island,  and  of  the  New 
York  Zoological  Garden. 

.-\mong  his  interests  in  hospital  work,  Mr. 
Sturgis  is  a  governor  of  the  New  York  Hos- 
pital, the  oldest  institution  of  its  kind  in  the 
city  of  New  York.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the 
Bloomingdale  Hospital  for  the  Insane,  at 
White  Plains,  and  is  president  of  the  Burke 
Memorial  Foundation,  a  charitable  organiza- 
tion, with  buildings  at  White  Plains,  and  dedi- 
cated by  the  late  John  M.  Burke  for  the  use 
of  the  convalescent  poor  of  the  city  of  New 
York.  who.  having  been  discharged  from  the 
hospital,  are  still  too  infirm  to  pursue  their 
dailv  vocations — one  of  the  most  beneficent  of 
institutions. 

Mr.  Sturgis  married.  October  16,  1872,  Flor- 
ence, youngest  daughter  of  the  late  Philip 
Mesier  Lvdig.  of  the  famous  old  Knicker- 
bocker family  of  that  name.  Their  residence 
in  Xcw  York  City  is  at  No.  17  East  51st  street, 
and  .Mr.  Sturgis'  also  owns  a  summer  home 
known  as  Clipston  Grange,  at  Lenox.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  a  villa  at  Newport  known  as 
Faxon  Lodge,  both  these  country  residences 
being  named  for  the  towns  in  England  from 


wiience   his    family   emigrated  to   .\merica   in 
1634. 

(  The   Hinckley   Lmc  ) 

(I)  Samuel  Hinckley,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England.  He  was  a  Puritan,  but 
took  the  oath  of  conformity,  March  14,  1O34- 
35.  "He  was  honest,  industrious  and  prudent, 
ipialities  which  have  been  transmitted  from 
father  to  son  down  to  the  present  time."  He 
was  a  man  of  good  estate,  hut  not  prominent 
in  public  life.  He  was  a  juror  and  highway 
surveyor.  He  came  from  county  Kent.  Eng- 
land, in  1(335,  \^'t'i  Elder  .\athaniel  Tilden  and 
others,  and  settled  in  Scituate,  .Massachusetts. 
With  Hinckley  came  his  wile  Saraii  and  four 
children.  He  resided  in  -Scituate  until  July, 
i')4o.  when  he  sold  his  property  and  located  at 
Barnstable.  His  farm  at  West  Barnstable  was 
lately  owned  by  Levi  L.  Goodspeed.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman  in  1637,  and  was  one  of 
the  grantees  of  Suckinesset.  He  was  twice  in- 
dicted for  his  hospitality  in  entertaining 
strangers,  proof  that  he  was  liberal  in  his  re- 
ligious views.  He  (lied  October  31,  1662.  His 
first  wife  died  .\ugust  18,  1656,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second)  Bridget,  widow  of  Robert  Bod- 
fish.  Children :  Governor  Thomas,  born  in 
England,  in  1618:  Susannah,  born  in  Eng- 
land, married  John  Smith :  Sarah,  married 
Henry  Cobb :  Mary ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  in 
Scituate,  September  6,  1635  ;  Samuel,  baptized 
February  4,  1637-38,  died  young:  daughter, 
born  in  Scituate,  buried  in  Barnstable;  twins, 
born  in  Barnstable,  died  young :  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below  :  John,  born  in  Barnstable,  May 
24,   1644. 

( II )  Samuel  (  2 ) ,  son  of  Samuel  (  i )  Hinck- 
ley, was  born  in  Barnstable,  July  24.  1642,  and 
baptized  the  same  day.  He  resided  on  his 
father's  estate  at  West  Barnstable,  and  fol- 
lowed farming.  He  married  (first)  Decem- 
ber 14.  if)64,  Mary,  daughter  of  Roger  Good- 
speed.  She  died  December  20.  1666,  aged 
twenty-two,  and  he  married  (second)  January 
15,  1668,  Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  Fitz- 
Randolph.  Samuel  Hinckley  died  intestate 
January  2,  1786-87,  aged  eighty- four,  and  his 
estate  was  divided  on  the  thirty-first  of  the 
same  month  by  mutual  agreement  among  his 
sons — Benjamin,  Joseph.  Isaac.  Ebenezer  and 
Thomas.  His  widow  married  John  Bursley. 
Children,  born  at  Barnstable:  Benjamin,  De- 
cember 6,  i6(r/):  Samuel,  February  6.  i66q. 
died  young;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Isaac, 
.■\ugust  20,  1674:  Mary,  May.  1677.  died 
young:  Mercy.  .-Kpril  9.  1679;  Ebenezer,  .Au- 
gust 2,  1685;  Thomas.  January  i.  1688-89. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Hinckley, 
was  born"  at  Barnstable.  May  15.  1672.  He  re- 
sided at  West  Barnstable,  on  the  farm  which 


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had  been  his  grandfather's,  and  at  last  ac- 
counts his  house  was  still  standing,  lately 
owned  by  Levi  L.  Goodspeed.  He  was  a  man 
of  wealth  for  his  day,  and  in  addition  to  farm- 
ing was  a  tanner  and  currier.  He  died  in 
1733,  aged  eighty-one  years.  His  will,  dated 
September  11,  1751,  proved  August  7,  1753, 
bequeathed  to  children  and  grandchildren.  He 
married,  September  21,  1699,  -^lary  Gorham. 
Children :  Alercy,  born  August  19,  1700 ;  Jo- 
seph, May  6,  1702;  Mary,  February  25,  1703- 
04:  Samuel,  February  24,  1705-06:  Thankful, 
June  9,  1708;  Abigail,  October  30,  17 10;  Eliza- 
beth, January  4,  1712-13;  Hannah,  June  10, 
1715;  John,  November  16,  1717;  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below. 

(I\')  Isaac,  son  of  Joseph  Hinckley,  was 
born  October  31,  17 19.  He  graduated  from 
Harvard  College  in  1740.  a  classmate  of  Sam- 
uel Adams  and  other  distinguished  men.  He 
resided  in  West  Barnstable,  on  his  father's 
homestead,  and  during  the  revolution  was  an 
active  patriot.  He  was  for  many  years  town 
clerk  of  Barnstable  and  one  of  the  selectmen. 
He  died  in  December,  1802,  aged  eighty-three. 
He  married,  December  18,  1748,  Hannah 
Bourne.  Children  :  Richard,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Hannah,  born  March  25,  1751  ;  Abigail, 
I'ebruary  13,  1753;  Joseph,  ^March  6,  1755: 
Elizabeth,  April  30,  1757  :  Isaac,  June  18,  1760  ; 
Charles,  November  i,   1762;  Eunice.  July  14, 

1765- 

(V)  Richard,  son  of  Isaac  Hinckley,  was 
born  at  Barnstable,  October  29,  1749,  died  in 
1790.  He  removed  to  Marblehead,  Massachu- 
setts.    He  married  Elizabeth  Knight. 

(\T)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Richard  Hinckley, 
was  born  at  Marblehead,  January  2,  1781.  He 
married,  in  1805,  Hannah  Sturgis,  born  at 
Barnstable,  August  9,  1785,  died  in  New  York 
City,  April  9,  1871,  daughter  of  William  and 
Hannah  (Mills)  Sturgis.  She  had  a  brother 
William,  born  at  Barnstable,  February  25, 
1782.  Isaac  Hinckley  w-as  a  shipmaster,  and 
died  at  sea,  March  13,  1818.  aged  thirty-seven. 
He  came  to  Hingham.  Massachusetts,  in  18 10, 
and  lived  in  the  George  Bassett  house ;  in 
April.  181 1,  he  built  a  house,  which  was  lately 
occupied  by  Joseph  B.  Thaxter,  on  Main 
street.  Children  :  i.  William  Sturgis,  born  Oc- 
tober 4,  1806,  died  1841.  2.  Ann  Gore,  born 
October  13,  1807,  died  July  5,  1835.  3.  Eliza- 
beth Knight,  born  June  25,  1809,  in  Boston  ; 
married,  at  Hingham,  December  8.  183 1,  Will- 
iam Sturgis,  and  died  September  17,  1849  (see 
Sturgis  XI).  4.  Thomas  Davis,  born  at  Hing- 
ham, April  20,  181 1,  died  at  Chagres,  April 
20,  1833.  3.  Hannah  Sturgis,  born  at  Hing- 
ham, November  10.  1813:  married,  September 
30,   1852,  Joseph  M.  Flye.     6.  Isaac,  born  at 


Hingham,  October  28,  1815:  graduated  at 
Harvard  College,  1834;  he  became  president 
of  the  Philadelphia,  Wilmington  &  Eialtimore 
Railway  Company ;  he  gave  land  for  a  ceme- 
tery to  his  native  town  of  Hingham:  he  was 
a  man  of  high  character,  broad  education,  and 
great  ability.  He  married,  October  28,  1840, 
Julia  R.  Townsend;  he  died  at  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  March  19,  1887 :  had  seven  chil- 
dren. 


Members  of  the  Robinson 
ROBINSON  family  figured  prominently 
in  the  annals  of  early  Ameri- 
can history,  a  number  of  the  name  having  been 
valiant  soldiers  in  the  war  of  the  revolution. 
This  family  has  contributed  many  valued  citi- 
zens to  the  state  of  Massachusetts,  and  the 
name  has  ever  been  one  well  worthy  of  es- 
teem. 

(I)  The  first  representative  of  this  particu- 
lar branch  of  the  family  of  whom  anything 
definite  is  known  was  Thomas  Robinson,  who 
was  in  Scituate  as  early  as  1640,  when  he  pur- 
chased land  of  William  Gillson  and  repre- 
sented that  town  in  the  general  court  of  Ply- 
mouth at  its  session  in  October,  1643.  He  was 
also  deacon,  probably  of  the  Second  Church 
in  Scituate.  In  August  and  September,  1654, 
he  purchased  two  estates  adjoining  each  other, 
directly  opposite  Old  South  Church  in  Boston. 
Here  he  probably  resided  during  the  remain- 
der of  his  life,  though  he  seems  to  have  re- 
tained his  connection  with  the  church  at  Scit- 
uate. as  all  his  children  by  the  second  mar- 
riage except  James  were  baptized  there. 
There  are  reasons  for  believing  that  he  was  a 
son  of  Rev.  John  Robinson,  of  Leyden.  pastor 
of  the  church  of  the  Pilgrims  which  was  es- 
tablished at  Plyrhouth  in  1620.  Isaac  Robin- 
son, known  to  be  a  son  of  Rev.  John  Robinson, 
settled  at  Scituate  at  the  same  time  or  very 
nearly  the  same  time  that  Thomas  made  his 
purchase  of  a  homestead  there,  and  hence  it 
is  not  unreasonable  to  infer  kinship.  No  au- 
thentic evidence  concerning  this  fact,  however, 
has  been  ascertained.  Thomas  Robinson  was 
a  stalwart  citizen  and  wrought  out  a  good 
name   for  himself. 

Thomas  Robinson  was  thrice  married,  his 
second  wife  having  been  Mary,  widow  of  John 
Woody,  and  daughter  of  John  Cogan,  of  Bos- 
ton. They  were  married  January  rr,  1632-53, 
and  she  died  October  26,  i66r.  Subsequently 
he  married  Elizabeth  Sherman.  John  Cogan 
is  said  by  Snow  (Hist.  Boston)  to  have 
"opened  the  first  shop  in  Boston"  :  it  was  on 
the  northeast  corner  of  Washington  and  State 
streets.  Children:  i.  John,  a  merchant.  2. 
Samuel,  a  merchant,  died  unmarried,  January 


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3^7 


i6.  1661-62.  aged  tweiity-fnur  years.  3.  Jo- 
sian,  apprentice  to  Jo.sepli  Rocke.  died  April 
17,  1660.  4.  Ephraim.  died  September  22, 
1661.  5.  Thomas,  mentioned  below.  6.  James, 
born  at  Boston,  March  14,  1654-55,  died  Sep- 
tember,  1676.     7.  Joseph,  baptized   March  8, 

1656-57,  married   Sarah  ,  and   died   in 

April,  1703.  8.  Mary,  baptized  February  28, 
1657-58,  died  young.  9.  Mary,  baptized'  No- 
vember 6,  1659,  married  Jacob  Green  Jr.,  of 
Charlestown. 

(II)  Thomas  {2),  .son  of  Thomas  (  i )  Rob- 
inson, was  baptized  at  Scituate,  Massachusetts, 
^larch  5,  1653-54.  He  inherited  a  part  of  his 
father's  homestead,  where  he  resided ;  he  also 
inherited  from  his  grandfather  Cogan  the 
house  and  store  on  the  northeasterly  corner 
of  Washington  and  State  streets,  Fioston.  He 
was  a  cordwainer  by  trade.  He  died  in  June, 
1700.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Denison,  of  Roxbury  ;  she  died  Xovem- 
ber  15,  1710,  aged  fifty-three  years.  Edward 
Denison  was  the  son  of  William  Denison,  one 
of  the  earliest  iniiabitants  of  Ro.Kbury.  He 
had  two  brothers — Daniel,  major-general  of 
the  Massachusetts  colony  during  King  Phil- 
lip's war,  and  George,  a  successful  and  dis- 
tinguished captain  of  Connecticut  troops  dur- 
ing the  same  war :  both  rendered  important 
services  as  legislators  and  magistrates.  Ed- 
ward manifested  no  taste  for  military  affairs, 
but  was  useful  as  selectman,  town  clerk  and 
representative.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  born 
November  5,  1677 ;  married  Sarah  Beswick. 
and  died  1729-30.  2.  Sarah,  baptized  Decem- 
ber 28,  1679;  married  (first)  John  Ingolds- 
bury,  (second)  John  Perry.  3.  Joseph,  bap- 
tized November  20,  168 1,  died  young.  4. 
Elizabeth,  born  September  26.  1686,  died 
young.     5.  James,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  James,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Sarah 
(Denison)  Robinson,  was  born  March  15, 
1689-90,  died  shortly  before  March  11,  1762, 
when  his  will  was  approved.  He  was  a  house- 
wright  by  occupation.  He  inherited  from  his 
father  the  homestead  on  Washington  street, 
Boston,  which  he  sold  February  7,  1711-12, 
and  bought  a  house  on  the  southerly  side  of 
Boylston  street,  which  he  also  sold  .\pril  12, 
1 7 14.  and  removed  to  Rochester,  where  Rev. 
Timothy  Ruggles,  a  brother  of  his  wife,  re- 
sided. He  remained  at  Rochester  until  1757. 
when  he  exchanged  his  farm  in  Rochester  for 
another  in  Hardwick,  where  several  of  his 
children  had  already  settled.  Of  his  eight 
surviving  children  Dorothy  alone  remained  in 
Rochester,  all  the  others  having  removed  to 
Hardwick  and  Barre.  He  married  Patience, 
daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Ruggles,  of  Rox- 
bury,   July   3,    171 1.      She    died    in    January, 


1768,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  Captain  Rug- 
gles married  Martha,  daugiiter  of  Rev.  John 
\\'oodbriflge.  and  granddaughter  of  Governor 
Thomas  Dudley,  on  July  8.  i(>8o.  His  father 
was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Ruxbury.  where  he 
was  selectman  fourteen  years,  assessor  dur- 
ing the  same  period,  and  representative  for 
the  four  critical  years  succeeding  the  revo- 
lution of  1689.  He  was  for  several  years 
captain  of  militia,  and  when  (jovernor  .-KHdros 
and  his  associates  were  seized  and  imprisoned, 
Joseph  Dudley  (afterw^ards  governor)  was 
committed  to  his  special  charge,  while  tempo- 
rarily released  from  prison.  His  preservation 
from  death  by  lightning  on  May  25,  i'J67,  was 
so  remarkable  that  an  account  of  it  was  en- 
tered on  the  church  record  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Danforth:  "25  (3)  1667.  Th.ere  was  a  dread- 
ful crack  of  thunder.  Samuel  Ruggles  hap- 
pened at  that  instant  to  be  upon  the  meeting- 
house hill,  with  oxen  and  horse,  and  cart 
loaded  with  corn.  The  horse  and  one  o.\  were 
stricken  dead  with  the  lightning :  the  other  ox 
had  a  little  life  in  it.  but  died  presently.  The 
man  was  singed  and  schorched  a  little  on  his 
legs,  one  shoe  torn  apieces.  and  the  heel  car- 
ried away ;  the  man  was  hurled  off  from  the 
cart  and  flung  on  the  otY  side,  but  through 
mercy  soon  recovered  himself  and  felt  little 
harm.  There  was  a  chest  in  the  cart,  wherein 
was  pewter  and  linen ;  the  i>ewter  had  small 
holes  melted  in  it,  and  the  linen  some  of  it 
singed  and  burnt."  Captain  Ruggles.  father 
of  Patience,  inherited  his  father's  military 
spirit  and  succeeded  him  in  many  of  his  offices  ; 
he  was  assessor,  1694 ;  representative,  1694 ; 
captain  of  militia,  1702:  and  selectman  con- 
tinuously from  1693  to  1712,  except  in  1701 
and  1704,  nineteen  years.  His  death  occurred 
after  a  short  sickness.  February  25,  1715-16, 
and  his  funeral  is  mentioned  in  Sewall's 
Diary:  "Feb.  28,  1715-16.  Capt.  Samuel  Rug- 
gles was  buried  with  arms.  *  *  *  He  is 
much  lamented  at  Roxbury." 

Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson,  of 
whom  the  first  two  were  born  in  Boston  and 
the  remainder  in  Rochester:  i.  James,  born 
March  i,  1711-12.  2.  Thomas,  born  Septem- 
ber 15.  1713.  died  young.  3.  Samuel,  bom 
Xovember  i.  17 15.  4.  Thomas,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Sarah,  "born  July  9.  1720,  married 
Ebenezer  Spooner,  of  Rochester.  6.  Dorothy, 
born  March  10.  ij22-2i:  married  (first)  Da- 
vid Peckham,  in  1743,  and  (second)  Major 
Elnathan  Ha.skell,  in  1749.  and  died  at  Roch- 
ester, September  25.  18 to.  ".  Denison,  born 
July  16,  1725.  8.  Joseph,  born  September  13. 
1727.  9.  Hannah,'  born  Xovember  16,  1730, 
married  Benjamin  Green  in  1764. 

(I\')   Thomas   (3),  son  of  James  and  Pa- 


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tience  ( Ruggles )  Robinson,  was  born  April 
20,  17 18.  He  settled  at  Hardwick  as  a  young 
man,  and  there  engaged  in  farming.  Subse- 
quently he  removed  to  Furnace  Village,  where 
he  kept  a  store  and  tavern  and  also  managed 
a  saw  mill  and  grist  mill  on  INIoose  brook.  He 
was  verv  prosperous  in  business,  and  was  one 
of  the  wealthiest  men  in  his  neighborhood  in 
1776.  In  that  year  the  assessment  of  the  town 
of  Hardwick  against  his  property  was  the 
fourth  largest  upon  the  town's  books,  but  he 
sacrificed  the  larger  part,  if  not  absolutely  the 
whole,  of- his  plentiful  estate  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war,  and  he  also  served  as  a  dis- 
tinguished soldier  in  that  conflict  from  the  be- 
ginning to  the  end.  He  was  one  of  the  grand 
jurors  who  refused,  April  19,  1774,  to  be  im- 
panelled at  Worcester  if  Peter  Oliver,  the 
chief  justice,  should  be  present.  He  was 
elected  lieutenant  of  the  .\larm  List,  January 
9,  1775.  and  was  afterwards  styled  captain. 
He  was  a  selectman  five  years,  a  member  of 
the  committee  of  correspondence  five  years, 
and  served  on  various  other  important  commit- 
tees during  that  troublous  period.  He  sold 
his  real  estate  in  and  near  Furnace  \'illage 
in  five  parcels  to  Captain  Benjamin  Convers, 
in  1780,  for  £20.000,  in  the  depreciated  cur- 
rency of  that  period,  and  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Windsor,  but  returned  again  in  a 
few  years.  About  1799,  his  mental  faculties 
having  become  impaired  and  both  his  sons 
having  left  town,  he  and  his  aged  wife  be- 
came inmates  of  their  daughter's  home,  where 
he  died  January  5,  1802,  aged  nearly  eighty- 
four  years,  and  his  wife  Mary  died  August  7, 
1812,  aged  nearly  eighty-eight  years. 

Thomas  Robinson  married  ^Mary,  daughter 
of  Captain  Eleazer  Warner,  November  23, 
1744.  Captairr  Warner  married  Prudence, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Barnes,  of  Brookfield, 
December  4,  1722.  He  devoted  several  years 
in  early  life  to  the  service  of  his  country.  A 
brief  sketch  of  his  military  career  and  his 
'  single-handed  deadly  encounter  with  an  In- 
dian is  given  in  the  "History  of  Hardwick," 
by  Lucius  R.  Paige.  Acknowledgment  is 
also  made  to  Mr.  Paige  and  the  "History  of 
Hardwick"  for  this  genealogy  (see  below). 
This  branch  of  the  Robinson  family  was  very 
prominent  in  the  early  history  of  Hardwick. 
Before  James  Robinson  removed  to  Hardwick 
from  Rochester  after  selling  the  family  home- 
stead on  Washington  street.  Boston,  opposite 
the  Old  South  Church,  several  of  his  chil- 
dren had  already  settled  in  Hardwick  and  the 
family  remained  there  until  Denison  removed 
to  Windsor  about  1780. 

"One  of' the  'Principal   Inhabitants'  of  Brookfield. 
whose  cattle,  house   and   household  goods   were  de- 


stroyed by  the  Indians,  was  John  Warner,  who 
fled  for  refuge  to  Hadley  (where  one  or  more  of 
his  sons  then  resided),  and  died  there  nearly  twenty 
years  later.  His  grandson,  Eleazer  Warner,  who 
was  born  j/th  January,  1686,  very  early  entered  the 
military  service  of  his  country  and  was  assigned  to 
duty  on  the  frontiers.  Whether  he  enlisted  in  that 
company  of  his  own  choice,  or  was  placed  in  it 
by  authority,  does  not  appear;  but  the  fact  is  certain 
that  he  was  for  many  years  stationed  at  Brookfield 
(the  scene  of  his  grandfather's  disasters),  first  as 
a  private  soldier,  and  afterwards  by  gradual  pro- 
motion as  sergeant,  ensign  and  lieutenant  of  the 
company  commanded  by  Captain  Samuel  Wright,  of 
Rutland.  Later  in  life  he  was  captain  of  militia 
in  Hardwick  and  New  Braintree.  and  retained  that 
office  until  1S56,  when  he  had  attained  the  age  of 
three-score  years  and  ten.  .\bout  1730,  while  yet 
in  the  service  of  the  government,  he  removed  his 
family  from  his  former  residence  near  Ditch  Mea- 
dow to  a  farm  which  included  a  part  of  the  old 
Indian  fortress  at  Winnimisset.  Soon  afterwards 
he  went  to  Canada  to  effect  an  e.xchange  of  pris- 
oners. While  there  an  Indian  became  offended  and 
followed  him  through  the  wilderness  to  his  home. 
.According  to  the  family  tradition,  as  I  received  it 
from  his  eldest  daughter,  my  grandmother,  after 
the  Indian  had  lurked  about  the  house  for  a  few 
days.  Captain  Warner  went  into  the  forest  with  his 
musket.  He  soon  discovered  his  enemy,  who  stepped 
behind  a  tree,  and  he  dropped  by  the  side  of  a  log. 
He  then  adopted  a  common  strategem,  placing  his 
hat  on  a  stick  and  cautiously  elevating  it  above  the 
log,  as  if  to  reconnoitre,  .\lmost  instantly  a  bullet 
passed  through  it,  and  he  sprung  upon  his  feet. 
The  Indian  was  rushing  forward  with  his  scalping 
knife  in  hand,  but  his  race  was  soon  ended,  and  his 
body  was  consigned  to  a  lily  pond  between  the 
road  and  the  river,  about  half  a  mile  east  of  the 
Old  Furnace." 

Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson:  i. 
Denison,  mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas,  born 
February  10,  1753.  3.  Mary,  born  December 
3,  1758,  married  Timothy  Paige,  January  20, 
1780,  and  died  March  21,   1836. 

(V)  Denison,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  and  Mary 
(Warner)  Robinson,  was  born  September  18, 
1746.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He 
was  sergeant  of  Captain  Simeon  Hazeltine's 
company  of  minute-men,  which  marched  to 
Cambridge  on  the  Lexington  .-^.larm  in  April, 
1775,  and  was  commissioned  captain  of  the 
Second  Company  of  militia  in  Hardwick,  Mas- 
sachusetts, June  II,  1778.  He  was  a  member 
also  of  the  committee  of  correspondence  in 
1778.  About  1780  he  removed  to  Windsor  and 
resided  there  for  several  years.  Late  in  life 
he  followed  his  sons  to  .\dams.  where  he  died 
November  17,  1827.  He  married  (first)  .April 
TO,  1768.  Millicent,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert 
Cutler;  she  died  July  5,  1798:  he  married 
(second)  Elizabeth  Hyde,  of  Lenox,  about 
i8or  ;  she  died  in  1829.  Children:  i.  Mary, 
born  October  18,  1769:  married  .-Vlpheus 
Prince,  and  died  in  September.  1829.  2.  .\lice, 
born  July  i,  1771 ;  married  Daniel  Felshaw, 
and  died  February  i,  1792.     3.  Hannah,  born 


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June  10,  1773,  died  unmarried,  July  7,  1796. 
4.  Josiah  Ouincy,  born  July  31,  1775.  5.  So- 
phia, born  August  19,  1778,  died  unmarried. 
May  12.  1855.  6.  Denison,  born  December  29, 
1780.  7.  Robert  Cutler,  born  March  12,  1785. 
8.   Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

( \'I )  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Denison  and 
Millicent  (Cutler)  Robinson,  was  born  De- 
cember 20,  1787,  at  Windsor,  Massachusetts. 
He  received  excellent  educational  advantages 
in  his  youth  and  was  prepared  for  the  legal 
profession.  He  held  high  rank  at  the  Berk- 
shire bar.  and  received  from  Williams  Col- 
lege the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of  Arts 
in  1828.  In  the  spring  of  1836  he  removed 
from  the  south  to  the  north  village  of  Adams, 
residing  for  many  years  and  until  his  death, 
October  3.  1867,  aged  nearly  eighty  years,  in 
the  stone  house  on  Alain  street,  later  a  por- 
tion of  the  estate  of  the  late  Dr.  X.  S.  Bab- 
bitt. He  married  (first)  May  13,  1812,  Xancy 
Wells,  who  died  in  ?vlarch,  1827.  He  married 
(second)  in  September,  1829,  Catherine  Su- 
sanna ;\IcLeod.  who  died  July  20,  1854.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Millicent  Cutler,  born  April  12,  1813  ; 
married  F.  O.  Sayles,  and  died  January  31, 
1852.  2.  Ann  Eliza,  born  April  29,  1815  ;  mar- 
ried Dr.  Xathan  Snell  Babbitt.  3.  Mary  So- 
phia, born  May  16,  1817;  married  Jackson 
Mason,  of  Richmond,  \'ermont.  4.  James 
Thomas,  mentioned  below.  5.  Nancy  W.,  born 
June  20,  1826,  died  October  13,  1826.  6. 
Alexander  McLeod,  born  September  8,  1830. 
7.  Margaret  Maria,  born  March  14,  1833 ; 
married  Lyndon  Smith,  of  Terre  Haute,  In- 
diana. 8.  Elizabeth  Rupalee,  born  August  5, 
1836,  married  Albert  R.  Smith.  9.  John  Cut- 
ler, born  October  4,  1839 ;  was  captain  of  vol- 
unteers in  the  war  of  the  rebellion.  10.  Charles 
Henry,  born  September  2,  1841.  11.  Will- 
iam Denison,  born  August  i,  1844. 

(\'II)  James  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  (4) 
and  Nancy  fWells)  Robinson,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1822,  died  November  21,  1894.  He 
attended  the  town  schools,  and  was  also  an 
attendant  at  a  Lenox  institution  of  learning 
of  much  repute  in  those  days,  having  for  a 
fellow  student  Hon.  Marsliall  Wilcox,  of 
Pittsfield.  Later  he  attended  schools  at  Shel- 
burne  Falls  and  \\'orthington,  and  at  Ben- 
nington, \'ermont,  and  in  1840  entered  Will- 
iams College,  class  of  1844.  After  remain- 
ing one  year  in  that  institution  he  entered 
the  law  office  of  his  father  in  Xorth  .-\dams. 
remaining  there  two  years.when  he  returned  to 
take  the  senior  year  with  his  class  in  Williams 
College,  graduating  with  his  class  in  1844,  and 
immediately  thereafter  beginning  the  practice 
of  law  in  X'orth  Adams  with  his  father,  the 
partnership  name  being  Thomas   Robinson  & 


Son,  which  continued  until  the  death  of  the 
senior  Robinson,  after  which  James  Thomas 
practiced  his  profession  on  his  own  account. 
The  following  is  worthy  of  mention:  During 
these  many  years  of  business  connection  there 
was  never  an  accounting  between  father  and 
son,  and  in  the  subsequent  copartnersiiip  be- 
tween James  Thomas  and  his  son  Arthur  there 
was  never  an  accounting.  Although  not  re- 
ceiving at  his  graduation  the  degrees  of  Bach- 
elor and  Master  of  .Arts,  these  were  after- 
wards conferred  by  Williams  College  upon 
James  T.  Robinson. 

Mr.  Robinson  was  in  sympathy  with  those 
principles  which  found  organized  expression 
in  the  Free  Soil  movement  of  1848.  His 
speaking  for  this  cause  was  supplemented  by 
editorial  writing  for  the  Greylock  Scittiitel. 
In  1852  he  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  by 
a  union  of  Free  Soilers  and  Democrats.  In 
1853  he  was  appointed  one  of  the  secretaries 
of  the  Massachusetts  constitutional  conven- 
tion. In  1859  he  was  chosen  by  the  Republi- 
cans to  the  state  senate  for  a  second  term,  and 
while  in  this  service  was  appointed  by  Gover- 
nor N.  P.  Banks  judge  of  probate  and  in- 
solvency for  Berkshire  county,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  served  for  over  thirty  years :  his  de- 
cisions were  marked  for  their  fairness,  and 
his  court  was  renowned  for  the  protection  it 
ottered  the  helpless :  in  his  long  period  of 
service  as  a  judge  his  decisions  were  hardly 
ever  reversed.  Previous  to  this  judgeship  he 
had  been  elected  for  a  term  of  five  years,  com- 
mencing the  first  Wednesday  of  January,  1857. 
register  of  insolvency  for  Berkshire.  He  was 
delegate-at-large  from  Massachusetts  to  the 
Republican  national  convention  that  renomin- 
ated President  Lincoln.  In  the  winter  of 
1855-56  he  made  a  lecturing  tour  through  the 
west. 

In  1866  Mr.  Robinson  purchased,  in  copart- 
nership with  his  brother,  Major  John  C.  Rob- 
inson, and  John  Dalrymple,  the  Adams  Trait- 
script,  and  the  trenchant  writings  of  Mr.  Rob- 
inson distinguished  it  until  his  death  in  1894- 
There  was  no  more  brilliant  editorial  writing 
done  on  any  country  paper  in  the  United 
States  than  he  gave  this  Berkshire  weekly. 
This  copartnership  continued  for  a  few  years, 
after  which  Mr.  Robinson  formed  another 
with  his  son  Arthur,  which  continued  until 
considerations  for  his  health  led  to  the  forma- 
tion of  the  Transcript  Publishing  Compatiy 
and  his  retirement  from  a  property  interest  in 
the  concern. 

Besides  the  opportunities  for  influence  and 
distinction  otherwise  afforded.  Judge  Robin- 
son had  gifts  as  a  public  speaker  that  brought 
him  appreciation  and  prominence.     This  was 


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his  strongest  natural  endowment.  Of  fine 
presence  and  unusually  natural  and  graceful 
iDcaring  before  an  audience,  he  had  a  voice 
that  would  swell  without  breaking,  and  his 
gestures  were  natural  and  etifective,  the  ex- 
pression of  present  feeling  and  never  the  result 
of  premeditation.  Alost  of  his  speeches  were 
unwritten,  but  thought  out  beforehand  and 
improved  upon  with  repetition.  Of  his  more 
iniportant  speeches,  not  upon  party  politics, 
were  the  National  -Anniversary  Address  deliv- 
ered at  the  Baptist  Church,  North  .\dams, 
July  4,  1865,  that  delivered  July  4,  1878,  upon 
the  dedication  of  the  North  Adams  Soldiers' 
Monument,  and  that  commemorative  of  the 
death  of  President  Garlield,  delivered  at  the 
2\Iethodist  Church,  September  26.   188 1. 

Judtje  Robinson  married,  at  Marblehead. 
May  r>,  1846.  Clara,  daughter  of  Dr.  Calvin 
and  Rebecca  (Monroe)  Briggs,  of  that  town 
(see  Briggs).  Children:  .Arthur,  mentioned 
below  ;  Calvin,  died  young :  Thomas. 

(Mil)  Arthur,  son  of  James  Thomas  and 
Clara  (Briggs)  Robinson,  was  born  at  North 
Adams.  Massachusetts,  March  15,  1848,  died 
there  April  13,  1900.  He  studied  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  fitted  for  college  at  a  private 
school  in  Lanesboro,  conducted  by  Mr.  Tol- 
man,  and  at  Professor  Griiifen's  preparatory 
school  in  Williamstown.  He  was  graduated 
from  Williams  College  with  the  class  of  1870, 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  and  im- 
mediately entered  the  office  of  the  North  Ad- 
ams Transcript,  owned  and  edited  by  his  fa- 
ther, and  mastered  the  mechanical  part  of  the 
printing  and  publishing  business.  He  was 
then  taken  into  partnership,  and  the  firm  name 
became  James  T.  Robinson  &  Son.  The  young 
man  took  the  business  management  of  the 
office  and  paper.  Judge  Robinson  retaining 
control  of  the  editorial  department.  This  was 
in  the  early  seventies,  and  the  business  was 
small  in  comparison  with  the  dimensions  later 
reached.  Father  and  son  worked  together  in 
perfect  harmony,  and  the  job  department  soon 
took  and  held  first  rank  among  the  printing 
establishments  of  North  Berkshire,  while  the 
Transcript,  under  their  able  direction,  reached 
a  circulation  and  a  position  of  influence  such 
as  come  to  but  few  country  weeklies.  Al- 
though the  business  management  took  most  of 
the  time  and  attention  of  Mr.  Arthur  Robin- 
son, yet  he  was  a  frequent  contributor  to  the 
columns  of  the  paper,  and  in  this  field  he  dis- 
played marked  ability.  His  style  of  expression 
was  graceful  and  pleasing,  and  his  writings 
were  stamped  by  an  individuality  that  made 
his  work  in  that  line  almost  as  recognizable 
as  if  it  had  borne  his  name.  As  the  director 
of  others  who  worked  on  the  Transcript,  he 


exerted  a  masterful  influence  which  accrued 
to  the  benefit  of  the  men  and  the  paper,  and 
gave  to  the  latter  a  uniformity  of  st\ie  which 
was  of  much  value  to  the  publication.  Mr. 
Robinson's  connection  with  the  paper  con- 
tinued until  after  the  death  of  his  mother  in 
the  fall  of  1895,  his  father  having  died  a  year 
before.  Owing  to  unsound  health  and  the  in- 
crease of  other  cares,  he  sold  the  paper  and 
retired  from  business  life.  Mr.  Robinson  was 
held  in  the  highest  respect  by  all  classes.  He 
was  straightforward  and  upright  in  his  busi- 
ness dealings,  and  in  his  newspaper  work  the 
good  of  the  community  was  always  ujipermost 
in  his  mind.  No  temporary  gain  to  the  paper 
could  induce  him  to  publish  that  which  would 
result  in  the  needless  injury  to  others,  and 
his  career  as  a  managing  editor  is  gratefully 
remembered  by  all  who  are  familiar  with  it. 

]Mr.  Robinson  was  also  gifted  as  a  public 
speaker,  as  was  demonstrated  on  various  oc- 
casions, though  he  never  sought  for  promin- 
ence in  that  direction,  and  never  aspired  to 
political  honors  which  would  have  come  to 
liim  readily  had  he  so  desired.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  though  not  fully  in  accord 
with  the  tendencies  of  the  party  in  these  later 
days.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  trus- 
tee of  Drury  Academy,  the  North  .\dams  Sav- 
ings Bank  and  the  Public  Library.  He  was  a 
pleasing  conversationalist,  a  good  neighbor, 
citizen  and  friend,  and  his  death  was  univer- 
sally mourned  by  the  community. 

Air.  Robinson  married,  December  14.  1871, 
Clara  Ellen  Sanford,  born  in  North  .Adams, 
Massachusetts,  in  1854,  daughter  of  Michael 
and  Caroline  (Millard)  Sanford:  she  is  still 
living  and  maintains  her  home  at  North  Ad- 
ams. Children:  i.  Sanford.  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Arthur,  born  at  North  .Adams.  July 
7.  1875 ;  married  Bertha  Torrey,  of  \\'illiams- 
town,  Massachusetts :  they  reside  at  North 
-Adams.  3.  James  Thomas,  born  at  North  Ad- 
ams, -April  I,  1879:  married  ^ilyrthe  Zarine 
Drayer :  one  child,  Martha  Lee.  4.  Mary,  born 
at  North  .Adams.  February  i.  1884:  married 
Lawrence  Smith,  of  Holyoke,  Massachusetts; 
they  reside  at  Holyoke.  Mrs.  .Arthur  Robin- 
son is  the  regent  of  Fort  Massachusetts  Chap- 
ter, Daughters  of  the  .American  Revolution. 

(IX)  Sanford,  son  of  .Arthur  and  Clara 
Ellen  (Sanford)  Robinson,  was  born  at  North 
-Adams.  Alassachusetts,  July  8.  1873.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  educational  training  in  the 
public  schools  of  North  -Adams,  where  he  was 
graduated  in  the  Drury  high  school.  He  was 
matriculated  as  a  student  in  the  old  alma  mater 
of  his  father,  grandfather  and  great-grand- 
father, Williams  College,  in  1892,  and  was 
graduated  therein  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor 


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of  Arts  in  1896.  In  tlie  fijUowins;  year  lie 
entered  Harvard  University  Law  School,  from 
which  he  was  s=;raduated  in  1900  with  the  de- 
gree of  LJachelor  of  Laws.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  Suttolk  county  har.  Massachusetts,  in 
September,  1900,  and  practiced  for  one  year 
in  the  office  of  Lincoln  &  Badger,  at  Boston. 
In  1901  he  removed  to  New  York,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  New  York  bar,  and  entered  the 
law  offices  of  Cary  &  \\'hitridi,'e  in  that  city. 
Subsequently  the  law  firm  of  Cary  &  Rohin- 
.son  was  formed  and  that  alliance  continued 
until  19  ID.  Mr.  Robinson  is  now  engaged  in 
individual  jiractice,  with  offices  at  Xo.  59  Wall 
street.  New  York  City,  where  he  is  rapidly 
gaining  distinction  as  an  able  attornev  and 
well  fortified  counsellor.  In  politics  .Mr.  Rob- 
inson is  a  Republican,  and  in  a  social  way  he 
is  a  member  of  the  Harvard  Club  of  Xew 
York,  the  Greenwich  Country  Club,  and  the 
Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  fraternity.  While  a 
resident  of  North  Adams,  Massachusetts,  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church 
of  that  place. 

Mr.  Robinson  married,  April  10,  1909,  Ruth, 
born  ]\Iarch  17,  1886,  in  New  York  City, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Cyrus  and  Virginia  (Page) 
Edson.  Dr.  Edson  was  one  of  the  foremost 
phvsicians  of  his  time  in  New  York  City,  son 
of  Franklin  Edson,  Mayor  of  New  York  from 
1882  to  1884.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Robinson  have 
one  child.  Priscilla,  born  at  Greenwich.  Con- 
necticut, July  3,  19 10. 

(The   Briggs   Line). 

Rev.  Janies  Briggs,  son  of  Deacon  James 
and  Damaris  Briggs,  was  born  in  Norton, 
January  17,  1745.  He  earned  at  the  forge  the 
means  for  his  education  as  a  Congregational 
minister:  he  graduated  at  Yale,  1775,  and  was 
settled  for  life.  July  7,  1779,  as  the  minister 
of  the  town  of  Cummington,  Massachusetts, 
then  fourteen  days  old.  Hon.  Henry  L. 
Dawes,  in  his  address  at  the  Cummington  Cen- 
tennial, says  of  him :  "As  minister  of  the 
town  he  was  the  man  of  the  largest  influence 
therein,  and  identified  with  all  its  interests: 
*  *  *  possessing  great  simplicity  of  char- 
acter, he  was  modest  and  unassuming  in  all 
his  ways,  and  godly  in  all  his  walk".  He  la- 
bored on  his  farm  as  long  as  able,  writing  his 
sermons  in  the  winter  for  the  year:  these 
"were  sound  in  the  doctrine,  after  the  straight- 
est  and  strictest  rules  drawn  from  the  Assem- 
blv's  Catechism".  A  young  parishioner,  Will- 
iam Cullen  Bryant,  well  describes  this  vener- 
able man  in  his  poem  entitled,  "The  Old  Man's 
Funeral".  He  married  .Anna  Wiswall.  Chil- 
dren :  James  Wiswall,  Calvin  (see  forward)  : 
Sophia.  Clarissa. 


Dr.  Calvin  Briggs,  second  child  of  Rev. 
James  Briggs,  was  born  May  10,  1785.  He 
graduated  from  Williams  College  as  saluta- 
tarian  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  and  from  Har- 
vard Medical  School  in  1805.  After  two  years 
of  practice  with  Dr.  Atherton,  of  Lancaster, 
\vho.se  niece  and  adopted  daughter,  Rebecca 
Monroe,  he  married,  he  spent  forty-five  useful 
years  in  Marblehead,  imtil  his  lamented  death, 
-April  21,  1852.  He  was  indeed  a  "beloved 
physician",  a  leading  spirit  in  town,  church 
and  society :  eminent  in  his  profession,  as  evi- 
denced by  several  invitations  to  larger  fields, 
and  by  the  universal  love  and  confidence  of  the 
community.  His  gentleness  with  the  [wor,  his 
courtly  bearing,  kindly  humor,  wise  judgment 
and  self-sacrificing  devotion  are  long  remem- 
bered. He  was  a  rare  man  in  his  own  ln^me, 
idolized  by  his  children.  The  ruling  ideal  was 
"God  first,  education  ne.xt".  His  large  family 
formed  a  somewhat  remarkable  community  of 
themselves,  having  a  strong  mutual  interest ; 
yet  eminently  hospitable,  a  centre  of  literary 
and  religious  activities,  of  music,  and  brilliant 
conversation. 

Two  sons — James  C.  and  William  M. — were 
graduated  at  Yale  and  .Amherst  respectively, 
the  first  of  whom  joined  and  followed  his  father 
as  physician  in  Marblehead.  The  seven  daugh- 
ters, "The  Pleiades",  were  educated  at  Brad- 
ford Academy,  two  of  whom,  Mary  S.  and 
Harriet,  were  teachers  there.  The  last  became 
an  exceptionally  able  missionary  of  the  .A.  B. 
C.  F.  M.  in  Persia,  as  the  wife  of  Rev.  David 
T.  Stoddard.  Her  well  balanced  mind,  cul- 
ture, refinement  and  kindly  heart,  with  her 
sweet,  bright  face  and  winning  ways,  gave  her 
a  wonderful  influence.  The  sobriquet  of  "Sis- 
ter Meekness",  applied  by  her  Bradford  mates. 
worthily  clung  to  her.  After  five  years  of 
service  abroad  her  sudden  death  by  cholera, 
while  returning  to  this  country  with  a  sick 
husband  and  two  tiny  daughters,  closed  a  fra- 
grant life. 

Several  members  of  this  family  had  the  gift 
of  graceful,  vigorous  e.xpression  in  prose  and 
in  verse.  The  second  son.  William  M..  wrote 
for  publication  frequent  sketches  of  his  travels 
in  many  countries,  besides  poems  of  nature  or 
deep  religious  feeling. 

The  youngest  daughter.  Caroline  .Atherton, 
wife  of  Charles  Mason,  Esquire,  of  Fitchburg, 
early  began  to  write  over  the  signature  of 
"Caro".  and  a  book  of  her  poems.  "Utter- 
ance", was  the  result.  She  was  the  "local 
Sibyl  and  seer"  of  her  adopted  city,  and  her 
poems  through  the  an.xious  days  of  war 
breathed  patriotism  and  sympathy  for  the  0[>- 
pressed,  and  alwavs  a  broad  and  sensitive  "in- 
terest in  nature,  humanitv,  and  the  divine  or- 


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der  of  the  world.  Her  lively  artistic  sense 
was  exalted  by  rare  spirituality ;  her  apt  liter- 
ary faculty  was  ever  the  servant  of  insight 
and  experience ;  her  minstrelsy  was  but  the 
voicing  of  her  aspiration  and  her  love  for  the 
true,  the  beautiful,  and  the  good".  Rev. 
Charles  G.  Ames,  in  his  introduction  to  "The 
Lost  Ring  and  Other  Poems",  a  collection  of 
her  poems  gathered  by  her  husband  and  pub- 
lished after  her  death. 

Dr.  Calvin  Briggs  married  Rebecca  Mon- 
roe, December  26,  1809.  Children :  Child, 
died  in  infancy:  Anna  \V..  married  Dr.  Tho- 
mas S.  Blood;  James  C,  married  (first)  Har- 
riet E.  Glover,  ( second )  Catharine  T.  W'hid- 
den ;  Rebecca  AL,  married  James  C.  Barrus ; 
Clara,  married  Hon.  James  Thomas  Robinson 
(see  Robinson  \  II)  ;  Mary  S.,  married  Rev. 
Daniel  Wight :  Elizabeth,  married  John  Wool- 
dredge  ;  Harriet,  married  Rev.  D.  T.  Stod- 
dard; Caroline  .\.,  married  Charles  Mason, 
Esq.;  William  'SI.  and  Henry  A. 

(The   Sanford   Line). 

Thomas  Sanford,  from  the  environment  of 
a  Puritan  ancestry  in  Old  England,  son  of 
Ezekiel  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Sanford,  a 
tradesman  of  Essex,  was  born  in  1607,  and 
is  first  mentioned  in  New  England  as  a  land- 
holder in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  in  1634. 
His  brothers  Robert  and  Andrew  and  cousin 
Zachary  also  came  to  this  country,  even  as 
John  Sanford  came  to  Rhode  Island  in  the 
time  of  Roger  Williams  and  William  Sanford 
to  New  Jersey  a  little  later,  all  of  whose  de- 
scendants comprise  the  field  of  service  for 
the  Sanford  .Association  of  .America.  Thomas 
Sanford  and  Sarah  his  wife  removed  to  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut,  soon  after  the  founding  of 
the  colony  in  1639,  for  he  is  mentioned  in  the 
town  records  as  one  of  the  original  planters 
of  Milford.  Children :  Sarah,  married,  Au- 
gust 14,  1656,  Richard  Shute ;  Andrew,  see 
forward  ;  Ephraim  ;  Samuel ;  Thomas  ;  Ezekiel. 

( I\')  Andrew,  son  of  Thomas  Sanford, 
came  to  ]\Iilford,  Connecticut,  from  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  in  1667.  He  married,  and  among 
his  children   was   Andrew    (see  forward). 

(V )  Andrew  (2),  son  of  .Andrew  (i)  San- 
ford, came  to  Milford,  Connecticut,  with  his 
father  in  1667.  He  married,  January  8,  1668, 
Alarv  Botsford.  and  among  their  children  was 
Andrew    (see   forward). 

(\T)  Andrew  (3),  son  of  .Andrew  (2)  San- 
ford, was  baptized  at  Milford,  Connecticut, 
luly  16.  1673.  In  the  church  records  he  is 
called  Captain  Andrew.  He  married,  and 
among  his  children  was  Samuel,  (see  for- 
ward). 

(MI)    Samuel,   son   of   Andrew    (3)    San- 


ford, was  born  at  Milford,  Connecticut,  1704. 
He  married,  January  4,  1731,  Ann,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Susannah  Plumb.  Children : 
Samuel  (see  forward)  ;  Henry,  Hannah,  .Ann. 
(VIII)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Sanford,  was  a  captain  in  the  war  of  the  revo- 
lution, from  Connecticut,  serving  about  eight 
years.  The  following  is  his  service  as  shown 
by  the  records  of  the  adjutant  general's  otfice 
at  Hartford : 

"Enlisted  as  a  sergeant,  July  10.  1775,  ■"  Captain 
Peter  Perritt's  company.  Colonel  Charles  Webb, 
Seventh  Continental  Regiment ;  discharged  Decem- 
ber 10,  1775,  for  e.xpiration  of  term  of  service.  The 
regiment  was  raised  by  order  of  the  .\55embly  at 
July  session,  1775  ;  was  recruited  in  Fairfield.  Litch- 
field and  Xew  Haven  counties.  The  companies  were 
stationed  at  various  points  along  the  Sound  until 
September  14,  1775,  when  upon  requisition  from 
General  Washington  the  regiment  was  ordered  to 
the  Boston  camps,  and  was  assigned  to  General  Sul- 
livan's brigade  on  Winter  Hill,  at  the  left  of  the 
besieging  line,  and  remained  until  the  expiration  of 
term  of  service,  December,  1775.  The  Seventh  Con- 
tinental Regiment,  Colonel  Charles  Webb  command- 
ing, was  reorganized  for  service  in  the  army  for 
the  second  year,  1776,  and  was  known  as  the  Xine- 
teenth  Continental  Regiment.  Samuel  Sanford  re- 
entered the  service  in  this  regiment  as  a  lieutenant. 
The  regiment  marched  from  Boston  to  Xew  York 
( by  way  of  Xew  London  and  vessels  through  the 
Sound)  and  served  in  that  vicinity  from  .\pril  to 
the  close  of  the  year ;  assisted  in  fortifying  the  city. 
Ordered  to  the  Brooklyn  front.  .August  27,  1776,  was 
closely  engaged  at  the  battle  of  White  Plains,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1776 ;  engaged  at  the  battle  of  Trenton, 
December  25.  1776,  and  at  Princeton,  January  3, 
1777.  .^  portion  of  this  regiment  continued  in  serv- 
ice with  other  troops  at  the  urgent  request  of  Gen- 
eral Washington  about  si.x  weeks  after  the  expira- 
tion of  their  terms.  Re-entered  the  .service  from 
Milford  in  the  Eighth  Regiment.  Connecticut  Line, 
Colonel  John  Chandler,  commanding:  was  commis- 
sioned first  lieutenant,  January  i,  1777:  captain.  De- 
cember 15,  1777.  and  continued.  This  regiment  was 
raised  from  January  I,  1777,  to  serve  through  the 
war ;  went  into  field  at  Camp  Peekskill,  Xew  York, 
in  the  spring  of  1777:  ordered  into  Pennsylvania  in 
September,  1777,  under  General  McDougall :  fought 
at  Germantown,  October  4,  1777,  and  suffered  loss. 
-\  detachment  from  the  regiment  took  part  in  the 
stubborn  defense  at  Fort  Mifflin.  Mud  Island.  Penn- 
sylvania, Xovember  12-16,  1777:  battle  of  Mon- 
mouth, June  28,  1778:  storming  of  Stony  Point, 
July  IS.  1779.  Wintered  in  1780  and  1781  at  Camp 
Connecticut  Village,  and  there  consolidated  for  the 
formation  of  1781-83.  Captain  Samuel  Sanford 
continued  in  commission  with  his  command  in  the 
Fifth  Regiment,  Connecticut  Line.  Colonel  Isaac 
Sherman,  commanding,  and  retired  by  consolidation, 
January  I,  1783.  The  regiment  was  composed  by 
the  consolidation  of  the  First  and  Eighth  Regi- 
ments,  Connecticut   Line." 

Soon  after  he  returned  froin  the  war.  Cap- 
tain Sanforfl  removed  to  Plymouth,  but  he 
must  have  returned  to  Milford,  for  the  town 
records  say  that  Captain  Samuel  Sanford  was 
crushed  to  death  by  a  log  rolling  on  him, 
March    17,    1804.    while    he    was   getting   otit 


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ship  timber.  He  married  (first)  at  Milfonl, 
July  26.  1765,  Partlienia  Haldwin,  who  died 
in  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  1790,  aged  forty- 
three  years.  A  year  or  two  later  he  married 
again,  but  his  second  wife  lived  only  a  year. 
Children  of  first  marriage:  i.  Samuel,  born 
1766;  at  about  ten  years  of  age  he  served  in 
the  war  as  a  body  servant  to  his  father,  who 
was  an  ofiicer.  2.  Sarah  or  Sally,  born  De- 
cember 29,  1767,  died  December,  1826;  mar- 
ried, October  29,  1789,  Oliver  Stoughton.  3. 
Anthony.  4.  Raymond,  was  master  of  a  ves- 
sel, was  shipwrecked  oft'  Block  Island  in  a 
storm,  before  he  was  thirty  years  of  age.  5. 
Elijah,  resided  at  New  Haven.  6.  \Villiam 
(see  forward).  7.  Harriet,  born  April  15, 
1786,  died  August  22,  1864:  married,  Febru- 
ary 21.  1807,  Samuel  Buckingham:  eleven 
children. 

(IX)  William,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Sanford, 
was  born  December  16,  1782,  died  at  Stam- 
ford. \'ermont,  November  3.  1856.  After  his 
marriage  he  removed  to  South  Readsboro, 
\'ermont,  among  the  early  settlers  from  Con- 
necticut. They  traveled  by  marked  trees  on 
horseback,  bringing  oxen  with  them.  He  was 
always  called  Captain,  as  after  the  revolution- 
ary war  the  state  militia  was  formed,  in  which 
he  served  with  that  rank.  He  cleared  land 
on  a  farm  given  to  his  wife  by  her  father, 
and  erected  a  log  house  which  was  later  re- 
placed by  a  frame  one.  and  here  all  their 
children  were  born.  Later  he  purchased  an 
extensive  farm  in  Stamford,  where  both  he 
and  his  wife  died,  and  the  farm  was  left  to 
Justin,  his  youngest  son,  who  died  there,  and 
his  widow  and  her  children  reside  there  at 
the  present  time.  There  is  in  this  house  a 
sword  that  was  presented  to  Captain  Samuel 
Sanford,  aforementioned,  by  General  Wash- 
ington, and  preserved  by  his  descendants. 
William  Sanford  held  high  town  office,  and 
often  went  over  the  mountains  to  Benning- 
ton on  horseback  to  transact  business,  return- 
ing before  the  other  men  started  to  work.  He 
married,  January  18,  1806,  Lucy  Rice,  daugh- 
ter of  Jacob  Rice,  a  comrade  of  Captain  San- 
ford during  the  revolutionary  war.  The  Rice 
family  is  of  very  ancient  origin,  having  a  dis- 
tinguished pedigree,  tracing  their  lineage  to 
Robert  Rice,  "Puritan",  born  in  Ipswich,  Eng- 
land, came  to  this  country  in  the  "Fran- 
cis", in  1694,  landing  at  Plymouth.  Children 
of  ^,Ir.  and  ]\Irs.  Sanford:  i.  Daughter,  still- 
born. March  i.  1807.  2.  Annie  Parthenia. 
born  September  11.  1808.  died  November  15. 
1821.  3.  William  Henrv,  born  August  18, 
1810,  died  November  10.  1883.  4.  Merrit, 
born  October  11.  1812,  died  April  26,  1849.  5. 
Lucy,  born   February  2,    181 5,  died  .\pril   15, 


1843.  6.  Hiram,  born  May  25,  1817.  7. 
Michael  (see  forward).  8.  Louisa,  born  Oc- 
tober 20,  1821.  9,  Albert,  born  March  17, 
1824,  died  January  12,  1858.  10.  Harriet', 
born  February  14.  1826.  Ii.  Alford,  born 
June  13,  1828,  died  November  6,  1853.  12. 
Charles,  born  May  23,  1830.  died  May  23, 
1905.  13.  Justin,  born  May  21,  1834,  died 
February  2},,  1905. 

(X)  Michael,  son  of  William  .'^anford,  was 
born  June  17,  1819,  died  December  5,  1900. 
He  married.  February  22,  1844,  Caroline  \Iil- 
lard,  born  February  13,  1824.  died  April  13, 
1902.  Children:  i.  .\daline.  born  May  14, 
1851  ;  living  at  the  present  time  (1912).  2. 
Clara  Ellen,  born  January  16.  1854.  wirlow  of 
.\rthur  Robinson  (see  Robinson  \'III).  3. 
William,  born  October  24,  1858.  4.  Murrey, 
born  October  25,  1865. 


The  relationship  between 
EMERSON  Thomas  Emerson,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor  of  the  Ips- 
wich family  to  which  Ralph  Waldo  Emerson 
belongs,  and  Michael  Emerson,  mentioned  be- 
lovv.  has  not  been  established,  but  there  is  no 
reasonable  doubt  that  some  relationship  ex- 
isted. Thomas  was  born  in  Bishop's  Stort- 
ford,  county  Essex,  England,  July  26,  1584, 
son  of  Robert  Emerson,  of  Dunmow.  county 
Essex,  and  grandson  of  Thomas  Emerson,  of 
Great  Dunmow,  born  before  1540. 

The  first  to  use  the  name  Emerson  in  Eng- 
land was  Johannes  Emeryson,  of  Brancepeth 
parish,  county  Durham,  and  he  was  born  be- 
fore 1300.  It  is  thought  that  the  English  Em- 
ersons  are  all  descended  from  him,  though  the 
lines  cannot  be  traced  for  want  of  complete 
records.  The  will  of  .\lexander  Emerson,  of 
Sereby.  Lincolnshire,  England,  yeoman,  dated 
April  10,  1604,  and  proved  February  10.  1605, 
was  that  of  a  relative  of  both  Michael  and 
Thomas  Emerson  in  all  probability,  and  it  is 
likely  that  Michael  given  below  was  his  grand- 
son. He  bequeathed  to  a  son  Michael  Emer- 
son his  homestead  and  other  lands ;  to  son 
Robert ;  to  son  Thomas  lands  in  Howsam  and 
Cadvey ;  to  his  wife  house  at  Glamford 
Brigges :  to  daughters  of  his  son  George:  to 
son  John.  These  names  have  survived  in  both 
lines  of  the  American  family.  The  will  was 
witnessed  by  Michael  and  Thomas  Emerson, 
doubtless  near  relatives  of  the  testator.  I  See 
N.  E.  Reg..  1896,  p.  527.  See  the  English 
Emersons :  also  the  Emersons'  Genealogy). 

It  should  be  said  that  the  Haverhill  Emer- 
sons are  not  all  descended  from  Michael. 
Robert  Emerson,  presumably  his  brother,  mar- 
ried, at  Haverhill,  in  1660.  .Ann  Grant:  died 
i'V)4:  will  dated  M.ny  3.  1604.  bequeathing  to 


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children:  Thomas,  Ephraim,  Stephen,  Benja- 
min, Joseph,  EHzabeth,  Lydia :  his  son  Tho- 
mas, his  wife  and  two  children  were  killed  by 
the  Indians  in  1697  at  Haverhill ;  his  son  Ben- 
jamin died  in  1733,  leaving  wife  Sarah  and 
children :  Robert,  Benjamin,  Charles,  Sarah 
and  Susanna;  Robert's  wife  Ann  died  in  1719. 
when  Benjamin  was  the  only  son  surviving, 
and  Lydia  and  Elizabeth,  her  daughters,  were 
living.  Robert  had  many  descendants  in 
Haverhill. 

[I)  Michael  Emerson,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England  about  1630,  prob- 
ably in  Lincolnshire  as  indicated  in  the  will 
of  Michael  Emerson  cited  above.  He  came 
to  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  in  1656,  and  in 
166 1  he  had  a  meadow  lot  granted  to  him. 
He  was  called  a  cordwainer  in  various  deeds 
and  doubtless  followed  this  trade  some  of  the 
time.  In  1665  he  was  chosen  to  "view  and 
seal  all  leather"  im  town.  That  was  the  first 
election  of  a  sealer  of  leather  in  Haverhill, 
and  for  many  years  thereafter  he  was  re- 
elected at  each  annual  meeting.  His  farm  was 
on  the  present  site  of  the  railroad  station  on 
the  east  side  of  Little  river.  Michael  Emer- 
son, of  Haverhill,  cordwainer,  deeded  to  his 
sons,  Jonathan  and  Joshua,  of  Haverhill,  his 
homestead,  including  land  bought  of  Thomas 
Davis  and  Peter  Green  "bounded  upon  ye 
highway  that  goeth  over  ye  west  Bridge  and 
rangeth  from  ye  little  river  upon  ye  highway 
on  ye  north  side  of  ye  old  wat  yt  went  downe 
to  ye  Bridge  and  soe  rangeth  from  thence  as 
ye  fence  standeth  to  a  small  black  oake  tree 
next  to  ve  highway  that  goeth  between  this 
said  land  formerly  Robert  Swan's  (  ?)."  In 
the  same  deed,  which  is  dated  May  21,  1699, 
and  executed  October  18.  1714,  he  conveyed  to 
the  same  sons  other  parcels  therein  described. 
Michael  Emerson  shortly  before  his  death  by 
deed  of  gift  dated  June  3,  1715.  and  ac- 
knowledged November  14,  1715,  gave  forty- 
four  acres  and  the  residue  of  his  estate  to 
his  grandson,  Michael  (or  Micah),  and  in  case 
of  death  before  Michael,  whom  he  says  was 
then  but  six  years  old,  reached  his  majority, 
the  property  was  to  be  divided  among  the 
surviving  children  of  Joshua,  brothers  and  sis- 
ter of  this  youthful  grantee.  This  deed  was 
more  like  a  will  than  the  usual  deed  anrl  was 
perhaps  an  attempt  to  adopt  the  English  cus- 
tom of  entailing  the  estate.  His  sons,  Jona- 
than and  Joshua,  divided  the  property  that  he 
deeded  to  them  jointlv.  The  will  of  Michael 
Emerson  was  dated  July  18,  1709,  and  is  on 
file  at  the  Salem  registry,  hut  no  record  shows 
that  it  was  allowed.  The  deed  mentioned 
seems  to  have  disposed  of  his  property.  The 
will  mentions  his  eldest  son  John,  his  young- 


est sons.  Jonathan  and  Joshua,  son  Samuel; 
daughters.  Hannah  Dustin  and  Abigail  Smith ; 
son-in-law, Mathews  Jr.,  and  his  chil- 
dren, John,  Johanna  and  Mary  Mathews. 

He  married,  .\pril  i,  1656,  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Webster,  of  Ipswich  and  New- 
bury. Children  :  Hannah,  born  December  27,, 
1657,  married  Thomas  Dustin.  was  the  famous 
Haimah  Dustin  who  killed  the  Indians  who 
had  captured  her;  John.  July  30,  1659;  Mary, 
CJctober  5,  1660;  John,  ^larch  iS,  1(162;  Sam- 
uel, February  2,  1663  ;  Elizabeth,  January  26, 
1665;  Abigail,  December  17,  1667;  Jonathan, 
March  9,  1669-70 ;  Abigail.  November  20, 
1671 ;  Judith,  July  2,  1673;  Judith,  September 
29,  1674;  Joshua,  March  2,  1675-76,  died 
young;  Ruth,  May  8,  1677;  Joshua,  mentioned 
below  ;   Susanna,  April  30,    1680. 

ill)  Joshua,  son  of  Michael  Emerson,  was 
born  in  Haverhill,  November  17,  1678.  He 
and  his  brother  Jonathan  received  by  deed  of 
gift  the  homestead  and  other  real  estate  from 
their  father.  They  appointed  John  Marsh, 
Andrew  Mitchell  and  John  Whittier  a  com- 
mittee to  divide  their  property  owned  in  com- 
mon and  the  division  was  effected  by  deed 
dated  March  31,  17 16.  Joshua  bought  land  at 
Methuen,  June  17,  1730,  of  Samuel  Clark, 
and  settled  in  that  town  about  that  time.  His 
will  was  dated  May  29,  1742,  and  proved  July 
19  following.  He  bequeathed  to  wife  Mary 
and  children :  Hananial,  Joshua,  William  Reu- 
ben, Sarah  Stevens,  Mary.  Josiah  and  Micah 
or  Michael.  He  married.  July  2,  1705,  at 
Haverhill,  Mary  Clark.  Children,  born  at 
Haverhill:  Isaac,  born  January  29,  1707; 
Joshua,    mentioned   below;   Josiah.    December 

I,  1710;  Hananial,  May  29,  1712;  Mary,  .April 

II,  1714;  Sarah,  .April  22,  1716;  Reuben,  bap- 
tized April  24,  1720;  William,  baptized  April 
I,  1722. 

(Ill)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Emer- 
son, was  born  March  24,  1708-09,  at  Haver- 
hill, died  June  11,  1796.  He  was  one  of  the 
thirteen  founders  of  the  Congregational 
church   at    Salem,    New    Hampshire,   January 

16,   1740.     He  married   (first)    Sarah  , 

and  lived  in  Methuen,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (second)  November  17.  1757,  Mary 
Chase.  Children,  born  in  Salem:  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1735:  John,  December  6,  1737;  Su- 
sanna, March  2,  1739-40;  Sarah,  October  18, 
1742;  Joshua,  mentioned  below;  .\very  San- 
ders, born  .August   14.   1758. 

(I\')  Joshua  (3).  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Emer- 
son, was  born  in  Haverhill,  July  19,  1745. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Meth- 
uen, a  corporal  in  Captain  John  Davis's  com- 
pany of  minute-men.  Colonel  Fry's  regiment, 
on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  April  19,  1775,  and 


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took  part  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  lie 
was  al.-io  in  Captain  John  Davis's  company, 
Colonel  James  Fry's  regiment,  at  the  siege  of 
Boston  m  1775,  and  al.so  in  Captain  David 
Whittier's  company.  Major  Benjamin  (Jage's 
regiment  in  the  Northern  Army  in  1777.  He 
died  in  Salem.  New  Hampshire,  December  lO, 
1824.  He  married,  December  25.  I76(:).  Har- 
riet (or  Hannah)  Saunders,  of  Haverhill.  He 
probably  married  (  second )  Mrs.  Hannah  Em- 
erson (intention  dated  April  2-j,  1795).  Chil- 
dren by  tirst  wife:  i.  Sarah,  born  at  Me- 
thuen.  August  21.  1767,  died  at  Salem,  New 
Ham])shire.  February  26,  1824,  married  Na- 
thaniel Webster.  2.  Simeon,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Hannah,  born  at  Methuen,  July  31, 
1775  or  1772   (town  records). 

y\  )  Simeon,  son  of  Joshua  (3)  Emerson, 
was  born  in  Methuen,  March  7,  1770,  died  at 
Salem,  New  Hampshire,  January  21,  1830. 
He  was  a  taxpayer  in  Salem  in  1800  and 
ser\ed  on  the  school  committee  in  1824.  He 
marrieil  (first)  March  7,  1793,  Sarah  Chase. 
He  married  (second)  April  14,  1798.  Patty 
Mitchell,  at  Haverhill.  She  was  born  Octo- 
ber 17,  1776.  died  May  6,  1823,  daughter  of 
John  and  .\bigail  (Hibbard)  Mitchell,  of 
Haverhill.  Children,  born  at  Salem,  New 
Hampshire:  i.  John,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Harriet,  born  January  17.  1802.  died  Novem- 
ber 24,  1841,  at  Salem,  unmarried.  3.  Joshua, 
born  May  26,  1804,  died  at  Milton,  September 
7,  1858:  married,  .-\ugust  2Q,  1830,  .\nn  Gulli- 
ver Babcock ;  their  children :  i.  Nancy,  born 
1831,  died  young;  ii.  Harriet  A.,  September 
9,  1832,  married  Rev.  Edwin  Leonard  and 
had  one  child,  Harriet  A.,  who  resides  at  Ban- 
gor, Maine:  iii.  Mary  F.,  July  2.  1836,  un- 
married, died  in  Milton,  Massachusetts:  iv. 
Ellen  M..  married  Edwin  D.  W'adsworth,  of 
Milton :  v.  Alice  Gulliver,  married,  October 
17,  1867,  Samuel  Gannett,  of  Milton:  vi.  Jane 
Elizabeth,  January  31,  1844,  married  E.  P. 
Hatch,  of  tile  Lincoln  Trust  Company  of  Bos- 
ton, no  children,  she  died  in  1911:  vii.  Mar- 
garet, died  in  infancy :  viii.  Joshua,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 4.  Fanny,  born  August  5,  1806,  died 
at  Milton,  June  29,  1889.  unmarried.  5. 
Simeon  Jr..  "born  September  q,  1812.  died  at 
^Milton,  February  14,  1888:  he  was  tax  col- 
lector of  Milton,  Massachusetts,  for  more  than 
forty  years,  representative  to  the  general  court, 
deacon  in  the  Congregational  church  of  Mil- 
ton and  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school: 
married.  January  17,  1841,  Sarah  Elizabeth 
Babcock.  who  died  July  12,  1889,  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Nancy  (Gulliver)  Babcock.  a  sis- 
ter of  Joshua  Emerson's  wife  (see  Babcock 
\'L)  :  children:  i.  Emma  Cornelia,  born  at 
IMilton.  May   17.   1843,  unmarried :  ii.   Fanny 


Elizabeth,  b"rn  May  22,  1850,  married.  De- 
cember 25,  1877,  Frederick  Milton  Hamlin. 

(\\)  John,  son  of  Simeon  Emerson,  was 
born  in  Salem,  Septemljer  7,  I79<;),  died  at  Mil- 
ton, January  18,  l8(y3.  He  married  Ruth 
(Ciardner)  DeMerritt,  a  widow.  Children, 
born  at  Salem:  i.  Emily  FVances,  born  .\u- 
gust  30,  1833.  2.  Sylvester.  September,  1835. 
3.  Anna  .Augusta,  March  10,  1837.  4.  John 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  5.  Harriet  Maria, 
July  7,  1842.  6.  Joshua,  June  10,  1844.  7. 
-Mary  Jane,  died  young. 

(\II)  John  Henry,  son  of  John  Emerson, 
was  born  in  Salem.  New  Hampshire,  January 
19,  1840,  died  at  Milton,  .\pril  19,  1910.  He 
was  in  the  United  States  navy  for  three 
years,  1857-58-59,  on  board  the  United  States 
flagship  "Cumberland",  on  the  west  coast  of 
.\frica.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war 
and  for  many  years  a  member  of  the  Hunt- 
ington F.  Walcott  Post,  No.  102,  Grand  .\rmy 
of  the  Republic.  He  was  for  many  years 
superintendent  of  construction  of  buildings  for 
the  Granite  Railway  Company  of  Quincy, 
Massachusetts.  He  enlisted,  October  11.  1862, 
in  Company  B,  Forty-fifth  Regiment  Massa- 
chusetts \'olimteer  Infantry,  for  nine  months 
and  afterward  was  first  sergeant  in  Company 
H.  Fifty-sixth  Massachusetts  Infantry,  in 
which  he  served  to  the  end  of  the  civil  war. 
He  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant,  May 
17,  1864,  and  first  lieutenant  of  Company  A, 
July  22,  1864.  He  was  honorably  discharged 
July  22.  1865.  He  was  tax  collector  of  Milton, 
Massachusetts,  for  about  eighteen  years :  he 
took  the  office  one  year  after  the  death  of  his 
Uncle  Simeon.  He  married,  June  6,  1891, 
Josephine  Davis,  daughter  of  George  W.  and 
Catherine  (Davis)   Clapp  (see  Clapp  IX). 

(The   Babcock   Line). 

(I)  George  Babcock,  brother  of  Robert 
Babcock,  of  Milton.  Massachusetts,  and  prob- 
ably of  James  Babcock,  of  Rhode  Island,  was 
born  in  England.  He  settled  in  Dorchester. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  supervisor  of 
highways  in  165(1.  He  removed  to  the  ad- 
joining town  of  Milton  and  died  there  in  1671. 

He   married    Mary  .      His   will_jdated 

September  26.  \(\-^\  -and  proved  February  2 
following,  bequeathed  to  wife  Mary:  children 
Benjamin,  Return.  George,  Joseph  and  Enoch 
Babcock:  Mary  Ellen.  Dorothy  Rachel  and 
Leah  Babcock  :  brother  Robert  Babcock  being 
appointed  overseer  with  his  neighbor,  Joseph 
Belcher.  He  had  land  in  Dartmouth  as  well 
as  Dorchester  and  Milton.  Children:  Ben- 
jamin, born  in  Dorchester  or  England,  about 
1650:  Dorothy,  married,  March  20.  1672,  John 
Daniel:   Return,  married,   December    i,    1681, 


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Sarah  Denisch :  Enoch,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary  Ellen;  George,  born  February  26,  1658, 
died  young;  Rachel,  born  March  8,  1660; 
Leah;  George,  born  June  12.  1665:  Samuel, 
born  September,  1668;  Joseph,  born  May  13, 
1670. 

(II)  Enoch,  son  of  George  Babcock,  lived 
at  Dorchester  and  Milton.  He -married  Su- 
sannah Gregory.  He  died  at  iNIilton,  May  25. 
1695.  Among  their  children  was  William, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Enoch  Babcock.  was 
born  about  1685.  He  married  Elizabeth  Lan- 
caster. Children,  all  born  except  the  eldest 
at  ^lilton  :  Elizabeth,  born  December  6,  1710  : 
Hannah,  September  13,  1713;  Nathan,  men- 
tioned below;  William.  Alarch  3,  1718;  Su- 
sannah, August  14.  1720;  Lydia.  September 
9,  1722;  Ann.  August  4,  1724;  Enoch.  June 
19,   1726. 

(I\')  Nathan,  son  of  William  Babcock,  was 
born  at  Milton,  May  15,  1716,  died  January 
30,  1777,  in  that  town.  He  married  Susanna 
Tucker,  who  died  at  Milton,  August  7,  1774. 
Children,  born  at  Milton;  Susanna,  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1741-42;  William,  mentioned  below; 
Jane,  July  28,  1744;  Nathan,  December  10, 
1745,  married,  January  24,  1771,  Jerusha 
lioughton ;  Enoch,  August  22,  1747;  Eliza- 
beth, October  20,  1748;  Lydia,  November  7, 
1750;  Josiah,  November  17,  1752:  Ebenezer, 
November  20,  1753 ;  Ithamar,  February  8, 
1755;  Esther,  February  9,  1758;  Moses,  No- 
vember 16,  1 76 1. 

(V)  Captain  William  (2)  Babcock,  son  of 
William  (i)  Babcock,  was  born  at  Milton, 
May  22,  1743,  died  December  20.  18 16.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  married, 
in  1765,  Sarah  Tucker,  who  died  February  7, 
1823,  aged  eighty-three.  Children,  born  at 
Milton:  Isaac,  born  July  14.  1766;  Mary, 
July  II,  1768;  William,  September  13,  1770; 
Josiah.  September  i,  1773,  died  September  14, 
1778;  Sarah.  August  3,  1776,  died  young; 
Josiah,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Josiah,  son  of  Captain  William  {2) 
Babcock,  was  born  about  1785.  He  married, 
January  15,  1807,  at  Milton,  Nancy  Gulliver, 
who  died  August  30,  1828,  aged  forty-two. 
Children,  born  at  !\Iilton ;  Josiah,  mentioned 
below;  Samuel,  born  November  5,  1812;  Jere- 
miah William,  September  30.  1816;  Cornelius, 
January  19,  1819:  Sarah  Elizabeth.  March  8, 
1822.  married  Simeon  Emerson  Jr.  (see  Emer- 
son \ .')  ;  Mary  Augusta,  May  27,  1826. 

(VII)  Josiah  ('21,  son  of  Josiah  d)  Bab- 
cock, was  born  January  19,  18 10,  at  the  Mil- 
ton homestead,  died  September,  1863.  He 
was  educated  in  Milton  schools,  and  was  a 
merchant.     He  married,  June  27,   1841,  Mar- 


garet Howe  Fenno.  of  Milton,  ^Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  Charles  Fenno,  born  Decem- 
ber II.  1844,  diefl  September  i,  1906;  he  mar- 
ried, September  11,  1873,  Flora  Aldrich,  of 
Bernardston,  Massachusetts,  and  they  had 
three  children :  i.  Margaret  Edith,  born  Au- 
gust 9,  1875,  married  Eugene  E.  Fetter,  Octo- 
ber 23,  1909 ;  he  is  a  consulting  engineer,  and 
resides  in  Roxbury.  Boston,  ii.  Ernest  Josiah, 
born  December  2-j,  1876.  unmarried;  engaged 
in  coal  business  and  resides  in  Roxbury,  Bos- 
ton, iii.  ^lary  Alice,  born  July  16,  1882.  un- 
married. 2.  Margaret  Alice,  born  in  Milton, 
January  5.  1848.  unmarried;  resides  on  Ad- 
ams street.  East  Milton.  3.  Josiah,  born  Jan- 
uary 3,  1851;  he  married  October  17.  1877, 
Martha  E.  Aldrich,  of  Bernardston.  Massachu- 
sets ;  he  is  the  tax  collector  of  Milton.  Alassa- 
chusetts ;  children:  i.  Paul  AMrich.  born  Sep- 
tember 18,  1878,  a  civil  engineer  and  resides 
in  Milton ;  married  Edith  Constance  Mead, 
September  10,  1902,  and  have  three  children, 
Rosamond  May,  born  July  7.  1903,  Paul  Aid- 
rich  Jr..  born  September  20,  1906 ;  Milton 
Mead,  born  April  14.  1910.  ii.  Josiah  Jr..  born 
May  21,  1880;  he  is  a  member  of  the  firm 
of  Swan,  Babcock  &  Company  of  Milton,  deal- 
ers in  hay,  grain,  etc. ;  succeeded  Samuel  Gan- 
nett who  established  the  business ;  married, 
September  7,  1904, '  Blanche  Chase,  of  San- 
born, Kingston.  New  Hampshire,  iii.  Rachel 
Hermia,  born  July  5.  1883,  married,  June  30, 
1909,  Ernest  Willard  Grover,  engaged  in  the 
shoe  business  in  Lynn.  Massachusetts,  and  he 
resides  there. 

(The   Clapp   Line). 

The  surname  Clapp  had  its  origin  in  the 
proper  or  personal  name  of  Osgod  Clapa.  a 
Danish  noble  in  the  court  of  King  Canute 
(1017-36).  The  site  of  his  country  place  was 
known  afterward  as  Clapham.  county  Surrey. 
The  spelling  in  the  early  records  varies  from 
Clapa  to  the  present  form,  Clapp.  The  ancient 
seat  of  the  family  in  England  is  at  Salcombe 
in  Devonshire,  where  important  estates  were 
held  for  centuries  by  this  family.  Their  coat- 
of-arms :  First  and  fourth  three  battleaxes 
second  sable  a  griffin  passant  argent ;  third 
sable  an  eagle  with  two  heads  displayed  with 
a  border  engrailed  argent.  A  common  coat- 
of-arms  in  general  use  by  the  family  in  Am- 
erica as  well  as  in  England;  \'aire  gules  and 
argent  a  quarter  azure  charged  with  the  sun 
or.  Crest;  A  pike  naiant  prof>er.  ?i[otto: 
"fals  ce  que  Dois  adz'icnne  que  pourra." 

The  American  branches  of  this  family  are 
descended  from  six  immigrants,  brothers  and 
cousins,  who  settled  in  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, whence  they  and  their  descendants  have 
scattered  to  all  parts  of  the  country. 


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(I)  Nicholas  Clapp.  [irogenitor  of  the  fam- 
ily, lived  at  \enn  Uttery,  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land. Three  of  his  sons  and  one  daughter, 
wife  of  his  nephew,  Edward  Clapp,  came  to 
America.  His  brother,  William  Clapp,  lived  at 
Salcombe  Regis.  England,  and  besides  his  son 
Edward,  another  son,  Roger  Clapp,  immi- 
grated to  America  and  settled  at  Dorchester. 
The  family  genealogy  gives  the  name  of  Rich- 
ard instead  of  Nicholas.  Children:  Thomas, 
mentioned  below ;  .Ambrose,  lived  and  died  in 
England ;  Richard,  remained  in  England  ;  Pru- 
dence, came  to  New  England,  married  her 
cousin,  Edward  Clapp;  Nicholas,  born  at  Dor- 
chester, England,  1012,  married  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  William  Clapp:  John,  came  to  Dorches- 
ter, as   well  as   Nicholas. 

(II)  Thomas  Clapp,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, son  of  Nicholas  Clapp,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1597.  He  arrived  from  Weymouth, 
England,  July  24,  1633,  ^nd  in  1634  was  at 
Dorchester,  where  Nicholas  and  John  had 
settled. 

He  was  admitted  a  freeman  at  Dor- 
chester in  1636.  He  moved  to  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts,  as  early  as  1639,  and  lived  on 
the  farm  later  owned  by  Hon.  Christopher 
Webb.  He  removed  to  Scituate,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1640,  and  was  deacon  of  the  church 
there  in  1647.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of 
Plymouth  Colony,  June  5,  1644.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1649:  overseer 
of  the  poor  in  1667;  a  useful  and  eminent  citi- 
zen. His.  farm  was  in  the  southwest  part  of 
the  town  near  Stockbridge's  mill  pond,  later 
owned  by  Calvin  Jenkins.  He  died  April  20, 
1684,  aged  eighty-seven  years.  His  will  was 
dated  April  19,  1684,  stating  that  he  was  in 
his  eighty-seventh  year,  bequeathing  to  wife 
.Abigail,  children :  Thomas,  of  Dedham.  Sam- 
uel, Increase  and  four  daughters.  Children : 
Thomas,  mentioned  below :  Increase,  born 
May,  1640,  probably:  Samuel;  Eleazer,  moved 
to  Barnstable,  killed  March  15,  1676,  by  In- 
dians: Elizabeth,  married  Captain  Michael  P. 
Pierce  :  Prudence,  unmarried ;  John,  Iwrn  Oc- 
tober 18,  1658,  died  1671  ;  Abigail,  born  Janu- 
ary 29,   1660. 

fill)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  fi) 
Clapp,  was  bor.n  at  Weymouth,  Massachusetts, 
March  15,  1639.  He  settled  at  Dedham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, living  in  that  part  incorporated  in 
1724  as  Walpole.  He  was  a  housewright. 
His  will  was  dated  December  14,  1688,  and 
proved  January  29,  1691.  He  married,  No- 
vember "10,  1662.  Mary  Fisher,  of  Detlham. 
Children,  born  in  Dedham:  Thomas,  born 
September  26,  1663  :  John,  February  29,  1665- 
66,  died  March  12,  1665-66;  Joshua,  men- 
tioned   below;    [Marv,    December    13,     1669; 


Eleazer,  November  4.  167 1 ;  Abigail ;  Hannah ; 
Samuel,  .August  21,  1682. 

(I\)  Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Clapp, 
was  born  in  Dedham  in  1667,  died  in  1728. 
He  resided  in  Dedham  in  what  was  later  the 
town  of  Walpole,  incorporated  1724.  He  was 
a  farmer,  inheriting  part  of  his  father's  es- 
tate, including  half  the  field  near  the  river, 
bounded  north  by  land  of  his  brother  John, 
si.K  acres  adjoining  land  of  James  Fales, 
twelve  acres  at  north  of  Neponset  river,  also 
two  cow  rights.  He  married  (first)  Mary, 
daughter  of  Jonathan  P)Oy(len.  She  died  May 
18,  1718,  and  he  married  I  sccon<l )  Decem- 
ber 4,  1718.  Silence  Wright,  widow  of  William 
Wright,  and  daughter  of  John  Cinl.  of  Dor- 
chester. She  was  born  February  4,  1690. 
Children,  born  at  Dedham  and  by  first  wife: 
Joshua,  mentioned  below :  John,  born  1709 ; 
.Abigail,  married  Morse ;  Esther,  mar- 
ried    Morse :    Mary,   married    Eleazer 

Robins,  of  Stoughton :  Thankful,  born  1716. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Silence,  born  1720; 
Seth,  born  1722. 

(V)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Clapp, 
was  born  in  Dedham  in  1707,  dieil  May  6, 
1802.  He  was  a  man  of  high  character  and  a 
distinguished  citizen,  captain  of  his  company, 
justice  of  the  peace  and  magistrate,  deputy  to 
the  general  court,  deacon  of  the  church  at 
Walpole,  formerly  Dedham.  .About  1745  he 
marched  to  Boston  with  his  company  to  help 
defend  it  from  the  attack  of  the  French  fleet, 
then  expected.  He  married  (first  1  December 
12,  1728,  -Abigail  Bullard,  of  Walpole.  She 
died  August  12,  1782,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Deborah  Hewins,  widow  of  Deacon  He- 
wins.  She  died  November  18.  1797,  aged 
ninety  years.  Children,  born  at  Walpole: 
Joshua,  mentioned  below ;  Ebenezer,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1733;  Eliphalet,  March  6,  1736:  Abi- 
gail. September  5,  1738:  Elkanah,  (October  2, 
1740  ;  Oliver,  January  13,  1743  ;  Esther.  March 
23,  1746. 

(VT)  Joshua  (3),  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Clapp, 
was  born  in  Walpole,  Massachusetts,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1729.  He  married  Margaret  Guild. 
Children,  born  at  Walpole :  Margaret,  born 
June  12.  1750;  Joshua,  March  11.  1753: 
.Aaron,  February  5,  1755  :  Olive,  February  22, 
1757,  married  John  Boyden :  Eliphas,  men- 
tioned below  ;  .Asa,  March  26,  1763  ;  Thomas, 
May  19,  1766;  Oliver.  September  6,  1768, 
married  Patience  Copp. 

(VTI)  Eliphas,  son  of  Joshua  (3)  Clapp, 
was  born  at  \\'alpole,  September  3,  1760.  He 
lived  at  Walpole.  He  married  Boy- 
den. Children,  born  at  Walpole:  Nancy. 
born  March  16,  1783;  Eleanor,  .August  16, 
1784;  Lydia,  August  3,   1786:  Eliphas,  men- 


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tioned  below;  Prudence.  May  25,  1789;  Com- 
fort. March  12.  1793;  Bradford.  May  9,  1796- 

O'lII)  Eliphas  (2),  son  of  Eliphas  (i) 
Clapp,  was  born  at  W'alpole,  May  4,  1788.  He 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Pru- 
dence (Whitney)  Jones,  and  hved  in  Rox- 
bury  and  :\Iiho'n.  Massachusetts.  She  was  a 
sister  of  General  Whitney.  Children:  Lewis 
J.,  a  cabinetmaker  in  Milton,  married,  July, 
1847,  Almira  Jones,  of  Wayland :  George  \\'., 
mentioned  below;  Edwin  M.,  a  cabinetmaker 
in  Milton,  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Fair- 
banks. ( second )  June  20,  1866.  Rosalie  H. 
Weld,  and  removed  to  Jamaica  Plain. 

(IX)  George  \V.,  son  of  Eliphas  (2)  Clapp. 
was  born  about  1821.  He  was  a  harnessmaker 
in  Milton.  Massachusetts.  He  married  Cath- 
erine, (laughter  of  William  and  Eunice  (\'ose  ) 
Davis.  William  Davis  married  (first)  Cath- 
erine Kimball,  (second)  Eunice  \'ose.  and 
(third)  Marion  Whitelaw.  Catherine  Davis 
was  born  in  the  old  house  at  the  corner  of 
Canton  avenue  and  Adams  street  in  Milton. 
^\'illiam  Davis  was  engaged  in  the  woolen 
business  in  Milton ;  his  sister  was  mother  of 
Thomas  B.  Thayer,  the  Universalist  minister 
of  Boston.  William  Davis  had  eight  children. 
Josephine  Davis,  daughter  of  George  W. 
Clapp.  married,  June  6.  1891,  John  Henry  Em- 
erson (see  Emerson  VH). 


Edward  Rawson.  the   English 
RAWSOX     ancestor,    lived   at    Colnbrook, 
Langley  Marsh.   Buckingham- 
shire.     He    was    a    wealthy    merchant    there. 
His  will  was  dated  February  16.  1603-04.  and 
proved    May   4.    1604.      He   married    Bridget 

,  probably  Bridget  Warde. 

(H)  David,  son  of  Edward  Rawson,  was  a 
merchant  tailor  of  London.  His  will  was 
dated  June  15,  1616,  and  it  showed  that  he 
was  well-to-do  and  a  generous  man  to  those 
not  so  fortunate  as  he.  He  married  Margaret. 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  William  and  Isabel 
(Woodhal)  \\'ilson.  Slie  married  (second) 
A\'illiam  Taylor,  of  London,  and  died  before 
1628.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Rawson  lived  at  Gil- 
lingham.  Dorsetshire,  England,  where  their 
son  Edward,  mentioned  below,  was  born, 
^largaret  Wilson  was  sister  of  Rev.  John 
Wilson,  minister  at  Boston.  Massachusetts. 

( III  )  Secretary  Edward  (2)  Rawson.  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  was  born  April  16,  1615. 
at  Gillinghain.  Dorsetshire,  England,  son  of 
David  Rawson.  He  came  to  Xew  England  in 
1637.  and  settled  in  Xewbury,  Massachusetts. 
where  he  became  one  of  the  grantees  and  pro- 
prietors. He  was  the  second  town  clerk  of 
Xewburv;  notary  public  and  register,  serv- 
ing from  April    19,   1638.  to   1647;   was  also 


selectman  of  the  town  and  commissioner  to 
hear  and  determine  small  causes ;  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court  from  Xewbury  in  1638 
and  nearly  every  year  until  1650;  was  clerk 
of  the  house  of  deputies  in  1645-46  and  in 
1649.  He  had  a  special  grant  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  in  the  Xarragansett  coun- 
try on  account  of  his  services  to  the  general 
court.  He  and  Joseph  Hills  revised  the  laws 
of  the  province.  He  succeeded  Increase  Xo- 
well.  who  had  been  secretary  of  the  colonv 
from  the  beginning  in  1636.  being  elected 
May  22.  1650.  and  afterwards  resided  in  Bos- 
ton, being  re-elected  annually  until  Sir  Ed- 
mund Andros  came  into  power.  His  home 
in  Boston  was  on  Rawson  lane,  now  Bromfield 
street,  and  he  owned  several  acres  bordering 
on  the  common.  He  and  his  wife  were  mem- 
bers of  the  church  under  Rev.  John  Wilson, 
after  whose  death  Mr.  Rawson  became  one  of 
the  twenty-eight  disaffected  persons  who  left 
the  First  Church  to  form  the  Third  or  Old 
South  Church,  in  May.  1669.  He  became  the 
agent  or  steward  of  an  English  Society  for 
the  Propagation  of  the  Gospel  among  the  In- 
dians in  Xew  England,  in  163 1.  He  counter- 
signed the  warrant  sent  to  Massachusetts  for 
the  arrest  of  the  regicides.  Gofife.  Whalley 
and  Dixwell.  but  they  were  never  arrested. 
The  one  blot  on  his  good  record  was  his  par- 
ticipation in  the  persecution  of  the  Quakers, 
a  pretty  general  fault  of  the  early  Puritans. 
His  salary  as  secretary  was  at  first  twenty 
pounds  a  year,  later  si.xty  pounds.  He  was 
subsequently  elected  recorder  of  Suffolk  coun- 
ty. His  family  Bible  is  now  or  was  lately 
in  the  possession  of  R.  R.  Dodge,  of  Sutton. 
Massachusetts,  having  descended  in  direct 
line.  He  was  an  efficient  public  officer,  a 
useful  and  distinguished  citizen.  He  died 
August  27.   1694. 

He  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Perne.  granddaughter  of  John   Hooker,  who 

married   Grindal.    sister   of    Edmund 

Grindal.  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  in  the 
reign  of  Queen  Elizabeth.  Children  :  Daugh- 
ter, married  and  remained  in  England ;  Ed- 
ward, graduate  of  Harvard  in  1653;  Rachel, 
married.  January  18.  1653.  William  Aubrey; 
David,  born  May  6.  1644:  Peme.  September 
16.  1646:  William,  mentioned  below:  Susan, 
died  in  Roxbury  in  1664;  Hannah,  baptized 
October  10.  1653,  died  May  27.  1656:  Rebec- 
ca, born  October  19.  1654.  died  young;  Re- 
becca. May  23.  1656;  Elizabeth.  Xovember 
12.  1657;  Rev.  Grindal.  January  23.  1659. 

(I\')  William,  son  of  Secretary  Edward 
(2)  Rawson.  was  born  May  21.  1651.  He  be- 
came a  prominent  merchant  and  importer  of 
foreign  goods.     In   1689  he  removed  to  Dor- 


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Chester  from  Boston  and  resided  on  a  portion 
of  the  Xewbury  farm,  inherited  by  his  wife. 
Later  he  purciiased  of  the  heirs  of  his  great- 
uncle.  Rev.  John  Wilson,  a  tract  of  hmd  at 
Braintreenear  the  present  village  of  Xeponset, 
adjoining  the  homestead  of  Hon.  Josiah 
Ouincy,  and  this  homestead  has  been  passed 
down  in  the  family  to  recent  if  not  to  the 
present  time.  He  married,  July  ii.  1673. 
Anne,  only  daughter  of  Xathaniel  and  Mary 
(Smith)  Glover,  of  Dorchester.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1726,  and  she  died  in  1730,  aged 
seventy-four  years.  Their  family  Bible  gives 
the  record  of  their  twenty  children :  Ann, 
born  April  11,  1674,  died  young;  Wilson, 
1675,  died  young;  Margaret,  August  i,  1676, 
died  young;  Edward,  September  6,  1677,  died 
young;  Edward,  August  29,  1678,  died  young; 
Rachel,  October  16,  1679,  died  young;  Dor- 
othy, August  8,  1681,  died  September  20, 
1689;  William.  December  8,  1682,  married 
Sarah  Crosby  ;  David,  mentioned  below  ;  Dor- 
othy, June  19,  1685.  died  \oung;  Ebenezer, 
December  I,  1686.  died  August  28,  1696; 
Thankful.  August  6,  1688,  died  August  21, 
1688;  Xathaniel,  December  2,  1689,  married 
Hannah  Thompson;  Ebenezer,  July  25,  1691, 
died  young ;  Edward,  January  25,  1693,  mar- 
ried Preserved  Bailey ;  .\nn,  August  28,  1694. 
died  young;  Patience,  Xovember  8,  1695,  died 
Xovember  14,  1695 ;  Peletiah,  July  2,  1697, 
married  Hannah  Hall ;  Grindal,  August  24, 
1698,  died  young;  Mary,  December  16,  1699, 
died  in  infancy. 

(\)  David  (2),  son  of  William  Rawson, 
was  born  December  13.  1683,  died  at  Brain- 
tree,  April  20,  1752.  He  inherited  the  home- 
stead at  Braintree.  He  was  a  persevering 
business  man  w^ith  much  force  of  character. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
Gulliver,  of  ]\Iiiton,  Alassachusetts.  Their 
graves  are  near  that  of  President  John 
Quincy  Adams  at  Quincy,  formerly  Braintree. 
Children,  born  at  Braintree :  David,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1714,  married  Mary  Dyer;  Jonathan, 
December  26,  1715,  married  Susanna  Stone; 
Elijah,  February  5,  1717,  married  Mary  Pad- 
dock; Mary,  May  20,  1718,  married  Captain 
Joseph  Winchester;  Hannah,  April  2.  1720. 
"died  July  24.  1726;  Silence,  June  12,  1721, 
died  August  17,  1721  ;  Anne,  July  30,  1722, 
married   Samuel   Bass ;   Elizabeth,   X'ovember 

30,  1723,  married  Peter  Adams;  Josiah,  men- 
tioned below;  Jerusha,  December  21,  1729, 
married  Israel  Eaton ;  Lydia,  January  17, 
1731,  married  Samuel  Baxter;  Ebenezer.  May 

31,  1734,  married  Sarah  Chase. 

(VI)  Josiah,  son  of  David  (2)  Rawson. 
was  born  at  Braintree,  January  3,  1727.  died 
February  24,  1812.     He  settled  first  in  Graf- 


ton, Worcester  county,  then  in  Warwick. 
I'"ranklin  county,  Massachusetts.  He  married, 
August  28,  1750,  Hannah  Bass,  of  1 '.rain- 
tree,  a  descendant  of  John  and  Priscilla  ( Mo- 
lines  or  Mullins)  .\lden,  who  came  in  the 
"Mayflower"  in  1620.  .\11  of  her  clesccndants 
are  entitled  to  membersiiip  in  the  Society  of 
.Ma\  flower  Descendants.  Chilciren :  Josiah, 
born  1751,  married  Elizabeth  I'.arrows ;  Si- 
meon, 1753,  married  .Anna  Holden ;  .\bigail. 
Xovember  14.  1755,  married  Josiuia  ( jartield ; 
Mary,  Xovember  27,.  1757,  married  David  W. 
Leland ;  .\nna  B.,  (3ctober  11,  1759,  married 
Tiiomas  Leland;  Jonathan  f...  ijm.  married 
Livonia  Robinson;  Lydia,  1763.  died  aged 
eighteen.  Elizabeth,  1765  ;  Lemuel,  mentioned 
below;  Amelia,  1769;  Hannah,  1771.  died  in 
Warwick;  Secretary,  September  19.  1773, 
married  Lucy  Russell. 

(\  II)  Lemuel,  son  of  Josiah  Rawson,  was 
born  January  18,  1767.  He  was  a  tanner  by 
trade,  and  carried  on  his  business  in  Warwick. 
Massachusetts,  until  about  1812.  He  then 
carried  on  a  farm,  living  at  Orange.  Xew 
Salem,  and  at  Erving  Grant,  Massachusetts, 
until  1836.  He  then  moved  to  Bath.  Summit 
county,  Ohio,  where  he  lived  until  September 
20,  1844,  when  his  wife  died.  Then  he  lived 
with  his  children  in  northern  Ohio.  He  mar- 
ried, September  8,  1790,  Sarah  Barrows  or 
Barrus.  of  Warwick.  Children  :  Sally,  born 
April  20,  1792;  Lemuel,  December  14,  1793; 
Secretary  and  Elizabeth,  twins,  born  October 
18,  1795;  Elizabeth,  died  aged  about  two 
years:  Abel,  born  May  11,  1798;  Bass,  April 
17,  1799:  Hannah,  March  22.  1801  ;  La 
Quinio,  mentioned  below ;  Alonzo,  May  3, 
1806. 

(\TII)  Dr.  La  Quinio  Rawson.  son  of 
Lemuel  Rawson.  was  born  September  14, 
1804.  In  the  spring  of  1824  he  went  to  Ohio 
and  after  a  short  time  began  to  study  medi- 
cine, attending  a  course  of  medical  lectures  in 
Cincinnati.  In  1826  he  commenced  practice 
at  Tymochtee.  Wyandot  county,  Ohio.  In  a 
short  time  he  moved  from  there  to  Lower 
Sandusky,  now  Fremont.  Ohio,  where  he 
practiced  for  a  while.  He  attended  lectures 
at  the  L'niversity  of  Pennsylvania,  from 
which  he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Medicine,  and  until  1855  he  continued  ,to 
practice  at  Fremont.  From  1836  to  1851  he 
was  clerk  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  and 
of  the  supreme  court  in  Sandusky  county. 
Ohio.  After  1853  he  spent  most  of  his  time 
towards  the  development  of  railroads.  He 
was  president  of  the  Lake  Erie  &  Louisville 
railroad  (now  the  Lake  Erie  &  Western)  for 
several  years,  and  the  town  of  Rawson  on 
that  railroad  was  named  after  him.     He  was 


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a  man  with  great  executive  and  financial  abil- 
ity, with  the  force  of  character  needed  to 
make  him  successful.  He  married,  July  8, 
1829,  Sophia  Beaugrand,  of  ]\Iaumee  City, 
Ohio,  sister  of  Dr.  Peter  Beaugrand,  who  was 
an  army  surgeon  in  the  civil  war.  She  was 
born  in  .August,  1814.  and  is  still  living  in  Fre- 
mont, Ohio,  aged  ninety-eight  years.  Children  : 
Alilton  E.,  born  January  2,  183 1,  was  a  sur- 
geon in  the  Union  army ;  Xavier  J.,  March 
28,  1833,  died  in  infancy ;  Joseph  L.,  men- 
tioned below;  Josephine  S.,  twin  of  Joseph 
L. ;  Roxine  H.,  July  13,  1838,  died  August 
17,  1846;  Eugene  A.,  March  14,  1840,  gave 
up  going  to  Yale  College  in  order  to  serve  in 
the  civil  war,  was  in  the  Seventy-second  Regi- 
ment, Ohio  \'olunteer  Infantry,  was  promoted 
several  times  and  killed  at  the  battle  of  Tu- 
pelo, Alississippi,  while  serving  as  major  of 
his  regiment,  was  very  young  for  this  com- 
mand, and  his  steady  promotions  were  due  to 
his    marked    braverv ;    Estelle    S.,    ]\Iarch    2, 

1849- 

(IX)  Joseph  L.,  son  of  Dr.  La  Quinio 
Rawson,  was  born  October  6.  1835.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools,  and  followed 
the  profession  of  civil  engineering.  He  was 
also  in  business  and  for  a  number  of  years 
was  a  wholesale  dealer  in  grain.  During  and 
after  the  civil  war  he  was  in  the  internal 
revenue  service  of  the  United  States.  He 
married,  September  15,  1859,  at  Fremont, 
Ohio,  Margaret  Amelia,  born  February  23, 
1839,  daughter  of  Judge  Lyman  and  Martha 
(Stevenson)  Gelpin.  Children:  Elizabeth 
Sophia,  born  July  4,  i860,  married  Theodore 
C.  Harris,  of  Fremont,  and  has  one  daughter, 
Jane  Harris ;  Jennie  Amelia,  born  February  7, 
1863,  married  Dr.  O.  H.  Thomas,  of  Fre- 
mont :  La  Quinio,  mentioned  below. 

(  X  I  La  Quinio  (2),  son  of  Joseph  L.  Raw- 
son,  was  born  in  Fremont,  Ohio.  October  28, 
1871.  He  attended  the  public  and  high  school 
of  his  native  town.  For  about  a  year  he  was 
a  clerk  in  the  county  auditor's  office  and  for 
a  year  and  a  half  in  the  office  of  Gusdorf 
Brothers,  of  Fremont.  During  these  years 
he  devoted  his  evenings  and  spare  time  to  the 
study  of  law  and  afterward  he  was  a  law 
student  in  the  office  of  James  H.  Fowler,  of 
Fremont.  He  was  admitted  to  the  senior 
class  of  the  Cincinnati  Law  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1892 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He 
began  to  practice  law  with  the  firm  of  Rus- 
sell &  Rice  and  after  that  firm  was  dissolved 
he  continued  in  the  office  of  the  senior  mem- 
ber, L.  A.  Russell,  until  1900,  after  which 
he  practiced  law  alone  for  about  a  year. 
Then  he  became  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of 


Rawson  &  Gentsch  and  this  firm  continued 
until  October,  1909.  During  these  years  of 
active  and  general  practice,  ;\Ir.  Rawson 
made  something  of  a  specialty  of  insurance 
cases.  In  October.  1909,  he  was  chosen  sec- 
retar\-  and  general  counsel  of  the  Cleveland 
Life  Insurance  Company.  In  this  office  he 
has  become  prominent  in  insurance  circles. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  1903  he 
was  elected  to  the  general  assembly  of  Ohio, 
serving  as  chairman  of  the  insurance  com- 
mittee. During  his  term  many  important  re- 
forms were  made  in  the  insurance  laws,  which 
were  virtually  rewritten.  He  was  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the  finance  committee  of  the  assembly 
and  proved  an  able  and  efficient  legislator. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cleveland  Chamber 
of  Commerce:  the  Cleveland  Athletic  Club: 
the  Chamber  of  Industry,  a  West  Side  busi- 
ness organization ;  the  Tippecanoe  Club ;  the 
Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants ;  the  New 
England  Society  of  Cleveland  and  the  West- 
ern Reserve.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Protestant   Episcopal   church. 

He  married,  December  26,  1895,  Beatrice 
Frances,  born  September  15,  1868,  daughter 
of  George  W.  Floyd.  They  have  one  daugh- 
ter, Beatrice,  born  in  Cleveland,  November  5, 
1897. 


Hugh  Duffy,  who  has  been  for 
DUFFY  more  than  thirty  years  a  resi- 
dent of  Rutland,  where  he  is  well 
known  in  business  and  political  circles,  is  of 
Irish  parentage,  his  ancestors  having  been 
for  more  generations  than  can  be  numbered 
natives  of  the  Green  Isle,  that  beautiful  land 
whence  have  come  so  many  of  our  ablest  citi- 
zens. 

(I)  Hugh  Duffy,  grandfather  of  Hugh 
Duffy,  of  Rutland,  was  born  in  county  Cavan, 
province  of  Ulster,  Ireland,  where  he  spent 
his  life  as  a  farmer,  dying  in  1854,  aged  sev- 
enty years.  He  was  an  exceptionally  good 
judge  of  horses  and  live  stock,  and  at  fairs 
was  habitually  called  upon  to  give  his  opinion 
and  advice  in  regard  to  their  merits.  He 
was  something  of  a  veterinary  surgeon,  and 
was  withal  a  popular  man  in  his  community. 
He  married  Bridget,  daughter  of  Matthew 
Mullen,  and  their  children  were:  Mary, 
married  Thomas  McCann,  and  came  to  Amer- 
ica;  Catharine,  married  Patrick  McGuire: 
Edward,  died  young;  Hugh,  died  young:  and 
Thomas,  of  whom  further.  .All  these  children 
are  deceased  with  the  exception  of  Thomas, 
after  whose  birth  the  mother  soon  passed 
away. 

(il)  Thomas,  son  of  Hugh  and  Bridget 
(Mullen)    Duffy,  was  born   November,   1829, 


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in  county  Cavan,  Ireland.  He  attended 
the  public,  and  national  schools  there,  receiv- 
ing an  exceptionally  good  education.  In  1849 
he  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  landing 
in  New  York  City,  where  he  remained  for  a 
short  time,  assisting  in  the  construction  of 
the  Hudson  river  railroad.  Later  he  came 
to  N'ermont.  and  settled  in  the  town  of  Dor- 
set, where  he  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade 
and  subsequently  engaged  in  ([uarrying.  For 
forty  years  he  was  employed  in  the  marble 
quarries  of  D.  L.  Kent  &  Company,  of  East 
Dorset,  and  for  the  last  twenty  years  his  home 
has  been  in  Rutland,  where  he  now  lives,  hav- 
ing retired  from  active  life.     He  marrieil,  in 

1853,  Julia  O'Donnell,  born  about  1830,  in 
county  Tippcrary,  Province  of  Ulster,  Ire- 
land. Children  :  Hugh,  of  whom  further  : 
James,  of  Rutland :  Catharine,  deceased,  mar- 
ried John  Lalor :  Thomas  F.,  of  Glens  Falls, 
New  York:  John,  book  publisher,  of  New- 
York  :  Patrick,  deceased ;  and  Frank,  of  Rut- 
land. The  mother  of  the  family  died  in  Rut- 
land,  September,    1909. 

(Ill)  Hugh,  son  of  Thomas  and  Julia 
(O'Donnell)    DulTy,  was  born  September  11, 

1854,  in  Dorset,  Vermont.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  common  schools  of  his  native 
town.  His  first  employment  was  in  the  mines 
at  Port  Henry,  New  York,  and  about  1880 
he  came  to  Rutland,  where  in  1882  he  en- 
gaged in  the  coal  and  wood  business  on  his 
own  account.  The  enterprise  prospered,  and 
he  has  ever  since  continuously  conducted  a 
flourishing  business.  For  a  long  time  Mr. 
Dufify  has  taken  an  active  part  in  local  poli- 
tics, and  for  eight  consecutive  years  served  as 
alderman  of  his  ward  in  the  city  of  Rutland. 
He  takes  a  lively  interest  in  all  matters  per- 
taining to  public  improvement,  and  any  plan 
having  that  end  in  view  is  always  sure  of  his 
hearty  cooperation. 

Mr.  Duft'y  married,  October  29,  1890, 
Anna,  daughter  of  Dr.  J.  C.  and  Mary 
(Hughs)  Keenan,  of  Dorset,  Vermont.  Mr. 
and  INIrs.  Duiify  are  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Mary,  born  January  23, 
i894;"james.  died  in  infancy;  John,  also  died 
in  infancy :  and  Hugh,  who  was  born  Octo- 
ber I.   ICOI. 


The  arms  of  the  Lyman  family 
LYM.\N     are:      Quarterly.    I'st    and   4th: 

Per  chevron  gules  and  argent, 
in  base  an  amulet  of  the  first  (for  Lyman). 
Those  of  the  Lambert  family  are :  Gules,  a 
chevron  between  three  sheep  argent.  Of  the 
Osborne  family:  Quarterly,  quartered  er- 
mine and  gules,  over  all  a  cross  or.  The  crest 
of  the   Lvman   familv :     A    demi-bull   argent 


attired  and  hoofed  or,  langued  gules.     Motto: 
Quod  zeriim  tutum. 

(I)  Richard  Lyman,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  baptized  at  High  ( Jngar,  county  Es- 
sex, England,  (Jctober  30,  1580,  died  in  1640. 
In  1629  he  sold  to  John  Gower  lamls  and  or- 
chards and  a  garden  in  Norton  Mandeville, 
in  the  parish  of  Ongar,  England,  and  in  .\u- 
gu.st,  1631,  embarked  with  his  wife  and  five 
children  in  the  ship  "Lion".  William  Pierce, 
master,  for  New  England.  In  the  ship  which 
sailed  for  Bristol  were  Martha  Winthrop, 
third  wife  of  Governor  Winthrop.  the  gov- 
ernor's eldest  son  and  his  family,  also  Eliot, 
the  celebrated  apostle  to  the  Indians.  They 
landed  at  Boston,  and  Richard  Lyman  settled 
first  in  Charlestown,  and  with  his  wife  united 
with  the  church  of  which  Eliot  was  pastor. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman.  June  11,  1635, 
and  in  October  of  the  same  year,  joining  a 
party  of  about  a  hundred  persons,  went  to 
Connecticut  and  became  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Hartford.  His  journey  was  beset  by 
many  dangers,  and  he  lost  many  of  his  cattle 
on  the  way.  He  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Hartford  in  1636,  receiving  thirty 
parts  of  the  purchase  from  the  Indians.  His 
house  was  on  the  south  side  of  what  is  now 
Buckingham  street,  the  fifth  lot  from  Main 
street  west  of  the  .South  Church  and  bounded 
apparently  on  Wadsworth  street  either  on  the 
east  or  west.  His  will  was  dated  .April  22, 
1640.  proved  January  2^,  1642,  together  with 
that  of  his  wife,  who  died  soon  after  he  did. 
His  name  is  inscribed  on  a  stone  column  in 
the  rear  of  the  Centre  Church  of  Hartford, 
erected  in  memory  of  the  first  settlers  of  the 
city.  He  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Roger 
Osborne,  of  Halstead.  county  Kent.  Eng- 
land. Children:  William,  buried  at  High 
Ongar,  .August  28,  1615:  Phillis.  baptized 
September  12,  161 1,  married  William  Hills: 
Richard,  baptized  July  18,  1613,  died  young; 
William,  baptized  September  8,  1616.  died 
November.  1616:  Richard,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah,  baptized  February  8,  1620:  .\nne,  bap- 
tized April  12.  1621,  died  young:  John,  bap- 
tized 1623:  Robert,  baptized  September,  1629, 
married  Hepzibah  Bascom,  November  15, 
1662. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i)  Ly- 
man, was  baptized  at  High  Ongar,  February 
24.  1617,  died  June  3,  1662.  He  and  his  two 
brothers,  John  and  Robert,  were  taxed  in  1655 
in  Hartford  in  a  rate  assessed  to  build  a 
mill.  They  probably  removed  the  same  year 
to  Northampton  where  in  December.  1655, 
Richard  was  chosen  one  of  the  selectmen.  He 
sold  his  father's  homestead  in  Hartford  in 
1660.     He  married,   in  Hartford.   Hepzibah, 


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daughter  of  Thomas  Ford,  of  Windsor.  She 
married  (second)  John  Marsh,  of  Hadley, 
^lassachusetts.  Children:  Hepzibah.  born  in 
Windsor,  married.  November  26,  1662.  Joseph 
Dewey:  Sarah,  married  John  Marsh  Jr.. 
1666:  Richard,  mentioned  below:  Thomas,  re- 
m.oved  to  Durham.  Connecticut:  Eliza,  mar- 
ried Joshua  Pomeroy,  August  20.  1672 ;  John, 
settled  in  Hockanum.  Hadley :  Joanna,  born 
in  Northampton.  1658:  Hannah,  born  1660. 
married.  June  20.  1677,  Job  Pomeroy. 

(  ni  I  Richard  (3),  son  of  Richard  (  2  )  Ly- 
man, was  born  in  Windsor.  Connecticut,  in 
1647.  died  November  4,  1708,  in  Columbia. 
Connecticut.  He  resided  in  Northampton  un- 
til 1696.  when  he  removed  to  Lebanon.  Con- 
necticut. He  received  a  grant  of  land  which 
he  subsequently  divided  among  his  children. 
He  married,  in  Northampton.  May  26,  1675. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Coles,  of  Hat- 
field. ^Massachusetts.  Children :  Samuel, 
born  April,  1676:  Richard,  mentioned  below: 
John.  July  6,  1680:  Isaac,  probably  February 
28,  1682;  Lieutenant  Jonathan.  lanuarv  i. 
1684:  Elizabeth.  March  26,  1685:  David, 'No- 
vember 28,  1688:  Josiah,  February  6,  1690: 
Anne,  born  in  Lebanon. 

(I\')  Richard  (4).  son  of  Richard  (3) 
Lyman,  was  born  in  Northampton,  in  April, 
1678,  died  in  Lebanon,  June  6,  1746.  He 
went  with  his  family  to  Lebanon  in  1696.  He 
married.  April  7,  1700,  Mary  Woodward. 
Children:  Israel,  born  February  22.  1701, 
died  ^larch  13.  1701  :  Ebenezer.  August  4, 
1702,  farmer  in  Columbia.  Connecticut,  mar- 
ried Lydia  Wright ;  Thomas,  born  July  6, 
1704,    died    1783;    Mary,    October   27,    1706; 

Hannah.  September  13,  1708,  married  

Swetland :  John.  January  10,  171 1,  married 
(first)  Hannah  Birchard,  (second)  Mary 
Strong:  David,  171 1,  died  1787;  Elizabeth; 
Richard,  mentioned  below. 

iX)  Richard  (5).  son  of  Richard  (4)  Ly- 
man, was  born  March  23.  1721.  He  married 
Ann  Bradford,  of  Haddam.  Connecticut, 
great-great-granddaughter  of  Governor  Wil- 
liam Bradford.  He  lived  first  at  Mansfield 
and  then  at  Lebanon.  Connecticut.  Children, 
born  in  Mansfield:  Ann,  born  April  13,  1759; 
Richard,  mentioned  below.  Born  at  Lebanon  : 
Joseph  Bradford,  born  September  i,  1767; 
Rachel.  September  19,  1769. 

fVI)  Richard  (6).  son  of  Richard  (^5)  Ly- 
man, was  born  at  Mansfield.  Connecticut. 
September  22.  1761.  died  May  4.  1830.  He 
served  in  the  revolution,  enlisting  at  the  age 
of  fifteen  from  Lebanon.  Connecticut.  He 
served  for  three  years,  being  discharged  at 
Springfield,  New  jersey.  He  married.  April 
2,   1784,  Mehitable  Palmer,  at  Lebanon,  New 


Hampshire,  moving  soon  after  to  Kingston, 
now  (jranville.  \'ermont.  and  from  there  to 
Duxbury.  X'ermont.  where  he  died.  Chil- 
dren: Jesse,  born  January  22.  178;:  Betsev. 
July  22.  1787:  Joseph,  June  6.  1790:  Mehit- 
able. June  g.  17 — ;  Anna,  married  Lowell 
Greenleaf :  Elijah,  died  unmarried:  Richard, 
mentioned  below :  Lavinia,  married  Cyrus 
Morse,  of  }>Iontpelier. 

(\TI)  Richard  (7),  son  of  Richard  16) 
Lyman,  was  horn  in  Granville.  \"ermont.  Sep- 
tember 12.  1801,  died  September  i.  1849.  in 
Duxbury.  \'ermont.  where  he  had  lived  for 
man}'  years.  He  married.  October  2(>.  1826, 
Ann  Eliza  Crosset.  of  Duxbury.  daughter  of 
Edward  and  Hannah  (Carter)  Crosset.  Ed- 
ward Crosset  was  born  in  Ireland.  Julv  25, 
1749.  and  married.  February  24.  1774.  in  Kil- 
lingly,  Connecticut.  Hannah  Carter,  of  Dutch 
descent,  who  was  born  July  25.  1754:  they 
came  to  Duxbury.  A'ermont,  in  1827:  moved 
to  Crosset  Hill.  Children :  Emilyette.  died 
unmarried :  Lowell  Greenleaf.  born  February 
28.  1830.  married  (first)  lane  Tavlor.  (sec- 
ond) Frances  B.  Clark,  (tliird)  Belle  C.  Dot- 
ten  :  Cyrenius.  mentioned  below  ;  Arlette.  mar- 
ried Eli  Boyce :  Filette.  married  Charles  Ath- 
erton. 

(\TII)  Cyrenius,  son  of  Richard  (7)  Ly- 
man, was  born  in  Duxbury,  \'ermont.  October 
15.  183 1,  died  October  20.  1903.  He  married. 
March  28,  1855,  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry 
and  Hilary  (Turner)  McClure.  Children: 
Jennie  Euretta.  born  October  15.  1856.  mar- 
ried Lewis  Burton  Graves :  Richey.  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1861,  married  Ruth  ^lary  Hatha- 
way, granddaughter  of  Hiram  Hathaway,  of 
Moretown,  four  children :  Jeremiah,  born 
;\Iay  15.  1864.  married  Maud  Ayres :  Chaun- 
cey,  born  December  12,  1866:  \\'alter  H., 
mentioned  below;  James  McClure.  May  19. 
1881.  Robert  McClure.  great-grandfather  of 
]\Iary  (AlcClure)  Lyman,  was  a  son  of  Rich- 
ard McClure,  and  was  born  in  Ireland.  1718. 
He  came  to  this  country  when  nine  }'ear5  of 
age  with  James  Lyons  and  one  other  person. 
They  made  the  first  settlement  in  Hillsboro  in 
1 74 1,  but  abandoned  the  place  in  1744  on 
account  of  the  Indians  at  the  time  of  the 
breaking  out  of  the  Cape  Breton  war.  ^tr. 
McClure  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  being  nearly  sixty  when  he  enlisted.  In 
1785  he  joined  his  sons  in  Acworth.  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  a  stalwart  man  and  re- 
tained his  physical  vigor  almost  to  the  last, 
dying  at  the  age  of  ninety-nine.  He  wa>  al- 
ways punctual  in  attendance  at  the  meeting 
house.  The  foregoing  was  taken  from  the 
records  of  the  town  history  of  Acworth. 

(IX)   Walter  H.,  son  of  Cvrenius  Lyman. 


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was  born  .March  i6,  i860,  ;it  Duxbury,  \'er- 
mont.  He  was  educated  in  the  jnibhc  schools 
and  at  Montpeher  Seminary.  MontpeHer,  \'er- 
mont.  He  occupies  a  position  of  trust  and 
responsibiUty  in  one  of  the  largest  savings 
institutions  in  New  York  City.  His  home  is 
at  Alount  Kisco,  Westchester  county,  New 
York,  on  West  Main  street.  I  Ic  has  been 
prominent  there  in  public  atTairs.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  luiard  of  education  for  several 
years  prior  to  March,  1908,  when  he  became 
its  president,  an  office  he  held  until  March, 
191 1,  when  he  was  elected  president  of  the 
incorporated  village  of  Mount  Kisco.  .\t  the 
time  of  his  election  a  local  newspaper  said : 
"Mr.  Walter  H.  Lyman,  the  successful  candi- 
date for  \'illage  President  is  one  of  the  best 
known  and  most  respected  citizens  of  the  vil- 
lage. Of  a  retiring  disposition,  he  is  perhaps 
slow  in  forming  acquaintances,  but  he  has 
the  reputation  of  having  never  lost  a  friend 
during  his  fifteen  years'  residence  in  the  vil- 
lage of  which  he  was  chosen  father  on  Tues- 
day." In  politics  he  is  an  independent  Demo- 
crat. He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  So- 
ciety, Sons  of  the  Revolution,  of  the  Society 
of  Colonial  Wars,  of  the  Vermont  Society 
of  New  York,  and  of  Kisco  Lodge,  No.  708, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  is  a 
past  master.  He  is  interested  in  church  work 
and  for  several  years  has  been  a  member  of 
the  official  board  and  treasurer  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  of  Mount  Kisco. 

He  married.  June  8,  1898,  in  Mount  Kisco, 
Olive  Jane  Washburn,  born  in  Mount  Pleas- 
ant, Westchester  county.  New  York,  .-Xugust 
15,  1871,  daughter  of  Oliver  J.  and  Emily 
(Tvler)  Washburn.  Children,  born  at  Mount 
Kisco :  Lowell  Washburn,  born  December 
13,   1902;  Emily   Louise,  March    13,   1907, 


The  Gary  or  Gerry  family  came 
GARY     early      to      Westmoreland,      New 

Hampshire,  and  vicinity.  As  oth- 
er settlers  came  from  Worcester  county. 
:\Iassachusetts,  to  this  section,  there  is  little 
doubt  that  this  family  was  from  Lancaster  or 
Sterling,  in  that  county,  or  from  the  older 
branch  in  Stoneham  and  Lynn.  Most  of  the 
familv  in  Massachusetts  used  the  spelling 
Gerry,  while  various  \'ermont  families  spelled 
their  name  Garey.  Oliver  Gary  served  in  the 
revolution  from  Westmoreland  in  Captain 
John  Cole's  company  in  1777.  It  was  prob- 
ablv  his  widow  who  had  a  family  there,  con- 
sisting of  three  females,  names  not  given,  ac- 
cording to  the  census  of  1790.  And  Seth 
Gary,  also  of  Westmoreland,  had  four  males 
over  sixteen,  one  male  under  sixteen  and 
three  females  in  his  family.     He  was  doubt- 


less a  brother  or  son  of  Oliver.  In  tiic  Mas- 
sachusetts Revolutionary  Rolls.  Oliver  dary 
is  credited  to  Northtiehl,  Massachusetts. 
Seth  Gary  was  in  the  revolution  from  Rcho- 
both,  which  is  near  Raynham.  whence  came 
the  lirittons  and  others  to  Westmoreland. 
There  were  also  Gary  families  in  Attlebor- 
ough,  near  Raynham  and  Rehoboth,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  the  Westmoreland  family  was 
undoubtedly  from  that  section. 

(I)  Benjamin  Gary,  the  first  of  the  family, 
settled  during  or  after  the  revolution  at  West- 
moreland. New  Hampshire,  with  others  of 
the  name.  Thence  after  1794  he  went  to  the 
^Mohawk  \'alley  in  New  York,  but  afterward 
returned,  about  1805,  making  the  trip  both 
ways  with  o.x  teams,  .\mong  his  cliil<lren 
was  Rritton.  of  whom   further. 

(II)  Hritton,  son  of  I'.enjamin  Gary,  was 
born  in  Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire,  Jan- 
uary 26,  1793,  died  there,  .March  20,  1853. 
His  gravestone  with  that  of  his  wife  and  chil- 
dren is  in  the  cemetery  at  East  Westmore- 
land. He  married,  January  28,  182 1.  Lucy 
Martin,  born  at  Lunenburg,  Massachusetts, 
September  19,  1793,  died  at  Grafton,  Massa- 
chusetts, January  i.  1870,  a  daughter  of  Jon- 
athan Martin.  Children,  born  at  Westmore- 
land: I.  Sarah  E.,  born  September  27.  1822, 
died  at  Westborough,  Massachusetts;  married. 
May  I,  1844,  E.  E.  Jourdan.  2.  Elmira,  born 
October  16,  1824;  married  Frederick  Hall, 
and  died  in  Minnesota.  3.  Stephen  B.,  of 
whom  further.  4.  J.  Martin,  born  in  West- 
moreland, September  29,  1829:  married,  No- 
vember 7,  1853.  Jane  Gilbert,  of  .Xshburnham, 

5.  Harris  B.,  born  January  4,  1831.  died  in 
Minnesota  in  191 1  ;  married  Nancy  E.  Wood- 
ward at  Brattleboro,  \ermont.  May  30.  1852. 

6.  George  W.,  born  June  19,  1833:  married, 
June  13,  1859,  L.  M.  Todd,  of  Rutland,  Ver- 
mont, and  resides  there.  7.  L.  Arminda,  born 
March  7,  1836.  died  in  Grafton.  Massachu- 
setts; married,  October  14,  1857,  Silas  E. 
Stowe.  of  Grafton. 

(Ill)  Stephen  Britton.  son  of  Britton  Gary, 
was  born  in  Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire, 
October  21,  1826,  died  there  .\pril  lO,  1874. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  but  when  twelve  years  old  left  home, 
and  went  to  work  crimping  boots  in  a  boot 
and  shoe  factory  at  Grafton,  Massachusetts, 
and  remained  away  from  home  for  several 
vears.  .\fter  his  marriage  he  returned  to 
his  native  town  to  take  care  of  his  parents 
and  conduct  the  homestead.  He  was  an  in- 
dustrious, progressive,  enterprising  and  suc- 
cessful farmer.  He  also  bought  and  sold  cat- 
tle for  many  years  for  Massachusetts  mar- 
kets.    To  the  old  homestead  which  was  an 


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excellent  farm,  lie  added  more  land  from 
time  to  time,  and  when  he  died  the  farm  com- 
prised four  hundred  and  sixty  acres  of  land, 
and  substantial  buildings  of  all  kinds.  Mr. 
Gary  was  a  i^^reat  power  in  local  politics,  ex- 
erting his  influence  for  good  in  the  affairs 
of  the  town  for  many  years,  but  declining  to 
hold  public  office  of  any  kind.  He  supported 
the  Republican  party  in  politics.  He  was  also 
an  active  and  generous  member  of  the  Chris- 
tian church  of  Westmoreland,  and  together 
with  his  wife  sang  in  the  church  choir  for 
many  years. 

Mr.  (jar}-  married,  January  12,  1852,  Marx- 
Ann  Woodward,  of  Westmoreland,  born 
Januarv  29,  1834,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and 
Mary  (Wilson)  Woodward.  Her  father  was 
a  native  of  Raynham,  Massachusetts,  born 
October  18,  180 1,  died  in  Westmoreland, 
April  16,  1874,  son  of  Samuel  Woodward, 
who  came  from  Raynham  or  vicinity  in  Mas- 
sachusetts to  Westmoreland.  Mary  (Wilson) 
Woodward,  wife  of  Ezekiel  Woodward,  was 
born  in  Jamaica,  \'ermont,  July  3,  1803,  died 
in  Westmoreland,  March  16,  1870.  Polly 
( Gleason )  Wilson,  mother  of  Mary  Wilson, 
■was  said  to  be  from  Alstead,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  was  doubtless  of  the  Scotch-Irish 
Wilsons  who  came  early  to  Londonderry  and 
\\'indham,  \'ermont.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  Wilson,  formerly  of  Alstead.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Gary  had  but  one  child,  Frank  Wes- 
ton, of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Frank  Weston,  son  of  Stephen  Brit- 
ton  Gary,  was  born  in  Westmoreland,  New 
Hampshire,  December  29,  1853.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  also 
private  schools  in  the  same  town.  At  the 
age  of  sixteen  he  entered  upon  his  business 
career,  beginning  as  clerk  in  a  general  store 
in  his  native  town.  The  railroad  telegraph 
office  was  located  in  this  store  and  during 
his  leisure  time  he  learned  telegraphy.  Sub- 
sequently he  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  rail- 
road office  at  South  .\shburnham  Junction, 
and  continued  there  for  eighteen  months.  Then 
he  was  assigned  to  the  Western  L'nion  railroad 
telegraph  office  at  Rutland.  \"ermont.  in  1871, 
and  he  held  that  position  for  nine  years.  In 
1880  he  established  a  retail  grocery  store  in 
Rutlanfl.  in  partnership  with  Mr.  Hoag,  un- 
der the  firm  name  of  Gary  &  Hoag,  and  con- 
tinued in  this  business  until  1904,  when  he 
withdrew  from  the  firm  and  sold  his  interests. 
He  did  special  work  for  the  New  England 
Telephone  Company  at  various  times  for  the 
next  vear.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  corporation  of  Bryant  &  Gary  Company 
to  manufacture  in  Rutland  lock  cover  mail- 
ing boxes   for   small   hardware   and  novelties 


and  he  became  the  secretary  and  treasurer. 
He  is  the  principal  stockholder  of  this  busi- 
ness, and  to  it  he  has  devoted  himself  exclu- 
sively in  recent  years  w-ith  n-iuch  success, 
building  up  the  business  from  a  modest  begin- 
ning to  large  proportions.  In  politics  Mr. 
Gary  is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Republican  City  Committtee  and  for 
four  years  was  alderman.  He  is  an  active 
and  prominent  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  for  some  fifteen  years  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  prudential  committee.  He  is  also 
a  n-ieniber  of  Rutland  Lodge  of  Free  Masons : 
Davenport  Chapter.  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Kil- 
lington  Commander}-.  Knights  Templar. 

Mr.  Gary  married,  August  22,  1876,  Car- 
rie Willis,  who  was  born  in  Rutland,  Ver- 
mont, August  22,  1855,  daughter  of  George 
and  Orril  K.  ( Lyman )  Willis.  Her  father 
was  probably  born  at  Alstead,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  her  mother  at  Norwich  or  Thetford, 
\'ermont.  Children:  i.  Willis  Britton,  born 
May  27,  1878,  died  May  i,  1882.  2.  Edward 
Woodward,  born  February  19,  i88i  ;  died 
April  30.  1882.  3.  Marion,  born  October  31, 
1882.  4.  George  Woodward,  born  January  5, 
1890 ;  died  February  28,  1909. 


This    is   one   of   the    most 
CARPENTER     widely    distributed    names 

of  the  Lnited  States,  as 
well  as  one  of  the  oldest,  and  has  been  notable 
an-iong  the  pioneers  of  many  states.  It  is 
traced  to  an  early  period  in  England,  and  is 
conspicuous  in  the  annals  of  the  American 
revolution,  and  also  in  civic  life  through 
many  generations  and  representatives.  It 
has  carried  service  in  n-iany  con-imonwealths. 
The  Carpenters  trace  their  ancestry  to  John 
Carpenter,  born  in  1303,  and  head  of  the  an- 
cient house  in  Herefordshire,  parish  of  Dil- 
wyne,  England,  to  whom  the  Irish  Tyrconnels 
also  trace  their  descent.  The  Hereford  fam- 
ily of  Carpenters  was  prominent,  taking  an 
active  part  in  all  matters  of  interest  to  the 
crown,  and  probably  no  family  in  England 
has  performed  more  deeds  and  received  more 
favors.  Among  the  most  noted  was  John 
Carpenter,  town  clerk  of  London,  who  died 
in  1442.  The  line  of  Lord  George  Carpenter 
is  the  same  as  that  of  William  Carpenter,  of 
Rehoboth.  Coat-of-arms :  Argent  a  grey- 
hound passant  and  chief  sable.  Crest :  A 
greyhound's  head  erased  per  fesse  sable  and 
argent.  This  is  the  same  as  found  on  the 
tombstone  of  Daniel  Carpenter,  of  Rehoboth, 
who  was  born  in   16(59. 

(I)  John  Carpenter,  born  about  1303.  was 
a  n-iember  of  parliament  in  1325.  (II)  Rich- 
ard,   born    about    1335,    was    a   goldsmith   by 


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trade  and  wealthy.  (HI)  John  (2)  was  a 
cousin  of  John  Carpenter,  town  clerk  of  Lon- 
don. I  1\  h  John  (3j  died  about  1500.  (\') 
William,  born  about  1440,  died  in  1520,  was 
William  of  Homme.  ( V'l)  James,  son  of 
William  Carpenter.  i\Ih  John  (4),  son  of 
James  Carpenter.  (\lil)  William,  son  of 
John  Carpenter,  was  born  aljout  1520.  and 
died  in  1550.  (  LK )  William,  son  of  William 
(2)  Carpenter,  was  born  about  1540.  (X) 
William  (4).  son  of  William  (3)  Carpenter, 
was  born  in  England  about  1576,  and  was  a 
resident  of  London.  He  sailed  from  South- 
ampton for  America  in  the  ship  "Bevis",  land- 
ing in  May,  1638,  and  returned  to  England 
in  the  same  vessel,  possibly  having  come  to 
this  country  merely  to  help  in  the  settlement 
here  of  his  son  and  his  family. 

(I)  William  (5),  pioneer  ancestor  of  the 
American  line,  son  of  William  (4)  Carpenter, 
was  born  in  England  in  1605,  died  in  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts,  February  7,  1659.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Weymouth  May 
13,  1640 :  was  representative  from  Weymouth. 
1641-43,  and  from  Rehoboth.  1645  •  consta- 
ble in  1641  ;  was  chosen  proprietor'-,  clerk  of 
Weymouth,  1643.  H^  drew  lot  Xo.  18,  in 
the  divisions  of  lands  in  Rehoboth.  June  30, 
1644,  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  the  town 
March  28,  1645,  ^"^  the  following  June  was 
made  freeman.  It  was  through  his  influence 
that  the  grant  of  Seekonk,  otherwise  known 
as  Rehoboth.  was  made  by  the  general  court, 
then  at  Plymouth.  This  was  the  tract  of  land 
selected  by  Roger  Williams  for  a  settlement, 
when  driven  out  of  the  Massachusetts  colony. 
In  1647  ^^'illiam  Carpenter  was  made  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  town,  and  again  in  1655. 
The  legal  business  of  the  town  and  colony 
was  transacted  principally  by  him.  He  paid 
eight  pounds,  seventeen  shillings  and  three 
pence  toward  defraying  the  expenses  of  King 
Philip's  war.  and  was  one  of  a  committee  to 
lay  out  a  road  from  Rehobotli  to  Dedham. 
About  1642  he  received  a  commission  as  cap- 
tain from  the  governor  of  Massachusetts,  and 
was  called  upon  to  act  for  the  protection  and 
ownership  of  the  Pawtuxet  lands.  The  rec- 
ords show  him  to  have  been  a  yeoman,  ancl 
his  estate  was  valued  at  two  hundred  and  fif- 
ty-four pounds  and  ten  shillings.  Governor 
Bradford,  who  married  his  cousin  .\lice.  fa- 
vored William  Carpenter  in  all  his  measures 
in  the  Plymouth  court,  and  in  all  their  deal- 
ings they  were  close  friends.  William  Car- 
penter's wife.  Abigail,  who  died  February  22. 
1687.  had  been  provided  for  in  his  will  of 
April  21.  i6!;9.  Children:  i.  John,  born  in 
England  about  1628.  died  May  23,  1695.  2. 
William,  about    163 1,  died  January  26.   1703- 


3.  Joseph,  1633,  died  May  6,  1675.  4.  Han- 
nah, in  Weymouth,  .\pril  3,  1640.  5.  .\biah, 
.\pril  9,  1643.  6.  .\bigail.  twin  of  .\biah.  died 
March  5,'  1710.  7.  Samuel,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  (5)  an<l  .\bi- 
gail  Carpenter,  was  born  in  1O44,  died  in  Re- 
holxjth,  Massachusetts,  I-'ebruary  20,  1683. 
He  was  one  of  the  purchasers  in  the  .North 
Purchase,  and  land  was  allotted  him  in  the 
division  of  February  5.  1671.  May  16,  1680, 
he  with  two  others  was  chosen  to  lay  the  land 
of  William  P.landing.  The  will  indicates  that 
Samuel  and  .\biah,  who  were  young  at  the 
time  of  the  father's  death,  were  the  only  chil- 
dren left  at  home  in  charge  of  the  mother, 
the  others  having  homes  of  their  own.  His 
education  was  probably  limited,  as  he  was  at 
an  early  age  compelled  to  assist  his  mother  in 
the  cultivation  of  the  home  farm,  but  he  was 
a  man  of  fair  ability  and  became  a  wealthy 
and  reliable  citizen.  He  contributed  eleven 
pounds,  nineteen  shillings  and  five  pence  to- 
ward the  expenses  of  King  Philip's  war.  He 
married.  May  25,  1660.  Sarah  Readaway, 
who  married  (second)  Gilbert  Brooks.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Samuel,  born  in  Rehoboth,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1^)61.  2.  Sarah,  January  11,  1663. 
3.  Abiah,  February  10,  1665,  died  April  28. 
1732.  4.  James.  April  12,  1668,  died  April 
2-],  1732.  5.  Jacob.  September  5,  1670,  died 
in  1690.  6.  Jonathan,  December  11,  1672, 
died  August  z}„  1716.  7.  David,  .April  17, 
1675,  died  July  26,  1701.  8.  Solomon,  De- 
cember 2}^.  1677,  died  1750.  9.  Zachariah,  of 
whom  further.  10.  .Abraham,  September  20, 
1682.  died  April  22,  1758. 

(III)  Zachariah,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Readaway)  Carpenter,  was  born  July  i, 
1680,  in  Rehoboth,  where  he  died  .April  8. 
1718,  in  his  thirty-eighth  year.  He  received 
lands  as  a  share  of  his  fatlier's  estate  on  Xo- 
vember  24.  1703.  and  his  inventory  made  in 
Attleboro.  .April  2J,,  17 18,  valued  his  estate  at 
seven  hundred  and  two  pounds,  nine  shillings 
and  six  pence,  including  land  in  .Attleboro 
and  Rehoboth,  valued  at  four  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds.  He  married  Martha,  daughter 
of  Xicholas  Ide.  born  March  18,  1683,  in 
Rehoboth.  Children:  Zachariah  (2 1,  of 
whom  further:  Keziah,  born  July  i,  1708; 
.Martha.  June  25.  1710:  .Abigail,  Xovember 
14,  1714:  Patience,  March  9.  1717. 

(IV)  Zachariah  (2),  son  of  Zachariah  (i) 
and  Martha  (Ifle')  Carpenter,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 18,  170*^,  in  Rehoboth,  where  he  was  a 
farmer,  and  died  July  25,  I7'>3.  He  married. 
X'ovember  27,  1728.  in  Rehoboth,  Mary  Child. 
Cliildren :  Patience,  born  June  27.  1729; 
Zachariah,  died  young:   Keziah,   .August   29, 


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^733;  Zachariah  (3),  of  whom  further; 
Phanuel.  Xovember  19,  1736:  Martha.  Sep- 
tember I.  1738:  Caleb.  March  10,  .1740:  Si- 
meon, September  24.  1742:  Esther.  June  28, 
1744;  Richard.  June  14.  1746;  Grace,  July 
28,  1748;  Benjamin,  May  3,  1751. 

(V)  Zachariah  (3).  son  of  Zachariah  (2) 
and  Mary  (Child)  Carpenter,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1735.  in  Rehoboth,  where  he  died 
October  i.  1775.  at  the  age  of  forty  years. 
He  was  a  farmer.  In  1767  he  was  a  member 
of  the  first  military  foot  company  of  Reho- 
both. He  married,  May  29,  1760,  Hannah 
Carpenter,  born  June  10.  1740,  died  April  20, 
1790,  daughter  of  Obadiah  and  Bethia  (  Lyon  ) 
Carpenter,  granddaughter  of  William  Car- 
penter. Children :  Bethia,  born  May  12, 
1762;  Benjamin,  December  25,  1763:  Zacha- 
riah (4),  of  whom  further;  Hannah,  Xovem- 
ber 10,  1767;  Otis,  December  31,  1769;  Pat- 
ty, died  at  three  vears  old;  Esther,  April  18, 

1775 : 

(\  I)  Zachariah  (4),  son  of  Zachariah  (3) 
and  Hannah  (Carpenter)  Carpenter,  was 
born  October  16,  1765,  in  Rehoboth,  died  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1837-38,  in  Walpole,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  lived 
for  a  time  in  Providence,,  Rhode  Lsland, 
whence  he  removed  to  Walpole  at  the  age  of 
about  forty  years.  He  cared  for  his  wife's 
parents  in  their  old  age  and  conducted  the 
hotel,  which  was  built  by  his  father-in-law 
near  the  present  railroad  station  in  Walpole, 
at  the  mouth  of  Cold  river.  He  married.  Xo- 
vember 27,  1791,  in  Rehoboth,  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Amy  Wightman,  of  Reho- 
both, born  there  August  13,  1771,  died  July 
28,  1847,  in  U'alpole.  Samuel  Wightman  re- 
moved from  Rehoboth  to  Walpi:)le  in  1801, 
purchased  three  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of 
land  at  the  mouth  of  Cold  river,  and  there 
conducted  a  hotel  until  he  was  succeeded  by 
Mr.  Carpenter.  Children  of  Zachariah  (4) 
Carpenter:  i.  .\manda,  born  .April  28,  1796; 
married  Captain  Elijah  Holbrook  of  Surrv, 
Xew  Hampshire.  2.  Elmira,  1798,  died  at  the 
age  of  twenty-four  years;  married.  October 
30,  1821.  Thomas  Heaton,  of  Dansville,  \'er- 
mont.  3.  Amy  Ann,  October  15,  1802;  mar- 
ried a  Gaskill,  of  Clarendon,  \'ermont.  4. 
Thomas  K..  1804,  died  in  childhood.  5.  Fan- 
nie, January  29,  1805,  died  in  1841,  at  Wal- 
pole: married  Simon  Pettis  of  Bellows  Falls. 
6.  Thomas  K.,  1806,  died  at  the  age  of  four- 
teen years.  7.  Caroline.  "March  i,  1808,  in 
Walpole ;  married  Warren  Daniels,  of  Keene, 
Xew  Hampshire,  and  resided  in  Rutland,  \'er- 
niont,  8.  Samuel,  .\ugust  31,  1809.  9.  Al- 
bert Harrison,  of  whom  further. 

(X'Hj    Albert   Harrison,   son  of  Zachariah 


(4)   and  Lydia    (Wightman)    Carpenter,  was 
born  June  10,  1814,  in  Walpole,  died  in  Oc- 
tober, 1879,  in  that  town.    He  received  a  com- 
mon school  education  such  as  his  native  town 
atTorded,  and  in  early  life  conducted  the  hotel 
which   had  been  managed  bv  his   father  and 
maternal    grandfather.      In   later   life   he   en- 
gaged in  agriculture.     He  was  a  Whig  until 
his  party  was  merged  in  the  Republican  partv, 
after  which  he  supported  the  latter  ticket.    He 
was  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  church.      He 
married    (first)    Xovember,    1843,   ^larv  Wil- 
der, of  Keene,   Xew   Hampshire,  born  about 
1815,    died    in    1861,    daughter  of   Jonas   and 
Cynthia    Wilder.      He    married    (second)    a 
Widow     Gage,     of     Westminster,     \'ermont. 
Children :      Edward     A.,     settled     in     South 
Royalston,     Massachusetts :      Emilv     .\.,     re- 
siding  in  Rutland;   Sarah,    deceased;    Marv, 
deceased:    Henry    Otis,    of    whom    further; 
Thomas,  living  in  Xew  York  City ;  Frederick. 
(\TII)  Henry  Otis,  son  of  Albert  Harrison 
and  Mary  (Wilder)  Carpenter,  was  born  Jan- 
uary  30,    1852,    in    Walpole.      He    spent    his 
boyhood    there,    receiving    the    education    af- 
forded by  the  schools  of  that  town.     Before 
he  was  twelve  years  old  he  was  accustomed 
to  work  on  a  farm,  and  at  that  age  took  em- 
ployment in  a  hotel  in  Rutland,  \'ermont.   Af- 
ter  some  years   he  constructed  the   Bardwell 
house  in  Rutland,  the  leading  hosteln.-  of  that 
town    during  the   thirty-seven   years   he  con- 
ducted it.    He  is  extensively  interested  in  real 
estate  in  Rutland,  of  which  village  he  has  been 
trustee  and  president.    In  1898  he  represented 
the  town  in  the  state  legislature,  and  in  1904 
was  a  member  of  the  state  senate.     After  the 
incorporation  of  the  city  of  Rutland  he  served 
three  times  as  mayor,  his  last  term  closing  in 
March,  191 1.     He  is  president  of  the  Rutland 
Savings  Bank,  and  a  member  of  the  \'ermont 
Historical    Society.      In    the    Masonic    order, 
he  has  obtained  the  Knights  Templar  degree, 
and  is  also  a  member  of  the  Rutland  Lodges 
of  Knights  of  Pythias.  Independent  Order  of 
Odd    Fellows,   and   the   Benevolent  and   Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks. 

He  married.  May  6,  1874,  Kate  Mallory, 
born  in  East  Poultney,  \'ennont,  daughter  of 
Elias  and  Cynthia  (Seamans)  Mallory.  Chil- 
dren :  Mabel,  born  July  3,  1873,  died  June 
25,  1912;  Katherine.  born  October  i.  1882, 
married  William  Philip  Prophett.  an  under- 
taker and  funeral  director  in  Bridgewater, 
Massachusetts. 


Richard   Hull,   the   immigrant  an- 
HL'LL     cestor,  was  a  native  of  Derbyshire, 
England,  and  came  early  to  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts.     He  was  admitted  a  free- 


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man  in  the  colony,  April  i,  1634.  He  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade.  After  living  a  few  years 
at  Dorchester  and  Boston,  .Massachusetts,  he 
removed  to  New  Haven,  where  he  took  the 
oath  of  fidelity.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
of  the  New  Haven  colony,  living  on  what  is 
now  Chapel  street.  He  died  at  New  Haven 
in  September,  1662.  He  had  two  sons:  Dr. 
John,  of  whom  further;  Joseph,  from  whom 
General  William  Hull  and  Commodore  Isaac 
Hull  were  descended. 

(H)  Dr.  John  Hull,  son  of  Richard  Hull, 
was  born  in  New  Haven  in  1640,  and  lived 
there  during  his  youth.  In  1661  he  came  to 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a  plant- 
er for  several  years.  In  1668  he  went  to 
Pawgassett,  now  Derby,  Connecticut,  where 
he  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers, and  to  have  named  the  town  for  the 
ancient  home  of  his  family  in  England.  He 
lived  at  Derby  until  1677,  and  built  several 
dwelling  houses  for  himself  and  sons.  In 
1687  he  removed  to  Wallingford.  where  he 
built  the  first  grist  mill.  His  farm  of  seven 
hundred  acres  is  the  present  town  of  Chesh- 
ire. He  was  called  '"Doctor",  and  presum- 
ably practiced  medicine.  He  exchanged  his 
house  and  land  at  Stratford  for  the  house 
and  land  of  Benjamin  Lewis  at  Wallingford 
in  1687.  The  town  of  Wallingford  laid  out 
to  Dr.  Hull  a  tract  of  land  supposed  to  con- 
tain seven  hundred  acres,  lying  between  the 
north  side  of  Broad  swamp  and  the  Quinni- 
piac  river,  and  the  grant  proved  afterward  to 
be  more  than  a  mile  square,  and  was  known 
as  "Dr.  Hull's  large  farm".  He  died  at  Wal- 
lingford, December  6,  171 1,  and  was  buried 
there. 

Dr.  Hull  married  three  times.  The  name 
of  his  first  wife  is  unknown.  He  married 
(second)  October  19,  1671,  Mary  Jones,  and 
(third)  Rebecca  Turner.  Children  by  first 
wife:  John,  of  whom  further:  Joseph,  1662: 
Samuel.  February  4,  1663;  Mary,  October  31, 
1664.  Children  by  second  wife:  Benjamin, 
October  7,  1672;  Ebenezer,  1673;  Richard, 
1674  :   [eremiah,    1679  ;  Arche. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  Dr.  John  (i)  Hull, 
was  born  in  Stratford,  March  14.  1661-62. 
He  married  Mary ,  and  settled  in  Der- 
by. Children,  born  in  Derby:  Deborah,  1691  ; 
John,  1693:  Daniel;  Miles,  of  whom  further; 
Priscilla,  1702;  Ebenezer,  married  Hannah 
Bates;  Alarv;  Martha. 

(I\')  Miles,  son  of  John  (2)  Hull,  was 
born  at  Derbv  in  1700.  He  married  Mary 
Tuttle.  of  Wallingford.  Children,  born  at 
Wall.ingford :  Alartha.  November  29,  1730, 
died  young.  Alartha.  November  23,  1732; 
Esther,  September  15,  1733;  Elizabeth,  1735; 


Elijah,  .March  10.  1736;  Eunice.  March  29. 
1738;  Mary,  July  15,  1740;  Miles,  of  whom" 
further;  Abigail,  June  11.  1745;  Abijah,  June 
10,   1747. 

(\')  Captain  Miles  (2)  Hull,  son  of  Miles 
(  I  )  Hull,  was  born  at  Wallingford,  March  24. 
1743.  He  owned  the  farms  afterward  owned 
by  Jared  Bishop  and  Captain  .Munson  Cook. 
He  married.  December  4.  1761,  Eunice, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Hannah  Hull. 
Children:  Amzi,  of  whom  further;  Luther; 
Miles;  Polly,  married  Levi  Douglas;  a  daugh- 
ter, married  Sizer. 

(\'l)  Amzi,  son  of  Captain  Miles  (2)  Hull, 
was  born  about  1765.  In  1790  .\mzi  (spelled 
Amassa)  was  living  in  Woodbridge,  Connec- 
ticut, and  had  in  his  family  two  sons  under 
sixteen  and  two  females.  The  only  other  per- 
son named  Hull  in  Woodbridge  at  that  lime 
was  Joel,  who  then  had  no  familv. 

(ATI)  Rev.  .\urelius  Bevil  Hull,  son  of 
Amzi  Hull,  was  born  at  Woodbridge.  Con- 
necticut, October  12,  1788.  He  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1807.  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Arts.  Later  he  received  the 
degree  of  Master  of  Arts.  After  six  years  as 
tutor  at  Yale  he  was  ordained  in  Worcester. 
'May  22,  1821,  and  was  pastor  of  the  First 
Congregational  Church  until  he  died.  May 
17.  1826,  in  the  prime  of  life.  From  his  epi- 
taph we  quote : 

This  monument  is  erected  to  commemorate  the 
faithful  services  and  the  virtuous  example  of  the 
Rev.  .Aurelius  Bevil  Hull.  *  '  *  He  endeared 
himself  to  the  people  of  his  charge  by  his  affection- 
ate and  assiduous  devotion  to  his  ministerial  and 
pastoral  duties;  while  the  suavity  of  his  manners, 
the  purity  of  his  life  and  the  sincerity  and  earnest- 
ness of  his  efforts  in  advancing  the  cause  of  educa- 
tion, and  in  the  promotion  of  the  general  interests 
of  the  community  commanded  respect  and  gratitude. 
He  was  a  scholar  of  retined  taste,  and  the  style  of 
his  discourses  was  uiuisually  chaste  and  perspicuous, 
earnest  and  direct,  harmonizing  with  the  tenor  of 
his  life,  and  being  rendered  yet  more  impressive, 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  ministry,  by.  his  con- 
scious and  evident  nearness  to  the  grave.  .-Vccus- 
tomcil  to  the  best  forms  of  polished  life,  he  was 
dignitied  without  display,  and  courteous  without  dis- 
simulation, and  constantly  manifesting  in  his  pri- 
vate intercourse  and  his  public  labors  that  for  him- 
self and  others,  he  sought  first  the  Kingdom  of  God. 

"Cautious  himself,   he   others   ne'er  deceived. 
Lived  as  he  taught,  and  as  he  taught  believed." 

He  married  Abigail  Darling.  Children: 
Joseph  Darling,  of  whom  further;  Aurelius 
Bevil,  of  whom  further;  Elizabeth;  .\inanda. 
married  Aaron  Atwood  Hardy ;  Thomas,  died 
at  New  Haven,  while  a  student  in  Yale  Col- 
lege. 

"(\TII)  Joseph  Darling,  son  of  Rev.  Au- 
relius  Bevil  Hull,  was  born  February  2r,  1818, 
at  New  Haven,  died  at  Roxbury.  Massachu- 


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setts,  now  part  of  Boston,  in  1889.  He  grad- 
uated from  Yale  College  in  the  class  of  1837. 
He  became  a  Congregational  minister,  retir- 
ing from  the  pulpit  in  1858,  and  afterward 
teaching  school.  He  had  a  private  school  in 
Hartford,  and  after  1864  on  Park  avenue. 
Xew  York  City.  He  returned  to  Hartford 
about  1873  and  taught  private  pupils  until 
his  health  failed.  He  removed  to  Boston 
afterward  and  died  there.  He  married  (firsf) 
Charlotte  Cowles.  of  Farmington.  Connecti- 
cut. He  married  (second)  in  1871.  Kate 
Brown.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Richard 
Cowles.  born  June  5,  1845.  died  February, 
1857.  2.  Mary  Hawes.  born  January  18, 
1847 :  married,  June  22,  1870,  Josiah  D.  Flint, 
who  was  born  at  Northampton,  December  29. 
1835.  and  died  March  19.  1907.  ^Irs.  Flint 
was  a  teacher  of  art  and  history  from  1893  to 
1903,  and  afterward  a  lecturer  in  the  private 
schools  on  general  topics.  She  is  now  a  music 
critic,  and  a  woman  of  broad  culture  and 
liberal  education.  3.  Edward  Hooker,  born 
October  9,  1849.  died  October  21,  185 1.  4. 
Charlotte,  died  in  infancy,  January  8,  1852. 
5.  Albert  Thomas,  resides  at  76  West  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-second  street,  New  York 
City.  6.  Josephine  Darling,  living  in  Massa- 
chusetts. 

(VHI)  Aurelius  Bevil  (2),  son  of  Aurelius 
Bevil  (  I )  Hull,  and  brother  of  Joseph  Dar- 
ling Hull,  was  born  at  Xew  Haven,  Connecti- 
cut, November  i.  1819.  died  February  15, 
1907,  at  jMorristown,  New  Jersey.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  in  Connecticut, 
and  at  the  age  of  fifteen  came  to  Xew  York 
with  his  mother,  after  his  father  died.  For 
a  time  he  was  clerk  in  a  store,  then  he  was 
in  the  wholesale  drug  business  under  the 
name  of  B.  A.  Fahnestock.  Hull  &  Company. 
A  branch  of  the  business  was  conducted  in 
Pittsburgh  and  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
under  the  name  of  Fahnestock  &  Company, 
composed  of  the  same  partners.  The  business 
was  extensive  and  profitable.  After  a  promi- 
nent career  he  retired.  January  i,  1865.  The 
firm  manufactured  white  lead,  specific  medi- 
cines and  various  drugs.  He  was  a  director 
of  the  Continental  Insurance  Company  of 
Xew  York  and  of  the  Fidelity  and  Casualty 
Company  of  Xew  York,  and  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  both.  He  was  a  director  and  vice- 
president  of  the  Morristown  Trust  Company, 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  Morristown 
Aqueduct  Company,  director  and  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  ^lorris  County  Savings  Bank, 
and  director  of  the  Alorristown  Safe  Deposit 
Company.  From  1870  to  the  time  of  his 
death  he  made  his  home  at  Morristown.  In 
politics    he    was    a    Republican,    but    he    was 


never  active  in  public  affairs,  and  accepted 
no  public  offices.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  then  of  the  Plym- 
outh Church,  when  Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beech- 
er  was  pastor,  afterward  of  the  Church  of 
the  Pilgrims,  all  of  Brooklyn,  and  finally  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Morristown, 
and  at  various  times  treasurer  and  president 
of  the  board  of  trustees. 

Mr.  Hull  married,  at  Greenfield,  Massa- 
chusetts. Sarah  Xorris  Tucker,  who  was  born 
at  Springfield,  Xew  Jersey,  December  11, 
1818.  died  at  Morristown.  February.  1890,  a 
daughter  of  the  Rev.  James  Wakefield  Tuck- 
er, who  died  at  Springfield  in  1819.  and  was 
a  descendant  of  an  old  Xew  England  family, 
a  graduate  of  Yale  College  in  the  class  of 
1807,  educated  for  the  ministry  in  the  Con- 
gregational faith,  and  pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  at  Springfield.  ^Irs.  Hull's 
mother  was  of  the  old  Atwater  family,  of 
Connecticut.  Children:  i.  Mary  Amanda, 
died  in  infancy.  2.  Charles  Aurelius,  of  whom 
further,  3.  George  Lawrence,  born  April  8, 
1850,  died  at  Morristown  in  April.  1900;  mar- 
ried (first)  Jennie,  daughter  of  Judge  Sam- 
uel Foote,  of  the  court  of  appeals :  his  first 
wife  died  on  their  wedding  trip.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Gratz 
Van  Rensselaer,  of  Geneva.  Xew  York ;  her 
father  was  a  civil  engineer  and  surveyor,  also 
an  insurance  agent.  Child  by  second  wife: 
George  Lawrence  Jr.,  born  July.  1880,  now 
with  the  Sanborn  Map  Company  as  draughts- 
man ;  is  a  deaf  mute ;  he  married  \'iola  Lom- 
bard, also  a  deaf  mute,  4.  Harrie  Tucker, 
born  at  Brooklyn,  October  25.  1858,  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  ^lorristown,  Xew  Jer- 
sey, was  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Mor- 
ristown Savings  Bank  for  twenty-one  years, 
now  retired :  married  Irene  Duryee.  and  're- 
sides at  65  Maple  avenue,  ^lorristown.  Chil- 
dren:  i,  Edith  Duryee.  married  James  Graeme 
Lidgerwood.  ii.  Howard  Gillispie.  graduate 
of  Yale  College  in  1905  (Ph.  B.),  living  at 
Morristown.  and  secretary  of  the  Xational 
Company,  iii.  Charles  Aurelius.  born  Janu- 
ary 28.  1886.  iv.  Kenneth  Duryee,  born  June 
I.  1891.  now  at  Yale  academic  class  of  1915. 

(IX)  Charles  Aurelius.  son  of  Aurelius 
Bevil  (2)  Hull,  was  born  at  Brooklyn.  May 
26.  1848.  He  attended  the  Brooklyn  Poly- 
technic Institute,  then  entered  Yale  College, 
and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1869  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  .\rts.  For  about 
two  vears  he  was  in  business  as  manufacturer 
of  stationary  steam  engines.  In  1871  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  the  Continental  Insur- 
ance Company  in  Xew  York  City,  and  from 
time   to   time    was   promoted   to   positions    of 


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larger  respoiisiliility.  lie  was  elected  secre- 
tary of  the  Hinvard  Insurance  Company  in 
February,  187(1.  and  afterward  vice-president, 
an  office  he  held  until  the  company  retired 
from  business  in  1888.  During  the  next  four 
_\cars  he  continued  in  the  insurance  business 
as  an  agent  of  tire  insurance  companies.  In 
February.  1892,  after  the  reorganization  of 
the  New  York  Fire  Insurance  Company,  he 
was  elected  its  vice-president,  and  in  1904  its 
president.  In  i(jo(i  the  company  was  finan- 
cially embarrassed  by  the  earthquake  and  fire 
at  San  Francisco.  In  1910  Mr.  Hull  or- 
ganized the  New  Amsterdam  bire  Insurance 
Company,  and  was  elected  president.  This 
company  was  amalgamated  with  the  Empire 
City  Fire  Insurance  Company,  December  i, 
1910.  For  more  than  twenty  years  he  has 
been  vice-president  of  the  Sanborn  Map  Com- 
pany which  makes  all  the  insurance  maps  of 
the  country.  He  was  a  director  of  the  Fifth 
Avenue  Bank  of  Brooklyn  until  it  was  ab- 
sorbed by  the  Mechanics'  Bank  of  Brooklyn 
about  1904.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  Brooklyn 
Savings  Bank,  which  has  deposits  of  over 
fifty  millions  of  dollars.  He  is  also  a  director 
of  the  Proprietors  of  Morristown  Aqueduct, 
the  Morristown  Safe  Deposit  Company,  the 
North  River  Fire  Insurance  Company,  and 
the  Nassau  Fire  Insurance  Company.  In 
politics  he  is  an  independent  Republican,  and 
he  was  a  member  of  the  Brooklyn  board  of 
education  in  Seth  Low's  administration  as 
mayor  of  Brooklyn.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Church  of  the  Pilgrims  (Congregational),  of 
Brooklyn,  of  which,  he  is  a  trustee,  and  has 
been  a  deacon  for  many  years.  He  is  active 
in  the  American  Missionary  Association  of 
the  Congregational  Church  and  a  member  of 
its  executive  committee.  He  was  first  elected 
in  1879,  resigning  in  1884,  was  again  elected 
in  1888,  and  continuing  in  office  to  the  pres- 
ent time,  and  he  has  been  the  chairman  of  the 
board  for  fourteen  years,  and  was  secretary 
for  five  years  prior  to  his  election  as  chair- 
man. He  has  also  been  chairman  of  the  board 
of  trustees  of  Fisk  University  of  Nashville. 
Tennessee,  since  his  election  in  1908:  trustee  of 
INIount  Holyoke  College  since  1900 ;  trustee  of 
the  Brooklyn  Young  Men's  Christian  As.socia- 
tion  and  Brooklyn  Young  Women's  Christian 
Association  since  1909,  and  previously^  a 
director;  he  is  trustee  of  the  Brooklyn  City 
Hospital,  and  of  the  Eye  and  Ear  Hospital 
of  Brooklyn :  corporate  member  of  the  Amer- 
ican Board  of  Commissioners  of  Foreign  Mis- 
sions, and  member  of  the  Long  Island  His- 
torical Society  of  which  his  father  was  a  life 
member  before  him.  He  holds  membership 
in   the   Roval   Arcanum,   the    Hamilton    Rem- 


brandt, L'niver.sity.  and  Twentieth  Century 
clubs  of  Brooklyn,  and  the  Lawyers  Club  of 
New  York.  He  acts  as  the  treasurer  for  the 
Rembrandt   Club. 

Mr.  Hull  married  (first)  Novembers.  1S70. 
Elizabeth  Amelia  Stanton,  horn  March  9, 
1849.  died  April  6.  1889,  daughter  of  Enoch 
Crandall  and  Lucy  Jane  (  Siici)ar(l )  Stanton. 
Her  father  was  a  cloth  merchant  in  New 
^'ork,  and  is  now  (1912)  living  in  Brooklyn. 
He  married  (second)  June  10.  1S91.  in 
r.rooklyn.  Katharine  Stanton,  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  Children  by  first  wile:  r.  Eliza- 
beth Stanton,  born  August  28.  1871.  flied  July. 
1872.  2.  Florence  Tucker,  born  August  ^1, 
1S76.  died   .\pril   18,   1889. 


C.XRPEXTER 


The  family  herein  traced 
is  of  French  origin  and 
like  the  English  family  of 
that  name  derives  its  cognomen  from  an  occu- 
pation. In  French  it  is  spelled  Charjjentier 
and  in  early  generations  had  the  prefix  de  and 
le ;  in  the  latter  form  meaning  "the  carpenter". 
It  is  found  on  record  as  early  as  1160  and 
descendants  of  Renaud  le  Charpentier.  a  son 
of  Roger,  Sire  de  (jouy,  were  held  in  high 
esteem  in  Cambray  and  vicinity  about  1200. 
Probably  on  account  of  political  differences 
several  of  the  descendants  removed  about 
1400  to  France  where  they  have  held  high  rank 
tlown  to  the  present  day.  The  family  had 
large  possessions  in  the  Netherlands,  where 
it  is  now  extinct,  and  has  been  traced  down  to 
1729  and  later.  It  gave  a  bishop  to  Chartres; 
an  abbot  to  St.  \'aast,  in  Arras :  an  almoner 
to  Count  (le  Flanders  ;  governors,  councillors 
and  military  men  of  various  ranks,  and  formed 
alliances  with  many  noble  houses.  Jean  le 
Charpentier  was  treasurer  for  the  Emperor 
Charles  \". :  whose  wife.  Marguerite,  was  a 
daughter  of  Jean.  The  first  ancestor  to  whom 
direct  descent  has  been  traced  was  Pierre  or 
Peter  Charpentier.  who  was  born  about  the 
middle  of  the  fifteenth  century  and  resided  in 
Messen.  \\'est  Flanders,  being  treasurer  of 
that  city.  He  was  councillor  of  the  Prince 
de  Chimay.  who  granted  him  the  coat-of-arnis 
of  the  French  descendants  of  this  family. 

d)  Joseph  Carpenter,  a  native  of  France, 
emigrated  to  Canada  in  the  early  part  of  the 
eighteenth  century  and  resided  in  the  province 
of  Quebec.  His  wife's  maiden  name  was 
(^renier.  They  hail  children:  Joseph, 
Charles,  Laurence.  Louis  and  Remie. 

(in  Laurence,  third  son  of  Joseph  Carpen- 
ter, was  born  about  1788  in  the  province  of 
Riviere  de  Lieux.  in  Quebec,  died  in  188 1.  at 
the  age  of  ninety-three  years.  He  married 
Elizabeth   le  Coin,  born  about    1801.   died   in 


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1890,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  Children : 
EHzabeth,  Sarah,  JuHa,  lived  to  be  eighty 
years  of  age :  Lucinda,  died  young ;  Thomas, 
born  1825,  living  in  La  Cole,  Quebec ;  David, 
Lucinda.  deceased:  Harriet,  born  1830,  lived 
in  Winooski,  \'ermont,  died  October  16, 
1912;  Medore.  deceased:  John,  deceased; 
Frank  and  George,  residing  in  Winooski : 
Mary,  deceased :  Henry,   living   in  Winooski. 

(Ill)  David,  second  son  of  Laurence  and 
Elizabeth  (le  Coin)  Carpenter,  was  born 
]\Iarch  22,  1826,  in  La  Cole,  Canada,  died  in 
Rutland.  Vermont,  April  11,  1910.  He  vyas 
a  stone  mason  and  engaged  in  contracting 
with  success  in  his  native  country.  In  1868 
he  removed  to  Rutland  and  was  engaged  on 
the  construction  of  the  first  business  blocks  in 
that  city,  such  as  the  Baxter  Bank  and  resi- 
dence, the  original  portion  of  the  high  school 
building  and  the  Bardwell  Hotel.  He  mar- 
ried Zoe  Fauchere,  born  in  Kingsley,  province 
of  Quebec,  about  1834-35,  died  April  12,  1907, 
in  Rutland,  aged  seventy-two  years.  Chil- 
dren: Frank  Joseph,  born  Alay  10,  1856,  de- 
ceased ;  Lumira  Alma,  July  22,  1858,  deceased  ; 
George,  May,  i860:  Mary  H.,  married  Pierre 
Lemieux,  of  Rutland :  Lumira  Alma,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1864:  Celina,  May  12,  1867:  married 
Mitchell  Monette:  Anna,  October  22,  1869; 
Percival  L.,  December  22,  1871  :  Henry  B., 
of  whom   further. 

(TV)  Henry  Bernard,  youngest  child  of 
David  and  Zoe  (Fauchere)  Carpenter,  was 
born  June  5,  1877,  in  Rutland,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  that  town.  He 
served  an  apprenticeship  with  a  baker  and  has 
been  associated  with  that  business  for  a  pe- 
riod of  fourteen  years.  Since  1901  he  has 
been  proprietor  of  the  People's  Bakery  in  Rut- 
land, and  is  doing  a  successful  business.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  Am- 
erica, the  Order  of  Foresters  and  the  Knights 
of  Columbus.  He  married,  September,  1907, 
Anna  Cline,  daughter  of  David  and  Jennie 
(Hackett)  Cline,  of  West  Rutland.  They 
have  a  son,  Robert  Henry,  born  May  19,  191 1. 


Edward  Baker,  immigrant  an- 
BAKER     cestor,    was    born    in    England. 

He  came  to  this  country  in  the 
large  fleet  under  Governor  Winthrop  which 
sailed  in  April  and  arrived  at  Boston  and  Sa- 
lem, June  and  July,  1630.  "Some  of  them 
were  from  the  western  part  of  England,  but 
the  greater  number  from  about  London".  He 
settled  on  the  south  side  of  "Baker's  Hill"  in 
Saugus,  then  Lynn.  Massachusetts,  in  1630, 
and  he  was  made  a  freeman,  March  14,  1638. 
In  1657  he  moved  to  Northampton,  Massachu- 
setts,  where   he   had  several   grants   of  land. 


and  he  lived  there  many  years,  a  "respected 
and  influential"  man.  He  returned  to  Lynn, 
after  settling  his  sons  Joseph  and  Timothy  in 
Northampton,  and  died  at  Lynn,  March  16, 
1687.     His  will  was  dated  October  16,  1685. 

He  married  Joan ,  who  died  April  g. 

1693.  Children:  Joseph:  Mary,  born  April 
I,  1642:  John,  born  1645  :  Timothy,  mentioned 
below:  Thomas,  born  1653:  Edward. 

(H)  Timothy,  son  of  Edward  Baker,  was 
born  in  1647.  He  settled  in  Northampton,  on 
Elm  street,  on  land  given  to  him  by  his  father. 
He  was  a  prominent  man  in  town  affairs,  and 
served  often  as  selectman,  and  on  important 
town  and  church  committees.  He  was  called 
"Air.",  and  later  was  made  ensign  and  finally 
lieutenant  of  the  Train  Band.  He  was  made 
freeman  in  1676.  He  died  August  30.  1729, 
and  he  and  his  wife  were  probably  buried  in 
the  (31d  Burying  Ground  near  "Shop  Row", 
Northampton.  He  married  (first)  January 
16,  1672,  Grace,  daughter  of  John  Marsh,  of 
Hadley,  Massachusetts,  and  granddaughter  of 
Governor  John  Webster,  of  Connecticut.  She 
died  May  31,  1676,  and  he  married  (second) 
Mrs.  Sarah  Atherton,  widow  of  Rev.  Hope 
Atherton,  of  Hatfield.  Massachusetts,  and 
daughter  of  Lieutenant  and  Deacon  John  Hol- 
lister,  of  Westersfield.  Children  by  first  wife, 
born  in  Northampton :  Grace,  1673,  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1673;  Timothy.  1675,  died  in  in- 
fancy. Children  by  second  wife,  born  in 
Northampton :  John,  mentioned  below : 
Thomas,  May  14,  1682;  Edward,  November 
12,  1685:  Prudence,  May  14,  1687;  Deliver- 
ance, November  13,  1689.  died  1710. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Timothy  Baker,  was 
born  at  Northampton,  February  3,  1680,  died 
January  8,  1762.  He  lived  at  the  homestead 
on  Elm  street  in  Northampton  and  was  in- 
fluential in  the  town.  He  was  known  as  Cap- 
tain John  Baker.  He  married.  June  i.  1709, 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  Clark,  and 
granddaughter  of  William  Clark  and  Elder 
John  Strong,  of  Northampton.  She  was  born 
November  22.  1687.  and  died  June  9.  1774. 
It  is  said  that  the  Bakers  and  Clarks  for  years 
held  a  regular  family  prayer  meeting  until 
the  families  became  too  much  scattered  to 
keep  it  up.  John  Baker,  as  was  his  father 
and  grandfather,  was  very  religious.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Northampton :  Two  Johns,  died 
in  infancy :  John,  mentioned  below :  Timothy, 
born  1717:  Noah,  1719:  Aaron,  1726:  Elisha, 
1727:  Elijah.  1730:  Stephen.  1731:  Mary, 
married  Josiah  Clark:  Sarah,  married  Gideon 
Henderson. 

(I\')  John  (2).  son  of  John  (i)  Baker, 
was  born  at  Northampton,  December  22,  1715, 
died    February    3.    1802.      He   was    a   captain 


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and  as  active  in  public  affairs  as  his  father 
was.  Hon.  Osmyn  Baker  says:  "I  have 
heard  the  late  Judge  Lyman  say  that  he  rec- 
ollected him  well,  as  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and  elocjuent  in  the  meetings  of  the  peo- 
ple, in  early  Revolutiunary  times.  Unfortu- 
nately he  became  a  loyalist,  and  that  shadow 
darkened  many  years  of  his  later  life."  It  is 
said  that  he  held  some  honorable  office  in  the 
colonial  government.  He  and  his  son  Holiis- 
ter  are  the  only  ones  of  the  family  known  to 
have  been  Loyalists.  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Ehenezer  Clark,  and  she  died 
February  2q.  1792.  Children,  born  in  Xorth- 
ampton:  John,  1744;  Abigail,  1746:  Hollis- 
ter.  1749;  Sarah,  1752;  Abner,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Susan,  1758. 

(V)  Abner.  son  of  John  (2)  Baker,  was 
born  in  Northampton  in  1754,  died  Septem- 
ber 15,  1S45.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution and  in  later  years  a  pensioner.  The 
Massachusetts  Revolutionary  Rolls  show  that 
Abner  Daker.  of  Hampshire  county,  served  in 
Captain  John  Kirkland's  company.  Colonel 
Ruggles  W'oodbridge's  regiment,  from  .August 
16  to  November  29,  1777.  reinforcing  the 
northern  army.  L'ntil  1803  he  lived  in  North- 
ampton, and  then  moved  to  Deerfield,  Oneida 
county.  New  York,  where  he  lived  until  1805. 
He  then  moved  to  Loraine,  Jefferson  county. 
New  York.  In  1836,  when  he  was  eighty-two 
years  old,  he  moved  to  Norwalk,  Ohio,  where 
he  lived  with  his  sons  Timothy  and  Theodore. 
He  married  (first)  .Augu-st  20,  1781,  Lois 
Waters,  of  Hebron,  Connecticut,  and  she  died 
April  8,  1830,  aged  sixty-eight  years.  He 
married  (second)  December  16,  1830,  Mrs. 
Sophia  Colyer,  and  she  died  in  1842.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Asenath.  born  July  5, 
1782:  Sereno,  October  28,  1784:  Timothy, 
1787:  Susan,  November  27,  1789;  Abner,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1791 ;  Edward.  August  29,  1794: 
Waters,  July  2y,  1796,  died  August  20,  181 1  : 
Artemus,  1798;  Theodore,  mentioned  below: 
Xahum,  February  28,  1803,  died  July  9,  181 1  : 
Wells,  December  8,  1805  :  Lois,  December  29, 
1807. 

(\T)  Theodore,  son  of  Abner  Baker,  was 
born  April  26,  1801.  He  moved  to  Norwalk, 
Ohio,  in  1819,  and  became  a  prominent  man 
there.  In  October,  1862,  he  moved  to  Cleve- 
land. Ohio,  where  with  his  son  Homer  he 
carried  on  a  large  tanning  business.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  March  8,  f827,  Almira  Morse, 
who  died  Mav  28.  1840.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Abner  Morse,  a  soldier  of  the  revolution. 
He  married  (second)  February  2.  1841.  Mar- 
garet Williams,  who  died  August  6.  1864. 
Children  bv  first  wife:  .\sahel  Morse,  born 
Mav  29,    1828,  married  and  had  a  son,  John 


Sherman  Baker,  of  Tacoma,  Washington; 
Henry,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel  Waters.  July 
2j.  1832;  Theodore  E..  December  9,  1834; 
.\bncr,  (October  2^,  1836;  Homer.  June  29', 
1839.  '^y  second  wife:  .Mmira  Amanda, 
born  .March  12,  1842;  Edward  I-'uster,  .\ugust 
25.  1844;  Margaret  Minerva,  died  ( )ctober  3, 
1847;  Holland  Williams,  born  September  6, 
1851;  Howard  Malcolm,  .\ugust  26,  1853. 

(VTI)  Henry,  son  of  Theodore  Baker,  was 
born  at  Norwalk.  Ohio,  July  7.  1830.  He  was 
for  many  years  in  the  tannery  business  at 
Norwalk.  (  )hio.  and  later  at  Cleveland,  and  is 
now  living  at  Gates  Mill.  ( )hio,  retired  from 
active  business.  He  married,  December  4, 
185 1.  Clarissa  Maria  Hall,  born  August  7, 
183 1,  died  July  24,  1892.  daughter  of  Rev. 
Jeremiah  and  Clarissa  (Ransom)  Hall  (see 
Hall).  .Among  their  children  was  Elbert 
Hall,  mentioned  below. 

(,\TII|  Elbert  Hall,  son  of  Henry  i'.aker, 
was  born  in  Norwalk,  Ohio,  July  25,  1854.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
When  he  was  eleven  years  old  he  moved  with 
his  parents  to  Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  attended 
schools  also  in  that  city.  From  the  age  of 
si.xteen  to  nineteen  he  lived  in  Kansas  City. 
Missouri.  His  education  was  profitably  sup- 
plemented by  the  study  of  English  and  Amer- 
ican history  under  the  instruction  of  his 
grandfather.  In  1873  he  returned  to  Cleve- 
land and  was  employed  for  a  time  in  a  whole- 
sale stove  concern.  From  1877  to  1882  he 
was  on  the  business  staff  of  the  Cleveland 
Herald.  In  1882  he  became  advertising  man- 
ager of  the  Cleveland  Leader  and  held  that 
position  for  fifteen  years.  Since  1898  he  has 
been  general  manager  of  the  Cleveland  Plain 
Dealer.  He  is  now  president  of  the  .Ameri- 
can Newspaper  Publishers'  .Association.  Mr. 
Baker  is  active  in  charitable  and  religious 
w(3rk.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Euclid  .Avenue 
Congregational  Church  and  chairman  of  its 
board  of  trustees;  a  trustee  of  the  Cleveland 
Young  Men's  Christian  .Association :  trustee 
of  the  Schautler  Training  School  of  Cleve- 
land; trustee  of  the  City  Congregational  Mis- 
sionary Association  of  Cleveland.  He  is 
prominent  in  various  business  and  public  or- 
ganizations :  member  of  the  (."leveland  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce  in  which  he  has  served  as 
a  member  of  its  board  and  as  chairman  of 
various  important  committees :  president  of 
the  City  Investment  Company  and  the  Com- 
mercial Building  Company,  of  Cleveland,  the 
business  of  these  companies  being  the  erec- 
tion of  commercial  and  office  buildings  in 
Cleveland,  and  a  director  of  The  Cleveland 
Life  Insurance  Company.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  the   Cnion    Club,   the   Cleveland   .\th- 


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letic  Club,  the  Colonial  Club,  and  the  Chagrin 
\'alley  Hunt  Club.  He  is  something  of  a 
farmer  as  well  and  owns  a  fine  herd  of  Guern- 
sey cattle  on  his  homestead  at  Gates  Mill, 
Ohio.  He  is  president  of  the  Ohio  Guernsey 
Association. 

He  married,  June  i,  1876,  Ida  Anna  Smith, 
born  in  Cleveland,  July  11,  1854.  daughter  of 
Pardon  Brownlow  and  Eliza  Jane  ( Hovey ) 
Smith.  Eliza  Jane  Hovey  was  a  daughter  of 
Philetus  Hovey,  a  native  of  Xew  York  state, 
descendant  of  the  Hoveys  of  Essex  county, 
Massachusetts,  pioneers  of  the  colony.  Chil- 
dren : 

I.  Louise  Hall,  born  in  Cleveland,  Oc- 
tober 20,  1877 ;  married  Benjamin  Hastings, 
of  Cleveland.  2.  Frank  Smith,  born  in  Cleve- 
land. July  27,  1879 :  a  newspaper  man,  for- 
merly business  manager  of  the  Clei'cland 
Plain  Dealer  and  now  publisher  of  the  Trib- 
une, Tacoma,  Washington  :  married  Gertrude 
Elizabeth  Alias  ;  children  :  Elizabeth  \'ilas, 
born  March  7,  1905  ;  Mary  Bartlett,  born  No- 
vember 25,  1907:  Elbert  Hall,  July  18.  1910. 
3.  Elbert  Hall  Jr.,  born  at  Cleveland,  July 
29,  1889,  now  a  college  student.  4.  Alton 
Fletcher,  born  in  Willoughby,  Ohio.  February 
14,  1894,  and  now  a  student  at  Cornell  Uni- 
versitv. 

(The  Hall  Line). 

Rev.  Jeremiah  Hall  was  born  in  Swanzey, 
New  Hampshire.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there,  w-as  a  student  at  Middlebury 
College  and  was  graduated  from  the  Newton 
Theological  School  in  1830.  He  was  ordained 
in  the  Baptist  ministry,  September  28,  1830, 
at  Townshend.  \'ermont.  He  went  thence  to 
a  pastorate  in  Chittenden  county,  \'ermont, 
continuing  for  two  years,  and  then  to  East 
Bennington.  In  1836  he  accepted  a  call  to 
Kalamazoo,  ^Michigan,  where  he  organized 
the  First  Baptist  Church.  In  association  with 
his  father-in-law,  I\Iajor  Ransom,  he  organ- 
ized the  Michigan  Huron  Literary  Institute 
and  taught  ancient  languages  there,  .\fter- 
ward  this  institute  became  Kalamazoo  Col- 
lege. He  was  afterward  pastor  of  the  Bap- 
tist church  at  Akron,  Ohio,  and  at  Norwalk, 
Ohio,  where  he  became  also  principal  of  the 
academy,  which  he  developed  into  a  prosper- 
ous institution.  In  1852  he  became  pastor  of 
the  church  at  Granville,  Ohio.  Lie  was  elect- 
ed president  of  Granville  Baptist  College, 
which  was  then  in  a  failing  condition,  reor- 
ganized it,  raised  a  substantial  sum  to  put 
the  college  on  a  good  financial  basis  and 
changed  the  name  to  Denison  L'niversity.  On 
account  of  ill  health,  after  a  long  and  hon- 
orable service  as  president,  he  resigned,  lived 
for   a  time  at   Waverlv,   Iowa,  with   his  son. 


Afterward  he  was  pastor  of  the  Tabernacle 
Church  at  Kalamazoo. 

He  married  (first)  September  25.  1830, 
Clarissa  Ransom  (see  Ransom  \'),  born  De- 
cember 30.  1808,  died  at  Kalamazoo.  June  2},, 

1840.    He  married    (second) . 

He  died  at  the  home  of  his  daughter, 
;Mrs.  Henry  W.  Chester,  at  Port  Huron, 
Michigan,  May  30,  1881.  His  first  wife 
was  a  school  teacher  before  her  marriage. 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Clarissa  Ma- 
ria, born  .\ugust  7,  183 1.  at  Westford, 
died  July  24,  1892 ;  married,  December  4, 
1 85 1,  at  Granville,  Ohio,  Henry  Baker  (see 
Baker  \"II).  2.  Fletcher  B.,  born  Septem- 
ber 26,  1834.  at  Kalamazoo,  died  \-oung.  3. 
Francis  M.,  born  January  31.  1836:  married, 
December  i,  1859,  Sarah  L.  Higgins.  4.  So- 
phia. October  25,  1838,  died  August  20.  1839. 
5.  J.  Ransom.  June  16,  1840.  Child  by  second 
wife.     Mrs.  Chester,  mentioned  above. 

(The  Ransom  Line). 

(IF)  Joshua  Ransom,  son  of  Robert  Ran- 
som (q.  v.),  was  born  about  1663  in  Sand- 
wich, Massachusetts,  and  died  after  1713, 
when  he  was  living  at  Plympton,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married  (first)  February  26.  1686, 
Mercy,  daughter  of  John  and  Elishua  Gififord. 
She  died  October  25,  1689,  and  he  married 
(second)  ]\Iarch  10,  1692,  Susanna  Garner, 
of  Plymouth.  She  died  at  Halifax,  Massa- 
chusetts. March  16,  1735.  Children  of  first 
wife  :  Robert,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  born 
about  1688  at  North  Kingston.  Children  of 
second  wife:  John,  married  ^lartha  Ripley; 
Sarah,  married  Francis  Curtis:  Joshua,  mar- 
ried Mary  Wrght. 

(Ill)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Joshua  Ransom, 
was  born  in  Wexford,  Rhode  Island,  or  vicin- 
ity, in  1687,  died  January  23,  1777.  He  set- 
tled in  Colchester,  Connecticut.  He  married 
.\lice.  daughter  of  James  and  ^lary  (Hub- 
bell)  Newton,  granddaughter  of  Sergeant 
Richard  Hubbell.  of  Fairfield.  She  moved  to 
Colchester  with  her  father.  She  was  also  a 
descendant  of  Richard  Smith.  Children,  born 
at  Colchester:  John,  November  13.  1709; 
Mary,  August  30,  1711:  James.  March  13. 
^7'^'i'!  Joshua,  May  3,  1715;  Robert.  ;March 
25,  1717:  Alice,  September  6.  1719;  Newton, 
mentioned  below:  Peleg.  September  20,  1724; 
Amos.  February  17.  1727;  Elizabeth.  May  i, 
1729;  Amy.  August  2,   1732. 

( I\")  Newton,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Ransom, 
was  born  at  Colchester,  July  21.  1722.  died  at 
Halifax,  A'ermont,  May  31,  179(5.  He  lived 
at  Shelburne  Falls,  ^lassachusetts,  during  his 
active  life.  He  married,  September  i,  1742, 
Sarah  Jones,  at  Colchester.     She  died  at  Shel- 


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burne  Falls,  June  i6,  1804.  Six  of  their  sons 
were  soldiers  in  the  revolution,  and  Newton 
was  active  in  the  patriot's  cause.  Children, 
born  at  Colchester:  Robert,  Aujjust  2(>,  1743; 
Ezekiel,  mentioned  below ;  Jabez,  I^eceniber 
24,  1746;  John,  November  11.  1748:  Elinor, 
June  22,  1750,  died  November  13,  1750:  Ros- 
well,  December  8,  1751 :  Elisha.  December  24, 
1753:  Hazel,  January  3,  1756;  Calvin,  June 
19,  1758 :  Luther,  twin  of  Calvin :  Ichabod, 
January  2,  1760;  Newton,  May  11,  1762:  Eze- 
kiel, October  I,  1763;  Sally,  .April  13,  1767. 
(\')  Major  Ezekiel  Ransom,  son  of  New- 
ton Ransom,  was  born  at  Colchester,  Octo- 
ber I,  1744,  died  November  i,  1838,  at  Kala- 
mazoo, Michigan.  He  and  his  wife  were 
buried  in  the  lot  of  their  son,  Samuel  H.  Ran- 
som, Mountain  Home  cemetery,  at  Kalama- 
zoo. He  served  in  the  revolution,  enlisting:  in  a 
\  ermont  militia  company  under  Captan  Sam- 
uel Fletcher  when  he  was  only  fourteen  years 
of  age.  He  was  present  in  the  e.Kpedition 
against  Crown  Point  and  in  the  battles  of 
Bennington  and  Saratoga,  serving  until  after 
the  surrender  of  General  Burgoyne,  which  he 
also  saw.  He  returned  to  Shelburne  Falls, 
enlisting  in  a  short  time  with  the  Massa- 
chusetts troops,  participating  in  the  battle  of 
Bunker  Hill,  continuing  with  other  enlist- 
ments until  the  end  of  the  war.  He  served 
for  a  time  on  the  non-commissioned  staff  of 
General  Washington,  and  fought  in  most  of 
the  battles  of  the  \'irginia  campaign,  also  be- 
ing present  at  the  execution  of  Major  John 
Andre.  After  the  close  of  the  war  he  again 
returned  to  Shelburne  Falls  w'here  he  lived 
for  a  number  of  years,  moving  then  to  Town- 
shend,  Windham  county,  \'ermont.  where  he 
purchased  a  farm.  He  exchanged  this  farm, 
after  some  years,  with  his  father-in-law,  for 
a  larger  one  near  West  Townshend,  where  he 
moved  about  1800.  In  addition  to  running 
this  farm,  he  also  engaged  in  business  as  a 
blacksmith  and  shoemaker,  carried  on  a  saddle 
and  harness  shop,  also  tannery  and  tin 
shop.  He  sold  his  farm  in  1825  to  his 
son-in-law.  John  P.  .Marsh,  and  moved 
to  East  Townshend  where  he  engaged  in 
business  as  a  general  trader  with  the  Bos- 
ton market  until  1835.  He  then  went  to 
Michigan  where  four  of  his  children  had  set- 
tled, and  located  near  or  at  Bronson.  now 
Kalamazoo.  His  home  there  was  situated  at 
the  southeast  corner  of  Park  and  .Academv 
streets,  and  he  lived  there  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  Major  Ransom  was  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church,  and  with  his  son-in-law. 
Rev.  Jeremiah  Hall,  and  others,  he  was  active 
in  founding  the  Michigan  and  Huron  Literary 
Institute,    late    Kalamazoo    College.      In    ap- 


pearance he  was  tall  and  muscular,  with  .brk 
hair  and  eyes :  the  effects  of  his  mihtarv  exper- 
ience were  shown  by  his  coninianding  ai>- 
pearance,  and  he  was  dignitied  in  conversa- 
tion, very  liberal  and  charitable,  and  loved  and 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him. 

He  married,  .May  25.  1791,  Lucinda  Fletch- 
er, at  Townshend.  She  died  September  30, 
1850,  at  Kalamazoo.  Children:  .Miranda. 
l)orn  at  New  I'ane,  Windham  county.  \er- 
mont,  September  6.  1792,  married  Elijah  Ran- 
som :  Philinda,  February  2;^.  1794,  at  Town- 
shend, married  Jonathan  .\ilen :  Fanny  Jones. 
January  7,  1796,  at  Shelburne  Falls,  'married 
John  P.  .Marsh:  Epaphro<litus,  March  24, 
1798,  at  Shelburne  Fails,  married  .Mmira  C. 
Ransom ;  F.  Fletcher,  .\ugust  22.  1802,  at 
Townshend,  marrieil  Elizaljcth  Noyes:  Ros- 
well,  November  21,  1803,  at  Townshend,  mar- 
ried Wealthy  L.  Shafter;  .\lcxis.  July  21, 
1805,  at  Townshend,  married  (first)  Lois  H. 
Stone,  (second)  Mrs.  Nancy  Brown;  Sophia. 
February  15,  1807.  at  Townshend,  married 
.Amariah  T.  Prouty :  Clarissa,  December  30. 
1808,  at  Townshend,  married  Rev.  Jeremiah 
Hall,  D.  D.  (see  Hall):  Samuel  H.,  Decem- 
ber 23,  18 10,  at  Townshend,  married  Eleanor 
B.  Goddard :  Lucinda  L.,  December  7,  1812, 
at  Townshend,  married  .-Mien  Goodridge; 
James  W.,  .August  8,  1816,  at  Townshend. 

Arthur  Warren,  the  immigrant 
W.ARREN  ancestor,  emigrated  to  .Amer- 
ica before  1638  and  located  at 
Weymouth,  Massachusetts.  The  earliest  men- 
tion of  his  name  in  the  Weymouth  records  is 
in  1638,  and  he  is  next  mentioned  in  T645 
as  one  of  the  petitioners  to  the  general  court 
for  a  grant  of  the  Narragansett  lands.  His 
name  is  fourth  on  the  list  of  landowners,  Feb- 
ruary, 1651-2,  and  it  is  evident  that  he  owned 
considerable  real  estate.  He  was  one  of  the 
substantial  citizens  of  Weymouth,  but  he  was 
not  named  among  those  who  were  admitted  as 
freemen,  and  the  records  do  not  show  any 
activity  in  public  affairs.  From  this  it  is  in- 
ferred that  he  was  not  in  harmony  with  the 
religion  of  the  Puritans.  He  died  before  1663. 
in  which  year  land  was  granted  to  "Widow 
Warren".      He    married,    about    1638,    Mary 

.     Children,  born  at  Weymouth:     .\r- 

thur,  November  17,  1639:  .Abigail,  October  2y, 
1640:  Jacob,  mentioneil  below:  Joseph,  living 
in   1671 ;  Fearnot,  June.   1653. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  .Arthur  Warren,  was 
born  at  \\'eymoutli.  October  26,  1642.  and  died 
in  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts,  before  1723. 
Prior  to  Hii'j  he  removed  from  Weymouth  to 
Chelmsford,  and  became  at  once  active  in 
town  affairs.     In  1667-8  he  was  fence  viewer; 


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one  of  a  committee  for  laying  out  land,  1673- 
87-88,  1709;  tithingman,  1679-94-97;  select- 
man, 1683  ;  and  surveyor  of  highways,  1686- 
87-90.  ^larch  16,  1691-2,  he  served  as  mem- 
ber of  the  "garrison  in  the  West  regiment,  in 
Middlesex,"  at  Chelmsford,  under  Lieutenant 
Ephraim  Hildreth.  December  12,  1677,  he 
received  a  grant  of  land  in  Chelmsford,  and 
this,  together  with  other  early  grants  made  to 
the  Warrens,  was  in  that  part  of  Chelmsford 
since  known  as  Westford.  In  171 1  he  was 
granted  land  on  Thomas  Henchman's  right, 
and  doubtless  moved  into  the  village  of 
Chelmsford.  He  married  there,  June  21,  1667, 
INIary,  daughter  of  Sergeant  Richard  and  his 
first 'wife  Sarah  ( )  Hildreth.  Her  fa- 
ther, Richard  Hildreth,  was  born  1605,  and 
was  the  founder  of  his  family  in  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  one  of  the  petitioners  for  the 
incorporation  of  Woburn  and  Concord,  after- 
wards removed  to  Cambridge,  where  he  was 
made  freeman,  1643.  In  1653  he  was  one  of 
the  original  grantees  of  Chelmsford,  where  he 
became  a  large  landholder  and  died  in  1688. 
He  married  Sarah  ,  who  died  in  Cam- 
bridge, June  15,  1644,  and  (second)  Elizabeth 

,  who  died  at  Alalden,  August  3,  i'j93. 

'Sla.ry  Hildreth  Warren  died  at  Chelmsford, 
December  17,  1730.  Children,  born  at  Chelms- 
ford;  Jacob,  about  1668;  Joseph,  of  whom 
further:  Elizabeth,  March  3,  1674:  Ephraim, 
June  24,  1680. 

(Ill )  Deacon  Joseph  Warren,  son  of  Jacob 
Warren,  was  born  at  Chelmsford,  October  25, 
1670,  and  died  there  April  16,  1740.  In  1699 
he  was  chosen  constable,  and  in  1718  tithing- 
man. In  17 18  he  was  one  of  the  contributors 
towards  the  building  of  a  school-house.  He 
was  also  deacon  of  the  church  at  Chelmsford. 
Three  years  after  his  marriage  he  received  by 
deed  of  gift  from  his  wife's  kinsman,  Thomas 
Henchman,  the  property  on  the  Boston  road 
in  Chelmsford,  upon  which  still  stands  the  fam- 
ily homestead.  It  has  been  inherited  by  the 
eldest  son  of  each  generation,  and  has  had 
numerous  additions  and  extensions,  but  still 
retains  the  old  kitchen  with  its  large  fireplace 
and  ovens,  and  the  old  sitting  room  with  its 
wainscoat  of  the  colonial  period.  Many  in- 
teresting traditions  attach  to  it.  .\mong  them 
is  one  which  relates  that  the  patriot  troops 
who  marched  to  Lexington  and  Concord  in 
-April,  1775.  mustered  at  the  "Warren  Farm." 
Deacon  Joseph  Warren  married,  March  11, 
1696,  Ruth,  youngest  daughter  of  Sergeant 
Thomas  Wheeler,  son  of  Lieutenant  Thomas 
\MieeIer.  Children,  born  in  Chelmsford: 
Elizabeth.  December  9.  1696:  Joseph,  of  whom 
further:  Jacob.  December  13,  1700:  Thomas, 
IMarch  5,  1704;  Ephraim,  December  6,  1707; 


Ruth,  August  23,   171 1  :  John,  July  25,  1714. 

(I\')  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Deacon  Joseph 
(I)  Warren,  was  born  at  Chelmsford,  April 
5,  1699,  and  died  there  September  28,  1769. 
In  1723  he  was  surveyor  of  highways;  in  1726, 
tithingman:  in  1741-42-43,  assessor  and  se- 
lectman. In  1724,  during  the  fourth  Indian 
war,  commonly  known  as  the  "Three  years' 
war",  or  "Lovewell's  war",  from  John  Love- 
well,  a  well-known  scout,  he  was  a  member 
of  one  of  the  companies,  equipped  with  snow- 
shoes,  firearms,  etc.,  and  ready  at  a  minute's 
notice  to  go  on  scouting  parties  in  pursuit  of 
the  Indians.  His  company  was  under  the 
command  of  Captain  Robert  Richardson.  He 
married,  July  18,  1721-2,  Tabitha,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Sarah  (Howard)  Parker,  of 
Chelmsford,  born  February,  1701,  buried 
March  i,  1750.  Her  father,  Benjamin,  was 
the  son  of  Jacob  Parker,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, and  his  wife  Sarah.  Her  mother,  Sa- 
rah Howard,  was  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  (Willard)  Howard.  Children,  born  at 
Chelmsford:  Joseph,  of  whom  further;  Tab- 
itha, June  10,  1727;  Benjamin.  August  30, 
1729;  Sarah,  July  30,  1733:  Alary,  April  13, 
1736;  Ruth,  September  4,  1741. 

(V)  Captain  Joseph  (3)  'VVarren,  son  of 
Joseph  (2)  Warren,  was  born  at  Chelmsford, 
August  24,  1724,  and  died  there  Alarch  17, 
1792.  In  1754  he  was  tithingman,  and  in 
1 76 1 -70-7 1 -73  selectman.  In  1765  he  bought 
land  at  Westminster,  Massachusetts,  and  in 
1773  part  of  another  lot  there  which  after- 
wards became  the  estate  of  his  son  Jeduthan. 
He  married,  .April  15,  1752,  Joanna,  daughter 
of  Josiah  and  Joanna  (Spalding)  Fletcher, 
born  March  10,  1726,  died  March  3,  1763. 
Her  father.  Josiah  Fletcher  (4),  was  the  son 
of  Lieutenant  William  (3),  the  son  of  Ensign 
William  (2),  the  son  of  Robert  Fletcher  (i), 
the  immigrant.  After  her  death  he  married 
(second)  February  23.  1769,  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Osgood,  of  Billerica, 
born  January  31,  1749-50,  died  October  7, 
1815.  Children,  born  at  Chelmsford  :  Joanna, 
.\pril  6,  1753;  Jeduthan,  mentioned  below; 
Jeremiah,  February  2^,  1763  :  Child  of  the  sec- 
ond wife :  Joseph,  December  7,   1769. 

(\T)  Jeduthan,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  (3) 
Warren,  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  November 
24,  1756,  and  died  at  Westminster.  October 
28.  1841.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
from  September  30,  1777,  until  November  8th 
of  the  same  year,  in  Captain  Ford's  company. 
Colonel  Jonathan  Reed's  regiment,  .\bout 
1779  he  removed  to  W'estminster.  where  he 
lived  on  the  lands  formerly  purchased  by  his 
father,  of  which  he  eventually  became  the 
owner.     L'pon   this   land  he  built  the   house. 


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still  standing,  which  is  well  known  as  the 
"Warren  Farmstead."  He  is  described  by  a 
contemporary  as  a  "fine  old  gentleman  *  *  * 
with  marked  peculiarities."  His  family  were 
all  brought  up  in  the  strictest  Calvinistic 
faith.  He  married,  July  22,  1779.  Joanna, 
daughter  of  Simeon  and  Joanna  (Thorndike) 
Moors,  Simeon  (2)  Lieutenant  Joseph  (1). 
She  was  born  November  17,  1761,  and  died 
June  24,  1836.  Children,  born  at  Westmin- 
ster: Polly,  November  30,  1780;  Joseph,  De- 
cember 17,  1781  ;  Jesse,  mentioned  below  ;  Ez- 
ra, February  28,  1786,  died  January  21,  1796; 
Jedulhan,  March  5,  1788;  Micaiah,  born  Sep- 
tember 2^.  1790;  Simeon,  May  27,  1794; 
Joanna,  October  15,   1796;  Ezra,  October  9, 

1799; 

(\'n)  Jesse,  son  of  Jeduthan  Warren,  was 
born  at  Westminster,  January  23,  1784,  and 
died  at  Fitchburg,  Massachusetts,  June  18, 
1854.  He  lived  during  his  early  life  in  his 
native  town,  where  he  established  himself  as 
an  iron-worker.  In  1809  he  removed  to  West 
Dedham,  Massachusetts,  where  he  carried  on 
the  same  trade  until  182 1.  He  then  removed 
to  a  large  farm  out  of  the  village,  on  Fox 
Hill,  where  he  built  a  commodious  house  with 
farm  buildings  and  workshops.  Here  he  car- 
ried on  an  extensive  business  in  wrought  iron 
and  the  manufacture  of  ploughs.  He  was  one 
of  the  earliest  makers  of  ploughs  made  of  cast 
iron,  if  not  the  inventor,  and  obtained  castings 
from  his  own  patterns  at  .\lger's  furnace  in 
South  Boston.  In  August,  1829,  he  removed 
to  Peru.  Bennington  county,  Vermont,  at  the 
top  of  the  pass  over  Alount  Bromley.  -At  the 
summit  of  this  pass  was  a  tavern  which  he 
moved  down  the  mountain  side  and  set  up  on 
the  new  road,  on  the  banks  of  a  small  stream. 
Near  it  he  built  a  plough-shop  and  foundry. 
In  1837  he  removed  to  Springfield,  \'ermont, 
and  in  company  with  his  son  Joseph  bought  a 
foundry  which  was  burned  to  the  ground  the 
year  following.  He  then  built  another  foun- 
dry below  the  town,  and  manufactured  there 
agricultural  implements,  among  them  the  side- 
hill  or  swivel  plough  of  which  he  was  the  in- 
ventor. This  is  still  used  in  hill  regions  all 
over  the  United  States  and  in  foreign  lands. 
The  original  drawings  are  now  in  the  posses- 
sion of  the  present  owner  of  the  foundry,  who 
states  that  there  has  been  no  improvement^  on 
the  patent.  He  also  invented  anil  manufac- 
tured the  cast-iron  hub  for  wagon  wheels. 
During  the  winter  of  1839-40  he  removed  to 
Keeseville,  New  York,  and  thence  in  1841  to 
Brandon,  \"ermont.  In  1844  he  settled  at 
Glens  Falls,  New  York,  where  he  remained 
until  1851.  He  then  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness  and    removed   to    Fitchburg.    :\Iassachu- 


setts,  where  he  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life. 
He  married,  at  Westminster,  SeptemlK-r  20, 
1807.  Betsey,  daughter  of  Oliver  and  Mary 
(I'lerce)  Jackson,  of  that  town,  burn  there, 
.Xugust  5,  1790,  died  October  24,  187G.  Oli- 
ver (6),  Josiah  (5),  Isaac  (4).  Edward  (3), 
Sebas  (2),  Edward  (l).  Children,  the  eldest 
born  at  Westminster,  the  two  youngest  at 
Peru,  and  the  others  at  Dedham:  Joseph, 
December  15,  1808,  died  February  13,  1809; 
Mary  Ann,  born  December  18,  1809;  Joseph, 
February  3,  1812;  Betsey,  February  17'  1814; 
Elvira,  February  10,  1817;  John.  September 
II,  1819;  Samuel  Mills,  February  12,  1822; 
Cyrus  Moors,  mentioned  below  ;  Herbert  Mar- 
shall. January  16,  1827;  Harriet  Newell.  Jan- 
uary 9,  1830;  Ebenezer  Burgess,  .\pril  18, 
1833.. 

(\  III)  Cyrus  Moors,  son  of  Jesse  Warren, 
was  born  at  Fox  Hill,  Dedham,  January  15, 
1824,  and  died  at  Manchester,  X'ermont.  .\u- 
gust  13,  1891.  When  he  was  five  years  old 
his  father  removed  to  Peru,  Vermont,  which 
was  then  in  the  midst  of  a  wilderness. 
When  he  was  thirteen  his  father  again  re- 
moved, this  time  to  Springfield,  \'ermont.  He 
received  during  his  early  years  only  >uch 
schooling  as  the  locality  afforded,  and  for  a 
number  of  years  taught  school  during  the  win- 
ters and  worked  as  a  farmer  in  the  summers. 
In  1847  he  became  associated  with  his  brother, 
Samuel  M.  Warren,  in  the  manufacture  of 
tarred  sheathing  for  roofs,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
This  business  was  so  successful  that  other 
brothers  were  called  in  to  help  carry  it  on, 
and  in  1832  Cyrus  was  enabled  to  devote  him- 
self entirely  to  study.  In  1852  he  removed 
to  Cambridge.  Massachusetts,  with  his  family, 
and  entered  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School, 
in  the  departments  of  zoology  and  chemistry. 
His  first  meeting  with  Agassiz  at  this  time 
was  an  important  event  in  his  life.  In  1855 
he  took  the  degree  of  S.  B.  with  high  dis- 
tinction, and  immediately  after  was  elected 
an  honorary  member  of  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa, 
on  the  nomination  of  Benjamin  Pierce,  sec- 
onded by  Louis  .\gassiz.  He  was  the  first 
graduate  of  the  Lawrence  Scientific  School 
upon  whom  this  honor  was  conferred.  Soon 
after  he  took  his  family  to  Europe  and  studied 
extensively  there,  first  at  Paris,  then  at  Heidel- 
berg under  Bunsen.  at  Freiberg  in  Saxony,  at 
Munich  under  Liebig,  at  Berlin  under  Hein- 
rich  Rose,  and  at  London.  His  brothers. 
meantime,  in  their  manufacture  of  tarred 
sheathing,  had  obtained  important  results  and 
immense  profits  by  the  use  of  the  coal-tar  of 
gas-works  at  a  time  when  this  material  was 
wholly  without  commercial  value.  Long  be- 
fore anyone  suspected  that  coal-tar  and  the 


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various  other  substances  obtainable  from  it 
could  be  put  to  highly  important  uses  in  the 
arts,  the  Warren  brothers  had  control  of  all 
the  tar  produced  in  New  York  and  several 
other  larse  cities,  and  when  aniline  dves  came 

'  1 

into  use  and  a  great  demand  arose  tor  those 
portions  of  coal-tar  naphtha  from  which  those 
dyes  were  made,  they  were  peculiarly  situated 
for  producing  the  naphtha.  Cyrus  turned  his 
attention  to  the  question  as  to  how  to  obtain 
these  volatile  products,  and  in  1864  published 
in  the  "Memoirs  of  the  American  Academy  of 
Arts  and  Sciences"  his  process  of  "Fractional 
condensation,"  which  was  widely  copied  into 
scientific  journals.  One  important  result  of 
his  researches  was  the  unexpected  discovery 
that  the  more  volatile  portions  of  Pennsylvania 
petroleum  contained  two  distinct  series  of  hy- 
drocarbons, the  complete  separation  of  which 
had  been  impossible  before  the  invention  of 
his  method  of  fractioning.  From  1863  to 
1866  he  had  a  thoroughly  equipped  private 
laboratory  in  Boston  and  gave  himself  up 
wholly  to  research.  He  then  removed  to 
Brookline,  where  he  established  another  lab- 
oratory. He  was  appointeti  to  the  professor- 
ship of  organic  chemistry  at  the  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology,  but  resigned  after 
a  year  or  two  on  account  of  lack  of  time. 
Later,  when  his  brothers  turned  their  atten- 
tion to  the  manufacture  of  refined  asphalt,  he 
gave  them  valuable  aid  in  this  direction.  In 
1888  he  broke  down  from  overwork  and  had 
a  paralytic  shock  from  which  he  never  re- 
covered. In  recognition  of  his  many  years  of 
association  with  Harvard  University  and  the 
American  Academy  of  .\rts  and  Sciences  of 
Boston,  he  left  them  each  legacies  to  be  used 
for  the  promotion  of  chemical  research  or  the 
advancement  of  chemical  science. 

He  married,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  September 
12,  1849,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Ogden  and  Lydia 
(Ludlow)  Ross,  born  at  Cincinnati.  January 
31.  1826.  Her  father  came  from  a  Scotch 
family  and  went  west  from  Xew  Jersey.  Chil- 
dren :  Emma  Ross,  born  at  Buffalo,  Xew 
York,  November  i,  185 1  ;  Charles  Ross,  born 
at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  April  26,  1854; 
\\'illiam  Ross,  born  at  London,  England,  Oc- 
tober 9,  i860 :  Annie  Ross,  born  at  Newton, 
February  11,  1862:  Edward  Ross,  born  at  Bos- 
ton. February  14.  1864;  ?^Iary  Ross,  born  at 
"Walnut  Place."  Brookline.  January  9,  1867: 
Gertrude  Ross,  born  at  "Walnut  Place," 
Brookline,  June  8,  1869,  died  March  9,   1877. 


he  had  a  hotel  in  West  Rutland,  until  it  was 
burned.  He  then  moved  to  Rutland,  where 
he  purchased  a  farm  situated  where  the 
Holmes  Machine  Company's  plant  is  now. 
After  a  time  he  sold  this  farm  and  settled 
on  the  place  where  George  C.  Thrall  now  lives, 
and  there  he  resided  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
He  married  (first)  in  1821.  Betsey  Gates, 
(second)  Mary  Townsend.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Emeroy,  born  1822.  died  May  3,  1886, 
married  John  C.  Batcheller ;  Roseman,  died 
young :  Gates,  died  young.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Samuel  T.,  died  young;  Chauncey 
T.,  died  January  18,  1863,  in  Gallatin  Ho.spital, 
Tennessee,  during  the  civil  war;  went  to  Illi- 
nois when  twenty-one  years  of  age  and  en- 
listed in  the  Illinois  Regiment ;  Lvdia  T.,  died 
aged  si-xteen ;  Samuel  C,  died  young ;  George 
Calvin,  mentioned  below ;  David  H.,  died 
young;  Frank  C,  died  young. 

(VIII)  George  Calvin,  son  of  Jonathan  C. 
Thrall,  was  born  in  Rutland.  \'ermont,  June 
30,  1841.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  was  graduated  from  the 
Rutland  high  school.  During  his  youth  he  as- 
sisted his  father  on  the  homestead ;  he  has 
always  followed  farming  and  lived  in  Rut- 
land, in  1890  building  his  present  residence 
on  the  homestead.  Besides  his  farm  he  owns 
other  valuable  real  estate  in  Rutland.  He  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  municipal  affairs,  and 
has  represented  his  ward  in  the  board  of  al- 
dermen. In  national  politics  he  is  a  Prohibi- 
tionist and  he  has  been  a  delegate  to  various 
national  conventions  of  the  Prohibition  party. 
He  is  an  active  and  prominent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church  and  has  held  in 
succession  the  various  offices  of  the  church. 

He  married,  February  2,  1865,  Lura  B. 
Jefiferson,  of  Des  Plaines,  Illinois,  born  there, 
daughter  of  Luther  and  Betsey  (Smith)  Jef- 
ferson. Children,  born  in  Rutland :  Benja- 
min W..  Tanuarv  16,  1866,  died  September 
8,  1867;  Guy  B',  July  21,  1868,  died  Octo- 
ber 6,  1869;  Jay  C,  April  12,  1870.  died  -Au- 
gust 13,  1871  ;  Fred  B.,  February  24,  1872, 
died  January  12.  1875;  Alice  J.,  June  9,  1874, 
died  July  7,  1876;  Rollin  C.  July  24,  1876, 
died  September  26.  1877 ;  John  C.,  Tanuarv 
I.  1878.  died  March  15.  18S2 ;  Mary  E.,  .Au- 
gust 22,  1880,  died  .April  19.  li 


(\'II)    Tonathan  C.  Thrall,  son 

THR.\LL     of  Chaiincy  Thrall  (q.  v.),  was 

born    in    West    Rutland,    \"er- 

mont.  died  in  Rutland.  1852.     For  many  years 


Dr.  Joshua  Poore.  a  descendant 
POORE     of    Daniel    Poor,    of     .Andover. 

Massachusetts,  probably  of  the 
fifth  generation,  was  born  in  1750  in  Massa- 
chusetts, and  died  at  Stratford,  Connecticut, 
in  1792.  His  gravestone  gives  his  age  as 
forty-two  years.  He  settled  in  Stratford  when 
a  young  man,  and  was  a  leading  medical  prac- 


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titioner  cit  that  city.  He  married,  in  Novem- 
ber, 1 77 1.  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Lewis.  Children,  born  at  Stratford :  Sally. 
Januarv  8.  1779:  Thomas.  March  25.  1781; 
Daniel:  Nancy.  December  21,  1786;  David, 
mentioned  below  ;  Caty.  July  8.  1789,  died  Au- 
gust 18,  1863:  Charles,  died  in  the  Last  Indies. 

I  II)  David,  son  of  Dr.  Joshua  Poore,  was 
born  at  Stratford.  Connecticut,  in  1787,  died 
in  1852.  He  was  a  merchant  in  New  York 
City.  He  married  .Anna  Taylor,  born  in  New 
York  City  in  1800,  daughter  of  George  W. 
Talbot,  a  well  known  New  York  merchant, 
engaged  in  the  China  trade,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Commodore  Silas  Talbot,  mentioned  be- 
low. .\mong  the  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Poore  was  Charles  Talbot,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Charles  Talbot  Poore,  son  of 
David  Poore,  was  born  in  New  York  City, 
October  14.  1839,  died  suddenly  at  his  home 
in  New  York  City,  .April  4.  1911.  He  was 
educated  at  Dr.  Dudley's  School  at  Northamp- 
ton. Massachusetts,  and  in  1857  entered  Will- 
iams College,  graduating  in  the  class  of  1861 
with  a  Baccalaureate  degree,  and  in  1891 
this  institution  conferred  upon  him  the  honor- 
ary degree  of  Master  of  .Arts.  He  studied 
medicine  with  Dr.  Henry  B.  Sands,  of  New 
Y'ork  City.  He  later  became  a  student  at  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  grad- 
uated from  the  medical  department  in  i86(). 
After  his  graduation  entered  upon  the  practice 
of  his  profession  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
and  it  soon  became  evident,  both  to  the  medi- 
cal fraternity  and  to  his  patients,  that  he  was 
a  man  of  ability,  skill  and  tireless  energy, 
which,  coupled  with  his  high  character,  would 
win  for  him  merited  distinction.  From  Au- 
gust. 1863.  to  1867,  he  served  in  the  surgical 
department  of  the  New  York  Hospital ;  in 
1872  was  appointed  surgeon  to  St.  Mary's 
Free  Hospital  for  Children,  and  served  in  that 
capacity  up  to  his  death ;  was  consulting  sur- 
geon to  the  Hospital  for  the  Ruptured  and 
Crippled :  was  connected  with  St.  Luke's 
Home,  one  of  the  board  of  managers,  and 
associate  in  surgery  in  the  College  of  Physi- 
cians and  Surgeons.  He  frequently  contrib- 
uted to  the  medical  journals,  notably  on  the 
subject  of  diseases  of  the  joints.  He  has  also 
published  •'Osteotomy  and  Osteoclasis  for  De- 
formities of  the  Lower  Extremities"  (.Apple- 
ton,  1886).  and  contributed  the  article  on  "Os- 
teologv  "  in  Reference  Handbook  on  Medical 
Sciences  (William  Wood  &  Company, _  1887), 
and  the  article  on  "Diseases  of  the  Alajor  .Ar- 
ticulations" in  the  Encvclopedia  of  Di.seases  of 
CbiUlren  i  Lippincott, '1890).  Dr.  Poore  was 
a  member  of  the  faculty  of  the  College  of 
Phvsicians  and  Surgeons,  the  New  York  State 


Medical  Society,  County  ^[cdical  Society, 
L'nion  League  Club  of  New  York,  of  whicii 
he  was  (jnc  ui  the  otficers.  tiic  Century  .\sso- 
ciatiun.  New  England  .^uciety,  the  St.  Nich- 
olas  Society. 

Dr.  I'oore  married,  Otober  18,  1892,  Helen 
Talbot.  lx>rn  in  February,  1849,  daughter  of 
Charles  N.  Talbot,  of  New  York. 

Commodore  Silas  Talbot,  alxne  mentioned, 
was  born  in  Dighton,  LIristol  county,  Massa- 
chu.-etts,  in  175 1,  died  in  New  York  City, 
June  30.  18 1 3,  buried  in  Trinity  churchyard, 
-New  'V'(jrk.  He  was  the  son  of  Henjamin  and 
Zipporah  1  .Allen)  Talbot,  the  former  of  whom 
was  a  prosperous    farmer  of   Bristol  county. 

In  early  life  Silas  Talbot  went  to  sea  on 
coasting  vessels.  He  became  a  merchant  in 
Providence.  Rhode  Island;  joined  the  con- 
tinental army  as  lieutenant ;  was  commissioned 
captain,  June  28.  1775;  took  part  in  the  siege 
of  Boston,  and  accompanied  the  troops  to  -New 
York.  He  proposed  an  attack  on  the  British 
fleet  in  the  North  river,  by  means  of  a  fire 
ship,  and  ascending  the  Hudson  river  in  a 
ship  filled  with  combustibles,  made  a  night  at- 
tack, succeeding  in  partly  destroying  the  Brit- 
ish ship  '".Asia",  after  which,  although  severely 
burned  he  escaped  to  the  Jersey  shore.  On 
October  10.  1777,  congress  tendered  him  a 
vote  of  thanks,  and  promoted  him  to  the  rank 
of  major.  He  took  part  in  the  defense  of  Mud 
Island,  in  the  Delaware  river,  and  was  badly 
wounded,  and  on  his  return  to  duty  joined  the 
army  under  Sullivan,  participating  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Rhode  Island,  in  .August,  1778.  On 
October  29,  1778,  in  coinmand  of  a  small 
sloop  with  two  guns  and  sixty  men,  he  planned 
and  executed  the  capture  of  the  British  ship 
"Pigot",  of  two  hunilred  guns,  anchored  off 
Newport  for  which  congress  awarded  him  a 
vote  of  thanks  and  promoted  him  lieutenant- 
colonel.  In  command  of  the  "Pigot"  and 
■■-Argo"  he  was  detailed  to  guard  the  coast 
from  Long  Island  to  Nantucket.  He  cap- 
tured the  British  schooner  "Lively";  two  let- 
ters of  marque  brigs  from  the  West  Indies ; 
the  privateer  "King  George  ".  the  sloop  ".Ad- 
venture ".  and  the  brig  "Elliot",  and  later  cap- 
tured the  "Dragon ",  a  large  armed  vessel, 
after  a  severe  battle  of  four  hours.  He  was 
commissioned  captain  and  assigned  to  the 
privateer  "George  Washington",  and.  falling 
in  with  a  British  fleet,  he  was  captureii.  and 
confined  in  the  prison  ship  "Jersey",  and  in 
the  "Old  Sugar  House".  New  York  City.  In 
November,  1780.  he  was  taken  to  England 
on  the  "Yarmouth,"  being  kept  in  close  con- 
fineinent  and  suffering  great  cruelties.  He 
wa^  hnall>  exchanged  in  1781.  and  was  sent 
to   Cherbourg,   France,   where  he   sailed    for 


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America  in  a  French  brig.  This  brig  was 
captured  by  the  British  privateer  "Jupiter." 
but  Captain  Talbot  was  transferred  to  an  Eng- 
Hsh  brig  and  taken  to  New  York.  He  re- 
moved to  Philadelphia  and  later  to  New  York  ; 
and  was  a  representative  from  that  state  in 
the  third  congress,  1793-95.  Upon  the  reor- 
ganization of  the  United  States  navy  he  was 
commissioned  captain,  ]May  11,  1789,  and  com- 
manded a  squadron  in  the  West  Indies  during 
the  war  with  France.  He  planned  the  expedi- 
tion under  Lieutenant  Isaac  Hull,  to  cut  out 
the  French  privateer  "Sandwich"  at  Port 
Platte,  Santo  Domingo.  He  resigned  his  com- 
mission, September  21,  1801. 

He  was  twice  married:  (first)  in  1772  to 
Anna,  daughter  of  Colonel  Barzillai  Rich- 
mond, and  (second)  to  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
^Morris  [Morris,  and  granddaughter  of  Gover- 
nor Mifflin. 


(II)    Benjamin  Spaulding, 
SPAL'LDING     son  of  Edward  Spaulding 

(q.  v.),  was  born  in  Brain- 
tree,  Massachusetts,  April  7,  1645,  '^^^'^  before 
1708.  He  purchased  a  large  piece  of  land 
in  what  is  now  Brooklyn,  then  in  the  north 
part  of  Canterbury,  Windham  county,  Con- 
necticut. His  son  Edward  received  the  fam- 
ily homestead,  and  Edward  left  it  to  his  son 
Ebenezer.  Benjamin  Spaulding  married,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1668,  Olive,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Olive  Farwell,  of  Concord  and  of  Chelmsford, 
Massachusetts.  Henry  Farwell  was  made  a 
freeman  in  1689.  Children  of  Benjamin  and 
Olive  Spaulding:  Sarah,  born  January  4, 
1670;  Edward,  mentioned  below:  Benjamin. 
July  6,  1685:  Elizabeth,  married  Ephraim 
Wheeler;  and  Mary,  who  married  Isaac  Mor- 
gan. 

(Ill)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  Spaul- 
ding, was  born  June  18,  1672,  died  November 
29,  1740.  The  Canterbury,  Connecticut,  rec- 
ord says  he  died  in  1739.  According  to 
]\Iiss  E.  D.  Learned,  in  "Sketches  of  Wind- 
ham County",  Edward  Spaulding  was  the  third 
settler  within  the  present  boundary  of  Brook- 
lyn, and  he  bought  land  north  of  the  Canter- 
bury bounds,  at  the  foot  of  Tadwick  Hill,  in 
1707.  He  was  on  the  first  committee  of  the 
Religious  Society,  organized  in  173 1,  the  com- 
mittee consisting  of  three  members.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Adams,  w-ho  died  September  20. 
1754,  aged  seventy-eight  years.  Children,  first 
born  in  Chelmsford,  others  in  Canterbury, 
where  he  lived  :  Benjamin,  mentioned  below ; 
Elizabeth,  born  August  15,  1698;  Ephraim, 
April  3,  1700:  Jonathan,  April  15,  1704:  Eze- 
kiel.  September  8.  1706:  Ruth,  Septemlier  28. 
1710;    Abigail,    March    10,    1713:    Ebenezer, 


June  24,  1717  :  Thomas,  August  7,  1719  ;  John, 
December  i,  1721. 

(I\')  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Edward  (2) 
Spaulding,  was  born  July  20,  1696,  in  Chelms- 
ford, and  lived  in  Plainfield,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (first)  March  7,  1719-20,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Wright,  of  Chelmsford, 
and  she  died  January  6,  1727.  He  married 
(second)  October  30,  1727,  Deborah  Wheeler. 
Children,  born  in  Plainfield.  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below  :  Abigail,  born  February  20,  1723  ; 
Olive,  January  25,  1725  :  Ebenezer,  December 
8,  1726,  died  March  26,  1727;  Asa,  March  26, 
1729:  Oliver,  January  25,  1731,  died  February 
24,  1731  ;  Mary.  January  17,  1732:  Sarah,  De- 
cember 5.  1733  :  David,  ]March  27,  173O;  Alice, 
married  Isaac  Morgan. 

( \' )  Benjamin  (3),  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Spaulding,  was  born  in  Plainfield,  Connecticut, 
February  29,  1720,  died  March  19,  1807.  at 
Moretown,  \'ermont.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Society  of  Friends,  and  his  wife  was  a 
Congregationalist  in  religion.  They  lived  in 
Plainfield,  and  in  Sharon,  \'ermont,  finally 
settling  in  Moretown,  Vermont.  He  served 
in  the  revolution.  He  married,  January  29, 
1756,  Rachel  Crary,  sometimes  spelled  Mc- 
Crary  and  also  Crery.  She  was  daughter  of 
John  and  Prudence  Crary.  John  Crary  was 
a  probate  court  judge  in  Connecticut.  Rachel 
Crary  was  born  in  Plainfield,  January  20,  1729, 
died  at  Saranac,  New  York,  July  14,  1824. 
Children,  first  six  born  in  Plainfield  :  Wright, 
February  5,  1757  :  David,  May  23,  1759,  died 
August  15.  1759  :  Ellen.  August  25  or  28,  1760; 
Infant  son,  June,  1762,  died  1762;  Zilpah, 
November  9,  1763,  or  November  6,  1764; 
Royal,  mentioned  below ;  Abigail,  February  2, 
1769:  Rachel,  March  22,  1771  :  \'ersal,  July 
15-   1773.  or  August   15,   1773;   Levi.  August 

15.  1777- 

fVI)  Royal,  son  of  Benjamin  (3)  Spaul- 
ding, was  born  in  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  Au- 
gust 2^,  1766,  died  in  Moretown.  \'ermont, 
March  6.  1813.  He  married,  August  19,  1789, 
Lucy  Benton,  born  February  20.  177 1,  died 
August  8,  1836.  Children :'  \\'ealthy  Park- 
hurst,  born  February  21,  1791  :  Olive,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1793  ;  Benjamin  Harvey,  May  11,  1797: 
Newell  Stevens,  December  3,  1799:  Nathan 
Benton,  IMarch  24,  1802:  John  Rogers,  men- 
tioned below:  Lucy,  April  13,  1806.  died  Jan- 
uary 13,  181 1 :  Sibyl,  March  22.  1809.  died 
IMarch  31,  1809:  Azel  Parkhurst,  June  27, 
1810,  died  March  i,  1813  ;  Chastina  Parkhurst, 
August  20,  1812. 

(\TI)  John  Rogers,  son  of  Royal  Spaul- 
ding. was  born  in  Saranac.  New  York,  June 
24.  1804.  the  first  white  child  born  there,  and 
died   in   Rutland,   \'ermont,    March   22,    1879. 


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He  was  a  tanner  by  trade,  and  lived  in  Waits- 
tieltl,  \'erniont,  and  later  in  Castleton,  \'er- 
mont.  moving  from  there  to  Rutland,  \er- 
mont,  in  1859.  He  was  a  charter  member  of 
Lee  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
-Castleton,  under  whose  auspices  he  was  buried 
at  Rutland.  In  politics  he  was  a  strong  Re- 
publican and  an  Abolitionist.  He  married  Ave- 
line  W'aite,  born  in  Waitstield.  N'ermont,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1810,  died  in  Rutland.  May  17. 
1885,  daughter  of  Judge  I.yndc  and '  Lois 
Waite.  of  Waitsfield".  Children.  i.  Hmilv 
Waite,  born  May  3,  1831,  died  January  31, 
1908;  married  Dr.  Charles  G.  Nichols,  of 
Castleton.  2.  Richard  Marvin,  mentioned  be- 
low. 3.  Courtland,  July  19.  1837,  died  No- 
vember 23,  1858.  4.  Lois  Waite,  January  24, 
1840,  died  September  14,  1904.  5.  Celia  Etta. 
July  14,  1841,  died  January  14,  1898:  married 
(first)  Francis  Fenn.  (second)  Amos  C. 
Bates.  6.  Aveline,  October  13,  1844;  mar- 
ried, September  6,  1871,  Orlando  Worcester, 
who  died  February  24,  1906 ;  son  Richard, 
born  April  20,  1873.  7.  Salome  Redfield,  Jan- 
uary II,  1850:  married  George  Verder,  de- 
ceased. 8.  John,  August  15,  1853,  lives  in 
Rutland. 

(\I1I)  Richard  Marvin,  son  of  John  Rog- 
ers Spaulding,  was  born  in  Waitsfield,  Wash- 
ington county,  X'ermont,  May  15,  1835,  diec' 
at  Rutland,  \'ermont,  February  15,  1903.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools.  When  a  young  man  he  engaged  in 
the  lumber  business  and  became  prominent 
and  successful  as  a  manufacturer  of  lumber 
and  as  a  contractor,  and  for  many  years  he 
was  one  of  the  leaders  in  his  line  of  business 
in  this  section.  He  employed  a  large  force 
of  men  and  many  horses,  owned  much  timber 
land  and  had  saw  mills  in  various  parts  of  the 
state.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and 
in  religion  a  Methodist.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 31,  1857,  Alary  Ann  Hopkins,  born  in 
Hampton,  Xew  A'ork,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Alice  (Burns)  Hopkins.  Children:  i. 
Alice,  born  September  19,  i860:  married  Lee 
S.  Houghton,  of  Rutland,  and  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Alary  Reese,  born  April  14,  1891.  2. 
William  Hopkins,  mentioned  below.  3.  Hat- 
tie  May,  May  15,  1863,  died  .August  4,  18^4. 
4.  Mamie  Gertrude.  February  19,  1865,  died 
Alay  14.  1870.  5.  Hattie  Gertrude,  -April  20, 
1868.  died  in  September,  1868.  6.  George  W., 
March   19,   1872. 

(IX)  William  Hopkins,  son  of  Richard 
Marvin  Spaulding,  was  born  in  Hydeville, 
\'erniont,  June  27.  1861.  He  came  to  Rut- 
land. X'errnont,  with  his  parents  when  he  was 
two  years  old  and  has  made  his  home  there 
since'    He  attended  the  Rutland  public  schools, 


and  began  his  career  as  clerk  in  the  hardware 
store  of  W.  C.  Landon.  When  Mr.  Landon 
died,  the  business  was  continued  by  a  firm 
composed  of  his  son,  Charles  H.  Landon,  and 
Mr.  Spaulding  and  the  old  name  of  VV.  (J. 
Landon  &  Company  retained.  The  firm  deals 
extensively  in  all  kin<!s  of  hardware  and  agri- 
cultural iiuplements.  In  addition  to  the  orig- 
inal business  oi  the  concern,  the  firm  main- 
tains a  large  and  finely  etjuipped  garage  and 
represents  several  of  liie  leading  automobile 
manufacturers.  Mr.  Sjiaulding  is  one  of  the 
most  enterprising  and  prominent  business  men 
in  Rutland.  He  takes  a  keen  interest  in  pub- 
lic affairs  and  has  served  the  city  as  license 
commissioner.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Killing- 
ton  Bank  of  Rutland.  He  is  a  charier  member 
of  Rutland  Lodge,  lienevolent  and  Protective 
(  )rder  of  Elks,  of  Rutland,  also  a  member  of 
Knights  of   I'ythias. 

He  married,  March,  1887,  Bertha  Brock,  of 
Springfield,  N'ermont,  daughter  of  Samuel  A. 
and  Lucy  (Taylor)  Brock.  They  have  one 
child,   Richard   Brock,  born  March    18,   1894, 


William  Hilliard,  immigrant 
HILLT.ARD  ancestor,  was  born  in  1642, 
died  January  24,  1714.  He 
was  a  cooper  by  trade  and  lived  in  Little 
Compton,  Rhode  Island.  His  will  was  dated 
December  15,  17 13,  and'  proved  February  i, 
1714,  his  wife  Deborah  being  administratrix. 
His  widow's  will  was  dated  January  23,  1717, 
and  proved  March  3.  1718,  son  David  execu- 
tor.      William     Hilliard     married     Deborah 

,  born  in  1652.  died  February  13,  1718. 

Children  :  David,  mentioned  below  :  Deborah, 
born  in  1685:  Esther:  Mary,  .April  3,  1687; 
.Abigail,  July  12,  1690:  Sarah,  June  28,  1692; 
Jonathan,  November  8,  1696. 

(II)   Captain  David  Hilliard,  son  of  Will- 
iam Hilliard,  was  born  in  1677,  died  January 

11.  1749.  He  lived  in  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island,  and  was  called  captain  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  His  will  was  dated  .August  r, 
1748,  proveci  February  7,  1749.  his  wife  Su- 
saima  being  executrix.  He  married  (first) 
July  13,  1699,  Joanna  .Andros,  who  died  .April 
14,  1716.  He  married  ('second)  Susanna  Lu- 
ther, born  in  i686,  died  April  6,  1777.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Deborah,  born  .April  4, 
1700:  Lydia,  October  4,  1702:  William,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1703:  Priscilla.  Xovember  2,  1705: 
John,  Xovember  17.  1707,  died  July  30,  1727. 
Born  at  Sti^nington  :  Deborah.  .April  8.  1708; 
Oliver,   Xovember  28,   1709 :  Joseph.  .August 

12,  171 1  :  Dorothy,  May  24.  1713:  Benoni. 
.April  12,  1716.  Children  by  second  wife,  born 
at  Stonington  or  Little  Compton :  Marv.  born 
June  2^.  1718,  died  .August  8.  1740;  Joshua. 


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October  27,  1719:  Hannah,  October  11,  ij2i\ 
Samuel.  March  19,  1723,  died  August  0,  1741  ; 
David.  September  21,  1726:  John,  mentioned 
below:  Susanna,  June  9.  1730;  Abigail.  Octo- 
ber II,  1732.  From  1708  to  1717  the  family 
resided  at  Stonington,  where  the  parents  were 
admitted  to  the  church,  April  4,  1708,  and 
from  which  they  were  dismissed  to  Little 
Compton,  August  16,  1717. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Captain  David  Hilliard, 
was  born  in  Stonington  or  Little  Compton. 
March  12.  1729.  died  in  Danby.  \"ermont. 
in  1793.  He  came  to  X'ermont  when  a  young 
man.  located  first  at  Chittendon  and  later  at 
Danby.  where  he  lived  until  his  death.  He 
married.  May  27,  1753,  Elizabeth  Smith,  of 
Xorwich.  Connecticut,  born  in  1734,  died  in 
1791,  daughter  of  Josiah  Smith.  Children: 
Azariah,  born  May  22,  1754.  died  in  1783: 
Joshua,  born  January  i.  1757.  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution:  Daniel.  January  31.  1759:  Ed- 
na and  Miner,  twins,  born  April  29.   1764. 

(I\')  Miner,  son  of  John  Hilliard.  was  born 
in  Connecticut,  April  29,  1764,  died  in  Danby, 
\'ermont.  February  28.  1846.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier in  the  revolution  and  drew  a  pension  in 
later  life.  S36. 19  a  year.  He  was  a  captain 
in  the  \'ermont  militia  after  the  war.  He 
was  fond  of  athletics  and  a  skillful  ball  player 
under  the  old  style  of  game.  He  was  an  up- 
right and  honored  citizen,  holding  a  high  place 
in  the  esteem  of  his  townsmen.  He  married 
Abigail  Hill.  Children :  Azariah,  mentioned 
below :  Dimmis.  born  1792.  married  Israel 
Palmer:  Matilda.  1795,  married  John  Miller: 

Isaac,    1797:    Minerva.    1800.  married  

Allen:  Melinda.  1803,  married  Curtis  Youngs: 
Sally,  1806,  married  Samuel  Stannard :  Edna. 

1808.  married Wilbur  :  Elizabeth,  1814, 

married  Calvin  GifTord. 

( \' )  Azariah,  son  of  Miner  Hilliard,  was 
born  at  Danby,  \'ermont,  1790,  died  in  1857. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Danby  all  his  life.  He 
married  Mercy  Harrington.  Children :  Miner, 
born  1815:  John  Harrington,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Wyman,  died  young :  Azariah,  born 
1823.  died  1872:  Alphonso,  1825,  died  1864: 
Amanda,  married  Hiram  Kelly :  Dimmie. 
1833,  married  Charles  Phelps  and  lives  at 
Dorset,  \'ermont :  Maria,  married  A.  B.  Her- 
rick.  of  Danby. 

(\'I)  John  Harrington,  son  of  Azariah  Hil- 
liard. was  born  at  Danby.  \'ermont,  August  5, 
1817,  died  Xiivember  5.  1895.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
lived  and  died  there.  He  owned  more  than 
a  dozen  farms,  comprising  several  hundred 
acres.  Like  his  father  and  grandfather  he 
was  a  farmer  all  his  active  life.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Democrat  and  keenly  interested  in 


town  affairs.  He  married  Mary  Ann  Smith, 
born  at  Bennington.  \'ermont.  in  1823.  died  in 
1900,  daughter  of  William  and  Ruth  (  Bush- 
nell)  Smith.  Children:  Child,  died  in  in- 
fancy :  Wyman,  born  May  5,  1849,  died  De- 
cember 13,  1896:  John  F.,  mentioned  below: 
Smith,  born  October  26,  1855,  lives  in  Spo- 
kane, Washington:  Merritt  B..  November  13, 
1857,  died  February  4,  1890:  Alphonzo,  May 
28.  1865,  lives  in  Xorth  Dakota. 

( \"II )  John  Franklin,  son  of  John  Harring- 
ton Hilliard.  was  born  at  Danby,  X'ermont, 
January  31,  1852.  He  attended'  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  lived  there  un- 
til he  was  twenty-five  years  old.  For  four- 
teen years  he  lived  at  Dorset,  \'ermont,  and 
for  twelve  years  at  ^lanchester.  In  1904  he 
came  to  Rutland  and  he  has  made  his  home 
there  since  that  time.  He  was  an  extensive 
farmer,  having  three  large  farms  until  he 
retired  upon  removing  to  Rutland.  He  mar- 
ried October  17,  1877.  Hattie  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Charles  T.  and  Lucinda  C.  (  Buck- 
lin )  Read,  of  Castleton,  Vermont.  Children : 
John  Read,  born  December  13,  1878,  graduate 
of  Burr  &  Burton  School  of  Manchester,  a 
teacher  and  educator,  now  of  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut :  Carrie,  born  January  28,  1880,  died 
November  2,  1901  :  Sarah  Elizabeth,  August 
4,  1883 :  Janey  Mary,  April  5,  1887.  The 
familv  attends  the  Congregational  church. 


John    Smith,    descendant    of    an 
SMITH     early   colonial    family,    was    born 

in  1760,  probably  in  \\'are,  ]^Ias- 
sachusetts,  died  October  2,  1840,  at  Claren- 
don, \'ermont.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revo- 
lution in  Massachusetts,  and  after  the  war 
settled  at  Clarendon,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
pioneers.  He  married,  in  1785,  Dolly  Crary, 
born  March  15,  1767,  died  in  August,  1846. 
It  is  thought  that  she  was  born  in  Connecti- 
cut. Children :  Isaac,  born  April  6,  1788, 
died  June  19,  1853  ■  John,  March  20,  1790, 
died  October  2,  1840:  Lemuel,  mentioned  be- 
low: Lyman.  February  i,  1794,  died  April  17, 
1796:  Nathaniel,  April  13,  1796,  died  Decem- 
ber 16,  1878:  Orlin.  January  24,  1798:  Dolly. 
March  31,  1800.  died'  July  28.  1825:  Nathan, 
September  6.  1802:  Julia.  June  14,  1805:  Sal- 
ly. June  10.  1806:  Oliver.  Xovember  12,  1808, 
died  March  26,  1848 :  Spencer,  February  6. 
1811  :  Alvira,  August  16.  1813:  Aurick,  April 
15,   1817. 

(  IL)  Lemuel,  son  of  John  Smith,  was  born 
in  East  Clarendon,  \'ermont,  April  18,  1792, 
died  there  July  8,  1859.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He 
followed  farming"  in  East  Clarendon  all  his 
active  life,  and  was  a  well-to-do   and   useful 


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citizen.  He  married  .\zul)ah  Parker,  who 
died  July  3.  1861.  aged  seventy-two  years. 
Children,  horn  at  Clarendon:  Hiram,'  died 
May  I.  1887,  aged  seventy-five  years:  Perry: 
Luther:  Lemuel:  Austin:  Daniel:  Willard  C, 
mentioned  helow :  Elias :  Harriet,  married 
I'reedom  Bailey  ;  Olive,  married  Josiah  Crapo. 

(HI)  Willard  G.,  son  of  Lemuel  Smith, 
was  born  in  Clarendon,  Vermont,  in  1824, 
died  in  Rutland,  August  2,  1893.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  followed  farming  in  the  eastern 
part  of  the  town.  After  his  wife  died  his 
family  was  parted.  After  spending  two  years 
in  N'irginia.  he  returned  to  his  native  town 
and  bought  the  farm  which  he  had  sold  be- 
fore leaving  town.  He  continued  on  the 
homestead  for  many  years.  He  had  an  ex- 
cellent farm  of  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres. 
Owing  to  ill  health  he  retired  some  years  be- 
fore he  died  and  spent  his  last  years  in  the 
family  of  his  son  at  Rutland.  \'erm(Mit.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married 
Lydia  Wyman  Crapo,  of  Charlestown,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  April  14.  1826,  died  at  Claren- 
don, August  10,  1866.  daughter  of  John 
Crapo.  Children:  i.  Luella.  born  August  2Q. 
1848,  died  December  23,  1881  :  married  t)scar 
Potter.  2.  Luna,  born  in  1850,  died  June  6, 
1874:  married  Fitch  Warner.  3.  Elliott  W., 
mentioned  below.  4.  Fred  Grant,  mentioned 
below. 

(I\')  Elliott  Willard.  son  of  Willard  G. 
Smith,  was  born  at  Shrewsbury,  Vermont, 
May  15,  1851.  When  he  was  two  years  old 
he  came  with  his  parents  to  Clarendon,  \'er- 
mont,  and  he  received  his  early  education 
there  in  the  public  schools.  During  his  boy- 
hood he  assisted  his  father  on  the  homestead 
and  after  leaving  school  worked  on  the  farm 
for  ten  years.  He  then  conducted  a  farm  at 
Shrewsbury  for  ten  years.  In  1888  he  came 
to  Rutland,  where  he  has  resided  ever  since. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  mason  and  has  been 
for  many  years  a  contractor  and  mason  in 
Rutland,  having  many  large  contracts  and 
possessing  a  reputation  for  good  work  and 
upright  business  methods,  and  he  is  one  of 
the  leading  builders  of  the  city.  He  is  inter- 
ested in  public  affairs  and  while  living  in 
Clarendon  held  various  offices  of  trust  and 
honor.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married.  January  25,  1871,  Mary  E.  .Mdrich, 
of  Shrewsbury,  \'ermont,  daughter  of  Tru- 
man and  Rebecca  D.  1  Kneedham )  Aldrich. 
and  granddaughter  of  Jonah  .\ldrich.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Etta  Lydia,  born  January  26,  1872: 
married  George  Plumly  (now  deceased)  and 
had  three  children:  Harold  .Ashton,  Rena 
:Mav   and   Rheta   Bell,  twins.     2.   Lola  Mary, 


\)ijrn   .May    11.    1876:  married   Edgar  Knight, 
of  Rutland,  and  has  one  son.  Perry  Lerov. 

(  I\'  )  Fred  Grant,  .son  of  Willard  (J.  Smith, 
and  brother  of  Elliott  Willard  .•^initii,  was 
born  in  Clarendon.  X'ermont,  September  10, 
1862.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  When  a  boy  he  worked  on  liis 
father's  farm :  he  came  to  Rutland,  when  a 
young  man,  and  learned  the  trade  of  carpen- 
ter. In  1889  he  engaged  in  business  as  a 
contractor  and  builder,  and  continued  alone 
in  this  business  until  i<)02.  From  1902  to 
iQO'i  he  was  superintendent  for  the  firm  of 
Chaffee's  Sons,  lumber  dealers,  and  since 
1906  one  of  the  <lirectors,  president  and  gen- 
eral manager  of  the  Chaiiee  Lumber  Com- 
pany, which  was  incorporated  in  the  latter 
named  year.  To  the  interests  of  this  business 
he  has  devoted  himself  assiiluously.  He  is 
also  a  director  of  the  Chittenden  Lumber 
Company,  and  one  of  the  prominent  business 
men  of  Rutland.  He  is  a  member  of  \'cr- 
mont  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Rutland. 
He  married,  1886,  Mattie  Grossman,  of  Clar- 
endon, born  in  Clarendon,  daughter  of  Wash- 
ington Russ  and  Martha  (Howard)  Cross- 
man.  Children :  Burton  F.,  born  September 
20,  1889:  Warren  E.,  May  25,  1891  ;  Earl  B., 
April   19,   1899. 


(HI)  Shubael  (2)  Seaver,  son 
SEAVER  of  Shubael  fi)  Seaver  (q.  v.). 
was  born  October  10,  1679,  in 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  His  will  was 
proved  January  14.  1757.  He  married,  June 
12,  1704,  .Abigail  Twelves.  Children:  Shu- 
bael, mentioned  below  :  Joseph,  born  January 
29,  1706;  Peter.  .April  15,  17CK1;  David,  Oc- 
tober 19,  171 1,  died  before  July  25,  1755; 
.\bigail,  twin  of  David:  Sarah,  June  26.  1715: 
Ebenezer,  .August  i,  1720,  died  February  14, 
1726-27. 

(IV)  Shubael  ('3),  son  of  Shubael  (2) 
Seaver,  was  born  .April  25,  1705.  He  mar- 
ried, July  4,  1734,  -Mary  Rogers,  of  Boston. 
He  lived  in  Framingham.  Massachusetts. 
Children:  .Abigail,  born  May  17,  1735;  Mary, 
.August  17,  1736:  Shubael.  .August  11,  1740. 
married  Deliverance  Hyde,  of  Newton:  Sa- 
rah, baptized  September  8,  1754:  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below. 

(\)  Joseph,  son  of  Shubael  (3)  Seaver, 
was  born,  probably  in  Framingham.  1752,  and 
settled  in  that  town.  He  was  a  blacksmith 
by  trade.  He  was  a  soldier  from  Framing- 
ham in  the  revolution  in  1775  in  Captain 
Thomas  Drury's  company.  Colonel  John  Nix- 
on's regiment,  afterward  Colonel  Gardner's. 
He  had  other  service,  not  all  of  which  is  dis- 
tinguishable   from    the   service   of   others   of 


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the  same  name.  He  removed  from  Framing- 
ham  to  PhiUipston  after  the  revolution.  He 
and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the  Framing- 
ham  church  in  October.  1781.  He  lived  for 
a  short  time  in  Rindge.  and  Swanzey,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  (first)  Esther, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Lamb;  (second)  Abiah 
or  Biah  Rich  (intention  dated  at  PhiUipston, 
April  19,  1794).  Children  by  first  wife:  Jo- 
seph, mentioned  below  :  Esther,  born  in  Fram- 
ingham.  October  14,  1777,  married  Lemuel 
Tinkham :  William.  March  4.  1779,  at  Fram- 
ingham.  died  at  Malaga ;  Keziah.  February 
12,  1781,  married  Samuel  Twitchell ;  Sally, 
Alarch  10,  1783,  at  Rindge;  Betsey,  April  19, 
1785,  at  Swanzey,  married  James  Cheney; 
Abraham,  at  Swanzey,  March  6,  1787;  Nab- 
by,  July  19,  1789.  at  Petersham,  died  young; 
Polly,  October  19,  1792.  at  Petersham,  mar- 
ried        Haskell.     Children    by    second 

wife:  Samuel,  March  11,  1795;  Nabby,  Jan- 
uary 28,  1797;  Nancy,  October  11.  1799;  Han- 
nah Mackreth,  ]May  28,  1802 ;  William  Bow- 
doin,  January  7,  1805.  (Jane,  Gilbert  and 
William  given  in  data,  but  not  recorded  at 
Petersham.) 

(VI)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i  1  Sea- 
ver,  was  born  in  Framingham.  Massachusetts, 
July  26,  1775.  When  young  he  went  with  his 
parents  to  PhiUipston,  ^lassachusetts,  and 
when  a  young  man  went  to  Vermont.  He 
died  at  Cavendish,  \'ermont,  in  August,  1845. 
He  married  Mary  Hyde,  who  died  in  1844. 
Children:  Harriet,  married  Stillman  Proctor; 
Mary ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  mar- 
ried Eli  Dean ;  Salome,  married  Samuel 
Adams  of  Cavendish ;  Lorinda,  married  Jo- 
siah  Peabody. 

(\'n)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Sea- 
ver,  was  born  in  Cavendish,  \'ermont,  Sep- 
tember 6,  1806,  died  in  Pomfret,  Vermont, 
December  15,  1875.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  was  a  farmer  all  his 
active  life.  In  1840  he  removed  to  Pomfret. 
\'ermont.  where  he  spent  the  last  years  of 
his  life.  He  married  A.  Evelyn  Parker,  born 
September  23,  1808,  in  Cavendish,  died  Alay 
30,  1889.  Children:  i.  Judge  Thomas  O., 
of  Woodstock,  Vermont,  born  December  2^. 
1833,  died  July  11.  1012;  married  Nancy  J. 
Spaulding  and  had  children :  Mary.  Ethel. 
Gertrude.  Kenneth,  who  alone  survives.  2. 
Francis  P..  of  Taftsville.  \'ermont.  born  Jan- 
uary 24,  1835;  married  (first)  Philinda  L. 
Seavey,  who  died  December  20,  1873;  (sec- 
ond) Huldah  Frink,  who  died  August  4, 
1896.  3.  Richard  Adam,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Charles  Henry,  born  November  18,  1839,  died 
November  30.  1899;  married  Harriet  Kneen. 
5.   William  Harris,  born  June   7,    1842,  died 


November  11.  1905;  married  Caroline  E. 
Cowdrey.  6.  Owen  L.,  born  ;March  25,  1844, 
at  Taftsville,  \'ermont ;  married  Clara  e' 
Perkins.  7.  George  W.,  born  June  i.  1846, 
drowned  at  sea,  October  20,  1870.  at  Tupiter 
Inlet,  off  the  coast  of  Florida.  8.  Eva  A., 
born  June  2.   1848,  at  Taftsville. 

(VIII)  Richard  Adam,  son  of  Joseph  (3) 
Seaver,  was  born  in  Cavendish.  \'ermont.  Au- 
gust 5,  1836.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  He  removed  to  Pomfret 
with  his  parents  and  assisted  his  father  on 
the  farm  during  his  youth ;  he  has  always 
followed  farming  for  a  vocation,  and  is  now 
living  at  Hartford.  \'ennont.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church.  He  has  a 
notable  military  record.  Was  a  member  of 
the  X'ermont  state  militia  under  the  command 
of  Peter  Thatcher  Washburn,  of  Woodstock, 
\ermont.  when  the  call  came  from  President 
Lincoln  for  75,000  troops.  He  was  mustered 
in  with  the  state  militia  and  left  for  the  front, 
!\Iay  25,  186 1.  The  regiment  took  part  in 
the  battle  of  Big  Bethel,  June  12,  1861. 
Thence  the  company  went  to  Newport  News, 
\irginia,  on  guard  duty.  They  helped  to 
move  the  first  rifle  cannon  that  were  pressed 
into  service.  He  was  honorably  discharged 
and  the  company  was  mustered  out  of  serv- 
ice. August  16.  1861.  He  re-enlisted.  (Jctober 
I,  1861,  in  the  First  \'ermont  Regiment  of 
cavalry,  the  only  cavalry  regiment  raised  in 
this  state  during  the  civil  war  and  was  mus- 
tered into  service  at  Burlington,  \'ennont. 
Was  made  first  sergeant  of  Company  E.  No- 
vember 19,  1861.  and  was  made  orderly  ser- 
geant, March  22,  1863.  Was  commissioned 
second  lieutenant.  July  2,  1864,  and  was  mus- 
tered out,  November  i,  1864.  During  his 
second  enlistment  he  saw  much  active  picket 
duty  and  skirmishing  and  was  also  in  vari- 
ous important  battles.  He  took  part  in  the 
battle  of  Gettysburg,  and  was  taken  prisoner, 
July  6.  1863,  at  Hagerstown,  Maryland,  and 
confined  in  the  rebel  prison  at  Belle  Is'e  for 
six  months.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  was 
exchanged  and  sent  to  .Annapolis.  He  took 
part  in  the  siege  of  Richmond  and  was  in  the 
engagement.  May  30,  1864.  After  he  left 
the  service  he  made  his  home  in  Oueechee, 
\'ermont.  where  he  has  since  lived.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican ;  in  religion  a  Congre- 
gationalist. 

He  married.  October  13.  1861.  Maria  Eliza 
Barber,  born  January  15.  1841.  in  \\'oodstock, 
\"ermont,  died  February  24,  1912,  daughter  of 
Warren  and  Sabra  (Smith)  Barber.  Her 
father.  Warren  Barber,  was  born  February 
16.  1799.  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  died 
December  5,    1873;  married    (first)    May  24, 


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1826,  Abigail  Goodman,  who  died  Septemtjer 
2~,  1838:  (second)  January  16,  1840,  Sabra 
Smith,  born  at  Woodstock,  \"ermont,  Decem- 
ber 19,  1805,  died  March  9.  1844.  Children 
of  Warren  and  Abigail  Barber:  James  W., 
born  April  16,  1827,  died  May  20,  1828; 
James  W..  January  i,  1829,  died  May,  1877; 
Sophia  A..  March  12,  1832,  died  April  10, 
1896;  Laura  G.,  June  23,  1834,  died  April  5, 
1870;  John  X.,  March  17,  1837.  died  October 
24,  1837.  Children  of  Warren  and  Sabra 
Barber:  Maria  Eliza,  born  January  15,  1841, 
died  February  24,   1912;  George   E..  May  7, 

1843,  died  June  2,  1893;  Augusta  G.,  May  18, 

1844.  died  Xovember  5,  1899;  Julia,- April  20, 
1847.  'lied  August  24,  1897.  Children  of 
Richard  A.  and  Maria  E.  Seaver:  i.  Frank 
R.,  born  October  31,  1864:  resides  in  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts:  married,  April  28,  1891, 
Mary  Elizabeth  Allen,  and  they  have  one 
son,  Blake  Allen,  born  July  25,  1895.  2.  Wil- 
liam H..  born  April  22,  1866,  died  April  2t,, 
1866.  3.  Fred  Owen,  born  October  13,  1867; 
resides  in  Brooklyn,  New  York ;  married  An- 
nie L.  French,  born  May  22,  1877;  children: 
Helen  Tyler,  born  August  6,  1903;  Philip 
Barber,  August  10,  1905,  died  August  16, 
1905 ;  Elizabeth,  July  29,  1910.  4.  Philip 
Henry,  mentioned  below.  5.  Margaret  Eve- 
lyn, born  April  8,  1871  :  married,  September 
27,  1906,  James  L.  Davis,  civil  engineer  of 
New  York  City,  and  they  have  one  child,  Re- 
becca Margaret,  born  August  16,  1907.  6. 
Robert  William,  born  May  24.  1873;  farmer 
in  Williamstown,  Massachusetts ;  married, 
April  17,  igoi.  Alice  L.  Leach,  of  Pomfret, 
\'ermont :  children  :  Edith  Rachel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 4,  J904:  Grace  Dorothy,  June  10,  1905; 
Richard  Leach,  July  25,  1907.  7.  James 
Thatcher,  born  January  24,  1875;  ^  '^'V''  engi- 
neer in  New  York  City :  married  ( first )  No- 
vember 7.  1900,  Mary  J.  Babcock,  who  died 
January  17,  1906:  (second)  September  14. 
1909,  Idella  AL  Benjamin:  had  one  child  by 
first  wife.  8.  Mabel  Jeanne,  born  April  12, 
1878:  resides  with  her  parents.  9.  John,  born 
July  21.  1880;  a  civil  engineer  in  New  York. 

(IX)  Philip  Henry,  son  of  Richard  Adam 
Seaver.  was  born  September  14,  1869.  in  the 
town  of  Hartford,  \'ermont.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  little  brick  school-house 
in  the  district  in  which  he  lived  in  his  native 
town.  Afterward  he  attended  the  public 
schools  in  Woodstock.  \'ermont.  for  two 
years.  He  came  to  Rutland.  \'ermont.  in 
1888.  and  went  into  the  otifice  of  Lincoln  Iron 
Works  as  bookkeeper  and  continued  for  about 
six  years.  He  was  then  made  manager  of  the 
jobbing  department,  afterward  secretary  of 
the    compan\-,    then    secretary    and    treasurer, 


and  eventually  treasurer,  an  office  he  now 
holds,  and  he  is  also  a  director  of  the  cor- 
poration, and  treasurer  of  the  Steam  Stone 
(^'utting  Company,  which  is  operated  under 
the  management  of  the  Lincoln  Iron  Works. 
He  is  a  member  of  Rutland  Lodge.  Free  and 
-Accepted  -Masons;  Davenport  Chapter.  Royal 
.\rch  Masons;  Killington  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar,  of  which  he  is  a  past  com- 
mander. He  is  recorder  of  Cairo  Temple. 
-Mvstic  .Shrine,  secretary  of  Cairo  Temple  .As- 
sociates, and  was  otie  of  the  prime  movers  in 
l)uilding  the  new  tem])le  recently  erected  in 
Rutland  by  that  borly.  He  is  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  Rutland. 

He  married  (first)  October  7,  1891.  Chris- 
tine Marion  Cook,  born  in  Ludlow,  \'ermont, 
September  22,  1867,  died  -April  9,  1898. 
daughter  of  Francis  and  Myra  (-Adamsj 
Cook.  He  married  ("second)  September  5. 
1899,  Sarah  A.  Barclay,  born  in  Jacket  River, 
New  Brunswick,  Canada,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Agnes  (Macintosh)  Barclay.  Her 
father  was  born  in  Perth.  Scotland,  April  21, 
1815,  died  in  New  Brunswick  at  the  age  of 
ninety-two  years.  He  was  a  son  of  Robert 
Barclay,  of  Scotland,  who  came  to  Xew 
Brunswick.  Canada,  in  1818,  when  his  son 
William  was  three  years  old.  settling  in  Bath- 
hurst.  Xew  Brunswick.  Her  mother,  .Agnes 
(  Macintosh  )  Barclay,  was  born  in  Scotland, 
Xovember  16,  1821.  died  at  the  age  of  eighty 
years.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Seaver  have  no  chil- 
dren. 


This  is  one  of  the  families 
DE.ARBORN     that    enjoy    the    distinction 

of  being  among  the  early 
colonists  and  founders  of  the  commonwealth 
of  Xew  Hampshire,  whence  they  spread 
throughout  Xew  England  and  the  L'nited 
States.  The  Dearborns  have  always  main- 
tained the  reputation  of  being  an  intelligent, 
energetic  and  progressive  race,  and  some  of 
them  have  been  persons  of  distinction. 

(I)  Godfrey  Dearborn,  patriarch  of  the 
Dearborn  family  in  the  United  States,  was 
born  about  1600  in  England,  and  Exeter  in 
the  county  of  Devonshire  is  said  to  have  been 
the  place  of  his  nativitv.  He  came  to  the 
Massachusetts  colony  about  1638.  and  died 
in  Hampton.  Xew  Hampshire,  February  4. 
1686.  In  1639  the  Rev.  John  Wheelwright 
with  a  company  of  his  friends  removed  from 
the  colony  in  Massachusetts  Bay  to  Exeter,  in 
the  province  of  Xew  Hampshire,  and  founded 
a  settlement.  Supposing  themselves  to  be  out 
of  the  jurisdiction  of  any  existing  colony  or 
government  they  united  and  signed  among 
themselves  a  form  of  social  compact,  which 


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bore  the  signature  of  thirty-tive  persons,  of 
whom  Godfrey  Dearborn  was  one.  He  seems 
to  have  been  a  man  of  considerable  standing 
among  the  colonists,  which  is  proved  by  his 
being  chosen  as  one  of  the  selectmen,  both 
of  Exeter  and  Hampton.  His  farm  is  said 
to  have  been  situated  within  the  present  lim- 
its of  the  town  of  Stratham.  He  had  in  1644 
a  grant  of  meadowland  "on  the  second  run, 
beyond  Mr.  Wheelwright's  creek,  toward 
Captain  Wiggins".  In  1645  '"  connection 
with  two  other  persons  he  had  a  grant  of 
meadow  "at  the  head  of  the  Great  Cove 
Creek,  about  si.x  acres,  if  it  be  there  to  be 
found".  Other  land  is  mentioned  as  adjoin- 
ing his  "on  the  east  side  of  the  river".  In 
1(348  he  was  elected  one  of  the  "townsmen" 
or  selectmen.  Between  1648  and  1650  he  re- 
moved to  Hampton,  where  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  On  March  4,  1650,  seats 
in  the  Hampton  meeting-house  were  assigned 
to  "Goodman  and  Goodwife  Godfrey  Dear- 
born". On  his  arrival  in  Hampton  Godfrey 
Dearborn  settled  at  the  so-called  "West  End", 
on  a  farm  ever  since  occupied  by  his  de- 
scendants. One  house,  built  between  1650 
and  1686,  is  still  standing  and  constitutes  a 
part  of  the  present  dwelling.  On  his  removal 
to  Hampton  Godfrey  became  a  considerable 
land  owner  and  of  some  importance  in  the 
affairs  of  the  town.  In  1670  he  had  a  grant 
of  eighty  acres,  in  addition  to  the  extensive 
farm  in  the  vicinity  of  his  dwelling,  which 
he  already  possessed.  His  tax  in  1653  was 
fifteen  shillings  and  tenpence,  and  he  was  one 
of  the  selectmen  in  1655-1663-1671.  He  made 
his  will  in  1680.  He  married  (first)  in  Eng- 
land, but  the  name  of  his  wife  remains  un- 
known. She  died  some  time  between  INIay  4, 
1650,  and  November  2^.  1662.  On  the  latter 
date  he  marrietl  (second)  Dorothy,  widow  of 
Philanon  Dalton.  She  died  between  i'38o  and 
1696.  Children,  all  bv  the  first  marriage: 
Henry ;  Thomas :  John ;  Sarah ;  two  other 
daughters,  names   unknown. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Godfrey  Dearborn,  was 
born  about  1633  in  England.  The  record  of 
Hampton  states :  "Henry  Dearborn  deceased, 
January  ye  18,  1724-25,  aged  92  years."  He 
came  to  this  country  with  his  father,  when 
about  six  years  old.  He  was  one  of  the  se- 
lectmen of  Hampton  in  1676  and  1692.  He 
was  also  a  signer  of  the  petition  to  the  king 
in  1683,  usually  called  "Weare's  petition". 
He  married,  January  16.  1666,  Elizabeth  Mar- 
rian.  born  about  1644,  died  July  6,  1716,  aged 
seventy-two  years.  She  was  a  daughter  of 
John  Marrian.  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Hampton.  Henry  Dearborn's  children  were : 
John,   of   whom    further;    Samuel;   Elizabeth, 


died  young:  Sarah:  Abigail;  Elizabeth; 
Henry. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Henry  (i)  and  Eliza- 
beth ( ^larrian )  Dearborn,  was  born  at 
Hampton,  October  10,  1666.  He  settled  in 
that  part  of  the  town  now  called  North 
Hampton.  He  married,  November  4.  1689, 
Abigail,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Deborah 
(  Smith  )  Batcheller,  great-granddaughter  of 
the  Rev.  Stephen  Bachelor,  a  pioneer  of 
Hampton.  She  was  born  December  28.  1667, 
died  November  13,  1736.  Children:  Debo- 
rah ;  Jonathan,  of  whom  further ;  Elizabeth ; 
Esther  ;  Joseph  ;  Abigail ;  Lydia  :  Ruth  ;  Si- 
mon ;  and  Benjamin. 

(I\')  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (il  and  Abi- 
gail (  Batcheller  1  Dearborn,  was  born  in  North 
Hampton,  New  Hampshire,  in  i6<9i,  died  in 
Stratham,  New  Hampshire,  January  29,  1779. 
He  removed  to  Stratham,  where  he  lived  a 
great  number  of  years,  taking  a  fairly  active 
share  in  the  affairs  of  the  town.  He  mar- 
ried, December  29,  1715.  Hannah,  born  April 
10,  1697,  died  June,  1780,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con John  Tuck.  Child:  John  (2),  of  whom 
further. 

(\')  John  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i)  and 
Hannah  (Tuck)  Dearborn,  was  born  at  Strat- 
ham, New  Hampshire,  April  2,  17 18,  and 
died  there.  He  was  engaged  partly  in  farm- 
ing and  partly  in  mercantile  pursuits  of  vari- 
ous kinds,  and  took  part  in  the  public  life  of 
the  community,  doing  the  work  of  a  pioneer 
in  cultivating  the  land  and  building  up  a  set- 
tled commonwealth.  He  moved  to  Chester 
after  his  son  was  born.  He  married  (first) 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  a  Mr.  Chapman,  living 
in  the  neighborhood:  (second)  Mary  Cawley. 
Child:     Jonathan   (2),  of  whom  further. 

(\I)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Mary  (Chapman)  or  Mary  (Cawley) 
Dearborn,  was  Ixirn  on  farm  No.  17,  Strat- 
ham, New  Hampshire,  died  in  Chester,  New 
Hampshire.  He  lived  at  Chester,  where  his 
father  had  removed  when  he  was  young.  He 
filled  quite  a  number  of  offices  during  his 
life,  and  was  a  participant  in  several  stirring 
events.  He  was  for  a  long  time  highway 
surveyor  of  Ravmund.  During  the  revolu- 
tionary war  he  was  a  soldier  in  Captain  Run- 
nell's  company,  in  the  regiment  commanded 
by  Thomas  Tasker.  He  married  Abigail, 
daughter  of  a  Mr.  Lovitt,  who  lived  near 
Chester.  Children:  Jonathan  (3 1,  of  whom 
further :  Nathaniel,  married  ^lary  Cram ;  Sa- 
rah, married  (first)  Nehemiah  Cram,  (sec- 
ond) Josiah  Brown,  and  (third)  John  Moody. 

(\T"I)  Jonathan  (3),  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
and  .\bigail  ( Lovitt )  Dearborn,  was  born  in 
Raymund,    New    Hampshire,    June    4,    1768, 


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died  in  East  Pittston.  Maine,  March  (i.  1847. 
He  was  a  farmer,  and  not  only  did  the  ordi- 
nary work  connected  with  his  agricuhural 
interests,  but  was  enga.u^ed  in  a  small  way  in 
several  transactions  relating-  to  buving  'and 
selling  real  estate.  He  had"  a  good'  stock  of 
cattle  and  divided  his  attention  to  their  breed- 
ing and  sale,  as  well  as  to  matters  connected 
with  his  landefl  property.  He  was  too  young 
to  take  much  part  in  the  revolutionary  war, 
but  it  would  appear  that  he  witnessed  a  great 
many  incidents  connected  with  it.  and  par- 
ticularly with  his  father's  participation. 
When  he  grew  old  he  was  fond  of  relating 
his  remembrances  of  the  times  through  which 
he  had  passed  in  his  youth.  He  seems  to 
have  been  a  man  of  considerable  ability, 
though  his  occupation  did  not  allow  him 
much  opportunity  to  expand.  He  married 
Sarah,  born  December  31,  1758,  died  Decem- 
ber 23,  1829,  daughter  of  Robert  Page,  born 
.\pril  13.  1732.  died  December  31,  1816.  who 
married  Sarah  Dearborn,  of  Raymund,  born 
November  25,  1735,  died  January  12,'  1821, 
sister  of  Henry  Dearborn,  the  patriot  and 
highminded  statesman.  Child:  Henry  (2), 
of  whom  further. 

(VIH)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (3) 
and  Sarah  (Page)  Dearborn,  was  born  in 
Raymund.  New  Hampshire,  February  9,  1797, 
died  in  East  Pittston,  Maine,  .A.ugust  21,  1883. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  a  farmer  and 
had  a  general  store  in  the  country,  but  as  he 
was  a  man  possessed  of  considerable  and  ver- 
satile talent  his  time  and  attention  were  by 
no  means  confined  entirely  to  his  business  in 
a  country  community.  He  took  considerable 
part  in  public  affairs  of  the  district  and  state, 
and  sat  for  a  time  in  the  state  legislature  in 
Maine.  He  was  successively  clerk,  selectman, 
treasurer,  and  moderator  of  Pittston,  Maine. 
in  the  legislature.  He  was  what  was  at  the 
time  called  a  Whig  and  Republican.  He 
married,  March  3,  1822,  Pamela,  daughter  of 
David  P.  Bailey,  of  Pittston,  Maine.  Her 
brother.  Captain  David  Goodwin  Bailey,  of 
the  Black  Ball  Line  of  packet  ships,  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Major  Henry  Smith,  who 
was  present  at  the  storming  of  Quebec,  Can- 
ada, and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Pittston.  Children  of  Henry  and  Pamela 
(Bailey)  Dearborn:  George,  living  till  about 
1891,  at  Gardiner,  Maine,  married  and  had  one 
daughter  who  married:  Sarah,  died  in  1910, 
aged  eighty-two  years,  married  L.  S.  Clark: 
\\'arren,  deceased :  Rachael,  married  George 
F.  Jackson,  and  lives  at  Fordham  Heights. 
New  York  :  David  Bailey,  of  whom  further : 
Leonora,  died  in  infancy:  Rufus.  lost  at  sea. 
was  married  and  had  three  children  ;  Henry. 


a  sea  captain,  m.w  dead,  was  married  and 
had  three  children:  Julia,  died  young. 

(  L\  I  David  Bailey,  son  of  Henry  12)  and 
Pamela  1  Bailey )  Dearborn,  was  born  at 
Pittston,  Maine,  .\pril  5,  1832.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  |niblic  schools  of  the  town  in 
which  he  was  born.  In  1849  '^^  entered  as  a 
clerk  in  a  shipping  office  in  New  York,  and 
has  been  in  the  shipping  business  all  his  life. 
.About  1853  he  entered  into  business  on  his  own 
account  and  has  continued  carrying  it  on  to 
tills  day.  He  is  or  was  a  member  of  the  Cham- 
ber of  Commerce,  Produce  E.xchange,  and 
.Maritime  E.xchange,  and  was  long  connected 
with  a  number  of  clubs  from  wliich  he  has 
now  resigned.  He  is  a  Republican,  but  is 
not  active.  He  also  belongs  to  Clinton  .Ave- 
nue Congregational  Church,  of  Brooklyn, 
New  York. 

He  married.  December  25,  1856.  at  Pittston, 
-Maine.  Ellen  .\..  born  May  4,  1835,  died  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1894.  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
and  Rachael  (Childs)  Nichols,  of  IMttston, 
.Maine.  Children  :  George  Samuel,  of  whom 
further :  .Antoinette,  who  married  Lewis  H. 
Lapham :  Ellen  A.,  who  has  remained  single ; 
and  David  Bailey  (2),  unmarried,  and  with 
his  brother  in  business. 

(X)  George  Samuel,  son  of  David  Bailey 
and  Ellen  .A.  (Nichols)  Dearborn,  was  born 
at  Brooklyn,  New  York.  March  20,  1858.  He 
received  part  of  his  education  in  the  Brook- 
lyn Collegiate  and  Polytechnical  Institute,  and 
in  1874  entered  the  shipping  business  which 
preceded  the  present  company.  He  is  now 
president  of  the  .American-Hawaiian  Steam- 
ship Company,  incorporated  in  1899.  He  is 
a  Republican  in  politics,  and  is  affiliated  with 
the  Episcopal  church  of  Rye,  New  York.  He 
belongs  to  the  Racket  and  Tennis  Club,  the 
New  York  Downtown  Club,  the  Pacific  Union 
of  San  Francisco,  and  the  .Apawamis  Club  at 
Rye,  New  York,  of  which  he  has  been  presi- 
dent, the  .America  Yacht  Club  at  Rye,  and 
one  or  two  other  associations. 

He  married,  December  15,  1887,  at  Brook- 
lyn, New  York.  Bessie,  daughter  of  George 
B.  and  Henrietta  ( Scott )  Douglas.  Chil- 
dren:  Henry,  born  1892,  at  Rye,  New  A'ork, 
was  educated  at  a  private  school.  New  York 
City,  and  belongs  to  the  Williams  College 
class  of  1913  :  and  Douglas,  born  February  12, 
1898.  at  New  York  City,  and  is  now  at  school. 


William  Winslow,  or  Wynce- 
WIXSLOW     low,     first    of    the     line    as 
traced  in  England,  had  chil- 
dren:      I.    John,    of    London,    afterward    of 
Wyncelow  Hall,  was  living  in   1387-88:  mar- 
ried Mar\-  Crouchman,  died  in  1403-10,  styled 


3/6 


NEW   ENGLAND. 


■of  Crouchman  Hall.  2.  William  (2),  of  whom 
further. 

(II)  William  (21.  son  of  William  (i) 
"Winslow,  had  a  son  Thomas,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  William  (2)  Wins- 
low,  was  of  Burton,  county  Oxford,  having 
lands  also  in  Essex.  He  was  living  in  1452. 
He  married  Cecelia  Tansley.  one  of  two 
daughters,  and  the  heiress  of  an  old  family. 
She  was  called  Lady  Agnes.  Had  a  son, 
\\'illiam   {3). 

(I\')  William  (3).  son  of  Thomas  Wins- 
low,  was  living  in  1529.  Children:  Kenelm. 
of  whom  further ;  Richard,  had  a  grant  from 
Edward  \T.  of  the  rectory  of  Elksley,  county 
Nottingham. 

(V)  Kenelm,  son  of  William  (3)  Wins- 
low,  purchased,  in  1559,  of  Sir  Richard  New- 
port, an  estate  called  Newport's  Place,  in 
Kempsev.  Worcestershire.  He  had  an  older 
and  very  extensive  estate,  in  the  same  parish, 
called  Clerkenleap.  sold  by  his  grandson 
Richard  Winslow  in  1650.  He  died  in  1607 
in   the   parish   of   St.   Andrew.      He   married 

Catherine  .     His  will,  dated  April   14, 

1607,  and  proved  November  9  following,  is 
still  preserved  at  Worcester.  Only  son,  Ed- 
ward, of   whom   further. 

(\T)  Edward,  son  of  Kenelm  (i)  Wins- 
low,  was  born  October  17,  1560,  in 
the  parish  of  Saint  Andrew,  county  Wor- 
cester, England,  and  died  before  1631.  He 
lived  in  Kempsey  and  Droitwich,  county 
Worcester.  He  married  (first)  Eleanor 
Pelham,  of  Droitwich:  (second)  at  St. 
Bride's  Church.  London,  November  4.  1594, 
Magdalene  Oliver,  the  records  of  whose 
family  are  found  in  the  parish  register  of  St. 
Peter's,  Droitwich.  Giildren :  i.  Richard, 
born  about  1585-86.  2.  Edward,  born  (Octo- 
ber 18,  1595.  at  Droitwitch.  governor  of  Plym- 
outh colony:  married  (first)  at  Leyden,  ]\Iay 
16,  1618,  Elizabeth  Barker:  (second)  May 
12,  1621,  Susan  (Fuller)  White,  who  came 
in  the  "Mayflower"  with  Governor  Winslow, 
widow  of  William  \\"hite,  and  mother  of 
Peregrine  White,  the  first-born  in  the  colony. 
3.  John,  born  April  16,  1597,  died  1674  in 
Boston:  married,  October  12,  1624,  Mary, 
daughter  of  James  and  Susanna  Chilton,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower".  4.  Eleanor,  born 
April  22,  1598,  at  Droitwich,  and  remained  in 
England.  5.  Kenelm  (2).  of  whom  further. 
6.  Gilbert,  October  26,  1600,  came  in  the 
"^layflower"  with  Edward,  signed  the  com- 
pact, returned  to  England  after  1623,  and  died 
there.  7.  Elizabeth,  March  8,  1602,  buried 
January  20,  1604,  at  St.  Peter's  Church.  8. 
Magdalen,  born  December  26,  1604,  at  Droit- 


wich. remained  in  England.  9.  Josiah,  born 
February   11,  I(:X36. 

(\'II|  Kenelm  (2),  son  of  Edward  Wins- 
low, was  born  at  Droitwich,  county  Worces- 
ter, England,  .April  29,  1599,  baptized  at  St. 
Peter's  Church  May  3,  1599,  died  at  Salem. 
Massachusetts,  September  13,  1672.  He  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  came  to  Plym- 
outh, probably  in  1629.  with  his  brother  Jo- 
siah. and  was  admitted  a  freeman  January  i. 
1632-33.  He  was  surveyor  of  the  town  of 
Plymouth  in  1640.  and  was  fined  ten  shill- 
ings for  neglecting  the  highways.  He  re- 
moved to  Marshfield  about  1641.  having  pre- 
viously received  a  grant  of  land  at  that  place, 
then  called  Green's  Harbor.  March  5,  1637- 
38.  This  grant,  originally  made  to  Josiah 
\\'inslow.  his  brother,  he  shared  with  Love 
Brewster.  His  home  was  "on  a  gentle  emi- 
nence by  the  sea,  near  the  extremity  of  land 
lying  between  Green  Harbor  and  South  Riv- 
ers, This  tract  of  the  township  was  consid- 
ered the  Eden  of  the  region.  It  was  beau- 
tified with  groves  of  majestic  oaks  and  grace- 
ful walnuts,  with  the  underground  void  of 
shrubbery.  A  few  of  these  groves  were 
standing  within  the  memory  of  persons  now 
living  (1854),  but  all  have  fallen  beneath  the 
hand  of  the  woodman."  The  homestead  he 
left  to  his  son  Nathaniel.  Other  lands  were 
granted  to  Kenelm  as  the  common  land  was 
divided.  He  was  one  of  the  twenty-six  origi- 
nal proprietors  of  Assonet,  now  Freetown, 
Massachfisetts,  purchased  of  the  Indians 
April  2,  1659,  and  received  the  twenty-fourth 
lot,  a  portion  of  which  was  lately  owned  by 
a  lineal  descendant,  having  descended  by  in- 
heritance. Kenelm  was  a  joiner  by  trade  as 
well  as  a  planter.  He  filled  various  town  of- 
fices, was  deputy  to  the  general  court  from 
1642  to  1644  and  from  1649  to  1653,  eight 
years  in  all.  He  had  considerable  litigation,  as 
the  early  court  records  show.  He  died  at  Sa- 
lem, whither  he  had  gone  on  business,  appar- 
ently after  a  long  illness,  for  his  will  was 
dated  five  weeks  earlier,  August  8,  1672,  and 
in  it  he  describes  himself  as  "being  very  sick 
and  drawing  nigh  unto  death".  He  may 
have  been  visiting  his  niece,  Mrs.  Elizabeth 
Corwin,  daughter  of  Edward  Winslow. 

He  married,  in  June,  1634.  Eleanor  Adams, 
widow  of  John  Adams,  of  Plymouth.  She 
survived  him  and  died  at  Marshfield,  where 
she  was  buried  December  5,  1681,  aged  eighty- 
three.  Children:  Kenelm  (3).  of  whom 
further:  Eleanor  or  Ellen,  born  about  1637: 
Nathaniel,  born  about  1639:  Job,  about  1641. 

(\Tn)  Colonel  Kenelm  (3)  Winslow,  son 
of  Kenelm  (  2  )  Winslow,  was  born  about  1636 
at    Plymouth,    died    November    11,    1715,    at 


NEW    ENGLAND. 


2>n 


Harwich,  in  his  seventy-ninth  year,  accordins^ 
to  his  gravestone.  He  removed  to  Cape  Cotl 
and  settled  at  Yarmouth,  afterward  Harwich, 
and  now  lirewster.  .Massachusetts.  His  home- 
stead was  on  the  west  border  of  the  township, 
now  called  West  Brewster,  .'■^atucket,  of  Wins- 
low's  Mills.  He  was  mentioned  in  the  Yar- 
mouth records  in  1668.  Harwich  was  then  a 
"constahlerick"  of  Yarmouth.  In  records  he 
was  called  "Colonel  Winslow.  planter  or  yeo- 
man". He  bouLjht  large  tracts  of  wild  land 
in  what  is  now  Rochester.  Massachusetts,  on 
which  several  of  his  children  settled.  The 
water  privilege  remains  in  the  family  to  the 
present  day.  In  1699  he  deeded  it  to  his  son 
Kenelm.  and  in  18",^  it  was  owned  by  William 
T.  Winslow,  of  West  Brewster.  Kenelm 
Winslow  bought  of  George  Denison.  of  Ston- 
ington.  Connecticut,  one  thousand  acres  of 
land  in  Windham,  later  Mansfield,  March  11, 
1700.  for  thirty  pounds.  He  gave  land  Oc- 
tober 7,  1700,  to  his  son  Samuel,  who  sold  it 
to  his  brother  Kenelm,  but  neither  Samuel 
nor  Kenelm  lived  in  Windham.  (Tn  C)ctober 
3,  1662,  he  was  fined  ten  shillings  for  "riding 
a  journey  on  the  Lord's  day  ",  yet  he  rode 
sixty  miles  to  Scituate  on  three  occasions  to 
have  a  child  baptized  in  the  Second  Church 
there,  for  Kenelm  in  1668.  Josiah  in  1670  and 
Thomas  in  1672.  He  was  on  the  committee 
to  seat  the  meeting-house  October  4.  1714. 

He  married  (first)  September  2},,  1667, 
Mercy  Worden,  born  about  1641,  died  Sep- 
tember 22.  1688,  in  her  forty-eighth  year, 
daughter  of  Peter  Jr.  and  Mercy  Worden,  of 
Y'armouth.  Her  gravestone  is  in  the  Winslow 
grave\ard  at  Dennis.  It  is  of  hard  slate  from 
England,  and  is  the  oldest  stone  in  the  yard. 
The  burying-ground  is  near  the  road  leading 
from  Xebscusset  to  Satucket.  a  short  distance 
from  the  Brewster  line.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Damaris  .  who  wa^  living  as  late 

as  March  2~,  I72g.  His  will  was  dated  Jan- 
uarv  10.  1 71 2,  and  proved  December  28.  171 5. 
Children  of  the  first  wife :  Kenelm  ;  Josiah,  of 
whom  further :  Thomas,  baptized  March  3, 
1672-73 ;  Samuel,  about  1674 :  Mercy,  about 
1676;  Nathaniel,  1679:  Edward.  January  30. 
1680-81.  Children  of  the  second  wife:  Dam- 
aris, married,  July  S^-  U'^3'  Jonathan  Small: 
Elizabeth,  married,  August  9,  1711.  Andrew 
Clark:  Eleanor,  married^  March  25,  1719,  Shu- 
bael  Hamblen:  John,  born  about  1701. 

(IX>  Kenelm  (4),  son  of  Colonel  Kenelm 
(3)    Winslow,  was  baptized   .\ugust  9.   16^)8: 

he  married and   their  youngest   child 

was  John  (  see  following  sketch  ) . 

(IX)  Captain  Josiah  Winslow.  son  of  Col- 
onel Kenelm  (3)  Winslow,  was  born  in 
Marshfield   Xovember  7,    1669,  died  at  Free- 


town, Massachusetts,  .\pril  3,  1-61.  and  was 
buried  in  the  south  cemetery  at  Berklev.  He 
received  a  (|uarter  of  his  father's  lands  hv 
gift-deed  dated  February  27.  169-5,  and 
bought  m(3re  land  of  his  father  west' (jf  the 
Taunton  river  and  in  I'reetown.  He  lived  a 
mile  from  .\ssonet  village  on  the  road  to 
Taimton.  By  trade  he  was  a  clothier,  and 
several  generations  of  his  descendants  have 
followed  this  trade  in  the  mill  near  .\ssonet 
hriflge.  where  at  last  accounts  one  of  his 
Winslow  descendants  was  still  in  the  same 
line  of  business.  He  was  one  of  the  jjroprie- 
tors  of  the  forge  at  Freetown  in  1704.  In 
public  affairs  he  was  very  active  and  promi- 
nent, having  been  constable  in  1696;  high- 
way surveyor  in  1699;  moderator  in  1702-08- 
12-16;  Assessor  in  1 702-03-05-07- 10- 1 3-22 ; 
selectman  in  1702-03-04-09-10:  treasurer  in 
1704:  on  the  grand  jury  in  1721:  first  lieu- 
tenant of  the  Assonet  company  and  commis- 
sioned captain.  February  9,  1725.  He  served 
on  the  committee  on  a  new  meeting-house. 

His  marriage  intention  was  dated  June  13. 
1695,  and  he  married  (first)  at  Freetown, 
Margaret  Tisdale,  of  Taunton,  born  1676, 
daughter  of  James  and  Mary  (.\very)  Tis- 
dale. granddaughter  of  John  Tisdale.  slain  by 
the  Indians  in  King  Philip's  war  June  7,  1675, 
who  married  Sarah  Walker.  His  wife  died 
January  12,  1737,  aged  sixty-one  years,  and 
buried  at  Berkley  South  Cemetery.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Xovember  3,  1737,  Mrs.  Han- 
nah Winslow:  (third)  March  2,  1748-49, 
Hannah  Booth,  of  Middleborough,  a  widow; 
(fourth)  Xovember  30,  1749,  ^Iartha  Hatha- 
way, of  Freetown;  (fifth)  the  intention  be- 
ing dated  September  6,  1750.  Mary  Jones,  of 
Berkley.  His  will  was  dated  March  5,  1733. 
and  proved  May  5,  1761.  Children,  born  at 
Freetown:  Josiah.  June  9.  1697;  Mercy,  De- 
cember 19.  1700;  Ebenezer,  Xovember  22, 
1705;  Edward,  .August  11,  1709;  James,  of 
whom  further;  Margaret,  March  24.  1720; 
Rachel.  February  9.  1722. 

( X )  Colonel  James  Winslow,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Josiah  Winslow,  was  born  at  Freetown, 
.\ugust  10.  1712,  died  March  i,  1777,  in  his 
sixt}-fifth  year,  and  was  buried  at  Berkley. 
He  succeeded  his  father  in  the  cloth-dressing 
business  and  lived  at  Freetown,  where  he 
erected  the  house  lately  occupied  by  Barnaby 
Winslow.  He  was  sole  executor  of  his 
father's  will.  He  was  also  prominent  in  civil 
and  military  life,  and  filled  the  offices  of  jus- 
tice of  the  peace;  town  treasurer  in  1755; 
selectman  in  1762:  lieutenant  of  the  first  foot 
Company  of  militia  in  I'reetown,  commissioned 
June  4,  1762;  captain  of  the  Second  Regi- 
ment,   of    Bristol   county,  commissioned   July 


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25,  1771.  He  was  run  over  by  an  ox-sled 
loaded  with  wood,  on  the  hill  a  m:  c  from 
Assonet  village,  and  killed.  His  ^aiU  was 
dated  June  17,  1776,  and  proved  March  22, 
1777.  He  married,  June  8,  1738,  Charity 
Hodges,  of  Norton,  Massachusetts,  born 
March  30,  1716,  daughter  of  }>Iajor  Joseph 
and  Bethia  (Williams)  Hodges.  Children, 
born  at  Freetown  :  Mehitable,  April  22,  1739 ; 
Ephraini.  July  7.  1741  :  Margaret,  November 
23,  1743:  "Joseph,  March  8,  1745-46:  Jaines, 
September  2.  1748:  Shadrach,  of  whom  fur- 
ther: Bethia,  August  29,  1753;  Thankful,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1754:  Isaac.  June  23,  1759. 

(XI)  Dr.  Shadrach  Winslow,  son  of  Col- 
onel James  Winslow,  was  born  December  17, 
1750,  at  Freetown.  Massachusetts,  died  Feb- 
ruary I,  1817,  at  Foxborough,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  was  buried.  He  was  graduated 
from  Yale  College  in  1771,  and  became  an 
eminent  physician  and  surgeon.  During  the 
revolution  he  helped  to  fit  out  a  privateer,  on 
which  he  sailed  as  surgeon.  On  the  first  voy- 
age the  vessel  was  seized  by  the  British  off 
the  coast  of  Spain,  and  he  was  kept  prisoner 
for  a  year  in  the  old  Jersey  prison  ship  at 
Wallab'out  bay,  Brooklyn.  His  health  was 
impaired  by  this  confinement.  On  his  re- 
turn he  practiced  in  Foxborough.  "He  was 
much  respected  as  a  physician  and  man".  He 
practiced  through  a  large  circuit,  exten.ding 
fully  twenty  miles  from  his  home,  and  was 
widely  known  and  popular.  His  college  di- 
ploma, dated  September  11,  1771,  has  been 
preserved. 

He  married,  March  12,  1783,  Elizabeth  Rob- 
bins,  who  was  born  April  29,  1764,  at  Fo.x- 
borough,  died  April  i,  1846,  daughter  of 
Eleazer  and  [Mary  (Savell)  Robbins.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Foxborough :  Betsey  Peck, 
September  29,  1784:  Eleazer  Robbins,  of 
whom  further;  James,  May  14,  1788:  Isaac, 
February  21,  1791  :  Jesse,  May  25,  1794; 
Samuel,  August  15,  1797:  Thomas  Jefferson, 
June  6,  1800,  drowned  June  18,  1803:  ^lary, 
October  3,  1802  :  Fanny,  March  6,  1805  :  Jo- 
seph, August  28.   1807. 

(XII)  Eleazer  Robbins  \\'inslow,  son  of 
Dr.  Shadrach  Winslow,  was  born  at  Foxbor- 
ough, Massachusetts,  March  21,  1786,  died 
August  8,  1863,  at  Newton  Upper  Falls,  in 
that  state.  "He  was  engaged  in  various 
manufacturing  enterprises  and  in  this  pursuit 
showed  great  and  thorough  knowledge.  He 
was  always  philosophical  and  the  testimony  of 
those  who  were  associated  with  him  was  that 
he  had  few  superiors  in  general  intellectual 
powers".  On  account  of  ill  health  he  lived 
for  a  time  in  the  Catskill  mountains,  at  Hun- 
ter,   Greene    county,    and    Ramapo,    Rockland 


county,  New  York,  and  spent  his  time  in 
hunting  bears  and  wolves,  on  which  the  state 
paid  a  bounty  at  that  time.  During  his  ab- 
sence his  wife  and  children  in  their  cabin  in 
the  wilderness  feared  the  threatened  attack  of 
wild  beasts,  and  life  proved  particularly  try- 
ing to  a  woman  who  had  spent  her  earlv  life 
in  the  city.  [Mr.  Winslow  was  at  one  time 
selectman  of  the  town  of  Newton. 

He  married,  at  Boston,  April  21,  181 1,  .\nn 
Corbett,  born  there  October  2,  1793,  and  edu- 
cated there,  daughter  of  David  and  Deborah 
I  Cowin )  Corbett.  She  died  September  18, 
1871,  at  Newton  Upper  Falls.  Massachusetts. 
She  was  a  woman  of  fine  character  and  great 
piety,  a  friend  of  the  clergy  in  that  section, 
and  one  of  the  first  seventeen  in  the  [Metho- 
dist Episcopal  class  at  Newton  in  1826.  Chil- 
dren:  Charles,  born  January  30,  1814:  Ann, 
July  13,  1815,  at  Hunter;  Elizabeth  Robbins, 
(Jctober  24,  1816,  died  young:  Clarissa  Wil- 
liams. March  13,  1818:  David  Corbett,  of 
whom  further:  Emeline,  November  4,  1820; 
Seth  Collins,  January  11,  1822:  George,  Au- 
gust II,  1823:  John,  October  21,  1825:  Sam- 
uel, February  28,  1827:  Deborah  Ann,  August 
8,  1828:  Mary  Pratt,  April  14,  1830:  Eliza- 
beth Robbins,  twin,  April  14,  1830 :  Martha 
Switzer,  April  14,  1832 ;  James,  August  2, 
1834,  at  Newton:  Harriet  F.,  July  25,   1836. 

(  XIII )  David  Corbett,  son  of  Eleazer  Rob- 
bins Winslow,  was  born  at  Hunter,  New 
York,  June  9,  1819,  died  March  2-.  1879.  He 
attended  the  village  schools  there.  He  re- 
moved with  the  family  to  Newton,  Massachu- 
setts, when  he  was  seven  years  old,  and  at- 
tended the  public  schools  there.  During  the 
si-x  months  just  before  he  came  of  age  he 
was  a  student  in  the  academy  of  Hancock, 
New  Hampshire.  In  1840-41  he  taught  school 
at  Peterborough,  New  Hampshire,  and  then 
removed  to  Long  Island,  where  he  continued 
to  teach  school  and  at  the  same  time  study 
law  in  the  office  of  Judge  N.  B.  Morse,  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Kings  county,  afterward 
judge  of  the  supreme  court.  He  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  Brooklyn,  and  was  soon  af- 
terward appointed  assistant  collector  of  inter- 
nal revenue.  Afterward  he  was  register  of 
bankruptcy  for  the  eastern  district  of  New 
York,  by  appointment  of  Chief  Justice  Chase, 
and,  also  L'nited  States  commissioner.  He  was 
an  able  lawyer  and  magistrate. 

He  married.  July  25.  1841.  in  New  York 
City.  Harriet  Adaline  Stearns,  born  at  Frank- 
lin. Massachusetts,  January  14.  1817.  daugh- 
ter of  Deacon  Edwin  and  Harriet  (Paddock) 
Stearns,  of  Millbury.  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren :  Delia  Caroline,  born  April  28,  1842.  at 
Hempstead.  Long  Island,  died  June  6.   1909; 


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David  Sidney,  horn  April  8.  1844,  at  Xew 
Utrecht.  New  York ;  Frances  Anna,  October 
30,  1846.  in  Brooklyn :  George  Edwin,  Sep- 
tember 22,  1849,  at  New  Utrecht;  Louisa, 
January  15,  1852,  at  New  Utrecht:  Charles 
Howard,  of  whom  further;  Harriet  Adaline, 
June  2,  1856,  died  April  27,  1859;  Frederick 
Kenelm,  of  whom  further. 

(XI\')  Charles  Howard,  son  of  David  Cor- 
bett  W'inslow,  was  born  February  28,  1854, 
at  Brooklyn,  Xew  York.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  and  was  a  student  in  Brown 
University  in  1874-75,  ^nd  afterward  at  Co- 
lumbia University,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1877  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  the  same  year,  and  began  to  practice 
law  in  Brooklyn,  where  he  has  continued  suc- 
cessfully to  the  present  time.  His  office  is  at 
No.  16  Court  street.  He  has  made  something 
of  a  specialty  of  real  estate  business,  and  is 
vice-president,  general  manager  and  director 
of  the  Rosedale  Development  Company.  He 
is  an  active  and  influential  Republican  in  the 
Third  Assembly  district,  and  has  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Sixth  Ward  Republican  Club  and 
frequently  its  delegate  to  nominating  con- 
ventions of  his  party.  He  attends  the  South 
Congregational  Church. 

Charles  Howard  Winslow  married.  May 
24,  1893,  at  Brooklyn,  Ebba  ^L  Loevven- 
mark  Jeanson,  born  at  Gottenburg,  Sweden, 
November  5.  1865,  daughter  of  Claus  J.  Loe- 
wenmark  and  Clara  J.  (Lindquist)  Jeanson. 
They  have  one  child,  Dorothy  Adeline,  born 
February  16,  1899,  at  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
student   in   Packer   Institute. 

(XIV)  Frederick  Kenelm.  son  of  David 
Corbett  Winslow,  and  brother  of  Charles 
Howard  Winslow,  was  born  September  5, 
1861. 

He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Brook- 
lyn, and  entered  Amherst  College,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the  class  of  1884..  He 
began  to  read  law  in  the  office  of  Wright  & 
CuUen,  of  New  York,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1890.  For  twelve  years  he  prac- 
ticed in  New  York  City  and  since  then  has 
had  his  oifice  in  Brooklyn.  In  addition  to 
general  legal  work  he  has  made  a  specialty  of 
real  estate  practice.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Rosedale  Building  Company,  and  the  Rose- 
dale  Development  Company;  president  of  the 
Rosedale  Hook  &  Ladder  Volunteer  Company 
No.  I,  and  president  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  Rosedale.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Founders  and  Patriots,  and  of  the  Frank- 
lin Literary  Society  of  Brooklyn.  He  attends 
the  South  Congregational  Church. 


(  X  )  Deacon  John  Winslow, 
WI.XSLOW  son  of  Kenelm  Winslow 
( <|.  v.  I.  was  born  about  1701. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Rochester,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  was  elected  deacon  of  the 
church  there,  .August  5,  1748.  His  fa- 
ther, in  his  will  dated  January  10.  1712,  left 
him  all  the  land  on  the  "great  neck  *  *  * 
not  disposed  of  and  one  eighth  part  of  one 
whole  share  of  my  common  or  undivided 
land,  all  of  which  said  land  *  *  *  within 
ye  township  of  Rochester" ;  also  an  eighth  of 
a  share  of  cedar  and  spruce  swamp,  with  twen- 
ty-five acres  of  land  in  Rochester.  His  will 
was  dated  January  11.  1752,  and  proved  July 
16,  1755,  and  it  mentioned  all  of  his  children 
except  Bethiah  and  Stephen.  He  married, 
March  15,  1721-22,  Bethiah  .\ndrews,  born 
May  26,  1699,  died  in  Sheffield,  Massachusetts, 
at  an  advanced  age,  at  the  home  of  her  son. 
Prince  Winslow.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen and  Bethiah  Andrews,  of  Rochester. 
Children,  recorded  at  Rochester:  John,  born 
October  31,  1722:  Deborah,  February  8.  1724; 
Jedediah,  mentioned  below  ;  Nathaniel,  .April 
22,  1730,  probably  died  young ;  Lemuel,  Xo- 
vember  3,  1734;  Prince,  April  6,  1737;  Ste- 
phen, July  5,  1739,  probably  died  young; 
Elizabeth ;  Bethiah. 

(XI)  Jedediah,  son  of  Deacon  John  Wins- 
low. was  born  at  Rochester.  March  26,  1727, 
died  April  5,  1794,  at  Brandon,  X'ermont.  For 
twenty  years  he  followed  the  sea,  and  was 
noted  for  his  remarkable  strength.  Until 
about  1773  he  lived  in  Barre,  Massachusetts, 
and  then  for  a  time  changed  his  home  several 
times,  finally  going  to  Brandon,  X'ermont, 
where  he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers.  He 
built  the  first  house  there,  at  the  south  end  of 
the  place,  a  rod  and  a  half  east  of  what  is  now 
Union  street,  near  the  "Point  of  Rocks". 
The  Rutland  County  Herald,  in  speaking  of 
the  settlement  of  Brandon  says :  "Jedediah 
Winslow  was  a  man  of  strong  mind,  indomit- 
able courage,  and  great  shrewdness.  He  was 
regarded  as  a  leader  of  the  little  band  of  early 
settlers."  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  Congregational  church  there,  organized 
September  23.  1785,  and  was  the  first  deacon. 
He  seems  to  have  held  the  offices  of  deacon, 
moderator  and  scribe  at  the  same  time.  He 
was  one  of  the  sixty-four  grantees  of  Pitts- 
ford,  in  1762.  The  lots  were  drawn  June 
3,  1776,  and  he  received  lots  41  and  54.  He 
deeded  this  farm  to  his  son  John.  May  2^, 
1785.  None  of  the  sixty-four  grantees  lived 
permanentlv  in  Pittsford.  He  married,  in- 
tentions published  March  24.  1750,  Elizabeth 
Goodsixed.  of  Barnstable.  Massachusetts;  she 
died  in  Paris,  Xew  York.     Children,  first  six 


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recorded  at  Barre :  Sarah,  born  October  5, 
1751:  Elizabeth,  June  19,  1756;  Luther,  July 
30,  1757:  Hannah,  June  14.  1758;  Bethiah, 
June  20,  1760;  Deborah,  June  24,  1762:  John, 
married  Sally  Bigelow  :  Polly,  married  Will- 
iam Chamberlain  ;  Justin,  mentioned  below  ; 
Calvin,  married  Sally  Goodenough ;  Charlotte, 
died  December  10,  1777,  aged  two  years; 
Thomas  Goodspeed,  married  Phila  Daniels. 

(  XII )  Tustin,  son  of  Deacon  Jedediah  Wins- 
low,  was  born  May  22,  1770,  died  November 
12,  185 1,  at  Brandon,  \'ermont.  He  was 
seven  years  of  age  when  his  father  moved  to 
Barre.  He  volunteered  for  the  battle  of 
Plattsburg,  but  did  not  arrive  in  time  for  the 
engagement.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Brandon. 
He  married  there,  September  27,  1791,  .A.bi- 
gail  L'nderwood,  of  Connecticut,  born  August 
22,  1768,  died  November  6,  1851,  daughter  of 

William   and   (Horton)    Underwood. 

Children,  born  at  Brandon:  Jeremiah,  Au- 
gust 22,  1793;  Justin,  August  22,  1795;  Ches- 
ter, mentioned  below;  Sally,  January  24,  1799; 
Erastus,  August  25,  1801,  died  June  8,  1805; 
Erastus  Ward,  October  9,  1808. 

(XIII)  Chester,  son  of  Justin  Winslow, 
was  born  July  17,  1797,  at  Brandon,  Vermont, 
died  June  29,  187 1.  He  followed  farming  there 
all  his  life.  He  took  an  active  part  in  town 
affairs  and  was  trial  justice  many  years.  He 
married,  at  Brandon,  -April  8,  1840,  Anna 
Green  Goss,  born  October  17,  1818,  daughter 
of  Rufus  and  .Anna  (Green)  Goss,  of  Bran- 
don. Children,  born  at  Brandon  :  Charles 
Marius,  mentioned  below ;  .Anna  Goss,  born 
October  25.  1843,  died  April   i,   1862. 

(XIV)  Charles  Marius,  son  of  Chester 
Winslow,  was  born  in  Brandon,  Vermont, 
February  10.  1841.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there,  the  Phillips  Academy  at  An- 
dover,  Massachusetts,  and  Middlebury  .Acad- 
emy at  Middkbury,  \'ermont.  He  has  since 
followed  farming  on  the  homestead  of  which 
he  is  the  present  owner.  This  farm  was 
cleared  by  his  great-grandfather,  Jedediah 
Winslow,  and  enlarged,  by  his  grandfather  and 
his  father  until  it  comprises  some  si.x  hundred 
acres,  much  of  which  is  in  a  high  state  of 
cultivation.  He  has  made  a  specialty  of  breed- 
ing .Ayrshire  cattle  and  for  thirty  years  in 
addition  to  farming  he  has  been  secretary  of 
the  Ayrshire  Breeders  Association  of  the 
United  States  and  Canada.  He  has  served  on 
the  Board  of  Cattle  Commissioners  of  the 
State  and  has  been  secretary  of  the  State 
Board  of  .Agriculture,  and  also  secretary  of  the 
State  .Agricultural  Society.  He  was  lister  of 
the  town  of  Brandon  for  eighteen  years,  and 
for  many  years  was  superintendent  of  schools 
of  Brandon.     For  two  years,  1894-95,  he  rep- 


resented the  town  in  the  state  legislature  and 
while  in  the  house  of  representatives  served 
on  the  committee  on  agriculture  and  was  its 
chairman.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congregation- 
alist.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  August  17,  1870,  Mary 
Elizabeth  Blackmer,  who  died  .August  31, 
1873.  He  married  (second)  August  5,  1875, 
Martha  Elizabeth  Hamilton,  of  Salisburv,  \'er- 
mont,  daughter  of  Colonel  Eugene  H.  and 
Martha  (  Bump )  Hamilton,  granddaughter  ot 
.Amos  and  Mary  Ann  (Hapgood)  Hamilton. 
Her  grandfather  was  born  in  Massachusetts. 
Children  by  first  wife :  Charles  Gardner, 
mentioned  below  ;  Mary  Blackmer,  born  Au- 
gust 22,    1873,   died  in  infancy. 

(X\')  Charles  Gardner,  son  of  Charles  Ma- 
rius Winslow,  was  born  at  Brandon,  \'er- 
mont.  August  28,  1871.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips 
Academy,  .Andover,  Massachusetts.  He  en- 
tered .Amherst  College,  but  afterward  matric- 
ulated at  the  University  of  Vermont  at  Bur- 
lington, from  which  he  graduated  with  the  de- 
gree of  Bachelor  of  .Arts.  He  took  special 
courses  in  electrical  engineering  of  which  he 
has  made  a  specialty.  After  being  with  the 
Rapid  Transit  Company  of  Brooklyn  for  two 
years  he  was  engaged  in  construction  work 
on  the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River 
railroad,  in  charge  of  installing  power  houses. 
Afterward  he  was  engaged  in  construction 
work  on  a  North  Carolina  railroad  and  at  the 
present  time  he  is  an  electrical  engineer  in 
the  employ  of  the  Michigan  Central  Railroad 
Company  in  charge  of  the  electrical  system  be- 
tween Chicago  and  ButTalo.  He  had  charge 
of  the  electrical  work  in  the  Detroit  river  tun- 
nel. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  in  religion 
a  Congregationalist,  and  while  living  at  Mt. 
Vernon  was  deacon  of  the  church  there.  He 
is  a  member  of  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons. 

He  married.  February,  1902,  Ella  Beebe,  of 
Burlington,  Vermont,  daughter  of  Charles 
Beebe.  They  have  one  child,  Frederick  Bee- 
be,  born  June  16,  1904. 


Thomas  Remington,  im- 
REMINGTON     migrant    ancestor,    settled 

in  Hingham.  Massachu- 
setts. He  may  have  been  related  to  John 
Remington,  the  first  immigrant  of  the  name, 
who  settled  in  N'ewbury  in  1637  or  earlier, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May  22.  1638. 
He  was  a  lieutenant ;  he  removed  to  Rowley 
and  was  appointed  to  train  the  military  com- 
panv  there.  He  removed  to  Roxbury  and 
built  the  Roxbury  meeting-house,  being  a  car- 
penter by  trade. 


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(II)  Thomas  (2).  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Rem- 
ington, removed  to  Connecticut.  He  married, 
March  16,  1687,  Remember,  born  in  Hing- 
ham,  April  22,  1662,  died  there  November  5, 
1694,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  ( Far- 
row) StQvvell.  Children  :  Jael,  born  at  Hing- 
ham,  April  22,  1688;  Joshua,  mentioned  be- 
low: Mary,  :\Iay  9,  1691 :  Abigail,  February 
27,    1692-93. 

(III)  Joshua,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Rem- 
ington, was  born  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
in  1689-90,  died  at  Hingham,  July  i,  1733, 
aged    forty-three   years.      He   was    a    farmer. 

He    married    Elizabeth     .       Children : 

Joshua,  born  1714,  died  April  2,  1730:  Eliza- 
beth. 1716;  John,  1718,  died  September  18, 
1718;  Elisha,  January  17,  1720;  Mary,  June. 
13,  1722:  Sarah.  June  23,  1724;  Thomas,  May' 
22,  1726;  Olive,  September  28.  1728,  died 
February  17.  1736-37;  Joshua,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(I\  )  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Rem- 
ington, was  born  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
February  14,  1730-31.  He  married,  at  Hing- 
ham, Ruth  Clay.  Children,  born  at  Hing- 
ham: Ruth.  August  5,  1755;  Uriah,  1757; 
Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joshua  (3),  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Rem- 
ington, was  born  in  Hingham,  ^Massachusetts, 
November,  1759,  baptized  September  14,  1760, 
died  at  Huntington,  Vermont,  October  4, 
1855,  aged  nearly  ninety-six  years.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  and  was  present 
at  the  battle  of  Bennington.  He  was  in  Cap- 
tain Nathan  Harwood's  company.  Colonel 
John  Dickinson's  regiment,  in  1777,  a  Massa- 
chusetts regiment,  the  roll  of  which  was 
sworn  to  in  Chesterfield,  New  Hampshire. 
He  was  also  in  Captain  Joseph  Clapp's  com- 
pany, and  Colonel  Israel  Chapin's  regiment 
(Third  Massachusetts)  in  the  fall  of  1779 
and  marched  to  reinforce  the  northern  army. 
He  settled  in  W'allingford,  \'ermont.  in  1780. 
and  saw  further  service  there  in  a  \'ermont 
regiment.  His  brother  Uriah  enlisted  in  1775 
in  a  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  companyi 
and  was  also  a  veteran  at  the  time  they  went 
to  Vermont.  Joshua  and  Uriah  were  both  in 
Captain  Staiiford's  company.  Colonel  Ebenezer 
Allen's  regiment  of  \'ermont  militia  in  Oc- 
tober, 1780,  June,  1781,  and  again  in  1781  in 
Captain  Orange  Train's  company.  Colonel 
Lee's  regiment :  also  in  Captain  John 
Sprague's  company.  Colonel  Gideon  Warren's 
regiment,  1780-81.  He  resided  for  a  time  in 
Hinesburg,  \'ermont,  and  bought  real  estate 
there,  September  19,  18 18,  sold  to  his  son. 
Joshua  Remington  Jr.,  August  28.  1819,  and 
returned  to  Wallingford  or  Huntington, 
^mong  his  children  were:     Jeremiah,  born  at 


\\-allingford,   July    2-..    1783:   Lvdia.  married 
Reuben  Smitli :  Jusliua,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Joshua  (4),  son  of  Joshua  (3)  Rem- 
ington, was  born  about  1790.  died  at  Bolton. 
New  York,  1881.  at  an  advanced  age.  He 
lived  in  Wallingford  and  Hinesburg,  \ermont. 
and  in  later  years  at  Huntington.  He  mar- 
ried Polly  Sayles  or  Sales.  Children:  Jus- 
tus: Henry;  Sylvester:  Hosea:  Mary,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Uently:  .\nne.  married  Ransom 
Davis;  Ziba,  mentioned  below;  l"-tiier,  mar- 
ried Lindsey  Davis. 

(\TI)  Ziba,  .son  of  Joshua  (4)  Remington, 
was  born  in  Hinesburg,  X'ermont,  May  6. 
1833.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  .At  the 
age  of  fifteen  he  removed  to  northern  New 
York,  where  he  was  employed  in  Scroon. 
North  Hudson,  Black  Brook  and  Horicon. 
Warren  county.  New  York,  and  in  the  latter 
named  place  he  has  made  his  home  for  many 
years.  He  has  followed  farming  and  lum- 
bering in  this  section  with  a  large  measure 
of  success.  In  town  affairs  he  has  taken 
an  active  part  and  has  held  the  office  of  con- 
stable. He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. He  married,  -August  27,  1857,  Mary 
Ross,  born  April  27,  1837,  in  Bolton.  New 
York,  daughter  of  Myron  and  Nora  Ross. 
His  wife  died  July  i,  1899.  Children:  Wor- 
den  M.,  born  December  13,  1859,  lives  in  Hor- 
icon, New  York ;  Sydney  B.,  born  August  24. 
i860,  a  contractor  and  builder  at  Ticonder- 
oga,  New  York:  Eddy  J.,  born  May  15,  1866, 
a  merchant  at  Bolton,  New  York :  Fred  Ho- 
mer, mentioned  below  ;  Jennie  .Ann.  horn  De- 
cember 25,  1871,  married  William  Thatcher. 
of  Ticonderoga :  Burdett,  born  January  20, 
1874,  of   Horicon.  New  York. 

(\TII)  Fred  Homer,  son  of  Ziba  Reming- 
ton, was  born  in  Horicon.  Warren  county. 
New  York,  March  8,  1868.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  of 
North  Hudson.  New  York,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Sherman  .Academy  at  Moriah, 
New  York.  He  then  learned  the  trade  of 
carpenter  and  tiie  art  of  draughting.  He  fol- 
lowed these  in  Warrensburg,  at  Glens  Falls. 
and  at  Ticonderoga,  New  York,  where  he  en- 
gaged in  business  in  partnership  with  his 
brother  under  the  firm  name  of  S.  B.  Reming- 
ton &  Com])any.  and  continued  for  thirteen 
years  in  the  building  and  cuntracting  busi- 
ness, erecting  houses,  constructing  macadam 
road  and  other  similar  work.  Mr.  Remington 
then  came  to  Rutland,  and  has  here  carried 
on  a  large  general  contracting  business.  He 
is  a  member  of  Mount  Defiance  Lodge,  No. 
364.  Ancient  Free  and  .Accepted  .Masons,  of 


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Ticonderoga :  of  Rutland  Lodge,  Xo.  i, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  also  the  uniformed 
rank  of  this  order :  member  of  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  Xo.  341,  of 
Rutland,  and  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
America.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  October  8,  1891,  Annie 
Heightman,  of  Orwell,  \'ermont,  daughter 
of  Hammond  and  Mary  (Leonard)  Height- 
man.  Children :  Wallace  E.,  born  Septem- 
ber, 1893;  Chester  H.,  June  15,  1898:  Wen- 
dall  E.,  June  20,  1904. 


Thomas  Hayward,  born  in 
H.WWARD  1719,  was  doubtless  of  the 
Concord,  Massachusetts, 
branch  of  the  family,  mentioned  elsewhere  in 
this  work.  He  settled  in  Templeton.  Massa- 
chusetts, before  the  revolution,  and  died  there 
September  24,  1793,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years.  His  family  of  ten  children  were 
mostly  grown  to  maturity.  He  married,  his 
intention  being  dated  January  18,  1773,  Eliza- 
beth Young,  of  Hopkinton,  Massachusetts, 
who  was  doubtless  a  second  wife,  and  per- 
haps a  third.  She  died  March  24,  1774,  in 
her  forty-fifth  years.  Largely  from  the  rec- 
ord of  the  settlement  of  a  small  estate  left  by 
his  daughter  Huldah  Hayward,  a  spinster, 
who  died  at  Templeton  Alarch  21,  1804,  we 
have  a  record  of  his  children.  At  that  time 
but  three  of  the  children  remained  in  Temple- 
ton  :  Anna  Jackson.  William  Child's  wife 
Bethia,  and  Samuel  Hayward.  They  signed 
a  petition  for  the  appointment  of  an  adminis- 
trator. The  court  ordered  later  that  the  sum 
of  five  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents  be  paid 
to  each  of  her  nine  brothers  and  sisters,  that 
being  their  respective  share  of  the  residue  of 
her  estate.  In  the  account  is  mentioned  her 
share  of  the  estate  of  her  father,  Thomas 
Hayward,  late  of  Templeton.  .\s  far  as 
known  the  children  were:  Huldah,  died  as 
stated :  Stephen,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
from  Templeton ;  Thomas  Jr.,  married  Betty 
^^'hitney,  and  served  in  the  revolution : 
Bethia,  married,  April  7,  1788,  William 
Child;  Anna,  married.  December  3,  1772, 
Jonathan  Jackson:  Betty,  married,  June.  1785, 
John    Sprague :    Eleazer,    of    whom    further : 

Samuel,  married   Patty  ,  and  left  one 

child :  Ziba  :  one  other  daughter. 

(H)  Eleazer,  son  of  Thomas  Hayward, 
was  born  in  1752.  died  in  Shrewsbury,  \'er- 
mont,  in  1789.  He  went  with  the  family  to 
Templeton,  \Vorcester  county,  Massachusetts, 
as  early  as  1773.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  Templeton,  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain  John    Moore's   company.    Colonel   Rufus 


Putnam's  regiment,  the  Fifth,  from  .\pril  14. 
1777,  to  December  31,  1779;  also  in  the  same 
compan\-  and  regiment  under  Colonel  Gard- 
ner until  December  9,  1780.  He  enlisted  for 
three  years.  He  is  described  in  1780  in  the 
rolls  as  twenty-eight  years  old,  five  feet  and 
seven  inches  tall,  of  dark  complexion.  He 
re-enlisted  for  three  years  on  January  15, 
1781.  Directly  after  the  revolution  he  re- 
moved to  Shrewsbury,  \'ermont.  He  mar- 
ried there,  his  intention  being  dated  March 
I,  1784,  Keziah  Shedd,  of  "Thombleston" 
(Templeton?).      His   widow   Keziah  married 

(second)  Gibson.     The  Shedd  family 

was  from  Pepperell  and  Groton,  Massachu- 
setts. Children  of  Eleazer:  Asa:  Lucy:  Ben- 
jamin: Samuel,  of  whom  further. 

( HI )  Samuel,  son  of  Eleazer  Hayward, 
was  born  in  Shrewsbury.  X'ermont,  in  1789, 
died  in  Clarendon,  \'ermont.  March  21,  1862. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  Patty  Gibson, 
born  October  i,  1791,  died  September  2,  i860, 
a  native  of  Clarendon  (see  Gibson  \").  Chil- 
dren :  Sophronia,  married  Edson  Nelson ; 
Clarissa,  born  1824,  died  April  26,  1850; 
Martha,  born  in  1826,  died  June  22,  1877: 
Samuel  (2),  of  whom  further:  other  chil- 
dren died  young, 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Hay- 
ward. was  born  in  Shrewsbury,  \'ermont,  Au- 
gust I,  1827,  died  at  Rutland,  \'ermont,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1886.  He  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools.  For  some  years  he  followed 
farming  in  Clarendon,  then  came  to  Rutland 
and  conducted  a  grocery  store  and  meat  mar- 
ket. He  owned  much  real  estate  and  was  a 
successful  and  prominent  man  of  business. 
He  was  selectman  and  overseer  of  the  poor 
and  alderman  of  the  city.  He  was  an  influ- 
ential member  and  generous  supporter  of  the 
Baptist  church. 

He  married.  February  28,  1848,  Delia  A. 
Round,  who  was  born  October  31,  1833,  died 
March  16,  1899,  daughter  of  Hopkins  and 
Avis  (Harrington)  Round.  Children:  i. 
James  Harrington,  born  December  28,  1850, 
died  }\Iarch  18,  1876:  married  Anna  Terinan 
and  had  one  child,  Delia.  2.  Edward  Dyer, 
of  whom  further.  3.  George  Samuel,  born 
January  5,  1856,  died  March  2,  1895;  mar- 
ried Catherine  Buckley,  and  had  children : 
-Arthur.  Martha.  Samuel,  James  and  Delia. 
4.  William  Hopkins,  born  July  18.  1863,  lives 
in  Rutland.  5.  Wallace  Round,  of  whom 
further. 

(  \' )  Edward  Dyer,  son  of  Samuel  (  2  )  Hay- 
ward, was  born  in  Rutland,  \'ermont,  Decem- 
ber I,  1852.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there  and  from  his  youth  followed  farming. 
For  twelve  vears  he  had  a  farm  at  Mendo'" 


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\'erniont.  In  190 1  he  came  to  Rutland,  where 
he  has  si.nce  lived.  He  has  retired  from  ac- 
tive business,  but  is  occupieil  by  the  care  and 
management  of  large  real  estate  interests.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  I'ebruary  22,  1883,  .Minnie 
Kelley.  of  Wallingford.  Vermont,  daughter  of 
William  Fox  and  Cynthia  \'ervora  (  Rounds  ) 
Kelley.  Children:  i.  Bernice  Louise,  born 
July  17,  1887.  2.  James  Edward.  lx)rn  Janu- 
ary  15,   1 89 1. 

(\  1  Wallace  Round,  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Hayward.  and  brother  of  Edward  Dyer  Hay- 
ward,  was  born  in  Rutland,  .\ugust  7,  1867. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Rutland.  He  is  a  photographer 
and  a  member  of  the  well  known  firm  of 
Moore  &  Ha\  ward,  of  Rutland.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  Rut- 
land Lodge.  Xo.  79,  Free  and  .Accepted  Ma- 
sons ;  Davenport  Chapter.  Xo.  17,  Royal 
Arch  Masons:  Killington  Commandery,  Xo. 
6,  Knights^Templar :  and  Cairo  Temple.  An- 
cient Arabic  Order,  Xobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine. 

He  married,  in  Rutland,  October  6.  1886, 
Catherine  Hennessy,  born  in  Bennington.  \'er- 
mont,  daughter  of,  Patrick  and  .Anna  (Coyle) 
Hennessy,  who  were  born  in  Scotland.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Rutland:  i.  Avis  Anna,  born 
September  29,  1887,  died  September  16,  1891. 

2.  Wallace  Samuel,  born  Xovember  28.   1890. 

3.  Avis  Pauline,  born  April  14,  1899. 

(The  Gibson  Line). 

(I)  John  Gibson,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  in  1601,  died  in  Cam- 
bridge, Massachusetts,  in  1694,  aged  ninety- 
three  years.  He  came  to  Xew  England  as 
earlv  as  163 1,  and  settled  in  Cambridge,  where 
he  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  17,  1637. 
His  home  lot  was  granted  in  the  west  end  of 
the  town  August  4,  1^34.  It  was  situated  be- 
tween Harvard  and  Brattle  squares,  in  what 
is  now  an  important  business  district,  and  ex- 
tended to  the  Charles  river.  His  house  stood 
at  the  end  of  what  is  now  Sparks  street,  not 
far  from  Brattle  street,  on  the  road  to  Water- 
town,  and  was  built  before  October  10.  1636. 
He  was  doubtless  a  member  of  Rev.  Mr. 
Hooker's  church,  and  belonged  later  to  the 
succeeding  society  of  the  First  Church.  Feb- 
ruary I.  1636,  under  the  pastorate  of  Rev. 
Thomas  Shepard.  He  held  minor  town  of- 
fices. His  wife  and  daughter  accused  Wini- 
fred Holman,  widow,  and  her  daughter,  of 
witchcraft,  and  the  charge  not  being  sus- 
tained, they  were  sued  for  damages  by  the 
Holmans.  For  particulars  of  this  interesting 
case  see  historv  of  the  Holman  family.      The 


Gibsons  paid  a  small  fine.     He  married  (first) 

Rebecca  ,  who  was  buried  December  i, 

Uj6i,  at  Ro.xbury.  He  married  (second)  July 
24,  1662,  Joan  Prentice,  widow  of  Henry 
Prentice,  a  pioneer  at  Canibridge.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife:  Rebecca.  b(.)rn  in  Cam- 
bridge in  1636,  was  the  dauL;htcr  who  thought 
she  was  bewitched  by  the  Holmans;  Mary, 
May  29,  1637;  Martha,  April  2y,  1639;  John 
(2),  of  whom  further;  Samuel,  October  28, 
1644. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (I)  Gibson, 
was  born  in  Cambridge  about  164 1,  died  Oc- 
tober 15.  1679,  of  smallpox,  when  only  thir- 
ty-eight years  old.  He  settled  in  Cambridge 
on  the  homestead  deeded  to  him  by  his  father 
Xovember  30.  16(38.  He  also  was  involved 
in  the  trial  of  his  family  for  calling  the  Hol- 
mans witches,  and  had  to  acknowledge  his 
error  in  court  or  pay  a  fine.  He  took  the 
cheaper  course.  Fie  was  a  soldier  in  King 
Philip's  war  under  Captain  Thomas  Prentice. 
He  was  in  the  Swanzey  fight  June  28.  1675, 
and  the  Mt.  Hope  expedition  later.  He  was 
also  in  Lieutenant  Edward  ( )ake's  troop, 
scouting  near  Marlborough  .March  24.  1675- 
76,  and  in  Captain  Daniel  Henchiuan's  com- 
pany September  2;^,  1676.  which  marched  to 
Hadley  in  early  summer  time.  He  was  pos- 
sibly the  John  Gibson  in  Captain  Joshua  Scot- 
tow's  company  at  Black  Point,  near  Salem, 
Maine,  September,  1677,  where  the  garrison 
was  captured  the  following  month  by  the  In- 
dians. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  (Jctober 
II.  1670,  and  held  a  number  of  minor  offices. 
He  married.  December  9,  1668,  Rebecca  Har- 
rington, who  was  born  in  Cambridge,  daugh- 
ter of  Abraham  and  Rebecca  (Cutler)  Har- 
rington, or  Errington,  as  it  was  spelled  and 
perhaps  pronounced.  Her  father  was  a  black- 
smith, born  at  Xew  Castleton,  Massachusetts, 
and  died  in  Cambridge  May  9.  1677.  Her 
mother  died  in  Cambridge  in  1697.  Children, 
born  at  Cambridge:  Rebecca,  born  October 
4,  1669.  died  June  10.  1698.  at  Woburn.  un- 
married: Martha,  married  twice:  Mary,  mar- 
ried, at  Concord.  October  17,  1700.  Xathaniel 
Gates  of  Stow :  Timothy,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Deacon  Timothy  Gibson,  son  of  John 
(2)  Gibson,  was  born  at  Cambridge  in  1679, 
died  at  Stow.  Massachusetts,  July  14.  1757. 
His  grave  is  in  the  lower  village  graveyard  in 
the  eastern  part  of  Stow.  He  was  brought 
up  bv  .\braham  Holman.  of  Canibridge.  son 
of  William  and  Winifred  Holman.  who  were 
involved  with  his  parents  and  grandparents. 
In  1(189  t'le  Holmans  moved  to  Stow  and  he 
went  with  them,  living  in  the  family  until 
1703.  when  they  removed  to  the  northwest 
part  of  Sudbury,  and  settled  on  the  .Assabet 


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river,  on  a  sixty-acre  farm  bounded  on  the 
west  by  the  Stow  line,  and  on  the  east  by  the 
road  from  Concord  to  Jewell's  Mill.  Holnian 
died  in  171 1.  Gibson  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen of  Sudburv.  Massachusetts,  and  owned 
land  also  at  Lunenburg,  laid  to  him  and  his 
son  Timothy.  Neither  ever  lived  at  Lunen- 
burg, however :  but  John,  Arrington,  Isaac 
and  Reuben,  his  younger  sons,  settled  there, 
and  all  were  noted  as  men  of  great  personal 
prowess.  He  removed  to  Stow  between  De- 
cember 6,  1728,  and  February  24,  1731-32. 
and  was  selectman  there  in  1734-35-36-39. 
His  homestead  in  Stow  lay  on  the  south  slope 
of  Pomciticut  Hill,  and  was  deeded  ten  years 
before  his  death  to  his  son  Stephen,  and  was 
passed  down  in  the  family  until  1823.  This 
farm  is  now  in  the  town  of  Maynard,  which 
was  formed  from  Sudbury  and  Stow  in  1871. 

He  married  (first)  at  Concord,  Xovember 
17,  1700,  Rebecca  Gates,  of  Stow,  born  at 
^Marlborough  July  2^,  1682,  died  in  Stow  Jan- 
uary 21,  1 73 1.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Ste- 
phen Jr.  and  Sarah  (Woodward)  Gates.  He 
married  (second)  intentions  being  published 
Xovember  30.  1756,  Mrs.  Submit  Taylor,  of 
Sudbury,  died  at  Stow  January  29,  1759,  in 
her  seventy-fifth  year.  Both  wives  are  buried 
by  his  side.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  Abra- 
ham, born  1701 ;  Timothy,  January  20,  1702- 
03;  Rebecca,  in  Sudbury  Alarch  19,  1704: 
John,  April  28,  1708;  Sarah,  October  27, 
1710;  Samuel,  August  27,  1711;  Samuel,  Au- 
gust 2y.  1713;  Stephen,  March  14,  1715,  died 
young:  Arrington,  March  22,  1717;  Stephen, 
at  Sudbury  June  16,  1719:  Isaac,  of  whom 
further;  Alary,  born  June  14,  1723;  Reuben, 
February  14,   1725. 

(I\')  Isaac  Gibson,  son  of  Deacon  Tim- 
othy Gibson,  was  born  at  Sudbury  April  27, 
1721,  died  at  Grafton,  [Massachusetts,  June  i, 
1797.  His  gravestone  in  Middletown  ceme- 
tery is  inscribed  :  "Isaac  Gibson — Died  June 
1st  1797 — in  the  77th  year — of  his  age — White 
is  his  soul — From  blemish  free — Red  with  the 
blood — He  shed  for  me".  He  was  one  of 
"the  Gibson  brothers",  third  of  the  four  who 
settled  in  Lunenburg,  now  Fitchburg,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  settled  there  before  August  i, 
1728,  in  the  westerly  part  of  the  town,  which 
was  set  off  as  Fitchburg  February  3,  1764. 
His  father  deeded  to  him  there  one  hundred 
and  fifteen  acres  "more  or  less",  on  October 
25,  1744.  His  house,  "Fort  Gibson"  in  the 
Indian  raid  of  1748,  was  situated  on  the  east- 
ern slope  of  the  hill  and  is  still  to  be  seen. 
In  appearance  he  was  of  great  size  and 
strength,  and  in  character  very  courageous. 
One  of  the  anecdotes  told  of  him  is  of  an 
encounter  with  a  bear  whose  cub  he  was  car- 


rying off.  They  rolled  down  the  hill  together 
and  he  was  the  victor,  though  he  bore  the 
marks  of  the  struggle  all  the  rest  of  his  life. 
He  was  always  prominent  in  Lunenburg.  In 
174S  he  served  as  scout  in  the  Indian  trou- 
bles, and  was  selectman  in  1767-70-74-77.  In 
1 77 1  he  was  among  the  thirteen  largest  tax- 
payers, and  December  i,  1773,  was  chairman 
of  the  committee  "to  respond  to  the  Boston 
letter".  In  1774  he  was  on  a  committee  "to 
prepare  instructions  for  the  guidance  of  the 
town's  representative  in  the  general  court". 
He  served  in  the  revolution  as  minute-man  in 
1775,  one  of  the  five  Gibsons  of  the  forty-four 
Fitchburg  minute-men.  In  1777  he  was  town 
moderator.  He  served  as  private  in  Captain 
Fbenezer  Wood's  company.  Colonel  Asa 
Whitcomb's  regiment  of  militia,  which 
marched  from  Fitchburg  on  the  Lexington 
Alarm  of  April  19,  1775.  He  moved  to  Graf- 
ton between  December  26,  17S6.  and  Septem- 
ber 4.  1790,  as  shown  by  an  agreement  made 
on  the  first  date  by  Isaac,  of  Fitchburg,  and 
his  son  Jonathan,  of  Thomlinson  (Grafton), 
and  by  a  power  of  attorney  on  the  latter  date 
by  Isaac,  of  Tomlinson,  to  his  son  Jacob,  of 
Fitchburg.  Doubtless  he  moved  in  the  spring 
of  1787  as  he  paid  his  last  real  and  poll  taxes 
of  Fitchburg  in  1785.  and  his  last  personal 
tax  in  1786.  On  October  16,  1791,  he  with- 
drew his  membership  from  the  First  Church 
of  Fitchburg  to  become  a  member  of  the  Graf- 
ton church. 

He  married  (first)  at  Lunenburg.  February 
4.  1744-45.  Keziah  Johnson,  their  intentions 
being  published  January  5.  1744-45.  She  was 
born  September  7.  1725.  died  at  Fitchburg 
February  7,  1766,  and  is  buried  in  the  Lunen- 
burg South  yard.  She  was  daughter  of  Dea- 
con Samuel  and  Rebecca  Johnson,  of  Lunen- 
burg. Deacon  Samuel  Johnson  was  son  of 
Edward  Johnson,  of  Woburn,  Massachusetts, 
son  of  Major  William  Johnson,  of  Woburn, 
son  of  Captain  Edward  Johnson,  the  English 
pioneer  in  Charlestown,  now  Woburn,  in 
1630.  Captain  Edward  Johnson  was  a  very 
prominent  man,  and  wrote  the  "\\'onder 
Working  Providences  of  Sion's  Saviour  in 
X''.  E."  Isaac  Gibson  married  (second)  at 
Leominster,  Massachusetts,  Xovember  27, 
1766,  r\Irs.  Abigail  (Darby  or  Stearns?)  Ben- 
nett, who  died  at  Grafton,  Xovember  26.  1S08, 
aged  eighty-one  years,  and  was  buried  beside 
her  husband.  Children,  by  first  wife,  born  in 
Li::enburg  (Fitchburg)  :  Isaac  (2>.  of  whom 
further:  John,  born  July  25,  1747:  .\bra- 
ham,  June  13,  1749,  died  young:  Jacob.  March 
6.  1751  :  Xathaniel,  February  22,  1753:  Jona- 
than, December  22,  1754.  not  December  22, 
1757.  as  entered  on  Lunenburg  records:  Da- 


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vid,  January  22,  1757;  Solomon,  Xovember 
19,  1758;  Abraham,  June  13.  1760:  Keziali, 
died  September  i().  1817;  Rebecca,  about  1764 
probably  at  LuneMburn^.  Child  of  second  wife: 
Anna.  IJecember  6,  1768. 

(\'j  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  tjibson, 
was  born  at  Fitchburg,  Xovember  28,  1745, 
died  at  Rindge,  New  Hampshire,  December  6, 
1811,  not  December  6,  1815,  as  inscribed  on 
the  gravestone.  He  lived  in  Fitchburg  for 
some  years,  and  was  one  of  the  five  (jibsons 
who  were  minute-men.  About  1782  he  moved 
to  the  southwest  of  Rindge  where  he  lived 
the  rest  of  his  life,  dying  of  "spotted  fever", 
an  epidemic  which  swept  through  Xew  Eng- 
land in  181 1  and  1812.  He  married  (first) 
at  Harvard,  Massachusetts,  March  16,  177,^ 
published  January  29,  1773,  Lois  Samson,  of 
Bolton.  Massachusetts,  who  died  at  Fitchburg 
June-  17,  1782.  He  married  (second)  Ruth 
Eaton,  born  at  Reading,  Massachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1757,  died  at  Rindge  February  25, 
1855.  She  was  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Mclntire)  Eaton,  of  Jat¥rey,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire. Children,  by  first  wife,  born  at  Fitch- 
burg: Hannah,  baptized  May  i,  1774;  Sally, 
born  February  25,  1776;  Joel,  baptized  April 
25.  1779.  died  June  22,  1782;  Lois,  born 
March  5,  1781.  Children  by  second  wife, 
born  at  Rindge:  Isaac,  born  August  4,  1783; 
Ruth,  May  22,  1786;  Israel,  September  14, 
1789;  Patty,  October  i,  1791,  died  September 
2,  i860,  married,  August  24,  1815,  Samuel 
Hayward  of  Clarendon  (see  Hayward  III): 
John;  April  4,  1794;  Catherine,  August  13, 
1796;  Nathaniel,  August  13,   1796. 


George  Vaughan.  immigrant 
\'AL'GH.A.N  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land in  1621,  died  at  Mid- 
dleborough,  Massachusetts,  October  20,  1694. 
He  settled  first  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts, 
as  earlv  as  1653.  then  removed  to  Middle- 
borough  in  1663  and  for  a  time  lived  also  at 
Marshtield.  He  appears  to  have  had  a  liking 
for  litigation  as  his  name  appears  fretjuently 
in  the  court  records  both  as  plaintiff  and  de- 
fendant. He  was  appointed  on  a  committee 
June  I,  1669,  with  William  Crowell,  John 
Thomson  and  William  Xelson,  to  determine 
the  boundary  line  between  Nantasket  Men's 
Land,  called  the  Major's  Purchase,  and  the 
towns  of  Marshfield,  Duxl)ury  and  Rridge- 
w-ater.  He  kept  the  first  licensed  ordinary 
in  the  town  of  Middleborongh.  In  1671  he 
was  placed  on  a  town  committee  to  view  the 
damage  done  by  horses  and  hogs  of  the  Eng- 
lish to  property  of  the  Indians,  and  in  1675 
was  constable.  He  bought  part  of  the  land 
in  the  Twentv-six  Men's  Purchase.     He  was 


one  of  the  town  garrison  in  King  Philip's  war. 
His  will  was  dated  June  30.  \(nj^,  proved  No- 
vember 10,  1094.  His  house  was  in  that  part 
of  the  town  known  as  Wai)p;inueket.  He 
married,  in  1652,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Ed- 
mund Hincksman,  of  Marshfield.  She  died 
June  24,  1693.  aged  si.xty-three  years.  Chil- 
dren: Elizabeth,  born  .Vpril  8,  ^65 3 :  Joseph, 
of  whom  further:  Daniel:  John,  Ijurn  1658. 
drowned  aged  eighteen ;  .Mary,  married,  in 
1083,  Jonathan  \\  ashburn. 

(Ill  Captain  Joseph  \aughan,  son  of 
George  \aughan,  was  born  in  Middleborough, 
August  20.  1654,  died  there,  March  2,  1743. 
He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  .Middlebor- 
ough. elected  in  1689  and  continued  in  office 
for  a  period  of  twenty-five  years  by  annual 
re-elections.  He  was  ensign  of  the  .Middle- 
borough  military  company  as  early  as  1706, 
was  lieutenant  in  1712  and  afterward  cap- 
tain of  the  militia  of  the  town.  He  lived  in 
the  house  owned  at  one  time  Ijy  Captain  Na- 
thaniel Wilder  and  had  much  land  in  Middle- 
borough,  being  an  owner  in  the  Sixteen  Shill- 
ing Purchase.  He  married  (first)  .May  7, 
1680,  Johann  Thomas,  who  died  .-Kpril  11, 
1718.  aged  sixty-one:  married  (second)  De- 
cember 2,  1720,  Mercy  P'uUer.  widow  of  Ja- 
bez  Fuller.  Children,  born  in  .Middlebor- 
ough: Elisha.  born  February  7.  1681  :  Jabez, 
-April  30,  1682;  George,  October  3.  1683; 
Ebenezer,  February  22,  1685 :  Elizabeth, 
;\Iarch  7,  1686:  Hannah,  November  18.  1688; 
Joseph  Jr.,  October  2,  1690;  John,  Septem- 
ber 8,  1692:  Mary,  October  6,  1694:  Josiah, 
F"ebruary  2,  1698-99:  Joanna,  January  26, 
1700-01.  Child,  by  second  wife.  Peter,  of 
whom  further. 

(  III )  Peter,  son  of  Captain  Joseph 
\'aughan,  was  born  in  Middleborough,  Feb- 
ruary 28.  1728.  He  lived  in  his  native  town. 
He  married.  .April  28.  175 1.  Johanna  Bar- 
rows. .Among  their  children  was  Joseph,  of 
whom  further. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2  1.  son  of  Peter  \'aughan, 
was  born  in  .Middleborough.  . Vpril  15.  1755, 
died  June  7.  1801.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  Middleborough  in  Captain 
-Abishai  Tinkham's  company.  Colonel  Ebene- 
zer Sprout's  regiment  in  1780.  He  married, 
in  1780.  Sarah  Thomas.  Children:  Jireh, 
of  whom  further;  Joseph  and  George. 

(\')  Jireh.  son  of  Joseph  (2)  \'aughan, 
was  born  in  Middleborough.  .April  24.  1787, 
died  October  2r.  1871.  in  Rutland.  X'crmont. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town.  When  a  young  man  he  came  to  \'cr- 
mont.  locating  first  at  Southerland  Falls,  now 
Proctor,  afterward  in  Pittsford  and  in  Plym- 
outh,   finally    making    his   home    in    Rutland 


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where  he  spent  his  last  years.  He  was  a 
mechanical  genius  and  produced  many  useful 
inventions.  He  invented  a  turbine  water 
wheel ;  was  the  first  to  bring  into  use  the 
slate  pencil ;  manufactured  firearms  and 
bored  the  barrels  in  his  own  shop.  He  held 
patents  on  stoves  and  a  large  number  of  val- 
uable devices.  He  had  a  shop  in  which  he 
worked  upon  his  inventions  and  in  which  he 
carried  on  all  kinds  of  mechanical  work,  re- 
pairing and  manufacturing. 

He  married  Ruth  Whipple  Campbell,  born 
in  Rhode  Island  or  Connecticut,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  .\nne  (  \\'hi])ple  )  Campbell.  She 
died  in  Plainfield.  Xew  Jersey,  in  i88ij.  aged 
ninety-one  years.  Children  :  James  :  Fayette, 
of  whom  further:  Amelia,  married  Reuben 
Holden :  Emma,  married  Ceylon  Dake ;  Lo- 
rano :  Ellen,  married  Luther  Harger. 

I  \"I  I  Fayette,  son  of  Jireh  \'aughan,  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  X'ermont.  September  25, 
1824,  died  March  31.  1907.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  common  schools.  When 
but  twelve  years  old  he  began  to  work  for 
the  \'ermont  Marble  Company  in  Proctor.  He 
came  to  Rutland  when  a  young  man  and  en- 
gaged in  bvisiness  as  a  general  merchant,  hav- 
ing a  store  at  the  corner  of  Main  and  West 
streets.  After  he  retired  from  mercantile 
business  he  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  dep- 
uty under  Sheriff  Peabody  on  duty  at  the 
courthouse.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat : 
in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  married. 
November  11.  1861,  Xellie  Ladd,  born  Feb- 
ruary 7.  18.^8,  in  Stark  or  Mercer.  Maine, 
daughter  of  Eben  and  Sylvia  (Lander)  Ladd. 
Children:  Frank  Leonard,  of  whom  further: 
Edward,  born  in  1868.  died  in  1874:  Mabel 
L..  born  January  24.  1878.  married  C.  W. 
Barker,  of  Granville.  Xew  York:  William  C 
born  June  24,  1883. 

(\'II)  F'rank  Leonard,  son  of  Fayette 
\aughan,  was  born  in  Rutland,  \ermont,  Oc- 
tober 13.  186^.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  He  began  his  business  career  as 
a  clerk  in  his  father's  store  and  afterward 
engaged  in  business  as  a  merchant  on  his  own 
account.  For  some  years  he  conducted  a  liv- 
ery stable  on  West  street.  He  afterward  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  dealer  in  groceries, 
having  his  store  on  Merchants  row,  whence 
he  removed  in  1907  to  his  present  location  on 
Church  street.     In  ])olitics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  .August  5.  1883,  Lucretia  May 
Learned,  born  in  Rutland,  X'ermont,  Janu- 
ary. 1863.  daughter  of  John  K.  and  Electa 
Jane  ( Kelley )  Learned.  Children:  i.  La- 
fayette Learned,  born  January  2},.  1887:  now 
in  charge  of  a  large  grain  elevator  in  Ken- 
tucky,   supervising    the    weighing    of    all    in- 


coming and  outgoing  grain  :  married,  August 
3,  1910,  Leon  Immogene  Wooten.  of  Glas- 
gow, Kentuck\-,  daughter  of  James  Thomas 
and  Jennie  Ouintilla  (Fant)  Wooten.  2.  Alice 
Sabin,  born  January,  1889:  now  with  the 
Fairbanks  Scale  Companv,  .\lbanv.  Xew 
York. 


(Ill  Isaac  (2)  Stearns,  son 
STEARXS     of  Isaac   (i)   Stearns  (q.  v.), 

was  born  January  6,  1633. 
died  August  29,  1676.  He  settled  at  Cam- 
bridge Farms,  now  Le.xington,  Massachusetts. 
In  10(15  he  was  admitted  a  freeman.  The  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  amounted  to  the  sum  of 
three  himdred  pounds.  He  married,  June 
24,  1660,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  Richard 
and  Elizabeth  Beers,  of  Watertown.  Massa- 
chusetts. Captain  Beers  was  an  original  pro- 
prietor of  \Vatertown,  and  served  as  cap- 
tain in  King  Philip's  war :  he  was  slain  in 
battle  by  the  Indians  at  Xorthfield,  Massachu- 
setts, September  4,  1675.  Children :  Sarah, 
born  Januar\-  14,  1662:  Mary,  October  8. 
1663:  Isaac.  August  26,  1665:  Samuel,  of 
whom   further:   Abigail,   1670;  John,   1675. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Stearns, 
was  born  January  11,  1667-68,  and  was  acci- 
dentally killed,  November  19,  1721,  by  the 
falling  of  a  tree,  it  is  said.  He  served  as 
tithingman  and  assessor  in  Le.xington  for  sev- 
eral years.     He  married  Phoebe  ,  who 

was  administratrix  of  his  estate,  John  Stearns, 
of  Concord,  being  her  surety.  In  1730  she 
moved  to  Littleton,  Massachusetts,  with  some 
of  her  children.  There  was  a  "Caution  of 
Chelmsford,  July  24.  1750.  against  settlement 
of  Phoebe  Stearns  from  Littleton".  Children : 
Sarah,  born  January  15,  1696-97:  Mary,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1698-99:  Abigail,  February  8,  1700: 
Samuel,  of  whom  further:  Ruth,  May  25, 
1704:  Phoebe,  February  23,  1706:  Rebecca. 
April  15,  1708:  Thomas,  July  4,  1710;  Cap- 
tain John,  July  2^.  1712:  Joseph,  baptized 
April  15,  1715:  Benjamin,  born  Januarv  6, 
1718. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (T) 
Stearns,  was  born  March  7,  1702.  died  in 
1787.  He  lived  in  Xew  Sherborn  or  Little- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  finally  in  Hollis,  Xew 
Hampshire.  He  married,  January  i,  1731, 
ceremony  performed  by  Joseph  Wilder,  Esq., 
Keziah  Robbins.  of  Littleton.  Children :  Sam- 
uel, born  1732:  Peter,  of  whom  further:  Isaac. 
^73^''  Joseph,  1738:  Ruth,  1741 :  Keziah, 
1743:  Ebenezer,  December  25,  1744:  Phoebe. 
1746:  John.  October  15,  1750. 

(\')  FVter.  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Stearns,  was 
born  in  1734.  He  served  in  the  French  ami 
Indian  war  in  1762,  in  Lieutenant  Frank  Mil- 


Xi:W    IZXGLAXD. 


i»7 


ler's  company.  He  removed  from  lluUis,  Xew 
Hampshire,  to  Plymouth  in  that  slate  in  1709 
and  became- a  useful  citizen  tiiere.  He  served 
from  Plymouth  in  the  revolutionary  war  in 
Captain  John  \\'illoughby's  company  at  the 
Ticon'leroga  alarm  in  1777 ;  was  ser^geant  in 
Captain  Eliot's  company.  Colonel  Hobart's 
regiment,  at  Benniugton,  in  1777;  was  lieuten- 
ant in  Colonel  Mooney's  regiment  in  the 
Rhode  Kland  campaign.  June  30.  1779,  to 
January.  1780,  and  was  lieutenant  in  the  same 
company  in  the  campaign  on  the  northern 
frontier  under  the  general  command  of  Col- 
onel Charles  Johnston.  In  1793  he  removed 
to  \'ermont  and  lived  at  Peru  and  Shelburne 
in  that  state.     He  died  at  Shelburne  in  i8i,v 

He  married  (first)  September  8,  1764,  at 
Hollis.  .\bigail.  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Mary  1  Ball  1  W'heet.  and  sister  of  Rev.  Jo- 
seph W'heet.  of  Grafton,  Xew  Hampshire.  She 
died  September  22.  1786.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) in  1789,  Judith,  born  at  Xewbury,  Jan- 
uary 5.  1752.  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary 
(Jones  )  Bartlett.  and  sister  of  Evan  Bartlett, 
of  Hebron.  Xew  Hampshire.  Children  by  first 
wife :  Peter,  mentioned  below ;  Polly,  born 
April  Ui,  1769:  Polly,  June  7.  1770  (given  in 
genealogy):  Keziah,  September  19,  1771  : 
Keziah.  August,  1772.  married  Stephen  Foss : 

Rebecca.    March    27,    1774,    married    

Clark:  Sally,  July  30.  1776;  Elizabeth,  Feb- 
ruary 2^.  1778;  Hannah,  March  21,  1781 ;  Xa- 
thaniel  W'heet,  April  22,  1784:  Abigail,  Sep- 
tember 10.  1786,  died  at  Rumsey.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Jonathan.  October  6,  1789:  Ju- 
dith Bartlett.  October  6,  1791,  married  Caleb 
Harding :  John,  Xovember  16,  1793 ;  Phoebe, 
December  8,  1795,  died  1855  at  Albany,  Xew 
York,  unmarried. 

(\'I)  Peter  (2).  son  of  Peter  (i)  Stearns, 
was  born  December  14,  1767,  in  Hollis,  Xew 
Hampshire,  died  January  7,  1849.  He  came 
with  his  parents  to  Plymouth.  He  lived  in 
Plymouth  near  Meredith  until  i8to  when  he 
moved  to  Peru,  New  York,  where  as  a  farmer 
he  spent  his  last  years.  He  was  a  carpenter 
by  trade,  a  town  officer  of  Plymouth,  and  dea- 
con of  the  Congregational  church  there.  He 
was  foremost  in  building  the  First  Congrega- 
tional church  at  Peru  of  which  he  was  deacon 
until  he  died.  He  was  highly  respected  by 
all  who  knew  him,  a  useful  and  honored  citi- 
zen, and  a  devoted  Christian.  It  is  said  that 
he  married  three  times.  His  third  wife  was 
Irene,  daughter  of  Marcus  Barnes  of  Ches- 
terfield. Essex  county.  X'ew  York.  Children : 
Peter,  mentioned  below:  Charles,  born  1795. 
married  Susan  Foote :  Rhoda,  1797,  married 
Arthur  H.  Merrill:  Thomas,  married  Fannie 
Banker  and  settled  in  Peru,  Xew  York ;  Sarah, 


(lied  in  Chesterticld,  Xew  York  :  .\senath.  bom 
1806,  married  Juel  Smith  an<l  settled  in  I'.eek- 
mantown.  Xew  York:  John,  married  Lucv 
Hewitt  and  settled  in  Red  Wing,  Minnesota. 

(VH)  Peter  (3),  .son  of  Peter  (2)  Stearns, 
was  born  December  11.  1793  (or  December  9, 
1794)  at  I'lymouth,  .\ew  Hampshire,  died  in 
\Vestford.  \ermont,  February  15,  1855.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  re- 
moved from  Plymouth  to  Peru,  Xew  York, 
with  others  of  the  family,  and  subsequently 
settled  in  Westford,  Vermont.  He  foUoweil 
farming  all  his  active  life.  Some  of  his  de- 
scendants spell  the  name  Sterns.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812  and  was  in  the 
battle  at  Plattsburg.  Xew  York.  He  mar- 
ried, in  18 16,  Sophia  Wood,  of  Leicester, 
Massachusetts,  born  January  9,  1793,  in 
Leicester,  died  September  24  1884.  Children: 
I.  Rev.  William  T.  born  Xovember  17,  1817. 
at  Peru,  died  May  20.  189 1  :  settled  at  Fletcher, 
\'ermont :  married  Phebe  Beeman.  2.  Mary 
Wood,  born  July  21,  1819,  in  Westford;  mar- 
ried John  Maxfield.  of  Fairfax.  3.  Sally,  born 
January  20,  1821,  died  .August  29.  1865;  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Bell.  4.  Harry  Kent,  born  Xo- 
vember 12.  or  December  16.  1822.  5.  Rufus 
Wood,  born  April  18,  1824.  6.  Charles  A.. 
born  December  r,  1826,  in  Westford,  died 
September  18,  1895  ;  married  Sarah  S.  Rider, 
of  Boston.  7.  Xancy  T.,  born  September  14, 
1828 :  married  Lewis  Story,  of  Fairfax.  8. 
Asenath,  born  July  24  1830  in  Westford:  mar- 
ried -Anson  Story,  of  Fairfax.  9.  Hannah  .A.. 
born  Xovember  i,  1833:  a  school  teacher; 
married  Williams  Bellews.  10.  John  Wesley, 
mentioned  below.  11.  .\rtemas  R..  born  Janu- 
ary 30,  1838 :  married  Cynthia  Pease ;  settled 
in  Rutland.  12.  Ellen  \I..  born  February  18. 
1840,  in  Westford;  married  a  Mr.  Mills,  of 
Peabody.  Massachusetts. 

(ATI!)  John  Wesley,  son  of  Peter  (3) 
Stearns,  was  born  in  Westford.  \'ermont  Au- 
gust 24.  1835,  died  in  Rutland,  \'ermont,  Xo- 
vember 22,  1909.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Hampton 
Seminary.  Fairfax,  Vermont.  About  1859  he 
removed  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  learned 
the  carpenter's  trade.  In  1864  he  came  to 
Rutland.  \'ermont,  where  he  resided  the  re- 
mainder of  his  days.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  worked  at  his  trade  in  Rutland.  In  1869 
he  engaged  in  business  as  a  dealer  in  furni- 
ture and  undertaker  and  built  up  a  large  and 
successful  business.  He  was  active  in  munic- 
ipal affairs  and  held  various  offices  of  trust 
and  responsibility.  Under  the  town  govern- 
ment he  served  on  the  board  of  selectmen  and 
after  the  city  was  incorporateil  he  was  elected 
mayor.     In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.     In 


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religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  married,  in 
1864,  Isabelle,  born  in  Canada,  December  20, 
1845,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  (Dunwoodie) 
Hammond.  She  'died  at  Rutlan.J,  December 
2T„  1910.  They  had  but  one  child.  John  Burn- 
ham,  mentioned  below. 

( IX )  John  Burnham,  son  of  John  Wesley 
Stearns,  was  born  in  Rutland,  \'ermont,  Sep- 
tember 14.  1875.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  Rutland,  entered  Harvard  College 
and  took  a  special  course  known  as  the  law 
preparatory  course.  He  became  associated  in 
business  with  his  father  while  he  was  a  stu- 
dent and  since  leaving  college  shared  in  the 
management  of  the  store  and  undertaking 
business  up  to  the  time  his  father  died  when 
he  succeeded  to  the  business  and  has  con- 
ducted it  to  the  present  time.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Rutland  Lodge,  No.  79,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  and  of  \'ermont  Lodge, 
Knights  of  Pythias  :  he  is  a  member  of  the 
State  Board  of  Embalming  Examiners.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist,  in  politics 
a  Republican. 

He  married,  November  29,  1898,  Henrietta 
Winnifred  Spafford,  of  Rutland,  \'ermont, 
daughter  of  Henry  W.  and  Ella  (Kingsbury) 
Spafford.  Children:  i.  Henrietta  Isabelle, 
born  June  14.  1902.  2.  Mabel  Eleanor,  De- 
cember II,  1906.  3.  John  Spafford,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1909,  died  August,  1910.  4.  John  Wes- 
ley. October  10,  1910.  5.  :\Iary  Cora,  June  12, 
1912. 

The    late    John    Cook,    for    many 

COOK  years  prominent  in  the  business 
world  of  Rutland  and  always  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  her  leading  citizens,  was  a 
descendant  of  English  ancestors,  whose  pos- 
terity have  for  more  than  two  centuries  and 
a  half  been  resident  in  New  England. 

(T)  Samuel  Cook,  founder  of  the  Ameri- 
can branch  of  the  family,  was  born  in  1642, 
in  Yorkshire,  England,  and  as  a  mere  youth 
emigrated  to  the  New  World.  He  is  known 
to  have  been  in  New  Haven.  Connecticut,  in 
1661.  when  he  was  but  nineteen  years  old. 
He  was  three  times  married  and  by  each  union 
became  the  father  of  two  children.  By  the 
first  wife  he  had  two  sons:  Samuel  and  Aaron. 
By  the  second  wife  he  had  a  son  and  a  daugh- 
ter: Ephraim  and  Elizabeth.  By  the  third  wife 
he  had  two  more  sons:  Israel,  mentioned  be- 
low :  .\shabel. 

(Jl)  Israel,  son  of  Samuel  Cook,  was  born 
in  1604.  in  Cheshire,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Clark.  Their  children  were: 
Ebenezer.  Sarah.  Delilah,  Catherine,  Benja- 
min. Ezekiel.  .Ashabel,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)   Ashabel,  son  of  Israel  and  Elizabeth 


(Clark)  Cook,  was  born  May  i,  1738,  in 
Wallingford,  Connecticut,  died  in  Rutland, 
December  16,  1801.  He  appears  to  have  re- 
moved to  Rutland,  \"ermont.  but  at  what  date 
is  not  recorded.  He  married  Rachel  Rice, 
born  2ilay  10,  1743,  and  the  following  children 
were  born  to  them :  John,  Simeon,  Israel, 
Ashabel,  Simon,  Robert,  Rice.  Orel,  mentioned 
below. 

( I\' )  Orel,  son  of  Ashabel  and  Rachel 
(Rice)  Cook,  was  born  June  25,  17S2,  in  Rut- 
land, \'ermont.  He  was  a  hatter  by  trade  and 
for  many  years  conducted  business  in  his  na- 
tive place,  where  his  entire  life  was  spent. 
He  married  Lorane  Dewey,  born  October  27, 
1791,  and  they  became  the  parents  of  the  fol- 
lowing children :  Rachel  Lorane.  born  Janu- 
ary 22,  1809:  Maria  Prudence,  October  11, 
iSii;  Orel,  December  7,  1813,  physician  and 
state  senator;  Prudence  ^laria,  May  21,  1816; 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Israel.  January  24, 
1822  :  Emily,  August  5,  1824 ;  Simeon  .Asha- 
bel, November  i,  1826,  physician  and  L'nited 
States  consul  to  Peru,  South  America  :  Eliza- 
beth E.,  June  30,  1830;  James  Porter,  July 
23.  1833.  The  father  of  this  family  died  May 
21,  1861,  surviving  his  wife,  whose  death  oc- 
curred February  21,  1850. 

(  \')  John,  son  of  Orel  and  Lorane  (Dewey) 
Cook,  was  born  March  13,  1819.  He  studied 
for  the  legal  profession  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar.  Feeling,  however,  a  strong  inclination 
to  enter  mercantile  life,  and  conscious  that  his 
talents  were  of  a  nature  to  fit  him  in  a  more 
than  ordinary  degree  for  a  commercial  ca- 
reer, he  abandoned  his  project  of  practicing 
law  and  engaged  in  business.  For  many  years 
he  was  in  Troy,  New  York,  dealing  in  hats, 
caps  and  furs,  and  later  he  engaged  in  the  gro- 
cery business  in  Rutland.  Some  years  before 
his  death  he  withdrew  from  the  cares  and  re- 
sponsibilities of  the  commercial  arena,  making 
the  latter  portion  of  his  life  a  season  of  well- 
earned  leisure  after  a  long  period  of  strenu- 
ous activity.  The  business  career  of  Mr.  Cook 
was  exceptionally  successful,  a  fact  due  to 
the  sound  and  accurate  judgment,  penetrating 
insight  and  vigor  of  execution  which  were 
among  his  most  salient  characteristics,  com- 
bined with  strict  adherence  to  principle  and 
unswerving  integrity.  In  addition  to  his  busi- 
ness in  Rutland  he  possessed  large  real  estate 
interests  in  that  city.  He  was  a  man  of  ex- 
tensive and  varied  information :  and  his  advice 
in  matters  of  local  importance  was  frequently 
solicited. 

Mr.  Cook  married  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of 
Jacob  Bovee,  and  they  were  the  parents  of 
one  daughter,  Emma  Sarah,  mentioned  below. 
^Irs.  Cook  died  June  28,   1872.  and  her  hus- 


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band  survived  her  more  than  a  quarter  of  a 
century,  passing  away  Scptemlier  13,  1905,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-six.  The  death  of 
Mr.  Cook  deprived  Rutland  of  a  most  estim- 
able citizen,  ever  ready  to  lend  his  aid  and 
influence  to  everything  which  would  in  his 
judgment  furtlier  her  improvement  and  ad- 
vance her  best  interests.  Mr.  Cook  was  very 
musical  and  at  sixteen  was  chorister  of  the 
Congregational  church  choir  of  Rutland,  \'er- 
mont,  and  at  his  death  was  the  oldest  standing 
member  of  that  church. 

(\T)  Emma  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Jane  (Bovee)  Cook,  was  born  in  Troy, 
New  York,  and  resides  on  the  old  homestead 
in  Rutland,  \'ermont,  caring  for  the  large 
real  estate  interests  inherited  from  her  father. 


Thomas  Grover,  American  im- 
GRO\'ER     migrant    of    this    family,    was 

born  in  England  and  came  to 
this  country  in  1642,  making  his  home  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He  moved  to  the 
Mystic  Side,  later  called  Maiden.  "Old  Good- 
wife  Grover",  perhaps  his  mother,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Charlestown  church,  November 
30,  1643.  John  Grover,  presumably  his 
brother,  settled  in  Charlestown  about  1640  and 
removed  to  Rumney  Marsh,  now  Chelsea, 
Massachusetts,  and  finally  also  to  Maiden, 
where  he  died  February  19,  1673-74.  Thomas 
Grover  died  at  ^Maiden,  October  28,  1661.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed  December  17, 
166 1,  by  his  widow  Elizabeth  and  son  Laz- 
arus. Lazarus  also  administered  on  the  estate 
of  his  brother  John  who  died  aged  seventeen 
and  sister  Elizabeth  in  1674.  Children :  Laz- 
arus, mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  born  De- 
cember 27,  1642,  died  1674;  Thomas,  born 
April  I,  1643,  married.  May  23,  1668,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  Chadwick,  and  had  Thomas, 
born  1669:  Sarah,  1670;  Thomas,  1671  :  John. 
1673.  (The  printed  records  of  Maiden  make 
Andrew  son  of  Thomas,  but  the  deeds  prove 
he  was  son  of  Lazarus)  ;  John,  died  February 
16,  1673-74 :  Andrew,  married  Hannah  Hills, 
February  7,  1673. 

(H)  Lazarus,  son  of  Thomas  Grover,  was 
born  at  :\Ialden,  April  5,  1642.  He  married 
Ruth,  daughter  of  Richard  Adams.  Thomas, 
Andrew  and  Ephraim  Grover  bought  land, 
November  14,  1702.  in  that  part  of  Taunton 
called  the  West  Purchase,  now  Norton. 
Thomas  Grover  and  .\ndrew  Grover,  of  Nor- 
ton, deeded  to  William  Pain,  of  Charlestown, 
in  1716  all  the  right  of  their  mother,  Ruth 
Grover.  in  the  estate  of  their  grandfather, 
Richard  Adams.  This  deed  proves  the  parent- 
age of  Andrew  Grover.  Children,  born  at 
Maiden:     Lazarus,  December.  1665:  Thomas, 


June,  1671;  .Amlrew.  mentioned  below;  Ruth, 
married  William  Pain:  Elizabeth,  married 
Timothy  Baldwin  :  Ebenezer. 

(HI)  .\ndrew.  son  of  Lazarus  Grover,  was 
born  in  Maiden,  October,  1673,  and  scttle<l  in 

Norton.    He  married  Mary .    Children, 

born  at  Maiden  :  John,  March  12,  1697-98; 
James,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  September  26, 

1701.  Porn  at  Norton:  Ruth,  August  30, 
1702;  ^Lary,  February  19,  1704;  Stephen,  July 
8,  1705;  Ephraim,  .\lay  2-,  1706;  Hannah, 
December  10,  1707:  Sarah,.  November  2%, 
1709;  Mercy,  November  i,  1712;  Robert,  Au- 
gust 18,  1714:  Martha,  May  9,  1716;  Andrew, 
February  14,  1718.  The  following  were  bap- 
tized at  Norton,  April  10,  1720:  John,  James, 
Mary,  Ruth,  Stephen,  Sarah,  Martha. 

(I\')  James,  son  of  Andrew  Grover,  was 
born  at  ^^alden,  September  7,  1699,  and  went 
to   Norton    when  a   baby   with  the    family   in 

1702.  He  was  baptized  .\pril  10,  1720,  at 
Norton.  He  married  Sarah  -Austin,  Novem- 
ber 17.  1726,  and  lived  at  Norton.  Children, 
born  at  Norton :  James,  mentioned  below ; 
Sarah,  born  May  3,  173 1  ;  Abigail  and  Eliza- 
beth, twins.   March  4,    1736;  John,  June   20, 

1739- 

(V)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Grover, 
was  born  in  Norton,  -August  15,  1729.  He 
lived  in  that  part  of  Norton  now  the  town 
of  Mansfield,  and  removed  to  Packersfield, 
now  Nel.son,  New  Hampshire,  and  finally  to 
Bethel,  Maine,  with  others  of  the  family.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  piety  and  some  learning, 
and  was-  the  deacon  of  the  church.  He  was 
the  first  person  buried  in  the  old  cemetery  on 
the  Grover  homestead.  He  married,  April  18, 
1754,  Sarah  Wellman.  Children:  James,  born 
at    Norton,    March    31,    1755,    married    Polly 

;  John,  came  to  Bethel  in  1780,  married 

Jerusha  Wiley :  Jedediah.  married  Hannah 
Wheeler:  Eli,  born  in  1763,  married  Mehitable 
Austin:  Elijah,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Gage;  Olive,  born  1766,  married 
Benjamin  Killgore;  Naomi,  born  1770,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Wheeler. 

(\T)  Elijah,  son  of  James  (2)  Grover,  was 
born  about  1765.  He  lived  in  Bethel.  Maine. 
He  married  Mrs.  Hannah  Mills,  daughter  of 
Moses  Wason,  of  Dublin,  New  Hampshire, 
and  widow  of  James  Mills.  Children  :  Elijah 
Tr.,  born  April  7,  1791,  married  Hadasseh 
Bean:  Mary,  March  12.  1793,  married  Thomas 
S.  Paine:  Nathan,  mentioned  below;  George 
W..  June  23,  1798,  married  Dolly  Bean:  Jere- 
miah, 1801.  married  Sophronia  Blake:  Elvira, 
December  14.  1805,  married  Aaron  Cross. 

(\  II)  Nathan. 'son  of  Elijah  Grover.  was 
born  in  Bethel,  June  12,  1797,  died  in  1878. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.     He 


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became  a  thrifty  farmer,  owning  a  large  farm 
on  the  road  from  West  Bethel  to  Albany.  He 
was  a  man  of  marketl  ability  in  .business  and 
of  the  strictest  integrity.  He  served  several 
years  on  the  board  of  education  and  one  term 
in  the  state  legislature.  He  was  well  versed 
and  influential  in  public  affairs  and  allied  with 
all  the  great  movements  for  social  welfare 
and  progress  in  his  day.  He  was  industrious, 
prudent  and  charitable.  Besides  his  own  fam- 
ily to  which  he  was  devoted,  he  raised  to 
manhood  and  womanhood  in  his  own  home 
eight  orphan  children.  For  many  years  his 
house  was  a  tavern  and  a  favorite  resort  for 
travelers  from  the  Upper  Coos  on  the  wa\' 
to  and  from  Portland  markets.  Through  a 
long  and  varied  life  he  was  one  of  the  most 
active  and  influential  men  of  the  town.  He 
married  Lucinda.  daughter  of  Daniel  Barker, 
of  W'aterford,  Maine.  Children,  born  in 
Bethel:  Oscar  Dunnath.  born  May  lo,  1828; 
Daniel  Barker,  mentioned  below :  Nathan 
Sumners,  born  Mav  19,  1833,  died  October  2. 
1836. 

(\ni)  Daniel  Barker,  son  of  Nathan 
Grover,  was  born  in  Bethel.  March  15,  1831, 
died  in  Redlands,  California,  in  1897.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  at  Gould  Academy.  For  many  years 
he  lived  on  the  homestead  at  Bethel,  and  was 
an  intelligent,  progressive  and  enterprising 
farmer.  Later  in  life  h«  moved  to  California 
where  he  spent  his  last  years.  He  married 
(first)  IMay  9.  i860,  Martha  Matilda  Fames, 
who  died  in  1879,  daughter  of  Nathan  and 
(Abbott)  Fames.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) October  21,  1880,  Theresa,  daughter  of 
Melvin  Stowe,  of  Newry.  Maine.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife:  Mary  Lucinda,  born  April 
13,  1861  :  married,  August  24.  1881,  George 
.A.  Cheney:  Nathan  Fames,  May  25,  1864, 
died  in  infancy :  Sumner  Abbott,  April  24, 
1865:  Nathan  Clifford.  January  31,  1868, 
graduate  of  Maine  State  College ;  Arthur  Cur- 
tis, mentioned  below  :  Oscar  Llewellyn,  born 
August  28,  1878.  graduate  of  Maine  State 
College. 

(IX)  Arthur  Curtis,  son  of  Daniel  Barker 
Grover,  was  born  at  Bethel,  Maine,  August 
21,  1870.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
entered  the  Maine  State  College  at  Orono, 
graduating  in  the  class  of  1892.  He  took  a 
■special  course  in  civil  engineering.  He  fol- 
lowed his  profession  for  two  years  in  New- 
ton, eleven  and  one-half  years  in  Maiden,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  in  the  fall  of  1895  came  to 
Rutland,  Vermont,  where  he  has  followed  his 
profession  and  maintained  his  residence :  he 
has  had  charge  of  much  important  work,  and 
since  1897  he  has  been  city  engineer  of  Rut- 


land. Mr.  Grover  is  a  member  of  Center 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons :  Daven- 
port Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons :  Killington 
Commandery,  Knights  Templar :  Cairo  Tem- 
ple, Mystic  Shrine :  Killington  Lodge,  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  the  Encamp- 
ment and  Canton:  Modern  Woodmen  of  Am- 
erica and  of  the  Congregational  church  of 
Rutland.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  September  9,  1895.  Susie  Far- 
ington  Colburn,  of  (Jrono,  Maine,  born  there, 
daughter  of  Charles  Haley  and  Hannah  ( Col- 
Inirn  I  Colburn.  Children:  Arthur  Newell, 
born  December  12.  1899:  Doris  Elizabeth, 
September  26,   1905. 


The  family  of  Tounsend  in 
TOWNSEND     America       and       England 

traces  its  ancestry  to  Wal- 
ter atte  Townshende,  son  of  Sir  Lodovic  de 
Townshende.  a  Norman  nobleman,  who  came 
to  England  soon  after  the  Conquest.  Sir  Lo- 
dovic married  Elizabeth  de  Hauteville,  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Thomas  and  heiress  of  Raymond  de 
Hauteville :  a  portion  of  the  Hauteville  estate 
came  to  the  Townsend  family.  In  1200  Will- 
iam Townsend  was  in  Taverham,  county  Nor- 
folk. Thomas  atte-Tunneshende  (Townsend) 
lived  in  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  i  1217-72)  at 
\\'est  Herling.  ^^'illiam  Atte  Tunesend  lived 
in  1292:  Thomas  in  13 14.  The  family  was 
prominent  in  Norfolk  in  the  fourteenth  cen- 
tury. The  coat-of-arms  of  this  ancient  fam- 
ilv  was  a  chevron  between  three  escallop 
shells. 

John.  Henr\-  antl  Richard  Townsend  came 
to  this  country  from  Norwich,  county  Norfolk, 
England,  several  years  before  1645  ^^'lien  John 
was  one  of  the  patentees  of  the  town  of  Flush- 
ing, Long  Island.  From  a  petition  of  his 
widow  to  Governor  Andros  we  learn  that  he 
had  previously  taken  up  land  near  New  York, 
and  "peacably  enjoyed  the  same  years"  but 
Indian  alarms  and  other  troubles  that  she  does 
not  specify  induced  him  to  leave  the  property 
and  settle  at  Flushing,  where  he  was  joined 
by  his  brother  Henry.  They  were  members 
of  the  Society  of  Friends  and  soon  at  variance 
with  the  Dutch  authorities  over  politics  rather 
that  religion,  however.  John  was  named  by 
Governor  Stuyvesant  as  among  the  principal 
persons  of  Flushing  "who  resist  the  Dutch 
mode  of  choosing  sheriff,  pretending  against 
the  adopted  course  in  the  fatherland,  and  who 
refuse  to  contribute  their  share  to  the  main- 
tenance of  Christian,  pious,  reformed  minis- 
ters." Everywhere  the  Friend^  refused  to 
support  the  established  church.  Congregational 
in  New  England,  Dutch  in  New  York,  and 
other  forms  also.     Townsend  was   summoned 


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to  appear  January  _>_5.  1648,  before  tlie  ijover- 
nor  and  cyiincil.  Then  the  three  Townsends. 
desiring  a  more  liljeral  environment,  settled 
at  Warwick.  Rhode  Ishmd.  where  all  three 
ser\ed  in  the  general  assembly.  In  I'lS')  the\' 
were  patentees  of  the  town  of  Jamaica,  L-ong 
Island,  then  called  Rudorp ;  very  soon  the  old 
religious  ditiferences  arose  again,  and  Henry 
was  ordered  to  pay  a  fine  of  eight  pounds  or 
leave  the  province  in  six  weeks  for  having 
■"calleil  together  conventicles."  The  people  of 
ITushiiig  called  a  meeting  and  addresseil  a 
remonstrance  to  the  governor  against  the  judg- 
ment:   the   sheriti'  presented   the  paper:  John 

Townsend  was  held  for  trial  on  the  charge  of 
inducing  the  magistrates  to  sign  the  jxiper. 
in    the    sum    cjf    twelve    pounds,    and    Henry 

Townsentl  was  condemned  by  the  governor 
and  council.  January  15.  1658.  to  pay  one  hun- 
dred pounds  and  remain  arrested  until  the 
tine  was  paid :  the  records  do  not  show  how 
the  case  ended,  but  in  that  year  he  was  in 
Oyster  Bay.  In  January.  1661.  John  and  Hen- 
ry Townsend  were  complained  of  for  "Coun- 
tenancing Quakers",  so  they  evidently  had  not 
yet  become  members  of  the  Society.  As  early 
as  September  16.  1661,  John  was  a  townsman 
in  Oyster  Bay.  and  had  a  house  there  soon 
after.  He  must  have  been  quite  advanced  in 
years  when  he  settled  there,  having  led  a  most 
active  and  laborious  life  since  emigration.  His 
w  idow  petitioned  Governor  Andros  for  land 
which  he  had  been  forced  to  give  up  because 
of  Indian  alarms  and  other  difficulties,  but  her 
petition  was  not  granted.  The  office  of  over- 
seer is  the  onlv  one  John  Townsend  is  known 
to  have  held  in  Oyster  Bay.  His  name  appears 
often  in  deeds  of  land.  He  died  intestate  in 
1668  and  was  buried  on  his  own  farm,  prob- 
ably the  first  to  be  interred  in  what  was  after- 
ward the  graveyard  of  Fort  Hill. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Montgomery.  His 
widow  divided  his  property  among  the  six 
\oungest  children :  James  received  three  and 
three-quarter  acres  of  land  in  Oyster  Bay,  in 
addition  to  what  he  already  had,  two  shares 
of  meadow  near  Beaver  swamp,  one  share  of 
meadow^  near  the  creek,  land  improved  by  his 
father  on  Mill  River  swamp,  with  part  of  the 
swamp,  six  acres  of  the  plains,  and  some 
swamp  land  also  :  the  daughters  received  thirty 
pounds  apiece,  the  eldest  daughter  Elizabeth 
also  sharing  in  this  division ;  Rose  received 
half  a  share  of  meadow  and  commoning  in 
Ovster  Bav  with  twenty-six  acres  of  land : 
George  anil  Daniel  had  the  two  homesteads 
after  her  decease.  In  her  will,  after  .she  had 
disposed  of  her  husband's  property,  she  pro- 
vided that  after  her  death  the  remaining  prop- 
ertv  should  be  divided  among  her  living  chil- 


('reii ;  if  she  died  bef(jre  her  two  voungcst 
children  became  of  age.  the  one  wlv/ Ijrouglu 
them  up  shiiuld  have  the  use  of  their  prijpertv 
until  they  became  nf  age:  iier  eldest  -nn  luhn 
was  to  have  land  on  Hog  Island,  (."hildren: 
Jiibn:  Thomas:  I-ilizabeth,  married  liidcun 
Wright :  James,  mentioned  below  ;  Rose,  mar- 
ried John  Wicks  or  Weeks,  of  Warwick:  An- 
nel  Sarah:  (jeorge.  married.  .\ovenii)er  17, 
1684.  .Mary  Hawkhurst :  Daniel,  married  Su- 
sannah I'urman. 

(Ill    James,   son   of  John   Townsend.   was 

born  about   i'i50.     He  married   (first) 

\\  right,  daughter  of  I'eter  Wright.  He  mar- 
ried (  second  )  Jane,  daughter  of  Henry  Rud- 
dock, October  16,  1677.     He  married  (third) 

Delivered .      His    homestead    was   the 

l)lace  now  or  lately  owned  by  T.  W.  Burtis 
and  heirs.  He  removed  to  Cedar  swamp  now 
or  lately  belonging  to  Robert  Seaman.  James 
and  his  brother  George  owned  a  tract  of  land 
at  Norwich.  He  was  a  surveyor  and  laid  out 
lands  at  Unkoway  and  Latting's  Xeck.  He 
was  overseer  while  living  at  (  )yster  Day.  He 
died  in  1697-98.  Children :  Job,  mentionetl 
below  :  Thomas,  died  \  oung :  Daniel,  married 
h'reelove.  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Dick- 
inson :  Ruddock,  married  .\bigail and 

first  lived  at  Norwich.  Connecticut,  then  at 
(^ak  Xeck.  Long  Island,  and  after  1715  at 
Little  Egg  Harlwr.  .\ew  Jersey:  Joseph,  died 
\oimg:  Joshua,  married  Meribah  Cock  and 
lived  at  Duck  Pond,  Long  Island;  Rueniourn, 
born  after  his  father's  death,  married  Mary 
Allen. 

(Ill)  Job,  son  of  James  Townsend,  joined 
with  his  brothers  in  providing  a  share  in  the 
estate  of  their  father  for  the  jxjsthumous  son 
Rueniourn.  He  inherited  land  at  Cedar  swamp 
and  elsewhere.  The  Townsend  (jenealogy 
gives  no  further  record  of  him.  Presumably 
iie  went  with  others  of  tlie  family  to  Xorwich, 
Connecticut.  Job,  Christopher  and  Solomon 
Townsend,  who  appeared  in  Newport.  Rhode 
Island,  about  1720,  were  probably  his  sons. 
Thev  were  without  doubt  brothers.  The 
Townsend  records  arc  incomplete  at  this  pe- 
riod, partly  because  some  of  the  family  were 
(Quakers,  partly  due  to  changes  in  residence 
and  to  defective  public  records. 

(I\')  Job  (2).  believed  to  be  son  of  Job 
I  I  )  Townsend.  was  born  about  1700-05.  He 
settled  at  Newport.  Rhode  Island.  He  was 
iustice  of  the  i)eace  in  Newport  in  1741-     He 

married   Rebecca  .  Children,  born  at 

Newport.  Some  of  these  records  were  from 
the  Friends  Records.  Hannah,  born  June  20, 
1727.  married,  .\ugust  (\  i-^h.  John  Goddard : 
Sarah,  March  8.  1729:  Susannah,  November 
20,    1 73 1  :  married,   January   17.    1750,  James 


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Goddard :  Job,  married.  May  31,  1753,  De- 
borah, daughter  of  Peter  and  Thankful  Ta\- 
lor.  and  she  died  January  24,  1805 ;  Alary, 
1733:  Peter,  January  22.  1734-35;  Thomas. 
January  30,  1742-43,  married,  December  8, 
1765,  Mary  Dyer. 

(I\')  Christopher,  son  of  Job  (i)  Town- 
send,  was  born  about  1700.  probably  on  Long 
Island.  He  married  Patience  Easton,  Decem- 
ber 26,  1723.  at  Newport.  Children,  recorded 
at  Newport:  Solomon,  born  November  6. 
1724;  Christopher,  March  24.  1728,  died  May 
9.  1735;  Nicholas.  October  27,  1730;  John, 
February    17,    1732-;^^.    married    Philadelphia 

and  lived  at  Newport :  Mary,  1736.  died 

March  11,  1783,  married  Andrew  Cozzens : 
Jonathan,  May  23,    1745. 

(I\')  Captain  Solomon  Townsend,  brother 
of  Job  (2)  Townsend,  was  born  about  1700- 
05.  He  married,  at  Providence.  March  8. 
1730-31  (by  Richard  Brown),  Lydia  Tilling- 
hast.  His  residence  was  given  as  Newport. 
His  son  Solomon  settled  at  Portsmouth.  Rhode 
Island,  and  had  a  large  family. 

The  Townsend  family  of  Rhode  Island  be- 
fore the  revolution  was  confined  to  Newport 
and  Portsmouth,  if  the  records  are  at  all  com- 
plete. According  to  the  census  of  1774,  the 
following  were  heads  of  families  in  New-- 
port :  Thomas,  John,  Edmund,  Christopher, 
all  having  children  over  sixteen ;  four  widows, 
Rebecca.  Alice.  Flora  and  Mary,  whose  sons 
had  all  left  home,  and  Job  Townsend  who  had 
one  child  under  sixteen.  Most  of  these  are 
mentioned  in  the  lists  of  children,  doubtless 
incomplete,  given  above.  Thomas.  John. 
Christopher  and  Job,  and  others  were  in  New- 
port according  to  the  census  of  1790.  William 
Townsend  was  of  Providence  in  1774.  having 
four  daughters,  himself  and  wife  in  his  fam- 
ily. Besides  those  mentioned  abo.ve  in  the 
fourth  generation  we  find  Nathaniel  who  was 
old  enough  to  be  married  in  1745  and  must 
have  been  son  of  one  of  the  three  brothers 
above  mentioned. 

(V)  William  Tow-nsend,  son  or  nephew  of 
Job  (2)  Townsend,  was  born  as  early  as  1720 
in  Rhode  Island  or  Long  Island,  died  1775. 
He  removed  to  Haverhill.  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1743,  for  in  that  year  his  name  appears 
there  on  a  town  tax  list.  His  name  was  on 
a  muster  roll  of  men  who  went  to  Albany  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war,  April  7  to  De- 
cember 12.  1755.  But  he  returned  to  Provi- 
dence. Rhode  Island,  as  shown  by  the  vital 
records  of  Haverhill,  showing  the  birth  of 
his    son    Thomas    there.      He    married    Mary 

.      Children:      i.    William,    born   about 

1740;  married,   at   Haverhill.   March  4.    1762, 
Sarah  Middleton,  who  died  October  19,  1828, 


at  Haverhill,  aged  eighty-nine  years :  children, 
born  at  Haverhill:  Sally.  February  26,  1767, 
married  James  Greenleaf.  January  17,  1786: 
Lydia,  May  i,  1769,  died  September  10,  1770; 
William  Jr.,  was  probably  in  Providence  in 
1774.  2.  Sarah,  baptized  at  Haverhill,  Feb- 
ruary 19.  1743-44.  3.  Elizabeth,  baptized  at 
Haverhill.  August  10.  1746.  4.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  James  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  Haverhill,  and  lost  property 
in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 

(\T)  Thomas,  son  of  William  Townsend. 
was  born,  according  to  the  records  of  Salem, 
New  Hampshire,  formerly  part  of  Haverhill. 
Massachusetts,  April  27.  1750.  and  was  bap- 
tized, according  to  the  church  records.  May 
10,  1750.  at  Haverhill.  He  married  Sarah 
Harriman  and  lived  in  Salem.  New  Hamp- 
shire. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  (p. 
168,  Vol.  3,  New  Hamps.  Rev.  Rolls).  In 
1790  he  was  living  at  Salem,  according  to  the 
federal  census.  He  is  said  to  have  moved  to 
Henniker.  New  Hampshire.  He  died  in  1814. 
We  find  the  record  of  one  child,  Sarah,  born 
March  23.  1796,  at  Salem.  He  also  had  James, 
mentioned  below ;  Daniel.  William,  Mary  and 
Lydia. 

(\TI)  James  (2).  son  of  Thomas  Town- 
send,  was  born  in  1789.  He  lived  at  Henni- 
ker. New  Hampshire,  and  West  Burke  and 
Shefiield,  Vermont,  dying  in  the  latter  named 
place  in  1867.  He  married  Zerviah  Leavitt, 
born  in  Northfield.  New  Hampshire,  in  1790. 
Children :  Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  mentioned 
below ;  Sally  Harriman.  Zerviah  Leavitt.  Dolly 
Meigs.  Hannah  Tilton.  James  LaFayette.  Will- 
iam Franklin.  Ruth  Mather,  Solon  Smith, 
Lydia  Ann. 

(\'III)  Oliver  Hazard  Perry,  son  of  James 
(2)  Townsend.  was  born  at  West  Burke.  \"er- 
mont.  December  i,  1813,  died  in  1891.  He 
was  for  many  years  in  the  service  of  the  news- 
paper. The  Neii'  York  Evangelist.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Phebe  Ann  Geer,  a  native  of 
Washington.  Connecticut  (see  Geer  IV).  He 
married  (second)  Mary  Ryan.  Children  by 
first  wife:  i.  Therina.  born  1843.  died  1868: 
married  Thomas  J.  Crombie  and  had  two  sons, 
George  Townsend  and  Clarence  Hugh  Crom- 
bie. 2.  James,  died  aged  eighteen  years.  3. 
Edward,  mentioned  below.  4.  Myra,  born  in 
1851,  unmarried.  5.  Phebe  Ann.  born  1853. 
unmarried.      Children    of    second    wife:      6. 


Marv. 


Margaret  O.     8.   Perry.     9.   Will- 


iam.     10.    Herbert.      11.    Hubert.      And    two 
others,  now  deceased. 

( IX)  Edward,  son  of  Oliver  Hazard  Perry 
Townsend.  was  born  in  New  York  City.  July 
30.  1848.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and 
the  Free  Academy  of  New  York  City    (now 


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the  Cnlleire  of  the  City  of  New  York),  .-\fter 
coinpletint;  his  education,  he  was  employed 
for  a  time  as  clerk  in  a  stationery  store,  and 
later  in  a  dry  goods  store.  He  began  his 
career  as  a  banker,  April  14,  1866,  as  clerk  in 
the  Importers  &  Traders  National  Bank  of 
New  York  City,  and  in  1873  he  was  promoted 
to  the  position  of  assistant  cashier  of  this 
bank.  In  1880  he  was  made  cashier,  and  in 
the  following  year  he  was  elected  a  director. 
Since  190J  he  has  been  president  of  the  in- 
stitution and  occupies  a  place  of  inlluence  and 
importance  in  the  financial  world.  He  is  also 
a  director  of  the  Bankers  Trust  Company  of 
New  York,  of  the  Broadway  Savings  Insti- 
tution of  New  York,  of  the  United  States 
Life  Insurance  Company  and  other  corpora- 
tions. He  is  a  member  of  the  Union  League 
Club  and  of  the  Harlem  Republican  Club,  and 
is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  life  mem- 
ber of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club  and  of 
the  New  England  Society  of  New  York.  He 
is  also  a  member  of  the  Hardware  Club.  He 
and  his  family  attend  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married,  June  2.  1874,  Adelaide  Louise 
Turner,  born  September  26,  1850,  daughter 
of  M\ron  and  Louise  (Sherer)  Turner,  of 
Litchfield  county,  Connecticut,  and  New  York 
City.  Children,  born  in  New  York  City:  i. 
Therina,  born  April  14,  1875  ;  married  Everett 
L.  Barnard,  of  the  state  of  Maine ;  children : 
Lucy,  Louise  Townsend  and  Edward  Town- 
send  Barnard.  2.  Myron  Turner,  born  May 
I,  1878:  married  Gertrude  Colby  Barnard,  of 
Rochester,  New  York ;  children :  Barnard, 
Turner  and  Eugene  Colby  Townsend.  3.  Ed- 
ward Perry,  born  August  25,  1881  ;  married 
Fanny  Proddow  Simpson,  born  in  New  York 
City,  and  they  have  had  one  child,  Frances. 
4.  Harold,  born  July  4,  1883 :  married  Grace 
Carpenter  Fox,  of  New  York.  5.  Louise,  born 
December  19,  1889. 

(The  Geer  Line). 
(I)  George  Geer,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  in  1621,  and  came  to  this 
country  in  charge  of  an  uncle,  with  a  brother 
Thomas,  born  about  1623.  According  to  fam- 
il_\  tradition  the  boys  were  sons  of  Jonathan 
Geer.  of  Havitree,  Devonshire,  and  related  to 
John  Geer,  whose  family  bore  a  coat-of-arms 
and  was  prominent  in  that  county.  Another 
tradition,  however,  has  Shoreham  in  Devon- 
shire as  the  old  home  of  the  family.  The  sur- 
name is  spelled  variously,  Gere,  Geer,  Geaves. 
etc.  George  Geer  was  in  Boston  in  1^35.  and 
at  New  London,  Connecticut,  in  163 1.  Tho- 
mas Geer  was  at  Enfield,  Connecticut,  in  1682. 
George  Geer  married,  February  17.  i'i58,  Sa- 


rah, daughter  of  Robert  .\llyn,  and  he  settled 
on  a  tract  of  land  adjoining  .Mivn's.  (Jeer 
had  at  first  a  grant  of  fifty  acres' of  land  at 
New  London,  and  in  1665  a  grant  of  a  hun- 
dred acres  more.  His  farm  was  in  that  part 
of  New  London,  now  the  town  of  Ledyard. 
He  owned  land  also  in  wiiat  is  now  Preston 
and  Griswold,  Connecticut.  He  received  land 
by  deed  from  ( Jwaneco,  son  of  Uncas,  the 
Indian  chief,  December  11,  1691.  His  will 
was  dated  June  5,  1723,  bequeathing  to  wife 
Sarah  and  his  children.  During  his  last  years 
he  was  totally  blind.  He  was  selectman  and 
held  other  offices  of  trust  and  honor,  residing 
in  Croton  until  about  five  years  before  he  died, 
removing  thence  to  Preston  to  live  with  his 
daughter  Margaret  who  married  Thomas 
Gates.  He  died  at  the  age  of  one  hundred  and 
five.  His  wife  and  he  lived  together  for  si.Kty- 
five  years.  Children :  Sarah,  born  February 
2~,  1659:  Jonathan.  May  26,  1662.  die<l  .\pril 
30.  1742;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
February  27,  1666:  Margaret,  February,  1*369; 
Mary.  March  26,  167 1  :  Daniel,  1673;  Robert, 
January  2,  1675;  Anne.  January  6,  1679; 
Isaac,  March  26,   1681  ;  Jeremiah,   1683. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  George  Geer.  was  born 
in  New  London,  October  14.  1664.  With  his 
brothers  Jonathan  and  Daniel,  and  brother-in- 
law,  Thomas  Gates,  Joseph  moved  to  Preston, 
Connecticut,  a  short  distance  from  the  home- 
stead. He  received  from  his  father,  by  deed 
dated  February  23,  1706-07,  a  tract  of  land 
at  Preston  and  he  followed  farming  there  as 
long  as  he  lived.  He  died  in  1743.  He  was 
often  chosen  as  referee  in  disputes  over  prop- 
erty boundaries  and  served  on  various  town 
committees  of  a  like  nature.  He  married, 
January  7,  1692,  Sarah  Howard.  Children: 
Joseph,  born  October  17,  1692,  died  May  19, 
1718,  and  his  estate  was  administered  by  his 
father:  Keziah.  February  2^,  1710:  Sarah, 
September  17,  1712;  Benajah,  May  31,  1714: 
Joseph,  May  20,  1719:  Silas.  March  26.  1722; 
Ezra,  mentioned  below.  The  eldest  son  must 
have  had  a  ditiferent  mother  from  the  other 
children,  for  there  is  a  lapse  of  eighteen  years 
between  the  eldest  and  second  child  and  tiie 
youngest  is  thirty-two  years  younger  than  the 
elde.'it. 

(HI)  Ezra,  son  of  Joseph  Geer.  was  born 
at  Preston.  May  16.  1724.  He  settled  in  Pres- 
ton, removed  to  Kent.  Connecticut,  remained 
there  for  a  time  ami  ttien  removed.  Children. 
born  in  Preston  and  Kent:  Nathaniel,  died 
in  Kent :  Susan,  removed  to  Ohio  :  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Amos  Barnum :  Ezra,  died  in  X'ermont : 
John,  died  in  Peru.  Massachusetts :  Elias.  died 
"in  Ohio:  Elijah,  resided  in  Kent,  died  in 
Washington  :  David,  mentioned  below  :  Gard- 


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ner.  resided  in  Kent :  Alpheus,  drowned  in 
North  river.  New  York,  while  in  the  service 
in  the  revohition:  Margaret,  never  married; 
Hannah,  married  James  Converse  and  died  in 
Plainfield.  \'ermont ;  Ehzabeth.  died  aged 
twelve  vears :  Patience,  married  Daniel  Day. 
(I\')  David,  son  of  Ezra  Geer,  was  born 
in  Kent,  Connecticut.  December  6,  1767.  He 
lived  at  one  time  in  Bridgewater.  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  married.  April  4,  1793,  Cynthia 
Parks,  born  April  4.  1770.  Children:  Sally 
^\■illiams.  born  February  5,  1794,  married 
Orin  Clemens ;  child,  June  16,  1796,  died  June 
17.  1798:  Welcome,  2\Iay  4.  1798,  married 
Sylvia  Bishop:  Pamelia.  October  18.  1800, 
married  Benjamin  Hickok  :  Eliza,  March  10, 
1803,  married  A.  Beardsley :  Cynthia,  August 
30.  1805,  married  a  Mr.  Dewey:  Armaluna, 
C^ctober  15,  1807.  married  Simon  Parks; 
Azubah,  July  24,  1810,  married  James  Helm  : 
Phebe  Ann,  May  3,  1813.  married  Oliver  Haz- 
ard Perry  Townsend   (see  Townsend  \'ni.). 


The  Welsh  custom  of  adding  to 
HARRIS     a    name    the    father's    name    in 

possessive  form  to  distinguish 
one  from  another  of  the  same  Christian  name, 
was  the  origin  of  this  patronymic.  In  the 
short  four  centuries  that  surnames  have  pre- 
vailed in  Great  Britain,  time  has  sufficed  to 
make  many  changes  and  modifications  in  the 
form  of  ail  classes  of  words,  and  names  are 
no  exception  to  the  rule.  In  the  Welsh  ver- 
nacular. William  was  "David's,"  Harry  was 
"John's,"  and  David  was  "William's,"  and 
thus  we  have  Davy's  (Davis),  John's  (Jones), 
Williams  and  Harris,  among  the  most  com- 
mon of  the  Welsh  names.  The  Harris  family, 
of  whom  this  article  gives  some  account,  was 
among  the  earliest  in  New  England,  and  has 
contributed  much  to  the  advancement  of  this 
region  and  of  the  nation,  and  is  now  found  in 
connection  with  all  worthy  endeavor.  It  has 
been  especially  active  in  the  fields  of  invention 
and  pioneer  development.  Almost  every  state 
has  found  the  name  among  those  of  its  pioneer 
settlers,  and  it  has  spread  from  the  Atlantic 
to  the  Pacific. 

( I )  Thomas  Harris,  born  in  Deal,  Kent 
county.  England,  died  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island.  June  7,  1686.  He  came  to  America 
with  his  brother  William  in  the  ship  "Lion." 
from  Bristol.  England.  December  i.  1630.  On 
August  20,  1637,  or  a  little  later,  he  and  twelve 
others  signed  the  following  compact :  "We, 
whose  names  are  hereunder,  desirous  to  in- 
habit the  town  of  Providence,  do  promise  to 
subject  ourselves  in  active  or  passive  obedi- 
ence to  all  such  orders  or  agreements  as  shall 
be  made   for  public  good  of  the  body   in   an 


orderly  way  by  the  major  asset  of  tlie  present 
inhabitants  members  incorporated  together  in- 
to a  town  of  fellowship,  and  such  others  whom 
they  shall  admit  unto  themselves,  only  in  civil 
things."  On  July  2/,  1649,  '^e  «i"'i  thirty- 
eight  others  signed  an  agreement  for  a  form 
of  government.  On  September  2.  1650.  he 
was  taxed  one  pound.  From  1652  to  1657  and 
from  1661  to  1663  he  was  commissioner:  in 
1654.  lieutenant:  1655,  freeman:  I'JjO.  iury- 
man.  Bishop's  "New  England  Judged",  pub- 
lished in  London,  in  1703.  has  the  following 
with  reference  to  Jul\-.  1658 : 


■■.\lter  tliese  came  Thomas  Harris  irc-'m  Rhode 
Uland  into  our  colony,  who  Declarina:  against  your 
pride  and  oppression,  as  we  would  have  liherty  to 
speak  in  your  meeting  place  in  Bo>tor.  aftL-r  the 
priest  had  ended.  Warning  the  people  of  the  Dread- 
ful, terrible  day  of  the  Lord  God.  which  was  com- 
ing upon  that  Town  and  Country,  hiui.  much  unlike 
to  Xineveh.  >'OU  pulled  down  and  hall'd  hun  hy  the 
Hair  of  his  Head  out  of  your  meetuig.  and  a  hand 
was  put  on  his  mouth  to  keep  him  from  ^peaking 
forth,  and  then  had.  before  your  Govenor  and  Dep- 
uty, with  other  Magistrates,  and  committed  to  Pris- 
nn  without  warrant  or  mittimus  that  he  saw.  and 
shut  up  in  the  close  room,  none  suffered  to  come 
to  him,  nor  to  have  provisions  for  his  money:  and 
the  ne.xt  day  whipped  him  with  so  cruel  str:pes. 
without  shewing  any  law  that  he  had  broken.  Tho' 
he  desired  it  of  the  Jaylor.  and  then  shut  up  for 
Eleven  Days  more.  Five  of  which  he  was  kept  with- 
out bread  (Your  Jaylor  not  suffering  huu  to  have 
any  for  his  Money  and  threatened  the  other  Pris- 
oners very  much  for  bringing  him  a  little  water  on 
the  day  of  his  sore  whippmg)  and  all  this  because 
he  could  not  work  for  the  Jaylor  and  let  him  have 
Eight  Pence  in  Twelve  pence  of  what  he  couid  earn; 
.\nd  starved  he  had  been  in  all  probability,  had  not 
the  Lord  kept  him  these  Five  Days  and  ordered  it 
so  after  that  time  that  food  was  so  conveyed  him 
by  night  in  at  a  Window,  by  some  tender  People, 
who  tho'  they  came  not  in  the  Profesioii  of  Truth 
openly,  by  reason  of  your  Cruelty,  yet  felt  it  se- 
cretly moving  in  them  and  so  were  made  Service- 
able to  keep  the  Servant  of  the  Lord  frim  Perish- 
mg,  who  shall  not  go  without  a  reward.  .\ud  tho' 
he  was  in  this  state  of  Weakness  from  want  of 
Bread,  and  by  torturing  his  body  with  cruel  whip- 
pings, as  aforesaid,  and  tho'  the  Day  after  he  was 
whipped,  the  Jaylor  had  told  him  that  he  had  now 
suffered  the  Law.  and  that  if  he  would  hire  the 
Marshall  to  carry  him  out  of  the  Country  he  might 
he  gone  when  he  would;  Yet  the  next  Sixth  Day 
in  the  Mornmg  before  the  Sixth  Hour,  the  Jaylor 
again  required  him  to  Work,  which  lie  refusing, 
gave  his  weak  and  fainting  body  Two  and  Twenty 
Blows  with  a  pitched  rope;  and  the  nineteenth  of 
the  Fifth  Month  following.  Fifteen  cruel  stripes 
more  with  a  three-fold  corded  whip  knotted  as 
aforesaid.  Xow  upon  his  Apprehens;on.  \our  Gov- 
ernor sought  to  know  of  him  who  caiue  with  him 
( as  was  their  usual  manner )  that  so  >  e  might  find 
out  the  rest  of  the  company,  on  whom  ye  might 
Execute  \our  Cruelty  and  Wickedness,  and  your 
governor  said  he  would  make  him  do  it ;  but  his 
cruelties  could  not.  Nevertheless  they  ?oon  were 
found  out  (who  hid  not  themselves  but  were  bold 
in  the  Lord)  viz:  William  Brend  and  William  Ledd, 
etc." 


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In  1664-66-67-70-72-73,  he  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court:  in  1664-65-66-69  member 
of  town  council,  and  Februar\-  19,  1665,  drew 
lot  7,  in  division  of  town  lands.  In  Mav.  1667, 
he  as  surveyor  laid  out  the  lands,  .\ugust 
14,  1676,  he  was  on  a  committee  which  rec- 
ommended certain  conditions  under  which  In- 
dian captives,  who  were  to  be  in  servitude  for 
a  term  of  years,  should  be  disposed  of  by  the 
town,  .\pril  27,  1683,  he  made  the  state- 
ment that  about  1661.  being  then  a  surveyor, 
he  laid  out  a  three  acre  lot  for  his  son  Thomas, 
at  I'au(|uchance  Hill,  and  a  twenty-five  acre 
lot  on  the  south  side,  etc.  June  3,  1686,  he 
made  his  will,  which  was  proved  July  22,  1686, 
his  son  Thomas  being  appointed  executor  and 
his  sons-in-law,  Thomas  Field  and  Samuel 
\\  hippie,  overseers. 

Thomas   Harris  married   Elizalieth . 

who  died  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  Chil- 
dren:    Thomas.  William,   Mary  and   Martha. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i  )  and 
Elizabeth  Harris,  always  lived  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  February  19,  1665,  he  had  lot 
forty-nine  in  a  division  of  lands.  In  167 1- 
79-80-81-82-85-91-94-97,  1702-06-07-08-10,  he 
was  deputy  of  the  general  court ;  and  in  1684- 
85-86  member  of  town  council.  July  i,  1679, 
he  was  taxed  eight  pounds  nine  pence :  Sep- 
tember I,  1687,  fourteen  shillings,  nine  pence. 
June  21,  1708,  he  made  his  will  which  was 
proved  April  16,  171 1,  the  executors  being  his 
wife  Elantha  and  his  son  Henry.  He  died 
February  2~ ,  171 1.  He  married,  November 
3,  1664,  Elantha  Tew,  born  October  15,  1644, 
died  January  11,  1718,  daughter  of  Richmond 
and  Mary  (Clark)  Tew,  of  Newport,  Rhode 
Island.  Children:  Thomas,  Richard,  Nicho- 
las, William,  Henry,  .\mity,  Elantha,  Jacob 
and  Mary. 

(III)  Richard,  second  son  and  child  of 
Thomas  ('2)  and  Elantha  (Tew)  Harris,  was 
born  October  14,  1668,  in  Providence,  Rhode 
Island,  and  resided  in  Providence  and  Smith- 
tield.  He  deeded  to  his  son  Richard  in  1725 
one  hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  latter  town, 
and  died  there  in  1750.  He  married  (first) 
a  daughter  of  Clement  and  Elizabeth  King, 
and  his  second  wife,  Susanna,  born  in  1665, 
was  widow  of  Samuel  Gordon  and  daughter 
of  William  and  Hannah  ("  Wicks)  Burton.  She 
died  in  1737.  Children,  all  born  of  first  mar- 
riage, w^ere:  Uriah,  Richard,  .\maziah.  Jona- 
than, David,  Preserved,  Amity,  Dinah  and 
Elantha. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  third  son  of  Richard  Har- 
ris, was  "born  June  12,  1710.  in  Smithfield, 
where  he  died  September  24,  1785.  These 
dates  are  found  in  the  records  of  the  Quaker 
church,   and   lend   to   the   assumption   that  his 


wife  was  a  Quakeress.  No  record  can  be 
found  of  his  marriage  in  either  town  or  church 
records.     He  resided  in   Providence. 

I  \' )  .\bner,  sun  of  Jonathan  Harris,  was 
born  before  1740,  and  died  between  1785  and 
1789.  No  record  can  be  found  of  his  mar- 
riage, but  the  vital  records  of  SmithtieUl  show 
that  he  had  -ons :  David,  Jonathan  and  Will- 
iam. 

(  \  1 1  William,  son  of  .\bner  Harris,  was 
undoubtedly  born  in  Smithfield:  vxa-  married 
in  that  town  by  Rev.  Edward  .Mitchell.  1  )cto- 
ber  24.  1789.  to  iSarbara.  daughtei'  of  Water- 
man Mien,  of  Cumberland.  He  settled  in 
Hiram,  Ohio,  about  181J. 

(\'il)  Allen,  eldest  son  of  William  and 
P.arbara  ( .\llen )  Harris,  was  born  in  Smith- 
field.  Rhode  Island.  May  16,  1790,  died  in 
Worcester.  .Massachusetts.  February  3.  1864. 
aged  seventy-four.  In  1800  he  moved  with 
his  [jarents  from  SmithfieM  to  Plainfield.  He 
was  well  educated  and  when  very  \oung 
taught  district  school  two  winters,  and  not 
far  fi-om  18 10  was  a  clerk  in  a  <tore  at  Union 
X'illage,  Connecticut,  .\fter  that  came  a  great 
prostration  in  business,  which  left  him  and  his 
family  comparatively  poor.  In  1817.  the  year 
after  his  marriage.  Mr.  Harris  removed  to 
Providence.  Rhode  Island,  and  went  into  part- 
nership with  a  Mr.  Richmond,  in  the  dry  goods 
business.  Not  succeeding  in  that,  he  removed 
to  Sterling,  Connecticut,  in  1820.  and  for  sev- 
eral years  was  agent  for  the  old  stone  mill 
on  a  salary  of  six  hundred  dollars.  In  1824 
he  moved  to  Union  \'illage,  Plainfield,  and 
afterwards  to  Central  X'illage.  where  he  built 
a  cotton  factory  for  making  bed  ticking.  He 
also  built  a  double  house,  part  of  which  he 
rented.  He  kept  a  village  variety  store  in  con- 
nection with  his  factory  to  supply  the  fac- 
torv  hands.  In  his  new  business  he  invested 
all  of  his  funds,  so  that  for  a  few  years  he  had 
to  work  hard  and  practice  the  closest  econ- 
omy in  order  to  make  his  business  success- 
ful. He  was  connected  with  .\rnold  Fenner 
in  the  factory  at  Central  X'illage.  In  1840. 
after  manufacturing  became  much  ilepressed 
owing  to  the  condition  of  the  times,  he  sold 
his  interest  to  Mr.  Fenner.  to  whom  he  gave 
two  thousand  <lollars  to  be  released  from  the 
debts  of  the  factory  and  the  obligations  he 
had  entered  into  in  connection  with  the  busi- 
ness. 

In  1843  he  moved  to  XX'orcester  and 
commenced  business  as  a  commission  mer- 
chant, and  in  which  he  continued  to  the  time 
of  his  death  in  1864.  His  son  William  H. 
was  associated  with  him  for  many  year;.  He 
was  successful  and  accumulated  considerable 
propertv.     He  bouglit  a  large  and  substantial 


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house    at    the    corner    of    Ehn    and    Chestnut 
streets. 

Allen  Harris  was  a  dignified,  courteous  gen- 
tleman, conspicuously  neat  in  personal  appear- 
ance, and  exact  in  every  business  transaction. 
He   had   a   great   pride  of   family,   and    spent 
money  freely  for  the  education  of  his  children 
and  for  all  his  relatives.     He  desired  to  have 
all  of  his  relatives  prosper,  live  in  good  houses, 
and  rise  to  positions  of  trust  and  honor.     He 
frequently  helped  them  in  business,  and  to  buy 
themselves  homes.    He  was  fond  of  genealogi- 
cal research,  and  the  deeds  of  his  ancestors, 
from  Thomas  Harris  down,  were  in  his  posses- 
sion,  and   he  had   them   framed   and  kept   as 
precious   relics  of  the  past.     He  delighted   in 
hunting  after  family   relics  of  every   descrip- 
tion.    His   sister   Sophia,   who  did  not   share 
her  brother's  antiquarian  spirit,  once  remarked 
of  him.     "There  is  Allen ;  he  is  always  bring- 
ing home  some  old  furniture.     As  for  me  I 
would  not  give  him  two  cents  for  .\dam's  old 
bureau."     \\"hen   the   rebellion   broke   out   he 
was  very  patriotic,  and  as  none  of  the  family 
had  gone  to  war.  he  enlisted   (at  the  age  of 
seventy-one    years)    in    the    Worcester    State 
Guard,  which  did  escort  duty  on  various  oc- 
casions.    Late  in  January,   1864,  he  marched 
about  five  miles  into  the  country  with  his  com- 
pany, to  do  honor  to  the  remains  of  a  soldier 
brought  home  for  burial,  and  taking  cold  died 
four  days  afterward.    .After  his  death  his  com- 
pany made  his  son  Daniel  an  honorary  mem- 
ber.    He   was   a   member   of  the   Old   South 
Church   in    Worcester,    and   at   his    death    its 
oldest   deacon.     He  taught  a   Bible  class   in 
its  Sunday  school  for  iriany  years,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  it  once  said :     "He  was  the  best  teacher 
I    ever   had ;   he   made   everything    so   plain." 
When   the   Old    South    Church   celebrated    its 
one   hundredth   anniversary   in    1863,   he   was 
one   of   the   committee   of   arrangements   and 
chairman  of  the  finance   committee.     As  the 
oldest  deacon  he  was  selected  to  "line  of?  the 
hymn,"  as  customary  in  the  olden  times,  which 
he  did  with  precision  and  zest.     A  gentleman 
who  had  attended  the  exercises  said  the  next 
day :     "It  was  announced  that  the  oldest  dea- 
con of  the  church  would  'line  off  the  hymn,' 
and  I  went  to  hear  him  :  but  was  surprised  to 
find  that  he  was  only  the  merest  boy."     This 
was  related  to  Mr.  Harris,  who  on  hearing  it, 
drew  himself  up  in  his  usual  dignified  manner, 
and  exclaimed.  "Did  he!   Did  he!"     his  pre- 
cision and  self  possession  were  not  easilv  lost. 
Allen   Harris'   letters  show  that  he  was  high 
sheriff,   justice  of  the   peace,   and   postmaster 
in  Connecticut.    From  1832  until  1841  he  was 
engaged  with  others   in  manufacturing.     He 
was  always  a   very   busy   man   and   one   that 


was  much  looked  up  to  for  advice.  He  was 
full  of  good  Christian  work,  and  his  many 
letters  which  have  been  preserved  abound  in 
good  counsel  and  kind  admonition.  He  made 
many  loans  and  handsome  gifts  to  friends,  for 
one  who  had  so  many  discouragements  in  bus- 
iness to  contend  against.  But  with  all  his 
business  cares  and  perplexities  he  never  ne- 
glected his  sons,  whom  he  wished  to  train  to 
be  useful  men.  He  had  great  energy  and  was 
a  very  close  economist.  He  had  faith  that 
virtue  would  bring  its  reward,  and  he  was 
not  disappointed.  He  said,  "I  never  will  fail 
in  business  as  long  as  I  have  my  health."  He 
was  very  kind  to  his  sisters,  always  providing 
for  them  when  any  of  them  were  left  widows 
with  children,  and  he  remembered  them  all 
in  his  will,  as  well  as  the  established  benevo- 
lent associations.  He  was  a  pure,  upright 
man,  so  faithful  to  his  promise  that  an  old 
friend  wrote  of  him,  "I  would  as  soon  take 
Allen  Harris'  word  as  a  note  well  indorsed." 
He  was  so  very  conscientious  that  he  thought 
everyone  must  do  what  was  right ;  and  he 
died  greatly  beloved  by  all  his  relatives  and 
friends. 

.■\Ilen  Harris  married  (first)  May  7,  1816, 
at  Plainfield,  Hart,  daughter  of  Colonel  Tim- 
othy Lester,  of  Shepard  Hill,  Plainfield.  She 
was  born  at  that  place,  December  23,  1789, 
died  at  Central  \'illage.  August  24,  1826.  He 
married  (second)  in  1827,  Almira,  daughter 
of  Russell  Vaughn,  of  Plainfield.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Daniel  Lester,  born  February  6, 
1818;  William  Henry,  in  Sterling,  Connecti- 
cut, March  20,  1820;  Joel  Benedict,  men- 
tioned below.  By  second  wife:  Mary  Glad- 
den, born  in  Plainfield,  -April  17,  1829,  mar- 
ried Edward  Marsh,  of  the  firm  of  Lazell, 
Alarsh  &  Gardner,  8  Gold  street.  New  York, 
and  died  July  i,  1854;  Emma  Colwell,  in 
Plainfield,  August  13,  1836,  died  March  12, 
1845,  of  scarlet  fever ;  William,  lived  in 
Rutland,  \^ermont. 

(\'ni)  Joel  Benedict,  son  of  Allen  and 
Hart  (Lester)  Harris,  named  for  their  pastor. 
Rev.  Joel  Benedict,  was  born  November  5, 
1822,  at  Sterling,  Connecticut,  died  October 
24,  1891,  in  Rutland,  \ermont.  He  learned 
civil  engineering  at  the  Rensselaer  Polytechnic 
Institute,  Troy,  New  York.  He  was  also  a 
bridge-builder  and  railroad  contractor,  work- 
ing principally  on  the  Boston  &  Albany  rail- 
road. In  June,  i8fx),  he  settled  in  Rutland, 
where  for  twenty-five  years  he  conducted  a 
foundry  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
car  wheels.  In  1885  he  retired  from  business. 
Mr.  Harris  married  (first)  December  30,  1847. 
Susan  M.,  born  February  28,  1830,  daughter 
of  John  F.  Pond,  of  Medwav,  Massachusetts, 


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and  they  became  the  parents  of  two  daughters 
and  a  sort:  Emma  Hart,  born  October  19, 
1848,  died  July  31,  1849;  Susan  Payne,  born 
June  3,  1850,  married  George  Mather,  and 
died  in  W'estfield.  New  Jersey,  .May  7.  1878, 
leaving  an  infant  daughter,  Susan ;  Charles 
Pond,  mentioned  below.  Mrs.  Harris  died  Oc- 
tober 28.  1852.  and  Mr.  Harris  married  (sec- 
ond) November  28,  1854,  Mary  Jane  O., 
daughter  of  William  Gardner,  and  the  follow- 
ing were  their  children  :  Martha  \aughn,  born 
August  24.  1855,  married  William  C.  Newell, 
of  Springfield.  Massachusetts:  William  Allen, 
born  September  15,  1857:  Harriet  Lester,  born 
December  g,  1859,  died  June,  \qo6:  Nellie 
Seaver,  born  April  2.  1865.  married  Charles 
A.  Bowles,  of  Springfield.  ^Lissachusetts ; 
Mary  Gardner,  born  September  7,  187 1,  mar- 
ried Frederick  Sweeney,  of  Newton  Centre, 
Massachusetts. 

(IX)  Charles  Pond,  son  of  Joel  Benedict 
and  Susan  AL  (Pond)  Harris,  was  born  July 
2,  1852,  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts.  He 
received  his  preparatory  education  in  the  Rut- 
land high  school.  In  1869  he  entered  the 
Rensselaer  Polytechnic  Institute,  graduating 
in  June,  1873.  He  then  spent  a  year  in  Euro- 
pean travel,  and  in  1874  returned  to  Rutland, 
where  he  began  his  business  career,  engaging 
in  the  manufacture  of  doors,  sashes  and  blinds 
and  also  dealing  in  finished  lumber.  In  1880 
he  added  a  new  feature  to  the  business  by  tak- 
ing up  the  manufacture  of  cane-seated  chairs. 
In  1892  the  plant  was  destroyed  by  fire,  and 
]\Ir.  Harris  after  that  event  retired  from  busi- 
ness. He  then  spent  four  years  in  the  study 
of  law  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  but  has 
not  practiced  his  profession.  He  is  the  owner 
of  large  real  estate  interests  both  in  Rutland 
and  Chicago.  111.  He  took  an  active  interest 
in  and  organized  the  Boy  Scout  movement  in 
Rutland  and  was  elected  scout  master  of  this. 
To  show  his  further  interest  he  offered  as  a 
gift  the  three  upper  floors  of  a  brick  block 
known  as  the  Banquet  house  block  for  the 
perpetual  use  of  the  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Association,  but  the  public  failed  to  take 
advantage  of  this  very  generous  ot?er  on  the 
part  of  Mr.  Harris. 

Mr.  Harris  married.  June  18.  1879.  Char- 
lotte ^Metcalf  Sessions  (see  Sessions  \'in. 

I  The  Sessions  Line). 
The  Sessions  familv  had  its  origin  in  Wan- 
tage, Berkshire,  England.  There  is  at  pres- 
ent but  one  familv  of  the  name  to  be  found  m 
England  in  the  cnuntv  of  Gloucester.  The 
head  of  this  familv.  Hon.  J.  Sessions,  was 
mavor  of  the  citv  of  Gloucester  at  the  age 
of  eightv  vears,  and  his  three  sons  were  asso- 


ciated with  him  in  a  large  manufacturing;  busi- 
ness in  both  Gloucester  and  Cardiff  (Wales) 
under  the  firm  name  of  J.  Sessions  &  Sons. 
There  is  also  a  daughter  who  is  activclv  en- 
gaged in  benevolent  and  rcfDnnatory  work. 
The  mother  established  and  built  a  'Home  lor 
the  l-allcn  ",  which  is  managed  by  members 
of  the  family.  The  entire  family  belongs  to 
the  Society  of  I'riends,  and  Frederick  Ses- 
sions, besides  being  at  the  head  of  a  large 
business,  gives  his  entire  attention  without 
salary  to  reformatory  work,  lecturing  and  or- 
ganizing Sunday  schools  and  tem[ierance  and 
other  beneficent  societies.  The  crest  of  the 
English  Sessions  family  is  a  griffin's  head. 
This  mythological  creature  was  -acred  to  the 
sun.  and  according  to  tradition  ke[)t  guard 
over  hidden  treasures. 

( I )  .Alexander  Sessions,  said  to  have  been 
a  native  of  Wantage.  Berkshire,  England,  born 
in  1645,  in  a  deposition  recorded  in  the  office 
of  the  clerk  of  the  courts  of  Essex  county, 
Massachusetts,  in  the  case  of  Simon  I'.rad- 
street  against  John  Gage  stateti  that  he  was 
twenty-four  years  of  age,  and  that  he  was 
in  .Andover  in  1666.  Alexander  and  wife 
Elizabeth  were  members  dX  the  church  in  .\n- 
dover  in  1686,  and  from  that  time  until  their 
decease.  He  was  a  witness  to  the  will  of 
John  Aslet.  of  Andover,  Essex  county,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  15,  167 1,  and  at  the  court  when 
it  was  proved  2j  4  mo  1671,  as  appears  from 
the  papers  in  the  office  of  the  clerk  of  the  pro- 
bate court.  .An  inventory  of  the  estate  of 
.Alexander  Sutchins  (the  name  being  spelled 
in  the  original  "Elexandcr  Seshins"i  who 
died  February  26.  1687,  mentions  eighty  acres 
of  land  and  other  property,  valued  at  one  hun- 
dred and  nineteen  pounds.  Elizabeth  Sutch- 
ins, widow  of  .Alexander  Sutchins.  presented 
the  inventory  of  the  estate  to  which  he  made 
oath  in  Ipswich  25  i  mo.  1600,  and  letters  of 
administration  were  granted  her  after  >he  had 
given  bond  for  two  hundred  pounds  with  John 
SpofFord,  of  Rowley,  and  Thomas  Patch,  of 
Wenham.  as  sureties.  I^ter  Elizabeth  Sutch- 
ins, alias  Low,  .Admx.  presented  an  account  of 
her  administration  to  the  court.  .As  she  was 
the  ".Alias  Low,"  it  .seems  she  hail  married 
again.  March  8.  1^97,  the  widow  makes  final 
settlement,  received  her  portion  and  the  bal- 
ance is  divided  among  the  children  of  .Alex- 
ander Sutchins,  to  wit:  Elizabeth.  John, 
.Alexander.  Timothy.  Samuel.  Nathaniel.  Jo- 
siah.  Joseph  and  .\bel.  The  •eldest  is  given  as 
about  twenty-four  years  old.  and  the  youngest 
about  eight  years  old.  The  town  records  give 
the  marriage  of  .Alexander  Sessions  with 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Spotford.  of  Row- 
lev,  .April  24,  1672.    Alexander  Sessions  died 


39^ 


NEW    EXGLAXD. 


I'ebruary  25,  1689.  Children:  John,  born 
October  4.  1674:  Alexander.  October  3,  1676; 
Timothy.  April  14,  1678 ;  Samuel.  }ilarch  8. 
1680:  Xathaniel.  mentionefl  below;  Josiah. 
born  Mav  2.  1*^4;  and  Tosepli.  born  March 
28,    1686.' 

(II)  Xathaniel.  fifth  son  of  Alexander  and 
Elizabeth  (Spofford)  Sessions,  was  born  Au- 
gust 8.  16S1.  in  Andover.  He  settled  in  Pom- 
fret.  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1704,  being  one 
of  the  first  white  settlers  there,  and  died  there 
March.  1771-  His  wife.  Hannah,  died  the 
same  ^■ear.  They  had  eight  children :  John. 
Xathaniel.  Abner.  Abijah.  Alexander.  Amasa. 
mentioned  below  :  Davies  and  Simon. 

( III  I  Captain  Amasa  Sessions,  sixth  son  of 
Xathaniel  and  Hannah  Sessions,  was  born  in 
1715.  died  in  1799.  He  lived  and  died  in  Pom- 
fret.  He  was  a  captain  of  a  company  with 
Putnam  in  the  old  French  war.  In  his  prime 
he  was  a  very  strong  man ;  in  his  advanced 
age  he  was  very  corpulent.  His  wife's  name 
was  Hannah,  and  she  died  in  1804.  They  had 
eleven  children :  John.  Samuel.  Amasa,  Xa- 
thaniel. Robert,  mentioned  below :  Hannah. 
Susannah,  Squire.  Mary.  Abner.  died  young ; 
Abner. 

I  I\' )  Robert,  fifth  son  of  Captain  Amasa 
and  Hannah  Sessions,  was  born  in  Pomfret, 
March  4.  1752.  He  served  in  the  revolution- 
arv  armv,  attaining  the  rank  of  lieutenant,  was 
on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  and  was  one  of  the 
"memorable  Boston  Tea  Party".  He  removed 
from  Pomfret.  Connecticut,  to  Wilbraham. 
Massachusetts,  about  1779,  and  lived  there 
until  his  death,  September  27,  1836.  at  which 
time  he  was  in  his  eighty-fifth  year.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  bought  a  farm  in  1781.  on  which 
he  made  improvements  and  among  other 
things  raised  and  enlarged  his  house.  This 
was  kept  in  the  family  up  to  191 1.  He  was 
a  prominent  citizen  of  the  town,  serving  as 
moderator,  town  clerk,  treasurer  and  select- 
man many  times,  and  also  as  a  representative 
in  the  legislature  three  times.  He  was  ap- 
pointed justice  of  the  peace  soon  after  he 
became  a  citizen  and  held  that  office  until  his 
fleath  at  age  of  ninety-four.  He  luarried  Anna 
Ruggles.  of  Pomfret,  April  16,  1778,  and  they 
had  children :  Betsey.  Charles.  Robert,  men- 
tioned below  :  George.  Xancy.  Celina.  Francis, 
Horace.  Martha  Phipps,  Hannah  Miller.  Sum- 
ner. Xabbv.  \\'illiam  \'yne. 

I  \" )  Robert  (  2  I .  second  son  of  Robert  ( i  ) 
and  Anna  ( Rug.sfles  1  Sessions,  was  born  in 
South  Wilbraham.  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried. May.  i8ri.  Charlotte  Bartlet  Metcalf. 
of  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  Children :  George 
Metcalf.  mentioned  below :  Elizabeth.  Ann 
Robert,    Oscar,    Charlotte,     Maria,     Clarissa, 


Jane,  Xancy.  Janette.  Joseph  Bradford  and 
Plorace  Mills. 

(  \T  )  George  Metcalf.  eldest  child  of  Rob- 
ert 1,2)  and  Charlotte  Bartlet  (.Metcalf)  Ses- 
sions, was  born  in  South  Wilbraham.  and  re- 
sided in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  all  his 
children  were  born.  He  married  Mary  Mon- 
roe Filley.  of  East  Windsor,  Connecticut,  and 
they  had  children :  (lieorge  Filley,  Charlotte 
Metcalf.  Mary  Frances. 

(\TI)  Charlotte  Metcalf.  eldest  daughter 
of  George  Metcalf  and  Mary  Monroe  (  Fil- 
ley)  Sessions,  was  born  in  Hartford.  Con- 
necticut. She  married.  June  18,  1879,  Charles 
Pond  Harris,  of  Rutland.  Vermont  (see  Harris 
IX).  Mrs.  Harris  is  descended  through  her 
father's  mother  from  the  "Mayflower"  families 
of  Governor  William  Bradford  and  Elder 
William  Brewster. 


The  Sanderson  family  is 
S.\XDERSOX  of  ancient  English  origin. 
In  America  most  of  the 
Sandersons  are  traced  to  the  brothers.  Robert 
and  Edward,  mentioned  below.  Robert  San- 
derson and  wife  Lydia  were  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Hamcon,  Xew  Hampshire,  in  1638. 
Their  daughter  Mary  was  born  there  in  1639, 
and  baptized  October  29,  1639.  Soon  after- 
ward he  removed  to  Watertown,  Massachu- 
setts, of  which  he  was  a  proprietor  in  1642. 
and  where  he  married  (second)  about  1642. 
Mary  Cross,  widow  of  John  Cross.  He  re- 
mained in  Watertown  until  about  1653,  when 
he  removed  to  Boston,  where  he  was  a  dea- 
con. He  was  a  goldsmith  and  silversmith  by 
trade.  John  Hull,  a  selectman  and  many  years 
town  treasurer  of  Boston,  the  first  mint  mas- 
ter of  Xew  England,  and  the  coiner  of  the 
pine  tree  shillings,  in  his  diary  under  date  of 
1652-53,  relates  how  he  was  chosen  to  make 
coin,  and  adds:  'T  chose  my  friend  Robert 
Sanderson  to  be  my  partner,  to  which  the 
court  consented."  September  x,  1658.  he  says: 
"my  boy.  John  Sanderson,  complained  of  his 
head  aching,  and  took  his  bed ;  a  strong  fever 
set  in  and  after  17  days  sore  sickness,  he  de- 
parted this  life."  Under  date  of  Xovember 
8.  1658,  he  says :  "the  Lord  exercised  with 
sickness  my  partner  Robert  Sanderson,  and 
his  son  Joseph,  but  yet  was  pleased  to  recover 
them  both  Joseph  kept  the  house  about  a 
month  and  my  partner  13  days." 

Robert  Sanderson  died  (October  7,  11593.  His 
will  was  proved  October  20.  1693.  He  be- 
queathed to  his  wife  Elizabeth;  son  Robert 
.Sanderson  and  daughter  Anne  West ;  grand- 
children Robert  Darby,  Mary  Caswell,  Joseph 
Jones ;  children  of  Robert  and  Anna,  and  of 
fames   Penniman ;   great-granddaughter   Abia 


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3W 


Keard  ;  son-in-law  Kiclianl  West;  lirother  Ed- 
ward Sanderson:  josepli.  son  of  William  San- 
derson :  refers  to  house  and  land  at  Water- 
town.  His  wife  .Mary  died  June  Ji,  1O81. 
aged  seventy-four.  He  married  (third)  Eliza- 
beth   .  who  died  October  15,   1695,  aged 

seventy-eight.  Children :  Mary,  baptized  Oc- 
tober 2Q.  1639:  Joseph,  born  January  i.  1642- 
43:  r.enjamin,  baptized  July  29,  1649;  Sarah, 
baptize!  January  18,  1^51  ;  Robert,  baptized 
October  22.  1652:  lohn,  died  September  18, 
1658. 

( 1 1  Eilward  Sanderson,  brother  of  Robert 
Sanderson,  and  the  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  familw  was  born  in  England,  and  came 
to  Watertenvn  about  the  same  time  as  his 
brother.  He  married,  October  15.  1(145.  Mary 
Eggleston,  lielieved  tc^  be  the  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  Bagot  and  Bridget  Eggleston.  of  Dor- 
chester, afterwards  of  Windsor.  Connecticut. 
He  sold  his  house  and  land  in  Watertown  to 
William  Shattuck  Sr.,  and  probably  removed 
to  Cambridge.  The  name  is  frequently  spelled 
Sanders  and  Saunders  in  the  early  records. 
Children  :  Jonathan,  mentioned  below  :  Hes- 
ter, baptized  March  20,  i68(>-87. 

(H)  Jonatlian.  son  of  Edward  Sanderson, 
was  born  in  Watertown,  September  15,  1646. 
died  September  3,  1735,  aged  eighty-nine 
years.  He  moved  to  Watertown  about  1689, 
and  settled  at  Piety  Corner,  Waltham.  He 
was  constable  of  Watertown  in  1695  •  select- 
man from  1703  to  1719.  He  married  in  Cam- 
bridge, October  24,  1669,  Abia  Bartlett,  born 
May  28,  1 65 1,  youngest  daughter  of  Ensign 
Thomas  and  Hannah  Bartlett,  of  Watertown. 
She  died  September  13.  1723.  Their  graves 
are  in  the  old  or  lower  graveyard  at  Waltham. 
Massachusetts,  form^ly  Watertown.  His  will 
was  dated  .April  2,  1728,  appointing  his  sons 
John  and  Jonathan  executors.  His  children, 
all  born  in  Cambridge :  .\bia,  born  October 
28,  1673,  twin:  Jonathan,  twin  of  Abia:  Tho- 
mas. March  10,  i()74-75 :  John.  March  23. 
1677:  Benjamin.  Ma\-  28.  1679:  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below:  Edward,  March  3,  1683-84: 
Hannah.  May  31,  1689. 

( in  )  Samuel,  son  of  Jonathan  Sanderson, 
was  born  in  Cambridge.  May  28.  1681,  was 
killed  by  lightning.  July  8.  1722.  He  married, 
April  13.  1708.  'Slary  Cale.  born  September 
16.  16S3,  died  May  8,  1776,  daughter  of  .Abra- 
ham and  Sarah  (Fiske)  dale,  and  grand- 
daughter of  the  pioneer.  Richard  Gale.  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  born  December  29,  1709 : 
.Abraham.  March  28.  171 1;  Jonathan,  Febru- 
arv  24.  1714:  Merc\-,  November  26,  1718: 
Moses,  mentioned  t:)elow. 

(IV)  Moses,  son  of  Samuel  Sanderson,  was 
born  February  22,   1722.     He  married   (first) 


January  i,  1750-51.  .Mary  Flagg.  b.jrn  Fel)ru- 
ary  2,  1728-29.  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah 
Magg.  and  granddaughter  of  J.ihn  an-l  .\nna 
Flagg.  descendant  of  Thomas  Flagg.  the  pio- 
neer of  Watertown.  .Moses  San(icrsr,n  and 
his  wife  were  dismissed  from  Waltliam  to 
Littleton  church,  April  13,  i-()(>.  and  ha<l  been 
living  at  Littleton  fur  some  time.  He  was 
a  soldier  at  the  Lexington  call,  a  jirivate  in 
Lieutenant  .Xquila  Jewett'.->  company.  Colonel 
James  Prescott's  regiment,  anil  served  two 
days.  His  son  Moses  was  also  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution.  He  married  (  second  )  l-"ebru- 
ary  7,  17^56,  Iilizabeth  Ciorldard.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Sarah,  born  bebruary  i;.  1752,  at 
Littleton:  Lois.  March  17,  1754:  Mo>e>.  July 
14,  i~s<>.  married.  .X'ovember  2^.  1777.  Mary 
Proctor:  Sarah.  July  12.  1757:  Stephen.  .\u- 
gust  24.  1758:  John,  mentioned  below:  Sam- 
uel. .April  30.  1762.  married  Lydia  W'hitcomb : 
Mary,  September  16,  1763.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Hannah,  July  12,  1767;  Mercy. 
F'ebruary  3,    1769. 

(  \  )  John,  son  of  Moses  Sanderson,  was 
born  at  Littleton.  .Massachusetts,  .\pril  15, 
1760,  died  at  Phillipston.  X'ovember  15.  1833. 
He  married,  at  Littleton,  April  28.  1785,  Lucy 
Fletcher,  the  ceremony  being  performed  by 
Jonathan  Reed,  justice  of  the  peace.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Littleton :  John,  March  18. 
1786:  Peter,  mentioned  below;  Lucy.  July  5. 
1790:  Jonathan  Fletcher.  December  9,   1792. 

(  \  I )  Peter,  son  of  John  Sanderson,  was 
born  at  Littleton.  Massachusetts,  July  26,  1788. 
He  located  at  Phillipston,  Worcester  county. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  died  I'ebruary  5, 
1849.  aged  sixty  years,  five  months,  two  days 
(gravestone).  He  married  (intention  dated 
at  Phillipston.  April  22.  1814)  Chloe  Rob- 
bins,  of  .Athol,  Massachusetts.  Children. 
born  at  Phillipston:  Courtland.  mentioned  be- 
low: Mary  Caroline,  born  February  21,  1817: 
Lucia,  January  4,  1823:  Frances,  died  Janu- 
ary 24.  1833,  aged  one  year,  ten  months, 
eleven  (la\s. 

(\'II)  Courtland.  son  of  Peter  Sanderson, 
was  born  in  Phillipston.  Massachusetts,  .\pril 
9.  18 1 5.  He  settled  in  his  native  town.  He 
married  (intention  dated  at  Phillipston.  No- 
vember II.  1837)  Lydia  Hunt  Clapp.  of  Mon- 
tague, Massacliusetts.  born  in  1815.  descendant 
of  the  Clapp  family  of  Dorchester,  pioneers  of 
the  colony.  Children,  born  in  Piiillipston : 
Frederick  Milton,  mentioned  below:  Peter. 
September  9.  1842:  fulius.  September  15. 
1846. 

(MIL)  Frederick  Milton,  son  of  Courtland 
Sanderson,  was  born  in  Phillipston.  Massachu- 
setts. November  5.  1838.  He  attended  the 
public    schools   of  his   native  town   and   en- 


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XEW    ENGLAND. 


tered  Amherst  College  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  class  of  1861.  He  enlisted 
immediately  afterward  in  the  Twenty-tirst 
Regiment  ^lassachusetts  Volunteer  Infantry 
and  served  faithfully  for  three  years,  taking 
part  in  the  various  battles  in  which  his  regi- 
ment was  engaged.  He  was  wounded  once 
in  the  hand.  Since  the  war  he  has  been  for 
more  than  thirty-six  years  connected  with  the 
White  Sewing  Machine  Company  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  and  at  the  present  time  is  treasurer 
of  the  corporation.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  for  two  years  he  was  a  member 
of  the  board  of  education  of  Cleveland.  He  is 
a  member  of  Alemorial  Post,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  of  Cleveland,  and  of  Cleveland 
Commandery,  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal 
Legion,  and  of  the  New  England  Society  of 
Cleveland,  Ohio,  and  the  Western  Reserve. 
His  office  is  at  2105  East  Eighty-third  street, 
Cleveland. 

He  married,  in  1869,  Harriet  Pierce  White, 
born  in  Templeton,  Massachusetts,  in  1838, 
daughter  of  Windsor  White,  and  sister  of 
President  Thomas  H.  White,  of  the  White 
Sewing  Machine  Company  (see  White  VII). 
Children:  i.  Eligene  Windsor,  born  in  1870, 
died  in  1876  in  Cleveland.  2.  Lydia  Eliza- 
beth, born  in  Cleveland  in  1874 :  married  Ed- 
ward Warren  Capen,  son  of  Dr.  Capen,  of 
Boston.  3.  Rev.  Edward  Frederick,  born  in 
Cleveland  in  1876:  married  Ethel  Eames,  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  4.  Gertrude  Elmira, 
born  in  Cleveland  in  1879.  5.  Lucia  Harriet, 
born  in  Cleveland  in  1881.  6.  Julius  Court- 
land,  born  in  Cleveland  in  1882 ;  married  Mary 
Van  Epps. 

(The   White  Line). 

(I)  Thomas  White,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  about  1595.  Pie  settled 
among  the  first  at  Cambridge,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman,  ]March  3,  1635- 
36.  He  was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1637.  In  1638  he  had  a  house  and  a  lialf 
acre  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  Garden 
street.  Cambridge,  between  Mason  street  and 
Phillips  place.  He  was  also  a  proprietor  of 
the  adjoining  town  of  Watertown.  and  in 
1640  sold  a  house  he  had  bought  of  William 
Swift.  He  removed  to  Sudbury  where  he 
bought  land  and  was  proprietor  in  1640,  town 
officer  in  1642.  He  sold  land  in  Sudbury  in 
1654  and  in  1658  located  at  Charlestown  where 
he  was  constable  in  1659.  Either  he  or  his 
son  Thomas,  was  appointed  by  Edward  Shep- 
ard  "to  drive  the  Neck",  March  23,  1662-63. 
His  wife  Margaret  died  at  Sudbury,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1649.  He  married  (second)  Susanna 
}ililler,  who  died  March  6,  1686-87,  ased 
eighty-nine.     He  died  May  6,  1664.     His  will 


was  proved  March  29,  1667.  Children:  Tho- 
mas, of  Charlestown :  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  ;\Iary,  married  John  Woodward ;  Sarah. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  White,  was  born 
in  1628  (aged  forty  years  in  1668),  He  lived 
at  Sudbury  and  Charlestown,  and  in  1664, 
according  to  his  father's  will,  was  of  Cam- 
bridge. His  father's  widow  Susanna  be- 
queathed to  his  children.  He  died  in  1676  and 
his  administrator's  account  was  filed  October 
3,  1676.  His  widow's  account  was  filed  again 
in  1700.  He  married  Elizabeth,  granddaugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Goble,  of  Charlestown  and 
Concord.  She  married  (second)  June  7,  1682, 
at  Sudbury,  Thomas  Carter.  Children,  re- 
corded at  Charlestown  and  Sudbury:  John, 
born  August  8,  1653;  Thomas,  September  9, 
1655;  Elizabeth,  June  10,  1658,  married  Lodo- 
wick  or  Lewis  Dowse,  January  9,  1676 ;  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  below  ;  Hannah,  February  13, 
1669:  Abigail,  October  2,  1676,  married  Peter 
Thorp;  Mary,  married  Benjamin  Twitchell ; 
Hannah;  three  others  died  young. 

(HI)  Daniel,  son  of  John  White,  was  born 
in  1668.  He  lived  with  his  mother  until  nine- 
teen years  old  (aged  eight  in  1676).  He  set- 
tled in  Cambridge  Farms,  now  Lexington,  and 
was  a  taxpayer  there  in  1696;  constable  in 
1713-14.  He  was  a  man  of  high  standing  and 
character,  as  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  he 
was  assigned  to  the  second  seat  below  in  the 
meeting  house  among  the  leading  men  in  1731. 
His  will  was  dated  in  1738  and  he  died  ^larch 
14,  1739.  He  bequeathed  to  children:  Han- 
nah, Joseph,  John  Stephen,  Samuel,  Sybel 
Mansfield    and    Sarah    Locke.      He    married 

(first)    Mary  ,   who  died  January   20, 

i~22-2;^;  (second)  Hannah  .  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife  :  Daniel,  born  May  18, 
1695  ;  Mary,  October  24,  1697 ;  John,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1699;  Mary,  baptized  September  8, 
1700;  Thomas,  February  2,  1701  :  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Sybel,  ^lay  i,  1706,  married 
Theophilus  Mansfield ;  Stephen,  April  27, 
1709;  Sarah,  .\ugust  2^,  171 1  ;  Hannah.  Born 
at  Lexington:  Samuel,  September  2,  1714. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Daniel  White,  was 
born  at  Cambridge,  April  17,  1704,  died  at 
Lexington,    August    4,     1777.       He    married 

(first)    Hannah   . — ,    who    died    .\pril    7, 

1731  ;  (second)  Mary .    Children,  born 

at  Lexington  by  first  wife;  Hannah,  De- 
cember 10.  1728;  Mary.  March  25.  1731.  By 
second  wife  at  Lexington:  Susanna,  October 
10.  1735:  Joseph,  October  11,  1737:  \Mlliam, 
April  23,  1740;  Jonathan,  baptized  May  24, 
1741  ;  Jonathan,  born  .\pril  15,  1742  ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  IMay  9.  1744; 
Ebenezer,  July  10,  1746;  John,  June  i,  1748; 
Nathan,  June  16,  1750. 


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(  \'j  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Joseph  White,  was 
born  at  Lexington,  April  15,  1742,  baptized 
there  April  18  following.  His  bnnher  Joseph 
and  wife  Lucy,  of  Gerry,  deeded  to  Thomas 
White  iuul  Thaddeus  Brown,  of  Gerry  ( I'hil- 
lipston),  May  25.  1787.  Joseph  White,  of 
Lexington,  deeded  to  Thomas  White,  of  Tem- 
pleton.  land  in  Temijleton,  forty-three  acres. 
Lot  Xo.  52,  in  the  right  of  Daniel  White 
(uncle  or  grandfather)  in  1760  (Worcester 
Deeds,  Book  48.  p.  248).  He  lived  at  Tem- 
pleton  and  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Gerry  (Phillipston)  where  he  died  Febru- 
ary 26,  1827,  aged  eighty-five  years  (grave- 
stone). His  will  with  codicil  dated  November 
4,  1825,  bequeathed  to  children  of  daughter 
Mary  Smith,  deceased ;  Hannah  Fletcher ;  Eu- 
doxa  Xickerson  ;  Simeon  H.  (confirming  deed 
of  1806  providing  for  the  support  of  self  and 
wife  as  long  as  they  lived),  sons  John,  Abel 
and  Thomas.  He  married  ( intention  dated 
November  17,  1766)  Prudence  Hayward.  of 
Concord.  Children,  born  at  Templeton :  Su- 
sanna and  Hannah,  August  31,  1772;  Simeon 
Hayward,  September  14,  1776;  Susanna,  July 
8,  baptized  August  29,  1779;  Thomas.  Octo- 
ber 2,   1781  ;  Eudoxa,  January  10,  1783. 

(VI)  Simeon  Hayward,  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
White,  was  born  at  Templeton,  September  14, 
1770.  He  received  from  his  father  deed  of 
the  homestead  in  Gerry,  April  10,  1806,  and 
this  land  was  confirmed  to  him  in  his  father's 
will.  He  also  deeded  to  other  sons.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Phillipston,  March  25,  1798,  Lectty 
(Electa)  Warner.  Children,  born  in  Phillips- 
ton: Electa,  April  16.  1799:  Howard.  Octo- 
ber 31,  1801  :  Howard.  December  27.  1803; 
Rosamond,  August  8,  1806:  Windsor,  men- 
tioned below:  Rebeckah,  December  28,  1810: 
Elijah,    Mav    13,    1813 ;   Harriet,  October   21, 

1815. 

(VH)  Windsor,  son  of  Simeon  Hayward 
White,  was  born  at  Phillipston,  December  2. 
1808.  He  lived  in  Templeton.  He  married 
(first)  at  Phillipston.  September  6,  1834.  Bet- 
sey Pierce,  of  Petersham,  who  died  September 
22,  1838,  aged  twenty-six.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) September  11,  1841,  Frances  H.  Whit- 
nev,  who  died  February  i6,  1842.  He  married 
(third)  December  7,"  1842,  at  Templeton. 
Elizabeth  P.  Whitney.  Children:^  Harriet 
Pierce,  married  Frederick  Milton  Sanderson 
(see  Sanderson  \'ni)  ;  Thomas  Howard,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Vni)  Thomas  Howard,  son  of  Windsor 
White,  was  born  at  Phillipston,  .\pril  26.  1836. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Phillipston,  including  the  high  school.  .\t 
the  age  of  nineteen  he  began  his  active  busi- 
ness career,  working  as  chair  maker  at  East 


Templeton.  .\t  the  age  ol  twenty-two  he 
married  and  moved  to  Orange.  Massachusetts, 
engaging  in  busine.^s  with  William  L.  Grout. 
Later  he  moved  to  TempU-ton  and  embarked 
in  the  manufacture  of  hanil  sewing  machine-., 
remaining  there  three  years,  at  tiic  expiration 
of  which  time  he  returned  to  grange,  con- 
tinuing the  same  line  of  work  on  his  own  oc- 
count,  remaining  until  1865,  when  lie  removed 
to  Cleveland,  ()hin.  and  established  a  factory, 
employing  thirty  men,  but  as  his  business  in- 
creased from  year  to  year  he  added  materially 
to  his  force  and  at  the  present  time  (  ivi-'> 
gives  regular  employment  to  eight  hundred 
hands,  thus  being  one  of  the  leading  industries 
of  that  thriving  city.  His  executive  ability  and 
thorough  business  methods  have  brought  him 
into  [jrominence.  and  he  has  been  chosen  to 
fill  important  positi<;ins.  serving  now  in  the 
capacity  of  president  of  the  White  Sewing 
Machine  Company,  and  director  of  the  White 
Compan\',  manufacturers  of  automobiles.  an<l 
of  the  Park  Drop  Forge  Company.  He  holds 
membership  in  the  New  England  Society  and 
the  Western  Reserve. 

Mr.  White  married,  in  1858,  Elmira  Green- 
wood, of  East  Templeton,  Massachusetts. 
Children  :  Windsor,  Clarence,  Walter,  Kollin, 
.Alice,  deceased;  Mabel,  deceased;  Maude,  de- 
ceased ;  Ella. 


The  name  of  Landon  is  of 
LANDON  Welsh  origin,  and  has  not  been 
very  widely  distributed  in  this 
country.  It  has  sometimes  taken  the  form  of 
Langd'on,  and  is  now  found  in  many  parts  of 
New  England  as  well  as  in  other  sections  of 
the  United  States.  It  was  especially  identified 
with  Long  Island  and  Connecticut  in  very 
earlv  davs. 

(i)  Nathan  Landon.  of  Southold,  Long  Is- 
land, was  born  in  1664,  in  Herefordshire,  near 
the  Welsh  border  in  England.  According  to 
familv  tradition  he  was  fifteen  years  old  when 
he  sailed  from  Liverpool  to  IJoston :  thence 
lie  made  his  way  to  Southold,  Long  Island, 
where  he  died  March  9,  1718.  His  wife  Han- 
nah (surname  unknown)  born  1671,  died  Jan- 
uary 26.  1701,  at  the  same  time  with  her 
vou'ngest  child.  Among  their  children  were 
James,  Elizabeth  and  Nathan. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Nathan  and  Hannah 
Landon,  was  born  about  1690.  in  Southold. 
Long  Island.  He  settled  in  Litchfield.  Con- 
necticut, before  1737.  in  which  year  he  was 
admitted  a  freeman  there,  and  die<l  Septem- 
ber 19,  1738  He  married  ( first  t  in  May. 
1717,  Mary  Vaile,  who  died  .\ugust  20,  1722. 
He  married  (second)  Widow  Mary  Wilmot, 
who  bore  him  six  sons  and   four  daughters. 


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Among  his  children  were  sons  James,  Daniel. 
David  and  John.  The  first  and  last  removed 
from   Litchfield  to   Salisbury,   Connecticut,   in 

1749- 

(III)  James  {2).  eldest  son  of  James  (i) 
and  Marv  ( \'aile )  Landon.  was  born  about 
1720,  in  Southold,  and  resided  for  a  time  in 
Litchfield.  Connecticut,  where  he  married  Sa- 
rah Bishop.  He  resided  on  what  was  later 
known  as  Tory  Hill,  in  Salisbury,  owing  to 
the  allegiance  of  his  son  James  to  the  British 
crown.  He  was  one  of  the  first  magistrates, 
and  in  1758-59-^^5-70-/2-73-74.  he  repre- 
sented Salisbury  in  the  Connecticut  legislature. 
Children :  Sarah,  James,  Samuel,  Luther, 
Xabby,  Xancy.  Asa.  Ezekiel,  Thomas,  Rachel, 
Andrew.  Lois  and  Ashbel. 

I  I\' I  Ezekiel.  son  of  James  (2)  and  Sarah 
I  Bishop  I  Landon.  was  born  August  31.  1738, 
in  Litchfield.  Connecticut,  and  resided  in  Salis- 
bury. Connecticut.  Xo  record  of  his  mar- 
riage has  been  found,  but  his  wife  bore  the 
name  of  Azubah.  and  they  had  sons  recorded 
in  Salisbury:  John,  born  July  7,  1763:  Eze- 
kiel, Januarv  9,  1765  ;  Elisha,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(  \'  )  Elisha,  third  son  of  Ezekiel  and  Azu- 
bah Landon,  was  born  June  3,  1766,  in  Salis- 
bury, Connecticut,  and  soon  after  attaining 
his  majority  removed  to  Sunderland,  \'ermont. 
where  he  died  April  12,  1817.  He  married 
Alice   Bingham,  .\pril   16.   1789. 

(  \'l )  Xoah.  eldest  child  of  Elisha  and  .\lice 
(Bingham)  Landon.  was  born  May  10.  1790, 
in  Salisbury,  died  in  South  Dorset,  \'ermont, 
January  24,  1881.  He  married,  April  30, 
1820.  Pamelia  Wilcox,  of  Manchester,  Ver- 
mont, born  1794,  died  December  26,  1879. 
Children:  Warren  E..  born  May  5,  1824, 
now  residing  in  Stoughton.  Massachusetts; 
Walter  Chipman,  mentioned  below  :  Fanny  P.. 
August  20,  1838,  married  Samuel  B.  Xich- 
ols.  of  Brooklyn.  Xew  York. 

(  MI )  Walter  Chipman,  second  son  of  Xoah 
and  Pamelia  (Wilcox)  Landon,  was  born  Au- 
gust 17,  1831,  in  Sunderland,  died  in  Rutland. 
Vermont.  April  10.  1910,  At  the  early  age  of 
fourteen  years  he  left  home  and  worked  for 
two  years  on  a  farm  in  .Arlington,  \"ermont. 
Thence  he  went  to  Bennington,  where  he 
passed  four  years  as  clerk  in  the  general  store 
of  P.  L.  Robinson.  In  the  spring  of  1852 
he  came  to  Rutland,  and  became  clerk  in  the 
hardware  and  grocery  store  of  Landon  & 
Graves,  which  was  known  as  "'the  old  red 
store",  and  stood  on  the  site  of  Sawyer's 
block.  The  firm  soon  after  became  J.  &  .\. 
Landon.  but  because  of  his  experience  and 
abilitie-.  and  being  a  cousin  of  the  proprie- 
tors. Walter  C.  Landon  retained  his  position. 


in  all  about   five  years.     Then,   with   Chester 
Kingsley  as  junior  partner,  he  opened  a  gro- 
cery store  in  the  same  building,  which  J.  &  A. 
Landon  vacated    for   a  new   building.     After 
the  lapse  of  three  years  Mr.  Landon  sold  out 
to    Mr.    Kingsley,  and   with   J.    W.    Cramton 
bought  in  the  Central  House," which  stood  on 
the  present   site  of  Clement's   bank  building. 
Mr.  Landon  assumed  the  management  of  this 
house,  and  remained  there  until  March.  1863. 
In    the    meantime,    however,    he    enlisted    for 
three  months  in  the  First  \'ermont  Regiment 
( Infantry )  and  was  detailerl  as  color  sergeant, 
and  after  went  out  as  captain  of  Company  K, 
Twelfth  Regiment.     The  First  \'ermont  regi- 
ment was  among  the  first  L'nion  troops  to  in- 
vade rebel  territory,  and  marched  to  Hampton, 
N'irginia.    ^lay    2^.    1861.      Sergeant    Landon 
participated  in  the  full  campaign  of  the  regi- 
ment   in    the    vicinity    of    Fortress    Monroe, 
Hampton.   Xewport  Xews.  and  Little  Bethel, 
engaged   in   building   forts,   and  making   fre- 
quent   expeditions    within    the    enemy's    lines. 
At  the  battle  of   Big   Bethel.  June   10.    1861, 
his  company  was  detailed  for  special  service, 
intended  to  cover  the  left  flank  of  the  attack- 
ing   column,    to   act    as    skirmishers   and    en- 
deavor to  turn  the  right  flank  of  the  enemy's 
position.     The  regiment  was  soon  after  mus- 
tered out,  having  fulfilled  its  term  of  enlist- 
ment.     When   the   Second   \'ermont    Brigade 
was    recruited    under   the    president's   call   of 
August  4.   1862,  the  Twelfth  was  the  first  of 
the  five  regiments  raised,  ready  to  respond  to 
orders.     The  Rutland  members  w-ere  in  Com- 
pany   K.   and    Sergeant    Landon    was    elected 
lieutenant.     On  September  25th.  the  ten  com- 
panies forming  the  regiment  were  assembled 
at    Brattleboro,    and    the    following    day    the 
organization  was  completed.     Captain  Kings- 
ley,  of   Company   K.  was  elected  major,  and 
Lieutenant  Landon  became  captain  by  succes- 
>ion.     Flis  commission  with  that  rank  is  dated 
September  2j.  1862.     In  the  following  montli 
he  was  again  in  the  field,  and  the  brigade  was 
incorporated   in   General  Casey's  division   for 
the  defense  of  Washington.    For  eight  months 
it    occupied    encampments,    and    the    Twelfth 
\'ermont  gave  a  good  account  of  itself  in  re- 
pulsing the  attempt  of  General  J.  E.  B.  Stew- 
art's cavalry  to  capture   supplies  at   Fairfax. 
After  he  sold   his   interest   in   the  hotel   to 
Mr.  Cramton.  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
J.  X.  Baxter,  in  September,  1863,  and  opened 
a  grocery  store  in  the  building  now  occupied 
for  a  like  purpose  by   E.    D.   Keyes  &  Com- 
pan\-.     In  the  following  May  Mr.  Landon  ob- 
tained control  of  the  entire  business  and  car- 
ried on  the  store  until  Xovember.   1865.     He 
then    removed    his    business    to    the    Perkins 


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block,  on  the  comer  of  West  street,  an<l  Mer- 
chants row,  which  he  had  purchased.  In  Jan- 
uary, 1868.  with  C.  F.  Huntoon  as  junior  part- 
ner, he  originated  liis  present  business  in  the 
same  building  now  occupied  by  W.  C  Landon 
&  Company.  Mr.  Huntoon's  health  failed  in 
October.  1875.  and  he  sold  his  interest  to  .Mr. 
Landon.  He  again  returned  to  the  handling 
of  hardware  and  became  proprietor  of  one  of 
the  largest  stores  of  its  kind  in  the  state. 

Having  shown  an  e.xecutive  capacity,  Mr. 
Landon  was  naturally  called  upon  to  serve  his 
town  in  the  management  of  public  affairs. 
From  18O4  to  1875  he  served  his  town  and 
village  as  school  treasurer,  and  was  one  of 
the  listers  in  1874-81-82-83-84.  For  more 
than  nine  years  he  filled  the  ofifice  of  water 
commissioner,  and  was  also  a  member  of  the 
board  of  selectmen.  For  twenty  years  he 
was  an  active  member  of  the  Rutland  tire  de- 
partment, and  ten  vears  preceding  1882  was 
its  chief  engineer.  In  the  legislative  session 
of  1882-83  he  represented  the  town  of  Rut- 
land. From  its  organization  he  was  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  Baxter  National  Bank, 
and  was  one  of  the  directors  of  the  True  Blue 
Marble  Company,  and  the  Evergreen  Ceme- 
tery Association.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  one  of  the  first 
members  in  \'ermont  of  the  order  of  Knights 
of  P\  thias,  and  was  a  trustee  of  the  Elks  club. 
.At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was  commander 
of  Roberts  Post,  No.  14,  Grand  .Army  of  the 
Republic,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Military 
Order  of  the   Loyal   Legion. 

He  married,  June  16,  1862,  Mary  M.  Manly, 
born  August  i,  1842,  in  South  Dorset, _  \"er- 
niont.  died  .August  29,  1894,  daughter  of 
Thomas  D.  and  L'rsula  (Soper)  Manly,  and 
granddaughter  of  William  Manly,  of  Dorset, 
\'ermont. 

(\TIIi  Captain  Charles  Huntoon  Landon, 
only  child  of  Walter  Chipman  and  Mary  M. 
(Manly)  Landon,  was  born  .April  3,  1867,  in 
Rutland.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  graduating  from 
the  high  school  in  1885.  Following  this  he 
spent  two  years  in  New  York  City,  and  com- 
pleted a  course  in  the  Packard  Business  Col- 
lege, after  which  he  returned  to  Rutland  and 
entered  the  store  of  his  father  as  clerk.  He 
continued  in  this  capacity  until  1898.  when 
he  became  a  partner  at  the  same  time  with 
William  H.  Spaulding,  and  the  firm  became 
W.  C.  Landon  &  Company.  This  title  is  still 
retained,  and  the  firm  conducts  one  of  the 
largest  wholesale  and  retail  businesses  in  the 
state.  Captain  Landon  has  been  active  in 
military  life  and  has  occupied  various  resi^onsi- 
ble  positions  in  both  line  and  staff.     On  May 


II,  1886,  at  the  age  of  nineteen  vcars,  he  en- 
listed in  Company  .A,  I'irst  Regiment  \er- 
mont  National  (iuard.  and  was  promoted  suc- 
cessively to  the  grades  of  corporal,  sergeant 
and  first  sergeant.  He  was  elected  first  lieu- 
tenant. February  5,  1893,  and  captain  March 
19,  i8<)4,  but  declined  the  cajjtain's  cominis- 
>ion  and  continued  in  service  as  rtr>t  lieuten- 
ant. .At  the  outbreak  of  the  Spanish-.Ameri- 
can  war  he  volunteered  for  service,  and  on 
May  iC,  1898,  was  commissioned  first  lieuten- 
ant of  his  company  in  the  First  Regiment, 
\'ermont  Infantry  United  States  \olunteers. 
His  regiment  was  not  called  into  active  ser- 
vice, but  remained  in  camp  at  Chickaniauga, 
Tennessee,  until  the  restoration  of  peace.  He 
served  for  a  time  as  regimental  ([uartermastcr 
and  commanded  Company  .A  on  its  return 
to  \'ermont,  in  the  absence  of  Captain  Dyer, 
who  was  home  on  leave.  He  was  honorably 
mustered  out  of  United  States  service.  .\Vj- 
vember  3,  1898.  On  September  30.  i8<^.  he 
was  appointed  state  inspector  of  rifie  practice, 
with  the  rank  of  captain  in  the  staff  of  Colonel 
J.  G.  Estey.  He  resigned  from  the  service, 
September  30,  1902,  after  sixteen  years  con- 
tinual service,  and  was  retired  as  captain  on 
the  same  date.  Mr.  Landon  takes  an  active 
part  in  social  organizations,  being  a  member 
of  Rutland  Lodge,  No.  79,  Free  and  .Accepted 
Masons:  Davenport  Chapter.  No.  17,  Royal 
.Arch  Masons :  Killington  Commandery,  No. 
6,  Knights  Templar.  He  is  a  member  of  Cairo 
Temple,  .\ncient  .Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the 
Mvstic  Shrine.  For  five  years  he  served  as 
treasurer  of  Rutland  Lodge,  No.  345,  Benevo- 
lent Order  of  Elks,  and  was  also  for  a  term 
of  years  treasurer  of  the  local  camp.  Sons 
of  \'eterans.  He  is  affiliated  with  the  Mili- 
tarv  Order  of  Foreign  Wars,  in  which  he 
served  two  years  as  secretary  and  treasurer, 
one  vear  as  vice-commander,  and  is  now  com- 
mander of  the  \ermont  department.  He  is 
past  commander  of  Cam])  Harold  F.  Foyles, 
Spanish  War  \eterans.  In  March,  igii,  he 
was  elected  school  commissioner  for  a  tenn  of 
three  years. 

He  married,  .\pril  26,  1892,  Mattie  M.  Gor- 
don, of  Dalton.  Georgia,  daughter  of  Charles 
P.  and  Maggie  (Manly)  Gordon.  Children: 
(Jordon.  born  July  31,  189(1:  .Mary  Margaret, 
December  2Ti,  1901, 

Tristram  Dodge,  the  founder  of 
DODtiE  this  family,  emigrated  from 
county  SutTolk.  England,  to  New- 
foundland in  i(>47,  and  later  removed  to  Mas- 
sachusetts. He  sailed  in  .April,  t66i.  from 
Taunton.  Massachusetts,  with  the  original  fif- 
teen settler.-  of  Block  Island  and  their  families. 


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His  sons  followed  him  in  1667.  and  accord- 
ing to  the  best  preserved  family  tradition  they 
came  originally  from  the  north  of  England 
near  the  river  Tweed.  Tristram  Dodge  was  a 
freeman  of  Block  Island,  May  4.  1664,  and 
sergeant  in  1676.  He  died  intestate  in  1720. 
The  name  of  his  wife  is  unknown.  Children : 
I.  John,  born  in  1644.  died  in  1729;  married, 

February   4.    1696,    Mary .     2.   Israel, 

living  in   1730:  married  Hannah  .     3. 

Tristram,  born  in  1647.  '^'ic'^  August  18,  1733; 
married.  January  7.  1680.  Dorcas  Dickens.  4. 
A\'illiam.  of  whom  further.  5.  Margaret,  born 
in  1654 :  married  John  Rathbone.  6.  Ann, 
married.  November  11,  16S6.  John  Rathbone. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Tristram  Dodge,  was 
a  freeman  of  Block  Island  in  July,  1670.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Mar 
George,  and  perhaps  (second)  April  24,  1694. 

.     Children;     i.  \\'illiam.  born  March 

7,  1680.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  May  31,  1683.  3- 
Mary.  4.  Samuel,  of  whom  further.  5.  Sa- 
rah, born  January  24,  1695. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Dodge,  of 
Block    Island,   was   born   there   September   9, 


1 69 1,  died  at  Cow  Neck  (now  Port  Washing- 
ton), Long  Island,  in  1761.  He  removed  to 
Cow  Neck  about  1718.     He  married  Elizabeth 

.      Children:      i.    Wilkie.    died    before 

March  25,  1761  :  married  ^lary  Hunt.  2.  Jere- 
miah, born  in  May,  1716,  died  in  1800;  mar- 
ried. October  6,  1737,  Margaret  \'anderbilt. 
3.    Samuel,    of   whom    further.      4.    Deborah, 

married  before  1761  }iIott.     5.  Mary, 

married  Dr.  Robert  North. 

(T\')  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Elizabeth  Dodge,  of  Block  Island  and  Cow 
Neck.  Long  Island,  was  born  at  Cow  Neck, 
March  29,  1730,  died  in  Poughkeepsie,  New 
York,  October  4,  1807.  He  was  a  noted  as- 
tronomer, a  man  of  literary  tastes  and  au- 
thor of  various  poems  of  merit.  In  1779  he 
was  a  member  of  the  legislature  from  Dutchess 
county.  New  York,  and  at  that  time  wrote 
the  following  which  was  read  in  the  house.  It 
should  be  read  twice,  the  tirst  time  reading 
each  line  straight  across:  the  second  time 
reading  the  first  half  of  the  two  lines  and  then 
the  second  half  of  the  same  two,  and  so  on. 

The  political  sentiments  of  the  author,  1779. 


The  acts  of  Parliament, 
I    hate   their   curst   intent. 
Who  non-resistance  hold. 


Hark;    hark;    the    trumpet    sounds         The  din  of  War's  alarms 
O'er   seas    and   solid   grounds,         Do  call  us  all  to  arms 
Who    for    King    George    do    stand.         Their  honors  soon  will  shine, 
Their   ruin   is   at   hand.         Who   with  the  Congress  join. 
In  them  I  much  delight. 

Who  for  the   Congress  fight, 
They  have  my  hand  and  heart. 
May    they    for    slaves    be    sold.         Who  act  a  Whiggish  part. 
The   Tories  of  the   day.         They   are    my    daily    toast. 
They  soon  shall  sneak  away.         Who  independence  boast. 
The   Congress   of   the    States,         I  hate  with  all  my  heart. 
Blessing   upon   them  waits.         Whoe'er  take  Britain's  part 
To   General    Washington         Confusion  and  dishonor. 
May  numbers   daily   run.         To  Britain's  royal  banner. 
On   Mansfield.  North  and   Bute.         May   daily   blessings   pour 
Confusion   and   dispute.         On   Congress  e^•ermore. 
To   Xorth  that   British  lord.         May  honors  still  be  done, 
I  wish  a  block  or  cord.        To  General  Washington. 


Samuel  Dodge  was  a  captain  in  the  New 
York  line  during  the  revolution  and  keeper  of 
the  Almshouse.  City  Hall  Park,  New  York 
City.  1793  to  1802.  He  married,  in  New  York 
City,  August  4,  1753,  Helena  .Amerman,  born 
May  I,  1735,  died  in  1817.  Children,  first 
seven  born  in  New  York  City,  the  others  in 
Pouglikeepsie :  i.  Samuel,  born  September 
I,  1754,  died  October  27,  1795:  married, 
about  1769,  Mary  Forbes.  2.  Henry,  born 
April  12,  1756,  died  December  19,  1820:  mar- 
ried Sarah  Rosecrans.  3.  William,  of  whom 
further.  4.  Catharine,  born  December  7,  1760, 
died  November  4,  1762.  5.  Richard,  born  De- 
cember 31,  1762,  died  December  3,  1832:  mar- 
ried, February  4,  17 — ,  Ann  Sarah,  daughter 
of  William  and  Sarah  Irving,  and  sister  to 
Washington    Irving,    the    author.      6.    Daniel, 


born  December  14.  1764.  died  April  2.  1841 ; 
married.  March  17,  1796,  Ann  Turner.  7. 
Ezekiel.  born  February  17,  1767,  died  April 
13'  1839:  married.  May  20.  1806.  Jane  Power. 
8.  Jane,  born  August  15.  1769,  died  December 
4,  1772.     9.  James,  born  December  16,   1771, 

died  October  10,   1804;  married  .     10. 

Jane,  born  December  19,  1773.  died  October 
14.  1794.  II.  Helena,  born  June  20,  1776, 
died  November  25,  1830.  12.  John,  born  De- 
cember 20,  1777,  died  November  25,  1830; 
married,  April  9,  1 80 1,  Margaret  E.  W'ood. 

(\')  William  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
Helena  (Amerman)  Dodge,  was  born  in  New 
York  City,  March  5,  1758,  died  in  1847.  His 
wife's  name  is  unknown.  Children:  i.  Will- 
iam, referred  to  below.  2.  Samuel,  died  un- 
married.    3.  Helen,  died  unmarried.    4.  Eliza, 


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died  unmarried.     5.  Jane  A.,  died  unmarried. 

6.  Mary.  7.  Alexander  Forbes,  born  about 
1800,  married  Helen  Amerman. 

{VI)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (j) 
Dodge,  married,  May  11,  1814,  Susan  Jobn- 
son.  Children:  i.  \Villiam,  of  whom  further. 
2.  John  Turner,  born  November  3,  1816,  died 
unmarried.  3.  Samuel,  born  June  21,  1818, 
died  February  23,  1827.  4.  Alexander  Forbes, 
born  February  17,  1820;  married  Barbara 
Herwick.  5.  Helen  Mary,  born  December  18, 
182 1.     0.  Jane  Eliza,  born  October  15,   1823. 

7.  Robert  Johnson,  born  Alay  4,  1825,  died 
June  30.  1892:  married,  June  9,  1853,  .\n- 
toinetta  C.  Arnold. 

(\"II)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3) 
and  Susan  (Johnson)  Dodge,  was  born  in 
New  York  City,  Alarch  7,  1815,  died  there 
October  28,  1858.  He  graduated  from  Col- 
umbia University  in  1834,  received  his  M.  A. 
degree  in  1837,  studied  law  and  was  assem- 
blyman for  New  York  in  1849.  He  married, 
September  13,  1851,  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Professor  James  Jay  and  Sophia  ( Fur- 
man)  Mapes,  of  New  York  City  (see  Mapes 
XIV).  Children:  i.  James  Alapes,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Harrington  Mapes,  born  Novem- 
ber 15,  1855,  died  in  1881,  unmarried. 

(Vni)  James  Mapes,  son  of  William  (4) 
and  Mary  Elizabeth  (Mapes)  Dodge,  was 
born  in  Waverley,  near  Newark,  Essex  county. 
New  Jersey,  June  30,  1852,  and  is  now  living 
on  McKean  avenue,  Germantown,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  received  his  education  in  the 
schools  of  Waverley.  graduated  from  the  New- 
ark Academy,  and  entered  the  class  of  1872 
at  Cornell  University,  but  after  remaining 
there  for  three  years  he  went  to  Rutgers  Col- 
lege, New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  and  took 
a  year's  course  in  chemistry,  and  afterwards 
served  an  apprenticeship  of  about  five  years 
with  John  Roach,  of  New  York.  He  next 
formed  the  engineering  firm  of  Copeland  & 
Dodge,  from  which  he  withdrew  two  years 
later  to  become  connected  with  the  furniture 
manufacturing  firm  of  A.  H.  Andrews  &  Com- 
pany of  Chicago,  which  became  the  Link  Belt 
Company  with  plants  in  Chicago,  Illinois,  In- 
dianapolis, Indiana,  and  Philadelphia,  Penn- 
sylvania. Of  this  company  Mr.  Dodge  is 
chairman  of  the  board  of  managers.  He  is 
also  president  of  the  J.  M.  Dodge  Company  of 
Connecticut,  a  firm  which  stores  and  handles 
coal,  and  has  offices  in  Philadelphia.  He  is 
vice-president  of  the  Franklin  Institute  of 
Philadelphia,  a  former  president  of  the  .Am- 
erican Society  of  Mechanical  Engineers,  and 
honorary  member  of  the  Engineers  Society 
of  Western  Pennsylvania,  a  member  of  the 
Union   League   Club   of   Philadelphia,   of   the 


(Jermantown  Cricket  Club  and  of  Franklin 
Lodge,  No.  134,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
of  Piiiladelphia.  He  has  taken  all  the  rites 
in  Iree  Masonry  up  to  and  including  the 
thirty-secoml  degree.  He  inherits  the  in- 
ventive genius  of  his  maternal  grandfather  and 
has  taken  out  over  one  hundred  and  fifty 
patents  for  inventions.  He  is  a  Republican 
in  national  and  an  independent  in  city  ])oli- 
tics.  and  a  Unitarian  in  religion.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  .Auto  Club  of  Philadelphia. 

He  married,  in  October,  1879,  Josephine, 
daughter  of  Charles  Kern,  of  Chicago.  Illi- 
nois, who  was  born  in  Terre  Haute.  Indiana, 
in  1857.  Children:  i.  Kern,  born  in  Chicago, 
Illinois,  in  1880,  married  Helen  Peterson, 
daughter  of  Frank  B.  Greene,  of  Providence, 
Rhode  Island,  and  Jane  (  Deacon )  Greene,  of 
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.  2.  Dorothy,  died 
in  infancy.  3.  Fayelle,  born  in  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania,  in  1886:  married  Hejiry  S. 
Paul  jr..  of  Philadelphia.  4.  Karl,  born  in 
Philadelphia,  in  1891  ;  a  student  at  Haverford 
College.  5.  Josephine,  born  in  Philadelphia, 
1895. 

(The  Mapes  Line). 

John  Mapes,  the  first  member  of  this  family 
of  whom  we  have  definite  information,  was 
living  in  Feltham,  county  Norfolk,  England, 
about  1350.  He  bears  arms :  Quarterly :  One 
and  four,  sable,  four  fusils  in  fesse  or :  two 
and  three,  Or,  two  bars  nebulee  sable.  Crest: 
An  arm  in  armour  e,  bowed  or,  holding  in  the 
gauntlet  a  spur,  argent  leathered  sable.  He 
married  Joice,  daughter  and  heir  of  John,  son 
of  Sir  Hugh  Blout.  Children :  Robert,  of 
whom  further :  Thomas. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  John  and  Joice  (Blout) 
Mapes,  of  Feltham,  county  Norfolk,  England, 
lived  there  and  married  Elizabeth  Gray.  Chil- 
dren:  John,  of  whom  further:  William, 
Anna.  Elizabeth. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Robert  and  Eliza- 
beth (Gray)  Mapes.  of  Feltham.  lived  there 
and  married  Jane  Higham.  Children:  Chris- 
topher, of  whom  further;  Eleanor. 

(I\')  Christopher,  son  of  John  (2)  and 
[ane  (Higham)  Mapes.  of  Feltham.  lived 
there  and  married  Thomazine  Heron.  Child, 
John. 

(\')  John  (3),  son  of  Christopher  and 
Thomazine  (  Heron)  Mapes,  of  Feltham,  lived 
there  and  married  (first)  .\nn  Moore,  and 
(second)  Alice  Wolmer.  Children,  two  by 
first  marriage:  Robert:  Elizabeth:  Leonard, 
of  whom  further:  John,  married.  May  11, 
1585,  Anna  Cater:  Elizabeth. 

(\T)  Leonard,  son  of  John  (3)  and  .Alice 
I  Wolmer)  .Mapes.  was  b<irn  in  Feltham  about 
1558.      He    married    Catharine,    daughter    of 


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Richard  Southwell,  of  St.  Faith's,  county  Xor- 
folk.  England.  Children:  Francis,  of  whom 
further: "Robert,  Thomas,  John.  Rebecca.  Eliz- 
abeth. Richard. 

(VII)  Francis,  son  of  Leonard  and  Cath- 
arine (Southwell)  Mapes,  was  born  about 
1588.  In  1620  he  was  one  of  the  nine  hundred 
administrators  tor  \'irginia.  named  by  Cap- 
tain John  Smith,  and  his  occupation  was  that 
of  land  surveyor.  He  returned  to  England 
before  1625  and  settled  at  Rowlesby,  county 
Norfolk,  where  he  died.  He  married,  before 
161 1,  Anna,  daughter  of  Richard  Loveday.  of 
Norwich,  England.  Children :  Catharine, 
born  in  161 1  :  John,  born  in  1613,  died  in  1682, 
emigrated  to  Xew  England,  and  Southold, 
Long  Island :  Thomas,  of  whom  further :  Jo- 
seph, died  in  1707,  married  Ruth ,  emi- 
grated to  Southold,  Long  Island. 

(VIII)  Thomas,  son  of  Francis  and  Anna 
(Loveday)  Mapes,  was  born  in  Rowlesby, 
countv  Norfolk,  England,  in  1628,  died  in 
Southold.  Long  Island,  before  October  19, 
1687.  He  is  first  mentioned  on  the  town  rec- 
ords of  Southold  in  1657  as  a  surveyor.  He 
also  served  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  in 
other  town  offices.  He  married,  in  1650,  Sa- 
rah, daughter  of  Captain  WiUiam  and  Alice 
Furrier,  of  Southold,  who  was  born  in  1630. 
Children:  Thomas,  born  in  1651,  died  in 
171 1  ;  Rebecca,  born  in  1655  ;  William,  born  in 
1655,  twin  of  Rebecca:  Abigail,  born  in  1659; 
Sarah,  born  in  1660:  Mary,  born  in  1662; 
Jabez.  of  whom  further :  Xaomi,  born  in  1667  ; 
"Caroline,  born  in  1668:  Jonathan,  born  June 
20,  1670,  died  January  4,  1747;  married  (first) 
in    1696,   Hester    Horton :    (second)    in    171 1, 

Abigail  ,   and    (third)    in    1733,    Mary 

Terry. 

(TX)  Jabez,  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
(  Furrier)"  Mapes.  was  born  in  Southold,  Long 
Island,  in  1664,  died  in  1732.  Fle  lived  in 
Mapes  Neck.  Southold,  Long  Island.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Roe. 
who  died  before  May  25,  1717,  and  (second) 
the  Widow  Hannah  Case.  Children,  all  by 
first  marriage:  Sarah,  born  in  1686,  married 
John  Beers :  Elizabeth,  born  in  1690,  married 
"Elias  Bailey  ;  Hannah,  born  in  1693,  married 

Osman:    Elce :   Jabez.    died    in    1716; 

Thomas,  died  in  1717:  Joseph,  of  whom  fur- 
ther :  Mary,  married  Joseph  Goldsmith ; 
Abiah;  Bethia. 

(X)  Joseph,  son  of  Jabez  and  Elizabeth 
<'Roe)  Mapes,  was  born  on  Mapes  Neck, 
Southold,  Long  Island,  in  1703,  died  in  1783. 
He  married,  January  12,  1727,  Keziah,  daugh- 
ter of  Captain  Israel  Farshall  and  grand- 
daughter of  James  Farshall  and  also  of  Eliza- 
beth, onlv   daughter  of    David   Gardiner,   the 


second  proprietor  of  Gardiner's  Island.  Chil- 
dren: Keziah,  born  in  1729:  Joseph,  born  in 
1733:  Josanna.  married  Peter  Hallock :  James, 
of  whom  further ;  Fhineas :  Anne. 

(XI)  James,  son  of  Joseph  and  Keziah 
(Farshall)  Mapes,  of  Southold,  Long  Island, 
was  born  there  in  1744.  died  there  in  1783. 
He  married.  May  14,  1764.  Deliverance  Haw- 
kins. Children :  James  Hawkins,  born  in 
176(1.  married  :  Jonas,  of  whom  fur- 
ther :  Joanna. 

(XII)  (ieneral  Jonas  Mapes.  son  of  James 
and  Deliverance  (Hawkins)  Mapes,  was  born 
in  Southold.  Long  Island.  September  6,  1768, 
died  in  Xew  York  City,  July  10,  1827.  He 
was  commissioned  ensign  in  the  Xew  York 
militia.  (October  15.  1794,  and  when  the  war 
of  1812  broke  out  had  risen  to  the  rank  of 
lieutenant-colonel.  October  10.  1816.  he  was 
commissioned  major-general  commanding  the 
first  division  of  Xew  York  state  troops.  He 
was  a  founder  and  first  director  of  the  Bank 
of  Savings  in  Bleecker  street,  and  a  principal 
promoter  of  the  movement  which  resulted  in 
the  establishment  of  the  Xew  York  Institute 
for  the  Instruction  of  the  Deaf  and  Dumb  at 
Washington  Heights,  which  was  incorporated 
in  1817.  He  was  treasurer  of  the  committee 
of  arrangements  for  the  reception  of  General 
Lafayette  in  1824.  For  many  years  he  was 
senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  ^lapes.  Son  & 
Waldron,  importers  and  merchant  tailors,  of 
Xew  York  City.  He  married,  October  12, 
1796.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James  Tylee.  of 
Xew  York  City.  Children :  (Tharles.  born  in 
1800,  died  in  July,  1852,  married  Abigail 
Luff :  Catharine  A. :  James  Jay,  of  whom  fur- 
ther ;  Catharine. 

(XIII)  Professor  James  Jay  Mapes.  son  of 
General  Jonas  and  Elizabeth  (Tylee)  Mapes. 
was  born  in  Xew  York  City,  ^lay  29,  1806, 
died  there  January  10.  i86(5.  From  a  child 
his  mental  activity  and  inventive  powers  were 
remarkable  and  he  became  one  of  America's 
most  prominent  scientists  and  inventors,  also 
acquiring  unusual  prominence  as  chemist, 
civil  engineer,  author,  editor,  lecturer  and  ar- 
tist. He  was  the  first  to  manufacture  Epsom 
salts  from  hydrobisilicate  of  magnesia,  and 
invented  many  improvements  in  distilling, 
dyeing,  tempering  steel,  and  color  manufac- 
ture. In  1832  he  invented  a  new  s\stem  of 
sugar  refining.  For  a  time  he  was  professor 
of  chemistrv  and  natural  philosophy  to  the 
Xational  .\cademy  of  Design  and  later  to  the 
American  Institute.  In  1844  he  was  president 
of  the  Mechanics  Institute  of  Xew  York.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  the  first  person  in  Xew 
York  to  open  an  office  as  consulting  engineer 
and   he   was  an   expert   in  patent  cases.     He 


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published  many  able  articles  in  >cieinitic  jour- 
nals, wliicli  attracted  attention  both  abroad  and 
in  this  country,  and  he  founded  and  edited 
four  volumes  of  the  American  Rcpertor\  of 
Arts,  Sciences  and  Manufactures.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Xew  York  Lyceum  of  Natural 
History,  of  the  National  Institute  at  Wash- 
ington, of  the  Scientific  Institute  of  Brussels, 
of  the  Royal  Society  of  St.  Petersburjj,  of 
the  Geographical  Society  of  Paris,  of  the  .Ar- 
tists' Fund  Society,  of  Philadelphia,  and  of 
numerous  horticultural  and  agricultural  so- 
cieties of  Europe  and  America.  He  was 
among  the  first  in  the  United  States  to  advo- 
cate a  federal  department  of  agriculture.  In 
1847  h^  removed  to  Xew  Jersey  and  estab- 
lished near  Newark  the  farm  known  later  as 
the  "Mapes  Alodel  Farm",  which  he  occupied 
until  his  death.  He  married  Sophia,  daugh- 
ter of  Judge  Garrett  Furman,  of  Xew  York 
City,  who  survived  her  husband  nearly  twenty 
years.  Children:  Mary  Elizabeth,  of  whom 
further ;  Sophia,  married  Cornelius  \V.  Tolles  ; 
Catharine  Furman.  married  James  Sterling 
Bunnell:  Charles  \'ictor,  born  July  4,  1836, 
married,  in  1863,  ]Martha  Meeker  Halstead. 

(XI\')  Mary  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Pro- 
fessor James  Jay  and  Sophia  (Furman) 
Mapes,  was  born  in  New  York  City  in  1838. 
She  was  educated  under  private  tutors  in  New 
York  City.  Her  husband  dying,  left  her  a 
young  widow  with  two  sons.  With  Donald 
G.  Mitchell  and  Harriet  Beecher  Stowe.  she 
was  one  of  the  earliest  editorial  writers  on 
Hearth  and  Home  and  for  several  years  con- 
ducted the  children's  department  of  the  paper. 
In  1873.  with  the  issue  of  its  first  number, 
she  became  editress  of  St.  Nicholas,  the  now 
famous  children's  magazine.  .She  has  con- 
tributed to  English  and  .American  periodicals 
and  has  published  "Irvington  Stories"  in  1864, 
"Hans  Brinker  or  the  Silver  Skates"  in  1865, 
a  new  edition  in  1876.  which  has  been  trans- 
lated into  French,  Dutch  and  other  European 
languages :  "A  Few  Friends  and  How  They 
-Amused  Themselves  Together"  in  i86g, 
"Rhymes  and  Jingles",  in  1874:  "Theophilus 
and  Others",  in  1876:  ".Along  the  Way',  a 
volume  of  poems,  in  1879:  and  "Donald  and 
Dorothy",  in  1883.  -She  is  the  author  of 
"Miss  Alalony  on  the  Chinese  Question",  pub- 
lished in  Scribner's  Monthly  in  1870.  She 
married,  September  13,  1851,  William,  son  of 
William  and  Susan  (Johnson)  Dodge  (see 
Dodge  VII). 


Jonas    Weed,   the    immigrant    an- 

WEED     cestor,  came  from  near  Stamford. 

Northampton  county.  England,  in 

the   fleet   with    Winthrop,   in   the   ship   "Ara- 


bella", in  company  with  Sir  Robert  Salton- 
stall,  landing  at  Boston  Bay  in  1630.  He  set- 
tled in  Watcrtown,  Massachusetts,  in  1631. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  .May  18,  1631, 
showing  an  earlier  admission  to  the  church, 
which  was  a  requisite  to  be  a  freeman.  .\s  a 
freeman  he  had  the  right  to  vote  and  hold 
public  office.  He  was  given  a  letter  of  dis- 
missal froiu  the  Watcrtown  church  to  the 
church  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  dated 
-May  29,  1635  : 

"Whereas  there  was  a  (lisiiii>sion  grained  by  the 
(church)  of  Watcrtown  in  the  Massachusttt-.  dated 
-'9  of  May  last  (  1635)  to  .\ndrewe  Wardc.  }<•:  Sher- 
man. Jo:  Strickland.  Roh'te  Coo.  Rohtc  Rt>null  & 
Jonas  Weedc.  w  th  intent  to  forme  ancwe  mi  a  ch : 
Covennte  on  this  River  of  Conncctecott,  ihc  said 
prties  have  see  accordingly  done  w  th  the  pubhcke 
allowance  of  the  rest  dI  the  nienibers  of  said  Church- 
es, as  by  certificate  nowc  prodonccd  apprs.  It  is 
therefore  in  tliis  prscnt  Con  ratified  &  contirmed, 
they  ijrniissinj;  shortlie  publicquely  to  renewe  the 
(said)  Covennte  nppon  notice  to  the  rest  of  the 
Churclies.     .\pril  26,  1636."     Col.  Rec.  of  Conn.,  vol. 

1.  p.  .;. 

From  Wethersfield.  Jonas  Weed  removed 
to  Stamford,  Connecticut,  about  1641.  His 
name  appears  in  the  list  of  pioneers  of  Stam- 
ford in  1642.  and  he  had  land  granted  that 
year.  He  died  in  Stamford,  in  1676.  His 
will,  on  record  at  Fairfield,  was  dated  No- 
vember 26.  1672,  and  his  inventory  was  dated 
June  5,  1676.  His  administrators  were  his 
wife.  Alary  and  his  sons  Daniel  and  Jonas. 
His  legatees  were  his  wife  Mary  and  his  chil- 
dren. His  widow  died  in  1689  or  1690.  Her 
inventory  was  brought  in  March  10,  1690. 
Children:      i.  John   Weed,  mentioned  below. 

2.  Daniel,    married    Ruth    :    (second) 

.Mrs.  Clapp.  or  Piatt :  mentioned  in  his  father's 
will  he  was  named  in  town  records,  1677: 
awarded  land  by  town  1677;  appointed  with 
others  to  attend  the  work  of  fortification  in 
a  threatened  raid  of  Indians  upon  Stamford. 
March,  1675-76;  on  coiumittee  to  engage 
Rev.  John  Davenport,  of  Xew  Haven,  as 
minister.  He  lived  in  Rye.  Xew  York,  for 
twenty  years.  He  owned  land  there  and  prob- 
ablv  married"  Ruth  in  R\e.  He  died  Xovem- 
ber  29.  i('97.  at  Stamford.  Connecticut.  3. 
Tonas  Weed,  named  in  father's  will  as  admin- 
istrator, married  Bethia.  daughter  of  John 
Hollv.  of  Stamford.  Xovember  16.  1670:  >he 
died  December  29,  1713.  Jonas  was  towns- 
man for  eleven  years;  he  died  Xovember  ig. 
1704.  4.  Mary,  wife  of  George  .\bbott.  Xor- 
walk.  Connecticut.  5.  Dorcas,  wife  of  James 
Wright,  Wethersfield.  Connecticut.  6.  Sam- 
uel. 7.  Sarah.  8.  Hannah,  married  Benja- 
min Hait.  January  5.  1670.  .A  child  of  Jonas 
Weed  Sr.  ilied  July  15,  1656. 


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( II )  John  Weed,  mentioned  as  eldest  son  in 
father's  will,  married,  in  1665,  Joanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  Westcott,  of  Wetherstield,  and 
Fairtield  after  1657.  John  bought  land  in 
Stamford  from  Ehas  Bayley,  April  20,  1657. 
John  and  Daniel  Weed  bought  house  and  land 
from  Joseph  ^lead  in  1658.  He  died  in  1688. 
Inventory  of  his  estate  recorded  January  15, 
1689.  Land  which  hail  accrued  to  his  estate 
since  his  death  was  divided  among  his  heirs 
January  8,  1710.  Children:  i.  Jonas  Weed, 
born  February  5,  1667 :  mentioned  below.  2. 
Daniel,  born  February  11,  1669.  3.  John,  born 
1673.  4.  Samuel,  born  1675.  5.  Joseph,  born 
1678.  6.  Isaac,  born  1682.  7.  Mary,  born 
1684.  8.  Hannah,  born  1687.  All 'of  the 
sons  of  John  Weed  were  living  on  the  25th 
day  of  June.  1705. 

(III)  Jonas  Weed,  son  of  John  Weed,  was 
born  February  5,  1667.  Married  and  had 
children.  He  was  living  June  25.  1705,  and 
had  died  before   17 10. 

"Know  all  men  by  these  Presents  yt  We  under- 
written appointed  &  Impowered  by  ye  Court  of  Pro- 
bates in  Fairtield  December  25.  1707.  to  make  Distri- 
bution of  what  Land  is  fallen  to  John  Weed  late  of 
Stamford  Dec'd.  since  his  Death  amongst  his  chil- 
dren or  their  Legal  Representatives  do  approve  of 
an  agreement  made  &  concluded  ye  25  Day  of  June 
1705  with  ye  hands  &  seals  of  all  ye  sons  of  sd 
John  Weed'  to  say  Jonas  Daniel  John  Samuel — Jo- 
seph &  Isaac— &  agreeably  to  sd  agreement  have 
made  distribution  of  ye  tirst  Dividend  as  followeth 
•  *  *  &  unto  ye  Legal  Representatives  of  Jonas 
Weed  Dec'd  the  exact  half  of  ye  Remainder  of  sd 
Dividend  *  *  *  by  sd  agreement  belonging  unto 
sd  Jonas  Weed  now  Dec'd  &  in  witness  *  *  * 
have  sett  to  our  hands  &  seals  this  eight  day  of  Jan- 
uarv  anno  Dom  1710/11  in  Stamford  *  *  *  ■' 
Town  Clerk's  office.  Stamford.  Connecticut.  Town 
Record   Book   B.   page  J 12. 

Jonas  Weed   had  a   son  Xathan. 

(I"V)  Xathan  Weed,  son  of  Jonas  (3) 
(John  2,  Jonas  i),  was  born  May  20,  1705. 
He  married.  May  28,  1730,  Isabel  Youngs, 
daughter  of  John  Youngs  and  Ruth  'Elliott 
(daughter  of  John  Elliott).  Isabel  Youngs 
Weed  died  Xovember  11,  1748.  Children:  i. 
Xathan  Weed,  born  June  5,  1731,  died  July  24, 
1731.  2.  Abigail,  born  May  31,'  1732.  3. 
Youngs  Weed,  born  June  3.  1736:  married 
Mary  Scofield.  April  4.  1758.  4.  Rebecca, 
born  June  t'l.  1740.  5.  Ebenezer,  born  April 
20,  1743.  mentioned  below.  6.  Samuel,  born 
August  31.  1745,  died  December  24,  1750. 
7.  James,  born  July  22.  1748.  died  October 
19,  1748.  Xathan  Weed  married  (second) 
Judith  Rillige.  October  16,  1750.  Child: 
Sarah,  born   Xovember   10,    1751. 

(V)  Ebenezer  Weed,  born  April  20.  1743: 
married  Sarah  Fairweather.  of  X'orwalk,  De- 
cember 23,  1769.    He  was  a  revolutionary  sol- 


dier. The  records  of  the  adjutant-general's 
office  of  the  War  Department.  Washington, 
D.  C,  show  that  Ebenezer  Weed,  rank  not 
stated,  served  in  9th  Company,  gth  Regiinent 
of  Connecticut  Militia,  Revolutionary  War. 
His  name  appears  on  a  company  pay-roll 
dated  at  X'orwalk,  April  i.  1777.  which  shows 
that  he  entered  service  October  25,  1776;  was 
discharged  December  25,  1776,  and  that  he 
was  in  service  two  months.  Children:  i. 
Mary,  born  May  25.  1770.  2.  Hannah,  born 
June  22,  1771.  3.  Henry,  born  January  14, 
1774,  died  January  30,  1775.  4.  Sarah,  born 
^larch  30,  1778.  5.  William  Henry,  born 
Tulv  4.  1782.  mentioned  below.  6.  Frederick, 
born  September  25,  1785. 

(\'I)  William  Henry  Weed,  son  of  Ebene- 
zer \\'eed.  was  born  at  Xorwalk.  Connecticut, 
July  4,  1782.  He  settled  in  Xew  York  City 
in  1800.  Merchant.  Married  Frances  Reed- 
er.  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Reeder, 
of  Xew  York,  March  29,  1805.  He  died  at 
17  Ludlow  street,  Xew  York  City,  September 
9,  1845.  (Frances  Reeder  born  October  12, 
1784,  died  in  i860.)  His  will  was  dated  Oc- 
tober 3,  1844.  He  owned  land  between 
Fourth  and  Fifth  avenues,  and  Xinetieth  and 
Xinety-first  streets,  Xew  York  City,  and  farm 
lands  in  Montgomery  county,  Xew  York. 
Children :  i.  Harriet  Frederica,  born  June  20, 
1806;  married  Alvah  Finch,  October  15. 
1824.  2.  Frances  Susan,  born  December  29, 
1808;  married  Alexander  Thomson,  July  4, 
1832.  3.  William  Weed,  bom  January  15, 
181 1,  mentioned  below.  4.  Julianna.  born 
April  18,  1813;  married  Thomas  W.  Faulk- 
ner, March  26,  1838.  5.  Frederick  L.  Weed, 
born  Xovember  3,  1815;  married  Caroline 
Abrams,  May  10,  1835.  6.  Augustus  C. 
Weed,  born  October  28,  1818;  married  Lu- 
cinda  Burnstead,  July  2,  1848.  7.  John  Reed- 
er Weed,  born  August  11,  1821  ;  married 
Phoebe  Ann  Abrams.  Xovember  20,  1842.  8. 
Fanny  Maria,  born  March  3,  1824;  married 
Eden  Perrine  Clark.  April  26,  1846.  9.  Henry 
F.   Weed,   born    February    13,    1826,   inarried 

• :  Edwin  .\.  Weed,  born  April 

5,  1828:  married  Arabella  McPherson.  April 
7.  1847. 

(\"II)  William  Weed,  son  of  William 
Henry  Weed,  was  born  in  X'ew  York  City, 
Xew  York,  January  15,  181 1 :  merchant:  inar- 
ried (first)  March' 26,  1832,  Sarah  Ann  Rog- 
ers, daughter  of  Joseph  and  Eliza  O'Brien 
Rogers:  she  was  born  December  8.  1814,  and 
died  Mav  i,  1841.  He  married  (second)  De- 
cember 25.  1842.  Anna  Jemima  Willson.  born 
in  London,  England.  July  i.  1821.  died  in 
Xew  York  Citv.  February  2,  1887.  Williatn 
Weed  died  in  Xew  York 'City,  May  26,  1888. 


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Children  by  first  wife:  r.  Harriet  Finch 
Weed,  mentioned  below.  2.  William  Rogers, 
born  March  2,  1835,  died  February  8.  1841. 
3.  Sarah  Ann.  born  August  26.  1837;  "lur- 
ried January  6,  1864,  Abraham  Garrison:  she 
died  May  12.  1883.  4-  Selim  Edward,  born  \o- 
vember  5.  1839  :  died  March  25,  1840.  5.  Wil- 
liam Edward,  born  April  24.  1841  :  married, .Au- 
gust 5.  1871.  Margaret  Eugenia  .McCarthey: 
he  died  July  12.  1878.  He  was  first  lieutenant 
of  Company  K,  Eighth  Regiment.  New  York 
State  Militia,  in  i'86i.  Child.  Joseph  Blu- 
menthal  Weed,  born  }^Iay  10,  1872.  in  Xew 
York  City:  married  June  27.  1900,  Mary  Ag- 
nes Cahill :  their  children  are  :  Joseph  Weed, 
born  April  11.  1901  ;  Mary,  born  October  21. 
1902 :  and  Cornelius  Cahill  Weed,  born  Oc- 
tober 9.  1906.  Children  of  \\'illiam  Weed  by 
second  wife:  6.  Gertrude  Emily,  born  March 
21,  1849:  died  May  26,  1893.  7.  Lavinia  Will- 
son,  born  July  i.  1851.  8.  Bertha  Eva.  born 
April  7.  1853,  died  February  19,  1888. 

(\'III~I  Harriet  Finch  Weed,  daughter  of 
William  Weed,  was  born  in  Xew  York  City, 
March  30,  1833.  She  married.  May  20.  1856, 
in  St.  ?^Iark's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
New  York  City.  St.  John  Divine  \'an  Baun, 
who  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania, 
September  21,  1828,  and  died  February  25, 
1889.  He  was  a  merchant  in  his  native  city. 
He  was  a  son  of  William  Donaldson  and  Jane 
(Ellis)  \'an  Baun.  William  Donaldson  Van 
Baun  was  born  at  Tortola.  British  West  In- 
dies, June  4,  1775,  and  died  October,  1857,  at 
Philadelphia.  He  was  the  son  of  William 
Thomas  \'an  Baun  and  Catherine  Blyden  Van 
Baun.  formerly  of  St.  Eustatius,  Dutch  West 
Indies.  Catharine  Blyden  was  born  in  1752, 
and  married  in  1773.  His  parents  dying  in 
1785,  he  was  sent  to  his  mother's  sister,  Sarah 
Blyden.  who  had  married  at  St.  Eustatius, 
D.  W.  I..  Joseph  Donaldson  Jr.,  of  Philadel- 
phia, December  8,  1777.  He  landed  in  Phila- 
delphia in  1785,  and  lived  many  years  with 
his  uncle.  Joseph  Donaldson  Jr.,  at  the  north- 
east corner  of  Sixth  and  High  (Market) 
streets.  Philadelphia.  His  mother  was  the 
daughter  of  Peter  Zeagers  Blyden,  who  was 
born  July  17,  1729.  at  Sandy  Point,  at  that 
time  the  English  capital  of  St.  Kitts.  British 
\\"est  Indies,  where  he  married.  July  11.  1748. 
Elizabeth  Warner,  at  St.  Ann's  church.  He 
removed  to  St.  Eustatius  in  1752.  Peter 
Zeagers  Blyden  was  the  son  of  John  Blyden, 
planter.  Sandy  Point.  St.  Kitts.  and  his  wife 
Marv  Zeagers.  married  in  1722,  at  St.  Ann's 
church.  Children  of  St.  John  Divine  and 
Harriet  Finch  Weed  Van  Baun:  i.  Jane  El- 
lis, born  May  25.  1857,  died  January  23.  1876. 
2.  William  Weed,  mentioned  below.    3.  Sarah 


Donaldson,  horn  July  14,  1862.  4.  John  Bly- 
den \an  Baun,  born  June  25,  1869,  married, 
Xovember  10,  1894,  .Alice  May  Cannon, 
daughter  of  Johnson  W.  and  Meranda  Can- 
non, at  Gloria  Dei,  Old  Swedes  church.  Phila- 
delphia. (Children:  i.  .Anna  Elizabeth,  born 
August  22,  1895.  2.  Harriet  Meranda.  born 
August  22,  1895,  <l'ed  .May  12.  189O.  3. 
Blyden,  born  March  21.  k;(X).  died  June  30. 
1900.)  5.  Harriet  Rogers  \an  Baun,  born 
February  8,    1879. 

(IX)  Dr.  William  Weed  \'an  Baun.  son  of 
St.  John  Divine  and  Harriet  Finch  (Weed) 
Van  r>aun,  was  born  in  Philadelphia.  Penn- 
sylvania, .August  20,  1858.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  Philadelphia  and  various 
private  schools.  He  entered  lialuiemann  .Med- 
ical College  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medicine, 
March  10.  1880.  He  served  as  resident  phy- 
sician at  the  Hahnemann  Medical  College 
Hospital  for  a  number  of  months.'  In  Decem- 
ber, 1880,  he  began  practice  at  \'icksburg, 
Mississippi,  returning  after  one  year  to  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  engaged  in  general  prac- 
tice. He  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the 
University  of  Austria  in  \ienna  in  1888.  He 
was  also  a  visitor  and  student  in  various 
London  and  Paris  hospitals  in  1891.  making  a 
specialty  of  internal  medicine  after  his  return. 
He  is  widely  known  and  ranks  among  the 
foremost  physicians  of  the  country.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Philadelphia  County  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  Society,  of  the  Homeopathic 
Aledical  Society  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania, 
and  of  the  American  Institute  of  Homeopa- 
thy. He  was  editor-in-chief  of  the  J-iahne- 
ntannian  Monthly  from  1888  to  1901,  and  un- 
der his  administration  this  journal  was  rec- 
ognized as  one  of  the  most  valuable  and  im- 
portant homeopathic  publications.  He  has 
written  on  medical  subjects  for  various  other 
journals.  He  was  president  of  the  Homeo- 
pathic Medical  Society  of  Philadelphia  Coun- 
tv  from  1892  to  1893,  and  secretary  from 
1887  to  1892;  president  of  the  Homeopathic 
Medical  Society  of  the  State  of  Pennsylvania 
in  1896,  and  he  has  held  various  chairman- 
ships in  the  American  Institute  of  Homeo- 
pathv.  He  is  a  trustee  and  visiting  physician 
of  the  Hahnemann  Hospital  of  Philadelphia ; 
professor  of  pediatrics  at  the  Hahnemann 
College  from  1904  to  1912;  and  is  now  asso- 
ciate professor  of  medicine:  charter  member 
and  consulting  physician  of  St.  Luke's  Homeo- 
pathic Hospital  of  Philadelphia:  consulting 
Phvsician  of  the  Women's  Southern  Hospital, 
Philadelphia,  and  of  the  West  Philadelphia 
Homeopathic  Hospital.  He  organized  the 
Alumni   Association   of   Hahnemann    Medical 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


College,  was  its  secretary  for  thirteen  years 
and  its  president  in  1898.  He  is  a  member 
of  various  other  medical  clubs  and  associa- 
tions, of  the  Union  League  of  Philadelphia, 
the  Penn  Club,  the  Pennsylvania  Historical 
Societv,  the  American  Academy  of  Politi- 
cal and  Social  Sciences,  charter  member  of 
the  Church  Club  of  Philadelphia,  member  of 
the  Netherlands  Society  of  Philadelphia,  the 
New  England  Society  of  Philadelphia,  and  the 
Pennsvlvania  Society,  Sons  of  the  Revolution. 
He  belongs  to  Lodge  No.  51,  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Philadelphia,  and  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Holy  Trinity  Church  (Protestant 
Episcopal)    of   Philadelphia. 


Though  it  is  said  by  some  that 
PERRY     the  Perry  family  were  settled  in 

the  southern  half  of  England, 
chiefly  in  Somersetshire,  Cornwall.  Gloucester, 
and  Esse.x  counties,  it  is  thought  by  some  that 
they  are  of  Welsh  origin.  The  Hon.  Amos 
Perry,  of  the  Rhode  Island  Historical  So- 
ciety, and  for  many  years  its  librarian,  was 
strongly  inclined  to  this  opinion.  Among 
Welsh  surnames  appears  Ap  Harry (  or  the 
son  of  Harry)  which  later  became  Parry,  and 
was  soon  corrupted  to  Perry.  (In  early  rec- 
ords in  England  and  America  the  name  was 
written  Pury,  Pary,  Perrie  and  Parrie.  but 
Perry   has   since  been  universally   adopted. 

(I)  John  Perry,  a  native  of  England,  came 
over  in  1631-32.  probably  in  company  with 
Rev.  John  Eliot,  the  apostle  to  the  Indians. 
He  is  referred  to  by  Eliot  in  a  letter  as  his 
cousin.  He  was  made  a  freeman  at  Boston, 
March  4.  1633,  and  settled  in  Roxbury.  where 
he  died  and  was  buried  September  21,  1642. 
His  name  is  the  fifteenth  on  the  list  of  mem- 
bers of  Rev.  John  Eliot's  church  at  Roxbury. 
He  was  survived  by  his  wife,  Anna,  and  they 
had  children  born  in  Ro.xbury :  Elizabeth, 
January  25,  1638;  John,  mentioned  below; 
."^amuel.  March  i.  1641.  Besides  these,  three 
children  died  in  infancy,  names  not  recorded. 

(II)  John  (2),  eldest  surviving  son  of 
John  (i)  and  Anna  Perry,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 7,  1639,  in  Roxbury,  and  died  in  Sher- 
born,  Massachusetts,  ^lay  4,  1713.  As  a 
young  man  he  resided  for  a  time  in  Medfield, 
and  settled  in  that  part  of  the  town  which 
subsequently  became  Sherborn.  His  resi- 
dence was  four  miles  distant  from  the  Indian 
church,  established  by  the  Apostle  Eliot  in 
Natick,  Massachusetts.  He  was  rated  for  the 
Indian  title  in  Sherborn  in  1666.  and  seems 
to  have  taken  a  fair  share  in  the  public  busi- 
ness in  the  colony,  serving  as  selectman  in 
1692-93.  He  married.  May  23,  1665.  Bethi- 
ah  Morse,  born  ^larch  24,  1648,  in  Sherborn, 


daughter  of  Daniel  Morse,  of  that  tow  n.  died 
June  3,  1717,  in  Sherborn.  His  first  five  chil- 
dren were  recorded  in  Medfield.  namely : 
John,  born  December  24,  1667;  Nathaniel, 
May  18,  1671,  died  young;  Samuel  and  Jo- 
seph (twins),  August  25,  1674;  Eleazer.  June 
I.    1680;    Nathaniel;   Bethiah,    1685. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  and  Bethiah 
(Morse)  Perry,  was  born  at  Sherborn.  Mas- 
sachusetts, August  25,  1674.  He  resided  and 
owned  land  near  what  was  called  the  Brush 
Hill  in  Sherborn.  He  was  a  farmer,  engag- 
ing, however,  in  all  the  vocations  which  the 
pioneers  of  that  time  had  to  undertake.  He 
married,  April  26.  1698,  Martha  Lovet.  the 
sister  of  Joanna  Lovet,  whom  his  brother 
Samuel  married  the  same  day.  Children : 
Joseph,  Esq..  born  December  i.  1699.  died 
May  7,  1789,  married  Abigail  Holbrook, 
whose  family  resided  north  in  the  \icinity  of 
the  Brush  Hill :  James,  mentioned  below  :  Da- 
vid, born  April  22.  1706,  died  September  27, 
1793,  aged  eighty-seven,  and  resided  north  of 
the  Brush  Hill  in  Sherborn,  Massachusetts, 
where  the  late  L'riel  Cutler  resided  for  a  num- 
ber of  years. 

(IV)  James,  son  of  Joseph  and  Martha 
(Lovet)  Perry,  was  born  May  15.  1703.  He 
resided  in  Sherborn,  Massachusetts,  near  the 
upper  depot  in  Holliston,  as  the  locality 
stands  under  modern  conditions.  He  was  a 
busy  and  energetic  man  and  applied  himself 
vigorously  to  the  improvement  of  his  prop- 
erty, though  he  took  a  considerable  interest 
in  public  affairs  and  attended  man}-  meetings 
though  there  is  no  record  of  his  having  taken 
office.  He  married  Elizabeth  Death,  Febru- 
ar\' 8,  1727-28.  Children:  •  Abner,  mentioned 
below;  Elizabeth,  born  October  2'^.  1731  : 
James,  August  12,  1734;  Martha,  September 
18,  1736;  Ruth,  October  15,  1739;  Barak.  Au- 
gust II,  1743,  married  Submit  Sprague.  Feb- 
ruary 10.  1768. 

(\')  Colonel  Abner  Perry,  eldest  son  of 
James  and  Elizabeth  (Death)  Perry,  was 
born  at  Holliston,  Massachusetts.  January  17, 
1728-29.  He  served  as  commander  of  a  regi- 
ment on  an  expedition  to  Rhode  Island  in 
1780,  during  which  several  e.xciting  incidents 
occurred.  He  took  a  great  interest  in  mili- 
tary affairs  and  his  services  in  that  line  earned 
for  him  the  promotion  to  the  rank  of  colonel 
during  the  revolutionary  war.  But  military 
affairs  did  not  absorb  all  the  attention  that 
was  not  devoted  to  business.  He  also  took 
a  great  interest  in  general  politics  and  in  pub- 
lic afl^airs.  He  appears  to  have  been  a  man 
of  more  than  usual  ability,  and  he  was  evi- 
dently so  regarded  by  his  fellow  townsmen, 
and   indeed   also  by   men   belonging  to   more 


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distant  neighborhoods.  In  Holliston,  .Massa- 
chusetts, which  was  his  birthplace  and  his 
home,  he  was  long  regarded  as  foremost 
among  the  leading  citizens  and  the  distinction 
was  conferred  on  him  of  representing  the  dis- 
trict in  the  general  court.  He  married  Mary 
Adams,  January  2t,,  1752.  Children,  all  born 
at  Holliston.  Massachusetts :  Nathan,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1752,  married  Lydia  Parker  in  1773, 
and  had  Xathan,  born  February  j8,  1780, 
Lydia,  1782.  Fanny,  1784,  John,  February  24, 
1786,  Timothy,  September  14,  1788;  Ruth, 
April  15.  1754:  Abner,  mentionerl  below: 
Closes,  ]\Iay  28,  1758,  married  Hannah  Adams 
in  1778:  Eli,  June  10,  1762;  Adams,  married 
.\nna  Wait.  August  21.  1790,  inherited  the 
homestead,  the  children  of  the  marriage  be- 
ing, Barah  born  August  21.  1793,  Abner,  July 

24,  1795,   Polly.  July   15,    1797,  Emery,   July 

25,  1799,  and  others. 

(AT)  Abner  (2).  son  of  Colonel  Abner  (i) 
and  Mary  ( Adams )  Perry,  was  born  at  Hol- 
liston, Massachusetts,  July  17,  1755.  Abner 
Perry  went  to  what  is  now  Dover,  \\'yndham 
county,  \'ermont.  from  Holliston,  Massachu- 
setts, some  time  before  1790.  He  had  been 
a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war  like  his 
father,  the  colonel,  before  him.  nor  was  he 
yet  done  with  war  as  far  as  his  own  family 
were  concerned,  for  his  son  Calvin  was  des- 
tined also  to  be  a  soldier  and  even  a  general 
in  the  war  of  1812.  Abner  died  suddenly 
while  attending  a  firemen's  meeting  in  1834. 
He  married  Anna  Phipps,  born  December  9, 
1762,  and  she  attained  before  she  died  the 
age  of  nearly  one  hundred  years.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Deacon  Aaron  Phipps.  the 
son  of  John  Phipps,  who  was  a  blacksmith  in 
Holliston,  Alassachusetts.  Aaron  Phipps  was 
born  January  12,  1729-30,  died  of  the  small- 
pox at  Holliston,  Massachusetts,  October  28, 
1792.  He  was  a  descendant  of  Solomon 
Phipps.  of  Charlestown.  who  took  the  free- 
man oath,  ^lay  18,  1642,  and  died  July  25, 
1671,  aged  fifty-two  years.  The  children  of 
Abner  Perry  and  Anna  (  Phipps  I  Perry  were 
Calvin.   Phipps,   and   others. 

(\'n)  Phipps,  son  of  Abner  (2)  and  Anna 
( Phipps )  Perry,  was  born  at  Holliston,  Mas- 
sachusetts, about  1778.  He  moved  to  Dover, 
\'ermont.  with  his  father,  and  between  them 
they  built  a  hotel  which  the  grandson  of 
Phipps  still  owns,  though  it  is  now  used  as 
a  farmhouse  and  is  calculated  to  have  been 
built  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  years  ago. 
Phipps  was  also  a  farmer  and  owned  several 
portions  of  land  in  the  neighborhood  of  Do- 
ver on  which  were  also  manv  kinds  of  stock. 

(\'\ll)  Martin  Phipps.  'son  of  Phipps 
Perrv,  was  born  at  Dover.  W'yndham  county. 


\ermont.  .\ugust  12,  1812,  .lied  i„  the  same 
village.  June  14.  1874.  lie  was  e.lucated  in 
the  home  schools  of  the  neighborhoo.l.  and 
also  privately,  and  when  he  was  old  enough 
helped  his  father  in  the  conduct  of  his  hotel 
business  as  well  as  on  the  adjacent  farm.  He 
himself  combined  with  a  good  knowledge  of 
practical  farming  considerable  business  acu- 
men, and  when  he  grew  up  to  man's  estate 
branched  out  into  the  general  store  business, 
which  he  worked  in  connection  with  his  farm. 
Thus  he  was  able  both  to  grow  and  to  sell  in 
the  recognized  commercial  way  a  variety  of 
products,  combining  in  his  own  person  the 
capacities  of  producer,  middleman  and  retail- 
er. His  store  was  for  many  years  one  of 
the  great  rendezvous  of  the  small  community 
and  subjects  of  the  most  abstruse  kind  useil 
to  engage  the  controversial  abilities  of  the  lo- 
cal artisans  and  tradespeople.  Thus  it  came 
about  that  Martin  Phipps  Perry  became  a 
spiritualist  in  religion,  though  in  a  broad  and 
inquiring  way.  He  married  (first)  a  Miss 
Warner,  by  whom  he  had  several  children : 
(second)  in  August,  1861,  Lucie  Clarinda 
Burr,  born  June  14,  1834,  at  Dover.  Wynd- 
ham  county,  \"ermont,  died  at  Brooklyn.  Xew 
"^'ork.  May  11.  1898.  Children  by  second 
marriage  were :  \\'ilton  Hunter,  mentioned 
below;  Burton  Martin,  born  at  Dover.  W'ynd- 
ham county,  \'ermont,  April  5,  1865.  died 
February  20,  1896,  at  Brooklyn,  Xew  York. 
having  been  most  of  his  life  in  the  baking 
business :  Enola  Eliza,  living  at  Brooklyn. 
Xew  York,  married  twice,  her  second  husband 
being  Frederick  Kranger:  Florence,  died  in 
infancy. 

(IX)  Wilton  Hunter,  eldest  son  by  the 
second  marriage  of  Martin  Phipps  and  Lucie 
Clarinda  (Burr)  Perry,  was  born  at  Dover. 
Wyndham  county,  \'ermont,  September  22, 
1862.  the  day  .\braham  Lincoln  issued  his 
proclamation  freeing  all  slaves  in  the  territory 
of  the  United  States.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  school  at  Dover,  and  when  he  left 
school  was  given  a  course  of  farming  on  the 
old  farm  which  he  now  owns.  This  old  farm 
and  the  property  attached  to  it  comprises  over 
three  hundred  acres  and  on  it  still  stands  the 
old  hotel  conducted  by  his  grandfather, 
though  now  used  as  a  farmhouse.  Wilton 
Hunter  Perry  left  the  farm  twenty-si.x  years 
ago  and  came  to  Brooklyn,  Xew  York,  to 
engage  in  the  baking  business  with  his 
brother.  He  now  owns  three  stores,  special- 
izing in  pastr\-.  cake,  and  pies,  probably  the 
largest  in  that  line  in  the  city.  .Most  of  his 
time  has  been  given  to  the  development  of  his 
large  business,  but  Mr.  Perry  has  al<o  taken 
considerable  interest  in  public  affairs.     He  is 


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in  politics  a  Republican,  but  is  not  active,  and 
is  an  Independent.  As  a  rule  he  forms  his 
own  opinion  on  the  questions  of  the  day.  He 
is  a  strong  believer  in  the  benefits  of  the  initi- 
ative and  referendum.  In  religion  he  is 
broadminded  and  attends  dit^erent  churches. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Xew  England  Society, 
the  \'ermont  Society,  the  New  York  Retail 
Bakers'  Association,  and  of  this  latter  society 
he  was  elected  vice-president  in  1912.  He  is 
also  a  Mason. 

He  married,  October  30.  1907.  Barbara 
Joeig,  born  in  Brooklyn,  Xew  York,  Decem- 
ber I,  1874,  died  February  17,  1909.  He  has 
no  children. 


Thomas  Fairchild,  the  im- 
FAIRCHILD     migrant  ancestor,  was  born 

in  England.  He  married 
there  (first)  about  1639,  a  daughter  of  Robert 
Seabrook  :  married  (second)  Katharine  Craig, 
of  London,  England.  He  died  December  14, 
1670,  and  his  widow  married  (second)  Jere- 
miah Judson.  His  first  wife  was  sister  of 
William  Preston's  wife,  of  Xew  Haven. 
Thomas  Fairchild  was  among  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Xew  Haven.  Children  of  first  wife : 
I.  Samuel,  born  August  31,  1640,  was  prob- 
ably the  first  white  child  born  in  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  lived  all  his  life;  he 
married  there  Alary,  daughter  of  Moses 
Wheeler,  and  she  married  (second)  Benjamin 
Beach  Jr.,  in  December,  1705 ;  their  children 
were:  Robert,  born  1681 ;  Samuel,  1683;  Ed- 
ward, of  Xewtown,  Connecticut ;  and  Jona- 
than. 2.  Sarah,  born  February  19,  1641-42. 
3.  John,  born  May  i,  1644.  4.  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1645.  5.  Dinah,  July  14,  1648.  6. 
Zachariah,  December  14,  165 1.  7.  Emma,  Oc- 
tober, 1653.  Children  of  second  wife:  Jo- 
seph, born  April  18.  1664;  John,  born  June 
8.   1666:  Priscilla,  born  April  20,   1669. 

(I)  George  Edwin  Fairchild,  descendant  of 
Thomas  Fairchild.  in  the  Connecticut  line, 
was  born  at  Xew  Haven,  Connecticut.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  died 
in  1854,  on  one  of  his  trips  to  Havana : 
Cuba,  where  he  had  business  interests.  He 
married  Emily  Dole,  daughter  of  Dr.  and 
Harriet  ( St.  Clair)  Pitts.  Her  father  was 
a  prominent  physician  and  surgeon  of  Xew 
York  City.  Her  mother,  Harriet  (  St.  Clair) 
Pitts,  was  a  native  of  Westchester  county, 
Xew  York.  The  St.  Clairs  came  from  Eng- 
land and  made  their  home  in  this  section  of 
Xew  York.  Children  :  Georgianna,  Clarence, 
Marie  C,  died  in  1866,  married  Clement  S. 
Parsons :  John  Edwin,  mentioned  below. 

( II )  John  Edwin,  son  of  George  Edwin 
Fairchild,   was   born   in   X'ew   York   City,  on 


White  street,  July  12,  1844.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  a  boy  of  nine  years.  He  at- 
tended the  Friends'  School  in  Stuyvesant 
Square,  Xew  York  City.  During  his  youth 
he  lived  at  Somerset,  Bristol  county,  ;\iassa- 
chusetts,  and  attended  the  public  schools  of 
that  tow^n.  He  completed  his  education  at 
Pierce  Academy,  Middleborough,  Massachu- 
setts, during  the  time  Elisha  Jenks,  a  well 
known  educator  of  his  day,  was  the  princi- 
pal. Afterward  he  removed  with  the  family 
to  Brooklyn,  Xew  York.  When  he  was  eight- 
een years  old  he  engaged  in  business  as  a 
broker  on  Wall  street,  Xew  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Xew  England  Society  of  Xew 
York  City,  of  the  Society  of  Colonial  Wars, 
and  of  the  Christian  Science  Church.  He  is 
a  descendant  through  maternal  lines  of  Major 
Elisha  Burgess,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  of 
an  old  Massachusetts  family,  and  is  descended 
also  from  the  Reed  and  Hartwell  families  of 
the  Massachusetts   Bay   Colony. 

He  married,  December  12,  1866,  Harriet 
Lucretia  Parker,  who  was  born  in  Yorkville, 
now  Eighty-third  street,  Xew  York  City,  Xo- 
vember  14,  1843,  daughter  of  John  Christo- 
pher   and    (Prince)     Parker.       Her 

mother  died  in  1897.  They  had  one  child, 
Harriet  St.  Clair,  born  November  27,  1870, 
in  the  old  Parker  homestead.  Eighty-third 
street.  She  married  C.  F.  Ogden,  of  Xew 
York,  and  has  three  children :  Dorothy  St. 
Clair  Ogden,  St.  Clair  Frances  Ogden,  Wil- 
liam Burnett  Ogden. 


The  surname  Clapp  or  Clap  had 
CLAPP  its  origin  in  the  proper  or  per- 
sonal name  of  Osgod  Clapa,  a 
Danish  noble  of  the  court  of  King  Canute 
(1007-1036).  The  site  of  his  country  place 
was  known  as  Clapham,  county  Surrey.  The 
ancient  seat  of  the  family  in  England  is  at 
Salcombe,  in  Devonshire,  where  important  es- 
tates were  owned  for  many  centuries  by  this 
family.  Coat-of-arms  of  this  branch :  First 
and  fourth,  three  battle-axes :  second,  sable  a 
gritifin  passant  argent ;  third,  sable  an  eagle 
with  two  heads  displayed  with  a  border  en- 
grailed argent.  A  coat-of-arms  in  common 
use  by  the  Clapp  family  in  England  and  Amer- 
ica is :  \'aire  gules  and  argent  a  quarter 
azure  charged  with  the  sun  or.  Crest :  A 
pike  naiant  proper.  Motto :  Fais  ce  que  dois 
adviennc  que  pourra.  The  .\merican  family 
is  descended  from  six  immigrants,  Edward 
and  Captain  Roger,  sons  of  William  Clapp, 
and  John,  Xicholas,  Thomas  and  Ambrose, 
sons  of  Xicholas  Clapp,  of  Venn  Ottery,  Dev- 
onshire, England.  The  fathers,  William  and 
Xicholas   were  brothers.      All   came   to   Dor- 


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Chester.  Massachusetts.  May  30,  1630,  and 
formed  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  influ- 
ential  families  of   that   town. 

( I )  William  Clapp.  of  the  ancient  Devon- 
shire family,  lived  at  Salcombe  Regis.  Devon- 
shire. Two  of  his  sons  were  prominent  among 
the  pioneers  of  Dorchester.  Massachusetts, 
Captain  Roger,  mentioned  below ;  and  Ed- 
ward, who  came  over  w-ith  his  brother  about 
1 630.  admitted  freeman  December  7.  if>36, 
proprietor,  town  officer,  deacon :  married  Pru- 
dence, daughter  of  his  uncle.  Nicholas  Clapp. 
of  \'enn  CJttery. 

(II)  Captain  Roger  Clapp,  son  of  William 
Clapp.  was  born  in  Salcombe  Regis,  Devon- 
shire. England.  April  6,  1609.  He  sailed  from 
Plymouth  on  the  ship  "Mary  and  John"  for 
New  England,  March  20.  1630,  arriving  at 
Nantasket,  May  30,  1630.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Dorchester  in  1630.  He  was  a 
proprietor  and  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May 
14.  1634.  He  was  chosen  selectman  in  1637, 
and  fourteen  times  afterward  previous  to 
1665,  when  he  took  command  of  the  fort 
(Fort  Independence)  and  held  that  position 
continuously  until  his  death.  He  was  ap- 
pointed August  10,  1665,  "Captain  of  the  Cas- 
tle," with  a  salary  of  fifty  pounds  a  year.  He 
was  several  times  deputy  to  the  general  court. 
At  the  first  regular  organization  of  the  militia 
in  1644  he  was  lieutenant  of  the  Dorchester 
company  and  was  afterward  captain.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Dorchester  church 
and  a  member  for  sixty  years.  He  was  a 
kind  and  considerate  officer,  and  honored  and 
respected  by  all  under  his  authority.  Such 
was  the  afifection  in  which  he  was  held  that 
on  one  occasion  when  he  was  seriously  ill  a 
dav  of  fasting  and  prayer  was  ordered  by 
the  town  of  Dorchester  that  they  might  pray 
for  his  recovery.  On  his  restoration  to  health 
a  day  of  thanksgiving  was  set  apart.  He  re- 
moved to  Boston  in  1686  and  died  there  Feb- 
ruary 2,  1691.  He  married,  November  6, 
1633,  Johanna,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ford,  of 
Dorchester.  England,  who  was  a  passenger 
in  the  same  ship.  She  was  born  June  8,  1617, 
died  in  Boston.  June  29,  1695.  Children: 
Samuel,  born  October  11,  1634;  William.  July 
5,  1636.  died  September  22.  1638;  Elizabeth, 
June  22,  1638:  Experience.  August  23,  1640, 
died  young;  Waitstill,  October  22,  1641,  died 
August  9.  1643:  Preserved,  mentioned  be- 
low; Experience.  December.  1645.  died  young; 
Hopestill.  November  6.  1^)47;  Wait.  March 
17.  1649:  Thanks,  baptized  August  25.  1650, 
died  voung;  Desire.  October  17.  1652;  Thom- 
as, April,  1655,  died  1670;  Unite.  October  13, 
1656.  died  March  20,  1664;  Supply,  October 
30,   1660. 


(HI)  Preserved,  son  of  Captain  Roper 
Clapp,  was  born  November  23,  1643,  and  died 
September  20,  1720.  He  lived  in  Dorchester 
until  he  was  about  twenty  years  old,  when 
he  removed  to  Northampton  and  became  one 
of  the  leading  citizens  there.  He  was  captain 
of  the  militia,  ruling  elder  of  the  church,  and 
deputy  to  the  general  court.  He  married. 
June  4,  1668,  Sarah,  daughter  of  MaJDr  I'.en- 
jamin  Newberry,  of  Windsor.  Connecticut, 
who  died  October  3,  17 16,  aged  sixty-six. 
Children:  Sarah,  born  February  24.  1669, 
died  young:  Wait,  November  8.  1670:  Mary, 
December  14,  1672,  died  November  2.  1691  ; 
Preserved,  .\pril  29.  1675;  Samuel,  1677; 
Hannah.  May  5,  1681  :  Roger,  May  24,  1684. 
mentioned  below:  Thomas,  June    16,   1688. 

(IV)  Captain  Roger  (2)  Clapp.  son  of 
Preserved  Clapp.  was  born  May  24.  1684, 
and  died  January  9,  1762.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Samuel  Bartlett.  born  Oc- 
tober 27,  1687,  and  died  .\ugust  9,  1767.  He 
was  captain  in  the  militia  and  representative 
to  the  general  court.  He  lived  in  Northamp- 
ton. Children:  Roger,  born  .\pril  3,  1708; 
Elizabeth.  May  29,  1710:  Jonathan,  1713; 
Aaron,  January  30,  1715:  Asahel.  about  1717; 
Supply,  mentioned  below:  Charles,  in  1725; 
Noah,  died  about  1751 ;  Simeon,  born   1728. 

(V)  Supply,  son  of  Captain  Roger  (2) 
Clapp.  was  born  in  Northampton.  1721,  died 
October  11.  1784.  He  married  his  second 
wife.  Sarah  Lyman.  December  30.  1756,  in 
Northampton;  she  was  born  in  1730.  died 
March  21,  1810.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  1755,  a  sergeant  in 
the  regiment  of  Colonel  Seth  Pomeroy,  and 
was  taken  prisoner  at  Lake  George,  in  the 
capture  of  which  fort  that  regiment  took  an 
important  part.  His  name  was  on  the  sick 
list  returned  by  Thomas  Williams,  surgeon, 
November  2t,.  1755.  He  was  also  in  the  ex- 
pedition to  Crown  Point.  Captain  Elisha 
Hawlev's  company.  Children:  Supplv.  men- 
tioned below  :  Lvdia.  Sarah.  Abigail.  Martha. 

(VI)  Supply  (2).  son  of  Supply  1  i  1  Clapp. 
was  born  February  22.  1767,  died  June  20, 
1800.  His  first  wife  was  Lucretia.  daughter 
of  Deacon  Martin  Clark,  of  Westhampton,  a 
man  whom  everybody  loved  and  re-pected. 
She  was  baptized' July  24.  1770.  died  Septem- 
ber 20.  17QV  Their  children  were:  Justice, 
mentioned  below;  Moseley.  Sarah.  Hannah, 
Lucretia. 

(VII)  Justice,  son  of  Supply  (2)  Clapp. 
was  born' August  26.  1795.  died  in  Becket. 
Massachusetts,  October  15,  1840-  He  mar- 
ried. June  t,.  1823.  Lucretia  Clark.  Ixirn  Jan- 
uary 26.  1802.  daughter  of  Juliu-  Clark,  fifth 
descendant    from   Lieutenant   William   Clark; 


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she  died  May  14.  1840.  Children:  Lorenzo 
Harlan,  born  :\Iay  21.  1824.  died  April  7, 
1890;  George  ?iIoseIey,  born  August  24,  1825, 
died  July  24.  1897:  Sarah  Gillett.  June  29, 
1827,  died  February  20,  1887:  Julius  Clark, 
December  2.  1829.  died  1888:  CMiver  Martin. 
<lctober  17.  1831.  died  July  4.  1897:  Hannah 
Lucretia.  December  9,  1833,  died  January  19, 
1881  :  Edward  Everett,  Januar\    5,   1838. 

(\'ni)  Edward  Everett,  son  of  Justice 
Clapp,  was  born  in  Holyoke,  Massachusetts. 
January  5.  1838.  His  mother  died  when  he 
was  two  years  old,  and  his  father  when  he 
was  eleven.  At  the  age  of  fifteen  he  came 
to  Newburg,  New  York,  and  attended  the 
Xewburg  Academy  imder  Professor  Reed, 
living  with  his  brother,  George  M.  In  April. 
1861,  he  sailed  for  China  with  the  purpose  of 
seeing  more  of  the  world  and  securing  a  suit- 
able business  opening.  He  found  his  oppor- 
tunity in  the  cotton  trade  in  China,  where, 
owing  to  the  civil  war  in  America,  cotton 
was  in  demand  for  export  to  supply  the  cot- 
ton mills  of  England  and  other  countries.  In 
1875.  alter  spending  most  of  the  interven- 
ing years  abroad,  he  established  an  insurance 
agency  in  Albany.  New  York,  representing 
twelve  fire  insurance  companies,  one  life,  and 
the  Fidelity  &  Casualty  Company  of  New 
York,  and  enjoyed  from  the  outset  an  excel- 
lent patronage.  In  1881  the  president  of  the 
Fidelity  &  Casualty  Company  persuaded  him 
to  sell  his  Albany  business  and  devote  his  en- 
tire attention  to  the  New  York  business  of 
that  company.  His  firm,  E.  E.  Clapp  &  Com- 
pany, consists  of  Mr.  E.  E.  Clapp  and  Mr. 
Edward  Griffith,  under  the  firm  name  of  E.  E. 
Clapp  &  Company.  They  are  managers  of 
the  disability  department  of  the  Fidelity  & 
Casualty  Company  for  New  York.  New  Jer- 
sey, Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island,  and  for 
many  years  have  been  first  in  the  amount  of 
business  written  among  the  general  agents  of 
the  entire  world.  In  191 1  this  firm  paid  the 
Fidelity  &  Casualty  Company  over  $1,450,000. 
In  the  special  field  of  disability  and  accident 
insurance.  Mr.  Clapp  is  recognized  as  one  of 
the  foremost  authorities  in  this  country.  He 
has  taken  a  leading  part  in  the  development  of 
this  form  of  insurance  from  its  inception.  In 
politics  Mr.  Clapp  is  a  Republican  of  some 
prominence.  In  religion  he  is  an  Episco- 
palian.' He  is  a  thirty-second-degree  ^Iason. 
a  member  of  the  New  York  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce, the  L'nion  League  Club,  the  Down 
Town  Assocation,  the  Republican  Club,  the 
Peace  Society,  and  the  Economic  Club  of 
New  York,  also  the  Essex  County  Country 
Club,  the  New  England  Society  of  Orange, 
and   tlie    Societv   of   Colonial    Wars    of    New 


Jersey.     His  home   is   in   East  Orange.   New- 
Jersey. 

Mr.  Clapp  married,  while  in  the  United 
States,  in  April,  1864,  Eliza  Brooks  Town- 
send,  born  June  29,  1838,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Townsend,  a  descendant  of  Henry  Town- 
send,  who  in  1 66 1  settled  in  Oyster  Bay,  New 
York:  his  brother,  John  Townsend,  received 
in  1645  from  Governor  Keift  a  patent  for 
the  town  of  Flushing,  and  Henry  remained 
there  with  him  until  1661.  After  his  mar- 
riage Mr.  Clapp  returned  to  China,  taking 
his  wife  with  him.  Child:  Annie  Brooks, 
born  April  28.  1866,  married  Robert  Henry 
Hillis,  and  has  one  child,  Edward  Clapp  Hil- 
lis,  born  November  24,    igo8. 


Before  17^5  the  Webber  fam- 
WEBBER  ily  settled' at  Mansfield.  Con- 
necticut. Whether  they  were 
immigrants  or  not  has  not  been  definitelv  set- 
tled, as  there  were  Webbers  in  Massachusetts 
at  an  earlier  date.  An  important  family  of 
this  name  was  located  at  Gloucester.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  many  descendants  have  lived  in 
northeastern  Massachusetts  and  in  Maine. 
Richard  Webber  of  Mansfield  was  a  soldier 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war  with  his  brother 
Christopher.  He  married,  March  i" .  1758. 
Ruth  Campbell,  at  Mansfield.  She  was  doubt- 
less of  Scotch-Irish  stock.  They  had  chil- 
dren, born  at  Mansfield :  Christopher,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1759;  Sarah.  December  5.  1760,  mar- 
ried. November  26.  1780:  Asa  Ropes:  and 
Amasa.  February  2,  1767.  His  son  Christo- 
pher remained  in  Mansfield,  married  and  had : 
Sarah,  born  September  20,  1782:  Lucy.  Au- 
gust 8.  1785:  Eunice,  November  16,  1787. 
Sarah  Webber,  sister  of  Richard  Webber, 
married  at  Mansfield.  October  20.  1762,  Silas 
Hanks  and  her  children  were  born  there. 
Phebe  Webber,  another  sister,  married  there 
also.  November  15.  1764.  David  Royce :  and 
Mary  Webber,  another  sister,  married  No- 
vember 18,   1756.  David  Gary. 

( I )  Christopher  Webber,  brother  of  Rich- 
ard Webber,  was  born  in  1740.  He  was  a 
soldier  from  Mansfield  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian wars,  a  private  in  Major  John  Slope's 
company  of  Mansfield  at  Ticonderoga  in 
1759:  also  in  Captain  Robert  Durkee's  com- 
pany, and  in  Colonel  Phineas  Lyman's  First 
Connecticut  Regiment,  with  rank  of  corporal, 
in  1 76 1.  He  was  also  in  Captain  Jonathan 
Rudd's  company  of  Windham,  in  Colonel  Shu- 
bael  Conant's  regiment  ( I-"ifth  Connecticut ) 
in  1757.  and  marched  to  the  relief  of  Fort 
Henry.  ( See  French  and  Indian  War  Rolls, 
vol.  I.,  p.  248.  254:  vol.  II..  p.  106.  252.)  He 
was  one  of  the  earliest   settlers   in  the  town 


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of  W'alpole,  Xew  Hampshire,  and  became  a 
prominent  and  influential  citizen  there.  He 
represented  tlie  town  in  the  provincial  con- 
gress at  E.xeter  in  1776-77  during  the  most 
trying  time  of  the  revolution  and  held  offices 
of  trust  and  honor  in  W'alpole  for  more  than 
twenty  years.  He  was  a  captain  in  (jeneral 
r.ellow's  regiment  at  Saratoga  in  the  revolu- 
tionary  war. 

He  died  at  Walpole,  February  2S.  1803, 
aged  ^ixty-three  years.  He  married  (first) 
Hannah  Sumner,  who  died  at  Walpole,  Feb- 
ruary 28.   1 781,  aged   forty-three  years.     He 

married  ( -econd)  Lucy .     Children,  by 

first  wife:  i.  Persis,  born  April  u).  1769: 
marrieil.  December  31.  1793.  Dr.  Stejjhen 
Johnson.  2.  Sarah,  born  Februar\-  18.  1771. 
married.  September  10.  1789,  W'inslow  War- 
ren. 3.  Elizab'eth,  twin  of  Sarah.  4.  Christo- 
pher, mentioned  below.  5.  Hannah,  born  Jan- 
uary 19.  1775;  married,  February  21,  1805. 
Moses  Cutter  of  Stockbridge,  Massachusetts? 
C\  Ebenezer  Sumner,  born  June  22.  1778:  died 
in  17S2.  By  second  wife:  7.  Richard  Mayo, 
born  .August  7.  1782.  8.  Amos  Sherman,  bap- 
tized in  1783.  9.  .Melzar,  baptized  in  1787.  10. 
Althea.  baptized  1789  and  died  1789.  11. 
Samuel  Ruggles,  baptized  in  1790.  12.  Lucy, 
baptized  in  1793.     13.  Orlen,  baptized  in  1795. 

ill)  Dr.  Christopher  (2)  Webber,  son  of 
Christopher  (i)  Webber,  was  born  in  Wal- 
pole, Xew  Hampshire,  May  7,  1773.  and  died 
at  Cavendish,  \'ermont,  December  5,  1850. 
He  removed  to  Rutland.  \"ermont.  from  Wal- 
pole. when  a  young  man  and  afterward  lo- 
cated at  Cavendish,  where  he  practiced  medi- 
cine for  many  years.  He  married  (first) 
Electa  Storer:  (second)  Betsey  Dutton.  who 
died  January  19,  1835,  aged  sixty  years.  He 
married  ( third  I  .\chsah  Wilder,  who  died 
^[arcll  17.  1846,  aged  fifty-seven  years,  and  he 
married  (  fourth)  Relief  Wilder,  sister  of  his 
third  wife.  His  widow  died  September  14. 
1856.  Children,  all  by  his  first  wife:  i.  Sum- 
ner Allen,  mentioned  below.  2.  Electa,  mar- 
ried Captain  Kenney.  3.  .Augusta,  married 
Hale  Bates.  4.  Christopher,  who  died  while 
a  cadet  at  West  Point  Military  Academy. 

(  ni )  Hon.  Sumner  Allen  Webber,  son  of 
Dr.  Christopher  Webber,  was  born  at  Rutland, 
\'ermont,  December  19,  1798,  and  died  in 
Rochester.  \'ermont.  May  20,  1862.  His  par- 
ents removed  to  Cavendish,  where  he  re- 
ceived his  early  education  iu  the  public 
schools.  He  entered  the  Xorwich  Military 
Academv  at  Xorwich.  \'ermont,  in  1821,  and 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1824.  He  stud- 
ied law  for  some  time  in  the  famous  law 
.'ichool  at  Litchfield.  Connecticut,  conducted  by 
Hon.    Tames   Gould.      Returning  to   X'ermont 


he  >tudicd  in  the  office  of  Hen.  Charles  K. 
Williams  in  Rutland,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  there  in  1825.  In  the  following  year  he 
began  to  practice  law  at  Rochester.  X'ermont. 
and  continued  there  the  rest  of  his  life.  He 
became  i)rominent  in  his  profession  and  was 
deemed  a  wise,  able  and  prudent  counsellor 
and  a  leader  of  the  Win<lsor  county  bar.  He 
had  convincing  powers  as  a  pleader  and  his 
appeals  for  justice  were  eloijuent  in  their 
simplicity.  He  had  a  thorou(,di  knowledge 
of  literature  and  was  especially  well  versed 
in  the  English  classics.  In  1830  he  received 
the  honorary  flegree  of  Master  of  .\rts  from 
Middlebury  College.  He  was  in  early  life  a 
Whig,  but  in  his  later  years  a  Republican. 
He  held  many  offices  of  trust  and  honor  in 
Rochester,  representing  the  town  in  the  state 
legislature  in  1856  and  1857,  when  he  was  a 
member  of  the  judiciary  C(jmmittee  of  the 
house  of  representatives.  He  was  a  candidate 
for  congress  in  the  old  Third  district,  but 
failed  of  the  nomination  by  a  small  margin. 
Before  the  civil  war  he  was  active  in  the  anti- 
slavery  movement.  He  was  a  prominent 
member  of  the  Congregational  church  in 
Rochester  and  for  some  years  was  a  teacher 
of  young  men  in  the  Sunday  school.  He  was 
a  member  of  Rural  Lodge  of  Free  Masons, 
and  for  several  years  served  in  the  \'ermont 
state  militia. 

He  married,  January  5,  183 1,  Phoebe  Jef- 
ferson (juernsey  of  Rochester,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Guernsey.  She  died  at  Rochester. 
September  29,  i860.  Children:  i.  Sumner 
Jefferson,  born  in  1834,  died  in  1836.  2. 
Christopher  Allen,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Phoebe  .Augusta,  born  in  January.  1840:  died 
in  September.  1849.  4.  .Adeline  Electa,  born 
October  9.  1842:  died  September  11,  19 10: 
married  Dr.  P'rederick  Langdon  Morse.  5. 
Charles  Sumner,  born  in  Xovember.  1848. 
died  in   1849. 

( I\'  I  Christopiier  .\llen,  son  of  Hon.  Sum- 
ner Allen  Webber,  was  born  in  Rochester, 
\ermont.  .August  8,  1837,  and  died  .August 
15.  1878.  aged  forty-one  years.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Rochester,  and 
also  in  a  private  schol  at  that  place  and  in 
Barre  Academy,  at  Barre.  \erniont.  He  also 
spent  some  time  in  study  in  Philadelphia. 
Pennsylvania,  where  his  uncles.  Dr.  Henry 
Guernsey  and  Dr.  William  ( iuernsey  were 
prominent  physicians.  He  studied  law  with 
his  father  in  Rochester  and  was  admitted  to 
the  Bar  about  i86t.  He  became  prominent 
in  his  profession,  and  was  connected  with 
some  important  litigation  in  Windsor  and  .Ad- 
dison counties.  .\s  one  of  the  counsel  for 
the  town  of  Rochester  in  a  suit  against  that 


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town  brought  in  Addison  county,  he  had  asso- 
ciated with  him  Hon.  Edward  J.  Phelps,  who 
was  so  much  pleased  with  the  ability  displayed 
by  Mr.  Webber  that  he  tried  to  persuade  him 
to  locate  in  a  larger  place;  but  he  was  so 
largely  interested  in  the  lumber  business  that 
he  found  it  impracticable  to  give  up  his  whole 
time  to  his  profession. 

He  represented  the  town  of  Rochester  for 
two  terms  in  the  general  assembly  for  the 
years  1868  and  1869.  The  Hon.  James  Bar- 
rett, one  of  the  judges  of  the  supreme  court 
of  Vermont,  said  of  him  after  his  death,  that 
he  was  one  of  the  most  promising  of  the 
young  lawyers  of  the  state.  He  was  an  ac- 
complished singer,  having  a  very  fine  bari- 
tone voice,  with  large  compass,  and  for  a 
great  many  }ears  was  the  leader  of  the  choir 
in  Rochester,  where  people  came  from  the 
surrounding  towns  to  hear  him  sing.  He  was 
a  forcible  and  eloquent  speaker,  had  fine  lit- 
erary qualities,  and  contributed  to  the  maga- 
zines both  prose  and  verse. 

On  October  16.  1862.  he  married  Julia  Eve- 
lyn, daughter  of  Phineas  Sanger  and  Harriet 
(Foster)  Cooper  (see  Cooper  VI).  She  was 
born  at  Rochester  February  22,  1835.  Chil- 
dren:  Evelyn,  born  August  29,  1865,  married 
Frank  \'.  Johnson,  Esq..  a  lawyer  in  New 
York  City,  and  a  native  of  Bradford,  Ver- 
mont; Marvelle  Christopher,  mentioned  be- 
low; Phineas  Lafayette,  Esq.,  born  February 
4,    1870,   a   lawyer   in   New   York   City. 

( \' )  Marvelle  Christopher,  son  of  Christo- 
pher Allen  Webber,  was  born  in  Rochester, 
Vermont,  January  14,  1868.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Rochester  and 
prepared  for  college  at  the  Montpelier  Semi- 
nary, Montpelier,  \'ermont.  being  graduated 
from  that  place  in  1886.  In  the  '^fail  of  1886 
he  entered  Williams  College,  Williamstown, 
^Massachusetts,  but  at  the  end  of  the  first 
term  left  Williams  to  go  to  Boston  L'niversity, 
where  he  was  graduated  from  the  College  of 
Libera!  Arts  in  1889,  with  the  degree  of  IBach- 
elor  of  Philosophy.  He  then  took  a  course 
in  the  Law  .'^chool  of  Boston  L'niversity,  be- 
ing graduated  from  there  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Laws  in  1891.  Through  the  in- 
fluence of  his  uncle,  the  Hon.  Marvelle  W. 
Cooper,  a  prominent  business  man  of  New 
York  City,  and  appraiser  of  the  Port  of  New 
York  during  the  administration  of  Benjamin 
Harrison.  Mr.  Webber  entered  the  law  office 
of  Evarts,  Choate  &  Beaman  in  the  fall  of 
i8gi.  Hon.  William  M.  Evarts  and  Hon. 
Joseph  H.  Choate  were  the  senior  members 
of  the  firm  at  that  time. 

IMr.  Webber  served  his  clerkship  of  one 
year  in  the   office  of  Evarts,   Choate  &  Bea- 


man and  was  admitted  to  the  New  York  City 
bar  in  December,  1892,  and  continued  from 
that  time  in  the  employment  of  the  firm  until 
March,  1898,  acting  as  managing  clerk  for 
a  period  of  two  years.  In  iSc^S  he  left  New 
York,  on  account  of  ill  health,  and  returned 
to  \'ermont.  In  1901  he  located  in  the  city 
of  Rutland  and  has  practiced  law  there  ever 
since,  having  been  connected  with  important 
litigation  there.  He  was  associated  with  Joel 
C.  Baker,  Esq.,  and  Hon.  Orion  M.  Barber, 
now  a  judge  of  the  United  States  court  of 
customs  appeals,  as  counsel  for  the  plaintiff 
in  the  well  known  case  of  Patch  Manufactur- 
ing Company  vs.  Protection  Lodge.  No.  215, 
International  Association  of  Machinists,  which 
was  brought  to  recover  damages  on  account 
of  a  strike  and  which  resulted  in  a  verdict  in 
favor  of  the  plaintifl:,  and  was  sustained  finally 
by  the  supreme  court  of  the  state.  In  associa- 
tion with  Hon.  O.  M.  Barber,  before  his  ap- 
•pointment  to  the  bench,  and  since  then,  with 
Maxwell  Evarts,  Esq.,  of  New  York,  he  has 
been  and  still  is  one  of  the  counsel  for  the 
bank  in  the  case  of  the  State  of  \'ermont 
against  the  Clement  National  Bank,  now  in 
the  supreme  court  of  the  Cnited  States,  in- 
volving the  constitutionality  of  tax  legisla- 
tion atifecting  savings  deposits  in  national 
banks.  On  July  14,  1909,  Governor  George 
H.  Prouty  appointed  Judge  Barber,  O.  S.  An- 
nis,  Esq.,  and  Mr.  Webber  a  committee  to  ar- 
range and  provide  for  the  compilation  and  is- 
sue of  a  digest  of  the  reported  decisions  of  the 
supreme  court  of  Vermont,  as  the  result  of 
which  the  "Vermont  Digest  Annotated,  be- 
ing a  Digest  of  the  Reported  Decisions  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  State  of  \'ermont." 
was  published  in  191 1.  In  1912  Mr.  Webber 
was  appointed  by  Governor  John  A.  Mead, 
one  of  the  commissioners  from  the  state  of 
\'ermont,  to  attend  the  Annual  Conference 
of  Commissioners  from  the  various  States  on 
Uniform  Legislation.  He  served  nearly  two 
years  as  city  attorney  for  the  city  of  Rutland, 
by  appointment  of  the  then  IMayor,  Hon.  H. 
O.  Carpenter.  In  March,  1912.  he  was  elect- 
ed one  of  the  members  of  the  board  of  school 
commissioners  of  the  city  of  Rutland. 

He  married,  April  16,  1902.  Afarx-  Rich,  of 
Philadelphia,  daughter  of  Oliver  P.  and  Anna 
Barclay  (Stevenson)  Rex  of  that  city.  Anna 
Stevenson  was  daughter  of  John  B.  Steven- 
son, a  prominent  linseed  oil  merchant  of  Phil- 
adelphia. Dr.  Oliver  P.  Rex  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  physicians  of  Philadelphia, 
and  medical  director  of  the  Penn  ?i[utual  Life 
Insurance  Company.  Children  of  .Marvelle  C. 
and  Mary  (  Rex  )  Webber  :  Payson  Rex.  born 
March  22.  1903,  Christopher  .\llen.  born  May 


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26,    1905;    Marvelle   Cooiier.   born   September 
20,   1906. 

(The  Cooper   Line). 

( I )  Deacon  Jolin  Cooper,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England  in  1018,  and 
came  to  Cambridge  about  1636.  After  the 
death  of  his  father,  his  mother  Lvdia  married 
Gregory  Stone,  a  prominent  pioneer  of  Massa- 
chusetts. It  is  interesting  to  note  that  four 
men  of  this  name  were  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  Massachusetts,  one  at  Lynn,  after- 
ward of  Southampton,  Long  Island :  another 
at  Scituate,  afterward  of  Barnstable,  and  a 
third  of  Weymouth.  John  of  Cambridge  was 
a  yeoman,  a  proprietor  of  the  town,  deacon 
of  the  church  and  a  town  officer.  He  was  a 
selectman  thirty-eight  years.  1646-1690;  town 
clerk,  1669-81  :  deacon  from  1668  until  he 
died.  He  married  Anna,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Sparhawk.  She  was  born  in  England 
and  came  with  her  parents  to  Cambridge.  He 
died  August  22,  169 1.  aged  seventy-three. 
His  son  Samuel  administered  the  estate.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Cambridge :  Anna,  born  No- 
vember 16,  1643;  ^lary,  September  11,  1645; 
John,  April  2,  1651  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  be- 
low; John,  October  3.  1656:  Nathaniel,  May 
2,  1659;  Lydia.  April  8,  1662;  Anna,  born  De- 
cember 26,   1667. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Deacon  John  Cooper, 
was  born  at  Cambridge,  January  3,  1653.  He 
owned  his  father's  homestead  in  Cambridge 
and  was  also  deacon  of  the  church  there.  He 
was  selectman  twelve  years,  1704-16.  He  died 
January  8.  1717.  He  married,  December  4, 
1682,  Hannah,  who  died  October  g,  1732, 
daughter  of  Walter  Hastings.  Children : 
Hannah,  December  23,  1683 ;  Lydia.  March 
9,  1685  ;  Sarah,  born  in  1687,  married  Eph- 
raim  Frost ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary, 
Elizabeth,  Walter,  John  and  Jonathan,  six 
of  whom  were  baptized  at  Cambridge  Janu- 
ary 17,   1717-18. 

(III)  Deacon  Samuel  (2)  Cooper,  son  of 
Deacon  Samuel  ( i )  Cooper,  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, 2\Iarch  23,  1689.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  succeeded  to  the  homestead,  which  he 
sold  in  1730  and  removed  to  Grafton. 
Worcester  county,  Massachusetts.  He  married. 
]\Iarch  29,  1719,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Kidder.  Children,  born  in' Cambridge :  Na- 
thaniel, baptized  September  18,  1720:  Sam- 
uel, baptized  October  15.  1721  ;  Joseph,  bap- 
tized October  20,  1723:  John,  mentioned  be- 
low: Sarah,  baptized  January  12,  1728-29.    • 

(IV)  Deacon  John,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel 
(2)  Cooper,  was  born  in  Cambridge,  March 
4,  1725,  and  died  at  Croyden.  New  Hamp- 
shire. August  10.  1805.  He  married.  March 
15,    1748,    Mary    Sherman,    cousin    of    Hon. 


Roger  Sherman,  one  of  tiic  signers  of  tlic 
Declaration  of  IndeiK-ndcncc  from  Connecti- 
cut. He  reinoveiJ  from  Cambridge  to  Grafton 
with  his  father  aljout  1730  and  afterward  re- 
moved to  Harriwick,  Worcester  county,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  lie  bought  one  iiundred 
acres  of  land.  He  was  selectman  of  Hard- 
wick  for  ten  years,  town  clerk  five  years,  dea- 
con twenty  years,  and  school  teacher  from 
1751  to  176<3.  About  i~(jij  he  removcrl  to 
Cornish  and  in  1770  to  Croyden,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Children,  recorded  at  Hardwick :  Sa- 
rah, born  February  18,  1749-50;  Nathaniel, 
November  8,  1751;  Mary,  July  26,  1753; 
John,  June  15,  1755;  Joel.  April  3.  1757;  Hul- 
dah.  May  i.  1759:  Sherman,  .\pril  3,  1761  ; 
Matilda,  April  16,  1762 ;  liarnabas.  mentioned 
below;  Chloe.  December  20,  17'yi. 

(V)  Barnabas.  s(jn  of  Deacon  John  Cooper, 
was  born  in  Hardwick.  July  28.  17O4,  and 
came  to  Croyden,  New  Hampshire,  with  his 
parents  in  1769-70.  removing  afterward  in 
1807  to  Rochester,  \'ermont,  where  lie  spent 
the  rest  of  his  life.  He  married  ( tirst )  Oc- 
tober 5,  1786,  Mary  Sanger,  who  died  Janu- 
ary II,  1805.  He  married  (second)  Decem- 
ber 9,  1805,  Lydia  Powers.  Among  his  chil- 
dren was   Phineas  Sanger,  mentioned  below. 

(V'l)  Phineas  Sanger,  son  of  Barnabas 
Cooper,  was  born  in  Croyden,  New  Hamp- 
shire, September  16,  1796,  and  died  .August 
22,  1877,  '"  Rochester.  \'ermont.  He  mar- 
ried, May  I,  1819,  Harriet,  daughter  of  Ma- 
jor Rufus  Foster,  a  revolutionary  soldier. 
They  lived  together  as  husband  and  wife  for 
fifty-nine  years.  They  celebrated  their  golden 
wedding  in  1869;  he  lived  nine  years  after- 
ward and  she  lived  thirteen.  They  had  seven 
children :  Phineas  L.,  Hiram  F.,  Mary  ^L, 
Minnie  H.,  Marvelle  W.,  was  appraiser  of 
the  port  of  New  York  under  President  Har- 
rison and  an  intimate  friend  of  President  Ar- 
thur, he  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  L'nion  League  Club  and  a  prominent  man 
in  New  York  City :  Julia  E.,  February  22, 
1835.  married  Christopher  .\llen  Webber  (see 
Webber  I\'). 


Thomas  StatTord,  the  inimi- 
ST.\FFuRD     grant  ancestor,  was  born  at 

Warwickshire,  England,  in 
1605.  died  at  Warwick.  Rhode  Island,  in 
1677.  He  is  said  to  have  come  to  E^lymouth. 
.Massachusetts,  in  1626.  and  to  have  built 
there  the  first  gristmill  operated  by  water 
power  in  this  country.  His  name  is  on  the 
list  of  inhabitants  admitted  to  Newport. 
Rhode  Island,  after  May  30,  1638,  and  he 
soon  received  a  grant  there  of  seventeen 
acres  of  land,  and  was  mentioned  as  in  the 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


employ  of  Nicholas  Easton.  He  was  witness 
to  a  will  in  Portsmouth,  March  i8,  1647.  He 
was  received  as  a  townsman  of  Warwick, 
Jime  7,  1657.  having-  bought  a  house  from 
Christopher  Unthank.  He  bought  another 
house  and  land  from  A[r.  Unthank,  March  r, 
1663.  In  1665  he  was  a  freeman  of  the  col- 
ony. He  bought  a  house  and  land  in  War- 
wick from  Thomas  Lawton,  of  Portsmouth, 
April  16.  1657.  In  1667  he  was  granted  a 
lot  in  the  division  of  Potawomut.  and  also  one 
in  the  division  of  Toscunk.  In  1673  he  was 
a  deputy  to  the  general  assembly.  His  will 
was  dated  November  4.  1677,  and  proved 
April  27,  1679.  bequeathing  to  wife  Elizabeth 

and  children.     He  married  Elizabeth  , 

who  died  after  1677.  Children:  Thomas, 
died  January  26,  1723;  Samuel,  of  whom  fur- 
ther: Hannah,  married  Luke  Bromley:  Sarah, 
married  Amos  Westcott :  Joseph,  born  March 
21,  1645,  at  Warwick,  Rhode  Island;  Debo- 
rah, married.  June  9,   1670.  Amos   Westcott. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Stafford,  was 
born  in  1636,  died  March  20.  1718.  He  lived 
in  Warwick.  Rhode  Island.  He  served  as 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly  in  1670-72-74- 
79-82-86-90  and  1705,  and  in  1674-86  was 
elected  assistant  but  refused  to  serve.  On 
February  24,  1671,  he  and  his  wife  sold  to 
Richard  Carder  land  for  twenty  pounds,  and 
on  September  i,  1700,  he  gave  six  shillings 
toward  building  the  Friends'  meeting-house  at 
Mashapaug.  He  was  overseer  of  the  poor  in 
1687.  His  will  was  dated  March  16,  171 1, 
and  proved  April  16,  17 18,  his  son  Thomas 
being  e.xecutor.  He  bequeathed  to  his  son 
Amos,  to  daughters  Sarah  Scranton,  Patience 
Howland.  Freelove  Tillinghast  and  Elizabeth 
Devotion,  to  granddaughters  Mary  Thurber 
and  Mary  Stafford  and  to  son  Thomas.  He 
married  Mercy,  daughter  of  Stukeley  West- 
cott, who  died  March  25,  1700.  Children. 
born  in  Warwick :  Stukeley,  born  November 
7,  1661,  died  voung:  Amos,  of  whom  fur- 
ther: Mercy.  July  8.  1668:  Sarah,  April  18, 
1671,  married Scranton;  Samuel,  No- 
vember 19,  1673,  died  young:  Patience,  mar- 
ried Jabez  Howland ;  Freelove,  married  Jo- 
seph   Tillinghast ;    Elizabeth,    married 

Devotion  ;  Thomas,  1682. 

(III)  .-\mos.  son  of  Samuel  .Stafford,  was 
born  in  Warwick,  November  8,  1665,  died 
there  in  1760.  In  1702  he  gave  si.x  shillings 
for  building  the  Quaker  meeting-house  at 
Mashapaug.  He  served  as  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1708-21.  His  will  was  dated 
Alarch  24.  1753,  and  proved  October  20, 
1760.  his  wife  Mary  and  son  .\mos  (2)  be- 
ing executors.  He  bequeathed  to  wife,  chil- 
dren  and    grandchildren.     The   inventorv  of 


his  estate  amounted  to  one  thousand,  seven 
hundred  and  four  pounds,  two  shillings,  dated 
December  8,  1760.  He  married.  December 
19.  1689,  Mary  Uurlingame.  who  died  in  1760, 
daughter  of  Roger  and  Mary  Burlingame. 
Children,  born  in  Warwick :  Mary,  born  Sep- 
tember 16,  1690:  Samuel,  September  24,  1692: 
Mercy.  September  21,  1694;  .-\mos  (2),  of 
whom  further;  Stukeley,  November  7,  1704; 
Patience,  April  21,  1707;  Freelove.  October 
14.   1709- 

il\')  Captain  .\mos  (2)  Stafford,  son  of 
.\mos  (  I  )  Stafford,  was  born  in  Warwick, 
Rhode  Island,  .\pril  24,  1702.  He  lived  at 
Coventry.  Rhode  Island.  Children,  born  at 
Coventry:  Amos  (3),  of  whom  further: 
Mary.  April  10,  1731:  Catherine,  .\pril  2^. 
1733:  Stuteley  (or  Stukeley).  December  21, 
1735:  Edith,  March  30,  1738;  John,  Febru- 
ary 9,  1740;  Ellen,  August  31,  1742:  Lois, 
August  12,  1745. 

(\'^)  Amos  (3),  son  of  Captain  Amos  (2) 
Stafford,  was  born  at  Coventry,  Rhode 
Island,  .April  3,  1726.  Children,  born  at  Co- 
ventry; Abel,  born  .April  6.  1748:  Sarah, 
March  25,  1750:  Mary,  August  22,  1752; 
Nathaniel,  Alay  31,  1754;  Joanna,  March  10, 
1756:  Stutely  (of  Stukeley),  of  whom  fur- 
ther; .\mos,  February  18,  1761. 

(\T)  Stutely  (or  Stukeley),  son  of  .Amos 
(3)  Stafford,  was  born  in  Coventrv",  Rhode 
Island,  May  25,  1759,  died  in  1826.  He  went 
to  \'ermont  when  a  young  man,  and  with  the 
two  brothers  who  accompanied  him  located  at 
Plattsburg,  New  York,  and  settled  there.  He 
married  Rebecca  Irish,  widow  of  John  Irish, 
of  Tinmouth,  \"ermont.  She  died  in  1836, 
aged  eighty  years.  Children:  Palmer;  John; 
Holden,  of  whom  further;  Orman ;  Miriam; 
Nancy  ;  Mercy ;  and  Marbury. 

(\TI)  Holden,  son  of  Stutely  Stafford, 
was  born  about  1788,  in  South  \\'allingford, 
\'ermont,  died  in  1852,  aged  sixty-four  years. 
He  married  Jane  Brayton.  of  Hartford,  New 
York,  who  died  in  1874,  aged  eighty- four 
years.  Children:  i.  Phebe,  died  in  1882, 
aged  sixty-seven ;  married  .Alexander  North- 
rup.  2.  Thomas  (2),  of  whom  further.  3. 
Evelyn,  died  in  1899,  aged  eighty  years;  mar- 
ried        Nelson.      4.    Marbury.    died    in 

1838,  aged  twenty-one  years.  5.  John,  died  in 
1898,   aged   seventy-eight.     6.    Mary,    died   in 

1896.    aged    seventy-three;    married 

Goodwin.     7.  .Amanda,  twin  of  Mary,  died  in 

1868,  aged   fortv-five  years;  married  

.Allen.  8.  Sarah,  died  in  1898.  aged  sixty- 
eight  ;   married  •    Colvin.     9.     Stutely, 

died  in   185^,  aged  eighteen  years. 

(\TII)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Holden  Staf- 
ford,   was  born    about    1815,   at   South   Wal- 


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ling-ford,  \'crniont,  died  in  Tinmoutii.  \'er- 
mont,  November  23,  1872,  aged  fifty-seven 
years.  Like  his  father  and  forefathers'he  fol- 
lowed farming  for  his  occupation.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Craft,  born  July  28.  1817,  died 
May  3,  1867.  Children:  i.  liartlett,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Thomas,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Rol- 
lin  C.  linrn  November  13,  1848:  farmer  of 
South  Wallingford:  married  Ella  L.  Cook. 
Children:  .Nicholas,  died  in  childhood:  Han- 
nah, died  in  childhood:  Clarence  .Arthur,  born 
August  31,  1881  ;  .Alice  Elizabeth,  .March  17, 
1886:  Roy  Holden,  October  25,  1887;  Sarah 
Norton.  October  14,  1889:  Clara  Evelyn,  Feb- 
ruary. 1892.  4.  Jane  Elizabeth,  June  29,  1852. 
5.  John  Stutelx',  June  i,  1854,  deceased.  6. 
Holden,  died   in  infancy. 

(IN)  Bartlett,  son  of  Thomas  Statiford, 
was  born  at  South  Wallingford,  Vermont, 
October  16,  1839.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  When  a  young 
man  he  entered  the  American  .Machine  Works 
and  learned  his  trade  as  machinist.  He  was 
for  many  years  employed  as  a  mechanic  in 
the  L'nited  States  arsenal  at  Springfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
firearms.  For  one  year  he  worked  for  the 
Colt  Company,  manufacturers  of  firearms  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  manufacturing  pistols. 
For  the  past  thirty  years  Mr.  Stafford  has 
resided  at  Tinmouth,  V'ermont,  where  he  has 
followed  farming.  He  owns  the  farm  known 
as  the  Judge  Chipman  place,  comprising  about 
six  hundred  acres.  He  has  taken  an  active 
part  in  public  affairs,  and  in  1884  represented 
the  town  in  the  state  legislature,  serving  as 
a  member  of  the  committees  on  agriculture, 
bridges,  and  state  prison,  and  on  various 
special  committees.  He  is  a  member  of  Chip- 
man  Lodge.  -Ancient  Free  and  .Accepted  Ma- 
sons, of  Wallingford. 

He  married  (first)  in  1867,  Mary  Melony 
\'alentine,  born  January  2,  1845,  died  Octo- 
ber 2~.  1895.  daughter  of  Edmund  and  Flora 
f Sargent)  \"alentine.  He  married  (second) 
May  2.  1902,  Cassie,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Hortense  (Odell)  Porter.  Children  by  his 
first  wife  :  Edmund,  died  aged  nineteen  ;  Bert 
Linus,  of  whom  further. 

(X)  Bert  Linus,  son  of  Bartlett  Stafford, 
was  born  in  Tinmouth,  \'erinont,  December 
14,  1877.  He  attended  the  common  schools 
and  the  Wallingford  high  school,  and  gradu- 
ated from  the  Rutland  English  and  Classical 
Institute  in  1897.  He  attended  Middlebury 
College,  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  .Arts  with  the  class  of  1901. 
After  graduating  he  taught  school  and  began 
the  studv  of  law  in  the  office  of  Lawrence  & 
Lawrence,   in   Rutland.     In   1906  he  was  ad- 


mitted to  the  bar  and  began  practice.  Since 
1908  he  has  been  a  law  partner  in  the  tinu 
of  Lawrence.  Lawrence  &  Stafford.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican. 

He  represented  the  town  i.f  Tinmouth  in 
the  \ermont  state  legislature  in  11906,  and 
served  on  committees  on  education,  revision 
of  bills,  and  military  affairs,  and  on  a  special 
committee  appointed  by  the  governor  to  e.x- 
amine  the  status  of  state  normal  .schools.  He 
was  elected  state's  attorney  in  1910  for  a  term 
of  two  years,  and  was  re-elected  in  1912  to 
serve  till  1914. 

Mr.  Stafford  is  a  member  of  Chijiman 
Lodge.  .Ancient  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons. 
of  Wallingford:  of  the  Tinmouth  Ciran-ic, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry :  and  is  an  attendant 
of  the   Universalist  church. 

He  married,  November,  191 1.  Mabel  R., 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  and  Bertha  ( Bar- 
rickman)  Stratton,  formerly  of  Pennsylvania, 
now  of  Lvndonville,  \'ermont. 


The  surname  Phelps  is  a  varia- 
PHELPS  tion  of  the  spelling  of  the  name 
Phillips,  meaning  son  of  Phil- 
lip, in  the  case  of  the  original  ancestor  using 
it.  The  spelling  of  the  surname  has  been 
varied  and  a  number  of  well  established  fam- 
ily names  are  traced  to  the  same  origin.  One 
branch  of  the  Phelps  family,  however,  claims 
to  be  of  the  Guelph  family  of  (Germany  to 
which  Queen  \'ictoria  belonged,  but  no  proof 
of  record  has  been  found  to  establish  the 
claim.  Some  branches  of  the  .American  fam- 
ily of  Phelps  are  descended  from  the  ancient 
family  of  Tewksbury,  Gloucestershire,  Eng- 
land. Among  them  is  the  family  mentioned 
below.  The  ancient  coat-of-arms  is  described 
as  follows:  Sable  lion  chained  and  rampant. 
\'arious  branches  of  the  English  family  have 
their  coats-of-arms. 

(I)  James  Phelps,  the  English  ancestor, 
was  born  about  1520.  and  is  supposed  to  have 
been  a  brother  of  Francis  Phylppe,  of  Nether 
Tvne,   Staffordshire,    England.      He   married 

loan   ,  who  was   given    permission  to 

administer  his  estate  on  May  10,  1588.  Chil- 
dren, baptized  in  the  Tewksbury  .Abbey 
Church,  England:  William,  mentioned  he- 
low:  Thomas,  .\ugust  10.  1563-64:  (leorge 
(Giles),  September  5.  156^1:  .Alice.  December 
24,  1572:  Edward,  Alay  10.  1578:  Keneline. 
October  16,  1580:  Richard.  October  16.  1583: 
Robert.  July  18,  1584:  Nicholas. 

(II)  William,  son  of  James  Phelps,  was 
baptized  at  Tewksbury  .Abbey  Church.  Eng- 
land. .August  4.  15(10.  and  probably  died  in 
i6ir.  He  married  Dorothy  .  who  ad- 
ministered his  estate  and  died  in  1613.    Chil- 


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dren.  baptized  in  Tewksbury  Abbey  Church: 
Mary,  September  4,  1587,  died  young;  ]Mary, 
April  23,  1588;  Thomas,  June  24,  1590;  Dor- 
othy, February  29,  1595;  Wilham,  mentioned 
below;  James,' July  14,  1601  ;  Elizabeth,  May 
9,  1603;  George,  born  about  1606. 

(Ill)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Phelps,  was  baptized  at  Tewksbury  Abbey 
Church.  England,  August  19,  1599,  died  at 
Windsor.  July  14.  1672.  His  will  was  dated 
April  22,  1660.  and  proved  July  26,  1672. 
He  was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  resided 
for  a  time  in  Tewksbury,  and  his  first  child, 
Richard,  was  baptized  in  the  church  there. 
Soon  after  this  he  probably  removed  to  one 
of  the  southern  counties,  as  there  is  no  fur- 
ther record  of  him  in  Tewksbury.  He  and 
his  wife,  six  children,  and  his  brother  George, 
came  to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Alary  and 
John",  sailing  from  Plymouth,  England,  March 
20.  1630.  and  landing  at  Nantasket,  now  Hull, 
Alay  30,  1630.  He  settled  at  Dorchester,  and 
was  among  the  first  settlers  and  founders  of 
that  place.  He  was  a  prominent  man  and 
often  served  on  important  committees  to  lay 
out  boundary  lines.  He  applied  for  admis- 
sion as  a  freeman,  October  19,  1630,  and 
was  admitted  soon  afterward.  He  was  one 
of  the  jury  on  the  first  jury  trial  in  New 
England,  November  9,  1630.  He  was  con- 
stable in  1 63 1  ;  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1634-35.  He  removed  to  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, in  the  fall  of  1635,  and  "William  Phelps 
was  one  of  the  six  who  formed  the  first  town 
meeting  of  Windsor".  At  a  court  held  May 
I.  1637.  William  Phelps  presiding,  it  was  or- 
dered that  there  "shall  be  an  offensive  war 
against  the  Pequots".  He  was  a  magistrate 
from  1630  to  1643,  1645  to  1649,  1656  to  1662, 
inclusive.  He  was  deputy  in  1651.  In  1641 
he  was  the  governor  of  the  Windsor  colony. 
He  was  a  man  of  property,  as  shown  by  the 
high  pew  rent  that  he  paid.  He  subscribed 
also  toward  the  fund  for  the  poor.  Not  being 
able  to  prove  his  title  and  payment  for  the 
land  he  purchased  of  Sehat,  an  Indian  in 
Windsor,  he  paid  for  it  a  second  time,  the 
legal  tender  used  being  wampum.  He  resided 
on  the  road  running  northerly,  a  short  dis- 
tance north  of  Mill  River  \'alley,  and  he  was 
among  those  who  suffered  from  the  Great 
Flood  in  1639.  Soon  aftc  ;e  flood  he  re- 
moved farther  south  and  .^t'.ed  on  what  is 
known  as  Phelps  Meadows,  and  his  son  Wil- 
liam lived  a  short  distance  east  of  him.  The 
cellar  of  the  old  house  may  still  be  seen.    He 

married    (first)   ,  who  died   in 

1633.  He  married  (second)  in  1638,  Alary 
Dover,  who  came  to  New  England  on  the 
"Mary   and  John".     She  died  November  21, 


1675.  Children  of  first  wife:  Richard,  bap- 
tized in  Tewksbury.  England,  December  26, 
1619;  William,  born  in  England;  Sarah,  born 
in  England  about  1623;  Samuel,  born  in  Eng- 
land about  1625;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below; 
Joseph,  born  in  England  about  1629;  Tim- 
othy, born  at  Windsor,  September  i,  1639; 
Alary,  born  at  Windsor,  Alarch  2.   1644. 

(I\')  Nathaniel,  son  of  William  (2) 
Phelps,  was  born  in  England  about  1627, -and 
came  to  New  England  with  his  father.  He 
settled  first  in  Dorchester  and  then  in  Wind- 
sor, Connecticut.  He  resided  on  the  Orton 
place  opposite  his  father's  homestead,  which 
he  purchased  of  his  brother  Samuel.  About 
1656-57  he  removed  to  Northampton  and  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  there.  He  was  one 
of  the  first  deacons  of  the  Northampton 
church,  and  occupied  his  homestead  forty- 
three  years.  The  farm  was  occupied  bv  his 
descendants  until  1835.  It  comprised  the 
land  which  was  formerly  the  site  of  Aliss 
Alargaret  Dwight's  School,  and  later  the  Col- 
lege Institute  of  J.  J.  Dudley,  and  which  is 
now  Shady  Lawn.  The  old  house  stood  a 
few  rods  north  of  the  present  house.  On 
February  8,  1679,  he  and  his  sons,  Nathaniel 
Jr.  and  William,  took  the  oath  of  allegiance 
before  Alajor  Pynchon,  and  Alay  11,  1681, 
he  was  admitted  a  freeman.  He  died  in 
Northampton,  May  27,  1702,  aged  seventy- 
five  years.  He  married,  in  Windsor,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1650,  Elizabeth  Copley,  of  England, 
an  ancestress  of  Copley,  the  celebrated  artist. 
She  died  in  Northampton,  Alassachusetts,  De- 
cember 6,  1712,  and  her  will  was  proved  there. 
Children:  Alary,  born  June  21.  1651,  in 
Windsor;  Nathaniel,  June  2,  1652,  Windsor; 
Abigail,  April  6,  1655,  Windsor,  died  aged  one 
hundred  and  one  years,  four  months  and 
eleven  days ;  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Tho- 
mas, Alay  20,  1661,  Northampton:  Alercy, 
Alay  16,  1662,  Northampton,  died  July  15, 
1662. 

(\')  William  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  Phelps, 
was  born  at  Northampton,  June  22.  1657, 
died  January  i,  1745.  He  settled  on  the 
homestead  at  Northampton,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman,  Alay  30.  1690.  He  married,  Alay 
30,  1678,  Abigail  Stebbins,  born  September 
24,  1660,  died  in  1748,  daughter  of  John 
Stebbins.  Children  :  Abigail,  born  August  3, 
1679;  Elizabeth,  February  4,  16S2;  William, 
mentioned  below ;  Alary,  January  3,  1688 ; 
Nathaniel,  October  5.  1690;  Deborah,  Alay 
17,  1694:  Ebenezer,  October,  1697:  Joseph 
Austin,    December    5,    1699;    Alary.    Alay    4, 

1703- 

(\T)  Captain  \A'illiam  (4)  Phelps,  son  of 
William   (3)    Phelps,  was  born  in  Northamp- 


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ton.  April  16.  1O84.  He  remained  in  Xortli- 
ampton  all  of  his  lite.  He  was  one  of  the 
committee  of  .safety  there  during-  the  revolu- 
tion. In  his  will  he  mentioned  his  wife  and 
children  Eliakim.  I'.enjamin.  Josiah.  William. 
Elnathaii.  Thankful.  Eunice.  Lois  anfl  Experi- 
ence. He  married.  1706,  Thankful  Edwardv 
Children,  born  in  Northampton:  Thankful. 
December  17.  1707:  Eliakim.  January  17, 
1709;  Thankful.  July  20.  1710;  Renjamin. 
March  10.  1713:  Josiah.  May  20.  1716;  Ex- 
perience. March  15.  1717:  Eunice.  April.  1720: 
Lois.  1725:  Joseph.  1728;  William.  Septem- 
ber 12.   1731  :  Elnatlian.  mentioned  below. 

(X'H)  Rev.  Elnathan  Phelps,  son  of  Cap- 
tain William  (4  1  Phelps,  was  born  in  Xortli- 
ampton,  February  18.  1734,  died  January  2. 
1813.  aged  seventy-nine  years,  at  Pownal, 
\'ermont.  while  on  his  way  to  Pittsfield.  Mas- 
sachusetts, to  visit  a  son  there.  He  moved  to 
Pittsfield.  Massachusetts,  early  in  its  settle- 
ment, about  1761.  a  short  time  after  his 
brother  William  settled  there,  and  he  with 
his  brother  and  six  others  were  the  founders 
of  the  First  Church  of  Pittsfield.  September 
7,  1764,  referred  to  in  the  Pittsfield  records 
in  1 78 1.  He  served  on  a  committee  of  five  to 
examine  into  the  Shakers,  who  were  "exceed- 
ing the  bonds  of  Baptist  toleration".  After 
a  time  he  began  preaching  in  the  Piaptist 
churches,  and  in  1788  moved  to  Orwell,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  kept  up  his  preaching.  He 
was  the  first  Baptist  preacher  in  the  state  of 
\'ermont,  and  was  the  organizer  of  several 
congregations  in  various  parts  of  the  state,  as 
well  as  of  at  least  one  in  Xew  York  state.  He 
married  (first)  December  15.  1757.  Eleanor 
Bridgeman.  born  in  Xorthampton,  died  in 
Pittsfield  in  1774.  He  married  (second)  Feb- 
ruary 15.  1776,  Sarah  Elenthorp,  widow  of 
Jacob  Elenthorp.  She  was  born  in  Boston, 
April  6,  1743,  died  at  Hopkinton,  Xew  Hamp- 
shire. March  22,  1828,  aged  eighty-five  years. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Rhoda.  born  in  Xorth- 
ampton. January  22.  1759,  died  October  6, 
1759:  Rhoda.  born  September  7.  1760.  Xorth- 
ampton. Born  at  Pittsfield  :  Benjamin,  born 
January  2-.  1762;  Paulina,  May  i,  1764:  Su- 
sannah, .August  9.  1766:  Elnathan,  April  5, 
1768,  died  October  13,  1769:  Eleanor,  baptized 
July  15.  1770.  died  1770;  Elnathan.  mentioned 
below -^  Eleanor,  born  May  2,  1774.  Children 
by  second  wife,  born  in  Pittsfield :  Sarah. 
January  21.  1778:  Jacob.  July  12.  1780:  .\nna. 
March  0.   17S3. 

(\TII  I  Elnathan  ('2),  son  of  Rev.  Elnathan 
(i)  Phelps,  was  born  in  Pittsfield.  Massachu- 
setts. April  2-j.  1772.  died  in  Orwell.  X'ermont, 
Mav  19.  1843.  He  married,  at  Orwell,  Phebe 
Tut'tle.   born    there   July   6,    1777,   died   there 


January  19,  1864.  Children,  born  in  Orwell: 
Elnathan.  January  5,  1795  :  I'ully,  September 
10,  1797;  .\manda,  September  25,  I7')<j:  Ca- 
sandana,  i-'ebruary  24,  1802,  died  1803;  Eras- 
tus,  mentioned  below;  Orange,  December  17, 
i8o(>:  Aljilionso,  May  28,  1809:  Levina,  Sep- 
tember 26,  181 1 :  Harrison.  May  2.  1814; 
.\lonzo  and  Lorenzo,  twins.  May  18,  i8ro. 

(IX)  Erastus,  son  of  Elnathan  (2)  Phelps, 
was  born  in  Orwell,  \'ermont,  June  18,  1804, 
died  in  Xovember.  1880.  He  lived  in  Law- 
rence, and  Ticonderoga.  Xew  York.  He  mar- 
ried, March  15,  1827,  Margaret,  born  in  Or- 
well, Xovember  Z}^.  1804,  died  there  May  6, 
1896.  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Abigail  (  Mer- 
riman  I  Hibbard.  Children:  i.  Angle  M..  born 
.April  22.  1833.  in  Lawrence ;  married  Rev, 
Andrew  X.  Adams,  a  graduate  of  Harvar<l  Di- 
vinity School,  author  of  several  genealogical 
works  on  the  Adams  family.  2.  Erastus  Hib- 
bard. mentioned  below.  3.  Charles  H..  born  in 
Ticonderoga.  December  17.  1844;  married 
Effie  Brown;  died   1911. 

(Xj  Erastus  Hibbard,  son  of  Erastus 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Ticonderoga,  Xew  York, 
January  16,  1839.  He  came  to  Orwell,  \'er- 
mont,  with  his  parents  when  ten  years  old 
and  attended  the  public  schools  of  that  town 
and  of  Ticonderoga,  the  Troy  Conference 
Seminary  at  Poultney  and  Middlebury  Col- 
lege, \'ermont.  from  which  be  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the 
class  of  1861.  During  the  next  three  years 
he  taught  school  at  Chatham.  Xew  York. 
From  1864  to  1867  he  was  paymaster  in  the 
Cnited  States  army.  From  1867  to  1870  he 
was  editor  of  the  Fair  Haven  Journal.  He 
entered  the  Albany  Law  School  and  prepared 
for  his  profession  and  in  1871  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  but  in  1872  was  elected  cashier 
of  the  First  Xational  Bank  of  Fair  Haven 
and  continued  in  this  position  until  1 89 1.  Dur- 
ing the  next  two  years  he  was  in  business  in 
Montgomery  and  Fort  Dodge.  Minnesota.  He 
then  returned  to  Fair  Haven  where  he  was 
elected  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  \  er- 
mont  Clock  Company.  He  held  that  office  six 
vears.  since  then  engaged  in  the  real  estate 
business  in  Castleton. 

In  politics  Mr.  Phelps  is  a  Republican  and 
has  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He 
was  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional  convention 
of  X'ermont  in  1870,  and  represented  the  town 
in  the  state  legislature  in  1896-97.  serving  on 
the  committee  on  corporations.  He  has  been 
a  trustee  of  Middlebury  College  since  i8<^i. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  is 
deacon  of  the  Congregational  church  of  Fair 
Haven.  He  married,  at  Millersburg.  Minne- 
sota. December  2y.   1874.   Mary   Ella,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Robbins  and  Mary  (Barber)  Miller 
(see  Miller  I\').  Children:  i.  Paul  Harold, 
born  October  30,  1877 :  a  farmer  at  Hampton, 
Xew  York ;  married  Abigail  Pitkin  and  has 
three  children:  William  M..  born  June  12, 
1904;  Hamilton  Hibbard.  April  18,  1907; 
\\'illiani  Elnathan,  March  11,  191 1.  2.  Philip 
Max  Miller,   mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Philip  Max  Miller,  son  of  Erastus 
Hibbard  and  Mary  Ella  1  Miller  1  Phelps,  was 
born  at  Fair  Haven.  \'ermont,  June  12,  1886. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town :  graduated  in  1907  from  the  Gushing 
Academy  at  Ashburnham.  Massachusetts :  en- 
tered the  Chicago  Law  School,  but  completed 
his  course  at  the  Albany  Law  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  19 10 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Laws,  and  in 
the  same  year  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  The 
following  two  years  he  was  in  the  adjusting 
department  of  the  Travelers  Insurance  Com- 
pany. In  1912  he  began  to  practice  law  on 
his  own  account  at  Fair  Haven.  He  attends 
the  Congregational  church.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Chicago  Chapter,  Sons  of  the 
American  Revolution :  Rutland  Lodge,  Be- 
nevolent and  Protective  (Jrder  of  Elks,  and 
the  national  legal  fraternity.  Delta  Chi. 

(The    Miller    Line). 

William  Miller,  immigrant  ancestor,  was  a 
tanner  and  planter  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 
in  1638.  In  1643  sifl  1646  he  served  as  a 
soldier  against  the  Indians.  He  resided  in 
Ipswich  in  1648,  and  in  1654  was  one  of  the 
twenty-three  original  settlers  of  Xorthampton, 
^lassachusetts.  He  resided  on  King  street  in 
that  town,  and  died  there  July  15,  1690.  He 
acquired  a  plantation  at  Xorthfield  in  1672, 
and  settled  there,  but  returned  to  Xorthamp- 
ton probably  on   account  of  the   Indian  war. 

He  married  Patience  ,  who  died,  very 

aged,  at  Xorthampton.  March  16,  1716.  The 
Xorthampton  records  say  that  she  v^-as  a 
skilled  physician  and  surgeon.  Children : 
John,  married.  March  24,  1670,  Mary  Alvord. 
killed  by  the  Indians,  October  3,  1675  ;  ]\Iary, 
married  (first)  Obadiah  Williams,  (second) 
Godfrey  Xims;  Rebecca,  died  August,  1637. 
Born  in  Xorthampton :  Patience,  September 
15,  1657:  William,  Xovember  30,  1659:  Mer- 
cy, February  8,  1660:  Ebenezer,  June  7.  i(364: 
Mehitable,  July  10,  1666;  Abraham,  January 
20,   1 67 1. 

(I)  William  Miller,  descendant  of  \\"illiam 
Miller,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  married  in 
West  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  Hannah 
Leonard. 

(II)  Captain  William  (2)  Miller,  son  of 
William    (i)    Miller,  was  born   December   15, 


1737.  He  lived  in  Pittsfield,  Massachusetts, 
until  1786,  when  he  moved  to  Low  Hampton, 
Washmgton  county,  Xew  York,  where  he 
died  December  2;^,  1812,  in  his  fifty-fifth  year. 
He  served  in  the  revolution.  He  married, 
March  22.  1781,  Paulina,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Elnathan  Phelps  (see  Phelps  \'tl).  Children, 
born  in  Pittsfield  :  William,  mentioned  below  ; 
Joseph,  burn  June  12,  1783,  died  Felsruary  6, 
1784:  Paulina,  Xovember  i.  1784.  Born  in 
Low  Hampton:  Sylvia,  September  4.  1786; 
Daughter,  born  February  29,  1788.  died  in  in- 
fancy:  Cynthia,  born  February  13.  1789:  An- 
na, December  31.  1790,  died  December  27, 
1812;  Mira  M.,  September  12.  1792:  An- 
na, February  10,  1794;  George.  February  6. 
1796:  Lois,  January  23,  1798:  Ira.  December 
3,  1799,  died  August  4,  1801  :  Rhoda,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1801,  died  February  2y.  1S12:  Solo- 
mon P..  Xovember  2-.  1803  :  Stella,  June  30, 
1806;  Eleanor.  April  i,  1809. 

(Ill)  Rev.  William  (3)  Miller,  son  of  Cap- 
tain William  ( 2 )  Miller,  was  born  in  Pitts- 
field, Massachusetts.  February  13.  1782.  died 
December  20,  1849,  in  Hampton,  Xew  York. 
The  family  moved  to  Hampton.  Xew  York, 
when  he  was  four  years  old  and  during  his 
youth  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  He 
attended  the  district  school,  but  was  largely 
educated  by  his  own  ettorts.  After  his  mar- 
riage he  settled  at  Poultney,  \'ermont.  He  re- 
ceived a  captain's  commission  in  the  Thirtieth 
Regiment  and  entered  the  army  in  18 1 2  and 
had  a  brilliant  military  career  in  the  war  of 
1812.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of  Platts- 
burg.  After  the  war  he  removed  to  Low 
Hampton,  Xew  York,  and  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. In  early  life  he  was  deistic  in  religious 
belief,  but  after  attending  the  Baptist  church 
at  Low  Hampton,  of  which  his  uncle.  Rev. 
Elisha  Miller,  was  pastor,  and  reading  ser- 
mons when  the  pastor  was  absent,  he  became 
a  convert  to  Christianity.  He  made  a  most 
careful  and  painstaking  study  of  th.e  Bible  and 
came  to  the  conclusion  that  the  end  of  the 
world  was  fi.xed  by  the  Scripture  prophets. 
The  public  labors  of  Mr.  Miller  began  in  1831 
when  he  went  from  church  to  church  deliver- 
ing lectures  on  the  second  advent  of  Christ, 
lie  was  later  licensed  to  preach  and  as  he 
went  through  the  country,  obtained  converts 
by  thousands  and  his  reputation  as  preacher 
grew  world-wide.  His  followers  came  to  be 
known  as  Millerites.  His  sermons  were  pub- 
lished and  widely  circulated,  and  his  labors  re- 
sulted in  the  formation  of  the  Second  Ad- 
ventist  denomination.  Though  his  prophecy 
that  the  world  would  come  to  an  end  in  1843- 
44  failed,  his  followers  in  large  part  recog- 
nized the  earnestness  and  sincerit\'  of  the  faith 


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ami  the  church  has  remained  strong  and  vig- 
orous in  many  sections  to  the  present  time. 
E.xtensive  biographies  of  WiUiam  Miller  were 
published   in    1875   and    1895. 

He  married,  June  29,  1803,  Lucy  Smith,  of 
Poultney,  \'ermont.  Children :  \\'illiam  S., 
Bellona  L..  Satterlee  E.,  Langdon,  Robbins, 
George  W.,  Infant,  Electa  .\1.,  Juhn  IL. 
Lucy  A. 

tl\')  Robbins,  son  of  Rev.  William  (3) 
Miller,  was  born  Uctober  4,  1814.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Elizabeth  Barber,  October  4,  1842. 
They  had  two  children :  Mary  Ella,  born  De- 
cember 2j,  1844,  married  Erastus  Hibbard 
Phelps  (see  Phelps  X);  William  R.,  born 
January  14,  1849. 


Antoine  Donay  Erenier,  the 
ERENIER  immigrant  ancestor,  was  the 
son  of  Louis  Donay  and 
Jeanne  (Ganatte)  Erenier,  of  Lugon,  Poitou, 
now  department  of  X'endee,  Prance,  born  in 
1647.  ^\  ith  three  hundred  other  colonists  he 
left  La  Rochelle,  Erance,  and  arrived  at  Que- 
bec, October  2"],  1662.  They  were  brought 
over  by  Lord  Peter  Boucher,  then  governor  of 
Three  Rivers,  at  the  order  of  King  Louis  XIV. 
to  colonize  New  Erance.  In  the  fall  of  1667  he 
was  sent  by  the  governor  to  his  Boucherville 
seigniory,  to  build  the  tirst  log  houses  and 
fort,  ready  to  receive  the  governor  and  his 
family  in  the  spring  of  1668.  At  the  time  of 
his  marriage  in  1669  he  had  four  acres  of 
land  cleared  and  planted,  a  house  in  the  fort, 
a  barn  and  fifty  acres  of  land.  He  married, 
contract  dated  August  24,  1669,  Alarie,  daugh- 
ter of  Pierre  and  Anne  (  Masson  )  Richard,  of 
St.  Laurent.  Champagne,  Erance.  They  had 
nine  children,  the  fifth  child  being  Antoine 
Donay,  of  whom  further. 

(II)  Antoine  Donay  (2)  Erfenier,  son  of 
Antoine  Donay  (i)  Erenier,  was  born  De- 
cember 14,  1678,  at  Boucherville,  Canada.  He 
married,  at  Boucherville,  November  6,  1702, 
]\Iarie  Robert.  They  had  eight  children,  the 
fourth  child  being  Jean,  of  whom  further. 

(III)  Jean  Erenier,  son  of  xAntoine  Donay 
(2)  Erenier.  was  born  in  1715.  He  married, 
November  15,  1739.  Marie  J.  Pepin,  at  Bou- 
cherville, province  of  Quebec.  Canada.  They 
had  seventeen  children,  the  fourteenth  child 
being  Joseph,  of  whom  further. 

(  \\'')  Jo.seph,  son  of  Jean  Erenier.  was 
born  at  Boucherville.  August  4,  1757.  Lie 
married  (first)  August  30,  1779,  Marie  Jour- 
dain,  and  they  had  five  children.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  September  12.  1791,  Marie 
Plouf,  at  Beloeil,  province  of  Quebec,  Can- 
ada. They  had  ten  children,  the  second  child 
being  Charles,   of   whom    further. 


(  \  )  Charle.s,  son  of  Joseph  Erenier,  was 
born  l-'ebruary  3,  1795.  at  I'.elocil,  died  March 
25;  1873,  at  Burlington.  \erm>>nt.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  general  carpenter.  He  married, 
at  Beloeil.  July  26,  1819,  .Marie  T.  I'milin! 
They  had  thirteen  children,  the  fifth  child  be- 
ing Isaac,  of  whom  further. 

(\'I)  Isaac,  son  of  Charles  Frenier,  was 
born  at  St.  Jean-Baptiste,  province  of  Quebec, 
Canada,  June  3,  1826,  died  at  St.  Hyacinthe, 
same  province.  November  4,  1875.  ^'■'  ^^•'^ 
a  builder  and  contractor  at  St.  Hyacinthe. 
He  married  (first)  ( )ctober  20,  1846.  Mar- 
guerite ( iuernache,  at  St.  Domini(|ue,  prov- 
ince of  Quebec,  and  had  three  children.  He 
married  ( second )  ( )ctober  4.  1852,  at  Ste. 
Marie,  province  of  Quebec.  I'.ii)iane  Rivard. 
Children  by  second  wife :  i.  John  H.,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Marie,  born  .August  8.  1855:  mar- 
ried (first)  P.  Caron.  and  (second*  Philias 
Boutin;  residing  at  Holyoke,  Massachusetts. 
3.  Marie  A.,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Marie  E., 
residing  at  Providence.  Rhode  Island.  5.  Jo- 
seph, residence  unknown.  6.  Frederic,  born 
-August  4,  1863:  residing  at  St.  Hyacinthe, 
province  of  Quebec.  7.  Felix.  November  20, 
1865 ;  residing  at  Worcester.  Massachusetts. 
8.  Arthur,  May  22,  1869:  residing  at  St.  Hya- 
cinthe. 9.  Napoleon.  February  3,  1872:  resid- 
ing in  Boston,  .Massachusetts. 

(MI)  John  H..  son  of  Lsaac  Frenier,  was 
born  .August  19,  1853.  .At  the  age  of  four- 
teen he  entered  as  apprentice,  to  learn  the 
machinist's  and  moulder's  trade,  with  the  firm 
of  Frechette  &  Brothers,  of  St.  Hyacinthe, 
province  of  Quebec,  in  the  fall  of  1868.  In 
1870  he  constructed  the  first  mowing  machine 
made  in  Canada,  making  the  patterns,  helping 
to  construct  same  and  put  it  into  o|)eration, 
and  teaching  the  farmers  its  use.  In  1871  he 
constructed  the  first  automatic  single  raking 
machine,  in  a  [)attern  very  similar  to  those 
made  now.  .\t  that  time  machines  such  as 
grist-mills,-  sawmills,  steam  engines,  water 
wheels,  etc.,  were  all  made  in  the  <ame  shop,  as 
well  as  many  kinds  of  tools,  and  Mr.  Frenier 
had  to  learn  the  making  of  all  these,  .\fter 
serving  his  time  as  apprentice  he  entered  the 
firm  of  Chagnon  &  Company,  of  St.  Hya- 
cinthe, and  for  many  years  designed  and  built 
steam  engines  and  machine  tools  of  all  kinds 
there.  On  February  25,  1880,  he  moved  to 
Rutland,  \'ermont,  where  he  is  now  living. 
For  a  time  he  worked  as  pattern  maker  for  the 
firm  of  Mansfield  &  Stimson.  On  .\pril  i. 
1882.  he  entered  the  employ  of  David  Short- 
sleeve  &  Company,  as  draftsman  and  pattern 
maker,  building  neam  engines,  machine  tools 
and  stone  working  machinery  of  all  kinds. 

While   in   the  employ  of   this  company   lie 


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invented  the  spiral  sand  pump,  for  feeding 
sand  and  water  to  marble  sawing  gangs.  On 
November  i,  1885.  he  formed  a  partnership 
with  one  of  his  fellow  machinists.  Leon  Le- 
blanc,  for  the  manufacture  of  this  sand  pump. 
The  first  pump  was  sold  to  Gilson  &  Woodfin, 
at  West  Rutland,  X'erniont,  and  in  a  few 
months  the  same  company  purchased  seven 
more  pumps.  In  a  few  years  this  labor-sav- 
ing device  was  adopted  by  all  the  principal 
mills,  and  today  it  is  used  all  over  the  world. 
Bv  the  old  method  the  sand  was  fed  to  the 
sawing  machine  by  hand,  with  a  shovel,  and 
one  man  could  feed  only  two  small  gangs  or 
one  large  one.  By  the  new  method  one  man 
can  feed  eight  to  ten  gangs,  thus  saving 
the  labor  of  twenty  men  for  a  fifty  gang  mill. 
The  pumps  are  exceedingly  durable,  many  of 
them  having  been  used  night  and  day  for 
twenty-five  years.  In  1900  Mr.  Frenier  pur- 
chased his  partner's  share  in  the  business, 
which  he  is  now  carrying  on  alone.  In  1910 
he  invented  a  new  modification  of  the  spiral 
pump,  which  he  has  shipped  to  all  parts  of 
the  world.  It  is  used  in  gold  and  silver  mines, 
and  is  the  most  durable  sand  pump  yet  in- 
vented for  this  purpose.  Mr.  Frenier  has  in- 
vented and  patented  a  large  number  of  marble 
working  machines,  but  has  never  pushed  their 
introduction,  as  he  has  devoted  a  large  part 
of  his  time  to  the  manufacture  of  the  sand 
pump. 

In  politics  ^Ir.  Frenier  is  a  Republican. 
Though  never  having  sought  office  he  has  oc- 
casionally yielded  to  persuasion,  and  served 
for  several  vears  as  alderman  of  the  city,  and 
delegate  to  Republican  conventions.  He  also 
has  held  many  offices  in  clubs  and  societies. 

He  married,  at  Burlington.  \'ermont.  June 
3.  1872.  Octavie  Menard.  Children:  i. 
George  Henry,  born  May  19,  1873.  died  Sep- 
tember 8.  1873.  2.  Henry  H.,  February  25, 
1875.  died  January  26,  1899;  married.  No- 
vember 5.  1894,  Celia  Sammon,  at  Rutland. 
\'ermont.  3.  George  H..  January  i,  1877,  died 
February  12.  1878.  4.  \\'ilfred  A.,  of  whom 
further.  5.  Maxime  O.,  .\pril  25,  1880:  mar- 
ried, November  4.  1901,  Mabel  Morey :  lives 
at  Springfield.  Massachusetts,  where  he  is  a 
draftsman  for  the  Knox  Automobile  Company. 
6.  Marie  C)..  .August  13,  1881,  died  November 
3.  1907:  married.  October  23.  1902,  Ulric  Du- 
puis :  left  five  children.  7.  Regina  A.,  born 
March  20,  1883.  died  October  30,  1884.  8.  .\n- 
na  v..  February  I.  1886;  married.  November 
5.  1906.  Thomas  J.  Byrne.  9.  Leon  L.,  May 
17,  1889:  married,  June  20.  191 1,  Madeline 
Provost.     10.  Irene  Clara,  Mav  31.  1891. 

(VUl)  Wilfred  A.,  son  of  John  H.  Fre- 
nier, was  born   May   11.   1878.     He  attended 


college,  and  then  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years 
entered  as  apprentice  with  the  Fitchburg 
Steam  Engine  Works,  Fitchburg,  Massachu- 
setts, to  learn  the  machinist's  trade.  After 
staying  there  for  three  years  he  worked  with 
his  father  at  the  sand  pump  business  until 
1905,  when  he  built  the  Frenier  Automobile 
Garage,  the  oldest  and  largest  garage  in  the 
city  of  Rutland,  now  situated  on  Cleveland 
avenue.  He  sells  the  Ford,  Buick,  Overland 
and  Stoddard-Dayton  automobiles,  and  car- 
ries on  a  general  repair  business. 

Mr.  Frenier  married,  June  14,  1905,  Bertha 
A.  Trask.  They  have  one  son :  Richard  H., 
born  September  i.  1909. 


This  name  is  a  very  old  one  in 
YOL'NG     America,  arriving  soon  after  the 

historical  voyage  of  the  "Alay- 
fiiower'",  and  has  numerous  representatives 
scattered  all  over  the  United  States.  It  was 
conspicuously  identified  with  the  early  settle- 
ment of  many  of  the  states,  villages  and  towns 
having  been  named  in  its  honor.  There  were 
representatives  of  the  name  of  Scotch  lineage 
who  arrived  in  the  early  part  of  the  eighteenth 
century  and  were  located  at  various  points  in 
Massachusetts.  The  family  tradition  regard- 
ing the  line  herein  traced  speaks  of  three 
brothers.  Robert,  William  and  David  Young, 
who  were  born  on  the  river  Tweed  in  Scot- 
land, and  went  to  Ireland,  later  to  England, 
whence  they  came  to  .\merica  landing  in  New 
York,  and  two  of  them  remained  in  that  state. 
(I)  Robert  Young  was  born  about  1710-15 
and  first  appears  of  record  in  Medway,  }ilas- 
sachusetts.  where  he  married,  February  15. 
1737.  Sarah  Corning.  He  had  one  child  born 
in  HoUiston,  Massachusetts,  and  others  prob- 
ably in  that  vicinity,  perhaps  in  Old  Mendon. 
He  removed  about  1748  to  .\thol.  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  resided  until  his  death,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1796.  He  was  among  the  early  set- 
tlers of  that  town  and  at  the  first  town  meet- 
ing, upon  its  organization,  March  29.  1762.  he 
was  elected  one  of  its  wardens.  His  wife 
Sarah,  died  in  Athol,  January  18.  1761,  and 
he  married  (second)  in  Pelham,  Massachu- 
setts. December  20.  1764,  Elizabeth  ( La- 
mond )  Gray,  widow  of  Daniel  Gray.  She 
was  born  about  1729-30,  and  died  in  Athol. 
February  23,  1825.  aged  ninety-five  years. 
Children,  of  first  marriage:  i.  Hannah,  born 
May  23,  1740,  in  Holliston.  married  Benja- 
min Sanders.  2.  Mary,  married  Freeborn 
Raymond.  3.  Samuel,  resided  in  Athol:  mar- 
ried (first)  Rhoda  Haven:  (second)  Mrs. 
Lois  (Sanderson)  Cotting.  4.  William,  mar- 
ried Keziah  Haven,  and  lived  in  Athol.  5. 
Sarah,  baptized  November  4.   1750,  in  Athol, 


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the  year  when  tlie  church  was  organized  there. 
6.  Robert.  May  0,  1753.  7.  David.  Septem- 
ber 14.  1755.  8.  Anna,  March  5,  1758,  died 
young.  9.  Simeon,  mentioned  below.  '(Jf  sec- 
ond marriage:  10.  Joiin.  baptized  August  10. 
1766.  II.  -Knna.  June  2U.  17(18.  12.  Joel,  Au- 
gust 5.  1770. 

(II)  Simeon,  fifth  son  of  Robert  and  Sarali 
(Corning  I  Young,  was  baptized  .Vngnst  8. 
1760.  in  tiie  First  Church  of  .\thol.  and  died 
October  28.  1846,  in  Orwell.  \'erniont.  He 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  (Jrwell, 
where  he  first  went  in  1786,  before  the  or- 
ganization of  the  town.  He  cleared  up  land; 
sowed  winter  wheat  and  built  a  log  cabin, 
after  which  lie  returned  to  Athol  for  his  wife, 
and  in  February  following  settled  in  Orwell, 
where  he  was  a  prominent  and  influential  citi- 
zen, active  in  promoting  the  welfare  of  the 
town.  He  married  in  Athol  ( intention  pub- 
lished February  13.  1786),  Mary,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Luce  Hill,  born  October  4,  1767, 
in  Athol.  died  in  Orwell,  May  4,  1850.  Chil- 
dren :  Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Charles, 
born  May  9.  1788;  Polly,  March  23,  1790;  Si- 
meon, June  9,  1792;  Ira.  June  2,  1794;  Asa, 
August  18,  1796;  Artemas,  October  17,  1798, 
died  before  two  years  old :  Levi.  December 
18,  i8oa.  died  in  third  year;  Royal,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1S02.  died  nine  months  old;  Lucy,  July 
17,  1804.  died  in  her  third  year;  Fanny,  April 
15,  1807:  Louise,  August  i,  1810.  All  except 
the  first  were  born  in  Orwell. 

(III)  Samuel,  eldest  child  of  Simeon  and 
Mary  (Hill)  Young,  was  born  September  i. 
1786.  in  Athol,  and  died  in  Orwell,  January  4, 
1865.  He  was  an  infant  in  arms  when  his 
parent'^  settled  in  Orwell,  where  he  spent  his 
life  on  the  farm  cleared  by  his  father.  He 
held  the  principal  town  offices  and  represented 
Orwell  in  the  state  legislature.  He  was  also 
active  in  the  state  militia,  serving  as  ensign 
lieutenant  and  captain.  He  married.  Septem- 
ber 20.  18 1 2.  Eudocia  Hall  of  Orwell,  born 
March  2S.  1789,  died  July  22,  1872,  daughter 
of  Hiland  Hall.  Children:  i.  Lucretia.  born 
September  20.  1814.  married  Oliver  Bascomb 
of  Orwell.    2.  Harriet,  born  October  14,  1816, 

married Southworth.     3.    Lucina,    born 

January  12.   18 19.  married  Jennison.     4. 

Mary,  born  June  19,  1821,  married  Charles  M. 
Stewart,  and  now  resides  in  Frankdin,  Massa- 
chusetts. 5.  William,  November  m).  1823, 
died  in  his  second  year.  6.  Hiland  Hall,  men- 
tioned below.  7.  Jane  Eliza,  born  June  2y. 
1829,  married  Calvin  Fairbanks  of  Medway, 
Massachusetts.  8.  Darwin  Samuel,  born  No- 
vember 27.    1832.  died  in  his  twentieth  year. 

(I\'l  Hiland  Hall,  second  .son  of  Samuel 
and   Eudocia    (Hall)    Young,  was  born   May 


30,  1826,  m  Orwell,  where  he  resided  and  died 
October  8,  190;,  He  was  a  successful  farmer 
living  on  the  land  occupied  successivclv  bv 
his  grandfather  and  father ;  held  various  towii 
offices  and  was  a  highly  respected  citizen. 

He  married,  September  10,  1850.  Eliza 
Frances,  born  August  2^.  1825,  in  Orwell, 
died  July  7.  1903,  daughter  of  Dr.  Earl  an<i 
Roxcena  (Warner)  Cushman,  of  that  town 
(see  Cushman  \III).  Children:  I.  Jennie 
L.,  born  .\ugust  2<).  1831.  married  James  H. 
Thomas,  of  (Jrwell,  and  had  a  son,  Edward 
Young  Thomas,  now  deceased.  2.  Roljcrt 
Cushman.  born  .April  29,  1855,  resides  on  the 
homestead  in  (Jrwell.  He  married  (first)  in 
1882,  Abby  Adams,  of  I'ranklin.  Massachu- 
setts, daughter  of  Peter  and  Clarissa  (  Rich- 
ardson)  Adams:  she  died  June  5.  1885,  and 
he  married  (second)  January  ii,  1888.  Ger- 
trude Stevens,  of  Greenwich,  New  York. 
daughter  of  Simon  L.  and  Helen  C.  (Russell) 
Stevens.  Children,  all  by  second  wife:  Rus- 
sell Stevens,  born  February  i,  1890;  Aima, 
October  18,  1892;  Robert  Cushman,  born  in 
February,  1906.  3.  Edward  Earl,  born  Octo- 
ber 26,  1856,  married  Ellen  M.  Rice,  and  is  a 
farmer  in  Orwell.  4.  George  Hiland.  men- 
tioned below. 

(\')  George  Hiland,  youngest  son  of  Hiland 
H.  and  Eliza  F.  (Cushman)  Young,  was  born 
February  22,  1859,  in  Orwell,  and  now  resides 
in   Brandon,  \'ermont.     He   received  a  com- 
mon  school   education   in   the   schools  of   his 
native  town,  and  later  attended  the  Troy  Con- 
ference    .Seminary,     at     Poultney,     \'ermont. 
Leaving  this  institution  he  began  his  business 
career  by  going  into  the  First  National  Bank, 
at   Brandon,   X'ermont,  as  teller  in    1879,   re- 
maining in  that  capacity  until  1882.     He  then 
went  to  Great   Bend.   Kansas,  where  he  was 
cashier  and  manager  of  the  Farmers'  and  Mer- 
chants'   Bank,    of   that    place,    from    1882    to 
1890.     In  the  latter  year  he  returned  to  \'er- 
mont,  and   for  a  year  and  a  half,  was  teller 
in  the  Howard  National  Bank,  of  Burlington, 
\'ermont.     In  1893  '^^  came  to  Brandon.  \'er- 
mont.  as  cashier  of  the  F'irst  National  Bank, 
which   position   he  held   until    1008.     In  Jan- 
uary of  that  year  he  was  elected  vice-presi- 
dent of  tiTe  bank,  and  is  still  the  incumbent 
of   that  office.      He    is  also   vice-president  of 
the  Cloud  County   F'>ank.  of  Concordia.  Kan- 
sas.   He  is  director  of  the  Rutland  Trust  Corn- 
pan} .  at   Rutland.   \'ermont.      Interested  also 
in    fraternal   matters,  he   is  a  member  of  St. 
Paul's    Lodge.    No.    25.    Free    and    .\ccepted 
Masons,  of   Brandon  ;  the   Farmers'  Chapter. 
No.  9.  of  the  Royal   Arch   Masons ;  and  the 
Killington  Commandery.  Knights  Templar,  of 
Rutland :  Cairo  Temple.  Nobles  of  the  N[ys- 


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tic  Shrine,  of  Rutland :  and  is  also  connected 
with  Brandon  Lodge.  Xo.  25.  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 

He  married,  January  2^.  1888.  Cora  A.,  a 
native  of  ( )r\vell,  daughter  of  Theron  Bush 
Smith  and  Almeda  Theodosia  (Warren) 
Smith,  of  that  town. 

(The  Cuslinian  Line). 

Robert  Cushman  was  born  in  1580  in  Eng- 
land. He  early  became  interested  in  the  move- 
ment for  greater  freedom  of  religious  opin- 
ion, and  joined  the  little  church  at  Scrooby, 
with  Rev.  John  Robinson  ( afterwards  its  pas- 
tor). Elder  Brewster,  Governor  Carver,  Gov- 
ernor Bradford,  Isaac  Allerton  and  others,  in 
1602.  Subsequently  they  removed  to  Hol- 
land, but  were  not  satisfied  with  the  condi- 
tions at  Leyden  and  resolved  to  make  appli- 
cation to  the  Mrginia  Company,  whose  au- 
thority extended  over  a  considerable  portion 
of  tlie  Xorth  American  continent,  for  liberty 
to  settle  in  the  company's  territory  in  America. 
For  that  purpose  Robert  Cushman  antl  Deacon 
John  Carver  were  selected  to  go  to  London  in 
1617  and  open  negotiations.  The  mission  was 
not  successful.  Later  they  arranged  with 
Thomas  Weston  and  the  Merchant  Adventur- 
ers of  London  to  go  to  America.  The  "Speed- 
well" was  purchased  in  Holland,  but,  not  be- 
ing large  enough  to  take  all  who  wished  to  go, 
Robert  Cushman  hired  the  "Mayflower,"  a 
much  larger  vessel.  The  "Speedwell"  proved 
unseaworthy  and  its  passengers  were  left  be- 
hind, there  not  being  room  for  them  on  the 
"Mayflower."  One  of  them  was  Robert 
Cushman.  who  went  with  them  to  London  to 
look  after  their  interests  and  arrange  for  pas- 
sage later.  In  162 1  the  "Fortune"  was  char- 
tered, and  carried  thirty-six  passengers,  in- 
cluding Robert  Cushman  and  his  son,  Thomas. 
He  had  arranged  to  return  to  London  when 
the  vessel  went  back,  so  he  had  only  about  a 
month  to  learn  the  sad  news  of  the  death  of 
half  his  friends  of  the  "Mayflower"  during 
the  first  winter.  The  day  before  he  sailed  he 
preached  a  sermon  to  his  old  friends,  de- 
signed to  give  them  hope  and  courage. 
Though  he  was  not  a  clergyman  or  teaching 
elder,  it  was  a  remarkable  discourse,  and  the 
first  one  delivered  in  Xew  England  that  was 
printed.  He  was  most  active  and  influential 
in  securing  a  charter  for  the  Plymouth  col- 
ony and  also  for  the  first  settlement  of  the 
Massachusetts  Bay  Colony  at  Cape  Ann.  He 
continued  to  perform  his  duties  as  agent  of 
the  colony  in  London,  and  did  his  best  to  pro- 
mote its  interests.  He  died  somewhat  sud- 
denly in  1625.  before  he  could  return  to 
America  as  he  had  planned.     Governor  Brad- 


ford said  of  him:  "He  was  our  riglu  hand 
with  the  Adventurers,  who  for  divers  \ears 
has  managed  all  our  busness  with  them  to  our 
great  advantage".  His  son.  Thomas,  who 
came  with  him,  is  the  only  child  known,  and 
through  him  the  line  continued. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Cushman.  was 
born  in  England  in  February,  1608.  He  came 
to  Xew  England  with  his  father  in  162 1.  and 
remained  in  the  family  of  Governor  Brad- 
ford when  his  father  returned  to  England.  In 
a  letter  his  father  entreated  the  governor  "to 
have  a  care  for  my  boy  as  your  own".  He 
settled  in  that  part  of  Plymouth  now  Kings- 
ton, and  m  1635  was  on  the  iur\-.  He  was 
appointed  successor  to  Elder  Brewster  in 
1649.  continuing  in  the  office  until  his  death, 
December  11.  1691.  more  than  forty-three 
years.  The  church  records  say :  "He  has  bin 
a  rich  blessing  to  this  church  scores  of  >ears. 
He  was  grave,  sober,  holy  and  temperate,  very 
studious  and  solicitious  for  the  peace  and 
prosperity  of  the  church,  and  to  prevent  & 
heale  all  breaches."  He  married  in  1636, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Isaac  Allerton.  of  the 
"Mayflower."  who  for  several  years  was  assist- 
ant to  the  governor,  and  went  to  London  five 
times  in  the  interests  of  the  colony.  -He  spent 
the  latter  part  of  his  life  in  Xew  Haven,  where 
he  died.  She  died  at  the  age  of  ninety,  sur- 
viving her  husband,  and  was  the  last  survivor 
of  those  who  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower". 
Children,  born  in  Plymouth :  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Sarah  ;  Lydia  ;  Rev.  Isaac,  born 
February  8,  1647-48,  a  prominent  minister; 
Deacon  Elkanah,  June  i.  1651:  Feare.  June 
20,  1653:  Eleazer,  Februarv  20,  i6;6-57; 
Hilary. 

(III)  Rev.  Isaac  Cushman,  second  son  of 
Thomas  and  ^lary  ( Allerton )  Cushman,  was 
born  February  8,  1638.  at  Plymouth,  and  died 
October  22.  1732,  at  Plympton,  ^lassachusetts. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  church  at  Plymouth, 
and  obtained  a  better  education  than  most 
men  of  that  da_\-.  In  1685  he  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  of  Plymouth,  and  in  June.  ifSgo.  he 
was  elected  a  deputy  to  the  general  court,  be- 
ing associated  in  the  same  oftice  with  John 
Broadforce.  The  same  men  were  -elected 
deputies  to  another  session  held  in  August, 
same  vear.  In  June  following  they  were 
again  elected  and  attended  the  last  session  pre- 
vious to  the  union  of  the  Plymouth  and  Massa- 
chusetts colonies,  in  1692.  At  the  death  of  his 
father  in  i6t)i  he  was  chosen  ruling  elder. 
He  was  called  to  the  pastorate  of  the  church 
in  Middleboro.  and  of  the  new  church  estab- 
lished in  Plympton.  He  accepted  the  latter 
and  continued  minister  there  from  1695  to 
1732.     His   settlement  there   followed  an  ex- 


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tomled  controversy.  He  was  more  liberal  in 
religious  matters  than  his  contemporaries,  and 
secured  the  adoption  of  new  articles  of  faith, 
which  have  remained  to  the  present  day  with 
little  change  as  the  creed  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church.  .\t  the  time  of  his  settlement 
in  Plymouth  he  was  in  the  prime  of  life  and 
was  evidently  a  very  able  man.  Little  is 
known  of  his  talent  as  a  preacher,  none  of  his 
sermons  having  been  printed,  but  he  was 
among  the  most  useful  members  of  his  pro- 
fession. During  his  ministry  of  thirty-seven 
years  two  hundred  and  forty-seven  persons  be- 
came members  of  his  church  and  he  .solemn- 
ized one  hundred  and  forty-four  marriages. 
The  history  of  the  church,  written  by  Louis 
Bradford,  says:  "He  was  a  pious  and  godly 
man.  He  had  not  a  college  education.  He 
used  to  preach  without  notes,  but  studied  his 
sermons  beforehand  and  committed  to  mem- 
ory. Instead  of  a  wig  he  used  to  wear  a  black 
velvet  cap.  His  salary  in  1701  was  thirty-five 
pounds,  and  it  was  increased  from  time  to 
time,  till  in  1728  it  was  eighty-five  pounds  a 
year."  He  married,  about  1675.  Mary  Rick- 
ard,  born  in  1654,  died  September  27.  1727,  at 
Plympton.  Children:  Isaac,  Rebeckah,  ^Iary, 
Sarah.   Ichabod.   mentioned  below,  and   Fear. 

(I\')  Ichabod,  junior  son  of  Rev.  Isaac 
and  Mary  ( Rickard )  Cushman,  was  born  Oc- 
tober 30,  1686,  in  Plympton,  and  resided  in 
that  town  and  in  Middleboro.  His  estate  was 
settled  in  1736  by  his  widow.  Patience.  He 
married  ffirst)  Esther,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Barnes,  and  (second)  November  2",  1712,  Pa- 
tience, daughter  of  John  Holmes.  She  was 
mother  of  all  his  children,  namely :  Joanna, 
born  December  17,  1713 ;  William,  October 
13,  1715:  Sarah.  November  8,  1717:  Experi- 
ence, July  12,  1719;  Patience,  April  8,  1721  : 
}klary.  December  22,  1723:  Ichabod,  mentioned 
below:  Rebeckah,  July  11,  1727;  Isaac,  Au- 
gust 12,  1730. 

(V)  Ichabod  (2).  younger  son  of  Ichabod 
fi)  and  Patience  (Holmes)  Cushman,  was 
born  May  12,  1725,  in  Plympton,  and  resideil 
in  Middleboro  after  1754.  He  married  ('first) 
March  4,  1751,  Patience  Mackfern,  and  (sec- 
ond) Hope  White.  The  latter  was  the  mo- 
ther of  his  youngest  child,  John,  born  June 
9,  1775.  Children  of  first  wife:  Ex(>erience, 
born  March  q,  1752:  Molly.  April  20,  1754; 
Ichabod,  mentioned  below :  Holmes,  October 
22,  1759:  Robert,  .\pril  24.  1761  :  Sylvester, 
April  27,    1764:  Earl,  (October   16,   1766. 

(\\\  Ichabod  (31.  eldest  son  of  Ichabod 
(2)  and  Patience  ("Mackfern)  Cushman,  was 
born  March  28,  1757.  in  Middleboro,  and  re- 
•^ided  there  until  1802,  when  he  removed  to 
Hartland,    \'ermont,   where   he   died   October 


14.  1805.  He  had  mailc  a  beginning  in  the 
clearing  of  a  farm  in  Hartland.  luit  his  early 
death  left  his  family  in  >traiicncd  circumstan- 
ces. He  married,  November  28,  17SJ.  Mollv 
Morton,  born  November  5,  1758,  died  in  Micl- 
dlebury,  \  erniont.  .\ugust  29,  1841,  surviving 
her  husband  nearly  thirty-six  years.  Children: 
Clark,  lx)rn  September  13,  1783:  Ichabod  Mor- 
ton, November  7,  1787;  Sally,  June  ".  1789; 
Deborah.  February  14,  1791 ;  Eunice.  Septem- 
ber 2".  1795:  Earl,  mentioned  below;  Josiah 
Leonard,  .\ugust  13,  1799. 

I  \II )  Earl,  third  sun  of  Ichabod  13)  and 
Molly  ( Morton  1  Cushman.  was  born  May  10. 
1797.  and  was  about  five  years  old  when  iiis 
parents  removed  to  \'ermont.  and  was  de- 
jirived  of  a  father's  care  when  eight  years  old. 
At  the  age  of  nine  years  he  was  bound  out 
and  in  1807  went  to  Mi<ldlebury.  where  lie 
lived  two  years  in  the  family  of  Colonel  James 
Chipman.  Following  this  he  was  two  and  one- 
half  years  with  Holland  Weeks  of  Sali>bury. 
In  his  indenture  it  was  stipulated  that  he 
should  receive  his  clothing  and  three  months' 
schooling  each  year.  From  fifteen  to  eighteen 
years  of  age  he  was  employed  at  farm  labor 
with  the  exception  of  six  months  spent  in 
school  and  at  the  academy.  He  was  deter- 
mined to  secure  an  education  and  ma<le  the 
most  of  his  limited  opportunities.  In  1815  he 
lived  with  a  brother  in  Boston  and  was  there- 
after engaged  in  teaching  and  studying  until 
1817,  when  he  began  the  study  of  medicine. 
He  attended  medical  lectures  in  Doston  in 
1820-21,  and  in  the  fall  of  the  latter  year 
passed  a  satisfactory  examination  and  was 
licensed  to  practice  medicine  by  the  Addison 
County  Medical  Society  of  X'ermont.  He  im- 
mediatelv  settled  in  Orwell  in  that  county, 
where  he  continued  in  practice  until  his  death, 
and  became  prominent  in  the  profession.  Al- 
w  avs  a  student  he  kept  abreast  of  progress  in 
medical  science  and  was  made  an  honorary 
member  of  the  .\ssociation  of  Alumni  of  Cas- 
tleton  Medical  College  in  1846.  In  1848  he 
was  its  delegate  to  the  National  Medical  As- 
.sociation.  and  received  the  honorary  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Meilicine  from  Castleton  .Medical 
College  in  1854.  In  1851  he  was  presi<lent  of 
the  Addison  "^  County  Medical  Society.  He 
married  (first)  Roxcena  (Warnert.  of  Suti- 
burv.  \'ermont.  widow  of  Dr.  James  Q.  Mc- 
Far'land.  born  in  \-(f>.  He  married  ( .»econd  l_ 
September  11.  1834.  Lucy  R.  Young,  of 
.\thoI.  Children,  bv  first  wife:  Mary  Ascn- 
ath.  born  March  18.  1824.  married  William 
Moore,  of  Linleytown.  New  York:  Eliza 
Frances,  mentioned  below :  Harriet  Nash,  born 
lune  12.  1820.  ilied  when  twenty-two  years 
old.    Children  bv  second  wife:    Roxcena.  <lied 


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in  her  seventeenth  _\ear ;  Sarah  Young,  born 
April  4,  1837:  Lucy  Ann,  October  5,  1838: 
James  Earl.  March  31,  1840;  Catharine  Maria, 
-May  19.  1842;  Julia,  died  eight  months  old. 
(  \'III )  Eliza  Frances,  second  daughter  of 
Dr.  Earl  and  Ro.xcena  (Warner)  Cushman. 
was  born  August  25,  1825,  in  Orwell,  and  was 
married,  September  10,  1850,  to  Hiland  Hall 
Young,  of  that  town  (see  Young  I\'). 


The  surname  Noble  is  of  great 
N(r)BLE  antiquity  in  England.  It  appears 
as  early  as  1199  in  the  reign  of 
Richard  L  and  it  has  I)een  common  among 
English  speaking  people  ever  since.  The  name 
is  found  in  Scotland  and  several  distinguished 
merchants  of  the  name  lived  in  Eilinburgh. 
Branches  of  the  family  in  England.  Ireland 
and  Scotland  bear  coats-of-arms.  The  prin- 
cipal seats  of  the  family  were  at  Cornwall. 
Belson  and  Bishop's  Tenter,  Devonshire,  and 
!Marming,  near  ^laidstone.  county  Kent. 

(  I )  Thomas  Noble,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  as  early  as  1632,  died  in 
\\"estfield.  [Massachusetts.  January  20,  1704, 
aged  at  least  seventy-two  years.  He  was  an 
early  settler  of  Springfield,  coming  from  Bos- 
ton, where  he  was  an  inhabitant,  January  6. 
1653.  He  had  an  account  at  the  store  of 
John  Pynchon  in  Springfield,  and  this  account 
book  proves  that  he  visited  England,  soon 
after  removing  fronx  Boston.  In  1664  he  and 
others  were  given  leave  to  set  up  a  saw  mill 
on  the  brook  below  Ensign  Cooper's  farm 
over  the  Agawam  river.  He  was  an  appraiser 
of  the  town ;  had  lands  granted  him  in  West- 
field  in  July.  1666,  on  condition  that  he  settle 
there,  and  this  grant  was  renewed  January  9, 
1668.  He  was  located  in  Westfield  as  early 
as  January  21,  1669,  and  served  on  a  commit- 
tee to  decide  the  boundary  lines.  His  home- 
stead was  about  two  miles  and  a  half  from 
the  present  center  of  the  town.  He  served  as 
constable  and  took  the  oath  of  allegiance.  Jan- 
uary 23.  1678.  He  joined  the  Westfield 
church,  February  20,  1681,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman.  October  12.  1681.  He  was  fined 
five  shillings  on  one  occasion  for  traveling  on 
a  fast  day.  His  home  was  exposed  to  Indian 
attacks  during  King  Philip's  war  and  he  was 
requested  by  authorities  to  move  to  a  safer  lo- 
cation. He  was  elected  county  surveyor, 
^.larch  2.  1696.  He  was  a  tailor  by  trade.  His 
will  was  dated  May  11.  1697,  and  proved  Sep- 
tember 5,   1704. 

He  married.  November  i.  1680,  Hannah 
Warriner,  born  at  Springfield,  .\ugust  17, 
1643,  only  daughter  of  William  and  Joanna 
(Scant  I  \\'arriner.  She  joined  the  Westfield 
church,    November    ii.    1680.      .'^lie    married 


(second)  January  J4.  1705,  Deacon  Medad 
Pomeroy,  of  Northampton,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  John,  born  March  6,  1662;  Han- 
nah. February  24,  1664:  Thomas,  born  in 
Springfield,  January  14,  1666:  Matthew,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Mark  :  Elizabeth,  Februarv  9, 
1673;   Luke,  July    15,    1675;   James,   October 

I,  1677;  Mary,  June  29,  1680':  Rebecca,  Jan- 
uary 4,   1683. 

(II)  ^latthew,  son  of  Thomas  Noble,  was 
born  about  1668,  died  about  1744,  aged  about 
seventy-six  years,  in  Sheffield,  .^Iassachusetts. 
On  August  19,  1694.  he  put  himself  under 
the  watch  of  the  \\'estfield  church,  and  he  and 
his  wife  joined  the  church,  November  3,  1728, 
after  they  had  settled  in  Sheffield.  It  is  known 
that  Matthew  Noble  was  in  Sheffield.  Febru- 
ary 3,  1727,  when  he  deeded  land  in  West- 
field  to  Captain  John  Ashley.  In  1733  he  is- 
sued a  warrant  for  the  first  town  meeting  in 
Sheffield,  and  he  was  moderator  of  the  meet- 
ing. He  died  intestate,  and  the  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  dated  .April  10,  1745.  He  mar- 
ried, December  10,  1690.  Hannali,  born  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1672,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Con- 
stant (HawesI  Dewey,  and  she  was  living 
July  9,  1745.  The  date  of  her  death  is  not 
known.  Children,  born  in  Westfield  :  Joseph, 
(3ctober  8,  1691  :  Hezekiah.  May  14,  1694; 
Matthew,  September  19,  1698 ;  Solomon,  De- 
cember 22,,  1700;  Elisha,  February  9,  1703: 
(Jbadiah.  mentioned  below ;  Hannah,  October 

II,  1707:  Hester.  June  6,  1710;  Rhoda,  .\pril 
21,  1716,  recorded  in  Springfield:  Rhoda,  born 
-April   17.   17 1 7. 

(  III)  Obadiah.  son  of  Matthew  Noble,  was 
born  in  Westfield,  October  19,  1705,  died  in 
Sheffield,  probably  in  1786.  aged  eightv-one 
years.  He  settled  early  at  Sheffield,  and  the 
first  town  meeting  was  held  at  his  house  in 
1733.  He  lived  about  three-quarters  of  a 
mile  north  of  the  Congregational  church.  His 
will  was  dated  October  14,  1785,  and  proved 
June  6,  1786.  and  in  it  he  mentioned  his  sons 
Peter.  Nathaniel.  Zechariah,  Obadiah,  Ezekiel, 
and  step-daughter.  Susanna  Fairchild,  wife  of 
Moses  Fairchild,  of  Sheffield.  He  married 
Mary  Bosworth,,  daughter  of  Philip  Callen- 
der.  of  Sheffield,  and  widow  of  Bos- 
worth. By  her  first  husband  she  had  a  daugh- 
ter Susanna  who  married,  December  2,  1745, 
Moses  Fairchild.  Children,  born  in  Sheffield : 
Peter,  May  22.  1734:  Nathaniel.  October  23, 
1736:  Obadiah.  mentioned  below:  Zachariah, 
April  t6,   1742:  Ezekiel.  June  8,  1745. 

(  I\')  Rev.  Obadiah  (2)  Noble,  son  of  Oba- 
diah (i)  Noble,  was  born  in  Sheffield,  Sep- 
tember 6.  1730.  died  in  Tinmouth,  \'er- 
mont,  February  19.  1820.  He  attended  the 
College  of   New    lersev   from   which   he   was 


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gradiiatetl  in  i;(i_^  in  the  class  with  Gov. 
William  Patterson,  of  New  Jersey,  and  Chief 
Justice  Tappan  Reeve,  of  Connecticut.  Un 
November  5,  177 1,  he  was  ordained  pastor 
of  the  Congregational  church  in  Orford,  New 
Hampshire,  but  was  dismissed  December  31, 
1777,  as  the  people  were  unable  to  pay  his 
salary.  He  served  in  the  revolution  as  chap- 
lain of  New  Hampshire  troops,  and  was  pres- 
ent at  the  surrender  of  Saratoga.  He  moved 
to  Tinmouth  soon  after  1777,  and  for  eight 
or  ten  years  after  the  organization  of  the 
courts  was  clerk  of  Rutland  county.  From 
1786  for  nineteen  years  he  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace.  He  survived  every  member  of  his 
class  in  college,  living  six  years  after  all  the 
others  were  dead,  and  until  a  few  years  be- 
fore he  died  he  retained  all  his  faculties.  He 
was  a  very  generous  and  kind  man  in  charac- 
ter. In  ap[>earance  "He  was  of  medium  size, 
with  broad  shoulders,  full,  deep  breast,  mus- 
cular frame,  stout  neck,  full  face,  dark  eyes, 
and  dark  hair,  slightly  silvered  with  gray." 
He  married,  August  11,  1774,  Mrs.  Rebecca 
White,  born  about  1743,  in  Leominster,  Mas- 
sachusetts,  died   in   Tinmouth,  November  23, 

1833,  daughter  of  Rogers,  and  widow 

of  Jonathan  White,  of  Leominster.  Children, 
born  in  Tinmouth :  Jonathan  White,  born 
July  18,  1776;  Obadiah,  February  12.  1778; 
Rebecca,  March  9,  1779;  Daughter,  January 
24,  1781,  died  in  infancy;  Susanna,  July  22, 
1782;  Samuel,  mentioned  below:  Relief,  Au- 
gust 19,  1786. 

(V)  Deacon  Samuel  Noble,  son  of  Rev. 
Obadiah  (2)  Noble,  was  born  in  Tinmouth, 
\'ermont.  May  13,  1784,  died  there  Janu- 
ar\-,  1873.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  was  dea- 
con of  the  Congregational  church.  He  mar- 
ried, February  26,  1815,  Mary  Ballard,  born 
December  20,  1791,  died  in  1873,  daughter  of 
Tilly  Ballard.  Children,  born  in  Tinmouth : 
Absalom,  mentioned  below:  Mary,  born  Au- 
gust 20,  1822.  died  January  10.  1831. 

(VI)  Absalom,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  No- 
ble, was  born  in  Tinmouth,  July  24,  1816.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  Tinmouth.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 6,  1842,  Eliza  Clark,  born  May  11,  1817, 
daughter  of  Theophilus  Clark.  Children : 
Samuel,  born  July  5,  1842:  Theophilus  Clark, 
mentioned  below :   John  B.,  died   1908. 

(\TI)  Theophiliis  Clark,  son  of  .\bsalom 
Noble,  was  Iwrn  in  Tinmouth.  March  5.  1848. 
He  is  now  a  farmer  in  Tinmouth,  and  lives  on 
the  home  place  which  his  grandfather  settled. 
He  has  held  several  town  offices  such  as  lister 
and  selectman.  He  married.  September  7. 
1870,  .Alice  Cobb,  born  in  1848.  daughter  of 
Lvman  and  Jane  fCnle)  Cobb.  Children,  born 
in   Tinmouth :     Learned   Ray,   mentioned   be- 


low :  John  Edwin.  Ijorn  January  8,  1874:  Hen- 
ry C.  November  12,  1877;  I,yman  C.  1883. 

(X'HI)  Learneil  Kay.  son  of  ThcMpliihis 
(lark  Noble,  was  born  July  0.  187 1.  in  Tin- 
mouth,  \  ermont.  lie  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Middlcburv 
College,  from  whicii  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1903.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  nf 
Judge  Lawrence  in  Rutland,  \ermont.  and  in 
due  course  was  admitted  to  the  liar.  lie  re- 
mained in  Judge  I^iwrence's  office  as  clerk 
for  a  year  and  in  191 1  opened  an  office  lor 
himself  in  West  Rutland  and  began  to  prac- 
tice there.  In  |«.litics  he  is  a  Republican, 
in  religion  a  Congregationalist.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Delta  L'psilon  fraternity. 


Ji)hn  Bennett,  the  fir-t  of  the 
BENNETT  family  in  this  country,  ac- 
cording to  family  traditions, 
was  born  in  the  north  of  England.  He  mar- 
ried in  Brunswick,  Maine.  Sarah  Lombard, 
and  settled  in  that  town.  He  followed  the  sea 
m  his  younger  days  and  was  afterward  a 
farmer.  In  religion  he  was  a  Baptist:  in  poli- 
tics a  Democrat.  During  the  war  of  18 12  he 
served  in  the  .\merican  navy,  a  gunner  on  the 
warship  "Enterprise"  and  took  part  in  the 
engagement  of  Portland,  when  the  British 
man-of-war  "Boxer"  was  taken.  He  was 
wounded  in  the  battle,  a  bullet  passing  through 
his  body  and  he  had  a  narrow  escape  from 
death.  He  survived,  however,  and  lived  to 
within  a  few  months  of  the  age  of  one  hun- 
dred years.  He  received  a  pension  for  many 
years  for  his  service  in  the  war.  Children : 
John :  William :  Silas  Stearns,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Sarah,  Martha :  and  Louisa. 

(II)  Silas  Stearns,  son  of  John  Bennett, 
was  born  in  Brunswick,  Maine,  in  1817.  He 
followed  the  sea  from  an  early  age,  became 
a  master  mariner  and  commanded  many  ves- 
sels. He  enlisted  in  the  civil  war  in  1861  and 
was  instantly  killed  during  a  charge  on  Peters- 
burg, June  16,  1864.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Free  \\ill  Baptist.  He  married  at  Brunswick 
in  1842.  Hannah  Robinson  Doughty,  who  was 
born  in  Durham  in  1823.  She  was  of  Scotch- 
Irish  ancestry.  Children:  John  Henry,  men- 
tioned below :  Sarah  .\nnie  Elizal)etli.  born 
Mav  20.  1849. 

(III)  John  Henry,  son  of  Silas  Stearns  Ben- 
nett, was  born  at  Brunswick.  Maine,  .\pril  6. 
1S4;.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Cath. 
Mame,  including  the  high  school.  For  two 
vears  he  was  a  stuilent  in  the  C.ardincr  Ly- 
ceum. Gardiner.  Maine,  and  studied  theology 
in  the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary  and  College. 
He  taught  school  for  several  years  and  was  a 
professor  of  commercial  law.  bookkeeping  and 


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penmanship.  He  entered  the  ministry  in  1864 
and  joined  the  East  Maine  Conference  in 
i8h8  and  for  forty-seven  years  he  has  been 
in  the  Christian  ministry.  He  has  had  charges 
at  Lincolnville,  .\rro\vsic,  Searsport.  Aroos- 
took, Patten,  Springfield,  Lincohi,  Bradford, 
Brownville,  FrankHn,  Cnity,  Cashing,  Waldo- 
boro.  Montville,  Dresden,  Georgetown,  in  the 
state  of  Maine:  Hampden  in  the  New  Eng- 
land conference,  and  Putney,  Mechanicsville, 
South  Londonderry  and  Highgate,  in  the  state 
of  \'ermont.  At  the  present  time  he  is  pas- 
tor of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  at 
Waitsheld.  \'erniont,  and  a  member  of  the 
\'ermont  Conference.  He  has  served  on  im- 
portant committees  in  both  conferences.  He 
is  a  member  of  Searsport  Lodge,  No.  08,  Free 
^L^sons :  of  Royal  Arch  Masons  of  Belfast, 
}\Iaine.  since  1872:  and  the  Independent  Or- 
der of  (Jdd  Fellows,  of  which  he  has  been 
chaplain. 

Fie  married  at  Belgrade,  Elaine,  February 
10,  1864,  Laura  Ella  Bickford,  born  March 
5,  1848,  at  Belgrade,  ^^aine,  daughter  of  Dea- 
con .^sa  and  Cynthia  ( Stevens )  Bickford. 
Deacon  Asa  Bickford  lived  in  Belgrade,  and 
died  there  at  his  home  on  Bickford  Hill  in  the 
northern  part  of  the  town  at  the  great  age  of 
one  hundred  years  and  four  months.  .All  of  his 
children  married  and  had  families  e.xcept  W  ill- 
iam  Bickford.  who  died  at  Baton  Rouge,  Lou- 
isiana, in  1861,  in  the  service,  a  soldier  in 
the  L'nion  army ;  his  son  Elbridge  was  also 
in  the  service  in  the  civil  war.  Children  of 
.\sa  and  Cynthia  Bickford :  Seth,  Elbridge, 
William,  Charles.  Martha,  Clara,  Sylvina  and 
Laura  Ella,  mentioned  above.  Children  of 
John  Henry  and  Laura  Ella  (Bickford)  Ben- 
nett: I.  Carrie  Emma,  married  F.  J.  Ken- 
worthy,  who  is  in  the  L'nited  States  mail 
service  at  Hampden,  Massachusetts  :  children  : 
Dorothv  Louise,  Madeline,  and  Leonice  Lil- 
lian. 2.  William  Hurlburt,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Lillian  Wisteria,  married  Llewellyn  W. 
Morrow  of  Davenport,  Iowa,  now  superin- 
tendent of  the  L'nited  States  armory  at  Rock 
Island,  Illinois,  and  has  one  daughter,  Helen 
Morrow.  4.  Irving  Kingsley,  born  at  Patten, 
Maine,  attended  the  public  schools  of  Gar- 
diner, Maine,  Kent  Hill  Collegiate  Institute 
and  the  Springfield  Business  College,  Spring- 
field. Massachusetts,  and  is  now  a  general 
merchant  at  Long  Grove,  Iowa :  he  married 
Bessie  Goodwill  at  Hampden,  Massachusetts. 
Both  last  named  daughters  were  teachers  be- 
fore they  married. 

( I\'i  Dr.  William  Hurlburt  Bennett,  son  of 
John  Henry  Bennett,  was  horn  at  Belgrade, 
Maine,  May  21.  1868.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools,  the  Kent  Hill  Collegiate  Seminarv, 


the  Maine  Wesleyan  Seminary,  the  Medical 
School  of  the  University  of  \'ermont,  the  Bal- 
timore University  School  of  Medicine  and  the 
Polyclinic  School  of  Medicine,  New  York 
City,  from  which  he  received  the  degree  of 
Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1892.  He  began  to 
practice  medicine  in  ?ilaine.  but  soon  after- 
ward reinoved  to  Winchendon,  Worcester 
county,  Massachusetts,  where  he  continued  in 
general  practice  for  four  years.  Since  1903 
he  has  been  practicing  at  Hyde  Park,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  established  the  first  hospital  at 
Hyde  Park,  known  as  Dr.  Bennett's  Hospital 
and  now  the  Hyde  Park  General  Hospital. 
He  enjoys  a  large  practice  and  stands  high 
in  his  profession,  commanding  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  the  entire  comimuiity.  He  is 
a  member  of  Hyde  Park  Lodge,  and  .Ancient 
Blue  Lodge  of  Union.  Maine,  Free  and  .Ac- 
cepted Alasons:  North  Star  Chapter,  of  Win- 
chenden,  Massachusetts,  Royal  .Arch  Masons: 
Hyde  Park  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Masters. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Hyde  Park  Medi- 
cal Club,  of  the  Norfolk  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, the  Massachusetts  Medical  Society  and 
of  the  American  Medical  Association.  His 
office  and  residence  are  at  1349  River  street, 
Hyde  Park,  now  Ward  Twenty-six  of  the  City 
of  Boston. 

He  married,  January  i,  1896,  Lillian  Win- 
gate  Batchelder,  born  in  Union,  Maine,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Washington  and  Helen  (Bar- 
nard )  Batchelder,  and  granddaughter  of  Dr. 
Nathan  and  Jane  ( (jordon  )  Batchelder.  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Bennett  have  one  child,  Helen 
Laura,  born  .April  26.   1899. 


Richard  Blanchard,  immi- 
BLANCHARD     grant      ancestor,      settled 

early  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  there  .April  19,  1691.  His 
will  was  dated  .April  19,  i6<)i.  leaving  to  his 
son  William  all  his  property. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Richard  Blanchard, 
was  born  June  10.  1688.  He  lived  in  Hart- 
ford and  married  there,  October  15.  1718, 
Sarah  Cowles.  He  had  a  daughter  Sarah, 
born  October  29,  17 19,  and  a  son  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Benjamin,  only  son  of  William 
Blanchard,  settled  in  Simsbury,  Connecticut, 
and  married  there,  .August  27,  1752,  Ruth 
Wilco.xson.  Children,  born  at  Simsbury : 
Ruth,  July  2,  1753;  Nathaniel,  October  17, 
1755  :  Amasa,  June  2.  1758  :  Lodamia,  Novem- 
ber 15,  1760;  Sybil,  September  15,  1763:  Sa- 
rah. June  6.  1766;  Lorinda.  February  6,  1769; 
Beniamin.  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Blanchard,   was   born   October   9,    1772,    died 


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September  14.  1851.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Winchell.  born  August  14,  i-j2.  died  July, 
1853.  Children  :  Lodema.  born  l-'ebruary  i'/, 
1790.  married  Horace  Smith;  Clarissa,  M'arch 
9.  1798:  Benjamin  F..  mentioned  below; 
Caroline  K.,  December  19,  1802,  married 
Chauncy  Tlirall ;  Emery  S.,  July  i,  1806,  mar- 
ried   Capen. 

{V }  Benjamin  F.,  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Blanchard,  was  born  December  7,  1800,  in 
West  Rutland,  \'ermont.  died  February  24, 
1871.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  followed  farminsj  for  an  occupation.  He 
married.  April  30,  1828,  Charity  R.  .Mead, 
born  April  18.  1810,  died  September  3,  1896. 
They   had  one  son  Chalon,  mentioned  below. 

I  VI  )  Chalon,  son  of  Benjamin  F.  Blanch- 
ard. was  born  November  30,  1836,  in  West 
Rutland.  \'ermont.  died  October  i,  1883.  He 
was  a  farmer  on  the  Blanchard  homestead. 
He  was  a  gifted  musician  and  for  eighteen 
years  was  tlie  organist  of  the  Congregational 
church,  which  at  that  time  had  the  largest 
and  finest  organ  in  the  state.  He  married, 
November  30.  1858,  Ella  Reynolds,  born  at 
Sutherland  Falls.  \'ermont.  May  5,  1838, 
daugliter  of  Isaac  C.  and  Ruth  (Johnson) 
Reynolds.  Her  father  was  born  June  19, 
1805.  and  her  mother  December  28.  i8io. 
Morris  Reynolds,  father  of  Isaac  C.  was  a  son 
of  Jonathan  Reynolds,  of  an  old  colonial  fam- 
ily. Chalon  and  Ella  Blanchard  had  one  child, 
Franklin  Reynolds,  mentioned  below. 

(\TI|  Franklin  Reynolds,  son  of  Chalon 
Blanchard.  was  born  at  West  Rutland.  April 
19.  1868.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  nati\e  town,  and  early  in  life  followed 
farming.  In  1894  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Rutland  Scale  Works,  and  for  a  number 
of  years  has  been  general  foreman  of  the  plant. 
He  is  also  manager  of  the  farm  of  Governor 
John  .\.  Mead;  director  of  the  Howe  Scale 
Company  and  a  prominent  citizen  and  busi- 
ness man  in  Rutland.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. I'or  eight  years  he  represented  the 
ward  in  which  he  lives  in  the  board  of  alder- 
men of  the  city  of  Rutland  and  he  was  dur- 
ing part  of  that  time  president  of  the  board. 
At  the  present  time  he  is  commissioner  of 
public  works.  He  is  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge.  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of 
West  Rutland :  Phyllis  Chapter,  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star;  Rutland  \'alley  Grange.  Pa- 
trons of  Husbandry.  In  religion  he  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist. 

He  married,  October  11.  1888.  Mary  Per- 
sis.  born  in  Clintonville.  Wisconsin,  daughter 
of  David  Dana  and  Martha  (Clinton)  Hewett. 
She  is  a  descendant  of  Stephen  Hewett.  of 
Stonington,    Connecticut,   a   pioneer   there   as 


early  as  1647.  She  Ss  a  grandilauj^htcr  of 
Elias  Hewett,  of  Pom  fret,  \ermont,  and  of 
his  wife,  I'ersis  Cha.se  (Daviij)  Hewett.  and 
great-gramlilaughter  of  Stephen  and  Rebecca 
(Mills)  Hcwen.  of  Connecticut.  Chil<iren, 
born  in  Rutland:  Edna  Ruth,  June  6.  1889; 
Paul  Hewett,  January  2.  189 1  ;  Harold  Chalon, 
November  7.  1893,  died  June  3,  191 1  ;  Charity 


Ellen 
1903- 


May  8.  .'902;  .Mice  Dana,  October  25, 


DICKERMAN 


Thomas  Dickernian,  im- 
migrant ancestor,  came 
over  with  his  wife  Ellen, 
and  settled  in  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1636.  He  owned  land  there  in  that 
year,  and  bought  more  the  following  year. 
He  also  owned  a  house  and  land  in  Boston 
Neck  in  1652.  to  which  he  added  in  1656.  He 
was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  also  carried  on  a 
farm.  The  inventory  of  his  e>tate  was  two 
hundred  and  thirty-five  pounds,  eleven  shill- 
ings, four  pence.  He  died  June  11,  1657,  in 
Dorchester,  His  widow  married  (second) 
John  Bullard,  and  went  to  live  in  Medfield 
before  July  14,  1663.  Children;  Thomas, 
Ixjrn  1623.  died  before  i6iji  ;  .\braham,  men- 
tioned below;  Isaac,  born  December,  1637; 
John,  baptized  October  29.  1644.  died  young. 
(II)  Lieutenant  .Abraham  Dickerman,  son 
of  Thomas  Dickerman,  was  born  about  1634. 
Soon  after  his  marriage  he  moved  to  New 
Haven  and  received  as  his  wife's  dowry  a 
considerable  amount  of  real  estate.  On  .April 
17,  1668,  he  bought  a  house  and  lot  on  the 
corner  of  Church  and  Elm  streets,  and  made 
his  home  there.  On  .\pril  26,  1669.  he  was 
chosen  townsman,  or  selectman,  and  with  the 
exception  of  four  years  was  annually  chosen  to 
this  office  for  thirty-one  years,  until  1699.  In 
1683  he  was  chosen  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  and  was  re-elected  until  1696.  In  Oc- 
tober. 1683,  he  was  confirmed  and  approved  to 
be  a  lieutenant  of  the  New  Haven  Train  Band. 
When  the  town  of  Wallingford  was  settled, 
he  was  on  a  committee  of  thirteen,  including 
his  father-in-law.  to  lay  out  the  boundaries, 
which  were  a,greed  upon.  January  2S.  1673- 
74.  In  1669  he  was  on  a  committee  of  seven, 
vested  with  power  to  manage  the  affairs  of 
the  new  settlement.  On  June  19.  1685,  he  was 
again  on  a  committee  "to  procure  a  patent 
for  the  town  bounds"  of  New  Haven.  (  )n 
lune  26.  1671.  he  "was  by  vote  appointed  to 
keep  the  ordinary",  and  continued  to  do  .0 
until  i()8o.  He  lived  for  fifty-three  years  in 
New  Haven,  and  devoted  most  of  that  time 
to  the  public  good.  He  was  moderately  pros- 
perous, and  adtled  to  the  property  given  him 
bv  his  father-in-law.    He  also  shared  with  the 


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other  citizens  in  the  various  allotments  of 
land,  and  received  in  this  way  at  least  tifty 
acres.  He  died  November  2,  171 1,  aged  sev- 
enty-seven years.  His  will  was  dated  April 
20,  1710,  and  mentions  his  song  Abraham  and 
Isaac,  daughters  Mary  Bassett,  Sarah  Sperry. 
Ruth  Bradley,  Abigail  Sperry  and  Rebecca 
Foot,  and  four  grandchildren,  the  children  of 
Hannah,  who  married  Caleb  Chidsey. 

He  married,  January  2,  1658-59,  Mary 
Cooper,  born  about  1636  in  England,  died 
January  4.  1705-06,  daughter  of  John  Cooper. 
Her  father  had  been  with  the  New  Haven 
colony  from  the  first,  and  was  a  planter,  free- 
man and  signer  of  the  "fundamental  agree- 
ment". He  was  constantly  engaged  in  pub- 
lic affairs  and  held  many  positions  of  dignity 
and  honor;  attorney,  appraiser  of  estates, 
deputy  to  the  general  court,  selectman,  etc. 
Children  of  Abraham  and  Mary  (Cooper) 
Dickerman :  ^lary,  born  about  1659 :  Sarah, 
July  25,  1663  ;  Hannah,  November  16.  1665  ; 
Ruth,  April  5,  1668;  Abigail.  September  26, 
1670;  Abraham,  January  14,  1673  ;  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below ;  Rebecca,  February  2~,  1679. 

(Ill)  Captain  and  Deacon  Isaac  Dickerman, 
son  of  Abraham  Dickerman,  was  born  No- 
vember 7,  1677.  He  seems  to  have  had  un- 
usual aptitude  for  public  affairs,  and  held 
many  positions  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was 
appointed  constable,  October,  1710,  and  in 
October,  1713,  he  was  ensign  of  militia,  and 
in  1722,  captain.  On  December  15,  1712,  he 
was  chosen  selectinan,  and  afterward  contin- 
uously until  1719,  then  from  1722  until  1723, 
and  from  1730  until  1732.  He  was  deputy 
to  the  general  court  for  fifty-nine  terms  be- 
tween 1718  and  1757.  and  was  appointed  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  for  New  Haven  in  May,  1735, 
and  every  year  afterward  as  long  as  he  lived, 
for  twenty-four  years.  In  church  affairs  he 
was  as  prominent  as  in  civil  matters.  He  was 
chosen  deacon  of  the  First  Church  in  1727 
and  held  the  office  until  1754,  when  he  re- 
signed. He  then  transferred  his  membership 
to  the  White  Haven  Church,  and  was  at  the 
same  time  chosen  a  deacon  there,  and  re- 
tained the  office  until  his  death.  On  December 
24,  17 16,  when  Yale  College  was  about  to 
be  removed  from  Saybrook  to  New  Haven, 
and  the  latter  town  had  made  it  a  grant  of 
eight  acres  of  land,  he  was  one  of  a  commit- 
tee to  make  the  transfer.  In  1718  he  was  one 
of  a  number  of  proprietors  who  made  a  gift 
of  land  for  the  support  of  the  institution.  In 
that  same  year  he  was  first  sent  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly,  and  seems  to  have  been  re- 
garded from  the  first  as  the  special  represen- 
tative of  Yale  interests.  During  the  religious 
upheaval    which    followed    the    visit    of    Rev. 


George  Whitefield  to  America,  1739,  and  the 
controversy  which  took  place  between  the 
original  church  in  New  Haven  and  the  Sep- 
aratists, Isaac  Dickerman,  as  a  magistrate  and 
an  officer  in  the  church,  for  manv  years  pre- 
served a  neutral  attitude.  In  1754.  however, 
he  joined  the  White  Haven  church,  and  thus 
united  with  the  Separatists.  He  showed 
throughout  his  life  the  traits  of  a  good  citizen, 
and  many  qualities  of  the  statesman.  He  was 
energetic,  of  judicial  temper,  and  tirelessly  de- 
voted to  pubhc  interests.  He  died  September 
7,  1758.  His  will  was  dated  May  11,  1756. 
Before  his  death  he  had  transferred  large 
portions  of  his  real  estate  to  his  sons.  The 
estate  was  appraised  at  seven  hundred  and 
eleven  pounds,   four  shillings,  nine  pence. 

He  married  (first)  June  30,  1701;).  ^^lary, 
born  December  31,  1686,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Ruth  (Peck)  At  water.  Jonathan  was 
the  son  of  David  Atwater.  He  married  1  sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  (Ailing)  Morris,  \\idow  of 
John  Morris,  and  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah  (Chidsey  I  Ailing.  Samuel  was  son  of 
Roger  Ailing,  the  immigrant.  His  second 
wife  was  born  November,  1691.  and  died  in 
April,  1767.  Children:  Isaac,  born  March  3. 
171 1,  died  young;  Samuel,  January  12,  1712, 
died  young;  Ruth,  December  13,  1712;  Isaac, 
January  31,  1714;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
Jonathan,  July  4,  1719;  Stephen.  October  14, 
1721  ;  INIary,  December  16,  1723;  Rebekah, 
July  2,  1726;  Abigail,  August  4,  1728. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Captain  and  Deacon 
Isaac  Dickerman,  was  born  ^larch  4,  1716, 
died  I\Iay  10,  1760.  He  was  among  the  first 
settlers  of  Mt.  Carmel,  Connecticut,  and  owned 
a  large  amount  of  land  there.  He  married, 
December  6,  1739,  Mary,  born  December  28, 
17 17,  died  December  5,  1802.  daughter  of 
Captain  Jonathan  and  Sarah  (Sackett)  Ailing; 
Jonathan  was  son  of  John,  son  of  Roger  Ail- 
ing. Captain  Jonathan  Ailing  advocated  a 
different  policy  from  that  of  Captain  Isaac 
Dickerman.  Samuel's  father,  and  in  less  than 
a  year  after  their  marriage  Captain  Ailing  was 
sent  to  the  general  assembly  in  Captain  Dick- 
erman's  place.  Children  :  Isaac,  mentioned 
below-;  Sarah,  born  December  29.  1741  :  Mary, 
September  2,  1743;  Samuel,  April  20.  1745; 
James,  June  28,  1747:  Rhoda.  November  24, 
1748;  Chauncey,  September  28,  1750:  Jesse, 
June  16,  1752;  Ruth,  March  9,  1754:  Susan- 
nah, February  i,  1756:  Lucy,  June  i.  1759. 

(\')  Lieutenant  Isaac  Dickerman.  son  of 
Samuel  Dickerman,  was  born  September  16, 
1740.  died  April  3,  1801.  About  1700  or  be- 
fore his  son  Simeon  settled  in  Mt.  Holly,  \"er- 
mont,  and  in  a  short  time,  Isaac.  Aniasa  and 
Lyman,   all   brothers,   also   settled    tb.ere,   and 


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married  three  sisters  there,  Hannah.  Abigail 
and  Sarah  Button.  \\'hen  Isaac  married,  his 
father  said  that  he  "had  buttons  enough  but 
he  must  have  another  Button  added."  "  Isaac 
Dickerman  served  in  the  revokition  as  second 
lieutenant  of  the  Third  Company,  Fifth  Bat- 
talion, General  W'adsworth's  brigade.  He 
lived  in  Mt.  Carmel,'  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, August  21.  1765,  Sibyl,  born  June  10, 
1744,  died  September  23,  1822,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Abigail  Sperry,  of  Wallingford, 
Connecticut:  Daniel  was  son  of  Daniel,  son 
of  Richard  Sperry.  Children:  Simeon,  born 
July  20,  1766:  Isaac,  September  20,  1769,  died 
December  26,  1774;  Amasa,  October  17.  1771  ; 
Lyman.  May  12,  1774;  Isaac,  mentioned  be- 
low: Rhoda,  June  2,  1778,  died  1778;  Allen, 
January  14,  1781  ;  Sibyl.  August  15.  1783; 
Manly,  June  5,   1786. 

(\T)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Isaac  (i) 
Dickerman,  was  born  April  22,  1776,  at  Mt. 
Carmel,  died  November  9,  1845,  ^t  Mount 
Holly,  \'ermont.  He  settled  in  Mount  Holly, 
where  three  of  his  brothers  also  settled.  The 
"X'ermont  Historical  Magazine''  says:  "Dea- 
con Isaac  Dickerman  was  for  many  years  a 
leading  citizen  of  the  town  and  it  may  be 
said  of  him  that  no  man  enjoyed  to  a  greater 
degree  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  peo- 
ple. He  was  for  many  years  a  deacon  and  one 
of  the  main  pillars  of  the  Baptist  church.  He 
was  also  in  responsible  town  offices,  selectman, 
lister,  etc.  He  was  representative  four  years 
in  the  legislature  and  justice  of  the  peace, 
some  ten  or  twelve  years.  He  was  emphati- 
cally a  man  of  peace  and  his  influence  was 
exerted  to  allay  strife  and  promote  harmony." 
He  married,  September  22.  1799,  at  r\Iount 
Holly.  Sarah  Button,  born  April  4,  1784,  died 
August  16,  1846.  Children,  born  in  Mount 
Holly:  Joel,  June  29,  1800,  died  October  19, 
1800:  Hiram.  December  22,  1801  ;  Sibyl,  Au- 
gust 27,  1803.  died  October  4.  1803:  Laura 
Alena,  December  10,  1804,  died  April  6,  1823  : 
Harry  B..  April  2,  1807:  Sally  ilira.  August 
28.  1810,  died  June  21,  1830:  Harvey  }ilalden, 
Julv  12,  1812;  Isaac  Stanley,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(\Tr)  Isaac  Stanley,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Dick- 
erman, was  born  in  Mount  Holly,  August  i. 
1817,  died  July  15,  1881.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  remained  in  Mount  Holly  all  his  life.  lie 
married.  April  14.  1841,  Fidelia  Barrett,  born 
in  Ashburnham.  ^lassachusetts.  April  13,  1817, 
died  in  Mount  Holly.  August  27,  1888.  daugh- 
ter of  Toel  and  Sarah  (Howard)  Barrett. 
Children,  bom  in  Mount  Holly:  i.  Sylvanus 
]\I..  mentioned  below.  2.  Elwin  Isaac,  born 
March  31.  1848.  in  :\Iount  Holly:  formerly  a 
farmer,  now  in  fruit  culture  in  Florida ;  mar- 


ried Susan  E.  Danfonh:  two  chihlrcn ;  i.  Ern- 
est, married  Flora  .\llen,  one  child,  Allen,  re- 
sides in  (jreeley.  Coloradu :  ii.  .\rihur  I>'aac. 
died   aged   twenty-eight. 

(\TI1)  Sylvanus  .M.,  son  of  Isaac  Stanley 
Dickerman,  was  born  at  Mount  Hully,  \cr- 
niont,  September  i,  1843.  He  received  his 
early  education  in  the  public  sciiools.  He 
has  been  a  farmer  all  his  active  life,  residing 
from  1873  to  1902  (in  the  old  homc-tead  at 
Mount  Holly.  Since  11^05  lie  has  made  his 
home  in  Rutland.  X'ermont,  where  he  lived 
retired.  He  has  been  active  ami  pruminent  in 
public  life.  For  many  years  ne  was  selectman 
and  town  treasurer  of  Mount  Holly  and  in 
1884  he  representeil  the  town  in  the  state  legis- 
lature, serving  with  distinction.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  committee  on  libraries  ot  the 
house  of  representatives.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  of  Mount 
Holly, 

He  married  (first)  May  21.  1872.  Maria  C. 
Crowley,  of  Mount  Holly,  daughter  of  Dr. 
John  and  Sarah  (Andrews)  Crowley.  She 
was  a  member  of  the  Baptist  churcli.  His 
wife  died  January  2.  1909.  He  marrieil  i  sec- 
ond) February  8,  1910,  Nellie  E..  daughter  of 
Cornelius  and  .\nna  ( Toohey )  Keith,  of 
Athol,  Massachusetts.  Children  by  second 
wife:  Ruth  Elizabeth,  born  November  13, 
1910;    Marion    Fidelia,    February   7,    1912. 


One  authority  defines  the  name 
TERRY     Terry   thus:     "Not   "the   tearful 

one."  as  some  etymoldgists  have 
it.  but  a  corruption  of  Theodoric.  the  personal 
name."       Mr.    Ferguson,     in    his    "Teutonic 
Name  System."  classes  together  the  old  Ger- 
man names   Tarro.   Terra.  Torro.  ninth  cen- 
tury Terri.  the  English  names  Darr.  Darrow. 
Door,  Dorey.  Dorre.  Tarr.  Tarry.  Terry.  Tor- 
rey,  and  the  French  names  Dary.  Dorre.  Dor, 
Dore,   Tarie.   Tcrray.   Terre.   and   he  derives 
these  from  the  old  Xorse  word  doerr.  mean- 
ing   spear,   probably    from    the   Sanscrit    root 
"tar".      Samuel    Terry,    of    New    York   City. 
has  made   investigation   and   thinks   it   origi- 
nated among  the  early  French,  where  under 
the  form  of  Therry  it  was  not  an  uncommon 
per.'jonal  name,  and  through  the  Franks  came 
to  be  regarded  as  French,  and  is  now  some- 
times  found  there  as  a   family  name  in  this 
form,     as     Therry.     ami    also     Terry.      The 
earliest    information    of    the    founder   of   the 
familv  in  this  country  is  an  .igreement  formed 
l)y  William  Pyncheon  and  Samuel  Terry.  Oc- 
tober   15,    1650.    whereby   he   is   to   receive    a 
certain  amount  for  hi<  ^ervice^.  and  be  taught 
the  trade  of  "linnen  spinner",  he  binding  him- 


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self  to  be  diligent  in  service.  This  was 
signed  by  Samuel  Terrv.  Uenjamin  B.  Cooley 
(his  mark),  and  William  Pyncheon,  witnesses 
Richard  Maund  and  John  P.enham.  Hon. 
\\'illiam  Pyncheon  was  in  England  in  the 
spring  of  1650  and  there  made  the  contract, 
and  doubtless  it  was  then  that  he  took  into 
apprenticeship  the  boy  Samuel  Terry,  who 
mav  have  been  of  Barnet,  a  village  eleven 
miles  from  London.  He  may  have  been  an 
orphan  whom  Mr.  Pyncheon  had  known,  and 
it  is  unlikely  that  he  would  have  taken  such 
a  boy  for  less  than  the  entire  term  of  his 
minority,  accordingly  he  was  probably  born 
about  the  year  i633-_^4.  Mr.  Pyncheon  re- 
turned to  England  and  was  relieved  of  the 
contract. 

(I)  Samuel  Terr\-.  born  about  ifi33-  'n  Eng- 
land, arrived  in  America  about  1650:  was  of 
Springfield,  Massachusetts,  in  1654.  and  was 
granted  land,  consisting  of  ten  acres  on 
"Chuckappee  Plain",  January  7.  1654.  on  con- 
dition that  he  remain  in  the  town  five  years ; 
in  1658  he  forfeited  it  by  leaving.  He  was 
granted  land  at  W'ononaco  town,  1664,  and 
land  at  Fresh  Water  Brook  (now  Enfield)  in 
1665.  He  was  granted  thirty  acres  of  up- 
land, along  by  his  meadow  land  beyond  Chico- 
pee  Plain,  in  1670.  He  with  others  was  as- 
sessed two  loads  of  firewood  for  the  use  of 
their  pastor.  In  1678  he  was  appointed  a  sur- 
veyor of  highways.  His  name  and  that  of 
his  son  Samuel  appear  in  a  list  of  persons 
who  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  December  31, 
1678.  and  January  i.  1679.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1660,  Ann  Lobdell,  and  the  town  set- 
tled with  him  for  his  claim  to  the  land  be- 
fore mentioned  by  making  him  a  grant  a  lit- 
tle farther  south.  In  May,  1684,  his  wife 
died,  also  his  adopted  child.  Johny  Mat- 
thews. In  1685  he  was  one  of  a  town  com- 
mittee to  establish  boundaries  between  Spring- 
field and  adjoining  towns,  and  the  records 
speak  of  him  as  Sergeant  Samuel  Terry.  In 
1690  he  married  Sarah,  widow  of  John  Scott, 
and  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Margaret  Bliss. 
In  1693  he  made  an  agreement  to  teach  the 
art  of  weaving  to  his  stepson,  Ebenezer  Scott, 
whence  it  appears  he  still  practiced  it  himself. 
He  was  also  chosen  constable  this  same  year. 
He  and  his  wife  parted  in  1694,  and  she  died 
September  2"/.  1705.  In  1730  the  administra- 
tion of  his  estate  was  granted  to  his  sons 
Samuel  and  Thomas,  and  in  the  record  he  is 
called  "husbandman",  "formerly  of  Spring- 
field". This  was  doubtless  the  year  of  his 
death.  He  signed  his  name  in  a  free  hand, 
as  one  much  in  the  habit  of  writing,  so  prob- 
ably he  was  better  educated  than  most  of  the 
men  of  his  time.     His  children  were:     Sam- 


uel, mentioned  below;  Ephraim.  died  young; 
Thomas;  Mary;  Rebecca,  died  young';  Eph- 
raim ;  Rebecca  Elizabeth ;  Ann. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
and  Ann  (Lobdell)  Terry,  was  born  July  18, 
1661,  in  Springfield,  died  in  Enfield.  Connecti- 
cut, about  1730.  He  settled  in  Enfielrl  about 
1683,  and  was  a  farmer.  He  held  offices  of 
constable  and  selectman,  and  was  several 
years  ensign  of  the  local  militia,  of  which  he 
became  captain  in  1716.  He  was  a  man  of 
e.xemplary  piety,  prominent  in  the  church,  and 
is  styled  "gentleman"  in  the  public  record  of 
his  appointment  as  administrator  on  his  fa- 
ther's estate.  He  married  (first)  Mav  17, 
1682,  in  Springfield,  Hannah,  born  .April  11, 
1656,  died  January  17,  i6q6,  daughter  of 
Miles  Morgan.  He  married  (second)  Janu- 
ary 4,  ii)y8,  }ilartha,  born  about  1666,  died 
May  29.  1743.  in  Enfield,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Crane  Jr.  Children  by  first  wife:  Hannah; 
Samuel;  Rebecca;  twin  sons  who  died  young; 
Ebenezer.  By  second  wife:  Benjamin; 
Ephraim,  of  whom  further;  Jacob;  }^Iartha; 
Jonathan ;   Isaac. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and 
^Martha  (Crane)  Terry,  was  born  October  24, 
1701,  in  Enfield,  died  October  14,  1783.  He 
lived  in  Enfield,  was  a  tanner  and  also  major 
of  militia.  He  married.  September  13,  1723, 
Ann,  born  December  20,  1702,  died  Septem- 
ber 10,  1778,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Alice 
(Adams)  Collins.  .She  was  a  great-great- 
granddaughter  of  Gov.  William  Bradford. 
Their  children  were:  Mary,  Samuel.  Eph- 
raim, Xathaniel,  Anne,  Lucy.  Elijah,  Alice, 
Sybil  and  Eliphalet,  mentioned  below.  One 
of  the  sons,  Xathaniel,  was  a  captain  of  mi- 
litia at  Enfield,  and  started  for  Boston  with 
fifty-nine  men  on  the  day  following  receipt 
of  the  news  of  the  battle  of  Lexington.  He 
afterward  rose  to  the  rank  of  colonel. 

1  \\ )  Eliphalet.  youngest  son  of  Ephraim 
and  .\nn  (Collins)  Terry,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 24,  1742,  in  Enfield,  where  he  died  Xo- 
vember  2,  181 2.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  church,  a  lawyer  by  profes- 
sion, and  served  successively  as  town  clerk, 
judge  of  probate  and  judge  of  the  county 
court.  For  thirty  years  he  was  a  member  of 
the  state  legislature.  He  married,  December 
3,  1765,  Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel  (2)  and 
Marv  (Dwight)  Hall;  she  was  born  Novem- 
ber 3,  1745.  and  survived  him  nearly  twenty- 
one  vears,  dying  January  10,  1833.  Chiklren: 
I.  Esther,  torn  January  5,  1767,  married 
William  Kibbe,  and  lived  in  Canandaigua, 
Xew  York.  2.  Simeon,  October  18.  1768.  3. 
Mary.  November  27.  1770.  4.  ^label.  Feb- 
ruary 19.   1773,  married   (first)   William  Bar- 


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1837. 

died 

sett-. 

1814; 

Trov, 


ton.  (second  I  Rev.  Evans  John:  lived  at  Can- 
andaigua  and  died  in  Mrooklyn,  New  York", 
1858.  5.  Eliphalct.  December  25,  1776.  6. 
Lucy,  died  at  the  age  of  sixty  years.  7.  Seth, 
mentioned  below.  8.  Abigail.  January  17, 
178,^.     ci.  Roderick,  mentioned  below. 

(\  )  Setii.  third  son  of  Eliphalet  and  Mary 
(Halli  Terry,  was  born  January  12.  1781,  iii 
Enfield,  died  .X'ovember  18,  1865.  in  Hart- 
ford. He  was  a  deacon  of  the  South  Con- 
gregational Church  of  Hartford,  and  gained 
great  distinction  as  an  attorney,  being  called 
"the  needle  of  the  law".  He  married  (  first  1 
June  5.  i8i,v  Ann,  born  May  (1.  178(1,  in  Dir- 
mingham.  England,  died  October  22,  1835.  in 
Hartford,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  ( Colt- 
man  )  Crew.  He  married  ( second  1  June  7, 
Hamiah  Shepard.  born  June  2.  1795. 
luly  ly.  1807.  in  .Kmherst.  Massachu- 
Children :  i.  Anne,  born  .\ugust  26, 
married  Daniel  Gardner  and  hved  in 
Xew  York.  2.  .\rthur.  May  17,  1816, 
was  a  merchant  in  Stamford,  Connecticut.  3. 
Seth  Hall,  mentioned  below.  4.  Elizabeth 
Grew.  (  )ctober  22.  1822.  married  Rev.  Walter 
Clark,  D.  D..  and  resided  in  Hartford,  and 
Buffalo.  Xew  York.  3.  James,  May  29,  1826: 
was  a  banker  in  Rochester,  Xew  York.  6. 
William   Eiarton.  died   in  his  second  year. 

{\'I|  Seth  Hall,  second  son  of  Seth  and 
Ann  (Grew)  Terry,  was  born  .\ugust  8.  1818, 
in  Hartford,  died  July  29,  1884.  at  Charlotte. 
New  York.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Mount 
Pleasant  Academy,  -Amherst.  Massachusetts, 
and  graduated  from  Union  College  in  1839, 
receiving  the  second  honors  of  his  class.  Two 
years  later  his  alma  mater  conferred  upon 
him  the  degree  of  Master  of  .\rts.  He  pre- 
pared for  the  practice  of  law  at  Rochester. 
New  York,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  at 
Troy,  where  he  first  began  practice.  In  1843- 
44  he  was  municipal  judge  of  that  city,  and 
from  1848  to  1854  was  engaged  in  practice 
at  Hartford.  In  the  last-named  year  he  re- 
moved to  Rochester.  Xew  York,  where  he 
gained  ciistinction  as  an  attorney  and  was  ac- 
tively engaged  in  real  estate  operations,  being 
one  of  the  founders  of  Charlotte,  as  a  sum- 
mer resort.  He  was  an  active  member  of 
the  First  Presbyterian  Church  of  Rochester, 
in  which  he  served  as  an  elder,  was  also  affil- 
iated with  the  Masonic  fraternit\-.  in  which 
he  attained  the  thirty-second  degree.  Poiiti- 
callv  he  was  a  Democrat,  but  took  no  active 
part  in  the  promotion  of  party  matters. 

He  married,  October  3,  1855.  Harriet  Leon- 
ard, born  Xovember  23,  1822.  died  .\pril  29, 
1900,  in  Xew  York  City,  daughter  of  Joseph 
E.  and  Sarah  (White)  Sprague.  Children: 
Walter  Clark,  died  in  iiis  second  year :  Seth 


Sprague,   mentioned   below;    Grace    I'.arilctt. 
born  December  31.  18(14. 

(\n)  .^eth  Sprague.  <iniy  surviving  son 
of  Seth  Hail  and  Harriet  (.Sprague)  Terry. 
was  born  September  is.  i8f)2.  in  Rochester! 
and  was  educated  in  public  and  private  schoijls 
of  that  city  and  Roclie>ter  I'ree  .Vcaileiny. 
loitering  the  Lniver^^itv  nf  Rochester,  lie  was 
graduated  in  1883.  with  the  degree  uf  bache- 
lor of  .Arts,  and  one  year  later  received  the 
degree  of  .Master  of  .Uls  from  the  same  in- 
stitution, l-rom  1884-86  he  was  a  student  ot 
Harvard  Law  School  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  the  latter  year  at  Rochester.  Since 
that  time  he  has  been  engaged  in  a  general 
practice  in  Xew  York  City  with  success.  He 
has  always  taken  an  intelligent  intere>t  in 
the  progress  (jf  the  community  and  is  some- 
what independent  in  political  action,  with 
Democratic  tendency.  Soon  alter  coming  to 
Xew  Y(jrk  he  was  made  a  member  of  the 
executive  committee  of  the  Citizen's  L'nion. 
and  he  was  subsequently  appointed  by  Mavor 
Strong  as  commissioner  of  accounts.  .\t  his 
home  in  Montclair.  .\'ew  Jersey,  he  is  now 
(1912)  president  of  the  Shade  Tree  Com- 
mission. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  International  Com- 
mittee of  the  \'oung  .Men's  Christian  .\ssocia- 
tion.  and  has  been  ten  years  chairman  of  the 
Boys'  Work  Committee,  a  sub-committee  of 
the  International  Committee :  from  its  organi- 
zation he  was  trustee  of  the    People's   Insti- 
tute, until  he  resigned  in  1911  :  he  was  also  a 
member  and  trustee  of  the  Parkhurst  Society 
for  the  prevention  of  crime,  until   1911.     He 
is  a  member  of  the  advisory  board  of  the  -Al- 
truist Society  of  .Montclair,   Xew  Jersey,  and 
one  of  the  governors  of  the  Working  (.lirls' 
X'acation  Society  of  Xew  York  City :  a  trus- 
tee of  the  Madison  Square  Church  House,  and 
a  member  of  the  .Madison  Square  Presbyter- 
ian Church,  of  which  he  has  been  a  deacon 
since    1904.     Mr.  Terry  is  very  active  along 
the   line  of  betterment  of   conditions   for   all 
mankind  and  was   for  many  years  a   trustee 
of   the    Refonn    Club   of    .Xew    York,   which 
was  located  at  the  corner  of  l"ilth  avenue  and 
Twenty-seventh    street,    but    is   now    e.xtinct. 
Through  his  interest  in  the  refonn  of  public 
abuses,   he   was   prominent   in  jxilitical   work 
during   the  presidency  of   Grover  Cleveland. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Delta  I'si  College  fra- 
ternity and  of  the  Phi  I'.etta  Kappa  society  of 
the  University  of  Rochester,  and  is  a  member 
of  the   .Xew  York  County  Lawyers'  .Xssocia- 
tion. 

He  married  (first)  .\pril  27,  i8.^^.  (iertrudc 
Putnam,  born  in  1870.  at  Irvington.  Xew 
York,  died    fulv  ;.  UX».  in   Xew   York  City. 


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daughter  of  Dean  X,  and  .Alary  (  Bucking- 
ham) Fenner.  He  married  (second)  June 
30,  1903.  at  Meadville.  Pennsylvania,  Ger- 
trude, daughter  of  Myron  X.  Sackett  and  his 
wife,  Sarah  \'.  (Barker)  Sackett,  now  resid- 
ing at  Meadville.  Children :  Seth  Sackett, 
born  April  25,  1904,  and  Ward  Edgar,  July 
26,  1906. 

(V)  Roderick,  youngest  child  of  Elipha- 
let  and  Mary  (Hall )  Terry,  was  born  ?ilarch 
2,  1788,  in  Enfield,  and  was  for  many  years 
a  prominent  merchant  in  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut. In  association  with  his  elder  brother 
Eliphalet,  in  the  early  part  of  the  last  century, 
he  conducted  the  principal  grocery  store  in 
Hartford,  which  at  that  time  was  at  the  head 
of  navigation  on  the  Connecticut  river.  They 
were  succeeded  by  Cheeney  Brothers.  The 
elder  brother  was  president  of  the  ^Etna  Fire 
Insurance  Company  and  Roderick  was  a  direc- 
tor of  the  Hartford  Fire  Insurance  Company. 
These  two  gave  the  fire  insurance  companies 
an  impetus  which  has  developed  immensely  in 
Hartford.  At  the  time  of  the  great  fire  in 
Xew  York,  in  1837,  the  available  funds  of 
the  insurance  companies  of  Hartford  were 
not  large,  but  the  Terry  Brothers  contributed 
of  their  private  means  and  their  individual 
credit  by  which  the  losses  were  covered.  Eli- 
phalet drove  in  a  sleigh  to  Xew  York  accom- 
panied by  two  guards  armed  with  blunder- 
busses, carrying  one  hundred  thousand  dol- 
lars in  gold.  He  opened  an  office  represent- 
ing the  fire  insurance  interests  of  Hartford, 
and  announced  their  readiness  to  pay  all  loss- 
es insured  by  them  as  soon  as  properly  proven. 
After  accomplishing  the  settlement  of  the 
claims  he  returned  to  Hartford  with  more 
money  than  he  carried  away,  having  taken  in, 
in  new  premiums,  a  large  amount.  This  es- 
tablished the  insurance  business  at  Hartford 
upon  a  sound  basis,  and  it  very  rapidly  in- 
creased. Both  the  brothers  were  highly  es- 
teemed in  Hartford  as  men  of  sound  business 
judgment  and  are  still  remembered  by  old 
residents  there.  Their  methods  dififered  some- 
what from  those  of  a  later  period,  as  shown 
by  the  following  incident :  The  Connecticut 
river  froze  over  much  earlier  than  usual  on 
one  occasion,  and  when  navigation  closed, 
the  stock  of  flour  was  very  low  in  Hartford, 
the  center  of  supplies  for  many  surrounding 
towns.  The  firm  of  E.  &  R.  Terry  held  about 
ninety  per  cent,  of  the  supply  in  Hartford. 
Another  merchant  holding  the  next  largest 
amount  proposed  to  the  Terrys  to  double  the 
price,  but  this  was  sternly  refused.  'Sir.  Terry 
stated  the  current  price  gave  a  fair  return 
upon  the  money  invested,  as  well  as  a  remu- 
neration for  labor  and  risk,  and  he  was  satis- 


fied to  sell  at  such  price.  The  uther  merchant 
then  otYered  to  buy  their  entire  stock,  but  this 
was  also  refused,  and  Mr.  Terry  furthermore 
informed  him  that  he  would  not  sell  him  a 
single  barrel  at  double  the  price.  This  was 
long  remembered  by  the  people  of  Hartford, 
to  the  advantage  of  the  Terrys.  Roderick 
Terry  was  also  president  of  the  Hartford  Xa- 
tional  Bank  to  the  time  of  his  death. 

Roderick  Terry  married  (first  ijanuarv  11, 
1814.  Harriet  Taylor,  of  Hartford,  born  Mav 
18,  1794,  died  February  7,  1841.  He  married 
(second)  at  Xorwich,  December  2^.  1844, 
Lucy  Coit,  daughter  of  Dwight  and  Elizabeth 
( Coit )  Ripley,  and  widow  of  Backus  W. 
Birge,  of  Enfield.  She  was  born  Januarv  11, 
1803.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  i,  Roder- 
ick, born  July  26,  1815.  resided  in  Hartford, 
subsequently  in  Lyme,  Connecticut.  2.  Ed- 
mund, mentioned  below.  3.  Harriet.  March 
15,  1819:  married  James  Henry  Taylor,  and 
resided  in  Charleston,  South  Carolina.  4. 
John  Taylor,  September  9,  1822,  was  a  banker 
in  Xew  York  City,  residing  at  Irvington-on- 
Hudson.  5.  Jane  Elizabeth,  ]^Iarch  3.  1825; 
married  James  Owen  Sheldon,  a  banker  of 
Xew  York,  and  lived  in  Brooklyn.  6.  Frank 
Henry,  .\pril  16,  1827,  was  a  wholesale  gro- 
cer in  ^Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  and  died  at 
Xassau,  Bahama  Island.  7.  Lucius  Hall,  Oc- 
tober 25,  1830,  was  a  merchant  in  Xew  Or- 
leans. 8.  Edward  Wyllys,  February  3.  1835, 
was  a  banker  at  Xebraska  City. 

(\'I)  Edmund,  second  son  of  Roderick  and 
Harriet  (Taylor)  Terry,  was  born  May  22,, 
1817,  in  Hartford,  died  in  1891,  in  Brooklyn, 
Xew  York.  He  passed  through  the  city 
schools  of  Hartford,  including  the  high 
school,  and  was  graduated  from  Yale  College 
in  1837  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts; 
two  years  later  he  received  from  that  institu- 
tion the  degree  of  ]\Iaster  of  Arts.  For  one 
year  he  pursued  the  study  of  law  at  Harvard 
Law  School,  residing  in  Student's  Row,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1840.  Following 
this  he  established  himself  in  practice  in  Xew 
York  City,  where  he  continued  through  life 
and  attained  a  high  standing  at  the  bar.  His 
residence  was  in  Brooklyn  and  he  was  a  mem- 
ber and  trustee  of  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  of  that  city.  For  many  years,  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death,  he  was  chairman  of  the 
library  committee  of  the  Law  Institute  of 
Xew  York  City.  Politically  he  \\as  a  Demo- 
crat, but  never  sought  preferment  for  him- 
self. 

He  married  in  Brooklyn,  March  8.  1855, 
Anna,  daughter  of  John  H.  and  Sarah  (  Da- 
vis) Prentice.  Her  father,  John  H.  Prentice, 
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Brooklyn.  and  among  the  first  agitators  for 
the  estabhshment  of  public  waterworks  in 
that  city,  and  also  the  establishment  of  Pros- 
pect Park.  Being  very  fond  of  riding  and 
driving  he  was  thoroughly  familiar  with  this 
territory  before  it  was  taken  for  park  pur- 
poses. .A.t  his  .suggestion  the  parkways  run- 
ning from  the  park  were  laid  out  according 
to  his  plans,  and  when  the  scheme  of  build- 
ing the  Brooklyn  Bridge  was  first  taken  up  bv 
a  stock  company  he  was  the  largest  holder  of 
its  stock.  During  his  active  business  life  he 
was  a  partner  of  William  S.  Packer,  in  the 
firm  of  Packer  &  Prentice,  fur  dealers,  at 
Albanv.  Xew  York,  and  alxnit  1842  retired 
with  a  competence  and  went  to  Brooklvn  to 
live.  The  widow  of  his  former  partner  was 
the  founder  of  Packer  Institute  in  Brooklyn, 
and  -Mr.  Prentice  was  largely  instrumental  in 
founding  the  Polytechnic  Institute  in  that 
city.  He  was  one  of  the  original  park  com- 
missioners and  was  made  treasurer  of  the 
bridge  trustees,  being  an  original  member  of 
that  body,  continuing  until  his  death.  In 
1832.  he  married  Sarah  Davis,  of  .\lbany,  and 
they  were  the  parents  of  nine  children. 

Children  of  Edmund  Terry:  i.  Edmund 
Roderick,  mentioned  below.  2.  Marion  Jane, 
January  26.  i8to,  resides  in  Brooklyn,  un- 
married. 3.  John  Prentice.  September  30, 
1861  :  graduated  at  Yale  in  1884,  and  is  a 
mining  and  civil  engineer,  living  in  Brooklyn, 
when  not  professionally  absent.  4.  .\rthur 
Hall,  died  in  his  seventh  year.  5.  Wyllys, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Eliphalet  Bradford,  Oc- 
tober I,  1866:  graduated  at  Yale,  in  1888:  is 
a  clergyman  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and 
for  five  years  was  chairman  of  the  hospital 
committee  of  the  Brooklyn  Presbytery  and 
devoted  himself  e.xclusively  to  that  work.  He 
resides  in  Brooklyn.  7.  Henry  Fowler.  March 
12,  1868:  graduated  from  Dartmouth  in  1892; 
spent  most  of  his  life  in  the  west :  died  in 
his  fortieth  year.  8.  George  Davis.  February 
5.  1870 :  graduated  at  Yale  in  1802 :  is  en- 
gaged in  a  general  contracting  business :  re- 
sides in  Brooklyn,  unmarried.  9.  James  Tay- 
lor, October  8,  1872;  is  associated  with  his 
brother  Wyllys  in  the  insurance  business,  in 
Xew   York  City. 

(MI)  Edmund  Roderick,  eldest  child  of 
Edmund  and  .\nna  (Prentice)  Terry,  was 
born  June  11.  1856,  in  Brooklyn.  He  pursued 
his  primary  education  in  the  College  Gram- 
mar .School  in  Brooklyn,  conductetl  by  Rev. 
Levi  Well:;  Hart.  Entering  Yale  College,  he 
was  graduated  in  1878  with  a  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  .Arts,  and  after  one  year  at  Columbia 
Law  School  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
1880.     Since  that  time  he  has  been  engaged 


in  the  general  practice  of  law  in  New  York 
City.  He  is  much  interestefl  in  literature  and 
has  written  several  poems  lor  magazines  and 
periodicals.  In  1884  Tlw  Century  magazine 
[niblished  his  "L'niversal  Language'"  and  it 
has  been  translated  into  every  European 
tongue.  -Mr.  Terry  has  taken  an  active  in- 
terest in  the  progress  of  the  country  and  has 
been  always  an  active  Democrat,  serving  one 
year  as  president  of  the  Fir.st  Ward  Demo- 
cratic Club  of  Brooklyn.  When  the  election 
district  system  was  adopted  l)y  the  county 
committee  of  Kings  county,  he  became  chair- 
man of  the  committee  on  organization  of  the 
county  general  committee,  which  position  lie 
resigned  when  William  J.  Bryan  became  the 
national  candidate  of  the  party.  Since  that 
time  he  has  taken  no  active  i)art  in  politics. 
until  1907  when  he  was  urged  to  take  the 
nomination  for  assemblyman  in  a  district  of 
Kings  which  had  always  been  controlled  by 
the  Republicans.  Mr.  Terry  was  triumphantly 
elected.  In  the  following  year  he  was  again 
a  candidate  and  although  he  ran  ahead  of  his 
ticket  he  was  defeated  in  the  wave  which 
carried  Hon.  William  H.  Taft  into  the  presi- 
dency. While  in  the  legislature  he  served  as 
a  member  of  the  committee  on  railroads  and 
public  instruction.  In  1909  he  declined  a 
renomination  and  a  Republican  was  again 
elected.  In  1910  .Mr.  Terry  took  the  nomina- 
tion and  was  elected  by  a  plurality  of  eleven 
hundred  votes,  and  during  the  following  term 
was  a  member  of  the  committees  on  judiciary 
and  railroads,  and  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  claims.  With  .Assemblyman  John  B. 
Trombley,  John  K.  Evans.  Senator  Franklin 
D.  Roosevelt,  and  others,  lie  stood  out  against 
the  election  of  William  F.  Sheehan  as  Cnited 
States  senator.  Mr.  Terry  was  among  the 
most  steadfast  in  this  position  ami  resisted 
all  the  blandishments  and  threats  of  the  ma- 
chine. To  him  may  be  largely  attributed  the 
choice  of  Senator  0"Gorman,  a  man  of  high 
personal  character  with  a  clear  record  as  a 
judge.  Mr.  Terry  was  also  largely  instru- 
mental in  the  defeat  of  the  new  charter  pro- 
posed for  Xew  York  City  during  this  session. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Spencer  >[emorial 
Church,  of  Brooklyn,  and  has  served  for  many 
years  on  the  board  of  deacons  of  tiiat  church. 
(\TI)  Wyllys,  fourth  son  of  Edmund  and 
.Anna  (Prentice)  Terry,  was  born  December 
6,  1864,  in  Brooklyn.'  He  graduated  from 
Yale  I'niversity  in  1885.  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  .Arts.  For  si.K  years  he  engaged 
in  the  warehouse  business  in  New  York  and 
Brooklyn,  and  in  i8gi  entered  the  general  in- 
surance business,  with  offices  in  Xew  York 
Citv.     He   is  treasurer    of    the    \an    Bnmt 


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Street  &  Erie  Basin  Railroad  Company,  a  ter- 
minal railroad  of  Brooklyn,  and  president  of 
the  -Monmouth  Land  Company  of  New  Jer- 
sey. He  is  a  director  of  the  New  Netherland 
Bank  of  New  York  and  of  the  Thirty-fourth 
Street  Safety  Deposit  Bank  of  that  city.  He 
■was  baptized  in  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
is  affiliated  with  Epiphany  Episcopal  Church 
of  New  York :  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
managers  of  the  J.  Hood  Wright  Hospital 
of  that  borough.  His  name  W'yllys  is  derived 
from  his  ancestress  Ruth  W'yllys.  daughter  of 
Sir  George  W'yllys,  governor  of  the  colony  of 
Connecticut.  .It  was  upon  the  W'yllys  place 
in  Hartford  that  the  iiistoric  oak  stood  in 
which  the  charter  was  hidden  by  Ruth  W'yl- 
lys and  her  brother.  Politically  he  is  inde- 
pendent and  takes  little  part  in  practical  poli- 
tics. He  married  June  ig,  1907,  Marie  Louise, 
daughter  of  Hon.  Henry  P.  Baldwin,  who 
was  governor  of  Michigan,  and  served  two 
terms  in  the  United  States  senate  from  that 
state. 


Captain  Richard  Crackett, 
BRACKETT     immigrant      ancestor,      was 

born,  according  to  his  own 
deposition,  in  1612.  He  died  March  3,  1690, 
aged  eighty,  according  to  his  gravestone.  He 
was  very  prominent  in  town,  church  and  mili- 
tary matters.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  First  Church  in  Boston,  with 
Governor  W'inthrop  at  its  head,  August  27, 
1630.  and  was  dismissed  to  the  church  of 
Braintree,  Massachusetts,  December  5,  1641. 
His  wife  signed  the  covenant.  September  8, 
1635,  in  the  Boston  Church.  He  was  or- 
dained deacon  of  the  P.raintree  church,  July 
21.  1642.  In  the  year  1637  he  was  appointed 
keeper  of  the  prison,  and  from  his  service 
there  he  received  the  name  of  '"grim"  Richard 
Brackett.  He  was  made  freeman,  November 
23,  1636,  and  became  a  member  of  the  An- 
cient and  Honorable  .\rtillery  on  November 
23.  1636.  On  March  21,  1636.  he  was  granted 
a  home  lot  in  Boston,  which  he  sold  on  mov- 
ing to  Braintree.  He  served  as  first  town 
clerk  of  Braintree,  as  magistrate,  and  as  se- 
lectman in  1652-70-72.  He  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1643-55-65-67-71-72-73- 
74-80.  He  served  as  captain  of  his  company 
during  King  Philip's  war,  and  held  that  posi- 
tion for  thirty  years.  It  is  also  said  that  he 
taught  school  for  a  time  in  later  life.  He 
owned  houses  and  lands  in  Braintree  and  Bil- 
lerica,  where  several  of  his  children  settled. 
His  will  was  proved  December  19,   i6go.     He 

married  Alice ,  who  died  November  3, 

1690,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Children  :  Han- 
nah, baptized  January  4.  1635  :  Peter,  baptized 


May  7,  1637:  John,  mentioned  below:  Rachel, 
born  November  3,  1639;  Mary,  born  Febru- 
ary  I.    1642;  James,   married   Sarah  ; 

Josiah,  born  July  8,  1652:  Sarah,  married 
Joseph   Crosby. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Captain  Richard  Brack- 
ett, was  born  in  Billerica  and  baptized  Mav  7, 
1637,  twin  of  Peter.  He  lived  in  Billerica 
at  the  corner  on  the  west  side  of  the  road 
between  the  two  brooks.  He  died  March  18, 
1686-87. 

He  married  (first)  September  6.  1661, 
Hannah  French,  born  about  1643,  ^^ief' 
.'May  9.  1674,  daughter  of  William  and  Eliza- 
beth French.  He  married  ( second  i  .March 
31,  1675,  Ruth,  widow  of  Joseph  EUise,  and 
daughter  of  Samuel  Morse,  an  early  settler. 
Children  of  first  wife :  Hannah,  born  De- 
cember I,  1662;  Elizabeth,  June  7,  1664; 
Mary,  February  12,  1666;  Sarah,  December 
II.  1667:  Rachel,  September  30.  1669;  Abi- 
gail, December  31,  1670,  died  January  11  fol- 
lowing: Bathsheba,  Alarch  10,  1671-72.  died 
April  24.  1673 ;  Samuel.  March  4.  1672-73 : 
Sarah,  May  9,  1674.  Children  of  second 
wife:  John,  January  19,  1675-76.  died  June 
24,  1675-76;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below; 
Tohn,  December  10,  1680;  Bethia,  Mav  25. 
1682. 

(Ill)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Brackett,  was 
born  in  Billerica,  (')ctober  19,  1677.  He  did 
not  receive  a  share  in  his  grandfather's  will, 
as  did  the  children  by  his  father's  first  wife. 
His  mother  received  a  large  share  of  her 
father,  Samuel  Morse's  estate,  and  doubtless 
her  children  were  so  well  provided  for  that 
his  grandfather  did  not  think  it  necessary  to 
mention  him.  Samuel  Morse  was  son  of  Sam- 
uel Morse,  who  was  born  in  Dedham,  Eng- 
land, in  1587,  and  married  Elizabeth,  horn 
1587,  died  1654,  and  died  in  Dedham.  New 
England,  in  1654,  the  same  }-ear  his  wife 
died.  Ebenezer  Brackett  lived  in  Dedham, 
Massachusetts,  from  the  time  when  he  was  a 
boy,  until  his  death.  December  7.  1750.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  married,  Januar\-  21.  1712. 
-Abigail  Heale.  who  died  January  2^,.  1772. 
He  and  his  wife  joined  the  church  in  Febru- 
ary, 1728.  Children,  born  in  Dedham  :  Abi- 
gail. December  21,  1713:  Ebenezer,  March  6, 
1716:  .Aaron,  October  14,  1717:  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 

(I\'i  Samuel,  son  of  Ebenezer  Brackett. 
was  born  in  Dedham,  .September  3.  1724,  died 
there  ^.lay  9,  1794.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
owner  of  real  estate.     He  married   Elizabeth 

.     Children,  born  in  Dedham  :    Samuel, 

.\ugust  17,  1749.  died  in  infancy:  Samuel, 
mentioned  below :  Ebenezer,  November  ly. 
1752:  David.  March   12,  1755;  Marw  Febru- 


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ary   2S.    1758;   William,    .May   7,    1762;  John, 
July   ly.  1764;  Solomon,  October   12.   1766. 

(  \' )  Samuel  (  J  ),  son  of  Samuel  (  i  )  LSrack- 
ett,  was  born  in  Dedham,  April  4,  1751.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  Dedham.  According;  to  de- 
scendants he  served  in  the  revolution  with  the 
following  record:  Private  in  Captain  Isaac 
Martin's  company.  Colonel  Ezra  Wood's  regi- 
ment, to  Rhode  Island,  April  17,  1777;  pri- 
vate in  Captain  Theophilus  Lyon's  company. 
]March  i,  1778:  served  thirteen  days  at  Castle 
Island  under  Lieutenant  Samuel  Pierce.  He 
married,  (October  7,  1779,  Sarah  Ijullard,  of 
Needham,  born  September  6,  1761,  daughter 
of  Moses  and  Sarah  ( Xewell )  Bullard ;  he 
was  son  of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  ( Shep- 
hard)  Bullard.  son  of  George  and  Beatrice 
Bullard,  the  immigrant  ancestors.  Children, 
born  in  Dedham:  Nathaniel,  1780:  William; 
George,  February  i.  1784:  Rufus,  mentioned 
below:  Josiah.  1789:  Ruby;  Lucinda ;  Charles 
N..  1796;  Newell;  Daniel.  August  9,  1801  ; 
Love,  June  28,  1805. 

(VI)  Rufus,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Brackett, 
was  born  in  Dedham.  March  9,  1786.  died 
July  31,  1848.  He  lived  in  or  near  Boston. 
He  married  (first)  July  6.  181 1,  Mary  Alor- 
ris,  daughter  of  John  and  Sally  (Morris) 
Goldthwaite ;  John  was  son  of  Benjamin  and 
Lois  (  Boardman  )  Goldthwaite;  Benjamin  was 
son  of  Major  Benjamin  and  Charity  (Ed- 
wards )  Goldthwaite ;  Benjamin  was  son  of 
Captain  John  and  Sarah  (Hopkins)  Gold- 
thwaite ;  John  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Eliza- 
beth (Cheever)  Goldthwaite;  Samuel  was  son 
of  Thomas  Goldthwaite,  the  immigrant.  Rufus 
Brackett  married  (second)  June  30,  1818, 
Mary  Ann  Dadley.  born  July  25,  1796,  died 
April  9,  1877.  Child  by  "first  wife:  Henry, 
born  June  16,  1812.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Mary  .\nn,  April  7,  1819.  died  October  30, 
187 1  :  Eliza  Dadley.  .August  23,  1820,  died 
September  22,  1821  ;  James  Dadley,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1822.  died  June  30.  1887;  Rufus.  De- 
cember 15.  1824,  died  .\ugust  15,  1889:  Isaiah 
Lewis,  mentioned  below  ;  Harriet  .\nn  Town- 
send  Lewis,  twin,  November  25,  1828,  mar- 
ried Alfred  Stebbins,  one  child  .\lfred ;  Fran- 
ces Eliza,  .\pril  12,  1831,  died  July  15,  1854; 
Anna  Maria,  February  18.  1833,  died  Decem- 
ber   23,    1906. 

(VII)  Isaiah  Lewis,  son  of  Rufus  Brack- 
ett, was  born  November  25,  1828.  He  at- 
tended the  private  schools  in  Brookline  and 
George  Fowle's  Monitorial  School.  Boston. 
He  began  his  business  career  as  bookkeeper 
for  Hunt  &  Hathaway,  dry  goods  commission 
merchants.  Milk  street,  Boston,  and  he  was 
afterward  employed  by  Charles  L.  Bartlett. 
importer  of  copper  ingots.    He  was  afterward 


bookkeeper  for  a  Chicago  tirni  of  merchants. 
He  returned  to  Boston,  and  on  .\uguvt  16, 
1858,  entered  tiie  emjjhjy  of  (icor^e  William 
Bond  &  Company,  wool  brokers.  He  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership  in  this  firm.  January  i, 
1864,  and  continued  in  this  relation  until  .April 
I,  1894.  when  the  firm  was  dissolve<l.  Mr. 
Bond  died  May  29,  1892.  .Afterward  Mr. 
Brackett  engaged  in  business  as  a  wool  broker 
on  his  own  account,  with  headquarters  at  1 14 
Federal  street,  Boston.  He  retired  from  ac- 
tive i)usiness  in  Iip6.  His  residence  is  at  50 
Pleasant  street.   P.rookline. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  .Masonic  Lodge  of 
Eleusis  of  Boston  and  has  taken  the  thirty- 
two  degrees  of  Scottish  Rite  Masonry.  Mr. 
Brackett  was  prominent  in  nuisical  affairs  for 
many  years  and  a  well  known  tenor  ■soloist. 
He  sang  in  the  quartette  of  Grace  Church. 
Temple  street.  Boston  ;  in  the  Congregational 
church,  corner  of  Washington  ami  .*>chool 
streets,  Brookline:  in  the  First  Pari-h  Church, 
Walnut  street,  Brookline,  during  the  pastorate 
of  Rev.  Howard  M.  Brown;  in  the  Walnut 
Street  Church,  Brookline.  He  was  also  a  com- 
poser of  music,  and  Ditson  published  several 
pieces  of  sacred  music  written  by  him,  name- 
ly:  "Te  Deum",  "Jubilate",  "The  Lord  is 
my  Shepherd  ".  "The  Lord  is  my  Light  ".  He 
was  a  member  for  many  years  of  the  Cecilia 
Club  and  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
.Apollo  Club,  nuisical  organizations  of  trained 
singers.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  June  15.  1850.  Cath- 
erine Jackson  Hall,  daughter  of  Hiram  K.  and 
Louise  (Whitman)  Hall.  She  died  July  6, 
1874.  He  married  (second)  January  29, 
1880,  Lavinia  Maxwell  Prescott.  daughter  of 
Frederick  William  and  Emily  (Maxwell) 
Prescott  (see  Prescott  X).  Children  by 
first  wife:  i.  .Mary  .Ann  Louise,  born  Octo- 
ber II,  i860;  married  (first)  May  23,  1888. 
George  .A.  Patterson:  (second)  Henry  Eli 
Mygatt.  2.  Kate  Hall,  born  December  ig, 
1861  ;  married.  January  10.  1899.  Joseph  P., 
son  of  William  Stephen  and  .Margaret  .M.  E. 
(Sullivan)  MacC]owan;  no  children.  3.  Paul 
Bishop,  born  March  16,  1863;  manager  of  the 
Hotel  Kimball.  Springfield.  Massachusetts; 
married.  .March  28.  1884.  Hedeia  Helen  Sen- 
ter  and  has  one  child.  Helen,  born  May  20, 
1888.    married    .Max    Schaeflfer.    of    .Monroe, 

New  York. 

(The  Prescott  Line). 
The  surname  Prescott  is  coinposed  by  the 
contraction  of  the  Saxon  words,  priest  and 
cottage,  and  it  is  ancient  in  England,  having 
been  used  as  a  street  name  before  being  used 
as  a  surname.  .Also  it  was  the  name  of  a 
market  town  in  Lancashire,  and  the  early  im- 


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migrants  of  the  name  wlio  came  to  this  coun- 
try were  from  that  town.  There  are  various 
coats-of-arms  for  different  branches  of  the 
family,  and  it  is  known  that  the  family  is 
one  of  the  oldest  in  England. 

(I)  James  Prescott,  of  Standish.  Lancashire, 
England,  was  required  b\-  order  of  Queen 
Elizabeth  dated  August.  1564,  to  keep  in 
readiness  horsemen  and  armor.  He  married 
a  daughter  of  Roger  Standish,  Esq.,  of  Stan- 
dish,  and  sister  of  Ralph  Standish.  Children  : 
James,  mentioned  below  ;  Roger  ;  Ralph  ;  Rob- 
ert:  William,  grandfather  of  Sir  John  Pres- 
cott, Lord  of  the  Manors  of  Radwington  in 
Essex  and  Bromley  in  Kent ;  John. 

(ID  Sir  James  (2)  Prescott,  son  of  James 
( I )  Prescott,  married  Alice  Molineaux.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below ;  Ann.  For  his 
bravery  and  military  prowess  and  achieve- 
ments he  was  created  Lord  of  the  Manor  of 
Dryby  in  Lincolnshire  and  had  arms  granted 
to  him.     He  died  March  i,  1583. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Sir  James  (2)  Pres- 
cott, was  born  at  Dryby.  ^Married  and  had 
children  :     William,  James,  mentioned  below. 

(I\'l  James  (3),  son  of  John  Prescott,  was 
born  at  Dryby  and  lived  there.  Married  and 
had  children  :  Mary  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
Anne;  James ;  others,  names  unknown. 

(V)  John  (2).  son  of  James  (3)  Prescott, 
was  the  immigrant  ancestor.  He  was  bap- 
tized at  Dryby,  Lincolnshire,  England,  in 
1632.  He  was  the  first  settler  in  Xashaway, 
now  Lancaster,  Massachusetts,  and  when  the 
inhabitants  there  asked  for  incorporation, 
they  desired  to  name  the  town  Prescott,  but 
the  general  court  refused,  and  finally  chose 
Lancaster,  the  place  in  England  from  which 
Prescott  came,  incorporation  dated  May  18, 
1653.  Prescott  left  England  to  escape  reli- 
gious persecutions,  and  in  a  short  time  be- 
came one  of  the  prominent  colonists.  He  took 
the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1652  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman  in  1669.  He  was  a  farmer,  a 
blacksmith  and  a  millwright.  In  November, 
1653,  he  received  a  grant  of  land  on  condi- 
tion that  he  build  a  corn  mill,  which  he  had 
completed  by  May  2},,  1654,  and  a  short  time 
after  he  also  built  a  saw  mill.  The  new  town 
was  much  harassed  by  Indian  raids,  and  on 
August  22.  1675,  an  Indian  attack  resulted  in 
the  death  or  capture  of  fifty  persons,  and  the 
town  was  then  abandoned  for  about  three 
years.  Mr.  Prescott  was  among  the  first  to 
return  and  he  lived  to  see  the  town  rebuilt, 
dying  in  1683.  Several  interesting  anecdotes 
are  told  of  his  bravery  in  resisting  Indian 
attacks  at  various  times.  He  married  Marv 
Platts.  Children:  Mary,  baptized  at  Sower- 
by,  parish  of  Halifax  in  Yorkshire,  England, 


February  24,  1630;  Martha,  baptized  March 
II,  1632;  John,  baptized  April  i,  1635:  Sarah, 
baptized  1637:  Hannah,  1639,  may  have  been 
born  at  the  Barbadoes,  West  Indies;  Lydia, 
born  at  Watertown,  Alassachusetts,  August 
15,  1641;  Jonathan;  Joseph  (  :=),  born  about 
1645  or  1646;  Jonas,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Captain  Jonas  Prescott,  son  of  John 
(2)  Prescott,  was  born  at  Lancaster,  ]\[assa- 
chusetts.  June,  1648,  died  December  31,  1723. 
He  had  a  mill  in  the  south  part  of  Groton, 
now  in  Harvard,  still  called  the  "old  mill". 
He  bought  a  large  amount  of  land  in  Groton 
and  became  one  of  the  largest  landholders 
there.  He  was  a  blacksmith,  and  when  the 
town  was  resettled  after  being  destroved  by 
the  Indians  in  1676,  he  built  mills  and  a 
forge  for  the  manufacture  of  iron  from  the 
ore  at  Forge  \'illage,  so-called,  then  in  Gro- 
ton and  now  in  W'estford.  He  was  an  influ- 
ential man,  and  in  1691  served  as  town  clerR, 
selectman  several  years,  representative  to  gen- 
eral assembly  in  1699  and  1705,  justice  of 
the  peace  and  captain.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 14,  1672,  Mary,  born  September  28,  1653, 
died  October  28,  1735,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Draper)  Loker.  The  story  of  their 
courtship  as  handed  down  by  the  family  is 
very  interesting ;  her  parents  took  strong 
measures  to  prevent  their  marriage,  as  they 
objected  to  her  marrying  a  blacksmith,  but 
the  lovers  succeeded  in  overcoming  the  obsta- 
cles finally.  They  were  forced  to  begin 
housekeeping  without  the  usual  necessities,  as 
her  parents  refused  to  give  her  a  dowry. 
Children:  IMary,  born  February  3,  1674; 
Elizabeth,  January  23,  1676;  Jonas,  October 
26,  1678;  Nathaniel,  December  21,  1680,  died 
January  29,  1681  ;  Dorothy,  February  16, 
1681  ;  fames,  March  16,  1684,  died  young; 
Sarah, "May  3,  1686;  Abigail,  May  8,  1688; 
Martha,  February  20,  1690;  Susannah,  De- 
cember 31,  1691  ;  Deborah,  March  5,  1694; 
Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  Hon.  Benjamin  Prescott.  son  of 
Captain  Jonas  Prescott,  was  born  January  4, 
1696,  died  August  3,  1738,  as  the  result  of 
over-exertion  in  saving  some  hay  from  an  ap- 
proaching shower.  He  lived  in  Groton.  He 
was  a  man  of  commanding  appearance,  and 
early  had  a  reputation  for  his  sagacity,  sound 
judgment  and  decision  of  character.  In  1723 
he  was  elected  representative  to  the  general 
court  and  held  that  office  eight  years,  showing 
unusual  ability  for  so  young  a  man.  In  1724 
he  became  a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  in  1732 
lieutenant-colonel  of  the  militia:  in  1735  jus- 
tice of  the  superior  court:  in  1738  he  was  ap- 
pointed representative  from  the  province  to 
the  court  at  Great  Britain,  but  declined ;  rep- 


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resentative  from  1734  to  1738.  lie  married. 
June  n.  1718.  Abigail,  born  in  1697,  died 
September  13,  i7'^'5,  from  the  malignant  ul- 
cerous sore  throat,  a  fatal  epidemic  of  that 
vear.  daughter  of  Hon.  Thomas  Oliver,  of 
Cambridge.  Children:  .\bigail.  born  April 
23.  1710.  died  November  2,  1739;  James,  Jan- 
uary 13.  1721 ;  Elizabeth,  October  i,  1723; 
William,  February  20,  1726;  Lucy,  February 
25.  1729:  Oliver,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
Augu^t  7.   1735.  died  October  25,  1751. 

TMII)  Dr.  Oliver  Prescott.  son  of  Hon. 
Benjamin  Prescott,  was  born  April  27.  1731, 
died  November  17.  1804.  He  was  graduated 
from  Harvard  College  in  1750.  and  then  stud- 
ied medicine  with  Dr.  Roby,  of  Sudbury.  He 
began  practice  in  Groton.  and  was  very  suc- 
cessful, being  very  popular  because  of  his 
moderate  charges  and  his  kindness  and  atten- 
tion to  the  poor.  He  was  one  of  the  best 
known  physicians  in  Massachusetts,  and  in 
1781  was  an  original  member  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts Medical  Society  at  its  incorporation. 
He  was  an  honorary  member  of  various  med- 
ical societies,  and  president  of  the  Middlesex 
Medical  Society  during  the  whole  period  of 
its  existence.  He  was  prominent  at  the  be- 
ginning of  the  revolution,  receiving  many  im- 
portant app(iintments.  He  was  appointed  a 
major  by  the  King,  then  lieutenant-colonel 
and  colonel.  In  1776  he  was  brigadier-gen- 
eral for  Middlesex  county  and  a  member  of 
the  board  of  war;  in  1777  a  member  of  the 
supreme  executive  council,  and  in  1778  third 
major-general  of  Massachusetts  militia;  town 
clerk  from  1765  to  1777:  in  1779  judge  of 
probate,  ■serving  until  his  death.  In  1781  he 
was  appointed  second  major-general,  but  re- 
signed soon  for  lack  of  time  to  perform  his 
duties.  He  was  incorporated  a  fellow  of  the 
American  Academy  of  Arts  and  Sciences  in 
1780.  and  was  a  trustee  and  first  president  of 
the  board  of  Groton  Academy.  He  married, 
February.  1756.  Lydia.  born  October  15.  1735. 
died  September  ij.  1798.  daughter  of  David 
Baldwin.  Esq..  and  Abigail  Baldwin,  of  Sud- 
burv.  Children:  Abigail,  born  February  21. 
1760.  died  .\ugust  5.  1765:  Oliver.  April  4. 
1762:  Thomas.  October  11,  1764,  died  August 
10,  1765:  Thomas,  October  27,  1766,  died  Oc- 
tober 26,  1785  :  Abigail.  June  25,  1768.  died 
October  26,  1783:  Lucy.  March  13,  i77': 
Samuel  Jackson,  mentioned  below :  Mary 
Jackson.  November  8,  1774.  became  the  wife 
of  John  Belknap,  and  their  son.  Henry  Bel- 
knap, received  honorable  mention  and  was 
brevetted  major  for  gallantry  in  battle  during 
the  war  of  the  revolution. 

(TX)  Samuel  Jackson,  ^on  of  Dr.  Ohver 
Prescott,  was  born  March    15.   1773.  in  Oro- 


ton.  died  in  I'.rookline,  Massachtisetts,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1857.  He  was  graduated  from  Har- 
vard College  in  1795,  and  then  studied  law. 
being  admitted  to  the  bar.  iiccause  of  par- 
tial deafness  he  was  obliged  to  give  up  his 
profession,  and  became  a  merciiant.  The 
embargo  of  1807  and  1808  and  the  war  of 
1812  embarrassed  his  business  so  that  he  had 
to  discontinue,  and  he  then  became  an  acting 
magistrate  and  notary  public  for  Sutfolk  couti- 
ty.  living  in  Boston.  He  married,  November 
13,  1804,  Margaret  Cleveland,  born  July  20, 
1775.  died  .\ugust  4,  1841.  daughter  of  Ma- 
jor Joseph  and  Margaret  (Cleveland)  Hiller. 
Her  fatlier  was  first  collector  of  port  of  Sa- 
lem. Children  :  Margaret  Cleveland,  born 
August  23,  1805;  Susan  Oliver,  .April  27, 
1808,  married  William  Augustus  Wellman, 
and  they  had  seven  chiMren;  Ellen  Spar- 
hawk,  .March  Ji.  1810.  died  June  2~ ,  1812; 
Frederick  William,  mentioned  below;  Thom- 
as C)liver,  May  29.  1814:  he  ])ubli'ihed  -^ome 
works  of  considerable  literary  merit,  among 
them  a  translation  of  the  Psalms  from  the 
Hebrew  into  English,  aided  by  a  Jewish  rab- 
bi, with  whom  he  studied;  his  object,  in  part, 
was  to  consider  the  Psalms  and  their  trans- 
lation with  reference  to  the  meaning  and 
bearing  upon  it  of  the  Swedenborgian  belief 
and  ideas:  he  married  (first)  in  (ilasgow. 
Scotland,  June  5,  1849,  Jessie  Mackie;  she 
died  in  1854;  later,  desiring  to  perpetuate  the 
family  name  of  his  mother.  Margaret  Cleve- 
land (Hiller)  Prescott.  who  had  been  among 
those  in  Boston  who  early  embraced  the  faith 
of  the  "Church  of  the  New  Jerusalem",  or 
Swedenborgian,  he  had  his  last  name  legallv 
changed,  and  being  a  minister,  he  was  there- 
after known  as  Rev.  Oliver  Prescott  Hiller. 
In  1864  he  married  (second)  Emma  .\nn 
Stokes,  of  London,  England.  Three  children 
bv  his  second  marriage  survive:  .Addison 
Prescott  Hiller.  born  February  20.  1865  ;  Mar- 
garet Cleveland  Prescott  Hiller.  born  No- 
vember 9.  1866;  Charles  Frederick  Prescott 
Hiller.  born  December  9.  1868.  Rev.  Hiller 
died  May  11.  1870.  in  London:  his  widow 
died  February  II,  1909.  at  \ictOria  Hotel, 
Folkestone.  England. 

(X)  Frederick  William,  son  of  Samuel 
Tackson  Prescott.  was  born  October  6,  1812. 
From  1849  to  1856  he  was  in  government  em- 
plov  at  the  Boston  custom  house,  and  then 
was  with  the  Cunard  Steamship  Company. 
Boston,  resigning  therefrom  on  account  of 
ill  health.  Admiral  Joseph  F.  Greene,  who 
was  his  next  door  neighbor,  had  him  appoint- 
ed his  secretary,  and  .Mr.  Prescott  spent  a 
vear.  from  1870  to  1871.  on  board  the  United 
States  warship.  "Congress",  in  company  with 


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Admiral  Greene.  This  was  an  act  of  kindness 
on  the  part  of  Admiral  Greene  to  give  Air. 
Prescott  an  opportunity  to  benetit  his  health. 
He  was  a  resident  of  Brookline.  He  served 
as  justice  of  the  peace  for  a  number  of  years, 
member  of  the  school  board  and  board  of 
assessors  in  Brookline.  For  many  years  and 
until  his  death  was  treasurer  and  secretary 
of  the  Brookline  Savings  Bank.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  New  England 
Historic  Genealogical  Society,  in  which  he 
was  greatly  interested.  He  was  a  man  of 
the  utmost  integrity,  universally  beloved,  re- 
spected and  trusted.  He  was  a  chivalrous, 
old-fashioned  gentleinan,  brave  and  gentle. 
He  gave  many  points  and  items  to  the  Mr. 
Prescott  who  wrote  the  book  of  "The  Pres- 
cott Family",  thus  assisting  him  considerably-. 
He  married,  October  i8,  1841,  Emily,  daugh- 
ter of  James  Ma.xwell,  of  Louisville,  Ken- 
tucky, formerly  of  Philadelphia,  where  he 
was  a  well  known  publisher  of  fine  books, 
among  them  "Audubon's  Birds" :  his  wife 
was  Susan  Britton  (  Fleeson  )  Maxwell.  Child 
of  Frederick  W.  Prescott :  Lavinia  Maxwell, 
born  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  July  19,  1844, 
married,  January  29,  1880,  Isaiah  Lewis 
Brackett  (see  Brackett  VII).  Mr.  Prescott 
died  January  28,  1879,  and  his  wife  died 
March   14,    1889." 


Andrew  Greeley,  the  im- 
GREELEY  migrant  ancestor  of  this  fam- 
ily, was  born  about  1617,  and 
died  at  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  June  30, 
1697.  His  name  appears  on  the  Salisbury 
records  first  in  1640,  but  he  was  probably 
settled  there  some  time  before  that  date.  He 
was  a  miller  and  settled  in  the  part  which  is 
now  included  in  Seabrook,  New  Hampshire, 
and  built  his  mill  on  Kane's  river,  to  grind 
corn.  About  1650  he  added  a  saw  mill,  and 
soon  after  the  completion  of  the  mill  he  moved 
to  Haverhill,  Massachusetts.  He  was  con- 
stable of  Salisbury  in  1653,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  planting  and  prudential  commit- 
tee. He  was  often  on  committees  to  lay  out 
land  and  settle  boundary  lines,  and  was  ap- 
pointed to  seal  leather  in  1677.  In  1655  he 
entered  into  an  agreement  with  Bartholomew 
Heath  to  maintain  a  corn  mill  for  the  inhabi- 
tants of  Haverhill.  In  i66g  he  was  chosen 
to  keep  the  ferry  at  Haverhill.  He  went 
bonds  for  his  son  Benjamin  who  died  and  left 
his  debts  unpaid,  and  the  father  was  obliged 
to  sell  his  iiouse  and  property  in  Haverhill 
in  order  to  pay  them,  returning  to  Salisburv. 
where  he  lived  with  his  son  .Andrew  on  the 
old  homestead  imtil  his  death.  He  married 
^Iar_\-   Moyse,  daughter  of  Josejih  and   Han- 


nah Aloyse.  She  died  December  24.  1703. 
Children,  born  at  Salisbury :  Philip,  men- 
tioned below :  Andrew,  born  December  10, 
1646:  Mary,  born  July  16,  1649:  Joseph,  born 
February  5,  1652:  Benjamin,  born  December 
9,  1654:  Westwood,  born  January  29,  1659, 
probably  died  young. 

(II)  Philip,  son  of  Andrew  Greeley,  was 
born  at  Salisbury,  Mas.sachusetts.  September 
21,  1644,  and  died  there,  March  17,  1717-18. 
He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  and  fidelit}'  be- 
fore Captain  Bradbury,  December  5,  1677, 
and  in  1690  was  admitted  a  freeman.  He 
bought  and  sold  much  land  in  Salisbury,  and 
also  owned  portions  of  small  vessels  built 
there.  In  a  division  of  land  on  Alav  18,  1681, 
he  received  Lot  No.  ^j,  containing  twelve 
acres.  In  1682,  1683  and  1684  he  was  sur- 
veyor of  highways.  His  will  was  dated 
March  14,  1717-18.  He  and  his  wife  were 
buried  in  the  old  cemetery  at  East  Salisbury, 
near  the  road  leading  to  the  beach,  where 
their  gravestone  may  still  be  seen.  He  mar- 
ried at  Salisbury,  February  17,  1670.  Sarah 
Isley,  who  was  born  there  June  30,  1644,  and 
died  there  July  19,  1710.  She  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Sarah  Isley.  Children,  born 
in  Salisbury:  John,  born  January  16,  1671 ; 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  born 
March  21,  1675-76;  Mary,  born  June  5.  1679; 
Philip,  born  December  25,  1681  :  Ruth,  born 
October  3,   1684. 

(III)  Jonathan,  son  of  Philip  Greeley,  was 
born  in  Salisbury,  February  15,  1672-73,  and 
died  there,  October  25,  1750.  His  will  was 
dated  March  i,  1749-50,  and  the  inventory  of 
his  estate  was  dated  November  2t,,  1750.  He 
married  at  Salisbury,  March  21.  1697,  Jane 
Walker,  who  died  at  Salisbury,  May  21.  1721. 
They  were  married  by  Robert  Pike,  justice 
of  the  peace.  Children,  born  in  Salisbury: 
Patience,  born  September  7,  1698:  David, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah,  born  April  3,  1703; 
Jonathan,  born  January  2,  1705-06;  Benjamin, 
born  September  26,  1708;  Philip,  born  June 
9,  171 1  ;  Jane,  born  January  i,  1713;  Samuel, 
born  October  20.  1716:  Alary,  born  Decem- 
ber ID,  1718:  Hannah,  born  May  21,   1721. 

(I\')  Daviil,  son  of  Jonathan  Greeley,  was 
born  in  Salisbury.  December  i.  1700,  and 
died  there  November  2,  1773.  He  was  a 
weaver  by  trade.  His  will  was  dated  October 
25,  1773,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  buried  in 
the  old  cemetery  at  East  Salisbury,  where  the 
gravestone  is  still  in  evidence.  He  married 
at  Salisbury,  .\pril  30.  1730.  Alary  Stevens, 
who  was  born  in  Salisbury.  February.  1707-08. 
died  there  December  21,  1798.  they  were 
married  by  Rev.  Caleb  Gushing.  She  was 
the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and   Alary   i  Gree- 


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ley)  Stevens.  Benjamin  Stevens,  born  at  Sal- 
isbury October  7,  1677,  was  the  son  of  Ben- 
jamin ancl  Hannah  (Barnard)  Stevens;  he 
di'ed  February  2^.  1709-10.  Mary  (Greeley) 
Stevens  was  the  daughter  of  Philip,  son  of 
Andrew  Greeley.  Children  of  Uavid  and 
Mary  (Stevens)  Greeley,  born  in  Salisbury; 
Shubal,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  born  June 
7'  ^733-  Jane,  born  May  18.  1735;  Hannah, 
born  June  15,  1737;  Esther,  born  May  11, 
1739:  David,  born  September  30,  1741  ;  Rich- 
ard, born  September  1,  1743;  Rachel,  born 
February  18,  1745;  Benjamin,  born  December 
31,  1748;  John,  born  October  0,  1752. 

(\')  Shubal.  son  of  David  Greeley,  was  bap- 
tized in  Salisbury.  January  10,  1731,  and  died 
at  .Salisbury,  New  Hampshire,  October  22, 
1814.  On  Alay  16.  1782,  the  town  of  Weare 
gave  a  note  to  his  son  David,  in  payment  for 
three  years  which  he  was  to  serve  in  the  Con- 
tinental arm\' ;  David  died  during  service,  Au- 
gust 5,  1783,  and  his  father  received  in  pay- 
ment for  his  services,  five  heifers  and  calves. 
Shubal  Greeley  married  at  North  Yarmouth, 
Maine,  November  9,  1758,  Hannah  Petten- 
gill,  who  was  born  at  North  Yarmouth,  Au- 
gust 3.  1740,  and  died  March  15,  1823,  at 
Salisbury,  New  Hampshire.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  .Abraham  and  Hannah  (French) 
Pettengill.  Hannah  French,  born  at  Salis- 
bury, Massachusetts,  August  19,  1706.  was 
the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary  (Wins- 
ley)  French;  Edward  was  the  son  of  Joseph 
and  Susanna  French.  Mary  W'insley  was 
the  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Mary  (Gree- 
ley) Winsley  ;  Ephraim  was  the  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Elizabeth  Winsley;  Mary  (Greeley) 
Winsley  was  the  daughter  of  Andrew  Gree- 
ley, the  immigrant  ancestor  mentioned  above. 
Children  of  Shubal  and  Hannah  (Pettengill) 
Greeley,  born  at  Salisbury,  New  Hampshire ; 
Matthew,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  De- 
cember  18,   1760;  David,  born  April  5,   1762. 

(VI)  Matthew,  son  of  Shubal  Greeley,  was 
born  in  Salisbury,  New  Hampshire,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1759,  and  died  at  Enfield,  New  Hamp- 
shire, June  24.  1842.  He  lived  at  Salisbury, 
New  Hampshire,  until  about  .\pril,  1787, 
when  he  moved  to  Canaan,  New  Hampshire, 
settling  at  the  foot  of  Goose  pond.  He  built 
the  first  mill  there,  known  for  many  years  as 
Greeley's  mill.  After  living  some  years  at 
Canaan,  he  went  west,  but  returned  soon  af- 
terward and  settled  in  Enfield,  where  he  lived 
the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  name  is  on 
the  list  of  training  soldiers  of  Salisbury,  New 
Hampshire,  May  2j.  1776.  and  he  served  in 
the  revolution,  enlisting  in  Captain  Gray's 
companv.  Colonel  Scammel's  regiment,  in 
1777,    serving    for  tlyee   years.      In    1780  he 


enlisted  again  in  Colonel  Stickney's  regiment. 
He  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  Enfield.  He 
married  Abigail  Stevens,  who  was  liMrn  De- 
cember 17,  1761.  and  <lied  July  10.  1847,  age<l 
eighty-five  years.  Children,  born  in  Salis- 
bury; Shubal,  born  .May  18,  1782;  David. 
born  .\pril  20.  1784;  E|jiiraim,  born  July  5, 
1786.  Children,  born  in  Canaan;  .Matthew, 
born  November  i,  1788;  Sally,  born  May  28. 
1790;  Hannah,  born  July  20.  1792:  .\bigail. 
born  in  Salisbury,  February  7,  179'');  .\chsali, 
born  in  Canaan,  .March  23,  1798:  John  Dus- 
tin,  mentioned  below ;  Lydia.  born  (  ictober 
I).  1803;  Ira.  born  [ulv  2y.  180^.  died  .March. 
1807, 

(\'IIi  Joim  Dustin.  son  of  .Matthew  (jree- 
ley.  was  born  in  Canaan.  New  Hampshire, 
-August  2^.  1800.  He  married  Sema  C. 
Choate,  who  was  born  in  Enfield,  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1794,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  .Abi- 
gail (Bray)  Choate.  Children:  George; 
Charles  ;  John  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(\'III)  John  Henry,  son  of  John  Dustin 
Greeley,  was  born  in  Lebanon.  New  Hamp- 
shire. June  7.  1832,  died  November  iG.  1910. 
at  Hyde  Park,  Massachusetts.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools.  At 
the  age  of  fifteen  he  began  his  career  as  a 
railroad  brakeman,  afterward  entering  the 
employ  of  the  Earle  &  Prew  Express  Com- 
pany in  Boston.  .After  several  years  with  this 
company  he  became  a  messenger  for  the  .Ad- 
ams E.xpress  Company,  continuing  in  this  po- 
sition with  the  same  coiupany  for  a  period  of 
forty  years,  on  the  route  from  Boston  to  New 
A'ork.  His  fidelity  and  efficiency  are  attested 
to  by  his  lengthy  term  of  service.  He  won 
the  confidence  and  respect  of  both  his  em- 
ployers and  the  patrons  of  the  company  and 
the  respect  and  esteem  of  all  who  knew  him. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and.  in  re- 
ligious  faith   an   Episcopalian. 

He  married.  I-'ebruary  10.  1873.  Mary 
Bockus,  born  January  31.  1845.  at  Holxjken, 
New  lersev.  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Cunningham)  Bockus;  the  surname  was  for- 
merly spelled  Backus.  The  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  the  Backus  family  was  William. 
born  in  England,  settled.  1638.  in  Saybrook, 
Connecticut ;  removed  to  Norwich.  Connecti- 
cut, in  1660.  and  was  one  of  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  that  town ;  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1663  and  died  in  1664.  He  married. 
(first)  Sarah  Charles;  (second)  before  1660. 

\nn    .    and    had    sons:      Stephen    and 

William,  and  daughters:  Sarah  and  .Mary. 
William  Bockus.  Mrs.  Greeley's  father,  was 
born  at  Glen  Cove.  Long  Island.  New  York, 
and  had  five  children:  Mary,  of  previous 
mention ;   Caroline,   born   September  h.   1847. 


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died  October  13,  igoS;  Charles  Jenkin.-;,  born 
September  7.  1856:  Ida.  born  .\iay  13,  1858: 
and  Catherine,  born  June  9.  i860.  Mrs. 
Greeley  was  the  only  one  of  these  children 
who  married. 

Children  of  John  Henry  and  Mary  (Bock- 
us)  Greeley:  i.  Horace  Lincoln,  born  No- 
vember 2~.  1875  :  he  is  a  machinist,  now  em- 
ployed in  the  construction  of  the  Panama  Ca- 
nal at  Gorgona.  Panama:  married.  June  15. 
1906.  (jertrude  Louise  Fisher,  and  had  one 
child,  Robert  Henry,  born  June  18.  1908.  2. 
Maud  Edna,  born  March  10.  1884.  unmar- 
ried. 


Within  a  few  years  after  the 
SAWYER  landing-  of  the  Pilgrims  at 
Plymouth  the  name  Sawyer 
appeared  in  the  records  of  the  settlements  of 
Massachusetts  Piay  Colony,  and  for  centuries 
in  the  United  States  it  has  been  borne  and 
honored  by  men  who  have  been  successful 
leaders  in  nearly  all  the  walks  of  life.  As 
governors,  congressmen  and  senators,  as  law- 
yers and  jurists,  as  manufacturers  and  mer- 
chants, argriculturists  and  skilled  artisans  and 
as  pioneers,  they  have  shown  those  qualities  of 
character  which  planted  civilization  in  a  land 
inhabited  by  savages,  and  under  conditions 
that  would  have  disheartened  any  but  the 
strongest  and  bravest.  Their  hardihood  and 
christian  fortitude  made  them  fit  instruments 
for  the  advancement  of  civilization  upon  the 
underlying  foundation  principles,  whose  ob- 
ject is  the  enjoyment  of  "life,  liberty  and  the 
pursuit  of  happiness".  As  defenders  of  these 
principles  they  were  ever  ready  to  face  death, 
as  the  records  of  the  early  Indian  wars  in 
New  England  show,  and  those  of  the  revolu- 
tion, and  again  in  later  years  when  their 
country  required  defenders.  It  is  a  matter 
of  record  that  eighteen  members  of  the  Saw- 
yer family  from  Lancaster,  Massachusetts, 
alone  were  in  military  service  at  the  same 
time  during  the  revolution,  and  that  one  com- 
pany recruited  in  that  town  was  officered  from 
captain  down  by  Sawyers. 

John  Sawyer,  or  Saver,  was  a  farmer  in 
Lincolnshire,  England,  where  he  is  supposed 
to  have  been  a  landholder  also.  He  was  the 
father  of  three  sons,  William,  Edward  and 
Thomas,  who  left  England  on  a  ship  com- 
manded by  Captain  Parker,  and  settled  in 
Massachusetts  about  1636.  William  Sawver. 
the  immigrant  ancestor,  was  born  about  1613, 
probably  in  England.  He  was  in  Salem.  ^las- 
sachusetts,  and  later  in  Wenham,  from  1640 
to  1645.  His  name  at  that  time  was  spelled 
Sayer.  He  subscribed  to  the  oath  of  allegi- 
ance  in   1678,  and  became   a  member  of  the 


First  Baptist  Church  in  Boston,  with  his  wife 
and  several  others  of  Newbury,  in  1681.  It 
is  probable  that  he  had  then  resided  in  Ne\y- 
bury  for  forty  years.  A  branch  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  was  formed  in  Newbury  in 
1682.  and  William  and  John  Sawyer  and 
others,  were  among  its  members.  He  was 
still  living  in  1697,  and  his  estate  was  admin- 
istered by  his  son-in-law,  John  Emerv.  in 
March,  1703.  The  name  of  his  wife  was 
Ruth,  and  his  children  were:  John:  Samuel: 
Ruth :  Mary,  died  young :  Sarah ;  Hannah, 
died  young:  William:  Frances,  died  voung; 
Mary:  Stephen  A.;  Hannah;  and  Frances. 

(  1 1  James  Sawyer,  whose  parentage  and 
place  of  birth  are  unknown,  appears  in  Ips- 
wich, Massachusetts,  in  1669,  and  removed 
thence  to  Gloucester,  in  the  same  colonv,  in 
1677.  He  was  a  weaver  by  trade,  and  was 
granted  a  six-acre  lot  in  Gloucester,  on  the 
west  side  of  the  Annisquan  river,  in  1688. 
In  1690  he  purchased  more  land  in  the  same' 
vicinity,  and  there  built  his  homestead  where 
he  died  May  31,  1703.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Bray,  and  had  children : 
Thomas,  John  and  Mary,  who  were  probably 
born  in  Ipswich  before  his  removal  to 
Gloucester :  Nathaniel,  born  December  29, 
1677:  Abraham,  1680:  Sarah,  1683;  Isaac, 
1685:  Jacob,  of  whom  further;  James,   1691. 

( II)  Jacob,  son  of  James  and  Sarah  (Bray) 
Sawyer,  was  born  in  1687,  in  Gloucester, 
Massachusetts,  and  resided  in  that  town  until 
1726.  He  married,  in  1716,  Sarah  Wallis, 
and  had  five  children,  born  in  Gloucester. 
He  married  ( second )  in  Preston,  Connecticut, 
in  1730,  Prudence  Standish,  born  May  9, 
171 1,  daughter  of  Israel  and  Elizabeth  (Rich- 
ards) Standish,  of  Preston  (see  Standish 
I\').  There  were  also  children  by  this  mar- 
riage, among  whom  was  Ephraim. 

(III)  Ephraim,  son  of  Jacob  and  Prudence 
(Standish)    Sawyer,  resided  in  Preston.     He 

married    Smith,    and    had    children, 

among  whom  was  David. 

(I\')  David,  son  of  Ephraim  Sawyer,  mar- 
ried Mary  Woodruff.  Children :  Noah 
Woodruff:  Olive  Barker:  David  (2).  of 
whom  further. 

(\')  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  and 
Mary  (Woodruff)  Sawyer,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 25.  1807.  in  Tinmouth.  \'ermont,  died 
in  Moira.  New  York,  December  31,  1859. 
He  married,  in  1831,  in  Danby,  \'ermont, 
Lucretia  Stafford,  born  about  1813,  died  De- 
cember 3,  1893,  aged  eighty  years.  Children: 
I.  -Anson  David,  born  February  13,  1832,  in 
Tinmouth,  died  March  29,  1879,  in  Osborne 
City.  Kansas.  He  married.  July  31,  1866, 
Phebe    Elizabeth,    dauglHer  of   Isaac   C.    and 


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Elizabeth  E.  (Crawford)  Cuffe.  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1845.  Tliey  had  children:  i.  Miles 
S.,  born  March  i,  1868:  married.  April  f), 
1893,  Julia  E.  Harlow,  and  has  a  daughter, 
Dorothy  Standish,  born  December  26.  1S93. 
ii.  Oliver  H.,  June  18,  1878.  2.  Henry  Ar- 
thur, of  whom  further.  3.  Persis  Lucretia. 
December  3.  1835.  died  October.  191 1.  4. 
Melinda.  July  31,  1837.  died  at  the  age  of 
nine  years.  5.  Palmer  Stafford,  July  1.1839. 
died  May  20.  1904.  6.  Xoah  ISar'ker.  Sep- 
tember 20.  1848,  now  living  in  HuichiuMjn. 
Kansas. 

(\'I)  Henry  Arthur,  son  of  David  (2)  and 
Lucretia  (Stafford)  Sawyer,  was  born  March 
19,  1834,  in  Tinmouth.  Rutland  county.  \'er- 
mont.  died  in  Rutland,  same  state,  October 
6,   1899. 

He  attended  school  as  a  child  in  his 
native  town,  and  when  nine  years  of  age 
went  with  his  parents  to  Moira,  Franklin 
county,  New  York,  where  lie  continued  in 
school  until  eighteen  years  of  age.  He  then 
went  to  Boston,  remaining  a  few  years,  and 
then  engaged  in  the  stationery  business  in 
Cornwall,  province  of  Quebec.  In  1861  he 
removed  to  Rutland,  and  was  associated  for  a 
time  with  John  W.  Cramton  in  the  conduct 
of  the  Central  House.  Later  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  Air.  Cramton  and  J.  C.  Dunn,  in 
the  wholesale  and  retail  book  and  stationery 
trade.  He  sold  out  his  interest  in  this  busi- 
ness, and  secured  one  in  the  Rutland  Globe 
Printing  &  PubHshing  Company,  of  which  he 
became  treasurer.  This  establishment  opened 
the  store  now  occupied  by  H.  A.  Sawyer  & 
Company,  and  Air.  Sawyer  purchased  the 
stock  when  the  Globe  was  consolidated  with 
the  Rutland  Herald.  In  1873  he  purchased 
the  wholesale  department  of  the  stationery 
business  operated  by  Dunn  Brothers  &  Com- 
pany, and  founded  the  firm  of  H.  A.  Sawyer 
&  (Company.  At  one  time  he  was  a  stock- 
holder in  the  Howe  Scale  A\'orks.  and  was 
interested  in  other  business  enterprises  of  the 
town.  He  was  vice-president  of  the  Clement 
National  Bank,  and  director  of  the  State 
Trust  Company.  A  Republican  in  politics,  he 
took  an  active  part  in  local  affairs,  serving 
several  times  as  village  trustee,  and  was  two 
years  president  of  the  l)oard  of  aldermen  af- 
ter the  incorporation  of  the  cit\-.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trade  and  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  serving  as  a  member  of 
theprudential  board  of  the  latter.  He  was 
affiliated  with  Center  Lodge,  Xo.  34,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Rutland:  and  fig- 
ured prominently  and  honorably  in  the  prog- 
ress of  the  city.  As  a  public-spirited  citizen 
he  supported  every  movement  for  its  advance- 


iness 


ment  and  held  the  confidence  of  the  busir 
Community. 

He  married.  May  15.  18^/i,  Julia  .\.  Put- 
nam, born  Xoveniber  15.  1841,  in  Ludlow, 
\ermont,  died  at  Rutland,  October  19.  1908*, 
daughter  of  Colonel  James  M.  and  Sarah  ]. 
(Mason)  Putnam.  Children:  James  Put- 
nam, of  whom  further:  Mary  Lucretia,  born 
December  21,  1S74.  died  July  12.  1911,  wife 
of  Henry  W.  Hudson,  of  H<j0sic  I'ails.  Xew 
York:  liavid  Henry,  September  6.  1878,  died 
December  H).  19 10. 

i\  II)  James  Putnam,  eldest  son  of  Henry 
.\rthur  and  Julia  A.  (Putnam)  Sawyer,  was 
born  March  31.  1873.  in  f^utland.  Vermont. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  Rutland. 
later  attending  Philips-.Andover  preparatorv 
school,  at  Andover,  Massachusetts,  from 
which  he  went  to  Yale  College.  He  gradu- 
ated in  1897,  and  immediately  akerward  went 
abroad,  and  traveled  for  a  year  in  Europe. 
Two  years  later  upon  the  death  of  his  father 
he.  together  with  his  cousin.  Miles  Standish 
Sawyer,  son  of  Anson  D.  Sawyer,  succeeded 
to  his  father's  business,  manufacturers  and 
dealers  in  wholesale  paper  and  wooden  ware, 
which  had  been  conducted  as  H.  A.  .Sawyer 
&  Company.  These  two  partners  have  con- 
tinued the  business  under  the  original  firm 
name  of  H.  A.  Sawyer  &  Company,  even 
though  the  senior  Mr.  Sawyer  has  passed 
away.  James  P.  Sawyer  is  a  member  of 
Centre  Lodge,  Xo.  34,  Free  and  Accepted 
]\Iasons,  of  Rutland. 

He  married,  October  i.  1907,  Helen  Brad- 
ford Webb,  of  Chicago,  daughter  of  .\rtiiur 
Bradford  and  Frankie  Adelaide  (Sickles) 
Webb.  Children:  Henry  Webb,  born  June 
25,  1908:  Barbara  Standish,  February  13, 
1910. 

(The  StanJish  Line). 

The  surname  Standish  is  derived  from  an 
ancient  parish  of  Lancasiiire.  England,  still 
known  as  Standish.  which  was  the  seat  of 
the  family  for  many  centuries.  The  earliest 
recorded  ancestor  was  Thurston  Standish.  or 
de  Standish.  of  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  He 
inherited  lands  from  his  mother.  Margaret  de 
Standish.  daughter  and  co-heiress  of  Robert 
de  Hulton.  The  Standish  family  of  Du.x- 
bury.  county  Lancaster,  was  descended  from 
Hugh  de  Standish,  through  his  son  Ralph 
and  grandson  Hugh,  the  latter  living  in  the 
reign  of  Edward  I.  The  coat-oi-arms  of  the 
Lancashire  families  was:  .\zure  three  stand- 
ing dishes  two  and  one  argent.  Crest :  .A 
cock  argent  combed  and  wattled  gules.  An- 
other and  perhaps  even  older  coat-of-arms, 
also  given  in  IUirke"s  Armory,  was :  Argent 
a   saitire   within   a   bordure    gules.     To    this 


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Lancashire  family  Myles  Standish.  the  immi- 
grant, doubtless  belonged,  though  his  ances- 
try in  England  has  not  been  definitely  traced. 
(  I  1  Captain  ]\Iyles  Standish.  who  came  in 
the  "Mayflower"  in  1620.  with  his  wife  Rose, 
was  born  in  England  about  1586.  He  settled 
first  in  Plymouth,  but  soon  removed  among 
the  early  settlers  of  Duxbury  across  the  bay 
from  Plymouth,  and  the  hill  rising  abruptly 
from  the  waters  of  Plymouth  bay,  upon 
which  he  built  his  home  and  lived  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life,  is  called  Captain's  Hill  to 
this  day.  He  signed  the  compact  and  be- 
came one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  colony. 
In  Februar\-.  1621,  at  a  general  meeting  to 
establish  militar\-  arrangements,  he  was 
chosen  captain  and  vested  with  the  command. 
He  conducted  all  the  early  expeditions 
against  the  Indians  and  continued  in  the  mili- 
tary service  df  the  colony  his  whole  life.  He 
commanded  the  Plymouth  troops  which 
marched  against  the  Xarragansetts  in  1645, 
and  when  hostilities  with  the  Dutch  were 
apprehended  in  1653.  he  was  one  of  the  coun- 
cil of  war  of  Plymouth,  and  was  appointed 
to  command  troops  which  the  council  deter- 
mined to  raise.  He  was  also  prominent  in 
the  civil  afTairs  of  the  colony ;  was  for  many 
years. assistant,  or  one  of  the  governor's 
council;  and  when,  in  1626.  it  became  neces- 
sary to  send  a  representative  to  England  to 
represent  the  colonies  in  business  arrange- 
ments with  the  merchant  adventurers,  he  was 
selected  for  this  work.  He  was  a  commis- 
sioner of  the  United  Colonies  and  a  partner 
in  the  trading  company. 

His  first  wife,  Rose,  who  came  with  him, 
died  January  29,  1620-21.  He  married  (sec- 
ond)  Barbara  .  before  1627.  when  she 

and  his  children,  Alexander,  Charles  and 
John,  had  shares  of  cattle  with  him.  His 
will,  dated  March  7.  1655.  was  proved  Mav, 
1657.  He  desired  to  be  buried  near  his  de- 
ceased daughter  Lora  and  daughter-in-law 
Mary.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife  Barbara: 
eldest  son,  .Alexander:  sons  Myles.  Charles 
and  Josiah  :  "to  Marrye  Robenson  whom  I 
tenderly  love  for  her  grandfather's  sake" :  to 
servant.  John  Swift  Jr. :  to  son  and  heir  ap- 
parent (under  the  English  law).  Alexander, 
lands  in  (  )rmsticke  Borsconge,  W'rightington. 
Maralsley.  W'oodburrow.  Crawston.  and  the 
Isle  of  Man.  which  were  detained  from  him, 
his  great-grandfather  being  a  younger 
brother  from  the  house  of  Standish.  He  died 
October  3.  1636.  .An  imposing  monument  to 
him  has  been  erected  on  Captain's  Hill.  Dux- 
bury.  Captain  Standish  is  one  of  the  Pil- 
grims, known  to  every  generation  since  and 
to  the  whole  world,  partly  because  of  his  mil- 


itary prominence,  the  first  in  New  England, 
and  partly,  especially  in  the  present  genera- 
tion, from  the  poem  of  Longfellow.  "The 
Courtship  of  Alyles  Standish".  Children: 
I.  Alexander.  2.  Charles,  living  in  1627.  3. 
Joseph,  living  in  1627.  4.  Mvles,  settled  in 
Boston,  died  April  5,  1653;  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  Winslow.  5.  Josiah.  of 
whom   further.     6.  Lora.     7.  Charles. 

(Ill  Captai^n  Josiah  Standish,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Alyles  Standish  and  his  second  wife. 
Barbara,  was  born  1633-34  in  Duxburv.  He 
resided  in  early  life  in  East  Bridgewater. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  lieutenant  of 
the  militia  company.  Returning  to  Duxbury 
in  1(163  he  served  there  as  selectman,  deputy 
to  the  general  court,  and  captain  of  the  mi- 
litia. In  1686  he  removed  to  Norwich,  Con- 
necticut, and  in  the  following  year  purchased 
one  hundred  and  fifty  acres  of  land  in  that 
part  of  the  town  which  is  now  Preston.  Here 
he  died  March  19,  1690.  He  married  (first) 
December  19,  1654.  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Dingley,  of  Marshfield.  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (second)  Sarah,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Allen,  of  Braintree.  Children:  Alyles; 
Josiah:  Samuel:  Israel,  of  whom  further; 
Mary;  Lois;  Mehitable;  Martha;  and  Mercy. 

(Ill)  Israel,  fourth  son  of  Josiah  and 
Mary  (Dingley)  Standish.  was  born  about 
1675-80.  in  Duxbury.  He  removed  with  his 
father  to  Preston.  Connecticut.  He  married, 
February  8,  1705,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  Richards,  of  Weymouth,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Children  :  Elizabeth,  born  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1707;  Myles,  November  18,  1708; 
.Amy,  March  14,  1710;  Prudence,  of  whom 
further. 

(I\')  Prudence,  youngest  daughter  of 
Israel  and  Elizabeth  (Richards)  Standish, 
was  born  May  9.  171 1,  in  Preston.  She  be- 
came the  second  wife  of  Jacob  Sawyer  of 
that  town    (see  Sawyer  II). 


Walter  Palmer,  immigrant  an- 
PALMER     cestor,  was  born,  according  to 
%  tradition,    in    county    Notting- 

ham, England,  died  in  Stonington.  Connecti- 
cut, November  19,  1661.  The  first  authentic 
records  of  him  in  New  England  are  in 
Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  when  he  and 
Abraham  Palmer  were  admitted  freemen 
May  14.  1634.  He  owned  considerable  real 
estate  and  received  land  in  the  first  division 
in  1637  and  again  in  the  division  of  1643. 
He  was  among  those  who  met  to  prepare  for 
the  new  settlement  at  Seacuncke.  afterward 
Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  and  in  1653  re- 
moved to  what  is  now  Stonington.  Connecti- 
cut.    He  bought  land  from  Governor  Haynes 


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on  the  ea>t  bank  of  the  W'equeteciunc  river. 
His  whole  tract  of  land  contained  aiioiit 
twelve  hundred  acres.  His  will  was  dated 
May  10.  1(158.  and  proved  May  11,  1662.     He 

married     (first)     in    England,    Ann    , 

(second  I  Rebecca  Short,  a  member  of  Rev. 
John  Eliot's  church  in  Roxbury.  Children 
of  the  tirst  wife:  Grace;  John;  William; 
Jonas ;  Elizabeth.  Children  of  the  .^^econd 
wife:  Hannah,  born  June  16,  1634;  Elihu. 
born  January  24,  1636;  Xehemiah,  mentioned 
below:  Moses,  born  April  6,  1640;  Ilenjaniin, 
born  Ma\  30,  1642;  Gershom,  baptized  in 
Charlestown ;    Rebecca. 

(Hi  Xehemiah,  son  of  Walter  Palmer,  was 
born  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  Xovem- 
ber  2;^.  1637,  died  in  Stoninsjton,  February 
17,  1718.  He  was  made  freeman  at  Hart- 
ford May  10,  1666,  and  also  lived  in  Ston- 
ington.  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a  promi- 
nent man.  On  Ma}-  15,  1668.  he  was  elected 
deputy  to  the  general  court  of  Connecticut, 
and  held  that  office  for  fifteen  sessions.  In 
May,  iC>8i,  he  was  on  a  committee  "for  hear- 
ings on  the  Indian  question  and  to  buy  land 
from  the  Indians".  He  purchased  one  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  on  December  11,  1683, 
from  hi^  brother.  Benjamin  Palmer,  at 
Shownoak.  and  on  April  23,  1706,  he  deeded 
a  half  of  his  land  to  his  son  Daniel,  two 
acres  of  salt  marsh  to  Xehemiah,  the  other 
half  of  the  home  lands  to  Joseph,  on  condi- 
tion that  the  sons  care  for  their  mother,  she 
to  own  the  old  house  and  one-third  the  in- 
come from  the  farm.  On  June  3,  1O84.  Xe- 
hemiah. Moses  and  l^>enjamin  divided  the 
land  which  had  been  left  to  their  mother  to 
divide,  but  which  she  had  not  divided,  and 
they  agreed  to  give  five  hundred  acres  to 
Gershom  Palmer.  On  December  3.  1699,  Xe- 
hemiah deeded  two  hundred  acres  on  the 
Pawcatuck  river  to  his  son  Xehemiah :  in 
1680  he  sold  land  which  his  wife  had  re- 
ceived by  will  from  her  father.  His  grand- 
sons. Xehemiah  and  David,  sons  of  Daniel, 
received  from  him,  September  4,  17 16,  be- 
cause they  cared  for  him  in  his  old  age.  one 
hundred  acres  of  land;  also  at  that  time  he 
gave  sixty-two  acres  to  his  son  Jonathan. 
He  deeded  in  1717  one-half  of  his  home  lands 
to  his  grandsons  Joseph,  Benjaiuin  and  Ger- 
shom, to  be  divided  according  to  their  father's 
will;  on  June  2j.  1717.  he  gave  his  son  Dan- 
iel half  hi>;  lands  at  home,  "for  his  dutiful 
care  of  him".  On  April  10.  1718.  his  widow 
deeded  to  her  son  Ichabod  and  his  wife,  the 
property  left  her  by  her  husband.  Xehe- 
miah Palmer  married,  in  Stonington,  Xovem- 
ber  20,  \C^<^2.  Hannah,  born  in  1644,  died  in 
Stonington,    October    17.    1727.    daughter   of 


Thomas  and  .\nn  (Lord)  Stanton.  He  was 
buried  in  the  old  graveyard  on  the  east  side 
of  \\'e(|uete(iuoc  Cove.  Tlic  stone  on  his 
grave  is  still  to  be  seen  and  can  lie  read. 
Children,  born  in  Stonington;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below;  Elihu,  March  12,  1666,  died 
young;  Jonathan.  August  7,  1668;  Daniel, 
Jvme  12,  1672;  Elihu,  baptized  December  14, 
1674:  Jonathan,  baptized  December  14.  i^<74; 
Xehemiah.  baptized  July  8,  i')77;  Hannah, 
baptized  .\pril    1 1,   1680. 

(HI  I  Lieutenant  Joseph  Palmer,  son  of 
Xehemiah  Palmer,  was  born  at  Stonington 
October  3,  1663,  died  January  31,  1710.  (~)n 
.\pril  23,  1706,  he  received  from  his  father 
half  his  home  lands,  provided  he  help  take 
care  of  his  mother.  He  was  to  own  the 
house  in  which  his  father  then  lived.  He 
made  his  will  January  9,  1709,  and  in  it  he 
mentioned  his  wife  and  children.  He  mar- 
ried in  Stonington,  March  12,  1687,  I'rances 
Prentice,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca 
(Jackson)  Prentice,  who  came  to  Stoning- 
ton from  Xewton,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  in  Stonington:  Son,  died  in  1688;  Son, 
died  in  1689;  Joseph,  born  March  14,  1690; 
Daughter,  died  in  1692;  Hannah,  born  ^Iay 
31,  1694:  Benjaiuin,  mentioned  below:  Sarah, 
born  April  3,  1698;  Jonathan,  born  May  2, 
1702. 

(I\")  Sergeant  Benjamin  Palmer,  son  of 
Lieutenant  Joseph  Palmer,  was  born  in  Ston- 
ington, March  18,  1696.  In  1717  he  and 
Joseph  and  Gershom  received  from  their 
grandfather  Xehemiah  one-half  his  home  lots 
to  be  divided  among  them  according  to  their 
father's  will.  This  was  on  the  condition  that 
Daniel  Palmer  should  take  care  of  Xehemiah's 
wife,  "and  that  his  son.  J(Miathan.  should 
have  liberty  to  cut  the  salt  grass".  On  Sep- 
tember 16,  1719,  he  gave  to  his  brother  Jo- 
seph his  right  in  land  which  his  father  Joseph 
had  received  from  his  grandfather  Xehemiah. 
On  January  3,  1-22-2^,  he  and  Benjamin,  of 
Coventrv,  Connecticut,  sold  a  hundred  acres 
of  land  to  Daniel  Palmer,  and  on  December 
5,  1716.  he  joined  with  others  in  selling  four 
iiundred  acres  in  Stonington  to  John  Stanton. 
He  moved  to  Coventry.  Windham  county, 
Connecticut,  where  he  had  the  title  of^  ser- 
geant. He  married  ( first )  probably  in  Ston- 
ington. Rebecca  Palmer,  daughter  of  Ger- 
shom and  Ann  (Denison)  Palmer.  She  was 
baptized  in  the  First  Church  at  Stonington. 
lulv  I,  1694,  died  in  Coventry.  March  22, 
1726.  Heniarried  (second).  Xovember  14 
1726,  Ruth  Bidwell.  Children  by  first  wife. 
born  in  Coventry:  (iershom,  mentioned  be- 
low: Ann,  born' February  5,  1720;  Xathan, 
born  Xovember  27.   1723;  John,  February  14, 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


1725.  Children  of  Sergeant  Benjamin  Pal- 
mer by  second  wife :  Benjamin,  October  10, 
1729:  Ruth,  February  20,  1733-34;  Rebecca, 
February  20,  1737-38. 

(V)  Gershom,  son  of  Sergeant  Benjamin 
Palmer,  was  born  in  Coventry,  February  13, 
1717.  He  married  (first)  in  his  native  place, 
February  2,  1737-38,  Mehitable  Badger,  who 
died  there  September  22,  1760.     He  married 

(second)  Elizabeth  .     Children  by  first 

wife,  born  in  Coventry:  Gershom,  mentioned 
below;  Abigail,  April  20,  1742;  Elias,  Janu- 
ary 5,  1744;  Rebecca.  March  2-,  1747;  Amos, 
February  15,  1749;  Mehitable,  August  10, 
1750;  Benjamin,  January  7,  1755;  Abel,  Au- 
gust 12,  1757.  Child  by  second  wife:  Sally, 
April  28,  1767. 

(VI)  Gershom  (2),  son  of  Gershom  (i) 
Palmer,  was  born  at  Coventry.  December  5, 
1738.  He  was  a  school  teacher  in  \\'ood- 
stock,  A'ermont.  He  married  in  Coventry, 
I\Iay  8,  1760,  Lucy  Fields.  Children:  Eliza- 
beth, born  April  19,  1761  ;  Oliver,  mentioned 
below  ;  Bethiah :  Hannah  ;  Mehitable ;  Ger- 
shom :  Bennet;  Lucy;  (Judge)  Walter;  Bet- 
sey :  Nahum. 

(Vn  )  C)liver,  son  of  Gershom  (2)  Palmer, 
was  born  June  25,  1763,  and  settled  at  Wood- 
stock, \'ermont.  In  1790  Oliver  had  three 
females  in  his  family  and  his  father  had  two 
males  over  sixteen,  two  under  that  age  and 
four  females,  according  to  the  census.  There 
were  two  other  families  of  the  Palmer  name. 
John  Palmer  had  two  females  in  his  family, 
and,  according  to  the  town  history,  left  no 
descendants;  he  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  in  1794;  constable  1799  to  181 2;  re- 
moved to  New  York  about  1812  and  died  at 
Madison,  New  York,  October,  1824,  aged 
si.\ty-one  years ;  married  Joanna,  only  daugh- 
ter of  Eleazer  Meacham.  Ezekiel  .Palmer  was 
probably  born  as  early  as  1740  and  doubtless 
was  closely  related  to  Gershom ;  had  two 
males  over  sixteen,  two  under  that  age  and 
five  females  in  his  family  in  1790. 

( \TII )  John,  grandson  of  Gershom  (2) 
Palmer  and  son  or  nephew  of  Oliver,  was 
probably  born  in  Woodstock,  \'ermont.  He 
was  a  farmer  in  Woodstock,  but  afterward 
removed  to   Meredith,  New  Hampshire.     He 

married    Russell,    and    among    their 

children  was  Dudley  Russell,  mentioned  be- 
low. 

(IX)  Dudley  Russell,  son  of  John  Palmer, 
was  born  at  \\'oodstock,.  Vermont,  in  1809, 
died  in  1887.  For  many  years  he  was  a 
grocer  in  Boston,  and  in  later  years  was  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  business.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  E.  Gibbs.  Children  :  John,  born  in 
Boston    in    1845,    '''^'•'    unmarried;    Percival 


Bowditch,  mentioned  below  ;  ^^'ilIiam  Dudley, 
born  in  Boston  in  1854.  died  unmarried. 

(X)  Percival  Bowditch,  son  of  Dudley 
Russell  Palmer,  was  born  in  Boston.  August 
2,  1851.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  city,  the  Dwight  Grammar  School 
and  the  English  High  School  of  Boston, 
from  which  lie  graduated  in  iS'jS.  For  two 
years  he  was  clerk  in  a  woolen  house  in  Bos- 
ton and  afterward  was  a  salesman  for  Sprint^- 
er  Brothers,  wholesale  dealers  and  manufac- 
turers of  cloaks.  In  1879  he  went  to  Chicago 
in  the  empioy  of  J.  W.  Griswold  &  Company, 
wholesale  dealers  and  manufactu:-ers  of 
cloaks  and  women's  garments,  established  in 
1851  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  removed  to 
Milwaukee.  Wisconsin,  in  1857,  t""!  to  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  in  1860.  In  that  \ear  T.  W. 
Griswold,  the  founder,  admitted  to  partner- 
ship his  brother,  Edward  P.  Griswold.  In 
1887  the  senior  partner  retired  from  the  firm, 
his  interest  being  purchased  by  his  brother 
and  Mr.  Palmer,  the  title  becoming  Griswold, 
Palmer  &  Company.  This  continued  until  the 
death  of  Mr.  Griswold  in  1899.  At  this  time 
Mr.  Palmer  became  head  of  the  firm  of  Per- 
cival B.  Palmer  &  Company,  which  relation- 
ship continues  to  the  present   (  1912), 

He  married,  December  2-,  1877.  Ellen 
Finch  Chapin,  who  was  born  in  March,  185 1, 
at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  now  part  of 
Boston,  daughter  of  Nahum  and  Lucy  (  Far- 
well)  Chapin,  of  Charlestown.  Massachusetts. 
She  had  brothers  Nahum  and  George  F. 
Chapin.  The  Chapin  family  is  of  old  Massa- 
chusetts colonial  stock.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Palmer:  i.  Dudley  Chapin.  born  in 
Chicago.  December  12.  1878.  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools  and  in  Yale  College, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  igoo  with 
the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts,  now  a  part- 
ner in  his  father's  firm.  Percival  E.  Palmer 
&  Company;  married,  in  October.  loii,  Reta 
Dennis,  of  Chicago.  2.  Percival  Eiiwditch 
Jr..  born  in  Chicago.  July  i.  18S1  ;  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Chicago,  graduate 
of  Amherst  College  with  the  degee  of  Bache- 
lor of  Arts  in  1903;  associated  in  business 
with  his  father  in  Chicago.  3.  David  Ham- 
blen, born  in  Chicago.  January  10.  1883.  at- 
tended the  public  schools,  and  is  now  engaged 
in  mining  in  L'tah.  4.  Nahum  Chapin.  born 
in  Chicago,  July  30,  1889,  attended  Chicago 
public  schools  and  graduated  from  Phillips 
Academy,  .^ndover,  Massachusetts ;  engaged 
in  the  banking  business  in  Chicago.  5.  Lucy 
Farwell,  born  at  Swampscott.  Massachusetts, 
.August  31,  1890;  educated  in  private  and  pre- 
paratory schools  and  at  Bryn  Mawr  College, 
Pennsvlvania. 


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John   Ball,  immigrant  ancestor,   is 

BALL  said  to  liave  come  from  Wiltshire, 
■England,  in  1650.  He  settled  in 
Watertown,  ^lassachusetts,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman,  ALiy  22,  1650.  He  removed  to 
Concord,  and  died  there  in  1665.  The  inven- 
tory of  his  estate  was  tiled  in  the  ^^liddlesex 
court.  Children:  Nathaniel:  John,  men- 
tioned below ;   Abigail,   born  April   26,    1656. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Ball,  was 
born  about  1620.  He  removed  to  Lancaster, 
and  with  his  wife  and  infant  child  was  slain 
by  the  Indians,  in  an  attack  of  February  20, 
1676,  in  King  Philip's  war.  It  appears  in 
the  history  of  Lancaster  that  he  was  one  of 
the  first  three  settlers  as  early  as  1653,  which 
explains  perhaps  why  so  little  is  to  be  found 
about  him  in  the  \\'atertown  records.  Lan- 
caster was  originally  called  Nashaway.  It 
was  purchased  of  Sholan,  sachem  of  the 
Nashaways,  by  Thomas  King  and  others,  and 
comprised  a  tract  eight  miles  wide  by  ten 
miles  long,  and  the  deed  was  approved  by 
the  general  court.  The  company  in  accord- 
ance with  their  agreement  to  make  a  settle- 
ment sent  three  men,  Richard  Linton,  Law- 
rence Waters  and  John  Ball,  who  were  to 
make  preparations  for  the  general  coming  of 
the  proprietors.  In  the  }ear  1644  there  were 
but  two  dwellings  in  the  place,  occupied  by 
Ball,   Linton  and  Waters. 

He  married  (first)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Pierce,  of  Watertown.  He  married 
(second)  October  3,  1665.  Elizabeth  Fox, 
of  Concord.  Children  by  first  wife :  John, 
mentioned  below;  Mary;  Sarah;  Esther,  born 
about  1655.  Children  by  second  wife:  Abi- 
gail, April  20,  1668,  died  young;  Joseph, 
March  12,  1669-70. 

(Ill)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Ball,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  1644.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 17,  1665,  Sarah,  daughter  of  George 
and  Beatrice  Bullard,  of  Watertown.  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  born  July  11,  1666:  John,  June 
29,  1668;  James,  March  7,  1670;  Joseph,  May 
4,  1674 ;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below  ;  Daniel, 
Augu.st  2.   1683;  Abigail,  October  5,   1686. 

(iV)  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (3)  Ball,  was 
born  March  29,  1680,  died  about  1727.  He 
married,  January  5,  1709-10,  Sarah  Whitney. 
They  settled  in  Watertown  but  may  have 
lived  for  some  time  at  Lancaster.  The  birth 
of  their  youngest  child  is  recorded  at  Wal- 
tham  although  born  at  Watertown.  Children  : 
Sarah,  born"  1710;  Jonathan,  mentioned  be- 
low; Phinehas,  1716;  Thankful,  baptized 
January  7,  1728,  aged  seven:  Jane,  baptized 
January  7,  1728,  aged  four;  Susannah,  born 
April   6,   1726. 

(V)    Jonathan    (2),   son  of  Jonathan    (i) 


Ball,  was  born  in  Watertown,  and  was  bap- 
tized February  18,  1728,  at  Lexington.  He 
owned  the  covenant  at  Lexington.  He  lived 
for  a  time  at  Lancaster.  He  married  Martha 
.      Child,   Jonatiian,    mentii>ned   below. 

(\T)  Jonathan  (3),  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Ball,  was  born  at  Lancaster,  September  16, 
1751,  died  in  1819.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  from  Bolton,  in  Captain  Sawyer's 
company.  Colonel  \\'hitney's  regiment.  He 
enlisted  in  the  Continental  army  for  tiiree 
\ears  and  the  rolls  show  that  in  1781  he  was 
twenty-nine  years  old.  of  dark  complexion,  a 
farmer  of  Bolton.  He  married  Mary  Pratt, 
of  Bolton  (intentions  dated  September  17, 
1773).  Children,  born  at  Bolton:  Becky, 
-April  25,  1778;  Elizabeth.  June  28.  1783; 
Hannah,  April  14,  1785  ;  Asenath,  October  20, 
1788;  Lucy,  March  25,  1789:  Silas.  Novem- 
ber 18,  1792;  \\'illiam,  mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  William,  son-  of  Jonathan  (31  Ball, 
was  born  at  Bolton,  September  15,  1796.  He 
married  Elizabeth  Rice.  Children,  born  at 
Bolton:  Elvira,  May  2,  1815;  Malinda,  April 
21,  1817,  married  William  Carruth ;  Hannah, 
June  22,  1820;  Emerson.  July  5.  1822:  Addi- 
son, mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth.  September 
7,  1826;  ;\Iary,  January  6,  1830;  \'ilena,  Jan- 
uary I,  1835,  married  Jacob  Barnard:  El- 
mina,  October  7,  1839,  married  George  Ca- 
niff. 

(VIII)  Addison,  son  of  William  Ball,  was 
born  in  Bolton,  Massachusetts,  May  3,  1824, 
died  there  May  31,  1883.  lie  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation  and  comb  cutter  by  trade.  He 
married  Mary  Elizabeth  Rice,  born  in  North- 
borough.  Massachusetts,  November  20.  1828, 
died  July  2.  1907.  daughter  of  Luther  and 
Zipporah  (Kendall)  Rice.  Children:  i. 
Mar\-  Elizabeth,  born  April  4,  1847.  <J'ed  May 
26,  1901  :  married  Benjamin  Rollins.  2.  An- 
geline  Olive,  born  October  27,  1849 :  married 
George  Augustus  Billings.  3.  Silvester  Ad- 
dison, born  March  23,  1852,  died  September 
I,  1878.  4.  Alonzo  Eugene,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Clara  Emma,  born  July  18,  1859.  6. 
Edgar  Franklin,  born  February  5,  1862.  7. 
Ada  Frances,  twin  of  Edgar  Franklin,  died 
May  16,  1863. 

(IX)  Alonzo  Eugene,  son  of  Addison  Ball, 
was  born  at  Bolton.  June  23,  1853.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  the  Bryant  &  Stratton  Business  College. 
Boston.  During  most  of  his  life  he  has  been 
in  the  newspaper  business.  He  is  now  living 
in  Rutland,  \'ermont.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  married.  December  24  1876, 
Lizzie  Candace  Rice,  born  April  24.  1836,  in 
Clinton.  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min  Franklin  and   Roxana   (Boyntont    P.ice. 


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Children :  Clarence  Franklin,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  George  A.,  born  in  South  Lancaster,  a 
painter,  residing  at  Rome,  New  York,  mar- 
ried Sophia  Grott  and  has  one  child,  John 
Clarence. 

(Xj  Dr.  Clarence  Franklin  Dall,  son  of 
Alonzo  Eugene  Ball,  was  born  in  South  Lan- 
caster. Massachusetts,  February  ^4.  1878.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Rutland,  \ermont.  and  Troy,  New- 
York,  and  in  the  Lancaster  Academy  at  South 
Lancaster.  He  entered  the  American  Medi- 
cal Missionary  College  at  Chicago  and  was 
graduated  witii  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  ?^Iedi- 
cine  in  1902.  For  two  years  he  was  the  as- 
sistant physician  at  the  New  England  Sani- 
tarium at  Melrose,  Massachusetts.  In  1905 
he  began  to  practice  at  Rutland,  \'ermont, 
and  he  has  continued  there  successfully  in 
general  practice  to  the  present  time.  He  was 
appointed  health  otificer  of  the  city  of  Rut- 
land in  1907  and  held  the  office  until  Novem- 
ber I,  1912,  when  he  resigned.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Rutland  County  Medical  and  Sur- 
gical Society,  of  which  he  has  been  president 
during  the  years  1911-12,  the  Vermont  State 
Medical  Society  and  the  American  Medical 
Association.  He  is  on,  the  staliE  of  the  Rut- 
land Hospital.  In  religion  he  is  a  Seventh 
Day  Adventist,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 

Dr.  Ball  married.  September  21.  1902,  Mary 
Olive  Marsh,  of  Pontiac,  Illinois,  born  June 
12,  1878,  daughter  of  John  Wesley  and  Lu- 
cina  (Rawson)  Marsh.  Children:  Frances 
Lucinda,  born  August  3,  1903;  Howard  Alon- 
zo, September  3,  1904:  Olive  May,  October 
23.  1906:  ^lildred  Catherine.  September  30, 
1909:  Clarence  Franklin,   March    19,    1912. 


The   Curtis   family,    represented 
CURTIS     in    the    present    generation    by 

George  Milton  Curtis  Jr..  a 
prominent  resident  of  Brooklyn,  New  York, 
is  of  English  extraction,  early  members  of 
the  family  removing  from  England  to  Ire- 
land, locating  in  county  Cork,  where  they 
spent  active  and  useful  lives  and  where  their 
deaths  occurred,  among  them  being  the 
grandfather  of  John  Curtis,  the  first  of  the 
line  here  under  consideration  of  whom  we 
have  the  Christian  name.  The  father  of  John 
Curtis  emigrated  to  this  country,  settling  in 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
purchased  a  large  tract  of  land. 

(II)  John  Curtis,  son  of  the  emigrant  an- 
cestor, was  a  resident  of  Berkshire  county. 
Massachusetts,  an  active  and  useful  citizen, 
honored  and  respected  by  all  with  whom  he 
was  brought  in  contact.  In  early  life  he  was 
a  Roman  Catholic,  but  later  joined  the  Bap- 


tist church.  He  married  and  among  his  chil- 
dren was   Beriah,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  Beriah.  son  of  John  Curtis,  was  born 
in  Berkshire  county,  Alassachusetts,  in  July, 
1800,  died  at  Worcester,  Massachusetts,"  De- 
cember 24,  1865.  After  completing  his  stud- 
ies in  the  common  schools  of  the  day,  he 
entered  into  partnership  with  Colonel' Bill- 
ings and  Colonel  Clark  and  they  established 
various  stage  lines  in  New  England  and. 
until  the  railroads  were  built,  carried  the 
mail,  being  awarded  the  contract  for  this 
work.  In  later  life  he  was  a  banker,  pros- 
pering in  all  his  undertakings.  He  was  very 
devout,  but  differed  in  belief  from  his  Cal- 
vinistic  neighbors,  believing  that  Christ  was 
not  God,  but  a  divine  personality  sent  by  God 
to  redeem  the  world.  In  politics  he  was  a 
staunch  Democrat,  and  was  a  personal  friend 
of  President  Andrew  Jackson,  He  married 
Lydia  Alassena  Dennys  Hunter,  daughter  of 
Abraham  Hunter,  a  descendant  of  John  Hun- 
ter. Abraham  Hunter  was  a  soldier,  partici- 
pating actively  in  the  revolution  and  in  the 
war  of  1812.  His  home  was  in  Brooktield, 
Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  his  being 
the  first  brick  house  built  in  that  town,  and 
there  he  followed  agricultural  pursuits.  He 
married  a  niece  of  General  Wilkinson,  who 
established  the  first  cotton  mill  in  Rhode  Is- 
land, and  for  whom  the  village  of  Wilkinson- 
ville  was  named.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Curtis:  Pascal  Paoli :  Maria  Thurston  Den- 
nys :  John  Beriah :  Lyman  Wilkinson :  Laura 
Matilda:  George  Milton,  of  whom  further; 
Emma  M. :  William  Henry  Harrison :  two 
children  who  died  in  early  life. 

( I\')  Hon.  George  Milton  Curtis,  son  of 
Beriah  Curtis,  was  born  in  Worcester  coun- 
ty. Massachusetts,  June  20,  1840.  He  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  and  the  Baptist  Academy 
of  Worcester.  He  began  the  study  of  law 
in  the  office  of  Hon.  John  W.  Ashmead,  in 
New  York  City,  and  at  the  same  time  was 
occupied  as  a  newspaper  reporter.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  New  York  City  in 
1863  and  immediately  began  the  active  prac- 
tice of  his  profession  there,  gaining  a  reputa- 
tion for  professional  ability  of  a  high  order, 
and  achieving  a  large  degree  of  success.  He 
is  a  leader  in  his  profession,  and  has  served 
as  counsel  in  many  murder  cases,  but  has 
devoted  the  greater  part  of  his  time  to  the 
trial  of  will  cases  and  matters  connected  with 
the  subject  of  insanity.  During  his  career  as 
a  lawyer  he  has  saved  from  the  scaffold  by 
successful  defense  no  less  than  eighty-nine 
men  indicted  for  murder.  The  following  are 
some  of  the  cases  in  which  he  has  appeared 
as  counsel  in  the  last  thirtv  vears :     The  John 


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Ander?oii  will  case,  the  great  tobacconist ; 
the  celebrated  Senator  Fair  deed  case,  in 
California,  takin.cr  part  in  the  jury  trial;  the 
John  Stetson  will  case.  .Mr.  Stetson  having 
been  a  notable  theatrical  manager:  the  Fried- 
man will  case,  New  York,  1874;  the  Bowdan 
will  case.  New  York,  1876;  the  Buford  case, 
the  prisoner  being  indicted  for  the  murder 
of  Chief  Justice  Elliott,  of  Kentucky,  in  July, 
1879,  at  "Owenton,  Kentucky;  the  Leslie  will 
case,  1S80;  Commonwealth  vs.  Riddle,  tried 
at  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  1885,  Riddle  be- 
ing charged  with  looting  the  Penn  Bank  of 
Pittsburgh  :  the  Helmbold  insanity  cases,  Phil- 
adelphia and  elsewhere ;  the  Atlas  Steamship 
case,  Xew  York,  1887;  the  Coffin  lunacy 
case,  Xew  York,  1888:  the  Lane  will  case, 
Xew  York,  1890;  the  Hayes  forgery  case,  in 
February.  1893 ;  with  Grover  Cleveland. 
Francis  Leon  Stetson,  Charles  Donohue,  and 
other  famous  lawyers,  he  was  engaged  in  the 
Louisana  lottery  contest,  and  was  one  of  the 
counsel  in  the  Jeannette  inquiry  before  con- 
gress in  which  he  pleaded  the  case  of  Jerome 
C,  Collin :  he  also  appeared  in  one  of  the 
celebrated  Stewart  will  cases  and  was  the  only 
one  to  get  a  verdict  against  the  Stewart  es- 
tate ;  he  was  also  counsel  in  the  celebrated 
Philips  will  case,  the  Tigh  will  case  and  the 
will  contest  of  Baker  against  the  Sisters  of 
Charity ;  he  also  procured  for  the  matrons  of 
the  penitentiary  an  increase  of  their  salaries 
under  the  law  of  the  state  of  Xew  York  of 
1903.  arguing  a  constitutional  question  in 
their  behalf  which  was  decided  in  their  favor. 
He  is  now  engaged  as  counsel  for  a  Xica- 
raugua  company,  which  has  large  interests 
involved  in  matters  connected  witii  the  state 
of  Xicaraugua,  its  mahogany,  rubber  and 
lignum-z'itae  lands. 

The  poetical  life  of  Mr.  Curtis  has  been 
very  exciting  and  interesting.  He  was 
elected  to  the  Xew  York  legislature  in  1863, 
and  took  his  seat  in  January,  1864.  It  was 
in  this  session  he  made  the  celebrated  speech 
in  defense  of  Governor  Seymour,  which  has 
become  a  political  classic.  It  was  warmly 
spoken  of  by  the  entire  press,  including  the 
New  York  Herald.  The  World,  The  Tribune. 
The  Times  and  The  Evening  Post,  and  was 
copied  into  all  the  prominent  papers  of  the 
countrv.  He  was  re-elected  in  1865  and  made 
the  memorable  speech  on  the  Health  Bill 
which  has  had  a  tremendous  etifect  upon  the 
legislation  affecting  the  health  of  X'ew  York 
City.  In  1867  he  was  elected  justice  of  the 
marine  court,  his  term  beginning  January  i, 
1868.  and  he  declined  a  second  term.  He  was 
for  one  term  assistant  corporation  attorney 
of   Xew   York   Cit\-.     He   is   a    Democrat    in 


his  political  views.  For  more  than  forty 
years  .Mr.  Curtis  has  been  counsel  of  "On 
Leong  Tong",  a  benevolent  society  which 
looks  after  the  interests  of  the  Chinese  in 
the  L'nited  States.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Xew  York  Historical  Society  and  of  the  Xew 
York  County  Bar  Association.  Mr.  Curtis 
displayed  his  patriotism  by  enlisting  in  the 
Third  Battalion  of  Rifles,' Massachusetts,  in 
1861,  and  serving  for  three  months  on  the 
L'nion  side.  A  battle  being  e.xpected  he  con- 
tinued in  the  .service  after  his  term  of  enlist- 
ment e.xpired.  Later  he  raised  the  Xinety- 
tifth  Regiment,  Xew  York  \olunteer  .Militia. 
in  whicli  he  e.xpected  to  receive  a  commis- 
sion, but  his  comi)anies  were  consolidated  and 
be  decided  not  to  return  to  the  army. 

-Mr.  Curtis  married  Caroline  Gertrude  .Mi- 
ner, of  .Xew  York,  and  their  only  child  was 
George  .Milton,  of  whom  further, 

(\')  George  Milton  (2),  son  of  Hon. 
George  Mihon  (i)  Curtis,  was  born  in  Xew 
York  City,  December  29,  1872.  He  received 
his  early  education  at  the  Mount  Pleasant 
Military  .\cademy  on  the  Hudson,  graduating 
in  1889.  He  then  entered  Yale  University, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of 
1893  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  .-\rts.  He 
then  became  a  student  in  Yale  Law  School, 
graduating  therefrom  in  1895  with  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Laws.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  Xew  York  City  in  1898.  and  be- 
gan active  practice  of  his  profession  in  Brook- 
lyn, Xew  York,  as  assistant  counsel  for  the 
Brooklyn  Rapid  Transit  Company,  a  position 
he  held  for  twelve  years.  In  1910  he  was 
appointed  assistant  corporation  courrsel  of  the 
city  of  Xew  York,  and  in  191 1  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  Brooklyn  branch  of  the  corpora- 
tion counsel's  department,  and  at  the  present 
time  ( 1912)  is  in  charge  of  the  trial  bureau 
in  the  X'ew  York  office  of  the  corporation 
counsel.  In  his  private  practice  he  has  made 
a  specialty  of  corporation  law.  In  politics 
Mr.  Curtis  is  an  active  and  intiuential  Demo- 
crat, with  independent  tendencies,  and  has 
served  his  party  as  delegate  to  various  state 
and  other  nominating  conventions.  During 
various  political  campaigns  he  made  a  repu- 
tation as  an  able  and  convincing  stump 
speaker  and  his  services  are  constantly  in 
demand.  He  was  for  several  years  presi- 
dent of  the  Eighteenth  .Assembly  District 
Democratic  Club.  From  1895  to  1898  he  was 
one  of  the  transfer  ta.x  appraisers.  From 
1893  to  1898  he  was  in  the  naval  militia.  First 
Battalion  of  Brooklyn,  and  attained  the  rank 
of  gunner's  mate.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Flatbu.sh  Play-Ground  .Association,  a  private 
corporation    for    the    purpose    of    furnishing 


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play-grounds  for  the  children  of  the  city ; 
one  ground  was  opened  in  191 1  and  two  more 
in  1912.  He  is  also  a  director  in  the  Flat- 
bush  Alerchants'  Association.  His  recreation 
has  always  been  found  on  the  athletic  field. 
In  college  he  won  distinction  on  the  Yale 
track  team :  he  played  on  the  baseball  club 
that  won  the  college  championship  at  the 
World's  Fair,  Chicago,  in  1893 ;  he  also 
rowed  in  the  crew  that  won  the  championship 
of  the  naval  militia  of  the  Eastern  States  in 
1896. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Bar  Association ;  Phi  Theta  Theta,  Theta  Nu 
Epsilon  (junior)  ;  Book  and  Gavel  Societv  of 
Yale  College :  is  a  life  member  of  the  Benevo- 
lent and  Protective  C)rder  of  Elks;  sachem 
of  Hawk  Eye  Tribe,  Improved  Order  of  Red 
^len;  member  of  the  Montauk  Club;  the 
Knickerbocker  Field  Club;  the  Cortelyou 
Club ;  the  University  Club,  and  for  many 
years  was  an  active  member  of  the  New  York 
Athletic  Club  and  of  the  New  Jersey  Athletic 
Club.  ;\Ir.  Curtis  married  Ethel  Louise  Ken- 
nan,  niece  of  George  Kennan,  the  famous  Si- 
berian writer  and  lecturer. 


IMichael    Willis    or    Wills,    the 
WILLIS     immigrant    ancestor,    was    born 

in  England,  and  is  said  to  have 
come  to  America  in  1635,  in  the  ship  "James", 
from  Bristol.  He  was  admitted  to  the  Dor- 
chester church  about  1636.  He  and  George 
^^"illis  of  Cambridge,  presumably  a  brother, 
were  admitted  freemen  of  the  colony  together 
in  1638.  He  became  a  founder  of  the  Second 
Church  of  Boston,  June  5,  1650.  He  was 
admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Boston  in  1647,  ^nd 
sold  his  land  at  Dorchester  in  1656.  He  was 
a  shipbuilder.  He  married  (first)  in  Eng- 
land, Joan ;  (second)   Mildred , 

who  survived  him.  His  will  was  dated  July 
24,  1668.  The  will  of  his  widow  Mildred  is 
dated  September  20.  1680.  Both  died  soon 
after  the  date  of  their  wills.  Children  by 
first  wife :  Joseph,  baptized  February  3.  1639, 
in  Boston ;  Experience,  married  Elizabeth 
Bolton  or  Botton ;  Temperance,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 9,  or  13,  165 1  :  Joanna,  baptized  April 
13,  1651.  Children  by  second  wife:  Michael, 
mentioned  below ;  Adingstiil,  died  September 
6.  1658:  Abigail,  died  November  7.  1696; 
Lydia,  married  George  Newell ;  Elizabeth, 
married   Zachariah    Phillips. 

(11)  Michael  (2),  son  of  Michael  (i) 
Willis,  was  born  November  11.  1652,  in  Bos- 
ton and  died  1711-12.  He  was  a  resident  and 
taxpayer  of  Boston.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Lowden.  who  survived  him.  She  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Second  Church  March  2t,.  iGjj. 


She  was  a  daughter  of  Richard  Lowden.  He 
was  a  seafaring  man,  and  under  date  Tune 
20,  1708,  being  in  London,  gave  a  powe"r  of 
attorney  to  his  brother-in-law,  John  Ellis,  of 
Boston.  He  died  in  London,  about  1712.  His 
widow  Elizabeth  was  appointed  administra- 
trix. May  14,  1712.  Administration  was 
also  granted  to  his  widow  in  England.  Oc- 
tober 5,  171 1,  but  her  name  is  given  as  Mary. 
( It  is  still  a  legal  custom  to  assume  Man- 
when  the  given  name  of  a  woman  is  unknown, 
and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  [Michael,  being  iri 
America  may  have  been  unknown  to"  the 
court.)  [Michael  was  described  a-  late  of  the 
parish  of  St.  Mary,  Whitechapel  (London), 
county  of  :\Iiddlesex.  Children :  Toseph, 
born  January  4,  1680,  died  young.:  Abigail,' 
born  "March  12,  1682  or  1689:  D'eliverance! 
November  i.  1684:  Obadiah,  :\Iarch  5.  i(586! 
died  young;  Hannah,  June  14,  1688:  Mildred! 
May  7,  1693;  :\Iichael",  July  11,  1694:  Ebene- 
zer,   1697;   Benjamin,   1702. 

(Ill)  [Michael  (3),  son  of  ^^lichael  (2) 
Willis,  was  born  in  Boston,  July  11.  1694, 
and  was  baptized  in  the  First  Church,  July 
15.  He  deeds  land  formerly  owned  bv  his- 
grandfather.  Michael,  mentions  his  father  and 
uncle  Experience,  and  states  that  he  was  his 
father's  only  male  heir,  the  others  dving 
young.  Michael  married,  December  6,  1716, 
Mary  Mattox.  She  was  admitted  to  the  Sec- 
ond Church,  February  12,  1715-16.  Michael 
died  in  London,  but  the  date  is  unknown. 

_(IV)  Benjamin,  only  child  of  [Michael  (3) 
A\'illis.  was  born  September  i.  1717,  in  Eos- 
ton.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian war,  and  was  killed  at  the  siege  of  Louis- 
burg,  in  1745.  He  lived  in  Medford  and  was 
town  clerk.  He  married  Ann  Ganimell,  who 
was  appointed  administratrix  April  20.  1746, 
in  Boston._  She  died  at  Haverhill. 'March  14, 
1780.    having  married  twice   after   the   death 

of    Willis    first,    Bowker.     1  second) 

Knowlton. 

iV)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Willis,  was  born  in  Boston,  Januar^■  10,  1743. 
He  was  a  merchant  and  sea  captain,  living  at 
Charlestown  and  Haverhill,  [Massachusetts. 
He  followed  the  sea  and  was  captain  of  a 
vessel  at  Surinam  when  the  re\oIution  broke 
out.  He  arrived  home  soon  after  the  battle 
of  Bunker  Hill,  and  found  his  familv  had 
taken  refuge  in  Lexington,  whence  he  re- 
moved them  to  Haverhill.  He  married,  in 
1765,  [Mary  Ball,  of  Charlestown.  daughter 
of  Captain  Robert  and  Elizabeth  1  Davidson) 
Ball ;  she  was  born  at  Concord.  September 
16.  1742.  Captain  Willis  was  a  representa- 
tive to  the  general  court  from  Haverhill, 
1 799- 1 800.  and  was  admitted  in   1780  to  the 


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Fire  Society  of  that  tuwii.  liis  home  was 
on  Merriniac  street,  near  Fleet,  where  the 
family  hved  until  removing  to  Portland  in 
1803.  Benjamin  and  his  wife  probably  died 
here.  He  died  at  Haverhill,  Xovcmb'er  11, 
i8u.  and  was  buried  in  the  old  I'entucket 
cemetery.  Un  his  gravestone  is  the  epitaph : 
"Heaven  gives  us  friends  to  bless  the  i)rcsent 
scene.  Removes  them  to  prepare  us  for  the 
next."  He  died  inteblate,  and  his  widow 
Mary  requests  the  court  to  appoint  her  son 
Robert  administrator.  She  died  at  Haver- 
hill, Jul\'  25,  1835,  aged  ninety-three,  and 
her  gravestone  stands  beside  that  of  her  hus- 
band. Children  :  Benjamin,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Mary,  born  December  13,  1774;  Ann, 
August  24.  1778;  lilizabeth  Ball,  June  27, 
1782:   Robert  Ball,   March   13.  1784. 

(\"I)  Benjamin  (3).  son  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Willis,  was  born  at  Charlestown,  Massachu- 
setts. March  5,  1768.  and  was  baptized  March 
6.  After  the  family  fled  from  Charlestown  at 
the  time  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill,  he  lived 
at  Haverhill.  When  a  young  man  he  sailed 
on  a  voyage  to  London  on  his  father's  brig, 
'"Benjamin  and  Xancy",  and  met  there  John 
Dickin-on.  who  assisted  him  in  business.  Mr. 
Willis  became  a  leading  merchant.  His  car- 
goes came  usually  to  Xewbur\port  in  brigs 
and  were  transported  to  Haverhill  in  boats. 
In  181 1  he  built  the  Willis  block  just  east  of 
the  bridge,  the  first  brick  block  in  the  town. 
He  was  admittetl  to  the  Fire  Society  in  1794. 
In  1801  he  was  a  petitioner  for  the  aqueduct. 
He  married,  January  9,  1791,  Mary  McKin- 
stry,  at  Governor  Stark's  home,  Dunbarton, 
X'ew  Hampshire.  She  was  born  at  Taunton. 
IMassachusetts,  August  17,  1770,  daughter  of 
Dr.  \\'illiam  and  Priscilla  (Leonard)  McKin- 
stry.  Her  father  was  a  loyalist,  and  at  the 
time  of  the  battle  of.  Bunker  Hill  the  familx- 
was  living  in  Boston.  Her  mother  Priscilla 
died  at  Haverhill,  ^lay  26,  1786.  aged  fifty- 
four.  In  June,  1803,  Benjamin  Willis  made 
his  home  in  Portland  and  remained  there  un- 
til 1813,  when  he  moved  to  Fort  Hill,  Bos- 
ton. 118  Purchase  street,  the  northerly  corner 
of  Purchase  and  Oliver,  then  Belmont.  He 
acquired  much  real  estate  in  Boston,  and 
left  a  large  fortune  for  his  day.  He  went  to 
Europe  in  1822.  sailing  from  Xew  York  to 
Liverpool  on  the  ship  "Hercules",  and  vis- 
ited St.  Petersburg,  Berlin,  Dresden,  and  \"i- 
enna.  His  wife  Hilary  died  at  her  home  in 
Boston.  February  12.  1847.  Portraits  of  Wil- 
lis and  his  wife  have  been  preserved.  She 
is  said  to  have  been  an  estimable  woman.  "In 
her  vouth  she  was  very  handsome.  She  was 
a  religious  woman :  for  many  years  she  com- 
muned   at    the    Old    South    Church.    Boston. 


She  was  fund  i>f  rea<ling  and  eh.jice  in  the 
selection  of  books."  She  was  buried  in  the 
Willis  tomb  in  Portland,  .\fter  her  death. 
Benjamin  Willis  lived  much  of  the  time  with 
his  daughter,  Mary  Duncan,  in  Haverhill,  and 
he  died  there  October  i,  1853.  In  an  obitu- 
ary i)ublished  at  the  time  his  character  is  de- 
scribed ; 

He  was  .1  man  of  great  activity,  energy  and  en- 
terprise, ami  the  success  ot  his  business  transac- 
tions corresponded  with  the  intelligence  and  vigour 
with  which  he  pursued  them.  His  death  was  calm 
and  peaceful,  and  he  experienced  during  Ins  wdiole 
sickness  a  consciousness  that  he  should  not  re- 
cover and  an  entire  conlidence  in  the  goodness  and 
resignation  to  the  will  of  God,  Who  had  pre- 
served him  so  long  through  many  and  varied  scenes ; 
through  the  struggles  of  poverty  in  early  life,  and 
the  temptations  and  vicissitudes  of  maturer  years. 
From  his  quiet  temperament  he  had  enjoyed  life 
to  the  full,  and  havmg  exhausted  it  to  the  dregs, 
he   was   not   unwilling  to  depart   from   it. 

Children:  I.  Benjamin,  born  Xovember 
16,  1791,  died  July  28,  1870.  2.  William, 
born  August  31,  1794,  in  Haverhill,  died  in 
Portland,  February  17,  1870:  graduate  ot 
Harvard  College,  in  1813;  practiced  law  in 
Boston  and  Portland;  author  of  "History  of 
Portland"  and  many  other  historical  works : 
state  senator.  1855;  mayor  of  Portland,  in 
1857;  chairman  of  Maine  presidential  elec- 
tors. i860:  railroad  commissioner,  president 
of  Maine  Central  Railroad,  vice-president  of 
Xew  England  Historic  Genealogical  Society 
( LL.D.  Bowdoin  1868).  3.  George,  men- 
tioned  below.     4.   Thomas,   March    16,   1800; 

5.  Henry,  April  13,  1802.     Born  at  Portland: 

6.  Marv.  December  14.  1805  :  married  James 
H.  Dut'ican.  7.  Elizabeth,  October  25,  1807; 
married  Henry  Kinsman.  8.  Thomas  Leon- 
ard. April  4  or  14,  1812:  married  Charlotte 
E.  Hall. 

(\II)  George,  son  of  Benjamin  (3)  ^V  il- 
lis,  was  born  at  Haverhill,  Massachusetts, 
fune  16.  1797.  died  October  24.  1844.  at  Mun- 
"roe.  Maine,  and  is  buried  in  the  family  toinb 
at  Portland.  He  went  with  the  family  to 
Portland  when  he  was  six  years  old.  He 
became  a  merchant  and  entered  partnership 
with  his  brother  Benjamin,  June  26.  iSr.S. 
when  their  father  moved  to  Boston.  His 
home  was  on  High  street,  Portland,  in^  the 
house  later  occupied  by  the  Cumberland  Club. 
Afterward  he  lived  on  Park  street. 

He  married  ( first  1  .\pril  10,  1820,  Caro- 
line E.  Hunnewell,  Iwrn  July  8.  I70<;.  at  Las- 
tine,  Maine,  daughter  of  Colonel  Richard 
Hunnewell.  She  died  September  i,  1821.  He 
married  (second)  Xovember  it.  1822.  Cla- 
rissa Mav  Hall,  born  fune  3.  1799-  died  April 
15   or    17     1858.   daughter  of  Caleb    Brooks 


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Hall,  of  Bucksport.  Elaine.  Her  sister  was 
wife  of  Thomas  Leonard  Willis,  her  brother- 
in-law.  Child  bv  tirst  wife:  Caroline  Hun- 
newell,  born  February  21,  1821,  died  soon. 
Children  bv  second  wife :  George  Hall,  men- 
tioned below:  -Mary  .McKinstry,  April  13, 
1827,  married  George  Warren  Wyer ;  Clarissa 
Mav,  November  11,  1828,  died  January  12. 
1840:  Caroline  Hunnewell,  July  8.  1830,  died 
;March  14,  IU03.  married  Frederick  Lyman: 
Charlotte  Elizabeth,  March  13,  1833,  died 
February  2^,.  1885.  married  (first)  Llewellyn 
True,  (second)  Gordon  Z.  Dimock :  Anne 
Kinsman,  August  2,  1834,  married  Samuel 
Parris:  Benjamin,  April  14.  1836.  in  Port- 
land, died  at  Augusta,  Maine,  November  6. 
1878,  unmarried :  Caleb  Hall.  September  4. 
1837.  died  December  28.  1869,  in  Washington, 
D.  C.  unmarried:  Emily  Hall,  born  July  21. 
1839.  in  Portland,  died  May  3.  1866,  in 
Brooklyn. 

(\lil)  Captain  George  Hall  Willis,  son  of 
George  Willis,  was  born  in  Portland.  June  zS. 
1825.'  died  October  14,  1905.  in  Orange.  New 
Jersey.       He    was    educated    in    the    public 
schools,  and  early  in  life  began  to  follow  the 
sea,   becoming   master  of   a   vessel    when   he 
was  about  twenty-one.     He  married,  at  Port- 
land. October  13.  1858,  Harriet,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Hammond,  of  Portland,  and  Sophia 
(Harris)  Hammond,  a  native  of  Boston.    Af- 
ter   their    marriage    they    made     a     voyage 
around  Cape  Horn  in  a  sailing  vessel.    At  the 
age  of   twenty-four   he  became   a   captain   in 
the  service  of  the  Shippers  Line  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, packets  plying  between  San  Francisco 
and'  New    York.      He    commanded    the    first 
fast  clipper,  the  "Ocean  Telegraph'",  and  later 
the  "Ocean  E.xpress".     This  was  the  heyday 
of   the    Merchant    Marine,   and   each    captain 
exerted  every  eflfort  to  compass  the  distance 
between    New    York    and    San    Francisco    in 
the  quickest  time.     Captain  Willis  was  fore- 
most   among   the    navigators   because   of    his 
knowledge  of  navigation,  his  skill  and  success. 
At   the    age   of   thirty-four   years   he    retired 
from  the  sea  and  engaged  in  business  in  New 
York    City    as    a    ship    broker.      Twenty-one 
years  before  his  death  he  retired  from  active 
business.      In    politics    he   was   a    Republican 
after    that    party    was    formed,    though    fre- 
quently   supporting    independent    movements. 
His   widow    survives  him.   living  at   Orange. 
New  Jersey.     One   who  knew   him   wrote  at 
the  time  of  his  death   an  obituary   published 
in  the  Xczi's.  from  which  we  quote :    ".\  firm 
believer  in  the  early  New  England  ideals,  he 
was  in  his  own  life  and  character  a  consistent 
and  thorough  exponent  of  those  ideals  in  sin- 
cerity and  singleness  of  purpose,  in   freedom 


from  sham  and  cant,  in  rugged  honesty  and 
independence  of  view.  No  man.  however, 
kept  more  thoroughly  in  touch  with  the  trend 
of  modern  progress  or  has  had  a  more  in- 
telligent appreciation  of  what  is  best  in  life 
to-day.  while  deploring  those  tendencies  which 
exalt  material  progress  at  the  sacrifice  of  the 
best  standards  of  mental  and  moral  develop- 
ment; his  faith  in  the  final  triumph  of  Amer- 
ican patriotism  and  good  citizenship  was  firm 
and  abiding.  Always  kindly,  courteous  and 
helpful,  his  loss  will  be  keenly  felt  by  a  large 
number,  who  always  found  him  a  frank  and 
intelligent  counsellor,  a  sympathetic  neighbor 
and  friend."  Children  :  Paul,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Lsabel,  born  December  24,  18611:  Kate. 
January  31,   1869. 

(IN)  Paul,  son  of  Captain  George  Hall 
Willis,  was  bom  in  Orange,  New  Jersey.  De- 
cember 21,  1864.  He  attended  private  schools 
in  his  native  town  and  the  Stevens  Institute 
of  Technology  at  Hoboken.  New  Jersey,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1895.  He  was 
with  George  S.  Morrison,  civil  engineer,  for 
several  years  and  since  1891  has  been  with 
the  Kenwood  Bridge  Company,  of  which  he 
is  now  president.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Engineers'  Club,  the  L'nion  League  Club,  the 
L'niversity  Club,  the  Kenwood  Club,  the 
Homewood  Club  of  Chicago  and  the  New- 
England  Society  of  that  city.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  St. 
Paul's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church.  His  of- 
fice is  at  68  West  ^Ionroe  street,  Chicago. 

He  married,  April  12.  1899,  in  Chicago, 
Daisy  Jameson  Hubbard,  born  in  Chicago, 
October  10.  1873,  daughter  of  Henry  Hub- 
bard. Children,  born  in  Chicago:  Marion 
Hubbard,  born  March  i,  1900:  George  Hall, 
May  3,   1904:   Paul  Jr.,  September   19,    1908. 


Probably  the  earliest  record  of 
PAIGE     the  Page  family  was  from  1151  to 

1 1 57,  when  Joiin  de  Pagham  was 
the  fourth  bishop  of  Worcester,  England. 
Pagham,  Pagenham  and  Pageham  are  the 
same  names,  the  spelling  being  changed  grad- 
ually in  the  records,  until  it  became  Page  of 
Pageham,  and  finally  Page  and  Paige.  About 
1600  Sir  (jregory  Page.  Knight,  had  sons  who 
came  to  America.  Sir  Gregory,  created  baro- 
net December  3,  1714,  of  Greenwich,  Kent, 
England,  was  his  son :  the  baronetcy  became 
extinct  August  4,  1774.  Their  coat-of-arms 
was :  Azure,  a  fesse  indented  between  3  mart- 
lets or,  sometimes  or  and  azure.  Cre-t :  A 
demi-horse  per  pole  dancettee  lor  and  az.). 
Many  branches  in  England  liave  useil  this 
coat-of-arms,  and  it  may  have  been  a  late 
grant    to    the    baronets.      The    arms    give    a 


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distinct  prool  that  the  Page  and  Tagenhain 
families  are  the  same,  for  there  is  no  other 
form  given.  Sir  Hugo.  Knight,  must  have  liad 
arms,  and  "WiUiam,  the  Crusader",  1271,  at 
the  time  of  the  last  crusade,  also  must  have 
had  arms,  so  they  were  evidently  recorded  as 
Pagenham.  Ahout  1310.  in  the  time  of  Ed- 
ward I.,  the  coat-of-arms  of  Sir  Edmon  de 
Pagenham  (  Paganham  or  Pakenham),  and 
later  of  John  de  Pagenham  were :  Quarterly 
or.  and  gules  in  the  1st  quarter,  an  eagle  dis- 
])layed  vert,  mantling  or  and  gules.  Crest : 
( )ut  of  a  mural  crown  or.  a  deiui  eagle  gules. 
On  one  banner  is  placed  the  same  coat-of-arms 
as  on  the  family  flag,  and  on  another  is  [daced 
that  of  the  branch  called  Page  or  Paige,  of 
Devonshire,  England.  These  arms  were  :  .\r- 
gent  a  bend  between  3  eagles  displayed  all 
sable.  Crest:  An  eagle  ermine.  To  this  fam- 
ily belonged  Nicholas  Paige,  of  Rumney 
Alarsh,  colonel  of  the  Second  Regiment  of 
Foot.  Suffolk  county,  Massachusetts,  17 17.  He 
came  from  Plymouth,  Devonshire.  England, 
in  1665,  and  used  a  demi-eagle  instead  of 
eagle   ermine   for  his   crest.      Deacon    Robert 

Page  married   Lucia  ,  and  came  from 

Ormsby.  Yorkshire,  England,  or  nearby,  to 
Massachusetts.  Francis  Page,  of  Bedford. 
England,  1594-1678,  had  a  son.  Colonel  John 
Page,  of  Williamsburg.  \'irginia,  who  was 
born  at  Bedfont,  1627,  and  died  in  1692. 

(I)  Nathaniel  Paige,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor of  this  family,  is  thought  to  have  come 
from  England  to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts, 
about  1685,  with  his  -wife  and  three  children. 
The  first  record  of  him  found  in  this  country 
is  on  ^larch  10,  1685-86,  in  a  deposition  re- 
corded with  Suffolk  Deeds.  On  June  2.  1686. 
when  the  goverimient  was  changed  and  the 
first  charter  cancelled,  he  was  appointed  one 
of  the  two  marshals,  and  it  was  !"ordered 
that  the  President  have  an  honorable  mainte- 
nance when  'tis  known  how  the  revenue  will 
arise,  and  that  Mr.  Paige  have  five  pounds  a 
quarter  for  his  attendance  on  the  President." 
On  August  2.  1686.  he  was  licensed  as  an  inn- 
holder  of  Roxbury.  He  was  one  of  the  eight 
original  purchasers  of  the  territory  now  in 
Hardwick  from  the  Indian  sachems,  December 
27,  1686.  and  on  January  27,  1687,  the  same 
persons  bought  the  territory  now  in  Leicester 
and  Spencer.  On  March  i.  1687-88,  he  pur- 
chased of  George  Grimes  a  farm  of  two  hun- 
dred and  fifty  acres  in  the  part  now  in  east- 
ern Bedford,  then  in  Billerica.  and  on  this 
farm  he  lived  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
was  a  well-to-do  farmer,  as  shown  by  the 
inventorv  of  his  estate,  which  included  a  serv- 
ant valued  at  fifteen  pounds.  He  left  the  real 
estate    in    Billerica    and   lands    near   Quaboag 


and  Worcester  to  his  two  >ons,  the  elder  re- 
ceiving a  double  iwrtion,  and  his  daughters 
received  two  hundred  acres  in  Dedham  whicii 
he  bought  of  the  Indians  in  if>87.  He  died 
in  I'.oston,  .\pril  12.  1692.  His  will  was  dated 
-April  II,  1692,  and  called  him  of  "iiilrekey, 
in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  New  England, 
yeoman,  being  sick  and  weak  of  body."     He 

married   Joanna ,   who   died    in    1724. 

On  July  4,  1724,  her  sons  divided  the  land 
left  by  her.  Children :  Nathaniel,  born  about 
1679:  Elizabeth,  born  probaljly  about  lOSi  ; 
Sarah,  born  ])robably  about  1083:  James,  bap- 
tized in  Ro.\bury,  November  2S.  16S6,  died 
July  31.  i'i87:  Christopher,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Deacon  Christoi)her  Paige,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Paige,  was  born  in  Billerica,  February 
6,  1690-91,  died  March  10,  1774.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  joiner.  He  lived  on  the  east  road 
to  Ciilbertville,  at  the  place  marked  .\.  Warner 
on  the  map,  and  he  settled  there  probably  early 
in  1735.  coming  from  Bedford.  He  was  ac- 
tive in  the  management  of  the  common  prop- 
erty of  the  proprietors  and  in  the  organization 
of  the  town  and  church,  and  he  was  often  the 
agent  of  the  settlers  in  transacting  business 
with  the  proprietors,  especially  in  the  final  and 
successful  effort  to  procure  an  incorporation 
as  a  town.  In  1739  he  was  moderator  of  the 
first  town  meeting,  selectman  for  seven  \ears, 
assessor  for  five  years.  Until  1761  he  was 
moderator  of  all  the  meetings  of  proprietors 
of  Hardwick.  and  on  May  16.  1757,  compensa- 
tion was  granted  to  him  "for  service  done  the 
proprietors  as  their  agent  to  the  General 
Court."  His  name  was  first  on  the  list  of 
members  when  the  church  was  organized.  No- 
vember 17,  1736.  and  on  December  3,  1736, 
he  was  electe<l  its  first  deacon,  a  position  which 
he  resigned  April  13,  1749,  when  he  became 
a  member  of  the  Nilchawag  (now  Petersham) 
church.  This  caused  a  breach  between  the 
two  churches  which  was  not  healed  for  about 
twenty  years.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  the 
MassacliKsetts  Gazette  said.  March  31,  1774: 
"At  Hardwick.  Deacon  Christopher  Paige, 
aged  83  years  and  21  days,  in  a  comfortable 
hope  of  a  better  life:  he  left  a  widow,  and 
has  had  12  children.  9  now  living  and  3  dead, 
81  grandchildren.  66  living  and  15  dead.  A 
funeral  sermon  was  preached  by  the  Rev.  Mr. 
Hutchinson  at  his  funeral,  on  the  Monday  fol- 
lowing." Only  eleven  children  are  found  re- 
corded. 

He  married  (first)  Joanna .  who  died 

October  27.  1719.  He  married  (second  1  May 
2;!,.  1720.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Deacon 
George  Reed,  of  Woburn.  and  she  died  in 
1786.  aged  eighty-six  years.  Children:  Jo- 
anna,   born    August    10.    1717:    Christopher, 


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June  II.  1721  ;  William.  May  2.  1723  ;  George, 
mentioned  below;  Timothy,  May  24,  1727; 
Jonas,  September  19,  1729;  Elizabeth,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1731,  died  young;  Lucy,  February  22. 
1733-34:  Nathaniel.  Alay  12,  1736;  John,  July 
6,  1738;  Elizabeth.  June  7,  1743. 

(Ill;  George,  son  of  Deacon  Christopher 
Paige,  was  born  in  Billerica.  June  17,  1725. 
died  May  8,  1781.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived 
on  his  father's  homestead.  He  married,  June 
4,  1752,  Rosilla,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Whit- 
comb.  She  married  (second)  ]\larch  17,  1790, 
Captain  William  Breckenridge,  of  Ware,  2\Ias- 
sachusetts,  and  after  his  death  she  returned  to 
Hardwick.  where  she  lived  on  the  homestead 
with  her  son  Paul.  She  and  her  sister  ^lary, 
who  married  Paul  Dean,  are  said  to  have 
been  noted  for  their  industry  and  energy.  She 
died  October  29,  1807.  Children:  Nathaniel, 
born  January  11,  1754;  Asa,  mentioned  below; 
George,  [March  9,  1758;  Rhoda,  October  5, 
1760;  Nathan,  August  5,  1762;  Paul,  Febru- 
ary 12,  1765;  Peirce,  July  16,  1768;  Anna, 
July  23,  1 77 1. 

(IV)  Asa.  son  of  George  Paige,  was  born 
January  2j.  1756.  He  moved  to  Barnard, 
\'ermont.  where  he  died  December  20,  1819. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  married,  at  Barnard, 
February  19,  1789,  Lydia,  daughter  of  El- 
kanah  Steward:  she  died  June  25.  1847,  aged 
nearly  eighty  years.  Children,  born  in  Bar- 
nard: Rosilla,  born  February  25,  1790;  Mar- 
tin, December  8,  1791  ;  Anna,  December  19, 
1793,  died  September  8,  1794;  Asa,  mentioned 
below;  Lydia,  born  October  22,  1797,  died 
March  3.  1798;  Cyrus,  January  19,  1799; 
Leonard.  April  7,  1801 :  Louisa,  September  5, 
1803  :  Hiram,  December  3,  1805  :  Luthera,  July 
20.  1809. 

(\')  Asa  (2).  son  of  Asa  (i)  Paige,  was 
born  in  Barnard,  X'ermont,  August   18,   1795, 

died  January  23,   1862.     He  married  

Fay.  Children :  Eliakim  F.,  mentioned  be- 
low :  ^.lartha. 

( \T )  Eliakim  F..  son  of  Asa  (2)  Paige, 
was  born  in  Barnard.  \'ermont,  October  13, 
18 19.  died  in  Rutland,  \'ermont,  in  1896.  He 
married  Alice  M..  born  August  7,  1824,  daugh- 
ter of  Daniel  and  Polly  Hewitt  Billings.  Chil- 
dren :  Frank,  born  January  6.  1857 ;  Emma 
L..  April  13.  i8s9,  married  Frank  Russell : 
Charles  E..  mentioned  below:  Alice  M..  born 
June  I,   1866.  married  Orley  S.  Mason. 

(\TI)  Charles  E.,  son  of  Eliakim  F.  Paige, 
was  born  in  Barnard.  \'ermont.  August  31. 
1862.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter.  For  many  years  he 
was  in  successful  business  as  a  contractor  and 
builder    in    Rutland.    \"ermont.    and    he    built 


the  ;\Iead  Building,  the  Alasonic  Temple  and 
the  City  Hall  in  Rutland,  besides  many  other 
important  buildings  and  residences.  He  was 
accounted  one  of  the  best  architects  and  build- 
ers in  this  section  of  the  state.  He  served 
the  city  of  Rutland  first  as  alderman,  then 
president  of  board  of  aldermen,  and  then  as 
mayor,  and  was  prominent  and  influential  in 
public  attairs.  At  present  he  is  living  at  Co- 
vina,  California,  engaged  in  fruit  culture  there, 
having  a  large  orange  grove.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Methodist,  in  politics  a  Republican.  He 
is  prominent  in  Free  Masonry,  belonging  to 
Blue  Lodge,  Chapter,  Commandery,  attaining 
the  thirty-second  degree. 

He  married  Alice  Elvira,  born  in  RIchford, 
\'ermont,  in  1859,  died  in  Rutland,  Vermont, 
July  14,  1912,  daughter  of  Ahira  and  Sarah 
Jane  (Newton)  Heath,  granddaughter  of  Eli- 
sha  and  Mary  (Noyes)  Heath,  great-grand- 
daughter of  Samuel  Heath,  a  native  of  Con- 
necticut. Children  :  Wendell  Arthur  Heath, 
mentioned  below ;  Lillian  Alice  Mildred,  de- 
ceased :  Edith  Evangeline,  deceased. 

(\'III)  Dr.  Wendell  Arthur  Heath  Paige, 
son  of  Charles  E.  Paige,  was  born  in  Rut- 
land, Vermont,  April  25,  1886.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  there  and  was  graduated 
from  the  Rutland  high  school.  He  received 
his  medical  education  at  the  George  Washing- 
ton Lniversity  at  Washington,  D.  C.  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1910 
with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  ^ledicine.  After 
extensive  experience  in  hospitals  as  an  in- 
terne, he  located  for  general  practice  of  medi- 
cin  at  Pittsford,  Vermont. 


This  name  is  one  of  those 
BACKL'S  American  patronymics  that  ap- 
pear somewhat  puzzling  to  the 
etvmoloarist.  There  is  no  name  of  that 
kind  to  be  found  anywhere  m  England 
and  yet  it  is  claimed  that  the  family 
is  English  in  the  origin  of  its  first  ancestor. 
The  name  might  be  Putch,  or  German  or 
belong  to  some  other  speech.  One  derivation 
given  at  haphazard  is  that  it  may  be  a  cor- 
ruption of  Backhouse  or  Bakehouse.  This 
gives  the  name  an  English  look  and  may  be 
its  origin.  At  any  rate  the  tradition  seems 
to  be  to  the  effect  that  the  stock  from  which 
the  family  sprang  belonged  to  the  old  New 
England  Puritan  element.  In  Caulkins'  "His- 
tory of  Norwich"  is  said  of  the  Backus  family : 
"It  is  interesting  to  observe  how  rapidly  the 
settlement  advanced  in  prosperity  and  com- 
fort. This  family  and  others  in  the  course 
of  a  single  generation  grew  strong  and  luxu- 
riant, throwing  out  buds  and  branches  of  rich 
and  noble  growth".     A  modern  genealogical 


NEW   ENGLAND. 


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publication  says  that  the  Backus  family  were 
of  old  Puritan  stock  and  came  from  Connec- 
ticut, where  they  were  originally  owners  of 
one-twentieth  of  the  site  of  the  town  of  Nor- 
wich.  Connecticut. 

(1  I  William  Backus,  the  immis^rant  ances- 
tor of  the  Backus  family  in  America,  was 
probably  born  in  Norwich,  England,  died  at 
Norwich,  Connecticut.  He  came  from  Eng- 
land probably  about  1636  and  was  living  at 
■Saybrook.  Connecticut,  in  1637.  About  1659 
he  moved  to  Norwich  in  the  same  state,  be- 
ing one  of  the  first  settlers  under  the  leader- 
ship of  the  Rev.  James  Fitch  and  John  Ma- 
son. He  brought  with  him  three  daughters 
and  tv,o  sons  and  his  stepson,  Thomas  Bing- 
ham. Since  the  young  men  were  near  mature 
age  and  since  he  made  over  his  settlement  to 
his  son  William  Stephen  his  sons  are  regarded 
as  first  proprietors  and  his  name  does  not  ap- 
pear on  the  records  as  such.  He  is  said  (by 
the  consent  of  the  others,  he  being  the  oldest 
man )  to  have  given  the  town  its  name  from 
the  place  in  England  where  he  had  come.  He 
died  soon  after  his  arrival  in  the  colony,  being 
of  an  advanced  age.  He  is  said  to  have  been 
the  first  Englishman  and  the  second  person 
to  die  in  the  settlement.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah  Charles:  (second)  Mrs.  Anne  Bing- 
ham. The  children  were :  William  Stephen, 
mentioned  below ;  a  daughter,  who  married 
John  Reynolds :  another  daughter  who  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Crane,  and  another  daughter 
who  married  John  Barclay. 

(H)  William  Stephen,  son  of  William 
Backus,  was  born  in  1660.  He  received  in 
course  of  time  the  title  of  lieutenant  and  was 
one  of  the  six  Norwich  legatees  of  Joshua 
Anna,  one  of  the  original  proprietors  of  Nor- 
wich, Connecticut.  In  1693  Lieutenant  Back- 
us settled  in  Windham,  Connecticut,  being  one 
of  the  first  twenty-two  inhabitants-  of  that 
town.  The  present  Windham  Green  was  part 
of  the  home  lot  of  William  Stephen  Backus. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  \\'illiam 
Pratt,  of  Saybrook.  Connecticut.  The  children 
were :  William  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ; 
John  :  Joseph,  married  Elizabeth  Huntington  : 
Nathaniel,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
T.  Tracy. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Stephen  and 
Elizabeth  (  Pratt)  Backus,  was  born  in  1693. 
He  is  described  as  a  quiet,  entertaining  farmer, 
prosperous  in  his  own  business,  but  having  lit- 
tle to  do  in  public  affairs.  "He  was  an  affec- 
tionate father  and  kind  husband".  The  fam- 
ily had  removed  from  the  original  home  lot 
near  the  Landing  to  what  is  now  known  as 
the  Yantic.  Here  he  erected  a  grist  mill — 
the   second  in   the   settlement — receiving  spe- 


cial grants  from  the  town,  and  commenced 
the  erection  of  iron  works.  He  married  Sa- 
rah Card  in  1719,  and  had  nine  children,  of 
whom   Nathaniel,  mentioned   below,  was  one. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
(Gard)  Backus,  was  born  January  13,  1728, 
died  December  24,  1815.  He  married  ^L 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Robert  Hebard,  the 
ceremony  being  performed  probably  about  the 
year  1750. 

(  \' )  Elijah,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  M.  Eliza- 
beth (Hebard)  Backus,  was  born  July  23, 
1755-  Lie  was  an  active  participant  in  the 
revolutionary  war,  being  engaged  in  the  bat- 
tles of  Germantown  and  .Monmouth.  He 
married,  April  21,   1786,  M.  Trifina  Cross. 

(\  I)  Gurdon,  son  of  Elijah  and  ^L  Trifina 
(Cross)  Backus,  was  born  in  Windham  coun- 
ty, Connecticut,  in  1800,  died  at  Brandon, 
\'ermont,  in  1871.  He  acquired  a  good  lit- 
erary education  in  the  common  schools  of  his 
native  town,  entered  a  theological  seminary, 
and  was  ordained  a  clergyman  of  the  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  denomination.  He  ofiiciated  as 
pastor  at  Bridgewater  and  also  acted  in  the 
capacity  of  presiding  elder  for  a  number  o£ 
years.  He  married  (first)  Wealthy  Ann  Hois- 
ington;  (second)  Perley  Flint :  (third)  Sarah 
Chapman.  Child  by  first  marriage :  Quimby 
S.,  mentioned  below;  by  third  marriage: 
Phoebe  Hawkins,  Caroline,  Emeline,  Justin, 
Harriet,  Anna,  Rev.  Gurdon,  Joseph,  Clark, 
Martin. 

(VH)  Quimby  S.,  son  of  Gurdon  and 
W'ealthy  Ann  (Hoisington)  Backus,  was  born 
July  23,  1838,  at  Bridgewater,  Vermont.  His 
preliminary  education  was  obtained  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  this  was 
supplemented  by  attendance  at  the  public 
schools  of  Brandon  and  Brandon  Seminary, 
from  which  institution  he  was  graduated  at 
the  age  of  si.xteen  years.  He  then  removed 
to  Woodstock,  \'ermont,  where  he  learned  the 
trade  of  machinist,  which  he  followed  with 
success  for  many  years,  being  employed  by 
the  Howe  Scale  Company  and  having  the  dis- 
tinction of  making  the  first  scales  made  in 
Brandon  for  the  company.  Li  1861  he  was 
engaged  as  a  toolmaker  in  a  gun  shop  in 
Windsor,  the  firm  having  a  contract  for  sup- 
plving  guns  to  the  United  States  government. 
Later  lie  was  employed  in  the  railroad  siiops 
at  Rutland,  X'ermont,  and  subsequently  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  all  kinds  of 
machinery  at  Winchendon,  Massachusetts. 
Mr.  Backus  patented  and  was  for  several  years 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  vises:  he 
later  patented  a  bit  brace,  the  first  made  that 
was  adjustable  to  any  size  of  bit.  He  then 
removed    to   Millers   Falls,    where   he    manu- 


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factured  machine  specialties,  which  were  all 
his  own  patents  and  in  this  line  of  business 
he  continued  until  1876.  He  invented  the 
Backus  heater  and  established  a  manufactory 
in  Philadelphia  in  1888,  remaining  until  1892. 
He  next  located  in  Williamsport,  Pennsylva- 
nia, where  he  conducted  the  business  until 
1901,  removing  at  that  time  to  Brandon.  Ver- 
mont, where  he  erected  a  large  manufactory 
and  foundry,  which  gave  employment  to 
nearly  a  hundred  people.  The  plant  covers  an 
area  of  five  acres  and  they  established  offices 
and  stores  in  Philadelphia.  Xew  York.  Bos- 
ton, San  Francisco,  and  other  large  cities, 
besides  giving  the  agency  of  the  heater  to 
private  dealers  throughout  the  country. 

^Ir.  Backus  is  a  Republican,  a  strong  local 
man.  and  always  took  an  active  part  in  all 
campaigns.  He  was  elected  senator  from  Rut- 
land county,  in  1902,  was  a  member  of  the 
committee  on  claims  and  the  standing  com- 
mittee of  the  manufacturers  and  also  served 
in  the  capacity  of  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  joint  rules,  taking  an  aggressive  part  in 
all  discussions.  He  was  a  member  and  served 
as  second  lieutenant  of  the  "Allen  Grays",  a 
company  of  \'ermont  militia,  but  being  en- 
gaged in  gun  making  during  the  progress  of 
the  civil  war  he  was  exempt  from  active  serv- 
ice, but  sent  a  substitute.  He  has  attained 
a  prominent  position  in  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
having  taken  the  thirty-second  degree  in  the 
Scottish  Rite,  and  is  a  noble  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine. 

He  married,  in  1858.  Lavina  A.,  daughter 
of  Oliver  E.  and  Emeline  (Wood)  Lawrence, 
the  former  named  being  born  in  Chittenden 
county,  \'ermont,  and  the  latter  at  Brandon, 
\'ermont.  Mr.  Lawrence  is  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church  as  was  also  his  wife,  who  died 
at  the  age  of  eighty-two  years.  Amos  Law- 
rence, grandfather  of  Mrs.  Backus,  was  a 
shoemaker  by  trade,  served  in  the  revolution- 
ary war,  and  died  at  Brandon,  \'ermont,  aged 
seventy-four.  The  children  of  Oliver  E.  Law- 
rence were  Samuel  L.,  who  was  a  resident  of 
Rutland,  \'ermont ;  James,  a  resident  in  Hub- 
bardton,  A'ermont ;  Charles,  an  attorney  of 
Philadelphia  :  Lavina  A.,  who  married  Quimby 
S.  Backus,  above  mentioned :  Ellen ;  Porter 
Lawrence.  The  children  of  Quimbv  S.  and 
Lavina  A.  (Lawrence  )  Backus  are  :  Fred  Els- 
worth,  mentioned  below :  Nellie  Everetta.  born 
at  Windsor.  \"ermont.  married  John  O.  Bow- 
man, a  prominent  lawyer  of  Philadelphia. 
Pennsylvania,  the  children  being  Fred  Quimbv 
and  Miriam  Lawrence  Bowman. 

(VTH)  Fred  Elsworth.  son  of  Quimbv  S. 
and  Lavina  A.  (Lawrence)  Backus,  was  born 
at   Brandon,   \'ermont,   August  3,    1861.     He 


acquired  his  education  at  Brandon  and  later 
at  Stebbins  Institute,  a  business  college  of 
Springfield.  Massachusetts.  He  later  became 
a  member  of  the  firm  of  the  Backus  Company, 
founded  by  Quimby  S.  Backus,  he  having  the 
management  of  the  manufacturing  depart- 
ment, while  his  father  attended  to  the  financial 
and  sale  department.  He.  like  his  father,  is 
connected  with  all  the  Masonic  bodies  up  to 
and  including  the  thirty-second  degree :  has 
been  secretary  of  the  Chapter,  senior  deacon 
of  Blue  Lodge,  and  held  offices  in  the  Con- 
sistory. He  married,  in  June.  189S,  iMaud  ^L, 
born  in  Brandon.  \'ermont.  daughter  of  Dar- 
win Peck,  having  one  daughter.  Beatrice  Ca- 
rile    Backus,   born   July    19,    1900. 


William  Adams,  immigrant  an- 
.■\DAMS  cestor  of  this  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily, came  to  Xew  England  when 
he  was  fifteen  years  of  age,  in  the  ship  "Eliza- 
beth and  Ann",  in  May,  1635,  and  settled  at 
Cambridge.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May 
22.  1638.  He  removed  to  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts, and  was  a  member  of  the  grand  jury  in 
1642.  He  was  selectman  in  1646,  and  died  in 
1661.  His  widow  was  living  in  1681.  He 
probably  lived  in  or  near  what  is  now  Hamil- 
ton. Children  :  William  ;  John,  born  about 
163 1  :  Samuel:  Hannah,  married,  December 
6,  1659,  Francis  Munsy ;  Mary,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 29,  1660,  Thomas  French :  Nathaniel, 
of  whom  further. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  \\'illiam  .\dams.  was 
born  about  1641.  died  at  Ipswich,  April  11, 
1715.  He  married,  June  30,  1668,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Dickinson,  of  Rowley, 
^Massachusetts.  She  died  December  12.  1735. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  27.  1674. 
Children,  born  at  Ipswich:  Nathaniel  (2),  of 
whom  further:  Thomas,  born  June  14.  1672; 
Mercy,  April  i,  1674,  died  June  13.  1674; 
Sarah.  July  10.  1675:  William,  June  20.  1678, 
probably  died  young:  Mercy.  March  iS.  1680; 
Samuel,  June  29.  1682. 

(III)  Nathaniel  (2).  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Adams,  was  born  at  Ipswich,  July  11.  1670, 
died  August  31,  1736.  He  married,  in  Janu- 
ary. 1693.  Abigail  Kimball,  died  May  30.  1756, 
daughter  of  Caleb  Kimball,  of  Ipswich.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Ipswich:  Nathaniel,  born  March 
I.  1695.  died  at  Boston,  October  2^.  1712; 
William  (2).  of  whom  further:  .-Vbigail.  De- 
cember 6,  1699:  Caleb,  February  13.  1702: 
Mercy.  February  25,  1704:  Robert.  October 
14,  1705:  Anna,  March  25,  1708:  Mary,  1714. 

(IV)  WiOiam  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Adams,  was  born  at  Ipswich,  November  26, 
1696.  He  married,  in  1716.  Mary,  daughter 
of  John  Warner,  of  Ipswich.     Children,  born 


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in  Ipswich:  Mary,  born  1717:  Abigail,  1719; 
\\'illiam,  1723:  Nathaniel,  1727;  Sarah,  1729; 
John  of  whom  further. 

(\')  John,  son  of  William  .Vtlams,  was  born 
in  Ipswich,  in  1 731.  He  married,  July  20, 
1754,  Mar\-  Lamson  of  Ipswich.  Ipswich 
Hamlet,  part  of  Ipswich,  later  called  Hamil- 
ton, was  the  home  of  the  family,  which  was 
later  among  the  early  settlers  of  Moulton- 
borough.  New  Hampshire.  When  the  church 
was  organized  INIary,  wife  of  John  .\(lams, 
was  one  of  the  original  signers  of  the  cove- 
nant. John  Adams  was  selectman  in  1779-80, 
and  other  years,  and  was  active  during  the 
revolution  in  the  cause  of  the  patriots.  Chil- 
dren :  Abner,  of  whom  further :  Isaac,  bap- 
tized at  Ipswich,  February  10,  1765  :  Aaron, 
baptized  January  11,  1767:  David,  baptized 
May  7,   1769:  perhaps  others. 

(\'I)  Abner,  son  of  John  Adams,  was  born 
at  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  October  31,  1761. 
He  moved  to  Moultonborough  with  his  parents 
just  before  the  revolutionary  war.  He  mar- 
ried Deborah  Randall,  born  June  11,  1764. 
They  had  a  son  Abner  (2),  of  whom  further. 

(VII)  Abner  (2).  son  of  Abner  (1)  .Ad- 
ams, was  born  in  Moultonborough,  New 
Hampshire,  December  10,  1789,  died  there 
December  2^,  1870.  He  was  a  school  teacher 
for  many  years  in  his  native  town.  He  mar- 
ried, January  6,  1830,  Susan  Meloon,  born 
February  8,  1801,  died  March  10,  1878.  Chil- 
dren :«Alvin  L.,  born  December  11,  1830,  died 
January  31,  1861  :  Thomas  S.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther;  George  A.,  September  3,  1836,  died  Au- 
gust I,  1870;  Lavina,  born  February  15,  1838, 
"died  October  8,   1855. 

(\TII)  Thomas  S.,  son  of  .\bner  (2)  Ad- 
ams, was  born  in  Aloultonborough,  New 
Hampshire,  June  10,  1834,  died  October  15, 
1862.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
public  schools.  At  the  beginning  of  the  civil 
war  he  enlisted  in  Company  K.  Fourteenth 
Regiment  New  Hampshire  \'olunteer  Infan- 
try, and  died  of  typhoid  fever  while  in  the 
service.  He  married  Emily  .\.  Hawkins,  born 
in  1838.  died  in  1882,  daughter  of  Jacob  Haw- 
kins. Children  of  Thomas  S.  and  Einily  A. 
Adams :  Charles,  died  in  infancy ;  Alvin  Ed- 
gar, born  March  28,  1859,  died  March  2.  1893  ; 
Arthur  Lamson,  of  whom  further. 

(  IX)  Arthur  Lamson,  son  of  Thomas  S. 
Adams,  was  born  in  ^Moultonborough.  New 
Hampshire,  September  2,  i860.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  the 
commercial  department  of  the  New  Hampshire 
Institute,  at  New  Hampton,  New  Hampshire. 
In  1883  he  engaged  as  a  contractor  in  the  busi- 
ness of  laying  concrete  pavements,  and  has 
continued   in  business  at  Rutland  since   1893. 


He  is  a  member  of  Center  Lodge,  .\ncient 
Free  and  .Accepted  Masons ;  Davenport  Chap- 
ter, Royal  .\rch  Masons:  Killington  Comman- 
dery.  Knights  Templar;  Cairo  Temple.  Mystic 
Shrine  :  Knights  of  Pythias  :  Killington  Lodge, 
Independent  (Jrder  of  Odd  Fellows;  and 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He 
is  an  attentlant  of  the  Congregational  church. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  in  iS8f'\  Lillian  Page,  of 
P.ridgewater,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Mary  J.  Page.  He  married 
( second )  Jennie  I.,  daughter  of  John  Spicer, 
of  St.  Lawrence  county.  New  York.  She  died 
December  4,  180.S.  He  married  (third)  Nel- 
lie E.,  daughter  of  John  S.  and  Helen  Bill- 
ings, of  Rutland.  Children  bv  first  wife: 
Donna  E.,  born  March,  1888;  Gladys  C.  ilied 
aged  five  years.  Child  by  second  wife:  Irene 
Lamson,  born  December  3,  1895. 


Robert  Robinson,  progenitor 
ROBINSON     of    this    family,    lived    near 

Cambridge,  New  York.  He 
belonged  to  the  Robinson  fainily  of  \'ermont, 
the  early  ancestry  of  which  will  be  found  else- 
where in  this  work  in  connection  with  the 
Robinson  family  of  Rutland  count}'.  \'ermont. 
The  first  federal  census,  taken  in  1790.  shows 
that  in  that  year  a  Robert  Robinson  was  liv- 
ing at  W'atervliet,  New  York,  and  had  in  his 
family  two  males  over  sixteen,  one  male  un- 
der that  age  and  three  females. 

( II)  Ira,  son  of  Robert  Robinson,  was  born 
near  Cambridge,  New'  York,  December  31, 
1789,  died  September  22,  1866.  He  married 
Betsey  Gushing,  born  March  11.  1793.  died 
December  20.  1872.  Children:  Charles,  born 
November  21,  1815,  died  in  1868;  Benjamin 
F.,  of  whom  further ;  Sayles,  February.  1829. 
died  February  21,  1891 ;  Harriet.  February 
I/'  1835,  died  .August  23,  1909.  married  John 
Walker;  Zenas ;  Charles;  George;  Hiram; 
Henry  ;  Jane,  married Corbett :  .\lmon. 

(III)  Benjamin  I-"ranklin,  son  of  Ira  Rob- 
inson, was  born  June  25,  1817,  in  Salem,  New 
York,  died  September  23,  1863.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  engaged  in 
business  afterward  at  Salem,  New  York,  as  a 
merchant  and  harness  maker.  He  also  held 
the  office  of  village  clerk  for  a  number  of 
years.  He  was  a  harness  maker  by  trade,  and 
enlisted  in  the  civil  war  from  Salem  as  a  sad- 
dler and  harness  maker  in  a  New  York  regi- 
ment. He  married  Catherine  Dodd.  born  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1821,  died  December  23.  1862. 
daughter  of  Henry  and  .\nna  (  Montgomery ) 
Dod<l.  of  Salem,  New  York.  Children,  twrn 
at  Salem  :  i.  .Anna  M..  born  October  31,  1841 ; 
married   Darwin   C.   Pierce,  of   Malone.  New 


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York  ;  lives  in  Rutland,  \'ermont.  Children : 
Elizabeth  A.,  January  20,  1862,  died  Febru- 
ary 6.  1862  :  Lizzie  A.,  November  6,  1865,  died 
^larch  21.  1S99:  Henry  Collins,  born  Febru- 
ary 17,  1868,  died  April  14,  1896;  Lyman 
Russell.  February  16,  1870,  died  April  18, 
1877:  Darwin  Wilson,  September  2,  1873.  lives 
in  Los  Angeles.  California,  married  Bessie 
Faulkner.  2.  Elizabeth  C,  September  12, 
1846,  died  April  3,  1859.  3-  ^lary  Dodd, 
June  30.  1849 :  married  L.  H.  Tottingham,  of 
Shoreham.  X'ermont.  4.  Fannie,  Julv  28, 
1852.  died  April  28,  1878.  5.  Delia  Hall^  June 
14.  1855.  6.  ]\Iary  Elizabeth,  March  i,  1858, 
died  April  5,  1859.  7.  Frank  Pierce,  of  whom 
further. 

(  I\' )  Frank  Pierce,  son  of  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin Robinson,  was  born  at  Salem.  Xew  York, 
^lay  9,  i860.  He  received  his  early  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  Rutland,  Vermont. 
He  came  tliere  with  his  sister,  ]Mrs.  Anna  !\L 
Pierce,  when  a  young  boy,  and  made  his  home 
in  Rutland  afterwards.  He  worked  in  vari- 
ous establishments  in  Rutland  as  a  bookkeeper. 
Since  1897  he  has  been  in  business  on  his  own 
account,  as  a  dealer  in  wood  and  coal.  He 
is  an  enterprising  and  successful  merchant. 
yir.  Robinson  is  a  member  of  Center  Lodge, 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  IMasons ;  Daven- 
port Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons :  Killing- 
ton  Commandery,  Knights  Templar ;  Cairo 
Temple,  Xobles  of  the  Mystic  Shrine ;  and 
Rutland  Lodge,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows.  He  is  an  active  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  chairman  of  its  music 
conimittee,  and  member  of  the  prudential 
board.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  in  1889.  ^lary  M.  Smith,  of 
r^Ianchester,  \'ermont,  daughter  of  James  and 

(Howard)    Smith.     Children,  born  at 

Rutland:  i.  Edward  Dodd,  born  in  1890;  in 
business  with  his  father.  2.  Sylvia  C,  1892. 
3.  Frank  Robert.  1897. 


There  is  good  reason  to  be- 
BL'RDICK  lieve  that  the  surname  Bur- 
dick  is  identical  with  Burditt 
(also  spelled  Burdett,  Burdette.  etc.).  The 
spelling  Burdick  is  not  given  in  English  works 
on  surnames,  and  like  many  American  names 
it  is  prolwbly  a  variation  in  spelling  from  the 
Engli.-h  Burdette.  etc.  We  find  William  Bur- 
dick master  of  the  ship  '"Hopewell"  which 
brought  many  colonists  to  this  country  in 
1635.  In  the  early  records  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  the  Burdick  family  had  his  name 
spelled  Berdick.  Burdick  and  Burdett.  Rob- 
ert Burdett,  who  may  be  related  to  Robert 
Burdick,  of  this  sketch,  was  born  in  1633,  came 
to    Maiden,    Massachusetts,    when    a    voung 


man.  The  names  of  his  children.  Joseph, 
Thomas,  Hannah,  Mary,  Sarah,  and  Ruth  are 
similar  to  those  of  the  Rhode  Island  family. 
The  Burdett  family  in  England  is  ancient  and 
distinguished. 

(I)  Robert  Burdick,  the  immigrant,  was 
an  early  settler  of  Newport  and  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island.  He  was  baptized  by  Rev.  Jo- 
seph Torrey,  Xovember  19,  1652,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  1676.  In  1660  a  companv 
of  Xewport  men  who  bought  of  the  Indians  a 
tract  at  ^lisquamicut  offered  inducements  to 
members  who  would  settle.  Massachusetts 
claimed  jurisdiction  over  the  territorv,  calling 
it  Southerton.  Burdick  was  one  of  the  pio- 
neers with  Tobias  Saunders  and  Joseph 
Clarke.  These  three  were  arrested  bv  \\'alter 
Palmer,  constable,  Xovember  i,  1661,  and 
soon  afterward  Burdick  and  Saunders  were 
brought  before  (Governor  John  Endicott, 
charged  with  forcible  entry  and  intrusion  into 
the  bounds  of  Southerton  in  the  Pequot  coun- 
try. Both  declined  to  recognize  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  Massachusetts,  and  were  committed  to 
prison,  refusing  to  give  bail,  and  after  a  year 
of  imprisonment  they  were  exchanged  for 
prisoners  taken  by  the  Rhode  Island  autho- 
ities.  King  Charles  II.  decided  the  dispute 
in  favor  of  Rhode  Island.  Burdick  became 
one  of  the  twenty-four  incorporators  of  the 
town  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  and  held 
various  town  offices.  He  took  the  oath  of  al- 
legiance. May  17.  1671,  and  again  September 
17,  1676.  He  was  deputy  to  the  assembly  in 
1680-83-85.  During  King  Philip's  war  his 
family  returned  to  Xewport  and  lived  with 
Samuel  Hubbard,  but  Burdick  remained  most 
of  the  time  at  Westerly.  He  made  an  agree- 
ment with  his  son-in-law,  Joseph  Crandall,  to 
care  for  him  the  remainder  of  his  life,  in  con- 
sideration of  the  homestead.  His  estate  was 
divided  by  agreement,  October  25,  1692. 

He  married,  Xovember  2.  1655,  Ruth  Hub- 
bard, born  January  11,  1640.  died  in  1691, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Tacy  (Cooper)  Hub- 
bard. Her  father  was  born  in  ^lendelsham. 
county  Suffolk,  England,  in  1610.  son  of 
James  and  Xaomi  (Cocke)  Hubbard.  James 
Hubbard's  father  was  declared  by  Samuel 
Hubbard  to  be  the  Thomas  Hubbard  men- 
tioned in  Fox's  "Book  of  Martyrs".  Xaomi 
Cocke  was  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Cocke,  of 
Ipswich,  England.  In  1675  Samuel  Hubbard 
wrote  in  his  diary:  "I  have  a  Testament  of 
my  grandfather  Cocke's,  printed  in  1549,  which 
he  hid  in  his  bed-straw,  lest  it  should  be  found 
and  burned  in  Queen  ^Mary's  days."  This 
Testament  was  given  by  Samuel  Hubbard  to 
his  granddaughter,  Naomi  Burdick,  who  mar- 
ried Jonathan  Rogers,  and  it  is  saiil  that  this 


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Testament  is  now  in  the  library  of  Alfred 
University,  and  known  as  the  Rogers  Bible. 
Samuel  Hubbard  came  from  England  to  Sa- 
lem, Massachusetts,  in  October,  1633,  and  was 
in  Watertown  the  next  year.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman,  March  4,  1634,  and  joined 
the  church  about  the  same  time.  He  removed 
to  Windsor,  where  he  married,  January  4, 
1636,  Tacy  Cooper.  Hubbard  removed  to 
Springfield,  Tday  10,  1639,  ^"cl  ^\'^s  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  church  and  became  a  prom- 
inent citizen.  He  and  his  wife  became  Bap- 
tists and  being  threatened  with  imprisonment 
for  their  views  while  at  Fairfield,  Connecti- 
cut, they  removed,  October  2,  1648,  to  Rhode 
Island,  arriving  October  u,  as  recorded  in 
Samuel's  diary.  He  joined  the  Baptist  church 
in  Newport,  November  3,  1648. .  Ruth  Hub- 
bard was  "the  first  child  on  record  at  Spring- 
field." Children  of  Robert  and  Ruth  (Hub- 
bard) Burdick :  Robert,  married  Dorcas 
Lewis ;  Hubbard,  married  Hannah  3iIaxson ; 
Thomas,  of  whom  further ;  Naomi,  married 
Jonathan  Rogers  :  Ruth,  married  John  Phillips  ; 
'Benjamin,  marrierl  and  had  eight  children: 
Samuel,  married  Mary  Bliven :  Tacy.  married 
Joseph  Maxson ;  Deborah,  married  Joseph 
Crandall. 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  Robert  Burdick,  was 
born  about  1660,  perhaps  earlier,  if  Robert 
Burdick  married  twice.  His  name  appears  on 
a  list  of  freemen  of  Westerly,  May  18,  1669, 
and  he  took  the  oath  of  allegiance,  September 
17,  1679.  He  and  his  wife  Martha  were  liv- 
ing in  Westerly,  Alay  19,  1694.  He  and  four 
brothers  were  among  the  purchasers  of  va- 
cant Indian  lands  in  the  Narragansett  region, 
October  2,  171 1.  He  removed  to  Stonington, 
about  1718,  and  bought  land  there  of  Edward 
Denison.  The  records  show'  deeds  of  land 
to  his  children,  among  whom  was  Samuel 
Hubbard,  of  whom  further. 

(Ill)  Samuel  Hubbard,  son  of  Thomas  Bur- 
dick. was  born  at  Westerly,  or  vicinity,  about 
1700.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  Ston- 
ington, land-owner,  town  officer,  selectman 
from  1765  to  1772,  and  perhaps  other  years. 
He  was  commissioned  ensign  of  the  Fifth  and 
later  of  the  Sixth  Company,  Eighth  Regiment, 
under  Colonel  Christopher  Avery,  in  1744-  I" 
1750  he  was  commissioned  captain  of  the 
Sixth  Company.  He  married,  at  Westerly, 
November  5,  1731,  Avis  ^Maxson,  born  De- 
cember 2j.  17 12,  in  Westerly,  daughter  of 
John  and  Judith  (Clarke)  Maxson,  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Joseph  and  Bethia  (Hub- 
bard) Clarke,  and  great-granddaughter  of 
Samuel  and  Tacy  (Cooper)  Hubbard,  of  prev- 
ious mention.  Among  their  children  was  Sam- 
uel Ilulibard,  of  whom  further. 


(IV)  Samuel  Hubbard  (2).  son  of  Sam- 
uel Hubbard  (  i)  Burdick,  was  born  at  Ston- 
ington, August  19,  1734.  died  Fcbruarv  4, 
1813,  in  the  seventy-ninth  year  of  liis  age. 
Elder  John  S.  I'.urdick  of 'the  Sabbatarian 
churcli  was  a  brother.  Samuel  H.  went  to 
the  Chenango  country  in  1791,  returning  to 
Rhode  Island  with  the  other  pioneers  for  the 
winter.  He  located  at  Five  Corners.  He 
married,  October  31.  1757,  at  Hopkinton, 
Rhode  Island,  Amie  Maccoon  (by  Justice  Si- 
meon Perry).  Children,  Ixsrn  at' Stonington  : 
Stephen,  bom  August  23,  1758:  Margaret. 
February  17,  1761  :  Elizabeth,  September  19, 
1764;  Samuel  Hubbard.  February  25,  1767; 
.Amy,  March  22,  1769;  James  Coo'n,  of  whom 
further:  Charles,  June  i,  1775. 

(V)  James  Coon,  son  of  Samuel  Hubbard 
(2)  Burdick,  was  born  at  Stonington.  Con- 
necticut, March  29,  177 1.  He  was  a  soldier 
from  Madison,  New  York,  in  the  war  of 
1812.  He  married,  September  15,  1798,  Han- 
nah Alexander,  also  born  in  Stonington.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Harriet,  born  May  31,  1799,  "J'd 
April  28,  1839;  married,  September,  1817, 
Oliver  Coon.  2.  Fannie,  born  February  17, 
1801,  died  September  10,  1825;  married  Will- 
iam D.  Burdick.  3.  Alvah,  born  March  3, 
1803,  died  unmarried,  September  27,  1872.  4. 
Stiles,  born  May  24,  1805,  died  October  25, 
1830,  unmarried.  5.  Phylura,  born  May  7, 
1808,  died  April  8.  1830.  unmarried.  6.  Os- 
mond Alexander,  born  May  25,  1810;  married. 
May  14.  1834,  Ammorillius  Vincent.  7.  Rus- 
sell W'ells,  of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Russell  Wells,  son  of  James  Coon 
Burdick,  was  born  at  Alfred,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober I,  1818.  He  was  a  farmer  and  general 
merchant  at  Alfred.  He  married  Malvina 
Amanda  Middaugh,  born  September  11,  1822, 
now  living  with  her  son,  Russell  Emmett.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Elizabeth 
(Weaver)  Middaugh.  Children:  I.  Harriet, 
born  May  24,  1844 :  married  Frank  M.  Beyea. 
2.  Frances,  born  February  5,  1846.  died  un- 
married, aged  eighteen  years.  3.  Russell  Em- 
mett, of  whom  further.  4.  Elizabeth,  born 
September  2,  1850;  married  A.  E.  Bowler, 
of  Cleveland,  Ohio.  3.  Mary,  born  July  25, 
1853;  married  Frederick  Chase,  of  Alfred. 
6.  Estella,  born  November  27,  185'i:  married 
Horace  Edwards,  of  Mentor,  Ohio,  and  had 
Cedric  and  Leita  Edwards.  7.  Herbert  Wells, 
born  at  Alfred.  May  19.  i860:  married  Stella 
Pease,  and  had  Herbert  E..  Marie  and  Mil- 
dred. 8.  Myra  E..  Iwrn  December  8.  1862, 
of  Cleveland,  unmarried. 

(\TIl  Captain  Ru5>ell  Emmett  Burdick. 
son  of  Russell  Wells  Burdick.  was  born  at 
Alfred,  New  York,  Mav  28,   1848.     He  at- 


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tendeil  the  public  .schools  of  his  native  town 
and  Alfred  University,  graduating  in  the  class 
of  1869.  He  settled  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in 
1869,  and  then  for  a  year  and  a  half  was  clerk 
for  the  Traveler's  Insurance  Company  of 
Hartford.  Connecticut.  In  1873,  in  partner- 
ship with  Mr.  Bowler,  he  established  the  firm 
of  Bowler  &  Burdick,  jewelers,  and  the  busi- 
ness has  been  prosperous  to  the  present  time. 
It  was  incorporated  in  188 1  as  the  Bowler  & 
Burdick  Company,  of  which  ^Ir.  Burdick  is 
now  the  president  and  treasurer.  The  com- 
pany makes  a  specialty  of  the  importation  of 
diamonds  and  precious  stones,  maintaining  a 
purchasing  office  at  No.  6  Tulpstraat,  Amster- 
dam. Holland,  where  Captain  Burdick  spends 
a  portion  of  his  time  each  year  in  the  interest 
of  his  company.  The  place  of  business  is 
627-31    Euclid  avenue.   Cleveland. 

Captain  Burdick  was  for  many  years  active 
in  the  state  militia  and  was  captain  of  Troop 
A  of  the  Ohio  National  Guard  Cavalry.  His 
troop  was  mustered  into  the  federal  service  at 
the  beginning  of  the  Spanish  war  as  part  of 
the  First  Ohio  Cavalry.  Captain  Burdick 
served  with  his  command  through  the  war, 
rendezvousing  in  Chickamauga,  Tennessee, 
Lakeland,  Florida,  and  Huntsville,  .\labama. 
During  the  seventeen  years  in  which  he  served 
in  the  militia  Captain  Burdick  took  part  with 
his  troop  in  every  presidential  inaugural  pa- 
rade, beginning  with  that  of  Garfield.  He  has 
served  on  the  statTs  of  General  Horace  Por- 
ter, 1897.  General  Francis  Greene,  1901,  Gen- 
eral Granville  M.  Dodge,  1905,  and  General 
J.  F.  Bell,  1909.  He  has  had  the  honor  of 
giving  his  name  to  a  camp  of  the  L^nited 
Spanish  War  \'eterans  in  Cleveland,  Russell 
E.  Burdick  Camp,  No.  41,  Department  of 
Ohio,  United  Spanish  War  Veterans.  He  is 
a  prominent  Free  Mason,  having  taken  the 
thirty-two  degrees  of  Scottish  Rite  Masonry, 
and  is  a  member  of  Lodge,  Chapter,  Council, 
Comniandery  and  Mystic  .Shrine. 

He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Chamber  of  Com- 
merce of  Cleveland,  the  Union  Club,  the  Clif- 
ton Club,  the  Colonial  Club,  the  Euclid  Golf 
Club.  In  1909-10  he  was  commander  of  the 
Ohio  Commandery  of  the  National  Military 
Order  of  Foreign  Wars  of  the  L'nited  States. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Naval  Military  Order 
of  the  Spanish  American  War.  For  several 
vears  he  was  on  the  boards  of  directors  of 
several  Cleveland  banks.  He  is  a  president  of 
the  Clifton  Park  Land  Improvement  Company  ; 
trustee  of  Alfred  University,  of  Alfred.  New 
York :  member  of  the  New  England  Society 
of  Cleveland  and  the  Western  Reserve.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  resides  at 
1945    East   Seventy-fifth    street. 


He  married,  in  May,  1873,  Mary  Hoyt  Mc- 
Cutcheon,  born  in  .March,  1852,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  McCutcheon.  Children:  i. 
Arling  E.,  born  July  14,  1875,  '"  Cleveland, 
died  aged  seven  years.  2.  Bessie  May,  born 
at  Cleveland,  September  12.  1878 ;  married 
Robert  C.  Rathburn,  of  Englewood,  New  Jer- 
sey, and  has  three  children :  Mary  and  Eliza- 
beth ( twins  1,  born  in  1908,  and  Juliette 
Bleeker  Rathburn.  3.  Arline.  born  in  Cleve- 
land, March  7,  1887.  4.  Joseph,  born  in  Cleve- 
land, March  i,  18819,  died  in  infancy.  5.  Carl- 
ton \Mieeler,  born  in  Cleveland,  October  11, 
1892. 


The  surname  Richmond  had 
RICHMOND  its  origin  in  Brittany, 
France,  and  is  derived  from 
the  French  words  "riche"  and  "monte"  or 
'"monde".  In  English  history  it  first  appears 
as  Rychemond,  afterwards  as  Richemounte 
and  Richemonte,  and  ultimately  as  Richmond. 
Among  the  various  lines  of  ancestors  in  Eng- 
land are  found  those  of  the  Ashton-Keynes 
and  other  Wiltshire  Richmonds :  the  former 
for  five  generations  bore  the  alias  of  Webb, 
first  assumed  by  William  Richmond  about 
1430,  when  he  married  Alice,  daughter  and 
heiress  of  Thomas  Webb,  of  Draycott,  Wilt- 
shire. England.  It  is  claimed  by  some  emi- 
nent genealogists  that  the  Richmonds  of  New 
England  (though  perhaps  not  in  all  of  the 
branches  in  that  region,  or  elsewhere  in 
America)  descended  through  one  Roald.  son 
of  Roaldus  "le  Ennase",  while  others  of  equal 
celebrity  state  that  they  descend  from  Alan, 
another  son  of  Roaldus  "le  Ennase",  assert- 
ing that  son  Roald  had  no  children. 

The  Richmond  genealogy  informs  us  that 
Roaldus  de  Richmond  was  granted  lands  by 
the  crown  in  Yorkshire,  and  tradition  has  it 
that  this  Richmond  was  a  relative  of  Alan 
Rufus,  .\lan  Rufus  was  a  kinsman  of  the 
Conqueror,  and  was  granted  lands  in  York- 
shire, where  he  built  his  castle  and  was  the 
first  duke  of  Richmond,  Tradition  also  says 
that  John  Richmond  "was  born  in  Ashton- 
Keynes,  and  one  reputable  writer  states  that 
in  an  examination  of  the  old  church  records 
at  Ashton-Keynes  he  found  the  date  of  bap- 
tism of  John  Richmond,  in  1597. 

(I)  This  John  Richmond  was  the  .\meri- 
can  ancestor  of  the  particular  branch  of  the 
family  to  be  treated  of  in  these  annals,  and 
it  is  believed  that  he  came  to  this  country  with 
a  colony  of  cadets  of  noble  English  families 
on  the  western  coast  of  Ireland,  who  had 
chosen  this  remote  region  that  they  might 
be  able  to  "engage  in  commercial  and  other 
pursuits    without    shocking    their    aristocratic 


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rclativL'-".  It  is  believed  that  John  Richiiiond 
came  to  America  in  a  trading  vessel,  ami  it 
is  known  that  he  was  engaged  in  carrying 
on  an  extensive  and  Honrisliing  trade  with 
Saco.  .Maine,  in  1035.  for  the  records  shuw 
that  in  1636  he  was  in  court  with  a  suit 
brought  b\-  him.  ■"to  collect  from  Thomas 
Lewi-;  six  pounds  and  ten  shillings  for  two 
barrells  of  beife".  In  1637.  he  was  one  of 
the  purchasers  and  proprietors  of  Taunton, 
Massachusetts,  and  there  his  daughter  Sarah 
was  probably  born  in  1638,  and  his  daughter 
Mary  in  1639.  From  the  fact  that  nothing 
is  known  of  him  between  the  years  1643  and 
1655.  it  is  thought  that  he  returned  to  Eng- 
land and  took  part  in  the  wars,  for  family 
tradition  runs  to  that  effect,  and  also  says  that 
he  was  referred  to  as  Colonel  John  Richmond. 
He  proiiably  married  before  coming  to  Xew 
England.  He  was  away  from  Taunton  much 
of  the  time,  and  is  known  to  have  been  in 
Newport  and  other  places,  but  eventually  re- 
turned to  Taunton  and  died  there  March  20, 
1664.  aged  seventy  years.  His  children  were: 
I.  John,  of  whom  further.  2.  Captain  Ed- 
ward, born  about  1632.  in  England,  died  in 
November,  1696;  married  (first)  Abigail 
Davis,  daughter  of  James  Davis;  (second) 
Amy  Dull,  daughter  of  Governor  Henry  and 
Elizabeth  Bull.  3.  Sarah,  born  about  1638, 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  died  in  1691 ;  she 
married  (first)  Edward  Rew,  who  died  July 
16,  1678:  married  (second)  November  4,  1678, 
James  Walker,  the  immigrant,  born  in  1618, 
died  February  15,  1690-91:  married  (third) 
Nicholas  Stoughton.  4.  Mary,  born  about 
1639.  in  Taunton,  died  October  3,  1715;  she 
married  William  Paul,  of  Berkley,  Massa- 
chusetts, born  in  1624.  died  November  6, 
1704. 

(H)  John  (2),  eldest  son  and  child  of 
John  (  I  )  Richmond,  the  immigrant,  was  born 
about  the  year  1627.  before  his  father  came 
to  .\merica.  and  died  in  Taunton.  Massachu- 
setts. October  7.  1715,  aged  eighty-eight  years. 
He  appears  to  have  been  a  man  of  importance 
and  was  chosen  to  serve  in  various  capacities. 
In  1672  he  was  appointed,  with  James  \\'alker, 
to  purchase  lands  of  the  Indians ;  was  member 
of  the  town  council  -in  1675-76  and  lOqo.  and 
also  served  as  constable,  commissioner  and 
surveyor  in  March,  1677:  he  was  distributor 
of  ten  pounds  "Irish  charity",  sent  from  Dub- 
lin. Ireland,  in  1676,  to  be  divided  among  the 
sufferer^  during  King  Philip's  war.  "lie  was 
a  member  of  every  important  committee  in 
Taunton  for  the  purchase,  division  and  settle- 
ment of  land  and  other  matters  of  public  inter- 
est. He  was  interested  in  several  extensive 
purchases   of  land  from  the   Indians   in  both 


Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island".  He  mar- 
ried .\bigail  Rogers,  daughter  of  John  Rog- 
ers, of  Duxbury,  Massachusetts.  She  was 
born  about  1041  and  died  .\ugust  I,  1727; 
both  she  and  her  husband  are  buried  in  Taun- 
ton. Their  children:  i.  Mary,  born  June  2, 
1(154.  in  Bridgewatcr.  2.  John,  born  June  6, 
1656,  in  Bridgewater,  was  killed  by  tlie  up- 
setting of  a  cart  September  20.  1672.  3. 
Thomas,  born  February  2,  i'>59,  in  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  died  unmarried,  in  .Middleboro, 
December  14,  1705.  4.  Susanna,  born  No- 
vember 4,  1661,  in  Bridgewater.  5.  Joseph, 
born  December  8,  1663,  in  Taunton.  6.  Ed- 
ward, of  whom  further.  7.  Samuel.,  born 
September  23,  1668,  in  Taunton.  8.  Sarah, 
born  February  26,  167 1.  in  Taunton.  9.  John. 
born  December  5,  1673,  in  Taunton.  10. 
Ebenezer.  born  May  12,  1676.  in  Newport, 
Rhode  Island.  11.  Abigail,  born  February 
26,  1679.  in  Xew'port. 

(Ill)  Edward,  son  of  John  Richmond,  was 
born  in  Taunton,  February  8,  1^/15,  and  died 
in  1 74 1.  In  1687  he  and  Joseph  Richmond 
bought  of  John  Rogers  of  Duxbury.  one  hun- 
dred and   fifty   acres  of  land  in   Middleboro. 

He    married    (first)    Marcy    .    (second) 

May  6,  171 1.  Rebecca  Thurston,  born  Novem- 
ber 28,  1689,  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Sa- 
rah Thurston,  and    (third)    Mary  .     His 

will  was  dated  June  3,  1738,  and  proved  De- 
cember 9.  1741.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Marcy,  born  1693 :  Edward,  born  1695  ;  Rich- 
ard :  Josiah,  of  whom  further ;  Nathaniel, 
born  about  1700:  Seth  :  Elizabeth  ;  Phebe,  born 
1706.  Children,  by  second  wife:  Sarah,  born 
December  20.  1712:  Mary,  born  1714;  Pris- 
cilla.  born  February  27.  17 18;  Eunice,  bom 
September  2^^,  i~22.  died  young. 

(I\')  Josiah.  son  of  Edward  Richmond, 
was  born  in  1697  in  Taunton.  He  died  in 
1763.  and  his  will  dated  January  26,  1762, 
was  proved  April  5.  1763.  He  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade  and  resided  in  Middleboro. 
He  married  ( first )  Mehitable.  born  June  6, 
1697.  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  (  Will- 
iams )  Deane.  He  married  ( second )  Febru- 
ary 5.  1745-6.  Lydia  (  Eddy)  Crocker,  widow 
of  Theophilus  Crocker  and  daughter  of  James 
Eddy.  Children,  born  in  Middleboro  :  .Mary  : 
Josiah,  born  171 1:  Gershom ;  Benjamin,  born 
1727:  George:  Lemuel,  of  whom  further: 
Miriam,  born  1733;  Ephraim.  born  February 
12.  1736:  Eleazer.  born  February  27.  1737; 
Zekiah  :  Mercy  :  .Mehitable.  died  young 

(\")  Lemuel,  son  of  Josiah  Richmond,  was 
born  in  Middleboro  in  1733.  and  died  .\pril  2. 
1802.  He  was  a  man  of  small  stature,  but 
one  of  the  strongest  and  most  athletic  men  in 
the  town.    It  was  said  that  when  he  was  born 


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NEW   ENGLAND. 


he  was  so  small  that  he  could  be  put  into  a 
quart  tankard.  He  married  Molly  (Rich- 
mond) Lincoln,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Mary  (Walker)  Richmond  and  twin  of  Mir- 
iam Richmond,  who  married  Elisha  Walker. 
She  was  born  in  173 1  and  died  in  Barnard, 
A'ermont,  April  9,  1820.  Children,  born  in 
Taunton:  Amaziah,  born  iSIarch  22,  1758; 
Rachel;  Polly,  born  April  6,  1766;  Job,  born 
1767:  ^lajor  Lemuel  (see  below)  ;  Betsey. 

(\T)  ]\Iajor  Lemuel  (2)  Richmond,  son  of 
Lemuel  (ij  Richmond,  was  born  in  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts,  October  27,  1771.  In 
1793  he  was  apprenticed  in  Dighton,  ]\Iassa- 
chusetts,  and  later  moved  to  Barnard,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  became  a  prominent  man. 
He  held  every  town  office,  some  of  them  for 
several  years.  He  also  served  as  high  bailiff 
of  Windsor  county.  He  entered  in  the  war 
of  18 1 2  as  a  volunteer  with  those  who  marched 
to  the  relief  of  Plattsburg,  and  was  major 
in  the  state  militia.  He  was  a  very  success- 
ful man,  and  made  "the  one  dollar  he  inherited 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  increase  forty  thou- 
sand-fold". He  married,  February  24,  1805, 
Joanna  Briggs,  who  was  born  in  Barnard, 
Vermont,  March  13,  1787.  Children,  born 
in  Barnard:  Rollin,  born  July  i,  1806;  Asa 
Whitcomb,  born  March  18,  1808;  Alaphal, 
born  April  9,  1810,  died  November  i,  1810; 
Joanna  Raymond,  born  August  7,  181 1; 
Rhoda  Briggs,  born  November  8,  1814;  El- 
vira J.,  born  April  2,  1817;  Lemuel  Carlton, 
of  whom  further. 

(VH)  Lemuel  Carlton,  son  of  !Major  Lem- 
uel (2)  Richmond,  was  born  in  Barnard,  Ver- 
mont, October  25,  1819.  He  was  prominent 
in  the  town  and  held  most  of  the  town  offices. 
He  married,  October  15,  1850,  Jane  Ann 
Richmond  of  Derby,  \'ermont,  born  Septem- 
ber 19,  1830.  She  was  daughter  of  Dr.  Lem- 
uel Richmond,  who  was  born  in  Barnard,  July 
26,  1804,  and  married,  September  14.  1826, 
Ruth  Emma,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Hinman 
Esq.,  of  Derby,  \'ermont.  Dr.  Lemuel  Rich- 
mond was  graduated  from  the  Vermont  Medi- 
cal College,  and  began  practice  in  Derby  in 
1826:  he  was  representative  from  the  town 
to  the  legislature  several  times  and  also  held 
other  offices ;  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of 
Derby  Academy.  His  children  were :  Jane 
Ann,  married  Lemuel  Carlton  Richmond,  and 
!Mary,  born  !May  2,  1837,  married  Otis  Hin- 
man. Dr.  Lemuel  Richmond  was  son  of  Cap- 
tain Amasiah  Richmond,  born  March  22, 
1758,  died  September  30,  1825 ;  he  married, 
November  25,  1780.  Hannah,  daughter  of 
Billings  and  Hannah  Throope  of  Bristol, 
Rhode  Island.  She  was  born  January  24, 
1763,  and  died  December  26,  1845,  '"^  Wood- 


stock, Vermont.  Captain  Richmond  served 
in  the  revolution,  volunteering  when  he  was 
si.xteen  years  of  age  and  serving  in  several 
campaigns.  One  of  his  uncles  o"n  one  occa- 
sion otTered  to  take  his  place,  because  of  his 
}0uth,  but  he  declined  the  otifer ;  he  was  after- 
wards captain  of  the  militia.  "Phvsically  he 
was  the  most  athletic  and  powerfurRichmond 
ever  known  in  Barnard,  Vermont,  and  a  re- 
markably fine-looking  man.  He  had  sound 
judgment,  strict  integrity,  was  temperate  in 
all  things,  and  so  regular  in  his  attendance  at 
church  meetings  that  his  horse  would  leave 
the  pasture  and  go  to  the  church  at  the  ring- 
ing of  the  bell".  His  children  were:  Sarah, 
Mahala,  Amaziah,  Hannah,  Clarissa.  Mary, 
.\bigail.  Job,  Loring,  Lucy,  Dr.  Lemuel,  who 
was  father  of  Jane  Ann  Richmond,  and  Laur- 
iston.  Captain  Amasiah  Richmond  was  son 
of  Lemuel  (i)  Richmond,  mentioned  above. 
Children  of  Lemuel  Carlton  and  Jane  Ann 
(Richmond)  Richmond:  Willis  H.,  born  Au- 
gust 5,  1852  ;  Rollin  Lemuel,  of  whom  further. 

(VIII)  Rollin  Lemuel,  son  of  Lemuel  Carl- 
ton Richmond,  was  born  in  Barnard.  Ver- 
mont, November  10,  1858.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
academy  at  Bethel,  Vermont,  also  Kimball 
Union  Academy  and  the  State  Normal  School 
at  Randolph,  Vermont,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1878.  He  learned  the  business 
of  druggist  and  followed  it  for  a  period  of 
seventeen  years,  first  at  Ludlow.  X'ermont, 
then  at  Springfield,  Vermont,  and  in  St.  Louis, 
Missouri,  and  lastly  at  Proctor.  \'ermont. 
Since  1899,  he  has  been  in  the  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Rutland,  Vermont. 

He  is  a  director  in  the  Rutland  County  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Rutland,  Vermont,  director  of 
the  Proctor  Trust  Company  of  Proctor,  and 
director  and  vice-president  of  the  West  Rut- 
land Trust  Company  of  \\'e5t  Rutland.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  he  was  mayor 
of  Rutland  in  1907.  In  religion  he  is  a  Uni- 
versalist  and  he  is  treasurer  of  the  L'niversal- 
ist  Society.  He  is  a  member  of  Rutland  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons,  of  Rutland,  and  of  Beaver 
Lodge,  No.  47,  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Proctor,  Vermont. 

He  married,  January"  11,  1SS3.  Grace  E. 
Eaton,  of  Springfield,  \'ermont,  born  Novem- 
ber 6,  1862,  daughter  of  Calvin  M.  and  Cyn- 
thia A.  (Lockwood)  Eaton.  Children:  Dena, 
born  March  8,  1895 ;  Carlton  E.,  died  aged 
seven  years. 


John  Gowen,  the  immigrant  an- 

GOWEN     cestor,    was    born    in    Scotland 

about     1755-60,     according     to 

familv   tradition.     He   came   to   this    country 


NEW   EXGLAXD. 


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about  the  time  of  the  revohition.  Several  of 
the  name  John  (Jowen  served  in  the  revoki- 
tionary  army,  but  it  is  not  known  whether 
or  not  he  was  a  soldier.  He  settled  in  l->ank- 
lin,   Massachusetts,   where   he   died   l'"ebruary 


20,  i; 
dren : 


'94- 
I. 


He  married  Lydia  .     Chil- 

Major  Asa  Henry,  married   Mary 


:  children,  all  at  Franklin:  Mary  Ann, 

April  9,  1807;  Horatio  Kingsbury,  July  11, 
181 1  ;  Louisa  S.,  June  9,  1815.  2.  John,  born 
August  9,  1780.    3.  Luther,  of  whom  further. 

(H)  Luther,  son  of  John  Gowen,  was  born 
at  Franklin,  August  14,  1782,  died  there  at 
an  advanced  age.  He  was  educated  in 
the  district  schools  and  followed  farming 
in  Franklin  all  his  active  life.  He  mar- 
ried there  (first)  December  3,  181 1,  El- 
vira, descendant  of  ^lichael  Metcalf,  one 
of  the  early  pioneers  of  Dedham,  whose  de- 
scendants have  been  numerous  in  Medfield 
and  towns  in  the  vicinity  of  Franklin.  He 
married  Csecond)  April  10,  1823,  Polly  Harts- 
horn. Children,  born  at  Franklin:  i.  Arte- 
mas  Warren,  born  October  22,  1812.  2.  Lu- 
ther. 3.  George  AL,  of  whom  further.  4. 
Charles  AL,  born  at  Franklin,  December  22, 
1819:  married,  at  Franklin,  June  10,  1841, 
Harriet  Phillips.  5.  Horace,  born  April  30, 
1822. 

(HI)  George  Aletcalf,  son  of  Luther 
Gowen,  was  born  in  Franklin,  Massachusetts, 
August  10,  18 16,  died  in  South  Acworth,  New 
Hampshire.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  went  to 
New  Hampshire  when  a  young  man  and  spent 
most  of  his  life  in  Alstead  and  Acworth,  New 
Hampshire.  He  married  Hannah  Permelia 
Chase,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Chase,  of  Al- 
stead. Children:  i.  George  Milan,  of  whom 
further.  2.  Harriet  A.,  married Rud- 
dy, and  lived  in  Springfield,  Massachusetts. 
3.  Lydia  A.,  married  John  Rogers,  of  Brat- 
tleborough,  Vermont,  where  she  now  lives.  4 
and  5.  Frank  and  Frances,  twins,  the  former 
living  in  Warwick.  Massachusetts.  6.  Charles 
R.,  born  about  1847;  married,  February  2, 
1869.  at  Franklin.  Kate  M.  Hills,  and  lives  in 
Franklin.  7.  Emily  A.,  married  Charles  Em- 
erson, and  lives  in  South  Acworth. 

(IV)  George  Alilan,  son  of  George  Metcalf 
Gowen,  was  born  in  Alstead,  New  Hamp- 
shire, February  21,  1841,  and  is  now  living  at 
Keene,  New  Hampshire.  He  attended  the 
schools  in  Acworth,  and  followed  farming  un- 
til he  came  of  age.  On  August  22,  1862,  he 
enlisted  for  the  civil  war  in  Company  B, 
Fourteenth  New  Hampshire  Infantry,  and 
was  mustered  in  September  22,  1862.  Most 
of  the  time  during  the  war  he  was  in  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  as  severe  attacks  of  rheumatic 
fever  prevented  active  service.     He  was  hon- 


orably discharged  from  service,  for  disability, 
on  October  8,  1863.  He  was  unable  to  do  aiiy 
work  for  about  two  years  after  he  left  serv- 
ice. He  moved  to  Keene  in  1865  and  has  re- 
mained there  since.  I'or  several  years  he 
worked  as  teamster  and  tiien  became  a  fire- 
man on  the  railroad,  being  promoted  to  en- 
gineer after  a  time,  .\ftcr  remaining  four 
years  on  the  railroad  he  began  work  fur  the 
Beaver  Mills  in  Keene.  driving  a  team  for 
them  for  nine  years.  He  retired  from  active 
life  several  years  ago.  In  1877  'ic  joined 
Beaver  Brook  Lodge,  No.  36,  Odd  Fellows, 
and  he  is  also  a  member  of  John  Scdgewick 
Post,  No.  6,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
of  Keene. 

He  married,  September  13,  1864.  Mary  El- 
len Loomis.  born  in  Stoddard,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Alay  26,  1845,  died  Decemt>er  24.  1910. 
in  Keene.  She  was  daughter  of  William  F. 
and  Nancy  ( (3reen )  Loomis.  Children,  born 
in  Keene.  i.  Will  Loomis,  born  July  4,  1865; 
a  farmer  in  Acworth :  married,  November 
1890,  Hattie  Blanchard,  and  has  one  son, 
Harry.  2.  George  Burton,  of  whom  further. 
3.  Fred  Alonzo,  August  21.  1869:  lives  in 
Waverly,  Massachusetts,  a  railroad  engineer ; 
married,  May  18,  1893,  Jennie  B.  Eagles. 
Children:  Burton  Walter.  George  Niles.  Dan- 
iel, Robert,  Evelyn  and  May.  4.  Ernest  Mi- 
lan, March  27,  1872,  died  August  9,  1872.  5. 
Loomis  Clinton,  elsewhere  in  this  work.  6. 
Earl  Henry,  July  11,  1878,  lives  in  Charles- 
town.  Massachusetts,  a  railroad  man.  7.  Mary 
Imogene.  July  27,  1880,  died  August  25,  1883. 

(V)  George  Burton,  son  of  George  Milan 
Gowen.  was  born  in  Langdon,  New  Hamp- 
shire, Cheshire  county.  March  7,  1867.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Keene,  New  Hampshire.  He  be- 
gan work  at  an  early  age  as  messenger  boy 
in  the  telegraph  office  in  Keene,  and  was 
afterward  employed  in  the  railroad  office  at 
South  Acton.  Massachusetts,  for  two  years. 
At  the  age  of  nineteen  he  was  appointed  train 
despatcher  in  Boston  on  the  Fitchburg  rail- 
road, and  he  filled  that  responsible  position 
for  a  period  of  fifteen  years.  In  190 1  he  was 
appointed  trainmaster  and  despatcher  at  Rut- 
land. \ermont.  and  since  then  he  lias  held 
that  position.  He  is  a  member  of  tlie  Beaver 
Brook  Lodge.  Odd  Fellows,  of  Fitchburg.  In 
]Kilitics  he  is  a  Republican  :  in  religion  a  Cni- 
versalist. 

He  married.  January  13.  1886.  Carrie  Hay- 
ward,  of  South  .\cton.  Massachusetts,  daugh- 
ter of  Cyrus  and  Mary  Pettingill  (Edwards) 
Hay  ward  (see  Hay  ward  \'II).  They  had 
one  son.  Carroll  Alvin.  born  at  South  Acton, 
May  24,  1888. 


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(The  Hayward   Line). 

(I)  John  Hayward,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  probably  born  in  London  about  1620, 
died  January  11,  1707.  He  settled  in  Con- 
cord, -Massachusetts,  and  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in  1670.  He  married  (first)  August  17, 
1656,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas  Atkinson. 
She  died  in  1665,  and  he  married  (second) 
August  5,  1665,  Sarah  Simonds.     He  married 

(third)    Priscilla ,    who   survived  him. 

Children  of  the  first  wife:  Rebecca,  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1657,  died  young;  Rebecca,  'Sla.y  13, 
1660;  John  (2),  of  whom  further;  Persis, 
April  II.  1664;  Benoni,  July  31,  1665,  died 
young.  Children  of  the  second  wife :  Sarah, 
August  30,  1666;  Judith,  January  3,  1667; 
Mary,  November  3,  1669 :  Abigail,  April  9, 
1672;  William,  April  17,  1674;  Huldah,  Sep- 
tember 17,  1675;  James,  January  zj.  1678-9: 
Joseph,  January  3,  1680-1  :  Benjamin,  March 
"17,   1682-3. 

(II)  Deacon  John  (2)  Hayward,  son  of 
John  (i)  Hayward,  was  born  in  Concord, 
April  5,  1662,  died  there  January  2,  17 18.  He 
was  constable  of  Concord  in  1686,  and  in  his 
later  \ears  kept  an  ordinary  or  inn.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  .  Children  :  Sarah  ;  Tho- 
mas, born  July  3,  1686;  Samuel,  of  whom 
further:  Edmund,  July  31,  1689;  Josiah,  No- 
vember 15,  1691  ;  Daniel,  April  15,  1694; 
Eleazer,  August  3,  1696;  Nathan,  September 
24,  1698:  Sarah,  January  18,  1700-1  :  John, 
March  14,  1703:  Mary.  March  23,  1704: 
Phinehas.  July  18,  1707;  Benjamin,  Octo- 
ber 25,   1709. 

(III)  Deacon  Samuel  Hayward,  son  of 
Deacon  John  (2)  Hayward,  was  born  Octo- 
ber II,  1687,  died  October  28,  1750,  aged 
sixty-three  years.  He  resided  in  Concord, 
where  he  was  a  prominent  citizen,  serving  as 
deacon  of  the  church,  town  clerk,  and  in 
other  town  ofifices.  He  married,  with  Rev. 
Joseph  Estabrook  officiating.  January  19, 
1709-10,  Elizabeth  Hubbard,  who  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  1757,  aged  sixty-six  years  and  six 
months,  according  to  her  gravestone.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Concord:  Samuel,  born  Octo- 
ber 18,  1710,  died  January  12,  1712-3;  .-\mos, 
February  18,  1711-2,  died  young;  Elizabeth, 
June  3.  1714:  Samuel  (2),  of  whom  further: 
Jonathan,  December  3,  1717:  Amos,  October 
3,  1719:  Jonas,  -August  21,  1721;.  Charles, 
December  24,  1723 :  Rebecca.  December  2;^, 
1725  ;  -Aaron.  September  24,  1727,  died  young; 
Aaron,  November  11,  1728:  John,  June  22, 
1730;  Sarah,  June   19,   1731  :   -Mary,  -April  8, 

1733- 

( I\  )  Captain  Samuel  (2)  Hayward,  son  of 
Deacon  Samuel  ( i )  Hayward,  was  born 
March  4,   171 5- 16,  at  Concord.     He  appears 


to  have  moved  to  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts, 
and  perhaps  later  to  Acton.  He  was  pre- 
sumably the  Samuel  Hayward  in  a  Chelms- 
ford company  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
He  was  known  as  captain,  and  probably  com- 
manded a  company  before  or  during  the  revo- 
lution. He  was  too  old,  however,  for  much 
active  service  in  the  war.  Children :  Benja- 
min, of  whom  further  ;  Stephen  ;  James  ;  Sam- 
uel:  Paul;  iMary,  married  (first)  Ebenezer 
White,  and    ( second )   Jonas  Brooks. 

(V)  Benjamin,  son  of  Captain  Samuel  (2) 
Hayward,  was  born  at  Chelmsford  or  -Acton, 
about  1750.  He  was  in  Captain  Davis's  com- 
pany of  -Acton,  on  the  Lexington  Alarm,  .April 
19.  1775-  He  was  also  in  Captain  Simon 
Hunt's  company,  Colonel  Eleazer  Brooks's 
regiment,  in  Alarch,  1776,  and  later  at  White 
Plains,  New  York,  doubtless  serving  in  the 
campaign  at  Long  Island  and  Harlem  (page 
806,  \'olume  VII,  Massachusetts  Sailors  and 
Soldiers  in  the  Revolution).  He  was  credited 
to  Chelmsford,  and  served  at  Ticonderoga  un- 
der Captain  John  Ford  in  1776-77.  -Among 
his  children  was  Moses,  of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Moses,  son  of  Benjamin  Hayward, 
was  born  probably  at  .Acton,  about  1785-90. 
He  married  and  had  a  son  Cyrus,  of  whom 
further. 

(VII)  Cyrus,  son  of  Moses  Hayward,  lived 
at  South  -Acton,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
Mary  Pettingill  Edwards.  Their  daughter, 
Carrie,  married  George  Burton  Gowen  (see 
Gowen  V). 


The  origin  of  the  surname 
PROCTOR  Proctor  would  appear  to  be 
found  in  the  Latin  word 
"procurator",  meaning  anyone  who  acts  for 
another  or  takes  care  of  his  interests ;  in 
other  words,  a  proxy.  Another  meaning 
which  the  word  began  to  take  was  "one  who 
collected  alms  for  lepers",  or  for  others  un- 
able to  do  it  themselves.  From  a  "History 
of  Northumberland",  published  by  .Andrew 
Reid  and  Company,  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne, 
England,  it  appears  that  "the  Proctor  family, 
originally  settled  in  Yorkshire,  was  estab- 
lished at  Shawdon,  at  the  beginning  of  the 
sixteenth  century,  through  the  marriage  of 
William  Proctor,  of  Nether  Bordley,  to  Isa- 
bel, daughter  of  John  Lilburn,  of  Shawdon". 
.Arms  were  granted  to  a  family  in  England 
bearing  the  name  of  Proctor,  in  1436,  and  the 
shield  is  described  as :  ".Argent  with  two 
ch^Tons  sable,  between  three  martlets  sable". 
There  is  evidence  that  John,  Richard,  George 
and  Robert  Proctor  came  across  the  water 
and  settled  in  Massachusetts  between  the  years 
1636  and    1643.     ^^   is   not   certain   that  any 


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of  the  four  was  related  to  any  of  the  others. 
It  seems  reasonable,  however,  to  suppose  that 
some,  if  not  all,  of  them  were  brothers,  or  at 
least  that  there  was  relationship  existing 
among  them. 

(I)  Robert  Proctor,  immigrant  ancestor  in 
America  of  the  Proctor  family  here  dealt  with, 
was  probably  born  in  England,  and  died  at 
Chelmsford.  Massachusetts,  April  28,  1697. 
He  first  appears  in  this  country  at  Concord. 
Massachusetts,  where  he  was  made  a  freeman 
in  1643.  He  may  have  come  from  England 
w-ith  the  three  other  Proctors  already  named. 
There  is.  however,  another  tradition  concern- 
ing his  ancestry.  Under  date  of  July  26,  1897, 
Airs.  Lucretia  H.  Lawrence,  of  Leominster, 
a  daughter  of  Jacob  Proctor,  of  Littleton, 
Massaclui!-etts.  writes  as  follows:  "My  father 
in  his  last  days  dwelt  much  upon  the  history 
of  his  famil\-  and  events  of  his  early  life. 
He  said  his  grandfather"  (who  was  Nathaniel 
Proctor,  a  great-grandson  of  Robert,  of  Con- 
cord) "told  him  that  three  brothers  from  a 
wealthy  family  in  Scotland  came  to  this  coun- 
try in  a  ship  of  their  own.  One  of  the  brothers 
settled  in  or  near  Chelmsford.  The  Little- 
ton branch  descended  from  this  brother.  My 
father  remembered  visits  back  and  forth  with 
the  Chelmsford  relations".  The  conflict  be- 
tween these  traditions  must  remain  unsettled, 
at  least  until  additional  evidence  in  favor  of 
one  or  the  other  can  be  obtained. 

In  1653  Robert  Proctor,  in  connection  with 
RicharcfHiklreth  and  twenty-seven  others,  pe- 
titioned the  general  court  for  a  grant  of  land 
six  miles  square,  "to  begin  at  Merrimack 
river  at  a  neck  of  land  next  to  Concord  River, 
and  so  run  up  by  Concord  River  south  and 
west  into  the  country  to  make  up  the  circum- 
ference or  quantity  of  land  as  above  ex- 
pressed". The  petition  was  granted.  In  1654 
Mr.  Proctor  removed  to  the  new  plantation 
which  was  organized  Xovember  22,  1654,  as 
a  town  under  "the  name  of  Chelmsford.  The 
first  four  or  live  of  his  children  were  born 
in  Concord,  the  others  in  Chelmsford.  His 
descendants  resided  in  many  of  the  neighbor- 
ing town^.  and  at  an  early  date  some  of  them 
pusherl  back  into  the  wilderness  and  settled 
in  New  Hampshire.  \'ermont,  and  New  York, 
and  have  since  scattered  over  the  west.  Let- 
ters of  administration  on  his  estate  were 
granted  to  Jane  Proctor,  executrix,  July  13, 
1697.  Some  of  his  children  settled  in  what 
afterwards  became  the  West  Precinct,  and 
later  the  town  of  Westford. 

Robert  Proctor  married,  December  31,  1645. 
Jane,  eldest  daughter  of  Richard  Hildreth,  of 
Concord  and  Chelmsford,  ancestor  of  the  Hil- 
dreths  of   America,   who  died  at  Chelmsford 


in  1C88.  Children:  i.  Sarah,  born  October 
12,  1646:  married,  August  10.  1666,  Thomas 
Chamberlain.  2.  Gershom,  May  13,  1648.  3. 
Mary,  April  20,  1650:  married,  1685.  John 
Bourne.  4.  Peter,  1652.  5.  Dorothy,  1654; 
married.  December  18,  1679,  John  Barret  Jr. 
(X  Elizabeth,  December  16,  1656:  became,  in 
1705.  the  third  wife  of  Samuel  Fletcher.  7. 
James.  Jaiuiary  8,  1658.  8.  Lydia.  February 
19,  iW)0,  died  August  13,  1661.  9.  John.  .\u- 
gust  17,  ifj63.  10.  Samuel,  of  whom  further. 
II.  Israel,  .April  29.  1668.  12.  Thomas,  April 
30,  1 67 1,  went  to  sea.  and  there  is  no  evirlence 
that  he  returned. 

( II )  Samuel,  son  of  Robert  and  Jane  (  Hil- 
dreth )  Proctor,  was  born  in  Chelmsford,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  15,  1665,  died  .April  12, 
1740,  at  Townsend.  He  was  one  of  the  pe- 
titioners for  a  grant  of  land  which  became 
Townsend.  Ho  married  one  Sarah,  whose 
maiden  surname  remains  unknown,  and  who 
died  January  17,  1757.  Children,  all  born  at 
Chelmsford:  i.  Sarah,  born  April  15,  1694. 
2.  Samuel,  January  16,  1697.  3.  Thomas,  of 
whom  further.  4.  David,  February  i,  1701  ; 
married,  December  31,  1730,  Hannah  Farrah, 
of  Concord.  5.  Rachel,  January  5,  1702.  6. 
William.  August  14,  1704.  7.  Daniel,  Xovem- 
ber 30,  1706.  8.  Lucy,  .August  19,  1708.  9. 
Charles,  June  30,  died  October  21,  17 10.  10. 
Sarah,  September  30,  1715.  11.  Hannah 
Jones. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
Proctor,  was  born  at  Chelmsford,  Massachu- 
setts, December  12.  1698,  died  at  Proctors- 
ville,  X'ermont,  June  3,  1750.  He  married,  in 
1722,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Sarah 
Barron,  born  October  14,  1703.  died  Septem- 
ber 3,  1774.  Children:  i.  Philip,  born  Janu- 
ary 3.  1726.  2.  Lucy.  February  10,  1733.  3. 
Leonard,  of  whom  further.  4.  Olive,  January 
22,  1738:  married,  Xovember  27,  1780, 
Thomas  Scott. 

(I\')  Captain  Leonard  Proctor,  second  son 
of  Thomas  and  Hannah  (Barron)  Proctor, 
was  born  at  Chelmsford.  January  16,  1734. 
died  at  Proctorsville.  \'ermont,  June  3,  1827. 
He  was  one  of  the  selectmen  of  Westford  in 
1770.  1778  and  1779.  He  was  an  officer  in 
the  revolutionary  war  and  took  part  in  many 
important  battles,  including  those  of  Lexing- 
ton. Trenton  and  Monmouth.  He  was  second 
lieutenant  in  Cai>tain  Minot's  company,  which 
marched  from  Westford  in  consequence  of  the 
alarm  of  .April  19.  1775.  He  was  one  of  the 
committee  of  correspondence  for_  1780,  and 
was  chosen  the  same  year  as  one  of  a  comniit- 
tee  of  thirteen  "to  take  under  consideration 
the  new  form  of  government".  In  1781  he 
was  a  "captain"  and   was  "head"  of  one  of 


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the  five  "classes"  into  which  the  town  was 
divided  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  soldiers 
to  serve  in  the  continental  army.  After  the 
war  Captain  Proctor  removed  to  Cavendish, 
\'ermont,  where  he  founded  in  an  unbroken 
forest  the  village  of  Proctorsville. 

He  married  (^ first)  in  1760,  Lydia  Xutting, 
of  \\'estford,  who  died  November  16,  176": 
and  (second)  December  25,  1769,,  ;\Iary. 
daughter  of  Captain  Jabez  Keep,  who  died 
September  3,  1827.  Children:  i.  Philip, 
born  September  2,  1761 :  with  his  brotlier  Abel 
in  the  six  months  levy  of  soldiers  from  West- 
ford  in  1780.  2.  Abel,  December  28,  1762, 
died  in  the  West  Indies ;  married  Elizalaeth 
Clark,  of  New  London,  Connecticut.  3.  Leon- 
ard. October  8,  1764,  died  at  Cavendish  in 
1848.  4.  Asa,  November  26,  1766,  died  at 
sea,  unmarried.  5.  }ilary,  October  20,  1770. 
6.  Lydia,  July  7,  1772.  7.  Solomon,  July, 
1774.  8.  Thomas,  'Slay  19,  1776.  9.  Hannah, 
July  3,  1778.  10.  Jabez,  of  whom  further. 
II.  Experience,  September  25,  1783.  12.  John, 
September  13,  1785. 

(V)  Jabez,  son  of  Captain  Leonard  and 
Mary  (Keep)  Proctor,  was  born  at  Westford, 
3ilassachusetts,  April  22,  1780,  died  November 
22,  1839,  at  Proctorsville,  \'ermont.  He  went 
to  \'ermont  with  his  parents  when  he  was 
three  years  old.  He  married,  November  26, 
1817,  IBetsey  Parker,  born  at  Cavendish,  Ver- 
mont, August  5,  1792,  died  at  Rutland,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1871,  daughter  of  Isaac  Parker,  of 
Westford,  ^Massachusetts.  Children:  I.Har- 
riet, born  at  Proctorsville,  Vermont,  in  Janu- 
ary, 1819;  married  February  10,  1840,  Stod- 
dard B.  Colby,  late  register  of  the  United 
States  treasury ;  and  died  in  the  burning  of 
the  steamboat  "Henry  Clay''  on  the  Hudson 
river,  July  28,  1852.  2.  Arabella,  December 
18,  1820,  died  August  21,  1822.  3.  Lucien, 
October  28,  1822,  died  January  25,  1851,  in 
California.  4.  Araballa  G.,  June  3,  1825,  died 
August,  1846,  unmarried.  5.  Redfield,  of  whom 
further. 

(\T)  -Colonel  Redfield  Proctor,  youngest 
son  of  Jabez  and  Betsey  (Parker)  Proctor, 
was  born  at  Proctorsville,  \'ermont,  June  i, 
1831,  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  March  4, 
igo8.  He  represented  the  state  of  Vermont 
in  the  Cnited  States  senate  for  several  years. 
His  early  education  was  obtained  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  the  Derby  Academy,  preparing 
for  Dartmouth  College,  from  which  he  gradu- 
ated in  185 1,  receiving  later  the  degree  of 
A.  M.  Choosing  the  profession  of  law  he 
entered  the  law  school  at  Albany.  New  York, 
and  graduated  in  1859,  being  admitted  to  the 
bar  tliat  year  at  Albany  and  also  in  Wood- 
stock, \'ermont.     Opportunity  knocked  at  his 


door  and  he  was  taken  into  the  office  of  his 
cousin.  Judge  Isaac  F.  Redfield,  one  of  the 
leading  railroad  lawyers  of  Boston. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war  }ilr.  Proc- 
tor gave  up  his  chosen  vocation,  returning  to 
\"ermont  and  enlisting,  in  June,  1861,  in  the 
Third  \'ermont  \"olunteers,  receiving  a  com- 
mission as  lieutenant  and  quartermaster  of  his 
regiment.  The  \'ermonters  were  sent  to  the 
front  at  once,  but  Lieutenant  Proctor  was 
soon  withdrawn  from  his  company  to  join 
the  staff  of  General  "Baldy''  Smith,  from 
which  about  a  month  later  he  was  promoted 
to  become  major  of  the  newly  organized  Fifth 
\'ermont  Regiment.  He  served  with  distinc- 
tion in  the  Peninsular  campaign,  but  suffered 
disabling  hardships  which  made  it  necessarv 
to  resign  his  commission  and  return  home. 
Early  the  next  year  having  regained  his 
health,  he  was  anxious  to  return  to  the  front. 
On  the  organization  of  the  Fifteenth  \'ermont 
Regiment  he  was  made  its  colonel.  He  went 
south  with  his  new  command  and  reached 
Gettysburg  after  dark  on  the  first  day  of  the 
battle.  (Jn  the  following  day  to  his  regret  the 
regiment  was  sent  to  the  rear  to  guard  the 
baggage  train. 

Directly  after  the  surrender  of  General  Lee 
Colonel  Proctor  returned  to  the  home  place 
in  Proctorsville  and  took  up  the  occupation 
of  farming.  At  this  period  it  is  recalled  that 
as  farmer  and  countryman  he  was  often  seen 
clad  in  a  blue  and  white  striped  frock  reach- 
ing down  below  his  boot  tops,  trousers  tucked 
in  his  boot  legs,  whip  in  hand,  travelling  be- 
side a  pair  of  large  red  and  white  oxen,  going 
to  his  farmland  in  another  part  of  the  village. 
He  was  very  democratic  in  all  he  did.  Later 
he  returned  to  law  in  a  partnership  with  Col- 
onel Wheelock  G.  \'eazee,  at  Rutland.  In 
after  years  Colonel  Proctor  had  a  hard  fight 
to  keep  his  head  out  of  the  financial  mael- 
strom but  he  had  faced  too  many  bullets  to  be 
easilv  defeated,  and  he  weathered  the  tempest 
and  became  rich.  In  1880  consolidation  of 
the  principal  marble  interests  at  Southerland 
Falls  took  place,  with  Redfield  Proctor  as 
president  of  the  new  \'ermont  Marble  Com- 
pany. The  name  Southerland  Falls  had  been 
changed  to  Proctor,  and  in  1886  after  a  bitter 
fight  in  the  legislature  the  town  was  separated 
from  Rutland,  to  become  a  community  of 
strictly  individual  interests.  Today  it  is  the 
marble  centre  of  the  world. 

The  first  public  ofiice  which  Colonel  Proctor 
held  was  that  of  selectman  of  the  town  of 
Rutland.  In  1867  he  represented  the  town 
in  the  state  legislature,  serving  as  chairman 
of  the  committee  on  elections  in  the  lower 
house.     He  was  elected  to  the  state  senate  in 


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1874.  Icing  chosen  president  pyo  tempore  of 
that  ijody.  In  1876  he  was  elected  Heutenant- 
governor  of  ^■ermont,  and  in  1878  was  nom- 
inated by  the  Repubhcan  party  and  elected 
governor  of  \'ermont.  In  1888'  the  \'erniont 
legislature  unanimously  recommended  him 
for  a  cabinet  position  and  in  March,  1889. 
President  Harrison  appointed  him  secretary  of 
war.  Senator  Proctor  won  national  reputa- 
tion by  his  control  of  the  war  portfolio,  his 
administration  being  considered  one  of  the 
ablest  in  the  history  of  the  department.  On 
the  retirement  of  Senator  George  F.  Edmunds 
from  the  United  States  senate,  Governor  Page 
appointed  Secretary  Proctor  to  fill  the  unex- 
pired term,  and  on  October  18.  1892,  he  was 
elected  by  the  \'ermont  legislature  to  fill  both 
the  unexpired  term  and  the  full  term,  the  lat- 
ter ending  March  4,  1899.  During  this  period 
he  went  to  Cuba  to  look  over  the  situation, 
returned  and  made  out  a  lengthy  report  which 
was  read  before  the  senate  and  that  resulted 
in  war  being  declared.  He  was  after  that 
returned  twice  to  the  United  States  senate, 
where  he  had  great  influence. 

He  married.  May  26,  1858,  Emily  J.,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Hon.  Salmon  F.  and  Sarah  (  Bar- 
low) Button.  Children:  i.  Arabella,  born  at 
Proctorsville,  June  26,  1859,  died  !\Iarch  30, 
1905 :  married  Fred  G.  Holden.  2.  Fletcher 
D.,  of  whom  further.  3.  Fanny  G.,  May  2, 
1863,  died  September  26,  1883.  4.  Emily  D., 
at  Rutland,  \'ermont,  November  21,  1869.  5. 
Redfield  (2),  of  whom  further. 

(MI)  Hon.  Fletcher  Dutton,  eldest  son  of 
Redfield  Proctor  and  Emily  J.  (Dutton)  Proc- 
tor, was  born  at  Proctorsville,  \'ermont,  No- 
vember 7,  i860,  died  at  Proctor,  \'ermont, 
September  27,  191 1.  He  was  educated  in  the 
Rutland  Military  Institute,  ;Middlebury  high 
school  and  Amherst  College.  During  his  early 
years  his  father.  Colonel  Redfield  Proctor, 
had  been  organizing  and  establishing  on  a 
firm  basis,  from  the  shattered  remnants  of 
several  unfortunate  attempts  to  develop  their 
marble  deposits  in  Rutland  county,  what  be- 
came under  his  hand  the  \'ermont  Marble 
Company,  the  largest  single  producer  of  mar- 
ble in  the  world.  It  was  natural  for  the  son 
to  embrace  the  great  opportunity  before  him 
of  mastering  this  business  in  all  its  details 
and  assuming  the  responsibility  of  its  manage- 
ment. From  college  he  went,  not  into  the 
company's  offices,  but  into  its  shops.  He 
worked  at  the  trade  of  a  machinist,  and  later 
gained  a  thorough  knowledge  of  every  prac- 
tical step  that  enters  into  the  quarrying,  man- 
ufacture and  marketing  of  the  superb  marble 
that  the  company  owned  in  abundance.  In 
1885   he   became   superintendent  of  the   com- 


pany. In  1889  his  father  retired  from  its 
l^residency  and  Fletcher  succeeded  to  that  po- 
sition, which  he  held  for  a  period  of  twentv- 
two  years  up  to  his  death.  Under  his  con- 
trol, and  with  the  assistance  of  aides  chosen 
with  sagacity,  the  company  grew  and  pros- 
pered to  an  extent  that  made  it  the  largest 
single  industry  in  \ermont,  and  the  largest 
of  its  kind  in  the  world,  with  branches  in 
many  cities  of  the  United  States.  With  it 
have  grown  and  prospered  the  communities 
in  which  its  main  activities  have  centred. 

Fletcher  D.  Proctor  early  developed  a  tal- 
ent for  serving  others  and  the  community  and 
the  public,  which  called  for  much  of  his  time 
and  energy.  He  began  with  town  office,  in 
the  capacity  of  selectman  in  Rutland.  Educa- 
tion early  awakened  his  interest,  and  for  a 
long  period  from  1883  down  to  his  death  he 
served  on  the  school  board  of  his  town.  These 
and  other  local  duties  gave  him  practical 
knowledge  of  community  conditions  that 
served  him  well  in  the  higher  positions  that 
awaited  him.  He  represented  Proctor  in  tiie 
legislatures  of  1890,  1900  and  1904.  In  the 
session  of  1892  he  was  a  senator  from  Rut- 
land county.  In  the  session  of  1900  he  was 
speaker  of  the  house  of  representatives,  his 
service  being  marked  by  a  modest  bearing  and 
thorough  efficiency  that  not  only  won  him 
favor  but  despatched  business  without  delay. 
In  1902  Fletcher  D.  Proctor  was  an  unsuc- 
cessful candidate  before  the  Republican  state 
convention  for  the  nomination  as  governor. 
He  entered  the  canvass,  but  was  urged  to 
withdraw  and  did  so  in  favor  of  Hon.  John  G. 
McCullough,  who  was  elected.  In  1906  he 
was  his  party's  regular  candidate  for  the  gov- 
ernorship, being  opposed  by  an  independent 
fusion  movement.  It  is  said  that  it  was  in  this 
campaign  that  the  people  of  \'ermont  really 
discovered  I'letcher  D.  Proctor.  Though  un- 
trained as  a  public  speaker  Mr.  Proctor  in 
his  many  addresses  made  a  most  favorable  im- 
pression and  was  elected  to  the  governorsliip 
by  a  majority  over  all  of  15,171,  after  a  cam- 
paign which  at  the  outset  to  many  Republi- 
cans looked  very  discouraging. 

But  Mr.  Proctor's  interest  did  not  end  with 
his  elevation  to  the  governorship.  He  steadily 
pushed  fonvard  the  reforms  he  had  outlined  in 
his  inaugural  address.  In  the  midst  of  his 
other  activities  he  had  found  time,  during  the 
years  before  he  was  governor,  to  give  to  duties 
of  a  most  varied  nature.  He  served  three 
years  in  Company  A,  \'ermont  National 
Guard,  rising  to  the  rank  of  first  lieutenant  by 
appointment  of  Governor  Ebenezer  J.  Orms- 
bee.  He  was  secretary  of  civil  and  military 
affairs,   1886- 1888.     Iii   1883  he   was  chosen 


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colonel  at  the  head  of  the  \'ermont  division, 
Sons  of  \'eterans.  Among  his  connection 
with  enterprises  of  large  magnitude  and  use- 
fulness, aside  from  the  Vermont  Marble  Com- 
pany, he  was  president  of  the  \'ermont  For- 
estry Association :  a  director  of  the  New  Eng- 
land Telephone  and  Telegraph  Company,  the 
National  Life  Insurance  Company,  and  the 
Rutland  Railroad  Company ;  a  trustee  of  Nor- 
wich University,  and  of  ^liddlebury  College, 
from  both  of  which  institutions  he  held  the 
title  of  LL.  D.,  as  he  did  also  from  the  Uni- 
versit)'  of  \'ermont.  He  was  a  trustee  of  T. 
N.  \'airs  agricultural  school  at  Lyndon. 

He  married,  'Slay  26,  1886,  Minnie  E.. 
daughter  of  the  Hon.  Asher  C.  and  Erminie 
Robinson,  of  Westford,  \'ermont.  Children : 
Emily,  born  May  24,  1887  :  Mortimer  R.,  of 
whom  further:  and  Minnie,  January  18,  1895. 

(VH)  Redfield  (2),  youngest  son  of  Col- 
onel Redfield  (i)  and  Emily  J.  (Dutton) 
Proctor,  was  born  at  Proctor,  \'ermont,  April 
i3i  1879.  He  was  educated  in  the  town 
schools,  and  also  attended  schools  in  Pennsyl- 
vania and  in  Washington,  D.  C,  as  well  as 
the  Massachusetts  School  of  Technology.  He 
has  always  been  identified  with  the  \  ermont 
Marble  Company,  and  is  a  director  in  the  com- 
pany. He  is  vice-president  of  the  Proctor 
Trust  Company,  a  director  in  the  Rutland 
County  National  Bank  in  Rutland  and  is  a 
trustee  in  the  University  of  Vermont  and  the 
State  Tuberculosis  Hospital.  He  has  served 
on  the  board  of  selectmen  of  the  town,  and 
is  president  of  the  village,  which  he  repre- 
sented in  the  legislature  in  1912.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Loyal  Legion. 

He  married,  October  24,  1906,  Mary  S., 
(laughter  of  John  A.  and  Margaret  M. 
(Young)  Hedrick,  of  Salisbury.  North  Caro- 
lina. There  has  been  one  child,  Margaret, 
born  March  30,  191 1. 

(NTH)  Mortimer  Robinson,  son  of  Fletcher 
Dutton  and  Minnie  E.  (  Robinson )  Proctor, 
vvas  born  in  Proctor,  Vermont,  May  30,  1889. 
He  graduated  from  Yale  College  in  1912,  and 
is  now  in  the  office  of  the  \'ermont  Marble 
Company. 


William  Thrall,  the  immigrant 
THRALL     ancestor,  was  born  in  England 

in  1605.  In  March.  1630.  a 
Congregational  church  was  formed  at  Ply- 
mouth. England,  the  minister  being  Rev.  John 
Warham.  The  minister  and  his  people  sailed 
for  New  England  in  the  ship  "Mary  and 
John",  on  March  20,  1630.  and  landed  at  Nan- 
tasket  Point.  May  30,  of  the  same  year.  They 
settled  in  Dorchester  and  soon  afterward  went 
to  Windsor,  Connecticut.     Among  the  number 


who  went  to  Connecticut  was  William  Thrall. 
He  lived  in  what  was  known  as  Hoytes  Mea- 
dow, Windsor,  and  some  of  his  descendants 
still  live  on  the  property.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  Pequot  war.  at  the  time  when  Windsor 
was  required  to  furnish  thirty  men.  The  great 
battle  of  the  war  was  fought  on  May  26,  1637, 
and  the  victory  was  so  important  that  '"a  grant 
of  land  was  given  to  each  soldier  and  officer ; 
and  to  this  day  the  memory  of  an  ancestor 
who  was  in  the  Pequot  fight,  is  an  honorable 
heir-loom  in  every  Connecticut  family."  Will- 
iam   Thrall   married   Goode.   and   she 

died  July  30,  1676.  He  died  August  3.  1  Sab- 
bath), 1678.  aged  seventy-three  \ears.  Chil- 
dren :  Timothy,  mentioned  below ;  David ; 
I>erhaps  others. 

( II )  Timothy,  son  of  William  Thrall,  was 
born  July  26,  1641,  died  in  June.  1697,  aged 
fifty-six  years.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  in 
Windsor,  and  his  name  is  found  often  on  the 
records.  He  owned  much  property  in  the 
town.  There  were  four  generations  bv  the 
name  of  Timothy.  He  married,  November 
ID,  1659,  Deborah  Gun,  who  died  January  7, 
1694.  Children,  born  in  Windsor:  Deborah; 
Timothy  :  ^lehitable  :  Elizabeth  :  John,  men- 
tioned below  :  Martha  :  Thomas  :  Samuel,  Abi- 
gail, twins. 

( III)  John,  son  of  Timothy  Thrall,  was  born 
June  5,  1671,  died  .\pril  18,  1732,  aged  si.xty- 
one  years  and  nine  months.  There  were  five 
generations  by  the  name  of  John.  He  mar- 
ried. January  6,  1697,  Mindwell  Moses.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Windsor :  John,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Moses  :  Aaron  :  Amy  :  Joseph  :  David  ; 
Joel :  Charles :  Jerusha. 

(IV)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Thrall, 
was  born  October  13,  1699,  in  Windsor,  died 
in  1762,  aged  sixty-three  years.  He,  his  fa- 
ther, and  some  of  their  descendants,  were 
buried  in  the  Turkey  Hills  parish  of  Windsor, 
where  several  descendants  still  live.  John 
Thrall  married  Mary  Roberts.  Children,  born 
in  W'indsor  :  John  :  Mary  :  .Aaron  :  Lucy  ; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below  :  Mindwell :  Ezekiel : 
Benjamin. 

(V)  Captain  Samuel  Thrall,  son  of  John 
(2)  Thrall,  was  born  in  Windsor.  July  11. 
1737,  died  December  3,  1821,  aged  eighty-four 
years  and  five  months.  He  was  the  last  sur- 
vivor of  his  generation,  and  in  1820  there  were 
living  six  of  his  sons  and  daughters,  sixty-two 
grandchildren,  twenty-eight  great-grandchil- 
dren and  several  of  the  fifth  generation,  mak- 
ing over  a  hundred  descendants.  Samuel 
Thrall  was  a  farmer.  He  was  an  active  and  in- 
dustrious man.  and  was  influential  in  the  town, 
having  a  reputation  for  honesty  and  common 
sense.     In  height  he  was  about  five  feet,  nine 


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inches,  and  in  weight  about  one  hundred  and 
fifty  pounds.  He  was  for  years  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church  in  West  Rutland, 
\'ermont.  He  served  in  the  French  and  In- 
dian war  of  1762  as  an  officer  in  the  English 
service,  and  in  the  revolution  as  captain.  He 
moved  from  Windsor  to  Granville,  Massachu- 
setts, before  the  revoluton.  In  1784  he  was 
a  sympathizer  with  Shays,  and  suffered 
much  as  a  result.  In  1788  he  was  a  member 
of  the  legislature  of  ]\Iassachusetts,  and  in 
1790  moved  to  Rutland,  \'ermont,  where  he 
remained  the  rest  of  his  life.  His  children 
moved  there  about  the  same  time  with  the  ex- 
ception of  Samuel,  Lucy  and  Worthy.  He 
married  Lucy  Winchell,  daughter  of  Martin 
and  Lucv  Winchell.  Children :  Theodosia ; 
Lucy  ;  Mary,  died  young :  Samuel ;  Aaron : 
Jesse  ;  Eliphas  ;  Worthy  ;  Chauncy.  mentioned 
below  :  Mary  ;  James,  died  young. 

(VI)  Chauncy,  son  of  Captain  Samuel 
Thrall,  was  born  December  6,  1772.  At  the 
time  of  his  death.  April  4,  1844,  in  West  Rut- 
land, at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years,  the  Rut- 
land Herald  said : 

The  inhabitants  of  this  place  have  been  called  of 
late  to  mourn  the  departure  of  an  unusual  number 
of  leading  men ;  men  who  have  occupied  such  sta- 
tions and  taken  such  a  part  in  the  affairs  of  the 
community,  as  to  cause  their  deaths  to  be  uni- 
versally felt  and  lamented.  The  deceased  was  one 
of  that  number.  The  equanimity  of  his  temper, 
and  his  uniform  kindness  as  a  father,  can  be  real- 
ized only  by  those  who  sustained  to  him  the  rela- 
tion of  children,  and  are  left  to  lament  their  loss. 
But  as  a  citizen  and  a  Christian,  his  e.xample  has 
been  before  all,  and  was  such  as  to  gain  the  respect 
and  love  of  his  neighbors,  and  inspire  them  with 
the  hope   that   death    did   not   find   him    unprepared. 

He  served  as  a  representative  to  the  legis- 
lature, and  for  the  most  of  his  life  held  some 
public  office.  He  married  Polly  Chipman.  who 
died  a  few  vears  before  him.  Children,  born 
in  Rutland:'  Jonathan  C,  died  in  1852.  was 
an  influential  citizen :  Chauncy,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Samuel  R.,  a  Presbyterian  clergyman  in 
IHinois :  Lurena,  married  Henry  Hewett,  both 
deceased  :  Theodosia.  married  Judson  Gorham  ; 
Mary,  married   Jacob  Bailey. 

(VII)  Chauncv  (2),  son  of  Chauncy  (i) 
Thrall,  was  born  September  17,  1801.  in  Rut- 
land, Vermont,  in  the  part  now  West  Rutland, 
died  September  18,  1875.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  a  verv  industrious  and  active  man.  He 
lived  in  Rutland  all  his  life,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Congregational  church  and  of  its 
prudential  committee.  He  married  Caroline 
Blanchard,  born  December  29,  1S02,  died  Oc- 
tober 10,  1880.  Children,  born  in  Rutland: 
Rollin  Chauncv,  mentioned  below :  Lura,  born 
1833,  died  November  21,,   1837;  Mary  Eliza- 


beth, born  1834.  died  July  25,  1838;  Lura  Eliz- 
abeth, born  1837,  died  October  31,  1838;  Ben- 
jamin Blanchard,  born  1841,  died  January  12, 
1866;  Samuel  Hanson,  born  1843,  'lied' No- 
vember 27,  1847. 

(\'IIIj  Rollin  Chauncy,  son  of  Chauncy 
(2)  Thrall,  was  born  in  Rutland,  June  25, 
1828,  died  at  West  Rutland,  May  12,  1895. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the  West 
Rutland  .\cademy.  During  his  yijuth  he  as- 
sisted his  father  in  the  work  of  the  farm. 
He  succeeded  to  the  farm,  and  always  lived  on 
the  homestead.  He  was  gifted  musically,  had 
a  well-trained  voice  and  for  many  years  taught 
singing  school.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  and  especially  active  and 
prominent  in  all  forms  of  ciiurch  work.  He 
was  keenly  interesteil  in  public  affairs  and 
for  many  years  was  a  justice  of  the  peace.  In 
politics    he   was  a   Republican. 

He  married,  November  23,  1853.  Aurilla 
L.  Deland,  born  in  West  Rutland,  November 
8,  1830,  died  December  29,  1893,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Appleton  and  Martha  (Reynolds)  Ap- 
pleton.  Children,  born  at  West  Rutland:  i. 
William  .\ppleton,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Charles  Rollin,  born  September  23,  1858 ;  died 
September  15,  1862.  3.  Caroline  Martha,  born 
October  9,  i860 :  now  engaged  in  Young  Wo- 
men's Christian  Association  work  in  Provi- 
dence, Rhode  Island.  4.  Rollin  Benjamin, 
born  June  11,  1864;  died  September  11,  1865. 
5.  Walter  Chauncy,  mentioned  below.  6.  Au- 
rilla Deland.  born  December  20,  1872,  gen- 
eral secretary  of  the  Young  Women's  Chris- 
tian Association  at  Nashua.  New  Hampshire. 
7.  Lucy  Frances,  born  September  4,  1874 ; 
died  August  27,  1875. 

(IX)  William  Appleton.  son  of  Rollin 
Chauncy  Thrall,  was  born  at  West  Rutland, 
X'ermotit,  June  29,  1855.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  East- 
man Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie,  New 
York.  He  has  been  in  business  as  a  general 
merchant  since  1878,  formerly  in  partnership 
with  others,  but  alone  since  1897.  In  addi- 
tion to  his  mercantile  business,  he  conducts  a 
farm  of  three  hundred  and  twenty-five  acres 
in  West  Rutland  and  is  one  of  the  best  known 
farmers  of  this  section.  He  is  director  of 
the  West  Rutland  Trust  Company,  and  one 
of  the  incoriX)rators.  He  is  a  justice  of  the 
peace  and  has  been  treasurer  of  the  town, 
member  of  the  school  board  and  in  1900  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  state  legislature.  While 
in  the  house  he  served  on  the  committee  on 
claims.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  and  past  master  of  Hiram  Lodge. 
No.  loi,  Free  .Masons,  of  West  Rutland.     He 


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is  an  active  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  chairman  of  the  prudential  com- 
mittee. 

He  married,  Xovember  19,  1884,  Carrie  B. 
Xorth,  of  West  Rutland,  daughter  of  Aaron 
Eugene  and  Jane  ( Baldwin )  Xorth.  Chil- 
dren, horn  in  West  Rutland:  i.  Jennie  Grace, 
born  September  3.  1885,  died  July  29,  1886.  2. 
Edith  Lillian,  born  January  i,  1887;  married 
June  26,  1907,  Thomas  Charles  Ross,  of  West 
Rutland,  and  has  one  child,  ^lildred  Thrall 
Ross,  born  October  21,  1908.  3.  Rollin  Will- 
iam, born  June  11,  1889,  died  October  9,  1889. 
4.  Helen  Aurilla,  born  May  24,  1891  ;  died 
January  8,  1892.  5.  William  Xorth,  born 
August  31,  1898. 

( IX )  Walter  Chauncy,  brother  of  William 
Appleton  Thrall,  was  born  in  West  Rutland, 
I^Iarch  22,  1867.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation there  in  the  public  schools  and  at  the 
State  Xormal  School  at  Castleton.  \'ermont. 
During  his  boyhood  and  youth  he  worked 
on  his  father's  farm,  and  afterward  followed 
farming  on  his  account.  For  five  years  he 
was  a  clerk  in  his  brother's  general  store  at 
West  Rutland.  Since  1910  he  has  been  in 
the  milk  business  in  West  Rutland  and  con- 
ducts a  farm  there.  He  is  active  in  public 
affairs  and  has  served  on  the  board  of  school 
directors  of  West  Rutland.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  Xo.  loi.  Free  Masons,  of  West  Rut- 
land, and  of  the  Congregational  church  of 
that   town. 

He  married.  February  6.  1889,  Chandleretta 
Clark,  who  was  born  February  23,  1868, 
daughter  of  Elias  and  Carolina  Henrietta 
(Morrill)  Clark,  granddaughter  of  Daniel  and 
Maria  (Salisbury)  Clark,  and  great-grand- 
daughter of  Daniel  and  Sybil  (Fitch)  Clark. 
Children:      i.    Mabel   Henrietta,  born   March 

3,  1890.  2.  Rollin  Clark,  born  January  7, 
1892.     3.  Wayne  Edwin,  born  June  9,   1893. 

4.  Walter  Deland,  born  January  5,  1899. 


William  Burke  was  born  in  coun- 
BURKE  ty  Tipperary.  Ireland,  about 
1762,  died  there  in  1842.  He 
was  a  farmer,  and  an  energetic  and  industri- 
ous man.  Children:  William  :  Patrick  ;  John, 
in  British  service  and  died  in  India;  Michael, 
of  whom  further ;  Mary. 

(II)  Michael,  son  of  ^^'illiam  Burke,  was 
born  in  1S18.  in  Xewport.  county  Tipperary, 
Ireland,  died  in  Saratoga.  Xew  York,  in  1849, 
aged  thirty-one  years.  He  attended  school 
but  a  short  time,  and  in  1847  came  to  America 
by  way  of  Quebec,  Canada.  He  settled  in 
Litchfield,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed in  railroad  construction  work.     After 


remaining  two  years  in  America  he  sent  for 
his  family,  and  when  they  arrived  he  went  to 
Saratoga  to  meet  them.  While  there  he  was 
taken  sick  with  cholera  and  died.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Ireland,  Honora  Casey,  born  in  1822 
in  count}-  Limerick,  near  the  city  of  Limerick, 
died  in  1905,  aged  eighty-three  years.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  Michael  Casey.  Children, 
born  in  Ireland:  James,  of  whom  further: 
Alice,  married  Alichael  Mabar,  superintendent 
of  slate  quarry  at  Hydeville.  \'ermont :  John, 
deceased :  Michael,  deceased ;  William,  de- 
ceased. 

(Ill)  James,  son  of  Michael  Burke,  was 
born  January  5,  1839,  in  the  parish  of  Bird 
Hill,  county  Tipperary,  Ireland.  He  attended 
school  in  Ireland,  but  most  of  his  education 
has  been  gained  through  his  own  efforts,  as 
he  was  but  ten  years  of  age  wdien  the  familv 
came  to  America  in  1849.  Owing  to  the  sud- 
den death  of  his  father  he  was  obliged  to  go 
to  work  when  only  eleven  years  of  age.  Until 
185 1  lie  lived  in  Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania, 
and  then  moved  to  Whitehall,  New  York, 
remaining  there  about  a  year  and  a  half.  He 
then  moved  to  West  Castleton,  Vermont,  and 
was  employed  in  the  slate  works  for  about 
two  years.  In  1854  he  moved  to  West  Rut- 
land, \'ermont,  where  he  has  lived  since.  He 
began  there  to  work  in  the  marble  quarries, 
and  from  the  lowest  position  attained  that  of 
foreman.  He  held  that  position  for  several 
years,  and  in  1906  retired  from  active  work. 
He  has  held  the  offices  of  lister,  selectman  and 
justice  of  the  peace. 

He  married,  July  6,  1859,  Mary  Gleason, 
who  was  born  in  Youngbal,  county  Tipperary, 
Ireland,  December  \6,  1834,  and  came  to 
America  in  1857.  She  was  daughter  of  Mich- 
ael and  Sarah  (Hogan)  Gleason.  Children, 
born  in  Rutland:  i.  Mary,  born  May  10, 
i860:  married  P.  J.  Lonergan,  of  Xew  York 
City.  2.  Michael  B.,  April  i,  1862;  in  the 
marble  and  granite  business  at  Mansfield. 
Ohio.  3.  Witliam  G.,  March  28,  1864,  died 
December  11,  1901  :  sergeant  of  police  in  Xew 
York,  and  promoted  to  captain  the  day  be- 
fore he  died.  4.  James  E.,  of  whom  further. 
5.  John.  October  19.  1868,  died  January  6, 
1898.  6.  Malachi,  February  22,  187 1,  died 
September,  1873.  7.  Patrick  Francis,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1873,  died  April  24,  1897.  8.  Sarah 
A..  Alay  29,  1876;  in  charge  of  the  stenog- 
raphers in  the  office  of  the  Aetna  Insurance 
Company.  Xew  York. 

(I\')  James  Edward  Burke,  son  of  James 
Burke,  was  born  May  5,  1866,  in  West  Rut- 
land. \'ermont,  then  part  of  Rutland.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town.     He  was  clerk  in  a  general 


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store  there  tor  fu'e  years,  and  in  the  employ 
of  the  True  Bkie  ^larble  Company,  of  Rut- 
land, for  fourteen  years.  In  1897  he  became 
connected  with  the  Xew  York  Life  Insurance 
Company,  of  which  he  is  now  the  general 
agent,  with  offices  in  the  Mead  Building,  Rut- 
land. He  organized  the  Orvillo  Marble 
Quarrying-  Company  in  1902,  and  is  its  secre- 
tary and  treasurer.  He  was  one  of  the  or- 
ganizer; of  the  Clarendon  ^ilarble  Company. 
and  is  secretary  of  the  company  and  one  of 
its  board  of  directors.  He  had  charge  of  the 
construction  of  the  railroad  leading  to  the 
cjuarriesof  the  company.  Always  keenly  inter- 
ested in  politics  and  public  affairs,  he  was  one 
of  the  prime  movers  in  securing  an  adequate 
public  water  system  for  the  village  of  West 
Rutland.  He  has  served  on  the  grand  jury, 
on  the  board  of  school  directors  for  five  years, 
and  has  been  justice  of  the  peace  many  years. 
In  1902  he  represented  his  town  in  the  state 
legislature,  and  served  on  important  commit- 
tees, including  the  committee  on  claims.  He 
is  serving  his  third  year  as  selectman  of  the 
town.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  Mr. 
Burke  is  exceedingly  popular  both  in  business 
and  social  life,  and  he  possesses  in  the  highest 
degree  the  esteem  and  confidence  of  his  towns- 
men. In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
and  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians. 

Mr.  Burke  married,  April  i.  1888,  Theresa 
Ollivette.  of  Port  Henry,  New  York,  daughter 
of  Ignatius  and  ]\[ary  ( McKenna )  Ollivette. 
Children,  born  at  West  Rutland:  i.  ^lary  C, 
born  February  21,  1890;  married  Harold  E. 
Thompson,  of  Rutland.  Children :  Yvonne 
Elizabeth,  born  October  10.  191 1;  Mary,  Oc- 
tober 7.  1912.  2.  James  Francis,  _  October  9. 
1893.  3-  Frederick  Leo.  twin,  October  9, 
1893.  4.  Theresa  E.,  June  15,  1896.  5.  Mar- 
garet fjllivette.  :\Iay  7,  1902.  6.  William  J., 
January   31.    1912. 


The  Gannett  family  is  of 
GAXXETT  English  origin.  Two  bro- 
thers and  a  sister  were  among 
the  early  settlers  in  this  country.  Judith  Gan- 
nett, aged  twenty-si.x,  came  in  the  ship  "Fran- 
cis" to"  Ipswich,  April  30,  1634.  and  lived  in 
the  family  of  John  Coggeshall.  being  admitted 
to  the  Boston  "church,  September  7,  1634:  she 
married  at  Scituate.  September  20,  1636.  Rob- 
ert Shelley.  She  was  received  into  the  church 
at  Barnstable.  r^Iassachusetts,  in  1644.  being 
dismissed  from  the  Boston  church.  July  14. 
1644.  Anne  Shelley,  sister  of  Robert,  also 
lived  in  the  Coggeshall  family.  Thomas  Gan- 
nett appears  to  have  come  from  England  about 
1638.     He   and   his   brother   Matthew    settled 


fir^t  at  Hingliam.  Massachusetts.  In  1G42 
Thomas  became  one  of  the  tirst  settlers  and 
proprietors  of  Duxbury,  Massachusetts,  but 
in  1651,  having  obtained  a  grant  of  land  in 
Bridgewater,  he  became  one  of  the  first  five 
settlers  of  that  town  where  he  died  in  1655. 
He  married  Sarah  Jarmill.  who  married  sec- 
ond, September  l>.  1O55,  William  Saville.  and 
third,  July  5,  1(170,  Thomas  Faxon,  both  of 
Bridgewater.  She  died  there  in  1697.  Tho- 
mas made  his  will,  June  19,  1655,  ^""^  ''  ^^'^^ 
proved,  .August  7,  1655,  bequeathing  to  his 
wife  and  brother  Mathew,  as  he  had  no  chil- 
dren. 

(I)  Matthew  Gannett,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  1617,  and  came  with  his  bro- 
ther Thomas,  of  previous  mention,  and  located 
first  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  removing  in 
165 1  to  Scituate,  Massachusetts,  where  he  had 
purchased  half  a  share  in  the  Conihasset  lands 
of  .\nna  \'inal.  He  resided  at  Scituate  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  in  a  house  situated  at 
the  west  end  of  the  dam  at  Lincoln's  Mills, 
near  Captain  Wallis'  house.  He  died  there 
in  1694  at  the  age  of  seventy-seven.  His  will 
is  dated  August  23,  1694,  and  was  proved 
Xovember  15th  of  the  same  year.  He  be- 
queathed to  his  grandsons,  Matthew  and  Jo- 
seph, the  lands  at  Bridgewater  that  he  in- 
herited from  his  brother,  and  he  gave  his 
homestead  and  land  at  Scituate  and  Hingham 
to  his  son  Matthew.  He  married  probably  at 
Hingham.  Hannah  .\ndrews.  who  died  at  Scit- 
uate, July  10,  1700,  aged  seventy-eight,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Andrews.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Matthew,  of  whom  further.  2.  Re- 
hoboth.  settled  in  Morristown.  Xew  Jersey, 
and  died  without  issue.     3.  Hannah,  married 

Adams.    4.  Abigail,  married  Jonathan 

Dodson.    5.  Elizabeth,  married Leavitt. 

6.  Joseph,  born  in  Scituate  about  1660,  died 
August  14,  1693:  married  at  Marblehead,  Au- 
gust 15.  1682,  Deborah  Sharp,  widow,  the 
daughter  of  Henry  Coombs  who  died  in  1660 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  who  died  1709.  7. 
Benjamin. 

(II)  Matthew  (2),  son  of  Matthew  (1) 
Gannett,  was  born  in  1652,  died  at  Scituate, 
Massachusetts,  February  9.  1703,  aged  fifty- 
one  years.  He  erected  a  house  near  his  fa- 
ther's in  1675.  He  had  sons:  Matthew  (3),. 
of  whom  further:  Joseph  and  probably  others. 

(III)  Matthew  "(3 1,  son  of  Matthew  (2) 
Gannett,  was  born  about  1675.  He  marrietl 
(first)  June  30,  1702,  Mary  Chapin,  who  died 

.\pril   9,    1703.      He   married    (second)    

Children  of  second  marriage,  born  in  Scituate: 
Samuel,  born  February  13.  1714.  died  ^fay 
13.  1715:  Seth.  born  September  18,  I7i'>.  died 
March  20.  1717:  Elizabeth,  born  February  I, 


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1718;  Samuel,  of  whom  further:  ^lary,  bap- 
tized April   15,   1722. 

il\')  Samuel,  son  of  Matthew  (3),  Gan- 
nett, was  born  at  Scituate,  April  26,  1721. 
Another  Samuel,  son  of  a  Matthew  Sr.,  was 
baptized  there  July  15,  1722,  with  I^Iary  Gan- 
nett. Matthew  Sr.  was  the  son  of  Joseph, 
and  so-called  to  distinguish  him  from  Matthew 
(3).  Samuel  married  at  Scituate,  November 
2,  1752,  Sarah  Cole.  Children  of  Samuel  and 
Sarah,  born  at  Scituate :  Benjamin,  baptized 
July  14,  1754;  Joseph,  baptized  December  4, 
"1757,  died  young ;  Hannah,  baptized  Novem- 
ber 4,  1759;  Hannah,  baptized  October  9, 
1763:  Sarah,  baptized  September  28.  1766; 
Joseph,  of  whom  further ;  Lucy,  baptized  Sep- 
tember 26,  1773. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Gannett,  was 
born  July  i,  1768,  at  Scituate.  His  grave- 
stone proves  his  parentage.  He  also  lived 
at  Scituate.  He  married,  first,  January  i, 
1792,  Ruth  Gannett,  who  was  born  March  20, 
1771,  daughter  of  Matthew  Jr.  and  Submit 
(Joy)  Gannett,  at  Scituate.  Her  mother  was 
of  Hingham,  and  the  intention  of  marriage  of 
her  parents  was  dated  February  9,  1755.  Her 
father,  [Matthew  Jr.,  was  born  December  17, 
1718.  Ruth  died  November  10,  1823,  aged 
fifty-three  years,  according  to  her  gravestone. 
Joseph  married,  second,  August  i,  1824,  at 
"Scituate,  Betsey  Battles,  a  widow ;  he  mar- 
ried, third,  March  26,  1832,  at  Scituate,  Judith 
Briggs.  Joseph  was  a  farmer  at  Scituate. 
Children,  all  by  his  first  wife:  Cole,  born 
April  6,  1794;  Becky,  March  18,  1796:  Joy, 
of  whom  further;  Nabby,  June  25,  1800;  Free- 
man, October  6,  1803:  Seth,  March  i,  1806: 
Howard,  May  23,  1808;  Joseph,  September 
21,  1810. 

(VI)  Joy,  son  of  Joseph  Gannett,  was  born 
in  Scituate,  June  10,  1798.  He  was  a  miller 
bv  trade.  He  married  at  Scituate,  intention 
dated  October  7,  1826,  Mary  King,  of  Little- 
ton, Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Roger  King. 
:\Irs.  Gannett  was  a  school  teacher  before  her 
marriage.  They  were  both  members  of  the 
Baptist  Church'  Children:  i.  Louisa  Joy, 
born  at  Cohasset,  November  31,  1827  fthus 
recorded  at  Scituate)  :  married  John  Little- 
field.  2.  George  King,  married  Rebecca  H, 
\V.  Whitney.  3.  Mary  Rogers,  born  at  Co- 
hasset, December  29,  1832;  married  William 
Osgood  of  Boston.  4.  Samuel,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(VH)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Joy  Gannett,  was 
born  at  Cohasset,  Massachusetts,  November 
27,  1834.  He  attended  Miss  Smith's  private 
school,  the  public  schools,  Mr.  Marsh's  private 
school  at  Dorchester,  the  famous  Allen  School 
of   Newton,    Massachusetts,    Milton    Academy 


at  Milton,  Massachusetts,  and  completed  his 
academic  education  at  Chauncy  Hall  School, 
Boston,  in  185 1,  then  kept  by  Thayer  &  Gush- 
ing, masters.  He  engaged  in  business  as  a 
dealer  in  flour,  feed,  hay  and  grain  at  Milton, 
Massachusetts,  in  1858,  and  continued  in  busi- 
ness for  fifty  years,  selling  out  in  1908  to  the 
new  firm  of  Swan,  Babcock  &  Company, 
Since  then  he  has  lived  in  retirement  from 
active  business.  He  was  elected  a  director  of 
the  Blue  Hill  National  Bank,  January  14, 
1879,  and  became  its  president,  January  16, 
1893.  He  resigned  as  director  and  president, 
January  10,  191 1.  after  serving  as  director 
"for  thirty-two  years  and  as  president  for  eigh- 
teen years.  In  politics  he  is  independent,  and 
he  served  one-year  terms  as  assessor,  survevor 
of  highways  and  selectman  of  ]^Iilton,  declin- 
ing re-election.  He  is  a  member  of  no  secret 
societies,  but  belongs  to  the  Milton  Club.  His 
father  and  mother  were  both  members  of  the 
Neponset  Baptist  Church  and  he  attended  the 
Baptist  church  in  his  youth.  Afterward  he 
attended  Methodist  and  Congregational 
churches  in  Milton,  but  in  later  years  he  has 
attended  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  of 
which  his  wife  is  a  communicant.  The  old 
Gannett  house  near  the  north  Scituate  depot  is 
now  owned  by  Mr.  Samuel  Gannett,  of  Mil- 
ton. 

He  married,  October  17,  1867,  in  Milton, 
Alice  G.  Emerson,  who  w-as  born  in  East  }.lil- 
ton,  April  17,  1842,  a  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Ann  (Babcock)  Emerson.  Her  father  was  a 
foreman  on  the  Granite  Railway  at  Ouincy. 
She  had  four  sisters :  Harriet,  Alary  Frances, 
Ellen  N.  and  Jane  E.  Emerson.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gannett:  Mary  King,  Alice 
Emerson,  flattie  Louise,  Margaret  Emerson, 
married  Harold  W.  French,  and  they  have  one 
child,  Samuel  Gannett  French. 


(\')  Abram  or  Abraham  Ross, 
ROSS  son  of  John  Ross  (q.  v. ),  was  born 
in  Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 2,  1749-50,  died  July  14,  1841.  at  the 
great  age  of  ninety-seven  years.  He  re- 
moved to  Bolton.  Massachusetts,  and  thence 
as  early  as  1777  to  Jaffrey,  New  Hampshire. 
In  that  year  he  was  road  surveyor  at  Jaf- 
frey. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution. 
His  farm  at  Jaf?rey  was  lot  4.  range  seven. 
He  married  Persis' Welch,  of  Bolton.  Chil- 
dren :  Betsey,  born  1775,  married  Jonathan 
Stanlev;  Paul,  mentioned  below:  John,  mar- 
ried (first)  May  8,  1804,  Abigail"  Merriam, 
I  second)  Man-  Ware:  Abram.  born  1781, 
married  Nancy  Maynard.  and  lived  on  the 
homestead:  Jonas, '1784:  Persis,  niarried, 
lanuarv   22,  "1812,   Thomas   Browning:   Pru- 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


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(lence,  iiiarricil.  luh'  1 1.  1809,  Jedediali  Stan- 
ley. 

(\'I)  Paul,  son  of  Ahrani  or  .Vhrahain 
Ross,  was  born  at  Jaffrey,  New  Hampshire. 
1777.  He  moved  to  liarre,  X'ermont.  He 
married  (first)  Olive  Moore,  who  died  Octo- 
ber 15,  1800;  (second)  Tryphena  Chandler, 
September  4,  1803.  The  only  child  by  the 
first  wife  was  Paul  Moore,  mentioned  below. 
Children  by  second  wife:  Ahrain.  born  June 
27,  1804;  Stephen.  August  24,  1806;  Ozias, 
December  28,  181 1  ;  John,  May  2,  1813. 

(\II)  Paul  Moore,  son  of  Paul  Ross,  was 
born  at  Barre.  N'ermont,  October  15,  1800. 
died  at  Poultney,  X'ermont,  July  20,  1870. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was  apprenticed  to 
Judge  Ellis,  of  Barre,  and  when  he  came  of 
age  he  removed  to  Burlington.  N'ermont. 
thence  to  \'ergennes  in  that  state.  In  1825, 
at  the  request  of  Reuben  Wheeler,  he  came 
to  East  Poultney  and  entered  into  partner- 
ship with  Olcott  Sherman  in  the  harness  and 
saddlery  business.  After  a  few  years  this 
firm  was  dissolved,  Ross  remaining  in  the 
business  at  East  Poultney  and  Sherman  at 
West  Poultney.  In  1852  Mr.  Ross  bought 
what  is  known  as  the  Cleveland  Hill  farm 
and  conducted  it  until  1848  when  he  sold  it. 
He  manufactured  Dewey's  Spring  Tooth 
Rake  and  Tin  Spoons  and  in  1850  entered 
into  partnership  with  Elijah  West  to  make 
melodeons  and  he  continued  in  this  business 
until  he  died.  He  was  a  quaint,  unpretend- 
ing man,  we  are  told  by  the  old  history  of 
Poultney,  and  a  man  of  wit  and  humor,  jok- 
ing without  offense.  He  succeeded  Elisha 
Ashley  as  town  treasurer  and  he  was  over- 
seer of  the  poor  for  eleven  years.  He  mar- 
ried, February  14,  1827,  Charlotte  Moseley 
Dewey,  born  September  8,  1804,  died  April 
5,  1897  (see  Dewey  \T).  They  had  one 
child,  Lucretius  Dewey,  mentioned  below. 

(\  III)  Dr.  Lucretius  Dewey  Ross,  son  of 
Paul  Moore  Ross,  was  born  at  Poultney,  X'er- 
mont, July  4,  1828,  died  in  1902.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  studied  his  profession  at  the  Medical 
College  at  Castleton,  \'ermont,  after  gradu- 
ating from  ^liddlebury  College.  He  married. 
July  4,  i860,  Adeline  A.  Baldwin,  born  at 
Bristol.  Vermont,  in  1832,  died  at  Poultney, 
\'ermont,  October  28,  1874.  daughter  of  Hi- 
ram G.  and  Roxanna  (Strong)  Baldwin. 
Children  :  Carroll  B..  mentioned  below ;  Wil- 
lis Moore,  born  at  Poultney.  May  8.  1863: 
Anna  Drew,  April  14,  1865  ;  Lucretius  Henry, 
Benson.  X'ermont,  September  29.  1867.  phy- 
sician at  Bennington.  X'ermont ;  Paul  Gilbert. 
October  6.  1869.  postmaster  at  Poultney: 
Charles     Lefifingwell,     November     16,     1871. 


druggist  at  Ticonderoga,  New  V.>rk,  married 
Esther  E.  .Xbtott,  .\pril  2j,  1903. 

(IX)  Dr.  Carroll  I'.ahlwin  Ross,  ,n  of 
Dr.  Lucretius  Dewe>  Ross,  was  born  at  Poult- 
ney, \ermont,  August  2^.  iSf^ir.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  at  Troy  Conference  Seminary,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1878;  and  at  Mid- 
dlebury  College  from  which  he  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1882. 
He  received  his  medical  training  at  the  Har- 
vard Medical  School,  from  wliich  lie  was 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Medi- 
cine in  1886.  Since  tlien  he  has  been  in  ac- 
tive practice  in  West  Rutland,  Vermont.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Rutland  County  Medical 
Society,  the  X'ermont  State  Medical  Society 
and  the  American  Medical  Association.  He 
has  been  active  in  public  affairs  and  has  held 
various  offices  of  private  and  public  trust.  He 
is  a  director  of  the  West  Rutland  Trust  Com- 
pany. He  has  been  for  a  number  of  years 
on  the  school  board  of  XX'est  Rutland.  He 
has  taken  the  thirty-two  degrees  of  Scottish 
Rite  Masonry  and  is  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge.  No.  loi.  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  West  Rutland:  Davenport  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  also  of  the  Council.  Royal 
and  Select  Masters:  Killington  Commandery. 
Knights  Templar,  and  Cairo  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Rutland,  and  of  other  Masonic 
bodies.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first)  1886,  Ada  Dunton.  of 
Rutland,  died  1891,  daughter  of  William  H. 
and  Sarah  (Randall)  Dunton.  He  married 
(second)  1897,  Harriet,  daughter  of  Rev.  W. 
H.  and  Roline  (  Mayoj  Stewart.  Her  father 
is  a  chaplain  in  the  L'nited  States  navy. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Paul  Dunton.  born 
August  8,  1888,  graduate  of  Middlebury  Col- 
lege in  the  class  of  1910,  now  in  the  auditing 
department  of  the  Hill  systems  of  railroad : 
Adelaide.  October  26.  1891,  a  student  of  Mid- 
dlebury College,  class  of  1915.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Stewart,  born  November  7. 
1898:   Donald.   Ixjrn   September  3,    1900. 

(The  Dewey  Line). 
(I)  Thomas  Dewey,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  Sandwich,  county  Kent.  England, 
and  was  one  of  the  original  grantees  of  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts,  in  1636.  He  was 
here  as  early  as  1633,  however,  and  was  a 
witness  in  tliat  year  of  the  nun-cupative  will 
of  John  Russell.'  of  Dorchester.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  of  the  colony.  May  14.  1634. 
He  sold  his  lands  at  Dorchester,  .\ugust  12. 
1635.  and  removed  with  other  Dorchester  men 
to  'Windsor,  Connecticut,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers.     He  was  granted 


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land  at  Dorchester  in  1640,  and  his  home  lot 
there  was  the  tirst  north  of  the  Palisado,  and 
extended  from  the  main  street  eastward  to 
the  Connecticut  river.  He  was  juryman  in 
1642-43-44-45.  He  died  intestate  and  the  in- 
ventory of  his  estate  was  filed  Alay  19,  1648. 
amounting  to  two  hundred  and  thirteen 
pounds.  The  estate  was  divided  by  the  court, 
fune  0.  1650.  He  married,  .March  22,  1639, 
at  Windsor.  Frances,  widow  of  Joseph  Clark. 
She  married  (third)  as  his  second  wife, 
George  Phelps,  and  she  died  September  27, 
1690.  Children:  Thomas,  mentioned  below : 
Josiah,  baptized  October  10,  1641  ;  Anna,  bap- 
tized October  15,  1643;  Israel,  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1645;  Jedediah,  born  December  15, 
1647. 

(Hi  Cornet  Thomas  (2)  Dewey,  son  of 
Thomas  ( i  )  Dewey,  was  born  February  16, 
1640,  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  died  April  27, 
1690.  He  was  living  in  Windsor  as  late  as 
January  18,  16G0.  He  moved  to  Northamp- 
ton, ;Massachusetts,  where  he  was  granted  a 
home  lot,  November  12,  1662,  of  four  acres, 
on  condition  that  he  make  improvement  on  it 
and  possess  it  three  years ;  also  a  lot  of 
twelve  acres.  In  August,  1666,  he  was  con- 
nected with  a  mill.  He  moved  to  Waranoak, 
then  a  part  of  Springfield,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  a  settling  committee  appointed  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1665,  and  is  first  mentioned  there  as 
third  on  a  list  of  twenty  grantees  of  land,  of 
which  his  part  was  three  acres,  upon  certain 
conditions.  This  land  was  laid  out  April  24, 
1667,  and  confirmed  January  9,  1668. 
From  then  on  he  became  an  influential  citi- 
zen in  the  new  town,  and  was  called  upon 
to  fill  many  important  positions.  On  Janu- 
ary 21,  1669,  he  was  appointed  with  others 
to  go  to  Springfield  to  a  town  meeting  there 
to  lay  before  the  general  court  matters  con- 
nected with  the  boundaries  and  settlement  of 
their  new  town,  and  February  2,  1669,  he 
was  again  appointed  with  others  to  lay  out  an 
additional  grant.  The  town  was  incorporated 
as  Westfield.  ^lay  28,  1669.  In  1672,  with 
his  brothers  Josiah  and  Jedediah,  and  Joseph 
Whiting,  he  completed  the  second  mill  in  the 
town,  in  the  Little  River  district,  and  in  De- 
cember of  the  same  year  the  town  agreed 
to  allow  them  the  toll  of  one-twelfth  part  of 
the  corn  they  ground.  The  Deweys  after- 
ward had  extended  litigation  in  the  court  re- 
specting these  mills,  which  terminated  in  their 
favor.  On  ^March  12,  1677,  he  was  appointed 
fence-viewer  for  the  ensuing  year.  He  was 
representative  to  Boston  in  1677-79;  select- 
man. 1677  and  1686;  licensed  by  the  court  to 
''keep  a  public  house  of  entertainment",  Sep- 
tember 26,  1676.    He  took  the  freeman's  oath. 


September  28,  1680;  was  on  a  committee  to 
locate  a  county  road  to  Windsor,  March  30, 
iti8o;  appointed  cornet  of  the  Hampshire 
Troop  at  the  general  court,  July  8,  1685 : 
joined  the  church.  May  9,  1680.  On  De- 
cember 17,  1680,  he  was  granted,  with  his 
brother  Josiah  and  Lieutenant  Closely,  the 
right  to  set  upa  saw  and  grist  mill  on  Two 
Alile  brook.  On  February  i,  1681,  he  was 
chosen  constable:  February  2,  1686,  warden 
for  the  town  ways,  and  on  Alarch  7,  1687, 
with  others  was  chosen  to  measure  the  bounds 
of  the  town ;  he  also  held  other  offices  of  trust 
and  responsibility. 

He  married,  June  i,  1663,  at  Dorchester, 
Constant,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Ann 
Hawes.  She  was  born  July  17,  1642.  at  Dor- 
chester, died  April  26,  1703,  by  town  records. 
She  joined  the  Westfield  church,  March  24, 
1680.  Her  father,  Richard  Hawes,  came  to 
Dorchester  in  the  ship  "Freelove",  in  1635, 
with  his  wife  and  daughter  Ann,  aged  two 
and  one-half  years,  and  son  Obadiah,  six 
months.  He  was  twenty-nine  years,  and  his 
wife  tvventy-si.\  years  old.  He  signed  the 
church  covenant  in  1636,  and  was  granted 
land  in  1637  and  1646.  He  died  in  1656. 
Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Dewey,  born  at 
Northampton:  Thomas,  March  26,  1664; 
Adijah,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  January  28, 
1668.  Born  at  Westfield:  Samuel,  June  25, 
1670;  Hannah,  February  21,  1672;  Elizabeth. 
January  10,  1676:  James,  July  3,  1678,  died 
February  27,  1682;  Abigail.  February  14, 
1681  ;  James,  November  12,  1683,  died  May 
5,  1686;  Israel,  July  9,  1686. 

(Ill)  Captain  Adijah  Dewey,  son  of  Cor- 
net Thomas  (2)  Dewey,  was  born  at  North- 
ampton, March  5,  1666,  died  ]\Iarch  24,  1742, 
at  Westfield.  He  was  appointed  surveyor  of 
the  bridge  at  Mill  brook,  September  22,  1691 ;. 
county  surveyor  in  1693;  constable,  1697; 
tithingman,  1702.  On  October  31.  1718.  he 
was  on  a  committee  to  treat  with  John  Gunn 
Sr.  concerning  a  place  for  the  new  meeting- 
house. He  was  in  command  of  the  South 
Company,  and  August  20,  1723,  they  were 
ordered  "to  do  scouting  duty  for  14  days" : 
September  18,  "to  relieve  the  Frontiers";  Oc- 
tober ir,  he  was  ordered  to  "get  your  troop 
ready  and  march  to  the  relief  of  Deerfield 
and  the  other  river  towns"  for  eight  weeks. 
He  had  thirteen  acres  in  the  general  field  in 
1723:  was  selectman  in  1730  and  1740:  joined 
the  church  April  20,  1729.  He  served  on 
many  committees  and  was  one  of  the  most 
prominent  men  in  the  town.  On  ?ilarch  23, 
1733,  he  deeded  various  lots  of  land  to  his 
three  sons.  His  will  was  dated  March^23, 
1733.    He  married,  in  1688,  Sarah,  born  Sep- 


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tember  27,  1670,  at  Westtield.  daughter  of 
John  and  -Mary  (^Ashley)  Rout;  .Mary  was 
daughter  of  Robert  Ashley,  uf  Springfield. 
Children,  born  at  Westfield :  Child,  born  No- 
vember 13,  died  November  17,  1689;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below ;  Adijah,  September  30, 
1693;  Sarah,  }ilarch  17,  1696;  Esther,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1699:  Mary,  September  18,  1701 ; 
Abigail,  January  28,  1703;  P.ethiah,  August 
II,  1706;  Ann,  March  22.  1709;  Moses,  Jan- 
uary 6,    1 71 5. 

(IV)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Adijah  Dewey, 
was  born  at  \\'estfield,  January  9,  1691,  died 
April  12.  1742,  at  Shettield,  Massachusetts. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  cooper  by  trade.  He 
settled  in  Sheffield,  now  Great  Harrington, 
about  1726,  and  had  land  in  the  fourth  divi- 
sion, on  the  east  side  of  the  Housatonic  river, 
north  of  Roaring  brook.  He  died  intestate, 
and  Adijah  Dewey,  his  brother,  was  adminis- 
trator of  his  estate.  He  married,  August  6, 
1718,  at  Westfield,  Abigail,  born  March  23, 
1685,  in  Westfield,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Mary  Williams.  Children,  born  at  Westfield : 
Abigail,  September  4,  died  September  20, 
1719;  Azariah,  August  12,  1722.  Born  at 
Sheffield:  Zebediah,  January  29.  1725,  died 
in  infancy;  Zebediah,  mentioned  below;  Abi- 
gail, about  1729. 

(V)  Captain  Zebediah  Dewey,  son  of 
Thomas  (3)  Dewey,  was  born  in  Sheffield, 
October  8,  1727,  died  October  28,  1804,  at 
Poultney,  \'ermont,  where  he  settled  about 
1773.  He  lived  on  the  site  now  occupied  by 
Beaman's  Hotel,  but  sold  out,  because,  as  he 
said  "the  neighbors  became  too  near  and  too 
numerous".  He  then  lived  at  the  head  of 
Hampshire  Hollow,  and  the  family  still  owns 
his  farm.  He  was  one  of  the  men  with  Ethan 
Allen  at  the  taking  of  Fort  Ticonderoga,  May 
10,  1775.  The  French  and  Indians  drove  the 
settlers' from  Poultney  and  the  neighboring 
towns,  and  ^Mrs.  Zebediah  Dewey,  at  the  head 
of  a  company  of  women  and  children,  de- 
manded shelter  in  Pownal.  During  the  night 
some  of  the  enemy  were  reported,  and  she 
com.-^nded  the  men  who  were  present,  bring- 
ing about  the  retreat  of  the  Redcoats.  Zebe- 
diah Dewey  was  lieutenant  in  Captain  Daniel 
Whiting's  company.  Colonel  Jonathan  Brew- 
er's regiment,  June  17,  1775;  'enlisted  as 
lieutenant  from  Tyringham,  Massachusetts, 
April  24.  1775:  also  in  a  list  of  officers  in  a 
[Massachusetts  regiment,  the  Middlesex  Coun- 
tv  Regiment,  Captain  Daniel  Whiting.  In 
appearance  he  was  about  five  feet,  ten  inches 
tall,  slim  but  very  strong,  small  keen  black 
eves,  dark  hair;  was  of  good  mind  and  judg- 
ment, with  sound  common  sense.  He  was 
chosen.  January  15.   1777,  to  represent  Poult- 


ney at  the  convention  which  adopted  tlie  "\'er- 
mont  Declaration  uf  Independence"  and  de- 
clared that  the  district  be  known  as  the  New 
Hampshire  Grants,  as  a  free  stale  to  be 
known  as  "New  Connecticut,  alias  N'ermont". 
He  was  on  the  committee  of  safety.  March 
II,  1777.  He  was  the  third  riciie.-t  man  in 
town,  October  4.  1781.  He  is  said  to  have 
attained  the  rank  of  major  at  the  battle  of 
Hubbardtown.  He  marrieil  (first)  widow  of 
Solomon  Jackson,  who  had  a  daughter  who 
married  Jacob  Catlin.  He  married  1  second) 
Beulah  Stearns,  of  Mendon,  Massachusetts, 
born  1737,  died  December  31,  1820.  at  Poult- 
ney. Children:  Thomas;  Zcbediali.  born  1757 
or  1767;  Beulah;  Charlotte;  .\nna ;  Arteme- 
sia ;  Azariah.  1765;  Jonathan,  about  1770: 
David,  mentioned  below ;  Keziah,  August  28. 
1782. 

(\  I)  Dr.  David  Dewey,  son  of  Captain 
Zebediah  Dewey,  was  born  at  Poultney, 
Alarch  I,  1778,  died  October  2.  1841,  of  stom- 
ach trouble,  at  Poultney,  where  he  was  a  phy- 
sician, farmer,  inventor  and  manufacturer. 
He  invented  and  patented  in  1809  the  first 
implement  for  shearing  cloth  by  machinery. 
In  order  to  make  it  he  learned  how  to  weld 
iron  on  steel  in  Connecticut  and  taught  his 
blacksmith  in  Poultney  how  to  do  it.  He 
built  a  dam.  trip-hammer  and  shops  for  manu- 
facturing his  machines.  He  also  engaged  ex- 
tensively in  farming,  and  in  1814  patented  a 
\"ibrating  Shearing  Machine.  He  built  a  cot- 
ton factor\-  near  his  other  factories,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  manufacture  of  cloth.  In  1818 
he  again  received  letters  patent  for  a  second 
improvement  on  the  shearing  machine  and  con- 
tinued manufacturing  them,  although  he 
ceased  after  a  time  to  manufacture  cloth.  He 
went  into  the  mercantile  business  with  Wil- 
liam Wheeler,  and  also  about  the  same  time, 
about  1818.  he  built  and  carried  on  one  of 
the  ten  distilleries  of  the  town.  However, 
he  stopped  the  last  business  after  a  time,  as 
he  became  convinced  that  it  was  a  crime 
against  society.  When  the  price  of  cottort 
goods  went  down,  he  changed  the  factory  into 
a  clothier's  works,  and  put  a  carding  machine 
in.  At  one  time  he  owned  a  share  of  the 
printing  office  and  fixtures  of  the  Xortlicrn 
Spectator,  an  East  Poultney  paper.  He  kept 
up  his  farming  all  the  time,  running  at  least 
six  farms  at  a  time.  In  1837  he  received 
letters  patent  for  the  Spring  Tooth  Horse 
Rake.  He  was  an  active  strong  man.  and 
never  seemed  to  be  tired.  He  frequently 
walked  to  Whitehall.  New  York,  rather  than 
tire  out  his  horse,  when  he  was  over  sixty 
years  old.  He  was  always  generous  and  lib- 
eral with  his  wealth.     He  was  the  first  secre- 


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tary  of  the  Washington  Benevolent  Society, 
brought  out  in  interest  of  the  Federahsts  in 
iSoSr  After  the  death  of  his  youngest  daugh- 
ter he  joined  the  Congregational  church  in 
Poultnev. 

He  married,  March  i,  1802.  Anna,  born 
about  1778,  living  in  1875.  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Anna  (Coleman)  Morse.  Children, 
born  at  Poultney:  Charlotte  Moseley,  Sep- 
tember 8.  1804,  married  Paul  Moore  Ross 
(see  Ross  MI):  Esther.  February  2.  1807; 
Jacob  Catlin.  January  10,  1808;  David,  1810, 
died  1814;  William,  died  in  infancy:  Zebe- 
diali.  August  16,  1813:  Thomas  David,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1815  :  Laura  Augusta.  February  14. 
1820:  Harriet,  1822:  James  C,  died  in  in- 
fancy; Lucretia.  1829,  "died  March  6,  1832. 

John  Davis,  the  immigrant  an- 
DAMS     cestor.  settled  in  Gloucester.    The 

historian  of  Gloucester  thinks  he 
was  formerly  of  Ipswich,  but  if  so  he  must 
have  been  son  of  John  Davis,  of  Ipswich,  a 
shoemaker  and  herdsman,  who  was  there  in 
1638  and  sold  land  at  Jabaque  (Chebacco) 
in  1648.  John  Davis,  of  Gloucester,  was  liv- 
ing in  1682  and  was  then  called  John  Sr. 
In  deeds  the  name  of  his  wife  was  given  as 
Alice,  but  signed  Frances.  Children,  born 
at  Gloucester:  John.  March  10,  1660;  James, 
born  March  12,  died  2^Iarch  23,  1662:  James, 
mentioned  below:  Joseph,  .\pril  25.  1665, 
died  }ilay  4.  1665;  Elizabeth.  September  2. 
1669;  Abigail,  April  13,  1672;  Joseph,  Janu- 
ary 25,  1674;  Susanna,  November  20.  1676; 
Hannah,  Mav  28,  1679:  Ebenezer,  March  26, 
1681  :  :vIark,'May  20,  1683. 

(II)  Lieutenant  James  Davis,  son  of  John 
Davis,  was  born  in  Gloucester.  March  16. 
1663.  He  bought  house  and  land  in  Glouces- 
ter of  William  Somes  in  1706,  on  the  road 
from  tide  mill  to  the  town  parish.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  church.  Children :  Deacon 
James,  born  December  5,  1691.  died  .\ugust 
15.  1776.  leaving  sons  James.  John.  Elias  and 
Andrew :  Elias.  mentioned  below ;  Solomon, 
March  3.  1696:  Ebenezer. 

( III )  Elias,  son  of  Lieutenant  James  Da- 
vis, was  born  at  Gloucester,  January  26,  1694. 
He  was  a  merchant  of  large  means  and  he 
left  the  largest  estate  of  any  of  his  towns- 
men, aggregating  four  thousand  five  hundred 
pounds.  He  had  a  warehouse,  wharf  and  fish- 
ery room  at  Canso  and  owned  ships  named 
"John",  "^ilolly",  "'Mary".  '"Flying  Horse", 
■■"Greyhound"  and  "Elizabeth"'.  Children : 
Mark:  Job.  mentioned  below:  Elizabeth,  mar- 
ried David  Harraden :  Hannah,  married  Jon- 
athan Brown  Jr. 

(I\"')  Job.  son  of  Elias  Davis,  was  born  at 


Gloucester,  about  1715.  He  married,  in  1740. 
Thomasine  Greenleaf,  of  Newbury.  He  had 
at  Gloucester  :     Elias,  mentioned  below  ;  Job. 

(V)  Captain  Elias  (2)  Davis,  son  of  Job 
Davis,  was  born  at  Gloucester,  in  1746.  died 
at  Newburyport.  September  15.  1783.  aged 
thirty-seven.  He  was  second  lieutenant  in 
Captain  Moses  Xowell's  company  on  the  Lex- 
ington .\larm,  April  19,  1775;  first  lieuten- 
ant in  the  same  company  in  the  summer  of 
1775:  from  January  to  July,  1776,  was  sta- 
tioned at  Newburyport.  He  was  captain  of 
the  Seventh  Company  in  Colonel  Jonathan 
Titcomb's  regiment  (Second  Essex  County) 
commissioned  ^lay  3,  1776.  In  the  same  vear 
he  was  a  captain  under  Colonel  Timothy 
Pickering  Jr.  Another  Elias  Davis  was  in 
the  revolution  from  Gloucester  and  was  un- 
doubtedly a  cousin.  It  is  not  known  whether 
the  Gloucester  or  Newburyport  man  was  cap- 
tain of  the  privateeers  ■■panny".  1780.  '■Pea- 
cock", 1781.  ■'Favorite",  1782,  and  ■'Tybout", 
1783.  In  1790  the  other  Elias  was  living  in 
Gloucester.  He  married,  at  Newburyport, 
December  26.  1669,  Phebe  Woodman,  accord- 
ing to  the  town  records.  Children,  born  at 
Newburyport:  Mary,  April  12,  1771 ;  Phebe, 
.\pril  29,  1773;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
Elias.  September  14,  1777,  died  July  29.  1778; 
Elizabeth.  .A.pril  17,  1779.  baptized  July  13. 
1783;  Nancy.  INIarch  22.  1781  ;  Elias.  June 
14.  1782;  Catherine.  April  17.  1784. 

(\T)  Samuel,  son  of  Captain  Elias  (2) 
Davis,  was  born  at  Newburyport,  June  20, 
1775,  died  in  Boston,  in  December,  1856.  He 
was  a  merchant  in  Boston,  an  importer  of  sil- 
verware and  jewelry  from  Birmingham  and 
Sheffield,  England.  He  was  in  partnership 
with  Robert  Brown  under  the  firm  name  of 
Davis  &  Brown  at  the  corner  of  Milk  and 
Washington  streets,  Boston,  on  the  site  of 
the  building  now  occupied  by  the  Boston 
Transcript.  He  came  to  Boston  about  1800 
and  was  married  in  the  Old  South  Church, 
in  October,  1807,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Eckley.  to 
Lucy,  daughter  of  Dr.  .\braham  Watson  1  see 
Watson  W).  Children  of  Samuel  Davis: 
\Villiam  Charles,  died  aged  nineteen  years : 
Samuel,  died  aged  nineteen  years ;  Katherine. 
Elizabeth.  Lucy,  Mary,  Martha.  George  Pea- 
body,  mentioned  below. 

(\'II)  George  Peabody,  son  of  Samuel 
Davis,  was  born  in  Boston.  November  zt,, 
1830.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Boston.  He  married.  September  7.  1864. 
Sarah  Carlton  Emerson,  born  (.)ctober  i. 
1832.  in  Methuen.  Massachusetts,  daughter  of 
Elijah  Carlton  Emerson,  who  was  for  many 
years  a  manufacturer  of  boots  and  shoes,  in 
partnership  with   Amasa   Walker,   in   Boston. 


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He  was  born  in  Cliester.-  New  Hampshire, 
and  lived  in  Brookline,  Massacluisetts,  a  de- 
scendant of  Michael  Emerson,  one  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Haverhill,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  i.  Katherine.  Ixirn  July  26.  1866; 
married  William  Cullen  Snell,  a  son  of  Wil- 
liam Snell,  cousin  of  William  Cullen  Bryant, 
the  poet,  and  they  have  three  children:  Sa- 
rah Emerson.  Francis.  Ceorge  Snell.  2.  Lucy 
Watson,  born  March  3.  1868;  unmarried:  su- 
perintendent of  Children's  Island  Sanitarium, 
Marblehead,  Mass.  3.  Carlton  Emerson,  born 
November  14.  1869:  graduate  Massachusetts 
Institute  of  Technology :  hydraulic  engineer, 
in  charge  of  water  department,  Philadelphia, 
Penn. :  married  Grace  Bennett. 

(  The    Watson    Line"). 

(I\'l  Abraham  (j)  Watson,  son  of  Abra- 
ham (  I  )  Watson  ( q.  v. ) .  was  born  in  Cam- 
bridge, in  i6g6,  baptized  in  1696-97,  died  at 
Cambridge.  October  7,  1775.  He  was  a  tan- 
ner by  trade :  selectman  of  the  town  nine 
years  between  1745  and  1760.  He  lived  on 
the  southwest  side  of  w|>at  is  now  Massachu- 
setts avenue,  near  Cogswell  street.     He  mar- 


ried ( tirst )  ;\Iarv 


and  ( second  )   Marv 


Butterworth,  widow  of  John  Butterworth,  and 
previously  of  Abraham  Hull.  She  died  March 
17,  1789.  Children  by  first  wife:  Abraham, 
mentioned  below :  Daniel,  born  February  14, 
1731-32:  Hilary,  September  2,  IJ34 :  Samuel, 
December  21,  1745. 

(\")  Abraham  (3),  son  of  Abraham  (2) 
Watson,  was  born  at  Cambridge,  March  21, 
1728-29.  He  was  also  a  tanner.  He  lived 
on  the  homestead  and  was  a  prominent,  ener- 
getic and  intelligent  citizen.  He  died  Decem- 
ber II,  1781,  after  a  long  illness.  Of  him 
the  Boston  Gazette  said  at  the  time  of  his 
death :  "He  was  a  gentleman  of  superior 
abilities,  which  early  introduced  him  into  pub- 
lic life,  being  honored  with  a  commission  for 
the  peace  and  much  employed  in  the  public 
affairs  of  the  town,  parish  and  church.  In 
the  .-\merican  revolution  he  was  an  early  and 
decided  patriot,  representing  the  town  in  the 
Provincial  Congress  and  in  the  first  General 
Court  and  the"  Convention  for  forming  the 
Constitution  of  the  Commonwealth.  In  do- 
mestic life,  the  tender  passions  were  conspic- 
uous in  that  circle  as  his  manly  virtues  on 
the  public  stage.  In  his  death,  the  family 
have  to  lament  an  affectionate  husband  and 
an  indulgent  parent  and  the  public  to  regret 
the  loss  of  a  useful  member  of  society.  "  He 
married.  March  28,  1751,  Lucy,  daughter  of 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Prentice,  of  Dunstable.  Mas- 
sachusetts, now  Nashua,  New  Hampshire. 
She  was  descended  from  Henry  Prentice,  one 


of  the  founders  of  Cambri(l^;e,  and  from  other 
prominent  families  of  that  town.  Children: 
Abraham,  mentioned  below ;  Lucy,  twrn  Mav 
26,  1754,  died  October  5,  1760:  Samuel.  No- 
vember II.  1757.  died  .\pril  26,  17^x3:  Sam- 
uel, September  19,  1759,  died  <  ictober  9, 
1760:  Lucy,  February  13,  1762:  .Mary,  Feb- 
ruary II.  1763:  Nathaniel  Prentice.  Ixlrn  (Oc- 
tober 21,  1764:  Ruth,  September  19.  1765; 
Lydia,  July  20,  \-/()&:  Catherine.  December 
31,  1771:  William  Tyng.  November  16.  1773, 
died  young. 

(\I)  Dr.  .\braham  (4)  Watson,  .son  of 
Abraham  (3)  Watson,  was  born  .March  5, 
1752,  at  Cambridge.  lie  graduated  from 
Flarvard  College  in  the  class  of  1771.  He 
studied  medicine  and  jiracticed  at  Littleton, 
-Massachusetts,  and  .\cworth.  New  Hamp- 
shire, whither  he  removed  in  1787.  He  was 
a   surgeon  in  Ccjlonel   (Gardner's  regiment  in 

the  revolution.     He   married . 

Children:  Lucy,  married,  in  October.  1807, 
Samuel  Davis  (see  Davis  \I )  :  she  died  Sep- 
tember 12,  1867;  Sophia. 


The  Champlin  familv  in  the 
CHAMPLIN  United  States  is  of  Nor- 
man-French, rather  than  of 
English  origin,  it  is  thought.  Families  of 
this  name  are  still  found  in  Normandy,  but 
few  if  any  in  England.  Samuel  de  Cham- 
plain,  the  distinguished  navigator  and  e.x- 
plorer.  founder  of  Quebec  and  first  governor 
of  New  France,  was  a  Norman.  .\  celebrated 
French  painter,  born  at  Les  .Andelys  in  1825, 
bore  the  name  Charles  J.   Champlin. 

(I)  Geoffrey  Champlin,  first  of  the  Cham- 
plin name  in  this  country,  was  in  Rhode 
Island  as  early  as  1638.  within  a  year  after 
the  earliest  white  settlers  made  their  liomes 
there.  He  may  have  landed  in  Boston  or 
some  other  Massachusetts  port,  and  have  left 
with  the  company  of  Dissentients,  who  fol- 
lowed Coddington  and  Arnold  into  the  wil- 
derness. We  find  him  at  first  a  resident  of 
Portsmouth.  Rhode  Island,  but  he  soon  made 
his  home  in  Newport.  On  January  24.  1638, 
he  was  admitted  an  inhabitant,  and  was  made 
freeman.  September  14.  1640.  While  at  New- 
port, if  not  before,  he  acquired  property,  and 
in  1661  removed  to  Misquamaciu.  now  known 
as  Westerly.  Rhode  Island.  His  home  lot 
and  dwelling  in  Newport,  with  forty  acres  of 
land,  he  scild  in  Kifxj.  His  name  appears  in 
the  list  of  free  inhabitants  of  Westerly  in 
1669.  In  itVii  lie  took  the  oath  of  fidelity  to 
the  colony.  During  King  Philip's  war.  i'>75- 
76.  he  jirohably  returned  to  ."S'ewport.  He 
died  in  or  before  1695.  3S  in  that  year  he  is 
mentioned  in  a  confirmation  of  a  deed  by  his 


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son  Jeffrey  as  "my  deceased  father".  Pre- 
vious to  1650  Geoft'rey  Champlin  married, 
probably  in  Ne\\port.  but  the  name  of  his  wife 
is  unknown.  His  children,  so  far  as  they 
are  known,  were:  Jeft'rey,  of  whom  further; 
William :  Christopher. 

(II)  Captain  Jeft'rey  Champlin,  son  of 
Geoffrey  Champlin,  was  born  probably  at 
Newport,  about  1650,  some  say  in  1652.  On 
'Mav  I",  1671,  he  was  called  to  take  the  oath 
of  allegiance  to  the  colony,  but  did  not  ap- 
pear. He  took  the  oath,  September  17,  1679. 
The  same  }'ear  he  was  chosen  a  member  of 
the  town  council  in  .Westerly.  In  1680  he 
was  moderJtor  of  the  town  meeting.  His  is 
the  earliest  record  of  a  moderator  in  Wes- 
terly. He  was  also  moderator  of  the  meet- 
ings in  1681-84,  and  with  the  exception  of 
1683  he  represented  Westerly  in  the  general 
assembly  from  1681  to  1685.  In  1685  he  pur- 
chased of  Anthony  Low  six  hundred  acres  of 
land  in  Kingston.  Rhode  Island,  and  removed 
there  in  1686.  In  1690  when  captain  of  the 
train  band  of  Kingston  he  was  appointed  on 
a  commission  to  raise  money  to  pay  soldiers 
to  be  used  "against  their  Majesty's  enemies". 
The  government  of  Rhode  Island,  as  organ- 
ized in  1647  '"  accordance  with  the  terms  of 
the  patent  brought  from  England  in  1644  by 
Roger  Williams,  consisted  of  a  president  and 
an  assistant  from  each  town.  In  case  of  the 
absence  or  death  of  the  president,  his  place 
was  to  be  taken  by  the  assistant  from  the 
town  from  which  the  president  was  chosen. 
Jeffrey  Champlin  was  the  Kingston  assistant 
from  1696,  with  the  exception  of  1697  to  1715. 
the  year  in  which  he  died.  He  had  sons  Jef- 
frey and  William,  and  a  daughter  Hannah, 
born  about  1677,  married  John  Watson  Jr., 
April    8,    1703. 

(III)  Jeft'rey  (2),  son  of  Captain  Jeft'rey 
(i)  Champlin,  was  born  probably  in  Wes- 
terly about  1672,  About  1700,  while  residing 
in  Kingston,  he  married  (first)  Susanna, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Susanna  (Cole) 
Eldred,  and  granddaughter  of  Susanna 
Hutchinson,  youngest  child  of  the  well-known 
Anne  Hutchinson.  Susanna  (Eldred)  Cham- 
plin died  about  1705-06.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Hannah  Hazard,  died  March  5,  1713, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Mary  (Brownelll 
Hazard,  of  Kingston,  and  granddaughter  of 
the  first  Thomas  Hazard,  of  Boston,  ;\Iassa- 
chusetts,  and  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island.    He 

married     (third)     Susanna    .     Jeffrey 

Champlin  died  in  1718,  and  his  will,  dated 
I'ebruary  14,  1717-18,  was  proved  March  10, 
1718.  His  widow  married  (second)  May  26, 
1720,  Samuel  Clarke,  of  Westerly.  The  in- 
ventory of  Jeffrey  Champlin  amounted  to  one 


thousand,  four  '  hundred  and  hity-jeven 
pounds,  seven  shillings,  one  penny.  CliiMren, 
by  first  wife:  Enblin,  born  January  30.  1701- 
02;  Jeft'rey.  February  2,  1702-03.  Bv  sec- 
ond wife:  Thomas,  September  3.  1708;  Ste- 
phen. February  16,  1709-10;  \\'illiam,  March 
3,  1712-13.  By  third  wife:  Hannah.  Janu- 
ary ir,  1715;  John,  of  whom  further. 

(I\')  John,  son  of  Jeffrey  (2)  Champlin, 
was  born  February  12,  1716-17,  died  Septem- 
ber 8.  1772.  He  married  Ereelove.  daughter 
of  John  Watson,  of  South  Kingstown.  She 
was  born  at  South  Kingstown,  died  in  Exe- 
ter, May  10,  1773.  Children:  John,  born 
July  30,  1744;  Samuel,  of  whom  further; 
William,  August  15,  1749;  Stephen.  August 
2~.  1751  ;  Thomas,  January  zt,,  1754;  Abigail. 
June  2^,  1756;  Elisha,  November  11.  1758; 
Susannah,  October  31.  1761  ;  Freelove.  June 
15,   1767. 

(\')  Samuel,  son  of  John  Champlin.  was 
born  July  17.  1746,  died  in  Exeter.  Rhode 
Island,  November  i.  1818.  He  married.  De- 
cember 10,  1782,  Alice  B.,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Alice  (Waite)  Reynolds,  of  Exe- 
ter. She  was  born  July  21.  1755.  died  Oc- 
tober 23,  1825.  Children:  John,  oi  whom 
further;  Benjamin,  born  May  9.  1786;  Han- 
nah, December  30,  1788;  Waity.  March  30, 
1791  ;  Russel,  July  zt,,  1793:  Samuel,  August 
24.  1796. 

(\'I)  John^\ldrich  Champlin.  of  the  fam- 
ily described  above,  was.  it  is  thought  son  of 
Samuel  Champlin,  mentioned  above,  born 
March   26,    1784.     He   married    1  first )    Lucy 

Green;    (second)   .     Children: 

William  :  John  ;  Edwin  ;  Esther  :  I\Iaria  :  Kath- 
erine;  ]\Iary  Jane;  Martha;  and  Charles,  of 
whom   further. 

(\'II)  Charles,  son  of  John  Aldrich  Cham- 
plin, was  born  at  Greenwich,  or  Wakefield, 
Rhode  Island,  in  1826,  died  in  1905.  He  was 
superintendent  of  various  woolen  mills  at 
Potter's  Hill,  Rhode  Island.  He  married 
(first) ;  (second)  Eliza  .Ange- 
lina Cottrell.  born  at  Potter's  Hill.  Rhode 
Island,  in  1828,  died  in  1893,  daughter  of 
Lebbeus  and  Lydia  (^Maxson)  Cottrell  (or 
Corthrell).  She  had  brothers  Calvert  B.  and 
Lebbeus  M.  Cottrell.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Charles  E. ;  Arabella,  married  (first).  Edwin 
Stillman,  (second)  Edward  Clark:  Giles  Al- 
drich died  at  Providence.  Child  of  second 
wife :     Daniel  H..  of  whom  further. 

(\'III)  Daniel  Henry,  son  of  Charles 
Champlin,  was  born  at  Potter's  Hill.  Rhode 
Island,  August  7.  1861.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  liigh 
school  at  Asheway,  Rhode  Island.  _  He  then 
entered    Alfred    L'niversitv    at    Alfred,    New 


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York,  and  was  a  stiuleiU  there  tor  three  years. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  Cottrell  &  Habcock, 
printing  press  manufacturers,  of  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island,  remainina;  with  that  concern 
for  about  ten  years.  In  1889  he  came  to 
Chicago,  Illinois,  as  the  western  representa- 
tive of  C.  B.  Cottrell  &  Sons,  manufacturers 
of  printing  presses.  In  1899  '""^  engaged  in 
business  for  himself,  representing  various 
manufacturers  of  printing,  bookbinding  and 
lithographing  machinery,  and  since  then  has 
been  in  this  business  in  Chicago,  with  head- 
quarters at  343  South  Dearborn  street.  Chi- 
cago. His  residence  is  in  Highland  Park, 
Illinois.  Mr.  Champlin  is  a  member  of  the 
Chicago  Athletic  Club,  the  Exmoor  Country 
Club,  and  the  Xew  England  Society  of  Chi- 
cago. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  In 
early  life  he  attended  the  Seventh  Day  Bap- 
tist Church,  but  in  later  years  has  been  non- 
sectarian. 

He  married,  August  25,  1886,  Anna  Lewis 
Stanton,  who  was  born  in  Charlestown,  Rhode 
Island,  June  30,  1864,  daughter  of  Hon. 
Geor"'e  A.  and  Bridget  B.  (Browning)  Stan- 
•  '1  ,3ee  Stanton  \'II).  Her  father  was  a 
_/usin  of  Hon.  Edwin  M.  Stanton,  who  was 

member  of  Lincoln's  cabinet.  They  have 
Had  one  child,  ?\Iariorie  Stanton,  born  in  Chi- 
cago, .A.ugust  25,  1896,  died  in  infancy. 

(The    Stanton   Line). 

The  surname  Stanton  is  derived  from  a 
place  name,  and  is  identical  with  Stonington 
in  origin.  The  family  is  of  ancient  English 
origin.  Robert,  an  early  settler  of  Newport, 
Rhode  Island,  was  the  progenitor  of  Hon. 
Edwin  M.  Stanton  of  Lincoln's  cabinet. 
There  was  a  John  Stanton  in  \'irginia  in 
T635.  and  Thomas,  aged  twenty,  sailed  for 
\irginia  in  1635  in  the  merchantman  "Bona- 
ventura".  The  family  historian  thinks  he 
went  to  \'irginia.  but  many  ships  whose  rec- 
ords state  \'irginia  as  their  destination,  came 
to  Xew  England.  The  "Bonaventura"  may 
■have  landed  some  passengers  in  X'irginia, 
others  in  Connecticut  or  Boston. 

(I)  Thomas  Stanton,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  in  Boston  in  1636,  and  is  on  rec- 
ord as  a  magistrate  there.  If  he  was  the  one 
who  came  in  1635,  his  age  must  have  been 
understated,  as  men  under  twenty-one  were 
not  magistrates  in  the  colony,  and  in  1636  he 
was  acting  as  Indian  interpreter  for  (Gover- 
nor W'inthrop.  It  is  reasonable  to  suppose 
that  he  was  a  trader  and  had  been  both  to 
England  and  X'irginia  before  1635,  '"  order 
to  have  sufficient  knowledge  of  the  language 
of  the  Indians  to  become  an  interpreter.  The 
services  of  Mr.  Stanton  as  interpreter  during 


the  requot  war  were  invaluable,  savs  the  his- 
tory of  Xew  Londim,  Connecticut:  "He  was. 
moreover,  a  man  of  trust  and  intelligence  ami" 
his  knowledge  of  the  country  and  the  na- 
tives made  him  a  useful  pioneer  and  counsel- 
lor in  all  land  questions,  as  well  as  difficulties 
with  the  Indians".  De Forest's  history  of 
Connecticut  says ;  "Some  time  in  .\pril 
(1637),  a  small  vessel  arrived  at  the  fort 
1  Saybrook )  having  on  board  Thos.  Stanton, 
a  man  well  acquainte<l  with  the  Indian  lan- 
guage, and  long  useful  to  the  colonial  authori- 
ties as  interpreter.  "  Stanton  served  throu!,di 
the  Pequot  war  and  special  mention  is  made 
of  his  bravery  in  the  battle  o'-  Fairtield 
Swamp,  where  he  nearly  lost  his  life.  He 
must  have  returned  to  Boston  at  the  close  of 
the  war.  for  he  was  one  of  the  magistrates  in 
the  trial  of  John  Wainwright,  ( )ctober  3, 
i()37.  In  February,  1^)39,  he  and  his  father- 
in-law,  Thomas  Lord,  were  settled  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  coming  there  soon  after 
the  colony  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  estab- 
lished the  town.  He  was  appointed  official 
interpreter  for  the  General  Court  at  Hart- 
ford. April  5,  1638,  and  at  the  same  session 
was  sent  with  others  on  a  mission  to  the 
Warranocke  Indians  and  as  a  delegate  to  an 
Indian-English  council  meeting  at  Hartford. 
He  was  interpreter  for  the  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, colonists  at  Xew  Haven.  Xovember  24. 
1638.  when  the  land  on  which  the  city  of 
Xew  Haven  is  located,  was  bought  of  the  In- 
dians. He  was  an  Indian  trader  as  early  as 
1642,  when  with  his  brother-in-law.  Richard 
Lord,  he  made  a  voyage  to  Long  Island  to 
trade  and  collect  old  debts,  and  there  is  a 
document  showing  that  he  traded  as  far  away 
as  X'irginia.  He  had  the  grant  of  a  monop- 
oly of  the  trading  with  the  Indians  at  Paw- 
katuck  and  along  the  river  of  that  name.  He 
built  a  trading  house  there  and  about  1651 
moved  to  Pequot.  and  in  1658  occupied  his 
permanent  residence  at  Stonington.  In  1650 
the  General  Court  appointed  him  interpre- 
ter to  the  elders  who  were  required  to  preach 
the  gospel  to  the  Indians  at  least  twice  a  year. 
Caulkins  said  of  him:  "From  the  year  1636, 
when  he  was  W'inthrop's  interpreter  with  the 
Xahantic  .sachem,  to  1670  when  the  I'ncas 
visited  him  with  a  train  of  warriors  and  cap- 
tains to  get  him  to  write  his  will,  his  name  is 
connected  with  almost  every  Indian  transac- 
tion on  record."  He  received  several  grants 
of  land.  In  i(')5i  he  was  deputy  magistrate. 
In  1658  he  moved  to  \\'equete(|Uock  Cove, 
east  of  Stonington.  where  he  was  the  third 
settler :  it  was  then  called  Southington.  part 
of  Suffolk  county,  and  in  1658  he  was  ap- 
pointed  one   of    the   managers.      In    1664   he 


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was  commissioner  to  try  small  causes  and  in 
1665  had  authority  to  hold  a  semi-annual 
court  at  New  London.  In  1666  he  was  again 
commissioner  of  county  judges,  overseer- 
general  of  the  Coassatuck  Indians,  commis- 
sioner in  Indian  affairs,  and  commissioner 
until  his  death  in  1677.  In  1666  he  was  in 
the  General  Assembly,  until  1674.  He  and 
his  sons  were  active  in  King  Philip's  war. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Stoning- 
ton  church,  June  3.  1674,  and  his  name  was 
first  on  the  roll.  He  died  December  2.  1677. 
and  was  buried  in  the  family  burial  ground 
between  Stonington  and  Westerly.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  Lord,  born  162 1,  in  England, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  and  Dorothy  Lord. 
Her  father  was  the  first  physician  licensed  to 
practice  in  Connecticut,  by  the  general  court. 
Tune  30.  I'i52.  and  the  rates  he  could  charge 
"in  Hartford.  Wethersfield.  \\'indsor,  and  other 
towns  in  that  section  were  fixed  in  the  license. 
a  salary  of  fifteen  pounds  to  be  paid  by  the 
county.  Ann  Stanton  spent  her  last  days 
with  her  daughter.  Mrs.  Dorothy  Noyes  of 
Stonington.  and  died  there  in  1688.  The 
original  home  site  of  Thomas  Stanton  at 
Hartford  is  now  occupied  by  the  Jewell 
Leather  Bolting  Company  factory.  Children : 
Thomas,  born  "1638:  John,  1641  :  Mary,  1643; 
Hannah,  1644:  Joseph,  mentioned  below: 
Daniel,  1648:  Dorothy.  1651  ;  Robert.  1653; 
Sarah.  1655;  Samuel.  1657. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Stanton,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1646,  bap- 
tized March  21,  16-16.  He  moved  to  Stoning- 
ton with  his  parents,  and  settled  on  a  large 
tract  of  land  which  his  father  had  purchased 
from  a  Narragansett  sachem  for  a  half  bushel 
of  wampum.  Joseph  had  helped  to  redeem 
the  sachem's  child  from  captivity,  and  the 
land  was  part  payment  for  this.  It  was  situ- 
ated where  Charlestown.  Rhode  Island,  for- 
merly part  of  Westerly,  is  situated,  and  the 
lease  was  dated  November  20,  1685.  In  1669 
Joseph  was  appointed  assistant  magistrate, 
"from  Stonington.  to  hold  court  at  New  Lon- 
don with  his  father,  who  was  magistrate.  In 
May.  1714.  Ben  L'ncas  and  fifty-four  other 
Mohegans  signed  a  paper  declaring  that 
Oweneco  had  sold  the  land  unlawfully,  in 
the  western  part,  and  they  consigned  what 
was  left  to  Toseph  Stanton  and  four  others. 
This  was  probably  this  Joseph,  though  he 
died  in  1714.  He  married  ( first  I  June  iq. 
1673.  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  Mead, 
of  Roxbury.  ^Massachusetts,  and  she  die*l 
in  1676.  William  Mead,  in  a  will  dated  1683, 
left  half  his  estate  to  his  wife  and  half  to 
Joseph  Stanton.  He  married  (second)  .\u- 
gust   23,    1677,    Hannah    Lord,    of   Hartford, 


and  she  was  buried  [May  6,  168 1.  There  is 
a  record  in  the  Stonington  church  of  the  ad- 
mission of  the  wife  of  Joseph  Stanton.  March 
16.  1683.  She  probably  was  his  third  wife, 
and  she  seems  to  have  died  childless.  He. 
however,  had  children  after  iGgo,  so  thev 
must  have  been  by  this  third  wife,  as  Savage 
thinks,  or  by  a  fourth  wife.   Savage  and  Hon. 

John  D.   Baldwin    think    he    married    

Prentice,  who  may  have  been  the  third,  or 
perhaps  a  fourth  wife.  Children,  by  first 
wife:  Joseph  (2),  of  whom  further:  Hannah, 
born  1676.  By  second  wife:  Thomas.  De- 
cember 16,  1678.  died  young :  Rebecca.  April, 
1681.  By  third  (or  fourth)  wife:  Thomas, 
baptized  April  5,  1691  :  Daniel,  baptized  April 
I,  1694:  Samuel,  baptized  Jul\-  17,  1698.  died 
young. 

(Ill)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i) 
Stanton,  was  born  in  1674,  and  lived  in  Wes- 
terly, Rhode  Island,  where  he  was  a  justice. 
An  interesting  letter  written  by  him  as  jus- 
tice has  been  preserved  by  the  family.  He 
married.  January  3.  1705.  Esther,  daughter 
of  Benadam  and  Hester  (Prentice)  Gallup. 
Children,  born  at  Westerly :  Esther,  born 
1708:  Alary.  1711;  Hannah.  1714:  Nancy. 
1 716;  Joseph  (3),  of  whom  further:  Sarah, 
1 719:  Lucy,   September  22.   1722. 

(I\")  Colonel  Joseph  (3)  Stanton,  son  of 
Joseph  (2)  Stanton,  was  born  at  Westerly, 
April  23,  1717.  He  served  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war,  and  was  present  at  the  capture 
of  Louisburg  in  1745.  He  married  (first) 
.\ugust  9,  1738,  Mary,  daughter  of  William 
Champlin.  She  was  born  July  13.  1722,  died 
in  1750.  She  was  admitted  to  the  Stoning- 
ton church.  July  11.  1742.  He  married  (sec- 
ond)   in    1752.   .    d,-iughter   of 

Henry  Gardiner,  of  South  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island.  Children,  by  first  wife,  born  in  Wes- 
terly:  Joseph,  born  July  19.  1739;  Esther, 
November  23.  1741  :  Mary.  June  18,  1743; 
Augustus,  of  whom  further :  Hannah :  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1746;  Lodowick.  May  2j.  1749.  By 
second  wife:  Gardiner,  died  single:  Marl- 
borough, died  single:  Henry:  Abigail. 

(\')  Augustus,  son  of  Colonel  Joseph  (3) 
Stanton,  was  born  at  Westerly,  March  22. 
1745,  died  April  10,  1822,  aged  seventy-seven 
vears,  at  Hancock,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
lived.  He  married.  February  6.  1765,  Eunice 
Crandal.  born  in  Westerly.  January  24.  1745. 
daughter  of  James  and  Damaris  (  Kenyon ) 
Crandal.  Children :  General  Joseph,  horn 
about  1766:  Robert.  .Vugust  14,  176S:  Oliver, 
married  Hannah  Dewey :  Ethan,  married 
Nancv  Stanton:  Lucy,  born  March  29.  1777: 
Marlboro,  of  whom  further:  Esther,  married 
.Kppleton     Tracy:    Cynthia.    n-:arried    Henry 


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4«3 


King :  Damaris.  married  Anderson  Martin 
Jr.;  Charlotte,  married  Jeremiah  King,  bro- 
ther 01  Henry. 

(\'L)  Marlboro,  son  of  Augustus  Stanton, 
was  born  in  Rhode  Island  in  1779,  died  at 
Charlestown.  Rhode  Island,  December  21, 
1835,  aged  fifty-six  years.  He  married  .Mar- 
tha Hazzard.  of  Charlestown,  Rhode  Island, 
born  in  178J.  died  April  11,  i860,  in  Charles- 
town. Her  father  and  grandfather  were  both 
named  (ieorge  Wanton  Hazzard,  and  her 
grandfather  once  served  as  mayor  of  New- 
port, Rhode  Island.  Children,  born  in 
Charlestown:  Albert  Wanton,  born  1807; 
George  A.,  of  whom  further. 

(\'II)  Hon.  George  A.  Stanton,  son  of 
Marlboro  ."^tanton,  was  born  at  Charlestown, 
Rhode  Island,  January  24,  1801).  He  lived  in 
Charlestown  and  Westerly.  Rhode  Island. 
He  ser\ed  for  two  years  as  state  senator  from 
Rhode  Island,  and  two  years  in  the  house  of 
representatives.  For  three  years  he  was  In- 
dian commissioner.  About  188S  he  retired 
from  the  boot  and  shoe  business,  in  which  he 
was  engaged.  In  religion  he  was  an  Episco- 
palian. He  married  (first)  March  8,  1835. 
Catherine,  daughter  of  William  P.  Sands,  of 
Block  Island.  She  was  born  on  Block  Island, 
November  9,  1813,  died  September  30,  1846. 
at  Charlestown,  Rhode  Island.  He  married 
(second)  June  5,  1848,  Sarah  M.  Brown,  of 
Stonington,  born  there  December  16,  1822. 
died  April  16,  1849.  He  married  (third) 
Februar}-  14.  1857.  Bridget  Babcock  Brown- 
ing, born  January  10.  1832,  at  Ch&rlestown, 
Rhode  Island.  Children,  by  first  wife:  Dr. 
Nathaniel  G.,  born  July  8,  1836,  at  Nevv- 
shoreham.  Block  Island;  Kate  Sands,  April  i, 
1838;  Mary  Elizabeth,  February  29,  1841, 
died  January  17,  1867,  married  Nathan  B. 
Haile.  of  Providence;  George  .\..  June,  1844, 
married  Harriet  Aldrich,  of  Wrentham,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  she  died  1883;  Martha  Bab- 
cock, 1845,  'I'sd  in  infancy;  Benjamin  Frank- 
lin, September  20,  1846,  married Har- 
ris, of  Providence.  By  second  wife :  Child. 
died  in  infancy.  By  third  wife:  Martha 
Babcock.  October  22,  1857,  died  March  10, 
1858;  Harriet  Babcock.  February  12,  1850: 
Fanny  Potter,  October  16,  1861 :  Anna  Lewis, 
June '30,  1864,  married,  August  25,  1886,  Dan- 
iel Henry  Champlin   (see  Champlin  X'lIH. 

■  Moses  Brown  was  born  before 
BRi  iWX  1750  in  Connecticut.  During 
his  boyhood  he  was  bound  out 
as  an  apprentice.  He  came  to  Ware,  for- 
merlv  Western.  Worcester  county,  Massachu- 
setts, when  he  was  twenty-one  years  old.  and 
spent  the  years  of  his  manhood   there.     His 


later  years  were  spent  at  tiie  home  of  his  son 
\\  arner  at  Ware,  where  he  died  in  1808.  lie 
was  a  prominent  citizen  and  was  on  an  im- 
portant town  committee  with  Captain  Breck- 
inridge to  confer  with  General  Lincoln  and 
Captain  Shays  to  secure  peace  at  the  time  of 
Sha\s'  rebellion.  He  served  in  the  revolu- 
tion in  Captain  Hooker's  company.  Colonel 
Kuggles"  Regiment,  in  1777  and  had  other 
service. 

He    married    ( fir^t ) Cushnell.    of 

Connecticut;  married  (second)  a  widow 
named  Luce.     Children  by  first  wife:     Eliza. 

married  Pomeroy ;   Rosweil.   died    in 

1850;  Huldah;  Hannah,  married  Di- 

mon  ;  Cyrus  ;  Ceeley,  married  .\iken  : 

.\bigail.   married  Witherell ;  Warner. 

mentioned  below. 

1  II I  Warner,  son  of  Moses  Brown,  was 
born  in  Ware,  Massachusetts.  June  17.  1776. 
He  followed  farming  in  Ware,  and  took  an 
active  part  in  church  matters,  being  a  dea- 
con. He  later  came  to  Hampton.  Xew  York, 
and  was  a  farmer  there  for  seven  years.  In 
1829  he  came  to  \'ermont.  and  afterward 
lived  at  Wells  and  Poultney,  dying  at  the 
latter  named  place.  He  married,  December  i, 
1808,  Rhode  Potter,  born  June  10.  1785.  in 
North  Brookfield,  Massachusetts,  died  March 
26,  1856,  daughter  of  John  and  Rhoda  (  Bur- 
nett) Potter.  Children;  Caroline  Burnett. 
born  Xovember  8,  1809,  died  January  i,  1813: 
Moses  B.,  mentioned  below;  Catherine  Bur- 
nett, April  2,  1812,  died  December  6,  1902: 
Harriet  X.,  February  7,  1813,  died  May  23, 
1816;    Betsey    Pomeroy.   December  25,    1816. 

married  Piatt ;   John    Potter,    .\ugu5t 

17,  1818;  Lorenzo,  born  April  2~.  1820.  died 
in  1885;  Rhoda.  October  17.  1822:  Esther. 
February  17.  1826:  Sarah  .Augusta.  September 
22,   1828,  lives  in  East  Poultney.  \'ermont. 

(Ill)  Moses  Bushnell.  son  of  Warner 
Brown,  was  born  at  Ware.  Massachusetts. 
July  2T,,  181 1,  died  at  Castleton.  \'erniont. 
September  18.  1899.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  his  native  town,  and  came  with 
his  parents  to  Xew  York  state  and  afterward 
to  Vermont.  He  lived  in  Rutland  for  six 
years.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  active  life. 
He  married  (first)  January  i.  1833.  Louisa 
W.  Hotchkiss.  who  died  February  2j,  1854. 
He  married  (second)  December  19.  1854, 
Catherine  Ross,  born  October  22.  1828.  in 
Shrewsbury.  X'ermont.  died  .April  5.  i8<)4, 
daughter  of  Walter  and  Eliza  (Webb)  Ross. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Chal<in.  deceased: 
Herbert  .\..  lives  in  Iowa.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife:  Laura,  born  December  11.  1855. 
married  Abram  Smith  Craniton ;  Harry 
Moses,   mentioned  below. 


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( IV)  Harry  Moses,  son  of  Moses  Bush- 
nell  Brown,  was  born  December  3,  1866,  in 
Rutland,  \'ermont.  During  his  boyhood  he 
hved  in  Clarendon  and  Castleton,  \"ermont. 
He  attended  the  pubhc  schools  of  both  towns. 
Since  coming  to  Castleton  he  followed  farm- 
ing there  until  1900  and  still  retains  large 
farming  interests.,  owning  one  farm  of  four- 
teen hundred  acres,  probably  the  largest  sin- 
gle farm  in  the  state.  He  also  owns  another 
farm  of  two  hundred  and  forty  acres.  He 
made  a  specialty  of  raising  cattle  and  dairy- 
ing. In  addition  to  his  agricultural  interests 
he  has  been  engaged  since  January  i.  1900, 
in  the  manufacture  of  lumber  at  Castleton, 
where  he  operates  a  saw  and  grist  mill.  He 
is  also  a  dealer  in  all  kinds  of  feed  and 
grain. 

He  married  (first)  October  6,  1897,  Delia 
Pond,  of  Castleton,  who  died  March  5,  1898, 
daughter  of  Oscar  and  Evelyn  Brown.  He 
married  (second)  October  3,  1900,  Edith 
Mary  Wright,  born  at  Warnersburg,  New- 
York,  daughter  of  Martin  and  Sarah  (Brown) 
Wright.  Children  by  second  wife:  Harold 
Wright,  born  May  26,  1902  :  Mortimer  Ber- 
trand.  May  24,  1905  :  Catherine  Ross,  Novem- 
ber 12,  1912. 


Elisha  Clark,  of  one  of  the  early 
CLARK     pioneer   families   of   Connecticut, 

was  born  at  Sutiiield,  Connecticut, 
about  1740.  He  came  to  Pawlet,  \'ermont,  in 
1784,  and  settled  on  the  farm  next  south  of 
the  town  farm.  In  1795  he  removed  to  Or- 
well, \'ermont,  where  he  spent  his  last  years, 
living  to  an  advanced  age.  His  sons  who  re- 
mained in  Pawlet  were :  Colonial  Ozias,  dea- 
con of  the  church,  founder  of  the  Pawlet 
Manufacturing  Company:  Daniel,  mentioned 
below  :  Joseph  and  Asahel. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Elisha  Clark,  was  born 
in  Suffield,  Connecticut,  December  15,  1770, 
died  at  Pawlet,  \'ermont,  October  i,  1842. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  18 12.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  all  his  active  life.  He  mar- 
ried, January  31,  1788,  Sybil  Fitch,  born  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1772,  died  June  14,  1850,  daughter 
of  William  and  Alta  (Wheeler)  Fitch.  Chil- 
dren: Elisha,  born  June  29,  1791  :  William 
Fitch,  June  17,  1793:  Philip  Reed,  June  7, 
1795,  died  May  27,  1872:  Wheeler,  April  18, 
1797,  died  October  29,  1874:  John,  April  5, 
1799:  Cyrus  Austin,  July  2S.  1801  :  Darius, 
December  11,  1803:  Cornelia,  June  6,  1806; 
Corrilla,  twin  of  (Tornelia :  Senia,  August  29, 
1808:  Daniel,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Clark, 
was  born  in  Pawlet.  \'ermont,  August  13, 
1812,  died  in  West  Rutland,  N'ermont,  March 


3,  1889.  He  hail  a  common  school  education, 
and  followed  farming.  About  1839  he  went 
west  and  located  in  Michigan.  After  eight 
years  of  pioneer  life  there,  he  returned  to 
\'ermont  and  lived  for  a  time  at  Tinmouth. 
Afterward  he  made  his  home  at  West  Rutland, 
where  he  spent  his  later  years  and  died.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married  Maria  Salisbury,  of  Tin- 
mouth,  X'erniont,  bi;irn  August  10.  1818,  died 
in  1894.  daughter  of  Elias  and  Fannie  (Liv- 
ingston )  Salisbury.  Children :  Elias  Edwin, 
mentioned  below :  Sarah  F..  born  in  1845, 
married  (first)  M.  C.  Kelsey,  (second) 
Charles  H.  Slason,  (third)   Henry  G.  Post. 

( I\' )  Elias  Edwin,  son  of  Daniel  (  2  )  Clark, 
was  born  September  17,  1840.  in  La  Pierre, 
Michigan.  He  came  east  with  his  parents 
when  he  was  seven  years  old,  and  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  of  \'er- 
mont.  For  twenty  years  he  was  a  farmer, 
and  then  he  engaged  in  the  meat  and  provision 
business  for  twenty  years  with  a  market  at 
West  Rutland,  \'ermont.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  civil  war,  enlisting  June  29,  1861,  in 
Company  I,  Fifth  Regiment  \'ermont  \'olun- 
teer  Militia,  from  the  town  of  Poultney.  and 
served  three  years.  He  was  honorably  dis- 
charged and  mustered  out  of  service  in  Sep- 
tember, 1864.  He  took  part  in  the  battle  of 
Savage  Station  and  was  wounded  there.  He 
was  in  the  second  battle  of  the  Wilderness,  at 
Spottsylvania  and  in  the  North  Anna  and 
South  Anna  engagements  in  which  his  regi- 
ment took  an  active  part :  also  in  the  battle 
of  Cedar  Creek  and  of  Petersburg  and  the 
battle  of  Winchester.  He  was  taken  prisoner 
and  confined  in  the  Rebel  Prison  at  Belle  Isle 
and  also  in  Libbv  Prison.  He  was  finally  ex- 
changed after  enduring  much  hardship  and 
suffering.  He  is  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge. 
No.  loi.  Free  and  Accepted  }iIasons.  of  West 
Rutland.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican ;  in 
religion    a    Congregationalist. 

He  married,  September  7.  1865,  Henrietta 
Caroline,  born  in  Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania, 
September  26,  1841,  daughter  of  George  Perry 
and  .A.nna  Eliza  (Rose)  Worrell.  (Thildren : 
I.  Chandleretta.  born  February  2T,.  1868:  mar- 
ried Waher  C.  Thrall,  of  West  Rutland,  and 
has  children,  Mabel  Henrietta,  Rollin  Clark, 
Wayne  Edwin  and  Walter  Deland.  2.  Wayne 
Salisbury,  born  July  31,  1870,  proprietor  of  an 
automobile  garage  in  Rutland,  married,  Jan- 
uary I,  190 1,  May  .\ngeline  Morgan,  of  Har- 
risonville,  Missouri,  daughter  of  Elisha 
Rounds  and  Hannah  Jane  (  McKisson  1  Mor- 
gan :  children  :  Elsie  May,  born  May  4,  1902 : 
Wayne  Morrell,  May  20,  1903. 


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Tile  X'erniont  Iiranch  of  the 
CAMPBELL  family  beariiiy-  this  ancient 
name  so  renowned  in  Scot- 
tish history  is  now  represented  in  Rutland  by 
Charles  Henry  Campbell,  a  well  known  busi- 
ness man  of  that  city.  On  his  mother's  side 
Mr.  Campbell  is  descended  from  ancestors  the 
record  of  whose  line  has  been  for  fourteen  cen- 
turies interwoven  with  the  history  of  Eng- 
land. 

( I  )  Arg}  le  Campbell,  of  Rutland,  is  thought 
to  have  been  a  native  of  Scotland,  and  is 
known  to  liave  emigrated  at  the  beginning  of 
the  nineteenth  century  to  the  L'nited  States 
and  settled  in  Chesterfield,  New  York.  Soon 
after  the  birth  of  his  youngest  child  lie  left 
his  family  and  set  out  for  the  west,  thinking 
that  he  might  find  in  that  then  sparsely  set- 
tled region  more  favorable  opportunities.  This 
was  about  18 18.  His  family  watched  in  vain 
for  his  return,  and  year  after  year  went  by 
with  no  message  from  him  and  no  tidings  in 
regard  to  his  fate,  which  ever  remained  a  mys- 
ter\-,  Mr.  Campbell  married,  in  Chesterfield, 
New  York,  Betsey  Jaycox,  born  iii  1790, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Jaycox,  who  lived  to 
the  extraordinary  age  of  one  hundred  and 
three  years.  The  following  children  were 
born  to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Campbell:  Joseph; 
John :  Alexander,  mentioned  below  :  Charles. 
Mrs.  Campbell,  though  she  did  not  equal  her 
father  in  longevity,  lived  to  a  very  advanced 
age,  dying  in  1877,  in  her  eighty-eighth  year. 
(IL)  Rev.  Alexander  Campbell,  son  of  Ar- 
gyle  and  Betsey  (Jaycox)  Campbell,  was  born 
September  28,  1816,  in  Chestertield,  New 
York.  He  belonged  to  the  ministry  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  having  graduated 
from  the  Troy  Conference  Seminary,  Poult- 
ney,  \'ermont.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
identified  with  Rutland,  preaching  in  Centre 
Rutland  in  a  church  which  was  afterward 
purchased  by  the  \ermont  Marble  Company 
and  used  for  a  store,  and  still  later  was  de- 
stroyed by  tire.  Mr.  Campbell  caused  to  be 
erected  on  land  given  by  General  Ripley  in 
what  was  then  East  Rutland  the  first  Metho- 
dist Episcopal  church  ever  built  in  Rutland. 
He  married  (first)  October  9,  1842,  .\lma 
Tracy  (see  Tracy  VII),  and  they  became  the 
parents  of  the  following  children:  i.  Merritt 
Bates,  born  November  "29,  1843.  died  Decem- 
ber I,  191 1,  in  Heber.  California;  he  was  a 
phvsician  and  during  the  civil  war  served  as 
a  surgeon  in  the  L'nion  army  ;  he  was  instru- 
mental in  the  building  of  an  asylum  for  the 
insane  at  Toliet,  Illinois,  and  for  fifteen  years 
had  charge  of  the  institution ;  he  married  and 
had  the  following  children:  .\lma,  Bessie, 
Cora,  a  missionary  to  Japan ;  Robert,  a  physi- 


cian in  Los  Angeles;  Mary.  2.  Charles  Hen- 
ry, mentioned  below.  3.  Elizabeth  P.,  Iwrn 
February  6,  1848;  now  living  in  Los  .\ngeles. 
4.  William  .-X..  iwrn  July  22,  1858,  died  March 
10,  1862.  Mrs,  Alma  (Tracy)  Campbell  died 
August  4,  1864,  in  Rutland.'  and  Mr.  Camp- 
bell married  (second)  .May  i,  18^/).  Laura  M.. 
widow  of  Caleb  W.  Ensign.  The  death  of  Mr. 
Campbell  occurred  May  8,  1882.  at  North 
(iranville.  New  York,  and  he  is  buried  at 
.Shelburn.  \'ermont. 

(Ill)  Charles  Henry,  son  of  Rev.  .Mexan- 
der  and  Alma  (Tracy)  Cam()l)ell.  was  born 
December  9,  1845.  in  Morrisville,  Vermont. 
He  received  a  common  school  education, 
afterward  attending  the  commercial  college 
in  Rutland.  He  was  for  a  time  engaged  in 
the  headstone  and  monument  business,  but  has 
for  forty  years  conducted  the  leading  under- 
taking and  livery  establishment  in  West  Rut- 
land. He  has  extensive  agricultural  interests, 
being  the  owner  of  two  farms,  one  in  Rutland 
and  the  other  in  Ira,  Since  1864  his  home 
has  been  in  West  Rutland  and  he  is  promin- 
ently identified  with  the  real  estate  interests 
of  the  town.  Mr.  Campbell  marrietl,  June  30, 
1868,  .\lta  C.  Ensign  (see  Ensign  X),  and 
they  are  the  parents  of  two  children :  i.  .\lnia 
L.,  born  October  5,  1867;  married.  March  4. 
1890,  Richard  W,  Smith  Jr.,  of  West  Rut- 
land, and  has  one  son,  Richard  W.,  born  .Au- 
gust 21,  1898.  2.  Kleber  .\lexander.  born  De- 
cember 26.  1873 ;  physician  in  Hopedale. 
Massachusetts ;  married,  .\ugust  lo.  1900, 
Mary  Brewster  Satford.  of  (Jhio,  and  they 
have  two  children :  Kleber  .Alexander,  born 
October  18,  i'X>2,  and  Katharine,  born  June 
1,   1908. 

( TJie    Tracy    Line). 

(I)  Cedric  the  Saxon,  earliest  known  pro- 
genitor of  this  ancient  race,  sailed  for  Eng- 
land with  five  ships,  in  495  .Anno  Domini,  and 
the  line  of  his  descendants  is  traced  below : 

(II)  Cuthwin.  (Ill)  Cuth.  (I\' )  Chewald. 
(  \' )  Kenred.  ( \T )  Ingills.  (\Tli  Eoppa. 
(Mil)  Easa.  (IX)  Alkmund.  iX)  Egbert. 
(XI)  Ethelwulf.  (XII)  .Alfred  the  Creat, 
came  to  the  throne  in  S-2.  (XIII)  Edward. 
(XIX)  Edmund.  (X\)  Edgar.  (X\T)  Ethel- 
red,  (X\TI)  Princess  Goda,  married  Walter, 
(X\TII)  Rudolph,  or  Ralph,  (XIX)  Harold. 
Earl  of  Chester,  married  Matilda. 

( XX )  John,  eldest  son  of  Harold  and  Ma- 
tilda, inherited  the  lands  of  his  father  and 
l)ecame  Lord  of  Sudely  and  Toddington.  He 
married  Grace,  daughter  of  Henry  de  Tracy. 
feudal  lord  of  Devonshire,  and  they  had  two 
sons:    Ralph,  William,  mentioned  helow, 

( XXI )  Sir  William,  son  of  John.  Earl  of 
Chester,  and   Grace  de  Tracy,  inherited  the 


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lands  of  his  mother  and  assumed  the  Tracy 
name.  He  was  one  of  the  knights  who  assas- 
sinated Thomas  a  Becket  at  the  supposed  insti- 
gation of  King  Henry  the  Second.  The  Hne 
of  Sir  WilUani  Tracy's  descendants  is  as  fol- 
lows : 

I XXII)  Oliver.  (XXIII)  William, 
iXXI\')' Henry,  (XXV)  Henry,  (XXVI) 
Sir  William,  was  in  the  Scotch  war.  ('XX\'II) 
William,  (XXVIII)  WilUam.  (XXIX)  Sir 
John,  was  in  parliament  in  1357.  (XXX)  Sir 
Tohn,  was  in  parliament.  (XXXI)  William, 
■(XXXII)  William,  (XXXIII)  William, 
(XXXI\")  Henry,  (XXX\')  Sir  William, 
( XXXM )  Richard,  of  Stanway,  married 
Barbara  Lucy,  (XXXVII)  Xathaniel,  of 
Tewksbury. 

From  the  period  of  the  emigration  the  line 
is  as  follows : 

(I)  Lieutenant  Thomas  Tracy,  son  of  Xa- 
thaniel Tracy,  of  Tewksbury,  was  born  in 
England,  in  1610,  and  in  April,  1636,  came  to 
the  American  colonies,  settling  at  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts. 

(II)  Sergeant  Thomas  (2)  Tracy  was  born 
in  1646. 

(III)  Xathaniel  Tracy  was  born  in  1675; 
married  Sarah  ^ilinor. 

(IV)  Joseph  Tracy  was  born  in  1712;  mar- 
ried ]\Iary  Fuller. 

(V)  Hezekiah  Tracy  was  born  in  1746; 
married  Eunice . 

(\T)  Cyrus  Tracy  was  born  ^ larch  20, 
1785:  married  Alma  . 

(\TI)  Alma,  daughter  of  Cyrus  and  Alma 
Tracy,  was  born  March  24,  1822,  in  Shelburn, 
\'ermont,  on  a  part  of  what  is  now  the  well 
known  Webb  farm  ;  she  became  the  wife  of 
the  Rev.  Alexander  Campbell  ( see  Camp- 
bell II). 

(The    Ensign    Line). 

The  line  of  descent  of  IMrs.  Alta  C.  (En- 
•^ign )  Campbell  is  traced  as  follows  from 
William  Bradford: 

( I )  William  Bradford,  born  in  1590,  in  Aus- 
terheld,  England,  was  a  passenger  on  the 
"Mayflower,"  in  1620,  and  became  the  second 
go\-ernor  of  the  Plymouth  Colony.  He  mar- 
ried Alice  Carpenter. 

(II)  Lieutenant-Governor  \\'illiam  Brad- 
ford married  Alice  Richards. 

(III)  r^Iercy,  daughter  of  William  and  Alice 
(Richards)   Bradford,  married  Samuel  Steele. 

(I\')  Thomas,  son  of  Samuel  and  ^lercy 
(Bradford)  Steele,  married  Susannah  Web- 
ster. 

(\')  Susannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Susannah  (Webster)  Steele,  married  Thomas 
.Hosmer. 

( \T  )    Susannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 


Susannah  (Steele)  Hosmer,  married  Toel 
Kellogg. 

(\TI)  Deborah,  daughter  of  Joel  and  Su- 
sannah (Hosmer)  Kellogg,  married  Gideon 
Deming. 

(Mil)  Orpah,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  De- 
borah (Kellogg)  Deming,  married  Dr.  Caleb 
W.  Ensign. 

(IX)  Caleb  W.  (2).  son  of  Caleb  W.  (i) 
and  Urpah  (Deming)  Ensign,  married  Laura 
AI.   Safford. 

(  X  )  Alta  C,  daughter  of  Caleb  W.  (  2)  and 
Laura  M.  (Saft'ord)  Ensign,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 15.  1846.  in  Rootstown,  Ohio,  and  became 
the  wife  of  Charles  Henrv  Campbell  (see 
Campbell  III). 


Thomas  ]\Iarshall.  emigrant 
M.\RSHALL     ancestor     of     Dr.     George 

Alorley  ^Marshall,  came  in 
1634  or  1635  from  Boston,  England,  to  Bos- 
ton, Alassachusetts.  He  had  been  mayor  of 
the  city  first  named.  For  thirteen  years  he 
was  deacon  of  the  First  Church,  the  oldest 
church  in  Boston,  Alassachusetts.  He  was 
selectman  eleven  years  and  dean  1  or  oldest 
member  of  the  board)    in  later  life. 

(II)  Captain  Samuel  Marshall,  son  of  Dea- 
con Thomas  Marshall,  settled  in  \\"indsor, 
Connecticut,  whence  the  family  spread  to  Tor- 
rington,  Connecticut.  He  commanded  the 
\\"indsor  company  in  General  Josiah  Win- 
slow"s  campaign  against  the  Indian  conspira- 
tor. King  Philip,  in  December.  1675.  -^^  the 
head  of  this  force,  while  storming  Philip's 
fort  in  the  Great  Swamp  Fight.  Captain  Sam- 
uel Marshall  was  killed.  He  was  called 
"Brave  Captain  Samuel."  and  he  had  honor- 
able mention  in  Bancroft's  History,  Hollister's 
"Connecticut",  Hutchinson's  "Massachusetts'', 
Drake's  "Indians",  etc.  He  married.  May  i, 
1652,  Hilary,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  David 
Wilton.  Children :  Samuel,  born  May  27, 
1653 :  Lydia.  February  18.  1655 :  Thomas. 
April  23,  1659:  David.  July  24.  1661  :  Thomas 
(2d),  of  whom  further:  Mary.  May  S,  1667; 
Eliakim.  July  10,  1669:  John,  April  10.  1672; 
Elizabeth.  September  27,  1674. 

(III)  Deacon  Thomas  (2)  ^Marshall,  son  of 
Captain  Samuel  ]\Iarshall,  was  born  February 
2^.  1663,  died  X'ovember  8,  1735.  He  was  an 
original  proprietor  of  Torrington.  Connecti- 
cut, but  did  not  settle  there.  He  married 
Marv  Drake,  daughter  of  Job  Drake,  of  the 
family  of  the  famous  Sir  Francis  Drake:  her 
mother  was  daughter  of  the  distinguished 
Henrv  \\'alcott.  Children  of  Deacon  Tho- 
mas and  Mary  (Drake)  ^^larshall :  Thomas, 
born  Tanuarv'14.  1686,  died  August  26.  1689; 
^ilarv^  born  February  21,  1689:  Samuel,  July 


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23,  1691  ;  Thomas  (31!),  of  whom  lunlier; 
Rachel,  April  12,  1696;  Catharine,  April  11. 
1699;  John,  April  3,  1701  ;  Noah,  April  .'4, 
1703;  Rev.  Daniel,  1705;  Benjamin,  August  8, 
1707;  Eunice,  May  3.  1709. 

(l\")  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Deacon  Thomas 

(2)  Marshall,  was  born  in  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, February  6,  1693,  <^lie<i  February  4,  1772. 
He  settled  in  the  southwestern  part  of  Tor- 
rington  some  time  before  1757,  on  a  farm  just 
south  of  the  old  Jonathan  Coe  place.  He 
married,  October  9,  1725,  Elizabeth  Tudor, 
born  in  1700,  died  February  8,  1790,  daugiiter 
of  Owen  Tudor,  who  migrated  from  Wales 
in  1649.  Children :  Thomas,  born  October 
13.  1726,  died  young;  Gad,  February  18,  1732; 
Job,  April  22,  1736;  Thomas,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

(\')  Thomas  (4).  youngest  son  of  Thomas 

(3)  Marshall,  was  born  September  5.  1738. 
He  settled  on  a  farm  in  Newfield,  adjoining 
the  Winchester  line,  which  his  father  gave 
him  in  1761,  and  started  the  first  large  dairy 
in  Newfield.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
there,  and  a  man  of  great  intluence  among  his 
neighbors.  He  served  in  the  revolution  in 
Captain  Griswold's  company,  in  1777,  and  in 
Captain  Amos  Cook's  company  in  1775.  He 
married  (first)  January  30,  1764,  Desire  Tut- 
tle,  born  May  lb,  1743,  died  August  14,  1808. 
He  married  (second)  Sarah  Butler,  a  widow, 
of  Harwinton,  Connecticut.  Children,  all  by 
his  first  wife;  Raphael,  born  May  14,  1765; 
Reuben,  born  November  29,  1766.  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1814;  Harvey,  born  June  29,  1768: 
Sarah,  born  June  10,  1770,  died  April  17. 
1816;  Levi,  born  April  19,  1772,  died  Decem- 
ber 25,  1818;  Rosel,  born  December  30,  1773. 
died  November  23,  1845 ;  Seth,  of  whom  fur- 
ther;  Rachel,  born  June  19,  1781,  died  Jan- 
uarv    15,    1849:    Susannah,   born    August    14. 

I783- 

(\I)  Seth.  son  of  Thomas  (4)  Marshall, 
was  born  in  Newfield,  Connecticut,  December 
-■  I775'  clied  October  11.  1841.  He  lived  for 
many  years  in  Colebrook,  Connecticut,  and  was 
representative  in  the  Connecticut  general  as- 
sembly from  Colebrook,  1809-16.  He  removed 
to  Painesville.  Ohio,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried, June  3,  1802,  Susan  Frisbie,  born  ^March 
10,  1783.  who  survived  him  thirty  years,  dying 
at  the  age  of  ninety-seven.  Children:  Helen 
?(Iaria.  born  April  9,  1803  :  Abigail  Elisa,  Au- 
gust 31,  1805:  Raphael.  July  21.  1807:  Ste- 
phen, September  9,  1809:  Sarah,  July  4,  iSii  : 
Horace.  December  i,  1813:  Seth,  of  whom 
further:  Anna.  July  2^,  1817;  Edward.  No- 
vember 24.  1820. 

(\'n)  Seth  (2).  son  of  Seth  (i)  :\Iarshall. 
was  born  in  Colebrook,  Litchfield  county,  Con- 


necticut, September  3.  i!Si5.  He  went  to  the 
Western  Reserve,  Ohio,  with  his  parent-,,  in 
1837,  whither  two  married  sisters  had  pre- 
ceded him.  As  purser  on  a  line  of  boats  which 
traversed  the  Great  Lakes,  he  spent  one  or 
two  seasons,  at  which  time  he  saw  the  hamlet 
of  a  few  dwellings  which  later  became  Chi- 
cago. He  then  took  a  position  in  the  Geauga 
Bank  of  Painesville,  Ohio,  wiiich  later  became 
the  First  National  Bank,  of  which  he  was 
president  for  many  years.  He  early  entered 
the  hardware  business,  in  wliich  he  remaincfl 
the  greater  part  of  his  business  life.  He  was 
a  Republican  in  politics  and  was  one  of  the 
electors  who  elected  Lincoln.  He  was  an  early 
Abolitionist,  of  strong  principle  and  fearless. 
Ho  did  not  hesitate  to  imperil  large  business 
interests  that  he  might  protect  the  fugitive 
slaves  in  their  flight  to  Canada,  although  it 
was  in  defiance  of  the  law  and  pro-slavery 
sentiment.  His  home  was  regarded  as  one  of 
the  stations  on  the  "underground  railroad," 
and  there  still  stands  on  the  Marshall  home- 
stead, the  old  barn  with  its  massive  frame  of 
hewn  timber,  where  many  of  the  unfortunates 
were  given  food  and  shelter.  He  married, 
May  26,  1842,  Esther  I'hilena,  born  in  1S15, 
daughter  of  Albert  and  Esther  (  Healy  i  Mor- 
ley.  She  was  descended  on  her  maternal  side 
from  W'illiam  Healy,  who  came  with  the  Pil- 
grims and  settled  in  Roxbury,  afterwards 
Cambridge,  Massachusetts.  Children  of  Seth 
Marshall:  Juliet  Gillet.  born  April  12.  1843: 
Thomas  Healy.  November  13,  1845 :  Mary 
Woolley,  April  21,  1848.  died  in  infancy:  Seth, 
April  25.  1850:  Albert  Morley,  December  25. 
1851  ;  Emma  Caroline.  August  8.  1833; 
Charles  Edward,  born  May  17.  1856.  died 
1864 :  George  Morley.  of  whom  further. 

(\ni)  George  Morley.  son  of  Seth  (2) 
Marshall,  was  born  March  13,  1858,  in  Paines- 
ville, Lake  county.  Ohio.  He  taught  one  year 
while  preparing  for  college,  and  graduated 
from  Adelbert  College  of  Western  Reserve 
University  in  1883.  with  the  degree  of  I'ach- 
elor  of  Arts.  In  the  same  year  he  entered 
the  medical  department  of  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania,  from  which  he  received  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1886:  taking 
at  once  the  competitive  examination  at  St.  Jo- 
seph's Hospital,  he  became  its  first  resident 
physician  under  the  management  of  tiie  Sis- 
ters of  Charity.  After  remaining  with  that 
institution  one  year  he  continued  his  profes- 
sional studies  in  \ienna  and  Berlin  until  the 
winter  of  1888-89.  In  January,  i88o.  he  re- 
turned to  Philadelphia  and  began  the  active 
practice  of  his  profession,  and  that  year  was 
appointed  attending  physician  and  laryngolo- 
gist  to  St.  Joseph'sHospital.    Two  years  later 


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he  was  also  appointed  laryngologist  to  the 
Philadelphia  Hospital.  Although  Dr.  George 
M.  Marshall  remains  in  Philadelphia  in  active 
practice,  he  has  a  country  home  and  farm  in 
Solebury.  Bucks  county.  Pennsylvania,  where 
his  children  Harriet,  Celia  and  Thomas  were 
born,  and  where  the  family  live  a  portion  of 
each  year.  His  country  property  is  among 
farmers  whose  ancestors  received  grants  and 
were  among  the  original  followers  of  William 
Penn.  It  includes  the  historic  Phillips  mill, 
which  began  operation  before  the  revolution- 
ary war  and  continued  with  the  same  water 
power  and  wooden  machinery  to  the  time  of 
its  purchase  in  1896.  and  later.  Around  this 
mill  has  come  a  colony  of  artists  and  friends. 
He  married,  June  7.  1893,  Harriet  Putnam, 
daughter  of  Heman  and  Mary  (Day)  Ely,  of 
Elvria,  Ohio.  Her  paternal  grandfather.  He- 
man  Ely,  went  early  to  the  Western  Reserve 
to  develop  a  large  tract  of  land  inherited  from 
his  father,  one  of  the  original  members  of  the 
Connecticut  Land  Company,  and  gave  the 
name  Lorain  to  the  county,  and  laid  out  and 
named  the  town  of  Elvria.  Her  maternal 
grandfather,  Thomas  ■  Day,  of  Hartford, 
brother  of  Jeremiah  Day,  president  of  Yale 
College,  was  for  twenty-two  years  secretary 
of  state  in  Connecticut.  Children  of  George 
Alorlev  and  Harriet  Putnam  (Ely)  .Marshall: 
George  :\Iorley  Jr.,  born  March  19,  1894,  died 
March  7,  1905:' Esther  Philena,  born  June  8. 
1895;  Harriet  Ely,  September  7,  1896;  Mar- 
garet Ely,  April  24,  1898:  Edith  Williamson, 
August  3,  1900,  died  August  16,  1901 ;  Celia 
Belden,  born  January  29,  1902;  Thomas,  Oc- 
tober 8,  1905. 


Nathaniel  Ely,  the  immigrant  ances- 
ELY     tor,  was  born  in  England,  doubtless 

at  Tenterden.  county  Kent,  in  1606. 
He  received  a  common  school  education,  as 
evidenced  by  the  records  left  behind  him.     He 

married,  in  England,  Martha ,  and  had 

a  son  and  daughter  before  leaving  his  native 
land.  He  came  to  America,  it  is  thought,  in 
1634,  in  the  bark  "Elizabeth",  from  Ipswich, 
England.  His  name  is  not  on  the  passenger 
list,  but  that  of  his  friend  Robert  Day  ap- 
pears, and  as  they  settled  on  adjoining  lots 
in  Newtown,  Massachusetts  Piay,  now  the  city 
of  Cambridge,  May  6.  1635,  it  is  reasonable 
to  believe  that  they  came  together.  In  June, 
1636,  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  and  about  a  hun- 
dred others,  men.  women  and  children,  prob- 
ably including  Nathaniel  Ely,  made  their  way 
through  the  wilderness  to  a  fertile  spot  on  the 
Connecticut  river  and  made  the  first  settle- 
ment at  Hartford.  It  appears  from  the  early 
records  and   from  a  map  made  in    1640  that 


Ely  owned  a  homestead  there.  In  1639  he  was 
one  of  the  constables,  and  in  1643-49  <  ne  of 
the  selectmen.  The  name  of  Nathaniel  Ely 
is  on  the  monument  to  the  memory  of  the 
fir^t  settlers  of  Hartford.  He  afterwards  re- 
moved to  what  is  now  Norwalk,  Connecticut, 
of  which  he  was  one  of  the  founders  and  first 
settlers,  where  he  remained  until  1659  when 
he  sold  his  property  and  removed  to  Spring- 
field, Massachusetts,  where  he  passed  the  rest 
of  his  life.  Here,  as  at  Hartford,  he  was 
called  to  serve  the  public  soon  after  his  ar- 
rival, and  was  selectman  in  1661-63-66-68-71- 
j^.  His  place  of  residence  in  that  town  from 
1660  to  1665  is  not  certainly  known,  though 
it  is  most  likely  that  he  lived  in  what  is  now 
Chicopee.  In  1665  he  became  keeper  of  the 
ordinary,  or  tavern,  a  business  which  he  con- 
tinued to  follow  to  the  time  of  his  death,  De- 
cember 2f>.  1675.  Martha,  his  wife,  died  in 
Springfield,  October  2;^.  1688.  Children: 
Samuel,  mentioned  below  :  Ruth,  died  October 
12,    1662. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Ely,  was 
born  probably  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  or 
Cambridge.  ^lassachusetts,  and  died  March 
19,  1692.  He  removed  to  Springfield  with  his 
parents  and  married  there,  October  28,  1659, 
Mary,  youngest  child  of  Robert  Day  and  his 
second  wife,  Editha  (Stebbins)  Day:  she  was 
born  in  Hartford  in  1641.  Samuel  Ely  was 
quite  successful  in  acquiring  property,  and 
at  his  death  left  a  considerable  estate.  He 
died  in  Springfield.  Ten  of  their  sixteen  chil- 
dren died  in  infancy  or  in  early  youth.  Chil- 
dren :  child,  born  and  died  in  1660,  Spring- 
field ;  Samuel,  born  March  i,  1662,  died  March 
22,  1662:  Joseph,  born  August  20,  1663;  Sam- 
uel, November  4,  1664,  died  February  18, 
1665  ;  Mary,  March  29,  1667,  died  April  19, 
1667;  Samuel,  born  May  9,  1668;  Nathaniel, 
January  18,  1670,  died  March  16,  1671 ;  Jona- 
than, July  I,  1672,  died  July  10,  1672:  Jona- 
than, January  24,  1676.  died  February  fol- 
lowing; Martha,  October  28,  1677,  died  No- 
vember 25,  1677:  John,  mentioned  below: 
Mary,  June  20,  1681,  died  December  21,  1681 ; 
Jonathan,  born  January  21,  1683:  Mary,  Feb- 
ruary 29.  1684;  Ruth,'  1688.  All  were  born 
at   Springfield. 

(III )  beacon  John  Ely,  son  of  Samuel  Ely, 
was  born  at  Springfield,  January  28,  1678, 
died  at  West  Springfield,  January  15,  1758. 
He  married,  December  30,  1703,  Mercy, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Leonard) 
Bliss,  born  Tulv  18,  1680,  died  in  West  Spring- 
field, May  "5,  '1763,  Her  sister  Martha  mar- 
ried Samiief  Elv,  a  brother  of  John,  Children, 
born  at  West  Springfield :  Twin  sons,  born 
November  5,  1704,  died  November  5-10,  1704: 


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Abel.  Xoveniber,  170G,  died  January  17.  1707; 
John,  mentioned  below;  Reuben.  January  12, 
1710:  Abner,  September  2b.  171 1;  Mercy, 
January  22.  1713:  Caleb,  November  25,  1714; 
Racliel,  November  11,  1716;  Noah,  July  4, 
1721. 

I  l\  I  Ensign  John  Ely,  son  of  John  Ely, 
was  born  at  West  Springfield,  December  3, 
1707.  died  there  May  22.  1754.  He  married, 
November  15.  1733.  Eunice,  daughter  of  John 
and  Joanna  Colton,  born  at  Longmeadow, 
February  22.  1705,  died  March  29,  1778.  She 
married  (second)  June  19,  1759,  Major  Roger 
Wolcott.  son  of  Governor  Roger  and  Sarah 
(Drake)  Wolcott.  She  married  (third)  .\pril 
3,  1761.  Captain  Joel  White,  of  Bolton,  Con- 
necticut. Children,  born  at  West  Springtield : 
John.  April  6,  1735  ;  Eunice,  January  19,  1737  ; 
Justin,  mentioned  below :  Eunice.  September 
II.  1741  :  Heman.  January  8,  1744.  died  May 
9,    1754:  Rhoda,  May   12,   1746. 

(  \' )  Justin,  son  of  Ensign  John  Ely,  was 
born  at  West  Springfield,  .August  10,  1739, 
and  died  there  June  26,  1817.  He  married 
(first)  No\ember  9,  1762,  Ruth,  daughter  of 
Captain  Joel  and  Ruth  (  Dart )  White,  of  Bol- 
ton. Connecticut,  born  February  29.  1744,  died 
April  6.  1809.  He  married  (second)  De- 
cember II.  1809.  Marion  Lane,  daughter  of 
Governor  Matthew  and  Ursula  (Wolcott) 
Griswold.  of  Lyme,  Connecticut,  born  there, 
April  17.  1750.  She  married  (first)  Charles 
Church  Chandler,  (second)  Captain  Ebenezer 
Lane.  She  died  in  West  Springfield.  June 
17.  1829.  Justin  Ely  graduated  from  Har- 
vard College,  1759.  and  became  a  successful 
merchant  in  his  native  town,  where  he  did 
a  larger  business  than  any  other  merchant. 
He  \vas  interested  to  a  great  extent  in  real 
estate  in  Massachusetts.  X'ermont,  the  Dis- 
trict of  Maine,  and  New  York,  and  was  an 
original  proprietor  of  the  Connecticut  West- 
ern Reserve  in  Ohio,  under  the  Connecticut 
Land  Company.  He  represented  his  native 
town  in  th.e  general  court  in  1777-80-85-90-97. 
and  was  otherwise  prominent  in  public  af- 
fairs. During  the  revolution  he  was  active 
in  aiding  the  country,  especially  in  collecting 
men  who  were  drafted  into  the  service  and  in 
providing  for  them  afterwards.  Children, 
born  at  West  Springfield :  Theodore.  .August 
10,  1764:  Anna.  Mav  12.  1767,  died  January 
6.  1776;  Justin.  September  22,  1772:  Heman, 
mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  Heman,  son  of  Justin  Ely.  was  born 
in  West  Springfield.  April  24,  1775,'  and  died 
in  Elvria.  Ohio.  February  2.  1852.  Early  in 
the  nineteenth  century  he  became  interested 
in  the  purchase  of  lands  in  central  and  west- 
ern New  York,  and  under  his  direction  large 


tracts   tiicre   were   surveyed  and   sold  to  set- 
tlers.    .\l  about  the  same  time  he  entered  into 
partnership  with  his  brother  Iheodorc  in  .\cw 
York   City,   and   was    for   ten   years  engaged 
with  him  in  commerce  in  Europe  and  the  East 
Indies.     During  this  time  he  visited  England, 
Holland,  France  and  Spain,  largely  in  the  in- 
terests of  his  business.'     In   France  lie  lived 
long  enough  to  acquire  the  language,  and  was 
in  Paris  from  July.  1809.  to  .\prd.  1810.  where 
he  was   witness  of  many  social   and  (X)litical 
events  of  historical  interest.     He  saw  in  .Au- 
gust. 1809,  the  grand  fete  of  .Napoleon  and 
the  Empress  Josephine,  and  in  the  evening  at- 
tended a  ball  at  the  Hotel  de  X'ille,  wiiere  a 
cotillion   was  danced  by  a   set  of   kings  and 
queens.      The    following   .April,   the    Empress 
Josephine   having   in   the   meantime  been   di- 
vorced and  dethroned,  he  witnessed  the  for- 
mal   entrance    into    Paris    of    Xapoleon    and 
Marie    Louise  of   Austria,   and   the   religious 
ceremony  of  marriage   at   the  chapel   of   the 
Tuilleries.     At  that  time  all   Europe  was  un- 
der arms  and  passage   from  one   country  to 
another  was  attended  with  the  greatest  <liffi- 
culty    and    danger.      Mr.    Ely    and    a    friend, 
Charles  R.  Codman.  of   Boston,  in   1809  em- 
barked for  Holland  from  England  in  a  Dutch 
fishing  boat,  were  fired  upon  by  gendarmes  as 
they  tried  to  land,  and  only  after  a  long  jour- 
ney  on    foot   reached    Rotterdam   and    finally 
Paris.     In   18 10  he  returned  to  .America  and 
the  following  year  visited  Ohio,  and  returned 
to  New  England  by  way  of  Niagara  Falls,  the 
St.    Lawrence,   and   Montreal.     Most   of   this 
journey  was  performed  on  horseback  :  part  of 
it  on  the  Hudson  by  a  steamboat  he  mentions 
with  special  interest.    In  1816  he  again  visited 
Ohio  and  made  arrangements  to  open  the  ter- 
ritory owned  by  his  father.  No.  6,  range  17, 
Connecticut  Western  Reserve.     In  February, 
1817.    accompanied    by    a    large    company    of 
skilled  workmen  and  laborers,  he  left  the  east 
for  his  future  home.     He  and  his  stepbrother 
Ebenezer  Lane  rode  in  a  covered  wagon,  the 
others  walked  or  rotle  on  the  o.x  cart  which 
carried  provisions,  and  arrived  at  their  destina- 
tion   March    17.    1817.      The    new    settlement 
was  named  by  Mr.  Ely.  Elyria.  and  owed  its 
prosperity  to  his  lifelong  efforts.      In  laying 
out  the  town  he  arranged   for  broad  streets 
and  ample  public  grounds,  with  suitable  lots 
for    a    church    and    school-house.      Later    he 
erected  a  high   school  building,  also  a  iiousc 
for  boarding  pupils  from  surrounding  towns. 
In  1818  he  built  a  house  for  him.self.     He  en- 
couraged  all   christian    institutions,   an<l   con- 
tributed   liberally    for   their   maintenance,    al- 
though he  was  not  himself  a  member  of  any 
church  until   1841.     In  1831-32  he  served  on 


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the  state  board  of  equalization,  and  from  1835 
to  1845  was  one  of  the  associate  judges  under 
the  old  state  constitution.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Federalist,  of  the  school  of  George  Cabot, 
Harrison  Gray  Otis  and  Thomas  Handyside 
Perkins. 

He  married,  in  \\'est  Springfield.  October  9, 
1818.  Celia.  daughter  of  Colonel  Ezekiel  Por- 
ter and  ]\Iary  (Parsons)  Belden,  born  in 
W'ethersfield,  Connecticut,  October  5,  1796, 
died  at  Elyria.  January  7,  1827.  He  married 
(second)  in  ^lansfield,  Connecticut,  August 
20,  1828.  Harriet  ]\I.,  daughter  of  General 
John  Salter,  born  in  Mansfield,  ^.larch  20, 
1792,  died  in  Elyria,  August  6.  1S46.  He 
married  (third)  in  Elyria.  December  7,  1846, 
Cynthia,  widow  of  John  Sergeant,  of  Stock- 
bridge.  Massachusetts,  and  daughter  of  Dr. 
Jeremiah  and  Amelia  (Ely)  West,  of  Tolland, 
Connecticut,  born  July  21,  1791,  in  Tolland, 
died  in  Hartford,  August  5.  1871.  Children 
of  first  wife,  born  at  Elyria :  Heman,  men- 
tioned below ;  Albert,  January  7,  1825  ;  INIary 
Belden,  January  7,  1827.  died  same  day ;  child 
of  second  wife:    Charles  Arthur,  May  2,  1829. 

(VII)  Heman  (2),  son  of  Heman  (i)  Ely, 
was  born  at  Elyria,  October  30,  1820.  His 
mother  died  in  1827,  and  he  was  brought  up 
by  Rev.  Emerson  Davis,  D.  D.,  and  his  wife, 
of  W'estfield,  Massachusetts.  Later  he  at- 
tended the  high  school  at  Elyria  and  Mr. 
Simeon  Hart's  school  in  Farmington,  Connec- 
ticut. He  then  returned  to  Elyria  and  en- 
tered his  father's  oftice,  where  he  received  a 
business  training  particularly  in  the  care  of 
real  estate.  He  soon  assumed  the  entire  busi- 
ness. He  assisted  in  the  organization  of  the 
first  bank  in  Elyria,  was  chosen  a  director  in 
1847  and  from  that  tim.e  has  been  connected 
with  it  as  director,  vice-president  and  presi- 
dent. It  became  in  1883  the  National  Bank 
of  Elyria.  In  1852,  with  Judge  Ebenezer  Lane 
and  others,  he  secured  "the  building  of  that 
section  of  the  present  Lake  Shore  &  ^Michigan 
Southern  railway,  then  known  as  the  Junction 
railroad,  from  Cleveland  to  Toledo.  From 
1870  to  1873  he  was  a  member  of  the  state 
legislature,  and  interested  himself  especially 
in  the  formation  of  the  state  insurance  depart- 
ment. He  was  a  member  of  King  Solomon's 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  was 
worshipful  master  from  1852  to  1871  ;  of  the 
Grand  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  of 
Ohio,  grand  commander  from  1864  to  1S71  ;  • 
Supreme  Council  of  the  Ancient  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite  of  Free  Masonry  for  the  North- 
ern Jurisdiction  of  the  L'nited  States,  and 
treasurer  for  some  years.  He  was  also  a 
member  of  the  Congregational  church  in  Ely- 
ria,  and   for  manv   vears  one  of   its  officers. 


For  ten  years  he  served  as  superintendent  of 
the  Sunday  school.  He  has  spent  some  time 
m  compihng  the  records  of  the  Elv  family. 

Fie  married,  in  Elyria,  September  i,  1841, 
Mary,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Abigail 
(Hams)  ^lontieth,  born  in  Clinton.  Oneida 
county,  Xew  York,  November  12.  1824,  died 
in  Elyria.  March  i,  1849.  He  married' (sec- 
ond )  in  Hartford,  May  27,  1850,  Z^Iarv  Fran- 
ces, daughter  of  Hon,  Thomas  and'  Sarah 
(  Coit)  Day,  born  in  Hartford.  Mav  7.  1S26. 
Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Elv'ria :  Celia 
Belden,  November  24,  1842.  died  October  18, 
1861 ;  George  Henry.  November  15,  1844; 
^lary  Montieth,  February  20,  1849.  '^ied  No- 
vember I,  1849.  Children  of  second  wife,  born 
in  Elyria:  Edith  Day,  November  27,  185 1 ; 
Charles  Theodore,  October  27,  1856:  Albert 
Heman,  mentioned  below :  Harriet  Putnam, 
October  9,  1864. 

(\TII)  Dr.  Albert  Heman  Ely,  son  of  He- 
man  Ely,  was  born  in  Elyria,  Ohio.  November 
22,  i860.  He  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips 
Academy,  Andover,  Massachusetts,  and  en- 
tered Yale  L'niversity,  where  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1885  with  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  arts.  He  entered  upon  the  study 
of  his  profession  at  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  of  Columbia  Universitv.  and 
was  graduated  there  with  the  degree  of  2\I.  D. 
in  1888.  He  received  his  hospital  experience 
as  interne  at  St.  Luke's  Hospital  in  New  York 
City.  For  about  two  years  he  traveled  and 
studied  abroad,  attending  lectures  and  acquir- 
ing hospital  experience  at  \'ienna.  Since  his 
return  to  this  country  he  has  been  engaged  in 
general  practice  in  New  York  City.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  County  and  State  medical 
societies  and  the  American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  Republican  in  politics.  He 
belongs  to  the  New  England  Society  of  New 
York,  the  University,  Yale  and  Southampton 
clubs,  and  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal   church. 

He  married,  at  Rochester,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1 89 1,  I\Iaude  Louise  Merchant,  born 
at  Rutland.  Illinois,  daughter  of  George  Eu- 
gene Merchant  and  Frances  Sherburne.  Chil- 
dren: I,  Reginald  Merchant,  born  August  10, 
1892,  died  August  21,  1892.  2.  .Albert  He- 
man  Jr.,  born  March  21,  1894.  3.  Gerald  Day, 
born  "October  7,  1896,  died  December  20,  1900. 
4.  Francis  Sb.erburne,  born  Noveml^er  7.  1902. 


The  English  Griswolds  were 
GRIS\\'OLD     an  ancient  county  family  es- 
tablished  at   Solihull.   War- 
wickshire, Englantl.  before  1400.     They  were 
descended    from    John    Griswold.    who    came 
from  Kenilworth  about  the  middle  of  the  four- 


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teenth  century,  and  settled  in  Solihull.  They 
were  of  local  distinction,  and  held  many  coun- 
ty offices.  They  possessed  a  coat-of-arnis  as 
follows:  Argent,  a  fesse  gules  between  two 
greyhounds  current,  sable.  The  name  was 
originally   written  Greswold  and  Gryswild. 

(I)  Michael  Griswold,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  this  branch,  was  born  in  England, 
and  owned  lands  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
as  earlv  as  1640.  There  were  two  other  Gris- 
wold immigrants,  Matthew  and  Edward, 
whom  we  know  were  brothers :  both  came  in 
1639  and  settled  in  Windsor,  Connecticut. 
Another  brcither  of  ?\latthew  and  Edward  re- 
mained in  England.  Thomas,  as  proved  by  the 
deposition  of  George  Griswold,  son  of  Ed- 
ward, in  1700.  The  father  of  the  before- 
mentioned  Matthew.  Edward  and  Thomas, 
was  Edward  Griswold.  of  Kenilworth,  War- 
■wickshire.  Michael  Griswold,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  Frank  D.  Griswold,  was  not  a 
brother  of  the  before-mentioned  Griswolds, 
though  some  early  writers  have  assumed  that 
he  was.     It  is  probable  that  he  was  a  cousin. 

Michael  Griswold,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  the  only  freeman  of  the  name  in  Weth- 
erstield,  Connecticut,  in  1659.  He  held  the 
offices  of  constable,  assessor  and  appraiser  of 
land,  and  was  a  mason  by  trade.  He  owned 
land  at  Two-Stone  Brook,  which  had  been 
granted  him  by  the  town,  together  with  other 
lots.  He  died'  September  26,  1684,  and  left 
a  will,  probated  November  18,  1684,  in  which 
he  mentioned  his  wife  Ann,  sons  Thomas, 
IMichael.  Isaac  and  Jacob,  daughters  Hester, 
Abigail  and  Sarah,  and  grandchildren.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Wethersfield :  Thomas,  October 
22,  1646:  Hester.  May  8,  1648;  Mary,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1650;  Michael,  February  14,  1652,  died 
young;  Abigail,  June  8,  1655;  Isaac,  Septem- 
ber 30,  1658;  Jacob,  of  whom  further;  ^lich- 
ael.  Alarch  7,  1666-67. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  Michael  Griswold.  was 
born  in  Wethersfield,  April  15,  1660,  died  July 
22,  1737.  He  married.  December  10.  16S5, 
Marv,  daughter  of  Deacon  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Stoddard)  Wright;  she  died  April  25,  1735, 
aged  seventy  years.  He  inherited  land  from 
his  father  at  Two-Stone  Brook,  now  Griswokl- 
ville,  and  was  doubtless  the  first  settler  there. 
This  land,  together  with  other  parcels  pur- 
chased bv  him,  has  remained  in  the  family  to 
this  day!  In  his  will,  dated  February  10, 
1735-36.  he  gave  his  home  lot  to  his  son  Eph- 
riam.  and  made  it  appear  that  he  had  already 
given  to  sons  Jacob.  Michael,  and  Ebenezer. 
tiieir  portions  in  advance.  His  estate  inven- 
toried at  £268,  t7s.  Qd-  Children,  born  at 
Wethersfield:  John,  September  25.  1686; 
Marv,  Tune  19,  1688:  Jacob,  March  26.  1690: 


.\nna,  .August  14,  1693;  Sarah,  March  18, 
1695;  Hester,  March  13,  if)f/i:  Joseph,  bap- 
tized August  21,  i&j/  (  ?)  :  Josiah.  August  20. 
1(398,  probably  died  young;  Josiah,  January 
4,  1700:  Ebenezer,  of  whom  further;  Ephraini. 
September  2^,  1704;  Lydia,  September  4, 
1707. 

I  III  )  Lieutenant  Ebenezer  Griswold,  son  of 
Jacob  Griswold,  was  born  in  Wethersticid,  <  )c- 
tol)er  25,  1702,  died  December  7,  1772.  He 
married,  December  13,  1734.  Delmrah.  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  Grimes.  She  died  June  7,  I7''5. 
aged  forty-nine.  Children,  born  in  Wethers- 
field: Elias,  February  22.  1736.  died  May  18. 
1741  ;  Zehiel,  June  22,  1738;  Elizur,  .Xugust 
10,  1742.  died  November  9.  1744;  Timothy, 
(October  24.  1744;  .Anne,  ( )ctober  10,  1746; 
Elias,  of  whom  further ;  Elizur,  October  30, 
1753;  Sarah,  May  7,  1758. 

(IV)  Elias,  son  of  Lieutenant  Ebenezer 
Griswold,  was  born  in  \\'ethersfield,  October 
6,  1750.  He  came  to  Cuckland,  Massachusetts, 
in  1785.  lie  married,  December  X,  1773. 
Rhoda,  daughter  of  Joseph  Flower.  Children  : 
Elias,  June  4,  1775;  Horace.  May  27,  1777; 
Joseph,  of  whom  further ;  Simeon ;  Whiting. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Elias  Griswold,  was 
born  about  1785.  He  lived  with  his  father  at 
r.uckland,  Massachusetts.  In  1828  he  located 
at  Colerain,  Massachusetts,  and  began  to  man- 
ufacture sash,  doors  and  blinds.  In  1830  he 
also  began  to  make  gimlets,  augers  and  shav- 
ing boxes,  and  in  1832  he  erected  the  cotton 
mill  with  sixteen  looms,  but  before  the  end  of 
the  first  year  he  doubled  its  capacity.  In  1835 
he  added  the  second  cotton  mill,  and  in  1840 
incorporated  his  business  under  the  name  of 
the  Griswoldville  Manufacturing  Company.  In 
185 1  the  mill  that  was  built  first  was  destroyed 
bv  fire,  but  sucli  was  the  enterprise  and  en- 
ergy of  the  owners  that  within  twelve  days 
the  structure  was  rebuilt.  In  1856  another 
mill,  the  structure  built  in  1835,  was  burned 
to  the  ground,  and  its  place  was  taken  by  a 
new  mill  built  in  1858.  The  main  mill  is  fifty 
by  two  hundred  and  fifty  feet,  two  stories  and 
a  half  in  height,  with  an  ell  forty  by  sixty 
feet,  a  ijoiler  house,  cotton  house  and  other 
out-buildings.  In  1865  the  company  erected 
at  Willis  Place,  a  second  brick  mill  for  the 
manufacture  of  cotton,  fifty  by  two  hundred 
feet,  three  stories  high,  with  a  forty  by  sev- 
enty extension.  Both  mills  are  on  North  river 
and  have  excellent  water  power,  with  auxil- 
iary steam  power  for  emergencies.  Several 
hundred  hands  are  employed,  making  print 
cloth  and  sheeting.  The  company  owns  a 
large  part  of  the  village,  and  leases  the  tene- 
ments to  the  millhands. 

Mr.  Griswold  married  Louise  Denison,  born 


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NEW    ENGLAND. 


in  ;\Iy,stic.  Connecticut,  and  had  a  family  of 
tiiirteen  children,  Joseph,  Lorenzo  and  Wayne 
are  the  only  survivors :  among  the  others  was 
Ethan  Denison,  of  whom  further. 

{\l)  Ethan  Denison,  son  of  Joseph  Gris- 
wold,  was  born  at  Griswoldville,  a  village 
named  for  the  famil\-.  in  the  town  of  Colerain, 
Massachusetts,  Alarch  ii,  183 1,  died  July  22. 
19 10.  He  was  for  many  years  president  of 
the  Griswoldville  Manufacturing  Company. 
At  the  time  of  his  death  his  brother  Joseph 
Griswold  was  vice-president.  Lorenzo  Gris- 
wold  was  treasurer,  and  F.  D.  Griswold  was 
agent.  He  was  a  Republican,  a  Mason,  and 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
married,  in  1853,  Sarah  Wilson,  born  in  1833, 
died  in  1S65,  daughter  of  Captain  John  Wil- 
son, of  Adamsville.  Massachusetts,  and  Re- 
becca, his  wife.  Children,  not  in  order  of 
birth  :  Eliza  :  Carrie  :  Mary  ;  Rebecca  ;  Sarah  : 
Frank  D..  of  whom  further. 

(\'II)  Frank  D.,  son  of  Ethan  Denison 
Griswold,  was  born  at  Griswoldville,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  10,  1855.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  of 
Brooklyn,  New  York.  In  1868  he  entered 
the  Polytechnic  Institute  of  Brooklyn,  New 
York,  and  was  graduated  from  that  insti- 
tution in  the  class  of  1872.  He  was  for  a 
time  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  commission  busi- 
ness, and  afterward  entered  the  employ  of  the 
Griswoldville  Manufacturing  Compan_\-,  which 
was  founded  by  his  grandfather.  Since  1883 
he  has  been  agent  of  the  company,  and  since 
the  death  of  his  father  has  been  treasurer  of 
the  concern.  The  company  makes  a  specialty 
of  sterilized  absorbent  gauze  for  surgical  pur- 
poses. The  New  York  office  is  at  75  Worth 
street.  His  home  is  in  Brooklyn.  He  attends 
the  Central  Congregational  Church,  of  Brook- 
lyn. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Crescent  Athletic  Club  and 
the   Atlantic   Yacht   Club,   of    Brooklyn. 

He  married,  October  17,  1883,  Cordelia 
Hickok,  born  November  17,  1865,  died  Febru- 
ary 13.  1898.  daughter  of  William  C.  and 
Sarah  Hickok.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Griswold  had 
no  children. 


In  the  same  section  of  New  Eng- 
CLARK     land  three  pioneers  by  the  name 

of  Edward  Clark  settled.  Ed- 
ward Clark,  at  Wells.  Maine,  took  the  free- 
men's oath  July  5,  1653,  and  served  on  a  jury 
at  Cape  Porpoise  in  1656.  He  died  in  1661, 
leaving  a  wife  Barbara,  and  children :  Samuel, 
Sarah,  William  and  Edward.  The  second  Ed- 
ward, perhaps  son  of  Edward  of  Wells,  had 
land  assigneil  to  him  at  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire,     October     19,     1O59.     and     was 


drowned  at  Portsmouth.  June  17,  1673.  By 
his  first  wife  he  had  children:  John  and  Sarah, 
and  by  his  second  wife,  Mary,  he  had  three 
children. 

(I)  Edward  Clark,  immigrant  ancestor,  set- 
tled early  at  Haverhill,  .Massachusetts,  where 
he  died  February  13,  1681.  He  was  a  pro- 
prietor and  drew  land  in  the  fourth  division 
in  1659,  in  what  is  now  Salem,  New  Hamp- 
shire. Before  1653  he  married  (first)  Dorcas 
Bosworth.  His  second  wife  was  .Marv  Davis, 
a  widow.  He  had  at  least  three  children: 
Haniel,  mentioned  below:  Joseph,  born  March 
6.  1653-54;  Matthew,  married,  April  2,  1679, 
]Mary  Wilford,  widow. 

( II)  Haniel,  son  of  Edward  Clark,  was  born 
about  1650.  He  married,  at  Haverhill,  Au- 
gust 2,  1678,  Mary  Gutterson.  Children,  born 
at  Haverhill:  Mary,  July  15,  1680:  Haniel, 
August  2S.  1682:  Sarah,  December  3,  1686: 
William,  March  25,  1689:  Josiah,  March  8, 
1691-92:  Edward,  mentioned  below;  John, 
April  23,  1696;  Samuel,  July  10.  1699;  Tim- 
othy, April  9,  1701  ;  Elizabeth,  May  29,  1705; 
Zabdiel,  baptized  July  3,   171 5. 

(III)  Edward  (2),  son  of  Haniel  Clark, 
was  born  at  Haverhill,  March  29,  1694.  He 
settled  in  his  native  town  and  was  a  prominent 
citizen.  He  was  sharer  in  division  of  lands 
in  what  is  now  Salem  in  1721 :  was  on  the 
committee  of  the  proprietors  in  1737;  select- 
man in  1752.  In  1740  he  was  one  of  the 
thirteen  founders  of  the  church  at  Salem, 
signing  the  covenant,  January  16,  1740.  He 
married  Sarah  Stevens.  Children,  born  at 
Haverhill :  Edward,  mentioned  below  :  Pris- 
cilla,  born  September  6,  1718;  Joseph,  January 
18,  1720-21;  Mary,  May  i,  1726;  Israel,  No- 
vember 24,  1727,  died  November  30,  1727 ; 
John,  August  7,  1730,  died  August  15,  1730: 
William,  July  2,    1732. 

(I\')  Edward  (3),  son  of  Edward  (2) 
Clark,  was  born  in  Haverhill,  ^Massachusetts, 
January  15,  17 15-16.  He  lived  in  that  part 
of  Flaverhill  set  otif  to  New  Hampshire  as  the 

town   of   Salem.      He    married    Ruth   . 

Children,  born  at  Salem:  Joseph,  July  29, 
175 1,  a  carpenter,  associated  with  his  brother 
Edward:  Mary,  April  5,  1754;  Phebe,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1756;  Edward,  mentioned  below. 

(\')  Edward  (4).  son  of  Edward  (3) 
Clark,  was  born  at  Salem,  New  Hampshire, 
November  9,  1759.  He  was  an  early  settler 
at  Haverhill,  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  sol- 
dier from  Haverhill,  Grafton  county.  New 
Hampshire,  in  the  revolution,  in  Colonel 
IMoses  Hazen's  regiment  in  1779.  He  doubt- 
less had  other  service,  as  the  revolutionary 
records  show  various  enlistments  of  Edward 
Clark,  but  in  most  cases  fail  to  designate  the 


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residence  of  tlie  soldier.  He  appears  in  a  list 
of  New  Hampshire  soldiers  in  Massachusetts 
regiments.  He  was  a  scout  on  the  staff  of  the 
great  General  Lafayette.  (See  vol.  3,  pp.  45 
and  301,  "Revolutionary  Rolls  of  New  Hamp- 
shire"). He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter 
and  was  a  builder  and  contractor.  He  erected 
most  of  the  public  buildings  between  Brattle- 
borough,  \'ermont,  and  Stanstead,  Canada. 
His  brother  Joseph  was  associated  with  him. 
He  was  at  one  time  sheriff  of  Grafton  county. 
About  1800  he  removed  to  Vermont  and  lo- 
cated in  the  town  of  Peacham.  He  died  at 
W'alden.  \'ermont,  January  9,  1840,  and  was 
buried  at  Peacham. 

He  married,  in  Plymouth.  Xew  Hampshire, 
February  27,.  1792.  Elizabeth  Wesson,  born  at 
Haverhill,  New  Hampshire,  September  16, 
1766,  died  at  Peacham,  X'ermont,  March  10, 
1828.  daughter  of  Captain  Ephraim  Wesson 
(see  Wesson  I\  ).  Children,  born  at  Haver- 
hill :  Russell,  mentioned  below  ;  Edward,  born 
December  18,  1796:  Ephraim  Wesson,  .\pril 
25,  1799;  Eliza  W.,  September  i.^,  1800:  Lydia 
P.,  November  12,  1802 ;  Howard  W.,  January 
3,  1804;  Joseph,  October  19,  1806. 

(VI)  Russell,  son  of  Edward  (4)  Clark, 
was  born  at  Haverhill,  New  Hampshire,  April 
10,  1795,  died  .A.ugust,  1867,  at  Peacham,  \'er- 
mont.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  at  which 
he  worked  for  many  years.  He  came  to  \'er- 
mont  with  his  parents  when  a  young  child  and 
his  life  was  spent  principally  in  the  town  of 
Peacham  in  that  state.  In  later  years  he  fol- 
lowed farming.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war 
of  1812,  and  received  a  grant  of  land  for  his 
service.  He  married  (first)  Florilla  Foster, 
born  in  1799,  died  January  7,  1832.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Apphia  W.  Gilson.  Children 
by  first  wife,  born  at  Peacham :  Sarah  Jeru- 
sha,  born  April  6,  1824,  died  January  23,  1853  ; 
Elizabeth,  February  i,  1826,  died  February 
21,  1899,  married  Lafayette  Strowbridge ; 
Ephraim  Wesson,  mentioned  below ;  Florilla, 
died  in  infancy. 

(MI)  Ephraim  Wesson,  son  of  Russell 
Clark,  was  born  in  Peacham,  X'epnont,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1828,  died  there,  April  23,  1900.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  common  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  the  Caledonia  county 
grammar  school,  which  he  attended  for  two 
terms.  He  followed  farming  for  a  vocation  in 
Peacham.  At  the  time  of  the  discovery  of 
gold  in  California  he  went  thither  and  stayed 
in  the  gold  fields  for  about  three  years.  He 
was  a  highly  respected  and  useful  citizen.  For 
many  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He 
was  active  and  prominent  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  in  which  he  held  in  succession 


the  various  offices  of  the  society.  He  mar- 
ried Clarissa,  born  November  7,  1S33,  in 
Peacliam,  \'erniont,  ilaughter  of  Leonard  and 
Uetsey  (  Merrill )  Johnson,  and  granddaujjh- 
ler  of  Ziba  and  Sally  (  Lincoln )  Johnson,  and 
a  descendant  of  Samuel  Lincoln,  weaver,  who 
came  from  England  and  settled  at  Hinghani. 
Massachusetts,  about  1637,  It  is  interesting  to 
note  that  the  late  President  Lincoln  was  de- 
scended from  the  same  imnngrant  ancestor. 
Children:  i.  Edward  Russell,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Jessie  .Merrill,  born  May  8.  1S59.  died 
in  1906.  3.  Florilla  I'oster,  born  November  9. 
i86o;  proprietress  of  a  private  school  in  Plain- 
field,  New  Jersey,  in  which  she  has  taught  for 
thirty-two  years  (1912).  4.  Martha  Johnson, 
born  September  11,  1862:  marrieil  Hilton  Ped- 
ley,  a  missionary,  located  at  Malbashi,  Japan. 
5.  Mary  Caroline,  born  October  u,  1864,  died 
in  1901  :  married  Martin  H.  Gibson,  of  Rye- 
gate,  X'ermont.  6.  Charles  .\llen.  birn  Octo- 
ber 6,  1866;  a  merchant  at  Newton  Highlands, 
-Massachusetts.  7.  Ephraim  Wesson,  born 
July  18,  1869;  resides  in  Wakefield.  Massa- 
chusetts :  a  civil  engineer  in  the  service  of 
the  West  End  Street  Railway  Company  of 
Boston :  prepared  plans  for  the  first  subway 
of  the  Boston  Elevated  Railroad  Company  in 
Boston.  8.  Elizabeth,  February  2-,  1S72,  died 
February.   1912. 

( \'III)  Dr.  Edward  Russell  Clark,  son  of 
Ephraim  Wesson  Clark,  was  born  in  Peacham. 
\'ermont,  December  3,  1857.  He  attended  the 
district  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
Caledonia  county  grammar  school.  He  studied 
his  profession  at  Dartmouth  .Medical  College. 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine  in  1885.  For  six 
months  he  was  a  student  and  assistant  in  the 
ofifice  of  Dr.  Gile.  of  Felchville.  \"ermont.  He 
then  entered  upon  the  practice  of  his  profes- 
sion at  -Mclndoe's  Falls.  X'ermont.  where  he 
remained  three  years.  Thence  he  went  to  .\t- 
lington.  \'ermont.  where  he  practiced  for  five 
years.  In  1893  he  removed  to  Castleton.  \'er- 
mont.  where  he  has  practiced  since  that  time. 
He  is  one  of  the  leading  physicians  of  the 
county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Rutland  Coun- 
ty Medical  and  Surgical  Society  and  its  presi- 
dent at  the  present  time,  member  of  the  \'er- 
mont  State  Medical  Society  and  of  tiie  .\meri- 
can  Medical  Association.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  L'nited  States  pension  examining 
board  for  fourteen  years,  and  for  si.K  years 
the  health  officer  of  Castleton.-  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Sons  of  the  .American  Revolution. 
For  thirtv  vears  he  has  belonged  to  the_  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Odd  Fellows  and  is  affiliated 
with  Hope  Lodge.  No.  50.  of  Manche-ter.  \'er- 
mont.    He  is  also  a  member  of  Lee  L^dgc,  No 


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30.  Free  and  Accepted  ^klasons,  of  Castleton. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican;  in  religion  a 
Congregationalist. 

He  married,  September  17,  1885,  Susan 
Belknap  Bliss,  of  Lyme,  New  Hampshire,  born 
there,  daughter  of  George  and  Dora  ( Good- 
ell)  Bliss. "  Children:  i.  Dora  Mildred,  born 
[une  30,  1886;  graduate  of  Castleton  State 
Normal  School  and  the  Massachusetts  General 
Hospital  Training  School  for  Xurses.  now 
practicing  her  profession.  2.  Edward  Bliss, 
born  ^larch  28,  1889;  employed  by  the  \'er- 
mont  ;Marble  Company  for  seven  years,  now 
residing  at  Tacoma,  Washington,  in  charge  of 
the  finances  of  the  company  there :  married 
]^Iildred  Cornish,  of  Wisconsin.  3.  Florilla 
Foster,  born  January  9,  1895. 

(The  Wesson  Line). 
( I )  Tohn  Wesson,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  1630  or  1631  in  Buckinghamshire. 
England,  died  about  1723,  aged  over  ninety 
years.  About  1644,  when  he  was  only  thir- 
teen years  old,  he  sailed  as  a  stowaway  in  a 
ship  bound  for  America,  as  his  father  was 
dead  at  that  time.  He  settled  in  Salem,  Mas- 
sachusetts, where  in  1648,  at  the  age  of  eigh- 
teen, he  was  a  member  of  the  First  Church. 
About  1653  he  moved  to  that  part  of  Read- 
ing now  known  as  Wakefield,  and  accumulated 
one  of  the  largest  estates  in  the  town.  His 
lands  adjoined  "the  ^Meeting  House  square,  ex- 
tending southerly.  He  was  a  Puritan,  very 
earnest  in  his  piety,  and  his  gravestone  in  the 
Reading  graveyard  shows  that  he  was  one  of 
the  found'ers  of  the  church  there.  He  served 
in  King  Philip's  war.  In  1653  he  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Zachariah  Fitch,  of  Read- 
ing, and  this  is  the  first  marriage  there  of 
which  record  exists.  He  had  at  least  eight 
children,  four  sons  among  them,  each  of 
whom  became  the  head  of  a  family,  and  he 
has  many  descendants  in  all  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. Children:  Sarah,  born  July  15,  1656: 
Mary,  May  25,  1659,  probably  died  young; 
Tohn,  March  8,  1661 ;  Elizabeth,  February  7, 
"1662;  Samuel,  April  16,  1665;  Stephen,  men- 
tioned below;  Thomas,  November  20,  1670. 

( n )  Stephen,  son  of  John  Wesson,  was 
born  at  Reading,  ^^lassachusetts,  December  6, 
1667,  died  Apr'il  30,  1753,  at  Reading.  His 
wife  Sarah  died  at  Reading,  March  i,  1740, 
aged  sixty-eight  years.  Children,  born  at 
Reading:  Stephen,  mentioned  below:  Lsaac, 
September  14,  1699:  John,  October  19.  1707, 
died  .\ugust  27,  1708.  There  may  have  been 
other  children. 

(HI)  Stephen  (2I.  son  of  Stephen  (i) 
Wesson,  was  born  at  Reading,  Massachusetts. 
April  10,  1697.     He  married  there,  December 


6,  1 72 1,  Elizabeth  Parker,  of  Reading.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Reading:  Ephraim,  mentioned 
below;  Stephen,  February  28,  1724-25;  Lvdia. 
1732.  There  may  have  been  other  children 
unrecorded. 

|T\')  Captain  Ephraim  Wesson,  son  of  Ste- 
phen (2 )  Wesson,  was  born  at  Reading,  Mas- 
sachusetts, September  9,  1722.  He  moved  to 
Pepperell,  formerly  a  part  of  Groton,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  thence  to  Haverhill,  New  Hamp- 
shire, before  the  revolution.  He  saw  much 
service  in  the  old  French  and  Indian  war. 
In  1755  he  was  in  the  expedition  against 
Crown  Point,  entering  the  army  as  lieutenant. 
Subsequently  he  was  at  the  capture  of  Louis- 
burg,  and  in  the  attack  on  Ticonderoga  and 
served  in  all  the  important  battles  of  that  sec- 
tion. During  his  residence  in  Haverhill  he 
was  a  very  prominent  citizen  of  the  town,  ac- 
cording to  the  town  history,  and  took  a  lead- 
ing part  in  public  affairs.  He  held  many  of- 
fices of  trust  and  honor,  including  those  of 
selectman  and  moderator.  He  was  a  delegate 
to  the  provincial  congress  at  Exeter  and  a 
special  delegate  to  that  body  to  procure  arms 
for  the  Haverhill  settlers.  In  the  revolution 
he  was  intimately  associated  with  Colonel 
Charles  Johnson  and  others  in  the  stirring 
events  of  that  period,  serving  on  the  commit- 
tees of  safety  and  correspondence  of  the  town. 
At  the  close  of  the  revolution  Captain  Wesson 
moved  to  Groton,  \'ermont.  Captain  Wesson 
was  a  brave  and  conscientious  officer  and  was 
highly  esteemed  and  trusted  by  his  superiors, 
a  man  of  excellent  character  and  of  Puritan 
mould  and  principles,  we  are  told  by  the  town 
historian.  He  was  at  the  battle  of  Yorktown 
at  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis  as  a  scout  on 
the  staff'  of  General  Lafayette.  He  died 
March,  18 14,  at  Peacham,  \'ermont. 

He  married,  at  Reading.  December  5,  1746, 
Susanna  Upham.  Children:  i.  Lydia,  born 
1747,  died  1776;  married  Benjamin  Wells.  2. 
Belle,  born  1749;  married,  1766,  John  Way: 
resided  in  Ryegate,  \'ermont.  3.  Experience, 
born  1753;  married,  1787,  Judith  Morse.  4. 
James,  born  1758;  married  Keziah  Bailey.  and_ 
lived  in  Stanstead.  Canada.  3.  Peter,  twin  of 
James,  died  in  Franconia,  New  Hampshire, 
1792.  6.  Aaron,  born  1760;  married  Caroline 
Hosmer.  7.  Samuel,  born  1762;  never  mar- 
ried. 8.  Sally,  married  Captain  Edmund 
Morse;  died  November  12.  1843.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, born  September  16,  1766:  married  Ed- 
ward Clark  (see  Clark  Y). 


Lieutenant     William     Seward, 

SEWARD     the    immigrant    ancestor,    was 

born  in  England  in  1627,  died 

March  29,  1689,  in  Guilford,  Connecticut.    He 


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came  to  this  country  from  Bristol  and  is  said 
to  have  been  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  in 
1643.  Shortly  after  his  arrival  in  America 
he  settled  in  Xew  Haven,  Connecticut,  but  did 
not  live  there  long.  He  moved  to  Guilford, 
where  he  took  the  oath  of  fidelity,  May  4, 
1654,  and  resided  there  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  For  many  years  he  was  commander  of 
the  train  band  of  the  town,  and  he  seems  to 
have  been  influential  in  town  affairs,  to  have 
possessed  considerable  property,  and  to  have 
been  a  tanner.  He  served  frequently  as  rep- 
resentative to  the  general  assembly.  His  will 
was  dated  March  29,  1689,  the  day  of  his 
death,  and  it  was  proved  June  7.  1689.  His 
son  Stephen,  who  seems  to  have  been  incapable 
of  taking-  care  of  himself,  was  left  a  life  es- 
tate in  the  home,  and  thirty  acres,  under  the 
trusteeship  of  John,  who  was  to  inherit  the 
property  after  Stephen's  death.  The  other 
sons  were  also  mentioned  in  the  will,  as  well 
as  his  wife  and  daughter  Hannah,  and  chil- 
dren of  his  daughter  Mary.  The  tanyard  and 
meadow  land  were  to  be  equally  divided 
among  the  sons. 

Lieutenant  Seward  married,  April  2.  1651, 
in  Xew  Haven.  Grace,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Norton,  of  (juilford.  Children:  Mary,  born 
February  28.  1652.  at  Xew  Haven:  John.  Feb- 
ruary 14.  1653-54:  Joseph,  1655:  Samuel, 
August  20,  1659,  died  young;  Caleb,  men- 
tioned below;  Stephen,  August  6,  1664;  Sam- 
uel, February  8,  1666-67.  died  April  8.  1689; 
Hannah.  February  8,  1669-70:  Ebenezer,  De- 
cember 13,   1672. 

(H)  Caleb,  son  of  Lieutenant  William  Se- 
ward, was  born  March  14,  1662-63.  died  Au- 
gust 2.  1728.  He  lived  for  some  years  in 
Guilford,  where  he  owned  ten  acres  of  land 
at  East  Creek.  On  May  4.  1699,  he  moved 
to  Durham,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  the 
first  settler.  He  married.  July  14,  1686, 
Lydia,  daughter  of  William  Bushnell,  of  Say- 
brook,  Coimecticut.  She  died  Avigust  24, 
1753.  Children,  born  in  Guilford:  Daniel, 
October  16,  1687,  died  April  28,  1688:  Lydia, 
May  12.  1689:  Caleb,  January  12.  1692;  Tho- 
mas, mentioned  below :  Xoahdiah.  August  22, 
1697.  Born  in  Durham:  Ephraim,  August 
6,  1700.  first  white  child  born  in  the  town: 
Ebenezer.  June  7,  1703.  second  white  child 
born  in  the  town. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  son  of  Caleb  Seward,  was 
born  in  Guilford.  December  19,  1694.  He 
lived  in  Durham  and  \\'allingford,  Connecti- 
cut, dving  in  the  latter  named  city.  He  mar- 
ried. .ALnrch  31,  1720.  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Camp,  of  Durham.  She  married  (sec- 
ond )  Daniel  Benton,  and  she  died  March  12, 
1762.    Children:     Solomon,  mentioned  below  ; 


Phcbe,  burn  I'cbruary  3,  1723-24 ;  Amos, 
March  jf,.  1726:  Catharine.  December  28! 
1727:   Xathan,  ba|)tize<l  June    14,   1730. 

(.I\  )  Deacon  Solomon  Seward,  son  of  Tho- 
mas Seward,  was  born  January  19.  1721,  and 
baptized  January  21,  1721.  He  livc<l  in  South- 
bury,  Connecticut,  and  in  Scipio,  Xew  York. 
He  married  .\lenor  Haidwin.  of  Branford. 
Connecticut.     Ciiildren :     Sanuiel :    Benjamin. 

( \' )  Stephen  Seward,  Iwrn  about  1755.  ii 
thought  to  have  been  son  ot  Deacon  Solomon 
Seward.  In  1790  the  only  persons  in  Ver- 
mont, heads  of  families,  according  to  the  first 
federal  census,  were  Solomon  and  Stephen 
Seward.  Solomon  was  of  Rutland  an<l  had 
in  his  family  two  males  under  sixteen  an<l  two 
females.  Children  of  Stephen:  Stephen,  Ed- 
ward :  Harvey,  who  was  killed  in  the  Seminole 
war.  an  officer;  Ira.  mentioned  below. 

(\  I)  Ira.  son  of  Stephen  Seward,  was  born 
in  1785,  probably  in  Rutland,  died  in  Men- 
don.  \ermont,  July  28.  i8(>o.  He  was  a  car- 
penter and  contractor  in  Rutland  for  many 
years,  .\fter  removing  to  Mendon  he  fol- 
lowed farming.  He  married  ( first )  Mary 
Blanchard  ;  (  second  )  Abigail  Rollins,  who  died 
May  19.  1868.  aged  eighty-one  years.  Child 
by  first  wife:  Ira.  Children  by  second  wife: 
Edward.  William  Horace,  mentioned  below. 

(\  II)  William  Horace,  son  of  Ira  Seward, 
was  born  in  Rutland,  Vermont,  August  27, 
1827,  died  in  Mendon,  March  20.  1908.  He 
was  a  farmer  and  his  entire  life  was  spent  in 
his  native  town,  and  in  the  adjoining  town  of 
Mendon.  He  married.  March  20.  1850.  .Au- 
gusta Sargent,  of  Hubbardton.  born  Mav  21, 
1830.  died  May  7.  1903.  daughter  of  Fernando 
Sargent.  Children :  William,  born  May  9, 
1852 ;  Henry  E..  mentioned  below :  Frances 
E..  June  8.  1856.  died  February  3,  1883 ;  Ira 
F..  October  6.  1858;  Jennie  R..  January  12. 
1864.  inarried  Ethan  Hulett;  Blanche  M.,  De- 
cember 5.  1875.  died  July.  19H. 

f\III)  Henry  Eugene,  son  of  William 
Horace  Seward,  was  born  at  Mendon.  \'er- 
mont.  September  i.  1854.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  Rutland  in  that  state. 
He  began  to  learn  his  trade  in  the  Baker  shops 
in  Rutland  when  he  was  sixteen  years  old  and 
he  worked  for  this  concern  for  six  years.  He 
then  located  in  Rutland  and  followed  farming 
until  i(X>i.  when  he  started  in  his  present  busi- 
ness under  the  firm  name  of  H.  E.  Seward 
&  Sons,  dealers  in  groceries  and  provisions. 
He  is  a  prominent  and  successful  merchant. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  (Jrder  of  the  Golden 
Cross.  For  thirty-three  years  he  has  l)een  an 
active  member  of  the  Baptist  church  and  he 
is  a  trustee  of  the  society. 

He   married    March    21.    1877.    Hattie    .\. 


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Hale,  of  Rutland,  born  October  3,  1858, 
daughter  of  Frank  S.  and  Nancy  A.  ( Lui- 
coln)  Hale.  Children:  i.  Frank  Henry,  born 
December.  1877.  died  in  infancy.  2.  Hubert 
Frank,  born  September  3,  1879 ;  married.  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1898.  Ella  A.  Soulia,  of  Proctor, 
\'ermont.  and  had  Lillian  Ella,  born  Septem- 
ber 28.  1899:  Frank  Henry.  .May  20.  1901  ; 
Hazel  May,  October  2,  1903 :  .\lice  Harriet, 
November  25.  1905 :  Harry  Rollin,  May  5, 
1907:  Lena  Belle,  November  2^.  1908:  Child, 
June  24,  191 2.  3.  Herbert  Henry,  born  Sep- 
tember 3.  1879,  twin  of  Hubert  Frank,  mar- 
ried, September,  1904,  Clara  Inez  Bashaw,  of 
Brandon,  and  had  Clarence  Herbert,  born 
[une  20,  1905.  4.  Walter  William,  born  May 
II,  1882;  married.  January  21.  1907.  Eva 
Stratton :  children  :  Lloyd  William,  born  Sep- 
tember ID.  1907:  Eva  ^lay.  March  17.  1910; 
Walter  Thompson.  Alay  14.  1912.  5.  Minnie. 
bom  December  16,  1885;  married,  January  ib, 
1907,  Almo  B.  Frazoni :  children :  Raymond 
Seward,  born  October,  1907 ;  Ella  Lillian,  Oc- 
tober, 1908,  died  in  1909;  Almo  B.,  born 
March,  1911.  6.  Pauline  A.,  born  .\ugust  26, 
1887  :  married  William  L.  Stickney  ;  children  : 
Edgar  William,  born  August  2^,.  1910:  Irene 
Pearl,  born  August  7,  1912.  7.  Irene,  born 
June  2,  1889 :  married  Joseph  E.  Marceau : 
children  :  Theodora  H.,  born  October  20,  1909  ; 
Joseph  Edward,  born  April  19,  1912.  8.  Hen- 
ry E.  Jr..  born  November  13,  1892:  married, 
August  6,  1912.  Louise  Maheux.  9.  Charles 
Reese,  born  December  2/,  1894.  10.  Flor- 
ence E..  born  September.  1899.  11.  Clarence 
Erven,  born  April  5,  190 1. 


(\'II)  Southworth  .\lden.  son  of 
ALDEN  Deacon  Seth  .\lden  ( q.  v.).  was 
born  in  Randolph.  Massachusetts, 
May  13,  1825.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  In  early  life  he  was  in  business  as 
a  shoe  manufacturer,  and  afterward  as  a  house 
painter  at  East  Stoughton,  Massachusetts.  He 
married.  July  10,  1850.  Elizabeth  Curtis, 
daughter  of  George  and  Betsey  (Curtis) 
AX'inchester.     She  died  August  19,  1899,  aged 


seventy-one  years,  two  months.  He  died  at 
East  Stoughton.  Massachusetts.  November  3, 
1890.  aged  sixty-seven  years,  six  months.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Rhoda  Ann.  born  Januarv  19.  1852, 
died  .A.pril  17,  1853.  2.  :\Iary  Elizabeth,  born 
November  2j.  1853:  married.  May  30,  1876, 
Henry  Homer  Snow;  children:  Mabelle  Flor- 
ence, born  at  South  Braintree,  July  6.  1877, 
died  May  4.  1878:  Eva  May,  born  October  ig, 
1878,  married,  October  21.  1903,  Robert  T. 
Elliott,  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  and  they 
have  one  child.  Priscilla  Alden  Elliott :  Harry 
Shaw,  born  May  8.  1880.  now  of  East  Bridge- 
water.  Massachusetts,  married,  June  16,  1908, 
Corinne  Myrtle  Dill,  of  Rockland.  Massachu- 
setts:  Addie  Williams,  born  March  6.  1883, 
died  February  12.  1884.  3.  Edward  South- 
worth,  mentioned  below. 

(\'III)  Edward  Southworth,  son  of  South- 
worth  Alden,  was  born  October  26.  1S59.  at 
East  Stoughton.  Massachusetts.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
After  working  in  a  shoe  factory  in  his  native 
town  and  Brockton,  Massachusetts,  he  came  to 
Hvde  Park,  Massachusetts,  in  1883,  as  book- 
keeper for  his  cousin.  Charles  L.  Alden,  who 
was  in  the  grocery  business,  and  a  few  years 
later  was  admitted  to  partnership.  In  1893  he 
withdrew  from  the  tirm  to  establish  a  grocery 
business  on  his  own  account  at  Readville,  in 
the  town  of  Hyde  Park.  In  addition  to  this 
store  he  also  conducts  a  store  at  Roslindale, 
purchased  in  October,  19 10.  He  is  an  ener- 
getic and  substantial  merchant,  and  a  public- 
spirited  citizen.  For  the  past  ten  years  he  has 
been  deacon  of  the  Baptist  church. 

He  married,  June  i,  188 1,  Francelia  ^I. 
Aladan,  born  at  East  Stoughton,  now  .\von, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  .\bram  and  Eliza 
(Ridgway)  Aladan.  Children:  i.  Merton 
Ridgway,  born  at  Hyde  Park,  November  29, 
1884.  2.  Edward  Southworth  Jr..  born  Janu- 
ary 28.  1888;  married.  June  i.  iQio.  Una, 
daughter  of  Samuel  T.  Elliott:  she  is  a  gradu- 
ate of  Wellesley  College :  they  have  one  child, 
Barbara,  born  June  5,  1912.  3.  Ruth  Fran- 
celia, born  November  9,  1891. 


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