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NEW-ENGLAND 

historical anbi (iitiiealopal Register. 



TCctosSnglanti l^fstorfc, CSrntalofifcal i&ot(ct5. 
FOR THE YEAE 1881. 



VOLUME XXXV. 




BOSTON: 

PUBLISHED AT THE SOCIETE'S HOUSE, IS SOMERSET STREET. 

PuaTED Bi David Clafp & Son. 

1881. 



1881. 

JOHN WARD DEAN, JEREMIAH COLBURN, 

LUCIUS R. PAIGE, WILUAH B. TRASK, 

EDMUND F. SLAFTER, HENRT F. WATERS, 

HENRY H. EDES. 



CHitot, 
JOHN WARD DEAN. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



[Index of Names of PntsoNS at the end of the Volame.] 



(See Deeda and WUl9.) 
Addns (uurnal) of PmUtnt Wlldw, 1» 
MUmy Ebeneaer, memoir «<; 910 
AideD flunily, qoery, 384 
Allen, reply to noce, 90 
Aimfltt a CeoteomrUn, note, ST8 
AMricana of Koyal Diiiwit, iMMwniMunt u In 

pcepankko, 881 
•Aagier, query, 88 

Arm or Armorial Bearioft. (Im C9^U§ of Arm§.) 
AnoU.Oeo. Beoadiot, Comapoodfaooa of; 188 
Adkotoo fiunily io BnglaDd, OT 
Aartnlian Nevtpapera, doU, 80 
Aalofnpbt. (lioe IUu»traiion»,) 
Aflio^aphk Punte, 885 

Bantam aad Daaths. (8ae Ji«eanlt.) 

Burett, Doce, 181 

Bttcbekier, reply to note, 880 

Belief io ABtrol<^y in New Englaod, S70 

B«U, query, 278 

Boxy, Thomas, qa«T, 280 

Bio(raphical t^ketches. (Soe aleo Nterologp.) 

FniAces A. A. AppIeiuD, 110 

J ihD Ayret, 337 

John B-tjXtVon^^bl 

Samoel bradstreet, 212 

John B. Brown, 300 

Lilian C. Bottrft, 807 

John H. Burton, 410 

John B. Chaoe, 410 

Sarah B. Chase, 212 

William W. Cowles, 110 

William T CordDer, 307 

Henry O. Cox, 410 

KichArd Coy, 837 

Naihaniel l>eering, 807 

Daolel Elmer, 340 

James T Fields. 808 

Himm Puller, 110 

Michael A.OauUn, 80 

Ha|[h B. GriKBby, 308 

Willi&m Orosreoor, 340 

Jodith Hathaway. 410 

Wtlibm Dayden. 110 

Jame« Hovey, 339 

John James, 340 

Andrew B. Kidder, 213 

Samuel Krnt, 338 

Ann L. Oswald, 212 

Juhu O. Palfrey, 806 

TbomiiS PHrs<^*ns, 888 

Genrge Phillips, 339 

William Priicttard, 837 

Lucy U ^«e, 212 

Joseph ■'mith, 340 

Ji>rfi«hT(amhull,889 

John Warner, 338 



Biograpblcal SkelchM— 
Daniel Weotworth, 212 
Thomas WUion, 830 
Hannah Wymao, 110 
John Toonglore, 830 
Blake, Jdui.qaary, 188; reply, S80 
Blue Book, or Court Directory, qaery, 884 
Book Notices— 

Addeman*8 Beminlsceneea of two jmn with Col' 

ored Troops, 200 
Appleton*8 Adama Oenealogy, 803 
Applefeon's Badoeok Oenealogy, 808 
Amo1d*s paper on Ahraham UdooId, 408 
Atwater*s Ookmy of New Haren, 203 
Baldwin'a Baldwin Oenealogy, 802 
Baker's Old and New Styles, Fixed Dates, Calen- 
dars, &C.403 
Barms^s History of Ooehen, Mass., 401 
Bennington, Centennial Anniversary of Battle of, 

109 
Bemer*s Treatise of Fysshynge wyth an Angle, 

103 
Bicknell Memorial, 111 
bigelow's Reply to Frandtf Brinley on claims of 

Hon. John P. Bigelow, 206 
Boston Almanac and Business Directory, 1881, 

202 
Boston Directory, 1881, 400 
Boston Record Commissionen* Fourth Report, 
106 ) Fifth Report, 207 ) Roxbury Records, 207 
Brad lee's Puems, 406 

Bu^bee's Origin and Derelopment of Locftl^ Self- 
Ourernments in New England and the United 
Sutes, 400 
Bureau of Education's Circulars of Information, 

201 
Caldwell's Antiquarian Papers, 406 
Canton, Mass. Report on town seal and on 

Naming Streeu, 4U6 
Champlain's Voyages, Tol. 1, 390 
CbiM's Child Genealogy, 302 
Chesterman's Guide to Richmond and the Bat- 
tlefields, 406 
Chester's Locke Descent, 303 
Clark Genealogical Items, 487 
Civil Service Reform Association Publications, 

No. 1, 202 
Coburn'n Almanac for three thousand years, 403 
Cochrrtiie's History of Antrim, N. U., 200 
CoffinV yfe of Gardeld, 109 
CotUn Family, 407 

Cleveland's Cleveland Genealogy, 208 
Connecticut C« lony Public Rtcords, Vol. XL, 197 
Crosbv's Distinguished Men of hssex Co. 109 
Davis's Life of Dolor Davis and Sketch of Descend- 
ants, '2C*8 
De Costa's BelaUon of a Voyage to Sagadahoc, 
101 



It 



General Index. 



Book Notleefr— 

De No«ta*s Annl^enary BeniKni, 8t John*i 

Charch, N. T., 802 
De OoeU'a rnrentio Portnnato, 207 
De CosUt^s William Blackstone la his relatioo to 

Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 207 
Denlson'fl Battle of Cedar Moaatain, 400 
Dorchtrster's 250.h Annlreraary, 105 
Edwards's Heard GenealoRy, 206 
Ellis's Fourth Supplement to Ellis Oeneatogy, 407 
Bmertoa*s Silsbee QenecJogy, 407 
Voster's Monthly Reference List, 300 
Franklin Historical Magasiue, 801 
Fuller** Fuller OenealoKy, 110 
Green's Remarks on Ekctridtj, Magnetism, &o., 

207 
Oreen's Centennial Address before the Mass. 

Medical Society, 802 
Oreen*s Oroion ^irly Records, 108 
Qreen's Library Sale Catalogue, 110 
Hackett'a Memoir of William H. T. HackeCt, 404 
HammaU's Hammatt Papers, No. 2, 406 
Harleian Society's Publi rations, 300 
Hart's Life of William Beach Lairrenoe, 300 
Hassam's Hsssam and Hilton Family notes, 407 
Hassam's Early Suflblk Deeds, 403 
Hassam's Boston Tarems. 403 
Henshaw's (Col. WUllam) Orderty Book (1776) 

and Memoir, 301 
Hubbard's Towoe Memorial, 111 
Hunnewell's Journal of the Voyage of the Mi»> 

sionary Packet, 1820, 204 
International Congress of Americanistt, meeting 

of, 1881, 290 
Jarvis's Jarvis Oeneal<%y. 110 
Kansas State Historical Society's Tiransaetions, 

298 
Lake of the Red Cedars, 107 
Lancashire and Cheshire Record Society Publi- 
cations, Yol. III. 203 
Lancashire and Cheshire County Historic Soci- 
ety TraoSHCtions, Vol. XXXII., 200 
Lathrop's Lathrop Family Tree, 207 
Library Journal, 297 
Littlehale's Littlehale Genealofry, 111 
Loyal Legion of the U. 8., Fifth Register of, 100 
Lyode's (Benjamin and Benjamin, Jr.) Diaries 

and Pedigree of, 297 
Massachusetts Horttoultural Society, Histoiy of, 

295 
McDonald's McDonald Qenealogy, 207 
McDonalil' Whipple Genealogy, 407 
MetcalTs Annals of Mendon, 206 
Morison's Morison Qenealogy, 207 
Morril^town (N. J ) First Presbyterian Church 

Record, 404 
Nason's Literary History of the Bible, S02 
Nend's Penntylvaola Finances, 301 
NeiU's Light throim by the Jesuits upon ob> 

icnre points of Etrty Maryland History, 2C4 
NeiU's Minnesuta's Explorers, 40i 
NeiU*s Writings of Louis Hennepin, 110 
New Englander, 400 
New England Historic Genealogical Soci^^y's 

Celebraiion of the Centenary of the Maisa* 

chusetts Constitution, 204 
New England Historic Genealoffoal Society, Me- 
morial Biographies, VoL I., p. 201 
New England Methodist Historical Society, first 

annual Meeting, 203 
North American Reriew, 198 
Old Colony Historical Society Collections, No. 2, 

202 
Paine's Paine Family Records, 208 
Parker's Municipal Cktremment in Massachu- 

setu, 400 
Parsons's Medical Department of Brown Unlrei^ 

sity, 298 
Peck's Recruit before Petersburg, 290 
Peiroe's Colonial Lists, 107 
Peiroe's Pt-irce Genealogy, 111 
Pennsylvania in Rerolution. VoL I. 203 ; Vol. 

IL 402 
Fsnneylranla's flfty-flrsi VcteraD Vdooteer Reg- 

Imeiit's Reunion, 200 



Book Notlcea— 

Plenderleath's Curtotltles mod Statlstiot off Ptr 

ish Retristers, 2U2 
Poore's Poore Genealogy, 802 - 
Preble's History of the Flag of the United StAtat, 

104 
Ralkes's History of Honorable Artillery Comp* 

ny, 99 
Rezford's Rexford Genealogy, 803 
Ridlaod's Burb^nk Family, 111 
Robinson's Our Trees in Winter, 404 
Rogers's Personal Experiences of the Chaoedlan- 

▼ille Campaign, 400 
Roffers's Memoirs of John Knox and VamOy ol 

Knox, 111 
Rogers's Family of Colt and Coutts, 111 
Rogers's Scottish House of Chrisde, 111 
Ryland's Clayton Family of Chester, 111 
Ryland's Starkle Family of Leigh, 111 
Salem (N. Y.) Centennial Address, 108 
Salisbury's Diodate Genealogy, 803 
Sankey Pedigrees, 407 
Seymour (Conn. ) Onsus, 110 
Sharpe's •^burpe Genealogy, 111 ; AdditioiM,407 
Sibley's Harvard Oradaates, Vol. II., 898 
Slau.;hter's Memoir of Joshua Fry, 111 
Slocum's Slorum Genealogy, 203 
Smith's History of Newton, 199 
Smithsonian Report, 1879, 299 
Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Eeunlon, 

401 
Suffolk Deeds, Liber 1. 106 
Titus's Titus Genealogy, 407 
Trumbull's Indian Names in (Tonnecticut, 401 
Very, Jones, Llf« and Literature, 404 
Ward's Lafayette's Visit to Virginia 1834, 408 
Watera's PAnsntage of Matthias Corwin, 299 
Weymouth Historical Society's Pubiisatlooa, Mo 

1 , 206 
Wheildoii's Curiosities of History, 297 
White's Memoirs Protestant Episcopal Church li 

America, 102 
Winthrop, John, (}elebration of the Fifth Hal 

Century of the Arrival of, 404 
Woodbury's Relation of the Fisheries to the Dls 

coTery and Settlement of North America, 109 
Wright's Lampson Family History, 4u7 

Boston, AbstracU of Early iiuffolk Deeds, 248 

Bowdoin Pa|>ers, 104 

Boylston, Zabdiel and J(rfm, Paper on, 160 

Brigden, query, 384 

Bright, JonathAn B , Memoir of, 117 

Brock, R4>hert A , note, 880 • 

Bronsdon Family, 861 

Brookfleld (Mass.), Early History of, 333 

Browne, John and Samuel, applieatlon to the MaM 
Company (1629), 252 

Bryant Genealogy, 37 ; note on, 86 

Cabo de Bax'>s, 49 

Cape Cod in the old (3arto1ogy, 49 
Censures on Harvard College in 1672, 121 
Census of New Hampshire, 1776, 87 
'"hesier, Joseph L., note, 383 
Chipman, John, declaiation In behalf of, 127 
Champlin, Chriftopher, fAmiiy record, 277 
Clark, query, S9, 279, 384 
Coate of Arms — 

Coffin, 376 { Diodate, 167 { Hummer, 256 
Coffin Family, Name and armorial bearings of, 878 
College Chronicie, note, 181 
Co son. qu ry^ 88 
Concord (Mass.) Sleepy Hollow Burial Ground, qua 

ry,89 
Coombs, Peter, query, 280 
Cutler, Samuel, Memoir of, 218 

Daniell, Mrs. AUoe. letter to Gov. John Winthrop, 811 
Dartmouth (Mass ) Records, 82 
Davis, Abigail, query, 884 
Deaths current, 110, 212, 306, 410 
Declaration in behalf of John Ch pmao, 127 
Deeds, Early Suffolk. 248 
Denlsatlon, Letters Patent oi; 848 
Dennis, query, 87 



General Index. 



VaajtvfOi, Me., note. M 

UporiiUna, John Abbott, IflS } Anoft Dyvr, 8M ; 

Ikxander Edwards, 16S ; Kichud SzceO, 168 ; 

Jiac EoftlUh, 103 { Joanna Lombard, 162 } Henrj 

Marv, IM *, John Prenae, 2S2 *, Rlohaid Smith, 

S3; Thomaa White, 108 

Pftall>a1]e7(1740),28 

Joseph FanreU (1746-64), 80 

Chitrtos A. Poole (1861), 841 
DiDviddte Papers, note, 383 
PtodaM, Willian, and his Italian Anoestorsy 167 
Do mmeul s oooerming Philip Englith, 168 
liorchestrr (rantess of meadow lands, 72 
Dramanod, qnery, 278 
Dodlry. Paol, diary of, 28 
Dttrnmer OoMaloKy, 264, 321 
IHriD^l, repty to, 280 
Dyer, Anna, depositioo of, 866 

Ivl7 Australian Newspapers, note, 80 
Bsr>7 Bnstoo-boro CbM, qoery, 88 
Bine, Ker. John, Chorch Kee(Hds, 21, 241 
Bliot, Jonathan, qoery, 278 
iDgllnh, Philip, docnments coneeming, 163 
la^rarmfs. (See l/liurf roltons.) 
Ipiupha. (See /nsenj^cioiu.) 

Ftcsivtleof Stenatnres of Rozbory Petition, 128 
Vtfveil. Joeeph, OroCon Memoranda, 276 
fwbes Uthofraphlc ManafiicturiDK Co., 884 
Vreneh PriesU mentioned by Penhallow, 80 
FoUer, Deborah, qoery, 280 

Otrde, Bnger, sketdi of, 843 

QsQttf, Mlehasl Anthony, sketch of, 80 



Athertno, 67 Hale, 867 

Bnoadoo, 301 Locke, 60 

Brrant, 87 Pevton, 146 

CHBo, 370 Wright, 74 

Dtodate, 167 Toaugman, 46 

Dommer, 264, 321 
Ocaeal'icies in preparation annnnoced — 

Aybworth. 01 Locke. 50 

CuiMtee, 282 Luttrell, 282 

Clark, 3S6 Merriam. 01 

Cl^v«rUnd. 01 Millar, 184 

Cofr«vell, 380 Pavstm, 01 

DxmoQ, 380 Pclroe, 01 

Em-rson, 01 Porter, 01 

U*\f, 1S4 BaTarj, 184 

H'tr'kins. 01 Ppare, 185 

Jao'bs, 01 BtimsoD, 380 

KrnD«7, 184 Btreet«r, 282 

L>-ara«fd, 01 Swift, 380 

Lihhy, '»2 Waterman, 186 

G«n^lo.'ical Queries, 182 
Good. William, injury to by the Witchcraft delusion, 

263 
O'rr-'tna Reoords, extracts firoin, 42 
Gorham. Nathaniel, query. 184 
Gnuitevs of meadow land in Dorchester, 72 

Hale Oenealoiry, 817 

Hanrrck, query. 270 

Hirri«, qo<?ry, 278 ; reply, 285 

Harrison Family, 240 

Harrxrd «'ollege. Censures on (1702), 121; Bulld- 
Inz ..f lUrrard Hall, 300 ; Observatory of; 182 

Bathiw^y, John, note, 384 

Hayd-n. Htrselilah, que y, 87 

BiTMldry. re|M>rt of the Committee on, 272, 845 

Hill, qa-ry, 184 

Hitinrcal Societies, pmcc«>ding» of— Archteological 
Inatitnte. 285 ; Cantoo, '283 ; Kansns, 187; Maine, 
187 ; New Brunswick. 186 ; New England Historic 
O«neAl«>gicaI,01,185, 282. 387; New Haven Col- 
ony, ^I'^b ; New Jersey, 187 ; New York Genealog 
lc:il anil Biographical, 187 ; Nnva Scotia, 284 ; Old 
CcJ-nr, 187 ; Pncomluck Valley M<fmorial A«8o- 
ci»tion, 283 ; Rhode Island, 03. 188, 284, 888 ; 
Tirxiiiia, 286, 380 } Weymouth, 188 

Home Farm (newspaper), note, 80 



Honoor, A Hoe, query, 270 
Uowlaudj query, 88 

lUastratloos^ 

Autographs of— Ebeoeser Alden, 810 ; John Ayres, 
sen., 332 ; John Ayres, Jun., 332 } Samuel 
Ayres, 332 ; John Bowles, 123 ; Daniel Brewer, 
123 ; Edirard Bridge, 123 ; John Browne, 253 
Samuel Browne, 253; Jonathan B. Bright, 117 
Rfehard Coy, sen., 332 ; Richard Coy, 332 
Samuel Cutler, 213 { John Rliot, 123 ; Tho- 
mas Foster, 123} Roger Qarde, 343; Samuel 
Qray, 123 ; Richard Goad, 123 ; Ralph Hem- 
enway, 123 ; James Hovev, 332 ; Abraham 
How, 128 } Samuel Kent, 332 *, Samuel Mey, 
123; Edward Morris, 123; Abraham Newell, 
sen., 123 ; Isaac Newell, 123 ; Jacob Newell, 123; 
Sdward Paison, 123 ; Giles Paisoo, 123 ; John 
Parpoint 123 ; Thomas Parsons, 330 ; Robert 
Pepper, 123 ; John H. Peyton, ; John Poley 
123 ; Samuel Prichett, 830 ; William Prichet 
332; John i^pchon, 332; Samuel Roggles 
123 ; Robert Seaver, 123 ; James Travis, 330 
Jndah Trumbull, 330 ; John Warner, 330 ; Na 
thaniel Warner, 330; Samuel Warner, 330 
John Watson, 123; Robert Williams, 123 
Samuel Williams, 123; Thomas Wilson, 330 
John Yoonglove, 330; Thomas -—(.') 236, 
383 

Coat of Arms. Coffin, 380 ; Diodate, 100 

Tarsimile of Signatures to the Roxbnry Petition, 
123 

Tacsimile of the Petition of Inhabitants of Qoa- 
boag(1073) 332 

Maps— Eztracu from maps of Yerrasano and Mer- 
cator, 48 

Portraits — Ebenevr Aldeia 310 ; Jonathan B. 
ttright, 117 ; Samuel Cutler, 213 ; John L. P^- 
ton, 

Seat and Arms of the Coffin Family, 380 
Inscription*, 208, 323, 32fr-27, 3*20 
Items of Kinship from York (3ouoty Deeds, 382 

Keayne, note, 277 

Kimball, Abigail, query, 280 



Ladd, Joseph, query, 270 

Lee, Francis Llghifoot, letter of (1770), 84 

ly^ Fiimily Arms, query, 270 

Letters — 

Ben-dlct Arnold (1770), 153 ; (1707), 164 ; (1700), 
155 

Joseph L Chester (1880), 272 

Mrs. Alice Daniell, 320 

Prandd Kirbv (1637), 360 

Francis l.ightfoot 1/ee (1770), 84 

Jean Mascarene (1687), 222 

Nicholas Moorey ( 1710), 2;55 ; (1722), 230 

R..bert Morris (1776) Si 

Jeremiah Moulton (1744). 66 

E^ltnund Quincy (1777), SO ; (1778), 41 

Gov. Willinm Shirley (1744), 66 

Charles W. Tmtle (1880), 272 
Letters Patent of Denisation, 248 
Letters written during the Revolution, 83 
Leverett, Gov., was he a Knight f 272, 346 
Library of Hon. William Green, note, 87 
Little family, query, 270 
Lcke family, 69 
Longevity, note on, 383 
Longmtadow Families, records, 25, 160, 236, 856 

Mascarene Jean, letter of (1687), 222 

.Ma|>8 (Ak^ IlluMtrationa.) 

Mather, JeremUh, query, 80 

Mayo, query, 80 

Mc Ifuaghan, William, query, 278 

Meaclium, note, 86 

Members of the Ne«r England Historic, Geoealogloal 

Society, obituaries of. (See yecrolofy.) 
Memoirs — 

Eli^n«ier Alden. 310 

J«inathan B. Bright, 117 



▼1 



General Index. 



Bamael Outler, 318 

John L. Peyton, 
Mm of the Time, anooonoement of, 880 
McDotomjr, note, 182 

Mendon-Who wu lU flni Miniiter f 167 
Merriok, query, 89 
MiddletoQ— aoooonoemeot of gen«Uofieti history, 

881 
MUler, JeremUh, Jr., oertiflcato of, 188 
Moorey, NichoUs, letters of, 286 
Mocrli, Robert, letter of (1770), 83 
Moalton, Jeremiah, letter of (1746), 00 

Mterology of the Mew Sogluid Hlatorlo, Gtstalofl' 
«U Society- 
John 8. Abbott. 802 

Simeon P. Adams, 800 

John T. CUrk. 191 

Nathan Clifford. 306 

JooephJ Cooke, 801 

Sitae H. Derby, 108 

William B. Dn Boil, 304 

Xbeneser T. Farrington, 00 

William G. rowler, 104 

Nathan B. Qtbba, 191 

George F. OrHy, 08 

William Origaon. 287 

Charles Hodson, 896 

John 8. Jeoness, 107 

James H. Jones. 107 

Bila4 Ketehum. 100 

Daniel Lancaster, 06 

Amos Lawrence, 00 

William Lawton, 280 

William Makepeace, 280 

Aaron C MayhWi 04 

Bobf rt Mayo, 08 

Nathaniel C. Nash, 06 

Xdmund B. 0*v allaf^hao, 104 

Dana B. Putnam, 106 

Thomas D. Qaincy, 287 

John S^rffeot, 290 

Bichard W. Sears, 00 

Benry Smith, 802 

Thomas G. Smith, 103 

Alden J. Bpooner, 304 

William B. Spooner, 100 

Peleg Spragne, 102 

Alexander Strong, 802 

Leonard Thompson, 808 

WiUiam H. Tathni, 100 

Alexander U. YIt ton, 888 

John A. Vinton, 09 

John Waddington, 106 

Sumnel Webber, 280 

Henry White, 180 

Frederick A. Whitney, 108 
New England Historic, Qenealogical Society. An- 
nual Address, 120 ; Heraldry Committee report, 
272, 846 ; Necrolonr of, 01, 180, 280, 800; Prooeed- 
ings of, 01, 185, 282, 887 
New Hampshire Bi^enteonial, 184 
Newman, note, 277 
Newton, query, 278 
Notes and Queries, 86, 181, 277, 882 

Obituary Notices. (See Biographical Skttckt and 

Necrology.) 
Osment, query, 88 
Ossipee Township— d eposltion off Anna Dyer, 800 

Patterson, Oen. John, query, 188 

Pemberton, query, 88 

Peirce, note, 883 

Perly, note, 382 

Petitions. Darid Mossom in behalf of Philip Bng- 
lish, 103 ; William Good, 263 } Boxbnry inhabi- 
tant* concerning Harrard College, 122 { Inhabi- 
Uota of Quaboag, Oct. 10, 1673, to be made a 
town to be caUed Brookfldd, 832 ; Sodbory, 210 



Peyton funfly, Ylrginla, 146 

Peyton, John L., memoir of, 

Phelps genealogy, note, 88 

Phillips, query, 88 

Pierpitnt, John, query, 278 

Pikp, Major Robert, land in Salisbury, 282 

Porter, reply to query, 281, 885 

PublicaUons, reoeni, 112,200, 30i, 408 

Queries. (9ee Notes and Qucriea.) 
Qaiocy fitmily Utters, 30 

Recent Publications, 112,^00, 804, 408 

Records. DartoMmth, Mass., 32 } Dorchester, 78 ; 
Gorgeana, 42 \ Longmeadow fkmilies. 26, 160, 230, 
360} Roxhory (Church), 21, 241 1 West Spring- 
field, 228, 863 

Richardson, Hon. William A., note on portrait oi; 86 

Ridland family, query, 280 

Robinson, John, query, 183 

Rochester (Kingston, R. I ) Assessments (1087), 120 

Rollinfl, EliSHbeih, query, 280 

Rozbury Church Rtioords, 21, 241 

Rozbury Petidon, Facsimile of, 128 

Ruggles, Joseph, query, 884 

Ssunderson, query, 87 

Sears, Darid, query, 270 

Sharpe, Thomas, notice of, 238 

Shirley, Got. Wdliam, letter of (1744), 00 

SnelUi.g, William J., query, 384 

Stone, note, 277 

Sudbury Document, 218 

Suffolk Deeds, abstracts of, 248 ; Letters Patent ef 

Denisatlon. 248 • 

Swallow, query, 87 
Sweet, query, 80 

Taxes under Got. Andres, 84, 124 

Temple, query, 183 

Three needles, reply to note, 386 

Three years on board the Kearsarge, 841 

Tilden, qu«fry, 88 

Topsfield, Mass , town rate of, 1687, 84 

Towns In the King*s Province, 182 

Town Uifetories in preparation— 

Billerica, Mass., 282 

Boston First Church, 00 

Greene, Maine, 282 

Medvay, Mass., 282 
Town Records. (See Rceordc ) 
Tyng, qoery, 270 

Value of a Pound in Massachusetts and Connecticut 

Colonies at different periods, query, 89 
Virginia Documents, Peyton family, 146 

Wakefield Inscription, note. 80 

Walker, Obadiah, query, 278 

Warner, query, 87 

Was Got. Lererett a Knight ! 272, 346 

Waterman, queries, 183, 278 

West Springfield Marriagts, 228,303 

Wheeler, Hannah, query, 278 

Who was the first Minister uf Mendon f 167 

White, Hannah, query, 384 

Wilder, Marshall P.. annual address of, 128 

Williams, query, 884 

Windham (Canada), reply, 00 

Wills and other probate records, abstracts of and ex 
tracts fnim. Simeon P. Adams, 300 } Joseph J 
Cooke, 391 ; William Locke, 03 ; Henry Peyton 
140 } Gerard Peyton, 148 \ Valentine P^ton, 147 

Witchcraft in Springfield, 162 

Wood, qu-ry, 88 

Woodbridge, Mary, query, 183 

Wright Genealogy, 74 } query, 88 



Tonngman family, 46 j query, 80 
York County Deeds, items fivm, 382 



Index to Suffolk Wills. 



vu 



INDEX TO SUFFOLK WILLS. 

The followiDg is an index to the Wills and other Probate matter on record or on 
Sie in Soffolk Ck>anty, Massachasetts, to 1669, abetraots of which have been made 
by WiUiam B. Trask, and Samuel G. Drake, and printed in preyious Tolumes of the 
Rkisteb* 



Abercromby, Darld, xii. 276. Acres, Tho- 
mai, Till. 3d4. Adamfl,' Henry, Braintreo, ▼!!. 
K. Addington, Isaao, Boston, tUI. 128». 
Alcock, George, Rozburj, li. 104 ; vii. 31. 
Akocke, John, Boxbury, physician, zvi. 57. 
Akoeke, Thomas, Bwton, iz. 344. Allen, 
Besoone, Uingham, r. 299 ; rlil. 60. Alley, 
Philip, Boston, Iz. 138. Ambrose, Henry, 
carpenter, Hampton, Salisbury, Charlestown, 
Boston, ix. 346. Ames, William, Braintree, 
iz. 142. Arnold, John, z. 300. Astwicke, 
WlUiam, zy. 73. Astwood, James, Boston, 
yii. 337; yiii. 02, 276; iz. 40. Atherton, 
Gen. Humphrey, Dorchester, z. 361 ; xzzii 
197. Atkinson, Thomas, Concord, ylii. 57. 
Atwood. Herman, Boston, viil. 57. Avery, 
John, viii. 354; zzzi. 102. Axtell, Thomas, 

8ndbary, ill. 81. Backway, John, Ketch 

Speedwell, zy. 247. Bacon, Michael, Ded- 
ham, yii. 230. Bacon, Rebecca, yll. 30. Bad- 
ditier, Nicholas, Dittlsham, Deyon, zvi. 2.3-3. 
Bagnley, Thomas, Concord, 11. 186; yiii. 66. 
Baker, John, Boston, zy. 124. Ballard, Wil- 
liam. Lynn, il. 183. Barber, Richard, Ded- 
ham, ill. 178; zzz. 201. Barlow, Bartholo- 
mew. Boston, iz. 229. Barlow, Thomas, zi. 
39. Barrel!, George, Boston, ii. 38:); viil. 56, 
cooper. Barrell, John, Boston, cooper, viii. 
3M. Barnard, Nathaniel, Boston, z. 83. Bass, 
Samuel, Jr., Braintree, yiii. 02; Iz 228. Bate, 
or Bates. Elder James. Dorchester, y. 297; 
iz. 139. Batherston, James, mariner, zli. 63. 
Batt, Christopher, Boston, z. 268. Batten, 
Hugh. Dorchcfter, iz. 348. Battile, Battelle, 
Bob<»rt, Boston, z. 175. Baxter, Gregory, 
Braintree, ix. 1-16. Beales, John, Hingnam, 
ix. .18. Beamsley, William. Boston, Gc. .17. 
Beecher, Thomas, Charlestown, vil. 30. Bell, 
Thoma!*. Bo«iton, ix. 40. Bellow, Robert, 
some time of R. I., xix. 24. Benjamin, John, 
Watertown, Hi. 177 ; vlii. 60. Benjamin, 
Mary, Watertown, lil. 178. Bennett, Francis, 
Boston, ix. 142. Bennett, George, Button, 
Till. 5«<. Bent, Agnes, HI. 207. Biddeld, Sam- 
uel. Bo9ton, cooper, x. 83. Bigg, Rachel, 
l>»»rchester, v. 300. Biegs, John, Bos«ton, 
XT. 252. Bills, Robert, Cliarlcstown, xii. 54. 
Birch, Ttiomas, Dorchester, viii. 281 ; xvi. 
161. Bird, Thomas, sen., Dorchester, tanner, 
zri. 161. Bi.'ihop, Henrv, Boston, xiii. .1-12; 
zri. 228. Bittifld, Elizabeth, widow of Sam- 
uel, constable, Boston, xx. 2.1U. Bittlestone, 
Tltoma«, Cambridge, il. 263. Blackley, Ed- 
ward, Roxbury, vii. 29. Blague, Blagge, 
H**nry, Braintree, brick burner, xii. 49. 
Blaiutield, lliomas, viii. 55. Blake, William, 
Dorchester, xii. 153. Blanchurd, William, 
Boston, y. 2.19 ; viii. 62. Blanton, Blan- 
talne, Blanding, William, Boston, carpenter, 
zi. 172. Blodget, or Bloggett, Cambridge, 
11. 185. Bloffc, Frances, widow, Cambridge, 
yii. J 70. Blott, Robert, Charlestown, xv. 73. 
Boitworth. Zaccheus, Boston, v. 443. Bow- 
stre^-t**, William, Concord, ii. 385. Boyden, 
Thoma«, Boston, Medflfld, xi. .18. Boyse, 
Antipas, Boston, merchant, xix. .108. Brack- 
et. .John, Boston, xv. 250. Bradish, Robert, 
Cambridge, Ix. 225. Bradford, Alexander, 
ili. SI. Bradley, John, Salem, ii. 185; vii. 32. 
Branch, Peter. Holden, Kent. ii. 183. Bran- 
don. William, Weymouth, vii. 35, 172. Bray, 
Osmond, Weymouth, vii. 228. Breck, Ed- 
ward, Dorchester, yeoman, zi 338. Brewer, 



Daniel, Rozbnry, yii. 170. Briggs, Clement, 
Plymouth, Dorchester, Weymouth, vii. 233; 
iz. 347. Brinsmeade. William, Dorchester, 
ili. 266; iz. 347. Brooke, Henry, Dedham, iy. 

288. Browne, Edmund, Surinam, zv. 252; zyl. 
335. Browne, Grace, widow of James. Bos- 
ton, ylil. 58. Browne. James, Boston, yil. 336. 
Browne, Nicholas, Ezeter, or that region 
(Savage)t yii. 174. Browne, Richard, Water- 
town, z. 270. Browne, William, Boston, 
soap boiler, zi. 176. Buckmaster, Joseph, 
Muddy River, ziz. 37. Buckmaster, or Buck- 
minster, LAwrence, ili. 178. Buckmaster, or 
Buckminster, Thomas, Muddy River, vi. 353 ; 
z. 173. Buffby, Edward, Roxbury, ziz. 163. 
Bullock, Edward, Dorchester, vi. 365. Bur- 
den, George, Boston, viii. 276; zzzi. 104. 
Bumell, William, Pulling Point, Boston, iz. 
230; z. 270. Burrell, John, Roxbury, yi. 363. 
Burton, Boniface, Boston, zz 241. Busby, 
Bridget, z. 173. Busby, Nicholas, Water- 
town, viU. 278. Butland, Thomas, Boston^ 
U. 142. Butler, William, viil. 68. Butolph, 
Frarye, Hardinge, petition of. 1665, zvi. 160. 
Buttolph, Thomas, Boston, glover, zvL 169. 
Button, Robert, Boston, vii. 334. Byam, or 
Byom, Nathaniel, vii. 337. Cad, Bartholo- 
mew, zlii. 156. Capen, Barnard, Dorchester, 
y. 240. Carter, Ricnard, broad weaver, car- 
penter, Boston, zviii. 156. Carver, Richard, 
Watertown, li. 26^. Carwithy, Joshua, Rot- 
ten, mariner, ziii. 154. Cave, Ezra, vii. 338. 
Chadwell, Barbara, wlf^ of Thomas, Boston, 
ziii. 331. Chandler, Joseph, xvi. :i35 Chap- 
man, Richard, sen., Braintree, xix. 309. 
Cheney, William, Roxbury, xvi. 164. Chick- 
erlng, Francis, Dedham, ix. 346. Church, 
Richard, ilingham, father of Capt. Benjamin, 
xix. 161. Clap, John, Dorchester, v. 443. Clapp, 
Edward, Dorchester, xiii. 152. Clarke, Anne, 
widow, XV. 247. Clarke, Arthur, Salem, xvi. 
213. Clarke, Dennis, ii. 3^6. Clarke, John, 
sen., Boston, chirurgion, xiii. 14. Clarke, 
Robert, Rederile, Eng., mariner, xi. 169. Cle- 
mens, John, seaman, v. 2DU; ix. 141. Cloade, 
Andrew, Boston, wine cooper, xiii. 33.1. Cod- 
dington, John, Boston, ix. 130. Coggan, 
John, Boston, Ix. .15 ; xii. 54 ; x. 175 ; 
xxxi. 106. Coggan, Mrs. Martha, Boston, x. 
175. Colbron, Colborne, Colburn, William, 
Boston, xi. 174. Cole, Samuel. Itoston, inn- 
keeper, XV. 249. Collier, Thomas, Ilingham, 
vii. 173; X. 88. Comptou, Ausannah, xiii. 153. 
Cooke, Thomas, Watertown, vil. 'M. Cooper, 
Anthony, Ilingham, vii. 20. Cooner, Benja- 
min, Salem, vil. 29. Cooper, John. Wey- 
mouth, v. 303; viil. 62. Cotton, John, Boston, 
V. 240; vlll. 128r. Cotton, Sarah, Boston, vi. 

289. Coytraore, Thoma."*, Charlestown, vil. 32; 
viil 67. Cromes, Samuel, III. 178. Cromwell, 
Thomas, Boston, ill. 2(i8; xxxl 175. Cruse, 
Richard, xxx. 80. Cullick. John, Hartford, 
Boston, xl. 3.18. Cushln^, Matthew, Iling- 
ham, X. 173. DamerilT, Humphery, Bos- 
ton, ix. 229. Dane, John, Koxbury, iz. 
37. Davenport. Cupt. Richard, ^alem, xvi. 
2:i3. Davis, George, Bo.-'ton, v. '.iW ; ix. 
35. Davis, George, bound for Cape Fear, 
xvi. 54. Davis, James, Boston, mariner, 
ix. 340. Davis, Rice, ix. 3.14 ; xxxi. 105. 
Davis, Klchard, i>orchester, xl. 3.19. Da- 
vis, William, V. 298; Ix. 141. Dell. George, 
Boston, V. 442 ; xi. 38. Denning, William, 



Index to Suffolk Wills. 



Till. izaz. I>eDDl><ia, Ed- 



BoMan. T. Va ; 

wiinl, Roiborr, ivlll. 3». __ 
-"* '^-"■— t«r, li. S4?. Olckri 
Di>r«liegter, li. H 
' I. i;&. [lod, U< 
IM. l>ouglu. i 



ge. Bo. 



Dlw7, listiucl, 
ton, marinrr. Kh. i 

tOB.ITl. IK7. DddIt. _. , .,, 

DlM.DanM.iU M. Drinker, 1-lillip, Charlii- 
tDirn, *J1. IM. I)iKlh7, Tbomu, kletcr, t. 
«4i li. IW. Didln, ThoaM, Raiborf, t. 
»»1 Till. IMx. Dwlfibl, Jotin. Drdham, i. 

IKi; ml. ITH. EiOun, John. Dedbam, li. 

31). t^dlDHtl, ISdnll, or t^dx-ll. Thumiu, 
Boalon, •111. jTt. Edinnli, rhlllp, Dor. 
clW'ler? illl. 337. Ednrda, Koben. Con. 
cord, till. S7. Ure. bltnon, Bohidb. U. M. 
Eire, or Eyre, Slmuo. Jr., Boilon.irili. lau, 
KUen, NIclioUi, Dur«lint«r. ill. M. KlUatl, 
Jamb, [v. S3, Boilon. i. M3. Ellinll, Mv. 
■«)■, I. 3fliti x±x. VM. Elliott, I'hilfp, Koi- 
bunr. Till. :»1. ennnatia. MHrtha. Boilon. 
wkUlw of llHHIUU, XT. Xfl, EtnniOna. Thu. 
■ut. BoMOB, eordminf r. xll, Ml, Kndlcotl, 
Jdia, Mn, late ur Halcm, nuw of Borlau, 
XT. IM. Endicott. John, ign to uor. John 
iTl.as.^ EUiilDpon.'lhoRiu, N«<.lcb«»an. 
DOBk, iTl. im. Evuna, Umld, Button, il. 
S4i. E>an>. Blchunl. I>nr,-h.ii.r. .1 ui 
ETir*D, Atlcl, Uo-lo 
Vulibiinka. Jonatlia 
Fern iron h. Jo»1d>. 



. I>«lhain, 



F«yBr 



,Tliom«.,Hnaton,.11.30. Fea 
,. .,,„,«, .,lnj(li»ni, ,L1I. Ml. Fpnuuo 
mala, Vermai'a, All«, Silrm, Till. T,' 
-hi, H-Ullam, illl. 3.U. KlnMO, TboniL 



(tone, Margaret, irldow, Boaton, tII. 173. 



W. Ha<. 

Halalead, 



Ham, CODCom, III. i:i 
Wlllian, Boalon, .11. 
Boalou, nailer, illl. ■ 
Boilon, matliier, illl. 



Abraham, L . 
lUm, Fajal, m 



rill. 31 



IfD. Kt^r, Eariicoln?. tl 



t", II. 
Idde- 
(brd. CD. DaroD, all. Mi. Hartrj, JnKpb, 
EarlKOlne, Ewex (.Sin>iveJ_, II. 1«1. HvTer, 



Uarrod, Jameo, 
CD. DOTOD, all 

Jcolne, EMexCS— _, 

Wmiam. Boalan.U. 3M. HaD|[li, or MoDah, 
, widow of-Atbenon, Boslan, tII. 33«. 
', Hanine1,Chirl««lown. Til. m. Hawaa, 
rd, Dorcheiter. Ix. M«; il. M«. Hawta, 
t. Ho.burr. XV. Ml. Hawkins. Abraiia, 



Har 

ard. Jobo. 1 



d, Win Ian 



r, U. 



Hai 



:. V«4. 



I, Wldon 



tan. Till. 3C3. Fletcher, t^dward Badgcdi-D. 
eo. Glunecater, itI. Ul. Flint. Ubv. li«nrT, 
BraSnlrH, itIU. »7. Ftond, Richard iSav 
agt, Floyd), Boiion. ill. 60. FolteU, Wll- 
illam.Oyat«r RlTer, TI1.33H. Fooie. Joihua. 
I.OBdoD, Koibnrr, Froildence. v.444; li. 137, 
FrankHn, jDhD.li.SH; ml. 107. Franklin, 
Wllllaai, or BOMOB. d. la London, ii. 341. 
ProthlaiihaB. WlUlam, (.^iirlnioirn, ui. 
S<W. Ftt, •' 

aallop.CL .. - 

tar aiidl.I.,T. M4. Oajlop, J 

Til. W7,xa(k GamlcD, Ruberl, Roiburr, I 

Z71. (iarrFtI, Kobnl, HoatoD, irlU. 3W7. Oi 



UarT, or 
tialllne, < 



Til. 172. Ulbbona. Jolhai 
Bonon. Ii. Wt. Ulbboni, 
ofUaj.Oen.O, li..?M. G 
Edward, Oiarkltowo, il 
Robert, Boiton. la. 347. < 
eti«lfr. Til. .VWi Till. S66; 



174. Ulover, Nathaniel 
UoldalaDr, Ann, wl 
Till. 67. Goodale, 



1, Natbunlel. Uedbam, i 
KT, Wllllim. H Ingham, illl. 
Edmund, Deplford, co. Kent, Ei 



I, Uorcl 



I. ir-i; 1 



, Hon 



1. iii^i. 

John, Dorcheater, r. «!: rllL «0 
John. Jr., Doroheiter, li. WL 
Uoorn, KoiburT, Tli.SO Holmea, 
William, Flymonth, Boiton. rll. 
TOke, Edward, Lyon, Kumnvy Hal 
llODiH, DaTid, xTl.O'i. Monchin 
ill. ta. How, Edward, "' 
VlH. to. Rowing, or H. 



rcn, Klliabrth. wld' 



wida 



*„', 



'111. I 



III. 7 



'■■ Ki. Hull, Robert. Buataa, it. SO. 
'. Georgr, Boaton. tII. 31. HamfreT, 
, UorcheaUr tanner, li. 37. llumphe. 



il. 3S. iTty, Jamea, brUn- 

,. Jacob, NIcholaa, Hlna- 

Jarrett, Rlcbard, Till. ST. 



Thott 



, III. I 



n. T. SM. John*, Wlllian, 
Jotanaon, Jobu, Kaibury, 
1, Margaret, —■ ' - "■— 



Stonlnglon, i. 3W^ ml. 17(1. Grlgga, Alice, 
BoMon. III. «, Oripgi, Gforge, 6o.lon, li. 
M3. Grim, HnmnVirey, BrsTnlree, 1». SIS. 
Qrlggi, Tbomaa, katMoj, tU. SB. QrlO- 



uel.il. 07. Joa«a, 

ofRlchard. Dorcheiler. Till. 

SS. Jonei, Samuel. IMrcheater, i. ISO. 
Jonea, Rice, Boalon. il. 17S, Jonei, Thomaa, 
Itorchealer, it. sa. Jono, Tlmotfaj, Dor- 
cheater, v. 2WI. Jordan, J amei. I>edham, T. 
441. Joyor. or Jolce, William, Boaton, tU. 

ITS. Judaon. Hamnel, Dctlbam, illl. IMO. 

Kana, Ezra, tUL 1»i. Keayne, Capt. Bob- 



Index to Suffolk WxlU. 



mi. Id. Kenr, 



, illL 13. Kibbj, 



V»: TlU.aO. Klof,-niainM, Wn 

■•U. M. Klnj •"■ "-- 

as*. KlDB. 

'- It, Dadhi 

1 toiion, 



■■tla. m. 3M. KlDnborr, J 

. KaMt, Bebwt, Hanploi 
*a. KoJcbU. •"■ ■■ '- 



DoRbartcr.'iUL 



L IM. Lano, JiUM, PlTmooth 
toaton, cwpeatsr, d. 174. Luc, 
XI. 123. Lbds, WlUlaiD, Doretau- 
■*■■-"" ~" ' IBOT, Hlrnrr. 
Klciwrd, Hlng- 

-■ •— , Tlio 

.), J: 



Snt Boiton lawTar, ni. 101. Lar 
Tta«, or LMTfD*, Jobn, BeibniT) 'u. I'o. 
I^nrctt, Hr. nanuu, BoiUin, rlL ZH. Urn- 
bRT' Jol>u, nurlntr, iL IW. UdooId, Bob- 
Ht, WtnotonMt, xU. IH. Llnooln, Slephea. 
HlnahaiB, li. Mt. LlBOOln, gtrptuin, hd., 
BlnicfaUB, ii. U. LIjI*, Lnll. Lojal. Mn. 
Alln.iTl. S». Looka. Ftitl^, li. J». Long, 
niBp, BoMon. TlL tH; li. 22S. Loodud, 
Anne, Wfrnoatb, li. IVL LorlnV; Tboou, 
Hull, X. 370. LOTBrinc, John, WiterU>irn, 
111, TV; ni. 70. Low. Jaba, Boiton, Ttil. 
m*. towaD.John, NiwbDrT, Tl[. SB. I«d- 
Mo. Oeom, BndntTM. tU. ]». LndUn, 
Vini«a, mngtaun, tUL U. Lnioa, Jabu, 

Dedhun, I. sto ; inL ITS. Mikapcur, 

TboDwi. Donbaatcr, IT.I!3. Hutnlac, Wtl- 
Hub. lOi., BmIdd, xt. 113. lUnh, Qrorn, 
Hluhim. TiL M. Uanb, Tbomu, Hlag- 
turn, li. W. Kvib^l, JohD, BarntUti". 
' BngUiuI. ill. St. Huiball, TbODuu, irl. 1S3. 
HuUn, L«ifl«. - ~- ' ~" " 



_obn. ^unbrldie, II. 1 
Boiton. T. HS. Huthr 
tbetUi. u. 241, 2te-2 



, Sfj. Ricbud, Dor 



11. Z7fl. Maierlck, S 



iwr; IT. 3a. Uatlai 



b«b, widow of John. Hlnuhsni and Hoibu. 
n. Til. 232. HcrrLok, John, Hinghim. tII. 
173. HeciT, Wnltar, Boalnn. uhlpwrlgln, ii. 
IM. Helcnlf.UichMl, IMdhud, vl. 174: Ttit. 
1»B. HUUD. Hylun, Mllom. Humphre;, 
BOfliHI, IT. S3X; nl. M. Mlllir, Robert, 
Concord, ni. ». Mllla, John. Boalon, Ir. !»; 
rlLlM. Mlrtun.orHeTiun.Joipph.ConDord. 
U. IM. HodeilT, CIcIIt, or Sliil;, widow or 
Jobn, il. 170. ifoduly, John, l>Drchfiiter. 
il. ITU. Mors. Jeremlnll, Hoitou, tU. 234, 
HorrlU, Iiuo, Roiburr, il. :u. Mori;. .John, 
BotloD, Till. 278. WorM. Joieph. Dorehw. 
t«r, Till. 277; in. 4M. Morw, Sioiael. Med. 



■r,i. 17e. Munnlnr., Georp. ? 
-Ul. 3M. Muni, orllount, Thon 



207. Newberry, Tho. 
tt. MFwnls, or New- 
S33. Nloboli, 



HordMsl, Boston, nurtner, KL 344. 

ton, Jobn, Boston, il. 312. Morton, Rl< 
Boiton. Ii. w» Oilier, John, BoKo 



2M. Piddr, Wmian 



Boiton, Til. 339: tUI , , 

Mr. John, itI. 334 Balne, Uoiel, Bralntrea, 

II. 2fl3. Paine. Toblu, Boiton. (yomJamalu, 

III. 310. Paine Thomas, niHrlnrr, ivlll. IM. 
Paine, William, Boiton, i. Bfi. Palmer. Abra. 
bam, Charieilown.TU. 33M. Palmer, Waller. 
Charletlown, Slonlngton, il. 3D. PaligraTO- 



manner, ifl. ». Parian, I 
Till. US. Peacocke, WlllUni, Boiburr, i. 207. 
Peake, Chriatopber, Roiburr, it. 120. Fcake, 
Thomal, Ii. 347. Pean, John. Boiton, [>or- 
obeiter. k. 3W. Peane. George, Boiton. a 
imlth, il. 342. Peane. Robert, Dorohoiter, 
illl. IM. P«Bn, HenrT, len., Boilon, in. 
202. Felrae, WUIIam. Boiton, i. 3«0; mil. 
310. Pell, Joieph, Bolton, tII. 234. Pennl- 



!i. Botlon and BnUntri . 
PennT,HenrT. 11.348. Perrj. John, 
ry, ii. 2*0. Phi illni, George. Waterto 



I, III. 



i. 2*0. Phlillpl, George. Watertowu, .— 
rlll.U. PhiJllpi, Suianna, wire of Wil- 
liam, C))*rlettowo, t. M7. PhlppsnT, Darld, 
^'"S^: - "' ~- 



ppenT, Da 

-_ . .- — --„. laa, Eo.b_.,. 

n-.t-taa. Pltcber, Andrew, Dorcheiler, 
2M; ml. 177. PItU, Elliabeth, Wej- 
<nlb, li. 13S. Plimpton, or Plympton, 
atj, Boiton, r. 230 : illl. «0. Pond. Jona- 
in Cambridge, "- - - - - 



, Til. * 



III. 3 



, iIU. 



e, Edwg 



. Pope. John, Dorcheai 



._.. _... , KoibuiT, »■ 301; 

II. 140. PowDlng, or Ponndlng, Uenrr, ivl. 
228. Pratt, John, Dorcheater, *ll. U. Pren. 
t ice, Robert, Roiburr, ivl.:i34. IVIeit, Mar- 
l's. Forton'. Elizabe'lh, jl^ia. Ratchell." 

or Bachell, Bonon. Ii. 347. Kawllns, Ja«>er, 
Boihory and Hoston. irl. 5A. Rawlln), Tho- 
mu, Boston, li. 2W. Rayei, .'«lmDn, Brain, 
tree. tII. .%!. Read, Thomai, li. 34S. Rer- 
Doldl. Robert, Boston. Ii. 137. Rice, Philip. 
Boiton, tailor, illl. 338. Richarrti, Thomaa, 
WeymODtb, yl). 2.12. Rlchardiou. Eieklel, 
Wobnrn. tII. 17J. Rirtr, John, Dorchester, 

III. 170. RIpler, William, RlnEham. rl. 3M. 
Roberts, .lohn, Roiburr, tII. ^17: li. 142. 
Koberti, Tliomui, Boston, vlll. 277. Robin- 



on. Natl 



Richard. Bralntrte, Dorcheater. i. 174. Kog- 
eri. Deacon John, Weymouth, i. 2«S; iid. 
177. Root, Ralph. Boiton, it. 7<. Row, 



Boitc 



. Thomi 



Boiton, t. 209. Rndick. Ruddock, 
JollUr. BoxtoQ. Til. I7B. Kuigi 
nil. 321. Rugglei, John, BoitOD, li. 13«, 1: 

2«S. Kolseil, Henrr. Wermont'h, li. 2fc!.- 
Saltoniull, Bob't. Watenown.Tll. 334. Si 



IBS, Jr., 
Kuddyk. 



aa, Hosi 



J. Sandfi.Hrnrr 



Index to Suffolk Wills. 



SoarbftiTOw, or Scarborough, John, Boxbnry, 
▼lit. 66. Soott, Robert, Boston, rili. 276. 
Scottow, Thomas, Bo«ton, Joiner, z. 362. 
Sears. Mary, wife of Daniel, Boston, yiii. 67. 
Selllck, David, Boston, yii. 338: ix. 141. 
Sharp, Robert, Braintree and Maadr Hirer, 
yiii. 277; x. 84; xxxi. IWi. Shaw^braham, 
Dedham, ii. 180. Shaw, Joseph, Weymouth, 
y. 303; yiii. 353. Shepardson, Daniel, Charles* 
town, vli. 32, 171; xxx. 81. Sheppard, John, 
Braintree, yiii. 58. Sheafe, Jacob, Boston, 
X. 83. Sherman, Richard, Boston, Ix, 227. 
Sherman, Samael, Boston, ix. 226. Shrimp- 
ton, Edward, Bednall Greene, co. Middlesex, 
zi. 170. Shrimpton, Henry, iloston, brazier, 
xy. 76. Shute, Robert,' Boston, yii. 335. Simp, 
kins, Nicholas, Boston, ix. 226. Simson, or 
Simpson, John, Watertown, yiii. 56. Skinner, 
Edward, Cambridge, il. 103; 111.81. Smead, 
Widow, Dorchester, ix. 344 ; xxx. 79. Smith, 
Alice. xU. 345. Smith, Christopher, Ply- 
mouth, CO. Deyon, England, ix. 228. Smith, 
James, Rehoboth, or Seacuncke, ylL 337. 
Smith, LAwrence, Dorchester, xiii. 337. 
Smith, Mr. Ralph, x. 260. Snell, John, Bos- 
ton, shipwright, xix. 164. Snooke, James, 
Weymouth, y. 441. Snooke, Margaret, wid- 
ow of James, Weymouth, ix. 228. snow, 
Thomas. Boston, barber, xx. 240. Sowther, 
or Souther, Nathaniel, Plymouth and Bos- 
ton. Ix. 135. Sparrowhawk, Nathaniel, Cam- 
bridge, yii. 175. Splcer, Stephen, Barbadoes, 
meronant, xvi. 320. Spyers, John, Boston, 
y. 442. Stanley, Christopher, Boston, ir. 52. 
Stapell, Staples, or Staple, Jeffery, xxx. 
201. Starke, Robert, Concord, yiii. 57. Starr, 
Comfort, Boston, ix. 223. Starr, William, 
mariner, Deyonshire, xyi. 166. Stebblns, 
Martine, xxxii. 317. Stevens. George, Bos- 
ton, y. 445. Stevens, Jeremiah, Boston, xll. 
275. Stevens, William, ix. 229; xxxi. 104. 
Stockbridge, John, Boston, yiii. 352. Stod- 
der. John, Hlngtiam, xl. 35. Stone, John, 
Hull, xli. 273. Stonnard, or Stonhard, John, 
Roxbury, vii. 229. Stoughton, Israel, Dor- 
chester, iy. 51 ; vii. 333. Stower, Amv, wld. 
of Nicholas. Charlestown. yiii. 56. Stower, 
Nicholas, Charlestown, ill. 179. Strange, 
John, Boston. Ix. 230. Streame, Thomas, 
Weymouth, xi. 173. Sumer, Abigail, late 
wife of Thomas Sumer, deceased, iU. 80. 

Sweete, John, Boston, vii. 3:{8. Tailor, 

Nicholas, ill. 268. Tay, or Toy, John, Boston, 
11. 104. Taylor, John, Weymouth, xviU. 327. 
Thaxter, Thomas, Hlngham, viil. 128io. 
Thayer, Cornelius, Weymouth, xll. 54. Thay- 
er, Thomas, Braintree, shoemaker, xiii. 335. 
Thomas, Evan, Boston, xl. 38. Thomer, 
Henry, Piscataque, xl. 229. Thomhill, Capt. 
Thomas, Boston, x. 175 ; xxxi. 175. Thorn- 
ton, Peter, Boston, vllL 57. Toung, or Tong, 
CiHpt. James, Boston, vl. 284. Trescott, 
Thomas, Dorchester, ix. 142. Travegoe, 
Thomas, mariner, Dartmduth, co. Devon, xl. 
40. Trusler, Elinor, Salem, xxxi. 103. Tuck- 



•er, John, sen., Hingham, x. 269; xxxi. 178. 
Turner, Isabel, Dorchester, x. 266; xxxi. 178. 
Turner, Jeffery, Dorchester, y. 305; vili. 354. 
Turner, Robert, Boston, shoemaker, iv. 285. 
Turner, Robert, Boston, innholder, xiii. 11. 
Twltchell, Joseph, Dorchester, ix. 344. Tyng, 
Capt. William, Boston, viil. 62; xxx. 4.32. 

Upsall, or Upsball, Nicholas, Dorchester 

and Boston, xv. 250. Uttlng, Anne, Ded- 
ham, 11. 183. Vermaes, or Vermayes, see 

Fermace, Alice, yiii. 277. Wales, Nathan- 
iel, Boston, ship carpenter, xi. 169. Wales, 
Nathaniel, sen., Boston, weaver, xi. 37; 
xxxii. 321. Walker. Thomas, Boston, brick- 
burner, ix. 347. Waiter, Richard, Harden, co. 
Kent, Eng., vii. 337: vili. 356. Waltham, Wil- 
liam, Weymouth, ii. 103. Ward, Benjamin, 
Boston, ship carpenter, xviii. 154. Ward, 
Mary, widow of Bei^Jamin, Petition, xvili. 
154. Ward, Mary, widow of Benjamin, 
Will, xvili. 155. WardeU, Winiam, Boiiton, 
xli. 275. Warner, Thomas, Boston, fisher- 
man, ix. 348. Weale, William, iii. 179. 
Weare, William, Boston, viil. .353. Webb, 
Henry, Boston, merchant, x. 177. Webb, 
Rebecca, v. 303; viil. 356: xxxi. 104. Webb, 
Richard, Weymouth and Boston, ix. 1-38. 
Weebon, or Webon, Stephen, d. Boston, ix. 
348. Weeks, George, Dorchester, vii. 334. 
Weld, Daniel, Braintree and Roxbury, xvi. 
60. Weld, Joseph, Roxbury, vii. a3. Wey- 
borne, or Wvborne, Thomas, Boston, vl. 289. 
Weymouth, Jonathan, ii. 263. Wheatlcy, 
Gabriel, Watertown, ill. 79. Wheeler, Roger, 
Boston, xi. 341. Wheeler, Thomas, Boston, 
y. 305; vlll. 276. White, Charity, Boj^ton, 
X. 265 ; xxxi. 178. White, James, Barba- 
does, merchant, xvi. 228. Wight, John. Med- 
field, yiii. 276. Wilkle, John, Boston, x. 209; 
xxxi. 178. Wlllbore, Samuel, Taunton, vl. 
290. Williams, John, Roxbury, ix. 140. Wil- 
liams, Nathaniel, Boston, glover, x. 270; 
xxxi. 178. Williams, Thomas, Boston, iii. 
180. Willis, Nicholas, Boston, vll. 2.34. Wil- 
son, Edward, Boston or Roxbury, vll. .30. 
Wilson, Rev. John, Boston, xvii. 343. Wil- 
son, Richard, Boston, v. 305; vlll. 277. Wil- 
son, Thomas, Exeter, ii. 384. Wilson, Wid- 
ow, Braintree, xli. 6'i. Wine, Robert, Boston , 
iv. 64. Winthrop, Mr. Aaam, Boston, viil. 
69. Winthrop, John, governor of MK^s., vii. 
175. Withinffton, Henry, Dorchester, xvi. 
52. Wolcott, Mr. [John!, Cambridge or Wa- 
tertown. vii. 30. Wood, Edward, Charles- 
town. Hi. 81. Woodcock, Jane, widow, xv.76. 
Woodcock, Richard, Boston, xvi. 54. Wood- 
mansey, Robert, Boston, xvi. 55. Wood- 
ward, Ralph, Hingham, xli. 52. Woodward, 
Robert, carpenter, Boston, vlll. 128ec; xiii. 
10. Woodward, Thomas, Nevis, xx. 240. 
Woody, John, Roxbury, vli. 234, 338. Woody, 

Richard, Roxbury, vll. 339; Ix. 346. 

Yard, Edward, fisherman, near Dartmouth, 
Deyonshire, xvllL 158. 




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THE 



HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL 

REGISTER. 



JANUARY, 1881. 



SKETCH OF THE HON. JOHN HOWE PEYTON. 

By CoL J. T. L. Preston, Professor of Modem Languages, &c., ia the Virginia Military 

InstitDte, Lexington, Va. 

I^HE late John H. Peyton, Esq., of Staunton, Va., was one of the 
- finest specimens that we have ever known of the complete law- 
^. During the prime of life he pursued his profession with a 
laborious assiduity rarely equalled, and though as age advanced 
upon him he remitted his efforts, he did not discontinue his prac- 
tice until a short time before his death, which occurred April 3, 
1847, in the 69th year of his age. None of his contemporaries 
secured a more ample reward in either reputation or pecuniary 
emolument. 

We have spoken of Mr. Peyton as a complete lawyer. Law, 
as a practical profession, has several departments, and it is not un- 
U8ual to see a lawyer distinguished in some of them, with a com- 
pensating deficiency in others.' Some practitioners are successful 
collectors ; some are much esteemed as judicious advisers in matters 
not strictly legal ; some are favorite advocates, with a subdivision 
into those who are influential with the court, and those who are per- 
waeive before a jury ; some are designated good judges of law, or, 
in other words, safe counsellors, and of some the forte is Common 
Law Practice, while others are distinguished as chancery lawyers. 
The organization of the courts in Virginia, and the nature of the 
business, at least in the interior, requires every lawyer to enter 
npon the whole of this miscellaneous practice ; and it is not to be 
pondered at that some, even good lawyers, are not equally strong 
^ every part. Mr. Peyton knew every part of his profession tho- 
roughly. He had studied diligently as a student ; he had known 
we expectant struggles of the young practitioner ; he had practised 

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10 Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. [Jan, 

under the old system before the reorganization of the judiciary, anc 
afterwards under the new ; he had met in contest the strongest nier 
in each department of the profession, and he had made himself s 
champion in all. We may add that some lawyers who exhibit the 
highest skill in securing the rights of their clients, are foolisiily ig- 
norant of their own ; in other words, they let slip tlie fair, well 
earned profits of their profession — not so with Mr. Peyton. He 
knew the value of his professional services ; he gave them to the 
fullest extent to those who applied for them, and then he insisted 
upon just remuneration. We notice this point, not at random, but 
to present a feature belonging to the character of the complete 
lawyer. 

The characteristic of Mr. Peyton's life was eflSciency. This cflS- 
ciency had for its elements native vigor of intellect, great resolute- 
ness of character and courageous self-confidence, ample and thorough 
acquirements and the quickness, precision and dexterity of action 
that belong only to those who have been taught by a varied experi- 
ence to understand thoroughly human nature. In conversation Mr. 
Peyton was ready, entertaining and instructive. But conversation 
was not his forte ^ though he was fond of it. He was not fluent, 
his manner was sometimes too direct for the highest style of polished 
social intercourse of a general nature, and besides he had a remarka- 
ble way of indulging in a strain of covert satirical banter, when his 
words would be so much at variance with the expression of his coun- 
tenance, and particularly with the expression of his mouth, that the 
hearer was often in an uncomfortable state of uncertainty how to 
take him. His person was large, and his bearing dignified but not 
graceful. His manner was unaffected, but not without formality, 
nor was it perfectly conciliatory. Some styled him aristocratic, 
while none could deny that his self-respect and confident energy 
gave an imperious cast to his demeanor. We have oftener than 
once thought applicable to him, in a general way, those lines of 
Terence : 

" Ellum, confideDs, catas, 
Gam &ciem yideae, videtar esse quaDtivis preti, 
Tristis severitas iDest in voltu, atque in Terbis fides." 

His voice was true and clear, and capable of sufficient variety, 
but without a single musical intonation, and a little sharper than 
you would expect to hear from a man of his size and form. If it is 
asked what was the style of his speaking, it may be replied — just what 
might be expected to belong to such a man as he has been described* 
that is to say, never was the speaker a more complete reflection of 
the man than in his case. We cannot believe that any one who 
knew him was ever surprised when they heard him speak ; what he 
said was just what they would expect him to say. This is oftelk the 
case with speakers and writers, but not always. Energy, realily 
and efficiency were his characteristics as a man, and equally bo aa a 



1881.] Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. 11 

speaker. Distinctness of conception lay at the foundation of his excel- 
lence. Some great speakers, some even preeminently great speak- 
ers, not unfrequently hurl unforged thunderbolts. They feel the 
maddening impulse of the god, but give forth their utterances be- 
fore the true prophetic fury comes on. 

Mr. Peyton's mind was no sybil's cave, whence came forth wind- 
driven leaves inscribed with mighty thoughts disposed by chance, 
but a spacious castle, from whose wide open portal issued men at 
arms, orderly arranged. He had hardly opened his case, when the 
hejirer was aware that he had thought over the whole of it, had a 
given course to pursue, and would close when he came to the end 
of it. This distinctness of conception comprehended the subject as 
a whole, and shed its light upon each detail belonging to it. This 
ensured the most perfect method in all that he said. Before he 
began to speak he had determined in his own mind, not only the 
order of the different parts of his discourse, but also their relative 
importance in producing the general impression. Hence he was 
never led away by the tempting character of any peculiar topic, to 
expatiate upon it unduly ; he did not take up matter irrelevant to 
the case because it might touch himself personally ; he never spoke 
for those behind the bar, nor did he neglect to secure the fruits of 
victorj' in order to pursue an adversary to utter discomfiture. He 
spoke as a lawyer, he spoke for the verdict, and expected to gain 
it by showing that he was entitled to it. Some speakers hope 
to accomplish their object by single, or at least, successive 
impulses — now a clinching argumentative question, now a burst 
of brilliant declamation, and now a piece of keen wit, or a 
rough personality. Such speakers forgei, or do not know, that a 
jury may admire, may be diverted, and even moved, without being 
won. He that gains the verdict must mould, and sway, and lead, 
and this is to be effected by continued persistent pressure, rather 
than by totirs deforce. This Mr. Peyton knew well, and observed 
it with perfect self-command. Ilis hearers came away satisfied with 
the whole, rather than treasuring up remarkable points and pas- 
sages. Let it not be supposed, however, that he was a cold speak- 
er, who treated men as mere intellectual machines, to be set in mo- 
tion by the pulleys, screws and levers of logic. Far from it ; he 
nnderetood human nature well, and knew the motive power of the 
feehn*r8 ; but then he knew, too, that the way to excite the most 
effective sympathy is not to make a loud outcry, but to make a 
forcible exhibition of real suffering — that the best way to rouse 
<>ur indignation against fraud, deceit, or oppre^^sion, is not to exhort 
UB to hate it, but to show its hatefulncss. One of his most distin- 
guished cotemporaries upon the same circuit was celebrated for his 
powers as a criminal advocate ; his manner was obviously upon 
the pathetic order, and perhaps a trifle too declamatory. We have 
Been them in the same cause, and have thought that if the eloquence 



12 Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. [Jan. 

of Gen. Briscoe 6. Baldwin flushed the countenance quicker, 
the earnestness of Mr. Peyton stirred the heart deeper. Of the 
oratory of a class of speakers by no means rare (not, however, in- 
cluding in their class the distinguished jurist above alluded to) , it 
has been well said, ** declamation roars while passion sleeps;" of 
speaking justly characterized by this line, Mr. Peyton's was the 
precise reverse. With him thought became passionate before the 
expression became glowing, as the wave swells before it crests itself 
with foam. 

Mr. Peyton's language was forcible, pure and idiomatic. It 
served well the vehicle of his thoughts, but contributed nothing to 
them. There is a real and legitimate advantage belonging to the 
masterly use of words, of which many great speakers know well 
how to avail themselves. 

Mr. Peyton attempted nothing of the sort. His diction was 
thorouglily English, with a marked preference for the Anglo-Saxon 
branch of the language, sind his sentences came out in the most 
natural order with unusual clearness and vigor, but not unfrequently 
with a plainness that bordered upon homeliness. His style, how- 
ever, was always that of speaking as distinguished from mere con- 
versation — a distinction which some of our modem speakers forget, 
when in onler to appear at their ease, they treat with no little dis- 
regard not only the rules of rhetoric, but the rules of grammar as 
well, and use words and phrases which are (to take a word from 
the vocabulary we are condemning) nothing better than slang. 
On the contrary, there was in Mr. Peyton's style the fruit of 
early studies and high-bred association, a classical tinge, extreme- 
ly pleasant to the scholar, though perhaps not appreciable by those 
for whom he generally spoke. It must not be supposed, from what 
has been said of his excellent method, that he resembled in this re- 
spect some of our able but greatly tedious lawyers, who take up in 
regular succession every possible point in the case, however minute, 
and worry us by officiously offering help where none is needed — so 
far from it he showed his consummate skill as well in what he omit- 
ted as in what he handled, and, as a general thing, his speeches were 
shorter in duration, and yet fuller of matter than those of his oppo- 
nent. His use of figurative language was easy and natural, and 
not stinted ; but his figures were always introduced as illustrations 
and not as arguments. It is not unusual to meet with a speaker who 
is unable to enounce distinctly the general principle he wishes to use, 
throw out an illustration to enable himself to pick out the principle 
from it, or at least to give his hearers a chance to do it for them- 
selves ; not so with Mr. Peyton. He held up the torch of illustra- 
tion, not to throw a light forward to guide himself in his own in- 
vestigations, but to enable those following the more readily to tread 
the road along with him. He had a very noticeable fondness for 
recurring to the primary fundamental principles of morals, and 



1881.] Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. 13 

doabtleas he was restrained, by his practical judiciousness, from in- 
dulging this disposition to the inll. One of his favorite books was 
Lord Bacon's Essays, and under other circumstances he might him- 
self have been a distinguished moral essayist. 

As may well be supposed, his general strain was grave. The 
high idea he entertained of the dignity of his profession, and the 
earnestness with which he gave himself to it, alike precluded either 
levity or carelessness. However, he was fully able, quite ready 
open occasion, to avail himself of a keen wit, that was all the more 
effective because it was dry and sarcastic. It occurs to us to men- 
tion an instance well known to his circuit, not illustrative of his 
severity but his pleasantry. In a criminal prosecution, he, as prose- 
cuting attorney, was opposed by two gentlemen of ability, whose pa- 
thos had been so great as to draw abundant tears from their own eyes. 
One of them, a gentleman who has since filled a distinguished na- 
tional position 7Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart, Secretary of the 
Interior of the United States, 1850-3), was noted for the faciUty 
with which he could cover over his brilUant eloquence with the 
liquid varnish of his tears. On this occasion he had been singularly 
kchrymose, and supported by his colleague in the same way, the 
sensation produced was very considerable. Mr. Peyton commenced 
his reply by regretting the disadvantage the commonwealth labored 
onder in being represented by him who was a very poor hand at 
crying, and certainly was not able to cry against two at a time. 
The ludicrousness of the expression completely neutralized the pa- 
thos of his opponents. He was not averse either to a bit of farce 
now and then, as is shown by a story told of him. In a remote 
part of the circuit a lawyer wished to adorn a moving passage of a 
speech he was just rising to make, with an apposite example, and ap- 
plied to Mr. Peyton, setting beside of him, to help him to the name 
of the man in the Bible who would have his pound of flesh. With 
imperturbable gravity he answered Absalom I The effect of thus 
confounding Shakspeare and scripture may be imagined. 

We have said that Mr. Peyton was thoroughly furnished in every 
part of his profession ; in one department his qualifications were 
peculiar and unsurpassed. Without disparagement to others, it 
may be said, we think, that he was the best commonwealth's attor- 
ney in the state of Virginia. He was the lawyer of the common- 
wealth, and he treated the commonwealth as a client, and labored 
for her with the same industry, zeal and fidelity that he manifested 
in behalf of any other client. The oft-quoted merciful maxim of 
the common law, " better that ninety and nine guilty men should 
escape than one innocent man should suffer," he interpreted as a 
caution to respect the rights of the innocent, and not as an injunc- 
tion to clear the guilty, and he labored to reduce the percentage of 
rogues unwhipt of justice as low as possible. With a clearness and 
force rarely equalled would he point out the necessity of punishing 

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Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. 



tlie guilty in oii]er lliat the innocent might be safe, thus exhibiting 
the absolute consistency of strict justice with true mercy. So sim- 
ply and earneetly would he do this, that he not only bound llie con- 
sciences of the jury, but aleo made tbem feel that they were indi- 
vidually interested in the faithful execution of the Jaws. Here his 
cleiir perception of the moral principles upon which rests the penal 
code, and hie fondness for recurring to general principles, stood him 
in great stead. It wiis delightful to hear him expatiate ujion thia 
theme, tor upon no other was he more truly eloquent. 

Mr. Peyton served at different times in both branches of the leg- 
islaiure, hut we speak not of him ae a politician. Our purpose has 
been solely to exhibit some of the qualities which made him an emi- 
nent merolwr and ornament of the legal profession. 

To this sketch may appropriately be appended the leading inci- 
dents in the life of Mr. Peyton, and the views entertained of him 
by a few of his cotemporaries, who have reduced them to writing. 
He was born at Stony Hill, Stafford County. Virginia, April 3, 
1778. Arter having received the elements of education in Frede- 
ricksburg, he entered the University of New Jersey. Princeton, 
where he was graduated in 1797, and received from that insti- 
tution the degi-ee of A.M. He returned to Virginia and studied 
law nnder Judge Buahrod Washington, of the Supreme Court 
of the Uniied States. Though pursuing a laborious course of 
leiral reading, be continued to cultivate the taste for literature 
with which his parents had inspired him, and soon acquired the 
notice of the able and learned men of Fredericksburg and Gich- 
mond by ibe extensive and varied knowledge he displayed in hie 
conversation. In 18U0 be commenced the practice of the law 
at Fredcrickflhurg, and almost immediately obtained an oppor- 
tunity, in defence of a man charged with murder, of exhibiting 
Ilia rare powers as an advocate. New opportunities for distin- 
guishing himself were soon offered, and in the course of two 
years he waa in full practice and his services rewarded by a 
handsome income. In 1804 he married Susan, daughter of Wil- 
liam S. Madison, a niece of James Madison, D.D,, Bishop of Vir- 
ginia, and cousin of James Madison, fourth President of the United 
States. In 1806 he was elected a member of the House of Dele- 
gates from his native county, and served until 1810 with distin- 
guished ability. He entered the legislature as the friend of Jamea 
Madison, and advocated the foreign and domestic policy which after- 
wards guided Mr. Madison's administration as President of the 
United States. From the first he was regarded ae a briltiant de- 
bater, and at the end of his first session it was the general opinion 
that he had no superior in the state as a parliamentary orator. Dur- 
ing hie term of service he wrote and pressed to adoption a scries of 
resolutions upon the attitude of the state of Pennsylvania with refer- 
ence to an amendment of the constitution of the United States pro- 



1881.] Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. 15 

▼idiDg a tribunal for settling disputes between the state and federal 
judiciary. ^ So able and important,'' says Judge John H. McCue, 
"were these resolutions, as to attract the attention of the leading 
statesmen of the nation, and to guide every other state in opposing 
the efforts of Pennsylvania. In the memorable discussion between 
Daniel Webster and Gen. Hayne of South Carolina, Mr. Webster, 
io his second speech in reply to Hayne, referred to and quoted Mr. 
Pejton's resolutions, and declared that they were so conclusive of 
the question as to admit of no further discussion." [See Webster's 
Works, Vol. in., pp. 352-54.] " Mr. Webster was so much im- 
pressed with Mr. Peyton's ability," continues Judge McCue, " that 
meeting Daniel Sheffey, long one of Virginia's representatives in 
congress y he asked, 

''Do you know Peyton, of Virginia, the author of the resolutions 
passed by your legislature in 1810, on the subject of the federal and 
state judiciary?" 
"Yes," replied Sheffey, "he is the leader of my circuit." 
" I am not surprised to hear it," rejoined Mr. Webster. 
" No," said Sheffey, " he is a sound lawyer, who unites to vigor- 
ous judgment and sterling ability intense study and vast learning." 
"Is he a speaker?" inquired Mr. Webster. 

" Not in the popular sense," said Sheffey ; " he is not a florid 
speaker, indulges in no meretricious display of rhetoric, but tho- 
Toaghly armed in the strength of his knowledge, research and cul- 
tiyated ability, without effort he possesses gigantic power, and by 
it has risen to the head of the profession. And he is not only a 
great, but a good man." 

" It is a misfortune that such a man had not been sent to Wash- 
mgton long ago," said Mr. W. ; " he would have maintained Vir- 
ginia's intellectual supremacy and by his sound statesmanship have 
enhanced her influence." 

In 1809-10 Mr. Pevton removed from Fredericksburff to Staun- 
ton, owing to protracted ill health (he had suffered for years with 
chronic dysentery), and to accrept the responsible office of Public 
Prosecutor in the Augusta, Albemarle and Rockbridge district. The 
kte Judge Archibald Stuart met Mr. Peyton in Kichmond in 1809, 
and was so much struck with his energy and ability, that he not 
only tendered this appointment to him, hut pcrsis^tently urged its 
acceptance. For over thirty years Mr. Peyton discharged the duties 
of this office, and one of his biographers, a former member of the 
Virginia bar, says that " his fame as a prosecutor of the pleas of 
the commonwealth has never been surpassed, if equalled, in Vir- 
ginia. On this field he achieved triumphs of the most brilliant 
kind." This writer continues : 

His pride in his profession, and the great principles of right and justice 
underlying it, no less than his inborn contempt for cliicanery and fraud, not 
to speak of crime in its grosser forms, combined to make him a *^ terror to 



16 Sketch of the Son. John Howe Peyton. [Jan. 

evil doers." Some critics, even among the profession, sometimes were dis- 
posed to censure him as too harsh and unrelenting towards the prisoner at 
the bar. But if every circuit throughout our land possessed at this day so 
able, fearless and conscientious a prosecutor as did the Augusta and. the sur- 
rounding circuit at that liappier day in our history, perhaps we might find 
less cause to deplore the depravation of the public morals which so painfully 
marks the present era. 

It would be a halting and very defective sketch of this eminent jurist 
which failed to speak of his striking originality. Negatively speaking, 
there was little or no common-place and hum-drum in his forensic argu- 
ments, his debates in the senate, or his addresses from the hustings to his 
constituents. In a positive sense his speeches, at least on great occasions 
and when his powers were thoroughly roused, rarely failed to be marked 
by some flash of genius. I recall a conversation just after the close of a 
protracted and laborious June term of the Augusta Circuit Court, in which 
the late Judge Lucas P. Thompson and Gen. Briscoe 6. Baldwin bore the 
leading parts. The last named was paying generous tribute to Peyton's 
force and originality. Judge Thompson remarked in substance that he had 
never seen Mr. Peyton go through a cause deeply interesting and moving 
him in which he did not utter some view or sentiment illuminated by geni- 
us, or, at the least, some illustration marked by a bold originality ; and he 
instanced two causes tried at the late term — one a civil suit and a very 
heavy will case, in which he made a novel and scorching application of a 
familiar fable of iEsop. I forbear to give its details, because both the critic 
and his subject have passed from earth. 

In the same cause three signatures were to be identified and proved — 
that of the testator and also of the two attending witnesses — all three hav- 
ing died since their attestation. Many witnesses were called to prove the 
genuineness of the three names. Opposing counsel sought to badger the 
witnesses by urging them to specify what peadiar marks there were in the 
handwriting and signatures, whereby they could speak so positively as to 
their identity and genuineness. This of course, for the most part, they 
could not do, and in the argument of the cause before the jury, the same 
counsel strove to throw discredit and contempt upon those witnesses (all men 
of good character) for their failure and inability so to describe the quality and 
peculiar marks in the calligraphy of the signers as to show they were famil- 
iar with their handwriting. In his reply to these sallies of his opponent, Mr. 
Peyton swept away the whole airy fabric by a single happy illustration. 
" Gentlemen," he said, <' you have often been assembled in crowds upon 
some public or festive occasion. Your hats have been thrown pell-mell in 
mass with perhaps a hundred other hats, all having a general resemblance. 
Suppose you had attempted to describe your hat to a friend or servant, so 
that he might go and pick it out for you. It has as many points for accu- 
rate description as a written signature — its color, height of crown, width of 
brim, lining, &c. Do you think that friend or servant could by any possi- 
bility have picked out your hat for you ? And yet when you went yourself, 
the moment your eye would light upon it you instantly recognize it amongst 
a hundred or five hundred other hats. Familiarity with it has stamped its 
picture on your mind, and the moment you see it the hat JilU and Jits the 
picture on your mind as perfectly as the same hat fits your head." The 
jury were evidently won and gave full credence to the ridiculed witnesses. 

The other instance during the same term (cited by Judge Thompson) 
occurred in the celebrated prosecution of Naaman Roberts for forgery — 
in forging the name of Col. Adam Dickinson to a bond for $600. 



1881.] Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. 17 

The iody of the bond was confessedly the handwriting of the prisoner at 
die bar. That was admitted. The signature was a tolerably saccessfbl 
tUempt at imitating the peculiar handwriting of Adam Dickinson. But no 
expert could look at the whole paper and faU to see a general resemblance 
between the body of the instrument and the signature^ raising a strong con- 
Tiction in the mind that hath proceeded from the same hand. 

The defence strongly insisted upon excluding the body of the instrument 
from the view of the witness, by covering it with paper, or turning it down, 
and 80 confining the view to the signature only — upon the familiar doctrine 
of the law of evidence forbidding a comparison of the various handurritings 
of the party, as a ground for an opinion upon the identity or genuineness 
of the disputed writing. And this point was ably and elaborately argued 
\(f the prisoner's counsel. 

The learned prosecutor met it thus : 

*' Gentlemen, this is one entire instrument^ not two or more brought into 
comparison. Liet me ask each one of you when you meet your friend, or 
when you meet a stranger, in seeking to identify him, what do you look at ? 
Not his nose, though that is the most prominent feature of the human face 
—not at his month, his chin, his cheek ; no, you look him straight in the 
eye, so aptly called ' the window of the soul.' You look him in the eye, 
bat at the same time you see his whole face. Now put a mask on that face, 
leaving only the eyes visible, as the learned counsel would have you mask 
the face of this bond, leaving you to view only the fatal signature. If that 
human face so masked was the face of your bosom friend, could you for a 
moment identify him, even though permitted to look in at those windows of 
his soul ? No, he would be as strange to you as this accursed bond has 
ever been strange to that worthy gentleman, Col. Adam Dickinson, but a 
glance at whose face traces the guilty authorship direct to the prisoner at 
the bar." 

This most striking illustration seemed to thrill the whole audience, as it 
rirtually carried the jury. 

31 r. Peyton never was a politician. His taste and predilection lay not 
in that direction. But no man was better informed of the course of pub- 
lic affairs, nor had a keener insight into the character or motives of public 
men. Once, and so fur as I knew once only, did he participate in the de- 
bates of a Presidential canvass. It was the memorable one of 1840 ; and 
the speech was delivered from the Albemarle hustings. Ilis analysis of the 
political character of Martin Van Buren, and his delineation of his public 
career from his desertion of De Witt Clinton down to his obsequious ingra- 
tiation with Andrew Jackson, was incisive and masterly, and all the more 
powerful and impressive because pronounced in a judicial rather than a par- 
tis:in tem[>er. Competent judges, long familiar with the very able ha- 
rangues and debates on that rostrum, declared it one of the ablest that had 
been listened to by any Albemarle audience. 

Of his services in the Virginia Senate, I need only say, what every one 
wouhl naturally expect, they were most valuable from that enlightened con- 
servatism in the prevention of cru«le and vicious legislation. In the last 
session of his first term in the senate a vigorous effort was made for the 
passage of a stag-law rather than an increase of taxation. 

It hardly needs to be said that he op[)osed the former and sustained the 
latter measure with all the vigor of his honest and manly nature. Nor could 
he ever have looked with any patience upon that brood of enactments since 



18 Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. [Jan. 

his day — the stay of execations, homestead exemptioDs, limitations upon sales 
of property, ei id omne genus, professedly passed in the interest of the poor 
and the laboring man, yet in fact more detrimental to that class than to any 
other, and most damaging to the credit of the state abroad. 

Let me say in conclusion that the person and figure of Mr. Peyton were 
fine and commanding. His carriage was always erect, his head well poised 
on his shoulders, while his ample chest gave token of great vitality. On 
rising to address court or jury, there was something more than commonly 
impressive in his personal presence, and whether clad in ** Virginia home- 
spun " or English blue broadcloth with gold buttons (and I have often seen 
lum in both), whenever you saw him button his coat across his breast and 
slowly raise his spectacles to rest them on the lofty crown, yon might con- 
fidently expect an intellectual treat of no mean order. 

There never was a broader contrast presented in the same person than 
that between Howe Peyton the lawyer, the Public Prosecutor, or even the 
senatorial candidate amongst the people, and the same individual in his own 
home. Here, in the midst of his family, or surrounded by friends., all the 
rigor of his manner relaxed, and he was the model of an affectionate hus- 
bflmd and father, and the most genial of companions. He was ** given to 
hospitality," and there was perhaps no mansion in all this favored region 
where it was more generously and elegantly dispensed, through many years, 
than at *' Montgomery Hall." 

In the war of 1812-15 he served with distinction as major on 
the BtaiFof Gen. Robert Porterfield, and on his return was chosen 
mayor of the city of Staunton, and served till 1817. 

From the close of the war he gave his entire energies to the pro- 
fession. During this time the distinguishing peculiarities of his 
intellect made themselves more manifest. It was observed that 
in all of his investigations his philosophical mind rose above the 
technicalities of the system of common law to the consideration of 
general principles, and he was never more eloquent than when ex- 
patiating upon those principles which lie at the foundation of all 
duty, and are equally applicable to all its forms. 

In 1822 Mr. Peyton married his second wife, Ann Montgomery, 
daughter of Col. John Lewis, of the Sweet Springs, by his wife 
Mary, a daughter of Col. William Preston, of Smithfield. To her 
warm affection, which was displayed in the care of his only son 
and child by his first marriage, William Madison Peyton, and as 
the companion of his long life and the mother of a rising family, he 
owed for many years that domestic happiness which was the chief 
solace of his Itfe, and from which he allowed no public honors 
wholly to withdraw him. 

In 1836 he was elected state senator for the Augusta and Rock- 
bridge district, and served after a second election till 1845, when he 
resigned the position on account of his declining health. 

He addressed the following letter to his constituents on this 
occasion : 



1881.] Sketch of the Han. John Howe Peyton. 19 

FeBow Citizem: — ^The term for which I was elected yout senator is 
drawing to a close, and as it is not my intention to become again a candidate 
for year suffrages, I feel it a duty incumbent on me to apprize you of it 
thus early, that you may have fuU time to select for yourselves a suitable 
successor. 

In taking leave of the district I tender you my grateful acknowledg- 
ments for the distinguished honor which you conferred upon me four years 
ago by electing me to the station I now occupy. Whilst acting in the dis- 
^ge of the duties devolved upon me by this eleVated trust, it has been 
mj anxious desire to promote your immediate interests and the general 
wel&re of my native state. That such is the opinion of my constituents I 
have not had the slightest reason to doubt. Under such circumstances it 
would be both my pride and pleasure to again serve you were it not for 
mj peculiar situation. 

I have now arrived at that period of life when the quiet and repose of 
the domestic fireside are much better suited to my taste and more conge- 
nial to my feelings than the arena of politics and the strife of parties. Be- 
ndes this I have duties to discharge to a young and growing family incom- 
patible with a longer continuance in public life. 

I have felt the less difficulty in coming to this conclusion because I know 
that I can do so without injury to the whig cause or whig principles, in the 
loocess of which the people of my district feel so deep an interest. Their 
iotelligence furnishes ample assurance that my place will be filled wisely 
and judiciously ; and that they will call into their service some one fully 
competent to the discharge of all the high duties of the station, and who 
will devote himself to the furtherance of those great principles and sound 
measures of public policy which in the enlightened judgment of my con- 
ftitnents lie at the basis of all national prosperity. 

Your fellow citizen, 

John II. Peyton. 

Tlie Richmond papers and those of the state generally expressed 
their great regrets at his retirement ; the " Whig " of Richmond re- 
marking ^ that not only the [)eople of his district but of Virginia gen- 
rally would see with profound regret Mr. Peyton's purpose to retire 
from the public councils." " The abstraction," continued the Whig, 
"of hie great abilities, large experience, legal and general know- 
ledge, moderation, firmness and courtesy, from any legislative body, 
would be seriously felt ; and where can there be found a man worthy 
to be his successor ? " Notwithstanding his declining to be a candi- 
date, the people of the district, unwilling to lose his services, in- 
sisted u|>on his consenting to serve again, and three candidates who 
bad announced themselves, learning that if returned he would serve, 
withdrew from the canvas, and Mr. Peyton was elected without op- 
position. During this term he was prostrated by an attack of paraly- 
sis, and resigned his position as soon as he had sufficiently recovered 
from it to understand its serious nature. 

In 1840 he was one of the Board of Visitors to the U. S. Mili- 
tary Academy at West Point, and wrote the able and instructive 
report of the board for that year. He had previously served on 



30 Sketch of the Hon. John Howe Peyton. [Jan. 

several boards, and was for over ten years President of the Court 
of Directors of the Western Virginia Asylum. 

On the first of June, 1844, he resigned the oflSce of attorney for 
the commonwealth for the county of Augusta, when this order was 
made by the Court : 

Augusta County Court, 
First day of the June Term, 1844. 

John Howe Peyton, Esq., who has acted as Commonwealth's Attorney 
in this County for thirty-two years, having this day resigned said office, the 
justices of the County in full session at their June term, do with unanimous 
consent express their high sense of Mr. Peyton's long and valuable ser- 
vices. They add a willing testimony to the distinguished ability, fidelity 
and zeal with which he has guarded the interest of the Commonwealth 
within the limits of the County, to his impartiality, prudence and firmness 
as a Public Prosecutor, and the commendable courtesy which has marked 
his intercourse with the Court, as becoming a public officer and a represen- 
tative of the Commonwealth. 

And it is the order of the Court that this testimonial, as an additional 
tribute of respect, be spread upon the records. 

Immediately after his resignation he was sworn on the commis- 
sion of the peace, but never took part in the proceedings of the court. 
He retired to his estate of Montgomery Hall, Augusta county, Va., 
and died there on the 27th of April, 1847. It may be truly said of 
him that there was no one in his public or private relations who 
was more loved, more honored, or more mourned by those who 
knew him best. 

He left by his first marriage an only child, the late Col. William 
Madison Peyton, of Roanoke, a man eminent for his talents and 
acquirements, who served the state with great advantage to the 
public as delegate in the legislature, as state proxy in the James 
River and Kenawha Company, and in other stations. 

By his second marriage he left two sons and eight daughters, who 
have married into the leading families of Virginia. His elder son 
by his second marriage is Col. John Lewis Peyton, ex-Confederate 
States Commissioner to England,* author of " The American 
Crisis y or pages from the note-book of a State Agent during the 
Civil War in America;^' " Over the Alleghanies and across the 
PrairieSy^ &c. ; and other popular works. 

• The late W. Hepworth Dixon, author of " New America," etc., and long editor of Uie 
AtheruBum^ said of Col. J. Lewis Peyton, that *' he was the ablest of the able men sent by 
the South to represent its cause in Europe, and though unrecognized by the British goT- 
emmcTit, he rendered unofficially signal service to his conntrv. Col. Peyton lingered in 
England manv years after the war, cheered by the respectful consideration and friendly 
esteem extended towards him by all classes, particularly persons of iiteraturo and science, 
and his departure for America was regretted as a general loss to society. 



1881.] Jtev. John Mtofa Record of Church Members. 21 



THE REV. JOHN ELIOT'S RECORD OF CHURCH MEMBERS, 

ROXBURY, MASS. 

Transcribed by William B. Trabk, Esq., of Boston. 

A recorde of such as adjoyned themselves vnto the 

fellowship of this Church of Christ at 

Roxborough : as also of such children 

as they had when they joyned, & of 

such as were borne vnto them 

ynder the holy Covenant of 

this Church, who are 

most pperly the 

seede of this 

Church. 

be aa« is the first m' William Pinchon,'*' he was chosen an Assistant yearely 
bMnuoneofthe SO long as he lived among vs: his wife dyed soone after 
JJJ^J^on he landed at N. Eng: he brought 4 children to N.E. Ann, 
Bscbbroogh. Mary, John, Margret. After some years he married 

m'** Francis Samford, a grave matron of the church at 
Borchester. When so many removed fro these parts to Plant Conecicot 
rir' he also w** oth' company went thith', & planted at a place called Aga- 
WWD. & was recomended to the church at Windsor on Conecticott, vntill 
loch time as it should please God to pvide y' they might enter into church 
estate among themselves, his daughter Ann: was married to m' Smith, 
lone to m' Samford by a former husband, he was a Godly, wise young 
man, & removed to Agawam w*** his parents, his daughter mary was mar- 
ried to m' Hollioke, the sone of m' Hollioke of Linn : m' Pinchons ancient 
freind. 

Afterwards he wrote a Dialogue concerning Justification, w*** was Print- 
ed anno 1 650, stiled The meritorious price, a book full of error & weaken", 
& some heresies w*** the Generall Court of y* Massachusetts Condemned to 
be burnt & appointed m' John Norton then Teacher at Ipswich to confute 
y* errors contained therein. 

M' Thomas Welde 

William Dennison, he brought 3 children to N.E. all sons ; Daniel, Ed- 
ward, & George : Daniel married at Newtowne, & was joyned to the church 
there he afterwards removed to the church at Ipswich. [The rest of the 
paragraph has been cut out by some mutilator. See Register, xxxiiL 
238, and note.] 

Thomas Lambe, he came into this land in the yeare 1630 he brought 
bis wife & 2 Children Thomas & John : Samuel his 3* son was borne about 
the 8*^ month of the same yeare 1 630 & baptized in the church at Dor- 
chester. Abel his 4*** son was borne about the 6"* month 1 633. in Rocks- 
bury. Decline his first daughter was borne in the 2* month 1 637. Benja- 
min his 6* child was borne about the 8*** month 1 639 of w*** child his wife 
died & the child lived but few hours. 

* See Memoir of William Ptnchon, by the Utc Charles Stearns, of Springfield, 
Mass., Reoisteh, xiii. 289-95. 

YOL. XXXY. 3 



22 Itev. John Eliofs Record of Church Members. [Jan. 

He afterwanls married Dorothy Ilarbitle a godly maide a sister of o' 
charch : Caleb his first borne by her, & his 7*^ child was borne about the 
midle of the 2^ month 1641. 

Samuell Wakeman. he came to N.E. in the 9'^ month. 1631. he buryed 
his only child at sea : he was one of the first foundation of the church at 
Rocksbry Elizabeth his first borne here was borne about in the yeare. 

William Parke, he came to N.E. in the 12^ month, 1 630. a single man, & 
was one of the first in the church at Rocksbrough : he afterwards married 
Martha Ilplgrave, the daughter of Holgrave of Sal6. he married the 

month 

Thomas Raw lings, he brought 5 children to this Land. Thomas, mary. 
Joano. Nathaniell. John, he came w^ the first company : 1630 

Robert Cole, he came w*^ the first company. 1630. 

John Johnson 

Robert Gamlin senio'. 

Richard Lyman, he came to N.E. in the 9* month, 1631. he brought 
children : Phillis. Richard Sarah. John, he was an ancient christian, 
but weake, yet after some time of tryal <& quickening he joyned to the 
church ; w" the great remoyall was made to Conecticot he also went, dc 
ynderwent much afiiiction, for goeing toward winter, his catle were lost 
in driving, <& some never found againe ; dc the winter being could dc ill 
pvided, he was sick and melancholly, yet after he had some revivings 
through Gods mercy, and dyed in the yeare 1640. 

Jehu Bur. 

William Chase, he came w*^ the first company, 1 630 he brought one child 
his son willitl. a child of ill qualitys, & a sore afHiction to his parents: he was 
much afliicte<l by the long & tedious aflliction of his wife ; after hb wives 
recovery she bare him a daughter, w^^ they named mary borne aboute the 
midle of the 3*^ mouth. 1637. he did after y* remove intending to Situate, 
but after went w^ a company who maide a new plantation at yarmouth 

Richard Bugby. 

Gregorie Baxter. 

Francis Smith. 

John Perrie. 

John Leavens he arrived at N.E. in the yeare 1632. his wife lay bed- 
rid divers years, after she dyed he maried Rachel write a Godly maide a 
memb' of o' church : John, his first borne, was borne the last of the second 
month ano. 1640. 

M'*" Margaret Welde the wife of m' Thomas Weld. 

Sarah Lyman, the wife of Richard Lyman. 

Elizabeth Lambe the wife of Thomas Lambe. 

M' Richard Duiner. 

William Talmage. 

John Carman, became to N.E. in the yeare 1631. he brought no 
child' — : his first borne John was borne the 8* of the 5* month 1633. his 
daughter Abigail was borne on the 5* month ; 1635. his 3"^ child Caleb was 
borne in the first of the first month : 1639. 

Elizabeth Wakeman, the wife of Samuell Wakeman. 



1881.] Sev. John JEliofs Record of Church Members. 23 

Bur. the wife of Jehu Bur. 

Thomas Woodforde. a man servant, he came to. N.E. in the yeare. 1632. 
& was joyned to the church about halfe a yeare after, he afterwards maryed 
mary Blott. & removed to Conecticott, & joyned to the church at Hartford. 

Maijery Hamond a maide servant, she came to N.E. in the yeare 1 632 
k about halfe a yeare after was joyned to the church : & after some years 
the was married to John Ruggls, of this church : 

Mary Chase, the wife of William Chase, she had a paralitik humor 
w^ fell into her back bone, so y* she could not stir her body, but as she 
was lifted, and filled her w'*^ great torture, & caused her back bone to goe 
cat of joynt, & bunch out from the begining to the end of w^^ infirmity she 
lay 4 years dc a halfe, & a great pt of the time a sad spectakle of misery : 
But it pleasd God to raise her againe, & she bor% children after it 

John Coggshall 

Maiy Co^shall, the wife of John Coggshall. 

John Watson 

Margret Dennison, the wife of Willia Dennison, It pleased God to 
work vpon her heart & change it in her ancient years, after she came to this 
Land; & joyned to the church in the yeare. 1632. 

Mary Cole, the wife of Robert Cole. God also wrought vpon her heart 
(as it was hoped after her coming to. N.E. but after her husbands excom- 
inimicatioQ, ^ falls she did too much favor his ways, yet not as to incur 
any just blame, she lived an aflicted life, by reason of his vnsetlednesse & 
removing fro place to place. 

Williaun Heath, he came to this Land, in the yeare. 1632. & soone after 
joyned to the church, he brought 5 children. Mary. Isaak. Mary. Peleg. 
Hanah. 

Mary Heath the wife of Willia Heath. 

William Curtis he came to this Land in the veare. 1632. & soone after 
joyned to the church, he brought 4 children w*^ him. Thomas. Mary. John. 
Phillip. & his eldest son Willia, came the yeare before, he was a hopeful! 
scholler, but God tooke him in the end of the yeare. 1634. 

Sarah Curtis, the wife of Willia Curtis* 

Thomas Offitt-f 

[Isabel] Offitt the wife of Thomas Offitt. 
Isaak Morrell 

[Sarah] Morrel the wife of Isaak Morrel. 
Daniel! Brewer 

[Joanna ?] Brewer the wife of Daniel! Brewer. 
GrifTith Crofts 

[Alice ?] Crofts, the wife of Griffith CrofU. 
Mary Rawlings, the wife of Thomas Rawlings. she lived a godly life, «Sc 

• Si'c Keoister, xxviii. 145. 

t He removed with William Pynchon to Springfield in 163.5. His name is there written 
Uffonl. See *• Articles of Aj|?rccment " (Register, xiii. 295-97) , dated Springtield, Ma v 16, 
1636, to which the name^ of William Pynchon, Math. MiidK-ll, Thomas Vtford, Henry 
Smith, Jehue Burr, John Cal)cl, William Blake and Edmund Wood are appended in fac- 
limile. Vfford and Burr made their marks. t. 



24 Rev. John JEliofa Record of Church Membets. [Jan. 

went through w^ weaknesse of body, & after some years, when her husband 
was removed to sittuate, she dyed, about the yeare. 1639. 

Thomas Gouldthwaight. 

M** John Eliot; he came to. N.E. in the 9* month. 1631. he left his in- 
tended wife in England, to come the next yeare ; he adjoyned to the Church 
at Boston, & there exercized in the absens of m' wilson the Pastor of y* 
church, who was gone back to England, for his wife, & family, the next 
suiiier m' wilson returned, & by y' time the church at Boston was intended 
to call him to office ; his freinds w' come & setled at Rocksbrough, to whom 
he was fore ingaiged, y^ if he were not called to office before they came, he 
was to join w^ them, wherevpon the church at Rocksbrough called him to 
be Teacher, in the end of y' sumer & soone after he was ordained to y^ office 
in the church. Also his 'wife came along w*^ the rest of his freinds the 
same time, & soone after theire coming, they were married, viz in the 8* 
month, 1632. Hanah. his first borne daughter, was borne, the 17 day of 
the 7* month aSo. 1633. John his first borne son, was borne in the 31 day 
of the 6' month, ano. 1636. Joseph his 2^ sofie was borne in the 20^ day 
of the 10^ month, ano: 1638. Samuel his 3^ sone. was borne the 22^ day 
of the 4*. month, aiio: 1641. Aaron his 4* sonne was borne the. 19. of the 
12^ ano 1643. Benjamin his 5* sonne was borne the 29 of the 11^ 1646. 

M'** Ann Eliot, the wife of m' John Eliot 

m' George Alcock, he came w*^ the first company ano. 1630. he left his 
only son in England, his wife dyed soone after he came to this land, when 
the people of Rocksbrough joyned to the church at Dorchester (vntill such 
time as Grod should give them oportunity to be a church among themselves) 
he was by the church chosen to be a Deakon. esp'c to regard the brethren 
at Rocksbrough : And after he adjoyned himselfe to this church at Rocks- 
brough, he was ordained a Deakou of this church : he maide two voy- 
ages to England vpon just calling therevuto ; wherein he had much 
experiens of Gods p'servation & blessing, he brought over his son John 
Alcock. he also brought over a wife by whom he had his 2^ son Samuel 
borne in the year. he lived in a good, & godly sort, & dyed in the end 
of the 10*^ month ano. 1640. & left a good savor behind him ; the Pore of 
the church much bewailing his losse. 

Valentine Prentise. he came to this land in the yeare. 1631. & joyned 
to the church in the yeare 1632. he brought but one child to the Land, 
his son John. & buryed anoth^'at sea : he lived a godly life, & went through 
much affliction by bodyly infirmity. & died leaving a good sav' of godlyness 
behind him. 

Allice Prentise the wife of Valentine Prentise after her husbands death, 
she was married to John watson of this church. 

Abraham Pratt. 

Johannah Pratt, the wife of Abraha Pratt. 

m'*" Francis Pinchon the wife of m' willia Pinchon ; she was a widdow, 
a matron of the church at Dorchester, w' m^ Pinchon married her. she 
came w^^ the first company, ano. 1630. 



1881.] * Longmeadow Families. 25 



LONGMEADOW (MASS.) FAMILIES. 

Commonicated by Wii.i«a.bd S. Allbn, A.M., of East Boston, Mass. 

[Conttnaed from roL xzxir. p. 389.] 

4tb Generation. Caleb Cooley, son of Joseph and Margaret, was mar- 
ried to Ann Clark, Feb. 7, 1745. She died. Caleb was married again, 
Jio. 2, 1752, to Mary Bnrt, the daughter of Capt. John and Mary Burt, of 
Springfield. Their children— Ann, bom Oct 22, 1752, died Aug. 23, 1831. 
Odeh, bom Aog. 6, 1754, died Feb. 11, 1785. Seth, born June 14, 1757, 
died Nov. 2, 1763. John, born Oct 31, 1761, died Oct 3, 1827. Henry, 
bom Jan. 27, 1765, lived at Salem, N. Y. Clarinda, b. July 1, 1771, d. May 
2, 1841. Ann was married to Oliver Field, Nov. 4, 1773. Caleb married 
Phelps, of Hadleigh. Clarinda was married to Oliver Blanchard (who 
was bom March 23, 1769) March 23, 1794. Caleb the father died May 
16, 1793. Oliver Blanchard died Oct. 31, 1808, and his widow Clarinda 
was married Sept 24, 1809, to Dr. Oliver Bliss, son of Aaron and Miriam 
BUm. John, see p. 104. 

[Page 100.] 4th Generation. Roger Cooley, son of Jonathan and Jo- 
anna, was married Aug. 4, 1748, to Mary Stebbins. Their children — 
lliry, bom May 16, 1749, died Aug. 18, 1758. Jonathan, born Jan. 25, 
1750. Joanna, bom April 20, 1753. Persis, born Nov. 10, 1755, died 
Aog. 5, 1758. Hulda, born March 24, 1758. Roger, born Sept 3, 1760. 
Alexander, bom Jan. 4, 1763. Festus, bom Oct 4, 17G5. Mary, bom 
Aog. 30y 1767. Persis, born June 8, 1769. Roger Cooley with his fami- 
ly removed to that part of West Springfield called Paugatuck. 

4th Generation. George Col ton Cooley, son of Jonathan and Joanna 
Cooley, was married to Mabel Hancock, daughter of John and Anna Han- 
cock, Jan. 12, 1749. Their children— Mabel, bora May 16, 1749, died 
Oct 27, 1781. Abner, bora Aug. 20, 1751, died Jan. 21, 1752. Abner, 
bora Jan. 22, 1753, died March 7, 1776. Dinah and Lucy, bora March 22, 
1755. Lucy died Nov. 7, 1756. George, born Oct 15, 1756. Dinah, 

bora Aug. 26, 1759, died July 20, 1760. Submit, bora 8, 1761, died 

May 9, 1761. Lucy, born June 9, 1762. Jonathan, born June 10, 1764, 
drowned in the river Feb. 10, 1798. Noah, born Jan. 27, 1766. Eunice, 
bora Dec. 15, 1769. Ezekiel, born Nov. 28, 1772. Mabel was married 
Feb. 13, 1772, to John Burt, of Springfield. Lucy was married to Na- 
thaniel Chapman July 24, 1780. George was married to Penelope Rum- 
rill, June 24, 1779. Jonathan married Stebbins, daughter of Ebene- 

xer Stebbins, of Springfield, and died without issue, being drowned in Con- 
necticut river. George the father died by the small-pox which he had by 
inoculation, June 6, 1778. Mabel the mother was married again, Nov. 29, 
1797, to Capt Joseph Ferry, of Springfield, and died Dec. 28, 1806. Eu- 
nice was married to Hanan Colton, son of Gideon and Joanna Colton, 
June 1788. 

[Page 101.] 4th Generatian. Jabez Cooley, son of Jonathan and Jo- 
anna (page 95), was married to Abigail Hancock, Oct 19, 1752. Their 
children — Asahel, born April 5, 1753. Reuben, bora Sept 24, 1754. 
I'riel, bora Aug. 25, 1756. Dinah, born Aug. 29, 1758. Bathshua, born 
March 11, 1761. Abigail, born Nov. 4, 1762. Reuben, born January 

VOL. XXXY. 3* 



26 Longmeadow Families. [Jan. 

6, 1765. Bathsheba, born Jan. 23, 1767. Heman, born Nov. 1, 1768. 
Beulah, bom April 3, 1772. Asenath, bom June 21, 1773. Jabez, bom 
March 10, 1775. Jabez Cooley the father settled in that part of Spring- 
field called Skipmack, where his children were born. 

4th Generation. Stephen Cooley, son of Jonathan and Joanna, was 
married to Mary Field, date of their publishment Sept 26, 1753. Their 
children — Stephen, bom Feb. 14, 1754, died Aug. 18, 1754. Stephen, 
born March 27, 1755, died June 9, 1830, age 75. Abigail, bora April 19, 
1757, died April 9, 1826, age 67. Joanna, born July 20, 1759. Luther, 
bora March 16, 1761. Gideon, bora Jan. 31, 1763, died Nov. 21, 1838, 
age 76. Calvin, born Feb. 16, 1765, died Feb. 19, 1846. Ithamar, 

born , died Feb. 15, 1767. Ithamar, born Aug. 10, 1768. Mary, 

bora July 18, 1770, died June 24, 1814. Hanan, born July 18, 1773. 
Mary the mother died April 3, 1782. Eunice Jennings died March 5, 1823. 
Stephen the father married again, April 26, 1785, to the widow Eunice 
Jennings, of Ludlow. He died Jan. 7, 1787, age 55. Abigail was married 
to Noah Bliss, Feb. 11, 1784. Joanna was married to Er Taylor, April 
13, 1784. Mary was married to Moses Taylor. The sons, see 106 and 107. 

[^Page 102.] 4th Generation. Eliakim Cooley, son of Eliakim and 
Griswold, was married Nov. 7, 1734, to Mary Ashley. He settled in West 
Springfield. Their children — Elakim. Gideon, born March 15, 1739. Jos- 
tin, born Jan. 25, 1741, died Dea 12, 1760. Martha, born May 12, 1743. 
Solomon, born June 22, 1745, died Sept. 2, 1746. Keziah, bora May 5, 
1750. Solomon, born Jan. 24, 1753. Charles, born Sept. 15, 1755. 
Thankful, born Feb. 17, 1760. 

4th Generation. Josiah Cooley, son of Eliakim and Griswold, was mai^ 
ried to Experience Hale, daughter of Thomas and Experience Hale, Jan. 
8, 1739. Their children — Experience, born June 8, 1739, died June 18, 
1771. Hannah, bora Oct 1, 1742, died Sept. 23, 1820. Eleanor, bora 
July 10, 1745, died Oct. 21, 1777. Sabinah, born Feb. 26, 1747, died 
Dec 12, 1823. Josiah, bora Nov. 30, 1749, died Feb. 13, 1824, age 74 
Rebecca, born July 31, 1752, died Jan. 21, 1775. Simeon, born May 18, 
1755, did Nov. 12, 1757. Experience was married to Ebenezer Spencer, 
of Somers, March 27, 1766. Hannah was married to Jonathan Burt, Aug. 
20, 1761. Eleanor was married to Ebenezer Rumrill, Dec. 1, 1767. Sabi- 
na was married to Samuel Keep, June 4, 1767. Josiah the father died 
Sept, 7, 1778, in his 62d year. Experience the mother died Oct. 31, 1798, 
aged 84. The family of Josiah, see page 108. 

4th Generation. Hezekiah Cooley, son of Eliakim and Griswold, was 
married to Charity Clark, of Lebanon, Conn., date of their publishment 
Jan. 11, 1752. Their children — Charity, bora June 15, 1753, died Aug. 
26,1763. Clark, bora Sept 6, 1754, died Nov. 2, 1757. Ruble, bora 
Aug. 19, 1757. Charity, born Oct. 6, 1759, died Feb. 3, 1775. Esther, bora 
Dec. 19, 1760, died April 9, 1777. Flavia, born Jan. 26, 1763. Heze- 
kiah, born March 11, 1765. Clark, born Oct 1, 1769. Rubie was mar- 
ried to Robert Pease, of Somers, March 6, 1776. Flavia was married to 
Joseph W. Cooley, April, 1787. Clark was married to Lovina BillingB, 
July 6, 1791. Hezekiah the father died March 27, 1796, aged 76. Cha- 
rity the mother drowned herself in a well. Sept 23, 1808. 

[^Page 103.] 4th Generation. Capt Luke Cooley, son of Eliakim and 
Griswold Cooley, was married Jan. 8, 1739, to Elizabeth Colton, daughter 
of Thomas and Joanna Colton. They settled in Somers, and died in that 
town. Their children — Solomon, bora y died Oct 3, 1741. Lois, bom 



1881.] L<mgmeadow Families. 27 

Ennioey born Nov. 6, 1742. Joanna — Nathan — Elizabeth. Lovice — 
Lucy — Luke — Dinah. Capt. Luke Coolej the father died Jan. 1, 1777. 
Elizabeth the mother died Aug. 8, 1777. Lois was married to Nathaniel 
Sikes, of Monson. Eunice was married to John Billings. Joanna was 
Harried to Levi Brace. Lovice was married to John Rnssell. Lucy was 
married to Stephen Jones. Dinah was married to Aaron Howard. 

4th Generation. Israel Cooley, son of Samuel and Mary Cooley, was 
oarried April 9, 1735, to Deborah Leonard. Their children — Joel, bom 
July 11, 1785. Deborah, born Aug. 19, 1738, died Sept. 4, 1746. Jonah, 
InniNoy. 5, 1741. Israel the father died Dec. 22, 1775. Deborah the 
■lodier died Jan. 3, 1781. The families of Jonah and Joel may be seen 
^^^^^^^^9 P<^ 108. Israel the father died 

4th Generation. Samuel Cooley, son of Samuel and Mary Cooley, was 
mtrried to Patience Macranny, date of their publishment June 19, 1741. 
Their children — Samuel, bom Aug. 28, 1742. Isaac, born May 30, 1745. 
Stffliiel the &ther died April 10, 1746. Patience the mother was married 
igain to Thomas Eillom, of West Springfield, Aug. 24, 1749. Samuel's 
fiunily, see page 109. Isaac was married to Eunice Bedortha, July 2, 1767. 
They settled in West Springfield. 

[Page 104.] 4th Generation. Eli Cooley, son of John and Mercy 
Cooley, was married Oct. 20, 1757, to Mary Phips, of Cambridge, Mass. 
Tlidr children — ^Thomas and Elenor, born June 28, 1758. Mercy, bom 
^w. 13, 1760. Elenor, bora May 20, 1762, died Dec. 20, 1844. John, 
bom Feb. 18, 1764, died Jan. 29, 1835. Thomas, born July 15, 1767. 
Msry the mother died Aug. 14, 1767. Eli Cooley the father was married 
again May 12, 1774, to Rebecca Bliss, daughter of Ebenezer and Joanna 
Bliss. She died without issue, Oct. 3, 1787. Eli Cooley was married again 

1796, to Polly Cross, of Ellington. He died Jan. 29, 1806, in his 80th 
year. Mercy was married to Richard Woolworth, May 24, 1780. Elenor 
iras married to Dennis Crane. He being absent some years, she was mar- 
ried to George Colton, March 9, 1796. The family of John, see page 109. 

5th Generation. John Cooley, son of Caleb and Mary, was married to 
Sabrea Hitchcock, daughter of Stephen Hitchcock, of Springfield, March 2, 

1797. He died Oct. 3, 1827, age 66. She died Dec. 19, 1841, age 71. 
Their children — John, born Dec. 9, 1800. Clarinda, born Jan. 1,1805, 
married Joseph Evarts, Jan. 1, 1829. Oliver Blanchard, born Oct. 4, 1808. 
Mary Burt, bora Oct. 10, 1814. A nameless child, bora Oct. 6, 1810. 
Sabra the mother died Dec. 19, 1841, age 71. 

[Vacant to page \0^,'] 5th Generation. Stephen Cooley, son of Ste- 
phen and Mary Cooley, was married to Mercy Stebbins, daughter of Ezra 
and Margaret Stebbins, Jan. 28, 1788. Their children — Stephen, bora 
Harch 7, 1789, died June 28, 1826, at Rossville, Ohio. Judah, born April 
9,1792. Noadiah, born Oct. 5,1795, went away about 1836. Norman, 
bora Jan. 3, 1800, lived in Philadelphia. Mercy the mother died Nov. 4, 
1807. Stephen Cooley died June 9, 1830, age 75. Stephen Cooley was 
married to Margaret Stebbins, widow of Ezra Stebbins. She died Oct. 15, 
1831, ^ed 67. 

5ih Generation. Gideon Cooley, son of Stephen and Mary Cooley, was 
married to Dinah Sikes, the daughter of James and Mary Sikes. She was 
bom Nov. 13, 1765. They were married Nov. 29, 1798. He died Nov. 
21, 1838, age 76. She died Jan. 1, 1851, age 86. Electa, born Sept. 9, 
1799, married Joseph Hixon. Quartus, born Sept. 9, 1801, married Abi- 
pul Bliss. Gideon, born Sept. 27, 1804. Mary Ely, born Sept 7, 1806. 

[To be continaed.] 



28 Diary of Paul Dudley. [Jan. 



DIARY OF PAUL DUDLEY, 1740. 

Communicated bj B. Jot Jeffbibb, M.D., of Boston. 

rpHE following entries by the Hon. Paul Dudley, of Boxbury, 
X are from an interleaved almanac for the year 1740, published 
by T. Fleet. A biographical sketch and a portrait of Chief Justice 
Dudley will be found in the Register, vol. x. pp. 338 and 343. 

Jan. — A moderate winter hitherto hardly any snow, very cold weather 
comes in with the full moon and holds many days. 

7. — A good fat Bear killd upon our meeting house hill or near it. 

8. — Capt. Forbes from London nine weeks from Falmouth brings news 
of Warr being declared against Spain not France. 

Measles continue in many Towns. 

10. — A storm, a little snow. 

11. — The Grenl Court proroged (The Treasury not supplied) to the 12* 
of March. Sad news from Annapolis Royall. Coll. Armstrong Lt Gov. 
fell upon his own sword and killd himself. 

15. — Snow. Small pox at Rode Island. 

19. — Died. Mrs. Norton, Widow of the Rev. Mr Norton of Hingham. 
A very worthy religious person, in the eighty first year of her age. 

A house burnt at Lancaster. A woman and four children lost their lives. 
The husband's name Josiah Wilder. 

26. — Pleasant weather for the winter. 

28. — Died young Mr Hancock of Lexington assistant minister to his 
father, had the character of a very worthy promising youth. Died Mr. 
John Adams see the middle of the Almanack. 

31. — Pleasant day but very cold. Burnings — see the middle of the 
Almanack. 

Feb. 1. — An exceeding cold day, none like it this winter. 

2. — little short of it. 

5. — A very cold Day. It has been a very dry time for three weeks past, 
neither snow nor rain — Smelts come — A dwelling house at Mitfield burnt 
and four persons. Moderate weather. They have had a severe winter in 
England as to Cold and Storms. The like not known in the memory of 
Man. Winter breaking up. Abundance of Damage done in England this 
winter by the Storms and extreme cold. 

Measles prevail in many towns and the throat distemper yet in the 
Land. 

28. — Very warm like April. The wild geese begin to flye to the Nor- 
ward. Garden and other spring birds come. 

29. — A ship from Loudon. Capt. Egleston brings the Kings Speech 
to the Parliament Nov. 15 ***. 

March 1. — Snow. News from the west Indies that Admiral Vernon 
had taken portabell. 

4.— Died Mr Saltonstall. 

7. — Snow. 

8. — Very cold like winter. Nothing but cold northerly winds keeps the 
spring back. 



1881 .] Diary of Paul Dudley. 29 

12. — Greol Court sits. Died, the Rev. Mr Parsons of Salisbury. A te- 
dbQs Sup. Court at Boston. It has been a Terrible Winter in England, 
proTinoos there very dear. Wheat at seven and eight shillings pr. bushel. 
An ordinary dunghil fowl at three shillings. 

22. — Wild geese go to the norward. 

26. — Sap. Court adjourned to the 3^ of June. 

27. — A general Fast. 

28. — Genl. Court dissolved. The Treasury not supplied. Had a quar- 
ter of fine lamb. 

April. — Snow and Winterish Weather the beginning of this month. 

5.— A fine salmon eat at Roxbury. 

7.— Wind Hangs yet to the Norward — Roxbury smelts not gone yet 

9. — Some swallows seen. The begin' of this month a dwelling house 
burnt at Uxbridge. 4 persons lost their lives. Little done in the gardens 
till the 9th. The Rash pretty brief — and so the Measles. 

15. — Very warm spring weather — many swallows come, and a great 
flight of wild pigeons — Dry Season — I sowed my Barley — ^planted Cucum- 
bers and Squashes. 

17. — Orders arrived to declare the Warr in form against Spain, and ac- 
cordingly it was proclaimed with the usual Solemnity at Boston the twen- 
ty first The packet came from Coll. Spotswood via pensilvania — great 
eooooragement and Direction to furnish five thousand men from the Conti- 
Beot to subdue the Spaniards at Cuba and in the West Indies. An Ad- 
JQtant Grenl. expected every day. 

May — ^Tedious Courts at Plymouth and Barnstable, a great deal of busi- 
DCBs left undone and continued to the next year. My own health very poor 
—not a single criminal at either Court. Abundance of cold weather puts 
the spring back. The Kings fourth daughter, the Princess Mary married 
to the Prince of Hesse. His Majesty's orders referring to the Expidition 
bto the West Indies arrived a few days before the Election. 

Coll. Grorham and Mr W" Brown chose into the Council. Mr. D"" dropt 
and two negatived viz. Capt. Little and P. D. 

June. — Died Coll. Spotswood. designed to command the American forces 
io the intended Expidition. A tedious Court at York. Little more than 
half the business finished. Two persons received sentence of Death. An 
Englishman for Murther. an Indian for a Rape on a child of 3 years old. I 
was much indisposed at York and obliged to come home before the Court 
was over. 

Mr. Smith ordained at Marlborough this month. Likewise Mr Hill was 
ordained at Marshfield. The orchard worms did but little damac^e this 
year. Tis tho*t because of the Cold and wet spring some frosts coming very 
lite. 

The Throat Distemper got to Cambridge. Several died particularly 
Madam Holyoke. 

25 & 26. — Roxbury New Meeting house raised. 

Towards the latter end of January a dwelling house burnt at Deerfield, 
mother at Lunenburgh, a third at Chelmsford, but no life lost. 

Mr Whitfield is without doubt a very extraordinary man full of zeal to 
promote the Kingdom and Interest of our Lord Jesus and in the conver- 
nou of souls. His preaching seems to be much like that of the old Eng- 
lish Puritans. It was not so much the matter of his sermons as the very 
i^rious, earnest and affectionate delivery of them and without notes that 
gained him such a multitude of hearers. The main subjects of his preach- 



80 Diary of Paul Dudley. [Jan. 

ing while here were the nature and necessity of Regeneration or Conver- 
Bion, and Justification by the Righteousness of Christ as reed by £iith alone. 

10. January. — I measured a pearch that came from Worster pond belweeo 
sixteen and seventeen inches long, and ten inches round the middle, he 
weighed nearest a pound and three quarters, two more weighed one pound 
each and about fifteen inches long. I dont remember ever to have seen 
three such large pond pearch together. 

The latter end of January last died at Cambridge and buried from the 
College Hall Mr John Adams. He had been a preacher at Rode Island, 
was a very ingenious Scholar, but for some considerable time before he 
died much distempered in his brain so that his candle went out in a snafl^ 
the Character given of him in the newspapers extravagant, not but that he 
was an ingenious preacher, a very good Scholar, and no mean poet. 

Coll. Partridge was a very pious and sincere honest man, one that served 
his generation to a great age by the will of God, discharged the several 
offices of Honor and Trust the Government put him into with great dili- 
gence, prudence, courage and integrity. 

July. — Died the 11** of this month Gov. Wanton of Rode Island 68 
years of age, about the same time died Gov. Jeuks of Providence 84, he 
had been Gov of Rode Island formerly. 

The Commencement put by this year by reason of the Throat Distemper 
at Cambridge. The President's Lady died of it the latter end of June. 

G^nl. Court rose the 11^ of this month by prorogation to the twentieth 
of August. Treasury supplied after a fashion. 

16. — News of Capt. Morris a London ship being lost in the Channel, the 
men saved. 

Great plenty of English hay this year, but little fruit. 

2^ day of this month at Hatfield a most terrible storm of Hail beat down 
and wholly destroyed a thousand acres of corn, grass, and flax-nlamage 
computed at near four thousand pounds. Glass windows broke. 

August — ^The King at Hanover. 

Richard Ward, Esq. (a Seventh day Baptist) chose Gov' of Rode Island. 

Our Quota of the Forces designed for the Spanish West Indies getting 
ready. 

A Muster Master arrives from York to view our forces. 

27.-— Commencement. 

Sept. — ^The weather has been very unseasonable this summer in England 
— ^provisions very dear — Wheat at eight shillings pr bushel on the sea coast 
where the men of warr took up everything. A fowl sold at three shillings, 
a single onion at a penny Sterl'. 

12. — The Genl. Court prorogued to the of October, and then to the 

19*** of November. 

18. — The famous Mr. Whitfield arrived at Boston, where he continued 
till the 29*^ and then went to New Hampshire and York and returned mun- 
day the 6*** of October, preaching in his Circuit twice every day, admired 
and followed beyond any man that ever was in America. His preaching 
was so thronged that he was obliged to preach in the open air, the meeting 
houses not being large eno to hold the Hearers, especially at Boston where 
tis tho*t there were twenty thousand auditors at his last sermon. 

October. — Our forces viz five companies sailed for Virginia. 

Died Thomas Cushing Esq. and Thomas Palmer Esq. for many years of 
his Majesty's Council, and persons of good Character for Piety and Virtue. 
News from of August (the beg.) the King at Hanover. . 



1881.] Diary of Paul Dudley. 31 

Mr Whitfield left Boston the 18^ bound to Connecticnt Rode Island and 
New York via Northampton. 
23^. — Capt. Snelling safely arrived from London at last. 
Ifr. Winthrop returned. 

A Taesdaj Evening Lecture set up at Boston. 

A Tedious long court at Bristol not finished till Mundaj ye 3*^ of No- 
Tonber. 

Nov. — The Throat Distemper in many parts of the Province and very 
mortal. News comes of my Lord Cathcar's being saild for the West In- 
dies with a great fleet of men of warr and transports — See below — Several 
■hips get in from England this month. News arrives of the Hurricane in 
the West Indies doing great damage to the Spanish and French fleet. 
13. — A public Thanksgiving and Snow. 

Died Coll. Thazter of Hingham — had been of the Council for many 
years, a very useful man — 75 years old. 

19. — Genl Court begin their Winter Sessions. I could not attend Sa- 
lem Sap. Court by reason of great indisposition and cold stormy weather. 
17— exceeding cold. 18 — stormy snow and very cold. The Court pro- 
TOgned to the 2 1'' a pleasant day. Sup. Court sat by Adjournment. 
18* and 24*** and so the whole week Fog, stormy rain and dark weather. 
Several vessels cast away and Lives lost. Capt. Jones (?) from London. 
L* Kathcar not saild the 20*** of October. News of the King's arrival and 
that Sir Chaloner Ogle was saild for the West Indies with a fleet of men 
of warr. 

Dec — The dark stormy weather and Rain continued to the 8*** of tlijs 
moDth, except one day we have not seen the sun for above a fortnight. 
High tides at the Change. Wind out. 

3. — Fasting and Prayer with a Sermon in the Council Chamber by order 
of the Genl Court. Dr. Sewal preached. 

News comes of the Emperours death. Last month four Justices of 
Peace resigned their commissions rather than quit their place of Directors 
in the Land Bank. 

13-14 exceeding cold — More vessels cast away and lives lost, arrived 
13*^ Mr Tennent from the Jerseys — one of the Methodist preachers, tho 
not so famous as Mr. Whitfield. 

17 — A snow storm in the morning. Coll. Leonard and Capt Watts dis- 
missed from their respective offices for being Directors or signers of the 
Manufactory bills. 21 — very cold from 22-27 extreme cold. Justice 
Blauchard dismissed on the acct of the manufiictory bank bills. Treasury 
not Tet supplied. 

26. — The two houses can*t agree upon a bill. News by the way of New 
York that L** Kathcard was sailed with a great fleet. 
2.V\— Died Coll. Partridge of Hatfiold in the 1)6"» year of his age. 
The news from Persia this year seems incredil)le, as if Kauli Can the 
Emperor had bro't away from India in his expedition against the Mogul, 
five hundred and fifty millions, five hundred thousand pounds Sterling 
Value, in Gold, Silver and other Treasure — What an amazing proof monu- 
ment must this be of the truth of what the wise man tells us in his Pro- 
verbs, — Riches take to themselves wings and flie away as an eagle towards 
heaven. 23. prov. 5. and of a greater than Solomon Mathew 6'** 1 0'' where 
thieves break thro and steal — for oftentimes these v^arr prizes or Cajitures 
we little better than Public Robberies. 



32 Births f Marriages aiid Deaths in Dartmouth. 



BIRTHS, MARRIAGES AND DEATHS FROM THE RECO 
OF THE ANCIENT TOWN OF DARTMOUTH, MASS. 

Transcribed for the Register by the late Jambs B. Conodon, Esq., of New Bed 

[Concladed from rol. xxxiv. pafce 400.] 



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d. of 

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8. of Thomas 

d. of " 

d. of " 



Hannah, 

Keziah, 

Sarah 

Thomas, 

Esther, 

Lydia, 
Butts, Moses, s. of Thomas 

d. of John 
Taber, iSarah, d. of Thomas 
Mary, d. of 
Joseph, s. of 
Russell, Joseph, s. of Joseph ) . . 

John, s. of « j'^^^^* 

William, s. of " 

Mary, d. of ** 

Joshua, s. of *' 

Jonathan, s. of Jonathan 

Deborah, d. of " 

Dorothy, d. of " 
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Jonathan, s. of 
Hethiah, d. of 
Philip, s. of 
Abigail, d. of 






4 mo. 15, 

10 mo. 21, 

2 mo. 1, 

4 mo. 16, 

Octo. 22, 

April 17, 

Aug. 8, 

July 30, 

Jany 28, 

March 18, 

March 7, 

November 22, 

Nov. 22, 

May 6, 

July 10, 

Jany 26, 

Nov. 13, 

Jany 10, 

May 21, 

Feby 22, 

July 26, 

Sept 22, 

Sept. 3, 

Feby 7, 

May 2, 



Note. — The twenty-three foregoing names are found upon what I cc 
er the oldest existing page of Dartmouth records. It is, as many oth 
the loose sheets of these records are, very much dilapidated, and it shou 
borne in mind that whenever an omission is found it is owing to this 
No one need look at the records with any hope of finding any more 
is here given. 

Jany 28, 

March 26, 

Sept. 28, 

Feby 29, 

Oct. 27, 

Feby 23, 

July 18, 

April 18, 

Oct 16, 

Jany 19, 



Taber, Mary, 


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" Sarah, 


d. of 


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" Lydia, 


d.of 


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" Philip, 


s. of 


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d.of 


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" Esther, 


d.of 


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" John, 


s. of 


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d. of 


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Badcock [Babcock] Mary, 


d. of return 


** Dorothy, 




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Badcock, Sarah, 


d. of return 


<« Elizabeth, 


d. of " 


" George, 


s. of " 


^ Benjamin, 


8. of " 


" Joseph, 


8. of " 


" Return, 


8. of " 


*' James, 


8. of " 



Janj 31, 
April 5, 
June 21, 
Nov. 12, 
Dec. 29, 
Dec. 23, 
June 22, 



1686 
1689 
1692 
1696 
1698 
1700 
1703 



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Lapham, Elizabeth, d. of John and Mary 

« John, 8. of " 

Briggs, Mary, d. of Thomas 
** Susanna, d. of 
Deborah, d. of 
Hannah, d. of 
John 8. of 

Thomas, 
Weston, 
Thomas, 
Slocamb, Meribah, 
** Mary, 
" Eleazer, 
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Sonle, William, s. of William 

Keziah [see Reg. xxxiv. 198] 
George, s. of William 
Benjamin, s. of 
Mary, d. of 
Joseph, 8. of 
Sarah, d. of 
CummiDgs, IMary, 
Sarah, 
John, 
James, 
Abigail, 

Elizabeth, d. of 
David, s. of 

Benjamin, s. of 
Howland, Edward, s. of Henry 
" Zohuth, s. of " 

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July 29, 1701 
Oct. 2, 1703 
Augt 9, 1671 
March 14, 1672 
Oct 16, 1674 
May 1, 1676 
Oct 2, 1678 
April 27, 1684 
Nov. 4, 1702 
Jany. 10, 1704 
April 28, 1689 
Augt 12, 1691 
Jany 20, 1693-4 
Jany 20, 1696-7 
Dec. 14, 1699 
July 15, 1702 
Augt 28, 1692 
June 1, 1694 
Oct 5, 1695 
May 14, 1698 
Jany 22, 1698-9 
Nov. 8, 1701 
Nov. 8, 1703 
Jany 3, 1686 
Oct 15, 1688 
May 14, 1691 
Nov. 9, 1693 
Nov. 20, 1698 
Nov. 22, 1701 
Sept 25, 1704 
Sept 6, 1 695 
Augt 10, 1698 
Nov. 2, 1701 
April 3, 1703 
March 18, 17** 
Dec. 16 



VOL. XXXV. 



Taxes under Androe. 



[J«l. 



TAXES UNDER GOV. ANDROS. 

[rSOK THE JEFFRIES FAMILT PAPERS.] 

M. IX. 

[ContlDnvil from to). mtT. p«(e tSl.] 

Town Rate of Tofsfield, 1687. 



IS 



A Wniiam ATNin & foui Son, but 3 

B Jn" Broadslreet 

Duiiel Boiman & 2 Son's 
Tho. Bakei & man 
Isaac Burton 
Benj*. Biiby 
JoBiah Bridges 

C Dnniel Clarke & 3 Som 
liaac CuEomins & 3 Sons 
John Curtiss 
Tliotnas Cnve & man 
W'o Chapman 

D Ephraira Dormao 

TnomsH Dorman & Sone 
Uichact Duanet & Sono 

E Isaac Esty Sen' & Sone 
Isaac Eesty Jim' 
Joseph East; 
John Easty 

ff John flrench 



H Cap' John How k 2 Sooa 
John Hovy & Sone 
Samuel Howlet 
W" Hohs 
John HunVins 
W" Howlet 



L: 2 
4: 2 
*: 1 



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Taxes under AndroB. 



(Signed) 

Selectmen ^ Ephraim Dorraan J"*^^ 5^7 

of Topsftcld ) James Hewlett Jf,^^ ^^^^ 

f 1 nomas Dorman 



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26 


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18 


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10 


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7 


9 


Timothy Perkins Sen' 


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21 


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Thomas Perkins 


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5 


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5 


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Jacob Pebody 


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3 


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3 


11 


Bisha Perkins 


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12 


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4 


4 


Zacheus Perkins 


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11 


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4 


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Tmiothy Perkins Jun' 


1: 




13 


2: 


2 


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3: 


2 


4 


4 


^ John Redington 


1: 




30 


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13 


3: 2 


8 


10 


John Kobinson & Sone 


2: 




13 


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2: 2 


7 


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6 


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5 


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3: 1 


3 


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1 


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0: 1 


2 


8 


John Standly 


1 




11 


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8 


4: 1 


4 


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John Smith 


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2 





1 


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Joseph Smith 


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1 


8 


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1 


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2 


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10 


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9 


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1 


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3 


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1 


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11 


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1: 1 


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TOWN KATE OF TOPSFIELD, 1G88. 

TOPSPIELD. * 

bead hous laud bora Cow sbcp swin ynng neM Catle 

head! Estate £ ■ 



William ^mil 

11' John findstrete 

L ThoiDM Baker 

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D Isack Cumins 

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John CuTtiuB 

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A Juhn lIouGj' 
S :^amui-U Honlit 

Wilinm Houlit 

Wilinni Uobs 

John Iluukiiis 

Juhn Kcunj' 

Philip Knight 

Iltini-ry I^ikc 

Jonathan Looke 

WUiam Nikalea 

John Nikalea 
L ffninHU Pfhody 

Jjicoh Pcbtidy 
M' "Wiliam Piridns 
M' Tobyiflh Pirkina 

John I^kins 

Timothy HrkiDB 

John Frichi 

Thorana 'Rrkina 

Zoceoa tHrkins 

Elisha Pirkiiiit 
S Juhn KciliiiKton 

John Uobinson 
C Duoifll Itc<lii,Klon 
Clo (h Wihun :Smith 
C Snmupll BiuacUy 

John StDQdly 

Widow Stnndly 

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Lt. John JBryant, of Plymouth. 



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67 


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- 03 


Joseph Tonne 






20 


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Jicob Toune 






15 


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- 11 


John wad 


2 




62 


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Timothy Pirkins 






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98 

dat 7« 19t>' of Sept 1688 
(Signed) Tobiah Perkins Commishenr 



(signed) 



(Indorsed) Retnm for y« town 

Topsfield £19 
1688 



Samuel Howlett Clark 
to y« Selectmen of 
Topsfield 



4 3 



LT. JOHN BRYANT, OF PLYMOUTH. 

Communicated by William B. Lapham, M.D., Augusta, Me. 

IN VoL tweDty-four of the Register, Mr. J. A. Boatelle gave some ac- 
count of Stephen Bryant, of Duxbury and Plymouth, who married 
Abigail, daughter of John Shaw, and of his descendants. He states that 
their oldest daughter Abigail married Lt. John Bryant, of Plymouth, Nov. 
23, 1665. The Plymouth Colony Records make the oldest child of Ste- 
phen Bryant a son, and do not record the birth of an Abigail. Savage 
conjectures that she may have been the daughter of Stephen, and probably 
she was, but I have failed to find positive evidence that such was the case. 
Perhaps Mr. Boutelle may have evidence not given in his article.* Who 
was Lt. John Bryant ? In a note in the Plympton town records made by a 
former town clerk (Bradford), it is stated he was the son of John Bryant 
and Mary Lewis his wife, of Scituate, but this is improbable, for Deane 
nmkes John Bryant, Jr., a resident of Scituate, and gives the names and dates 
of birth of his children, which are different from those of Lt. John as record- 
ed on the records of Plympton. Some of the names are the same, which 
would indicate that the families may have been related, but there is difiPer- 
ence enough to prove that they could not have been the same. I have made 
considerable effort to find out who this Lt. John Bryant was, but without 
reBolts. 

The children of Lt. John and Abigail Bryant, as recorded on the Plymp- 
ton records, are as follows : 

• Mr. Bootelle writes us that, owing to a recent removal, he cannot conveniently refer to 
all bis memoranda, but he sends us the following items to prove that John Bryant was a 
son-in-Uw of Stephen Bryant : " Edward Gray for vsing revilcing speeches to John Bry- 
ant the son in law to Seuen [Stephen] Bryant of Plymouth on the Lords day as soone as 
they came out of the meeting was fined 10.00 " [probably 10 shillings]. — Plymouth Colony 
Court Orders, June 3, 1668. ♦• John Bryant son in Law to Stephen Bryant for vsing re- 
Tildng speeches to Edward Oniy was fined ten shillings to the vse of the Colonie."— Ed. 
VOL. XXXY. 4* 



38 Li. John Bryant^ of Plymouth. [Jan. 

i. Mart, b. Sept. 11, 1666. 

ii. Hannah, b. Dec. 3, 1668. 

iii. Bethiah, b. July 25, 1670. 

1. iy. iSamuel, b. Feb. 3, 1673 ; m. Joanna . 

V. Jonathan, b. March 23, 1677. 

vi. Abigail, b. Dec. 30, 1682. 
vii. Benjamin, b. Dec. 16, 1688. , 

Abigail, wife of John Bryant, died May 12, 1715. 

1. Samuel Bryant' (John^) married Joanna . Children: 

2. i. SAiniEL, b. May 14, 1699; m. Tabitha Ford. 

ii. Joanna, b. March 1, 170il ; m. Thomas Sampson, of Plympton, Not. 

16, 1730. 

iii. Abigail, b. July 5, 1703. 

It. Elizabeth. 

V. Lydia, b. March 16, 1708. 

vi. SrLVANUS, b. April 8, 1710. 

3. Yii. Nathaniel, b. 1712. 

The four eldest were born in Plymouth, and the others in Plympton after 
it was incorporated from Plymouth. 

Samuel Bryant, the father, died in Plympton, March 3, 1750, aged 76 ; 
he was many years deacon of the church in that town. 

2. Samuel Bryant' {Samuel^ John^) married Tabitha Ford, and was 
also deacon of the church in Plympton. Children : 

i. Susannah, b. Jan. 19, 1723-4 ; m. Asa Cook. ' *' 

ii. Lois, b. June 9, 1723 ; m. Barnabas Briggs, of Halifax, 

iii. Abigail, b. March 13, 1727-8. 

-- iv. Stlvanus, b. March 20, 1729-30 ; m. Sarah Sears. 

V. Tabitha, b. April 14, 1732; m. William Bennett. 

4. vi. Joseph, d. June 3, 1734 ; m. Zilpha Sampson, 
vii. Samuel, b. Not. 18, 173H. 

viii. Joanna, b. July 12, 1739 ; m. Solomon Doten. 
ix. Lydia, b. May 12, 1741 ; m. Consider Fuller, Feb. 21, 1759. 
z. Joshua, b. Feb. 16, 1744-5. He had 3 wives, the last of whom wis 
Dorcas Howard, and 14 children. 

5. zi. Solomon, b. Jan. 4, 1746 ; m. Flizabeth Curtis, of Hanover. 

Samuel the father died May 21, 1774, and Tabitha his wife died Aug. 
25, 1773, in her 75th year. 

3. Nathaniel Bryant' (Samuel,* John}) married Zerviah Curtis, of 
Pembroke. He was deacon of the church of Plympton. He died Dec 
6, 1793, and his wife Zerviah died April 21, 1790, aged 83 years. Children : 

i. Benjamin, b. Dec. 25, 1734 ; d. Mav 2, 1824. 

6. ii. Nathaniel, b. June 21, 1737 ; m. Joanna Cole, Feb. 21, 1759. 

iii. Zerviah, b. July 24, 1739; m. Epbraim Holmes, Jr. ; they were the 
grandparents of Dr. £zekiel Holmes, for many years the able editor 
of the Maine Farmer. 

iv. Joshua, b. July 26, 1741 ; d. Sept. 22, 1743. 

T. Flizabeth, b. May 31, 1744 ; d. Sept. 15, 1747. 

vi. EzEKiEL, b. June 6, 1746. 

4. Joseph Bryant* (Samuel,* Samuel,^ John}) married Zilpha Samp- 
son. He moved to Middleboro', where he lived many years, and where his 
wife died. He then returned to Plympton and died there. Children : 

i. Joseph, d. May 13, 1759. 

ii. William. 

iii. RizpAH. 

iv. Tabitha. 

T. Ruth, m. William Shaw, 2nd, of Middleboro'. 



1881.] Quincy Family Letters. 39 

Ti. SiLENCB, m. Prince Churchill ; d. Not. 3, 1801, aged 83 yrs. 
yii. Paul, d. in the U. S. Army, Nov. 4, 1791, aged 2U years. 
Till. Lois. 

ix. Janb, m. £leazer Danham, of Carver, Mass., afterwards of Pftris, 
Maine. 

5. Solomon Bryant* (Samuely^ Samuel* John}) married Elizabeth, 
daDghter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Ramsdall or Randall) Curtis, of Han- 
OTer, Mass., who w;is bom May 18, 1750. He moved to Gray, Me., and 
lobsequently to Paris, being one of the early settlers. He died in 1827. 
Children : 

i. Elizabeth, m. Isaac Cummings. 

ii. Bbtskt, m. first, Peter Brooks ; m. second, Jonathan Fickett. 

iii. Christopher, b. March 26, 1774 ; m. Susannah Swan. 

iv. Solomon, b. Oct. 30, 1776 ; m. Sally Swan. 

V. Ltdia, b. March 30, 1778 ; m. Luther Briggs. 

vi. Samuel, b. May 9, 1780; m. Lucy Brings. 

vU. LusANNAH, b. May 30, 1785 ; m. Levi Berry, of Paris, Me., son of 
George and Joanna (Doane) Berry, born in Falmouth, Me., April 
25, 1777. Ue died at Smyrna, Me., Feb. 6, 1854, and his wife 
Lusannah died in the same town, Oct. 18, 1849. (Grandparents of 
the writer hereof.) 

viii. Abigail, m. Melvin Pool. 

is. JoANNAH, b. Sept. 27, 1791 ; d. 1874, unm. 

X. Martha, b. June 2, 1794 ; m. Thomas Winship. 

6. Nathaniel Bryant, Jr.* (NhtJianiel,^ Samuel * John}) married Joan- 
na Cole. She was the daughter of Ebenezer and Ruth (Churchill) Cole, 
the latter being the daughter of William and Ruth Churchill, the latter bom 
Sept. 14, 1716. 



QUINCY FAMILY LETTERS. 

Commanicated by Hubbard W. Bbyant, Esq., of Portland, Me. 

THE following letters were written by Edmund Quincy, of 
Boston, merchant and author. He was the fourth Edmund in 
direct succession, and son of the eminent jurist. He was born 1703, 
and died July 4, 1788 (see Register, xi. 72). He was graduat- 
ed at Harvard College in 1722, and was the author of a treatise on 
Hemp Husbandry, published in 1765. His daughter Estlier was 
married to the attorney general of Massachusetts, Jonathan Sewell. 
Another daughter, "Dorothy Q.," married Gov. John Hancock. 

Medfield Oct** 16 1777. 
Dear d' Katy 

I have wrote your sister G. several times from Boston & this place via 
Worcester & Boston, & this day in particular to congratulate her especially 
upon ye signal advice arrived here yesterday from the No ward — assuring 
us, that, agreeable to ye last accot of our having routed ye Enemy out of 
their intrenchments, at Saratoga, & causing them to retreat six miles No 
wd towards Ty — & that upon their retreat Gen^ Gaita had despatched sev^ 
large bodies to cut off their retreat, the same was effected & their Craft 
prepared to waft them over hudson's river being destroyed ; Burgoine 



40 Quincy Family Letters. [Jao. 

found himself under a necessity of surrendering at discretion, their pro> 
visions almost spent, &c. I advis'd particularly, that but 30 men were 
kill'd & abt 200 wounded & no Captain nor other superiour officer killed 
on our side w^ gave me great satisfaction, as thereby I was convinced 
that your good Bro' Greenleaf was safe, before ye retreat — and I hope u 
now — as it is not probable he was much expos'd after that If ye ao(^ of 
surrender be genuine. Ye event is remarkable & calls on ye whole Conti- 
nent to express their hearty return of gratitude to Him^ who is ye Great 
Superintendant of human affairs & who in a peculiar manner has hitherto 
manifested a wonderful series of kind dispensations of his providential care 
of the people of this young Country, who, as all Europe will own have been 
most unjustly treated by the people of Britain, for some years & especially 
for more than 3 years past. 

Should a kind providence afford similar success to ye Sothem troops 
& Howe obliged to retreat w^ a mutilated army on board his ships We may 
reasonably hope that this year (agreeable to Dr. Franklin's ezpectatioD 
manifested in a Letter of abt April last) will be ye last of ye American 
Contest. This we may hope, but with a Spirit of due Submission to the 
Supreme Grovernour of the Universe ; who may if He sees fit for ye fur- 
ther punishment of the King & people of G. B. and No. America permit 
such a distraction to seize them as to consent to Carry on ye War tho, to 
their own ruin as well as to the still further annoyance & prejudice of No 
America, however possibly an European War may put an issue to our 
Fears ! 

You may encourage yoself in an expectat" of having y' Bro Hancock's 
Company the ensuing Winter, in Case of both Burgoine & Howe's defeat 
for I suppose ye Congs. will adjourn over ye Winter — and leave Genl W. 
with a respectable army in Phila. & Genl. Gaits in Albany in w*** places 
they may remain very comfortable thro, ye Winter. 

I have been here 5 or 6 days & wait for yr Bros Chaise being repaired 
to return to L in, no one to be had that I can hear of in ye town. I 
dont care to ride a bad horse & saddle nor have any bags — w°^ detains 
me here Contrary to expectation. I want jgreatly to be w**^ your sister, but 
hope if ye surrender of B*s army be true yr B' G. may be w*^ you soon — 
your Bro & sister Q, send love &c 

I hope M Wheelock has proved as helpful to your s' G. &c as promised. 
Priscilla not suiting Mrs. Bridge — B has brot. hither, & luckily your S' Q. 
wanted her much — I hope this will meet you & yr sister w^ the children 
all well, to whom my kind love — & accept ye same from Dear Child 

Your affect** Father & Friend 

Ed. Quinct. 

No Woollen for a gown, one side only ; Some Tow Clo. for Eunice. I 
hope to send Mrs Bigelow from hence. 

To Miss K. Quincy. 

P. S. y' S' H. I suppose retd last Saturday from B. Yr uncle Q I pre- 
sume was not a little pleased with such a kind of visitor, after having been 
among ye doubting Christians &c I hope by next post or express from 
Phila. your sister may receive advice greatly in favor of Genls Troops. For 
as G. ye 3** of Gt. B: — has thro, his wretched Ministers ordered that the 
troops under Howe Shd. ai all hazards enter ye City of P: and those under 
Burgoine should get into possession of Albany as we are told and is very 
probable, upon ye disappointment of last year I Cant but' be devoutly de- 



1881.] Quincy Family Letters. 41 

aroos, that at aU hazards, so inferDal a Resolution and order may be, by ye 
Qidinance of ye JKxng of Kings frustrated to all intents and purposes, and you 
veU know for 3 years or more, I have manifested myself nearly certain, 
dttt if the B: Administration — should finally resolve to pursue — their un- 
mran table scheme (by advice of wicked Governors, Ltenant Governors, 
Oommissioners Judges & other interested ambitious, haughty & ignorant 
■CD, who conceited themselves wiser than other mortals, as well as more 
worth?) of subjugating 3 or 4 millions of Americans to their absolute and 
moontroulable Governmt their Projection would prove as abortive, as it 
was unjustifiable, tho sanctified by a solemn previous act of parliamt. In a 
word, I had then little and have now much less doubt of ye fatal issue to Brit- 
lin & ye Contrary^ with respect to No. America ; I wish heartily the Former 
my repent of, & survive their unspeakable Folly ; the Latter, I doubt not 
will not only be supported under and carried thro : their uncommon trial, but 
will be made to grow and Flourish phaps vastly beyond any degree wch. ye 
proud & persecuting country hath ever attained to : But then, (melan- 
choly thought !) probably t\n^ flourishing country^ in idea may in a compar- 
idve small no. of years be reduced to a similar condition, wth every 
preceeding grand Republic or Empire, wch growing rotten at heart like 
an Antient Oak, have crumbled into pieces & have been for ages past to be 
found no more, but in the historic page. This is the State of mortals ! ! 
Its well said '' Pride is not made for man !" May we be thoroughly weaned 
from this & similar considerations. 



Medfield Aug 10*^ 1778. 
Dear d' Hancock 

I am just informed (how truly I know not) that Mr Hancock was gone 
with a Certain Corps, on ye present expedition agt the enemy at Newport. 

If on his march, pray God to favor him wth health equal to his patriotic 
zeal & these troubled States all that success wch he may see best & further 
it is my devoutest wish, that ye public trautjuillity may be restored, thro, 
the present combined force of France & No. America agt. their British 
enemies. For I doubt not ye Issue of this Campaign (in w*^*^ ye scene is 
%o much changd) will be ye absolute destruction of ye B. minist^ scheme 
agt America : except what relates to ye Noward wch I presume will con- 
Bequentially fall off, upon ye confirmed success of these more S^thern Unit- 
ed States. 

If peace be obtained I should give it as my earnest advice, that M' Han- 
cock would content himself in improving to ye utmost the degree of health 
& strength wch he may enjoy, w*** his political faculties and influence to set- 
tle and quiet ye expected murmurs & complaints w*^^ naturally succeed to 
the close of every Civil War, especially where liberty will be so extensive 
is among these emancipated Colonies now free S^ independent States : 
P(it(r Patrice or Father of his Country has been and always must be esteemed 
ye most illustrious Title which any modern or antient Hero, or Lover of 
^ Country, has ever heretofore sustained or may expect, and as Provi- 
dence has seen fit, thus far to indulge our generous friend w*** ye exalted 
Character. He seems also to point out to him ye pcUh which he has yet 
to treail in order to its Completion : may it be that " of the just w*^*^ shineth 
more & more unto y* perfect day." 

We hear y* Combined Fleet & army have begun their attack I pity ye 
innocent inhabitants of ye Island : & believe a surrender will soon take 



42 Early Records of Gorgeana. [Jan. 

place — I mah yon the happy sight of Mr Haocock & hope may he thii 

week with tlie agreeable advice of almost a blooiIkt$ $urrender .- iu v/A 

case commuuicat« ye most sincere & hearty congratulatioiu (h>m 

my dear child, 

Your moat affectionate Father 

Edu: QniHCT. 
Fray kiss my little Wathinffton for me. I hope he may enjoy the frails 
of hiB parents' patriotism. 

Tr Br & sisters with fiunily welt & send love &c. Tr B' & S' Q from 
Providence lately left Mr. Green's youngest son near death & Mr Hill jost 
expired of ye dysentery. 

I hope youVe Eunice w*^ yon as y' sister t«Il3 me you designed with con- 
sent of Mr H. 

To Mrs Dorothy Hancock 
in Boston. 



EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLY RECORDS OF GORGEANA; 
THE FIRST INCORPORATED CITY IN AMERICA. 



Wl 



Commimlcftud bj Samubl L. Boakdhak, Esq., of Aagnsta, He. 

rHERE aa the Inbabitance of Pascataquacke Georgeana & Wells in 
the p'vince of Mayne, have here hegune to p'pagate and populat thes 
rarts of the Cuntery, did Formerly by power derivative from S' Firdioondo 
Gorges ezersise the regulating of the atfayre's of the Cuntery as uy as wa 
conld according Ui the Lawes of England & such other ordinances as wu 
thought meet & requiset for the better regulating tlieroof : Now for as much 
as S' Firdiiiaudo Goi^es in dead^ the Cuntery hv tlier gRnRrall letter Mmt to 
his Heyre in June 1G47 & (48' but by the sad distractions in Eu^laiid noe 
rtturti is yet comfe to liand : and command fi'om the Parlament not to meddell 
in Boe much as was granted to m' Rigby, most of the Com" beiug dep"" tl 
p'vince, the Inhabitiiiice are for p'seut in some distraction about li 
latingof the affayres of these p'" for the belter ordering wher o' 
der order power and Authorryty shall come out of England: 
tants w'" one Free and unius Animus Consent doe ^nd tl ' 
boddy pollitick and Combination to see the's partes of itlj 
p'vince regulated according to such lawes as fonu'ly IMi i 
and snch other as may be thought ra^et not repuguuit Iq ih&wi 
lawes of our Nation & Cuntery : and to make chojiw «f ira L 
Governors and majestrats as by most voysseB thoy shall lUll^JU 

Dated in Gorgeana: alias Accoin'. the d^4 d' 

priviledg of Aocom. Charter excepttid : 




At a Generall Courte hooldeu at Oorjeatu 
1649, before the right worp'* Edward ^ 
Shapleigh, m' Abniliam Prehlei '" 
BasiU Parker; Re: Cor: 
Robert Mendam p'ncnfxl for 

ing wine and beaiu conu-ary 
JBobert Mendaut p'seuled 



1881. J 



Early Records of Gorgeana. 



h bU honse aboute a fortnight i^^oe : and abo a m' of a rova^ s: L'-::iJ 
lb*. tiN coald banllr goe or epoake: 

For ihe'j 2 p':>eiiimuDt3 the Courte Benaeretfa him X£ upon Li- --izj::!: 
tie C'^urie abated him 40s of his tine. 

Tie wife of Sti'pbi'n Flanders pr sen ted for abuseing her L;;'.:iLi ll 
her u^ighboiirs. the Constable to have a warant to bring Lvr :: z—i irt: 
coon. 

Mn Hilton p'sented for lighting and abuseing hur neighV-:- ■"" ii' 
UD^: f)r this she was admonished bye the Court. 

u' William Hilton p'sented fur a breach of the Sabbath is ■.■■^ry:: £ 
wi»If bee himselfe and others fourth of the woods : this lo be "•^~-'~". 
m' VTiJliam Hilton p'sente*! for not keeping vitiuall aii'i <:r.:^ u' 
limes t->r strangeM and inhabitants : admonished bj the c->ur: ioZ z^^rui 
ti> be Jelt w"" if comp' 





The name 


a of the 


grand J 


r.' 


1. 


mr Ilaiewill Nutter 




8. m 


Anihonr Ei 





mr Tltomas Withers 




9. m 


Kiehar. Ua-. 


3. 


mi. John Atcocke 




10. m 


Arthur l;r^ 


i. 


m' Francis Kay lies 




11. m 


John TaL:. 


5. 


m' Jobii Hurd 




12. m 


Samp>OL A 


C. 


m' Nicholas Frost 

m' John Twi^^ku Senio' 




13. m 


Thomas C l 



Mr Nicholas Shapleigh chosen Treasarer for this yeart ; 
■nd to have full jiowcr and authority to demand and re-tn^ 
Imposie of wine and licors and for any p'son or p'sons iha; -i 
by retail*! to paye for ever liut or pipe it's, and for any hina. 
biy : and for any Licors iiid. p. gall i and for all Im[j->.:. .. 
4 lii"or from hi'iiee forward to be payd niito the Ti'.--ii'-!.." 
case auy p"" or p""* shall deiiy to make satisfiu-kti'.'ii ;:r. 'J ■ 
Tenu of bis warrant compel! ihcni them iher unto : uij' :.. 
togive ill an Acco' at everie generall court it'hfe f*-'^ •:.-. 

it is ordered this court and power ther of: That n. ;: > 
tbe Jariadickton of this p'vince who aru out of a Ciii'-mi.- 
taat in Jtrigment and no t scandalous in lifu. shall hu^^ 

!, p'viiieii they <li>e ii u; 
rules of Christ jtvr*MTi u : 
election a 





44 Early Records of Oorgeana. [Jan. 

It is ordered this court : That whereas Jo" Crose by reason of some dis- 
temper is drawne to a general! neglect of his Famyly, by his continewall 
wandering up and downe the country w^^'out any nessesary cause, it is or- 
dered any p'son or p'sons what soever the sayd Crose shsJl come either at 
Gorgeana Newichawanoke or any other passage w*** in this Jurisdictio. shall 

carry or send him backe agayne to Wells, except he can any just cause 

of his going under the magistrats hand : if he will not be kept at home 
after twise sending backe, the magistrate is for to bind him over to the next 
court wher hee sha be lyable to answer his defalt : If any man shall Ferry 
over John Crose over any River except he can give a just acco of his going 
is \6 forfit 5s. 

It is ordered this Court that the Tresurer is for to provid a pare of bill- 
bowes & a coucking stole to be payd for out of the publicke stocke, and to 
order the constable that the stockes be set up at m' Hiltons. 

It is ordered this court that m' Norton the pVost marshall shall have for 
his attendance at every court to be houlden for this p'vince xiii s 4d to be 
payd out of the tresury : besides his other Feese: 

It is ordered this court that m' Parker the Recorder is allowed oat of 
the Tresury three pounds p. yeare so longe as hee contiues in that place: 

Wheras ther is heer in this River of Pascataquacke a youeth accidentally 
mayntayned & being examined boeth how hee came to New Ingland as also 
how hee came to goe one this voiadge hee saieth his name is Tho' Bai^ 
tholme ; was sent fbr New Ingland by one m' Parker & was heer in diven 
sarveces : as w*** m' Parker, Hudson's son & one Craptree. being in Boston 
was solicited by m' Lymon Overre to goe one this voyage & appoynted to 
meet at the forte poynt, after being at the lies of Sholes m' Sampson Lane 
sent others backe, would have sent him backe to Boston : but m' Lymon 
Overre asked him yf hee would sarve him, And p*mised at his retorne to 
agree w^^ his m^ yf he had any tye one him, & to pay for his time hee should 
be in his sarvis & that Capt Sampson Lane had noe hand in bringing him 
awaye. 

In testimony wher of wee give this testimo'y Authenticated under the 
seale this p'vince of Mayne this 29: 9vemb. 1650. 

Edward Godfrey, Gov*. 

At a Generall court houlden at Gorgeana the 15th of Octo' 1650 m^ Ed- 
ward Godfrey, by the vote of the Countrey chosen go' m' Nicholas 
Shaplcigh. m' Abraham Preble assistants, and Basill Parker assistant & 
Recorder. 

Capt. Francis Champanowne pP m' John Tomson deft, in an acco. upon 
the case for takeiug awaye a boate for damage to the valew of 40£ sterling. 

George Rodgers & mr* Batcheller pr sented upon vehement suspition of 
incontenancy for liveing in one house together & lieing in one rome, They 
are to be separated before the next court or to pay 40s. 

William Wormewod presented for a common swarrer and a turbulent 
parson. Wormwod to be brought to the next court for his sentance. 

Thomas Donstan and his wife pr'sented for neckleckting the ordinance 
of god upon the sabath day. Donstan and his wife for this offence to 
paye lOs. upon complaynt here after 40s. 

It is ordered that the Grand Jury is for to have one meale for the time 
of every court 

It is ordered this court that the inhabitants of cape Nedicke are for to 



1881.] 7%e Youngman Family. 45 

be rated for the payment of the ministers wages by snch as are appoynted 
to make rates for Gorgeana. 

It is ordered that Robert Mendam shall be p'mitted to keep an ordnary 
or house of entertaynement for the tearme of one yeare from the date here- 
of w'^ tills p'yiso. that the maigor p'* of the Inhabitance of the River Pas- 
citaqaacke, be ther w^ content: 

[To be eontinaed.] 



I 



THE YOUNGMAN FAMILY. 

Commiinicated by John C. J. Baowy, Esq., of Boston, Mass. 

N the last nomber of the Register (vol. xxxiv. pp. 401-4) was given 
a brief sketch of this family, in which the author expressed the 
Iwpe that ^ it may interest the descendants and also prove an incentive to 
tbe lovers of genealogical research to furnish further information." It 
would interest and disgust the descendants of Anna (Fisher) Heath to read 
that she — whose father was a legislator, his will witnAsed by the Wares, 
loos of the progenitor of a long line of moral teachers, whose first husband 
belonged to the Roxbury family celebrated for their patriotic and moral 
▼irtoes, had with the apparent consent of her husband, twenty days before 
iiis death, married another, inaugurating polyandry into New England. This 
iBterest would increase to learn that she had a granddaughter who compli- 
eited her own marital relations by marrying her step-father, for which, 
onder the law of 1695, the participants would have been given forty stripes 
each, exhibited for an hour sealed beneath the gallows with the noose 
around their necks, and forever after to have worn in a conspicuous place, 
sewn upon their clothes, the letter I of a contrary color to their garments. 
These examples are enough to show the folly of presenting for publication 
a hasty sketch, ignoring its verification by the use of material close at 
hand. 

The library of the society furnished ready material, and the city and 
county registers' offices, by their admirable indices, guided directly to in- 
formation which the author could have collected in an hour, and by correct- 
ing his sketch saved the Register from misleading those who rely upon 
the general accuracy of the magazine. 

Upon the society's shelves can be found Lower's " Patronymica Britan- 
nica. The Roxbury Records, Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, Barry's 
Framingham, Worcester's HoUis, N. H., and the past volumes of this maga- 
zine, which would have been of service to the author. 

The origin of the name is given by Lower, p. 394 : " Youngman ; the 
same as Young, the second syllable being an unnecessary addition. Young ; 
this well known surname appears to be of common origin with the classical 
Neander, Juvenal, &c., and to refer to the youth of the first bearer, at the 
time when it was adopted or imposed." 

1. Francis* Youngman appears to have been the first of that patrony- 
mic in this colony. The earliest date attached to this name is Dec. 2, 
168<\». when he was married to the widow of Isaac' Heath (Isaac,* William^). 
Her first husband died at the early age of 29, amply provided for by his 
father, who had given him a homestead farm in Roxbury, beside land at 
Brookline. These were settled upon his son Isaac^ by his will dated Dec. 

TOL. ZXZT. 5 



46 7%e Youngman Family. [Jan. 

19, 1684, aDd his moveable estate was bequeathed to his widow Anna 
(Fisher) Heath, daughter of Cornelius and Leah Fisher, of Dedham. Her 
father added to her estate by bequeathing to her one-fifth of his real and 
personal property, after deducting his special bequests. His will is dated 
Feb. 3, 1G99, proved 15 June, 1G99. Savage gives the date of his death 
January instead of June, and says he was *^ the first head of a family who 
died in the town in a natural way for thirty years." The newly married 
couple purchased in the name of the husband, Francis Youngman, an estate 
of about eight acres near Hog Bridge, over Stony River, between what L 
now Centre Street, Roxbury, and the homestead of the Curtis family.* Rob- 
ert Pepper owned the next estate north. His grandson Joseph married Anna,' 
•the eldest daughter of Francis* Youngman. John Crafts* (Ephraim,* John/ 
Griffiths') owned the adjoining estate on Centre Street, and married Eliza- 
beth,' the only remaining unmarried daughter. After the death of Fran- 
■cis* Youngman, his widow made an agreement (Lib. 43, Fol. 34) with her 
children, by which her son Isaac* Heath should ultimately come in for a 
share of her property. 

Francis* Youngman, cordwainer, married Dec. 2, 1685, widow Anna 
(Fisher) Heath, tie died July 23, 1712 (a). Their children, bom in 
Roxbury, were (a, 6, c) : 

2. i. Jonathan, b. Oct. 9, 1686. 

3. ii. Cornelius, b. Sept. 1, 1688 ; m. Mary Story. 

4. iii. Ebenezer, b. Nov. 2, 1690 ; m. Mercy Jones. 

iv. Anna, b. Dec. 1, 1695; m. Joseph Pepper, Dec. 15, 1720 (A, c). 

y. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 1697-8; d. soon. 

vi. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 14, 1698-9 ; m. John Crafts, Feb. 5, 172-2-3 (6). 

Tii. Leah, b. May 4, 1701 ; d. May 28, 1701 {b). 

viii. John, birth not recorded; d. July 26, 1711 (b), 

2. Jonathan' Youngman (FranctV), born Oct. 9, 1686; inherited 
the homestead, and by agreement with his mother had a double portion of 
thQ personal property. While a resident of Framingham, Dec. 3, 1720, 
he sold the homestead to his brother Ebenezer for £200, reserving a small 
piece of land for his mother. Ebenezer sold the place in 1725 to Samuel 
Gore for £250. He married Sarah . They had : f 

1. Eleanor, b. in Roxbury, July 23, 1710 ; m. Joseph Skillins, of Rich- 
mond. Aug. 19, 1731. 

ii. Sarah, d. in Framingham, June 9, 1713 ; m. William Amos, April 
30, 1733. 

iii. Leah, b. in Framingham, April 14, 1715 ; m. Richard Robinson, Auff. 
28, 1759. 

iv. Anna. b. in Roxbury, " Feb. the last," 1716-17 ; m. Daniel Marrow, 
June, 1738. 

V. Mary, b. in Roxbury, Feb. 17, 1718-19. 

vi. Francis, b. in Roxbury, July 31, 1720. 

vii. Jonathan, b. in Framingham, May 20, 1722. 

viii. John, b. in Sudbury, June 1, 1724. A husbandman ; d. in Brook- 
line, Sept. 1745; Ebenezer Pierpont, of Roxbury, administered 
upon estate. 

dx. Daniel, b. in Roxbury, March 12, 1725-6. 

8. Cornelius' Youngman (Francis^), b. Sept. 1, 1688 ; m. I^Iarj 
Story, of Brookline. They had daughter Mary, who died Sept. 17, 1710. 
Mary, the widow of Cornelius, was married, April 25, 1715, by Hon. Sam- 

♦ See Drak6'8 HL««tory of Roxbury, pp. 399-401, for an accurate description of this neigh- 
borhood, with a picture of the old Curtis homestead. 

<a) Sarage's Diet., iv. pp. 671-72. He omiut one Elisabeth. (6) Roxboiy Reconlfl. 
(c) Barry's Framingham, pp. 358 and 451. 

t Banc's Framingham, p. 451 ; also Record in office of City Registrar and Reg. Probate. 



1881.] Th9 Toungman Family. 47 

nd Sewall, to Philip' Torrey, of Brookline (Jonathan,* Philip*). (See rec- 
ord tt City Registrar's Office.) 

4. Ebcnezer' YouNGiiAN (FranctV), b. Nov. 2, 1690; m. by Dr. 
Cotton Mather, Jan. 8, 1712, to Mercy Jones (daughter of Matthew and 
Susanna). He was a felt-maker, and carried on his trade near the bridge, 
eoroer of Hanover and Blackstone Streets (as now called). He lived in a 
brick liouse on Fish Street, with the rear on Clarke's Square (now North 
Street and North Square). In 1728 he left Boston, giving his wife, her 
brother Thomas and Joseph Rix, a full power of attorney. Ilis own prop- 
erty was heavily mortgaged. He probably died away from home. His 
wife administered upon his estate in 1734. Amount of inventory of person- 
al property was £13: 6: 6 ; beside which he had some land in Woodstock, 
Conn. (New Bozbury originally), valued at £15. His widow married 
Samoel Ry lands, Aug. 21, 1735, but was again a widow in 1740, when she 
lold one-fifth of an estate on Milk Street, probably a part of the P. O. site, 
for £150. This estate was inherited from her parents, who also left prop- 
erty on Hanover and Common Streets to their children. Her brother Mat- 
thew had his share separated ; the remaining heirs were her brothers Tho- 
mas and Ebenezer Jones, and her sisters Anna, wife of William Swords, 
and Mary, wife of Rainsford Greenongh. Children of Ebenezer (d) and 
Mercy (e) : 

i. Ebexizsr, bapt. Jan. 9, 1714-15 (d). Died younff. 

ii. MxRcr, bapt. Dec. 2, 1716 (</) ; m. John Simmes, March 13, 1734 ; dan. 

Mercy m. Thomas Barnes, ropemakcr. 
iii. Susan, bapt. Oct. 26, 1718 ; m. Edward Chase, Aug. 26, 1740. 
iv. CoRXEUCS. b. Aug. 10, 1720 (/) ; bapt. Aug. 14, 1720 (rf). 
V. Sarah, b. Feb. 13. 1721-22 (/) ; m. John Crafts, May 20, 1740. 
vi. Nicholas, b. Oct. 18, (sic) 1723 (/) ; bapt. Oct. 13. 1723 (e). 
vii. Thomas (^), b. June 5, 1725 (/) ; bapt. Jan. 13, 1725 («) ; ni. first, 

Mary Darling, Aug. 22, 1746 ; m. second, MehitnbleSmalledse, Dec. 

7, 1752; m. third, Susannah Wales, Aug. 26, 1757. No children, 
viii. John, b. July 20, I72G (/) ; bapt. July 24, 1726 (e) ; m. widow Martha 

(Marks) Eddy, Jan. 1760; d. s. p. 
ix. James, bapt. April 14, 1728 (/) ; a. young. 

For an account of the descendants of Nicholas, see Worcester's History of Uollis, 
N. H., pp. 206, 376, 393, etc., which gives more information than was included in 
the brief sketch. 

Note by the Eoitor. — The following appear to be the principal errors in the 
brief sketch given in the last numbiT. Francis* was not married in 1684 ; he 
bad daughters Elizabeth^ and Lenh,^ and a son John,^ omitted there ; he had no 
daughter Sarah to be married to William Ames. 

The family of his son Jonathan^ was entirely omitted ; the Sarah who was stated 
to he a daughter of Francis,* was a daughter of Jonathan.* 

The widow of Ebenezer' had for a second hunband Samuel Rylands, who did not 
marry her daughter Mercy — John Symmes or Simmes being the daughter's husband. 
A son James was omitted. 

Oni* of Thomases wives was given to his brother John, and John's actual wife 
was omitted. 

id) Records of the North Church. Ebenezer* Younpman's name being placed alphabeti- 
cally U t lie last on the church record, and the followinj: note in made aigainst it : "The 
^rtt who i-onfessed the covcnaot, p. 75, Jan. 2, 1714-15— the Jirat is truly the last in this 
instanic." 

ie) N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, toI. xix. p. 324; Records of the New Brick Church ; 
llercv Hdm. Jan. 1728-9. 

( f) Afphabeticai transcript of City Records, origin.-il not to be found. 

(c) Thomas was a baker, died in Jan. 1760. IIis brother John administered. The amount 
to divide was £3 16 7, " which by law Inilongs one half to the said Administrator, and the 
other half to Nicholas^ Younfnnan, they being the only surviving brothers of the 8;ud Tho- 
Order of Court, dated 11 Feb. 1760. 



1881.] Cabo de Baxoa. 49 



CABO DE BAXOS : 
Ob, the Place of Cape Cod in the old Cartoloot. 

By the Rev. B. F. Db Costa, of New York City. 

IF the bold foreland known as Cape Cod could frame articulate speech, 
what a story its storm-swept shores might tell. It has looked out 
throogh scudding mists upon the enterprise, the hopes and fears of many 
satioDS. Hktories have been engulphed in its waves and buried in its 
MDds. Cape Cod, however, is simply the wreck of an old and more ez- 
tensive promontory. £ven since the seventeenth century large portions of 
it! coast have been devoured by the sea, while other portions have been 
ioTsded by the silicious drift which has changed fertile tracts into glister- 
ing saharas. 

At some distant period the cape was connected with the neighboring 
ides, though a portion of the islands themselves have now disappeared. 
Hie great shallows tell of islands that once rose above the waves. In the 
jwt 1701 the " Sloop Mary " anchored under the lee of an island of which 
DO vestige now remains.^ Nevertheless, at the beginning of the sixteenth 
century, when the Fren(*h and Spanish navigators came upon the coast, it 
presented substantially the same aspect as to-day. Then, as now, the mark- 
ed feature of the coast was found in the great riffs which maintained a 
deafening roar, even at a distance being ominous in the mariner's ear. The 
floor of the sea was literally ploughed up by the roaring tide. The classic 
age, however, had passed away, and tlic i-ailors, instead of referring to Scyl- 
la and Charybdis, applied other but not less emphatic names, which, what- 
ever may have been the language, always sit^nified the same thing — The 
Shoals ; while the cape was known as The Cape of the Shoals. Ver- 
razauo employed the term " sirtis," tbou<^h others used such words as 
" arrecifes," " faralones," " mallebarre," ** baturier " and " Baxos." 

This repellant coast more than once frustrated the scheme of the French, 
Spanish and Dutch navigator, and served, in a sense, to check the advance 
of continental enterprise at a time when Englishmen were not prepared to 
take possession of the New England shores. Still the English found it far 
from a friendly coast, and for years the advocacy of the Cape Cod Canal 
has been marked by an undertone suggestive of the mariner's woe. 

In his letter to Francis I. Verrazano does not mention the syrtis, though 
the description of his voyage implies a j)assage around the cape. The 
shoals were probably described in the " little book " to which he refers as 
containing details, while the map of his brother shows them prominently, 
the land opposite being called " C. della Bussa," which seems to be the 
equivalent of ** baturier,** applied in following time. In the old cartology, 
therefore. Cape Cod, under various names, is constantly coming to notice. 
Two other points are also indicated, and with even more prominence. 
These are Sandy Hook and the Bay of Fundy. It is, indeed, by the care- 
ful study of these three features of the old maps that we are able to fix upon 
the true place of Cape Cod, and to indicate how well it was known to the 
saQors and geographers of the sixteenth century. 

• « Joamal of the voyage of the Sloop Mary," &c. Albany, 1866, p. 27. " Pre-colum- 
biazk Dboovery/' p. 29, and the R£0X8teb, xviii. 37. 

VOL. XZXY. 5* 



50 



Vaho de Baxot. 



[Jan. 



These three poinU are not indicated upon every map, though one, and 
we might oven say two, are seldom wanting. Reference, however, will b« 
made almost exclusively to those bearing the threefold nomenclnture. 
These are so uiimerous, that, taken in eoiinection with written descriptioni 
of the const, they Rx the identity of the places beyond question.* 

The earliest map that has any bearing npon this subject is the anonj- 
mous map of 1327, which shows Sandy Hook as " c. d. arenas," ivhll* 
eastward is the word "golfo," which may indicate the Bay of Fundy. In 
1S29 we have the map of Ribero, which is similar to the map of 1527, 
though it has more coast names. Besides Sandy Hook and "golfo " is the 
indication of *' c. de arecifes," though it is placed eastward of what seems 
to have been intended for the Penobscot. These two maps represent th« 
voyage of Gomez, about which little is known. It was evidently a partial 
survey, which accounts for the failure of the maps. On the other hand, 
Verrazano examined the coast from the CaroUnas to New Foundland, and 
his map is more definite. On this map, besides the " sirtis " and '■ bussa," 
indicating Cape Cod, we Rai\ the Bay of Fundy, while the Cape of 
Sandy Hook is also well defined, the name being " Lamuetto."t These 
three points were never lost sight of. The names were frequently changed, 
Sandy Hook often being called the Cape of St. Mary or Si. John. To 
Verrazano belongs the credit of giving these {>oints their first delinitiOQ, 
while his delineation of Sandy Hook exercised a controlling influence over 
French map makers for nearly a hundred years. 

Passing by such maps as that of Ramusiu, 1534, and the Propagatida 
map of the same period,^ let as proceed to the map of Alonzo Chaves, m 
described by Oviedo in 1537, who sets Ribero aside until after piusiog 
northward of Cape Breton, a region evidently not included by Cliave3,S 
Drawing upon the map of Chaves, Oviedo shows much knowledge of the 
three points under notice. The latitudes are incorrect, but this is the case 
with maps in general at that period. The Cape of the Arenas is put too 
far south. The latitude of the Hudson, however, is nearly right, being in 
41° N., and the situation is described perfectly. Thence, Oviedo says, tbtt 
coast stretches north-easterly to Cape " Arrecifes ;" while at a point far- 
ther on is the Bay of I'undy, called " Bahia de la Ensenado." The dii- 
tances, like the latitudes, are inaccurate, but the main features of the coast 
are well described. Tlio Hudson (Rio S. Antonio) is depicted as runuing 
north and south, while eastward, beyond Arrecifes, there is an '' archipela- 
go."|| This description alone would be sufficient to establish the ideniitj 
of Cape Cod, called "Arrecifes," or the " Reef Cape." This latter word, 
' it should be observed, is Arabic, and is related to the English " reef;" but, 
as the Castilian tongue improved, the word fell out of use, and the para 
Spanish word " Baxos " generally took its place, though on some cfa&rta 
the old "arrecifes" was retained. The failure to understand this has led 
to mach confusion, some supposing that the two names referred to separata 

Let us next glance rapidly through some of the maps of this period, lak- 

• A fonrlli point mlgbC be inclndod, as Cape Breton ataods on 
lowbnt rvpreseated tbe Bay ur Fund;. Ttiis, bowover, will b« 
dlicDKslon. 

t Poisiblr tbis name was mlispellcd b; the drangbtnuati, 

I Found la " Verraiano [be Explorer," p. S3, Bamei & Co., 

t Ibid. 



1881.] 



Cabo de Baxos. 51 



ing first the so-called "Cabot Map" of 1542. This map shows Sandj 
Hook definitely, as " C: de S: Juan," while *' Capo de araceie " stands for 
Cape Cod, and " no fondo " for the Bay of Fuudj. It is Dot meant, of 
course, that in these cases Cape Cod is defined in outline, but rather that 
this name is placed on the coast where the cape ought to be.* The defini- 
tion is found in such writers as Oviedo, who, at the point of the Reef Cape, 
describes a headland pushing into the sea, with a great bay beyond and be- 
hind it Tet however conventional this representation of the map, the 
three pomts are laid down near their true latitudes, a proportional distance 
ipartt The map of Henry IV. shows '' C. de Sublons " (Sandy Hook) 
lod *^Le8 Condes" (Fundy), but Cape Cod is wanting.! Map X. in 
Kimstman*8 Atlas, shows *^ C: de las arenas," *' C. de las Saxas," and 
** Coodes.*' " Saxas " is simply a corruption of Baxos. 

A copy of the unpublished map of John Rotz, 1542, in possession of the 
writer, shows Sandy Hook prominently without its name, and Arricifes in 
its proper place, with the region between it and Penobscot An ancient 
Spanish map§ of the same period shows '' c: de s: joan," ^^ R. de las farelones " 
iod ^ ancones." " Farelones " is one of those world-wide terms signify- 
ing outlying rocks and shoals, while '* ancones " stands for ** fondo," incti- 
eatingadeep bay. The fact that in this case ** farelones" is connected 
vith a river forms no objection. The Bay of Fundy is often called a river, 
sod is sometimes indicated faf Cope ** fuudo." The characteristic thing on 
these old conventional maps is the main term, as the map maker was often 
eoDfbsed in its application, and readily changed the Cope of Faralones into 
"river'* or "bay." In 1542 Mercator published the plans of a globe, and 
OD the Atlantic coast of North America he gave '^ C. S. johan " for Sandy 
Hook, and " Cabo d. Malabrigo " (Bad shelter) for Cape Cod. Fundy is 
Dot shown, but a bay perhaps intended for Long Island Sound is called 
** Baia hondo," a name elsewhere not applied to that coast Probably this 
was carelessness on the part of the engraver, who should have placed 
** hondo " east of " malabrigo," a corruption of Baxos, if not intended as an 
equivalent Gomara may be quoted next to confirm our interpretation of 
the maps. In 1555 this writer gives the three main points, though, like 
lome map makers, he puts Cabo dc Arenas (Sandy Ilook) too far south of 
the River San Antonio, and computes the distance from that river to " Cabo 
Bajo," or Cape Cod, at more than a hundred leagues. Thence to Rio Fon- 
do be computes it at about one hundred and 8ixty.|| Humboldt, however, 
in such connections, teaches us that distances are not to be relied upon ; 

• Tbercwos a great deal of rigidity and conventionality aboat the work of the early car- 
tographers, who, in the absence of accurate surveys, would put the names of ciipes and 
bays on the border of the coast without attempting to indicate thcW forma. Besides, their 
work wai done on a Email scale that seriously interfered with the fntroduction of details. 
Thus points were not indicated except by name. The case of Sandy Hook is a notable 
exception, and for the reason that the great bay of New York was a safe resort for mari- 
nen, and thus was explored, together with the prominent headlands. Cape Cod, on the 
other band, though well known, was a dangerous and nnprofltuble place that wais never 
explored with any care. The harbor of New York appears to have Ijeen visited by the 
French prior to 1562, as Ribault, speaking of the •* xl degrees," mentions •• the declaration 
made vnto vs of oar Pilots and some others that had l^efore been at some of those places 
where we pnrposed to sail." Divers Voyages, p. 114. On the Verrazano map Cape Cod is 
protninently indicated by the shoals, but afterwards, down to the seventeenth century, it 
Is known by the names placed on the coast. 

t See the map in Jomard's *' Monuments de la Otographie.*' 
Ibid. 



I Carta de Indies, Madrid, 1879. 



Historia General de las indias y naevo mando, p. 9, Tome H., ed. 1666, edited by Bar- 
dML Hist. Magazine, 1866, p. 368. 



52 



Oabo de Baxos. 



« betweeu Alexsn* 



1 cnDMrns tbt 
r Imi ft 

' has shoitB 



and WB llierefure repeat tLat the three points od the e 

placed near tlieir proper loculitiee, and are proportionately distaut from o 

another. As lute as the seventeenth century, llie dist 

dria and Marseilles was overstated by five hundred mi 

Next notice the map of Mercator, lo69, which, eo far as il 
geography of the const northward from Sandy Hook, was mi 
failure. This map shows the three features upon which we s 
but a part of the work is in duplicate- Elsewhere the write 
how this happened, resulting in a double representation of the Island cs 
by Verrazano " Luisa." This island Mercator calls '■ Claudia," and a^ 
" Briso,"* not knowing that " Briso " was a corruption of " Luisa," std 
that the two names referred to the same tliiug. " C. de Lexna " stands fbc 
" Baxos," the " Leius " being a corruption of " Baxos." " C. de Lexni," 
however, is properly connected with Claudia (Luisa), the modern Block 
Island, off Newport. The position of " Lexus " in its relation to the B^ 
of Fundy ( C. de lut Condet) and Sandy Hook { 0. de areniu) shows that 
such a place as Cape Cod was well known. Besides, he pnts his Cape dfl 
Lexus in the right latitude, that is near 41" N. His mistake consisted il 
putting Claudia and Lexus too far east, and iu putting ihe I'enoljscot wet 
of these points. Tbe latitude of Claudia was tixed from the data in tlu 
letter of Verrazano, which, however did not give the longitude. Neverthe- 
less, on the map of Mercator, as on the maptff VerraKano, and es stated 
in the letter of Verrazano, Claudia was represented ajiproachahle from th« 
west by water. When, therefore, Mercator's map is corrected, 
Norumbega or the Penobscot, it is found to show a substantial resemblanoi 
to Verrazauo. The Ortelius of 1570-1573, 1575 and 1579, copies tha 
errors of Mercator too closely, but it is not necessary to dwell upon thB 
work io fieiail, ns it suRlces to oliaerve that tlie delineations of Orlelioa 
maintain the identity of Baxos. Ortelius, like Mercator, puts Ijexus Mid 
Claudia in the nght latitude, and the Bay of Fundy (B. de los Condei) in 
the proper place, though " C. de Arenas " is too far south. Ho also d»l- 
plicates Capo Coil. 

Dr. Uce's unpublished map of 1 580, now in the British Museum, d 
not follow Mercator in his outline ot Uie New England const, hut copies lui 
error in putting "arrecife's" (Cape Cod) east of the Norumhegii, thou^ 
showing Snndy Hook and tlie Bay of Kundy in their proper places. 

Lok'^ map of 1582 shows Saudy Hook as '' Corenas," lint puts Claadift 
east of what was intended for Norumhega, thus reflecting the mistake of 
Hercator. 

In 1583 Hakluyt's friend, Stephen Bellinger, of Rouen, sailed to Cape 
Breton, and thence coasted south-westerly six hundred miles, which woidd 
hare taken him near Cape Cod. He " had trafique with the peopU 
or tweluo p]aces."t Hakluyt says, using tbe term iu tbe sense of exploring, 
that he 'Mliscouered very diligently cc. leagues towardes Norumbrga," th* 
latter term being used in a loose way. Ho doubtless saw C»i>e Cod. 

Belliuger's enterprise seemed \a stir up ibe men of Sl tlohn de Lai| 
'* who sent lastoyere tosollicite the Frcnclie Kingeandhis Connsell to plants 
tliere."t This explains why Gosnold iu 1(JU2 found iu New England " eight 
Indians in a Basque shallop." Brerelou says, '■ It seemed by some wonla 



• Sec tlie ei 
f See Hnkli 
Edliea ^>y Cliafks Deane. LL.D. 
t Wcitcrao Planting, lul. 



«r. 3, * 



1881.] Oaho de Baxos. 58 

and signs they made, that some Basques of St. John de Luz have fished or 
tnded in this place."* 

We find, however, that the old maps, with all their oonventionalisms, were 
better than the later prodactions, inasmuch as they represented actual sur- 
veys, while, on the other hand, many modern maps stood for theories. It is 
awiring, therefore, at this stage of the discussion, to he able to refer to map 
Xin. of Kunstman's atlas, bearing the date of 1592, and showing in their 
proper positions, ^ C. de. las arenas, *^ C. de las Saxos," a misspelling of 
Bszos, and the well known Bay of *' Condes." This map was the work of 
ID Englishman, as the inscription reads, '' Thomas Hood made this platte, 
1592." 

In 1593 the '* Speculvm Orbis Terne" of de Tode, printed at Antwerp,! 
eoBttined a small map, showing south of Cape Breton ^* C. de Lexus," the 
Bttspelled ''Baxos," evidently taken from Mercator. What appears to 
kre been intended for Sandy Hook is marked '* c. de s. Helena," but the 
■ip is distorted, and the Bay of Fundy is not mentioned. 

In 1597 Wytfliet's work contains a map with coast line according to 
Mercator, the map being repeated in the edition of 1603.$ This map 
ihows "' C. Baixo " and '* Cap Hondo " in their proper relations, but the 
lUNe of Sandy Hook is omitted. Mercator, however, is corrected as re- 
ipects Baxos, which is put south-west of the Penobscot, in its proper place, 
linschoten, in 1598, is found giving an accurate description of the main 
cEvisions of the coast under consideration, though he does not appear to 
kive attracted notice. He makes the distance from Rio Fundo to . Cape 
Baxob one hundred and sixty miles, and thence to the Hudson one hundred 
miles.§ Linschoten 's work was published in Dutch and English, and was 
i)iind in every navigator's hand. With Linschoten before him, Hudson, in 
1609, could lay no claim to the discovery of the river which bears his name. 
The next map that claims attention is that projected by Wright and en- 
graved by Molyneux in 1 600. This map is celebrated as being the *^ new 
map " referred to by Shakspere in ** Twelfth Night " (Act iii., s. 2).|| The 
map shows the influence of the English who had colonized Virginia, and indi- 
cates also that new ideas had been acquired respecting New England. This 
is very evident from a comparison of the map with a globe made by Moly- 
neux eight years before.! The globe, as respects New England, follows 
the school of Mercator and Ortelius, placing Claudia far east of the ^* Grand 
Bay," intended for Penobscot Bay. But in the map of 1600, Claudia is 
placed near 41^ N., while the Penobscot, as the " R. Grand," lies east of 
Claudia. New England is reduced to an island by a narrow strait running 

• Mass. Coll., 3 8. vlli. 86. The visitors were incorrectly supposed by a recent writer to 
bave been English. Maine Coll., vol. vil. p. 133. 

t The only copy of this edition of de Tode known to the writer Is in the Public Library 
of Geneva, Switzerland. It does not appear to have any place in our best bibliographies. 

t Tb€ editions of 1597, 1598 and 1603, together with Magnin's French edition, 1611, pat 
all the latitudes too high. 

k ** From the point of Baecalao to the bay of the rluer, are 70. miles, frO the bay of the 
Rtuer to the bay de los Ilos, 70. milcfl, fi-ora thence to Rio Fundo 70. miles, from thence to 
Cape Baxo 160. miles, and again to the riuer of {Joint Anthony, 100. miles." " Discours of 
Voyam," Book ii. p. 217, ed. 1598. 

I That Shakspere referred to this map appears to have been suggested first by the lata 
Mr. Lenox, in 1859, when writing his introduction to Mr. Mulligan's ** de Insulc " of Syl- 
lado*. Mr. Lenox possessed one of the three known copies of the map, lately given io 
fat-simile by the Hakluyt Society, though their editor failed to read the map correctly. 
8«e Markham*f ** John Davis.'* and the notice in the yation of June 17, 1880. The Shak- 
spere Society also appears to have failed to appreciate the language ** and map with tho 
aagmentation of the Indies," which probably referred to the now world. 



54 



Caho de Baxos. 



[Jai 



from the St. Lawrence ami opening on tha New EDgland coast in laUcode 
iO," as on the map of Lok.» At the mouth of this strait, in Molyii«uA 
map, " C. de Gamaa," or Stag Cape, is laid down, '■ Claudia," or WoA 
Island, being opposite ; thug identifjiDg the " Sing Cape " with Cupe Cod^ 
BO called, perhaps, for the first time, though the name was every way «► 
propriateou account of the ahuudaiice of deer. Far eastward, beyond IBB 
Bay of " Menan,"t is a large buy. evidently intended for the Bay of Fan* 
dy. Southward of Cape " Gamas " is the Hudson, " R. de R. Anlonto," 
though Sandy Hook is poorly ilelineated. The improvement of the map of 
MolyneuK over his globe of 1592 is very gigniftcaot and inati-uetive. 

The " new map," as well as the work of Linschoteu, must huve be«a iB 
the handa of Bartholomew Gosnold when he sailed do hia voyage in IfiOS. 
This brings ua to the reputed " Discoverer" of Cape Cod.t and recalb ihl 
&ct that Mr. Bancroft, in speaking of Gusnold, eays, '^ Cape Cod wu Oa 
first spot in Mew England ever trod by Englishiaen."§ This, ueverthdeu, 
is untrue, as other Kuglishmen were on the eoa»t of New England long b*- 
fbre. Noria it probable that Gosuold was the first Englishman who huidad 
npon the Cape.|| Still. Gosuold is popularly credited aa the " Discovorer." 
Upon what, then, is his claim based ? The answer has already beeJi giTOBi 
BS the Cape had been well known to geographers ever since the time el 
Verrazano and Gomez. Under the circumstauces, the aiivancement of Gofr 
nold in this connection is a little curious. 

Fii'st of all, it ahontd be noticed that Gosnold made no claim for hiiB> 
aelf. It is simply recorded that he gave the present name to the Ciip» 
On the other haud no e:irly writer made any claim on his behalf. It is troa 
that, in 1609, when Hudson was on the coast. Jnet, his pilot, wrote in tbs 
jonrnal, " This is that headland which Captaine Bartholomew Gosnold £»• 
covered in the year 1602, and called Cape Cod."Tr Juet, however, uses tU> 
word, not in the modern sense, but simply to convey the idea of exploration 
or survey. This was the common use of the word in English. In the ooo* 
tinental languages it was employed in the same way. The failure to apptv- 
date this fact has led to blunders.** Verrazano says that he " discovered" 
(diaeoperto) countries that all the world knew were discovered id the mod> 
em sense, that is found, many years before. Thus also Barlow '' disoovered* 
Virginia in 1S84, at a time when the region was already famous ; while tin 
Dutch in IGIi "discovered" portions of New England well depicted io 
the published French maps of 1609 and 1613. All such writers aa Monit 
(Morton), Smith, Bradford, Itosier and Joaselyn, use the word " disoover " 
ID the sense of to explore or survey. Hubbard kept up the usage, and tta 
general signification was always understood. Juet simply meant to uy, 

■ Allefaasce wsa of tbo opinloa itinl ilio Penobscot ran Io tlic St. LswretiL's. Sea, alsn^ 
Lok'l toap fn " Verrssaiio the ExplonT." anil in "' Divcra Voysgrs." Smilh ptoliilblri*- 
tened to this feuareof Molyneux'a map nhero he ssyi tliot " New Knglnnd U no UMnd." 
" AdverHscments," p. 20. 

t Haklu.vt snd olbea knew orManan. Seo MaM. Coll., s. 3, vol. illl. pp. IU5-S3. Tttajf 
pmbably had their Inform alion from English coyogcrsi At wliale's Cuvu iu Omud Hodm 
copper la Ibmitl on the lUTftiCT lu-dnr. 

I On Ooinold's vofue, wliich wm sn iinanihorised vcntuii'. I ■■ i.;iii.' i . ii.. .■.inrn(»- 
lioaorijls cargoli/BlT Wn1Ci>rRiilesii,see Uie>Dtlior'iartK'!i in' ' lit.ISTS. 

{The Cenlonnlal EdlHon of his History, I. p. 33. Al>r>Fi> i.'t 19. 

I Sec Inuwlaetton to Blulinp White's Memoirs of Ihi- Prcii.-i ■ ii, pp. 

Tilt, intl Ix., ed. ISSO. Prior to 1M3. atloost two Engllih exv'^li -'-'-'"i i'' -Ni^ibt- 

(ween Novn Srotia atid Capo Cod. This Kiiltjrci, liowevi-r. k rc^i-rvi-n ror scp^inita ireo- 
ment. It is possliile. also, that Hartiii Frotilshur Elghted Csjie Cud in liSli, nhvu MiiUflf 
borne from Virginia. 

5 The Haktiui Sodety'a Henry Hudson (Asher), p. 68. 

•• Bee " Verratano tbe Explorer," p. 39. 



1881.] Cabo de Baxos. 55 

ttftl this was the headland which Gosnold examined. If he had said more, 
Jnet woald have proved that he was badly informed concerning the pub- 
lished maps and relations. 

In this coDnectioD the claims of the Dutch have never been attended to 
nffidently. Let us hear, therefore, the report of the Board of Accounts 
OD New Netherlands, dated Dec. 15, 1644, taken from the archives at the 
Hague. It is said : 

''New Netherland, situate in America between English Virginia and 
Kew England, extending from the South river, lying in 34 J degrees, to 
Cape Malabar, in the latitude of 41^ degi*ees, was first frequented by the 
inhibitants of this country in the year 1598, and especially by those of the 
Greenland Company, but without making any fixed settlements, only as a 
•belter in the winter. For which purpose they erected on the North and 
South Rivers there two little forts against the incursions of the Indians.*'* 

Mr. Brodhead puts this statement in a foot note, and says that '' it needs 
eoiifirmation.*'t The confirmation, however, is at hand, though it is not 
fixmd exactly where one would look for it. Nevertheless, Bradford says, 
B his letter to Sir Ferdinando Gorges, of June 15, 1627, that the Dutch 
ODthe Hudson ''have used trading there this six or seven and twenty 
jetn,*' adding, they " have begun to plant there of later tirae.*'t Brad- 
fnd was certainly competent to speak on this subject, lie lived in Holland 
io 1608, and thus had opportunities for becoming acquainted with Dutch 
Mterprise, while his own interests would prevent him from making any over 
itotement. It must be conceded, therefore, that the Dutch were thus 
etriy at the Hudson ; and, as the way home lay along Cape Cod towards 
the banks of Newfoundland, they must have been familiar with the region. 
Hie Hudson was their central point for the trade in peltry, and thence 
they ranged the coast far and wide. They did not publish their operations, 
which would have defeated their plans, but they went back and forth quietly 
collecting their gains, being contented witli the solid profits. 

If any additional evidence were wanted, it could be found in connection 
irith AUefonsce, who was on the coast near the year 1542. In his narra- 
tive it was described as " a cape which is high land, and has a great Island 
and three or four small ones." The reference here appears to be the Eliza- 
beth group, possibly in connection with Nantucket. Eastward of the 
Cape was the River of Norumhega, and south-westerly was the Hudson, 
**a great river of fresh water," in trout of which lay Sandy Hook, dejscribed 
as an '• island of sand.*'§ AUefonsce knew well the " mighty headland " 
of Gosnold. where " Highland '* Light now stands. 

Regarding Gosnold himself, it is clear that he understood the situation 
when he came upon the coast. As the " Concord " approached the tei^ 
minus of the Cape, Archer wrote : 

" The fifteentii day we had again sight of land, which made ahead, be- 
ing as we thought on an island, by reason of a large sound that appeared 

• N. Y. Col. Doc., i. 149. 
t Hi!«lorv. i. 35. 

♦ Maj^s. Coll., iil. 67. The Dutch, however, in 1721, hesitated to " impeach the rights of 
the £ii^ii8h." Col. Mss., vol. i. 

^ A full copy of the manuscript of AUefonsce, so far as it relates to America, was made 
for the writer under the Fupervij^ion of the late M. D'Avezac; and as he hoiu's some day to 
publish the tnmhlution, the subject is here simply touched upon. The extracts already pub- 
Ikhcd were drawn from the copy thus obtained. Tliis extract, however, is from the printed 
work. 



56 



Cabo de Baxoa. 



[Jan. 



wMtn-nr^ between it and the loaia, for coming to the west end tUereof^ 
we did perceive a large opening, we called it Shoal Hope."" 

Again lie fiaya, on the twenty-firet, while coasting along the outside of 
the Cn|K! lo the southward, that they saw what they supposed to be tin 
" end " of the water takeu for " a large sound," and the narrative sayh 
that finding " there were but three fathoms a league off, we omittol to 
make Cunher discovery of the same, calling it Shoal- Uope."t 

But why did they apply the name of " Slioal Hope ?" First, why did 
they use the word '' Hope ?" The answer is at hand. In the language o( 
that period, the term " Hope " indeed had its modern significaiion, but to 
this was added another and a geographical meaning, being equivalent to tl 
opening in the hills. The term, as used in the narrative, had a double aig- 
niGcation. Gosnold was ou the lookout for a passage through the land (o 
the Indies. As late as 1660 the land separating the Atlantic from iba 
Pacific was supposed lo he only about two hundred and fifty milest wide. 
When Gosnold saw the open water, he thought he had what, in tnodern 
parlance, is sometimes called '* a fair show." lu the tracts appended to 
the narrative of Gosnold's voyage, among the reasons urged in favor of 
exploration was, that some voyage would yet " conduct us to the hope* 
that men do greedily thirst aller," and to a '' way to be made part over- 
land and part by rivers and lakes into the South Sea unto Cathay, Chink 
and those passing rich countries lying in the east parts of the world." 

Hakluyt, in setting forth *' Inducements " for the voyage " in 40 and U 
degrees of latitude," appended to Brereton, mentions as his liflh, "a great 
possibility of further discoveries of other regions from the norili part of tha 
some laud by sea," thus giving the trade to ibe Indies. 

This was the beautiful dream of Gosnold aud all the men of his time. 
Dermer, whenat New York, in IG19, where Hudson vainly searched in 1609, 
fondly lietieved that he had reacbeii tlie gatewiiy to the east. It wiui every 
way fitting, therefore, to call what appeared to lie a water gate through tm 
land a "Hope." The term was perfectly inlelligilile to the geographen 
of the time. But why the "Shoal" Hope? This leads to the statement 
that Gosnold seemed to know his graun<l ; as before any shoal water ii 
tnentioned he applies the name of " Shoal Hope," while afler the shallow 
water is found he conlirms the name. It would appear that he had the great 
■hoal in mind, and, knowing that he was near it, employed the equivalent 
of the Bases that he had seen on the maps of Wytfliet. and read about oa 
the English page of Linschoten Others had found nothing to boast ol or 
to assure their courage in passing along this region, but it would Mem 
almost as though Gosnold desired to siguali/e his visit to this place, by eon- 
necting it with something unique. 

That he knew his position is evident. He had come forth on this ray- 
age with the letter of Verrazauo in his hand.S and was iu search of too 
region where the Islaud of I.uibu lay, on islaud nhich, as *' Claudia," warn 
depicted near the Cape of Gamas on the map of Molyueux. It was tli« 
"situation in fourtie degrees" that Carlisle desired to colonize in IJ 
It was the exact region that Sir Humphrey Gilbert sailed for on hii 

• Mns9. Coll.. rer. 2, vol. tHL. p. 74. 

t IMcl.p, 75. Luwra "SounU" was eu I led " Ooatjold's Hope." 

!■■ VcrriuBno the Eiplorcr," p. 67. 
See iLio proof In the Reoistkk, 1879. Also note the fact that Arcber *._.... 
deillnatlun of Uie voviige as " our paruosed ulsce." Mats. CoU., e. 3, voL lOL p, 1 
g Hakluyt, llLlSt. 



1881.] Caho de Baxos. 57 

voyage. This Hakluyt declares when he prints upon the margin of his 
page which refers to Claudia, *' The countrey of Sir II. G. Voyage."* The 
old "sirtis" of Verrazano, therefore, crops out in connection with the 
hope of a route to the opulent Cathay through what is now the territory 
of Massachusetts.! He gave the name of Cape Cod to the cape, possibly, 
ID a merry mood, as the cod took so readily to his bait. Bradford gives a 
tolerable resume of the subject when he writes: 

" A word or two by y* way of this cape ; it was thus first named by Cap- 
ten Grosnold and his company, An^: 1602, and after by Capten Smith was 
caled Cape James ; but it retains y* former name amongst sea-men. Also 
y* point which first showed those dangerous shoulds unto them, they called 
Pointe Care, and Tucker*s Terrour : but by y* French and Dutch to this 
day call it Malabarr, by reason of those perilous shoulds and ye losses 
thev have suffered there.*'t 

But though the English sailors relished the name given by Gosnold, it 
did not immediately pass into geography. In 1603, Wytfliet published ano- 
ther edition of his work, as already observed, contiiining the map of loQ?, 
with the Cape indicated as ** Baxos," and in its proper place, in opposition 
to Mercator. 

In lo05 Champlain came to the Cape, and he says that he named it 
" Cape Blanc," since it contained sands and dunes which had a white ap- 
pearance.§ On one of his maps, however, he calls it " C. Mallebare," the 
bad shoal, or Baxos. 

In 1608, the Fascicvlvs Geographicvsl lays down " C. Baixo" where 
Cape Cod should l>e, while the *' B. de ensenuda " or Bay of Fundy stands 
in its proper position between *'Baixo" and Cape '* de Breton." Where 
the Hudson should appear there is an indication of habitations, and a river, 
with the word " Comakee." Sandy Hook is not found under any name ; 
while the name of that Cape, " de las Arenas," is attached to the region 
of Cape Hatteras, with Virginian names standing northward of it. No 
new English map had appeared since that of 1 600 ; though the next year 
L»escarl>ot published his Nouvelle France, with a map of the coast, giving 
Cape Cod feebly defined as " Malebarre." 

In 1609, after landing on Cape Cod, and passing a night entangled in 
the ancient Baxos, Henry Hudson went southward and reached the Hud- 
sou. All his movements indicate that he knew of the river previously 
through Smith, and that his object was to explore with reference to a route 
to the Indies.? 

• " DiTcrs Voyages," p. 64. Haklnyt clearly knew that Mercator gave the wrong lati- 
tode as wdl as wrong name to the Ii>land. 

t The jitniit passing westward from Cape Gamas was, possibly, suggested hy Long Island 
Sound, which had not been explored, and which might have been regarded as mnning to 
the St. Lawrence. 

♦ Mass. Coll., 8. 4, voL iii. p. 77. 
{ (Euvres, ii. 64. 

I •* Fascicvivs geo^raphicvs Complectens praecipvarvm totivs orhis Regionnm tabnlaa 
drciter centam. \\\k cum carundem Enarratlonibns," &c. Coin am Rein Bey lohan Bux- 
cmachcr. MDCVIIL fol. U. 

% The Dutch tlicmsclves declare that Hudson proposed two things to his crew, the first 
of which was to ** proceed on the latitude of 40 degrees to the coast of America, being 
chicflv moved to this by letters and charts which one Captain Smith had sent him from Vi^ 
ginla." N. York Coll.. s. 2, vol. ii. p. 369. Juet, the pilot, must have had the letter of Ver- 
razano before him in Haklnyt's version, as was the case with Oosnold. Juct says, "The 
land is very pleasant and high,'* and Verrazano says " a very pleasant place among cer- 
taine stecpe hilles " ; and while the former speaks of the harl>or as ** an open sea," and ** a 
good hnr(K>nr for all windes/* the latter says it was a " pleasant lake,** and ** well fensed 
from the winde.** Asher's Hudson, p. 78, and *' Divers Voyages," p. 63. 

VOL. XXXV. 6 



58 Cabo de Baxoa. [Jan. 

Magnin, in 1611, pays no attention to Oo^nold, and, to illustrate his text, 
uses a map like that of 1G03. Mer(;aU)r*H <{ouble representation of the 
Island of Louisa, under the names of *• Claud ia " and " Briso," are still 
retained and put in latitude 44®, east of the Penobscot ; but eastward of 
the Penobscot is " Cap Hondo,** or Cape Sable, intended for the mouth of 
the Bay Hondo ; while in a south-westerly direction, where it belongs, is 
" C. Baixo.'** . 

In 1613 Champlain published his work, but paid no attention to Gos- 
nold. He does not even mention him. The Dutch " Figurative map " of 
1614, first shows Cape Cod fairly delineated, but the map remained unpub- 
lished until recent times. The English surveys are not indicated, though 
French names translated into Dutch are taken from Lescarbot and Cham- 
plain. This map represents genuine work by the Dutch, who examined 
the cape carefully, and called Plymouth Harbor " Crane Bay.*'t On this 
map Cape Cod is " Staten hoeck,** and Sandy Hook is ** Sandpunt.'* " C. 
Mallebarre *' is attached to the shoals out at sea. 

Cape Cod does not appear in any published map a$ Cape Cod until Sir 
William Alexander published his map in 1624. This map does not include 
the region of Sandy Hook, though the Bay of Fundy is called *' Argal's 
Bay.**t The map of New P^ngland made by the English, however, did not 
prove very serviceable to some navigators. When off the Cape, in 1605, 
Waymouth*s chronicler says, " We found our sea charts very false, putting 
land where none is.*'§ Gosnold, it would appear, did not improve the car- 
tology. Though Smith directed Hudson to search in latitude 40® N., on 
this point he is very emphatic, saying : 

" I have had six or seauen plats of those Northern parts, so vnlike each to 
other, and most so differing from any true proportion, or resemblance of 
the Countrey, as they did me no more good, then so much waste pa()er, 
though they cost me more.**|| Smith, in his own map, published in 1616, 
calls the Cape " Cape James.'* 

The Mercator of Hondius, in 1619, ignored the explorations of Gosnold 
and Champlain, but they put the ancient Baxos in its proper place west of 
the Penobscot, Hondius thus correcting his master, while " C. Hondo** is 
applied to the region of the Bay of Fundy. The latitudes on this map cor- 
respond with Mercator*s of 1569, and dissent from those of Wytfliet and 
Magnin, which put Claudia near 44° W. Another map from Hondius* 
given by Purchas in 1625, corresponds with the representation of Baxos in 
1619. In the same volume Purchas gives a map of New England, which 
was an improvement upon Alexander*8, and with Cape Cod well delineated 
in the modern way, and with its present name.lT 

• " Ilistoire Vnlversclle des Indes Occidcntalcs," &c. A Dovay : Chez Francois Fabri. 
L'an 1611, p. 95. 

t This was prohably the work of De Witt and Volckertscn, 'of »« the Little Fox " and 
"the Crane," in 1613. Brodhcad's •*Ncw York," p. 46 and 757. O'Callaghan'a "New 
York," vol. !., and Doc. Hist. N. York, i. 13. 

1 Encouragements p. 216. 

6 Mass. Coll., 8. 3, vol. viii. p. 131. It may be observed here, that De Bry, In 1619 and 
1624, has maps without Cnpe Cod. 

y Smith, in his Description of New England, London, 1616, after speaking of the work 
of Gosnold, Waymouth and others, says, *' I must entreat them to pardon me . . . if 
I offend in saying that their true descriptions are concealed, or neuer well obser\'ed, or died 
with the Authors : so that this Coast is yet still but euen as a Coast vnknowno and vndit- 
couered." Boston reprint, p. 22. 

H Pilgrimes, ill. 857-53, and vol. iv. p. 1873. In the answers found in the " One Ilandred 
Prize Questions" ^Montreal, 1880), the name of the Bay of Fundy is incorrectly dedaced 
from " Fond de la Bale Frangoise.** See " Verrazano the Explorer," p. 38. 



1881.] Margaret Locke^ wife of Oov. Willoughby. 59 

ComiDg to the year 1633, we find that the Mercator of Hondias dismisses 
Baxos to the limbo of geographical antiquities. The word had done its 
work for the time, and Gosnold^s term, " Cape Cod," superseded all other 
names. Nevertheless, *'Cabo de Bazos" is now drawn out of its obscu- 
ritj and sent forth into the world to perform a duty too long delayed, and 
to witness to the honorable and adventurous activity of men who braved 
the danger of Verrazano*s " sirtis " half a century before Bartholomew 
Goenold coasted our rugged shores. 



THE DESCENT OF MARGARET LOCKE, THIRD WIFE OF 
DEPUTY GOVERNOR FRANCIS WILLOUGHBY. 

By Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL.D., of London, England. 

[In the Register for January, 1876, was printed an account of 
the Willoughby family, by Isaac J. Greenwood, Esq., of New 
fork, who gives, among other notes from the will of Margaret, the 
third wife of Deputy Governor Willoughby, the following, viz. : 
that she left "to her sister Elizabeth Lock £100, due her out of 
rents in England.^ This sentence, meeting the eye of Col. Chester 
of London, threw a flood of light upon what had long been a gene- 
alogical mystery to him. In working out the family history of 
Mr. P. A. Taylor, M.P. for Leicester, his intimate friend, and a 
warm friend to the United States, descended from Daniel Taylor, 
a wealthy merchant of London, a great Cromwellian, and one of 
the Commissioners' of Customs durinor the Commonwealth, Col. 
Chester found that Daniel Taylor married a second wife named 
Margaret ; and after many years he discovered that she was a daugh- 
ter of William Lock, of Wimbledon, Surrey, Gent., and found rea- 
son to suppose, from some of the family papers, that she had re-mar- 
ried a Willoughby. The sentence above quoted from Margaret 
Willoughby 's will gave the needed clew, and opened a place for her 
in the Lock pedigree, wliich Col. Clicster had already drawn up, 
including "all the Locks who ever lived in England." The follow- 
ing abstract of these researches of our learned fellow-countryman was 
kindly sent by him to Mrs. Salisbury, wife of Prof. Edward .E. 
Salisbury, of New Haven ; and is by her contributed to the Reg- 
ister, with some few notes added by her husband. Mrs. Salisbury 
is a lineal descendant, both on the side of her father Judge Mc- 
Curdv, and that of her mother Sarah Ann Lord, of Lvmc, Conn., 
from Gov. Willoughby by his third wife Margaret, through their 
daughter Susannah, wife of Nathjiniel Lynde, of Saybrook, Conn., 
a brother of the first Chief Justice Benjamin Lynde, of Massa- 
chusetts. 

The paper here published, while interesting to a wide family-cir- 
cle, cannot fail also to attract the notice of students of our colo- 



60 Margaret Loche^ wife of Gov. Willoughby. [Jan. 

nial history, to whom the name of Gov. Willoiighby must have be- 
come familiar. Col. Chester's authorship will give it additional 
value for comparison with the " Historical Account of the Locke 
Family in England," reprinted from the " Gentleman's Magazine " 
for 171)2, Vol. 62, which is appended to the " Book of the Lockes" 
by John Goodwin Locke, a member of the New England Historic, 
Genealogical Society, published at Boston in 1853. Prof. Salisbury's 
notes give some additional details respecting certain persons of 
the name in P^ngland, drawn from this last named work, and point 
out a difference or two between the two statements. But Col. Ches- 
ter's paj)er will be found distinguished by a completeness and tho- 
rough nee?s, genealogically considered, beyond comparison with the 
older account.] 

I. WiUiam Locke (Lock, Lok, or Loke, as the name was indifferently 
spelt in early tiinos) had two sons, viz., John Locke, citizen and mercer of 
Loiulon, who died in 1510, leaving no issue, and 

IL Thomas Lorke, also citizen and mercer of London, who died in 1507. 
By his wife Joanna Wilcocks, of Rotheram, co. York, who died in 1512, and 
was huried with her hushand in Mercer's Chapel, he had an only sou, viz., 
III. >ir William Lacke^ Knight, Alderman of London, who was born 
about 1480, as he was admitted to the freedom of London, at the end of his 
api)ronticehhi]), in 1507. He succeeded to his father's business and estate, 
and became an eminent tradesman and citizen. He received the royal ap- 
pointment of ISIercer to King Henry VIIL, with whom he was an especial 
favorite,* having a key to the King's Private ChamlKjr, and occasionally 
enti^rtaining him at dinner at his house in London. There are records 
in exisienct) showing materials furnished by him to the royal household, in- 
cluding Queen Anna Boleyn and the Princess, afterwards Queen, Eliza- 
beth, as also Will Somers, the King's Jester. After being several years 
an alderman, he was elected Sheriff of London in 1548, and was knighted 
on the ;5d of October in that year, but died before it was his turn to become 
Lord Mayor. 

Sir William Locke married four wives : 

1st. Alice, daughter of a citizen and fishmonger of London named 
Speneer, who has not yet been identified. She died in 1522, and was 
buried in Piercers' Chapel. 
2d. Catherine, daughter of William Cooke, of Salisbury. She died in 
childbeil of her eleventh child (Sir William's twentieth) 14 Oct., 1537, 
and was buried at Merton. in Surrey. 
Sd. PLleanor, witlow of Walter Marsh. They were married at St. Law- 
reiK-e. Old Jewry, London, 1.3 May, 1540, her first husband having 
been buried there the preceding 20th of January. She died in 1546, 
havin«r had no issue. 
4th. Elizabeth, widow of Robert Meredith, citizen and mercer of Lon- 

♦ In tlie 2otl» year of Hvnrv VIII., William Locke "undertook to go over to Dunkirk 
Rii«l pull clown the iK)pr's hull which hail heen there posted up hy way of n curse to the 
KiM«r:iJMl kinir<l«»in. h'or this exploit the Kinjj granted him a freehold of £100. per annum, 
duhhod him Uni^'ht, and made him (me of the gentlemen of his privy chamber." The 
iTo t— '» A hand ppr. holdintr up a cushion or"— given hy Burke to the Locket*, with t|)e 
pliHld docrihed hy Col. Chester at the end of this paper, probably symbolizes tbU ex- 
ploit as an upholding of the Protestant pulpit. 



1881.] Margaret LocJee^ wife of Gov. Willoughby. 61 

don, and formerly wife of Hutton. Their marriage-license was 

granted 28 January, 1547-8, her husband Meredith having been bu- 
ried at St. Lawrence, Jewry, 9 Jan., 1546-7. She survived Sir Wil- 
liam Locke, having no issue by him, and was buried in Mercers' 
Chapel, London, 5 Dec, 1551. The curious feature of this marriage 
was that she was the second wife and widow of Sir William Locke's 
own son-in-law, Robert Meredith having first married a daughter of 
Sir William by his first wife, as will be seen hereafter. 
Sir William Locke died at the age of about 64, on the 24th, and was 
Imried in Mercers' Chapel 27 August, 1550. (In the " Diary of Henry 
Machyn," published by the Camden Society, will be found an account of his 
barial, at page 1, and at page 12 an imperfect one of that of his last wife.) 

By his second wife, Catherine Cook, Sir William Locke had eleven child- 
ren, viz., Dorothy, Catherine, John, Alice, Thomazin, Francis and a seC" 
ood John, of none of whom is there anything of particular interest to re- 
cord. The first two married tradesmen in Loudon, and the others died 
without issue. 

Elizabeth, one of the daughters, married, first, Richard Ilill, citizen and 
mercer of London, and second, after his death in 1568, the Right Rev. 
Nicholas BuUingham, Bishop of Worcester. By her first husband she had 
thirteen children, one of whom, Mary, married Sir Thomas Moundeford, 
aod was mother of Bridget, who married Sir John Bramston, Lord Chief 
JoBtioe of the King's Bench. 

Rose, another of the daughters, married, first, Anthony Hickman, of Lon- 
don, £sq., and second, Simon Throckmorton, of Brampton, co. Hunting- 
ton, Elsq. By her first husband she was ancestress of the Earls of Ply- 
month, their grandson Dixie Hickman having married Elizabeth, eldest 
dsQghter of Henry, fifth Lord Windsor, and had a son Thomas, who suc- 
ceeded his uncle (by limitation of tlie patent) as seventh Lord Windsor, 
and was created Earl of Plymouth, 6 Dec, 1G82. The title became ex- 
tinct only on the death of the eighth Earl, 8 Dec, 1843.* 

Of the son8,t Michael Locke became a merchant of eminence in London, 
and was twice married : first, to Joane, (lau<j;hter of William Wilkinson, 
Sheriff of London, and second, to Margery, widow of Dr. C'sesar Adelmare, 
by whom she was the mother of the celebrated Sir Julius Caisar. Michael 

• This danphtcr of Sir William Lock e, in certain "memoires" originally inserted in a 
family Bihie, and long carefully preserved in the femnle line of her desc:*ndants, " says that 
in the tvme of her tir.-^t hnsljand, Anthony Hickman, after the death of Edward the'Sixth, 
Queeu Mary chunginge the relligion, her husband and her elder brother Thomas Lock, be- 
in^ merchants and partners, they lined to geathcr and sheltrcd manic of the godlie 
preacluTS in iheire house ; but the Queen inioyninge all lo come to mass, and persecutinge 
the rtfuscrs, they were forced to let them goe, giuing them monie ; she mentions Hooper, 
Fox, Knox, and'one lleinger. for which her husband and brother beinge questioned before 
the coinmiHsioners (she calls them high commissioners) were committed close prisoners to 
the Klecte, and then »hee tells how they gott out ; . . . . after which she says her husband 
went to Antwerpe, tooke a house there at 40 pounds rent, sent for her, but she being with 
child could not goe, but went into Oxfordshire to a gentleman's house . . . wher she was 
deliocrcd ; names not the child . . . but says she went to Cranmer, Latimer and Ridlic, 
prisoners then in Oxford, to know whether she might christen her child in the Popish man- 
ner. They answered her that baptisme was the least corrupted in that church, and there- 
fore »hc might . . . but she says she put sugar instead of salt itito the handkercher which 
wm* to t»c deliuercd vuto the priest, after which she went to Antwerpe to her hu«iband, left 
2 boiiHrs of her husband's, well furnished, one in London, another at liumford, taking noe- 
tbing hat one feather bed "... etc. 

t This is in conformity with the statement of the •' Gentleman's Magazine," and not with 
that of tlie author of the *' Book of the Lockes," who conjectured that this Michael wiui a 
knUher rather than a ton of iSir William. From Michael was descended^ iu the fourth 
genermtion, the philosopher John Locke, born Aug. 29, 1(332. 

VOL. XXXY. 6* 



62 Margaret Locke^ wife of Gov. Willo%ighby. [Jan. 

Locke had by his first wife five sons and three daughters, the eldest ol 
whom, Zachary Locke, Esq., died in 1 603, being then Member of Parlia- 
ment for the Borough of Southwark. 

The interesting fact in the history of Michael Locke is that he was the 
original patron of the celebrated Sir Martin Frobisher in his earliest expe- 
ditions.* He was living as late as 161L 

The other son, Henry Locke, was also a citizen and merchant of London. 
He married Anne Vaughan, and had issue a daughter Anne, who married 
Robert Moyle, of Cornwall, whose descendants intermarried with the St 
Aubyns and Prideauxs, among the best families in that county ; and two 
sons, viz., Michael, to whom the historian Hakluy t left a legacy in his will ; 
and Henry Locke (or Lok), a poet of some note in his day, an edition oi 
whose scarce productions was issued in 1871 by the Rev. Dr. Grosart 
(nearly the whole of the biographical introduction to which I had the plea- 
sure of furnishing, and which upset all the conjectures and theories ol 
previous writers). 

We now return to the children of Sir William Locke by his first wifia 
Alice Spencer, who were nine in number, eight sons and one daughter, viz. 

William, Peter, Richard, and William, the first, second, fourth and 
fifth sons, all died in infancy or childhood, before their mother. Philip, the 
seventh son, died in 1524, unmarried. £dmund, the sixth son, lived until 
1 ;34.3, but died unmarried. One of the old heralds added to the entry ii 
one of the visitation-pedigrees : '* He died for love of Sir Brian Tuke'i 
daughter." 

Matthew Locke, the eighth son and youngest child, but second surviving 
was a citizen and mercer of London, and married Elizabeth Baker, bj 
whom he had an only daughter Elizabeth, who married Richard Candler 
Esq., and had an only daughter Anne, who married Sir Ferdinando Hey- 
borne, Kt., one of the Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber to Queen Eliza- 
beth. Matthew Locke die<i in 1552. 

Joane (or Jane, for she is called both), the only daughter, married Rob- 
ert Meredith, citizen and mercer of London, who, after her death, remar 
ried Elizabeth Ilutton, widow, who in turn, after his death, remarried Sii 
William Locke, father of his first wife. PVom this Robert Meredith and 
Jane Locke descends the present Earl of Romney, through their daughtei 
Mary, who married Richard Springham, whose daughter Magdalen ma^ 
ried Thomas Marsham, whose son was Sir John Marsham, Baronet, whose 
grandson was created Lord Romney in 1716, whose grandson was created 
Earl of Romney in 1801. 

We return now to the third son, but eldest and only surviving child, o) 
Sir William Locke, by Alice Spencer, his first wife, viz. : 

IV. Thomas Locke, who was born on the 8th of February, 1514-15, 
and became, like his fathers, a citizen and mercer of London. He married 

• In the Cottonijin Librar>' is a MS. written by ihij* Michael Locke, in which he says that 
at tlie nge of thiileen ** he was sent over tlie seas to Flanders and France, to lenm theii 
lnnj;ungi'R, and to know the worliJ, since wliich time he has continued these 32 years to t» 
vel in l)ody and mind, following his vocation in the trade of merchandize, pa^fling tbrougt 
many countries, had tlie charge of and captain of a great ship of more tiian 1000 tons, tbrei 
years in divers voynges; and that he has more than 200 sheets of MSS. of bis travels." 

Hakluyt's Voyages contain a •• Hi>tory of Sir Martyn Frobishere*s Voyage for the Dii* 
covery of a Passage towards Cathay, in 1^74, written by Michael Locke, Locke bimsel 
1)cing'a great adventurer therein :" and Hakluyt speaks tbus of the map: **Tae mappeii 
master Michael Locke's, a man tor his knowledge in divers languages, and especially ii 
cosmographie, able to do his country good, and worthy in my judgment, for the manifoldi 
good partes in him, of good reputation and better fortane." 



1881.] Margaret LocJce^ wife of Gov, Willoughby. 63 

19 JaD., 1544-5, at St Peter's, Cheapside, London, Mary, daughter of 
Simon Long, of the Isle of Wight, who, after his death, remarried Dr. 
Owen, and subsequently Sir William Allen, Kt., Alderman of London. In 
15o2--3 he obtained from King Edward VI. a grant of the Rectory of Mer- 
tOD, 00. Surrey, which remained in the family for about one hundred years, 
when it was sold.* His line had their residence during this period at Mer- 
too Abbey, some members of it, however, continuing in business in London. 
He died at his London house, which was in Walbrook, and was buried in 
Mercers' Chapel, 30 Oct., 1556. His issue were five sons and two daugh- 
ter!, viz., William, Rowland, Matthew, John, Thomas, Mary and Anne, 
tone of whom died before their father, and of the others no subsequent 
trtce has been found, except the third son, viz. : 

y. Matthew Lwihej who, as eldest (and probably only) surviving son, 
moceeded to the estate at Merton. He was born about 1558. He mar- 
ried Margaret, third daughter of his stepfather. Sir William Allen (his 
mother's third husband) by his first wife Joan, daughter of John Daborne, 
of Guildford, co. Surrey. He died in June, 1599, as "Matthew Locke, 
Esquire, of Merton," and was buried with his fathers in Mercers' Chapel, 
Loudon. His widow remarried Sir Thomas Muschampe, Kt., of London, 
and of Mitcham, co. Surrey, whom she also survived. She died 25 Aug., 
1624, and was buried with her first husband in Mercers' Chapel. 

Their issue were as follows : 

1. Thomas Locke, who succeeded to the estate at Merton, which he sold in 1646. 

He died about February, 1656-7, ienvin<2: a widow Jane and several children. 

2. Robert Locke, who continued the business in London, where he died. He was 

buried at St. Alpha^e, 9 Sept., 1625, and np})ended to the entry of his burial 
in the ParLsh Register are the descriptive words *^a good parishioner.*' 
By his wife Elizabeth, who was living his widow as late as 1647, he had 
four sons and three daughter?, viz., Slatthew, William, Robert, Thomas, 
Mary, Elizabeth and Margaret, of whom Thomas and Margaret died before 
their father, and William died before 1647. At this last date Matthew and 
Robert were still living, the former being then a citizen and sorivrner of 
Lr)ndon, as also Mary, married to Hugh Justice, and Elizabeth, married to 
Edward Mason. 

3. Francis Locke, who was living in 1599, but of whom I find no later trace. 

4. William Locke ^ of whom hereafter. 

5. Mary, who was still living in 16-23, wife of Edward Thrille. 

6. Elizabeth, who was living in 1599, but died unmarried before 1623. 

7. Anne, who died unmarried betwten 13 April and 23 May, 1623, and directed 

in her will to be buried in Mercers' Chapel. 

Tlie fourth son of Matthew Locke and Margaret Allen, viz. : 
VL William Locke, was sometime of Merton, and afterwards of Wim- 
bledon, CO. Surrey, his condition, as near as I can make out, being that of 
a country -gentleman in comfortable circumstances. He married Su^<anna, 
one t)f the daughters and coheirs of Roger Cole, of St. Saviour's, South- 
wick, CO. Surrey, Gentleman, one of the Proctors of the Court of Arches. 
In 1G2.3, the date of the Heralds' Visitation, they had only a daughter 
Mary living, from which it is evident that tlu^ marriagt; had taken place not 
^ry long l>efore. This daughter Mary probably <li<Ml young, as she was 
not named in her father's will, which was made 10 June, IGGl, and of which 
^e following is a full abstract : 

• Morton estates seem to have been held hy members of the Loekc family at an earlier 
pwidd, perhaps even as early as 1*291, certainly in 1499. The author of'*' IJook of the 
Uckc9 *• Niys he thinkH " it is evident that they Inilonged to the Lockcs before 1552, as the 
•NDQd wife of Sir William Locke was buried there, Oct. 14, 1537, and Sir William himself 
talMO.- 



64 Margaret Locke, wife of Gov. Willoughby. [Jan. 

I, William Lock, of Wimbledon, co. Surrey, Gentleman — As to the houses in 
St. Saviour's, South wark, given and bequeathed by my father in law Mr. Roger 
Cole to Susanna my wife ana her children, whereas there is an agreement between 
my children that said houses shall remain to such of them as i and their mother 
shall aopoint, on condition of my settling on the rest of them portions of a greater 
value than the divisions of said houses would amount to, which portions I have 
made good to my three eldest daughters, Hannah, Susannah and Margaret, whom 
I have bestowed in marriage, and whereas I shall lease an estate in land for Tho- 
mas m^ son, and provide otherwise for Elizabeth my daughter, I now appoint that 
five brick tenements, and another known formerly as the Gaden House, all on the 
ffround given by Mr. Roger Cole as aforesaid, shall remain to my daughter Saimh 
Lock and her heirs forever, and the two other houses in said parish, next the 
Thames, in tenure of Mr. Robert Bowes, I give to my daughter Jane Lock and 
her heirs forever — To my wife Susanna 4 brick tenements, called Beane Acre, in 
Lambeth, co. Surrey, she giving £200 thereout to my daughter Elizabeth — ^To the 
poor of Wimbledon, £3 — AH residue to my wife, whom I appoint my executrix. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 7 Jnnei 
1664, by Susanna Lock, relict and executrix. She was still living 25 Oct* 
1670, when she proved the will of her daughter Jane, ai^er which I have 
fiuled to find any further trace of her. All that I have been able to ascer- 
tain concerning their children is as follows : 

1. Thomas Locke, only son, who was still living 19 March, 1669-70, with two 

children, Henry and Susanna. 

2. Mary, who, as we have seen, evidently died young. 

3. Hannah, who married, before her father*s will, Thomas Bragne. Both were 

living 1669-70. 

4. Susanna, who married at Wimbledon, Surrey, 8 Oct., 1657, the Rev. James 

Stephenson, then the Puritiin Vicar of Martock, in Somersetshire, who was 
^ected in 16G2 (see an account of him in Palmer^s ** Nonconformists* Memo- 
rial,'' ii. 371), to whom she was second wife. She was buried at Martock, 
25 April, 1062, leaving two daughters, Susanna and Mary, who were both 
living in 1609-70. 

5. JWrtr^ore/, of whom hereafler. 

6. Elizabeth, who was still unmarried at the date of her sister Margaret's will, 

21 Aug., 1680. 

7. Sarah, who was living unmarried in 1661, but evidently died before 19 March, 

1669-70, as she was not named in the will of her sister Jane. 

8. Jane, who died unmarried. She made her wilt 19 March, 1669-70, as of Wim- 

bledun, Surrey, *' one of the dauffhters of William Locke, Gentleman, de- 
ceased." The following is a full abstract of it : 

To my dear and honourable mother Mrs. Susanna Locke, £20 — To my 
brother Mr. Thomas Locke £ 10. — To my sister Mrs. Hannah Bragne £20-^ 
io my sister Mrs. Margaret WiUoughhy £10. — To my sister Mrs. Elizabeth 
Locke £20 — To Francis and Susanna the two children of my sister Wil" 
louyhby each 50 shillings — To Susanna and Henry Locke, the children of my 
brother, and to Susanna and Mary, the children of my sister Stephenson, 
each 20 shillings — To the poor £5, at the discretion of my brother Mr. Tho- 
mas Bragne — To the poor of Wimbledcm 40 shillings — All residue to my 
mother Mrs. Susanna Locke, and I make her my executrix. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 25 Oct^ 
1670, by the executrix. 

1 have searched every possible source for the wills of the mother Su- 
sanna, aiid Thomas the sou, in vain, and, as they were not named by Mar- 
garet WiUoughhy in her will, the presumption is that they died before her. 

We now return to the fourth daughter and fifth child of W^illiam Locke 
and Susanna Cole, viz. : 

VII. Margaret I^cke, She w^as first married at Clapham, co. Surrey, 
8 August, 1654, to Daniel Taylor, a wealthy citizen and haberdasher of 
London, descended from an ancient family in Huntingtonshire, ancestor of 



1881.] Margaret Loche^ wife of Gov. Willoughby. 65 

Peter Alfred Taylor, Esq., for many years and still M.P. for Leicester. 
She was Mr. Taylor's second wife, he having buried his first on the pre- 
oeding 3d of February. He settled upon her a considerable jointure, 
and died within a year after the marriage, being buried in Tendon on 
the 20th of April, 1655. She had no issue by him. She remarried, prbba- 
Uy in London (exactly when or where it is impossible to ascertain, 
owing to the deficiencies and irregularities in parish-registers at this 
precise perio<l), certainly as early as 1659, Francis Willoughby, Esq., who 
had been some years in New England, but had returned to England, and 
was one of the two members for the borough of Portsmouth in the last 
Parliament of the Commonwealth, which assembled on the 27th of January, 
1658-9, and was dissolved on the 22d of April following. In the parish- 
register of St. Olave, Hart Street, London, is an entry that their son 
Fnuda was born 29 Feb., 1659-60. They shortly after emigrated to New 
England, and the rest of their history must there be sought. 

The maternal descent of Margaret Locke-Taylor- Willoughby was as 
follows : 

L WiUiam CoUy of Hittisleigh, co. Devon, living 1243, whose heir, 
n. Roger Cole, was of Chumicigh, in the same county, and was living as 
late as 1301, in which year he is suppased to have been slain in an ex- 
pedition against the Scotii, as also his> son and heir 

III. Roncr Cole, whose son and heir 

IV. John Cole was summoned to represent the county of Devon in Parliament 

in 1323-4, and was living in 134]. Ilis son and heir 
y. Sir John Cole, of Brixham, was in the military service, and wns knighted 
on the field, in France, 25 July, 1380. lie married Anne, daughter and 
heiress of Sir Nicholas Bodrigan, Kt., of Gorrans, in Cornwall, oy whom 
be had issue 
VI. Sir William Cole, Kt., who married Margaret, daughter of Sir Henry 
^^ B(*aiipell, Kt., and was father of 

Vil. .Rr John Cole, Kt., who attended the Duke of Gloucester at tlie hnttle of 
A<|:incourt, 25 Oct., 1415, and is su|>pa*<ed to have then received his knicrht- 

h<xxl. By his wife Agnes, daughter of Sir Fitzwarine, Kt., ho bad 

four sons, of whom the third, 
Vnr. Wiffiam Cole, had two 8(jns, the younger of whom, 

IX. William Cole, was father of 

X. John Cole, of Sudbury, co. Suflr)Ik. (Thus far the descent is from the 

elab»ratc pedigree drawn up in 1630 by William Segar, (iarter King of 
Arms. What follows is in the outline from theHeialds' Visiiatinns. but 
elaU>rated from my own rci^earchos.) lie married Elizabeth, diuighter 
of John Martyn, by whom he had five sons. Our line is through the 
fiectmd son, viz. 
XI. W'llliam Cole, of Sudbury, who married Catalina, daughter of Ferdinando 
de Gallega^, a Spaniard of noble extraction, by whom he had t\v.> sons, 
the eldest of whom died witliout issue, when the second became lieir, viz. 
XII. Rogir Cole, of St. Saviour's, Southwark, co. Surrey, who siirned the Visi- 
tation-pedigree of 1623, naming his wife as Anne, daughter of Kdward 
Maititers, of Rotherhithe, co. Surrey ; his nons Roger, Roger (the second) 
and John, as all dea<l without issue ; and his three dauglitcrs, viz., Eliza- 
beth, married to William Plaud, of L/)ndon ; Catalina, then unm. ; and 
XIII. Susanna, then wife of William Lock, oj Merlon, co. Surrey. 

It will be seen, therefore, that, Susanna Cole being a coheiress, her hus- 
band William Locke was entitled to impale her arms, which are — Argent, 
m bull passant gules, armed Or, within a hordure sable bozantee. 

The arms of Locke are — Per fesse azure and or, in chief 3 falcons volant 
of the second. 

It follows, also, that the descendants of Fmncis AVillonghby and Mar- 
garet Locke, who are entitled to bear arms, have the right to quarter these 
two ooatB. 

London, 27 Feb^ 1880. 



66 Letters of Gov. Shirley and CoL Moulton. [Jan. 



LETTERS OF GOV. WILLIAM SHIRLEY AND COL. JERE- 
MIAH MOULTON, 1744. 

Communicated by N. J. Herrick, Esq., of Washington, D. C. 

I SEND for the Register another letter of Gov. Shirley to Col. 
Pepperrell {antey xxxiv. 384). The Hon. Jeremiah Moulton, 
who signs the letter enclosing it, was colonel of the Tliird Massa- 
chusetts Regiment (see Register, xxiv. 371). An account of 
Judge Hill, to whom Moulton's letter is addressed, will be found in 
this periodical, xii. 263. 

Boston April 19*^, 1744. 

Sr. These are to Direct you forthwith to Send out Your Orders to the 
Several Commanders of the Military Companies in the Regiment under ; 
your Command to take a perfect List of all persons in their District obliged 
by Law to appear under Arms upon any Alarm and to take Effectual C^ J 
that all Such persons & all others be Compleatly furnished with Arms & Am- j 
munition according to the Directions of the Law ; And Transmit to You the \ 
Lists so taken as also an acco' how they find the persons within their Com- i 
panics provided. And thereupon You do as Soon as may be make out i < 
List of the Companies in Your Regiment — Expressing the names of the 
Commission officer only and the number of the whole ; and also that Yon 
Report to me in what Condition the Companies Generally are as to Anm 
& Ammunition — And that you take an acco' from the Selectmen of each 
Town in Your Regiment of their Town Stock of Arms & Ammunition and 
Examin them by Law and Your Lists & Inform me Immediately Partico- 
larly as to each Town how far they are Conformable to the Law in thit 
Case. Yr. friend <& Servant 

W. Shirlet. 

To Coll** William Pepperrell. 



KitteryMay 14»M744. 
Dear Sr. 

The above is a Copy of a Letter I Received but last Friday from the 
Grovern''. I would have you forthwith to Send the Same to Berwick and 
Direct each Cap* Immediately to comply with said orders and to send me a 
list of their men and how they are provided with arms & ammunition both 
the men and the Town for a Stock. I have Directed Maj** Shapleigh to 
Inquire into this Town and Do you for York and be sure to Dispatch the 
incloi^ed Letters forthwith. 

Cap' Edward Tyng Commander of the Province Galley called me out 
of my Bed last night about 12 of the Clock and Shewed me a Letter from 
Govern' Shirley that Directed him to proceed Directly to Annapolis Royal 
with a letter to Maj**' Malcoreane in a Letter that the Govern' writ to Cap* 
Tyng he saith that War was proclaimed with France. I every minute 
expect a Letter from the Govern'' of the same Contents which when I re- 
ceive you shall know. 



1881.] The Atherton Family in England. 67 

M? Desire is to meet you at Berwick Tomorrow morning. If you think 
it will not be safe to go to Phillips Town without the Troop with their 
Pistols &. Guns you may give Cap* Shapleigh orders to meet us accordingly. 

I am your assured Friend & Serv*t 

Jer. Moulton. 
To the HonW John Hill Esq'. 



THE ATHERTON FAMILY IN ENGLAND. 

Communicated by John C. J. Brown, Esq., of Boston. 

I^HE county palatine of Lancaster has always been distinguished for its 
ancient families whose names were the same as their manorial estates ; 
wme of the old families of New England were branches of them, as Stand- 
kh of Standish of which Duxbury was originally a part (represented by 
Mjles Standish, Plymouth) ; Atherton of Atherton (represented by 
Humphrey and James Atherton, Dorchester and Milton); Mawdesley of 
ILiwdesley (representee! by John and Henry Mawdesley of Dorchester), 
whose descendants in New England changed their name to IVIoseley. Some- 
times it is said that the existence of a mythical ancestor is never questioned, 
if he is stated to have been located within Lancashire in a location corres- 
ponding in name with his own, as " Simon Browne of Browne Hall," which 
is literally giving ^* to airy nothing a local habitation and a name."* 

The Record Society of Lancashire has commenced the publication of 
tDcient records, which will be of great assistance in connecting our ancestry, 
who emigrated from that county, with the long pedigrees of the line of 
eldest sons and immediate collateral relatives which have previously been 
publishe<l by the Chetham Society. 

The extract given btilow may refer to the Major Gon. Humphrey Ather- 
ton, who. upon his way home to Dorchester, after a review of the troops on 
Bost'>n Conmion, Sept. 17, 1061, was killed by being thrown from his horse, 
which stumbled over a cow Ivin<r in the road. 

** Iiiqui<<ition taken at Wiiran, 18 January, iith James — 1613-14, before Edward 
Riisbye. K(*q., Keicheator, after the death of Edmund Atherton of \Vin8tarile3', by 
oath ot R'>^>e^t Markland of Wii^an, Geiitloman, and the otlier jurors named in the 
previnus inquisition, wliosay that the Kiid Edmund was seised of a me:?sua,i^o in 
Billind;;e and 4 acres of arahle hind, 4 acres of meadow and 6 acres of pasture there- 
to beluHi^ing, which are held of Richard Fleetwood, Knt. and Bart, as hiw Barony 
of Newton, in free and common socage by fealty and a pepper-corn rent, and are 
worth per annum (clear) 20s. 

*• Edmund Atherton died 10 April last (1613) ; Humphrey Atherton, his son and 
next heir is a.<2:cd at the time of taking this Incjuisition 4 years and 3 months or 
there alx>uts.'' 

This inquisition merely indicates the lands held under the semi-feudal sys- 
tem which prevailed over a great part of tliis county ; he may liav(; owned 
absolutely in Winstanley other real estate, aii<l probably did, that town 
being designated as his liome. Both of these towns were in the j)arisli of 
Wigan ; Winstanley is described as fertile and pieturescjue ; Billiiige cover- 
ed a very large area, and was divided into two townships. About the year 
1720 a square stone building, known as the Beacon, was erected upon the 

♦ No goch place as *• Browne Hull " is known to the antiquaries of Lancashire. See Local 
GUaningB of Lanetuhire and Chethire, vol. ii. p. 293. 



68 The Atherton Family in England. [Jan. 

highest elevation of Billinge '* as a sea mark ;'* it commands a view not 
only over the Irish Sea to a very great extent, but expands over sixteen 
different counties. The whole face of the country has been greatly changed 
by the mining and quarrying operations ; the best cannel coal and material 
for scythe stones being obtained here. 

Liverpool, at the mouth of the Mersey, is the S. W. boundary of Lanca- 
shire. Following the coast-line of the Irish Sea twenty miles north, is the 
River Ribble ; if a line is then struck eastward fifteen miles and from thiB 
point southward to IVIanchester, then following the River to Liverpool, an 
area is embraced rich in coal-mines, quarries of useful stones, cotton mann- 
fisictories and iron works. Through the central part of this territory the 
Atherton family had immense possessions, which were accumulated by mar- 
rying heiresses, until it became one of the richest families of the great com- 
moners of England. 

The town of Atherton is ten miles north-west of Manchester. Here the 
family originated, and 

Robert^ de Athertox lived in the time of King John, 1199-1216.* 
He was the Shreave (High Sheriff) of the County, and held the Manor of 
Atherton of the Barons of Warrington ; his son 

William' de Atherton held the manors of Atherton and Pennington,' 
1251. Nirhohis, a cadet of the family, m. after 1327, Jane, dau. of Adam de 
Bickerstaff and heiress of that family ; Margaret Atherton^i\ie\T descendant and 
heiress, m. James the heir of the ancient and wealthy Scarisbrick family ; 
their only dau. Eliz'h m. Peter Stanley of Bickerstaffe ; their only dau. and 
heiress m. Ilenry Stanley of Aughton, a descendant of the first Earl of Der- 
by, and in this line the title is now vested. 

William' Athertox (William*) of Atherton, 1312, had wife Agnes, 
1339. Ciiildren : Henry^ ; Alexander, m. and had children William,* Ag' 
nes* Margeric* ; Margaret^ m. Otho de Ilalsall. 

Henry* Atherton of Atherton, 131G-30, m. Agnes 1387; had 

Richard,* 1333, and 

Sir William* Atherton of Atherton, Knight, 1351; m. first, Jane, 
dau. of William and sister of Sir Raphe Moberly, Kt. ; m. second, Mar- 
gerie, a widow, 1396. lie obtained permission of the bishop of Lichfield 
to have divine services within his manors. The parish church of Leigh 
stands in both townships of Pennington and West Leigh ; it is built of 
stone, and consists of a nave, side aisles and towers, with galleries on the 
North and West sides. There are two private chapels included in the 
edifice, Tidesleys to the North and the Athertons to the South. The Ath- 
ertons have a family vault within theirs, and some escutcheons hang there. 
Arms (entered in the Visitation of Sir William Dugdale, Norroy King of 
Arms, 1GG4-0): Gules, three sparrow-hawks, argent. Crest: a swan, 
argent. Another Crest: on a perch a hawk belled, proper. By first 
wife, William* had — 

Sir William* Atherton, Kt. 1381, died 1416; his wife was Agnea, 
sole d.ui. and heiress to Raphe Vernon, Baron of Shipbrokc, 1397-1407. 
They had Raphe,^ 14 1 8 ; he m. Alice ; Kathirine, m. to Robert de Long- 
ley, he not 15 years of age ; and 

Sir William^ Atherton, Knight; m. first Elizabeth, dau. of Sir John 
Pilkinton, Kt, 1400; m. second, Elinor. Children by first wife: Marga- 
ret* m. John Dutton, of Hatton, co. Cest, 1424-1454, and 

♦ All the dates given are from muniments presented to Sir William Dugdale, Norroj; 
in corroboration of the pedigree, not necessarily of births, deaths, or marriages. 



1881,] The Atherton Family in England. 69 

Sir William' Atrerton, Kt., d. before 1441 ; m. Margaret. da*i. of 
Sir John Bvron, Knij^lit ; thov had iN7f/?o/^x,' Willinm^ (oldest son m. L-u- 
h»«l l^ilderstoii ) ditMl s. p. ; Margaret, m. 14G0, John Irehiiid, Esij., of the 
Hut and Hale: and 

John* Atiieutox, Esq, d. ir)08; he m. Joh. dau, of John Warren of 
Poynton, co. Cest. 14()l) ; they had 

(»KORGK*** Atiikutox, b. 1487 ; ni. first, Anne, dan. of Richard AshtoTi, 
of Middleton, loOS ; m. seeond, Anne. dan. to Sir Thomas Butler; by 
second wife he had dau. Anne,^^ \\\. Thomas Leland ; by first wife 

Sir Jonx" Atiirutox, Knight, b. 1514; m. first, Elizalwth, dau. of 
Sir Alexander Ratcliffe, Kt., from whom he was divorced ; m. second, 
Margaret, fonrth dan. and coheir of Thomas Caterall of Catirall, l^OfJ. The 
Visitation of 1 53*3 recorded the first marriaiie and entered the Arm> — no crest 
was then in use bv the fiimilv. He die<l in l.iT.'K havini' b.'eii Ilijih Slieriff 
of Lancashire under thret? scjvereijrns, in years 1.');')!, l.'i.V), and IjCU, and 
wmmander of the Military Hundred, 15;');]. His children, all by his sec- 
ond wife, were: Marixaret ;" Elizabeth," <1. yonnir; ElizalK^th,*- m. Henry 
Bulmer ; Richard^' (second son) ; William*' (third son), ami 

John" Atiieuton, Esq., b.lo.i(); High SherilK ITiS;^; m. first, Eliza- 
iieth, dau. to Sir John Byron, Kt. ; m. siM'ond, Katharine, dau. and coheir- 
ess of John. Lonl Conyers, of Hornby Casth^; bv the seeond wife, who d. 
H March, 1G22, he had Jonx** Atiiektox of Skkltox, heir to his mother ; 
by the first wife, be3i<le Elizabeth^^^ who m. James Browne, and liachel,^* 
d. s. p. 1 64.*^, he had another son — 

John" Atiieuton op Atiikutox, Esq., buried 23 May, 1017 ; m. first, 
Gysniund, dau. to Henry Butler of Rawcliffe ; m. secon<l, dau. to Raphe 
Calvelj of CO. Cest., by whom he had Richard** AxnEKTOXof Chowbent, 
in Atherton ; by first wife he had 

John" Athkrtox of Atherton, P^sq., died 1040; m. Elianor, dau. of 
Sir Thomas Ireland of Beansev. Kt. They had : sons, I. Thomas^^ ; 
II. George^^i IV. Willifim : V/freUwd ; \L Thnmas : \\\, Raphe : and 
daughters MaryareC^ m. John Bradshavv of Bradshaw; Eleanor^* m. 
Robert Clayton of Fulwood ; an<l ^;iw^,** beside son 

John** Athertox of Atherton. Esq., Ilii^h Sheriff of Lancashire, died 
1655; m. Mary, dau. to Richard Bolde of Bolde, E^^q. They had: Elea- 
nor**; Mary^'; Joane^® : all died infants: son John,^* d. a few days after 
his father, leaving an only koii. 

In the Prince collection (Shelf TK), Xos. 43-5), Boston Public Library, 
is a volume of Sermons and Poems npt)n the death of Johti^^ Atherton, who 
die«l Jan. 17, 16o5. The yolume bears the autograph of Samuel Sewall, 
the diarist, and has an index of subject-^ in the Inunl-writing of the Rev. 
Mr. Prince. The first sermon is addressi^l to the Jmlges of the assize* 
and to the Sheriff of the county. His remarks on a ju<lge crisping his hair 

♦ By John Livcfcv, Minister of the Go<pel at Atherton. Alias Chowbcnt, prenchcil before 
Riirht'Uon. Rich.trU Newdi;r;ito anil RoIhti Uuiton, Jiul^^es of the A<Mze. . ._. . In 16^59 
Jn*\>Zfi Ncwdigatc was api»uiniecl Chief Jusiico of the Upi>er Bench ; in 1677 enaled a 
Baronet. 

Thi^ name won id interest Jmltre Saninel Sowall, !>ecanse Elizabeth and Sarah Ncwdi- 
gatc. tiHWorshippers with him at the Old t^outh Chnrch, had niarrii-d JdIhi anil l\ter Oli- 
Tf r, x-ns of the beloved Elder Thonia>; a nej^hew of theirs had aironipanietl Sewall to 
Enjriand when he went thert^ to meet Itev. Inerea'^e Mather, who had lied from (Jov. An- 
dnisV tyranny. Mather** father was born in the vieiuity of Atherton, and his bn)ther '1 im- 
oihy had married a daughter of Maj. Gen. Humphrey Atherton in Dorehester. It is likely 
that he shared the interest of the judge, and the volume may have been purchased when 
ihej were together in England. 

VOL. XXXV. 7 



70 The Atherton Family in England. [Jan. 

would have pleased Michael Wii^glesworth, — " A man that is proud and 
usetli deceit in his hair will be false on the Bench, — such a man will not 
deal truly in any good cause." Ilis savage suggestions of how Quakers 
should be punished equalled Cotton Mather's approval of the barbarities 
practised upon the so-called witches. Panegyrical poems in Latin and 
English, acrostically and anagrammatically arranged, besides others in the 
usual form, make an appendix to the sermons. The following extracts, 
which Artemus Ward would say " slopped over," are examples of the 
style. 

If birth, if name, ifplace, if children dear, 

If that fair spouse of^hine, (whose virtues rare 

Make her to be admired) if house or lands, 

Or skill, or art, or love of dearest friends. 

If prayers, or tears — which sometimes Heaven move, — 

If youth or strength, if g(X)d meD*s sighs, or love, — 

If any or if all these had l>een able 

ThouMst lived as yet ; but Death's inexorable 

It's said the day whereon thou wast interred 
Heaven did weep as tlio' it had abhorred 

bo sad a si^ht 

Only seraptiick tongues due laud can give 

To thee, great John^ too good with us to live. 

Tliy grave deportment on the bench was such 

Though young that myriads did admire it much 

A parallel husband, father, friend, brother. 

Justice or sheriff' where can you discover ? 

Such was thy temperance and sobriety 
Thy patience, prudence and dexterity 
Great Atherton the style of parasite 
I need not fear while m thy praise I write. 

Richard" Atherton. With his name the pedigree of the Lancashire 
Visitation of 1 664 ends ; it was rendered and signed for him by L. Raw- 
storne, who was probably the managing steward of the property, Richard 
was less than ten years of age when the accumulation of estates became 
his, but before he was twenty-one he had another large accession 
from his great-aunt, the widow of Sir Gilbert Ireland, whose hall was in 
Atherton ; his main possessions were in Bewsey, Penlton, Holmes and 
other towns in that vicinity. She received them from her husband, who 
died April 30, 1 675, and upon her death, which occurred July 1 , 1 675, she 
willed her whole fortune to Richard Atherton. 

John" Atherton, son of Richard, marrie<l P^lizabeth Chormondly, 
heiress of her father Robert and his wife a daughter of Sir Henry Vernon 
of Hodnet. 

Richard" Atherton, son of John, m. P21izabeth, daughter of William 
Farrini['ton, of Shaw Hall. Their only dauijhter Elizabeth was the last bora 
to inherit the name of Atherton in this line ; she married Robert Gwillym, 
their son Robert Vernon assumed the name of Atherton, married Henri- 
etta Maria Leigh, whose daughter Henrietta Maria married Thomas Powya, 
second Lord Lilford, and the whole property of the Athertons became bia. 
Thomas Atherton Povvys, third Lord Lilford, married Mary ElizalM*th Fox, 
whose mother Elizabeth Vassall (granddaughter of Florentius Vassall,* 
who left Boston in 1775) became the mistress of Henry Richard Fox, 
Loi-d Holland, while yet the wife of Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart. The 
estates are now in possession of Thomas Littleton Powys, fourth Lonl Lil- 

« N. £. Hist, and Gen. Register, vol. xvii. p. 12G; Sabine's Loyalists, &c. vol. ii. p. 385. 



1881.] TheAtherton Family in England. 71 

ford; his eldest son, Thomas Atherton Powys, was born in 1861. The 
motto of the family is appropriate : ** Parta tueri" — to maintain acquired 
possessions. Lord Lilford holds a court leet and court baron at Atherton 
tDDually on the first Thursday in November. 

The original manor house of the Athertons was Lodge Hall, which is 
DOW in ruins. Subsequently the family erected the first Atherton Hall, 
built by Richard Atherton, Esq., to which the chapel (afterward Church) 
atCliowbent was the domestic place of worship; but in 1723 they began 
an immense structure called Atherton Hall, to supersede it, upon the luxu- 
riant eminence between Leigh and Chowbent, which was completed in 1743, 
at a cost represented by our money at this time of more than $1,000,000. It 
is described, with the plans, in Vitruvius Britannicus, vol. iii. p. 89. The great 
Hall was 36 by 45 ft., and the principal apartments, some of which were never 
finished, were of corresponding dimensions. After standing a little more than 
a century, Atherton Hall was taken down by order of the second Lord 
Lilford, and the materials sold. A spacious farm house has been built 
npon the desmense, which is adorned by a lake three quarters of a mile in 
length. 

In the preceding pages the line of heirship has been followed ; the scions 
are found in the different parts of the county, all worthy representatives of 
the main stock. 

At Pemberton, in the village of Lamberhead Green, the Wesleyan 
Methoilists have erected buildings and schools to commemorate the fact 
that Rev. W, Atherton, president of the Wesleyan Conference from 1846 
to 18o0, was bom in that village, which adjoins Wiustanley, the birthplace 
of Humphrey, before referred to. 
Thomas Atherton was vicar of Chipping Parish from 1701 to 1721. 
In St. Mary's church, Prescot, five hundred years old, partly rebuilt in 
1820, is an organ, the gift of William Atherton, Esq. The church also 
contains an exul>erantly ornamented slab, upon which is this inscription : 
*• Thomas Barron of Prescot and his widow Francis dauijhter of John Ath- 
erton of Prescot died April 1751." On the south side is a splendid pro- 
duction from the chisel of Westmacoit, to the memory of William Ather- 
ton of Prescot, Esq., who died June 22, 1803, aged Gl, surmounted by the 
family coat, with the motto, " clarior tenebris." 

In 1715 a branch of the Atherton family bought one-third of the manor 
of Walton. (William Atherton was rector of St. Nicholas Church, Liv- 
erpool, in 1699, and Walton was part of his parish.) Tlie family held this 
proi)erty through three generations, John,* John,* John Joseph,' then sold 
il to Thomas Leyland, mayor of Liverpool, of which town it is now a part. 
In 1782 Richard Atherton was Guild Mayor of Preston, an ollioe filled 
once in twenty years, attended with the most s[)lendid pageants. The pro- 
viso uuder which the charter was given, in order to have the privilege of 
h^nchise, requires each would-be voter to belong to a guild and march in 
^^^ procession. Costly entertainments lasting thirty days are indulged in, 
*nd people come from all parts of the kingdom to witness the show. 

These gleanings have been gathered from the Collections of the Chetham 
Society, the works of Gregson, Baines and Britton. 

The writer has l)een asked to furnish a full list of Humphrey Atherton's 
children, which is given below, with a little preliminary matter. 

Ilie necessary information to ascertain if the Humphrey Atherton men- 
^oned at the beginning of this article was the Major General of New Eng- 



72 Grantees of Meadow Lands in Dorchester. [Jan. 

laud,* can be easily obtained by the gentleman who is colUiCtin<:j material 
for a genealogy of the New England families of this name. It is most 
probable that llnmphrey Atherton, with his wife Mary and three children, 
Jonathan, Isabel and Elizabeth, came in the James from Bristol, England, 
in lGo5. Rev. Richard Mather, in his journal of the passage, mentions 
one hundred passengers, but gives the names of few ; among them Nathan- 
iel Wale8,t whose will was witnessed by Humphrey Atherton, who was 
also mentioned in it as '* lovinjr broth(;r-in-law." Both of them assist- 
ed Mather in nurturing the first church of Dorchester into thrifty life again, 
notwithstanding so much of it had been transplanted to Windsor, Conn. 

Humphrey Atherton, born in Lancashire, England, about ; died 

Sept. 17, IGOI ; marritMl ^lary Wales, who died in 1G72. Their cUildreo, 
as appears by the SulTolk Probate Records, were : 

i. Jonathan, probably lM)rn in Endand ; was a mariner. His mother 
U.'f't him hy her will £5, if he would come for it. As he was in Bf«txi 
in 1673, ho probably to<jk it. Upon the Register of St. Peter's 
Church, Cornhill, London, under date of 1603, npfjears the marriage 
of a Jonathan Atherton, mariner (possibly this Jonathan), andSSi- 
rah lfire))re:>d. Spinster, ot KatcliiTe (Lancashire). 

ii. Isabel, probably born in England ; m. Nathaniel VVales, Jr. 

iii. KuzAiiKTU, probably Ixjrn in England; m. Timothy Mather, 1650? 

iv. CoN>n)EH, probably Ixorn in New England, m. Anne Annable, 14 Dec. 
167 L 

V. Marv. prol>ably l)orn in New England; ra. Joseph Weeks, 9 April, 
1607. 

vi. MAitfiARET, born in New England ; m. James Trowbridge, 30 Dec. 
1650. 

vii. PtiiiT. hnpt. 26 May, 16,39: m. Ohadiah Swift, 15 March, 1660-61. 

viii. Inckeasr, l)a))t. "2 Jan. 1642 ; d. at sea, Jonathan admin. Aug. 1673. 

ix. Thankful, bapt. 28 .April, 1644 ; m. Thomas Bird, Jr., 2 April, 1665. 

X. Hope (Rev.), bapt. 30 Aug. 1646 ; m. Sarali Hollister, 1674. 

xi. WATcniNO, bapt. 24 Auir. 1651 ; m. Elizabeth Rigby, 23 Jan. 1678-9. 

xii. Patilxck. bapt. 2 April, 1654; m. Isaac Humphrey, 1685. 



GliANTEES OF MEADOW LANDS IN DORCHESTER. 

C(»mmuniCiUc(J hy William B. Trask, Esq., of Boston. 

^S^'IIE followinir list of grrantces of meadow lands in Dorchester, 
JL is copied from the oriii^inal Dorchester Records, vol. i. p. 31. 

A rn<le map of the localities, made probably not later than 1637, 
may be seen on the Records ; names and quantities given below. 
The map and names were omitted in the Fourth Report of the Rec- 
ord Commissioners, recently published. 

• W«» wdmM c:uiti()ii otir roailors against assuming this coiyccinre, which i? a very pUiu- 
fihlo Olio, to W a t'.K't. — KniToii. 

t " Nifhini.'ll \y:\\v^ son of John Wah a of Tdl.' baptized Febrnirie xxvj 1.5Sr>-7.**— K^- 
ftfiTA of rfi/rfiftj, rn. York, ftlifrd bi/ Samtic! Mnrqcrison, p o2. He wa< a brotluT of Ret. 
i:ili-iii h Wales, of Trin. ('oil.. r'.ini''iri<l.i;e. " For aivounts of thi^ eclchratel nilnisiter, see 
\\U in-nn'ir hv Kcv. .lame-! Sili-s. Minh MSS. No, 44)t), in the Hrit. Mn-. ; Turner's Non- 
eonfonnirx in Mle; Rouml about Hradfjuil. \e." The etlitor snppt»H\< Nathaniel to 1)6 th« 
per-on of this name who came to New Kngland. No sister Mary is found amung the 
baptiuins. 



1881,] Oranteea of Meadow Lands in Dorchester. 



73 



The Map of the Meddows hejond the Naponset riuer and how y* is 

allotted out. 



6 

i 

8' 
9 



1 Squantoms 

2 Mr. Hill 6 D. 

3 Jo PhU [ips ?] 

4 M' Duncau 4 acres. 

5 Marehfeild 5 a 
George Way 8 acr. 

Hall 4 a. 
J. Enill 2 a. 
R. Calicot 8 a. 
io'M'Purchas 2 a. 

11 M' Richards 12 a. 

12 J. Barber 2 a. 

13 Stev. fiVench 4 a. 
HM'HUl 5 a. 

15 M' Johnson 6 a. 
IB J: Elales 4 a. 
17 Nich Vpshal 8 a. 

Al' Newbury v hows 
IS Gaping 6 a. 

19 Swifl 4 a. 

20 J. Gaping 2 a. 

21 J. Walcot [?] 2 a. 

22 Jo: Pierce 4 a. 

23 M' WarQ 6 a. 

24 M' Maverick 

25 Jos: Holy 4 a. 

26 Tho Jefreys 3 a. 

27 Roger Clap 3 a. 

28 M' Smith 4 a. 

29 C. Gibson 2 a. 

30 War. ffiler 6 a. 

31 G. Gibbs 4 a. 

32 J. 

33 N. gillet 4 a. 

34 HoUand 3 a. 

35 M' HuU 4 a. 

36 T. J. more 4 a. 

37 6 a. 
[3]8 G. Dyer 4 a. 

39 Bales, 2 a. 

40 W. Philps 6 a. 

41 Hanna 2 a. 

42 M' Piney 10 a. 

43 Denslow 3 a. 

44 WUton 5 a. 

45 Meinot 4 a. 

46 Pope 4 a. 

47 M' Hathorne 



48 Picher 4 [a] 

49 llocket 4 a. 
[50] Rositer 

5 1 Lumhert 6 a 

52 M"" Egleston 4 a 

53 Hart 4 a 

54 M' Branker 

55 T [?] Hull 6 [a] 

56 veijuer [?] 6 [a] 

57 Brins[meud] 

58 II way 
TMata- 59 M' Tery 12 [a] 

•< chuset the next wilbe out of order 

(^ Rock. \ a rock poynting to the place 

M' Way had marsh out other 
sides of that M' Tery. 

60 J. Wichfeild 4 a. 

61 M' Ilosford 2 a. 

62 M' Sention 2 a. 

63 J. Hull 6 a. 

64 T. Dewis 4 a. 

65 T. Ilolcom 3 a. 

66 G. Phillips 5 a. 

67 M' Hulbert 6 a. 

68 J. Hey den 3 a. 

69 Mathews 3 a. 

70 Grenway 3 a. 

71 M' Ilolman 

72 M"- Parker 4 a 

73 Ca[pt.] Mason 6 a. 

74 R. Elwel 3 

75 W. Rockwel 4 a. 

-j- aboue M' Roseiter ioyning to 
him M' wolcot 14 a. next m' 
wolcot 

76 w. Gay lor 6 a. 

77 T. Hach 2 a. 

78 Henery Fooks 8 a. 

79 T. Tilestone 3 a. 

80 Nuton 2 a. 

81 ancient Stoughtou 6 a. 

this runs vp between the highe' 
laud & m** Roseiter 

82 John Hill 4 a. 

83 M' Tillio 4 a. 

84 Elias Parkman 4 a. 

85 El: Pomery 6 a. 

M' Stoughton 16 a. 



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74 Wright Genealogy. [Jan. 



GKNEALOGY OF LIEUT. ABEL WRIGHT, OF SPRING- 

FIELD, MASS. 

By Rev. Stephex Wright, of Glc;-*8 Falls. N. Y. 

1. Lieut. Abkl Wkight* was found among the early settlers of Spring- 
fiel<l. Massachusetts, in the Connecticut Valley, who spent a mature life of 
seventy vears thc^e, from IGo.") to 1725, when he died at the advanced age 
of iiin(?ty-four years. Where he came from or who were his parents, I have 
been unable to asci-rtain. There were other Wright settlers in the colo- 
nies befoie him in Eastern 3Ias!>achusetts, — as Ciipt. Richard Wright^ at 
Lynn, in IG^^O; John Wrights at Woburn, in 1641; Robert WrighU at 
Boston, in lOlr), according to Dr. Savage, in his Genealogical Dictionary, 
besides others in various places of a later datti than the above named. And 
at Wetherslitdd, Conn., below Hartford, there was a Thomas Wright as 
early as lGol>, who ha<l quite a family. Also Dea. SamvA Wright was an 
early settler at Springtield about the same year, lGo9-40, who had a family 
of eight cIiildriMi, all named ; but no Abel among either of these families 
is iriven in their records. 

It is possible, if not most probable, that these last two settlers, so Dear 
each other, were brothers, and from the date of their family records, uncles 
to AIm'I Writjht, who might naturally have followed in the wake of his kins- 
man to Springlidd, at the age of twenty-four years, where he is found in 
Januarv, 1 ();'>,'>. Hence 1 can safelv bcjiin his record at that date, and shall 
endeavor to follow his line of posterity for several generations, according 
to authentic intbrmation obtained by much labor, from both town and family 
records. 

Although the town had been settled in IGoG. it was still in its infancy 
when our Altel appeared on the stage, to claim a place among his fellow men. 
I give two or three extracts from the town records of Springfield, which I 
made in November, 18Go, that read as follows: "Jan. 2, 1G55, — There is 
granted to Abell Wright^ a home lot containing three acres in the land next 
ye Round Hill." And Feb. K5, IG.IG, again: **It is granted to AhcU 
Writ/htim amount of Twenty (20) acres which had formerly Come into the 
hand of Rowland Thomas, lying in ye great plain over ye great river, called 
Chickuppy plain, proviiled he continues five years in town." And it seems 
in the setjuel that he came to sfay^ as he did for seventy years. 

Again says the record: " March lo, IGGO, — There is granted to Tliomas 
Bancroft Abell Urir/hf, John Lumbard and Richard Sikes, a parcel of laud 
lying on the west side of y*^ great river over against y*' long meadow belowr 
George Colton's, which land hereby granted, 1 yet h between two brooks, and 
it is to run westward from y** river to a hill about 10 rods westward ; — Thos. 
Bancroft to lie next to the Soutliermost brook, Abell Wright next towanl 
the north, John Lujubard next to him, and Richard Sikes next to him : — 
They four sharing thereof i?qually in three-score acres of land, if there l)e 
so n;u(;h there ; — or if there i)e not so much they are to divide the piece 
equally amongst thinn, lying as above (expressed." — See Record of Deedi^ 
vol. i. p. 20'>. Various other grants of land, to the number of Mixteen in 
all, from IG.^o to 1GU5, as well as several to his sons Jose[)h and Abel, Jr.^ 
are on the town records also. In those primitive times the farming was on 
a smaller scale than wo sec now, and hence the few acres allotted to each 



1881.] Wright Genealogy. 75 

settler in these grants. Contemporary witli Abel Wright were such men 
as Col. John Pynchon, Samuel Terry, John Bliss, Thomas Root, Robert 
Ashler, Hugh Dudley, Thomas Scwall, Obadiah JMiller, Eliezer Holyoke, 
John Holyoke, James Osl)orne, Nathaniel Pritchard and Thomas Gilbert ; 
with Deacons Samuel Chapiu, Samuel Wright (until 1G57, when he re- 
removal to Northampton, and died there Oct. 17, lG6o, when asleep in his 
chair). Jonathan Burt, Benjamin Parsons, John Hitchcock and James War- 
riner, and Rev. Pelatiaii Glover from 1659 to 1692, and Rev. Samuel 
Brewer from 1694 to 1725, and onwards to 1733, whep tbe last pastor 
die«l; all these in the First Congregational Church. 

"Feb. 23, 1662. In the order of Seating persons in church, Abell 
Wright is put in the * eighth seat ' with Mr. Horton, John Bag, Josh- 
ua Riley and Lyman Beaman. And Samuel Terry in the 9th seat with 
foQr others." According to the Springfield Records that I saw and han- 
<lle<l in 1863, the following facts are shown : 

Abel^ Wright married Dec. 1, 1659, Martha Kitcherel, daughter of Sam- 
uel K. of Hartford, Conn., aiid had a family of thirteen children, of whom 
ten married (see names below). lie was a citizen of some note, both in 
the civil and military, service of the town. In 1695 he was elected to the 
** General Court," and in May, 1696, Dea. Burt and Lieut. Abel Wright 
were chosen to answer a petition of the people on the west side of the river 
asking to become a separate parish and procure a minister of their own. 
In 17u8, July 26th, Indians came upon the town and despoiled his family, 
scalping bis wife, who died in consequence on the lUtli of October follow- 
ing. They also killed an infant of his son Henry, and cai)tured his wife, 
who died soon after. But this venerable ancestor lived until 1725, for his 
tombstone record says: "Lieut. Abel Wright died October 29th, 1725, 
aged 94 years." His children were as follows : 

2. i. Joseph, b. Sept. 1. 1660, and m. Siinih Osborne. 
ii. Martha, b. hov. 29, \('t€r2; m. Thomas Marlow. 

3. iii. Abkl, b. Sept. 25, 16G4 ; m. Rebecca Terry, Sept- 10, 1691, and bad 

thirteen children. 

4. iv. Benjamin, b. March 14, 1667; m. Mary Chapin in 1694; had three 

children. 
T. Hannah, b. July 28, 1609 ; m. Joseph Saxton, Nov. 20, 1090. and had 

seven diildren : — Grrshom.^h. 1091 ; Hannah,^ 1692; Josrph^^ 1094 ; 

MtndwdK^ 1090; David,^ 1700; Ezckiel,^ 1701 ; and Cliarlr.s,^ 1708, 

nt Knfield. 
vi. Henry, b. May 23, 1071, and d. younir. 
Tii. Sarah, b. May 8. 1073 ; m. Thomns Ciiapin, Feb. 15, 1094, anl had 

eleven children. She died July '20, 1770, aged nearly 98. 
viii. Marv, b. March 9, 1075; in. Nathaniel Bliss in 1098. 

5. ix. Henry, 2d, b. June 8, 1077 ; m. Hannah Bliss. May 21, 1705. 

6. X. Samuel, b. June 17, 1079 ; m. Mary Case, of Lei»anon, Nov. 27, 1710. 
xi. Elizaijeth, b. Aug. 18, 108-2, and d. June 17, 1083. 

xii. Jun?c, h. April *21, 1083, and d. soon. 

xiii. Eliza UETH, 24 1, h. Aug. 2*2, 1087; m. Rhenezer Dewey, of Lrhanon, 

Nov. 8, 1709, and had Elizabeth,^ b. Oct. 7, 1710, and EOciuztr,^ Jr., 

b. Jan. 21, 1712. 

2. JosF.rii- Wright {AbvP). b. Sept. 1, lOGO, at Springfield; ni. S.irab 
O^Uirne, Dec. 21), 1087, and b.id eight cbildriii, born in S., as below. He 
mu-t have followed bis younger brother Alxd to Lebanon, Conn., about 
17n^, a.s a j)etition of bis to lb«» town jiuiborities is on record thrrc, dated 
Dec. 13, 1708, asking for a grant of land near A])td Wright's fiist divlNion, 
** l>e€rausc tbe enemy bad spoiled and carried away much of bis estate '* at 
Springfieid ; \vbich was granted him Dec. 17tb, 1808. How long be con- 
tiuued at L. we are unable to say. His children, born at S., were : 



76 Wright Genealogy. [Jan. 

i. MiNDWELL, b. Sept. 24, 1688, and d. young. 

ii. Joseph, Jr., b. Oct. 14, 1690. 

iii. Sarah, b. Nov. 20, 1692, and m. probably June 20, 1719, Hezekiah 

Porter, of Hartford, Conn. 
IT. Benjamin, b. Nov. 11, 1694, and slain by the Indians in 1712. 
V. MiNDWELL, 2d, b. March 4, 1697. 

yi. Martha, b. June 16, 1699 ; m. probably, Jonathan Old, Feb. 18, 1720. 
vii. Mary, b. Sept. 24, 1702. 
yiii. Rachel, b. Dec. 4, 1706. Can give no more of this family now. 

3. Ensign Abel^ Wright {Ahr), b. Sept. 25, 1GG4; m.Sept. 16,1691, 
Rebecca Terry, b. Dec. 5, 1G73, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Lobdell) 
Terry, of S., and liad thirteen children, like his father before him, of whom 
nine married. Of these, four were bom in Springfield, when he removed 
to Lebanon about 1700, where the other nine are on record. He spent 
forty-five years of his life there, and became quite a landholder and businea 
man among his fellows. In 1702 he bought ninety acres of land of Josiah 
Dewey and William Clarke ** for Seven Founds, Silver, Current money of 
New England ;" and January 24, 1 703, twenty-one acres more of Philip 
Smith; and in 1711, June 6, nine acres more of Dewey and Clarke ; mak- 
ing one hundred and twenty acres in all. But his greatest purchase wa», 
May 30, 1717, of Rev. Samuel Whiting, minister of Windham, of eight 
hundred and twenty-nine acres, partly in W, and partly in Lebanon, for 250 
pounds, as the deed on record at Windham says. From these lauds he 
afterwards deeds one hundred and forty acres to his daughter Rebecca and 
her husband Jacob Ordway, in 1718 and 1720 ; to his son Al>el, Jr., one hun- 
dred and eighty acres, Oct. 22, 1718 ; and to his loving son Ebenezer, one 
hundred and eighty acres, Aug. 24, 1722 ; l^eing part of the tract bought of 
Rev. Samuel Whiting, and sold still to several others as late as the year 
1739. His last will is dated Jan. 10, 1744, in which he names four sons 
and four daughters, making his " Beloved wife Rebecca and son Ebenezer 
Wright the Executrix and Execntor of his last will and Testament,'* Ac 
This will was probated before Judge Jonathan Trumbull, at Windham, 
Sept. 18, 1747, and certified in due form on the records by IchalxMi Rob- 
inson, clerk of said court. He had died June 2, 1745, and was buried in 
Lebanon near the graves of the Trumbull, Fitch and Terry families. 
The names of his thirteen children are as follows : 

i. Rebecca, b. Sept. 7, 1692 ; m. Jacob Ordway, of L., about 1711, who 

had lour children: — 1. Mary,* b. Aug. 16, 1712. 2. Rebecca.^ b. 

Jan. 16, 1714. 3. Jemima,'*' b. Dec. 11, 1715. 4. Rachel,"^ b. Nov. 

28, 1717. (SeeLeb. Rec.) 
ii. Samuel, b. July 4, 1694, and d. July 10, 1694. 
iii. Abel, b. Aug. 22, 1695 ; m. Mary Calkiiw, at L., Nov. 7, 1717, and 

had :— 1. Sarahj^ b. Aug. 25, 1718. 2. Samuet,"^ b. May 14, 1720. 

3. Abeh Jr.* b. Feb. 23, 1722. All at Windham, 
iv. Samuel, 2d, b. Dec. 2, 1698, and no more of him. 

7. V. Ebenezer, b. Feb. 22, 1701, at Lebanon; m. Elizabeth Newoomb. 
vi. Mary, b. Nov. 22. 1702, and no more of her. 

8. vii. Epuraim, b. Feb. 29, 1704 ; m. llannah Wood, June 29, 1724. 

viii. Martha, b. April 12, 1705 ; m. Ilolbrook, as named in her fa- 
ther's will. 

ix. Jemima, b. Sept. 24, 1707 ; m. flutchinHon, as in the will. 

X. Ann, b. June 4, 1709 ; m. Buell, as named in will. 

xi. Miriam, b. Nov. 14. 1710, and no more of her. 
xii. Benjamin, b. July 29, 1712, and d. Au^. 1712. 

9. xiii. Benjamin, 2d, b. March 3, 1714 ; m. m 1734, Rachel . 



im.] Wright Genealogy. 77 

4. Benjamin' Wright (AbeP), b. March 14, 1667; m. Mary Cbapin 
in IG04, dau. of Henry C. of Springfield, likely, and had three children, and 
died Dec 25, 1704, and his widow died Jan. 13, 1708. Their children are 
as follows : 

i. Benjamin, b. May 22, 1697. 

ii. Henry, b. May 19. 1700. 

iii. Mary, b. May i, 1705; posthumoas. 

0. IIenrt' Wright, 2d (AbeP ), b. June 8, 1 677 ; m. Hannah Bliss, 
daiLof John Bliss, May 24, 1705, and had two children. His wife was cap- 
tnred by the Indians July 26, 1708, and with her infant son was killed BOon 
after, at the calamity already named. He then married, March 15, 1711, 
Sarah Root, daughter of Thomas Root, of Westfield, [n'obably, who bore 
him six more children. He also must have followed his older brother Abel 
to Lebanon, and lived awhile, as it is there recorded that Henry Wright 
deede<l thirty acres of land to his brother Abel, Nov. 23, 1705. And again 
Miy 5, 1707, Henry Wright and Hannah deeded a piece of land to Abel 
Wright, as Josiah Dewey had deeded twenty-one acres to Henry Wright, 
Feb. 1, 1703. The presumption is that he sold out his interest at Leba- 
non and returned to Springfield, where the great calamity mentioned alK)ve 
fell upon him in 1708 ; when he married second wife, Sarah Root, raised up 

his family, lost Sarah, and married a third wife Elizabeth , who, as the 

Springfield records say, died June, 1738. His own death is there recorded 
IS transpiring in 1768, at the age of 91. His eight children are given as 
follows : 

i. Hannah, b. May 18, 1706. 

ii. Henry, Jr., b. Jan. 9, 1708, and killed July 26, 1708. 

iii. MosEs, by second wife, b. about 1713 ; date not given exactly. 

iv. St£phen, b. 1716. 

v. Caleu, b. 1719. 

vi. EusuA. b. 1720. 

vii. SA^AU,b. 17i>3. 

viii. Deborah, b. . No date at all. 

6. Samukl' Wkigiit (AbeP), h. June 17, 1679, at S. ; m. Mary Case, 
of Lfibanon. Nov. 27, 1710, and had three children recorded there, as given 
below. He must have followed his brother Abel to Lebanon, as the records 
show a deed of two hundred acres of land from Josiah Dewey and William 
Clarke to Samuel Wright, dated January 30, 1702. (See Old Records, 
pp. ?<1, 85.) Little more can be said of him than to give the names of his 
children, and that he married, Dec*. 1.'], 1727, Anna Loomis, of L., and that 
be lived at Norwich awhile. His children were : 

i. Aaron, b. March 20. 1713. 
ii. John, b. St'pt. 23, 1716. 
iii. Mart, b. May 10, 1721. 

Bv second wife : 

iv. Rebkcca, b. Sept. 24, 1728. 
V. Elijah, b. Au«r. 14, 1730. 
vi. Anna, b. Oct. 7, 1732. 
vii. Samull. b. Feb. 17, 1735. 
viii. Elkazer, born Aug. 3, 1739. 

7. FLbknt.zku^ Wright (Abflr AbrP), h. Fob. 22, 1701, at Lebanon ; 

m. April 20, 1721, Elizabeth, b. 1701-2,(Iau. of Simon and Deborah ( ) 

NVwcond). of L., who bore him three chiMrcii. and died Jan. 13, 1727. 
He married second, ^larch 28, 1728, Sarah Huntington, b. May 25, 1705, 



78 Wright Genealogy. [Jan. 

dau. of Dea. Joseph and Rebecca (Adgate) Huntington, and sister to Gk)v. 
Samuel Huntington's father, by whom eight cliildren, when she died Oct. 
19, 1775. He married third, Feb. 15, 1776, Mrs. Mary (Mason) Hunt- 
ington, the widow of David H., a brother of his wife Sarah, with whom he 
lived ten years, and died April 22, 1786, at Mansfield, aged 85. He was 
a farmer and quite a land owner, like his father Abel. He removed to 
Mansfield about 1740, where he became a baptist, as several of his children 
did also. His last will, dated Dec. 2, 1768, at M., names all his eleven 
children, and makes his wife Sarah, and his son Capt. Amaziah W., the 
executors of his estate. The following are his chihlren : 

i. Zerviau, b. March 12, 1722, at Windham: m. Jan. 8, 1741, John 
Upton, and had Sarah,^ b. Oct. 17, 1741, and others we presume, 
as he mentions the heirs of his beloved daughter Zerviah Upton in 
his will. 

ii. Deborah, b. Jan. 29, 1725 ; m. Paul Davis.>n, May 7, 1747, and bad 
Abial,^ b. March 7, 1748, and Deborah,^ b. May 11, 1750. Mr. D. 
died Aiig. 20, 1751, at Newtown, N. J., when she married, second, 
Aaron Younfflove, Jan. 17, 1753. 

10. iii. Ebenezer, b. Jan. 2, 1727; m. Mercy Leach, who had ten children. 

11. iv. Rev. £liphalet, b. Feb. 27, 1729 ; m. Hannah Marsh. 

V. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 30, 1730; m. Eleazer Baldwin, April 8, 1751, and 
had nine children, from whom a lur!>;e posterity have come. 

vi. Sarah, b. Sept. 22, 1732 ; m. Dea. Jeremiah Leffingwell, of Pomfret, 
Ct., about 1755 ; had nine children and a large pcwterity. 

12. vii. EusHA, b. Sept. 18, 1734; m. Hannah Baldwin, Oct. 28. 1756. 
viii. Mary, b. Jan. 15, 1737 ; m. John Turner about 1763, and had ten 

children, from whom a large posterity. 

13. iz. Capt. Amaziah, b. Feb. 11, 1739 ; m. Zerviah Fitch, dau. of Capt 

and Dea. Eleazer F., of Windham, and had ten children. 

14. X. Eleazer, b. April 12, 1741 ; m. Anna Marsh, dau. of Joseph M.,of 

Windham, April 25, 1765, and had twelve children. 

xi. Rebecca, b. about 1744 or 45 (date wnntini^) ; m. Marsh, of Kil- 

lingly, Ct., and as tradition in the family stvys, had one sod, 
James^^ who married and went into central New York, h.id four or 
five children, and was despoiled or killed by the Indians, and his 
family lost to the knowledge of their kindred. 

8. Epuraim' Wright (Abel,* AbeP), b. Feb. 29, 1704, at Lebanon; 
m. June 29, 1724, Hannah Wood, and had six children at Lebanon. He 
was a farmer, and deeded lands to several persons from Sept. 30, 1 737, 
to June 14, 1751, according to the records of L. and Windham. IIi« 
wife died March 18, 1737, and he married again and raised a second funily 
of several children, as an extant letter in my possesision from his youngest 
son, Gen. Daniel Wright, testifies, dated May 2, 1809, at Westi>()rt, Essex 
Co., N. Y. He says he was born in Hebron, Conn., in 17r>6, and that 
he was the son of Ephraim W., and after the death of his brother, 
Lieut. Ikriah W., and his father also in the French war, about 17.}8-9, 
his mother put him in the care of his uncle Ebenezer^ IK, at Mansfield, at 
the age of five, as she had several small children, so he was brought up 
among his kindred there. So far as known his children were : 

i. John, b. March 18, 1726. 

ii. Hannau, b. Feb. 24, 1731. 

iii. Martua, b. Jan. 14, 1733. 

iv. Ephraim, Jr. ) twins ; b. March 16, ( Ann m. Mnrch II, 1756, John 

T. Ann, 5 1735. ( Iliintini^ton, of Windham, and 

had a daughter Wcc//Man,* h. Jan. 6, 1757, and the mother died 

May 6, 1758. 
vi. Lieut. Beriau, b. Feb. 22, 1737, and dicnl at Albany in 1759, r*- 

turninc from his military campaign, and his father £phraim only 

reachea his home at II. to die very soon. 



1881.] Wriffht Genealogy. 79 

Tii. — IX. Sevenil, whose names are wanting. 

X. Gen. Daniel, b. in 1756 at Hebron ; m. Patience , and had eeve- 

ral children — the oldest, Jerusha,^ b. about 1778, m. Ellas Sturte- 
vant, b. 1769 ; had son Dea. Gcor«je VV. S., and died June 20, 1856, 
affed 87 years, as bis son did Feb. 23, 1863, aged 61, at VVestport, 
N. Y., leaving several children. Gen. Wright was in the war of the 
revolution some years after 1775, and afterwards removed to New 
Hampshire for a time, but in 1798 located at Westport, where he 
died, Oct. 1, 1822, and his wife Patience April 17, 1829, aged 71 
years. 

9. Benjamin* Wright (Abel* AbeP), b. March 3, 1714, at Lebanon ; 

m. Rachel in 1734, and had nine children, as recorded in L. I have 

only an imperfect knowledge of him and his posterity, but can give the 
names and birth-dates of his children, as below. In 18G5 Rev. Jehiel Kel- 
logg Wright, an aged baptist minister at West Cornwall, Vt, gave me some 
accuuut of this family in the line of his son Benjamin^'^ b. July 5, 1737, 
iDdhiji son Dam'el,^ b. Aug. 15, 1776, who died at Cornwall, flan, 5, 1837. 
Rev, J, A'* Wright was b. Aug. 15, 1801, and d. Aug. 25, 1875. By him I 
leame<l there was a large posterity from his grandfather ^w/a//im* of 1737, 
of whom I hope to gather fuller records. About the same year I gathered 
from Mr. Klijah Wright^ of Westport, N. Y., some account of Abel,* born 
Aug. 8, 1742 {Benjamin,^ Abel,* AbeP), who m. Elizabeth Baldwin, had 
three children at Hartford, Vt., where he die<l Feb. 1828, aged 85 J years. 
This EiijaL,* b. Dec. 28, 1799, was at his grandfather's funeral, being a son 
of Abel* and Alice (l^age) Wright, who had six children, and died July, 
1827, at Hartford, Vt. He reports quite a posterity from Abel,* of 1742, 
more of whom I hope to reach in due time. The children of Benja)iin 
tnd Rachel were : 

i. LrcT, b. May 15, 1735. 
15. ii. Benjamin, h. July 5, 1737 ; m. Ann Rcdington. 

lii. Mekcy, b. July 26, 1739. 

iv. Abel, b. Aug. 8, 1742; m. Elizabeth Baldwin, and three children, 
AUly* Irene'* and Mary,^ and died as given above, Feb. 18*28. 

V. Marv, b. Oct. 2, 1711. 

vi. Racdel, b. Fel). 13. 1747 : m. Whiting Strong. 

Tii. Major David, b. March 14, 1749 ; m. Bailey, ns reported, and had 

five children in llartlord. Vt., viz. : David,'' b. about 1775-6 ; Ilan- 
nah,^ b. I77rt, m. Mil.) M:ir.*^h, and six children; i^r? aiiW, * M.D., 
b. a»)out 17j?0 ; lV'i//iV;m,* b. al)out 1783-4 ; and Wealthy,^ b. about 
1780-7, and ni. Pinneu. 

viii. Keijkcca, b. April 2, 1752; m. Christ^)pher Pease, and had six child- 
ren or more. 

ix. Jonathan, b. March 31, 1754 ; m. Ryder, as reported, and died 

in Lelxinon, N. II., or in that vicinity. I have 175 — 200 of the pos- 
terity of Bk.njamin W.,^ of 1714, more or less correctly named and 
dated. 

10. Ebenezer* Wright (Ebenezer,^ Abel* Abel^), b. Jan. 2, 1727, at 

Windham ; m. March 11, 1751, Mercy, dau. of Amos and Leach, and 

hail ten children, and has had a po.«<terity of over twelve hundred to the 
tenth generation already attained. lie was a farmer, lived in Mansfield a 
few Vfurs, then in New Fairfiehl, Conn., then in Newtown, Sussex Co., N. J., 
wd alMiut 17G5-G removed to Shaftshnry, Vt. The events of the war of 
the ruv<ilution sent liim to Canada West, wiiore ho sj^ent the evr-nin;; of his 
life, witli his comj>anion and five children near him, at Cornwall and 
Johnstown, where he died July 18, 1^09, as his wife had done May 13, 
1801, aged 67J years. Their children were: 



80 Wright Genealogy, [|Jan. 

16. i. Dea. Abraham, b. July 13, 1752 (N. Style) ; m. »Sarah Babcock, and 

had nine children, and second, Phehe Burt, and three more. 

17. ii. Capt. AsAHEL, h. Au^. 18, 1754; m. Rve llaynes, and nine children, 
iii. ZBRviAn,.h. Dec. 4, 1756 ; ni. Mnrch 3, 1775, Charles Spencer (b. Mar. 

10, 1749), of Shaftsbury, and had eight children, and died April 
29, 1793. Mr. 8. wa.s a soldier in the revolutionary war, a farmer, 
and died Nov. 18, 1843, aged 91 years and ei^ht months. A pos- 
terity of about 200 have come from Zerviah W. Spencer. 

18. iv. Ebenezkr, b. Oct. 15, 1758: m. about 1780-^ . Kachel Marsh. 

19. V. Amos, b. June 22, 1761, at Newtown, N. J., and u?. Sabra Wilcox,- of 

, about 1785. and had four children. He d»Ki July 18, 1796. 

20. vi. David, b. Nov. 16, 1763, at Newtown ; m. Tamar Burritt about 1796; 

had eight children, and died Oct. 25, 1819, at Cornwall, a farmer. 

vli. Mercy, b. March 26, 1766, at Shaftsbury, Vt. ; m. Nov. 12, 1783, 
George McPiWen, a farmer of llinesburg, Vt. ; had nine children, 
and died at H., Dec. 26, 1847, leaving a good posterity. Her child- 
ren were — Dea. JameSy* b. Jan. 23, 1786, and five children ; Charles* 
b. July 19, 1787, four children ; Augustus* b. Dec. 17, 1788, had 
twelve children ; Capt. Carlton* b. Mnrch 25, 1791, and seven child- 
ren ; Ransom* b. Dec. 26, 1792, m. but no children ; Dea. George} 
b. Dee. 19, 1794, and ten children ; Caroline* b. Jan 29, 1798, and 
one child; Rebecca* b. July 11, 1800. m. and died soon ; and Mercy 
Morinda* b. May 31, 1802, and hud six children. A large posterity 
came from Mercy W, McEwen. 

viii. Sarah, b. Sept. 3, 1768; m. Peleg Spencer, a brother of Clmrlts, 
above, and had seven children, and died Jan. 2, 1844, at Johnstown, 
C. W. 

ix. BrjzABETii, b. April 24, 1773, and d. Oct. 9, 1777. 

X. Rebecca, b. April 24, 1776 ; m. Mace, and one child, Sythl* bom 

1795 ; m. second, Henry Barnhart, Sept. 2, 1800, and had nine 
children and over fifty grandchildren. A farmer's wife, and d. Sept. 
1; 1847, at Cornwall, C. West. 

11. Rev. Eliphalet* Wright [Ebenezer* Abel* AbeP) was born Feb* 
27, 1729, at Windham, Conn. He married, May 22, 17ol, Hannah, dau. 
of Thomas Marsh, of W., and had nine children born at W. and South 
Killingly, Ct. H(». was a tanner and currier and shoemaker h}' trade in 
early life, but became pastor of the Congregational church at South Kil- 
lingly in 17G4, where he continued until his lamented death, Aug. 4, 17S4. 
His widow lived to a great age, and died Jan. 2, 1815, at Hinsdale, Mass^ 
at the home of lu^r son, Cai)t. Samuel* Wright, who cared for her in the de- 
cline of life. Though not liberally educated, Rev. Eliphalet Wright was 
an acct?ptable preacher, and published a sermon preached on Thanksgiving 
Day, Dec. 5, 177G, of which I now possess a copy, that has the ring of true 
patriotism in it, for those *' times that tried men's souls." It was printed by 
J. Trumbull, of ^lorwicb, Conn. His children were: 

i. Hannah, b. Jan. 9, 1752, at M. ; d. April 6, 1753. 

ii. Hannau, 2d, b. July 9, 1754 ; m. Jan. 1772, Barnabas Davi.**, and had 
seven children. She died at Killingly, Sept 24, 1844, aged 90. 

iii. Eliphalet, Jr., b. Dec. 16, 1756 ; d. 1760. 

iv. Eunice, b. May 3, 1759; d. Aug. 11, 1760. 
21. V. Cant. Samuel, b. April 12, 1761 ; m. Keziah Stt^arns, had eight child- 
dren ; by second wife, Betsey Watkins, had four more. 

vi. Eunice, 2(1; b. March 1, 1764 ; m. Day. 

vii. Sarah, b. March 7, 1766, at Killinirly ; in. Isaac Sprague and had 
seven childn-n, amoiii!; them Kev. Ezra Sprague} of the M. E. order. 

viii. Reiiecca, b. Dec. 1, 1767; m. James Parkis, and had five children. 

ix. Olive, b. Jan. 6, 1770; m. Capt. Abraham Washburn, of llinsilale, 
Mass , in April, 1806, a,s second wife, and ha<l three children — 
Abraham* d. young : Mary Aorthrop} b. May 9, 1808, m. Elijah 
H. Goodrich of U. (had seven sons, of whom two are college gradu- 



1881.] Wright Genealogy. 81 

ates, Rey. John £J of the University of Vermont, claRs of 1853, and 
Rev. ChauncyJ of Wms. College, class of 1861) ; and 0/iue,* b. June 
4, 1810. Mrs. Washburn di^ June 22, 1842, and her husband 
Aug. 23, 1851, aged nearly 98 years, having been born Dec. 20, 1753. 

12. Elisha* Wright {Ebenezer,^ Ahel^ AbeP) was born in Windham, 
Sept 18, 1734. He married, first, Hannah, daughter of John Baldwin, of 
Norwich, Oct. 28, 1756, and had ten children, when his wife died June G, 
1777, and five of his children also, of an epidemic, in five months of time. 
He married, second, Chloe Spafford, April 14, 1778, who bore him three 
iDore children. He was a tanner and small farmer at Mansfield, where he 
died, Oct. 23, 1785, being crushed under a cart wheel. His widow out- 
irred him fifty-four years, dying April 10, 1844, aged 95. Their children 
were: 

i. Araumah, b. Nov. 15, 1757 ; d. May 6, 1777. 
22. il. £lisha, b. Nov. 9, 1759 ; m. Aseoath Brigham about 1792, and had 
four children. 

iii. Hannah, > twins ; h. Feb. 4, C Hannah d. Aug. 27, 1777. 

iv. Elizabeth, > 1762. ( m. Paul Clark, a soldier of the revo- 

lution, and a farmer, in 1785, and had ei^ht children, all born in 
Hartford, Vt., of whom seven married ana had about fifly children 
in their families. Mrs. Clark died Sept. 24, 1843, at Williston, Vt. 

V. Mary, b. Feb. 22, 1764 ; d. Aug;. 10, 1777. 

vi. LvcT, b. Sept. 30, 1766 ; m. Amasa Watkins, of Reading, Yt., and 
bad eight children. 

vii. OuvE, b. March 7, 1769 ; d. Aug. 13, 1777. 
83. viii. Abraham Spafford. b. Jan. 19, 1772 ; m. first, Hannah Dunham, and 
second, Polly Shaw, and had eleven children in all. He died March 
4, 1826, at Royalttin, Vt. 

ix. Parthkna, b. May 23, 1774 ; d. Aug. 6, 1777. 
34. X. John Htdb, b. April 19, 1777 ; m. Lorinda Royce, of Mansfield, Oct. 
7, 1802 ; had four children. He was a farmer, and d. in Willing- 
ton, Ct., Feb. 1866, aged 89, as his wife did the same month. 

By second wife : 

xi. Hannah, 2d, b. Feb. 16, 1780 ; died at Lebanon, August 29, 1810. 

xii. Olive, b. Jan. 1, 1762 : m. Timothy Williams, of Lebanon, Sept. 28. 
1809, and had ei^ht children. Mr. Williams had been a school 
teacher in early life, and was a member of the Connecticut legisla- 
ture several terms in his maturer years. 

xiii. Parthena, 2d, b. July 23, 1784 ; m. 1805, Dea. Jesse Gurley, of 
Mansfield (b. May 1, 1785), and had three dauirhters who each be- 
came the second wife of Baptist ministers — Sophia Sybil,* m. Rev. 
Leonard Slater, mijvionary to the Indians ; Sophronia Spafford^* m. 
Rev. Bela Hicks ; Mary^* m. Rev. Miner G. Clarke, ana has an only 
son, William Cary,^ in business at Chicago. Mrs. Mary G. Clarke 
has done good work with her pen. 

13. Capt. Amaziah* Wright [Ehenezer,^ Abel,* AbeP) was born Feb. 
11,1739, at Windham. He married, April 1, 1762, Zerviah, dau. of Capt. 
Md Dea. Eleazer Fitch, of W., and had five sons and five daughters. He 
i^ed in the war, was a farmer in Mansfield, and the executor of his fa- 
ther's last will, dated Dec. 2, 1768, and probated in 1787-8. About 1793 
-4, he removed to Salisbury, in the north-west corner of Connecticut, where 
j^and his wife (who were both baptists) died not long after. But definite 
u^ormation is lackino^. Their children were : 

i. Sarah, b. Tues. 2 o'clock P.M., March 29, 1763. 
85. ii. £b£nez£R, b. Wednes. 1 A.M., April 10, 1765 ; m. Anna Galusha, a 
sister of Gov. Jonas G., of Shaftsbury, Vt., about 1787-8, and had 
eight children and a large posterity widely scattered. 

TOL. XZXT. 8 



82 Wright Genealogy, [Jan* 

ill. Zeryiah, b. Not. 21, 1767; d. unmarried. 

iv. Eleazer Fitch, b. March 22, 1770 ; m. but lost to kindred. 

V. Deborah, b. Feb. 6, 1773 ; m. Nichols, in Salisbury, had three 

children, all dead, and she died Dec. 18, 1849, at Canfieid, Ohio. 

vi. Dr. Amaziau, b. Jan. 5, 1776 ; m. Maria A. Lane, of New Millord, 
Ct., Jan. 10, 1809 ; had a son George William* b. March 22, 1813, 
and one daughter. He died at N. Millord, Dec. 11, 1838, after 
a Buccefi£ful practice in New York city. 

Tii. Eliphalet, b. Deo. 28, 1777, and d. at Salisbury, unm. 
26. Tiii. Thomas, b. March 1, 1779; m. Clarissa Holienbeck, and second, 
Eliza Pryor, and had ten children ; was a farmer ; d. August 21, 
1854, at Hudson, O. 

iz. Mart, b. Feb. 23, 1782 ; m. Augustus Hammett, at Jewett City, Gt., 
and had one son, Samuel Adams* b. Feb. 4, 1816, who was a cap- 
tain in the Mexican war, an author, and a merchant in New York 
city. Mrs. H. died in New York city April 5, 1826. 

z. Jerusha, b. Aujg. 29, 1784; m. Ensign Church, in Salisbury, Ct., 
and had two children, when Mr. C. died in 1813. She m. second, 
Eli T. Boughton, May 22, 1814, and had four more children. One, 
Mary Sophia* Church, b. Feb. 20, 1807, is the wife of Judge Ebene- 
zer Newton, of Canfield, Ohio, where the mother died afc^ut 1870, 
leaving quite a posterity. 

14. Eleazer* Wright {Ehenezer^ Abel* AbeP) was born at Mansfield. 
April 12, 1741, and m. Anna Marsh, April 25, 1765, dau. of Joseph M., of 
Windham, b. Nov. 3, 1745, and had twelve children, four sons and eight 
daughters, all born in M., where the parents lived and both died — the father 
Jan. 1, 1825, and the mother April 10, 1825. They were baptists, as many 
of their children and posterity are. Their children were as follows : 

i. Anna, b. Oct. 2, 1766; m. Capt. Daniel Dimock, of Coventry, Gt., 

Nov. 16, 1786, a farmer, and had nine children. She died June 90, 

1832, and he died Aug. 1, 1833. 
ii. Partubna, b. Dec. 20, 1767, and died Sept. 2, 1769. 
ill. Elizabeth, b. July 21, 1769; m. Capt. Shu bael Dimock (cousin of 

Daniel), Jan. 23, 1789, and had eight children. She died August 1, 

1837, at Mansfield, 
iv. Eleazer, Jr. b. Feb. 23, 1771, and d. Sept. 21, 1802, unm. 
V. Marvin, b. June 8, 1772 : d. Dec. 27, 1773. 
vi. Eliphalet, b. Nov. 30, 1774 ; d. Nov. 3, 1775. 
vii. Clara, b. Aug. 19, 1776; m. Robert Barrowes, a farmer of M., Nov. 

25, 1799, and had ten children, and d. March 3, 1836, at M., afl her 

husband did March 24, 1850. 
viii. Mart, b. May 19, 1778, and d. unm. Aug. 23, 1851. 
ix. Jemima, b. Aug. 25, 1780; m. Abram rarrish, March 15, 1801, and 

had ten children, and d. Jan. 11, 1823, at Wilkesbarre, Pa. 
z. Sophia, b. Sept. 28, 1782 ; m. Horace Hanks, of M., March 11, 1801, 

and had eight children — one. Rev. Stedman Wright* now of Bofitoo. 

b. Sept. 6, 1811, was a graduate of Amherst College in the chissol 

1837. She died Jan. I, 1850, at Mansfield. 
27. zi. Stedman Huntington, b. July 4, 1784 ; m. PoUv Barrows, of M. ; 

had ten children, and died at South Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 3, 1857. 

Two of his daughters were the wives of Rev. Sylvester Barrows, a 

baptist pastor, 
zii. Orrilla, b. May 3, 1786 ; m. Ralph Storrs, of Mansfield, a fiBomer, 

Jan. 14, 1810, and had five children, and died March 8, 1864. 



Tfote, — Of other families I may not give an account at present, for want of room, 
from numbers 15 to 27, as I had intended. S. Wbiqbt. 

Nov. 22, 1880. 



1881.] Letters Written during the Revolution, 83 



LETTERS WRITTEN DURING THE REVOLUTION. 

Communicated by John S. H. Fooo, M.D., of South Boston, Mass. 

I. Robert Morris to John Bradford, 

John Bradford esq. PhU* Decemb' 24. 1776. 

Dear Sir 

I have just received your favours of the 28*^ Nov. & 5"* Dec: bj 
the first it appears to me that you have writteu some letters that have never 
oome to hand, for I know nothing about the ship loaded with Staves in 
a particular manner : nor have I heard any thing of the others you say 
were to be sold in tbe course of a Month. I suppose the letter in which 
these things have been mentioned must have fallen into the Enemy's hands. 
The bill you have drawn for Ace' of the schooner Wolfe & Cargo shall be 
paid when presented, and I am very glad you have drawn it as I wished 
the matter settled before I left this Town : if I should be obliged to leave 
it You must have undoubtedly heard of our unhappy situation here, the 
Enemy have marched unmolested through New Jersey with an avowed de- 
sign of taking possession of this City, & yet the Militia, or rather associa- 
tors both of that & this State cannot be prevailed on to turn out in that 
general and spirited manner that People should do on such an Occasion : 
their backwardness does not proceed from want of Spirit, but from a dissat- 
isfaction that is but too general both there & here, with the Constitutions 
formed for their future Governments, with many of the People now in 
Power, with the scarcity & high price of Salt & many other Articles. The 
Tories & disaffected People amongst us take advantage of the present con- 
fusion, work on the fears of the timid, excite the jealousies of the suspicious, 
and in short, one way or the other prevent the Force of the Country from 
being exerted in this day of Tryal. 

I am now at the 26*^ Dec*" & have the pleasure to tell you the associa- 
tors are coming down from the back parts of this State ; those from the 
Citv have been with Genl. \Vashin<jton for some time & I be^in to have 
hopes that Phil' may be preserved from the hands of our Enemies. The 
loss of it would be the most fatal blow that America could receive as our 
artificers & manufacturers have proved a Constant Magazine of Necessa- 
rys for the Army, Navy & all the other States. The Congress ad- 
journed about a fortnight ago to Baltimore in Maryland, at that time I sent 
away my Family, Books, papers, and a considerable Value in Effects, but 
having still a great deal left here I am unwilling to depart until it becomes 
absolutely necessary for personal safety, especially as I find myself very 
useful in adjusting a deal of Public business that the Congress left unfin- 
ished. I mention these things to shew you that I have not with me the 
Copies of the former letters I wrote you, nor any other of your Letters than 
the two acknowledged in the beginning of this. I cannot he!]) regretting 
very much that your answer to my letter of the 8*'* Get never came to hand, 
for it was in that Letter of the 8*** if I remember right that I proposed 
Speculating in Prize Goods &c. Your reply therefore would have been 
very useful & for want of it I am much at a loss what to say on that subject. 

Having been called off when I had got thus far on with this letter 1 am 



84 Letters Written during the Revolution. [Jan. 

now at the 12^ Janj. You will think it strange I should be so long as 
from the 24*** Dec' to the 12"* Jany writing you a letter & so it seems to 
me, but I declare to you my time is so taken up with Public business since 
the Congress departed from hence that I am obliged to neglect my own 
affairs totally. With respect to any purchase you have made on specula- 
tion in which you have interested me or did intend to interest me, I am con- 
tent to abide by what you have done and reposing unlimited confidence in 
your judgment and integrity, I agree that you proceed in such speculations 
Hs I formerly proposed to the extent then mentioned, and I will send you 
money to pay my quota fast as you advise me of the sums necessary. Thank 
God I think our City is now perfectly safe, and as I think the British Troops 
must soon evacuate all New Jersey our intercourse will become free & open 
again : in the mean time if you are obliged to advance Money or borrow it, 
to pay a part of the purchase I will cheerfully pay the interest 

The Congress have appointed myself & two other Members that hi^ 
pened to remain here, a Committee to Conduct the Continental business in 
this place & plenty of it we have & are like to have. 

I gave Mr: Alex: Rose & Mr: N. Eveligh of South Carolina letters of 
introduction to you, these Gent" deposited considerable Sums of Money 
in the Loan Office here & took with them the Continental Loan Office Cer- 
tificates bearing interest. I persuaded them to this measure supposing they 
would readily get money for the notes in all or any of the Eastern States, 
but depend on you to prevent their being disappointed, of which however 
I hope there is not atiy danger ; but rather than they should suffer I will 
Fend them the money from hence on notice that it is necessary. I am very 
happy to learn the Alfred is arrived in your Port & her Prize at Bedford 
ill L)artm(>uth : the Cargo of that Prize will be particularly useful to the 
States at this time as the recruiting Service for the New Array goes on very 
fast. The Wolfe is sailed from Virginia with a Cargo of Tob° forCurracoa 
& I hope will arrive safe. Your drafl on me was paid soon as it appeared 
<fc if you can draw on me for any Money, wanted in our speculations the 
bills shall meet equal honor. 

I congratulate you on our late successes in New Jersey and with great 
esteem remain Dear Sir Your obed* hb** Servant 

RoBT. Morris. 

P. S. I expect to write you seperate letters on Public business. 

John Bradford Esq. 

[Addressed : " To | John Bradford Esq: | Agent to the Continental | 
Navy, I Boston." " Free | Robt Morris."] 



II. From Francis Lightfoot Lee, 

Philadelphia Jany 5 1779. 
Dear Bro : 

The uncertainty of the Post last week prevented me from writing, 
and now from the uncertainty of this Letter's reaching you before you leave 
home, I am at a loss what to sav. 

Common Sense has attacked Mr: Deane something in his own way, but 
I think has not made the best use of the materials in his hands : how- 
ever it appears he has stung the Gent*, for he has had the impudence to 
complain to Congress, of his being abused by Payne in his official charao- 



1881.] Notes and Queries. d5 

ter, ID ooDseqnence of which we have had some warm dehates, not much to 
Mr Deanes advantage. The impudence and villainy of this man are be- 
jond expression : & it much increases my bad 'opiuion of mankind, & the 
nn&Torable prospect of our affairs, to find him so warmly supported. It 
ippears to me at present that he will be continued in the public service, with 
in approbation of what he has done, but you will probably have time to be 
present at the shameful decision. Your piece is in the hands of Mr: Ad- 
ams for his opinion ; tho I am inclined to delay it till you come, as the 
public is likely to be entertained in the mean time. Finance is finished, 15 
million dollars raised by tax, this year, 6 millions yearly for 1 G years as a sink- 
ing fund, the two last large emissions, amounting to 40 odd millions, which 
tre supposed most counterfeited, are called in by the 1'* June, and new money 
giTen in Exchange. I fear the plan will not sufficiently check the rapid 
depreciation which has lately taken place as the money has almost ceased 
to be current in the Eastern States. Altho we have regularly the report 
of the day, yet there is very little of consequence to be depended on, tho 
I believe it is certain the Enemy's Shipping at N. York, has suffered much 
bj the late bad weather. It is said to day, that there is a fieet of Merchant- 
men in the mouth of the River convoyed by a french line of battle ship 
and a Dutch man of war. 

I have Letters for you from Dn Lee late in Sept', they are in Cypher 
k will wait for yon here, nothing new in Europe when these Dispatches 
came away. If you have an opportunity to M' Airy before you leave 
home shall be obliged if you will get from Mrs: Garrett a sealed Packet I 
left Id her care : and bring it up with you, it contains my Loan Office cer- 
tificates, Lottery Tickets & some Money. Love to Chantilly & Stratford. 

Yours Affly. 

Francis Lightfoot Lee. 

The report of the fleet in the River not true. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Notes. 

Bryaxt. — Since the article on Lt. John Bryant in this issue (pp. 37-9) was print- 
«i, I have betn able to verify the statement that John Bryant married Ahi;rail, dau. 
of Stephen Bryant. I have found recorded in the Plymouth County records, a deed 
•l^ted January 24, 1669, in which Stephen Bryant conveys '* to my son-in-law John 
Bryant, mariner," (fee. 

% mistake in the same article, I made Levi Berry, who married Lusannah, dau. 
of Salomon Bryant, the son of George of Falmouth. He was the son of William of 
faJmouth, grandson of George and barah Stickney, great-grandson of George and 
tliiabeth Frink ; great-great-grandson of George and Deliverance Haley, of Kit- 
|"y: probably g. g. g. grandson of Joseph, and g. g. g. g. grand.^on of William, of 
"yrtemouth, N. li., in 1631. William Bkrry Lakuam. 

Portrait of the Hon. Willum Ad.\ms Richardson. — A fine portrait of Hon. 
*villiam A. Richardson, Jud^e of the United States Court of Claims, has been 
PWDted by Staigg. The subject of tho picture was Secretary of the Treasury 
wxler Gen. Grant, and this is his official portniit, to be put up in the Treasury De- 
ptttment together with those of previous secretaiies. Judge Richardson was very 
popular as Judge of Probate in Middlesex County, in this state ; and bis frienda- 

VOL. XXXT. 8* 



86 Noiea and Queries, 

recognize with plensure tlie skill of tbo distingiiisbBd artist to placing oi , 

very life-like expresMiun of hiH fflce : the firm mouth, and very keen hut geainl 4r] 
(ire etTWcinllj noticeahlu. — Boston Traveller. 

Judge Richardsoa ia an bonornr} vice-preaident of the New England BisloriCi 
Genealogical Society. 

PiTEij^, — Ileam throuijh oorrespondence withadniinisttatorand friend.* of HooTy 
J. Wright (late of Hartford. Conn., decensed I8T1), thnt infiirmntion concemiiw 
Phelps GenealogT cannot be hn<] through bis former efforts, as " his books uiH 
pnpors whiuh he had been to so much pains to collect, were burned in New York a 
It two iieibre his death." Some maouecriptin regard to his own (the Wriebt) 



family is i 



B. R. Phbits, Jr. 



Murmni.— In Saraee's Gen. Diet, it is stated that " Jeremiah Mcacbaai, of 
Salem, 1C60, married Deborah, dau. of John Brown of Watertown," ju^., and died 
161)5, te. 81. Having had occasion lately to look up the Meacbums and llncketB, 1 
find an egreeioue mistake regarding the abuve marriage, which should he set right. 
The above Jeremiah made his will April 12, 1691. at which time he styles himself 
" quite ancient, and about 61 years old," Hia will was proved Nov. 18, 1699, kt 
which time he would be ^ years old. He also names his first wife Ma^reE, ia- 
ceased, and his present wife Alice. 

Mr. Meachum was born about 1G13. Mr. Brown, father of Deborah, bom 1831, 
and the last named bum I6T3. 

Id fnrther xearch I found it was Mr. Meachum's grandion Jeremiah, bom Dee. 
81, lfl"3, who married ssid Deborah, a partial account of whose family is on Snlen 
ri^oords. I thought an abstract of the foregoing, publishi<d in the Reoistbr as «m- 
ta, would prure bem-Scial to the public. 1 would ny that the grandson Jeremiah 
was son of Jeremiah, Jr., and Mary, dau. of Henry Trask. Peblet Dikbt, 

Salem, Mau. 



I>sciiiPTiONSiT WAKariKLD, — The following inecriptione were copied by 
Pwif, &<!., from the burial ground at thlsplace : 

L' Wm. Hescy, aged ahonl 70 years, died 3(P of May 1689. 

NathiGoodwina^51,died Aug-23, 1693. 

Cap' Jona. Poole died 1678, in his 44* year. 

Matthew Edwards, aged S3, died Dec. 23. 1683. 

Den. Thomus Porker, one of the foundation of the Clmrch, died Aug. 13, 
aged about 74. 



] 



LE, Mb.— The 75th t 
. I at this place wnsee ... . , 
HcrviecH, including the llisttiricsl Address by theKev. Charles Wbittier, the pi 
is printed in the Eatlporl Sentinel, Nov. 34, 18B0. 

Tm BovR Farm. — Messrs. Boardman & Hall, Journal Building, AugUHta, He.. 
have commencL'd the publication of a weekly agricultuml paper, under the title of 
" The Home Farm : a Journal uf Practical Agriculture and Home Life." Ths 
editJ>r ie Samuel L. Boardmnn, Esq., a writer of ability, whueeconlributioiM totba 
BtttiiSTKR have made him lamiliar to our readers. He has bad much experience aau 
a^icuUural editor, having jwrved on the staff of the Maine Farmer and JmerjCMi 
Cullieaior. The Brat number was issued Nov. 13, 1880. Each number cont*iai 
6 quaito pages, I3j by 30 inches. The subscription price is (l.SO Ayettr. ib. 
Bunrdman makes a very intereitting and valuable paper, and ha and his partner ban 
our good willies for their success. 



_. „ .mlian colonies. The first newspaper named is the Sidnei/ OaitiU a 

A'cu Sovlh Walet Advertiser, published at Sidney by George Uowa. The first na 
ber bears date Uarch 6, 1803. 



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Notes and Queries. 



87 



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cootemporar}* document furnished for the Register by John Langdon iSibley, A.M., 
late librarian of Harvard Uniyerslty : 

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LiBRART OF iHK LATE HoN. WiLLTAM GRKsy.— We would Call the attention of our 
readers to the sale of this valuable library, advertised in the present number of 
the Registkr, and to the review of its catalogue among our ** Book Notices." 



Queries. 

HszEKiAH Hatden. — Stilcs, in History of Windsor, says he was taken prisoner 
in 1776 and died of starvation on board the prison ship at New York. He was then 
35 years old. Was he a married man ? Did he leave any children ? 

Charles Uayden, the father of Judj;e Chester Hayden, of Oneida Co., N. Y., 
was born Wallingford, Conn., Sept. 20, 1762. His father, according to familv tra- 
dition, " died on buard the British prison ship Jersey.'* Was he a sonofiieze- 
kiah ? The writer will be very grateful for an answer. 

Wilkes Barret Pa. Rev. Horace £dwin Hatden. 



Saunderson, Swallow and Warner. — Information is desired which will lead to 
the identification of the persons nnmed in the following items : 

** Susanna Saunderson married Joseph Swallow.*' 

*' Samuel Warner was married to Marah Swallow the 4th of May 1684." 

The latter is found in the records of the old town of Dunstable, now preserved at 
Nashua, N.U. £dward £. Swallow. 

Needham^ Mass, 

Dennis. — Any one possessing any records or items concerning the family of 
'* Dennis," of the colonies of Massachusetts or Rhode Island prior to 1776, will 
please forward the same to the undersigned, and in this way assist in establishing 
a reliable record of the family back to the English County families. 

Auburn, N. Y, C. E. Dennis. 



88 Notes and Queries. [Jan. 

Wright. — Can any one help me in reference to the following dates and persons 
of the Cnpt. Amnziah* Wri«:ht family ? Capt. Amaziah W., son of Ebcnezct? and S»- 




1785. He settled the entatc of his father, who died April 22, 1786, in M., and 
moved soon afterwards to Salisbury near the northwest corner of the state, where he 
and his wife died, and also son Eliphaiet^ born Dec. 28, 1777. 

Who can give the dates of these three deaths ? or any of them from tombstone 
inscriptions or authentic records? Or the date of their settlement in iSalisbury 7 

Again : he had a son Eleazer Fitch^ VK., born March 22, 1770 ; m. (can any 

one say to whom ?), removed to central or western New York, and had fwns and 
daughters — WflZ/cr,* Maria* Caroline* and Electa* Caroline married Mr. Rich- 
ard Al orris and went to Cedar Liake, Waushara Co., Wis.; and Maria lived with 
them unmarried, years ago. Who can give any knowledge of this family, or any 
of them? or their P. O. address, so I may try to reach them? 

Glen's Falls, N, Y., Dec, 1880. S. Wbigiit. 



Wood. — Any one posseming any records or items concerning the family of 
" W(K)d," of the colony of RhcKie Island, prior to the marriage of Isaac Wood and 
Ruth Barker, of Durtmouth, R. I., about 1755, will please forward the same to the 
undersigned, and in this way afvisc in establishing a reliable record of the family, 
back to the English County fiamilies, if possible. C. E. Dennis. 

Auburn, A', x. 



Early Boston born Child.— Ipswich, Nov. 27, 1730. On Thursdoy last in the 
Forenoon died here Mrs. Grace Graves, Widow, in the 99th Year of her Age. Sht 
was one of the first Female English Children that was Bom in Boston in New Eng- 
land : She retained lier reason and understanding to a good degree to the last. — 
Boston Gazette, Nov. 30, 1730. 

Query. What was her maiden name ? 



Pemberton, — Rev. Ebenezcr, D.D., installcKi over Brick Church, Boston, 1754; 
m. Anna, daughter of John Pownall, Esq., when? She died in Boston, March 8, 
1770, Sdt. 47 years, lie made his will, June, 1777, mentions no wife, but give** to 
Susannah, wife of Rev. Mr. Syms, of Anduver, nnd sister to the testa ti)r*s last wife, 
seven worked chairs which belon/^d to liissuid wife. He died Sept. 9, 1777, ast. 73. 
What were the maiden names of liis previous wife or wives, and when did he many 
them ? 

It appears from a deed of Ebenezer Waters, of Boston, dated July, 1766, record- 
ed Suffolk Probate, Bk. 158 : 155, that he sells to Henry Ncwhall, of Boston, ship- 
wright, who had married his niece Hannah Newhall, deceased, house and land near 
Bennett Strei't, given and granted by John Charnock to John Pim, and devi.sed by 
said Pim to his wife Hannah, who afterwanls married the aforesaid Henry Ncw- 
hall, nnd their estate which '' my said niece inherited after the death of her sister, 
the wife of Parson Pemberton, deceased." 

I am inclined to think from the above, that one of his wives was a Waters. 
Salem, Muss. Matthew A. Sticknet. 



Angier, Coi^on, Howland, Phillips, Tilden and Osment. — Information is de- 
sired of the parentage of Dorothy , wife of Samuel Angier, of Cambridge. She 

wasl>orn 1688 (probably July), died at Pembriike. Sept. 14, 1752. 

Of Ann Colson, who married Abnim Howland, of Duxbury or Pembroke, about 
1700. 

Of Thomas Phillips, of Duxbury, who died Dec. 17, 1759, aged 81 years. Uis 
mother's name wtis ^lary. 

Name and parentti^e of the wives of Samuel Tilden, born 1660, of Scituate, and 
Samuel Tilden, born 1718, of Scituate or Marshfield. 

Any inf(»rmnti(m concerning the name of Osment, or any family of the name. 
It appears in Plymouth Deeds (I think but once) in 1711. 

So, Hanover, Mass. C. T. Phillips. 



1881.] Notes and Queries. 89 

CoxcoKD (Ms.) Sleeft Hollow Burial Ground. — On the most elevated portion 
off this cemetery is a slab over a tomb more than a hundred years old^ if I mistake 
not, containing the remains of a Mr. Bond. After enumeratmg his virtues and the 
bciKirv paid to him, the inscription terminates with the following quotation : — 
" What now but immortality can please?" 

Orer another tomb or grave, near by, the slab records the death of a Mr. Beatton, 
tod states at the end, in quotation marks, '* He closed his eyes and saw his Qod." 

From whom or what are these quaint quotations ? l. 



Mato, Merrick and (?lark. — Deacon Joseph Mayo, of Brewster, or Harwich (?^, 
Nt88. (bom 1696, died 1772} ; married in 1717-18, Abigail Merrick or Myrick. 
Who were her parents and grandparents? 

Sootti) Clark, of Harwich, Mass. (bom 1680), was married in 1706 to Mary . 

WlMse daughter was she ? N. F. Clarke. 

81 Milk Street, Boston. 



Nicholas TouNoif AN, born in Boston, Oct. 18, 1733 ; married Mary Wright; was 
liriDff in Dunstable, N. H., in 1756, and in Hollis in 1770. Can any one inform 
■e when and where he married ? where he lived previous to 1756, and where be- 
tween 1756 and 1770? He had sons John and Thomas, who each served during 
the revolutionary war, and afterwards settled in Vermont. Can any one inform me 
in what towns ? Please address > David Younoman. 

Boston, Mass., 657 Tremont St, 



Mather, Jeremiah. — Joseph Rifirgs, of Roxbury, Mass., in his will, dated Feb. 5, 
1714-15, proved Mav 5, 1715, speaks of his daughter Hannah Mather, and her hus- 
btod Jeremiah Mather, Who was this Jeremiah Mather ? To what family did he 
bdoDg? William B. Trask. 

Value op a Pound in Mass. and Conn. Colonies at Different Periods. — What 
was the value of a pound, ''old tenor." in Mass. Colony in 1646? in 16R8? in 1716? 
In Conn. Colony in 1749? in 1754? m 1765? in 1775? and 1780? Was the value 
of the pound nearly the same in Massachusetts, R. Island and Conn, colonies at the 
nme time? I think the value of the pound was generally' regulated by the worth 
of an ounce of silver plate. What was the value of an ounce of silver at each time 
ipecitied? When diu the value of a pound in this country first become the same as 
in England? Address: J. Quinct Adams. 

^atick, Kent Co., R, J, 

SwKET. — Can any one give me the date and place of birth, and of the marriage of 
SiliM Sweet, who died Nov. 25, 1822, and who was buried at or near Bradford, Vt.? 
Ubwife, Mary Blackman, died Feb. 27, 1827. Silas was the father of Paul and 
tbegrandfather of the Hon. Ezra Smith Sweet — the writer's grandfather. Any further 
infurniation respecting Silas or his antecedents will be gladly received and duly 
tppret'iat^d. Chas. Sweet Johnson. 

1121 Tenth St., Washington, D. C. 



Replies. 

PirccH Priests mentioned by Penhallow. — In the Register, xxxiv. 90-3, was 
printH a report by Samuel Penhallow of a mission by Theodore Atkinson and 
oioM'lf in 170:{, to the Penobscot Indians. In it three friars, Monsieurs Pelas- 
^. ^inulin, and Philip Rogent, are mentioned. We wrote to John Gihnary Shea, 
Ui.D.. of Elizabeth, N. J.^ asking for information relative to them. He answers 
Mfo||.>\rs : 

"Rev. Michael Anthony Gaulin was a priest of the Seminary of Quebec, and Mis- 
jionary A|)<)stolic. He was born in the pnrish of la Sainte Famille, Isle Orleans, 
W8 i^rentM being Francis Gaulin and Mary Rocheron. He was ordaine<l priest Dec. 
8l. l(JW7. — Tain^^uay, Repertoire Gen. , p. 71 . He succeeded Thury on the Penobscot in 
109U, and as luissiunary of the Abenakis of Acadia, attended the great treaty of 



90 Notes and Queries. [Jan. 

Montreal in 1700. — N. T. Col. Doc. ix. p. 720. He remained with the Penobicsot 
Indians with Rev. Mr. Ragcot till 1703, and returned to Quebec in Sept. 1704. Mr. 
Noiseauz, a Canadian compiler some years ago, states that he founded a mismcNi 
among the Cenis in Texas, and wa^^ there two years. The Spanish Franciscans hid 
missions in that tribe, and would not have permitted a French priest there. Nor 
does Gaulin*8 name appear in any Louisiana document. This statement loDkaveiy 
doubtful. He was certainly near Port Royal in 1711, and in September notified Got- 
tebelle of the weakness of the English garrison, and that the Acadians and Indians 
needed only a French officer to carry the place. — Canada Doc. ii. pp. 893-6 ; N. Y. 
Col. Doc. IX. 859, 929. 

'* He at this time owned a bark on the co&st, which was apparently taken by Eng- 
lish privateers (ib. p. 930). In 1713 he was asked to urge the Acadians and !»> 
dians to remove to Louisburg. In 172G, as missionary to the Micmacs, he induoed 
them to make peace with the English , and incurred the displeasure of the Frendi 
anthorities. — N. Y. Col. Doc. ix. 950. He was still there later and was imprisoned \f$ 
the English — Charlevoix, v. p. 297, but was still on his mission work m 17^-8. 
He died at the Hotel Dieu, Quebec, March 6, 1740, aged 66, and was buried in the 
Cathedral, in the sanctuary of the Holy Family. — Tainguay^ Repertoire^ p. 71. 

His associate, Rev. Philip Rageot, evidently the Rosent of Penhallow, was bom 
at Quebec, June U, 1678, son of Giles Rageot and Magdalen Morin, and was or- 
dained July 14. 1701. 

'* From 1704 to his death in 1711, he was engaged in parochial duties in Canada, 
and was at the time of his decease, cur^ (i. e. parish priest) of ELamouraska. — Tanir 
guay^ Repert, 

" Monshiur Pelassus, the Norridgewalk friar, puzzles me. Rasles could not easily 
be twisted into Pelassus, yet I think he was intended ; for I know no other 
that will come near it.'' 



Allen (vol. xxxiv. p. 204). — I am informed by E. C. Leonard, Esq., of New Bed- 
ford, that my grandfather, John Allen, who came to .this town from Plymouth, 
Mass., about 1810, was of the sixth generation from Geort/e^ Allen of Sandwich, 1640, 
through Ralph,' Joseph,' William,^ and William* his father. 

Croydon f N, //. Alonzo Allot. 

Windham Canada. — In the Register for April, 1880 (vol. xxxiv. p. 203), F. C. 
Pierce inquires where Windham village, alias *' Canada," was locatod. The man- 
ual of the old C()n>rregationai Church in Windham, Ct. (formed Dec. 10, 1700), and 
printed at Norwich in 1860, now before me, says : '* In 1723, a Colony of over sixty 
members was dismissed to form a church at * Canada,* now Hampton." Docs not 
this fact settle his question ? But further : in this manual a list of more than 
1280 names are printed, and among them occur those of Elizabeth and Ruth Bemis 
(Nob. 224 and 374), who went from the Windham to form this Hampton church. 
This mny account for the dismissal of *' Stephen Pierce and wife Abigail Bemis to 
Windham Canada " — as some of her kindred already may have lived there in 
1732. S. Wricdt. 

Glen's Falls, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1880. 

[Barber (Ck)nn. Hist. Coll. 424) calls it '* Kennedy."— En.] 



Announcements. 

History of the First Church in Boston. — Arthur B. Ellis, son of the Rev. Rafos 
Ellis, D.D., pastor of the First Church in Boston, is writing a history of that church 
from 1030 to 1880. His uncle, the Rev. George E. Ellis, D.D., will furnish a pre* 
face to the work. The first chapter has been printed as a specimen of the work, 
which promises to be one of much merit. 



Genealogies in Preparation.— Peinsons of the several names are advised to fiir> 
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families and other 
information which they think will be useful. We would sugrcest that all facte of 
interest illustriitinfr the family history or character be communicated, especially 
service under the U. S. government, the holding of other offices, graduation from 
college or profestiional schools, occupation, with dates and places of birth, marriage, 



residence and death. 



1881.] Societies and their Proceedings. 91 

Ayfsworth. By Dr. Homer E. Aylsworth. of Ra<3eville, Warren county, 111. — 
The ancestor of this family was Arthur Aylsworth or Aylworth, who emi<2prated 
Wore July 29, 1(>79, married Mary Brown, of Providence, R. I., and settled in N. 
Khigfrt(»n, R. I., where be died in 1725, leaving six sons. 

Cleveland. By J. B. Cleveland, of Oneonta, Otsego County, N. Y. — This 
IB intended to contain a record of all the Clevelands in America descended from 
Moees Cleveland, who emigrated in 1635 and settled in Woburn. Mass. It will be 
pobllHlied in quarterly numbers of from 48 to 60 pages, at 50 cents each, or G num- 
bers for $2.r>0. The whole work will be furnished for $5. The first number will 
probiibly be Issued in February, 1881. It may be ordered of the author, as above, 
orof H. G. Cleveland, Clifton House, Chicago, 111. 

Emersnn. Bv Prof. Benjamin K. Emerson, Ph.D., of Amherst College, Am- 
herst, Mass. — lie has been for a long time engaged in collecting materials for an 
AneriMHi genealojry. 

H'tpJtins, By James H. Hopkins, 9 Hollis Hall, Cambridge, Mass. — Mr. Hop- 
kins IS tracing the descendants of Stephen Hopkins, of Plymouth, who came in the 
Ifajflower, particularly the branch that settled in Barnstable county. Those who 
chim Ui be descendants of the Pilgrim are requested to send him any facts that will 
aid him. 

Jacobs. By John A. Alton^ of Webster, Mass. 

Learned. By the Hon. William L. Learned, justice of the Supreme Court of 
New York, Altmny, N. Y.— Judge Learned is preparing a genealogy of the family 
of Learned — otherwise spelled Lamed, Learnard, and Lerned— descendants of Wil- 
liam Learned, of Charlestown, Moss. 

Mernam. By M. B. Merriam, 9 Joy Street, Boston, Mass. — The work is now in 
prepiriition for the press. Family data, anecdotes, or any other material suited to 
add to the interest of the work, may be addressed as above. 

Payson. By John P. Payson, of Chelsea, Mass. — Mr. Payson has been engaged in 
collecting materials fur a genealogy of this family for upwards of thirty years, and 
has nearly completed the lines of Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, renn- 
B^lvania, .Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. He would like defiuitc informa- 
tion regarding any of these lines of descent. He has had the use of the collections 
of the late li<'V. Abner Morse, of Boston, and the late Lewis F. Payson, Esq., of 
San Antonio, Texas. 

Pierce. By Fred. B. Pierce, 47 Broad Street, Boston, Mass.— The genealogy of 
the Pierci* family, from Thomas Pierce, of England, who settled with his family in 
Charlist*>wn, Mass., iu 1034, to the present time, is now, after a hard and laborious 
Work uf aU»ut ten years and at great expense, completed — and will be published, 
pnAided enouy:h suljscriptions can be obtained. It will include /flc similes of over 
three liumlred original autographs, including that of the original ancestor, besides 
8teel-|>!ate engravings, heliotypen, and copies of original deeds and wills. It will be 
a Work of sjiue 500 pages, and will cost $5 per copy. 



SOCIETIES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS. 

New-England Historic, Genealogical Society. 

Bos/on^ Massachusetts, Wednesday^ September 1. — A stated meeting was held 
at the S.)ciety*s House, 18 Somerset Street, this afternoon at three o'clock, the pre- 
sident, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, in the chair. In the absence of the recording 
secretary, George 11. Allen was chosen secretary ^^ro tern. 

The president announced the death of the historiographer, the Rev. Samuel Cut- 
ler, and appointed the Kev. Drs. Dorus Clarke and Thomas R. Lambert, and Wil- 
liam B. Trask a committee to prepare resolutions of respect to his memory. 

A nominating committee for 1880-81 was chosen, viz., the Rev. Incrense N. Tar- 
box. D.D., the Kev. Henry A. Hazen, the Hon. Nathaniel F. Safford, C. Carieton 
Cuflin and Elbridgo 11. Goss. 

William Lawton, of New Rochelle, N. Y., a retired New York merchant, eighty- 
six ye:irs old, gave some interesting reminiscences of that city in the early part of 
thifl century. 

Gei>rgo 11. Allan read a paper on *' Col. John Crone of the Massachusetts Ar- 
tiUery.'» 



92 Societies and their Proceedings. [Jan. 

The president next introduced the Rev. Charles Ro^rs, LL.D., secretary of the 
Ro3'al Historical Society of Great Britain, then on a visit to this country, who niada 
some remarks upon the fraternal relations between his own country' and the United 
States. 

The president, in the name of the society, thanked Dr. Rogers for his eloqaeot 
address and his good wisiies, and on his retiring to fill an engagement elsewhere, tho 
members honored him by rising as he left the hall. 

Thanks were voted to Messrs. Lawton and Allan, and Dr. Rogers. 

John Ward Dean, the librarian, reported 153 volumes and 300 pamphlets, as do- 
nations since the last meeting. 

William C. Bates, historiographer »ro tem.^ reported memorial sketches of six 
decea.scd members, namely, £dmund B. O^Callaghan, M.D., LL.D. of New York, 
Rev. Samuel Cutler of lioston, Rev. Daniel Lancaster of New York, Nathaniel C. 
Nash, Simeon P. Adams, and Strong B. Thompson of Boston. 

The Hon. Thomas C. Amory, chairman of the committee on heraldry, made a re- 
port on the question whether Gov. John Leverett was knighted by Charles II., •• 
nas been assumed by some modern writers. 

The president announced that the society had been invited by the city autfaoritws 
to take part in the procession in honor of Boston *6 250th anniversary on the i7th 
of this month.* 

October 6. — A quarterly meeting was held this afternoon, president Wilder in 
the chair. 

William W. Wheildon made some remarks upon the approaching centenary of 
the constitution of Massachusetts on the 25th of^ this month. He thought, though 
it was too late to celebrate so important an event in a suitable manner, the day 
should nut be suffered to pa.ss without some observance. The matter was referred 
to the hoard of directors with full powers. 

The Kev. Increase N. Tarlv)x, D.D., chairman of the nominating committee, re- 
ported the names of John Ward Dean, A.M., Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D.D., Rer. 
G!dmund F. Slafter, A.M., Jeremiah Colburn, A.M., William B. Trask, Henry F. 
Watern, A.B., and Henry H. £de8, as a committee on publication for the ensiling 
year, and they were unanimously elected. 

William A. Mowry, A.M., of Providence, R. I., read a paper on " Our Possee- 
sions in Oregon ; How we Secured them and how we Retained them." 

Remarks on the subject and the paper followed from C. Carleton Coffin, Hon. 
Stephen M. Allen and President Wilder, after which thanks were voted to Mr. 
Mowry. 

The librarian reported 23 volumes and 69 pamphlets as donations. 

The Jiev Edmund F. Slufter, the corresponding secretary, reported letters accept- 
ing the membership to which they had been elected, from Alexander Brown, of 
Norwood, Va., as corresponding; and Alonzo B. Wentworth, of Dedliam, R. A. 
Ballou of Boston, J. C. Kittredge of Tewksbury, and Charles A. Rogers of Boston, 
as resident niemljers. 

William C. Bates, historiographer pro tem.^ reported memorial sketches of three 
decea.MC'd members, namely, the Rev. John Waddincton, D.D.,of London, Eng., 
the Hon. Aaron C. Mayhew of Milford, and Richard W. Sears of Boston. 

• The 2.50th nnniversnry of the settlement of Boston occnrred on the 17th of September, 
1880. Tlie society havinp bocn invited to take part in the eeremonies, joined the prucc.«.«iiHi 
in fourteen carringes, the first of which was the carriage of Gov. Euiitis, in which Gen. Lafay* 
ette entered Boston in 1824. The following memlxTs occupied these cnrriape*, namely, Hon. 
Harshidl P. Wilder, president ; Hons. George C. Ricliardson, Israel Washburn and Joseph B. 
Walker, vicv-prest's ; Mr. William H. Montague, the la«»t survivor of the founders of the Kod- 
ctv ; Ho.i.Nathiiniel F. Safford and Messrs. Jeremiah Colbum, William B. Trask and John 
Ward Uean, committee of arrangements ; Mr. Isa:ic Child, Hon. Edward S Moseley, Mr. 
Aaron D. Weld, Col. Henrv Smith, Hon. Francis B. Hayes. Ilev. Artemas B. Mnzzey. BCr. 
J. Henry Stickney, Hon. Stephen M. Allen, Hon. George L. Davis, Hon. Geor>re Coftt- 
well, Mr. George Craft, Mr. Elbridgc Wason, Mr. Edward P. Bnrnham, Hon. Edwin H. 
Bagbee, H^n. James W. Clark, Hon. Oris Clapp, Hon. Cyrus Woodman, Hon. James W. 
Austin. Mr. George K. Clarke, Hon. Charles L. Flint, Mr. Daniel T. V. Hnntoon, Hon. 
Samui 1 B. Nove^, Mr. Alfi-ed H. Hersev, Mr. John W. Letherliee, Mr. Horatio N. Perking 
Mr. Elisha Clarke Leonard. Edward f . Eastman, M.D., Mr. David Pulsifer, William H. 
Page, M.D., Mr. John T. Moulton, Mr. C. Granville Way, Mr. Oliver B. Stebbins, Mr. Eb- 
cnezcr C. Milliken, Mr. Edward Russell, Rev. Joshua P. Bodfish, and Capt. Pierce W. 
Pcnhallow. The occupants of the Lafayette carriage were, Mr. Betnamin O. Smith, 
marshal, Mr. William E. Baker, the owner of the carriage, and his son Master Walter F. 
Baker. 



1881.]] Societies and their Proceedings. 93 

Tiondmf^ October 25. — A special meeting to oommemorate the centenary of the 
eoDStitution waa held at the ISociety's House, nt three o'clock this afternoon, it 
being one hundred years this day since the organization of the government of Mas- 
nchoBetts under the constitution of 1780. President Wilder presided. In the ab- 
aence uf the recording secretary, George fl. Allan waa chosen secretary pro tern. 

The president made some introduct«>ry remarks, and read a letter from the Hon. 
Robert C. Winthrop, president of the Massachusetts Historical Society, expressing 
Rf^t at hie inability to be present ; also a note from His Excellency John D. Long, 
fOTemor of the Commonwealth, who had intended to be present, but was prevent^ 
xtl a prolonged executive session. 

flistoricar papers, suitable to the occasion, were read by William W. Wheilden, 
ofCoDcord, ana the Hon. Thomas C. Amory and the Hon. Nathaniel F. Safford, of 
Boston, for which thanks were voted. 

KemarkB were made by the Hon. G. Washington Warren, David Pulsifer and 
George H. Allan. 

Wednesday^ November 3. — A monthly meeting was held this afternoon, President 
Wilder in the chair. 

The president announced the death of Simeon P. Adams, Esq., a life member, 
wbo left a legacy to the society, and appointed the Hon. G. Washington Warren, 
the Hon. James W. Austin and George T. Littlefield a committee to prepare reso- 
lotions of respect to his memory. * 

The Rev. Dorus Clarke, D.D., chairman of the committee appointed for the pur- 
pose, reported resolutions on the death of the Rev. Samuel Cutler, historiographer 
<tf tbe society, in which the [principal events in his life were recited ; and regret was 

XBsed at the loss of a sincere friend, a wise counsellor and a faithful officer. 
remarks by William C. Bates, Dr. William M. Cornell and the president, 
the resolutions were unanimously adopted. 

Charles Carleton Coffin then read a paper on ** The History of the Northwest and 
its Future Relations to Boston.'* 

Remarks were made by several members, after which thanks were voted to Mr. 
Ooffio. 

The librarian reported 12 volumes and 28 pamphlets ns donations. 

The historiographer /wo tern, reported memorial sketches of six deceased members, 
namely, the Hon. Pfle^ Spnigue, LL.l)., Thomas C. Smith, the Rev. Frederic A. 
Whitney, the Hon. William B. Spooner and the Hon. John T. Clark, of Boston ; 
and Joseph Leed'^, ot Philadelphia. 

December 1. — A stated meetine: was held this afternoon. President Wilder being 
absent, the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M., was chosen president /^ro tern. 

David G. Haskins, Jr., read a puper on '* The United States and the Indians." 
Remarks followed from several gentlemen, and tlianks were voted to Mr. llaskins. 

The librarian reported 19 volumes and 138 pamphlets as donations. 

RnODE-ISLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 

Proridence, Tuesday, OcloUr 5, 1880. — A quarterly meeting was held this eve- 
ning, at 7.45 o*ch)ck, at the Cabinet in Waterman {Street, the president, the Hon. 
Zaenariah Allen, LL.D., in the chair. 

The Rev. Edwin M. Stone, the librarian, reported the donations since the last 
quarterly meeting, and gave a retrospect of his connection with the society as libra- 
rimn, to which office he was elected January, 1851, nearly thirty 3'ears ago. He thus 
oODcludes his rep<jrt : 

*• And now, Mr. President, with duties of a domestic and personal nature de- 
manding in future a large }X)rt ion of my time, I now, with no common emotion, 
fulfil a puriK>se ion^; since formed, and respectfully resign my office as librarian of 
the Rhode Island llistorical Society.'' 

At the conclusion of the reading of the paper, the following resolutions, drawn 
up by Prof. J. Lewis Diman, were unanimously passed : 

" Whereas, the Rev. Edwin M. Stone has tendered his resignation of the office 
of Librarian and Cabinet Keeper of the Rhode Island Historical Society, held by 
faim for the past thirty years. 

Resolved — That in accepting the resii^nation of the Rev. Mr. Stone, the Historical 
Society desires to express its sense of the zeal shown by him during this long period 
in promoting the interests of the Society, and that the thanks of the Society be ten- 
dered to him.'' 

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94 Necrology of Historic^ Genealogical Society. [Jan. 

Sidney S. Rider, in behalf of the library committee, made an ezbaaBtive report 
upon the improvement recently introduced. Kult« for the regulation of the libraiy 
were then adopted. 

Tuesday^ Oct, 19.— A meeting was held this evening. President Allen in the chair. 
The attendance, both of ludies and gentlemen, was unusually large. 

Sidney S. Rider rend a defence of two Rhode Island writers (Rev. James D. 
Knowies and Prof. William Gammell) against a charge of falsification; after 
which he presented, by the aid of the stcreopticon, photographs of a variety of his- 
toric relics. Thanks were voted to Mr. Rider. 

Thursday, Nov, 4. — A meeting was held this evening, President Allen in tie 
ohair. 

William A. Mowry, A.M., read a paper on '* Oar Possessions in Oregon : How 
we Secured them, and How we Retained them.'' 

Remarks on the subject followe<l from the Hon. Amos C. Barstow and President 
Allen. Thanks were voted to Mr. Mowry. 

Tuesday, Nov. 16.— A meeting was hold thb evening, President Allen in tba 
ohair. 

Stephen B. Miller, of Hudson, N. Y., read a paper on ** Hudson and Providence." 
The former place was settled by Providence people about a century ago. Remarks 
followed by ChaAes E. Carpenter, Prof. John W. P. Jencks, Hon. Amos Perry and 
Col. Nicholas Van Slyck, and thanks were voted to Mr. Miller. 

Thursday, Dec. 2. — A meeting was held this evening, President Allen in the 
chair. 

Col. John Ward, of Now York city, read a paper on *' Rhode Island's States- 
men at the period of the Stamp Act and during the Early Sessions of the Continen* 
tal Congress." 

Remarks followed from the president. Prof. Gammell, Prof. Diman and the Hon. 
Amos Perry, and thanks were voted to Col. Ward. 



NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC, 

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. 

Prepared by William C. Bates, Esq., Historiographer j3ro tern, of the Society. 

The historiographer pro tern, would inform the society, that the memo- 
rial sketches which are prepared for the Register are necessarily brief 
in consequence of the limited space which can be appropriated. All 
the facts, however, he is able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the 
Society, and will aid in more extended memoirs for which the "Towne 
Memorial Fund " is provided. The first volume, prepared under the 
direction of a committee appointed for the purpose, has just been issued. 

The Hon. Aaron Claflin Matbew, of Milford, Mass., a life member and ben^Uh 
tor, died there, Sept. 26, 1880, aged 68 years. 

Mr. Mayhew was born at Uopkinton, Mass., July 22, 1812, the son of John and 
Nancv (Freeland) Mavhew. He was educated at the common schools of Hopkinton 
and if ramingham, and attended one term at the Framingham Academy. At the 
age of seventeen he went to learn the tanninir and currier trade with the Hon. Lee 
Claflin, of Milford. In 1835 he engaged with Mr. David S. Godfrey in the manu- 
facture of leather and boots and shoes, the firm being Godfrey & Mayhew. On the 
death of Mr. Godfrey the firm became in 1853 A. C. Mayhew & Co. 

Mr. Mayhew was successful in hnsinc^ss and acquired a competency. He married, 
April 23, 1834, Olivia Loring Sumner, and had — 1. Sarah Elizabeth, bom tfuiv 96, 
1835 ; 2. John Sumner, bom Feb. 11, 1843. Both of them, with the widow of Mr. 
Mayhew, survive. 

Mr. Mayhew was a man of untiring industry and energy, and was deeply inter- 
ested in public aflfairs. He was a prominent Republican, and had been a membsr 



1881.] Necrology of Historic ^ Genealogical Society. 95 

off the State Central and District Committees. For two years, 1859-60, he^ was a 
member of the Governor's Council (with Gov. Banks), and in 1875 and 1876 was 
m member of the State Senate. He was twice a member of the house of representa- 
tives. For many years he was president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company ; 
vice-president of the Milford Savings Bank. From 1854 be was president of the 
Mil ford National Bank. 
He was admitted to membership Dec. 31, 1873. 

Nathaniel CusHiNo Nash, Esq., of Arlington, Mass., a life member and bene- 
fictor, died at Arlington, August 31, 1880, aged 76 years. 

He was born at Scituate, Mass., April 6, 1804, a son of John and Deborah (Cash- 
ing) Nash. He attended the common school of liis native town ; came at an early 
age to Boston and entered the store of the late Joshua Sears. For many years he 
was en;raged in the wholesale grocery business ; and of late years was largely in- 
teressted in the importation of sugar and molasses, and in the Revere Sugar Refine- 
ry, the firm name being Nash, Spaulding & Co. ; but for several years preceding 
lus death he did not take an active part in business. 

He acquired a large property during his long business career, and was noted as 
one of the solid business men of Boston. His education had been mainly that of 
a^irs ; and he brought to bear upon the questions of the day not only a sound 
business judgment, but a far-seeing mind which looked to renults iMjyoiiu tlie pre- 
sent, ills interest in public aifairs led him to conniderable activity in promoting 
movements likely to enhance the public welfare. He was an early advocate of the 
levelling or removing of Fort Hill, Bost4m. and was among the first U) recognize the 
need of better buildings for busineps purposes. He was earnestly in fnvor of the 
opening of the Boston Public Library on Sundays, and was an active op})onent of 
monopolies, among which he classed the supply of gas in cities. Mr. Niu**h was an 
opponent of slavery and an adherent of the republiean partv from its organization. 
He sympathized wfth the theological views of the late Rev. 'rheodore Parker, being 
what is called a liberal, progressive man. He was firm in his opinions and out- 
[spuken in their expression, securing the respect of those who differed from him by 
bis evident sincerity, and by the al)illty with which he advocated his own views. 
While hardly, in the general sense, a public speaker, he could well express his con- 
victions and enforce them by the logic of fact*. 

Mr. Nash was called to public .service in the Common Council of the city of B >ston 
in 1>56. in the Board of Aldermen from 1864 t) 1H67, and to the state legislature in 
1858. 1868 and 1869. 

He married. May 31, 1849, Lucy Turner Briggs, who deceased April 14, 1862. 
One son survives, Nathaniel Cushing Nash^ born April 4, 1862, who entered Har- 
vard College, 1880. 

Mr. Nash left a large property and made several public bequests. The later years 
of Mr. NaE>h were spent at Arlington, Ma.ss., where he died. 

His membership in thl^ Society is from Dec. 31, 1873. 

The Rev. Daniel Lan'caster, A.M., of New York city, a corresponding member 
liDce Nov. 10, 1846, died at New York, .May 28, 1880, ageii 83. 

He was born at Acworth, N.H., Nov. 30, 1790. the son of Ebenezer and Elizabeth 
(Davidson) Lancaster, and was graduated at Dartmouth Colle<^e in 1821, and at 
Andover Theological Seminary 1824. He was ordained pastor of the First Congre- 
gational Church at Gilmanton, Sept. 21, 1825, and was dismissed July 25, 1832. 
After supplying from August, 1832, he was installed pastor of the Centre Church 
in that town, and continued there till Jan. 26, 1852. During this time Mr. Lan- 
GRSter gained a wide influence in the denomination to which he l>elons;ed. He 
w»s for twelve years secretary of the State Bible Society, and nine years scribe of 
the Deerfield Congregational As.sociation ; he was many years a trustee of the New 
Hampshire Missionary Society and of the Gilmanton Aciidemy. For three years 
be was (.'haplain of the State Insane Asylum, and for one session was chaplain of 
the legislature. In 1845 he published a History of Gilmanton, N. 11. 

After leavmgNew Hampshire he was acting pastor at Middletown, N. Y., from 
1865 to 1859. After the latter date he resided iu New York city. 

He was chiefly instrumental in the formation of the Dartmouth College Alumni 
Association of New York, and was the last surviving member of his class. 

Mr. Lancaster was twice married : Aug 29, 1827, to Annie E. Lemist, daughter 
of John I^emist, of Dorchester ; and second to Eliza G. Greely, daughter of Daniel 
Qreely, Eeq., of Fozcroft, Me., Feb. 14, 1831. 



96 Necrology of Historic^ Genealogical Society. [Jan. 

RiCDARB WiLLARD Sears, Eftq., a resident member, died suddenly on the morning 
of Sept. 15, 1880. 

lie was born at Boston, Nov. 22, 1835, and was the son of £ben Scars, formerly 
a well known builder of this city, by his wife £liza, daughter of Samuel and Elia- 
beth (Warden) Crease. 

He was seventh in direct linea«j:e from Richard' Sears the Pilgrim, who came over 




Howland and other fathers of the Old Colony. 

Early left an orphan, he wa.s placed by his uncle and guardian, Mr. Willard 
Sears, at school at Easthampton, and afterwards at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. U. 
Un cumpleting his education in 1851, he sailed for the West Indies as Bupercarffo 
in the barque ''Alfred llill," belon<;ini; to the firm of Hill, Sears & Co., of which 
his brother was a member, it being her first voyage. At Matanzas he was brought 
to death's door by a violent attack of yellow fever, from which he barely reooverad, 
havinc: to lament the loss of his compaynon du voyage, Henry Mead, son of Samad 
O. Mead, formerly of Belmont. 

Soon after his return home, he was offered a position in the Banking House of 
Coolbuugh & Brooks, Burlington, Iowa, but after one or two years service be left 
theni to become a partner with his brother in the firm of E. & R. W. Sears, ship- 
ping merchants of this city. Since the decline of this business, consequent upon 
the rel>ellion, Mr. Sears has devoted his attention to mining interests, in conoeo- 
tion with which he recently spent a year in Colorado. 

For several yeai's he had been a great sufferer from inflammatory rheumatism, 
and once passed a year in Europe in hopes of getting relief at some of the miiieimi 
springs. During the last two years his health had b< en very precarious, and be 
was aware that he was liable to a fatal attack at any time. The evening before his 
death he spent at his brother's house, suffering extremely from pain in his left 
hand and wrist, which were excessively swollen, and was obliged to leave at an 
early hour for his room at the Parker House, retiring al)out 8 P.M., though the 
waiter was in attendance upon him till ncnr 2, A.M. Ill the morninj^ his brother 
called and found him, as he supptxsed, quietly sleeping, and was about to leave the 
room without ({ibturbin<r him, when upon a closer examination he found tliut be 
was dead. From his (XTfectly natural position and placid expression it was evidokt 
he had pat?sed away without a struggle. 

Air. Sears was of a very sunny, genial disposition, always thoughtful for others, 
kind hearted to a fault. Throughout his life he attached to himselt hosts of friends, 
who now deeply feel his loss. He was never married. 

His elder brother, Mr. Khen Sears, survives him, and also two sisters, Mrs. Emma 
E. May and Mrs. Adelaide L. Oilman, of Newton. 

Mr. Sears was a member of Revere Lodge, St. Andrew's R. A. Chapter, St. Bop- 
nard Commandery, Sovereign Consistory 32°, the Athenian, Apollo, and Artists* 
Clubs, etc. 

His membership in this society dates from March 31, 1877. S. P. Mat. 

Ebenezer Trescott Farrington, Esq., of Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass., a life 
member and beuefactor, died at that place, Aug. 6, 1880, aged 75. 

He WHS the son of Oliver and Betsey (Trescott) Farrington, and was bom at 
TVrentham, Mass., Dec. 15. 1804. 

Mr. Farrington came to Boston at the early age of fifteen, and was employed \sj 
the firm of Bartlett & Woodman, wholesale grocers. On the death of >lr. Wood- 
man in 1H25, he was admitted a partner in the new firm of Levi Bartlett <fc Co., and 
this relation was continued for nearly forty years, till 1864, when it wtw termi- 
nated by the death of Mr. Bartlett. Mr. Farringtm continued in the same busi- 
ness for several years, under the firm name of Farrington, Tozier k Hall, and becanie 
largely interested in the importation and refining of sugar, an outgmwth of their 
inttrest being the organization of the Standard Sugar Refinery, of which Mr. Fa^ 
rington was a director. 

He married in 1825 Eliza Delano, of Kingston, Mass., who deceased Januaiy 
9, lfc«80. One s<m, Charles F., survives. 

Mr. Farrington never held public oflii^o : he was. however, held in high esteem hy 
his associates, an<l was a director in the Bank of Commerce for twenty-three years. 
For more than fifty years he v^ns identified with a single business interest of Boston, 
and as a consequence was widely known and respected for his steadfi&st, even-going 
business career. 



1881.] Iftcrology of Historic ^ Genealogical Society. 97 

The Rer. Ephraim Abbot, A. M., corresponding member, died at Westford, 
Mi-ss., July 21, 1870. aged 90. 

A sketch of the Rev. Mr. Abbot's life was printed in the Register, toI. zzyii. 
p. 88 ; and he is noticed in vol. xxviii. 252. In both places it is correctly stated 
that be was bom in Neiocastky Maine, and in the latter that he died at Westfield^ 
Mass., in August, an error for Westford^ Mass., on 1st July. 

The late Rev. Nathaniel Bouton, D D., furnished a note which was printed in 
Tol. zxix. p. 321, but accidentally his name was not appended. In it Dr. Bouton 
eorrectti the error in toI. xxviii. as to the place of Mr. Abbot*s death, and also 
Mates that he was bom in Concord, N, //., and not in Newcastle^ Me. We wrote 
recently to a daughter of the Rev. Mr. Abbot, to ascertain the truth in this matter, 
md the following is an extract from her letter : 



ct 



I answer the question about the birthplace of my father, Rev. Ephraim Abbot. 
He was bom in Newcastle. We all distinctly remember having repeatedly heard 
him say so, and I copy from written statements now before me. From the Family 
Record of Benjamin^ Abbot, my father's grandfather [see Abbot Genealogy, 113], 
I transcribe a part of a note appended in my father's handwriting : 

" Benjamin Abbot and Sarah Brown joined in wedlock, Jan. 29, 1778. 

Ephraim, their son, was bora in Newcastle, D. Maine, Sept. 28, 1779.* 

Hannah, their daughter, was born in Pownalborough, March 9, 1782. Ruth and 
their other children were born in Concord, N. 11. Ruth Morrell, June 27, 1784,'' etc. 

In the family record of Benjamin^ Abbot I find the following : 

** Rphraim Abbot son of Benjamin Abbot and Sarah His wife wa.s born in New- 
eastle in Massachusetts, the 28th of September 1779. Hannah Abbot Daftcr of 
Benjamin Abbot and Sarah His Wife Was Born in Pownal borough in Massachu- 
tetts, the 9th of March, 1782. Ruth Morrell Abbot Dafter of Benjamin Abliot and 
Sarah His Wife was borh in Concord Newhampshire the 27th of June 1784, *' etc. 

From an unfinished autobiography of my father I C(>f>y : 

" 1 was bora in Newcastle Me. 28th Sept. 1779. Soon after my birth my Father 
Boved to a place which he had bought in what was then called Pownalboro*, in 
that part of it which ls now called Alney.*' .... ** In May 1784 my Father 
■oved his fieimily to Concord, N. H.,*' etc. 

The sketch of my father's life in the Register, xxvii. 88, to which you allude, 
■eems to have been chiefly condensed from an article prepared ))y my brother for 
Har\ard Necrology. St-e pp. 10-13, of a pamplilct entitled *' The Nerroloiry of 
Harvanl College, 1869-1872." As it appears in the Rkgister, this sketch contains 
one or two unimportant errors, which I will notice. First, it states that in 1811-13 
Mr. Ab^wt wat^a missionary to the Indians in ICastorn Maine. It is true that he went 
onder the auspices of the ** Society for Propn •gating tlie Gospel among Indians and 
others," but the great majority uf those to whom ho ministered were white people, 
and we have quite full lists of their names and places of residence, and also a manu- 
script journal of his life tliere. He always congratulated himself that he succeeded 
in al;:tiibuting a large number of bibles and school books just previous to the last 
war with England, during which the recipients would otherwise have been with- 
out th«-m. 

St^md. it states that he was ordained in Greenland the 28th of Oct. 1813. It 
should s:iy the 27th of Oct. 1813. 

It is not strange that the Rer. Dr. Bouton made the mistake in his statement in 
the Registlr, xxix. 321, as he knew that in Concord were the homesteads of Ben- 
jaibin Abbot, Sen. and Jr., that my father's youth was spent there, and thiit he 
alw.tVb rt'taini*d his interest in the town, gi^'iii^^ it the same affection as if it had 
really ht-en the place of his nativity. VVith the exception of the two errors above 
mentit>ned, the Htatement<< in the biographical sketcli in tlie Reuister appear to be 
Correct. We have just verified them by referenco to family records, journals and 
other original documents.'' 

• G<-orj?i.' E. n. Abbot, A.M., the writer of the article in the " NccroIo«ry of Ilnrvard 
Colli'^e,** referred to in the text, furnishes us with the followin'r cxtnuis lioiii thi- i\y leaf 
of a iMH'kci ca>h l>ook of his tuthcr. They ** appcMr to have ])cen Imstily jotted down by 
him a.-i be received the inforinution from the lips of sonic older friend some time in the 
fprin;:of IHll*': 

•• 1 wa-i Uirn in New Cat»tle, now New Milford, in the house owned by John Brndstrect, 

baiit by J.ime:) Carr. Jaracf* Ayers am tell me eoncernmi? the place of my nativity 

At t!ie IiljkI of the tide on Sheepscot river a Mrs. Plummer owns tlio house [prol)ably la 
Alna] in which my father lived before his removal to Concord.*'' 

VOL. XXXT. 9* 



98 IJecrology of Historic, Oenealogical Society. f Jan. 

GEr>RQK FsEDenicK Ofur, Etig.,of Dover, X. H., a reeideot in ember, died Mani 
0, 19eO.BKe^51. 

Uq was bora in Dover, July 23. 1B3)). His Tntlier, Georice Umy, son of Skmuol 
Oniv. of SBlcm, MnM., wns bcprn in timt place, Deo. 31, 1600. If in mother. whu« 
maiaen naxae whs Lydia Jonce Bardcn, whb n Uaughter of Frederick Borden, wbo 
VEis BLiperinl^ndent ui' a nail factory in Dover, from 1634 to I8S8. 

Uoorge F. Umy received hii (^ducati(|^ at the Franklin Academy in Dover. For 
five jears he wis local editor of tlie Dover Oateile, and wiw afterwards edilor of 
tbe Dover Preis. From inS2 till his denth he «hb the Dover correspondent of 
the Ballon Herald. In 1S75 he vliiited Europe, where he spent about a year, uid 
wrote very intereBting letl«rs to this couDt^, wbicti were published in liiitvt 
new spa pern. 

Ue married, Oct. 13, 1675, Miiry Ednah Hill, daughter of Nnihrtniel R. Hill, by 
whiim he had three children— I. Gforye Frederick; 2. Charla Htll ; 3. Ruth Elit- 
lUielh. Hlh wife and two ol' his children survive. 

Uc was HOi'ial and kindhearted ; was a racy, pleasing writer, and had tbe fitealt; 
of tiinking his nrticlcB readable. 

He wfiH admitted a member June 10, 1879. 

RontRT MiTO, M,D., of Washington, D. C, a corresponding member, wm bore 
at Fine Vnek, In Powhatan County, Va., April 0, 1784; and died in Washio^Km, 
Oct. eo. IBM, aged so. 

Ue WBH the son of Joseph and Martha (Tabb) Majo, and was eduoatvd at Wil- 
liam and Slnry College under Bishop Mndison'e presidency, and at the Universily 
of PenD»ylvnnia, Philadelphia, where be graduated with mooh dietincliun abuat 
the year 1805 or ISOfl. For several years uter his ^dnalion he renlded at Phil»- 
dalpnia. De never extensively or sedulously practised hi» profeaeion, yet few of 
ita followers pOdse^wcd more flciunce or more of the qunlifiuations tu inalie ■ wuoewi 
ful and distinj^uishcd physician, liis lasteii directed him to literary purauit*. ani 
his acquirements, talents and labor were chiefly devoted to the cumpitation ufsdo- 
cational books, being an ardent devoteu of learning fn>m the nidimenla up to (Iw 
olasaid'. Ho was the author and first pnyector o( a rhyming spelling book. Bt 
likewJM wrote or coraplled systems of mythology and ancient geography for tbi 
use of Bcmioaries. The Ibllowing is a list of bis publications as far as they bwe 
eome to our knowledge : 

I. inaosuralTliesiBontheSensorium.Universityof Ponnsylvania, 1808. S. Vltw 
of Ancient Ueogmphy nod Ancient History. Philadelphia, 1813. 3. EpitomSOt 
Ancient Ueotcraphy, with Maps, tor the use of Seminarlefl. Philadelphia, IS14> 
4. NewS;/atem of Mythology. 4 vols., Philadelphia, 1815-19. 5. Pi-nwon U«« 
of the United Stntce, including sundry resolutions of Ikingreea. from 1776 to IBSS. 
Washington, 1833. 6. Political Sketches of Eight Years in WashinKt.m. Pun I. 
8va. Bnltimore, IS30, pp. SIS. 7. Synopsis ul the Commercial and lievenue 8l*- 
tem of the United States. Washington, 1847. 8. Treasury Dcpuilmeat in W 
various fiscal Bureaus ; their Orijjin, Qj-ganlxation and Practical Operntions, iltut- 
trated. Washington, 1847. 9. [Wiih F. MimUon.] Army anil Navy Peiuion 
Laws, and Bounty Laod Laws of the United Stittes, inclodbg aundry rcBulutiotwof 
CongreM, from 1770 to 1853. 8vo. WiLshlngton. 1893. 

Dr. Mnj'owoa a singularly handsome man, tall, well formed, athletic andorslMt 
ennrage. His habits were always Hocial, yet he was strictly temperate in all thVo^ 
His ta.ites were reBned, delighting in the arts, and, though no performer, in mone, 
He woo a fine Latin scholar and maChi-matician. He spoke and wrote French wilb 
ease, and was fond of the society of culiivnted Frenchmen. 

About the year IBSS or 23 Dr. Mayo returned to Virginia and nettled at Bich- 
tnond, and when Uen, Jaokson came to the front as a candidate fot the presidetUTi 
he started a newspaper called the Jadiion Repuiliam, strongly and efficiently adio* 
eating the general's claims. After Jackson's election in I^. Dr. Mayo reBUmd 
to Washington and held office under that administration, lie married there hSt 
only wife, Catherine Elizabeth Hnrbaugh, who died in WoHbington Jnn. 10, 1817, 
atfed forty-four vears. They had two children, Martha who died in infancy, ud 
fiohert, born Feb. ID, 1840, stilt living. 

For several years previous to the death of Dr. Mayo he was zealously engage d fal 
the prepara lion of a genealogy of the Mayo Family and its conueotions. 

He was admitted to inemb^hip J one 5, 1855. 



1881.] Booh Notices. 99 

Amos Lawbxnce, Esq., an honorary member, died in Boston, Mass., Dec. 31, 
1852, ag^ed 66. Admitted Jan. 8, 1847. For memoir and portrait, see Reqister, 
▼ol. xxxiT. pp. 9-14. A memoir of him by William M. Cornell, LL.D.^ i^ill also 
be found on pages 500-504 of the first volume of '* Biographic Memorials of the 
Mew England Historic, Genealogical Society,*' just published at the charge of the 
Towne Memorial Fund. 

The Rev. John Adavs Vinton, A.M., a life member, died in Winchester, Mass., 
Not. 13, 1877, aged 76. Admitted Feb. 3, 1663. For memoir and portrait, see 
fiisiSTUt, xxxiy. pp. 137-31. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



The Editor reqaests persons sending books for notice to state, for the information of 
readers, the price of each book, with the amount to be added for postage when sent bj 
mail. 

Thi History of the Honourable Artillery Company. By Captain Q. A. Raikis, 
F.S.A., F.S.S., F. R. His. Soc., Third West York Light Infantry Militia, Instruc- 
tor of Musketry Hon. Artillery Company, Corresponding Member of the New Eng- 
land Historic, Genealogical Society, Author of *' Historical Records of the First 
Regiment of Militia.'' With Maps and Illustrations. In Two Volumes. Lon- 
don : Richard Bentley k Son, New Burlington Street, Publishers in Ordinary to 
ber Majesty the Queen. [8vo. toI. i. 1878, pp. 491 ; toI. ii. pp. 563.J 

Of the numerous institutions organized on the continent of North America in im- 
itation of those which have existed in Europe, the oldest is The Ancient and Hon- 
orable Artillery Company of Mas.'mchusett^*, and an authentic history of its parent 
in our fother-Iand, — the Honourable Artillery Compny of London, — is consequently 
a Taiuable addition to every collection of historical works on either side of the 
Atlantic. 

The London company was originally chartered by Henry VIII., on the 25th of 
August, 1537, as the Guild of St. George, for *' improvement in the science of Ar- 
tillery, or Long Bows, Cross Bows and Hand Guns." Its place of rendezvous was 
called the Artillery Garden, and when, — during the rei^n of queen Elizabeth, — the 
Spanish Armada threatened tlie destruction of London, it furnished officers from its 
ranks for the Train Bands of the British metropolis, and of other ports of the king- 
dom. From that time down to the present day, the Honourable Artillery Company 
of London has continued to teach its membera the Art of War, and has always, — 
in times of danger at home or abroad, — proved a reliable arm of the military service 
of Great Britain. 

When an English commercial company planted the Colony of Massachusetts Bay 
on our rock-bound coast, the emiirrants were well supplied with armor, arms and 
ammunition by the Board at Lonoon. A prominent member of this Board was 
Capt. Henry Waller, who was at that time the commander of the Honorable Artillery 
Company, and it is reasonable t<> suppose that he encouraged some of the members 
who sought homes in the new world to fjrm a similar ompany there. Captain 
Waller died at London, where he was buried on the Slst of October, 1631, and his 
fanvnil discourse was preached by the Rev. George Huf^hes. He was styled *' the 
Worshipful Captain Henry Waller, the worthy couimander of the renowned Band of 
the Honourable City of London, exercisin<^ arms in the Artillery ;" and wc learn from 
the discourse that he was much esteemed both in public and private life, — that he 
was one of the Common Council of the City, — and that he was about to be pro- 
posed as its representative in Parliament when he died. 

There was some dissention in the Honourable Artillery Company about the 
choice of a successor to Capt. Waller, and King Charles I. settled the dispute by 
declaring that thenceforth the Sovereign would name the commander. The second 
captain thus appointed was Walter Neale, who had previously resided three years 
in New England, where he had established a colony on the banks of the river Pis- 
eataqua. £q 1638 Captain Neale urged the King to appoint him ** marshal" of 



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was then the oiilv social distinction in the infant colony, for while all acknuwledged 
allegiance to God and to the commonwealth, there were no forms in reliirion or no- 
bility in the government. The cleriry pointed out their narrow road to Heaven, and 
the drill-sergeants taught men of dauntless energy how to use weapons for their 
BeltHJefence while on earth. The early confederation of the United Colonies of New 
England, for mutual military self-defence against savage foes and French invaders, 
finally resulted in independence, followed by the establishment of the United States 
of America. 

Gapt. Robert Eeayne, one of the charter-members of the Military Company of the 
Massachusetts, and its first commander, had been admitted a member of the Hon- 
ourable Artillery Company of London on the 6th of May, 1623. Another char- 
ter-meml)er of the Massachusetts company, Robert 8edgwick, was — as we are told 
by Johnson, a contemporary writer — ** brought up in London's Artillery Garden." 
He subsequently served with distinction in the British army, and died in England, 
having attained the rank of Mcgor General. Several other members of the Massa- 
chusetts and of the London company served in the Parliamentary army organised 
by Oliver Cromwell, and are honorably mentioned in history. 

The British company had its annual '* feast,*' preceded by a sermon, until 1685, 
an example which has been followed by the Massachusetts company to the present 
time, and there are other points of resemblance between the two corps. The Brit- 
ish company has refused, with a single exception, to admit honorary members, and 
the only ones ever chosen by the Massachunetts company are two distinguished cap- 
tain generals of the British c^^mpany : Prince Albert in 1857, and his son Prince 
Albert Kdward in 1878 — both having been proposed by Past Commander the Honor- 
able Marshall P. Wilder. 

Captain Raikes (who is the author of several other valuable military historical 
works). Is Inspector of Musketry to the Honourable Artillery Company of London, 
and he has collected, in two handsome volumes, the leading events in its history, 
which are prof usi>ly illustrated by portraits of commanders ; pictures of armory build- 
ings, uniforms, flags and weapons ; illustrations of the manual exercise ; and maps 
of the Ci)mj)any's drill-yards in the city of London. Unlocking the historictil treasures 
of the glorious old company, he has traced its progress through the fierce struggle 
which hius gradually changed the unwritten British constitution from the a!«jiec( 
which it wore in feudal times into that form of rational liberty which it now l)eaTS, 
and has made dear Old England as young in energy, capability and progress as she 
was when the Honourable Artillery Company of London was summoned t<.) the field 
by queen Elizabeth, — the type of queen v'^ictoria, as well in the truly English com- 
plexion of her character, as in the hold which she possessed over the hearts of the 
Am^lo-Saxon race on lx)th shores of the Atlantic. 

The British ct)mpany now consists of a troop of Light Cavalry, a Battery of Field 
Artillery and a Battalion of Infantry. Each member pays an entrance lee of £5, 
and an annual sul)scription of £2. 25., and provides his own uniform, the approxi- 
mate cost of which is : for the cavalry, £29 ; tlie artillery, £14, and the inlantry, 
£13. Arms and accoutrements are provided and kept in order by the company. 
The drill-yard is six acres in extent, and the drill hall is 160 hy 40 teet. There are 
regular drills for the Infantry on Monday and Thursday evenings, for the Artillery 
on Tuesday evenings, and for the Cavalry on Wednesday evenings. Instruction in 
fencing and in broadsword exerciee is given froe of charge to those members who 
wish to receive it. 

It is to he regretted that Captain Raikes could not have given us more details 
concerning the {>ersonal appearance, history and habits of tluxse who have been 

Erominently connected with the British company, and have enlivened his accurate 
istorical details with {graphic descriptions of the ** feasts '' and ** field-days.*' 
But he has nevertheless turnishiHl a valuable contribution to military literature in 
thus chronicling the oldest martial organization in the world, lie has also given 
many interesting facts concerning the Massachusetts company, — the oldest martial 
organization on this continent, although they are clumsily arranged, and fail to 
give an idea of the strength and position of the junior corps, which has outliv^ 
every institution except the christian church and the public school that was in ex- 
istence in the colony of Ma-ssachusetts Bay when it was chartered. Each oreani- 
zation forming a link between past and present generations, is Ancient and Hon- 



1881.] Booh Notices. 101 

orable, and the old quotation may well be applied to them : *' Fair Mother — Beauti- 
ful Daushter.*' 
[By Major Ben: Perley Poore, of West Newbury,] 

A Relation of a Voyage to Sagadahoc, Now first printed from the Original Manu- 
script in the Lambeth Palace Library, £ditcd, with Preface, Notes and Appen- 
dix, by Rev. B. F. De Costa. Cambridge: John Wilson & Son, University 
Pr^. IQQO. [8to. pp. 43. Private edition, reprinted from the Proceedings of 
the Maasachusetts Historical Society for May, 1880.] 

The fori of the Sagadahoc Colony is as well established as any fact of history. 
The eiirliest writerH on America, the earliest voyagers to the new world, the later 
histories of our country based on the authority of early MSS. and accepted as trust- 
worthy, acknowledge the existence of the Sagadahoc, or Sir John Pophnm colony, 
at the mouth of the Kennebec River in Maine, in 1607. There is not the sliadow of a 
bisturic doubt upon this point. But the historical significance of this colony has in 
kte yeailB formed the subject of much unnecessary and bitter controversy, though, 
u we are glad to acknowledge, this fog of controversy is clearing up, leaving us 
to see beneath the clear statements of historic truth, upon which all students may 
rest and form such conclusions as in their own minds the fia,ct8seem to warrant. The 
general historian has not yet dealt largely with the philosophy of the historic signifi- 
cance or value of the Popham colony ; this has been left to the special historian and 
historical essiiyist. But after goin^i: carefully over the whole subject, and giving a close 
reading to all the existing information upon the subject, who will not siiy the com- 
pact arguuient of the late Hon. John A. Poor, in his ^' First Colonization of 
America," is not as worthy of acceptance ns the rhetoric of the late Hon. Erastus 
C. Benedict, in his '' Beginning of America;'* or that the solid, candid explana- 
tion of historic facts by the late Dr. Edward Ballard, the learned and polished and 
gentlemanly secretary of the Maine Historical Society, is not entitled to as much 
weight as the criticisms of Mr. William Frederick Poole. Much has been contrib- 
uted to this controversy, especially that which was occasioned by the action of the 
Maine Historical Society in erecting the Memorial Tablet to Popham in the walls 
of Fort Popham in 1802, that has been of little consequence, and which will be en- 
tirely overlooked by historical students as the years go on ; for even now, after the 
lapse of nearly twenty years, who places any particular value upon half the state- 
ments forming the staple of public discussion of that date, and which their writers 
tbooght so important? The facts of hintory remain, and as the years go on their 
historical importance and significance will receive tlie proper recognition and ac- 
ceptance. We need not fear that when this acceptance is established, any locality, 
or ptrson, or fact of importance, will be overlooked, or fail to receive its just share 
of merit and distinction. The facts of history cannot be warped in such way that 
the t<.stimony of the centuri&s will not sometime set them right. 

The literature of this subject has received a new contribution in the tract now 
under notice. William Strachey, Gent., of whom but little is known, was Secre- 
tary and Recorder to the V'irginia Company of l-ondon,* in America, 1609. In 1613 
be was in London, and edited a quarto book accompanying Capt. John Smith's 
map of Virginia, at Oxford, in that year. He wrote an account of the early settle- 
ments in Virginia *' vpon the Island of Roanoak," at ** the expense and charge of 
Sir Walter Raleigh ;" and also ** gathered " (so says the title page of the original 
MSS. in the library of the British Museum), a book **of the Northern Colonie, 
wated upon the Kiver of Sachadehoc, Transported Anno 1585, at the charge of Sir 
John Popham, Knight, late Lord Cliief Justice of England." This narrative of 
Strachey was published by the llakluyt Society of Lonoon in 1849; in 1852 por- 
tions of it were reprinted in the Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 
(Series iv. vol. i. p. *219), and in 185.3 those chapters of this work relating to the 
Colony of ** Sachadehoc,'* four in numl>er, were re-published by the Maine Histo- 
rical Society (Collections, vol. iii. p. 5^86). It has been evident, from a careful 
.«Uudy of Strachey 's report of the ** Northern Colonie," that he derived his inform- 
ation from some K>urce which he did not credit ; and Mr. De Costa l)elieves that 
the- *' Rdation of a Voyage to Sagadahoc," which he now gives to the public, is 
the one fiom which Struchcy drew his information. This manuscript was found by 
Mr. De Coi^ta in the Laml>eth Palace Library, London, in the summer of 1875, and 
be is satiisfied that the MS., or at least a tolerable copy of it, passed tiirougli Stra- 

• Nciirs History of the Virginia Company of London, 1869, p. 43. 



102 Booh Notices. [Jan. 

chey's hands, and formed the principal source of his knowledge respectin? the Poi>- 
ham colony. Its author is l)elieved to have been Jamefl Davis, one of the council 
of the colony. The title of the MS. found by Mr. De Costa, stntes that it was 
found among ** y« papers) of y« truly \Vor«P'"^ S^ Ferdinando Gorges K"', by me Wil- 
liam Griffith.'' 

The Relation occupies seventeen pages of Mr. De Costa's very unique pamphlet, 
beginnino; with the first day of June, 1607, and ending 26th September, to which 
is appended, from the Oxford MS., the portion corresponding; with the last pages of 
the narrative which forms the conclusion of Strachey s *' Historic," the last words 
of which are so familiar to historical students, '* And this was the end of that north- 
ern colony upon the River Sachadehoc." The narrative abounds in curious details, 
is enriched with copious notes, and contains those quaint outline representations of 
the various islands and headlands seen along the coast, first given in the Hiikluyt 
Society volume. In his preface, which occupies twelve pages, Mr. De Costa gives 
an interesting account of the original MS. of this voyage, how it was discovered 
and t:opied, the evidences of its authorship, and reviews at considerable length and 
with great candor and wealth of learning the historic significance and claims of the 
colony of Sagadahoc. A full investigation of the facts shows that the Fopham 
colonists were men of fair character, though the majority may not have been supe- 
rior to colonists of 1600 in general. Still, the record of Sagadahoc is unstained, 
and its claims do not conflict with the claims of Plymouth, which have received full 
acknowledgment. It is undisputed that Sagadahoc formed an essential prelimin- 
ary to the colonization of New Eujgland, and an essential part of the irrepressible 
British activity abroad, not only m New England but in Virginia ; and so far as 
the historic facts remain^ we believe the Sagadahoc colonists can never be deprived 
of the credit due them in laying the foundations of New England. And it is ao 
honor to the colonists that on ** Sondaye, beinge the 9th of August in the morninge,*' 
the ** hoU company " landed, the cross was erected, and the devoted clergyman. 
Rev. Richard Seymour, delivered a sermon, *' gguing God thanks for our happy 
meetingc and sale aryvall into the contry." AncTis it too much to say in the woitts 
of Mr. De Costa : ** A christian priest stepped upon the soil of New England fur the 
first time at Monhegt^n in 1607, an authorized minister pronounced the first bless- 
ing[. and then and there New England was formally consecrated to christian 
civilization." 

Historical students evervwhcre, whether accepting the full claims of the Sagada- 
hoc colony, as stated by >lr. Do Costa, or not, can but thank him for the iir&M care 
with which he has edited this tract, the richness of the learning and historic ex- 

glanations which ho has added to the text in copious notes, and the broad spirit of 
istoric unselfishness and desire for accuracy which seems to have prompted every 
expression of opinion, or inference from a fact. 

[By Samuel L. Boardman, Esq., of Augusta, Me.] 

Memoirs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United Stales of America : Con- 
tainim/ — I. A Narrative of tne Organization and of the Early Measures of the 
Church; 11. Additional Statements and Remarks; 111. An Appendix of Orig- 
inal Papers. By thcRt. Rev. William White, D.D. Edited, with Notes and i 
Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Colonial Church, by the Rev. B. F. Di 
Costa. New York : E. P. Dutton k Co. 1880. [8vo. pp. 474. for sale by A. 
Williams & Co., Boston.] 

The reader takes up this volume with pleasure as he regards the superior typo- 
graphy, the fine paper and the excellently engraved portrait of the venerable author 
opposite the title page. 

It is hardly necessary to remark upon the judicious manner in which it is edited 
by the Irarni'd historian, the Rev. B. F. De Costa, who is known not only for his 
general large historical inlormatioo, but as one who has studied and published val- 
uable contributions relating to the annals of the church of which this book is a 
memoir. 

To the churchman and ecclesiastical scholar this work of Bishop AVhite baa long 
been kn.»wn, and its accuracy and value appreciated, but it will interest the general 
reader who may be tempted to study this contribution to the religious history of 
our country, to know something of its veneraltle author and his eminent fitness for 
the work. 

The Kev. Dr. William White is known to popular fame chiefly as the chaplain of 
the Continental Congress in 1775, also of that assembled at Yorktown at the time of 
the capture of Philadelphia. He at one time wrote : ** I continued as did ail of us 



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() pra3' for the king antil Sunday before the 4th of July, 1776. Within a short 
time uft4T I took the oath of allej^iance to the Uuited States, and have since remain- 
ed faithful tij it. My intentions were upright and most seriously weighed/^ 

In tlie revisitin of the forms of service of the Church of England, after the inde- 
pendt^noe of this country had been established, and in adapting the united action 
of parishes of that communion in convention to the newly existin^^ condition of 
affkint in the United States, his eminent abilities were most useful, ills sound 
judgment onit€»d with extensive information, and his intellectual attainments, well 
qualified him for the task. 

There was a strong popular prejudice against this religious body through 
the Cfjuntry, arising from jealousy of apprehended prelatical and political ten- 
dencies, and active measures were used to prevent the ardently desired wish of 
its peiiple to perfect their organization by the necessary consecration in England of 
bisboj)8 for America. Dr. S^bury, of Connecticut, had been consecrated by the 
Scottish non-juring bishops at Aberdeen in 1784, but the desire for continuity with 
the English succession le^ the first general convention of this church held in Phila- 
ddphia, of which Dr. White was unanimously chosen president, to forward a peti- 
tion fi»r the consecration of American bishops through Mr. Adams, the Americas 
minister in Lmdon, to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Mr. Adams readily under- 
took the service and assisted its object. He wrote several years after, *' There is 
no part of my life on which 1 look back and reflect with more satininction than the 

Sart 1 took, bold, daring and hazardous as it was to myself and mine, in the intro- 
nction of episcopacy in America.'* 

Dr. White was subsequently unanimously elected Bishop in Pennsylvania, em- 
barked for London, and was consecrated at Lambeth Chapel in 1787, being the first 
bishop of the strictly English snccemiun consecrated for America. 

Ue wnri not prelatical in its ofiensive sense. Tiie many trusts and offices of di^ 
Dity which had been placed upon him by popular and also ecclesiastical favor did 
not afft-ct the mild urlmnity and humility of nis character. He iK'lieved with quaint 
Francis Quarles's Enchiridion^ ^* If thou art not worth more than the world can 
make thee, thy Redeemer had a bad i)enny worth.*' 

Calm, dignified, thoroughly in fonned, exact, he was eminently fitte<l to prepare 
the^e Memoirs of the Protestant Kpibcopal Church, and the value of the work will 
not be likely to he overestimated by one studying the general history of ecclesiusti- 
cbI movements in the United States. 

The ^^'.lnk had become rare and consequently expensive, and the thanks of the 
puMic are due to .Messrs. E. P. Dutton & Co. for reprmlucinir jt in such excellent 
lorui. and t> the Reverend Editor for iiis labors which add value to it. 

[By J. UnrJntr White, A.M., of Cambridyc] 

An Anuncan Edition oj the Treat yse of Fi/sshynr/e wi/fh an Awfle.from the Boke of 
Si. A.'f>anx, by Damf Juliana Bkrnkrs, A.D. 1490. Edited by Geo. W. Van 
Su LKN. of the New York Bar. New York : Orange Judd Company. 1880. [Sq. 
16mi>. i)p. 118. Price $1.50.] 

The " Trcatyse of Fysshynge wyth an Angle '* is not only the very earliest, but 
by far the most curious essay upon the subject which has ever appeared in the Eiig- 
giish, or fKjrhaps in any other language. There has l)een some doubt as to tlie au- 
thorship of this celebrated book, but it has by general consent JK'en attributed to 
Dame Julyans (or Juliana) Berners, Bemtse or iSirncs, prioress of the nunnery of 
S>pw(^ll, near St. Albans ; a lady of noble family, and celebrated for her learning 
and accomplishmenU. It Wiis tirtjit written in 1480, and fragments of a MS. of the 
treatise an; found in one or two private libraries in England. The fir«t edition was 
" Euiprsnted *' by Wynkyn de Worde in 1196, and but two or three copies of this 
edition are known to be in existence — one in the library of the British .Mu.seum. It 
was originally included in ** Treatyses perteynynge to Hawkynge, Huntyni^e and 
Fyi««hin;;e with an angle " — although an edition was printed by de Worde in a sepa- 
rate form. The popularity of the book, if we may use a modern term, is utte>ted 
by the fact that it had ** run through " ten editions before the dwiih of Queen Eli- 
nbeth ; andjifbr nearly a hundred years it was tiie sole l>ook of its kind. lAs>nard 
UoK.-ail writing his " Bo^jke of Fishing with ilooke and Lino '' in l.VJO. Walton's 
** Cfiupleat Angler " did not a|)i)ear till 1653, and he borrowed many of his prac- 
tical suggestions from Dame Juliana, as an examination of tiie two books will show. 
The several reprints of the ** Treatyse " have been — one by William Piekering, 
London, in lb27, from the types of John Ba.skerville ; onebvThomiis White, Lmdon, 
in lb3^ ; one by James L. Black, New York, in 1875, and one by Mr. Elliot ;Scock, 



104 Bopk Notices. [Jan. 

London, in 1880. This last is a very rich edition, in fac-nTmle^ reprodaoed by pho- 
toj^phy from the copy of the first edition now in the British Museum, and edited by 
Key. G. M. Wntkins. The first Americiin edition whs edited by Mr. George W. Van 
Siclen, of the New York bar, for whom it was privately printed, and by him dedicate 
ed to the members of the WilleweniX? Club, an association of New York lovers of the 
** ^cntylecryft '* whose headquarters are on the Beaverkill in Sullivan county , N. Y. 
It IS from the plates of this edition, we judge, that the present publishers have issued 
the new impression now under notice, as it is in every respect identical with that, 
thoutjh <m m;\ny accounts we prefer the genuine "Van Siclen edition.'* Rutin 
the larger Orange J udd edition, the fresh, quaint, charming ^^Treatyse" is sure 
to find many admirers, and the patient, medissval spirit of its four-hundred-year- 
oid wisdom will charm many a modern disciple of Dame Juliana and dear old 
Isaak. 

[By Samuel L, Boardman^ Esq. | 

Historv of the Flag of the United States of America ^ and of the Natal and FtfcAf- 
Club Siynals ; S^ials and Arms^ and Principal National Songs of the United StaU$^ 
.with a Chronicle of the Symbols , Standards, Banners and tlays of Ancient ami 
Modern Nations. By Geo. Henry Pkeble, K(»r-Admiral U.S.N. Socimd Re- 
vised Edition. Illustrated with ten Colored Plates, Two Hundred Engravings on 
Woo<l, xMaps and Autographies. Boston : A. Williams ft Co. 1880. l8vo. pp. 
zzi.+8I5. Price $7, including pastage in the United States or to any Postal 
Union country.] 

Charles Lamb once said that previous to reading Milton he wished to hear a sol- 
emn service of music, that he might be prepared to appreciate the grandeur and 
magnificence of his poems. It would be fitting before following the author through 
this volume, that one should listen to the l)Ooming of cannon from a man-of-war, or 
hear the strains of martial music from a full hand, and so be charged with patriot- 
ism, that he miglit appreciate the glory attending his country*s flag as here traced 
from itH luimhlu hc;;innings to the present time when it floats so proudly among chose 
of the most favored nations The author's enthuniasm for his subject, the length of 
time given to it, and the untirin^^ industry of research displayed, have brought a 
wealth of material to his command that must make the book a fountain to dnw 
from, as well as authority to look up to, for any future writer on this interestiDg 
theme. 

It is none too noon either to have some ono gather up and record, as is here done, 
the facts and incidents concerning our flag during the late war against the union. 
The trutli in regard to cauties and conduct of war between widely separated nations 
is diflieiilt to discover and unfold, but to unravel the snarled skein in a fratracidsi 
strife of sueli magnitude, wliere disloyalty to the country's fla? was within our own 
borders, is doubly so. This Adminil Preble, with a clear insight into the sUiteof 
mind then prevailing, endeavoi's to do, and has succeeded in presentinjr a trust- 
worthy and succinct history of the flag during that eventful period. One cannot 
read it, even at this distant day, without trembling for the fate of the stars and 
stripes. Tniiled in the dust as it was by rebel hands, all such indiirnity and humili- 
ation only served to endear it the more to loyal hearts. It had perforce to l>e struck 
to its enemies, but never with dishonor. In truth it emerged from the conflict with 
added lustre. One very significant illustniti(m of this is the reference by Admird 
Preble to the lines by Campbell, the poet of Hope : 

** Your stantlard's constellation types 
White freedom by its stars ; 
But what's the mciining of j'our stripes, — 
They mean your negro's scars.'* 

This taunt, at the time it was given, did have its stin^, notwithstanding the reply 
by Hon. (ieorge Lunt, admimble as that was. Bandying wrong against wrong did 
not, however, lessen the sting in either case, it was only after our own nation had 
wrestled with the wrong and overcome it, that it could proudly point to its standard 
with the stain removed. 

Another important part of the text of the book is the chronicle of the Symbols, 
Flags, tfce., of ancient and modern nations. The dust of man]^ an old, forgotten 
tome must have been disturlK'd in gathering this mass of curious information, ilera 
we find matter and incidents relating to the Crr>ss, Crescent, Egyptian Standards, 
Eagles of the Romans, Banners of the Knights, Masonic Emblems, Lilies of France, 
and a long catalogue beside, too numerous to mention. It is to be feared the schema 



1881-] Booh JVbtices. 105 

of this part of the work is too oompreheDsive, and that the general reader will pass 
it by in order to eonie directly to the main object of the book. As might have been 
expected from the author's outlook, the navy comes in for a fair portion of his pages. 
Toe beginnings of our Naval Organization are given with great detail. It is inter- 
Mtinff to note what a wide scope was taken in giving names to the first five vessels 
porcmMod in 1775. *' The first was named Alfred, in honor of the founder of 
the greatest navy that ever existed ; the second, Columbus, after the discoverer 
of this quarter of the globe ; the third, Cabot, for the discoverer of the northern 
part of^ this continent ; the fourth, Andrea Doria, in honor of the great Genoese 
admiral ; and the fifth. Providence, the name of the town where sue was pur- 
chased, and the residence of Hopkins who was appointed the first captain.** 

To tne Alfred is claimed the high honor of being the first to wear *^ the flag of 
America.*' She was reported as mounting twenty 9-pounders ; and, that one may 
see what have been the changes in naval warfare within a hundred years. Admiral 
Pteble states the weight of shot thrown from the Alfred*s entire battery or both 
broadvidee was not equal to the wei<;ht of a single shot thrown by one ol our mod- 
em monitors. To one who has spent so many years under the folds of the flag, and 
who has kept step to the music ot the union upon the quarter-deck so much of that 
time, it is but natural that an account of the songs of our country should go with 
the bihtory of its flag. Consequently 53 pages are added at tlie end, wherein a 
neat number of interesting facts are brought together regarding our patriotic songs, 
from Hail Columbia to the famous John Bn)wn song. In respect to the latter, m 
great amount of evidence is given as to its origin, from which it seems conclusive 
that the song originated in the very beginning of the war, at Fort Warren, Bo<»ton 
harbor, and was first published in Charlestown. Probably no one song was ever so 
distinctiTely a soldier s song as this, made up as it was line upon line by the soldiers 
tbemeelves. It possewd tlie impelling force of the old hero himself, and was the 
rallying song throu^h^he long years uf that war his daring deeds and heroic death 
did so much to precipitate upon hLs countrymen. 

There are other features in this valuable book that demand notice, as the most cas- 
ual reader of even thetitlo-page will observe, but lack of space forbids touching upon 
them. It is to be ho))ed the book will find its veay into many homes of our land, to 
diflfuiie its patriotic spirit, and that the joy of loyalty and devotion to our national 
taf in the future shall cauf^e it to be held in that honor and respect described by 
Admiral Preble as accorded in the Russian navy Co its nation's colors. 

The ensign is lowered with creat formality at sunset. The officers are assembled 
OD the quarter-deck, with theTiand in pctsition, and the crew in their places ; as the 
dikg bcsiiis to descend the national air is played, and the officers and crew stiind un- 
etyvefed before the emblem of the nation's sovereignty. It is hoisted with similar 
ceremonies. 

[Bjf Abram £. Cutter, Esq., Charlestown, Boston, Mass,] 

Praceettinas of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of the Gathering in Eng- 
land, Departure for America and Final Settlement in New England, of the First 
Church and Parish of Dorchester, Mass., coinddeni with the Settlement of the 
Town. Observed March 28 and June 17, 1880. Boston : Geo. H. Kllis, Pub- 
lisher, 101 Milk Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 176. Price 75 cents in cloth, or 50 
eents in paper.] 

The two services of the first parish in Dorchester, commemorative — as stated in 
the title-page of the book before us — of the gathering of the church, its departure 
from England, and its planting on these shores, were admirably conductea, as a 
reference to the printed pages will show. The liev. Mr. Barrows, in the first ot his 
aenaons, entitled, " The Genesis and Exodus of the first Church at Dorchester,*' in 
akamed, lucid and satisfactory manner traces the incipiency, progress and ulti- 
■ate development of Puritan principles, and their effects upon the lives and char- 
acters of our fathers, permeating their thoughts and feelings, making true noble men, 
fit for the stirring autics and conflicts of their day and generation. There was a 
oidatioD of steps, it may be said, from John Wyclinc the reformer, to John 
White the '* patriarch of Dorchester." They might be considered relatively as 
tbeeaose and sequence of principles and ideas that resulted in the formation of the 
DOTcheeter church, which was organized in Plymouth, England, and came over a 
diatinct, embodied church. Whether the portion of the church tnat left for VVind- 
nr, Conn., in 1036, under Warham, the junior pa.stor. or the other portion who 
remained with the senior pastor, Maverick, in their miost, should be entitled to the 
appdlation of the First, the original church, the fiict remains, as Mr. Barrows 

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has well said^ '^ that both the church at Windsor and that at Dorchoitor directhr 
owe their origin to the little hand that gathered in Plymouth, England, in 1630. 
The afternoon services of that day consitnted of a welcome by the pastor, sioging 
from the Tersion of Sternhold and Hopkins, words and tunes used by our fathers 
two liundred and fifty years a^o, with other tunes and words of more modem oom- 
I>osition. Addresses were made by, or letters received from, ministers representa- 
tives of churches in Plymouth, Salem, Boston, Watertown, Rozb'ury, the second 
church in Dorchester and the church in Milton. At the second celebration, June 
17th, the subject of the sermon by the Rev. Mr. Barrows was, " The vine planted 
in the wilderness.'* It was Hubstantially a history of the church, interspersed with 
notes of some contemporaneous events which occurred in various countries of th«t 
world, the religious epochs of the church, the growth and development of the coun- 
try, and various other topics flowing legitimately out of the subject before him. 
Interesting addres$<es were made in the afternoon by Gov. Long, Prof. William Ev- 
erett. Edward Everett Hale, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Dr. George £. Ellis, 
the Kev. Mr. Wilson^ of Windsor, Conn., and others. The Appendix contains let- 
ters received from distinguished personages, among them Gen. Grant, the Hon. 
Bobert C. Winthrop, the Hon. Josiah Quincy, the Hon. E. W. Stoughton. 

The following telegram was received that day from the Mayor of Dorchester, Dor- 
setshire, England : " Old Dorchester sends cordial congratulations to New Dor- 
ehester upon its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, and warmly reciprocates its 
affectionate attachment."' 

[By William B. Trash, Esq,, of Boston.] 

Fourth Report of the Record Commissioners, 1880. [City Seal.] Boston : Rock- 
well & Churchill, City Printers. 1880. [8vo. pp. V.+332. With Index of 
names.] ^ 

This is the fourth report of Messrs. Whitmore and Appleton, tho Record Com- 
missioners of the city of Boston. The three previous reports have already been 
noticed in the Register (xxxi. 347; xxxii. 110; xxxiii. 264). In these notices we 
have expressed our opinirm of the value of the work the commissioners are doing. 
The present report contains the first volume of the records of the old town of D<tf- 
cbester, Mass., from 1632 to 1654. 

It is asserted in the History of Dorchester (p. 29), that this record book. ** in 
point of time, takes precedence of any town records in Mas.sachu setts." We know 
of no contemporary ti.»vn record of earlier date. The Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, 
D.D., 1834, wrote a description of this book, which was printed in a pamphlet of 
four pages, now very rare, under the title, ** Some Account of the Old Bjokof 
Records of the Town of Dorchester." This pamphlet is reprinted by Mr. Trask in 
the Register (xxi. 163) in tho introduction to his annotated copy of the early por* 
tion of these records (Jan. 21, 1632, to Sept. 2, 1637), which anpeared thirteen 
years ago in the Register for April, July and October, 1867, and January, 1868. 
A list of grantees from the original book is printed in this number of the Registkb, 
page 72. 

We are glad to see prefixed to this volume the admirable report of Alderman 
O'Brien, chairman of the committee on printing, a.s it contains sound views on the 
duty of towns to preserve their ancient records, and the best way of printing them. 
We understand that the commissioners have in press two other volumes to be issued 
■oon. namely, a volume of the town records of Roxhury, and the articles of the late 
Mr. Nathaniel I. Bowditeh in the Boston Evening Transcript, under the signaturs 
of ** Gleaner," up<m the history of real estate in Boston. 

Fifth Register of the Massachusetts Commandery of the Military Order of (he Loyal 
Lcfjion of the United Slates, Boston, May, 1880. Bosion : Press of Rockwell k 
Churchill. 1880. [12ino. pp. 46.] 

This order was instituted April 9, 1865, "to cherish tho memories and associa- 
tions of the war in defence of the unity and indivisibility of the Republic,*' and 
for kindred objects. The Massachusetts Commandery was organized and instituted 
in March, 186>8, and is in a flouri8hing condition. The present {pamphlet cimtains 
a register of every member of the commandery, living and dead, to May, 1880, 
with the date of admission, the original entrance into the service, pre8c>nt address 
of the living, and other particulars. Prefiixed is a copy of the constitution and by- 
laws of the parent order. 



1881.] Booh Notices. 107 

Tke Lake of the Red Cedars; or Will It Live? Thirty Years in Lake. A Record of 
the First Thirty Years of Baptist Labors in the County of Lake, State of Indiana. 
BvY. N. L. Crown iPoint, Ind. : T. U. Ball, Publisher. 1880. [l2mo. pp. 
357. With map.] 

This little volume deals mainly wfth the experiences of a small Baptist colony from 
West Springfield, Massachusetts, who in 1837 left their old family homes in that town 
and founded a settlement in Lake, the northwcsternmostcounty of Indiana, and now 
almost under the shadow of the great city of Chicago. The spot chosen for this 
settlement was a lovely one, and the varying fortunes of the settlers, though writ- 
ten in a rambling, disconnected way, are described in an interesting manner. There 
are no accounts of hair-breadth escapes Irom Indian attacks, no perilous ad- 
ventures or other thrilling incidents peculiar to early border life in the West, 
bat only a simple history of the rise, progress and development of a western 
township based on New England traditions and New £ngland character. Aside 
from its merit as a narrative of religious progress, the book contains some interest- 
ing family sketches and personal records which are of value to those engaged in 
tracing ramily lines to which these are related. The appendix, which adds ten 
years record to the body of the work (from 1868 to 1878) contains, among other in- 
teresting matter, a record of Baptist marriages in Lake County, from March 3, 
1842, to March 20, 1880. The style, as has been already stated, is rambling, but is 
vari^ in an entertaining manner by personal anecdotes and incidents. The prin- 
cipal defect of the work is the lack of an index, which in all books pertaining to 
&mily history is necessary and desirable. 

[By Oliver B. Stebbins, Esq., of Boston.] 

Peirze^s Colonial Lasts. Civil, Military and Professional Lists of Plymouth and 
Rhode Island Colonies. Comprising Colonial, County and Town Officers, Cler^ 
gymen^ Physicians and Lawyers. With Extracts Jrom Colonial Laws definina 

their Duties. 1621—1700. By Ebrnezkr W. Pbircb Boston: A. Wil- 

linms k, Co., 283 Washington Street : David Clapp & Son, 564 Washington Street. 
1881. [8vo. pp. 156. Price $2, including posttige.] 

Of this book it may truly be said that it supplies a want that has lono^ been felt. 
Whitmore's '* Massachusetts Civil List," the only book resembling this, contains 
the colonial officers of Plymouth colony, but does not give the military and town 
officers and the professional men. A list of the officers and profeti^ional men in 
Rhode L^iland is here first collected. The facts ;^athered up and clearly arran^^ed in 
thitt liook are such as are often found the hardest to obtain, and those who have 
pp«*nt days and weeks in endeavoring to ascertain a single fact in our early history, 
will be thankful to Gen. Peirce for the labor which future investigators into local 
hl'^tory and genealogy will l)e spared by the use of this hook. 

We had no idea that such complete lists, as we find in this book, of the '* colo- 
nial. c<junty and town officers, clergymen, physicians and lawyers " of the cohmies 
of Plymouth and Rhode Island could be gathered together. To do tliis must have 
requin-d much unremitting toil, and the perseverance which the compiltT has shown 
is worthy of all honor. The extracts from colonial laws defining the functions of 
officiaU have been made with judgment, and will be found very useful. 

*' Should the demand for this work,*' we are informed in the preface, *' seem to 
warrant the effort for a further and enlarged puhjieation in the same line, the com- 
piler will prol)ably, ere long, publi.sh in like form the Civil, Military and Profes- 
sio'nal ListA of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New ilaven and New Hampshire colo- 
nies, which, with the present work, will constitute complete books of reference to 
all Colonial New England." We trust that sufficient encouragement may be given 
to Gen. Peirce for him to continue his labors. 

The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut, from May, 1757, to March, 1762, 
inrlusive. Transcribed and Edited in accordance; with a Resolution of the Gene- 
ral Assemby. [State Seal.] By Cn.\RLKS J. IIoadlv, State Librarian. Hartford: 
Pre*!** of The Case, lx)ckwood & Brainard Company. 18^0. [8vo. pp. 6<i*2.] 

The eleventh volume of the Colonial Records of Connecticut, issued last Septem- 
ber, brings the records down to the year 1762. This volume contains *' the first 
four hundred and fbrt^'-six pages of the ninth manuscript volume of the Public 
Records of the Colony. Neither the Journal of the Governor and Council, nor that 
of either branch of the General Assembly during the years which this volume em- 
braces, are known to be extant." The *' Answers to Queries from the Board of 



108 Booh Notices. [Ju. 

Trade. 1761-2," printed as an appendix, '* from copies procared at ibe Public Rao- 
ord office in London,*' show the condition of the colony at that time in regard to 
trade, manufactures, &o. 

Like previous volumes, a full index of subjects and names is giycn. Mr. Hoidlj 
deserves great credit for the superior manner in which be brings out ibeee ToIaflNB. 

The Early Records of Groton, Masxachuseits, IfiTa— 1707. Edited by Sunn 
A.Green.M.D. GVoton: 1880. [8vo. pp. 201.] 

The town of Groton is fortunate in having a son like Dr. Green^ wbo is interertid ; 
in g:ithering up and preserving every incident in its early history, and rescuing 
from oblivion the memory of its founders, among whom we find the name of Ben- 
jamin Garfield, ancestor of Gen. James A. Garfield, president elect of the United 
tStntt'S. His historical addres<«e8, which have been noticed in the Rboistis (zxx. 
483 ; xxxiv. 231), are replete with the lore of the past. 

The volume belbre us is a work of marvellous industry, though few wbo look 
upon its clear type and beautiful paper, will prolmbly suspect it. Tboee, bov- 
ever, who have seen the tattered pnges of the original record and pored over ill 
perplexing hieroglyphics, portions of which are gone and others half obliterated, 
to which fantastic spelling adds other difficulties, can form some idea of tbe 
amount of labor which Dr. Green bus bestowed upon the work. 

Portions of this book, under the titles of *' £arly Records of Oroton " (xzziiL 
454), and '^ £arly Land Grants of Groton '* (xxxiv. 112), have been noticed In tbe 
Register. 

These *' records of the town of Groton are the earliest extant, and were probab^ 
tbe first made of any meeting held within its limits. They are copied from the only 
book of records kept during the Indian wars, and are now printed in accoidanee 
with a vote of the town. From the fact that the book was for a while proserred 
rolled np, h acquired the name of ' The Indian Roll.* It appears to uve been 
lost at one time, but was subse(iuently found." 

The copying and superintending the printing of this volume is entirely a labor of 
love. 

Washinf/tnn Academy, Historical Address of the Hon, James Gibson at the Ca^ 
tennial Celebration, held at Salem, N. Y./on August 25-26, 1880. [Royal 8to. 

pp. 25.] 

The one hundredth anniversary of this academy, located at Salem, Washin^^tim 
County, N. Y., was celebrated hist August. The full proceedings are printed in 
the Sakm Press, Sept. 3 and 10, 18S0. The oration by the Hon. James Gibson is 
reprinted from the Press in the pamphlet before us. The town of Salem vras set- 
tled between 1764 and 1770 by Scotch Irish, German Palatines and New England 
people. In 1780 there were three hundred families there. In that year a classical 
school WHS founded, which eleven years later was incorporated as ** Washington 
Acndeuiy,'* whose centenary was observed on the above-named occasion. 

Mr. Gil)son in his address gives an interesting narrative of the settlement of that 
part of New York state, and bio<rraphies of the principals of the academy and 
others connected with it, with glances at the state of society and of education there 
at different periods. The author of this address has prepared a fnll histoiT of the 
academy, which he will publish if sufficient encouragement is given. We troet 
that he may be encouraged to do it. 

Suffotk Deeds, Liber I. Boston : Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch 
St. 1880. [Bvo. pp. 827.1 

This volume has been printed by order of the Board of Aldermen of tbe city of 
Boston, actin<r as County Commissioners. The original, which ha.s a value to tht 
historiiral student as well as the conveyancer, had become so much dilapidated that 
the most prominent members of the Suffolk bar petitioned Feb. 10, 1H79, that the 
volume be copied and printed verbatim, which has been done. The copy has been 
made by William B. Irask, Esq., than whom no more competent person Could be 
found. Mr. Trask bus superintended the printing. He has also indexed the work 
in a thorouirh manner, there being five separate indexes, filling 330 pages. John 
T. lliis.<;im, Esq., to whom the public are more indebted than any other person for 
bringing this matter to the attention of the members of the bar and the board of 
aldermen, has rendered valuable assistance on the indexes and in other ways. 

The volume has been completed at so late a day, that a notice worthy of the 
book cannot be prepared in season for this number. We hope to do justice to it 
in our April issue. 



1881.] Book Jfbtices. 109 

The Relalinn of the Fisheries to the Discovery and Settlement of North America. 
Delivered before the New Hampshire historical Society, at Concord, June, 1880, 
and the Massachusetts Fish and Game Protection Society, at Boston, 1880. By 

CH.4E1JB Levi Woodbury Boston : Alfred Mudge & ISon, Printers. 1880. 

[bvo. pp. ^.] 

Mr. Woodbury is well known as a diligent student of New £ngland history. This 
short essay is the result of his studies of some of the early European voyages of 
diecoTery to tb^ shores, and particularly fishing voyages. He points but some 
ipteresting relations between the winter fisheries and settlements not hitherto no- 
ticed. He also touches upon many points relating to the period of discovery and 
eolonization, that historical students will find worthy of their consideration. Our 
moe will not allow us to indicate fully Mr. Woodbury's interesting views of the 
cWacten and events of the period upon which he writes. We commend this re- 
view to all who desire to see this great subject freshly and vigorously considered. We 
ifgard it as an earnest of what we may expect from his other historical researches. 

[By Charles W. TuttU, A.M., of Boston.] 

The Life of James A. Garfield. By Charles Carlbton Coffin (War Correspondent 
•'Carleton "). With a Sketch of the Life of Chester A. Arthur. Illustrated. 
Boston : James U. £arle, Publisher. 1880. [12mo. pp. 364.] 

This book was written in haste in the early portion of the recent presidential cam- 
paign ; and now that the su Inject is soon to be raised to the highest gilt in Ameri- 
can citixenship, a new interest surrounds it. Though written in haste, it is 
well dune. The aptness of Mr. Coffin in collating incidents which are surrounded 
bathings exciting interest, is shown in this work. The subiect of this biography 
aflbrds a fine field for research and writing, which makes the book one of great 
interest. The struggle of the parents, the youth of Garfield, his endeavors to se- 
cure education, his aptness in the class room as teacher, his patriotism and service 
in the war, and the oreadth and culture displaced in Congress in dealing with the 
BDltitudinous questions which arise in the affairs of state, ail of those open to a 
wide-awake author a richness of theme rarely surpassed. Mr. Coffin has done his 
work well ; and in this brief notice we will not mention it as a mere campaign 
book, for it has proven itself more than that already, but speak of it as a foundation 
(m which can be made a standard work among the biographies of those representing 
the best American life. 

[By the Rev. Aaron Titus, Jr., of Weymouth, Mass.] 

Reminiscences of Distinguished Men of Elssci County. Communicated by Hon. Na- 
than Crosby, LL.D. From the iiist. Coll. £ssex Inst., vol. xvii. part 2. »Salem : 
Printed at the Salem Press. 1880. [8vo. pp. 29.] 

This paper was read before the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, on the- 
7th of April last (Register, xxziv. 318). It was again read on the 19th of the same 
month bl'fore the Essex Institute, and printed in their Collections, from which this- 
reprint is made. 

Judge Crosby prefixes to his reminiscences some eloquent remarks upon the pre- 
eminence of Essex County in the history of tliis commonwealth. ** She is," says he,. 
** our Mecca and our Antioch ; our national birth-place and our christening.'' The 
reminiiicenofe relate chiefly to three eminent men of about the author's own age, 
viz. : the Hon. Rufus Choate, the Hon. Caleb Cashing and the Hon. Robert Ran- 
toul, Jr., '* born within a few miles of each other, Choate in 1799, Gushing in 
1800, and Rantoul in 1805, of parents of about equal condition and position in 
Buciety." Among the other celebrities with whom Judge Crosby was acquainted 
and has given interesting recollections here, are Garrison, the anti-slavery leader, 
Prescott, the historian, Whittier, the poet, Hawthorne, the novelist, Peubody, the 
benivuleni bauker, and Miss Hannah F. Gould, the poetess. 

Centennial Anniversary of the Independence of the State of Vermont and the Battle 
of Bennington, August 15 and 16, 1877. Westminster^ Hubbard ton — Windsor. 
Tuttle & Co., Rutland, Official Printers and Stationers to the State of Vermont. 
1879. [8vo. pp. 232.] 

The services on the two days named in the title of this book were intended to 
commemorate the centenaries of two separate events in the history of Vermont ; the 
finit the independence of the state, and the second an important revolutionary bat- 
tle fought on its soil. The true centenary of the independence of Vermont was 
TOL. ZZZY. 10* 



110 Book IfoHctt. fjitt. 

Jan. IT. 1877, tli at beinj; one hundred ypars (mm Jan. 17, 1777, when b coDtM- 
tiiin i>r ihe people i>l We«tmin.t(er liRclnred Verincml to be '" » eep&rtite. itr» »a\ 
jiuiependenl JurisdictluQ or state." It was tbougLt beat, Iiowutct, to ouiubiue Iha 
(nil celebmti»na. 
The umtLon on Vermont day was 

thnlon Bennington dnj by Iho ReT. _ . __,,._ .. . 

IDuuth Culle^fs. Both are worthy of the occnsiun that called them Torth. 

the uiiist eminent men in the nation onotribulod lu tlie interest of these two d*n 
and thtir wieechesi and writings nre printed with the uhoTe-nAmcd oraUuns in thU 
volume. The volume bI»d contalnx n Koud account of the Battle of Benniiigbin, hj 
the venemhie Hon. Ililsnd Hall. LL.D., and the proceedings at three locnl celeor*- 
tiont in 1677, namely, one in Wentminater Jan. 15. the centenary of the dMlarntion 
of independence hy Vermont; another at Iluhhardton July 7, the oeDteoary of 
the battle of Huhlnrdlun ; end the Inst at Windsor July 8 and 9, the Bret dui b»' 
ing the centenary of the adoption uf the coDHtltiition of VecmoDt. ^Tvral fiot 
enicravinjjH on Bt«el embellish the volume. The ce:lebratiun was a credit to the stBU, 
and the hook ia a fitting memorial of it. 

The Wrilingt of Ltivil Hennepin, Rfcollect Franciscan Misiionanj, By Ret. Eo- 
WAftD D. Nkill. President ut Macalesiler College. [I8S0. 8vo. pp. lU ] 
Ihe ReT. Mr. Neill, the author of tliis paper, which was read Sept. 6. 18e0t at 
the monthly meeting of the Department uf^ American Hnttury, Minneeots llistorinJ 
Society, hiia done much by original re<<earch to elucidate the early hi&tory uf dot 
country. Mr. Neill heresbowa that Hennepin's Urat book, " The Ilietory ofLouM' 
iana." t8 "a com|ii]ntion from the wntin;;Bof othera with the intc^oction of cnff- 
gemltiina." In bia " New DiiiCovety " gru«B liilMhoods are pointed out. The ■«- 
ihurKhip of thiN work haa been doubted, but Mr. Neill ^voe reasons for beliorlu 
it to he by Hennepin. " Recent doiibic." he addH, " can never aliear hiln of btl 
teputntiun nti Ihe author of the ' Nouvclle D^couverte,' and nuthin); has been di»- 
onverrd to change tlie verdict of two centuries, that Louis Hennepin, Kecolteal 
Francixcan, was deficient in christian munliuod." 

Caialagite iff the Choice and Etiensive l,aio and Mitr.rllanrnus Ubrary of JV ItM 

H.ta. Wm. Green, LL.D., Comfirisiag nearly 10.000 Voluma Tabe»M 

hy Auclian, Januar\; 18, iSSt John B. Lauglilon, Jr., Auctioneer 

No. Ulti Main Street, Kichmund, Va. [8vo. pp. SIO.j 

An odTerliaemenl of thia sale, to which we refer our readers for detaiN, will bt 
found on the enver uF this Riqistkh. The catnlogue, which wns prepared under tbi 
■uperviaion of R. A. Brock, Ewj.. corrcxpondlns secretary and libmriHn of the Vir- 
sinia llisbiricni S»ciety, and a [leraonnl fTiend uf the late owner, exhibits atre iiid 
hioid arrangement. It is a neatly printed book of SIO pagm, and io the departmont 
of liiw particularly haa apeoial value, a« pre»entini;, poeaibly, a more ooruplets bib> 
liogmphy of the " tortuous acience " than haa yet appeared, as the library coo- 
tains many Toiames which are mid hy those well infonned^ and whine dictum it 
ADthority, not to exist elscwhero. The late owner wns a pniiound bibliupatc as W»U 
u Inwyer, and it wan his uniform habit to annotate hia books, which are thus well 
freighted with the wealth of hia untiring iovescigatians. Many of them are attiM- 
tive also by reason ot past aasocintiona, uonlalning as they do memuriats of distio- 
guished ownership in England and Auieriea, autugmpha, book-plates. MS. tH)t«A, to. 

Cenivs qf Seymour. IS80. Price 35 ell. Published by W. C. Sharpc, Seyuoot, 

Conn. (I'iuio. pp. S5.| 

This pamphlet contains the names of all the resideolK, male and female, of S^ 
mour, L'onn., June I, 1880, se Uiofn by Mr. Henry Bradley, the Unilvd t>UUit«»- 
•UB enumerator iiir that tuHm, but without the ajfea and otlier particuUrs. It will 
be useful to genealogists. 

Thr Family of Fuller. Some Royal, Noble, and Gentle Dacenli of iht Kerry 
Branch. L'ompllud for his Descendants, by Jahks FoiNH-is FuLLKit. F3.A. 
[Motto. J (Twenty oopiee only.) Printed at the Private PresB of John Wilion, 
C. B., Urmond Kond, Dublin. ISno. [Folio, 33 leaves unpngcd.) 

Th' Jitrmi Family ; or Tht Detcenilandi of the tirti &iilers of Iht Name in AfoiM- 
chuWIs and Long hiand, and Ihnse who llave more retmlly Srlllrd in Othtr Pmtt 
of Ihe Uniltd Slalts and Bnlith America. Collected and Compiled hy UniMI A. 
Jfxnrii of New York : Gsosoc Ml'RIiit Jarvib oI Ottawa, Canada : WiLUril 
Jartis WETaouof New York; agisted by Aijueo RisDih'oof Brookl]rD,JlJ^ 



1881.] Book Notices. Ill 

Hartford : PrasBof The Case. Lockwood k Brainard Company. 1879. [8vo. pp. 
Tii.-h350-|-19. With blank Fumily Record, 4 Jeaves appended.] 
Farce Genealogy ^ beina the Record of the Posterity of John Pers, an Early Inhabitant 
of Watertown in Sew England^ who came from Norwich, Norfolk County, Eng- 
land; with Notes on the History of other Families of Peirce, Pierce, Pearce, etc. 
By Predkrick CuFTON Pkirce, Eelq^. .... Worcester: Press of Charles Uamil- 
ton. No. 301 Main Street. 1880. [8ro. pp. 378. Price $4.] 

Memoir of Col, Joshua Fry, sometime Professor in William and Mary College, Fir- 
ginia, and Washington's Senior in Command of Virginia Forces, 1754, etc. etc; 
with an Autobiography of his son. Rev. Henry Fry, and a Census of their /)e- 
soendants. By Rer. P. Slaughter, D.D., Author of ** History of St. George's 
Pkrish." "St. Mark's Parish," *» Bristol Parish," etc. etc. [1880. 8vo. pp. 
112.] 

Genealcgkal Memoirs of John Knox and the Family of Knox. By the Rev. Charus 

RoQEMS, LL D., Historiographer of the Royal liistorical Society London : 

Printed for the Royal Historical Society. 1879. [8to. pp. 184. j 

Genealogical Memoirs of the Scottish House of Christie. Compiled from Family 
i\tper8 and the Pablio Record, by the Rct. Charles Rogers, LL.D Lon- 
don : Printed for the Royal Historical Society. 1878. [8vo. pp. 78.] 

Genealogical Memoirs of the Families of Colt and Coutts. By the Rev. Charles 

Rogers, Lli.D London: Printed for the Royal Historical Society. 1879. 

[8vo. pp. 59.] 

Skarpe Genealogy and Miscellany. By W. C. Sharpe, Author of the " History of 
Seymour." Record Print, Seymour, Conn., 1880. (12mo. pp. 178; with por- 
traits, fao-similes and coat-of-arms. Price $1.50, to be obtained of the author, 
Seymour, Conn.] 

Some Account of the Clayton Family of Thelwall, co. Chester ; afterwards of Si, 
Dominick^s Abbey, Doneraile and Mallow, co. Cork. A Paper read before the 
Historic Society of Lancashire and Chester, 4th March, 1880. By J. Paul Rt- 
LAND8, F.S.A., ic, [Seal.] Liverpool : T. Brakell, Printer, 58 Dale Street. 
1880. f8vo. pp. 20.1 

The St or he Family of Pennington and Bedford, in the Parish of Leigh, co. Jjan- 

caster. Two Papers By J. Paul Rylands, F.S.A. Leigh, Lancashire: 

1880. (Not Published.) [8vo. pp. 18] 

Contributions to the Genealogy of the Burbank and Burhonck Families in the United 
States, By G. T. Ridlon. Saco, Me. : From the Press of C. P. Pike. 1880. 
[Svo. pp. 66.] 

A Genealogy of the Littlehale Family in America from 1633 to 1680. Collated and 

Compiled by F. H. Littlehale, of the Eighth Generation Dallas, Texas : 

Bolles & Stevens, Mercantile Job Printers. 1880. [8to. pp. 10.] 

A Memorial of a Respectable and Respected Family^ and especially of Joshua Bick" 
nell. Former, Representative, Senator, Judge and Eminent Christian Citizen: 
*^ The Noblest Roman of them All.'' Boston, Mass. : New England Publishing 
G>., Pi inters. 1880. [Svo. pp. 3^-f-xvi.] 

The Towne Memorial ; Compiled Jrom the Nrw England Historical and Genealogi- 
cal Register, Towne Manuscripts, Public and Family Records, for A. F. Towne, 
Esq., San Francisco, Cal. By Edwin Hubbard Chicago: Fergus Print- 
ing Company. 1880. [8vo. Il4-|-xvi.] 

We crmtinue this quarter our notices of genealogical works recently published. 

The elegant work on the Fuller family, whoso title heads our lidt, consiHtH of thir- 
ty tables, giving the descent of the author's children from *' royal, noblo or gentle '' 
families for several hundred years. Among their ancestors may l)e named Charle- 
maicne and Alfred the Great. Mr. Fuller has been very succeesful in traciug these 
deecentfi, and has displaced them in a clear manner. 

The Jarvia genealogy is a neatly printed work of nearly four hundred pages, with 
nnmerouB portraits and other illustrations. Among the distinguished persons of 
thtft name recorded here are — Edward Jarvis, M I)., the venerable president of the 
American Statistical Association; William Jarvis, U.S. Consul and charge d*af- 
lairee at Lisbon ; the Rt. Rev. Abraham Jarvis, D.D., bishop of Connecticut, and his 
0on the Rev. ISamoel F. Jarvis, D.D., LL.D. An index would double the value of 
ibe volume. 

The Pieroe genealogy is by the author of the History of Grafton, noticed by us in 
April laet (RiauTBS, xxziv. 820). The book seems to be thoroughly prepared. 



112 Recent Publications. [Jan. 

being precise and full as to names and dates ; and is clearly arranfi;ed, with good 
indexes. The volume is handsomely printed, and is illustrated with numerous 
steel-plate, licliutype and artotype portraits and views. Among the distinguished 
descendants uf Junn Peirce of Watertown, may be named Gov. John A. Andrew, 
the Hon. E. Rockwood Hoar, the lion. Geor^ F. Hoar, Prof. Benjamin Peirce of 
Harvard Univertfity, and the Hon. Henry L. Pierce. 

The Hev. Dr. SIaut;hter*8 book contains much interesting local and general histo- 
ry, as well as the biography and genealogy of the Frys. It is well prepared and 
well printed. 

The three volumes of genealogy by the Rev. Dr. Rogers, of London, are like all 
his works, models of hi^^torical and gcnealo^^ical research. In the first bouk, the 
genealo;i:y of the famous reformer, John Knox, is traced, and his biography fully 
given. The Scottish families to which the other books are devoted, have a historic 
record. 

The author of the Sharpe genealogy published a work in 1874 on this name which 
was noticed in the Register (xxxiii. 267). The present work is much enlarged and 
improved. Among those who have aided the author is Miss Thomasin Elizabeth 
Sharpe, of Kensington, England, author of** A Royal Descent and other Pedigrees" 
(Rbqister, xxxi. 349). English genealogy and biography, as well as American, an 
here given. 

Of the two works by Mr. Rylnnds, the first is a reprint from the '* Transactions 
of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire," lor the year 1880 ; and the sec- 
ond is a reprint of two Papers contributed to the ** Historical and Geneiilogioal 
Notes ** in tlie Leiyh Chronicle. They are valuable additions to the genealogy of 
the two counties of Lancaster and Chester. 

The Rev. Mr. Ridlon*s pamphlet is the first work yet published on the Burbtnk 
family, and is a valuable *' contribution '* to its genealogy. 

The Littlehnle pamphlet gives descendants of Richard Dttlehale, an early settler 
of Rowley. The autlior, who resides in the state of Texas, deserves much credit for 
compiling so satisfactory an account of the Littlehales under the disadvantage of 
distance from his kindred and the records of his family. 

The Bickneil genealogy gives the ancestry and di scendants of Joshua* Bicknell 
(Joshua,^ Joshua,^ Zachariah,' John,' Zachary^), with biographical matter. Ap- 
pended is the pamphlet noticed in July last (Registbr, xxxiv. 234). 

The Towne «rrncal(»gy is by the author of the pamphlet noticed last October (Rio- 
ISTER, xxxiv. 432), but is much enlarged and improved. The manuscript genealogy 
of this family by the late William B. Towne, Esq., to which Mr. Hubljara acknow- 
ledges hid indubtodneHH, ought to he published in full. Mr. Towne spent more or 
less time for nearly half a century in collecting and arranging his materials, some 
of which were obtained from persons now dead, and from records which cannot now 
be found. His work is very full and quite voluminous. 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS. 

Presented to the New England Historic^ Genealogical Society ^ to Dee, 1, 1880. 

Atla8()f Barnstable County, Massachusetts. Compiled from recent and actual surrerf 
and records, under the direction of the puhli8licr8. Published by George H. Walker ft 
Co., 81 Milk Street, Boston, Mass. 1880. [Fulio, pp. 81.] 

Pictorial ni>tory of Lynn. Lynn, Mass., 1880. Published by the Photo-Electrotype 
Co., 171 DevouAhiro St. Boston. James H. Stark, C. A. Wood, Editors. Price 15 cents. 
[Folio, pp. 24] 

Memoires de la Soci6t6 Historique de Montreal Voyage de Kalm en Am^riqne. Ana- 
lyse et traduit par L. W. Marchand, Avocat, Griffler de la cour d'appcl, Membrc do la Sod- 
^t^ Historiqtie de Montreal, Meml)re Corresi>ondant de la Soci^t^ dcs Antiqiiaircs da Nurd, 
etc etc. [Arms.] Montreal : Imprim6 par T. Berthlaume, Nos. 212 et 214 Rue Notre- 
Dame. ISBO. [Royal 8vo. 2 Nos. Scptieme Livraison, pp. 168. Huiti^mc Livraison, 
pp. 256.] 

The City of Staunton, Augusta Connty, Virpinin, and the surrounding country ; their 
condition, resources and advantases, and the inducements they offer to those seeking homes 
or places for business, investments, etc. By Jed. Hotchkiss, Consulting Engineer, author 
of the " State Summary «>f Virginia,** •• A Prefatory " an<l " A Complete Geography of 
Virgina,** etc. Staunton, Va. Spectator Steam Printing-House. D. £. Strasburg, Book 
and Job Printer. [Imp. 8vo. pp. 48.] 

The Charter and By-Laws of the Tennessee Historical Sodetv, revised Oct. 1878, with t 
list of members. Na»hville : Printed for the Society. 1880. [8vo. pp. 24.] 



1881.] 



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Memorial of the Centennial Celebration of the battle of Paulas Hook, An?. 19th. 1879 ; 
With a history of the early settlement and present comlition of Jersey City, N. J. Edited 
hf Geonce H. Farrier. . . . Jersey City : M. Mullone, Printer. 1879. [8vo. pp. 182.] 

The First Chnrch in Gloucester. An authentic historical statement. Showing also the 
legal rebtions of Parishes and Churches. Procter Brothers, Printers, Gloucetster. 1880. 
[8to. pp. 27.] 

Subjects for Master's Degree in Harvard College. 1655 — 17^1. Translated and arranged 
with an introduction and notes by Edward J. Toung. [Reprinted from the Proceedings of 
the Mase. Historical Society, June, 1880.] Cambridge : John Wilson & Son, University 
Pkets. 18S0. [8vo. pp. 38.] 

The City of Buffalo and its surroundings, its. business facilities and its advantages as a 
place of residence and summer resort. . . . Buffalo : Published by William Thurston, 
The Coorier Company, Printers, 197 Main Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 48.] 

A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the University of Virginia. Fifty-sixth 
Sessioa. 1879-80. Richmond : Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, cor. 10th and Main Sts. 
1880. [8to. pp. 64.] 

If eoioirB of George B. Wood, M.D , I,L.D. By Henry Hartshome, A.M., M.D. (Read 
before the American Philosophical Society, Oct. 11, 1880.) [8vo. pp. 35 ] 

The two hundred and forty-second Annual Record of the Ancient and Honorable Artil- 
lery Company of Massachusetts. 1879-80. Sermon by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, of Boston, 
Mais. Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 34 School St. 1880. [8vo. pp. 117.] 

Necrology for 1879-80. Dartmouth College. [8vo. pp. 20.] 

The Fencing of Railroads. A correspondence between William O. Brown, Esq., chair- 
man of the board of County Commissioners of the County of Worcester, and Hon. A. A. 
Bamjre. Published by request. Boston : Printed by Warren Richardson, 146 Franklin SL 
and 149 Congress Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 39.] 

The Boston Public Latin School, 1635>1880. Bv Henry F. Jenks. Illustrated. Cam- 
Mdge, Mass. : Published by Motes King. 1881. [8vo. pp 21.] 

Act and Bull, or Fixed Anniversaries. A paper submitted to the Numismatic and Anti- 
quarian Society of Philadelphia, Nov. 4, 1880, by Lewis A.Scott, with an up.icndix con- 
taining the Bull of Gregory Xlll. translated, and the body of the Act of Parliament. [8vo. 
PP.24.J 

Biographical Memoranda respecting all who ever were members of the Class of 1832. in 
Tale College. Edited by the Class-Secretary, fur ])rivate distribution. New Haven : Tut- 
tfe, Morehouse & Taylor, Printers. [1880. Folio, pp. 306-h.J 

Proceedin;r8 of the U. S. Naval Institute; the autobiographv of Commodore Charles 
Morris U.S.N. [Seal.] Publi>bcd by the Institute, Annapolis, Md. [8vo. pp. 219.] 

Harvard University Library Bulletin, No. 16, October Ist, 1830. Vol. II. No. 3. 

Ref>ort of the Proceedings of the Society of the Army of West Virginia, at its first three 
mcetin::!*. . . . With Constitution nn J Bv-Laws of the Society. Cincinnati ; Peter G. 
Thomp.son. Publisher, 179 Vine St. 1880. [*8vo. pp. 66.] 

Mfinoirof the Hon. John Albion Andrew, LL.D. By Pel eg W. Chandler. Reprinted 
ftxtm the proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society for April, 1880. Cambridge: 
John Wilson & Son, University Press. 1880. [8vo. pp. 32.] 

S(-nii-Ccntcnnial Mcetinjj of the Orange County Conference, held at Rnndolph, Vt., with 
the lii!»toricHl dl>course hy Rev. L. H. Eliot. 1830-18b0. Montpclier, Vt.: Argus and Pat- 
riot Job Printing House. 18S0. [8vo. pp. 28.] 

Christianity and Science, an Address by Rev. John P. Gnllivcr, at his inanguration aa 
Stone Pn»fe>sor of the Relations of ('hristianity to the Secular Sciences, Andover Theo- 
logical Seminary, June 23, 1879, together with a memorial of the founder and the statutes 
of the found.ation. Andover : Printed hy Warren A. Dr.iper. 1880. [8vo. pp.46.] 

The Farewell Scnnon delivered by Rev. Sereno D wight Oammell, on Sunday, August 1, 
16^, in Boxford, Mass., at the conclusion of his settlement over the first church and parish 
in that town; also extracts from resolutions passed by church and parish, and statistics. 
Boxford : Sidney Perlcy. 18*). f8vo. pp. 8.) 

Proceedings of the Grand Commnndcrv of Maine ; and its twenty-ninth annual conclaTO, 
held at Portland. May o, 1880. Vol. IV.— Part I. [Seal.] Portland: Stephen Berry, 
Printer. 1880. [8vo. pp. 108.] 

Proceedings of the Grand Chnptcr of Maine at its fiftv-fifth annnal convocation, h^ld at 
Portland, Mav 4, 1880. Vol. VI Part 11. [Seal.] Portland : Stephen Berry, Printer. 
1880. [8vo. pp. 268.] 

PfTicc* dings of the Grand Lodge of Maine, at its sixtv-first annual communication, held 
at Portlai d, Mav. 1880. Vol. X.— Part II. [Seal.] Portland : Stephen Berrv, Printer. 
18N0. [8vo. pp. 580 ] 

The Three Years' Service of the Thirty-Third Mass. Infantry Regiment, 1802-1865. and 
the CMmiMigns and liattles of t^Miancellorsville, Beverley's Ford, Getty si >urg, Waukatchie, 
Chattanooga, Atlanta, the march to the sea nnd thiough the Carolina.**, in which it took 
part. By A din B. Underwood, A.M., formerly colonel of the regiment, Brig. Gen. and 



114 Mecent Publications. [Jan. 

Brevet M^. Geo. U.S.V. Boston : A. Williams & Co., Pablishers, 283 Washington Street 
1881. [8vo. pp. 299+.] 

Notes concerning the Wampanoa^; Tribe of Indians, with Rome account of a Rocit Pietnn 
on the shore of Mount Hope Bay, in Bristol, R. I., by William J. Miller. Providence : 
Sidney S. Rider. 1880. [8vo. pp. 148. J 

The Genernl Association of the Conf?rc)7ational Churches of Massachusetts, 1880; Miv- 
ntes of tlic seventy-eighth annual meeting, Salem, June 16-17, with the statistics. Boston : 
Congregational Publishing Society, Congregational House. 1880. [8vo. pp. 120.] 

History of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1829-1878. [Seal ] Boston : Printed 
for the Society. 1880. [8vo.pp. 545.] 

Exposition du Canada, Montreal, 1880. Exposition Scolaire de la Province dc Quebec. 
Catalogue et list offlcielle dcs recompenses. Imprim^e par J. B. Laplante, 245 Rue St 
Jacques, Montreal. 1880. [8vo. pp. 15-H68.] 

History of Corinthian Chapter No. 7 of Royal Arch Masons, Belfast, Maine, from 1848 
to 1880. By Russell G. Dyer, Secretary. Belfast ; G. W. Burgess, Printer. ISaO. [8»0i 
pp. 80.] 

The new Public Buildings on Penn Square in the city of Philadelphia : address of Hon* 
Benjamin Harris Brewster, at the laving of the corner stone, July 4, 18/4, with a descrip- 
tion of the buildings, the statistics and progre^s of the work up to January 1, 1880. . . • 
Printed for the Commissioners. Philadelphia : 1880. [8vo. pp. 38] 

Reminiscences of Fugitive Slave-Law Days in Boston. By Austin Bcarsc. Boston: 
Printed by Warren Richardson, 146 Franklin Street and 149 Congress Street 1880. [8vo. 
pp.41. 

Report of the joint select Committee to inquire into the condition of the Election Retanif 
of Sept 8th, 1879, and the expenditure of public moneys under the direction of Oovemor 
Garcelon and Council, made to the 59th legislature of Maine. Angusti : Spragac & Son, 
Printers to the State. 1880. [8vo. pp. 838] 

A Sketch of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in America. The annual address delivered be- 
fore the Massachusetts Eclectic Medical Society, June 4, 1880. By Militrcy Gn-en, BID. 
Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, No. 34 School Street 1880. [8vo. pp. 66.] 

1855—1880. A Discourse commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the organization of 
the Parish of Grace Chureh, Newton, Mass., delivered by the Rev. G. W. Shiiin. Rector, 
Sunday, Sept. 26, 1880. Boston : Press of D. Clapp & Son. 1880. [Sq. 8vo. pp. 26.] 

History of the Seventh Squadron Rhode Island Cavalry. By a Member, 1802. ** Old 
Times '* Office, Yarmouth, Me. 1879. [8vo. pp. 11.] 

Minutes of the Seventy-First Annual Meeting of the General Association of New Hamp- 

Bhire, held at Port««mouth, Sept 14, 15 and 16, 1880. Seventy-Ninth Annual 

Report of the New Hampshire Home Missionary Society. Bristol, N. 11. Priuicd by R. 
W. Musgrove. 18^. [8vo. pp. 97.] 

The Back Bay District and the Vendome, Boston. By Moses King. 188^. [8vo. pp. 31.] 

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the most Ancient and HonorAl)le Fraternitv of Free 
and Accepted Masons. Quarterly communication, Sept. 8,1880. Boston: Press of Rock- 
well & Churchill, 39 Arch Street 1880. [8vo. pp. 101] 

Visitors* Guide to Salem. Salem, Mass. Henry P. Ives, Publisher. 1880. [8vo. pp. 
64, xxxii ] 

Biographical Memoir of Mrs. Arabella Maclay Widney. [8vo. pp. 23.] 

Catalogus Senatus Academici et eorum qui munera et offlcia gesserunt qniqne honoriboi 
scademicis donati sunt in Universitate Brunonsi, quae est Providentite in Rcpulilica In^tnla 
Rhodiensis. Providentiae : J. A. et R. A. Rcid, Typogniphis. MDCCCLXXX. [8vo. pp. 125.] 

Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society at the semi-annu.il meeting held at 
Boston, April 28,1880. [Seal.] Worcester: Printed by Charles Hamilton, Central Ex- 
change. 1880. [8vo. pp. 91.] 

Curiosities of HIstorv: Boston, September Seventeenth, 1630—1680. By William W. 
Wheildon. Second Edition. Boston: Lee & Shepnrd, Publishers. 1880. [12mo. pp. 141.] 

Reply to Francis Brinlev on the claims of Hon. John P. Bigclow as founder of Bo!«toa 
Public Library. Bv Timothv Bigelow. Rend l>efore Boston Antiquarian Club, Mav 11, 
1K80. Bo.«>ton : Tolman & White, Printers. 383 Washington St. 1880. [8vo. pp. 50.'j 

Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society. Vol. IIL Part 3. [Seal.] Saint Panl: 
Published by the Society. 1880. [8vo. pp. 162.] 

The Philosophy of History. A valedictory nddress delivered at the commencement ex- 
ercises of Woodward Hud Hughes High Schools, Cincinnati, June 18, 1880. By Walter W. 
Spooner. [8vo. pp. 6.] 

Constitution and By-Laws of the British Charitable Sodetv, together wth a li«it of mem- 
bers and d«Miors. [Seal.] Revised, May, 1880. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Ca, 
No. 18 Post-Onice Square. 1880. [l2mo. pp. 26.] 

Fittv -Ninth Annual Report of the Board of Direction of the Mercantile Librarv As«)ci»- 
tlon of the City of New York. May, 1879— April. 18K0. New York : Terwilligcr & Peck, 
Steam Printers and Stationers, No. 83 Eighth Avenue. 1880. [8vo. pp. 39.] 



1881.] 



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Catalogne of the Officers and Stndento of the University of AUbanuu With a statement 
of the courses of instmction in the various departmentis. 1879-80. [Seal.] Tuscaloosa, 
Ala. 18SJ. [8vo. pp.32.] 

Bulletin of the Boston Public Library, July, 1880. Vol. 4, No. 7. [Royal 8vo. pp. 32.] 

Obituary Record of Alumni of Wesleyan University for the academic year ending June 
ft, 1880. Issued for the use of the alumni. No. 17 of the printed series. Middletown, 
OooQ. 18S0. [8to. pp. 22.] 

The Grand Encampment and Knights Templars' Triennial Conclave, at Chicago, August 
16, 17, IS and 19, 1880. containing a complete programnM of the ceremonies and Festivitiea 
of the four days* entertainment, together with a History of the Order, chronicles of previ- 
oos oonclava;, dc8crir>tion of arches and other decorations, explanations of emblems, etc. 
•tc By W. S. Walker and Charles W. Northup. . . . Chicago: Culver, Page, Hoyno 
k Ct., Printers. 1880. [8vo. pp. 128 ] 

Report 'of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, showing the progress of 
the work for the fiscal year ending with June, 1876. Washington: Government Printing 
Office. 1879. [Folio, pp. 416+.] 

lCeroori.ll Services of Commemoration Day. held in Canton May 29, 1880, under the aus- 
pices of Revere Rn&impment, Post 91, Grand Armv of the Republic. Boston : William 
Sense, Printer. 35 Congress St. 1880. [8vo. pp. 28.] 

The Threshing-Floor. A Critic criticized, and School Reform indorsed. Mr. Bates win- 
Bowed and pa.s»ed through the sieve ; bis wheat and chaff separated ; and the Boston 
School Committee sustained. Reported for the guidance of parents and tax-pay(;rs by their 
iBb-committee of One. Boston: Lee & Shepard, Publishers. 1880. [8vo. pp. 18.] 

Sodetv of the Army of the Cumberland, eleventh re-union, Washington City, D. C. 
1879. Puhii^hed by order of the Society. Cincinnati : Robert Clarke & Company. 1880. 
[Svo. pp. *^9i.] 

Settlers of Aquidneck, and Liberty of Conscience. Read before the Rhode Island His- 
torioU Society, February. 1880. By Henry E. Turner, M.D. Published bv the Newport 
(R. I.) Historical Publishing Co. R. H. Tillcy, Secretary, 128 Thames St* 1880. [8vo. 
1^. 5».] 

Correspondence connected with the withdrawal of Mr. Theodore Thomas from the Col- 
lege of Mu^iic of Cindnuati. Cincinnati : Press of Robert Clarke & Co. 1880. [8vo. 
pp. 15.1 

Ad'lress at the Unveiling of the Monument erected to the memory of James Lewis 
Toon^, delivered in Machpeiah Ccmeterv, Mt. Sterling, Kv., on October 2, 1879. By Wm. 
C. P. Breckinridge. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co. 1879. [8vo. pp. 2U.] 

Unveiling: of Ward's Equestrian Statne of M.gor General George H. Thomas, Washing- 
ton, Novoiiiber 19, 1879. Address by Stanley Matthews. Cincinnati : Robert Clarke & 
Co. 1879. [Svo. pp. 30.] 

Addri'53 to Alumni of Kenvon College, June 23, 1880. By Stanley Matthews. Cincin- 
nati : R<>lK!rt Clarke & Co. 1880. [Svo. pp. 3i.] 

Lewis D. Camplxill, of Ohio. A brief Biofjraplitcal Sketch. [Svo. pp. 8.] 

Report of the Joint Select Committee to inquire into the condition of the Election 
Retum-' of 5>ei>tcmi>er 8th, 1879, and the Expenditure of Public Moneys under the direc- 
tion of Gov. Garcelon and Council, made to the 59th legislature of Maine. [Svo. pp 30-f.] 

Rcgi-ter of the Commissioned, Warrant and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the United 
States, including officers of the marine corps and others, to July 1, 1880. Wa>hington : 
Government Printing Office. 1880. [Svo. pp. 79.] 

Report on the Training Systems for the Navy and Mercantile Marine of En;rland, and 
on the naval training system of France, made to the Bureau of Equipn)ent and Re- 
cmitiii;; U. S. Navv Departnjent. September, 1879. Bv Lientenant Commander F. E. 
Chadwirk, U. S. Navy. Washington Printing Office. 1880. [Svo. pp. 207.] 

Report on Foreign Svstems of Naval Education. Bv Professor James Russell Soley, 
U.S.N. Washington: Government Printing Office. 18S0. [Svo. pp. 333.] 

Annual Report Secretarv of the Navy on the operations of the department for the year 
1879. Washington : Government Printing Office. 18Si). [Svo. pp. 379.] 

First Annual Report of the State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity of Massachu- 
fetts. 1879. Supplement containing the reports and papers on Public Ilc^ilth. Boston : 
Band, .\vcrj' & Co., Printers to the Commonwealth, 117 Franklin St. ISSO. [Svo. pp. 277.] 

Minutes and Reports of the General Conference of the Congregational Churches in 
Maine, and Maine Missionary Society. 1880. [Svo. pp. 1;>2.] 

An Account of the Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Bo.'ston Street M. E. 
Church, Lynn, Mass., May 20, 1878. Lvnn, Mass.: Leach & Lewis, Printers, Sherry's 
Block, Muhroe Street. 1880. [Svo. pp. 40.] 

Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education. Nos. 2 and 3, 1880. . . . Wasb- 
iDgtOD : Government Printing Office. 1880. [Svo. pp. 96 f 110.] 



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Deaths. 



[Jan. 



DEATHS. 



Appletos, Mre. Frances Anne Atkinson, 
wife of the lion. Edward Appleton, at 
Reading, Mass., Friday mornino^, Ju- 
ly 30, 1880, aged 63. She was a dau. 
of Theodore and a granddaughter of 
William R. Atkinson, of Dover, N.El., 
of which place she was a native. She 
was educated at the academy in that 
town, and in 1842 married Mr. Apple- 
ton, who in 1844 removed to Reading, 
where she has since resided. 

Her lifn work has been chiefly in her 
own household, the care of a large fam- 
ily, in the frequent absence of Mr. 
Appleton in hts professional work, 
devolving upon her. In the discharge 
of these duties she found her highest 
pleasure, making her home attractive 
alike to her family and friends. While 
she was eminently social, the life and 
the light of her household , her sym- 

gathies reached out to those around, 
he was tlioughtful of the poor, and 
kept in preparation things that she 
might bestow for their comfort. Many 
will rise up to call her bleased. 

M rs. Appleton was of one of the roost 
prominent pre-revolutionary N. Hamp- 
shire families, viz., that of Col. Theo- 
dore Atkinson, councillor, secretary of 
the Province, and at one time owner of 
about one-fifth of the state not previ- 
ously granted or settled. The town of 
Atkinson was a portion of his posses- 
sions, and also the towns of Frances- 
town and Deering, named in honor of 
his son's wife, Fninces Deering Went- 
worth, daughter of Samuel Went- 
worth, of Boston, who was a lady 
of rare beauty and accomplishments. 

By her mother's side she was a de- 
aoendant of the Harris, Mason and 
Wendell fumilies of this state, her 
firandmother being a sister of the Rev. 
Thaddeus Mason Harris, D.D., of 
Dorchester. 

Mrs. Appleton had a large collection 
of family souvenirs of more than or- 
dinary interestand value, some of them 
associated with historic families and 
dating back to colonial times. She was 
quite a student of genealogy, and col- 
lected many facts concerning the an- 
cestry ot her relatives and friends. 

CowLES, William Wade, Esq., at Bos- 
ton, Mass., Oct. 4. 1880. aged 62. Ho 
was born at Granny, Mass., May 28, 
1818. lie was for over twenty years a 
well known broker in BosUm, where 
he w&s a prominent member of the 
New Jerusalem church. 



Fdllir, Hiram, at Paris, France, Nov. 
19, 1880, aged 66. He was a »>n of 
Thomas and Sarah Fuller, of Halifax, 
Mass., where he was born Sept. 6, 
1814. His emigrant ancestor was Dr. 
Samuel Fuller, of the Mayflower Pil- 
grims. After teaching the public 
school in Plympton one winter, apd 
a private school in Plymouth several 
years, Mr. Fuller became the princi- 
pal of Green Street Seminary, Provi- 
dence, R. I., where he had as an as- 
sistant the <riftcd Margaret Fuller, a 
descendant of Thomas Fuller, of Wo- 
burn (Reg. ziii. 357, 363), not known 
to be related to the Pilgrim. He 
was afterwards a bookseller in Provi- 
dence. In 1843 he was associated with 
Nath'l P. Willis and George P. Morris 
in publishing the New Mirror. The 
Eoening Mirror was a later venture 
by the three, but Mr. Fuller subse- 
quently became the proprietor. He 
was a genial, sociable companion and a 
writer of considerable talent. His pu- 

Kils in Plymouth are said to speak of 
im as an excellent teacher, and hold 
him in affectionate remembrance. 

Some years ago he went abroad, es- 
poused the Confederate cause, and 
established at Liondon The Ontmopo- 
lite^ a weekly newspaper. He was 
afterwards engaged in j.nirnalism in 
Paris. He puhlinlied The Groton Let- 
ters. N. Y., 1845 ; Belle Britain, or 
a lour in Newport, N. Y., 1858 ; 
Sparks from a t/KJomotive, N. Y., 
1859 ; North and South, by the White 
Republican, London, 1863. 

Hatden, William, Esq., at Maiden. 
Mass., Oct. 6, 1880, aged 84. He was 
born, Nov. 8, 1795. at Richmond, Va., 
but was of New England anc«*try. 
He was descended from the Va^^sals 
of Cambridge (Register, xxv. 44). 
His educaticm was received at the Bos- 
ton public schools, and he has been 
prominently connected with public 
affairs here in city and state. From 
1824 to 1811 he was auditor of Boston, 
and was afterwards editor of the Boston 
Atlas. He was several years a mem- 
ber of the Boston common council, and 
a representative of this city in the 
Massachusetts general ooort. 

Wtman, Miss Hannah Adams, in Med- 
ford, Mass., Oct. 5, 1880, aged 68 yra. 
7 mos. 16 days. She was a diuphter 
of the late Joseph, Jr , and Elizabeth 
Lynde (Blanchard) Wyman. 



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REGISTER. 



APRIL, 1881. 



JONATHAN BROWN BRIGHT. 

By the Rev. Thomas Hill, D.D., LL.D., of Portland, Me. 

JONATHAN BROWN BRIGHT was born in Waltham, Mas- 
V sachusetts, April 23, 1800, and died there, Dec. 17, 1879. 

Mr. Bright's volume, *' The Brights of Suffolk, England," print- 
ed for private distribution in 1858, but accessible to genealogical 
inquirers, closes with Henry Bright, Jr., who came to New Eng- 
land in 1630, and settled in Watertown, Mass. Henry Bright, 
Jr., married Anne Goldstone, who came from SuiFolk, England, 
in 1034. Through her he inherited the homestead of her parents, 
in Watertown, east of and adjoining the estate of the late John P. 
Cusliing, and opposite that of the late Alvan Adams. Here Henry 
Bri«rlit, Jr., lived and died. 

Ilii? son, the first Nathaniel Briglit, of .AVatertown, married ^lary 
Coolidge, of the same town ; and their son, the second Nathaniel 
Bri^^^ht, married Ann Bowman, all of Watertown. The homestead 
of tiie second Nathaniel Briijht was about three-fourths of a mile 
west of the Goldstone phice, and still remains in the hands of his 
desoendants. The old house upon it, taken down in 1877, was said 
to have been built before 1700. 

The third Nathaniel Bright, son of the second, married Sybil 
?tMnc, of Sudbury, Mass., a descendant of Gregory Stone. Tiieir 
on John Bright, of Waltham, married Elizabeth Brown, of Wa- 
ertown, daughter of Capt. Jonathan Brown. This John Bright 
ettlwl, in 177(), in Waltham, where he lived until his death, in his 
7th year, in 1840. His ten children, of whom Jonathan Brown 
bright was the youngest, were born in the house which stood nearly 
here that stands in which the latter died, on the main highway 
ito AValtham, on the eastern bank of Beaver Brook, the estate 
eing divided by Grove Street. 

Elizabeth Brown, the mother of Jonathan B. Bright, .was a 
aughter of Jonathan Brown, of Watertown (captain in the army 

VOL. XXXV. 11 



» 

118 Jonathan Brown Bright. [April, 

at Lake George, 1758) and Esther Mason, of Watertown, a de- 
scendant of Hugh Mason. Capt. Jonathan Brown was a son of 
Jonathan Brown, of Watertown, and Elizabeth Simonds, of Lex- 
ington. This Jonathan was son of Capt. Abraham Brown, of Wa- 
tertown, and Mary Hyde, of Newton. Capt. Abraham Brown 
dropped the final e, which his father Jonathan Browne and grand- 
father Abraham Browne had carried. Abraham Browne had mar- 
ried Lydia , in England, and settled in Watertown, Mass. ; and 

his son Jonathan married Mary Shattuck of that town. 

The old Brown estate, an original grant to the first Abraham, 
now reduced in size, is still owned by descendants of the name. 
The main body of the house was built by Capt. Abraham Brown, 
but a part is still more ancient. It stands on the road from Water- 
town village to Waltham, a little to the east of the estate once 
owned by Gov. Gore, afterward by Theodore Lyman. 

The items given above may be recapitulated in the following ta- 
ble, giving the pedigree of Jonathan B. Bright, on both the father's 
and the mother's side. 

Henry Bright, Jr. = Anne Qoldstone. Abraham Browne «» Lvdia . 

Nathaniel Bright = Mary Coolidge. Jonathan Browne '^ Mary Sbattack. 

Nathaniel Bright = Ann Bowman. Capt. Abraham Brown ^ Mary Hyde. 

Nathaniel Bright = Sybil Stone. Jonathan Brown = Elizabeth Simondf. 

John Bright = Elizabeth Brown. Capt. Jonathan Brown =« Esther Mason. 

Elizabeth Brown =» John Bright. 

John Bright, the father of Jonathan Brown Bright, was a far- 
mer and a tanner. Only two of the descendants of Henry Bright, 
Jr., are known to have received a college education ; Henry, Har- 
vard 1770, and Nathaniel Francis, Harvard 1866. But they hare 
been and are, almost without exception, men of good sense, with a 
taste for reading, and of practical sound judgment. Mr. John 
Bright's large family made industry an essential virtue among his 
children ; and his strictly religious character made him a strict disci- 
plinarian to enforce it. At the age of four Jonathan B. was sent 
to the district school ; and during the next ten years was taught to 
read, to write and to cypher, working at home during the long vaca- 
tions. At fourteen he was sent for one quarter to Westford Acade- 
my ; after which he took lessons for a short time of the Rev. Sam- 
uel Ripley, so long pastor of the first parish, Waltham ; but, having 
no desire for a collegiate education, he resumed labor on the farm 
and in the tan-yard. 

In 1816 he attended, one term only, Framingham Academy. 
The next year, having no more taste for tanning or farming than 
for study, he went, with an older brother, to New Orleans by sea, 
thence up the river to St. Louis, and became his brother's clerk in 
a store. Here he ceinained until of age, with the exception of one 
season in a branch store at Franklin, on the Missouri. As soon as 
he was of age he began a retail business for himself in St. Ste- 



1881.] Jonathan Brown Bright. 119 

phens, Alabama ; but the next year moved to Selma. During the fol- 
lowing year, 1823, of the seven men of northern birth in that town, 
four died of fever ; and the other three, including Mr. Bright, suffered 
severely with the same disease. This decided him to quit the South. 
In 1824, finding no vessel at Mobile for Boston, he went to New 
York and sought employment. Making an engagement with Black- 
stock, Merle & Co., cotton brokers, he paid first a brief visit, after 
seven years' absence, to his home ; then returning,' spent twenty-five 
years in New York, first as clerk, afterwards as partner ; the firm 
changing to Merle & Bright, and then to Merle, Bright & Co. 

In 1849 he returned to the homestead on Beaver Brook, then 
oocnpied by his maiden sister Mary ; with whom also an unmarried 
brother John resided. Mr. Bright built here a larger house a few 
feet east of the old one ; and he and his only child, with the brother 
and sister, constituted the family. Thirty-two years absence had 
not diminished his attachment to the old place and to the compan- 
ions of hia childhood. They passed away before him, but the thirty 
years of quiet enjoyment which followed his retirement to the place 
of his birth, were made much happier by the prolongation of the 
BLster's life nearly to the close of his own. 

In 1827 Mr. Bright married Miss Mary Huguenin Garbrance ; 
but his happiness with her was interrupted by her early death in 
1830. Her only child, a daughter, came with her father to Walt- 
ham in 1849, and in 1861 married her cousin William EUery Bright. 
They with their three children still occupy the estate. 

The thirty years, from 1849 to 1879, in which Mr. Bright lived 
free from active business cares, were by no means' years of idleness. 
With the exception of a journey in 1859 to Nassau, Havana, New 
Orleans and St. Louis ; and a shorter one in 1860 to BuHalo and 
Quebec ; the occupation of all those years was found in his native 
town, doing private kindnesses and fostering public improvements. 
I remember that one of the earliest impressions I received of him 
was from the chairman of the board of assessors, who told me that 
he had just had a peculiar experience ; Mr. Bright had come in, 
after the town had been assessed, and said, "You have not made 
my tax large enough ; add so many thousand dollars to my personal 
property." It revealed the character of the man ; it was both his 
integrity and his public spirit that made him thus voluntarily assume 
a larger proportion of the public expenses. 

In 1856 he was put on a town committee to select ground for a 
new cemetery ; drew up the report which was accepted, and named 
all the avenues in the new grounds, Mt. Feake, after ancient Walt- 
faam families ; a token of the strong interest which he then took in 
the matter of genealogy. 

He furnished a good deal of valuable local history and antiqua- 
rian lore to the Waltham Sentinel and the Waltham Free Press, 
during the years 1856-1863. He was an active promoter and lead- 



120 Jonathan Brown Bright. [April, 

er of the Union League of the town during the civil war ; and be- 
fore tliat in the organization of a Farmer's Club, which is still in 
active operation. But the wire-pulling necessary to success in car- 
rying on matters dependent on popular votes was so distasteful to a 
man of his pure, simple and manly integrity, that, after 1858, he 
resolutely declined to serve on any committee in town affairs. 

In 1848, just before retiring from business in New York, Mr. 
Bright accidentally heard that Dl-. Henry Bond, of Philadelphia, 
had a genealogy of the Bnght fiimily. Mr. Bright had a great in- 
terest in that matter, although up to that time he had had no leisure 
to examine it. He immediatelv wrote to Dr. Bond, and the corre- 
spondence was kept up until the latter gentleman's death. Dr. 
Bond proved to have descended, in one line, from Henry Bright, 
Jr., and was also remotely connected with Mr. J. B. Bright by 
the marriage of his grandfather to Mr. Bright's aunt. Dr. Bond 
visited Mr. Bright at Waltham and spent some weeks there, while 
both were much engaged in collecting genealogical material. !Mr. 
Bright afterward employed Mr. H. G. Somerby to make researches 
in England; and in 1858 printed his valuable records of "The 
Brights of Suffolk,. Eng." 

Since that volume was printed Mr. Bright has collected material 
which would fill three more volumes of the same size, relating to 
the family on this side the Atlantic, and to other families of the 
same name.* 

The descendants of Henry Bright, Jr., have been mostly farmers 
and mechanics, occasionally shopkeepers, none holding other than 
town or parish offices ; but none dishonoring the name. The num- 
ber bearing the name is small, not exceeding, to the year 1850, one 
hundred and fifty ; but the descendants in the female line have been 
more numerous. 

By a will dated December 15, 1860, Mr. Bright bequeathed to 
Harvard College fifty thousand dollars, the income of which should 
be equally divided between the purchase of books for the college 
library and the su})p()rt of scholarships to which Brights, lineally 
and legitimately descended from Henry Bright, Jr., shall have pri- 
ority of claim. " I have selected Harvard College," he says, " the 
most juicient and venerated seat of learning in my native state, to 
be the custodian of this legacy, as an expression of my appreciation 
of its liberal vet conservative character ; trustins^ that its govern- 
ment will always res[)e('t the sincere convictions of the recipients of 

the income thereof.*' His daui>:hter was made sole executrix, and 

~ ■ __ 

by a codicil her husband was added as co-executor. They have paid 

• Mr. Brij:Iit wa* admitted a resident mrnibcr of tlie New En*rlan(l Historic, Genealogi- 
cal Society, Dee. 11, 1850, and made himself a life member March 20, 1863. lie interested 
him>elf mueh in the soeiety, and was a frequent donor to its library. In 1870 he gave Atc 
htindred dolhirs to tlie I^nilding Fund, for purchasing and titling for the U8cs of the soci- 
ety the building which it now occupies. — Editou. 



1881.] Censures on Harvard College^ 1672. 121 

OTer the full legacy a year in advance of the time allowed by law ; 
80 that the college enters at once u])on the enjoyment of the income. 

Mr. Bright's phrase " liberal yet conservative character," which 
he applies to the college, might well be employed in describing him- 
self. With an energy of character which in less than thirty years 
lifted him from the humblest commercial beginning to a competence 
that could afford such a legacy, he combined a genuine shrinking 
modee^ which obscured his worth from careless eyes. His energy 
led bim to join in aiding liberalizing movements ; his modesty held 
him in reserve and allowed his cool sound judgment to keep him in a 
more conservative position. His independence was maintained by this 
happy self-restraint, which would allow him to run into neither ex- 
treme of standing by old errors nor of rushing into new ones. Early 
in life he adopted views of the christian religion in substantial agree- 
ment with those of Dr. Channing, and he never saw reason to modify 
them in any essential degree. His warmest virtues were kept, as it 
were, cool and in the back ground by this wise and modest caution. 
He gave time, labor and money to many good causes, public and 
private ; and he gave with a kindly, cheerful spirit ; yet so unos- 
tentatiously and so wisely that men's attention was more taken up 
with the results of the action than with the action itself. In private, 
personal kindnesses he exercised a great delicacy ; so that, in some 
cases, the recipient of a needed help received regular periodical dona- 
tions of a fixed sum, and endeavored for some time in vain to know 
fix>m whom, or through what channel, they came ; in other cases the 
recipient thought of the gifts as tokens of friendship rather than as 
any pecuniary aid. 

On Sunday he rose from his chair to remove the blower from the 
grate, and from some unexplained cause fell, and fractured his right 
hip. The shock proved too great for his physical strength, and on 
Wednesday he passed quietly to his rest; sustained in his last 
days, as during his whole life, by an unfaltering cheerful trust in the 
Uessed promises of the Gospel. 



CENSURES ON HARVARD COLLEGE IN 1672. 

Commanicaled by William B. Tbabk, Esq., of Boston. 

THE signers of the following document appear to be all residents 
of Roxbury. There is an uncertainty as to the hand writing. 
Possibly the document may have been drawn up elsewhere and copies 
sent to this and other towns in the colony, so that there may be 
others extant. The name erased at the top of the left-hand colunm 
is probably*that of Thomas Weld, then an inhabitant of Roxbury,. 
who was a son of the Rev. Thomas Weld. 

VOL. XXXV. 11* 



122 Censures on Harvard Gollegey 1672. [April, 

The humble Petition of some of the people that lyve under the Jurisdic- 
tion of the massachusets government, unto our honored Magistrals this 5** 
day of march 1672 

Sheweth 

That Whareas it hath pleased our ever honored Magistrats to send 
their letters to the Churches,* to move us to a liberal contribution towards 
the Colledg. and in one of those leters declared that if any of the good 
people have any obiecsion you give us leave to propose it, and also are 
pleased to promise us, to adde your indeavor to remove the same. We take 
the boldnesse to propose an obiecsion not with any intent to shorten either 
our owne or others hands to so good and plus a work, as we trust we shaall 
make it appeare by our actions, but our only scope is, to indevor the remo- 
val of an evyl (as it appereth to us) in the educasion of youth at the Colledg. 
and that is, that they are brought up in such pride as doth no wayes become 
such as are brought up for the holy service of the lord, either in the Magis- 
tracy, or ministry especialy. and in perticular in their long haire, which last 
first tooke head, and broke out at the Colledg so far as we understand and 
remember, and now it is got into our pulpets, to the great greife and 
ffeare of many godly hearts in the Country 

we find in the scriptures that the sons of the prophets, and such as were 
dedicated to god, were brought up in a way of mortification and humility, 
we beseech you to consider amos. 2. 11. 12. I raised up of your sons 
to be prophets, and of your young men to be Nazarites, is it not even 
thus o ye children of Israel saith the lord, but ye have given the nazarites 
wine to drink. Consider also pro. 16. 31 the hoary head is a crowne of 
glory if it be found in the way of righteousnesse. and are those haires so 
found, that are defiled with this lust? we beseech you consider, whether all 
other lusts which have so iucorigibly brake in upon our youth, have not 
first sprung from the incorrigablenosse of this lust, our humble request is 
that you would please to use all due indeavours to cure this evyl. and so 
we commend you to the lord and to the word of his grace and remaine 
your Vnible petecinors alt the thron of grac to assest and in able you in all 
your AVaighty consarns and remain your AVorships humble 

petitioners 

Thomas fibster: Giles paison 

Abraham Neuell Seaner John Parpoint 

Isaac Neuell Samuell Kuggles 

Jacob uuell Robbert williams 

Robert Pepper Samvell williams 

abraham how Edward Bridge 

Samuel mey edward paison 

John watson Ritchard goad 

Ralph hemeuway John P^liot 

John Bowles 
Danil bruer : 
Samuell gary 
Robert Seauer 
John poley 

Edward morrisf 
[Endorsed] Mr. Eljots &c peticon abt youth®. « 

♦ Clin any reader of the Register send as a copy of this letter of the mn^trates ?— Ed. 
t A facsimile of these autographs will be found on the opposite page. 



1881.] Faciimilea of Roxbury Signatures. 












124 



Taxes under Andros. 



[April, 



TAXES UNDER GOV. AITOROS. 
[fbou the jbffeies fauilt papeks.] 

No.X. 

[Contiiiaed from page 37.] 

Assessments op t^ Estates of t^ Towne of Rochest** in t* Kings 

Province Sep' Q^ 1687. 



Corncihis Hightman 

John Sweete 

Stephen Northtrop Junio' 

Stephen Northtrop Senio' 

William Knowles 

Danie [torn] 

John Callerrell 

John liriggs Senio' 

Robert Ilaiiah 

Eber Sherman 

Thomas Sowell 

Peleg Mumford 

John Kiiinion 

Samuel Browne 

James Kinnion 

Henry Northtrop 

John Kemintjton Junio' 

James Cotrgeshall 

Henry Ttbbits Senio' • 

John North 

Joseph HiMiolds 

Bryar Browne 

Ephraim Bull 

Rouse Ilelmo 

Thomas Mumford 

Ben: Morey 

Thomas Chace 

Joseph Northtrop 

Thomas 1 1 an ens 

Arthur Ale worth 

Robert II. (torn)d 

Job (torn) 

Edw (torn) Austin 

Samuel Hopkins 

John Cole Junio"" 

Thomas Brookes 

Aaron Ickewayes 

Henry Knowles 

Henry Bull 



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Taxet under Andros. 



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Jftliii Andrew 
William Palmer 
Samncl Tift 
fetulal";!! "Westcoate 
HeoTv Gitrdiner 
Dnuiel DotTtieing 
Beaonia Ganliuer 
Jwepb Case 
Enoch Place Juuio' 
John Snook 
Job Jeuniii°:ti 
Gw: Gardiuer 
A'ieholis Gardinw 
Pe«er Wellee 
John Slielilou 
MoBcs Barber 
John Watsmi 
JohD Eldred 
Eu'.h:Ii Place Senio' 
Rohert SpiDk Seuio' 
Tlieoph AV.ule 
Thomas AyreB 
George Wbightemitn 
Thomns Etdred 



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W- IJently 
Wiil'fw I'henix 
W" Tanner 
Fniii'.-ii "\\\-sl Senio"' 
Jacob Piiider 
Ben Sweete 
James Greene 
Jeremiah Urownc 
-JamiK lieiiuldB Junio' 
Ben Cuiigdon 
Cap' Fumes 
Lef'< I'pdick 
M' Briiiley 
Eflnard Greene 
Alirx: Tenant 
Jelf: Chutnplin 
John Cole Senio' 
Samuel All.row 
Samuel Kldred Junio' 
W"" Gardiner 
Samuel \'emon 
Janie> Kenolds Senio' 
Fraud!. Reiioldg 
Daniel Kldred 



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[April, 



Samuel Eldred Senio' 
Joseph Brajman 
Greorge IlaoeDS 
Daniel Mackeney 
AlexaDd' King 
James Ray' 
Samuel Wilson 
John Carr 
James Ilighams 
Nicholas Utter 
John Fomes Jonio' 
Israel Newton 
Thomas Weathers 
Samuel Sheperd 
Jeremiah Fomes 
Samuel Fomes 
Henry Tybitts Jonio^ 
Francis Battes 
Daniel Whightman 
Jeremiah Wilky 
Robert Spink Jonio' 
Shebna Spink 
John Spink 
John Brigs Jnnio^ 
James Brigs 
William Cole 
Joseph Place 
Samuel Sweete 
James Sweete Junio' 
John Nickels 
Henry Hill 
Thomas Marshall 
Ezekiell Bull 
Jeremiah Austin 
Stephen Hazard 
Ben Gardiner 
Archibauld Morris 
Francis West Junio' 
Rich** West 
John Giird Junio' 
Sh (torn) Wilk (torn) 

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Elisha Mich (torn) 
Francis Cole (torn) 
William Shr (torn) 
John Wilson 



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1881.] Declaration in behalf of John Chipman. 127 

(Signed) 

the mark of Com' 

Errors Excepted P Jeffry I Champliog 

Jo (torn) Cole James I Renolds the B 8 mark of 

Enoch Plas the mark of Samuel Albrow 

William Grardiner Daniel Vernon, 

Selectmen. 

(Endorsed) 
John Brigs ^ The within Rate being perused 

John Eldridg > Constables Corrected & perfected by us Comissi' 

John Watson ) ffor the sundry towns in y* County. 

John Rodman 
(Signed) Edward Smith 

Peleg Tripp 
James Greene 
Ebenezer Slocum 
John Heath 

sign mark 
Jefery I Charaplin 
Nathaniel Niles. 



DECLARATION IN BEHALF OF JOHN CHIPMAN* 

A BRIEF Declaration with humble Request (to whom These Presents 
Shall Come) for further Inquiry & Advice in y* behalf of John Chip- 
man, now of Barnstable in the Goverment of New Plimouth in New 
England In America being y* only Son & Heir of M' Thomas Chipman 
Late Deceased at Brinspittlle about five miles from Dorciiester in Dor- 
setshire in England concerning [some Certain]! Tenement or Tene- 
ments with a Mill & other Edifice thereunto belonging Lying & being in 
Whitechurch of Marsh wood vale near BurfortJ Alias Breadport in Dor- 
setshire afores** hertofore worth 40 or 50 Pounds p* Annum which were 
y* I>aiids of y* s** Thomas Chipman being Entailed to him & his Heirs for 
Ever but hath for Sundry years [been] Detained from y* s** John Chipman 
the right & only Proper Heir Tliereuuto, By reason of Some kinde of Sale 
made of Inconsiderable value by the s** Thomas (In the time of his Single 
Estate not then minding marriage) unto his kinsman M' Christopher Derbe 
Livinjj Sometime in Sturtle near Burfort afors** being as the said John hath 
been Informed but for 40" And to be maintained Like a man with Diet 
Apparel &c by the s** Christopher as Long as the s** Thomas Should Live 
whereat y* Lawyer w*^ made the Evidences being troubled at his Weakness 
in taking Such An Inconsiderable Price tendered him to Lend him money 

• This docnment was printed in the Rroister for January, 18.50 (iv. 23-4), from a copy 
made l»y the Rev. RichHrd Manning Chipman, A.M., now of Hyde Park, Ma>s. Some 
Doces u]y.*n it by him apf)ear in the numl)er for Octol>er, 1850 (iv. 251-2). As Mr. Chipman 
did not Iwve an opportunity to correct the proof, some important typo^aphical errors arc 
foand in the document there printed. We have Iwrrowed from the owner, William Churchill 
Chipman, Esq., of Sandwich, Maan., througfj the intervention of C. C. V. Watcnnan, Esq., 
of that town, the docnment copied by Mr. Chipman, doubtless a contemporary transcript 
of one pent to England, and it lias l)een copied for us by D. P. Corey, V»>^l., of Maiden, 
Mas*i., who has been assisted in reading the proof by Wiliiam B. Traj>k, Esq., of this city. 
The drjctimcnt is not in the handwriting of John Chipman himself. 

t In tlie original the words above quoted in brackets are in the left hand margin. 

X Breadport stricken out. 



128 Declaration in hehalf of John Chipman» [April, 

or to give to him y* s^ Thomas Seven hundred Pounds for y* s** Lands But 
yet the matter Issuing as Afors** The Vote of the Country who had know- 
ledge of it was that the s** Thomas had much wrong in it Especially After 
it pleased God to Change his Condition, and to give him Children, being 
turned off by the s** Christopher only with a poor Cottage and Garden Spott 
instead of his fors** Maintainance to the great wrong of his Children Espe- 
cially of his Son John Afors** to whom y® s^ Lands by right of Entailment 
did belong Insomuch that m' William Derbe who had the s** Lands in his 
Possession then from his father Christopher Derbe told the s^ John but if 
y' s** Lands prospered with him that he would then Consider the s** John to 
do for him in way of recompence for the same when he should be of Capa- 
city in years to make use thereof The s** John further Declareth that one 
m' Derbe A Lawyer of Dorchester (he Supposes y* father of that m' Der- 
be now Living In Dorchester) being a friend to the mother of the s** John; 
Told her being Acquaind with y* Business and sorry for the Injury to her 
Heir, that if it pleased God he Liv*d to be of Age he would himself upon 
his own Charge make A Tryal for the recovery of it and in Case he recov- 
erd it Shee Should give him 10" Else he would have nothing for his trou- 
ble and Charge. Furthermore John Derbe Late Deceased of Yarmouth 
in New Plimouth Goverment Afors** hath Acknowledged here to the b* 
John Chipman that his father Christopher had done him much wrong in the 
fors^ Cailds but y® s* John Chipman being but in a poor and mean outward 
Condition hath hitherto been Afraid to Stir in it as thinking he should 
never get it from y® rich and mighty but being now Stirred up by Some 
friends as Judging it his Duty to make more Effectual Inquiry after it for 
his own Comfort his wife and Children which God hath pleased to bestow 
on him if any thing may be done therin, & in what way it may be attained 
whether without his Coming Over which is mostly Desired if it may bee. 
Because of Exposing his wife & Children to Some Straits in his Absence from 
them, he hath Therfore Desired these as afors*^ Desiring also Some Searh may 
be made for fuilher Light in y* Case into the Records the Conveyance of the 
Said Lands being made as he Judgeth about Threescore years Since as Also 
that Eniiuiry be made of his Sisters which he Supposeth lived about 
those parts & of whom P^lse it may be thought meet, and Advice Sent over 
as Afors*', not Else at present But hoping that there be Some Left yet in 
England alike Spirited with him in 21) Job whom the Ear that heareth of 
may bless God for Delivering y® poor that Crieth and him that* hath no 
helper Being Eyes to the blind feet to the Lame A father to the Poor 
Searching out y® Cause which he kuoweth not, &c. 

I John Chipman Desires his Love be 
Barnstable as Afores** this 8*^ of presented to his Sisters Hanner and 
Feb. (f)!) Tamson and to hear partioulary 



he Desires also Enquiry be made 



from them if Living and doth fur- 



of his Sisters what those parchment thcr request that Enquiry be made 
writeings Concerned in the Custody of m' Oliver Lawrence of Arpittle 
of his mother when he was there. ! who was an Intimate friend of his 

I fathers. 

[On the left hand margin is written as follows, viz.] The s^ John Chip- 
man Supposeth his Age to be About thirty seven years: it being next may 
Twenty & one year since he Come out of England. 

[Endorsed in the same hand writing] — A Brieff Declaration In Behalf of 

Jn° Chipman of Barnstable. 

* and him that stricken ont. 



1881.] Pretident Wilder' t Address. 129 



ADDRESS OF THE HON. MARSHALL P. WILDER. 

I>eliTered at tbe Annul Meeting of the New-Enoland Hibtobic, Oenbalooical 

SociBTT, January 6, 1881. 

Gentlemen op the SociETr : 

Eighteen hundred and eighty is gone ! Time with unerring 
finger has engraved on the cycle of ages another year. But, thanks 
to Him with whom time has no beginning nor end, we still live to 
prosecQte the noble work in which we are engaged. Thanks also to 
yon, my fellow associates, for placing me again at the head of our 
Institution, and for your courtesy, counsel and co-operation, without 
which all my labors would have been in vain. 

The past year, if we except the usual turmoil in the East and the 
disquietude and distress in Ireland, has been remarkable for the 
peace and prosperity of the world. No great wars have drenched 
the earth with blood, and no great revolutions have shaken the 
thrones of monarchies. In our own land, the year has been the most 
memorable one in its history, for rapid advancement and general 
prosperity, placing it only third on the roll of commercial nations of 
tbe globe ; and the peaceful election of another President of the 
United States has been everywhere recognized as the precursor of 
still greater growth, wealth and power. 

Most heartily do I rejoice to meet again so many old friends with 
whom I have stood shouhler to shoulder for a long course of years 
in social intercourse and in efforts for the advancement of our 
Society, whose voices are always heard with pleasure, and whose 
presence always adds dignity and encouragement to our work. 

Many who were with us a year ago have passed the bridge of 
life, and wait for us on the other shore. While we mourn their loss, 
and may find consolation in those promises which are everlasting and 
im(>erishable, we should remember that our lives are transitory and 
short. All are subject to the Almighty behest that declares " dust 
thou art and unto dust shalt thou return," — we soon pass away like 
ripples on the surface of the water, or a shadow passing over the 
plain. Man rises as the flower in spring time, blooming with bright 
anticipations of ripening years — revelling in the summer-tide of 
favor and honor, when suddenly there comes "a frost, a killing 
frost," and he withers and sinks like the faded leaf to mother earth. 

During the past year, as will be seen by the Historiographer's re- 
port, forty-four members of the Society have died. Of most of 
them appropriate notice has been taken in the record of our pro- 
ceedings. This is a larger number than in any other year since the 
formation of our Society. Their average age is over seventy-one 
years, being about the same as for the last five years. 

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130 Preaidtnt Wtldet^s Address. [April, 

Among them I may mention : 

Hear Admiral. Henry Knox Thacher, of the United States Navy, 
*'in peace a high-toned, loyal and virtuous citizen; in war, a bold 
seaman, a brave and gallant officer, and a fearless defender of his 
country's flag — honored in the service to whose highest rank he had 
so worthily risen." Of his donation to our Society — in whose 
prosperity he always manifested the highest concern— of the invalua- 
ble letters and documents of his grandfather, Gen. Henry Ejqlox, a 
patriot general of our revolutionary army, I have spoken on an- 
other occasion. Their importance and value will be more fully 
treated of in the report of the Kev. Mr. Slafter, chairman of the 
committee for arranging and binding them, which will be submitted 
at this meeting. 

Joel Munsell, Esq., of Albany, manifested in many ways a deep 
interest in this Society. For three years he was the publisher of 
the New England Historical and Grenealogical Register, and for more 
than twenty years was a frequent donor to our library. He performed 
noble service by the publication of his numerous works, which are 
of constantly increasing value to historical students. 

The Hon. Peleg Sprague, LL.D., honored and respected for his 
long public service, having held the office of United States Senator 
six years, and United States District Judge for twenty-five years — 
a gentleman universally respected for his genial disposition, integrity 
of character and judical decisions. He was one of the oldest 
members of our Society. 

The Hon. Richard Frothingham, LL.D., held a high rank among 
American historical writers. His "History of the Siege of Boston," 
''History of Charles town," "Life of Gen. Joseph Warren," "Rise of 
the Republic," and other works, are models of conscientious research 
and critical acumen. His memory will be held in grateful recollection 
to the latest day of our republic. 

The Rev. Edwin Hubbell Chapin, D.D., "one of the most power- 
ful and effective pulpit orators in America," during a long and use- 
ful life has been a public speaker before numerous literary associa^ 
tions, and has exercised a great influence in promoting the cause of 
temperance and other movements of moral reform. He is the 
author of many religious and other works extensively circulated both 
at home and abroad, which have placed him in the front rank of 
public men. 

The Rev. Silas Ketchum, whose New Hampshire Biographical 
Dictionary, on which he was engaged for many years, has been un- 
fortunately left unfinished, was a writer of much talent, and of in- 
defatigable perseverance in collecting historical and biographical facts. 
His manuscripts relating to New Hampshire biography, consisting 
of about one thousand articles ready for the press, with materials for 
two thousand more, were bequeathed by him to this Society. We 
shall endeavor to have this work completed according to his plan, 
and published. 



1881.] JPre^ideni Wildtr^s Address. 131 

Simeon Pratt Adams, Esq., a sterling and upright citizen, was a 
frequent visitor to the library, and often attended the meetings of the 
Society, in whose doings he was much interested. He was a life- 
long collector of antiquarian matters, and his collection of books, 
pamphlets, newspapers and documents illustrating New England local 
history, he bequeathed, with a legacy in money, to this Society. 

Colonel Leonard Thompson, of Wobum, the oldest member of 
our Society, died on the street, Dec. '28, 1880, aged 92 years. 
Of himself he states: **I was placed on the board of selectmen, 
assessors and overseers of the poor for several years, and had even 
a seat in the State Legislature. I have held office under the au- 
thority of our Commonwealth and also the United States, and have 
been commissioned by Governors Strong and Brooks as a captain, 
major and lieutenant-colonel in the Massachusetts militia." He also 
served the people of his town in many other important trusts. 

Among those who were with ite at our last Annual Meeting, were 
the Kev. Samuel Cutler, the Historiographer of this Society, and the 
Bev. George Punchard. Mr. Culler was Historiographer for five 
and a half years, and discharged the duties of his office with ability 
and great fidelity. He was an active co-worker, deeply interested in 
the progress of our work. He took a lively interest in all benevolent 
efforts, especially in the Christian faith, of which for thirty years he 
was a faithful minister, a conscientious laborer, a wise counsellor and 
true friend, whose abiding faith in the joys of a better world gave a 
charm and beauty to his life. When I saw him last, he gave me 
this parting benediction, — "If we meet not again in this world, I hope 
we shall walk the streets of the New Jerusalem together in the world 
above." 

The Rev. Mr. Punchard was truly a christian man, in whose char- 
acter were combined cheerfulness, sympathy and love. He was active 
in all the benevolent objects of the age — in the pulpit, the school, 
and the editorial chair. The later years of his life were devoted to 
visiting the suffering and sick, and going about doing good. Although 
Buffering from severe trials himself, he was always cheerful and pa- 
tient, never for a moment wavering in his trust in God and a glorious 
immortality beyond the grave. He was a man of literary taste and 
extensive reading, and was connected with the Boston Traveller for 
many years. His writings were marked with great simplicity and 
force of diction. He was especially attached to the pure Saxon, 
remarking to me once, after the delivery of an address, "Never, my 
friend, use Latin while you can speak your mother tongue." 

Side by side these gentlemen sat on our last anniversary, promot- 
ing by their presence and words the objects of our Society, and we 
fondly hoj)e they are now uniting their voices in the melodious songs 
of the blest. By their gentle deportment, christian character, sym- 
pathy, and earnest prayers for the welfare of their fellow men, they 
won the affections of all who knew them, and we cherish the fond 



132 President Wildet^s Address. [April, 

hope that they have received rich rewards for well spent lives on 
earth. Their work is done, and well done 1 We mourn no blighted 
hopes. Their lives were rounded out in the full growth of godly 
men. Many others who have been distinguished in public life might 
he mentioned, but we have only space to name, the Hon. Jacob H. 
Loud, the Hon. Elias Hasket Derby, Col. J. Hemphill Jones, 
Col. John T. Heard, and the Hon. William B. Spooner. 

The average age of our deceased members gives a greater length 
of life than that allotted by the good book to man ; thus affording, 
perhaps, some evidence, as has been suggested, that our association 
is a "life preserving institution." Be that as it may, we rejoice in 
the continuation of the lives of so many of our members, whose ages 
have exceeded this limit, and we hope that they may long continue 
to work with us, that their good deeds may live after them. 

While we thus speak, we know that ere long the sunset signal shall 
summon many of us to our rest ; tut thanks to Him who liveth for- 
ever, the resurrection trump shall arouse us from our sleep, and we 
shall spring up on the new morning in those celestial fields, where 
there shall be no more blight, decay or death — 

** Where the Father waits over the way. 
To prepare us a dwelllDg- place there." 

The annual reports of the various departments of our Society, 
which are to be submitted at this time, afford gratifying evidence of 
our progressive and prosperous condition, and of the increasing interest 
manifested by the public in the objects we are seeking to promote. 
These are, the collection and preservation of Historical, Biographical 
and Genealogical material, and the cultivation of an improved taste 
for historical studies. Our Library contains 16,000 volumes and 
50,000 pamphlets, and its collection of Local Histories, such as 
towns, cities, counties and parishes, is very large. In family his- 
tories, it is more extensive than any other in our country. Under 
the care and supervision of its committee, and the untiring labors of 
Mr. Dean, the Librarian, whose cheerful devotion to our work we 
desire gratefully to acknowledge, it is now generally considered one 
of the best depositories of historical information. 

In this connection, I am happy to state, that among the important 
labors of our members the past year, and which will be valuable 
acquisitions to our library, are those of the Boston Record Commis- 
sioners, Messrs. William H. Whitmore and William S. Appleton. 
Since our last meeting, another volume, containing their fourth re- 
port and the earliest records of Dorchester, has been issued, and 
other volumes are now in press, under the able and praiseworthy 
superintendence of that committee. 

The first volume of the Suffolk County Record of Deeds, which 
was in a dilapidated condition, has lately been printed in a beautiful 
octavo volume at the request of the leading members of the Suffolk 



1881.] Presidenl Wtldef^s Address. 133 

bar, bj the Board of Aldermen of the City of Boston, acting as 
coontj commissioners. The volume, besides its usefulness to the 
oonveTancer as a record of the transfers of estates in early times, 
haa a great value as a repository of historical facts illustrating the 
history of the metropolis of New England. The labor of copying 
this volume and superintending the press, was entrusted to another 
member of this Society, Mr. William B. Trask, whose skill in de- 
CTphering the obscure chirography of those times is acknowledged 
by all. He has made an accurate copy of the book, with all the 
abbreviations, so that the inquirer will have no occasion to consult 
the original. An ingenious and thorough index, in five divisions, 
has been prepared by still another member, Mr. John T. Hassam, 
Mr. Trask rendering material assistance. Mr. Hassam has spent 
gratoitously much time and labor in perfecting the volume. 

It is to be hoped that our city and county will continue the good 
work they have so well begun, and that the Commonwealth of Mas- 
sachusetts will follow their example. Our early archives in the 
Secretary of State's office are of priceless value ; and there is no 
good excuse for delaying longer to preserve them from the risk of 
destruction, and make them accessible to the people. If entrusted 
to competent and judicious hands, a volume could be printed every 
year till they are completed, without an unreasonable draft on the 
public treasury. 

It is with great pleasure that I am able to-day to state, as will also 
be seen by the Report of the committee to whom the Society are 
much indebted for gratuitous labors, that the first volume of bio- 
graphies of deceased members of this Society, printed at the charge 
of the Memorial Fund founded by our lamented associate, the late 
William B. Towne, will soon be ready for delivery, as it is alrea'ly 
printed and in the binder's hands. The volume contains biographies 
of all the members of this Society, forty-three in number, who died 
before the year 1853, embracing some of the most prominent 
persons, in dieir day, in this country, and the memoirs are from the 
pens of competent writers, among whom will be found some of our 
most distinguished authors. 

The objects and intentions of this Society are so well known to 
you, as to require but little notice at this time, and the duty and 
importance of sustaining it would seem to need no argument from 
me. I cannot, however, refrain from expressing the disappointment 
and surprise I feel, that no large bequests or donations have been 
made to us during the past year. Let me therefore suggest again,. 
the expediency of keeping this subject constantly before our members 
and friends. If, in the distribution of their wealth, a few noble ex- 
amples by donation or bequest were to be made, for the promotion 
of our objects, they would excite others to similar acts of benevolence, 
and would suggest what is eminently true, that our Society is wor- 
thy of the generous patronage of an enlightened community. So 

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134 President Wilder^s Address. [Apd, 

fully am I impressed with the importance of our work, and of its 
benign influences on the welfare of mankind, that,* if I had the 
means, after providing for an extensive line of kith and kin, I would 
place in our treasury one hundred thousand dollars for the successful 
prosecution of our work, when I shall have ceased from labor in its 
behalf. 

In my address to the Society last year, I spoke of the importance 
of enlarged accommodations for our library. Every returning an- 
niversary renders our want in this direction still more pressing. 
Since our last meeting we have purchased two stables in the rear oi 
the Society's House. The land on which those two structures stand, 
together with an unoccupied piece which already belonged to the 
Society, will enable us to enlarge our building to about twice its 
present capacity. The experience of the past teaches us that this 
enlargement should be made at once. The interest in family and 
local history, which we have done so much ourselves to create, was 
never increasing more rapidly than at the present moment. Inves- 
tigators crowd to our library as the source of a large part of the 
material which they wish to incorporate into their works. I regret 
to say that while our doors are open, and in the interest of histoij 
we extend to them a cordial welcome, we have not really the room 
to give them suitable and convenient accommodations. Having 
undertaken by the establishment of this Society thirty-five years 
ago to stimulate studies in these departments, we must not in its 
present stage put any hindrance in the way, or, in other words, iisul 
to oifer the most ample facilities for their successful prosecution. 
The space for the proper arrangement and display of our books and 
pamphlets is too narrow and contracted. In some departments 
the room is at present sufficient, and will be for some time to come, 
but in others, and in the most important ones, it is wholly inadequate, 
the volumes are crowded together in double or triple rows, render- 
ing it difficult to withdraw them from their hiding places, as well as 
perilous to the security of their bindings. For our pamphlets we 
need twice the room they now occupy. Our collection in this de- 
l)artment is exceedingly valuable, indispensable for the study of local 
and family history ; and we are gradually, as rapidly as a prudent 
expenditure of our means will warrant, rendering them accessible 
tor use. But they require ample space, that any one of them may 
be readily found, and withdrawn for examination without the disar- 
rangement and confusion of the rest. 

We need likewise another fire-proof room, as large, if not larger 
tlian the one which we happily now possess. All manuscripts and 
books that cannot be duplicated belong in this room. This material 
is accumulating every day. It is the class of historical literature 
which a great Society which is really alive, and means to be useful 
to the public, must largely possess. All writers of history expect 
to find this material in the archives of such societies. So many 



1881.] President Wilder' 9 AddresM. 135 

mADUBcriptB and rare books have been destroyed by fire, that all 
aasociations entrusted with them are morally bound to provide the 
meaos of protecting them against the ravages of this destructive 
element. 

I am sure, gentlemen of the Society, that you will all agree with 
me as to the importance, I may say necessity, of this enlargement of 
our building, after hearing the reasons which I have thus briefly 
recited. 

To accomplish it will require the gift to the Society of a large 
sum of money, either by some member, or members of our associa- 
tion, or by some other person, wl^o appreciates the vast work which 
we are doing for our family and local history. 

And now, gentlemen, as prosperity reigns throughout our land, I 
commend to your attention this opportunity of associating your names 
with a beneficent and noble work, and at the same time of conferring 
a lasting benefit upon the children by ftirnishing them with the means 
of a more ample knowledge of the Fathers of New England. 

The year that has just closed has been remarkable for the number 
of centenary celebrations which have taken place in New England. 
We rejoice in these observances, tending as they do to preserve and 
hand down to future generations those examples and principles to 
which we are indebted, and which must ever control the progress of 
civilization and the happiness of the human race. - These celebrations 
create a lively interest in the present generation to learn all we can 
of the manners, customs and characters of our ancestors. We look 
with loving eyes on those features which speak from the marble, and 
lingi^r with pleasure before the portraits of those left on the canvas, 
who have made us and our nation what we are. 

As the representative of our Society, I have attended during the 
year the following public celebrations : 

The 250th Anniversary of the Settlement of Boston. 

The 250th Anniversary of the Settlement of Dorchester. 

The 250th Anniversary of the formation of the First Church in 
Boston. 

The observance of the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of our 
State Government at the Council Chamber. 

The 50th Anniversary of the American Academy of Arts and 
Sciences. 

The General Session of the American Association for the Advance- 
ment of Science. 

These celebrations have developed the history of the rise and 
pro^n^ss of various institutions, the objects for which they were 
formed, and the events which they commemorate — connecting as 
they do the civilization and enterprise of olden with the present time. 
Among these are specially to be remembered the 2r)0th anniversaries 
of the settlement of Boston, and Dorchester now within her domain. 



186 President Wtldet^s Address. [April, 

an event which marks a period that will ever be memorable in the 
history of our country. This fifth jubilee which commemorates the 
settlement of our Puritan Fathers in this city, will constitute in 
American history another golden page, to perpetuate the influence 
of the past. Much as we revere and honor the landing of our 
Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth, we regard the crossing of Charles 
River by the Puritans in 1630 as one of the most memorable events 
in the history of New England, which in connection with the Pil- 
grims' examples, principles and institutions, will confer benefactions 
on the world, as long as gratitude has a place in the heart of man. 

When we look back on what Boston was when purchased of the 
Rev. William Blaxton for thirty pounds, "King's money," and 
compare it with her present exalted position, we are astonished at 
her progress and prosperity. When we reflect on little Bosttm* 
which history informs us was " too small to contain many people— a 
little peninsula, boggy, stony, and sapped by the sea," whose neck 
was bathed in summer by the waves of the ocean, whose harbor in 
winter was encased in ice, and whose shores were enrobed in snow 
— when we compare the Boston of that day, with her at this time» 
with her more than three hundred and fifty thousand souls, her fires 
schools and seminaries of learning, her numerous churches, her 
libraries of half a million of volumes, her almost numberless associap 
tions for charitable and beneficent purposes, her rapidly augmenting 
commercial, manufacturing and financial enterprises, we involuntarily 
exclaim, ** The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are 
glad." 

Boston has played a memorable part in the history of American 
progress. Here commenced the opposition to the Stamp Act, which 
made of her harbor a "great tea pot," the flavor of which has impreg- 
nated the waters of the globe. Here, on her borders, commenced the 
war which ended in American independence, and under her shadow 
was established the first free public school of which we have any ac- 
count in the world. Well does an English writer remark, "Boston 
has played a great part in the historical drama of the world, and her 
sons are the best of a notable breed." Boston has had to wait her 
time for large commercial enterprises, but a glorious era is dawning 
upon her. Already she has stretched her arms to the great lakes, the 
fertile valleys of the west, clasped the continent with her iron rails, 
laid her hands on Puget Sound, and ere long will have connections 
with the rich lands of the great North West and South West, whose 
products are to find a great entrepot in our city — where there has 
been on the rails at the same time fourteen hundred cars waiting to 
deliver their freight on shipboard, and from whose wharves there 
have departed in a single week twenty steamships, and during the 
past year four hundred and forty, laden with the products of our 
land. Boston may not exercise the same controlling influence that 
she did a hundred years ago, but she has a great past, and the world 



1881.] President Wilder' 9 Address. 137 

10 enjoying fruits which are the direct outgrowths of the principles of 
the fathers, the labors of her sons, the blessings of her institutions, 
and the culture and refinement of her society. But whatever rank 
may be assigned her on the roll of cities, the light of her example 
can never be extinguished. Her history and fame will be cheiished 
and revered while the name of Franklin the father of American 
Science, Ebmcock the first signer of the Declaration of American 
Independence, and Warren the great martyr on Bunker Hill, shall 
have a page in the annals of time. 

The interest now manifested in geographical and archaeological re- 
searches is worthy of special notice and commendation. Wonderful 
indeed have been the results obtained by the enterprise of our 
geographical societies, the explorations and surveys of national gov- 
ernments, and the untiring enterprise of archaeologists, both in our 
own and foreign lands. It is, I think, only about sixty years since 
the first geographical society in the world was established. Now 
Aere are more than fifty such associations actively engaged in their 
Impropriate work, which are constantly bringing to light territories and 
resources in the hitherto unknown parts of the globe. One of the 
most important of these is the American Geographical Society, of 
which Chief Justice Daly is president. To the efforts of these so- 
cieties and the patronage of governments, we are largely indebted 
for the extensive explorations in Asia Minor, Japan, China ; South, 
Central, and North America and the Arctic Shores. In regard to 
the latter, we understand that Prof. NordenskjOld believes that voy- 
ages from the Atlantic to the Pacific, around the North coast of Asia, 
may be regularly made by suitable steamers at the proper season of 
the year. 

The geological and geographical surveys in our vast western ter- 
ritories, from New Mexico to our northern Alaska, and the great 
territory lying west and north-west of the great lakes — which our 
associate, Mr. Charles C. CoflSn, has graphically described as suffi- 
cient for eleven states as large as Ohio, and ultimately to be joined 
to our own territory — are constantly opening up to us more and 
more of the immense acreage and fertility of our soil. It is within 
the present century that Lewis and Clarke ascended the Missouri to 
its source, reached the Pacific, and returned through the Yellow 
Stone, now opening up to us by the Northern Pacific Railroad, 
giving the world a knowledge of the surpassing richness and resources 
of these regions. 

The Reports of Hayden, Powell and others, in regard to our 
western and south-western territories, continue to afford most 
important information, and are regarded as among the most valuable 
outlays of our government. From the researches in South and 
Central America by Drs. Fahn and Le Plongeon, whom we hope 
to see here in the spring, we learn tliat our western world, although 
last discovered, was probably the home of a very early civiliza- 



188 Pft^dtnt Wild^i Address. [Ajril, 

tion. Says Dr. Fahn, ^The result of my observations is, that 
America is the Old World, from whence emigrated the human 
family, and that Europe, Asia and Africa are the New World." 
**The languages spoken by the Indians of Peru and Bolivia, exhibit 
astounding sdlfinities with the Arabic, and the roots of the eaify 
Aryan tongue are found in the purest condition in the languages 
of these Indians.^ We need more information in refz^ard to the 
origin and relation of the native races, which is so essential to the 
study of the aboriginal life of America, and although we may never 
ascertain the antiquity or locality of the progenitors of the race, yet 
the investigations of archaeologists and hutorians are constantly 
bringing to light discoveries which give evidence relating to an age 
far anterior to what we had supposed, and will, ere long, we hope, 
settle the question which of the continents, the Eastern or Western, 
is entitled to seniority as the residence of mankind. 

Large portions of the globe also remain to be discovered, where 
the light of civilization, the commerce of nations, and the refine- 
ments of social life are yet to be established, and where we con- 
fidently believe the English tongue will yet be spoken. The late 
explorations by Stanley, Pinto, and other travellers in Africa, con- 
stitute some of the most remarkable and valuable contributions to 
modem history, and make known a country with nearly two hundred 
millions of souls, one seventh part of the population of the globe, 
some of whose immense rivers will yet be navigated under the 
influence of trade and the industries of modern times. 

In these enterprises, we are glad to learn that Boston is not b^ 
hind the age, and that the Arclueological Institute of America, 
whose home is here, and to which we extend a most hearty welcome 
—an institution which has now an able student in Colorado and 
New Mexico, engaged in the study of the ruins of the ancient Indian 
Pueblos, and of the life and customs of the existing Pueblo Indians 
— is about to send out a commission under the direction of Prof. 
Charles Eliot Norton of Harvard University, to the ancient city of 
Assos, which the Apostle Paul once visited, the site of which is on 
the eastern shore of the Greek Archipelago, about thirty miles south 
of the site of ancient Troy where Dr. Schleiman has been excavating, 
and who, we understand, is now pursuing similar work near Thebes. 
Nor would we omit to mention the excavations and discoveries at 
Athens and Olympia, in Greece, just now being made known to the 
public, by Professor Thomas Davidson, of Boston. 

Truly, the world moves ! The earth revolves I The sun pours 
his revivifying rays into the bosom of mother earth, and nature, 
daughter of the skies, comes forth to supply the wants of man. 
Science with her piercing eye penetrates her very depths, and brings 
forth treasures which have laid hidden from the foundation of the 
world. Civilization waves her banner, ever beckoning us on to 
higher and higher attainments, and history records with diamond 



1881.] President Wilder's Address. 139 

pen the progress of the age, for the benefit of those who are to 
follow us. 

I hail with gratitude and pleasure the increased interest so generally 
manifested in family history and genealogical researches, for which 
our Society is so justly celebrated, and in which from its earliest in- 
eeption it has been zealously engaged. Many of us can remember 
the time when very little attention was given to the subject, by 
societies or individuals. Within the period in which I have had the 
honor to occupy this chair, there was but little interest, compara- 
tively, in the study of family or town history. Now the whole of 
New England is wide awake to its importance, and our libraries are 
constantly thronged for books and information on these subjects. 
It has become a common study, and our archives are richly stored 
with books whi(*h are daily consulted for information. The 
great deficiency of family histories was, until within a few years, a 
source of deep regret. To supply this want was the object and 
purpose of the founders of our Society, and upon it the Society has 
bestowed special and persistent labor. Our department of genealogy 
and family history, I am happy to repeat, has become a great de- 
pository and contains a vast amount of valuable information. 

The inquiry is sometimes made, of what use are all these 
researches into the history of our families? To this we reply, 
that the history and even the genealogy of families seems by the 
Bible to have been of Divine origin, the records of which have been 
deemed so important as to have been inscribed on its pages, in the 
lines of ancestrv and descent from Adam down to the christian era, 
thus to be carefully preserved, to show us that the great and good 
of the world come not by chance, but are the results of good fathers, 
good mothers and good examples. Some men boast of being self 
made ; but, trace back their origin, and it will generally be found 
that what they possess of excellence came down from the inheritance 
of good blood and good principles. Not to know from whence we 
came, not to care any thing about our ancestors, is to detract from the 
honor and gratitude due them, to suppress from posterity and to blot 
firom human record the elements which have made us what we are. 

Strange, indeed, it is, that so little attention had been given to 
this subject in former years. Says the late Rev. Mr. Ketchum, 
"It is a fact that many men of average intelligence do not know the 
names of their own grandfathers ; and all the knowledge they possess 
about their ancestry is the common tradition that they descended 
firom one of three brothers who came over from the old country, 
and that it is said there are large estates which have been for a long 
lime waiting to be claimed by those of their name." If it is con- 
sidered a matter of importance to trace the genealogy of our cattle in 
the Herd Book, of the horse back to Godolphin Arabian, or a strain 
of the camel back to an ancestry of one or two hundred years, how 
much more noble and important to trace the blood of man , made but 
" a little lower than the angels," and lord of this lower world I 



140 President Wilder^s Address. [Aprili 

Resuming the subject of history to which I called your attention 
last year, I beg again to impress on you its importance and influence, 
for I know of no theme which is more appropriate or worthy of your 
consideration. The history of mankind, either as individuals, 
communities or nations, is like an electric current coursing through 
the past, present and future time, connecting and vitalizing by 
its moral force the human race, like the providence of God, 
carrying out His beneficent plans for the elevation and sal- 
vation of the world. This influence moulds the character of 
mankind, transmits from generation to generation examples worthy 
of imitation, presents virtue in her most enchanting form, vice in 
its detested garb, and inscribes on monuments of fame names and 
deeds which will live in grateful remembrance long after the moun- 
tains from which the shafts were hewn shall have melted away. 
The achievements of men and nations are like mirrors reflecting the 
principles and precepts of the great and good, stimulating us to 
imitate their examples, filling the hearts of millions with high and 
holy aspirations, and speaking to us from the printed page, the 
marble and the canvas, proclaiming as with clarion voice, '*This is 
the way, walk ye therein." Thus the good influences permeate 
the minds of men for all time, ever acquiring concentrating 
power, striking their roots deeper and deeper into the heart rf 
communities, making men more useful citizens, inspiring them with 
the love of liberty, country and God. The record of our struggles 
for independence and for the preservation of our union will yet 
cause monuments to rise in the South as well as in the North to 
commemorate the blessings of freedom, union and equality. His- 
tory links together in one great circle the nations of the world, 
gathers up, preserves and perpetuates the record of human life. 
^y it the discoveries in art, science and civilization are made the 
ministers of untold blessings to the world, and harbingers of still 
greater glories to come. 

We cannot move a step forward without consulting the records 
of the past. Blot these out and we have no lessons for our guid- 
ance ; strike these records out of existence, and our boasted civiliza- 
tion would wither like the leaves of the forest, and be swept by the 
wintry blast of desolation from the face of the earth. History 
is to direct and govern all future generations in the march of im- 
provement, to teach them how to control the forces of nature, to culti- 
vate and adorn the earth, unlock the doors of nature's secret labora- 
tories, and bring forth the treasures of air, earth and water that are in 
waiting for tlie use of man. History enlarges the scope of human 
thought, and prepares us for the greater blessings which are in store for 
mankind. Onward ! is the word, and we must obey it. Christian 
civil izatitm spreads out her arms and gathers up for use all that may 
tend to the happiness of our race ; and history promulgates to the 
ends of the earth the power to make men great, and nations pros- 
perous and strong. 



1881.] President Wilder^a Address. 141 

How important, then, that we should have a knowledo^e of history ! 
President Chadbourne, our associate member, says, "To him who 
tiJccfl in the history of the past, life is lengthened. He may count 
no more revolvinc^ years than his fellow man whose thou^rhts never 
wander farther back than his boyhood. He who reads the past 
multiplies his days a hundred fold." Things which appear at the 
time of little consequence often turn out in their results to be of 
momentous importance. A suggestion, an action or an accident 
recorded in history may have been the father of discoveries which 
have conferred untold blessings on our race. Just as a grain of 
invisible pollen impregnates the open blossom, fertilizing it and 
producing a fruit that charms the eye, gratifies the taste, cools 
the fevered lip, and ministers to the comfort and relief of millions 
who partake of it. 

We build upon the past, we look to history for the record of 
human thought, of individual life, of national character, and as the 
author last quoted says, "it is in their light we walk." Nine-tenths 
of all 'the movements in trade, art or science rely for their success 
on the experience of the past. Without these guides we wander in 
the mazes of doubt, and might as well expect to produce a beautiful 
flower or luscious fruit without a knowledge of the sources from which 
tbev were to emanate. 

And now as our statues commemorating the worthy dead are 
rising up in various parts of this city, let us recur for a moment 
to the history of New England. I have spoken on this subject 
before, but I desire to repeat in substance what I have said, having 
nothing to alter or amend. New England principles are to re- 
generate, remodel and reconstruct the governments of the world. 
Here was laid, said Mr. Winthrop, ** the corner-stone of a mightier 
and freer nation than the sun in its circuit ever before shone upon." 
New England ideas and principles which had here their first illustra- 
tion, as President Hayes, one of our Vice-Presidents, has lately 
Baid, "have had a great influence in shaping the aflfairs of the people 
of the United States, much to do with the prosperity we now enjoy, 
and about which we may rightfully be boastful, and which we cannot 
teo highly esteem." Well did Secretary Evarts, a Boston boy, say 
in his late speech before the New England Society in Brooklyn, 
N. Y., in regard to the influence of New England principles on 
the world, "Who can measure it? Who can circumscribe it? As 
the Puritan settlement at Plymouth is to the United States of 
America as it now is, so is the United States of America to the future 
possession and control of the world as it is to be." 

Look for instance at what New England has done for the advance- 
ment of civilization, the support of constitutional authority, thedevelop- 
ment of our national resources. How she has encouraged every effort 
for the cause of education, the diffusion of knowledge, the extension 
of human freedom and the spread of the Gospel ! How she has sent 

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142 President Wilder^s Address. [April, 

her sons forth as pioneers to stimulate by their examples, to build 
up by their enterprise, to enrich by their wealth, and to plant, 
wherever their feet shall tread, schools, churches and institutions for 
the welfare of mankind I 

Look at her history presenting examples of genius, enterprise and 
benevolence, unsurpassed in the annals of the world I 

Who was it that drew the lightning from the fiery cloud, and held 
it in his hand I 

Who was it that laid the mystic wire, dry-shod, from continent 
to continent, in the almost fathomless abyss of the mighty deep I 

Who was it that taught the electric spark, with tongue of fire to 
speak, quick as thought, all the languages of the globe I 

Who was it that brought Lethean sleep, the heaven-bom messen- 
ger, to assuage all human sufiering, and to blot from memory the 
t;ruel operations of the surgeon's knife ! 

Who planted the first free school on this continent, if not the first 
free school in the world — the free school, that tree of knowledge 
whose fruits are freedom of thought, freedom of speech, freedom of 
worship — that tree whose leaves are for the healing of the nations I 

Whose sign manual appears at the head of the signers of that 
immortal Declaration of American Independence ; who were thej 
who fell where yonder column rises ; and who were the volunteers 
that rushed first to the defence of the Capitol in the late fearfid 
stru<rgle of our union 1 

Who were the men who conceived the idea and laid the plan for 
the greatest missionary enterprise on our western shores, going 
forth with the ensign of the cross in one hand and the fiag of our 
nation in the other, to the distant islands of the sea I 

Who were the men on this hemisphere that first stood forth, as the 
champions of human freedom and equal rights, boldly declaring, 
with their lives in their hands, like Paul on Mars Hill, that 6od 
" made of one blood all the nations of men ! " 

By whose bold adventure, untiring energy, and wonderful despatch, 
was our western continent spanned by the iron tracks of the Pacific 
road I 

Who was it that was honored with princely obsequies at West- 
minster Abbey, and whose remains by order of her Majesty the 
Queen of Great Britain, were sent home to us under royal convoy, 
in testimony of his noble benefactions to mankind 1 

Were not these New England men ? Were not these beneficent 
acts and achievements the result of New England mind? Aye, 
they were Massachusetts men I It is these that have elevated our 
institutions as shining lights, whose beneficent rays have penetrated 
the darkest recesses of the earth, and whose golden record shall 
shine with brighter and brighter glory on the historic page. 

These are the words I spoke to you eleven years ago, and from 
which I have nothing to retract. But in filial duty to the land which 



1881.] • President Wilder^ 8 Address. 143 

gmve me birth, I desire once more to place on record, to impress on 
your memories, and on the mind of every child that shall be bom 
on New England soil, this wonderful story of the genius and renown 
of her sons. Thus will we record these examples of patriotism, 
moral worth, and christian benevolence, that they may live forever 
on the tablet of the memory. 

" We'll teach them to our sons, 
And they again to theirs, 
That generations yet unborn 
May tell them to their heirs.'* 

Forever shall they be cherished and remembered ! Never shall 
they be forgotten, No, Never 1 Through the ages of all time pos- 
terity shall respond, in the words of our own poet, 

"FobeverI Never 1 Never! Forever!" 

Grentlemen, I cannot close these remarks without referring to the 
pirosperous condition of our country, to which I briefly alluded 
last year. This 1 am happy to believe is still on the increase. When 
we consider the stupendous progress and prosperity since our fathers 
planted the flower of freedom which has shed its fragrance all over 
our land — when we think of the vastness of our country, looking out 
on Europe on the east and Asia on the west, capable of producing 
almost all the products of other climes, of feeding a great portion of 
the people of the world, its rapidly increasing population coming 
from all parts of the globe, and combining into a race more power- 
ful than any that has preceded it — with a constant immigration still 
surging on to the great West, to occupy not only our present lines 
but the lands of the great Northwest, whose advantages were so 
graphically described by our associate, Mr. Coflin, in his late paper 
read before us — when we reflect on these things we instinctively 
inquire to what will this all come at the close of two and a half 
centuries more. 

When 1 think upon what I have witnessed in my own day, my 
heart throbs with intense desire that my life may be prolonged 
for another eighty years to see something more of the great future 
of this blessed land, more of its rising greatness and power 
when it shall have been filled up with the push and onward march 
of American enterprise, and I involuntarily exclaim — "Tell us, ye 
prophets of the Lord, O tell us, to what glorious end these signs 
of promise are pointing"? Were we permitted to look forward 
through the lens of the future, methinks we should see, ere some who 
bear me shall have gone down to their graves, amazing devclop- 
mentfl springing from the benign influences of New-England princi- 
ples and institutions. How clearly do we see the hand of an 
overruling Providence who has designed this continent for the uses 
of a great nation, a most magnificent dwelling-place prepared by 
BUm for man's abode — a home for the oppressed of the world, 



144 President Wilder's Address. [April, 

and of a people who are almoners of freedom to the advancing millions 
that are to dwell within its borders. 

The tide of humanity is constantly surging westward without re- 
gard to age or color, and is every year increasing its volume. Our 
eastern cities and towns join in the grand procession with the hun- 
dreds of thousands who are seeking a home nearer the setting sun, 
in those rich lands where thriving villages, towns and cities, will 
arise as by enchantment, and become as populous and affluent as 
we now are. Whether this comes in one or five centuries, it is as 
sure to come as that day follows night. 

In a word, our country, with is vast territories, its fertile and pro- 
ductive fields, its rapidly increasing population, free schools and 
benevolent institutions spread broadcast over the land, together with 
the development of its immense mineral resources, may look forward, 
in all human probability, to a future the like of which the world has 
never seen, a future which neither Greece nor Rome, nor the most 
favored nations of the past could ever have dreamed of — a future, 
when nations shall do honor to our civilization, science and refine- 
ment, as it now does to our progress, power and prosperity — when 
the flag of our republic shall unfold its stars and stripes throughout 
the world as the symbols of civilization and benevolence, where every 
man may sit under the shadow of the tree of liberty, and enjoy the rich 
fruits which spring from freedom of conscience and the right to 
worship God according to its dictates. 

Thus Providence has placed our nation where it stands, in the 
midst of cast-down or declining monarchies, as an emblem of Divine 
justice, the terror of tyrants, the protector of human rights, and on 
whose ensign is inscribed "Law, Freedom, Truth, and Faith in 
God " — a nation where, in the words of the martyred Lincoln, ''The 
mystic ties of memory stretching from every battle-field and patriot 
grave, to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, 
shall yet swell the chorus of the Union when touched, as surely they 
will be, by the better angels of our nature." Nothing but some tre- 
mendous convulsion, some great moral earthquake, some dire revul- 
sion of human excellence, virtue and renown, which shall shatter our 
confederacy into atoms and cover our fair land with anarchy and dis- 
union, can ever obstruct the grandest and most glorious march of 
civilization on the globe. 

When 1 look back on the past and see what has been accomplished 
by the planting of our free institutions on these New Kngland 
shores, when 1 look forward to the future and consider the vastness 
and capacity of our national territory, its immense annual crop of 
twenty-five hundred millions of bushels of grain, suflficient for feed- 
ing its fifty millions of people and supplying the needs of the rest of 
the world — its eighty thousand miles of railroad, with net earnings of 
two hundred millions of dollars yearly, and its rich mineral resources 
— a territory yet to be filled up with a free and industrious population, 



1881.] Virginia Documents — the Peyton Family. 145 



I fed a great desire to see more of the development of this wonderful 
oomitry — when the five Pacific railroads shall have enclasped our 
continenty when the inter-oceanic canals shall have united the waters 
of our oceans — ^when the thousands of our rivers shall be navigated, 
the vast interior of our continent occupied by an industrious, intelli- 
gent, and enterprising comnmnitj — when the sound of the steam 
whistle, the ring of the iron rail, the click of the telegraph, and 
the voice of the telephone shall be heard around the world — when the 
genius of man, the progress of letters, the philosophy of nature, the 
mysteries of science shall have beeii fully unfolded — when these shall 
have accomplished their Divine mission, and man master of them 
all shall approach nearer and nearer to that wisdom and perfection 
which are finally to characterize our race — when "Liberty, Equality 
and Fraternity" shall be the countersign from land to land — when all 
die peoples of the earth shall join in hallelujahs of thanksgiving to 
the God of nations, whose song of jubilee shall be. Freedom and 
Saltation I Free and Equal 1 Free and Equal forever 1 



VIRGINIA DOCUMENTS.— THE PEYTON FAMILY. 
Commanicatad bj Col. John Lewis Peyton, of Steephill, near Staanton, Virginia. 

^PHE Peyton family is of high antiquity in the mother country. 
X According to Du Moulin, Cnmden and other antiquarians and 
historians the founder was William de Malet, one of the great ba- 
rons who accompanied William I. to the conquest of England, and 
obtained from that monarch many grants of manors and lordships as 
a recompense for his military services. Among these lordsliips 
were Sibton and Peyton Halls in Norfolk, from the latter of which 
a junior branch of the de Malets assumed the surname of Peyton 
in accordance with the usage of the times. 

The name is also one of the earliest connected with the coloniza- 
tion of Virginia. Sir Henry Peyton, who was knighted by James 
I., and was gentleman of the Privy Chamber of Prince Henry in 
1610, was a member of the London Company to whom King James 

E anted a charter May 23, 1609, "to deduce a colony and make 
bitation and plantation in that part of America commonly called 
Virginia.** [See Hening, vol. i. p. 82. J Sir Henry Peyton was 
the fourth son of the Right Hon. Thomas Peyton, M. P. for Dun- 
wich in 1557, by his wife Lady Cecelia Bouchier, daughter of John, 
second Earl of Bath. He married Lady Mary, daughter of Ed- 
ward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, but it does not appear that he 
ever visited Virginia or left descendants. His nephew eTohn Pey- 
ton, son ot his brother Robert, is supposed to have been the first of 
the family who undertook the voyage to Virginia circa 1622, when. 

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146 Virginia Documents — the Peyton Family. [April, 

in his twenty-sixth year. He had previously married Ellen Pak- 
ington, of London, and left at his death two sons : 

i. Henry Peyton, of Acqaia, Westmoreland Co., Va. 
ii. Col. Valentine, of Nominy, " " 

The descendants of these two sons are scattered through Virginia, 
the South and West. An accurate list of their offspring cannot be 
now furnished, but it is hoped that it will be forthcoming at no dis- 
tant day. 

This much, however, may be said, that from Valentine was de- 
scended the gallant Col. Harry Peyton of revolutionary fame, who 
when he heard that his last son had been killed at the siege of 
Charleston, S. C, 1780, by a cannon ball from the British fleet, 
exclaimed, " Would to God I had another to put in his place.** 

And Frances Peyton, who married Judge John Brown, Chan- 
cellor of the Staunton (Va.) district, and left issue : 

i. Judge James E. Brown, of the Wytheville district, uncle of GreiL 
J. E. B. Stuart, of the Confederate Cavalry. 

ii. Margaret, who married Judge Briscoe G. Baldwin, of the Supreme 
Court of Appeals of Virginia, the father of Col. John B. Bald- 
win, of Mrs. Alexander A. H. H. Stuart, Mrs. James M. Ban- 
son, of Jefferson Co., West Virginia, and Mrs. Chapman L 
Stuart, of Richmond, Va. 

iii. Martha, who married William S. Eskridge, and left issue : 
Mrs. Jno. Towles, of Louisiana, and 
Mrs. R. T. W. Duke, of Albermarle, Va. 

From Henry Peyton, of Acquia, descended Col. Balie Peyton, 
of Tennessee, a distinguished lawyer and soldier. He served in 
congress for Tennessee, and in the Mexican war as colonel of the 
5th Louisiana Regiment, and afterwards as Minister Plenipotentiary 
to Chili, 1848-1853. The Hon. E. G. Peyton, late Chief Jus- 
tice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi ; Col. Henry E. Peyton, 
who served throughout the war on the staff of Gen. R. E. Lee, 
and is now secretary of the U. S. Senate ; Col. Robert L. Y. 
Peyton, a member of the Confederate States Senate for Missouri, 
and others too numerous to be here mentioned. 

With these simple facts by way of introduction, we present our 
readers with some of the earliest papers on record in our country. 

Will of Henry Peyton, gent, of Acquia, in the County of Westmoreland 

Virginia, 1658. 

In the name of God amen I Henry Peyton, of Acquia, in the County 
of Westmoreland, Gentleman, being of good and perfect memory, & thanks 
be to God, well & sound in bodily health, but being bound for a voyage to 
sea, not knowing how it may please God to dispose of me, doe make thin 
my last will & testament, in manner & form flowing. 

Imprimis. I give & bequeath my soul to God that gave it, & my body 
to the Earth from whence it came, or as it shall please God Uie Almighty 
otherwise to dispose of it. 



1881. Virginia Documents — the Peyton Family. 147 

Lem, I give & beqaeath to m j loving wife Ellen Peyton one half of the 
whole estate that it has pleased the Almighty God to bestow upon me in 
this world, excepting the legacy hereinafter given to my brother Valentine 
Peyton. 

Uenu I give <& beqaeath to my sons Henry & Valentine Peyton the 
other half of mine estate equally to be divided betwixt them, to be paid to 
them, at their ages of one & twenty years. 

Item, I give & bequeath to my brother Valentine Peyton One thousand 
pounds of tobacco to buy him a mourning suit. 

JUm, My will is that none of my land or estate in Virginia do fall to my 
sons or next heirs in law as inheritance, but that if my wife desire it then 
it is to be sold & valued as personal estate & then be divided according to 
my will. 

hem. My will & desire is that my brother Col. Valentine Peyton & mine 
Uncle Thomas Pakington of London, be overseers of this my last will & 
testament to be performed according to my true intent & meaning, & in 
case my wife marry again to take security for or to take into their pos- 
session that part that belongeth to the children. 

hem* I constitute & ordain my loving wife Ellen Peyton sole execu- 
trix of this my last will & testament. 

Witness my hand & seal this 17^ day of May 1658. 

Henry Peyton [seal] 
Signed & sealed in presence of 
Walter Brodhurst 
Hugh Brodhurst. 

This will was proved & recorded 20*^ of October 1659. 
A copy. Teste 

J. Warren Hutt, 

Clerk of Westmoreland 
August 1880. 



WiU of Colonel Valentine Pet/ton, gent, of Nominy^ 1662. 

In the name of God Amen I Valentine Peyton of the County of West- 
moreland, Virginia Gentleman being about to take a voyage to JamestowB, 
db knowing the life of man to be uncertain doe make this my last will & tes- 
tament in form following, to wit ; 

Imprimis, I give & bequeath my soul into the hands of God my maker 
hoping for salvation through the merits <& passion of my alone Saviour 
Jesus Christ, & my body to the earth decently to be buried at the discretion 
of my Executrix hereinafter named. 

Item, I give my estate real & personal both of lands, goods, chattels & 
debts to my dear & loving wife Frances Peyton whom I ordain nominate 
& appoint my sole executrix, excepting only the legacies hereinafter men- 
tioned]. 

Item. I give unto my son-in-law Thomas Speke one two year old Mare 
db four Cows with their increase for the future to be delivered to him when 
he comes to the age of twenty one. 

Item. I leave my father-in-law Thomas esq & M' Robert Sligh 

both of Maryland overseers to see this my last will performed. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal this 27*" of No- 
rember 1662. 

Valentine Peyton [seal] 



148 Virginia Documents — the Peyton Family. [April, 

Teste 
Stephen Warward ) 
Augustus Hull J 

This will was recorded June 29^ 1665. 

A copy, teste 

J. Warren Hutt, clerk. 

Sep' U^ 1880. 



Mrs. Frances Peyton's to Major John Washinyton Power of Attorney^ 

1665. 

Know all men by these presents that I Frances Peyton the relict & wid- 
ow & Adm' with the will annexed of Colonel Valentine Peyton late of the 
County of Westmoreland, deceased doe make, constitute, appoint & ordain 
my trusty and well beloved friend Major John Washington,* of the said 
County my true & lawful general attorney in all causes & in all Courts with- 
in the Colony of Virginia to act for me either as plaintiff or defendant 
hereby giving & granting unto my said attorney as full power & authority 
in the prosecution of my interests as any attorney or attorneys hath or 
ought to have. And whatsoever my said attorney shall lawfully doe in the 
premises I do & shall ratify & confirm as poweiiully & effectually as if I 
myself was there personally present to do the same. In witness whereof I 
have hereunto set my hand & seal this 21'^ of July 1665. 

Frances Peyton [seal] 
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of 

John Lord 

Thomas Wilsford 

This letter of attorney was recorded on the 22"* of July 1665. 

A copy, teste 

J. Warren Hutt, Clerk. 
Sept. 14^ 1880. 



Will of Col. Gerrard Peyton^ of Nojniny, in the Co. of Westmoreland^ Vcu, 

1687. 

In the name of God amen. I Gerrard Peyton, of Nominy in the Co. of 
Westmoreland, finding myself very sick and weak in body, but of sound 
and perfect memory calling to mind the frailty of all human flesh and the 
decree of our Heavenly father that all mankind are once to die and de- 
scend into tlie grave and to sleep until the loud and dreadful trumpet shall 
sound and awake us all to judgment before the great tribunal judge, both 
of quick and dead ; doe by these presents make, constitute, ordain and ap- 
point this to be my true last will and testament, hereby revoking, disannull- 
ing and making void all manner of former wills and testaments by me here- 
tofore made or done. 

First. I give and bequeath my immortal soul unto God my Heavenly 
maker, who gave it first unto me, hoping through the merits, passion aud 
intercession of his son my alone dear Saviour Jesus Christ, to behold and 
everlastingly enjoy my maker and redeemer in the Kingdom of Heaven 

* Major John Washington was the grandfather of the iUoBtrious Washington. 



1881.] Virginia Documents — the Peyton Family. 149 

and my body to the earth from whence it came to be decently buried and 
interred according to the decision of my executrix hereinafter named. 

Itetn, I give and bequeath unto my dearest well beloved sister Eliza- 
beth *Hardige, her heirs, Executors, administrators and assigns all my real 
estate and personal property, my lands &c. And if my said sister Eliza- 
beth Hardidge should have no issue of her body, then my full and whole 
estate both real and personale with all my lands to be disposed of by her 
last will and testament. Also, I the said Gerard Peyton doe by these pre- 
Kuts nominate, constitute, put, place, ordain and appoint my loving and 
kind father-in-law M' William Hardidge, of Nominy aforesaid to be sole 
executor of this my last will and testament. 

In witness whereof I the said Gerard Peyton being in good and perfect 
memory have hereunto set my hand and seal this 27*^ day of Dec* A.D.^ 
1687. Anno reg. Jaeoln secundo iertio. 

The words *^ her heirs, executors &^ " interlined in the 12th line before 
signing. 

Codicil. I also give and bequeath unto my kind and loving father-in* 
law my sword and belt and case of pistols. I also give and bequeath unto 
Valentine Harris One hundred acres of land. Unto M" Margaret Blagg 
my horse '^ Jocky," to M" Edward Franklyn fourteen and a half yards 
of silk and a pair of shoes. Unto Cuthbert one pair of breeches and a 
tnmk and unto Negro Dick the first mare colt that shall fall. 

Signed, sealed and delivered Gebbabd Peyton [seal] 

in presence of 

Joseph Lewis ^ 

Richard Sturman >- 

Robert Chamberlain ) 

Jan^ 11. 1687-8. 

Upon petition of M' W™ Hardidge, Executor of the last will 'and testa- 
ment of the above named Col. Gerrard Peyton this will was proved in 
Court by the Oaths of Joseph Lewis, Richard Sturman and Robert Cham- 
berlain witnesses thereto subscribed and it was ordered to be recorded. 

Thom. Marsen, 

Deputy Clerk. 

A.D. 1731. 
Westmoreland Co. ) At a court held for the said County the 

to wit. J 27'»' day of October 1731. 

Col. Henry Ashton by his letter to this Court representing that the leaf 
of the record book in which the will of Col. Gerrard Peyton dec** 1 687 was 
recorded is by some accident broken off (which it seems was before George 
Tuberville, the present Clerk of the County was in that office) And it re- 
mains in a loose leaf of the said book. And as the whole right of a great 
quantity of lands belonging to his daughter and grand daughters depend 
on the said will, therefore prayed the Courts order for recording the same 
in a proper book which being considered by the Court it is ordered that 
the said Col. Peyton's will be re-entered in the present record book for 
wills of this county. And the original will of said Peyton happening to 
be in possession of said Ashton and being produced in Court it is also or- 



150 Zabdiel and John Boyhton. [Aprily 

dered that the same be lodged and remain in the clerks office of this oonntj 
amongst other original wills. Teste 6. Turbebyile, C. C. W. 

Recorded the 30"* day of October 1731. 

P' G. T., C. C. W. 

A copy, teste J. Warren Hutt, 

c. c. w. 



Virginia Land Registry Office, Richmond, 

Extracts. — The following are grants of lands to the Pettons, made be- 
fore the Revolution : 

Peyton, Henry, book 4, p. 255 ; 400 acres in Westmoreland Co., NoTem- 

' ber 1,1657. 

Peyton, Valentine, book 4, p. 426 ; 1600 acres in same County, July %% 
1662. 

Peyton, Major Robert, book 7, p. 81 ; 1000 acres in New Kent Co., AjptH 
23, 1681. 

Peyton, Robert, book 7, p. 233 ; 150 acres in Kensington Parish, Glouces- 
ter Co., Feb. 20, 1682. 

Peyton, Thomas, book 17, p. 524 ; 100 acres in Gloucester Co., June 16, 
1738. 



ZABDIEL AND JOHN BOYLSTON. 

Communicated by Chablbs W. Parsons, M.D., of Providence, R. I. 

I'^HACHER'S American Medical Biography contains an intereet- 
. ing memoir of Dr. Zabdiel Boylston, distinguished for hav- 
ing introduced inoculation for small-pox into this country. This 
memoir was mostly drawn from materials communicated to the late 
Dr. George C. Shattuck, by Ward Nicholas Boylston, the eminent 
benefactor of Harvard College. The printed memoir omits an in- 
cident related at the end of Mr. Boylston's paper, and never hith- 
erto made public. I copy from his manuscript. 

" Here, perhaps, says Mr. Boylston, I may be allowed to intro- 
duce an anecdote I learned with pleasure and surprise from the late 
Dr. Franklin, to whom I was introduced at his seat near Paris, in 
the year 1783. There were several gentlemen and ladies in the 
room at the time of my name being announced to him, when he arose 
from his chair and took me by the hand, saying, " I shall ever re- 
vere the name of Boylston ; Sir, are you of the family of Dr. Zab- 
diel Boylston of Boston ? " to which I replied that he was my great 
uncle ; " then, Sir, I must tell you I owe everything I now am to 
him." He went on giving this account of himself, viz. : " When 
Dr. Boylston was in England, I was there reduced to the greatest 
distress, a youth without money, friends or counsel. I applied in 
my extreme distress to him, who supplied me with twenty guineas; 



1881.] Zahdxel and John Boylston. 151 

and, relying on his judgment, I visited him as opportunities offered, 
and by his fatherly counsels and encouragements I was saved from 
the abyss of destruction which awaited me, and my future fortune was 
based upon his parental advice and timely assistance. Sir, I beg you 
will visit me as often as you find you have leisure while in Paris." 
During my stay I availed myself of this, visited and dined with him 
several times, and always received his marked attentions." 

Dr. Boylston was in England in 1724 and 1725, and young 
Franklin reached London about the end of the year 1724, where he 
ibmid he had been deceived by worthless letters of recommendation 
from Gov. Keith, and was almost friendless an^ moneyless, though 
he soon found employment as a printer. The incident above related 
18 the more creditable to Dr. Boylston from the fact that the New 
England Courant^ conducted by the Franklins, had joine<I in the 
eatery against inoculation, by which Dr. Boylston had suffered so 
much. 



Dr. Boylston had a son John, who presented many interesting 
traits of character. His letters to which I have had access show a 
very amiable man, kind to his relatives in Boston, simple in tastes, 
and warmly attached to his native town. He has been ranked as a 
tory, and is mentioned accordingly in Sabine's " American Loyal- 
ists.** It appears that he left Boston for London in 1768, on ac- 
count of impaired health. He was then nearly sixty years old, 
having been bom in Boston March 23, 1709. He established a 
mercantile correspondence with Boston and Jamaica, and resided in 
London till November, 1775, when, on account of increasing in- 
firmities, the interruption of commercial intercourse caused by war, 
and the expense of living in the metropolis, he went to Bath, 
where he died unmarried in 1795. 

His letters through the whole period of the war show that his 
sympathies were with his "townsmen," as he continued to call his 
friends in Boston. He deprecates the " vindictive measures " of 
government, sends money for the relief of the distressed people of 
Boston, and writes as follows, after hearing of the defeat of Gates 
at Camden : '* This unfortunate event has buried all pacific thoughts, 
and inspires] this sanguinary administration to continue this infernal 
contest, with the ostensible view of subjugating the colonies, 
although the real purpose is continuing in office, and fleecing the 
people, whose spirits seem wholly dissipated and broke." 

He kept up a long and constant correspondence with the Rev. 
Thomas Wren, a dissenting clergyman of Portsmouth, England, 
in regard to the relief of American prisoners-of-war held at Forton, 
near Portsmouth. He contributed money at many different times 
for their aid and comfort, directing that preference be given to those 
who belonged in Boston, and next to those from other parts of Mas- 
aachuaetts. The Forton prisoners make the subject of an interesting 



152 Wttchcrafi in Springfieldy Mass. [April, 

communication, published in the Segister from 1876 to 1879, by 
William R. Cutter, Esq. The visits of Mr. Wren, made frequendj 
once a week, are repeatedly mentioned in that article, with a notice 
of his bringing money to the prisoners. Mr. Boylston gave very 
liberally for this object ; and the correspondence between him and 
Mr. Wren shows that both parties were very tender in their sympa- 
thies and active in beneficence. 

Mr. Boylston's letters frequently refer to a plan he long cherished 
of bequeathing a large part of his property for the benefit of the 
poor of Boston. It would appear that he had taken measures widi 
this intent before leaving Boston in 1768. He writes from Bath, in 
1789 : "It is now more than thirty years since by will I devoted 
my small property to this purpose, having to this day taxed my ex- 
penses for this intent." Ills last will, executed at Bath in the year 
1793, creates a trust which is still in operation. One portion of 
the bequest is for the benefit of " poor and decayed householders of 
the Town of Boston," — " not under fifty years of age," — " persons 
of good character and reduced by the act of Providence, not by in- 
dolence, extravagancy, or other vice." The other portion is to be 
applied to "the nurture and instruction of Poor Orphans and 
Deserted Children, of the Town of Boston, until fourteen years of 
age." The two funds, according to recent reports of the City Audi- 
tor, now amount to considerably more than one hundred thousand 
dollars. They are respectively known as the " Boylston Relief 
Fund," and the " Boylston Education Fund." 



WITCHCRAFT IN SPRINGFIELD, MASS. 

Communicated by Stanley Waters, A.M., of Salem, Mass. 

rpHE late Samuel G. Drake, A.M., in his "Annals of Witch- 
X craft," pp. G4 to 72, gives an account of the trial of Hugh Par- 
sons, of Springfield, and his wife on the charge of witchcraft. In 
the Appendix, pp. 219-58, Mr. Drake gives the evidence in the 
case as found in a manuscript volume belonging to him. The fol- 
lowing depositions, found among the Suffolk court files, undoubtiedly 
relate to this case. 

The testimony of Joanna y* wife of John Lumbard taken on oath ilay 

22*»» 1651. 

Tiiis deponent sayth y* hir husband y® last Suirier beinge dawbinge his 
howse Layd down his trowell at y® doore of his howse on y* sill and goinge 
to fetch more mortar, afterward came to fetch his trowell where he Layed 
it, and it was gon. Both shee and hir husband sought it all over y' howse 
but could not finde it. The 3d day after Hugh Parsons came to o' bowse, 
& he and hir husband were standing at y® doore at wch tyme an Indian 
past by y* had bin in y* howse y* day y* y* trowell was lost, who called to 



1881.] Correspondence of Gen. Benedict Arnold. 153 

y* Indian to come to him, intending to aske him if he had not stole ye trow- 
ell. Hngh Parsons s* why doe you call him — her husband s**, to inquire of 
him if he had not stole my trowell. S** Hugh Parsons, heere is the trowell, 
k there it was on y* doore sill where hir husband had layd it, but it was 
not to be seen there formerly. Henry Smith. 

The Testimony of Alexander Edwards taken on oath May 26*^ 1651. 

This deponent sayth y^ he tooke good notice y' his Cow lessened her milke 
on a soddaine, and from 3 quarts shee gave not above one quart at most : 
ilsoe y* her milke was of a verry odd colour in all her teates, yellowish 
& somewht Blooddy as if it were festered & it continued soe about a 
weeke. This fell out to y* Cow the next meale after y' his wife had de- 
nyed Hugh Parsons milke, and y* y* Cow ay led nothinge to any of y' apre- 
hentions and grew well agayne and came to her milke without any meanes 
used. Henbt Smith. 

The Testemony of Richard Excell taken on oath May 20*^ 1651. 

Richard Excell affirmeth y* he heard Hugh Parsons aske Sarah Edwards 
for milke, and shee told him shee could spare him no moer milke, she would 
pay him wht else shee owed him some other way. He replyed he had 
laUier have wht was due to him in milke. The next meal Rich: Excell 
ttw y* milke y* Cow gave, and it was farr differinge fro ye usuall colour of 
milke it was verry yellow and unfitt for any to eate, and it was not above 
a quart y* y* Cow gave if it were soe much. 

AH Testefied on oath before me Henrt Smith. 



CORRESPONDENCE OF GEN. BENEDICT ARNOLD. 

Communicated bj the Hon. Isaac N. Arnold, of Chicago, III. 

THE following are copies of several papers of historic interest 
which I think should be made accessible to the student of 
history. The originals of all these papers, with the exception 
of the letter to the Rev. B. Booth, are in my hands, but will soon 
be returned to the Rev. Edward Gladwin Arnold, M.A., rector of 
Great Massingham, Norfolk, England [Register, xxxiv. 197], to 
whom they belong. They were sent to me by him with others 
need in preparing my Life of Benedict Arnold. 

I. 

Benedict Arnold to the Rev, Mr. Booth. 

Philadelphia 

May 25. 1779. 
Dear Sir 

Being in daily expectation of sending my sons to You, has p revented 
my answering Your favor of the 2** of April before. 

I am extremely happy in committiug the care of their education to a 
gentleman so universally esteemed, & admired, not in the least doubting 

TOL. XXXT. 14 



154 Correspondence of Gen. Benedict Arnold. [April, 

your care & attention to them in every particular. Let me beg of You, 
my Dear Sir, to treat them in the same manner as yoa would x our own. 
When they deserve correction I wish not to have them spared. They have 
been for some time in this City, which is a bad School, & my situation 
has prevented my paying that attention to them, I otherwise should have 
done. If they have contracted any bad habits they are not of long stand- 
ing, & I make no doubt under Your care they will soon forget them. 

I wish their education to be useful, rather than learned. Life is too 
short, & uncertain to throw away in speculations upon subjects, that perhaps 
only one man in ten thousand has a genius to make a figure in. You will par- 
don my dictating to You sir, but as the fortune of every man in this coun- 
try is uncertain, I wish my sons to be Educated in such a manner that with 
prudence & industry they may acquire a fortune, in case they are deprived 
of their patrimony, as .well as to become useful members of society. 

My tailor has disappointed me, & sent home their clothes unfinished. 
I Am therefore under the necessity of sending them undone or of detaining 
the wagon. I cannot think of doing the latter, & must beg the favor of Yon, 
to procure their clothes finished, & some new ones made out of my old ones, 
I must beg you to purchase any little matters necessary for them. I have 
enclosed three hundred dollars, for their use, out of which you will please 
to give as much to spend as you think proper, with this condition, that the? 
render to you a regular account, as often as You think necessary, of their 
expenses, a copy of which they will transmit to me. This will teach them 
economy & method so necessary in life. If any books wanting I beg of 
you to purchase them, <& whenever You are in want of money to draw on 
me. 

I shall expect they will write me frequently ; of this they will doubtleai 
want reminding. I have the Honor to be 

with great respect & esteem 
Dear Sir 
Rev. B. Booth. Your most Obedient & humble Servt 

B. Arnold. 

The Rev. Bartholomew Booth taught an academy at Delamere Forest, 
Washington Co., Maryland, in 1779. He " taught," says his great-grand- 
son, Dr. William Booth, " the sons of quite a number of prominent per- 
sons and officers of the Revolution at that time. Among the number were 
Ben, & Richard, two sons of Benedict Arnold." These boys were then 
about 10 and 11 years old. 

It is a curious fact, that while Benedict Arnold was clothing his own hoys 
by having his old clothes made up for them, he was contributing liberaUj 
to the support of the children of his friend Gen. Warren. See letter firom 
Samuel Adams, dated Dec. 1, 1779, quoted in Frothingham's life of Wa^ 
ren, p. 459. " Gen. Arnold has generoicsJy assisted by enclosing §500 to 
their support:* Also Feb. 19, 1779, $500, sent by Lieut. Peter Richjads, 
•expenses of Gen. Warren's children. — Arnold's Life of B, Arnold^ p. 220. 



II. 

Letter to Earl Spencer, 

My Lord Gloucester Place June 1** 1797. 

Having had some Experience in Conducting naval, as well as Military 
Operations, I think it my duty at this alarming Crisis, to tender my Ser- 



1881-] Correspondence of Gen. Benedict Arnold. 155 

Tices to your Lordship to be employed, as yoa may think proper, whether 
they are employed or not I presume my zeal for his Majesty's Service will 
apologize for the liberty I take in addressing yoor Lordship. 

I have the honor to be very respectfully 
My Lord 

Your Lordship's 
The R* Honble Most Obed* 

Earl Spencer & most Hble Serv^ 

&c &c. &C. B. Arnold. 



in. 

Letter to Lord Cornwallis, 

Gloucester Place Dec' 29. 1796. 
My Lord 

I have had the honor of receiving your Lordship's letter of the 24^ 
Lis* and beg you will accept my thanks for your kindly attention in speak- 
ing to M' Pitt on the subject of my Plan, which the more I consider it, the 
more important it appears to me in its consequences, provided it can be car- 
ried into effect, and tho' existing circumstances may at present preclude the 
means for that purpose, the case may. soon be altered, and as I apprehend 
that the principal objection is the hazard of taking so many ships of the 
line from other service, I beg leave to say that, that objection may in a 
great measure be obviated by adopting a plan that I have taken the liberty 
to enclose for your Lordship's Consideration. 

The naval force of the Enemy in the 8. Seas, by the latest intelligence was 
very inconsiderable, consisting only of Two or three ships of the line, one 
fifty & a few Frigates. — Should they detach more ships of war to that 
part of the World, I presume it cannot be done without our knowing their 
destination, in which case we can undoubtedly spare as many ships from 
home service, to counteract them. — If their naval Force in that Country is 
not superior to ours, it would soon fall into our hands, and make such an 
addition to our ships, as would render them sufficiently formidable, to Cover 
our Operations by land, against any force that Spain could send. — And I 
will pledge myself that with such a covering fleet as I have mentioned and 
five thousand effective men to begin Operations, I will soon raise so for- 
midable an army of the Natives, Creoles & People of Colour, that no force 
that Spain has there, or can send to that Country, will be able to resist it, 
or prevent their freeing the Country from the Spanish Government. — Per- 
mit me to request the favor, my Lord, that whenever there appears a favor- 
able Opportunity to carry such plan into effect that you will have the good- 
ness to remind M' Pitt of it, #& of my wishes to be employed in it. — 

I have the honor to be with great respect 
My Lord 

Your Lordship's 
• Most Obedient & 

most obliged 
Humble Ser* 
[Addressed to Lord Cornwallis.] B. Arnold. 



156 Correspondence of Gen. Benedict Arnold. [April, 

IV. 

Gen. Arnold's Memorandum of his Confiscated Property, 

Memorandum of General Arnold's Property confiscated and sold in 

Philadelphia, 1779 or 1781. 

Sterling 
A pair of Horses for which G. Arnold refused .... £200 

Carriage almost new, worth 100 

A valuable Negroe man slave 22 Years old . . - . 100 
Plate £50 Furniture Beds Bedding Linen, &c &c 250 . . 300 

Books Electrical Machine Microscope &c &c China Glass Stores &c &c 200 
Cloths &C. 50 



Sterling £950 
B. Arnold. 



V. 

Certificate- of Jeremiah Miller^ Jr. 

I do Certify that I was acquainted with Brig' General Benedict Arnold 
for many years in America, and* that He was for Several Years pre- 
vious to the War considered as a Merchant of Property, and did a great 
deal of Business ; — He was possessed of an elegant House, Store HooseSt 
"Wharf &c, in New Haven, Connecticut, which I have been informed and 
believe was worth upwards of Twenty four Hundred pounds, that Curren- 
cy, which with all his property in Connecticut has been confiscated and 
sold, and I have also been informed, and have no reason to doubt but that 
His Estate was free from Encumbrances ; from the nature of His Business 
and trade in General in that Country, I am of the opinion He must have 
had very considerable Out-Standing Debts. 

I do also Certify that in the Year 1780, the State of Connecticut under- 
took to make good the Depreciation of the pay of their Ofiicers upon a 
given scale of Depreciation (to a certain time I think to the year 1778. 
The Treasurer of Connecticut gave His Notes to the Officers for the same, 
which Notes were negotiable and did pass for a certain time at their nom- 
inal Value. Jeremiah Milleb, Jr. 

London 5*»» March 1784. 



VI. 

Gen. Arnolds Statement relative to Joshua Hett Smith, 

In the Prosecution of the Agreement between S' Henry Clinton & my- 
self, It became necessary for me to have a Personal Interview with the 
Man of Sir Henry's Confidence, who was the unfortunate Major Andr^ 
who by appointment of S*" H. was to meet me (with a Flag of Truce) at 
Dobbs's Ferry on the North River at 12 o'clock on a certain day appoint- 
ed by us ; at the time appointed I approached the Ferry in my Barge, 
expecting to meet him, but to my great Mortification Instead of meeting 
him I was attacked by three Gun Boats from New York, who by some 
fatal mistakes were neither called off their Post or made acquainted with 



1881.] Who was First Minister of Mendon f 157 

our Intended meeting, and It was with Great Risque and difficulty that I 
escaped from them, soon after in Order to bring the meeting with Major 
Andr^ about, I had to send for him from the Vulture Sloop of war, then 
Lying below the American lines in Hudson River, the utmost Secrecy was 
necessary, and the Person who was sent to bring Major Andr^ and myself 
together was Joshua H. Smith Esq' then residing at Haverstraw where the 
Interview was effected. 

I did not open the intention to Mr Smith but having from various previ- 
oos Conversations discovered M' Smith's Biases in Favor of the British 
Government and Interests, I hoped everything from his Instrumentality to 
accomplish the Design, which unhappily failed by Incidents too well known 
to the world to need mentioning. 

Given under my baud this 

20*** Day of Dec' 1784. B. Arnold. 



WHO WAS THE FIRST MINISTER OF MENDON ? 

Bj tho Rev. Oeobob F. Clark, of Mendon, Mass. 

THE "Annals of the Town of Mendon," by John G. Metcalf, M.D., 
have recently been published in a large octavo volume. The book is 
a very valuable contribution to the local histories of New England, and 
ought to be in the hands of all the natives and residents of the town. In 
one particular, however, relative to the first minister, the annalist, through 
inadvertence, has fallen into a mistake that should not be overlooked and 
allowed to go down to posterity as a veritable fact. On pages three and 
four of the book may be found a report, dated " 22: 5: 1662," of the cona- 
mittee having charge of the settlement of the plantation at Netmocke, now 
Mendon. Among the names of those accepted as proprietors, or to whom 
allotments of land were made, a portion of whom are said to be of Brain- 
tree and others of Weymouth, appears that of " Goodman Raynes^ of 
Weymouth. The annalist has recorded it as " Rayner," and connected 
with it, in parenthesis, the words ( " The Minister "), which do not appear 
in the original record, and are therefore misleading. He assumes, more- 
over, that this man, whose christian name appears to have been ^* John," 
was the first minister of the town. Now the original entry cleariy reads 
** Raynes." And in a copy of the first book of records, made by order of the 
town, in 1846, by the annalist himself, the name is rightly written 
** Raynes-" 

Furthermore, there is no evidence that Rev. John Rayner, at one time a 
preacher at Mendon, was ever an inhabitant of Weymouth. His father, 
Rev. John Rayner, was for several years the minister of Plymouth, Mass.,. 
and about 16t55 removed to Dover, N. H., where he resided until his death. 
Moreover, the John Rayner, Jr.,- assumed to have been one of the proprie- 
tors and the first minister of Mendon, was in the year 1662 a student in 
£Uunrard College, and only nineteen years old, having been born at Ply- 
month in 1643. He could not, therefore, have been the man accepted in 
1662 as one of the proprietors of the new town, as no person under age 
woold have been. Nor would a boy of nineteen have been called 
•* Goodman." 

▼OL. XXXT. 14* 



158 Who was First Minister ofMendon f [Aprilf 

Again, Rev. Abner Morse published in the Grenealogical Register (vol 
ix. p> 51) the names of those who in 1662 were accepted as proprietor! 
from Bralntree and Weymouth, and he gives the name as ^* Goodman 
Ray n 68." 

On page 19 of the " Annals," under date of July 14, 1667, mention is 
made of a grant of meadow land to Col. William Crowne and the preseiU 
minister^ with others whose names are given. The annalist again assumes 
that ** the present minister " was John Rayner^ and puts his name into the 
list ; whereas he is not mentioned by name as receiving a portion of mea- 
dow, nor does his name, so far as we can ascertain, appear any where upon 
the town records. The only evidence that John Rayner was ever a preadier 
in Mendon is to be found in a petition of the inhabitants to the Grenertl 
Court, dated May 16, 1669, asking for more meadow land, wherein thej 
say : '^ And now God having given us good hope to enjoy the Grospel & gath- 
er a Church by the help of Mr. John Rayner, whose labors we have had 
comfort of this winter, & trust hee will settle with us, besides severall good 
people, members of churches, tender themselves to come to us had wee 
meado to supply them." This indicates that Mr. Rayner had been preach- 
ing for them, how long ? The petitioners say " this winter." What win- 
ter? Most clearly the winter of 1668-9, just past, is meant. Had Mr. 
Rayner been preaching at Mendon three years or more, as the annalist in- 
timates, would the petitioners have been likely to have said simply 'Hhis 
winter "? His father died at Dover, N. H., April 20, 1669, about a month 
previous to the date of the petition above mentioned. Mr. Rayner doubt- 
less left town near the date of his father*s death, and probably never re- 
turned to resume his parochial duties, for on the 22d of July, following, he 
was invited to occupy the pulpit at Dover, made vacant by his fiEither's 
death, though he was not ordained there until July 12, 1671. 

Furthermore, the statement is made in the Genealogical Register of 
July, 1872, p. 332, by Rev. A. II. Quint, D.D., who is reliable authority, 
that John Rayner, Jr., after graduation in 1663, resided for some time at 
Dover, and pursued his theological studies with his father, and was in fee- 
ble health, though some of the time he was an assistant to his father. Hence 
there is hardly a possibility that he could have been at Mendon in 1664, as 
the annalist supposes. 

It will, therefore, be readily seen that the mistake relative to the jirMi 
minister arises from the assum[>tion that '* Goodman Raynes," of Wey- 
mouth, admitted as a proprietor in 16G2, was John Rayner the subsequent 
minister. But they were very different persons, as we shall see. 

There was a John Ranes who married, November 24, 1 659, Mary, the 
daughter of Dea. John Rogers, of Weymouth. And he, in all human 
probability, was the " Goodman Raynes" mentioned in 1662 as one of the 
proprietors of Mendon, and said to be of Weymouth. In those days the 
same name was frequently spelled differently, according to the fancy of who- 
ever wrote it. Dea. Rogers, in his will, calls his son-in-law " John RaneT 
The name Rayner is also 8j)elled several different ways. All this goes to 
prove that it was ** Goodman Raynes," or ** Ranes," or " Rane," to whom 
land was allotted in 16G2. lie, however, probably never resided at Men- 
don, as his name, we think, is found no where else on the town records. 

Who, then, was the " present minister" to whom meadow land was as- 
signed in 1067? There may be a little doubt who he was. But the pre- 
sumption is very strong that it was Benjamin P^liot, son of the ** Apostle 
Eliot," as he is called. At any rate, the first allusion to a minister in the 



1881.] Longmeadow Families. 159 

town records is under date of '' 24 Aprill 68," where is found this entry : 
^ Ordered to send A letter to give M' Benjamin Allot A call w*'^ his ffa- 
therms leave^ and A letter sent to y^ effect.'* How long he had been preach- 
ing in the town previous to his '^ call," is not known. But in those days 
ministers usually preached some months before they were invited to settle. 
Hence Mr. Eliot might have been, and probably was, ^' the present minis- 
ter" on July 14th, 1667. Certainly there is no evidence that any one 
preached earlier than he. At this time (1667) he would have been only 
twenty-one years old, having been bom June 29, 1646. In "ye olden 
tpDB " persons sometimes commenced preaching before reaching their ma- 
jority. Mr. Eliot is said to have been a man of great ability as well as 
of ardent piety. He probably did not receive " his fEather's leave '' to set- 
tle, because his father was very desirous to have him as his own colleague 
or assiatant at Roxbury. And he was for some years associated with his 
&ther in preaching to the Indians. He died in 1687, but was never for- 
mally ordained. 

There is hardly a shadow of doubt that Benjamin Eliot was " the first 
minister " of the town. John Rayner in all probability was the second. 
Then came Rev. Joseph Emerson, who was the first settled pastor of the 
diorch. 



LONGMEADOW (MASS*) FAMILIES. 

Commonicated bj Willard S. Alleit, A.M., of £&st Boston, Mass. 

[Continacd from pa^ 27.] 

5th Generation. Calvin Cooley, son of Stephen and IMary Cooley, was 
married June 17, 1790, to Eunice Wiirriner, of West Springfield. He 
died Feb. 19, 184C, age 81. She died Oct. 30, 1842, age 77. James, born 
April 7, 1791. Eunice, born March 21, 1794. Loice, born Feb. 18, 1798. 
Calvin, bom July 14, 1799, died March 13, 18G7, age 67. Mary, born 
Nov. 11, 1804, died Sept. 4, 1808. Lewis, born Jan. 28, 1806, died Sept. 
4, 1808. Alfred, born Sept. 1, 1807. Lewis, born Dec. 23, 1810, and 
died Jan. 25, 1811. Dinah Warriner, sister of Calvin Cooley 's wife, died 
June 26, 1833, age 72. Eunice married Diamond Colton. Loice mar- 
ried William White. 

[Page 107.] 5th Generation. Hanan Cooley, son of Stephen and Mary 
Cooley, was married Dec. 19, 1799, to Sarah Booth, daughter of Menry 
and Dorothy Booth, of Enfield. She was born Dec. 5, 1780. Their child- 
ren — Henry Booth, born Dec. 5, 1801. Lucina, born Dec. 18, 1803. 
Ethan, bom March 2, 1806. Emeline, born Feb. 12, 1808. 

6th Generation. Alfonl Cooley, son of Calvin and Eunice Cooley, was 
married Nov. 14, 1833, to Caroline Bliss Saxton, daughter of Noah and 
Martha Bliss Saxton, of AVilbraham. Their children — Caroline Louisa, 
born April 21, 1835. Martha Bliss, born Sept. 2, 183G. James Calvin, 
bom Nov. 5, 1838. Noah Saxton, born Feb. 9, 1842. Mary Ella, born 
April 1, 1847. 

[Page 108.] 5th Generation. Josiah Cooley, son of Josiah and Expe- 
rience Cooley, was married March 13, 1777, to Abiel Bliss, daughter of 
Col. John Bliss and Abiel his wife, of Wilbraham. He died Feb. 13, 1824, 
age 74. She died July 8, 1830, age 72. Their children — Rebecca, bom 



160 Longmeadow Families. [April} 

Jan. 7, 1778, died at Granville. John Bliss, bom April 17, 1781, died 
Sept. 7, 1786. Sylva, born March 14, 1785, died at Pittsfield. Lydia, 
born Aug. 2, 1787, died July 31, 1823, age 36. Lucy, born Dec 12, 1789. 
John Bliss, born Nov. 3, 1793, died Nov. 4, 1858, at Wilbraham. EUm, 
born June 2, 1799, died Oct 3, at Brookfield, 1851. Harriet, bom Dec. 
19, 1802. Rebecca was married June 22, 1800, to Hezekiah Robinson, of 
Granville. Sylva was married Jan. 22, 1806, to Ambros Collins. Lucy 
married Luther Col ton, Dec. 17, 1809. Harriet married G. Olcott Bliss, 
May 21, 1828. Eliza married Aaron Kimball, of Brookfield, Apnl, 1829. 

5th Generation. Joel Cooley, son of Israel and Deborah Cooley, wai 
married to Sarah Olcott, date of their publishment July 4, 1755. Their 
children — Levi, bora Feb. 12, 1756. Lucy, born Jan. 8, 1759. Levi, 
bora Nov. 1761. Deborah, born June 21, 1764. Gad, bora Jan. 25, 1767* 
Walter bora — Sally born. Joel Cooley with his family removed to Charltt- 
town, state of New Hampshire. 

5th Generation. Jonah Cooley, son of Israel and Deborah, was married 
to Experience Hale, daughter of Thomas and Abigail Hale. They bad 
one child. Experience, born Nov. 9, 1780. Experience the mother died 
May 8, 1782. Jonah Cooley married again to Abigail Keep, daughter of 
Mathew and Abigail Keep, published Feb. 8, 1783. Their children — 
Nabby, born Dec. 18, 1783. Jonah, born March 31, 1785. Leonaid, 
born Oct. 10, 1786. Ethan, born Sept. 16, 1788. Deborah, born Oct 
1790. Israel, born Dec. 1792. Jonah Cooley with his family removed 
to Vershire, state of Vermont. 

{_Page 109.] 5th Generation. Samuel Cooley, son of Samuel and Pa- 
tience Cooley, was married to Experience Tubbs, of Middletowu, published 
Nov. 2, 1765. Their children— Samuel, born July 12, 1766. Theododa, 
born* March 28, 1768, died May 21, 1807. Simeon, born May 31, 1770. 
William, born Nov. 19, 1775. Theodocia married Samuel Comes, son of 
Samuel, July 20, 1792. Samuel the father died in the American war with 
Great Britain, Sept. 4, 1777, at Albany. Experience the mother died 
Sept 26, 1778. The family of Simeon, see below on this page. Lydia 
and stillborn, Dec. 30. Lydia bapt. Jan. 3, 1773, died March 20, 1776. 

5th Generation. John Cooley, son of Eli and Mary Cooley, was mar- 
ried Jan. 9, 1788, to Martha Lancton, daughter of John and Sarah Lano- 
ton, of West Springfield. Their children — Henry, born June 26, 1792. 
Mercy, born Jan. 16, 1794, died May 23, 1812. Polly, born July 1, 1796. 
Betsey, born Aug. 31, 1798. Walter, bora Feb. 1, 1804, died June 13, 
1811. Jerusha, born Oct. 8, 1809. Martha the mother died March 9, 
1813, age 45. John Cooley died Jan. 29, 1835, aged 71 years. 

6th Generation. Simeon Cooley, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and 
Experience Cooley, was married in 1805 to Sirviah, who had been the wife 
of Luther Lyman, and was the daughter of Samuel Williams Corkins, of 
StafTord, and Elizabeth his wife. She died July 21, 1862, age 82. Their 
children — Samuel, born Jan. 26, 1806. Theodocia, born Dec 2, 1807. 
William, born January 22, 1810. Simeon, born October 8, 1815, died 
Jan. 15, 1816. A child born March 19, 1820 (no name given it), died 
March 31, 1820. Emily, born Oct. 20, 1816. Harriet, bora June 22, 
1822. [Vacant to page 111.] 

6th Generation. Joseph Whiting Cooley, son of Joseph Cooley and 
Jerusha his wife, of Soniers, the grandson of George Cooley, and great- 
grandson of Joseph and Mary Cooley (page 98), who removed from Lon^ 



1881.] Longmeadow Families. 161 

meadow to Somers. He was married April, 1787, to Flavia Cooley, the 
daughter of Hezekiah and Charity Cooley. He was bom Sept 12, 1767. 
Their children — Jerusha, bom Dec. 3, 1787. Jerusha, bom March 24, 
1790. Whiting, bora May 20, 1792. Flavia, bora June 5, 1794, died 
Jan. 18, 1820. Cyrus and Venus, bora Aug. 11, 1796. Venus died June 
11, 1829. Joseph Cooley the father died May 31, 1841, age 74. Flavia 
the mother died Feb. 16, 1844, age 82. [Vacant to page 116.] 

Samuel Goomes, son of Richard and Hepsibah Coomes, was born Jan. 
26, 1730, was married May 18, 1761, to Miriam Hale, daughter of Noah 
mnd Miriam Hale. Their children — Samuel, bora Aug. 30, 1761, died 
June 9, 1816. Silence, bora Jan. 22, 1765, died Jan. 27 of the same year 
1765. Walter, born April 23, 1766, died Dec. 25, 1842, age 77. Silence, 
bom April 17, 1768, died Nov. 7, 1845, age 77, Noah, bora Aug. 3, 1770, 
died May 13, 1805. Achsa, bora March 10, 1773, died Oct. 3, 1807. 
Moses Newel, born July 16, 1775, died July 10, 1777. Moses Nqwel, 
bom Dec. 9, 1777, died May 28, 1840, age 62. Miriam, born Nov. 6, 1782, 
died April 25, 1796. Samuel the father died Dec. 17, 1795, in his 66th 
year. The mother died April 25, 1796, in her 56th year. 

Samuel Coomes, son of Samuel and Miriam Coomes, was married July 
20, 1792, to Theodocia Cooley, daughter of Samuel and Experience Cooley. 
Their children— Maria, born Nov. 20, 1793, died Aug. 26, 1794. Maria, 
bom July 8, 1796. Experience Cooley, born June 24, 1801. Theodocia 
the mother died May 21, 1807. June 10, 1807, the father wished his sec- 
ond Maria to have an addition of Theodocia Cooley to her name, to bear 
the name of her mother. Samuel Cooley died June 9, 1816. 

Walter Coomes, son of Samuel and Miriam Coomes, was married Jan. 
6, 1790, to Flavia Colton, daughter of Festus and Eunice Colton. Their 
children — Sally, bora Oct. 6, 1790, died Nov. 15, 1794. Miriam, bom 
Feb. 1, 1793. Sally, bora Feb. 18, 1796. Walter, born Jan. 2, 1798, 
died June 5, 1843, age 45. Flavia their mother died Aug. 16, 1799. Wal- 
ter the father was married again, Dec. 4, 1799, to Abigail Skinner, of East 
Windsor. Their children — Chauncy Bliss, born Jan. 1, 1801. Flavia 
Colton, bora April 25, 1803. Samuel Skinner, born Jan. 12, 1805, died 
Dec 16, 1866. Achsa, born Aug. 16, 1807. Lucinda, born May 12, 1809. 
Aurelia B., born Dec. 2, 1815, died Nov. 1, 1835. The father died Dec. 
25, 1842. 

\^Page 117.] Noah Coomes, son of Samuel and Miriam Coomes, was 
married Jan. 13, 1799, to Mary Colton, daughter of Henry and Mary 
Colton. Their children — Samuel Hale, bora Oct. 25, 1799. Henry Burt, 
bom Dec. 4, 1800. William, bora Oct 29, 1803. Walter, born Oct 19, 
1804. Mary, bora Jan. 12, 1806. Noah Coomes the father with his wife 
removed to a place called Aurelius, in the county of Cayuga, state of New 
Tork, where all his children were born except the youngest, and where he 
died May 13,1805. 

John Coomes, son of John and Midwell Coomes, of Enfield, and grand- 
son of Richard and Hepsibah Coomes, was bora Dec. 22, 1762, was mar- 
ried Feb. 23, 1784, to Joanna Colton, daughter of Thomas and Deborah 
Colton. Their children — Horace, bora Apnl 5, 1784. Dolly, bora Aug. 
9, 1786. Fannie, born Feb. 17, 1789. John, born April 10, 1792, died 
Sept 23, 1820, age 28. James, born June 26, 1794, died April 4, 1867, 
age 73. Alexander, born June 18, 1796. Dinah, born April 21, 1799. 
Bela,bom March 14, 1802. Elias, born April 26, 1806. Lucy D., bom 



162 Longmeadow Families. [^F^i 

April 18, 1811. Fannie was married May 18, 1809, to Carlos Nicboli, 
of West Springfield. 

\^Page 1 18.] Horatio Coomes, of Longmeadow, son of John and Joan- 
na Coomes, was married Aug. 20, 1807, to Ansa B. Amadon, of Wilbnr 
ham. Their children — Horatio, bom Oct 31, 1807. Edmund, bom Oct 
12, 1809. Hannah Coomes, bom Jan. 19, 1812,- died Oct. 6, 1814. Alon- 
zo Coomes, bom May 28, 1814. Hannah, born Aug. 1, 1816, died Sept. 
19, 1839. Nathaniel, born April 1, 1819. Delia, born May 1, 1821. 
John Dickenson Dudley, Aug. 24, 1823. Elizabeth, born Dec. 1825, died 
March 10, 1832. Charlotte and Greorge, born Aug. 5, 1828. Adeline, 
bom Oct 28, 1830. 

Isaac Corkins, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel Williams Corkins and 
Elizabeth his wife, of Sts^ord, was married Oct 18, 1801, to Abigail Hak^ 
daughter of Thomas and Ann Hale. Their children — Lovioe, bora S^ 
10, 1803, married James Colton. Abigail, bom Not. 22, 1806. Isaac. 
born Oct 30, 1809. Reuben, born Feb. 21, 1813. Henry Sexton, b(m 
Feb. 13, 1816. Emeline Calkins, born Sept 10, 1818. Eliza Ann Cal- 
kins, born Jan. 16, 1821. William, born Sept 9, 1824. 

Aaron Crane, of Longmeadow, son of Hezekiah and Rachel Crane, of 
East Windsor, was born May 8, 1756, was married June 16, 1778, to Maij 
Barber, daughter of Thomas and Jane Barber. She was bom Aug. l4 
1754. Their children — Polly, bom May 16, 1779. Aaron, bora Mardi 
24, 1781. Timothy, born Jan. 28, 1783. Ziba, bom March 16, 1785. 
Eli, bom Aug. 3, 1787. Jane, born Dec 24, 1789. Lucina, born Aug. 

19, 1792. Elihu, born Nov. 17, 1794. Hezekiah, bom Feb. 1, 1797. 
Almira, born July 18, 1799, died Sept 6, 1808. Aaron the &ther died 
July 3, 1826, age 70. 

\_Page 119.] Edward Crandol, son of Peter and , of Enfield, 

married April 7, 1757, to Dorcas Bement, daughter of Jonathan and 
of Enfield. Their children — Edward, bapt May 15, 1757, died July % 
1757. Lucy, born May 21, 1758, died April 12, 1759. Levi, born Feh. 
1, 1760. Lucy, born April 10, 1762, died Jan. 22, 1831, age 69. Still- 
born child, May 4, 1765. Simeon, born May 20, 1766. Mary, born Nor. 

20, 1768. Sarah, born March 5, 1771. Asenah, bom Aug. 17, 1773. 
Dorcas the mother died Dec. 29, 1779. Edward the father married again 
to Sarah Brown, of Coventry. He removed to that town. They had one 
child named Ethan, born August, 1786. Edward the father died May, 
1788. 

Levi Crandol, son of Edward and Dorcas Crandol, was married Jan. 27, 
1791, to Aphia Lad, of Franklin, Conn. He died Nov. 22, 1840. She 
died Feb. 1, 1835. Their children— Oliva, born Nov. 27, 1791, died Feb. 
10, 1838, age 46. Edward, born July 4, 1794, drowned June 26, 1821. 
Simeon and Levi, born Sept 23, 1796. Simeon died May 14, 1798. Len 
died April 27, 1798. Levi, born June 3, 1799. Sally, May 30, 1801. 

\_Page 120.] Elihu Dwight, son of Capt Samuel Dwight, was bom 
March 22, 1730, and was married to Eunice Horton, daughter of John and 
Mary Horton, of Springfield. Their children — Oliver, born April 14,1769, 
died Aug. 17, 1825. John, born July 12, 1767, died May 23, 1812. Eu- 
nice, boru April 15, 1761. Mary, born Jan. 31, 1763. Lucy, born Sept 
10, 1701. Eunice the mother died May 16, 1801. Polly was married to 
Benjamin Powel, July 9, 1788. Elihu Dwight the father died Dec \% 
1810, aged 80 years. 

Oliver Dwight, son of Elihu and Eunice, was married July 2, 1797, to 



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1881.] Documenia concerning Philip English. 163 

Hehittable Keep, daughter of Mathew and Mehittable Keep. Their child- 
ren — Mehitttable, bom Jan. 5, 1798. Oliver, bom Aug. 28, 1799. Daniel, 
bom April 22, 1802. John, born Sept. 10, 1803. Eunice, bora April 6, 
1807, died Sept 29, 1813. Henry, bora Feb. 27, 1810. Norman Dwight, 
bora Jan. 30, 1815. Oliver the father died Aug. 17, 1825. [Vacant to 
ptge 122.] 

[To be continaed.] 



DOCUMENTS CONCERNING PHILIP ENGLISH. 

Commnnicated bj Staiclbt Watbbs, A.M., of Salem, Mass. 

THE following documents are from [the Massachusetts State 
Ai^hiveSy vol. xi. 

The pet" to Hon. Lieut Gov. Dummer of Mass. Bay, of David Mossom 
Clerk, Minister of the Church of England in Marblehead in behalf of Phi- 
lip English hamblj sheweth. 

That the said Philip English having as frequently as he could from the 
first erecting the church at Marblehead resorted to the Public Worship of 
God at the said Church of which sufficient prof has been made to me by 
the Testimony of many Persons before I had the Charge of said Church and 
from my becoming Minister thereof for more than six years past, upon my 
own knowledge do declare that he the said Philip English has (during the 
Somer season especially) frequently come to Church .... and the 
Reasons of his not coming so constantly as his Inclinations led him was 
the utter impossibility of getting over the ferry on the Lord's day, notwith- 
standing which he the said Philip English was three weeks since committed 
Prisoner to his Maj*^* Goal in Salem, and is to this day there closely con- 
fined for non payment of an assessment made for the support of the minis- 
ter of said Town of Salem he in his defence declaring to the collectors 
that he belonged to the Church at Marblehead and contributed to the sup- 
port of the minister thereof, and of myself I would further observe to your 
honour that the Collectors having not exacted this Jiate of him for five years 
past, no probable Reason can be assigned for their surceasing it but the pre- 
sumption that he did belong to the Church at Marblehead, (&c. <&c. 
Boston, Feb. 11, 1724. 

Jane English at present of Salem but bom in the Isle of Jersey, of full 
age testifyeth & deposeth, that from my arrival in New England five years 
and six months since, having lived in the house of my uncle M*^ Philip 
English of Salem, he always professed himself to belong to the Church of 
England at Marblehead, and that he and I went very frequently together 
to the said Church, I having been in full Cornunion with the Church in 
Jersey, entered into the same with the church there, & the only thing which 
prevented our constant going, if in health, was the want of a ferry boat on 
the Lords (day) over the River. 

Salem Fe^^ 9 : 1724-5. 

Thomas White ferryman between Marblehead & Salem aged twenty 
(seventy ?) nine years testifieth & saith that 1 have often heard Mr. Philip 
£Dglbh of Salem, for the space of six years or more lost past declare that 



164 Bowdoin Papers. [Apiily 

he woald go to the Church of England at Marhlehead oflbener than he did if 
he could and therefore was desirous of agreeing with me to carry him over 
the ferry hy the year as often as winds & weather would permit, but I re- 
fused tending the ferry on the Lord's day. 
Salem Feb. 9, 1724-5. 

John Abbot of Salem shoreman aged seventy years testifyeth and depo- 
seth That during my acquaintance of many years with M' Philip English of 
Salem who is now a Prisoner in the said Town Goal, I have heard him the 
said English declare, that he was bred & born in the Comunion of the 
Church of England, and that he would go to no other publick worship 
willingly, and if he had opportunity to go to a Church agreeable to whi<^ 
when the Church was erected at Marhlehead, he the said English & I have 
frequently gone thither together from that Time down to this, and further 
there lying a ferry between this Town and Marhlehead, over which the 
ferryman could by no means be prevailed upon to carry us every^ Lords 
day, he the said English has several times spoke to me to be partner with 
him in a Boat that we might go thither constantly 'to Church. 

Salem Feb'y 9 : 1724-5. John Abbot. 

The result of this petition was the writing of *' Letters to Coll. 
Brown & Coll. Turner, Feb. 12, 1724-5," one of which ran— 

Sir, 

This is by Order of the Honble. the L* Gov' & Council to desire yoa 
would use your best Endeavours to have the Affair of Mr. English speedily 
compromised <& the Man discharged from his Imprisonment ; Wch the 
Board apprehend of great Consequence to the General Interest of this 
Province, And that a very ill use will be made of the Proceedings against 
him unless he have some speedy redress. 

I am w*** g* Respect Sir, 

Y' humble Serv*. 



BOWDOIN PAPERS. 

Communicated by Stanley Waters, A.M., of Salem, Mass. 

^I^HE following documents I found some twenty years ago in an 
-I- early volume of the Essex Registry of Deeds. 

They throw some light on the early passage to this country of 
Pierre Boudouin, a Huguenot refugee from Rochelle, the ancestor 
of the Bowdoins, Winthrops and others. 

Salem, Nov. 9, 1686. 
Know all men by these pr'sents I Peter Bowden in my owne right, & 
as true & lawfull atturney uuto John Chadwine being both late of y* city 
Wexford iu Ireland & now residentery in Salem in y* county of Essex 
& colony of y* Massathusetts in New England, for & in consideration of y* 
full & just sume of forty pounds lawfull & currant money of New England, 
to me in hand paid by Capt. John Price, one fourth part John Ruck one 
fourtli part, Lt. Thomas Gardner one fourth part, & Charles Redford one 
fourth part at & before y*' signing sealing & delivering of these presents, 



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wlierewith I confess mjselfe fully sattisfied cod tented & payd, have in my 
owne right three quarters & as attorney unto Jno. Chadwine aforesd in his 
right one quarter bargained & sold . . . unto ye aforesd .... 
merchants one barque or small ship of burdben about twenty tuns, be she 
more or less, caled ye John lately of Dublin & there recorded according to 
instninaeDt baring date in Dublin July 17'*^ Anno: Dom: 1684, To have & 
to hold ... ye hull of sd. barque or ship, with all her masts, yards, 
liggio, sales, cables, & anchors, with all other appurtenances of any kind 
now belonging unto y* sd. barque or att her first arrival in y* harbour in 
Salem, . . . further I y* sd Bodouin for myselfe & as atturney to 
John Chadeayn aforesaid . . . will give possession. ... I have 
berennto sett my hand & scale this 2^ November Ann: Dom: 1686, An- 
noque R^ni Regis Domini Nostri Jacobi Secundi Secundo. 

Peter Baudouin & a scale. 

Signed, sealed, in ye pr'sence of us. 

Samuell Beadle. 
• Robert Bartoll. 

Salem, November 11*** 1686. 

Peter Baudouin personally appearing acknowledged . . . before me 

Bartholomew Gedney, one of his Majesties 
Councill for his Territory & dominion of New England. 

Port Wexford. 

Know yee y* Peter Bodwin merchant hath here laden on bord 

A seale. ye John of Dublin Alie Rambert Mr. for Pensilvania hence : 

nineteene barrells of beef, two tunns of shipp beer two hundred 

w't. of butter, two hundred w't. chees, halfe a hundred w*t. can- 

A seale. dies, one barrell peas, one barrell of beanes, twenty hundred w't. 

bread, forty yards frize, for all which his Majesties duties has 

been payed as witness our hands & seals of Office, this sixth day 

of May one thousand, six hundred eighty and six. 1686. 

Richard Nixon 

Custo. M' & Comp*. Cjssar Colclough* Coir. 

To all to whome these presents shall come : 

Sir Humphrey Jarvis Knt. Lord Mayor of y* city of Dublin send greet- 
ing : Know yee & I doe hereby certifie y* John Chadeyue master of ye 
John of Dublin, Peter Arondos & Peter Rolos, mariners, came over from 
France by reason of ye persecution, and by vertue of an act of parliament 
are admitted amongst us as inhabitants of this city, enjoying ye privilidges 
& imunities of free born subjects of this Kingdom. 

Given under my hand & the seall of y* Mayoralty of this city, 6**^ July : 
1682. 

A seale. Humph: Jarvis. 

with this inscription 
Sigillum Maioratus 
Civitatis Dubliui. 

• Pronoanced '* Cokeley ** In Wexford I fonnd in 1874. The family burying-ground is 
not far firom Tintem Abt>cy in the same coanty. 

TOL. XXXY. 5 



166 Deposition of Henry Mare. [April, 

Port Dublin. 

Pursuant to an act of Parliament, made in je. 12^ jeare of his Majestaies 
raigne entituled an act for j* encouraging and encreas of shipping & navi- 
gation : whereas it is required that all forraigne built ships y* shall be deem- 
ed or have ye benefit of a ship to England, Ireland, Wales, or towoe of Bar- 
wick or any of them, shall first be made appear to the officers of y* customs 
of y* next port to the place of his or their aboad, by ye personfdi oathe of 
ye owners and proprietors thereof, that she doth really belong to them, 
& no part of her doth either directly or indirectly belong to forraigDers: 
now Know ye that Peter Bodouin a protestant stranger and made a deoi- 
sen of this city of Dublin pursuant to y* act of parliament in y^ cue made 
and provided, & now inhabitant of ye town of Wexford, came this day be- 
fore us & hath deposed on ye Holy Evangelists y^ ye Ship or barque now 
caled ye John of Dublin, whereof John Chadeayne is master, being a for- 
raigne built ship, being twenty tunn burthen or thereabouts, doth wlioly A 
solely belong to him ye said Peter Baudouin & that no foraigner hath 
. . . any share or part of her ; . . . wherefore ye sd. ship John of 
Dublin is to be reputed a ship really belonging to Dublin, and is to enjoy 
as much benefit & privilidge as any ship belonging to Ireland : wittness 
our hands & seals of office, this 17"" day July 1684, & in ye thirty-sixth 
yeare of ye raigne of our Soveraigne Lord, Charles ye second, of England 
&c. King. Sylyanus Stirrop 

W"» Airy D. Sur' Gen'l and " 

D. Cust. & Coll' D. Com' 

£c a scale. & a scale. 

Salem, Novemben 15: 1686. 

I doe acknowledge by these presents, I constiued my atturney Mr, Peter 
Bodouin ray friend, and give him power to sold the quart: belonging to me 
of y* good ship called y* John of Dublin, under 30 tunn or thereabout, for 
such price as 3^ sd. Bodoin shall think fitt, & to receive the money & given 
receipt of it, & I will approved of ye same, in Salem the 15"* of October, 
1686. John Chadeatne & a seall. 

Wittnis pr'sent 
Loeneuef 
John Baudouin. 



DsPOsmoN OF Henrt Mare. — ^The following deposition is copied from the Saf- 
folk County Court files : 

Henry Mare aged 38 yeares or thereabouts testifieth & saith that I heard M' Na- 
thaniell Patten of Dorchester now deceased) say upon his death bed that hee had 
given to his Cousen Benjamin Bealc all that at Boston commonly called by the name 
of Ilalsys' wharfe & that hee should haue all that hee had at Dorchester after that 
hee & his wife was dead & further this Deponent saith that hee heard m'' Nathaniel! 
Patten say that hee would not give to his Cousen Thomas Patten nor to his brother 
John Patten any thing of his fState & further saith not. 

Sworn in Court Feb^: 1: 1672 
Attest I. A. C. 

This is a true Coppie of the Originall on file. 

as Attests Is^ Addington Cler. 



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1881.] William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. 167 



MB. WILLIAM DIODATE (OF NEW HAVEN FROM 1717 TO 

1751) AND HIS ITALIAN ANCESTRY. 

Abstract of a Paper read before the New Haven Colony 
Historical Society, June 28, 1875, with some Additions. 

Bj Prof. Edwabd E. Salibbubt, LL.D., of New Haren, Conn. 

WHEN, in the year 1821, it had been decided to obliterate from the 
Public Square all traces of the ancient burial-ground of New 
Haven, among the monuments removed to the Cemetery on Grove 
Street, were those, as a contemporaneous document* informs us, of Mr. 
William Diodate and his relict Sarah. To preserve the memory of certain 
interesting &cts connected with this name, which have been lately brought to 
light— carrying us back, through England and Switzerland, to the Italy of 
the Middle Ages, the following paper has been prepared. 

It will be proper to begin with bringing together a few items from New 
Haven records, respecting William Diodate himself, for which we are in- 
debted to researches of the late Henry White, of all New-Haveners of 
recent times the most familiar with the history of his native town. The 
first notice of William Diodate, in our town-records, is in 1717, when a 
deed of land to him, dated April 23, 1717, is recorded. On the 4th of 
March, 1719-20, he purchased half an acre on the corner of Elm and 
Church streets, where the ** blue meeting-house" afterwards stood — which he 
sold Jan. 7, 1720-1. He was married Feb. 16, 1720-1, to Sarah Dunbar, 
daughter of John Dunbar, of New Haven, by his first wife, whose name 
is unknown ; and in the mouth of May following he purchased his home- 
lot, on State street, on the south-west corner of what is now Court street, 
containing 1^ acre, with a house and a small barn on it, for £100. In 
1728-9, Feb. 24, he purchased a vacant lot adjoining, next south, contain- 
ing \^ acre, for £75 ; and about the year 1735 several tracts of outlands 
were added to his real estate. His will, dated May 26, 1747, with a codi- 
cil dated March 9, 1748-9, was proved on the 13th of May, 1751, in which 
year, therefore, he probably died ; for, though the grave-stone of his " relict " 
Sarah, who survived him several years, still exists,t his own has not been 
found, so that the exact death of his death is not ascertained. Thus much is 
an outline of what the town-records tell us with regard to our subject 
From the records of the First Church of New Haven we also learn that 
he made profession of his Christian faith on the 20th of March, 1735, under 
the ministry of Rev. Joseph Noyes ; and that his wife had joined the same 
church more than twenty years before, on the 16th of April, 1713, several 
years before her marriage ; a tankard which, till within a short time, made 
part of the communion -service of plate owne<l by the First Church, was her 
gift, and bore her name. 

An item of special interest to us in the will of William Diodate and the 
inventory connected with it, is the following : " Item — all such books as I 

♦ Proceedings of the City of New Haven in the Removal of Monuments from its An- 
cient Burying Ground, etc.. New Haven, 1822, p. 26. 

t The Inscription on her gravestone rends as follows : •' In memory of Mrs. Sarah 
Diodate, relict of Mr. William Diodate, who departed this life the 26th of April, 1764, in 
the 75th year of her age." 



168 William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. [April, 

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shall die possessed off, which shall have the following Lattin words wrote 
Id them with my own hand-writing, viz. : * Usque quo, Domine,' I give and 
devise unto my said son-in-law Mr. Stephen Johnson, to use and improve 
during his natural life, and at his death I give and devise j* same to mj 
grandson Diodate Johnson, to be at his dispose forever." Seventy-six 
volumes, mostly theological works, were thus bequeathed, valued at £20.6.7 
— certainly, in themselves, a remarkable collection of books for that time, 
fitted to awaken curiosity respecting its possible origin ; and this the more 
when one notices, by the inventory, that among these volumes were " Mr. 
Diodate's Annotations," and **Jlie Mercier's History of Geneva."* Could 
it be, one might ask, that the author of those Annotations, the celebrated 
divine of Geneva, of the time of the Reformation, was a relative of our New 
Haven testator of the same name ? and did William Diodate, one might 
further inquire, make an heirloom of his library, as the words of his will 
imply, not only on account of its being so rarely large for a hundred and 
twenty-five years ago, but also on account of family-associations with it ? and 
was the sentiment, expressed by the motto which he wrote in each volume, an 
inheritance of the spirit of ancestors who bad with " long patience " strug- 
gled for freedom of faith, in those times of conflict and peril ? An affirm*- 
tive answer to the first of these inquiries, which suggested itself, indeed, 
some time since, to one of the descendants of our William Diodate, bat 
which we are now first able to make on satisfactory grounds, almost inevita- 
bly leads to the same reply to all of them. 

It is to be noticed, further, that his residence in the colony of Connecti- 
cut must have dated from a yet earlier period than that of the first appear- 
ance of his name on the town-records of New Haven ; for a copy of Dr. 
Diodati*s Annotations, presented to the Collegiate School at Saybrook in 
1715, was his gift: possibly, he may have been drawn to New Haven by 
a hereditary appreciation of academic learning, as well as by the new busi- 
ness-life growing out of the first establishment of the college here ; the 
very year in which he is first heard of in New Haven was that of the re- 
moval of the Collegiate School from Saybrook, and its beginning here, to be 
known — from the next year onward — as Yale College. 

Crossing, now, to the shores of England, whither the personal history of 
this old New-Havener carries us, we take with us, as our chief thread of 
connection, some records, still existing in a Bible which belonged to 
William Diodate in the year 1728, in his own hand-writing, which inform us 
that his father's name was John, and his mother the eldest daughter of John 
Morton, Esq., by Elizabeth, only child of John Wicker, and the wid- 
ow of Alderman Cranne (as we read) of London ; and that he had a 
brother John, older than himself, and a sister Elizabeth. f In addition to 
these records, we have the accepted family-tradition that, after having been 
in America for some years, without communication with his relatives in the 

♦ Rev. Andrew Le Mercier came to this country in 1715, and became the pastor of t 
French Protestant church in Boston. " lu 1732 he published a minute and interesting hii- 
tory of tlie Geneva Church, in five books, 12mo., 200 pa^jes ; also, in the same volume, 
* A*Geo;?rnphical and Politicil Account of the Republick of Geneva,' 76 pagea." See New 
Enpl. Hi>t. and Geneal. llegi>ter, xiii. 315-24. 

t The record stands thus: *• William Diodatc's Book, August 24, 1728. The owners of 
this Bible have l>een : 1. Mr. John Wicker; 2. Alderman Cranne of London, who mar- 
ried his only child; 3. John Morton, Esquire, her second husband; 4. Mr. John Diodate, 
who married his eldest daughter; 5. John Diodate. M D., his eldest son; 6. Elisabeth 
Diodate, his si»<ter, and by her given to 7. William Dimlatc, her hrotlier, Aug. y* 24, 1728, 
and by him given to his dear and only child [so far in W. D.'s hand-writing] ; 8. Elisa- 
beth Diodate, who was married July 26, 1744, to Mr. Stephen Johnston, of Newark in £sc 
Jerbie, etc. etc.** 



1881.] William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. 169 

did ooQDtry, he at length went back, and found his father and brother had 
died, and that he himself had been supposed to be dead, so that his claims 
to property, as a member of the family, were set aside ; whereupon he ac- 
oepted from his sister, by way of compromise, an oflfer *' to supply his store in 
New Haven with goods as loug as she lived," which she did, not only during 
his lifetime, but afterwards, while his widow lived, who continued the busi- 
ness ; and we also have the will of the sister, under her married name of Eliza- 
beth Scarlett, dated Feb. 23, 1768, in which large bequests are made to the 
daughter of her deceased brother in New England and her children. These 
materials for tracing the ancestry of our subject were put into the hands of 
the distinguished American antiquary Col. Joseph L. Chester, long resident 
in London ; who added to them others, of great value, from wills and let- 
ters of administration recorded in Doctors' Commons, and from the records 
of several London Parishes, etc. 

Meanwhile, recourse was had, also, to a branch of the Diodati family 
sdU residing in Geneva, through the kind intervention of Rev. Dr. Leonard 
W. Bacon, now of Norwich, Conn., formerly a sojourner in that city — 
which led to the discovery there of a large mass of most interesting family- 
papers, distinctly showing the Diodatis to have been an old Italian family, 
tracing back their history to Lucca, in the Middle Ages, and marking the 
race as one of high rank, in all its generations, with so many individual 
names of distinction belonging to it as have rarely appertained to a single 
family ; preserving, too, in honor, the memory of an English offset, though 
without knowledge of the American branch. We owe the privilege of using 
these papers chiefly to Mr. Gabriel C. Diodati, of Geneva, who most 
oourteoQsly met and furthered the inquiries of our friend Mr. Bacon, be- 
tides assisting us otherwise. This friend also sent us a Life of John Dio- 
dati (Vie de Jean Diodati, Theologien Genevois, 1576-1649) by E. de 
Bnd^, Lausanne, 1869 — from which we have derived further aid in tracing 
William Diodiito's descent. We have drawn, also, from a Dutch mono- 
graph : Jean Diodati, door Dr. D. G. J. Schotel, *s Gravenhage, 1844, to 
which De Bude refers for details, which is, evidently, the basis of his own 
publication, and for which the author had the use of family- papers. David 
L. Ganiiner, Esq., connected with the Diodati family by his marriage, 
lately a resident of Geneva, now of New Haven, has also aided our 
investigations. 

Our information from all sources harmonizes so satisfactorily that no 
essential fact would seem to be wanting. But the settlement of the nearer 
ancestry of our subject is mainly due to a happy combination suggested by 
Col. Chester. 

The most ancient records of the Diodatis tell us that the first of their 
race who settled in Lucca, Cornelio by name, came there from Coreglia in 
the year 1300.* Whether he came as one of the nobility, or the old landed 
proprietors, to throw the weight of his influence on that side, in the great 
strife for power in the Italian cities, between those who held the soil and 
those whose claims to consideration were based only on the possession of 
wealth acquired by commerce, we are not informed. But, inasmuch as within 
the la6t twenty years of the 13th century, according to Sis!nondi,t that strife 
for power had ended with the absolute exclusion of the nobility from all 

♦ CorefrlU Is a Fmall ca<tlc-town with dependent territory, on the t^>rrent-worn declivity 
of the ApptfnincF, ai>out twenty miles north of Lucca : s. Repctti, Dizion. Ocogr. Fisico 
SCorIco del a To^icana, i. 796 If. 

t HUtoirc des lUpuIjliques Italiennes du Moycn Age, iv. 164. 

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170 William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. [April, 

control in the republics of Italy ; and as we find tbe representative of the 
fourth generation of Diodatis of Lucca, named Michele, to have been ao 
Ancient, or one of tbe Supreme Signoria, four times Gonfalonier, i. e. the 
Chief Magistrate of the republic, and a Decemvir in 1370 (the very 
year of a revival of popular liberty in Lucca, after fifty-six years of servi- 
tude through the prevalence of the Ghibelline party), while his fatheri 
Alessandro, seems to be remembered only as a physician — the probabilitj 
is that what led to the original settlement of the family in Lucca was no 
ambition to assert prescriptive right, but rather that new sense of widening 
opportunity for the improvement of one's condition and culture, which then 
animated Italian city-life, and was destined, under the ^Etvoring circum- 
stances of the age, to bring upon the theatre of history all those names 
which have added most to the glory of Italy in art and learning. 

The year 1300, indeed, is memorable not only as marking an important 
political and social crisis, but as a noteworthy epoch in the history of Ita- 
lian architecture, painting and poetry. From 1294 to 1300, tbe year in 
which he died, Arnolfo was directing the construction of the Santa Maria 
del Fiore, the cathedral-church of Florence, of which the dome was after- 
wards completed by Brunelleschi ; about the year 1300, Andrea Pisino 
was at work on his gates of the Baptistery of Pisa ; Giotto, too, was pass- 
ing from his shepherd-life, to carry into the art of painting a new inspin- 
tiou derived from converse with simple nature ; and that same year was tlis 
time when Dante wended his way amid the soul-harrowing and soul-absorb- 
ing scenery of the regions of the dead. Evidently, the age was preemineot 
for intellectual movement ; and it is not a little interesting to associate with 
this movement, as we so naturally may, the coming in of our Diodatis to take 
part in the city-life of Lucca, who were, in generations to come, not onlj 
there but in foreign lands, to prove themselves an eminently stirring race, 
by public services, literary, professional, civil, militiiry and diplomatic, in 
eminent positions in State and Church, almost always on the side of libertj 
and truth. 

Pjissing over the son of the Decemvir of 1370, Dr. Nicol6 Diodati, who 
died in 1442, we come to a generation of fifteen children of his, by ma^ 
riage with Francesca di Poggio, among whom the third by birth, named 
Michele, born in 1410, who married Caterina Buonvisi, was a professor in 
Padua and Pisa — probably of medicine, and afterwards a physician in 
Lucca, where he was pensioned on 300 livres by the city ; and another, 
Antonio, born in 141 G, held the office of Ancient, and was Gronfalonier in 
1461. 

The race seems to have been continued only through Alessandro, son of 
the Professor Michele, born in 1459 ; his son Geronimo, bom in 1465, who 
was an eminent literary man, and nine times Ancient, having died childless, 
and no descendants of his third son, Antonio, who was three times Ancient 
and four times Gonfalonier, being named. Alessandro was repeatedly Gon- 
falonier from 1494 ; tbe mother of his children was Angela Balbani, whom 
he married in 1510, she being then fifteen years old, and he fifty-one. 
Now began those encroachments upon the fair domain of liberty and culture 
in Italy by foreign powers, which culminated in the overthrow of Italian 
independence under the Emperor Charles 5th in the middle of the 16th 
century. But with this new political influence from beyond the Alps there 
came, also, the seeds of evangelical truth; and "in the first half of tbe 
IGth century," by the blessing of God upon the zealous labors of the eru- 
dite and devout Peter Martyr Vermigli, says De Bud^, " no city of Italy 



1881.] William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. 171 

oaanted bo many devoted evangelical Christians as the capital of the repub- 
lic of Lucca ; '** and a reformed church was founded there, which the Dio- 
dati family was known to* favor, though, apparently, without an open de- 
parture from the old fold until a somewhat later period. 

In 1541, the Emperor Charles 5th and Pope Paul 3d had their memora- 
Ue interview at Lucca on the affairs of Germany, the emperor being then 
in the mood to favor Protestantism for his own ambition's sake ; when Mi- 
chele Diodati, one of several sons of the last named Alessandro, bom in 
1510, was Gonfalonier, and, as the family-tradition runs, lodged the empe- 
ror in his palace, i. e. the palace of the Signoria. Just then was born to 
the chief magistrate of the republic his third son, by his wife Anna, daugh- 
ter of Martino Buonvisi ; the emperor, continues the tradition of the family, 
stood godfather to this child, baptized by the pope, and gave him his own 
name, together with the lordship of two counties, and a quartering from 
the imperial arms, and, on his departure, left behind him for the child one 
of his insignia of diamonds which he wore about his neck.f This Carolo 
Diodati was sent in his youth to Lyons, to serve an apprentisage in one of 
the banking-houses of the Buonvisi, his mother*s family ; became a fre- 
quenter of the reformed preaching there, and at heart a Protestant ; but 
the massacre of St. Bartholomew drove him out of France, and he took 
refuge in Greneva, where he was tenderly received and entertained by the 
TOistor of the church of Italian refugees, already established there, Nicol6 
Balbani, was admitted into the church, became a citizen of Geneva on the 
29th of December, 1572, and contracted a second marriage with Marie 
daughter of Vincenzo Mei,t by whom he had four sons, Joseph, Theodore, 
Jean and Samuel, and three daughters, Anne, Marie and Madeleine. 

• De Bad^, p. 10. 

t In J. B. Rietstap'8 Armorial O^n^ral, Oondo, 1861, we find the following : " Dbodati 
— lAcqoes, Suisse, Neerl. Part: an 1 de ga. an lion d*or : an 2 fdsce d'or et de gu, ; C: le 
lion, iss. ; D; Dens dedit.*' A family-document preserved at Oeneya informs us with re- 
spect to Oinlio Diodati, grandson of a brother of that Michele who entertained the Empe- 
ror Charles in his palace, that " L'Empereur [Ferdinand 2d] pour reconnoitre les grands 
ec importants sornces qu*ii Ini arait rendus, le fit comte, et que, ai'l ne se marioit pas, le 
titre passeroit i ses collateranx, et permit k la famille d'augmenter leurs armes d*une doa- 
ble aigle Imp^riale " — forming, accordingly, the background and crest in a blazon of the 
I>iodati arms which is attached to a Patent of Joseph 2d, prcsentlv to be mentioned. An 
older coat, identical with Rietstap's description, except that the left of the shield, in he- 
raldic language, is barry of six pieces, instead of fesse or and gules, is still to be seen, in 
■tone, OTer the door of a palace in Lucca, now known as the Orsetti, which must, there- 
fore, have been the old home of the family ; and the point of difference here indicated may 
•bow, perhaps, what was the quartering granted by Charles 5th. The family in Geneva, at 
tbe present time, use the arms of which an engraving is given with this paper, substan- 
tially the same with the blazon in the Patent of Joseph 2d, though slightly differing ftom 
that in the execution of details, and believed by the famil v to be so far more correct : the 
terms of the grant to Oiulio Diodati by Ferdinand 2d would seem to authorize any 
branch of the family to use the imperial double eagle as part of their arms. 

X Froqi a note already printed in the Register for April, 1878, is extracted the following 
acooant of the Mei family, given by one of the family of May. 

'* The Mey family of Lucca is entirely alien to us, as is easily proved by the difference of 
name (theirs being Mey or Mei, ours dei Maggi) and of origin (they coming from Lucca, 
w« from Brescia), bv the difierent coats of arms (their escutcheon being divided into two 
parts, the upper of deep blue, the lower of deep yellow, with a hunted wild-boar in the 
middle), and by the entire absence of associations. . . . There came from the Republic 
of Lucca [in January, 173-5] a document signed by the Grand Chancellor, which contained 
tbe testimony of the Government of Lucca that the Mei family was counted as one of the 
nobility, that several meml)ers of it had been Grand Councillors, Ancients and Gonfalo- 
niers, among others, Blaise, Laurence, Emile and Philippe. It was added that on the 21st 
of January, 1628, there had been made a catalogue of the noble families of Lucca, in which 
tbe Meis were included. . . . The Mei family expatriated itself fram Lucca in the middle 
of the sixteenth century, for religion's sake. Biagio (Blaise) Mei established himself in 
1644 as a merchant at Lyons. His son Vincenzo, married to a daughter of Martino 
Bemardini, came to Geneva in 1550, together with one of his relatives named Cesare, who 



172 William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. [April, 

Bat, before we pursue the fortunes of this branch of the family, which 
especially interests us, on account of descendants of the name in Eng- 
land and America, three other lines claim our notice. First, Michele 
the Gonfalonier of 1541 had a brother Nicol6, born in 1512, who 
married Elisabeta daughter of Geronimo Arnolfini, and by her had a son, 
Pompeio, born in 1542, "qui Pompeius" to quote a family-document 
" Catholic^ pejerat& Fide, Genevam se contulit." Pompeio was married 
in Italy to Laura daughter of Giuliano Calandrini, and settled at Geneva 
with his wife and mother in 1575,* all having previously joined the 
reformed congregation Which originated at Lucca under Peter Martyr, 
and having been compelled to quit their native land, with other families, by 
the new zeal of Pius 5th in league with Philip 2d.t As to the descend- 
ants of Pompeio Diodati, beside a son Eli, who became an eminent jurist, 
he had a son Alessaudro, who was a distinguished physician, at one 
time physician in ordinary to Louis 13th of France, who himself had 
a son Jean, and a grandson Gabriel; and in 1719 this Gabriel re- 
ceived from Louis 15th, " by the grace of Grod King of France and 
Navarre/' a patent still preserved in the family, recognizing the Diodadi 
as one of the most ancient and noble families of Lucca, which for several 
centuries had held the honors and dignities peculiar to nobility, and allied 
itself with noble families in Lucca and Geneva, without havinor ever dero- 
gated from its dignity ; and empowering them, accordingly, to hold certain 
lands in the Pays de Gex, which thoy could not enjoy without the royal 
grant. Possibly these lands are the same, or in part the same, which, ai 
we shall see, had been bequeathed by a grandson of the namesake of Charles 
5th, who had died thirty-nine years before, a bachelor, to whichever of his 
nephews should go to Geneva to live : neither of them having fulfilled this 
condition, and his will not having provided for the case, the bequest lapsed; 
and a royal grant may have been, consequently, applied for, in favor of a 
collateral branch of the family. In the latter half of the last century, 

had been of the Grand Council of Lucca from 1544 to 1548, and twice acted as Ancient. The 
wife of Ccsarc was named Peliegrina Galg.metti. In lofiO Vincenzo Mei became a citixen 
of Geneva, where other faniiUes of Lucca, the Torrettinl, Micheli, Burlamachi and the Pa»- 
sayanti, had settled contemporaneously with tiic Meis. Lucca had been for some time the 
last refuge of the Gospel in Italy, and it was from this city that the Jesuits drove away the 
families that maintained tiie most independence, and which were, in part, also of th« 
noblest stocks of Italy. Vincenzo Mi'i bcGime a meml>er of the Grand Council of GeneTS 
in 1568. Horatio was one of his oix children, who, on the 1st of January, 1596, was called 
to Berne to make an attempt to esMblish the silkworm in the Canton do Vaud. This same 
Horatio is reckoned among the celebrities of Lyons as a merchant or manufacturer of silk 
stntfi ; I think he was also made a citizen of Berne. After some time the Meis became 
extinct in Geneva ; the last of the name in Lucca, of the male line, Ornofrio, bibhop of 
Bisignano, died in 1664." 

The Vincenzo Mei here named is doubtless the father of Marie M. who was married to 
Carolo Dioduti. 

• Schotel, p. 125. 

t " The emigrations began from the year 1555. They were favored by the habit of trtv- 
elling, at iliffcn-nt times in the year, to which the Luccans were compelled bv their malti* 
plied commercial relations. Among the first to exile themselves were Vincenzo Mcl# 
Fhilippo Ru>ti(i, Paolo Amoltini, Nicol6 Bilbani, Francesco Micheli, Maria Maziei. 
Christoforo Trenta, Guglielmo Balhani, Scipione Calandrini, Vincenzo del Murat^^ri, and 
their familios, who wore f()IIo\^cd successively by Paolo Minutoli, Simone Simoni, 
Salvatore Francoschi, Antonio Lieiia, Giuseppe Jova and Virginio Sbarra. The Buonvisis, 
the Diodatis, the Saladinis, the Cenamis, the Turretini, and many others, did not leave 
tin later." — Kynird, Lucca et les Burlamacchi, Paris, 1848, p. 95. This writer well addt, 
p. 202: '* In exiling her children Lucca degraded herself just in proportion as Geneva was 
exalted in opening to them her gates. The life of the one of these two republics seems 
to pass into that of the other. The cardinal Giulio Spinola, bishop of Lucca, was him- 
self alanncd at this decadence, when in 1679 he wrote to the Luccan refugees in Oeneva, 
to beg them to return to their country." 



1881.] William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. 173 

however, a lineal descendant of one of those nephews huilt the castle of 
Vernier, in the buliwick of Gex — probably, therefore, on the Gex estate 
of the Diodatis, which, at his death, was sold, and soon after passed, by a 
second sale, to the Nayille family, who hold it now. The builder of the 
Diodati villa, a little way up lake Leman from Geneva, which was occupied 
by Lord Byron, and is still in the family, was a Gabriel Diodati, probably 
the same who received this grant from Louis 15th. The line of direct 
descent from Pompeio Diodati came to an end, by the death of Count Jean 
Diodati, in 1807.* 

Next is to be noted, that Pompeio Diodati had a brother Nicol6, who, in 
the family-records, appears as having attained to high dignities under the 
new order of things in Italy (though at one time, apparently, an emigrant 
to Geneva for religion's sake),t and had, beside many other children, two 
•ons, Giovanni and Giulio, of whom the former became a Knight Templar 
and Prior of Venice, and the latter a '* Summus Copiarum Praefectus,*' or 
Major General, of the Emperor Ferdinand 2d, the Catholic, the leader of 
the Catholic party in the beginning of the Thirty Years' War, as appears 
from the inscription on a monument in the Church of St. Augustine in 
Lucca. This branch of the &mily, also, is now extinct. 

Another branch of the family which retained its hold upon the old home 
in Italy, and possessed a long inheritance of worldly honors, came of Otta- 
viano Diodati, a brother of the namesake of the Emperor Charles 5th, bom 
in 1555, who married, at Genoa, Eleonora di Casa Nuova. He himself 
was Gonfalonier in 1620 ; his son, Lorenzo, held the same dignity in 1651 ; 
his grandson Ottaviano, in 1 669 ; his great-grnndson Lorenzo was repeat- 
edly Gonfalonier and minister to various European courts ; his great-great- 
grandson Ottaviano, having been, first, in holy orders, was afterwards Sena- 
tor and Ancient ; and the son of this last Ottaviano, another Lorenzo, was 
•* Prapfectus Militum," or General, to Charles 3d of Spain, whose reign 
covered the years from 1759 to 1788. During the sixteenth century the 
re]iuhlic of Lucca still maintained its independence, but under a republican 
form of government aristocracy ruled ; the seventeenth century, under the 
malign influence of Spanish absolutism, was a time of universal moral, 
intellectual and political death to Italy, which Lucca could not escape by 
attempting, as she did, to hide herself from observation under an enforced 
Bilence, with a law forbidding the publication of any facts of her history ; 
and the same reserve and withdrawal from all active concern for the na- 
tional honor, was even more marked as the eighteenth century came and 
passed.^ Such are the historical facts in the light of which the honors of 
the Diodatis during this period are to be interpreted. The generalship 
under Charles Sd of Spain is also significant, as showing that one of the 
fiimily, at that time, was ready to sacrifice even what little remained of the 
life of his country to the will of the alien oppressor. The second Lorenzo 
of this branch had also, already, allied himself with Spain, for his wife was 
Isabella daughter of a noble Catalan named Bellet In this connection 
may be mentioned, further, that *' there is in the possession of the family 

* This Coont Diodati was born in 1732, and is doabtless the "Count Deodati, ambassa- 
dor from the Elector of Saxony/' who had an interview with John Adams at Paris, In 
1781, in which he warned him of the ingratitude of republics, endinjj: with the words: 
"Your rirtae must lie very heroical, or your philosophy very stoiciil, to undertiike all thos© 
idTentores, with your eyes open, for such a reward." Evidently, he had lost the patriotic 
traditions of his family .—See Works of John Adams, ix. 614-15. 

t De Bud^, p. 116; and Schotcl, p. 7. 

: Ubt. d. Bipubl. Ital., xvi. 207 ff., 220, 274, 284 ff. 



174 William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. [April, 

[in Geneva] a superb folio, boand in crimson velvet, of fourteen pages of 
vellum, with the imperial seal of Joseph 2d [1765-90] hanging from it in 
a gilt box, which recites the dignities of the Diodati family in magnifi- 
cent terms, and confirms to it the title of Count of the Empire. One 
of the pages is occupied with a fine illumination of the familj-armSy the 
shield being placed on the imperial eagle.* 

Returning, now, to take up the thread of our story where we dropped it» 
at the mention of the names of the children of Carolo Diodati, the name- 
sake of the Emperor Charles 5th — as to his daughters, they allied them- 
selves, severally, with the families Burlamaqui, OHSredi and Pellissari, all 
doubtless fellow-exiles with the Diodatis ; and that is all we know of the 
female line of Carolo's posterity. Of the sons we are told of the fortunes of 
only two, Theodore and Jean. Theodore Diodati, born in 1574 at Geneva, 
being educated as a physician, went early to England, where he is heard of, 
says Professor Masson, in his introduction to Milton's Latin Elegies, '^ai 
living, about the year 1 609, near Brentford, in professional attendance on 
Prince Henry, and the Princess Elizabeth [afterwards Queen of Bohe* 
mia]."t He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine at Leyden, Oct 
6, 1615, and was admitted a Licentiate of the Royal College of Physiciani 
in London, Jan. 24, 1616-17. He became an eminent practitioner, *^moch 
among persons of rank," residing in London, apparently, to the age of 
seventy-six, his burial having been in the parish-church of St. Bartholo- 
mew the Less, Feb. 12, 1650-1. "The naturalized London physiciao," 
says Masson, " is to be fancied, it seems, as a cheery, active veteran, witk 
courtly and gallant Italian ways to the last."t He was twice married, 
first to an English " lady of good birth and fortune," by whom he had 
three children ; and afterwards to another English lady, who brought hia 
" goods and estate," survived him, and was his executrix. The childrci 
of Dr. Diodati were Philadelphia, buried at St. Anne's, Blackfriars, Aug. 
10, 1638 ; John, " mentioned," as Col. Chester says, '* in the will of Elifr 
abeth Cundall (widow of Henry Cundall, the partner of Burbage in the 
Globe Theatre), dated September, 1635;" and Charles, the well-known 
youthful companion and bosom-friend of Milton, whose life and character 
are delineated, in connection with those of Milton, in so very interesting i 
manner, by means of the joint researches of Professor M:irsou and Col 
Chester, in the former's Life of Milton and in his edition of Milton's Poet- 
ical Works ; to whom Milton achlressed two of his Latin sonnets, and who 
was the subject of his Epitaphium Damonis. Specially note-worthy, in 
the relations of the two friends, is the contrast between Milton's studioM 
gravity and the blithesome cheerfulness of Diodati, whom " one fancies, 
says Masson, " as a quick, amiable, intelligent youth, with something of 
his Italian descent visible in his face and manuer."§ This Charles ** wti 
born about 1609," says Col. Chester, ** as he was matriculated at Oxford, 
from Trinity College, Feb. 7, 1622-3, aged thirteen at his last birth-day;" 
and to the same diligent antiquary we owe the discovery of the date of hii 
death, in August, 1638, his burial having been at St. Anne's, Blaokfrian, 
Aug. 27, 163?5, only seventeen days after that of his sister. "Letters of 

• Ixjttcr of Rev. L. W. Bacon, dated Feb. 18, 1876. A bcnutlful photopraph-copy oftbii 
patent of nobility is in the possession of the writer. The patent Is dated at Vienna, Oett- 
ber4. 17^13. 

t The rooticnl Works of John Milton, ed. ... by David Masson, il. 324. 

X David Masson's Life of John Milton, ii. 81, note. 

^ Ibid. 1. 81). 



1881.] William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. 175 

administration on his estate, in wbich he is described as a bachelor, were 
granted to his brother John in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Oct. 
3, 1638/* John (grandfather of our William), the brother of Charles, was 
married at St. Margaret's, Westminster, July 28, 1635, to Isabel Under- 
wood, who died and was buried in June, 1 638, leaving a son Richard, who 
was baptized June 29 of the same year. Philadelphia and Charles, though 
unmarried at the time of their death, were not living with their father, but, 
as Col. Chester has shown, at a *^ Mr. Dollam's " in Blackfriars ; which is 
explained by the supposition of a family-feud consequent upon the second 
marriage of their father, a fact plainly enough alluded to, indeed, in one 
of the Latin letters of Milton addressed to his friend in 1637 : ^* quod, nisi 
bellam hoc novercale vel Dacico vel Sarmatico infestius sit, debebis pro- 
fecto maturare, nt ad nos saltem in hyberna concedas."* Nor is there any 
diild, or grandchild, named in the will of the old physician, who makes a 
nephew Theodore his residuary legatee ; so that either all his direct de- 
aoendants had died before him, or he carried the family-quarrel with him 
to his grave ; and the latter appears to be the fact. In England, it may 
be well to mention, the family-name was variously corrupted, being written 
as Deodate, Dyodat and Diodate, which last is the American form. 

Another son of the namesake of Charles 5th was the Rev. Jean Diodati, 
bom in Geneva in 1576, whose home was in that city during the whole of 
his life of seventy-three years, but whose fame and influence were all over 
£arope while he lived, and of a nature not to perish with the lapse of time, 
like those honors which fell, as we have seen, to others of his race. The 
main points in his life, and his principal works, have been often noticed ; 
yet with less of living portraiture of character than could be desired, ex- 
cept in the recent publication of De Bud^, of which the title has been 
already given. His education was in the Academy of Geneva, under such 
men as Beza and Casaubon, and so rapid was bis progress that he became 
a doctor of theology before the age of nineteen, and soon after succeeded 
Casaubon as professor of Hebrew, and in the old age of Beza assisted to 
fill his place. Already in the year 1603, when he was only twenty-seven 
years old, he presented to the Venerable Company of Pastors of Geneva 
his Italian version of the Bible, a work which was highly esteemed by his 
most learned contemporaries,- and has never yet been superseded.f 

But Jean Diodati was far from being a man of learning alone : he had 
too much of Italian fervor of temperament, and was too deeply imbued 
with the Christian spirit, not to wish to take a part in spreading the faith 
which he could not but nourish by the study of the Scriptures ; and his 
attention was most naturally directed, in a special manner, to his beloved 
native land. Venice was the outpost which he aspired to take possession 
of for the cause of Reform, where a great hostility to the Papal See, in 
eonsequence of the excommunication of the Republic by Paul 5th, the 
potent influence, though secret, of the celebrated Fra Paolo Sarpi, the en- 
oouragement of the English ambassador Wotton, and other circumstances, 
teemed to have opened the way. More or less, during the years from 1605 

• Churles Symmons'B Prose Works of John Milton, vi. 117. 

t Diodati seems to have spared no lalwr to perfect his work in socccssive editions : the 
yonnger Buxtorf wrote of him that his amhority as an interpreter of Scripture had great 
weiglit, inasmuch as he was chiefly occupied, all his life, " in examinando scnsn textos 
sacri, atque Bibliis rertendis :" s. Schotcl, p. 21 ; and the English editor of his Annotations, 
in 1651, said that ** in polishing and perfecting them, in scverall editions, he hath labomred 
ever since " he first finished them. 



176 William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. [Aprilf 

to 1610, onr Diodati was engaged in this enterprise, and in that time he 
twice visited Venice in person. His plans, however, failed, and we refer to 
the undertaking more for the light which it throws upon the character of 
the man than for any historical importance attaching to it. Between him- 
self and Sarpi (of whom he says, evidently with impatience, that his *' in- 
comparable learning was diluted with such a scrupulous prudence, and so 
little enlivened and sharpened by fervor of spirit, although accompanied bj 
a very upright and wholly exemplary life," that he judged him incapable 
of any boldness of action, to effect an entrance for the truth), there would 
appear to have been little affinity of spirit. Yet his enterprise and cour- 
age were not the fruit of inconsiderate self-confidence. *' I shall be very 
careful," he wrote to Du Plessis Mornay, in France, with respect to his 
plans for Venice, " not to oppose a barrier to the very free operation of the 
Divine Spirit, either by the consideration of my own incapacity, or by ap- 
prehension of any danger. I am sure that God, who beyond my hopes 
and aspirations used me in the matter of His Scriptures, so opportunely 
for this great work, with happy success, as the judgments of diverse distin- 
guished persons, and your own among others, lead me to believe, will also 
give me a mouth, and power and wisdom, if need be, to serve in these parts 
for the advancement of His kingdom and the destruction of great Babylon." 

On his return for the last time from Venice, Jean Diodati was first for- 
mally consecrated to the ministry of the Word, for which there is reason 
to believe he was especially fitted. '' His eloquent voice," it has been said, 
'* his impressive delivery, and his profound convictions, produced such 
an effect upon his numerous hearers that they were strengthened in their 
belief, corrected in their conduct, renovated in their sentiments ; " and 
though it was ^' not without many apprehensions and much awe," as h6 
wrote to Du Plessis Mornay, that he assumed the responsibility of a preach- 
er, yet, as such, he was ever distinguished by a noble boldness, which 
Innocent 10th is said to have felt the force of, to his own correction, on the 
report of a sermon of Diodati, in which he had declared the Church of 
Rome to be scandalously governed by a woman, meaning Donna Olympia. 

One of the chief marks of distinction received by our Genevese divine, 
and which is next to be noticed in the order of time, was his appointment, 
jointly with Tronchin, to represent Geneva at the Synod of Dort, in 1618- 
19 ; and here he comes before us in a somewhat new light. There had 
been doubt about inviting any delegates from the chief seat of Calnnistic 
doctrine, to avoid an appearance of partiality in calling them to take part 
in judging of the orthodoxy of the Remonstrants ; nor could there have 
been chosen two men less disposed to any compromise in matters of theo- 
logical opinion, apparently, than our Diodati and his colleague. Neither 
that tenderness of sympathy for errorists, nor that broader mental habit of dis- 
crimination between the essential and the unessential, which we have reason 
to suppose belonged to Diodati by nature and through the influence of his 
special training in Biblical study, seems to have preserved him from a cer- 
tain hardness of resistance to the plea for toleration, or at least for a liberal 
and cliiiritable judgment, without prejudice, of those who could not conscien- 
tiously swear by Calvin. Such is the view which Brandt's " History of the 
Reformation and other Ecclesiastical Transactions in and about the Loif 
Countries,'* gives us of Diodati as he appeared at the Synod of Dort 

From Dort, Diodati went to England, doubtless, in part, to visit his 
brother Theodore. 

From Masson we learn, further, that " besides his celebrity as professor 



1881.] William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. 177 

of theology, city-preacher, translator of the Bible into Italian, and author 
of several theological works, Diodati was celebrated as an instructor of 
young men of rank sent to board in his house. About the year 1 639," 
he adds, ^ there were many young foreigners of distinction pursuing their 
studies in Greneva, including Charles Gustavus, afterwards king of Sweden, 
and seTeral princes of Grerman Protestant houses, and some of these appear 
to have been among Diodati's private pupils."* We only mention further, 
as included in this period, that Milton, in 1639, on his return from Italy, 
to use his own words, was '' daily in the society of John Diodati, the most 
learned professor of theology ,"t from whom he probably first heard of the 
death of his friend Charles, the nephew of the divine. The death of the 
Rev. Jean Diodati occurred in 1649. 

This distinguished divine married Madeleine daughter of Michel Burla- 
iDaqui,t at Geneva, in Dec, 1600 ; by whom he had nine children, five sons 
and four daughters. Of the sons, who alone concern us here, one was Theo- 
dore, made Doctor of Medicine at Leyden, Feb. 4, 1643, and admitted 
Honorary Member of the Royal College of Physicians of London in De- 
cember, 1664; who resided ii^ London, though not, as it seems, in the prac- 
tice of his profession, but as a merchant : in the letters of administration 
on his estate, granted July 24. 1680, he is called *' Doctor in Medicine and 
Merchant." He had no children, and bequeathed most of his property — 
including two estates ^* in the bailiwick of Gex, one in the village and 
parish of Femex, the other in the village and parish of Vernier, within 
a league of Greneva," reserving a life-interest in the real estate to a 
lister Ren^e-— to three nephews named Philip, John and Ralph ; with 
these provisos, however : " if either revolt from the Reformed Religion 
in which he was brought up, I disinherit him," and ^' if all said neph- 
ews die without issue, then my estate to go to build a hospital for poor 
strangers at Geneva." The real estate was to pass, eventually, to 
whichever one of his nephews should go to Geneva to live, of whom he 
mentions Ralph as most likely so to do ; and the property must not be 
sold, but kept in the family. We also find the following item in his will : 
•• There is also at Geneva, in my sister Renee Diodati her keeping, a copy 
of the French Bible of the translation of my deceased father, reviewed 
and enlarged by him with divers annotations, since the former copy which 
was printed before his death, which I doe esteeme very much, and I will 

• Masson's Life of Milton, i. 778. 
t IMd. 

♦ A granddaughter of the FranccBCO B. who conspired to liberate the republics of Tus- 
caoT in 1-H6, and sacriflced his life to his patriotism : s. Hist. d. Republ. Ital., xvi. 128 ff., 
and Schotel, pp. 11-12. 

She had a sister Ren^e— so named by the celebrated Renec Duchess of Ferrara, who was 
iMr godmother— who married, first, Cesar Baltmni, and, afterward;*, Theodore Agrippa 
d'Aobigne, the grandfather of Fra09OiKe d'Aubigne Marchioness de Maintcnon : s. Schotel, 
pp. 12, 92. Jean Jacqnes Bnrlamanui, author of the well-known •• Princlpes de la Loi Natu- 
rille et Politique," was a cousin or the wife of Rev. John Diodati, and appears to have 
Harried a sifter of his. A couchingly simple narrative of dangers and escapes, privations 
and saccors, experienced by the family or Michel Burlamaqui, father of Madeleine and 
Ben^, in passing from Italy, by the way of France, to their final resting-place in Geneva, 
which waa written by Renee in Geneva, is given by Schotel (pp. 8.>-9'5) from family- 
trchiTes. At one time they were sheltered in a palace of the Duchess of Ferrara at Mon- 
targis, where Renec was l)6m. Again, being in Paris during tlie massacre of St. Bartholo- 
mew, the very palace of the Duke of Guise, through the intervention of some Roman Cath- 
olic reiatires, became their phice of refuge. Afterwards, in the house of M. de Bouillon, 
temptations to a denial of their failh, by conformity to th(> usages of the old church, beset 
them ; but from these, tor), they escaped unscathed. Finally, after years of moving from 
plM^ to place, they reached Geneva, stripped of all eart'ily goods, but rich in the treasure 
of A good conscience, and " extremely joyous and coub Wed." 

TOL. XXXV. 16 



178 William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. [Apnl, 



that it be printed, etc." Another son of the Rev. Jean Diodati 
Charles who also went to England, on whose estate, on the 13th of Au- 
gust, 1651, letters of administration were granted "to Theodore Diodati 
next of kin " — evidently his brother Theodore — styling him " of St. Marj 
Magdalen, Old Fish Street, London, bachelor." A third son, named Sam- 
uel, ^^ became a merchant in Holland," whither he went in 1 658 ; he lived 
single and died in 1676. Another son was named Marc, who also died 
without descendants, in 1641, at Amsterdam. 

The only son through whom the line of direct descent from the Grene* 
vese divine was perpetuated, was Philippe, who studied theology, first un- 
der his father and other learned professors of Geneva, and afterwards at 
Montauban in France ; went to Holland, and was in 1651 installed pastor 
of the Walloon Church of Leyden. He married Elizabeth daughter of 
Sebastien Fraucken, alderman of Dort and counsellor of the Provincial 
Court of Holland ; with whom he lived a happy married life of five yean, 
and died Oct. 6, 1659. Four sons were born to him, of whom one died in 
infancy, and the other three Were Philippe Sebastien, Rodolphe and Jean, 
the three nephews of the Theodore just named, whom he made, as we have 
seen, his principal legatees. Philippe settled in Holland ; he administered, 
however, in England, in 1680, on his uncle Theodore's estate, with his bro- 
ther Jean. In the record of Doctors' Commons he is called Doctor of 
Laws. He married Lidia Blankert, and was a counsellor at Rotterdam. 
Ralph, or Rudolphe, it seems, did not go to Geneva to live, as his unde 
expected : he went to the East ; married on the Mauritius Catherine 
Saaijmans of that island ; was at one time Chief of the Dutch East India 
Company in Japan ; and died at Batavia. 

The only other son of Philippe Diodati was Jean, born at Leyden Jdj 
28, 1 658, who, after passing a commercial apprentisage at Dort, embarked 
for Batavia in the island of Java, in May, 1679, to establish himself as a 
merchant there. Ou the 2d of April, 1680 — probably, therefore, in India 
— he married Aldegonda Trouvers (Travers ?), of a prominent Irish family, 
as is said, by whom he had several children ; and died in 1711 at Sural, 
where his remains are said to have reposed beneath a " superb monument," 
erected to his memory by his daughters.* His wife had died in 1698. 

Two of the children of Jean Diodati by Aldegonda Trouvers weie 
Philippe and Salomon, born at Dort in 1686 and *1 688, who both became 
associates of the Dutch East India Company at Batavia. The former died 
childless, at Batavia, on the 26th of January, 1733, bequeathing 75,000 
francs to the Cathedral of Dort, for the purchase of communion-plate. The 
latter, on the 7th of December, 1713, married Gertrude daughter of Jerome 
Slott, and in 1733 returned to Holland with his wife and two sons, Martin 
Jacob and Antoine Josue, and settled at the Hague, where he died in 175S. 
Of these two sons, Martin established himself in Holland, and died without 
male descendants ; the other, born in 1728, having studied theology at Ge- 
neva, went back to the Hague, and became chaplain to the King of Hol- 
land. Later, he married Marie Aimee Rilliet of Greneva, and settled 
there. He was the builder of the castle of Vernier, already referred to, 
and lived there till he died, in 1791. He was a great amateur of the 
fine arts, and had his house always full of artists ; and, in consequence 
of his expensive style of living, left his fortune very much diminished to 
his children, of whom he had eight, three sons and five daughters. But 

• De Bud^, p. 298. 



1881.] William Diodate and his Italian Ancestry. 179 

tbe name was transmitted by only one of the sons, named Jacques Am^dee, 
whose son Edouard, professor in the Academy of Geneva and Librarian 
of that dty, was the father of Mr. Gabriel C. Diodati and his two brothers, 
Messieurs Theodore and Aloys, of whom the first and List, the only sur- 
TiTors, worthily maintain the honors of the family at Geneva at the present 
time. 

We have thus briefly sketched the history of this remarkable family ; and 
•11 of the name appearing in English records have been mentioned in their 
places in the line of descent, down to and including the grandfather of Wil- 
liam Diodate ; unless a separate place could have been found for a John 
Diodati, who engaged in business in London, being called a " Factor " in 
some entries concerning him, and on whose estate letters of administration 
were granted Feb. 25, 1 687-8, to his son John, his relict Sarah renouno- 
iDg. Bat this person is identifled by Col. Chester, after thorough research, 
with John the brother of Milton's friend, who buried his wife Isabel 
Underwood in 1638, as stated above, a son of his by a second marriage 
being the father of William. The identiflcation is made necessary by the 
|fft>ved impossibility of finding any other place for Johu the *^ Factor " in 
Uie pedigree ; while the date of the birth of William's father corresponds 
with all the known dates of this John's life, supposing him one with the 
brother of Milton's friend of the same name. 

All that Englbh records tell us of William Diodate's father is embraced 
in the following particulars. On the 14th of May, 1682, a license was 
given him to marry Mercy Tilney, of St. Michael Bassishaw, London, be- 
ing himself described, in the marriage-license, as a '^ bachelor, aged about 
22 [therefore born about 1660], with parents' consent:" and by this mar- 
riage he had four children, who all died in infancy. The wife died in the 
parish of St. Andrew, Undershaft, London, and was buried at Blackfriars, 
Sept 18, 1689. On the 6th of January, 1689-90, he had a license to marry 
Mistress Elizabeth Morton, of Tottenham, co. Middlesex, he being then 
described as " of St. Andrew, Undershaft, London, merchant, widower, 
aged about 30." The history of Elizabeth Morton, worked out by Col. 
Chester with much care and labor, is given by him in brief, as follows : 
" Rev. Adrian Whicker, vicar of Kirtliugton, Oxfordshire (where he was 
buried 16 June, 1616), by his wife Jane (buried there 8 Dec, 1641), had 
several children, of whom the eldest son was John Whicker, born in St. 
Aldate's parish in the city of Oxford, who became a merchant in London, 
hot at his death desired to be buried at Kirtlington. His will, dated 8 
Sept., 1660, was proved 12 Feb., 1660-1. By his wife Jane, who was 
buried at St. Olave, Hart Street, London, March 1, 1637-8, he had five 
daughters, of whom three only survived. The second daughter, Elizabeth 
Whicker, was baptized at St. Olave, Hart street, 21 August, 1623. She 
irst married Richard Crandley, Alderman of London, who was buried at St. 
(Have, Hart street, 12 Dec, 1655. From his will it is evident that they had 
BO children. She remarried John Morton, Gent., at St. Olave, Hart street, 
in July, 1658, and a female child (unnamed) was buried there 5 July, 1659. 
They had also a son John Whicker Morton, who married P21izabeth Medli- 
eott, and died 18 May, 1693, and was buried at Tackley in Oxfordshire ; 
tnd also a daughter Theodosia, who was her father^s executrix, and then 
inmarried. Their only other daughter was P21izabeth, who married John 
Diodati." The general coincidence of these results of a search in English 
records respecting the Morton-marriage of John Diodati, with the facts 
ilready stated as derived from William Diodate's Bible, will not fail to be 



180 William Diodate and his Italic^n Ancestry. [April, 

noticed. But that statement is further duplicated by what we learn in Eng- 
land with regard to the children boru of this Morton-marriage, who are 
there seen to have been three in number, namely, John, William and Eliz- 
abeth. John, son of John and Elizabeth Diodati, was matriculated at Ox- 
ford, from Balliol College, April 6, 1709, aged 16 (he was therefore bom 
about 1693); aud graduated Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts, in 
course, and afterwards Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine. He 
became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London Jane 25, 
1724, and Censor in 1726-7; and died May 23, 1727, unmarried. His 
will, dated May 19, and proved July 27, 1727, left his whole estate, both 
real and personal, with the exception of a single legacy of £50, to his sister 
Elizabeth, then unmarried — coinciding with the tradition that William 
Diodate, on returning to England after the death of his brother John, when 
his father also had died, found himself disinherited. This sister afterwards 
married a gentleman of the name of Scarlett — probably Anthony S., whose 
will, dated May 8, 1750, and proved March 1, 1757, by his relict Eliza- 
beth, left his entire estate to her, '* as a testimony of the great love and 
most tender affection which " he had " for the b^t of wives." She died 
in 1768, her will having been proved April 13 of that year, with a oodicS 
which she added February 22 of the same year, in which large legacies are 
given to " the children of" her " niece Elizabeth Johnson deceased, late 
wife of the Rev. Mr. Stephen Johnson of Lime, in Connecticut in New 
England."* This record brings us back to our subject, William Diodate, 
the only other child of John Diodati by his Morton -marriage, whose daugh- 
ter, as appears from his will in the New Ilaveu records, was that Elizabeth 
Johnson, thus named in the will of her aunt Scarlett. 

It only remains to say that the son-in-law of William Diodate, Stephen 
Johnson, named in his will, a son of Nathaniel Johnson, Esq., of Newark, 
New Jersey, by his wife Sarah Ogden (descended from John Ogden, one of 
the Patentees of Connecticut, and founder of Elizabeth in New Jersey), 
was not unworthy to transmit the accumulated honors of the Diodati race 
to his descendants ; for, beside being an honored pastor, for forty yean, 
over a single church, he was an eminent patriot — perhaps contributing as 
much as any other one person to bring on the Revolution, by his strong 
and impassioned articles in opposition to the stamp-act, written, published 
in New London papers of the day, and circulated, with the cooperation, 
and at the expense of his parishioner and intimate friend and counsellor 
John McCurdy, ten years before the actual breaking out of the war; which 
led to the banding together of the " Sons of Liberty " in organized associa- 
tion, first in Connecticut and afterwards in other colonies; and on the 22d 
of May, 1775, when the conflict of war had begun, he asked leave of ab- 
sence from his people in order to accept the appointment of the General 
Assembly of the colony to be chaplain to the regiment of Col. Parsons, 
which was afterwards present at the battle of Bunker Hill. The historian 
Bancroft says : *' Of that venerable band who nursed the flame of piety 
and civil freedom, none did better service than the American-born Stephen 
Johnson, the sincere and fervid pastor of the First Church of Lyme-^t 

• Mrs. Scarlett sent to them in her life-time, and left to them at her death, many rich 
pieces of apparel, porcelain, silver-plate, and other elegant articles, many of which are atill 
possessed by their descendants. 

t Hist, of the United States, v. 320. Onr country's indebtedness to Johnson in the mat- 
ter of resistance to the stamp-act is fully recognized by Bancroft, as, for instance, in hii 
Hist., V. 353, where he ciills him *' the incomparable Stephen Johnson of Lyme," and long 
ago, by Gordon in his Hist, of the Rise, Progress and Establishment of the Independence of 
the United States, i. 166, ff. 



1881.] Notes and Queries. 181 

His descendants, also, proved worthy of their inheritance : Diodate John- 
son, his son, a young clergyman cut off in his twenty-eighth year, was 
^ eminent for genius, learning and piety ;" and his daughter Sarah, who 
became the wife of John Griswold, son of the first Governor Griswold of 
Connecticut by his wife Ursula Wolcott, handed down the precious legacy 
of ^ blood that tells," in cultured manners, warm affections, noble aspira- 
tions, and quick intelligence, betokening, in the case of some of the genera* 
tious which have succeeded, in no doubtful manner, the hereditary influ- 
ence of old Italian genius and temperament. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



Notes. 

OoLLiQi Cbronicu. — Under this heading the New York World publishes a 
weekly series of articles on matters of interest coDnectcd with the various colleges 
in the United States. The idea is a good one, and the World*s College Chronicler 
has the industry and ability to do it Justice. No. 220 appeared in the World for 




logues of the principal American colleges. That in No. 220, *' Statistics of Gradu- 
ates,*' is thus noticed in the New York Nation, Feb. 24 : 

'* The World's * College Chronicle ' ibr Feb. 14 contains an elaborate tabulation 
from the larger catalogues of twenty-five American colleges, showing the total num- 
ber of degrees since their foundatiun ; the number of honorary decrees ; the num- 
ber of alumni, living and dead ; and the various learned professions which they 
have adopted. These tables are not all brought up to a common date, and are other- 
wise defective as the sources of information were ; but they are instructive on at 
least one point. The ' alumni ' embrace those who have received the bachelor *8 
decree for a four J^ears' course, but, at Harvard and Yale, not bachelors of science 
or philosophy, as is usual at other colleges. Bearing this in mind, we notice that 
in 1990 Harvard, with 9,526 alumni, nad bestowed 622 honorary degrees, and 
Tale, with 9,202 alumni, 923 ; while Princeton, with 4.837 alumni in 1875, bad 
beertowed 769 honorary degrees, and Union, with 4,201 alumni in 1858, 548. Reck- 
ooinff these per annum, it appears that Harvard's average favors have been 2.6 ; 
Tale^, 5.3 ; Princeton s, 6 ; and Union *8, 9. The total number of alumni of six col- 
Ififfes reported to 1880 — viz.. Harvard, Yale, Pennsylvania, Brown, Dartmouth and 
Williams — was 30,408 ; the number of their living alumni at that date was 14,074. 
T^e had some 600 more living alumni than Harvard. It is impossible to deduce 
any trustworthy conclusions as to the relative choice of professions.'* 



BARaETT. — The first Humphrey Barrett, of Concord, in his will. 1662, and Mary 
his widow, in her will, 1663, both name a son John. The latter. Shattuck supposes 
to have been of Marlboro". Savage and Hudson follow this authority. But public 
icoords establish that John Barrett, of Marlboro', had brothers William, of Cam- 
brid^, and Thomas, of Marlboro' (earlier of Cambridge). This latter, '1 homas, 
in his will. Jan. 16, 1672 — near the date of his death — names his own brethren. 
John and William, and his sister Lydia Cheever ; and appoints said brothers, and 
Bartholomew Cheever, of Boston (husband of Lydia), his executors. They con- 
vey land, April 22, 1680, as such executors, the widow (^* some time the wife and 
relict" of Thomas Barrett, of Marlboro', and now the wife of William Eager) 
rdeasin^ all her rights in eaid land. Thomas was married before 1660, and liad 
three children. 

As Humphrey' had a son Thomas who was drowned in Concord in 1652 — Savage 
says 1660, but probate records show his error — leaving children Oliver and Mary, 
named as granachildren by Humphrey in his will ; it follows that unless he had two 
sons namcS Thomas of nearly the same age and both living to maturity, John of 
Mariboro' was not the son of'^Humphrey' of Concord. 

TOL. XXXT. 16* 



182 Notes and Queries. [April, 

John and Thomas of Marlboro' each left a son bearing his father's name ; and 
each was the last male of his line to bear the surname. There have been namerous 
descendants of both John and Thomas, however, by the marriages of their daagh- 
ters and granddaughters in the families of Bush, Rice, Taylor, Whitnev, Tainter, 
Gieason, How and Felton. J. H.' Barkstt. 

Lovelandy Ohio, 



Harvard Observatory . — The following correction of an erroneoos statement in 
rchition to the establishment of this Observatory has been received by us for inser- 
tion in the Register : 

'' In the ' Harvard Book,' Cambridge, 1875, Vol. I. p. 156, it is stated in a 
biography of President £vcrett, that ' the Harvard Observatory was established 
on its present site in his administration.' This is a mistake. 

*" In 1839 Mr. W. C. Bond was appointed Astronomical Observer to Harvard 
University, and took possession of a bouse in Cambridge, prepared by President 
Quincy for a rudimentary Observatory. In 1842-43, the munificence of President 
Quincy's friends among the capitalists, chiefly of Boston, enabled bim to purchase 
several acres of land in Cambridge, and to found thereon the Sears Tower and a 
house for the observer, and to order a great Equatorial Telescope. In September. 
1844, Mr. Bond removed to the new Observatoiy, and May 8, 1845, there, assistad 
by his son, G. P. Bond, observed a transit of Mercury. 

** Before President Quincy resigned the office of president, in August, 1845, be 
completed the purchase of the Equatorial Telescope, and, although it was not fin- 
ished, paid for it. It arrived in Cambridge early in 1846. During these yean 
Mr. Everett was United States Minister in England, and had no part in these arran^ 
ments. The Observatory and the Fk^uatorial Telescope belong to the administratioD 
of President Quincy. — See the Annual Reports of the Treasurer of Harvard College^ 



Towns in the King's Province {ante, p. 124). — The names of the towns in the 
King's Province^ or the Narraganset Country, now Washington County and part of 
Kent County, Rhode Island, were changed by the Commissioners of King Jamoi 
11.. June 23, 1686, by the following order passed by them at a court held that day 
at Major Richard Smithes, in Rochester : 

*' Ordered, That the three towns now in the King^s Province, shall be called, 
Rochester, the first and chief, formerly called Kingston. 

** Haversham, the second, formerly called Westerly. 

" Bedford, the third, formerly called Greenwich.— 5flr/fe//'5 ed. Records of the 
Rhode Island Colony^ iii. 201. 

The original names were resumed after the overthrow of Andros. 



Menotomt. — A curious form of this variously spelled word, the aboriginal name 
of Arlington, Mass., is '* Anatomy," which appears in a deed recorded in 1801 
{Midd. Registry, 143 : 249). William R. Cutter. 

Lexington y mass. 



Queries. 

Genealogical Queries. — I would be greatly obliged for information oonoeming 
the parentage of the following persons : 

Hannah, third wife and widow of Elnathan Jones, of Concord, Mass. Thev were 
married between 1732 and 1736. He died May 6, 1739. She next married, Oct. 2, 
1740, Cord Cordis, of Boston and Concord. She was a tory refugee, and died in St. 
Andrews Parish, London. Should also be glad to know the parents of Cord Cordis, 
of Boston, 1733. 

Hatinah Winsor, who married Jonathan Cary, of Charlestovni, in 1675. 

Ruth Batchelder, wife of Dea. James Blake, of Dorchester; died 1752, aged 90 
years. Batchelder pedigree. Register, xxvii. p. 364, shows a Ruth bom 1602. 

Susanna, wife of John Harrison, of Boston. Their daughter Susanna, bom 
March 28, 1677, married Edward Gray, of Boston, a wealthy ropemaker. 

Was Lewis Tucker, of Casco, bom 1643, son of Mr. Richard Tucker of thtt 
place? 



1881.] Ifotes and Queries. 183 

ThomAs Holland/who hy wife Annliad John, born Sept. 11, 1736, in Boston. 

William and wife Dorcas Fallass, probably married aboat 1723 ; had children 
baptized at Old South from 1724 to 1734. 

Susanna Cogswell, of Ipswich, who married Jeremiah Parsons, of Gloucester, 
Dec. 14, 1721. 

Abigail Younglove, of Ipswich, who married Jeffrey Parsons, Jr., of Gloucester, 
May 5, 1688. 

Deborah, bom about 1667, who married £lder James Sayward, of Gloucester. He 
was son of Henry Sayward. of York. 

John Cunningham, of Gloucester, bom about 1732, died Feb. 24, 1774, aged 42. 

Stephen Dana Marsh, born Nov. 12, 1827, died in Boston Oct. 23, 1867. 

I hare nearly completed a genealojry of the descendants of Thomas Swifl, of Dor- 
chester, and should Be glad to communicate with any descendants of this family not 
already reached. The Rev. John Swift, of Acton, names grandchildren Hollis and 
Lather in his will of 1725. Were they children of his son Dr. John Swift of that 
place, and have they descendants ? Harrison Ellirt. 

No. I Central Wharf, Boston. 



John Robinson (son of Isaac, son of the Re?. John of Levden) remoyed from 
SaoonesBst, Mass., to Connecticut, with his family in 1714. What town in Connec- 
ticut did be move to ? and what information can be given concerning his descend- 
ants? W. C. Robinson. 

New Haven, Ct. • 

WooDBRiDGi.— It is on record at Salem, that Mrs. Mary Woodbridge, of New- 
banr, widow, made oath 29 September, 1693, that she had not conceal^ or embez- 
sled any ot the money, goods or chattelLs of Joseph Dole, late of Newbury deceased. 
Joseph Dole was bora in 1657, to which fact neitlier Coffin nor Savage adds any- 
thing. Did he marry and leave a widow, who v^as in 1693 widow again of a seo- 
(md husband Woodbridge? W. S. Appliton. 

Boston, Mass. 

[Mrs. Mary Woodbridge was probably the widow of Thomas Woodbridge, of 
Newbury (Reg. zxxii. 294), but we do not know her relationship to Joseph Dole. 
Mr. Woodbridge died March 30, 1681, and she married about 1695 Joseph Coker. — 
Editor.] 



Gkn. John Patterson. — Information in relation to this officer of the army of 
the Revolution is desired for a forthcoming work, *' The Town of Farmington, 
Conn." William Henrt Ler. 

261 Canal Street, New York. 



Templk. — There is a tradition that Robert Temple, who was of Saoo, Me., before 
1660, bad a son Robert who settled somewhere in the state of Maine. 

If any one can give information, from records or otherwise, in confirmation there- 
of, please to communicate to William Temple. 

montvaU, Middlesex Co., Mass. 



Watbrman. — Lieut. Thomas Waterman, adjutont of Col. Israel AngelPs Regi- 
ment, Rhode Island Brigade Continental Army. Who was he? Can any one teU ? 
New Bedford, Mass. William Henrt Waterman. 



John Blakk, *' now of Wrentham, formerly of Sandwich, Mass.," in 1686 
(according to Suffolk Co. Deeds, vol. 16, p. 89), with Edward Pratt and others, 
make division of lands, previously bought of John Wampum, alias White, an In- 
dian of Assanawesock, then deceased. Query. — From whence came said John 
Blake, and what Ls known of him prior to and during his residence in Sandwich ? 
He is the progenitor of most of the name in Wrentham. His sons were Robert, 
Andrew, John and Isaac ; d. young. His wife vras Bridget. What was her maiden 
name? He died May 25, 1700. She died May 30, 1706. Perlet Derby. 

Salem, Mass. * 



184 Notes and Queries. [April, 

Hill. — Who was father of Ignatius, James and William Ilill, all of Bostoo, 
1668 ? Their widowed mother &rab married secondly £dmund Grecnleaf. 
Boston^ Mass, W. S. Afplron. 

[The Genealogy of the Hill family, by the Rev. Moses Hill, of Norwalk, Ct., no- 
ticed in the Register, vol. zxziv. p. 234, gives children of these names to Wiliiam 
Hill, of Fairfield, Ct., who had a wife Sarah, and who died in 1650. — Editor.] 



GoRHAM. — Mr. Wyman, in his '* Genealogies and Estates of Charlesiown,'* says 
that Capt. Nathaniel Gorham, of Charlcstown, was **son of Nathaniel, who m. 
Dorcas Coffin, of Yarmouth.*' Is this correct? Was he not the son of Stephen 
Gorham, who m. Elizabeth Gardiner in 1703? 

Capt. Nathaniel married Mary Soley, of Charlestown, in 1736-7, and her mother 
was Dorcas Coffin, daughter of Nathaniel, according to Wyman. Has not Mr. 
Wyman confounded the genealogy of Capt. Nathaniel with that of his wife ? 

Cambridge^ Mass, Ctrus Woodman. 



Historical Intelligence. 

New Hampshire Bi-Centennial. — The New Hampshire Historical Society duly 
commemorated the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the first lawful 
government over the province, as it was then called, in the year 1680. The society 
selected Charles W. Tuttle, Esq., of Boston, to deliver the historical address on tm 
occasion, and held a special meeting in Portsmouth on the evening of Dec. 29, 1860, 
to hear the address delivered. The Hon. Charles H. Bell, president of the society 
and governor elect of the state, presided. The society voted to print the address. 



Announcements. 

Genealogies in Preparation.— Persons of the several names are advised to far^ 
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families and other 
information which thev think will be useful. We would suggest that all facts of 
interest illustrating the family history or character be communicated, especially 
service under the U. S. government, the holding of other offices, graduation trom 
college or professional schools, occupation, with dates and places of birth, marriage, 
residence and death. 

Hah. By the Hon. Robert S. Hale, LL.D., of Elizabeth, Essex Co., N. Y.— The 
family history of Thomas Hale, of Newbury, and his descendants, heretofore announc- 
ed in the Register (xzix. 109 ; xxxi. 99), will probably be ready lor the press before 
the end of the current year. It will include female lines, but not in as full detail 
as male lines. Those who have delayed sending their records for the book should 
do so at once. 

Kenney. By John Spare, M.D., of New Bedford — It will contain all families by 
this name who have lived in Canton from 1714 to 1830, the dates of the arrival aad 
extinction of this name in that territory. It is nearly complete. 

Miller. By M^. Charles D. Miller, of Newark, Ohio.— He has been manj years 
tracin«; descendants of James Miller the Scotsman, Charlestown, Mass., admitted to 
first church Dec. 17, 1670 ; made freeman May 23, 1677 ; died July 14, 1690. liis 
wife Mary joined the church Aug. 5, 1677 ; baptized with children— James, Mary, 
Rol)ert, Job, Abraham, Isaac, Mercy and Jane. Record of his lather's death, Aug. 
1, 1688, calls him ** Sen." **an aged Scotsman above 70." Would like informa- 
tion of immigration and descendants. 

Savery, Savan/ or Savory. By the Hon. A. W. Savery, of Digby, Nova Scotia.— 
Judge Savory will give a ^genealogical record of the New England family b^in^ 
the alx)ve name, especially of the descendants of Anthony and Tbom&s G . 
who were freeman of Plymouth in 1633, and, as far as possible, of Roliert S., of 
Newbury, in 1656, and an account of their progenitors in England. Ho respectfully 
requests from all of the name or coonecti(m such pertinent genealogical and other 
information as they may possess, Cvspecially biographical sketehes of any who may 
have filled public situations, legislative or otherwise. He would like to know the 
names of the earlier descendants of tlie Anthony S., who was a town.sman of Dart- 
mouth in 1686, and whether the name of Solomon Savery can be found in the family 
about the beginning of the last century ; and whence came the John Savery, who 



1881.] Societies and their Proceedings. 185 

some twenty yean ago was governor of Peel Island, one of the Bonin gronp, a 
whaling station in the North Pacific. 

<S)Mre. By John Spare, M.D., of New Bedford, Mass. — It will contain all de- 
BoendantB of Samuel bpare (1683-1768) inclusiye of names connected by marriage 
down to the present time. 

Staple or Staples, By James Staples, of Bridgeport, Ct. — Mr. Staples contem- 
plates a history or genealogy of this family. 

Waierman. By nilliam Henry Waterman, of New Bedford, Mass. — Mr. War 
terman is prefMring a record, historical, biographical and genealogical, of the 
Waterman family of Rhode Island. He desires members of the family having 
records, items, d^., bearing apon the history of the family, to send him a copy. 



SOCIETIES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS. 

Nxw-£ngland Historic, Genealogical Societt. 

Boston, Mass,y Wednesday, January 5, 1881. — ^The annual meeting was held at 
the Society's House, 18 Somerset Street, this aflernoon, at three o'clock. 

The president, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., on taking the chair intro- 
daced the Hon. Uiland Hall, LL.D., ex-governor of Vermont anavioe-president of 
the society for that state, who made a few pertinent remarks The vice-president 
for Massachusetts, the Hon. George C. Richardson, also occupied a chair on the . 
platform. 

The recording secretary, David G. Haskins, Jr., read the record of the proceed- 
ing at the December meeting. 

The Rev. Increase N. TarfaSx, D.D., chairman of the nominating committee, re- 
ported a list of officers and committees for the year 1881, and the persons nominated 
were unanimously elected, viz. : 

President,— lion. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., of Boston, Mass. 

Vice-Presidents. — Hon. Israel Washburn, LL.D., of Portland, Me. ; Hon. Jo- 
seph B. Walker, A.B., of Concord, N. H. ; Hon. Hiland Hall, LL.D., of Benning- 
ton. Vt. ; Hon. George C. Richardson, of Boston, Mass. ; Hon. John R. Bartlett, 
A.M., of Providence, R. I. ; Hon. Marshall Jewell, A.M., of Hartford, Ct. 

Honorary Vice-Presidents. — His Excellency Rutherford B. Hayes, LL.D., Presi- 
dent of the United States ; Hon. Robert S. Hale, LL.D., of Elizabethtown, NY.; 
William A. Whitehead, A.M., of Newark, N. J. ; William Duane, of Phila- 
delphia, Pa.: Rev. Edwin A. Dalrymplc, S.T.D., of Baltimore, Md. ; Hon. 
William A. Richardson, LL.D., of Washington, D. C. ; Hon. Thomas Spooner, 
of Cincinnati, Ohio ; Hon. John Wentworth, LL.D., of Chicago, 111. ; Rev. Jo- 
seph F. Tuttle, D.D., of Crawfordsville, Ind. ; Lyman C. Draper, LL.D., of 
Madison, Wis. ; Rt. Rev. William S. Perry, D.D., LL.D., of Davenport, Iowa ; 
Rev. William G. Eliot, D.D., LL.D., of St. Louis, Mo.; Rt. Rev. William I. 
Kip, D.D., LL.D., of San Francisco, Cal. 

Corresponding Secretary. — Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M., of Boston, Mass. 

Recording Secretary. — David Greene Haskins, Jr., A.M., of Cambridge, Mass. 

Treasurer. — Benjamin Barstow Torrcy, of Boston, Mass. 

Historiographer . — Rev. Samuel Cutler, of Boston, Mass. 

Librarian.— -John Ward Dean, A.M., of Boston, Mass. 

Directors. — Hon. George C. Richardson, Boston ; Hon Nathaniel Foster Safford, 
A. B., Milton; Hon. James W.Austin, A.M., Boston; Cyrus Woodman, A.M., 
Cambridge; J. Gardner White, A.M., Cambridge. 

Committee on Finance. — Henry Edwards, Boston, Chairman ; Hon. Charles B. 
Hall, Boston ; Hon. Samuel C. Cobb, Boston; Hon. Alvah A. Burrage, Boston; 
Addison Child, Boston ; Benjamin B. Torrey, Boston, ex-ofliao. 

Committee on Publication. — John Ward Dean, A.M., Chairman ; Rev. Lucius R. 
Paige, yy.iy., Cambridge ; Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M., Boston ; Jeremiah Col- 
barn^ A.M., Boston ; William B. Trask, Boston ; Henry II. Edes, Boston ; Henry 
F. Waters, A.B., Salem. 

Committee on Memorials. — John Ward Dean, A.M., Chairman; Rev. Henry A. 
Haxen, A.M., Billerica ; J. Gardner White, A.M., Cambridge ; William B. Trask, 
Boston ; Daniel T. V. Huntoon, Canton ; Arthur M. Alger, LL.B., Taunton. 



186 Societies and their ProceedingB. [April, 

Committee on Heraldry, —Hon, Thoraaa 0. Amory, A.M., Boston, Chairman: 
Abner C. GoodelU Jr., A.M., Salem ; Augustus T. Perkins, A.M., BoBton ; George 
B. Chase, A.M., Boston ; Walter Lloyd Jeffries, A.B., Boston ; John C. J. Brown, 
of Boston. . 

Committee on the Li^arv.— Jeremiah CJolburn, A M., Boston, Chairman ; Wil- 
liam B. Trask, Boston; Deloraine P. Corey, Maiden; Willard 8. Allen, A.M., 
Boston ; John T. Hassam, A.M., Boston ; John W. Dean, Boston, ex qffiao. 

Committee on Papers and Essays. — Re?. Dorus Clarke, D,D., Chairman ; Re?. 
Increase N. Tarbox. D.D., Newton ; Rev. David G. Haskins, S.T.D., Cambridge; 
William C. Bates, Newton ; Charles C. Coffin, Boston ; Rev. Artemas B. Muney, 
A.M., Cambridge ; Rev. Henry A. Hazen, A.M., of Aubumdale. 

Col. Wilder, having, for the fourteenth time, been elected president of the soci- 
ety, proceeded to deliver his annual address, which is printed in full in this number 
of the Register {ante, pp. 12^-45). 

The following annual reports were presented : 

The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, chairman of the committee for binding and index- 
ing the Knox Manuscripts, made an elaborate report. 

The Rev. Mr. Slafter, as corresponding secretary, reported that thirty-seven 
resident and nine corresponding members have been added to the society during the 
year. He also reported the usual correspondence relating to historical subjects. 

William C. Bates, the historiographer pro tempore, referred to the loss sustained 
by the society in the death of the Rev. Samuel Cfutler, historiographer for five yean 
and a half preceding. He then reported the number of menabers who have died 
during the past 3'ear, as far as knovni, to be forty-four. Their united ages are 3134 
years and 1 month, being an average of 71 years 2 months and 22 days. Memo- 
rial sketches of deceased members have been prepared and printed in the Riount 
as promptly as the space at command would allow. 

Benjamin B. Torrey, the treasurer, reported the total income for the year to be 
$3,209.48, and the current expenses $3,193.25, leaving a balance on hand of $16.23. 
The receipts for life-membership were $150.00, making the present amount of the 
fund $9,447.74. The amount of the fund for the support of the librarian n 

{12,763.13; of the Bradbury Fund, $2,500.00; of the Tbwne Memorial Fund, 
5,155.18 ; of the Barstow Fund, $1,003.36; of the Bond Fund, $749.72; of the 
Cushman Fund, 64.09 ; and of the Sever Fund, $5,000.00 ; making a total for the 
several funds, in the hands of the treasurer, of $36,683.22. 

John W. Dean, the librarian, reported that 651 volumes and 3,807 pamphlets bad 
been added to the library during the year, of which 409 volumes and 3,687 pamph- 
lets were donations. The library now contains 16,591 volumes, and 51,998 
pamphlets. 

^^ iliard S. Allen, in behalf of the committee on the library, reported that as in 
previous years the donations have been numerous and valuable. In the library, at 
the present time, will be found nearly all the gencaloj^ical works printed in this 
country, and many of those published in Europe, while good progress has been 
made in the acquisition of biographies and local histories puolished in this country. 

Jeremiah Colburn, in behalf oi the publishing committee, reported that the Rbg- 
ISTER to January, 1881, and the annual proceedings for 1880, had been issued under 
their charge since their last report. Two other works, under the charge ot other com- 
mittees, have been published, namely, the Towne Memorial Biographies, and the 
Proceedings Oct. 25, 1880, the Centenary of the Constitution of Massachusetts. 

The Rev. Dorus Clarke, D.D., chairman of the committee on papers and es0a}'8, 
reported that eight papers had been read before the society during the year. 

J. Gardner White, secretary of the committee on memorials, reported the com- 

?letion of the first volume ot Memorial Biographies printed at the charge of the 
'owne Memorial Fund. 

Thanks were voted to the president for his address, and the publishing committee 
were directed to print the address, with an abstract of the other proceedings. 

New Brunswick Historical Society. 

St. John^ N. B.y Thursday, Nov. 25, 1880. — The annual meeting was held this 
evenint; in the office of R. C. J. Dunn, Lawrence^s Building, King Street, the presi- 
dent, J. \V. Lawrence, Esq., in the chair. 

The president then laid before the society a letter which he had written, as presi- 
dent of the society, to the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick, suggesting 



1881.] Societies and their Proceedings. 187 

the oommemoration of the centenary of the landing of toe loyalists at Parrtown 
and Carleton, now the city of St. John, by the erection by Bui:»cription of a hall 
for the use of the New Brunswick Uitftorical Society, Art Union, Natural History 
Society and Free Library, as a memorial to the settlers of St John, the corner stone 
u> be laid May 18, 1883. The semi-centennial of this event was observed with 
fitting ceremonies in 1833. 

A committee consisting of J. W. Lawrence, A. A. Stockton, W. P. Dole, Gilbert 
Murdock, James Hannay and G. Herbert Lee, to cooperate with the civil bodies in 
taking measures to erect a Loyalist Memorial as indicated in this letter. 

The election of officers then tdbk place, and the following officers were chosen : 

President. — J. W. Lawrence. . 
Vice-Presidents.— Qilhexi Murdock, A. A^ Stockton. 
Recording &cre/ary.— Thomas W. Lee. 
Corresponding Secretary — G. Herbert Lee. 
Treasurer, — D. P. Ohisholm. 
Lihrttrian. — George C. Lawrence. 

Executive Committee. — James Hannay, W. P. Dole, J. C. Miles, D. H. Water- 
bury, R. C. J. Dunn. 

Mains Historical Society. 

Portland^ Wednesday, Feb 2, 1881.— The society met at 2.30 P.M., the presi- 
dent, the Hon. James W. Bradbury, in the chair. 

It was Toted that the publications of the society hereafter shall be issued in two 
aeries : 1. Collections, to contain historical documents ; 2. Proceedings, to contain 
the papers and other transactions at the meetings ; and Hon. Israel Washburn, 
William Goold, Rev. Samuel P. Dike and Prof. Alpheus S. Packard were appoint- 
ed a committee to publish forthwith a volume of Proceedings. 

Hon. Rufus K. bewail read a paper on '' The Future Work of the Future Histori- 
an of Maine." 

In the evening the new rooms of the society in the Portland City Hall, to which 
its library has been removed from Brunswick, were opened by appropriate exercises. 
Thei« apartments were previously occupied by the Portland Society of Natural 
History. 

President Bradbury delivered an address, which is printed in the Eastern Argus 
and Portland Press of Feb. 3. 

At the close of this address the Hon. Israel Washburn, chairman of the commit- 
tee of arrangements, made a brief speech, in the course of which he explained how 
it came alK>ut that the Maine Historical Society had returned to the home uf its 
birth. Gen. John Marshall Brown then tendered the thanks of the society to the 
city for the rooms, a lease of which for ten years free of charge had been signed 
that afternoon. Mayor Senter responded in l)ehalf of the city. 

Hon. William Goold followed with a paper giving a history of the lot on which 
the City Hall now stands, and of the buildin<^H which had previously stood thereon. 

The meeting closed with remarks b^ the lion. G. F. Talbot, Dr. William Wiuxl, 
president of the Natural History Society, Gen. Samuel J. Anderson, president of 
the Board of Trade, and the Hon. Joseph Williamson, of Belfast. 

Old Colony Historical Society. 

Taunton, Mass., Monday, Nov, 8, 1880. — A regular meeting was held this 
evening. 
Juhn Winthrop Ballantine read a paper on Gov. John Winthrop, his ancestor. 

Monday, Jan. 10. — The annual meeting was held this evening. 

JameH Henr^ Dean read a paper on John and Walter Deane, who were among the 
first settlers of Taunton. 

Reports firom the treasurer and librarian indicated a good financial condition, and 
the publication of the Collections of the Society No. 2. Officers for the year were 
chosen as follows : 

President. — Hon. John Daggett, of Attlehoro'. 

Vice-Presidents. — Rev. Mortimer Blake, D.D., Hon. Samuel L. Crocker, both of 
Taonton. 

Recording and Corresponding Secretary. — Charles A. Reed, Esq., of Taunton. 
7V«a5ttrer.~Thoma8 J. Lotbrop, of Taunton. 



188 Societies and their Proceedings. [April, 

Librarian. — Ebenezer C. Arnold, of Taunton. 

Historiographer, — William E. Fuller, of Taunton. 

Directors. — The above-named officers, and James Henry Dean, of Taunton; Ber. 
S. Hopkins Emery, of Taunton : Arthur M. Alger, of Taunton ; Hon. John S. | 
Brayton, of Fall Kiver ; Ellis Ames, of Canton ; Qen. Ebeneser W. Peiroe, of 
Freetown. 

Weymouth Historical Society. 

Weymoutky Mass., Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1881. — The annual meeting was held this 
evening at Tufts Library, the president, Elias Richards. Esq^ in the chair. 

Rev. Anson Titus, Jr., the corresponding secretary, and Dea. Gilbert Nash, the 
recordin|[ secretary, made their annual reports. The report of the library oommit- 
tee was also read by Dea. Nash. They are printed in lull in the Weymouth Ga- 
zette, Jan. 21. 

The annual election then took place, and the following officers were elected, yix. : 

President. — Elias Richards. 
Vice-President. — John J. Loud. 
Corresponding Secretary. — Rev. Anson Titus, Jr. 
Recording Seiretary. — Uilbert Nash. 
Treasurer. — William 11. Clapp. 
Librarian. — Miss Carrie A. Blanchard. 
The above, with Rev. Lucien H. Frary, constitute the executive committee. 

Nominating Committee. — John J. Loud; Samuel W. Reed; Augustus J. Rich- 
ards. 
Library Committee. — Gilbert Nash, F. W. Lewis, and Rev. Anson Titus, Jr. 

Gilbert Nash followed with a paper on ** The Extinct Families of Weymouth." 

Rhode Island Historical Society. 

Providence, Tuesday, Dec. 28, 1880. — A stated meeting was held this evenins io 
the society's Cabinet, VVaterman Street, the president, the Hon. Zachariah AUeiit 
LL.D., in the chair. 

Hon. Abraham Payne read a paper on the History of Windham County, Codo. 

New York Gene.\logical and Biographical Society 

New York, N. Y., Friday^ Jan. 14, 1881. — The annual meeting was held thb 
evening at Mott Memorial Hall. 

Gen. James Grant Wilson read a paper on Millard Fillmore, Thirteenth Presi- 
dent of the United States. 

Messrs. David P. Ilolton, John L. Latting and Charles B. Moore were reelected 
trustees for three years. At a meetinc; of the trustees subsequently, the folluwing 
gentlemen were elected officers of the society for the ensuing year : 

President. — Henry T. Drowne. 

Vice-Presidents. — Kllsworth Eliot, M D , and Gen. James Grant Wil5H)n. 

Corresponding Secretary. — Charles B. Moore. 

Recording Secretary. — Joseph 0. Brown. 

Treasurer — George 11. Butler, M.D. 

Librarian. — Samuel Burhans, Jr. 

New Jersey Historical Society. 

Trenton, Thursday, Jan. 20, 1881. — The society met in the State House. 
The following officers were elected for 1881 : 

President. — Samuel M. Hamill, Lawrenceville. 

Vice-Presidents. — John T. Nixon, Trenton ; John Clement, Haddonfield ; Samu- 
el 11. Pennington, M.D., Newark. 

Corresponding Secretary. — William A. Whitehead, Newark. 

Recording Secretary. — NVilliam Nelson, Paterson. 

Treasurer and Librarian. — Frederick W. Ricord, Newark. 

Executive Committee. — Marcus L. Ward, Newark; John Hall, D.D., Trcntoo; 
Samuel Allison, Yardville; N. Norris Halstead, Kearney; Joel Parker, Freehold; 



1881.] Necrology of Historicy Genealogical Society. 189 

Joseph N. Tuttle, Newark; George Sheldon, D.D., Princeton; David A. Depue, 
Newark ; Nathaniel Niles, Madison. 

Gen. William S. Stryker read an interesting paper on the history of the Trenton 
Barracks, built about 1758, and yet standing. 

On motion of Mr. Whitehead, resolutions were passed in favor of continuing the 
publication by the state of the New Jersey Archives, and also of indexes to the wills, 
deeds, and other ancient records and documents in the state archives. 

John F. Hageman then read a paper on *' Religious Liberty in New Jersey." 

Thanks were voted to Gen. Stryker and Mr. Hageman for their papers. 

Kansas Historical Societt. 

The Lawrence, Kansas, Daily Journal^ Jan. 26, 1881 , contains a historical ad- 
drera before this society at its annual jueeting, by ex-Gov. Charles Robinson, in 
irbich he narrates the history of the settlement of Kansas, and the efforts by which 
it was made a free state. 



NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC, 

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. 

Prepared by Incrbase N. Tarbox, D.D., Historiographer of the Society. 

The historiographer would inform the society, that the memorial 
sketches which are prepared for the Register are necessarily brief 
in consequence of the limited space which can be appropriated. All 
the facts, however, he is able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the 
Society, and will aid in more extended memoirs for which the "Towue 
Memorial Fund " is provided. The first volume, entitled " Memorial 
Biographies," edited by a committee appointed for the purpose, has just 
been issae<l. It contains memoirs of all the members who died from the 
organization of the society to the close of the year 1852. A second volume 
is ill press. 

IIbnrt White, A.M., a corresponding member, was one of the bcst-belovcd and 
moHt honored citizens of New Haven, Conn. In that town was he born, March 5, 
1803. Here he lived through his lon^ life, and here he died Oct. 7, 18B0. 

He was graduated at Yale College in 18*21, at the ag^e of eij^hteen, with the high- 
est honors of his class. In 1823 he became a tutor in the college, holding the office 
for two years. Soon after, he entered upon the profession of the law, in which he 
bA.4 been in the highest ncnse successful. We mean by this that his life has been 
full of business, while he has used bis office only for the most just and honorable 
endii. He has neen such a man as will always be found a real treasure in any com- 
munity ; one of those to whom men in perplexity go, feeling that they shall find a 
sare friend and wise counsellor. As a lawyer Mr. White made a specialty of real 
estate and trusts, and few men anywhere have been more sought for in this large 
and responsible department. lie was a man of that noble christian type of which 
New England has reared many. During the lon^ period of forty-three years, from 
1837 till his death, he filled the office of deacon in the Centre Church of New Ha- 
ven, one of the most important churches in New England. Here, for a ion/j course 
of years, he was brought into intimate and friendly relations with Dr. Leonard 
Bacon. As pa.stor and delegate they have attended together many ecclesiastical 
councils, ana it is rare to find a man wiser to give good advice on such occasions 
than wa*< this distinguished layman. 

Mr. White became a corresponding member of our society Feb. 9, 1854, and 
tbr)ugh his life has been very busy, yet, amid the multiplicity of his cases, he has 
felt a real interest in our work and its rcHults. 

In 1830 he was married to Miss Martha Sherman, daughter of Roger Sherman, 
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ory. By this marriage he bad seven sons, of whom six surnve, and four of them 
chose the legal profession. 

Being such a man as he was, it was almost inevitable that be sbonld be called 
into many positions of public responsibility and trust. He was a corporate member 
of the American Board for a long course of years. He was connected as president 
or director with the American (Allege and Education Society from 1844 to 1879. 
Indeed, he was a director and counsellor in very many christian organizations, and 
it will be hard to find anotjier man who will exactly fill his place in the ▼ariooa 
spheres in which he acted. 

The Hon. William Henrt Tuthill, of Tipton, Iowa, a corresponding member, 
was born in the city of New York, Deo. 5, 1808, and died at Tipton, Sept. 8, 1880. 
The founder of the family on these shores settled in Sou t hold, Long Ifdand, in 1040. 
The father of William was James M., who was a merchant ; and his mother wia 
Emma Townsend. As a boy he eixjoyed the advantages of the New York ecbools, 
and made rapid advances in his early studies. He learned in his youth the art of 
copper and steel-plate engraving, and for a few years wrought at this trade. His 
health failing, he gave up the business as too sedentary and confining. At the time 
when the cholera first visited this country in 183@, bein^ then twenty-four yean 
old, he was actively employed upon the ^oard of Health in New York, and made 
the record from day to day of the cases of the disease. He was afterward for some 
years a clerk in the Chemical Bank of New York. 

In 1840 he turned from all these associations and employments to the far west, 
making his home in Tipton, Iowa, which vras then almost unbroken prairie. He 
first opened a store, but soon turned his attention to law studies. Ue vras admitted 
to the bar, Nov. 13, 1846, and two years later was permitted to practise in the 
U. S. courts. In 1855 he was elected judge of the Eighth District, and retained 
this office five or six years. He also commenced the banking business as early as 
1850, which he prosecuted with success, being known in Iowa as the Liteniy 
Banker. 

Judge Tu thill was interested in historical and genealogical pursuits, and was a 
gjreat lover of books. He gathered a choice library of some 5000 volumes, whicfa, 
since his death, has been sent to New York to be sold. 

Among his published writings was an extended review of the famous Dred Scott 
decision, whicn was prepared and delivered as an address in Iowa in 1860, and is 
believed to have increased the republican vote in the state that year. Ue wrote 
some Historical Sketches for the ** Annals of lowa,^' and he gave the public ad- 
dress at the gathering of the Tuthill family at Southold, IjOU^ Island, in 1867. This 
address was published in the N. E. Historical and Genealogical Register for July, 
1868. Ue was made a corresponding member of our society May 14, 1858. 

lie was a man of small stature. Thougii of average height, his weight, in hit 
latter years, was only about 108 lbs. 

Judge Tuthill was twice married, but had only one child, a son, who survives 
him. This is James William Tuthill, of Tipton, Iowa, from whose account the 
foregoing sketch has been chiefly compiled. 

William Brown Spooner, Esq., of Boston, a benefactor and life member, died at 
Boston, Oct. 28, 1880, aged 74 years. 

He was born at Petersham, Mass., April 20, 1806, son of Asa and Dolly (Brown) 
Spooner. His descent was from William Spooner, of Dartmouth, 1637, his ^prand- 
father Wing Spooner being one of the minute men, and afterwards a captain m the 
revolutionary war. 

Mr. Spooner came to Boston about 1825 to seek his fortune, and found it in the 
hide and leather business, from which he retired in 1873. His first employment oo 
comint; to Boston was with Emerson k Jones. In 1830 he commenced business fer 
himself, the firm being Simpkins & Spooner. On his retirement from a sucoessfiil 
business career he was at the head of the firm of William B. Spooner & Co. Mr. 
Spooner in his long business experience had enjoyed the confidence of the businefl 
community, and was selected as president of the New England Shoe and Leatbar 
Association on its formation, and was also a Commissioner of the State of Mai»- 
chusetts at the Centennial Exhibition. He was a member of the house of repreten- 
tatives of Massachusetts in 1857 and 1858. A business man of sound judgment and 
sterling integrity, his advice and counsel were often sought by the young, and neier 
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aaie fi:iiide, and that for himself he had found honesty the only policy. Mr. Spooner 
was actiTely interested in all good worksj and was an early anti-slavery worker, bat 
to the temperance cause he gave his heartiest counsels and most active labors. He was 
president tor several years of the Massachusetts Temperance Alliance, and was also 
one of the organisers of the Massachusetts Total Abstinence (Society, and its presi- 
dent for ten years, until his death. He was not in favor of separate political action 
by temperance advocates, believing that ** the cause of temperance must rest pri- 
marily on moral, educational ana religious influences." He was also one of the 
original managers of the *' Home for Little Wanderers,'* and a director in the Hide 
ana Leather Bank of Boston. 

Ue married Lucy Huntington, a native of Connecticut, who survives. 

Mr. Spooner's bcnefiBu:tioos are too numerous to be recalled in the space at our 
command ; his example is of too much value to the world to receive only a passing 
DOtioe. Other societies in which he was actively interested will extend the renown 
to which Mr. Spooner is entitled as an upright merchant, a good citizen, a friend of 



His membership in the society is from Oct. 24, 1870. w. c. bates. 

John Taylor ClarK| Esq., of Boston, a resident member, died in Dorchester, Oct. 
90, 1880, aged 55. 

He was bom at Sanbomton, N. H., Sept. 19, 1825, the son of John H. and Betsey 
Moore Taylor Clark. He received his education at the district schools of his native 
town, and assisted upon the farm and in the store of his father, who was a trader 
and post-master of what is now known as Clark's Corner. After two vears further ex- 
perience in a country store (at Franklin, N. U.), Mr. Clark came to boston at the age 
of twenty, and found employment with Jarvis a, Comery, dealers in crockery. Since 
that time Mr. Clark was continuously interested in this line of trade as an importer 
and wholesale dealer, under the firm name at first of Clark k Andrews, and later, 
until his death, as senior of the firm of Clark, Adams & Clark. 

Ue was ereatly interested in the municipal government of Boston, and was a 
member ot the board of Aldermen from 1872 to 1878 inclusive. During this time his 
judgment vras much relied upon by his associates, and he served upon the most 
important committees during his terms of office, being chairman of the board for 
four years. 

In Dusiness circles he had warm friends, and possessed the respect and esteem of 
all his associates ; and in resolutions adopted on his death at a meeting of the im- 
porters and dealers in crockery-ware, he is spoken of as a most prominent and pub- 
lic-spirited member, ** an earnest advocate of every worthy enterprise,^' and ''an 
honor to the trade.*' 

He was much interested in Masonry, and 'had reached the thirt^'-third degree of 
the Scottish Rite, and was a member of the order of Knights Templars. 

Mr. Clark married Oct. 16. 1855, Elizabeth Weld Andrews, and leaves five daugh- 
ters and two sons. His rcsiaence had been on Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, for 
several years, but latterly at Savin Hill, Dorchester. 

He was admitted Dec. 9, 1875. w. c. b. 

Nathan Bourne Gibbs, £sq., of Boston, a life member, died in Boston Dec. 5, 
1880, aged 74 years. 

He was bom in iSandwich, Mass., May 26, 1806, son of Nathan B. and Salome 
(Dillingham) Gibbs, of that town. He was educated at the common school, '* with 
a few terms at the Sandwich Academy," and afterwards entered his father's store 
in hi^ native place. Ue was also for sevenil years en^ged with his uncle Alexan- 
der Gibbs, in business in New Bedford. In 1835 his father-in-law Mr. Benjamin 
Borgefls invited him to join him in business in Boston, which he did March 1, 1835, 
when the firm Beqjamin Burgess & Sons was formed. His connection with this 
well-known firm continued tiiri876, when Mr. Gibbs retired from active business. 

He was twice married, to sisters, daughters of Mr. Burge^js. A widow and six 
■dolt children survive. 

Mr. Giblis never held public office, but had held positions of trust in which his 
flound business iudgment and careful integrity made him of ^reat value to the in- 
terests entrusted to him. He was a director in the Tremont Bank, in the Boston 
Wharf Corporation, and a Trustee of the Sufiolk Savings Hank, lie was of a genial 
kindly disposition, and his friendship was highly valued by a wide circle. His 
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cere, honest man, and in the family a fond husband and kind father, a good example 
to his fellow man. His health had not been good for some time prenouB to nis 
death, but he died suddenly from heart disease. 
He was admitted a member Dec. 6, 1870. w. 0. B. 

The Rev. Frederick Augustts Whitney, A.M., of Boston, Brighton District, a 
life member, died at his home, Gardner Street, Allston, Oct. 21, 1880, aged 68. 

He was born at Quincy, Mass., Sept. 12, 1812, son of the liey. Peter and Jane 
(Lincoln) Whitney, his descent being from John and Elinor Whitney, of Water- 
town, na follows: John,^ Watertown. 1635-6 ; Richard*; Moses* ; Moeea* ; Rer. 
Aaron,* H. C. 1737 ; Rev. Peter ,• of Northboro,' H. C. 1762 ; Rev. Peter/ H. C. 
1791. Rev. Peter^ Whitney married April 30, 1800, Jane, daughter of Nathan 
Lincoln, by whom he had six children, and died suddenly (as bad his father) March 
3, 1843. 

Frederick A., fifth child of the above, was bom at Quincy, Mass., Se]^t. 13, 1812 ; 
was graduated at Harvard University 1833, being the fourth generation in direct 
line graduating at Harvard. He continued his studies at Cambridge Divinity 
School, graduating in 1838. He was ordained pastor at the First Church, Brigh- 
ton, Feb. 21, 1844, and continued in the charge of this parish until 1858, since 
which time he had been engaged in 11 tern ry and historical work. He belonged to a 
scholarly family, several uf whom had b^n specially interested in historical mat- 
ters. His grandfather. Rev. Peter,* wrote the "History of Worcester CJounty." 

Mr. Whitney's father was pastor at Quincy of the church where Presidents Ad- 
ams, father and sim, were pew holders and worshippers. A memorial sketch of 
this ** Old Church ut Quincy " was one of the early published works of Mr. Whit- 
ney. He contributed articles to the Register, and presented to the library severd 
of his printed addre88es. Mr. Whitney was engaged in the preparation of a His- 
tory 01^ Brighton, left uncompleted at his death ; a portion of this work is embod- 
ied in Drake's History of Middlesex County. 

His interest in education was evinced for several years as a member of the school 
board of Brighton, and as a trustee of the Hfilton Public Library (now a branch of 
the Boston Public Library) at that place, where may be found many published 
reports, memoirs and addresses from his pen. He was widely known and respected 
in the Uniturian denomination to which he belonged. 

Mr. Whitney married Jan. 11, 1853, Elizabeth Perkins Matchett, who survive! 
him. 

His membership in this society is from Feb. 14, 1853. w. c. B. 

The Hon. Peleg Sprague, LL.D.,an honorary member, admitted March 28, 1855, 
died nt his residence. Chestnut Street, Boston, Wednesday morning, Oct. 13, 1880, 
aged 87 years. 

He was born in Duxbury, Mass., on the family estate, April 28, 1793 ; was grad- 
uated at Harvard College with honors in 1812 ; and on taking his second degree in 
1815, he received the highest honor in English oratory. In 1847 his Alma Mater 
fittinfriy bestowed the honorary degree of LLD. 

Havinir chosen the profession ol law, he prepared himself first under Judge Tho- 
mas, of Plymouth, then in the Litchfield Law School, and lastly in the office of the 
Hon. Levi Lincoln, at Worcester. He came to the Plymouth County bar in 1815, 
and shortly afterwards removed to Augusta, Me., when, after a practice of two 
years in that place, he settled in Hallowell, where he .speedily acquired distinction. 

In 1820-1 he was a member of the Maine legislature, then declined a reelection. 
Ho was next appointed district-attorney and judge-advocate, but resigned both 
offices after a brief incuinl)eucy. From i825-9 was a representative in Congress, 
and from 1H29-35 a senator in Congress. On completing his senatorial term he re- 
moved to Boston, and continued to practise his profession till the winter of 1B40, 
when impaired health compelled him to seek a change of climate in the warmer 
atmosphere of Florida. Af u.»r an absence of several months he returned, and in 1841 
was chosen a presidentirtl elector : and the same year he was appointed J udju^ of 
the District Court of the United States for Masfjachusetts, which office he resigned 
in 1h65, Before his appointment as judge, Harvard College offered him the cbiir 
of Ethics and Moral Philosophy; but he declined. The Harvard Law School re- 

Jeatetily sought Judge Sprague's 8i»rvices as professor of law, but without success, 
le published '* Speeches and Addresses " in 1858, and ** Decisions " in 1861 and 
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As a politician Jadge Spra^e ranked at the start as an ti- Jackson, and thoueh 
in after life not an extreme partisan, liis leaning was always in opposition to the 
followers of that positive President. He continued deeply interested in political 
affiiirs to his last days, and was kept fully informed of passing events. His public 
life was a grand success ; bis private life without spot or blemish ; and as lawyer 
and jud^ ne was held in the highest esteem. He was a model of what mav be 
accomplished by a man of indomitable will under affliction ; for, from his college 
days, ne was troubled with a nervous affection of the eyes, causing him a great part 
of the time to be obliged to pursue bis studies by hearing only, being unable to 
read ; but soon after be be^n to practise an improvement took place. Soon affcer 
be went upon the bench his trouble grew so much worse that he was obliged to 
darken the court-room during trials, and even had to keep his eyes closed in the 
pieseooe of those addressing him. During bis last days he became practically 
bind, and was obliged to depend on the services of an attendant, with whom he 
might have been freouently seen on pleasant days enjoying a walk on the common. 

Di August, 1818, Judge Sprague married Sarah, daughter of Moses Deming, of 
Wbitenboro'. N. Y., who at the death of her parents had become the ward of Gen. 
Joseph Rirkland, of Utica,an eminent lawyer. Three sons and one daughter were 
the thiits of this union : — 1. Charles Franklin, died in 1840, unmarried. 2. Seth 
Edward, lawyer, married Harriet B., daughter of William Lawrence, and niece of 
Amos and Abbott Lawrence. He died in 1869, leavins; three sons — Vvilliam Law- 
rence, M.D., a graduate of Harvard College ; Charles Franklin, a graduate of Har- 
vard ColI^z|c. now a student of the Harvard Law School, and Richard, an under 
graduate of Harvard College. 3. Francis Peleg, M.D., married Elizabeth, daugh- 
ter of John Amory Lowell, of Boston. 4. Sarah, married George P. Upham, now 
a citizen of Nabant ; they have George P. Upham, Jr., an under-graduate of Har- 
vard, and one daughter. 

Judge Spra^e was of the sixth generation from Wiiliam^ Sprague. who came 
from &igland in 1629 to Salem, and finally settled in Hingham, where ne filled va- 
rious tawn offices. His son^ Sergt. Samuel,'^ born in 1640, removed to Marshfield, 
where he became a valued citizen, filling numerous offices, besides being the fourth 
and last secreiair of the Old Colony. Samuel,^ his son, settled in Duxbury, and 
was father of Phineas^^ a prominent citizen, whose son, the Hon. Seth^ Sprague, 
&ther of the decea.sed, was a prominent merchant of Duxbury, and many years in 
the Massachusetts senate and house of representatives. n. elleky. 

Thomas Carter Smith, Esq., a resident member, admitted 1846, died at his resi- 
dence in Brimmer Street, Boston, September 84, 1880, in his 85th year. 

He was born in Court Street, Boston, July 14, 1796. In 1811 be entered the 
counting room of Messrs. Ropes & Pickman, to fit himself for a mercantile career ; 
bat he soon relinquished this employment for a sea-faring life. From 1815 to 1829 
be made many voyages to the East indies, the Mediterranean and South America, 
first in the capacity of captain's clerk and afterwards as captain. He was full of 
anecdotes of his experience during these many visits to other lands ; was wont to 
tell of his capture by Greek pirates, and of the many distinguished persons he had 
met and known. Prominent among ttiese was Lord Byron, who took a great fancy 
to this young and handsome American, then living in Lefi:horn. He at one time 
while abroad lived under the same roof with the Princess Pauline Bonaparte. At 
home his family occupied a high social position ; thus accustomed to mingle in cul- 
tivated and refined circles, he was well ntted to meet, and be well received by, emi- 
nent persons abroad. 

As a business man he was active, honest, sagacious ; and firm as a rock when con- 
vinced he was in the right. From 18-19 to 1868 he was president of the Merchants' 
Insurance Company ; and from 1842 to 1880 treasurer of the Lewis Wharf Corpo- 
lation. These offices he filled to his credit, proving himself worthy of the trusts. 

He WHS a strong character : strong in his affections ; strong in his likings, and 
6q[aally strong in showing his dislike of mean ways and mean people. Eminently 
domestic in his tastes, he loved wife and children tenderly. Not knowing actually 
what sickness was till very recently ; with a strong religious faith in the ^reat truths 
which underlie all creeds ; rarely talking of his religious experiences, — for he hated 
cant, it only remained that a happy death should fitly end what he often called 
** a singularly happy life.'* 

And death came, after this long and useful life, and found him ready and well 
prepared to enter upon that other life beyond the grave. So he passed away, with 

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little suffering or pain of any kind, repeating the old hymns and prayers be used to 
say years ago, and went without a murmur. 

He married, in 1831, Frances, daughtei of Moses Barnard, of Nantucket, who 
survives him with five children, viz. : 1. Frances Barnard, married Thomas Davis 
Townsend ; 2. Hannah; 3. Thomas Carter, married Mary Gelpi, of New Orleans, 
and has one son Thomas ; 4. William Vincent, who, since his father's death, has 
assumed the name of Carter, married Alice, daughter of the Rev. John Parkmao, 
and has one son Theodore Parkman ; 5. Elizabeth Hall. 

Mr. Smith's lineage, of the most respectable character, is traced to Thomas' 
Smith, of Charlestown, Mass., who is said to have come from England about 1660, 
and married Sarah, daughter of Thomas Boylston. Their son Capt. William,* bom 
March 24, 1666-7, was a wealthy shipmaster and merchant of Charlestown. He 
died June 3, 1730. Uis wife was Aoigail, daughter of Isaac Fowle. Their soo 
Isaac,^ one of the wealthiest merchants and the largest shipowner of his day in 
Boston ; also a large contributor of funds to carry on the Revolution, was bom in 
1719 and died in 1787. Remarried Elizabeth »torer. The Rev. William Smith, 
of Wevmouth, H. C. 1725, who married Elizabeth, daughter of Col. John Qainey, 
and whose daughter Abigail married President John Adams, was bis brother. 
William,'* son of Isaac,^ bom in 1755 ; U. C. 1775 ; a soldier of the Revolation and 
merchant of Boston, married Hannah Carter, of Newburyport, and was father of 
Thomas Carter^ Smith. Mr. Smith's uncle. Rev. Isaac Smith, U. C. 1767, wu 
preceptor of Byfield Academy. h. b. 

EninjNi) Bailet O'Callaghan, M.D., LL.D., a corresponding member of thii 
society since May 9, 1854, died at New York, May 29, 1880, aged 83 years. 

He was born at Mallow, County of Cork, Ireland, February 29, 1797. Tbeyoonf* 
est son of a ** well-to-do " family, he received a liberal education, and spent two 
years at Paris pursuing his studies. Returning to his home, he shortly proceed- 
ed to Canada, arriving at Quebec in 1823, where he continued the stncfy of med- 
icine, and was admitted to practice in 1827. He became well known as an ardeot 
friend of Ireland and of Irishmen in Canada, and became the editor of the Vindioi- 
tor, the or^n of the patriots. He was a member of the Provincial Ptarliament is 
1835, and in the difficulties between the patriots and the government in 1837, be 
took a prominent part with Papineau and Perrault. He ned from Canada, bavinf 
became obnoxious to the government by the vieor of his opposition, and a reward 
was offered for his capture. He came to New York, and was received and sheltered 
by Chancellor Walworth at Saratoga. 

Dr. O'Callaghan commenced the practice of medicine at Albany in 1838, and wii 
in a short time appointed custodian of the historical manuscripts in the office of the 
secretary of state at Albany. Ilis studious habits and historical taste led him to 
extensive research among tlie early records of the state, and for this purpose be 
learned the Dutch language, the early archives being in that language. Uis first 

{>ublished work, the result of these researches, was ** The History of New Nether- 
ands." Numerous historical works foUowea from his pen, notably the *' Jesuit 
Relations of Discoveries," •* Documentary History of New York," *' Commissary 
Wilson's Orderly Book," ** Orderly Book of Gen. John Burgoyne," " Journals of 
the Legislative Assemblies of the State of New York," ** American Bibles," ** The 
Register of New Netherlands," ** Voyages of the slavers of St. John and Arms," 
•* Voyage of George Clarke to America,' ** Historical Manuscripts relating to the 
War oAhe Revolution," ** Laws and Ordinances of New Netherlands, 1638-1674." 
In 1870 Dr. O'Callaghan removed to New York city, and was engaged in prepar- 
ing for the press the ** Proceedings of the Common Council of New York from 1674 
to 1870." This was printed but never published, the reaction from the Tweed gov- 
ernment leading the authorities to ignore the work. 

Dr. O'Callagnan was confined to nis room two years previous to his death. The 
degree of M.D. was conferred on him in 1846 by St. Louis University ; and St. John's 
College, Fordham, N. Y., conferred upon him that of LL.D. He was a member of 
the New York Historical Society, and was admitted a corresponding member of 
this society May 9, 1854. w. c. b. 

Prof. William Channing Fowler, LL.D., a resident member admitted February 
19, 1863, died at Durham, Conn., Jan. 15, 1881, in his 88th year. 
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1, 1793. When be was foar years old his parents removed to Durham, and in 1809 
they remoTed ajj^ain to Madison, Conn. From his early boyhood be was an eager 
seeker after books. Considering Dr. Fowler's ^eat a^ at his death, it is certainly 
remarkable that one of the instructors under whose tuition he fitted for college. Dr. 
Leonard Withington, of Newbury, Mass., should still be living. Youns Fowler 
flDtered Tale College in 1812, and was graduated in due course in 1816. During a 
part of his senior year he was Rector of the Hopkins Grammar School. After nis 
gnduation he ^pent a year as private tutor in the family of Msy. John Armistead, 
Yiig^iDia. 

i&toming to New Haven he was again made Rector of the Grammar School, and 
eommenoed the study of theology. In 1819 he was chosen tutor, and held this office 
neariy 6ve years. In the year 1825 he was settled as pastor of the Congregational 
Church in Greenfield, Mass. In 1827 he was chosen Professor of Chemistry and 
Natural History in Middlebury College. Ue accepted and continued in office eleven 
years. In 183d he took the Professorship of Rhetoric, Oratory and Belles Lettres in 
Amberst College, remaining in office four years. He continued to reside at Am- 
herst until 1850, when he removed to Durham, Conn., where be died. In 1850 he 
lepreaented the town of Amherst in the Massachusetts legislature. In 1864 he was 
a member of the Connecticut Senate. In the year 1852 he went abroad and visited 
many of the libraries in the old world. In the course of his advancing age his mind 
was kept busy by Tarious studies, historical, literary and genealogical. Among his 
miblished pamphlets and volumes are the following : Sermon at the ordination of 
Rev. Robert Southgate, Woodstock, 1832 ; Discourse before the Vermont Coloniza- 
tioo Society, Middlebury, 1834, pp. 34 ; £nglish Grammar : The English Language 
in its Elements and Forms, N. Y., 1850, pp. 675 : Cultivation of the Taste— Address 
atMt. Holyoke Female Seminary, Amherst, 1850, pp. 31 ; Address on Music, pp. 8 ; 
Ilie Clergy and Popular Education, pp. 14 ; Sermon at the Dedication of South 
Oongre^tionai Church, Durham, Amherst, 1848 ; Address before the Middlesex 
Gbonty Agricultural Society, Middletown, 1853, pp. 19 ; Condition of Success in 
Genealogical Investigation, illustrated in the Character of Nathaniel Cbauncey; 
^|>er md before the N. £. Historic, Genealogical Society, 1866, pp. 28. The fol- 
kiwing are bound volumes : Memorials of the Chaunceys, Boston, 1858 ; History of 
Dorbam from 1662 to 1866. Hartford, 1866 ; Local Law in Massachusetts and Con- 
necticut, historically considered, Albany, 1872 ; Essays, Historical, Literary and 
Educational, Hartford, 1876 ; The Sectional Controversy, or passages in the politi- 
cal history of the United States, including the Causes of the War oetween the sec- 
tions, with certain results, New York, 1868. 

Prof. Fowler vras descended from William Fowler, of Milford, Conn., and on his 
mother's side from President Charles Chauncey. In addition to his literary labors, 
above noticed, he was, in 1845, editor of the University Edition of Wehster^s 
Dictionary. 

Prof. Fowler was married July 21, 1825, to Mrs. Harriet ( Webster) Cobb, daughter 
of Nuah Webster, lexicographer, and widow of Edward Cobb, of Portland, Conn. 
She died March 30, 1844. They had four children, three sons and a daughter. 

The Rev. John Waddington, D.D., of Ijondon, England, a corresponding mem- 
ber of this society since Dec. 27, 1854, died in London, September 30, 1880, aged 69 



He was bom at Leeds Dec. 10, 1810; educated at Airdale College, and ordained 
pastor of the Congregational Church, Stockport, May 23, 1833. In 1846 Dr. Wad- 
dingtoo removed to tH^utbwark, where he remained until 1871, in charge of a Con- 
gregational society. 

In 1859 he visited this country and was present at the dedicatory services at Ply- 
mooth Rock, in which he took part. 

The d^pree D.D. was conferred by Williams College. Dr. Waddington had pub- 
lished several works on religious topics, bis Congregational History in four volumes 
being the beet known in this country. w. c. b. 

Datia Boardman Putnam, M.D., of Boston. Mass., a resident member, was bom 
in Rumford, Me., Sept. 19, 1825, and died at nis home, 59 Temple Street, Boston, 
of pneumonia, Feb. 11, 1881. 

He was the son of Jacob Putnam, also bom in Rumford, June 6. 1794, and of 
Betsey Parker, bom in Yarmouth, Me., March 4, 1794. He was of the ninth gene- 
ntion from John Putnam of Salem (1634), through his son Nathaniel. The early 



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years of Dr. Putnam were spent in labor upon his fother's farm. At the ace of 
twenty he entered upon his studies preparatory to collei^e, at first in the MaiM 
Weeleyan Seminary, and afterward m Yarmouth Seminary. In 1848 he entered 
Bowdoin College, and was graduated, in due course, in 1852. Ue pursued his med- 
ical studies at Bowdoin College, at Jefferson Medical College, Pa., and at the Medi- 
cal College of Georgia, receiving from each of these two last named institations the 
degree of M.D. ; from the former in 1853, and from the latter in 1854. During his 
course of education he paid his own way, and that chiefly by teaching school in 
the winters. 

As a physician he settled in Troup County, Georgia, in 1856, where he remained 
for sixteen years, having a large medical practice on an extended territory. The 
region o?cr which he rode, day and night, was malarious^ and his health sufiered 
severely from these exposures. At length came the war of^the rebellion. Though 
he had endeavored to leave for the north before this contest began, he was delayra, 
and was compelled to remain south during the years in which the struggle lasted. 
In 1868 he came north with his &mily, and settled as a physician in Boston, where 
he has since resided. 

Dr. Putnam was united in marriase, December 19, 1854, to Huldah Jane Manly, 
daughter of Richard Manly, of Alabama. By this union were five children, two 
sons and three daughters, who with their mother survive. Dr. P. was prominently 
connected with the Masons and Odd-Fellows, as also with the Sons of Temperance. 
He was a man of good culture, and used his pen freely, as occasion called, both io 
prose and verse. Por one year (1855) be was Professor of Languages in the eoutb- 
em Military Academy at Fredonia, Alabama. 

For some years past he has given special attention to genealogical studies, and 
has been deeply interested in preparing a Putnam family tree. Upon this be 
has inserted trie names of an immense number of that prolific race which sprang 
from John Putnam of Salem. He has gathered more than 2,000 names of the nude 
descendants of John Putnam. 

Dr. Putnam was made a member of the society, Oct. 6, 1879. 

The Rev. Silas EETcnuM, a resident member, was bom in Barre, Vt., Dec. 4, 
1835. He was the .son of Silas and Cynthia (Doty) Eetchum. 

At the age of fifteen he learned the shoemaker's trade, and by its practice helped 
to support his invalid parents until the death of his father in 1855. Ui.s leisure 
time, forced out of late hours, was devoted to the study of hard earned books. He 
entortKl the Uopkinton Academy in the spring of 1856, and although his opportu- 
nities for study had been so limited, he was by no means an inferior scholar. Be- 
fore leaving the academy, he served as assistant teacher ; and, in 1858-59, he taught 
in the high school at Amherst. In May, 1860, he entered Applet<m Academv, New 
Ipswich, and this was his last term at school. He married, April 4, 1860, (jeorgia 
Cevetia Hardy, daughter of Elbridge and Sarah (Stevens) Hardy, of Amherst, by 
whom he hacf two children — 1. George Crowell ; 2. Edmund Silas. 

In the autumn of 1860 he entered Bangor Theological Stminary, and graduated 
in 1863. During the three years here he supported himself and family by working 
at his trade of shoemaking. He also pursued many studies outside of those required 
in the seminary. 

After graduating he taught for a short term in Nelson High School, while await- 
ing an engagement as pastor. In December, 1863, Mr. Ketchum commenced 
preaching at vVardsboro', Vt., remaining there until September, 1865. He was or- 
dained pastor of the Congregational Church at Bristol, N. H., Sept. 17, 1867, and 
remained thereuntil May 2, 1875. From July, 1875, till October, 1876, he was 
minister of the ConCTegational Church at Maplewood (Maiden), Mass. He preached 
at llenniker through the fall and winter of 1876-77. On the 15th of July, 1877, 
he commenced preaching to the Second Congregational Church, Windsor, Conn., 
and was installed its pastor May 1, 1879, where he continued to preach until a few 
weeks previous to his death. He was highly esteemed as a faithhil and self-sacri- 
ficing pastor. 

His love for literary pursuits began at an early age. As soon as he learned to 
read and write he began a diary on odds and ends of paper which he afterwards 
kept in note books. While at school he wrote several creditable articles in prose 
and verse, and his school " compositions " were of superior merit. In 1860-61 be 
became a regular contributor to various papers and periodicals in New England. 
He published many works in book and pamphlet form. His greatest literary on- 



1881.] Necrology of Historic^ ChnecUogical Society. 197 

dertaking, a Dictionaiy of New Hampshire Biomphy, on accoant of failing health 
aod for other reasons, was lef^ uncompleted. Uis manuscripts were bequeathed by 
him to this society, and it is hoped that arrangements will be made for the comply- 
tioD and publication of the wort. * 

He was an active member of various societies. In 1873 he became a member of 
the New Hampshire Historical Society, and Feb. 10, 1878, a resident member of 
this society. He was the leading spirit ol the Philomathic Club, which became 
the nucleus of the N. H. Antiquarian SSociety. He joined the Free Masons in 1864, 
and was chaplain of the Grand Lodge of New Hampshire, 1871-75. 

His last sermon was preached March 21, 1880, and he died in Boston, at the resi- 
dence of Mr. Gage, April 24 foUowing. w. c. b. 

Gol. Jamis Hkmpbill Jones, U. S. Marines, a life member, was the son of Morgan 
and Mary (Hemphill) Jones, and was bom at Wilmington, Delaware, May 6, 1^1, 

He was educated at the high school at £llington. Conn., and entered the revenue 
wrrice March 3, 1847, as second lieutenant, and afterwards tbe Marine Corps, 
where he rose to the rank of colonel. He ¥ras an ornament to the service and high- 
ly respected by his associates. 

Col. Jones was a man of cultivated tastes, fond of historical studies ; and a most 
lioq[>itable man, who delighted to give entertainments to his friends. His house was 
filled with valuable curiosities, pictures and other works of art. He was a gener- 
oos contributor to this and other libraries. He was a member of the Historical 
Society of Delaware, which society is indebted to him for valuable contributions to 
its library. He was admitted a member of this society Nov. 7, 1873, and had pre- 
pared an essay to be read before it on Napoleon at 2St. Helena, on which he had be- 
stowed much research. 

He married, September 27, 1842, Margaret Ross Patterson, who survives him. 
He died at his official quarters in the Charlestown navy-yard, April 17, 1880, afler 
thirty-three years of service, during which he had passed through many active en- 
gagements on land and sea. His illness lasted but a few days, oeing a severe case 
of pneumonia. The funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon, April 20, at St. 
John^s Church, Charlestown, of which he was junior wai*den. Rev. Thomas R. 
Ijimbert, D.D., officiating, assisted by Rev. Nathan H. Chamberlain, and one other 
derjenrman. The remains were taken to Wilmington, Del., where they arrived 
Aprir2, and were interred in the Wilmington and Brandy wine Cemetery. 

A singular coincidence occurred shortly afler this funeral. The brother of 
oor member, Mr. William Hemphill Jones, having attended the ceremonies at 
Charlestown, died suddenly in Washington on the next Friday, April 27tb. His 
death was caused by a severe cold contracted while attending the funeral of hia 
brother. His own funeral took place on the Monday following, and was attended 
lyy many distinguished men. He was the one to whom Gen. Dix, then secretary of 
the treasury, gave his famous order : '* If any one attempts to haul down the Amer- 
ican flag, shoot him on the spot." See Preble*s "History of the United States 
Flag," page 390. w. c. b. 

John Soubner Jenness, A.B., of New York city, a oorresponding member, was 
bom in Deerfield, N. H., April 6, 1827, and died at Newcastle, N. H., August 10, 
1879, aged 52 years. 

He was the only son of Richard and Caroline ^McClintock) Jenness. His father 
was bom at South Deerfield, N. H., in 1801, ana bis mother at Portsmouth, N. H., 
in 1804. The ancestor of the family, Francis^ Jenmngs^ arrived in New Hampshire 
about 1665, and resided for the last forty-five years of his life at Rye, N. H. He mar- 
ried, 1671, Hannah Coz, daughter of Moses Cox, of Hampton. From them through 
Richard,* bom 1686, Richard,^ bom 1717, Richard* born 1747, Thomas,^ bom 
1772, and Richard,* bis father, 1801, he traces his descent. 

Mr. Jenness graduated at Harvard CoUese in 1845. In 1849 he entered upon 
the practice of law at Portsmouth, N. 11., and removed from thence to the 
city of New York in 1851, where he continued in his profession until about 1870, 
Tisiting Europe however in the summers of 1860 and 1865. Most of tbe vears 1873 
and 1874 were also spent with his family in Europe, and since his return his studies 
have been directed to literary and antiquarian pursuits. Among his published 
works is *' A Historical Sketch of the Isles of Shoals," 1874 — an admirable little 
Tolnme which soon reached a second and enlarged edition. In 1876 he edited and 
printed a collection of early documents relating to New Hampshire. LAter, be 



198 Book Notices. [April, 

printed for the use of his friends, " Notes on the First Planting of New Hamp- 
shire, and on the Piscataqna Patents." In 1873 he issaed for private circalation a 
*' Memorial of the late Hon. Richard Jenneas," .with a ^nealogy of the Jennen 
&mily. Also, in 1866, a book of European travel. At the time of his decease b« 
was far advanced in the composition ofa historical romance founded on events and 
characters in Acadia more than two centuries ago. 

Mr. Jennesa had a fine poetic taste. He ¥ras fond of mufdc and mountain 
scenery, especially that of northern £nrope. The literature he best knew, and 
enjoyed most, was the old English, and that of the north, the Scandinavian ; and 
in the legendarv history of Norway and the frontiers of Hungary, which he sef* 
eral times visited, he vras well versed. His library, a fine one, was well stored with 
Soeindinavian literature and with English local histories. He was possessed of a 
wonderful memory, a quick perception, a strong intellect, with great enthnaiiia 
and force of character. 

He married, February 9, 1866, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of William I. Pease, of 
New York city, who, with three daughters, 1. Caroline McClintodt, 3. Afory Bd*- 
burton f and 3. Clara Rosina, surviv^ him. The widow has since died. 

He was admitted a corresponding member March 4, 1876. 

S. CUTUDU 

Elias Hasket Derby, A.M., of Boston, a resident member since Biay 11, 1874, 
died at Boston, March 31, 1880, aged 76. 

He was bom at Salem, Sept. 24, 1803, a son of Elias H.* and Lucv (Brown) 
Derby, and descended from Rooer^ Derby, who emigrated from Topsham, Eng- 
land, about 1665, and settled in Essex County, Mass., through Richard* Richard f 
Elias Hasket,^ Elias Hasket ^^ his father, who was bom and bred in Boston, bat 
later in life resided in Oharlestown and Londonderry, N. H. A memoir of the fini 
Elias Hasket Derby is published in the Lives of Eminent American Merchants. 

Mr. Derby commenced his studies at the academy of Dr. Steams, of Medfotd, 
then attended the Pinkerton Academy at Londonderry, N. H., and the Boston Latin 
School. He entered Harvard Colle^ and graduated with the Latin Salutatoiy in 
1824. He then studied law for a time in the office of Daniel Wel^tter, and mt 
admitted to the bar in 1826, where he attained a high position. He was much in- 
terested in railroads, being engaged as counsel in many important cases connected 
with their interests, and held the office of president of several railway companies. 
His interest and knowledge of various interests and public questions was veiy ex- 
tended and full. He was what we call a public-spirited man, contributing to nuM^s- 
zines and newspapers his opinioas upon many public questions. One of the last 
questions engaging his attention was that of the sewerage system of Boetoo. 
Among other workS he published, Two Months Abroad, 1844 ; The Catholic, 1856; 
A Trip Across the Continent, known as the Overland Route to the Pacific, sod 
several others. Mr. Derby had travelled through most of the states of our Union, 
and had been three times to Europe, travelling over the greater part of it. 

He married Eloise Floyd Strong, daughter of George W. Strong, of St. George^i 
Manor, Long Island, afterwards an eminent lawyer oi New York. 

Mr. Derby leaves four sons and one daughter — Dr. Hasket Derby, oculirt; 
George Derbv, counsellor at law ; Dr. Richard H. Derby, oculist, of New York; 
Nelson Floyd Derby, architect, and Lucy Derby. w. c. b. 



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The North American Review. Edited by Allen Tbornbike Rick. [Publisbed 
monthly by D. Appleton & Co., New York. Terms : $5.00 per annum.] 

The life of this leading and representative literary review, covers a long period 
in the history of American letters. We speak of life as meaning vitality, and 
force, and influence — and all these belong especially to the old '* North Americ&o' 



1881.] Booh Notices. 199 

Established oriffiiially in 1815 by William Tudor, it soon became the organ of an 
association of toe foremost literary jcentlemen and scholars of Boston, and early 
received the aid of such brilliant writers of the time as William Tudor, Nathan 
Hale, Richard H. Dana, Edward T. Channing and Jared Sparks. It led a some- 
what Tanring life up to 1820, when the editorship was assumed by Edward Everett, 
who filled the position for four years. It then became the property of that distin- 

Kished scholar and historian, Jared Sparks, by whom it was edited until 1830. 
e Review from its foundation reoeivea the contributions of the foremost scholars 
and writers in the country, while of that distinguished number of persons eminent 
lor literary, scientifio or professional learning who resided in the neighborhood of 
Boston, nearly all were contributors to its pages. Among these may oe mentioned 
Chief Justice Shaw. John Adams, Josiah Quincy, Daniel Weheter, Judge Story, 
Dr. Bowditch. William H. Prescott, Edward Everett, J. G. Palfrey. Wilfiam Cul- 
len Biyant, Theophilus Parsons, Caleb Cushing and George Ticknor. In 1830 the 
Review jpaffled under the editorial management of Uun. John G. Palfrey — the now 
venerable historian of New England — wlio conducted it for seven years. Among 
the distinguished contributors to its pages during this period were Admiral Davis. 
Lewis Cass, Rufus Choate, Prof. Cornelius C. Mtofi, Henry R. Schoolcroft ana 
J. Lothrop Motley. In 1842 Mr. Francis Bowen became its editor, which service 
was rendered b^ him until 1854, when he was succeeded b^ Rev. Andrew P. Pea- 
body, who contmued to edit it for a period of ten years. During this period the pages 
of the review were enriched by the contributions of George S. Hillard, Richard H. 
Dana, Jr., Charles Francis Adams, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Charles Sumner, Ralph 
Waldo Emerson and Henry W. Longfellow. The more recent history of the Re- 
view, which embraces the successive editorial work of James Russell Lowell, Ed- 
ward L. Godkin and Allen Thomdike Rice, is familiar to all scholars ; and with 
ibis modem period new and vigorous writers are furnishing articles to its pages, 
which, as the years go on, will not suffer in comparison with the contributions of 
those brilliant and foundation writers who, in the early days of American litera- 
tore, made this grand old review the synonym of all that was scholarly, and able 
and profound in letters. During the past two years the review, in its monthly 
form — which we are far from approving — has treated in a manly way almost every 
vital snlject of literature, social science and national polity. The names of some 
of its contributors are new, but they are becoming quite representative, while 
among them are not a few of the foremost scholars of the time — James Anthony 
Froude, Goldwin Smith, Sir James E. Thorold Rogers, George Ticknor Curtis, 
George S. Boutwell, David A. Wells, Francis Parkman, Richard H. Stoddard, Alex- 
ander Winchell, Henry W. Bellows. Of great and special value to all scholars of 
American history and antiquity, is the series of articles now publishing on the ru- 
ined cities of Central America, by M. D^ir^ Chamay, illustrated by heliotype 
plates, and forming one of the most important contributions to American history 
that has appeared in late years. The introduction to this series by the editor, Mr. 
Rice, which appeared in tne number for August last, is a fine example of compact, 
clear and brilliant writing. If less American than formerly in its cooice of writers 
and treatment of subjects, and more international — and on this account less 
acceptable to a few readers — it must be remembered that American scholarship 
is more oosmopolitan, and treatment of all great questions bears a more intimate 
relation to the nations, than in the early days of our literature. While being 
somewhat international it Ls nevertheless truly American, and what is more is the 
North American Review of Bryant and Irving, Ticknor and Bancroft, Everett and 
Lowell. 

{By Samuel L. Boardman, Esq,, of Augusta, Me.] 

History of Newton, Massachusetts, Town and City, from its Earliest Settlement to 
the Present Time. 1630 to 1880. By S. F. Smith, D.D. Boston : The Ameri- 
can Logotype Company. 1880. [dvo. pp. zi. -4-851, with map and illustrations. 
Price $4.50 in cloth; $5.50 in Arabesque leather, and $6.50 in half calf. Fur 
sale by A. Williams So Co., 283 Washington Street, Boston.] 

The beautiful city of Newton, with its picturesque scenery of hill, dale and river, 
its broad shady avenues, its handsome churches, public buildings and private es- 
tates, its neat and well-ordered ^neral appearance, the lovely views on the Charles 
River, as it winds its serpentine coils around three sides of the town, recalling 
Longfellow's lines. 



200 Booh Notices. [April, 

" River ! That id silence windest 

Through the meadows bright and firee, 
Till at night thy rest thou findest 
Id the bosom of the sea ! " 

These qualities, together with its quiet air of comfort and repose, might well inspire 
the eloquence of the poet or the skill of the painter, as well as the matter-of-fact 
description of the historian. Newton is in its modern garb one of the finest examples 
of Massachusetts taste, culture and wealth, as exhibited in the development of sub- 
urban cities ; and this fact, coupled with the remarkable natural beauty of its lo- 
cality, render it one of those lovely and attractive spots which the citixens of oar 
old Commonwealth may justly look upon with pleasure and with pride. 

Newton has found an able chronicler in the person of the Rev. Dr. S. F. Smith, 
who, although he has not dwelt much upon the local beauty of his subject, has ^et 
brought to Dear upon it a commendable industry, which the seeker after local bui- 
torical facts will readily appreciate. He has followed Dr. Paige to some extent in 
that author's history of Cambridge, the parent town of Newton. The early history 
and gradual progress of the latter through all the vicissitudes of fortune^ which 
usually mark the record of our provincial towns, is given with fidelity and jnstioe. 
The various institutions of Newton are described in detail, and the public spirit of 
its citizens is well expressed in the following extract from a portion of the addrM 
of George U. Jones, Esq., on the occasion of the transfer of the Newton Free li- 
brary to the city government, March 16, 1876, which Dr. Smith gives on page 680: 

'* The citizens of Newton have ever recognized that public benefits require publio 
benevolence, and that the giving mustpre^e the ei^joyment of the benefit*' 

Some other towns mivht adopt this idea with advantage. The series of remini- 
scences and sketches of the prominent public men of Newton is made an especial 
feature, and renders the volume of additional interest to the general reader. Por- 
trait^ of James F. Hyde, William Claflin, Seth Davis, Alden Speare, Otis Pettee, 
the Rev. Joseph Grafton. Alfred L. Baury, D. L. Furber, Barnas Sears, MarshtU 
S. Rice, II. J. Ripley. Irah Chase, H. B. Hackett, J. Wiley Edmands, William B. 
Fowle, Alexander H. Rice, A. B. Ely, R. M. Pulsifer, and the author, are given, 
together with illustrations of the various public buildings, and a fac-simile of Dr. 
Smith's manuscript of his well-known hymn, ** America.*' The book is printed in 

food style, and altogether adds another worthy volume to the growing list of town 
istories. 
[By Oliver B. Slebbins, Esq.y of South Boston^ Mass."] 

Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire: Session 1879-60: 
Vol. xxxii. Liverpool : Adam ilolden, 48 Church Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 304.] 

This Society, formed in 1848, now, by a steady rate of progression, ranks among 
the mo8t effective and important of similar societies in England, and probably bai 
no superior in any one of them. Confining its researches and publications to mat- 
ters pertaining almost exclusively to the two counties named, it has already dope 
a vast amount of good work, both as regards the general antiquities and early his- 
tory of the district, and the history of its important families. Its series of publica- 
tions contain much of mterest to historical students on both sides of the Atlao- 
tic. The contents of the present volume are varied in character, but all of more 
or less permanent value, among which may be specially named an excellent account 
of the Clayton families of Che.shire and of Ireland, by Mr. J. Paul Rylands, Co^ 
responding Mem her of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society. The number 
of llonorary Members is liniiteii to thirty, and it may be mentioned that at the last 
election two Americans had this honor conferred upon them, in connection with Sir 
Bernard Burke and Mr, John Ruskin. 

[By Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL.D., of London, England.] 

History of the Town of Antrim, New Hampshire, from its Earliest Settlement to 
June 27, 1877, with a brief Gencaloqical Record of all the Antrim Families. Bj 
Rev. \V. R. CociJRAXE, Pastor of the Presbyterian CJiurch. Published by the Town. 
Manchester, N. 11. : Mirror Steam Job Printing Press. 1880. [8vo. pp. xxiT.+ 
791. With Portraits, Illustrations and Town Map.] 

The old town of Londonderry, N. U., of which Antrim is one of the numerous 
outgrowths, was in former days one of the most important tOA%iis in New Hamp- 
shire, only surpassed by that of Portsmouth. It was settled by some of the b«t 
material that came over previous to the Revolution — the thrifly and energetic 



1881.] Booh Notices. 201 

Sootto-Irish colonists from Londonderry, Ireland, from which place the American 
settlement was named. The gallant defence of Londonderry in the old country 
against the army of James II. and in the cause of King William III., in 1689, is 
most yividly described by the Rev. Mr. Cochrane in his introductory chapter to this 
history of Antrim, and forms one of the most interesting features of the book. 
Tbeee colonists were Protestants and Presbyterians ; but, though sharing the reli- 
irions beliefs of a large portion of the Massachusetts people, were much misrepre- 
seoted by the latter, who entertained a prejudice against them without reason and 
without fact to justify it. The result of this was the loss to Massachusetts of a 
population wbicn would have greatly vitalized and 8tren;^thened her power, but 
which sought in the wilderness of ^ew Hampshire for the freedom here denied 
them. Thus established, Londonderry rapidly grew in strength and resources, and 
became the parent of numerous surrounding towns, Antrim being one. One of these 
•ettlements was made as far west as Cherry Valley, New York. These towns have 
to some extent a common history, and the various vicissitudes incidental to a fron- 
tior life, exposed to Indian war&re, are given by the author with care and accuracy. 
Be has also described at some length the complications and disputes arising from 
the question of jurisdiction and proprietary rights to the New Hampshire territory, 
between the descendants of Capt. John Mason and the Massachusetts authorities. 

Antrim, like Londonderry, derives its name from an Irish town. It appears, 
from Mr. Cochrane *s description, to be very pleasantly located. Its inhabitants 
maintained their ancestral reputation for intelligence, thrift, energy and patriotism. 
When the Lexington alarm sounded the call to arms, every male person capable of 
bearing arms rosned to the front, a record scarcely paralleled in the history of any 
other town ; and this too when the settlement was in its infancy, the rude log houses 
eearoelT finished and the farms hardly developed. The gallant General John Stark 
and Cdi. Georj^ Roid are instances, among numerous others, of the patriotism which 
this section oithe country produced. 

Mr. Cochrane^s introductory chapter is as full of interest as any in the volume, 
and readers who are in the habit of neglecting introductions will find they have 
missed much important matter by so doing in this instance. The larger portion of 
the book is devoted to genealogical matter, which appears to have ^en very tho- 
roughly written. Portraits of prominent citizens are given, together with illustra- 
tions oi churches and residences. Mr. Cochrane has added a valuable contribution 
to local history by this account of a people who contributed to establish and to make 
np their full share of the sturdy New England character. It is a subject for con- 
gratulation that the circle of these town histories is widening, as many an impor- 
tant fact is here discovered which has been the object of tedious and often fruitless 
research on the [>art of the more ambitious historian. 

[By Oliver B. Siebbins, Estj.] 

Circuiars of Information of the Bureau of Education 1880 Wa8hingt«m : 

Qovemnient Printing Office. 1880. [8vo. No. 1, pp. 27; No. 2, pp. Ill ; No. 
3, pp. 96 ; No. 4, pp. 106 ; No. 5, pp. 26.] 

In the Register for July last (xxxiv. 219), the Circulars of this Bureau for the 
year 1879 were noticed. Those issued in 1880 are equally valuable. The subjects 
are as follow?* : No. 1, College Libraries as Aids to Instruction ; No. 2, Proceedings 
of the National Riucation Ass'KJiation , Feb. 18-20, 1880; No. 3, LcgaLRights of 
Children ; No. 4, Rural School Architecture ; No. 5, English Rural Schools. 

The Journal of Education^ Boston, Feb. 3, 1881, speaks of the Bureau as follows : 

*• The growth of the National Bureau of Education is one of the most remarka- 
ble phenomena of the new order of affairs in Washington. In the face of congres- 
sional neglect, and too often of senseless opposition from North and South, it has 
increased under the intelligent and persistent effi)rts of Commissioner Eaton, till it 
is now in the condition of an overgrown boy trying to navigate in a suit of clothes 
that was a tight fit five years ago. It is to be hoped that President Glarfield, who 
may almost be called the father of this Bureau, and is by all odds our most culti- 
vated president since the second Adams, will follow up the splendid initiative of 
Presiilcnt Hayes, and brinj; education so decisively to the front that our government 
will finally establish a distinct department to which the management of the|iropo.*«<Hl 
education land-fund shall be intrusted. But at present the Bureau of Educatiim 
10 the only place in the United States where the student can find a collection of doc- 
uments representing the condition of all peoples in this regard." 

VOL. xxzv. 18 



202 Booh Notices. [Aprfl, 

On Some Curiosities and Statistics of Parish Registers. By the Rev. W. 0. Puw- 
DBRLRATH. [H. F. & B. Bull, Printers, Devizes, Wiltshire, England. 8yo. pp. 36.] 

The establishment of parochial or parish Registers in England by royal authority 
in 1538, is one of the fruits of the Reformation in that iSie. Never has this act 
been disapproved. Parliament, on the other hand, has several times interposed and 
amended tne system, which is now quite perfect. 

For a period of nearly three hundrea and fifly years, the births or baptisms, 
marriages and deaths, the three most important events in the lives of men and wo- 
men, are registered. Of these Registers there are now over eight handred extant, 
which begin in 1538 and are continued to this day — ^precioas memorials of our 
ancestors. 

The Rev. Mr. Plenderleath, rector of Cherhill, co. Wilts, has prepared and print- 
ed a very interesting and useful historical sketch of the English system of Regis- 
tration, extending from the days of the Reformation to this time. His making a TuU 
index to his own parish records, led him to look into other parish records, and to 
make note of the many curious things he found there. He very justly concluded 
that his transcripts and statistics were worthy of being brought to the notice of 
antiq^uaries, and he might have added, of humorists, for it seems that not all is 
'^ serious ^' in the records of mortality. A great deal of information is oontained 
in these few pages. 

[By Charles W. Tuttle, A,M., of Boston.] 

Collections of the Old Colony Historical Society, No. 2. Pcmers read before the 
Society, April 7, 1879, and January 12, 1880. [Society seal. | Taunton, Man. : 
Published by the Society : Press of G. A. Hack & Son. 1880. [8vo. pp. 113.] 

The first paper in this pamphlet is by Charles A. Reed, and is entitled *' The 
Province of Massachusetts Bay in the Seventeenth Century, with a Sketch of Capt. 
Thomas Coram, Founder of the Foundling Hospital in Lonaon.'- Coram was a resi- 
dent of New England in the latter part of the seventeenth and the beginning of the 
eighteenth century, most of the time residing in Taunton. Much interesting matter 
concerning him and the manners and customs in early days in the colony and tba 
province of Massachusetts Bay will be found in this paper. 

The second paper is by the Hon. Henrv Williams, entitled *' Was Elizabeth Pool 
the First Purchai«er of the Territory ana Foundress of Taunton?" This is an able 
examination of the question. Every fact bearing upon it appears to have been col- 
lected and impartially stated, and the result dispels most of the romance which haa 
heretofore invested the settlement of Taunton. Gov. Winthrop in his History of 
New England, under date of 1637, savs that Miss Poole be^n a plantation in that 

year at *' Tecticutt called after Taunton," and there is a reference to a pa^ 

chase by her from the Indians in 1637 in an Indian deed dated July 20, 1686 ; but 
all other records and documents of an early date appear to be against these state- 
ments. There is, however, some mysterv hanging about her connection with the 
settlement of Taunton which we hope will be cleared up. 

publications of the Civil-Service Reform Association , No. I. Purposes of the Civil- 
Service Reform Association. [New York: 1881. 12mo. pp. 16.] 

The president of the Civil-Service Association is George William Curtis, and its 
secretary Richard L. Dugdale. Its location is 79 Fourth Avenue, New York city. 
Any one desiring to become a member can do so by sending two dollars, the annaal 
fee, to the secretary, who will also furnish those who wish to circulate petitions 
to Congress for civil-service reform, with blanks for the purpose. 

The pamphlet before us shows the evils of the spoils system, and points oat 
Bome practical remedies. 

The Boston Almanac and Business Directory, 1881, Vol. 46. FEngraving.] Samp- 
son, Davenport & Co. No. 155 Franklin Street, Boston. Price $1.00. [24mo. 
pp. 552.] 

The first of this series was published in 1836 in a thin 18mo. of only 84 pages. 
The present volume is more than six times as thick, and is improved in other re- 
spects. In our notice of the issue for 186*2 (Register, xvi. 387), we gave a his- 
tory of this almanac. We then stated that ** an index, properly prepaid, of mat- 
ters of permanent interest m the volumes from the commencement would 

reveal a mass of valuable information of the existence of which few are aware." 
There have since been add(>d nineteen volumes to the twenty-seven then published, 
and the valuable matter has been proportionably increased. 



1881.] Booh Notices. 203 

Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Battalions and Ltne, 1775-1783. Edit- 
ed by John Blair Linn [and] William H. £gle, M.D. Volume I. Uarrisbarg : 
Inne S. Hart, State Printer. 1880. L8vo. pp. 794.] 

Though oar own state has neglected to print and thus place beyond the reach of 
accident the honored names of her officers and soldiers, who assisted in establishing 
the ind^>endenoe of our country, we are glad to see that some of the other states 
are not derelict in their duty in this respect. Massachusetts has rich materials in 
her archives illustrating not only the revolutionary war, but her earlier history also ; 
and yet, thoueh she has been lavish in printing documents of ephemeral interest, 
the has done little within the past quarter of a century to preserve in print these 
invaluable papers, and thus disseminate among her people the proud record they 
bear to the worth of their ancestors. 

The book before us forms the tenth volume of the Pennsylvnia Archives now 
in the coarse of publication. This and the eleventh volume yet to be issued, will 
contain the names of the officers and soldiers from Pennsylvania in the Revolution- 
ary war, and the Orderly Books of the Pennsylvania line. The rosters of the several 
battalions and regiments are given separately, with a history of each prefixed. Nu- 
merous portraits and autographs of officers, plans of battles, etc., are given. It 
must have cost much time ana labor to collect so fuU lists as are here given, to col- 
late the varying original rolls and correct the errors which are always found. The 
editors deserve ereat credit for the satisfactory manner in which they have per- 
formed their task. Both of them have gained reputations as authors. Dr. Egle is 
the author of the History of Pennsylvania, noticed in the Register (xxxi. 136), 
and is a painstaking and thorough investigator of American history. We shall 
again refer to this work. 

Proceedings of the New England Methodist Historical Society at the First Annual 
Meeting, January 17, 1881. [Seal. Motto: ^* Occultusnon £xtinctus."] Boston: 
Society's Rooms, 36 Bromfield Street. 1881. fBvo. pp. 24.] 

We fraternally and cordially welcome to the ever expanding field of history and 
of knowledge this new organization composed of memoers connected with one of 
the most respectable, rapidly developing and influential religious denominations of 
the country. The object of this association, in the words of its constitution, article 
3, *^ shall be to found and perpetuate a library of books, pamphlets and iiianu- 
scripts, and a collection of portraits and relics of the past ; to maintain a readine^^ 
room ; to preserve whatever shall illustrate the history and promote the interests of 
the Methodist Episcopal Church.'* Among its officers may be mentioned, ex-Gov. 
William Claflin, LL.D., of Newton, President, and our friend and associate, Wil- 
lard S. Allen, A.M., of East Boston, librarian. May the progress and success of 
the society be commensurate with its laudable undertakings. 

[Communicated by William B. Trask, Esq,, of Boston.] 

Lancashire Inquisitions returned into the Chancery of the Duchy of Lancaster and 
now existing in the Public Record Office, London. Stuart Period, Part /. , 1 
to 11 James 1. Edited by J. Paul Rylands, F.S.A. Printed for the Record So- 
ciety. 1880. [8vo. pp. 320.] 

This is the third volume of the publications of the Record Society of Lancashire 
and Cheshire, the first volume of which was noticed in April last (Register, 
xxxiv. 221). 

The value of Inquisitions as materials for genealogy is too well known to reauire 
any explanation. Thoee in this book have a peculiar interest to the people ot'Kew 
Rngiand, as many of her first settlers came irom Lancashire, and the period here 
selected (1603-1614) is that just preceding their emigration. The abstracts here 
given were made from the original Latin by Mr. John A. C. Vincent. 

The editor, Mr. Rylands, has prefixed an Introduction containing much inter- 
esting information concerning these records. A good index is given. 

History of the Colony oj New Haven to its Absorption into Connecticut. By Ed- 
ward E. Atwatkr. New Haven : Printed for the Author. 1881. [8vo. pp. ix. 
-{-611. Maps and Illustrations. For sale by Lee & Shepard and A. Williams & 
Co. Price $4.00.j 

The little cohmy of New Haven, with its half dozen towns, had such a brief in- 
dependent career that its existence Ls scarcely known save to a few diligent workers 
in the historic field. Its history, commencing in April, 1638, was terminated at the 
dose of the year 1664, a period of little more than a quarter of a century, by its 



204 Booh Notices. [April, 

unconditional surrender to its neighbor Connecticut, to avoid falling under the d(h 
minion of New York. Even in that short period, however, its influence was such as to 
have an important e£fect on the destinies of the adjacent territory. If the New Ha- 
ven colony had not existed, it is probable that an attempt would have been made 
with a j?reater prospect of success, to make the Connecticut river the boundary be- 
tween New York and New England. Nor must we forget that it was to a son of one 
of its founders that we owe the second New England university, the influenoe of 
which has contributed so much to mould the life and character of many of oar 
prominent men. 

The object of the author was to bring more fully to the view of *' the community 
in which lie lived *' the history of this little colony, and well and worthily has he 
accomplished hin design, not only to that community but to the general historical 
reader of New England. His two maps of New Haven and Milford are exceedingly 
interesting, as by them the landed property of each of the original settlers may be 
easily located. His description of the attempts to capture iS*)fS» and Wbaliey by 
the regicide-hunters of Charles H., and the devices to shield these sturdy republi- 
cans by Gov. Leete and others, will be read with much pleasure. ^ The entire work 
is written with care, thoroughness and ability. It is clearly printed and neatly 
bound, and altogether makes a very desirable volume and a worthy accession to 
our historical literature. 

[By Oliver B. SleObins, Esq., of Boston.] 

Light thrown by the Jesuits upon hitherto Obscure Points of Early Maryland History, 
By Rev. Edward D. Nkill. [8vo. pp. 9.] 

We have often borne testimony to the value of the labors of the Rev. Mr. Neill io 
American historical literature. The present paper was read last 3'ear before the 
Deuartment of Americ^in History of the Minnesota Historical Society. Mr. NetU 
linas in the recently published ** Records of the English Society of Jesus,'* new 
facts illustrating the early history of Maryland, ana confirming the opinion pre- 
viously expressed by him, that the old story found in school histories and other 
works, that Maryland was *' a Roman Catholic Colony and the first home of reli- 
gious liberty upon the continent of North America '* is not true. 

Journal of the Voyage of the ** Missionary Packet ^^* Bo.Uon to Honolulu^ 1826. 
By James HuNNEWELL. With Maps and Plates and a Memoir. Charlestown : 
1880. [Royal 4to. pp. 77. Edition 1(K) copies only.] 

The editor of this handsome book is Mr. James F. Hunnewell, son of the author 
of the journal here printed. It forms No. 8 of his ** Privately Printed Works." 
Ten years ago Mr. Ilunnewell was invited to write for the Register an account of 
his father and his voyage to Honolulu. That account was not prepared, however, 
till recently, and he has preferred to issue it as a separate work, with the journal in 
full to accompany it. 

The author of the journal was the commander of the *' Missionary Packet,'* a 
small v(»s8el of about forty tons, sent out by the American Board of Commissioners 
lor Foreign Missions to the Sandwich Islands for the use of missionaries there. ^ It 
sailed from Boston January 18, and arrived at Honolulu October 21, 18*26, making 
the passai^e in about nine months, includin;r stoppag<« at several ports on the way. 

Capt. Hunnewell resided four years in the Sandwich Wands, engaired in mercan- 
tile business, and then returned to Charlestown, which place he reached in April, 
1831. Here he resided till May, 1869, when he dic<l at tlie ripe age of seventy-five. 

The bm>k throws li«j:ht upon the character and condition of the people of the 
Sandwich Islands halt' a century a«ro. It is illustnvted by several well executed 
heliotypes, among them a drawing of the *' Missionary Packet," a portrait of 
Capt. ilunnewell, a portrait of king Kamehameha f., and a view of Honolulu in 
1837. 

New Enqland Historic^ Genealogical Society. Proceedings on the Twenty-Fifth Day 
of October^ 1880, Convncmorativc of the Orifanizalion of the Government of Mat- 
sachuMtts under the Constitution on the Twenty-Fifth Day of October y I7S0. to- 
gtther with the Proceeding.^ at the State House and at the City Hall on the Sanu 
Day. [Society's Seal.] Btjston : The Society's House, 18 Somerset Street. 1880. 
[Hvo. pp. 67. Pric4) 25 cts.] 

The 2,"3th of October last was the centenary of the Cimstitution of Massachusetts, 
one hundred years having that day been completed since the organization of the 



1881.] Booh Notices. 205 

•tate goveroment onderacoDstitatioo. Gov. LoDg istued a proclamation on the 
18th of that month, recommending the people to take appropriate notice of the 
event. He also instituted a commemorative service at the State House, at which he 
made a brief speech, and ex-president Hopkins, of Williams College, made a 
fitting prayer. Flags were displayed and cannon were fired ; and the Old State 
House in Boston, where the state government had been organized in 1780, was deoo- 
TAted, by the city authorities, witti flags and inscriptions. 

The New £ngland Historic, Genealogical Society held a special meeting to com- 
memorate the event, which President Wilder opened by a brief speech, and at which 
Messrs. William W. Wheildon, Thomas C. Amory and Nathaniel F. Saffbrd read 
excellent papers on topics suggested by the occasion. The pamphlet before us con- 
tains the proceedin|;8 with the president's speech, the papers of Messrs. Wheildon, 
Amoiy and Saffbrd in full, and some extracts from the Massachusetts records fur- 
nishod by Mr. David Pulsifer, showing the transition from a provincial to a state 
government. It also contains the doinss by the state and city in honor of the day, 
meluding Gov. Long's proclamation and speech, and Dr. Hopkins's prayer. Besides 
this, there are other matters, particularly an elHl)orate article by Mr. Wheildon, 
niiicfa appeared in the Sunday Herald, Oct. 3, 1880, calling attention to the event. 

Raiy to Francis Brinley on the Claims of Hon, John P. Bigelow as Founder of the 
jBoston Public Library. By Timotht BiOBiiOW. Read before the Boston Antiqua- 
rian Club, May 11, 1880. Boston : Tolman & White, Printers, 383 Washington, 
btreet. 1880. [8vo. pp. 50.] 

This is a caustic reply to a communication from the Hon. Francis Brinley, of 
Newport, R. 1., read at a previous meeting of the Boston Antiquarian Club, in 
which the claims of the friends of the Hon. John Prescott Biselow that he was 
the founder of the Boston Public Library were controverted. The author, who is 
a nephew of Mr. Bigelow, and familiar with the incidents in his life, has been in- 
de&tigable in collecting new foots bearing upon the point at issue. We think 
that the evidence here presented shows that the idea of giving the Bigelow Fund to 
the city for a public library originated with Mayor Bigelow himself, and that if 
this is considered ilhe origin of the Public Library, of waich however we have seri- 
ous doubts, the claims oi his friends are well founded. 

Annals of the Toum of Mendonfrom 1659 to 1880. Compiled by John Q. Metcalp, 
M.D., Member of the New England Historic. Genealogical, and American Anti- 
quarian Societies. Providence, R. I. : £.1). Freeman & Co. 1880. [8yo. pp. 
vii.-|-723. Published by the Town.] 

This book is just what it purports to be, a vast storehouse of facts extending 
from the earliest settlement of Mendon to the present day, with such explanations 
IS are requisite to render intelligible the subject matter. A repository of local 
wisdom, not interesting to the general reader, not a book to be read through twice, 
hot one which will always be valuable to establish a mooted question, or hx a date. 
Its value to the general historian consists in its reference to those residents of Men- 
don who were connected with other towns. It forms one more '' brick " for the 
Soeral history of Massachusetts yet to come, when all the town histories shall 
Te been written. But in every book-case in the town of Mendon this book should 
have an honored place ; the children should be taught to refer to it, and perpetu- 
ate the ancient landmarks of the town, and keep m remembrance the former days. 

Though the town records are silent concerning one great event in the history of 
Mendon, the attack on the place by the Indians, yet the compiler has carefully 
pointed to the sources of information contained in contemporaneous writings, so 
that the historic taste of the young may be encouraged and a love for research 
engendered. 

That great repository of town histories, so often drawn upon and yet so inexhaust- 
ible, the State Archives* have been patiently searched and pertinent matter has 
been accurately transcribed. 

The page of the book is not so elegant as the History of Andover, Mass., and there 
are a few errors, probably typographical. In place of the picture of the '* sword 
in hand money," which has no local connection with Mendon^ we should much have 
preferred a oopy of the ancient survey of 1713, or a plan of Mendon with its sur- 
loanding towns. 

The absence of an index of names in any town histonr will reduce its usefulness 
one half. We know that the marriage of Mathias Pu^, who afterwards resided 
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206 Booh Notices. [April, 

in Milton, is somewhere in this book, bat we shall never read the book tbroni^h 
again to find it : life is too short ; we must resign to the professionai genealogist 
such tasks. 

As the book was published by the town and not the compiler, the beliotype of 
John G. Metcalf, M.D., is appropriately placed in the front of the book. 

[By Daniel T. V. Huntoon, Esq., of Canton^ Mass,] 

Wet/mouth Historical Society. The Original Journal of General Solomon Lovell, 
kept during the Penobscot Expedition, 1779, xoUk a Sketch of his Life bu Gilbkkt 
Nash. Together with the Proceedings of the Society for 1OT9-^. Published by 
the Weymouth Historical Society. 1881. fNo. I. 8?o. pp. 127. With 4 Alber- 
types. Edition limited.] 

The value of local historical societies is shown in various ways. The field maj 
be somewhat limited, but such a 8(x;iety developes well the history of its own local- 
ity. Its researches are of interest to the citizens and of value to future generations ; 
and also of rich worth to students of early genealogy and history. Such an organ- 
ization is the Weymouth Historical Society, in a town which dates its settlement 
back to 1622. Its organization has been recent, but its labors have been extended. 
It has made the Weymouth Gazette, the local weekly paper, its medium of commu- 
nication. But before us is its first publication in book form. It is the original 
Journal of one of Weymouth *8 prominent citizens, who was active in various parti 
of tiie Revolution, together with a sketch of his life and genealogy of his fimiily. 
The first part of the volume is devoted to a rc8um6 of work of the the society from 
its organization until the close of the 3'ear 1880. The original journal has been in 
possession of the family, and the society, recognizing its interest, and the new li^ht 
which it threw upon the Penobscot expedition, has produced it for the histoncd 
public. Mr. Nash, the editor, has taken great pains in studying this unfortunate 
exploit, examining all the records in the archives of the Commonwealth bearing upon 
the subjiH^t, and sifting the many statements made at the time. And thoaffh 
Gen. Lovell is his hero, yet he considers the claims made against him before dm 
judgment is given. The exoneration of Lovell, who commandsd the land forces, 
and the censuring, by the court of inquiry, of Commodore Saltonstall, who com- 
manded the ships of war, for the disastrous ending of the expedition, is dwelt upoo 
with conciseness, yet with sufficient fulness to make this work one of authority 
among students of the revolutiomiry epoch of our nation's existence. 1 his is tiie first 
publication of the Societ3', but it has begun well. The typoi^raphical work is of 
the fir»t order. It has a superb index, embracing the names of subjects treated, places 
and individuals mentioned, and withal, tcx>t-note8 showing the sources of important 
information. Weymouth has a long history, and in due time we may hope its full 
development by this society. 

[By the Rev. Anson Titus, Jr., of Weymouth, Mass.] 

Reminiscences of Two Years with the Colored Troops. By J. M. Addeman (late 
Captain Fourteenth R. 1. Heavy Artillery, Colored). Providence : N. Bangs 
Williams «fe Co. 1880. [Fcp. 4to. pp. 38, paper, price 50 cts.] 

This is the 7th number of the second series of " Personal Narratives of E?entBiD 
the War of the Rel)ellion, being Papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers' and 
Sailors' Historical Society." The first two numl)ers of this series were noticed in the 
Register (xxxiv. 2*22, 341) at the time of their appearance. 

The author of the present work is the Rhode Island Secretary of State. Ue bts 
written an interesting narrative of his service as a captain of colored troops for two 
years in Louisiana. 

Society of the Fifty-First Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteers. Records of 
the Proceedings of the First Annual Reunion, held at Norristown, Pa., Sept. 17, 
1880. Harrisburg, Pa. : Lane S. Hart. 1880. [8vo. pp. 47.] 

This society was organized at Norristown on the 17th of September last by the 
surviving members of the regiment. The present pamphlet contains the proceed- 
ings, constitution and by-laws, with a list of the comrades present and the oration, 
which was delivered by Capt. J. Merrill Linn; a heroic poem by Mr. George N. Cot' 
son, and letters from distinguished persons who could not attend the reunion. The 
first colonel of this regiment, which did good service in the war for the union, wes 
John Frederick Uartranft, since a m^jor-general and governor of Pennsylvania. 



1881.] Book Notices. 207 

Jnvejiiio Fortunata, Arctic Explorations , with an Account of Nicholas of Lynn. 

Read hrfore the American Geographical Society^ Chickering Hall, May 15, 1880. 

Reprinted from the Bulletin of the Society, By B. F. De Costa. New York. 

1881. rSvo. pp. 36.] 
William Blackstone in his Relation to Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Reprinted 

from The Churchman of September 25th and October 2d, 1880. [Motto.] By the 

Rev. B. F. Ds Costa. New York : M. H. Mallory & Co. 1880. [12mo. pp. 24.] 

Here are two pamphlets by oar valued correepondent, the Rev. B. F. De Costa, 
which have reoently been issued. 

The first is on the history of early arctic explorations, with special reference to Ni- 
ebolas of Lynn, who flourished in the reign of Edward III. His *' Inventio Fortuna- 
ta," referred to by writers soon after his day, but of which do copy is known to be in 
existence, is supposed by Mr. De Costa to be transformed into Juventius Fortuna- 
iofl, and quoted as an author in the Life of Columbus attributed to Ferdinand Co- 
lombas. Mr. De Costa, as our readers are aware, has given much time to research 
npon early maps and maritime discovery, and all that be writes upon these subjects 
IB valuable. 

The pamphlet on William Blackstone, or as he spelled his own name, Blaxton, 
the first settler of Boston, presents him to us vividly as a clerp'man of the Episco- 
pal church. The first of the two articles here reprinted from the Churchman shows 
nimaa *^ The First Churchman of Boston and tne Founder of the City ;" the sec- 
ond, as *' The First Churchman in Rhode Island and the Original hSettler of the 
State." 

Fifth Report of the Record Commissioners. [City Seal.] Boston : Rockwell & 
Churchill, City Printers, No, 39 Arch Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 187.] 

A Report of the Record Commissioners containing the Roxbury Land and Church 
Records. [City Seal.] Boston: Rockwell & Churchill 1881. [8vo. pp.221.1 

We have here two more reports of the Record Commissioners (Register, zxxi. 
347; xxxii. 110 ; xxxiii. 264; xxxv. 100), which show that the Commissioners have 
no diflSculty in finding valuable historical matter to print. 

The Fifth Report is a reprint of the articles which the late Nathaniel I. Bowditch 
fomished in 1855 to the Boston Evening Transcript, under the signature of 
*' Gleaner," giving the history of certain estates in Boston. 

The contents of the next Report are shown by the title-page. The next volume, 
we are informed, will soon be issued, and will contain a continuation, from the sec- 
ond report, of the records of the old town of Boston. 

We are glad to learn that the labors of the commissioners are appreciated by the 
city authorities as well as the public. 

Frwments from Remarks of Twenty- Five Years in Every Quarter of the Globe, on 
Electricity, Magnetism, Aeroliths and Various other Phenomena of Nature^ <!jfc. 
^c. 4"C. By William Pringle Green, R. N. Sold at Egerton's Military Libra- 
ry, Whitehall. 1833. [8vo. pp. v.-fvi.-f24.] 

Though this is not a recent publication, it is noticed here as it contains some 
American genealogy not referred to in genealogical indexes. The author, Lieut. 
William P. Green, of the Royal Navy,* was a besoye of the Rev. Jo.seph* Green, of 
Salem Village, now Danvers, Mass. (Register, xv. 106), through Ber\jamin,* who 
married Margaret Peirce (Register, xxix. 279); and Benjamin,^ his futher, who 
married Susanna Wenman. The "Biography and Genealogy of the Author*' is 
printed on pages i. to vi. Portions of the genealogy are probably derived from tra- 
dition, and are not to be relied on. 

Hie History of the Morison or Morrison Family, with most of the *^ Traditions of the 
Morrisons ' (Clan Mac Ghillemhuire) , Hereditary Judges of Lewis, by Capi. F. 
W. L. Thomas of Scotland, and a Record of the Descendants of the Hereditary 
Judges to 1880 ; a Complete History of the Morison Settlers of Londonderry, 
iV. H.,ofni9, and their Descendants, with Genealogical Sketches. Also of the 
Brentwood, Nottingham and Sanbornton, N. H., Morisons, and H ranches of the 
Morisons who settled in Delaware, Pennsylvania^ Virginia and Nova Scotia, and 
Descendants of the Morison of Preston Grange, Scotland, and other Families. 
By Leonard A.Morrison. [Motto.] Boston, Mass : A. Williams & Co., 283 
Washington Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 468. Price §3.] 

iknealogy of the Macdonald Family. Edition B. Comprising all Names obtained 
up to February^ 1876. [Oblong qaarto, pp. 123.] 



208 Book Notices. [April, 

Contributions to the Early History of Bryan McDonald and Family^ settlers in 16B9 
on Red Clay Creek, Mill Creek Hundred {or Toumship) , Newcastle County, DeU- 
ware. Together with a Few Biographical Sketches and Other Statistics of Generd 
Interest to their Lineal Descendants. By Frank V. McDonald. A.B., Harvtrd 
Uniyereity, Cambridge, Mass. iSan Francisco : Winterbum & Co., Printers and 
£lectrotyper8. 1879. [4to. pp. 65.] 

Supplement No. 1 to Edition B of the Mac Donald Genealogy, containing Records <^ 
the Descendants of Jesse Peter, one of the Pioneer Settlers near Mackville^ VVoM- 
ington County, Kentucky ; Together with a Few Remarks an the Early History qf 
tne Peter Family, and whatever other Information of Value concerning this Branch 
of the Name could be collected up to February 25, 1880. Compiled and Edited bj 
Frank V. Mc Donald, A. B., Harvard Law Student, Cambridge, Maai. 
Cambridge : John Wilson & Son, University Press. 1880. [Royal 4to. pp. 72.] 

A History of the Heard Family of Wayland, Mass. By John H. Edvtards. Illus- 
trated by Ueliotypes. [Motto.] Boston : Printed for Private Circulation. 1880. 
[8vo. pp. 61.] 

The Lathrop Family Tree, Collected and Arranged by John Lathrop, Bufialo, 
N.Y. [Broadside.] 

Dolor Davis. A Sketch of his lafe ; with a Record of his Earlier Descendants. 
By Horace Dayis. Printed for Pnvate Distribution. 1881. [8vo. pp. 46.] 

Paine Family Records : A Journal of Genealogical and Biographical Information 
respecting the American Families of Payne, Paine, Payn, dfc. New York : 1880. 
|8vo. pp. 202.] 

A Genealogical Register of the Descendants of Moses Cleveland of Wobum, Mass., 
an Emigrant in 1635 from England, with a Sketch of the Clevelands of Virgum 
and the Carolinas. By James Butler Cleveland, of Oneonta, N. Y. [Arms.] 
Albany, N. Y. : Munsell, Printer, 82 State Street. 1881. [Part 1. 8vo. pp. 4B.] 

The title of the first book on our list shows fully the contents of the volume. It 
is intended to present all that the author could obtain by the most assiduous re- 
search and correspondence concerning the genealogy of the various branches of the 
Morrisons in this country, and also concerning their Scottish ancestry. A pam- 
phlet on the last subject by Uapt. F. W. L. fhomas, R.N., vice-president of the 
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, entitled ** Traditions of the Morrisons,*' is re- 
printed, with a tew omissions, in full. The larger part of the book is devoted to 
the posterity of the Scotch Irish settlers of the name at Londonderry, N. U., of 
whom there were several. Their descendants have done honor to the sturdy race 
from which they descended. The work is a model of industry, and is arranged io 
a clear and intelligible manner, besides having excellent indexes. There are twen^ 
illustrations. One is a map of Londonderry, showing the residences of the Morri* 
son settlers and some of their descendants ; three are views of buildings, and the 
rest are portraits. 

The three books by Mr. McDonald on the McDonald family of Delaware, and the 
Peter family of Kentucky, do credit to the compiler. They contain much interest- 
ing biographical and genealogical matter relatmg to the branches of the two fieimi- 
lies to whi(;li they are devoted. They are well prepared and brought out in a fine 
style, with excellent portraits and other illustrations. 

The Heard family, recorded in the next book, is descended from Zachariah lleiird, 
who is found early in the last century in Cambridge, Mass., whence he removed to 
Wayland. The first portion of the book is devoted to biographical sketches, and 
this is followed by systematically arranged genealogy. Other matter connected 
with the family is appended. It is illustrated oy heliotype portraits. 

The Ljithrop Family Tree is well executed. The date of publication is not given, 
but it wiis probably in 1867, as we find it here stated that the lines given in this 
tree are ** believed to be complete to January, 1867.'* From this family are de- 
scended many eminent men bearing this and other surnames. President Grant and 
Motley the historian are siid to be descendants, and so is Gen. Benedict Arnold. 

The Davis genealogy is by the Hon. Horace Davis, of San Francisco, a member of 
Congress from California in the forty -fifth and forty-sixth Congresses. We can tes- 
tify to the thorouirhness with which he has made his researches into the history of 
Dolor Davis, his immigrant ancestor. He gives 27 pages to his biography, most 
of which has never l>efore appeared in print, and he nas cleared up many oiiacure 
points about this subject. No attempt is made to give a complete genealogy, but 
what is given is full and precise as to names and dates, and is clearly ananged. 



1881.] Recent Publications. 209 

The first Tolame of the Paine Family Records has, since oar last notice of this 
quarterly periodical (Rigister, zxxit. 234) , been completed by the publication of 
two more numbers (the seventh and eighth for May and August), a title-page and 
lery fall indezee. Thepublication of this work was commenced in November, 1878, 
by Dr. Paine, of New York city, who had before issued at Albany, 1857-59, eight 
numbers of a similar work. The January number of a new volume has since been 
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Nebemiab Cleveland, LL.D., assisted by his brother-m-law, Rev. Oliver A. Taylor, 
uidertook to prepare such a work. Their materials have been placed by these fam- 
ilies in the hands of the compiler of the present work, and they nave probably assist- 
ed him materially in his labors. This number contains an account of the origin of 
the name and the early generations of the descendants of Moses^ Cleveland. The 
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Deaths. 



[April. 



DEATHS. 



Bradstreet, Samuel, died in Charles- 
town District, Boston, Feb. 8, 1881, 
aged 68. He was the only survivinff 
child of Samuel Harris and Elizabeth 
(Wold) Bradstreet, and was born in 
Oharlestown June 22, 1812. He was 
a^ descendant in the seventh genera- 
tion from Gov. Simon Bradstreet (see 
Register, viii. 317) . 

Chase, Mrs. Sarah (Blunt), died at 
Port'^mouth, N. H., July 19, 1880, in 
the 86th year of her age. 

She was the second daughter of 
Robert Blunt, of Newcastle, N. H., 
and Elizabeth Sherburne, his wife. 
She was born March 9, 1795. On the 
11th of October, 1824, she was mar- 
ried to William Chase, son of Stephen 
Chase, Esq.. of Portsmouth, and him- 
self a merchant of the old seaport, 
and by his death, Aug. 30, 1834, sur- 
vived her husband forty-six years. 

During this period of nearly half a 
century, Mrs. Chase lived in the old 
house, so long the dwelling of her 
huslxind's family, upon Court Street, 
in Portsmouth. Amiable, afifectionate 
and devout, she cultivated through 
her long life every christian courtesy. 
Cheerful in disposition and charitable 
in word and deed, she was hospitable 
and considerate of all. 

By her death the last remaining 
link was broken which connected the 
descendants of Rev. Stephen Chase, 
of Newcastle (H. U. 1728), and of his 
son Stephen, of Portsmouth (H. U. 
1764), with the old homes of their 
race in these ancient towns. 

Kidder, Andrew Bradshaw, in Somer- 
ville, Mabs.. Feb. 25, 1881, aged .71 
years 1 month. 

Oswald, Miss Ann L., died in Phila- 
delphia, Feb. 4, aged 91. The Phila- 
delphia Sunday Dispatch, Feb. 6, 
gives this account of her : 

** She was the daughter of Colonel 
Eleaziir Oswald, who, during his time, 
was one of the most prominent men in 
Philadelphia. An Englishman, of a 
good family, he sympathized with the 
Americuns in the preliminary contro- 
versies with Great Britain before the 



Revolution. He came to America in 
1770. He served under Arnold in his 
invasion of Canada, vras captain at 
the capture of Ticonderoga, and led 
the forlorn hope at Quebec, where he 
was wounded in 1775. He was lieu- 
tenant-colonel of Lamb's Artillery 
Regiment in 1777, was commended by 
Knox and Lee at the battle of Mon- 
mouth, and shortly afterward left the 
service, when he came to Philadelphia 
and established the Independent Gaza- 
teer, which, by his ability, he made 
the leading journal of the time. He 
entered into business as publisher and 
printer, and was public printer for the 
state of Pennsylvania. In 1789 he 
challenged Alexander Hamilton to fight 
a duel ; but the meeting was prevent- 
ed. In 1792 he was in England, went 
over to Prance, joined the French ar- 
niy, in which he fought as cnlooel 
of a regiment of artillery at the battle 
of Jemappee. Subfldiuently he re- 
turned to this country and died in 
New York [of yellow fever, Oct. 1], 
1795 [aged 401. Miss Oswald has pn)- 
bably left no living cotemporary who, 
like herself, was a connecting link be- 
tween the Revolutionary period and 
the second century of the republic." 

She was buried Feb. 8 in the family 
vault of John A. McAllister, Esq., at 
Woodlands Cemetery. 

Stone, Miss Lucy Hall, died in S>uth 
Boston, Mass., Dec. 15, 1880, in bcr 
90th year. She was a descendant of 
Gregory Stone, an early settler of Cam- 
bridge, and a daughter of Gregory and 
Lucy Stone, of Lincoln, Mass., where 
she was born July 14, 1791. 

Wkxtworth, Daniel,* in the line of 
Timothy,* Samuel,* Timothy,* and 
William,* at Berwick, Me., Dec. 12, 
1880, in his 86th year. He died upon 
the farm where he was bom^ and 
where his father and grandfather were 
born and died, and which Timothy* 
bought of Edward Toogood in 1705. 
He was the last to die of the descend- 
ants of Elder William VVentworth the 
emigrant, in the male line of the fif^b 
generation. 



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JULY, 1881. 



THE REV- SAMUEL CUTLER, 

HiSTORIOGRAPHBR OF THE NsW ENGLAND HISTORIC, GeKEAXOOICAL 

SooiBTr. 

By the Rer. James M. Gray, Boston, Mass. 

THE family to which Mr. Cutler belonged was of puritan stock. 
His emigrant ancestor, John Cutler, originally of Hingham, 
England, appears among the persecuted adherents of one Rev. Rob- 
ert Peck, who ^ sold their possessions for half their value, and in 
1637 removed with him to New England, and named the place of 
their settlement after their natal town." On his mother's side Mr. 
Cutler's lineage was coincident with that of the family of Hutchin- 
son, which early attained so prominent a place in both the political 
and religious history of this country. Thomas Hutchinson, the 
great uncle of Mr. Cutler, a graduate of Harvard, was governor of 
the province of Massachusetts Bay in 1771, after having held the 
offices of speaker of the General Court, Lieut. Governor and Chief 
Justice. He in turn was the fourth remove from the celebrated 
Anne Hutchinson, daughter of the Rev. Francis Marbury, bom in 
Alford, Eng., in 1591, but who, becoming interested in the preach- 
ing of John Cotton and of her brother-in-law John Wheelwright, 
followed the former to this country with her husband in 1634. 

Samuel Cutler, the subject of this memoir, was born in Xewbu- 
ryport, Mass., on the 12ch of May, 1805. His father was for 
many years a merchant in that city, president of an insurance com- 
pany, and warden of the Protestant Episcopal Church, to which he 
was much attached. At fourteen years of age Samuel entered a 
store as clerk, but upon attaining his majority removed to Portland, 
Me. , forming a copartnership in the dry goods business. In that 
city he continued to reside for a period of eight years. Here it was, 
to use his own expression, that ^ the Holy Spirit was exercised with- 
in him, giving him a more correct and exalted idea of God than he 
had ever entertained." It was the earnest gospel-preaching and con- 
eistent living of the consecrated and renowned Dr. Edward Payson, 
which under God brought about this happy change. Whoever 
you XXXV. 19 



214 The Rev. Samuel Cutler. [July, 

knew both Dr. Payson and Mr. Cutler, must have been able to 
distinguish many traits in the one which reminded them of the 
other. Comparing Dr. Cummings's memoir of Edward Pajrson 
with Mr. Cutler's private journal, I have been astonished at the sim- 
ilarity. The former in character and service was a noble model, 
the latter a worthy copy. 

The second copartnership which Mr. Cutler had formed in Port- 
land expired in February, 1834, at which time he came to Boston, 
connecting himself as partner with the importing and jobbing firm 
of Edward Clarke & Co., the relation being finally dissolved in 
1837-8. And now arrived the second important epoch in his his- 
tory. His heart had long said, ** You may be useful as a minister of 
Jesus ;" and he now thought he heard God's voice proclaiming ^ ThU 
%8 the way, walk ye in it.^* The question of duty sorely troubled 
him. Flattering openings appeared in commercial life, and indica- 
tions were not wanting that such might be his proper sphere. He 
deprecated what he regarded as his few attainments and meagre abil- 
ity, but the call of God could not be disregarded. " Can I prepare 
myself for the ministry?" he inquired ; to this the answer came, "If 
God has called you. He will enable you to prepare yourself; the 
five loaves will increase in the distribution ; the one talent may be 
multiplied if improved ; go on, and trust in the Lord." He went 
on. After mudi reflection, conferring only with his wife, and seek- 
ing the direction of Him without whose aid all our consultations 
are little worth, he came to his decision. ''I trust," he writes, 
"that it is a correct decision, — and if so, may God give me grace 
to engage earnestly and perseveringly and prayerfully in the work 
of preparation for the ministry ; if in that ministry He will be 
pleased to make me an instrument of promoting His glory and of 
saving souls." How faithfully this prayer was answered and the 
work performed, scores of the redeemed declare, some in heaven 
and some on earth. 

On May 12th, 1841, Mr. Cutler was ordained in St. Paul's 
Church in Boston to the Diaconate by the Rt. Rev. Bishop Gris- 
wold of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In the following year he 
was ordained a Presbyter in St. Andrew's Church, Hanover, Masi., 
to the Rectorship of which he had been called. In this latter or- 
dination, Bishop Griswold was assisted by the Rev. John Woartof 
Christ Church, Boston, and the Rev. Thomas M. Clarke, then 
Rector of Grace Church, and now Bishop of Rhode Island. Mr. 
Cutler remained at Hanover more than thirty years ; which fact 
alone is more emphatic than any language possibly could be, in 
demonstration of the high value that his people placed upon his 
labors, and of their deep and abiding attachment to him as a man. 
His resignation in 1872 was accepted with unfeigned sadness. His 
departure from Hanover was a loss sustained not by his parish alone, 
but by the community at large. The "Abington Standard" of 



1881,] The Rev. Samuel Cutler. 215 

April, 1872, doubtless truthftilly expressed the feelings of its read- 
ers, when, in an extended notice of Mr. Cutler's work of thirty 
years, it testified that he *' was universally respected and beloved ; 
that the impress of his ministry would not soon be effaced ; that he 
would be foUowed by many good wishes, and long be held in re- 
spectful and affectionate remembrance." 

The fall of 1877 brought together in the city of Boston the Tri- 
etmial Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In some 
respects this was the most notable gathering in the history of that 
body. It witnessed the conclusion of the warmly contested battle, 
which had been waged within its communion between the high and 
the low Church parties for nearly or quite a quarter of a cen- 
tury. ^ The result of that long war was victory all along the line 
for the ritualistic advance," wrote John Henry Hopkins, D.D., 
one of the boldest and ablest representatives of the High Church 
party. "A victory so complete," he adds, "that the renewal of 
hostilities hereafter is hopeless." This the writer considers apparent 
even to a superficial observer ; and men of Mr. Cutler's mould, 
therefore, felt that there was no longer a place within the Protest- 
ant Episcopal Church where they could honestly labor. His views 
of the truth were acquired in the extreme evangelical school. Was 
it not natural that he should look with dismay at what he considered 
to be a deflection in the Church of his love? In fact, this was the 
miderl3dng cause of his resignation at Hanover, to which we have 
just referred. He was relieved, and his mind brought to a point 
however, by the result of this convention of 1877, when, after long 
and prayerful deliberation, he resigned his oflSce as presbyter in the 
Protestant Episcopal Church. Hard was the struggle, bitter the 
anguish it cost, but "in the spirit with which John Winthrop 
and his Puritan companions, before leaving Yarmouth in 1630 for 
these western shores, bade an affectionate adieu to the Church of 
England, trusting in God to be with and to guide them, so with the 
prayer that the divisions and compromises in the Protestant Episco- 
pal Church might be overruled for the glory of God, he said, 
fiu-ewell ! " 

More than three score years and ten of his life had now been 
•pent. Unremittingly he had wielded the Sword of the Spirit in the 
defence of the Truth for a third of a century. He carried the marks 
of conflict. Might he not have retired in glory and rested in peace ? 
No one could have gainsay ed such an act. But his work was not 
done. Coke at the age of seventy started to Christianize India ; 
might he not as well have yet a task to perform ? The Reformed 
Episcopal Church, organized by the more aggressive and zealous of 
his earlier colleagues, had been in existence three years. It was a 
strictly Protestant liturgical church ; canonically free from roman- 
izing errors, with an open pulpit, and sacramentarianism expunged. 
It was indeed — as he diought — the church of his fathers, the jrro- 



216 The Rev. Samuel Cutlet. [July, 

testant Episcopal Church of fifty years ago I Its establishment in 
this, the intellectual and mercantile centre of New England, at once 
became the darling and holy ambition of his life. By the help of 
God he would give to it the benefit of his name, his experience and 
his faith I The history of his subsequent cfioits in Boston may be 
briefly narrated. On the 13th of November, 1877, his letter of 
resignation to the Bishop of this Diocese, appeared in print. On 
the Advent Sunday following, with a little band of devoted adher- 
ents, he inaugurated public services in the Freeman Place Chapel, 
under the constitution and canons of the Reformed Episcopal 
Church. This action is regai*ded as the crowning act of his life, the 
cap-sheaf of his history I In many respects it partook of the char- 
acter of true heroism. Friends were few, and foes were many, but 
the invincible faith of Samuel Cutler neither required the encour- 
agement of the one, nor was dismayed by the derision of the 
other. He gave no heed to opposition. In the consciousness (rf 
right he was content, if need be, to stand alone I During the two 
years in which he served as pastor of this little flock, his task was 
that of a conservator rather than a promulgator of their particular 
views, and when eighteen months ago, at his own request, his suc- 
cessor appeared, as the work began to develop and promise a hap- 
py result, he felt that at last he might die. His language was then, 
" Lord, now let thy servant depart." The day of happy release soon 
came. In the early spring of last year he was attacked by disease 
of a rlieumatic nature, which defied the physician's skill. His 
death however was hastened, perhaps, by his own indisposition 
to remain. *' All the days of his appointed time would he wait till 
his change came," but still he was anxious to go. "Why tarry so 
the chariot wheels?" he said ; " Come quickly. Lord Jesus, come I" 
It was just before dawn on the morning of the 17th of July, 1880, 
that his spirit departed. The closing days and hours of his life were 
spent in testifying to the power and goodness of God. His suffer- 
ing was at times severe, yet not a murmur escaped ; the Atonement 
of Christ was the theme of his thought ; he often rehearsed the 
promises ; his faith never failed. Triumphantly resigning his 
strongest and tenderest ties, he glided away without a fear or a 
doubt into the fathomless, measureless ocean of God. " He came to 
his grave like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season." He was 
ripe for the kingdom. Ripe in years, ripe in his worldly relations, 
ripe in the fulfilment of the happiest dream of his life. That life 
closed without a cloud, 

** As sets the morning star, which goes 
Not down behind the darkened West, nor bides 
Obscured among the tempests of the nky, 
But melts away into the light of Heaven." 

Mr. Cutler's influence extended greatly beyond his immediate 
circle of friends and acquaintances. He was a copious writer — tbs 



1881.] The Rev. Samuel Cutler. 217 

anther of eeveral tracts and larger devotioDal works, and a frequent 
contributor to the periodical press. Among the larger devotional 
books from his pen may be mentioned those entitled, *'The Name 
Above Every Name,'* and "The Work of the Holy Spirit;" being 
doctrinal and practical meditations for every day in the year. Both 
of them, recently revised, are published by the American Tract 
Society. He was a promoter of private and public charities; a 
director of the North End Mission ; interested in the American 
Bible and Tract Societies, the General Theological Library of Boston , 
and other similar institutions. 

On the 5th of November, 1869, he was admitted a resident mem- 
ber of the New England Historic, Genealogical Society, and the 
following year constituted himself a life member. He took an ac- 
tive part in the affairs of the society, and made frequent contribu- 
tions to the library. During the absence of the recording secretary 
from the United States, IVIr. Cutler was chosen secretary pro tern" 
pore, and performed the duties of that office from December, ISTS, 
to June, 1874. At the annual meeting, January 6, 1875, he was 
chosen historiographer to succeed the Kev. Dorus Qarke, D.D. 
TbiB office, for which he had peculiar qualifications, he held till his 
death, over five years and a half. In this time he wrote memorial 
sketches of more than one hundred and seventy-five deceased mem- 
bers, which were read at the monthly meetings of the society and after- 
wards printed in the Kegisteb. The readers of this work will 
agree with the writer, that they are models of concise biography, 
showing a painstaking accuracy and love of truth. 

Although Mr. Cutler was twice married, no living descendant sur- 
vived him ; his only child — a son, bom of his second wife — having 
died eleven years ago, at the age of thirty-three. The first marriage 
of Mr. Cuder took place August 31, 1829, with Julia A., daugh- 
ter of Levi and Lucretia Cutter, of the city of Portland, Maine. 
Hie second, June 19, 1833, with Elizabeth D., daughter of John 
and Deborah Gardner, of Exeter, N. H., who survives him. 

He was ever intensely active, earnest and aggressive in the cause 
of the Lord ; and like Hezekiah, ** in every work that he began in 
the service of God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered." 
And yet he was a man of great prudence. No one could imagine 
him hasty, or rash, or unwise. It was his habit to deliberate long ; 
to weigh cause and effect. He was conscientious to an extraordOi- 
nary degree. The paramount question with him was not, ** What is 
my policy?" but, " What is my duty ?" The personal sacrifice he 
made on leaving the old church to imite with the new, turned on a 
question of conscience ; so did his change from mercantile life to 
tiie humble and unremunerative work of the gospel. It would be 
almost superfluous to say to those who knew him that he was pure 
in his life. One can hardly conceive that he had ever an enemy, 
so considerate was he, and gentle^ and true ! He was open handed 

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218 Sudbury Documents. [Jnlyi 

in charity, adopting early in life a rule to which he ever adhered, 
of appropriating a certain part of his annual income to the senrice 
of God. As freely as he received he cheerfully gave. ^In water- 
ing others/' he said ** he became watered also himself." He wai 
broad in spirit. Like the late Dr. Channing, whom in many re- 
spects he greatly revered, he distrusted sectarian influence. Ho 
never sympathized with modem high church views, and always held 
to the validity of the Christian ministry and ordinances as adminis- 
tered in Protestant churches of other names than his own* He was 
firm in the truth. Modem speculation never disturbed him so fiff 
as his own hope was concerned. He knew whom he believed. 
He was saddened by the rationalism and infidelity of the day be- 
cause of their effect upon others ; but as for himself he ever re- 
tained his hold upon the truth as to the Tri-unity of God, the neces- 
sity of the Atonement, the plenary Inspiration of the Scripturee, and 
Justification by Faith. These were the foundation stones of hia qii- 
ritual building, than to deny which he would sooner have parted widi 
his life I He was not only firm in the truth, but steadfast in faitL 
Faith in his Saviour's ability and readiness to pardon his sin ; fiuth 
in the superintending Providence of God ; faitL in the fulfilment of 
His every promise. Faith which produced a childlike submission, 
a patient endurance, an ever hopeful anticipation. ^ I have faith to 
believe," was his favorite, and perhaps most frequently uttered re- 
mark. It was that faith which grandly sustained him and encour- 
aged others in the work of the gospel. It has found its reward, bl 
US hope, in the fulfilment of its own holy desires. 



SUDBURY DOCUMENTS. 

Commanicated by William B. T&abx, Esq., of Boston. 

THE two papers, copied from the original, which follow, 
consider to be of great importance, as they give additional 
light and information in regard to the Sudbury fight in 1676, which 
has been discussed in the pages of the Registrr by the Hon. 
George S. Bout well, and by a Committee of the Society, chosen in 
1866, consisting of Frederic Kidder, Esq., and Gen. Adin B. 
Underwood. See Beoisteb, xz. 135, 341. 

Sudbwnfi Account ofhts€$ — 1676. 

An Accompt of Lease Susteined by Severall Inhabitants of y* towne of 
Sudbury by y« Indian Enemy y« 21*^ Aprill 1676. 

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Mary Bacon formerly y* Relict of Ensigne Noyes . 140: 00: 00 

Thomas Plympton ISO: 00: 00 

Deacon John Haines 180:00:00 



1881.] 

Seij : Jotiah Haines 
Ckp^: James Pendleton 
John Goodenow • 
William Moores 
Edward Wright • 
Elias Ke jes 
John Smith 
Samaell How 
IT Pelham 
M^ Thomas Steevens 
Oorporall Henry 
John Allen 
James Rosse 
John Groat jnn' 
nomas Rice 
Widd Whale 
Henry Cartice 
John Brewer 
Jacob Moores 
Henry Loker 
Joseph ffireeman 
Joseph Graves 
Peter King 
Widd Habgood 
Benjamin Crane 
Thomas Wedge 
John Blanford 
lliomas Brewes 
Bichard Bark 
Thomas Beade 



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Besides y* nncoyering y* Many hoases & Barnes, d; some hundreds of 
Acres of lands which lay unimproyed for feare of y* Enemy to Oar greate 
lossdi Damage. 



Sudbwnfs PetUion to the General Court, 1676. 

To y* Hon*'* y* Govemo' Dep* Grovemo' Magistrates & Deputies of y* 
Gen" Court assembled at Boston y* 11*^ Octob' 1676 

The hum*^ Petition of yo': poore distressed Inhabitants of Sudbury 
Hnmb Sheweth 

That whereas yo' impoverished Petition" of Sadbury have received in* 
lelligenoe of a large contribution sent out of Ireland by some pious, & well 
aflfected psons for y* releife of theire brethren in New-England distressed 
by y* hostile intrusion of y* Indian Enemy, and that upon this divers dis- 
tressed townes have presented a list of theire losses Susteined by fireiog di 
plundering of theire Estates. Let it not seeme presumption in yo' poore 
Petition" to p*'sent a list of what Damages we sustained by y* Enemies 
altanpts hopeing that o' lott will be to be considered among Our bretheren 



220 Sudbury Documents. [Julyt 

of y* tribe of Joseph, being encouraged by an act of Our Hon*'* Gren" 
Court, that those who have Susteined considerable damage should make 
addresse to this p'sent Session. And is there not a reason for Our releifs ? 
Not onely by reason of Our greate losses, but also for Our Service pform- 
ed in repelling y* Enemy: let y* Most High have y* high praise due unto 
him, but let not y* unworthy Instruments be forgotten. Was there with Vs 
any towne so beset since y* warr began with twelve, or fourteene hundred 
fighting men, various Sagamores from all Parts with theire men of Armes 
& they resolved by Our mine to revenge y* releife which Our Sudbury Vol- 
unteers afifoarded to distressed Malbrough in slaying many of y* Enemy & 
repelling y* rest. The strength of Our towne upon y* Enemy's approach- 
ing it consisted of Eighty fighting men. True, many houses were fortified, 
& Garrison 'd & tymously after y* Enemy's invasion, Sb fireing some Volun- 
teers from Watertown, & Concord & deserveing Cap* Wadsworth with his 
force came to Our releife, which speedy & Noble service is not to be for- 
gotten. The Enemy well knowing Our grounds, passes, avenues, and situ- 
ations had neare surrounded Our towne in y* Morning early (Wee not 
knowing of it) till discovered by fireing severall disserted houses : the Enemy 
with greate force & fury assaulted Deacon Haines' house well fortified yet 
badly scituated, as advantagous to y* Enemy's approach & dangerous to y* 
Bepellant, yet (by y* help of God) y* Grarrison not onely defended y* place 
fr6 betweene five or six of y* clock in y* Morning till about One in y* After* 
uoone but forced y*' Enemy with considerable slaughter to draw-o£P. 

Many Observables worthy of Record hapned in this assault. Vizt: That 
noe man or woman seemed to be possessed with feare : Our Garrison-men 
kept not within their Garrisons, but issued forth to fight y* Enemy in their 
sculking approaches : We had but two of Our townes men slaine, & y* by 
indiscretion, none wounded ; The Enemy was by few beaten out of houses 
which they had entered & were plundering. And by a few hands were 
forced to a running flight which way they could : y* spoyle taken by them 
on y* East side of y* river was in greate p'* recovered. 

Furthermore pmitt yo' hum**^* Petitcon" to present a second Motion, 
And let it be acceptable in y* eyes of this Our Grand Court Vizt : 

That whereas by an Act of Our late Gen" Court Ten rates are leavied 
upon Our towne amonting unto 20tf ** : (as appeareth p warrant from Our 
Treasurer, which said sum was leavied by Our Invoyce taken in y* yeare 
before Our greate damage susteyned. It is y* humble & earnest request of 
yo' Petition" to commisserate Our Condition in granting to vs some abate- 
ment of y* said sum, for y* ensueiug considerations. Vizt flirst Our towue 
to pay full for theire estates then taken, which in greate pte they have now 
lost by y* Enemy's invasion may seem not to savour of pitty no not of 
equity. Secondly if y* service pformed at Sudbury (by the help of y* Al- 
mighty) whereby y® Enemy lost some say 100, some 105, some 120 and 
by that service much damage prevented from hapning to other places 
where by y' Country in generall was advantaged, reason requires some fa- 
vourable consideration to yo' servants of Sudbury. For if it be considered 
what it hath cost Our Country in sending out some forces some of which 
pties have not returned with y' certaine uewes of such a number slaine as 
with us, is it not reason^** that this service soe beneficiall should not be con- 
sidered with some reward which may most easily be essected [f i^] by issue- 
ing forth an Act of yo' grace in a sutable abatem' of y* said sum leavied. 
With y' conferring of a Barrell of Powder & sutable shott in regaurd that 
yo' Petioners have spent not onely their owne stock of either, but much of 



1880.] Sudbury DocumeniB. 281 

7* Towne stock. To which humhle d; Equitahle Motions if Our hon^* 
G>art shall henignelj condescend Yo" will deepely Oblidge yo' humble 
Petitioners not onelj to pray for y* p'sence of y* Lord to be with yo** in 
all yo' arduous affaires wiUi the blessing of Thalmighty upon all yo' under- 
takeings bat shall for Fiver remaine To' humble Servants, 

£dm. Browne Peter noyes 

£dm Goodnow Jonathan Stanhope 

John GroYtt Edward wright 

John Haines Jebeth Browne 

Josiah Haynes John Grovt jun' 

Thomas Read Joseph Graves 

Peter King Tho: Walker 

John Rvter sen' John Blanford 

Joseph Noyes John Allen 

John Goodenow Henry CnrUs 

Matthew Gibs Jacob Moores 

Thomas wedge John Brewer 

Benjemen Crane James Ross 

Zacnah Maynoid Richard Burk 

Joseph : Moore John Smith 

John Parminter Thomas Breves 

Joseph parmenter Samuell How 

Henery Loker 

In Answ' to the Petion" fi>r Abatem* in their Last Ten Country Rates 
by reason of their Losses in Estates by the Com5 Enemy : wee vppon ex- 
ami finde y^ in their Last Assesm* their estats falls short 4***. 9*. : in 
their single Country Rate doe therfor Judge meet s** Towne of Sudbury 
be Allow'' £44: 10* out of their whole sume to their 10. Rates: & Re- 
ferring to their request for a Barrell of Powder &c. wee refer it to y* 
Courts determnacdn. 

William Parke 
Hugh Mason 
John Wayte. 

The Deputyes approue of the ret. of this Committee in Answer to this 
pet o' Hono^ magis^ Consenting hereto 

William Torret Cleric. 

25 October 1676. Consented to by y* magis". 

Edward Rawson SecrSy. 

[Endorsed :]— Sudbury's Petition.— Read w* the deputyes Read w*** the 
magis^ di Reffered to the Deputyes first to Ans' it : 

Edw Rawson sect'' p Curia— En* 34. 



222 Letter of Jean Mdscarene. [July, 



LETTER OF JEAN MASCARENE, 1687. 

Communicated bj SAmniL Bfbs Turner, A.M., of Baltimore, M<L 

iMUr to M, DevtBy his Attorney, written from the prison of the JSotei de VUBe^ 

JDecemher 1, 1687. 

[In the Reoisteb, vol. ix., pages 239-47, and vol. x., pages 
143-8, will be found some papers of the Mascarene family, with a 
tabular pedigree. The following letter of instructions and poem, 
in French, firom the same collection, have been translated and fur- 
nished us by Mr. Turner. This letter is mentioned in one from 
Paul Mascarene to a relative dated " London, 30th Sept. 1763," 
which is printed in the article first referred to above. Those who 
wish to know the later history of Jean Mascarene will find it in the 
letter of Paul. He was kept in prison till April, 1688, when he 
was carried to the frontiers of France and released, but forbidden 
to return to that country. He arrived in Geneva, April 10, 1688, 
from which place he removed to Utrecht, where he died April 6, 
1698, aged 38.— Editor.] 

Sir, 

I have cast my eyes upon you to pray yoa to defend my rights and 
put them in evidence , because I know of no attorney more enlightened by 
study and by experience, more honorable, or less likely to be influenced by 
an ill-governed and ill-advised religious zeal. 

I make professiou of the Reformed Religion, and I am in prison accused 
of having violated the edict of the King, which forbids his subjects to de- 
part the kingdom. 

2. I was arrested at Agen the 20th or 2 let of February in the year 
1686 (my wife with me) by the Lt Chevalier de Gramond, lieutenant of 
dragoons, and conducted by him and several other officers, accompanied by 
soldiers, to the Logis de St. Jacques ; thence, after separation from my 
wife, I was led to the prison of the Presidial of Agen, with others that had 
been arrested. An hour later I was visited by a sergeant and a soldier of 
the Touraine regiment, who took my tablets from me after I had opened 
them in the presence of the goaler. There was nothing in the tablets but 
a bit of card board on which a diagram was drawn. These tablets were 
taken to the officers in command of the troops then in Agen. 

3. Two or three days afterward I was examined by an official in a gown, 
who was addressed as " Lieutenant of the Presidial of Agen." I appealed 
from him to my natural judge, but although I had determined not to an- 
swer any of his questions, I could not restrain myself when he showed me 
my tablets and I saw written in them a sonnet in the Gascon dialect in 
derision, as he said, of the conversions that were made. I presume that the 
officers of the Touraine regiment, through whose hands my tablets passed, 
had written it there. I contented myself with protesting that I had neither 
composed, written, read nor heard mention of the said sonnet, and that it 
had been foisted into my tablets after I had handed them over to the ser- 



1881.] Letter of Jean Mascarene. 223 

• 

geaot and soldier, as I called both them and the gaoler to witness. My 
protest was recorded upon the sonnet itself. 

4. After a second hearing, some twelve or fifteen days later, during 
which I kept urging my appeal, I was sent to Castres, together with M. 
Dupuy, now a prisoner in the Conciergerie under the same charge with me. 
He was arrested the same day that I was, and it was then that I made his 
acquaintance. 

After we had been some days in the prison of Latoucandiere at Castres, 
M. Barbara, the crhninal judge, proceeded to my hearing. 

5. He asked me if it were not true that I had left my house in Castres 
at the beginning of the summer of 1685, to go into the country. I replied 
that I had passed the summer with my wife at my farm near Angles, at- 
tending to my haying and harvesting, and enlarging my house, which had 
previously contained but one room, so as to pass comfortably one or two 
months there every summer. 

6. He asked me if after returning to Castres- towards the end of the 
lummer I had not again gone to my farm. I answered in the affirmative. 

7. He asked me why I had left my country house with my wife about 
the 10th or 12th of October, 1685. I answered that my wife was then 
pregnant, expecting to be confined in seven or eight days, and was much 
alarmed at the rumors current that Castres and Angles were to bo given 
up to the soldiery, as the neighboring towns had already been, and afraid 
that our house would be occupied by them. 

As it was impossible for me to reassure her, and I saw that her life and 
our child's life were in danger, I sought an asylum for her among some pea- 
sants in the* mountains near Nove, where we passed part of the winter. 
Here she was delivered of a male child, which was named Jean Paul Mas- 
carene (he is now at Castres). 

8. lie asked me why I had gone to Toulouse. I replied that the news 
that twenty of the Conismark {query, Konigsmark) regiment had sold my 
cottage and all the hay and straw on my farms, together with my furniture, 
and had been detailed in the night to arrest us, so increased my wife's fears 
that we were obliged to depart. This was the more necessary because we 
could no longer remain in that locality by reason of an ordinance of the 
Intendant which forbade harboring those of the Religion under the penalty 
of 600 livres fine. 

I said, moreover, that Article XII. of the edict of the King revoking the 
Edict of Nantes, gave us liberty to go into all the cities of the kingdom with- 
out molestation on occount of our religion. 

9. He asked me why I had not stayed at Toulouse, and why T had em- 
barked on the Garonne in the mail-boat. I answered that thinking it im- 
possible to remain in Toulouse with safety because I was well known there, 
I determined to go to cities where I was not known, where I could wait 
until it should please the King to ordain some abiding measures with refer- 
ence to his subjects of the Religion called Reformed, for although it 
was forbidden by his Majesty to disturb them, nevertheless some persons 
abused their power and seized the opportunity to persecute such as they 
had grudges against. That my wife could not then travel conveniently on 
horseback, because she was not fully recovered from an illness consequent 
upon her lying in, and hence I concluded to embark on the Garonne in the 
boat that runs regularly to Agen. Arrived at Agen I feared for my safety 
there, because I was known to Lt. de Romeus, a, native of Castres, who 
commanded the troops quartered in the city by virtue of senior Captaincy, 



224 Letter of Jean Mascarene* [Jolyi 

and because I saw several other officers who knew mj wife and mjael^ tod 
heard that people of the Religion had been arrested there. 

Thus I was compelled to embark at once on the boat for Bordeaux. Wa 
were no sooner aboard, than the Lt. Chevalier de Gramond accosted me and 
asked if I did not profess the Religion called Reformed. On my replying 
that I did, he commanded my wife and myself in the King's name to follow 
him, and we obeyed. 

10. M. Barbara, the criminal judge, then asked me explicitly if it were 
not true that I had intended to depart the kingdom. I replied that I loved 
my country too well to leave it, unless forced to do so. 

11. He next asked me if I had not planned with M. Dnpoy of Canr 
man, M. de Moulens and wife, the Lt Candier and wife, resident at Bruni- 
quet, three leagues from Montauban, and the Lt. Malabion (now at Oa»- 
tres), to depart the kingdom. To this question I replied in the n^ative^ 
and added that I did not know M. Dupuy or the Lt Candier or his wife at 
all, and that I only knew M. de Moulens and wife by sight — that the three 
former lived at the distance of nine or ten leagues from my place of reti* 
deuce, the latter at the distance of twelve or fifteen leagues. 

I acknowledged that on my arrival in Toulouse I had met the Lt de 
Malabion, who told me that he was bound to the fair at Bordeaux with the 
horse that he was then riding (the horse belonged to the judge, M. Bu^ 
bara). I was surprised afterwards to find the Lt de Malabion on the boat, 
and asked him what he had done with his horse. 

12. The judge next asked me what was my object in going to Bordeaax. 
I replied that I went because I could not safely remain at Agen, and was 
in hopes to pass a few days there unnoticed and in quiet, at least during the 
fair, which was to begin in seven or eight days. (I intended to stop in La 
Reale or elsewhere in case I found the safety and rest that I was seeking.) 

Four of my tenants from different farms testified that I set out from mj 
farm at Carrelle where I had passed the summer, but that they did not 
know whither I went One of them said that 1 set out in the night with 
my wife. My testimony in that regard you will find in section 7. 

Two of the town council of Angles testified that a sergeant and twenty 
soldiers of the Conismark (query, Konigsmark) regiment, in command of a 
commissioned officer, went to my farm at Carrelle, and that one of them on 
his return to Angles said that they had not found me. See again my testi- 
mony in section 7. 

A certain Darraquy tutor in a gentleman's family testified that when I 
was asked by the gentleman with whom he lived whether I would not change 
my religion, I replied that I was convinced of the truth of my religion and 
hoped to be faithful to it all my life. 1 not only admitted this fact to M. 
Barbara when he confronted me with this witness, but 1 told him that if he 
would take the trouble to ask me the same question, I should ever make 
the same reply. 

By Judgment rendered in the month of April, 1686, M. Dupuy and my- 
self were sentenced to the galleys for life, our property was confiscated and 
a fine of a thousand pounds imposed to be paid into the royal treasury. 

Later we had to appear before the Parliament of the Presidency of Tou- 
louse, and some days thereafter we were separated. M. Dupuy remained 
at the Conciergerie, while I was transferred to the prison of the II6tel de 
Ville, from which I write to you. 

A year after, viz. May 7th of the present year, 1687, we had a hearing at 
La Lelette, where the Councillors of the Chamber of Parliament asked me 



1881.] Letter of Jean Mascarene. 225 

■oine questions concerning the matters specified above, bat occupied most of 
the time of the hearing in discussing siffairs that have Dothing to do with 
<mr present business. 

Although my religion passes for a crime, and I know well that but 
for my religion I should not be in my present condition, I make bold to jus- 
tify this so-called crime, and choose rather to be the criminal that I am than 
to recover all that I have lost 

All discussion apart, I am persuaded of the truth of my religion, my con- 
•dence refuses what is offered me, and I have an uncontrollable aversion to 
hypocrisy. 

It is my opinion that all that can bring us to embrace any religion is the 
koowledge that we have of Grod and of what he has done for us, the love and 
gratitude that we feel towards him, our recognition and our love of truth, 
our fear of infinite and eternal misery, and our hope of perfect and eternal 
iiappiness. 

In all my hearings I omitted mention of an affair in which my wife was 
ooncemed, that gave us good reason to fear seizure and maltreatment. You 
will perhaps consider its bearing upon my case important, and hence it will 
not be improper for me to digress here. 

I married Marguerite de SsJavy three years ago. Four years ago a certain 
young man named Calvet gave her a blow in the public street. On account 
of this insult a warrant was issued for his arrest, and he was arrested and 
carried to the prison of La Tourcaudiere, where the relatives and friends of 
the said Mile, de Salavy, now my wife, were obliged to stand guard over 
him, because the gaoler would not be responsible for his safe keeping by 
reason of the insecurity of the prison and his fear of the said Calvet. He 
was tried before the proper officials at Castres, and sentenced to six years 
in the galleys. This sentence was about to be carried into execution, when 
by the decree of the Parliament, issued upon his appeal, it was commuted 
and he was sentenced to beg Mile. Salavy's pardon in her house at Castres, 
in the presence of such persons as she should choose, and was banished the 
dty and faubourgs for one year. 

The father of the said Calvet was consul of Castres in 1 685, when the soldiers 
came there, and as it was a time when those who had authority abused it to 
•aUsfy their private animosities, he boasted that the first fifty dragoons that 
entered Castres should be detailed to plunder our property and persecute us 
at our small farm at Carrelles, where we then were, and where our only 
shelter was one room. Picture to yourself the feelings of a woman ex- 
pecting to be confined in two or three days, on hearing such news as this. 

The same.Calvet was afterwards the cause of our quitting the place where 
my wife was brought to bed. He happened to meet on his road a man from 
the farms of Poussines, and inquired of him particularly my whereabouts, 
•aying that he was one of my intimate friends and wished to know where I 
was in order to offer me his services and pass a few days with me. We 
learned that he had gone to Castres to inform his father the Consul that all 
he had to do was to send the soldiers, and that they could not fail to secure 
our persons this time as they had failed before. He had already had the 
satisfaction of seeing our property seized and made away with. 

From the data that I have given you, and from the other points that shall 
be furnished if we have time, please make up a brief, putting all other busi- 
ness aside as long as necessary for attention to this, because the Procureur 
Greneral spoke to my Procureur, M. Manou, to-day, of bringing the case up 

TOL. XZXY. 20 



226 Letter of Jean Mascarene. [July, 

soon, and our trial may take place on Satnrday next Nevertheless, wa 
must take time enough to have the hrief printed and to distribute it 

If there is need of our having a personal interview, I beg you will come 
to see me here, assuring you that whatever time you employ in my behalf 
shall not be time lost to you. If there are any expenses to be met other 
than for the trial of the case, I pray you advise the bearer of this letter, for 
I am resolved to use all the influence of my friends and connections, all that 
I can claim of them and all that is left to me, to make good my defence, 
leaving the issue to the will of Grod. If I must suffer, I shall suffer more 
patiently knowing that I have not to blame myself for neglect in any re- 
specli To my thinking it is as much a man's duty to sacrifice his possessions 
to save his life, as it is to sacrifice both life and possessions to save his sooL 

I am. Sir, 
Your very humble and very obedient servant, 

Mascarene. 

I do not remember, Sir, that there was anything said in the course of 
my trial about the Lt. Calvet referred to in the summary that I sent you 
of my case, because it never entered my head that M. Barbara could im- 
pose any penalty upon me, and I was accordingly at no great pains to jus- 
tify my actions. If, however, you think that matter of some importance, I 
can prove what I advance as follows. 

It is on record that Lt. Calvet was consul in 1686. The reasons that 
he and his son had for ill feeling towards my wife and myself are evident 
from the sentence recorded in the ordinances of Castres, which condemned 
the latter to the galleys at the suit of Marguerite de Salavy, now my wife, 
and from the arrest of judgment upon his appeal recorded at the Chamber 
of Parliament, which changed the penalty and condemned him to ask her 
pardon, and to banishment for one year. The threats which he publicly 
made can likewise be proved. To the best of my recollection, when I sat 
in the prisoner's dock in the Chamber of Parliament on May 7th of the 
present year, 1G87; one of the judges asked a question that bore so directly 
upon this matter that I made mention of it ; but of this I cannot be sure. 

The Sr. Barbara condemned me on the presumption that my desire to 
go to the neighborhood of Bordeaux and my embarking on the Garonne 
were due to an intention to depart the kingdom. But my journey was 
made for another reason, and was due to the persecution of a private 
enemy. 

What right had he to condemn me out of his imagination ? Even if his 
theory had ground, it would be at most but putting it that I had the inten- 
tion of departing the kingdom, and I have always heard say that intentions 
are not punished in France. 

I was arrested at Agen forty or fifty leagues from the frontier; and you 
might say in the heart of the kingdom. Admitting that I had such inten- 
tion, I should have had plenty of time to change my mind, and might rea- 
sonably have done so, knowing as I did that even since the edict of the 
King revoking the Edict of Nantes, those who professed the Religion called 
Reformed could remain in all the cities of the kingdom without being mo- 
lesteil on account of their religion. There was nothing then to fear but 
the resentment of individuals and the malice of those who abused their 
power. 

It is clear that M. Barbara took part against me from the fact that when 
my three neighbors were brought to confront me (I think they were the 



188 1 .] Letter of Jean Mctscarene. 227 

first witnesses produced), it was discovered that he had coached their depo- 
sitioDs in his own words according to his own fancy, instead of using the 
words of the witnesses. When he read the deposition of the first witness, 
it was worded somewhat as follows : *' Such an one, shoemaker, deposes 
that Sr. Mascarene set out from his house in Castres to go to his country 
house in order not to change his religion according to the will of the King." 
The witness was much astonished and exclaimed that that was not what he 
had testified-^that he had said that I set out from Castres to go into the 
country with my family, but what the business was that called me away 
he did not know, not having the gift of divination so as to be aware of what 
passed in my mind. Sr. Barbara threatened in my presence to put him in 
irons and to hang him, but the witness persistedf and declared that though 
he should hang for it he would only testify to what he knew, whereupon 
Sr. Barbara corrected the record of his testimony. 

As he had treated the depositions of the other two witnesses in the 
same way (they were then waiting in another room in the prison), under 
pretence that my presence at the correction of the testimony of the first 
witness had annoyed him, he sent me into another room before calling them 
in. The record of their testimony afterward had uotliing to say as to the 
design with which I left Castres. 

The truth of what I affirm will appear from the erasures that will be 
found in the original trial papers. 

My name is Jean Mascarene. I am a native of Castres. At the time 
of my first hearing I was about twenty-six years old. I was twenty-seven 
years old the 26th day of April last. 

[The Metre is that of the Original.] 

CANTICLE COMPOSED IN TUE PRISON OF THE HOTEL DE VILLE 

IN 1687. 

Ob King of Kin^, oh Sovereign Power divine, 
In thee alone I trust. Thine ear incline, 
Show forth in me thy all resistless might 
Before thy foes, and shame them with the sight. 

And to my heart be ^iven 

Suutaining strength from heaven 

From thee, its very source, 

That neither trip nor fall 

Arrest my walk in all 

Yet left me of my course. 

My mid career of life they roughly stay 
And shut me from the blessed li^ht of day, 
And fouler means ere long they may employ 
To shake my courage and my faith destroy. 
Within these gloomy walls, 

Where everything appals. 

As through the dark I peer 

No hope can 1 descry. 

Each moment to my eye 

Presents new forms of fear. 

Weakness and error are within me met 
To turn me from the path that I have set. 
Deign with thy spirit so to point the way 
That nought can tempt my feeble steps astray. 

In thought of coming bliss 

May I lose sight of this, 



228 Marriages in West Springfield. [July, 

The world, which I reBign ; 
Though bound and eirt with ill, 
The marty's crown be still 
Held up to me— be mine. 

Well Satan knows that such a sacrifice 
From out his hands must snatch the wished-for prise. 
He bids me hence trans^ess my country *s laws. 
And thinks to filch the justice mm my cause. 

Oh, Lord, his plans confound 

And brins; them all to ground. 

The blindest then shallsee 

How thy pure, holy word 

Doth suffer wrong in me. 

Thee have I followed, thee would follow still. 
To live without thee have nor stren^h nor will. 
Behold thy creature *s cheerful offering, 
Peace, liberty and life, my all I bring. 

I know that but thy nod 

Thy power bounds. Oh God, 

And that thy providence. 

Though all mankind oppose, 

Can shield me from my foes. 

Secure me from offence. 

But though thy hand rend not this massy wall. 
Nor ope these doors, nor draw these bolts, but fall 
On me, and but strike off these galling chains 
To give in death release from all my pains. 

Yet let me not repine. 

Assist my strength with thine, 

Grant steadfast faith and bold, 

My trembling hope to stay, 

And on the awful day 

My constancy uphold. 



MARRIAGES IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 1774-1796. 

Contribated by Ltman H. Baoo, A.M., of New York, N. T. 
[Continued from toI. xxxl. page 284.] 

Noadiah Smith & Tirzah Taylor both of West Springfield were joined 
in Marriage 27»'» May 1787. 

Azahel Colton of Longmeadow & Sarah Lankton of West Springfield 
were joined in Marriage June 5, 1787. 

Stephen Bliss Junior of Wilhraham and Clara Leonard of West Spring- 
field were joined in Marriage June y* 7*^* 1787. 

Solomon Lee of Westfield and Anna Lamb of West Springfield were 
joined in Marriage 21 June 1787. 

The foregoing return of Marriages was made by Mr. Sylvanos Gris- 
wold. 

The Intention of Marriatje between Mr. John Lanckton and Mrs. Agnes 
Smith both of West Springfield was entered June 30*** and published July 
1, 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Stephen Olds & Rachel Church 
both of West Springfield was entered 30^^ June and published July 1, 1787. 



1881.1 Marriages in West Springfield. 229 

The iDteotion of Marriage between Doct' Seth Lathrop of West Spring- 
field & Miss Anna Abbott of Ellington was entered July 5^ & publish^ 
y' 8»^ 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Israel Lanckton of West Springfield 
and Elizabeth Bacon of Suffield was entered Aug. 3*^ and published the 4. 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Benjamin Lilie of Suffield & Anna 
Phillips of West Springfield was entered August 4'^ and published y* same 
Day 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Calvin Steward of Blandford and 
Eleanor Taylor of West Springfield was entered September 1"', 1 787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Charies McKinstry & Elizabeth 
Tavlor both of West Springfield was entered and published Septem' 16^ 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between James Rising Junior of West Suf- 
field and Sena King of West Springfield was entered September the 13^ 
1787 <& y' 16*^ of £e same Month published. 

The Intention of Marriage between Thomas Taylor & Clarissa Bags 
both of West Springfield was entered Septem' 15*^ & published the 16^ 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Joseph Rice of Oranby in Con- 
necticut & Miss Abigail Smith of West Springfield was entered & publish- 
ed September 28**^ 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Daniel Babcock of Middlefield & 
Jerusha Taylor of West Springfield was entered Septem' 5*^ 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Rau^ford Rogers of Morris town 
in New Jersey and Belinda Flower of West Springfield was entered Octo- 
ber the 13»»* & published y« 14. 1787, 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Abner Miller of West Spring- 
field and Miss Lois Edwards of Northampton was entered and published 
Octo'y* 29"» 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Isaac Morley and Elizabeth Stock- 
well both of West Springfield was entered Nov' 10. & published the 11*^ 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Eli Ball and Lucy Worthington 
both of West Springfield was entered November 22** & published y* 25. 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Abraham Ripley & Phebe Bliss both 
of West Springfield was entered November 22^ & published y* 2b^^ 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between William Alley and Martha Bags 
both of West Springfield was entered Nov' 30*^* & published December 2^ 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Seth Adams and Miss Lydia 
Taylor both of West Springfield was entered Dec' 1. and published y* 2* 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Capt. John Williston and Mrs. Sarah 
Horsford both of West Springfield was entered Dec' 1. and published y* 
2* 1787. 

Tlie Intention of Marriage between Charles Ball Jun' and Merah Miller 
both of West Springfield was entered December 5"* & published y* 10*** 
1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Elisha Fowler of West Springfield 

VOL. xzxv. 20* 



230 Marriages in West Springfield. [Joly, 

and Olive Woodward of Worthington was entered Decf 8*^ and published 
the 16»»» 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Isaac Bearde & Sarah Pepper 
both of West Springfield was entered and pablished Jan. 3' 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Abner Ferre of Little Hoosuck h 
Tirzah Chapin of West Springfield was entered Jan^ 3' & pablished the 
6'*^ 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Aaron Bush of Westfield and Mar- 
tha Judd of West Springfield was entered Jan^ 10^ and published the 13^ 
1788. [M. Feb. 4.] 

The Intention of Marriage between Simon Brooks of West Springfield 
and Hannah Owen of Southampton was entered January 18th and pub- 
lished the 20«» 1788. 

Return of Mr. Lathrop. 

Ithamar Jones & Thankful! Day were joined in Marriage February 21, 
1787. 

Heindrick Wilner of Springfield and Mary Hayward of West Springfield 
were joined in Marriage March 22, 1787. 

Stephen Day and Sophia Bagg both of West Springfield were joined in 
Marriage July 12, 1787. 

Luke Parsons Jun' Sl Esther Jones both of West Springfield were jdn- 
ed in Marriage Sept. 27, 1787. 

Thomas Taylor & Clarissa Bagg both of West Springfield were joined 
in Marriage Nov' 1, 1787. 

Calvin Steward of Blandford and Eleanor Taylor of West Springfield 
were joined in Marriage Nov' 8*** 1787. 

Daniel Babcock of Middlefield and Jerusha Taylor of West Springfield 
were joined in Marriage Decern' 4, 1787. 

William Alley and Martha Bagg both of West Springfield were joined 
in Marriage December 17*** 1787. 

Cap" Jn** Williston & Mrs. Sarah Horsford both of West Springfield 
were joined in Marriage December 20, 1787. 

Charles Ball junior & Merab Miller both of West Springfield were join- 
ed in Marriage Feb^ 4, 1788. 

Silence Day Daughter of Eli Day and Lydia Day was bom January the 
first 1787. 

The Intention of Marriage between David Remington of West Spring- 
field and Lovisa Hockum of Westfield was entered February the 9*** and 
published the same Day 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Justin Day of Essex a Town in the 
State of Vermont and Rhoda Day of West Springfield was entered Feby. 
9*** and published the same Day. 

The Intention of Marriage between Cap" [Preserved?] Leonard of West 
Springfield and Mrs. Mary Harrad (I suppose Harwood) of WestfordwM 
entered March 1" and published y* 2^ 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Heman Worthington & Martha 
Barber both of West Springfield was entered March the first & published 
the 2^ 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Frederick Palmer & Abigail M*In- 
tier both of West Springfield was entered March 9*** & published the 10* 
1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Grove Barker and Persia Miller 
both of West Springfield was entered March 15^ and published. 



1881.] Marriages in West Springfield. 231 

The Intention of Marriage between Jeremiah Carrier Junior of West 
Springfield and Sarah Ball of Northampton was entered March 18^^ and 
published the 23, 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Jonathan Church of Springfield & 
Theodosia Morlej of West Springfield was entered April 5^ & published 
the sixth 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Julius Appleton and Delight Mor- 
gan both of West Springfield was entered April 19^ & published the 20*^ 
1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Charles Hart •& Margaret Cooper 
both of West Springfield was entered April 25^ & published the 26^ 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Daniel Day & Ali Granger both of 
Wt. Springfield was entered May 3. & published y* 4^ 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Thomas Bagg of West Spring- 
field & Eunice Sackett of Westfield was entered May the 10^ & published 
the 11«»* 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Henry Rogers Jun' and Rebekah 
Day both of West Springfield was entered May 17, and published the 18, 
1788. 

Daniel Ashley son of Lt. Benj.* Ashley & Mrs. Ruth Ashley was bom 
May 12*»» 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between n Billings of Conway and Caro- 
lina Adams of West Springfield was entered July — & published the 20^^ 
1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Dudly Lamb of West Springfield and 
Rhoda Lee of Westfield was entered and published the 25^*^ October 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Perez Mirrick and Hannah Williston 
both of West Springfield was entered September 20'*^ & published the 21. 
1788. 

I do hereby certify that on the 23d Day of Sept' 1788 David Smith & 

Clarissa Day both of South Hadley were joined in lawful Marriage by me. 

Attest Justin Ely Justice of the Peace West Springfield April, 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between of West Springfield & Sarah 

Weller of Westfield was entered Nov' 22<* & published y« 23^ 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Cap" Joseph Day of West Spring- 
field & Mrs. Lob Lyman of Northampton was entered Nov' 21. & publish- 
ed the 23. 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Anson Williston of Springfield & 
Chloe Nelson of West Spriugfield was entered y* 20"* Novem' & published 
y* 23«» 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Daniel Ely and Joanna Day both of 
West Springfield was entered October 4"* and published the 5*** 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Elijah Rogers and Lucy Smith both 
of West Springfield was entered the 28*** November & published y* 30*** 
1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between Israel Williston jun' & Sophia Day 
both of West Springfield was entered the 29^ November & published the 
30^ 1788. 

The Intention of Marriage between John Lee of West Springfield & 
Hannah Ward of Blandford was entered January the 23^ and published 
the 25«»» 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Charles Leonard and Mercy Rem- 
ington both of West Sprin^eld was entered February 7^ & published the 
8*1789. 



9S2 Maj. Robert Pikers Land in Salisbury. [July, 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Sjlyanus Collins Griswold of 
Suffield and Miss Elizabeth Pheland of West Springfield was entered 
March 7"^ 1789 & published the 8**^ next following. 

William Mumford & Lucy Horton both of West Springfield the Inten- 
tion of Marriage between them was entered March 21'' & published y* 22* 
1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Justin Leonard and Theodosia Leon- 
ard both of West Springfield was entered March 28'^ & published the 
29^ 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Ezekiel Kent & Desirable Allen 
both of West Springfield was entered September the 26^ & published the 
27'»^ 1789. 

The following persons were married on the Day of the Date affixed to 
their respective names. 

Justin Day of Essex in Vermont and Rhoda Day of West Springfield^ 
Feb^ 16, 1788. 

Simon Brooks of West Springfield and Hannah Owen of Southampton 
Feb^ 21, 1788. 

Abner Ferry of Little Hoosuck and Tirzah Chapin of West Springfield 
March 3, 1788. 

Grove Barker & Persis Miller both of West Springfield April 3, 1788. 

Daniel Day & Abi Granger both of West Springfield, May 18, 1788. 

Henry Rogers Jun' and Rebecca Day both of West Springfield June 
12, 1788. 

Perez Mirick and Hannah Williston of West Springfield Sept. 30, 1788. 

Daniel Ely and Joanna Day both of West Springfield Octo' 15, 1788. 

William Brewster & Sarah Williston both of West Springfield Nov' 20, 
1788. 

Israel Williston Jun' & Sophia Day both of West Springfield Decern' 17, 
1788. 

Elijah Rogers & Lucy Smith both of West Springfield Dec' 25, 1788. 

Charles Hart & Margaret Cooper both of West Springfield March 12, 
1789. By me J. Lathrop. 

[To be contlnaed.] 



MAJOR ROBERT PIKE'S LAND IN SALISBURY. 

Communicated by William B. Trask, Esq., of Boston. 

THE Deposition of Richard Smith aged 53 y"or upwards & John Pres- 
see aged 55 y" is as ffolloweth 
Namely that in or about the y' 1650 or 51. we these deponants did arive 
heere in this Country: & Towne of Salsbury w*^ o' mast' Maj^ Robert Pike 
w"* whome we y' yeare came from England ; & dwelt w'** him many years 
after not less than 10 or 12 concernwl in it and about his affaires & busi- 
ness, <fc in all y' time nor since till of late did we ever heare it Questioned 
about the fflatts & meadow below nf Hooks by merrimack River between 
Munduys Creek & Hogg house creeke but y* it was alwayes called the ma- 
jors <\: no bo<lyes elce ic it was by him & his order used occupyed possessed 
& peceiibly & quietly enjoyed w"*out any disturbance that ever we saw or 
heard of we farther say that when we came into the Country ther was a 



1881.] I^anuu Sharp's Letter from England, 1632. 233 

good rajle fence that did fence y* meadow & some upland of the majors 
that was next it into a pasture were he made use of both for fPeeding dc 
mowing as it was capable or as he saw occasion it was fed by milch cows 
oxen & other cattell of his & by* his order w'^out controle or Question we 
fitrther Tesify that the bounds of the pasture as then bounded was merri- 
mack River in p* southerly mundays creek esterly & land called Blasdells, 
Rings d; morreUs or neer to it westerly & the fence went downe upon the 
northward side next the upland of John Rolfe & others & so came east- 
ward to the head of the s^ mundays creeke where it stood many years after 
we came. 

We do farther Testify that much of it toward Merrimack River & mun- 
days creeke was then such as was of litle value for either mowing or feed- 
ing not capable of yeilding befiefitt for severall years thd now £Eir other 
wise We farther testify that the cows were milked in the fore mentioned 
pastare both evening & morning by Sarah Browne then servant in the 
honse with us. 

They &rther add that during theyr service d; aboad w*'^ majr Pike they 
had good occation & reason to observe & they never knew that any p'son 
made any use of the s' flatts but by maj' Pikes order or leave & that they 
know that this is the land at present in controv'sy between Maj' Pike de 
Samuel weed. 

Sworne by both in Court at Newbury Sep' 27*** 1693. 

p Steph Sewall Cler. 
Copia vera Examined. 

Stephen Sewall Cler. 

[Endorsed:] Smith & Presse (No: 21) 



THOMAS SHARP'S LETTER FROM ENGLAND, 1632. 

Commanicated by William B. Trask, Esq., of Boston. 

THOMAS SHARP was one of the eighteen Assistants of the 
Massachusetts Company, who were chosen to that office, Oct. 
20, 1629. Among them were Sir Richard Saltonstall, Mr. Isaac 
Johnson, Mr. John Endecott, Mr. John Humfry, which four gen- 
tlemen, with Mr. John Winthrop, were the same day put in nom- 
ination for the important position of Governor of the Company, 
preparatory to the government being transferred to New England. 
The Court ** having received extraordinary great commendacons " 
of Mr. Winthrop, " both for his integritie and sufficiencie, as being 
one every way well fitted and accomplished for the place of Governor," 
did with a general vote and a full consent, " by errecon of hands," 
choose him the Governor of said Company for " the ensuing year, to 
begin on this present day." Mr. Sharp was probably a passenger 
in the fleet with Gov. Winthrop. Two days after the formation at 
Charlestown of what is now the first church in Boston, he, with four 
others, joined it. This was on the first of August, 1630. Soon 
after, he was visited with a severe domestic affliction, which is thus 



234 Thomas Sharp's Letter from England^ 1682. [July, 

related by Gov. Dudley, in his Letter to the Countess of Lincoln, 
written nine months after the arrival of the emigrants in the Bay. 
"Vpon the third of January," 1630-31, "dyed the daughter of 
Mr. Sharpe, a godly virginne making a comfortable end, after a 
long sicknes. The plantac6n here received not the like loss of 
any woman since we came hether and therefore shee well deserves 
to be remembred in this place.^ A few weeks subsequently ano- 
ther calamity befell Mr. Sharp. On the 16th of March, " about 
noon," according to Gov. Winthrop (see his Journal, i. 48), 
"the chimney of Mr. Sharp's house in Boston took fire, (the splin- 
ters being not clayed at the top) and taking the thatch burnt it 
down, and the wind being N. W. drove the fire to Mr Colbum's 
house, being [blank] rods off, and burnt that down also, yet they 
saved most of their goods." Gov. Dudley has it, that the accident 
occurred on the 17th, and adds, " both whose bowses, which were 
as good, and as well furnished as the most in the plnntacbn were in 
2 houres space burned to the ground together with much of their 
household stuff, apparell and other thinges as allsoe some goods of 
others who soioumed w*** them in their bowses." " For the preven- 
tion whereof," he continues, "in our new towne intended this soma 
to bee builded, wee have ordered that noe man there shall build his 
chimney with wood, nor cover his house with thatch, which was 
readily assented vnto, for that divers other bowses have been burned 
since our arrivall (the fire allwaies beginninge in the woodden 
chimneys)." 

Later in his letter, Dudley writes, "The shipp now waites but 
for wind, which when it blowes there are ready to go aboard therein 
for England Sr. Richard Saltonstall, Mr Sharpe, Mr Coddington 
and many others, the most whereof purpose to returne to vs asaine, 
if God will." Mr. Coddington, and also the Rev. John AVilson 
who was one of the passengers in that vessel, returned, but Salton- 
stall and Sharp came not again. The ship set sail from Salem, on 
her outward voyage, April Ist, and arrived safely at London on the 
2 9 til of the same month. 

Whether Mr. Sharp, on his return to England, took up his abode 
in Groton, the native place of Gov. Winthrop, we cannot tell, m 
his address is not given in the letter which follows. The inference 
is, that it was there or in its immediate neighborhood. 

Worthy S' 

if this Missiue safely arryve att Wynthropia, itt wyll fall vpon a for- 
tune thatt I wyll nott envye ; and yett shall I have an happinesse tliatt I 
much desire ; for then wyll ytt, faithfully present yow and yo' selfe w* 
myne harty Salutations, some happy occurrences have acquainted mee w** 
yo' well-being, and I should rejoyce, to bee certayne of yo' safe-being, for 
my feares conclude the Salvages dilligent to sute an opportunytye to their 
Natures. I am as sorry to heare, many reportes blemyshe the hope* 
of yo' plantation, as I am pleasd to bee wy tnesse, of severall desires to place 



1881.] Lettert oflfickolas Moorey of Freetown. 235 

JO* at GrottoD ; aod had I the casting vote, yo' ehould heo there agune, 
w'NiDt beiug seae aicke ; did I suppose, yon would ether hee scrveil here, or 
would boe served by mee, yo' should have a warrant Dormatit, vndor myoe 
band Slid seale (o command mee. butt in regard that the first stuud out of 
all probabyllytie, ceremonious ofiers shall nott crowd into this maiiuiicript. 
I doubt nott, but thatt yo* sing the Soiiges of Syou iu a strange land, and 
thatt yo" have brought forth thatt Peace, yo" travailii w"", «/"• I wysbe 
maltyplyed to yo", to the height of al! comforte ; lett o' mutuiill prayers 
neete at the throne of grace ; and so in conlidence thatt no Gulphe shall 
pMt n, when wee must departe, 1 wyll reat, tyll my long Rest 




March the 6"' 
1632 



[Superscribed;] To my worthy and much respected freud m'' Johu Win- 
thrope the Elder in new England 



whomc God preserve 



LETTERS OF NICHOLAS MOORET OF FREETOWN, MASS. 
Commnnicaled by Wiliiam B. Tha»k, Esq., of Boaion. 

Freetown Decem': 7"*: 1719. 
Coozen Moorey 

I [fad A Letter from you in the Sumer past And I Gaue yon An 
Answer forthwith w'": I hope you Rcc": vn'" Miglit Ite soni' satisfac": yon 
Are often in my thoughta I am Not for Wrightiug a Loni; CittaLoguu lint 
Hope with All Coimeniencie Hopeing to see you & yours Kut Trust ifc Hope 
jou Will Take All your Steps In the fear of the Almighty Go(i As Know- 
ing In & through Jesus Christ is our Alone Sahiation : wh" Attained is our 
onely Interest So Hopeing in your Station you Will 13e Stedy & other 



236 Longmeadow Families. [Jnlyi 

things will Be Aded as y* Promise w***: is our only Dependanoe : I am in 
Hast now I would Not Haue you spare Wrighting I shall Not I shall En- 
Large Wh" opportunty presents M* Coram : w3e of Cap* Tom": Coram 
Was Aquainted With me in New England some years past : Who Was of 
a Good Hou"^: family I Take My Leaue Remaining yours In Afection & 
Loue also to yours. NiCH* Mooret. 

[Superscribed :] To | M' Jn® Moorey In | London Liaeing Near | 
Algate. Bricklayer. 

P' M' Jn« Mihier. 



freetown October: IS**: 1722. 
Couzen John Moorey : 

After Real Loue And Affection to you & yours at this time I am at 
Boston With y' Brother alias Couzen Thomas Smith Who Hath Been so 
Kind as to Uizet me And My Wife to Acceptance And Blesed Be God We 
Are Reasonable Well I Haue Giuen your Brother Alias Couzen Smith A 
Memorandum of My Will : & the Import thereof Which He Will Exhibit 
to you But if God spare My Life & Health I Will Come to England the 
first opportunity & se you & yours and Hope We shall Accommodate Mat- 
ers to your & Cozen Smiths sattisfaction I Write to you in Short My Coa- 
zen Smith Giueth A Candid account of you And yours I Take my Lena 
Subscribeing your Affectionate Uncle NiCH*: Mooret: 

answ^y' IS*** Ap^ 1723 

[Superscribed:] A Letter from | Nicho* Moorey of New England | to Jn* 
Moorey Dated 15 octo'. 1722. 



LONGMEADOW (MASS.) FAMILIES. 

Communicated by Willard S. Allen, A.M., of East Boston, Mass. 

[Continued from page 163.] 

1st Generation. Nathaniel Ely appears to have been one of the early 
settlers of the town of Springfield. He is said to have come from England 

and first to have settled in the town of in the southwestern part of 

Connecticut, and from thence to have removed to Springfield. The time 
of his death as recorded is Dec. 25, 1675. The widow Martha Ely died 
Oct. 23, 1683, supposed to have been his widow. The only child of 
Nathaniel at present known of, was Samuel, probably bom before thej 
came to Springfield. It further appears from records that Ruth Ely, pro- 
bably (laughter of Nathaniel, was married to Jeremy Horton Oct 3, 1661, 
and had one son Nathaniel Morton who settled in Enfield or Somers. Ho 
was horn June 29, 1002. Ruth the mother died Oct. 12, 1662. 

2d Generation. Samuel Ely, son of Nathaniel and Martha, as is sop- 
posed, was married to Mary Day the 28th day of the 8th month, 1659. 
Their children as recorded were — Samuel, born 1 day 1 month, 1662, died 
22 day 1 month, 1 662. Joseph, born Aug. 2, 1 663. Samuel, bom Not. 
4, 1604. died Feb. 18, 1665. Mary, born March 29, 1667, died April 19, 
1667. Samuel, born May 9, 1668. Nathaniel, born Jan. 18, 1670, died 
March 10, 1671. Jonathan, born July 1, 1672, died July 10, 1672. >> 



1881.] Lcngmeadow Families. 237 

thaniel, born Aug. 25, 1674, died May, 1689. Jonathan, born Jan. 24, 

1676, died Feb. 27, 1676. Martha, born Oct 28, 1677, died Nov. 25, 

1677. John, born Jan. 18, 1679. Mary, born June 20, 1681, died Dec. 
21, 1681. Jonathan, bom Jan. 21, 1683, died July 27, 1753. Mary, bom 
Feb. 29, 1685. Ruth, born 1688. Samuel Ely the father died March 
17, 1692. Joseph, Samuel and John had families and settled in West 
Springfield. Jonathan settled in Longmeadow. Mary the widow was 
married April 12, 1694, to Thomas Stebbins, son of Thomas and Hannah 
Stebbins, he dying Dec 7, 1695. She, the widow Mary Stebbins, was 
married Dec. 16, 1696, to John Coleman. 

3rd Generation. Joseph Ely, son of Samuel and Mary, married Mary 

• Their children — Joseph, born April 9, 1686. Mary, born July 25, 

1689. Martha, bom July 16, 1691. Nathaniel, born Oct 21, 1694. 
Ruth, bom Oct. 20, 1697. John, born March 17, 1701. Sarah, born Jan. 
8, 1704. John, born June 19, 1706. 

[Page 123.] 3rd Generation. Samuel Ely, son of Samuel and Mary, 
was married to Martha Bliss, daughter of Samuel Bliss, Sen., and Mary 
his wife. (Their children.) They were married Nov. 10, 1697. Martha, 
bom Dec 21, 1698. Mary, born Feb. 14, 1700. Samuel, born Sept 21, 
1701. Martha the m6ther died July 6, 1702. Samuel the father was mar- 
ried again, Dec 7, 1704, to Sarah Bodortha. Their children — Sarah, bom 
Aog. 30,. 1705, died Jan, 5, 1789. Nathaniel, born Sept 22, 1706. Jo- 
seph, bom Oct. 4, 1709. Tryphene, bora April 7, 1712. Levi, born Feb. 
12, 1715. Mary, April 5, 1717. 

3rd Generation. John Ely, son of Samuel and Mary Ely, was mar- 
ried Dec 30, 1703, to Mercy Bliss, daughter of Samuel, Sen., and Mary 
Bliss. Their children — Abel, born Nov. 18, 1706. John, born Dec. 3, 
1707, died May 22, 1754. Reuben, born Jan. 12, 1710. Abner, born 
Sept 26, 1711. Mercy, born Jan. 22, 1713. Caleb, born Nov. 25, 1714. 
Rachel, born Nov. 11, 1716. Noah, born July 4, 1721. 

[^Page 124.] 3rd Generation. Dea. Jonathan Ely, son of Samuel and 
Mary, was married to Lydia Burt, daughter of Jonathan and Lydia Burt, 
March 16, 1709. Their children— Lydia, born May 25, 1710, died Jan. 
2, 1745. Elizabeth, born Nov. 30, 1711, died Oct 10, 1808. Jonathan, 
bom July 24, 1714, died Dec 29, 1812. Nathaniel, born Sept 1, 1716, 
died Dec 26, 1799. Mary, born Sept 14, 1719, died Nov. 24, 1797. 
Lydia was married to Jonathan Hale, Dec. 29, 1736. Elizabeth was mar- 
ried to Jonathan Ferry, published April 7, 1739. Mary married Deacon 
Aaron CJolton, Nov. 27, 1746. Dea. Jonathan Ely the father died July 27, 
1753. Lydia the mother Dec 14, 1767. 

4th Greneration. John Ely, son of John and Mercy, was married Nov. 

15, 1733, to Eunice Colton, daughter of John and Joanna Colton. Their 

children— John, born April 6, 1735. Eunice, born Jan. 19, 1737, died 

Aug. 27, 1738. Justin, born Aug. 10, 1739. Eunice, born Aug. 31, 1741. 

Heman, bom Jan. 8, 1744, died May 9, 1754. Rhoda, born May 12, 1746, 

died March 5, 1786. Amelia, born Dec 26, 1750, died April 28, 1786. 

Eunice married the Hon. Roger Newberry, of Windsor. Rhoda married 

the Rev. George Colton, of Bolton, Oct 7, 1766. Amelia married Dr. 

Jeremiah West, of Tolland, Feb. 8, 1781. John the father died May 

22, 1754. Eunice the mother was married again June 19, 1759, to Roger 

Wolcott, Esq., of East Windsor. After his death she was married a^ain 

April 8, 1761, to Joel White, Esq., of Bolton, and died March 30, 1778. 

Thb family lived in W. Springfield. 

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238 Longmeadow Families. [July> 

4th Generation. Jonathan Ely, of Wilbraham, son of Dea. Jonathan 
and Lydia, of Longmeadow, was married to Esther Chapin, daughter of 
Henry and Esther Chapin, date of their publishment Oct. 18, 1740. Their 
children — Jonathan, born Sept. 14, 1741. Lydia, bom March 22, 1744. 

Esther, born . Jonathan, born Oct 1, 1746. Mercy, bom Sept. 7, 

1748. Lydia, born April 11, 1751. Juda, born June 24, 1753. Uenry, 

born May 15, 1755. Elizabeth, born . Jonathan Ely the father died 

Dec. 29, 1812. 

{^Page 125.] 4th Generation. Dea. Nathaniel Ely, son of Dea. Jona- 
than Ely and Lydia his wife, was married Dec. 7, 1745, to Mary Esta- 
brook, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Estabrook, of Canterbury, Conn., and 
Rebecca his wife. Their children — Sarah, bora Oct. 31, 1746, died Aug. 
4, 1750. Ly4|a, born June 2, 1748, died Feb. 19, 1781. Mary, bom 
April 7, 1750, died Aug. 19, 1750. Nathaniel, born May 31, 1751, died 
June 18, 1808. Samuel, born June 28, 1753, died Nov. 22, 1774. Sarah, 
born Aug. 12, 1755, died Dec. 12, 1777. Ethan, born Oct 15, 1757, died 
May 30, 1758. Mary the mother died January 13, 1759, aged 41 years. 
Dea. Ely the father was married again April 9, 1761, to Abigail Colton, 
daughter of William and Mary Colton. Their children — Abigail, bora 
Jan. 7, 1762. Ethan, born Feb. 13, 1764, died May 13, 1848, aged 84. 
William, born Aug. 14, 1765. Abigail the mother died December 22, 
1770, in her 46th year. Dea. Ely was married again, April 3, 1777, to Beu- 
lah Colton, daughter of Capt Isaac Colton. She died April 24, 1786. 
Dea. Ely was married again, Nov. 15, 1787, to Martha Raynolds the widow 
of Dr. Samuel Raynolds, Esq., and daughter of the Rev. Stephen Wil- 
liams, D.D., and Abigail his wife. She died Feb. 18, 1825, age 92. Dea. 
Ely the father died Dec. 26, 1799, in his 84th year. Lydia married David 
White, of Longmeadow, Jan. 30, 1777. Samuel was educated at Yale 
Colleije, graduated A.D. 1772, and died in a single state. Abigail mar- 
ried Elihu Colton, Dec. 6, 1787. William was educated at Yale College, 
graduated A.D. 1787, settled at Springfield in practice of law. 

[^Page 126.] 5th Generation. Dea. Nathaniel Ely, son of Dea. Na- 
thaniel Ely and Mary his wife, was married Feb. 16, 1786, to Elizabeth 
Raynolds, daughter of Dr. Samuel Raynolds, Esq., of Somers, and Martha 
his wife. Their children — Marv, born Feb. 4, 1787, died Dec. 15, 1842. 
Samuel, born Aug. 5, 1789, died May 14, 1797. Elizabeth, born Nov. 7, 
1790. Heulah, born April 24, 1792, died Dec. 1838. Martha, born Dec. 
15, 1795. Dea. Nathaniel Ely the father died June 18, 1808. Mary the 
daughter was married Jan. 14, 1812, to Capt. David Mack. Beulah was 
married Dec. 10, 1811, to Timothy Goodwin, of Symsbury. 

5th Generation. Capt. Ethan Ely, son of Dea. Nathaniel Ely and Abi- 
gail his second wife, was married Jan. 6, 1791, to Hannah Burt, the daugh- 
ter of Jonathan and Hannah Burt Slie died Dec. 24, 1829, age 66. 
Their children — Ethan, born Nov. 24, 1791. Hannah, born Feb. 8, 1793. 
Abigail, born Dec. 20, 1794, died April '2(j, 1826. Sarah, born Sept 8, 
1796. Jonathan, born June 10, 1798, died June 8, 1847. Hannah the 
mother died December 24, 1829. Ethan Ely died May 13, 1848, aged H 
years. 

Ethan Ely, son of Ethan and Hannah Ely, was married October 13, 
1831, to Ann Cooley, daughter of Seth and Ann Cooley his wife. Ann, 
the wife of Ethan Ely, was born May 14, 1806, died May 26, 1835. 
Ethan Cooley, son of Ethan and Ann Ely, was born May 17, 1835. 

Ethan C. Ely, son of Ethan and Ann Ely his wife, was married Sept 



1881.] Longmeadow Families. 239 

1, 1857, to Charity Bush, daughter of Levi Bush, of Westfield, born Aug. 

14, 1836. Their children — Mason Warren, born Sept. 26, 1858. Ethan 
Cooley, bom Oct 3, 1861, died Aug. 6, 1862. [ Vacant to page 128.] 

Hervy Ellis, son of Lieut. Ellis, formerly of Stafford but last of 

Monson, was married Jan. 8, 1802, to Jerusha Spencer, daughter of Israel 
and Ruth Spencer (see page 195). Their children — Hervy, born Aug. 4, 
1802. Jerusha, born Aug. 4, 1805. Jerusha Ellis died Oct. 5, 1834, age 
55. Hervy the father died Nov. 3, 1810. 

Edmund Evarts, of Longmeadow, son of Benjamin and Abigail Evarts, 
of Gilford, Conn., was born Aug. 22, 1771, was married Oct. 9, 1796, to 
Annis Booth, daughter of Joseph and Mary Booth, of Enfield. Their 
children — Mary, born Nov. 4, 1799, died Feb. 17, 1875. Nancy, bom 
July 31, 1801, died April 4, 1825. Joseph, born June 18, 1804, died Nov. 
1, 1874. Nancy was married Dec. 30, 1823, to Jacob Colton, born Sept. 
10, 1799. Edmund Evarts died April 22, 1849, age 77. Annis Evarts 
died Jan. 1847, age 80. 

\_Page 129.1 Thomas Field, son of Samuel and Sarah Field, of Hatfield, 
was married Oct. 21, 1713, to Abigail Dickinson, of Springfield, daughter 
of Hezekiah and Abigail B. Dickinson, born Dec. 8, 1692, died June 20, 
1775, aged 83. Their children — Abigail, born Oct. 5, 1714, died Autr. 8, 
1777, age 63 years. Samuel, born May 10, 1718, died Aug. 10, 1721. 
Hoses, born Feb. 16, 1722, died March 7, 1815. Samuel, born Oct. 10, 
1725. Sarah, bora Nov. 28, 1728, died April 19, 1773. Simeon, born 
April 25, 1731, died Jan. 7, 1801. Thomas Field the father at first setr 
tied in Hatfield, where his children were born, except Simeon, who was 
bom in Longmeadow. He died Feb. 1, 1747, age 66 years. Abigail was 
married Nov. 14, 1754, to Abiel Abbot, of Windsor, and died without 
issoe in Longmeadow. Samuel was educated at Yale College, graduated 
1745, and settled in Seabrook, Ct., in the practice of physicks. Simeon 
settled at Enfield in the practice of physick. 

Capt. Moses Field, son of Thomas and Abigail Field, was married Sept. 

15, 1748, to Rebecca Cooley, the daughter of Jonathan and Johanna 
Coolev. Their children — Rebecca, born Nov. 29, 1748, died December 
26, 1836. Elijah, born December 23, 1750, died December 31, 1767. 
Oliver, born Nov. 15, 1752, died Jan. 15, 1801. Moses, born Feb. 9, 1755, 
die<i Jan. 14, 1831. Diademia, born Oct. 9, 1756. Aaron, born June 24, 
1759, died Aug. 30, 1760. Aaron, born June 24, 1761. Alexander, born 
Feb. 5, 1764, died June 8,1831. Sarah, born Feb. 24, 1766, died July 
12, 1777. Naomy, born May 22, died July 31, 1777. Rebecca was mar- 
ried to Azariah Woolworth, Nov. 25, 1773. Oliver was married to Ann 
Cooley, daughter of Caleb and Mary Cooley, Nov. 4, 1773. Moses mar- 
ried Lydia Champion, daughter of Dr. Reuben Champion and Lydia his 
wife, of West Springfield, Nov. 23, 1780. Diademia married Stephen 
Williams, March 4, 1788; he leaving her, she married again to Jacob 
Kibl)e, of Monson, June 25, 1793, and died in that town. Aaron stu<lied 
physic, married Flavia Burt, daughter of Capt. David Burt, Feb. 10, 1784. 
They settled at Richmond, and had one child Sophia, born Dec. 24, 1784. 
He went to the southern states and died. She died at Longmeadow. 
Alexander married Flavia Colton, daughter of Samuel and Lucy Colton, 
Oct. 11, 1787. Rebecca the mother died Feb. 24, 1783. Capt. Moses 
Field married again, Nov. 1, 1783, to Lydia Champion, widow of Dr. Reu- 
ben Champion, of West Springfield, and she died May 1, 1809. He died 
March 7, 1815. Alexander died July 8, 1831. 

[To be continaed.] 



240 The Harrison Family. [July, 



THE HARRISON FAMttY. 

JOHN A. McAllister, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa., has sent 
us a copy of PouUons American Daily Advertiser, Phila- 
delphia, September 26, 1822, containing the article which we copy 
below. Sabine, in his " Loyalists of the American Revolution,** 
I. 520, gives this account of Joseph Harrison, the father of Miss 
Harrison, of Hull, England : 

" Harrison, Joseph. Collector of the Customs at Boston in 
1768, and after the seizure of Hancock's sloop in that year, was 
rou^rhly treated by the mob, and pelted with stones. The windows 
of his house, which was adjacent to the Common, were also broken, 
and a large pleasure-boat belonging to him was dragged through 
the streets and burned near his residence, amidst loud shouts and 
huzzas. Peter Harrison was Collector of the port of New Haven, 
Connecticut, and died before June, 1775. The subject of this no- 
tice was in England, in 1777, with his wife and daughter.'* 

YouK Assizes, Jcly 30. — Before Lord Chief Justice Abbott. 

Doe, Dem. Thomas, v. Acklam, 

This was a case of tedious pedigree, to prove, that an American lady, 
Mrs. Thomas, was hetress-at-law to Miss Harrison, who died at Hull, in 
1818, and left considerable property, witliout any testamentary dispositioo. 
]\Ir. Sergeant Hullock stated the case, which he afterwards proved. Joseph 
Harrison had gone from York to America, and been comptroller of the cus- 
toms at Boston in 1775. Peter Harrison, his youngest brother, followed 
him to America, where he died, leaving four children, who all died without 
issue, except P^lizabeth, who married Mr. James Ludlow, of which mai^ 
riage Mrs. Thomas was the only surviving child. Miss Harrison, whose 
property was now in question, had been the daughter of Joseph Harrison, 
and none of the family or their descendants being now alive but Mrs. Tho- 
mas, she was clearly heiress-at-law. 

Captain Acklam, Colonel Le Blanc, T. W. Ludlow, Counsellor at Law> 
of New York, Miss Brentham, daughter of Admiral Brentham, were 
examined. 

Mr. Sergeant Hullock then handed a miniature picture of Mary Fran- 
ces Ludlow (Mrs. Thomas) when a child, which had been in the possession 
of Miss Harrison, observing, ** My Lord, I put in the lady herself." 

The barristers looked very curiously at this picture. 

The Lord Chief Justice said, '* The lady is married, gentlemen." 

Mr. Scarlett admitted that the only point on which he could found an 
objection was the lady's being an alien. 

The Lord Chief .Justice <lire(^ted the jury to find a verdict for the plain- 
titf. subject to the opinion of the Court as to the aliency. It was surprising 
to find a case so clearly made out at such a distance of time and place. 



1881.] Hev. John Miofs Record of Church Members. 241 



THE REV. JOHN ELIOTS RECORD OF CHURCH MEMBERS, 

ROXBURY, MASS. 

Transcribed by William B. Trask, Esq., of Boston. 
[Contlnaed Arom page 24.] 

m*^' mary Darner, the wife of m' Richard Dumer : she was a Godly wo- 
man but by the seduction of some of her acquaintans, she was led away 
into the new opinions in m^* Hutchiusons time, & her husband removing 
to Nubery, she there openly declared herselfe, & did also (together w^^ 
oUie" indeavour) seduce her husband, & p'swaded him to returne to Boston ; 
where she being young w^ child, & ill ; m' Clark (one of the same opin- 
ions) ynskillfully gave her a vomit, w®** did in such maner torture & tor- 
ment her, w^ the riseing of the moth'* & other vyolences of nature y' she 
dyed in a most vncomfortable maner : But we beleive God tooke her away 
in mercy, fro worse evil, w°^ she was falling vnto. & we doubt not but she 
IB gone to heaven.* 

[Elizabeth ?] Talmage the wife of willia Talmage. she was a g[r]ave 
matron a Grodly woman, & after her husband was removed to Line after a 
few years she dyed & left a gracious savor behind her. 

Ann Shelfy a maide servant she came to the Land in the yeare 1 632. &l 
was married to [Richard] Fozallf a godly broth' of the church of Sit- 
toate. 

Rebeckah Short a maide servant she came in the yeare 1632. & was mar-- 
ried to [Walter] Palmer^ a godly man of charlestowne church. 

Judith Bugby the wife of Richard Bugbie.§ 

Florenc Carman the wife of John Carman. || 

Mary Blott a maide servant, she came in the yeare. 1632. & was after 
married to steward woodfordlT of this church, who after removed to Conec- 
tioott to Hartford church, where she lived in christian sort. 

William Hills, a man servant, he came over in the yeare. 1632. he mar- 
ried Phillice Lyman the daughter of Richard limau, he removed to Hart- 
ford on conecticott, where he lived severall yeares, w"*out giving such good 
satisfaction to the consciSces of the saints. 

Mary Gamlin a maide servant, daughter of Rob: Giamlin the £ld^ she 
came with her fath' in the yeare 1632. she was a very gracious maiden ; she 
dyed in m' Pinchons family of the small pox. in the yeare 1633. 

Robert Gamlin junio' he arrived at N.E. the 20"» of the 3* month, he 

• The second wife of Mr. Dummer was Frances, widow of the Rev. Jonathan Burr, of 
Dorchester. They were married in 1644. She died Not. 19, 1682, aged 70. Of the four 
children of Mr. Dammer by this connection, the eldest was Jeremiah, father of Jeremiah^ 
author, councillor, member of the artillery company, &c. ; by trade a goldsmith, who served 
his time with John Hull. 

f Richard Foxwell, one of the founders of the first church in Scituato, Mass., with the 
Rev. John Lothrop, Jan. 8, 1634. Register, ix. 27^ 

t He was probably a younger brother of Abraham, of Charlestown, an abstract of whose 
will is given, Reg. vii. 33S. Removed to Rehoboth, thence to Stonington, called Souther- 
ton, then a part of the connty of Suffolk. Will, Reo. xi. 39. See Bliss's Rehoboth, 26, 
27, 28, &c. Wheeler's History of the First Congregational Churchy Stonington^ Conn., 295. 

6 Died before 1636 ; his widow married Robert Parker. See Paige's Cambridge, 622. 

i Removed to Long Island; was one of the patentees of Hempstead. Thompson's Long- 
Island, ii. 4. 

1 Thomas Woodford. See Reoxsteb, present volume, page 23. 

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242 jRev, John Eliofa Record of Church Members. [Julyi 

brought only one child, w^** was the sone of his wife bj a former htuband, 
hb name is John mayo, he was but a child. 

Elizabeth his first borne, was borne about the 24^ of the 4* montlu ano 
dni: 1634. 

Joseph borne the 16**» of the 10*** month ano. 1636. 

Benjamin borne the 20*^ of the 6* month: 1639. 

Elizabeth Gamlin the wife of Robert Gamlin junio'. 

Phillis Lyman the daughter of Richard Lyman, she came to the Land 
w*^ her fath' ano 1631. God wrought vpon her heart in this Land, she 
grew deafe ; w'** disease increasing was a great affliction to her, she was 
married to willia Hills & lived with him at Hartford on Conecticot. 

John Moody ."'^ he came to the Land in the yeare 1 633 : he had no child- 
ren he had 2 men servants, y* were vngodly, especially one of them ; who 
in his passion would wish himselfe in hell : & vse desperate words, yet had 
a good measure of knowledg, these 2 servats would goe to the oister bank 
in a boate, & did, against the counsell of theire governo' where they lay all 
night ; & in the morning early when the tide was out, they gathelng oysters, 
did vnskillfully leave theire boate afloate In the verges of the chanell, & 
quickly the tide caryed it away so far into the chanell y* they could not 
come ueare it, w*** made them cry out & hollow, but being very early & 
remote were not heard, till the water had risen very high vpon them to the 
armehols as its thought, & then a man fr5 Rockbrough meeting house hill 
heard them cry <& call, <& he cryed & ran w^ all speed, & seing theire boate 
swam to it <& hasted to them, but they were both so drowned before any 
help could possibly come, a dreadfiill example of Gods displeasure against 
obstinate servilts. 

Sarah Moody, the wife of John Moody. 

John Walkert 

Elizabeth Hinds a maid servant, she came in the yeare 1633. she had 
some weaknesses, but upon the churches admonition repented, she was 
afterwards married to Alexander of Boston wheth' She was dismissed. 

Elizabeth Ballard, a maide servant, she came in the yeare 1633. dc was 
soone after her comeing joyned to the church ; she was afterwards married 
to Robert Sever of this church, where she led a godly conversation. t 

John Porter. § 

Margret Porter the wife of John Porter. 

William Cornewell|| 

Joane Cornewell, the wife of Willia Cornewell. 

Samuel Basse.lT 

Ann Basse the wife of Samuell Basse. 

Nicholas Parker he came to N. E. in the yeare 1633. about the 7* 
month: he brought two children, Mary, & Nicholas: Johanah his third 
child was borne the first of the 4^ month. 1 635. 

• Savage says, son of George, of Monlton, co. Suffolk, Eng. John, remored soon to 
Hartlord. Sarah, his widow, died at Hadley in 1671. 

t One of the disarmed, 1637; removed to Rhode Island; an early subscriber to the cov- 
enant of civil government; was at Portsmouth, R. I., 163)3, had a grant of one hundred 
acres there in 1639. See Bartlett's Records of the Colony of Rhode Island^ vol. i. 

J Seater Family^ p. 2. Reo. xxvi. 304. 

^ Another of the di^iarmed men, who went to Rhode Island, was an Assistant there. 
See R. I. Records. 

(I Removed to Hartford 1639, thence to Middletown about 1651, where he died Feb. 21, 
16/8. Hinman'a Early Puritan Settlers of Connecticut, 724. 

^ Went to Braintree 1640. died Dec 30, 1694, aged 94. His wife died Sept 5, 1693, i^ 
99. Thayer Family Memorial, 63. 



1881.] Sev. John Eliofa Record of Church Members. 243 

he removed A^ vs to the church of Boston. 

Ann Parker the wife of Nicholas Parker. 

Phillip Sherman, he came into the Land in the year 1633. a single man, 
. k after married Sarah Odding, the daughter o the wife of John Porter, by 
a former husband, this man was of a melancholy temp, he lived honestly 
& comfortably among vs severall years, vpon a just calling went for Eng- 
land, & returned againe w^ a blessing: But after his fath' in Law John Por- 
ter was so caryed away w^ those opinions of familisme, & scizme, he follow- 
ed them and removed w^ them to the Hand, he behaved himselfe sinfully 
in those matters (as may appeare in the story) and was cast out of the 
diurch.* 

Margret Huntington widdow;f she came in the yeare 1633. her hus- 
band dyed by the way of the small pox, she brought children w^ her. 

Thomas Pigget 

Mary Pigge the wife of Thomas Pigge. 

Samuel Finch§ 

Martha Parke,) the wife of Willia Park. 

John Tatman. 

Thomas WillsonlT he arrived in N. £. in the 4^ month ano 1633. he 
brought 3 children Humfry. Samuel. Joshua. 

Deborah borne, in the 6^ month. 1634. Lidea borne in the 9' month 1636. 
he had his house & all his substans consumed w^ fire to his great impover- 
ishing, himself being fro home. he was a very weak man, yet was he 
oat of affection to the psons of some, led aside into error, scizme, & very 
proud & contemptuous caryage for w^^ he was cast out of the church. 
6t he went away w*^ m' wheelwright. But the Ld awakened his heart, so y^ 
after years he returned & repented, & was reconciled to the church ; 
and recomended to the church of christ at [Exeter] 

Margery. Johnson the wife of John Johnson** 

Ann WHson the wife of Thomas Wilson. 

Jasper Rawlingsft 

Joane Kawlings the wife of Jasper Hawlings. 

Joshua Hues, he came into the Land a single man ; about the 7* month 
of the yeare. 1633. & joyned to the church aboute halfe a yeare after, his 
wife being the daughter of [Henry] Gouldstone came the next Sumer & 
aboade at Watertowne, where she was adjoyned to the church ; & in the 

* General Recorder at Providence, R. I., 1648-1650, and one of the Commissioners for 
Portsrooath, 1656. 

t Wife of Simon Huntington. Remarried, probably, Margaret Baret, of Norwich, or 
its immediate vicinity, in England. Huntington Family ^ by Rev. E. 6. Iluntington, p. 59. 
She married afterward Thomas Stoughton, of Dorchester, removed to Windsor. 

t Died Dec. 30, 1643. Will proved Sept. 12, 1G4». Reo. iii. 78; viii. 55. His widow 
married Aag. 13, 1645, Michael Mctcalf. Ibid, vi. 171. 

6 Died in Roxbury Jan. 27, 1673-4. Roxbury Church Records. 

11 Daaghter of John Holgrave, of Salem. 

S Went to Exeter, signed the combination in 1639. He returned to Roxbury, became 
reconciled to the chnrch, then settled in Exeter. Will made Jan. 9, 1643-4, being, as he ex- 
presses it, in *' my right witts." See Reo. ii. 384, with note. His wftlow Ann married 
next year John Legat, who with Edward Hilton and two others were witnesses to the will 
of Thomas Wilson. See Wentworth Family Plate facing page 71, vol. i. 

** Mr. Johnson was a man of distinction. He afterwards ninrried Grace, widow of Bar- 
nabas Fawer, of Dorchester. Ho died Sept. 30, 1659. " John Johnson, Surveyor Oenerall 
of all y« armei, dyed and was buried y« day following." Roxbury Ch. Records. Will, 
Rbo. IX. 224. 

ft Went to Wethersficid, returned and was of Roxbury and Boston ; married Mary, 
widow of Thomas Origgs. Will proved June 13, 1667. See Reg. xvi. 56. 



244 jRev. John JEliofa Record of Church Members. [July, 

• 

8^ month 1 634 he married her : and she was then recomended to cor 
church: liis first borne son Joshua Hewes was borne the 19 day of the 8*^ 
month. 1639. but dyed the 19 day of the 10^ month 1639. it dyed of odd- 
volsion fitts: 

Isaak Johnson* 

Ralph Hinningway.f a man servant. 

Sarah Odding. she was daughter in law to John Porter. & came w^ her 
parents & was after married to Philip Sharman of this church. 

Thomas Hills a man servant he came in the yeare. 1633. he lived 
among vs in good esteeme & Godly, & dyed about the 11* or 12* month. 
1634. and left a good savor behind him, he was a very faithfull db prudent 
servant, <& a good christian, he dyed in m' Eliots family. 

Thomas Hale a single man. he lived but a short time w*^ vs, but he re- 
moved to Hertford on Conecticott, where God blessed him w**^ a good measure 
of increase of grace, he afterwards returned & maryed Jane. Lord, one of 
o' memb" aboute the 12*^ month 1689. & the next spring returned to Con- 
ecticott 

Edward Riggs§ 

Walker the wife of John Walker 
Hues a maid servant. 

John Stow: he arrived at N. E, the 17*** of the 3"* month ano. 1634. he 
brought his wife & 6 children : Thomas. Elizabeth. John. Nathaniel. Sam- 
uel. Thankfull. 

Elizabeth Stow the wife of John Stow, she was a very godly matron, a 
blessing not only to her family, but to all the church, & when she had \eaA 
a christian convsation a few years among vs, she dyed & left a good savor 
behind her. 

John Cumpton.|| 

Abraham NewelllT he came to N. E. in the year 1634. he brought 6 
children Ruth. Grace. Abraham. John. Isaak. Jaakob. 
Freeborne. 

Sarah Burrell the wife of [John] Burrell.** 

Robert Potterft 

Isabel I Potter the wife of Robert Potter. 

Elizabeth Howard a maide servant. 

Richard Pepper 

Mary Pepper the wife of Richard Pepper 

William Perkinstt 

• The well-known captain, killed in the Narraganset fight in 1675; married Elizabeth 
Porter, Jan. 20, 1636. 

t. Married Elizabeth Hewes, July 5, 1634 ; his will proved July II, 1678. She died Feb. 
2, 1684, aged 82. 

X Savaifc says on his return he settled in Norwalk, 1654 ; not long after remoTed and 
perhaps closed his days at Charlcstown, Mass. According to Wyman (Charlcstown Gen. 
and Estates, 454) he married Mary Nash 14 (10) 1659, who was left his widow. 

§ His wife Elizabeth, who c<iine with him, died, and he married April d, 1635, Elizabeth 
Roosa, who died Se^t 2, 1669. 

II Removed to Boston, was disarmed 1637. Will of Susannah Compton, " widow of 
the Lonir since Departed John Compton," proved 12, 9, 1664. Reo. xiil. 153. 

U Buried, says the Church Records, June 15, 1672, aged 91. His widow, Franees, ac- 
cordinp to the Church Recf)rds, died Jan. 13, 1682, •« neere lOOy. old." Daughter Grart 
married Sept. 14, 1644, William Toy, of Boston, died April 11, 1712, In the 9l8t year of her 
age. 

•• Will, Aug. 3, 1654. Reo. vi. 353. 

ft Buried Jan. 17, 1653. See Reo. xxxiii. 62. Roxbnrv Church Records. 

Xt S.ivage says *' he was a minister, but where educated is unheard, son of WHIiam, of 
London," &c. 



1881.] Hev. John Eliot's Record of Church Member's. 245 

Bobert Sever* 

[Phebe?] Disborongh, the wife of Walter Disborough.f 

Christopher Peaket a single man 

Edward Pai80D§ a man servant 

Nicholas Baker. | 

Joseph WeldelT 

Elizabeth Wise, a widdow. 

Thomas Bell.** 

Mr. Tho. Bell and his wife had letters of Dismission granted & sent to 
England an*: 1 654. 7"»*. 

Willia. Webb 

Adam Motttf 

Sarah Mott the wife of Ad& Mott 

Richard Cardertt 

m'*' Anna Vassaile the wife of Mr. Willia Vassaile.§§ her husband brought 
5 children to this Land, Judith, Francis, John, Margret Mary 

Laurenc Whittamore.|||| 

John Ruggles he came to N. E. in the yeare 1635. & soone after his com- 
ing joyned to the cl^urch, he was a lively christian, knowne to many of the 
church, in old England, where many of the church injoyed society together : 
he brought his first borne John Ruggles w'** him to N. E. & his second son 
was stillborne, in the 11^ month 1636. of w*** his wife dyed. 

Barbara Ruggles the wife of John Ruggles. she was a Godly christian 
woman, db joyned to the church w*** her husband, the pow'^ of the grace of 
Christ did much shine in her life & death, she was much afflicted w^ the 
■tone chollik, in w^^ sickuesse she manifested much patiens, & faith ; she dyed 
in childbed, the IT*^ mouth, 1636. & left a godly savor behind her. 

Isaak Heathf IT 

John Astwood.*** 

Philip Eliot he dyed about the 22* of the 8' month: 57. he was a man 
of peace, & very faithfull, he was many yeara in the office of a Deakon w*** 
he discharged faithfully, in his latter years he was very lively, usefull & 
active for God, & his cause, the Lord gave him so much acceptance in the 
hearts of the people y* he dyed under many of the offices of trust y* are usu- 
ally put upon men of his rank, for besids his office of a Deakon, he was a 
Deputy to the Gen: Court, he was a coiiiissioner for the govnm* of the 

* Reoistkr, xxvi. 303-323. Seaver Family^ published 1872. 

t Report of the Record CommisnonerSf 1881, containing the Roxbtay Land and Church 
Reeortu, 

t Married Dorcas French, Jan. 3, 1636 ; he died May 22, 1666. Will, Reg. xv. 126. 

J Married Ann Parke, Au«. 20, 1640; 2d Mary Eliot, Jan. 1, 16*2; remoTcd to Dor- 
cbe«ter. Edward, H. C. 1677, his son by wife Mary. 

I Hingbam, 16.15; fourth minister in Scituatc, 16G0, died Aug. 26, 1678, aged 68. See 
Am. Qaar. Reg. viii. 148. 

i Brother of Rev. Thomas; wife Elizabeth, 2d Barbara Clap. Will, Reo. vii. 33. His 
widow married Antliony Stoddard. 

•♦ Gave estate to the Grammar School. See inventory, proved July 4, 1655, by Ann Bell, 
hte widow. Reo. xv. 40. 

ft Went to Hingham. Savage says he was from Cambridge, England ; wis in Ports- 
month, R. I., as early as 1638. 

XI Disfranchised ; one of the grantees with Robert Potter and others, of the town of 
Warwick, R. ^ 

U One of the Assistants of the Governor and Company, Mass. Bay. 

in Wife Elizabeth. Savage says of Sanstead Abbey, co. Herts; gave estate to free school. 
Boxbary Charch Records, day 18. mo. 9, 1644, buried " Laurence Whittamore, an an- 
cient chrifitian of 80 years of age." Hix wife died mo. 12, day 13, 1642. 

%% Ruling Elder. Wife Elizabeth ; he died Jan. 21, 1660. Will, Rbo. x. 264. 
Representative and Assistant of the Colony ; died in London. 



246 Bev. John Eliot's Record of Church Members. [July, 

Towne, he was one of the 5 men to order the prudential affairs of tlie 
towne ; and he was chosen to be Feofee of the publike Schoole in Box- 
bury. 

Elizabeth Bowis 

Martha Astwood the wife of John Astwood. 

Jasper Gun.* 

Thomas Bircharde 

John Cheny he came into the Land in the yeare 1 635. he brought 4 
children, Mary, Martha, John, Daniel. Sarah his 5' child was borne in the 
last month of the same yeare 1635, cald February, he removed from o^ 
church to Newbery the end of the next suer. 1636. 

Martha Cheny the wife of John Cheny : 

Mary Norrice a maide. She came into the Land, she was daughter to , 
M' Edward Norriccf who came into the land. and was called 6t o^ 

dained to be Teacher to the church at Sale™ where he served the Lord 
Christ 

Henry Bull a man servant he came to the Land [1635] he lived honest- 
ly for a good season, but on the suddaine (being weake and affectionate) 
he was taken & transported w^ the opinions of familisme, & running in 
that scizme he fell into many, & grosse sins of lying &c (as may be seene in 
the story), for w*^** he was excomunicate, after w*** he removed to the Hand! 

Mr. Thomas Jenner.§ 

Bell the wife of Thomas Bell. 

James How|| 

f Elizabeth] How the wife of Jams How. 
Mary] Birchard, the wife of Thomas Birchard. 

John Gravesir he arrived in the 3** month. 1 633. he brought 5 children 
John. Samuel. Jonathan. Sarah. Mary, his wife quickly dyed, & he maryed 
Judith,** a maid servantt, by whom his first child Hanah was borne aboat 
the end of the 7*^ month. 1636. 

M' Johu Gore.tt 

Mary Swaine a maide servant, her father lived at watertowne, & did re- 
move w"" them to Conecticott ; wheth"^ we recofnended her & she after did 
marrie to one at Newhaven, & she was dismissed to y* church : 

Jane Lorde a maide servant, she came over in the yeare she lived a 

Godly life among vs; & in the year 1640 she was married to Thomas 

• Removed to Hartford, sometirae a physician, afterward at Milford. Savage. 

t March 18, 1640, he was ordained at Snlom as colleague with Hiiph Peters. In 1636 he 
pabli>hed in London a treatise in wliich he combats the errors of ** Traskisme," so calJed, 
as held by Rev. John Traske, who in a reply the same year vindicates " The Trve Oos-pel" 
" from the Reproach of a New Gospel.'* From this book we learn that Mr. Norris^'s con- 

gregation embarked for New England previous to the date of publication (I63rt), and th«i 
e intended to accompany them, but did not do so. He followed them; but this was not 
till after 1638, as he publisticd a book at London that year, being a rejoinder to Rev. Mr. 
Traske. 

J Governor of the Colony 1685 and 9; died Jan. 9, 1693-4; wife Elizabeth. 

{ Minister awhile in Weymouth and in Saco. Letter of Eliot, 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. iv. 144. 
Wmtlirop, i. 250. 

11 Wife Elizal)eth, only daughter of John Dane, Ipswich. Reg. viii. 148. " M.iy 19* 
ri/02j Mr. James How, a good Man of Ipswich, lOt years old, is buried." SewalKs Diaiji 
Mass. Hist. Coll. 5th scries, vi. 66. Mr. How*s age, however, was only about 97, &:> in ^ ' 
deposition in 1666, he gave his age as being then 61. • 

f Will, Nov. 1, 1644. Reg. iii. 265. 

•• " Judiih Allward. in December, 1635," so the Town Records read. This name may bive 
been Ballard, and Judith possibly a sister to Elizabeth, who married Robert Seaver,'seep. 
242 of this aitide, and Register, xxvi. 304. 

ft Wife Rhoda. Will, Reg. viii. 282 ; xxxi. 104. 



1881.] , Hev. John JEliofs Record of Church Members. 247 

Hale, oDe of this church, who removed to Hartford on Conecticott, where 
they lived well approved of the saints. 

Giles. Paison, a single man. he married o^ sister Elizabeth Doveell. 

Edward Porter he came in the yeare. 1636. he brought two children w*^ 
him: John about 3 years ould & Willia aboute a year ould: his 3* child 
Elizabeth was borne in o' church in the 10^ month of the yeare 1637 his 
4* child Hanah was borne in the 9*** month, of o year 1639. 

Elizabeth Eliot the wife of Phillip Eliot. 

[Frances] Newell the wife of Abraham Newell 

Elizabeth Do well a maide servant, she was maried to o' bro. Giles 
Paison 

Phil] is Pepper a maide servant 

Robert Williams* 

Judith Weld the second wife of m' Thomas Weld 

Samuel Hagboumef 

£lizal)eth Williams the wife of Robert Williams 

Katteren Hagbourne, the wife of Satriuel Hagboume. 

Abraham How. 

How, the wife of Abraham How. 

Arthur Geary.J 

Geary the wife of Arthur Geary 

Thomas Ruggles§ he came to N. E. in the yeare 1637. he was efd' 
broth^ to John Ruggles ; children of a Godly fath' ; he joyned to the 
Church soone after his coming being as well knowne as his broth^ his first 
born soue. dyed in England his second son John was brought over a servant 
by Phillip Eliot: & he brought two oth^ children w*** him: Sarah, & Sairi- 
nell : he had a great sicknesse the yeare after his coming, but the Lord 
recoverd him in mercy. 

Mary the wife of Thomas Ruggles. she joyned to the Church w*** her 
husband & approved her selfe a Godly christian, by a holy, & blamelesse 
conv'ation l)eing conv'ted, not long before theire coming from England. 

Edward Bridges. 

[Elizabeth] Johnson the wife of Isaak Johnson. 

Christian Spisor a maide servant. 

l^r'' Rhoda Gore the Wife of M' John Gore 

Rachel write a maide servant, she was married to o' broth' John Lea- 
vinsi 

Johana Boyse a maide 

Thomas MihilllT 

Mihill the wife of mihill 

Mathew Boyse** 

Boyse the wife of Boyse. 

[To be continued.] 

• From Nonrich, co. Norfolk, England, it is said, with wife Elizabeth, and married after 
wards Margaret, widow of John Fearing, of Hingliam. 

t Will, Reo. ii. 261 ; liis widow, according to Savnge, married April 14, 1644, Gov. Tho- 
ausDadlPv, afterward, in 1663, Rev. John Aliin, of Dedham. 

J Will, Reo. xv. 248. Proved Jan. 30, 1666. 

I Will, Reo. iii. 266; widow, married Mr. Roote. 

I John l/cvins and Rachel Wright were married July 5, 1639.— /?ox6«ry Records, 

\ Ue wa£ the father of the Rev. Thomas Mighill, H. C. 1663, mini.ster of Scituate, Mass. 

♦♦ lie w:i8 afterwards of Rowley, but as early as 16o7 returned to England. He was 
the father of the Rev. Joseph Bovse, of Dublin, an author of some repute, who vf&» bom 
in Leeds. England, Jan. 14, 1659-^, and died in Dublin, Ireland, Nov. 1728.— See Regis- 
TSK, xii. 66-7. 



248 Letters Patent of Denization. [July, 



LETTERS PATENT OF DENIZATION, 

Becorded Lib. 14, Fol. 212, in the Suffolk Registry op Deeds 

Boston.* 

Commnnicated by John T. Hassam, A.M., of Boston. 

JACOBUS Secundus Dei Gratia Ang®. Scotise franciae et Hjbernia 
Rex fidei Defensor xc*. Omnibus ad qvos Presentes Literae Nostrse Per- 
venerint Sal u tern Sciatis qvod nos pro Diver sis Bonis causis et consideration- 
lb', nos ad Presentes specialiter moventibus de gratia Nostra Speciali et ex 
certa Scientia et Mero Motu Nostris concessimus ac per Presentes pro nobis 
Hseredibus et Suceessoribus nostris concedimus Dilectis Nobis Petro Alix 
Clerico Margaretae Uxori ejus Johanni Petro et Jacobo Liberis Suis Phy- 
lippo Arbunuot Johanni Arbandy Jacobo Asselme Clerico Jonas Arnaud 
Susannas Uxori ejus Eleazaro Abrahamo Jonae et Janae Liberis Suis Jacobo 
Anry Ludovico Allaire Mariae Aubertin Mariae Annsd Aubertin Isaaco 
Abrahamo Petro Assaily Carolo Ardessoif Janas Uxori ejus Petro Johan- 
ni et Janac Liberis Suis Johanni Bar1;»eriae Petro et Johanni Petro Liberis 
ejus Jacobo Bailergean Paulo Boyd Oseae Belin Oseae filio ejus Jacobo 
Breon Annas Bureau Elizabethan et Mariae Annas Liberis ejus Thoma 
Bureau Annae Uxori ejus Gabrieli et Petro Boulangier Georgio Boyd 
Aaman Bonum Petro Billon Nicolao Bournett Jacobo Augusto Blondel 
Marian Bibal Samueli Bonsac francisco Brincuman Johanni Bernard Petro 
Bernardan Johanni Bruginner Jacobo Bruginner Isaaco Bonmett Samueli 
Jacobo et Benigno Liberis eju,8 ffriderico Blancart Henrico Bustin Mat- 
thaeo Bustin Josepho Bailhon Esterae Bernon Gabrieli Maria? Esterae et 

• In the Register for April, 1878 (xxxii. 181), the writer began what was intended to 
be ft scries ol abstnicts of early Suffolk deeds. The effort which was shortly afterward 
made to induce the County Commissioners to print in full the earlier records, the first result 
of wliicli is the recently printed " Suffolk Deeds, Lib. I.," i-endered these abstracts un- 
necessary, and their publication was discontinued. These ** Letters Patent of Denizaition,** 
however, recorded Lih. 14, fol. 212. affect so many families and are so interesting to the 
genealogist, that it has been thought best to print them here entire. 

It was not until this article was all in typo that the writer had, for the first time, an op- 
portunity of consulting Agnew*s French Protestatit Exiles, London^ 1871 (1.46). The 
author of that book introduces lists of these and other Huguenot refugees as follows: 
•* Numerous lists of the reigns of Charles IL, James II., William and Mary, and William 
III., I now present to my readers, copied by myself from the Patent Rolls. As to the 
learned reader's ojunion of my accuracy as a copyist, I relv on such a reader's indulgent 
consideration of the difficulty of spelling out the names. 'The letters i, m, n, and u, sepa- 
rately nnd combined, and also the letters c and t, may have been sometimes blundered, the 
old style of penmanship not sutflcicntly distinguishing them. The documents arc in Latin, 
the Christian names have u>ually the teniiination of the dative case: Jacobo seems to 
stand for Jacob and James, so that the translation of it is usually conjectural." He addl 
in a foot-note, ** The Camden Society Lists are printed from copies belonging to the late 
Mr. Peter Levesque. I have thought it would be a good service to take copies afresh from 
the Patent Rolls. With rejjard to the lists belonging to the reigns of Charles II. and 
James II., I have had the advantage of the Camden Society volume for cjmpiirison and 
correction. Where I differ from the learned editor as to the spelling of names, I am of 
opinion that my spelling is correct, not necessarily as to orthography, but as a literal copy 
of what the government scribe wrote." 

The writer of this article has preserved with equal care the exact spelling of these 
names as they appear in the Suffolk records, and the discrepancies — large in number even 
when we consider the unsettled orthography of the time in which they were written— which 
the reader will discover in the printed lists, are due to differences in the MS. records from 
which tliey were taken. Cf. the Camden Society volume entitled ** Liata of Foreign Pro- 
testants and Aliens resident in Englnnd, 1618-1G88," edited by William Durrant Cooper, 
F.S.A., London, 1862, p. 48. 



1881.] Letters Patent of Denization. 249 

Jacobo Liberis ejus Jacobo Barbot Petro Bovirdett Johanni Bourdett Ste- 
phano Barachin Ladovico Barachin Isaaco Beaulieu Samueli Brufieau Jo- 
hanni Beaufils Davidi Beausani^vet Theophilo Bellonger Elizseo Baduett 
Georgio Bassment Clerico Maria3 Uxori ejus Petro Boytoult Catharinae Ux- 
ori ejus Catharinas et Magdalenai liberis ejus Abrahamo Binett Magdalenae 
Uxori ejus Judithae filiae ejus Jobanni Petro Boy [ ] Johanni Boyde- 

chesue Abrahamo Christiern Mariae Uxori ejus Marthae et Magdalenae Libe- 
ria Suis Petro Christiern Bernardo Coudert Bernardo Benjamino et Janai Li- 
beris ejus Davidi Charles Isaaco Converse Annae Uxori ejus Johanni Colom 
Annae Uxori ejus Antonio Johanni Marthee et Mariae Liberis Suis Jacobo 
Collivaux Janse Uxori ejus Charlotto^ fdiae Suas Arnaud Cazaubieth Janae 
Uxori ejus Danieli Chevalier Susannae Uxori ejus Danieli et Jacobo Liberis 
suis Johanni Baptistae Chovard Petro Chasqveau Samueli Cooke Thomae 
Cbauvin Charlottas Uxori ejus Thomas francisco et Catharinae Liberis Suis Jo- 
hanni Coutris Jacobo Crochon Petro Sarae et Hesterae Chefd'hotell Petro 
Caron Petro Chafelon Paulo Charron Annas Uxori ejus Marqvis Carmelo 
Greorgio Chabott Paulo de Brissac Samueli de la Coulere Mariue Uxori ejus 
Judiths et Margaritas filiabus suis Janas de Carjennes Petro et Janae Liberis 
ejus Danieli en Condray Magdalenae Uxori ejus Danieli filio Suo Paulo de 
Pont Gabrieli de Pont Johanni de Dioro) Abrahamo et Danieli de Doav'^as 
Isaaco de Dognel Racheli Uxori ejus Carolo et Isaaco liberis ejus Josiae Du- 
vall Petro Davau francisco Desae Mariae Uxori ejus Raymundo et Petro Libe- 
ris suis Johanni Mendez da Casta Johanui de la Ilay Johanni Thomae Carolo 
Mosi Adriano et Petro liberis ejus Johanni Doublet ilarthie Uxori ejus Davidi 
Jacobo et Mariae Liberis Suis Petro Daude Isaaco Delamer Johanni De- 
conning Catharinae et Marthae filiabus suis Isaaco et Mario; de Mouiitmayor 
Johanni de la Place Lovise Uxori ejus Johaimi de Beaulieu Jacobo de 
Bors et Mariae Uxori ejus Jacobo Gideon de Siqve Ville Clerico Henrico 
le gay de Bussy Phylippo de la Loe Clerico Abrahamo Bueno . Henriqvez 
Abrahamo Duplex Susannae Uxori ejus Jacobo Gideoni Georgio et Susan- 
nae liberis Suis Petro Grede francisco francia Maria? de la fuge Catharinae 
Elisabethae Magdalenae Mariae Margaritae et Anna? liberis ejus Mosi de 
Pommara Magdalenae Uxori ejus Mosi et Susannie Liberis suis Johanni 
Dreilliet Johanni de Cazaliz Petro Dumas Abrahamo Dugard et Eliza- 
bethse Uxori ejus Gerhardo de Wyck Samueli del Maige Sulomoni Eyme 
Dyonisio ifelles Johanni ffenmull Andrea; ifaiiema Arnaud ffiauces Annae 
Uxori ejus et Arnaud filio suo Rene fHeury Petro fTountaine Clerico Su- 
sannae Uxori ejus Jacobo Ludovico Beuigno Annie Susannae et Esterae 
liberis suis Johanni ffargeon Isaaco ffarcy Petro fHeurissou Johanni fFallett 
Andreae et Johanni ffraigneau Danieli ffleureau fTraucisco Guerin Magdal- 
ense Uxori ejus ffrancisco et Annae Liberis Suis Nicoluo Guerin Ludovico 
Galley Paulo Granstell Clerico Samueli Georges PLleazaro Grunard Hen- 
rico Guichenet Ludovico Galland Racheli Uxori ejus Josei)ho Guicheret 
Claudio Groteste Clerico Jacobo Garon Isaaco Gariuer Gulielmo Guillon 
Danieli Gorsin Johanni Gurzelier Andreae Gurzelier Petro Goisard Jacobo 
Martell Gonlard Gulielmo Gony Johanni Gravelot Catharinui Uxori ejus 
Mutheo Gelien Isaaco Hamon Johanni Haraciie Johanni Ilobert Eliza- 
betbae Uxori ejus Johanni Samueli Elizabetha; et Mariie Liberis Suis Ma- 
riae et Susannae Hardovin Mosi Hervien Estera; Uxori ejus Johanni et 
Marthae Liberis Suis Antonio Hulin Antonio Julien Jana; Uxori ejus 
Annae Susannae Marias et P^stene filiabus suis Henrico Jourdin Ludovico 
Igon Esterae Uxori ej*. Esterae et Mariae liberis suis Charlott Justell An- 
dres Jansen Antonio Juliot Antonio et Abrahamo liberis ejus Jacobo Jous- 

TOL. XXXY. 22 



250 Letters Patent of Denization, [April, 

sett Mariae Joly Johanni Laurae Antonio Chevreux Simoni Petro et Marue 
Laurent Jacobo le bond Jacobo Lovis Abrabamo filio ejus Esaye le Boar- 
geois Henrico le Conte Jobanui et Roberto le Plaistrier Helenas le frank 
de marieres Jobanui lombard Clerico franciscae Uxori ejus Danieli et Phy- 
lippo liberis suis Danieli le febvre Adriano Lernoult Petro le Sas Jobanni le 
Plaistrier Cbarlottae Uxori ejus Abrabamo et Janae Liberis Suis francisco 
le Cam Clerico Gabrieli le Byteux Benjamino L Hoiiime dieu Samneli le 
Goudu Annse Uxori ejus Magdalenaj filiaB Suae francisco le Sombre Michaeli 
le Goudu Annae Uxori ejus Tbomae Mattbaso et Jobanni Liberis suis Jacco- 
bo Baruh Conrada Johanni Longlacbe MarisB Uxori ejus Mariae et Marths 
filiabus Suis Jobanni Petro la Serie fferdinando Mendez Samueli Metayer 
Clerico Phylippo Martineo Susannae Metayer Samueli Ludovico Maris 
Annae et Racbeli Liberis ejus Jobanni Marin Clerico Elizabetbse Uxori ejus 
Martbae et SusanuiB Liberis suis Petro Moreau franciscse Uxori ejus Samu- 
eli Elizabetbae Mariae Ann^e et Marise Liberis suis Carolo Moreau 
Mariae AnnsB Uxori ejus Danieli et Henriettse Liberis suis Jonae Mar- 
cbais Juditbae Uxori ejus et Isaaco filio Suo Ambrosio et Isaaco Minett 
Nicolao Montelz Magdalenae Uxori Petro Marion Solomoni Monnereau 
Juditbse et francisco Morett Petro Montelz Michaeli Marcy Michaeli 
Johanni Petro et Isabellae liberis suis Stephano Mignau Isaaco Martin Pe- 
tro et Mariae Moreau ffrancisco Magnall Danieli Mussard Petro Montbal- 
lier de la Salle Danieli Mogrin Margareta? Uxori ejus Roberto Myre Jaco- 
bo Manpetit Susannae Uxori ej'. Mariie Mannett Petro Mercier Susanna 
Uxori ejus Petro Jacobo Susannae et Annae liberis suis lovise March et 
Johanni iilio ejus Abrabamo Baruh Henriqvez Jobanni Nolleau Eleazaro 
Nezerau Juditbae Uxori ejus Esterae Juditbae et Helenae filiabus suis Johan- 
ni Pages Solomoni Pages Clerico Samueli Payen Petro Phelippaux Jo- 
hanni Papin ffrancisco Papin Aroni Pereira Petro Pain Margaretai Uxori 
ejus Davidi Papin Annae Uxori ejus Davidi et Susannae Liberis Suis Jacobo 
Pelisson Adriano Perreau Simoni Pausin Johanni Pron Petro Pratt Abra- 
bamo Page Gulii'lmo Portuile Margaretae Uxori ejus Gulielmo ffrancisco 
Hectori Mariaj et Gabrieli Liberis Suis Jacobo Pinneau Jacobo Paisable 
Danieli Paillett Mosi Palot Martbai Uxori ejus Stephano Peloqvin Al- 
phonso Rodriguez Jobanni La Roche Jobanui et Petro Reme Jacobo 
Roussell Petro Esprit Radisson Stephano Rivonleau Petro Roy Susannae 
Uxori ejus Eleazaro Johanni Danieli et Susannae liberis suis Gabrieli Ra- 
mondon Paulo Rapillard Adamo Rounne Annae Uxori ejus Adamo Jacobo 
et Petro liberis suis Ludovico Rame Raymundo Rey Abrabamo Ronaud 
Antonio Rousseau Elizabethae francisco et Onupbrije liberis ejus francisco 
Robert Samueli Sasportas Petro Sanseau Petro Sigum Petro iilio ejus Ca- 
rolo Senegal Stephano Sevrin Mattbaeo Simon Racbeli Uxori ejus Mat- 
thaeo filio suo Alexand'"o Siegler francisco Sanzeau franciscae Uxori ejus 
Abrabamo Danieli Petro et Jacobo Liberis suis Johanni Saulnier Matthjeo 
Savary Stephano Savary Luc;e et Matthaeo liberis ejus Josuai Sonlart 
Elizabethae Uxori ejus Paulo Seual Mariae Tonschard Davidi Thibault Mar- 
garetic Teruac francisco et Anna3 Liberis ejus Johanni Thierry Petro Thaa- 
vill Abrabamo Tourtelot Jacobo IMosi et Jobanni Liberis ejus Johanni 
Thomas Aroni Testas Clerico Petro Tousant Petro Vailable francisco Urig^ 
neau et Jana3 Uxori ejus Marco Vernons Clerico Antonio Vareilles Johanni 
van Lenterau Gabrieli Verignii francisco Van Rignaud Davidi Villianne 
Mariaj Yvonett Johanni Sansom et Mariie liberis ejus Mariaj Lerpunere 
Jacobo Mongin Nicolao Heude ffrancisco de Beaulieu Susannae de Beau- 
lieu Henrico et Henriettse liberis ejus in Partibus Transmarinis natis q^ 



1881.] Letters Patent of Denization, 251 

ipsi Sint et Erint et eorum qvislibet sit et erit Indigena et Ligeus Nostras 
et Useredum et Successoram Nostrorum Regum AuglisB ac qvod Haeredes 
Sai et eorum Cujuslibet Respective sint et erint Ligei Nostri Hacredum et 
Successor) Nostrorum ac qvod tam ipsi qvam Hsercdes sui in Omnibus Tra- 
jectinis Reputentur habeantur ac gubernentur tanqvam fideles Ligei Nostri 
infra Predictum Regnum Nostrum Angliae Oriuudi et qvod ipsi et eorum 
qvislibet Respective et Haeredes Sui omues ac omnimod) ac Actiones Sectas 
et Qvaerelas cujuscunqve siut Generis naturae sive Speciei in qvibuscunqve 
locis euriis ac jurisdiction ibus Nostris in Regno Nostro Angliae ac alibi in- 
fra Dominia Nostra habere Exercere Eisqve Uti et Gaudere et in iisdem 
Placitare et Implacitari Respondere et Responderi Defeudere ac defendi 
Possint et Yaleant Possit et Valeat in Omnibus ac per Omnia sicut aliqvis 
Ligeus Nostrus aut Aliqvi fideles Subditi Nostri in dicto Regno Nostro 
Angliae Nati sive Oriundi et Insuper qvod Separales Personae Praedictae et 
eorom qvislibet et HsBredes sui Respective Terras Tenementa Redditus Re- 
yersiones et Servitia et Alia Haereditamenta Qvascunqve infra Dictum Reg- 
num Nostrum AnglisB et Alia Dominia perqvisere Recipere capere habere 
Tenere Emere et Possidere ac eis Uti et Gaudere sibi et Hseredibus Suis 
Respective in Perpetuum vel alio qvocunqve modo eaqve Dare Vendere 
Alienare et Legare cuicunqve PersousB sive Qvibuscunqve Personis sibi 
Placuerint vel Placuerit ad Libitum Suum Valeant et Possint Valeat et Pos- 
sit licite et impune ac adeolibere Qviete integre ac Pacifice Sicut aliqvi fide- 
les Ligei Nostri infra Regnum Nostrum Anglise Oriundi ac qvod ipsi et 
Hs&redes Sui Respective libereet licite Clamare Retinere et Gaudere Possint 
et Yaleant Maneria Terras Tenementa Redditus et Haeredimenta Qvaecun- 
qve sibimet ipsis vel eorum qvolibet per nos aut per aliqvas Personas qvas- 
canq aut per aliqvam Personam qvamcunqve antehac Datas concessas sive 
assiguatas aut in posterum daudas concedeudas sive assignaudas adeo libere 
qviete integre et pacifice sicut aliqvis fidelis Liegeus Noster infra Dictum 
Regnum Nostrum angliae Oriuudus ac qvod Personas Pra^dictao ac qvod 
Haeredes sui Respective Omnes et oranimodas Libertates franchisas et 
Privilegia Regni Nostri AngliaB et alior) Dominiorura Nostrorum libere 
qviete et Pacifice habere et Possidere eisqve Uti et Gaudere Possint et 
Valeant tanqvam fideles ligei Nostri infra Dictum Nostrum Regnum Ang®. 
Nati absqve Perturbatione Molestatione impedimento Vexatioue Clameo 
sive Gravamine qvocunqve Nostri Ila^redum aut Successorum Nostrorum 
aut Ministrorum aut Officiariorum Nostrorum aut Aliorum qvorumcunqve 
aliqvo Statuto Actu Ordinatione sive Provisione Rogni Nostri Proedicti in 
CoDtrarium inde antehac facto Edito Ordiuato Sive Proviso aut aliqva 
Alia Re Causa vel Materia qvacunqve in Contrarium non Obstante Atta- 
men Volumus ac per Presentes Personis Praidictis et eorum qvolibet Re- 
spective Praecipimus qvod ipsi et Haeredes Sui Respective Homagium et 
Liegeantiam nobis HaBredibus et Successoribus Nostris faciant et Lott et 
Scott prout alii Ligei Nostri faciunt et Contribuunt Solvant et Contribuant 
nt est Justum et qvod ipsi et Haeredes Sui Respective Solvant Soluinodo 
nobis Haeredib' et Successoribus nostris Custumam et Subsidiura p'o Rebus 
et Marchandizis Suis prout ludigenao Solvant et Solvere Debent et qvod 
ipsi et Haeredes Sui Respective Omnes et Singulas Ordinationes Acta 
Statuta et Proclamation es Regni Nostri Aiigliao tam Edita qvam in Poste- 
rum Edenda Teneant et iisdem Obedientes Sint et Erint juxta formam Le- 
gum et Statutorum in ea parte aliqvo Statuto actu Or<linatione sive Pro- 
visione in Contrarium inde non Obstante et non Obstante Statuto in Par- 
liamento Dominse Elizabethae nuper Regiuae Ang^^. Anno Regni Sui Qvin- 



252 John and Samuel Browne^ Salem^ 1629. [Jaly> 

to Tento Edito et Proviso Proviso semper et Volumus qvod Separales 
Person SB Predict) et familiae Suse qvas nunc babent vel in posterum babe- 
ant Respective Continiiabunt et Residentes Erint infra Regnum Nostrum 
Aug». aut alibi infra Dominia Nostra In Cujus Rei Testimonium has Lite- 
ras Nostras fecimiis fieri Patentes Teste 3Ieipso apod Westmouasterium 
Qvinto Die Januarii Anno Regui Nostri Tertio 

per Breve de Privato Sigillo 

Broad Seal of Eug** Appendant Duplicat) 

Tbe foregoing Patent was Recorded this 20"*. of. July. 1 688 at the De- 
sire of M' Gabriel Bernon one of tbe Party s therein mentioned 

by Me Tho Dudley Cler. 



JOHN AND SAMUEL BROWNE'S APPLICATION TO 
THE MASSACHUSETTS COMPANY, 1629. 

Commanicatcd by William B. Trask, Esq., of Boston. 

STUDENTS of early American history arc generally conversant, 
we presume, with the story of the two brothers, John and Sam- 
uel Browne, " the lawyer and the merchant," the former being an 
Assistant, who were joined with other members to be a Council ot 
the Massachusetts plantation or colony, of whom Endicot was con- 
firmed as Governor. Soon after their arrival here, if not previous- 
ly, differences of an ecclesiastical nature arose. The Brownes and 
others set up P^piscopacy, maintaining^ views at variance with the 
two ministers, Skelton and Higginson, who did not " use the book 
of common prayer," and were non-conformists. " Their speeches 
and practises tending to mutiny and faction," as it was alleged, 
" the governor told them, that New England was no place for such 
as they ; and therefore he sent tliem both back for England, at the 
return of the ships the same year." 

The article here printed settles the question, nearly, as to the 
time of arrival in England, and gives the name of the vessel in 
which thev sailed. 

Mr. Felt (Hist. Salem, i. 06) has fac-similes of the autographs 
oftlictwo Brownes, "taken from the Colony Records. The ter- 
mination of the surnames is worn away," he says, " but the defi- 
ciency is supplied by the like which precedes, except the final e." 
The document which we print has perfect autographs, and fac-simi- 
les of these are here given. 

For furtlier information in regard to the Brownes, see the follow- 
ing works: Sufftdh Deeds, Lib. i., pages xiii., xxii., xxiii. ; 
Young's Chronicles of Jlrrssachu setts; Transactions and Collec- 
tionx of the American Antiquarian Society^'m*', Morton's Me- 
morialy 147. 



1881.] William Good and Salem Witchcraft. 253 

Whereas we John Browne & Samuell Browne haue certayne Chestes & 
tmncks & other goods in the shippe called the Talbott, if we shall haue 
libertye to take them out of the sayd shippe, we doe hereby promise, that 
if the Comittee (w*^^ was appoynted betweene the Company of Massachu- 
setts baye in Newe England & vs the last Court) shall order vs to paye for 
the fraight of the sayd goodes, then we will paye the sayd fraight vnto the 
Trer™ of the said Company at what tyme y' shalbe appoynted, And like- 
wise if they shall order that we shall paye any thing for o' passage home- 
wards bounde, we will paye the same in like manner what shalbe awarded, 
in witnes whereof we haue herevnto subscribed o' handes this 28^ daye of 
September 1629 




[Endorsed:] A note of m' Samuell & John Brownes to pay freight for 
back bownd if it bee agreed so by the Cotiiittee 



INJUEY TO WILLIAM GOOD BY THE WITCHCRAFT 

DELUSION. 

Commanicated by Peteb Thacher, A.M., of Boston. 

ALL of the following petition except the last line is in the hand 
vnriting of William Good. For Upham'e opinion of Good, 
see his "S^em Witchcraft," volume ii. page 481. 

To the Honourable Committee 

The humble representation of Will™ Good of the Damage sustained by 
him in the year 1692, by reason of the sufferings of his family upon the 
account of supposed Witchcraft. 

1. My wife Sarah Good was In prison about four months & then Exe- 
cuted. 

2. a sucking child dyed in prison before the Mothers Execution. 

3. a child of 4 or 5 years old was in prison 7 or 8 months and being 
chained in the dungeon was so hardly used and terrifyed that she hath ever 
since been very chargeable having little or no reason to gouem herself — 
And I leave it unto the Honourable Court to Judge what damage I have 
sustained by such a destruction of my poor family — And so rest 

*" Your Honours humble servant 

Salem Sept. 13: 1710 William Good. 

30^** proposed for to be allowed 

TOL. XXXT. 22* 



254 The Family of Dummer. [Jaty* 



THE FA^nLY OF DUMMER. 
Bt Col. Joseph Lemuel Chesteb, LL.D., of London. 



Communicated by Prof. Edwakd £. Salisbust, LL.D., of New Haren, Conn. 

THIS monograph is fronj a volume of ** Family Memorials " in 
preparation by Prof. Salisbury, and intended to be privatelj 
printed. 

The existeuce of the family of Dummer (in the early periods spelt vi- 
rionsly Dumer, Dumere, Dummer, Dummere, Dumar, Domer, Ek)miner, 
etc.) is directly traced, through the public records, to as early a date as 
the beginuing of the 12th century. Ralph de Dummera (supposed to be 
a son of Henry de Domera, living 7 & 28 Hen. L, 1107-1128), living 
in 1148 and dead before 1205, married Agnes de la Penne, heiress <J 
Penne, in the county of Somerset, which place was afterwards known as 
Penne-Domer, and still exists as Pendomer, situated about four miles from 
Yeovil in that county. She was living as late as 1205, but died before 
1212. They had three sons, of whom Geofiry, the youngest, became a 
priest, and was parson of Dummer in Hampshire. Robert de Dummer, 
the second son, married and left issue, but his line terminated in an heir- 
ess about the middle of the 14th century. Henry de Dummer, the eldest 
son and heir, also married and had issue two daughters, and an only son, 
Sir William de Dummer, living 1213-1243, who married Sibilla, sister of 
Hubert de Caune, lord of the manor of Drayton, co. Hants. Their son 
Sir John de Dummer, living 12G8-1320, has an eflSgy still existing in Pen- 
domer church, a magnificent example of its kind, cross-legged, and in a 
complete suit of ring-mail. He married the sister of Sir William Paynel, 
Baron Paynel, and had three sons, of whom Richard left no issue, and the 
line of John terminated in coheiresses early in the 15th century. Thomas 
de Dommer, the eldest son, succeeded to the family estate in Dummer, in 
Hampshire (that of Pendomer going to his younger brother John, whose 
grandson and last heir male sold it in 1408). He died in 1316, his wife 
Joan surviving. They had two sons, John who died without issue, and 
Thomas de Dummer who was a minor in 1318, and was still living in 1349. 
He left an only daughter and heir, Ellen, who married, first, Sir Nicholas 
Atte More, and secondly, William Farley, who was living in 1395. By her 
first husband she had one son, Thomas At More, alias Dummer, who left 
one son, Henry Dummer, living in 1428, whose son Robert Dummer was 
lord of the manor and patron of the church of Dummer, co. Hants, in 1450 
and 14G2. He left two sons, of whom George died before 1510, leaving 
an only daughter who married Thomas Tottishurst, of the county of Kent. 
Henry Dummer of Dummer, the surviving son, married twice, and died in 
151 G. By his second wife, Alice Franklin, he had a daughter Margaret, 
and a son, John Dummer, who died Ist January, 1570-1, having had two 
sons who died in infancy, and leaving two daughters. Rose, married to John 
Edmonds of London, and Joane, who was married at Dummer, 5th Octo- 
ber, 15G1, to John Cocke of that place, where she was buried in lG05,and 



1881.] The Family of Dummer. 255 

he in 1613. Henry Dummer, by his first wife, the daughter of Thomas 
Starling, had a son and heir, Richard Dummer, living in 1524-5, who had 
a daughter Joane and a son John, who both died without issue, and another 
son AVilliam At More alias Dummer, who was born ISth Feb., 1508-9. He 
was for fifty years clerk of the Lord Mayor's Court, and Comptroller of the 
Chamber of London, and was finally buried at Dummer on the 11th of July, 
1593. He married Einborough, daughter of Edmund Brydges of Lon- 
don, and had an only son, Richard, who died in his infancy. 

The only monuments of the family existing, or known to have ever existed, 
in Dummer Church, were evidently put up by this person in his life-time, as 
the date of his death was never filled in. On a brass plate inserted in the 
east wall of the chancel are the effigies of a man and a little boy, the latter 
kneeling behind the former. The wife's efiigy, without children, has dis- 
appear^, the matrix only remaining. 

The arms in a shield are as follows : 

Quarterly, L and IV 2 bars between 6 Martlets .... (for Atmore), II. 

.... billed .... a crescent for , difference (for Dummer), III a cross 

eDC[railed .... (for Caane) . 

Underneath is the following inscription : 

*' Within this toumbe lycthe buryed y* foodye of William at Moore aVs Dommer 
Esqayre borne the ziiith daye of Februarye Anno 1508 : be served y^' citye of Lon- 
don in y« office of one of y* Clearkes of the Lo: Maiors Court and Comptroler of 3^ 
Chaamoer of London 50 yeares and above and died the of hP he maryed Kin- 
borowe Daughter of Edmunde Brydj^es of LondO Draper & had issue betwene them 
a Sonne who died in his infancie.'' 

On the pavement below the above is the following on another brass plate 
let into a slab of Purbeck marble : 

** I, William at Moore, Dommer calde, do here intoumbed lye, 
And Lordship this and of thys Churche the patronage had I : 
M3'ne auncestors me longbefbre weare owners of the same, 
Obtayn'd by matche w*** Dommer's heire whereof they tooke y* name ; 
W^^ name and livinge here on earthe as from them 1 po.sseste, 
So nowe in earth like them 1 am for wormes becoumbe a ^ueste : 
Thus (reader) death on me hath wrought that to mankynd is due, 
And like of thee by nature's course is sure for to ensue." 

Execrable as poetry, these lines are important, as they furnish the wri- 
ter's own testimony as to the manner in which he became a Dummer. 

This William was the last of the name who possessed the manor or lord- 
ship of Dummer, which at his death passed, probably by some limitation 
in the entail, to some person so distantly connected with the family that the 
character of such connection cannot be ascertained. He, it will be seen, was 
not a genuine Dummer, but the last of seven generations of Atmores. His 
immediate predecessors had called themselves only Dummer, while he used 
both surnames, but gave his own coat of arms the precedence, using that ' 
of Dummer only as a quartering. In those days the heraldry of tomb- 
stones meant something, and the shield which he caused to be put upon his 
monument tells his true history. He was entitled to quarter the Dummer 
coat through his heiress-ancestress who married the first Sir Nicholas At- 
more, and she also brought with her that of Caune, her great-grandmother 
being an heiress. He might, if he had chosen, also have quartered the 
coat of Penne, the first ancestress from whom he could positively trace his 
descent. 

The name of Dummer disappears from the Dummer registers after his 



256 The Family of Dummer. [Jaly» 

death, and, so far as can be ascertained, the entire race in the male line of 
the Dummers of Pendomer became extinct The snrname crops up occa- 
sionally, however, in deeds and wills and other records of the period, bat it 
is impossible to identify the persons bearing it, in any instance, or to con- 
nect them with each other. The probability is that, as in the case of At- 
more, other persons married Dummer daughters, if not heiresses, and 
assumed their name. That such was the case in the history of the family 
I am now about to discuss is very certain. It will probably be news to the 
descendants of the Dummers of New England that their ancient patrony- 
mic was not Dummer at all, but such is the inevitable result from the ex- 
tensive researches I have made among the old wills, public records, Manor 
Court rolls, etc, etc., of the period, and every step in the pedigree I am 
about to present is proved by evidence that is indisputable. My only re- 
gret is that no efibrt, and I have spared none, enables me to determine pre- 
cisely who was the first Dummer of the family. There is a gap that can- 
not be bridged. 

There was a certain John Dummer who was PrsBpositus or Reeve of the 
borough of Overton in Hampshire, in 1471, and who was amerced in that 
borough in the 21st of King Henry VII., 1505-6. Who he was, where 
he came from, or when he died, I have been unable to ascertain, and can 
no where find any other reference to him. 

I. A little later, viz., in 1523, there appears at Owslebury, in the same 
county, a Richard Pyldren, or Pyldrem, who died l>efore February, 1540-1, 
and was buried at Owslebury. He was a freeholder of Overton above- 
mentioned, and is variously called, in the Manor Coart rolls and otho* 
records, ** Richard Pyldren cdias Domer," " Richard Dummer aUtu Pyl- 
dren," and "Richard Pyldrem alias Dummer." His wife Matilda, or 
Maude, survived him, and was living at Owslebury in 1545, as " Mawde 
Pillgryme," and in 1549 as '* Mawde Pildrem/' but was burieil at Owsle- 
bury, according to her son's will, before 24th August, 1559. Whether her 
maiden-name was Pyldren, and her husband assumed it on their marriage, 
or whether she was a Dummer and he had added her patronymic to his 
own, and, if so, whether she was a daughter and heiress of the John Dum- 
mer of Overton above named, are questions that my most anxious searches 
do not enable me to answer, and it is not probable that they ever can be 
answered. But as her sons and grandson continued to use the name of Pyl- 
dren before that of Dummer, and as, although at some distance from Owsle- 
bury, they continued to be freeholders of Overton, and as this Richard and 
Matilda gave the name of John to the only two sons they had, there 
may be a fair presumption that Matilda was the daughter and heiress 
of John Dummer of Overton, and that her husband, first assuming her 
surname as an alias, finally dropped his own altogether, or rather 
that his descendants did. The conjecture however is not susceptible of 
proof absolute, and it can only be reasoned from analog}' that the assump- 
tion of a second surname by Pyldren, as in the case of Atmore, was due 
to the fact that he had " matched with Dummer's heir." 

At all events, this Richard Pyldren and Maude his wife were the ear- 
liest ancestors, of whom we can be absolutely certain, of the Dummers of 
New England, and of Bishopstoke and elsewhere in Hampshire. ITiey 
lefl two sons, both named John, and evidently no other children. One of 
these Johns, whether the elder or younger cannot be determined, was mar- 
ried at Newton Valence, Hants, 5th October, 1541, to Joane, daughter of 
Robert Smith of that place, and Agatha his wife. They are mentioned in 



1881.] The Family ofDummer. 257 

the will of her mother, Agatha Smith, dated 23(1 September, 1558, as be- 
ing then issueless, and they evidently died without issue, as none are named 
in the will of her husband John Pyldren, which was dated 24th August, 
1559. He directed to be buried at Owslebury, near his father and mother, 
and gave a small legacy to his brother John. The rest of his estate he gave 
to his wife Joane, whom he made his executrix, and she proved the will 
at Winchester, on the 3d of June, 1561. In one of the old records of 1544 
this John is named as ^* John Pyldrime or Pilgryme alias Domer." I 
have never met with this name in this form any where else, and the proba- 
bility is that, if it had been perpetuated, it would have settled down into 
Pilgrim^ which was subsequently not an uncommon name. 

11. The other son of Richard and Maude Pyldren alias Dummer, viz. 
John Pj/idren^ or Pjfldryn^ as he continued to be called in the lists of Free 
Renters at Overton, as late as 1542, subsequently resided at Durley, in 
Hants, about five miles southward from Owslebury. As his will is the 
earliest that can be discovered of the ancestors of the Dummers of New 
England, and as it is a curious example of the orthography of the period, 
I here give it verbatim et literatim : 

'• In the name of God Amen I John Pyldren of Derly within the countye of 
South*, Uousbandman, bcinge 83'ke of bodye but thnnkes be unto God hole of mynde 
& memory, doue here make and ordayne my last wyll Jb testament in manar &, forme 
foloinf;^. In the fyrsto day of December in the seventeth yere of the rayne of our 
soverayne ladye the quene Ei^'zabeth, by the grace of i^od quene of Inglnnd, France 
& Ireland, defiendar of the fayth etc. Item, Fyrste Igeve and bequethc my sole 
unto all myghty God, and my bodye to be buryed in the church or church-yeard of 
Ihrrley, at the d^scretyon of my executors. Item, I geve unto the Trenytc churche 
of Wynchester iiii*. Item, I give unto my wiffo Ala [Alice] my best bed and all 
that thereto belonseth. Item, I also geve to my aiyd wynb my nest kowe and a brasse 
pott ii plattars. Item, I geve to my son in la we Richard White won quarter of 
narley well & klene tryd & wymbcr. Item, I geve to my son in lawe Wyllyam Col- 
broke won quarter of good barley. Item , I geve unto my son in lawes Rychard NV bite's 
f>0D Robart won kowe boloke of a year old. Item, I geve unto my godson Thomas 
White one kowe bolok of a ycrc old. Item, I geve to my godson Raynoid Staverby 
xii**. Item, I give and bequethc to every on of my god-children els ii^ a pece. Item, 
I geve among the pore pepuU of Dyrley ii boshels of whete, to be dyetrebuted In bred 
at the dyscretyon of my executors. Item, I geve to the chappell of Dorley xii^. Item , 
I eeve to every on of my servant*^ xii*^. Item, all the rest of my goods and katayls 
unbequethed, my debtes payd & my fyneral dyschardgd, I give unto my son John 
and my son Thomas, whome I do we make & ordayne my goyntte and sole executors 
of this my last will and testament. Overseers ot this my wyll Henry Staverton, 
gentylman, & Richard Cossen of Wyntcrshull. Item I wyll that ether of them 
uialf have v* for their paynes. 

Witnesses to this my wyll : 
Henr}' Staverton 
Richard Coscn 
Thomas Abraham of Bets 
JohnCrouchar " ** " 

The will was proved at Winchester, on the 11th of December, 1574, by 
both executors. The inventory of the personal effects of the testator is thus 
headefl : 

" The Inventory of all the goodes & kateyls of John Pyldryn of Dyrley 
within the countye of Southe., Teman, dysesed, taken and preseid the sev- 
en the day of December, and in the xvii"* yere of the Raygne of our sove- 
rayn Ladye Elyzabethe," etc The sum total was £76. 14. 0, a very re- 
spectable sum for the period. 

As the will was dated on the 1 st and proved on the 1 1 th of December, 
1574, there can be little doubt that his wife Alice survived him ; but who 



258 The Family o/Dummer. [July* 

she was, and what became of her, I have been entirely unable to ascertain. 
Of their children, beyond what is said in the will, I can only add that the 
two daughters were named Joane and Margery ; but wliich married Rich- 
ard White and which William Colebrook I cannot say. They evidently 
had another daughter, who died in her father's lifetime, as "' Alice daughter 
of John Dummer was buried at Durley on the 29th of December, 1568 ;* 
and it may be suspected that *^ Alice t)ummer, widow," who was buried 
there on the 15th of December, 1603, was his widow — but of this one can- 
not be certain. His own burial is not in the Durley register, and he may 
have been buried at Owslebury, the register of which parish previous to 
1676 is hopelessly lost It may be that the family was called Dummer at 
Durley, but that, when he came to make his will, he thought it necessary 
to use only his own family-name of Pyldren. In such case it is quite probable 
that it was his widow Alice who was buried at Durley in 1603. But no 
will of hers can be found under either name, and this matter must therefore 
remain uncertain. 

John Dummer, the eldest son, continued at Durley, and was the anoet- 
tor of the Dummers of that place, who never afterwards used the surname 
of Pyldren at all ; but, as they are of no account in this history, I proceed 
to that of the younger son, viz. : 

III. Thomas Pyldrim alias Dommer, as he appears in the early Manor 
Court rolls of Bishopstoke, Hants. He was sometime of Allington io 
South Stoneham, and afterwards of Swathling in North Stoneham, both 
in Hants, not far from Durley and Bishopstoke, which are all indeed with- 
in a circle of a few miles. He appears as lessee of Swathling-farm 20th 
January, 1608-9. On the 19th of September, 1620, he settled a rent- 
charge of forty shillings per annum, out of his land in Bishopstoke, for the 
use of the poor in that parish. His wife Joane joined with him in this set- 
tlement, but who she was, or when she died, I have been unable to ascer- 
tain. No will of herself or her husband is to be found. They are not in 
the Principal Registry either at London or Winchester, and were iirobubly 
proved in the Court of the Peculiar of Basingstoke, the records of which 
Court, except a few odds and ends that are deposited at Winches t^^r, have 
not been seen within the memory of man. It is believed that they were 
destroyed during the civil wars of the 17th century, or else hidden away 
for safe keeping, and eventually lost. This Thomas was living 24th Sept., 
1625, but died before 11th March, lQ2o-Qj the dates of two of the Mauor 
Courts of Bishopstoke, as appears by the rolls. According to the state- 
ment of his daughter Mary (the ** M. D." of the Grenealogy printed on page 
xxi. of tlie Introduction to the Ist vol. of the " Diary of Samuel Sewall "}, 
he was buried in Bishopstoke Church, and there is no reason to doubt the 
statement, but it cannot be corroborated, as the Bishopstoke registers now 
in existence do not begin until 1661, with the exception of a few eutries 
on the fly-leaves, probably unofficial, and there is no monument for him. 

Their children occur in the Court-rolls precisely in the order in which 
they are named by " M. D.'* in the statement referred to, w^ith the excep- 
tion of the " two Williams," of whom I find no positive trace in tlua 
country. She stated that one of them " left one son, which hath children 
livin<j," and it is possible that the visit of Samuel Sewiill to Titohtield, 
9th March, 1688-9 (see Diary, I. 298), when he dined with his " tH)usin 
Thomas Dummer," was to these relatives. The only trace I find of tlie^ 
Titchiield Dummers is in the will of Robert Dummer of Fairtliorne, in the 
parish of Titchfield, Hants, yeoman, without date, but proved at Win- 



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Chester, 12th March, 1663-4. He left a wife Mercy, and sons John, Ste- 
phen and William, all under age. One of the witnesses to this will was 
Tkomas Dummer. The appearance of the two christian names of Wil- 
liam and Thomas, as well as the others of John and Stephen, all the com- 
mon family-names, seems to indicate that they were the descendants of the 
William named by " M. D.," but I have found nothing further about any 
of them. 

The scope of this narrative is primarily confined to the descendants of 
the fourth son, Stephen Dummer, but, as the histories of all of them are 
more or less intimately connected, and as they serve to illustrate to some 
extent the ** Sewall Diary," I propose to narrate as briefly as possible what 
I have discovered about the others, commencing with the eldest son, viz.: 

1. John Dummer, who succeeded to his father's estate at Swathling, 
where he continued to live until his death. He made his will on the 29th 
of June, 1662, describing himself as John Dummer the elder, of Swathling, 
in the parish of South Stoneham, co. Southampton, gentleman. It may 
be noted in passing, that he appears to huve been the first of the line who 
dropped altogether the real patronymic of Pildren, and also the first who 
styled himself a ** Grentleman," as he undoubtedly was. The following is 
a full abstract of the will : 

To the poor of South Stoneham £3, and of North Stoneliam 20 ahillings. — To 
Thomas my eldest son my lands and leases in Swathlin(;« and Poliats in South 
Stoneham. — To John my second son my free land called Bauden*s Land, in the Tith- 
ing of AUinjTton in South Stoneham aforei«aid, & to his heirs and ut^signs forever, 
hepnyins £100. to his said elder brother Thomas. — To Edmund.my joiinjjest son 
£5 only, I having already settled an estate on him. — To my eldest daughter Ann, 
wife of Richard Ohemish, £200, for the use of herself and children. — To Dorothy 
& Eliziibeth my daughters, each £10, and to each of my grandchildren £3. — 'Fo 
Walter Smith of Fairthorne 10 shillings — All residue to my said sons Thomas and 
John, whom I make my joint executors. 

The will was proved at Winchester, by both executors, on the 28th of 
January, 1662-3. The total sum of the inventory of the personal estate 
was £522. 9. 8, quite a large sum for a man of his position at that period. 

His wife had evidently died before him, but, as the parish-register of 
South Stoneham now existing does not begin until just after his death, in 
1663, 1 am unable to ascertain even her christian name. In that register, 
however, under date of 26th August, 1667, is this entry: " Memorandum — 
that upon Monday, August 26th, I buried the corpse of old Smyth, uncle unto 
Mr Dummer of Swathling, in the church-yard of South Stoneham." The 
Mr. Dummer referred to was of course the eldest son Thomas, who had 
succeeded to Swathling, and if ** old Smyth " was his uncle, in the strict 
application of the word, it could have been only as his mother's brother, 
and the Mr. Smyth so disrespectfully mentioned may have been the Walter 
Smith to whom Thomas Dummer's father left the small legacy of 10 shil- 
lings. He may have been a disreputable old man, of whom the incumbent 
of that date did not feel bound to speak more respectfully. The children 
of this John Dummer were as follows : 

(1.) Thomas Dummer, eldest son, and one of his father's executors, suc- 
ceetled to the Swathling estate. He married at Durley, Hants, on the 2d 
of April, 1659, his cousin-german Mary Dummer, youngest daughter of 
his uncle Thomas Dummer. (She was the " M. D.'* of the *' Sewall 
Diary.") By her he had an only son, John Dummer, who was baptized 
at Durley on the 27th of February, 1660-1, admitted to Winchester Col- 



260 The Family of Dummer. [July, 

lege 12th August, 1675, died unmarried on the 13th, and was buried at 
South Stoneham on the 17th, of March, 1683-4. His is the earliest Dum- 
mer monument in the church of South Stoneham, and the inscription reads 
thus : " Plere lieth the body of John Dummer, only son of Thomas Dam- 
mer, of Swathling, Gent., and Mary his wife. He died March 13, 1683, 
aged 22." 

They had also an only daughter, and eventually heir, Susanna, who was 
born the 3d, and baptized at South Stoneham the 9th, of September, 1663, 
and married there on the 27th of December, 1688, to Robert Andrews, 
gent., who through her succeeded to the Swathling estate. He died in hit 
59th year, on the 19th of August, 1719, and was buried the 21st at South 
Stoneham, where he has a monument with this inscription : 

'' 11. S. E. Hubert Andrews, of Swathling, Gent., who married Saaanna sole 
daughter of Thomas Dummer sen', of SwathJmg, Gent., by whom he had two sons, 
Duiiimerand Robert, and four daughters, Mary, Susanna, Martha and £lizaheth: 
obii^ 19 of August, anno aetatis 59, salutis 1719. The Rev^ Dummer Andrews 
M. A., the eldest son, obiit Oct 18, anno setatis 68, salutis 1760." 

This son. Rev. Dummer Andrews, was baptized at South Stoneham 
loth September, 1G92, matriculated at Oxford, from Queen's College, loth 
December, 1709, and was B.A. oth June, 1713, and M.A. 16th April, 1716. 
He was buried at South Stoneham 22d Oct., 1760. Dying unmarried he 
left his estates to Dummer, only son of his brother Robert Andrews. His 
will, dated 23d June, 1753, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Can- 
terbury 29th June, 1761. lie named his brother and sisters then living, 
his niece Mrs. Mary Luson of London, widow, his niece Mrs. Eliia- 
beth White, of Romsey, Hants, and her son John White, and his god- 
daughter Mrs. Philadelphia Carter. Beyond this his will is of no in- 
terest to this narrative. The other son, Robert Andrews, was living 
at the dute of his brother's will, 23d June, 17o3, with a wife Susanna, 
an only son Dummer, and two daughters, Susanna and Elizabeth. Be- 
yond this I have not sought to trace them. 

Of the daughters, M.iry Andrews, the eldest, was baptized at South 
StoiK'hiim, 2Gtii May, 1G91. She married, in or before 1717, John Storke 
of Kiimsey, merchant (eldest son of John Storke who had married her 
kinswoman Mary Nelson, as will bo seen hereafter), who, according to the 
monument at Ruinsey, died 30Lh November, 1724, aged 55. Their daugh- 
ter Susanna Storke married, after 23(1 June, 1753, John Reeks, and proved 
the will of her uncle Kev. Dummer Andrews 29th January, 17G1. 

Susanna Andrews, the second daughter, was baptized at South Stone- 
ham 5th April, 1094. She died unmarried on the 19th of August, 1768, 
aged 74, and was buried at South Stoneham. 

Martha Andiews, the third daughter, was born 18th May, and baptized 
at South Stoneham, 14th June, 1()95. She died young, before her father. 

Elizabeth Andrews, the youngest daughter, was baptized at South Stone 
ham 30th October, KVJG. vShe married Rev. John Norris, M.A., Rector 
of Langford, co. Wilts, whom she survived. She died 5th Noveuil)er, 
17G0, iiged G4, and was buried at South Stoneham with her ancestors. 

Robert Andrews, gent., the father of these children, made his will on 
the 30tli of November, 1717, and it was proved at Winchester, by his wid- 
ow vSusanna, on the 9th May, 1720. She made her will on the 18th of 
June, 1720, and it was proved at AVinchcster on the 1 3th of July, 172^. 
by her daugliter Susanna Andrews. There is nothing in either of them 
beyond the facts already detailed, and they need not, therefore, be recited. 



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Thomas Dtammer, of Swathling, of whom we are treating, eldest son of 
John Dammer of Swathling, made his will on the 15thof Jaunary, 1688-9, 
describing himself as a Gentleman. The following is a full abstract of it : 

To my wife Mary, my moiety of housinff and land in West Wittering, oo. Sus- 
sex, belonging to the Cathednd Church of Chichester, also ray le&<sehold-estRte in 
Hoane, with remainder to my daughter Susanna. — To my said wife Mary, my lease- 
bold-estate in Swathling, belonging to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, for her life, 
with remainder to my said daughter Su.«anna. — To my said daughter Susanna, 
my freehold-land in Swathling and elsewhere, but, if she die without husband or 
iwae« then remainder to my said wife for life, remainder to Thomas, son of my 
Iffother £dmund Dummer, and the heirs of his body, remainder, in default thereof, 
to Richard, another son of my said brother Edmund Dummer, remainder to Corne- 
lius Dammer, another son of my said brother Bdmund. and to his heirs forever. — To 
Samael Carter my kinsman, £10, and to his sister Hester Carter, £5. — ^To Mary 
Dammer, daughter of Thomas Dummer. formerly living at Chicknell, £10. — All re- 
gidae to my said wife and daughter equally, and t make them my joint executrices. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, on the 
10th of December, 1690, by the relict Mary, and the daughter Susanna, 
wife of Robert Andrews. 

Thomas Dummer was buried in the Church of South Stoneham, on the 
2l6t of March, 1688-9. The inscription on his monument is as follows : 

** Here lyeth the Body of Thomas Dummer, senior, of Swathling, Gent., who 
died March 17, 1688, in his 69th year." 

Why his will was not proved in London until nearly two years after his 
death, may be explained on the presumption that it was immediately proved 
in the Peculiar Court of his neighborhood, the records of which are lost, 
and that subsequently it became necessary to prove it also in London. His 
widow Mary survived him more than thirty years, and was buried at South 
Stoneham on the 4th of June. 1720. She has no monument, nor can any 
will of hers be found. Probably she left none, as she must have lived to 
extreme old age, certainly beyond eighty. 

It has been always said that the three emigrants to New England, Rich- 
ard, Stephen and Thomas Dummer, were brothers, but this is an evident 
mistake so far as the last is concerned. The age of the Thomas who went 
out in the " Bevis " is given as 19, in the well known list of passengers by 
that vessel, but that list contains other irreconcil cable statements. It is 
absolutely certain that Joane, daughter of Thomas Dummer, brother of 
Richard and Stephen, married Thomas Nelson as early as 1645 ; and there- 
fore equally certain that she was not the daughter of a man who had emi- 
grated in 1638 at the age of 19. My impression is that Thomas, the bro- 
ther of Richard and Stephen, never went to New England at all, but that 
Richard, oa his return to New England in 1638, took with him the wife and 
children of Stephen (who had remained in New England), and also Joane, 
daughter of their brother Thomas, and Thomas the son of their brother 
John, the same Thomas whose history we are now discussing, who would 
have been about 19 in 1638, and that he afterwards returned to England, 
as did his ancle Stephen, and others of the family. This conclusion seems 
to be sustained by the fact that there appears to be no trace of Thomas 
Dummer in New England after 1650, when his name occurs in the list of 
the original settlers of Salisbury. 

We now return to the second son of John Dummer of Swathling, viz. : 

(2.) Bev» John Daminery who was admitted to Winchester College 25th 
September, 1637, and became Fellow of New College, Oxford, in 1644. 
He did not take his degree of M.A. until 20th September, 1660. He was 
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262 The Family of Dummer. [July» 

instituted to the Rectory of Hard wick, co. Bucks, on the 6th of May, 1669, 
which post he retained until his death on the 15th of May, 1694, at the 
age of 73. A Latin inscription to his memory, but of no further genea- 
logical interest, will be found in the Sd vol. of Lipscomb's History of Buck- 
inghamshire, on page 369. He died unmarried. He made his will on the 
13 th of January, 1689-90, describing himself as "John Dummer, Clerk, 
Rector of Hard wick, co. Bucks." The following is a full abstract : 

To my nephew Edmond Dummer, Jr., son of my brother Edmond Dummer of 
Swathling, co. Southampton, all my land and estate which I received from my 
father, known as Barnes Land in South Stoneham in said counW. and to the hein 
male of his body, with remainder .to John^ second son of my saia brother Edmond. 
remainder to Thomas, third son of my said brother Edmond. — ^To the Vicar and 
Cbarcbwardens of South Stoneham, out of said lands, 40 shillinfls per annum, hilf 
for the poor of the Tillage of Swathlin^, ft half for the poor of West End in the 
TithiuK of Allington, both in said parish. — To my sister Ann Chemish, £90. To 
each of the children of my brothers and sisters, £5. — I give my lands, etc., in Whit- 
church, CO. Bucks, to New College, Oxford, they to pay for the use of the poor of 
Hardwick aforesaid 20 sbiilings per annum for ever, and a Fellow of that CoU^ 
to preach a sermon every 30th of January, in the nave of Hardwick Church, m 
memory of the martyr Kine: Charles the First. — ^To my cousin Richard Dummer, 
son of my brother Edmund Dummer of Swathling« all my books, ffowna, and oM- 
Bocks. — To my cousin Jane Carter, widow, now resident with me, £20., and to her 
dauf^hter Hester, and to her two sons Thomas and Samuel Carter, each £5. — To my 
cousin Mar^ Dummer, daughter of my cousin Edmund Dummer, late of Chatbaoi 
but now of London, near ttie Tower, £20, when of full age. — ^To my cousin Mai7 
Dummer, only sister of said Edmund Dummer, £5.— To each of my InrotberB m 
sisters, 5 guineas. — I appoint as joint executors my dear nephews John and Thomtt, 
eons of my brother Edmund Dummer of Swathiing. — Overseers, my dear and modi 
honoured friends, William Oldys, Dr. of Laws and ( 'hancellor of Lincoln, and 1^. 
Stephen Penton, sometime Principal of St. Edmund's Hall in Oxford. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, on the Ist 
of August, 1694, by said Thomas Dummer, one of the executors named, 
power being reserved for John Dummer, the other. 

The chief importance of this will is that it enables us to identify the Car- 
ters, as will be seen hereafter. 

The third and youngest son of John Dummer of Swathiing was 

(3.) Edmund Dummer, of Swathiing, who married Barbara, daughter of 
Richard Cornelius of Southampton, merchant. They were both buried at 
South Stoneham, he on the 17th of January, 1701-2, in his 79th year, and 
she on the 27th of March, 170G, in her 71st year. She left no will, or at 
least none is to be found. His will is dated 17th October, 1698, and he 
described himself as of Swathiing, Gentleman. The following is a fall 
abstract : 

To my dear wife the use of all my goods, stock and household stuff, for her life. 
— To Thomas my son, my messuage or tenement in East street, in the parish of All 
Saints in the town of Southampton, and to his heirs forever. — To Richard and Co^ 
nelius my sons, each £250 ; and to them equally, my messuage or tenement in the 
parish of^St. Mary, in Southampton aforesaid. — To my cousin John Hunt, of Lye 
Heath,- in the parish of South wick, £5. — To my sister Ann Kemish, 20 shiilinj^ 
per annum for life. — All residue to my sons Edmund and Thomas Dummer, and 1 
make them my executors. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, on tha 
18th of December, 1704 (probably having been before proved in one oi 
the local courts of which the records are lost), by the son Thomas, power 
being reserved for the son Edmund. The inscription on the monumeut at 
South Stoneham is as follows : 



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"Id memory of Edmand Dammer of Swathling, Gent., who died the 15th of 
Janaary, 1701, aged 78 ; and also in memoiy of Barbara his wife, daughter of Richard 
Oomeiiae, of Soath*(», Merchant, who died the 22d day of March, 1705, aged 70 : 
They had 8 eona (Richard, Edmund, John, Thomas, Charles, Richard, Cornelius, 
and Henry), and, after having happily spent 40 years in a marriage-state, were 
here intened." 

Their children were as follows : 

[1.] Richardy who was baptized at North Stoneham, 6th July, 1662, and 
died yoiiDg, before 1672, but his burial is not recorded, either at North or 
Sooth Stoneham. 

[2.] Edmund Dummer, who was baptized at South Stoneham -2 2d Sep- 
temb^, 1663. He was a member of Lincoln's Inn, and on the 6th of 
June, 1706, was appointed to the Grovemmentrpost of Clerk of the Great 
Wardrobe. He married late in life, viz. 16th May, 1715 (when he was in 
his 53d year), at St. James, Westminster, Leonora-Sophia, daughter of Sir 
William Datton-Colt, Knight (She was in her 24th year at her marriage, 
haying been bom at Zell, in Germany, where her father was an Ambassa- 
dor, on the 24th of September, 1691, and was baptized the 26th, in the 
French Church there. She remarried in July, 1729, Denis Bond, Esq., of 
Grange, co. Dorset, and, dying 26th March, 1766, was buried on the 3d of 
April following, in the Temple Church, London.) Edmund Dummer died 
on the 23d of May, 1724, aged 60. The inscription on his monument at 
Sooth Stoneham is as follows : 

*' M. S. Edmund! Dummer, de Swathling in agro Hantoniensi, Armifl;eri, de Hos- 
pitii lincolniensis Barrasterii, Qui e Leonorfi ^phi& uzore, Gulielmi Dutton Colt, 
militia, apnd Hannoveram olim legati, filift, liberos quinque, duos silicet filios et 
tree filias, soseepit. £ quibus Johannem, Mariam et Elizabetham superstites reli- 
quit. Edmundo et Catberinsd infantibus, que ab iis pius sibi ipsi prsBstari mal- 
ait parens, suprema officia ezecutus est, suorum dum yixit amans, amicis charus, 
ricinis hoepee, clientibus audiit fidus, notis omnibus desideratus, obiit 10 Calcndas 
Janii, anno setatis 61, Domini 1724.*' 

His will is a long one, but, as it contains some important identifications, 
and as he becomes an interesting personage in this history in another mat- 
ter to be presently discussed, I give a full abstract of it It was dated 15th 
October, 1720, and he described himself as of Swathling, co. Southampton, 
Esqaire. 

To be buried under the seat where I usually sit in the parish-church of South 
Stoneham, or near my dear father and mother, as my executors shall see fit. — I give 
ail my manors, lands, & tenements in the county of Southampton, London. & coun- 
ty of Middlesex, or elsewhere in England, to my brother-in-law Thomas Shipman, 
Merchant hreally no relation, but his wife's half brother, son of her mother oy her 
former husband — see Col. Chester's '* Westminster Abbey RegLsters,'' p. 24 text, 
and noted], and John fiaines of the Inner Temple, London, E^., in trust for my 
demr brotbier Thomas Dummer, for his life, with remainder to my nephew Thomas 
Lee Dammer, until the child with which my wife is now enceinte (if a son) shall 
xeaeh the age of 21, when he is to have the same, but, if he die before that age, or 
without iflsue, then to said Thomas Lee Dummer for life, with remainder to my 
daafl;hter Maiy and the child of which my wife is enceinte (if a daughter), and to 
theloneeet liyer of them. — To my said daughter Mar}\ and my said unborn child (if 
a daughter) , each £5000. at the age of §1 or marriage. — For a school at North 
Stoneham, £900., and £5 per annum towards the maintenance of a school-master. — 
(Blakee provisions for maintaininfi; and educating four or more children of his 
ttughter Maiy, or of the unborn child (if a daughter), and three of the boys are to 
take the surname of Dummer, and the fourth that of Cornelius, in memory of his 
own dear mother deceased.) — If said daughter (or daughters) have no issue, then 
said four boys to be selected from amon^ the children of my relations John Hunt, 
Richard Hunt, [blank] Bartlct, and oFmy late aunts [blank] Kemish and Anne 



264 The Family of Dummer. [July, 

Bear, deceased [this was a blunder of the writer of the will, or more likely a failure 
of memory on the part of the testator, for the name of his aunt Kemish wari Anne, 
and that of his aunt Beare was Elizabeth ; as lie evidently oould not give his aunt 
KemJHh's chrintian name, he appears to have confused the two], being kindred of 
my father's side ; and of Margaret Dort, John Norborne, and Barbara Fry, deceased. 
hein^ kindred of my mother'sside. — If necessary, my estates in London, Essex, and 
Middlesex to be sold — To my cousin John Norborne, £10. — To Thomas Steggali, 
Gent., £10.— To the poor of North and South Stoneliara, £40—1 intend by other 
means to signify my reasons why the heirs of my cousin Andrews, widow, lately 
deceased, have no reason to expect any profit or advantage of my labors. — I give 
£300. for the erection of monuments for my father and motner & my brothers, where 
they lie interred, and I will that the corpse of my late dear brother Charles, deceas- 
ed, be carried from the vault of St. Dunstan in the West, London, and interred 
where my father, mother & brothers lie. 

Codicil, dated 9th May, 1724. Whereas since making my will I haye had two child- 
dren by me begotten of the body of my wife, now living, viz. John and Elinbeth, 
said John, being the child of which my wife was then enceinte, will now inherit 
my estate. — To my said daughter Elizabeth £5000. at the age of 21 or marriai^e.— 
To my kinsman Thomas Dummer, now living with me as clerk, £40. — To Mary k 
Joane, be they widows or wives, and to John their brother, all children of my aunt 
Keiiiisfi. each £10. — All settlements and agreements, belore and since marriage, 
with my dear wife, to be fully performed. — I make my brother Thomas Dummer my 
executor. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the 5tli 
of June, 1724, by the executor named. His children by his wife Leonort 
Sophia were as follows : 

Edmund^ who died in infancy. 

Mary^ born 1 Ith May, 1717, who married at St. Paul's Cathedral, London. 
1 1th July, 1749, John Bond, of Grange, co. Dorset, Esq., who died 
30th May, and was buried 5th June, 1784, at Steeple, co. Dorset 
She died the 3d of October, 1787, and was buried the 10th with 
her husband. 
Catharine, who died an infant, and was buried at South Stoneham 20th 
Feb., 1719-20. 

John Dummer, who was born in Dec, 1720. He matriculated at Oxford, from 
Wadliam College, 23d November, 1738, but took no degree. He 
died, unmirried, on the 5th, and was buried at Sou:h Stoneham on 
14th, February, 1748-9. His estates, which were very considerable, 
went to his two surviving sisters, as his next heirs. He left no will, 
but letters to administer his estate were granted by the Preroga- 
tive Court of Canterbury 17th March, 1748-9, to his sister Eliza- 
beth Knightley, his mother Mrs. Bond having renounced adminis- 
tration. 

Elizabeth, baptized at Lincohrs Inn Chapel, 30th Sept., 1722. She was 
married at St. George's, Hanover Square, 20th Dec, 1740, to Val- 
entine Knightley. Esq., Lord of the Manor of Fawsley in North- 
amptonshire, who died the 2d and was buried the 10th of May, 
1754, at Fawsley. She died the 11th of August, 17G0, leaving 
issue. On his shield Mr. Knightley bore the Dummer-arms on an 
escutcheon of pretence. 
This Edmund Dummer must not be forgotten, as we shall have to do with 

him again in discussing the question of the Dummer coat of arms, ilii 

next brother, viz., 

[.*{.] John Dummer, was baptized at South Stoneham 25th October, 1665. 

He became a stirgeon, and died, unmarried, in his father's life-time, being 

buried at South Stoneham 29th November, 1697. The inscription on his 

monument is as follows : 



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" In BMinafy of John Dammer, third son of Edmond Dammer, of Swatbling, 
Gent., mnd Barbara his wife, who died the 25th day of November, 1697, aged 32. '^ 

He made his will on the day before his death, describing himself as of 
North Stoneham, Chirurgeon. The only bequest was a legacy of £50, the 
interest of which was to be distributed every Grood Friday forever among 
the poor of North Stoneham. 

His fitther proved the will in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 
the 15th of December, 1697. 

The next son of Edmund and Barbara Dummer was 

[4.] 7%cma$ Dummer^ who was born about 1667. He became a Barris- 
ter of the Inner Temple, and in 1706 was appointed Deputy Keeper of 
die Great Wardrobe, which office he held until his death. He married, 
about 1712, Isabella-Dorothea, only daughter of Thomas Holland, Esq. 
(son and heir of Sir John Holland, 1st Baronet of Quiddenham, co. Nor- 
folk), who died in his father's life-time. She died, evidently, in child-bed 
of her only child. The inscription on her monument at South Stoneham 
is as follows : 

'* Under this marble resteth the body of Isabella Dorothea, wife of Thomas Dam- 
mer, of the: [nner Temple, London, Esq., Deputy to the Meet Noble John, Duke of 
Montagu, Master of the Great Wardrobe, the only daughter of Thomas Holland, 
Esq', (son and heir of Sir John Holland, late of Quidenbam, in the county of Nor- 
folk, Bart.), who died the 14tb day of July, 1713, in the 40th year of her age.'* 

Her husband survived her more than thirty-six years. The inscription 
on his monument at South Stoneham is as follows : 

*' Here lyeth Thomas Dammer, Esq., who was a Deputy of the Great Wardrobe 
forty-Uiree years : he died the 36^ day of September, 1749, in the 83d year of his 
age." 

He made his will on theSlstof July, 1 747, describing himself as "of the 
Inner Temple, London, Esquire, Deputy to the Most Noble Prince John, 
Duke of Montagu, Master of His Majesty's Great Wardrobe." The follow- 
ing is a full abstract : 

To be buried near my late dear wife in the chancel of the parish-church of South 
Stoneham, in the county of Southampton. — Whereas, since my said Wife's death, I 
settled the manors and fi&rms of More Court, Groat Kembridge & Lockerlv, in said 
county, on my son Thomas Lee Dummer, the only child left me by my said dear wife, 
and as I have not married again, all my real estate will descend to bmi. I now fi;iye 
him all my personal estate, he paying the £12,000, which I covenanted to settle at 
his marriage with Mrs. Elizabeth Penton on their younger children. — To Mr. Rich- 
aid Port, and to Mrs Elizabeth Beare & Mrs. Sarah B^re, daughters of Mr. Gil- 
bert Beare, of Winchester, deceased, each 20 guineas. — I appoint my said son Tho- 
mas Lee Dummer my executor. 

Codicil, dated 29tb August, 1747. — £10 per annum to be given to Mr. Bartholo- 
mew towards the education of his son at the Grammar School, and, if he send him 
to the University of Oxford, then £20 per annum for seven years. 

^ Codicil, dated 29^ Feb^, 1747-8.— In my daughter's jointure- settlement the 
lands at East Norton, in co. Leicester, were omitted, and I desire that some other 
estate of mine, or an annuity of the same value,viz. £120. 13. 2. , be settled on her for 
life. — ^To each of my nieces, the Lady Holland and her two sisters Isabella and Char- 
lotte Holland, a mouminff-rinfl; of the value of 50 guineas. — To widow Perrior half 
a crown weekly for her life.— To Lettioe Garlick, £12. per annum for life. — To Phil- 
lip Rousselon, £20 per annum for life. — ^To Barbara Jn^, £10 per annum for life, 
aooordine to the writing I gave to Mrs. Barbara Richards, the same to be paid out 
of the Blanor of Northam. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury on the 24th 
of November, 1749, by the son Thomas Lee Dummer, Esq. 

This only son, Thomas Lee Dummer, matriculated at Oidbrd, from Brase- 

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266 The Family of Dummer. [July, 

nose College, 11th April, 1728, aged 15, and for some extraordinary rea- 
son was created M.A. only three years later, viz. 28th May, 1731. He was a 
Fellow of the Royal Society. He subsequently purchased Cranbury Park, 
near Otterbourne in Hampshire, and was M. P. for Newport, Isle of Wight 
He and his wife are sufficiently further described in the following inscriptioii 
on their monument at South Stoneham : 

*' Close to this wall lie interred the remains of Thomas Lee Dammer, Esq., of 
Cranbury in this County, F.R.S. He was the only son and heir of the late Tho- 
mas Dummer, Esq., Deputy of llis Majei^ty's Qreat Wardrobe. He died October 
6^, 1765, aged 53. Also in the same vault are deposited the remains of EliabeUi 
Dummer, hi.H wife, daughter of John Penton, Esq., of Winchester. She died April 
6th, 1766, aged 53." 

They had an only daughter, Elizabeth, who died in childhood, and was 
buried at South Stoneham, 17th June, 1746; and an only son, Thomas 
Dummer, who succeeded to Cranbury Park. He married, 5th June, 1766, 
Harriot, third daughter of Sir Cecil Bisshopp, 5th Baronet of Parbam, by 
his wife Anne, second daughter of Hugh Boscawen, 1st Viscount Falmouth, 
but had no issue. (She survived him, and remarried Nathaniel Dauce, the 
artist, third son of George Dauce, the celebrated architect, who assumed 
the additional surname of Holland, and was created a Baronet 27th Nov., 
1800. Sir Nathaniel Dauce-IIoUand died 15th Oct., 1811, in his 76th year, 
and was buried in the nave of Winchester Cathedral. She survived him 
nearly fourteen years, and, dying 12th June, 1825, in her 84th year, wai 
buried with her first husband at South Stoneham [Burke states that there was 
an intermediate marriage with Thomas Chamberlaine, but no evidence of 
such marriage can be found].) The inscription on the monument of Tho- 
mas Dummer at South Stoneham is as follows : 

** The remains of Thomas Duraraer, Esq., of Cranbury in this County, are depos- 
ited in the same vault with his father and mother : Ue was only son and heir of 
Thomas Lee Dummer, £Isq. : be died June 3d, 1781, aged 41.'* 

He was the last male descendant of John Dummer of Swathling, eldest 
son of Thomas Pyldrym alias Dummer, of whose line we are now treating. 

[5.] Charles Dummer^ the next son of Edmund and Barbara Dummer, 
was baptized at North Stoneham, 13th January, 1669-70. He died un- 
married about 1 698, and was buried at St. Dunstan in the West, London, 
but, agreeably to the direction in his brother Edmund's will, his remains 
were removed to South Stoneham. His next brother was 

[6.] Richard Dummer (2d of the name), who was baptized at North 
Stoneham loth February, 1671-2. He was admitted to Winchester Col- 
lege 25th August, 1685, and matriculated at Oxford, from Trinity College, 
12th Dec. 1691. He was B.A. 7th June, 1695, and M.A. 25th June,1698. 
He became Vicar of South Stoueliam, and was collated a Prebendary of 
Llandaff, 4th June, 1700. He died unmarried, and was buried at Sooth 
Stoneham, 3d August, 1705. The inscription on liis monument is as 
follows : 

** Id memory of the Rev*^ Richard Dummer, A.M., sixth son of £dmund Dan* 
mer of Swathling, Qent., and Barbara his wife, who dyed the 31st of July, 17(^i 
aged 34." 

His next brother was 

[7.] Cornelius Dummer, who was baptized at North Stonehem, 3d Sept, 
1674. He died, unmarried, at Valencia in Spain, and letters to administer 
his estate were granted by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 11th Oct» 



1881.] The Family ofJDummer. 267 

1706, to his brother Thomas. He was described as late of the city of 
WiDchester, and probably had gone abroad for his health, but possibly on 
business. His next brother was 

[8.] Henry Dummer, who was baptized at North Stoneham, 22d Nov., 
1677, and buried at South Stoneham 18th Nov., 1680. He was the young- 
est child of Edmund and Barbara Dummer. 

We now return to the sisters of Thomas, John, and Edmund Dummer, 
daughters of John Dummer, son of Thomas Pyldrym alias Dummer. They 
were three in number. 

Anne, the eldest daughter, married, before June, 1662, Richard Chemish, 
as he is called in her father's will, or Kemish, as in those of her brothers. 
She was living as late as 17th Oct., 1698, but died before 15th Oct., 1720. 
In 1724 her children living were John Kemish, and Mary and Joane, ap- 
parently married. I have found nothing further about them. 

Dorothy^ second daughter, married, at East Tisted, Hants, 25th April, 
1650. John Hunt, of Sonthwick, Hants, and had a son John living in 1698. 

Elizabeth, third and youngest daughter, appears to have married Robert 
Beare, and to have left a son Gilbert Beare, who had issue living in 1747. 

We now proceed with the history of the second son of Thomas Pyldrym 
alias Dummer, viz. : 

2. Richard Dummer^ with which, however, I have little to do, as the 
later portions of it belong almost entirely to New England. He is said 
to%ave been born at Bishopstoke about 1598, but this, owing to the loss of 
the early Bishopstoke parish-register, cannot be verified. In the list of 
the passengers by the '* Be vis," heretofore referred to, his age is given as 
40 io 1638. The only record I find of him in England is that in 1631, 
previous to his first going to New England, he settled a rent-charge of 
40 shillings per annum, out of his lands in Bishopstoke, to the use of the 
poor of that parish forever. It was a generous thing to do as he was 
taking leave of his old neighbors, and speaks well fer his character. That 
he paid a subsequent visit to England is proved by the fact that in 1650-1 
he proved, in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, the will of Thomas Nel- 
son, husband of his niece Joane. 

The only records I have found relating to any of his descendants refer 
to his grandson, the well known Jeremy Dummer, and his great-grand- 
hter Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Dummer and Elizabeth Ruggles. 

Among certain records, kindly searched for and transcribed for me by 
Mr. Henry F. Waters, Salem, Mass., from the Probate Registry of Mid- 
dlesex County at East Cambridge, are the following : 

** Daniel Rogers, of Littleton, Clerk, appointed Adtninistmtor on the estate of 
Elizabeth Dummer, daughter uf Samuel Dummer, lute of Wilmington, deceased 
intestate, who also is deceased intestate, Ist September, 1740. 

•* Memorandum : the wife of the Rev. Mr. Daniel Rogers, who was Samuel Dum- 
mer £sauiro*8 widow, and mother of said Elizabeth Dummer, holds her thirds or 
right 01 dower in all the above mentioned and appraised housins; and lands [refer- 
ring to the Inventory]. 'Tis said there is an estate m England that belonged to the 
aforesaid Elizabeth Dummer, at the time of her decease, but what it is is not yet 
oome to knowledge." 

The record I have found evidently refers to that unknown estate in Eng- 
land, probably certain property at Bishopstoke, which had descended to her 
from her great-grandfather Richard Dummer. 



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268 The Family o/Dummer. [July, 

Od the 27th of August, 1741, letters to administer the estate of Elizab^ 
Dummer, spinster, of Littleton, in New England, were granted by the Pro> 
rogative Court of Canterbury, to Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., the lawfol 
attorney of Elizabeth Rogers, heretofore Dummer, wife of the Rey. Daniel 
Rogers, Clerk, the natural and lawful mother and next of kin of the de- 
ceased, for the use and benefit of said Elizabeth Rogers ali€U Dommery 
now residing in New England. 

As to Jeremy Dummer, it is well known that he died in England on 
the 19th of May, 1739. He was buried at West Ham in Essex, and the 
inscription on the monument (a slab now dose to the door of the Testry) ii 
as follows : 

■* The Remains 

of 

Jeremiah Dummer 

of New England, Esq', 

distinguished by nis excellent life 

probiW and hamanify. 

His age 58. 

1739." 

I am not sure whether his will has ever been printed in the United 
States, and, as it contains at least one name connected 'hereafter with this 
narrative, I append a full abstract of it. It is dated on the 7th of Jane, 
1738, and he described himself as Jeremy Dummer (and so signed it), late 
Agent of His Majesty's Provinces of Massachusetts and Connecticot in 
New England, and now resident at Plaistow in Essex, in the kingdoia of 
Great Britain. The opening paragraph I quote verbatim : 

*' In the chief place, and before all things, 1 do on this solemn occasion commeDd 
my soul to Almighty Qod, and render Uim infinite thanks for the many bIeBnn0 
with which He Has been pleased to fill up the short scene of my life, firmly oonfid- 
ing in the Benignity of His nature, that he won't afflict me in another world for some 
follys I have committed in this, in common with the rest of mankind, but rather 
that he will graciously consider the frail and weak frame which he £[ave me, and 
remember that I was out dust.'' I desire my executors kindly to invite to my fa- 
neral all such New England Gentlemen as shall be in London at the time of my 
decease, and to ^ive to each a ring of the value of 20 shillings, without my name 
on it, but only this motto, which I think : ** Nulla retro via." — To Mrs Kent, where 
I now live, and to Mrs Mary Stephenson, lodging in the same house, each £100. mmI 
a ring. — To iny worthy countryman Henry Newman, Esq., £20. — To Miss Hook 
Jacob, £20. — To my good kinswoman Mrs Lloyd of New England, formerly Pember- 
ton and Campbell, £100. — To Dudley Woodbridge, of Barbs^oes, £50., for the plea- 
sure I had in his company when in England. — To Commissioner Pearse of the Nayy 
his eldest son by his former wife, £20. — To Mrs Burr of New- England, a £50. New 
England bill, and, in case of her death, the same to her children, as an acknowledge- 
ment of a civility I received from her husband at the College (I mean that Burr woo 
was schoolmaster of Charleetown). — To Colonel & Captain Mandell, Swedes in Loo- 
don, each 10 guineas. — To Stephen Whatley, of Gray's Inn, Gent., my little libraxy. 
— To my brother Dummer of Newberry, £20., New England money, to distribute 
among the poor Indian squaws that may come a begging at his door. — To my sister 
Dummer, her husband's picture set in gold, which will be found in my scrutore.— 
The bulk of my estate I am content should go according to the Act of Assembly in 
New England for distributing the estates of intestates.— To Francis WUks, &q., 
the diamond ring I usually wear, and to Mr Samuel Storko my gold watch, and 
I desire them to be my executors. 

Codicil, dated 8^ April, 1739. Whereas I executed a deed on the 20th of March 
last to Dorothy Kent and Francis Wilks, conveying to said Mrs Kent a house in 
Clarges street, in consideration of the trouble I have given her daring a long fit of 
sickness, I now revoke the legacy of £100. to her in my will. 



1881.] The Family o/Dummer. 269 

This will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, on the Ist 
of June, 1739, by both executors, the latter of whom, Samuel Storke, will 
be again heard of as this narrative proceeds. The will was evidently a 
holograph, or written at the dictation of the testator. 

This ends all that I have to say respecting Richard Dummer of New 
England, and I now proceed to the history of the third son of Thomas 
Pyldrym alicu Dummer, viz. : 

3.' Thomas Dummer. who is usually said to have gone to New England 
in 1638, and to have afterwards returned, which I believe not to have been 
the case. As I have shown before, he could not have been the Thomas 
who sailed in the ^ Bevis" in 1638, at the age of 19, as he had a daughter 
old enough to be married in 1644. He inherited from his father the es- 
tate at Chicknell (sometimes called Dummer Park) in North Stoneham, 
where he died in 1650. His will, as of Chicknell, Gentleman, was dated 
12th April in that year, and the following is a full abstract of it : 

To the parishes of North and South Stoneham and of Bishopstoke, each 26 shil- 
ling and 8 pence for the use of the poor. — To my wife, £10. — To four of my daugh- 
ters, viz. Susan, Hester, Jane and Mary, each £200. at her see of 21 or marriage. — 
To my eldest daughter, joane Nelson, widow, 20 shillings, and to her son and daugh- 
ter. Samuel and Mercy Nelson, my grandchildren, each £50. when 21. — To my sec- 
ond daughter. Margaret Clements, now in New England, and her child she now 
bath, each £25. — To Thomas, mv only son, when of the age of 21 or 24, as my ex- 
ecQtOTS shall see fit, all my freehold-lands in North Stoneham, or elsewhere, with 
remainder to my said four unmarried daughters. — I appoint as my executors in 
trust my kinsman John Dummer of Town hill, Stephen Fenton of Winchester, 
Robert Dummer of Durley, Thomas Dummer of Fairthorne and Stephen Dummer 
of Bishopstoke. 

The will was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, on the 
9th of November, 1650, by the said four Dummers named as executors, 
power being reserved for the said Stephen Penton. 

Of his wife or wives I know nothing. It may be presumed from the 
smallness of the bequest here made to his wife, and the absence of any other 
provision for or allusion to her, that she was his second wife, and not the 
mother of his children. 

The children of this Thomas Dummer were as follows : 

(1.) IViamcu Dummer, only son, who was not of age at the date of his 
fiftther's will, but must have become so very shortly after, as he evidently 
married late in that year 1650. He may, however, have married before 
attaining his majority, and it was probably at North Stoneham. Of his 
wife I know nothing beyond the facts afforded by the following inscription 
on her gravestone, on the floor of the nave of North Stoneham Church : 

*• Here lyeth bvried the body of Joane Dvmmer, the wife of Thomas Dvmmer of 
Chicknell Hall in this parish, who departed this mortal life the 10 day of October 
in y year of ovr Lord 1665." 

It may be suspected that Thomas Dummer did not maintain the reputa- 
tion of the family for thrift, for on the 8th of March, 1G61-2, he sold the 
Chicknell estate, and it passed forever out of the possession of the family. 
He was himself buried at Romsey, Hants, on the 1 2th of December, 1 665, 
but no will or record of administration of his estate is to be found. 

His children were as follows : 

[1.] Edmund Dummer, who was baptized at North Stoneham 28tb Aug., 
1 65 1 . He obtained some Government-position, and was sometime of Chatham, 
and afterwards of Loudon, near the Tower. On the 25th of June, 1692, 



270 The Family of Dummer. [July, 

he was appointed Surveyor of the Navy. He was haried at St Andrew's, 
Holbom, 8th May, 1716, hut no testamentary record of him can be found. 
.By his wife Sarah, who was buried at St. Margaret's, Westminster, 20Ui 
Feb., 1713-14, he had a daughter Mary, bapUz^ at St Margaret's, Weit- 
nunster, 28th July, 1680, and living ISth January, 1689-90 ; a daughter 
Sarah, who was buried at Greenwich, 12th April, 1700 ; and a son Ed- 
mund, who was also buried at Greenwich, dOth March, 1701. 

[2.] Thomas Dummer, who was baptized at North Stoneham in 165& 
He was afterwards of London, and sometimes called '* Captain." He died 
on the 18th of February, 1727-8, in his 7dd year, and was buried in the 
Church of St. Catherine, by the Tower of London. His wife Mary died 
on the 4th of March, 1742-3, also in her 73d year, and was buried with 
her husband. He was, so far as can be ascertained, the last male descendant 
of Thomas Dummer, third son of Thomas Pyldrym alias Dummer. (Both 
he and his brother Edmund will appear again hereafter in connection witt 
the question of the Dummer arms.) 

His will, as of Marine [now Welldose] Square, Grentleman, dated lOtk 
January, 1725-6, was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 18A 
March, 1727-8, by his relict Mary, to whom he left all his estate, except 
£50 to hb daughter, and £500 each to his five grandchildren, respective^i 
at the age of 21. Her will, dated 26th August, 1742, and proved in the 
same court 10th March, 1742-3, names only her own immediate relation! 
and friends. The following legacies, however, refer to names alreadf 
occurring or to occur in this narrative, and may be worth recording : 

"To my cousin Hester Fladd, daaghter of the late Mr Henry //uZ/, or. if she be 
dead, then to her husband Mr Jonathan Fladd, or, if both be dead, then to their 
children, £50. — ^To the children of Thomas Carter, late of Southampton, deceased, 
and to their mother, and to my god-daughter Mrs Susanna Andrews, each a gainea. 
~To my said couBin Hester fludd, £20. for the use of Mary Hull.— To Mrs Suah 
/fu//, widow, £10.'' 

They had but two children, viz., a daughter Rebecca, who was baptized 
at Portsmouth, Hants, 20th September, 1693, and buried there the 1st of 
October, 1697; and Mary, who married Rev. Ross Ley, Rector of St 
Matthew, Friday street, London, and one of the Brothers of the Hospital 
of St. Catharine, who died 4th January, 1736-7, aged 56, and was buried 
in the Chapel of St Catharine. She died 3d May, 1746, aged 57, and 
was buried with her husband. Their children were Thomas Ley, who died 
27th March, 1741, aged 30, and was buried at St Catharine's; William 
Ley, who was living 27th January, 1763, having had apparently only one 
sou, William Ross Ley, who died an infant in 1742 ; Elizabeth, who died 
unmarried before 1742, aged 31 ; Rebecca, unmarried in 1735, afterwards 
the wife of Thomas Gwatkin ; and Mary, unmarried in 1735, but married 
before 1 745 to John Eckley. 



[3.1 John Dummer, baptized at North Stoneham in 1658, and 

these two sons of Thomas and Joane Dummer I find no further inct. 



s 



Walter Dummer, baptized at North Stoneham in May, 1661. 



They probably died young. 

[5.] Mary, only daughter. She was living as such 13th January, 1689- 
90, named in the will of her cousin Rev. John Dummer of Hardwick, but 
I find nothing of her later. 

The six daughters of Thomas Dummer, third son of Thomas PyldryiD 
alias Dummer, were as follows : 



1881 .] The Family of Dummer. 27 1 

(2.) Joane^ whom I take to have been the passenger of that name in the 
^Bevis," in 1638, accompanying her uncle Richard and the rest of the 
fiunily. She became as early as 1644 the second wife of Thomas Nelson, 
of Bowley, in New England. His will was printed in the ^ New England 
Hwtorical and Genealogical Register" for 1849, Vol. XXL pp. 267-8. This 
will was proved in England in the Prerogative Coart of Canterbury, 21st 
Febniary, 1650-1, by the executor, his wife's unde, Richard Dummer, 
who must then have been on at least his second return-visit to his old home. 
Her two children, Mercy and Samuel, are mentioned in her father's will, 
and she and they were evidently then with him. She is said to have been 
still living at North Stoneham in '1659, but I do not find any positive trace 
of her, or of her son Samuel. Her daughter Mercy married John Storke, 
ft wealthy clothier of Romsey, Hants, who was twice Mayor of that Cor- 
poration, by whom she had issue John, Thomas, Richard and Samuel 

Storke, and a daughter Mercy, who afterwards married Wheat. Mercy 

Storke died 2dd May, 1702, and was buried the 25th, at Romsey. Chief 
Justice Sewall often mentions the family in his Diary, and, on the 15th 
of March, 1688-9 (Vol. I. p. 300), her particularly as "one of the most 
kind of all my relations." On the 9th of March next following her death, 
1702-3, her husband remarried, at Romsey, Martha Baverstock, widow. 
He died on the 19th of December, 1711, and was buried on the 22d at 
Bomsey. John Storke, their eldest son, married Mary Andrews, daughter 
of Robert Andrews and Susanna Dummer, as X have before related. He 
died 30th November, 1724, aged 55, and was buried at Romsey. Another 
of their sons married a Dummer, as will be seen hereafter. Samuel 
Storke, their youngest son, became a merchant in London, where he died 
6th Sept, 1 746, aged 59, but, according to his desire, was buried with his 
&mily at Romsey, on the 13th of the same month. 

The second daughter of Thomas Dummer, viz., 

(3.) Margaret, appears to have married in New England, 25th Decem- 
ber, 1 644, Job Clements. X find nothing of her beyond the fact that she 
was named in her father*s will, in 1 650, as still living there. 

(4.) Susatiy and 

(5.) Hester. They were both named in their father's will as living in 
1650, but X am not able to identify them, positively, later. 

(6.) Jane^ who married Carter, but of whom we otherwise never 

hfiar. She was named in the will of Thomas Dummer of Swathling, 15th 
Jan., 1688-9, with her son Samuel and daughter Hester. Her cousin Rev. 
John Dummer of Hard wick, in his will, dated 13th January, 1689-90, 
mentions her as then living with him, and names her children, Thomas, 
Samuel and Hester. 

(7. ) Afary, who married at Durley, 2d April, 1 659, her cousin Thomas, 
son of John Dummer of Swathling. Her history has been given before. 
She was the " M. D." who furnished the Genealogy which is in the Intro- 
duction to the " Sewall Diary " before mentioned. Xt may be noticed that 
she mentioned her two sisters as both named Jane, Probably the name of 
the first one was wrongly transcribed, for it is certain that the grandmother 
of Samuel Storke was Joane. 

[Tobecontinaed.] 



272 Was Gov. Leverett a Knight f [July, 



WAS GOV. LEVERETT A KNIGHT? 

AT the monthly meeting of the New England Historic, Gena- 
logical Society, May 5, 1880, the following letter from Mr. 
Tuttle was received and read : 

Letter of Charles W. Tuttle, Ph.D. 

Boston, May 4, 1880. 

Dear Sir : I have to regret that I shall not be able to attend the 
meeting of the society to-morrow, as I intended. 

For some time I have desired to submit to the consideration of the soci- 
ety a proposition looking to a solution of the question whether John Lev- 
erett, governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1673 to 1679, wis 
knighted by Charles II. of England. His knighthood is frequently and 
solemnly affirmed as a historical fact in the pages of the Leverett Memo- 
rial, not excepting the title-page of that volume, as if it were unquestion- 
able. 

My impression is that this alleged act of the king never was made public 
till within fifty years past. At all events, this announcement must have 
been received with surprise by all who knew the history of the king and 
of the governor. No one was prepared to believe that Charles II. had any 
such regard for the Puritan Governor, the aider and abettor of Cromwell 
— in overthrowing the monarchy — as is implied by conferring on him 
knighthood, or that the Governor had any such regard for the Cavalier 
king and his court, as to induce him to accept it. And yet the contrary is 
urged, among other things, to establish the fact of knighthood. 

The affirmative evidence is not strong; it consists of a single letter of 
business from Mr. Secretary Williamson to Governor Leverett, dated in 
August, 1676, wherein the latter is styled a knight in the address; and 
also a document, now missing or lost, supposed to be the royal lettt^rs patent 
conferrinjT this distinction. Stranije this letter, wherein no mention is made 
of knighthood, except as it a[)poars to the Governor's name in the address, 
should be preserved, and the important bulky Letters Patent creating him 
knight should be lost. 

This is a novel way of conferring as well as proving title to knighthood. 
As to the letter, no one who knows what a great blunderer the secretary 
was regarding American affairs and history, will attach any importance to 
that. How came the secretary, before and after, to forget that the Gov- 
ernor was a knight? If this method of proving right to a title were allow- 
able, one might easily [)rove, from his files of letters, a title as high as he 
might choose to lay claim, and as various as his fancy could desire. How 
often does blunder or design compliment us in a letter, with a title wholly 
inapplicable and foreign to ourselves! 

Tlie negative evidence is strongly against this theory of knighthood in 
1676, or anv other year in the rei^n of Charles II. 

During my historical researches concerning the conquest of Acadia by tbe 
Dutch in 1674, I had occasion to observe with much care the official rela- 
tions — and I know of no other — between Charles II. and Grovernor Leve- 



1881.] Was Gov. Leverett a Knight 9 273 

rett the six years the latter was governor. At no time in this period was 
there anything but antagonism between them. The act of the Governor 
in the spring of 1675 in dispossessing the Dutch of Acadia, and thereby 
endangering the Peace of Westminster, was a matter for which he was under 
censure for several years afterwards at the Court of Charles II. 

In June, 1676, hardly three months before it is claimed he was knight- 
ed, he treated very curtly in Boston the bearer of a royal letter which he 
read in council, without even removing his hat, scornfully remarking at the 
end that its contents were of little consequence. All this was reported at 
Court about the time the royal letters patent are alleged to have been 
issued. 

Grov. Leverett, as chief magistrate of the colony, is only surpassed by 
the amiable, prudent and accomplished Winthrop. As a military com- 
mander he had no equal during the first, nor perhaps during the second 
charter. His administration is a conspicuous one; and his memory has 
alwavs been held in esteem and veneration in New England. That he 
ever held any other relations with Charles II. than those known to his 
contemporaries, none will believe who examine into the matter. 

While I, as well as many others, am satisfied that he never was knighted 
by Charles II., as alleged, there are persons who believe otherwise, and 
continue to style him a knight, thereby making confusion in our history. I 
venture to suggest that this important question be referred to the Commit- 
tee on Heraldry, with instructions to report their views at an early day. 

Faithfully yours, C. W. Tuttle. 

To the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Pres't 

N. E. Historic, Genealogical Society. 

The subject was referred to the Committee on Heraldry, as sug- 
gested by Mr, Tuttle. We expected to have accompanied the letter, 
in this number, with the report of the committee, but we find that 
we shall be obliged to postpone its publication till the October 
number. 

Mr. Tuttle, when he wrote the above letter, had not seen the 
original of the oflScial letter which he refers to, though he had made 
diligent search for it. He relied entirely on the printed copies, 
which give a false impression. It is but recently that we have as- 
certained the owner of the origfinal document. The letter belongs 
to Leverett Saltonstall, Esq., who has loaned it to the editor of the 
Register. From it the following copy has been made by David 
Pulsifer, A.M. : 

Charles R. 

Trusty & Welbeloved, Wee greet you well. Whereas wee have been 
humbly informed by the petic^n of John Wampas als White, that he was 
about six months since put into prison here for a small debt, where he hath 
nnce remained to his utter mine, & that he hath a certain parcell of land 
in Massachusetts bay, the which he hath held for many years, having taken 
the Oaths of Allegiance & Supremacy as our subject; and having humbly 
besought us to interpose With you, that he may bee restored to his s** lands, 
or have liberty to sell the same for his present reliefe & the payment of his 
debts, Wee taking into our gracious consideracttn the miserable condition of 
VOL. XXXV. 24 



274 Was Gov. Leverett a Knight f [July» 

the pet' Have thought fitt to recomend him to yon, that he may have Justice 
done him & what favour the matter will fairly beare. And soe Wee bid 
you farewell. Given Att our Court att Whitehall the 22*** day of August 
167G in the 28*^ yeare of our reigne 

By his Ma*^** comand. Williamson. 

[The letter fills one page of a folio foolscap sheet, and except the signa- 
tures of Charles 11. and Secretary Williamson, is in the hand writing of a 
clerk. It is addressed, in the same hand writing, on the outside of the letter 
afler it was folded :] 

To Our Trusty and Welbeloved 
S' John Leveritt Kn* govemour 
of Massachusetts bay in new 
England 

[Underneath the address is a line in another hand writing, probably a 
memorandum of the receipt of the letter by Grov. Leverett. A portion of 
the writing is obscure, but it looks like :] 

Reed y* Ver 7. 2. jvau 1677 

[Savage (Winthrop's New England, ii. 245) reads it, " Received 2 June 
1 677 ; " and the editors of the 32d volume of the Massachusetts Historical 
Collections (page 223) read it, " Received 2 Jan. 1677."] 

This letter has been printed twice before, namely, in 1854, in the 
Massachusetts Historical Collections, vol. xxxii. page 223 ; and in 
1856 in the Leverett Memorial, page 83 ; but in both copies the 
address is printed above the sign manual of the king, whereas in 
the original letter it is on the outside, and appears no where else. 

Last year we sent a copy of Mr. Tuttle's letter to Col. Chester, 
of London, the eminent antiquary, and desired him to ascertain 
whether there was any record of the letter in England. The follow- 
ing reply was received : 

124 South wark Park Road, 
London, S. E., England, 29 Sept 1880. 
Dear Mr. Dean, 

I returned from the seaside last week, and have since looked into 
the matter about which you wrote on the 25th August. There was consid- 
erable difficulty in finding the document, as you gave no reference. It is in 

" Colonial Entry Books 
Plantations General 
Vol. 93. A.D. 16G3-1684," 

at folio 150. It is undated, but follows a letter dated 29tli March, 1676, 
and precedes one dated 14th Dec. 1G76. This volume is only an Entry 
Book containing copies of letters written by Secretary Williamson. (See 
my Westminster Abbey Registers, p. 249.) 

In the margin is : 

"To S' John Leveritt gov' of Massachusetts." 

At the end of the letter : 

" To our Tr. &c. S' John Leveritt, Knt gov' of MassachusetU baj in 
New England." 



1881,] Memoranda of Joseph Farwell of Groton. 275 

The explanation I woald suggest is that Williamson was notoriously a 
careless man^ and that this was one of his blunders. It seems absolutely 
certain that Leverett never was knighted, or there would be evidence of the 
fact in other quarters. Sincerely yours, 

Jos. L. Chester. 



MEMORANDA BY JOSEPH FARWELL, OF GROTON. 

« 

Commanicated by Samuel A. Obeen, M.D., of Boston. 

THE following memoranda are taken from a small note-book kept 
by Joseph Farwell, of Groton, which has been lent me by 
Frederic Kidder, Esq., of Melrose, Mass. The first entries were 
madn in the year 1710, and relate to work done by Farwell. On the 
fly-leaf is written, "Joseph ffarwell his book if I it luse and you 
it find giue it me for it is mine." The next leaf contains "An 
acompt of y« Berth of Joseph farwcUs Childeren," as follows : 

Joseph farwell Born August: 5 : 1696 
Thomas farwell Bom October : 11 : 1698 
Hannah farwell Born May : 6: 1701 
Elisabeth farwell Bom December: 31 : 1704 
Edward farwell Born July : 12 : 1706 
Mary farwell Bom Feb'^ : 1 : 1709 
John farwell Born June : 23 : 1711 

Sarah farwell bom feb'^ the 26*»* and died July the 4*** 1721 
Joseph Farwell the son of Joseph and Hannah Farwell was born the : 
24: 5: 1670 

Near the middle of the book the following record is found, in 
another hand writing : 

The Birth of the Children of Joseph Farwell and Mary Farwell who 
wear Married Dece" y* 24 : 1719. 

Anna Farwell Born February y" 19*** 1721 
Isaac Farwell Bom March y* 6*** 1723 
Joseph Farwell Born September y* 20*^ 1725 
Jonathan Farwell Born May y« lo*** 1730 
Thomas Farwell Bom July f 31»»» 1733 
Olive Farwell Born June y« 24^ 1735 
Mary Farwell Born September y' 4"» 1738 
Susannah Farwell Born August y* 8*** 1742 

Jon* Farwell Departed Life Nou°* y« 29 1761 being 30 years & 14 Days 
old 

Isaac Farwell son of Joseph and Mary Farwell Dep^ May y* 18*** 1740 
Being 17 year two months and 12 Days old 

Joseph Farwell Juner son of Jo" & Mary Dep* August, y* 27. 1758 be- 
ing 32 years 1 1 months and 7 Days old 

The following notes are found in different leaves, scattered 
throughout the book, as they were left blank by the original writer : 



276 Belief in Astrology in New England. [July, 

Joseph Farwell bis Book 1745 

March y* 10*** 1745 Our men went out of Groton for Cap Prtoon and 
the City was taken y' 18 day of June 1745 

August y« 4*^ 1745 We Began to sing the psalms in the meeting house 
hy Course [subsequently the following was written undertiecU/i'] and sang tbem 
throw August y* 30*** 1752 and began and sung the first psalm the first 
Sabbath in September 1752 [and in another place] And sung the Last 
psalm tlie Last Sabbath in March 1760 and began and sang the first 
psalm y* first Sabbath in April 1760 

May 10*** 1749 pece was proclam'' in Boston in New England 

Groton June y* 29 1750 I was c[h]ose in*** the office of a deacon in the 
first Church in Groton a for said and on the first Sabath July 1750 waited 
on that Duty 

in Groton January the 22, 1750-1 their was a grate storm of Rain and 
wind to that Degree that it Blew down 4 Bams and one house and Rent 
a Grate Number of Barns and other Buldings to that Degree that the oldest 
person Now Living Cant Rember the Like 

May the 22^ 1754 we Began to Rais our New meeting House and fin- 
ished it on Satterday the 25*** 

May y* 30*** 1754 Our Solders went out of Groton to Boston in order 
forts Cumber Land 

August y* 18 1754 * vpon the Lords Day mrs Sarah Dicxinson was 
taken into our Church the first person that was taken into the Church in 
the New meeting House 

November y* 15 1754 the first Sacrement of the Lords supper was 
Administred in the New meeting House 

November: y® 18*** 1755. their was a tearable Earth quake about 20 
minets after 4 in the morning. 

on Muuday the 26 of July 1756 my house was burnt down and the most 
of my house hold s[t]uff burnt up [subsequently the following was written^ 
and on Wcdensday the 24 of Nouember we mov** into the New house 

May y" 24 1758 Cap* thomas Lawrance went out of groton in order for 
Canada and was slain in battle the 20. Day of July 1758 

August, y® 10 1763 peace was proclaimed in Boston with the French. 

March y** 28. 1766 Zachariah Longley was chosen a Deacon in y' first 
Church in Groton. 

December y* 30. 1773 Isaac Farnsworth and Ben' Bancroft wear cho- 
sen Deacons in the Church of Groton. 

Aj)nel y' 19*** 1775, the Reggulars Came to Concord & kiH two men 4j 
our men followed them to Charlstown & kiH and wounded and took Cap- 
tive Bet wen three & 400 



BELIEF IN ASTROLOGY IN NEW ENGLAND. 

Communicated by John D. Ciiamplix, Jr., A.M., of New York City. 

^11 E belief in astrology prevalent among our ancestors two centurieJ 

a;L;:o, is well illustrated in the following family record, where the hour 

and minute of each child's birth, as well as the planetary influence under 
which it took place, is carefully noted. This custom of recording the pre* 



T 



1881.] Jibtes and Queries. 217 

cise time of birth is still followed by many who are ignorant that it was 
formerly done to enable the astrologers to construct a horoscope or nativity 
of the person, from which to foretell the events of his life. Thus the usage 
has survived the memory of its origin. 

The Christopher Champlin, who so carefully preserved the record of his 
family, was the son of Christopher,' son of Geoffrey or Jeffrey^ Champlin, 
of Portsmouth, Newport and Westerly, R. I. His wife Elizabeth was the 
daughter of George* Denison of Westerly, son of George* of Stonington, 
Conn., son of William' of Roxbury, Mass. 

Christopher Champlin bom Sep' 26^ 1684 
Elizabeth Champlm his wife bom Sep 11*^ 1689 

The above said Christopher Champlin departed this life Oct 23^ 1734 and Eliza- 
beth his wife departed this life Nov ye 22<^^ 1749 

The a^es of their children 
Christopher was bom Nov ye §0^ 32 min past 7 in ye morning 1707 $ 
Joseph was bom Aug ye 4^: 1709 at 8 o'clock in ye morning O 
Elyah was bom July ye 20* 1711 Died Feb ye 18"» 171^13 
Ann was bom March ye 29^**: 1714 Planetary hour $ 
George was h(xcn Feb 15* 1716 Planetary hour $ 
Elizabeth was bora Jan 10* 1718=19 Planetary hour $ 
Thankful was bora March 27* 1721 Planetary hour i Died Oct ye 22»<» 1725 
Lydia was bora Nov ye 19* 1723 Planetary hour ? Died Oct ye 10* 1726 
Elijah was bora May ye 23-1726 Planetary hour U Died March ye 10^ 1729 



Jabez was bora Aug ye 31** 1728 on the 7* day of ye week 
Oliver was born May ye 12* 1730 on ye 3^^ day of ye ^ 



^ ^ ^ f" ^^^ 

Mary was bom June ye 29* 1731 on ye 3"^ day of ye week at & o'cloek in ye 
morning. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Notes. 

KxATNE. — (Abstract by Stanley Waters from Miscellaneous Records of Supreme 
Court.) — An indenture made the 10* day of March in the year 1652 between Ben- 
jamin Kayen of London Esquire, sonno and beire apparent of Robert Kayen of 
Boston in N. £., Esquire, on the one part, and iSimcon Smith, Cittizen and Haber- 
dasher, of London, the executor of the last will &c of Nicholas Jupe, Cittizen & Mar- 
chant Tayler of London deceased, of the other part, &c. 

Said Indenture mentions a will of said Nicholas dated March 10, 1650, which 
gave to " lovinge Couzen Benjamin Jupe all that bis halfe share " in two houses, 
Jcc. in the Parish of St. Buttoiph, Aldgatc, London, in the occupation of Richard 
English and Edward Mott, and ** a house where a stone cutter did dwell,*' one of 
said Jupe's houses having been bought by him and Richard English from one Mat- 
thew Beanes. 

Property also was bequeathed to Anthony and Mary, the brother and sister of 
said Beiyamin, which consisted of a share in a row of houses standing in Gravel! [?] 
Lane in ye parish of St. Buttoiph 's without Aldi^te in one Rowe in ye occupation 
severally of John Trisge, Mr. Oakman. Widdowe Izard,. Widow Borkane, and Mr. 
Chambers ; one Xopher Jupe and one Thomas Evans to be each paid Ten Pounds 
out of the proceeds of said rents. 

Witnesses — Edward Sedgwick, John Heathcote, Benjamin 



NswxAN AND Stone. — From an ancient volume in my possession, once the property 
of Samuel Nevnnan, I copy these memoranda. They may afford a useful clue to 
some genealogical explorer. Henry A. Hazen. 

AuSurndale^ Mass, 

*' Samuel Newman and Hannah Buenkur married May 2, 1689. 
Hannah Newman, Borne February, day 16. 1689. 
VOL. xxxy. 24* 



278 Notes and Queries. [July, 

Bathsheba Newman, Borne June day 20, 16()5. 

Sarah Newman, Borne. November, day 26, 1700. 

Deacon Samuel Newman deceased June 25. 1747. 

Widow Hannah Newman deceased Sept. 20. 1752. 

Nathaniel Stone and Sarah Woodwara married Feb. 19 1746-7. 

Their Daughter Sarah, was born Nov. 2 let 1747. 

Their Daughter Hannah was bom. Feb. Ist [?] 1750. 

Their Son. Nathaniel was born. Sept. 8th 1753. 

Sarah. y«. wife of Nath" Stone was bom Deoemb" 21** 1727 and Died feb. 8. 1755." 



Almost a Centenarian. — Daniel Rolfe, a very aged man, reputed to be in hii 
hundredth year, died 27 October, 1748. — Copied from Bedford (Mass,) Town J&- 
cords, hy William S. Appleton. 



Queries. 

Harris. — In early days in Ohio, ** White Woman *s Creek " was a branch of tbs 
Muskingum, and a town on it was called ** White Woman's." 

Gist in his Journal, under date January, 1751, says: *'This white woman wu 
taken away from New England when she was not above ten years old by the Freoeh 
and Indians. She is now upwards of fifty, has an Indian husband and several 
children. Her name is Mary Harris." 

Can any one tell whence she was taken, or anything about her? 
Cleveland, O, C. 0. Baldwin. 



Newton, Walker, Elliot and Wheeler. — Phineas Newton^ of the fiflh gener*- 
tion from Richard Newton, of Sudbury, Mass., 1640 (Richard,^ John,* Thomas,' 
Obadiah,^ Phineas*), was born in Marlborough. Mass., Feb. 5, 1726. He came to 
this town with wife and children before 1770. What was the name of his vrife, and 
what were the names and date of birth of his children ? 

Obadiah Walker, of the fourth generation from Thomas Walker, of Boston, 
Mass. 1650 (Thomas,^ Thomas,^ Obadiah,^ Obadiah^), born in Marlborough, Mass., 
June 8, 1721, came to this town about 1790, and died here August 29, 1810, in his 
90th year. 

What was the name of his wife, and what were the names and date of birth of 
his children ? 

Jonathan Elliot and Hannah Wheeler were married at Sutton, Mass., April 25, 
1749. Cah any one give me their ancestry and parentage? 

Croydon, N. H. Alonzo Allin. 



Waterman. — Bethia, wife of Col. Richard Waterman, 12th proprietor of Prori- 
dence, R. I. Can any one give her maiden name? 

Richard, Jr., and Neriah, great-grandsons of Richard and Bethia. Can any one 
tell to whom they were married, and give records of family ? 

New Bedjord, Mass. William Henrt Waterman. 



PiERroNT. — Wanted, the date of the marriage of John Pierpont, of Roxbury, 
and Thankful Stow, which took place sometime between November 17th, 1646 (the 
date of Rachel Bigg's will) and the year 1649. 

Middlctown, Conn. Mrs. E. W. N. Stare. 



McClexachan— Drummond— Bell. — The Rev. William McClenachan, bom in 
Ireland in 1714, emigrated to America in 1736 with a number of Presbj'terian fami- 
lies, and settled in Portland as their pastor ; thence he removed to Georgetown, 
where he remained till 1744 ; thence to Chelsea, 1747-1754, and in 1754 nc con- 
formed to the Church of England in Boston. In 1755 he went to London, wbert 
he was ordained deacon and priest, and returning to New England settled at George- 
town, Me., as missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He re- 
mained in Georgetown from 1756 until 1758. He married Anne, daugoter of Oap^ 



1881.] Jfotes and Queries. 279 

John and Fraoces (Bell) Drammond, and granddaughter of Col. Patrick Dram- 
mond, of Bath, Me. I am anxious to obtain data relating to his ancestry and life 
in New England, as well as to the ancestry of the Drummonds and Bells, and I shall 
be Tery much indebted to any one who will either supply the required information 
or ^ive references as to where it may be found. 
E^copal Hospital, Philaddphia, Robert P. Robins, M.D. 



Ladd. — I find on the records of the town of Portsmouth, R. I., the will of Jo- 
seph Ladd, dated April 16th, 1669. He names in his will, Joanna, his wife, and 
his children, Joseph, William, Daniel, Mary and Sarah. There is no other men- 
tion of him, nor of any other Ladd upon the records. 

Does any reader of the Rbqistkr know who were the ancestors of this Joseph 
Ladd ? or where they resided ? Was he a descendant of Daniel Ladd who came 
orer from London in the ship Mary and John in 1633 ? 

On the records of Little Compton, R. I., are the names of Joseph Ladd, bom 
1660, and of William Ladd, born 1655. Were these sons of Joseph Liadd, of Ports- 
month, R. I. ? Warren Ladd. 

New Bedford, Mass, 



Wanted— Inforxation respecting the families of the following persons : 
Ezekiel Dttle, who married in Kulingly, Conn., 2 March, 1775, Eunice Eaton. 
Moses Little, who married in Voluntown, Conn., 1770, Hannah Cole, and is be- 
liered to haTe removed to New York. 
Joflhaa and Daniel Little, of Whitefield, Mo., who were bom 1760-1770. 
Brainiree, Mass. George T. Little. 



Datid Sears married Susanna Handy and removed to Rochester, Mass., from 
some town on the Cape previous to 1767. 
Who were his parents, and when and where vras he bom ? 
He was great-grandfather of the late Maj. H. B. Sears, U.S.A. 
Newton, Mass, Samuel P. Mat. 



Lee. — Can anyone tell what Lee family in England used the arms, ** Argent a 
chevron between three crescents sable'*? Are they now used by Lees in this 
country ? s. 



Clark, Hancock, Ttng.— Information desired respecting the parentage of the wife 
of Rev. Thomas Clark, who settled at Chelmsford as successor to Rev. John Fiske 
in 1677. Their daughter Elizabeth married Rev. John Hancock of Lexington, 
grandfather of the governor, and their daughter Lucy married Mnj. William Tyng, 
of Dunstable, the parents of Sarah IVng, who married Rev. Thomas Smith, first 
minister of Falmouth, now Portland, Me. 

Portland, Me, John F. Anderson. 



Aucx Honour. — I would like to know more of Mrs. Alice Honour, of Watcrtown, 
who married John Prince, son of Rev. John Prince. Their son Isaac married Mary 
Toraer and had a daughter whom he named Honour, but iirnorance spelled it Onner, 
who was bom Oct. ^, 1701. (See Register, xxvii. 363, where the name is erro- 
neondv transcribed '* Ounso.*') She married Francis Loud. Her name is always 
spelled '* Onner," even on her gravestone. John J. Loud. 

WeytnoiUh Landing, Mass, 

[Her name is given as ** Susan " in the Prince pedigree in the Register, vol. v. 
p. 383. This is probably an error in transcribing, as doubtless is also the name of 
the oldest child in the family, given ** Aelip,'" probably written Aeliss, with a 
kmgs. Her name is recorded ''Aallse" on the Hull Records (Register, xxvii. 
302). We presume that it should be Alice, and that both she and her sister were 
named for tneir grandmother.—£D.] 



280 ITotea and Queries. [July* 

Rollins, Bowdkn, &c. — Information wanted of tbe family name and ancestors of 
Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Rollins, of Exeter, N. H., married probably betwaei 
1695 and 1700. He died 1740. 

Also of the ancestors of John Bowden, of Exeter, N. H., who married Eliiabetli 
Folsom. He died 1765. 

Also of the ancestors of Abigail Kimball, daughter of Christopher Kimball, of 
England, and wife of Job Prince. He was born 1695. She married second time 
Sylvan us Everson. 

Also of the ancestors of Deborah Fuller, bom 3 December, 1729, married 13 Not. 
1749, Kimball Prince. Her father was Dea. John Fuller, of Barnstable, Masi. 

Also of the ancestors of Peter Coombs, of Brunswick or New Meadows, Me., bom 
1691, died 30 March, 1768. He is supposed to have come from GlouoejBter, Mta., 
with his brothers Anthony and John. 

Also of the ancestors of Thomas Berry, of Berry's Mills, Bath, Me. He Ina^ 
ried a sister of Peter Coombs. Address : G. Ciijjt. 

Rockland, Me. 

RiDLAND. — Wyman, in his ** Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Man.,'' 
says William Ridland married Patience Davis, and had issue William^ bom Doe. 
21, 1663; Nathaniel, born Dec. 6, 1665; Patience, bora Jan. 18, 1667; /(hijim, 
born Aug. 16, 1670 ; Mary, born Jan. 9, 1672, and Barnabas, born June 28, 1679. 
The father died Dec. 2, 1694, aged upwards of 60. Nothinfi: more is known of thii 
family. As there were three sons, it is a little strange that no one bearing tbe sor* 
name is known in this country. 

There is a large family of the name in the parish of Sandsting, Shetland, aad 
the name appears in early London records ; but I have found no other branches in 
Great Britain or America. 

Magnus Readlan was in York, York Co., Maine, as early as 1717, married Sasui- 
na Austin there, and became the ancestor of the Redlons, Ridlons, and many Rid- 
leys of New En^and. Magnus is a rare name in America, but prevails in tbe Shet* 
land Isles, and I think our ancestor came from that country. I shall be grea^j 
obliged if any one can give information of families of tbe name. 

Saco, Me. G. T. RiDLOsr. 

Replies. 

DwiNELL. — In examining the communication from Mr. VY. L. Jeffries in the Jan- 
uary number of the Register, paijes 34, 5 and 6, bein^ the copjr of the ** Town 
Rate of Topsfield " fur the years lfi87-8, 1 was surprised not to find the name of 
Michael Duanel or Dunnel, who Wiis a renident of Topsfield as early as 1667, and 
continued there until his death, between 29 January, 1710, and March 3d, 1717-18, 
his will being dated 29 Jan. 1710, but not proved until March 3d, 1717-18. 

Uis eldest son Michael was born 5 Dec. 1G70, consequently was about 18 yean 
of age when the rate was taken, and old enough to be numbered with the ** heads.*' 

I am satisfied from my invc>sti£nitione, that the ** Michael Duanet & Sone'' on 
page 31 of the Register, and ^' Mikell Douriir^ on page 36, are errors for Michael 
Duanel. ^^ Andrew M. Hai.nx. 

Galena, 111, 



Blake and Batcuklder (ante, p. 182) . — Among the ** Notes and Queries " in tbe 
April numl)er of the Register, information is wanted concerning the parentage of 
Ruth Batchelder, who married Dea. James Blake, of Dorchester, Mass. AcSjrd- 
ing t<> the Hampton (N. 11.) town records, *' Ruth, dau. of Nathaniel Batchilor & 
Debomh (Smith) was born May 9, 1662." She died Dorchester, *• Jan. 11, 1758, 
in the 90th year of her a'^e ;" which corresponds with the date of her birth. 

Vol. xxvii. p. 364, of the Register has an article on the *' Dalton and Batcheller 
Pedi";ree," by William II. Whitmore, A.M., where is given the full record of 
said Nathaniel Batchelder's children ; but strange to say, that in the agreement, 
made March 17, 1709-10, by widow Elizabeth, third wife of Nathaniel, Ruth is not 
mentioned in the list of heirs. That she must have lived beyond the above named 
period of time, and became the wife of Dea. James Blake, is very apparent in the 
foilowiiii^ abstract of a deed, copied from the records of Rockingnam Co., N. U.. 
Vol. 47, viz. : ** James Biake, joiner. Patience, wid. of Samuel Blake, dec'd. and 
John Spur, yco., all of Dorchester, Mass. ; Increase Blake, tin plate worker, Roger 



1881.] JTbtes and Queries, 281 

Macknight, laborer, and wife Wait, all of Boston, — the said Increase being a child, 
and 8*^ James, John, Samuel & Wait bcin^: srand children of Ruth Blake, late of 
Dorchester, dec*d, who was a daughter of NatnU Batchelder, late of Hampton, quit- 
claim to John, Simon, Jeremiah, Stephen & Jonathan Batchelder, & Jona. Moul- 
ton, all of Hampton, N. H., all our rights in the estate of Bf^ Ruth, as descended 
from s^ Nath'l Batchelder." Dated Nov. 1, 1755. 

By referring to the Blake Memorial, compiled by the late Samuel Blake, Esq., it 
will be seen that the above-named children and grandchildren of Ruth arc identical. 
Who, then, coald be the parents of Ruth, if not the said Nathaniel (son of Rev. 
Stephen) and Deborah (Smith) ? The deed alone seems to make the matter plain 
ana decisive. Pkrlsy Derby. 

Salem, Mass, 

Porter (anie^ xzz. 360). — My attention has been quite recently attracted to a 
eommanication in the number oi your magazine for October, 1876, m relation to the 
anceetiy of Admiral Porter. 

The family records of Admiral D. D. Porter, give his ancestry, as the article in 
question states, from an ** Alexander Porter, born in Massachusetts, May 5, 1727.*' 

I am myself somewhat interested in learning more in relation to his derivation, 
inasmuch as I have been for several years collecting the Porter families of Conneo- 
ticat and Massachusetts, descended from John Porter, who was from England, and 
one of the earliest settlers of Windsor, Conn. (1630-5). 

His great-ffrandson, Daniel Porter^ born Nov. 23, 1681, married Feb. 19, 1706-7, 
Mindwell Alexander^ daughter of Nathaniel. Alexander (ho born at Northfield, 
Mass., Dec. 29, 1652), who was with Capt. Turner, at the '' Falls fight," May 19, 
1676, and was son of John Alexander, wno came with his father, George Alexan- 
der, from Scotland, and settled in Northampton, Maes. 

1 am of opinion that the '* Alexander Porter horn in Massachusetts,^^ ancestor 
of Admiral Porter, may be of this family. I would be glad of any data elucidating 
this matter. Hemry Porter Andrews. 

Saratoga Springs, 

[Stiles in his ** History of Ancient Windsor," p. 754, gives six children of Dan- 
iel and Mindwell Porter, beginning with Mindwell, born March 26, 1708, and end- 
ing with Alexander, bom March 7, 1718-19. These children were, we suppose, 
bom in Windsor, Conn. May not Daniel Porter afterwards have removed to Mas- 
sachusetts, possibly Northampton or Hadley, and had other children ? The Alexan- 
der bom 1719 may have died, and another Alexander may have been born May 5, 
17S7. See in this connection the Supplement to Stiles^s Windsor, p. 113. — Editor.] 



Announcements. 

BliDDLETOwN, Or. — The Undersigned is collecting materials for genealogical record 
of the families of Ancient Middletown, comprising the present towns of Middle- 
town, Middlefield, Cromwell, Portland and Chatham. 

Any persons having any information concerning any family thereof, is requested 
to notify Frank F. Starr, 

Ass't Clerk, Middletown, Conn. 

Americans of Koyal Descent* — Charles H. Browning, of Philadelphia, Penn., 
whose work vras announced in April, 1877 (Register, xxxi. 225), has issued a cir- 
cular inviting subscriptions and stating that he intends publishing a volume of ped- 
u;reeB with the above title, giving the descent from Royalty of over 500 American 
Smilics. It will be a royal 8vo. with a complete index, and be sold by subscrip- 
tioD at ten dollars a copy. Contributors to the publication fund, who are of royal 
descent, will be entitled, without extra charge, to have their individual pedigrees 
inserted in the work. 



GiNSALOGncs IN PREPARATION. — Pcrsons of the several names are advised to fur- 
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own families and other 
information which they think will be useful. We would suggest that all fticts of 
interest illustrating the family history or character be communicated, especially 
Krvice under the U. S. government, the holding of other offices, graduation from 
ooU^e or professional schools, occupation, with dates and places of oirth, marriage, 
nndenoe and death. 



282 Societies and their Proceedings. [Jolji 

Candee, By C. C. Baldvrin, Clerelaiid, Ohio. — ^It is inteoded to oontaiD as nculj 
aa practicable all the de«oendaDts of Zaccbeus Candee, 1670. of New HaTca. 
A second part will contain sketcheaof William Pvncboo. foander of Springfield, 
Secretary John AUyn of Connecticut, and Capt. Joneph Wadsworth of Charter 
fiime — who are ancestors of Candee. Information of all Candeea ailicited, tspecMUg 
in western Maarachusetta and in New York east of Uadson Rirer. 

IMu. By Charles T. Libby. Portland, Me. — It will contain all de^veodantB of 
John Libbe (bom in England about 1602, died in Scarborough, Me., 1682), bearing 
the samame, whose record coald be procured. It will be neoeaoazy for those irho 
forward information to Mr. Libby, to send it soon after the iasne of this number of 
the Register, as the work will be published in the latter part of Ausust or earh ii 
September. It will make not less than 600 pages octavo, and will be pablisbed bj 
subscription at $5 a copy. 

Luttrell. By Elston Luttrell, of Oxford, Ala.— Mr. Lattrell wishes to leUB 
where the emigrant ancestor of this family settled, and from what port he sailed. 

Porter, By Henry Porter Andrews, Saratoga Springs. N. ¥. — ^Thia genealogj 
will be deroted to the descendants of John Porter, an early settle of Dorcbeiter, 
Mass., and \^indsor, Ct., who died at Wiodsor, April 22, 1648. It ia proposed to 
eollcct and trace the descendants to this time as &r as practicable, and erentoaUlf 
to print a Tolnme. A circular containing the early generations baa been printed. 

Slreeler, By Milford B. Streeter, Brooklyn, N. 1. 



Town Historhs in Prepaeation. — Persons haying &cts or docaments lelatiiig 
to any of these towns, are advised to send them to Uie person engaged in writing 
the history of that town. 

Billerica, Mass. — ^The progress of the History of Blllerica, annoanoed in the Bl- 
ister for 1880, has been delayed by the appointment of the Rer. Mr. Uazen, who fan 
it especially in chor^, to a position in connection with the American Board of Oos- 
missioners for Foreign Missions. The printing of the genealogical portion of the 
volume is finished, and that of the general history is going forward ; aind it is hoped 
that it will be finished durine the year. 

Greene f Me. By Mrs. J. J*. Pratt, 375 Broadway, Chelsea, Mass. — She is col- 
lecting material for a history of this town. Any person having material that would 
aid in the work, will confer a great favor by addressing her as above. 

Mf.dicay^ Mass. — The town has voted to publish a hietorj*, and has chosen t 
committee for the purpose, of which M. M. Fisher, Esq., is chairman. 



SOCIETIES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS. 

New-England Historic, Genealogical Societt. 

Boston^ Mass. J Wednesday February 2, 1881. —A monthly meeting was held at 
the Society's House, 18 Somerset Street, this afternoon at three o*clock, the presi- 
dent, the lion. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., in the chair. 

The lion. George Washington Warren, chairman of a committee appointed for 
the purpose, reported a scries of resolutioas on the death of Simeon Pratt Adami, 
who had bequeathed to the stxiiety his collection of books, pamphlets, newspapos 
and documents illustrating New England local hietory, with a legacy in money. The 
resolutions, after remarks by Judge Warren, who read a letter from George t. Lit- 
tlefield on the character of 5lr. Adams, were unanimously adopted. 

The Rev. Edward G. Porter, of Ijexin^ton, read a paper entitled ** The Mothff 
Town of Dorchester,'' being a historicai and descriptive account of Dorchester, 
England, for which Dorchester, Mass., was named. After remarks by eeytm 
members, thanks were voted for the paper. 

John Ward Dean, the librarian, reported as donations during the preceding 
month, 97 volumes, 76 pamphlets, and other articles. 

The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the corresponding secretary, reported letters accept- 
ing resident membership to which they had been elected, from Henry S. Ru»«ll w 
Milton, and Richard I. Atwill, Uenrv A. Church, John 0. Green, M.D., and TiiO' 
otby Bigelow, of Boston. 



1881. J Societies and their Proceedings. 283 

The Rev. Increue N. Tarbox, D.D., the historiosrrapher, reported memorial 
«ketche«i of four deceased members, namely, the Hon. William H. Tuthill, Tipton. 
Iowa; Henry White, of New Haven, Conn. ; Prof. William C. Fowler, LL.D., of 
Durham, Ct., and £benezer Alden, M.D., of Randolph, Mass. 

March 2. — A stated meeting was held this afternoon at the usual place and time, 
President Wilder in the chair. 

Rev. Charles E. Lord, D.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., read a paper on ** The Hu- 
gaenots." Remarks followed from members, and thanks were voted to Dr. Lord. 

The librarian reported 66 volumes and 56 pamphlets received during February. 

The corresponding secretarr reported the acceptances of Frederick L. Ames, 
Boston; Charles C. Dawson, Lowell ; George S. Mason, Boston ; John H. Burda- 
kin, Dedham, and Clement Willis, Boston, as resident members ; and Henry Phil- 
lip0, Jr., Philadelphia, as a corresponding member. 

April 6. — A quarterly meeting was held this afternoon at the usual place and 
lioar. President Wilder in the chair. 

A communication was read from the Boston Antiquarian Club, accompanying a 
vote of the club recommending to the city authorities, at the close of the present 
lease, July 1, 18B1, to use the Old State House building for city purposes. It was 
voted to concur in this recommendation. 

The president read an extract from a letter latel)r received by him from Dr. Au- 
gustus Le Plongeon, in relation to his explorations in Yucatan. 

The Rev. Nathan 11. Chamberlain, of Cambridge, read a paper on *^ Burgoyne's 
Campaign." Remarks were made by several members, and thanks were voted for 
the paper. 

The librarian reported as donations daring March, 63 volumes and 202 pamphlets. 

The corresponding secretary reported th« acceptance of resident membership by 
the Hon. WQliam Gaston, Boston ; Charles W. Parsons, M.D., Providence ; Curtis 
Guild, Boston ; Fitz H. Jordan, Portland ; William Peirce, Boston, and William 
£. Brieht, Waltham ; and of corresponding membership by Silas Bent, St. Louis, Mo. 

Theliistoriographer reported memorial sketches of two deceased members, viz., 
Dana B. Putnam, M.D., and Thomas D. Quincy, both of Boston. 

The Canton Historical Societt. 

Canton, Mass.^ March 24, 1881. — This Society, organized in 1871, held its annual 
meeting this day. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : 

President — Daniel T. V. lluntoon. 
Secretary — Frederic £ndicott. 
Treasurer — Elijah Bent. 

The committee on the memorial watering trough reported, 

That a granite Watering Trough, high enough for horses to drink from unchecked, 
had been erected at the junction of two principal street** in the town, surmounted by a 
lantern which serves also as a guide board. The cost of this trough was about $300, 
which had been contributed ny public-spirited citizens in response to a circular 
issued by this society. The inscription on the trough is as follows : ** Erected in 
memory of the labors of the Apostle Eliot among the Indians at Ponknpong, 1650- 
1690." The committee further reported that four more granite watering troughs 
were or would be erected in town within the coming year. 

This society propose to erect throughout tiie town tablets bearing suitable in- 
icriptions wnich shall commemorate important landmarks and perpetuate events 
tbit have made the town historic. 

It has been the custom for the post few years for this society to meet on every 
Fast day and take a walk of from nve to ten miles, visiting old cellar holes and an- 
cient boundaries, walking over forsaken roads and sketching old houses. There are 
usually about twenty-five members and invited guests, who go on these field excur- 
sions, and a very eigoyable and instructive day is passed. 

PocoMTUcK Valley Memorial Association. 

Deerfield, Mass., Tuesday , Feb. 22, 1881. — The annual meeting was held this 
afternoon. 

The cabinet keeper reported as donations during the year 5G3 volumes, 137 pam- 
phlets, and 501 miscellaneous articles. 



284 Societies and their Proceedings, [July, 

The treasurer reported $635.06 receipts, and $613.92 expenditures, leafing a 
balance on hand of $21.54. 
The following officers were chosen for the ensuing year : 

Prestdcni — George Sheldon. 

Vice-Presidents — Rev. E. Buckingham , Henry Childs, Bufialo, N. Y. 

Secretary and Treasurer — Nathaniel Hitchcock. 

Corresponding Secretary — Rev. Dr. Crawford. 

C(?M/«.W/or5— Henry W.Taft of Pittsfield, Rev. P. V. Finch, Chauncey Bryant, 
F. M. Thompson, Frank J. Pratt, John Sheldon of Greenfield, James Smith of 
^Vhately, Rev. W. S. Hawkes of South Hadley Falls, Elisha Wells, Robert Childs, 
Charles Jones, Dr. R. M. Porter, Albert Stebbins of Dcerfield, and J. D. Canning 
of Gill. 

After the meeting a collation was served, followed by addresses, poems, &c. 

Nova Scotia Historical Society. 

Halifax^ N. S., Monday, March 14, 1881. — A meeting was held in the Honseof 
Assembly, Dr. Allison in the chair. His Honor the Lieutenant Governor and 
the members of both branches of the legislature attended. 

The donations since the last meeting were announced. 

The secretary read a paper prepared by Moses de la Dernier, an old settler of 
Nova Scotia, written in 1795, giving an account of the customs and manners of the 
ancient Acadians, with remarks on their removal and its causes. 

Lieut.-CJov. Archibald delivered an address in which he discussed the question of 
the expulsion of tiie Acadians in 1755. He also spoke of the pmifross which this 
society had made in building up in so short a time a really great historicnil library. 
** If we had hunted the Dominion all ovftr,'* said he, ** we could not have found a 
man so fitted for his work as the present librarian, and Mr. Bulmcr has done more 
in two years to put together a great collection of books than any librarian in Cana- 
da has done in twenty-five. VV e have now 671 volumes of bound newsjjapers. and 
over 500 unbound — a total of nearly 1200 volumes, nearly all printed in this Province, 
and covering a period from 1764 to 1B81. We have a collection of pamphlets ex- 
tending from 1772 to date, and numbering over 12,000, and covering alm^isc every 
public question ever discussed. We have books printed in Nova Scotia as far ba<*k 
as 175H, jind all ever printed since. Our libniry, from holding a tenth -rate j>»si- 
tion a little over a year ago, to-day takes rank as the third in Canada, \\eins: only 
surpasseil by the grtat collections in l^val University and the library at Ottawa. 
Our province, tliough small, has a lari^er and better library than the great Prch 
vinccs of Quebec and Ontarit). As to its value, 1 would say that of the newspaper 
colI('eti(K) al(»ne, it would not be possible for tlic local government, hy any sum at 
their disposal, even to get together such a collection should the present one be de- 
stroyed by fire. These gratifying results have come about through the pro-Jii^l 
enthusiasm, industry and tact of the librarian, and I feel bound to s:iy that no man 
in his day has rendered the province greater service than Mr. Buhner." 

Remarks wert^made by the Mayor of Halifax, the lion. L. E. Bilker, and others 
on the Work of the society. 

RnODE-ISLAND HISTORICAL SoCIKTT. 

Providence, Tuesday, January 11, 1881. —The annual meeting was held this eve- 
ning, the })resident, the lion. Zachariah Allen, LL.D., in the chair. 

President Allen delivered an address reviewing the w«)rk of the s^iciety dnrin": 
the List sear. Four members, Messrs. Dornince, Arnold, Greene and Pierct\ hrwe 
died, anil twenty-six resident members have been added to the society, which has 
now upwards ol two hundred meml»ers. 

The lion. Amos Perry, the secretary, reported the accentancc of corre^pnnding 
meml»ersliij\ to which they had been elected, by Prof. J. M. lloppin, of New Ha- 
ven, Ct. ; J. C. Buttre, of New York city, and the lion. Thomas W. Bicknell.of 
BostDU. 

Kiclnuond 1\ Everett, the treasurer, reported that the expenditure** of the year 
had been si, 31)0. .SO, and the receipts $1,311.38; ciish advanced by the treasurer, 
.$4S.0*J. the life meml)crship fund now amounU to $900, the interest of which is 
aj>|>lirii to the current expenses. 

The library committee rei)orte<l that 740 printed volumes, 3 volunies of manu- 
scripts, several maps and other articles had been added to the library in 1880. 



1881.] Societies and their Proceedings. 285 

The Ptanding committees on publication and genealogical research : the special 
committee U> recommend names for new streets where the French army wus en- 
camped, and the procurators made reports. 

An amendment of the constitution was adopted placing the appointment of the 
librarian in the hands of the library committee. 

The following officers for the ensuing year were then elected : 

President — Zachariah Allen, of Providence. 

^ Vice-Presidents — William Gammell, of Providence, and Francis Brinley, of 
Newport. 
Secretory — Amos Perry, of Providence. 
Treasurer — Richmond P. Everett, of Providence. 

Standing Committees, 
On New Members — Albert V. Jenks. William Staples, W. Maxwell Greene. 
On Lectures and Papers — William Gammell, Amos Perry. Charles W. Parsons. 
On Publications —^ohn R. Bjirtlett* J. Lewis Diman, Edwin M. Stone. 
Oif. Genealogical Researches — Uenry E. Turner, William A. Mowry, Bennett J. 
Monroe. 

On Grounds, ifrc-^ls^tic H. Southwick, Henry J. Steere, Royal 0. Taft. 
On Audit — Ilenry T. Beckwith, John P. Walker, Lewis J. Chace. 
On Library — Sidney S. Rider, iloratio Rogers, Thomas Durfee. 

New Haven Colony Historical Society. 

New Haven, Ct., Feb. 10, ttei. — A meeting was held this day at the rooms of 
the suciety. The following gentlemen were chosen officers for the ensuing year : 

President — Rev. Dr. E. Edwards Beardsley. 

Vice- President — ^Thomas R. Trowbridge. 

Treasurer — Nathan Peck. 

Secretary — Thumas R. ¥rowbridge^ Jr. 

Directors ^Ilenry Bronson, Eli Whitney, E. H. Leffins^well, H. L. Hotchkiss, 
Henry Trowbridge, Charles Henry Townsend, George Petrie. Charles Peterson, 
James M. Hoppin, Joseph B. Sargent, Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon, E. E. Atwater. 

One bandred and fifty new members have recently joined. 

Virginia Historical Society. 

Richmond^ Saturday, April 2, 1881. — A meeting of the executive committee was 
held at 8 o'clock this evening at the Westmoreland Club-house, William Wirt 
Henry in the chair, and Robert A. Brock, in the absence of the secretary, acting as 
•ecretary. 

An interesting memoir of the late George C(X>ke, the artist, prepared by his niece, 
Miss Adelaide V. Couke, Wii8 laid before the committee by Mr. Valentine. It was 
voted that the paper be published. 

Richmond, May 7. — The executive committee met at 8 P.M. in the "Westmoreland 
Club-house, Mr. Palmer in the chair. 

An invitation to attend the celebration at Spartansburg, S. C, May II, on the 
unveiling of the memorial column to the memory of the victors at Cowpens, was 
received and accepted, and the Hon. J. L. M. Curry, the Hon. A. M. Keiley, the 
Hon. B. R. Welltord, Jr., Col. Archer Anderson and Col. il. C. Cabell, were ap- 
pointed delegates. t 

ArchwBolooical Institute of America. 

Boston, Mass., Saturday, May 21, 1881. — The annual meeting was held this day. 
The following officers were ch( sen : 

President — Prof. Charles Eliot Norton, of Cambridge. 

Vice-President — Martin Brimmer, of Bast<m. 

Honorary Vice-Presidents — Rev. Theodore D. V7oolscy, D.D., LL.r>.,of New Ha- 
ven, Ct. ; lion. L. H. Morgan, of Rochester, N. Y. ; Prof. B. S. Gildersleeve, of 
Baltimore ; Major John W. Powell, of Washington, D. C. 

Ejccutive Co/nmittec — Francis Parkman, LL.l)., of Boston ; Prof. William W. 
Goodwin, Ph.D., of Cambridge; Prot. Ilenry W. Haynes, of Boston ; Alexander 
Agassis, of Cambridge; Prof. William R. Ware, of Boston, with President Norton 
mod Vice-President Brimmer, es officio. 

At a subsequent meeting of the executive committee, E. II. Greenleaf was chosen 
secretary, and 0. W. Peabody treavsurer. A vote of thanks was passed to Secretary 
Blaine tor the active interest he had manifested in obtaining firmans in Greece. 

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286 Necrology of Historic, Genealogical Society. [Julyj 



NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND HISTORIC, 

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. 

Prepared by the Rev. Inorbasb N. Tabbox, D.D., Historiographer of the Society. 

The historiographer would inform the society, that the memorial 
sketches which are prepared for the Register are necessarily brief 
in consequence of the limited space which can be appropriated. All 
the facts, however, he is able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the 
Society, and will aid in more extended memoirs for which the "Towno 
Memorial Fund " is provided. The first volume, entitled " Memorial 
Biographies," edited by a committee appointed for the purpose, has just 
been issued. It contains memoirs of all the members who died from the 
organization of the society to the close of the year 1852. A second volume 
is in press. 

William Lawton, EBq.,»of New Rochelle, N. Y., a life member, died in New 
Rochelle, N. Y., April 27, 1881, aped 85 years, 11 mos. and 27 days. 

Mr. Lawt^m was bom at West Point, N. Y., May 1, 1795, his father William 
Lawton, M.D., being at that time stationed there as surgeon in the United States 
• service. 

His father was bom in the town of Leicester, Mass., April 9, 1759. His grand- 
father waerDr. Pliny Lawton, of Leicester, and his great-grandfather was probably 
•Christopher J. Lawton, Esq., a well known lawyer of Suffield, Ct. 

His mother's name was Abigail Farrington, and she was bora in Flushing, L. L, 
Dec. 12, 1703. 

Having this honorable ancestry, he had, nevertheless, to make his way in the 
world -chiefly by his own efforts. At the age of 14 he became a clerk in the ship- 
pinj^ house of John G. Warren, New York city. By reverses in business this house 
failed three years after, but the head of it again went int<j business as a sttx^k and 
t'xclian<re broker, retjiining young Ijawton as a clerk. During the proi^ress of the 
war of 1812 he went for a time into the army. This was in 1814, when he was nine- 
teen veurs of nge. He became a Sergeant Major of artillery. After the war had 
closed, he wenX, in 1817 (being now twenty-two years of age^ into business for 
himself as a stock and exchange broker, lie helped to form the tirst Broker's B*jard 
in New York, modelling it essentially after one which had been recently organized 
in Philadelphia. He himself was one of a committee to visit Philadelphia ^J iusoer- 
tain its plan and methods. That board originally consisted of twenty members. In 
1870 it enrolled .upon its list not far from 1 100 members, and the fee for member- 
ship was very high. At that time (1870) only three remained of the cirii^inal 
twenty. One of these three died soon after, and Mr. Lawton was probably the 
latest survivor. Mr. Ijawton retired from the business of the office in 1867, but 
still retained his connection with the Stock Board. Uo became a resident of New 
Rochelle, New York, in J8U. 

Mr, liawton was admitted a resident member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society 
April 12, IH70, and made himself a life memlier Jan. 6, 1875. He was present at 
the monthly meeting of the society in September la«t, and greatly interested his fel- 
low-members by a recital of some iaiportant reminiscences of his life. 

Mr. Lawton gave his name to the New Rochelle, or Lawttm Blackberry, and this 
is certainly one of the pleasant ways of going down to posterity. ** It is also claim- 
ed for him that he built the first railroad in the country for the accommodation of 
pasHcngors as well as freight — the Schuylkill Valley Navigation and Railroad Com- 
pany — and was a shareholder in it at the time of his death." 

He married Maria Rachel Guion, daughter of Frederick Guion, of New Ro- 
chelle, a descendant of an old Huguenot family. She died Nov. 25, 1872.^ He 
leaves three sons and two daughters, namely: 1. Julia ^ wife of William Wilson 
Ijawton, of San Francisco, Cal. ; 2. Franklin, of San Francisco, married August/i 
Ransom; 3. Cornelia ElJrt, wife of Joseph Marshall Carvilfe; 4. Maria, wile wt 
Kdmund H. Ilaswell, of New York city ; 5. J. Warren^ counsellor at law, New 
York city. 



1881.] Necrology of Historic ^ Genealogical Society. 287 

Thomas Dknnib Quinct, Enq., of Boston, a life member and benefactor, was bom 
in Boston, June 1, 1807, and died at Aiken, S. C, whither he had gone in search 
of health, March 18, 1881. 

His iJEither was John Williams Quincy, born in Boston, Feb. 19, 1769, and his 
mother was Abigail Atkins, daughter of Silas Atkins, of Boston, and born Aug. 
10, 1772. 

Uis first American ancestor was Edmund Quincy, who with his wife Judith came 
OTcr from England in company with the celebrated John Cotton, and landed at 
Boston, September 4, 1633. lie with his wife were admitted to the First Church 
in Boston in November, 1633. The only son of the founder was also named Ed- 
mund. He settled in Braintree, and from that time onward Braintree aiid Quincy 
have seemed to be the cradle of the race. The name Edmund has been repeated 
from generation to generation. Four Eklmund Quincy s have been eraduated at Uar- 
yard College. The last Harvard Quinquennial shows sixteen graduates of this fam- 
ily name, all of whom probably are descendants of Edmund Quincy of 1633. The 
name has clung close to Boston and its immediate neighborhood. We do not find 
any college graduate of this name from any New England college except Harvard. 
The name Quincv was an honored name in England centuries before Edmund 
Quincy came to these shores. 

The subject of this sketch was united in marriage July 17, 1849, to Julia Child 
Bedford, daughter of William B. Bradford. From this marriage were two child- 
ren, a son and a daughter, named from the father and mother, Thomas Dennie 
and Abigail Atkins Quincy. The mother and children survive. 

Mr. Quincy was a merchant of high standing and character. One who has known 
him long and intimately hears this most honorable testimony respecting him : ** Mr. 
Quincy united early in life with the Park Street Church, but for nearly thirty years 
has been a member of the Second Church, Dorchester. You can say of him with 
truth, that his life and character were remarkably consistent ; what he was at one 
time he was always. Quiet, rigidly upright, faithful in business, cordial, devout, 
a reliable christian man, interested in all good enterprises, and constantly and free- 
ly contributing to them, he was one who, while he made no display or attracted 
much attention, led a life of rare honor and usefulness, best esteemed by those who 
knew him best He was for a long series of years treasurer of the Boston Sea- 
man's Friend Society.*' 

Mr. Quincy was admitted to the Society June 7, 1870. His son Thomas Dennie 
Quincy, Jr., was admitted the same year. 

^ Tfic names of the early New England settlers have been subject to the widest va- 
riety of fortunes. Some names that were here, in good numbers, in the first gene- 
rations, have become almost extinct among us. Some that were anciently in high 
honor have become comm(m and inconspicuous. Others have been rising from com- 
parative obscurity to prominence and dignity. Others still have kept the even 
tenor of their vray. The names Adams and Quincy have been much associated. 
As fiimily names in this vicinity they have kept their honorable place and standing 
from the first New England generations until now. They have represented, at 
different periods, a large measure of dignity, ability and worth. 

The Rev. William Grigson, M.A.. of Whinburgh, England, a corresponding 
member, was born at Sahara Toney, Norfolk County. England, Nov. 25, 1809, and 
died at Norwich, England, October 6. 1879. 

His father, Edward ilarne>« Grigson (William ;* Robert,* M.D. ; Rev. William,* 
A.M.; Robert;* Kev. William,* M. A., inst. rector of Uardingham. co. Norfolk, 
Sept. 5, 1584), was born at West Wretham, Norfolk Co., May 19, 1707, and died 
June 15, 1812. His mother was Mary, the eldest daughter of Thomas Shuckforth 
Dixun, and was bom August 7, 1791, and died at Saham Toney, Feb. 25, 1881, at 
the age of ninety. 

Rev. Mr. Grigson was married to Margaret, the third daughter of James Hales 
of Norwich, attorney at law. She was born Nov. 25, 1817, and was living March, 
1881. By this marriage there were children — 1. William Shuckforth, born April 
15, 1845. 2. Edward, born September 2, 1846. 3. Barbara Lucy, horn Dec. 10, 
1847. 4. Mary Hales, born Nov. 21, 1849. 5. Ellen Margaret, born Feb. 22, 1851. 
6. Francis, born August 4, 1852. 7. Katharine, born Jan. 24, 1855. 8. Baseley 
Hales, bom March *J6, 1856. 9. Robert John llales, born March 20, 18.53. Of 
these children all of the s(ms are now livin||;. Of the daughters, Ellen Margaret 
died unmarried, July 26, 1874, and Katharine died in early infancy. The other 
two are living. 



288 Necrology of Historic y Crenealogical Society. [July, 

Mr. Grifipon was educated at Corpoa Christi College, Cambridfl:e, receiring his 
degree of B.A. in IB33, and of M.A. in 1836. Hia education before entrance at col- 
lege had had been at Ely and King^s Lynn Grammar Schools. He wai), fur some 
time after his graduation at Cambrid^, Fellow of the Cambridse Philo0V)phical 
Society ; and was Rector of Whinhurgn with We««tfield, Norfolk County, for more 
than ihirt3-three years, viz., from December 15, 1843, to March 26, 1877. He then 
regianed, and afterwards prteentt-d his eldest son, the Rev. William Shuokforth 
Gri;;son, who now fills the same office. It is from this son that the details just given 
have bi-en cliiefly obtained. 

Rev. Mr. Grigson was thoroughly interested in genealogical studies, and furnish- 
ed for Burke^s Landed Gentry the particulars of the ancestry of his father, Edward 
Harney Grigson. 

He has also been joint editor with Capt. W. E. G. L. Bulwer, and G. A. Carthew, 
Esq., F.S.A. (alter the death of the Rev. G. H. Dash wood, F.S. A), of the 1563 Vis- 
itation of Norfolk. This work was begun several years ago by Mr. Dashwood, and 
is still in process of publication. 

He was admitted to membership March 15, 1859. 

The Rev. Alexaxiier IIaiiilton Vinton, D.D. This distin^ished divine ^ied 
April 26, 1881, in Philadelphia, at the house of his friend, Mr. L»*inuel C*offin. 

He was bom in Providence, R. I., May 2. 1807. His early plan of life was to 
follow the medical prorn<sion. Accordingly, in 1826, after .«pfnding three yejir* in 
Brown University, his name apr)ear8 on the catalo«rue of Yale Collrir*' as a medicail 
student, and his place of residence then was Pomfret, Conn. In 1828 he n*ceived 
from Yale College the title of M.D., and for three yeirs piaotised as a physician in 
Pomfret. Tlien the plan of his life was chanired, ancf he entered the Epi>4?tip>ai Tbeo- 
logicjil Seminary in New \'«>rk in 1832, and alter finishing his studies rectrived or- 
dination at the hands of Bic^hop Onderdonk. Entermi: upi>n his pniliesMon, he 
preached at St. Paul's Church, Portland, Me., 1835-1836. when he rem.fved t» Pn>- 
videnee and had charge «)f Grace Church, I836-I842. From Pnividrm'e he cntne to 
Bost«»n, where he was in chargi* of St. Paul's Church, 1844-1858. From Boston 
he went to Philadelphia, and officiated at the Church of the H»»lv Trinity. 1858- 
1861. From 1861 to 1869. he was at St. Mark's Church, New York. Then he re- 
turned nirnin to Boston to take chnriie of Emninnuel i.'hurch, which Dr. Hunting- 
ton liaJ left. Here he rtiiiained till Eti^ter, 1877, when he went to re^i«le in Pom- 
fnt, Colin. This, as alnady shown, was the htMue of liis vouth. and tiiis he still 
re^ranled as his country home, when public duties rermitted hini to retire lor rest. 

Durini: the reniaininj; f'tur years t>f his life his work has l>een misin?Il:ineo.is. lie 
hae lieen lecturer at the Episcopal Theologir.ii School at Tauibridire. Ho has been 
wont to preach from time to time during these last years on ninny imp >rtam 
occasions. He went, the week before his dt»atlj, to ^Philadelphia for one uf these 
preachin^^ services at the consecration of the Church of the Lioly Trinity. From 
a coUi e<mtracte<i in connection with this service, pneumonia set in, followed hy a 
speedy death at the age of 74. 

Mr. Vint4»n received the dciiree of A.M. from Brown University in 1836. that of 
D.I), in Ih43 fmm the UuiverMty of the City of New Y'ork, and the suuie in 1853 
from llar\ard Colieire. 

The earlitst Amerii^an ancestor of Dr. Vinton was John Vinton, who appeared 
inL\nnalH)ut 1()43 The name is supposed to have Ixen, ori^'inally, Frtncii, but 
to have l>een dMmestiaited in En::lan(l before coming hither. I)r. Vinton's father 
was David Viiit-m, hi)rn at Medlord. Mass , Jan. 6, 1774. His mother was Mary 
Atwell. U>v\\ in Providence, K. I , .May 10, 1773. Dr. Vinton was married Oct. 15, 
lS3o, to Eleanor Siockhridge Thompe^m. of Providence. From this marriage there 
were six children, three of whom died in infancy or early childhtiod. 

Dr. Vint4in has not l»een known to an}* 'rre:it extent as an author. The Ptren^jth 
of his life ha^! been given to pre-aching. Various sermons ol his have however been 
publi-hed. viz. ; an .\rtillery Elei-t ion Sermon. Bo>ton. 1845, pp. 25; an Electioo 
Sermon. B..*iton, 1848, pp. 46; .A New Year's Sermon, B.>titon, 1853, pp. HO; a vol- 
ume ot SriUMiis published in Philadelphia, lf^55, P2m >. ; a Serm.«n at St. Paul's 
Church, Bc)i^^»n, 1H5'^, pp. 'JO; a Sermon at the Institution of Kev. William K. 
Nich.»l>onat St. Paul's Church, liosttm, 1860, pp. 31; a Thanksgiving Serrton, 
New York, 1867, pp. 28; an Ordination Sermon Ix'fore the jiraduatin;: cUiss of the 
Episc -pal Theological School, Cambridge, Boston, 1873, pp. 31 ; Memorial Semun 
of Bishop Eastbura, Boston, 1873, pp. 30. 



1881.] Necrology of Historic J Genealogical Society. 289 

A writer in the fioston Daily Advertiser of April 37, says of him : 
*' One who was well acquainted with Dr. Vioton reeards him as, in many re- 
spects, the ablest sermonizer in the Episcopal church, and a man of profound 
logical thought. As a ready speaker he was one of the most dignified and impres- 
sive ; as a public reader he was very effective ; as a theologian and student he was 
ansurpassed ; as a counsellor and adviser he was possessed of qualities which would 
have adorned the bench. In the debates of the general convention he was without 
a rival. He might well be called the Daniel Webster of the church Versa- 
tile as he was in his attainments, he was always solid, always profound. His gait 
betrayed the dignity of his character. He was great on great occasions. His pon-< 
derous swing and msgestic manner were irresistible." 
He was admitted a resident member March 20, 1871. 

William Makspxacb, Esq., a resident member, once a well-known citizen of 
Boston, passed through a long and chequered life. He was the son of William 
Makepeace, and was bom in the town of Bellingham, Mass. , March 2, 1795, and 
died at Atlantic, Iowa, March 26, 1881, aged 86 years and 24 days. 

Soon after his birth his parents moved from Bellingham to Franklin, Mass., and. 
there bis childhood, youth and early manhood were passed. Though he never re- 
ceived a liberal education, yet he eigoyed and improved large opportunities of early 
culture. 

Soon after coming of age he became a great traveller, visiting various parts of 
the world. In England he connected himself for a time with the Blundell Street. 
Marine School, then under the care of Benjamin Wood, where he studied mathemat- 
ics and astronomy. 

Id 1822, being then 27 years of age, he entered into business arrangements in 
Franklin in the firm of William Makepeace & Sons. The head of the firm was the 
fiither, and the sons were William and George L. Makepeace, and Alexander De 
Witt of Oxford, a son-in-law. The firm was engaged in mercantile business and 
in the manufacture of cotton sewing threads. Alter this firm was dissolved, a new 
one was formed, in which he had part, lor the manufacture of cotton cloths. He 
resided many years in Franklin, where he was known as a valuable and public- 
^>irited citizen. 

His first wife, to whom he was married Nov. 21, 1832, was Caroline Matilda, 
eldest daughter of M^'or John and Lucy Gorbin, of Dudley, Mass. In 1826 he re- 
moved from Franklin to Hamburgh, Sussex County, New Jersey, where he was part 
owner of a blast furnace. He resided also for a short period at Newark, N. J. By 
his first marriage he had one child named John, who died in infancy, and his wife 
died Feb. 15, 1840. 

He was a^in married Sept. 12, 1843, to Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah 
Hughes, of Boston. In this year (1843) his name appeiirs as a merchant upon 
Long Wharf, Boston, where he remained for several years. He was a member of. 
the legislature from Boston in 1856 and in 1858. His second wife was possessed of 
large property. Mr. Makepeace seems not far from 1850 to have retircdf from busi- 
ness. One of his kindred says of him : ** He relinquished business twenty years 
and more ago, and took care of the undivided property of his wife's family : also 
settlea estates of widows in Boston whom he knew, charging them nothing. I 
think he was one of the Boston Water Committee when Cochituate was intro- 
duced." 

After the death of his second wife and all his children, he, in failing health, be- 
came connected with the family of Dr. Nichols, of Atlantic, Iowa, who had married 
bis niece. There he died, as above stated, in the month of March last. His 
property, some |^,000 or $30,000, was left by will to the family of Dr. Nichols in 
token of their kindness and care in his old age. 

Mr. Makepeace published in 1858 a handsome little volume of 107 pages, entitled 
'* The Genealogy of the Makepeace Families of the United States, from 1637 to 
1857." 

He was admitted to membership Jan. 21, 1856. 

Sahitkl Wkbbek, M.D., of Charlestovni, N. H., a corresponding member, died at 
Charlestown, where he has long resided, on Sunday, Dec. 5, 1880, at the age of 83. 

He was bom in Cambridge, Mass. , September 15, 1797. His father, Kev. Sam- 
nel Webber, D.D., was HoTlis Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in^ 
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290 Necrology of Historic^ Genealogical Society, [July, 

Harvard College, from 1789 to 1806, when he was choeen preeident, and held the 
office till hie death in 1810. 

The SOD received his early education at the puhlic grammar school at Cambridee, 
and afterwards completed his preparation fur college in a private school kept oy 
Mr. William Jennison, a graduate of Harvard for 1774. He entered the college in 
181 1 , and was graduated Fn due course in 1815. He received the degree of A.M. 
in 1818, and that of M.D. in 1823. 

In 1823, April 14, he was united in marriage with Anna Winslow Green, dangh- 
ter of Francis Green, of Medford. From this marriage there were six children, 
two sons and four daughters. 

His father, President Webber, was a native of Byfield, Mass., and was bom Jan. 
13, 1760. His mother was Rebecca Smith, of Gloucester. 

After receiving his degree of M.D. in 1822, Dr. Webber removed to Charlestown, 
N. H., and established himself there for his professional life, which has been unu- 
sually lon^, nearly sixty years. In the notice of his death in the Boston Journal 
of December 7, 1880, it is said of him : *' His whole life was spent in acts of be- 
nevolence and devising means for the welfare and advancement of his fellow-men. 
He was ever ready to render to the poor his professional services, or other pecuni- 
ary assistance within bis means." 

Dr . Webber was a man of choice learning and of fine literary tastes. Before 
leaving Cambridge, his scholarship was in sucn i^ood repute that he held for a time 
the place of private instructor in mathematics in the University, and was, for t 
year and half, assistant professor of chemistry. He Was also early inclined to poetiy. 
In 1821 he published ** Logan, an Indian Tale,*' in verse, and in 1824 another poem 
entitled ** War." After going to Charlestown his profession became his specialty. 

Dr. Webber was very early connected with the New England Historic, Genea- 
logical Society, having been admitted a corresponding member June 24, 1845. 

In his long life at Charlestown, which he himeeli described as '* quiet and une- 
ventful," he has filled important public offices, and gained for himself the solid 
esteem of his townsmen and of the people in that region. He was for a long course 
of years one of the superintending committee of the public schools in Charlestown; 
one of the directors, and for a year or two president, of the Connecticut River Bank ; 
vice-president and afterwards president of Connecticut River Savings Bank ; mem- 
ber and counsellor of the New Hampshire Medical Society ; vice-president and pres- 
ident of the Connecticut River Valley Medical A«tsociation ; member of the >Jcw 
Hampshire Historical Society. Still more honorable, as indicating that his good 
learning and character were known afar, was his selection to membership in the 
Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries of Denmark, as also to that of the Phila- 
delphia Academy of Natural History. 

Besides the specimens of authorship before noticed. Dr. Webber was busy with 
his [»en to a jjood degree all his life, writing for many periodicals, literary and pro- 
fe8.si()nal. He also wrote a treatise upon the *^ Elements of English Grammar,** 
which was published in 1826. 

The Hon. John Sargent, of Cambridge, resident member, vras bom in Hills- 
boro', N. II., June 21, 1799. He taught school at Greenbush, N. Y., in 1820, but 
returned to llilislxjro' in 1822, and went into a store, where he remained foyr yean. 
In 1628 he went to New Bedford, Mass., where he was in the dry-gt)ods business for 
eight years. From there he moved to Boston, and was engaged in the wholesale 
dry-goudp business for several years. 

He was a representative t*) the Massachusetts general court from Cambridge for 
five years, from 1H44 to 1848, and a senaujr from Middlesex County in 1849 and again 
in 1670. He afterwards served as state commissioner on pauper accounts, when, be- 
sides attending to his other duties, he visited one hundred ana eighty towns in differ- 
ent parts of the f>tatc. For three years he preside<l over the Cambridge common 
council ; and was elected mayor of Cambriage in 1855, which office ho held five 
years, giving general sati.sfaction in the discharge of his duties. 

From Septeml>er, 1862, until May, 1873, Mr. Sar^nt held the office of collector 
of internal revenue for the Fourth Massachusetts District. He was choeen presi- 
dent of the Water Board in 1H67, and resigned this office in 1871. 

Mr. Sar;;ent in former years was a member of the whig party ; afler its dissolo- 
tion he became a free-soiler, and afterwards a republican. 

He died of pneumonia, Sunday, December 5, 1880, at his residence, No. 61 Ellery 
Street; Cambridge, aged 81 years. 

His membership dates from Dec. 19, 1859. 



1881.] Book Notices. 291 

Axos Lawhxncb, Esq., an honorary member, died in Boston, Dec. 31, 1852, 
a^ed 66. Admitted Jan. 8, 1847. Fur memoir and portrait, see Register, vol. 
xxziv. pp. 9>14. 

The Rev. John Adams Vinton, A.M., a life member and benefactor, died in Win- 
Chester, Mass., Nov. 13, 1877, aged 76. Admitted Feb. 2, 1863. Fur memoir and 
portrait, see Rbqister, vol. xzxiv. pp. 127-131. 

Jonathan Brown Bright, Esq., a life member and benefactor, died in Waltham, 
Dec. 17, 1879, aged 79. Admitted Dec. 11, 1850. For memoir and portrait, see 
Rbqister, toI. xzxv. pp. 117-121. 

The Rey. Samuel Cutler, a life member, died in Boston. July 17, 1880, aged 75. 
Admitted No?. 5, 1869. For memoir and portrait, see Register, vol. xxxv. pp. 
813-218. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Thv Editor requests persons sendini; books for notice to state, for the information of 
readers, the price of each book, with the amount to be added for postage when sent by 
mail. 

Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic^ Genealogical Society. Towne 
Memorial Puna. Volume I. 1815-1852. Boston : Published by the Society. 
1880. |8vo. pp. 533. Price $2.25; by mail, $2.47.1 

There are certain classes of publications that, from their nature and purpose, or 
from the peculiar circumstances under which they orig^inate, are ordinarily regard- 
ed as exempt from the application of the tests usually employed in literary criti- 
cism. 8ach are most oi our public documents and reports; such, also, but for dif- 
ferent reasons, are the publications of historical ana other learned societies. But 
this collection of biographic memoirs — the first fruit of the ** Towne Memorial 
Fund " — needs no apology, nor is there occasion for any one to claim for it ex- 
emption from just criticism, on the score either of substance or style. In every 
leepect the volume is highly creditable to the ^society under whose auspices it ap- 
pears, and to the committee who have had sole charge of the work. 

In taking up this book, the first thing that strikes the eye favorably, is its hand- 
ponie and appropriate dress. The type, paper and binding, are all that could be 
desired in these respects ; the printer has executed his part accurately, and in good 
taste. 

The volume contains biographies of forty-three members ; that is, of all who died 
between the years 1845 and 1852, inclusive, the first eight years of the Society's 
existence. In this list are the names of statesmen, divines, jurists, merchants, 
lawyers, educators, and physiciaas. Some of these, we may reasonably believe, are 
fixed imperishably in the history of our own country, and are not unknown to fame 
and respect in foreign lands. There are other names in the list, of less distinction, 
of only local or temporary repute it may be ; but theei>, like their more distinguished 
associates in membership, are on the n)ll8 of the Society by virtue of their interest 
in its objects and purposes, and their participation, to some extent at least, in its 
work. All these names, therefore, whether of the one class or the other, rightfully 
find a place in this memorial volume. 

If now we turn to the sul>8tanee of the volume, we shall find much that is valua- 
ble and interesting. Tiie first memoir in the series is that of William Durkee 
Williamson, of Maine; who in a life of great and varied activity, actiuired no 
little distinction as a lawyer, as a member of the judiciary of his "adopted State, 
and as a representative in Congress. To the present generation, however. Judge 
Williamson is more generally known as the author of the History of Maine, 
in two volumes, publisned in 1827-8. When the author began collecting his ma- 
terials there were no where in existence such libraries and accumulations of original 
papers and documents as our btaU* governments and numerous historical socie- 
ties have since been industriously gathering. That, under the circumstances, he 
was able to prepare so extended and complete a work as his History is, reflects great 
credit upon his labors. A new edition of this History, revised and brought down to 



292 Booh Notices. \3\Aj, 

the present day, is a desideratum. We are under many obligations to Judge Jo- 
seph Williamson for this memoir of his uncle, for, it instructs us, as it will instruct 
the people of Maine, perhaps, in what a large measure they are indebted to this 
pioneer in the field of their local history. 

One of the best scholars, and one of the most successful educators, whom New 
England has produced, was Professor James Luce Kingsley of Yale College. Of 
the thousands of young men who came under his influence, no one ever bad reason 
or occasion to complain of him for lack of learning, want of interest, or incapacitf 
to apply the right kind of stimulus and direction at the proper time. He was a skit 
ful instructor, and a tower of strength to the College. Besides this, be was a tho- 
rough student of certain departments of New-England history, and the published 
results of his historical studies are held in the hisbest esteem. His memoir written 
for this volume by his son, the accomplished editor of the New Englander, will 
attract deserved attention. 

Mr. Charles Francis Adams contributes a brief memoir of his illustrious father, 
the sixth President of the United States. His true rank as a statesman, and hu 
important and long continued services to his country, are being more juntly esti- 
mated as time rolls on. The pounds on which candid and well-informed students of 
our political history are making this judgment are sufficiently disclosed, altboogh 
not obtrusively urged, in this too brief memoir. It ends with a full and accurate 
transcript of a humorous poem thrown off by the £z-president during a temporary 
illness, to^ratiiy sume personal friends who had sought his autograph. The poem 
has never before been published as it was written. 

The present chief justice of Rhode Island enriches the volume with an interest- 
ing account of the liie and public services of his father, the Hon. Job Durfec — one of 
the most eminent of the many able men who have helped to give that State a rep- 
resentation and a weight of influence not to be measured by its narrow territory or 
the number of its inhabitants. Many persons had forgotten, perhaps, and otben 
will learn for the first time from reading this memoir, that Mr. Duriee, in addi- 
tion to his mnny other just claiuis to distinction, was a profound and original inves- 
tigator in the field of philosophy and metaphysic. 

One of the longest of the memoirs is that of Mr. Justice Woodbury, by hissoo 
Mr. Charles Levi Woodbury, of Boston. His biographer succinctly describes the 
singularly fortunate career of one who from the time of his appointment to the 
Supreme Court bench of New Hampshire, in 1816, when he was only twenty- 
seven years old, was almost continuously in active public life till his death, in 
1851. He was Governor of his native State, a Senator in Congress, twice a mem- 
ber of the president's cabinet, and finally a member of the Supreme Court of 
the United States. Up to the last of his life he was still growing in power, 
both as a jurist and a trusted friend of the people, who had, it is generally 
believed, still liii^her trust** and honors to confer upon him. It was not by the 
acts of the politician, and not by any sudden leaps, that Mr. Woodbury rose 
to such high places of responsibility and usefulness. Nature did not endow him 
with brilliant talents, but she gave him what is better — the capacity lor lalx>r and 
a passion for exact and thorough study. By unremitting industry, by the strictest 
probity, and by an unfaltering adherence to what he believed to be the true inter- 
ests of tlic whole country, he grew into a power capable of filling worthily every 
station to which he was succcHtiively called. There have been many public men in 
this country of more brilliant qualities, but very few have left so many permanent 
traces of their influence upon the administration of important departments of the 
government or upon the general legislation of the ledenu Con^ress^ 

We have many memoirs and extended biographies of Daniel Webster, and it is 
hardly poi>t*ihh' that anything new can bo added to what has l)een written by either 
judicious or injudicious admirers of that great man. Be that as it may, Cov. Bell 
of New llnmpsliire has succeeded in condensing the principal facts of Mr. Web- 
ster's life into a lew pages, without omitting anything essential to a fair under- 
standing of his character and public labors. His early life, his professional career, 
his official and other public services, his transcendant power as an advocate and 
as an orator, — all is presented in such a way as to bring the commanding figure and 
mien, the unmatched voice and grand eloquence, freshly before the mind as they 
were seen and heard fifty, or even thirty years ago. 

Among the fuimes of men who, at one time or another, have been conspicuous fig- 
ures in the history of Boston, this volume makes mention of .several. Mr. Augus- 
tus T. Perkins has an excellent sketch of that great orator, lawyer, and citizen, the 
Hon. Harrison Gray Otis, one of the most eminent of a class of New England men, 



1881.] Book Notices. ,. 293 

— inferior to none in any land or of any race, — but — we sav it prudently at a dis- 
tance, and in a whisper — now gone, perhaps forever ! Air. Theodore Lyman has 
3uite a full, but not too full memoir of his father, the lato Uon. Theodore Lyman, 
r., which contains much interesting personal and local history ; Hon. David Hen- 
shaw, at one time Secretary of the Navy, and reckoned among the most sagacious 
and public-spirited citizens of Massachusetts in his day, \» adecjuately portrayed 
by Andrew Uenshaw Ward ; Rev. Dr. John Pierce is presented with that accuracy 
in details and completeness of statement for which Mr. William B. Trask is very 
jostly noted ; the Hon. Samuel Turell Armstrong;, an old-time publisher whom the 
people thoueht worthy of the highest municipal honors, is sketched faithfully by 
Lis friend Mr. Uriel Crocker ; and Dr. Uorneil recapitulates what is sufBcicnt to 
brin^ out the fine character and many beneficent acts of the late Amos Lawrence, 
one of Boston's merchant-princes. 

The history of Cincinnati would be very imperfectly written if a conspicuous 
plaoe were not given to the professional latfors and the very important services ren- 
dered by Dr. Daniel Dmke, the founder of one of its leading Medical Colleges, and 
the educator of many of the best physicians in the Ohio Valley. This is properly 
set forth in the memoir prepared bv his son, the Hon. Charles D. Drake. Mr. 
James Kent has a finely written, though too brief, sketch of his grandfather, the 
Uon. James Kent, author of that classic in law literature, the Comment iries on the 
Constitution of the United States; and President Allen of Girard Collcs^e eontrib- 
ates an interesting memoir of his former associate, the Rev. Merritt Caldwell, a 
scholarly pnifessor in Dickinson College. 

Mr. John Ward Dean has happily rescued, by diligent correspondence, the few 
fiicts that could be gathered respecting Dr. Samuel John Carr of Maryland ; and he 
has also a brief notice of another successful and highly respected merchant of 
Boston, Daniel Pinckney Parker. Mr. Charles K. Dillaway has an appreciative 
sketch of the late Hon. Henry Alexander Scammel Dearborn ; Dr. Charles Dcane 
writes concerning the Hon. Nathaniel Mortim Davis, a prominent citizen and law- 
yer of the county of Plymouth; Mrs E. G. Back furnishes a memoir of the late 
^Samuel Huhbanl, a Justice of the Supreme Court of Mass. ; and Henry Onderdonk, 
Jr.. portrays the life and chamcter of his friend, Benjamin Franklin Thompson, the 
excellent histi)rian of Long Island. There are also other memoirs : of Luther Wait, 
by A. D. Wait; ot Hon. Timothy Pitkin, a distinguished citizen of Conn., by his 
si^n the Rev. Thomas C. Pitkin, D.D. ; of Lot Eklward Brewster, a native of Mass., 
but for many years a prominent merchant of Cincinnati, by Mr. D. T. V. Huntoon ; 
of Dr. Daniel Gilbert, by his son Dr. D D. Gilhert; Hon. Albert Gallatin, by Mr. 
Uenrv Adams; Theodore Cushing, by his son Mr. Willinm T. Cushing ; the Rev. 
Dr. \Villinm Cogswell, the first editor of the Register, by the Rev. E. O. Jameson ; 
the lion. Joseph Sewall, by his son the Hon. Samuel E. Sewnll ; Hon. Daniel Put- 
nam King, an eminent citizen of Mass., by the Hon. Benjnmin C. Perkins; Rev. 
William Ely, by Rev. Dr. Increase N. Tarbox; William riit Greenwood, D.D.S., 
by Mr. Is>iac J. Greenwood; William Savage, by Miss Mary J. Coi>per; Lewis 
Bradford, by Mr. Bradford Kingman; William Ingalis, M.D., by his son Dr. W. 
Ingalls; £^nezer Turell Andrews, by his gi-andnon Mr. F. VV". Andrews; Lsrael 
Putnam PriKJtor, by the late Mr. John W. Proctor; t^ie Rev. Oliver Alden Taylor, 
ft highly esteemed Congregational clergyman, by the Rev. Jeremiah Taylor, D.D., 
of Pnivldence ; Henry Ilolton Fuller, a prominent lawyer of Boston, by Henry H. 
Fuller; Hon. James Whitcomb, by Major B«*n: Periey Poore ; and of Ralph lias- 
kins, one of the successful and largely influential merchants of Boston, by his 
|[jandsi>n Mr. David Greene Haskins, Jr., of Canil)ridge. 

Tlie longest memoir in the volume is that of Henry Clay, it is pleasing to know 
that this remarkable man, who setMnini^ly was all his mature life ab<orl)ed in pub- 
lic or political aflkirs, yet found some time to devote to historical studies. It is 
also pleasing to he informed that he not only took an interest in the work of this 
Society, but highly appreciated his election to menibcrsliip. Mr. Clay has had hard 
treatment at the hands of his friends, if that treatment is to be measured by the 
lack uf an adequate biography. 'Ihat this should have happened in the ease of 
one who, during a laree portion of his long public life, had the exceptional and flat- 
tering fortune of an almost idolatrous following by a hirge and powerful party, is, 
indeed, pns.*<ing strange. No one among the !>urviving friends and former associ- 
ates of Mr. Clay is better qualified to undertake such a piece of biographical work 
thzin .Mr. Robert C. Winthrop, the author of the memoir in this volume. It is wor- 
th>^ of the subject, and of the great party of which Mr. Clay was the chosen leader 
in its most memorable contest. 



294 Book Notices. [Julj, 

All these meraoire have their use. They are valuable not only in themselTea, but 
as a part of oar best biographical literature. Such a work as this cannot periih. 
Such a series as that promises to be, of which this is the initial volume, will bi 
more and more highly prized in cominj^ years, for many of the best men in New 
£nj;land, and of the whole country, will ble represented in its ample pagef>. 

The committee in charge of the work consists of John Ward Dean, A.M., chair- 
man, J. Gardner White, A.M., secretary, the Rev. Henry A. Uazen, A.M., Mr. 
William B. Trask, Mr. Daniel T. V. Huntoon, and Arthur M. Alger, LL.B. Mr. 
White has conducted the correspondence and prepared the memoirs fur the prwi, 
and Mr. Huntoon has superintended the printing and correction of the press. Mr. 
Dean has assisted both of these gentlemen, and the other members have helped ii 
various ways. 

The Society and the Committee are to be congratulated on the successful issue of 
this excellent volume. The only regret that can mingle with such congratuUtioiil 
is, that the ^nerous founder of the ^* Memorial Fund^' is not alive to see how well 
his purpose is being realized. 

[By Mr, A. H. Hoyt, dndnfuUi, Ohio.] 

Suffolk Deeds. Liber 1. Boston : Rockwell and Charchill, City Printers, No. 39 
Arch Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 4»7-|-330.] 

One, perhaps the most striking, of the practical benefits which owe their exi^ 
ence to the rule of the Puritans under the Biy Charter, is the introduction of ■ 
system of recording in a public office all deeds concerning real estate, and making 
the record a public notice to all persons. 

Under tlie old English system, every one kept his title deeds with the atnott 
secrecy ; and the public dealt with a possessor with the utmost uncertainty ns toUtent 
flaws in the title. The introduction of the system of records as a general principlt 
for the whole commonwealth was a great advance in the security of buyers, and im- 
proved the facility of buying and selling land. The system has come into on 
throughout the United Stiites. England for a generation past has made sucoesRff 
efforts to introduce by statutes this system into her laws of real estate, but witii 
little success. The reason is obvious. In England a landed oligarchy seek to retaia 
a monopoly of land, and to multiply obstticles to the diffusion of ownership amoox 
the community ; consequently its cultivation and occupancy take place throogli 
leases and other systems of tenantry. In the United States a policy of attachinx 
cultivators to the soil by tne ties of ownership early sprang up in the fecund cen- 
tres of settlements, the *• Old colony," Massachusetts, and Virginia, and tbeucebas 
spread throu<:h the domains of the United States. 

The first book of the Suffjlk Reiristry of Dead.-* marks the growth and develop- 
ment uf the system in Massachusetts to about 1052-3 ; and it is well that the BjoH 
of Aldermen of the city of Boston have caused it to be printed in the handifjntt 
volume before us. The typography is excellent, and the revision, as the list of errati 
shows, has been careful, and creditable to the editors and proof-readers. It is grett- 
ly to the credit of the Board that it has led the way in this effort to preserve the 
County Archives from the dangers of destruction by fire, or other casualty, to 
which the original volume, or a single c<»py thereof, would be exposed, and the 
thanks of hist^jrical investigators as well as of the legal profession, are due to tbco. 

The idea of printing this volume originated with John T. Hassam, A.M., a mem- 
ber of this society, who had previously been instrumental in causing the volume to 
be copied by another memoer, William B. Trask, Eisq.. the eminent antiquary, 
well known for his skill in decyphering ancient chirography, of which the volume 
contains very difficult specimens.' After consulting with others interested, Mr. 
Hassam j)repared a petition to the aldermen of Boston, which was signed by the 
principal conveyancers and other members of the bar in this city. The petitioncrt 
were granted a hearing, at which Mr. Ilassani and others* supported the |)ctitioo. 
The result was a vote to print the volume. The Register of Deeds, Mr. Temple, 
placed the printing under the charge of Mr. Trisk, who has pern)rmed hw work 
with his accustomed intelligence and care. The proofs, besides being carefully com- 
pared with the original by Mr. Trask, panscd also under the eye of Mr. Ha.vaB. 
Ihe latter gentleman alt^o devised the plan and superintended the making of the in- 
dexes, of which there are five very thorough ones, filling throe hundred and thir^ 

• It is not to he forgotten that Mr. Woo(lt)ury, the writer of this notice, made an db^ 
tive argumoiit in favor of the petitioners before'the committee. — Editok. 



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mges. They afford every contenience for tracking out whatever may be of partica- 
uur interest to the searcher. Great care, both in making and printing, has beeo 
taken, and thej are probably as perfect indexes as it is passible to produce. 

Fapem relating to other matters than real estate appear frequently to have been 
placed upon record. Among others, two general letters from the ** Governor and 
Deputy of the New England Company for a plantation in Massachusetts bay to the 
Governor and Council tor Liondon plantation in the Massachusetts Bay in New Eng- 
land,*' relate to a period before the charter and its freemen were transported to 
America under Governor Winthrop. The act of the General Court of 1640 estab- 
lished the record system fully. Prior to that it had been partially in effect through 
various channels. As early as 1634 constables were directed to make out and enter 
in a book, *' fairely written In words att lenj^th k nott in figures,'' a survey and 
description of every man's lands, and deliver the same to the General Court with- 
in six months next ensuing, and the same so entered shall be a sufficient assurance 
to every such free inhabitant, his heirs and assigns, of his estate, &c. The same ap- 
plied to town lots, &c. 

The hook of record contains many other subjects besides deeds — occasionally notice 
of an eetray taken up, sometimes a charter party for a ve^SL*l, or an agreeinnnt for 
a trading expedition. A transaction of the Chev. de La Tour, '' Leitenant General 
of New France '* at Aiston and in Acadia, is thus recorded. Sometimes a pnwcr of 
attorney, sometimes a merchant's bond, or a bill of sale, occasionally an Indian 
deed, \» revealed. The well-known **Swampscot and Dover Patent " ap]>ear8 to be 
the subject of several conveyances of shares. Several of the deeds relate to New 
Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island lands, and mark the intrusion of the bay com- 
pany into those regions. A large number of de|)08itions on a variety of subjects 
are amon^ the indexed contents. 

Ample IS the information as to exchan^, currency, trade, barter and relative 
value of commodities at different times, which this volume affords. The names of 
the principal personages who lived hero under the Bay Charter and their business 
transactions are continually turnins: up. \Ve find here Mr. Samuel Maverick and his 
wife Amias, of Noddle's Island (Kast B>ston), who dwelt there in a fortified stone 
bonae before the Bay Company existed, finally disposed of his interest^*, his houses 
and hU mills in what is now Cast Bviston^and of a messuage called Winesemet, 
with appurtenances and interest in the ferry. 

The scope of the volume is not confined to Suff<)lk County. Something relating 
to places in all directions, near and far, may be found. The curious can glean 
a little infi>rmation of Winthrop, Bellingham, Saltonstall, Dudley, Aspinwall, 
Dummer, Blackstone, &c. &c.— nsven of Lord Biltimore — and of many oi the Pis- 
cataqua people, as Cham[)ernoun, Cutt, Waldron. Shapleigh, \Vannert>n, Spar- 
bftwk — of many at Pemaquid and Monhegan, as Elbridge and Short. Connecticut 
also contributes a quota to the contents. Any (lettiiled description of contents so 
heterogeneous in the space at our service is impracticable. 

The city of Boston has been doing other good works lately ii\ perpetuating the early 
archives through the committee of which Mr. Whitmore is the skilful and efficient 
bead. The work here reviewed pertains to the County organization, of which the 
City Board of Aldermen perform the duty of County Commissioners. 

\^Bytke Hon, Charles Levi Woodbury^ of Boston.] 

History of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 1821>-1878. [Society's Seal.l 
Boston: Printed for the Society. 1880. [8vo. pp. 545 ] 

It should please all true lovers of flowers and fruit trees, the people of New Eng- 
land and the country at liurge, to know that the long promised and much needed 
History of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society has not only been completed, but 
that the work has been done in a manner which reflects great credit on the author, 
Mr. Robert Manning, the accomplished secretary of the Society, and on the com- 
mittee of publication. 

The opening portion of the history, consisting of a concise and very well consid- 
ered article on the History of Horticulture in the Uniteil States, is in itself most 
valuable, showing the very first stt»p of the infant colony towards horticulture, quot- 
ing as it does from Morton's Memorial where ** Squanto showed them how i*) " set ' 
fish, dress and tend corn ; " how Gov. Edward \V inslow describes the strawl>erries, 
raspberries and plums, and speaks of the roses, white, red and damask, ** single, 
but ver^ sweet indeed." 

It is interesting to read that the pear tree planted by Gov. Prince in 1640, is still 
standing, and that the one planted by Anthony Thatcher in 1642 bore fruit in 1872, 



296 Booh Notices. [July, 

and to bear accounts of the famous Endicott and Stuyresant pear trees, and the 
apple trccB of the apostle Eliot and Pere«Tine White. So early as 1629 the govern- 
ment had the forethought to order from England all sorts of ** stones of fruit," and 
Gov. Wintiirop hud a fine garden in Boston at his death. In the last century the 
cultivation of fruits and flowers increased exceedingly in the gardens of iiancuck, 
Faneuil, Quincy and others, followed by those of T. H. Perkins, S. G. Perkins, 
Gardiner Greene, Gov. Gore and J. P. Gushing, who were among the first who, in 
the modern acceptation of the word, had really fine gardens ; until now we have 
such grounds and gardens as those of Hunneweil, Payson, Wilder, Ames, Uovey, • 
Strong, Winship, Cabot, Sargent and many others. 

About 1828 Gen. Dearborn, J. B. Russell, and Judge Buell of Albany, seem to 
have taken .^teps to see that a horticultural society should be founded, and from 
these efftirts the present organization has been evolved. Guided by able and ener- 
getic officers the society now advances rapidly and safely. In 1825 Dr. Bigeli)w con- 
ceived the idea of an ornamental cemetery at Mount Auburn, so successfully acoi>m- 
plishcd by the society. It was consecrated September 24, 1831, Judse Story deliv- 
ering^ the dedicatory address. This conception, as is well known, has l)een of great 
pecuniary advantage to the society. 

That portion of the hratory relating to the finances of the institution is intereet- 
in^ ; but for our purposes it is sufficient to state, that beginning in 18;^ with no- 
thing, tliey had a pro[)erty in 1878, less than fifty years from its foundation, which 
was valued at more than a hundred and ninety thousand dollars. From its origin 
the society, with its well known prudence and good judgment, had occupied hired 
rooms, rach change of rooms however showing progress, until the year 1843, when 
President Wilder, with his proverbial energy and judgment, decided to make an 
effort to provide a suitable building as an abiding place, and assisted by an able 
committee, he purchased the land in School Street from the city on which stood the 
famous [jatin School of Boston. Here was erected a substantial building, a picture 
of which decorates the history. There the society remained till 1804, wlien we 
find the same active and progressive spirits, who were so busy in 1843 in improving 
and advancing the society, at work again, and joined and encouraged by many othen 
who sympathized with and upheld them. The result of their efforts was the erec- 
tion of the present building, built in 1865, which is an ornament to the city, 
and a monument of which its founders may well be proud. So early as 1840 tlie 
flower committee adopted rules for and awarded premiums to exhibitors, and before 
long meilals were added as an incentive to good work and judgment. In 181'2 the 
fii>t triennial was held. In 1H4*J the society's <;old medal was voted to Gen. Dear- 
})oin, its first president, and the first grand festival rose show was held. 

The history shows a steady gain to the society in all respects, evincing excellent 
niana^enieni and great interest among its meml)ers. all seem vieing with each uiher 
in exiiihiting new and beautiful fruits, tiowers and plants, till it would K>ok tu the 
.ordinary reader that it would he a hard task indeed to Hhow for the first time any 
hut the most uncommon of those families. T^ie year 1879 closes the history with 
an aoeuunt of the fiftieth anniversary of the society, and the distinguished body of 
men who met to^^ethcr on that occasion, including two of the original members of 
the society. Any one who dtrsires to know aUiut the society and has not time to 
read this most valuable histor}*, is referred to the admirable address of the vene- 
rable ex-president Wilder on the fiftieth anniversary of the Massachusetts Horticul- 
tural N)eiety. 

[By Ally us/us T. Perkins, A.M., of Boston.] 

A Rrvnnt Ufore Pctcrsbxirfj. \\s Gkorge B. Peck, Jr. (late Lieutenant Second 

iilio<h- l>l:n„i Iiifjtntrv). IVovidouee : N. Bangs Williams & Co. 1880. [Fop. 

4to. pp. 71. Priee 50 ets. to non-8ul>8cribers.] 

This tract forms the ri«rhth numl)er of the second series of ** Perftmal NarmtiveB 
of Kvems in the War of tlio Kehellion, bcinj; Papers read before the Rhode Island 
S. hli. IS and .Sulors Historical S)eiety." This paper was read January 14, US^K 
Lieut lV«k entered the service Dec. 14, 1864, as second lieutenant of the Seoind 
Khode l.-iand \'oKinteers ; hut he did not go to the front till the following Man'h, 
so that Im" wa< not many weeks in the field before the surrender of Gen. Lee t-wk 
j>laee. He <riv(s in this paper a minute account of his adventures in the camp be- 
fore l*efci>hurg. llirt endeavor is, he sa^s, " to portray a soldier's life ad he 
lived it." 

Ihis series pnmiises to furnish valuable material for a history of the Rhode bland 
troops in the war for the union. 



1881.] Book Notices. 297 

The Diaries of Benjamin Lf/nde and Benjamin Lijnde, Jr., with an Appendix cnn- 
taintng the Pediyree of Browne and Lynde, Boston: Privately Printed. 1880. 
[^\o. pp.251.] 

The book opens with an account of the family of Lynda, from which we learn 
that Simon Lyndc came to Bost<m in 1650, leaving at his death, which occurred 
November 22, 1687, i/i/cr aUos^ Benjamin, who was born Sej)tember 22, IGGO, and 
died January 28, 1745. He became chief justice of the Province in 1728, and while 
riding his circuit it was his custom to mention the various inns at which he tarried, 
€uD0U8 perhaps in their day, but now only known to the anti(^uary. He had much 
to do with men whase names are unknown and unremembered by the present :;one- 
ration, but who, perhaps, in their day had the honor of being the first settlers of 
the to wmi to which they belon«rcd. This diary contains much information, and its 
contents are easily accessible on account of a full index **Gleiners after time" 
will welcome this volume, and indulge the hope that it will be bftt the forerunner 
of other diaries that are now neglected and unpublished, yet whicii may, when ex- 
humed from private repositories and placed within reach of those who seek to rt?- 
habitate the men and buildings of a tormer day, throw much light upon events now 
obscure. 

The notes by the editor are of greit service to the reader, and show much labor 
and research. He has, however, confounded Billinirs Plain in Sharon with one of 
the same name in Quincy, and Lieut. John Vose (1676-1734) who kept an inn in 
what is DOW Canton, with Henry Vose who kept a tavern at Milton at a much later 
period. 

The place called '* Punkapong '' by the diarist is the place which Mr. T. B. 
Aldrich has made famous by his story from ** Ponkipo«^ to Pesth," and which was 
the Indian name of Canton, the sec^^nd praying town of Gookin. 

The second diary, by the son of the former diarist, covers a later period of time, 
flmd consequently is not as interesting as the diary of the elder Lynde. Compelled 
by official duties to be mucti away from home, the younger diarist records the inci- 
dents of his journeys, the places where he lod'jed, and in some instances the dis- 
tances from one place to another are given. He was evidently an apt scholar, and 
ID keeping a diary had nnieiveti instructions from his father wliich were not lost. 

[By Daniel T, V. Huntoon, ^'I-, of Canton, Mass.] 

Curiosities of History: Boston, September Seventeenth , 1630-1 8^0. By William 
W. Wheildon. Second Edition. [Motto. J Boston: Lee and Shepaid, Publish- 
ers, New York : Charles T. Dillingfiam. 1880. [12mo. pp. 141.] 

The city of Boston on the 17th of September, 1880, celebrated the quarter mil- 
lenary of its settlement in 1630 by (iovernor Winthrop and his company ; and Mr. 
Wheildon prepared as his individual contribution to commemorate the event, the 
book whose title is given above. 

The previous publications of Mr. Wheildon upon memorable places and events in 
Btston, have thrown light upon many obscure p»nnts in its history ; and the people 
of this city owe him much tor the persevering investigations whieh he has conduct- 
ed for their benefit. The followiu't are the titles of the several cliapters ol this 
volume: 1. Topography of Boston (with a map) ; 2. The Public Ferries ; 3. The 
Bt«<ton Cornfields ; 4. Puritan Government ; 5. Narniganset Indians ; 6. Names 
of Places, Streets, &c. ; 7. Persecution of the Quakers ; 8. First Newsj)aper of 
Boston (with a fac-simile of a l)age of the first number) : 9. Curious Boston I^ec- 
tures ; 10. Remarkable Proclamations; 11. Popular Puritan Literature; 12. Rev- 
olutionary Proclamatitms; 12. Curio.'^ities of the Market. 

It will be seen that a great variety of topics are treated here, and they are ably 
treated. 

The Library Journal. Official Oryan of the Library Associations of America and 
of the United Kinydom. Chi* fly dt voted to Library Kconomy and Bibhnyrnphy. 

New York : F. I ^ypoldt. Publisher, 13 and 15 Park Row. f4to. Published 

monthly. C. A. Cltter, General Editor. Yearly eul)scription, $3.] 

To all who are interented in lilmiries and books, and this will include not (mly 
librarians, liooksellers and bibliophiles, but an increasingly large fraction of the 
general public, the establisliment of a monthly like this expressly for the eonsidera- 
ti«)n of topics of ** lihniry economy and biblii»graphy," is of importance and value. 
Yet when it was pr<jjecte<l, some six years ago, it .**eemed likely, as a writer in the 
Nation has recently remarke<l, ** that so limited a territory would soon be ex- 
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298 Booh Notices. [July, 

plored, and that the journal would die of inanition." Such, however, has not heen 
the 0086, as is evident from the five handsome volumes already completed : all of 
them filled with material of immediate interest and permanent value. With the 
beginning of the current year the Journal entered upon a new arrangement, chaiif- 
ing its form and reducing its price, but thereby becoming only the more cloeeiy 
adapted to the practical details ot library work. The name of Mr. Gutter, the 
editor, will be recognized as that of the accomplished librarian of the Boston Athe- 
nadum, and in the five numbers which have already appeared in the current vol- 
ume, as well as in the issues of preceding years, will be found communications from 
some of the chief libraries of the country. In the March number, amonsr other 
things, are a list of *' contributions towards an index of serial stories in periodicals '* 
(one of the fruits, by the way, of the work on Poole's Index now in progress) ; an 
illustration of the Harvard College Library shelf-guide ; a special reference list oo 
Carl vie ; and a recent list of books accepted by the ** Ladies' Commission on Sun- 
day-School books." The April number contains the report of the recent oonfor 
ence of librarians at Washington and Baltimore. A library clearly gains nothing 
by attempting to dispense with the Library JournaL F. 

The Medizal School formerly existing in Brown University ^ its Professors and Cfra- 
duates. By Cuarles W. Parsons, M.D., Profa«sor of Physiolon:y in Brown 
University. Providence, Rhode Island : Sidney S. Rider. 1881. [Fcp. 4to. pp. 
69.] 

This is a paper read by Dr. Parsons, of Providence, before the Rhode Island Hi»" 
torical Society, March 22, 1881. Mr. Rider has been fortunate in securing it for 
his series of ** Rhode Island Tract**," of which it forms No. 13. 

** The Medical Department of Brown University," says the author, ** dates from 
the year 1811. Only two medical Schools then existed in New England. One was 
that connected with Harvard University, founded mainly by the energy of Dr. Joho 
Warren about the close of the revolutionary war. The other was that of Dart- 
mouth College, which was created by the persistent ability of one man. Dr. Natbao 
Smith, a native of our neighboring; town of Rehoboth, a great organiser, and vecy 
eminent medical teacher and writer, who was for some years its only professor. 
This was founded in the year 1798. Medical Students in the rural part of New 
England were usually apprenticed to some retired army-surgeon or well known phy- 
sicinn f(jr a term of three or four years, during which the preceptor was entitled to 
their services in prepjirin<; medicinea, attending on the Bick, and in operations in 
minor surgery ; in return they were to receive instruction in the different branches 
of inedioine. They were certified as fitted for pnictice ; not commonly by receiving 
the degree of M.l)., but by a license from some examining board." 

The mediciil department of Brown University continued in a flourishinjr condition 
till the presidency of the Rev. Francis Waylanu, D.L)., when the cori>oration requir- 
ing nil profea^sors and other officers to occupy rooms in college and devote them- 
selves exclusively during term time to instructicm and discipline, the rae<lical pro- 
fessors declined to comply, and instruction in this department was disctintinued. 

The history of tliis medical school has never before been written, and Dr. Par*>ns 
has performed a <jood service in writins^ the work before us. In it he give< a his- 
tory of the scho()l, in which he introduces biographical sketches of iU profes*jrB 
and some of its prominent graduates. Appended is a list of graduates, including 
the names of those who received honorary medical degrees from the university. 

Tranxnrfions of the Kmisns State Historical Society. First and Second Bimmtl 
Reports. Together xcith a Statement of the Collections of the Society , from Us 
Organization in 1875 to January^ 1881. Vols.. I. and II. Topeka, Kansas: 
George W. Martin. Kansas Publishing House. 1881. [8vo. pp. 328.] 

The Kansas State Historical Sjjciety was organized in Decenil)er, 1875, fivcRndi 
half years ajjo. In this brief period very satisfactory progress has been made. I* 
has collect(Ki a good historical library. In forming this library special attention 
has been given to the collection of newspapers, it being held by the officers *' that 
in no form is the record of the life of a people so fully and truthfully made up as in 
the newspapers, which daily and weekly set down the happenings of theeventsof 
such life." The society in January last had 1637 bound Tolumes of newsi>apers, a 
large part of which were printed in the state of Kansjis. 

We have before us the first two volumes of the Collections of this society, which 
are bound together and p'ired consecutively. The first volume contains the pro- 
vccedings of tfie society for iliree years, 1875-8, and the second for two years, 187^ 



1881-] 



Booh Notices. 299 



80. Many articles are here preserred illustrating the history of Eanras and the 
peneyering efforts which maae it a free state. Eighteen pages are devoted to ma- 
terials for a history of the newspapers of Kansas. 

The Parentage qf Matthias Corwin of Southold, L. l,,and his Relationship to George 
Corwin ojSaum, Mass. By Uenrt F. Waters. (From liistoricai Collections of 
Essex Institute, vol. xvii.) Salem: Essex Institute. 1881. [870. pp. 19.] 

In this pamphlet Mr. Waters has performed the almost unneccssai^ work of ut- 
terly dispersing the fancies of the author of the Corwin genealogy, reviewed in these 
pages, vol. XXVI. pp. 343-4. Mr. Waters shows that the Rev- George Corwin, grand- 
son of George C, the emigrant of Salem, drew up a tabular pedigree of his family, 
making the emigrant have brothers Thomas and Matthias. Farther, he shows that 
Matthias C. owned land in Topsfield, Mass., in 1653, and that George C. owned 
land before 1657, in the same town. Also it appears that various &8ex Cuunty 
men were among the owners of land at Soutbold, where Matthias afterwards 
■ppears. 

purely Mr. Waters has ^ood grounds for ridiculing the wild guess that Matthias 
was of immediate Hungarian descent. He points out the absurdities of the author 
in a way to provoke laughter, and we can only hint that he gives too much import- 
ance to such folly. 

[By Wiiliam H. Whitmore, A.M., of Boston.] 

Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, showing the 
Operations J Srpenditures and Condition of the Institution Jor the Year 1879. 
Washington : Uovornment Printing Office. 1880. [8vo. pp. 631.] 

*' The publications of the Institution,'* says Secretary Baird, " consist of three 
classes: The first, the * Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge;* the second, 
the 'Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections;* and the third, the ' Annual Reports 
of theKej^ents' of the Institution. The works of the first class, the Smithsonian 
Contributions to Knowledjj^e, are published in quarto form, and are intended to em- 
brace original memoirs, either the result of special investigations authorized and 
directed by the Institution, or prosecuted under other auspices and presented to it. 
The works of the second class, the Miscellaneous Collections, are similar in plan 
and cjnstruction to the * Contributions,' but arc in octivo form, and embrace more 
particularly monographic and descriptive papers in natural history, formal or sys- 
tematic lists of species of animals or plants, physical tables, reports on the present 
state uf knowledge in some department of physical or biologic science, &c. As with 
the * Contributions,* each volume is composed of several distinct and independent 
papers, having no necessary connection with each other, the combination l>eing de- 
termined chieny by the aggregate number of pages suitable for a volume of average 
siie. The average number of pages in the quarto volume is about 600 ; in the octavo 
Tolume. about 800. Each paper or memoir in either class is separately paged and 
indexed, with its own title-page, so as to be complete in itself, and separately dis- 
tributed according to its suoiect. Of the quarto * Contributions,* twenty-one vol- 
umes, and of the octavo * Collections ' fifteen volume^* have been published. 

'* The Smithsonian annual reports, commenced in 1847, bein^ made to Congress, 
are published by that authority, and not at the exf>ense of the binithson fund. The 
earlier re|)ort8 of the Secretary were printed in small pamphlet editions, but were 
collected and reprinted with the report for 1853, and with this the series of bound 
volumes may be said to have begun.** 

Besides the usual matter found in these reports, the present volume has an article 
of 68 pages by William J. Khees, chief clerk of the Institution, entitled '* James 
SmithKin and his Bequest,** containing a biography of the founder and a history of 
the Institution. 

Congress Internadonal Americanistas, Cuaria Reunion ; en Madrid del 18 al 22 de 
Seliembre de 1881, bqjo la Protcvcion de S. M. el Rey don Alfonso Xll. y el pa- 
trunato dtil excelentisimo Ayunlamiento de la capital de Espaha. Madrid. Im- 
prenta de Manuel G. Uermandez, Libertad, 16 duplicsido. 1881. [l8mo. pp. 72.] 

This pamphlet contains the programme, dele^tes, etc., for the fourth meeting of 
the International Congress of Americanists to be held this autumn at Madrid, from 
the 18th to the 22d of September, with the present officers of the Congress. The 
first day is t«) be devoted to American geology, the history of Pre-Columl)ian Amer- 
ica, and the discovery of the new world ; the second day to archa3olo;u:y, the third to 
anthropology and ethnography, and the fourth to linguistics and i)alaeograpliy. 



300 Booh Notices. [July, 

Among the delegates from the United States are the Hon. Robert C. Winthropof 
Boston, Mass., Prof. Spencer F. Baird of Washington, D. C, the Rev. B. F. Dc 
Costa of New York city. Gen. Manning F. Force of Cincinnati, Ohio, Hubert H. 
Bancroft of San Francisco, California, the Rev. Stephen D. Peet of Clioton, Wis., 
and Prof. R. B. Anderson of Madison, Wis. 

Monthly Reference Lists. Issued by the Providence PuhHc Library^ Providence^ R. L 
[4 to. 7.iX9J in. Published monthly at 50 cents a year, or 5 cents a number.] 

Nearly two years ago Mr. William E. Foster, the able librarian of the Providence 
Public Library, conceived the idea of aiding those who used that library by prepar- 
ing reference lists on topics which from various causes had an interest for them at the 
time. Tiiese he reproduced by the aid of the lithogram. They contained referenoefl 
to b(H)ks, periodical, &c., where information on the subject could be found. The 
plan and use of these lists he laid before the public in February, 1880, in an article 
in the Library Journal^ entitled ^* Reference Lists on Special Topics." He also 
prepared for the Conference of Librarians held in Washington in April, 1880, a 
paper entitled, ** Specializing of Reading for General Readers." Though not read 
at the Conference, it was printed in the Library Journal for February last. 

' In January last he commenced the f)ublication of the present periodical. The 
listM in tlie April number are on *' Lord Beacon^field," ana ** Free Ships." Those 
in the May number are on ** The Dramas of Sophocles," and ** Revision of the 
English Bible." The value of such lists will be apparent to all. 

A Discourse Commemorative of the Life and Services of the late WtUiam Beach Law- 
rence. Pronounced be/ore the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of PhitadtU 
j)hw, on Thursday evening^ May 5, 1881. By Cuakles Henry Hart, Uistoriogra- 
plier of the Society Philadelphia: 1881. [8vo. pp. 18.] 

William Beach Lawrence was acting governor of Rhrjde Island in 1852 : but he 
is b<tter known as a learned writer on International Law, and annotator of Whet- 
ton's work on that subject. We have here an interesting sketch of his life and 
chaiaeter. The Liwrence family to which he Ix'longs make very questionable 
claims tor their emigrant ancestor to relationship to distinguished English person- 
ages. Mr. iJart states brieily these claims, but does not endorse them. This pam- 
phlet is reprinted from the June numl)cr of the Pcnn Monthly. 

Thp Visifation of Lonflon, Amio Domini 1633, 1631 ^n// 1635. Made by S- Henry 
iS' (irinqt, A* Richmond Herald^ and Of put y Marshall to S- Richard S*^ Oeorye^ 
KK ('lat(ncifau.t Kimj of Arms. Vol'ime 1. Edited by Joseph J.vcksox llow- 
Aiii), LL.I)., F.S..V., and Joseph Lemuel Cuester, LL.D. London : 1880. [Sup. 
Rosa I Hv'o. j)p. vi.-f 431.] 

The Parish Rn/i.^fers of St. Mary Alder mar y, London, containing the Marriages, 
H'/pftsms and Burials, from 1558 to 1754. Edited by Joi^EPU Lemuel Chester, 
Lli.l)., F^ditorofthe Westminster Abbey Registers, etc. London : 1880. [Sup. 
Knyal 8v(). ])p. vi.-f277.] 

Tlie two books whose titles we give, are the issues of the Ilarleian Society to 
itH luembtTh for the yenr 18S0. 

T!h' first work, the Visitation of L(jndon, of which the first volume is now pulh 
lishcd, lins lonij been in prepiiration. The delay has been caused by the large num- 
ber of arms which had to be engraved, and which it w:is thought desirable t») have 
executed hv one hand, that of the best anns-eiigraver in England. The Visitation 
of L»!i(loii in 1634 has a peculiar value and impt)rtance. The pedigr.es, we an* 
told l>v the editors of this volume, are not only " numericallv j^reatcr than th<«t«of 
any county in the kingdom, but they include many of families from almost every 
quarter of (Jreat Kritain, tlie younger Hons of which were then engaged in various 
tia»:('^ antl professions in the metropolis. Besides these, there are a consi<lerHl)l«* 
nnmher rclaiinir to continental families", members of which have bec<mie naturaliied 
British siihjects, whose descendants have in many instances figured pnmiinently 
and wortliily in Rritish history. So far as the national geneal>gy is c-meerned," 
they add, '* we couM bi'tter have spared half a do/.en of the other Ileraldio Visito- 
tions than this particular one, which, ti) a certain extent, comprehends them all." 

It was first intended by the editors to annotate the pedigrees extensively, hot 

tl > found that this would extend the work to so many volumes and through fO 
loni: a series of years, that they decided to print the visitations in two voluinei 
without notes. These annotations they reserve for distinct volumes to be i«u«i 



1881.] Book Notices. 301 

bereafler as occasion serves. That these promised volumes will be rich in genea- 
k^cal lore, the previous works of the editors, Dr. Howard and Col. Chester, are a 
goaranteo. 

The Registers of St. Mary Aldermary is the fiflh volume of the publications of 
the society in the '* Register Section.*' A large portion of the entries in this Reg- 
ister *' relate to the families of merchants and professional men who bore a more or 
less conspicuous part in the history of the city and of their times." It contains the 
marriage of the poet Milton, February 24, 1662-3, to Elizabeth Minshall. Besides 
marriages, christenings and burials, the Register contains three renunciations of 
popery and a list of the inhabitants of the parish on Lady Day, 1733, and another 
on St. Michael's Day, 1734. Col. Chester, the editor, has done bis work with bis 
Qsoal fidelity. 

Both works have thorough indexes. 

The Orderly Book of Colonel WilUam Henshaw of the American Army, April 2(K<- 
Sept. 26,. 1775. Including a Memoir by Emort Washburn, and Notes by Charles 
C. Smith. With additions by Harriet £. Henshaw. Also Fac-similes. Boston : 
A. Williams & Co. 1881. [8vo. pp. 167. Price $2.75. For sale also by A. 
Firth, 96 Tremont Street, Boston.] 

This book is printed from the original manuscript written by Col. Henshaw, and 
contains much valuable information in regard to the troops stationed about Cam- 
bridge which has never before been made public. The list of regimental officers 
and the general orders are given in full, and have been carefully compared with 
other existing sources of information by a painstakinff and accurate hand. 

We have here a history of one of the actors in the drama of the revolution, whose 
position, though not as prominent as some others, yet was marked by that strict 
attention to duty and patriotic fidelity, which was the distinguishing characteristic 
of the soldiers of that period, especially of those who had seen service in the French 
war. We welcome all histories of the lives of such men. One by one the old dia- 
rien and record-books of early days are being printed, and the historian of the future 
will have an easier task to unravel the mysteries of the past than his predecessors 
have had. To those who have anv interest in the military transactions which oc- 
cnrred in the vicinity of Boston auring the spring and summer of 1775, this book 
will be a source of pleasure and afford a fund of valuable information. 

[By Daniel T. Y, Huntoon^ Esq., of Canton, Mass,^ 

Franklin Historical Magazine A Magazine devoted to the History and Topo- 
graphy of Franklin County \ Maine] By J. Swift. Farmington, Maine: 

1881. [No. I. Vol. I. April, 1881. 8vo. pp. 48. Published quarterly. Price 
25 cents a number to regular subscribers, and 33 cents each for transient copies.] 

The title j^ives the object of the magazine. The articles in the present number 
are : 1. ** What the Historical Magazine proposes ;" 2. ** Our Historic Resources," 
containing a list of published histories of towns in Franklin County, and other 
matters; 3. '* Chapter of Bioffraphy—Solomon Adams Family ;" 4. " Indian Le- 
gends— Traditions of PicrpoTe;*' 5. ** Resume of Judge Parker's History of 
Farmington." 

We approve of Mr. Swift *s undertaking to preserve in a permanent form the his- 
tory and traditions of Franklin county, Maine, and commend his magazine to the 
patronage of our readers. 

A Brief Review of the Financial History of Pennsylvania, and of the Method of Audit- 
ing Public Accounts. With Lists of the Finance Committees and Accounting Offi- 
cers of the Province and State, from the Inception of the Government to the Pre- 
sent Time. 1682-1881. By J^enjamin M. Nead. Harrisburg: Lane S. Hart, 
State Printer. 1881. [8vo. pp. 56.] 

The nature of the contents of this book is clearly stated in the title which we give 
above. It is a historical account of the finances and currency of Pennsylvania, as a 
province and state, from the organization of its government, nearly one hundred 
years a^o, to the present year. We have here historical and statistical information 
eoDoeming the revenues and expenditures, with a detailed list of the loans effected 
hs the state from 1815 to the present time, aggregating $101,148,616.09, the bal- 
ance outstanding; and unredeemed Nov. 30, lISo, being 21,561,989.65. We have 
also the various issues of paper money by the province and state, with the number, 
denomination and amounts of each issue. The total amount issued by the province 
VOL. xxxv. 26* 



302 Booh Xotict^. [Jaly, 

frfm 1T*23 to 1TT5. wis £1.^1.650. ai>-i tbe aanmnt i?«i«d hv the state from 1775 to 
lT-5. was £-2.722 .«K». Ii wi.i be '/-werTei that tae first paper m-joey ktsucd by the 
p7'.*viL<>r *A PcLri.«yjvaDia va"^ id 1723 TLe £r«~t papiLr mv^nej israed in tbe Enf* 
li«ri <r-t\ •»!<> in Aifleri<:a wa.« \v tr.e c..«I<r3y t^f Ma^aa^^ausctts io IGdO, unly a third of 
a ce/.i-jr>" 1*1 /le tuii A Pecra-yhanii. 

lije hV'k ha«4rvi'Jeo;iy c^t xoucji la^Ajri-jo* research. It will be a help to histo- 
rical b;u<ieDts^, and z^j Vj thuee wh jee ^tudici> aK directed to financial subjects. 

A C*.nt<nnial Addr*ss dthrfrtd in ffu Sandtrs Thfdrt at Cwmbridge^ June 7, 18B!, 
Ufor* ttu MauachMMits M^Jicai Sixui^. By SjjirEL Abboit GemmsSj M.D. Gro- 
tin. lefel. [St.j. pp. 112 J 

Besides a hl^t«Jry of the Maseachasett^ Mc^iical Sjciety, which oompletes thb year 
a century of ixs exi^tCDce. anj such notices as c-^old be gathend of a pre%ioii8. bat 
short lived. Me»Jical S.«cii-ty. farmed in Bj^u>n ab.'Ut tbe year 1735, Dr- Green 
giT«^ us in Lis addren!* a bi>t*jry uf Medicine and niedical men in New England from 
it> fir-i settlement ly tiic En^;i<h. 

This ie trie m i«t interesting and perhaps valuaMe portion of tbe addren?, and as 
Dr. <Treen U a pi>nter in this research, it pru^aMy ojst him the m^jpt labjr. He 
^ive» an a«x^iunt ^f the lii-eis*.' which «we:«t away the aSjrizincs before the Ma|* 
fl-jWfr landeii the Pii^ims <>n thi> c..<i!:t. Tiu« di<«a<e he thinu wb6 small-pox. He 
touches al<^.> M]fm tbe dieeaMLS which afflicteii t!ie early C':*loni«ts. 

The <'in:;in and earlv }iis&.*rv ut the Massachu^tt^ 5ledical SjcietT is eiren in de- 
tail by iJr. Grten. It was ini>trp«ratei in 17SI. and tbe £imous Dr. U-jlyoke, of 
Sale.'n. wa« eb>>4L'n its fii>t pn.'sident. Other distinguished names are on the list of 
hi* fruc«-"e»» »n*. This is n-jw ihe *' t«Me*t slate orjanizati jn in the country, «»f a sim- 
ilar character, that ha« held it« mei'iio^ omtinu-iusly an<l re^nilarly from the date 
of ib> inotrp-jration. Siii'-o its foundation it has b»meon its rolls the names of 
3700 fK-r-'^ns : and t^-day i:> mem^nf r^hip includi.-^ 1350 physioiaits from all parts 
of the c.jmmi>n wealth. These mem^tTs repree^-nt every s^'cti'^n of the 6tate, and 
their ioduence un one acoi^er Ls a.s immense as it is incalculable.'* 

yo(*.< on the Annire^sary Strmon nrtarhrd in the Church of Si, John the KrangeHU 
( IVainirnvA/ Mcmnriai). Sitr Vt-ri: O/y. on Sunday Morning, May 15/A. lisSl. 
By Rev. B. F. De Cu<t.\. Reprint^rd from the EpieCvipal liegL<ster. Philadel- 
piiia : l?T»l. [I^Ui ». pp. 20. j 

Tilt- Church of ^t. J »hn I'le Evan^eli-t. in the villas -if Gre«nwich. now in the 
ninth ward i»l tliC eiiy *A New Y-.rk. was c."nse'T.iteJ May 15. 1S53. ^'er\i<.'es com- 
mciiiunitir.i: its 2*»th anni\ers:iry we:e iie'.-i l.L<r May. at which the rector, the Rev. 
B. F. De CvSta, preache-J an hi-torical s<'rm -n. An a*"»>rniot ^f that sermun. here 
printe I, irives an enc-jura^in^ view ut the present C'jr.iiiion and the prospects of the 
church. 

-4 LtUrory Histon; of the Bi'''h . or a Bri'f Acrouut *./ thf Ori'/innl IjOntptagcs and 
qfs'jrncofttslmij'jrt'int Versinns. By the Rev. Elias NvS4:»N, M.A. [Mottoes.] 
B x-tjn : I). Lnhrtip jt Co.. 3*) and 32 Franklin Street. [1n?1. iSmo. pp. 23.] 

N»w that the revised N?w Te>tanient is in all hands, its readers will wish far 
just the information containt'd in th^-se pajn^. The author shuws familiarity with 
the Mthjects he writes ab jut. and states his tacts clearly in a manner to interest bis 
readers. 

Thi nnhhcin G^nra^nnt,-, fnmi 1500 ^> ISSl. By Coarlks Caxdee Baldwin*. M.A., 

hfet-retary ot the Hi.-^t.MJcal .Snieiy at Cleveland. lUjio: Cinespondinij Member 
ot the New Enirhuid lii-t »rio. GeneaK»;^it*;il S nitty and k»f the Won^e>ter Sot-iety 
of .Xijti'juity ; Trustee «»t the Mate Arot»a* •! »iric-al S 'Ciety of Ohio, and Nm- 
rf^^i'I^^nt -Meiiil»er of the IVnn^ylvania lli-tjiieai ^.joiety. Cleveland, Ohio: iMl- 
['?\«t. pp. UTl.j 

Qfnfnin-jfx nf tli€ Child, Chihh and Chilr.c Fan, Hi* s of thf Past and Present in thf 
I'nif'it Sititis and tli* Cnna^ias from 1^30 /o 1>"»1. l»y Kuas Child. Published 
f»r the Author by Curti.-s Jc Chills. Printers. Genei-ee St., Ctica, N. Y. 18S1- 
pv.». pp. sl2. PriL-e ^3, or ;i5.25 by mail. Addn^s the author, 3d Spring St.. 
Lti<;a. N. Y.] 

A M'liiotr and Gf.nf.ahuji] of J,ihn Poore. Tin (i* n* rations : 1615-lSSO. In'lu'i- 
Iff/ t/iK Pu$t*rity iif Siuntrous Dauijht'rs ichf.nhy Ptdtyrtts of many Othtr Fami- 
lus, eituidin(j through from Three to ^x or more GincrationSf are given. [Motto.j 



1881.] Booh Notices. 303 

By Alfred Poor£, Genealo^8t, Life Member of the New England Historic, Gen- 
ealogical Society, f^sex Institute, etc. Salc\n. Maes. : Printed for the Author. 
1881. [4to. pp. 332. Price, in cloth, $4; half turkey, $6. Other styles of 
binding at otner prices. Sold at the rooms of the Historic Genealogical Society, 
18 Somerset St., Boston, and of the Essex Institute, 134 Essex St., Salem.] 

Some Descendants of William Adams of Ipswich ^ Mass, By William S. Appleton. 
Boston : David Clapp Ik Son. 1881. [8vo. pp. 8, with bektograph.] 

The Family of Badcock of Massachusetts. By W. S. Appleton. Boston: David 
Clapp & Son. 1881. [8vo. pp. 11.] 

'William Diodate {of New Haven from 1717 to 1751) and his Italian Ancestry, 
Abstract of a Paper read before the New Haven Colony Historical Society, June 28, 
1875, with Some Additions. By Prof. Edward E. Salisburt, LL.D., of New 
Haven, Conn. [Boston: 1881. 8vo. pp. 15.] 

The Descent of Margaret Locke, Third Wife of Deputy Governor Francis Wil' 
loughby. By Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL.D., of London, England. [Boston : 
1881. 8vo. pp. 7.] 

A Preliminary to the Slocum Genealogy By Charles £. Slocum, M.D., Ph.D. 

[Boston : 1880. 8vo. pp. 7.] 

1 Wish to Make a Complete Genealogiccd Record of the Rexfords. [By J. D. Rex- 
ford, of Jancsville, Wiscon.sin. 1881. 8vo. pp. 8.] 

We continue this quarter our notices of recent genealogical publications. ^ 

In the bulky volume of nearly one thousand pages, which heads our list, Mr. 
Baldwin, of Cleveland, Ohio, has given the result of his researches concerning the 
Baldwin family. Though full and thorough, compared with other genealogies, it 
is not, however, the author's ideal of a geni>alogy, which should have *' much 
fuller pictures of days gone by. To reach its highest value," he adds, ** a family 
history should be full enough to make one feel acquainted with his own ancestors 
and earlier times.'* Gradually our isenealogical works are approaching this ideal. 
Mr. Baldwin's book shows this. The future genealogist will not only collect and 
preserve facts which have a historic value as brin^in^ vividly before us the men 
and times of the past, but they will endeavor to furnish the scientific investiga- 
tor with material for his use. The Btildwin genealogy is full and precise as to 
information ; and it is also well arranged, well indexed and well printed. The por- 
traits are of a high order. It is announced in the preface that corrections and 
additions sent to the author will be noted in a copy and deposited with this society. 

The genealogy of the Child family by Elias Child, Esq., of Utica, N. Y., is a 
very thorough and carefully prepared work. Prefixed is an article by Addison 
Child, Esq., on the ** Origin and Etymology of the Surname Child," and another 
entitled ** Sketches and Incidents of the English Families." The body of the work 
contains genealogies of the several families of Child and Childs, and alliances by 
marriage in this country. The author has been very successful in obtaining the 
records of these families. To attain such valuable results must have required of 
him an extensive correspondence with the various branches of the family and much 
labor in collecting materials from records and other sources. It is fortunate for this 
femiily that Isaac Child. Esq., now in his 90th year, commenced compiling a gene- 
alogy of his family half a century ago, when records since destroyed and people now 
dead could be consulted ; and that the compiler of this volume had the use of his 
book. The volume is handsomely printed, and embellished with ten portraits and 
three other illustrations. It is well indexed. 

The genealogy of the Poore family is by the veteran genealogist, Alfred Poore, 
Esq., ot Siilem, who has been collecting materials for nearly a third of a century. 
To say that the work is thorough and reliable is unnecessary to those who know the 
author. Two persons by the name of Poore settled early at Newbury, Mass., viz., 
John and Samuel Poore. Tradition says tiiat they were brothers, but evidence of 
this has not been discovered. The present work is devoted to the desct^ndants of 
John. We hope the author will receive sufficient encouragement to complete and 
publish a similar work on the descendants of Samuel, for which we understsind he 
has collected much matter. The book is handsomely printed, and is illustrated by 
portraits, views ot buildings and facsimiles of autograplis. It has an excellent 
ifidex. 

The next two works are by Mr. Appleton, known as a persevering and accurate 
investigator. The germs of both genealogies were originally published in the Keq- 



304 Recent Publications. [July, 

ISTBK, namelv, that of the Adams &mily in July, 1864, and that of the Badcod: 
fiunily io July, 1865. They have been much enlarged and improved. 

The next three works on the Diodate, Locke and Slocum families oar readers are 
£euniliar with, as they are all reprints from the Register, namely, the Diodate from 
April, 1881, the Locke from January, 1881, and the Slocum from October, 1880. 

The Rexford pamphlet contains a ]>artial result of the labors of the author in col- 
lecting materials for a gen^osy of his name. It is printed for the purpose of inte^ 
esting his relatives in his work. 



RECENT PUBLICATIONS, 

Pbesentbd to the New Enolaio) Historic, Obnealooioal Sooxett, to Juke 1, 

1881. 

I. Publieationt written or edited by Membere of the Society, 

The Pompcv (N. Y.) Stone, with an inscription and date of A.D. 1520. An addresi be- 
fore the Oneida Historical Society on the 11th of November, 1879. By Henry A. Homes, 
LL.D. Utica, N. Y. Ellis H. Roberts &. Co., Book and Job Printers, 60 Qenesee StreeL 
1881. [8vo. pp. 15.] 

Boston Harbor. Facts and Opinions relatiye to its extent, facilities and necessities, pr6> 
sent and future. By R. G. F. Candage, master mariner, ten years inspector for the Bostoa 
Board of marine underwriters, and chairman of a special committee of the trustees of the 
Boston Marine Society to note encroachments upon the harbor. Boston : T. R. Marrin tod 
Son, 49 Federal Street. 1881. [8vo. pp. 22.] 

A Literary History of the Bible, or a brief account of its original langnages and of some 
of its important versions, by the Rev. Elias Nason, M.A. . • . Boston : D. Lothrop tod 
Co., 30 and 32 Franklin Street. [Small 8vo. pp. 23.] 

Certain Old Almanacs published in Philadelphia between 1705 and 1744. By Heniy 
Phillips, Jr. (Read before the American Philosophical Society, February 18, 1881.) [8vo. 
pp. 7.] 

Giomalc Araldico-Gcnealogico-Diplomatico pubblicato per cura, dclla R. Accademio Aral' 
dica Italiana. Diretto dal Cav. G. B. Di Crollalanza. Nuova Seric. Anno VI. No. 10. . . . 
Pisa, 1881. PrcsRo la Direzionc del Giornale, Via Fibonacci N. 6. [" Anno VIII. Aprile, 
1881. Num. 10." 8vo. pp. 289-341.] 

The Parentage of Matthias Corwin, of Southold, L. I., and his relationship to George 
Corwin, of Salem, Mass. By Henry F. Waters. (From Historical Collectious of Essex 
Institute, Vol. xviii.) Salem : Essex Institute. 1881. [8vo. pp. 19.] 

The Literature of Civil Ser>'icc Reform in the United States, by W. E. Foster. Published 
by the Young Men's Political Club. Providence: Providence Press Company. 1881. 
[8vo. pp. 15.] 

Rhode Island Historical Tracts. No. 12. The Medical School formerly existing in 
Brown University, its Professors and Graduates. By Charles VV. Parsons, M.D., Professor 
of Physiology in Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island : Sidney S. Rider. 1881. 
[8vo. pp. 63.] 

Forests, their Influence on Climate and Soil. A lecture delivered before the Princeton 
Farmers' Club, Princeton, Massachusetts, August 24, 1877. By Charles W. Parsons. Pro- 
vidence : J. A. & R. A. Reid, Printers. 1878. [8vo. pp. 19.] 

The Poor or Poore Family of America. By Alfred Poorc. [Broadside. This is a blank 
circular used by the author in obtaining information for his genealogy of the Poor family. 
He will furinsh this circular and the blank adapted to any surname, on reasonable terms. 
Address: Alfred Poorc, Salem, Mass.] 

The titles of the following works will be found at the pages annexed, namely, Lanca« 
shire Inciuisiiions, edited by J. P. Ry lands, p. 203; Light on the Early History of Mary- 
land, by E D. Neill, p. 204; Hunnewell's Voyage to Honolulu, edited by J. F. Uanne- 
wcll, I). 204; New England Historic, Genealogical Society's Centenary of the Massdcbo- 
setts Constitution, p. 204; Reply to Francis Brinley, by'X. Bigelow, p. 205 ; Annals of 
Mention, by J. G. Metcalf, p. 205; Inventio Fortunata, by B. F. Dc Costa, p. 207; Wil- 
liam lilackstone, by B. F. De Costa, p. 207 ; Fifth Report of the Boston Record Commis- 
sioners, by VV. H. Whitmore and W. S. Appleton, p. 207; Roxbury Land and Chorch 
Records, edited l>y W. II. Whitmore and W. S. Appleton, p. 207; Paine Family Records, 
edited by H. D. Paine, p. 208. 

II. Other Publications. 

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sixteenth Annual Catalogue of the officers and 
6tudenb<, with a statement of the courses of instruction. 1880-1881. Boston : W. J. Scbo- 
field. Printer, 105 Summer Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 84.] 



1881.] Recent Publications. 305 

Annaal Report of the Friends* Free Library and Reading Room, Germantown, with 
cauiogue of New Books. 1881. [8vo. pp. 20.] 

The New Public Buildings on Penn Square in the City of Philadelphia. Description of 
the buildings, &c. . . . Printed for the Commissioners, Philadelphia, 1881. [8vo. pp. 8.] 

Annual Reports of the Secretaries of the Class of 77 Academical and Scientific Depart- 
ments Dartmouth College. 1877, 78, 79, *80. 

A St rmon preached at the Sixty-Eighth Anniversary of the Concord Female Charitable 
Society, by Howard F. Hill, Rector of Christ Church, Mr»ntpelier, Vt., Jan. 9, 1881. Con- 
cord : Printed l)y the Republican Press Association. 1881. [8vo. pp. 24.] 

Second Meeting of the Michigan Association of Surveyors and Civil Engineers, held at 
Landing, January 11-13, 1881. [8vo. pp. 39.] 

Defeni-c of Rhode Island. Her institutions and her right to her representatives in Con- 
gress. Speech of Hon. Henry B. Anthony, of Rhode Island, in Senate of the United 
States, February, 1881. Washington, 1881. [8vo. pp. 35.] 

R«)ll of Honor of the City of Chelsea. A list of the Soldiers and Sailors who served on 
the Quota of Chelsea in the great civil war for the preservation of the Union from 1861 to 
1855, with a partial record of each man alphabetically arranged. Also an Appendix. . . . 
Chelsea : H. Mason & Son, Printers, 132 VVinnisimmet Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 213.] 

Eulogy on William Henry Bartlett, lute associate justice of the Supreme Court of New 
Hamp>liire. By Isaac W. Smith, associate justice of the same court, before the alumni of 
Dartmouth College, at Commencement, June 2:3, 1880. Concord, N. H. : Priuted by the 
Republican Press Association. 1881. [8vo. pp. 16.] 

The Libe.rian Republic as It is, by George R. Stetson, Boston. Boston : Published by 
A. Williams & Co., 283 Washington Street. 1881. [8vo. pp. 27.] 

Biennial Report of the Minnesota Historical Society to the Legislature of Minnesota, 
session of 1881. [Seal.] St. PeU'r : J. K. Moore, Suite Printer. 1881. [8vo. pp. 19] 

Sixtv-First Anniversary New England Society, December 22, 1880. Charleston, S. C. 
[8vo. pp. 24.] 

Addresses and other Proceedings of the Indiana College Association. Third Annual 
ScdMon, Indianapolis, Dec. 27 and 28, 1880. Publi>hcd by the Association. Crawfords- 
Tille : Review Office Book and Job Primers. 1881. [8vo. pp 64.] 

Documents of the City of Boston for the year 1880, in three volumes, contiining docu- 
ments from No. 1 to 149 inclu.*<ive. Published bv order of the <^ity Council. [Seal.] Boston : 
Rockwell & Churchill, City Printers, No. 39 Arch Street. 1881. [8vo.] 

William Hutchinson, Merchant Adventurer. Reprinted from the " Archajlogia Aeliana " 
of the Society of Antiquaries of Newca^tle-on-Tyne, April, 1880. [8vo. pp. 21.] 

Abigail & Timothy Tyzack and Old Gateshead. Reprinted from the ** Archaclogia 
Aeliana " of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyue, November, 1879. [8vo. 
pp. 22 ] 

Tninsactions of the Oneidn Historical Society at Utica, with the annunl addresses and 
reports for 1881, the Paris reinterment and papers read iKjfore the Society. [Seal.] Utica, 
N. Y. : Pnnted for the Society. Ellis H. RoIktIs & Co., Printers. 1881. [8vo. pp. 189.] 

Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Theological Seminary, Andover, Mass., 
1880-81. Andover: Printed by Warren F. Draper. 1881. [8vo. pp.31.] 

Constitution and By-Laws of the St. Botolph Club in Boston, with a list of the officers 
and meml)crs of the Club, 1881. Boston: Allred Mudge & Son, Printers, No. 34 School 
Street. 1881. [Small 8vo. pp. 27.] 

Sesquicentennial of the Congregjitional Church in Plaistow, N. H., and North Haverhill, 
Mass. Novemlier 4. 1880. Haverhill, Mass. : E. H. Nichols & Co., 96 & 98 Merrimack 
Street. 1881. [l2mo. pp. 17.] 

Manual of the Congregational Church in Plaistow, N. H.. and North Haverhill, Mass. 
. . . E. H. Nichols & Co., 96 & 98 Merrimack Street. 1881. [12mo. pp. 39.] 

Vol. IX. March, 1881. No. 3. Southern Historical Society Papers. Richmond, Va. 
Rev. J. William Jones, D.D., Secretary Southern HistoriCiil Society. [8vo. pp. 97-144.] 

Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of the Most Ancient and Honorable Fraternity of Free 
and Accepted Masons of the Commonweakti of Massachusetts. . . . Special Commu- 
nication January 14 and 19, 1881. Qiiartcrlv Communication March 9, 1881. . . . Boston : 
Press of Rockwell & Churchill, 39 Arch Street. 1881. \J^\o, pp. 57.] 

17H1. ScptemlKir 6th. 18SI. The Battle of Groton Heights: the Massacre of Fort Gris- 
wold and the burning of New London. Historical Sketch by John J. Copp, Emj., of Gro- 
ton, and address by Ix^onard Woolsey Bacon, of Norwich, on the Ninetv-Kiglith Anniver- 
sary, Sept. 6th, 1879. Pul>lished bv a'uthority of the Groton Heights Centennial Commit- 
tee, Deccmlxir, 1879. [8vo. pp. 30.] 

Second Scries, Vol. VIII. No. IV. 

Proceedings of the Society of Antiqtiaries of London, March 11, 1880, to April 23, 1880. 
[Seal.] Loudon : Printed by Nichols & Sons for the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington 
House. [8vo. pp. 289-352.] 



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The CoTnmemoration by the First Church In Boston of the Completion of Two Hnndied 
and Fifty Years since its foundation, on Tbnrsday, November 18, 1880. Also four histori- 
cal sermons, with illustrations. Printed by order of the Society. Boston : Hall & Whit- 
ing, 1881. [8vo. pp. 218.] 

Second Series, Vol. XIII. No. IV. Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 
at the annual meeting held at Worcester, Octotier 21, 1880. [Seal.] Worcester: Press of 
CharlesHamilton, 311 Main Street. 1881. [8vo. pp. xiii. 118.] 

No. XII. Records of the Proprietors of Worcester, MaMsachosetts. Edited by Franklin 
P. Rice. In four parts. Part IV. [Seal.] Worcester, Mass. ; The Worcester Society of 
Antiquity. 1881. U.S.A. cv. [8vo. pp. 241-336.] 

No. XIII. Proceedings of the Worcester Society of Andauity for the year 1 880. [Seal.] 
Worcester, Mass. : Published by the Society. 1881. U.S.A. cv. [8vo. pp. 88.] 

Collcctionsofthe Worcester Society of Antiquity. Volume I. [Seal.] Worcester, Mass.: 
Published by the Society. 1881. U.S.A. cy. [8vo.] 

Proceedings of the Maryland Historical Society in connection with the celebration of the 
one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the settlement of Baltimore. [Seal.] October 12, 

1880. Baltimore. 1880. [8to. pp. 123.] 

A Memorial of Mrs. Nancy Thompson. [8vo. pp. 15.] 

The Two Hnndred and Sixth Annual Record of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery 
Company of Massachusetts, 1843-44. Sermon by Rev. George Putnam, Roxbury, Mau. 
Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son, Printers, 34 School Street. 1881. [8vo. pp. 24.] 

Anniversary Address delivered before the Georgia Historical Society in Hodgson Hall on 
the 14th of February, 1881, by Charles C. Jones, Jr , LL.D. Printed for the Society, 1881. 
[8vo. pp. 40.] 

April 1, 1881. Harvard University Bulletin. No. 18, or Vol. II. No. 5 (in continaation 
of the Library Bulletin). Edited by Justin Winsor, Librarian of the Univert»ity, with the 
assistance of members of the various faculties. [8vo. pp. 134-176.] 

Official Army Register for January, 1881. Published by order of the Secretary of War, 
in compliance with law. Adjutant Generars Office, Washington, January 1, 1881. [8to. 
pp. 311.] 

Proceedings on the occasion of Laying the Corner Stone of the building for all the uses 
of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, March 15, 1881. with a descriptioa 
of the pn)posed building. Boston: Press of Rockwell & Churchill, No. 39 Arch Street. 

1881. [8vo. pp. 28.J 

Bulletin of the Essex Institute. Vol. 12, Salem, October, November, Deceml)er, 18W. 
Nos. 10, II, 12. [8vo. pp. 130-184.] 

Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Boston Board of Trade Merchants Exchrtnge, 
January'l, 1881. By Edward J. Howard, Secretarv and Superinteudeut. Boston, Idsl. 
James F. Cotter & Co., Printers, 14 State Street. [8vo. pp. 177 ] 

Thirty-Second Annual Report of the trustees of the Astor Library for the vear ending 
Dec. 31, 1880. Transmitted to the Legislature Jan. 12, 1881. Albany: Weed,' Parsons k 
Company. 1881. [8vo. pp. 36.] 



DEATHS. 



Browx, Hon. John Bundy, died in Port- 
land, Maine, January 10, 1881, aged 
75, from accidentally falling on the ice. 
He was bom in Lancaster, N. II., May 
31, ISOo. When a youth he went to 
Portland and became a clerk in a 
wholesale grocery store. He after- 
wards carried on that business, in con- 
nection with different partners and 
alone. In 1845 he engaged with oth- 
ers in the manufacture of sugar, and in 
1855 a charter was procured as the 
•' Portland Sugar Company," in which 
he was a large stockholder, and the 
tirm of J. B. Brown & Son, of which 
he was the head, were managing agents. 
This firm subsequently engaged exten- 
sively in banking. Mr. Brown was a 



public -spirited man, of large and com- 
prehensive views. He was a director 
and leading spirit in almost if not all 
the railroads centering at Portland. 
From his business and various railroad 
and other enterprises he realized h 
large fortune. He served in both 
branches of the city government, and 
in 1857 was a member of the Maine 
Senate. 

He married in 1830 Ann Matil- 
da, daughter of Philip Greely, and 
had live children — Matilda, Philip 
Henry, James Olcott, John Mur- 
shall and Ellen. All the sons grad- 
uated at Bowdoin College. Philip and 
James went into business with their 
father, but the latter died in 186t. 



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307 



John studied law, but went into the 
army and fought gallantly through the 
war, receiving the brevet of brig.- gen. 
of volunteers. He is now in the fixm. 
Ellen married W. H. Clifford, son of 
the Hon. Nathan Clifford of the U. S. 
Supreme Court. 

He was a devoted husband and fa- 
ther. Until recently he rarely gave 
himself a holiday. He made two trips 
to Europe, and, as a result, his gallery 
of paintings contained some of the 
finest efforts of European artists. He 
was generous towards native talent, 
and possessed pictures by the leading 
men of the Academy of Design. He 
was one of the chief donors in the 
handsome testimonial to the Rev. Dr. 
Chickering, a former pastor of the High 
Street Church which he attended. 

BuTTRE, Miss Lillian C, died in Ridge- 
wood, N. J., March 30, 1881, aged 22. 
heft three years ago by the death of 
her mother " at the head of the be- 
reaved household, she assumed the del- 
icate and arduous duties with alacrity, 
and performed them with dignity, abil- 
ity, good judgment and great tender- 
ness." When she was called to these 
duties, " she had just engaged in a 
self-imposed and arduous literary task 
which she lived to complete. It was 
the prejMration of a series of biogra- 
phies of eminent men, two hundred 
and forty in number, for the * Ameri- 
can Portrait Gallery/ published by her 
father [Mr. J. C. Buttrd]. This work 
exhibits a marvel of ability, industry 
and good judgment in one so young. 
The stvle of her narrative is chaste and 
simple, like her own life and character. 
The book is a beautiful and enduring 
monument to her memory." — See o^- 
uaryby Benson J. Lossing^ LL.D.^ in the 
Hacketisaek Repuhlicanf April 7, 1881. 

CoRDXKR, Mr. William Thompson, of 
Boston, Mass., died at Aiken, S. C, 
May 9, 1881, aged 40. He was born 
in the County of Armagh. Ireland, Sep- 
tember 19, 1840. From 1873 to 1877 
he was engaged in banking in the 
citv of London, as a member of the 
firm of Thompson, Cordner & Co. In 
July, 1877, he came to Boston and took 
service with the New York Life In- 
surance Company, of which at his 
death he was the sole manager for 
New England. He had a keen mind 
and great capacity for organizing work 
and men, and was never devoid of 
resources. During the last two years 
his work has been done while suf- 



fering from disease which racked his 
system, and would have checked a 
man of less force months before he 
gave up. He leaves a wife and six 
children, two sons and four daughters, 
the oldest twenty, and the youngest 
four years of age. 

Deerino, Nathaniel, died in Deering, 
Men March 25, 1881, aged 89. He was 
a son of James and Almira (Ilsley) 
Deeiing, and was bom in Portland, 
Me., June 25, 1791. He was a de- 
scendant in the seventh generation 
from George^ Deering, who resided in 
1635 at Black Point (Scarborough), 
Me^ through Roger,' d. 1676, Clement,' 
d. 1701, by wife Jane Bray; John,* 
bom June 17, 1680, by wife Temper- 
ance Femald; John,* bom July 16, 
• 1710, by wife Anne Dunn; Nathan- 
iel,* bom Jan. 29, 1737, by wife Dor- 
cas Milk; James,^ above, his father, 
bom August 23, 1766, died September 
21, 1850. His grandfather, Nathaniel* 
Deering, a native of Kittery, removed 
to Portland in 1760. 

He received his education at Phil- 
lips Exeter Academy and Harvard 
College, graduating from the latter 
institution in 1810. He studied law 
with the Hon. Ezekiel Whitman, was 
admitted to the bar in 1815, and com- 
menced practice in the part of Canaan, 
Me., now Skowhegan. In 1821 he mar- 
ried Anna M., the daughter of Major 
John Z. Hoi well of the British armv, 
by wife Martha Jackson ; and in 1836 
returned to Portland, where he re- 
sided till the summer of 1878, when 
he removed to his father's homestead 
in Deering. He gradually relinquished 
the law for the more congenial profes- 
sion of literature. lie is the author of 
" Carabasset." a tragedy, 1830; "The 
Clairvoyant," a comedy ; " Bozzaris," 
a tragedy, 1851. His best known short 
stories are, **The Donation Visit," 
"Timotheus Tuttle," "Tableaux Vi- 
vants," and " Mrs. Sykes." He was 
remarkable for his wit, and his bon 
mots and repartees will long be remem- 
bered in that community. Many of his 
works are of a humorous character, 
and in his younger days he wrote 
many ballads, political songs and sa- 
tirical articles. He was also a com- 
poser of church music, and his compo- 
sitions will be found in collections of 
music. He leaves one son, Henry Deer- 
ing, a member of the New England 
Historic, Genealogical Society, who 
resides at the homestead, and three 
daughters, Mrs. A. H. Gilman, Mrs. 



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Deaths. 



[July. 



George F. Noyes, and one who is 
unmarried. 

Fields, James Thomas, the well known 
publisher, poet and lecturer, died in 
Boston, April 24, aj^ed 6 ^. lie was 
bom in Portsmouth, X. II., Dec. 31, 
1817. In 1834 he came to Boston and 
obtained employment in a bookstore; 
and in 1844 was taken into partnership 
by his employer. William D. Ticknor 
(Reo. xviii. 381). He continued in 
the bookselling and publishing busi- 
ness until 1870, under the succes- 
sive firms of William D. Ticknor & 
Co., Ticknor, Reed & Fields, Ticknor 
& Fields, and Fields, Osgood & Co. He 
edited the AtlatUic Monthly from 1862 
to June, 1871. In 1849 he printed a 
volume of " Poems," and another vol- 
ume in 18.34. In 1858. " A Few Verles 
for a Few Friends " appeared, and in 
1872, " Yesterdays with Authors." In 
18o8 he collected and edited the first 
complete edition of De Quincy, in 
twenty volumes. He had an extensive 
personal acquaintance with the authors 
of this country and of England. The 
degree of A M. was conferred on him 
bv Harvard Universitv in 1858, and 
that of liL.D. by Dartmouth College 
in 1874. 

Grtosby, Hon. Hugh Blair, LL.D., 

dial at "Edgohill," in Charlotte Co., 
Va.. A])iil 28, aj;ed 74. lie was a son 
of tlie Ui'V. ik'iijamin Cfri^s1)y, pastor 
of the first Pros1)ytcriaii church of Nor- 
folk, Va., and was born in that city 
Nov. 22, 1800. lie was educated for 
the bar. but did not practise, owing to 
deafness. Ho rei)resented Norfolk in 
the general assembly in 1828, and was 
a UKMuher of the Virginia Convention, 
lS29-:)(). He purchased the Norfolk 
B-acon, and edited the paper ably for 
many vears. In 1840 he maiTied Miss 
Carrin"j:ton, a daughter of Col. l*aul 
Carrini^ton of revolutionary fame. Af- 
ter his marriage ho retired from public 
life and d.'votfxl himself t<> lit(!rary pur- 
suits. He had one of the finest private 
lihrarii^s in the state, and a gallery of 
piititings and statuary not eciualled 
tliere. In .January, 1802 just previous 
to tile evaeuation of Norfolk by the 
Confrdrati'S. he removed from that 
city t'l his hviutiful residence known 
as " Ivlu^t'lall," where he has since re- 
sided. II • r-'ceivcd th<' degree of LL.D. 
from William and Mary College in 



1855. As a historian he won a high 
rank, and no mean reputation as a poi-t. 
He was. at his death, president of the 
Virginia Hist. Society. He published 
•* The Virginia Convention of l82J-;0.'' 
12mo., Richmond, 185 1; "TheVir-rin- 
ia Convention of 1776," 8vo., Kiih- 
mond, 1855 ; Discourse on the Life 
and Character of Littleton Waller 
Tazewell, 8 vo., Norfolk, 18(i0. Ilccnn- 
tributed many valuable articles to the 
Southern Literary Messenger^ and other 
periodicals. 

Palfrey, Hon. John (Jorham. P.D., 
LL.D., the historian of New Enslund, 
eminent as a clergyman, an anti- shive- 
ry reformer and an author, died at hi^ 
home in Cambridge, Mass., April 26, 
1881, in his 85th year. He wa< the 
son of John* and Mary Sturgis (Gor- 
ham) Palfrey, and was bom in Boston 
Mav 2, 1796. His grandfather Coh)nel 
William* Palfrey (Thomas,^ William,' 
William') was paymaster general in 
the revolutionary army. 

He graduated at Harvard College in 
1815, and at the Divinity School con- 
nected with it in 1818. He was or- 
dained June 17, 1818, pastor of the 
Brattle Street Church, as the succes- 
sor of Edward Everett, and hold the 
office till May 22, 1830. He was D.x- 
ter professor of Sacred Literature in 
Harvard College from 1S;U) to lsV.> ; 
editor of the North American U vi-w 
from 1835 to 1813 ; Massruhu- rt.^ 
secretary of state from isti t) \>\' \ 
member of congress from lSt7 t» isr.», 
and postmaster of liost(»n from l^^'U 
to 1866. His principal works are t;.e 
History of New England in 4 ^«'l>. 
8vo. Boston, 1859 to 1875; L..Tir.s 
on the Jewish Seriptures and .V:kti'i li- 
tics, 4 vols. 8vo. 18.:S-52 ; L-etun s in 
the Evidences of Cliristiinitv, J v..!<. 
8vo., Boston, 1843; Life of Willi.-.m 
Palfrey, 18mo., Boston, 1845: Kvi- 
tion between Judaism and (.'hri^stiaui- 
tv, 8vo., Boston, 1854. 
* He married March 11, 1S>?. Marv 
Ann, daughter of Samiu-l ami Sar^li 
(Dawes) iiammond, by whom Ik \:\\ 
six children — Sarah Hammond.' r.i 
author (pseud. E. Foxton) ; Ilimnh 
Russell;' John (rorhnm,' died y-nin^J 
Francis Wiuthrop,' H C. is.)!'; J -hn 
Carver,' li. C. 1851, U.S.M.A.. 1^^. 
res. from the U.S.A. as bvt. bri:; -jn.. 
May 1, 1866; Mary Gorham.' The 
widow and five children survive him. 



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THE 



HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL 

REGISTER. 



OCTOBER, 1881. 



EBENEZER ALDEN, M.D. 

By the Rev. Incbeabb N. Tabbox, D.D., of West Newton, Mass. 

• 

THE subject of this sketch was bom in what is now the town of 
Randolph, Mass., March 17, 1788. At the time of his birth 
this territory constituted the southerly precinct of the ancient town of 
Braintree, and was organized into the separate township of Randolph 
in 1793. An Ecclesiastical Parish had been formed here May 28, 
1731. On the 8th of June last, corresponding in the New Style 
with the date above mentioned, the church at Randolph celebrated 
its 150th anniversary with appropriate and deeply interesting ser- 
vices. Had this event occurred in the days of Dr. Alden's strength 
and activity, no man would have borne a more prominent part in it 
than he, for this was a field in which he was especially at home. As 
it was, the manuscripts and published articles which he had left be- 
hind became the chief sources of information for those who took the 
principal parts in this commemoration. Throughout the services 
bis name came up continually as authority for statements made, and 
was mentioned always with gratitude and love. 

Dr. Alden was of the seventh generation from John Alden of 
the Mayflower. The line of succession from this honored founder, 
as traced by himself and gathered from his volume entitled " The 
Alden Memorial," is as follows : 

Of the eleven children of John and Priscilla Alden, the second 
was Joseph^ who was bom in Plymouth in 1624. In early man- 
hood he became a citizen of Bridge water. 

Of the five children of Joseph and Mary (Simmons) Alden, the 
second was Joseph^ who was bom in 1667. He was known as Dea- 
con Joseph, and lived in what is now South Bridgewater. 

Of the ten children of Deacon Joseph and Hannah (Dunham) 
Alden of Bridgewater, the eldest was Daniel^ who was born Janu- 
ary 29, 1691. This Daniel remained an inhabitant of Bridgewater 
for a time, and then removed to Stafford, Conn. 

Of the eleven children of Daniel and Abigail (Shaw) Alden, the 
second was Daniel^ who was born September 5, 1720. This last 
VOL. xxzv. 27 



310. Ubenezer Alden^ M.D. ^ [Oct. 

Daniel lived in Stafford, Conn., in Cornish, N. H., and in Leba- 
non, N. H., where he died. He was known as Dea. Daniel. 

Of the twelve children of Dea. Daniel and Jane (Turner) Alden, 
the fifth was JEbenezer^ who was born at Stafford, Conn., July 4, 
1755. 

Of the three children of Ebenezer and Sarah (Bass) Alden, the 
eldest was JBbenezer, the subject of this sketch, born (as before 
stated^ March 17, 1788. 

His mother Sarah Bass was also a lineal descendant of John 
Alden of the Mayflower, in the line of Ruth his daughter, who mar- 
ried Samuel Bass, deacon of the First Church in Roxbury. By 
the same line the family was connected with the Adams family of 
Quincy, the mother of John Adams, the second president of the 
United States, being a descendant of Ruth the daughter of John 
Alden. 

Going back now a single step, let us make our departure from 
the first Dr. Ebenezer Alden. The track over which we have just 
travelled will serve to show that he came of a religious stock. He 
was educated at Plainfield Academy, Conn., and having pursued 
his medical studies with Dr. Elisha Perkins, was invited, in due 
form, to settle in the South Parish or precinct of Braintree. He 
was called there in 1781, as the man the people had chosen for their 
physician, just as the Rev. Jonathan Strong, D.D., a few years later, 
was called to be their minister. This was a good old New England 
custom which we have now outgrown. It was just one hundred 
years from the coming to Randolph of the first Dr. Ebenezer A Men 
to the death of the second. These two men, in the qualities of tlieir 
intellects and their characters, were in many respects alike, though 
the son had enjoyed larger opportunities for general and professional 
education than the father. When Dr. Alden, Sen., died at l\:in- 
dolph (of typhoid fever), October 10, 180G, his pastor, Rev. Dr. 
Strong, said of him : " The duties of his profession he discharirid 
with reputation to himself and great usefulness to his employers?. 
His circle of business, though small at first, gradually increased 
until it became extensive. As a physician he was remarkalily pru- 
dent, attentive and successful. During the latter part of his life his 
advice was much sought and respected by his brethren of the Fac- 
ulty in his vicinity. No physician in this part of the country pi>>- 
sessed the love and confidence of his patients to a higher degree. 
This was evident from the universal sorrow felt at his decease.'' 

His own son, in the " Alden \Mcmorial," says of him: "He was 
eminently a child of the covenant, his parents and grandparents and 
theirs on both sides down to the first ancestors who came in the 
^Mayflower, having been members of the Congregational Church ; 
and, so far as is known, having honored their Christian profession." 
Not only was he an able physician with a wide and increasing prac- 
tice, but he was also a medical teacher. Quite a number of young 



1881.] Hbenezer Alden, M.D. ^11 

men were prepared by him for the medical profession, some of whom 
became eminent. He was cut off by a deadly fever, just when he 
was rising into special prominence as a man and a physiciap. He 
fell in the very strength of his days, at the age of 51. His son was 
blessed with a life protracted to an unusual degree. 

The childhood and youth of the son were passed therefore in a 
home of intelligence and Christian worth. He grew up amid the 
associations and traditions of the old style of medical practice, when 
the country physician compounded his own medicines and carried 
them with him in large variety to suit the various exigencies that 
might arise. At that time the homes of the people were widely 
scattered ; the roads were rough and hard, and in the plain country 
towns apothecaries were almost unknown. To do business in any 
proper and efficient way, the physician must have his medicines and 
his instrumenta always with him. 

The year after Dr. Alden^s birth, i. e. in 1789, the Rev. Jonathan 
Strong, D.D., was settled in the parish as colleague pastor with the 
Rev. Moses Taft, who had been in office there for nearly forty years, 
and was now in the feebleness of age. Mr. Taft died two years 
later, in 1791, when Dr. Strong remained sole pastor till his death 
in 1814. Dr. Strong was therefore the minister of Randolph 
through all the early years of Dr» Alden's life. The Rev. Thomas 
Noyes, of Needham, in the American Quarterly Register, vol. 8, p. 
54, says of him : " Dr. Strong's labors were much blessed in three 
revivals during his ministry, in which he numbered more than two 
hundred converts. His influence was extensively felt. The Massa- 
chusetts Missionary Magazine and the Panoplist were enriched with 
his productions. He was one of the editors of the former work, and 
a Trustee of the Massachusetts Missionary Society from its forma- 
tion till his death." From his earliest years, therefore, Dr. Alden 
received that bent of character, which brought him, all his life long, 
into close and living sympathy with the church and with all our 
great religious institutions. It is fair to credit a good measure of 
this influence to Dr. Strong. In a place such as Randolph was at 
that time, the families of the minister and the physician would be 
closely united. Especially would this be so when the physician him- 
self was a religious man, and closely identified with the church. 

One hundred years ago, schools to fit boys for college were rare. 
This educational work was largely done by settled ministers. Some 
of them, here and there, had family schools for this purpose. Dr. 
Nathan Perkins of West Hartford, Conn., Dr. Samuel Wood of 
Boscawen, N. H., and many others, became noted teachers, though 
they had parish cares also continually on their hands. Young Al- 
den, in preparing for college, pursued his studies under the direc- 
tion of his minister. 

Dr. Jonathan Strong was a native of Bolton, Ct., born in 1764. 
Ilis father was of the same name, and was a farmer. When the boy 



812 Menezer Alden, M.JD. [Oct. 

was eight years old, the family removed to Orford, N. H. Dr. 
Eleazer Wheelock had just then gone up to plant his Indian Charity 
School in the woods of New Hampshire, and so to lay the founda- 
tions of Dartmouth College. Here young Strong was educated, 
graduating with honor in 1786. He became a man of much more 
than usual mark in his generation. Quite a large number of the 
early graduates of Dartmouth were from Eastern Connecticut, and 
especially from the to^Tis of Lebanon, Hebron, Bolton, Coventry, 
AVindham, &c., where Dr. Wheelock was familiarly known and 
much admired. Jonathan Strong went from Bolton, and was grad- 
uated at Dartmouth in 1786, and three years after was settled in 
Kandolph. 

Young Aldcn was made ready for college at the age of sixteen, 
and entered Harvard in 1804, graduating in 1808. After finishing 
his college course he went to Dartmouth College to study medicine. 
Using his own language, as copied from the Alden Memorial^ he 
** pursued his professional studies with Nathan Smith, M.D., at 
Dartmouth College, where he received the degree of M.B. in 1811 ; 
then attended the Lectures of Drs. Eush, Barton, Wistar, Physick, 
and others, in Philadelphia, and received the degree of M.D. from 
the University of Pennsylvania in 1812. He settled as a physician 
in his native town." 

His father had died in 1806, while he was in college. Had his 
father been alive, very likely the medical education of the son would 
have gone on largely at home. Other men resorted to that home 
for their medical education, and it would have been altogether natu- 
ral that he should have done the same. As it was, he was fully 
educated, professionally, and entered upon his work under happy 
auspices at the age of twenty-four. 

Six years later, April 14, 1818, he was united in marriagcfto Miss 
Anne Kimball, daughter of Capt. Edmund Kimball, of Newbury- 
port. She was born June 14, 1791. 

Dr. Alden was now fully launched upon his life work, and by de- 
grees came to fill the place which the father had left vacant, until 
at length he more than filled it. By virtue of his superior educa- 
tion, both as a physician and surgeon, and by his native powers and 
faculties, eminently fitting him for success, he was widely known 
and recognized as a leading member in his profession. Not only was 
he thoroughly instructed in matters pertaining to his special calling, 
but he had also an innate love for studies historical and ecclesiasti- 
cal. He grew to be a prominent Congregational layman, and his 
knowledge and experience in this department were often called into 
use. He was a Pilgrim of the Pilgrims, and he understood well the 
difference between the Congregationalism that came over in the May- 
flower and that which early prevailed in the Massachusetts Bay and 
was embodied, in 1648, in the Cambridge Platform. He found 
great satisfaction in tracing out the way by which the latter style of 



1881.] . Hbenezer Alderiy M.D. 313 

church polity was .gradually displaced in New England and the for- 
mer brought to the front. The writer well remembers the pleasure 
Dr. Alden had, between twenty and thirty years ago, in a new edi- 
tion of John Wise's famous book, "The Church Quarrel Espoused," 
and what measures he took to promote its circulation. He recog- 
nized in the Rev. John Wise — settled 1683-1725 over the Second 
Church, Ipswich (now Essex) — one of the stoutest defenders of the 
liberty of the New England churches as against the dominating pow- 
er of the ministers. It was in 1710 that the above book was first 
published, and it was largely through this volume and another from 
the same pen published in 1717, entitled "A Vindication of the 
Government of the New England Churches," that a healthier direc- 
tion was given to New England Congregationalism. 

Dr. Alden was a Bibliophile, and early began to be a collector of 
rare books and pamphlets, especially those aj)pertaining to the civil 
and ecclesiastical history of New England. He built up a choice 
private library at a time when such enterprises were not so common 
as now. That library still remains, and doubtless contains many 
6()ecimen8, in the shape of pamphlet and bound volume, which the 
collectors would call precious nuggets. 

It was because of such tastes and tendencies as have thus been 
briefly noticed, that Dr. A. was long ago recognized as a "wise 
master-builder" in our ecclesiastical and educational departments, 
and for the last forty or fifty years (until laid aside by blindness and 
extreme age) he has been an active worker in these connections. 
It would probably be difficult to find another man who has been 
identified with so many religious and educational interests for such 
long ranges of time. The year after his marriage, i. e» in 1819, 
the first Sabbath School was organized in Randolph. He was cho- 
sen its superintendent, and continued in the office for nearly forty 
years. In 1827 he was made one of the Trustees of the Massachu- 
setts Home Missionary Society. He held this office by reelection 
and performed its duties for forty-two years, until 18G9. In the 
year 1837 he was chosen one of the Trustees of Phillips Academy 
and of Andover Theological Seminary. This office he retained 
forty-four years, till his death, though in his later years he was not 
able to attend the meetings of the trustees < For forty-one years, 
from 1840 to his death, he was one of the corporate members of the 
American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. From 
1841 to 1874 he was a Trustee of Amherst College. From 1842 
to 1867 he was a director of the American Education Society. 

There was another class of organizations for which he had a lively 
sympathy, and with which he was in active cooperation. He had a 
strong love for antiquarian and genealogical pursuits, and e8j)ecial]y 
as they appertained to the origin and growth of New England. In 
all these connections he was an industrious worker. He early be- 
came a member of the American Antiquarian Society of Worcester. 

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314 Hbenezer Alden^ M.D. [Oct. 

He bore a prominent part in the formation and gspwth of the Amer- 
ican Statistical Association. He became a member of the N. £. 
Historic, Genealogical Society in 1846, the year after it8 organiza- 
tion, and soon after its present building was erected in Somerset 
Street, paid, of his own good will, $500 towards the Librarian fund. 
With all the early movements toward the formation of the Congre- 
gational Library, now grown to fair proportions, he had the most 
cordial fellowship and participation. 

Then again, as a prominent member of the medical profession, he 
was brought into quite another set of associations. He was connect- 
ed with medical societies, county, state, national, not as a mere 
looker on, or listener, but as one who contributed interesting papers 
and valuable information for their meetings. Of an observing and 
studious mind, he held also the pen of a ready writer, and took spe- 
cial delight in adding to the general stock of human knowledge. 

Still again : he was a bold and aggressive worker in the temper- 
ance movement, especially in its earlier days, and before it had be- 
come so intermingled with party politics. He was for many years 
known as a public lecturer upon this subject, and from his estab- 
lished character as an able physician, his lectures carried with them 
unusual weight. 

Then in addition to all his other talents and activities, he was a 
singer, and took a lively interest in church music. Through the 
whole of his public life in Randolph, he was a leader and organizer in 
this department, and this love continued with him to the last. In the 
year 1869, at the time of the National Peace Jubilee in Boston, the 
writer well remembers a brief interview with him, as he was about to 
enter the great building erected for the concerts on the back bay. 
He was one of the chorus singers, and had his singing-book under 
his arm, and entered into the whole business with the enthusiasm of 
youth. He was at that time eighty-one years old. Of the great 
multitude of singers who made up the chorus for that first jubilee, 
he was, without much doubt, the oldest, but he yet carried with him 
a large measure of the zeal and energy of his earlier years. He 
made one of the vastly larger chorus in the International Jubilee of 
1872, being then eighty-four years old. 

Not long after this his eye-sight began to fail him, and little by 
little the shadows of night gathered about him, until at length he 
was wrapped in total darkness. His last years were passed in the 
quiet of his home, and in the society of his kindred and neighbors. 
But with the eye of his mind he still watched the goings on of the 
great world, and was interested in all passing events. He died Jan- 
uary 26, 1881, aged 92 years, 10 months and 9 days. 

The wife of his youth had passed away ten years before, April 14, 
1871. Three children survive him. These are the Kev. Ebenezer 
Alden, bom August 10, 1819, who was ordained a Congregational 
minister in 1843, and spent five years as a pioneer home missionary in 



1881.] Menezer Alden, M.D. 315 

Iowa, being a member of the " Iowa Band." Since 1850 he has been 
the pastor of the First Congregational Church in Marshfield. While he 
was yet young in the ministry, he had, as one of his parishioners, 
no less a man than Daniel Webster, and it fell to his lot in 1852 to 
conduct the simple funeral services of the great statesman in the 
Webster mansion at Marshfield. It was like Mr. Webster to prefer 
that his funeral should be in the plain New England fashion, and 
should be conducted by his country minister. The second son is the 
Bey. Edmund Kimball Alden, D.D., who was ordained to the Con- 
gregational ministry in 1850, and after serving for some twenty-six 
years as Congregational pastor at Yarmouth, Me., Lenox, Mass., 
and in Phillips Church, South Boston, is now one of the Secretaries 
of the American Board. There was another son, Henry Augustus, 
bom August 8, 1826, who became a civil engineer and died June 9, 
1852. There were three daughters, of whom Mary Kimball died 
August 18, 1860, and Anne Kimball died Dec. 28, 1854. The 
remaining one, Sarah Bass Alden, now occupies the homestead at 
Bandolph, and has had the care of her father in his declining years. 

Dr. Alden left a memorandum indicating his general wishes as to 
the disposal to be made of his property, which was considerable. It 
was not in the shape of a mandatory will. He constituted his three 
surviving children his executors, but, confiding in their judgment, 
gave them certain discretionary powers that they might decide mat- 
ters according to the circumstances of the case at the time of his 
death. He however named such societies, institutions, organiza- 
tions, as he wished to have remembered in the distribution to be 
made. It was his general plan thai a certain portion of his property 
should be divided in this way. Acting upon these hints and sug- 
gestions, his children are now engaged in this work of distribution. 
The amount to be divided will be larger than at first anticipated, as 
the property has of late increased in value. Almost all the societies 
and institutions with which Dr. Alden was connected in his life, 
came up before him for remembrance in this final disposition of his 
property, such as the American Board, the Massachusetts Home Mis- 
sionary Society, the American College and Education Society, the 
Seamens' Friend Society, Amherst College, Iowa College, Phillips 
Academy and Andover Theological Seminary, the American Anti- 
qoarian Society, the American Statistical Association, the N. E. 
fOatoric, Genealogical Society, the Congregational Library, Stough- 
ton Musical Society, &c. To all he left gifts large enough to cheer 
and gladden, but exactly how much each will receive cannot be told 
till the estate is fully settled. 

We have already implied that Dr. Alden was a writer as well as 
a busy actor, but the larger portion of all his writings were of a 
kind to serve the purposes of the passing time, and cannot well be 
reported in a paper like this. Nevertheless, he has left behind some 
published works in the shape of pamphlets and books, among which 



316 Ebenezer Alden, M.D. [Oct. 

are the following : Address before the Dartmouth Medical Society : 
Boston, 1820. Medical Uses of Alcohol. Tribute to the Memory 
of Dea. Ephraim Wales: Boston, 1865. Historical Sketch of 
the Oriffin and Progress of the Massachusetts Medical Society, 1838. 
Tribute to the Memory of Dea. Wales Thayer. Tribute to the 
Memory of Mr. Samuel Whitcomb. Early History of the Medi- 
cal Profession in the County of Norfolk, an Address before the 
Norfolk District Medical Society : Boston, 1853. Memoir and 
Correspondence of Mrs. Mary Ann Odiorne Clark : Boston, 
M. S. S., 1844. Memoir of Bartholomew Brown, Esq.: Ran- 
dolph, 1862. Memorial of the Descendants of the Hon. John Al- 
den, 1867. Enlarged 1869, octavo, pp. 184. 

Some of these publications required a large amount of labor and 
careful study. For example. The Early History of the Medical 
Profession in the County of Norfolk involved brief biographies of 
the numerous physicians of the county duripg the earlier genera- 
tions, a work to be accomplished only by much correspondence and 
patient research. 

But these few publications would give only a faint idea of all that 
he accomplished by his pen. In a local paper he published a long 
series of articles on the history of Brain tree and Randolph, going 
into the business minutely, taking up the several portions of the 
territory, and tracing the early families in their various localities. 
Indeed, he was the local historian, the public chronicler of Ran- 
dolph, and, to a large extent, of the region lying around. 

By his intellectual character, as also by his large enterprise and 
activity, he was a man to come fo the front, wherever he might haj>- 
pen to live, and bear a large share in human affairs. The totality 
of life within him was greater than in ordinary men, and it was 
natural for liim to put himself forth in thouglit and action. Hence 
through the long years of his active life he was intensely busy, aim- 
ing to fill his place punctually and thoroughly in all his multiplied 
relations. Though connected with so many societies and assotia- 
tions, hardly any one was more likely to be present at their recur- 
rin<^ business meetiiiirs than he. 

In the year 1801, July 3, occurred in Braintrec the fiftieth anni- 
versary of the ordination and settlement of Dr. Richard S. Storrs. 
The occasion was one of very marked interest, both from the emi- 
nent character of Dr. Storrs himself, and from the conspicuous men 
who took prominent parts in the services. Among the last named 
was Dr. Alden, who followed the Rev. Dr. Park in the exercises of 
the afternoon. The presiding officer of the day was the Rev. Richanl 
S. Storrs, Jr., of Brooklyn, N. Y., and in introducing Dr. Alden he 
said : " We have heard of the Ministers of Braintree, Dr. AlJen 
will give us, from his knowledge and his personal recollections, a 
true sketch of the People of the town, and of their former manners 
and life." 



1881.] Menezer Alden, M.D. 317 

From this address of Dr. Alden we will, in conclusion, select two 
or three passages, which will illustrate more perfectly than any gen- 
eral description can do, the style of the man and his manner of 
thought. He said : 

** I have heen requested to present some * remiQiscences of Braintree fifty 
years ago,' by which I understand in the olden time: but with a special cau- 
tion to be very brief- — ' ten minutes better than an hour ' — as if by any nec- 
romancy it were possible to bring up not only Samuel [Rev. Samuel Niles], 
but three generations of his people, and cause them to pass before you like 
a moving panorama at the bidding of your minister. Nevertheless, as it 
was my privilege to commence professional life with him and sometimes to 
prescribe ybr him, it is but reasonable that I should now consent that he 
prescribe to me ; which I do, not only cheerfully but thankfully, because it 
affords me opportunity publicly to express the respect I have long enter- 
tained for him and for his people." 

But in the first place it was needful to give the boundaries of the 
place which he was going to describe, and these were as follows : 

"The ancient Brantrt was bounded, north by Neponset River and 
Massachusetts Bay ; east by Narraganset ; south by the Old Colony and 

* terra incognita ' long in dispute ; west by Punkapog and Unguety — in- 
cluding the present towns of Braintree, Quiucy and Randolph. MoncUiquaty 
or modem Braintree, was bounded north by Merry Mount ; east by Iron 
Works' line ; south by Cochato and Scadin Woods ; west by the Blue Hills, 
extending, in the dialect of Father Niles, ' from Dan to Beersheba.' '' 

Dr. Alden had in this address a somewhat lengthy and graphic 

Cssage on the singing question, as it was discussed in the churches 
fore the middle of the last century. Throughout almost every 
part of New England the fierce discussion went on, and many 
churches were well nigh rent asunder by the violent feelings awak- 
ened. The beauty and majesty of ancient New England conserva- 
tism are strangely exhibited in this conflict. The efiPort was to bring 
the people out of the miserable droning habit of singing four or five 
times only, and that by rotCj and to teach them so to read music 
that they could sing all tunes by note. Dr. Alden said : 

•• The evil became so intolerable that Rev. Thomas Walter, by request 
of several ministers of Boston and the vicinity, prepared and published, in 
1721, a musical manual and tune book. * * * And here is a copy of it, 
the identical one which belonged to Elisha Niles, Esq., youngest son of the 
minister and executor of his estate. The names of twenty -two of the most 
eminent clergymen of the colony are attached to the recommendatory pre- 
face. But the name of Samuel Niles is not there. He insisted upon the 

* old way ' and his onm way. Nor would he yield the tithe of a hair to any 
solicitations, lay or clerical. 

^ Meanwhile some of his people had provided tune books, and were bent 
on ' making melody to the Lord ' by note. Then came the ' tug of war.' 
Original sin, with which the pastor was familiar, and afterwards wVote a 
treatise upon it, as he did upon ^ Indian Wars,' broke out into actual trans- 
gression. The people assembled for public worship, but no minister came. 



318 Mrs, Daniell of Salcmto Gov. Winthrop. [Oct. 

They sent him word that they were all * present before the Lonl to bear 
all things which were commanded him of God.' He responde<l tliat he 
would not preach in the meeting-house unless they would sing by rote ; and 
he invited all who were so disposed to repair to the parsonage, where he 
would preach, and they might sing ' in the old way.' ♦ ♦ ♦ Council after 
council convened without success to settle the controversy. At length, all 
parties having become weary, the last council, more fortunate, if not more 
sagacious than the rest, came to this unanimous, most profound and success- 
ful result, which was adopted, but never, so far as I can ascertain, recorded 
on the church books : * Voted that the council recommend to the pastor and 
church at Monatiquot, that in conducting public worship they sing part of 
the tune hy note, and the rest of the tune by rote* " 

There were probably a great many churches in New England 
where the old system of rote singing went out at last by some such 
compromise as in this case. 

We might give other interesting passages from this address, but 
these will suffice as examples of Dr. Alden's manner, and with these 
we conclude our article. 



LETTER OF MRS. ALICE DANIELL OF SALEM, TO 
GOV. JOHN ^VINTHROP AT BOSTON. 

Commanicatcd by William B. Tbask, Esq., of Boston. 

MRS. ALICE DANIELL, of Salem, Mass., the writer of the 
following letter to Gov. Winthrop, was, wc infer, a connec- 
tion or near relative of the Rev. Mr. Skelton, who died Augus^t 2, 
1634, his wife preceding him JIarch 15, 1631. Possibly Mrs. 
Daniel! may have been a sister to ^Ir. Skelton or to his wife. There 
is no date to the letter, but it was probably written soon after the 
deatli of the Salem minister, quite likely the same year. It appears 
that she had charge of the cattle Mr. Skelton left witli her, had paid 
some of his debts, had the keeping of his house and of his will, the lat- 
ter of which she sent to the Governor ; and was " out of purse " to a 
considerable amount as a result of her business transactions with aiil 
for Mr. Skelton. There seems to have been a question between the 
Governor, Mr. Endicott and Mrs. Daniell, as to the engagement of 
keeping the children of Mr. Skelton, she intimating that the cove- 
nant was not binding upon herself. Mr. Savage remarks, ^ much 
do we regret the loss of his will, that perhaps would have named 
the children." 

There seems to have been an unfortunate marriage connection be- 
tween tliis woman and a Richard Becklev, called " Bcirirarlv " on 
the records, as we learn from Winthrop's Journal (ii. 344:), a hear- 
ing having taken place before the Court of Assistants, June 2, IG.'j'n 
of " the cause between Richard Beggarly and his wife, who had been 
here six years, and he in England." She endeavored to obtain a 



^1881.] Mrs. Dantell of Salem to Gov. Winthrop. 319 

divorce, but the Court '* ordered he should remain separate from 
her till she might send into England for further proof, and appointed 
him twenty shillings from her to set him to work." 

At a Court of Assistants, June 5, 1638, "It was ordered, w**^ 
the consent of M" Baggerly, that the increase of Mr Skeltons cat- 
tle should bee divided according to Mr. Skeltons will, & that the 
goods & household stuffe w*^** belongs to the 3 eldest child'^n should 
bee divided by some of the church of Salem, & comitted to the 
church of Salem." 

March 27, 1638. "Mrs. Daniell pi., ag» Richard Beckley, deft., 
in a c5 of debt. Jury finds for pi. Twenty shillings damages & 
iiij Costs." (Record of Quarter Court at Salem.) 

John Endecott to John Winthrop (1634-5) refers to her thus : 
"I have sent yow Mrs. Beggarly her vnicorns home & Beza 
stone I had of Mr Humfry, who is sorry also for your exercise. 
I h.aue sent you a Be [z] oar stone, & mugwort, & organic, if you 
should haue neede of it. They are both good in this case of your 
wife, & also I haue sent yow some Galingall roo[tj. Mrs. Beggar- 
ly knowes the vse of it." * * * "please to tell Mrs. Beggerly 
that all her family are well." 

She seems to have been known contemporaneously by the names 
of Baggerly (Beckley) and Mrs. Daniels or Daniell, as in the letter 
before us. The Court allotted (17. 12. 1636) Lawrence Leach 
100 acres of land and six acres of Marsh over against ilrs. Dan- 
iels." Subsequently, 8. 9. 1637, "Mrs. Alee daniell allowed 50 



acres." 



Hugh Peter writes from Salem to Winthrop, August 8 [1638], 
"These are not only to salute you & your goodvvoman, cum cceteris; 
but earnestly to intreat you to let mee haue a word from you about 
Mrs. Beggerly *s or rather Mr. Skelton's house, which is now falling 
to the ground, if some thing bee not done : wee haue refered it, and 
would earnestly intreate you for a writing (they say) you haue about 
it, which vou promised her, & shce saycs will Icnde to the busines 
for light." 

She had a grant of land in 1637, also, in Providence (R. I. Col- 
ony Records, i. 15, 1637), Mrs. Daniell and others to pay in con- 
sideration of ground at present granted unto them [in Providence 
Plantation] two shillings and sixpence apiece. Among the list of 
54 persons, called "associates of Roger Williams," who received 
lots (1638) at the above-named place, were Alice Daniels, John 
Greene, Sen., John Greene, Jun. Soon after this, doubtless, Alice 
Daniels removed to Providence and married John Greene, as his 
sejond wife. Winthrop mentions (i. 283) "one Greene who had 
married the wife of one Beggerly." The two Greenes were men of 
distinction. The senior was a member of the committee, in 1647, 
t) form a government, was of the first council at Warwick, commis- 
sioner for Warwick and Newport, recorder, assistant, &c. In a 
letter to Roger Williams, dated Providence, Oct. 28, 1652, he sug. 



820 Mrs. Darnell of Salem to Gov. Wtnthrop. [Oct. 

gests the propriety of Mr. Williams being Governor. His intima- 
cy is further shown by the following extract : ^ Your lovinge bed- 
fellow is in health, and presents her indeered affection. So are all 
your family." 

Bichard Beckley was among the planters in New Haven in 1643, 
with an estate of 20 pounds, his family consisting of four persons. 
He figures there as " Sergeant Beckley " as late as 1659 ; was a 
juror at Windsor 1664, of Wethersfield 1669. * Mr. Savage eays 
he '* had probably two wives, of whom the latter was a daughter of 
John Deming ; *' six children ; " died 5 Aug. 1690, at Wethersfield.** 

See " Papers relating to the Rev. Samuel Skelton," communicat- 
ed by William P. Upham, Esq. — Essex Institute Historical Col* 
lections, xiii. 143-152 ; iv. 113 ; viii. 256 ; Winthrop's Journal, 
i. 283; Connecticut Colonial Kecords, i. ; Hinman, 113; Mass. 
Hist. Collections, 4th series, vii. 156, 157, 201, 202 ; Barber's Con- 
necticut, 160. 

Deare and worthy 

S*" my humble and due seruise remembr^ to y' selfe and y' deare yoake 
fellow together w^^ my constant requests to the lord of wisedome and grace 
to pfect his worke in you and by you to the prayse of his owne grace: I 
made bould som months since to p'scnt you' worshp w^ a few lines toudk- 
ing the Cattell that m' Skelton left w^ mee : and since that time I bane 
Rec** a letter from y' selfe and by direction of o' beloued m' Endicott from 
y' selfe haue taken a true coppy of those writings w*'* m' Endecott prsent- 
ed to you soe neere as possible can bee desiring rather to charge my selfe then 
to doe the least wrong in any kind ; w*'** Coppy I haue here sent : as allso 
m' Skeltoiis Will : desireng to lay all things naked before you as the. Ije. 
now I beseech you Worthy S^• though I haue the Cattell in a compleaie 
number : yet the charge of the keeping hath beene much to mee : as also 
diuers debts of m*" Skeltons wherof som are payd and some are not : now 
this I know that since m' Skeltons death I am out of purse of my owne 
money layd for the cattell and the keeping of the house (as som friends 
are able to Relate) the some of 25^^ and better almost 26^' besides all that 
I haue made of the milke : w*^^ I hope was put to the best advantadge : and 
as I haue intimated the losse of the cattell in the accompt soe allso there 
remayneth since m' Skeltons death but onely one Bull calfe ; and for the 
Cows there are but two that haue taken the season of breed : and one of 
them will not com till the latter end of the sorrier many cattell were brought 
into the towne this yeare and o' bulls fayled much and whereas you were 
j)leased to expresse that you saw not y' seines ingaged for the keeping of 
the children : there is no engagements by mee y' selfe knoweth how the 
Couenant Runneth : if m' Skeltons Will be disanull** w*^^ is the ground of 
my ingagement : I beseech you then consider Vpon whom shall it ly : now 
since I haue scene the lords hand calling mee to this busines I haue had 
triall euery way both of vnderstanding and care how to order things for the 
best : thus knowing y' care and indeauour to please the lord in all things I 
Rest leaning theise to y' godly and wise consideration 

y" Vnfeinedly to comand 

in the lord Alice Daniell. 

Directed— To The Right Worsp'"^^ | and Worthily respectd | m' Jo" Win- 
throp I senio' These drd | Boston 



1881-] The Family ofDummer. 321 



THE FA^nLY OF DUMMER. 
Bt Col. Joseph Lemuel Chester, LL.D., of London. 



Commoniciited hy Prof. Edwaad E. Salisbvbt, LLJ)., of New Haren, Conn. 

[Concluded firom page 271.] 

We DOW return to the direct line in the person of the fourth son of Tho- 
mas Pyldrym alias Dummer, viz. : 

IV. Stephen Dummer, who emigrated to New England but returned to 
England in 1646-7, and continued until his death at Bishopstoke. The 
difficulty of tracing his descendants has been enhanced, not only by the 
non-existence of the earlier parish-registers of Bishopstoke, but also by the 
loss of the wills proved in the Peculiar Court of Bishopstoke, as I have 
before stated. I have, however, done the best that can be done with the 
materials I have been able to unearth ; and the general history is perfect, 
the deficiency being occasional and confined to details. The probability, 
almost certainty, is that, where testamentary records are not to be found in 
the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, nor in the Principal Registry of 
Winchester, both of which have been most carefully examined and tho- 
roughly exhausted, they were among the lost records of the Peculiar of 
Bishopstoke, as it is quite unreasonable that so many of the Dummers, re- 
spectable as were their circumstances, could have failed to make wills, or^ 
if dying intestate, that their estates should not have been administered. 
One entire line of four descents from Stephen Duminer I have been able 
to trace only through the Manor Court records, the most important of all 
the resources I have been able to explore, and without which this narrative 
would have possessed comparatively little value, as its conclusions would 
have been speculative rather than positive. The fortunate preservation of 
these Court Rolls, while so many other records have been hopelessly lost, 
enables me to show positively the antece<lents of Stephen Dummer, and to 
identify his ancestors to the third generation, when probably his Dummer 
ancestress merged her family-name in that of Pildren, to be resumed again, 
after the lapse of another century, by her descendants. 

On the 24th of September, 1625, at the Manor Court of Bishopstoke, 
•* Stephen Pyldrym alias Dummer," youngest son of " Thomas Pyldrym 
alias Dummer," was admitted to Middlestreet and Hole farms, in Bishop- 
stoke, on the surrender of his said father. I shall show the descent of 
these two farms, from father to son, for upwards of a century later, beyond 
which I did not pursue the tedious examination of the Court Rolls. It is 
dear that soon after this he abandoned the use of the double surname, as 
he always afterwards appears only as Stephen Du^nmer. The date of his 
going to New England would be most desirable, and I have before pre- 
sumed that he and his brother Richard went over alone, say about 1634, 
and that in 1638, leaving him there, Richard returned to England and 
carried back with him, in the Bevis, the wife and children of Stephen. The 
xiifiiculty in the case arises out of the entry in the passenger-list, which 
makes Stephen only nine years old, and yet describes him as a husband- 
man. There is something clearly wrong either in the age or the profes- 
sion, but both are so given distinctly in the original list which I have ex- 
VOL. XXXV. 28 



322 The Family ofDummer. [Oct. 

amioed. Mr. Savage shirked the difficulty by omitting the age altogether, 
but it is better to look it in the face, because on its very &ce a blunder is 
palpable. If the age was right, it was wrong to describe him as a husband- 
mao. If the profession is right, then the age is surely wrong, and this I 
conceive to be the true state of the case, because the age would suit neith^ 
father nor son, the latter being at that date, as I shall show hereafter, six- 
teen instead of only nine years old. The age of Stephen the father must 
have been in 1638 uearer 89, for his wife Alice was 35, and one can read- 
ily imagine an accidental error of the scribe, who may have heedlessly writ- 
ten 09 when he should have written 39. In this view of the case the term 
husbandman might apply, though he should perhaps rather have been called 
yeoman, and also in this case my former suggestion that he had remained in 
New England would not stand. One fact somewhat in favor of this view is 
that his surrender of the two particular farms above mentioned stands on the 
Court Roll under the date of 22 February, 1637-8, the very yearm which, 
and only three months before, the Bevis sailed. But I am not sure that 
under the custom of the manor he could not have sent over his surrender in 
writing, properly attested, by his brother Richard. On the other hand, 
while easy to conceive that the scribe may have written 09 instead of 39, 
it is not so easy to imagine that he may have substituted 09 for 1 6. The 
matter must, I think, be left still doubtful. 

At all events we know that he returned to England with his family in 
1646-7. He was buried at Bishopstoke as " Stephen Dummer, senior," on 
the 6th of September, 1 670. If his will could be found, it would no doubt 
clear up many uncertainties, but unhappily this 'is now impossible. His 
wife, Alice Archer, must have died before 1661, when the existing Bishop- 
stoke register begins. Her maiden name must be accepted solely on the 
authority of Chief Justice Sewall, which there is no reason to doubt. I 
could find no family of that name later at Bishopstoke, nor any trace of her 
in any Archer wills either in London or at Winchester. 

The children of Stephen and Alice Dummer were as follows: 

1 . Stephen, of whom hereafter. 

2. Richard, who according to the Bevis list was four years of age at the 
emigration in 1638. From this period until his death 1 can learn nothing 
of his history, owing to the loss of the Bishopstoke wills. Chief Justicti 
Sewall, under date of 11th October, 1695, wrote: *' I received a letter from 
Cous. Storke giving an account of the death of my dear Uukle Mr. Rich- 
ard Dumer.'* News which would now be transmitted in ten days took 
six months to reach him, for Richard D. was buried at Bishopstoke on the 
previous 19th of April. He evidently died unmarried. 

3. TfiomaSy said to have been two years old at the emigration in 1 638. He 
was admitted to Middlestreet farm before mentioned, on the 22d of Feb.. 
1G37-8, on the surrender of his father, who it is evident was resolveil to 
retain at least some of his possessions in England, and at this date, perhaps 
in case of an accident to himself, transferred the two fannsinto the names of 
two of his sons. Of the history of this Thomas and his descendants I can 
learn nothing absolutely certain beyond what I was able to glean from the 
Court Rolls of the Manor of Bishopstoke. lie subsequently surrendered 
Middlestreet farm, to which his son Stephen was admitteil, who in turn sur- 
rendered it in favor of his son and heir Nathaniel, who in 1719 surrender- 
ed it, and his son Nathaniel was admitted. This last Nathaniel appears to 
have died without issue. It must have been, 1 think, the first Nathaniel, 
whom, as his cousin, Chief Justice Sewall mentions as in New Eugland 



1881.] The Family of Dummer. 323 

in 1685 and 1686 (see Vol. I. pages 88, 90, 91, 97, 98, 110 and 134), 
there evidently combining a visit to his kindred with a business*adventure. 

4. Naihaniely who must have been the first child born at Bishopstoke 
after the return of the family from New England, and, according to his age 
as given on his tombstone, in 1648. By his wife Abigail, whose maiden- 
name I am unable to ascertain, he had three sons and five daughters : 

(1.) Niathanidy who was still living, with a daughter Mary yet in her 
minority, in 1721, but whose wife Elizabeth was buried at Bish- 
opstoke 24th January, 1701-2. From his father's will he ap- 
pears to have been in pecuniary difficulties at that time, and I find 
no further trace of him. 

(2.) Stephen^ who died at the age of 31, evidently unmarried, and was 
buried at Bishopstoke 8th March, 1713-14. 

(3.) John^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 23d April, 1685, and buried 
there 28th April, 1700. 

(4.) Ahigail^ who was married at Durley, Hants, 30th January, 1693-4, 
to John Ck>sens, and was still living in 1721. 

(5.) Hester^ who was married at Bishopstoke 21st November, 1699, to 
Thomas Eastman, of Down ton, co. Wilts. Both were living in 
1721, with issue John, Thomas, Joseph, Benjamin, Elizabeth, Abi- 
gail and Mary. 

(6.) Elizabeth^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 10th IVIarch, 1686-7, and 
was buried there 22d November, 1700. 

(7.) Mary^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 26th Dec. 1689, and married 
there 22d Sep. 1719, to William Gater. She was her father's re- 
siduary legatee and executrix in 1722, and died 9th December, 
1741, aged 51. Her husband died 28th April, 1757, aged 62, and 
they were buried in the church-yard of Bishopstoke, where there 
are gravestones for them and their children William, Jacob and 
IVIartha. 

(8.) Sarah^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 28th March, 1692, and was 
living in 1721, as Sarah Weekes, with children Mary, Sarah and 
Abigail. 
The Dummers appear to have been all buried in the church-yard of 

Bishopstoke. Their head-stones are close together, westward of the 

church. On one of them is the following inscription : 



" Here lyes Nathaniel 
Dumer aged 74 
And near this place 
Lyes Abigal his wife 
and their ehildrcn 

John aged 16 
Elizabeth aged 14 
Stephen aged 31 



Aug^ 3. 1722 

Aug*. 19, 1708 

> Baried 
April 28, 1700 
Nov. 20, 1700 
March 8, 1713." 



These dates all agree with the entries of burial in the parish-register, 
except in the case of the daughter Elizabeth, who is there said to have 
been buried the 22d of November, 1700. 

The will of this Nathaniel Dummer is the earliest one of the line of Ste- 
phen Dummer in existence, and, with one exception, the only one proved in 
the Peculiar Court of Bishopstoke that has escaped the general loss or 
destruction. I therefore give it verbatim and entire : 



324 The Family of Bummer. [Oct. 

** In the name of God. Amen. I Nathaniel Dammer, of the parish of Bisbopps- 
tokc, in the County of Southampton, veoman, being aged and infirm, bat of per- 
fect mind and memory, praised oe God, and calling to mind my mortality, do make 
this my last will and testament in maner and form following. Imprimift, I re- 
pi^n my 80ul into the hands of Almighty God, in hope of a jo^al resurrection, and 
my body to the earth, to be decently nuried by my executrix hereafter named. And 
as to my worldly estate with which it baa pleased God to blets me, I give and be- 
queath to my son Nathaniel Dummer the sum of five pounds of lawful money of 
Gre^it firitain, to be paid to him within six months after my decease, item, I giye 
to my daughter Abigail Cosens the sum of twenty shillings, to be paid her witbio 
six months after my decease. Item, 1 give to my daughter Hester Eastman the 
sum of twenty pounds, to be paid to her within six months afler my decease. Item, 
I give to my grandchildren John Eastman, Thomas Eastman. Joseph Eastman, 
Benjamin Eastman, Elizabeth Eastman, Abigael Eastman and Mary fkistman, to 
each and everv one of them, the sum of ten pK)unds, to be paid into the bands of their 
father or mother for them within six months after my decease. Item, I give to my 
daughter Sarah VVeekes the sum of twenty shillings, and to her three children Maiy 
Weekes, Sarah Weekes, and Abigael Weekes, the sum of twenty shillings to each or 
them, to be paid into the hands of their father or mother within six months after my 
decease. Item, 1 give and bequeath to my grand-daughter Mary Dummer the sum 
of ten pounds, to be paid to her on the day of her marriage, or when she shall oome 
to the age of one and twenty years. Item, I give and bequeath unto my friend 
Edmund Young the sum of one hundred pounds, to be paid as soon as thcsame can 
be conveniently raised after my decease, out of my personal estate, in trust to pay 
the creditors of my son Nathaniel Dummer their several debts to them due and ow- 
ing from him, in proportion, as far as the same will amount to pay his said debts, 
provided his creditors shall and will take and accept the same in full satisfaction, br 
such proporticm, for their respective debts, and provided I shall not before mj death 
have advanced and paid that sum for him ; but if it shall happen that the said cred- 
itors shall refuse to take the said sum in such proportion in full satisfaction of their 
said debts, or if before my death I shall give or advance the said sum for the parposes 
aforesaid, then my will and meaning is, and I hereby do declare the same to be, that 
this my devise and bequest as to the said sum of one hundred pounds shall be utterly 
void and of no effect. Item, I do hereby make and appoint my daughter Mary 
Gator to be my only and sole executrix of this my last will and testament, and do 
hereby give and bequeath all the residue of my g>)ods and chattells (after the payment 
of my debtM, funeral charges, and legacies hereby bequeathed) to her. to be possessed 
and enjoyed, and I do hereby revoke and disannul all former wills by me l>efuro 
made, and declare this to be my la«t will and testament. In witness whereof I have 
hereunto set my hand and seul tiiis fiveteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord 
one thousand and seven hundred and twenty-one." 

The will was proved in the Peculiar of Bishopstoke, on the 10th of No- 
vember, 1722, and is now preserved in the Probate Registry at Winches- 
ter. My copy is from the original will. 

The daughters of Stephen Dummer and Alice Archer were : 
5. Jnue^ said to have been ten years old at the emigration in 1 638, who 
married in New England, 25th March, 1646, Henry Sewall, and was 
mother of Chief Justice Sewall. Returning to England they dwelt some 
time at Hishopstoke, where the Chief Justice himself was born and bap- 
tized. I can add nothing to their history, as the family returned to New 
England just before the existing parish-register of Bishopstoke begins. It 
may be interesting, however, to their descendants to know something of the 
I^Ir. Henry Cox, minister of Bishopstoke, who baptized the Chief Justice,* 
his two brothers and his sister Jane. His burial is recorded in the jmrish- 
registerof Bishopstoke, 5th July, 1679, as " Henry Cox, Gent" He was of 
cuurse one of the " interlopers,'* as they were called by the regular clergy, 
and was put in charge of Bishopstoke by the Parliament He was ejected 

• This is an overaipht ; the Chief Justice himself writes to his son Samuel that he ** wm 
baptized by Mr. Rashly ... in Stoke Church, May 4th, 1652."— E. K. S. 



1881.] The Family of Dummer. 325 

in 1662, but, even seyenteen years after, so bitter was the feeling of the 
clergy of the period toward the Commonwealth incumbents, the then Rector 
of Bishopstoke would not even describe him in the burial record as *' Rev^ '' 
or as *• Clerk," but could not refuse the appellation of " Gentleman," 
which he really was. He was buried under the Communion Table, and on 
lifting up the carpet I found a stone with the following inscription : 

" Here Lyeih Bvred The 
Body of Henry Cox Gent. 
Late Pastvr of the Chyrch 
Of Crist at Stoke, Who 
Deceased The 30th Day of Jvne 
In the Year of Oty Lord 1679 
Aged 56 Years." 

6. Dorothtfy said to have been six years old at the emigration in 1 638. 
I find no allusion to her afterwards. If she did not die in New England, 
she probably did after the return to Bishopstoke, and before the parish- 
register begins. 

7. MehetcMe, said to have been born in New England on the 1st of Jan- 
uary, 1640. Chief Justice Sewall mentions her in his Diary as his *' Aunt 
Mehetable BoU.'* From a letter of hers dated 26th May, 1676 (Vol. I. 
p. 20), she appears then to have had four children, Thomas, Ro{)ert, Jane 
and Mehetable. She died September, 1677, in her 38th year (page 302). 
In 1688-9, her son Thomas was living at Southampton, in the service of 
Jane Kirby. I have failed to learn anything about them. They are not 
in the registers of Bishopstoke, unless the burial of Elizabeth, daughter of 
Robert Holt, 2d May, 1718, relates to them. 

8. Sarahy who must have been born at Bishopstoke, after the return 
from New England. I find no mention of her, and even Chief Justice Sew- 
all failed to give her husband's name. In Vol. I. of the Diary, page 1 4, 
it is stated that she died about September or October, 1674, and on page 
19, in a letter of her brother Stephen Dummer, dated 20th June, 1676, her 
two children are mentioned as living far away, eight miles beyond Chi- 
chester. 

9. Anriy who married James Rider of North Baddesley, Hants, and was 
the '* Aunt Rider '* mentioned by Chief Justice Sewall in his Diary. On 
page 294 of VoL L, under date of 20th February, 1688-9, he says : " Saw 
the stone of my Aunt Rider's grave. She died March 21, 168}. Lies in 
Baddesly burying-place." There is a discrepancy somewhere as to the date, 
as on her gravestone, still in North Baddesley church-yard, is the inscrip- 
tion : ** Here lyeth the body of Ann the wife of James Rider, who depart- 
ed this life the 5 day of May Anno Domini 1687." Whether the Chief 
Justice was in error as to the exact date of her death, or whether the date 
may have been wrongly recut, it is impossible to say ; but there is a differ- 
ence of more than ten months in the two statements. There are four 
Rider head-stones near the east end of the church* The large one near- 
est the church is a double stone to the memory of James Rider, no doubt 
a descendant, who died in 1831, aged 53, and his wife Mary, who died in 
1858, aged 84. The next, the larger of the three small ones, is for James 
Rider, husband of Ann, who died 29th March, 1702, in his 78th year. The 
middle one is for their daughter Mary, who died in March, 1710. The 
last is for Ann Rider herself. 

James Rider's wUl, dated 28th May, 1701, in which he described himself 
as of North Baddesley, husbandman, was proved at Winchester, 27th April, 

VOL. XZXY. 28* 



326 The Family o/Dummer. [Oct 

1702, by his eldest son James, beside whom the latter's own son James, his 
brother John, and his sister Ann, alone, were named in it. The ^ Cousin 
Deborah Rider," mentioned by Chief Justice Sewall, was probably dead, as 
I do not find her name in any of the Rider wills I have examined. 

We now return to the eldest son of Stephen Dummer and Alice Archer, 
viz. : 

V. Stephen Dummer, who on the 22d of February, 1 637-8, was admit- 
ted to Hole farm in Bishopstoke, on the surrender of his fistther, as, on 
the same day, was his brother Thomas to Middlestreet £Eirm. As I have 
already said, the name of Stephen in the list of Bevis passengers in 16^ 
cannot well apply to him, as be was much more than nine years old at that 
date, and could not properly have been described as '* husbandman.** He 
was buried in Bishopstoke church-yard, on the 29 th of February, 1695--6, 
and the inscription on his head-stone, the oldest now existing of the family, 
is as follows : 

*' Here lieyth the 
Body uf Stephen 
Daiumer sen^* 
who departed 
this life the 26 day 
of February 1695 
in the 74th year 
of his age." 

He was bom, therefore, if the inscription is correct, in 1622, and was six- 
teen years old in 1 638. I may suggest, in addition to the other suggestions 
already made, that he may have gone with his father and uncle Richard, 
when they first went to New England, and have been left there when they 
returned in 1638. In that case the age of nine years in the Bevis list 
should probably be 39, and applied to Stephen the father. He married 
rather late iu life, as his first child was not born until 1658. Of his wife I 
can learu nothing, except that her name was also Alice, that she long sur- 
vived her husband, and that she was buried at Bishopstoke 19th May, 1724. 
If she had a head-stone, it is not now to be found. This ** uncle Stephen " 
is freijuently mentioned in Chief Justice Sewall's Diary. Their children 
were as follows : 

1. NdthanieU who was baptized at Bishopstoke 10th Nov., 1658. This 
is the only Dummer entry in the register previous to 1661, when it regu- 
larly commences. He lived unmarried to the extreme age of 81, and the 
latter part of his life, at least, at Compton, near Winchester, where he 
died in 1739. 

His will, as of Compton, yeoman, dated 29th November, 1738, with a 
codicil 12th May, 1731), was proved in the Peculiar Court of Compton on 
the 12th of January, 1739-40, by his brother Samuel and by John Rogers, 
of Compton, husbandman, husband of his niece Sarah, daughter of his bro- 
ther Stephen. He named all his brothers and sisters then living, all their 
children, and apparently all their grandchildren and great-grandchildren, as 
will appear in the subsetjueut accounts of them. 

2 and 3. Stephen^ and a twin infant that did not live to be baptized, who 
were both buried at Bishopstoke, on the 6th of May, 1664. 

4. Mary^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 28th September, 1665. She 
was living in 1738, as Mary Young (evidently a widow), with issue Tho- 
mas Young (who had a son John and daughter Elizabeth), AVilliam Young 
(who also had a son and a daughter), and Mary Sharpe, then widow, to all 
of whom Nathaniel Dummer above mentioned left considerable legacies. 



1881.] The Family of Dummer. 327 

5. Stephen^ of whom hereafter. 

6. Sarah, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 2d March, 1671-2, and 
married there 22d June, 1703, to Thomas Storke, of Romsey, the second 
BOD of John Storke before named, by his first wife Mercy Nelson. She 
died 19th December, 1727, and was buried at Romsey. Her daughter 
Sarah Storke was living in 1738. 

7. Jane^ who was buried at Bishopstoke 29th March, 1673. Her bap- 
tiain is not in the register, and she was perhaps born before it commences. 

8. Samuel Dummer j who was baptized at Bishopstoke 7th August, 1674. 
Ha was admitted to Hole farm before mentioned in 1696, after his father's 
death. He was buried at Bishopstoke 11th May, 1750, and his wife Re- 
becca (of whom I know nothing beyond her name), who was his execu- 
trix, was buried there 23d Oct., 1764. Their children were as follows: 

Johuj who was baptized at Bishopstoke 23d March, 1714-15, and buried 
there on the 4th of April following. 

Rebecca^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 8th June, 1716. She was 
unmarried in 1738, but in 1742 (the date of her father's will) was the wife 
of Samuel Deere. 

Mary^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 10th May, 1721, and was living, 
unmarried, in 1738. 

Ann^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 15th Dec., 1724, and was still 
living, unmarried, in 1742. 

Sarahj whose baptism I did not find, but who was living in 1738, as 
youngest daughter. 

Samuel Dummer's will, dated 25th March, 1742, was proved in the Pe- 
culiar Court of Bishopstoke 21st June, 1750, by his relict Rebecca. He 
simply bequeathed all his lands, etc., to his wife for her life, and at her death 
they were to be divided equally between his two daughters Rebecca and 
Ann, who thus succeeded to the Hole farm. The other two were not even 
named, and, as I did not find their burials between 1738 and 1742, it is 
probable that he provided for them otherwise, his only object in the will 
being to settle the descent of his lauds. 

The third but second surviving son and fifth child of the last named Ste- 
phen and Alice Dummer, viz., 

VL Stephen Dummer, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 3d May, 1670. 
He married at Twyford, Hants, 3l3t Oct., 1G93, Ann Colebrook, and she- 
was buried at Bishopstoke, according to the parish-register, 31st July, 1744. 
His burial is not in the register, and it is probable, from the peculiar 
wording of the following inscription on their head-stone in the church-yard, 
that he died and was buried elsewhere, in 1737-8 : 

'* In memory of | Stephen Dummer | who died February 4th 1737 | aged 67 years. 
I Also here lyeth y^ Body | of Ann the wife | of Stephen Dammer | who died July 
y S8, 1744 I aged 73 years." 

No will or record of administration of either is to be found. 
Their children were as follows : 

1. Sarah, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 14th Feb., 1694-5. She 
was living in 1738, then the wife of John Rogers, of Compton, husband- 
man, with issue Elizabeth and Anne. Her husband was one of the execu- 
tors of her uncle Nathaniel Dummer, and proved his will 12th January, 
1789-40. 

2. Mary, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 3d Dec., 1696, and married 
there, 18th February, 1717-18, to Richard Dean. She was still living in 
1738. 



328 The Family of Bummer. [Oct. 

3. Thomas, of whom hereafter. 

4. John, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 26th June, 1705, and buried 
there loth September, 1723. 

The eldest and only surviving son, viz., 

VII. Thomas Dummer, was baptized at Bishopstoke 2d July, 1700, 
and lived to the age of 80. His wife Mary was buried there 24th Aug., 
1769, and he, according to the register, on the 10th of October, 178P ; bat 
there is a discrepancy between this date and that of his death on his grave- 
stone, for which I can only account by supposing that he may have died in 
some other parish where one of his daughters lived, and his remains have 
been brought to Bishopstoke some three months later. The ioscriptioD is 
as follows : 

*' Id I Memory of | Thomas Dummer | who died | June 29, 1780 | aged 80 yean | 
Also Mary his wife | who died | Aug' 21, 1769 | aged 44 years." 

Their children were as follows : 

1. TliomaSj who was baptized at Bishopstoke 21 Nov., 1745, and buried 
there 8th May, 1747. 

2. John, of whom hereafter. 

3. Mary, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 3d July, 1750. She married 
John Hayes, and three of her children, Sarah, James and Thomas, were 
baptized at Bishopstoke in 1782 and 1783. 

4. Sarah, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 11th July, 1754, and mar- 
ried there 28th April, 1773, to Joseph Blundell. They were living in 
1797. 

5. Thomas, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 6th Oct., 1757, and mar- 
ried there 19th January, 1787, to Ann Reynolds, widow. According to the 
parish-register, he died of dropsy, and was buried at Bishopstoke 2d July, 
1794, and she, dying of palsy, was buried on the 27th of the same mouth. 

Their children were as follows : 

(1.) Samuel, baptized at Bishopstoke 13th September, 1787, at the age of 

one month. He is said to have died unmarried. 
(2.) Thomas, baptized at Bishopstoke 27th May, 1789, then 14 days old, 

and buried there in May, 1813. 
(3.) Nathaniel, baptized at Bishopstoke 4th May, 1791, aged one mouth, 

and buried there 19th April, 1804. 
(4.) Mary Ann, baptized at Bishopstoke 4th October, 1793, and buried 

there 22d April, 1794. 

On the gravestones of this family, in Bishopstoke church-yard, are the 
following inscriptions : 

** Sacred | to the memory of | Thomas Dummer | who died June 29, 1794 I ag«d 
37 years | Al«o | Ann Dummer | wife o( the above | who died July 25, 1794 | aged 
40 years | Also | Thomas Dummer | second son of the above | who died May ll**^ 
1813 I aired 24 years." | ** To | the memory of | Mary Ann Dummer | who died April 
21, 1794 I aged 7 months | Also of | Nathaniel Dummer | who died April 14, 1804 | 
aged 13 years." 

6. An7ie^ who was baptized at Bishopstoke 17th January, 17G0, and mar- 
ried there, 8tli November, 1780, to James AVooldridge. They had four- 
teen children baptized at Bishopstoke between 1782 and 1803. 

7. Elizabeth, who was baptized at Bishopstoke 5th March, 1767, and 
married there, 8th November, 1785, to John Weeks. 

The second, but eldest surviving son, viz., 



1881.] The Family of Bummer. 329 

VIIL JohnDummeVy was baptized at Bishopstoke 28th January, 1747- 
8, and married there, Ist of November, 1773, to Elizabeth AVooldridge. 
He lived subsequently for a few years at Bishop's AValtham, the registers 
of which I did not examine, after ascertaining that they contain no early 
DuDuner entries ; but he eventually returned to Bishopstoke, where he was 
buried 27th September, 1789, having, according to the parish-register, died 
suddenly. His widow survived him more than forty-six years. The in- 
scription on their gravestone is as follows : 

'* In memory | of | John Dummer | who died Sep. 23, 1789 | acred 41 years. | Near 
this place lieth Mary | daughter of John Dummer | who died Fchy 27 1782 | aged 
5 years. | Also to the memory of | £lizabeth wife of the above | Johq Dummer | 
who died December 24, 1835." 

Their children were as follows : 

1. JSiizabethj who was baptized at Bishopstoke 21st September, 1774. 
She died in 1836. 

2. Sarahs who was baptized at Bishopstoke 7 th December, 1775, and 
was still living in 1839. 

(3.^ Mary^ who was probably born at Bishop's Waltham in 1777. She 
died, aged live years, on the 27th of February, 1782, and was buried at 
Bishopstoke on the 3d of March following. 

4. John^ of whom hereafter. 

5. Jancy who was born at Bishop's Waltham in 1781, and was still living 
in 1839. 

6. Stephen^ who was bom at Bishop's Waltham in 1783, and was still 
living in 1839. He married Elizabeth Barfoot, and had three children 
baptized at Bishopstoke, viz., Elizabeth, 14th July, 1807, then four days old; 
John, 18th April, 1809, aged five weeks; and Anne, 21st March, 1811, 
aged one mouth. 

The eldest son above named, viz., 

IX. John Dummer, was baptized at Bishop's Waltham on the 24th of 
February, 1779. For many years he kept a provision-store in Winchester, 
but retired to Bishop's Waltham, about 1846, where he died shortly after, 
outliving his brother Stephen. He believed himself to be the last male 
descendant of Stephen Dummer, the New England emigrant, and, so far as 
I can ascertain, this was the case ; and the line first commenced by the mar- 
riage of Richard Pyldren with probably a Dummer heiress, thus ended at 
the ninth generation. This John Dummer made an abortive attempt to 
recover some of the old family-estates that had got igto the hands of the 
Bonds of Dorset, but their right to them through the heiress of the line was 
clearly established. He protested, however, to the day of his <leath, that 
they were rightfully his, and I believe wasted the most of his means in his 
efforts to establish his claims. 

Having thus traced the history of this family with perfect distinctness, 
from its rise at the beginning of the 16th century to its extinction in the 
male line in the middle of the 18th, a period of more than three centuries, it 
only remains to discuss the question of the arms borne and used by some of 
of its modem members. Fortunately in this matter the evidence b perfect- 
ly clear, and within a small compass. 

The early Pyldrens, and Pyldrens alicis Dummers, appear to have made 
DO pretence to gentility, calling themselves by no higher title than that of 
Yeooian, and even descending as low as that of Husbandman. That they 
were of the rank of solid, respectable, substantial yeomanry, there is not 
the alightest question. It was not until the year 1711 that any claim to 



330 The Family of Bummer. [Oct. 

arms was ma<le by any member of the family. In that year Edmund Dum- 
mer of Swathling, being then Clerk of the Great Wardrobe, and his brother 
Thomas, then Deputy Keeper of the same, by which facts they will be recog- 
nized in the foregoing narrative (sons of Edmund, son of John, eldest son 
of Thomas Pyldren alias Dummer), joining with them their cousins Ed- 
mund Dummer, Surveyor of the Navy, and his brother Thomas, of London, 
sons of Thomas, son of Thomas of Chicknell, third son of Thomas Pyldren 
alias Dummer aforesaid, petitioned the Earl Marshal of England for a con- 
firmation to them and their descendants of the arms which they alleged 
had been used by their ancestors. The evidences which they produced in 
support of their claims were three original wills, to each of which was 
affixed the same seal, viz., that of their common ancestor John Dummer 
of Swathling above mentioned, who died in 1 662, that of his eldest son, 
Rev. John Dummer, of Hard wick, who died in 1694, and that of his second 
'son Edmund Dummer of Swathling, who died in 1701-2. The two latter 
wills are only redstered in the Prerogative Court of London, bat the first 
is still on file at Winchester. The seal has since so crumbled away that 
nothing whatever can be made of it, only the upper portion of the crest now 
remaining. But there is no question as to what was the coat depicted on 
the seal, as it was seen and accepted by the officials of the College of Arms. 
The impressions on the three seals were no doubt made by the same iden- 
tical seal, which had descended from John Dummer the elder to his sons 
John and Edmund in succession. Beyond the first John they did not at- 
tempt to go, nor to show how he came in possession of it, or by what right 
he used it. On the strength of this evidence the Earl Marshal confirmed 
the coat to them and their descendants in the following terms : 

'* To all and singular to whom these presents shall como. Sir Henry St. (George, 
Knight, Garter Pnncipal King of Arms, and John Vanbrough, Esq., Ciarencicuz 
Kinjg of Arms, send Greeting : Whereas £dmund Dummer, of Swathling, in the 
parish of North Stoneham, in the county of Southampton, Eldest son of Edmund 
Dummer of the same place, deceased, hath by petition to the Right ilonocahle Hen- 
ry, Earl of Suffolk ana Binaon, etc., one of the Lords of her Majesty ^s Most Ilonora- 
ble Privy Council, and Deputy (with y« Royal approbation) to bis Grace Thomas, 
Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal and Hereditary Marshal of England, set forth that hb 
ancestors bavinff time out of mind borne and used for their arms : Azure, three JUurs 
de lis or, on a cnitfofthe second a demi-lion of the first, and for their crest : On a 
wreath a demi-lion azure holding in his dexter paw a Itkefleur delis,M they are depict- 
ed on the margin of this said petition, and as they a[)pear by several old seals remain- 
ing in the family, and other evidences of their title to the same ; and forasmuch 
as his Ix)rd8hip is info^ed that the said Edmund Dummer, and hir brother Thomas 
Dummer, Deputy of the Great Wardrobe, and also Edmund Dummer, sometime 
Surveyor of the Navy, and Thomas Dummer, of the city of London, his brother, de- 
scendants in the same degree from Thomas Dummer of Swathlinff aforesaid, their 
great grandfather and common ancestor, are duly qualified and have sufficient 
estates to support the rank of Gentility, the said Earl of Suffolk and Bindon, etc., 
did by a warrant under his hand and seal, baring date the 21st day of July last 
past, order and appoint us in due form to confirm and allow the said arms ana crest 
to be borne and used by the said Edmund Dummer and Thomas Dummer, Edmund 
Dummer and Thomas Dummer, and their respective descendants, according to the 
law of arms, provided the same be not pr^udicial to any other family — Know ye 
therefore that we the said Garter and Clarencieuz, in pursuance of the consent of toe 
said Earl of Suffolk and Bindon, etc., and by virtue oi the Letters Patent of ourofflbe 
to each of us respectively granted under the Great Seal of England, have confirmed, 
and by these Presents allow, ratify and confirm unto the said JSdmund Dummer and 
Thomn8 Dummer, Edmund Dummer and Thomas Dummer, the said Coat of Arms and 
Crest before expressed (as the same is in the margin hereof more plainly depicted) 
to be borne and used forever hereafter by them the said Edmund Dummer and Thomas 
Dummer, Edmund Dummer and Thomas Dummer, and the heirs and other descend' 



1881.] The Family ofDummer. 331 

mUs of their respective bodies lawfully begotten, with their due and proper differences 
tcoording to the usage and practice of Arms, without the lett or interruption of 
any person or pemons whatsoever. In witness whereof we the said Garter and Cla- 
rencieaz Kin^^ of Arms have to these presents severally set our names and affixed 
the seals of oar respective offices the ^ day of October in the lO'^ year of the 
reign of oar soverci^ Lady Anne, by the Grace of God Queen of Great Britain, 
ftmace and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, etc., Annoque Domini 1711. 
(i)igDed} Henry St. Georse, Garter Principal Kins of Arms. 

John Vanbrough, Clarencieux Ring of Arms.*' 

And now what and whose was this coat of arms which these four Dum- 
mers claimed and had confirmed to them as the coat of their ancestors ? 
Certainly not the Dummer Coat at all, which was Azure, a crescent between 
nx billetSj 3, 2 and 1, or. If the seal mentioned had not come accidentally 
into the possession of the first John Dummer, and been used by him and 
his two sons simply because they had it — if it was the coat of the ancestors 
of the petitioners, then it clearly was the coat not of Dummer, but of Pyl- 
dren ; and such was most probably the case. Be it what it may have been, 
it was now, in 1711, granted and allowed eocchisively to tJiese four Dum- 
mers and their descendants, of whom Lt Governor William Dummer, 1723- 
1728, certainly was not one, and yet we find him using that coat on his 

seal There is no doubt that if he had applied to the Earl Marshal, 

and established his descent from the same common ancestor, the same coat 
would have been granted to him, but to claim that, because the coat had 
been granted to nis cousins and their descendants, it also established his 
right to it, and justified his use of it, is a position too absurd to require a 
moment's notice. 

But there is a sequel to this history of the Dummer arms. In 1720, 
the first two brothers named, P^dmund and Thomas Dummer, evidently 
having discovered that the coat granted to them was not the Dummer 
coat, again petitioned the Earl Marshal for that also. The officials of the 
College of Arms, according to usage and custom, on the ground that genu- 
ine Dummers might make their appearance, to whom the coat belonged of 
right, declined to give them the precise coat of Dummer, but gave them 
one as near like it as they conveniently could. On the 5th of April, 1721, 
they had a new grant, by which the former coat was so far altered as to 
make the demi-lion in the chief ** rampant sable," instead of '' or," and a 
•econd coat given them, viz. : Gules, nine billets argent, 4, 3, and 2, and a 
bezant in base, which two coats theg and their descendants only might bear 
and use, either singly or quarterly 

124 Southwark Park Road, London, S. E. 

Note. — Col. Chester's reflection uj)on Gov. Dummer, in respect to the 
use of arms, would seem to be uncalled for. The act of HeraUrs College in 
1711, by its very terms, was not an original grant of a coat of arms, but 
simply a recognition and confirmation of the prescriptive right and title 
which the applicants had to a certain coat from their ancestors ; in which 
Gov. Dummer shared equally with the applicants, altliough he did not join in 
the application. Again, the Herald's College, by allowing to certain per- 
sons, in 1721, the use of Dummer arms (with only such variations as were 
needful to provide — according to custom — for the possible contingency ex- 
plained by Col. Chester), only recognized and confirmed a right in which 
ill descendants of the Dummer heiress who had carried her arms, by mar- 
riage, into another family, shared alike, although only two members of this 
fiunily applied to have the right confirmed. — E. E. S. 







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1881.] Early History of Brookfield, Mass. 333 



EARLY mSTOEY OF BROOKFIELD, MASS. 

By Henbt E. Waits, Esq., of West Newton, Mass. 

IN the midst of the thriving villages of South and West Brook- 
field, and surrounded by the charming swells and meadows of 
this ancient town, is a lofty eminence kno^vn to the present genera- 
tion as " Foster Hill," over which winds the ^ old post road " from 
Boston to Springfield. On its western slope, in a dilapidated con- 
dition, stands the former residence of the Hon. Jedediah Foster, 
one of the wisest and purest of the revolutionary patriots, and on 
the opposite slope is the site of the older mansion of the distin- 
guished Merrick family, later and more widely known as the 
" Wait Tavern," a popular resort of travellers and soldiers during 
the French and Indian war ; but the chief point of historical inter- 
est is to be found on the broad summit of the hill, where may still 
be traced the vestiges of a more ancient occupation, and on which 
still seems to linger the shadow that was cast there more than two 
hundred years ago when the first settlement of the place was extin- 
guished in blood and ashes ; to be again attempted, and for forty 
years attended with such constant danger and so great loss of life, 
that altogether the name of Brookfield has ever since seemed to be 
a reminder of Indian treachery and hostility. 

The question naturally arises, who were the daring pioneers that 
had the hardihood to disturb this solftude, hitherto broken only by 
the cries of ferocious beasts and of more savage men, and to plant 
their future homes in this perilous region thirty miles away from 
their nearest and only neighbors at Lancaster, Springfield and Ilad- 
ley ? Surely it would seem to require a rare resolution to tarry here 
even a single night; "for yonder quiet stream, creeping down the 
valley like a silver thread into the Wickaboag would guide the set- 
tler to the chief seat of the Xipmucs — but a morning's run distant " 
— a larger tribe, and ranging over more territory than any of the 
New England Indians, except the Narragansetts. 

Referring to the records of the town, they are found to commence 
with the second incorporation in 1718, and while confirmino^ a few 
earlier land grants, are silent upon this subject with one exception 
hereinafter mentioned. The record of the General Court under the 
date of May 20th, 1660, says : "In answer to the petition of seve- 
ral inhabitants of Ipswich this Court judgeth it meet to grant the 
petitioners six miles square of land near Quaboag pond," &c., but 
who the petitioners were does not appear. 

Recorded at Springfield is the following Indian deed : 

" November 10"* 1665. These presents testify, that Shattoockquis the sole 
and proper owner of certain lands at Quaboag ... for and in considera- 

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334 Early History of Broohfieldy Mass. [Oct. 

tion of the sum of ' three hundred fathom of wampnmpeage ' [Indian string- 
ed money of the value of 1500 English shillings] . . . doth sell unto En- 
sign Thomas Cooper of Springfield for the use and behoof of the present 
English planters at Quaboag and their associate, certain parcels of land at 
the north end of Quaboag pond .... from the meadow of Podunk to 
Wickaboag pond," &c. 

The record of the General Court again says, May 5th, 1667 : 

''This Court having perused the grant made in 1660 to the first under- 
takers for that place do find that by their non observance of the condition 
of their grant, the same is altogether void . . . and considering that there 
is already at Quaboag about six or seven families, this Court will readily 
grant them the liberty of a township when they shall be in a fit capacity: in 
the meantime this Court appoints Captain John Pynchon [of Springfield], 
John Ayres, William Pritchard, Richard Coy and John Younglove to or- 
der the afiairs of the place . . . admit inhabitants . • . grant lands/' &c. 

It would seem from this that the settlers then at Quaboag were not 
the original grantees. The records of the town contain the follow- 
ing entry : 

'* At a meeting of the committee for Brookfield July 2* 1668, Present 
John Pynchon, John Ayres, Richard Coye, William Pritchard, then order- 
ed and agreed that the land that is lying between John Younglov*s and 
Samuel Warner's land be reserved for a ministry, &c. A true Coppy ex- 
tracted from an ancient writing of the Committee for Brookfield. 

pr Thomas Gilbert, Town Clerk for Brookfield." 

The Court seems not to have granted the petition of Quaboag 
October 9th, 1670, signed by " Richard Coy, John A}t:^8 and Wil- 
liam Pritchard in behalf of the rest," to be made a town, and for an 
enlargement of the grant to twelve miles square, as the petitioners 
say, " because we find the meadow not suflScient to acconinuxlate 
families enough to make a comfortable society in a place so remote 
from other plantations in the wilderness as ours is." And further, 
" that if the great farm laid out very near our plantation for Peter 
Tufts,* . . . should not fall within our bounds that it may pay 
public charge with us," &c. In the records of the General Court 
for the October session, 1673, the following entry is found : 

" In ans' to the petition of the inhabitants of Qnnhauge the Court judgeth 
it meete to grant their request, i. e. the liberty & priuiled^re of a township, 
and that the name thereof be Brookfeild provided they divide not the whole 
lands of the towneship till they be forty or fiuety familyes ; in the mean- 
time that their dividings one to another exceede not two hundred acres to 
any present inhabitant." 

December 19th, 1673, the following endorsement was made on 
the Indian deed of 1665 : 

• John Pierce, of London, England, mariner, June 4, 1669, sells to his brother-in-law 
Peter Tufts, of Charlestown, yeoman, " my 600 acres of land granted by the General Court 
in 1668."— HampjAire Cowvty Deedi, c. 448. 



1881.] Harly History of Broohfield^ Mass. 335 

^ I, Thomas Cooper, relinquish all my right and title in the lands within 
mentioned bought of Shattoockquis, hereby declaring that my acting in the 
premises was only in the behalf of the inhabitants of Quaboag (now called 
Brookfield) who had obtained a grant thereof from the honorable General 
Court and are now allowed a Town. I do therefore hereby deliver up this 
instrument or deed of sale to John Warner, Richard Coye and William 
P^itchard of Quaboag alias Brookfield, for the use and as the proper right 
of the inhabitants of Brookfield," &c. 

Capt. Thomas Wheeler, in his narrative of the destruction of 
Quaboag, August 3d, 1675, says that in the Indian ambuscade of 
his company preceding the attack, three men of the town who ac- 
companied him were killed, viz. : " Sergeant Eyres, Sergeant 
Pritchard and Corporal Coy,*' and the following day a son of Ser- 
geant Pritchard was killed and Thomas Wilson wounded. These 
men are designated by Rev. Dr. Fiske in his historical sermon of 
1775, as "Captain John Ayres, John [Richard] Coye, Joseph 
[William] Pritchard, Samuel Pritchard and Major Wilson." 

This has hitherto been the answer of records and tradition as to 
who were the original and heroic founders of the present flourishing 
settlements of North, South and West Brookfield. The files of the 
General Court have been repeatedly searched in vain for the peti- 
tion referred to as granted in October, 1673, and the discouraging 
conclusion was arrived at that this most important link in the chain 
of the early history of the town was forever lost. But by the merest 
accident of time and place the original petition has been recently 
brought to light, not from the archives of the state, as might be 
expected, but from the apparently uninteresting material of a junk- 
shop, whence it was rescued by Dr. John F. Pratt, of Chelsea, 
to whom the thanks of the citizens of the Brookfields and all inter- 
ested in the preservation of such valuable records of the past are 
due. The following is a copy of the document : 

To the Highly Honno"* y« Gen'll Co'*' of the Massachusett : 
The humble Petition of the Inhabitants of Quaubauge, 
Sheweth That whereas wee being not yet allowed a Towneship wee are 
disabled as to comfortably carrying on y* affaires of the place as is requisite 
for the publicke & our own conveniences in diverse respects, as for the Or- 
dering the Prudentiall affaires of the Town proper to Select Men, makeing 
& collecting of Rates &c. Wee have indeed a Comittee to helpe in these 
matters, but in regard we cannot rationally desire or expect the p'sence & 
assistance of One of the Comittee (viz^ the Honno"* Majo' Pynchon) Soe 
often as we need by reason of his remoteness, And yett w***out his p'sence 
or concurrence the Comittee cannot make a valid act : The p'mises consid- 
ered Our Humble request is, that this much Honno"* Co'** would be pleased 
to grant us the priviledge & liberty es of a Township whereby we may be 
the better inabled to carry on our owne matters w%ut too much distraction. 
And Yo' Petition's shall ever pray for yo' prosperity 
If Yo' Honno's please Let y' Name of y* Place be Brookfeild : 
Octob'yM0*M673. 



336 Early History of Broohfield, Mas$. [Oct. 

John Ayres, Senr John Tounglove 

Richard Coy, Senr William Prichet 

Samel Kent John Ayres Junr 

John Warner Nathaniel Warner 

Samuel Warner James Tranis 

Samuel Ayres Richard Coy 

Thomas Parsons James Hovey 

Thomas Wilson Jud* Tromball 
Samuell Prichet 

Springfeild Octob. 11*^ 1673. 

I haue long desyred to be discharged from being of the Committee for 
Qvabaug : ia regard of my many occasions & remoteness having bin little 
serviceable to y™ : I doe vtterly decline y* worke, & desire their motion for 
being allowed a Towne may be accepted & Granted by y* ^ono^ed Court, 
hoping it may p've beneficial to them and the Publike : 

John Ptnchok. 

The Deputyes Judge meete to graunt this pet & that the name of the 
place be Brookefeild as is aboue desired o' Hono*^ magistrates consenting 
hereto. William Torret, Cleric. 

The magis*' Consent heereto provided they divide not the whole land of 
y* Township till they be forty or fiuety familyes in y* meane time y* their 
dividings one to ano^^er exceed not two hundred acres apeec to any p'sent 
inhabitant, their brethren the deputyes hereto Consenting 

22*** octobe' 1673. Edward Rawson, Secret 

Consented to by the deputies W™* Torret, Cleric. 

[On the back of the original document is this entry :] 

In ans' to y* peticSn of the Inhabitants of Quabaug The Court Judgeth 
it meet to grant their request i. e. the liberty & priuiledge of a Towneship 
and that the name thereof be Brookefeild Prouided they Divide not the 
whole land of the Towneship till they be forty or fiuety familyes in the 
meane tjme that their Dividings one to another exceed not two hundred 
acres apeece to any present Inhabitant, originale, E. R. S*^: 

[Endorsement for filing :] 

The pet. of the Inhabitants | of Quabauge Entred & | 2* & 6** payd | 
31 p Curiam. 

X Ent 

A facsimile of the petition, one quarter of the actual size, is given 
on page 332. Brief notices of the several signers are given below: 

John Younglove. The earliest date found in connection with his name 
is in Mr. John Ward Dean's memoir of the Rev. Michael Wigglesworth. 
The subject of the memoir being in poor health, was encouraged by Mr. 
YouTiglove to visit the Bermudas with him. They sailed from Boston 
September 23, 1663, and were absent nearly a year. The following, much 
of it from Savage's Dictionary and Judd's History of Hadley, seems to em- 
brace all that can now be learned about him : — John Younglove, j>erhaps son 
of Samuel of Ipswich, who came from England in 1635, was appointed in 
1667 with John Pynchon of Springfield a committee for Quaboag. He ad- 
ministered the estate of his brother James of Quaboag in January of the same 



1881.] Early History of Broohfield, Mass. 337 

year, who died without a family. He removed to Hadley about 1 675, having 
preached in Brookfield a year or two with no great satisfaction. A free- 
man of Hadley in 1676/ with prefix of respect, and after teaching the gram- 
mar school there for several years, he is next found as a preacher at Suffield 
in 1681, but there met with no better acceptance than at Brookfield. Pro- 
bably he was never ordained, and when the Ck)urt advised him to cease 
preaching it may derogate nothing from his moral worth, for as my corres- 
pondent says, '* he may have had an unhappy temper, but it is not unlikely 
that the temper of the people was worse than his." He died in Suffield 
June 3, 1690, leaving a wife Sarah and several children. The eldest son 
John was perhaps bom in Brookfield, but the others were bom in Hadley 
and Suffield.* In March, 1703, the principal part of his estate in Brook- 
field was sold to the Rev. Joseph Smith.f 

John Atres. A full sketch of his family by W. H. Whitmore, Esq., 
has been published. He was of Ipswich, 1648; married Susanna, daughter 
of Mark Symonds ; removed to Brookfield about 1660, where he received 
nearly 2000 acres of land and became one of the principal men of the set- 
tlement. He was killed by Indians when the town was destroyed in 1675, 
and his widow and children returned to Ipswich. Of the children, John, 
Jr., and Samuel were not living in 1717, when their brothers Thomas, Jo- 
seph, Mark, Nathaniel and Edward, petition the General Court for confirm- 
ation of the lands laid out by the committee for Brookfield to them, in satis- 
fiiction of former grsints to Uieir father, &c. 

William Prichard, of Lynn 1645, and Ipswich 1648, was one of the 
first settlers of Brookfield, and, as Savage says, was ''clerk of the writs,'* 
a sergeant of militia, and at the destruction of the town in 1 675, was killed 
by Indians, with his son Samuel. His sons John of Topsfield and Joseph 
of Amesbury, in 1690, sell to their brother William of Suffield, all their 
lands in Brookfield, with their rights in the estates of their father and bro- 
ther Samuel, but previous to this sale a portion of the father's estate had 
been sold to Hezekiah Dickenson, of Hadley, who perhaps lived in Brook- 
field long enough to ere(!t the ''frame of a house," which he sold in 1693, 
with fifty-five acres of land, to Stephen Jennings of Hatfield, whose son 
Joseph — the second representative of Brookfield to the General Court^ — 
with wife Mary, sold, with other parcels, in 1717, to Tilley Merrick, of 
Springfield, who married Sarah, daughter of Obadiah Cooley, of Springfield. 

Richard Coy, aged thirteen years in 1638, and his brother Matthew 
aged fifteen years, came, it is said, to Boston in that year, perhaps with 
their sister Mary, who married John Lake. After living several years at 
Boston, he is found at Wenham with a wife Martha and sons Richard and 
John, and had Jebuz, born June 16, 1660, and at Salisbury, Caleb, bom 
August 16, 1666. He was of Brookfield in 1667, a corporal of the militia 

• Mr. ToangloTO was doubtless sacceeded in the ministry at Brookfield bj Thomaa Mil- 
let, who came to New England in 1635 with wife Mary and son Thomas, and settled in 
Dorchester, where he resided sercral years and had other children, and where his wife's 
Uther, John Grenaway, lived. Babson, in his History of Gloucester, says that in 1855 he 
purchased the property of William Perkins, and succeeded him in his religious office as well 
is in the possession of his lands at Gloucester, as appears by the court records, although it is 
not known that he was ever ordained for the work of the ministry. The Rev. John Emerson 
being called to the church at Gloucester in 1659, was afterwards considered its settled pas- 
tor. Mr. Millet appears there as selectman in 1668, but was living in Brookfield with his 
wiA when he gave nis consent, Jnne 3, 1675, to the sale of a house and land in Gloucester, 
and died within a year from that time. His wife died in Gloucester Sept. 27, 1682. His chlld- 
xen owned land in Gloucester, and do not appear to have followed hiin to Brookfield. 

t Bee at the end, notices of the Early Ministers of Brookfield. 
VOL. XZXY. 29* 



338 Early History of BrooTefield^ Mass. [Oct. 

aod a leading man of the town where the localities of '^ Coy's hill " and 
^ Coj*8 brook " perpetuate his name. He was killed by Indians when the 
town was destroyed in 1675, and his widow "fled to Boston" with her 
children. In 1699, John Coy of Wenham, with wife Elizabeth, sold to 
Thomas Bams, all his farm in Brookfield, together with the rights grant- 
ed to his father " Richard Coy, Senior." 

Samuel Kent, of Gloucester — perhaps son of Thomas who was there 
in 1643, and died in 1658 — by wife Frances, had Sarah born 1657, Marj 
1658, Samuel 1661, and John 1664. He was of Brookfield before 1673, 
and of Suffield before 1678, where he died February 2, 1691. In 1686 he 
sold his rights in Brookfield to John Scott, Senior, of Suffield, whose sons 
Ebenezer and William, in 1703, sold the same to Thomas Bams of Brook- 
field. His brother Thomas Kent, Savage says, '^ was of Brookfield in 
1671," and a freeman of Gloucester 1690. 

John Warner, born in England about 1616 ; arrived in New England 
with his father William, brother Daniel and sister Abigail, in 1637, and 
settled at Ipswich. On the 10th of March, 1655, he married Priscilla, 
daughter of Mark Symonds, and sister of Susanna, who married John 
Ayres of Brookfield. In August, 1 665, they sold their homestead in Ip- 
swich and removed to Brookfield, he being one of the three trustees in 
whom the Indian deed of the town was vested in 1673. When the town 
was destroyed in 1 675 he found refuge at Hadley, where his son Mark had 
settled, and where ho died May 17, 1692. His children, some of them by 
a former wife, were: — 1. Samuel, bom 1640, of Dunstable, N. H., 1685 ; 
married Oct. 21, 1662, at Ipswich, Mercy, daughter of Richard Swan, and 
had: Priscilla, bom 1666, Samuel 1668, John 1670 (may have been he who 
in 1720 of Springfield sells rights in Brookfield to Henry Gilbert and Jo- 
siah Bemin), Dorothy 1672, Sarah 1674, Richard 1676. 2. Mark, 
who went to Hadley before his father. 3. Johri, said by the late Mr. Ed- 
ward Warner, in the Register, xx. 65, to have been killed in 1660 by the 
falling of a tree ; but Savage gives him four wives and a large family be- 
fore 1692, and the date of his death at Springfield, January 21, 1724, 
although the father in 1692 gave his real and personal estate to his '* three 
sons Mark, Nathaniel and Eleazer." 4. Nathaniel, born 1655, a weaver, 
removed to Hadley and died there 1714; was a post-rider between Boston 
and Springfield 1675-1680. 5. Joseph, horn 1657, died 1658. 6. Jlehii- 
able, 1658. 7. Daiiiel, 1661, died in Ipswich 1688. 8. Eleazer, 1662, 
died at Hadley 1729. 9. Priscilla, 1666. 

James Travis, born in Newbury April 28, 1 645 — son of Henry Travis 
or Travers, who came from London in 1634 — was of Gloucester, where 
he married April 18, 1667, Mercy, daughter of John Pierce, and had 
Elizabeth, born Feb. 8, 1668, in which year he sold his house and land 
in Gloucester to Thomas Millet, Senior, and removed to Brookfield. 

Thomas Parsons — ^son of Thomas of Windsor, a soldier in the Peqnol 
war of 1637 — was born there August 9, 1645 ; was of Brookfield in 16C6; 
married Dec. 24, 10G8, Sarah Dare of Windsor, and had Sarah born 16C9, 
Hannah 1671, and Thomas 1674, who died 1680. His wife died June 14, 
1674, and he removed to Suffield, where in 1699, with a wife Priscilla. 
they " being old and having no posterity," adopt Nathaniel Austin, who 
in 1702, then of Suffield, with wife Abigail, daughter of Lieut Thomas 
Hovey, of Hadley, sold Thomas Barns and Samuel Owen of Brookfield 
all lauds there formerly granted to Thomas Parsons. 



1881 .] Early History of Broohfield, Mass. 339 

Thomas Wilson — a son of Theophilus, who was of Ipswich 1636, and 
constable there for a long time — ^had a daughter Mary bom in 1657 at Ip- 
swich. He removed to Brookfield as early as 1667. He was known to 
the Indians as '^ Major Wilson," and his name appears upon the records of 
the town with the prefix of respect He was wounded by Indians when 
the town was destroyed, and returned to Ipswich, where his daughter Han- 
nah died in 1682. Felt says that he was " allowed £1 Oct 7, 1675, lor 
Ms losses by the Enemy at Quaboag." 

James Hoyet. His name is not mentioned in Capt Wheeler's narra- 
tive of the destruction of Brookfield, neither by Dr. Fiske in his historical 
discourse, but it appears in the list of those who were slain at Brookfield 
August 2, 1675, filed in the archives of the state. In 1703 his children, 
James of Maiden, a weaver, Daniel of Ipswich, and Samuel Smith and wife 
Priscilla of Charlestown, sell their rights in Brookfield to Benoni Morse of 
Dedham, adjoining land formerly granted his father Daniel Hovey and his 
brother Thomas. The latter not ^^ coming to reside " in Brookfield, his 
lands were re-granted to John Chad wick of Watertown, who sold the same 
in 1 687 to Peter King of Sudbury. Daniel Hovey, father of James, was 
of Ipswich in 1637, where, by wife Rebecca, who died in 1665, he had 
Daniel, bom 1642, John, Thomas, James, Joseph, Nathaniel, Abigail and 
Priscilla. Savage says that the father removed to Brookfield in 1668, and 
before the town was destroyed to Hadley and back to Ipswich, where he 
died in April, 1692, aged 73. 

JuDAH Tbumbull, of Rowlcy — son of John of Roxbury 1639, who 
married Ann, daughter of Richard Swan of Rowley and sister of Mercy 
the wife of Samuel Warner of Brookfield, and died in Rowley in July, 
1657 — removed to Brookfield, and before the destruction of the town to 
SufiSeld. By his wife Mary he had John, born March 5, 1674 ; Ebenezer, 
August 1, 1675 ; Joseph, 1677 ; Judah, 1679, killed by Indians near Brook- 
field in July, 1706 (Register, ix. 162), and others, and died in Suffield 
April 1, 1692. His brother Joseph, who was of SuQield before 1675, 
was grandfather of the first Gov. Jonathan Trumbull of Connecticut 

EARLY MINISTERS OF BROOKFIELD. 

Rxv. GiOROB PmLLiPS, bom June 3, 1664, graduated at Harvard University 1686 
(the son of the Rev. Samuel Phillips, of Rowley, and grandson of the Rev. George 
Phillips, the first minister of Watertown, Mass., who came from England in 1630). 
The exact date of his ministry at Brookfield does not appear ; in fact the only ref- 
erence to him that has been found is in connection with the lands of the town, where 
he is called, in 1714, '* sometime minister of the place." 

In November, 1696, the few families that for several years after the destruction 
of the town lingered among the desolations and dangers of the place, petition the 
General Court as follows : 

'* That we seem to be called of God to continue our habitation in this place. . . . 
That it is an intolerable burden to continue as we have done without the preaching 
of the word. . . . That we are not able at present to maintain the worship of God. 
We are but twelve families and are not of^ estate sufficient to give suitable encour- 
agement to a minister. ... we are willing to do to the outside of our ability, and pray 
tEat the Court will grant us some help for a few years for the maintenance of a 
godly able minister until we shall be able to uphold the worship of God,'* Jbc. Sign- 
id by Samuel Owen, Thomas and William Barns, Henry Gilbert, Stephen Jennings, 
John Wolcott, James and John Pettee, Samuel Davis, Thomas Parsons, Thomas 
Rich, Abyah Bartlett, Daniel Price, John Clary, Joseph Marks. The petition 
was granted by the court, and £20 appropriated ** towardis the support of an ortho- 
dox minister for one year, to commence from the time of the settlement of such a 
minister amongst them," and this grant of £20 was repeated from year to year 



340 Early History of BrooJcfield^ Mass. [Oct 

UDtil 1715. As the Rey. Joseph Smith leoeived the £20 for his first year in 1708, it 
would seem that Mr. Phillips was the first minister at Brookfield after 1006. Ue 
was ordained pastor of the chorch at Brookhaven, L. I., in 1703, where he oontina- 
ed in the ministry forty-two years. 

Rkv. Joseph Siqth (son of Lt. Philip Smith, deacon of the charcb in Hatfield, 
and representative, and grandson of Lt. Samuel Smith who came to New England 
in 1634 and became a leadingman in Wethersfield, Ct., and Hadley) was bom in 
1674 ; graduated at Harvard Universitv, 1695 ; married Esther Parsons, of Spring- 
field ; taught the grammar school at Hadley, also at Springfield, and removed to 
Brookfield, where he was '* chaplain of the garrison," 1702, and the minister of 
the place until 1705. He was ordained pastor of the church in Cohanzy, N. J., 
May 10, 1709, and pastor of the Second Church in Middletown, Ct., Jan. 15, 
1715. In 1716 he sold his estate in Brookfield to Capt. Thomas Baker. He was 
succeeded in the ministry at Brookfield by the Rev. William Grosvenor. 

Rev. William Grosvbnor, bom in Rozbury, Mass., January 8, 1673, was gradu- 
ated at Harvard University in 1693. and was the minister at Brookfield in 1706-7, 
and possibly until after the death ot his brother John who was killed there by In- 
dians July 23, 1710, his estate beins settled in 1724 by their brothers Leicester and 
Ebenezer Grosvenor, of Pomfret, Ct. These brothers were the children of John 
Grosvenor, of Rozbury, who was one of the proprietors of Pomfret, and formerly of 
Cheshire, England — a scion of the illustrious house of Grosvenor, if credence be given 
to the coat ofarms on his tombstone at Rozbury,^ with the date of his death, 1691, bis 
being the fi&milY name of the Marquis of Westminster, *' who is accounted the weal- 
thiest of English noblemen." The only trace of the Rev. William Grosvenor after be 
left Brookfield, may be the query by Mr. Sibley in his list of Harvard graduates, 
published in the Rbqister for April, 1878 : ** Did he remove to Charleston, S. C, 
and die there? *1733." His successor in the ministry at Brookfield seems to have 
been the 

Rsv. John James, from 1712 to 1714. President Stiles says he came from Eng- 
land, but it may have been when quite voung, for it is very probable that he wm 
the subject of tne first baptism at Charlestown, Mass., in January or June, 1633, 
the son of the Rev. Thomas James, who arrived there from England in June, 1632, 
preached about four years, removed to New Haven in 1639, sailed to Virginia in 
1642, and before 1648 returned to England, where be passed the remainder of bis 
days as the minister at Needham, County Suffolk. Rev. John James preached at 
Haddam as early as 1683, and began at Derby, Ct., in 1693 ; while '* be was devoted 
to books," it may be said that ** he was not a popular speaker although a faithful, 
efBcient man, undertaking more than he could possibly do." He was dismissed from 
Derby at his request in 1706 on account of ill health, and removed to Wetherefield, 
where he died Aug. 10, 1729, *' probably leaving no descendants." In the Boston 
Athenasum is a mutilated broadside containing several poetical effusions *' On the 
Death of the very learned Pious and Excellmg Gershom Bulkley Esq. M.D.," 
with the name ** Johannis Jamesius Londonensis, Brookfield Decemb. 7, 1713 " at- 
tached. Extracts from the poems are printed in Sibley's list of Harvard Graduates. 

Mr. James was succeeded by the 

Rev. Daniel Eluer, who was graduated at Yale College in 1713, and preached 
at^rookfield in 1714-15. He was bom in East Windsor, Ct., but whether older or 
younger than his brother Dea. Jonathan Elmer, who was bom in 1687, has not beea 
ascertained, nor who his father was, although thought to have been the Samuel 
Elmer who was baptized March 21, 1647, the son ot Edward Elmer, who arrived 
from Eni^land in 1632, a member of the original party under the Rev. Mr. Hooker, 
who settled Hartford, where he was a landholder in 1639, and removing to Northamp- 
ton about 1656, and to Windsor after 1058, was killed by Indians in 1676. In a no- 
tice of Wcstborough in 1767 by the Rev. Eleazer Barkman, quoted in iStiles's 
Windsor, pasre 606, it is stated that the Rev. Mr. Elmer, after leaving Brookfield, 
preached at VVestborough, Mass., several years, and when the church was gathered 
there in 1721 he received a call from the people, but difficulties arose, ana though 
he built upon the farm that was given for the first settled minister, yet by the advice 
of an ecclesiastical council he desisted from preaching, and with his famUy removed 
to Springfield in 1724, and was settled in the ministry at Fairfield, N. J., about 
1729. lie married Mar^ret, sister of Rev. Jonathan Parsons, of Newburyport ; and 
second, Webster, having by both wives twelve children. The £auiiily of Elmer 



1881.] T^ree Years on Board the Kearaarge. 341 

is Boppofled to be the same with that of John Aylmer, tutor to Lady Jane Grey, 
afterwards made Bishop of London by Queen £)iizabeth. The next minister at 
BrookiBeld was the 

Rxv. Thomas GHxyKT, bom in Rozbury, Mass., January 29, 1668-9 (son of Wil- 
liam Cheney, who married Ma^ 24, 1686, Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Newell), was 
Siduated at Harvard Uniyersity 1711 ; married first, Dorothy, daughter of Joseph 
wley, of Roxbury and Northampton, and one of the committee for Brookfield ; 
and second. May 22, 1746, Marr, aaugnter of the Rct. John Cotton. She died in 
1784. He preached at Brookfield from 1715 until he was ordained and permanently 
settled as pAstor of the church when it was gathered, Oct. 16, 1717. 



THREE YEARS ON BOARD THE KEARSARGE. 

Oommanlcated by A. J. Lathbop, Esq., Pablic Librarian of the town of Waltbam, Mass. 

THE following extracts are from a diary kept on board the United 
States Steam Sloop Kearsarge during that cruise which was 
made famous by the destruction of the Alabama. The diary was 
kept by Charles A. Poole, of Brunswick, Me. It commences Nov. 
27, 1861, and ends Nov. 10, 1864. 

Nov. 27, 1861. " Having determined to enter the service of the United 
States. I started for Portsmouth, N. H., and enlisted in the navy for the 
term of three years unless sooner discharged. I am going to work on 
board the vessel until she goes to sea. She is lying at the Portsmouth Navy 
Yard. I visited her to-day and found a fine-looking steamer of one thou- 
sand thirty-one tons burden, barque-rigged. She is intended to have 
two engines of four hundred horse-power each. She is called the Kear- 
sarge, and is named after a mountain in the state of New Hampshire. The 
carpenters, machinists and riggers are busy at work, and are getting her 
ready for sea as soon as possible. I have shipped in the engineer's depart- 
ment, under the command of chief engineer William H. Cushman.'* 

Dec 5, 1861. " Weather very fine. There is great activity in the Yard 
to-day. About fourteen hundred hands are at work. They have got up 
the frames of four steamers, two side-wheelers and two propellers, and made 
them nearly ready for launching. The men work with great despatch. 
They generally get a steamer ready to launch in ninety days, and sometimes 
quicker." 

Jan. 24, 1862. " Weather quite warm. We are getting in stores to-day. 
At 1 P.M. the crew arrived from the guard-ship Ohio lying at the Navy- 
Yard, Charlestown, Mass. They came in a smsdl tug-boat After they ar- 
rived the colors and pennant were Jioisted, and the ship was put in commis- 
sion under the command of Capt Charles W. Pickering and 1st Lieut T. 
C. Harris. Our surgeon, J. M. Browne, also came on board. We have not 
yet got our hammocks, and are not going to stay on board." 

Feb. 5, 1862. '* At 9 AM. lighted fires and got up steam. At 11 A.M. 
we cast oflf our moorings, and backed out, turned round and steamed down 
river. There was a largo crowd of people on the wharf to witness our de- 
parture. As we passed Forts Constitution and McClary, they saluted us 
by firing guns, and the men gave us three cheers. We manned the rigging 
and returned die compliment in the same manner." 



342 Three Tears on Board the Kearsarge. [Oct. 

March 7, 1862. " During the afternoon we passed Trafalgar Bay, cde- 
hrated for the battle fought by Nelson. It is not a very good bay, and affiordi 
no protection to vessels in bad weather. At 10 P.M. we ran in and an- 
chored off Algeciras, Spain. We found the U. S. steam-sloop Tuscaron 
lying here blockadingthe Sumpter." 

March 8, 1862. "We are lyingoff the small town of Algeciras, and about 
nine miles from the celebrated Kock of Gibraltar. At 12 M. got under 
way and steamed over to the Rock, and came to anchor within a hundred 
yards of the pirate steamer Sumpter. She is an old steamer of about 750 
tons burden, barque-rigged, and has six guns of small calibre. She is in bad 
condition, her boilers being badly used up. I hardly think she will go to 
sea as a privateer again, although she still flies the secession flag. Her crew 
are singing Dixie as if in defiance of us, and as much as to say, the guns of 
Gibraltar protect us, touch us if you dare. She is commanded by Captain 
Baphael Semmes, who was an officer in the U. S. service before the wir 
broke out" 

Oct. 7, 1862. <' Ship at anchor off Horta, island of Fayal, coaling and 
repairing engines. Capt Semmes of the Sumpter has got another and larger 
vessel, (^ed at first the 290, but the name is now changed to the Alabama, 
and he has been burning and destroying vessels in this vicinity, mostly 
whalers. He landed the crews on this island, and we had on b(>ard of as 
nine of the captains who had lost their vessels." 

Jan. 15, 1863. " Weather very fine. Received news to-day that the 
Alabama had captured the Ariel, one of the California mail steamers. When 
shall the Kearsarge have a chance of engaging Semmes and his vessel, and 
stopping his destroying so many merchantmen ? I hope to come across her 
one of these days and try her metal against us." 

April 8, 1863. " At 10.30 A.M. we were called to quarters for inspec- 
tion, and got into our places when the new officers came over the side. They 
then inspected the crew and the ship, and the retreat was beat. The mea 
and officers were called to muster, and Capt. Pickering's orders were read, 
ordering him home, and he introduced Capt. John A. Winslow as com- 
mander of the Kearsarge, and Thornton as first lieutenant and execu- 
tive officer." 

June 12, 1864. " Sunday. First part of the day rainy, but soon cleared 
ofl* and came out fine. Inspection at quarters. Divine services were held 
in the cabin of Capt. Winslow, who also distributed a quantity of religious 
tracts to the ship's company. At half past seven got under way and steam- 
ed up the river Scheldt. Went about and steamed down past Flushing. We 
were cheered by the people, who seemed to have all turned out to take a 
last look at us. We had just got past when the rough voice of the boat- 
swain was heard calling all hands to muster, and there was a general rush, 
all anxious to hear the news. When all -were up, Capt. Winslow addressed 
the crew thus : * Men, I congratulate you in saying that the Alabama has 
arrived at Cherbourg, and the Kearsarge, having a good name in Euglaod 
and France, is to have her cruising ground off* that port' Here our boat- 
swain's mate, a patriotic young Irishman, stepped forward and proposed 
three cheers for the success of the Kearsarge, and was responded to by both 
crew and officers ; then three cheers for Capt Winslow, and they were given 
with a will. Capt. Winslow said he hoped that every man would be ou the 
lookout, and ready at a moment's notice, as we were leaving the Belgium 
and Holland coast, perhaps never to look on them again." 

June 19, 18G4. ^* When I was called this morning, found the weather 



1881.] Boger Oarde. 343 

fine witb a slight breeze from the eastward. Inspection at quarters as usual. 
We were standing in towards the land, when the lookout sung out, 'A 
steamer is coming and I believe it to be the Alabama.' The drum imme- 
diately beat to quarters, and in two minutes every man was at his station 
ready for action. I am stationed at the midship shell room and the armory. 
The order was passed to sand the decks ; this is to prevent the men from 
slipping when there is blood on the decks. Getting on a full head of steam, 
we ste^*ed off shore, having the appearance of running away from the Ala- 
bama. When seven miles from land, went about and steamed direct for 
her, with a slight sheer to prevent her from raking us. At 10.57 the Ala- 
bama commenced the action with her starboard battery at 1000 yards dis- 
tance, and we could see the shot fly and burst over our heads. At 11 A.M., 
nving a sheer to the vessel, we returned the fire with our starboard battery. 
This bringing the ships' heads in opposite directions, they commenced to steam 
in a circle. Roth vessels continued to fire very briskly for forty minutes, 
doing us but little injury, but the Alabama was observed to settle in the 
water. She hauled down her colors in token of surrender, but afterwards 
fired a gun at us, and we returned it with a broadside. She was then ob- 
served to be making sail, but could make no headway, for to all appearance 
she had lost her rudder. The Kearsarge was then laid across her bows, 
ready to rake her if she renewed the battle, but she showed a flag of truce, 
and sent a boat alongside. The Alabama settled very quick by the stern. 
Her bows rose in the air, and we had the pleasure of seeing her follow her 
many defenceless victims to a watery grave, leaving her crew struggling in 
the water." 



ROGER GARDE, 
Mator of Accomenticus and Recorder of Province of Maine. 

Bj Assistant Surgoon Chables £. Banks, U. S. MariDe Hospital Serrice. 

DURING an extended research for the materials necessary to 
develop the personal history of Governor Edward Godfrey of 
Maine, many items relative to the subject of this sketch have fallen 
into my possession, and I deem it best to put them into shape for 
those whom it may concern. 

Roger Garde was one of the early planters of Maine during the 
domination of the Gorges, and 




- Qp^*^ 






had settled in York before 1637, 
as on June 11th of that year 
Samuel Maverick sold him land 
in the town limits (York Deeds, 

i. 118). The first court held Roger Garde's Official Signature.* 

under commission of the Lord Proprietor Sir Ferdinando Gorges, 
was convened at Saco, and Gai*de was appointed its registrar, which 

• Kindly ftamished to the writer by Dr. J. 8. H. Fogg, of Boston, fh)m his manuscript 
collections. This is from a deed signed by Sir Fenlinando Gorges and Capt. John Mason, 
and attested by Oarde.— See Reoisteb, xxxii. 52-4. 



344 Boger Garde. [Oct. 

office he held until his death. In the creation of the first municipal 
charter of Accomenticus, giving the struggling village the privi- 
leges of a corporation, 10 April, 1641, Gorges nominated him as 
one of the eight aldermen, and adds : '* The said Roger Garde shalbe 
the first Recorder there and he shal alsoe execute the OflSce of Towne 
Clarke" (Hazard, i. 472). Before the more elaborate charter, 
dated 1 March, 1642, had arrived, when Gorges actually made this 
village a city in name (before it was called a '* Towne"), Garde had 
succeeded Thomas Gorges in the borough mayoralty (Williamson, 
i. 288-9), and he in turn at the election under the new charter was 
defeated or superseded by Edward Godfrey, who became the first 
city magistrate. At the next term Garde was elected as successor 
to Godfrey, or as Winthrop records it, "... for they had lately 
made Acomenticus (a poor village) a corporation, and had made a 
taylor their mayor" (Winthrop, ii. 121). It may be inferred from 
this sarcastic fling at the new city, that the worthy Governor sup- 
posed he had finished the character of the place by the sneering allu- 
sion to the trade of its chief official. It came with rather doubtful grace 
from the grandson of a clothworker. Doubtless the reason of the ele- 
vation of Garde to this office was due to his personal exertions for the 
welfare of the " poor village." In a deed from Maverick to him dated 
25 Nov. 1642, it is recited, that is given "for and in consideration of 
the great charge & travel the said Roger Gard had bestowed for the 
advancement and furtherance of the Plantation of Agamenticus." 
When Governor Thomas Gorges left Maine in the fall of 1643, he 
made Garde his steward, — according to the testimony of Robert 
Knight and Arthur Bragdon, taken 6 July, 1671, "to let & sol his 
whole estate he left in tlie Province of Maine." — York Deeds, i. 14. 

Turning again to Winthrop's Journal (ii. 210), under date of 
February, 1644-5, the following facts are gleaned : 

Sometime in this month, " one Cornish," formerly of Weymouth, 
was found dead in York River. " His wife being a lewd woman,'* 
was suspected and brought " before the mayor ilr. Roger Gju^e 
and others of the province of Maine and strong presumptions came 
in against her, whereupon she was condemned and executed." She 
finally confessed to have led an adulterous life, and *' charged two 
especially, the said Garde, the mayor, and one Edward Johnaon, 
who confessed it openly at the time of her execution ; but the mayor 
denied it, and it gave some likelihood that he was not ffuiltv because 
he had carried himself very zealously and impartially in discovery of 
the murder." Winthrop suspects that he might have been dissem- 
bling, as he was " but a carnal man and had no wife in the country." 

The results of this trial luid a depressing effect upon Mayor 
Garde, for while it is probable that the charges against him were 
but the malignant slander of a condemned adulteress, yet they were 
of such a nature as to make many people ready to suspect him. 
While she might not have been able to prove her assertions, yet 



1881.] Was Gov. Levereit a Knight f 345 

in those days with nothing else but gossip to occupy their minds, 
the villagers were ever ready to bandy this story about. The fol- 
lowing letter from James Parker, dated " Straw berrie Banck the 
28 of the 5th 45," leads us to the conclusion that this unjust popular 
opinion may have hastened his death, which occurred after 12 Aug. 
1644 and previous to 24 Jan. 1645. Parker writes : 

** Mr. Guard is dead & left little manifestation off any breaking off spi- 
rit, only cried out much off the people, that they bad broke his hearte. And 
see grew some times mazd with it. Mr. Hull offered to preach yet his funer- 
all sermon & did and the people all solemnly interred him with there 
armes." — 4 Mus. Hist CoU,, vii. 445. 



He was succeeded as registrar by William Waldron, "a man 
given to drunkeness and contention," according to Winthrop (Jour- 
nal, ii. 278), but ''also a good clerk and a subtle man." All of 
Garde's estate, which had been assimed in 1645 to John and Marv 
(Puddington) Davis, of York, for a debt of £5, was quit-claimed 
in 1662 to " John Gard, merchant, now living in Boston." John 
was probably a brother to Roger, and in the later years of his life 
lived in Newport, E. I., being the "old John Garrard" referred to 
in Savage (vol. ii., title Garrard or Garde). John Gard in 1670 
speaks of "William Titherly of Devon, England, now in Boston," 
as his brother-in-law (Suffolk Deeds, vii. 72), but it is not known 
on which side the marriage took place to account for the relationship. 



w 



WAS GOV. LEVERETT A KNIGHT? 

[Concluded from page 275.] 

E take pleasure in submitting to the readers of the Register 
the report of the Heraldry Committee on this subject. 



REPORT. 

The Committee on Ileraldry. to whom was referred the letter of Mr. 
Tattle on the above question, which letter, with other matter relating to the 
subject, appears in full in the Register for July last, pp. 272-275, unani- 
mously concurring in the opinion that the evidence is not sufficient to estab- 
lish the affirmative, have requested the chairman to draw up a report, which 
is hereunder given. 

We should do injustice to Mr. Tuttle and the society if we simply ad- 
mitted the force of the reasons he assigns for his conclusion that Gov. 
Leverett was never ma<le a knight Such honors, if exclusively w^ithin the 
royal prerogative, have always been guarded by certain requisite formali- 
ties, rites and records. Though the rules were, no doubt, far less strin- 
gent and less respected two centuries ago than at present, no mere super- 
scription on a letter upon another subject, and without the slightest refer- 
ence to any such royal intent, would even then have been considered suffi- 

TOL. XXXV. 30 



346 Was Gov. Leverett a Knight f [Oct. 

ciently formal for any such purpose. No other evidence is known to exist 
in this case, and we are all of a mind, that the address of the letter can he 
explained without the assumption that Leverett was ever made a knight. 

The inquiry involves so much else that is interesting in our coloniiU an- 
nals, its consideration brings into review so many eventful incidents and 
historical personages important to bear in mind, would we appreciate aright 
the question or come to a just conclusion, that we ought to be greatly 
obliged to Mr. Tuttle for proposing its discussion. Diligent students of the 
past may have little to learn, but many among us are glad to improve every 
opportunity that offers to become better acquainted with what so nearly 
concerns us. We have consequently, before stating the evidence and a^ 
guments bearing more directly upon the points at issue, ventured to allude 
to the personal and family history of Leverett, to his public services and 
relations with the king. Leverett, as well as the remarkable men with 
whom he was associated in political life, reflects glory upon our infant 
state. If moving on a less conspicuous theatre they were many of them 
quite the equals in ability and character of the statesmen at home, more 
frequently mentioned on the historic page. 

The more than twenty thousand Englishmen who escaped from civil and 
ecclesiastical thraldom under Stuart and Laud, to settle our New England 
plantations, fairly represented that better class they left behind them, which 
had recently produced for their more illustrious examples of character and 
ability, Shakspeare and Bacon, Raleigh and Sydney, and of whom were 
then in different stages and degrees of recognition or development, Eliot 
and Hampden, Hutchinson and Milton. The large number of the col- 
onists who had enjoyed the advantages of collegiate education, or whose 
printed productions testified to a varied culture, the intellectual strength and 
scholarly attainments, displayed in the colonial pulpit and practical saga- 
city in colonial affairs, indicated bow well the seed had been winnowed 
which planted our American harvest. In a community knit so clo-^ely 
by common wants and perils, devout disciples of the same teachers, what 
was best in the select leavened the rest, and their leaders whom thev pre- 
ferred to positions of responsibility and trust, on whose sensible and con- 
scientious exercise of their power the general welfare depended, were, as 
might have been expected, honest, prudent and able. 

Winthrop, the gentleman and statesman , well expressed in his own hap- 
pily constituted nature, the earnest convictions, and sense of dejwudence 
upon Providence, which braved the dangers of unknown seas and shores, 
and w^hich alone could have sustained the hearts of his associates staunch 
as they were, amidst such manifold hardships and discouragements. The 
strong-hearted Dudley, fitly compounded to confront and overcome and in- 
spirit by his dauntless courage ; Haynes, whose single year of gubernaUh 
rial service was followed by larger opportunities ot usefulness in a ueigh- 
oring colony ; the noble and generous-minded Vane ; Bellingham. and 
Endicott, all of whom shared with Winthrop while he lived the suprenw 
magistracy, unlike as they were and much as they differed in their several 
claims to respect and confidence, reflected back the many toned shadt'S of 
character of our puritan progenitors, who selected them for official dig- 
nity and duty. Winthrop, twelve years out of nineteen chosen to preside 
over the destinies of the infant settlement of Massachusetts, moulded and 
mirrored its prevailing characteristics during fhe first score of years. 

From his death to 1672, when Leverett succeeded to the office, Eudicotl 
for fourteen years, Dudley for one, and Bellingham for nearly nine, alle^ 



1881.] Was Gov. Leverett a Knight f 347 

natelj bore sway. Under Cromwell and the Protectorate, religious fervor, 
if intense and glowing as before, was not the more forbearing, and schis- 
matics were even more cruelly persecuted. Nor did intolerance assume any 
milder or more cheering form for a long period after the restoration, for 
the saturnalia which ran riot in England, at deliverance from gloomy and 
minatural asceticism, provoked simply disgust in a people whose respect for 
moral law was little tinctured with mercy. This reign of bigotry, to use 
the words of Savage, ** between the mild wisdom of Wiuthrop and the 
tolerant dignity of Leverett, came to an end when the latter as acting 
governor " succeeded Bellingham, who died at the age of four score in office 
in 1672. 

And who was Leverett, and what had he done to be selected for this re- 
sponsible position ? He had come to Boston, still in the freshness of youth, 
with his father in 1633. He had been in public employments under Ave 
of his seven predecessors, indeed under all except Haynes and Vane, and 
this long preamble and much that follows that might otherwise seem out of 
place, will serve to keep in mind the events and dates which might be refer- 
red to in arguing the probability or improbability of Leverett*s having actu- 
ally been knighted. 

His father Thomas, 1585-1650, of a family for many centuries honora- 
bly established in Lincolnshire, in 1610 married Ann Fisher, in St. Bo- 
tolphs in Boston, of which parish John Cotton became vicar two years 
later. For twenty years we are told that excellent pastor, though suspect- 
ed of disobedience to ecclesiastical domination in doctrine and observance, 
retained his incumbency through the influence of the elder Leverett with 
officials of the ecclesiastical courts, one of the proctors of which was his 
friend. When later the uncompromising conscientiousness of the puritan 
divine provoked the ill will of a parishioner, who denounced him to the 
authorities for administering the sacrament to communicants standing in- 
stead of kneeling, Leverett again exerted his influence at court to avert the 
danger. But Lord Dorset, not a very creditable personage, informed Mr. 
Cotton that if he had been guilty of drunkenness, or yet much graver fault, 
he might have obtained his pardon, but as he was guilty of puritanism 
and nonconformity, his crime was unpardonable, and therefore he advised 
him to flee for his safety. Cotton had already been invited to become the 
colleague of John Wilson in the new plantation on Massachusetts Bay, and 
leaving his beautiful church and the home so long endeared to him, with 
many friends from the neighborhood, he came to America in 1633. Tho- 
mas Leverett, resigning his office as alderman of Boston, accompanied his 
pastor, Edmund Quiucy, Edward Hutchinson the elder, and others of note, 
into exile. Not long before he had received with Mr. Beauchamp, kins- 
man of the Earl of Warwick, one of the company, a grant from the Ply- 
mouth Council of the Muscongus patent in Maine of ^' ten leagues square." 
It proved of no pecuniary advantage either to himself or his descendants 
for a century and a half, and then shorn of its grand proportions by trespass- 
ers and grants made from time to time to protect the rest, very little was left 
for even those who then indirectly represented the original proprietors, 
most of it having vested in the heirs of Brigadier Waldo when it became 
of any value. 

If not destined to realize his expectations of territorial aggrandizement, 
the alderman and patentee was spared the hardships and solicitudes of 
frontier life. He established himself in Boston, and here in honor and use- 
fulness spent the remainder of his days. His residence lay next east of the 



348 Was Gov. Leverett a Knight 9 [Oct. 

first meeting-house, near the present comer of State and Congress Streets. 
His grounds in the rear adjoined Winthrop's, whose death and his own 
occurred almost within the same twelve-month. Not far to the west, on 
what is now Pemberton Square, then Sentry Hill, dwelt his friend and 
pastor Mr. Cotton. A ruling elder of the church, appointed in 163.5, with 
Henry Vane and Thomas Oliver to settle all disputes, one of the leaders 
in the cause of education in establishing the first free school, for the six 
earliest years recording the municipal proceedings in which he took part 
as selectman, his experiences in the borough town of old Boston as alder- 
man, were curiously and variously brought to bear in orgaDizing public 
affairs in the new. 

His son John, bom in 1616, came with his father to America. From 
what is known of him later, his education had not been neglected. Soon 
after his marriage in 1639 with Hannah Hudson, he accompanied Edward 
Hutchinson, son of Ann, on a mission to Miantonomo, sachem of the Narrt- 
gansetts, to ensure peace, which proved successful. He went in 1644 to 
England with Robert Sedgwick, who having belonged to the artillery com- 
pany in London, had formed our own upon its model. Trained to arms 
under so accomplished a master, Leverett was prepared to take part in the 
turmoil that was then desolating the home country with fraternal strife. 
Both Sedgwick and himself took up arms for the parliament, Leverett hav- 
ing a command in Rainsborrow*s cavalry regiment, in which service he gained 
experience and some renown. The loss of his wife July 7, 1646, three 
months after the birth of his fourth child John, led the following year to 
his marriage with Sarah Sedgwick, and three years later he lost lus 
father. 

The next year at the age of thirty-five began his legislative career. He 
was elected iu 1651-52 one of the two representatives of Boston, part of the 
time presidin<; as Speaker. The favorable impression he made upon his as- 
sociiites in the house, maybe surmised from the positions of trust with which 
thev honored him. He was sent commissioner to reduce Maine to the 
jurisdiction of Massachusetts, and soon after employed to repress Gov. Stuy- 
vosaiit, whose projected attack on the English settlements had become 
known to Cromwell. A force of five hundred men was raised for the pur- 
pose, but as they were embarking peace contracted between the two bellig- 
erents left them at liberty for some other enterprise, and Sedgwick and 
Leverett, at their great expense and after hard fighting, took possession 
for England of all the French possessions between the Kennebec and St. 
Lawrence. The country was restored by the treaty of Breda in 10G4to 
the French crown, much to the disadvantage of the English colonies, prov- 
ing for a century longer a bone of contention. 

Wliile thus employed Lererett was selected to represent the colony in 
Eui^hind, and when these and other tasks assigned him permitted, went 
over and remained six years. Upon his return in 1G02, he was electttl 
Major General of the colonial forces, and again in the legislature presiilwl 
as S[)eaker, taking an active part in the debates and proceedings. For the 
next six years he had a seat in the Council, and after servint' two years as 
deputy governor by general consent he succeeded the age<l Bellingbanii 
and was reiilected as long as he lived without opposition. His own death 
in 1G70 made way for Bradstreet, the last of our governors under the colo- 
nial charter. 

Leverett*s administration fell on troubled times. Giving shelter to Goffe 
and Whalley had vexed the king, who eager for money to feed his extravf 



1881.] Was Gov. Leverett a Knight f 349 

gances and prodigality to worthless favorites, wished to raise a revenue 
from the colonies. The persecution of the Quakers, the coining of money, 
levy of imposts and of taxes on minors and strangers, the oath of allegi- 
ance exacted to the colony, though charges somewhat stale, and perhaps 
mere pretexts used to vacate the charter in 1685, were constant subjects 
of complaint against the colonial government There were other offences, 
such as the attack on the Acadian forts and the Dutch, disturbing the 
friendly relations with France, which created prejudice at court. The colo- 
ny, if it had not helped to stir up the great rebellion, had openly taken 
sides with the parliament. It was still regarded as of doubtful allegiance, 
and its independent temper alarmed prerogative. King Philip possibly 
chose the opportunity which he did, from an impression that no great efforts 
would be made by Charles to defend his rebel dependency. All the docu- 
ments preserved by the British government go to show that he sent Ran- 
dolph here when he felt we were weakest, and Palfrey enlarges upon this 
point. We have diligently examined the reports of the various depart- 
ments, which prove conclusively that Palfrey is correct, and agree with Mr. 
Tuttle's idea that the king did not favor us, or John Leverett as our represen- 
tative. The condition of affairs requiring ability of the best and consum- 
mate tact for their guidance, Leverett, from his intimate acquaintance with 
the public men here and at court, his familiarity with affairs civil and 
military, the confidence he inspired by his honesty of purpose, dignified 
demeanor and pleasant ways, proved equal to the emergency. He wielded 
a ready pen ; an address of his to the king elicited much commendation, 
as did also his correspondence, proclamations and other public documents. 
While defending firmly and with excellent judgment the chartered rights 
of the colony, his loyalty to the crown, expressed without reserve, and at 
the same time without taint of subserviency, skilfully averted controversies 
at critical moments which might have put those rights in jeopardy. 

His military career in the parliamentary army in 1644, and his well 
known friendly relations with Cromwell, his independent course in the ex- 
ercise of his official functions since his return to America in 1662, his dis- 
possession of the Dutch of their settlements in Acadia in 1674 and 1675, 
may be considered powerful, if not conclusive arguments against the pro- 
bability of his ever having received the distinction of knighthood. But 
whoever is familiar with that period, or many another in England's history 
under Tudor and Plantagenet, or with the annals of our race in other lands 
and ages, must recall numerous instances where invaluable services to crown 
or country remained without requital, and disaffection and demerit were as 
often quite forgotten where there was power to hurt, to be purchased by 
rank or gifl. 

There were, however, so many more honorable motives which might 
have actuated the king to knight Leverett, creditable to them both, that it 
is friir to assume, were the conferring of this dignity a matter of serious 
doubt, that the honor, whether conferred or tendered, or only contemplated, 
was intended as an appropriate acknowledgment of official worth or dis- 
tinguished service. Sir William Berkeley, down to 1677 governor of Vir- 
ginia, had already been knighted when he went there in 1641 ; and like 
honor was later conferred upon Phips, for recovering treasure, some years 
before his appointment as governor under the provincial charter. 

It might be further urged in support of the theory that Leverett was ac- 
tually knighted, that to have bestowed upon one thus eminent and influen- 
tial, the representative of the crown in the colony, what honor there might 

VOL. XXXY. 80* 



350 Was Gov. Leverett a Knight 9 [Oct 

1)6 in knighthood, consisted with policy. The only known evidence, however, 
that it was so conferred is the letter, given in full in the number of the 
Register above referred to, addressed by the king " to our trusty and 
well-l)eloved. Sir John Leverett knight governor of Massachusetts Bay in 
New England," in behalf of Wampas* an Indian chief imprisoned for debt 
in London, requesting that he might be restored to lands in Massachusetts 
of which he had been deprived. It is dated the 22d of August, 1676. The 
Indian war had then just ended in victory in some degree, owing to the 
wise measures of the governor, aided by Gookin, Winslow, Church and 
Appleton. Such valuable services well merited royal acknowledgment 
Leverett had besides a claim on the national treasury for about four thou- 
sand pounds for expenditures in wresting from France the forts in Aca- 
dia. The Stuarts were ever more willing to draw freely from their foun- 
tain of honor titular distinctions to acquit their obligations whether for 
money disbursed or services rendered, than from their purses. 

It would be difRcult to believe that Williamson should have ordered this 
superscription by mistake, or that any one of his subordinates, without 
some specific direction, could have written it, were it not that he was a no- 
toriously careless man. The king's sign manual to the letter being on the 
inside page, while the address, added later, was on the outside, there seems 
a strong presumption that he never saw it. He was as heedless as his sec- 
retary. Lord Rochester described him as " unthinking Charles ruled by 
unthinking thee." Halifax said unthinkiugness was one of his characteris- 
tics. Burnett completes the picture by writing, " He would sign papers 
without inquiring what they were about." The Duke of Buckiugham said 
of the king and his brother, *' The King could see things if he would, and 
the Duke if he could." 

The letter seems to have long escaped attention. The first to mention it 
in print was Mr. Savage, who in his edition of Winthrop's Journal, note on 
page 245, vol. ii., pub. 1826, says in relation to Leverett : 

*' So much is generally known of this distinguished man, afterwards governor of 
Matfsjichusetts, that I would willingly have permitted his name to pass without a 
note, had not a fact come to my knowledge, of which no mention is to be found tn 
any p/uce, and which was probahly concealed by design. An original letter, ' given 
at our court at Whitehall the '22\\d day of August, 1076, in the 2Sth year ot our 
reign,' with the royal sign-manual and the royal beal appendant , signed by Secre- 
tary Williamson by his majesty's command, la nreecrved by one of the descendants,^ 
addressed to our trusty and well-beloved Sir John liCverett, Knight, Governor of 
Massachusetts-Bay, in New England.' Whether this honor of knighthood were 
kept tjccret by the puritan because he doubted of the stability of the government at 
home, from which it emanated, or because he was too nearly advanced to the other 
world to regard the vanities of this, or feared its publicity might render him less 
acceptable to his constituents, by whose suffrages he was annually elected, is per- 
ha}>s not unworthy of conjecture. The letter is marked, * received 2nd June, 1677,' 
oj' course after the election y and the next year a different person was chosen. ^^ 

* Julm "Wampas was a petty sagamore of the Nipmucks. He conveyed a portion of hi5 
territory to settlers near the Conneciieut line, reserving four miles square bounded on Men* 
don. His mother had posses^i()ns in Boston, part of which he inherited, and he himscU 
owned two aeres in the hay-tields there, besides an estate on which he resided, part ol tht 
site of St. Paul's Chnreh, between Winter Street and Temple Place. It lK)unded west on 
the C'onnnon ami east on Baker thirty-two feet, hy Hudson Leverett, son of the governor, 
on tlie north, and hy John Cross on the south, two hundred and ten. The proiK.'rty is now 
of ^reai pecuniary value, and is one of our busiest centres of trattic; and two centuries asJO 
must have l>een one of tlic pleasantest places of abode. Wampas is desorilH.*d in one ot iJi-* 
convevances as a seaman, no grade, if anv he had, being specified. — Sulf. Deeds, L. 5, 49u; 
5, oil'; 8, 421 ; 10, 111 ; 16, 89. The deed of Wampas, 10, HI, June 2, 1677, wntinus* 
conveyanee of land near the training-field in Boston, which his wife Ann had made over to 
Joshua Hews and others. Probably the chief was then here, and his debt had bevDi«a»J 
by Leverett in some other waj*. 



1881.] Was Gov. Leverett a Knight 9 351 

The dignified character which the appendant seal gave to letters-patent 
and open documents of importance is wholly wanting in this. 

Mr. Savage was usually careful, hut in this instance his evident delight 
and surprise at what he supposed was a discovery of knighthood conferred 
upon the Governor, appeared to have led his thoughts away from the paper 
before him and even the history of the time, while he conjectured as to the 
Grovernor's reasons for keeping such a matter secret, and he does injustice 
to Governor Leverett in the imaginary motives for his secrecy, by saying 
he feared its publicity might render him less acceptable to his constituents, 
by whose suffrages he was annually elected ; this, Mr. Savage imagines, 
may have caused the Governor to lose his position the next year, as this re- 
mark indicates: "The letter is marked 'received 2nd June, 1677,' of 
eovrsh after the election ^ and the next year a different person was chosen J* It 
would also imply that the secret was discovered before the next election. 

Thirty-five years afterward Mr. Savage condensed his long note into the 
following sentence : " In August, 1676, the King knighted him by a special 
grant, and he had sense enough to keep the letter secret for his descendents."* 

Meanwhile, in the British Museum he found Harleian MSS. 5801 and 
5802, inscribed : " A Catalogue of Knights made, from the first year King 
Charles the II during all his reign, those of King James and King William 
and Mary, with their pedigrees collected by Peter Le Neve Rouge Croix 
Pursuivant,*' 1696. For this catalogue Le Neve was so careful to obtain the 
name and date of each knight's creation in order to make a list of prece- 
dence, that he entered all he found recorded, whether the fees had been 
paid or not. Mr. George W. Marshall, who edited the publication of this 
catalogue for the Harleian Society, when appealed to as to the probability 
of the Governor's having been made a knight by patent of the king, states 
in reply, ** I don't know of an instance of his having done so. I think the 
presumption strongly against Gov. Ijeverett having been knighted." Col. 
Chester's opinion upon the subject, that it seems certain that Leverett was 
never knighted, has already appeared in the Register for July. 

To another inquiry at the British Museum, the following answer was 
received: 

7 December, 1880. 

There is no mention of knighthood of Sir John Leverett in Ilarl. MSS. 5801, nor 
ifl his name to be found in the Catalogue of Knight8, 1690-17(K), compiled by Fran- 
cis Townsend, London, I83:i. ... £. Maunde Thoupson. 

Pishey Thompson, in his history of Boston, p. 429, wrote that Leverett 
was knighted by Charles II. at the time of his restoration. Thompson had 
followed Savage, and is disproved by the fact that Leverett, in all the doc- 
uments of that period, in the various committee meetings to which he was 
sommoued, had only the title of Captiiin. 

When the king put his hand to the license allowing Leverett to return 
in April, 1662, he would have had him styled knight if he had recently 
knighted him ; but it reads 

" License to Capt. John Leverett to go peaceably to his habitation in N. E. with 
bis wife and children and servants in the Ship Society, John Peirse, Commander, 
W£ being satisfied of the loyalty of the said John Leverett, particularly demon- 
strated by his forwardness in proclaiming Ourself in the Said New England,^' 
dbc. &c. 

The only plausibility to the theory of asserting that knighthood was 

* Oen. Dict.^ article Leverett* 



352 Was Gov. Leverett a Knight 9 [Oct. 

granted to him at that time, consisted in the fact that one of the best jokes 
of the period was that " His Majesty, having not hitherto found enough in 
honours and offices to satisfy his enemies, expects his loyal friends will stay 
till he be more able ; nevertheless, some unhappy wit, amongst other que- 
ries, scattered in a paper in the Privy Chamber, made one whether it were 
not fit His Majesty should pass an Act of Indemnity for his enemies^ and 
ObliiHon for his friends.*'* 

Weighing the probabilities, for that is all that is left us, we must not ovei^ 
look the well known scene alluded to by Mr. Tuttle, in which Randolph 
played so discreditable a part. This turbulent and overbearing messenger 
from the king had arrived out in June, and when he delivered his official 
letters of complaint of infraction of the acts of navig^bion, and on other 
grounds, his manner, arrogant and disrespectful, gave offence. Let'erett, 
indignant at this discourtesy to his council, to testify his displeasure kept 
his hat upon his head, and speedily dismissed him. An answer thanking 
the king for his gracious letter was, however, forthwith prepared and des- 
patched by a vessel then in port ready to sail. It was not shown to Ran- 
dolph, who was, however, invited to send some despatches by the ship if he 
pleased. 

The next day, in a private interview, Randolph enforcing in strong phrase 
his objections against the colonial administration and violation of the acts 
of trade, Leverett boldly asserted the rights of the colony, and that his Ma- 
jesty ought not to retrench but enlarge them, inasmuch as upon their own 
charge and without contribution from the crown they had made so large a 
plantation in the wilderness. Much else was said, probably on both sides, 
to provoke, and the Governor told Randolph that he regarded him not as 
the representative of the king, but of Mr. Mason. Charles was at that time 
seeking to jiurchase the Gorges and Mason claims in Maine and New 
Hampshire for his son the Duke of Monmouth, a purchase which, as re- 
garded Maine, Massachusetts had also in view, and not long after effected 
for £1200. Randolph's reports home for the next few weeks, it maybe 
urged, may have changed the king's mind as to the knighthood, if he had 
ever thought of it. It may further be urged that the courteous letter of 
June 14th, with tidings of Canonchet's capture and death, may have 
reached its destination, as the season was favorable for quick passages, before 
the letter of August 22d was written, and before Randolph's account of what 
had occurred to arouse displeasure had arrived. But it is clear that if all that 
had taken place in Boston, exaggerated by Randolph, was known to the 
king, who liad many an old rankle against him besides, he would not have 
kni»i;hted Leverett. 

All of the committee are not of a mind as to the possibility of a change 
of intention on the part of the king. Some of us think Randolph's reports 
home, dated June 17th, 167G, must have reached London in less than sixty 
days, and been known to the king when the letter of August 22 was writ- 
ten. No circumstances have come to our knowledge to settle this point 
beyond controversy. But passages at that season were ofleu protracted, 
and sixty days was not unprecedented. 

The letter from the king reached Leverett, according to the memorandum 
on the back, certainly as early as Jan. 2, IGTT.f It may have been delay- 

• Piiix^rs of the Duke of Satherland. 

t Mr. Savaf^e pave the date indicating its reception, 2 June, 1677; the Massacha«ttt 
Historical i>(Kiety printed it as 2 January, 1677 ; the endorsement is puzzUng, tieing written 
in a cramped style with a great confusion of letters, characters representing contraciioni, 
and both Arabic and Roman notation ; it may be " Recy*ir«7 2 jvan 1677,*' which mAT 



1881.] Was Gov. Leverett a Knight 9 353 

ed in its departure, or long on its way, as opportunities direct to Boston 
were not very frequent; but it is known that Wampas, June 2, 1677, con- 
firmed his wife's conveyance to Hews of the estate near the training field. 

Another circumstance pointing strongly against the probability of Leve- 
' rett's having been knighted, is derived from SewalFs Diary. Sewall loved 
titles, and in his diary as late as Oct. 1 8, 1 687, after the arrival of Lady 
Andros, he referred to the news of Phips having been knighted, whose 
wife became Lady Phips, then he writes, " so have two ladies in town." 
He always styled Gov. Leverett's widow as Madam Leverett. This appears 
to prove that Mr. Savage was mistaken in supposing that a knowledge of 
the Governor's knighthood had ruined his political prospects ; in fact Sew- 
all would not have allowed such a matter to escape mention in his diary. 

By the colonial records it appears that at a general court for elections, 
held at Boston 23d of May, 1677, John Leverett, Esq., was chosen gover- 
nor for the year ensuing, and took his oath in open court ; and in 1678, and 
again in 1 679, in which year he died in office. Mr. Savage made his mistakes, 
but was generally careful to avoid them. His faith that Leverett was suf- 
ficiently knighted may have been weakened, but never abandoned. Drake, 
History of Boston, p. 289, 1856, states that Leverett was created, for his 
services in the parliamentary army in 1645, a knight and a baronet, but 
kept his title to himself, making no display of these honors. Pishey Thomp- 
son, in his History of Old Boston in England, before referred to, says that 
he was kniglited by Charles the Second when he came to England at the 
restoration and was appointed an advocate of the colony, but that he never 
made use of his title, but concealed his knighthood from the public. These 
statements seem to be founded on conjectures to explain the address on the 
letter from the king ; but if, as would seem, not founded on any other ground 
for belief, are not to be relied on as authorities. 

Upon the whole, the committee are of opinion, that the supposition that 
Governor Leverett was ever knighted is not established by any evidence 
known to the committee. There is nothing even plausible which can be 
found to give color to such a claim, and the evidence that the committee 
have obtained is totally against it. 

In closing our report we should fail in due respect to the memory of the 
propounder of this interesting problem, if we passed without notice the 
event which has deprived the society of one of its most beloved members. 
Not without intimation that his life was seriously imperilled by disease, 
yet indulging the hope that he might long be spared to the historical 
brotherhood to complete the many important researches in which he was 
engaged, he has been taken away in the midst of his labors, in early 
manhood. His untiring industry, shrewd insight and comprehensive fami- 
liarity with all periods of New England history, his conscientious fidelity to 
historic truth and freedom from bias, gave promise of many precious con- 
tributions to historical literature, of an honored career which would have 

mean, " Received this letter 7th day, 2d month April— 4th year (of Leverett's adminis- 
tration) 1G77." 

It will l)e observed that April is the earliest of the three dates which the endorsement 
may be deciphered to mean, and that January, 1677, 0. S., would be some seven months 
later than Jnne, which would break the force of Mr. Tuttle's argument against Mr. Sav- 
age's supposition that the date of its reception was the month last named. It is quite possi- 
ble that the letter may not have licen forwarded for some time after it was written ; or, apain, 
that the Governor may have retained it some time before passing it over to Secretary 
Rawson for use Ixifore the council, whose records, in their executive capacity after the year 
1657, arc, unfortunately, not extant. 



354 Was Gov, Leverett a Knight 9 [Oct. 

added to the laurels he had justly gained. Much as he had won of estab' 
lished reputation, and many and valued as were his publications, the graoei 
of his character, his amiable disposition, generosity in imparting informi- 
tion, readiness to forego his own to further his associates in their historical 
projects, gave him an enviable place in their esteem and affection. ^ 

In passing such judgment as the circumstances admit upon what is not 
easy to explain in the question submitted, we recognize the kindly tboagfat 
which called the attention of the society to an interesting period in our colo- 
nial development, less familiar than it deserves to be to students of oar 
New England history. 

Thomas C. Amort, 
Augustus T. Perkins, 
Abner C. Goodell, Jr. 
AV. L. Jeffries, 
John Coffin Jones Brown. 



REMARKS BY THE EDITOR OF THE REGISTER. 

The importance of this inquiry is obvious to all who appreciate accurate 
history. Gov. Leverett was a man of such public consequence in our early 
history that everything concerning his name and titles ought to rest on a 
sure foundation. 

The story that he was a knight seems to have been first giveu to the 
public, in the year 1826, by the late Hon. James Savage, LL.D., in a foot- 
note to his edition of Winthrop's New England, vol. ii. p. 245, which note 
is quoted in part in the preceding report. I have not found the story in 
print or manuscript before this date ; and Mr. Savage himself states that 
he had found no previous mention of it. While editing TVinthrop he was 
shown the letter referred to by the late Mr. Tattle,* dated Aug. 22, 1G76. 
in which Leverett is addressed as a knight. This letter was then owoed 
by the Hon. Leverett Saltonstall, of Salem, Mass., who died in 1845. It 
now belongs to his son Leverett Saltonstall, Esq., qf Boston, by whose per- 
mission it was printed in the last number of the Register. ]Mr. Savage 
drew, from the fact that Leverett was addressed as *'Sir" and *" Knight" 
on a letter bearing the autograph of his sovereign, the inference that he 
was really a knight. He gives no other evidence, and he seems not to 
have stopped to inquire whether this address might not be, as it probably 
was, a blunder. If, however, he had known, what Mr. Tuttle discovered, 
that the titles on the address of this solitary letter, which address there is 
no reason to think the king ever saw, were not repeated in subsequent let- 
ters from the same source, 1 think I know him well enough to assert that 
he would have come to the same conclusion as Mr. Tuttle ; and so would 
the best informed of those who have repeated the story. 

Twenty-seven years later, in 1853, a revised edition of Winthrop's New 
England was issued. In the mean time, the editor, Mr. Savage, had visited 
England and had made extensive researches concerning American hislorr 
and genealogy there as well as in this country. Had he found a single tact 
couiirniatory of the inference which he drew from Williamson's letter, can 

• Charles Wesley Tuttle, A.M., Ph.D., died in Boston, Satnrday nii^ht, July 16. IS?'. 
aged 51. The society loses in him an honored and efficient member, the Hkoisti.k a k^arut^J 
and able cuntributor, and the editor a warm friend. I heariily join in the words of 
praise and regret ut the close of the report of the Comoiittee on Heraldr}'. 



1881.] Wd8 Gov. Leverelt a Knight 9 355 

there be a doubt that when he came to revise his note for the second edition, 
he would have given the new evidence ? But though he makes important 
changes in this and other notes, he adds no evidence on this point. 

21achariah Whitman in 1842 (Hist. Anc. and Hon. Ar. Co. p. 93), the 
Hon. Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M.D., in 1850 (Register, iv. p. 93), Samuel 
6. Drake, A.M., in 1853 (Hist. Boston, Mass., p. 289), Pishey Thompson, 
in 1856 (Hist. Boston, Eng., p. 429), and others, repeat the story; but none 
of these writers furnish additional evidence. Bancroft and Palfrey are 
silent on the subject. Mr. Drake places the knighting iu the time of the 
commonwealth, and furnishes the Rev. Mr. Leverett (Leverett Memorial, 
p. 81) with his reason, namely, that he *' cannot understand how one who 
was certaiuly opposed to the government of Charles II. should have been 
80 much a favorite as to be knighted by him.*' 

In 1856, the late Rev. Charles E. Leverett, A.M., of McPhersonville, 
S. C, published his " Leverett Memorial." On the title-page Gov. Leverett 
is styled " Sir John Leverett, Knt.," and this has already led many people to 
think his right to the title proved. In this book, referring to the knight- 
hood of his ancestor. Gov. Leverett, the author states : *' The letter of 
creation, or a copy, we do not know which, is, or was, as we are informed by 
a son of the late John Leverett, Esq., of Windsor [Ct.], among his father's 
papers." Here is the first reference to letters of creation. As no copy of 
this letter has been produced, it ought to have little weight. It is possible, 
and we think it highly probable, that the document in the possession of 
Mr. Leverett of Windsor was a copy of the letter of Aug 22, 1G76, which 
letter, by the way, the Rev. Mr. Leverett thinks " unimportant in itself '* 
as evidence. People who knew little of the mode of creating a knight 
may have supposed that the mere addressing a person in writing as a 
knight, in a document bearing his sovereign's signature, would make him 
one ; and so they may have called this document a " letter of creation." 

In 1861 the third volume of Mr. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of 
New England was published. In it he re[)eats the statement that Leve- 
rett was knighted, but adds, *' by a special grant." Whether Mr. Savage 
gave credit to the statement quoted in the Leverett Memorial about a *' let- 
ter of creation," or reasoned that since Leverett left England in 1G62, and 
did not return, he could not after that date have been made a knight by 
Charles II. in person, I will not attempt to decide. Letters patent of 
knighthood, however, were not common if in use at that time ; and George 
W. Marshall, LL.D., F.S.As, of London, England, editor of **Tho Gene- 
alogist," who was entrusted by the Ilarleian Society with editing their 
edition of '* Le Neve's Knights," writes me that he knows no instance of 
knighting by patent by Charles II. 

Neither Hubbard, Mather nor Hutchinson mention or allude to the 
knighting of Leverett These writers, as well as Sewall, referred to in the 
report, were in a position to have met with the story had it been be- 
lieved by the family. The letter of Williamson, if known to the Gover- 
nor's relatives, was probably known to be wrongly addressed. At least 
they made no parade of the document. Other writers before Savage are 
as silent on this subject as those we have named. 

No person in New England was less in sympathy with Charles II. 
than Leverett, nor was there any one here with whom that monarch was 
less in sympathy. At the time of the alleged knighting, this antagonism, as 
stated in Mr. Tuttle's letter, was at its height. The confidential relations 
of Edward Randolph with the English government gave him a know- 



356 Longmeadow Families. [Oct 

ledge of all the transactions between Charles II. and the colony of Mas- 
sachusetts. If the knighthood had been conferred, or even, as it has been 
suggested, contemplated, Randolph would have known it ; and some allu- 
sion would be found in his voluminous correspondence with the hoine 
government, of which Mr. Tuttle had a copy. Particularly would this be 
80 if the honor was slighted by Leverett. But no allusion to the matter, 
Mr. Tuttle informed me a few weeks before his death, is found in the cor- 
respondence. 

Both Col. Chester and Mr. Marshall write me that they do not find the 
name of Leverett in any list of knights, and the testimony of Mr, Amory*i 
correspondent, Mr. Thompson, is to the same effect. The names of all the 
New P^ngland men who are known to have been knighted are found in 
the printed lists, but not Leverett*s. 

The only evidence produced in favor of the story is, that Leverett is ad- 
dressed as ** Sir'* and " Knight," on the letter of 1676, and that his grand- 
son named a son Knight. These are facts. All the rest are surmises or asser- 
tions by people who lived from a century and a half to two centuries after the 
alleged knighting is said to have taken place. It is quite as likely that the 
christian name Knight was given for a relative or friend by the surname 
Knight; but, if not, it proves little. The negative evidence on the ques- 
tion submitted is unusually abundant. 

It is surprising that a story with so little foundation should have passed 
unchallenged so long. Mr. Drake, it is true, long ago expresse<i a doubt 
whether Charles IL would be likely to confer the honor. But if, as he 
suggested, Cromwell knighted Leverett, what was there to prevent the feet 
from being made public at the time ? Leverett's name occurs frequently 
in Sainsbury's Calendars of Colonial State Papers, during the common- 
wealth, as well as subsequentlvi but he is never called Sir John. This evi- 
dence, liowevor, was not accessible when Mr. Drake wrote. 

The only solution of the problem submitted to the Committee on Heral- 
dry that is free from dilliculty is the one suggested by Mr. Tuttle and con- 
curred in by Col. Chester, that the address was an error of Secretary Wil- 
liamson or his clerk. It is not necessary to prove that the person who 
niach* the mistake was a careless man, for less excusable blunders, made 
bv the most careful of men, can be cited. It is a fact however that 
AVilliamson was notorious! v ill informed and careless. On Mr. Tattle's 
theory I'verythinfj; is plain, on any other there are numberless ditficukies in 
the way, a few only of which have been alluded to. 



LONGMEADOW (MASS.) FAMILIES. 

Comnuiuicatcd by Willaud S. Allen, A.M., of East BostDii, Mass. 

[Continued from pn;;e ZViiJ] 

\_P(tfjp l.*^)0.] Dr. Simeon Field, son of Thomas and Abigail Field, vras 
married Drc. 21), ITG.'i, to Marijaret Kavnolds. dausfhter of the Rev. Peter 
Kaynolds and Elizabeth his wife. Their children — Simeon, born June •>. 
ITi';.'). Mariraret, born Feb. 27, 17r>8. INIarv, l)orn Feb. 22. 1771. I'eier 

KayiioMs, born Feb. 2S, 1774. Edward, born . Margarvt iw 

mother (lied Feb. 0, 17i)G, age Gl. Dr. Field the father died Jan. 7, l*^'*l» 
age 70. Simeon the son was educated at Yale College ; graduated l<'^^5 



1881 •] Longmeadow Families. 357 

itadied physic ; settled for a term in Somers. Upon his father's decline, 
removed to Enfield. Margaret married the Rev. Leonard, of Elling- 
ton. He being dismissed from that place, they removed to in the 

state of New York. Mary Dixon. 

Oliver Field, son of Capt. Moses Field and Rebecca his wife, was mar- 
ried Nov. 4, 1773, to Ann Cooley, daughter of Caleb and Mary Cooley. 
Their children— Ann, born Dec. 3, 1774. Naomy, born Feb. 27, 1779, 
died Oct. 21, 1807. Elijah, born Dec. 29, 1780. Polly, born June 20, 
1784. Caleb Cooley, bom March 29, 1787. John, born April 6, 1790, 
afterward took the name of Moses. Oliver the father died Jan. 15, 1801. 
Ann the mother died Aug. 23, 1831. Ann the daughter married Justin 
Smith, of Hadleigh, Jan. 18, 1797. Moses Field died Sept. 4, 18G1. Nao- 
my married Noah Ashley, Aug. 31, 1798. Polly married Stephen Ashley 
Sept 12, 1805. (See page 3d.) 

Elijah Field, of Longmeadow, son of Oliver and Ann Field above, was 
married May 8, 1806, to Cynthia Terry, daughter of Col. Asaph Terry 
and Penelope his wife, of Enfield. She was born June 2, 1787. Their 
children— Naomy, bom May 29, 1808. Elijah, bom Sept. 13, 1810. Cyn- 
thia, born Feb. 24, 1813. Anna, born June 15, 1815. Mary Terry, born 
April 1, 1817. Cynthia the mother died 1823. Aaron, bora July 25, 
1819, died Aug. 21, 1834. 

[Pftge 131.] Moses Field, of Longmeadow, son of Capt. Moses and 
Bebecca Field, was married Dec. 23, 1780, to Lydia Champion, daughter 
of Dr. Reuben Champion and Lydia his wife, of AYest Springfield, but 
formerly of Seabrook, Conn. Moses Field died Jan. 14, 1831. Lydia 
Field died Jan. 19, -1831, without issue. 

Aaron Field, son of Capt. Moses Field and Rebecca his wife, was mar- 
ried Feb. 10, 1784, to Flavia Burt, daughter of Capt David Burt and 
Mary his wife. They had one child Sophia, born Dec. 24, 1784. Flavia 
the mother died at Longmeadow Aug. 20, 1787. Aaron Field the father 
studied physic, and took his station for practice at Richmond, but failing in 
business went to the southern states and died. 

Alexander Field, born Feb. 5, 1764, son of Moses and Rebecca Field, 
was married October 11, 1787, to Flavia Colton (born Oct. 1, 17G9), daugh- 
ter of Samuel and Lucy Colton. She died Aug. 4, 1815. He was mar- 
ried March 11, 1816, to Jerusha Burt, daughter of Nathaniel Burt (p. 28). 
He died July 8, 1831, aged 67 years. [Vacant to page 133.] 

John Jenison Gaylord, of Longmeadow, son of Samuel and Azubeth 
Gaylord, of Middletown, was born Oct. 10, 1780, was married May 2, 1805, 
to Fanny Woolworth, daughter of Azriah and Rebecca Woolworth, re- 
moved to Stois, Ohio, 1814. Their children — Samuel, born May 2, 1806. 
John Jenison, born March 1, 1808. Fanny, bom Dec. 17, 1810. Robert, 
bom Feb. 8, 1813. A nameless child born Dec. 27, 1809. 

Erastus Goldthwait, of Longmeadow, son of Thomas and Loice Gold- 
thwait, of Springfield, was born June 6, 1772, and was married April 25, 
1798, to Rhoda Burt, daughter of Elijah and Deborah Burt. Their child- 
ren — Flavel, born June 12, 1799, died at Hartford. Rhoda, born August 
15, 1801, and died May 8, 1804. Jonathan Hale, born March 28, 1«04, 
died Feb. 21, 1805. Rhoda the mother died April 24, 1804, and Lieut. 
Erastos Goldthwait the father was married again Jan. 14, 1808, to Hannah 
Colton, daughter of Dea. William and Hannah Colton. Their children — 
Rhoda, bom Jan. 23, 1809. Jonathan Hale, bom May 21, 1811. AVil- 
liam Colton, bom May 1, 1814. Erastus Goldthwait died May 18, 1848. 

VOL. XXX Y. 31 



358 Longmeadow Families. [Oct. 

Daniel Green , of Longmeadow, son of Linesford and Elizabeth Green, 
of Wrentham, commonwealth of Massachusetts, was married June 5, 1803, 
to Sarah Woolworth, daughter of Azariah and Rebecca Woolworth. She 
died June 8, 1813, age 35. Their children — Aaron Field, born Nov. 30, 
1806. Pownel, born Oct. 25, 1808. William, born Nov. 20, 1810. Dan- 
iel Woolworth, born Nov. 25, 1812. Sarah the mother died Jan. 8, 1813. 
Daniel Green, born March 16, 1827. 

\^Page 134.] William Goudy, of Longmeadow, son of ^ of En- 
field, was married to Fanny Ingram, of Suffield. Their children — Fanny, 
born April 14, 1783. William, born June 19, 1785. Porter, bom Aug. 
5, 1789, died July 11, 1824. Clarissa, born Sept 4, 1792. George, bom 
May 31, 1795. Fanny the daughter was married Oct. 14, 1807, to Abel 
Chaffee. Fanny the mother died Dec. 17, 1811. William the father died 
Dec. 31, 1811. [Vacant to page 138.] 

Hales. 

Thomas Hale was an early settler in Enfield. He married Prisdlla 
Markham, and died 1725. His sons — John, William, Joseph, Samuel 
Thomas. Some one says that Thomas Hale was married to Priscilla Mark- 
ham in (quere, 1675) 1695. If so, neither Thomas (below) nor Martha 
(page 26) could have been a child of that marriage. The vacant space on 
this page at the head of the Hale family would seem to indicate that Mr. 
Colton found some stumbling-block which he hoped would be afterwards 
removed. 

Thomas Hale, the son of Thomas and Priscilla Hale, of Enfield, was 
married Feb. 15, 1705, to Experience Burt, daughter of Nathaniel and 
Rebecca Burt. Their children — ^Thomas, born Oct. 26, 1705, died Jan. 8, 
1797. John, born Feb. 17, 1708, died Jan. 13, 1788. Noah, bom Feb. 
24, 1710, died Dec. 19, 1793. Jonathan, born Feb. 3, 1712, died Dec. 11, 
1793. Experience, born June 27, 1714, died Oct. 31, 1798. Rebecca, 
born Feb. 21, 1717, died July 21, 1803. Ilezekiah, born Sept. 4, 1719, died 
Jan. 8, 1720. Experience the mother died Sept. 12, 1719. Thomas Hale the 
father was married again June 3, 1724, to Abigail Ferry, the widow of 
Charles Ferry. Abigail the mother died Oct. 14, 1748. Thomtis the 
father died May 9, 1750. Experience the daughter married Josiah Cooley 
Jan. 3, 1739. Rebecca was married to Capt. Simon Colton Jan. 15, 17G1. 
Might not Thomas Hale be the brother of Martha Hale who married into 
the same family the next year, Juno 27, 170G? 

{_P(fge 139.] Thomas Hale, son of Thomas and Experience Hale, was 
married Jan. 10, 1734, to Abigail Burt, daughter of David and Martha Burt 
Their children— Abigail, born Feb. 9, 1735, died June 26, 1812. Sila-s 
born July 27, 1737, died Oct. 14, 1802. Abner and Martha, born April 
26, 1740. Abner died March 30, 1803. Martha died March 26, 1809. 
Thomas, born July 27, 1744, died March 29, 1819. Experience, bom Nov. 
15, 1747, died May 8, 1782. Abigail the mother died March 28. 1773. 
Thomas the father died Jan. 8, 1797. Abitjail the daughter was married 
March 9, 1774, to Eleazer Smith, of Amherst. Martha was married March 
21, 17G4, to Ebenezer Wood, of Monson. Experience was married Feb. 
3, 1774, to Jonah Cooley. 

John Hale, son of Thomas and Experience, was married to Sarah Keep, 
the widow of Samuel Keep, Dec. 2, 17G2. lie died without issue, Jan. l-'« 
1788 , and his estate descended to his brothers and sisters and heirs. The 
dwelling house of John Hale was consumed by fire on the 8th day of ^o- 



1881.] Longmeadow Families, 359 

Tember, 1751, being the next day after the annual Thanksgiving. A house 
was raised for him again on the 25th of the same month. Sarah his widow 
died May 11, 1810, age 92. 
Noah Hale, son of Thomas and Experience Hale, was married Feb. 1, 

1787, to Miriam Bliss, the daughter of Thomas and Sarah Bliss. Their 
children — Noah, bom March 14, 1738, died Jan. 3, 1742. Miriam, born 
July 2i, 1740, died April 25, 1796. Noah, born May 5, 1743, died June 

11, 1744. Moses, bom May, 1745, died Dec 15, 1746. Sarah, born Nov. 
5, 1747, died Dec. 9, 1721. Eunice, born Aug. 17, 1752. Lucy, born 
Aug. 13, 1755. Noah Hale the father died Dec. 19, 1793. Miriam the 
mother died Nov. 26, 1789. Miriam the daughter was married May 18, 
1761, to Samuel Coomes. Eunice was married to Timothy Day, Jan. 29, 
1778. Lucy was married to Calvin Bliss, March 28, 1781. 

[Page 140.] Jonathan Hale, son of Thomas and Experience Hale, was 
married Dec. 29, 1736, to Lydia Ely, daughter of Dea. Jonathan and Lydia 
Ely. Their children—Jonathan, bora Jan. 24, 1738, died March 9, 1806. 
Hezekiah, born May 5, 1740, died July 26, 1813. Nathan, born April 18, 
1742, lived at Goshen, Ct. Lydia, born October, 1743, died Dec. 15, 1780. 
Experience, born July 8, 1745, died Oct. 5, 1745. Lydia the mother died 
Jan. 2, 1746. Jonathan Hale the father died Dec. 11, 1793. Lydia the 
daughter was married to Colonel Gideon Burt, Dec. 10, 1772. (See p. 28.) 

Silas Hale, son of Thomas and Abigail Hale, was married Jan. 29, 1761, 
to Hannah Parsons, daughter Moses and Hannah Persons, of Enfield. 
Their children — John, born May 12, 1763. Hannah, born Jan. 22, 1766. 
Flavia, bora Dec. 23, 1767, died Oct. 13, 1840, married Asahel Col ton. 
Celia, born Dec. 13, 1768. Lucina, bora Aug. 20, 1770. Ruby, born Jan. 

12, 1773. Abigail, born Aug. 20, 1774, died Oct. 8, 1776. Experience, 
bom June 29, 1776, died Nov. 1, 1776. Silas, born May 10, 1778. Silas 
the father died Oct. 14, 1802. Hannah the daughter was married Jan. 22, 

1794, to Benjamin Baxter. {Page 140.] Celia was married . Ruby 

waa married Feb. 26, 1801, to John Webber. 

Abner Hale, son of Thomas and Abigail Ilale, was married May 7, 1767, 
to Martha Burt, daughter of David and Sarah Burt. Their children — 
Elam, bora July 30, 1769. Amy, born Aug. 4, 1772, died Nov. 2, 1838. 
Abner, bora May 7, 1776, died Sept. 19, 1777. Abner, born May 10, 
1778. David, born Oct. 21, 1780. Martha, born April 1 1, 1782. Chaun- 
cy, bora Dec. 26, 1785. Abner the father died March 30, 1803. Mar- 
tha the mother died Dec. 16, 1834, age 94. 

[Page 141.] Thomas Hale, son of Thomas and Abigail Hale, was mar- 
ried Feb- 3, 1774, to Ann Stebbins, dauojhter of Jonathan and Margaret 
Stebbins. He died March 29, 1819. Their children— Anne, born Nov. 22, 
1777. Abigail, born April 29, 1781. Lydia, born Aug. 1785. Ann the 
mother died April 17, 1787. Thomas llale was married again Feb. 7, 

1788, to Annas Parsons, daughter of Moses and Hannah Parsons, of En- 
field. She died Nov. 16, 1823. Anne the daughter of Thomas was mar- 
ried to Amos Parker Oct. 2, 1805. They removed to the town of Sharon, 
state of Vermont (see page 177). Abigail married Oct. 18, 1801, to Isaac 
Corkins. Lydia was married Jan. 31, 1811, to Henry Avery, of Stafford. 

[To be continoed.] 



360 The Building of Harvard Hall. [Oct. 



THE BUILDING OF HARVARD HALL. 

Communicated by William B. T&ask, Esq., of Boston. 

"In the year 1672," accordiog to Hubbard the historian, " Harrard 
College being decayed, a liberal contribation was granted for rebuilding 
the same, which was so far promoted from that time, that, in the year 167/, 
a fair and stately edifice of brick was erected anew, not far from the j^aoe 
where the former stood, and so far finished that the public acts of the Com- 
mencement were there performed." But subscriptions for this purpose, 
says Quincy in his history of the college, " were more easily made than 
collected. Great delays and delinquencies occurred. The General Court 
were compelled to interfere ; and, after efforts for five or six years, first by 
urging, then by threatening, and at last, by actually authorizing the delin- 
quent subscriptions to be collected by distress, they finally succeeded in 
completing the erection of a new college in 1 682, ten years after it had been 
commenced." 

To go a little more into the detail of these matters. We learn from the 
Colony Records that an order was passed by the Greneral Court, as early 
as 1675, '^quickning of the seuerall townes," as well those that had sub- 
scribed and were behind, as those that had not, to bring in their contriba- 
tions, " to fiirth' & finish y* new building," at the college. The selectmen 
in each of the towns were to make provision that one half, at least, that 
was subscribed, should *' be speedily brought into the said committee & the 
remayning part as soon as may be," the elders or ministers in the respective 
towns, that have not subscribed, " to stirr vp the inhabitants to so pious A 
necessary a worke." 

In 1677 a committee was appointed by the Court, composed of Capt 
Thomas Brattle, for Suffolk ; Major Samuel Appleton, Essex ; Capt. Law- 
rence Hammond, Middlesex ; Capt. Nathaniel Saltonstall, Norfolk ; Lieut. 
Wilton, Hampshire ; JNIr. Samuel Wheelwright, Yorkshire ; Mr. Elias 
Styleman, county of Dover and Portsmouth, to take the account of the 
stewards of the new brick building at the college and make return thereof. 

Subseijuently the order of the Court was revived and reinforced, making 
it obligatory on the selectmen of each town to attend to the collections, 
under penalty of twenty pounds fine to the county treasurer. The follow- 
ing towns, twenty-two in number, were called upon, in 1680, namely — 
Cliarlestown, Marlborough, Chelmsford, Haverhill, Woburn, Wenham, 
Maiden, Rowley, Roxbury, Springfield, Dorchester, Topsfield, Salem, Gloa- 
cester, Weymouth, Beverly, Northampton, Sudbury, Hingham, Andover, 
Hull. 

Again, in 1 684, in answer to the petition of William Manning and John 
Cooper, the Court empowered said Manning and Mr. Samuel Gookin to 
demand of the subscribers their subscriptions that were unpaid, and in case 
of refusal, these parties were to sue and recover what remained ; Mr. Man- 
ning to have 35 pounds, and Mr. Cooper 15 pounds, "and the remainder, 
if any be, to be at the dispose of the overseers of the coUedge." CoIodv 
Records, vi. 32, 143, 144, 156, 195, 255, 268, 445. 

This building, called Harvard Hall, which stood a little more than fow^ 
score years, was destroyed by fire January 24, 1764.. It was " forty-two feet 
broad, ninety-nine feet long, and four stories high," and was on the site oc- 



1881.] Robert Bronsdon. 361 

copied by the present Harvard Hall, at Cambridge. There are two en- 
gravings of this buildiog in Quincy's History of Harvard University (i. pp. 
43, 347). " The records of the Library and its five thousand volumes, 
except a few which at the time were out on loan, were burned, together 
with all the apparatus.^ For a good account of Harvard Hall, see Sibley's 
Bioffraphiccd Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University (vol. ii. 524- 
526), lately published. 

The document which follows is in the hand-writing of William Manning. 
The signatures of himself and Dea. John Cooper, are autographs. For 
DOtices of both, see Paige's '^ History of Cambridge." 

To the honored Gouerno [ ] tes And Deputyes now Asembled in 

the generall Court 

Wee Whose names are herevnto subscribed, being Intrusted & Imployed 
by the Worshipfull & Reuerend gentlemen the ouerseers of the Colledge at 
Cambridge As Agents & stewards to mannage the worke of the new build- 
ing for the Colledge both in hyreing & paying AVorkmen & Artificers, in 
procureing & purchaseing materials And in doeing all other matters <& things 
Referring to the building & finishing the sayd Colledge, And to Receiue 
all the Contributions that are or shall be giuen for this Worke &c ; 

Wee haue accordingly through the good hand of our god With vs accord- 
ing to the matter manner form & Dimensions prescribed vnto vs, Disbursed 
Buch contributions of moneys corn Cattel & other goods as Wee could pro- 
cure, & haue brought the building on so farr as that the outside Worke is 
for Uie most part finished & the liberrary compleatly finished & one cham- 
ber, all the rest of the house, for the present vselese, the mosjt of the fioores 
Wants boards, 3 cases of hal pacte [?] staires to bee made that Will not be done 
With a little cost, & the greatest part of the house to plaister & siele within 
side, Wee Want at least 20 tunns of lyme stones, 10, or 12000 foot of 
boards besides other materialls, & Wee haue nothing or very litle to purchase 
them Withall, the old Colledge is part of it (besides the turret) fallen down, 
& mens eyes generally vpon vs to get the new building finished, but wee 
haue not Where Withall, most of the townes behind With a part of their 
subscribed contributions, some more some lese behind, & some towns neuer 
did contribute any thing at all, viz ; Ipswich, salem, (only m^ Higinson & 
m' Batter) Andouer, Hauerill, Newbury, Salisbury, Hampton, Hiugam, & 
Bradford Wee cannot but thinke it great pity so much cost <& charge as is 
already expended should ly dormant & of so litle vse ; as only the lyberarie 
Wee Would be glad iSb are very desireous it might be finished if wee had 
Where With all Wee feare the chimneys may sufer much damage by being 
out of vse so long Which is signified by your Worships seruants 

Cambridge this 29*** of may [i6]77 William Manning 

John Coopee 

[Endorsed :] — m' Manning & m' Coopers | Petition to y* Gen* Court | 30 
may 1677. 



ROBERT BRONSDON AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. 

By RoBEUT H. Eddt, Esq., of Boston, Mass. 

ROBERT* BRONSDON, a resident of Boston, Mass., a wealthy man 
and distinguished merchant, born about 1638 (probably in England)^ 
died Nov. 22, 1701. He was a member of the North Church, of which 

TOL. XXXT. 81* 



362 Bobert Bransdan. [Oct. 

Increase Mather was " Teacher.** He loaned money to Sir William Phipe 
for his expedition to recover the treasure sank in the Spanish ship off 
Hispaniola. 

The will of Robert Bronsdon was approved Dec 2, 1702, and dated 
Nov. 6, 1701. By it he gave to hb wife Hannah; his son Benjamin; 
his sister Mary Bosum ; his cousins Robert Bronsdon and Avis Gale ; his 
son-in-law Samuel Greenwood and Elizabeth his wife ; to Jonathan Evans 
and Mary his wife, daughter of the testator ; to his daughter Sarah Brons- 
don, and to his kinsman Robert Bronsdon of London. His first wife wii 
named Bathsheba, his second Rebecca, and third Hannah. Children bj 
first wife were : 

i. Elizabeth (twin), b. Aug. S7, 1670 ; m. Samuel Greenwood, 
ii. Mart, ** *' ** '* m. Jonathan Evans, 

iii. Joseph, b. Aag. 7, 1073. 

His children by his second wife were : 

iv. Rebecca, b. Oct. 7, 1679. 

V. Robert, b. July 28, 1684. 

3. vi. Benjamin, b. Aug. 30, 1686 ; m. Mary . 

vii. Sarah. 

2. Benjamin' Bronsdon {Rober^)y bom Aug. 30, 1686. Had bj his 
wife Mary the following children : 

i. Merct, b. Jan. 30, 1706. 
ii. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1710; d. Oct. 15, 1781. 
iii. Rebecca, b. April 11, 1713 ; d. July 14, 1713. 
iv. Robert, b. July 6, 1713 ; d. Dec. 11, 1713. 
V. Gilbert, b. Feb. 22, 1714. , 
vi. Benjamin, b. Feb. 28, 1715. 
vii. Robert, b. Aug. 9, 1717 ; d. Oct. 16, 1721. 
viii. William, b. April 6, 1719; d. Aug. 25, 1719. 
ix. William, b. May 2, 1720 ; d. Oct. 21, 1721. 
3. X. Bant, b. Oct. 23, 1721. 
xi. Robert, b. March 10, 1722. 
xii. Sarah, baptized Feb. 26, 1726. 
xiii. Elizabeth, baptized Dec. 7, 1729. 
xiv. Rebecca, baptized Nov. 28, 1721. 

3. Bant' Bronsdon {Benjamin^ Rohert^)^ resided in Boston (Leveret 

Street) and was a rope maker. He m. Deborah , and died about 

1791). Children: 



« • 


Benjamin. 


11. 


Sarah, m. Mr. Curtis. 


■ ■ • 

111. 


Rebecca, m. Mr. Dennis. 


iv. 


Harriet. 


v. 


Mart. 


vi. 


Joseph. 


• • 

Vll. 


Nancy. 


• • • 

Vlll 


. Pascal. 



June 11, 1804. Sarah Curtis (widow) appointed guardian to children of 
Bart B^oIl^don. Those above 14 years of ago were Harriet and Sarah- 
Those under 1 4 years of age were Mary, Joseph, Nancy and Pascal. 



ISSl^l Marriages in West Springfield. 863 



MARRIAGES IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MASS., 1774-1796. 

Contribated by Mr. Ltman H. Baoo, of New York, N. T. 
[CoDtinued from page 232.] 

The iDtention of Marriage between Joseph Wallace of West Springfield 
and Antha Hale of Hartland was entered May the 23 & published the 24, 
1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Stephen Leavitt of West Springfield 
& Orella Humphry of Sufferage was entered June 12^^ and published the 
18«* 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Josiah Loomis & Sabra Ely both of 
West Springfield was entered June 19»*» & published the 20**^ 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Arabert Leonard and Experience 
Mirick both of West Sprin^eld was entered July 18*** ife published the 19*^ 
1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Walter Cooly and Eunice Morgan 
both of West Springfield was entered October the 1st and published the 
1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Ezekiel Kent and Keziah Allen both 
of West Springfield was entered October 16*** and published the 17"* 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Roswell Leonard of West Spring- 
field and Diana Kent of Suffield was entered July the 25*** & published 
the 26*** 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Samuel Beach & Martha Barker 
both of West Springfield was entered Aug* 29*** & published the 30*** 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Mr. Quartus Mayan & Lorania Tuttle 
both of West Springfield was entered & published Aug* 10*** 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Bienjamin Colton of Springfield and 
Sybil Morgan of West Springfield was entered & published October the 10*** 
1789. 

William Perkins of Springfield & Judith Clough of Stafford in Connec- 
ticut the Intention of Marriage between them was entered October 24*** & 
published the 25***, 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Erastus Morgan & Clarissa Chapia 
both of West Springfield was entered November 7*** and published the 8*** 
1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Cyrus Norton of Westminster in 
Vermont and Naomi Gaylord of West Springfield was entered November 
the 10**» and published the 15*** 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Israel Miller of West Springfield & 
Betty Kellogg of Westfield was entered November the 12*** & published the 
15*** 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Joel Famam of West Springfield and 
Rebecca Remington of West Suffield, was entered November 13*** and pub- 
lished the 15*** 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Azahel Caren and Tamar Hazy both f 1^ 
of West Springfield was entered December 9*** and published the 13*** 1789. 

The Intention of Marriage between Moses Leonard and Fanny Leonard 
was entered December the 12*** and published the 13*** 1789. 



364 Marrictges in West Springfield. [Oct. 

The Intention of Marriage between Elias Strong of Southampton and 
Huldah Barker of West Springfield was entered January 29^ and publbhed 
the 3r' 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Deac" Jesse Todd of West Springfield 
and Mrs. Susanna Chandler of Enfield was entered Fel/ 4^ and published 
the 7"^ 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Colton Ely and Sally Miller both of 
West Springfield was entered February the 4"* and published the 7** 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Charles Ferry and Eunice Chapin 
both of West Springfield was entered February 13"* & published the 14* 
1790. 

Joseph Ashley, Ju" & Katherine Day both of West Springfield were 
joined in Marriage May 28**^ 1789. 

Josiah Loomis and Salva Ely both of West Springfield, were joined in 
Marriage June 9*»» 1789. 

Arabert Leonard and Experience Mirick both of West Springfield were 
joined in Marriage August 5*** 1789. 

Quartus Morgan and Lorauia Tuttle both of West Springfield were 
joined in Marriage Oct« 29, 1789. 

Benj* Colton of Springfield & Sybil Morgan of West Springfield were 
joined in Marriage November 22, 1789. 

Walter Cooly and Eunice Morgan both of West Springfield were joined 
in Marriage Novem' 22, 1789. 

Erastus Morgan & Clarissa Chapin both of West Springfield were joined 
in Marriage Dec' 31, 1789. 

Levi Brooks and Fersis Ely both of West Springfield were joined in 
Marriage Jany \T^ 1790. 

Cyrus Norton of Westminster and Naomi Gaylord of West Springfield 
were joined in Marriage January 31, 1790. 

Cotton Ely and Sally Miller both of West Springfield were joined in 
Marriage Feby. 25, 1790. By Joseph Lathrop. 

The Intention of Marriage between Artemas Beebe and Bethiah Phe- 
land both of West Springfield was entered April 13"* and published the 18*^ 
1790. 

William Perkins of West Springfield & Judith Clough of Stafford were 
joined together in Marriage By the llev^ Mr. Foster, at Stafford the 20*^ 
Day of November, 1789. (as s** Perkins saith) Entered by particular Desire. 

The Intention of Marriage between Medas Champion & Lydia Farnam 
was entered April the 24"* & published the 25^^ 1790. 

The intention of Marriage between Calvin Cooly of Longmeadow and 
Eunice Warriner of West Springfield was entered April 30*^ and published 
the 2^* of May 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Azahel Morly of West Springfield 
and Asenath Warren of Aslifield was entered May the 8*^ and Publication 
thereof posted up the same Day. 

The Intention of Marriage between James Forbes of Granville & Pegjrv 
Stephenson of West Springfield was entered Sept' 2 & published the o 
1790. 

The Intention of Marria<;e between Martin Wilson and Catherine Dewev 
both of West Springfield was entered September 4*^ & published the 5^ 
1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Gideon Shepard Jun' of Westfield 



1881.] Marriages in West Springfield. 365 

and Eunice Lam8on of West Springfield was entered Sept' 14*** & published 
the 19"» 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Gains Van Home of Springfield and 
Rachel Leonard of West SpriDgfield was entered Novem' 13*** and published 
the 14«» 1790. 

Theodore Lankton son of Seth Lankton & Grace Lankton was born. 

The Intention of Marriage between Gaius Morgan of West Springfield 
and Abigail Austin of Northampton was entered December 7*** and publish- 
ed the same Day 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Edward Bush & Theodosia Smith 
both of West Springfield was entered December the 7*** and published the 
9^** 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Simeon Norton of Suflield and Char- 
lotte Loomis of West Springfield was entered December 11*** or the 12*** 
1790. 

Calvin IVIorgan son of Erastus Morgan & Clarissa Morgan was bom Oc- 
tober 20*** 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Oliver Morgan of Wilmington in Ver- 
mont and Tiieodosia Morgan of West Springfield was entered December 
17*** 1790 and published the 20*** 1790. 

The Intention of Marriage between Solomon Wolcott of West Spring- 
field and Dolly Lyman of Easthampton was entered January 14*** and pub- 
lished the 17*^ 1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between Reuben Kibby of Somers and Jem- 
sha Smith of West Springfield was entered February the 5*** & published 
the 6*** 1781. 

The Intention of Marriage between Jesse Wolcott J"^ of West Springfield 
and Lydia Rose of Granville was entered Feby 18, and published the 20, 
1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between James Day and Asenath Ely both of 
West Springfield was entered March 19*»* and published y* 20*** 1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between Barus Baird and Sarah Pepper both 
of West Springfield was entered March 21, «Sc published the 27*** 1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between Stephen of Westfield and Esther 
Smith of West Springfield was entered March 10***, and published the 14*** 
1790. [91?] 

The following Persons hereafter named were married by Sylvanus Gris- 
wold at the time of the Dates prefixed to their Names. 1788 March 6, 
Abraham Ripley and Phebe Bliss both of West Springfield. 6, Heman 
Worthington and Martha Barber both of Wt. Springfield. April 20 Jon* 
Church of Springfield & Theodosia Morley of Wt. Springfield. 1789 March 
2, Mr. John Lee & Mercy Ward both of West Springfield. April 5, Wil- 
liam Mumford & Lucy Horton both of West Springfield. June 4, Sylva- 
nus Collins Griswold of Suffield and Elizabeth Pheland of West Spring- 
field. 1700 June 6, Artemas Beebe & Bethiah Pheland both of West 
Springfield. 12, Calvin Cooly of Longmeadow & Eunice Warriner of 
Wt Springfield. Dec' 30, Simeon Norton of Suffield & Charlotte Loomis 
of West Springfield. 

Retumed Feby 23, 1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between Enoch Dean and Lucinda Bagg both 
of West Springfield was entered March 26*** and published the 27*^ 1791. 
The Intention of Marriage between Joseph Merrick 3d and Frances 



366 The Ossipee Townships. [Oct. 

Leonard both of West Springfield was entered the 2^ & published y* 3, 
1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between of Hartford and Miss Lucy 

Bliss of West Springfield was entered April 7, and published the 10*^ 1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between Nathan Lord Wade of West Spring- 
field and Isabel Searl of Southampton was entered and published April the 
6*^1791. 

The Intention of Marriage between Ambrose Day and Polly Ely both 
of West Springfield was entered April 9**^ and publbhed the 10**» 1791. 

[To be oontioned.] 



THE OSSIPEE TO^VNSHIPS— DEPOSITION OF 

ANNA DYER. 

Commonicated by Cha&lbs T. Libbt, Esq., of Portland, Me. 

THE following deposition I copied from the original record at 
Alfred, !Me. It will be seen that it was occasioned by a dispute 
as to the heirship of the territory now composing the ^ five Ossipee 
townships." 

Francis Smale has descendants now living bearing the names of 
Small and Smalley. Dea. Samuel Small was a grandson of Fran- 
cis, through his son Samuel. 

Annah Dyer aged about Eighty Six Years Testifieth & Sayeth that she 
Well Remembereth when her Grandfather Frances Small gave her father 
Daniel Small his Deed that bears Date One Thousand Seven Hundred and 
Twelve and She was then about seventeen or eiijhteen Years of Age and 
further Sayeth She well remembers tliat her Grandfather aforesaid had the 
Polsy so bad in his hands that he was not able of himself to hold a Cole of 
fire to his Pipe for Several Years before the Deed aforesaid was given and 
is Verey Sure he Could not write his name for near Seven years before and 
the Deponent well Remembers the Discourse Esquire paiu [Paine] & my 
8** Grandfather had together before the said Plsq*" wroDe the Deed, my 
Grandfather Told him his Son Edw*^ was Dead and his son Francis w.is 
Dead liis Son Sam^ was then Liveing at Piscataqua on his Home Place and 
his son Benjamin had moved to Coneticut & his son Daniel had maintained 
him and his Wife Six or Seven Years and Must Maintiiin them as Lon<x as 
they Lived and he had no other way to make him Satisfaction than to give 
him his Rit^ht cS: Title to his Eastward Lands & further Saveth When the 
Deed was done Esq' Pain asked hur s** Grandfather to Sign <Jc he saiil his 
hand shook so bad he Could not the said Esq' told him that he must make 
his mark, and She further Sayeth that hur Grandfather told the said P^q' 
his other Lands Mentioned iu the Deed was a larjje tract Twenty miles 
S(|uare Lying aback of Wells and he had a house there and Traded with 
the Indians and the Indian Name of the Place was Ossabe and She well 
Remembers That he s*^ he had Conveyed one half to one Shapley and She 
thinks liur Grandfather Called his Name Major Nicholas Shapley — SUe 
further Saves that hur said Grandfather frances Small told Esq' piiin that 
When he was at Piscataqua Sometime before he Looked for the Indian 



1881*] Thomas Hah of Ntwhury^ Mass. 867 

Deed of the said Tract of Land and Could Not find it & wondred what was 
become of it & s** he believed it was Sum how or other huseled out of the 
Way She well remembers that he Spoke of but one Indian Deed and not 
in the Plural number of Deeds She further Says that hur s* Grandfather 
said he did Not think his son Daniel would Recover the said Tract of Land 
without more Diffkulty than the Capepisch Lands because he said the 
bounds of it was uncertain She further Sayeth that she Never Saw hur Uncle 
Samuel Small as she Remembers in hur life but was Told that he was at 
Truro when She was about a Year Old and that her Grandfather had 
Lived at Truro where he came to from Piscataqua as long a^ijo as she Coul 
Remember And that She Never heard of his going any where from Cape 
Cod within Ten or Twelve year before he Died, She further Sayeth she 
Never heard of any Deed to hur uncle Samuel Small from hir said Grand- 
father, but that hur said Grandfather said several Times that he would give 
all his Estate to his son Daniel because he was the onely help he had & 
his onely Dependance She further Suyeth that hur said Grandfather Died 
Two Or three Years afler he gave the above mentioned Deed to his Son 
Daniel and further Sayeth that I was well acquainted with my s** Grand- 
father Frances Small and my father Daniel Small Decease** was Reputed 
Sone of said frances and that Elisha Small Defe^ was the Reputed Sone of 
said Daniel. 

her 

Aanah a Dyer 

mark 

The Deponant being asked by Deacon Samuel Small whether She Re- 
membered that hur said Grandfather Francis Small Could not write his 
name for Seven Years before he Signecl s** Deed She answered no but She 
well Remembers he could Not write his Name for Several Years before he 
Signed said Deed at least More than Two Years before he Signed said 
Deed She thinks three or four She also being asked if she was Not Inter- 
ested in the above mentioned Land She Replyed no my Father aforesaid 
gave all his Lands to his Sons 

Cumberland ss Cape Elizabeth august 27**^ 1781 The above Named 
Annah Dj^er made oath to the Truth of the foregoing Deposition by her 
Signed also to the Truth of the answers to the above Questions taken in 
Perpetium Reiememoriam 

By the Subscribers Justices of the Peace for said County Quoram Unies. 

William Simonton 
David Strout 



THOMAS HALE OF NEWBURY, MASS., 10.37. IIIS ENGLISH 

ORIGIN AND CONNECTIONS. 

By the Hon. Robert S. Hale, LL.D., of Elizabcthtown, N. Y. 

IN the Register for January, 1877 (vol. xxxi. p. 83), the writer pub- 
li8he<lan article entitled " Thomas Hale, the Glover, of Newbury, Mass., 
1635, and his Descendants." The article was also republished in pamph- 
let form. That article contained the following paragraph : 



868 Thomas Hale of Newbury^ Mass* [Oct. 

'* Coffin supposes him to have been the son of William Hale, E»q., of Kin^s 
Walden. Herts, England, born at that place May 15th, 1606. The birth and bap- 
tism of this Thomas appear on the fiimily records at King's Walden, but no farther 
entry is found there touching his life or death. No sufficient proof is found to 
establish conclusiTely the i&ntity of Thomas of Newbury with this Thomai of 
Kind's Walden, though facts are known to make such identity probable. The qofls- 
tion IS still under inTcstigation, and the English origin of Thomas of Newbury may 
become the subject of a mture paper." 

In pursuance of the partial promise thus made, the present article it 
prepared. 

Coffin, in his History of Newbury (p. 304), says that Thomas* Hale, the 
emigrant ancestor, with his wife Thomasine, came to Newbury in 1635. 
Savage, following Coffin, gives the same date of his arrival, and that date 
seems to have passed unquestioned till now, though the writer in his form« 
article stated it as matter of probability only. But the first date at which hii 
presence in Newbury is indicated by Coffin, is August 1 0th, 1 638, when he 
and John Baker were ^* appointed hay wards" (p. 2d), ^o entry has been 
found in the town or county records naming him at an earlier date than this. 
In determining the question of his identity, the date of his arrival is im- 
portant. 

Coffin speaks of his English origin and family (p. 393) thus : 

** Thomas Hale resided on the south side of the river Parker. The family of Htk 
is of considerable antiquity and of high respectability in England. Thomas Hile 
of Codicote, in Hertfordshire, married Anne, daughter of Edmund Mitchell, and 
had three sons, Richard, William and John. Richard, the eldebtson, purchased 
the estate of King's Walden in Hertfordshire, and died in 1620. His son William 
succeeded him, and died in August, 1634, aged sixty-six. He left nine children, 
Richard, born in 1596, William in 1597, Rowland, his heir, George, born July thir- 
tieth, 1601, Alicia, in 1603, Winefreda, 1604, Thomas, 1606, Anne, 1609, and Dio- 
nisia, March seventeenth, 1611. The last mentioned Thomas is supposed to be the 
Thomas llalc who came to Newbury." 

This account of his origin, though on its face conjectural, had been gene- 
rally accepted, and, so far as the writer is advised, had passed uiHjuestioned 
till the writer in his former article indicated his doubt of its correctness. 
But examinations recently completed in England by Col. Joseph L. Ches- 
ter, and conducted with his w^ell-known accuracy and thoroughness, estab- 
lish beyond (juestion that Thomas^ of Newbury was not identical with Tho- 
mas the son of Richard of King's Walden, but was another Thomas Hale, 
son of an P^nglish yeoman, born in a neighboring parish of Hertfordshire, 
within a few weeks, and probably within a few days, of Thomas the son of 
Richard. 

Of the King's Walden family it is only necessary to say 'that that manor 
was bouglit in lo7o by Uichard Hale, citizen and grocer of London, who 
ma}' be considered the *' founder " of the family. Richard was the son of 
Thomas and Anne (Mitchell) Hale of Codicote, Herts, and seems to have 
gone in early life to London and there got rich in trade. His mother was 
Anne, dangliter of PMmund Mitchell of Codicote. His paternal descent is not 
traced beyond his father Thomas. It is perhaps needless to add that the 
preposterous j)edigree furnished many years ago by a pretended Herald's 
office in London to Dr. Moses Hale of Troy, carrying his line back through 
Thomas' of Newbury, Richard of King's Walden, and a long line of illus- 
trious knights and gentry to " Roger de Halys " in the eleventh or twelftli 
century, is wholly an invention as to all material points. 

The date of Richard's birth is not given, but he was first married m 
1550 to Mary Lambert, the mother of his son and heir William, and died 



1881.] TTiomas Hale of Newbury^ Mass. 369 

at a very advanced age in 1620. Besides his son William, he had by a 
second wife two sons, Richard and Robert, both of whom left issue. He 
left a very largjs estate, and was the founder of the grammar school at Hert- 
ford, still flourishing, and under the patronage of Earl Cowper, as his heir 
general in the female line, through his mother the late Viscountess Fal- 
merston. Richard, son of the first Richard of King's Walden, had a son 
Robert, who has been by some supposed to be identical with Robert^ the 
settler at Charlestown, Mass., in 1630, but this supposition is erroneous, 
Robert the son of Richard appearing by the records to have been living in 
England long after the establishment of Robert^ of Charlestown in New 
England. 

William, son and heir of Richard, had seven sons and four daughters 
(two, John and Bernard, besides those named by Coffin). Rowland the 
third son finally succeeded to the estate of King's Walden, two older 
sons having died childless. From Rowland the manor has descended in 
regular course to his present heir-male, now the proprietor, Charles Chol- 
meley Hale, Esq. The fifth son and seventh child of William was Thomas, 
born at King's Walden May 15th, 1606, and baptized in the parish church 
there 25th of same month. This Thomas doubtless died childless in the 
life-time of his father, not being named in the will of the latter, dated in 
1632 and proved in 1634. The records of King's Walden show nothing of 
him iif ter his baptism. 

We return to Thomas* Hale of Newbury. The Mass. Hist Soc. Col- 
lections (4th series, vol. vii. p. 19) give a copy of a letter from Francis 
Kirby to Gov. John Winthrop, the elder, as follows : 

*^ To the right worship full John Winthrop Esquire at his house at Boston ^ this dd. 
in New England, 

London this lOth of May, 1637. 

Sir, — I wrote you lately per the Hector, wherein I sent a runlet marked with 
your marke, contaynein^o some things your son did write to me to send him. John 
Wood, master^s mate, did promise mee & James Downeinge that he would be car- 
full of it & deliver to you. 

These are now to intreat you that you would be assistante to the bearer herof (Tho- 
mas Hale, my neer kinsman) in your councell & aduise to put him in the way how & 
where to settle him^elfo in a hopofull way of subsisteinge with his family. He hath 
brought with him all his estate, which he hath beer or can haue dureinge the life 
of hi8 mother, my sister. He had almost 200/i. when he began to make his provi- 
sion for this voyage. I suppose the greatest halfe is expended in his transportation, 
and in such necessaries as will be spent by him & his family in the first vse ; the 
leff*er halfe, I suppose he hath in mcmy, and vendible goods to provide him a cotta^ 
to dwell in, and a milshe cow for his childrens sustenance. I suppose his way wiU 
be to hire a house or part of a house for the first year, vntill he can looke out & buy 
or build him a dwellinge, wherein as in other things 1 shall intreat you to direct 
him, and the courtesy that you shall doc him therin 1 shall acknowled^, as done to 
myselfe, So I shall be redy (Deo assistante) to endeuour to requite it m any seruioe 
wnich I can performe for you heer. Thus for this present I commit you all to the 
protection of the Almighty, & shall ever rest 

Your loving frend Ffra: Kirbt. 

I desire to be remembred to Mrs. Winthrop, to your son Mr. Jo: & his wife, & 
the rest of yours, also to my cosen Mary & Su: Downeinge. 

My brother Downeinge will hasten to you, the next springe will be farthest, 
Gkxl willinge ; for he seeth that euery year bringeth forth new new difficulties ; my 
nephew can tell you how they haue met with many interruptions, prohibitions, k 
such like, which Mr. Peirce A others that went since Mr. Peirce were not troubled 
withall." 

Indorsed by Gov. Winthrop, " Mr. Kirby." 

VOL. XXXY. 32 



370 Thomas Hale of Newbury, Mass. [Oct. 

The date of this letter. May, 1637, in connectioii with Coffin's explicit 
statement that Thomas* Hale settled at Newborj in 1635, and with the 
further fisu^t that three other Thomas Hales (one probably by error for 
Haley) are recorded as early residents of New England, dcnibtless led to 
this letter not having been till recently regarded as having any applicability 
to Thomas* Hale of Newbury. Col. Chester's researches, however, make 
it quite certain that this Thomas Hale, thus introduced by his uncle Fran- 
cis Kirby to Grov. Winthrop, was the veritable TTiomas* of Newbury- 

The narrative of his English origin and all that is known of his paternal 
descent is very brief. He was the son of Hiomas Hale (whom for dis- 
tinction I henceforth designate as Thomas' Hale) of the parish of Wattoo, 
otherwise called Watton-at-Stone in Hertfordshire, and Joan (Kirby) his 
wife, and was probably bom at that place in May or June, 1606. No rec- 
ord of his birth is found, but his baptism is recorded in the parish church st 
Watton, on the 15th June, 1606, as ''Thomas Hale, son of Thomas and 
Joane." 

-No record is found at Watton or in any of the adjacent parishes of the 
birth, baptism or marriage of Thomas' Hale. His ^wife Joan Kirby wss 
of the parish of Little Munden, Herts, and that was probably the place of 
their marriage and of her birth, and not improbably of his birth as well, but 
the registers of Little Munden, prior to 1G80, have long been hopelessly 
lost, and no monuments are found in the parish churches or church-yards of 
Watton or Little Munden of any of the name of either Hale or Kirby. 

Thomas* Hale was the only son of Thomas' Hale, but he had four sis- 
ters, all bom and baptized at Watton, one older and three younger than 
himself, whose baptisms are shown by the parish registers at Watton, as 
follows : 

1. Dionis, baptized 15th August, 1602, and registered as " Dionis Htdlle." 
She married at Watton, 29th September, 1G24, Henry Beane, and was liv- 
ing and had a son Henry at the date of her father's will, 11th October, 
16o0. Nothing more is known of them. This entry of the baptism of 
Dionis is the first appearance of the name of Hale in the church registers 
at Watton, which are preserved back to 15G0. It is a noteworthy coinci- 
dence, that both William and Richard, sons of the first Richard of King's 
Walden, had each a daughter Dionysia, in common usance rendered "Dionis." 

2. Mary, baptized 8th October, 1 609, as ** Marie Hale, dau. of Thomas 
& Joan." It is probable that she married a Whale, and had a son Joseph 
named in the will of her grandmother Joan Kirby, hereinafter named, as 
" my grandchild [doubtless meaning great-grandchild] Joseph Whale." 

3. Dorothy, baptized 28th March, 1613, as ** Dorothie Hale, the daugh- 
ter of Thomas and Joan his wife." 

4. Elizabeth, baptized 31st August, 1017, as ** Elizabeth Haile the 
daughter of Thomas and Joan his wife." 

The parish register at Watton shows the burial of Thomas** Hale, father 
of Thomas,* 19th Oct. 1630. The register styles him " Thomas Hale, Se- 
nior." He left a will bearing date the 1 1th October, 1630, and proved 9th 
December, 1G30, in the court of the Archdeaconry of Hitchin, Herts, by 
Thomas Hale, the executor named in it. The original is still on file among 
the records of that court, is signed by the testator in a decent and legible 
though evidently not a business hand, is sealed with the impression of a 
unicorn's head, and is witnessed by ffrancis Kirby and by John Hale, the 
latter signing by mark. Nothing is known to connect this John Hale with 
the testator's blood. 



1881.] TTiomas Hale of Newbury^ Mass* .371 

In this will the testator describes himself as ^^ Thomas Hale of y* parish 
of WattoD-at-Stone in the County of Hartford," without addition. After 
the nsual pious profession of faith, thanks to God, committal of his soul to 
its creator and his body to burial, he disposes of his personal property and 
his real estate consisting of eleven, and perhaps twelve, distinct parcels, 
probably all of small extent. Five of these parcels, designated as the house 
close, the backside close, the hill close, aud two others, the extent aud ten- 
ure of none of which are given, he devises to his wife Joane and son Tho- 
mas till Michaelmas next, conditioned that they '^ shall bestow necessary 
reparation upon my said house," and shall pay to Mrs. Cranfield the half 
year's rent to become due at Michaelmas on the land testator holds from 
her. For. ten years thereafter he devises these parcels to his wife, his son 
Thomas to occupy the same as her tenant, paying her the yearly rent of 
four pounds in h^df-yearly payments. 

Another parcel designated as the " medow and ry close conteyninge 
seuen acres more or lesse," he devises to his daughter Mary Hale for three 
years, ** with all the benefit of graseinge or moweing & loppinge both in 
the said medow & hedges so that she do not spoile the said hedges that the 
said loppinge be only in the first year ;" then for three years in like man- 
ner to his daughter Dorothy Hale ; then for three years in like manner 
to his daughter Flizabeth Hale ; then for one year to his daughter 
Dionis Beane, " or to her son Henry Beane which shall be then liveinge." 
He provides also that Thomas shall occupy this close as the tenant of his 
sisters respectively during said respective terms, paying to them respec- 
tively five pounds per year rent in half-yearly payments. 

The remaining parcels of real estate, designated as two half acres of 
" free land (freehold) lieinge in Ileadeu abuttinge upon the highway lead- 
inge from Watton to Walkerne," an acre and a half in " Monsal's hearn," 
a " parcell of medow pasture close & orchard in Cooper's crofte al)outeinge 
upon the river on the east & highway on the west," and one piece in Stony- 
field he devises absolutely to his son Thomas, to whom he also gives all Ins 
goods and chattels *' (exceptinge a bed with beddinge convenient linnen 
and other fittinge fiirniture for one chamber which I herby reserue & give 
to Jone my wife)." He directs payment of all his debts and the "discharge- 
Inge of buriall and such necessary disbursements " by his son Thomas from 
the avails of the land and goods, and appoints him sole executor, " nothing 
doubtinge of his carefull performance of this my will," and requests " my 
brother Francis Kirby to be an overseer." 

This completes our knowledge of Thomas" Hale and of his kindred by 
blood, except so far as he is alluded to in the wills of his wife's kindred 
hereinafter named. From the brief record it is apparent that he was of the 
rank of yeoman of the smaller class as to property, but apparently marked 
by thrift, respectability, honesty, piety and prudent foresight. It is impos- 
sible to determine the value of the estate which he left, but it was evidently 
not large. Thomas the son undoubtedly had as heir the larger part of the 
estate, and the rents he was to pay his mother and sisters, nine pounds per 
year in all, were in that day equivalent in value to from £27 to £.*3C (say 
$135 to $180) at the present day. The widow Joan was of course entitl^ 
to dower in any of the dowable lands left by the testator, in addition to the 
specific devises and bequests to her, and from Kirby 's letter to Gov. Win- 
throp it appears that Thomas' the emigrant would be entitled to some fur- 
ther property at his mother's death. 

Thomas' was twenty-four years old at his father's death, and at that early 



37^ ThonuM Hale of Newbury^ Mass* [Oct. 

age had his father's full confidence, a confidence which Kirby's letter shows 
had been fully justified up to the time of his emigration six or seven yean 
later. At the latter date Thomas' had been married probably about five 
years, had two young children, had doubtless paid off all his &ther*s debts, 
and Kirby then places the entire value of his estate at £200— equivalent to 
£600 to £800 at this day, besides whatever might be to &11 in at his moth- 
er's death. But it is fair to note that he had probably turned his estate into 
cash at a disadvantage in view of emigrating. It was a humble but evi- 
dently respectable position, and doubdess a fair specimen of the average 
rank, social position, character and standing of the early settlers of the col- 
ony of Massachusetts Bay. 

Joan the widow of Thomas^ Hale, at some time between her husband's 
death and June, 1G37, married a Bydes, or Bides, probably John, and was 
still living in October, 1640, the date of her mother^s will, but was proba- 
bly dead before July, 1660, the date of her brother Francis's will. After 
her marriage with Bydes she seems to have resided at Little Munden, to 
which place she was probably accompanied by her two youngest daughters, 
Dorothy and Elizabeth. Bydes was a man of humble social station, and 
nothing more is known of the widow Joan Hale after her marriage with 
him, except the reference to her in the wills noted below. 

Of the family of Joan (Kirby) Hale our information is a little, and bat 
a little, fuller than of that of her husband Thomas^ Hale. The name of her 
father is unknown. Her mother Joan Kirby, described in the records as of 
Little Munden, widow, made a nuncupative (oral) will, 29th October, 1640, 
in the presence of her three children, Francis Kirby, Joane Bides and Roth 
Browne, and of John Bides, which was proved by the executor in the court 
of the Archdeaconry of Hitchin on the 2d December, 1 640. By it she gave 
to the poor of Walton where she was born, 20 shillings, to the poor of Lit- 
tle Muuden where she lived, 20 shillings, small legacies to her grandchild 
Ruth Cowley, to her grandchild Richard Kirby, to her grandchild Joseph 
Whale, to her cousin Elizabeth Isliam, to her cousin Mary Newton, and to 
her daughter Joan Bides, and the residue to her sou Francis Kirby, whom 
she made sole executor. The inventory attached to the will shows the en- 
tire value of her personal estate, £18, 8, IJ, of which £2, as we have seen, 
was given to the poor. It does not appear whether she had any real estate, 
as that, if any existed, would not pass by a nuncupative will. 

Besides Joan Hale and Francis Kirby already mentioned, Joan Kirby 
the elder and her husband had children John, William and Ruth. William 
the youngest son died before IGGO, leaving a son William and a daughter 
Ruth. John the second son had, by two wives, five children, the two eldest 
of whom (perhaps twins) were both named John, and are designated in his 
will as ** my son John the ehler," and *' my younger son John." His will 
bears date 23d April, 1628, and was proved in the Prerogative Court at 
Canterbury, by both executors, 7th July, 1628. Li it he describes himself 
as ** of Little Munden, yeoman," disposes of a respectable estate, gives 20 
shillings to the poor of Little Munden, provides for his wife Martha, nam- 
ing her brothers Richard Ward and William Ward as trustees, and for his 
four sons, the two Johns, William and Richard, and his daughter Klizabeih, 
and appoints his brother Francis Kirby of London, and his brother-iu-law 
Thomas Hale of Watton, executors. 

** John Kirby the elder," ehlest son of the above John, made his will 
10th June, 1637, describing himself as "of Dane End in the parish of Lit- 
tle Munden, yeoman," and naming his wife Mary, his daughter Mary, and 



1881.] Thamcis Hale of Newbury^ Mass. 373 

a child of which his wife was then pregnant his brothers John and William, 
his aunt Ruth Cowley, and his father-in-law John Sympton, and Richard 
Cock of Little Munden, yeoman, wliich last two he named as overseers. 
It also named his sister Elizabeth with a bequest of £10 to her, but this 
entry was erased, doubtless indicating that she died before the testator. 
The will was proved at Hitchin, 9th October, 1637, by the widow Mary. 

Elizabeth Kirby, daughter of John the brother of Joan Hale, made her 
will, dated 1st June, 1637, describing herself as of Dane End in the parish 
of Little Munden, and giving bequests to her mother, her brothers the two 
Johns and William, her aunt Ruth Cowley and the daughter of the latter, 
Ruth Cowley the younger, her aunt Joane Bydes, and her daughters Doro- 
thy and Elizabeth (Hale), her uncle Francis Kirby, whom she makes ex- 
ecutor, and his son and daughter Joshua and Sarah, these last two being 
residuary legatees. This will was proved at Hitchin by the executor, 2d 
August, 1637. 

Ruth the sister of Joan (Kirby) Hale married first a Cowley, by whom 
she had a daughter Ruth. He died before June, 1637, and before October, 
1640, she married Edward Browne. She was still living at the date of 
the ¥rill of her brother Francis in July, 1660, and was apparently the last 
Boryivor of the family. 

It remains to speak only of Francis Kirby. the brother of Joan and the 
uncle of Thomas^ Hale. A foot-note to his letters in the Winthrop papers 
(Mass. Ilis. Soc. Coll. s. 4, vol. 7, p. 13) descril)es him as '^ a merchant of Lon- 
don, largely engaged in forwarding supplies to the colonies of Massachusetts 
and Connecticut, and in commercial transactions with the early settlers." 
All the records touching him in England, however, style him '^ skinner," 
and not merchant, the former term including dealers in leather, hides, skins, 
furs and peltries. 

His letters to Gov. Winthrop and to his son John Winthrop, Jr., so far 
as published, are found in the volume of the Hist Soc. Coll. above named, 
pp. 13 to 22, and in Vol. 9 of Series 3 of the same Collections, pp. 237 to 
267, and range in date from 1631 to 1639. They indicate relations of great 
intimacy and confidence, especially between himself and the younger Win- 
throp ; though relating primarily to business, they contain much in the way of 
general, local and family news, and are written in a free, pleasant and cul- 
tivated style, pretty freely garnished with Latin quotations and expressions, 
with a slight occasional error in inflection or orthography. 

Francis Kirby*s first wife and the mother of his children, was Susan, 
sister of Emanuel Downing (the father of Sir George), who in turn mar- 
ried the sister of Gov. Winthrop the elder. This connection by marriage 
undoubtedly led to the intimate relations between him and the Winthrops. 

His business with the colonies seems to have included a general exporta- 
tion of supplies of all kinds to the colonists, for which he received pajrment 
mainly in beavers' skins, for the purchase, care and shipping of which he 
gives frequent and minute directions. 

He probably married for a second wife the widow Elizabeth Carter, 
mother of Joseph Carter, whom he introduced to Gov. Winthrop by a letter 
dated 11th April, 1639 (M. H. S. C. vol. 7, supra, p. 20) as " my loue-de- 
seminge son and faithfuU servant." Carter was at Newbury the next year, 
1640, when he received from Thomas' Hale a deed of forty acres of land in 
Newbury. He soon after returned to England, where he probably married, 
and where his daughter Eunice was baptized in St. Helen's Church, Bish- 
opegate, 2d July, 1643, and his daughter Mary^ 8th Sept 1644^ each des- 

VOL. XXXY. 82* 



374 Thomas Hale of Newbury^ Mass. [Oct. 

cribed in the registry as '< daughter of Joseph Carter, skinner, and Eanice his 
wife." This notice is taken here of Joseph Carter, as being, with the ex- 
ception of the wife and children of Thomas^ Hale, and his remote alliance 
by marriage with the DowniDgs and Winthrops, the only connection either 
by blood or marriage of Thomas' who is known to have ever been in Amer- 
ica, and his stay here did not probably exceed three years. As further 
illustrative of the almost constant inaccuracy of Coffin, it is proper to note 
that he, and Savage following him, place Joseph Carter at Newbury ia 
1636, when he plainly did not arrive there before 1639. 

Francis Kirby had three children, and only three so far as appears, viz : 
Joshua, Francis who died on the day of his birth, and Sarah who died be- 
fore her father. He was born probably about 1590, and married about 
1616, his eldest child Joshua having been born in 1617. It is significant 
of his character and the success which he achieved, that being the son of 
a rural yeoman, and probably early apprenticed to the trade of ^* skinner" 
in London, he could have achieved so early the position of a thriving and 
respected tradesman which he so evidently sustained from 1631 to 1639, 
with the degree of education and accomplishments which his letters show 
him to have possessed ; still more significant in this regard is the &ct that 
his eldest son Joshua was matriculated at New Inn Hall in Oxford at the 
age of 17, in 1634, where he proceeded B.A. in 1637, at the age of 20; 
and M.A. in 1640, at the age of 23. Joshua took orders, and his career 
was a most interesting one, did our limits permit us to follow it. His per- 
secutions, first by the puritans for his adherence to Charles I., whom he 
persisted in praying for publicly long after most of the puritans evidendy 
regarded him as '* past praying for," and after the restoration by the royal 
party for alleged undue adlierence to puritan principles and practices, woald 
seem to indicate his character as the very antipodes of the excellent and 
politic Vicar of Bray, as well as of the good vicar's antetype or imitator, 
as the case may have been, Joshua's cousin-german. Sir George Downing. 
His wife was Mary Balam, a sister of Balaam Balam. 

Francis Kirby would seem to have met with financial reverses during the 
time of the commonwealth, abandoned his old business and quit his old 
parish of St. Helen's, where his first wife had died in 1635. Some years 
before his death he was ap{)ointed by the common council of London, 
bridge-master of Old London Bridge, and he held that post to his death. 
The ofFice was a respectable and responsible one, and though indicative of 
fallen fortunes to Mr. Kirby, was no less indicative of the confidence and 
respect in which he was held by his neighbors and fellow-tradesmen. Ac- 
cording to the old chroniclers it was an olfice filled by ** some freeman 
elected by the city to look after the reparations of the bridge ; he hath a 
liberal salary allowed him, and the place hath sometimes been a good re- 
lief for some honest citizens fallen to decay." His emoluments consisted 
of a salary and fees amountin*; to about £100 a year (equivalent to about 
£.300 to £400 at the present day) and the use of a comfortable house at 
the Surrey end of the bridge in the parish of St. Olave, South wark, known 
as the bridge-master's house, and readily distinguished in the old engrav- 
ings of London Bridge. Here he doubtless died, and was buried in the 
parish church of St. Olave's, 12th October, IGGl, the registry describing 
him simply as " Francis Kerby, bridgemaster." 

His reduced fortunes were evidently somewhat improved before his death, 
his will indicating that he left a comfortable estate. It bears date 24th 
July, IC GO, and was proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury lat 



1881.] Thomas Hale ofNewbury^ Mass. 375 

November, 1661, by Josbua Kirby the executor. In it he describes him- 
self as *^ citizen and skinner of London, now dwelling in the parish of St. 
Olave, South wark, Surrey." He gives bequests to Mary, wife of his son 
Joshua, and to their children Godsgift, Susan, Elizabeth, Phebe, Camdeoa 
and Welcome ; to his sister Ruth Browne ; to the poor of Little Munden ; 
to the poor of St Olave's ; to Elizabeth Turfett, daughter of George Tur- 
fett, the grandchild of his late wife Elizabeth, deceased ; to Mary Nash, 
widow, late wife of John Nash ; to his cousin Joseph Alport, scrivener ; to 
his cousin William Kirby, son of his late brother William Kirby, and to 
his cousin Ruth Macham, sister of said William ; to his cousins John Kir- 
by and William Kirby, sons of his late brother John Kirby ; to his cousin 
Elizabeth Goad ; to Eunice, Rachel and Sarah Carter, daughters of Joseph 
Carter, deceased, and to his servant Mary Bradbury. He makes his son 
Joshua Kirby residuary legatee and devisee and sole executor, and appoints 
as overseer his sister Ruth Browne and his ^' loving neighbor, Mr. Mat- 
thew Robinson, citizen and grocer of London." 

The will of Joshua Kirby, son of Francis, was made 30th May, 1674, 

? roved at Pontefract 29th August, 1676, and registered in the registry at 
'otk. It is referred to only to note that it gives legacies of 40 shillings 
to each of " my brother Carter's daughters." The male line of Francis 
Kirby terminated with his grandson Godsgifl, son of Joshua, who was edu- 
cated for the Presbyterian ministry and died in 1686, unmarried, at the age 
of 28. 

This completes the record of the English origin and connections of the 
emigrant Thomas^ Hale of Newbury, so far as known or likely ever to be 
known. The social rank of the Hales and Kirbys, and the absence of 
church and church-yard monuments, and of further entries upon probate 
and church registers, render it improbable that more will ever be known 
of the generations prior to Thomas.^ Col. Chester's labors, to which I am 
indebted for almost all the English records above referred to, have evident- 
ly been exhaustive and thorough. 

The maiden name, parentage and birth-place of Thomasine, wife of Tho- 
mas^ Hale, are all undiscovered, and likely to remain so, unless by acciden- 
tal discovery through some records of her own family. But the identity 
of Thomas' of Newbury, who is found at that place in 1638, having a wife 
Thomasine and children, Thomas said to have been born in 1633, and 
John born 1635 or 1636, with Thomas the son of Thomas' and Joan 
(Kirby) Hale of Watton, is established beyond doubt by the following en- 
tries found in the Registry of baptisms in the parish church at Watton, viz : 

" 1633. Nov. 18. Thomas Hale, son of Thomas and Thomasine." 
^ 1635. April 19. John Hale, son of Thomas and Thomasine." 

In conclusion it may be added, that the name of Hale under the different 
forms of de la Hale, de Hale, at-Hale, Hales and Hale, has been abundant 
in Hertfordshire since the early part of the thirteenth century, and still is so. 
I find no evidence that any of the name there were above the rank of yeo- 
man before 1560. The name also early prevailed and is still probably 
found in Surrey, Sussex, Norfolk, Bucks, Essex, Hants, North Hants, 
Kent, Salop, Somerset, Gloucester, and other counties. Of the Hales of 
Gloucestershire, to which family the illustrious Sir Matthew Hale, Lord 
Chief Justice, belonged, Atkyns, in his history of that county, says (p. 107) : 
''The family of Hale has been of ancient standing in this county, and 
always esteemed for their probity and charity." 



376 The Coffin Name and Armorial Bearings. [Oct 

Within the first fifty years after the settlement of Massachusetts Bay, at 
least seven emigrants of the name of Hale, and perhaps two or three more, 
besides Thomas of Newbury, settled in that colony and in Connecticut, ^ 
scendants of four of whom are traced to the present time. There is no 
evidence that any of these were of kin to Thomas of Newbury ; certainly 
none were nearly related to him. The name was also found among the eaiiy 
settlers of Virginia and Maryland, and their descendants bearing the name 
are still found in the southern states. 



THE NAME AND ARMORIAL BEARINGS- OF THE COFFIN 

FAMILY. 

By JoHW CovFiN JoNBS Bbown, * 
Member of the Committee on Heraldry of the N. £. HiBt. Gen. Society. 

THE manor of Alwington, North Devon, has been in possession of om 
line of the Coffin family for more than six centuries ; the statement 
that the manor was given to a Sir Richard Coffin at the time of the con- 
quest is disproved by the Domesday Book (A.D. 1085), where it b record- 
ed as the property of the Earl of Mortaine in possession of Hamelyn. 

The manor house is at Portledge, at a distance of about half a mile from 
the sea-shore ; its external appearance, in the picture we present, has an 
Elizabethan aspect, but in the older part, which is now the back of the 
house, Gothic work and even some Norman can be traced. 

It would be difficult to determine the precise time when this manor was 
acquired by the Coffin family ; it was, however, previous to the year 1254, 
for at that time Henry III. granted to Richard Cophin (as he 6j>elled his * 
own name) " free warren in all his demesnes and lands in Alwington 
.... so long as they be not within the bounds of the Forest." The fre- 
quency with which this name is met during the first century after the con- 
quest in the various counties of the west of England, indicates a family 
possessing broad domains in that locality before patronymics were given for 
trades or occupations, and we find that Colvin, or Colvinus, who held two 
manors in the time of Edward the Confessor, was in possession of eight 
more when the Census of England was recorded in 1085. The Exon 
Domesday, which comprises the Counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, De- 
von and Cornwall — being a transcription of the original rolls of the Com- 
missioners from which the Great Domesday is compiled— contains manj 
more names of tenants in King Edward's time than have been preserved in 
the Great Domesday Book, but in the latter we find Colvin was then the 
holder of two manors, in chief. The customary pronunciation of words of 
this form of orthography, to make the " 1 " silent and subsequently omit 
it in writing, gives the name Covin ; it appears after A.D. 1200 as Cophin; 
after A.D. 1»^0() as both Cophin and Kophin, and Coffyn ; after A.D. 14O0 
Coffyn and Coffyne. Shortly after IGOO "i" became the fixed character 
to represent the short sound of " y," and took its place in the name of 
Coffin. In this form the name is interwoven with history for more than 
two centuries ; and the foolish idea which some of that name have, of re- 
turniiiij to the ancient method of spelling, would sever their descendant* 
historically from connection with most worthy ancestors. 

The letters " i" and **y " were synonymous to a period as late as 1600; 



1881.] The Coffin Name and ArmoHal Bearings. 377 

in 1535, when Coverdale's Bible was printed, St Lake xiv. 8 is as follows : 
'* Whan thou art bydde of enj man to a weddynge, syt not down in the 
hjest rowme." The following extract is from one of the muniments of the 
0>ffin family of Portledge : " Al so, my wylle ys, that Sore (Sir) Water, 
Wyll have Uie Chontrye londes of Alwyngton, terme of his lyve, to pray 
for me and my forefathers. Al so, y wylle that the foresaid ffeffeis take 
up of my lyvelode for euerych of my dafters XL marke to their maryage. 
Al so y wylle that my ffefies fynde my both sunnys competently to schole." 
.... and " mary noste (not) my son and my hey re, tylle he be of pleyn 
age, but (without) hyt be to hym the better a vayle " — signed " William 
Coffyne, the therde day Februare, the yere of reyne of Kynge Harry the 
Sexte, xxiii." (A.D. 1445.) 

In the County of Kent the law of gavelkind prevailed. This gave heir- 
ship to all the children, and it is noticeable that there were no Yilliens 
(bond-men) within that county when the material for the Domesday was 
collected, while Devon was full of them ; but in Devon the rights (so called) 
of primogeniture and entail drove all but the eldest born into hard work or 
poverty ; and when male heirs failed in the main line, the estates would 
pass by marriage of the heiress to her husband. It was probably in this 
way that Alwiugton originally came into the possession of the Coffin family 
somewhere about A.D. 1200, and the succession continued in the male line 
of that family until the death of Richard Coffin in 1766, when it passed 
through one female line to Richard Bennett, who assumed the name of Cof- 
fin, and upon his death in 1796 passed by another female line to Rev. John 
Pine, grandson of Edward Pine, Esq., whose wife was Dorothy, daughter 
of Richard Coffin, Esq., of Portledge. 

The earliest specimen of a charge upon a British shield is said to have 
been a star miraculously emblazoued upon Malet*s shield while on a voyage 
to Palestine ; the chevron, fess, band and other ordinaries have been sup- 
posed to be derived from mere bands to strengthen the shields ; the chev- 
ron and stars were popular armorial bearings, and at the beginning of Brit- 
ish Heraldry, before there was any other authority than personal choice, 
we find the Coffin family of Alwiugton bearing, Ar, a chevron between three 
mtiUets pierced sable ; the impressions of the personal seal of the lords of 
Alwiugton upon deeds made during the time of Henry III. (1216-1272), 
are extant, and, in accordance with the style of seal engraving of that 
time, represent a knight on horseback, bearing a heater-shaped shield 
with the armorial bearings upon it. [See lUustratxon No. 1.] As early 
as 1110 a Coffin of Beacombe is mentioned, from whom Gen. Monck, 
Duke of Albemarle, was descended by the marriage of Maude Coffin and 
Peter Le Moyne — this name was changed to Monck after 1425. Beacombe 
was a locality so near to Alwington that it was without doubt in the parish, 
and there is strong reason to think that both these families were of the same 
line. 

When in 1685 John Prince began to gather material for a history of 
the "Worthies of Devon," he found that Richard Coffin, the lord of 
Alwington and High Sheriff of the county, had a more thorough knowledge 
of the histories of its families and its worthy men than Prince could expect 
to acquire, and a letter from Prince beseeching Mr. Coffin to write the his- 
tory is extant. 

Mr. Hamilton, who recently wrote **The Quarter Sessions" of Devon, 
found that the MSS. of the Slieriff, still preserved at Alwington, contained 
more information relating to its law affairs than the county possessed in its 
archives. 



378 The Coffim Name and Armorial Bearings. [Oct. 

The value of his library, particularly ia MSS., is best told by J. Tbomii 
Riley, iuspector of Historical MSS. in private possessionsy for the Rojal 
Commissiouers (Vols. iV. and V.). 

The collection of papers and documents at Portled^e (anciently " Portlynch *^ 
may be divided iuto three clasHes : compilations in the form of volumes, andeit 
deeds and papers, and letters ; the accumulations of many generations, and of soi- 
cient extent to fill a considerable number of chests and boxes. They are, bowcter, 
at present, mostly in a confused and unsorted state ; and it is owin^ to this fact, 
oombined with the comparative shortness of my visit, that I am unable to give tn 
particulars relative to a large amount of correspondence, extending, it is Eeiiefeo, 
bom the reign of Elizabeth to the beginning of that of Queen Anne. 

Some of the most valuable, probaluy, among the manuscript volumes which fbr- 
merly formed ]mrt of the collection at Portlcdse, are now in other hands, owing to 
the fact that in year 1801 the Library — a ooUection of considerable celerity, ui 
which it had taken a couple of centuries to bring together — was sold by the thai 
owner of the estate, to Mr. S. Woolmer. of £xeter ; oy whom a printed catalogs! 
was published and circulated, with the oqject of selling the rare and diversified eon- 
tents of the Library in detail. 

In this catalogue, a copy of which is preserved in the library of the present ownv 
of Portledge, the two following items seem to me especially deserving of notice : 

'^ 1320. A Recapitulation of remarkable occurrences containoa in Mr. D^h 
thome's Letters in the year 1690 to 1699, a very choice and interesting manoscripi, 
exceedingly curious, and comprising an historical detail of anecdotes and singnltr 
circumstances as they occurred, of a public as well as local nature ; and in eveiy 
part discovering the narrator to be a man of uncommon information and obsem- 
tion. The manuscript is transcribed in the hand of Richard Coffin, that worthy 
possessor of Portledge Uouse, so celebrated by Prince (in his Ilistory of Devon) for 
nis great attachment to literature, to whom the original letters appear to have been 
addressed, Folio. N. B. This entertaining article must be pecuiuurly useful to an 
historian for its originality, and the reepectability of its writers." 

No price is set in the Catalogue aeainst this remarkable compilation, and its pr^ 
sent locality is not known ; but the letters written by Mr. Laptnome — then reetdiD|c 
in London — proV)ably more than 200 in number, unsorted. and some few of them in 
a decaying condition, still form part of the collection at Portled«^. 

The next article mentioned in the Catalogue is of equal, if nut greater, interest, 
and, as in the case of the preceding one, its present locality is unknown : 

** 1321. Risdon's Manuscripts of Devon, in folio ; a very old copy, with 8 folio 
volumes of manuscripts of the Courts Baron (some ancient) relative U) the Cofl&n 
family, in which the names of a number of persons in the north of Devon occur: 
and a packet of 2d leaves or fragments of the Genealogies of families in Devon. 
£10. 10s." 

Among other manuscriptfl mentioned in the Catalogue are the following : 

*' 1322. A chronicle of Families from William the Conqueror to King James the 
First, folio, £2. 2s. 

** 1323. A chronicle of Collections from Chronicles and HLstorics, from King Ed- 
ward the Third to 1640, a curious book in Quarto, X2. 2s ;" and 

*' 1328. 20 manuscripts of various kinds, £1. Is." 

The six manuscript volumes next described are in the possession of the owner of 
Portledi^o : 

** Visitation of Devon, by Glover (Somerset Herald) 1564. A folio volume wd- 
tainini^ 141 leaves of pajMjr, filled with the arms and |>edigree8 of Devonshire fami- 
lies. On the obverse of the tly leaf is written (by Mr. Richard Coffin mentioned be- 
low): — ' This Visitation, as Mr. Lapthorne writt to me, who bought (it) at an auc- 
tion in London, was writt hy one Glover, a man of fame in his time. It oust 3iV.' " 

This seems to bo a valuable volume, and its sides are lined and Htren^thened with 
portions of a l>eautifully written 14th century manuscript, apparently a Latin trans- 
lation of Joseph us. 

A folio volume in old calf, containinsj alK>ut 204 leaves of paper, bcins^ a Vi.*it»- 
tion of Cornwall, l^eginninii; with ** The Village of Pensance." It is without title. 
and seems to be a most elaborate work. 

A thick folio volume, in calf, containing about 480 leaves : it contains arms of 
Devonsliire families, and Devonshire cor|)orations of various kinds. From the w^i^ 
in^ its date would appear to bo about 1680, and it is a t)eautifully executed aoi 
voluminous work. 



1881.] The Coffin Jfame and Armorial Bearings. 379 

A large folio volame, containing 399 leavee ; being an Heraldic Dictionary oom^ 
piled by Richard Coffin, of Portledge, Sheriff of the County of Devon for several 
years. The volume is wholly in his hand writing, and is a most elaborate work. 
In an heraldic point of view it is of considerable value, if we may judge from the 
vast amount ot induetnr that has been displayed. In p. 372 there is a notice that 
he was High Sheriff of Devon in 1685. 

A small quarto paper volume, in limp parchment, of about 135 leaves, entitled — 
'* A Miscellany of Hystorical fragments.'^ From the full details under the head of 
" CofiBn " the book was probably compiled by a member of that family ; apparently 
ft Royalist of the time of Charles the First. 

A Dictionary of Ueraldry, a small paper folio volume, in old rough calf, contain- 
ing about 150 leaves. The name of the compiler is not given, but it appears to be 
tD elaborate work. Unlike most of the preceding volumes, it contains no tracing 
or sketches of arms. 

The deeds and i^apers in the possession of Mr. Pine Coffin, belonging to various 
dates, from the reign of Henry the Third to that of llenry the Eightu, are probably 
from four to five hundred in number. 

This long extract is given for two reasons : first, because so many of our 
early New England settlers, especially on the Mason and Gorges grants, came 
from Devon ; secondly, because the value of Richard Cofhu's opinion can 
be estimated. The ancient record of the Coffin family in the Kfgistrr, 
YoL ii. pp. 337-340, through the N. B., is a transcript from Prince's 
Worthies of Devon. It will be noticed that the arms are described on 
page 337 as ** Azure^ three heasants between 5 cross-croslets, or, — Flor. 
A.D. 1533." And in the note on page 340 a deed is mentioned dated 22 
Edward III. (1349) with the same coat affixed. [^See JUtistration No, 2.] 

The occasion for this variety undoubte<lly arose from the fact that the first 
bearings were used by families of so many names that a knight in armor 
oould not be distinguished by them, and the coat of bezants was assumed 
to clearly distinguish the Cophen family, and it is unique in British heral- 
dry to this day ; while the first coat, in form, is borne by hundreds of fami- 
lies of divers names. 

J. Richard Pine Coffin, Esq., the present owner of the manor of Alwing- 
ton, referred to as the owner of these precious manuscinpts, kindly furnish- 
ed the following : 

In my book on Heraldry written by Richard Coffin the Sherifi", I find the arms of 
Coffin are, ** Az' 3 Br'asants between 5 Cross Croevlets Or.'* 

in a second note, I cannot say who written by, ** There are two Coats which have 
been principally borne by this family, viz. ; Ist, Argent a chevron between 3 mul- 
lets sable. 2d, Azure 3 Heasants between 5 Cross Crosslets in Saltire or, whereof 
the one is the paternal coat armour of the familv, the other taken to be the Coat 
Armour of Portlinch (Portledge) ; but notice Mr. Coffin's paternal coat is not 
asured. There are some who stand stiffe for the mullets, because some of the later 
cenerations have sealed with it ; but the gentleman who is now living at Portlinch, 
having travelled in the way farther than any of his immediate ancestors, doth 
now incline to the Besnnts principally because in 22d Edward 3rd his ancestor 
iealed with Besants Cross Crosslets upon the ancientest deed with a coat ot armour 

which he hath. 2ndly, because thereon the arms of his ancestors are 

impaled with this coat on them, as in the Churches of Alwington, Heanton, Egjrlea- 
faail in Cornwall, and but chiefly because a copy of note being sent him out of Lei- 
cestershire of his crest which was given under the hand of Wn^thsiey king of Arms 
to H. 8. This coat armour of the Besants and Cross Crosslets is written under the 
said, same as the C(mt of Coffin. I have seen also the same coat impaled with the 
eoat of Eettel of Eggleshail under the hand of Robert Cook. 

In a third note, ** There are two sets of arms belonging to the Coffin family, one 
of which is azure a crusule and 3 besants — Argent a chevron between 3 mullets 
sable." 

The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. 



380 2%e Coffin Name and Armorial Bearings* [Oct 

The reference to the church was in answer to an inquiry, the cross- 
crosslets being placed in saltire — the form of St Andrew's cross — ^indi- 
cating an allusion to him ; the customary fete days in English parishes 
occur also upon the natal day of the saint to whom the church is dedicated. 

The reference to the crest under the hand of Wrothsley, King of Amu 
to Henry VIIL, applies to one granted by him to Sir William Coffin (see 
Register, vol. zziv. p. 149), who died without issue. This grant specifi- 
cally states that it was for him and " his posterity ;" therefore, having no 
posterity, and having bequeathed his property in Devon to the heirs of 
Portledge (Alwington) in 1538, the use of his special bearings ceased to 
exist. It is to be observed that his coat armor is said to have been the 
" same as the coat of Coffin," therefore Uue and not green, as used in Ameri- 
ca, and claimed to be copied from his. This coloring is produced by poor 
artists mixing the blue of the field with the yellow of the ordinary and 
charges. 

The third reference is to the armorial bearings given to the herald at the 
Visitation of Devon, A.D. 1620, where it is described as Azure 3 hezanU 
between 9 cross-crossleti or, [See Illustration No. 3.] This form is also 
known as crusilee. 

The arms borne by the family in Somersetshire are merely a quartering 
of the armorial bearings previously described as Nos. 1 and 2. [«Sef JBu*- 
tratton No, 4.] As the first English quartered coat of arms is said to have 
been borne A.D. 1348, while this combination undoubtedly intimates con- 
sanguinity with the Portledge branch, it would suggest a time two centu- 
ries later than the Portledge family's use of the coat first described. 

The armorial bearings of the family principally in use in South Devon, 
whence Tristram came, are represented by lUustratton No. 5, viz.: Azun 
4 Bezants between 5 cross-crosslets in Saltire Or. The i^rest, which wm 
later combined with it, is, Or, a martlet between two cinque foils Ar, 
slipped and leaved vert. 

There is no proof that the branch possessing Inwardleigh about A.D. 
1200 was not the senior branch of the family. This was a line of knights, 
living in luxury with all the surroundings of wealth, including a deer-park. 
Its home was midway between Alwington on the north and Brixton, the 
home of Tristram, on the south. The line ended in an heiress, and the 
projKirtv passed to another name by her marriage, while the junior sons of 
the eaHier generations became scattered. We find a Nicholas Coffin in 
Chudleigh, still further south, about A.D. 1300; and this name was com- 
mon among Tristram's ancestry, whose line is traced back to about l.')20. 

It would appear that the descendants of Tristram have kept the Alwing- 
ton or Portledge family before their mind's eye as ancestors, without aiij 
proved connection, but all probabilities are against it, except collaierallv. 
The heraldry of the American family indicates that sketches were obtained 
from the architectural adornments of the Alwington Church Pulpit, where the 
char^^es of the Coffin arms had been arranged to symbolize the cross of our 
Lord ; the crested duck calleil a shoveller, which is on the mural tablet of 
IGol, as a charge in the Loveis arms, appears as a crested pigeon iu the 
place c»f a martlet, for the Crest of the American family. [^See Illustrations 
on Plate 2.] The chevron in the Loveis arms should be engrailed. 

Our object is to use heraldry as an aid, if possible, to assist iu di8C0ve^ 
ing Tristram's ancestry ; so what we find in America which has not vet 
been found recorded in England, we should carefully examine to see if 
there is anything to warrant a supposition of its genuineness. Joshua Cof- 



1881.] The Coffin Ifame and Armorial Bearings. 381 

fin, the historian of Newborjport, when examining specimens collected 
in England, and comparing them with what he had in Newbury, said 
there was probably more false and deceptive heraldry hanging over the 
mantel-pieces in that town than could be found in an equal area on the face 
of the earth ; he had lost faith in the accuracy of the specimen in the right 
hand lower corner of the second plate, for many reasons, among others : 
the writing upon it does not correspond with the style of the age which 
bad been attached to it ; the arrangement of the cross-crosslets in cross 
(latin) instead of saltire ; the mount on which the bird stands ; the flow- 
ers being attached to the wreath ; the want of a description of the crest ; 
and finally the unknown motto. ' 

Hector Coffin's book-plate from the Newbury emblazonment is at the 
top of the second plate. It differs in the crest, and the alterations were 
made in it for or by the same branch. He wrote for his distant kinsman— 
the admiral, Sir Isaac Coffin — a statement of relationship of the New Eng- 
land family with that of Portledge, which the admiral afterwards discover- 
ed was a gross error ; but Hector, after a special grant of arms had been 
made to the admiral in 1804, adopted them himself [see lower left hand 
Illustration^ second plate]. This shows his general character of assumption, 
which disgusted the Admiral and made them enemies. 

The book-plate of John Coffin, with its crosses potent instead of cross- 
crosslets, was another American alteration. The central plate with cross- 
crosslets fitchee was a coat of arms imposed upon the South Carolina 
branch by one of the " Heraldic offices " of London, which pretend to 
furnish both coats of arms and family history also. The gentleman for 
whom it was engraved had a knowledge of what had been passed off in this 
country for genuine, and honestly supposed that he now had a " simon-pure " 
article himself. It is unnecessary to say that he was deceived. A part 
of the admiral's crest was taken for him, but a saltire substituted for the 
stern of the ship. The minute specimen shows the Newbury arms used with 
no wreath, but the saltire substituted. 

A renewed interest in the history of this family has been awakened by 
a reunion of the descendants of Tristram, the progenitor of the branch in 
this country. At the meeting recently held in Nantucket, where he spent 
the latter part of his life, a committee was appointed to gather all material 
possible, especially in relation to his English connections. Heretofore his 
descendants have rested satisfied with claiming a descent from the Port- 
ledge line, and even at this festival carried the idea to the ridiculous extent 
of having a large part of the ware used there, decorated with the armorial- 
bearings used for the first time in the Pine-Coffin quarterings, in 1797, 
more than a century and a half after Tristram had left England. \^See 
lUustration No. 6.] 

The Essex Institute purchased the manuscripts belonging to the late 
Joshua Coffin, and the widow of the late Nathaniel W. Coffin has promised 
his collection to the New Jiingland Historic, Genealogical Society. Gentle- 
men connected with the Essex Institute visited England last year and ob- 
tained copies of inquisitions and other material, which will be of service 
in discriminating between different English branches, and we hope that the 
new impulse wUl be the means of ultimately tracing the ancestry of the 
American family to a connection with its source in the mother country. 

VOL. XXXV. 33 



382 Notes and Queries. [Oct. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 

Notes. 

Itsxs of Kinship from York County (Me.) Deeds.— The following memoranda 
of genealogical statements gleaned from a series of deeds in the York uoanty Reg- 
istry of Deeds may be of interest to antiquarians. 

1701. Thomas Potts, of Dover, N. H., son of Richard Potts, late of Gasco Bay 
(B. X. p. 69^ . 1720. William Paine, of Gloucester, sells estate of his erandfatber 
Nicholas White, ** formerly of Westgustugoe " (now Yarmouth, Me.) (B. x. p. 
126). 1720. John Wallis, of Sherbom, Mass., sells to " my brother Bern. Twitcb- 
ell Jr of Sherbom his rights in land belonging to his father John Wallis Sr deceas- 
ed, son of Nathaniel Wallis as well as his rif^hts in land of his grandfather John 
Shepherd, deceased (6. x. p. 104). 1715. Jolin Reding and wf Jane of Gloucester, 
son of Thomas Reding of Casco Bay, deceased ( B. ix. p. 32). 1716. Thomas Purson 
of Boston, son of George Purson of Boston, deceased, who formerly lived at Casco Bay 
(B. ix. p. 117). 1719. Job Lane and wf. Mary of Billerica sell land belonvingto 
his fiather James Lane, formerly of Casco Bay, deceased (B. xi. 175) . 1722. Martha 
Mountjoy, widow of Josiah Mountjoy of Boston, sells one-ninth of property belong- 
ing to George Moun^oy, grandfather of her husband (B. xi. 205). 1^9. John At- 
well and wt Margaret of Xiynn, sell one-tenth of ri^ht of the heirs of John Maia, 
late of Casco Bay, deceased, as grandson of the said Main (B. xiii. p. 92). 1727. 
Elizabeth Cook of Roxbury, granddaughter and only heir of John Holman, late of 
North Yarmouth, deceased (B. xiii. p. 110). 1739. Joshua Wallis of Sherborne 
sells to son-in-law Jacob Cozens of Uolliston, land belonging to his father Nathan- 
iel Wallis, late of North Yarmouth, deceased (B. xxiii. p. 231). 1720. £liabeth, 
wife of John Conner, deceased, of Salisbury, daughter and one of the heirs of John 
Purington, formerly of Casco Bay (B. xiii. p. 131). 1729. Sarah Willey (wife of 
Isaac) of Lyme, Conn., one of the daughters of William Ashfell, late of North Yar- 
moutn deceased (B. xiii. p. 264). 1731. John MacMeiun of Salem and wf Sarah, 
Samuel Skinner of Salem and wf Margaret eell all their rights in property situated 
at Casco Bay, belonging to their in^ndfather Thomas Shepherd, deceased, *' which 
descends to us by our mother Bridget Wallis, daughter of said Shepherd (B. xiv. p. 
166). 1731. Nathan Preble of Stoughton, Joseph Bciyamin and Abitmil Caral of 
Walpole, grandchildren of John Maine of North Yarmouth, deceased, sell land which 
descended to them through their mother Priscilla, daughter of said John Maine (B. 
xiv. 250). 1720. Saunders Carr of Salisbury and wife Mary, who was one of the 
daughters of John Purington, formerly of Memconeague (Hari)swell), in Casco liay 
(B. xiv. 177). 1732. Aaron Cleaveland of Charlestown, Samuel Newhall, Joseph 
Lamson and Josiah Nichols, all of Maiden, sell their *' right by inheritance '" to land 
owned by John Lane, late of Caeco Bay (B. xv. p. 178). 1687. Joseph Holmes and 
brother John, both of Salem, sell land in Casco Bay to brother-in-law Nathaniel Hill 
of Billerica (B. xvii. p. 81). 1734. Elizabeth Brewer, widow, Nathaniel Brewer and 
Dorothy Williams, all of Koxbury T** the said Elizabeth Brewer being relict of Na- 
thaniel Brewer dec*, and said Nath' Brewer and Dorothy Williams oeing children 
and only heirs of said Nathaniel Brewer dec** ''), sell land in North Yarmouth (B. 
xvii. p. 142). 

Any facts, giving more detailed confirmation of these statements just cited, will 
be of great service to the writer, who has considerable information relating to the 
ancestors of the above-named grantees which may be of reciprocal benefit to those 
interested. c. k. b. 



Perlky. — I copy from an old Bible which has been shown me, the following 
records : 

Jeremiah Perley his Book. July 19**^ 1746. My Sister Alice How departed this 
Life in the Sixty Sixth year of her age. 

June 9"^ 1748 My wife Sarah departed this Life in the Fifty Sixth year of her 
age. 



1881.] Notes and Queries. 383 

Cap' Jeremiah Perlcy Departed this Life June 16, 1758. between three and four 
of the Clock In the afternoon, having the same day but a few hours before walked 
abroad and Set and talked with people at work. 

This Bible was the Gift of my honoured Uncle the above named Cap^ Jeremiah Per- 
ley to me the Subscriber Daniel Black. 

Troy May 1 1^ 1830— then the widdow Sarah Holt departed this Life being in the 
ninteeth ar of her age. 

The Troy is Troy, N. H. Who the parties in the record are I know not. The 
Bible was printed by John Baskett, London, 1716. Silyanus Hatwaro. 

Globe Vtllqgef Mass. 



CoL. Joseph L. Chester. — Our countryman, Col. Chester, who in 1877 received 
the degree of LL.D. from Columbia College, New York, has this year had the 
degree of D.C.L. conferred upon him by the University of Oxford, £ngland. The 
London Academy ^ July 2, 1881, pays the following tribute to him : 

" Among those who recently received the honorary degree of D.C.L. at Oxford 
Gommemoration, the name of dol. Chester appeals most to students, lie was right- 
ly staled bv Prof. Bryce * the first of our living genealogists.' But as the Uni- 
▼ersity of Oxford is under a special obligation to nim for the labor he has expended 
upon its early matriculation lists, so ought the Academy to take this opportunity of 
acknowledging the readiness and genertxsity with whicn he has always placed his 
■toree of learnmg at the service of its readers." 



Peirce.— In the Records of Mass. Colony, vol. 6, p. 643, " Math: Peirse, 
Woob." is said to have been admitted to freedom October 31, 1684. This is a 
mistake, made either in recording or copying, and should read Nath, This Na- 
thaniel was son of Robert. There is abundant evidence that there was never in 
eolonial times a Matthew Peirce living in VVoburn. The mistake was easily made, 
as it involved but a single stroke of the pen. 

The author of the *' Book of the Lockes,*' and Washburn, in the ** History of 
Leicester,'* in a list of the children of Thomas Peirce of Woburn, Leicester, &o. 
(mar. Hannah Locke), give ** Bei\jamin, b. probably 17*25 or 1726 ; Thomas, b. 
probably 1726 or 1727." This is an error. Tnomas must have been the elder, for 
in Mid. Probate R., Feb. 1747-^, Beniamin ** in his 20th year" has a guardian 
appointed for property left by his grandfather, James lA)cke. Thomas, who has no 
guardian, must have been already 21. Also, the father, in will dated 1768, be- 
queaths ** To son Thomas," ** to son Benjamin," &c. — intimating by the order of 
the names that Thomas was the elder. M. F. Peirce. 

Cambridgeportj Mass, 



The Dinwiddie Papers. — These valuable manuscripts, which were sold at the 
anotion sale of books and manuscripts belonging to our countryman, Henry Stevens, 
F.S.A., at London, in July last, were purchased for W. VV. Corcoran, £s(i., the 
Washington banker, who has presented them to the Virginia Historical Societj^. 
For a description of them, see the proceedings of the above-named society in this 
number of the Register, and No. 1055 of Mr. Stevens's catalogue. 



LoNGEviTT. — ^The following instances of longevity are taken from early Boston 
newspapers. It is very likely that the relatives of these individuals had no record 
of their births. Such persons are proverbially long-lived. s. a. o. 

Mrs. Anne Pollard, Widow of Mr. William Pollard, bom at Saffron Walden in 
the Kingdom of £ngland, died here Dec. the 6th, in the 105th Year of her Age : 
She has left of her Ofikpring 130.—** The New England Courant,'' Dec. 11, 1725. 

A few days ago died at Newton, Mrs. Mary Davis, in the 115th or 116th 
Tear of her Age : She retained her Memory and Reason to the last. — ** The Boston 
Gazette, or Weekly Journal,'' Oct. 10, 1752. 



Hathaway. — John Hathaway, of Taunton, testified before the court in January, 
1697, and said that he was at that date about 67 years old. Therefore he must 



384 Jfbtes and Queries. [Oct. 

have been born in 1629 or 1630. This written testimony can be found in one of the 
early books in the Registry of Deeds, at Taunton, and will se^^le the (question so long 
and anxiously put as to the time of his birth and his age when settling in Taunton. 
It also shows that he was not the John Hathaway who embarked at London, July. 
1635, in the Blessing (Register, xiv. 321) , as that person was then 18 years old, and 
consequently was bom between July, 1617, and July, 1618. 
Freetown, Mass, E. W. Pkibci. 



Forbes Lithographic Manufacturing Company. — We are indebted to this com- 
I)any for the gratuitous reproduction, by their Albertyp% process, of the illustra- 
tions of the article in this number on the Heraldry of the Coffin family. The o£Boe 
of the company is No. 181 Devonshire Street. 



Queries. 

Dayis, Williams, White, Ruogles.— Who were the ancestors of Abigail Davii 
who married Joseph Williams (son of Stephen, son of Robert Williams)of Roxbury, 
May 22cl, 1706 ? Joseph was born Feb. 24, 1681. Was AbigaU daughter of Tobias 
Davis of Roxbury ? 

Who were the ancestors of Hannah White who married Ebenezer Davis of Rox- 
bury April 18, 1700? Of Joanna White of Brookline who married Joseph Rag- 
gles of Roxbury October 20, 1720 ? 

Did Nebemiah Davis, son of Ebenezer of Roxbury, bom 1707, died probably at 
Brookline, 1785, leave descendants? If so, who are they? 

P. O. Box 2654, Boston, Horatio Dayis. 



"The Blue Book, or CJourt Directory." — Can any of the readers of the Regis- 
ter give an account of the book bearing the above title? t. a. n. 
Philadelphia, 

Alden, &c. — I. Who were the parents of John Alden, of Needham, and of hii 
wife rimnktul Parker? Tlicy were married in 1728. 

2. Who were the parents uf Thankful Parker, who married Henry Alden, of 
Needham ? She was born in 1730. 

3. Who were the parents of Jason Whitney, of Natick, and of his wife Elizabeth 
Beal, said to be of Sudbury, and married about 1757 ? 

4. Who were the parents of Abigail Elliot, born about 1758, and married George 
Langford in 1786, in Northampton, Easthamptou or W^esthampton ? 

Troy, N. Y. Charles L. Aldex. 



Clark. — Can any one give me the ancestry and parentage of Jonathan Clark, 
who, by wife Experience, had children born in Wrentbam, Mass., as follows:— 
1. John, born Oct. 22, 1725; 2. Mary, Nov. 26, 1727 ; 3. Martha, April 2, 1730 ; 
4. Experience, May 8, 1733 ; 5. Sarah, May 14, 1735; 6. Jonathan, June 27, 1737; 
7. 'Jhomas, July 8, 1742 ; 8. Amip, May 2, 1744; 9. Rachel, Aug. 10, 174G. 

Town Clerk's Office, Croydon, N. H. Aloxzo Allen. 



Snelling. — I should like to procure biosjaphical data regarding William Joseph 
Snellin*;, author of several works and articles on the nortn-western Indians, and 
other books. He was 8ul)t«euuently a journalist in Boston, lie was bom in Bositon, 
December 26, 1804, and died in Chelsea, Dec. 24, 1848. I shall feel very grateful 
to any one who can furnish me with information of any nature regarding Mr. 
Suellini; not found in Drake's ** Dictionary of American Bio«jraphy." 

St. Paul, Minn. J. Flktcher Wiluams. 



Brigden. — Information is desired in relation to articles of silver plate made by 
Zecliariab Brifrden, of Charlestown, Mass., 1734-1787. J. Edwards. 

New Haven J Ct. 



1881.] 



Notes and Queries. 



<^ 



An AtrroQBipmc Pczxu. — Since the publication in the Ruism, present Tol- 
le, pages 234-5, or the letter of 1632, there attributed to Thomas Sharp, 1 hsTe 
* "-—•i-""! mtb Uie coDclusiou then made in r^^rd to it. The oritinal hftT- 
-— - ing been shown to 

the Bon. Robert C. 
Winthrop — who ia 

Erobahlv more fsmi- 
BT with the chin)- 
giaphy of Qov. John 
Winthrop than any 
otber person now liv- 
ing — be pruQODQced 
the indorsemant on 
the letter to be that 
of Gov. Winthrop, to 




' Mr. Askleir-' I think 



Ashby.' 



The writing, tbs B^le a 

beginning of the filth line [of the orifjinul] ' 



&1, seeu to betoken & scbalnrly person. In tha 
„._ „ L - 16 ori/jinal] 'yowand yo' seUe ' are lautotogieal. 

Toey may have been carelessly written, or ' selfe ' may have been intcndijil for 
' wife.' In those days wiie waa sometimes styled a second self. Thiii, ho«r- 
enir, is the only inaccuracy, and the style in einj(uliirly epii^rammatic, and Teinind* 
one of the style of the PurtCan ministers of that period. Purbaps the writer was a 
elargyman, but the ptiraee ' warrant Durmant ' suundB like the language of a law- 
yer or magistrate. • 

" The Biicnature ia a kind of monogram, with the initial letter A in (be centre, 
«ft on one side of it, and tbe ly or iy on the other. The Governor undoubtedly know 
tbe signature and the man, and hia indorsement is conclusive." " The monogram 
itOTidently made up of capital letters. StI.\UY or SliALY." 
Mr. David Pulsifer reads the autograph " Asbly " or " Ashby." 
I supposed, at first, that the iodurHcment on the back of the letter was intended 
ibrsome other purpose than to designate the writer of it. It seems hard, even now, to 
nad tha fanciful signatuie " Aehly," or " Aiibby.'' though I tbint, (rum the cir- 
camit&uoes of the case, that it must have been written for one of thuee names. It 
waa the usual custom, it appears, of Gov. \Vinthrap to endorse the name of ths 
WTiter_ on letters received, as may be seen by relerriug to tbe Mastadauttti Huto- 



U Colltctiojtf, vole. i 






, Fourth SeriM. 



WitxtAM B. Tuac. 



Thrk Nmua (anie. zxii. 106).— This exprevlon on tbe pef^ referred to has 
probably puziled many of our Maders. Peter E. Vmc, Esq., of Oennysville, Me., 
sends us the following explanation, by whiiih it will be seen that " Thn-enc-eilles " 
is a surname. Savage (Gen. Diet. iv. 294) f;ivcs the family of Bartholomew Three- 
needles. He lelt one son, James, and several daughters : 

" On looking over the memoir of the Hon. Jiiohua Ilcnshaw in the BmisTiit for 
April, IBOe, 1 notice in a fontr-nnte on pa^e 106. that a certain estate in Sudbury 
Stteet, Boston, conveyed to Mr. Henshaw in 1741-2, is bounded 'on Ihe Muth-weat 
on land of Thomas Cooper, late deeeai^d, thore measuring 09 feet; M. W. on Bar- 
tholomew, threeneedlesnineteen anda half leet.' I have no donbt that theread- 
TOL. XXXT. S3* 



386 Notes and Queries. [Oct. 

era of that note have often wondered what * Bartholomew ' was, and how maeh 
land was included within that singular measure of * three needles nineteen and a 
half feet/ and have every time heen obliged to give a[) the conandrum. 

*' I happen to have in my possession two old deeds in the hand writing, I judge, 
of Isaac Addington, in one of which, dated August 29, 1674, John Drury conveys 
to Joseph Winslow for the sum of £136, a certain property in Sudbury Street. 
' bounded on the Northerly side with the house & Lott of £Seirtholomew Threeneedle, 
and in the other, dated September 15, 1675, Hugh Drurv conveys to Winslow for 
£25. 10s. a property bounded * on the northeasterly End thereof by the Land of 
Bartholomew Threeneedle.' It is thus explained what * Bartholomew ' means, 
and that * three needles ' is not a land measure, but that the words put together are 
the funny name of a man who lived in those days. I wonder if he left any doac^id- 
ants." 



Harrts {ante, p. 278.) — In connection with the query by C. C. Baldwin in the 
July number (p. 278), the following statement may lead to its solution, or it may 
thicken the clouds about it. 

Mary Harris, whom I have always thought a child, although unable to learn har 
parentage or previous history, was captured at Deerfield by the French and Indians 
from Canada, February 29, 1704. She never returned, and is next heard of in the 
narrative of Robert Eastburn, who was captured near Oswego, N. Y., March S6, 
1756. He says : *' When at Oohnewa^o, lodged with the French Captain's mother 
(an English woman named Mary Harris, taken captive when a child from Deerfield 
in New England), who told me she was my grandmother, and was kind." 

Gist, as quotea by Baldwin, says Mai7 Harris ^* was not above ten years old" 
when taken, and was ** upwards of fifty " in 1751. Eastbum's statement that she 
was ** a child " does not conflict with this, and both accounts point unmistakably 
to the same person. But who shall solve the mystery, and reconcile theee authori- 
ties in their accounts of her husband and children ? The wife of an Indian and mo- 
ther of several (Indian) children in Ohio, in 1751 ! The mother of a French cap- 
tive in Canada in 1756 ! Geo. SHitLDON. 

Deerfield, Mass. 

Porter (ante, xxx. 360. xxxv. 281).— The note on page 281 of the July Registbr 

contains a complication of errors which should not go further. 

Nathaniel Alexander, the father of Mindwell who married Daniel Porter, was not 

*' horn at Northfield, Mass.," that town being a wildernens long after his birth. He 

was brother to, not '* son of John Alexander." Neither Nathaniel nor John " came 

with his father George from Scotland." Both were horn in Windsor, Conn.; the 

• latter *' settled " thercy and not " in Northampton, Mass." 

Deerfield , Mass. Geo. Soeldon. 



AXNOUNCEMEXTS . 



Robert A. Brock, Esq., of Richmond, Va., whose valuable contributions to the 
local and general history, and the genealof^y and biography of the *' Old Dominion," 
have In^en frequently commended in the Keoister, took charge, on the fin«t of Sep- 
tember last, of the rooms of the Virginia Historical Society, in the Westmoreland 
Club lIou.se. We congratulate the society on obtaining so accomplished a custodi- 
an for its library. With a gentleman of such tastes and capacity in charge of the 
institution, its collection of historical material cannot fail to be greatly increased 
and made available to the student of history. 

Mr. Brock is also announced as an associate editor of the Richmond Standard^i 
position which we understand he has actually filled for some time, doing much to build 
up the reputation which this newspaper has gained. Of course, the ** Notes and 
Queries,' and other historical articles in the Standard^ of which Mr. Brook had 
special charge, will still have his care. 



Men of the Time. — Mes.sr8. Charles Robson & Co., Philadelphia, announce as in 
preparation a work entitled: '* Men of thclTime : a Biographical Dictionarj- of 
America," to contain concise biographies of living American statesmen and public 
officials, also representative men of other classes. It will make a volume of 600 pages, 
imperial octavo. Price $15 in cloth ; $16.50 half morocco ; and $18 full morocco. 



1881. J Societies and their Proceedings. 387 

Gknkalooixb in Preparation. — Persons of the several names are advised to far- 
nish the compilers of these genealogies with records of their own fiamilies and other 
information which thev think will be useful. We would suggest that all facts of 
interest illustrating the family history or character be communicated, especially 
service under the if. S. government, the holding of other offices, graduation from 
college or professional schools, occupation, with dates and places of oirth, marriage, 
residence and death. 

Clark, By Salter S. Clark, Esq., 115 Broadway, New York city. — He is the au- 
thor of the pamphlet on William Clark, of Haddam, Ct., and his descendants, 
noticed in this number of the Rsgister, and is collecting matter for a larger work 
on this family. 

Cogswell. By the Rev. E. 0. Jameson, of East Medway, Mass.— The title of 
the book will be '* The Cogswells in America." The Rev. Mr. Jameson has the gen- 
ealogical collections of his father-in-law, the late Rev. William Cogswell, D.D., a 
member of this society, who ^itcd the first volume of the Register. The book is 
designed to give as complete an account of each &mily of the Cogswells as possible, 
and will be illustrated with numerous portraits. All persons who are interested in 
the snccess and completeness of the work are invited to furnish facts and incidents 
aa they are able, and to correspond freely with the author. Blanks will be furnished 
on application. 

Damon, By the Rev. Samuel C. Damon, D.D., of Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. 
— The Rev. Dr. Damon has in press, iu Honolulu, a volume of about 100 pages on 
the ^nealogy of the Damon family, which will probably be ready early in 1882. It 
is chiefly intended for private circulation, but will be sent post-paid to persons in- 
terested who remit $1, either to the author at Honolulu, or S. G. Damon, Esq., 
Arlington, Mass. 

Stimson, The Rev. Martin Stimson, of Norwich, Vt., a graduate of Dartmouth 
College in 1878, has for three years been collecting genealogical statistics for the 
" Stimson Family Record.*' Mr. Stimson was married, July 6, to Miss Emily B., 
daughter of the Rev. H. B. Hail, of Obcrlin, Ohio, and they expect to sail, Septem- 
ber 3, as missionaries fbr Tai Yuen Shansi, in northern China. All the genealogi- 
cal papers of the Rev. Mr. Stimson have been placed in the hands of his brother 
Edward P. Stimson, M.D., of Tiverton, R. I., to whom replies to circulars and other 
communications should be addressed. It is hoped that the Record will soon be 
completed. 

Swift, By Harrison Ellery, 1 Central Wharf, Boston, Mass. — Mr. EUery pro- 
poses to print, provided two hundred copies are subscribed for, the Journal of Uen. 
Joseph (i. Swift, the first graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 
with a genealogy of the Swift family descended from Thomas Swift, of Dorchester, 
1634. It will make a*^uarto volume of about 400 pages, illustrated by family por- 
traits and other engravings. Only a limited edition will be printed. Price $5. 



SOCIETIES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS. 

New-England Historic. Qenkaloqical Socdett. 

Boston, Massachusetts^ Wednesday, May 4, 1881. — A stated meeting was held at 
the Societv's House, 18 Somerset Street, this afternoon at three o'clock, the presi- 
dent, the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. Ph.D., in the chair. 

The Rev. Henry W. Foote, of Boston, read a paper entitled, '* Some Passages 
from the Early History of Kin^^s Chapel.'* Mr. Foote is pastor of King's Chapel, 
and is engaged in writing the history of that church. 

Mr. D. G. Hawkins, Jr., the secretary, read an invitation to attend the ceremonies 
of the unveiling of the memorial column to the victors at the battle of Cowpens, to 
take place at Spartansburg, S. C, May U. It was voted to accept the invitation, 
and the lion. Charles Cowley was appointed a delegate. 

Mr. John Ward Dean, the librarian, reported as donations in April, 25 volumes 
and 189 pamphlets. 

The Rev. Increase N. Tarbox, D.D., the historiographer, reported memorial 
■ketches of four deceased members, namely, Mr. William Makepeace, the Rev. Wil- 
liam GrigsoD, the Rev. Alexander H. Vinton, D.D., and Mr. William Lawton. 



388 Societies and their Proceedings. [Oct. 

June 1. — A stated meeting wis held this afleroooD at three o'clock, Plreadent 
Wilder in the chair. 

The Hon. Nathaniel F. Safford offered a series of reeolations in fiivor of the pn- 
servation of the Old State House, threatened with destmotion, and its renoTation 
and devotion to public uses, that it may remind ** the citizen and stranger, in eaob 
generation, of the inspired lessons and sacred trust transmitted from within its 
walls." After remarks by Mr. Safford, President Wilder and other members, tfai 
resolutions were unanimously adopted. 

The Rey. Frederick W. Holland, of Cambridge, read a paper on " The Oaasei of 
the Reaction in England from Republicanism and Puritanism." 

The librarian reported as donations in May, 43 volumes and 542 pamphlets. 

The Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, the oorrespondins secretary, reported the aooept* 
anoe of the membership to which they had been elected, from the Rev. Richard 8. 
Storrs, D.D., of Brooklyn, N.Y., the Rev. Stephen D. Peet, of Clinton, Wis., and 
the Hon. James Burrill, of Central City, Col., as corresponding members ; and of 
the Rey. A. St. John Chambr^, D.D., Charles P. Bowditoh, Charles C. Williams, 
and Henry F. Mills, of Boston ; Don Gleason Hill and Royal O. Storrs, of Dedham; 
Walter H. Faunce of Kingston, Ralph W. Kenyon of Cambridge, Samuel T. Be&l 
of Milton, the Rev. William B. Smith of Aubumdale, Joeiah Drake of Cincinnati^ 
Ohio, and John M. Currier, M.D., of Castieton, Vt., as resident members. 

The historiographer reported memorial sketches of three deceased members, vis., 
the Hon. Charles Hudson, Samuel Webber, M.D., and Col. Henry Smith. 

Rhode-Island Histobical Sochtt. 

Providence, Wednesday, January 36, 188 i. — A meetinff was held this evening, in 
the society's cabinet. Waterman Street, the president, the Hon. Zachariah idleo, 
LL.D., in the chair. 

The library committee was authorised to print the society's Proceeding! lor 
1880-1, the expense not to exceed $175. 

Mr. William S. Liscomb, a graduate of Brown University^ read a paper on " An- 
cient Literature. '* 

Tuesday, Feb. 8. — A stated meeting was held this evening, {^resident Allen in the 
chair. 

Prof. William Gammell, LL.D., read a paper on ** The Monroe Doctrine: its 
Origin and History." Before entering upon the subject of his paper. Prof. Gam- 
mell paid a t(juchin^ tribute to the memory of the late Prof. J. Lewis Diman, with 
special reference toTiis relations to this society. 

Remarks followed from Hon. Rowland G. Hazard, Lieut. Gov. Fay, Gov. Little- 
field and the president. The last named gentleman spoke of Roger Vv ilUams as the 
first man in America to illustrate practically the ideas expressed in the Monroe 
Doctrine. 

Virginia Historical Society. 

Richmond f Monday, July 11, 1881. — A meeting of the executive oommittee was 
held this day at 12 o'clock, noon, William Wirt Henry in the chair. 

Robert A. Brock, the corresponding secretary, read letters accepting the member- 
ship to which they had been elected, from Daniel K. Stewart, Herbert A. Claiborne, 
Marshall M. Gilliam and Lewis Booker, of Richmond ; Hon. Alexander II. H. Stu- 
art and Maj. Jedediah Hotchkiss, of Staunton ; John Hunter, sen., of Louisa Court- 
house, Cul. John M. Patton, Bentavoglis, Va. ; and John L. Morgan, Jr., of 
New York city. 

A letter wjis read from Conway Robinson of Washington, D. C, giving remini- 
scences of the formation of the society, and offering suggestions for the promotion 
of its interests. 

Saturday, July 16. — A meeting of the committee was held this day at 12 o^clock, 
noon, Mr. Curry presiding. 

Mr. JJrock announced that he had received, for return to their proper custody, a 
bound volume of records and some paper carried off by Federal soldiers during the 
war, and obtained by the Wyoming Historical Society, Wilkes Barre, Pa., who now 
return it. 

The correepondinff secretary read letters accepting membership from Prof. George 
F. Merrill, George Lee and Capt. Maxwell T. Clarke, of Richmond ; Maj. Robot 



1881.] Societies and their Proceedings. 389 

L. Ragland, of Hyco, the Hon. Robert W. Hai^hes, LL.D., and Captain John B. 
Hope, of Norfolk ; Gen. VV. H. F. Lee, of Fairfax county, Va. ; Robert A. Lancas- 
ter, of New York city, and P. L. Burwell, of Cumberland, Md. 

July 23. — A meeting of the committee was held at noon this day, Mr. Curry 
preeiding. 

The corresponding secretary read letters accepting membership from Capt. Philip 
B. Hove, of Alexandria, Va., and Messrs. N. C. Newton, Joseph Bryan, West R. 
Qaarles, R. H. Cardwell, J. L. Schoolcraft and W. O. English. 

A letter was also read from W. W. Corcoran, Esq., announcing that he had pur- 
chased for the society, at the recent sale at London, from the library of the learned 
bibliopole, Henry Stevens, F.S. A., the original manuscript records or entry-books 
of the Colony of Virginia for five years, comprising the period 1753-1757, of the ad- 
ministration of Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie, which invaluable treasury of his- 
toric material has become known familiarly to the public by recent frequent men- 
tion as *' The Dinwiddie Papers." Some idea of tneir importance in illustration of 
Virginia history may be formed when it is stated that they contain upwards of 950 
separate documents and letters, in 630 large and closely- written folio pages, com- 
prising above 6,300 foli(KS, which will fill when printed (as is the design of the 
society), three lar^e octavo volumes, including upwards of sixty letters from the 
old Governor to his youthful friend George Washington, and no less than eighteen 
long and original autograph letters of Washington to Clovemor Dinwiddie, among 
the earliest known from his pen, written between March 9, 1754, and May 2, 1756, 
when he was but twenty-two to twenty-five years of age. There are also about 75 
addresses, messages, speeches, and charges to the House of Burgesses and the grand 
jury ; 400 tetters of Governor Dinwiddie to various officers in the military service, 
and 475 to the governors of other colonies, the ministry, friends, banker, London 
a^nts, &c., making in all, as stated, about 950 separate documents, addressed to 
different bodies and individuals prominent in English and American history. The 
▼alue of these papers in the elucidation of the history of the colony of the period is 
inestimable. The papers of Washington, it will be recollected, fell into the hands 
of the French at Braddock's defeat ; but these papers supply many deficiencies oc- 
casioned by that loss — indeed, a new chapter of Virginia's history, drawn from 
these long-lost but authentic materials, will be a priceless boon to the historical 
student, showing the lead which the Old Dominion held in the colonial sisterhood. 

It may be mentioned as an evidence of the interest taken by Mr. Corcoran in the 
Virginia Historical Society, that in his letter of two pages, written by his own hand, 
lie exprcHses, with some confidence, the hope that ** we shall ere long be able tO 
secure a fire-proof building for these valuable records." 

A communication was read from the Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart, informing 
the society that amone the archives of the old district chancery court at Staunton, 
Va., there is a valuable historical document in the autograph of George Washing- 
ton^ beinic a report from him as commissioner to determine the services of the Vir- 

S'nia soluiers in the French and Indian wars, and to allot by survey the lands due to 
em. 

Resolutions were paf^sed requesting the judge of the said court to place the docu- 
ment in the keeping of this society. 

The Hon. Alexander H. H. Stuart, of Staunton, Va., was elected president in the 
place of the Hon. Hugh Blair Grigsby, LL.D., deceased ; and W. W. Corcoran, Esq., 
Washington, D. C, second vice-president in the place of the Hon. William Green, 
LL.D., deceased. The remaining vice-presidents are, first vice-president, Conway 
Robinson, Emi-. Washington, D. C. ; third vice-president, William Wirt Henry, 
Esq., Richmona, Va. 

Auaust 6. — A meeting of the committee was held this day, Mr. Ott presiding. 

Valuable gifts were reported, including a wax portrait, in basso-relievo, of Chief 
Justice John Marshall, executed by Beverly Wauch, some forty years ago, presented 
by the Rev. Horace E. Hayden,of*Wilkes Barre, Pa. 

August 13.— The committee met this day, Mr. Ott in the chair. 

Many and valuable donations were announced. Mr. Brock, the corresponding 
secretary, read a letter from W. W. Corcoran, accepting the office of second vice- 
president, to which he had recently been elected. 

Letters accepting memliership were read from Prof. William T. Thorn, Hollins 
Institute, Va., Col. John P. Nicholson, of Philadelphia, Pa., Maj. Green Peyton, 
University of Virginia, Col. M. Glenan, Norfolk, Peter Wise, Alexandria, M^jor 



390 Necrology of Historic^ Genealogical Society. [Oct 

James H. Dooley, Philip St. George Cooks, George W. Warren, Charles E. Wortb- 
am and Howard Swineford, Richmond ; J. J. Lftncasier and G. Sol?yii«, New York 
city, Col. William Allen, Owings Mill, Md. 

[Abstracted from reports in the Richmond Dispatch, July 12, July 17 and 21, 
Aug. 7 and 14, 1861.] 



NECROLOGY OF THE NEW-ENGLAND fflSTORIC, 

GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. 

Prepared by the Bey. Incrbasb N. Tabbox, D.D., Historiographer of the Sode^. 

The historiographer would infonn the society, that the memorial 
sketches which are prepared for the Register are necessarily brief 
in consequence of the limited space which can be appropriated. AU 
the facts, however, he is able to gather, are retained in the Archives of the 
Society, and will aid in more extended memoirs for which the "Towno 
Memorial Fund " is provided. The first volume, entitled ** Memorial 
Biographies," edited by a committee appointed for the purpose, has just 
been issued. It contains memoirs of all the members who died from the 
organization of the society to the close of the year 1852. A second voloma 
is in press. 

Simeon Pratt Adams, Esq., of Boston, a life member and benefiEUstor, died at his 
home in Charlestown District, Boston, Saturday morning, August 14, 1680, of 
pneumonia, afler an illness of one week. 

He was born in Medfield, Mass., April 8, 1803. When quite a lad he left his 
country home to seek his fortune in Boston, and here remained till his death, hav- 
ing met with a goodly measure of success, and gained the esteem of many of our 
leading; citizens. After faithfully Ferving his employers to the best of his abilitr, 
thereby gaining a thorough knowledge of the business, he in 1829 ventured to estab- 
lish himself as a ^ocer on his own account. His store was on Court Street, where 
he carried on business with much prosperity. About twenty-five years ago he sold 
out to his two sons, Frederick H. and George H. Adams, who with Air. Charles B. 
Fessenden pursued the business under the firm name of Adams, Feasenden & Co. 

Mr. Adams was a man of pronounced and decided opinions, and belonged to that 
noble company of men and women who early took up the cause of the slave. As an 
original member of the Free Soil party, he wieldea much influence, and may well 
be placed among the benefactors of that oppressed and down-trodden race, — the 
negro. His store was much frequented by prominent anti-slavery men, among 
whom were William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips and others. Bfside« being 
a member of the Anti-Slavery Society, he belonged to several other philanthropic 
and reformatory societies. 

He was a man of considerable influence in local politics, and was called to fill 
several offices in the city government ; was overseer of the f)oor from the same ward 
seven years, and in 1861 represented the old third ward in the legislature. 

Mr. Adams, in short, was a warm-hearted lover of humanity, as is manifef^ted by 
his kindly service ; a prompt model business man who had the good sense to retire 
at the proper time to lay up other treasures ; one who took a lively interest in the- 
ology and history as is evinced by his extensive accjuaintance with the loading cler- 
gymen of various denominations in this region, his cimstant attendance up«>n the 
services of the sanctuary, and his gleanings for his library of historical and occa- 
sional discourses. Finally, he lived a ** life well worth living," in that he added 
lar^ly, as he was able, to the sum of human happiness. 

He married, about 1831, Susan Frances Pollard, who survived him, but hsf 
since died. Four children survive, three sons and one daughter. 

He was admitted to this society October 3, 1860, and was much interested in its 
objects and welfare, as was shown in various ways, and particularly by the follow- 
ing clause in his will : 



1881.] Kecrology of Historic^ Oenecdogiccd Society. 391 

*' I give and bequeath to the New England Hiatorio, Genealogical Society, all my 
newspapers and pamphlets, bound and unbound, of every description whatsoever ; 
and the sum of tiuree hundred dollars to be paid in two years after my death without 
iolerest.'' 

The will is dated May 11, 1880, and was proved October 18, 1880. John P. Tkiv 
bell is made sole executor. The legacy has been received by the society. 

il. Ellery. 

Joseph Jbssx Cookb, Esq. , of Providence, R. 1. , a resident member since August 17, 
1874, and a benefactor, died in that city, Friday, July 8, 1881. lie was bom in 
Providence, June 1, 1813, and was the son of Joseph S. and Mary (Welch) Cooke. 
His great-grandfather, Nicholas Cooke, was governor of Rhode Island in the revo- 
lutionary period. 

hioon after leaving school, in early life, he entered upon a succession of business 
enterprises, which grew at length into large proportions. Upon the discovery of 
^Id m California in 1849, he with his brother. Gen. George Lewis Cooke, organ- 
ised the firm of Cooke, Baker & Co., afterwards Cooke Brothers & Co., which be- 
came a house of very large financial transactions. Many years since Mr. Cooke, 
haying accumulated a sufficient property, retired for the most part from active busi- 
nesB. Though not identified much with politics in his earlier years, he became an 
active republican before the breaking out of the war of the rebellion, and in 1857 
was president of the republican state convention in Rhode Island, and chairman of 
the republican state committee for the same year. He ahn) was made one of 
the three water commissioners when Providence decided to bring the Pawtuzct 
water into the city, and became the president of the water board upon the death qf 
Moses B. Lock wood. 

After Mr. Cooke had acquired wealth, he gratified his tastes in the collection of 
a library of rare and costly books. Of this library his brother in an obituary no- 
tice says : ** His collection is perhaps surpassed by none other in the country of 
individual proprietorship, either in number or value, with possibly one exception.*' 

Mr. Cooke had two wives. The first was Adelaide Martha, daughter of the late 
John and Avis (Tillinehast) Baker. She died February 9, 18B5. The second wife 
was Maria Adelaide, daughter of John and Abby Wilson (Foster) Salisbury. Ilis 
wife, two daughters by the first marriage, and a son by the second marriage, 
■orvive. 

His will was made about a fortnight before his death. It appoints his wife Mrs. 
Maria Adelaide Cooke and his brother Gen. George Lewis Cooke, executors. The 
fellovnng letter from the executors has been received by this society : 

Providence, August 11, 1881. 
Enclosed please find extract from the will of the late Joseph J. Cooke, bearing 
date June 22d, 1881, by which you will perceive that be bequeathed to your library 
the sum of five thousand dollars on condition that the same shall be expended in 
lliepurchase of books from his library at public auction. 

Tne library is now being catalogued under the direction of Hon. John Russell 
Bartlett. Please acknowl^ge receipt of this note. 

Yours R^pectfully, Gborgb Lewis Cooke, for self and 

Maria A. Cooeb, Executors, &c. 

To the Librarian of the Historical Genealogical Society, 

Boston, Mass. 

Extract from the will of Joseph J. Cooke ^ late of Providence, deceased. 

" Eighth. I give and bequeath to the Redwood Library and Atheneum of the 
City of Newport, and the Atheneum and Brown University, and the Rhode Island 
Historical Society and the Providence Public Library all of the city of Providence 
and all in the State of Rhode Island ; to the Worcester Antiquarian Society of Wor- 
eester, the Library of Harvard University, the Historical Genealogical Society of 
Boeton, all of Massachusetts ; to Yale College of New Haven, and to Irinity Colle^ 
of Hartford, all of Connecticut, the sum of Five thousand dollars each, provicUd 
that the same shall be used in payment for bills of any books which may be sold to 
them by auction by my executors or their succesaors at any sale thereof but not 
otherwise." 



392 Necrology oj Historic^ Genealogical Society, [Oct. 

Alexander Strong, Esq., of Amherst, Mass., a life member and benefactor, has 
been lont^ and familiarly known in the business circles of Boston. He was bom in the 
town of Randolph, Mass., Nov. 25, 1807. His father, the Rev. Jonathan Strong, 
D.D., was one of the prominent Congregational ministers of Massachusetts. From 
1780 he had been minister of Randolph, and died in office in 1814. 

Mr. Strong was descended from John Strong, who probably came in 1630 with the 
Warham and Maverick company, and settled in Dorcnester. He afterwards remoT- 
ed to Windsor, Ct., and still later to Northampton, Mass. His eldest son John' 
was born in England in 1626. and as a little child came over with bis father. In 
1656 he marrried Mary Clark, and afler her death, in 1664, he married Elizabeth 
Warriner. The eldest son of John and Elizabeth was John, ^ bom Dec. 35, 1665, 
who married Hannah Trumbull, of Suffieid, Ct., and had nine children. Of these, 
Dea. Jonathan^ Strong, bom April 22, 1694, married Hannah Ellsworth and re- 
moved to Bolton, Ct. They had three children, of whom Dea. Jonathan* Stnmg, 
Jr., born May 19, 1725, married Mary Nortbam, of Colchester, Ct. In June, 1772, 
he removed to Orford, N. H. They had six children, all bom in Bolton, Ct.. of 
whom the youngest was the Rev. Jonathan* Strong, D.D., who was born Sept. 4, 
married Nov. 3, 1790, Joanna Odiorne (bom Feb. 6, 1771), of Exeter, N. H. 

From this marriafje there were nine children, of whom the youngest was Alexan- 
der, the subject of this sketch. He was married June 1 1, 1832, to Catherine Good- 
win, born Feb. 14, 1809, of Boxford, Moss. She died in 1864. His second wife, 
who Burvives, was Mary Elizabeth Robinson, of Boston, to whom be was married 
1764, Feb. 11, 1868. 

By his first marriage he had five children, of whom three died in early life. His 
d^ught^T Helen Cornelia Strong, now the wife of L. J. Knowles, of Worcester, and 
bis eon Edward Alexander Strong, of Boston, survive. 

Mr. Strong, after receiving a common school education, was afterwards for a time 
at Bradford Academy, Vt., and at Leicester Academy, Mass. He commenced bosi- 
ness in Boston in 1831, where he has since been widely and honorably known. 

For one or two years before his death he made his residence at Amherst, Mass. 
He died at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, June 26, 1881. 

He was admitted to membership in this society Jan. 7, 1871. 

John Stevens Abbott, A.M., of "Watertown, Mass., a corresponding member, 
was >X)rn at IVinnle, Me., Jan. 6, 1807. He was graduated at liowdoiii College in 
1827. Alter linishing his leicjil 8tutlies he i-stablislied himself in his profoj*<iun at 
Thuniiist^^ii, Mc, iittt/rwards removing to Norridi;ewock, Me., where he continued 
to reside until about twenty years sinee. At that time he came to B iston in the 
businebfs of his profession, having his office in the city, though his home for many 
yeartj lias ])ecu in Watertown, where he died on Sunday morning, June 12, 1881, 
very sinhJeniy and unex[)ectcdly, at the age of 74. 

Mr. Al>lK)tt was the Bon of Benjamin and Phebc Abbott. The father and mother 
were of the same ramiiy name. 

Geni^e Al>]>ot, the founder of the family, came from Yorkshire, England, alwut 
ir)40, and was. in 1()43, an inhabitant of Andover, Mass. He married Hannah 
Chandler in 11)47, and alter rearing a large family of children, died Dec. 24, 1081, 
at tlie ai;e olCiG. 

His eidrst son John,- born 1648, married Sarah Barker and had nine children. 

Ills ( !dr>t sou Jolin,^ born 1673, married Elizabeth Harndin and ha<l sij children. 
Of tlie>e six the second was John,* born in 1735, who married Phebc Fit»k and had 
seven cliiiilrcn. 

Ortlie>e the fourth was Ahial,* born 1741, who married Dorcas Abbot and had 
twelve (;!iiidren, of whom the fourth was lienjamin,* Ixjrn 1770, father of John S..^ 
the suljjict of this sketch, lie was therefore of the seventh generation from the 
founder, and was of the kindred of John S. C, Jacob and Gorham AhUttt. 

(hi tijc very day of his death the children of the Congregational Church in Wa- 
tertown had arranged to present him with a cjine in token of their esteem for his 
acts ol kindncs-s and generosity toward them and toward the church. 

His meiiiherhhip dates from August 27, 1855. 

Col. IIenrv Smith, of Boston, a life member and benefactor, was a native of 
Shrewsliiii y, Rutland County, Vt., and was horn July K>, 1827. He died at the 
Treniont House, Boston, May 7, IB81. His death was occasioned by being thrown 
violciitly from a carria^je, causing concussion of the brain. 

Tiie lather of Mr. Smith was Nathan, also a native of Shrewsbury, Vt.. and born 
March 20, 1778. His grandfather was Nehemiah. 



1881.] Necrology of Historic ^ Genealogical Society. 393 

His mother was Nancy Ann Parsons, of Princeton, Mass. 

In early life Mr. Smitn enjoyed but very limited means of education. Accord- 
ine to his own statement, his school education wa8 finished at the a^e of fourteen, 
ana had consisted in the years previous of only a broken and irregular attendance 
at the district school. When a youn^ man he came from Vermont and established 
himself in the tin- ware business in l^mpleton, Mass. He became a large manu- 
&ctarer of tin vessels, which he sent by pedlars' carts far and wide through all the 
sarroonding country. Those familiar with Templeton twenty-five years ago will 
remember bow important this industry was to the life and activity of the town. 
Not far firom one hundred men were employed by him in the prosecution of the 
basiness. While living at Templeton he represented the town in the Massachu- 
setts house of representatives, and was also senator from Worcester County for two 
terms. Uc was also on the stafif of Gov. Banks. 

Leaving Templeton some years since, he came to this region and established him- 
self at Dorchester. He acted a prominent part in securing the annexation of Dor- 
chester to Boston. He bore the chief part in the formation of the Home Savings 
Bank, of which he became president. He was actively engaged also in the organiza- 
tion of the Central National Bank. Since coming to Dorch^ter he has served 
mgain as a senator. He was a man of great business force and energy, as the pre- 
ceding record is sufficient to show. But in addition to this he was the owner of the 
** Oakland Garden,'' which was such a centre of attraction the last season, and 
he was the originator of the International Trust Company. 

Mr. Smith was married May 29, 185^4, to Miss Abby B. Whitcomb, who survives 
him. He had no children, but leaves an adopted daughter. 

Mr. Smith was admitted to membership in this society Nov. 26, 1870. 

The Rev. George Sheldon, D.D., of Princeton, N. J., a corresponding member, 
was born in Northampton, Mass., Oct. 2, 1813. He was the son of^Isaac and Dorcas 
(Frost) Sheldon. His mother was born in Northampton, Mass., Feb. 26, 1779, and 
his father was bom in Northampton, Feb. 7, 1774. His remoter ancestors, on the 
paternal side, were his grandfather Clias Sheldon, who died July 8, 1793, aged 72 
years, and his great-grandfather £benezer Sheldon, who died March 18, 1755, aged 
i7 years. 

The subject of this sketch was graduated at Williams College in 1835, and after 
finishing bis theological studies at Andover, was ordained to the ministry in the 
Presbyterian church June 13, 1841. He was for eight years pastor of the Dorches- 
ter Church, St. George Parish, South Carolina, and for more than thirty years Dis- 
trict Secretary of the American Bible Society. 

He was married Sept. 25, 1839, to Martha, daughter of Sylvester Lyman, of North- 
ampton. From this marriage there were six children, four sons and two (laughters. 
The four sons are all graduates of Princeton College — namely, George \\ illiam, 
1863; Henry baac, 1864; Theodore, 1875, and Edward Wright, 1879. They all 
occupy prominent positions in professional life. One of his daughters was the wife 
of the Rev. Henry James Owen, late of Philadelphia. 

Mr. Sheldon publislied in 1848 a historical account of the colony which went from 
Dorchester, Mass., and planted the Congregational churches in Dorchester, S. C, 
and in Midway, Georgia. The same year ho published a discourse on the 150th 
anniversary of the building of the church at Dorchester, S. C. In 1879 he publish- 
ed a memoir of Rev. R. K. Rodgers, D.D. In 1871 he assisted Dr. Durfee in prepar- 
ing the ** Annals of Williams College," and in 1880 aided Rev. Solomon Clark in his 
work on the history and early settlement of Northampton, Mass. He received the 
deeree of D.D. from Jefferson College, Pa., in 1862. 

He died at Princeton, N. J., on Thursday night, June 16, in his 68th year. 

He was admitted to membership April 20, 1880. 

Col. Leonard Tooupson, of Woburn, Mass., a life member, and one of the oldest 
members of this society, fell dead on the street in that place, Dec. 28, 1880, aged 93 
years. 

He was bom in Woburn, in that part now Burlington, May 12, 1788. Through 
bis father Leonard* (Samuel,* Samuel,* Jonathan,' Jonathan*), he was descended 
from James^ Thompson, one of the first settlers of Woburn. His mother, Esther 
Wyman, was the daughter of Jesse* Wyman, a captain in the Revolutionary War, 
and through Zebadiah,' Benjamin,' a descendant of Francis^ Wyman, a first set- 
tler of Woburn . His grandfather, Samuel Thompson, Eso., who died in 1820, aged 
89y was a noted civil and military officer in his day, and left a valuable diary (see 
Rboister, zzziv. 397-401). 
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394 Necrology of HiatoriCi Genealogical Society. [Oct 

Col. Thompson's entire life was npent in Wobara. To the very last he was dose- 
ly identified with many of its social, religious and fidacian^ interests. He was t 
representative in the legislature, a selectman, assessor, and overseer of the poor, 
and chairman of those hoards. He served the people of the town in many other im- 
portant offices in their gift, and held office under the authority of the commonwealth 
and also of the Unit^ States. He was commissioned by Governors Strong and 
Brooks as a captain, migor, and lieutenant-colonel, and was a justice of the peace 
for more than thirty years. He settled many estates as administrator or executor, 
was appointed to hold property in trust, and as guardian for voung and old persons, 
and as appraiser, conveyancer, &c. At the age of thirteen he commenced to learn 
the shoe trade, and continued for a considerable period in that employment, until 
called awa^ by the pressure of public basiness. He was connected with the Fint 
Congregational Church of Wobum as a member from 1817. 

HTs recollections extended back into the last century. l^Iany of the participaoti 
in the opening events of the Revolutionary contest were his personal acouaintances. 
He possessed a remarkably strong memory, the effectiveness of which did not appear 
to abate with his age. He delighted in antiquarian matters, was cordial in his 
greeting, and was beyond question the best depository of general historical inform- 
ation in the town, ifhere he is greatly missed. 

He was twice married ; first to Hannah Wyman, and second to Anna B. Mead. 
His son Leonard is the present town •treasurer of Wobum. The other sons, Waldo 
and Justin E.^ reside elsewhere. A daughter, Anna Af., died unmarried. 

He was admitted a member of the society May 7, 1870. William R. Curra. 

William Ewikg Du Bois, Esq., of Philadelphia, Pa., a corresponding member 
since June 14, 1861, who has been connected with the United States Mint at Phila- 
delphia for forty-eight years, died in that city on Thursday, July 14, 1881. He was 
bom at Doylestown near Philadelphia December 15, 1810. He was the son of the 
Rev. Uriah and Martha (Patterson) Du Bois. He was of Huguenot descent. His 
father was a prominent Presbyterian clergyman, and the son, in early life, was in- 
structed to some extent in the classics. At the age of 22 he became a member of 
the Philadelphia bar, and soon obtained distinction in this, his chosen profesaoo* 
Owing to an affection of the throat, he vras compelled to forego his practice in the 
courts, and in 1833 became connected with the Philadelphia Mint, as Directors* 
Clerk, under Director Robert M. Patterson. Two years later, in 1836, he was cho- 
sen Assistant Assayer, and in September, 1872, he became Assayer. The follow- 
ing paragraph is taken from the Philadelphia Ledger of July 16 : 

** A man of educated and refined literary taste, Mr. Du Bois has left behind him 
many works of ability, among them being a treatise on a Revised System of Weights 
and a Restoration to Silver Currency, which was written shortly after the close of 
the Rebellion. Another was a large quarto volume, entitled a Manual of Coins, etc., 
really an exhaustive work on the subject of coinage. He was a regular contributor 
to the Boston Numismatic JournaL and carried on an extensive correspondence with 
all parts of the world on technical matters. He was one of the oldest Jiving mem- 
bers of the Philosophical Society. Many years ago, recognizing^ its utility as well, 
perhaps, as its necessity, he determined to form a cabinet of coins, and that splen- 
did collection which is now shown to all visitors to the United States Mint, in this 
city, as one of its remarkable * sights,* is the result of his thought and personal 
labor. It is said to be one of the finest and most valuable collections in the world. 
His worth and knowledge as a numismatist were widely acknowledged. The late 
Prof. Joseph Henry considered him the authority in this country on numismatics, 
and the Smiths<jnian Institution invariably referred to him all its inquiries on 
such matters.*' 

Aldkn Jermaix Spoover, Esq., of Brooklyn, N. Y., a corresponding member, 
admitted February 5, 1864, was born at Sag Harbor, Long Island, February 2, 1810, 
and died at Hempstead, Long Island, Aug. 2, 1881. 

He was descended from William Spooner, who was an inhabitant of Plymouth, 
Mass., as early as 1637. He married Elizabeth Partridge, and died in Dartmouth, 
Mass., 1684. From this marriage there seems to have been only one child, John,* 
of whom we have but scanty records. A son of this John was John,' bom July. 
1668, who married Rose Hammond. The fifth child of John and Rose was Tliomw,* 
born July 16, 1718, who married Rebecca Paddock. A son of Thomas and Rebecci 
was Judah Paddock, born Nov. 5, 1748, who married Deborah Douglass. The sixth 
child of Judah and Deborah was Alden,* born Jan. 23, 1783, who married Rebecci 
Jermain. The third child of Alden and Rebecca was Alden Jermain,^ the sul^ect 
of this sketch. 



1881.] Necrology of Historic^ Genealogical Society. 395 

His fiither was a printer, who learned his trade of Samael Green, of New London, 
Gt., and in 1811 went to Brooklyn, N. Y., to take charge of the Long Island Slar^ 
which he published for twenty-five years. The son studied law, and followed this 

Srofeesion in a broken way for many years. He married July 9, 1839, Maria, 
aaghter of Albert Hants, of Hempstead, L. I. From this marriage there were 
four children. The widow and two of these children survive. 

Mr. Spooner was far more inclined to literary and philosophical studies than to the 
practice of the law, and in these pursuits he has won an enviable reputation. The 
jVew York Herald gives the following brief and compact summary of what he has 
achieved in this department : 

'* His tastes were early turned to local history, and he wrote many articles on the 
Indians of Long Island. He v?as also a writer on literary subjects, and wrote the 
biographies of many of firooklyn^s most noted men. His chief work, perhaps, was 
the founding of the Long Islana Historical Society. He, of his own motion, drew 
up the original circular for forming the society m 1863, and went around with it 
for signatures, and contributed at once 553 bound volumes and 572 pamphlets as a 
nucleus for a library, and made many other gifts to it afterward. He lived to see 
the completion of the library edifice at a cost of $135,000, and a very large collection 
of books on local history, with a museum of natural history containing specimens of 
every reptile, bird and beast that has its habitation on Long Island, or fish that 
swims its waters. He was of a ^nial disposition, kindly in his intercourse vvith 
all, and a universal favorite, ana his loss will be severely felt by all who enjoyed 
his acquaintance.*' 

The Hon. Nathan Cliftori), LL.D., an honorary member, and one of the jud^res 
of the Supreme Court of the United States, was bom at Rumney, N. H., August 18, 
1803, ana died at Cornish, Me., Monday morning, July 25, 1881, having nearly 
completed his seventy-eishth year. 

Beyond the common school nis early education was eained at the Haverhill Acad- 
emy and the Hampton Literary Institute. He then beean the study of law, and 
was admitted to the bar in New Hampshire in 1827. from the commencement of 
his legal life, in York County, Me., he came almost at once into public notice, and 
has since emoyed many high official honors. Four years, from 1830 to 1834, he was 
a member of the Maine legislature, and for two years of this time was speaker of 
the house. In 1835 he was attomey-^neral of Maine, which office he held three 
years. In 1839 he was elected a memoer of Coneress by the democrats, and con- 
tinued in this office till 1843. In 1846 he was made attorney-general of the United 
States under President Polk. In 1847 he was sent as commissioner to Mexico, and 
was afterwards made Minister. Resuming the practice of law at Portland, Me., 
he went on successfully until in 1858 he was made Associate Justice of the Supreme 
Court by President Buchanan. In the interval between the death of Mr. Chase and 
the appointment of Mr. Waite, Mr. Clififord served as Chief Justice. 

The last days of Jud^e Clifford were days of great suffering. As the only means 
of saving life, he submitted some weeks since to the amputation of one of his feet, 
in hope to stay the profi;res8 of disease. But this measure proved unavailing. He 
died after an ezoeedingly busy and laborious life. He was the president of the Elec- 
toral Commission of 1877. 

Judge Clifibrd's membership dates from July 28, 1872. 

The Hon. Charlxs Hudson, A.M., of Lexington, Mass., a resident member, was 
bom in the town of Marlborough, Mass., Nov. 14, 1795, and died at Lexington, 
Mass., May 4, 1881, at the age or 85 years, 5 mos. and 20 days. A part of his na- 
tive town, thouffh not the part in which he was bom, was taken from it, incorpo- 
rated as a town March 19, 1866, and named Hudson in his honor. 

His childhood and youth were passed upon the farm^ but his love of books was 
early awakened, and without the advantages of a collegiate education, he acquired 
literary tastes and habits. In 1819, at the ago of 24, ne was ordained to the Uni- 
rersalist ministry, and was actively employed in public labors in connection with 
that denomination, though in a somewhat broken way, until 1841. His place of 
ministerial settlement, during these years, was at Westminster, Mass. 

He was married July 21, 1825, to Ann Rider, of Shrewsbury, Mass., who died 
September 19, 1829. In the following year, May 11, 1830. be was united in mar- 
riage with her sister Martha B. Rider. There were two children by the first mar- 
riage, one of whom died in infancy, and four by the second, one of whom died in 
inmnoy. 



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From 1828 to 1833 he represented the town of Westminster in the Masaachasetii 
House, and from 1833 to 1839 be was State Senator, representing Worcester County. 
From 1839 to 1841 he was a member of the Governor's Council. From 1841 to 1849 
he wa8 a member of Congress. Then for four years, from 1849 to 1853, be was 
lUival officer at Boston. 

The earliest American ancestor of Mr. Hudson was Daniel Hudson, who came 
from England to these shores about the year 1639, and settled first at Watertown. 
In 1665 he purchased a tract of land of Major Simon Willard in Lancaster, and 
became a resident of that town. He and his wife, two children, and two grand- 
children were killed by the Indians in 1697. 

Mr. Hudson's father was Stephen Hudson, bom in Marlborough, Jane 19, 1761, 
a soldier for three years in the Continental army, and dying March 21. 1827. Uia 
mother was Louisa Williams, bom in Marlborough, Sept. 7, 1769, and dying Oct. 
7, 1837. 

In 1849 Mr. Hudson removed from Westminster to Lexington, where he resided 
till his death. As an author he has done much important work. He wrote the 
history of the town of Westminster, which was published in 1832. His Hifltory of 
Marlborough was published in 1862, his History of Lexington in 1868, and his History 
of Hudson, 1877. He was for several years editor of the Boston Daily Atlas. His 
'* Letters to H. Ballou '' were published in 1827, his '' Reply to Balfours's fiaaays" 
in 1H29, and ** Dpubts concerning the Battle of Bunker UUl," 12 mo., in 1867. 

The record given above of Mr. Hudson's official life is quite extenfsive. But it 
really gives only a very limited view of his public responsibilities. Very few men 
have, in this respect, so extended a roll. He was for eight years a membeo- of opr 
State Board of Education ; for four years assessor of internal revenue for sixth dis- 
trict, under President Lincoln; for many years state director of Boston k Albany 
Railroad ; state commissioner of Hoosac Tunnel ; an active originator of the Ver- 
mont and Massachusetts Railroad ; president of the Lexington Branch Railroad, 
lie took a leading part in all the arrangements for the Centennial Celebration of 
Battle of Lexington, six years ago, viras the chief mover towards the erecting of the 
Memorial Hall at Lexington, and made the historical address at the unveiling of 
the statues. He was a member of the American Antiquarian Society at Worcester, 
and of the Massachusetts Historical Society of Boston. 

Mr. Hudson was admitted a resident member of this society Dec. 25, 1855. He 
was vice-president for Massachusetts from January, 1859, to January, 1861 ; and 
a member of the publishinj; committee from Nov. 1861, to Oct. 1863. He edited 
one number of the Registkk, namely, that for July, 186*2. He received the depee 
of A.M. from Hiirvurd College in 1841. Ilia long life has been exceedingly full of 
practical and literary labors. 



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Voyages of Samuel (If. Champlain. Translated from the French 6^ Cdarles PoMK- 
Rov Otis, Ph.D. With Historical Illustrations and a Memoir by the Rev. Edmind 
F. Slafter, A.m. Vol. 1., 1567-1635. Five Illustrations. Boston : Publiijbed 
by the Prince Society. 1680. [Fcp. 4to. pp. x.-|-340.] 

The second volume of this work, published in advance of the first, was noticed in 
the Kkgistkr, vol. xxxiii. p. 237. The whole work when completed will consist of 
thne volumes, and the last in the series, we undersUmd, is now ready for the press. 

The Memoir iu the present volume occupies 214 pa«;e8. and the translator's pre- 
face and the voyai^es cover 77 pai^es. Tiiere i.s also a heliotype copy of Champlaiu':> 
maj> of 1632, witJi a translation of his explanations. The preface to the translation 
contains a valuable biblio«j:raphy of Champlain's writin<^, including their original 
tith h, toi^ether witli a critical analysis of his style and character as an author. The 
translation of the voyage of 1603 is made l)y Proft'ssor Otis with the same accuracy 
and ^ood taste as that of the journals already published. The commendation of the 
work in the notice in the Register above referred to, is here repeated with 
emphasis. 



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397 



The cbief interest of the present volume ia in the memoir of Champlaio by the 
Rer. Mr. Skfter- There Is no oIsm of historicHl characters holding relations to this 
Counti7 ooncemin^ vrhotn we naturally desire to kDan more thau that of the nati- 
gators who early Tisited the Fonets of America. Their Inboisand achieTemenUarft 
Sosely oonnectei with our whole Bubsequeot history. The edlkir justly remark*, 
however, that "in intimate conDectlun with the career ot'CnboC, Cartier, Bob- 
erral, Ribaut, Laudonni^re, Oosnold, Pring and Smith, there were vast dumains 
of personal incident and Interteting fact over which the waves of oblivion have 
M^ed foreTer. Ia stadying the life and charncter of Cbamplain, we are conetantly 
finding ourselves longing to^now much where we are permitted to know but tittle. 
Hia early years, the processes of hie education, hia home virtues, bia Sllal aBectioo 
Mid duty, hia social and domestic habits and mode of life, we know imperfectly ; 
ntbering only a few rays of light bero and there, in numerous direotions, as we fol- 
fcw him along his lengthened career." 

But notwithstanding this grtst want of information couchini; many Jntereiiting 
points, Mr. Slafter has m akllfullv giithertd tip from tru^twiirLhy history, and 
?P'?^.,'?''"'."f '.'■■ '?°"' °lreiim.'L.iCT and .v.aU wtot fjffl li^ia >«eii lai.il- 



I 



f Id Champlain's early years, and 
ing ohataeler, that the want of pen 
lijr In a good dei;ree. Vie seem to! 
military Dperations in the fortiGed t{ 
Biting BDil delicate processes of ealt] 
hia father or other OBVieattini in iW 
Kua ports in France and other Eui 
•et«r of the youthful Cbamplain 
oueer. From the period of his . 
the solid basis of biatorical fact, 
with omissions and a slight variatid 
detcription of the work : 

•• The narrative proceeds with all ! 
Tb« hook is written in pure, idiomnt 
U>d eminently adapted to the suhjea 
Champlain has been greatly Deeded. 
tory or New England renders every 
intersHling to the historical student. 
in extent and thoroughness betore its 
BXcept the rude eeaoral outlines of tl 
loeu, are the earliest that have surv 
foli yeafBon our Atlantic coast. Ue 
•nd islands from the scmitfl of Canst 
Hr. Slalter evidently has given to tit 



■ketches made from sight. As they 

bota, tbey are peculiarly interesting m me antiquary and bisluriiui. Obamplain'a 
landing at Cape Anne, and his interviews with the natives, as also at Glouocsler, 
Nanset nod Chatham, arc exceedingly engrossing, and will richly repay a periiail. 
The whole memoir, from the beginning to the eniT, is replete with historical interest. 
The annotations are Judicious and appropriate, full of valuable learning, always 
demanded liv the text, and never forced upon the attentiou of the reader where thEty 
XK not needed. It ia hut just to say that this soholarly translation ol Champlain a 
Voyages and the annotations and memoir constitute together a lich and moat im* 
poriant contribution to the early history of New England." 

With this critiiiue from the AdDerlimr we agree entirely. It is now more than 
two hundred and seventy-five years since the opening ol Champlain's career in 
America. Until the issue of the present volume, no memoir has appeared worthy 
of the character and labors of this extraordinary man. Brief notioi's have found 
their way into biographical diotlonarieeand eticyclo[HBdias reeiting a few prominent 
foet*, but leaving no adequate impression of tlie wisdom, energy. pN!«vemnce aivl 
QOarage of tbo bold and adventurous navigntor. The eesay. in the Quebec edition 
of Champlain's works, by the Abb« LATcrdtere, is the best of nil these noticeti. It 
» fully the author's design. But U is neierthelew loo brief and t«o general to 



subject. The memoir by Mr. Slat 



.Cri 



full 



e ialcresting and important detaila which can tit 



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gathered from traetworthy history. The plan of the writer seems to have been to 
weave the events of Champiain's life into a clear and progressive narrative, unbro- 
ken from beginning to end, with few- and brief comments, leaving the story for the 
moHt part to make its own impression on the mind of the reader. He appears to 
believe, and we think justly, that of such a man as Champlain, the historical stu- 
dent desires chiefly to know what he did, the plan and method of his work, the cir- 
cumstances which surrounded him, the obstacles which he surmounted and the 
objects which he achieved, his successes and his failures, all along at the different 
stages gf his career. While this method characterizes the memoir of Champlain 
from the beginning to the end, the last chapter contains an admirable summing up 
and estimate of his character, a result to which the author has been led by a com- 
prehensive and discriminative study of his subject. While the careful reader of the 
memoir must, we think, come to the same conclusions, it is most desirable and 
convenient to have this compact, judicious and well-authenticated statement of the 
leading characteristics of his career, by one whose investigation of the subject has 
been broader and probably more nearly exhaustive than that of any other man 
living. 

In this summary Mr. Slafler points out what he regards as the motives which in- 
duced Champlain to engage without hesitation in the perilous wars of the Uurons 
and their allies against the Iroquois. The conduct of Champlain in this matter has 
been inexplicable to all former nistorians. Some have blamed him, some have hes- 
itated, none have offered even a tolerable vindication. But Mr. iSlafter shows with 
plausibility, as all will admit, and as we think conclusively, that Champlain acted 
from patriotic and christian motives, and with a clear understanding of what he 
was doing. We commend this discussion to the attention of the reader. 

The memoir will be especially valuable to the historian. In close connection with 
the journals of Champlain, as their proper adjunct and commentary, it gives the 
fullest and richest early account of the coast of New England, and, in fjBust, it is the 
best history which we possess of the French dominion in Canada from the first voy- 
age of Cartier in 1534 to the death of Champlain in 1635. The members of the 
Prince Society particularly, who are favored with this work, are under great obli^- 
tion to Mr. Slafter for the conscientious labor and accurate learning with which 
be has performed his task. 

The present volume is embellished with several interesting and important illus- 
trations. The frontispiece is a portrait of Champlain after an old engraving by 
Moncornct. There is also a second engraving after a portrait by Hamcl, which 
adorns the Parliament House at Ottawa in Canada. A map also accompanies the 
volume, showing in outline the explorations of Champlain from 1603 to 1615. There 
is added also, as before stated, Champlain's map of 1632, which is often referred to 
in the memoir. 

The volume is printed at the University Press, Cambridge, by John Wilson and 
Son, and a finer specimen of the art rarely if ever comes from the American press. 

Biographical Sketches of Graduates of Harvard University^ in Cambridge^ Massachu- 
sftis. By JoHX Langdon tfiBLEY, M.A., Librarian Emeritus of Harvard Uniyer- 
sity. Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Member of the 
Mas.«5achusetts and other Historical Societies. Volume II. 1659-1677. [Seal of 
the University. 1 Cambridire : Charles William Sever, University Bookstore. 
1881. [8to. pp. viii. and 557. Price $5.] 

It is nearly forty years since Mr. Sibley began to collect materials for this great 
work, and twenty- two years since he entered upon the task of writing out the firrt 
of these sketches. It was not, however, until 1873, after the most careful prepara- 
tion, and after it had been entirely rewritten, that the first volume was published. 
It comprised the classes of 1642-1658 inclusive, and formed the subject of a very 
full notice in the Keoistkr for April, 1874 (xxviii. 222). 

The second volume, which, alter a lapse of ei";ht years, has now made its appear- 
ance, contains biographical sketches of one hundred and twent3-three alumni of the 
collci^e, beini; all who were graduated from 165D-1677 inclusive, and will prove 
nndtlier Inetini; monument to tiie patient and laborious research of its author. It 
be^rins with Nathaniel Saltonstiill (1659), son of Richard and grandson of Sir Rich- 
ard Saltonstall, a worthy represc^ntative of the only family which has sent eeven 
succepsive generations, all in the male line, to Harvard College. 

The two most famous of the graduates whose lives are told in these pages, ar* 
Gov. Joseph Dudley (1665), who, whatever judgment may be passed upon his po- 



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litical career, certainly rendered important services to the oolle£:e in reTiTing the 
charter of 1650, and Chief Justice bamuel Sewall (1671), '*^reat by almost every 
measure of greatness,'* and " a visible potentate among men in those days." The 
Rev. Samuel Willard (1659), vice-president of the college and peustor of the Old 
South Church in Boston, is the most voluminous author here mentioned, and is said 
to rank next to Cotton Mather in the number of his publications. His CotnpUat 
Body of Divinity, the text of which makes 1000 pages, was the largest book up to 
that time printed here, and the first of divinity in a folio volume. Afr. Sibley has 
known bin one person who had read it carefully. The short life of Caleb Chees- 
habteaumuck (1665), the only Indian graduate, is accompanied by an interesting 
note on Indians at the college, the last oiwhom appears to have been Benjamin Liar- 
neU, of the class of 1716, who was fitted for college at the Boston Latin School. 
Nathaniel Higginson (1670), ** the first Gk)vernor of Madras on record, who retired 
from the Presidency without a stain upon his name,'' died in London in 1703, and 
was buried in the night in Bow Church, Cheapside. 

The troubles of the Rev. James Bayley (1669), the first minister of Salem Village, 
now Dan vers, culminated in a ** first-rate parish controversy of the olden times," 
full details of which Mr. Sibley has given, because the opposition to the minister 
was the prelude to the terrible tragedy of the Salem witchcraft. His successor, the 
Rev. George Burroughs (1670), was the most conspicuous victim of this dreadful 
delusion, and the speech and prayer made by him at his execution were so affecting 
that it was feared that the spectators would interfere and prevent the carrying out 
of his sentence. But Cotton Mather, mounted upon a horse, addressed the people to 
persuade them of his guilt, and the executions went on. ** When he was cut qowd, 
be was dragged by the Halter to a Hole, or Grave, between the Rocks, about two 
Foot deep, his Shirt and Breeches being pulled off, and an old pair of Trousers of 
one Executed, put on his lower parts, he was so put in, together with Willard find 
CarryeTy one of his Hands and his Chin, and a foot of one of them being lef^ uncov- 
ered. He left a widow and helpless children, one of whom, Jeremiah, is said to 
have been made insane by this baoarous treatment of his father. The Rev. Nicho- 
la#Noye8 (1667), Malleus luereticis, ceteris salatior Sanctis y bore a prominent part in 
the witchcraft persecutions, and Upham says that *' he more tnan any other in- 
habitant of the town was responsible for the blood that was shed." 

The Rev. Samuel Treat (1669), of Eastham, a Calvinist of the strictest sort, lefi 
behind a volume of sermons from which an extract is given. After reading this it is 
easy to believe the statement that the effect on his hearers was most alarming, and 
that one innocent young man was ** so frightened with one of his dreadful pictures 
of the infernal regions as nearly to be deprived of his senses." The voice of the 
preacher was so loud that it ** could be heard at a great distance from the meeting 
DOUse, even amidst the shrieks of hysterical women and the winds that howled over 
the plains of Nauset." Cotton Mather calls him '* the most Active Mr. Samiul 
Treat laying out himself to save this Generation." 

The sketcn of the Rev. Edward Taylor (1671) contains a very interesting account 
of his journey in November, 1671 , from Cambridge to Westfield on the Connecticut 
River, *' the deeperatest journey that ever Connecticut men vndertooke," and gives 
a vivid picture of the discomforts and dan^rs of travelling in the early days. John 
Foster (1667), the ingenious mathematician and printer, was the first printer in 
Boston, and his gravestone '* is one of the most elaborately chiselled monuments of 
its time in the country." The Rev. John Wise, of Ipswich (1673), ** the most 
powerful and brilliant prose writer produced in this country during the colonial 
time," the author of the Churches Quarrel Espoused^ and the first opponent of tax- 
ation without representation in America, ought not to be forgotten. 

Mr. Sibley in his preface alludes to the discouragements and difficulties under 
which he has labored, not the least of which was an almost total loss of 8ia;ht, 
which would have been sufficient to completely dishearten any other man, and cloeea 
with these pathetic words : HThat I shall live to write a third volume is improba- 
ble ; but as material for the continuation of these Biographical Sketches there will 
remain a large number of bound volumes of manuscript letters, obituary notices, 
references, and memoranda, to relieve from a vast amount of wearisome toil any 
who may be disposed to go on with them. This material is the fruit of laborious 
research and painstaking arrangement during the greater part of a long life, and 
may perchance serve still to connect me with the work as a silent contributor." 
Notwithstanding this the reader will indulge the hope that the life of the author 
may be spared, and that he may be enabled to bring down these interesting and 
valuable sketches at least to the year 1700. 

[By John T. Hassam, A.M., qf Boston.] 



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lisber and Proprietor, New Hayen, Conn.] 

This able review has long been the reprefientative of the biffher and better tyne 
of New England thought, scholarship, culture and religiouslbrce. It was eetaV 
lished in 1843, and in its published volumes from that time to the present may be 
found one of the very beet existing monuments of theological and practical cbristian 
study, during the long period which their record embraces. In 1861 an index of the 
first twenty volumes oi the review was published, and an examination^ its 150 
pages shows not only the wealth of topics discussed, but an assembly of the ripest 
scholars and most distinguished writers, as its contributors. This list includes the 
names of Leonard Bacon, Albert Barnes, Charles Beecher, Horace Bushnell, Theo- 
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Gage, Daniel C. Gilman, Samuel Harris, Edward Hitchcock, Enoch Pond, Noah 
Porter, James P. Thompson, W. D. Whitney, Theodore D. Woolsey, and scores of 
others hardly less distinguished. In the treatment of sulyects, no leading matter 
that has occupied the realms of theology, literature and politics, during tnis long 
period, has failed to receive treatment. The discussions have been learned, abfi 
and readable, have dealt with living topics rather than past issues, and borne upon 
human conduct and character more than upon the traditional problems of the scboolB. 
There has been no lack of sound and strong thought, and no real defect in ortho- 
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sual attention has been paid to the world of men and things as it is to-day, in tbs 
lives and the literature which represent our best progrera. On this account the 
past volumes of the New Enalander have a permanent value, and are hardly Ivs 
interesting than the current issues. A new bi-monthly series was commenced in 
1878, retaining all the vigor of the earlier years, and dealing with all topics in a 
manlj^, catholic spirit. A set of the New EngUmder could not fieiii to be a mine of 
rich information and suggestion to the thoughtful reader, to students of theology, 
and to critics of religioua thought and development. 

[By Samuel L. Boardman^ Esq., o/Auc^sla, Me.] 

The Origin and Development of Local Self- Government in New England and the 
United States. An Address by J auks M. Bugbee. Read before the Annual Meet- 
ing of the American Social Science Association in Boston, 14th January, 1880. 
Boston : A. Williams & Co. 1880. [8vo. pp. 39.] 

A Study of Municipal Government in Massachusetts. By Francis J. Parxxr. 
Boston : C. W. Calkins & Co. 1881. [8vo. pp. 24.] 

Both of these books are worthy of careful perusal at the present time. They do 
not pretend to exhaust the subject. No one has attempted to write the history of 
municipal gOTcrnment, and it is a question whether a book of this kind would com- 
pensate an author for the research and labor necessary to its production ; but a mo- 
nograph of this nature should be read by all who are interested in local hi.story, as it 
gives in a half an hour's reading, what has been and what ought to be. In the for- 
mer pamphlet is portrayed the gradual growth of the system of town government 
from the earliest time to the present day — from the Anglo-Saxon mark to the town 
meeting at Hull. The gradual growth Mr. Bugbee has vividly portrayed, and his 
important subject has received the treatment of one who loves to delve in the man- 
ners and customs of the past, and who fully appreciates and sets forth the political 
saeacityof the fathers of New England. • 

Mr. Parker, before he reaches Massachusetts, also indulges in a retrospect, and 
gives u8 a historical sketch of the growth of towns and cities from a different stand- 
point, though not generally at variance with Mr. Bugbee 's synopsis ; but Mr. Par- 
ker goes further. He shows the corruption that has in the course of years crept 
into our cities, the indifference of voters to their duties, the formation of rings, and 
suggests certain remedies which he deems efficacious, and which would render oor 
municipal government more respectable and respected. The great rage to become 
cities whicn has taken possession of our country towns should not be enoouraiied; 
but if cities they must become, let the petitioners see to it that the reoommendatioDs 



1881.] Booh Notices. 401 

suggested as to the granting of charters be adopted. Mr. Parker closes with these 
significant words : ''No reform of municipal government in this commonwealth 
can be satisfactory except one based upon the separation of executive and legislative 
functions ; and none will be thoroughly efiective which does not reduce each of 
those functions to be a unity in itself'' 

[By Daniel T. V, Huntoon^ Esq., of Canton, Mass,] 

History ofyhe Town of Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts^ from its First 
Settlement in 1761 to 1881, with Family Sketches. By Hiram Barrus. Boston : 
Published by the Author. 1881. [8vo. pp. 262.] 

The value of a local history is growing more and more to be appreciated by citi- 
zens in the ancient towns by the coast, and by those new founded ones on the fron- 
tier. Town histories are being written with greater care and pains. And this is 
as it should be. The communities of America have a peculiar history, different 
firom any other nation. A history of the more ancient parts evidences the growing 
national life and the imbedding of the great national idea of self-government. The 
history before us is one of an interior town of Massachusetts— one of those quiet, 
staid towns which have been the means of preecrvine the true New England char- 
acter. It is but a century old. yet its history is worthy. Mr. Barrus has done his 
work well. He began several years ago by centributing historical articles to the 
Hampshire (7a;re//c,Northampton ; and from these have grown this well-put-together 
account of the town. On the 14th of May, 1881, the centennial of its incorporation 
as a town was duly celebrated. The committee in charge invited Mr. Barrus to de- 
liver the address, and also to prepare the volume before us. That the book has 
fiinltB the author will himself aamit. Every book of this kind could be revised 
with profit within ten years. The cost of preparing a local history is ^cat, more 
than the uninitiated realize, and when published its sale is limited ; so that the best 
method of securing a trustworthy volume is by direct appropriation from the town. 
The work then should be executed by one who is every way competent, or by a com- 
mittee selected for the purpose. There are enough poor local histories, and it is 
such wurks as the one under review which inspire hope within the minds of those 
who delight in the study of American history. The genealogy of the town occupies 
considerahle space, as it ought ; a fuller account could have been given of busi- 
ness thrift, of the original land grants, of the highways, schools, churches, and of 
the town in the civil war. Nevertheless, towns may consider themselves fortunate 
if they secure the labors of so painstaking an author as Mr. Barrus. The volume 
has an excellent index. A map would add to its value. 

[By the Rev. Anson Titus , Jr., of Weymouth, Mass.] 

Society of the Army of the Cumberland, Twelfth Reunion, Toledo, Ohio, 1880. Pub- 
lished by order qf the Society. Cincinnati : Robert Clarke & Co., 1880. [8vo. 
pp. 239.J 

The ** literature of the Rebellion ," voluminous enough at the close of the war, 
swells with each succeeding year to a greater and greater volume. The species of 
publications of which the above may \^ taken as a type, is an illustration of the 
way in which the active participants in the contest, on both sides, are preparing 
most valuable materials for the future historian of the war. A noticeable feature 
of this and other similar volumes is the scries of bioCTaphical sketches of deceased 
members. The present volume contains (p. 147-20^ sketches of eight well known 
officers deceased ; among them Gen. J. C. Davis and Gen. Hooker. 

[By William E. Foster, A.M., of Providence, R. I.] 

Indian Names of Places, etc. , in and on the Borders of Connecticut : with Interpre- 
tations of some of them. By J. IIamuond Trumbull. Hartford: 1881. [§vo. 
pp. 12-1-93. 250 copies printed.] 

There are yet a few departments of study which even the ever-widening current 
of gen(>ral culture has left virtually in the hands of one or two men. The study of 
the Indian dialects of this country is a case in point ; and most readers will prefer 
to be instructed on this point by Dr. Trumbull rather than by anv one else who 
may be named. This volume is of course valuable from the philological point of 
view, but also from its incidental association with New England local liistory ; and 
one can but wish that Dr. Trumbull had made its scope coextensive with New £^^- 
land rather than with the small part of it indicated in the title. The reason for this 
limit, however, appears from the preface. The reader will not need to be remind- 



402 Booh Notices. [Oct. 

ed that memoranda of great yalae relating to Indian names of places were to be 
found in the foot-notes to Roger Williams's *' Key into the Language of America," 




notes (seep. 22) he would seem to indicate that the Indian form is more closely 
reproduced with one t. in this later volume he uniformly spells it with one t, as he 
does also in his communication to the Nation of August 4, 1881 (p. 92), where be 
discusses an interesting question relating to abstract conceptions in Indian names. 
[By William £. Foster, A.M., of Providence j R. 1.] 

Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution , Battalions and Lane. 1775-1783. 
Edited by John Blair Linn and Wiluam H. Egle, M.D. Volume 11. Harris- 
burg : Lane S. Hart, State Printer, 1880. [8yo. pp. 805.] 

. A continuation of the yaluable contribution to history, prepared from the arcbifei 
of the state of Pennsylvania, noticed in the April number of the Rsoism [zzxy. 
203] . This volume, like the first, is illustrated with maps of battle-fields and their 
approaches, portraits of distinguished commanders, a picture of the celebiated ban- 
ner of Count Pulaski, made for him by the Moravian nuns of Bethlehem (the sub- 
ject of a beautiful poem by Lon|;fellow), fac-similes of autographs, and in ad- 
dition a copy of the original subscnption of the members of the Pennsylvania State 
Society of the Cincinnati in 1783. A representation of the ancient halberd, used 
as late as the Revolution, is also given on page 501. The rosters and rolls of the 
remaining regiments, battalions and unattached companies are here completed as 
far as was possible. The larger portion of the volume is made up ot orderly- 
books and diaries of some of the regiments, and lists of Pennsylvania pensioners. 
The diary of the revolt of the Pennsylvania Line in January, 1781, is one of the 
most important features of the volume. It is prepared from the diary of Capt. Jo* 
■eph McClellan of the Ninth Regiment. 

It is scarcely necessary to add any further testimony to what has been already 
written concerning the great merit of this important work. The patience, care, in- 
dustry and accuracy displayed in the compilation are evident in every page. Nor 
can its value as a basis of history, as a reference book or as a labor-saving medium 
to those who would otherwise l>e obliged to consult the original records, ill^ible, 
defaced and mutilated as such materials usually are, be too highly estimated. A 
victory has here been^ained over the ravages oi time and the devastations of other 
destroying argents. There has been rescued from decay and preserved in a com- 
pact and weU arranged form, material which may be always consulted without diffi- 
culty or trouble ; and the records of the various organizations themselves are inter- 
esting reading matter to those historical students who desire to examine further into 
the details ol^a period which seldom fails to awaken the patriotism and excite the 
admiration of every rie;ht-minded American citizen. 

Nor is the example thus set by the state of Pennsylvania in preparing her archive! 
for publication less worthy of note and of imitation by her sister states. Massachu- 
setts in any grave emergency has never shown hesitation in making history, but baa 
always seemed backward in printing it ; and it is to be hoped that these thoroughly 
compiled volumes, so neat and bandy in their construction, may help to stimulate the 
old bay State to come into line with its printed records. Meanwhile it should be 
the desire of all who are interested in such works, that the laborious and painstak- 
ing efforts of the compilers of the work under notice shall meet with what they so 
eminently deserve — a iust appreciation and regard. 

[By Oliver B. Stewins, Esq., of Boston.] 

Minnesota Explorers and Pioneers from A.D. 1659 to A.D. 1858. By the Rev. 

Edward Duffield Neill, President of Macalester College Minneapolis : 

North Star Publishing Company. 1881. [4to. pp. 128.] 

In 1858 the Rev. Mr. Neill published his •* History of Minnesota," and his latest 
work, now before us, illustrates the history of that state. In the twenty-three years 
between the issue of the two publications, Mr. Neill has added much to the histori- 
cal literature of our country, by hia ** English Colonization of America," '* Vir- 
ginia Company of London," ** Fairfaxes of England and America," ** Terra Ma- 
rias," '* Founders of Maryland," etc., in which he shows much research and criti- 
cal acumen. 

Tlie present work gives a history of the •* explorers and pioneers " of Minnesota 
from the first visit of^ white men in 1659, to the admission of that state into the uni^m 



1881.] Book NoticcB. 403 

in 1859. The first visitors to that region were French traders and missionaries, and 
these were the onJ^ persons who visited it for a long period. Of these the author 
gives full and particaiar details. After them came the exploring expeditions, fitted 
oat bv order or the United States, whose army established forts here : then followed 
the Protestant missionaries, and finally the later settlers, who have built beauti- 
Ihl cities and villages where so recently was a wilderness. 

Mr. Neill deserves much praise for the good work he has done in gathering to* 
gether and preserving here the early history of a 3'oung and enterprising state. 

An Account qf Gen, Lafayette^ Visit to Virginia in the Years 1824-'35 By 

RoBKRT D. Ward. Richmond : West, Johnston & Ck)., Richmond, Va. 1881. 
[8vo. pp. 130. Price 50 cents. Address the publishers, 911 Main Street, Rich- 
mond.] 

This is issned as a *' Yorktown Centennial Volume." It is natural to suppose 
that now, when people are preparing for the great national celebration of the cen- 
tenary of the surrenderor Comwallis s army at forktown, an interest should be felt 
in the life of Gen. Lafayette, who bore so prominent a part in the remarkable siege 
which ended in a victory to our arms. 

^ Mr Ward has done a good service in compiling this account of Lafayette*B recep- 
tion on his second visit to this country, in that Virginia where he won his early lau- 
rels. The book, which is *' compiled from the newspapers of the period and other 
sources," contains *' full and circumstantial reports of bis receptions in Washing- 
ton, Alexandria, Mount Vernon, Yorktown, Williamsburg, Norfolk, Richmond, 
Petersburg, Goochland, Fluvanna, Monticello, Charlottesville, Gordonsville, Orange 
Court House, Fredericksburg, Leesburg, University of Virginia, Culpepper, Fau- 
quier, and his departure from the United States, with a portrait of Gen. Lafoyette, 
photographed from his bust, by Houdon, in the capitoi of Virginia." 

Earlv SugFolk Deeds, By John T. Hassax, A.M. Boston : David Clapp & Son, 
Printers. 1881. [8vo. pp. 17.] 

Boston Taverns, With some Suggestions on the Proper Mode of Indexing the Pulh' 

tie Records. By John T. Uassam, A.M Boston : Press of David Clapp & 

Son. 1880. L8vo. pp. 14.] 

The value of the deeds preserved in our county registries, as materials of history 
and genealogy, will be admitted by those who have examined the first book of Suf- 
folk DcckIs, recently jB;iven to the public in print by the city of Boston, or have read 
Mr. Woodbury^s review of that volume in the last Register. Abstracts of some of the 
early records m the Suffolk Registry of Deeds, preserving valuable information, are 
given in the first pamphlet whose title is found above. Some of them have before 
been communicated by Mr. Haaeam to the Register (xxxii. 181-3 : xxxv. 248-52). 
The Lietters Patent of Denization, from Liber xiv. folio 212, is printed in full, and 
ik a very valuable document for the genealogist. 

The next pamphlet, on Boston Tavern^, is reprinted from the Register for July, 
1877, October, 1879, and January, 1880. It contains accounts of The Castle Tav- 
ern, at the comer of what is now Battery March street and Liber tv square ; another 
Castle Tavern at what is now {he corner of Dock square and Elm street, and the 
King's Arms in Dock square, not far from the last named Castle Tavern. Much 
of the local and genealogical history of Boston, gleaned from deeds and other 
sources, is here preserved. 

Mr. Hassam in the last pamphlet calls attention to the insufficiency of the present 
indexes in the registries of probate and deeds, and gives some excellent suggestions 
for improving them. 

The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, Old and New Style , 
Fixed Dates, Calendars and the Principles and Results of Emendations. A Paper 
read before the Society Ftb. 3d, 1881. By John R.' Baker. [Society's Seal.] 
Philadelphia: Printed for the Society . 1881. [8vo. pp. 16.] 

Colmm*s Almanacs for Three Thousand Years, Extending from the Year \ A.D, 
to the Year 3000 A .D. Carefully compiled from the valuable work of Augustus 
D. Morgan, with Additions. Boston : Coburn Brothers [15 Water Street]. 1881. 
[Sq. 16mo. pp. 40. Price 25 cts.] 

Mr. Baker's pamphlet contains valuable and interesting information concerning 
Old and New Style. It was occasioned by the proposed celebration of the bicenten- 
ary of the first landing of William Penn in Pennsylvania, October 29, 1682, con- 



404 Book Notices. [Oct. 

cerning which a question aroee as to the day that shoald be celebrated. There are 
two days on which it would be proper to celebrate this event, and only two, namely, 
the old style date October 29, and tne new style date November 8. 

The old style date is ffenerally, if not always, used in England. Thus the tercen- 
tenary of Shakspeare's birth wbs commemorated in England April 23, 1864, and not 
May 3. For the sake of uniformity the same day was celebrated in this country as 
in £n£:land. (Register, xviii. 310.) After the change of style in 1752, a custom 
grew up in this country which does not seem to have obtained, at least to the same 
extent, in England, of reducing people's birth days to new style Thus the birth- 
day of Washington, Feb. 11, 1732, was reduced to new style, Feb. 22, and this day 
is now celebrat^ by us. This custom seems to have influenced the Old Colony Club 
in 1769 in fixing the day for celebrating the lAudinz of the Pilgrims at Plymouth. 
This event occurred December 11, 1620. The memoera of the club added 11 days 
(it should have been 10 days only) to reduce the date to new style, and celebrated 
the anniversary Dec. 22, 1769 (Register, iv. 367). Their example of celebrating 
events in new style dates has generally been followed in New England. The 29th 
of October, 1682, old stvle, corresponded to November 8, 1682, new style. Had an 
event occurred on that clay in France or any other country using new style, and that 
event been annually celebrated by them to the present time, we should still find the 
people there celebrating the event on the 8th of November. That is the day which 
should be celebrated here for the anniversary of Penn*8 landing, if a new s^le date 
is wanted. 

The *' Almanacs for Three Thousand Years " is a very bandy book. It resembles 
somewhat in its plan Shurtleff^s '' Perpetual Calendar,*' printed privately in 1848, 
and again in 1851 ; but in the book before us the tabular calendars are numbered, 
while Dr. Shurtleft'^s calendars are designated by dominical letters. The years in 
old style from A.D. 1 to 1752, and in new style from A.D. 1582 to 3000, are given 
by the Messrs. Coburn. They prefix a clear and brief account of old and new styles. 

The Fifth Half Century of the Arrival of John Winthrnp at Salem, Massachusetts. 

Commemorative Exercises by the Essex Institute, June 22, 1880 Salem : 

Printed for the Essex Institute. 1880. [8vo. pp. 64.] 

Our Trees in Winter, By Josuua Robinwn. [Salem, 1880. 8vo. pp. 16.] 

The Life and Services to Literature of Jones Very. A Memorial Meeting [of the 
Essex Institute] Dec. 14, 1880 Salem: Printed for the Essex Institate. 

lb'81. [8vu. pp. 35.] 

AVc give above the titles of three recent publications of the Essex Institute, re- 
printed Iruiii their periodicals, the first from their Collections and the other two 
from tlieir Bulletin. 

The (quarter iniilenary of the arrival of Gov. Winthrop in the ArbcUa at Salem, 
June r«i-*4.>2. 1630. was celebrated last summer, by the Institute. An historical ad- 
dress was delivered by Robert S. Rantoul, Esq., and a poem by Miss Lucy Larc4)m 
was read. Remarks were also made by Col. Thomas Wentworth Uiggin.son, a de- 
scendant of the first minister of Salem, the Hon. G. Washington Warren, the Hon. 
George B. Lorint?, Gen. Henry K. Oliver and Seth*lx)W, Esq. Extracts from let- 
ters from John G. Wliittier, the lion. Robert C. Winthrop, the Hon. Marshall P. 
Wilder, and other distinguished gentlemen were read. The day celebrated waa 
also the birth day of the late Rev. William Bentley, D.l)., one of the ** most devot- 
ed antiquaries and historical scholars " of Salem. A tribute to his memory by 
Stanley Wuters, Et^q., was read. The literary exercises on this occasion were all of 
a high order. 

Mr. Rolanson's paper contains some interesting information concerning our New 
England trees in winter. 

Ihe Institute paid a fitting tribute to their townsman, Jones Very, the poet, by 
a memorial meeting, the proceedings at which are now before us. Mr. Silsl>e€, the 
prnicipal speaker, gives a keen and critical review of the writings of the American 
and English poets, not very fluttering to our national vanity. Many will hesitate 
before as.seuting to t^ome of his sweeping assertions. 

Munoir of William H. Y. Hackett. By Frank W. IIacxktt. With Selections 
from his W ritings. Privately Printed. Portsmouth : 1879. [8vo. pp. 156. 
With Index and i'ortrait.] 

The author of this tribute to the memory of an honored father pelects from that 
father's own writings the following motto to guide him in fulfilling his self-impceed 
task : ** It is what a man has been, not where he has been, that really interc^^ and 



1881.] Booh Notices. 405 

instructs us. It is the history of bis mind and heart, and not a chronicle of the 
accidents that befel him, that produces good." 

Guided by this rule the author has given the " record of a Ion?, happy and emi- 
nently useful life." Ue has produced an interesting^ and ?aluabie work. 

The Hon. William U. Y. Hackett was a prominent lawyer in Portsmouth, N. H., 
who died a few years ago. A biographical sketch by the author of this book was 
published in the Register for January, 1879. A more detailed memoir is here 

Siven. Appended to it are obituary sketches, published soon after Mr. Hackett *8 
eath, by tne Rev. James De Normandie, of Portsmouth, and the late John Scrib- 
ner Jenness, Esq., of New York city ; also the proceedings of Rockingham bar on 
the occasion of his decease. 

The selections from his fugitive productions show clearly the strength of his 
mind and his capabilities as a writer. 

Report of the Committee on the Town Seal, and Report of the Committee on Naming 
the Streets of Canton. Canton : Printed by WiUiam Bense. 1881. [8vo. pp .35!] 

The two committees of the town of Canton, whose reports are here printed, have 
shown excellent judgment m fulfilling the duties assigned them by the town. Both 
have sought to perpetuate the history of Canton. 

The committ^ on the seal have devised one to keep in mind the successive corpo- 
rate names under which its inhabitants have lived. A triple-towered castle, from 
the seal of Dorchester, whence it was transferred from the seal of its English name- 
sake, represents the mother town, now merged in the city of Boston ; the arms of 
Lt. Gov. Stoughton, for whom the. town was named, represent Stoughton ; and a 
Canton azure represents the name it now bears ; while the inscriptions *' Ponkipog, 
1650," gives its Indian name and the date of its earliest mention, and *' Canton, 
1797," gives its present name and the date of its incorporation. 

The committee on naming the streets of this town have acted on the advice of the 
Rev. James Freeman Clarke, who says : ** The names of streets should not be select- 
ed for their pretty sound, but as memorials of the past." The names chosen seem 
to be in good taste. 

The Record, First Presbyterian Church , Morristown^ N. J. fSvo. published month- 
iv, pp. 8 each number. Subscription price 50 cents in aavance ; 75 cents after 
June. Address, Editor of the Record, Lock box 44, Morristown, N. J. Copies 
of vol. i. for 1880, complete, for sale, price 75 cents.] 

In the Register for July, 1880 (xxxiv. 341) this publication was noticed. It con- 
tains historical matters relating to the First Presbyterian Church in Morristown, 
New Jersey, with copies of its record of members, marriages, baptisms and deaths. 
One volume, for the year 1880, has been completed, and the ninth number (Septem- 
ber, 1881) of the second volume has been issued. Much local history and genealo- 
gy are here preserved, and we commend the work to the patronage of our riders. 

The Hammatt Papers. No, 2. (Printed from the MS, in the Public Library.) 
1 Portrait of Hammatt.] The Early Inhabitants of Ipswich, Mass, 1633-1700. 
By Abraham Hammatt. 1854. Ipswich Antiquarian Papers : Augustine Cald- 
well, Arthur W . Dowe. 1881. fSvo. pp. 40 (53-92). Price 25 cents a number. 
Address Arthur W. Dowe, P. O. Box 157, Ipswich, Mass.] 

Antiquarian Papers, Ipswich, Mass. FSm. 4to. Nos. VI, to XXII., each 4 pp. 
March, 1880, to August, 1881. Published monthly, the Re^ Augustine Cald- 
well, editor. Price & cents a year. Address Arthur W. Dowe, as above.] 

The two serials whose titles are i^iven above, are intended to preserve materials 
for the history and genealogy of the town of Ipswich, Massachusetts. From the 
early settlers of this ancient town, descendants will probably be found in every 
state of the union. 

The first number of the Hammatt Papers was issued last year (see Rbq. xxxiv. 
339). The papers consiHt of the Ipswich genealogical collections of the late Abra- 
ham Hammatt, a painstaking antiquary, who dieu in 1854. His papers are deposit- 
ed in the public library at Ipswich. They have been much used while in manu- 
script by genealogists, and a good service is done by printing them and making 
them useful to a wider circle of investigators. 

The early numbers of the '* Anti(iuarian Papers " were noticed in January and 
April, 1880 ^Register, xxxiv. 119, 230). The^ater numbers are of equal interest 
and value. They are illustrated by views of old buildings, portraits, coats-of-arms, 
yoL. XXXT. 35 



406 Booh Notices. [Oct. 

etc. The numbers for 1880 complete the first volume , and eight numbers of the 
second volume have been issued. 

Personal Experiences of the Chancellorsville Campaign. By Horatio Rogers (late 
Colonel Sesond Rhode Island Volunteers, Brevet Brigadier General U.8.V.). 
Providence : N. Bangs Williams ft Co. 1881. [Fcp, 4to. pp. 33. Price 50 cti. 
to non-subscribers.] 

The Battle of Cedar Mountain, A Personal View, August 9, 1862. By the Rev. 
Frederic Denison, A.M. (formerly Chaplain of First Rhode Island Cavalry). 
Providence : N. Bangs Williams ft Co. 1881. [Fcp. 4to. pp. 45. Price 50 cts. 
to non-subscribers] 

These are the two last issues of ** Personal Narratives of Events in the War of the 
Rebellion, beinjg papers read before the Rhode Island Soldiers' and Sailors' Uistori- ^ 
cal Society." They form numbers nine and ten of that valuable series. Like the 
previous issues noticed in the Register, they contain much interesting matter con- 
cerning events in the late war for the preservation of the union, which but for this 
mode of publication would have been lost. 

Abraham Lincoln : a Paper read before the Royal Historical Society, London, June 
16M, 1881. By Isaac N. Arnold, President of the Chicago Historical Society 
and Honorary Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, London. Chicago : Fergus 
Printing Company, 1881. 

Mr. Arnold is the author of the '* History of Abraham Lincoln and the Over- 
throw of American Slavery," published several years ago, and therefore is familiar 
with the life of the ** martyred President," and well qualified to speak to the citi- 
zens of the ** mother country " on the character of Abraham Lincoln and bis emi- 
nent services at the helm of national afiTairs during the war for the preservation of 
the union. We have here an interesting and reliable sketch of President Lincoln's 
life. 

Mr. Arnold is also the author of a Life of Benedict Arnold, noticed in the Rion- 
TSR for January, 1880 (zxxiv. 109-10). 

Guide to Richmond and the Battle-Fields. By W. D. Chesterman. fSeal of the city.] 
Richmond : Printed by James E. Goode. 1881. [18mo. pp. 66.] 

This guide-book to Richmond and its vicinity will be found very useful. Inform- 
ation concerning objects of interast is given clearly and concisely. It is illustrated 
with views of builains:^, monuments, etc., and apian of the Imttle-fields lH?tween 
the union and confederate armies around the city. Descriptions of the several bat- 
tles are also given. 

Poems, By C. D. Bradlee. Pastor of the Church at Harrison Square, Dorchester 
District, Boston, Mass. Ihird Series. 1881. [l2mo. pp. 56 ] 

These hve and fifty effusions of the Rev. Mr. Bnidlee serve to show that senti- 
ment is not dormant with him. In parish and pulpit and with the pen he is active. 
The poems here collected as a third series, are on various subjects, in words expres- 
sive of congratulation and sympathy for the living, and recollections hallowed of the 
departed. Birth day, marriage and other anniversaries, the seasons, devotional and . 
moral subjects, furnished topics for thought. Many of these had been previously 
sent to personal friends, and his kindness of heart has made them public. 

[By William B. Trash, Esq., of Boston.] 

The Boston Directory, containing the City Record, a Directory of the Citizens, and 
a Business Directory. No. 77. For the Year commencing Julv 1, 18H1. lioston : 
Sampson, Davenport and Company, 155 Franklin Street. Price Five Dollars. 
fSvo. pp. 1484. With Map.] 

The Bt)8ton Directory continues to be at the head of the city directories in the 
United States, as to the fulnej^s and variety of information which it contains, and 
its convenience for use. The number of the names of residents and {>eople doing 
business in Boston contained in this volume, is 150,493, showing an increase oT 
7,353. The names of 1,451 persons who have died or removed from the city since the 
last issue are also given. The changes have been 107,401 in the total of 150,493. 
This shijws the necessity of annual issues, as over seventy per cent, of last year's 
directory is now practically worthless for reference. 



1881.] Booh Notices. 407 

Additions and Corrections for " A Royal Descent^ witk other Pedigrees and Memo- 
rials.'' By Thomasin Elizabeth Sharpe. Forty Copies. London : Mitchell and 
Hughes, 140 Wardour Street, W. 1881. [Royal 4to. pp. viii.-f44.] 

Inquiries relating to the Ancestors and Descendants of Job Whippfe of Cumberland. 
Rhode Island, and Greenwich^ Washington County y New rork. Compiled and 
Pablished by Frank V. McDonald, Harvard Law Student, Cambridge, Mass. 
Cambridge : University Press, John Wilson & Son. 188L 4to. pp. 46.] 

Fourth and Last Supplement to Notices of the Ellises of England, Scotland and Ire^ 
land, from the Conquest to the Present Time, including the Families of Alis, Fitz. 
Elys, Helles, etc. By William Smith Ellis. Esq., of Charlwood, oo. Surrey- 
[Arms.] London: Mitchell and Hughes. 1881. Price Half-a-Gainea. [8vo. 
192 pp. To be had of the Author. Post-office orders to be made payable at Craw- 
ley, Sussex, England.] 

A Genealogical Account of Henry Silsbee and some of his Descendcmts. By Jamss 
A. Embrton, M.D Salem: Essex Institute. 1881. [8vo. pp.71.] 

The Sankey Pedigrees. (Printed for Private Circulation.) .'. . . Swansea : Printed 
at the ** Cambrian " Office, Wind Street. 1880. [8vo. 40 pp.] 

The Titus Family in America. Three Generations. By the Rev. Anson Titus, Jr., 
Weymouth, Mass. [New York : 1881. Royal 8vo. pp. 8.] 

Notes and Queries concerning the Hassam and Hilton Families. By John T. Ha8- 
sam, A.M. Boston : Press of David Clapp & Son. 1880. [8vo. pp. 13.] 

The Coffin Family. The Life of Tristram Coffin oj Nantucket ^ Mass., Founder of 
the family line in America ; together with Reminiscences and Anecdotes of his iVu- 
merous Descendants, and Some Historical Information concerning the Andmt 
Families named Coffyn. Nantucket: Published by Hussey & Robinson. 1881. 
[8vo. pp. 64.] 

Family History of Sir Curtis M. Lampson, Baronet ^and his Wife, Lady Jane Wal' 
ter Lampson of London, England. [By] J. W. Wright [of] E^alamazoo, Mich- 
igan, U. S. rea.«e & Son, Printers, Kalamazoo. [8vo. pp. 14.] 

A Few Genealogical Items connected with the Family descended from William Clark , 
one of the Original Settlers of Haddam, Conn. ; especially in the line of Ebenezer 
Clark, who from 1753 to 1800 lived in Washington, Conn. [New York : 1880, 
8vo. pp. 11.] 

'* A Royal Descent," by Miss Sharpe, the supplement to which is now before us, 
was noticed in the Register for July, 1877 (xxxi. 349). One of the families in that 
volume was that of Stubbs, and a large part of the present work consists of letters 
Irom members of the Stubl» family of Beckbury Hall, Salop, and their friends, be- 
tween the years 1753 and 1768 About one hundred of these letters were acciden- 
tally found at Derby Bank in 1880, twenty-seven of which are here printed. Be- 
sides their genealogical use, thev are valuable in showing the manners, the customs 
and the literary acquirements of people of g(K)d social position at that period. Addi- 
tional matter relating to other families will also be found here. The two books 
bear evidence of thorough and judicious research. 

The iKwk on the Whipple genealogy is by Mr. McDonald, of Cambrid^, the au- 
thor of the genealogical works on the McDonald and Peter families noticed in the 
April Register (xxxv. 207). Like those books, the one before us is brought out in 
an elegant style. It is embellished with fine portraits of Dr. Robert H. McDonald, 
of San Francisco, and his wife. The author has printed here much material concern- 
ing the Whipple family of Rhode Island. The genealogy begins with Job, born 
March 30, 1749. Whether he was a descendant of Capt. John, the early genera- 
tions of whose descendants are given in the Register, xxxii. 403-7, does not appear. 
The christian name Job occurs frequently in that family. 

The ** Notices of the Ellises,'* of which the fourth Supplement is before us, was 
originally issued in four numbers, the first published in March, 1857, the second in 
September, 1862, the third in March, 1864, and the fourth in March, 1866. With 
the last number a table of contents was given. The ** Notices" and Supplements 

1 and 2 were noticed in the Register for July, 1872 (xxvi. 36). Supplement 3 was 
noticed April, 1876 (xxx. 262). Appended to the fourth Supplement, issued May, 
1881, are indexes to the '* Notices " (300 pages) and the four supplements, or vol. 

2 (340 pages). These 740 pages contain a vast amount of genealogical matter re- 
lating to the various families of Ellis. The author propoees to oommence.a new 



408 Recent JPublicattons. [Oct. 

series. No. I. ** will contain about 200 pages, and be issued to subscribers at half- 
a-guinea a copy. Those who may be disposed to enoourage this project are request- 
ed to send their names to the Author ; and if the encouragement is sufficient to de- 
* fray the expense of printing, the work may be completed in about six months." 

The Silsbee ^enealofy isT)y Dr. Emmerton. of 2Salem, whose researches in Eng- 
land in connection with his friend Henry F. Waters, Esq., were printed by the Essex 
Institute, under the title of ** Gleaning from English Kecords about New England 
Families " (Register, xxxiv. 422). The work is full as to details and precise as to 
dates, and is well compiled in every respect. It has a good index. 

The ** Sankey Pedigrees'* consist of ** Memorials of the Family of Sankey, A.D. 

1207-1880 from the Genealogical Collections of Clement Sankey Best-Gardner 

of Eaglesbush, Neath."' There are 24 tabular pedigrees of the various families of 
this name. The work evidently has cost much research. Capt. Best-Gardner, 
from whose manuscripts it is printed, has in his collection pedigrees of many other 
families connected with this. 

The Titus genealogy gives only three generations of that family, but is very tho- 
rough in respect to the families which come within that limit, as mi^ht he expected 
from HO persevering a genealogist as the author is known to be. it is reprinted 
from the April number of the Neuj York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 

The pamphlet on the Hassam and Hilton families consist^i of several articles od 
those families reprinted from the Register, an article on ** Manchester and its His- 
torians,** reprinted from the Salem Gazette^ besides some matter which has never 
before appeared in print. Mr. Hassam is a very accurate and painstaking investi- 
gator, as our readers know, and these articles show his characteristics. 

The Coffin pamphlet, except a few pages of genealogy, is devoted to the other 
matters named in the title-page. Much that will interest those bearing this name 
is collected here. 

The pamphlet on the ancestry of Sir Curtis M. Lampson, Baronet, and his wife, 
both natives of New England, is by an early contributor to the Register (see vol. iv. 
p. 355). The present work shows that thirty years and more have not lessened his 
interest or skill in such matters. 

The pamphlet on the descendants of William Clark, of Haddam, Ct., vras print- 
ed for family circulation only. It is by Salter S. Clark, Esq., a graduate ot Yale 
College, now a practising attorney in New York city. It has evidently been pre- 
pared with great care, and is a valuable addition to family history. We are glad 
to learn that he intends to continue his genealogical researches. 



Rl:CENT PUBLICATIONS, 

Presented to the New England IIimtouic, Gexkalooical Socikty, to Aro. 1, 

1881. 
I. Publications written or edited by Members of the Societt/. 

Discourse Coinmemorativo of the Life and Services of the hxW William Beach Liw- 
rence. pronounced before the Numismatic and Antitjuarian Society of Pfiiladelpliia, nn 

Thursday evening, May 5, 1881. By Charles Henry Hart Pliiiadtiphia, issi. 

[8vo. pp. 18.] 

A Centennial Address delivered in the Sanders Theatre at Cambridi^e. June 7, 1881, l«'- 
fore the Massaclmsetts Medicid Society, bv Samuel Abbott Green, M.D. Grotou. ISSl. 
[8vo. pp. 112.] 

Old Times ; a Magazine devoted to the preservaticm and publication of documents relat- 
ing to the early history of North Yjirmouth, Maine, including as far as possible any inci- 
dents worthy of record relative to the towns of Harpswell, Kreeport. Pownal, Cumberland 
and Yarmouth. . . . Vol.6, No. 1. Augustus \V. Corliss, Yarmouth, Maine. Jau. 1. 
1882. [8vo.] 

Baccalaureate Discourse. Tlie University for Religion, delivered Jime 19, 1881. l>ofore 
the Class of '8l, by Joseph F. Tutlle, President of Wabash College. [8vo. pp 11.] 

Discourse. The University for Religion, delivered at the Annual Commencement of tlw 
Western Female Seminary, Oxford, Ohio, June 16, 1881, by Joseph F. Tuttle, Prcsidcnl 
of Wabash College. [8vo. pp. 11.] 

Rhode Island Historical Tracts. No. 12 The Medici\l School formerly existing in 
Brown University, its professors and graduates, by Charles W. Parsons, M.D., Pn)fes:it>r of 
Physiology in Brown University. Providence, Rhode Island: Sidney S. Rider. 1S81. 
[4to. pp. 59.] 



1881.] Recent Publications. . 409 

A Study of Manicipal GoTernment in Maasachasetts. By Francis J. Parker. Boston : 
C. W. Calkins & Co., 286 Washington Street. 1881. [8yo. pp. 24.] 

Oiomale Araldica-Oenealogico-Diplomatico pabblicato per cam, della R.Accademia Aral- 
dica Italiana. Diretto dal Cav. O. B. Di Crollalanza. Nouva Serie. Anno VI. N. 11-12. 
Anno VIII. Maggio e Onigno 1881. Num. 11-12. . . . Pisa, 1881. Presso la Direzione del 
Oiomale, Via Fibonacci N. 6. [8yo. pp. zv. 373-405.] 

Medical Societies : their organization and the nature of their work. Bj J. Collins War- 
ren, M.D. ... An Address delivered at the Centennial Meeting of the Massachusetts 
Medical Society, June 8, 1881. Cambridge : Printed at the Riverside Press. 1881. [8vo. 
pp. 68.] 

A brief history of the Soldiers' Medals issued by the State of West Virginia as '* tokens 
of respect " to those of her citizens who served in the army of the Uuited States from 
1861 to 1865. By Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden. . . . £. B. Tordy, Wiikesbarre, Pa. 1881. 
[8vo. pp. 17. Sold by S. L. Browne, Wukesbarre, Penn. Price 9^* Only 25 copies ftnr 
sale.] 

n. Other PubUcatiom, 

Proceedings in Lynn, Massachusetts, June 17, 1879, being the two hundred and fiftieth 
Anniversary of the Settlement, embracing the oration by Cyrus M. Tracy, and the ad- 
dresses. ... By James R. Newhall. Lynn: Published by order of the City Council, 1880. 
[8vo. pp. 224.] 

Visit of the Hon. Carl Schura to Boston, Biarch, 1881. Boston : John Wilson & Son, Uni- 
versity Press. 1881. [8vo. pp. 87.] 

Charter and By-Laws of the Humane Society of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
instituted 1786, with a select list of premiums awarded from June 1876 to June 188U, and 
a list of the officers and trustees. . . . Boston : Press of T. R. Marvin & Son, 49 Federal 
Street. 1880. [8vo. pp. 55.] 

Newspapers in the Maryland Historical Society, communicated by John W. M. Lee, Li- 
brarian and Curator. [Quarto, pp. 4.] 

An Address to the Graduates of 1881 of the Medical College of the State of South Caro- 
lina, delivered at the request of the faculty and visitors, by Robert N. Gonrdin, at the 
Academy of Music, Saturday evening, 5th March, 1881. Charleston, S. C. : Walker, 
Evans & Cogswell, Printers, No. 3 Broad and 109 East Bay Streets. 1881. [8vo. pp. 20.] 

Celebration of the one hundredth Anniversary of the birthday of William Ellery Chan- 
ning, at the Church of the Saviour and at the Academy of Music, Brooklyn. N. T., Tues- 
day and Wednesday, April 6 and 7, 1880. Boston : George H. Ellis, 101 Milk Street. 
1880. [8vo. pp. 205.] 

United States Centennial Commission. International exhibition, 1876. Reports and 
Awards. Nine Volumes. Edited by Francis A. Walker, chief of the Bureau of Awards. 
Washington: Government Printing Office. 1880. [8vo.] 

American College Directory and Universal Catalogue, a Jiandbook of Education, con- 
taining the name, location, names and titles of the presiding officers, &c., for all the Col- 
leges, Seminaries, Academies, ... in the United States, and much other information. 
Vol. III. 1881. C. H. Evans & Co., St. Louis, Mo. [8vo. pp. 105.] 

One hundred and fiftieth Annual Report, made September 29, 1880, to the Company of 
the Redwood Library and Athenssum, Newport, R. I. Newport : Davis & Pitman, Book 
and Job Printers. 1881. [8vo. pp. 16.] 

Register of the Commissioned, Warrant and Volunteer Officers of the Navy of the Unit- 
ed States, including officers of the Marine Corps, and others, to January 1, 1881. Washing- 
ton : Government Printing Office. 1881. [8vo. pp. 180.] 

Stevens's Historical Collections. Catalogue of the first portion of the extensive and Tt- 
ried collections of rare books and manuscripts relating chiefly to the history and literature 
of America . . . and Henry Stevens's Franklin Collection. [London, 1881. 8vo. pp. 
229. This collection was sold at auction July 11 to 15, ISSl, by Sotheby, Wilkinson & 
Hodge, London, England.] 

Annual Address and Eulogy upon Rev. Silas Ketchum, delivered before the New Hamp- 
shire Antiquarian Society, July »), 1880. By L. W. Cogswell, President. [Seal.] Con- 
tocook : George C. Ketchum, Printer. 1881. [8vo. pp. 17.] 

Sixtieth, Seventy-Fourth, Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Celebrations of the New England 
Society in the City of New York, at the Metropolitan Concert HaU, Dec. 22, 1865, 1879, and 

1880. [8vo.] 

Vol. I. No. 3. March, 18S1. The Massachusetts Eclectic Medical Journal, devoted to 

Medidne and General Science. H. G. Barrows, M.D., Editor Published by 

Lynde & Barrows, 31 Comhill. [8vo.] 

The Rocky Mountain Locust. The Brain of the Locust, by A. S. Packard. Jr., M J). 
(Extracted from the Second Report of the U. S. Entomological Commission.) 1880. [8vo.] 

The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia. Old and New Style fixed. 
Dates, Calendars, and the principles and results of emendations. A paper read befi)re the 
Society Feb. 3, 1881. By John R. Baker. [Seal.] Philadelphia : Printed for th« Sodetr. 

1881. [8vo.pp.l6.J 

VOL. XXXV. 85^^ 



410 



Deaths. 



[Oct. 



Shores of Saco Bay. A historical gaide to Biddeford Pool, Old Orchard Beach, Pine 
Point, Front's Neck. By J. S. Locke. Boston : John 8. Locke & Company, Pablisherk 
1880. [Small 8vo. pp. 105.] 

Historical Address on the Sixty-Sixth Anniyersary of the formation of a Bible Clasi, 
delirered in Henniker, May 23, 1880, before the Sabbath School connected with the Con- 
gregational Charch. By L. W. CogswelL Concord: Printed by the Republican Press 
Association. [Svo, pp. 16.] 

Professor J. Lewis Diman, D.D. A memorial tribate. By Edward J. Tonng. [Re- 
printed from the proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, February, loSl.] 
Cambridge : John Wilson & Son, Uniyersity Press. 1881. [8vo. pp. 16.] 

Odonthomites, a monograph on the extinct toothed Birds of North America, with thirty- 
four plates and forty wood-cuts. By Otbniel Charles Marsh, Professor of Palieontology 
in Tale College. . . . Washington: Gtoyemment Printing Office. 1880. [Pp. xT.-f201.j 

A Memoir of Miss Sarah Smith Stafibrd, the patriot and philanthropist, with some state- 
ments of her ancestry. [8yo. pp. 10.] 

June 1, 1881. Harrard UniTcrsity Bulletin, No. 19, or Vol. 11, No. 6 (in continnatios 
of the Library Bulletin). Edited by Justin Winsor, with the assistance of members of 
the yarious faculties.' [Seal.] [8yo.] 



DEATHS. 



BuitTON, The Rer. John Hill, LL.D., 
F.R.S.E., the Scottish historian and 
biosrapher, di^ at Morton House, 
LoUiianbum, Scotland, Aug. 10, 1881, 
aged nearly 72. He was lx)m at Ab- 
erdeen, Aug. 22. 1809. When twen- 
ty-two years old he became an adyo- 
cate at the Scottish bar. He devoted 
his leisure to the study of history and 
political economy, and contriouted 
articles to the Westminster and Edin- 
burgh Reyiews. He was also the au- 
thor of literary sketches in Black- 
wood's Magazine. Dr. Burton's works 
have a hi^b rank. Among them are 
** Life and Correspondence of David 
Hume,'' ** Political and Social Econ- 
omy," ** Narrations from Criminal 
Trials in Scotland," *' Introduction to 
the Works of Jeremy Bentham," and 
a ** History of Scotland." Dr. Bur- 
ton] served in the home oflSce in con- 
nection with tbe prison commission, 
and soon after the publication of his 
history was appointed by the Queen 
** historiographer royal.'' He was a 
fellow of the Royal Society of Edin- 
burgh. — Boston Daily Advertiser, 

Cbace, Dr. John B., died at Taunton, 
Mass., July 31, 1881, a^ed 65. He 
was born at Swansea, Mass., June 14, 
1816, and began practice as a physi- 
cian at Taunton in 1838. He was a 
member of the Massachusetts Medical 
Society for thirt^'-three years. Five 
children survive him. He has left large 
collections made by him for a gcnealo- 

fy of the Chase and Chace families, 
ee Register, xxxiv. 412. 

CoxE, The Rev. Henry Octavius, M.A., 
librarian of the Bodleian Library, 
Oxford, England, died July 7, 1881, 



aged 70. " By some," say tbe IxHh 
don Notes and Quaries of July 16, 
'* he will be remembered as editor oi 
Roger of Wendovcr's Chronica for the 
English Historical Society, and of 
three yolumes for tbe Roxbnrgbe 
Club; but the chief works of his Tif« 
were lees prominent and more reallt 
important. Such are the new general 
catalojgue of the printed books in the 
Bodleian Library, begun in 1859, and 
finished last year ; the series of cata- 
logues of &)dleian manuscripts, to 
which he him.self contributed three 
volumes ; and the catalogue of manu- 
scripts in the colleges and hall of Ox- 
ford, an opus subsecivum. For forty- 
three years Mr. Coxe worked in the 
library, and for nearly twenty-one of 
these as head librarian ; but before 
that he had occupied a post in tbe 
British Museum, where he began the 
course of study which made him tbe 
first Greek paladographer in England, 
and causea the government to select 
him in 1856 to report on the Greek 
MSS. yet remaining in libraries of tbe 
Levant." 

Hatha WAT, Mrs. Judith, died in Dux- 
bury, Mass., July 22, 1881, aged 103 
years, 10 mos. 11 ds. She was tbe 
second daughter of Joshua Winsor, 
and was bom in Duxbury, September 
11, 1778 (see Winsor' s Dushury, p. 
342). She married in 1795 Dr. Rufus 
Hathaway, who died October 13, 1822. 
She had twelve children, four of whom 
survive, with seventeen grandchildren, 
several great-grandchildren, and two 
great - great - grandchildren. She re- 
tained her faculties in a remarkable 
degree even after she had passed her 
hundredth year. 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



Abbolt, «7, IM. 22», 339. 

MO, 3<tt 
Abnhsm, US, X7 

AdsmB,98,S0,»,m,fft, 
»a, 10.1, 117, 131, IH, 

sai',-a»', m. iS^ 3B7', 



Allwrl'l^dwani, Prince, 



Aldco, ^, 3<M-31B, 384 
AJtsaDdcr. 58, 381. 368 



Anne, Qne«n, S31, S78 . 
AnrT, MB I 

Authun;. 30« |l 



IKI 



Amoty. «2, 93, IW, 2W, 

Amui.M 

Andemun, lg7, ZIO, Z», 

Andrt. INI, 1G7 
Andrew, m, 113, 128, 

Andreiri. 191, M0,I«1, 
IM.!;o. HI. Ml, ISt, 
1«3 

Aadni<.34-e,W,l»'18, 



Arnutrong,lg,2n 



Anndu, IW 



3M, 30S 
AihtoD, W, »■ 
Aiplnwill, 298 
AtuUj, MS 
Aaulme, KtS 
Aitwood, iiK, 2H 
AtbenoD. 8T-n 
Alklu, £87, 378 



rlirw, 38 



Dabcock, Si, 33, 88, 2 

Babion, 337 
Bachellrr, 211 

1, 13, 18«, 174, 1^ 

130, Mi, 308, 3< 

Badoook, U3. 381 

Biidnnt, 249 

Ba(. 78, &a-}l, Nt, 3 



(l«)liiD'ore','l«fil.?9a 
IliiiE.i, «S, .Ita, 3*3 



BatH, ti-t, 118, 128, 18), 
IDt 

fiwckei, 43 

Baferilock, 271 
Buter, ■£!, m 
Betsli, 383 

Buconiaeld, Laid, 300 
BewUe, 108 
Benle, l««, 384 



281,283,283' 

Bekrde, 130 
Bc*nlil«7, 288 



BeMlOD, 89 
"--iiichunp, 81 



BMikwHb, 281 



■XS" 



278,V7».2K1 
Delist. 173 
BeUlDger. 82 
■'-■"-ghHIl.298,848^ 

Belloiri, l'lW,3M 
Bemeni, 182 
Benin, 338 
Bcinl*,tO 
Benedict, 101 
Benjamin, 381 



Benllunii 410 
Bentlaf , M, 120, 4M 
Berkele* , MS 



B«<t, OardAer, 408 

■■«t 178 
-ibal, 248 
Blckertuir, 88 
■"--611.111,112,284 



Index of Samet. 



Blnknr, M, IK, 

BUtrim. IS. 17. Ill 
BUIdw, 24S 
BloMt^MS 




»~7. 71, St, 2IT->Cbapm>n. IS. M 

KSa CtalrlPnilelie. Ill 

M, 410 Cturlet. «« 



BoUef, .__ 
BvDRparte, PrlneeM 

Bond, 89,' 19), IBt, IM, 



B<rard»H,H!> 



Bojrd, «S 
B07d«-chF>nc. 2M 
BojrlatDn, IW-fi^, . 



BradlMirT. IRA, 1«7, J^t 
Bradilock, :>«* 
Brnlfanl. 37, M, K, i1 

Bniilvr. I10.H6 
Bnulitasii, «• 
Btmditrecl, »7, 212, HS 



UraubtrHt, M, M 
Brock, 110, Ii86, 306,388 
Brodhnd. U. H 
Brodbnnt, 147 
ftrDBSdon, tW, S81. Mt 
UroiAi, M, W, IM, Ul, 

vat, ISO, at. M4, Ml 

roWB, U. 4S, 117, «>, 
M,>I,R,«7. 10), 111, 



7:;.3n, 375. IJfl, 4 



UDcUDEhara.SSI, UO 
ItarlJ. 7t, ax 
-iBSnkBi-, »7 
lujrdy, ai.W,Ml,4« 



urcoyDC, St, 40, 

arkc, H,J(», Uf, lit, 
nrlaniKhl, ITt 
jrnrtt.SM 



CheuhahiniUDiclL W 
CbeM'bolFll. Ht 
CtacmUh. ^IM. 3M-I, » 
CtlCDT- M«. Ml 



nplH-II, IM, lU,tSa 



Cbntpr, B». N, IM, I 
175. 170, 300, Jit, t 
174. STS, WO, Ml. I 

m, Si, aa 

.h«uniuB.40l 
ChlckeriDK. S07 

Child, »/,!». an. w 

Cbildl. »4. 3D!, Mt 
Chlpman, IQ, ta 
Chiiboim. 1»7 

Chonfd, -•& ' 

ClirlitlEro, »> 

"■ — ■■ 'U.X«,ai,B 



ClaibDroT. MS 

"l>Pt>. 73. W, 107, 114, 

m. Mi. an, «H, 407 

CtarkF.U. !N. M. M.Tt, 
— 11, M. 01-3. tU, 



C)»tan. M, lll,»t 
Clcmcnl, IN* 

Clfvtlaoi vC M8, IM, 

Clifford. 307, 396 

_.inigli,'3i!. M4 
Coboro, 403. 404 



llurnige, 113,186 

Burrltl',Mi' 
barioii|lu, IM 



liiinploa, U«, U7! W4 
humplin, 'li*; 117,' 
bundlcr. 111, Zll, 
hanninR, 121, t», 212, 



Co(!)(ili»H. i:i 

>«:, 40»', (Ti 
Coke, 2I» 



Index of Ifantet. 



413 



Coker, 183 

Colbroke, 257, 258. 327 
Colburn, 02, 185, 186,234 
CoIclou|;h, 165 
Cole, 22, i3, 38, 39, «3-5, 

124-27, 279 
Coleman, 237 
Collins, 160 
CoHivaux, 249 
Collyer, 211 
Colom, 249 
Colson, 88 
Colt, 111 
Colton, 25-7,74.159-61, 

228. 237-9, 357-9, 363, 

364 
Colambns, 106, 207 
Colvin, 376 
Combe, 211 
Comerj, 191 
Comes, 160-2 
Compton, 244 
Condert, 249 
Condray, 249 
Congdon, 32, 125 
Conner, 382 
Conrada, 250 
Converse, 249 
Convers, 69 
Cook, 38, 60,61,249,285, 

379, 382, 391 
Coolbaugh, 96 
Cooley, 25-7, 159, 160, 

161, 238, 239, 337, 357. 

358. 36.-)-65 
Coolldge, 117,118 
Coombs. 'Zt}0 
Coomes, 359 
Cooper, 231, 282, 248, 

29.i, 334, 3^, 360, 361, 

371,385 
Copp, 306 
Coram, 202, 230 
Corbin, 2ij9 
Corcoran, 383, 389 
Cordis, l»l 
Cordnei,307 
Corey. 127, 186 
Corklns, 160, 162, 360 
Corliss, 209, 406 
Cornelius, 262, 263 
Cornell, 93, 99, 29S 
Come well. 242 
Cornish, 344 
Comwallis, Lord, 165, 

403 
Corson, 206 
Corwin, 299, 304 
Coscns, 323, 324, 382 
Cossen, 257 
Costcbelle, 90 
Cotter, 306 
Cotton, 213, 287, 341, 

347,348 
Coutris, 249 
Coutts, 111 
Coverdale, 377 • 

Cowles. 116 
Cowley, 3r2, 373, 387 
Cowper. 369 
Cox, 197, 324, 325, 410 
Coy, 332, 334-8 
Craft, 92 
Crafts, 46, 47 
Crandol. 162 
Crandley. 179 
Crane, 27, 91, 162, 219, 

221 
Cranfield, 371 
Cranmer, 61 
Cranne, 168 
Craptree. 44 
Crawford, 284 
Crease, 96 
Crochon, 249 



Crocker, 187, 209, 293 

Croft«, 23 

CromweU, 100, 272, 347- 

49,356 
Crosby, 109, 209 
Grose. 44 
Cross, 27, 350 
Croucbar, 257 
Crowne, 158 
Culver, 115 
Cummings, 33, 34, 80, 

39, 214 
Cundall, 174 ■ 
Cunningham, 183 
Currier, :<88 
Curry, 285, 388, 389 
Curtis, 23, 34, 36, 38, 39, 

43, 46, 199, 202, 219, 

221. 302, 362 
Gushing, 30, 05, 109, 117, 

199. 293, 296 
Gushman. 186, 341 
Cutler, 91-93, 131, 186, 

186, 196, 210, 213-18, 

291 
Cntt, 296 
Gutter, 105, 152,182,217, 

297, 298, 394 
Guyler, 400 

D 

Dabome, 63 
]>a Casta, 249 
Daggett. 187 
Dagnell, 210 
Dalrymple, 185 
Dal ton, 280 
Daly, 137 
Damon, 387 
Dana, 199, 400 
Dance, 308 
Dane, 246 
Daniel, 318-20 
Dante, 170 
Dare, 338 
Darling, 47 
Dash wood, 288 
D*Aubign^, 177 
Dance, 266, 306 
Daude, 249 
Davau, 249 
Davenport, 20C, 400 
D'Avezac, 55 
Davidson, 95, 138 
Davis, 53, 80, 92, 102, 

199, 200, 206, 210, 280, 

393, 339, 345, 383, 384, 

401.409 
Davison. 78 
Dawes, 306 
Dawson, 283 
Day, 80, 230, 231, 232, 

236, 359, 304-66, 400 
Deane, 37, 52, 84, 85. 92, 

132, 185-88, 274, 282, 

293, 294, S27, 330, 365, 

387 
Dearborn, 293, 296 
De Beaulieu, 249, 260 
De Bois, 249 
De Bouillon, 177 
De Brlssao, 349 
Dc Bry, 58 
DeBud^, 109-71, 173, 

175 
De Caijennes, 249 
De Caune, 254, 255 
De Cazallz, 249 
Deconning, 249 
De Costa, 49, 101, 102, 

207, 300, 302, 304 
De Diorie, 249 
De Doavrse, 240 
De Dognell, 230 
De Domera, Si54 



Dee, 52 
Deere, 327 
Deerlng, 307 
De Galligos, 65 
De Halys, 306 
DelaCottlere, 249 
De la Dernier, 284 
De la fuge, 249 
De la Hay, 249 
De la Loe, 249 
Delamer. 249 
Delans, 33, 90 
De la Penne, 264 
De la Place, 249 
De la Tour, 295 
Del 3(aige, 249 
DelMuratorl, 172 
De Lttz, 52, 53 
De Malet, 145 
Deming, 320 
De Mountmi^or, 240 
De Moulens, 224 
Denning, 193 
Dennis, 87, 88, 362 
Dennison, 21, 23, 277, 

400 
De Normandie, 406 
Dcnslow, 73 
De Pommera, 249 
De Pont, 249 
De Pue. 189 
De Quincy, 308 
Derby. 80, 127, 128, 132, 

183, 198, 281 
Derby, Earl of, 08 
Dermcr, 50 
De Komeus, 223 
Desie, 249 
De Salavy, 225, 220 
De Siqve ViUe, 240 
De Tode, 53 
Devie, 222 
Dewey, 7&-7, 304 
Dewis, 73 
De Witt, 68, 260 
De Wick, 240 
Dexter, 400 
DI Casa Nuova, 173 
Dickinson, 10, 17, 230, 

270,337 
Di GroUalania, 301, 400, 
Dike, 187 
Dillaway, 203 
Dillingham, 191, 207 
Diman, 03,94,285,388, 

410 
Dimock, 82 
Dinwiddle, 383, 380 
Diodate, 107-81, 303, 304 
Di Poggio, 170 
Dlsborough, 245 
Dix. 197 

Dixon, 20, 287, 367 
Dizion, 109 
Dobbs, 150 
Doe, 240 
Dole, 183, 187 
Doliver, 125 
Dollam, 175 
Donstan, 44 
Dooley, 390 
Doria, 105 
Dorman, 34-0 
Dorrance, 284 
Dorset, 347 
Dort, 264 
Do ten, 38 
Doty, 196 
Doublet, 249 
Douglas, 394 
Dourill, 36, 280 
Dowe. 405 
Dowell, 247 
Downing, 125, 900, 373, 

874 



Drake, 40, 152, 102, 208, 
353, 355, 350, 384. 888 

Draper, 113. 185, 306 

DreUUct, 249 

Drowne, 188 

Dnimmond, 278, 270 

Drury, 280 

Duane. 185 

Duanei, 280 

Duanet, M, 280 

Du Bois, 394 

Dudley, 28-31, 75, 234, 
247, 252, 295, 840, 896 

Dugard, 249 

Dugdale, 08, 202 # 

Duke, 146 

Dumas, 249 

Dummer, 22, 108, 241, 
254-71, 295, 821-81 

Du Moulin, 146 

Dunbar, 167 

Duncan, 73 

Dunham, 39, 81, 800 

Dunn, 186, 187, 307 

Dunnel, 280 

Duplex, 240 

Dupny, 223, 224 

Durfee, 285, 202, 808 

Dutton, 68, 102, 108, 400 

Dutton-Colt, 203 

Duvall, 249 

Dwight, 162, 400 

Dwinell. 280 

Dyer, 73, 114,800,807 

E 

Eager, 181 
Eales, 73 
Earle, 100 
Bastburn, 288, 380 
Eastman, 92, 323,324 
Eaton, 201, 270 
Eckley, 270 
Eddy. 47, .301 
Edes, 02, 185 
Edmands, 200, 254 
Edward III., 207, 878, 

379 

Edward VI., 01, 03 
Edward the Confessor, 

376 
Edwards, 80, 158, 186, 

208, 229, 384, 400 
Egerton, 207 
Egle, 20.3, 402 
Egleston, 28, 73 
Elbridge, 127, 296 
Eldred, 125, 120 
Eliot, 21-4, 113, 122, 123, 

158, 159, 185, 188; 941- 

7, 278, 283, 290, 840, 

384 
Elizabeth, Queen, 00, 

02, 99, 100, 103, 261, 

257. 341, 378 
Ellery, 183, 193, 801 
Ellis, 00, 1(», 100, 280, 

407,409 
Ellsworth, 301 
Elmer, 340 
Elwel, 73 
Ely, 200, 231, 282, 230-6, 

293, :)59, 303, 304-00 
Emerson, 91, 169, 100, 

199, 337 
Emerton, 407, 406 
Emery, 43, 188 
En Condray. 240 
Endicott. 233, 262, 288, 

296, 318-20. 840 
English, 103, 104, 877, 

389 
Eskridge, 140 
EsUbrook, 236 
Esty,84-0 



414 



Index of Names. 



Sustls, 02 

Evans, 277, 362, 409 

£yart«, 27, 141, 239 

Eveleigb, 84 

Everett, 106, 182, 199, 

284,285,308 
Everson, 280 
Eyme, 249 
Excel], 153 
Eynard, 172 



Frances, 249 
Franceschi, 172 
Francia, 249 
Francis I., 49 
Francken, 178 
FrankUn, 40, 137, 149-61, 
354 



Fabri, 58 
Fabn, 137, 138 
Btirfax, 402 
Fallass, 183 
FaUett, 249 
Fanema, 249 
Faneuil, 290 
Farcy, 249 
Fargeon, 249 
Farley, 254 
Famam, 363, 364 
Fams worth, 276 
Farrier, 113 
Farrlngton, 70, 96, 286 
Farwell, 275, 276 
Faonce, 388 
Fawer, 243 
Fay, 388 
Fearing, 247 
Felles, 249 
Felt, 252, 339 
Felton, 182, 199 
Fenmull, 249 
Ferdinand II., 171, 173 
Fergus, 111, 210, 406 
Fernald, 307 
Ferrara, Ducbess of, 177 
Ferry, 26, 230, 232, 237, 

858,364 
Fessenden, 390 
Fickett, 39 
Field, 25, 26, 239, 356, 

357,400 
Fields, 308 
Filer, 73 
Fillmore, 188 
Finch, 243, 284 
Firebread, 72 
Firth, 301 
Fisher, 45, 46, 282, 347, 

400 
Fisico, 109 

Fipke, 279, 335, 339, 392 
Fitch, 76,78,81,88 
Fitz-ElvH, 407 
Fitzwafine, .65 
Flanders, 43 
Fleet, 28 
Fleetwood, 07 
Fleureuu, 249 
Fleurisson, 249 
Fleury, 249 
Flint, 92 
Flower, 229 
Fluda, '.'70 
FogK, b.J, 343 
Folsom, •-i^^0 
Fomcs, 125, 126 
Fooks, r\ 
Foote, 387 
Forbes, 28, 304, 384 
Force, 300 
Ford, 38 
Foster, 122, 123, 210, 

300, 3(M, 333, 304, 391, 

3yj. 401, 4Ui 
Fount nine, 249 
Fowle, l'.»4, 200 
Fowler, 114, 195, 211, 

229, 283 
Fox, 01, 70 
Foxall,24l 
Fralgneau, 249 



Gony, 249 
Good, 253, 406 
Goodell, 186, 364 
Goodenow, 219, 221 
Goodrich, 80 
Goodwin, 86, 238, 286, 

392 
Gookin, 297, 350, 360 
Gordan, 180 
Gore, 46, 118, 246, 247, 

296 
Gorges, 42, 66, 102, 343, 

344, 352,'879 
Gorham. 29, 184 
Gorsin, 249 
Gosnold, 62, 64-9, 397 
Goss, 91 
Goady, 358 
Gould, 36, 109, 187 
Fuller, 38, 110, 111, 116,lGouldstone, 243 



iFrary, 188 
Freeborne, 244 
Freeland, 94 
BYeeman, 64, 205, 210, 

219 • 
French, 34, 36, 73,246 
Frink, 85 
Frobisher, 64,62 
Frost, 43, 393 
Frothlngham, 130, 164 
Froude, 199 
~ „ 111, 112,264,266 



188,293 
Furber, 200 



G 
Gage, 197, 400 
Gale, 362 
Galganettl, 172 
Galf, 211 
|Galand,249 
Gallatin, 293 
Gal ey, 249 
Galusha, 81 
Gamlin. 22, 241,242 
Gammell, 94, 113, 285, 

388 
Garbrance, 119 
Garcelon, 115 
Garde, 125, 343-6 
Gardiner, 125-7, 169 
Gardner, 164, 217 
Garfield, 108, 109 
Gariner, 249 
Garlick, 266 
Garon, 249 
Garrett, 85 
Garrison, 109, 390 
Gary, 122, 123 
Gaston, 2^3 
Garter, 323, 324 
Gates, 39, 40, 151 
Gaulin, 89, 90 
Gaylor, 73 

Gaylord, 357, 363, 364 
Geary, 247 
Gedney, 165 
Gelien, 249 
Gelpi, 194 
George, 210 
Georges, 249 
Gibbs, 73, 191, 221 
Gibson, 73, 108 
Gilbert, 66,75,203,334, 

3.38, 339 
Gildersleeve, 285 
Gillet, 73 
Gilliam, 388 
Gilman, 96, 307, 400 
Giotto, 170 
Gist, 278, 386 
Gleason, 182 
Glenau, 389 
Gloucester, Duke of, 66 
Glover, 75,211,378 
Goad, 122, 123, 375 
Godfrey, 42, 44, 94, 343, 

344 
Godkin, 199 
Goffe, 204,348 
Goisard, 249 
Gold, 34 

Goldstone, 117, 118 
Goldthwaitc, 357 
(iomara, 51 
Gomes, 50, 54 
Gonlard, 249 



Gouldthwaight, 24 

Gourdin, 409 

Grafton, 200 

Gramond, 222, 224 

Granger, 231, 232 

Granstell, 249 

Grant, 85, 106, 206 

Gravelot, 249 

Graves, 88, 219, 221, 246 

Gray, 37, 08, 182, 210, 
213, 341 

Grede, 249 

Greely, 96, 306 

Green, 42, 87, 108, 110, 
114, 126, 127, 207, 276, 
282, 284, 285, 290, 296, 
302, 319, 358, 380, 306, 
408 

Greenleaf. 40, 184, 286 

Greenougn, 47 

Greenwood, 59, 293, 362 

Gregory XIII., 113 

Gregson, 71 

Grenaway, 337 

Grenway, 73 

Griffith, 102 

Griggs, 243 

Grigsby, .308, .389 

Grigson, 287, 288, ?^ 

Griswold, 181, 214, 228, 
232, 365 

Grosart, 62 

Grosvenor, 340 

Groteste, 249 

Grout, 219,221 

Grunard, 249 

Guerin, 249 

Guichenet, 249 

Guicheret, 249 

Guild, 283 

Guillon, 249 

GuIon,286 

Guise, Duke of, 177 

Gulliver, 113 

Gun, 246 

Gurlev, 81 

Gurzclier, 249 

Gwatkin, 270 

Gwyllyns, 70 



H 

Habgood, 219 
Hack, 202, 210 
Hacker, 80 
llackett, 200, 404, 405 
Hagbourne. 247 
Ilugeman, 189 
Halnc, 28<> 
Ilalnes, 218-21 
Hakluyt, 52-4, 56, 57, 62, 

101, 102 
Hale, 26, 106, 113, 100, 

101, 162, 184, 185, 199, 

237, 244, 247, 358, 359, 

363, 367-76 



Hales, 287 

Haley, 85 

Halifax, .350 

Hall, 7». 86, 96, 110, 18S, 

188, 306, 387 
HaUall, De, 68 
Halstead, 188 
Halsy, 166 
Hamel, .398 
Hamill, 188 
Hamilton, 111,114,212, 

306,377 
Hammatt, 406 
Hammett, 82 
Hammond, 23,211,306, 

360,394 
Hamon, 249 
Hampden, 346 
Han^, 124 
Hancock, 25. 28, 90-42, 

137, 240, 270, 206 
Handy, 279 
Hanens, 124, 126 
Hanks, 82 
Hanu&. 73 
Hannay, 187 
Hants. 396 
Haraclie, 249 
Harbaugh, 98 
Harbitle, 22 
Hardidge, 149 
Harding, 110 
Hardovln, 240 
Hardy. 196 
Harndin. .392 
Harris. 106,116,149,211, 

278. 341, 386, 400 
Harrison, 182, 210 
Hart, 73, 203, 206, 210, 
231, 232, 300, 301, 402, 
408 

Hartranfl. 206 
Hartshorne. 113 

Harwood, 2:» 

Hawkins, %\ 185, 18ft, 
2l»3, 387 

Hassam, 108, 133, 186, 
248, 294, .399, 403, 407, 
408 

Ha8well.286 

Hatch, 73 

Hathaway, 383, 384, 410 

Hathorue, 73 

Hawkes, 284 

Hawley. 341 

Hawthorne, 109 

Harden, e7, 116, 137, 38«, 
409 

Uaye3, 92, 141, 185, 201, 
209, 328 

Hayne, 15 

Haynes, 80, 285. 346, M7 

Hay ward, 2:;0, '.>Z 

Hazard. 120,344,388 

Hazen, 91, 185, 186, 277, 
282, 2U4 . , 

Hilxy,36:t '^ ' ^ 

Heard, i;C, 208 

Heath, 23, 45, 46, 127. 
245 

Heathcote, 277 

Helios, 407 

Helrae. 124 

Heraenwuy. 122, 123 

Hemphill, 197 

Hende, 2;>0 

Hening, 145 

Hennepin, 110 

Henriqvez. 249. 250 

Henrv.2JN>,.3s8. 389,3W 

Henr'v 1 1 1 ., 376. 377, 37* 
Heury IV., 51 
Henry VI., 377 
Henry VII., 256 



Index o/Mtmei. 



B»nry Vni.,»,l»,3:B,'nilb!)aM, 1 



Hmry. Prinw 
U«D9l»w, -Ml. 



SuEbi; 



Blglilraan, 124 

urn, ze, ti. 01, M, S7, 
T3, M, 9H, n;, 110,194. 
211. 306. :i«i, SM 

Blllanl, IW 

Mui«,wi.a2. m 

union, 4», 44,:lU, 407, 



Hitchcock, XT, 

Hlxon, 17 
Maadlr, 107, lot 
Hoar, lU 
Hobert, m 

Hock'u'inl -M 

MoJ brook. 7« 
Molcom, 7S 
HoldfD. -MO 
Holgmvc 243 

Uolluml. Ji, ii 



Uopklni. 
li4. wa, ; 

iioppiD.^a, 



Hoic,"?* 

Bo*r)-, 34, M, 2««,a 

XW. 3:)8, ».-» 
Howard, iT, ag, JU, Mo, 

3oa 
Bowr. H-r, 40, eit, 1 

1«1. IW, 2111, 2S1, ] 

247. 3KJ 
BowKnil. 33, 88, M 



.Qnrtll,iW.l»»,s»e, 
i[, »I3, 263, !B7 
itlninuii. 77, 70, as. 



K 

KaliD, 112 



KvM). -/a. leb, MI, i 
KrEih.'ltl 



Kibhc. XW, 3» 
Kidder, 212, 21S, 171 



KlilK. 113. 114. IM,««, 






}Mk>on,lT,M, 103,2]] 



anir.un. ■.v.l, 387 
iifvl..'lw, I]|.|«, I, 
ettriei. 2it. M.73, lil 
JMl,telJ,SM 
eoki,™,u(, 113,283 



Uach.;s,:>,]l£,310 



^, «», «K, 332, 
, 130, ISt, IM, 



2:11, 27». 2M, 2>7, 
. iXH, 3mi, 4W 

c F»'bvr», 2.W 

cpmiovli, Tti. ^ 

tj Irauk at murlerttit 

LfgHt, 343 

i^ gar de RuKaT, 34* 

U Uoddu. :£>a 



Nrrc, 391, 3M 

fia. -ao-a:. 337, so-oj 

I I'luugeoii.' U7, 2SS 



K<Dnl..i>, 121 






Kip, IM 




LcPai. 2M 


Klrbr, 323, 3I»-M 
Kirkfand, IIH 




LeiCarbol, 37.U 






KllL-ht™i.7J 






Kltlri-dg¥, in 




Ldbtrbve. V2 


Ku)|il>l,.'t4,M.344 




I.BT«n;tt, Ki, 27M 


srs'" 








L..M.1M 218 



,.„„,;„ i:, « 


■» 


LlpKon.b, WJ 
LIIL-Olub. »« 


Lanelon, 1*0, 228, ZS 




l.aDe, 44, K. 3«2 




UHl«lrld,'w 












Lar«ira,4»( 




Uocke. '»MU, 


LarntU, 3W 




3<^3, 410 


LaKoclie,2M 







e.-ao 






poldt. 207 

..._JY. 2k;, Ma 

Uihfleld, Uliliap of, <f 



Lonrf<'11o<r. IM, H 
■ IglKUr, VM 

>Eliy,«e. s:« 

ik. :il, M 



416 



Index of Names. 



Lothrop, 187, 241, 302, 

30i 
Loud, 132, 188, 279 
Louis XIII.. \TZ 
Louis XV., 172, 173 
lA>yell, 206 
Lovis, 250, 380 
Low, 404 
Lowell, 193, 199 
Lower, 4i 
Ladlow, 240 
Lambert, 73 
Lant, 104 
Luson. 260 
Luttrell, 282 
Lyman, 22, 118,160, 231, 

241, 242« 293, 365, 393 



« Ljmde,^!^^ 
Lyon, zTi 



M 

Macdonftlcl, 207, 206 

Mace. 80 

Machane, 375 

Hachyn, 61 

Hack, 238 

Mackeney, 126 

Hacknight, 281 

HaoMeTum, 382 

Macranny, 27 

Madison, 14, 98 

Maggi, 171 

Magnall, 250 

Magnin, 63, 68 

Main. 382 

Maisters, 65 

Makepeace, 289, 387 

Malabion, 224 

Malcoreane, 06 

Malet, 277 

Mallory, 207 

Mandell, 268 

Manly, 196 

Mannett, 250 

Manniug, 210, 295, 360, 
361 

Muuou. 22.') 

Manpi'tit, jro 

3Ittrbury,2i;{ 

March , :.'»">0 

Marclmi.H, 'j.'.O 

Marchund, 112 

Blarcy. viiH) 

Mare, \m 

Mar^i'Hsou, 172 

Mariu, 26U 

Blarion, 'J50 

Markhani, .'».{, 358 

MarklaiuJ. (i? 

Mark.-, 47. :;.J9 

Blarlow, 75 

Marrow, 4«» 

Marseu, 149 'Mon^iii. 250 

Marjih, 0<\ 7'»-80, s',», 183.'MoimH»uth, Duke of, W2 
410 '^lonnereaii, 2.>o 

Marshall, l-T), 351, 355.;Moiiroe, 2vS.'). :i,vi 

jMontapu, Duke of, 265 
Montauiie, t>2 
MoiitbalitT de la Salle, 

*J50 
Montelz. 250 
Moody, •J4J 
Moor*', 1''«.221,.105 
iMoorcs. Jl'.», 221 
iMoort-v, 2.'.5. 2:{6 

31a.<«jn, ••>;, ;.{. 7^. llfi. More, 7:{, 254 
ll"*. JIM. J.'l, 2.<J, 305, Morrau, 250 
:{4:{, 3.V2, :::•» Mon-hous*', 113 



Mawdesley, 67 
May, 96. 122, 123, 279 
Mayan, 363 
MayheW, 92. 94 
Mayoard. 210, 221 
3rayo,80,V8,242 
Mazzei, 172 
McAllister, 212, 240 
McCIeoacban, 278 
McOleUan,402 
McClintook. 197 
McCue, 16 
McCurdy, 69, 180 
McDonald. 407 
McEwen,80,211 
Mclntier, 230 
McKinstry, 239 
Meachum, 86 
Mead. 96, .394 
Medlioott, 179 
Mei, 171, 171 
Meinot, 73 
Mendam, 42, 45 
Mendei, 250 
Mercator, 48, 61-3, 67-9 
Mercier, 250 
Meredith, 60-2 
Merle, 119 
3ferriam, 91 

Merrick, 89, 333, 337, S66 
Merrill, 209, 388 
Metayer, 250 
Metcalf, 157, 205, 206, 

243, 304 
Mlantonomo, 348 
Micbeli, \TZ 
Mickley, 210 
Mighill, 247 
Mignau, 250 
Miles, 187 
Milk, 307 
Miller, 75, 94, 114, 156 

IM, 229, 230, 232, 363, 

3<4 
Millet. 337, 338 
Millikin, <J2 
Milln, 210, :l^8 
Miln«-r, 2;trt 
Milton, 104,174,175,177. 

17W. 301. 340 
Miuett. 250 
Miushall, 301 
Minuit, 210 
Minutoli, 172 
Mirrick, 231, 232, 363. 

:iiH 
Mitchell, 23, 368, 407 
Moberly, fV< 
Motrin', 260 
Molyucux. 53, 54, 56 
Monck, 377 
iMoncoriu't. .3U8 



.'i5fi. .>0 
Mari<ham, r>2 
Mar^hli^•l(I. 73 
Martini'o, 2.")0 
Mart>n, r>5. 2.»o, 2^ 
Martyr, 172 
Mar\'in, 3o|. 4W 
3Iary. rriiic» --. 20, 01 
Mascareuc, 2,'j-27 



Majisoii. 171. 17f), 177 
Matolictt, l'.t2 



Morelt. 250 
Morev. 124 



3Iath»-r, 47. <.■», 70, 72,89, MorKun. 231, 285, 363, 

355, 3r.2. ::-••.» ; ruu. m'^s, :;s!<, 4<xj 

3Iatth«\v.-*, 7.t, 115 -Morin. IK) 

Mavtrick, 73, 106, 295, Morison, -207,20^ 
343, 344 .Morley, 22y, 231, 364, 365 



Momay, 176 
MorreU, 23. 97, 233 
Morris, 30, 83, 84, 88, 

113, 116, 122, 123, 120 
Morse,91, 158, 3.39 
Moriaine, Flarl of, 376 
Morton, 64, 168, 179, 180, 

252,295 
Moscall, 103 
Mosely, 07, 92 
Mosher, 32 
Mossom, 163 
Motley, 199, 206 
Mott, 246, 277 
Moulton, 66, 67, 92, 96, 

281 
Mounderford, 61 
Moun^uy, 382 
Mowry, 92, 94, 28S 
Moyle, 63 
Mudge, 109, 113, 114, 306, 

306 
Mulligan, 63 
Mullone, 113 
Mumford, 124,232,365 
Munday, 233 
Mun»ell, 130, 208, 371 
Murdoch, 187 
Muschampe. 63 
Musgrove, 114 
Mussard. 250 
Muzzey, 92, 186 
Myrc,250 

N 
Napoleon, 197 
Nash, 92, 95, 188, 206, 

244.375 
Nason. 303, 304 
NavUle, 173 
Nead, 301 
Neale, 99 
Neander, 45 
Neill, 101, 110,204,801, 

402 403 
Nt'Isou. IM, 231, 2fA 



2f>l, 2G7, 269, 271, 327,i 4oi. 4oy 
342 Parki;*. M 



Odlome, 302 
Offltt, 23 
Oflredi, 174 
Ogden, 180 
Ogle, 31 
Old, 76 
Olds, 228 
Oldys, 262 
Oliver, 69, 348. 404 
Olympta, 176 
Ohderdonk. 288, 2SI 
Uxdway, 76 
Ortelius, 52, 53 
Osborne, 75 
Osgood, 209, 306 
Osinent. 88 
Oswald, 212 
<Mis, 292, 396 
Ott, 389 
Orerre. 44 
Oviedo, 50. 51 
Owen, 63, 230,232,3», 
339,393 



Packard, 187, 409 

Paddock, 394 

Piige, 79.92, 116,290 

Pages, 250 

Paige, 92, 186, 200, 211, 

3r>l 
PaiUett. 250 
Pain, 250, .104, 306, W 
Paisabl«*, 250 
Pakiugton, 146. 147 
Palfrey, 199, 308. 349, »9 
Palmer. 39, 64, 125, 230. 

241, 285 
Palmer»ton, 360 
I'alut, 260 
Papin, 250 
Parke, 22, 221, 343, 24S, 

310 
Parker, 42, 44,73.86,95, 

1N», IW, 241-43, 233, 

:>'U,.".H, .359, 3M, 4U0, 



Newbury, 73. 237 

XfWComf», 76, 77 

Nowdlifate, 09 

Xew.'ir 122, 123, 244,:PariM)iut. VzZ, 123 



Parkmun, 73, 194, IW, 

2-^5 
Parmlnter. 221 



247, 341 
Xewh.ill.SM, 3-^2,409 
Newman, 2i><, 277. 278 
Newton. 73, 82, 126, 278, 

372, :kJ9 
Nezorau, 250 
Nicholaa 'of Lynn), 207 Tartridge, 30. 31, 394 
NichoN. .T5, .3(i. K2, 120,'i'aH-avaiiti, 172 



rarri>h, ^2 

Par!tou!«,*2«.>, 75, 150-41, 
It^). \<\. I9i», 2:«>, 'Jta, 
2>.), 2y>. :;(4, iJOrt, 33i, 
;t;«. 3:>-4<», 359, 39*, 
40^ 



102, 2v>9, 3a'». .382 
Nichol*«on,28S, 389 
Nilej*. 127. 1S9, 317 
Nixon, 165, 1>^8 
Noi'eanx, IK) 
Nolleaux, 2,M) 
Norl>orne, 201 
Nordonskjold, 1.37 
Norfolk. Duke of, 3.30 
Norrl8. 240, 200 
North, 124 
Northam. 3l»2 
Northrop, 124 
Northup. 115 



Patten, Itirt. :;v< 
l'atteri«on, IM, 197, 394 
Paul III., 171 
l*au!>in, 260 
Pavue, 5"4, 1S8, 208, 309, 

I'avnci. 2i4 

l'a\Hon, 91. 122, 1?3, 

213. 214, 245, 247, -A* 
PoaUxlv, ;jo, 37, lu9, 199, 

Pcuke, 245 

I'ea^e, Zf^ 79. 19^, 407 

IV ck. 111. 213, 2.>5, 296 



Norton. 21. 23, 44, 1.3^,ii^t•t. .3u«». :;s> 

2>5. .303, .304, 3^.5 IPeircc. [S«e Pierce.] 

Nov.'*. «>2, 167, 221, 30^. Pflassu*. V*. 90 



311. 3in» 
Nutter, 43 

O 

OakTuan. 277 
O'lirh-n, 100 
()'('allaghan.68, 92, 194 
Oddlng, 243, 244 



IVlh.-un. 2l'.» 
I "el i- Son. 250 
lMli*sarl. 174 
IVloijvin. 2.V0 
Ptni»Mrton, "s^. 268 
IVndl»-t«>n. 2 '.9 
IVnhallow. ^9.92 
Peun. 4Ut, 404 



Index ofJfan 





Preble, tt,f4,10l, 10S 


ftrrnolilEi. 124, US, 117 


«SK&,£i '"• '»■ 


P*mon, ;i6i, M, ZM 


1*7,388 


SIP. i-fi. 350 


IM0 








Ptpptr. M, 1W, 133, S30 


i-remtl, 109. IM 


Kilwuii, a 


8 




Preiiee, 232, 233 








Preaton, 0, 18 


lIllHToljp 

Kirt. iS, i»e, 109, 200 


Sabine,?*, ISl, MO 


PeSir-. VW 


l-rlce, IM, 338 


S»ekell,2al 


Peiklni, 1&.7, K, IM 


PrfdeiMw, W 


sio,aio,w»,soo 


Hadler, 200 


iM, «w, -Mi. lie, sio 


Pilnee, N, IM, 270. 280 




SlITurd, 01-3, 180, m. 


311, :t(7 364.303,364 


ZBt.377-7V,3W,3M 


lllch'iu^, 73, IM, 188 


388 


P»rky,lia.a».3(K,383 


FriSf.'^, rt, 334, 333 






Pcrreau, too 


KlXrdMn, », », 02, 


SaladlDl, 172 


Perrior. -00 






!>>lel, Tt 


Perrj, ■£-. M. IBS, S84, 


Prllcb«t, St, 38, 33i, 33(1 
Procter, 113,3)3 


RicoM, 1N8 


Sallsburr. 00, 00, W, 


28S 


Wdcr, W, 114, 2»,2«B, 


2*4, 30J 321,301 


Prrf la. Kmwror of, 31 
Pelrr, Xf. Sl9, W7 


•roB,2M 


3M,W, 3:W,3»S,40e 


•fyor. 8S 


Bldlud, 280 


231, 273, 2*1, 3M, 100, 


Pclcrs, ^'M 


Puddlngton, 34S 




308 ' ■ 




l-uirer,2M ' 


uE',n'MI2,»80 




Peine, «5 


PulukI, Coant, 402 




SampHD, 38, 202, 400 


Petlee, X1I0. 330 


Puljlfer. W, »3, a», 205 


mgb"4i,w,js 


Sank^, 4ii7. 408 


Peyton. •-a.,l4S-»,J8» 




Klegs, W, 'M 
Sll5i,''78'"' 




Ph«lan.l,^.3M,3>U 


Puuehu^, 131 


Samom, 240 


PheHpilux. !JM 


Punbiu. U, 73 


^niean, 2ftl 


PbelpV, a. M 


Purlngtun, 3sa 


Kir>fi-V^lS, »»,!», 38* 


MrgcDt, 280. ao, m 


Pbtnix. IVS 


>unon,3tC! 


Sa.Ei,17M-fl 


Philip, KiDg, 340 


PutnUD. I»6, IM, 311 




liaiportH, 2M 




»0.30« 




Sauuiler, 2KI 


PhUlfp-.73,M,J(».2M, 


Pjldren.2S0,ai?-B, ai« 






aj.1,301. 3M,340. 3W 


207,2<», 270, 32I,?J»- 




M»Se. 37,43-0,74.81, 


P)llpi,'.7, 3W,3&a, 382 








PlAerlBR. 103,341, 342 


PfDCbon. 21. 23,W, ;s. 


Kobtcli, 18, 110, 211, 


a'i?S"s: 


241, 1182,332,334-0 ' 








SobeVval, 3*7 


374,388 




Q 




■BTarj. !»-- 


III, 112. m »I7'.'m'. 
283, 2M.MW, 331,«Sl 


Uuuiei, 10^ see 


*,.hla.iu. 31.S8.««,78, 




BO. 100, 18.1. 180, 210. 


tlwo". 7», 100 


saw, 363, 3M \ -. 


MH, IW, 2B3, 287, wo, 


311,3;5, 3tt3, 38*. 1*2, 


ayward. 183 


Plerpont. J#r»« Jii'-i 


347, 3W, 381 




barra, 172 




Quint, ise 


to6>UB. 388 








carlet, 100, 180 


Pf}fif."oo"i' 


K 


tocJie-lcf^ Lord, 3M 


dUelmaD, 138 


BadlMOn, IM 




Mbofield. not 


Plm.SV ' 


tMteol,K 


tockw^ll, 73, lot, 108, 


Mlioolcrftft, 380 


PlnJar, 12tt 


iitkei. W, 100 


lll.jo? ai.:«,S06 


choolcrort, 1V0 


Pine, 377 


300 


Ktaolel. UW, m, 171, 


Ploey, 73 




Kudgrri, 44, IM.tSS 


i;b, 177 


PlBnek«.2M 


Raleigh, H. 101. 3tt 


KodSiaB 127 


Jootl. 1I3,190,JM 


Plnneo, 79 


aunbert,l« 


Uodrlguei, 2M 


ie»burT,103 


Flute, 13<t 




Kog<.>7410 


ieaner, 122. 123 






K4"*i. W. M 


»earl.9a0 


Plleb";, 73 


fUnmiio, M 


1&%^;JJi;i^: 


ieari, 38. 92. 98. SO, Itt, 


Pitkin, 'iW 


aoo,OT ^ 


Wte«^2io,4oe 


landolpll, 340,Ma,3SS. 


Ro^^a^S^'*"-"* 


'^"iA^ ■»• 


Plot' v., in 


ft>D»D,2M 


Koiliua. 260 


Sedcwick, 100, 277, M) 


PU«,125. us 


[Unaon, 140 
tantoill. 100,401 


Kolog, 1<U 


»egar,00 


piu, an 


Boot*, »t« 


Semne*, »4t 


Plan^l, AS 


lUpillud, 2U 


Koot, 7ft, 77, 247 


teiial,2M 




«hlej,J24 


Rope., 1*3 


«neg*l,2M 


Pluinni»r,v7 


lt»le>. W 


lOK. M, 300 




Plfmpton, 2 IS 


^tclire, 80 






Foley, IW, m 


iawllBci, 22, 2S, 2M 




e.rin, 2M 


Folk, 3*1 


^WUD, 221, 332, 330, 




te-aU. 30, 47. 00, », 


FoUard, ^, 3«D '^ 






^^:^^^,^^5t 




(oiin'd, 72 


PoXwo'^^>''' 


1*J,128 ' 




BS3 M^3»0' ^^ 


Fool, 3V,8«, 101. 202, aS8. 


tayiier, 1B7-0 




ejmoor, 10£. HI 


Ml ■-'■•■ 


a^.*"'-" 






Poor. 8(1, 101, aa, 302-4 






Pope, 73 ^ 


ieding, tsi 




"S"^' *"■ *^ "• 


PopbaD., 101, 102 




(o/te, 81 


Portalle, 2G0 


iMd7ie7, 188, ait, 210 




^^sHmT?"- '"^ 


Porter. 76, W2-4, 247, 


221308' 


[u)!gir>. 2\ 12Z, U3 


181, ^ ^, 3M 400 


teek.,200 


■J4i. 2K. 'M7. at ' 




Porte rOe Id, 18 


teld, 114,M1,30I 


[Q^tlll.M,Sfl 


U>aw,37;38,llirii0.IO0 


Potter, 114,344,24a 


lelDger, Bl 




Wi* 


Pott..3K ' 


ien,raa 


[mliworth, 42 


Poulwn, 140 


i*mlngt<iD,l«,J30tMl, 


Uu>lLlo.2ao 


IfaeldOD, US, U0, IM, 


Foirell. 137, IK, 2» 


383 


Ku,H.ll, 27, a:, 01, 182, 


ISO, 8*3 




lenand, 160 




heU7.241 


Pnuf,''24,'iM, a», nz, 


IcpetU, m 
texfbrd, 103,101 


£:%■," 


"^^.'Si.iS;^' 


»4,S3« ^ 


i«j,ao 


Ryder, 70 


SES;ii" 


TOL. XXXT. 


S6 







418 



Index of Names. 



Stiermao, 121, 180, MS, Standlj, 35, 36 



2H 

8hinn. 114 
Shipmau, 203 
Shirley. 66 
8bort, 241 
8hnrt, 2tf5 
Shurtleff. 355, 401 
Shurz, 409 



Stanhope, 221 
Stanley, 68, 138 
SUples, 185, 285 
Stark, 112, 201 
Starkie, 111 . 
Starlin^r, 256 * 
Starr, 278, 281 
St. Anbyn, 62 



8ibley, »7, 340, 361, 806, Starerby, 257 



3W 
Sieffler, 250 
Sigum, 250 
Slles, 27, 74 
Silsbee, 4C4, 407, 406 
Simmes, 47 
Simon, 250 

Simonds, 118, 337, 338 
Slmoni, ITi 
Simonton, 367 
Simpkins, 100 
SUmoudi, 160 
Skelton, 252, 318-20 
SkiUins, 46 
Skinner, 382 
Blafter. 02, 03. 130, 185, 

186, 282, 388, 306-8 
Slater, 181 
SlauKhter, 111, 112 
SUgh, 147 
Slocumb, 33, 127, J03, 

304 
Slott, 178 
Small, 366, 367 
Smalledge. 47 



Staverton, 257 
Steams, 21, 80. 106 
Stebbins, 25, 27, 02, 107, 
200, 201, 204, 237, 284, 



350,402 
Steere, 285 
Stegeall, 264 
Stephenson. 61, 208, 304 
Stemhold. 100 
Stetson, 305 
Stevens. HI, 100, 210, 

383,380,400 
Steward, 220, 230 
Stewart, 388 



TarbeU, 301 

Tarboz, 01, 02, 185, 188, 

189, 283, 280, 208, 30O, 

387,3110 
Tatman, 243 
Taylor, 26, 50, 64, 65, lU, 

182, 200, 228-30, 283, 

300 
TaxeweU, 308 
Tebbits, 124 
Temple, 183, 2M 
Tenant, 125 
Tennent, 31 
Tenney, 210 
Terence, 10 
Ternac, 250 
Terry, 73. 75, 76c 867 



TerwiiUger, 114 

Testas. 250 

Thacher, 130, 150, 253, 

205 
Thauvill, 250 
Thaxter, 31 
Thayer. 242. 810 



TmrnbaU. 70. 80. W, Sai^ 
330. 3lK. 401, 108 

Tubbt. 160 

Tubenrilie, 140, UO 

Tacker, 57, Itt 

Tudor, IVO 

Tufls, 334 55«.H 

Tttke, 62 

Tarfett. 375 

Tamer, 72, 78, 115, 104, 
222, 270. 281, 285, 310 

TathUl, 100.283 

TntUe, 10l». 113, 184, 185, 

180, ^oc£,^7^-4, 345, Silt 

340, 352-50, 963, HI, 

408 
Tweed, 104 
TwiBden, 43 
Twitchell. 382 
Tybitts, 120 
Tynr . 66. 279 
Tysack, 305 



St. George. 3(iO. 330, 331jThibaalt, 250 



Stickney. 85. 88. 02 
Stiles, 87, 281, 340 
Stimson, 387 
Stirrop, 166 
Stock, 103 
Stockton, 187 
Stockwell, 220 
Stoddard. 190. 245 
Stone, 03, 117.118,211, 

212, 277, 278, 285 
Storer, 194 
Storke, 260, 266, 260, 271, 



Smalley, 366 

Smith, 21-3. 20, 35, 36, 
54, 57. 58, 73, 76, 02,j 322, 327 
03, 101, 125. 127, 153, Storrs, 82, 316, 388 
156, 157, 182. 103, 104, Story. 46, 100. 206 
100,200. 211, 210, '221. Stoaghton, 73, 106,243, 
22b, 220, •231-3:<, 236,i 405 
256, 257, 25«J, 277, 270- Stow, 244, 278 
81, 284, 290, 208, 301. Strachey, 101. 102 
30.>, 312, :«7, 3.39, 340, Strasburg, 112 
.357, :io>», ;i6j, 36», 3V2, Stratford. 85 



3y:i, :v.»7 
Sniith.Hon, '.>99 
Snt'Iliiig. ;{1,384 
Snouk. 1^5 
Solfv, 11 j. 184 
8olv\ II-, 3iH> 
Som'erby. lUO 
Somers, ('»«» 
Soulart, 'Zbd 
Sophocle.-*, :W0 
Sothtbv. 409 
SouI«-, X\ 
Soutligato, 195 
South wick, 285 
Sowell. \Z\ 
Spafford, ^l 
Span-, 1>4, l.«*5 
Sparliawk. 'J95 
Sparkii, ivn^ 
Spauldiug, 95 
8p<-ar»s Jtio 
Spek*', 147 



Thierry, 250 

Thomas, 74, 115, 193, 

207, 206. 240, 2W 
Thompson, 16, 44, 02. 

113, 1.31. 241, 284, 288. 

203, .306. 307, 351, 353, 

355, .356, 303, 304, 400 
Thorn, 380 
Thornton, 342 
Threeneedles, 385, 386 
Throckmorton, 61 
Thrille. 63 
Tbur!>ton, 113 
Thury, 80 
Ticknor, 100, 306 
Tidesley, 68 
Tift. 125 
Tilden, 88 
Tile«tone. 73 
Tille, 73, 115 
;Tillingha<>t,391 



Streeter, 'J6i i Tilnev, 179 

Strong, 79, 131, 198, 206, Titherly, 345 



Ufford. 23 
Underwood, US, 175, 

170, 218 
CJpdick. 125 
Upham, 103, 253, 
Upshal, 73 
Upton, 78 
Ungneau, 250 
Usseiiox, 210 
Utter, 125 

V 

Failable, 250 
Valentine. 285 
Vanbrougb, 330, 331 
Van Buren, 17 
Vane. ;»6-48 
Van Home, 385 
Van Lenterau. 250 
Van Kignaud. 250 
Van Sicltru, lOi. 104 
VanSl>ck.94 
Varvilles. i^) 
Vassall, 70, 116, 245 



3U>-1-'. 3<H, 392, 394 Titus, IIW, 188, 206, 401, Vaughan, 6> 



Strout,:jrt7 I 407, 40!5 

Stryker, 189 Todd, JlO, 3« 

jStuart, 13, 15, 146, 203, To 1 man, 114,205 

34<i, 3A0. 3t8, 389 
Stubbs, 407 



To use hard, iiO 
;Toogoo<i, 212 



Sturgis, 308 

Stunuau, 149 

Slurtevaut, 79 

Stuvvei«aut. 296, 348 

Mvleman, 'M¥} 

Suffolk, i-Uirl of, 330 

t^unmer, i4, 199 

Sutherland, Dukeof,352 Towlee, 146 

.>wain, 246 

Swallow, t>7 

Swan,3y. X\S, 330 

Sweet, hy, l..'4-6 

Swm, 7J, 73, 183, 211, 



Torrelliui, 172 

Torrey, 47, IbS, 186,221, 

:«••», 3.W 
To scan a, 169 
TottiKhurst, 254 
Tourtelot, 2J0 
Tousant, 'iM) 



Venner, 73 
Veriguii, iO 
Vermigli, 170 
Vernon, 2*, 68, 70, l», 

127,^11 
Vernous, 250 
Verrazauo, 4^-52, 54, 

5^9 
Verv. 404 
Vetromtle. 209 
Victoria, vjuecn, 100 
VUliaune. 250 
Vincent. AW 



301,3«>7 



Spencer. 26, 60, 62, 80, Swineford, 399 

\tA. 15.'>, SSO Swords, 47 

Spink, 12.5. 126 iSydnev, 346 

Spinola, 172 ISyllacius, 63 

Spi^or, 247 ;Symnion*, 175, 300 

Spoon«r, 93, 114, 132, Sympton, 373 

18"), 190, 191, 210, 394, Syms, 88 

390 I 

Spotswood, 29 I T 

Sprague, &o, 93, 114, 130, Tabb, 9S 

19J. 19.3 jTaber, :r2 

Springlinm, 02 iTalt, 2M, 285, 311 

Spur, J^O Tainter, 162 

Spur/heim, 211 
Stafford, 410 
StaiKtf. 85 
btaudish, 67 



Towne, 3^7, 94,90, 111, Vinton, 99, 288,2S9,2»l, 
112, i:«, lb6, 169, 286, 3^7 
291, 390 'Volchert*en, 58 

Townsend, 190, 194, 285, Vose, 297, 3S5 
351 

W 



Waddington, 92. 105 
Wade, 3*»6 



'Toy, 244 

To^.ier. 96 

Tracv, 409 

Traj'k, 21. 72, 86, 89.01,92. Wadsworth, 220, 2S2 
106, 10». 121, 127, 133,1 Wain wrigljt, •^-* 
165, 18<>, 20:t, 218, 2:i2,lWait. 281. 29^ 333, 395 
23;i, 2«>, 241, 246, 252,' Wakeman, 22 



Taire, 43 
Talbot, 187 
Talmage, 22, 241 
Tanner, 125 



21»:{, 294, 316, 360, 385, 

4lK) 

Travis .T32, 336, 338 
Treat, 399 
Trent*. 172 
Tresct.tt. 96 
Trigge, 277 
Tripp, 127 
Troachin, 176 
Trouvers, 178 
Trowbridge, 72, 285 



Walch, 8«) 
Waloot. 73 
Waldo, 347 
Waldron. 295, 345 
Wale-*. 47. 72, 3H 
Walker. 9.M 12, llS.lSi. 

•221, .'4 J, 244, 278,216. 

409 
Wailaoe. 363 
Waller. 99 
Wallid, 382 



Index of Shames, 

Tlgglf (worth, ■ 
VircockB. DO 



Wunpiti, ^^73, 310,. 
Wunpom, 1«3 
Wnnaertan, OSS 
WantoD, 30 
Ward, SO, 70, M. 
ISS, 231, 3K, 3K 

Warden, •• 

Wartwin,' 73, IM 
Warner, 87, 3SJ, 334-(!, V 

338, JW 
Warren,C«, 03, 13 

ui, uei, a<o, nn 

3M>, Wt, VH 
Warriner, 74, 1S», 3M, 1 
tK, 3K 

WarrlnclOD. tS 



Wilder, SB. Ol-S, 100, V 



■■"■-/d. 3M, 3M 

WmiBDi Hod Marj, M 

William I., lu, 37S 
William, 201, V<8 ■ 

WiUlanu, si. IIS, 1D4, 



SM,S1S-U, 314-16, 150, 
" 1, 300-71, 373, Zrt, 

wilt, £U, 313, 380, 3W 



binglon, I 



Wheel nrlflllt, 313, St3. 
1, 3*0 
WbeUdoo, K. 03, 111, 



38H, 3W, 400, Mtt, <U 
Wllliamun, iSt, i72, 
274. «7S, «9I,Xua,MI, 



Wo^wDrlb, S7, :j30, 3S7, 
^aler. 43, 47 



Wliimile,407 

i, Wliitcomb, 2S3, 3I«, 303 WUatonl, US 
7, While, M, 101, un, 100, V 

114, IW, 103, 107, IS), 

1§S, IH, IW, H», 237, : 



WortliingtoD, 3M, n». 



S. Wr]ght,I>3, 74-82, BS, n 



Weile." 126 

Webt>,'^a' 

Webber, 280, J», 369, T 

3ttl V 

Webitar, 1S.70, too, 106. V 

lliO, aw, 2ir!, " 
Wedge, 21), 2t 



Wbllebuid, 1^, 1: 
Whltlni, 70. aw 
Wbltmore, 100, 10 

Whlli 






NWUIoD.TS.Seo 

WInehell, lOo 

Wlndior, Lord, 01 

Wtnihip, 39, 2M 
% WjriiJ(.w, 206, 3(2, 3», 

, 182, 211, 300, T 



I, 210. 221, MT, 
r, 37«,SS0 



t. 113 



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