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FOR THE YEAR 1862.
VOLUME XVI.
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j Bromfield street, Boston, or address-ed to him. i y :nail,
WIfiLIAM B. TRASK, Editor of this number.
W.uiam Blake Trass, 1 Rev. Elius Xason of Exeter, N. H., will . ■ :.- the
Hon. Charlks Hunsox, I n ,ti \ next number of the^cgjsfcr. Commun»c.u..;!
ftuv. Euas Naso.v,
John Warp Deax,
George Wixgate Chase, J at Exeter.
CONTENTS.
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feXmS^soiurnVtobVo^ittt^ ICSV is p",v tei '■;■ Marri^, ianh.,T «ud Itaktlu, 71
'".'G Brattleboroug.li Inscription"*, ai
.7 Svmonds' Testimony in Illation to Vincent estate, V-
bo
Pichael Metealf,
Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin, 17 , J, . . .
M*-m-»i-ihle Loneevitv 2S Morality m Boston, 1 .01-3,
fru-voV Robert "Calle'v.' 1699-1765, 31 Petition of Boston in relation to Building wiiu
¥-ul< r Gene ilu°T 41 Brick, 1GU<>, t*«
lull town charges 'tor" Beacon and Watch, 1073-4, 44 Testimony of Waters and Landers, S7
Boston Records^ 45 Marriages .and Deaths, •>
Depositions of Philip Long and Samuel roung- historical lntei«igenee, f<
love, ^ Correction, j*
Wills of the Countv of Suffolk, SO J-;u'-c ',oti^1' ' ';- ■ \V V,: V'^" "*-" •", ^Vi
Letter from Rev. John Walley, Jr., 1744, 53 Members of the N. E. Hist. Gen. fcociety, 104
ADDITIONS A2TD CORRECTIONS.
! Vol. xii, page 160. In the list of Townsmen <>i I Earl, the names of Richard Kirby and Joseph Ta-
Dartnioutk, insert between Howland and John } ber.
A1ST-NOUNCEMENTS.
' Ne-wcomb.— John B. Neweomb of Elsrin, Illinois, is Woopwako.— A Life of the late Gen. >"atbaniel
collecting materials for a Genealogy or the Newcmnb Lyon, by Dr. Ashbel Woodward or fcrankim, t:., s*
lamily, and requests all persons having ■ infcwrifiatftrti in preparation.
in relation to that family, to communicate with hi™. Hot.— Wellington L. G. hunt of Boston, ri^'.gns
Chapin.— Onn-e Chapin ot Wi.mmans.--tt, M::sh., to publish a G-nealosicul Regi*t~r and barney .M-mo-
•©nrposes to publish a Geneah^votVneCham.ufimilv: rial of the Hunts — the d.-sepinlants a \\ut\.\m ot
I)' include Rev. Mr. Clark's Centennial Discourse of Concord, Jonathan of Northampton, imoeh oi \* .-y-
1S5-2, beimr one hundred years from the organization mouth, Edmund ot Duxhtiry, „ohn ot .>ew J^r^an'-.
of the first Congregational church in Chicopee, if a others. Report.- of more than lOiHMamihes have be.-n
lufiicient number of copies are subscribed tor to justify received. Those interested will please communicate
the outlav. The work, as proposed, will be an Svo, to the above, what intorniation they may have relative
of about 300 pages, at >-' per copy. to the Hunt families.
PAYMENTS FOR THE REGISTER FOR 1862.
Albany— H. D. Paine; Barton— J. M. Bradburv, C. >lvn\,] Marxhficid— Maria A. Thomas: MMhiturn-*
I). Bradlee, J. W. Dean, S. G. Drake f4 copies), V\\ L. S. II. Parsons : XcicJIoven— Henry White: An/- 1 • rk~
B. Hunt, Mrs. D.P.Parker, Thos. Waterman CJeopi-Sj; J. E. Buikley, William H. Fogg, Geonre a>. l«r*:-:w,
Robt. C. Winthrop, Mrs. E. Child. J. W. Thornton; Isaac J. Greenwood, II. N.Otis; Philadetpni-j—kzchel
Bright or.— F. A. Whitney; Brookline— W. 1>. Towne : Wetherili ; i'o/jsnioidA— A. R. II. Fernald ; i' ■ ir;; rt-p-
Biijfclo— E. S. Hawievj"Cam6rzrt>e— G. E. Richards: s«'c— Benson J. Lossing: ProciJcncc— John B :u>; -.* ■ rj
Charlcstown— Edward F. Everett ■; Chicago— John copies), Henry T. Beekwith, : Quincy, 111— L. A. sa-
Wentworth : Cleveland— A. S. Sand ford* Edward va*e: Reading— -Thomas Spooner; Jter/Hi—- H. .
Wade, Jas. Wade, Jr. ; Franklin— Dr. A.Woodward Hurlhut; Sprinzjictd—*J. B. Morns; Itptct— \\ . 1*.
(3 copies) ; Jamaica Flair.— Catharine P. Curtis; Jcr- Tuthill; tValtham—3. B. Bright; U'dltmar.n-tt—0.
scy City— S. Alofsen; .l/G.ncicsfcr— Samuri D. Bell., Chapin ; Znnc^sille— Atheneiim.
Mrs. M. H. Bell, City Library; Marietta— S. P. Hil-
»:- NOTICES.
The Publishing Committee, in their Address to the for six copies of the work, shall be entitled to the se-
Ueaders of the Register for Jan. 1S59, announced fd eir rc:;^ <-opv — zratis.
design of confining genealogical articles to the tirst four pk00,iw of the Society, No. 13 Bromfiekl stiv. :. R^-
generations in this country, except occasronally bring- ,r„iar monthlv raeHtinffs of the Society, on ihe ;it.t
ing down a few lines to the present tiiiie. ^me tarai- We,lnes,iav iu everv month, at 3 o'clock P. M.
lies, however, have expressed a wisu to have later "
^fenerations preserved in detail in the Register. ". he Fifteen volumes of the Register being nr>w . .• >.-•<-
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Ilo.v. Ciiaklks liri son,
fir v. Klias Na&o.v,
John Ward Dkax,.
George Wingate Chase, J
) Hon. Charl. .- ilu'l-on of Letfingtoiij Mass., w ill • '.
i the next number 01' the RcgUicr, I onrmunioati i
\ Publishing Committee. may bo left tor Limatthe ltoomsoftb< S eiety,No. ]
, Bromfield street, Boston, or addressed to him,*by m :
I itt Lexington.
CONTENTS.
Menhir of SiriWnlter Ralegh, 105' Richard Thurston's Memorandum, kept at Row-
Annm.l Address by Winsldw Lewis, M. D., 119 ley, of the Deaths of his near Relations,
Extracts from the Diary of Boburt Calb-y cf EfixUupiake in New England,
Cbarh-st >wn, Mass., IG99-1765, 129 The Familv and Ancestors of Thomas Palmer, o;
Tlu'T..zer Familv, 133 Boston, N. E.
Records of Wethers.hVid, Conn., 135
Order of ( -row Lawrence of Nova Scotia, in rela-
tion to tlie French Neutrals. 142
Dilutees of Narragansett Townships, h:j
Vote of the General Court or' Massachusetts, to
have a Book called Chitie our Dutie, printed
and distributed, - 147
An Ancient Coin and a Cut ious Vi<<:t, 151
Marriages, Births and Deaths in Dorchester, Mass.,
ie4S-10S3, 152
Licence to Capt. John Underbill to repair to Bos-
ton, 1 0o9, u 15S
Abstracts from the Earliest Wilis on record, and
on the tiles in the Couivtv of Suffolk, Mass.,. .. . 159 Correction's,
Will of Governor Haynes," 107 Book Notices,
Letter from Michael" Hiilegas, Continental Trea- Officers of -the New England Historic-Genealogical
surer of the United States, 17si 169 , Societv for Hoi', . .".
Genealogy from the Camp at IV-rt Royal, S. C, ..
Letter from Grant Thorbum, 4
Notes and Queries
Marrir.ges and Deaths,
New F.IWland Historic-Genealogical Society,
Harlackenden Family, ' '
Historical Ihfellisienee :
Long Pas .orates,
Jubilee of Rev. R. S. Storrs, D. D., of Brain-
tree,Mass.,
Monument to the late Rev. Dr. Peabody, of
Springfield, .Mass.,
Current Events,
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195
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Holt.— D. S. Durrie of ,Milwaukie, author of the press a Genealogy of the Dannel Family, descendants
Steele Ciencaiogir, has the genealogy ot tlie Iloit family oi Michael Dunnel of 1'opsfield, wiso died about '713.;
learly rea4y for press1. It will by issued in Aprii, by C. B. Richardson of New!
Df\.\t"L.— Dr. 11. G. Dunne! of New York, has in York.
PAYMENTS FOR THE REGISTER FOR 1S62.
Albnvv-l. Hun, A. E. Brown, F. S. Peas^, Rev. E. J. Johnston ; lulu-auk it— II. II. Camp, John Nszro.
LSteatus; Albion— L. C. Paine ; Bcleh'ertcutn—ms.. M. J. S. Buck, A. J. Lan^worthy, J. L. Harris, J. F. Bur-
toolittle: Boston— T. B. Wvman, Jr., Aaron Sargent, chard. Dr. E. B. Wclcott," L. H. Kellogg; Mineral
Ym. G. Brooks, A. J. Coblulse, L. K. Pai-e, S. Wai- Point— C. Woodman; jit. Vermm—J. A. Hathelt ;
«r, F. M. Bartleti, J. Column, E. F. Shifter, T. L. Xeicctrk— 3 H. Congdon ; Xew York— J. Perkins, W.
"urmr, Wm. S. Appieton, K. Nute, George Bates, J. D. GoOkin, A. Grhmin, E.Braman: Ostcezo, T. Irwin .
[. Sheppard; Bv.jfolo— Young Men's A~sso'ei:Uioir; Philadelphia— IS. Chauncey; Portsmouth-^ J. Wen-
cm £>>/ 'ice — Jared Sparks: Canton — Ellis Air.es : Clii- dell; Putnam — A. Kingsbury; Quiney — W. S. Puttee,
'sinati — Young Men's Association : Coni.cc y — A-a \V. Keves, 0. H. Browninsr, N. Ene. Sbc, S. H. Ernerv;
iowland; Danvcrsport— S. P. Fouler: Elgin— J. 15. Randolph— E. Alden ; Rochester— J, M. Hatch : Scheh-
eweomb ; Klrnirv — A. S. Thurston ; Fairfax— D. W. cctady—J. Pearson, Union Coi. Library ; Springfield —
Dvt ; Franklin— A. B. Smith; Gov vcrnrur—H. D. J. \\'~ Crooks: Terre Haute — B. Smith: Troy — B. Hi
Oiith; Ihirt/ord—C. J. Hoadlv; Haverhill, G. \V. Hall, J. Edwards; West TVinstcd—D. \Y. Patterson:
iase; Holyokc—J. B. R. Waiktr: Indianapolis— A. }Vest Bridccivater—W. Baylies; IFcburn—B. Buck-
. VYillard : Lenox— H. \V. Tart : Lynn— J. Moulton : man; Woodbury — W. Cothren: Yonkers—R. I. Dou-
Itd/ord— Miss A. T. Wild ; Middleiown—E. Stearns, glas.
NOTICES.
SThe Publishing Committee, in their Address to the ■ for six copies of the work, shall be entitled to the se-
iaders of the Register for Jan. l^J/j, announced their tenth copy — gratis.
Sign of confining genealogical articles to the first four
Derations in this country, t-xcypt occasionally b.ring-
5 down a few lines to the present time. Some f:uni-
*, however, have expressed a wish to have later
Derations preserved in detail in the Rrglsier. 'i\.t
•mtoitt-e. are willin.: to do this lv addin&r additional
ffes to the Register, if correspondents or their friends
ll pay the expense of the same. Our subscribers
i not complain of such ad titious, as they will net
subject to the charge of them.
The Historical end G.vncalozlcal liczistcr is issued
Rooms of the Society, No. 13 Erom field street. PlC-
jniur -monthly meetings of the Society, on tlie first
Wednesday in every month, at 0 o'clock P. M.
Fifteen volumes of the Register being now complet-
ed, subscribers may exchange their numbers 'if in
good condition) for bound volumes, 'or have their own
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The price to Sol sciib'-rs will bx» >2 a year, payable
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representing in gold the Arms of all the New England
States, with" which t.he bucks are impressed.
N. B— Subscribers will' observe, that the Register
is in m case sent to them after they have ordered it
stoppi -l, vnlc.fs iuch order is received after a r.ew ral~
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i&hen, according to \ht rules of periodically they ai
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ii.li.vm Blake Trask, 1 j Jonx Ward Dean, Esq., of Boston, Mass., will i lil
>y. Charles IIi-dsox, I the nest number of the Register. Communications
hv w'uSu; J^^mg Committee, ^y ^ ]eft for him at the Rooais of the Society,A\o. 13
iOROt. Wingate Chase J j Broin&dd street, Boston, or addressed to him, by mail.
CONTENTS.
»re Baron Steuben was buried', 201 'Importance of Early Records, 257
irda copied from an Ancient Familv Bible in The old Burial Places in Exeter, N. H., 2c-*
arshfield, Mass., '. 202 The Rev. John Waller, 260
rief History of the Historic^Geaealoafioal So- Dominie Frehnghuysen, yoC
JJ* " : 303 Records of Wetherslield, Conn., 263 j
oV'ttembers of the Old Church at Topsfield,, 2.13 Douw Family Record, 268 ;
rasanset Grantees, 2ii> The Folsrer Family, 269
Old Fren -h War, 217 Fly-leaf Record— Information Wanted, 278
t to Sir diaries Henry FrauklanA, Hopkinton, Michael Meteaif, 279
ass " -2-20 New England Historic-Genealogical Society...... 254
■folic Iitetruct ion's.".! .......... .'. -21 Officers of the "S.B. Ilist.^Geneaiogical Society,.. 2S7
•rmation Wanted, 22.5 The Bible as a Genealogical Register, 291 j
tract from the Earliest Wills on Record and on Marriages and Deaths, 292 .
te Files in the Countv of Suffolk, Mass., 220 Diamond \\ adding, '-(j3
I of Leonard Chester; 233 Richard Baehe, Postmaster-General, to the Post-
ealr>'_rieal Sketch of the Descendants of Remold master at Boston, 298
id Matthew Marvin, who came to New England Current Events, ISG2|. 299
i 1635, 235 Winthrop, 301
ie Account of Dr. Nathaniel Antes, the Alma- Historical Intelligence, 300
ac Maker, and his Family, 255 Book Notices, 302
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
itdsox.— Charles Hudson of 1 exinccton, Mass., has printed for subscribers only. Orders will be received
.ertaken to prepare a Genealogy of the Fav Family, by J. Munsell, Albany, N. V.
- one bearing that nam-, of "connected" with the Berxari»stox Ce.mexxial. — Arrangements have I
ilv, would confer a favor bv Sending to him any been perfected for celebrating the incorporation of
.rmation he or she may 'possess in relation to any Bernardston, Mass., on the 20th of August. By the
ochof the familv in an v part of the country. circular issued for the occasion, it appears that the I
iles, Jex.x!.s?x,"Lixdall, Marshall, Vkky.-A territory now contained dn ? the towns of Bernardston,
ally History of the Giles, Jenni-on, Lindall, Mar- f*.™*" and a part ot Colerame was granted, by t ne
II and V,rv Families, by Rev. John A. Vinton, is ^^bitur- or the province o Massachusetts, m 1^4,
.. • ... - ' J ' to those and the descendants ot those who were in
,mp s*, _ _ a _ ' the battle fou-ht on the ISth May, 167G, at Turner's
ooperstowx axi> CoorF.K.—Rcv. ^. T. Livermore F.i[U ,vh;,.h JT.ant for .,Loul twentv-rive vears was
in press a History of Cocporstown, with a Bio- c:lll(,d 0w Fal]s FiqUt Township, or Fall Town. This
pineal Sk.-tch ot J 1-eminore Cooper, winch wul towu was incorporated in 1762, bv the name of Ber-
ssuod in July by J. Munseii, Albany. N. 1. nardston, and a* patriotic call is ma'de upon the people I
iixo Philip's War.— S. G. Drake, E.-q., proposes within the ancient limits, for a rally upon the occa- :
eprint Increase Mathers Brief History of the War sion, which will no doubt be enthusiastically respond*-
h the Indians in New England, together with Cot- ed to.
Mather's Account of the same War, to which he Rapgoop, Pettee, Hewixs, Frary, Willis.— A
I add an Introduction and numerous historical and volume of genealogies of the above named families,
•lanatory Note?. This has been a scarce work for prepared by Rev. Abner Morse, illustrated with 12
re than a century, and is indispensable to all stu- portraits, &*c, is passing through the press, and will
its of New England History. The edition will be be ready :br delivery in a few weeks.
PAYMENTS FOB THE REGISTER FOR 1862.
Many— Rev. E. P. Wadhams, R.Woodward: Al- BuJTalcr-X. K. Hall; Burlington— S. Sewalb; CV-v:-
— R. B. Smith; Amherst— E. Tackerman : Brlti* bridge— j. L. Siblev, College ■'Library, E. Washburn :
•e— E. II. Perkins; Bcrncrd>toa—ii. W. Cushman : Chicago— E. S. L. Richardson; Cleveland— W. A. Otis,
-erle ij—.) oh n J. Baker; Boscmccn—Wm. Temnle; P. U.rBabc6ck: Dedhum—A: Larason; Dorchester—
.fo/i— P. H chart, Jr., Chas. Deane, Rev. C. Cutler, Miss A. Glover; Galena— A. M. Haines ; Gloucester—
Dayenport, Q. Livermore, W. B. Bradford, Miss E. John Babsbh, S. Nelson; Greet Fulls— M. Noble; |
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Farewell, A. D. llod.vs, T. A. Neal, S. Lincdu, J. S*ashua—(x. L. Balcom ; Xewburuport—Q. T. Chip-
Parker, S. Swe-t, P. KetVv. J. Breek, A. A. Law- man ; Xor H«ven—l\ R. Trowbridge ; Xew York— A.
ce (2 copies;, F. A. Hail, L."Ma-ou, W. W. fireen- W. Slor>an, S. We'tmore, G. Q. Thomdike, Mercantile
rh, S. E. S-wali, B. Abbott, W. Whitincr, J. N. Librafv" Association; C. B. Richardson (4 copies);
•box, A. Child, S. Andrews, Boston Lil rM-v, H. Xonci'ch— S. Bli& ; Pawtuchet—P^v. Win. Tyler :
e, W. M. Lathrop, T. R. Marvin, E. D. Harris, J. I'hiladdphifr—Jolm Jordan, Jr., S. Breck, J. H. ib' i-
Wizgin, O. W. M-s.-in-.-r, D. Draper, J. W. Plvmp- fi«ld ; Pompcy— Jbst-ph Dow ; Portland— Wm. Willis .
., S. T. Snow, Riciiard Bri^, Edwd. Brooks, F. Froeidence—^tnte Library, S. T. Olney, 5. Randall:
Lincoln, Jr., J. W. Clark, David LTapr,, T. C. i'<7tt>^Edward P. Burtdiam : Sprin«jield—J. G. Chas- ;
iory Jr., W. C. Lewis '(-"copies), E. Lombard, J. H. Std'ckbridge—D. D. Field; Taunton— Rev. M- Blake:
>lcott, David Sears, J. P. Ibal'v, J. W. Paije, B. F. E. II. Reed : Troy— Giles B. Kellogg; Westchester—
lite, L. M. S^r-ent, J. F. Bald'win, H. Lee, 'Jr., W. J. S. Futh-v, D. G. Brintou; Wext Sewto«—\. H.
Andrews, D. W. Holmes, G. B. Upton, J, palmer, Ward; U 'Ulinu tnt ic— W. L. Weaver ; Yarmouth, Port—
Butler, T. C. Smith: liridzcu+ater^-W. Latham: Amos Otis.
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Txllxam Blakl: Trask,
losr. Chaklks Hudson,
Iev. Kt.ias Nasox,
ons Ward Dean.
JOHN WARD DEAN, Editor of this number.
"I Jons Ward Dean, Esq., of Boston, Mass., will edit
the next number of the Register. Communications
Jeorce Wing ate Citase, J
\ rv blis h ing Com m ittcc.
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may be left for him .it the Rooms of the Society, No. 13
Bromfield street, Boston, or addressed to him, by mail.
CONTENTS.
^moir of lion. Daniel Messinger of Boston
mealogv of the Messinger Family,
)w, ..T. .* ...314
ill of Gen. Julia lhadstreet, 315
i Attendant on Goite and Whallev, 310
•cords of Falmouth, now Portland, Maine, 317
.vid McLane, executed at Quebec, 1797, 321
anklin Arms, 3-23
irrbges, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass , . 324
assacmisetts Certificate of Indebtedness, SOS
bstracts Karlie?t Suffolk County Wilis, 329
3T. Benjamin Woodbridge of Medford, 336
?m?aloay of the Kin^sburys of Dedham, Mass.,. 337
Hosbaud of Six Wives, 341
riliof Thomas Oicott 34-3
snelon and his Connection with America, 344
ermont, 346
iiree Memorable Days for America, 347
. 303 Letter from the Rev. Cotton Mather, D. D., to John
. 308 Vaughan, respecting an Indian Deed to John
Wheelwright aud others, 34S
Lancaster Records 352
Scotch-Irish Families in Chester County, Pa., 3l>o
Ne'Tohvy of Harvard Graduates, 303
Rev. Nathaniel Ward's Dedication to Lord Bacon, 365
Wills ot Richard Inch of Boston, 1645, 367
Wainwright,
Marriages and Deaths,
Notes and Queries,
New England Historic-Genealogical Society, .
Drafting Eighty-three Years ago, 3S3
Current Events, 3S4
Book Notices, 3S5
Errata, 3«S
Index of Names, 3S9
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ANNOUNCEMENTS.
5 H. S. Davis of Springfield, Mass., is
Is for a senealoirv of the Davis family
Davis— Char
Electing mater
id invites those bearing the name
lis family, to furnish him with sue!
ve to the Davis family as they intty
HULEKRT, HrRT.UlT, HuLBCRD, ETC,
ut of Racing Wis., is collecting
?rials respecting these families, w
3r conneciea witu
■- information reia-
pOSSeSS.
—Henry II. Hurl-
geneaIogica4 ma-
ith the design of
ublicatioii ; ana requests, of those interested (such as
Ave not heretofore turnished items to Edwin Stearns,
Esq., of MiddletoWn, Ct., or himself) contributions
accordingly.
Gowaxs. — Mr. Gowans has n
ins series, Miller's Account
with notes by John G. Shea
with Denton and \ Volley.,
Windsor. —Dr. II. II. Stiles p
vember a supplemental vo-lum
cicnt Windsor, containing sue
as he has made since his work
learly re;
of New
LL. D.,
proposes
e to his
ill ad'iit
was pu'
Ldy, as No.
York in 1
to corresp
to issue in
History of
tonal glean
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GENERAL INDEX.
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[Index of Names of Persons at the end of the volume.]
Almanacs, Interleaved, extracts from (1724,
1732), 63
Ames's, notice of, 256
Boston, History of, 337
America, Three memorable days for, 317
Anniversaries, Notices of —
Braintree, Dr. Storrs' 50th anniversary at, 93
Compact, Signing of (16 20). 97
Old South, Boston, Dr. Blagden's 25th anni-
versary at, 93-
Beacon, Watch house, Sec, Hull, Mass. (1673-4),
charges for, 44
Books, &c, noticed —
Augustine, Confessions of, 304
Bartol's Sermon on death of W. L. Putnam,
102
Boston Directory, by Adams, Sampson &
Co., 337
Almanac, by Coolidge, 337
. Pocket Business Directory, by Dudley. 337
Christ Church, Cambridge, Sermon on 100th
anniversary of, by Hoppin, 199
Congregational Quarterly, 104
Constitution, Adequacy of the, by Farrar, 303
Continental Monthly, 304
Cope Family, 101
Dunnel and Dvvinell Family, 302
Earle, Ralph, and his Descendants, 38S
Essex Institute, Hist. Coll. of, 101
Etymology, Local, by Charnock, 356
Exeter, N. H., events in (1361), by Nason, 199
Fire Lands pioneer, 199
Genealogy, American, Handbook of, by
Wbitmore, 193
Hatborough Monument Inauguration, Pa..
Address at, by Bellville, 336
Haverhill, Mass., Hist, of, by Chase, 100
Historical Magazine, N. Y., 103
Lebanon, N. H., Discourse on 100th anni-
versary of charter of, by Allen. 304
Lothrop'p Sermon on the death of Moses
Grant," 102
Lyon, Gen. Nathl., Life of, by Woodward, 336
Marlborough, Mass., Hist. of, by, Hudson, 193
Morse's Genealogies of Descendants of Puri-
tans, 338
Newburgh, N. Y., Hist, of, by Ruttenber, 101
New Hampshire Annual Register, by Lyon,
19S
Northmen in America, by Morse, 104
Pennsylvania, Paper Money in, Historical
Sketch of, 302
Psalms, Book of, in Hebrew and English, 193
Rebellion Record, 102
Reed Family, 103
Rhode Island Society for Encouragement of |
Domestic Industry, transactions of, 102
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary, 304
Southern Rebellion and the War for the
Union, 102
Sutton-Dudleya of England, and Dudleys of
MaesM by Adlard, 365
Thayer's Sermon on the Life of Rev. O. A.
Skinner, 102
Union Army and Navy Officers, Sketches of,
by Dudley, 303
Vermont Quarterly Gazetteer, 103
Wetmore Family of America, 99
Woodward's Address before Conn. Medical
Society, 304
Boston, Almanac, Hist. of, 337; Directories, Hist.
of. 357; First Baptist Church in, 25; Mor-
tality in (1701-1703), S3 ; Old South Church,
Dr. Blagden's 25th anniversary, at. 93; Pe.i-
tion of Inhabitants in (1696), 34 ; Records of
(1661, '2), 45.
Castle William, 15
Centennial Celebrations, Notices of — Abineton,
Mass., 302; Lebanon, N. H., 97; Milton,
Mass., 3)2; Poultney, Vt., 97
Charlestown, Mass., Calley, Robert, schoolmaster
in, Diary of, 34, 129; First Baptist Church
in , 25
Chester County, Pa., Index to Notices of Men
and Events in, 362; Scotch-Irish families in,
360
Coins, ancient, 151
Confederacy, Southern, vision of, 8
Deaths — See Obituaries
Dedham Church, ancient relic of, 62
Depositions — Long, Philip, 49; Younglove, Sa-
muel, 49
Diamond Wedding, 293
Diary of Robert Calley, Charlestown (1699-1765),
34, 129
Directories, Boston, History of, 337
Douw Family Record, 268, 273
Drafting, eighty-three years asro, 333
Earthquake in New England ( 1755\ 171
Errata, corrections, &c, 98, 194, 200, 338
Events, Current. 196, 299, 334
Exeter, N. H., burial places in, 253
Fenelon, and his connection with America, 344
Fire Lands, Hist. Society, Ohio, notice of, 199
Frankland, Sir Chaa. Henry, visit to (1759), 220
Franklin Arms, 323
Frelinghuysen, Dominie, 262
French War (1755), record of, 217
Genealogies and Pedigrees —
Arnes, 255 ; Marvin, 235 ;
Folger,269; Messinger, 303;
Franklin, 273 ; Parker, 41 ;
Kingsbury, 337; Ralegh, 107;
Tozer, 133.
Goffe and Wh alley, notice of an attendant on, 316
Harlackenden family, corrections relative to, 194
Harvard Graduates, necrology of (1861-2), 363
Haynes, Gov., Will of (1646), 167
How family, 314
Husband of six wives, 341
Indian, Captive, 247; Deed of Eastham (1692),
23
Inscriptions, Burial — Brattleboro, Vt., 31 ; Mar-
vin family, 237 ; Walley, Rev. John, 261.
GENERAL INDEX
Larrabee, Capt., brief notices of, 15, 00
Letters —
Bache, Richard ( 17S1), 298
Htllegas, Michael (1781), 169
Mather, Cotton (1708), 348
Metcalfe, Michael (1636), 279
Osborne, Thomas ( 1682), 2.5
Thorburn, Grant (1S62), 173
Walley, Rev. John, jr. (1744*, 58
Licence to Capt. John Underbill )1639), 158
Longevity, 33. 19(5
"Looking Glass for the Times" — a poem, by
Peter Folger (1676), 270
Louisbourg Expedition (1755). information want-
ed concerning men engaged in, 225
Massachusetts, "Certificate of Indebtedness
(1780), 32S; namin? of towns in, query
about, 3S1
Marriages, 77, 88, 152. 175, 317, 324. 363 ; births,
deaths in Dorchester f'1643-83), 77, 152 j
Taunton (1643-97), 324
Memoirs and Notices of—
Ames, Dr. Nathaniel, 255
Appleton, Hon. Nathan, 1
Barrett, Rev. John, I6S
Edes, Peter, 16
Green, John, &c. (see subscribers to Prince's
Chronology), 12-15
Larrabee, John, 15
Messinger, Daniel, 305
Ralegh, Sir Walter. 105
Walley, Rev. John, 56, 2G0
Men and Events in Chester Co., Pa., by Darling-
ton ; Index to Notices of, 360
Narraganset Townships, Grantees of. 143, 216"
Necrology of Harvard graduates, 363
Neutrals, French, orders iu relation to (1756),
142
New England, Earthquake in (1755), 171;
Washington's vis;: to, 3?1
New*England Historic Genealogical Society —
Address, Pres- Lewis's, at annual meeting
of, 119
Amendments of the Constitution and By-
laws of, 193
Brief history of, 203
Members" of, 104
Monthly meetins*, Reports of, 192, 254, S2
Officers of, 200, 287
Newspapers, early— Boston News Letter, 13 ;
Gazette, 14: Connecticut Content, 14 ; New
England Journal, 14; New London Gazette,
14; NewLoDdon Summary, 14
Notes and Queries, 174, 225, 278, 301, 330
Obituaries, 38, 175, 292, 316, 36a
Palmer, Thomas, Family of, 171
Pastorates. Lone, 19a
Patriotic Instructions— Lexington ( 1772), 221
Peabody Monument, Springfield, Mass., Dedica-
tion of, 195
Peekham Family, 291
Petition relative to the war (1675-6), 61
Fort Royal, S. C, Genealogy irom, 172
| Portraits—
Appleton, Hoik Nathan, 1
Messinger, Daniel, 305
Ralegh; Sir Walter, 105
I Printer.?. Early, 12-15
Queries, 174, fc'25, 278, 323, 336, 340, 367, 381
Records — Boston, 45; Falmouth, now Portland,
Me., 317 ; Lancaster, Mass., 3"2 ; We' hern.
held, Ct., 17, 135, 263 ; Early, importance of,
Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin, 27
Robinson Family. 24
Scotch-Irish families in Chester Co., Pa., 360
Settlers or Grantees or' Ashburnbam, Mass., 145
Soldiers from Dorchester, Mass., iu Canada Ex-
pedition (1690), 148
Steuben, Baron, burial place of (with a view of
his residence), 201 ■
Subscribers to Prince's Chronology, memoirs and
no rices of —
Ames. Dr. Nathaniel, 255
Barrett, Rev. John, 166
Edes, Peter, 16
Green, John, 12
Green. Jonas, 15
Green, Rev. Joseph, 12
Green, Joseph, 13
Greer:. Nathaniel. 14
Green. Samuel. 14
i Green, Timothy, 13 '
j Green, Timothy, 14
Larrabee, John. 15
I Testimony of Den.' Gov. Symouda (1665), 82;
Samuel Waters and Robert Sanders ( lbi3), 87
I Thomas Family Bible, Marshfield, 202
! Thurston's Memoranda. 170
| Tucstield Church, members of, 212
! Towns— Abington, 302; Appleton, Me., 3 ; Ash-
burnham, 143; Bcifon, 260; Brattleboro,
! Vt., 81; Doichester, 77, 148, 152: Exeter, N.
H., 258; Falmouth, Me., 313 ; Hopkinton,
220; Hull, 44; Lancaster, 352 ; Lebanon, N.
H.. 97; Lexington. 221 : Lowell, 5,6; .Mil-
ton, Mass.. 302; New Ipswich, N. H-, 1, 3;
Portland, Me.. 317 : Poultney, Vt.. 97 ; Provi-
dence. R. I., 321 ; 'Rindge, N. H., 75 ; Row.
ley, 170; Taunton, 324; Topsfield, 212;
Wethersfield, Conn., 17, 135, 263
Tozer Family, 133
Treason, Hieh. an American executed for, at
Quebec. (1797), 321
"TJnitie ourDutie, ;' book so called to benrintcd,
147
Vermont, origin of the name queried. 345
Ward's Dedication to Lord Bacon, 365
Washington's Visit to New England, 3^1
Wheelwright Deed, Mather's letter on tho Au-
thenticity of, 348
Wills — Brada'treet. John, 315; Chester, Leonard.
233; Fitch, Richard, 367; Hay net?, Gov.
John, 167; Middlesex, 72; Oicott, Thomas,
342 ; Suffolk, 50, 159, 226, 323
Woodbridge, Rev. Benjamin, query about, 336
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SKETCH OP HON. NATHAN APPLETON, LL. D.
[Communicated by John II. Sheppard, A, M., Librarian.]
Among- the granite hills of New Hampshire, on its southern bor-
der, and about fifty miles from Boston, lies New Ipswich, one of the
i • loveliest villages in that state. The town is situated in a valley,
and along the slopes of the mountains; it is watered by plentiful
streams, and the river Souhegan winding among the farms, adds to
the beauty of this rural place, which of late years, from numerous
water-privileges, has become the seat of mills and manufactories.
One of the mountains which surround it, may be seen on a clear day
from the dome of the State House in Boston. Such is the scenery of
this romantic spot, that the author of the History of N&io Ipswich has
I compared it to the Happy Valley in liasselas.
It was in this sequestered town that, on the 6th day of October,
lii 19, the Hon. Nathan Appleton was born. His father, Deacon
Isaac Appleton, was a native of Ipswich, removed here in 1750, and
settled on land of which his father Isaac Appleton was a large pro-
prietor, though he preferred living in Ipswich, where he died in 1194,
at ninety years of age. .
. Deacon Appleton was a farmer, whose industry, exemplary life
and deep interest in the welfare of his neighbors, made him much
beloved; and he must sometimes have reminded his fellow Christians
of the patriarch Jacob ; for like him he bad twelve children, was the
owner of flocks and herds, and could trace his genealogy high up in
the dim vestiges of the past. Is it not nobility enough in New Eng-
land to prove a descent from one of the Pilgrim Fathers? — but
Mr. Appleton could point through five generations to his ancestral
race in this country, and then travel seven more to a family in Eng-
land, from whom he was a lineal descendant.
The stirps or root of the Appleton family, as appears by the Har-
Irian Manuscripts in the British Museum, and the Memorial of Samuel
Appleton, by Isaac A. Jewett, is John Appulton of Great Walding-
field, England. It carries the descent back even to William de Ap-
pulton, in 1326. The name is spelt in a variety of ways, and de-
scendants lived in Kent, Essex and Suffolk. The arms of the progeni-
tor were a shield, "Argent a fess sable between three pomgranets gules,
slipped and leaved, vert:11 in common parlance — A shield white, a fess
black between three pomegranates red, on a branch broken off, leafed
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and green. The crest, "An Olivant's hed conped sa tusked eared,
or, with a serpent writhed about his noz vert;" which is, An ele-
phant's bead cut off' black, tusked, cared yellow, with a serpent
wreathed about his trunk green.
The arms of different families of this name varied much in their
charges; but on examination of the books on heraldry — and in our
Historic-Genealogical Society we have a large and rare collection —
I have found that in nearly all the coats of arms, and I counted
twelve of divers kinds of blazoning, they agreed in one device, the
apple or pomegranate. Is not this a conclusive evidence of a com-
mon origin in the herald office ? And it may be remarked that a
crest points to a higher order in marshaling arms, denoting a knight-
hood for some signal service.
In blazoning a fresh or original shield, where a new family is in-
troduced, a device is often chosen similar to the name. A few in-
stances will explain this custom : as Arundel, six swallows, Batson,
three wings, Colet, three colts, Hancock, three cocks and a hand,
Lucy, three lucies, i. e., pikes, a fish, and Shakespeare, a spear. This
is called Amies parlantes, or canting arms; and Mark Antony Lower,
on English surnames, says that " English heraldry delights in pun-
ning devices."
Heraldry throws much light on history, architecture and genealo-
gy. Had there been no coat of arms in their lineage in England, the
Appleton family in America could not have traced their descent much
beyond the ancestor who first came to this country. Heraldry has
bestowed on them an apple more precious than the golden fruit of
the Hesperides.
Mr. Appleton was taught letters by the Widow Tiliick, and soon
after sent to the town school. He was then so young that in order
to make his debut in declamation before the scholars, he was put in
jacket and trowsers. His early proficiency at this school must have
gladdened the heart of his father, for in spelling he was at the head
of his class; in arithmetic, he could extract the cube root, and his
master could go no farther. The school, as usual in villages, was
only open in the winter ; in summer the boys were employed on the
farm. They learned to wield the axe, and to hoe and plough and
mow, and they needed no gymnasium nor dumb-bells to give tone to
the muscles, or broaden the chest for the lungs to play in.
He was sent to the academy in 1192, under the tuition of Mr. John
Hubbard, of whose excellence and worth he speaks highly. This
seminary, incorporated as the New Ipswich Academy in 1789, next
to the Phillips' Academy in Exeter, was the oldest in the state;
and in 1853, on account of a munificent donation from Mr. Samuel
Appleton, a brother of Nathan, and a former pupil, it was afterwards
entitled the New Ipswich Appleton Academy. Nathan was dili-
gent in his studies, and having been well fitted, he was examined
and admitted a freshman in Dartmouth College, August, 1794. But,
perhaps to the great disappointment of his father at the time, he
changed his mind and gave up the still retreat of the Muses, for the
business and bustle of the Exchange.
And here a few remarks may not be out of place. Happy would
it have been for many a young man thus qualified and imbued with
1862.] Sketch of Hon. Nathan JUpplcton. 3
a taste for literature, who had his own fortune to make, if he had
turned from the academic groves, and sought some industrious em-
ployment, by which a competency for life could be secured, instead
of contracting idle and dissipated habits at college. The celebrated
Junius gave this advice — " Let all your views in life be directed to
a solid, however moderate, independence. Without it no man can
be happy, or even honest." In Helon's Pilgrimage, which contains
an elaborate account of Hebrew instruction, it is stated that the
Jews finished the literary education of their sons, by giving them
some trade or calling, on which to depend as a resource in adversity;
which explains why St. Paul, though brought up at the feet of Ga-
maliel, was a tent-maker, while a prisoner in Rome. The advantages
of a solid collegiate education, where virtuous and industrious habits
have been cherished, cannot be valued too highly. But after all that
teachers can do, the student must depend on his own efforts. Sir
Benjamin Brodie, in his learned essays on Mind and Matter, re-
lates a saying of Walter Scott, that " The best part of a man's edu-
cation is that which he gives himself." There is reason, therefore, to
believe that Mr. Appleton during a long and distinguished life, never
had reason to utter a word or sigh of regret at his early choice.
The offers and inducements of his brother Samuel, may have had
some influence in this decision. Samuel was then thirteen years
older than himself. At the age of 22 he went down to Maine, with
some young men, to settle on a township of wild land — now the
town of Appleton, in Waldo county — where induced by the favora-
ble offers of the proprietors, they selected their lots, and with his
axe he began to clear up a farm. After two years of trial, amidst
hardships and privations which formed a sad contrast to the home
of his boyhood in the Happy Valley, he relinquished farming, came
back and set up as a country trader with Col. Jewett, in Ashburn-
ham, an adjacent town. Afterward he returned to New Ipswich,
and formed a copartnership there with Charles Barrett, Esq. How
far either of these concerns was profitable is now unknown ; but the
field of enterprise being very small to a man of Mr. Samuel Apple-
ton's abilities, in 1794- he concluded to try his fortune in Boston, and
Nathan, though only fifteen, was invited to join him. There is some-
thing peculiarly pleasing in this trait of brotherly affection, an
affection which continued unabated to the end of their lives.
Nathan left home and went to his brother in the fall of that year.
He commenced as a clerk under him in a small shop in Cornhill, now
Washington street. The business was buying at auction, and selling
to country traders ; and as it increased rapidly, his brother removed
to a larger store, No. 50 in same street.
When a young man tries " to do his duty in that state of life unto
which it shall please God to call him," he will find many things con-
tributing, as it were providentially, to promote his success. For in
the first place, Nathan was truly fortunate in his situation ; though
in a large place where there were numerous temptations, leading
the inexperienced to ruin, yet he was safe under the eye and watch-
ful care of a fond brother. At his boarding house in Quaker lane,
dow Congress street, he met with an old acquaintance, Eliphalet Hale,
who was a schoolmate at the New Ipswich Academy. He taught
4 Sketch of Hon. Nathan Jlpphton. [Jan.
him book-keeping by double entry — a knowledge of which he found
so essential in his brother's counting-room, and in all his future mer-
cantile transactions, that in his Autobiography he sa3*s, " I have
always attributed to a want of attention, a great portion of the fail-
ures which take place, or to a want of knowledge in the proper prin-
ciples of book-keeping.''' Another advautage, in his situation, was the
acquaintance he formed ; among his friends were Henry Higginson,
who afterward became an eminent merchant, and Joseph Story, who
had been a fellow-patient with him in the hospital for the small pox,
and who was destined hereafter to be a great civilian, and an illus-
trious judge. With young Higginson he sought the celebrated Mons.
Francis Sales, afterwards professor of French at Harvard Univers-
ity, and they boarded a year or two in his family, for the benefit of
speaking French.
Such was his ardor in acquiring a knowledge of his profession and
aiming at intellectual improvement. The evening hours, which are
now too often spent by young men in idleness, oyster saloons, ex-
pensive places of amusement, and dissipation, were by him devoted
to Latin or French, or some study which disciplined the mind. What
a precious gift it would have been to man}' a tyro at the counter or
the counting room, if his Autobiography had embraced a detail of the
six years of his clerkship, when the seed was sown, the fruit of which
we all so much admire. Gibbon has left us an immortal Diary of his
mental labors ; and had Mr. Appletou traced the particulars of the
books he read, the studies he pursued, and the labors of his pen at
that time, such a work would have shown taste of a high and noble
rorder, and been'a stimulus to young clerks, who with small salaries,
and too often chilled by neglect, need encouragement.
As the business had greatly increased, and Mr. Samuel Appleton
became a large importer, he found it necessary in 1799 to make a
voyage to England, in order to establish a correspondence and pur-
chase goods for the American market. During his absence he left
the sole care and management of the store to his young brother, not
yet twenty-one. He saw his worth and knew his qualifications, and
without anxiety he committed the disposal of all his shipments to
him ; nor was he disappointed in such unlimited confidence, for iu
1800 he took him into copartnership under the firm of S. & N. Apple-
ton, 5 South row — a block near to and owned by the Old South
Church, in Washington street.
In November, 1801, the younger partner wrent out to Liverpool, on
a similar business. He returned in July of the ensuing year. Dur-
ing his absence he visited the Continent, examined the splendid mu-
seums and galleries of Paris, and at a grand review, from an eligible
stand-point, saw the great Napoleon, the future emperor of France.
" He was then," Mr. Appleton remarks, " thin and pale."
His connexion with his brother was dissolved in 1809, and he ob-
served, "My life thus far had been a laborious one." In 1810 he
formed a copartnership with his brother Eben, and Daniel P. Parker.
This, although profitable, was closed in 1813 in consequence of the
war with Great Britain, which was declared June 19, 1812.
He was married in 180G, to Miss Maria Theresa, daughter of
Thomas Gold, Esq., of PittaSeld, Mass., and in 1810, on account of
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her health, he again made a voyage to England. They visited Scot-
land and its beautiful lakes, and then spent the winter in Bath, and
in Clifton, near Bristol, for the benefit of the springs. The next May
they returned home.
In the sketches of his life he refers to meeting with Francis 0.
Lowell, Esq., in Edinburgh, and of their repeated conversations on
the cotton manufacture. This, probably, was among the first stirring
thoughts and inward movements of the American miud on this sub-
ject j it was the germ of a vast enterprise, wherein a solid founda-
tion was laid for a new kind of domestic industry and commerce,
destined to elevate our own country in wealth and power, and rival
England before another generation had passed. Indeed, the history
of the origin, growth and maturity of manufactures in the United
States, would fill a large volume with instructive matter. They
have almost changed the face of nature in some of the Northern and
Middle States ; promoting agriculture, planting beautiful villages,
building splendid cities, spreading a net of rail roads over the
country, and giving employment to myriads of operatives on the
land, and fleets of merchantmen on the sea. But we can only touch
on a theme so fertile and point to those illustrious benefactors who
first thought of a cotton factory, and then with all their energies
and fortunes, laid its foundation by the unfailing waterfalls of
Massachusetts.
On Mr. Lowell's return in 1813, he and Mr. Appleton again re-
newed their favorite topic. Mr. Lowell was sanguine in his belief
of success ; Mr. Appleton was at first timid and cautious as to em-
barking in the experiment. A charter, with $400,000 capital, was
obtained. Mr. Lowell and a few friends began with $100,000 ; Mr.
Appleton willingly risked $5000 in the same. They purchased a
water-power at Waltham, on the Charles river, in 1813. Mr. Apple-
ton was one of the directors. A factory was erected, and the new
and wonderful invention of the power-loom introduced. The mill
went into operation in 1814, under the charge of a most' ingen-
ious machinist, Paul Moody, whose improvements here, and after-
wards at Lowell, were deemed of great value. A brilliant success
followed — a question of infinite importance to the United States
was solved — and the capital having been increased to $200,000,
another mill was built in Watertown.
Mr. Appleton, in 1815, formed a connexion in business with Ben-
jamin C. Ward, under the firm of B. C. Ward & Co., 36 Broad street ;
as he put in the capital, he was not to perform any of the labor ; he
remarks, "I had acquired a fortune sufficient for my moderate de-
sires." They became selling agents for these factories, and the
business was lucrative.
In his Autobiography he gives a comprehensive and interesting
account of the cotton manufactures, from their apparently humble
beginning in Waltham, to the gigantic structures in Lowell, under
. the incorporation of the Merrimack Manufacturing Company in 1822,
touching which he might well have said, Quorum pars magna fui.
Lowell wa3 carved out of the town of Chelmsford in 1826, and from
a small gathering of operatives, has grown into a city, by the last
census, of 36,826 inhabitants. It is. the largest manufacturing place
6 Sketch of Hon. Nathan Appleton. [Jan.
in the United States. At the generous suggestion of Mr. Appleton,
the name was adopted, for he said, Mr. Lowell — by introducing the
new system of cotton manufactures, before his death in 1817 — " was
the informing soul which gave direction and form to the whole pro-
• ceeding." And truly the unparalleled success of this great enterprise
has raised Massachusetts to a Very opulent and powerful common-
wealth.
Let a person only cast a bird's eye view over the hills and valleys
of New England, and he will see the surpassing and astonishing re-
sults of the introduction of domestic manufactures. It is not yet
forty years since Lowell, Nashua, Manchester, Lawrence, Lewiston,
and Holyoke, have risen into great places by the side of the water-
falls. It was said of old that Minerva, the goddess of wisdom, was
also the goddess of the distaff and the spindle ; and she seems to
have left her ancient temple, the Parthenon, which crowned the
Acropolis of Athens, to dwell among us in some towering manufac-
tory. For lofty hills have been leveled, large rivers dammed,
mountain rocks severed and hewn into water-courses — tall forests
mowed down by the axe, and stately mills, splendid houses and paved
streets created — and all, as it were, that millions of her spindles
might be set in motion to sing her praise, while thousands of her vo-
taries are weaving the web of commerce. Have not these wonders
of the age come upon us like a dream of those palaces which the
Genii created in one Arabian night ? And to whom are we indebted
for this magnificent picture of national prosperity ? To a few men
of genius and courageous enterprise, in the front rank of whom were
Francis C. Lowell and Nathan Appleton.
Mr. Appleton took a very active part in promoting home manufac-
tures. He studied the art of improving the beautiful and complica-
ted machinery by which they were brought nearer to perfection. He
patronized every new invention which could be of any service. He
made himself familiar with the details of the process of the work, as
will appear from his clear and happy description of the power-loom,
published in 1858. From the making of coarse sheetings and shirt-
ings by water power at surprisingly cheap yet profitable prices — by
new modes of bleaching — by printing of calicoes with engraved
cylinders — by the use of the self-acting mule, a kind of spinning
machine — and by the application of chemical skill in forming and
fixing colors, his mills advanced to a high degree of finish. Such
was his knowledge and mastery of this subject, that at Dr. Lieber'a
request he wrote a valuable article on the Cotton Manufactures for
hi 8 Dictionary.
He was chosen Representative for Boston, in our Legislature, five
'times, viz: in 1816, 1821, 1823, 1824, and 1826: and in 1816 he
made his " first speech." It was on taxing insurance companies, to
which he rose in opposition. For several sessions he was chairman
of the finance committee, on whom the making of the state tax de-
volved— an office requiring much practical knowledge and sound
judgment.
In 1831 he represented Massachusetts in Congress, a time when
our manufactures needed protection, and the South was beginning to
growl and stir up a rebellious spirit against them. Then his great
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abilities and profound knowledge of this subject were in demand,
and lie went to the Capitol with a prestige which few merchants
enjoyed. He represented the largest and richest district at that
time* in the United States. Such was his reputation that he was
ur^ed to write his view^ for the Banner of the Constitution, of
winch Mr. Condy Raguet was editor ; and under the signature of
Statist he furnished six numbers on the exportation of cottons,
and competing with England. Mr. Raguet, however, requested the
author's name, which he declined to give ; and as the editor did not
approve of his views, though he confessed they were "calculated to
make a stirring impression upon public opinion," the publication of
of them proceeded no farther. The fact is, he feared Statist ; for
Mr. Appletou was a clear, cogent and powerful reasoner, when he
undertook to write on commercial matters. He was a deep thinker,
and he reasoned from facts — the logic of common sense — far bet-
ter than all the dialectics of the schools.
He lodged in Washington at Gadsby's Hotel, with his intimate
friend, Daniel Webster, and enjoyed the light which the mind of that
great and extraordinary man threw around him. He made three
able speeches during his term — in January 21, and May 30, 1832,
and in January, 23, 1833. It was in May that he spoke on the Pro-
tective Policy with such power of argument, in reply to Mr. McDufSe,
the champion of the South. Mr. McDuffie, in an elaborate speech
specially addressed to Mr. Appleton, as he came over and stood by
his side, had been exceedingly personal ; and remarked, speaking of
North and South, that " they were rival manufacturers, one opera-
ting with hoe and spade, the other with spindles and shuttles." Mr.
Appleton had prepared, with a great deal of care and time, an analy-
sis of his opponent's argument, and his reply to this Southron did
him honor. It was favorably and elaborately reviewed in the iW
tional Intelligencer, and in a note to him, dated June 1832, Mr. Webster
compliments it most highly. " You have completely refuted each
and every of Mr. McDufhVs propositions. I see no vestige left of
one of his arguments. * * * * The speech is a model of close
reasoning on an abstruse subject." Approval like this is far beyond
the shouts of the million, which are often the most turbulent when
there is the least virtue or merit to elicit them.
In his maiden speech in Congress, January 21, 1832, he made this
bold avowal — that " We could convert a pound of cotton into com-
mon cloth we were making, for less money than the British could do."
A fact he well knew, but this early annunciation of it alarmed
many of his friends. A few years, however, demonstrated its truth.
So far ahead of the time did this enlightened merchant look into the
woven tissues of futurity.
The renewal of the United States Bank came up this session with
much excitement and a strong array of eloquence. Mr. Biddie, the
great Banking Magician, brought all his artillery to bear upon the
opposition. He was then idolized as a profound financier, and
thought to be an upright, honorable man. Mr. Appleton, almost
alone, distrusted him. "My faith," he said, "in Mr. Biddie had at
this time been materially shaken." He saw danger ahead and was
opposed to the renewal. Mr. Clay was exceedingly anxious for its
8 Sketch of Hon. JVathan Appleton. [Jan.
success. " Bank, or no Bank," was the issue. The affirmative was
an article in the creed of one party, the negative a touchstone of
patriotism in the other. A bill however, in favor of its renewal, was
driven through the Senate, and hurried through the House, when
Andrew Jackson sealed its fate with his presidential veto. This
bold act brought down on his head the execrations of many who after-
wards blessed him for the deed, for the corruption of Nicholas Bid-
die, in his subsequent Pennsylvania "United States Bank," opened
the eyes of the nation. If memory exists after death — and without
it where is our identity ? — what must be the memory of that man,
who by a deliberate system of frauds, has caused the ruin of thou-
sands of widows and orphans, and doomed them to hopeless penury ?
It was at this session that President Jackson gave a death-blow to
the first attempts at rebellion, by South Carolina, in the shape of
Nullification ; and Mr. Webster uttered that splendid and terrible
phillippic, which disarmed the Southern Champion and crushed the
eggs of Treason in the nest. During this period Mr. Appleton made
his third able speech, which was on the bill to reduce and otherwise
alter the Duties on Imports. In the course of his arguments, he
spoke the following memorable words, some of which are here ital-
icised : "There is another question — Does the South really wish the
continuance of the Union 1 I have no doubt of the attachment of the
mass of the South to the Union, as well as of every other section of
the country. But it may well be doubted whether certain leading politicians
have not formed bright visions of a Southern Confederacy! This would
seem to be the only rational ground for accounting for the movements
of South Carolina. A Southern Confederacy, of whicJi South Carolina-
should be the Central State, and Charleston the Commercial Emporium,
may present some temptations to individual ambition."
It seems as though he was then standing on the mount of vision,
and, like a prophet in the days of the Hebrew commonwealth, saw
not only the shadows, but realities of coming events; as though in
his mental perspective he beheld the conspirators plotting the seces-
sion of seven states, and already heard the echo of that artillery
which broke the peace of the Union in the bombardment of Fort
Sumter. Alas ! thirty years have not passed since those words were
uttered, and these calamities have come over the happiest land that
ever smiled under the breezes of Heaven. He lived to see the begin-
ning, and to grieve over it before he died. But thanks to Almighty
God, the stars and stripes still wave over the Capitol in Washington,
and we trust will wave in their glory, when the Rebellion shall be
no more.
He received a letter in February, informing him that Mrs. Apple-
ton was dangerously ill. He hastened home, but arrived on the
10th, the day after her death. At the urgency of his friends, he
went back to Congress, but after the session, declined being a can-
didate again. In May, 1842, he was the successor of the Hon. Robert
C. Winthrop, who resigned his seat as representative, from sick-
ness in his family. He spoke again on the Tariff, and at the end of
the session resigned the office that Mr. Winthrop might be re-elected.
In 1835, with his son Thomas and two daughters, one of whom
was out of health, he embarked for Havre, where he arrived in
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December. He crossed the Alps, visited Rome, and many cities in
Italy and in Germany, which he describes in his sketches. Among"
other places he made a journey to Waldingfield, in England. ITere
he received the "beautiful genealogy," which he mentions, of his
ancestors in England. It must have been a time of solemn yet sub-
lime emotion, when he looked upon their ancient mansion, Holbrooke
Hall, entered the two venerable time-worn churches, and among the
monuments traced the armorial bearings of his progenitors, some of
whom were knighted. In the History of New Ipswich, there is a long
and descriptive letter to him, from his brother Eben, in 1S18, referred
to on page 2, in which he gives a particular account of his researches
in Waldingfield, and concludes in this affectionate manner: "I shall
be pleased, if you derive half the satisfaction in reading what I have
collected, that I have done in the research. Surely the social and
moral feelings should receive improvement, and the mind be stimu-
lated to virtuous emulation, by wandering amidst the tombs of our
ancestors, tracing the rude inscriptions which record their peaceful
virtues, and in looking back to an extended line, who have descended
to their graves free from reproach. Let us be careful to leave the.
same memorial to our posterity."
He was married in 1839, to Miss Harriot C. Sumner, daughter of
Jesse Sumner, Esq. By the first wife were four children: Thomas
Gold, who graduated at Harvard University in 1831; Man-, wife of
R. J, Mackintosh, Esq., son of Sir James Mackintosh, the eminent
writer; Charles Sedgwick, who died Oct. 25, 1835; and Fanny, who
married our celebrated poet, Professor Henry W. Longfellow, and
died July 10, 1861. There were three children by the last marriage:
William Sumner, a graduate of Harvard University, 1860; Harriot
and Nathan.
He had been an invalid for some time. The last summer his health
failed rapidly. He saw his end approaching, but he was n'ot
alarmed; an instance of the great truth, that An honest man is not
afraid to die; and if blessed with a believer's hope, he looks for-
ward to a change with joy. He died July 14, 1861, aged 81. Per-
haps his death, in some degree, might have been hastened by his
sudden and terrible bereavement of a beloved daughter, Mrs. Long-
fellow, on the preceding 10th of July. To him and his family it was
an awful blow ; and still more so to the afflicted husband and their
five children. But, the house of mourning is sacred. Mr. Winthrop,
has touched on this scene of sorrow — which awoke a deep sympa-
thy in all hearts — with such tenderness and delicacy, that silence
only becomes a stranger, as he passes by the spot with noiseless step.
We live in a world of great trial ; and sometimes in the sudden stroke
of sorrow, the ways of Divine Providence are mysterious, and seem
hard to bear. They remind us — I speak it not irreverently — of the
veiled Isis, of Egypt, " I am all that has been, that shall be, and none
among mortals has hitherto taken off my veil."
Mr. Appleton belonged to a remarkable family. His brother Eben,
who died at Lowell, April 29, 1833, was a man of superior literary
tastes, and a poetical contributor to the Port Folio, edited 1801-1812.
by Mr. Dennie, whose pen charmed the public under the title of The
Lay Preacher. His brother Samuel died July 12, 1853 j a biograph-
10 Sketch of Hon. Nathan Appleton. [Jan .
ical notice of whom maybe found in this Register, vol. viii, p. 9, written
by the late Rev. Ephraim Peabody, D. D., where his memory is em-
balmed by this eminent scholar and fine writer. The late Rev. Jesse
Appleton, D. D., former president of Bowdoin College, was his cousin;
a divine of rare excellence, who left such a lasting impression on the
minds of his pupils, that the life of this good man seemed like "the
sweet influences of the Pleiades." The Hon. Wm. Appleton is also a
cousin — our late member of Congress, an eminent merchant.
Mr. Appleton and his brother Samuel, occupied adjacent houses,
and their cousin William, for the long continuance of whose life the
prayers of many a poor family are daily offered, lives within a short
distance. They each acquired large fortunes — Sua quzsque for-
tune? faber est. Their three mansions are among the splendid edi-
fices on the western side of Beacon street, where it widens into the
fine avenue leading to Brookline; and they overlook our beautiful
Common, with its shady mall and its picturesque surroundings. The
dwellings on this street are princely.
Mr. Appleton was a great reader, as well as a deep thinker. The
Hon. Edward Everett, at a meeting at the Merchants' Exchange, in
some eloquent remarks on his death, observed that "he retained to
the last his literary tastes, kept up his knowledge of the Latin lan-
guage, was fond of reading and writing, and gave to the public many
carefully prepared efforts of his pen.7' And his Essay on Currency
and Banking, — Mr. Winthrop in a memoir of his life states, — "is
almost worthy of being studied in the schools as an elementary
manual." Geology was a favorite study, and his notice of the
grooves on rocks, running in one direction, and seen from Canada to
the District of Columbia, attracted the attention of men of science at
home and in England. His style of composition was terse and lucid;
he indulged in no flights of the imagination, and never sought the
adornment of rhetorical diction. He wrote to the purpose and to the
point, as an intellectual merchant would do: a class of men, some of
whom have excelled our best scholars in the clearness and felicity of
their correspondence.
In 1847 he was elected an honorary member of the New England
Historic-Genealogical Society, and in 1853, at his own request, there
was a change into that of a resident member. His merit was highly
appreciated by our noble University at Cambridge, which in 1844
conferred on him the degree of Master of Arts, and in 1S55 that of
Doctor of Laws. He was a member of the American Antiquarian
Society, of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and several
other societies. He was also a member of the Massachusetts His-
torical Society, the president of which, the Hon. Robert C. Winthrop,
has given to the world a memoir of him, exceedingly interesting and
written with great beauty and elegance.
The life of the Hon. Nathan Appleton is .full of instruction to the
young and to the old. The six years' probation of his clerkship, is a
model for young men to imitate ; more especially those who have
made choice of the mercantile profession. For he laid the founda-
tion of his high character and great success on a rock — the rock of
inflexible integrity in all his transactions. His noble mind soared
far above that low cunning which is too often deemed a sign of tal-
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ent. He was studious, industrious, and a great economizer of time,
as though he ever felt the power of that exquisite line of Dante,
Pensa, che questo di mai non raggiorna.
Pause, for a day like this may never dawn again.
And to those who are in the wane of life his example is encour-
aging. After he had retired from business, and the years were
drawing nigh in which many have said, in the lugubrious words of
the royal Preacher, " I have no pleasure in them," he exhibited to
the world an old age cheerful, useful, and full of hope. His literary
occupations at this period remind us of Cicero, who wrote the Somni-
um Scipionis, that beautiful treatise on Old Age, to cheer the last
days of his own life. Is it an immutable law of our nature, that the
mind shall decay with the body ? Must old age necessarily be idle,
morose and gloomy — a weariness to itself and a torment to others ?
Our Creator has not fixed this inevitable doom on our lot. The fault
is generally in ourselves. If early life has been free from vicious
habits, if the body has been accustomed to temperance and exercise,
if the powers of the mind have been kept in use by discipline, study
and a love of reading, the intellectual powers will continue vigorous
and cheerful to the last. Sophocles died in his 91st year. Not long
before his death his ungrateful children, wishing to get the manage-
ment of his property, accused him of insanity before the Areopagus.
His only defence was, reading before that august tribunal, his
immortal tragedy of (Edijnis, which he had just finished, and he was
acquitted. The faculties of Dr. Franklin, at the age of 83, were as
bright as ever ; Lord Lyndhurst, in his 85th year was a vigorous
debater in the House of Lords ; and Lord Brougham, still older,
stands almost, if not quite, at the head of the great scholars and
writers of the day. Instances of this kind are numerous. Some of
the best articles Mr. App'eton ever wrote were the fruit of a happy
old age, when his days were drawing towards the sunset of life.
At his obsequies in King's Chapel, a large number of citizens were
present, and among them several of our most distinguished men.
The services were performed by the Rev. Dr. Gannett, who on the
next sabbath preached an eloquent funeral sermon on his death.
His remains were deposited in Mount Auburn, where departed kin-
dred and friends of other days repose. In passing beyond the massy
gates of this cemetery, where Nature and Art have contended in
beautifying the scenery, the stranger amidst the numerous sepul-
chres and monuments, feels as though the world with all its gaiety,
business and bustle, was left behind ; while the mourner seems to
forget the tears trickling down his cheek, as he looks upon the land-
scape of the dead. And why should we weep at the grave where
the natural body is laid away, like a garment in a wardrobe, while
the spiritual body has risen and gone to its home ?
New England Historic-Genealogical Society, )
Sept. 5, 1861. j
At a regular monthly meeting in their rooms, No. 13 Bromfie'd
street, Boston, the President, Winslow Lewis, M. D., in the chair,
Frederic Kidder, Esq., read an appropriate article on the death of
12 Prince's Subscribers. [Jan.
the Hon. Nathan Appleton, which he concluded with these re-
marks :
" lie died as he had lived, in peace and resignation. Perhaps his
last hours were embittered by the sufferings and death of a favorite
daughter, Mrs. Longfellow. He had attained to more than four score
years, and had outlived his brothers and sisters, and nearly every
one of his early associates, and with the exception of his cousin, the
Hon. William Appleton, now filling his former place in Congress, he
may be said to be the last of the Merchant Princes of Boston — the
Grays, Thorndikes, Perkinses, Goddards, Lawrences, Appletons —
men of great minds and great hearts, who have given character to
our city. When shall we look upon their like again ?"
He then presented the following Resolutions, which were unani-
mously passed :
Resolved, That in the death of the Hon. Nathan Appleton, LL. L\,
our city, state and nation, have lost a man whose place cannot
easily be supplied; and whose long", quiet and unostentatious labors
have resulted in great benefit to his country.
Resolved, That we desire particularly to testify to his services in
the cause of Education, Literature, History and Genealogy, and in
gratitude to his memory place these resolutions on the records of
our society.
BRIEF MEMOIRS AND NOTICES OF PRINCE'S SUBSCRIBERS.
[Continued from vol. xv, page 333.]
[Communicated by Ashbel Woodward, M. D., of Franklin, Conn.
We propose in this article to furnish short notices of all the in-
dividuals on Prince's list bearing the name of Green. The first
three, though born in and near Boston about the same period of time,
were of distinct origin. According to Savage, there were more than
eighty of this name in the New England colonies, who might be re-
garded as founders of families before the year 1100. The four last,
on the contrary, were members of a single family — a father and
three sons — of these, three at least followed the same occupation.
The members of this family, including some of their ancestors, may
be regarded as pioneers in the printing business, especially in jour-
nalism, in this country.
JOHN GREEN, A. M., was a son of John and Izabell Green of
Maiden, where he was born March 20, 1699-1700. Having graduated
at Harvard College, in 1719, he became a preacher, but never was or-
dained. Subsequently he entered into mercantile business in Boston.
In the Journal of the General Court of Massachusetts, Nov. 22, 1734, is
allusion to John Green of Maiden and others, who petitioned to be
annexed to Stoneham. In the same journal, Jan. 9, 1739-40, allusion
is made to John Green, merchant, and others, who surrendered lands
to the government, lying in the Upper Housatonic, in order to favor
the settlement of the Indian town now called Stockbridge.
Rev. JOSEPH GREEN, A. M., of Barnstable, was a son of Joseph
Green of Boston, and was baptized by Cotton Mather, June 22, 1701.
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He graduated at Harvard College, 1720, and was settled over
East Parish in Barnstable, May 12, 1725; having been ordained
same day that the church was organized at that place. The Rev.
Ebenezer Gay of Hingham, preached the ordination sermon, which was
printed, and is now in the possession of the writer. This sermon is
prefaced with a commendatory introduction of three pages, by Rev.
Thomas Foxcroft. He died Oct. 4, 1770. He was the only minister
who ever spent his whole life with that society.
In the Boston Ne.zcs Letter of July 4, 1745, is an obituary notice
dated at "Barnstable, June 6," which reads thus: "This day died
here after a few weeks confinement in the 38th year of her age, Mrs.
Hannah Green, the virtuous consort of the Rev. Mr. Joseph Green
Pastor of a church in this Town, and daughter of the Rev. Mr. Jona-
than Russell one of the former ministers of this place, and the
youngest of ten children which that gentleman left behind him at
his death, the other nine being all yet alive."
JOSEPH GREEN, A. M., merchant, was born in Boston in 1706;
graduated at Harvard College in 1726; and thereafter devoted him-
self to commercial pursuits. He was appointed mandamus counsel-
or, but it is believed he did not take the oath of office. His name
is found among the addressors of Hutchinson. He was a wit and
poet. Being associated with a kindred club, he freely indulged in
humor and satire, and not even spared the measures of the govern-
ment. He published several of his performances, which were mostly
of a humorous character. Of these may be mentioned: A Burlesque
on a Psalm of a Brother Wit, Br. Mather Byles, Ridicule of Free Masons,
and Lamentation on Mr. Old Tenor, Paper Money.
Though one of the Boston memorialists in 1760, and a member of
a committee, with Samuel Adams, to report instructions to the Boston
representatives in 1764, In was found finally among the adherents
of the crown, and became an exile to England at an early stage of
the war of the revolution, where he died a few years later (1780) at
the age of 74.
Mr. TIMOTHY GREEN of New London, printer, was a son of
Samuel of Boston, where he was born about the year 1679.
He descended from Bartholomew, who arrived and settled in Cam-
bridge in 1632, with his family, but died shortly afterwards. His
eldest son, Samuel,2 born in England, about the year 1614, and who
came with his father, was admitted a freeman March 4, 1635, and
became a printer, being the second in the colony, having succeeded
Stephen Daye. He was town clerk some years; captain of the town
militia thirty years, and engaged at the press fifty years. The
greatest work which he carried through the press, was the Indian
Bible, of which he printed two editions in 1683 and 1686.
He had by two marriages, nineteen children. He died Jan. 1,
1702, aged 88 years. His eldest son, Samuel,3 born March 6, 1648;
was taught the art of printing by his father. He resided in Boston,
and was printer for the time being for the government. He died in
July, 1690, of the small pox.* His son Timothy,4 our client, was a mem-
* Bartholomew, youngest brother of the second Samuel3 Green, was the printer
of the first newspaper issued upon the American continent. This was the Bctzon
News Litter, and the first No. appeared in April, 1704.
]4 Prince's Subscribers. [Jan.
ber of Cotton Mather's church, in the year 1700, where his sons were
baptized as follows: Timothy,5 baptized March 10, 1703; Samuel,5
April 21, 1706; John,5 July' 25, 170S; Nathaniel,5 April 2, 1710,
and Jonas,5 Dec. 28, 1712.
He conducted a press in Boston, in the north part of the town for
thirteen years, after which he was induced to remove to New London
in 1714, by encouragement held out by the General Assembly of
Connecticut, which offered a salary of £50 a year, besides the work
of government. Green printed many pamphlets on religious subjects,
particularly sermons.
He was pious and benevolent, and possessed in a remarkable
degree, what seem to be family traits of character, great cheerful-
ness and humor. He died May 5, 1757, being at the time a deacon
of the church in New London.
SAMUEL GREEN,5 though not on Prince's list, nor yet the eldest
son of Deacon Timothy, may not, perhaps, inappropriately be noticed
in this place, as he was associated with his father in the printing
business. He married Nov. 12, 1733, Abigail, daughter of Rev. Thomas
Clark, late minister at Chelmsford, Mass. By this marriage he had
nine children, three of whom were sons. He died in May, 1752. His
three sons all became printers, having been instructed in the art by
their uncle, Timothy.
Thomas,6 the eldest, began printing in Hartford, in 1764. The
same year he commenced the publication of the Connecticut Courant,
the third newspaper established in the Colony. After a few years,
he removed to New Haven, where he became established in business,
at first with his brother Samuel, and subsequently with his son
Thomas.
Timothy,6 the second son of Samuel, commenced the publication
of the New London Gazette, in 1763. This took the place, and was in
a measure a continuance of the New London Summary, commenced
five years earlier. In 1789, he became associated in business with
his son, the late Col. Samuel Green. The Gazette continued to be
published by the family till 1841.*
Samuel,6 the third son, was the successor of Mecom at New Haven,
in 1767, where he was soon after joined by his brother Thomas, who
became associated with him in business.
Mr. TIMOTHY GREEN,5 printer, was the eldest son of Deacon
Timothy. He became associated in the printing business in Boston,
with Samuel Kneeland, in 1727. About this time they started the
fourth newspaper printed on the continent, The New England Journal.
After a few years this was united with the Boston Gazette, the second
newspaper established in the British colonies of North America. The
two papers were united under the title of The Boston Gazette and Weekly
Journal. The partnership of Kneeland & Green continued for twenty-
five years. In 1752, Green removed to New London, and became
the acting manager in his father's business, the whole of which was
soon resigned to him. He succeeded his father as printer of the
* Green's Connecticut Register, was commenced by Timothy Green, in 1TS5, was
continued by Timothy and son, and afterwards by the sod, annually, with the ex-
ception of a single year (1767), to 1852, making 76 volumes.
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colony; and at this time there was no other press in Connecticut. He
commenced the publication of the Ncic London Summary and Weekly
Advertiser, Aug. 8, 1758. This was the second establishment of the
kind in the colonv. After a life of industry and usefulness, he died
Oct, 3, 1763.
Mr. NATHANIEL GREEN5 of New London, was the fourth son of
Dea. Timothy Green. Hem. Jan. 17, 1738-9, Mary, widow of Richard
Christophers, •°>d by whom he had two daughters: Katharine, born
June 6, 1740, and Lydia, born April 22, 1742. In 1745, he joined the
expedition against Cape Breton, under Gen. Wolcott. In this brilli-
ant expedition, he held a lieutenant's commission.
\ Mr. JONAS GREEN of Philadelphia, printer, the youngest brother
of the last, was born in. Boston, and served an apprenticeship with
his father in New London. After spending a few years in the print-
ing house of Kneeland & Green, in Boston, he went to Philadelphia.
While there he was employed in the printing houses of Bradford and
Franklin. The government of Maryland having invited him thither,
in 1740 he opened a printing house in the city of x\nnapolis. He wra3
appointed printer for the colony, with an annual salary of .£500 cur-
rency.
In 1745, he commenced the publication of a weekly newspaper,
entitled the Maryland Gazette, which continued to be published by
himself and family for about seventy years. He died April 7, 1767,
much respected. His wife, Anne Catherine Green, wras born in Hol-
land, and came, when an infant, with her parents to Maryland. She
was the mother of six sons and eight daughters.
[Communicated by Rev. Richard S. Edes of Bolton, Mass.]
JOHN LARRABEE, Boston. Hitherto attempts to discover the
parentage of this individual, have been unsuccessful. Not improba-
bly he was born in Lynn, but the early records of that town being
destroyed, nothing certainly can be ascertained. If his age is given
correctly in notices of his death, which took place in Feb. 1762, he
was born in 1686. About 1712, in the capacity of private soldier,
we find him at Castle William (now Fort Independence), in Boston
harbor. In 1720 he was quarter-gunner, and in 1725 he had risen
(the lieutenant-governor of the province being styled the command-
er) to the position of V captain lieutenant and victualler." Proba-
bilities favor the idea that the office last named was somewhat ana-
logous to that of lieutenant-colonelof a modern regiment. Records
in the Secretary of State's Office, show Capt. L. repeatedly charg-
ing not only for "victualling the garrison," but also for "repairs
on Castle William," for " disbursments for sails & cordage for
the boats," and for "extraordinary table expenses he had been at,"
We find on the Records of the Town of Maiden, that on Sept. 29th,
1710, "JohnLereby m. Elizabeth Jordan;" and on Boston Records,
"Children of John & Elizabeth Larrabee— John, b. 19 Apr. 1713;
Elizabeth, b. 4 Feb. 1715; Sarah, b. 12 July, 1719." The elder daugh-
16 Prince's Subscribers. [Jan.
ter, Elizabeth, died unmarried, May 2, 1T46, The younger daughter,
Sarah, married Dec. 21, 113S, Thomas Edes (ship carpenter) of Boston.
Edward Edes, a large ship baker, corner of Salem and North Bennet
streets, and owner of considerable estate at the North End, who died
Sept. 8th, 1803, was one of ten children, descendants of the pair just
named; Mrs. Elizabeth, wife of Master (so styled) James Carter, a
quite noted teacher in King street, another; and Mrs. Rebecca, wife
of Major Lemuel Trescott of Washington county, Maine, who had
been an officer in the army of the revolution, another.
Capt. Larrabee, it appears, had three brothers, viz: Benjamin, who
in 1730, in consideration of £150, deeds him a piece of pasture-land
at the North End in Boston; also Ephraim and Samuel, who in Capt.
John's will, made in 1160, receive legacies, He had also a sister,
Mrs. Margaret Brock, and a negro man named York, whom in the
will he " manumits & sets free," giving him a suit of mourning, &c.
The executors named in the will above referred to are, his " son,
John Larrabee, his son-in-law, Thomas Edes, and his much respected
friend, Capt. Nathaniel Greenwood."
One or two incidental notices, in manuscript and print, which have
been preserved, strengthen the good opinion of Capt. Larrabee's
trustworthiness and capacity, which in consequence of his long re-
tention in office (thirty-seven years) we are allowed to form. In
Jan. 1752, Gov. Belcher, writing from Elizabethtown, N. J., rejoices
"in honest Capt. Larrabee's so much recovered his Health, which he
prays God to confirm to him, and without Derogation to the merit of
any other person, knows not who can better till the Post he now
sustains." In obituaries contained in the Boston Gazette and Boston
Post Boy, of Feb. 1762, Capt. L. is commended for "uprightness in-
tegrity, generous publick spirit, plain-heartedness, humanity, and
freedom from guile." He is also spoken of as a "sincere Christian,"
and "dear to the soldiers at the^Castle, who lovd & revered him as
their Friend & Father."
A full length portrait of him is in the possession of his descendant,
Mrs. Henry N. Conklin of Brooklyn, N. Y.
PETER EDES, hatter, a respectable citizen of Charlestown; son of
John and Grace (Lawrence) E., born in Charlestown, Sept, 15th,
1705, and died 1787 or '88. His grandparents were John and Mary
(Tofts) E., (married Oct. 15th, 1674) who were also of Charlestown,
and from whom all persons of the name Edes or Eades, now living
in this country, are probably descended. Whether William E.,
Salem, 1629, was the original ancestor of all, as no records remain
to show, conjecture only can determine. Peter Edes married Esther,
daughter of Stephen and Grace (Willis) Hall, Dec. 10th, 1729; and
by her had seven children, among whom was Benjamin, born Oct.
14th, 1732, printer, afterwards of the firm of Edes & Gill, publish-
ers of the Boston Gazette and Coventry Journal. Benjamin married
Martha Starr, somewhere about 1754. and by her had a family of ten
children. Their descendants are living in Bangor, Me.; Georgetown,
D. C; and other places. They claim to own the punch bowl out of
which the " Indians " drank on the evening when the tea was de-
stroyed in Boston Harbor.
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RECORDS OF WETHERSFIELD, CONN.
[Communicated by Hon. R. R. Hixman of New York.]
[Continued from vol. xv, page 298.]
Bishop, John and Sarah, were m. Jan. **, 1675. Issno — Sarah,
b. July 3, 1678.
Butler, Ensigne Samuel, deacon of ye church at Wethersfield, de-
ceased Bee. 31, 1692, the last day of ye week, ye last day of ye
month, ye last day of ye year, and as he had said, soe it proved, ye
last day of his life. Elizabeth his wife d. Oct, 12, 1681.
Butler, Nathaniel, d. Feb. 9, 1697, aged 56 years or thereabouts.
Butler, Joseph, d. Mar. 20, 1712.
Butler, Wni. and Hannah, dau. of Win. Hills, were m. May 23, 1695.
Is.— Eunice, b. Jam 12, '96; Sarah, Jam 11, '98; Peter, Apl; 9, 1700;
Ruth, Apl. 29, '02. Mr. W. B. d. May 20, 1714.
Butler, Sam'., deac11 B.'s son, and Mary, dam of Scrg'. John Kil-
burue, were m. Nov. 26, 1696. Is.— Elizabeth, b. Apl. 30, '98; Sam1.
June 29, 1702; George, Oct. 6, '04, and d. Feb. 26, '25; Daniel, Feb.
8, ?07; Abraham, Mar. 19, '09. Mr. S. B. d. Dec. 30, 1711; and Mrs. M.
B., Aug. 27, 1752.
Butler, James and Hannah, dau. of Joseph Edwards, were m. May
6, 1703. Is.— Hannah, b. Sep. 26, '05; Hezekiah, Apl. 29, '08; James,
Feb. 4, 712; William, Feb. 8, '15. Mrs. H. B. d. Jan. 10, '42; and Mr.
J. B., Nov. 7, 1765, in the 89th year of his age.
Butler, Charles, son of Joseph B., and Susana, dau. of Amos Wil-
liams, were m. May 17, 1704. Is. — Mary, b. Feb. 25, '06; Bathsheba,
Sep. 21, '09; Charles, Mar. 11, '12, and d. May 1, '13. Mr. C. B. de-
ceased on y° 25th day of Sep., 1711; being in the Queen's service
dyed at Milford as he was coming home.
Butler, Richard and Sarah Goodrich, were m. Dec. 15, 1725. Is. —
Sarah, Feb. 20, '27; Joseph, Dec. 20, '29; Charles, July 19, 1732.
Butler, Daniel and Armiuel. dau. of Josiah Churchell, were m. Mav
14, 1730. Is.— Elizabeth, b. Mar. 11/ '31; Mary, Oct, 18, '32, and d.
July 20, '48; Sarah, Sep. 11, '34; Abigail, Feb.'lO, '37; Eunice, July
26, '39; Prudence, Oct. 21, '41; George, Dec. 26, '43, and d. in '47;
Samuel, Feb. 10, '46; Lvdia and Hannah, Apl. 12, '48; George, Feb.
22/50. Mrs. A. B. d. Aug. 27, 1752.
Butler, Hezekiah and Rebecca Staudish, were m. Jan. 19. 1732.
Is.— Lois, b. Nov. 9, '32, and d. in '41: Rebecca, May 12, '35; James,
Dec. 9, '36; Hezekiah, April 6, '40; Lois. Nov. 3, '42, and d. in '46;
JoSiah, July 8, '45; John, Aol. 24, '53. Mrs. R. B. d. Mar. 22, '76;
and Mr. H. B., Dec. 17, 1786.
Butler, Thomas and Sarah Churchill, were m. Nov. 22, 1737. Is.—
Chloe, b. Jan. 31, '39; Huidah, Feb. 15, '41; Rhoda, Jan. 7, '43: Josiah,
Nov. 12, '45; Sarah, Feb. 1, '47; Elisha, Dec. 2, '48; Elizabeth, Aug.
19, 1753.
Butler, William and Lucy Goodrich, were m. Nov. 8, 1739. Is. —
Wm., b. Apl. 16, '41; Marianne, Dec. 22, '42, and d. in '50; Theodore,
Sep. 26, '44; Roger, Sep. 20, '46; Chloe, Nov. 7, 1750.
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Butler, Charles and Jertisha Goodrich, were m. Nov. 19, 1740. Is.
— Jerusha, b. Jan. 31, '42; Ruth, Feb. 15, '44; Joseph, Xov. 4, '45;
Moses, Mar. 20, '47; Benjamin, Jan. 5, '51; Mercy, Dec. 20, 1753.
Butler, Samuel and Naomi Kilborn, were m. Apl. 4, 1751. Is. —
Naomi, b. Aug. 10, '52. Mrs. N. B. died Aug-. 13, '52. S. B. and Abi-
gail Addams, were m. June 26. 1755.
Butler, Charles, J1'., and Azubah Ranney, were m. Oct. 24, 1754.
Is. — Simeon, b. Aug. 13, 1755.
Butler, Josiah and Martha Ranney, were m. Oct. 10, 1769. Is. —
Simeon, b. Mar. 25, '70; Lois, Apl. 3, 1772.
Butler, James and Hannah Wright, were m. Apl. 8, 1770. Is.—
James, b. Dec. 24, 1772.
Butler, Roger and Hannah Hanmer, were m. Feb. 22, 1709. Is.—
Lucy, b. May 3, '09: Roger, Apl. 20, 1771.
Butler, John and Love Smith, were m. Feb. 9, 1777. Is. — Sarah,
b. Apl. 26, '78; Betsey, Oct. 8, '80; Hopee, Feb. 22, '83; Polly, June
19, 'So; Clarissa, Jan. 8, '88; Hezekiah, Jan. IS, '90; Emily, Mar. 30,
1793.
Butler, Frederick of Hartford, and Mary, dan. of Col. Th°. Belden,
were m. Jan. 11, 1787. Is.-- -Mary Porter, b. Apl. 18, '88, and d. Nov.
15, 1832; Charlotte, Feb. 16, '90; Frederick Augustus, July 17, '92,
and d. Sep. 20, 1815; Rosweil, Apl. 24, '95; Abigail Porter, Feb. 26,
'98, and d. Feb. 6, '32; Elizabeth, Aug. 7, 1802, and d. Mar. 12, '33;
Julia Ann, July 30, '04; Thomas, Aug. 22, '06. Mrs. M. B. d. Jan.
17, '11; and Mr. F. B., Mar. 12, 1833, aged 78.
Buttolph, John. Is. of, by Hannah his wife — Jonathan, b. Jan. 8,
1677; Joseph, Dec. 12, ?S0, and d. in '83. Mrs. H. B. d. June 6, '*8il
Mr. J. B. and Abigail were m. June 27, '82. Is. — Abigail, b. Apl. 3,
'83; James, Dec. 22, '84. Mrs. A. B. d. June 5, '87; and Lt. B., Jan.
18, 1692,
Benton, Edwd, d. Feb. 20, 1698, and Mary his wid. Aug. 8, 1702.
Benton, Samuel and Mary, dau. of Sam1. Bradfield, were m. Feb.
1, 1705. Is.— Sarah, b. Mar" 19, 1707; Hannah, July 1, '10; Nath'1,
Mar. 8, '14, and died 9 days old; Jonathan, Oct, 23, '15; Nathanaell,
April 9, '18; Abigail, Nov. 4, 1720. Mrs. B. d. Dec. 6, 1747; and Mr.
Benton, 1752.
Benton, Jonathan and Hannah Beckley, were m. May 6, 1742. Is.
— Lydia, b. Feb. 1, '43; Samuel, Sept. 4, '45; Jonathan, Mar. 18, '48.
Mrs. H. B. d. Jan. 18, 1750, in the 40th year of her age. J. Benton
and Deborah Williams were m. Aug. 24, 1750. Mrs. D. B. d. Nov. 12,
1784.
Benton, Nathanael and Dorothv Cook, were m. Oct. 13, 1745. Is.
—John, b. Mar. 13, '46; Mary, Mar. 30, '51. Mr. Benton d. Dec. 3,
1753.
Benton, John and Mary Blin, were m. May 3, 1764. Is. — Nathaniel,
b. June 29, '65; George, July, 1, ;6S; Mary, Jan. 30, '71; Rebecca,
Feb. 21, '73: Dorothv, Aug. 22, '76: John, Fob. 16, '79; Simeon, April
15, '81; Haiiey (dau.), Mar. 14, '84; Harriet, Mar. 22, 1786.
Benton, James of Sew Haven, and Amanda A. Flint of Wethers-
field, were ra. May 9, 1833.
Benton, John J. of Hartford, and Lucy S. Griswold of this place,
were m. Oct. 12, 1846.
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Bement, William. Children of, by his wife Phcebe — Phebe, b. Jan.
22, 1734; Penelope, Oct. 11, '35; William, Aug. 21, '37; Asa, Feb. 4,
739; Ebenezer, Jan. 3, '41; Samuel, Dee. 25, '42; Hannah, Oct. 25, '44;
Edith, Sept. 14, '40; and Edith, April 26, '48; Sarah, June 10, '50;
Chloe, May 7, '52; Freelove, Mar. 20, '54; Rebecca, Nov. 18, '55, and
d. July 11, '57; Rebecca, Sept. 11, '57, aud d. Nov. 4, 1760.
Bement, Asa and Ruth Neal, were m. Jan. 15, 1761. Is. — Rebecca,
b. Mar. 10, 1762.
Blackleach, John, Sen., d. Aug. 23, 1683, and his wife Elizabeth,
Sen. July 20, 1683.
Blackleach, Capt. John, d. Sept. 9, 1703, aged 77, and his wife
Elizabeth, June 12, 1708, aged 74.
Blen, Peter. Children of, by his wife Johana — William, b. July 1,
1675; Mary, Dec. 2, '77; Daniel, Mar. 2, '79; Margerett, Mar. 10,
1681.
Blin, William and Anne, the dau. of John Coltman, were m.
Nov. 13, 1701. Is.— Daniel, b. Dec. 27, 1703; Mary, Mar. 18, 1706;
William, July 29, 1709; Anna, Feb. 4,1713; Peter, Feb. 4, 1713;
Ephraim, Jan. 21, 1716; Thankful, Aug. 9, 1720, and d. Oct. 25, 1724.
Mrs. Anna B. d. Oct. 17, 1724.
Blin, Jonathan and Hannah, the dau. of Wm. Clark, were id. Dec. 9,
170S. Is.— Jonathan, b. Oct, 1, 1711; Lucy, Sept. 2. '13. Hannah,
his wife, d. Sept. 11, 1713. He was m. to Abigail Nott, June 26,
1740.
; I Blin, William and Thankful, dau. of John Nott, were m. Dec. 22,
1725. Is.— Gershom, b. Sept. 18, 1726; Thaukfull, 24 Nov., '29;
Patience, May 16, '32; Samuel, April 12, '35; Abraham, Feb. 2, '38,
and d. in infancy; Elizabeth, April -7, 1741.
Blin, Deliverance and Mary Stiliman, were m. Feb. 5, 1713. Is. —
Martha, b. Feb. 17, 1716; Mary, Sept. 23, '18; Rebeckah, Sept, 10,
'21; George, Noy. 9, 172*.
Blin, William, Jim. Children of, by his wife Sarah — Solomon, b.
Mar. 26, 1734; Deliverance, Jan. 13, '39; William, Sept 14, '42;
Hosea, Dec. 1, '44; Sarah, Sept. 28, 1746.
Blin, Daniel and Martha, the dau. of Thos. Stedman, were m. Jan.
15,1736. Is.— Martha, b. Nov. 21, '36; Daniel, May 18, '3S; Heze-
kiah, July 5, '41; Esther, Mar. 20, '43; Justus, Nov. 29, 1748.
Blin, James and Lois Woicott, were m. (no date). Is. — Lois, b.
Mar. 17, 1757; James, May 14, '60; Elisha, Mar. 24, '63; Unni, Mar.
25, '65; Abigail, Mar. 23, '77; Nancy, Oct. 13, 1778.
Blin, Samuel and Elizabeth Wells, were m. Mar. 30, 1755. Is. —
Elizabeth, b. Nov 10, '58; George, Sept. 1, 1764.
Blin, Peter and Martha Collins, were m. Mar. 10, 1734. Is. — David,
b. Oct. 10, '35; Christian, Aug. 17, '37, and d. May 27, '55; Anne,
Aug. 17, '39; Abraham, Jan. 14, '42; Lois, May 13, '45; Comfort, Oct.
15, '49; Peter, Dec. 7, 1752.
Blin, Gershom and Chloe Butler, were m. Dec. 29, 1756. Is.— Me-
hetabel, b. June 6. '57; Gershom, Nov. 15, '59, and d. the same day;
Gershom, Dec. 2, '61, and d. Oct. 25, '68; Simeon, Mar. 26, '64; Mary,
June 23, '66; Gershom, Oct. 13, '70, and d. Nov. 1, '70; Thankful,
Oct. 21, 1771.
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Blin, Jonathan. Children of, by his wife Sarah — Sarah, b. Feb. 1,
1759; Jonathan, Sept, 28, '62; Lucy, Jan. 8, 17GG.
Blin, Solomon and Desire Andrus, were m. **. Is. — Polly, b. Sept.
20, 1785; Levi, Jan. 6, '87; Llannah, Sept, 8, '88; Hervey, Feb. 4, '91;
Barzilla, Jan. 31, '93; George, Feb. 27, 1796.
Blin, Justus and Margaret Crofoot, were m. Sept. **, 1772. Is. —
Justus, b. Jan. 17, '75; ^William, Oct. 29, '7 7; Elizabeth, Feb. 1, '81;
Joseph, Oct. 23, '84; Esther, May 12, '87; Charles, June 11, '98. M-3.
M. Blin d. July 2, 1798. J. Blin and wid. Mary Stoddard, were m.
June 27, 1800.
Blin, Hosea and Ruth Smith, were in. (no date.) Is. — Plosea, b.
July 4, 1776.
Blin, William and Nancy Lucas, were m. Nov. 7, 1782. Is. —
Nancy, b. Oct. 4, '83; Hepsibah, Sept. 16, '85; Patty, June 14, '88;
William, July 14, '90;' Emily, June 3, '92; Joseph, April, 1795.
Baker, Samuel and Mary his wife, were m. May 19, 1687. Is. —
William, b. June 14, '89; Ann, Nov. 15, 1691.
Beckley, Nathaniell and Comfort, dan. of Jonathan Deming, Sen1".,
were m. May 18, 1693. Is.— Daniel, b. Mav 8, '94; Joseph, Sept. 19,
'95; Mary, Mar. 1, 1697. N. B. d. Oct. 29, 1697.
Beckley, Richard and Elizabeth, dau. of Jon'-. Deming, Senr., were
m. Nov. 23, 1699. Is.— Nathan11., Aug. 27, 1700; Abraham, Jan. 12,
1702; Elizabeth, June 27, 1703.
Beckley, Benjamin and Rebecca his wife, were m. Oct. 7, 1685.
Is.— Martha, b. Oct. 15, '92; John, Oct. 16, '95; Benjamin, Dec. 16,
'98. Ben. Becklev and Miriam his wife were m. Nov. 11, 1702. Is.
—Miriam, b. May 4, 1707; Hannah, Mar. 24,1710. B. B. d. April
27, 1736, aged about 86 years.
Beckley, Joseph and Mary, the dau. of Benj". Judd of Famington,
were in. Oct. 3, 1723. Is. — Mary, b. April 6, '25, and d. in infancy;
Josiah, April 28, '26; Joseph, Aug. 23, '27; Thankful, Nov. U,'28;Ruth,
Oct. 11, '30, and d in. infancy; Eunice, Nov. 11, '31; Mary, Jan. 12,
'33; Zebedee, Mar. 8, '34; Hepsebah, April 16, '35; Silas, Nov. 5, '36,
and d. Nov. 11, '57; Abigail, Dec. 22, '37; Ruth, April 14, '39, and d.
in infancy; Comfort, Sept. 4, '40, and d. in infancy; David, Feb. 17,
'42; Jonathan, Feb. 12, '43, and d. in infancy; Dorcas, Mar. 6, '44;
Honour, July 3, 1745. Mrs. M. Beckley d. April 16, 1750. LT. Joseph
B. and Sibil Porter, were in. Mar. 29, 1753. L*. J. B. d. Jan. 30,
1772.
Beckley, Daniel and Martha North of Farmington, dau. of Tb°. North,
were m. Aug. 6, 1719. Is.— Martha, b. Oct. 27, '20; Daniel, Nov. 29,
'24; Lois, Nov. 17, 1730.
Beckley, John and Mary, ve dau. of Jn°. .Woodruff, were m. Mar. 16,
1727. Is.— Sarah, b. June 27, '28; Marv, July 16, '30; John, Dec. 22,
'32; Elias, Feb. 27, '35; Achsah, Jan. 25, 1743.
Beckley, Benj!1. and Mary Lee, were m. Mar. 4, 1730. Is.— Rebec-
ca, b. Ap1. 22, ''32: Benjamin, April 30, '38; Theodore, Sept. 12, '40,
aud d. in infancy;' Mary, Feb. 9, 1742. Mr. B. d. Nov. 12, 1777.
Beckley, Daniel. Child of, by his wife Ruth— Seth, b. July 28, 1753.
Beckley, Elias and Lois Parsons, were rn. ***. Is. — Elias, b.
Feb. 13, 1760; Rowena, Aoril 2, '63: Olive, June 17, '65; Selah, Mar.
31, '67; Sylvester, April 1/71; Lois, Nov. 6, 1773.
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Beckley, David and Hepzi ball Wilcox, were m. Sept. 23, 1763. Is.
— Davidj b. Mar. 31, '65; Silas, Sept. 28, '60; Caroline, Sept. 8, '68;
Joseph, Feb. 2, '71, and d. in infancy; Hepzibab, Mar. 9, '73, and d.
in infancy; Luther, Oct. 11, 1778. _
BeckleV, Theodore and Lucy Kirbey, were m. ***. Is. — Lucy, b.
Sep. 17, 1772; Setb, Jan. 7, 17*75.
Beckley, Solomon and Cloe Kirkham, were m. July 11, 1776. Is. —
Solomon, b. Aug. 14, '78; Chester, May 12, :80; Cloe, Nov. 3, '82; Or-
rin, Feb. 9. '85; Justus, April 20, '87; Meriam, April 16, '89; Nathan-
iel,'May 25, '91; Emily, May 27, '94; Nancy, Nov. 6, 1796. Solomon
Beckley, the son of Zebedee B., was b. Sept. 12, 1756; and Cloe Kirk-
ham, May 10, 1757.
Barnes, Mathew and Abigaile bis wife, were m. Jan. 12, 1692. Is.
— Mathew, b. Aug. 1694. ±NL Barnes and Experience his wife, were
m. Jan. 12, 1678.
Barns, John and Esther Blin, were m. Feb. 23, 1764. Is. — Aziel,
b. Aug. 21, '67; Meivin, May 8, '72; Anson, Mar. 4, '75; Edmund,
Dec. 2, '79; John Hesselton, Aug. 7, 1782.
Bo win, Josiah and Susanah, dau. of Wm. Clarke, were m. Nov. 9,
1694. He was cast away in a storm the latter end of Oct. or first of
Nov. 1703. .
Benjamin, John and Ann Lattimer, were m. July 26, 1699. Is. —
John, ft May 12, 1700; Ann, Jan. 1, 1704.
Baxter, Thomas of Yarmouth, and Mary the dau. of Serg1. John
Lattimer, were m. May 3, 1705. Is. — Timothy, b. Feb. 26, 1706;
Elizabeth, Mar. 23, 1708.
Baxter, Timothy and Sarah Kilborn, were m. Julv 14, 1726. Is. —
John, b. Dec. 28, '26; Honour, Mar. 2, '29; Martha, Dec. 14, '30; Eli-
sha, Oct. 29, '32; Sarah, Dec. 28, '3-; Mehetabel, May 25, 1740.
Baxter, Elisha & Honor Woolcott, were m. Dec. 13, 1756. Is. —
Honor, b. Sept. 8, '57, and d. in infancy; Rhoda, Au^. 24. '58; Elisha,
Feb. 8, '62; Honor, Feb. 17, '65; Lucy, Mar. 20, '68; Leonard, Oct.
28, '71; Prudence, Feb. 8, '75; Anne, June 20, '78; Polly, Oct. 1, 1781,
and was bap. Dec. 4, 1785.
Baxter, Mary, dau. of Sarah Kilby, was b. Oct. 28, 1791.
Bracy, John, d. in Wethersfield, Jan. 19, 1709, etatis about 70 as is
thought (doubtless a stranger).
Brigden, Thomas. Children of, by his wife Grace — William, b.
Aug. 3, 1740, and d. Julv 14, '50; Micheal, Nov. 16, '43; Sarah, Aug.
9, '47; Timothy, Mar. 7," 1749.
Brigden, Micheal and Catharine, dau. of Dr. Perrin, were m. ***.
Is.— Micheal, b. Nov. 2, 1774; Hezekiah, Oct. 24, '77; Harriet, Jan.
28, '80; Catharine, Nov. 25, '84; William, Jan. 24, 1788.
Bunce, Zechariah and Elizabeth, ye dau. of Ens'1. Micheall GnV
wold, were m. on ***. Is. — Elizabeth, b. May 29, 1726; Zechariah,
Oct. 5, '28; Ann, Aug. 8, 1731.
Bunce, Zechariah, Jun., and Sarah Bowin, were m. June 13, 1753.
Is. — Sarah, b. Mar. 8, 1755; William, Nov. 28, '57; James. Feb. 16,
'60; Richard, May 2, '66; Simeon, Jan. 25, 1768.
Bunce, Jonathan. Children of, by his wife Elizabeth — Jonathan,
Mar. 8, 17G6; Elizabeth, Mar. 24, '68; Dinah, Mar. 4, '70; John, April
22 Records of Wcthersfield, Co?in. [Jan.
20, >?4; Charles, Sep. 5, '79; William, June 2-1, '82; Zechariah, July
20, '84; Abigail, Aug. **, 1788.
Bacchus, Rev(l. Simon and Eunice, ye dau. of y° Rev. Mr. Timothy
Edwards of Windsor, were m. on Oct. ye 1st day, 1729. Is. — Clo-
rinda, b. Oct. ?1, 1730; Eunice, Jan. 15, 1733.
Burnham, William. Children of, by his wife Elizabeth — Jonathan,
b. Mar. 21, 1092; Mary, Sep. 2, '94, and d. April 17, 1715; Abigail,
Dec. 16, '96; David, Oct, 12, '98. Mrs. E. B. d. Nov. 19, 1717.
Burnham, William and Hannah, the dau. of Mrs. Judith Wolcott,
were m. May 18, 1704. Is. — William, b. April 5, 1705; Samuel, May
28, 1707.
Burnham, Nath1'. and Mehetabel Chester, the dau. of Majr. John
Chester, were m. on the 1st day of May, in ye year 1714. Is. — John,
b. Oct. 21, '16; Nathaniel, Jan. 16, '19, and d. June 17. 1776; Mehe-
tabel, Dec. 15, '20; Peter, Mar. 22, '23: Jeremiah, July 24, 1725. Mr.
N. B. d. Dec. 16, 1754; and Mrs. M. B., Mar. 18, 1773, aged. 84
years.
Burnham, Jonathan and Mary Chester, ye dau. of Majr. John Ches-
ter deceased, were m. Jan. 1, 1718. Is. — Jouathan, b. Nov. 7, '18;
Elizur, Mar. 21, '22, and d. in infancy; Abigail, Aug. 17, '27; Pru-
dence, Dec. 1, '29, and d. June 27, '30; Elizur, June 24, '33; Mary,
Aug. 9, '35, and d. Aug. 25, 1735. J. B. the son, d. Mar. 15, 1740;
Mr. J. B., Jan. 24, 1752; and Mrs. M. B., April 19, 1766.
Burnham, Peter and Hannah Deming-, were m. Nov. 16, 1757. Is.
— John, b. Oct. 15, jdS; Hannah, Dec. 16, '61; Jeremiah, June 22, '63;
Abigail, June 19, '67. ' Mrs. H. B. d. June 26, 1776. Peter B. and
Elizabeth Ward, were m. Mar. 13, '77. Is. — George Ward, b. Jan.
2, '78, and d. in infancy; Elizabeth, May 17, '79, and d. in infancy;
Samuel, Sep. 29, '80, and d. in infancy; Samuel Ward, Sept. 13, 1783.
Mr. P. B. d. Jan. 11, 1790.
Burnham, Elizur and Chloe Rose of Branford, were m. Aug. 19,
1762.
Bulkley, Peter and Rachel Talcott, were m. Mar. 21, 1700. Mr. P.
B. was lost at sea, in a storm, about the 22d of Nov., 1701, aged 37
years.
Bulkeley, Edward. Children of, by his wife Dorothy — Charles, b.
Mar. 25, 1703; Elizabeth, Jan. 24, 1705; Sarah, Feb. 8, 1707; Rebec-
ca, Feb. 22, 1709; Peter, Mar. 19, 1711, and d. in infancy; Peter, Mar.
11, 1712; Gershom, July 29, '14; Dorothy, Sept. 11, '16. Mr. Ed. B.
d. Aug. 27, 1748.
Bulkeley, Doct. Gershom, d. Dec. 2, 1713, being 77 years and 11
months old; and his wife Sarah, June 3, 1699.
Bulkley, John and Honour Francis, were m. July 17, 1750. Is. —
John, b. Nov. 10, '50; Honour, Mar. 14, 1753.
Bulkley, Gershom and Thankful Beldin^, were m. Feb. 17, 1743.
Is.— Thankful, b. May 20, 44; Jehiel, Oct. 23, '45; Gershom. Dec. 3,
'47; Mabel, May 2, '50; Ruth, May 17, '52; William, Sep. 2, 1754.
Bulkley, Peter and Abigail Curtis, were m. April 2, 1741. Is. —
Joseph, b. Jan. 28, '42; Abigail, April 13, '43; Oliver, Dec. 5, '44;
Solomou, Mar. 21, '47: Dorothy, July 17, '49, and d. in infancy; Jus-
tus, Dec. 24, 1752. Mrs. A. B. d. Nov. 27, 1762; and Mr. P. B., April
4, 1776.
[to be continued. 1
lSG'2.] Indian Deed of Eastham, Mass. 23
INDIAN DEED OF EASTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.
[Furnished by Wm. H, Kelley of St. Faul, Minnesota, from the original in posses-
sion of the Minnesota Historical Society.]
To all people to whom these presents shall come, Sachamut of
Setucket, in the Cunstablewick of Eastham, in the County of Barne-
stable, in New England, Indian Sachem, sendeth greeting", & knowe
ye that I, the said Saehamus, for and in consideration of the sum of
seven pounds and ten shillings current money of New England, to
me in hand at or before the sealling & delivery of these presents, by
Josuah Shantam, of said Setucket, in the county aforesaid, well &
truly paid the Receipt, where of I, the said Saehamus, do hereby
acknowledge myself there with fully sattisfyed, Content & paid, and
there of and of every part & parcell there of do acquitt, exonerate &
discharg him, the said Josuah Shantum, his heires, executors & Ad-
minestrators, & every of them, for ever, by these presents hath
given, granted, aliened, bargained, sold, enffeoffed & confirmed. And
by these prsnts doth fully, clearly & absolutely, give, grant, bargaine,
sell, alien, enfeof & eonfirme, vnto him, the said Josuah Shantam, his
heires and assignes, for euer, all that my parcel! of land, lying and
being at Setucket, afforesaid, bounded partly by the mill pond on the
west side, & so southerly vp to the narrow or wading place, and so
partly by the great pond, to manasses his land, & southerly by sd
manasses land, & on the north side by the land of an Indian Squaw,
formerly John Qua sons wife, called by her Indian name bappannun,
& easterly by the Indians or purchasers land, conteyning twenty
acres, be it more or less, to gether with all the wood, vnder woods,
watars, swamps, feedings, ways, easments, proffits, priveledges &
appurtenances, to the same belonging, together with all and singu-
lar the estate, right, title, interest, possession, property, claime &
demand, whatsoever of me, the said Saehamus, in or to the same, or
in or to any part or parcell thereof. To have And to hold all the said
parcell of land & prmisses here in or here by granted, bargained or
sold, or mentioned or intended to be here by granted, bargained &
Bold, vnto him the said Josuah Shantam, his heires & assignes, to the
only proper vse, benefit & behooff of him the said Josuah Shantam,
his heires & assignes for euer. And that I, the said Saehamus, at
the time of ensealing and delivery of these prsnts, hath full power,
good Right, and lawfull Authority, to grant, bargaine, sell and Con-
vey, all and singuler, the before here by granted or mentioned to be
granted prmisses, with its Appurtenances, vnto the said Josuah
Shantum, his heires and Assignes in maner and forme affore said,
and that free and clear & freely & clearly acquitted, exonerated &
discharged, or otherwise from time to time well and suffitiently saued
and kept harmless by the said Saehamus, his heires, executors and
Adminestrators, of & from all & all manner of forrnar and other
gifts, grants, bargains, sales, leses, mortgages, and of & from all
and singular other titles, trouble, charges, demands & incumbrances
whatsoever, had, made, committed or done, by me, the said Saehamus
24 Robinson Family. [Jan.
my heires or Assignes, or by any other prson or prsons whatsocner
lawfully claiming, by, from or vnder, me, them, or & of them, or by
mine, or their means, act, consent, title, interest, priuety or procure-
ment, And that the said Josuah Shantum, his heires & assignes, and
euery of them, shall or may by force & vertue of these p'nts from
time to time, and at all times, for euer, here after, lawfully, peac-
ablely & quietly, haue, hold, vse, occupy, possess, and in Joy all the
here iu or here by mentioned prmisses with their & euery one of
their rights, members and Appurtenances, and haue, receiue and
take the rents, Jssues and proffits there of to his and their owne
propper vse, benefit and behooff for ever, without any lawf.ull, lett,
suit, trouble, deniall, interruption, euiction or disturbance, of me, the
said Sachamus, my heires or assignes, or of any other prson or p'sons
whatsoeuer lawfully claiming by, from or vnder me, them, or by
mine, or theire means, act, consent, title, interest, priuity or procure-
ment, And lastly, that the said premisses now arc, & for full eight
years, now last past, have ben in the tenure & peacable possession
of him, the said Josuah Shantum, & so is now to continue. by these
prnts for euer. In Witnes where of I, the said Sachamus (Sachem
of Setucket) haue here vnto sett my hand and seale this first day of
July one thowsand six hundred ninety and two:
Signed sealed
Sachamus fi\ his mark. [seal.]
and Delivered in the aboue mentioned Sachamus appeared the
prsence of date here of and Acknowledged this Instrument
John Thacher to be his act and deed before
John Seabury. John thacher Assist
This Deed is truly Recorded in ye County Book of Barnestable in
page 157 of yc Book of Re lords of Lands June ye second 1694..
Attest, Joseph Lothrop Recorder.
Robinson Family. — In the article in the Genealogical Register for
January, 1860, page 20, I stated that Thomas, son of Isaac, removed
to Guilford, Conn. Information since received makes it probable
that the Thomas of Guilford, who conveyed lands in Edgartown,
June 19, 1106, was a son of the Thomas who was of Hartford as
early as 1640, and removed with his family about 1660 to Guilford.
The children of Thomas of Hartford and Guilford, were: Thomas,
born about 1650, died in Guilford, 1712; Jonathan, David, Ann, Mary
Saint and Elizabeth. Jonathan died young, all the others had fami-
lies.
The fact that Isaac Robinson in his deeds of lands to his children
residing at Martha's Vineyard, docs not uame a son Thomas, is nega-
tive evidence that he had no son Thomas living when he removed
from that island in the year 1701. The only reference to a Thomas
Robinson in the Tisbury town, or the Duke's county records, is the
deed to which reference has been made. This is not sufficient to
prove that Thomas, sou of Isaac, was living June 19, 1706.
Amos Otis.
l^r/y] Letter from Thomas Osburne. 25
LETTER FROM THOMAS OSBURNE TO GEORGE LITTLE,
1682.
[Communicated by Joshua Coffin of Newbury, Mass. J
George Little was a Baptist, and was one of the founders of the
Baptist Church.* Thomas Osburne was probably a brother Baptist,
and perhaps a member of the first Baptist Church in Boston. He
was not a Newbury man. From his letter it appears that he mar-
ried the widow of Thomas Colman, viz: Margery Colman, whose first
husband was an Osgood, the second, Thomas Rowell, the third,
Thomas Colman, and the fourth, Thomas Osburne. Who was this
Osburne ? Was he a member of the first Baptist Church in Boston ?
Who was Elder Hull ? J. O.f
Dear & loving- brother littell, in gospell bonds my harty love re-
membered unto you and your wife though unto me unknown, &
hoping you are in helth as I being att this wrighting hereof.
blessed be the Lord, hartily giving you thanks for youf kind en-
tertainment when I was last att your house. This is farther to let
you understand I have married to one Margery Colman, a widdow
on the island Nantucket where I now am. I believe God hath pro-
fided for me & given me a meet help, a very loving wife, one in
charity & walking, & I judge for the Lord, & a true lover of the
pepell & church of the Lord, & I se nothing bat the Lord blessing
*In Newbury. See Coffin's Newbwy, pp. 135, SOS. — Editor.
t On the 2Sthof May, 1665, the Baptist Church in Oharlestown, Mass., was gathered,
and on the same day, Thomas Gould, Thomas Osborne, Edward Drinker, and John
George were baptized. They joined with Richard Goodall, William Turner, Robert
Lambert, Mary Goodall and Mary Newall, who had been of the same order in Old
England. Before the year 1669, Isaac Hull, John Farnum, Jacob Barney, John Russell,
Jun., John Johnson, George Farlow, Benjamin Sweetser, Mrs. Sweetser, and Ellis
Callender, were all connected with the same church. The General Court had pre-
viously passed a law forbidding any persons to form a church, or to meet together
for religious service, without the consent of the magistrates. The above first named
persons had violated the law, they were accordingly brought before the Court of
Assistants, and in September of the same year (1665), Gould, Turner, Osborne,
Drinker and George, were sentenced to be disfranchised (such of them as were free
men), and upon conviction of their further proceeding therein, to be committed to
prison. On the 17th of April following, they were again indicted before the County
Court at Cambridge, for absenting themselves from public worship. Gould, Os-
borne and George, were fined four pounds each, and for refusing to bind themselves
for their appearance at the next Court of Assistants, were committed to prison.
Finally, Gould, Turner and Farnum were banished from the jurisdiction, but it
does not appear that either of them complied with the sentence. Mr. Osborne was
fined 20» in 1673, for withdrawing from public meetings established by law. In
1678, he was licensed by his brethren, as a preacher of the gospel. Previously,
in Oct. 1675, on the death of Mr. Gould, and ten years after the church was consti-
tuted, Isaac Hull and Mr. Russell became pastors of the church, afterward assisted
by John Mills. Under these three laborers, the church became so enlarged that
they agreed to divide into two churches. In January, 1678, they resolved to erect
a place of worship in Boston. Their first meeting in this house was on the 15th
of February, 1679. Elder Hull died after March 24, 1668; the last record on the
church books during his ministrv, txdng entered under that date. — Editor.
2*
26 Letter from Thomas Oshurne. [Jan.
our indavors we may live comfortably though both aged & but crazy.
You know my weakness & God marks my instability I hope in marsy
of my insufficiency as to the work I am imployed in as to soul con-
cerns, but my desire is, wholly to [ ] rely upon the Lord
though I am weak that weakness is [ ] that can, & I belief
will enable me in some measure to do what he calls me to for which
I beg your prayers that in heart & life, I may be to the praise of his
free grace making & keeping me faith full unto death, I may receive
the crown of life provided unto all that love him. This further, bro-
ther, I desire & entreat you to remember my harty respects and love
to Elder Hull & his wife, our deacons & their wifes brother & his [ ]
wife & cousin Swett & all the rest of my brethren & sisters in gospel
bonds as if I had named them in partickeler as you may & have
opportunity wanting time and other occasions lying hard upon me,
This farther, I & my wife entreat you to remember our harty love
to our brother Chaudler & his wife & all their children, intreating
him if he have my husband Colman's mind, which himself did write
& my husband Colman did set his hand to it how he would leave me
a comfortable maintynance, if he died & left me a widow. My wife
desires he wold be pleased to send it, if he have the same, as judging
it might be of great benefit & use unto her for her husband Colman's
sons, deals very hardly by her & keeps & takes what they can from
me, & requites me very unworthily for all my care & endeavors for
their good, which is a great grief & trouble unto me, but we trust
the Lord will bear us up & grant, what is necessary and give us
contentment in our spirits in that portion he in his wisdom shall
carve out unto us; so earnestly desiring a few lines from you to let us
know your own estate, & how things stand respecting our society
in public carrying on in the concerns of the public worship of God,
& how we do in number & increase with the increasings of God
in love to God & love & peace among yourselves, by which it ib
made manifest that we are the true disciples of Jesus Christ, by our
peaceable living in love one with another. Committing you to the
protection of the Almighty God, & begging your & all my bretheren's
prayers for my being [ ] into his heavenly kingdom &
delivered from every sinful way & work I rest your loving brother
in gospel bonds, Thomas Osbcrne.
Nantucket Island.
This 25 of the 8 month 1682—25 Oct. 1682.
Superscription: This for his very loving frend Goodman Littell
living att Newbury. Deliver this with care I pray.
Michael Metcalf. — " In the Life of Matthew Wren, Bishop of Ely
(Parentalia, p, 101), wherein he is defending himself against some
charges of persecution, he speaks of ' Michael Metcalf and Nicholas
his son, a Dornix weaver of some estate.'" — London Notes and Queries
for 1860, Sept. 20, 2d series, vol. x, p. 250. See Reg., vi, 1U.
Matthew Wren, b. ab. 1586, d. 1661, se. 81; made bishop of Here-
ford, 1634, afterwards translated to Norwich, and in 1638 to Ely.
JSG2.] B evolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin. 27
REVOLUTIONARY JOURNAL OF DANIEL GOOKIN.— 1119.
[Communicated by J. Wingate Thornton of Boston,]
Daniel Gookin, a fragment of whose journal we publish, was the
son of Rev. Nathaniel Gookin of Northampton, N. EL, by his third
wife Love, daughter of Col. Joshua Wingate. He was born March
2, 1756, and losing his father at ten years of age, was early enured
to self-reliance. His commission "as Captain from the 20th day of
October, 1786, " was executed at Ne«v York, April 2d, 1787. "By
order of Congress," and is signed by " His Excellency, Arthur St.
Clair, Esq., President," and " H. Knox, Secretary at War."
1809, June 6, he was appointed to the bench of the Court of Com-
mon Pleas, for the county of Rockingham, by Gov. Langdon.
1815, Dec. 19, he was appointed Judge of Probate for Rockingham
county by Gov. Giiman, which office he retained till constitutionally
disqualified by age. He was an active member of the Rockingham
Agricultural Society, and of the New Hampshire Cincinnati. He
was decided in his political opinions, and was of the Jeffersonian
party. One of his most intimate friends was his cousin, the late
Hon. Paine Wingate, whose family is noted for its longevity. When
Judge Wingate heard of the death of Judge Gookin at Saco, Maine,
Sept. 4, 1831. in his 76th year, he exclaimed: "Well, I never thought
Daniel would live to, be an old man, for the Gookins are a short-lived
race!"
[He married Dec. 4, 1787, Abigail, dau. of Dr. Levi Dearborn of
New Hampshire, one of the most eminent physicians of his day. See
Register, vol. vi, p. 62, and Mementos of the Sivett Family, p. 24.]
" Journal of March from North Hampton, N. Hampshire, in the year '
1779," by Daniel Gookin of that place.
"Tuesday, May 4, '79. Set out from N. Hampton for the army.
Lodged at Andover, Mr. Adams, 30 miles.
5. Thro' Tukesbury, Bilrica, Bedford, Concord, Malborough to Land-
lord Sawings, 38 miles.
6. Marched thro' Northborough, Salsbury, Woster, Leister, Spencer,
Brookfield. Lodged at Landlord Coley, 35 miles.
1. Marched thro' Weston, Palmer, Wilbraharn to Springfield. Lodged
at Landlord Cottons, 32 miles.
8. Thro' Suffield (at this place my dog Bark left me) to Simesbury,
22 miles.
9. Sunday. Thro' Harrington to Litchfield. Landlord Thomsons at
the Gaol, 25 miles.
10. Washington, New Milford to pinch gut. Lodged at Camps
Tavern, 24 miles.
11. Marched thro' Danbury to Ridgfield. Lodged at Keelers tavern,
18 miles.
12. Wednesday, thro' Salem (this is in New York) Courtlandt's
manor, correspond to Soldier's Fortune, 6 miles above Peekskill
where the reg1 was encamped, 30 miles.
28 Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin. [Jan.
13, 14, 15, 16. Staid at Soldier's Fortune.
17. Marched from our encampment thro' Fishkill, crossed North
River. Lodged at Newbury, 21 m. Here Gen. Poor over took
us.
18. Marched thro' New Windsor to Bethlam, 9 miles.
19. to Chester, 12 miles.
20. to Warick, 14 miles.
21. Kainy Day, did not march, this place is 4 miles in the Jersey.
22. Did not march.
23. To Sussex Court House, here are four or five houses, very good,
but the houses from North River to this place are small, the
country mountainous, the valleys fertile, bearing large crops of
wheat and rye, the men do but little work, and the women great
sluts, marched 22 miles.
24. Marched to Hope, a small moravian town where there is one of
the finest mills I ever saw, built of stone, the since way of this
mill is cut thro' stone 800 feet in length, 30 feet deep in some
places.
25. Marched within 5 miles of Easton, encamped in Woods, marched
in 19 miles.
26. Marched into Easton 5 miles, this town lies on the west side of
Delaware river, 60 miles by land above Philadelphia; this town
is very pleasantly situated on the Delaware and Lehi, the river
runs thro' Bethlehem; they have a fine Stone Church and Court
House which lie in the centre of the town and a Stone Gaol;
the inhabitants German, buildings most of them stone.
21, 28. We encamped on the Banks of the river Lehi. Bethlehem
lies 12 miles up this river.
29, 30. Went to church, heard a sermon in Dutch, saw the Priest
\ administer the Sacrament,, there was boys belonging to this
church not more than twelve years old; their manner of admin-
istering the sacrament is first the men come around the altar,
the minister takes small white wafers about as big as a copper
which he puts into their mouths speaking to every one, the same
with the wine, the organ going all the time and people singing.
Sunday afternoon went to church, heard sermon preached by
Jersey Chaplain.
31. I [ ] & Rec'd one Hundred Dollars of Capt. Fogg.
June 1, ;79. Rec'd this day a certificate from the State of New
Hampshire, appointing me an ensign in Col. Reids Reg1, to take
Rank from 6 May, 1777.
2, 3. On Court martial.
7. Bought of Capt. Carr* a Hanger for one hundred and fifty Dol-
lars.f Borrowed of Capt. FoggJ 200 Dols.
* James Carr of Semersworth, was captain of company three of the second bat-
talion, commanded by Col. Nathan Hale of Rindge. — Editor.
tSept. 1, 1779. The bills in circulation were one hundred and sixty millions.
Earlv in 17b0, forty paper dollars were worth only one silver doiiar. — Lossing's
Field Book of the Revolution, i, 319.
% Jerry Fogg of Kensington, was "paymaster" of the second battalion, according
to the printed list. His position may have been changed at the time this Journal
was written. — Editor.
1S62.] Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin. 29
14. Heard of the Victory Gen1 Lincoln gained over the British at
Charleston, S. Carolina. Fired a fnze de joy on the Occasion.
18. Marched from Easton to Hilerston, 12 miles and encamped.
19. To Soconoco Mount, Point Lawrence. To wain 17 miles. Country
all mountainous and Barren.
20. 21, 22, 23. Marched thro' Long Swamp to Wyoming 36 miles,
there is one house 7 miles from this (no inhabitants) that is all
for 36 miles back.
24. On guard. Provisions scant, Beef very poor; there has been a
large quantity condemned.
26. Indians discovered last night near one of our piquets.
27. Removed our camp to the west side of the river, about 3 miles
up; this is allowed by judges to be the best land they ever saw
and sure I am that I never saw an equal to it, our garden spots in
New Hampshire not excepted, the interval surpasses all descrip-
tion; the river Susquehanna on which this lies, abounds with
fish, shad in great plenty in the spring, as they go up to spawn,
and the shores are covered with these fish which have died up
the river, thro' their too long stay in Fresh water. The land at
present is unimproved, the inhabitants 'being killed in an en-
gagement with the Indians and Torys, last summer. 300 were
killed and scalped at one time.
29. Mr. Bell arrived from N. Hampshire.
30. Our men went out this day gunning, saw deer and wild Turkey,
killed none: this country has a mountain which affords excellent
stone-cole; our blacksmith told me its almost equal to Newcastel
Cole.
July 5, 1779. This day Gen1 Poor gave a gen1 invitation to the
officers of his Brigade to dine with him in commemoration of
American Independence (the fourth being Sunday) we had an
elegant entertainment. A number of patriotick [toasts] drank,
&c. &c.
6. This day a shower rose in the East and rained very hard with
thunder & hail, the hail was as big as pullets ogg.
12. Received Commission as an Ensign in the 2d N. Hampshire Reg'-
giving me Rank as Ensign from the 6 of May, 1777; my warrant
I ree'd at Easton.
21. The Gen1 congratulates the Army on the success of our arms at
Stoney Point, this-newes he received by letter from one of Gen1
Washington's Family, the following is an extract: (to wit.)
Brigadier Gen1 Wayne with part of the light Troop surprised
and took Prisoners the whole of the garrison at Stony Point, all
the cannons, stores, mortar, howitzers tents, baggage, &c. &c.
without the loss of more than four or five men, no officers killed
or badly wounded; if this story turns out as true as the news
from Geu1 Lincoln did, Amen for orders. Mr. Bell being on de-
tachment with Col°. Reid* at Brinker's Mills by Major Titcombsf
desire I did Adg's duty from the 10 &e. &c. drew very bad
provisions it being that which was condemned some time past
*Lt. Col. James Reid of Londonderry, of the first battalion, N. H. troops. — Er>.
t Maj. Benjamin Titeomb of Dover, of the second battalion. — Editor.
30 Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin. [Jan.
all the alteration in it is that it has been smoked which takes
out some of the ugly smell but the juice of the grape continues
in it yet. Owing to the badness of the Provision some of our
officers and men are sick.
28. Col° Eeid & Mr. Bell & the Detachments that went with him,
arrived at Camp, drew our horses, making all the preparations
possible for a march up the river. Agreeable to Gen1 orders we
moved down yesterday from Forty Fort to Wyoming.
31. Marched from Wyoming to Leighawaneuch, our bagage was
carried on pack horses provided for that purpose. 9 miles.
August 1st. By reason of the boats not getting up the river, we did
not march till three o'Clock in the afternoon. Marched to Qui-
hetimaek. 4 miles.
2. Our moving so late from Leighawanock yesterday, and the bad-
ness of the roads, several of the pack horses (with flour and
other stores over set) which put us under the fatal necessity of
tarrying all this day and night at this Post.
-3. Marched at Seven o'clock in the morning over a very mountain-
ous country to Tunck Hanick twelve miles, our baggage arrived
safe this night, one of our men catched a wild turkey and an-
other a deer both of them alive, the deer attempted to run thro'
the troops but got grabbed; not very well, up last night on
guard &c. Sec. Crosd several very fine streams in our march
this day, (or rather) waded thro' them.
4. Marched at six o'clock in the morning, the country much the same
as yesterday untill we arrived within about 3 miles of this En-
campment when we come to most excellent land on the interval,
there were black walnut trees four feet through, not only one or
two but a very large number of them that hold their bignes equal
to pine. The land back of the interval descending gradually to-
ward the river afforded a most exalted prospect. On our march
came across what they call Indian apples, they grow on a small
bush only one stock which is about two feet high, six inches
from the top there is one branch, on this branch there is a very
large leaf and in the crotch of these grows the apple about as big
as a walnut shell and all over it has a thick skin like Lemmons,
and the middle of it very fine tasted. Encamped at Vanderlips
desolate farm, 42 miles from Wyoming.
5. To Wylueing 10 miles. On our march this day came across
very large Buttonwood trees one of which I had the curiosity to
measure, it was nineteen feet eight inches round, 19-8!nche3.
* Capt. Fogg measured one 21 feet round.
6. By reason of the rain did not march this day.
7. The weather still continuing bad cannot march this day was sent
out Corp1 Mill with some men to spy out the country.
8. Marched at six o'clock in the morning* to Standingstone, 10 miles.
9. Marched to Shackanack, 14 miles, very tedious days march this.
10. Did not march from the Shackanack bottom by reason of the
boats not arriving.
11. To Tioga 4 mile3 waded across the river up to our middles, cur-
rant running strong. Col. Barber came very near drowning
crossing the river. The number of horses that . came from
1862.] Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin. 31
Wyoming was Gen1 Poor's Brigade 300, Gen1 Maxwell's 300,
Gen1 Hands 200, Col" Proctor 100, the horses from the Publick
stores 300 besides the riding horses of the officers, 120 boats.
800 head of cattle, &c. To see with what patience the soldiers
endured the fatigues of this march wadeing rivers, climbing
mountains and a number of other things too tedious to mention,
afford a pleasing prospect that in time we shall have soldiers
equal to any in the world.
12. Waiting at this post for Gen1. Clinton's Brigde, the Troops
emplo}red in building four block houses and a fort for the
security of the garrison, and the provision that is to be left at
this post.
13. Gen'. Sullivan hearing that part of the enemy lie at Chemung
gave orders for the whole army's moving which we did soon
as ever it was dark last night, marching all night arriving at
Chemung at day light, but the enemy had just moved out of
the town which we set on fire, destroyed large fields of their
corn, beans, potatoes, squashes, cucumbers, water meltons &c,
they plant with as much exactness as any farmer and their corn
and other things [were] very forward our men pursued them,
came up with them and exchanged some shots — we had 1 or 8
killed and a number wounded, returned to Tioga in the even-
ing from this to Chemung is said to be 12 miles.
14. In our nights march fell and hurt my knee which is somewhat
I painful — a good deal fatigued, &c. &e. &c.
15. Sunday a small party of the enemy came down to the outpost of
our encampment and killed one man and wounded another.
16. A detachment of 900 men commanded by Gen1. Poor went to
meet Gen1. Clinton.
IT. The army preparing to march which we shall do as soon Gen1.
Clinton arrives. Tioga lies on the west side of Susquehanna
river and just in the crotch of the river that comes by Chemung,
one man killed and scalped this day by the Indians.
20. A party from Gen1. Clinton arrived last night giving an account
of his being within eighteen miles of this post. Rainy last
night and to-day.
21. Cutting up tents for bags to carry flour.
22. Sunday on guard — Gen1. Clinton's brigade arrived this day, they
have better than 200 boats and 1800 men.
23. This day about 3 o'clock a very melancholy accident happened in
camp — Samuel Gordon, soldier in Capt. Duston's company taking
a gun in his hand and snaped it (not knowing it was loaded) the
gun went off, killed Capt. Kimball* of Col. Cilleys Regiment as
he was siting in a tent, and wounded one more. Capt. Kimball
was buried with the honors of war.
24. The army struck their tents at 3 o'clock and loaded them and the
32 Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin. [Jan.
rest of the baggage — and the flanks and the infantry and
covering partys took their foot in order of march — I was drafted
from the right flank.
25. Wednesday, was to have marched this day but the stores not
being ready prevented our marching in the morning and in the
afternoon it was rainy.
26. Thursday ea*rly in the morning received a letter from my sister
Betsey,* dated July 10. Marched from Tioga at 11 o'clock fore-
noon about two & a half miles above Fort Sullivan.
21. Marched at nine o'clock but proceeded very slow on account of
the Artillery and the Horses being over loaded, did not arrive
till 9 o'clock at night which was at the cornfield.
28. Marched at 3 o'clock afternoon over a very high mountain from
which we had a fine view of the country — arrived at Chemung
and encamped — passed a defile a mile in length.
29. Sunday, marched at nine o'clock about 4 miles when our advanced
party discovered the enemys breastwork which they seemed de-
termined to defend, upon this we formed ourselves and waited
for the rear to come up, about 3 o'clock in the afternoon we
were ordered with GenL. Poor's and Gen'. Clinton's brigades to
gain the rear of the enemy. Just as we began our march the
cannon began to play on the enemys line which drove them from
the breast-work before we had time to gain their rear — they
took possession of a high mountain which we immediately at-
tacked and gained the summit of — in this attack Major Titcomb
was wounded thro' the belly and arms, Capt. Clayesf thro' the
bod}', Serjeant Lane wounded in two places, Serjeant Thurstin
& Twelve Rank & file wounded. Corp. Huntress killed.
IA McCalleyJ of Coi° Cilley's regiment was wounded in the
knee, the wound was so bad that they were obliged to take of
his leg — Col°. Reids regiment suffered the most, the infantry
and rifle men pursued them by the river whilst we were gaining
the rear; the name given this place by the Tories is Newton,
about 6 miles from Chemung.
30. Monday did not march — on fatigue L* McCalley died this morn-
ing of his wound — here were large fields of corn and beans which
our people destroyed. In the engagement yesterday one Tory
was taken and one negro. They gave an account that both
Butler and Brant were at this post, they had with them 1 serg*
1 corp1 & 12 regular soldiers, 600 Indians, & two hundred Tories,
that they live on green corn and beans, have no meat at all.
Our men found considerable plunder buried in the ground. They
got yesterday several Indians scalps, &c. &c. &c.
The Gen1 returns his thanks to the army in general and to
Gen1 Poors brigade in particular for their spirited exertions yes-
terday.
* Elizabeth married Dr. Edmund Chadwick of Exeter Hannah, her twin sister,
married Rev. Timothy Upham of Deerfield, N. H. See Dr. Albert G. Uphani's Me-
moir of the Upham Family, 44, 45, 54, 59, 89.
t Elijah Clajes of Fitzwilliam, of the second battalion, company seven. — Editor.
% Nathaniel M'Cauley of Litchfield, in company four; Amos Mori ill of Epsom,
captain. — Editoe.
1862.1 Revolutionary Journal of Daniel Gookin. 33
SI. Tuesday. Last night our wounded were scut down flic river to
Tioga & the ammunition waggons were sent back. We pro-
ceeded on cur march at nine o'clock with 4 small pieces of
cannon and one Howitzer. The ammunition was carried on pack
horses. March to [ ] 10 miles and pitched our tents
there, put to halt allowance.
September 1. Marched at 9 o'clock across what they call the 12 mile
swamp. This swamp is composed of mountains and valleys
which rise and fall as quick as possible one after the other, it
being such bad going were not able to arrive at our encamping
ground till ten o'clock night. The troops much fatigued & great
loss of Flour, Ammunition, Sec, &c.
2. One Indian squaw left on this ground, she was so old they could
not carry her off — Geu!. Sullivan gave her a pardon — she gives
an account that the warriors went out from here as our advance
guard entered — they had a council of war wherein the squaws
were for throwing themselves on our mercy, but the sannops
would not consent — on guard last night and to day— did not
march on account of the baggage not all arriving last night.
3. Marched 5 mile and came to the Sinica Lake — a very fine level
country along this Lake — Marched 12 miles this day.
4. Marched 14 miles, plenty of mandrakes or Indian apples along
this country — encamped in woods.
5. Sunday, marched to T[ ]diah 6 miles and encamped; this is an
old settled place, a number of 200 old apple trees and peach
trees plenty — the houses here look quite comfortable, there are
two tombs where their Indian chiefs were buried — here one of
our men that was taken at Wyoming a twelve month ago made
his escape from them and came to us, informs us that Butler is
for fighting us again but the Tories say its only throwing their
lives away for no purpose; cut down their apple trees.,:*
Memorable Longevity. — Mrs. Sally Maynard, widow of Deacon An-
tipas Maynard, formerly of Keene, N. H., died at South Boston, on
the 21 instant, aged 89. Her last work was knitting for the soldiers,
and she left a pair of socks unfinished. She has five grandchildren
in the Federal army, one of whom, a private in Company C, Massa-
chusetts 13th, was engaged in the recent skirmish near Harper's
Ferry, and was the third to mount the 32 pounder captured from the
Rebels. He has his grandmother's blood in him, and had heard her
narrate incidents connected with the Revolutionary war, and the fact
that she saw Gen. Washington when he passed through her native
town. She leaves behind her, still surviving of her family, eight
children, forty-two grandchildren, and twenty-four great-grandchild-
ren. For fifty-three years she was a consistent member of the Bap-
t'st church. She died at the house of her son-in-law, J. D. Richard-
son; Esq., of this city. She deserves honorable mention among the
veterans whose last days are spent in prayers and active service for
their country.— Boston Journal 30 Oct., 1861
* See Stone's Life of Brandt, n, 1-40 ; Lossing's Field Book of thi Revolution, I,
* '4-276 ; Barber and Howe's Hist. Coil, of New York, 94r-98.
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34 Diary of Robert Galley. [Jan.
EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF ROBERT CALLEY OF
CHARLESTOWN, MASS. 1699-1765.
[Communicated by Taos. B. Wymas, Jr., of Charlestown.]
[The following abstract of Genealogical Matter is contained in a Diary of eight
MS. volumes kept by Robert Calley, Schoolmaster in Charlestown. The books
left by Mr. Calley are nine in number. The first, and largest, from which I com-
menced, which has the earliest dates, — but not the commencement of the Diary, — is
a book once kept, to some extent, as a Record of Church Affairs in Maiden. It con-
tains records of Church proceedings and also extracts from Medical, Scientific and
Historical Treatises, &c, and Remarks; the then remaining space appears to have
been used by Mr. Calley to continue ids Diary.
This " first book " is bound in leather. The others are in thick, brown paper
covers, of duodecimo size. They are written in a large round hand with liberal
space, but occasionally with a faltering and careless motion of the pen. One book
has Accounts merely, and does not furnish me any genealogical facts to embody in
this work. From eight volumes this abstract is constituted. There was evidently
a large recess to the duties of Mr. Calley as Schoolmaster, and that may account for
his occasional neglect of orthography ; that detracts, however, but little from the
merits of his works. He was otherwise, apparently, a Cabinet-Maker.
T. B. W., Jr.]
Abbot. — Isaac m. Mrs. Callev, Jan. 3, 1754; Mr. A.'s dan. d. Nov.
27, 1756, buried Dec. 1; Mm A. buried May 13, 1763.
Abraham. — Wm.'s child buried Sept. 28, 1762; Wm.'s wife buried June
22, 1764; W.'s child buried June 19, 1765; Mr. A.'s negro buried
May 31, 1763; Mr. A. d. Aug. 25, 1763, buried Aug. 27.
Adams. — Kate (see Thos. Larkin) published Oct. 28, 1763; Capt.
A.'s child buried Dec. 11, 1764.
Ames. — Dr. of Dedham, d. July 11, 1764.
Arnold. — Mr.'s wife brot. to bed, June 4, 1759.
Austin. — Old Chance, buried Oct. 1, 1764; John's child buried Sept.
8, 1759; John's son, d. and buried July 21, 1765: Josiah's child
d. Feb. 25, 1759, buried Feb. 27; Josiah's child buried Aug. 22,
1765; Richard, Josiah's son, see. 21, buried Aug. 27, 1765; Nathan-
iel m. Hannah Kent, May 24, 1759; Sarah (see Billings Bradish)
m. Feb. 10, 1765, Thomas's child d.' March 9; 1759. buried March
12; Thomas's child buried Oct. 3, 1757; Thomas's child buried Mav
30, 1760; Thomas d. March 7, 1762, buried March 11; Timothy's
child buried Dec. 13, 1759; Timothy's child buried Feb. 16, 1765;
Timothy's negro woman buried Oct. 21, 1762; Wm.'s wife d. April
20, 1762, buried April 22; Wm.'s child buried April 26, 1762; Mrs.
A. (see Capt. Stedraan) m. Jan. 5, 1764.
Atjyer.— Mr. d. Sept. 21, 1764; (Auyour) buried Sept. 23, 1764.
Bacon. — "Bacon buried !i July 5, 1758.
Badger. — Benj. "news of death of," Jan. 8, 1757; Mrs. B. d. Feb. 1,
17 65, buried Feb. 2.
Baker. — Sam!'s wife d. Sept. 25, 1759, buried Sept. 28.
Ball. — Robert's wife, se 27, d. Aug. 29, 1764, buried Aug. 31; Capt.'s
daughter buried Oct. 6, 1764.
Barnard. — Mr. of Andover, d. June 14, 1757.
Barrot. — Mr.'s child buried Jan. 14, 1758.
Barrow. — Mrs. buried Sept, 15, 1757.
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1S62,] Diary of Robert Calley. 35
Bartlett. — Mr. m. Katy Witimore, July 18, 1753.
Barverrick[(!)]. — " Barverrick buried" April 6,1763.
Beers. — Molly (see Mr. Pulley) m. June 9, 1757. ... .
Belcher. — Gov. " news of death of," Sept. 9, 1757.
Bemas. — Child d. of small pox Sept. 1, 1752; child buried Nov. 3,
1763; Robert d. Aug. 31,'l764; buried Sept. 2.
Best. — Capt. d. March 6, 1760, buried March 9.
Billings. — Capt. drowned at Sudbury, Nov. 12, 1758.
Biscomb. — Thos.'s child buried July 13, 1765.
Bodge.-— John's child d. Oct, 28, 1763; old Mrs. B. buried June 25,
1765.
Borrows.— Mrs. publ. (see Natb. Rand) May 20, 1757.
Bowers. — Charles's child buried July 4, 1758; Charles's child buried
I Sept. 21, 1762.
Bowles.— Mrs. buried Dec. 24, 1763.
Boylston. — Richard to Parney Foster publ. Sept. 25, 1763; old Mrs.
B. buried April IS, 1764.
Bradish. — Abigail ra. (see J. Frothingham) Aug. 16, 1759; Billings m.
Sarah Austin, Feb. 10, 1765; Jonathan d. July 11, 1763, buried
July 14; Phillis buried April 15, 1760; William [Ja~jmes' son d of
small pox, I. June, 1752; Mrs. B. d. June 12, 1764, buried June 15.
Brazer. — Old Ben d. Jan. 12, 1759; Capt. B. of Boston, buried Jan. 13,
1759; James m. Betty Souther Aug. 14, 1759; James's child d. July
23, 1759; James's child buried May 3, 1760; James's child buried
June 16, 1762; James's child buried Sept. 17, 1764; " Simian Bra-
zier, news of death of," Aug. 22, 1757; Thomas's child buried March
13, 1759; Mr. Thomas, ft£ 73, d. Aug. 22, 1764, buried Aug. 24;
Mrs. B. d. Sept. 2, 1758.
Breed. — Charles's child d. Sept. 19, 1757, buried Sept. 21; Ephraim to
Hannah Newell, publ. April 3, 1757; Mrs. B. d. Sept. 20, 1763; old
Mrs. B. buried May 15, 1765.
Bridgden. — Timothy m. April 1, 1762.
Brixtnal. — John, dismissed from church in Lynn pr Certificate, Sept.
19,1737.
Brooks. — Nathan of Woburn, buried Jan. 28, 1758; Susan buried
July 18, 1765.
Brown.— Benj. Jr. d. Sept. 18, 1762, buried Sept. 22; Jonathan's
wife brot to bed. Oct 9, 1758; Jonathan's child buried April 29,
1762.
Bccknam. — Deacon d. Aug. 25, 1757.
Bullin.— Mrs.'s child buried April 3, 1759.
Bunker.— John m. May 5, 1757; John's child d. Oct 3, 1758.
Burditt. — Nathan of Maiden, drowned May 5, 1759; Mrs. B. d. March
2, 1765; Jacob's wife buried March 5, 1765.
Burr.— Old Mrs. B. buried Oct. 2, 1756; Mr. B. "news of death of"
Oct. 8, 1757.
Burroughs. — Josiah's child buried Oct. 12, 1764.
Burrows (see Borrows). — Mrs. B. m. (see N. Rand) June 9, 1757.
Calder. — George m. Hannah Howard Jan. 5, 1764; Wm. publ. Nov.
25, 1757, m. Dec. 25; Mrs. C. buried Dec. 1, 1758.
Call,— -Isaac m. Esther Frothingham Sept. 8, 1763; Isaac's wife
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36 Diary of Robert C alley. [Jan.
brot to bed, dead child, Jan. 6, 1764; Isaac's wife d. June 3,
1765, buried June 4; John's child bapt. Aug-, 22, 1762; Rebecca
(see Nath1 Gorham) set out for Hampton to be m. Sept. 6, 1763;
Rebecca brot to bed Oct. 26, 1763; Caleb's wife, a3. 45, d. Jan.
26, 1765; Mrs. Rebecca buried Jan. 28, 1765; Widow C. d. June
3, 1758, buried June 4; Widow "Call's negro buried," Nov. 17,
1763.
Calley. — [Robert] m. Sept. 12, 1751; Robert, "my wife delivered of
a son," May 19, 1752, d. June 1; Lydia, "of a Saturday" born
July 21, 1753, " by Mr. Abbott bap. July 22; [Robert] " my wife "
d. Thursday, new stile, May 16, 1754, buried Saturday, Mav 18;
[Robert] " to Eliz: Symmcs"," publ. March 21, 1760; [Robert',] "I
was to Elizabeth Symmes," rn. April 10; [Robert] "my wife
delivered of a son by Dr. Loyd at between 7 and 8 of clock in the
morning, Feb. 12, 1761; [the preceding person] bap. by Mr. Abbot
"next church day; Robert at | after eleven at ni-ht, d. Feb. 23,
1763, buried Feb. 26; [Robert] "my wife delivered of a son by
Mrs. Lee between 12 and 1 at noon," Dec. 7, 1762, Thomas by Mr.
Abbott bap. Dec. 12; Thomas f after 10 morning d. Feb. 28,
1763, buried March 2; [Robert's] "wife brot to bed at night," May
15, 1763; [Robert] "my wife delivered of a daughter about 9 a
clock night," May 24, 1764, Elizabeth by Mr. Abbot bap. June 3;
"my [Robert's] daughter d. about 7 of clock at night," April 12,
1765, buried April 15; " my [Robert's] mother to Mr. Isaac Abbot,"
m. Jan 3, 1754.
Cam»in [(!)]'. — Jane brot to bed with twins, July 6, 1757.
Capen.— Old Mr., b. June 17, 1762; "Nabby Capon," d. March 5,
1760; "Abigail Capon," buried March 8, 1760.
Carey. — Jona:'s child (small pox), d. Sept. 26, 1752; Capt. Sam11 wife
d. Oct. 8, 1762, buried Oct. 13.
Carnes.— Col. d. March 4, 1760.
Chamberlane. — Ann (see Nath. Phillips) publ. May 8, 1757, m. June
21.
Chamberlain. — John d. June 30, 1762, buried July 2; Mrs., as. 71, d.
- Aug. 26, 1764, buried Aug. 28; Mr., publ. Nov. 23, 1764.
Chapman. — Mr.'s child buried July 2, 1764; Jonathan "news of death,
he d. at Surinam," May 22, 1765.
Cheever. — Capt.'s negro woman buried April 14, 1763.
Choate. — Mr. Samuel's wife brot to bed with 2 boys & a girl,
Aug. 10, 1763, Sami!. James, Susanah, Mr. Choate's children bapt.
Aug. 14; "Choate's child buried " Jan. 13,1764; " Mr. Choate's
child buried" Aug. 15, 1764.
Clemments. — John d. July 22, 1762.
Glough. — John's negro woman killed her child, Nov. 30, 1757.
Coffin. — Rev. Mr. Paul to Mary Gorham, m. Nov. 10, 1763.
Collings. — Mary (see Abraham Waters) m. May 17, 1762,
Conant. — Samuel "took into church" March 25, 1759; Samuell's
daughter d. of small pox, inocu. April 22, 1764.
Cooper. — Mr. Jonathan d. x^pril 26, 1765, buried Oct. 1.
Cotton.— Mr. of Newton, d. May 18, 1757.
Cummins.— Mr. d. Aug. 25, 1763."
Cutler. — Dr., as. 82, d. Aug. 17, 1765.
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1S62.] Diary of Robert C alley. 37
j) AVH.— Barney, buried Dec. 8, 1768; Nath1'. d. March 31, 1759, buried
April 3; Capt. Nath11. news of death Dec. 7, 1762; Hannah m. (see
Isaac Symmes) March 20, 1765.
Dbland.— "Deland's child df Aug. 14, 1758.
Pel.aney. — "Delaney's child buried."
I»Evens. — Mrs. buried Dec. 9, 1756; Mrs.'s child buried March 6, 1759.
Dizeib.— Mrs. d. Nov. 5, 1763.
Dowse. — Eleazer's child buried June 22, 1762; Eleazer's wife d. Sept.
18, 1764, buried Sept. 20; Eleazer m. April 18, 1765; John, news
of death at Martinico, Sept. 13, 1762; Jonathan's wife (d, small
pox, nat), July 25, 1752, Jona:,'s wife buried Match 31, 1759;
Samu's wife brot to bed, child dead, June 30, 1758; Sam. wife brot
to bed June 8, 1759; Sam', child buried Sept, 18, 1762; "Dowse"
(see Mr. Pain), publ. March 17, 1765.
Dumslin [(!)].— Mr.'s child (small pox) d. July 25, 1752.
Dun.-— Mrs. Js child (small pox) d. May 21, 1764.
East.— Mrs.'s child buried Aug. 24, 1758.
Eaton. — Mr.'s wife brot to bed with a son, March 19, 1757.
Edes. — Daniel buried Nov. 15, 1764; Isaiah's child d. measels,
March 1, 1759, buried March 3; Isaiah's child buried Oct. 18,
1763; Jonathan's y,7idow buried April 26, 1764; old Mrs. d. Aug.
9, 1758, buried Aug. 14.
Edmans.— Jona". d. May 28, 1760, buried May 31.
Edmonds.— Old Mrs. buried Feb. 10, 1763.
Ellery. — Elias m. E. Gill Jan. 24, 1758; Capt. Elery "news of
death of" Sept. 23, 1759.
Eskrin[(I)]. — Mr. drowned Nov. 4, 1757.
Evans — Sam11, and Sarah Marble m. Nov. 3, 1735.
Fillebrown. — Isaac's child buried Sept. 13, 1756.
Flcker. — Capt. d. Nov. 3, 1757, bur. Nov. 5; Jane (see Docr. Rand)
publ. April 9, 1758; m. May 9.
Ford. — Betty in. Sept. 5, 1757; David d. March 14, 1758, buried
March 17; Sarah (see Edward Goodwin) m. Aug. 16, 1759.
Fosdick.— -James m. Sept. 23, 1762; Mr.'s child d. Oct. 14, 1762, buried
Oct 17; Wm. publ. Oct. 14, 1764.
Foster. — Betty m. May 13, 1762: Parney (see Richard Boylston)
publ. Sept. 25, 1763; Docr. Wm. at night d. Dec. 3, 1759, bur.
Dec. 7.
Fowle. — John's child buried Sept. 13, 1763; John buried April 21,
1764.
Foye. — Mrs. Elizr's burial mentioned (Rev. Joseph Stevens' wife's
eldest sister), Nov. 18, 1721.
Francis. — Stephen drowned July 17, 1765, buried July 19.
Frothingham. — Abigail "took into church" March 23, 1760; Benja.
d. July 6, 1763, buried July 8; B. publ. March 14, 1762; Benjamin
m. May 5, 1762; Benj.'s wife brot to bed with a girl, Feb. 17, 1763;
Benj.'s wife brot to bed Dec. 17, 1764; Benj.'s child d. Dec. 27,
buried Dec. 28; Mr. Benj11. about 12 o'clock d., a?. 58, July 24,
1765, buried July 26; David's child buried Aug. 13, 1758; David's
wife d. April 24, 1763, buried April 27; Esther (see Isaac Call) m.
Sept. 8, 1763; Hephzabah d. Oct. 26, 1756, buried Oct, 28; James
publ. June 24, 1759; James to Abigail Bradish, in. August 16;
38 Diary of Robert C alley. [Jan.
James' child bap. May 25, 1760; John's daughter buried April 9,
1764; Jonathan and Huldah Spraguepubl. Aug. 21, 1757, m. Oct.
12; Jona. Fro".'s wife brot to bed May 15, 1759; Joseph of New-
bury, d. Oct. 17, 1762; Jo: d. Dec. 4, 1762, buried Dec. 6; Joseph's
child d. Aug. 10, 1757, buried Aug. 11; Joseph's wife brot to bed
with a girl May 17, 1758; Joseph's wife brot to bed with a son
March 16, 1760;* Joseph's daughter d. 8 o night Sept. 9, 1764; J.
F. child bmied Sept. 11; Natlr's wife brot to bed Dec. 11, 1758;
Nathaniel's child d. Dec. 12; Nate's child d. Oct. 1, 1763, buried
Oct. 3; Natlr's wife d. between 4 and 5 morn, Dec. 18, 1763,
buried Dec. 21; Nath11. m. Oct. 3, 1765; Deacon's wife d. about
noon Nov. 18, 1755; Deacon Samuel, a3. 87, d. about 10 o'clock Nov.
15, 1762, buried Nov. 18; Thos. publ. Oct. 24, 1762, m. Dec. 2;
Thos.'s wife d. July 29, 1764, buried July 31; Wm.'s wife brot to
bed with a daughter Nov. 20, 1758; old Mrs. d. about 10 o the
forenoon, April 23, 1760, buried April 26.
Gardiner. — James m. May 22, 1760.
Gibson. — Wm. d. March 16, 1763, buried March 18; Wm.'s wife
buried Oct. 27, 1764.
Gill.— E. (see Elias Ellery) m. Jan. 24, 1758; Michael's child,
measles, buried Jan. 20, 1759; Michael d. March 1, 1760; Capt.
Michael buried March 6; Madam d. June 2, 1759, buried June 4.
Goings.— Capt. Hammond of apoplexe, d. June 14, 1762, buried June
16; Mrs. "some time this week" m. (of Aug. 31, 1763).
Gold. — N. and Rebecca Wood pub: March 16, 1760, m. April 24.
Goodwin. — David's child buried Jan. 5, 1765; Edward m. Sarah Ford
Aug. 16, 1759; Ed.'s tweens buried July 5, 1765; John's wife
of small pox, I., d. June 14, 1752; John to Abigail Whitimore m.
Sept. 5, 1763; John's child buried June 17, 1765; Samu's child
buried Aug. 18, 1758; Samu.'s wife d. May 1, 1764, buried May 3:
Samll.'s son buried April 12, 1765; Thos.'s child buried July 6,
1765; Thos.'s wife d. Aug. 11, 1765, buried Aug. 12; Wm. married
June 21, 1764.
Gorham. — Nath1. to Rebecca Call, to be m. Sept. 6, 1763; Mary (see
Rev. Mr. Coffin) m. Nov. 10, 1763.
Grant.— Capt.'s wife buried March 27, 1759.
Green. — Mrs. brot to bed at 2 o'clock this morning with a son Sept.
28, 1757; Thomas Green's child, bapt. Oct. 2; Mrs. brot to bed with
a daughter May 29, 1759; Mary, child, bapt. June 3; Mrs. brot to
bed with a son Oct. 19, 1762; Green's child d. at 9 o'clock in
evening Oct. 3, 1763, buried Oct. 6; Mrs. brot to bed with a son
Feb. 6, 1765; David bapt. Feb. 10; Mr.'s mother d. May 17, 1760,
buried May 22; John's wife d. Aug. 1, 1765.
Grubb. — Wm.'s wife d. Nov. 15, 1756; Wm. m. March 14, 1757; Wm.'s
child d. March 14, 1759, buried March 15; Wm.'s child buried Sept.
9, 1763.
Gullifor. — Mr. d. June 25, 1764.
Gullison. — Steven's child buried Jan. 2, 1759.
Hancock.— Old Mrs. d. Dec. 24, 1756, buried Dec. 28; Capt.'s wife d.
Nov. 21,1763, buried Nov. 25; . John's wife d. Sept. 24, 1765, buried
Sept. 26.
Harding.— Capt.'s child buried Nov. 10, 1762.
}SC2>] Diary of Robert C alley, 39
j{.Tch.- — Mrs. buried April 23, 1759.
lj'vV. 0!d Mrs. buried March 23, 1764; John's daughter d., a?. 13,
May 14, 1764, buried May 16.
H(;)vdl(e)y. — Capt.'s son d. March 1, 1759, buried March 3; Capt. to
Ratty Russell publ. Sept. 19, 1762, ra. Oct. 5; Capt.'s negro woman
buried Sept. 3. 1762; Capt.'s negro, small pox, d. May 25, 1764;
Elizabeth (see Thos. Russell) m. May 2, 1765.
Herington. — •" Herington hanged" March 17, 1757.
Hill.— Mrs. (to James Kettell) publ. Jan. 27, 1765.
Hoges.— Mary m. Feb. 12, 1763.
HoorER. — Thos. publ. Sept. 11, 1757; Thomas m. Louis Souther
Oct. 17; Thos.'s wife brut to bed with a boy Aug. 2, 1758.
Hopkins. — Joseph's child, of small pox, d. Oct. 6, 1752; Joseph's
wife d. Feb. 23, 1757, buried Feb. 26; J.'s child buried June 1,
1765; Joseph's wife d. June 4, 1765, buried June 6; Sam11, d, Sept.
21, 1764, buried Sept, 23.
Hopping, — Betty (see Nath. Rand) publ. Jan. 8,1764; Richard news
of death of, Aug. 22, 1757; old Mrs. d. May 19, 1759, buried May
22; Thos.'s wife d. July 11, 1762, buried July 13; Wm.'s child,
small pox, d. June 4, 1764.
Howard. — Hannah (see G. Calder) m. Jan 5, 1764.
Humphreys. — Delight (see S. Sweetser) publ. April 3, 1757.
Hunnewell. — James's child buried March 14. 1759; Joseph's wife d.
Oct. 15, 1762, buried Oct. 19; old Mrs.,' se. 91, buried June 25,
1763; Lucy's child buried Aug. 24, 1765.
Hurd. — Benj.'s child buried Aug. 18, 1759.
Husse. — Robert, of small pox nat., d. July 28, 1752.
Hussey. — Mrs. buried July 15, 1763.
Hutchinson. — Mr. m. Feb. 6, 1763.
Ivory.— Mrs. d. July 17, 1764, buried July 19.
Jener. — Thos. Esq. buried June 27, 1765; Neptune Jeners buried
July 3, 175S.
Jenkins. — Mrs. buried March 6, 1763.
Johnson. — "Widow buried June 9, 1758; old Capt.'s wife d. Aug. 25,
1759, buried Aug. 27; Joseph's child buried Dec. 8, 1764; Kate
buried Dec. 6, 1764.
Kelley. — Mrs. d. Aug. 23, 1757, buried Aug. 24.
Kenney. — James's child d. Aug. 31, 1761, buried Sept. 2.
Kent. — Eben publ. Aug. 28, 1757; Hannah (see Nath11. Austin) m.
May 24, 1759; Nath.'s child, coffin made for, 'Oct. 26, 1763; Sam11.
child buried Aug. 31, 1765; old Mrs. buried April 7, 1762.
Kettell. — Mr. James, with an apeplex, d. Jan. 30, 1759; James to
Mrs. Hill publ. Jan. 27, 1765, m. Feb. 12; old Mary buried Dec.
25, 1762; Nath1. d. Nov. 26, 1764, buried Nov. 29; Richard's child
buried Dec. 31, 1762; Mr.'s son buried April 16, 1760; old Mrs.
buried Sept. 8, 1759; Mrs. with small pox, d. July 9, 1764.
Kidder.— Betty, small pox, d. May 6, 1764; John buried Oct. 6, 1164;
' Mrs. small pox, d. May 5, 1764.
King. — Eben and wife took into church June 19, 1757, Eben
suddingly d. Sept. 29, 1757. buried Oct. 1.
Lamson.— Calab d. March 14, 1757, buried March 17; Callab d. Feb.
9, 1160, buried Feb. 14; John m. Frances Webb May 10, 1759.
40 Diary of Robert C alley. [Jan.
Larkin. — Mrs. Hannah, apoplexy, d. Jan. 27, 1759, buried Jan. SO;
Isaac's child buried July 23, 17G5; John's child buried July 1,
1764; John's child d. Feb. 2, 1765, buried Feb. 4: Capt. John's
child buried July 28, 1765; Joseph buried April 9, 1765; Sam;;. d.
March 5, 1758, buried March 8; Thos. to Kate Adams publ. Oct.
28, 1763, m. Nov. S; Thos.'s wife d. Feb. 14, 1764; Thos.'s child
buried Dec. 22, 1764; Zac. child buried May 16, 1762; widow's
daugh'. d. March 19, 1763, buried March 22.
Lawrence. — Daniel buried May 27, 1757; Mrs.'s child d. May 9,
1759.
Le Busquit. — John's child buried Sept. 14, 1764.
Lee. — Ester d. Sept. 1, 1765; Mr. d. Nov. 5, 1764, buried Nov. 9.
Leman. — " Leman married" Feb. 8, 1759.
Lewis. — Capt. of the Hereford, d. Aug-. 7, 1759; Capt. buried March
14; Madam buried April 2, 1764.
Lord. — Thos. about 4 o'c. this morning, d, May 24, 1762, bur. May 25.
Lynde. — Mr.'s child buried March 19, 1759; Mr.'s son buried June
23, 1765; Mr.'s negro buried May 16, 1764; Mr.'s negro buried
June 8, 1765.
Mallet. — Ephraim's child d. Sept. 25, 1759; E.'s child bur. Nov. 2, 1764.
Manning. — Isaac's wife, as. 20, buried Aug. 26, 1764; Isaac's child
buried Aug. 10, 1765; Thos. small pox Bat., d. July 10, 1752; Wm.
to Phebe Townscnd. m. Nov. 29, 1759; Wm.'s child buried June
21, 1762; Mr. Wm.'s child buried Aug. 15, 1765* Mr.'s wife buried
Dec. 8, 1759.
Mansfield. — Mr. of Lynn, fell of his horse and was killed on Monday
morning, d. Jan. 9, 1758.
Marble. — Sarah (see Sam1. Evans) m. Nov. 3, 1755.
Martin. — David fell from the stage (^ship launched), and was killed,
April 18, 1757.
Mason.— Mrs.'s child d. Sep;. 17, 1762.
Masterman. — Capt. news of the death of, Sept. 23, 1759.
Maudlin. — Thos. news of death, Nov. 26, 1756; Mrs. buried July 11,
1765.
Mill(*)r, — Mrs, Abigail, 33. 85, d. Jan. 22, 1765, buried Jan. 24; James's
daughter d. Oct. 2, 1759, buried Oct. 5; James's wife d. June 28,
1764, buried June 30; John's daughter, se, 14, d. Dec. 17, 1757,
buried Dec. 21; Johu's wife d. March 31, 1763, buried April 2;
Mrs. Mary, se. 81, d. Jan. 10, 1765, buried Jan. 12; Pomp, d. April
27, 1760; Sam1, m. Aug. 23, 1759; Capt.'s wife d. Nov. 21, 1758,
buried Nov. zi.
Millens.— Mary m. Nov. 23, 1758.
Mirick. — Mr. Ed. d. July 6, 1762, buried July 9; Joseph's wife buried
May 31, 1762; Mr. Joseph buried Dec. 3, 1762; Joseph, small pox,
d. June 24, 1764; Mary took into church, June 17, 1759; Sam1.
buried May 24? 1765.
Mousel. — Anna buried Feb. 4, 1757; Mrs. d. Feb. 1, 1763, buried
Feb. 4.
Mousley. — Mrs. d. June 18, 1758, buried June 20.
Mugey. — Mrs. d. May 6, 1764, buried May 7.
Mungey.— Mrs. d. Aug. 20, 1758, buried Aug. 22.
[to be continued.]
•
IS62] Parker Genealogy. 41
PARKER GENEALOGY.*
[Communicated by Hen. Francis J. Parker [55] of Boston.]
Abraham Parkfr, was the first of the family in this country. Of
the date and locality of his birth there is no known evidence, but it is
p resumed that he came from Wiltshire in England. lie first settled
at Woburn, Mass., where he was married to Rose Whillock, Nov. IS,
1644; was admitted a freemen in 1645 and removed to Chelmsford,
probably, upon its incorporation m 1053, with his brothers Jacob,
James and Joseph; a fifth brother, John, having settled about the
same time at Shawsheen now Andover. The homestead of Abraham
Parker was set off to him Sept. 29, 1062, and comprised 24 acres
near the middle of the town. He held several minor offices in the
town; and his name appears frequently as a member of various com-
mittees for town purposes. He was one of about twenty signers of
a petition to the General Court, dated Aug. 30, 1053, wherein certain
people of Woburn remonstrated against the passage of a law proposed,
requiring the approbation of ihe eiders of " four next churches,"
or of the County Court without which '■* no person * * * * shall
undertake any constant course of publick preaching or prophesying."
He died at Chelmsford, Aug. 12, 1685. His will, dated six days
previous, is on file in Suffolk Probate Records, and was proved three
years later, before Sir Edmund Andros. His widow died Nov. 30,
1691; her will is on file in Middlesex Probate Records
1. Abraham1 Parker, by wife Rose (Whitlock), had ch.: (2) Anna
or Hanna* b. at Woburn, Oct. 29, 1645; bap. in 1656, by Rev. J.
Fiske; m. Nathaniel Blood, Jan. 16, 1679. She is not mentioned in
the will of either of her Daren ts. (3) John,- b. at Woburn, Oct.
30, 1647; bap. in 1656, by Rev. J. Fiske, d. April 14, 1699; his wife,
Mary Danforth, dan. of Capt. Jonathan Danforth, of Billerica, sur-
vived him. (4) Abraham,- b. at Woburn, March 8, 1650; d. Oct. 20.
1651. (5) Abraham* b. at Woburn, Aug., 1652; bap. 1656, by Rev.
J. Fiske; admitted a freeman May 24, 1682; m. July 15, 1682, Martha
Livermore, dau. of John Livermore of Watertown, and had five
children. He probably removed to Roxbury and died there. (6)
Mary* b. at Chelmsford, Nov. 15, 1655: bap. 1656; m. Dec. 11, 1618,
her cousin, James, son of Capt. James Parker. He was killed by the
Indians in Groton] July 27, 1694. (7) Moses* [-J-] b. at Chelmsford,
about the year 1657; "m. June 19, 1684, Abigail Hildreth, dau. of
Richard Hildreth of Chelmsford. In 1718, he subscribed £1 toward
.£20 raised by subscription to build the first school house in Chelms-
ford. He died Oct. 12, 1732. (8) Isaac* b. Sept. 13, (bap. 23), LOGO;
m. Esther or Hester Fletcher; d. Feb. 22, 1688-9. (9) Elizabeth* b.
April 10, 1663; m. James Pierce of Woburn; d. March 5, 1688. (10)
Lydia* b. Feb. 17 (bap. IS), 1665; ra. John Kidder of Chelmsford,
Dec. 3, 1684. (11) Jacob* b. March 24, 1669. His name is not men-
tioned in the will of either parent.
* Thiiis the direct-line of. the family of lion. Isaac, and Hon. Joel Parker. — Ei».
6
42 Parker Genealogy, [Jan.
7. Moses2 Parker, by wife Abigail (Hildreth), had ch.: (12) Abigail*
b. May 8, 1685; m. Dec. 18, 1107, Benjamin Adams of Chelmsford.
(^13) Moses* " killed with thunder," says Chelmsford record, July
23, 1702. (14) Aaron* [ + ] b. in Chelmsford, April 9, 1689; m. Abi-
gail Adams, about 1712. The West Parish of Chelmsford stated its
grievances to the General Court in 172-1, and in 1729 Westford was
incorporated. At the organization of the church, in 1727, Aaron
Parker signed the covenant, and his wife was admitted April 7, 1728.
He died Dec. 19, 1775, and was buried in Westford. (15) Elizabeth*
b. Dec. 20,1691; m. Ebenezer Parker, son of Thomas and Marie.
(16) Joseph* b. March 25, 1694. He was lieutenant of a snow shoe
company formed in 1724, to operate against the Indians. He died
April 22, 1738. His son, Lt. Col. Moses Parker, was wounded at
Bunker Hi1! and died a prisoner in Boston, July 4, 1775, a. 43. (17)
Benjamin* b. April 14, 1696. (18) Mary* b. Sept. 6, 1698; m. Ben-
jamin Chamberlain.
14. Aarox3 Parker, by wife Abigail (Adams), had ch.: (19)
Aaron* b. Aug. 19, 1713; d. Sept, 30, 1772. (20) Samuel/* [-}-] p. in
Chelmsford, afterward Westford, Jan. 1, 1717; m. 1st, Sarah Fletcher,
dau. of Deacon Joshua Fletcher, Jan. 22, 1873; was admitted to the
Church at Westford, May 6, 1739. His wife died Oct. 12, 1716.
He next m. May 12, 1748, Mrs. Mary Robbins, dau. of John
Proctor of Westford, and wid. of Jonathan Robbins. She died
Nov. 22, 1757.
He afterward m. Mrs. Fletcher, and d. at Jaffrey, N. IT.,
Aug. 7, 1795. (21) Moses/ b. May 16, 1718; rn. Bridget Cum-
mings. (22) Abigail/ b. Oct. 17, i720; m. March 11. 1742, John
Senter of Londonderry, N. H. (23) Mary/ b. Oct. 20, 1723; in.
April 10, 1744, Olive" Proctor or* Chelmsford. (24) Lucy/ b. Jan.
11, 1725-6; m. June 6, 1744, Stephen Corey of Littleton, Mass.
(25) Elizabeth/ b. Feb. 8, x728; m. July 22, 1746, Gershom Proctor
of Chelmsford. (26) Isaac/ b. May 20, 1731. (27) Joseph* b. Jan.
2, 1735. (28) Esther/ b. July 4, 1738.
. 20. Samuel* Parker, by wife Sarah (Fletcher), had ch.: (29)
Samuel/ b. Feb. 27, 1739; d. in Maine. (30) Sarah/ b. Oct. 23,
1740; m. Feb. 28, 1765, Solomon button of Antrim, N. H. (31)
Joseph/ b. May 20, 1742; d. in New Ipswich, N. H. (34) Silas/ b.
Jan. 23, 1743; d. at Ml Desert. (35) Leonard/ b. Nov. io, 1745; d.
in the ft. Holmes Purchase."
By wife Mary (Proctor) (Robbins) Parker, had ch.: (36) Mary/
b. Feb. 14, 1749; m. June 3, 1766, Thomas Wright of New Ipswich,
N. H.; d. a widow, at Jaffrey, N. H, July 16, 1823. (37) Jonathan/
b. March 28, 1751; d unm, at Rindge, N. H., March 20, 1820. (38)
Abel/ [-f-1 b. at Westford, March 25, 1753, where he resided until
about 1767, when the family removed to Pepperrell. He m. Oct. 14,
1777, Edith Jewett, dau. of Jedediah Jewett of Pepperrell, and in
May, 1780, he removed to Jaffrey, N. H., where he d. May 2, 1831.
His widow d. Oct. 23, 1848, a. 96. A memoir of Abel Parker is
printed in the Collections of the N. II. Historical Society, vol. m, p. 258.
A private soldier at Bunker Hill, he was severely wounded in the
fight. During his life he held many offices: March 14, 1778, was
made ensign in the continental army; Oct. 28, 1779, lieutenant in the
I
1SG2] Parker Genealogy. 43
same; Oct. 25, 1708, U. S. assistant assessor; May IT, 1802, judge
of probate, which office he held more than twenty years; Jan. 21,
1812, postmaster of Jaffrey five years and resigned; 1824, elector of
president and vice president; was justice of the peace and quorum
throughout the state; for five years one of the selectmen; for seven
years a member of the state legislature; town clerk one year, and
was a member of the convention of New Hampshire which adopted
the federal constitution. It was his highest pride that every office
came to him unsought. (39) Elizabeth,5 b. May 9, 1755; in. Mr.
Tenney. (40) Lydia,5 1>. July 13, 1757; d. Feb. 10, 1774, num.
38. Abel5 Parker, by wife Eadith (Jewett), had eh.s (41) Edith*
b. July 20, 1778; d. Feb. 23, 1784. (42) Abelfih Sept. 18, 17S0;
d. Oct. 28, 1807, unm. (43) Edmund* b. Feb. 7, 1783; d. Sept.
8, 1856, having been judge of probate for Hillsboro' county, about
seven years; representative in the state legislature for Amherst
and Nashua, sixteen years; speaker of the same, two years; mem-
ber of the constitutional convention of 1S50; agent of the Jackson
company eleven years, and at the time of his decease, president of
the Nashua and Lowell R R. Co. (44) Silas* b. Feb. 11, 1785; d.
March 21, 1785. (45) Ask* b. March 12, 1786; d. Oct. 15, 3833,
having been judge of probate for Cheshire county. (46) Isaac,* b.
in Jaffrey, N. H., April 14, 1788. His ancestors in this country had
invariably followed a farmer's life as their occupation, but his taste
and inclination led him to enter upon that of a merchant. His ap-
prenticeship was served under Mr. David Page, who carried on quite
an extensive business in several localities. His first independent
operations were commenced at Keene, N. H. Nov. 17, 1812, he m.
Sarah Ainsworth, dau. of Rev. Laban Ainsworth of Jaffrey, N. H.
He afterwards removed to Boston where for upward of 40 years he
was more or less actively engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was
for several years a member of the city council, and for two years a
representative of Boston in the state legislature; was one of the
trustees of Mount Auburn cemetery; trustee of the Sullivan rail road;
director of a large number of business corporations, and president
of the Traders' bank. He d. May 27, 1858, almost precisely a year
after his wife, who died May 29, 1857. (47) Calvin,* b. July 23,
1790; d. Aug. 17, 1790. (48) Luther,* b. Oct. 10, 1791, d. Oct. 25,
1791. (.49) Joel,* b. Jan. 25, 1795. [He was appointed chief justice
of New Hampshire, in 1838, which office he held till 1847, when he
became Royall professor of law at Harvard College, where he conti-
nues.]
(46) Isaac6 Parker, by wife Sarah (Ainsworth), had ch.: (50)
Sarah Melville,? b. at Keene, N. H., Aug. 25, 1813: m. Oct. 1, 1840,
Ezra Farnsworth of Boston, son of Abel Farns worth of Groton,
Mass.; had ch.: Mary Rice,8 Ezra,- Alice,8 Isaac Parker,8 Sarah
Melville,8 a child who d. in 1854, and William.8 (51) William Ains-
worth7, b. at Keene, N. H., Jan. 6, 1816; in. at Philadelphia, Pa., Nov.
3, 1840, Mary Iddings, dau. of Caleb Iddings of Phila.; d. Oct. 27,
1849; had ch.: Henry,8 William Iddings,8 Richard, ^ Isaac,8 Joseph
Melville,8 and three deceased. (52) Isabella Grahame,1 b. at Boston,
Feb. 15, 1818; m. Dec. 1. 1847, Rev. George Alexander Ovialt; had
ch,: George Alexander^ Isabella Parker,3 Sarah Louisa.8 (53) Henry
44
Charges of the Toivn of Hull.
[Jan.
Melville,'7 b. at Boston, Aug. t, 1820; m. at Greenfield, Mass., April 30,
1851, Fanny Cashing Stone, dau. of Dr. A. F. Stone of Greenfield;
had ch.: Charles Pomeroy,8 Herbert Croswell,8 Edward Melville,6
Margaret Lincoln,8 and one child who d. in 1S5S. (54) Edward Hazin,"
b. at Boston, March 7, 1823; m. at Hanover, N. H., Dec. 14, 1848,
Sarah Olcott Heydock, dau. of W. T. Heydock of Lowell; had ch.:
William Ainsworth,-' Charles Haddock,- Agnes Olcott,8 Helen8 and
two deceased. (55) Francis Jcicett,~ b. at Boston, March 3, 1825; m.
at Amherst, Mass., April 28, 1S46, Anna Whiting Lyman, dau. of
Josiah Dvvight Lyman of Nerthfield, Mass. [He is a merchant of
Boston, of the firm of Parker, Wilder & Co.; was a state senator in
1858.] ch.: Francis Vose," Clara Virginia,"" Cullen Sawtelle.8 (56)
Mary Ainsworth,1 b. at Boston, March 8, 1827, m. at Boston, Nov. 17,
1845, Jabez Whiting Lyman (son of J. D. Lyman of Northfield,
Mass.), by whom she had one son, Charles Parker Lyman.5 (57)
Edith Allen? b. at Boston, Nov. 21, 1829.
CHARGES OF THE TOWN OF HULL, FOR BEACON, WATCH
HOUSE, &c.f MARCH 9, 1673-4.
A trve acount of the charges the towne of Hull hath been out
about the Beacon with the watch houss, & allso the number of the
names of the persons that warded the said Beacon, with an acount
of corne that was spoiled by carting ouer the said corne, & what was
pluckt vp to set vp the Beacon. The wardas: first, Beniamin Bos-
worth seniour, 17 days.
Geoarge Yickre: 4 days.
Sampson Shove i day.
John Lobdall i day.
Sam. Prfnc i day.
Charges about the watch
hous at the beacon.
3 hundred of boardes..
Joseph Bosworth 5 day 5.
Jerom Bosworth i day.
Isack Vickers i day.
Cristopher Wheton i day.
Isack Coale 2 dayes.
John Colyer i day.
Ben Bosworth Junior. . . 19 days.
Isacke Lobdell i day.
Isack Princ i day.
Henry Chamberlin 3 day3.
Richard Stubes 2 days.
the number of daj's. 6i.
Seriant Bosworth.
Nathaniell Bosworth
in the name of the townsmen.
—Mass, Archives, bk. 112, p. 234.
s.
10.
2,
2,
2.
16.
5.
2.
timber and setinge vp. .
nailes
carting to the place .
this sum is
more for the becon, a
kettei 0.
for pich 0.
John
Princ
bales
ocum. .
for ocum
bales. .
for 2 men to go to bos-
ton to fetch
pich for the bec<
This sum is
for the corne spojld by cartinge
and the Becon setinge vp con-
cerninge which corne captaine
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BOSTON RECORDS.
Boston Births.
[Continued from Vol. XV, page 352.]
Megdaniett. Elizabeth ye Daughter of John Megdaniell & of Elizabeth
his wife boruc 31-1 Her 61.
Warren. John ye sonne of ^eter Warren & of Sarah his wife borne
ye 8th Sept 1661.
Fenniman, James ye sonne of James Penniman & of Mary his wife
borne 27ti! Sep* 1661.
Davis. Sarah ye Daughter of Samuell Davis & of Sarah his wife
borne IIth Sep7 1661.
Mar tine, John ye sonne of Richard Martine & of Elizabeth his wife
borne 2' of October 1661.
Mavericke. Mary ye Daughter of Samuell Mavericke & of Rebecca
his wife borne 2J October 1661.
Williams. Thomas ye sonne of Thomas Williams & of Aune Lis wife
borne 29^ March 1661.
Hucke. Samuell ye sonne of Samuell Rucke & of Margaret his
wife borne 4th October 1661.
Mason. Sarah ye Daughter of Richard Mason & of Sarah his wife
borne 3: Sept 1661.
Saywell. Abigail ye Daughter of David Saywell & of Abigail his
wife borne 12lh Sept 1661.
Wheatly. John ye sonne of Lyonell Wheat! y & of Elinor his wife
borne 6th October 1661.
Manning. Elizabeth ye Daughter of George Manning & of Hannah
his wife borne 13rli October 1661.
Butller. Isaac ye sonne of Stephen Buttler & of Jane his wife was
borne 9th October 1661.
Buttolph. Thomas ye sonne of Thomas Buttolph Junior & of Mary
his wife borne 5th October 1661.
Amey. Mary ye Daughter of John Amey & of Martha his wife
borne 10fh October 1661.
Sherman. Samuell ye sonne of Samuell Sherman and of Naomi his
wife was borne 3l October 61.
Bedicell. Mary ye Daughter of Samuell Bedwell & of Mary his
wife borne 18th Sep1 61.
Mason. David ye sonne of Arthur Mason & of Johanna his wife
borne 24til October 1661.
Murrell. Lydia yc Daughter of Jeremiah Murrell & of Sarah hi3
wife borne 14th October 1661.
Flack. Samuell ye sonne of Samuell Flacke & of Ann his wife
borne 18lh October 1661.
Hamlin. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Ezekiell Hamlin & of Elizabeth
his wife borne 24lh October 1661.
Allen. Edward ye sonne of Edward Allen & of Martha his wife
borne 21* Sep7 1661,
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[Jan.
Wat kins. Sarah ye Daughter of Thomas Watkins & of Elizabeth
his wife borne 7th November 1061.
Dawes. Jonathan y° sonne of William Dawes & of Susanna his
wife borne 3l November 1661.
Chappine. Hannah ye daughter of David Chappine & of Lydia his
wife borne 231-1 October 1661.
Baker. Hannah ye Daughter of John Baker & of Johanna his
wife borne 41" November 1661.
Tomline. John y- sonne of John Tomline & of Sarah his wife borne
14 November 1661.
Gwine. Thomas ye sonne of Thomas Gwine & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 3d November 1661.
Demsdall. Joseph ye sonne of William Demsdall & of Martha his wife
borne 21th November 1661.
Ellis. Lydia ye Daughter of Edward Ellis & of Sarah his wife
borne 11th November 1661.
Checkhy. Samuell ye son of John Oheekley & of Anne his wife borne
26 of November 1661.
Emons. Mary ye Daughter of Samuell Emons & of Mary his wife
borne 18th November 1661.
Gold. Bartholmew ye sonne of Thomas Gold & of Francis his
wife borne 27th October 1661.
Sanford. Sarah ye Daughter of Robert Sanford & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 23: 9her: 1661.
Hunter. Hannah ye Daughter of William & of Mary his wife borne
22th November 1661.
Wells. Thomas ye sonne of Thomas Wels & of Naomi his wife
borne 4th December 1661.
Stoddard. Joseph ye sonne of Mr. Anthony Stoddard & of Christian
his wife borne first December 1661.
Hawser. Joseph ye sonne of Richard Rawser & of Exercise his
wTife was borne 2d October 1661.
Tout. Elizabeth ye Daughter of Richard Tout & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 4rU December 1661.
Robbinson. John ye sonne of George Robinson & of Mary his wife
borne [ ].
Copp. David ye sonne of David Copp & of Obedience his wife
borne 8: December 1661.
Gillam. Zechariah ye sonne of Zecharia Gillam & of Phebe his
wife borne 4th Novemb1" 1661.
Hitchbone. Salomon & David being twins ye sonnes of David Hitch-
bone & of Katherine his wife was borne 14l!l December
1661.
OUiver. Abigail the Daughter of Coronett Peter Olliver & of Sarah
his wife borne first Janvary 1661.
Marshall. John ye sonne of Robert Marshall & of Mary his wife
borne 1th Janvary 1661.
Snell. Anna ye Daughter of John Sneli & of Phillip [sic] his
wife borne |d( Janvary 1661.
Webster. Thomas ye eonne of Thomas Webster & of Mary his wife
borne 11th Janvary 1661.
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isd8]
J.'-n.
flvahnell.
Ji.igly.
(irifine.
Barnard.
Pearse.
Frary.
Clark.
B&yce.
Jackson.
Sumner.
Hickes.
Phillips.
Lane.
Itane.
Adams.
Greenough.
Price.
Phillips.
Hudson.
Howard.
Nash.
Brookine.
Howard.
Pearse.
Boston Records.
47
Benjamine ye sonne of Hope Allen & of Rachell his wife
borne 10th Jan vary 1661.
Jane ye Daughter of John Bushnell & of Jane his wife
borne 18th December 1662.
Mary ye Daughter of Orlando Bagly & of Sarah his wife
borne 5th J an vary 1661.
Mary y- Daughter of John Griffine & of Susanna his wife
borne 21 Jan vary 1661.
Benjamine y Sonne of Richard Barnard & of Elizabeth
his wife borne 6th January 1661.
George ye sonne of George Pearse & of Mary his wife
borne 30th January 1661.
Theophilus yc sonne of Theophilus Frary & of Hannah
his wife borne 30th Jan vary 1661.
Daniell ye sonne of Christopher Clarke & of Rebecca his
wife borne Iff* Febrry 1661.
Antipas y° sonne of Antipas Boyce & of Hannah his wife
borne 8ih Febr. 1661.
Martha ye Daughter of Edmund Jackson & of Elizabeth
his wife borne 11th Febr. 1661.
Sarah ye Daughter of William Sumner & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 31 Febr. 1661.
Thomas ye sonne of Richard Hicks & of Mary his wife
was borne 23 Febr. 1661.
Abigail ye Daughter of Nicholas Phillips & of Hannah
his wife borne 20t:' Feb™ 1661.
Edward ye sonne of Mr. Edward Lane & of Hannah his
wife borne 20 Febr. 1661.
Elizabeth ye Daughter of William Lane & of Mary his
wife borne 3d Febru 1661.
Elizabeth ye Daughter of Nathaniell Adams & of Mary
his wife borne 2J March 1661.
Samuell ye sonne of William Greenough & of Elizabeth
his wife, borne 3d Mrch 1661.
Joyliffe Price ye second sonne of Richard Price & of Eli-
zabeth his wife borne 2d March about halfe an houre
after tenne of ye clocke In ye yea re 16|4-
John ye sonne of John Phillips & of Sarah his wife borne
4* of M'ch 16|4-.
Ebinezer ye sonne of James Hudson & of Mary his wife
borne 4th Mrch 16££.
Epraim ye Sonne of Samueil Howard & of Isabell his wife
borne 23 Febr. 1661.
Elizabeth ye Daughter of Joshua Nash & Elizabeth his
wife borne 17th Febr. 1661.
John ye sonne of John Brookin & of Elizabeth his wife
borne 13l!l M*ch 1661 & 62.
Mathew ye sonne of Edward Howard & of Ester his wife
borne 15th M^ch 1661 & 62.
Mary ye Daughter of John Pearse & of Isabell his wife
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[Jan.
Messinger. Thomas ye Sonne of Henry Messinger & of Sarah his wife
borne 22th MrC& *«££.
Nowell. George ye sonne of George Nowell & of Lydia his wife
borne 21 ^ March 1661 or 62.
Gledtn, Susanna ye Daughter of Charles Gleden & of Evnice his
wife borne 16; ll 9,)ir 1661.
Lynde Elizabeth ye Daughter of Mr. Simon Lynde, & of Hannah
his wife was borne 25th of M'ch being Tuesday about
4 a Clocke in ye morning 1662.
Freake. Mary ye Daughter of Mr. John Freeke & of Elizabeth his
wife borne"25lh Mrch 1662.
Breding. James ye soune of James Breding & of Hannah his wife
borne first Aprill 1662.
Bridgham. Xathaniell ye sonne of Henry Bridgham & of Elizabeth
his wife borne 2! of Aprill 1662.
Paine. Hannah ye Daughter of Mr, John Paine & of Sarah his
wife borne 3D'1 M'ch 1662.
Mar tine. Prudence yf Daughter of Michaell Martine & of Susanna
his wife borne 26 of M<~ch 1662.
Woodde. Isaac ye sonne of Isaac Woodee & of Dorcas his wife
borne 6: of Aprill 1662,
Sajfuie. John ye sonne of Mr. John Saffine & of Martha his wife
borne 14th Aprill 1662.
Thurston. Mary ye Daughter of Benjamine Thurston & of Elisha
[sic] his wife borne 24' ' of Aprill 1662.
Williams. Sarah ye Daugmter of William Williams & of Johanna his
wife borne 28** Aprill 1662,
Conney. Joseph ye sonne of John Conney k, of Elizabeth his wife
borne 27th Aprill 1662.
Mellowes. Olliver ye sonne of John Mellowes & of Martha his wife
borne 3l Aprill 1662.
Moore. Hannah ye Daughter of Thomas Moore & of Sarah his
wife borne 26 Aprill 1662.
Milles. Samuell the sonne of Samuel Milles & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 27th Aprill 1662.
Mosse. Sarah ye Daughter of Christopher Mosse & of Prudence
his wife borne 28 Mrch 1662.
GUlam. Hannah ye Daughter of Benjamine Gillam & of Hannah
his wife borne 27lh Aprill 1662.
Kinde. Mary ye Daughter of Arthur Kinde, & of Jane his wife
borne 27 Aprill 1662.
Glover. Mary ye Daughter of John Glover & of Mary his wife
borne 16'" Aprill 1662.
Winsor. Sarah ye Daughter of Robert Winsor & of Rebeccah hi3
wife borne V'a of May 1662.
Rock. Samuell ye sonne of Mr. Joseph Rocke & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 17r!i May 1662.
Griggs. Rebecca ye Daughter of William Griggs of Rurnney
Marsh & of Rachell his wife borne 3 Aprill 62.
Hambleton. Abraham ye sonne of William Hambleton & of Mary his
wife borne 23lu December 1661.
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J 862.] Depositions, 49
Browne. James ye Bonne of Samuell Browne & of Mary his wife
borne 2d May 1662.
Way. Marv ye Daughter of Eliazer Way & of Mary his wife
borne 24th May 1662.
Knight. Richard ye sonne of Richard Knight & of Johanna his
wife borne 30th of Aprill 1662,
Way. Hannah ye Daughter of Richard Way & of Ester his wife
borne 23lh May 1662.
licit. Samuell ve sonne of Eliphalet Hett & of Ann his wife
borne 13 May 1662.
Alien. Elizabeth ye Daughter of John Alden & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 9 May 1662.
PecJce. Sarah ye Daughter of Thomas Pecke & of Elizabeth his
wife borne 5th June 1662.
Gee. John ye sonne of John Gee & of Hazelpanah his wife
borne 27th May 1662.
Risden. Sarah ye Daughter of Rob1. Risden & of Betteris his wife
borne 29 [ ].
This is A true Copie of the seurall Birthes for the Towne of Boston
from the first of February 1658 vnto the 21th of May 1662 which I
giue in vnto the Recorder. As Attests
Jonathan Negus Cleric.
DEPOSITIONS OP PHILLIP LONG AND SAMUEL YOUNGLOVE.
[Communicated by William S. Appletos of Boston.]
The testimony of Phillip Long, aged fouerty yeares or there about,
in and concerning the Administratrizship of mrs. Susanna Zillick —
Sayeth that about the moneth of [November] 1654: I the sri Phillip,
being at [ ] heareing of mr David Zillicks* death I went [to the
widow] to demand my debt of her: she made me answer that she had
not yet administered and therefore cold not pay me; But she sd she
was to administer the next court following: I was not wht. [her
after wards; But after the court was past to my knowledg she
paid seurall debts: and further sayeth not. Sworne before me, this
15* of October 1658. Edward Rawson Comission1".
The deposition of Samuell Youngloue, senior, aged about sixty
two yeares, who testiSeth and saith; that when Joseph Lee and
Goodman Hunt were sculling together in the high way neere mr
Hubberds pales, I saw Goodman Lee coming up hastily towards them
with a pitchforke in his hand; which had but one tine, he came with
it up ready to strike; soe when he came up to them, I saw him strike
twise; and for the maner of his strikeing; I doe apprehend he strucke
as hard as he could & thereupon I did see the bone upon his head,
having pulled off his hatt. Samuell Youngloue.
Taken upon oath, Novemb 23th 1668,
before me. Samuel Symovds. .
* He appears among the freemen of 1642 as David Zullesh. — W. S. A.
7
50 Mstracts of Early Wills. [Jan,
ABSTRACTS FROM THE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD AND
ON THE FILES IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS.
[Prepared by William B. Trask o! Dorchester.]
[Continued from Vol. xv, page 326.]
Elkaxah Gladman. — Inventory of the Estate of Elkanah Glad-man,
apprised by Ilezekiah Usher, Thomas Snaicsell, Nov. 23, 1664. Arat.
£211.10.111.
Inventorye of Debts Due to the Estate of Mr Elkanah GJ adman as
they were found in His Book at His Death. From Capt. Thomas
Bredon, Goodwifc Cutler of Charlestowne, John Holliday of Boston,
Nurse Greene, Mrs Trance, Mrs Roades, Mr George Saunders, Mr John
Blake, Mr Edward Nailor, Samuel Mattox, Goodwife Farnham, Alex-
ander Steward, Sarah Potterton, Mrs. Mary Johnson, Mr John Gil-
ford, Mrs Susan Jack! in, Thaddeus Mackartye, Mr Wollaston, Anne
Carter, Lawrence Smithe, Zacheus Scdgwicke, Mr Stephen Goodieur,
Mrs Eieres, Edward Page, Goodwife Baxter, Edward Li live, Serjant
Wm. Cotton, Mr Job Sayres, Mrs Allice Thomas. Total, £139.05.01 J.
Out of which is to bee paid, [specified sums] to Mr Thomas Lake,
Jn°. Watts, Benj. Gillam senior, M> Tho. Deane.
Feb. 8, 1664. Capt. Thomas Bredon & Capt. Thomas Lake, deposed.
[On page 261 of vol. I, is a recital of the doings of the Court in
regard to the estate of Elkanah Gladman. It is stated that the Ad-
ministrators, Capt. Thomas Bredon and Capt. Thomas Lake, brought into
Court an inventory of said Estate, producing also " a Letter from
Mr Elkanah Gladman, Father to the late Elkanah Gladman Deceased
March 21st 1664 in which u appears that the sd Elko.nah Gladman De-
syres & orders that one hundred pounds of his Late sonnes Estate,
with halfe his Bookes shall bee & goe to MTS Lydia Goodyear, who
was the Contracted Wife of the Late Elkanah Gladman Junor, the
which the Court allowes & approues of, and orders that the Adminis-
trators Remit the Rest of the sd Elkanah Gladmans estate, to Mr El-
kanah Gladman the Father, as in & by his Letter may appear to bee
his Desyre, which thi3 Court orders to be Recorded & kept on File.
And on a Certificate from Mr Elkanah Gladman senior that he Doth
Allow & approue of this Order, by sufficient Witnesses Coming into
these parts, or on testimonye of some knowne publick Notarye to his
said state, this Court shall approue of the xVdministrators Accompt
and Giue them a Discharge from their Administration.
At a County Court 16th June 1665. Edward Rawson Recorder.'7]
Daniel Weld.— July 1, 1666. I, Daniell Weld, of Roxbury, Yeo-
man, hauing the perfect vse of my vnderstanding & memory, make
this to bee my last will. ***** I giue my House where I now
dwell, in, Roxbury, my barne. Orchards, Gardens & home Lott, ail my
Cowes, Heiflers & Hogs, my mare & bees, all my Household stuffe
bedding, brass, pewter, linnen & wollen. And furthermore I giue
1862.] • Abstracts of Early Wills. 51
my orchard & parcell of Pasture thereto adjoyning, lying noare
Stony Riuer bridge, purchased of John Watson. Also twelue Acres
of plowed Land & Pasture, lying vpon the great Hill in Roxbury
ncare Muddy Riuer, which I purchased of Hugh Clarke.. All debts
due to mee, All my personal Estate, I doe giue to Ann Weld, my
wife, to bee Enjoyed by her soe long as shee shall remaine my wid-
dow, but in Case it please God soe to dispose, that my deare wife
change her Condition, And marry another man, then my will is, that
shee should Enjoy the thirds of my Estate, for the tearme of hir life.
And my will is, that nothing bee sold of my Estate, Except there
bee great necessity for the maintenance of my wife & children, And
that not without the Council and aduice of my Ouerseers, vnless it
'should appeare clearly to my Executor & to my Ouerseers, that it
should bee much for the bennifitt of my wife and children to sell all
here in Roxbury & purchase Housing & Lands in some other place
to the full worth of it, where it might bee plainly for their advantage.
For my deare sonn, JMr Daniell Weld, in England, whether hee be
liuinge or noe I know not, yet out of my tender respect I haue to him,
although the Portion hee hath already receiued hath bin as much as
my whole Estate now remaining, yet out of my Fatherly affection to
him at my decease, I can doe soe less than giue vnto him, by this
my will, 20s, out of my Estate, as a small Token of my great lone.
For the rest of my children, my will is, that after the marriage of
my wife (in Case shee marry) that two thirds of my Estate bee de-
uided by Equail Portions, betweene thern, that is, mine & my wiues
children, namely, Joseph Weld, Bethiah Weld, & Timothy Hide, And
after my wifes decease, the other third part of my Estate, or in case
shee marry not, then the whole Estate to bee Equally divided be-
tweene them, Prouided always that in Case the Lord soe dispose that
any of my said children should marry before my wifes marriage vnto
any other man, or whilst shee remaines my widdow, then my will is,
that there should bee due Encouragment allowed to them or any
such of them out of the Estate, with the Consent of my Executrix, &
by & with the aduice of my Ouerseers, according as they shall judge
Expedient, all things Considered, which proportion of the Estate is
to bee taken notice of soe as to bee allowed for by them who shall
receive it, vnto the rest, at the time or times of the diuission of the
Estate, to make Each proportion Equal! according to the will. And
in Case the Lord should take aivay any of the three children before
Expressed, before the time or times of the diuission, then my will is,
that the Estate shall bee Equally diuided betweene them & Enjoyed
by the suruiours. As for my dstu. Mary Hide, shee hath had her Por-
tion already, And my will is, my wife should haue libertie at her
death to giue her sonn some small token of her loue to remember her
by, with & According to the aduice of my Ouerseers. I appoint Ann
Weld, my wife, to bee my sole Executrix & I doe most hartiiy request
my deare & faithfull Couzens, 31r Edward Denison, Mr Thomas Weld,
& Mr John Weld to bee the Ouerseers of this my will, praying them
to see this in trust Carefully performed, And to haue a Care of my
poore wife, whome I leaue into the hands of the Lord & to you my
deare Couzens to Council & direct her. Daniel Weld.
Wittnes,
John Weld, John Skhbim, who deposed, Nov. 3, 1666.
52 Abstracts of Early Wills. * [Jan.
Inventory of the Estate of Mr Daniel Weld, taken Aug. 1, 1GGG,
by Edicard Dcnison, John Weld,, Thomas Weld, John Sicbins.
Mrs Ann Weld, Relict & Executrix to the last will & Testament of
the late Mr Daniel Weld, deposed, 3: 9ber: 1666.
David Homes. — To my Eldest sorin, Dauid, I leave £10; to the other
two yonger, £5 a peece; if in Case they bee put forth to prlntiss for
time, such as take them shall take their Portions with them, Learne
them to Read & write, & dubble their Portions to them at the End of
their time; if in Case such as take the Children are vnwilling see to
doe I leaue this £20, in the hands & to the disposing of Stephen Kins-
ley, & for want of life to his sonn, John Kinsley, & to Thomas Hollman
& they to putt it to the best improuement & for the vse & bennifitt
of the Children & to bee payd to them when at age of 21, in such pay
as they receiued. If any of the children die, their mother shall haue
their Estate, if shee die, they shall haue hers amongst them Equally.
My will is, also, that my dau. Margaret, shall haue £5, to bee paid
at Age or day of marriage if shoe liue, if not, to bee at her mothers
disposing. The rest of my Estate I leaue to my wife to pay my
debts & to improue to her best advantage, & to see my body Law-
fully Buried.
Nov. 15, 1666. Power of Administration to the Estate of Dauid
Holmes is granted to Jane, his Relict, shee bringing in an Inventory
of that Estate & performing this imperfect will as neere as may bee.
Edw. Rawson Records
This is to sattisfle that I, Henry Crane, doth testifie this to be the
will of Dauid Homes; pr mee, Henry Crane, this 15th of the 9: month
1666.
Inventory of the Estate of Dauid Homes deceased the 2d of Nov.
1666. Prisers, Gregory Belcher, William Daniell. Amt. £73.13.?.
Nov. 15, 1666. Jane Holmes, Relict of Dauid Homes, deposed.
[On the back of the original document on file, James Humphry
& Wm Weekes stand bound in 20s apiece to yc Treasurer " on this
Condition that Francis Crabtree shall be of good behauiour till ye
next County court & shall then appeare & so from court to court till
her case be ended.'* Signed by Edw. Rawson, Record1".]
Henry Withington. — 8: 11: 1664. I, Henry Withington, of Dor-
chester, in New England, being about the Age of 76 yeares or vpon
17: being in perfect memory doe make my last will. * * * My will
is, That my sonn, Richard Withington, one of my Executors; shall
well & truly performe vnto my wife, Margerie, all such Agreements
as are Expressed in a writting made & sealed before our marriage,
bearing date, 25: 4: 1662: witnessed by Mr John Elicit & Mr Samudl
Danforth, And then see doing I giue vnto him all the rest Of my
Houses & Orchard & Lands that I haue in Dorchester, Except Tena
Acres in the Twenty Acres Lotts, which Tenu Acres I Giue to my
dau. Batie, & I Except also my devision of Land which is about 30
JS62.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 53
Acres, lying neere Dedam mill, which if it bee not sold before ray
death, my will is, that it shall bee sould & come in as part of my
Estate, And also I Except all my Land that is mine, about Sensions
House, which Land I Giue to my dau. Batte, to bee hers foreuer, And
her Husband shall haue noe power to dispose of it without her free
Consent. But all ray Land Except these parcells Excepted I Giue
to my sonn Richard to bee his foreuer. And for my goods, my debts
Si buriall being- discharged out of the whole, I Giue as followeth,
nainly, to my Beloued wife, Margerie, £10. ouer & besides that £10,
1 promised her before our marriage which is sett downe in a writ-
ting, aforesayd. And to my sonn, Richard, £10, & to his fowre sonns,
John, Ebenezer, Henry & Phillip, each, £5; to M r Mather, £5; Mr Tamp-
ion, £5; And towards the maintenance of an able ministrie in Dor-
chester, which they baue or may chuse, I Give £20 to bee improved
by the Deacons then in being, And the bennifitt thereof shall bee
brought in yearely to the Select men, then in being, to bee giuen to
the vse aforesaid. And £10 more I Giue vnto the poorest inhabit-
ants in Dorchester, And the said £10 shall bee disposed at & by the
discresion of the Deacons, then in being. I Giue vnto John Raker, £5,
Samuell Batte, £5, Samuell Paull, £5, Samuell Danforth, £5. To all
the Childeren I am Grandfather vnto, Except Mary Robinson, & such
Children as I haue herein giuen legacies vnto, I giue each of them, 40s.
For the rest of my goods, legacies being discharged, shall bee Equally
diuided among my o dau - namly, Faith Baker, Mary Danforth, and Anna
Batte And for that Fine Acres of Land that I latly bought of James
Batte at the south End of his Lott, next the High way, which Cost
mee, £16, it is my will that she, I meane my dau. Batte, shall haue
that Fiue Acres, & shee shall dispose of it for her good & for her
Children, but her Ilusband shall haue no power to sell it away, with-
out her Consent, nor any Land that I haue giuen her Else where.
And further it is my meaninge, that this £16, which the Land Cost
mee, though the Land Returne her as aforesayd, yet it shall bee re-
coned as part of that Portion which I leaue with hir other Sisters.
For ray Executors, I Appoint my sonn, Richard Withington, & my sonn,
Richard Baker ; for my Ouerseers, my sonn, Mr Thomas Danforth, &
my sonn, James Batte. The legacies [to be paid] one halfe within a
yeare after my death & the other halfe the next yeare after, if it may
bee well had & done. Henry Withington.
Wittnes hereof
Enoch Wiswall, Samuell Paull,
[In a codicil, Mr Withington states, that he has given to his son,
Richard, the £10 expressed in his will, also delivered to him the £5
for John Withington, his Eldest son. " For the Tenn Acres of Land I
gaue to my daughter Batte, lying in the Twenty Acre Lott I haue
Sold that, since, to Samuell Clap & haue deliuered & giuen to her &
her Husband all my Laud at Sensions house." All which is acknow-
ledged by Richard TVithington. Samuel Paul, acknowledges " that I
haue receiued from my Father Withington, that Fiue pounds which is
Expressed in his will, to. bee Giuen me. 23: 9: 1666."]
15 Feb. 1666. Enoch Wiswell & Samuel Paule, deposed.
An Inventory of the Estate of Elder Henry Withington, of Dor-
54 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Jan.
Chester, who deceased this life Feb, 2, 1666, taken & apprised by
John Capen sew & William Sumner, March 6, 1666-7. Amt. £850.17.3.
Due from the Estate, ,£14.4.6. Mentions, -fa pt. of three Ketches;
J of a warehouse at Boston; two shares in the iron works at Tanton.
Richard Baker & Richard Withington, deposed to this inventory,
May 2, 1667.
Richard "Woodcock.* — An Inventorye of the Estate of Richard
"Woodcock Deceased Nouembcr 22th 1662, as apprised by Edward
Fletcher, Michadl Wills. Amt. £3S.9.5. "Also general! armes of other
mens, as we are Informed, in ye shoppe (uiz1.) 8 swordes, 10 pistolls,
39 gunnes with stockes, 23 fyre Lockes," &c. Sworne in Court Dec.
19, 1662, by Richard Wayie k Thomas Matspn.
[The Administrators of said estate were ordered by the Court, to
deliver to Cap1 Davenport, of the Castle. Mr Rosewell & Mr Dames
man & such other their seuerall gunnes " they Making proofe by
Oath before any Commissioner in Boston, or on ye Acknowledgment
of the wife, or Late apprentice of the said Woodcocke to bee theires.
Edward Rawson Recorder.
George Davis. — I, George Davis, beinge bound for Cape Feare,, doe
now dispose my outward estate as followeth, in case I die before I
come againe or shall hear after make any other will; being in health,
My wrhole estate, that I leaue in New England, I do bestow vppon
my wife and Children, and doe make my wife executrix, and my son,
Benjamin, executor Joyntly. My estate to be diuided into fine parts,
two parts I giue to my wife and my son Benjamine equaly, the other
three parts I giue to my Hue daus to be diuided equaly, and to be
paid vnto them when they come to age, or when they may, as their
mother shall Judg best, and their mothers part she has power to
dispose it to her she dies to those or to all of my Children, soe it be
to my Children, that are most Louing and dutifull vnto her. My
house and land I do dispose to my wife and my sone Benjamine, pro-
uided my daughters haue their portions, though it be in other things.
To my sone, Joseph, I giue ail that I haue now in the shipp, and that
we cary with vs to Cape Feare, with the weauers loome; but in Case
it does Miscary before it come ther, and he com agen to new Eng-
land, my executors out of the whole estate shall pay him ten pound
farther, becaus my Daughters, sorn of them, are young, and to be
brought vpp in the feare of God and well educated, is my desire,
which I hope my wife will not be wanting in, therfor their portions
shalbe responsable for theire bringinge vpp and left to the discission
of my wife what to pay them when they come to age, or when she
* The following is from the files. See Will of Jane Woodcock, Reg., vol. sv. 76.
"William Day, sonne of ye late Hugh Day & Jane his wife, j} married to ye late
Richard Woodcocke & Richard Brooke., of Boston, Gunn smith/' were bound U> Ed-
ward Rawson, Recorder, in the sum of £50, Aug. 10, 1666. "by virtue of Mr said
last will bearing date 16th March 1665,*' to the performance of the conditions as
administrators of said will. Signed by William Day and Richard Brooke, with seal3,
bearing impressions of coats of arms. Witnessed by John CUuerle, Recompence Os-
borne.
lS62ij Abstracts of Early Wills. 55
(Jiee. I haue chosen for one ouerseer of this my last will, my bro-
ther, William Clark, of linn, and doe you chuse another whome you
think fit, and giue them 40s apeece, and trust to their faithfullnes
and care for my poor Chilldren. Dec. 7, 1664. Georg Dauis.
Wittnes,
William Killcupp, Grace X Killcupp.
My son, Joseph Coult, I doe desire my sone, Benjamine, to haue Care
o( him till he doe take farther order about him. Geo: Davis.
William Kilcitp, & Grace Kilcupp his wife, deposed, Sep1 30, 1661.
Recorded, Book I, fol. 522.
Inventory of the goods of Georg Dauis, leatly desesed at cape
faier, taken by John Gould, William x Clark. Amt. £355.01.
Benjamin Daius deposed, Oct. 29, 1661. Recorded, Book V, fol. 63.
Robert Woodmansey.* — The Last Will And testament of Mr Rob1
Wcodmansey, being weake of Body but off A disposing mind and
having before me the thoughts of my departure out off this worjd.
Concerning my little estate I have left vnto me, wcil lyeth in monyes,
debts & Household stuff, and is speicified in An Inventorie, I dispose
off it to my wife, Margarett, And my two daus Martha and Baihia.
1 make my wife, Margarett, sole executrix. As vnto Any Proportion
I bequeath one halfe to my sd Two daughters, the rest vnto my wife,
excepting some Perticulers which I have caused to be putt into writ-
ing & to be disposed off by my s(i Executrix according to my s" de-
sire therein. That this is my will I acknowledge by my hand seale
berevnto Put, this 5th day of July 1667. Robt Woodmansey.
Wittnesse herevnto,
John Hull, Gregory Clemrnt.
John Hull deposed, Nov. 15. Recorded, Book I, fol. 523.
An Inuentory of the Goods & Estate of Mr Rob1 Woodmansey, late
fchoolemaster of Boston, deceased, taken by vs, Richard Gridley &
Edmond- Eddenden, Sept 18, 1667. Amt. £196.07.2. Added, £3.3.
Mrs. Margaret Woodmansey deposed, Nov. 15, 1667.
* Mr. Woodmansey was one of the early school-teachers in Boston. His name
is ou the records April 11th, 1650. March 12th, 1666, Mr. Daniel Henchman was
engaged "to assist Mr. Woodmansey in the Grammar School and teach children to
*rite." The successor of Mr. W. was the celebrated Benjamin Tompson, " a man
of great learning and wit, well acquainted with the Roman and Greek writers, and
* good poet." (See Register, xiv, 54, 141; xv, 113, 116.) He was chosen, Aug.
*6thj 1667, and with Mr. Henchman, appears to have continued in the employ of
tL<j town, until Jan. 3, 1671, when the noted Ezekiel Cheever took the principal
charge of the school. The immediate predecessor of Mr. Woodmansey was proba-
cy a Mr. Woodbridge, mentioned Dec. 2, 1644. Previous to this, in August, 1636,
Sir. Daniel Maude was chosen to the office of "free schoolmaster. " He was a
fcnuister, and removed to Dover, N. H., where he settled in 1642, and died in 1655.
, hnson, i11 his Wonder Working Providence, says: he was " both godly and diligent
In the work " of a pastor. But the probable pioneer in the Boston " free school,"
**a Philemon Pormortt, who on the 13th of April, 1635, according to the Town Re-
fwta was " intreated to become a schoolmaster for teaching and nurturing of children
*ith us." Whether this office was accepted, we know not. He was dismissed
J&« 6, 1639, as appears by the church record, " to ioin Mr. Wheelwright and others
M Fhycatuqua."
56 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Jan.
Jasper Rawlins.— It: 11th mo: 1665. I give vnto my wif, Mary
Rawlins, my now Dwelling1 howse wth all the moveable goods in it,
as also all my Debts and Demands, for her vse and Despose after
my decease, and doe hereby Constitute my deare wife to be my sole
executrix, where vnto I doe set my hand. And in case any of my
children should come over to settle here, I do give a peece of ground
where the clay doth ly to build him an howse, if not, to be left to
ray wif for her dispose; witnes my hand.
The mark of x Jasper Rawlins.
Witnes here vnto this IT, of 11th mo. 1665.
Joseph Knight.
The mark. of
John 3 Skinner.
13th June, 1667. Joseph Knight & Jn0 Slcinner deposed.
Humphery Milam. — Feb. 14, 1666. I, Humphry Mylam, of Boston,
Cooper, being sick but of sound memory, do make this my last Will.
Debts to be paid. Vnto my wife, Mary Mylam. my now dwelling house
with the Shop & the building thereto adjoining & the land where
on it standeth, & £30 in money. To my dau. Mary Mylam, £30 in money
& the value of £10 of my goods & a fether bed & bolster, a Rugg, a
Blankett, Two paier of Sheets & a Silver Spoon. To my dan. Con-
stance Mylam, £30 in money & the value of £10 in goods & a fether bed
& bolster, a Rugg, a Blankett, Two paier of Sheets & a Silver Spoon.
To my dau. Sarah Mylam, £20 in money & £10 value in goods & a
bed & bolster, a Rugg, Two paier of Sheets Sz a Blanket. To my dau.
Abigail Mylam, my moiety or halfe in that ware house our against
my dwelling house & the wharf thereto belonging & my Silver Tas-
ter. Vnto my dau. Hannah Mylam, £20 in money & that peece of
ground behind the yard behind my dwelling howse, wth the priviledg
of way & passe there from & to foreur on the wharfe at the South-
westerly end of my dwelling house from & to it into the street.
My will is that the before mentioned legacies to my Daughto1"3 shall
be paid them respectively when they shall be of the Age of 19 or
at theire Marriage wch shall first be, p'vided each of them marry wth
the apprbation of theire mother & in her absence wth the Apprbation
of my friends here after named, any or either of them, whom I in-
treat to be theire ourseers. If any of my Children die before she
come to the age aforesaid or be married, then, the Survive1"5 shall
haue such part equally divided amongst them. My meaning is that
my wife shall have my abovesaid dwelling house but during her life
& after her decease to her & my Children together to be divided
equally amongst them. Vnto my wife all my goods, debts, Chattells,
not hereby before disposed of, & the term of yeares yet to com & vu-
expired at the time of my decease in my Apprentize Nath: Claddis.
I ordain my wife sole executrix, most heartily beseeching her that
as she hath showed her selfe faithfull k louing to me whilest we
have lived together so she will continue a naturall mother towards
my Children a3 my trust in her is she will be. I Intreat my friends,
Cap? Thomas Lake, my Cozen, MT Jeremiah Cushen & Mr Joseph How to
1S62J Abstracts of Early Wills. 57
bo ourseers of this my will. I have here vnto subscribed my name
v" 15'h 12,h moneth in ye yeare above written. Humphrey Milam.
Signed & sealed in the prsence of us:
Witt: Turner, William Pearse scr. N
3 May 1667, Wm Turner deposed. William Pear.se took like oath
in open Court 6 May 67. Recorded, Book I, fol. 523.
Inventory of the Estate of the late ITumphery Milam, deceased,
prized by John County, William Turner, May 1, 1667. The net state
resting*, £700.06. 01. Mary Mylam, Relict of Itumphery Mylam deposed,
May 3, 1667. Recorded, Book V, fol. 39.
John Alcocke. — I, John Alcocke, of Roxbury, hailing had more then
ordinary occasions & oppertunitys duely to weigh & Consider the
Incertainty of this life, being in a peculiar manner by my Calling
exeersised for the few yeares I haue hitherto liued, being helpful! as
God Enabled to others & knowing the decree is Certaine that he only
is the great & only phisition, in whose hands my times are, accord-
ing to his mind & will & rny duty, being in my good and sound vn-
derstanding & memory, tho* weake in body, doe make this my last
will. I Giue my soule into the hands of him that Gaue it, and my
body I Oomitt vnto the Earth to be buried as neere my beloved wife
y* was. Debts to be payd. I Giue my dear wives Apparrell & what
did belong to hir & was in hir Custody to my daughter & children
as she Gaue it, as I was Informed by nurse Clarke whose testimony
I allow & will to be sufficient for yl end. I bequeath all my Estate
in houses, lands, plate, goods, debts, Catle, horses, mares & other es-
tate whatsoeuer in Sc out of this Jurisdiction to my 8 children, George,
John, Pagraue [Palgrave], Anna, Sarah, Mary, Elisabeth Sc Joanna,
my eldest to haue a double portion & the Rest part Sc part alike;
only as my wife desired so I doe bequeath my farme at Assabath
Riuer of 1000 acres wth the stok & Vttensills now vpon it to my
three daughters Anna, Sarah & Mary as their portions, at least on a
due value to be Recconed to them as prie thereof, if the Estate will
hold out & Reach to be better; and my mind & Will is, that my lands
what may be mine, be kept Intire w!h the wood from any spoyle or
wast, at least as litle as may be, & that my bookes & manuscripts
may be kept for my sonnes those two that are desireus to be scho'ers,
& my estate or favor of my friends will procure them so to be, only
my books & manuscripts a true Inventory of them being taken by
my executo13 & ouerseers I will to be left wth Mr Mihilh, till he shall
alter his Condition and then to be Returned to my executors custody
to be kept for my two sonnes that shall proue scholers; & my will
J8, that each of my children shall during their being undr age be
^eires each to other in Case of death to be divided amongst them,
part Sc part alike. My mind is, & as a furthe1' Sc due manifestation
of my deare loue & respect wcu I owe my deare mother Pagraue, I
pu<" hir those three peeces of plate wcb my wife gaue vnto hir Sc she
«awi had in hir possession. I further will Sc order hir ,£5 a yeare
to be payd unto hir during hir life & desire hir faithfull motherly
vuufcseil & Advice may be wth hir Inspection ouer my children. I
8
58 Letter from Rev. John IV T alley ', Jr. [Jan.
make my children execute-1"* & executrixes of this my last will k be-
cause they are Vnder Age I desire Mr Sam: Danforth, & Mr% Edward
Dennison to be ,executors in trust in their behalfe, And desire Major
Generall Jn° Leuerel, Cap1 Wm Dauis, Mr John Hull, to be my ouer-
seers, & desire their Acceptance of 40* a peccc a smale token of my
loue as a remembrance to them, & £4 a peece to my executors; to
Mr Mikills, 40s to buy him a Ring to weare for my sake and desire
his greatest Care to gett in my debts for wch I will him twelve pence
in the pound for what he Getts in. In Testimoney whereof I haue
hereunto sett my hand & scale this 10th May 1666.
I giue to y° church of X1 in Roxbury £Z to buy them a good wine
boule. John Alcocke,
In prsence of
William Parke, Elisha Cooke.
May 2, 1 667. Mr Samuell Danforth came into Court & discharged
his power of Executorship.
May 22, 1667. Mr Edward Dennison came into the Generall Court
before the Governor & magist. & did disclaime any rig-lit and power
of executorship in ye will.
May 4, 1667. Deacon William Parkes & Mr Elisha Cooke deposed.
Recorded, Book I, fol. 526.
LETTER FROM REY. JOHN WALLET, JR. 1744.
[Rev. John Walley was son of Hon. John Walley of Boston, born
Sept. 11, 1691, who married Bethiah Eyre, and died in Boston, March
6, 1745; grandson of John, who was a major in the army, took the
lead in the Canada expedition of 1690, and was afterwards a judge;
and great-grandson of Rev. Thomas Walley, minister of Barnstable.
John, Jr., was born Oct. 6, 1716; graduated at Harvard College
1734. " Before he entered the ministry he was private secretary to
the governor of the province, and accompanied him in several jour-
nies of public concern." He preached a while, as appears by the
following letter, at Portsmouth, N. H., where Rev. William Shurtleff
was pastor; was afterward (in Jan. 1747) invited to preach for the
First Parish in Ipswich, Mass., which he did for eight months, and
then received a call from a large majority of the church and congre-
gation to settle with them. But the pastor, Rev. Nathaniel Rogers,
objected, because Mr. Wr alley declined exchanging with Rev. John
Cleaveland of Chebacco Parish. This caused a dismemberment of
the Society. Those that left, invited Mr. W. to become their minister.
He was ordained Nov. 4, 1747; married Elizabeth Appleton; was
dismissed from his church at his own request, Feb. 22, 1764. Mr.
Walley was well versed in the French language, and while at Ips-
wich, he instructed the French neutrals located in that town, in their
native tongue. He afterwards preached for the Huguenots in Bos-
ton. Mr. Walley died at Roxbury, without children, March 2, 1784.
His widow died in the same town, about the year 1800.
The father of Rev. Mr. Walley had five sisters. Sarah, the eldest,
married Charles Chauncy! They were the parents of Rev. Charles
•
]S62.] Letter from Rev. John Walley, Jr. 59
Chauncy, D. D., of Boston. Elizabeth, married Rev. Joseph Sewall,
D. I)., of Boston. Thomas, a brother of Rev. Mr. Walley. by his
second wife, Sarah Hurd, had four children; one of these, Sally, mar-
ried John Phillips, the first mayor of Boston. The youngest child of
Thomas was Samuel Hall Walley, who married Miriam Phillips.
They were the parents of Hon. Samuel Hurd Wailey of Roxbury,
now living. See Bridgman's Pilgrims of Boston, pp. 33-36; Felt's
History of Ipstvich, pp. 247, 348. We infer that this letter was writ-
ten by Mr. Walley to his father, though the address is not given.]
ITond. Sir,
Wednesday Evening I recd your kind Letter by the Post, 'twas
pleasing & refreshing to me. I thank you for it, as also that you re-
member me in your Prayers; pray continue so to do. I thank you
that your Letter contains so many suitable Petitions to God for me,
to which I heartily say Amen ; may God give an answer of Peace.
As to my Coming home. I scarce know what to say. When I men-
tion it to Mr. Shurtleff, he tells me he can't bear to hear of it, & says
it yrill quite sink his Spirits. He shows me much Kindness & Respect,
the People likewise seem to be very desirous of my Stay; & indeed
as Things are circumstane'd, I apprehend it would be difficult for
them at present, to be suitably supply'd elsewhere. There are some
Reasons that incline me to stay a little longer, which Mr. Bromfield
perhaps may mention to you, or the Bearer of this Letter.
I have devoted myself to the Service of God in the Work of the
Ministry, & desire to be entirely at his Disposal, & not to seek my
own Ease or temporal advantage. I desire to know what is the Call
of his Providence to me, & that I desire to obey-— Oh 1 wrestle with
God, that he would direct me. I think I am willing to go or to
stay just as he would have me. God has been very gracious to me
since I have been here. I have preach'd seven Times, twice on each
Sabbath, once on the Friday Evening Lecture, & twice yesterday.
God has strengthened me in my Body, & I hope has also strengthened
nie in my Soul, & is pleased in some Measure to enliven me'in his
Service; to his Name be all, all the Glory, that he thus smiles on
such a sinfull Worm, blessed be God! I hope I can say, I love my
Lord's Work better & better; & he is pleas'd abundantly to encour-
age me.
You do not particularly mention wherein it appears, that the Call
of Providence is louder to me to come to Boston than to tarry here,
that so I might judge; nor can you well judge, except you were ac-
quainted with the State of affairs here, how loud the Call is to me to
stay. You say, you can't consent to my staying longer than the
fourth Sabbath, on any Account. If Things so appear to me, as that
I think I can consistent with my Duty to God & his People, return
'by that Time, you may depend, that I shall do it; if otherwise, I'm
sure you won't expect it; however, if I should tarry another Sabbath,
I intend that shall be the longest, (as I hinted before, with a Sub-
mission to Providence.) Mr. Shurtleff, to ease me, has got a neigh-
bouring Minister to preach this Evening: and I expect to change
with Mr. Rogers of Kittery next Sabbath. I bless God, I am still
in very good Health, I think belter than usual. Oh! may my Soul
more & more be in. Health & prosper. I was obtig'd to study two
Canons for the Fast; & God graciously enabled me to carry on the
'
60 Capt. John Landbee. [Jan.
whole of the publick Exercises of the Day. Oh! 'pray, pray for me;
& praise God also for his abundant undeserved Goodness to me.
I did intend to write to my Uncle Sewall to Day, as also to Sister
Thiah, & an answer to Cous11 Jeffries, but have been interrupted, &
the Time is gone; hope to have an Opportunity in a few Days. Tin's
Letter is wrote in great Haste. My Respects to all Friends, as if
mentioned. Desire my Uncle Sewall to continue to wrestle with God
for me. Let him know how Things arc.
That God would bless you abundantly with all the Blessings of
the New Covenant. & when he shall call you hence, bring you to the
full Enjoyment of him in Heaven, is & shall be the prayer of
Sir,
I don't know whether Mr Shurtleff* Your Dutifull Son,
be quite out of Danger, but there is a John W alley Junr.
hopefull Prospect of his Recovery. God
grant it in Mercy to his People. He is
still confln'd. Let me hear from you.
Portsmouth April 13th 1U4.
Friday Noon.
Capt. John Larrabee. — In the History and Antiquities of Boston,
page 661, it is stated that John Larrabee was commander of Castle
William in Boston harbor. He died in 1762, and the fact of his
being commander of the Castle was mentioned in connection with
that statement. Not long since a writer in the Boston Transcript,
called that statement in question, and asserted that Mr. Larrabee
never was commander of the Castle. The authority for the state-
ment in the History of Boston, may be found in the two papers pub-
lished in Boston at the time of Capt. Larrabee's death. The Evening
Post of Feb. 15, 1162, says: " Last night, died here, in an advanced
age, John Larrabee, Esq., for many years past, Captain at Castle
William, where he mostly resided."
If, as it is stated, the governor of the colony or province was the
nominal governor or captain of the Castle, we do not see how Capt.
Larrabee's right is affected, inasmuch as he was the actual com-
mander. D.
["The captaincy of the Castle," says Sir Wm. Pepperrell, "is
looked upon as an appendage to the commission of lieutenant gover-
nor, as it has been usually held by all of them."
The Castle Island Records, informs us, that "on the 11th of Sept.,
1123, John Larrabee succeeded John Gray, as Lieut, of Castle Wil-
liam. The lieutenant being the senior resident, had the more im-
mediate control of the discipline and police of the island. After this
date, we find him called captain lieutenant." — Ed.]
*Rev. William Shurtieff died May 9, 1747. "His remains were deposited under
the communion table of his church." (Adams's Annals of Portsmouth, p. 1S5.) He
was born in Plymouth, Mass. ; graduated at Harvard College, 1707 ; ordained at
New Castle, 1712 ; removed in 1732 ; installed in the South Parish of Portsmouth,
Feb. 21, 1733, succeeding Rev. John Emerson, who died June 21, 1732, in the 62d
year of his age.
l$62.] Petition to the General Court of Massachusetts. 61
PETITION TO THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS,
RELATIVE TO THE WAR. 1675-6.
To the Right Honoblc the Governor Depty Gov1" Magistrates & De-
putyes now assembled in the Generail Court February ye 22 1675.
Honoured Sr< we are not Ignorant of yor Ernest aud Solicitous En-
deavours to have prevented the sad providences that have befalne us
by this present Warr: the great Loss that this poore Country have
sustained both in the Lives and Estates of many worthy persons, but
also in those that are in Captivity under the Heathen, which Doubt-
less doth Lye Heavy upon yor Spirits as well as ours: And will with-
out the imediate hand of God worke for us: and some Speedy meanes
be used by yorselves prove the mine of us all: And therefore we (as
part) freemen and other inhabitants being in the same Danger and
Hazard doe presume now to propound to yor Honors these Consider-
acons following Leaveing you to ye guidance and direction of the
All wise God begging of him that you may have supplyes of Wis-
dome from above: to conclude matters so as may be for the greatest
peace & safety of this poore people in this day of our Callamity.
First. Whether it may not be convenient in this Juncture of time
to nominate and appoint three or foure meet persons to give Comis-
sions to all partyes that are or shall be sent out with power to give
Commissions or Coppyes to such as the Councell of Warr in the field
shall thinke meet: with power to act and doe in all things relateing
to this present Warr according as the Emergency of the occasion
shall require; without farther order.
2. That our Fronteire townes be sufficiently Garrisoned to defend
them from the rage of the Enimie.
3. That there be a sufficient army speedyly sent forth and divided
into two or three partyes with order to follow the Indians whereso-
evr they can heare of them and be able to reach them.
4. That Due incouragem1 be given to all such persons as shall be
willing to adventure their Lives for the suppressing of the Enimye.
And that this be accomplished with all Expedition: For if seed time
and planting time be prevented or obstructed we shall be in great
Hazard of a Famin.
5. That some Effectual and Speedy Course may be taken for the
preventing of the Narragansets possessing their country or returning
thither, in regard it is Judged they may have store of Come there
hidd in secret places which the English have not yet found: But if
they had no corne there, that is such a place for shell fish and other
as is not the like in all these parts: And if God by his providence
doe not bring them Low before planting time, many of our men will
unavoideably be destroyed & their Habitations Laid in Ashes:
6. That some speedy Course be taken for the removall of those
Indians that dwell in and amongst our Plantations to ecme place
farther remote from us.
t. That plowing and sowing be farthered by mutuall agreem1 of
People in Each towneship togather and that they helpe Each other:
and have a guard about then) untiii Each Lott be improved.
62
An Ancient Relic,
[JaD.
8. Thai unimproved Lands in particular proprietyes that Lye freer
from the danger of the Enimy be planted and sowne by those that
are driven from their habitations for the supplye of them selves and
Comon Benefltt.
We desire our Loveing friends to present these Consideracons to
the Honoblc General! Court:
William Inglish
Manasses Beck
Jeremiah Cushinge
Johnathan Adames
Nathanell Addams
Robert Williams
Josh va Win sor
Joshua Hewes
Tho. Wattkines
John Goffe
Samuel! Clement
Samuel! Mattocke
Andrew Clarke
Samwell: Sundell
W"i Tailer
John Viall Junr
Hope All in
John Tucker
Samson Dewer
Robert Sanford
Tho: Brattle
Henry: Thomson
Isaack Walkar
William Gibson
Joseph Knight
Thomas Dewer
Penn Townsend
John Willises
John Yiall
[Abrajham Gooding
[ ] Atkines
Cum Multis Aliis.-
Rich Bennett
Bernard Trott
Daniel! Turell Junr
Nathanill Gallup
Dauid Adams
Nicklis How
Christopher Clarke
John Temple
Sam11 Haugh
Richard More Junio1"
Henrie Ernes
John Beteman
Obadiah Ernons
Anthony Checkley
William Wrighte
Gilles Dyer
Ambros Dawes
John Moore
Hugh Drury
John Conney
William Dawes
William Barthoimew
Richard Collacott
James Euerell
John Search
John Sweet
William Parsons
Joseph How
Da: Edwards
Mathew Barnard
Tho: Bill
-Mass. Archives, Book
Josh: Scottow
John Ballantine
Beniamin Negus
Nathaniell Blague
Samuel! Nordeu
John Gotta
John Clarke
Ralph Carter
Jn° Woodmansey
Elisha Odlm
John Wing
John Walley
John Faverweather
Tho. Baker
Franses Doues
Richard Middlccott
John Farnarn senr
Joseph Cock
Samuel! Ward
John Ely
Isaack Woodde
William Smith
Nathaniell Greenwood
William Greenough
John White
Edward Sale
Ephraim Sale
John Smith
John Noyes
William Killcupp
Richd Wharton
68, p. HO.
Recovery of an Ancient Relic — An old church relic, in the shape
a pewter communion flagon, has lately been discovered in an acci-
dental manner in Hatch's auction rooms, in Boston. From an inscrip-
tion upon it, it is supposed to have formerly belonged to the Second
Church in Dedham, Mass. It is inscribed as follows: "ExdonoMr
Nathaniel Kinsbury to ye 2d Church in Dedham, 174:5," So, from the
date, it would appear that the flagon is 116 years old. The curious
article found its way to the auction room among the stock of a house
furnishing concern. It has been presented to the Dedham Historical
Society.— Boston Journal, Oct. 14r,'lS61.
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EXTRACTS FROM INTERLEAVED ALMANACS,* FOR THE
YEARS 1724 AND 1732, IN THE HANDWRITING OF SAMUEL
SEWALL, JR.
[From the originals in possession of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society.]
[Samuel Sewall, Jr., the writer of the diary from which we make
the following" extracts, was the eldest son and child of Chief Justice
Samuel Sewall, and was born June 11, 1678; married Sept. 15, 1702,
Miss Rebecca Dudley, daughter of Gov. Joseph Dudley; resided the
most of the time at Brookline; his name was the first of thirty-two
on the petition to the General Court, in the autumn of 1705, praying
that "Muddy river [now Brookline] might be allowed a separate
village cr peculiar, and be invested with such powers and rights, as
they may be enabled by themselves to manage the general affairs
of the said place." He was commissioned as a justice of the peace,
Jan. 24, 1722-3, and died in Brookline, of a paralytic shock, Feb. 27,
1150-1, aged 73. His large landed estate in Brookline, still known
as "the Sewall farm," was derived principally from his grandfather,
John Hull, the mint master, whose daughter and sole heir, Hannah,
was the mother of Samuel Sewall, Jr. The well Itnown " Sewall's
Point," was a portion of that estate, taking its name from him.]
1724.
Jany 21. Lydia Cooledgef taken very ill in Night.
22. Yery ill & full of Pain. Hannah goe to Dr. Wheats — saies
she is very bad & will be worse — sends her a Vomit. Continues full
of Pain all Night. Send Muthew for Dr. Tompson — Willm for Her
Mother
Feb:>' 24th. Mrs. Einingham came from Watertown in the Morn-
ing & told me that they were coming to Carry home Lidia. A little
after Dinner Mr. Kiningham, Mr Sawing & Mr Mattocks Put her
into a Horse Litter, Mr Sawins horse before & mine behind & car-
ried her away home.
March 20th. Lidia Dies Hopefully and well. Buried 22d at Night.
Febry 27th. Mr Solomon Champny came to live at my House for
a year for £3.0.0.
Jan. 3. In the Night son John have two short fitts.
4th. Wife goe to see him.
* The author of these almanacs was N.. Bowen of Marblehead. Who was he, how
many almanacs did he publish, and during what years?
t Lydia was the eighth child of Obadiah and Elizabeth (Rouse) Coolida:e, and was
Born Feb. 5, 1701-2. Her father's will was proved June 19, 1706. The widow
married Feb. 16, 1714, John Cunningham, sometimes called Kinecam," "Kimining-
Mtt',** and as above, "Kiningham." She was dead, and he living, Nov. 6, 1732.
B« Bond's Watertoun, p. 168.
I Probably John Sawin, who married Elizabeth Coolidge, the eldest sister of Ly-
«***. Deo. 5, 1711. ' J
64 Extracts from Interleaved Almanacs. [Jan.
Cth. Kill 2 Hoggs & sow bought of J. Gleason.
10th. Bring Sheep from Boston which Mr Niles send me pr. Mr
Kinion the Drouer. He had lost one sheep so that I received but J 9
sheep & 10 Lambs. Meeting at my House — Mr Allen* Preach from
Isai 03:1. Mighty Saviour.
12. Nurse Tomson goe to Nurse Morgans Wife
12th. In the Night son John have a fit. 14th. Towards morning
he has another short fit.
15th. Send Mathew for sou John. His Nurse Sarein comes with
hirn. Next day goe home. Her sister Lydia comes to assist in
weaning him.
Feb. 1. Mr Yalintine, the Lawyer, Hangs himself in a Cockloft. A
Little in the afternoon they find him. The Jury brought in Non
Compos.
2. Son John have a short Fit. 9th. Mr Jacksonf Preach. Mr
Allen Preach at Newtown.
IT. Son John, about six a clock, have a Convulsive fitt. Held him
rather better than a qr. of an hour.
23. Not very well & so after my wife & I had din'd at Mr Aliens,
she went to meeting and I staid at his House till after meeting &
then we went home in the Calash round.
March 3 Mr Craft, with B. Tompson, came to frame Cydar mill
House. 4. Great storm of snow with High Wind. Craft, with Ben
came late to framing. 6. Taped a Pipe of Cydar. 8th. Negro Ga-
brel dies of Fever. Paid Mr Danl. Watkins 20s. in part for Covering
Sadie.
10. Something before day, son John have a fit & by T morn, have
six. Noon, one a longer & stronger. Send for Dr. Tompson. Mathew
see him by Sharps & he came. Look'd upon the Chiid & saies he
has a bladder in his throat. Agree with Mathew for £23.10.0 a
year.
April 1. Gott Two New plows of Mr Oldhains make.
11. Wife with Nurse Lee goe to Boston with my two sons, my
youngest never there before. I went to Mr Thomas Stedmans Wives
Funeral, Buried in Brooklin Burial Place. Mathew bring a Maid
from Sudbury. \
20th, very Hot. Carry John with Nuss Lee to Widow Ruggles
(alias Fielder) for Her to keep him.
May 1st. Mr Josiah Winchester iunrJ Buried — a great many peo-
ple. Die suddenly & much lamented. He died last Tuesday Night.
(April 28th.]
16. Gave Sam1 Clark his Cash, as Clerk of Brooklin Company.
19th. Mathew buy a qr. of Beef, 1T4 lb. at 4d*.
— — —
*Rev. James Allen, tiie first minister of Brookline, was a native of Roxbury;
graduated at Harvard College, 1710 ; ordained Nov. 5, 171S ; died Feb. 18, 1747.'
t Rev. Edward Jackson was born in Newton, April 3, 1700 ; graduated at Harvard
College, 1719; ordained at Woburn, Aug. 1, 1729;, as a colleague with Rev. John
Fox, and died Sept. 24, 1754.
^ t He was one of the thirty-two inhabitants of Muddy river, who signed the peti-
tion mentioned in the introduction to this article.
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20th. Three Companies from Roxbury, & Brooklin Company Mus-
tered before my Door upon the Common with the Red Troop, Col.
Dudley exercising; them.
June 1. Brooklin Town Meeting*. Voted 40 pounds of use money
To defrey town Charges. 30 pounds more to Ballence the Towns
Ace1. 30 lb. School. 20 lb. Towns Expences this year.
9th. Early in the morning Dies my very usfull Neighbour Mrs.
Clark— Buried the 10th Instant.
24th. N. Gleason help mow young Orchard. 25. Ditto, mow Berr-
stow's. 29th. Mathew & William Gett into the Barn 5 Jaggs of
English Hay.
April nth, Mr Gleason Graft for me upon 2 Apple tree stocks, one
with Drews Russett & the other with a Golden Russett, And took up
2 Pair tree Grafts & transplanted them in my orchard. Boston. All
Dead. Benj:11 Benson, with Keen, put up fence 8 foot high against
Madra Saltoustalls Heires. Finished April 20th.
April 21st. Wm Gleason Put in 24 Paire Cyons left Hand of the
Lane & 4 Ditto into a Button Wood Tree in young Orchard, And
Eight Apple Tree Ditto.
April 21st. Mr Hopestill Foster (that married Mrs Elisabeth
Phipps) upon the Staiers with a Corn bagg double under the Rope
hanged himself.*
May 3d. President Leverett Dies Early in the Morning a Bed, very
suddenly & to his Wives great surprise. Buried on the 6th. His
Corps being carried into the Colledge Hall & Mi* Welsteed made a
Latin Oration. Mr Appleton & Mr. Wadsworth Preach Next Sab-
bath, Mr Coirnan Sabbath After, All gave him a great Character, as
I am informed.
May 27th. Col. Dudley chose speaker. Goe to the Castle with sis-
ter Dummer, Justice Dummer & Wile, Couz. Hale & Wife, my Wife
& Henry,f with Mr. Pembercon, Chaplin.
Ma}T 29th. Mr Colman, Aunt Sewall, couz. SewalPs wife, & couz.
Robe's J wife came to Brooklin in a Coach.
June 1st. Mrs Abigael Green begin to keep School at North School
Hous, by Clerks Brook.
July 5th. Yesterday goe to Mrs. Smith's (who keeps the Swan
Tavern) & take a Girl their about 14 or 15 years of Age, whom Mr.
Gookin of Sherburn sold to her.
* See Reg., xv, 201.
t Henry Sewall, eldest son of Samuel Sewall, Jr., was born at Brookline, March.
8, 1719-20; graduated at Harvard College 1738 ; married Miss Ann White of Brook-
line, Aug. 18, 1743; was a justice of the peace for the countv of Suffolk; died May
29, 1771. (See Am. Quar. Reg , xm, 250.) He had: 1, Hull, b. Aug. 7, 1744; gra-
duated at Harvard College, 1761; married Abigail Sparhawk of Little Cambridge,
now Brighton ; died Nov.^27, 1767. % Samuel, born Dec. 31, 1745 ; Harvard College
1761, died unmarried, in Bristol, England, Mav, 1811; a refugee. 3, Henry, born
Jan. 19, 1749; Harvard College, 17»tf; died unmarried, Oct. 17, 1772. 4, Hannah,
born Sept. 2, 1751, married Edward Woicott of Brookline; died a widow at Dor-
< -hfater about 1832, aged 81.
t Joseph, son of Rev. Joseph Sewall, born March 9, 17G2; married Miss Mary
Hobie, daughter of Thomas Robie, Esq., of Salem.
.
65 Extracts from Interleaved Almanacs. [Jan.
23d. Lecture turned into a Fast at Boston, upon the acc° of "War
k Droubt, At Newtown a Fast 24th. Brantery A Fast 28th or
29tb.
Aug. 1. Peter Gardner, Blacksmith, put into Prison for putting off
some Five pound Bills of Connecticutt being couuterfitts. He saies
he found them k cried them a Commencement 11 or 12 5 pound Bills
k Now he owns 22.
August 16th, about 11 or 12 in the forenoon Dies my Dear sister,
Hannah,* after long languishment. 18th Buried — Pall Bearers, Ha-
bijah Savage Esq1"., Mr Wm. Pain, Mr. Boydell, Mr. Franklin, Mr.
John Walley, Mr Henry Gibbs. Brother Sewajlf Prayes.
Aug. 18th. Mrs. Ruggles send her Daughter to acquaint us that
son John had a Flux k vomited. As we went to Boston called k see
it, it being considerable ill. As we goe to Boston call at Dr. Tomp-
sons. He gone to Boston. Call as we come Back k take him with
us. We thought he was better, k so went home.
Sept. 12. Betimes in the morning Dyed Mrs. Clark (alias Brown)
the Wife of Sam1 Clark junr in Child birth, she being not delivered.
15. Sister Cooper'sJ Daughter, Mehitabel, Dies after long languish-
ment.
16. Brother Dummer k sister with sister Wainwright k 9 men
from Castle came up by Water.
11th. Went to the funeral of Brothr Coopers Mehitabel, about a
year old.
18. Afternoon, Rain with Thunder k Lightening, struck a Locust
Tree by S. Clarks junr House. Mooting at Mr. Kindricks.
20th. Govr. Saltonstall Dies at N. London.
23d. Made 2 Cheeses of Cydar, 13 Barels.
Oct. 1. Dr. Mather Preach a funeral sermon upon Govr Saltonstall.
His caracter large in News Letter.
2. Goe to Newtown with Mr. Allen & wife, Mr. B. Alford, k sister
Wainwright wife k Henry.
5th. Begin to Dam out the Tyde at my Round Marish. Capt. As-
pinwall with Wm. Gleason measure out length of Dam, on my side
IT Rude, N. Gates 9 R., in all 26 Rude.
25th. Towards Night send for Dr. Boylston, he came k pulled out
a stump of Tooth for Wife. She being still all night full of pain, I
went to Boston k the Dr. came k pulled out the next Tooth.
Nov. 4th. James help me fetch wood k sea weed.
11th. Peter Gardner Tryed for Uttering Fiue pound Bills of Con-
necticutt. 12. Jury brought in a special verdict. Judges send them
out again. Bring in not Guilty.
16th. Reed, of Father 12 Books by Lott which was Mothers k
* Hannah Sewall, born Feb. 3, 1679-80 ; died unmarried, aged 45.
tRev. Joseph Sewall, D. D., of the Old SouUi Church.
t Judith, sister to Mr. Sewall. married Rev. William Cooper of Brattle Street
Church, Boston, May 12, 1720, :ni>\ died Dec 23, 1740, leaving two childr-n— Wil-
liam, the celebrated town clerk of Boston, and Samuel, who succeeded his father as
minister at Brattle Street Church, and was colleague pastor with Rev. Dr. Colman;
he died Dec. 23, 17S3.
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Bister Hannah's, & my Brother & Sister & sister Hursts* Children
12 each of them. 4 Lotts in all.
19. Paid Gleason for a qr. of Beaf 85J at 3<* 21 shill.
21st. finish laying- sods & filling Gravel for 2 part of Dam.
23. Very Cold. Lnst Night very high wind, did considerable
Damage among* the Vessels in Boston.
30th. Stack 2 pt of Dam in afternoon.
Dec. 1. Nurse Tompson Goes to Dorchester.
3. Went to Boston, [Thursday] heard Mr. Mayhew Preach the
Lecture. Capt. Daughter married.
6th. [Sunday.] A Rainy Day. Dine at Mr. Aliens.
7th. Towards Night went to visit Capt. Aspinwalls Daughter Gard-
ner. About Noon wife &• Henry goe to Boston.
11. Meeting at my House. Mr Allen Preach from Psal. 25, 13.
Look <fec.
12th. Bought a pr. of Oxen of Mr Nath1 Holman of Sudbury next
to Stow. Capt. Aspinwall with Mathew shut the Gate of the Dam
&c.
13th. [Sunday.] Dine at Mr. Aliens. 15th. Mathew goe to Les-
ter. lTth. Give Mr Allen Rivet upon Hosea &c. Lattin. 18th. Mr.
B. Alford brought home wife & Henry from Boston in a Slay.
22. Fast at Roxbury For young Mr Walterf who is in a very lan-
guishing condition — carried on by Mr. ThayerJ— Pray Mr. N.
Walter — Preach conclude with Prayr. Afternoon Mr Webb Pray,
Mr Foxcroft Preach from 2 Cor. 1, 11. Former part — conclude with
Prayer. Last Night Mathew return from Lester being gone 8 dayes.
A very slavery day.
1732.
January 2d. Mrs. Kneeland the wife of John Kneeland, Mason,
Dyed in Child Birth, prezantly after her being Delivered of a Daugh-
ter. Her maiden Name was Clark, the Daughter of Timothy Clark
Esq'.
3d. Went to the Town House where I took the Oaths upon Govr
Belchar's New Commission for justices. Gov giving a Dedimus to
Col. Byfield, Elisha Cook, Thomas Palmer, & Adam Winthrop Esq"
to give the justices there oaths. Col. Elisha Hutchenson & Col.
Dudley being Dropt & not commissioned for Judges.
23d. Rain & a storm. Wife & I not well, so did not goe to meet-
ing, tho' it was sacrament Day. The L. sanctify all my Afflictions
to my spiritual good.
24th. Goe to Mr. Lambertz to acknowledge 5 or 6 writings for Mr
Sam1 Dummer.
* His sister, Elizabeth, Lorn Dec. 29, 1061 ; married Grove Hirst of Boston, who
died July, 1716. He was a member of the council.
t Rev. Thomas Walter of Roxbdry, son of Rev. Nehemiah, was born in 1696;
graduated at Harvard College. 1713: ordained colleague with his father, over the
Ififst Church in Koxbury, Oct! 29, 1718 ; died Jan. 10, 1725, aged 23. "He was
one of the most distinguished scholars and acutest disputants of his day."
JEbenezer Thayer, first minister of the Second Church in Roxbury, born in Bos-
ton ; graduated at Harvard College. VUiB ; ordained 1712; died in 1733, aged about
45, and waa succeeded by Nathaniel Walter, son of Thomas.
•o **
68 Extracts from Interleaved Jttmanacs. [Jan,
Feb:? I2th. Couz Davenport* Brought to Bed of a Boy, At Wo
born. 13th. Mr. Jackson Baptize it Addington.
16th. Mrs. Dyar (maiden Name Banuister) Dies suddenly. Has
left one Daughter which is a going to be married to Mr. Church.
23. Bought of Mr. Hancock, CowePs Law Dictionary, £3-10.0; Dr.
Mather's Church History, £3.10.0.
Sister Winthrop send Wife a Cheese about 30 lb. which in the
Storm they heft over Board with a great many other things...
Also she sent two Gammons of Bacon, which was saved, Paid 12cl
Freight and 10l for bringing them up.
26th. Mr Gleason bring me a Load of Wallnutt wood from Brook-
lin Farm.
March 1. A special Court was held to try a Cause between one
Swasy & Judge Byfield Esqr about his taking Excessive Fees in the
Court of Admiralty. By Anthony Stoddard, Francis Fullam, & Hu
Hall, Being Judges appointed by His Excellency. Col. Tailer ou
Lt. Govr Dies after some illness. f
16th. Mr. Binning Dies that married Mr Cooks sister. Paid Brother
Sewall my subscription to Narragansett Minister, £5.0.0.
I7tb. Subscribed for 6 of Mr. Dickinson's Reasonableness of Christ-
ianity, in 4 sermons.! Gave to Mr. Allen of Brooklin, Mrs. Gleason,
Mrs. Hambleton, Henry, Richard Bishop, & Jane Swett.
21st. Paid Mr. Bozoun Allen 40\ for 10 pr. of Pidgeons.
23d. Paid Mrs. Pastry in full, £3.10.0.
April 5th. Bought half a Hogg at 8d pr lb. weighing 63 lb. £2.2.0.
Afternoon a great storm of snow with wind at N. E. Towards Night
very violent & all night. 6th. in Morning snow over 3 hours, very
wett going to the Fast.
10th. Paid Mr. Balston £68.1.3, & took up his two Bonds.
13th. Pay Mr. Fleet for a Years Votes, £1.5.0. 14th. Paid Mr.
Chauncy his Two Bonds & the use. £69.13.6.
17th. Brother & Sister Dummer goe from Boston to Newbury.
20th. Pay Couz. Davenport, £31.5.0, in full of what 1 owed him
upon Bond.
28th. Keep a fast at Mr. Webbs Church upon the account of Mr.
Thatchers§ Illness. 29th. Wife goe to meeting after long confine-
ment.
May 2d. Mrs. Febuan Dies at Brooklin after sometime of sickness.
4th. very Hott. Mrs. Febuan Buried in Brooklin Burying Place.
* Mr. Sewall's sister Elizabeth, who married Grove Hirst, had a daughter Jane,
I
who married Dec, 23, 1729, Rev. Addington Davenport, graduate of Harvard Col-
lege, 1719. At the above date Mr. D. was a minister in Scituate ; atterward he
preached at King's Chapel, in Boston, and was subsequently the first rector of Tri-
nity church.
t See an article on the death of Lt. Gov. Tailer, in Hist. Mag., v, 317.
X Rev. Jonathan Dickinson, first president of New Jersey College, published the
above mentioned book this year, 1732.
§ Rev. Peter Thaeher, son of Rev. Thomas, was born in Boston ; graduated at
Harvard College, 169ft; was a schoolmaster at Hatfield; then minister at Weymouth,
eleven or twelve years ; was installed pastor of the new North Church in Boston,
as colleague with Rev. John Webb, Jan. 27, 1720, and died Feb. 2t>, 1729, aged
61.
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uave I & Wife Gloves: myself with son, Jane Swett, & Richard at
the Burial.
6th. Pay Mr. Kneeland, Printer, 34s for a Ream of writing Paper.
9th. Sett out 10 in the Morning npon my journey with Col. Ger-
rish of Newbury. See Journal. Brother & sister Atkins came to
my House, with son Dudley & maid, on the 11th, & Mr. Benj11 Wood-
bridge the same day. Came home the 19th.
31st. Dined with me in my Hall The Rev'd. Mr. Walter, Couz.
Moody* & a Deacon with him. The first time of my Dining in the
Koom. Lord be pleased to hear the Petitions put up for me, & my
family & answer them. Couz. Moody sais that the Text that Mr.
] Preach'd from at or after old Govr Dudley's marrying his
second wife, 1 Chronicles 2, 21, 22.
June 5th. Mr Samuel Brown came to my House with his Wife <fe
her sister Ann Winthrop; Dined. After Dinner Brother & sister At-
kins with son & maid went in a sloop to Newbury.
6th. Couz. Brown goe for Salem 10 in the morning.
tth. Send nry Horse by Richard to the Farm towards Night &
Henry's Horse the Day before.
13tb. Paid Mr Clark for a Pr of Bellows U\
18th. Mr. Manly buried. 20th. Mrs. Margaret Davis. Dies at her
sister Frosts. Pall Bearers, Col. Winthrop, Col. Alford, Ma/jr Wins-
low, Dr. Dowglas,f Mr. Benja Walker & my self — Gave Gloves &
Rings. Her remains Deposited in Maj:r Davis's Tomb the 21st In-
stant.
21th. Morning. Mrs. Hannah Davis Dies. 29th. Col. Alfords
Mother Buried. After her Funeral I went to Mrs. Hannah Davis's.
Pal Bearers, Col. Winthrop, Secretary Willard, Col. Savage, Majr
Winslow, Mr Benj11 Walker & my self. Gave Gloves & Rings.
July 1st. Coz. Ann Winthrop come to Boston with Mr. B. Brown
the evening before — Col. Gerrish & Mr. Woodbridge accompany
Henry to Newbury. 8th. Woodbridge & Henry come to Boston from
Newbury. 13th. My Wife & Couz. Ann Winthrop at Lecture. Bro-
ther Cooper's sister Chevers Dies in the morning.
18th. Goe to Col. Dudley's, Carry Wife, Couz. Ann Winthrop, Son
Henry & I Ride a Horse Back. Called at Judge Dudleys as we came
home.
29th. Paid Brother Gerrish for Richd. Bible Binding 8s, Clasps 3d
& took my History of Geneva* 12*. Paid B. Gerrish 20*.
Aug. 7th. Mr. Woodbridge buy for me a good Cheshire Cheese
Weighing 29J at 18d Cost 2.4.3.
* Hannah, wife of Rev. Samuel Moody of York, Me., was a daughter of John
Sewall, who was a brother to Samuel, the father of the diarist.
t Probably Dr. William Douglas of Scotland, author of A Summary, ffittoriml and
Political, of the first Planting, Progressive Improvements, and Present State of the British
Settlements in North America, in two volumes — the first volume printed in Boston in
174$, the second in 1753. He Had a controversy with his contemporary Dr. Boyl-
ston, in. relation to inoculation for small pox. He died Oct. 21, 17-32.
X Rev, Andrew Le Mereier published hU History of Geneva in 173*. 12mp. 200
pages.
70 Extracts from Interleaved Almanacs. [Jan.
Aug. 15th. Went with my Wife in the Shays to Mr Samuel Aspirt-
wals* Funeral, Mr Allen made a very good Prayer k bewailed his
Loss. Gave my Wife & I Gloves. He died the Sabbath Day before
[the loth] after long laug'uishmeut,
24th. At Night Mr. Benj:n Woodbridge junr about 10 or 11 at
Night with Jane Swett went on Board Couz. Moses Gcrrish to goe
for Newbury. I hear that Mr. Paisonf of Rowley died last Tuezday.
Wilson condemned for Burglary. Counsellor Osbourn & Counsellor
Lewis sett in the fore seat with Col. Fitch the 12th Instant being
the first time of their sitting there.
Sept. 1st. Buy at Mr. Williams's 4 Gallons of Wine at 6* pr Gal-
lon.
5th. In the morning called at Brother Sewall's. Took him with
me to Winnisimet Ferry. We went over with the Post, Henry &
Richard going along with us. Henry come home with Post the
Ninth. My Brother k I with Richard arrive safe at Boston, Friday
15th by half an Hour after six in the Evening. Find my Wife &
Family all well.
18th. Couz. Mitchel SewallJ son Mitchel Died.
20th. The Honbie Hugh Hall Esqr Dies at Cambridge. Iuterred
Sept. 25th at Boston. Sent Wife & I Gloves. Being ill I did not
goe to the Funeral. 21st. Went to see B. Sewall ill of Cold. Mr.
Samuel Mather Preach his first Boston Lecture Sermon.
22d. Took a swett in the Afternoon for Cold. 25th. Dr. Guttler
Blooded me in the Right Arm. 27th. Took a purge, it worked up 4
times.
* " The Eternity of God, and the short Life of Man considered. A Sermon on Oc-
casion of the Decease of Mr Samuel Aspinwal, who died August 13, 1732, in the
37th Year of his Age. By James Allin, M. A. Pastor of the Church in Brcoklin.
Boston in New England. Printed for D. Henchman, over against the Brick Meeting
House in CornLil. 1732. Text Ps. cii, 11, 12. Dedicated to Mr Thomas Aspinwal
a brother of the deceased." The Discourse contains nothing particularly of an
historical or genealogical nature. The preacher in his Dedication says: " Tis hnt
little I have said of the Deceased ; not because the Subject would not bear me to
enlarge, but lest I should be suspected of Flattery by those that did not know him ;
and as for others, there is no need of saying much." At the end of the Discourse
is an extract from the New England Weekly Journal, No. 283 :
"Brooklyn, Aug. 21. On the 13^ Instant died here Mr Samuel Aspinwal, of
this Town, in the 37th year of his Age, after between six and seven years Illness.
He commenced Master of Arts at Cambridge 1714, and was designed for the Minis-
try but discouraged by an inward Weakness; which, after he had been for some
little time settled here, so advanced, as to take hirn off from Business, and at length
proved fatal. He was a Gentleman of bright Parts, natural and acquired, a strong
Memory, quick Wit, and a solid Judgment, pleasant in his Conversation, a sieady
Friend, and a good Christian."
*Rev. Edward Payson, son of Edward of Roxbury; graduated at Harvard Col-
lege, 1677; ordained 1U82; Lad sons — Samuel, Eliot, Stephen, Jonathan, David,
Phillips. His age at death was 75.
* Mitchell Sewall of Salem, son of Stephen and Margaret (Mitchell) Sewall, by
his second wife, Elizabeth Price, had subsequently a son, Jonathan Mitchell, born
at Salem, 1748 ; a lawyer at Portsmouth, N. H., who died March 29, lSy£. Stephen,
the father of Mitchell, above (born in England, Ai\z. 19, 1657), was a brother to
Chief Justice Samuel Sewaii ; Lis wile Margaret, was a daughter of Rev. Jonathan
Mitchell of Cambridge.
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28th. Judge Remington* pay me the Money Due upon Bond with
the use £103.10.0. Assign the Bond over to secretary Willard.
Oct. 3d. Give Endicott 40s to buy a Knocker for Fore Door. Paid
Dr. Cuttler £6.15.0, for G pr. of Stockings.
5th. Cold & Raw, for season. Mr Biles Preach Mr Thatchers Lec-
ture. A very thin Lecture by reason of so many seased with Colds.
4th. Died Henry Marshal Esqr Post Master. Sent rue Crloves.
Buried the 8th Instant. A Large Funeral.
18th. Brother Cooper Raise his House at Cotton Hill. Brother &
uiy self at the Raising Supper.
19th. Nurse Fyke came to Live with us. Mrs. Frost Buried. 23d.
at Night Mary Foster came to live with wife.
25th. Dine with Brother Atkins at Couz. Edward Tyngs.
2Gth. Towards Night Mr. Dummer & sister came from Judge Dud-
ley's to Boston. They comeing from Salem the Day before.
Nov. 7th. Warned Mrs. Hambleton to goe out of my House by the
Ninth of April next. Warned Anthony Negro to goe out of my
House by the 25th of March Next. Warned Mr. Roulston to goe
out of my House by the Eighth of April Next. Took Mr. Indicott &
Richard Bishop as Witnesses.
15th. Exchanged 2 Rings with Mr. Edwards, viz Rings £2.16.8.
Two Half Crowns £0.17.6.
25th. Couz. Addington Davenport Goe on Board Capt. Sheperdson
To sale for England. On the 12th Instant I hear he partook at the
Church of England in Dr. Cuttler's Church & on the 19th. He & his
wife went to church there. It is said he goes to take Orders to be
a Church of England Parson.
Dec. 2d. Pay Mr. Granger 40s for Henry's schooling.
oth. At Night Draw Lotts at my House for Common Land. Bro-
ther Cooper Drew Lott A. I Drew Lott B & E. B. Sewall Draw Lott
D, & Balston Draw Lott C, for Couzens.
11th. Very cold & a great wind. Winisimett Ferry Boat over
sett. See Thirsdays News.
21st. Sister Coopers Child Hannah Dies. Mr. Thomas Clark, Bra-
zier, Buried, being Dr. Colmans first Wifes Father. Sent wife & I
Gloves. A large Funeral of men.
23d. Brother Cooper Buries his Daughter Hannah in the Tomb. In-
vites Brother Sewall & myself. Gave us & our wife Gloves. First
went Brother Cooper, Mad:m Stoddard & Nurse Kenny in the Coach.
Then his 2 sons in the slay, then Brother & I in my sjiay. When we
came to the Burial Place walked to the Tomb all but Madra Stoddard,
the Nurse carrying the Corpse. Unkle Northendj" of Rowley Dies;
sent me & my wife Gloves.
28th. Couz. Green Dies, after long illness & Confinement.
* Jonathan Remington, judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts, graduated
at Harvard College, ltj96; was the second tutor from 1707 to 1711 ; died at Cam-
bridge, Sept. SO, 1745, aged about 70.
t Kis fathers sister, Dorothy, horn Oct. 29, 1CG8; married 1, Ezekiel Northend of
Rowley, Sept. 10, K81; 2, Ivloses Bradstreet of Rowley, bhe died June 17, 1752,
aged 84. By referring to Gage's History of Rotclcy (pp. 3S3, 399, 400), we learn that
ia 1631 the name of Ezekiel Northend stood at the head of the board of selectmen ;
72 Abstracts of Early Wills, [Jan.
ABSTRACTS OF THE EARLIEST WILLS FROM THE RECORDS
AND FILES AT EAST CAMBRIDGE, MASS., IN THE COUNTY
OF MIDDLESEX.
[Prepared by W. B. Trask of Dorchester.]
Thomas Flint. — 21, 10, 1651. I, Thomas Flint* of Concord, in New
England, intending by the leave of God a voyage ere longe to our
native Contrey of England, and not knowing how God may dispose
for my retnrne, doe hereby expresse my mind concerning my worldly
estate, leaning both it and my selfe alsoe to the wise hands of him
from whom I haue reeeined all, to order as may be most for his own
glory and the best good of my wife and the Children which God of
his grace hath given vnto vs. My Children,! being some young and ,
non of them disposed of, I leane them all vnder the power and go-
vernment of my wife, by the Conncell and advise of my Reverend
and Louing freinds, Mr Bulkley, Teacher of our Church of Concord,
my brother Flint, Teacher of the Church at Brantrey, Captain Simon
Willarcl, of Concord, and my vncle William Wood, of the same. If
God should take mee out of this world by death before my returne
vnto ray family, not knowing what estate I shall dye seised of. I doe
hereby intreat such helpe from my forementioneci freinds that the
will of God may onely sway in devideing my estate after my death.
Whatever my estate at my death shalbe, lesse or more, my mind is,
that it should in a principall manner be improved for the good and
comfort of my wife, during her life. My Children being all alike
deare vnto mee, I desire they may alike partake in the succour and
supply of that estate I leave behind mee, the lawe of God being ob.
that he was taxed £10 the same year, the largest sum assessed on any individual
of the town that year; and that the representative to the general court from Row-
ley, 1715 to 1717, was Ezekiel Northend.
* " Hon. Thomas Flint came from Matlock in Derbyshire, to Concord, in 1633,
and brought with him, says a family genealogy, £4000 sterling. " " He represent-
ed the town four years, and was an assistant eleven. He d. Oct. S, 1653. John-
son {Hist. Coll., in, p. 161) calls him 'a sincere servant of Christ, who had a fair
yearly revenue in England, but having improved it for Christ by casting it into the
common treasury, he waits on the Lord for doubling his talent, if it shall seem
good unto him so to do, and the mean time spending his person for the good of
his people in the office of magistrate.'
* At Christ's commands, thou leav'st thy lands, and native habitation :
His folke to aid, in desert straid, for gospel's exaltation, |
Flint, hardy thou, will not allow, the undermining fox,
With sub-till skill, Christ's vines to spoil, thy sword shall give them knocks,
Yet thou base dust, and all thou hast is Christ's, and by him thou
Art made to be, such as we see ; hold fast for ever now.'
This is what Johnson calls ' remembering in short metre.' " — Shattuck's Concord,
p. 371.
f Mr. Shattuck (Hist. Concord, p. 371) mentions the names of two, viz: Ephralm
married Jane, daughter of Rev. Edward Bulkley, and diedwithout issue, 1722 ; John
married Mary, daughter of Cr'ian Oakes, president of Harvard College, 1667, died
1687; she died 1690; had Abigail, John, Mary, Thomas, Edward.
*
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 73
served to my first borne, and due acknowledgement given to such as
shall most tenderly endeavour the comfort of theire mother. My
true intent is, that my estate should be kept k improued together, to
rise and fall vnto the whole family, my wife and children, till some
necessary prvidence call for some devision of all or of part. If my
wife should alter her condition, I leave it to her liberty to choose
either the house wherein I now live, together with the accomodations
belonging to it, whether meadow or vpland, whereof T am now po-
sessed, on both sides the river, or the farme now in the occupation of
Joseph Wheeler, w,h all the accomodations therto belonging, during
the terme of her life, and then to descend ypou my children. If any
of my Children shall desire his or her prportion, either in case of ma-
nage, or vpon other reason, my will is, that my wife wt!l m3r over-
seers shall have power to determine theire present portion, and the
child not to plead and haue his or her whole prportion vpon an equal!
devision; for my mind is, that noe Child shall take forth his or her
full part to the vnnecessary detriment of the whole. And therefore,
though I intend an equall portion to all my yonger children, first or
last, yet if any desire to receiue his or her portion before a generall
devision, I leaue it to the discretion of my wife and overseers whe-
ther they shall haue all or but a part of that wch a generall devision
of the estate wTill cast vpon them. If God call my wife to alter her
condition, I desire my Eider Children may Endeavor to keepe the
yonger, together w;th themselues, vpon the rest of my estate wch is
left, after my wife hath made choyce, either of my dwelling house
or farme, vnlesse my yonger children, wlh theire portion, goe alonge
wth my wife, after shee is maryed, or if my wife sbould dye, my
yonger children being small, my mind is, they shall continue vnder
the care of the elder, and that the elder doe improove the whole es-
tate for the good of all my children, yonger and elder.
Signed & sealed in the prsence of Thomas Flint.*
Joo,ne if Hoare,
her ** mark.
Henry Flynt,
Mr Henry Flint appearing before Mr Bellingham, ye Deputy Gournr,
Mr Nowell'k Mr Hibbins, Attested vpon oath, that his Bio: Mr Tho:
Flint, being of good vnderstanding & memory, made this his last
will & testament, 2(1) 1654. . Tho. Danforih, Recorder.
Inventory of the estate of Mr Thomas Flint, of Concord, taken 9:
9: 1653. Prizers, Simon Willard, William Wood, Samuel Basse. Men-
tions land "at Bullocks wigwam,"' &c; debts due from Mr James
Oliver, Mr. Joseph Temple, Mr Daniell Hoare, John Miles, Thomas
Hincksman, Baptist Smedley, Joseph Merriam, Henry Wooddis,
Thomas Brookes. Debts owing to Major Willard for strong water,
& for a debt paid by him to Mr Starre; to Deacon Merriam, Ensigne
Savage, Goodman Penticost, Goodman Cutler, George Wheeler.
2: 1: 1654. Mr Henry Flint deposed.
* The above is nearly a complete transcript of the Will of Thomas Flint, taken
from the original, on rile. The early wills and inventories in the Middlesex Pro-
bate Office, have been alphabetically "arranged, and placed in tin boxes, by Mr. T.
*• Wyman, Jr., of Charlestown. " v '
10
74 Abstracts of Early Wills, [Jan.
Roger Bancroft. — Nov. 26, 1653. T, Roger Bancroft,* being sick
in bod}-, yet through the mercy of God in perfect memory do make
this to be my last Will. Debts and funerall expences discharged, I
give unto Mr. Mitchell, 20"; Elder Frost, 10s; the rest of my Estate
unto my Wife, Elizabeth Bancroft, that is to say, all my debts, house
and Lands, goods, Chattels, and Cattell, to her and her Assignees
forever. Of this my last will and Testament I ordain and appoint
my wife sole executresse. Roger Bancroft.
In the presence of
Edward Oakes, Joseph Metier, Vrian Oakes.
4, (2) 1654. Edward Oakes, and Vrian Oakes, deposed.
Inventory of the goods and Chatteles of Roger Bancroft, taken by
John Bridge, Edward Oakes, 11: 12 mo: 165 J.
"William Green. — 6: 11 mo. 1653. I, William Greene, of Woobtirn,
in the County of Middilsex, being sick of Boddy, yet in good & per-
fect memory, make this my last Will. To my Eldest son, John, my
house & all my land in the Town of Wooburn, prvided that what
ever it shall amount vnto above his duble portion of two thirds of
my whole Estate, he shall pay backe the same, vnto the Residue of
my Children, to whom I will <fc Bequeathe the Remainder of the said
tow thirds of my Estate, Eaqually to be devided among them, as
well sons as Daughters. To my wife, Hannah, one third of all my
moveable goods, And further I giue her, during her life, the third of
my bowse & Land, & after her death to be disposed to my Eldest
Son, as is aboue Expressed, besides the Ten pounds giuen him by
his grandfather, whieh I have Reseaved. I make my wife, Execu-
trix of this my will, & to dispose the severall portions to my Child-
ren at there severall ages of 21 yeares, or at the day of manage, to
my daughters if by Gods providence it happen first, provided when
my wile shall cease to Continue vnmarried, then it shall be in the
power of the overseers of this my will to disspose of my Children &
there portions according to there discression; & I desier my Brother,
John Carter, & Cap- Edward Johnson, to bee overseers of this my Last
Will & Testament. William Green.
Witness,
John Mousall,
Edw, Johnson, John Carter,
4 (2) 54. Ensigne Jn° Carter deposed.
Inventory of the estate of Willm. Grcene,f of Wooburne, praized
28: 11 mo: 1653, by Edw. Johnson, Edw. Convers, Sam11 Richardson,
John Carter. Tho. Danforth Recorder.
* Roger Bancroft of Cambridge, 1636, freeman 1642, died Kov. 28, 1653. " His
■widow," says Mr. Savage, il ra. 23 May 1654, Martin Saunders of Boston, and nest,
Deao. John Bridge of C. and thought herself bound to take fourth husband, Ed-
ward Taylor/'
f" William Green was of Charlestown, 1640, freeman 1644; was of the part
which became Woburn ; by wife Hannah, had Mary, b. Jan. 20, 1644; Hannah,
7 Feb. 1647; John, 11 Oct. 1649; William, 22 Oct. 1651. The father d. Jan 7,
1654."— Savage.
1S62.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 75
Gabriel Wheldox. — Maulden 1653, 11, 12°. In the name of God,
and in obedience to his comand (according- to my bonnden duty),
I, Gabriell Whelding, of the Towne and Church of" Maulden, being
weake and sicke in body, do make my last will. My body to be Iayd
asleepe in the bed of the grave, in the Oomon burling place for the
Inhabitants of this Towne. I give 10s as a Small testimony of my
true Love to the Church of Maulden, to be payd into the hands of
the Deacons within a m° after my decease. I give all my estate in
Maulden, consisting of house, Frame [farm?] Lands, cattle, and
corne, (together [with] what money is due vnto me from William
Crofts, of Linne) to Margaret Whdding, my wife, whom I appoynt
my sole executrix. Gabriell Wheldox.
In the prsence of
Nathaniell Vphame, Ja?nes Barnard,
Michaiah Mathews, with others.
4 (2) 1654. Jn. Vphame and JVaih'inidl Vphame deposed.
Inventory of the goode*, Chattells and Cattell of Gabriell Wheldon,
lately of the Towne of Maulden, prized by Edward Carrington & John
Vphame. Amt. £40.11.08. Mentions Williak Qfofts,
William Smith. — 1: 2-1 m°. 1654. Inventory of the houseing &
goodes of William Smith, and his wife, of Charles Towne, both de-
ceased. Mentions John Green — received from him rent of the house,
£6. 7s. Appraisers, Tho: Lynde, Robert Hale. John Green paid a debt
to Robert Chalhly — Due Tho; Birddin, for keeping ye Girls 11 weekes.
Nicholas Groome. — 2*7th of June 1651. I bequeath vnto my Brother,
Henry Groome, £80; hisChilldren, Mary, Elizabeth, and Pince£i0 apeece;
Malhew Groome £50, and his two Chiildren, £15 apeece; my brother,
John Qroome, £50, and his sonne, John, £20; my sister, Margett, £50
and to her twoe daughters, £15 apece, and John Goose, £5; my brother
Wall, £3, and my sister Wall, £10; my brother Goose, £3. I make my
brother Wall and my Brother Henry Groome* Exkecttors. Vnto Ro-
bard Myckdl, 30s; vnto my ante Cole, and my Ante thorne bush, £3 apece,
this to be paid wthin 14 months at Longest, and ten months at short-
est, after the Aryuale of the ship Casteil, in the riuer of theames;
the Chilldrens monies to be put out to the best Aduantage till they
Cum of Age, or at daie of marage. To my Brother, John, my best
sute of Clothes and Cloke, & my Brolfa.r, Henry, my best Clotii sute
and Clo' hat I haue Aborcl: Frances Crutton a read sute and ashurt;
my Brother Henry my , pin and qnadrent and Compases. Yf there be
rtu?re then I haue bewilled, t'hf»ti to be eackqvally deuided: yf there
be Lese thin T willed, to be deducted out of the whole perperction-
asly. Nycholas Murry, the elldcr, In the behalfe of his sonn, Nychclas
Ihrnj, [Late dcseased] to haue the Joynt hallfe of the [ ]
w«^ left in Mr EllyaAts hands, that is to saye, 2 neagers sould att
Mr. Savage sajs that Nieho'as Groom of Ma.>«=aolinsefts, died in 1651, and that
nry ^ministered on his estate, but whether Henry was father, brother, or son
^ Moholas, he sa?8, " I know not."
76 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Jan.
16 C. waight of snger; 19 C. waight Left in Copt. Grices hands, 9
C. in Mr Spillares hands, 11 C. and od Left in Thomas Walls hands, a
planter in the Barbathes deseased. pr mee N. Gp.oome.
Wittnes,
Thomas Ford
Robert Michcll
Attested vppon oath, in Court, by these witnesses.
Tho: Danforth, Record1-.
William Wilcockes. — I, William Wilcockes, of Cambridge, although
weake in Body, yet of sound mind, make this my last will. Just
debts be Saitisfied, and the remainder of my estate my wife shall
have the vse thereof dureing the time of her widowhood, and when
it shall please the Lord to change her Condition, by manage, or by
death, whether shall first happen, my will is, that my estate shaibe
thus devided, to my deare pastor, Mr Michcll, 1 give £o, to Elder
Frost, £4, to my Couzen John Woodes, £\0. To rny Loving Brethren
that were of my family meeting, vizT R.ogr Bancroft. Jn° Hasting, Tho:
Fox, William Patten, and Frances Whilmore, I give 20 a peeee; to my
sister, the Widow Hall, 20 -, and to her sonne, William, and daughter,
Susan, I giue 20s a peeee; to my honest Bro: Richard Frances, I give
203, and to my Bro: Jn° Taylor, I give 40'; to Tho: Shepard (For
whose fathers Sake I cannot forget him) I give £b, and the remain-
der of my estate, my will is, that it shallbe thus devided to my wife
in case the Lord doth lengthen out her life that so shee doth againe
chang her condition by manage, my will is, that shee shall have the
one halfe thereof, and in ease ihe Lord shall take her away e}rther
before shee Recover of this prsent sicknes, wch is now vpon her, or
before her mariage, my will is, that shee shall then dispose and have
to her Vse, only one fourth part of the remainder of my estate, after
my debts & legacies are first payd, and the remainder of my estate
I give to my sisters Children in old England, to be equally devided
between them, who were the Children of my deare sister, Christian
Boyden. I appoynt for my Executors, my Loving wife and Tho:
Danforth, whom I do desire to see this my will fulfilled. 26: 9 m°
1653. per me, William Wilcocks.*
Witnes,
Tho: Brigham.
his marke.
Anne Hastings, Tho: Danforth.
Entred and Recorded the 22, 3™° 1654 by Mr Tho: Danforth, Re-
corder. Jan. 3, 1653, Tho: Danforth & Ann Hastings, deposed.
Inventory of the estate of Mr William Wilcockes, of Cambridge,
Lately deceased, taken and apprized by Edward Gaffe, Ricltrd Jacson.
Jn0 Stedman, Edw : Shephord, 22, 10rno: 1653. Mentions 3 acrs at
Winottime field, &c, &&
At a County Court, held at Charlestowne, 3: 11: 1653, Tho: Dan-
forth deposed.
* William Wilcox, Cambridge; freeman 1636, died there Nov. 23th, 1G53,
:
JS6.2.] Marriages, Births and Deaths. 77
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS IN DORCHESTER, MASS.
1648-1683.
[The following is believed to be a correct list of all the marriages,
births and deaths, entered on the first volumes of the Town Records
of Dorchester, from 1648 to 1683 inclusive, with the exceptions of
names previously printed in the Register, viz: Minot Family, i, 171—
173; Dorchester" Inscriptions, iv, 165-167; Register, v, 97, 243, 333;
Old Dorchester, v, 395-402, 465-468; Sumner Family, vm, 128/-12SA;
Register, xi, 331, 332: Tolman Genealogy, xiv, 247, 248; Clap Fami-
ly, xv, 225, 226.]
Adams—Long. — Petter Adames and Mary Long were married by the
Worshipfull John Hull Esq'. Jan. 4: 82,
Allison — Veazie. — James Allison, of Boston, and Elizabeth V'asey, of
Braintry were ioyned in marriage by Mr William Stoughton, of Dor-
chester, Assistant, 28 (Mo 3) called May 1674.
Annable. — Sarah Amiable dyed June 28, 1674.
Atherton. — Maior Humphrey Atherton, d. 17:* 7: 1661; Humphrey,
son of Consider, b. Jan. 26, 1672; John, son of Consider, b. May 5,
1677, d. June 22: 79; Anna, dan. of Consider, b. Feb. 17: 79; Sarah
dau. of Consider, b. May 8: 83; Elizabeth, dau. of Waching [Watch-
ing], b. March 14: 80; Patience, dau. of Waching, b. May 30: 82.
Austin. — Frances, wife of Jonas Astin, d. Nov. 18: 76.
Badcocke. — Rachel, dau. of George, b. 8 (1) '59-60; Caleb, son of
Robert, b. 14 (6) 1660.
Badcock= Daniel. — Benjamin Badcock and Hannah Daniel both of
Milton, m. Feb. 11, 1673, by Mr. Stoughton.
Badcocke=Deneson. — Return Badcocke, m. Sarah Deneson of Milton,
Dec. 1: 1681, by the Worshipfull William Stoughton Esq*.
Baker. — Silence, dau. of John Baker, deceased, of Boston, b. 28 (5),
'66.
Barber= Badcock.— John Barber, of Meadfield and Abigail Badcock
of Milton, m. 17: 10:1674.
Barbor=Hide. — James Barbor, in. Elizabeth Hide, June 23: 80; Eli-
zabeth, dau. of James Barbor, b. Aug. 4: 81,
Bate. — James, son of James, b. 15 (2) 1662; Margaret Bates, dau. of
James, b. 17: 5: 64; John, son of Benjamin Bate, b. Feb. 25, '74;
Mary, dau. of Benjamin, b. April 23: 77.
Batten.— Hugh Batten deceased this life the 8 (4) 1659; Vrscilla
Batten, d. Dec. 19: 82.
Belcher=Billing.— Samuel Belcher, m. Mary Billing, 15 (10) '63.
Belcher.— John Belchar d. Feb. 2*: 81.
Beman.— Sarah, dau. of Gamaleel, b. 19: 11: 1658; Mary, son of John,
d. May 8, '76; John, son of John, b. Feb. 21: 76; Gamaleell Bea-
«nan Sr. d. March 23: 78; Ziporah, dau. of John, b. March 24: 7S--9.
* Gravestone reads 16th. See Reer., it, 3S2 ; Blake's Annals, p. 22; John Hull's
"«ry, ia MS. says: 17 Sept. at one o'clock, A. M.
78 Marriages, Births and Deaths. [Jan.
Bently=Houghton. — William Bently and Mary Houghton, m. by Mr.
Stoughton, Jan. (20) 16T5.
Billing. — Elizabeth, dau. of Roger, b. 27: 8; '59; Hannah Billing*,
deceased this life the 25 (3) 1602; Zipporali, dau. of Rdger, b, 21
(3) 16G2, d. Oct. 8: 76; Richard, son of Ebenezer, b. Sept. 21: 75;
Ebenezer, son of Ebenezer, b. July 13: 77; Jonathan Billinge dyed
Jan. 14: 1077.
Billing= Paine. — Roger Billing-, m. Sarah Paine, Jan. 22: 78.
Billing.- — Zipporah, dau. of Ebenezer. b. March 20: 79; Hannah, dau.
of Roger, b. Jan. 21: 79: Jonathan, son of Ebenezer, b. April 24:
81; Joseph, son of Roger, b. May 27: 81; Elizabeth, dau. of Eben-
ezer, b. March 8: 83; John, son of Roger, b. March 10: 83; Roger
Billinge d. Nov. 15:83.
Birch. — Mary, dau. of Joseph, b. 25 (2) 1672; Joseph, son of Joseph,
b. 10 (11) 1673; Joseph, son of Joseph, b. Nov. (23) 75; Jeremiah
son of Joseph, b. Jan. 2, d. Jan. 3: 77; Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph
Burch, b. June 10: 80; Experience, dau. of Joseph Birch, b. Jan. 15,
81.
Bird== George. — James Bird, m. Mary George by Cap1 Clap, 6 (2)
1669.
Bird— Joseph, son of Thomas Bird Jun. b. 1 (8) 1666; Thankfull,
dau. of Thomas Bird, b. 6: 12: 1667: Thomas Bird sen: aged 54, d.
8 (4) 1667; Sarah, dau. of Thomas Bird, b. 24 (8) 1669; John, son
of John, b. 26 (10) 1670; Ann, dau. of Thomas, b. 8 (9) 1671;
James, son of James, b. 27 (10) 1671; Thomas, son of Thomas, b.
11 (6) 1673; a dau. of James, being his first child, b. 22 (mo. 7.)
departed this life the 1 of the (8 mo:) 1670; Mary, the wife of
James, died in child-bed, Jan. 23,. 1673; Mary, dau. of Thomas, b.
Jan. 26: 74; Damaris, dau. of John. b. Sept. (18) 75: Hannah, dau.
of John, b. Dec. 16: 77; Submit, dau. of Thomas, b. May 13: 78.
Bird=Withington. — James Bird, m. Ann Withuigton, Nov. 13: 79.
Bird. — Mercy, dau. of Thomas, b. Feb. 6: 79; Samuel, son of John, b.
April 14: 80; Vnite, son of James, b. Oct. 16: 80; Patience,
dau. of Thomas, b. Nov. 19, d. Dec. 25: 81; Elizabeth, dau. of John,
b. Jan. 4: 82; Patience, dau. of Thomas, b. Nov. 27: 83; Ebenezer,
son of James, b. Jan. 30: 83.
Blackman. — Abram Blackeman, d. Oct. 5: 81; Mary Blackeman, d.
25: 10: 81.
Blake=Macy. — James Blake and Hannah Macy were married by Mr
James Walker, 6: 12: 82.
Blake. — Edward, son of Edward, b. Sept. 30: 76; Elizabeth, dau. of
James Blake J«r. b. Nov. 10: d. 22: 82. ■
Boclton. — Sarah, dau. of John Boulton, b. Dec. 26: 83.
Bowker. — Elizabeth, dau. of Edmund, b. 3: 5: 1659; Ellen Bowker
deceased_this life the 21 (1) 16|~J; Edmund, son of Edmund, b. 13
(10) 1661.
Bradley. — Mary, dau. of Nathan, b. 7: 5: 1667; Susann, dau. of
Nathan, b. 13 (10) 1669; Elizabeth, dau. of Nathan, b. 15 March,
'72-3; Nathan, son of Nathan, b. 12 March, '74-5; John, son of
Nathan, b. Oct. 25: 78; Samuel, son of Nathan, b. Aug. 5: 83.
Brag. — Jonathan Brag, a Souidier at the Castle vnder Cap:: Clap, d.
21 (Mo: 4) 1669.
]$62.] Marriages, Births and Deaths. 79
Br.ECK.--Edward Brecke deceased this life the 2 (9) 1662; Robert,
son of John Bricke, b. Dee. 8^ 82.
Browne. — Elizabeth, dan. of Edmund, b. 31: 10: 58; Dorcas, wife of
John Brown, d. Feb. 29: 18; John, son of John Browne, b. Oct. 15:
81, d. next day; Edmond Browne, d. Sep1. 23: 82; Samuel, son of
John, b. Jan. 8: 82; d. June 16: S3.
Burden. — John Burden d. Jan. 29: 18.
Burge. — Jane, wife of John Burge, d. April 4: 18; John Burge d. Oct.
22: 18.
Butt.- — Nathaniel, son of Richard, b. Dec. 2, 1670; Samuel, son of
Richard, b. March 1: '73; Jerabiah, son of Richard, b. Sep1. (18)
15; Deliverance, dan. of Richard, b. May 2, IT: d. Feb. 10: 19;
Berethiah and Hanah, son and dau. of Richard But, b. Jan. 8, 19:
Berechiah, son of Richard, d. Jan. 22: 19; Mary, dau. of Richard,
b. March 18: 82.
Caleb, an indian servant to Joshua Hensbaw. d. Jan. 21: 80.
Caley. — Ruth. dau. of Fetter Caley, b. Dec. 20: 80; Susannah, dau.
of Peter Cally, b. Dec. 18: 1682: Henry Cealey, son of Fetter, b.
July 18: 1683."
Capen. — Joseph Capen, son of John, b. 29: 10: 1658; Barned, son of
Berned [Barnard] Capen, b. March 26: 16] John, son of Bernard, b.
Feb. 18, d. same day, IT; Sarah, dau. of Bernard, b. Jan. 5: 78;
John Capen, d. Aug. 1: 81; Joseph, son of Bernard, b. Nov. 28; 81;
Mary, dau. of Preserved Capen, b. March 28: 83.
Cartwight. — Jane, wife of Arthur Cartwright, d. 29 (8) 1811.
Chandler— Davis. — Samuel Chandler, m. Sarah Davis, widow, 21
(10) '64.
Chandler. — Samuel, son of Samuel, b. Dec. 20: 69; John, son of
Samuel, b. Oct. 24: 11; d. 21: 11: 18; Joseph, son of Samuel, b.
Oct. 30: 13; Hannah, dau. of Samuel, b. Aug. 29: 15; Jonathan,
son of Samuel, b. 3: 5: 11; Ester, wife of Samuel, d. 14: 10: 18.
Chapi.ey. — Moses, son of William, b. 2 (6; 1663; Rebecka, dau. of
William, b. 26 (11) 1669.
Chaplin. — Barbarah, dau. to William, b. Mav 15: 1661: William, son
of William, b. 13 (1) 1613; Mehitable, dau. of William, b. 22 Feb.
74-5; Joseph, son of William, b. Sept. 6th. 1617; Elizabeth, dau.
of William, b. June 1: 1681.
Cheny. — Benjamin, of William, May 1: 77; Abiel, son of William, b.
Nov. 26: 81; d. Dec. IT: 81.
Clap. — Abigail, dau. of Edward, b. 27: 2: 1659; Supply, son of Roger,
b. 30 (8) 1660; Joshua, son of Edward, b. 12 (3) 1661; Abigail
Clap deceased this life the 8(11) 1659; Joshua, deceased this life
the 22 (3) 1662; Samuel, son of Samuel, b. 22 (12) 1661; Jonathan,
son of Dea. Edward, b. 23 (1) 1664; John, son of Samuel, b. 16
(4) 1664; d. 6 (8) 1665; Hannah, dau. of Sergeant Samuel, b. 28
(7) 1666, d. March 1: 79-80; Vnite, son of Cap7. Roger, d. 20 (1)
1664; Jonathan, son of Dea. Edward, d. 30 (3) 1664; Dea. Edward
d. the 8th. buried 10 (11) 1664; Samuel, son of Serg'-. Samuel Clap,
d. 25 (12) 1666; Experience, son of Samuel, b. 28: 5: 1670, d. 3 (6)
1671; Susanna, dau. of Hopestill, b. 23 (10)1673; Vnite, son of
Samuel, d. 18 (11) 1674; Sarah, dau. of Nicholas, b. Nov. 22, 1674;
,
80 Marriages, Birtlis and Deaths. [Jan.
Elizabeth, dau. of Hopestill, b, 29 Feb. 1675.; Sarah, dau. of Ezra,
July 20: 77; Return, of Sarg1 Samuel, d. July 18: 16; Sarah, dau.
of Hopestill, b. Jau. 13: 77; Edward, son of Nehemiah, b. Dec 20:
1678; d. Feb. 1: 79; Hopestill, of Hopestill, b. Nov. 26: 79; Jndith,
dau. of Ezra, b. May 6: 80; Abigaiil, wife of Ezra, d. Oct, 12: 82;
Desire, son of Desire, b. Ma}7 2: d. May 6. 82; Ruth, dau. of Hop-
still, b. Oct. 10: 82; Elizabeth, dau. of 'Ezra, b. Oct. 1: 82; Submit,
dau. of Nehemiah, b. Aug1. 2: 83: William, son of Desire, d. Nov.
27: 83; Experience, dau. of Desire, b. Nov. 30: 83.
Cooke. — Thomas, son of Robert Cooke, b. May 19: 80.
Crane. — John, son of Henry, b. 30: 11; 1658.
Curtis=Payn. — Theophilus Curtis and Hannah Payn of Braniry
were ioyned in marriage by Mr Wm. Stougton of Dorchester, Assis-
tant the 7th of Jan. 1673.
Daniel.-— El iezar, son of William, b. 25: 5: 1657.
Danforth.. — John Damfort, sou of Thomas, b. 20 (8) 1664; Mehitophel,
of Thomas, d. 18 (8) 1663; Eliiah [Elijah], son of Mr John Dan-
forth, b. Nov. 30: 83.
Davenport=Watkings. — John Davenport, m. Bridget Walkings, 1 (9)
1667; Sarah Davenport, d. May 10: 79; Desire, of Charles, b. June
20: 79; Sarah, dau. of Charles, b. July 10: 81; Thoma3, son of
Jonathan, b. Dec. 10: 81; Paul, son of Charles, b. Jan. 30: 83.
Davis.- — Richard Dauis deceased this life the 2: II: 1658; Richard,
son of Richard, b. 26: 3: 1661: Richard Dauis deceased the 6: 1:
1663.
Dayis=Torret. — John Davis and Marie Torrey, both of Roxbury, m.
Jan. 14: 1673.
Demauzaday= Glansha. — Philip Demauzaday and Margaret Glansha,
m. by the Worshipfull John Hull Esqr. Nov. 22: 82.
Demodseday. — Mary, dau. of Philip, b. July 27: 83.
Denton. — Richard Denton ceceased this life the 28: 10: 1658.
Dewey=Hawes. — Thomas Dewey, m. Constance Hawes 1 (4) '63.
Dyer.— William Dyer, d. 18 (4) 1672 in the 93* yeere of his age.
Eaton=Mede. — Jabez Eaton, m. Experience Mede 4 (10) '63.
Eddy=Mede.— Samuel Eddy, m. Sarah Mede 31 (9) 1664.
Ellen. — John Ellen deceased this life the 8: 11: 1658; Martha Ellen
deceased this life the 17: 7: 1660.
Ellen=Pond.— Nicholas Ellin, m. Mary Pond 3 (5) 1663.
Ellen. — Mary, dau. of Daniel Ellen, b. Feb. 14, '67; Elizabeth, dau.
of Daniel, b. Nov. 2, '69; Nathaniel, son of Daniel, b. Oct. 20, ;71;
Martha, dau. of Daniel, b. April 5, '74; Ichabod, son of Daniel, b.
Jan. 24: 75; Daniel, son of Daniel, b. July 22: 77.
Evans. — Mathias, son of Mathias, b. 11 (3) 1670.
Everden. — George Euerden, borne Aug. 7 1677.
Eyres=Millet. — Moses Eyres, m. Bethiah Millet 3 (6) 1666.
Eyres. — Moses, son of Moses Heirs, b. 10: 7: 1687; Bethiah, wife of
Moses Eayre, d. 15 (2) 1669.
Fisher— Breck.-— Anthony Fisher sen: m. widow of Edward Breck.
14 (9) 1663.
Fisher.—- Daniel, son of Daniel, b. 22 (10) 1663.
Fisk=Fry.— Nathan Fisk, m. Elizabeth Fry, 26 (2) 1665.
Flint. — Mary, dau. of Rev. Josiah Flint, b. IS (9J 1672; Henery, son
1362.] Braitleborough, Vt.t Inscriptions. 81
of Rev. Josiah, b. 9 (Feb.) 1673; Mary, dan. of Rev. Josiah, b. 18
(9) 1672, d. 15 (10) 1673; Uenery, son of Rev. Josiah, b. 5 May,
1675; Josiah, son of Rev. Josiah, b. Oct. 5: 76; Dorothy, dau. of
Mr. Josiah, b. May 11: 78: Thomas, son of Rev. Josiah, b. July 11:
80; " Mr. Josiah Flint the renerend pastor to the church of Dor-
chester died September 16: 80."
Fortune. — Fortuue, a negro of Mr Stoughton, d. Dec. 23: 78.
Forward. — Edmund Forward, d. Feb. 16: 1676.
Foster=Baker. — Thankful! Foster, dau. of Lief1. Hopestill, m. John
Baker, of Boston, 8 (11) 1663.
Foster—Capen. — James Foster and Mary Capin, m. bv Mr Stoughton
Sep* (22) 74.
Foster. — Mary, dau. of James, b. June 17: 75, d. Oct. 29: 75; Silence,
dau. of James, b. April 4: 77; Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy, d. Sep1.
15: 76; Mary, wife of James, d. Feb. 8: 78.
Foster=Lane. — James Foster and Anna Lane were married by the
Worshipful Humphrey Daue Esq: Oct. 7: 80.
Foster.—" Mr. John Foster died September: 9: 81;" Thankful!, dau.
of James, b. March 30: 83; Elisha Foster died Oct. 16: 82.
George. — Elizabeth dau. of Joshua, b. 9 (9) 1671; William, son of
Joshua, b. 4 (3) 1674; Nicolas George senr. d. 8th April 1675;
Joshua, son of Joshua, b. Sept. 3: 76; Elizabeth, wife of Joshua, d.
Oct. 11: 76; John, son of John George and Mary, his wife, b. Oct.
5: 80; John, son of Richard and Elizabeth, d. Feb. 2, 81-2.
Gernsey. — Hannah, dau. of John, b. July 25: 76: Henry, son of John,
b. July 16: 79; Elizabeth, dau. of John, b. April 23: 82.
Glover, — Nathaniel, son of Mr. Nathaniel, b. Feb. 24: 74; Nathaniel,
son of Mr. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 7: 75; Nathaniel, son of Mr. Nathan-
iel, b. Nov. 10: 76; Mary, dau. of Mr. Nathaniel, b. April 12: 79;
Hannah, dau. of Nathaniel, b. Dec. 3: 81; Elizabeth, dau. of Na-
thaniel, b, July 26: 83.
[to be continued.]
BRATTLEBOROUGH, YT., INSCRIPTIONS.
[Communicated by Samuel Blake of Dorchester.]
In Brattleboro', Yt., about half a mile from the ancient site of Fort
Dummer, in a northwest direction, but on much higher ground, in a
pasture, near the old first traveled road, stand five grave stones,
which time will ere long obliterate, if man does not sooner destroy;
of which the following is a copy:
In memory of two Daughters of Mr. Tilley & Mrs. Mary Wilder, born
May 14, 1777, aged 1 day.
Dolle, daughter of Mr. Tilley & Mrs. Mary Wilder, died June 24, 1785.
Aged 6 y. 5 mo. 9 days.
Dolle, daughter of Mr. "Tilley & Mrs. Mary Wilder, died August 27,
1794. Aged 8 y. & 2 months.
Dea. Jonathan Pearce died Oct. 28, 1785, in the 69th year of his age.
Mr. Asa Putnam died Sept. 7, 1795. Aged 53 years.
11
.
82 Testimony of Deputy Gov. Samuel Symonds. [Jan.
TESTIMONY OF DEPUTY GOV. SAMUEL SYMONDS IN RE-
LATION TO THE ESTATE OF MR. VINCENT. 1665.
[From the original in possession of Jeeemiah Colburx of Boston.]
[Mr. Vincent mentioned below, was probably Mr. Humphrey Vin-
cent of Ipswich, who, according to Mr. Felt {Hist. Ipswich, p. 158),
died in Ipswich, Dec. 5, 1664. "He was of Cambridge, 1634; of Sa-
lem, Jan. 1637; and was granted land at Ipswich the next February.
He left no family."]
Having lately heard some strange stories concerning the discon-
tentfull speaches vttered amongst them at Cosen Harrises, I was
put vpon it to call to minde the original!; & some consequent act-
ings referring to Mr Vincents estate.
1. About foure yeares since, Mr Vincent now & then coming to
my bowse, (it seemeth) his affections were inclined to vs: And free-
ly, & of his owne motion, tould my then wife & me, that it was his
minde to make his will: & he would soe & soe dispose of what he
had, & make me his executor. I did ask him if he had not kinrid in
the country? he said, I have a kinswoman, but saith he, I like her
not; I will give her nothing, soe we thanked him for his love, & I
made his will accordingly.
2. Soe things went on; & divers intercourses of love, & kindnes,
passed betweene vs, he coming now & then & staying a good space
together at our bowse. He had my advise about his booke, & ac-
counts & the like, amongst which he spoke of two bonds where in
he was bound in 20Ib a peece, to one in England; which did there
lye forfeited in Engl: & the pay being divers tymes called for, & no-
thing done towards payment; at last one was impowred thence to
eue for the same: wherevpon I did bestir me, & in two yeares tyme,
obtayned payment to be made, & the bonds to be brought from Engl:
cancelled to his great contentment.
3. Above a year since, (now it is), there did grow a great discon-
tent betweene Mr Vincent & his tenant about a writing vnder Mr
Vincents hande, his Tenant construing it contrary to his minde, in
the thinge, insomuch that Mr Vincent left the howse, & went downe
to Thomas Harris his house, wherevpon both Mr Vincent & cosen
Harris, she were soe mooved that they did speake very much how he
was in danger to be circumvented of much of his estate if he should
Btill lye open to them. And this was the occasion that put me vpon
the course I tooke to secure the same, according to his owne minde,
& deliberate will, & was by him impowred (as occasion might be),
to act in his behalf.
4. After these things, all went on quiettly at Cosen Harrises, for
ought I did . know. But latewardiy. there were some hintes given
to me of faults finding: And that sometyme there were angry words
passed betweene she, Cos: Harris, & Mr Vincent.
When Salem Court last was neare at hande, I being at Cosen
Harrises, she spoke of such & such small things she said he wanted;
I tould her why she did not take vp what she wanted for him, she
then began to make it a question least they should aske who should
1862.] Mortality in Boston. 83
pay them, vnlcs they were had at Thomas Bishops? I thought that
that was a strange thinge: but she did much vrge me to stay still &
speake further of it, but I being in very great hast, as I tould them,
having appoynted at the very houre to meet with three prsons at a
certayne place, could not stay; but she still vrging me, it seems, I
said what would you have me to doe ? would you have me to doe it
of my owne Estate ? And I said (as often I had done before), pray
let him not want any thinge. And this I hope they will not deny.
The yeare of his sojourning there was not as yet completed, nor noe
lieed of making accounts with mrchants or with them. But might
take vp (as fovndly) what they would vpon Account. I did never
take one peny into my hande since the power was comitted to me.
Time cutts me off; I cannot speake of more particulars now. Can
any man thinke that I should or would have acted in & about Mr
Vincents busiues as I did, & was put vpon it to doe, both before &
since Mr Vincents death, if they had discovered to me such secrett
matters as since appeares ? I should have bene loath to have bene
eoe leade by my friends.
I speake to the substance of things. Samuel Symonds.
March 30th 1665.
MORTALITY IN BOSTON— 1701, 1702, 1703.
Anno 1701. 1702. 1703.
March 11
April 6
May 11
June -«r. . . 13
July 15
August 15
September 17
October 12
November 15
December 7
January 17
February 7
9
21
13
14
8
16
7
12
20
10
32
13
47
19
55
15
74
8
87
18
69
6
20
7
146 441 159
Niofet. In that Mortal year, 1702, the Number of Negroes and
Indians, which had a Singular Share in the Mortality, made the
Number of the Buried, arise to about 500.
Note 2. Many Inhabitants of Boston, have their Employments at
Sea; and many of these Dying abroad (in proportion, much more
tha'i at home) they are not reckoned in our Catalogue.
Note 3. It has been observed by some, that in Times of Health
(such as we now Enjoy) Mortality ordinarily carries off, somewhat
about a Fiftieth Part of the People Every year. Quere, How far will
that^ Observation hold for this Town?
Note 4. It might be of use, if some other of the principal Towns
1b the Country, would preserve their Bill of Mortality, and Commu-
nicate it.— Boston News Letter, July 3, 1704.
.
84 Petition of Boston Inhabitants. [Jim.
PETITION OF BOSTON INHABITANTS IN 1696, THAT THE
LAW RELATING TO BUILDING WITH BRICK BE RE-
PEALED.
[As preliminary to tins petition, we give an abstract of the main
portions of the law, made in 1692, relative to the erection of brick
buildings in the town of Boston: "Whereas Great Desolations and
Ruins have sundry Times happened by Fire breaking out in the
Town of Boston, principally occasioned by Reason of the joining and
nearness of the Buildings, being mostly of Timber, and covered with
Shingle: For the better preventing of such Accidents for the future,
and Damage and Loss thereby;" it was therefore enacted,
"That henceforth no Dwelling House, Shop, Warehouse, Barn,
Stable, or any other Housing of more than eight Feet in Length, or
Breadth, and seven Feet in Height, shall be erected and set up in
Boston, but of Stone or Brick, and covered with Slate or Tile; unless
in particular Cases where Necessity requires, being so judged and
signified in Writing under the Hands of the Justices and Select-Men
of the said Town, or major Part of both. If any Person shall pre-
sume to erect, or cause to be erected, any Frame or Building contrary
hereto, upon Conviction, such Building shall be deemed a common
Nuisance, and the Owner of such Frame or Building shall enter into
a Recognisance to demolish the same; In Default of such Recognis-
ance, shall be committed to Prison, until he cause the same to be
demolished, or else such building shall be demolished by Order of
the Quarter Sessions of the Peace within the said County, and the
Charges thereof to be levied by Distress, and sale of such Offender?
Goods."
"And whereas several Houses and other Buildings have been
erected and set up since the Year 1688, contrary to the Law made
by the General Court of the Massachusetts Colony, it was therefore
enacted That every owner of such Building, shall cause the same to
be covered with Slate or Tile; otherwise such Building shall be
deemed a common Nuisance, aiid the owner thereof proceeded against
accordingly."
In 1699 an additional act was passed, with penalties annexed, not
to exceed " the sum of Fifty Pounds, for one offence, which shall ex-
cuse the offender from any further Penalty of the Law. All such
Fines to be applied towards the raising of a Stock for setting of the
Poor on Work within the said Town of Boston at the Work House."]
To the Rl Honble William Stoughton Esqr Liev* Governor and Co-
mander in Cheife of his Majties Province of the Massachusetts Bay
in New England with the honrd Council and Representatives thereof
now assembled in Gen;1 Court held at Boston by Adjournm* Novem-
ber im 1696.
The Petition of us the Subscribers being Sundry of the Inhabitants
of the Towne of Boston.
Humbly Sheweth,
That the Law relateing to building, with Brick in Boston is found
IS62.]
Petition of Boston Inhabitants.
85
tv continuall experience to be greatly Injurious and Prejudicial! to
the Gcnerallity of the Inhabitants of this Towne, which consists,
cheifly of Tradesmen who tho' many of them have Lands and Some
Estate to befriend them, yet have not a Sufficiency to comply with
ihe sd Law and to carry on their Trades for the upholding- their
familyes; And there being much Land lying waste in This Towne,
which if built upon would not only be advantageous to particular
persons butt to the Publick also, by the Increase of the Towne.
That it is evidently and apparently Seen by all Observing persons
among1 us, that by this present long" continued and Wasting warr,
aiid through the Scarsity and dearness of Provisions wee are very
greatly Impoverished and distressed Soe that many of us know not
how much Longer to Supply the wants of our Poore family 8 and to
comply with the demands of the Publick; And if wee have not
Speedy redress and relief herein many of us that are antient Inhabit-
ants and Children of the first Planters and Settlers of this place
must either be forced for a Subsistence and Livelyhood to Leave our
Country, and that little our Fathers by their care, Industry and God's
Messing thereon have left us, or else to become Tenenants to For-
eigners that have come among" us, & with their moneys, here pur-
chased houseing and Lands, Or att best to our Rich and Wealthy
Neighbours, who are Sometimes telling us, That if wee cannott com-
ply with the Law wee must Sell our Lands, which is a very bard and
unreasonable thing, (Seeming much like to the Israelites Egiptian
Bondage in makeing Bricks without Straw) seeing lime, Slates or
tiles are not to be purchased had wee Estates to comply with the
Law.
Your Petition18 Therefore doe humbly Entreate That this high and
bonrbl« Court will take the premises into Consideracon Soe as that
the sd Law relateing to Brick buildings in Boston may be repealed
and utterly made Null and void in all respects.
Silvanus Davis
Samuel Bridge
Richard Keats
Joseph Bisco
Jonath. Evens
Ju° Walley
Jn° Combs
Tho: Stanbery
Joseph Gallup
Ebinezer Clore
Tho: Cobb
Richard Cobb
Wm: Porter
Tno: Lesenbee
Wm. Wheler
Tho: Harris
Wm: Hoi way
Nich": Sparrey
Hi chard Preist
•Jo°: Pell
Jn°. Ricks
Joseph Riall
Joseph Adems
Tho. Stevens
Jn°. Arnold
Benja: Gallop
Josh. Hewes
Peter Barber
Jonolh: Berny
Florence Mecarta
Timo: Nash
Wm Thwinge
Jn° Parker
Wm Hoi well Junr
Anthony Greenhiil
Obadiah Emons
Rignel Odell
Eliezer Star
Edward Durant
Tho Oaks Jim*
Saml. Bill
Joseph Billings
Tho. Phillips
Sam1: Pearce
Tho. Roper
Hennery Cole
Joseph Holmes
Sam1. Flack
Joseph Yickers
Edwd Keets
Ebinezer Lowell
Tho, Powell
Wm. Gibbon
Jn° Balston
Tho. Baker
Robert Sanderson
Edwi Taylor
Josh. Lane
Danill AUin
Jn°. Marion Junr.
86
Petition of Boston Inhabitants.
[Jan.
John Atwood
Tho. Barnott
John Bennit
Peter Wear
Samuel Marshal
Nath. Holmes
Seth Perry
Parcefell Clark
Math i as Smith
Sam1. Marion
Jn°. Morton
Ralfe Ransford
Joseph Wheler
Win. Ted man
Jn°. Cole
Barth. Green
Jn°. Allen
James Harris
George Clark
Richard Paine
Jn°. Ranger
Wm. Clow
Jn°. Langdon
Sam1. Grice
Jn°. Dinsdell
Nath. Goodwin
Arther Hael
Gamaliel Rogers
Nath: Baker
Elezr Darbee
Ambros Dawes
Sam1. Clowe
Joseph Jackson
Joseph Pearss
Tho: Savage
Jn°. Eustis
Jabesh Negus
Henry Ems
Wm. Gill
Jabes Salter
Arther Smith
Tho: Kelen
Dauid Norton
Newcom Blake
Joseph May
Phillip Finnee
Jn°. Jenkins
Andrew Cuningham
Jn°. Kneeland
Thomas Child
Andrew Mariner
Barth. Sutton
Return Wait
Jn<\ Taller
Joseph Tolman
Jn°. Farnum
Jacob Meline
Wm: Robee
David Copp
John Goodwin
Mich: Willis
Jn°. Clow
Wm. Grigs
Tho. Cashing
Ben Emons
Jn°. Winchomb
Richard White
Daniel Morey
Danill Phipenny
Tho. Peck senr.
Joseph Hill
Jn°. Claverly
Peter Warrin
Sam1 Gray
John Cutler
Jn° Fosdike
Josiah Franklin
Sarill Simson
Jn°. Berree
James Webster
Tho. Peck Junr,
James Andros
Thomas Walker
Thomas Lincoln
Rob*. Earle
Ben Backworth
Mathu Delver
Sam1 Bridg Jun.
Sam1. Weaver
Richard Hubbert
Sim°. Masinger
Jn°. Roberts
Ben. Fitch
Edwd. Bartlit
Wm. Wheler
Joseph Rodgers
James Thornbay
Joseph Lowell
Jn°. Clowe
Joseph Lowell Jun1
Dauid London
Wm Til ley
James Labloon
Tho. Paine
Rolan Story
Henry Rite
Henery Mills
Wm. Mamford
Sam1. Bickner
Tho. Wheler
Wm. Barage
James Flndd
Richard Flud
Joshua Gee
John Marion
John Goodwin
Joseph Belknap
Bar. Arnald
Mich. Shaller
Stephen Minott
Win. Obbirson
Jn°. Humpherys
Richard Gridly
Josh. Cornish
Richard Richeson
John Tolman
Richd. Price
He Dry Briteman
Richard West
Silenc Allen
Jn^: Nicholson
Rob*. Smith
Richd. Partman
Wm: Hawkins
Ambros Hanwe11.
Francis Moss
Ben. Holway
Wra. Meed
David Addams
Wm. Enecott
Richard Font
John Nichols
Raffe Carter
Jn°. Perrish
. Wm, Hough
Wm. Tarnner
Sam11. Jacklin
Ebinezer Hayden
Edwd. Oakes
Thomas Baker
Richard Whitridge
Robert Seers
Jn°. GotTe
Jn°. Parram
Tho. Verny
Sam'-. Gardner
1862.]
Testimony.
87
Sain1. Earle
Thomas Gould
Wra: Frothingham
Peter Butler
Theophilus Frary
Joseph Elliot
Elisha Odlin
John Mason
Isaac Marion
Benja. Snelling
Benja. Bream
Obediah Read
David Farnam
Sam1. Greed wood
Thomas Downe1"
Thomas Oakes
James Barns
Natfa. Alden
Rich. Way
Stephen French
Jn°. Child
Wm. Werden
Jn° Ball
Edwd. Ashley
Isaiah Tay
Wee the Selectmen of, (and For and in behalf of the Inhabitants
of) the Towne of Boston doe humbly request and Entreate the favour
of this high and honbIe Court to Grant the above petition, Of if it
may not seerne meet by yor honrs soe to doe That then you will
please to grant That the Towne may have full power, authority &
Free Liberty to choose Such persons as they shall see meet from
time to time to approve and allow or disallow of the place or places
where Woodden Buildings in this Towne shall or may be, or may not
be Errected & Sett up. And that all such persons as have hitherto
Transgressed ye Law, relateing to Brick buildings may not be lyable
to Incurr the penalty thereof. Pr Order of the Selectmen
Dated Boston June 11, 1697. W* Griggs Town Cler:
Read y« 11 June 1691.
Read a Second time, 16th, & debated with the Report of the Com-
mittee thereon And Report Negatived.
SAMUEL WATERS AND ROBERT SANDERS'S TESTIMONY.
1683.
[Communicated by William S. Appleton of Boston.]
September ye 11th day 1683.
The testification of Samuell Water aged 21 years ore there about
testifieth and sayeth that when beniamin coker cam to the hous of
beniamine frankling ffor to demand his goods then beniamin frank-
lins said to beniamin coker, that ther was one pound five sailings
that was to be taken out of the bill then answered beniamen coker
I own it for I would desisire* nothing but what is just betwixt man
and man and that ten pound 15 shillings worth of .goods was their
just due' and no more concerning the building of ye sloope which is
now in controuersy. I Robert Sanderes aiged 25 eares or thereabout
testifeth and saieth that as for the 25 shilenes bengman* coker and
Joh Ralfe ded own that it was to be redcted* out of the bill.
sworne by Samuell Water & Robert Sanders in Bostone the 18th
of Septembr 1GS3 before John Joyliffe Comiss1"
Superscribed: "To the Clarke of the Countie Court at Ipswich
these."
♦ Sic— W. S. A.
88 Marriages and Deaths. [Jan.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIAGES.
Oarver=Edwards. — At East Boston, Nov. 10, Ira Lysander Carver,
Esq., of Grand Falls, Mich., to Miss Mary Anna Edwards, only dau.
of the late Thomas Edwards of East Boston; by Rev. Caleb Davis
Bradlee.
Gay— Freehan. — At Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 21, J. Willard Gay to
Anna M. Freeman; by Rev. William A. Snively.
Pette8=Allen. — At Roxbury, Thursday evening, Oct. 11th, John
Pettes, of West Cambridge, to Miss Sarah Matilda Allen, youngest
dau. of Walter M. Allen of North Cambridge; by Rev Caleb Davis
Bradlee.
Thayer=Cooke. — At the Prospect Street Church, Cambridgeport,
Nov. 13, Dr. Henry Thayer to Miss Jennie Cooke; by Rev. Elias
Nason of Exeter, N. H., assisted by Rev. J. 0. Murray.
Trask=Blake. — At Boston, Nov. 4, John Pierce Trask of Roxbury,
to Miss Eveline 0. Blake of Boston; by Rev. Daniel C. Eddy, D. D.
DEATHS.
Appleton. — Hon. Nathan Dane, Alfred, Me., Nov. 12, a. 61. He
grad. at Bowdoin College in 1813; has been in the practice of law
more than forty years. He was late attorney general of Maine.
Baker. — Gen. Edward D. of Oregon, was killed near Leesburg,
Va., Oct. 21, during an encounter between the forces commanded by
Gen. Stone, and those under the rebel general Evans. ' Gen. Baker
was born in England, but came to this country when about four
years old. He began his career in Philadelphia, as an apprentice to
a hand weaver, and for a long period labored industriously in that
vocation. While yet a boy, he emigrated to Illinois. Here he prose-
cuted the study of the law, while earning an honorable livelihood
at manual labor. At twenty years of age, he was admitted to the
bar of Illinois, being entirely self taught in the intricacies of the law.
He early became widely known as a legal practitioner and a political
leader. He served eight years in the state legislature ; was in the
Black Hawk war, in company with Mr. Lincoln, the President of the
United States, and in 1844 was elected to congress. He was a
colonel in the Mexican war and while on the Rio Grande, was severely
wounded by a shot through the neck. At the end of the war, he was
again elected to congress, and at the close of his term, became a
contractor under the Panama Railway Company, having engaged to
open the line over which the rail road across the Isthmus was to pa»3,
for some twenty-five miles from Aspinwall. He fulfilled his contract,
but returned to New York prostrated by fever. He recovered from
his sickness; went to San Francisco the ensuing year; practiced law,
and up to the year 1859, enjoyed the reputation of being at the head
■
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of the profession on the Pacific coast. In Dec. 1859, he migrated to
Oregon, and took up his residence in Salem, the capital of that
state; in September following he was elected to the senate of the
United States, of which body he was a member at the time of his
death. He fell at the head of his brigade while cheering on his men
to the conflict.
Benton. — Thomas, Rutland, Sept. 5, a. 94 yrs. 10 mo. His wife
survives; they having lived together sixty-three years.
Blaisdell. — Silas, a well known teacher in Lawrence, Mass., died
there on Wednesday evening in his 71st year. (He was formerly a
minister and was for a number of years a subscriber to the Register.)
— Boston Journal, Saturday, Nov. 16th.
Briggs. — Hon. George Nixon, Pittsfield, Sept. 12, a. 65. He was
born in the town of Adams, in the county of Berkshire, on the 12th
of April, 1796. His father was a blacksmith, who, when George
was seven years old, removed from Adams to Manchester, Vt., where
he resided two years; from thence he removed to White Creek, Wash-
ington county, N. Y., where he resided several years. At thirteen
years of age George went to learn the trade of a hatter, and worked
at it for three years. Returning home, he went to an academy one
year, which constituted his " education." In Sept. 1813, he returned
to his native village, with nothing but a small trunk, slung on his
back, containing his scanty stock of clothing. He soon entered the
law office of Mr. Washburn in Adams, and began the study of his
chosen profession. He remained there one year, when he removed to
Lanesborough in the same county, and studied laboriously at his
profession for four years, and in Oct. 1818, he was admitted to the
bar. In 18S0, he was elected to congress, and took his seat in the
house of representatives in Dec. 1831. He was continued in his
seat through six congressional terms, until, in 1843, he was chosen
governor of the commonwealth, and was re-elected every year till
1851. In 1853, he was appointed by Gov. Clifford, associate justice
of the court of common pleas of Massachusetts. He was a member of
the last state constitutional convention, where his counsels were ex-
ceedingly influential. To the day of his death he was active in every
" good word and work n which came within his sphere. When he
was in congress he was devoted to the temperance question, and his
personal influence in this respect was known to be of much value.
He was often called to lecture before lyceums, when he never
failed to inculcate the best lessons of political and moral bearings.
He was an active, devoted Christian, with heart and hand ready to
cooperate in every good enterprise — being a member of the Baptist
denomination, and regarded as one of their best and ablest men.
For ten or twelve years he was president of the Baptist Missionary
Union, their great foreign missionary association. He was also
president of the American Tract Society at Boston — which office he
held from May, 1859.
He was made an honorary member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society
in Feb. 1847.
He m. Miss Sarah Hail of Lanesboro, by whom he had George P.,
12
90 Marriages and Deaths. [Jan.
Henry S. and Harriet, who m. in 1846, Capt. Chas. H. Bigelow. Henry
S. is colonel of the tenth Massachusetts regiment, now at the seat of
war.
The circumstances attending- the death of ex-Gov. Briggs are
these: On Wednesday, Sept. 4th, while in the act of taking down
his coat to assist a person in distress, a loaded gun fell and dis-
charged its contents into his face, the charge passing under one jaw
and a portion of it through the other side. On Thursday morning,
Sept. 12th, at 9 o'clock A. M., on the eighth day after the sad acci-
dent, he died.
Browne. — William, Portland, Me., Nov. 14; a. 83. Mr. Browne was
the youngest son and the last surviving child of Rev. Thomas Browne
of Stroudwater, who was settled in 1765 and died in 1797. He
was the son of Rev. John Browne of Haverhill, whose wife was
Joanna Cotton, dau. of Rev. Roland Cotton of Sandwich, and great
granddau. of Rev. John Cotton of Boston.
Mr. Browne was formerly in business at Portland, with Stephen
McLellan, but being unfortunate in the disastrous times of 1807, he
never recovered from it, and has not been in business since. He m.
in 1805, Octavia, dau. of Dr. Robert Southgate of Scarborough, Me.,
by whom he had five children, viz: two sons and three daus. One
dau. married her cousin, Bishop Southgate.
Clap.™ Mrs. Ann, Richmond, Va., Sept. 2, a. 82; wid. of Dea.
John Clap of Roxbury, Mass. See Reg., xv, 228.
Clapp. — Thaddeus, Dorchester, July 10, a. 50. He was the second
son and third child of Capt. William and Elizabeth (Humphreys)
Clapp, grandson of Capt. Lemuel and Rebecca (Dexter) Clapp, and a
descendant in the seventh generation from Nicholas and Sarah Clapp
of Dorchester. He was born in Dorchester, May 11, 1811; was fitted
for college at the academy of Hiram Manley in D. In college he
attained a distinguished rank and graduated in 1834, with the second
honors of his class, when he delivered the salutatory oration in Latin,
being the first time commencement exercises were held in Rev.
Dr. Newell's church. After leaving college he taught, for a short
time, a private school in Brookline. He was superintendent of the
sabbath school of the first church and society in Dorchester, from
1836 to 1841; he entered his name with Col. Loammi Baldwin of
Charlestown, Mass., as a student in engineering, Feb. 16, 1837, but
on account of ill health did not prosecute his studies. For a like
reason he declined the Latin valedictory oration, proffered him the
same year by Pre3. Quincy. He took his degree of master of arts in
1838. He was secretary of the board of school committee in Dorches-
ter several years, and wrote the annual reports for the years 1842 and
1843, which were printed. In the fall of 1838 he went to Franklin,
La., where he was, for some six or seven months a tutor in the family
of William T. Palfrey, brother of Hon. John 0. Palfrey, postmaster of
Boston. He returned to his home in the summer of 1839. About
the year 1840 he engaged in horticultural and pomological pursuits,
which he continued until the winter of 1860. He became quite cele-
brated among fruit growers for his theoretical and practical know-
•
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led^e, and obtained many premiums for choice varieties and fine sam-
ples of fruit. He was a member of the Massachusetts Horticultural
Society and the Norfolk Agricultural Society. He was also a member of
the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He was of a most amiable disposition and
led a life of unspotted integrity. He m. in Claremont, N. H., Aug.
11, 1857, Mary H. Dustin, clau. of Rev. Caleb Dustin, but had no
children. His wife survives him.
Colbdrn. — Danfortb, West Dedham, Oct. 9, a. 90 yrs. 15 days.
Doe. — Jacob, Rumney, N. H., Oct. 1, a. 90 yrs. 6 days.
Everett. — Edward Brooks, Boston, Nov. 5, a. 31; grad. H. C, 1850;
M. D., 1853. He d. at the residence of his father, Hon. Edward
Everett.
Goddard. — Benjamin, Brookline, Oct. 26, a. 95 years, 7 mos. 6
days.
Grant. — Dea. Moses, Boston, July 22, a. nearly 76. He was b. in Bos-
ton, July 29, 1185. It is stated in the appendix to Rev. Dr. Lathrop's
discourse, that the family is of " Scotch origin, although the descent
cannot be distinctly traced further back than the grandfather of
the late Moses Grant." " During the French war, a Scotch regiment,
composed exclusively of Grants — that being the only surname upon
its muster-roll — came to Boston, and Mr. Samuel Grant, the grand-
father of the late Deacon, gave an entertainment to the whole regi-
ment, the officers being received and regaled in his house in Union
street, while tables for soldiers were spread in his garden." As early
as the year 1736, and for many years subsequently, the above men-
tioned Samuel Grant had his store in Union street, which was known
by the sign of the Crown and Cushion. This emblem was engraved
as a heading on his bills of sale. He lived in the rear of his store.
His son, Moses, resided in the same house, and carried on business in
the same place, after the death of his father, in 1784, and probably
for some time previous to that event; he was one of the famous party
who destroyed the tea in Boston harbor in 1773. He was born March
13, 1743; m. 1st. in 1768, Elizabeth Brown, dau. of Samuel Brown,
by whom he had one child, the late Mrs. Elizabeth Snelling; m. 2d., in
Dec. 1773, Sarah Pierce, dau. of Capt. Joseph Pierce of Boston. Moses
Grant, the subject of this notice, after leaving the public school
in Boston, went to the academy at Exeter, N. H.; was afterward an
apprentice to his father, and subsequently a partner with him in
business, under the firm of Moses Grant & Son, upholsterers, which
continued till the death of the father. He then carried on the busi-
ness alone, until 1826, when he took into partnership his son-in-law,
George K. Daniell, under the firm of Grant <fe Daniell; they went into
business as paper dealers. Subsequently, by the withdrawal of Mr.
D., the firm was changed to Grant, Warren & Co. He m. 1st, Oct.
2, 1814, Susan White Seaver, dau. of Nathaniel and Susanna Seaver.
There were no children by this marriage, but they adopted an
orphan child named Hannah Adams Fiske, a niece of Miss Hannah
Adams, the historian. This child was educated as a daughter. She
m. George K. Daniell. Mrs. Susan White Grant, the first wife of
"
92 Marriages and Deaths. [Jan.
DeacoD Grant, died in Philadelphia, July 23, 1818, on her return from
a voyage to Italy, for her health. Dea. Grant m. 2d, Oct. 19, 1819,
Mary Gore, dau. of Samuel Gore, and niece of the late Hon. Christo-
pher Gore, governor of Massachusetts for the year 1809-10. She
had six children — one son and five daus, all of whom but one dau.
survive him. Mrs. Grant d. in March, 1859.
Dea. Grant was a well known philanthropist, and friend of the
destitute; a firm supporter of the temperance cause. He was a
member of the common council eight years — from 1835 to 1842, in-
clusive; of the board of aldermen four years — from 1848 to 1851, in-
clusive. He was one of the originators of the present primary
school system, and a member of the primary school committee seven-
teen years — from 1819 to 1835, inclusive. He was at the time of
his death, president of the Howard Benevolent Society, the Society
for the Prevention of Pauperism, and the Home for Aged Men, and
vice president of the Home for Aged Women. He was managing
director of the Farm School for many years. He was a deacon of
the Brattle Street Church .(Ptev. Dr. Lothrop's). His father, Moses,
was also a deacon of the Brattle Street Church, and his grandfather,
Samuel Grant, was deacon of the New North Church in Boston.
Healy. — Hon. Joseph, Washington, N. H., Oct. 10, a. 85. He
was son of John and Mary (Wight) Healy, and was b. Aug. 21,
1176. He was a representative in congress from that state, from
1825 to 1829, and was father of Hon. John P. Healy of Boston.
Hunt. — Polly, Braintree, Oct. 27, a. 94 yrs. l'mo. 12 days; widow
of Elihu Hunt.
Hunter. — Joseph, Esq., F. S. A., Torrington Square, London, Eng.,
May 9, a. 77; one of the assistant keepers of the public records.
He*was born at Sheffield, Feb. 6, 1783; was son of Michael Hunter, a
gentleman engaged throughout his life in the cutlery business at that
town. His mother died while he was yet very young, and shortly
after he was placed under the guardianship of Rev. Joseph Evans, a
Presbyterian minister, with which denomination his parents were
connected. He received the rudiments of a classical education at a
school in the neighborhood of his birth-place, while he devoted all his
leisure moments to the study of such works as he could procure upon
historical, topographical and genealogical subjects, and to copying
all monumental inscriptions and similar remains to be met with im
the churches of the vicinity. He thus laid the foundation of that
minute acquaintance with the family history of his native town and
neighborhood, of which he afterwards made such good use. Many
volumes yet remain, of church notes taken by him at this early age.
It was determined that he should be brought up to the ministry
among the sect to which his family belonged, and accordingly in
1805, he proceeded to a college at York, where he received his pro-
fessional training under Rev. Chas. Wellbeloved, a gentleman well
known to Yorkshire antiquaries, and who survived till a recent
period. In 1809, he became minister of a congregation of Presbyte-
rians at Bath, where he resided twenty-four years, during which time,
in addition to his professional duties, he continued his collection of
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 93
materials for the history of his native town, part of which he em-
bodied in his Hallamshire, published in folio in 1819. This was
followed by two volumes of the History of the Deanery of Doncaster,
in 1828 and 1S31. He was one of the original members of the Bath
Literary and Scientific Institution, which is still a flourishing- estab-
lishment. He was a valued member of the Stourhead Circle, of
which he afterwards printed some account — a party of gentlemen
residing in the counties of Somerset and Wilts, who year after year
met under the roof of Sir Richard Colt Hoare of Stourhead, to
compare the progress they had made in those studies which had an
interest for them all. Mr. Hunter's intimate acquaintance with an-
cient writings and with the minuter details of English history
attracted the attention of the then existing commissioners of the
public records, who were determined to secure the services of cue so
well qualified to assist in the work with which they were charged.
Mr. H. -was appointed a sub-commissioner — removed to London in
1833, and that summer entered on the duties of his office. In 1838,
he was appointed an assistant keeper of the first class, and to his
care were committed the Queen's Remembrancer's Records, with the
especial duty of forming a calendar of this vast mass of miscellan-
eous documents.
Mr. Hunter's numerous publications represent but a small part of
the labors of his evenings and vacations. It was a principle with him to
print nothing of any new discovery while any hope remained of finding
further illustrations of it. It results from this that much curious
information remains in his manuscripts, relating to all the subjects
which engaged his attention. He devoted much time, in middle life,
I to the illustration of the text of Shakespeare's Plays. A part of the
results of his labors in this direction may be learned from his two
published works on this subject. He made collections towards lives
of English verse-writers of the 16th and 17th centuries; these he
never published. The work of Mr. Hunter's which possesses great
interest to Americans, is his Founders of New Plymouth, published
first in a tract, afterwards in the Massachusetts Historical Collections.
It was subsequently enlarged and printed in London in 1854, in a
volume of 205 pages. He was instrumental in procuring for the
Mass. Hist. Society, a transcript of the History of the Plymouth Planta-
tion, by Gov. Bradford, from the original in the Fulham Library.
The work was printed in the Collections of the society, vol. in, fourth
series. Many of Mr. Hunter's communications were inserted in the
Archaologia, and were among the papers read at the annual meet-
ings of the Archaeological Institute. In consideration of his con-
tributions to the former series, he was honored with the title of vice-
president of the Society of Antiquaries. After more than two years
of suffering, Mr. Hunter's system sank under disease on the 9th of
May. He was interred at Ecclesfield, a village in the neighborhood
of Sheffield, in a spot chosen by himself some time before his death.
In 1815, he m. Mary, dau. of Francis Hay ward, M. D., of Bath; by
her, who d. in 1840, he had six children, of whom three sons and
a daughter survive.
He became a corresponding member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society
in 1848, his letter of acceptance bearing date, Feb. 2.
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94 Marriages and Deaths. [Jan.
Jackson. — Francis, Boston, Nov. 14, a. 72. He was a descendant
in the fifth generation from Edward1 Jackson of London, Eng., one
of the first settlers of Newton, Mass., who was born in London about
the year 1G02. Edward followed the trade of a nail-rnaker — was the
son of Christopher Jackson, and was bap. Feb. 3, 1604. His first
wife's name was Frances, by whom he had four sons and four daugh-
ters. He in. 2d, in March, 1649, Elizabeth, dau. of John Newgate,
and wid. of Rev. John Oliver, H. C. 1645, the first minister of Rum-
ney Marsh (Chelsea), by whom he had four daughters and one son.
He was made freeman in 1645, and the next year purchased a farm
of 500 acres in Cambridge village, of Gov. Bradstreet, paying for it
£140. This farm commenced near what is now the division line
between Newton and Brighton, and extended westward, including
what is now Newtonville. He was one of the deputies to the Gene-
ral Court from Cambridge, IT years in all, commencing in 1641. He
was a selectman of Cambridge in 1665; one of the commissioners to
end small causes in Cambridge several years, and filled many other
offices in the town. Johnson, in his Wonder Working Providence, says:
"He could not endure to see the truths of Christ trampled under
foot, by the erroneous party." He had ten children in this country.
Five of these were children of his second wife, and born here. The
names of the ten children were: Hannah,2 Rebecca,- Frances,2 Jona-
than,2 Sebas,2 Sarah,2 Edward,2 Lydia,2 Elizabeth,2 Ruth,2 besides
four who, it is supposed, died in England. He d. June It, 1681, a.
79 yrs. 5 mos. The inventory of his estate proves him a man of
wealth, for he had 1600 acres of land. His property was prized at
£2,411.19.6, including two men-servants, valued at £5 each. It is
a remarkable fact, taken in connection with the life and character of
his descendant, Francis, who was such an uncompromising abolition-
ist, that Edward, his ancestor, was a slaveholder — probably the first
in Newton. His wife outlived him twenty-eight years, and d. Sept.
20, 1709, a. 92. His son, Sebas2 (by his first wife), sometimes writ-
ten Seaborn upon the old records, according to tradition, was born
on the passage to this country; he m. Sarah, dau. of Thomas Baker
of Roxbury, 19: 2: 1671, by whom he had nine children, viz: Edward,3
Sebas,3 John,3 Sarah,3 Elizabeth,3 John,3 Jonathan,3 Marv,3 Joseph.3
He d. Dec. 6, 1690; his widow d. March 25, 1726, a. 84. Their young-
est son and child, Joseph,3 b. March 6, 1690— just three month's after
the death of his father — m Patience, dau. of Samuel Hyde (grand-
Bon of Dea. Samuel), Nov. 28, 1117; had children — Lydia*4 Timothy,4
Joseph,4 Patience.4 Their eldest son, Timothy,4 b. April 20, 1726,
m. Sarah Smith of Cambridge, Feb. 20, 1752, and had — Lucy,5 Sarah,5
Timothy,5 Mary,5 Abigail:5 he d. of consumption, June 18, 1714, a.
48; his wid. d. Nov. 27, 1797, a. 81. Their son, Timothy.5 b. Aug.
3, 1756; m. Sarah, dau. of Stephen Winchester, Nov. 28, 1782; had
William,6 b. Sept. 2, 1783, who was a representative in congress,
and d. Feb. 27, 1855 (see Meg,, ix, 196); Lucretia,6 b. Aug. 16, 1785:
m. Enoch Wiswall, and d. Dec. 28, 1812; Stephen W.,6 b. March 19,
1787; Francis,0 the subject of this notice, b. March 7, 1789, m. Eliza
Copeland of Quincy, and had Eliza Frances,7 James," Harriette Mar-
tineau,7 Susan Gardner,7 Francis,7 Francis;7 George,6 b. April 22,
1192; Edmund,6 b. Jan. 9, 1795.
]862.] Marriages and Deaths. 95
Major Timothy5 Jackson, the father of Francis,6 was the only son
of his parents. He was a subordinate officer in the revolutionary
war, was subsequently adjutant and brigade major in the militia,
was deputy sheriff, selectman, representative. He d. Nov. 22, 1814,
a. 58; his wid. d. March 13, 1815, a. 60.
In 1854, Francis Jackson published a History of Newton. It is a
valuable work, in 12mo, pp. 556, with a genealogical register, con-
taining the names of the inhabitants of the town prior to the year
1800, and a plan of the town, " showing the approximate location of
the homesteads of the early settlers, the dwelling houses they built,
and the roads they laid open, from 1639 to 1100, and onward to 1750."
He was, at one time, a member of the city government, but of late
years, through conscientious scruples, had withdrawn from all public
office. He devoted himself earnestly to the cause of reform, espe-
cially the anti-slavery movement, being for many years the president
of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. He was noted for his
honesty, sound judgment, firmness, perseverance, and unflinching in-
tegrity.
Lincoln. — Gilbert, Taunton, Sept. 2, a. 93 yrs. T. mos. 11 days.
Manchester. — Mrs. Patty, New Bedford, Oct. 24, a. 90.
McGregory. — Lieut. Joel, Newport, N. H., Oct. 31, a. 100 yrs. 11
mos. 9 days. He was b. in Enfield, Conn., 22d November, 1160. He
volunteered in the army of the Revolution, was taken prisoner and
confined in the " old sugar house/' New York, for eight months. He
has enjoyed good health in his last years, though his mind has been
somewhat impaired. In olden time he worked at nail-making, by
hand, and has made tacks so small he could put one thousand of them
in an eggshell. For many years he has received a pension, which,
with what he laid by in hh younger years, has made his declining
years peaceful and happy. It is supposed that he is the last sur-
viving Revolutionary soldier in New Hampshire. All honor to his
memory, and peace to his ashes.
Minot. — John, Boston, March 5, a. IT; a descendant of Elder Geo.
Minot of Dorchester.
Porter. — Col. Paul, Wenham, on Sunday last, a. 85 yrs/ T mos.
For seven years he was representative to the general court; town
clerk ten years; thirteen years moderator of the town meetings, and
for many years selectman, &c. In the war of 1812, he was colonel
of the Ipswich regiment of militia. He died of apoplexy. — Boston
Journal, Wednesday, Nov. 6th.
Putnam. — Lieut. William Lowell, who died Oct. 22, in consequence
of wounds received in the battle of Ball's Bluff, the day previous.
He was born July 9, 1840 — being 21 years old at his death — was a
grandson of the late Rev. Dr. Charles Lowell, his mother being a
daughter of Dr. L. "The body of the deceased was brought to Boston,
where funeral services were held on Monday, Oct. 28th. the state
joining with his kindred and friends in celebrating his obsequies in
the West Church, the coffin being placed on the same spot, in front
96 Marriages and Deaths. [Jan.
of the pulpit, occupied nine months before by that of his maternal
grandfather above mentioned. A discourse was delivered on the
occasion by Rev. Dr. Bartol, from the text: "The beauty of Israel is
"slain upon thy high places." (See Book Notices.)
Wilkins.— Hon. John Hubbard, Boston, Dec. 5, a. 6*1, lacking- five
days. He was son of Samuel and Dorcas (Towne) Wilkins; was b.
in Amherst, N. H., Dec. 10, 1*194; grad. H. C. 1818. In 1821 he came
to Boston, and entered the bookstore of Willard, Gray & Co., and in
1826 he was admitted as a partner in that well known publishing
house, where he remained until 1832, when he withdrew, and the next
year he formed a copartnership with Charles Bolles, under the style
of John H. Wilkins & Co., as paper dealers, in Water street. In
1835, Mr. Bolles withdrew; Mr. Wilkins then took in as a partner,
Richard B. Carter, and they continued the business under the firm of
Wilkins & Carter, and in 1844, Hon. Alexander H. Rice (mayor of
Boston in 185*7, and now a representative in congress) was admitted
a partner, under the st}7le of Wilkins, Carter & Co. In his business,
Mr. Wilkins displayed great talent and stern integrity.
In 1853 the National Bank of Boston was chartered, and Mr. Wil-
kins having been elected its president, withdrew from mercantile
pursuits, and devoted himself to the interests of that institution,
which he did with rare ability. He held the office of president until
Nov. 1861, when at the annual meeting, on account of his ill health,
he declined being a candidate for re-election.
Mr. W. has been a most useful and valued citizen. He was a
member of the Boston common council in 1840, ;41, J42 and '43; was
an alderman in 1844, '48 and '49; was elected to the senate in the
state legislature, in 1850 and '51, and was a member of the state
convention in 1853. He was for five years president of the Cochitu-
ate water board. He was a candidate for the office of mayor of
Boston, but failed of an election by a few votes.
In 1822 he published the first edition of his Elements of Astronomy,
for the use of schools and academies. This treatise met with a rapid
sale. The encouragement he received, induced him to correct and
somewhat enlarge his work, and in 1823 he issued a second edition.
Subsequently the book was stereotyped. Iu 1822 the celebrated
Warren Colburn writes thus to Mr. Wilkins: "I have examined your
treatise on astronomy, and I think that subject is better explained,
and that more matter is contained in this, than in any other book of
the kind with which I am acquainted."
During the discussion of the subject of introducing water into the
city of Boston, Mr. Wilkins took a prominent part. He wrote seve-
ral pamphlets on the question, which were printed; and contributed
many valuable articles to the newspapers. At the consecration, June
24, 1852, of Mount Hope Cemetery — located in Dorchester and "West
Roxbury — Mr. Wilkins, as president of the corporation, made some
introductory remarks, which were published in the pamphlet contain-
ing the order of services.
He m. Nov. 17, 1826, Mrs. Thomasine E. Minot (nee Bond), she
being a sister of the late Prof. William Cranch Bond of Harvard Col-
lege. He had no children. His wife survives him.
1862.] Historical Intelligence. 97
HISTORICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Lebanon (N. H.) Centennial. — The one hundredth anniversary of
the incorporation of the town of Lebanon, N. H., took place July 4th,
1861. G. H. Lathrop, Esq., president of the day. Prayer by Rev.
George Storrs of New York; historical address by Rev. D. H. Allen,
D. D., of Lane Seminary, Ohio; a poem by Rev. C. H. Fay of Provid-
ence, R. I. — all natives of the town; reading of the Declaration of
Independence by Hon. A. H. Cragin; oration by Prof. J. W. Patterson
of Dartmouth College.
Anniversary of Signing the Compact, 1620. — This event was cele-
brated, in 1861, throughout the states of Massachusetts and Maine,
the governors of those states having appointed Nov. 21st as the an-
nual day of Thanksgiving. Govs. Andrew and Washburn were
highly complimented by the press, for their choice of day; and the
editors of some of the principal papers prepared elaborate leaders,
giving a history of the event, and showing the important influences
that flowed from it. Many of the clergy in their sermons took occa-
sion to make the Pilgrims and their Compact the subject of special
attention.
In 1860, this anniversary was celebrated by the New England
Historic-Genealogical Society, by an address from Rev. Frederic W.
Holland of Dorchester. See Register, vol. xv, page 96.
Centennial Celebration at Poultney, Yt. — The one hundredth an-
niversary of the incorporation of the town of Poultney, was celebrat-
ed Sept. 21st, when all the sons and daughters of Poultney were
welcomed to " the old homestead, to recount the joys and sorrows of
Auld Lang Syne, and make a record for the future." Historical
sketch by Henry Clark, oration by Rev. I. Newton Sprague.
Proposed Centennial Celebration of tee Incorporation of Bernards-
ton, Mass. — The territory now contained in the towns of Bernards-
ton, Leyden, and a part of Coleraine, was granted by the legislat-
ure of Massachusetts, in 1135, to those and the descendants of those
who were engaged in the battle with the Indians at Turner's Falls,
on the Connecticut river, May 18th, 1676. This grant, for about 25
years, was called the Falls Fight township, or Falls town. Said ter-
ritory was incorporated as a town, by the name of Bemardston, in
1163. At a town meeting held in Bemardston, Nov. 5, on motion
of Hon. Henry W. Cushman, it was voted, to celebrate next year, the
one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town: and a
committee was appointed to make the necessary arrangements.' As
a matter of historical interest in regard to centennials and bi-cen-
tennials that occur next year, in Massachusetts, we would mention
that Milton, in Norfolk county, was incorporated in 1662; SandisHeld
aud Tyringham, in Berkshire county; Bemardston, in Franklin
county; Chesterfield, in Hampshire county; and Athol, Oakham, and
Templeton, in Worcester county, in H62.
13
98 Correction. [Jan.
The towns whose centennials came this year were: Great Barring-
ton, Pittsfield, Ooleraine, Shutesbury, Belchertown, and Ware. Had-
ley was incorporated in 1661. Has there been corresponding cele-
brations in these towns? Where the opportunity occurs but once in
a hundred years, it would seem as though the occasion ought to be
improved by the inhabitants, to review the history of their respective
towns; to learn of the past those salutary lessons which, if rightly
studied and improved, can not fail to result in good for the future.
Fortieth Anniversary of the Ordination of the Rev. Dr. Burnham,
at Rindge, N. H.— The fortieth anniversary of the ministry of Rev.
Amos W. Burnham, D. D., at Rindge, was publicly celebrated Nov.
14th, day and evening, by appropriate services. The exercises opened
with the singing of one of the old tunes, Strike the Cymbal. After
prayers, reading of the scriptures, &c, Dr. Burnham delivered an
excellent historical discourse from the text, " Hitherto hath the Lord
helped us." At the close of the exercises in the church, the congre-
gation repaired to the Town Hall, where a collation was provided.
This was followed by pleasant speeches, addresses, singing, <fcc.,
which were continued in the evening, Hon. Marshall P. Wilder of
Dorchester, a native of Rindge, taking the lead in singing, as he did
at the ordination forty years ago. It is hoped that the sermon,
addresses, &c, will be published.
Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Rev. Dr. Blagden,
at the Old South Church, Boston. — This anniversary occurred on
Saturday, Sept. 28tb, but as it came just at the close of the week,
the celebration was postponed until Monday, Sept. 30th. It was a
social gathering, and after singing by the choir, prayer by Rev. Dr.
Jenks, and interesting remarks by Deacon Charles Stoddard, Rev.
James H. Means, Rev. Joseph H. Thayer and others, Dr. Blagden re-
sponded in a brief address. A collation was given at Music Hall,
after the exercises at the church, and a silver pitcher presented to
the pastor. An interesting commemorative discourse was preached
by Rev. Dr. Blagden, on Sunday morning, Sept. 29th.
Life of Gen. Lyon. — Dr. Ashbel Woodward of Franklin, Conn.,
has in preparation a life of the late Gen. Nathaniel Lyon.
Correction. — On page 311 of the Register, Oct. 1861, there is a
mistake in the foot note respecting Mr. Timothy Thornton, whose
burial, Sept. 22, 1126, is recorded in Bumstead's Journal on the
same page. The error is in supposing him to be identical with
another Timothy Thornton, who is mentioned by Bumstead in the
same journal (page 315) as living, Dec. 1, 1T2T, more than a year
afterward. The Mr. Thornton whose burial is recorded by Bumstead,
died Sept. 19, 1126, aged 19 years, as appears by his gravestone.
He was son of "the aged and Rev. Mr. Thomas Thornton, form-
erly minister of Yarmouth," Mass., who died Feb. 15, 1100, aged
nearly 93. Bridgman's Copp's Hill Epitaphs, pp. 56, 209, 211. Bond's
History of Watertown, pp. 602, 9pl.
1862.]
Book Notices. 99
BOOK NOTICES.
The Wetmore Family of America, and its Collateral Branches: with Genea-
logical, Biographical, and Historical Notices. By James Carnahan
Wetmore. Albany: J. Munsell. 1861. 8vo. pp. 684.
We have here no mere dry genealogical forms and frameworks of a family or
race, but an exhibition, to a good extent, of the lives and characters of those who
belong by connection or consanguinity to the Wetmores. The work is truly a
"family memorial," and as such, it should be prized and appreciated by every
one bearing the name. There are many interesting biographical sketches of indi-
viduals, and valuable historical matter presented in these pages. Fortunate is the
family that embraces within itself such an assemblage of noted men, distinguished
in the religious, political, judicial, and commercial world; in the army and navy
of the Union; in the public and private walks of life — individuals that have adorned
their country and its history, and exerted an influence that will be seen and
felt through the coming ages. The work is elegant and attractive in appearance
and execution; as a whole, we hardly know where to find its equal. It is got
up in Mr. Munsell's best style, which is known to be an excellent one Much
praise is due to the author for giving to the world, at great expense it must have
been, such a beautiful and valuable book. The photographs are fine — the binding
is superior, being in harmony with the character of the work.
Thomas Whitmore, the progenitor, was born in the west of England, in 1815,
and came to Boston, Mass., in 1635. His name appears in 1639-40, on the Weth-
trsficld (Conn.) Town Records, as an owner of lauds in that locality. He died Dec.
11, 1681, aged 66 years, leaving sixteen children, by his three wives, Sarah, Mary,
and Katharine. Each of these children, male and female, under the head of " im-
mediate descendants of Thomas Whitmore," are separately noticed, and the names
and time of birth of their children given. The next stage is, to give the descendants
of John, the first child of Thomas and Sarah (Hall) Whitmore, and their children,
and children's children, following the male line to the eighth generation inclusive.
The record of descendants of the daughters follow, immediately, their mother's
name, while the record of the descendants of the sons come in order under their
proper generation ; so that each family is kept by itself, and each branch of the
family is given distinct from all the other branches, till the work closes. But the
principal peculiarity in the arrangement is, " that the heading of each particular
family, together with the heading of the page above, gives the entire genealogy
back to Thomas the founder of the family." As an instance, in the regular order
of generation, by reading thus : u James Carnahan Wetmore " (the author), " child
of Rev. Oliver, son of Deacon Oliver," with the head line of the page, " descend-
ants of Judge Seth, son of Izrahiah, son of Thomas," the first ancestor, it gives us
the entire pedigree through six generations, and by continuation, in other in-
stances, through nine generations, complete.
At what particular time the family changed the spelling of their name from Whit-
more to Wetmore, it does not appear. It is thought, however, " that the children
of the third (possibly some few of the second) in part, and the descendants of the
fourth generation very generally adopted the name of Wetmore." Mr. Somerby,
it seems, after a diligent search in various counties of England, has found no record
of a family spelling their surname Wetmore. Abstracts of wills of the name of
Whitmore, Whitmar, Whitmer, &c, furnished by Mr. Si, are introduced into the
appendix, where also, among other thing?, are notices of Pres. Jonathan Edwards,
Elder William Brewster, Hon. John Treadweil, Rev. Samuel Kirkland, and Capt.
Wiles Standish.
In addition to the Wetmore family, so fully represented in the work under no-
tice, there are "also biographical and genealogical notices of collateral branches of
Backus, Badger, Barber, Bexton, Bigelow, Binxey, Bliss, Boerum, Booth, Brew-
ster, Butlee, Chetwood, Creesbrocgh, Christophers, Cottox, Craft, Dibble,
Edwards, Ehle, Ellsworth, Flewellino, Goodrich, Haight, Hobbs, Hopkins,
«o*t, Huftes, Huaiikgtox, Ja&vis, Johssos, Kikklasd, Lamsox, Lee, Livlvgstox,
100 Book Notices. [Jan.
Metcalp, Merritt, Peter?, Prime, Phillips, Pcddington-, Rainsforb, Rathbone,
SiiEPAUD, Sherwood, Spooxer, Standish, Stoddard, Story, Stocgiitox, Tkead-
well, Waldo, Warner, Walker, Willard, Williams, White, Whittlesey,
Whitmork (John of Stamford, 1649), &c , &c, &c, and indexes of over 5,000
names. "
The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts, from its first Settlement, in 1640,
to the year 1860. By George Wingate Chase. Haverhill: Published
by the Author. 1861. For sale at S. G-. Drake's, 13 Bromfield
street, Boston, and by the Author.
Mr. Chase worthily represents the good old town of Haverhill — its character*
history and institutions — in his invaluable work of near 700 pages, whose title we
have given above. This fine octavo carries its own encomium with it, and there-
fore needs no praise outside of the book to recommend it. We can scarce refrain
from lingering at the threshold of this notice to express the wish, that every town
in New England, might have as faithful and judicious a chronicler as the historian
of Haverhill. Where is the historian of old Salisbury and her daughter, Amesbury;
of Marblehead, Manchester, and other towns that might be mentioned? Though
Essex county has contributed more than her quota, it may be, to our local history,
yet there is much that remains to be done toward gathering up the interesting and
instructive fragments of the past, scattered through her thriving towns and villages.
Would that the example set by the pattern town of Haverhill, of voting, unani-
mously, that $500 be appropriated toward the publication of her history, might bo
imitated by other towns and municipalities in our Commonwealth.
Haverhill was one of the frontier towns, and was subject to frequent incursions
from the Indians. One of the most romantic incidents in the early history of our coun-
try, was the well known, chivalrous and daring exploit of Hannah Duston with her
savage foes. Her very name is associated in our minds with the town of Haver-
hill. A complete and graphic narrative of the whole affair is here presented, special
pains having been taken, as it would seem, by the compiler, to make it as correct as
possible. And while he " would not detract," as he says, " one jot or tittle from
the full credit due the mother for her extraordinary feat," he claims " for the pure
and lofty heroism of the father, a larger share of the world's applause than has as
yet been awarded him." In accordance with these feelings, an attempt is made —
successfully we think — to do justice to this courageous and noble-hearted man.
Other incidents and details of savage depredations are related. An epitome of the
history of slavery in Massachusetts, with the names of owners of slaves in Haverhill,
till the death-blow was given to " the peculiar institution " in Massachusetts, in
1783, are here registered.
The boundary difficulties that prevailed for nearly forty years between Massachu-
setts and New Hampshire, from 1720, are detailed, illustrated with drawings from
the originals in the Massachusetts Archives, and here for the first time printed.
On page 411, we find a scale of depreciations in the paper money, from Jan. 1777
to Dec. 1780, copied from the town treasurer's book. The worth of £100 in paper
money, when reduced to solid coin (at the rate of 6s 8d for an ounce of silver), is
presented for each month, at its specie value, in Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
and in Congress. This is convenient as a table of reference for those who would
like to know the worth of the paper emission at any period, from the beginning to
the end of the above dates.
There is an entertaining account of Washington's visit to Haverhill, in 1789,
when he made his eastern tour ; chapters on trade and manufactures ; the ecclesi-
astical history of the town ; biography, genealogy, kc, &c, with other topics usually
dwelt upon in a well written history. The indices are good, embracing, besides
the subjects, upwards of three thousand names. Among the illustrations is a fine
view of the town, and a fac-simile of its Indian deed, dated Nov. 15, 1642. There
are also other views, and several portraits in the book.
This is one of the few towns in our Commonwealth, of which there are two his-
tories extant In 1832, B. L. Minsk published a History of Haverhill, in 227 pages,
12uio. The work is now rare. It is written in the form of annals. Mr. Chase has
corrected some mistakes made by Lis predecessor, and enlarged on many subjects
where Mr. M. was brief, besides adding a vast amount of matter not touched
upon by the previous author.
186 2.]
Book Notices. 10 1
A Record of the Cope Family, as established in America, by Oliver Cope,
who came from England to Pennsylvania about the year 1682, with the
residences, dates of births, deaths and marriages of his descendants as far
as ascertained. By Gilbert Cope. Philadelphia: 18G1. 8vo. pn.
251.
We welcome this accession to our genealogical literature from the Key Stone
State, for it is seldom that we receive a work of the kind from that quarter. Of
the two indices in the hook, one is of a general character, the other an index to
marriages only. There is no index of names to aid a stranger in finding a particu-
lar member of the family, which numbers more than three thousand. There are
no biographies, and scarce any personal history in the work. The compiler says :
" It was not thought best to insert much information in regard to the wealth ov
occupations of the different members of the family, or anything that would tend
to a discrimination between them, socially or morally," being quite in contrast
with the Wetmore Genealogy noticed in this number. If there are men of note in a
family — individuals whose talents and influence have made them conspicuous in
their public and private walks, as men of integrity and virtue — why not embody
the prominent facts in their lives into a work that purports to be a cenealogy of
that family? We consider those fortunate, as we have before said, who possess
materials of this nature. We make the above remarks in no fault-finding
spirit of the work under notice. We appreciate, as many do not, the labors of the
compiler, who is a young man. He has manifested great industry and persever-
ance in collecting, and good judgment in classification, though the plan differs
somewhat from many of our New England genealogies. A single asterisk is used,
in the arrangement, to separate brothers and sisters — two, to divide cousins — three,
second cousins, &c.
History of the Town of Newburgh [N. Y.~\, general, analytical, and bio-
graphical. By E. M. Ruttenber. Illustrated with views, maps,
portraits, &c.f &c., drawn by Chas. W. Tice, engraved by David
Nichols. Newburgh. Nos. 1-10. 8vo. pp. 344.
We have been pleased with the appearance of this work, as from time to time a
number came to hand, and would now congratulate the author on its completion.
He has given us interesting, and we doubt not, correct accounts of the rise and pro-
gress of Newburgh, dating back more than two and a half centuries, to the morning
of Sept. 15th, 1609, when the navigator Hudson, in his " Half Moon " barque, sailed
into that quiet bay, and when under the light of an autumnal sun, he pressed with
his feet the soil, exclaiming : :{ It is as beautiful a land as one can tread upon."
The aboriginal history is well drawn, as also the history of the worthy Palatines,
those fugitives from the Rhine in Germany, about fifty in number, who amid hard-
ships and privations, in 1709, just one hundred years after Hudson's visit, laid tho
foundation of the present town of Newburgh. The revolutionary history is suc-
cinctly narrated — public enterprises detailed — as also matters ecclesiastical, educa-
tional and local. The biographical sketches are valuable, and the illustrations
appropriate. The whole work is indeed creditable to the trio — author, artist and
engraver — citizens of Newburgh — whose portraits adorn the title-page of their joint
production.
Historical Collections of the Essex Institute. Vol. m, No. 4. Salem,
Mass,: 1861.
This number contains among its continued articles, Goodell's Biographical Notices
of the Officers of Probate for Essex County, from the commencement of the Colo-
ny to the present time ; Craft's Journal of the Siege of Boston, with Notes by S. P.
Fowler; History of the Essex Lodge of Free Masons; Abstracts from Wills, &c.; and
Extracts from the First Book of Births, Marriages and Deaths of the City of Salcin,
by Ira J. Patch. Besides these is a Genealogy of the Derby Family, by Ferley
Derby ; Extracts from Letters of Capt. George Curwen, while on the expedition
against Louisburg, &c. The primal object of this periodical, is (i the collection and
preservation of ail authentic memorials relating to the civil history of the county
of Essex, Mass., and of the eminent men who have resided within its limits from
102 Book Notices. [Jan.
the first settlement." We would cheerfully recommend these historical collections
to the sons of Essex and their descendants. The work is issued in bi-monthly
numbers of about 50 pages each, at £2 per annum.
Transactions of the Rhode Island Society far the encouragement of Domes-
tic Industry, in the. year 1860. Providence: 1861. 8vo. pp.96.
A meeting of the above named society was held in the city of Providence, R. I.,
Jan. 23, 1861; James D'Wolf Perry of Bristol, president. An interesting commu-
nication from Dr. Usher Parsons, on Flax Culture and Manufacture, was presented,
and subsequently printed in the pamphlet before us. The necrologioal report, by
the secretary, W. R. Staples, gives brief memoirs of eleven members of the society,
who deceased in I860, viz : John Jones Stimson, Adnah Sackett, William Burnit
Bradford, Daniel Eldredge Carpenter, George A. Taylor, Anthony Budlong, Thomas
M. Remington, Luke Green, Robert Rhodes, Samuel Billings, Elisha Dyer Vinton.
The Life, Labors, and Character of Rev. Otis A. Skinner, D. D. A Dis-
course delivered in the Warren Street Universalist Church [Bos-
ton], on Sunday, October 6th, 1861. By Rev. Thomas B. Thayer,
Pastor of the Society. 8vo. pp. 23.
The Mature Christian ripe for the Harvest : A Sermon preached in the
Brattle-Square Church [July 28], on the Sunday succeeding the
Death of Moses Grant, senior deacon of that church. By Rev. S.
K. Lothrop, D. D. 8vo. With an Appendix, pp. 38.
Our Sacrifices. A Sermon preached in the West Church [Boston],
November 3, 1861, being the Sunday after the Funeral of Lieut.
William Lowell Putnam. By C. A. Bartol. 8vo. pp. 23.
We give above, the titles of funeral discourses, preached in Boston, on occa-
sion of the decease of three individuals, who might be severally designated as —
the pastor, the philanthropist, and the patriot. Brief notices of each will be found
in our obituary department.
The Rebellion Record ; a Diary of American Events. 1860-61. Edited
by Frank Moore, author of Diary of the American Revolution. In
three divisions, viz: 1, Diary of Verified Occurrences; II, Docu-
ments, Narratives, etc.; Ill, Poetry, Anecdotes, and Incidents.
New York: G. P. Putnam. Part 9, vol. n. Monthly edition, illus-
trated with portraits of Gen. Lander and Bishop Polk.
In this number the Diary of Events is brought down to July 12th. Among the
important documents may be mentioned one by Reverdy Johnson, on The Power
of the President to Suspend the Habeas Corpus Writ; also a Speech of Charles D.
Drake, delivered at the city of Louisiana, Mo., July 4, 1861; of Joseph Segar, de-
livered, in the Virginia House of Delegates, March 30th; of Galusha A. Grow; of
Daniel S. Dickinson, &c.
Mr. Moore, in this work, carries on the sifting process so faithfully, that the
digest of facts here presented, must be of great value to every one who takes an
interest in the history of his country; while the documents, being published entire,
give added worth to the publication as a memorial of the times in which we live.
The Southern Rebellion, and the War for the Union. A History of the
Kise and Progress of the Rebellion, and consecutive narrative of
event3 and incidents from the first stages of the Treason against
the Republic, down to the close of the conflict, together with im-
portant documents, extracts from remarkable speeches, &c. New
York: James D. Torrey, publisher. No. 16. Dec. 4, 1861.
The number before us completes vol. i of this periodical. It differs from the
work before mentioned, by giving us in a narrative form, a connected account of
the whole insurgent movement from its incipieuoy, conducting us through its vari-
1862.]
Book Notices. 103
ous phases of rebellion, manifestly exhibiting throughout the weakness and wicked-
ness of its adherents. The Record gives the material, the warp and woof of history;
the work now under notice forms it into a more complete fabric.
We concur with Gov. Andrew, who says: "Such a condensation of facts, and
presentation of official documents, relating to the present war, can not fail to be of
great interest and utility, and in future years will be invaluable to all who will
wish to study the details of the great conspiracy against constitutional liberty and
the rights of humanity."
Vermont Quarterly Gazetteer. A Historical Magazine, embracing* a
digest of the history of each town, civil, educational, religious,
geological and literary. Edited bv Abby Maria Hemenway. Lud-
low, Vt.: 1861. 8vo. pp. 120. Nos. 1 and 2.
This is surely a novelty in our periodical literature. It is purely democratic,
also, for every town in the state is allowed to furnish its history, each in its own
way — give the lives of its men, and the poetry of its women; not only permitted,
but expected to do so. We hope the undertaking: may be a successful one. There
seems no good reason why it should not be. And wbat a valuable compendium of
history of the Green Mountain State we shall have when all the cities and towns in
its fourteen counties are represented in one work — two volumes, at least, of more
than SOU pages each, if the plan is carried out, as commenced, of having 120 pages
to a number Addison county is complete, in the first number; a greater portion
of Bennington county published in the second; to be followed by Caledonia, Chit-
tenden, and other counties, in alphabetical order. Portraits of Govs. William Slade
and Hiland Hall grace the numbers before us. What an amount of racy anecdotes,
pleasant biographies, and picturesque facts, are here unfolded; the patronage table
will be stored, we doubt not, with names in some degree proportionate.
Ine Historical Magazine, and Notes and Queries concerning the Antiqui-
ties, History, and Biography of America. Vol v, No. 12. December,
1861. New York: C. B. Richardson.
This is the closing number of vol. v. We have looked at and read each issue of
the work from its commencement, with great interest, and are gratified at the hold-
ing on of such a periodical in these trying times. Five volumes of such garnered
literature, much of it relating to our colonial and revolutionary history, can not
fail to be a rich accession to our libraries; and to our antiquarian gleaners, in par-
ticular, it must be very acceptable.
History of the Reed Family in Europe and America. By Jacob Whitte-
more Reed, member of the New England Historic-Genealogical So-
ciety. Boston: Printed by John Wilson & Son. 1861. 8vo. pp.
588.
The author of this book informs us that it is ten years since he commenced his
labors. We remember him five years ago as then engaged upon the work, and
noticed the zeal with which he pursued his researches. He has now published
the result in a book of nearly 600 pages, elegantly printed, illustrated by numerous
portraits, and thoroughly indexed. He deserves the gratitude not only of those
whose ancestry he has so patiently and successfully investigated, but of all who
take an interest in American genealogy. There are some things, it is true, not ex-
actly to our taste. We think a better arrangement might have been adopted, and
that nearly all of the first chapter had better have been omitted.
The task that Mr. Reed has undertaken, is rendered more difficult by the number
of different families of the same xiame, or of similar names, that exist in this coun-
*fj. All of these families — the Reeds, Reedes, Reads. Reades, and Reids — have
their genealogy, more or less, fully displayed here. Of course so wide a field ren-
ders the work more liable to errors; and the author candidly confesses that mis-
takes and omissions will doubtless be found in his book. He has, however, en-
deavored to avoid them as much as possible.
104 Book Notices. [J;
; 1 1 ,
The Congregational Quarterly. October, 1861. Vol. in, No. 4, con-
ducted under the sanction of the Congregational Library Associa-
tion and the American Congregational Union, Boston.
We have not been informed as to the precise arrangements for carrying on of vol.
it of tins periodical, but understand at the time of writing this article, that the Jan.
No. is in a forward state. It lias been announced that it will contain a memoir,
with a fine portrait, of the late Rev. Joseph S. Clark, D. D., who has been heretofore
one of the editors of this valuable work, and whose withdrawal by death has been
a great loss, not only to the denomination of Christians to which he belonged, and
to the associations with which he was connected, but to the public generally. An-
other article of interest expected, is one on the Recent Discoveries in regard to the
Plymouth Pilgrims, with a woodcut of John Robinson's house in Leyden. The
ably written memoirs prepared for this quarterly, with the accompanying portraits,
give a great value to it. These alone are well worth the single dollar, which is the
subscription price. We hope it will be liberally sustained.
Further Traces of the Ancient Northmen in America., with Geological Evi-
dences of the Location of their Vineland. Communicated to the Historic-
Genealogical Society, by Rev. Abner Morse, A. M., and published
at their request. 8vo. pp. 16.
In this communication Mr. Morse graphically describes stone hearths lately found
in three localities upon Cape Cod, deeply buried beneath peat and the stump of an
ancient oak. He gives the result of extensive inquiries, showing that these heart*i3
were not the work of the Aborigines, but of another people, who did not remain to
build others, and whom he supposes to have been Northmen. Mr. M. is still pur-
suing the subject, and has further ascertained the discovery of a metallic arrow
point on Nantucket, exactly resembling those found with the skeleton at Fall River,
and the use of steel axes in the southeast part of Massachusetts, as long ago as the
construction of these hearths. *
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1862.] Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. 105
MEMOIR OF SIR WALTER RALEGH.
Born, 1552; Beheaded, 18 Oct., 1618.
Few memories of any period have received more attention, than
that of Sir Walter Ralegh; and few periods of the world's history
afford such a constellation of names as that of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth. This can hardly fail to be admitted, if a brief survey be
taken of even a portion of what has been written under the titles of
Lives and Memoirs of the men of that time.
Among the notables of the Elizabethan period stands prominent
Sir Walter Ralegh (as he uniformly wrote his name, but Rawley as
everybody pronounced it). It will not be hazarding much, it is pre-
sumed, to pronounce the prominence of that Knight as rather an un-
due or factitious one, and to venture the opinion that much of his
fame is owing to his tragical death.
Notwithstanding the great amount of materials for a Life of Ra-
legh, and the extensive memoirs which have been published of him,
almost nothing is known of his early years.* Respecting these ma-
terials a remark is thought to be necessary. William Oldys drew
up a very elaborate Life of Ralegh which he prefixed to "the ele-
venth edition" of the History of the World, published in 1136, in two
volumes in folio. Before this time nothing like justice had been
rendered to the memory of the " wandering knight." This edition
of the History of the World was brought out in a style of magnifi-
cence then rarely equaled. With that work was issued a portrait,
done in the highest style of the art, bearing this inscription: " From
a picture in possession of William Elwes, Senr., Esqr., formerly
belonging to Lady Elwes, eldest daughter of Sir Walter, grand-
son of Sir Walter Ralegh." It was executed by G. Vertue, 1735.
By a reference to the pedigree of Ralegh in this Memoir, it will be
seen that "Lady Elwes" was Elizabeth, wife of Sir John Elwes, Kt.
Respecting the work of Mr. 01(hrs it may be further remarked, that
it has been the foundation of all the Lives of Ralegh since its publi-
cation, or all of much account. Its author was a true antiquary,
and has deserved well of historians as well as antiquaries, however
slightly biographers have passed over him.
The next work of importance upon Ralegh, was published by Dr.
Thomas Birch, M. A., F. R. S. This is in two handsome octavos, and
was issued in 1751, fifteen years after the work of Mr. Oldys. The
character of Dr. Birch as an antiquary and historian, is too well
known to need special notice here, but it may not be out of place
to remark, that his Life of Ralegh is much less valuable than that
by Oldys. He entitles his volumes: The Works of Sir Walter Ralegh,
*&.t Political, Commercial, and Philosophical ; together with his Letters
and Poems • the whole never before collected together, and some never yet
printed; to which is prefixed, a new Account of his Life.
* Lord Bacon lias indeed preserved one anecdote of Ralegh's college days, bat
it is too frivolous for serious biography.
Vol. XVI. H
106 Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. [April
For the next fifty years Ralegh seems to have been somewhat
neglected, saving by the general historian of England. But in 1805
appeared two elegant quarto volumes, in which more pains was
taken to polish the character of Sir Walter than had been done since
the labors of Oldys. These volumes were accompanied also by a
a fine engraving, apparently copied from that of Oldys. They
are by Arthur Cayley, Jr., Esq., who has also deserved well of
all readers of history of the age of Elizabeth. But the labored life
of Ralegh prefixed to the History of the World, published apparently
in the lifetime of the Knight,* to which Oldys, Cayley, Birch, and
others have been greatly indebted, should not be overlooked. In the
title-page is a portrait of Ralegh, engraved by Simon Pass. Of the
modern lives of him, it is not necessary to speak. Notwithstanding
the researches of all who have yet written, there remain numerous
documents in the State Paper Office and the British Museum, un-
touched by the biographers of Ralegh. Of them much use will
be made in this memoir.
As Sir Walter Ralegh has been considered by his biographers, a
sort of universal genius, they did not know under what head to class
him; for he was a soldier, a sailor, a historian, poet, and a courtier.
Some of them have set him down as a lawyer — probably because he
talked like one on various occasions — but though he was for a time
in lodgings where lawyers were made, he says himself he did not
study the law. Anthony Wood said, in his time, "it still remained
a dispute, whether the age he lived in is more obliged to his pen or
his sword." Sir Robert Naunton, his contemporary, has, with as
great truth as brevity, exhibited the fortunes of this singularly un-
fortunate man. He says: "As for the remaining part of his life
[after 1576], it was sometimes low, and sometimes in a middle con-
dition, aud often tossed by fortune to and fro, and seldom at rest.
He was one that fortune had picked up on purpose, of whom to make
an example, or to use as her tennis-ball, thereby to show what she
could do; for she tost him up out of nothing, and to and fro to great-
ness, and from thence down to little more than to that wherein she
found him, a bare gentleman, not that he was less, for he was well
descended, and of good alliance, but poor in his beginnings; and for
my Lord of Oxford's jest of him (the Jack, and an upstart), we all
know, it savors more of emulation, and his humor, than of truth; and
it is a certain note of the times, that the Queen in her choice never
took into her favor a mere new man/'y
The relationship of Sir Walter Ralegh to many remarkable men,
particularly to Devonians, as well as the pedigree of his family, are
exhibited by the following table:!
* According to the frontispiece, this edition of the History of the Wonid was
printed in 1614, while the life prefixed records the beheading of the author, in
1618. And then by the colophon the work was printed in 1624. This collation
is given to show how publishers sometimes lead us astray, however careful we
intend to be.
tBut from a priority of publication, this might be attributed to Winstaniey. or
to Lioyd. Naunton published his Fragnunta Regalia, 1642. Winstmley his
Worthies, 1660, and Lloyd his Statesmen, 1664.
t Compiled in part from an ingenious article in The Arehaologia (Soc. jSntiquaries),
vol. xxxw, p. 225.
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108 Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. [April
In the latter half of the sixteenth century, there were living within
and about the county of Devon a truly wonderful race of men. There
were the families of the Raleghs, the Gilberts, the Drakes, the Fortes-
cues, the Carews, the Cimmpernons, the Grenvilles, the Gorges,
and several others which might be named. AYiJli all of these Sir
Walter Ralegh was connected by consanguinity, and he sometimes
spoke with satisfaction of his affinity " with all the great families in
those western parts."
Sir Walter was born in 1552 (Gth Edward VI), at a farm-house
of his father, called Haye's, in the parish of East Budleigh (called
Duke's Haye's in Prince's time, because belonging to Duke of
Otterton). He was the youngest sou of Walter Ralegh, of Fardell
a seat but eight miles to the east of Plymouth. By a reference to
Prince, and other writers, the pedigree of Ralegh may be carried
back many generations, even to the Norman conquest, before which
time Smallridge was in possession of this family. As will be seen
by the pedigree annexed, his mother was a daughter of Sir Philip
Champernon of Modbury, widow of Otho Gilbert of Compton, and
that Sir Walter was half-brother of the distinguished brothers, Sir
John, Sir Humphrey and Sir Adrian Gilbert,
Of the earl}' life of Ralegh there appears to be no account. His
grandson, Philip Raleigh, Esq., says his family was " more consid-
erable for antiquity, than largeness of fortune, which had been
much impaired by the generosity and prodigality of ancestors.'7*
However, he was, by some means, fitted for college, and was entered
of Oriel, at Oxford, about 1568. There he continued about a year,
after which we find him at the Inns of Court. But, remarks
Naunton, " his approaches to the University and Inns of Court were
the grounds of his improvement, but they were rather excursions
than sieges, or sittings down, for he stayed not long in a place."
By the close of another year, he is found embarking with his kins-
man, Henry Champernon, in an expedition into France, which expe-
dition was for the succor of the Huguenots. About six years of his
life is supposed to have been passed in this service, in which, accord-
ing to Cayley, " nearly thirty battles, sieges, treaties and capitula-
tions" took place. "The school must have been a fine one" for his
initiation into the arts of war and diplomacy. He was in that coun-
try when the bloody massacre of St. Bartholomew, in 1572, took place.
Returning to England in 1576, he immediately entered into the
service against the Spaniards in the Low Countries. There, under
Sir John Norris, he acted a conspicuous part, and was at the battle
of Rimenant, on Lammas-day, 1578, in which Don John of Austria,
the hero of Lepanto, was defeated, which defeat he survived only
two months.
On his return to his own country, in 1579, he found his half-
brother, Sir Humphrey Gilbert, fitting out an expedition for New-
foundland, of which the Queen had given him" a patent. Capt.
Francis Drake had returned from the West Indies, with much wealth
* Philip spells the name of his grandfather, Raleigh, in accordance with his
own. The second edition of his account was printed in 1702, in octavo. It has a
preface by the well known Laurence Echard, dated 25th Oct., 1697.
1862.] Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. 109
taken from the Spaniards, and was again upon a secret expedition
into unknown seas. No little emulation had been excited among
seamen by his adventures. Ralegh seized upon the first opportunity,
therefore, to become familiar with maritime affairs. He accordingly
embarked with Sir Humphrey, but, falling in with some Spanish
ships of war, was attacked by them and the voyage ruined. Soon
after this misfortune he embarked for Ireland. The Pope had
sent soldiers there to root out the Protestants, and Elizabeth was
determined to sustain them. In this service he fought in many
sanguinary skirmishes, thereby came into notice, and received the
appointment, among others, of governor of Cork. This brings our
history to 1580, at which time Lord Grey was sent over to take the
chief command in that country, between whom aud Ralegh a dispute
arose, of the nature of which history is not very explicit. However,
it was probably the cause of Ralegh's quitting Ireland and returning
to England, where the fame of his exploits had doubtless preceded
him. His return is fixed ''towards the close of 15S1," at which time
all Europe was astir in admiration of the then wonderful achievements
of Sir Francis Drake, wTho had recently returned from his voyage
around the world, with immense wealth, and, as Camden says, still
greater renown. This mighty undertaking filled the souls of such
men as Ralegh, and spurred them on to emulate, as far as they might,
the glory of that enterprise. Drake, too, had performed signal service
in Ireland, by the means of which he was brought to the notice of
Elizabeth; and now the same thing happened to Ralegh. But he
was not so fortunate in the Queen's acquaintance as Drake had been,
for the latter was not beguiled into a fawning dalliance about her,
but only used his introduction at Court for the furtherance of mighty
undertakings for the glory of England and the Protestant cause.
It is said that Ralegh first attracted Elizabeth's notice by one of
those servile acts so much esteemed in those times. The Queen
walking abroad one day, and coming to a fenny place, was hesitating
how to pass it. Ralegh was an accidental observer of her difficulty,
and hastening to the spot, took off his richly embroidered plush cloak,
6pread it upon the place, upon which she passed lightly over.* At
another time, being in an apartment of the Queen, he wrote upon a
window, for her observation, " Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall."
Under this, when she saw it, the Queen wrote, * If thy heart fail
thee, climb not at all." Whether these were actual occurrences or
not, it is quite certain, as Lodge remarks, that they were consistent
with the practices of those times, and agreeable to the frivolities of
Elizabeth.
If the person of Ralegh is accurately described by Sir Robert
Naunton, who knew him well, it is highly probable that Queen
Elizabeth used those arts to attract him which she possessed in per-
fection, and which she did not fail to exercise on other occasions.
Ralegh had, says Sir Robert, " in the outward man, a good pre-
sence, in a handsome and well compacted person, a strong natural
* Fuller says Ralegh's clothes were then a considerable part of his estate ; but
that the Queen rewarded him afterwards with many suits, for his so free and sea-
sonable tender of so fair a foot-cloth. — IVorthies, in, 419.
110 Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. [April
wit, and a better judgment, with a bold and plausible tongue,
whereby he could set out his parts to the best advantage; and to
these he added the adjuncts of some general learning, which by
diligence he enforced to a great augmentation and perfection; for
he was an indefatigable reader, whether by sea or land, and none of
the least observers both of men and times." In this connection may
be noted what another has said: "He seemed to be born to that only
which he went about; so dexterous was he in all his undertakings,
in camp, in court, by sea, by land, with sword, with pen."* Thus
he was a fit subject for an artful woman, as Elizabeth was, to prac-
tice her arts upon. And, although he was doubtless quite as
attractive to the female sex as they were to him, he had not the
power of repulsion in an equal degree. And thus, in the language
of one of his early biographers, "he dallied like a fly in the flame
till it consumed him."
Ralegh's long confinement in the Tower had the effect to gain
him a high reputation for learning, and, judging from what he has
left us, he was one of the best scholars of the age in which he lived.
His great work, The History of the World, is indeed a great monu-
ment to his memory, as it is equally a monument to his want of
judgment in the choice of a subject. It is said that he brought the
work down to his own times, in another volume, and that before his
death he burnt it, because his publisher of the former volume told
him it had sold so badly it had undone him. The continuation would
doubtless have been of great value to us, if he had but treated of
the affairs known to him personally, while few now think of reading
his history of the antediluvian world.
Being now, 1582, in the full sunshine of Elizabeth, Ralegh was
by her sent to France, with Simier, who was an agent of the Duke
of Anjou, for effecting the Duke's marriage with the Queen, and after-
wards attended Anjou himself to Antwerp. The next year, with the
approbation of her majesty, he adventured with Sir Humphrey Gil-
bert, in his fatal voyage for Newfoundland, in a ship of his own, and
bearing his name. This vessel was forced to return before getting
far from the English coast, owing to a contagious disease which
broke out among the crew. From this attempt at colonizing New-
foundland by Gilbert, but one ship returned besides that of Ralegh,
just mentioned. f
But, with some temperaments, the more difficult the object to be
attained, the greater will be the energy brought into action to over-
come it. Dazzled by the renown acquired by Drake in his disco-
veries, Ralegh determined to plant a colony in America. On the for-
tunes attending that enterprise it is unnecessary to enlarge, as no
* From the anonymous Life of Ralegh prefixed to his History of the World,
edition purporting to have been published in 1614, but containing an account of
his execution in 161S. The plagiarisms of early authors are very embarrassing to
writers who wish to give due credit. The above extract was supposed to belong to
quaint Fuller. See his Worthies, as cited in the last note.
t The Queen advised Sir Humphrey to give up his enterprise to others, telling
him he was known " for no good hap at sea." She might well have said the same
to Ralegh, for in all of his undertakings, save possibly that of 1596, he was unfor-
tunate. Whatever was accomplished, was done without his being present.
1862.] Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. Ill
one can bo supposed to be ignorant of them. Suffice it to be said,
that in his attempts to colonize Virginia, Ralegh himself never
accompanied an expedition. One of his principal men in the enter-
prise was Arthur Barlow, who had served with him in Ireland, and
wrote an account of his voyage to Virginia, which has been many
times printed.
The fame of his discoveries, or those made under his auspices,
added to that he had previously acquired, occasioned him so much
popularity that he was elected to Parliament in 1584, and was soon
after honored as "Sir Walter Ralegh." When or where he received
the honor of knighthood, does not appear, but it was undoubtedly
conferred during one of his expeditions by its chief commander, as
was the custom of the time; though some of Ralegh's recent biogra-
phers assert that he was knighted by the Queen, yet they are careful
not to. state the time or occasion. About this time Ralegh was made
farmer of wines in the kingdom, which brought him a large revenue.
In 1585, Capt. John Davis began his voyages to the North AVest.
Ralegh was concerned with this adventurer. The same year, he
sent out seven ships under Sir Richard Granville, to prosecute farther
his settlement of Virginia. Ralph Lane, afterwards with Drake and
Norris in Spain, was sent over as governor. Granville returned with
good success, having captured a rich Spanish ship during the voyage.
And about the same time a grant of 12,000 acres of land was con-
ferred on him in Ireland, of which the real owners had been dispos-
sessed by the sword.
But Ralegh's colony of Virginia was badly governed by Lane, and
poorly provided with the means necessary to make it permanent;
and despairing of aid from England, Lane took the first opportunity to
abandon the country. The colony was accordingly taken on board Sir
Francis Drake's fleet, and landed at Plymouth, in Devonshire, July
27th, 1586. Thus the country concerning which such glowirg
accounts had been published, was entirely abandoned; and yet Sir
Walter was very high in the Queen's favor, of which he had new
proofs, being appointed by her, Seneschal of the Duchies of Cornwall
and Exeter, and Lord-warden of the Stannanes in Devonshire and
Cornwall. To these was about the same time added the Captaincy
of the Queen's guard.
With Ralegh's colonists tobacco was brought into England, and
by Ralegh its use was introduced into respectable society, if such
then existed in high places. Connected with its introduction, some
anecdotes are told, and among them these. Sir Walter was smoking
alone in his private room one evening, and being thirsty, ordered his
servant to bring him a mug of ale. The servant having never seen
a person in the act of smoking, and opening the door of Sir Walter's
apirtment, seeing a volume of smoke issuing from his mouth, and
supposing he must be on fire inside and had called for ale to quench
it, dashed the ale in his face, and running out, gave the alarm that
his master was all on fire. At another time, he was conversing with
the Queen upon the properties of tobacco, and their conversation
happened to lead to the question of the weight of the smoke of a
given quantity of the herb; and when Ralegh told her he could
determine accurately its weight, she was somewhat incredulous,
112 . Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. [April
thinking be was "playing1 the traveler/' and proposed a wager that
he could not perform such an operation. Whereupon Ralegh weighed
out a pipe of tobacco, and then smoking it out, put the ashes into
the scale and weighed it. The solution was easily seen by the Queen.
The difference in weight between the tobacco and its ashes was the
weight of the smoke! She paid the wager, remarking that "she
had known many who had turned gold into smoke, but that he was
the first one she had ever known who turned smoke into gold."
In 1586, Ralegh fitted out an expedition to the Azores. Several
prizes were taken, in one of which was Pedro Sarmiento, who had
been sent by the Spanish government to plant a colony in and to
fortify the Straits of Magellan. With him were taken numerous
papers of value to the British government. Many of them, of pri-
mary importance, are yet extant in the British Museum, but have not
been printed. Sarmiento was delivered to Ralegh, and for some time
remained his prisoner in England.
Some time in the course of the following year, 1587, he conveyed
or assigned his American interest to some merchants of London.
The Court seems to have engaged all or nearly all of his attention
at this period. Sir Francis Drake had performed the important
service of destroying the King of Spain's preparation for invading
England, and was now turning his attention again to auother Indian
expedition, and applied to Ralegh in relation to it. Ralegh wrote to
the Earl of Leicester respecting it, and, " with much ado," as he
says, "procured the Queen's leave for Sir Francis to visit his Excel-
lency."* But the new preparations of Philip delayed Drake's going
at this time to the Indies, as Drake's operations in Spain bad delayed
Philip in his intended invasion of England. The next year, be fur-
nished a ship and men in the expedition against the Spanish
Armada, but nothing appears to show that he went in the ex-
pedition himself, f Neither were his services of much account in
the expedition under Drake and Norris to restore Don Antonio to the
throne of Portugal, as he is not mentioned by either of the commanders
in connection with it. J After the return of that expedition, a quarrel
arose between him and Sir Roger Williams, which grew out of some
booty claimed by Ralegh, because brought home in his ship, while
the ship itself could not have returned but for the aid rendered by
Sir Roger's men. But Ralegh had then too much influence with tha
Queen and others to allow a less influential man to carry a poir.t
against him, although it may have been a just one. Yet it is told
that Essex had caused the Queen to become cold towards Ralegh at
this time, which occasioned his flight, or retirement into Ireland.
But the truth seems to be, that Ralegh went to Ireland to look after
* I found the original in the Bodleian Library, at Oxford. It is endorsed Oct.
8th, 29th Eiiz.
t Yet some of his biographers, particularly Mr. Oldys, give a whole history of
that affair, as appropriate to the Life of Ralegh ! He was captain of the Queen's
guard, and, though he doubtless furnished one or more vessels for the fleet, he
cannot be supposed to have left the post of guarding the Queen's person.
% After Ralegh's return, it is said the Queen presented him and several ether
gentlemen with gold chains. The gold chains had probably nothing to do with the
expedition of 1583.
1862.] Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. 113
the estates which he owned in that country, and to visit his poetical
friend, Edmund Spenser, whom he had settled there upon lands which'
he had previously given him.* From some poetical effusions of
Spenser, at this period, it appears that Ralegh was laboring under
the Queen's displeasure. However, our Knight soon returned to Eng-
land, and taking Spenser along with him, introduced him to the
Queen. He also encouraged that poet to publish his Faerie Queen,
which he dedicated to Ralegh.
In 1590, the great scholar and eminent divine, John Udall, was
sentenced to be put to death for the exercise of too free a judgment
upon the ecclesiastical government of England. Ralegh knew him,
and sympathised with his ideas to some extent. He applied to
Ralegh to use his influence in his favor, which he did, and Udall was
set at liberty. On some other similar occasions, it is said Sir Walter
interceded with the Queen successfully, and that at length she in-
quired of him '■ when he would cease to be a beggar," upon which
he readily replied, " When your Majesty shall cease to be benefi-
cent."
In the course of the next year. 1591, Ralegh was busy in fitting
out a great expedition against Spain, in the West Indies. At the
same time, he got into trouble by too great familiarity with one of
the Queen's maids of honor, named Elizabeth Throgmorton. From
a letter of his, preserved in Murden's Collections, it is inferable that
the lady, perhaps through a friend, had intimated to him that his
marriage might be necessary to set matters in a safe way. How-
ever this may have been, he protested, in a letter to Sir Robert Cecil,
that " there was none on the face of the earth that he would be fast-
ened unto."f This was in March, 1592, and his West India fleet
was not yet ready for sea, although it had been many months in
preparation.
It was the 6th of May, 1592, before the expedition, consisting of
fifteen ships, sailed. And it would seem that the Queen had just
learned what had happened between Ralegh and her maid of honor.
Whereupon she sent a messenger with a letter recalling him.J With
this letter, Sir Martin Frobisher overtook him at sea the next day.
Ralegh was disinclined to obey the summons; but when, four days
after, on arriving near the Land's End, he met a French ship, and
learned from an Englishman on board, named Nevel Davis, who had
just left Spain, where he had been twelve years a captive, that there
was no hope of any success in the West Indies, as the King of Spain
had knowledge of <he expedition, and had taken all precautious to
frustrate its object, he changed his plan. He therefore gave the
command of the fleet to Sir Martin Frobisher and Sir John Burgh,
* Mr. Southey seeins to have formed a very erroneous opinion about Ralegh's
visit to Ireland. He says he was banished there, and that there he made the ac-
quaintance of Spenser !
t Mr. Tytler, Life of Ralegh, 129, imagines that they were already married, but
offers no reasons for his conclusion. He assumes that they were privately married,
but there is nothing to show when or how they were married.
t Had Mr. Southey and the other biographers of Ralegh seen the original letters
and documents in the Lansdowne MSS., B. M,, their accounts would have appeared
0} much better advantage.
114 Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. [April
ordered them to cruise about the Azores and the coast of Spain for
prizes, while he obeyed the Queen's order and returned to London.
/As soon as Ralegh arrived at the Court, he was by the Queen sent
to the Tower; and, it is said, the lady also. In the mean time, his
fleet intercepted a great Spanish carack and brought her into Eng-
land; the richest prize, it was reported, ever before captured by
Englishmen.* She was named the Madre de Dios (Mother of God),
commanded by Fernaudo de Mendoza; was of 1C00 tons burthen,
whereof 900 were merchandize. She was not captured without a
desperate fight, of which there are many accounts in print and ori-
ginal manuscripts, all detailing one of the most bloody and obstinate
naval battles ever recorded. There are to be seen in the British
Museum the original accounts drawn up by Sir John Burgh, Sir Rob-
ert Cross, and some others, all claiming to have been the chief men
in the capture. But to Cross evidently belongs the greatest credit.")*
The battle was fought on the 3d of August, and it was the tth of.
September when the prize was brought into Dartmouth. No sooner
had she been captured than the English mariners commenced an indis-
criminate pillage of her cargo, which continued till her arrival, by
which several thousand pounds were lost to the adventurers. The
ship is reported to have drawn several feet less wrater on her arrival
than when she was taken. The Queen had a large interest in her,
she having been a considerable adventurer in the expedition. She
therefore had 'commissioners immediately upon the spot, who took
* The expedition of which this rich prize was the result escaped the notice of
Dr. Berkenhout, in his otherwise neat and perspicuous memoir of Ralegh. See his
Biographia Literaria, I, 518, &c.
t He was vice-admiral, and commanded the Foresight, one of the Queen's ships.
On his return, he was implicated in the embezzlement question, and defended him-
self in several letters which I have seen. In one to the Lords of the Council, dated
Oct. 18th, 1592. he complains that he had been accused of swearing falsely respect-
ing the goods in the carack. To this charge he answers that it was made by those
who "never swear true except to serve their own turns." But being now to be
heard and judged by the Honorable Council, he feels safe. He then goes on to
make some statements which will in due time correct the past history and affect
the biography of Ralegh. He says, seeing he was vice-admiral, and commanding
one of the Queen's ships, and being more interested by his own adventure than
most others, and seeing "goodes being taken out" of the carack "by others, I
thought myself and her Majestie's shipp to be so sufficient as any of the rest to
answer anything that should be taken, .... because by my place and warrant I
was reported more answerable for the securitie of things then others, .... and,
besides, I was the principall cause of takinge the caracke [Camden endorses this
statement]. Yea, had not myne aduise persuaded a contrary resolution. Sir Walter
Rawleigh with the whole fieete had returned back home agayne without doing any
service. As for mine other p'formances in this action, I wish rather they were wit-
nessed [related] by other indifferent [disinterested] men, then reported by myself.
Only nowe I will saye this much for myselfe, that I have faithfully served her
Ma'tie now this 27 yeares w'hout recompence, and have all this tyme spent of noe
man's purse nowe lyviuge but onlye of myne owne : and therefore I hope in this
to be well delt withall. May it please your Lordshippes to consider well my letter
of adventure given me from Sr. Walter Rawleigh, her Majestie's General! of the
Fieete; yt inaye be I shaibe thought the more excusable, and yf in case (w'ch I
think not), throughe strictnes of lawe and quiddyties of warres, it seeme not to
reach home to that w'ch I have done, yet I beseech your L: consider that souldiors
are more skilfull in mannaging arms then in construing termes of lawe,1; &c. —
Lamdovme MSS., B. M., voh lxx, No. 192.
1862.] Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. 115
possession of the prize. These Commissioners were Sir Francis
Drake, William Kyllygrewe, and John Blond. Drake immediately
(Sept. 8th) addressed a letter to the Lords of the Queen's Privy
Council, detailing the condition of the prize. Among" other things
he said: "Divers of the ships that were at the first taking of this
carrick had already passed eastward) and some were at Plymouth,
with which we have taken as good order as we can for the preserva-
tion of all things. But we find such confusion and disorder amongst
the men of war [soldiers] and such spoil committed by them, that
we know not how to redress it." However, he said "they would do
the best they could in that troublesome business." Two days after,
the Commissioners held a court for the examination of the prisoners
taken in the carack, relative to her cargo. From whom it appeared
that there were in the Madre de Dios 8500 quintals of pepper, 900
quintals of cloves, 700 do. of cinnamon, 500 do. of anneal, 50 do.
of mace, 50 do. nutmegs, 50 do. benjamin, and about 400 chests of
other merchandize. Also that there were, probably, in stones, plate,
amber and muske, to the value of 400,000 cruzados.* There were,
besides, jewels and precious stones to a great value.
The examinations continued three days, viz., to the 11th of Sep-
tember.f The great value of the prize was known to the Queen.
Much expense had accrued thus far in securing it, but the man the
most interested, and who was to provide for the settlement of the ex-
pense which had accrued, was locked up in the Tower. Elizabeth was
easily reached with a golden rod. Through Ralegh's means the rich
carack had been taken. It was highly necessary that Ralegh should
attend, in person, to the business of the prize. Therefore a plan
seems to have been made to secure his attendance at Dartmouth. How-
ever, on the 11th of September, Sir John Hawkins wrote to Burghley,
stating how necessary it was that Sir Walter should be allowed to
attend to the busiuess, and urged him to intercede with the Queen
for his liberation for that purpose, adding, that after he had attended
to it, he might return to the Tower. This was not all. Sir John
well understood her Majesty's golden propensity, and therefore, in
the same letter observed, that by Ralegh's being allowed to attend,
"myght very myche sett forward her Ma'ties service, and myche
benyfytte her porcyon, for I se none of so reddy a d}7spocycion to
lay the grownd howe her Ma'tie's porcyon may be increasyd as he
ys, and can best brynge yt about." Sir John's argument was all-
powerful, for in a few days after, Ralegh actually appeared at Dart-
mouth, and his signature appears to two reports drawn up by the
Commissioners and forwarded to Lord Burghley. Sir Robert Cecil
doubtless proceeded to Dartmouth with Ralegh. The first report is
signed by "Ro: Cecyll, W. Ralegh, *Fra. Drake, Willm Kyllygrewe,
Richd. Carm'den, and Thomas Myddelton." It was dated Sept. 27th.
The other was dated a few days later, and signed by the same gen-
tlemen, with the exception of Carmarden.
* An ancient Portuguese coin of the value of 2s. Sd.— Stevens' Diet.
t Camden, in detailing the affair of the Madre de LMos, says : " But, though strict
inquiry were made by the Commissioners, the dishonesty of the captors was too
hard for the industry and care of the Commissioners." — Rdgn of Elizabeth, p. 46G.
116 Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. [April
Sir John Hawkins was not an entirely disinterested party. He sent
a ship with Ralegh, the Dainty, * of the services and claims of which,
he wrote to Burghley in the same letter which has been mentioned
as containing an application for the release of Ralegh. " I most
humbly desyre," wrote Sir John, "yor honours the good service of
the Daynty may be declared to her Mat'ie; she borded the Carrake
fowre tymes before any ship cold come vp to her, savyng the Dragon
wch wold not bord with her when she came vp. Yf the Daynty had
not bord3'd so often and so desparately, the Carrak had recoveryd the
Island of Flores and biene burnt as thother Carrake was. They report
yt for trothe that the Daynty in her bordyng slew both the Captayne
and master of the Carrake, w'eh were sworn to the Kynge never to
yeld the ship to Ynglyshe men, but to fyre her rather."
The first dispatch from the Commissioners, after the arrival of Ra-
legh, is without day of the month, but was probably on the 20th of
September; and the last subscribed by him was on the 27th cf the
same. Drake wrote to Burghley on the 19th, and in his letter says,
Sir Walter's coming was "expected presentlie." And the next day
we find he had arrived, and was hard at work with the Commission-
ers examining parties respecting the missing goods of the prize. In
their first despatch they say, '* wee haue examined all paities with-
out respect, and began with Sr John Gilbert, and Mr. Carew Rawleigh
by oathe, w'ch Sir Walter Rawleigh would needs have done, that
others might not think themselues hardelie dealt withal! to be
sworne."f Thus from the 20th to the 27th of September, 1592, Ra-
legh was at Dartmouth. Thence he returned to London, and no
doubt settled the matter with the Queen, by marrying Lady Throg-
morton, and was finally taken again into the Queen's favor.
Remarks highly reflecting on the honesty and morality of Ralegh
have been freely indulged in by Dr. Southey for his conduct respect-
ing the maid of honor, ard also for other conduct while in the Tower;
conduct more like such as might well be supposed to belong to one
of the followers of Robin Hood, than to any man who had ever en-
joyed decent society. The reader who desires a nearer view of Ra-
legh's private character at this period, may consult a letter of Sir
Arthur Gorges, his intimate friend and relative, and other documents
in the labored life of our knight, by Mr. Cayley.
* There is a curious account of this ship in Sir Richard Hawkins's Observations,
fol. London, 1622. " She was," says Sir Richard, " pleasing to the eye, profitable
for stowage, good of sail, and well conditioned." She was built by him m the
river Thames, for a voyage to Japan and the Phillippine islands, and named, agree-
able to his request, by his mother-in-law, the Repentance. This caused him " to
desist from the enterprise, and leave the ship to his father, who took and paid the
expense of her," because he believed the name surely boded her ill fortune. But
as she lay at Deptford not long after, the Queen, as she passed by in her targe for
her palace at Greenwich, observing her, inquired what ship it was, and being in-
formed, said she disliked nothing but her name, and so ordered it to be changed
to the Dainty. The ill-boding name being removed, and the Dainty having made
divers profitable voyages, Sir Richard became again possessed of her; and while
upon a voyage to the East Indies in her, was captured by the Spaniards. Thus
proving, to his satisfaction at least, that a change of name could not, in this in-
stance, change fortune or avert a certain destiny.
t Lansdowne MSS.< B. M., vol, lxx.
1862.] Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh, 1 17
I have been somewhat particular on this period of Ralegh's life,
because it lias not before been done, for the reason that the docu-
ments had not been accessible to his biographers. A rapid glance
is all that will be undertaken in this memoir, at the remainder of the
career of Sir Walter Ralegh. It has been seen that the rich carack
had not only restored him to the Queen's favor, but it had mended
his fortune,* so that he now, according to Lodge, "tilted in silver
armor, wearing a sword and belt set with diamonds, rubies and
pearls; appeared at court on solemn occasions, covered with jewels,
nearly to the value of seventy thousand pounds." If such freaks of
ostentation and youthful extravagance are common among men, Ra-
legh at forty did not exhibit any traits of a snperior mind to those
discovered in the lower orders, by indulging in them.
In two years more, a jealousy and rivalry had begun to cause
Ralegh considerable uneasiness. Robert Cecil, son of Lord Burghlej^,
and the Earl of Es'sex, now seemed bent on his ruin; and if Ralegh
lacked judgment and decision of character, his rivals were far more
deficient in manly uprightness and moral honesty. His extravagance
had reduced his estate, and he now turned his mind upon improving
it by another expedition at sea. This gave rise to the first voyage
to Guiana, in which he endeavored to enlist the Queen. From a
want of faith in it, or some other cause, her Majesty declined the
offer; but to appease his disappointment, as it is said, she commis-
sioned him admiral in the expeditions of 1596 and 159T. But in these
the Earl of Essex had the chief command, and the latter quarreled
with Ralegh and was ever after his enemy. Monson, Hakluyt and
the naval histories are full on these expeditions. To them the
reader is referred. But against the power of Essex and Cecil, Ralegh
was safe as long as Elizabeth lived, yet his safety hung, says Lodge,
by the slender thread that supported her life. This proved to be too
true. Yet he saw, by the mad pranks of Essex, that misguided maL
put out of the way by the loss of his head, but the wily Cecil re-
mained, though but a short time, yet long enough to crush Ralegh.
Elizabeth died in 1603. Her successor, James, hardly needed the
instigation of Cecil to set him against his hated rival, and he soon
deprived him of all emoluments and offices. He was therefore, now,
with reason, bitter against this meanest of kings. This led to his
connivance at, encouragement of, or being in some way connected
with, a design to depose James, and to place Arabella Stuart on the
throne. And although there was not enough proved against him,
which in an ordinary civil suit at law in a later age, would have
mulcted him in a sum of Sve pounds, yet he was pronounced guilty
of high treason. This was in November, 1603. The prosecution
against him was conducted without a shadow of decency. The
attorney general, Sir Edward Coke, was more brutally savage, and
conducted the case with more barbarity, than will easily be con-
ceived of by any of this distant generation. During it, Ralegh ac-
quitted himself with much discretion and marked ability.
♦Notwithstanding the immense spoil made of the cargo by the sailors and sol-
diers, the adventurers divided £150,000 — a sum in those days equal, perhaps, to
four times that amount in our times.
"
118 Memoir of Sir Walter Ralegh. [April
Owing to a deadly disease in London, Ralegh was tried at Win-
chester. There he remained imprisoned for a time, daily expecting
the sentence of death to be executed upon him. At length the King-
reprieved him and sent him to the Tower. There he remained
twelve years. At the end of that time he found means through,
friends by bribery, to engage George Villiers to intercede with the
King for his liberty. He was accordingly liberated, but not par-
doned. He now revived his old scheme of the discovery of a gold
mine in Guiana. His sad fortune in that enterprise need not be
detailed, nor the conduct of the Spanish ambassador, Gondomar.
Neither will it be necessary only to allude to the attempted escape of
Ralegh, on his return from Guiana, and how he failed in it through a
singular want of decision in himself. As to the conduct of Sir Lewis
Steucly it was that of the false-hearted knave, but Ralegh was his
own executioner.
Being returned again to the Tower, the King's judges held " a
solemn mockery of a conference," and then insultingly demanded of
the prisoner to say why sentence of death should not be executed
upon him in accordance with the sentence pronounced fifteen years
before. Thus, on the 28th of October, 1618, he was resentenced,
conducted to Old Palace Yard, Westminster, and there beheaded, at
the age of 66 years, or thereabouts.
The visitor to the Tower of London is still shown the apartment
in which Ralegh was confined, and where, it is said, he wrote his
History of ike World. His cell is upon the right hand as you pass
through the White Tower. Before the door of the cell is a behead-
ing block, and upon it a strange looking axe, calculated to remind
all beholders of the summary method once in use for the advancement
of civilization.
From the limited space assigned for this memoir in these pages,
many things of much interest in the life of Ralegh are necessarily
passed over. But the chief object of it is attained, which was, from
unpublished sources, to throw light on several important points,
hitherto resting in much obscurity, or entirely unknown.
The following lines are said to have been found in Ralegh's bible,
written the night before his execution. They are supposed to have
been intended by him for his epitaph:
" Even such, is Time, who takes in trust
Our youth, our joys and all we have,
And pays us but with earth and dust;
Who in the dark and sileBt grave,
When we have wander'd all our ways,
Shuts up the story of our days.
But from that earth, that grave and dust,
The Lord shall raise me up, I trust."
S. G. D.
1862.] Jin Address. 119
AN ADDRESS
Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society,
January 1, 1SG2.
[By Wixslow Lewis, M. D., President of the Society.].
Gentlemen, Members and Friends of our Society :
On this, the opening day of a New Year, it seems to me, that your
President may both appropriately and usefully endeavor to attract
the attention, especially of the younger members of the Society, to
some topics of more general interest and fundamental importance,
than the mere review of our last year's progress. Not that I would
regard that progress in any depreciatory light; on the contrary, you
all will, I am sure, sympathize very heartily in the satisfaction to be
derived from the favorable reports of our Librarian, Treasurer and
Secretary, and in the gratitude due to those officers, and the other
gentlemen, whose zeal and labors have contributed to secure so happy
a result — a gratitude, to which, I feel assured, the Society will not
be slow to give adequate expression.
But standing as we are to day on the threshold of a New Year — an
event and an era ever calculated to awaken serious reflections in
every thoughtful mind, and more especially with those, who, like
myself, have passed the zenith, and begun to descend the western
slope of life's orbit — and this too, in what must emphatically be
termed the age of living history, not only of our country, but of the
world at large — it seems to me that some utterance should go forth
from this Society in explanation of the principles, and in assertion of
the claims which it has upon the regard and consideration of the
public of America. It has been, almost from immemorial antiquity,
a custom to offer presents and good wishes to our friends on New
Year's Day. The Romans, you will remember, ascribed the origin
of the custom to Romulus and Tatius : and it is by no means unin-
teresting to trace the antique vestiges of this custom preserved by
Count Caylus ; such as the piece of old Etruscan pottery, bearing
the inscription in Latin, " a happy new year to you,1' and the medal-
lions, such as that of Janus standing in the temple, with a like in-
scription, wishing a happy new year to the Emperor. In almost
every nation we find traces of like customs and ideas associated with
the New Year. The ancient Druid then cut down the branches of the
sacred misletoe with a golden knife from the midst of a forest dedi-
cated to the gods, and distributed them with solemn pomp and mystic
rites among the people, as the best and most auspicious of gifts.
Our old Saxon forefathers, as we .learn from Bishop Stillingfleet,
observed the festival with great feasting and rejoicing, and sent New
Year's gifts with good wishes to each other : and this custom was
handed down with honor to their descendants, and its prevalence is
thus quaintly described by an old poet of the 16th century — Barnaby
Googe, in his translation of a Latin poem written in 1553 :
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'* The next to this is Newe Yeares' Day
whereon to every friend,
They costly presents in do bring,
and New Yeares' gifts do sonde.
These gifts the husband gives his wife,
and father eke the child,
and maister on his men bestowes
The like, with favour milde."
At the risk of incurring the good humored derision of "Young
America" — proud of its progress, its science, its enlightenment, and
its freedom from the shackles of all old superstitions, I must avow
my warm affection for these old usages and anniversary customs ;
and I must claim the liberty of doubting, whether, with all our utili-
tarian science and enlightenment, we are one whit better or happier
than our more simple ancestors, who derived such great enjoyment
from the celebration of Christmas, with its carols, audits " cakes and
ale," its reeking sirloin and huge plum pudding ; its holly and ivy in
Cottage, church and hall, where
" The fire, with well dried logs supplied,
Went roaring up the chimney wide ! —
England was merry England, when
Old" Christmas brought his sports again.
T'was Cbristmas broached the mightiest ale,
T'was Christmas told the merriest tale —
A Cbristmas gambol oft would cheer
A poor man's heart through half the year." — Scott.
In accordance then with the good old custom of the New Year's
gifts and good wishes, I would fain offer to my brethren of this
Society, some thoughts which, although they may present nothing
new, and perhaps may appear to some to involve a re-traversing of
ground already familiar to all, will yet, I trust, be accepted with a
kindly spirit, as an evidence of the deep interest I feel in the progress
and success of this Society. Our title naturally suggests the course
of my remarks, nor may it be altogether unprofitable to examine
(much as may have been spoken and written on the subject) what is
comprehended in the terms History and Genealogy — what are the
higher uses of these sciences, and their relations to each other, and
consequently what are the duties to be discharged, and the claims
upon general support put forth by a Society, whose especial object it
is, to promote the study of these sciences. And, although it may
be contrary to the more usual order, which descends from genera to
species, or from the whale to its parts, I will, with your permission,
glance first at Biography and Genealogy, which are the twin hand-
maids and helpers of their elder and more stately sister, History.
To the dependence of History upon Biography, I need scarcely allude,
before such an audience as this. History is only collective Biography,
and in order to understand History, as a great living writer observes,
" we must first try to understand men and women. He who knows
men and women thoroughly, will best understand the past work of
the world, and be best able to carry on its work now. The men
(continues the same writer) who in the long ruD, have governed the
world, have been those who understood the human heart ; and there-
fore it is to this day the statesman, who keeps the reins in his hand,
and not the mere student. If, therefore, any of you should ask me,
1862.] An Address. 121
how to study history, I should answer, Take by all means biographies,
wheresoever possible auto biographies, and study them. Fill your
minds with live human figures, men of like passions with yourselves;
see how each lived and worked in the time and place in which God put
him. Believe me, that when you have thus made a friend of the dead,
and brought him to life again, and let him teach you to sr-e with his
eyes, and to feel with his heart, you will begin to understand more
of his generation and his circumstances, than all the mere history
books of the period wiil teach you." Such are the opinions of Charles
Kingsley, the gifted Professor of History in the University of Cam-
bridge, in England, and I think we must all accept and endorse them.
Biography is, in fact, as has been observed by another writer, the
key to History, and therefore, even on that account alone, is of im-
mense, incalculable value. But it would be unphilosophical and
unjust, to regard it from that point of view only. " The proper study
of mankind is man," and each man of sense and feeling must reecho
the sentiment nihil humanum a me alienum pulo.
Each man's life, no matter how obscure or humble he may be,
contains a history, and an interesting one too, if we could only
get at it; and every man, worthy of the name, leaves such a history in
writing behind him, although the writing may not be on parchment
or on paper. We have but to look around this stirring, moving, en-
terprising western world of ours, to see thousands of such histories,
daily written and published for our perusal, in the cleared forest and
the cultivated field; in the city raised to day, where but yesterday,
as it were, the wild beast roamed at large amongst the brushwood,
or the wild bird harshly screamed above the marsh and the morass —
and, passing by countless other fields of life-exertion, how many of a
still more thrilling and exciting kind may we not read on the southern
fields, already saturated alas ! with the blood of so many of our best
and bravest and most beloved ones, whose anxieties, struggles, groanr.,
and tears and triumphs might each suffice to fill a volume of the most
truthful, touching and dramatic history.
Biography has been well defined by a distinguished writer (Paxton
Hood) as the Museum of Life. "Well written lives (he observes)
are, as well preserved mental fossils, and they subserve for us the
purpose of a collection of interesting petrifactions ; they illustrate
the science of life ; they are the inductions of moral anatomy." There
are some other remarks made by this writer, on the study of Biogra-
phy, which are so truthful and judicious, that I feel justified in com-
mending them to the attention of our brethren. " By too many
persons, lives are read without motives, without discrimination ; they
lie within the library, or the brain, like the bones in Kirkdale Vale,
before Bucklaud ; or those in the Paris Basin before Cuvier. No
study has been so entirely without classification and arrangement.
* * * * Would the effort be wholly futile and vain to attempt a com-
parative Anatomy of Biography ? to arrange the worthies of humanity
in groups, not so much with reference to the pursuits in which they
were engaged, or the region in which they moved, but illustrated
rather by the more subtle, final distinctions, which gave a character
and bias to their minds, and determined their influence on Society ?
At present, the venerable and the vile, the worthy and the worthless,
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the mean and the magnificent, lie heaped and huddled in promiscuous
neighborhood ; the mention of Biography only suggests to the mind,
the idea of a vast pyramid of conglomerate marble! In the cement-
ing cells, may be seen preserved, the pens of poets, the swords of
statesmen, the garters and coronets of kings ; yet all confused and
indistinct, like fossils, but partially developed in the polished stone.
And the probability is, that as we have seen in museums and collec-
tions of natural history, the most common, not to say the most worth-
less, attracts the most attention."
There is sound sense and philosophy in these remarks, and I would
respectfully commend them to the students of Biography. It would
far" exceed my limits of time, and also, it is probable, your patience,
were I to dwell so fully as I could wish, upon the many and powerful
claims of Biography. I therefore only dwell upon its essential value
and importance, first, as the key of History ; and second, as being
the great storehouse from which we are to draw examples of good-
ness and greatness to be emulated and imitated, and of vice and vile-
ness to be abhorred and avoided. The study of Biography properly
pursued must ever be accepted as, under God's blessing, one of the
most powerful means and modes of training men to be good citizens,
good members of society in the present life, and fitted to enjoy the
purer and less alloyed happiness reserved for them in the life to
come 1
Genealogy is of course an integral part of Biography. The word,
as you know, is derived from the Greek ysvsa. (genea) race, and Xoyog
(discourse) a history ; so that it more particularly means, the history
of a race or family. I have said it is a part of Biography, but, viewed
in one light, it may perhaps more properly be considered as the
generic or inclusive term. All that I can pause however to refer to
now is, the great importance of this study in a scientific, or moral,
and a political point of view, more especially in a country endowed
with free institutions like ours. Taking these points very briefly in
their order, there is no doubt in the mind of any enlightened man,
that mental as well as physical qualities are handed down more or
less from parent to child, from forefathers to posterity, and that thus,
pure and healthy descent is of immense importance. It is the espe-
cial province of genealogical science, to investigate all facts illustra-
tive of this and similar truths, and to inculcate the wholesome lessons
to be derived from them. To those, whose studies have been so
largely devoted to this subject, T need scarcely allude to the pecu-
liarly interesting conclusions which the philosophical genealogist
arrives at, when, in watching the life of one or another of America's
many virtuous and noble sons, he observes the generic seeds of these
virtues, and that nobility of soul in the parents or ancestors ; and
very frequently can ascribe the united qualities of valor and of vir-
tue, of great intellect and gentle heart, to the marriage union of
parents, whose families were respectively distinguished for these
virtues. This, in a scientific point of view, is one of the chief duties
of Genealogy.
Disregarding all artificial and aristocratic distinctions, and looking
at them simply through the glass of moral, physical and intellectual
worth, Genealogy endeavors to ascertain from reliable statistics,
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those laws, by which moral or intellectual traits, or physical charac-
teristics of organization are handed down, from generation to genera-
tion, in races and families. "The human mind (observes Holgate)
having the opportunity of illimitable expansion, is another reason
why the pedigree of families should be preserved. It is an important
part of genealogical science, to investigate the results of the inter-
marriage of families of different extraction, and to determine in what
manner the laws of physiology are affected by the connection." As
in more immediate relation to Genealogy, though also directly bear-
ing upon History, and moreover as being a subject deserving of more
attention, than it too frequently receives, even in societies like our
own, I desire here to say a few words respecting Heraldry, in which
subject I think our younger members would soon take a lively inter-
est, if they would make themselves acquainted with its history, and
its great importance, as an aid to the studies both of Genealogy and
History. The armorial bearings of American families are of course
derived from their English forefathers, and it is considered doubtful
whether they had become hereditary in the mother country, before
the reign of Henry III. Whether this view be correct or not, there
is every reason to believe, that their transmission from one generation
to another, was not unknown to other ancient nations. In almost
every age and country, men have adopted the figure of animals and
other symbolic representations, to distinguish themselves on the field
of battle ; and there is also good reason for believing, that, from a
very early period, distinctive ensigns or emblems were adopted by
civil communities. As examples, I may point to the " Lion of the
tribe of Judah," the owl consecrated at Athens to Athene, or Minerva
(to call her by her Roman name) ; and the old national symbols of
the Turkish and Persian empires, the former of which, described in
terms of modern blazonry, would be " azure and increscent, argent,"
and the latter " vert, a lion couchant, guardant, proper before the
sun in splendor, or" The symbol of the ancient Phrygians was a
sow, that of the Thracians, Mars; of the Romans, an eagle; of the
Goths, a bear ; of the Saxons, a horse ; of the earlier French, a lion.
The necessity, as I observed, of having some distinguishing ensign
in war, suggested all these symbols. So also of the Lions of Eng-
land, which were introduced by the Norman Sovereigns, who after
their accession to the English throne, continued to bear the arms of
their province of Normandy, which were two lions, or, as is supposed
by some, two leopards ; and these lions, increased by Henry III to
the number of three, have ever since continued to be the armorial
bearings of the Royal Family of England ; neither, I may add, may
these arms, viz., three lions passant, or, on a shield gules, be assumed
by an}' subject of the crown, under the penalty of high treason. The
cross and the lion appear to have been especial favorites among our
English forefathers, nor is the fact difficult to be accounted for. The
lion, the symbol of strength and courage in the animal world, was
very naturally selected as an ensign in the earlier and ruder state of
society; when courage and military distinction were the chief, if not
the only virtues; when, in fact, even in comparatively civilized Rome,
the very word virtue, virtus, meant not moral purity, but manhood,
valor; and the cress no less easily and naturally became the emblem
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of those nations that bad recently been converted to Christianity, or
bad distinguished themselves in the Crusades, in which you will re-
member the warriors wore a rod cross upon the right shoulder, and from
which they took the name ot Croises, that is, Crossed or Crusaders,
and when thus whole armies of Crusaders came to bear the cross,
it became necessary that some distinction should be made be-
tween the several leaders. Hence arose those very numerous modi-
fications in form and color, under which we find this symbol to have
been used. To illustrate this on a small scale, I may refer you to the
three national banners of England, Scotland and Ireland, in each of
which you will notice a difference of color or form; the first being*
"argent (or white metal color) and the cross of St. George, gales" (red) ;
the second, the Scottish, bearing the saltire or diagonal cross of St.
Andrew, argent on azure shield; and the third, being argeyit, with the
saltire of St. Patrick, gules." Again, the Cross, the Gospel and the
Lions, in the arms of the University of Cambridge, in England, sym-
bolize a bold defence of the Faith; while the Crown and Psalter in
those of Oxford, have a like allusion to the supremacy of religion;
and though the cross does not appear on the shield of our own Uni-
versity of Harvard, the arms, as you all know, symbolize devotion
to Christ and the Church.
I remember reading in an old writer, whose name I can not recall,
an interesting incident, which may illustrate and close this part of
my address. He was endeavoring to show, that devices were in use
in the time of William the Conqueror: although he admitted that arms
were only attributed or assigned to William, for he had never been
able to find proof of their use, either on monument, coins, seals, or in
any contemporary author. The anecdote, so far as I remember runs,
that, on the occasion of the challenge of Geoffroy Martel, Earl of
Anjou, and the Duke of Normandy, Count Martel made this return :
"Tell the Duke, tomorrow, he shall have me there on a White horse;
and to the end he shall know me, I will wear a shield d'or, without
any device." To which the Duke's second replied : " Sir, you shall
not need take the pains; for tomorrow you shall have the Duke on
this place, mounted on a bay horse, and that you may know him, he
shall wear, on the point of his lance, a streamer of taffeta to wipe
your face."
I have merely touched thus lightly and briefly on the origin of
Heraldry, in order to attract the attention of our young members, and
indeed of all students of History and Biography, to a subject, which,
lam confident they will find less ■' dry" than they may suppose, while
they will derive valuable aid from it, in the pursuit of those studies.
More than one interesting and romantic volume might easily be filled
with the history of the causes and circumstances that led to the
adoption of many national and family coats of arms. And as I inci-
dentally alluded just now to monuments, and medals or coins, let me
most briefly, but not the less emphatically, commend the study of
Numismatics to every student of History. The history of coins and
of money, is in itself, a subject of peculiar interest, but the light
thrown by it upon General History, is that, to which alone I now refer;
and it is not too much to say, that more trustworthy information in
regard to the history of the distant past, has been derived from the
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enduring pictures and inscriptions of monuments and medals, than
from any other source. And now, still pursuing- the backward or
ascending course of my somewhat desultory remarks, I ask you to
accompany me in a brief review of some of the uses of History. The
subject is, I am well aware, a very trite and worn one; but yet ex-
perience and observation have impressed me with the belief, that it
is not less necessary to repeat and reassert, and that over and over
again, facts and truths, which are already (in the language of society)
well known. In other words, I believe, that in this, as in other mat-
ters, we all require to be from time to time reminded of what we have
long since known, but may not always have borne in memory. At
all events, I feel assured that, addressing you from this chair, in
which your kindly feeling has placed me, you will bear with patience,
even the repetition of some familiar views and principles. You and
I have read of late years, many learned disquisitions on History, its
science, its philosophy, its moral influence; but I confess none of
these more modern essays have seemed to me equal in truth or power,
or comprehensive grasp, to those letters of Bolingbroke, which I had
read in earlier life, and whose impression, as is wont to be the case
with the acquirements of our earlier years, when the faculties are
fresh and vigorous, and the memory is bright and strong, remains
vividly stamped still upon the tablets of my mind. In according
such praise to Bolingbroke, I refer, of course to his philosophical
methods in the study of general history, without by any means en-
dorsing his views of sacred history, which were lamentably tinctured
with skepticism.
In the works of a living writer, who is a member of this Society,
occurs this passage in reference to the study of History, and few of
us, will, I think, dissent from its truth: * The past is a treasure
house, containing jewels of inestimable value; and History is the key
that will give us entrance, and enable us to make that wealth, those
gems, our own! In the temple of secular knowledge, there are many
shrines, but there is none more holy, more beautiful, more worthy of
our worship, than that dedicated to the Annals of the Olden Time."
It is, I think, my favorite writer on this subject, as I have before
stated, Henry St. John, Lord Bolingbroke (although Burke asked
"Who reads Bolingbroke?7') who records the definition, since so
often quoted, of Dionysius of Halicarnassus, that " History is
Philosophy teaching by example," and both in our own hearts
within, and in all the facts and records of the world without,
ancient, middle age, and modern, we shall find ample and constant
evidence of its truth. To the same effect and of equal truth,
is the remark of the great Roman Historian, Tacitus : Fauci pru-
dentia, honesta ab deter ioribus, utilia obnoxiis discernunt : plures alio rum
eventis docentur, "Some few distingush honorable things from dis-
honorable, profitable from hurtful, by their own judgment; but a
far greater number are taught by the examples of others." So
imperfect indeed is our understanding, so frail and weak the struc-
ture of the human mind, that it has always been, a great difficulty in
grasping and realizing abstract propositions of any kind, however
true. It requires them to be embodied in what I ma}* term objective
material examples; a fact of which the polytheistic systems of heathen
nations afford another striking illustration, for undoubtedly, as
-
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Scblegel says, "those systems may be traced to tin's striving- after
objectivities" in the heart of man. The force of the teaching- of
History also, is derived from another principle, which has been well
stated by Seneca : Homines ampiius oculis, quam av,ribust creduiit,
lovgum iter est per prcecepta, breve ct efficax per excmpla; which 1 may freely
translate, "Men are always more inclined to trnst the evidence
of their eyes, than of their ears : for the path of instruction by the
way of precepts, is long- and tedious; but that by the way of ex-
ample is short and satisfactory."
The latter mode of instruction appeals moreover to our feelings
and passions, as well as to our own reason, and when the former are
brought on the side of the latter, the whole man works harmoniously
together, and is led almost insensibly to imitate that which he has
learned to love and to admire. There is a deep and vital truth in
another saying of Seneca's, that " Cleanthes had never become so
perfect a copy of Zeno, if he had not passed his life with him," and of
a like tendency is the ancient Roman custom, referred to by Boling-
broke, of placing the images of their ancestors in the vestibules of
their houses, so that, whenever they went in or out, these venerable
figures met their eyes, and recalled the glorious actions of the dead,
firing the living and exciting them to imitate and emulate their great
forefathers.
It has been well and wisely said, that the world is the great life-
school, of which, the two teachers are history and experience. Com-
parisons have often been rather uselessly instituted between the
relative values of genius and experience. The truth is, though there
doubtless have been many remarkable exceptions in either direction,
that they must go, hand in hand together, and be guided on their
path by the lamp of History. This is the educational Triad, which
will train up your youth to be good men and good citizens, at once
the ornament and the bulwark of our liberties, and our national re-
nown! An instructive comparison has been instituted by more than
one writer, though wTith different views, between the Roman General
Lucullus, and the English Duke of Marlborough, some of the writers
endeavoring to show, that the former became a great commander by
reading and theory only, and the latter as exclusively by practical
experience. This view, however, was incorrect and unjust, for it
has been proved that Lucullus added early campaign experience, in
the war against the Marsi, and in the East under Sylla, to his book-
studies; while Marlborough certainly had little book-learning, but
his great natural genius was developed and improved by early train-
ing under the celebrated Marshal Turenne, and in Irish and Flemish
wars; so that, though Lucullus is not a just example of the success
of theoretical study alone, Marlborough is an instance in proof of
what genius and experience can unitedly effect, though unaided by
the "learning of the schools," and of all such examples, it may be
observed, that they would unquestionably have attained a higher
standard of public and private virtue, if their minds had been enlight-
ened, and their hearts ennobled, by that, tone of thought and feeling,
which the study of History rightly and philosophically pursued, will
never fail to bestow.
It is useless, I fiud, to attempt to dwell as I could wish, on the
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many and various claims of the study of History upon all men, and,
above all, to my mind, upon the citizens of a great, free Republic,
such as ours. I will therefore only refer, very briefly, to two of
them, the Moral, and the Political.
What can be better calculated to stir and stimulate us in the pur-
suit of the Noble and the Good, than the record of the great and
good deeds of those who have gone before us, whose place on earth
indeed is vacant, but whose memory survives, enshrined in the hearts
of their posterity ? When we read in classic story of the virtuous
self-sacrifice of a Scipio or a Decius, do not the love of Freedom and
of Fatherland and Virtue glow more brightly in our bosoms ? Do
we not say perforce within ourselves, "If they, enveloped as they
were in Heathen darkness, could act thus nobly, shall we, who have
a clearer light, and a truer, holier faith, be outstripped by them in
the race of Virtue ? Nor is this moral influence of History confined
to examples which stimulate to Virtue; it is equally full of warnings
to deter from Vice. "Hence (as Livy says) you may select examples
which you may imitate, as being noble and good; or which you may
shun, as being base in their origin, base in their result." When we
see how History has fixed the stamp and stigma of an eternal infamy
upon the guilt of so many of the world's great ones, do we not, must
we not, at the same time think of the crime with detestation and
abhorrence, and of the punishment inflicted, and recorded by His-
tory, with terror and dread ?
And here I may remark, that probably this anticipation of what
History will say, exercises an influence, and a most salutary one,
upon the great ones of the earth. The human heart is but too apt
to grow wanton in the days of wealth and power; and were the
present time only thought of by the rulers of mankind, it is to be
feared that deeds of violence and cruelty and crime, would be even
far more frequent thau they are.
So much, very briefly, for the Moral, and now let me glance at the
Political influence of History.
When we look back upon the glorious and successful struggles of
our forefathers to maintain those constitutional rights, and to gain
that constitutional freedom, now enjoyed by us — a People's, and
therefore more than a '* Princely heritage" — when we see them
bearing all the sufferings of privation, and braving all the perils of
the battle-field, rather than allow themselves and their country to be
trodden down by tyranny — when we read of these things in the
annals of the not far distant Past, does not a brighter and holier
halo diffuse itself around the sacred name of Liberty ? Do we not
feel more truly, more intensely, as we look up loyally and lovingly
to the good old Flag of the Union, the full force of the Poet's ex-
clamation—
(i From life without Freedom, oh ! who would not fly !
For one hour of Freedom, uh ! who would not die ! "
and is not the study which kindles and cultivates such thoughts and
feelings as these, of the highest, the most incalculable value, to all
friends of freedom, but especially to all American freemen, at the
present momentous and most critical period of our history ? Is not
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all doubt, all wavering, thereby banished from our hearts, and do
we not resolve and swear, with God's blessing-, that no cowardice,
nor sloth, nor selfishness of our own, nor any madness, or folly and
fury of others, shall snatch away from us the sacred heirloom be-
queathed to us by those, our great Forefathers, or blot out or dim
the brightness of one Star of our glorious Banner?
Assuredly, the Palladium of American Freedom and Greatness is
placed in that temple of the heart, in which history has entwined
the memories of our ancestors, of Washington, and Henry and Frank-
lin, and all the other heroic men and heroic women of the Revolution;
all, who by their eloquence, their valor, their self-sacrifice and virtue,
assisted in erecting and adorning the noble edifice of a People's 4
Power, and thus earned for themselves an undisputed title to the
motto:
" Exegi mo mi in en turn sere pereimius."
Nor are such views as these, mere ideal theories. The last year, the
last six months, have given us ample, and alas! too fatal proof of
their solidity and truth. What but such historic memories, and their
soul-inspiring associations, kindled at once so bright and broad a fire
of patriotic ardour, against those, who had insulted our Union flag,
and were seeking to overthrow the Union-work of our fathers.? This
it was, and nothing else, that roused the hearts and nerved the arms
of the young men — nay! not of our young men merely, but of our
" old men and maidens," wives and widows, boys and girls through-
out the length and breadth of the land. So that with one soul and
one voice, they have avowed their readiness and eternal resolve, to
bear all, to brave all, to suffer all, rather than surrender the historic *
heritage handed down to them from their great ancestors, or allow
domestic traitor or foreign foe to injure or insult the Star Spangled
Banner of the Union! Inspired by these historic memories, our hero-
soldiers have already, on many a bloody field, given the last and
strongest proof of the Patriot's love and loyalty; their guiding motto
in spirit, if not in words, being still —
Heroes ! to the combat fly, '
Proud to struggle, blest to die!
Go ! should Death your efforts crown,
Mount the pinions of renown !
x Go ! tell our sires
Their daring fires
Glow in our lofty souls till life expires.
Many other claims could I easily put forward on behalf of History,
and therefore of a Society, whose great object it is, to develop and
promote and systematize the study of History. But I willingly and
purposely pause at this point, for, if History and historic memories
shall have availed, as 1 firmly believe they null, to bring our beloved coun-
try safely through the dread crisis, in which she is now struggling,
and to place her once more before an admiring world, brighter and
purer and more powerful for the terrible ordeal through which she will
have passed, then it would indeed be vain and unnecessary to seek
for any foundation on which to rest, and recommend to the love and
honor of all true sons and daughters of America, the study of His-
tory, and the support of such societies as this Historic-Genealogical
Society of New England. 1
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EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF ROBERT GALLEY OF
CHARLESTOWN, MASS. 1699-1765.
[Communicated by Thos. B. Wyman, Jr., of Charlestown.]
[Continued from vol. xvi, page 40.]
Newell.— Anne buried Feb. 9, 1763: Hannah (see E. Breed) pnbl.
April 3, H5Tj Mr " Newell's wife brot to bed," March 29, 1757.
Odin. — Capt. drowned Feb. 15, 1757, taken up March 26.
Orcutt. — Micah, news of death, April 5, 1760.
Orr. — Capt.'s child buried Dec. 17, 1764.
Osbo(r)n. — Abraham d. Mar. 13, 1759, buried March 13; Ephraim's
son buried Aug-. 6, 1762; John m. April 3, 1757; John's child
buried June 5, 1764; John, news of death, Dec. 1, 1764.
Oyer.— Mr.'s child buried Oct. 16, 1762.
Pain. — Betty at 3 of clock morning, d. Sept. 21, 1765, buried Sept.
22; Hitty or Kitty buried Oct. 9, 1764; Mrs. d. Dec. 1, 1764, buried
Dec. 2; Mr. and " Dowse » publ. March 17, 1765, m. April 28.
Payne. — (See Elizabeth Sweetser.)
Parker. — John's child buried Sept. 29, 1764; John, 83. 40, d. Sept. 8,
1765, buried Sept. 10.
Patten. — Mrs. d. June 22, 1765, buried June 23; Mr. "Patten buried"
July 8, 1765.
Peat.— Robert's child Aug. 17, 1765.
Peck. — Mr. to Eliza Townsend m. Jan. 19, 1758.
Peirce. — Mrs. d. March 4, 1757, buried March 7; Steven's wife brot
to bed wh a son, April 18, 1757.
Person.— Old Mrs. d. Dec. 20, 1759; (Mr.?) buried Dec. 25.
Phillips.— Mr. Eleazer buried Feb. 18, 1763; Coilonel d. April 17,
1763, buried April 23; Capt. John buried Nov. 7, 1756; John's
child buried May 16, 1758; Nath. and Ann Chamberlane publ.
May 8, 1757, m. June 21; Nath. took into church Jan. 1, 1758;
N.'s child buried July 5, 1762; Nath.'s child buried July 25, 1765;
Richard's daughter buried March 19, 1759; Richard, 33. 20, buried
July 20, 1757.
Phipps. — Eliah's wife, of small pox, d. (Oct.?) 5, 1752; Gov. d. April
5, 1757, buried April 9; Solomon, news of being killed by a gun
on board of Capt. Rouse, March 27, 1758.
Pierce. — Jonathan, news of death of, Aug. 22, 1757.
Polard.— Colonel d. Oct. (26), 1756. '
Polley. — Mr. m. Molly Beers June 9, 1757.
Pounding. — Of small pox nat., d. July 29, 1752.
Powers. — Batery m. Sarah Rand June 19, 1759; Battry's child
buried Aug. 28, 1765; Mr d. Feb. 13, 1759, buried Feb. 16.
Pownall. — Mrs. buried Nov. 15, 1758.
Pratt. — Ebenezer and his wife dismissed from a Boston church pr.
certificate, Dec. 12, 1735.
Priest.— Hannah d. Dec. 21, 1757, buried Dec. 22.
Prince.— Mr. d. Oct. 22, 1758, buried (30!).
.
130 Diary of Robert Calley. [April
Rainer.— Mr. " Rainer's child buried" July 6, 1765.
Rand. — Ann (see Sam11. Sumner) m. Sept. 13, 1762; Docr.'s wife
buried Nov. 20, 1756; Docr. to Jane Fluker publ. April 9, 1758, m.
May 9; Docr.'s child buried Dec. 17, 1762; Edmond's wife of the
email pox n., d. June, 1752; John's wife d. June 5, 1762, buried
June 8; Jong's child buried Sept. 29, 1762; Jonathan, as. 40, d.
Aug. 8, 1764, buried Aug. 10; Joseph m. Dec. 8, 1757; Joseph's wife
d. March 23, 1759, buried March 26; Joseph took into church June
17, 1759; Joseph m. Sept. 20, 1759; Joshua publ. Aug. 28, 1757;
Nath. to Mrs. Borrows publ. May 20,' 1757, m. June 9; Xath.'s wife
took into church Feb. 26, 1758; Nathu.'s wife buried Sept. 6, 1758;
NatrA's child buried Sept. 17; N. to Mrs. Stacy, m. June 21, 1759; >
Nath.'s wife d. May 10, 1762, buried May 12; Nath1. the feryman's
wife, d. July 17, 1762, buried July 20; Mr. Nath. to Betty Hoping
publ. Jan. 8, 1764; Nath11. news of death, July 18, 1764;" Nathll.'s
child buried Sept. 17, 1765; Same's wife buried Oct. 23, 1762;
Sarah (see Baterv Powers) ra. June 19, 1759; Thos.'s twins buried
Feb. 26, 1765; Waff's child buried March 3, 1758; old Mrs. d.
Sept 21, 1757, buried Sept. 24; old Mrs. d. Nov. 5, 1762, buried
Nov. 8.
Ranks. — 's wife buried Nov. 30, 1758.
Rayner — Mr.'s daughter d., ?e. 20, Nov. 17, 1764, buried Nov. 19.
Reed. — Benj. d. April 21, 1764, buried April 25; Wm.'s wife d. Sept.
29, 1752. > j
Rhoads. — 'es child (small pox), d. Aug. 2, 1752.
Rhodes. — Hannah took into church, Jan 1, 1758.
Riga. — James d. March 7, 1762. k
Rudge. — Mr. drowned May 5, 1759.
Runey. — James's child buried Oct. 8, 1762.
Russell. — Judg's wife buried Aug. 17, 1762; Katty (see Capt.
Hendly) publ. Sept. 19, 1762, m. Oct. 5; old Mr. d. Dec. 6, 1763,
• buried; Richard's child buried Aug. 6, 1764; Thos. m. Elizabeth
Hendly, May 2, 1765.
Sanfords. — Mrs.'s child buried Aug. 24, 1758.
Scotow. — Joshi's son, re. 6 yrs., drowned April 28, 1758. '
Seargant. — James drowned May 5, 1759.
Sewell.— Mr.'s child buried Aug. 16, 1764.
Shed. — Eben's wife d. Dec. 4, 1759, buried Dec. 7; Eben publ. March
9, 1760.
Sherman. — Mrs. d. June 13, 1758, buried June 16; widow buried May
7, 1763. j
Skinner — Andrew m. Anne Sutton, June 12, 1759.
Sloane.— Robert to Sail: Whitman, m. Dec. 28, 1758. j
Smith.— Mi cll.'s child buried June 9, 1763.
Soley. — Mrs.'s child buried Nov. 25, 1763.
Souther. — Betty (see James Brazer), m. Aug. 14, 1757; Louis (see
Thos. Hooper), m. Oct. 17, 1757; Mary d. Nov. 27, 1759; Molley,
buried Nov. 30. ' i
Sprague. — Huldah (see J. Frothingham\ publ. Aug. 21, 1757; in.
Oct. 12; Mrs. Huldah of Medford, buried Aug. 29, 1757: old Mrs.
d.. April 5, 1759, buried April 9; Jonathan d. June 5, 1759, buried
1862.] Diary of Robert Calley. 131
June 9; Sam'Vs wife d. March 26, 1759, buried March 29; Same's
child buried Aug-. 10, 1764.
Stacy. — Mrs. (see N. Rand), m. June 21, 1759.
Standley. — Robt.'s child d. Aug. 31, 1752; Robert's widow buried
Aug. 31, 1765. •
Stanton. — Capt.'s child buried Sept. 26, 1764.
Stedman. — Capt. to Mrs. Austin, in. Jan. 5, 1764.
Stevens. — Betty d. June 3, 1757, buried June 5; Joseph "Tastor" in
39th year, d. Nov. 16, 1721, buried Nov. 18; [Joseph's] only
daughter's burial named Nov. 18, 1721; Mrs.'s negro d. April 19,
1762.
Stimpson. — Uncle Joseph was borne Feb. 13, 1699, and d. March 28,
17.52; Joseph adm. to church in Charleston, pr. certificate, Nov.
11, 1722; John's wife brot to bed June 1, 1757; John's wife brot to
bed son June 25, 1759.
Stoak. — Mr. at half past 3 o'clock afternoon, d. Oct. 31, 1756, buried
Nov. 4.
Stobard.— -Capt. d. April 11, 1763.
Stone. — Old Elias buried Jan. 6, 1757; Elias's daughter d. Nov. 27,
1757, buried Dec. 2; buried Oct. 30, 1759; Eiias's child scalded to
death May 24, 17f»2; Elias's negro drowned May 21, 1762, buried
May 30; Elias Stone's mother-in-law buried Jan. 4, 1758.
Sumner. — Sam1, and Ann Rand m. Sept. 13, 1762; Saml.'s wife buried
Nov. 27, 1764.
Sutton. — Ann (see Andrew Skinner), m. June 12, 1759; Mrs. d. Oct.
6, 1757, buried Oct. 8; Mr. m. July 17, 1758.
Swan. — Samn.'s child, measles, d. March 10, 1759, buried March 12;
S.'s child, made a coffin for, March 9, 1765; Sam'.'s maid buried
Sept. 20, 1762.
Sweetser. — Benj.'s wife d. June 11, 1765, buried June 13; Elizabeth
Sweetser, now Payne, admitted to church, pr. certificate, July 19.
1704; Hephey d. Nov. 2, 1756, buried Nov. 5; Naby d. Sept. 5,
1758, buried Sept. 8; uncle Sam11, about eleven of clock at night,
d. July 18, 1757, funeral July 21; Steven to Delight Humphreys
publ. April 3, 1757; Wm.'s child of small pox, d. Aug. 14, 1752.
Symmes. — Caleb's child d. July 16, 1759; Caleb's wife brot to bed with
a son half after one of clock, March 7, 1762; Caleb's wife brot to
bed with a girl, Aug. 31, 1763; Eliz: (see Robert Calley) publ.
March 21, 1760, m. April 10; Graced. Oct. 8, 1762; [Grace,] uncle's
child buried Oct. 10; Isaac ra. March 20, 1765.
Taylor. — Darcos, buried Nov. 2, 1762.
Teal. — Wm.'s daughter buried Nov. 21, 1764.
Temple. — Mrs.'s negro woman buried Sept. 25, 1765.
Thompson. — Mr. Wm. d. July 5, 1762, buried July 8; old Mrs. buried
Sept. 10, 1762.
Ting.— Jon*, d. Oct. 1, 1759, buried Oct. 3.
Townsend. — Eliza (see Mr. Peck), m. Jan. 19, 1758; Phebe (see Wm.
Manning), m. Nov. 29, 1759; Sam1, and wife took into church Feb.
26, 1758; Sam!l.'s child buried Sept, 17, 17G5.
Trow.— Anna m. March 2, 1763; Bart m. Aug. 3, 1758; Betty d. at
night, Nov. 15, 1759, buried Nov. 18; Richard in, Nov. 4, 1762;
Capt buried Oct. 27, 1758.
.
Miscellaneous — Nameless. — Capt. shot himself in his cabin at
Boston Aug. 2, 1T59; Sam1. Kent's apprentice d. Sept, 12, 1759;
five children bapt. Jan. 24, 1 760 ; 3 soulders at the castle drowned
Feb. 17, 1757; Charles Giles killed a man April 11, 1757; two men
132 Diary of Robert Callcy. [April
Trumbal.— James m. Nov. 22, 1764: John's wife d. Jan. 31, 1763,
buried Feb. 3; Sam11, d. May 27, 1764; Same's negro d. July 15,
1763.
Trumble.— Old Mr. d. Sept. 24, 1759, buried SeFt. 27.
Tufts. — John, small pox, d. May 3, 1764.
Turner — John's child buried April 11, 175S; John's child buried
June 25, 1765.
Wait. — David m. Eebecca Wood, Dec. 21, 1758: David's wife brot
to bed June 5, 1759; David's child bapt. Sept. 16, 1759; David's
child buried Nov. 3, 1764, David's child buried Dec. 5; Molley
carried to goal at Boston for killing her child, Feb. 24, 1760.
Waldo. — Brigadier at the eastward, d. May 23, 1759. 'I
Waters. — Abraham's child buried May 22, 1757; Abraham m. Mary
Collings, May 17, 1762.
Watson, — Alex, child buried Jan. 13, 1758.
Webb. — Frances (see John Lamson), m. May 10, 1759.
Webber. — John d. May 21, 1759, buried May 24.
Wheeler. — Benj. buried Nov. 21, 1764, Glocester buried March 3,
1759.
White. — John's child d. of small pox, I., June, 1752; Robert's wife
d. May 23, 1762, buried May 24.
W(h)itmax. — F.'s wife brot to bed with a daughter, Feb. 17, 1759;
F.'s child buried Oct. 30, 1762, he was drowned 14th; Sail: (see
Robert Sloane), m. Dec, 28, 1758. * j
W(h)i(t)t(k)more. — Abigail (see John Goodwin) m. Sept. 5, 1763; §
Joseph d. morning April 16, 1762, buried April 22; Joseph m.
Oct. 25, 1764; Katv took into church Jan. 1, 1758; Katy (see I
Mr. Bartlett) m. July 18; Thos. m. April 18, 1762; Thos.'s' child
buried Nov. 19, 1764.
Whright. — Mr. of Woburn, hanged himself April 28, 1763.
Wigglesworth. — Dr. d. Jan. 16, 1764.
Wilkins.— Thos, buried Aug. 26, 1762; Thos.'s child buried March
26, 1751
Willard. — Secretary d. Dec. 6, 1756. ,
Williams. — Mary d. Nov. 18, 1756, buried Nov. 19;
Willson. — Phebe, daughter John and Lydia, bapt atMenatamy, June
13, 1736.
Wood. — David m. Aug. 22, 1765; James d. Feb. 22, 1759, buried
Aug. 24; Jonanh. d. May 30, 1762, buried June 1; Rebecca (see
David Wait), m. Dec. 21, 1758; Rebecca and N. Gold publ. March
16, 1760, m. April 24, 1760; Samuel, David's son, se. 13, d* Nov,
30, 1764, buried Dec. i.
Wybert. — Mrs. small pox, buried Jan. 28, 1758.
Wyer. — John's son inoculated, d. June (2)5, 1752; John's daughter
nat., d. June 29; John's child small pox, nat, d. July 9; John's
child small pox, nat., d. July 14; Sarah, William's daughter d.
July 2; Wm.'s child, small pox, d. Aug. 7. i
1862.] The Tozer Family. 133
at Cambridge drowned Oct. 5, 1764; a negro woman found dead
at Maiden, May 30, 175"; a boy at Boston drowned Juno 11; six
persons took into church Oct. 9; 3 children baptized Jan. 1, 1758;
Gapt. of the Royal American buried April 18; a man and woman
burned to death at a fire at Boston, April 20; scooner cast away,
7 men drowned, Nov. 5; child buried June 21, 1762; a schollar at
Cambridge drowned June 23; six children baptized; a negro buried
Nov. 19/1764; child buried Sept 3, 1765; child buried Sept. 25.
THE TOZER FAMILY
In vol. viii, page 264, of July No. of the Register, I caused to be
inserted the following:
" The following children of Richard and Elizabeth Tozer were
alive 22d Sept., 1734, viz: Martha m. Samuel Lord; Abigail m.
Samuel Newton; Sarah Tozer; Judith m. Jonathan Burroughs; John
Tozer; Richard Tozer; Mary Tozer."
Subsequent examinations prove that these persons then alive were
not the children of Richard and Elizabeth.
The above Samuel Lord, son of Nathan and Martha (Tozer) Lord,
born 14th June, 1689, was married at Kittery, Me.} 19th Oct., 1710, by
Rev. Jeremiah Wise to Martha3, born 9th February, 1684, daughter of
Paul2 and Catharine Wentwortb.
Bond's History of Water town, Barry's Framingham, and Jackson's
Newton, give proof that the others were children of Simon Tozer of
Watertown Farms (Weston), who died 30th Dec, 1718, by his wife
Mary. Simon was a brother of Richard Jr., who married Elizabeth2
Wentworth, and son of Richard Sr.
Richard Sr. was married at Boston, Mass., 3d July, 1656, by
Richard Bellingham, Deputy Governor, to Judith Smith, He had son
Thomas born 5th May, 1657, of whom nothing more is known.
York Covyrdy (Me.) Records show that he had a daughter Elizabeth
who married Richard Randall of Dover, N. H.
Richard Sr. was in Kittery, Me., as early as 1659, where he was
killed by the Indians, October 1675. And his widow, Judith, was
dead prior to 18th June, 1683, as her son Richard Jr., was then
appointed her administrator.
On the 17th April, 1734, Richard Tozer of Berwick, Me. (a town
taken from Kittery), deeds to Samuel Lord of Berwick, all his real
* estate, cattle, horses, and all other property he possessed, whether
real or personal, moveable or immoveable, in consideration of .£500.
His wife Elizabeth, joined in the deed.
Neither the records of York county, nor of Kittery, nor of Ber-
wick, nor of any other place yet examined, show anything further
of him or her, nor of any children of his. From his selling out every
thing as he did, they probably moved away where, perhaps, they had
children living-.
On the 22d Sept., 1735, the above referred to Tozer children, living
in Massachusetts, deed to. the same Samuel Lord, property in Ber-
.
134 The Tozer Family. [April
wick, Me., which belonged original^ to their grandfather, Richard
Tozer, Sr.
Until recenthr, they were supposed to have been the children of
Richard Jr., but now the}' are known to have been those of Simon,
who had but two sons, viz : 1. John, b. 8th Oct., 1695; m. 1718,
Experience Jackson of Newton, Mass., and he had no sons, but he
had several daughters. 2. Richard, b. 26th July, 1701; rn. Elizabeth,
and had several daughters and only two sons; (1.) Richard, b. 13th
Oct., 1732; (2.) Simon, b. 7th Nov., 1743.
But there are Tozer families in and around Waterville, Me., still
unaccounted for, who descended from John Tozerof Georgetown,
Me. (formerly called Rowsick Island). He died there in 1806, aged >
84. He was a constable there in 1755, and was bom 1722. The
place of his nativity is not known.
May he not have been a grandson of Richard Jr.?
This John of Georgetown, Me., by wife Sarah, had Jeremiah, b.
in Georgetown, Me., "26th Dec, 1747; Abigail, b. 17th Sept., 1749;
Jonathan, b. 27th Aug., 1751; Sarah, b. 1st July, 1753; Samuel, b.
9th Aug., 1755; Patience, b. 20th Oct., 1757; Ellas, b. 14th Aug.,
1759; Simon, b. 23d July, 1761; John, b. 3d Oct., 1763; Benjamin
P., b. 13th Oct., 1764; Amos, b. 31st Jan., 1769.
Richard Tozer Sr. had a daughter Martha, as the following from the
Berwick {Me.) Records proves:
Nathan Lord married to Martha, daughter of Richard Tozer and ^
Judith his wife, 22d Nov., 1678: Martha, b. 14th Oct., 1679; Nathan,
b. 13th May, 1681; William, b. 20th March, 1682-3; Richard, b. 1st
March, 1684-5; Judith, b. 29th March, 1687; Samuel, b. 14th June. 1
1689; Mary, b. 29th July, 1691; John, b. 18th Jan., 1693; Sarah, b.
28th March, 1696; Anne, b. 27th May, 1697; Abraham, b. 29th Oct.,
1699.
Instead of the above Samuel Lord's wife being a daughte-r*of |
Richard Jr. and Elizabeth (Wentworth) Tozer, she was a daughter
of Paul2 Wentworth, and in her will she speaks of her brother
William Wentworth; whilst her husband was a nephew of Richard
Tozer Jr., and grandson of Richard Sr. f
Capt. Samuel Lord wjlled property to sons John, Nathan, Abraham,
Samuel and Ebenezer, and daughter Mary Grant. He spoke of his
own residence which he gave his wife as at Quamphegan. He spoke
of the Tozer place which he gave his son Abraham as at Salmon
Falls, and it continued until very recently in the possession of Abra-
ham's descendants.
Nathan Lord, son of Samuel and Martha, was father of the late
Gen. John Lord, and grandfather of Nathan j Lord, President of
Dartmouth College.
Robert Blott of Suffolk county, Mass., in his will [dated May 27,
1662. See Register, xv, 73], gives property to his daughter Tozer,
and also to his daughter Tozer's children.
But what Tozer was there in this country at that time, but Richard?
Was his wife Judith a daughter of Blott, and a widow Smith when
he married her ? J. W.
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1862.] Records of Wethersficld, Conn. 135
RECORDS OF WETHERSF1ELD, CONN.
[Communicated t>y Hon. It. R. Hixmax of New York.]
[Continued from vol. xvi, page 22.]
Bulkley, Charles. Children of, by Mary his wife — Charles, b. May
19, 1760; Justus, Mar. 15, '62: Mary, Jan. 13, '64; Mrs. M. B. d.
Jan. 24, 1771. Charles B. and Eunice Welles were m. Oct. 7, 1773.
Bulkley, Benjamin and Susannah Kirbey, were ra. Nov. 3, 1757.
Is.— Thomas, b. Oct, 2, '58; Lucy, Sep. 18, '60; George, Nov. 28, '62;
Huldah, Oct. 1, 64; James, Sep." 11, '66; Stephen, Nov. IS, '68; Abi-
gail, Dec. 30, '70; Martha, April 26, '73;' Hannah, June 25, '75. Mrs.
S. B. d. May 27, 17 76. B. Bulkley and Elizabeth Brownell were m.
Feb. 6, 1776.
Bulkley, Capt. Edward and Prudence Wells, were m. Mar. 24. 1782.
Is. — Rachel, b. Dec. 13, '82; Pamela, April 6, '84; Oliver Pomeroy,
Jan. 31, '87. May. Edw'h B. d. May 30, 1787.
Bulkley, Edward and Dinah Bunce, were m. July 9, 1795. Is. —
Honor Francis, b. Aug. 22, "95; John Bunce, May 2, '97; Eliza, May
20, '99; Edward, Aug. 7, 1801; Marv, Mar. 16, 1803, and d. in in-
fancy; Weahhv, Mav 28, 1804. Mite. D. B. d. Dec. 6, 1804; and Mr.
E. B, Feb. 5, 1805. .
Bulkley, Francis and Elizabeth Fosdick, were m. Jan. 5, 1796.
Is. — Chauncey, b. Jan. 16, '98; James Henrv, July 23, '99; Charles,
April 27, 1801.
Bridgman, Isaack and Dorothy, the dau. of Serg1. John Curtis, were
m. on the 11th day of April, 1706. Is. — Lidia, b. Feb. 9, 1707; Gideon,
Oct. 2, 1708; Dorothy, Oct. 10, 1710.
Belknap, Samuel. Child of, bv his wife Elizabeth — Elisha, b. Dec.
1, 1718.
Brunsun, Isaac and Thankful, dau. of Samuel Dibill, of Winsor,
were m. on the 30th of Jan., 1707. Is. — Samuel, b. Dec. 30, 1707.
Brattle, William and Marv Wright, were m. Sept. 21, 1743. Is. —
Sarah, b. Julv 11, '44; William, Aug. 29, ?45; Elizabeth, Jan. 13, '47:
Mary, July 25, '48: John, Aug. 11, '50; James, Nov. 23, '51; Martha,
Feb. 22, '53; Ann/Aug. 15, 1755.
Beadle, David. Children of, by his wife Abigail — Benjamin, born
Dec. 18, 1741; Jonathan, June 20, '44; Ruth, June 30, '48; David,
Sep. 12, 1750.
Beadle, William. Children of, by his wife Lydia — Lydia, b. Nov.
1, 1774; Mary, Oct. 6, 1776.
Basset, Jonathan. Children of, by his wife Mary — Abigail, b.
Sept. 6, 1739; Jonathan, Nov. 14. '43"; Mary, Mav 20, '45; Hannah,
Feb. 13, '47; 'William, April 28, '49; Nathan, Dec. 11, '51; Elisha,
May 6, 1753.
Balch, Ebenezer and Sarah Belding, were m. together on the 28th
day of June, 1750. Is. — Sarah, b. Aoril 1, '51; Jonathan Belding,
Nov. 14, '54; Mary, Nov. 17, 1752. Mrs. S. B. d. April 3, 1756.
Ebenr. Balch and Lois Belding were m. Nov. 29, 1756. Is. — Lois, b.
Feb. 27, '58, and died Aug. 15, '60; Joseph, Feb. 16, ;60; Lois, Dec.
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136 Records of Wether sfield, Conn. [April
20, '61; Lucy, Dec. 21, G3; Ebenezer, Aug1, 30, 66; Timothy, Oct. 26,
'68; William, May If, 1778. Mrs. L. B. d. May 23, 1793.
Barret, James and Anue Carington, were m. Dec. 3, 1761. Is. —
Selab, b. Dec. 24, '62; Anne, Sep. 4, '64; Martha, June 27, '^; Mary,
Feb.VGS; Mary, Sep. 7, '69: Sarah, Aug-. 8, '71 ; Ruth, April 17, '75;
James, Mar. 7, 1777.
Bull, Amos. Child of, by his wife Mary — James, b. Aug. 10, 1772.
Mr. A. B. d. Jan. 8, 1775.
Bull, Samuel. Children of, by his wife Fanny — Eleazer Hunting-
ton, b. Feb. 14, 1800; Seth Pitkin, Dec. 31, 1801; Fanny White,
Aug. 2, 1803; Samuel Griswold, April 6, 1805, d. April 9, 1806;
Samuel Griswold, April 17, 1807, d. Oct. 13, 1810; Melissa Amelia,
Feb. 9, 1809, d. Dec. 7, 1811: Edgur Leonard, Feb. 5, 1811; Lorenzo
Solon, Mar. 8, '13; Melissa Amelia, Jan. 9, 1815.
Chester, Lenord. Children of, by his wife Mary — John, b. in Wa-
tertown, Mass., Aug. 3, 1635; Dorcas, Nov. 5, '37; Steven, Mar. 3,
'39; Mary, Jany. 15, '41; Prudence, Feb. 16, '43; Eunice, June 15,
'45; Mercy, Feb. 14, 1647. Stephen d. April 23, 1705.
Chester, Capt. John and Sarah, the dau. of the Hon]e Gov Thomas
Wells, were m. in Feb., 1653. Is— Mary, b. Dec. 23, 1654: John,
June 10, '56; Sarah, Nov.**, '57; Stephen, May 26, '60; Thomas,
Mar. 23, '62; Samuel, May 23, '64; Prudence, Dec. 10, '66; Eunice,
May 17, 1668. Samuel d. May 12, 1689. Mary, wife of Mr. John
Wolcott, d. July 10, 1G89. Eunice, wife of Timothy Stevens, d. June
16, 1698. Capt. John Chester d. Feb. 23, 1698; Mrs. Sarah Chester
d. Dec. 12, 1698.
Chester, Thomas and Mary, the dau. of Richard Treat, were m. Dec.
10, 1684. Is.— Eunice, b. Nov. 22, 16S5; Samuel, Sept. 29, 1696, and
d. March 17, 1710; John, Dec. 17, '99, and d. Dec. 14, 1700; Mary,
Jan. 6, 1706. Mr. Thomas Chester d. Dec. 5, 1712; Mrs. Mary C.,
Jan. 1, 1748, aged 81 years.
Chester, John Junr. and Hannah, the dau. of Capt, Samuel Talcott,
were m. Nov. 25, 1686. Is. — Penelope, b. Oct. 21, '87, and d. in in-
fancy; Mehetable, Jan. 29, '89; Mary, March 8, '91; Penelope, Nov.
18, '93; Hannah, May 15, ;96, and d. May 29, 1749; Prudence, March
4, 1699; Eunice, May 11, 1701; John, June 30, 1703; Sarah, July 1,
1707; Thomas, Aug. 31, 1711, and d. in infancy. Major J. Chester
d. Dec. 14, 1711, aged 55| years; Mrs. Hannah C. d. July 23, 1741,
in the 77 th year of her age.
Chester, Stephen Junr. and Jemima, dau. of Lieu'. James Treatt, were
m. Dec. 17, 1691. Is.— Dorothy, b. Sept. 5, '92; Sarah, March 5, '94;
Mercy, Oct, 26, '96; Stephen John, Feb. 14, 1698. S. Chester Jr. d.
Feb. 9, 1698, aged 37| years.
Chester, John and Sarah Noyes, were m. Nov. 19, 1747. Is —
John, b. Jan. 18, '49; Leonard, Sept, 18, '50; Sarah, Aug. 12, '52;
Abigail, May 27, '54; Stephen, Oct. 28, '61; Thomas, Jan. 7, 1764.
J. Chester Esq. d. Sept. 11, 1771.
Chester, John and Elizabeth Huntington, of Norv/ich, were m.
Nov. 25, 1773. Is.— Elizabeth, b. Nov. 10, '74; Mary, April 20, '79:
Hannah, Oct. 27, '81; Sarah, June 17, 'S3; Juhn, Aug. 17, ;85; Char-
lotte, March 20, '87; Henry, Oct. 3, '80, and d. in infancy; Julia,
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1S62J Records of Wdhersfield, Conn. 137
March 15, '92; Henry, Dec. 22, '93; William, Nov. 20, '95; George,
June 14, 1798.
Chester, Leonard and Sarah Williams of Pittsfield, were m. Sept.
12, niG. Is.— Leonard Williams Peppereli, b. Dec. 20, "tV; Sarah,
Aug. 8, "19: Henrietta and Sophia, Mar. 8, '81; John Noyes, Mar. 20,
'83; Sally Williams, Nov. 2, '84; William Williams, July 13, 1786.
Curtis, Thomas. Chiiclren of, by his wife Elizabeth — John, b. Jan.
1, 1C39; James, Sept. 15, '41; Joseph, Mar. 31, '44; Samuel, April 1,
'45; Isaac (date obliterated). T. Curtis d. Nov. 13, 1681, aged 83
years,
Curtis, John and Lidia his wife, were m. Nov. 20, 1666. Is. —
John, b. Dec. 10, '6"; Thomas, Sept. 15, 'TO; Lidiah, March 1, '73;
Dorothy, May 15, '74; William, Oct, 12, '77; Elizabeth, Nov. 13, 'SI;
Jonathan, Aug. 13, 1682.
Curtis, Joseph and Mercy his wife, were m. Feb. 8, 1674. Is. —
Meribah, b. Mar. 10, '74, and d. Jan. 15, 1684; Joseph, Jan. 10. '75;
Mary, Sept, 2, '77; Sarah, Sep. 29, '79; Thomas, Dec. 24, 'SO; David,
Nov. 29, '82. J. Curtis d. Dec. 31, 1683, aged about 40.
Curtis, James and Abigaill his wife, were m. July 8, 1686.
Curtis, Samuel and Sarah his wife, were m. Feb. 20, 1683. Is. —
Samuel, b. Nov. 23, '84; Elizabeth and Ruth, May 17, '87; Elizabeth
d. in infancy. S. Curtis d. Nov. 26, 1688, aged about 42 years.
Curtis, John, the son of Serg;. John Curtis, and Elizabeth, the dau.
of Joseph Wright, were m. April 3, 1690. Is. —Martha, b. Jan. 17, '91;
Lidia, Nov. 15, '94. and d. in infancy; Mary, Julv 5, '96; Rachel,
Oct. 25, '98; John, Feb. 8, 1701; Josiah, Nov. 17,H03; Elizabeth,
Mar. 18, 1707; Hannah, Dec. 12, 1711. J. Curtis d. Nov. 8, 1712.
Curtis, Thomas and Mary, the dau. of John Goodrich, were m. Dec.
30, 1703. Is.— Rebecca, b. April 28, 1705 ; Thomas Curtis and Rachell,
dau. of John Morgan of Groton, were m. Mar. 17, 1715. Is. — Ambrose,
b. Mar 23, '16; James, Sep. 11, '18; Experience, Nov. 12, 20; Wait-
still, July 22, '23; Rachell Feb. 5, 1727. Mrs. R. Curtis d. Feb. 5,
1730. \
Curtis, David and Abigaile, the dau. of John Goodrich, were m.
April 25, 1706. Is.— Allen, b. May 18, 1708; Anne, July 18, 1710.
Curtis, William and Ruth. dau. of Nath!. Butler, were m. Jan. 8,
1702. Is. — Gideon, b. July 10, 1703; William, Aug. 23, 1705;
Charles, Mar. 13, 1710.
Curtis, Jonathan and Hepzibah Hastings of [Hartford] Hatfield,
were m. June 5, 1705. Is. — Anna, b. Mar. 31, 1706; Abigail, Oct.
11, 1708; Thomas, Oct. 8, '10; Eleazer, Sep. 16, '12; Jonathan, Dec.
26, '14; John, Jan. 5, 1721.
Curtis, Joseph and Dorothv, the dau. of Joseph Edwards, were m.
Dec. 7, 1708. Is.— Dorothy, b. Jan. 30, 1709; Kathrine, Dec. 25t '10;
Joseph, Jan. 22, '13; Daniel, April 29. '15; Sarah, May 23, '17: Zecha-
riah, Sep. 13, '19; Josiah, Dec. 12, 1721. Mrs. Dorothy C. d. April 18,
1760; and Mr. Joseph C, Dec. 31, 1765.
Curtiss, Samuel and Susanna Allen, were m. Feb. 2, 1710. Is. —
Elizabeth, b. Mar. 7, '11; Samuel, Aug. 28, 1712.
Curtice, Joseph Jr. and Silence Williams, were m. Oct. 31, 1732.
Is.— Mary, b. May 22, 1733.
Curtis, Samuel and Loia Belding-, were m. Oct. 28, 1736. Is. —
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138 Records of Wethersfield, Conn. [April
Lois, b Feb. 24, '40; Hannah, Feb. G, '42; Samuel, March 30, '44;
Susanna, June 23, '4G; Daniel, Nov. 25. '4S; Margaret, March 5, '52;
Eunice, Dec. t, '54; Joseph, June 15, 1765.
Curtis, Josiah and Mary Kilborn, were m. Dec. 3, 1747. Is. —
Levi, b. June 26, 1749; Ruth, Dec. 6, '51; Josiah, Aug. 26, '57;
Ebenezer, Jan. 31, 17G0. Mrs. Mary C. d. Oct. 7, 1799.
Curtiss, James and Elizabeth Kilborn, were m. May 18, 1749.
Is.— Elizabeth, b. April 3, '50; Hannah, Jan. 12, '52; Martha, Dec. 8,
'53; Mary, April 11, 1756.
Curtiss, Thomas and Dorothea Bulklev, were m. Jan. 8, 1741.
Is.— Dorothy, b. Dec. 5, '41; Josiah, May *11, '44; Charles, March 7,
'46; Rachel, April 9, '48; Wait, Jan. 1, '51; Eleazer, March 14, '53;
Mary, Oct. 6, 1755.
Curtis, Jonathan 2d. Children of, by Hannah his wife — Joseph, b.
April 12, 1756; Hannah, Mar. 24, 1758.
Curtis, Samuel Jr. and Mehetabel Goodrich, were m. Oct. 17, 1764.
Curtis, Josiah Jr. and Eunice Hun, were m. Dec. 28, 1780.
Curtis, Levi and Rhoda Stoddard, were m. Jan. 4, 1779. Is.—
Josiah, b. Oct. 31, '79; Thomas Stoddard, Jan. 14, '83; Lucy, Aug.
T, '82; Cloe, Mar. 13, '85; Lydia, Mar. 2, '87; Joseph Edwards, Oct.
9, '89; Rhoda, July 30, 1796.
Curtiss, James Jr. and Sarah Fosdick, were m. April 6, 1788.
Is. — Sarah, born April 4, '89; James, May 1, '91, and d. in infancy:
Sally, Nov. 28, '92; Mary. Nov. 8, '94; Roswell, Aug. 20, '96; Samuel
Fosdick, Sep. 8, '99; Charles Chauncey, Dec. 20, 1803; James, Mar.
29, 1806; Anner Bacon, April 20, 1808.
Curtiss, Joseph, was b. April 9, 1777, and Abiah Seely Dec. 25,
1769, and were m. June 17, 1798. Is.— Daniel, b. Nov. 8, 1799; Jo-
seph, Mar. 30, 1802; Seely, Feb. 12, 1805.
Cheeny, John and Sarah his wife, were m. June 26, 1669. Is. —
John, b. July 1, 1672; Henry, Feb. 14, 1673.
Churchill, Josias. Children of, by Elizabeth his wife — Mary, b.
March 24, 1639; Elizabeth, May 15, '42; Hanah, Nov. 1, '44; Joseph
Dec. 2, '49; Benjamin, May 16, '52; Sarah, Nov. 11, 1657. Wid.
Elizabeth C. d. Sept. 8, 1700, aged about 84.
Churchel, R. Georg, sonne of Churchel and of Marget his wife,
was borne the 14th day of March, 1653.
Churchell, Jose and Mary his wife, were m. May 13, 1674. Is. —
Mary, b. April 6, 1675; Nathaniell, July 9, 1677.
Churchell, Benjamin and Mary his wife, were m. July 8, 1676.
Is.— Josiah, b. Jan. S, 1676; Prudence, July 2, ;78; Abigaiil, Feb.
18, 1680. Mrs. C. d. Oct. 30, 1712.
Churchill, NathH. and Mary, the dau. of John Hurlbutt of Middle-
town, were m. Oct. 9, 1701. Is.— Nath11., b. Oct 29, 1703; John, Jan.
19, 1706; Daniel, Nov. 3, 1710.
Churchill, Josiah and Elizabeth, dau. of Mr. Thomas Towsev, were
m. May 8, 1706. Is.— Arminell, b. Feb. 20, 1709; Prudence, Dec. 20,
'10; Hezekiah, Aug. 20, '12, and d. June 24, '14; Mary, Oct. 6, '14;
Sarah, June 11, '16; Josiah, June 28, 1720. Mr. J. C. d. Aug. 22,
1751, and his wife Oct. 23, 1751.
Churchel, Joseph and Ledia, dau. of John Dickinson of Hatfield,
were in. Jan. 12, 1714. Is. — Joseph, b. Npy. 23, 1714.
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Churchill, Ensign Samuel, d. .July 21, 1767, and Martha his wid.,
Dec. 14, 1780.
Churchil, David. Children of, by Doroth liis wife — Dorothy, b.
Oct. 3, 1726; Elizabeth, Feb. 1, '29,. .and d. in infancy. Betty, June
9, '31; David, Oct. 16, '33; Anne, Oct. 23, '37; Joseph, May 31, 1743.
Churchil, Nathanael and Rebecca Oris wold, were m. (no date).
Is.— Abigail, b. Sept. 28, 1727; Mary, Aug. 22, '29; Nathaniel, June
25, '31; Rebecca, Feb. 10, '34; Lucy" May 3, '36; Janna, Feb. 20, '38;
Amos, Mar. 5, 1743.
Churchil, Charles and Lydia Belding, were m. Nov. 19, 1747. Is. —
Hannah, b. Jan. 11, '49, and d. in infancy; Levi, May 28, '52; Mary,
t Sept. 22, '53, and d. in infancy? Charles, May 3, '55; Samuel, April
5, '57; Hannah, Dec. 28, '58; "Solomon, July 29, '64; Silas, April 5,
1709.
Churchil, Josiah and Eunice Doming, were m. May 2, 1753.
Churchill, Samuel and Mercy Bordman, were m. July 16, 1778.
Is. — a dau. (nameless), b. Dec. 7, '79; Mary Anna, Aug. 25, 1782..
Chapel, George. Issue of, by Christian his wife — Abigail, b. Sept.
1, 1644; Sarah, Sept. 21, '4.7; Rachell, Oct. 10, 1649.
Cotton, John and Hanah his wife, were m. Nov. 7, 1660.
Colfox, William. Children of, by Alse his wife — Elizabeth, b. in
April, 1633; John, in Feb., '55; Mary, in Feb., 57; Jonathan, in Feb.,
1659.
Colefox, Jonathan and Sarah his wife, were m. May 28, 1696. Is. —
Sarah, b. Mar. 3, 1697. J. C. d. Dec. 17, aged about 53.
Catellin, John and Mary his wife, were m. Sept. 23, 1662. Is.—
' John, b. July 26, '63.
Crane, Benjamin and Mary his wife, were m. April 23, 1655. Is. —
Benjamin, b. March 1, 1656; Jonathan, Dec. 1, '58: Jose, April 1,
'61; John, April, '63; Israel, Nov. 1, 1671. Mrs. M. C. d. July 8,
1717.
Crane, Joseph and Sarah, the dan. of John Kilborne, were m. Dec, 10,
1684. Is. — Sarah, b. Dec. 10, '85, and d. in infancy; Sarah, Mar. 15,
'87; Hannah, Aug. 4, '89; Mary, Aug. 31, '92, and" d. Dec, 27, 1701;
Benjamin, May 21, '94; Joseph, Nov. 25, '96, and d. Sept. 28, 1712;
Hester, Sept. 7, '98, and d. Sept. 6, 1701; David, April 27, 1701, and
died in infancy; Easter, Aug. 28, 1702; Isaac, Oct. 20, 1707. Mr. J.
Crane d. Nov. 28, 1707, aged 46.
Crane, John and Abigail, dau. of Nath11. Butler, were m. Oct. 27, 1692.
Is.— Josiah, b. Mar. 22, 1694. Mr. John C. d. Oct. 23, 1694, aged 30.
Crane, Benjamin Jr. and Mary Chapman, were m. May 12, 1686.
Mrs. M. C. d. April 5, 1687, aged 22. Children of B. Crane, by Mar-
tha his wife — Benjamin, b. Nov. 7. 1690, and d. May, 1693; Isaac,
Aug. 19, 792, and d. Sep. 15, 1712. 'Mr. B. Crane d. June 20, 1693.
Crane, Israel and Lidiah his wife, were m. Sept. 13, 1695. Is.—
Lidia, b. Aug. 4, 1701; Hannah, Nov. 24, 1702; Elizabeth, Sept. 23,
1704; Martha, Mar. 19, 1706. Mr. I. 0. d. April 28, 1707, in his 36th
year.
Crane, Abraham. Children of, by Hannah his wife — Mary, b. Feb.
7,1697 John, Mar. 14, 1700; Benoni, Aug. 20, 1704; Hannah, May
26, 1706; Lucy, July 25, 1710; Abraham, Oct. 5, 1713. Mr. A. C. d.
July 5, 1713, aged about 45.
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Crane, John Jr. Children of, by Rebeckah his wife — Sarah, b.
Nov. 30, 1735; Benjamin, Mar. 29, 1738.
Crane, Abraham and Rebecca Ilurlbutt, were m. Mar. 15, 1739.
Is.— Abraham, b. Dec. 16, '39; David, Nov. 29, '41; Elijah, Jan. 9,
'44; Benjamin, July 18, '46; Hezekiah, Sept. 28, '48; Rebecca, Nov.
22, '50, and d. in infancy: Mary, Nov. 5, '52; Joseph, Aug. 13, 1755.
Mr. A. C. d. Mar. 25, 1756, in the 43d year of his age.
Crane, Hezekiah. and Mary Dix, were m. Dec. 29, 1771. Is. —
Sarah, b. May 7, '72; Mary, Jan. 17, '74; Leonard, Aug. 15, '76, and
d. 1797; Samuel, Jan. 25, '79; Hezekiah, Jan. 5, '81, and d. May 19,
1827; Thomas, Mar. 1, 1783, and d. 1787; Lancelot, Sept. 12, 'S6;
Rebecca, Mar. 14, '88; Emily, Dec. 19, 1790. Mr. H. C. d. Mar. 10,
1800, aged 52, and his wid. Jan. 19, 1825, aged 75.
Crane, Abraham Jr. and Huldah Hanmer, were m. Feb., 1797.
Is. — Mary, b. Jan. 27, '98: William Hanmer, Oct. 25, '99. Abraham,
Nov. 13, 1801.
Couch, Thomas and Rebeckah his wife, were m. Nov. 22, 1666.
Is.— Susannah, b. Oct. 12, '67: Simon, Dec. 11, '69; Rebackah, Feb.
16, 1672. Mrs. R. C. d. March 1, 1672.
Couch, Thomas and Sarah Hust of Deerneld, were m. Dec. 16,
1713. Is.— Sarah, b. Nov. 7, '14; Hannah, Julv 27, '16; Elizabeth,
Aug. 23, '18; Thomas, May 9, '21; Ebenezer, Sept. 28, '23; Benoni,
June 5, '27. Mr. T. C. d. Dec. 1, 1751. and his wife Oct, 16, 1757.
Couch, Benoni and Phebe Miller, were m. July 28, 1754. Is. —
Samuel, b. June 18, '55: Thomas, April 26, 1757.
Coultman, John and Mary his wife, were m. Sept, 21, 1667. Is. —
Mary, b. Nov. 29, 1672; Elizabeth, Jan. 14, '77; Anna, March 11,
1681.
Cole, Samuel and Lidiah his wife, were m. Sept. 25, 1679. Is. —
Joseph, b. Sept. 12, '81; Lidia, Jan. 18, 1684.
Cole, Joseph and Abigail, aau. of Sergt. Jonathan Rily, were m. Jan.
13, 1709. Is.— John, b. June 13, 1710.
Clarke, William. Children of, by Susanah his wife — Mary, b. June
18, 1669; Susanah, Dec. 25, '71; William, Jan. 29, '73; Mathias,
Feb. 9, '77; Elizabeth, Aug. 28, 1679. By his 2d wife Margaret, he
had Is. — Abigail, b. Feb. 4. 1707. Wm. C, jr., was drowned AdhI
8, 1708, aged about 33 years. Mr. W. C. d. Dec, 1711.
Clarke, Thomas and Dorothy, dan. of Stephen Hurlbutt, were m.
Dec. 9, 1710. Is.— Phebe, b. Aug. 25,711, and d. Dec. 21, '12: Wm.,
June 19, '13; Martin, May 9. '15: Elisha, March 23, '18; Phebe, Jan.
27, '20; Hannah, Jan. 23, '22; Mary, June 9, '24; Thomas, Sept. 25,
1728. Mr. T. C. d. April 3, 1767.
Clarke, Thomas Jr., and Lois Brooks, were m. June 17, 1756.
Is.— Martin, b. July 20, '57, and d. Dec. 16, '62; Roger, Dec. 1, '59;
William, May 30, '62; Rufus, Sept. 2, '64; George, Dec. 1, '66, and
d. Sept. 27, '75; Moses, Jan. 4, '69; Mary, Feb. 15, '71; Olive, Oct.
23, '74; George, Jan. 7, 1778.
Clarke, Moses. Children of, by Mary his wife — Daniel, b. Jan 16,
1793; Henry, Dec. 1, '95; Thomas, March 5, 1797.
Crowfoot, Joseph and Margaret his wife, were m. Dec. 30, 1686.
Is.— Mary, b. Sept. 25, '87, and d. Aug. 1, '89; Margerett, March 8,
'89; Joseph, June 12, '92; Elizabeth, Aug. 14, '93; Mary, Jan. II,
.
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'95; Mehetable, July 1, '91; Sarah, March 19, 1700, and d. in infancy;
Ephraim, July 27, 1705.
Coolidge, Obadiab. Children of, by Elizabeth his wife — Elizabeth,
b. Feb. 26, 1688; Obadiah, their son, d. Sept. 25, '89 ; Hannah, b
March 26, 1690.
Coleman, John and Hannah, dan. of James Wright, were m. April
24, 1695. Is.— Mary, b. Dec. 13, '95; John, May 12, '9S; Thomas,
June 6, 1701; Hannah, Sept. 25,1704; Eiisha, Oct. 8,1707. Mrs.
H. C. d. Aug-. 1, 1741.
Coleman, John Jr., and Comfort Bobbins, were m. (no date). Is. —
Comfort, b. Aug". 29. 1727; John, July 27, '29; Elizabeth, Oct 24,
'31; Hannah, Sept. 19, '34; Thomas, May 28, 1737.
Coleman, Eiisha and Anne Rose, were m. (no date). Is. — Peleg,
b. Aug. 19, 1738; Anne, Dec. 22, '39; Zadock, Aug. 27, 1746.
Coleman, Nathanael and Ruth Beadle were m. Jan. 19, 1744. Is. —
Mary, b. March 3, '45; Benjamin, April 21, '47; Sarah, July 30, '49,
aud d. in infancy; Apphia, Feb. 4, '51. Mrs. R. C. d. Feb. 20, 1751.
N. C. and Comfort Loveman, were m. Nov. 23, 1752. Their is.,
Nathaniel, b. Dec. 30, 1755.
Coleman, Zadock and Hannah Goodrich, were m. Sept. 28, 1174.
Is:— Zadock, b. Dec. 16, 1176. Mr. Z. C. d. March 15, 1776. (Proba-
bly an error in date here.)
Coleman, Peleg and Rebecca Dickinson, were m. (no date). Is. —
Thomas, b. Feb.' 10, 1761; Sarah, Jan. 2, '63: Eiisha, Jan; 2, '65;
Anne, Feb. 4, '67; George, Feb. 4, '69; George', Jan. 10, '71; John,
July 10, 1713.
Collins, Samuel and Martha, his wife, were m. Oct. 26, 1104. Is. —
Samuel, b. Jan. 21, 1705; Jonathan, Oct. 8, 1706; Martha, July 9,
1709; David, May 13, '12; Daniel, Aug. 27, '14; Hannah, June 1, '11;
Mary, April 11, '20; John, Jan. 8, J23; Benjamin, Nov. 13, '24; James,
Oct. 30, 1121.
Collins, Jonathan and Rebina Smith, were m. June 2, 1131. Is.
— Isaac, b. Feb. 27, '32; Robert, June 5, '34; Charles, Oct. 6, '36;
Anna, July 14, '38; Prudence, Sept. 20, '40; Olive, March 13, '43;
Charles, Nov. 11, '46. Rachel, Rebina and Kezia were all b. July
20, 1149.
Collins, John and Lydia All is, were m. March 8, 1739. Is.— Amos,
b. June 5, '46; Kezia, 1141.
Collius, David and Sarah Cole, were m. Nov. 11, 1142. Is. —
Abigail, b. Dec. 4, '42; Lucy, Dec. 5, '45; Josiah, July 26, '48, and
d. Nov. 22, '49; Josiah,' Sept, 26, 1750.
Collins, James and Elizabeth Riley, were m. Nov, 5, 1741. Is. —
Elizabeth, b. May 2, '48; Patience, Nov. 9, '49; Lydia, June 5, '52;
Zebede, July 16, 1155.
Collins, Benjamin and Bathsheba Dimick, were m. Jan. 30, 1155,
Is.- — Moses, b. Jan. 6, 1156.
Collins, Isaac and Esther Belding, were m. Sept, 5, 1154. Is. —
Simeon, b. Jan. 19, 1155.
Collins, Martha. Children of Rhoda Belden, b. April 13, 11S8—
Eiisha Belden, Sept. 2, 1196.
Camp, John. Child of, by his wife Mary, b. Oct. 25, 1113. Capt.
J. C. d. Feb. 4, 1141, in the 12d year of his age.
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Camp, John Jr., and Penelope Doming, wore in. Nov. 1, 1139.
Is.— Mary, b. Dec. 10, '40; Anno, Dec. 1, '42; Joseph, July 27, '44;
James, Nov. 30, '46; Lucy, March, 27, 1749.
Camp, Joseph and Anna Kellogg, were m. Dec. **, 17**. Is. —
Anna, b. April 15, 1773; Eleanor, July 17, '75; Sarah, June 6, '78;
Joseph, March 26, '31; James, March 15, '84; Alma, Jan. 31, '87;
Lucy, May 12, 1790.
Camp, James and Elizabeth Kilborn, were in. Dec. 4, 1769. Is. —
John, b. April 6, ?70; Samuel, Aug. 25, '72; Abigail, Oct. 30, '73;
Moses, April 15, '77; Mary, Oct. 14, '78; Elizabeth, March 24, 1782.
[to be continued.]
ORDERS OF GOV. LAWRENCE OF NOVA SCOTIA IN RELA-
TION TO THE FRENCH NEUTRALS. 1756.
[From the Original. Communicated by Geo. Mountfort of Boston.]
By His Excellency Charles Lawrence Esquire Lieutenant Governor
and Commander in Chief of His ma'ties Province of Nova Scotia or
Acadie.
To Major Prebble, commanding the Battallion of Major General
Shirley's New England Regiment now embarked in this Harbour in
order for their return to Boston.
Whereas the Government of this Province have some time ago
come to a Determination of removing the French Inhabitants from
this Province, on account of their having refused to take the oath of
allegiance to His Majesty, and divers instances of Treasonable &
treacherous behaviour on their parts.
And whereas, orders were accordingly Issued for the removal of
the said Inhabitants, notwithstanding which, I have been informed,
that some of them do still remain in different parts of the Province,
particularly at Cape Sable and the places round about.
You are therefore hereby required and directed to put into Cape
Sable, or some of the adjacent Harbours (in your way to Boston),
and with the Troops -under your Command to land at the most conve-
nient place, and to seize as many of the said Inhabitants as possible,
and carry them with you to Boston, where you will deliver them to
his Excellency General Shirley, with a Letter you will receive with
this Order.
You are at all events to Burn and Destroy the Houses of the said
Inhabitants, and carry Off their utensils and Cattle of all kinds, and
make a distribution of them to the Troops under your Commands, as
a reward for the performance of this Service, and to destroy such
things as cannot conveniently be carried off.
Given under my Hand and Seal at Halifax, this ninth day of April
1756, in the 29th year of His Majesties reign. Chas Lawrence.
By His Excellencys Commad
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GRANTEES OF NARRAGANSET TOWNSHIPS.
[The following- is what remains of a list of Grantees of seven Nar-
raganset townships, laid out by order of the General Court; confirmed
April 18, 1735. Rev. J. B. Felt in the Collections of American Statis-
tical Association, i, pp. 28, 29, has given us a history of these grants.
"On July 1, 1727, Samuel Chandler, Jacob Wright and many others,
soldiers or lawful representatives of such as were in the Narragan-
set Expedition of 1675, petitioned for land. They represented, that
in 16S6, two townships were granted to them in the Nipmug county,
which were not settled. They desired that a like grant might be
renewed, which was done the following year, though not in the same
location. Thomas Hunt and others, petitioned General Court, Feb.
17, 1731, that, as the preceding grant was insufficient for all the
Narraganset claimaints, they may have some additional townships.
The Legislature ordered that one township should be allowed for
every 120 of such individuals. The House sent a message to the
Council, Jan. 19, 1732, on this subject. It was as follows: " Proclam-
ation was made to them, when mustered on Dedhara Plain, whence
they began their march' (Rev. Peter Hobart's diary gives the date of
this marching from Dedham, Dec. 9, 1675), ' that if they played the
man, took the fort, and drove the enemy out of the Narraganset
country, which was their great seat, they should have a gratuity in
land, besides their wages.7 Such a victory was achieved. 'And as
the condition has been performed, certainly the promise, in all equity
and justice ought to be fulfilled. And if we consider the difficulties
these brave men went through in storming the fort in the depth of
winter, and the pinching wants they afterwards underwent in pur-
suing theindians that escaped, through a hideous wilderness, former-
ly known throughout New England to this day, by the name of the
hungry march, and if we further consider, that until this brave, though
small army, thus played the man, the whole country was filled with dis-
tress and fear, and we trembled in this capital, Boston itself, and that
to the goodness of God to this army, we owe our fathers and our own
safety and estates' — they ought to have their claim.
The list of Narraganset claimants, April 26, 1733, were 840, who
had five townships allowed them, besides two previously assigned to
them." A rule was adopted by the General Court for adjusting the
claims of the various heirs, that the eldest male heir, or in want of
. male, the eldest female, 'if they pleased, should hold the land by
paying to the other descendants or heirs, such proportionable parts
of ten pounds (which -was judged to be the value of a right or single
share), as such descendants would be entitled to, provided the said
land had descended according to a law of the province for the settle-
ment of intestate estates.' After many meetings of committees, ap-
pointed by the grantees, the latter convened on Boston Common, and
formed themselves into seven associations, each having the specified
number of 120 for a single township. Every association chose three
agents, all of whom met at Luke Verdey'e, the Royal Exchange in
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King street, Boston, October 17, 1733, and assigned the respective
townships. These were located in what subsequently fell to New
Hampshire in Massachusetts and Maine." The grantees, as before
stated, had a confirmation of their grants in 1735. We regret that
we are unable to give the list entire. The residue of the names are
gone. See Register, v, 369, for interesting notices of addresses deli-
vered at Buxton, Me., in 1850, and at Bedford, N. H.7 the same year.
Of these seven Narraganset townships, Buxton, Me., was No. 1;
Princeton, Mass., No. 2; Amherst, N. H., No. 3; GofTstown, N. II.,
No. 4; Bedford, N. H., No. 5; Templeton, Mass., No. 6; Gorham, Me.,
No. 7. W. B. T.]
Boston. — His Excellency JonathaTi Belcher Esq1-.; for his Father,
Andrew Belcher Esq1.; William Clark Esq1"., for ye Heirs of Doct.
John Clark; The Heirs of Richard Way; William Dinsdell, for his
Father William; Sarah Warren, for her Husband; Benjamin Swain,
for his father, Henry; Isaac Prince's Heirs; The heirs of Doct1". John
Cutler; The heirs of Bepja. Williams; Daniel Ailin, for his father,
Nicolas; The Heirs of Henry Timberlake; The Heirs of Jeremiah
Tay; The Heirs of Thomas Weymoth, The Heirs of John Arrnoid;
Sam11. Kneel and, for his Grandfather, Sam'1. Polard; Benja Bicknerd,
for his Father, Sam11.; The Heirs of Jacob Grigs; John Gridley, for
his Father, Joseph; John Nelson, Alive; Peres Savage's Heirs;
James Lendal's Heirs; Thomas Plimbly's heirs; John Gridly, for his
grand Father, John Mors; John Ruggles, for his Father, [ ] Rug-
gles; Sam11. Kneeland, for John Triscot; Rebekah Hannan, for her
Father, Daniel Mathewes; Benja. Dyer, for his Father, Benja. Dyer;
Edward Ting, for his Father, Edward Ting; John Leach, for his
Father, John Leach; John Chamberlan, for his Father, Henry; Benja.
Landon, for his Father, David; John Lain, for his Father, Joshua;
Rebeckah Foster, for her Father, Edward Weden; Sarah Perkins,
for Joshua Hewes; Thomas Daws, for his Father, Ambros; Zachariah
Gurney, Alive; Addington Davenport Esqr., for his Uncle, Capt.
Davenport; Thomas Hunt, Alive; Joseph Wadsworth Esq1"., for his
Father, Capt. Wadsworth; Owen Harris, for Wife's Father, Petter , !J
Bennet; Simon Rogers, for his Father, Gamaliel; John Tuckerman,
Alive; Richard Bill, for his Father, Richard; William Hacy, for his
Grandfather, William; John Richards, for his Father, John; Jonathan
Williams, for his Wife's Father, Capt. Maudsley; William Manley,
Alive; John Mears, Alive; Ephraim Moor, for his Father, Caleb;
Daniel Oliver Esqr., for his Uncle, Capt. James Oliver: Hugh Calder,
for his Wife's Fatha., John Hands; John Simkins, for his Father
Pilgrim; Natha. Goodwin, for his Father, John; Thomas Beedle, for
his Father, Thomas; Moses Ayers, for his Father, George Ripley;
John Moors, for his Father, Thomas; Samuel Kneeland, for Dommini
McDonell; Thomas Barnard, for his Father, Thomas.
Billerica. — John Stern's Heirs; Natha. Rogers, Alive: James Pat-
tison, for his Father, James; John Needham, for his Father, John;
Sam11. Hunt, Alive; Sam1'. Shelden, for his Father; John Shed, Alive;
Benja. Thompson, for his Father, Joseph.
Brantree. — Samuel Bass, Alive; Samuel Whitt, for his Wife's
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Father, Sam11. Bingley ; Thomas Caplin, for his Father, Thomas;
Thomas Holbrook, Alive; The Heirs of Thomas Bingley.
Boxford — Stephen Peabody, for his Father, William; James Cur-
tise, for Francies Jefferys; John Andrews, for his Father, Robart;
John Bixbe, for his Father, Josepli.
Brookfield. — Edward Walker, Alive.
Beverly. — Thomas Payment, Alive: Ralph Elinwood, Alive; Henry
Bayley, Alive; Christopher Read, Alive; Lott Oonnani, Alive; Thomas
Blackfield, for his Father, Thomas; Andrew Dodge, for John Elin-
wood; Joseph Morgan, for his Father, Joseph; William Dodge's
Heirs; Jonathan Byels, Alive; William Rayment's Heirs; Joseph
Picket, for his Father, Elias; Sam11. Harris's Heirs; John Doge's
Heirs.
Bridgewater. — Abigail Hubard, for hur Father, Richard Burnham;
Sam11. Pecker, for his Father, Sam11.; Daniel Hudson, Alive; Isaac
Leonard, for his Father, Isaac; Richard Jennings, Alive; Benja.
Richards, for Joseph Richards; Edward Howard, for his Father,
John; James Gary, for his Father, James; Thomas Hay ward, the
3t3, for his Uncle, Elisha; Benj\ Washborn, for his Father, Jonathan;
Ebenezer Hill, for his Uncle, Joseph Baley; Josiah Edson Esqr., for
Solomon Cheeker; Ebenezer Hill, for his Father, Ebenezer; John
Handmore, for his Father, John.
Bellingham. — Thomas Brick, for his Father, Thomas.
Brooklyn. — Benja. White's Heirs; Joseph Gardner, for his Brother,
Samuel.
Barrington. — Joseph Allen, for his Father, Benja. ; Joseph Allen,
for his Uncle, Richard; John Reed, for his Father, John.
Berwick. — Nicholes Tarbott's Heirs.
Bristoll. — John Borworth, for his Father, John.
Bedford. — Elezer Davis, Assine to John Wight.
Biddaford. — Moses Dures, Alive.
Bradford. — Ichabod Boynton, for his Father, John.
Cambridge. — William Russel, Alive; Gershom Cutter, Alive; Joseph
Beammus, for his Father, Joseph; Jonathan Remington Esqr., for his
Fath3., Cpf. Remington; Downing Champuey, for his Father, Samuel;
Jonathan Barthrick, for his Father, Thomas; Fetter Hay, for his
Brother-in-law, John Barrett; William Gleson, for his Father, Wil-
liam; The Heirs of John Smith; Samuel Smith, for his Uncle, Samuel;
The Heirs of Joseph Smith; The Heirs of Nath11. Smith: The Heirs
Of Thomas Brown: Jonathan Gates, for his Father, Simon; Thomas
Willington, for his Uncle, John; Daniel Cheaver, for his Uncle,
James ; Will'", Brattle Esqr., for his Grandfather, CapJ. Tho\
Brattle. ' * .
Concord. — Abraham Temple, Alive; John Wood's Heirs; Samuel
Chandler, for his Father, Joseph Buss; Joseph Buckley, for his
Father, Petier Buckley; Samuel Chandler, Assine to John Taley;
John Wheeler, for his" Brother, Joseph Wheeler: Joseph Wheat, for
Moses Wheat; William Clark, Heir to John Taylor; Jane Cane, for
"
146 Narragansct Townships. [April
hur Father, John Cane; George Farrow, Heir to Sam11. How; Eleazer
Flag", for his Father, Eleazer; Ebenezer Wheeler, for his Father,
John; Josph Dudley, for his Grandfather, Tho\ Goblc; George
Hayward's Heirs; Ephrim Brown, for his Father, Thomas; Samuel
Chandler, Assigne to John Gr-rrigs; Daniel Adams, for his father-in-
law, Daniel Dean; Daniel Billing, for his Father, Natha.; Sam11.
Hartwell, for his Father, Sam!l. Hartvvell; Elnathan Jones, Assigne
to Jonat1. Looker; Samuel Butt-rick's Heirs: James Rnssel, for his
Grandfather, BenjX; Samuel Chandler Junr., Ssine to John Kene;
Jonathan Whittne, Alive; David Wheeler, Assine to Sam11. Gree-
land.
Oharlstown. — James Lowden, Alive; Samuel Read, Alive; Henry
Summers, Alive; Robert Fosket, for his Father, John; Thomas Skin-
ner, for his Uncle, Isaac Lewis; Samuel Fosket, for his Father,
Samuel ; Samuel Long, for his Uncle, Sam11. Xewhell ; Margery
Dowse, for hur Father, Joseph ; Nath11. Goodwin, for his Uncle.
Benja. Lathrop ; James Smith's Heir, namely, Jon-. Call ; Joseph
Pratt's Heirs; Sam11. Lemmon's Heirs; William Burt's Heirs; Jacob
Cole's Heirs; John Mousley's Heirs: Humphry Miller's Heirs; John
Hawkins' Heirs; John Trumball's Heirs; Alexander Philliphs' Heirs;
George Mudge's Heirs; John Shepherd's Heirs; Thomas Welch's
Heirs; George Grind's Heirs; Joseph Lynd's Heirs; Timothy Cutler's
Heirs; James Kittle, for his Father; Thomas Jorner's Heirs; John
Griffen, Heir to Matthew Griffon; Ebenezer Breed, for his Father,
John; Zaca. Davis, for his Uncle, Hopestill Davis; John Sprague, for
his Father, Jonathan; Elezer Johnson, for his Father, Edward; John
Senter, for his Father, John.
Yarmoth. — Sam11. Barker, for his Father, Samuel; Richd. Taylour,
Alive; William Gray, for his Father, William} William Chase, Alive;
Capt. John Goreham's Heirs; Thomas Baxtor's; John Thatcher's;
John Hallet's; John Mathews'; Thomas Thornton's; William Gray's;*
Sam11. Hall's ; James Maker's ; James Claghorn's ; Joseph Hall's ;
Lammy Hedge's; Natha. Hall's; Joseph Welden's; Samuel Thomas's;
Jonathan Smith's; Samuel Jones's; Richard Taylour's;* Thomas
Felton's; John Gage's; William Follen's; William Gage's; Ananias
Wing's ; John Crowell's ; John Chase's ; Henry Gold's ; Richard
Pakes'; Jabez Gorham's; Henry Gage's; Yelverton Crowell's; John
Pugsley's; Daniel Baker's; Jonathan Whight's; Samuel Bakers;
William Baker's.
York. — Denison Sergent, for his Father, Andrue.
The Comittee ordered to prepare a Correct & Exact list of the
Grantees of the Seven Narraganset Townships lately laid out by
order of the Great & General Court, humbly offer the aforewritten
list of Eight hundred k forty persons, for confirmation, which they
have prepared with great pains & the utmost faithfulness.
By order of the Comitee. Samuel Welles.
In the House of Representatives, April 17th, 1735.
Read and Ordered, that the Report be accepted, and the several
* Against the name of William Gray, is written Edxsard, in another hand, ami
against the name of Richard Taylour, John.
1862.] Vote of the General Court of Massachusetts. 147
persons within named are hereby declared to be the Grantees of the
seven Naraganset Towns, above mentioned, to have and to hold the
same to their heirs '& assigns respectively, according1 to the Condi-
tions of the Grant.
Sent up for Concurrence. John Quixcy, Speakr.
In Council, April 18, 1735.
Read & Concurred. T. Maton, Dep*. Sec^r.
Consented to. J. Belcher.
— Mass. Archives, Book 114, pp. 103-110.
VOTE OF THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS TO
HAVE A BOOK CALLED "UNITIE OUR DUTIE" PRINTED
AND DISTRIBUTED.*
Whereas by a good prouidence of God there is come vnto or hands
a booke lately printed in England, Intitled Vnitie our Dutie; It being
priucipallie applyed & presented to the Godly, Reuerend & learned
brethren of the Presbyterean Judgm'; <x the dissentinge Godlie Re-
uerend & learned brethren comonly called Independant, contending
together about Church Gouernm1.. tending earnestlie to diswade
thorn from bitter speaking & writing on against another. It being
a subiect in the generall applicable to most Christian Churches &
states & not vnsuteble to or present condition. It being also a
worke penned wth much wisdom, authoritie & power, gnided by a
spirit of meekenes, & profitable to all that will make good vse of it.
This Court being very willing to further the peace & vnitie of The
people heere amongest vs, & to prevent all Occasions tending to the
breach thereof, & finding this short treatise speaking throughlie &
fullie to the point, & may be a meanes of blessing to us in that be-
halfe, hath thought it meete to cause the said booke to be printed &
Bent abroad into all ye prtes of or Jurisdiccou, whereby all may take
notice of God's will revealed in that prticular.
■ The magistrates desire the Concurrence of the Deptys in passing
this order, & that this order should be prefixed to the Booke.
Jo. Winthrop: D: Go:
The howse of depts doe concurr wt}l or honored magrts in the pass-
inge of this bill, & doe further desire them to make choyce of one or
more of or Reuerend Elders whoe are desired to drawe vpp an Epis-
tle in comendacons of ye worke, woh wee desire may bee likewise
printed & prfixt to ye booke. Rob: Bridgg.
Voted — consented heere vnto. Jo: Winthrop, D: Go:
Or Reuerent Elders are desired to choose out some arnongest
themselues who may answere the desire & expectation of the Court.
ExCREASE NOWELL Secret.
*This document was copied from the Massachusetts Archives, vol. lYiii, pp. 1
and 2. It is without date. It must have been previous to the death of Gov. Win-
throp, which event occurred March 26, 1649. We do not iind it on the Records
of the Court. W. B. T.
148
Soldiers from Dorchester, Mass.
[April
SOLDIERS FROM DORCHESTER, MASS., IN THE CANADA
EXPEDITION OF 1090, WITH A LIST OF SETTLERS OR
GRANTEES TO THE TOWN OF ASHBURNHAM, MASS.
[In the year 1690, a large company of soldiers was raised in Dor-
chester, to embark in the Canada expedition. Forty-six of this com-
pany, it is supposed, never returned; many of them, probably,
perished at sea. A list of the entire company was found among the
papers left by Ebenezer Clap, son of Nathaniel (see Reg., xv, 225-
227), who in 1690, was one of the active citizens of the town. We
give the list as printed in the Hist, of Dorchester, p. 256].
"CANADY SOLDIERS.
" A list of the names of the Soldiers under the command of John
Withington, Oct. 3, 1690.
Capt. Joh. Withington Sargt. Ammiel Weeks
Left. George Minott Sargt. Richard Butt
Insine Samuel Sumner Sargt. Samuel Sumner
Sargt. Increase Modsley
Joseph Weeks, Clarke. Joseph Trescott,
I
Corp. John Poope
Corp. Joseph Curtis
Corp. George Holmes
I)
rummer.
Adam Barr, These on bord Capt. B-
James Robinson Corp. Daniell Hensha
Cornelius Tilestone William. Blake
-y-
Ebenezer Sumner,
Henry Lyon
Eliab Lyon
Unight Modsley
William Cheney
Peter Calley
Ebenezer Poope
William Sumner
Eleazer Walles
William Cooke
Joseph Long
Thomas Weeks
Thomas Andrews
William Sumner
Samuel Sandras
Edward Wiatte
Benieman Hewens
James Swift
Hopstill Sandras
Solomon Clarke
John Lord
Consider Athcrton
Jezeniah Sumner
[The following list of about Jan. 1737-3, is taken from the Massa-
chusetts Archives, book 114, pp. 193, 194. The grant was known by the
name of "Dorchester Canada;1 but at the incorporation of the town
in 1765, it was named Ashburnham. It is in Worcester county,
Mass.]
Richard Euins
Samuel Hicks
John Tolman
John Jones
Ebenezer Crane
Samuel Chandler
William Fowst
William Belshar
David Stevenson
Henry Jackson
Thomas Bird
Augusten Clements
William Swift
Moses Chaplin
Joshua Shoot
John Anderson
John Leeds
Isaac Caps
John Crowhore
John Gulliver
William George
Joseph Atherton
Samuell Triscott
Thomas K el ton
John Morrill
James Morey
Edward Clap
Jehosephat Crabtree
John Briant
Rob art Husay
Charles Readman
William Baker
Matthew Mapley
John Jones
Elias Moonke
#
1S62.] Soldiers from Dorchester, Mass. 149
A list of y° Persons admitted as Setlers or Grantees into a New
Township Granted by y- Great and General Court of ye Massaehu-
sets Province in New England, on y* Petition of Thomas Tilston
Esq. in behalf of ye Offiseis and Soldiers who served in ye Expedi-
tion to Canada, under ye Command of Capt. John Withington, of
Dorchester.
1. Atherton Humphry, of Stoughton, in the Right of his Father,
Consider Atherton.
2. Atherton James, of Harvard, in the Right of his Vncle, Joseph
Atherton.
3. Andrews John, of Dorchester, in ye Right of his Brother, Thomas
Andrews.
4. Butt Samuel, of Dorchester, in the Right of His Vncle, Richard
Butt.
5. Baker Josiah, of Boston, in the Right of His Vncle, "William
Baker.
6. Bird, Benjamin ju., of Dorchester, in the Right of His Vncle,
Thomas Bird.
7. Blake Samuel, of Taunton, in the Right of His Vncle, William
Blake.
8. Cheney Benjamin, of Dorchester, in ye Right of His Brother,
William Cheney.
9. Chandler Jonathan, of Dorchester, in the Right of His Brother,
Samuel Chandler.
10. Crane Ebenezer, of Brantree, -in ye Right of His Father, Ebenezer
Crane.
11. Clap Neamiah, of Milton, in the Right of His Brother, Edward
Clap.
12. Cook Robert, Neadham, in the Right of His Brother, William
Cook.
13. Calhoor John, of Milton, in ye Right of his Vncle, John Cal-
hoor.
14. Chaplin Joseph, of Roadiseland, in ye Right of His Brother,
Moses Chaplin.
15. Eavins Mattathias, of Dorchester, in the Right of His Brother,
Richard Evens.
16. Oliver Wilder, of Lancaster, in ye Right of his Wife, Mary,
daughter of Jonath. Fairbank who served under Capt. Champne.
17. George Joshua, of Atelburrough, in the Right of His Brother,
William George.
18. Goodin Phillip, of Stoughton, in his own Right, under the Com-
mand of Major Wade.
19. Henchawa [Henshaw] Samuel, in the Right of Daniel Hinchawa,
his Uncles son, of Milton.
20. Ebenezer Hewens, of Stoughton, in the Right of Benjamin
Hewens, at ye Desier of Joseph Hewens, Eldest Brother to said
Benjamin Hewens and assigned over to ys Revd. Mr. Cooper,
of Boston, by said Ebenezer Hewens.
23. Temothy Mossman, of Sudbery, in the Right of Samuel Hix, his
Wifes Brother.
24. Jones David, of Rentham, in the Right of His Vnckle, John Joans.
150 Soldiers from Dorchester, Mass. [April
25. Kilton Edward, of Dorchester, in the Right of his Father, Thomas
Kilton.
2G. Benjamin Merifield, in the Right of His Nefue, Peter Kelley.
27. Thomas Lion, of Dorchester, in the Right of His Uncle, Henry
Lion.
28. Hezakiah Barber, of Dorchester, in the Right of Eliab Lion, by
ye Desier of Zachariah Lyon, his Eldest Brothers Son — viz :
Nathaniel Lion.
29. Revd. Mr. William Cooper, of Boston, in ye Right of his vncle
George Minot his Mothers Brother.
Joseph VYarrin, of Roxbury, in the Right of Elias Monk, of
Stoughton.
30. William Blake, of Milton, in the Right of his Yncle, James
Morey.
31. Hezakiah Barber, of Dorchester, in the Right of his Vncle, Thomas
Mosley.
32. Pope Ralph, in the Right of His Brother, Ebenezer Pope, of Dor-
chester.
33. Thomas Wilder, of Lancaster, in ye Right of John Pope, His
Wifes Father.
34. Robason John ju., of Dorchester, in the Right of His Yncle,
James Robason.
35. Reedman Robert, of Stoughton, in the Right of His Father,
Charls Reedman.
36. Sumner Benjamin, of Milton, in the Right of His Brother, William
Snmner.
37. Sumner Edward, of Roxbery, in the Right of His Brother, Samuel
Sumner.
60. Goold Bartholimue, In the Right of Eb: Sumner, His Mothers
Brother.
38. Swifte John Junei, of Framingham, in the Right of his uncle,
William Swift,
39. Shephard John, of Stoughton, in ye Right of his Uncle, John
Shephard, who served under Major Wade.
40. Swift Obadiah, of Dorchester, in the Right of his Brother, James
Swift.
41. Sumner Seth, in the Right of his Yncle, Jezeniah Smner, of
Milton.
42. Samuel Sumner, of Taunton, in the Right of His Father, Samuel
Sumner.
43. Sumner William, of Milton, in the Right of his Yncles son
William.
44. Thomas Tiles ton, of Dorchaster, in the Right of Hoapstil
Sanders.
45. William Royal, of Stoughton, in the Right of Samuel Sanders.
46. Triscot Elisabeth, of Milton, in the Right of Her Brother, Samuel
Triscot.
47. Triscot Joseph, of Dorchester, in ye Right of His Father, Joseph
Triscott.
48. Toleman John, of Dorchester, in the Right of His Fatb. John
Toleman.
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3S62.J Jk* Ancient Coin. 151
49. Tileston Timothi, of Dorchester, in the Eight of His Brother,
Cornell ay Tileston.
50. Withington Richard, of Dorchester, in the Right of His Father
Cap1. John Withington.
51. Samuel Kneland of Boston, in yc Right of Ammiel "Weeaks, atye
Desier of his Son, George Weeks.
52. Joseph Leeds, of Dorchester, in ye Right of Joseph Weeks, his
Wifes Brother.
53. Waitstiil Lion, of Dorchester, in the Right of Her Uncle, Edward
Wiott.
54. Weeks Joseph, of Dorchaster, in the Right of His Brother, Thomas
Weeks.
55. Wilder Joseph, of Lancaster, in the Right of His Yncle, Samuel
Wheler, His Mothers Brother, who served under Major Wade.
56. Wheelock Joseph, of Lancaster, in the Right of His Vncle,
Timothy Wheelock, who served und. Capt. Anderson.
57. Samuel Burch, of Dorchester, in the Right of His Yncle, Eleazer
Wales.
*58. Hawood Nathan, of Lunenburg, in the Right of John Willes,
his Wifes Father, who served under ye Comand of Cap1.
Savige.
59. Thomas' Tyleston, of Dorchester, in the Right of John Colliver,
at y° desier of Jonathan Colliv.
59. Isaac How, of Dorchester, in the Right of Joseph Curtice.
Joseph Wilder
Thoiias Tileston
Committee.
An Ancient Coin and a Curious Fact. — Mr. Thomas Singleton of
the North-end, has in possession an old Massachusetts Pine Tree six-
pence,, bearing date 1652. The curious fact connected with the six-
pence, is this: A member of Mr. Singleton's family was engaged on
Gray's Wharf, picking over and assorting a cargo of gum from Africa,
and this coin was found embedded in the gum. — Boston Herald.
We can mention a similar fact equally curious and unaccountable.
We have in our possession a Massachusetts Fine Tree threepence of
the date of 1652, which we obtained in New Granada, three or four
years since, while making a collection of some of the rude coins
of ancient times, which are still to be found among the abori-
gines of Central and South America. In making change with an
old Indian woman for the purchase of some oranges in a remote
mountain district, we asked her to show us the most ancient coins
she had, knowing that the natives were always glad to exchange such
pieces for Yankee dimes. She went into her hut and brought out the
threepence of which we speak. She did not know it was an American
coin, and we could only learn from her that it had been in possession
of her family ever since her remembrance. She gladly exchanged
it for a new dime, evidently thinking she had made a lucky trade. —
Worcester Transcript. — Boston Journal, Sept. 2, 1852.
.
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152 Marriages, Births and Deaths. [Aptil
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS, AND DEATHS IN DORCHESTER, MASS.
16-18-1683.
[Continued from page 81.]
Grant.— Thomas Grant died Aug'. 24: 81.
Greadley= Hickman. — Joseph Greadly and Elizabeth Hickman, of
Boston, were married by Mr. Win. Stoughton, June 24: 15.
Grenaway. — Mary Grenaway deceased this life yc 23: 11: 1658.
Gulliver. — Samuel Gulliford, son of Anthony, b. 14: 12: 1650; Steuen,
son of Anthony, b. 19: 4: 53; Lydia Guliiford [date gone]; Jona-
than, son of Anthony, b. 24: 6: 59.
Gurnell. — John Gurnell died July 30: 15. [Gravestone says July 31.
See Reg., iv, 166.]
Hall=Hinckley. — Samuel Hall, m. Bashua Hinckley, June 6 : 81.
[See Reg., v, 400.]
Hall. — Bashebah, dau. of Samuel Hall, b. Nov. 14: 83.
Hancock— Wilson. — Anthony Hancocke, m. Sarah Wilson, April
11: 18.
Hawes.— Ruth, dau. of Eleazer Hawes, b. 22 (9) 1610; Ruth Hawes,
wife of Eleazer, d. 16 (6) 1612. [Her former name was Haines.
See Reg., v, 400.]
Heneway— Trescott. — John Heneway. m. Mary Trescott, 6: 8: 1665.
Hewens. — Samuel Huens, son of Jacob, b. 9: 6: 58.
HicKEs.—^Sarnuel Hickes, b. 24 June, 1611 ; Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel,
b. 9 Oct., 1614; Mary, dau. of Samuel, b. Nov. 12: 16, d. Dec. 23:
16; Sarah, dau. of Samuel His, b. March 12: 81-2.
Hill. — John Hill, of the great Lotts, departed out of this life 31 (3)
1664; Mehitable Hill, d. March 5: 19.
Holmes. — Joseph Holmes, son of Joseph, b. 6 (9) 1661; Elizabeth
Homes, dau. of Joseph, b. 28 (10) 16C2; Nathaniel, son of Joseph
Homes, b. 21 (4) 1664; Sarah,'dau. of John Homes, b. 16 (9) 1665;
Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph, b. 8 (4) 1666; Mary, dau. of John, b.
24 (1) 1668; Peleg, son of Joseph, b. 24 (12) 1668; George, son
of John, b. 26 (11) 1669; Rely, dau. of Joseph, b. 9 (6) 1612;
Samuel, son of John, b. June 21: 15. John Homes, Seinr. d. Mav
11:16.
Holman=Rigby.— Thomas Holman, m. Abigail Rigby, 29: 12: 1663,
by Capt. Clap.
Holebrook— Heminway. — John Holebrook. m. Elizab: Heminway, 24;
9: 1663, by Capt. Clap; John, son of J</nn, b. 21 (1) 1664.
Hoppen. — Stephen Hoppen, Sen1*, dyed Novr. 1, 167 1.
Hosley= Parser. — James Hosley, m. Martha Parker, 13 (10) 1614;
James, son of James, b. Feb. 4, 1615 ; James Hosley d. July
9th: 11.
Houghton. — Hannah, dau. of Ralph, d. Oct. S: 19; John, son of Ralph,
d. Oct. 10: 19.
How. — Sarah How d. Nov1-. 25, 1615; Israeli, son of Israeli How, b.
Sep1. 24: 16; Isaac, son of Isaac, b. July 1: IS; Susana, dau, of
Israeli, b. Nov1*. 11: 18; Abraham, sou of Isaac, b, April 1 : SO;
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1862.] Marriages, Births and Deaths. 153
John, son of Israel, b. SepT. 18: 81; James, son of Israel, b. Nov
14: 83.
Humphreys. — Jonas Humphreyes deceased this life the 9 (1) 1661-2;
Jane Humpryes, widdow, d. 2 (6) 1668.
Humphry= Baker. — Hopstill Humphry, m. Elizabeth Baker, Nov. 21:
77; James, son of Hopstill Humfrey, b. March 8: 80; Mary, dan.
of Hopstill Humphrey, b. Feb. 26: 81.
Jackson— Hoppen. — John Jackson, m. Hannah Hoppen, July 16: 79.
Job.— Job, an Indian of Mr. Flint's, d. Feb. 23: 78.
Jones. — Dauid Joans, son of Dauid, b. 20 (9) 1664; Anne, dau. of
Samuel Joancs, b. Nov. 14: 80, and then the mother died.
Jones=Tucker. — Samuel Joanes, m. Mary Tucker, July 25 : 81;
Samuel, son of Samuel, b. Aug. 19: 82; Sarah, wife of Dauid, d.
Oct. 13: S3.
Kebbey. — Sheberiah, son of Henry,. b. 2 (10) 1659; Henry, deceased
this life, yf 10 (6) 1661.
Lane. — Hannah, dau. of Thomas Lane, b. Feb. 21: 79.
Lawrence. — Nathaniel, son of Nicolas Laurence, b. 10 (6) 1660; Nico-
las, son of Nicolas, b. 26 (4) 1662; Rebekah, dau. of Nicholas, b.
1 (7) 1664; Ebenezer, son of Nicholas, b. 23: 4: 1667, d. Sep1. 20:
76; Beniamin, son of Nicholas, b. 23 (8) 1670; Patience, dau. of
Nicholas, d. Dec. 2: 77; Elizabeth Laurence, d. Feb. 18th: 79.
Lawrence=Harris. — Nicolas Lawrence and Mary Ilarice, m. by the
Worshipful Wm. Stoughton Esq1'., Nouember 3: 81; Patience, dau.
of Nicolas, b. Aug: 12: 82.
Leeds. — Beniamen, son of Joseph, d. Oct. 2: 79; Samuel, son of Jo-
seph, b. Dec. 19: 79; Joane,* wife of Richard, d. Feb. 9 : 82 ;
Nathaneel, son of Joseph, b. April 27: 82.
Lewis. — Hannah, dau. of John Lewes, b. June 1: 78; Thankful!, dau.
of John, b. Sept. 9: 80; Thankfull Lewes, d. Sept. 5: 82; William
Lewis, d. Sept, 6: 82.
Ley. — Sarah Ley died Feb. 27: 75.
Litchfield. — Anne, dau. of Thomas Leichfeild, b. Aug. 18: 78.
Long. — Marv, dau. of Joseph, b. 9 (4) 1665; Sarah, dau. of Joseph,
b. 3: 7: 1667; Joseph, son of Joseph, b. 31 (6) 1669; Hannah, dau.
of Joseph, b. 3 (12) 1671; Alwen, son of Joseph, b. 28 (9) 1673;
Joseph Lon<re Sen1"., d. Aug. 26: 76.
Lyon.— IsraeC'son of Peter Lion, b. 21 (8) 1666.
Mares. — Henery, son of Henery Mares, b. 20 (7) 1670.
Mason= Wales. — John Mason, m. Content Wales, Oct. 15: 1679, by
Maior Gugins; John, son of John, b. July 18: 80; Sarah, dau. of
John, b. July 4th: 82.
Mather. — Nathaneel, son of Timothy, b. 2: 7: 1658; Samuel, son of
Timothy, b. 5: 7: 51; Richard, son of Timothy, b. 22: 10: 53; Jo-
seph, son of Timothy, b. 25 (3) 1661; Elizabeth, wife of Mr. Timo-
thy Mather, d. May 15: 78.
Mather=Wise. — Richard Mather, m. Kataren Wise, July 1: 80;
Timothy, son of Richard, b. March 20: 81; Elizabeth, dau. of Ri-
chard, b. Nov. 20th: 82.
* In vol. v, Reg., p. 401, it is stated., erroneously, that Joan, wife of Richard
Leeds, d. March 18, 1692-3. This is the date of death of Mr. L.— See Reg. iv. 169.
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154 Marriages, Births and Deaths. [April
Maxfield. — John, son of Samuel, b. 13 (6) 16T1 ; Mary, dan. of
Samuel, b. 27 (9) 1673; Ebenozer, son of Samuel, b. Nov. 20: 75;
Mehitable, dau. of Samuel, b. Sept. 18: 77; Sarah, dau. of Samuel,
b. July 1: 80; Samuel, son of Samuel, b. May 27: 82.
Mead. — Thomas, son of Israel, b. 16 (8) 1670.
Memry. — John Memry d. July 22: 1678; Mary Memry, widow, died
Aug. 17:1678.
Merifield. — Beuiamin, son of Henry, b. 11: 10: 58; John, son of John,
b. Feb. 10: 65; Mary, dau, of John, b. March 26: 67; Sarah, dau.
of John, b. May 14, 69; Hannah, dau. of John, b. Dec. 6, 70;
Thomas, son of John, b. Jan. 1: 72: Joseph, son of John, b. Aug,
6: 75; John Merefield, d. Dec. 9«* 78.
Minot. — Jonathan Minott, sou of Steven, b. 22: 7: 58; Israel, son of
James, b. 28: 8: 54: Elizabeth, dau. of Stephen, b. Nov. 9, 1663;
Mrs. Lydia Minot, wife of Mr. John, dyed in childbed, together
with her child, 25 ('11') 1667 — buried 27th, 1667; George, son of
John, b. Feb. 16: 82; Josiah, son of John, b. Dec. 25, 1674; Josiah,
d. Jan. 11: 76.*
Modesley. — John Modesley deceased this life, 27: 8: 1661.
More= Newel. — Thomas More and Susanna Newel, both of Roxbery,
were ioyned in marriage by Mr. Stoughton, Assistant, Octob: the
8*4 1673.
Morell.— Mrs. Alice Morel! died Aprill 2: 79.
Morgan. — Cornelius Morgan died Aug. 28: 74.
Moses.— Mary, dau. of Tho: Moses, b. 2 (3) 1665.
Newman. — Mrs. Joanna Newman dyed Nouember 23: 78: and was
Buryed at Brantre by her father at her owne desire, Nov. 26: 78.
Newton.— Mary Newton died 31 (11) 1663.
Osburne. — Nathaneell Osburne died Jan. 11th: 78.
Payson. — Joanna, dau. of John Pason, b. 18 (7) 1670; Presselah,
dau. of John, b. July 28: 7-i ; John, son of John, b. July 17: 76;
Jonathan, son of John, b. Aug. 18: 78; Prudence, dau. of John, b.
March 1: SO; Bathshebah, wife of John Pason, d. Feb. 20: 81;
Bathshebah, dau. of John, d. May 16: 83.
Pelton= Smith. — Samuel Pelton, m. Mary, dau. of John Smith, Quar-
termaster, 16th (Mo. 5) 1673, by Mr. Stoughton.
Pelton. — Robert, son of John Pelton Jr., b. Jan. 1: 1675; Samuel,
son of John, b. Jan. 26: 75; Mary, dau. of Samuel, b. May 29: 78;
Christian, dau. of John, b. June 5: 78; Deliverance, dau. of Samuel,
b. July 31: 80; Susanah, dau. of John, b. Aug., 1680; John Pelton
died January 23: 80; John, son of Samuel IPelton, b. Jan. 9: 82;
Charity, dau. of John, b. Jan. 25: 82.
Pennyman=Parmiter. — Samuel Pennyman, m. Elizabeth Farmiter,
Jan. 6, 1673.
Pierce. — Thomas Pearse, son of Thomas, b. 21 (6) 1662; Mary, dau.
of Thomas, b. 15 (1) 1665; John, son of Thomas, b. 27 (8) 1667;
John, son of Thomas, b. 27 (8) 1668 ; Robert, son of Thomas
Pcirce, b. April 26: 73: Samuel, son of Thomas Pearce, b. July
* Mr. Shattuck, in Minot Family, Reg., i, 173, has another Josiah, b. Dec. 27,
1677.
1SG2.] Marriages, Births and Deaths. 155
28: 76; Sarah, dau. of Thomas Peirce, b. April 5: 79; Elizabeth
dau. of Thomas, b. June IS: 82.
Place. — Enoch Place, son of Enoch, b. 18: Ts 1658; Peter, son of
Enoch, b. 16: 12: 1660.
Plumb. — Samuel Plumb, son of John, b. 29: 11: 1659.
Pole. — Mr. William Pole, that saige, reverant, pious man of God,
departed this life February the (24th) 16T4.
Pond.— Martha Pond, dau. of Robert, b. 13: 2: 1660.
Pope. — Wilmouton, son of Thomas Pope, b. May 2i: 72; Henory, son
of Thomas, b. Dec. 20. 73; Experience, son of Thomas, b. June 21:
75; Joseph, son of John, b. Oct. 17: 79: d. 24. same month.
Preston. — Mary, dau. of Daniell Presson Jnnr. b. Sept. 1: 75; John,
son of Daniel Presson, b. Nov. 12: 76; Remember, son of Daniel
Preston, b. Nov. 4: 78; Margaret, dau. of Daniel, b. Jan. 23: SO;
Deliverance, dau. of Daniel, b. July 14: 83.
Puffer=Everett. — Richard Puffer, m. Ruth Eueret, March 23: 80.
Redman.- — Prudence Redman, dau. of Robert, b. 17: 6: 58; Mercy,
dau. of Robert, b. 23 (3) 1661.
Rigby. — Susanna, dau. of Samuel Rigby, b. 1 (11) 1669; John, son
of Samuel, b. Aug. 19: 76; Silence, dau. of Samuel Rigbee, b. 22
Sep<. 78.
Roberts. — Henory, son of Henery Roberts, b. June 6: 77; Henery,
son of Henery, b. Aug. 20: 79; Henery, son of Henery, d. Aug.
25: 79; Henry, son of Henery, b. Nov. 20: 80.
Robinson— Penniman. — Encrease Robinson, m. Sara Penniman, 19
(11) 63.
Robinson. — Samuel Robinson, son of Samuel, b. 13 (4) 1666; Mary,
dau. of Samuel, b. 11 (6) 1668.
Robinson — Craft. — Widow Robison, m. Griffin Craft, of Roxbury,
by W. Stoughton, the 15<h (5) 1673.
Rogers'. — Mehetabel Rogers, dau. of Jeremiah, b. 6: 8: 1658: Abia
Rogers, Widdow, d. March 10: 78; Abigaiel, dau. of Abia, d.
March 6: 78-9; Bathshebah, dau. of Abia, d. March 10: 78-9.
Royal.— Ruth, dau. of Isack Ryal, b. 2 (9) 1668; Mary, dau. of Isack
Rialls, b. 8 (7) 1670; William Riall d. June 15: 76; Samuel, son
of Isaac, b. July 21: 77; Hannah, dau. of William, b. Aug. 7: 77;
Phebe Ryall, widdow, d. July 16: 78; Martha, dau. of William, b.
Sept. 6:, 79; William, son of Isaace, b. March 17: 80; Ruth, wife
of Isaace, d. May 1: 81; Isaace, son of Isaace, b. 10: 3: 82; Jacob,
son of William, b. June 29: 82; Jerusha, dau. of Isaac, b. Jan. 15: 83.
Russell. — George, son of George Russell Esq1-., d. Feb. 21: 80.
Salesbury. — William Salesbury, son of William, b. 14 (6) 1659;
Susannah Salesbury, dau. of William, b. 27: 2: 62.
Sanders. — Joshua Sanders, son of Robert, b. 17: 1: 1658-9; Nathaniel,
son of Robert, d. 2 (1) 1664; Joshua, son of Robert, d. 1 (2) 1664;
Mary, dau. of Robert, d. 16 (4) 1664 ; John, son of John, b. Dec.
13: 77; Joana, wife of Robert, d. Dec. 9: 77; Nathaniel, son of
John, b. June 24: 79; Robert Sanders died March 6: 83.
Scott— Nfale. — Peter Scot, m. Abigail Neale, 22 Jan. 1673.
Searle. — Nathaniel, son of Robert Searle, b. 9: 4: 1662; Robert, son
of Robert, b. 24 (1) 1667; Robert, son of Robert, b. 2 (5) 1671.
156 Marriages, Births and Deaths. [April
Skilton=How. — Joseph Skilton of Dedham, and Deborah How of
Dorchester, in. by M<\ Stoughton, 25 Feb., 1673.
Smead.— William Smead, son of William, b. 18 (5) 1*660.
Smith. — Samuel Smith, son of John, b. 1.8: 1: 1658-9; Sarah, dau. of
Quarter Master Smith, b. 9: 2: 1665; Abigail, dau. of John Smith,
Quartermast: b. 31 (6) 1668; Laurence Smith, d. 3 (S) 1665;
Joseph, son of John Smith, Quarter-master, b. 30 (3) 1671, the
day before the Election — died about a month after; Quarter Mr.
John Smith d. April 29 : 1678 ; Mary Smith, Widow, died June
11:83.
Spurr.— Patience, dau. of Robert Spurre, 1). 27 (5) 1664.
Spurr = Hoare. — John Spurr and Mercy Hoare, m. bv Mr. Joseph
Dudlow [Dudley] Dec. 26, 1676.
Spurr. — John, son of John Spure, b. Oct. 12: 77; Joseph, son of John,
b. Sept. 2: 79.
Stanton. — Prudence Stanton, dau. of Robert, b. 14 (4) 59.
Staple — John Staple died July 4: 83.
Stiles. — John, son of Robert Stiles, b. 25 (2) 1669; his eldest son,
Joseph, b. last day of June, 1667.
Stoughton. — Elizabeth and Mary, daughters of Nicholas Stoughton,
b. xMarch 10: 76-7; Mrs. Elizabeth Stoughton died Aug. 6: 81.
Sumner. — Susana, dau. of Samuel Sumner, d. Novr. 7: 78.
Swift. — Thomas Swift, son of Thomas, b. 30 (5) 1659; Remember
Swift, dau. of Obadiah, b. 5(10) 1661; James Swift deceased this
life, 4: 9: 1657; Elizabeth Swift deceased this life, 6: 9: 1657;
Remember Swift, deceased this life, 5: 12: 1661.
Tailor = Stoughton. — Mr. William Tailor, m. vnto Mrs. Rebekah
Stougton, 25 (6) 1664; Stoughton Tailor, son of Mr. William, b.
18 (4) 1665; Mary, dau. of James Taylor, b. May 2: S3.
Talbut=Wadell. — Petter Taibut and Mary Wadell, m. by the wor-
shipfull Joseph Dudlow Enquire, Jan. 12: 77.
Thacher. — Theodora, dau. of Mr. Peter Thacher, b. Novr. 1: 78.
Tileston. — Cornelius Tile-stone deceased this life the 20: 5: 1659;
Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy, b. 29: 1: 1666; Cornelius, son of Timo-
thy, b. 4: 7: 1668; Sarah, dau. of Timothy, b. 7 (7) 1671; Thomas,
son of Timothy, b. Oct. (19) 75; James, son of Timothy Tilstone,
b. 2 July: 75: Anne, dau. of Timothy, b. Dec. 7: 81.
Topliff. — Mehitable, dau. of Samuel Taply, b. Agust 15: 73.
Trescott.— Sarah Trescott, dau. of William, b. 13: 7: 1662; Dier,
son of Samuel, b. Aprii 28: 73; Samuel, son of Samuel, b. April
27: 75; William, son of John, b. Feb. 1: 78; Abia, dau. of Samuel,
d. Feb. 20: 78; William, son of John, d. Sept. 28: 79; Ebenezer,
son of Samuel, b. April 20: 80; William, son of John, b. July 18:
80; Zachariah, son of John, b. May 12: 82; Abiah, dau. of Samuel,
b. Feb. 3: 83.
Trott. — Sarah, dau. of Thomas Trot, b. June 5: 81; Mary, dau. of
Thomas Trot, b. Jan. 23: 82.
Trowbridge. — Elizabeth Trowbridge, dau. of James, b. 12: 8: 1660;
Mindwell, dau. of James, b. 20 "(4) 1662.
Tuchel [Twitchell]. — [ ] Tuchel, dau. of Beniamin, b. 8: 1: 58-9;
Hanah Tuchel, dau. of Beniamin, b. 8: 8: 1660.
1S62.] Marriages, Births and Deaths. 157
Tucker.— Exsperienee, dau. of James Tucker, b. Aug*. 19: 70.
Turner.-=--=Rigby. — Nathaniel Turner, m. Mehitibel Rigby, 29 (1) 1665;
William Turner, d. Aug. 15: 80.
Underwood==How.- — Joseph Vnderwood, m. Mary How, 26 (2) 65.
Vose.— Elizabeth Vose, dau. ef Thomas, b. 8 (6) 1661.
Wadsworth. — Timothy, son of Samuel Wadsworth, b. 19: 1: 1666.
Wainwright. — Anna Wainwright, dau. of Thomas, b. 15: 1: 58-9.
Wales.— Content Wales, dau. of John, b. 14 (3) 1659; Elizabeth,
dau. of John, b. 1 (5) 1662; Elkanah, son of John, b. 16 (4) 1665;
Elizabeth, dau. of John, d. 30 (4) 1673; Elizabeth, wife of Nathan-
iel, d. Oct. 22: 76; Jerijah, son of Samuel, b. Feb. 26: 78; Eliza-
beth, dau. of Samuel, b. Jan. 9: 80; Sarah, dau. of Samuel, b. May
5:83; John Wales iunr., d. June 18th: 83. [Gravestone has it,
"June 16." See Reg., iv, 167.]
Way.— Henery Way, aged 84, d. 24 (3) 1667; Joannah, dau. of
William Waye, b. July 25: 76.
Weekes. — John Weekes, son of William, b. 23: 12: 1651; Elizabeth,
dau. of William, b. 16: 7: 53; Mary, dau. of William, b. 10: 9: 56;
George Weekes deceased this life, 27: 8: 1659; Jane, dau. of
William, b. 30 (7) 1662; Submit, dau. of William, b. Feb. 3: 71.
Weekes— Hamox. — John Weekes, m. Sarah Hamon, Nov. 4 : 1674;
Sarah, dau. of John, b. April 20: 1676; Hannah, dau. of John, b.
Feb. 28: 77; William Weekes, Clarke of the Writs, dyed Dec? 13:
77; Samuel, son of John, b. Aug. 9: SO.
Weekes=Trescot. — Amiel Weekes and Abigaill Trescot were maried
by the Worshipfull John Hull Esq: March 21: 82; Amiel, son of
Amiel, b. Feb. 26: 82; Hanah, the daughter of the Widow Weekes,
d. Aug. 3. S3.
White.— Mary, dau. of John White, b. 8 (8) 1666; Thankfull, dau.
of John, b. Jan. 18: 77; Susanna, dau. of John, d. June 18*: 78;
Josiah, son of Henery, b. June 14: 80; Returne, dau. of Henry, d.
Dec. 1680.
Willis=Hill.— Roger Willis m. Ruth Hill, 19 (5) 1664; Elizabeth,
dau. of Roger, b. March 9: 77-8; Hannah, dau. of Roger, b. Feb.
11:80.
Williams. — Josiah, son of Ebenezer Williams, b. July 25: 75; Ebe-
nezer, son of Ebenezer, b. March 13 : 1677-8 ; Martha, wife of
Ebenezer, d. Feb. 27: 78.
Williams— Be amax. — Ebenezer Williams, m. Sarah Beaman, Dec. 28:
80 ; Sarah, wife of Ebenezer, d. Oct. 19 : 81 ; Benonie, dau. of
Ebenezer, b. Oct. 12. d. 15: 9: 81.
Wiswall. — Oliver Wizall, son of Enos, b. 25 (11) 1664 [another
entry on the same page, gives it, "27: 11: 1664"]; Elizabeth, dau,
of Enos, b. 28: 2: 1667. r-
Withixgtox. — Mary, dau. of John Withington, b. 2 (10) 1673; Mestris
Mariary (Margary or Margaret?) Withington, d. May 20: 76;
Elizabeth, dau. of John, b. Aug. 5: 76; Mary, dau. of John, d. Sept.
15: 76; Mary, dau. of John, b. March 10: 79. d. Oct. 1: 79; Richard,
son of John, b. Aug. 1: SO; Silence and Submite, the daughters of
John Withington: born 15th Jan: 82; the one of them died: 29th:
* Gravestone reads, "Jane 16." See KegJ, iv, 167.
15S License to Capt. John Vnderhill. [April
llmo: 82; the other dyed 3d: 12rao: 82; John, son of Philip, b. Dec
30: 83.
Wood=Daniel. — Jonathan Wood, of Med field, and Mary Daniel, of
Milton, m. by Mr. Stoughton, 26 (3) 1674.
Wyat=Spurk. — Nathaniel Wyat, son of Edward Wyat, was married
by'Maior Lusher vnto Joanna Spur, 8 (11) 1668; Nathaniel, son
of Nathaniel, b. 26 (9) 1669; Edward, son of Nathaniel, b. 5 (8)
1671; Susannah, dau. of Nathaniel Wiet, b. 7 March: 74-5; Jona-
than, son of Nathaniel Wiete, b. May 27: 77; Edward Wyet, d.
Feb. 14: SO.
LICENCE TO CAPT. JOHN UNDERBILL TO REPAIR TO
BOSTON— 1639.
Massachusetts. Wheras, Libertye by letters of Publick Assur-
(11) 29. 1639. ance, was [sent] to Capt. Jo: Ynderhill to repayer
to the Church of Boston [<& give] satisfaction con-
cerninge such matters of offence as they had charge [d] him with,
the time therein limited beinge longe since expired, I have thought
fitt (wth advise & consent of othere of the Councell) at the earnest
request of the sd Capt. Vnd: to renewe the same, & doe heereby
licence him to repayer to Boston aforesd, & by virtue of the Authori-
tye & power to myselfe & the rest of the Councell Comitted, doe
Assure him yr he shall come and returne in peace Sz saftye, free
from all arests or othere molestation by, or from, any Authoritye
heere, he demeaninge himselfe well in his travail & staye, according^
to the order of such Pck Assurances: Provided the time of his beinge
in Boston be either in the first weeke of the first month next, ore in
the second week of the third month, & he staye not wit!iin this Juris-
diction aboue tenn dayes after notice giuen him from the Goverr
ore Deputye yl he should depart; this Licence to be of force to ye
end of the 3d month next, and noe longer without further Alowance
from the next Gen11 Court.
To all officers & others wthin
this Jurisdiction whom these
may Concerne.
— Suffolk Deeds, vol. I.
[Capt. John Underhill was one of the early planters of Massa-
chusetts, coming here in 1630; was a friend of Sir Henry
Vane, and sent by him, as commander of the colony troops to Say-
brook, Ct., in 1637; was a representative of Boston; was actively
engaged as a commander in the Pequod war, and with Capt. Mason
attacked the fort of the savages at Mistick; was chosen governor of
Exeter and Dover, N. EL, in 1641: afterward removed to Stamford,
Ct., and in 1646 to Flushing, L.'l. He died at Oyster Bay, L. L,
about 1672. His descendants, mostly Quakers, remain on that
island. He was a man of very eccentric character — an enthusiast
in religion, but immoral in practice. He made public confessions of
bis sins at various times in Boston. See Winthrop's Journal, Eliot's
Dictionary, Wood's Long Island, Drake's Boston],
■
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 159
ABSTRACTS FROM THE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD AND
ON THE FILES IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS.
[Prepared by W. B. Trask of Dorchester.]
[Continued from page 58.]
Thomas Bcttolph. — 25; 3: 67. I, Thomas Bultolph, of Boston.
Glouer, being1 weake in body, but in perfect memory, make this my
Last will. For my outward estate that the Lord hath Lent me, I
giue as followeth: Ynto Anna Butolph, my wife, the dwelling" house
wherein I now Line, together with the yards, stable, Barne, and other
housing belonging to the same, during her Life, and after her decease
to my sonn Thomas and his Heyrs. Also, my meaning is, that the
garden shal belong to my new house, to my wife; and my will is, that
my wife shall haue all my Linnin, woollen, Beding,' Pewter & brass,
wearing aparill and many, to be at ber disposs for euer, she defray-
ing my fuuerall charges & debts. Also, my will is, that my wife
shall haue the one halfe of Centry Feilde, & one halfe of the furder
Garden, soe called, next plantans,* daring her life. My will is that my
wife haue one Cow, which my wife shall choose. I giue vuto my son,
Thomas Butolph, the house where he now Liueth. Called the old house,
with the Breadth of the house from the house downe to the [ f
hill place duringe the Life of my wife his mother, and after my wiues
decease, I giue the old house to vnto my sonn John Butolph and his
heyres for euer. My will is that my sonn Thomas, shall haue that
halfe of Centry feild that Lyeth from Mr. Brattles Close, and my sonn
John, shall baue the halfe next to Mr. Bratle for him and his heyrs
for euer, after his mothers decease, that is, the one halfe of the mea-
dow in Centry feild where the watering is. Also, I giue to my sonn,
John Butolph, and his heyrs, for euer, the whole parcell of Land
called the furder garden, next vnto plantons, and he to haue the one
halfe of it during the Life of his mother, after my decease. My will
is, that my dau. Abigail, shall haue <£40, to bee paid vnto her after the
decease of her mother my wife. I giue vnto my dau. Mehitebell, that
spott of Land yl Lyeth front upon the highway, abutting vpon Mr.
Brattle, Mr. John Endecot Sf Francis Dowse & £50 there is in the
hands of John Barker, my kinsman, with £3 [ ]. All the inte-
rest vntil the said £50 be demanded after my decease. My wife
Anna, & son Thomas, executors, and what Lether, Si Ike and other
Vtensells y* are belonging to my calling, in my possession, at my
decease, or any other estate whatsoeuer doth belong vnto mee, shall
bee diuided betwixt my wife & children in equall proportions.
Also, my will is, that my Louinge Freinds, my Brother Henry Bridg-
ham, Uenery Ensigne Philips, Edmond Edendon 4* John Parker bee my
* Probably William Blantaine.
1 1 am not entirely satisfied as to the correctness of the record which reads :
" dung hill place." The most of the letters are gone from the word on the ori-
ginal document — T.
1G0 Abstracts of Early Wills. [April
Ouerseers to this my Last will; and Igiue ynto them 405 apcece, to be
payd by my executors after my decease. Thomas x Butolpii.
Signed, sealed & delivered in the presence of Theodoer Atkinson,
James Hill.
18 June, 166?, Theodoer Atkinson, senior, deposed.
7: 6: 1667, James Hill deposed. Edward Rawson, Record1".
Bcttolph — Frarye — Hardinge. — The Petition of Tho. Buttoljph, Jo.
Sf Elizabeth Frarye §- Jo. Hardinge.
May it please the Honoured Court these are to Informe that John
Frarye, Junior, by Couenants of Marriage with Elisahelh Hardinge,
the Relict of Abraham Hardinge * Deceased, haue possessed the Estate
left in the Hands of the aboue sd Elizabeth, & haue through Gods
Blessing Corn for t.ablye Brought up foure Children, & now the Eldest
sonne John Hardinge, is 21 yeares of age, & according to his fathers
will is to haue a double portion. They haue therefore agreed yl John
Harding, shall haue all his Fathers Lands & Housinge, as they are
specified in the Inuentorye; & what other graunts of Land haue since
fallen to the whole Estate they are Jointly agreed upon a Diuision of
seuerall parcells, to their Mutuall Satisfaction, which Estate of House
& Lands, with £19 of other Estate doe amoante to £172, which i3
John Hardinges Double portion, & the portion of 2 of the other Child-
ren, which John, Being willing to take into His Hand, & giue such
securitye as the Court shall thinke Meete for the payment of their
portions as they shall Come of age to Receiue. It is therefore ye
Humble petition of Thomas Buttolph, senir., & John Frary & Elizabeth
his wife, & Jo. Hardinge, that they might haue the approbation of this
Honourd Court for the Confirmation of this their agreement, so as may
bee to the Discharge of that Bond wherin Thomas Bultell k, Elizabeth,
now the wife of John Frarye, are Bound for securitye to the whole
Estate; so your humble petitioners shall Rest yours in all Dutye as
God shall enable. Thomas Buttolph,
Jn°. Frarye,
Elizabeth Frarye.
The 1st of October, 1665. Jn*. Hardinge.
The Court approues of this agreement for the Eldest sonne Jn°. Mary
& Abraham, the sd John Giuing his owne Bond, together with his
Engagement of his Land for the two Childrens portions tiil they Come
to Age to Choose their Owne Guardians.
Edward Rawson Recorded
At the same time the Court Ordered that John Frarye on Request
of Elizabeth Hardinge testifyed by her Mother & Brother Jn°. Hardinge
shall bee guardian to the sd Elisabeth, the Daughter, giuing securitye
to Respond her portion of Forty three pounds, k the Former securitye
is Discharged. Edw. Rawson, Records
*See will of Abraham Harding in the Register for Jan., 1855, page 35.
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 161
Thomas Bird. — I, Thomas Bird, Senir, of Dorchester, in yc County of
Suffolk in New England, Tanner, being by yc p'udence of God not
well in my body, yet through ye mercy of God in p'tit memory,
make my last will & Testament vnless I shall see Cause heerafter to
alter it. My will is, that all my Just depts be paid k funerall dis-
charged. My will is, that Ann, my wife, haue one Third r?< of ail
my housing k land duering her life. For ye rest of my Estate I giue
one third pl thereoff vnto my wife wholly to be at her owne disposs-
all as God shall moue her hart. My will is ,y' ye other two third
pts of my Estate be deuided as Followeth, viz: WLeeras I p'mised
my sonne Thomas, at his marrige fifty pounds, of wc!l a good p'1 is
paid, as by my booke will appeare, then (that fifty pounds being ac-
counted as pt of ye Estate) y- estate shalbe equally deuided to my
Fower Children, viz: Thomas, John, James k Sarah, only. my Sonne,
Thomas, shall haue ten pounds added to his pl more then any one of ye
rest of my Children, For that third pT of my houseing k land wch I
leaue in iny wiues hands duering her life, my will is, that when it
shall please God to put an end vnto her days that then that houseing
k land shal be equally deuided vnto my three sonns; but if either of
them dy k leaue not Isue, then this p1 shall goe equally to those that
doe suruiue. I appoiut Anne, my wife, to be execetrix of my wholl
Estate. I appoint my loving freinds Liftenant Hopestill Foster k
Ensigne John Capen to be ouei seers. 12th July, 1666.
Thomas Bird.
In p'sence of vs, viz: John Capen, Senr., Jasper Rush.
Bps'ton 17th of July, 166T. John Capen, Senr., k Jasper Husk de-
posed.
An Inventory of ye Estate of Thomas Bird, senr. of Dorchester,
who departed this life ye 8th day of June, 1667, taken & apprized
by John Capen, Se?ir., William Sumner, James Humfrey. Amt. £997,
11: 5, including debts due the estate. Debts due from the Estate,
£61: 14: 10. Mentions the names of John Blackman k John Daven-
port. "The prsons yl prized ye stock in tanning, John Gurnell, Henry
Bridgham"
17th July, 1667, Ann Bird, relict of Thomas Bird, deposed.
Thomas Birch. — At a Countye Court held at Boston Jan. 31, 1664,
John Gomel k J no. Mynott administrators to the Estate of ye Late
Thomas Birch,* came into ye Court k presented ye Eldest sonne
Joseph Birch, as of age, to the Court, together with his request for
this Courts making ouer the whole remainder of the Estate unto the
8d Joseph Birch, six acres of Land remote only excepted, which is
referred as part of Jonathans portion, at twelue pounds; the said
Joseph Declaring that hee was willing to allow each of his Brothers &
Sisters, instead of twentye foure pounds apece, thirty pounds apece, as
they shall Come to age, in Corne & Cattell, k Bound ouer the Hcuse &
Land as giuen into this Court in the Inuentorye to the Record1" of the
Countrey k his successors. For the performance thereof, the Guar-
dian of the second sonne Consenting heerunto. The Court allowed of
this agreement, on which the s,J Joseph Birch did accordingly Bind ouer,
*See Will of Thomas Birch of Dorchester, in the Register, vol. vm, p. 2S1.
162 Abstracts of Early Wills. [April
in open Court, his House & Land for the performance of this Order,
to the Recorder k His successors.
By the Court. Edw: Rawson, Recorder.
There is paid out of Thomas Birches Estate for repairing the fences
& Housing, Clothing for some of the Children k other charges, £17:
02:11.
The Estate Cr. by Is: 2d to bee added to the Inuentorye k seuerall
debts of Rent £21: 6s: 5d which makes the Inuentorye, £191: IS: 4d
out of which is paid to the Eldest Daughter £2-1. This Accompt was
Brought into the Court Jan. 3ist, 1 664, by John Gumell & Jo. Minoti
k addition, k is accepted; k Jonathan Birch Came into the Court k
made Choyce of Thomas Tilesione to bee his Guardian, which the Court
approued of. Edward Rawson, Recorder.
Thomas Munt*. — According to an Ordr from the Honoured Gonern1"
and Major Leuerett to us, whose names hear undr written, for the diui-
sions of the Estate of Thomas Munt deceased, Between Tho. Hill the
Husband of the Relict of Thomas Munt k his three Children is as fol-
io weth: The whole Estate amounted vnto £216: 4: 3. **To Thomas
Hill the one Halfe, £108: 2: U.
To Clement Short, Husband to Faith Munt, Imp. a piece of Land
Lyeing nigh the Mill dam between Robert Sanderson and Jno. Bracket,
£30; 2| acres of Land at Spectacle Island, £3; for Thomas Hill in
goods 6s: 8|, &c. &c. Amt. £3G: 00: 8J,
To Thomas Kingston, Husband to Mary Munt — To a peice of Land
Lying at the upper end of Tho: Hills Lot fronting upon the Common,
£16; to 2 acres of Land at Long Island, £2, &c, &c. Amt. £36:-
00: 00 J.
To Patience Munt, 2 peic of Land lying by Peter Warrens, £20;
a debt wch Wm. Hersy of Hingham, owes, &c, &c. Amt. £36.
Edward Rainsford, Thomas Kinston,
Robrt Sanderson, Tho. Duer pro. Clement Short.
his
Henry Allinne, Thomas x Hill,
mark
Edward Rawson, Guardian to
Patience Munt.
April 28th, 1666, The Court allowes k approues of the Returne &
the Diuision of the Estate therin. Edward Rawson, Record1".
Thomas Ethrington. — At a meeting of the Magistrates and Recorder,
at Boston, the 8th September, 1665. Prsent Gouernor, Deputy Go-
urIlor, Mr Davforth k Recorder. Whereas, Thomas Ethrington of
Newichewannok, perished with His wife in the sea, Coming for Bos-
ton. The County Court being then Informed thereof, k th.at Zechariah
Gillam had his Chest k seuerall goods in his Custody, the Court, on
his Motion, appointed Marshall Richard Wayte k Thomas Fitche, Late
Constable, to take into their Hands the said Chest k Goods k Bring
See abstract of the inventory of Thomas Munt in the Register, vol. xn, p. 345.
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 163
a true Inuentorye thereof into Court, k giue the sd Zechariah Gillam
a Discharge for the same, they Keeping the sd goods in specie, to
Respond the Order of the Court for such as shall appeare to haue
most Right. And Wm. Spencer, the sonne of Thomas Spencer, k Brother
in Law to the said Thomas Ethrington, appearing Before the Magis-
trates & Recorder, desiring administration to ye Estate of said Late
Thomas Ethrington as it Lyeth heere, & in Yorkshire. The Magistrates
Judge it meete to graunt him, the sd Wm. Spencer, Administration to
the Estate of Thomas Elhrington, both there & heer, hee giuing in a
true Inuentorye of that Estate that Lyeth in Yorkshire, k giuing his
personal! Bond to double ualue of the whole to the Recorder to Re-
spond the Judgment of the County & the Court, & to Administer
according to Lawe, in Behalfe of the children of the Late Thomas
Ethrington, k Engaging his House and Land in Yorkeshire to the
Recorder for that end; which, when Done, the Marshall, Richo. Wayte,
is ordered with Thomas Fitclie, to Deliuer up the Goods in specie
in ther Custodye to the sd Tho. Spencer, he satisfying them for their
paines, & answering the ordinary Charges, sixe shillings apeice, to the
trustees, k 12d apeice to the apprisers.
Edward Rawson, Recorder.
The Inuentorye of the goods of Thomas Elhrington, Beceased-
ree'd of Mr. Zachariah Gillam the 14 of (9 mo.) 1664. Appraised by
Edxo. Fletcher, Iiabbacuk Glouer, Thomas Blighe, who deposed at
Boston IT (9 mo) 1664.
A true Inuentorye & exact Accompt taken of the Houses, Lands &
Goods with all the Implements thereunto Belonging of Thomas Eth-
trivgton, Deceased, sometime Inhabitant of the Town of Kittrye, at
Newitchewanneck, whom with his Wife was Cast away in John Coles
Lighter in Nouember 1664; taken by Humphrey Ckadborne, Richard
Nason. Amt. £94: 18.
William Spencer deposed Sept. 9, 1665.
THOirAS Marshall. — An Inuentory of some Clothes of Thomas Mar-
snails, Lately Deceased, taken by James Euerill, & William Englishe,
3:6: 1665. Mentions — Deacon Richard TrusdalL
October 31st, 1665, James Pemberton deposed.
[James Pemberton rendered his accompt as administrator to the;
Estate of Thomas Marshall, deceased, late of Boston. Amt. J£49: 7:6:]
The estate was indebted to Doctor Akock for Physick; to Theod*.
Atkinson; to Gm. Clear; to Mr. Bradstreet for Physick; to Mr. Raicson;
to Lieft. Tho. Clarke; to Gcodwife Topping, of Boston; to legacies paid
to James Pemberton and to Joseph Howe. Accompt all&wed by the
Court Jan. ©1, 1665. James Pemberton deposed.
Gabriel Mead. — I, Gabrieil Mead, of Dorchester, being aged &
Infirme in body, yet of perfect Remembrance, doe make this my last
will & testament. My will is, that Joanna my wife be my sole execu-
tix & have ye full dispose of all my estate for her owne comfort &
164 Abstracts of Early Wills. [April
helping* to bring vp ray children while shee lives, & after her disease
my will is, yl my sonne, Israeli, shall haue ye house I now dwell in,
with ye orchard & apurtenance therevnto belonging-. I giue vnto
my sonne, Dauid, my old house and that orchard or garden thervnto
adjoyniug, & also my plott of land being in yc field neer the buriall
place. I giue vnto my dau. Lidia, SO-5, to be paid as my wife shal
be able, within two yeres after my desease. 1 giue vnto my daus.
Experience, Sarah and Patience, 30^ apiece, to be paid them within one
year after they shalbe marled, if they liue soe to bee; and it is my
mind that if either of my sonns dye before they come to enjoy that
before giuen them, or either of them, that then ye same to bee equally
deuided after my wifes disease to yc rest of my children; also it is
my mind & will, that if my wife shall by nessesity be forced to sell
either part or y- whole for maintenants of her sclfe or children, while
6he is a widdow, yl she shall haue powre soe to doe with ye aduise
off my friends after named; and In case shee should marry, then my
mind is, that my sonns shall enjoy ye former gifts when they shall
attaine the age of one & twentye yeares. 1 intreat my louing Freinds,
Deacon Clap & ensigne Foster, to be ouerseers and to asist and aduise
my wife & children as need may require. Jan. 15, 1654.
witnes hervnto Gabrell Meade.
Hopestill Foster.
Boston 17th of July 1667, Capt. HopesliU Foster deposed.
Edw. Raws on, Recorder.
William Cheiney. — Being sick in body, & of perfect understanding
& memory according to my measure, I make this my last will & testa-
ment. My will is, that my deare & afflicted wife, Margaret Cheiney, be
carfully & sufficiently prouided for during the time of her life, & to
that end my will is, that she haue all the rents & proffitts yearely, &
euery yeare, during the aforesayd tearms, of all my houses, lauds, &
orchards, that I die possessed of, either in Roxbury, Boston, or els
■where, except such part of my lands or estate which I shall here
after in this my will dispose of to my children or otherwise, which
estate bequeathed by me unto my sayd wife, it is my will, that she
enter upon & be possessed of immediately after my decease (to witt)
the present cropp upon all the land & the use of all my household stufle
& goods, my debtts & funerall expences being in the first place with
all conuenient speed fully discharged; & for my wifes more comfort-
able being, my desire is, that one of my executors may liue in my
house in Roxbury, with her, to inioy the housing & lands by the
yeare which I haue as is aforesayd giuen unto my wife, upon such
equall tearmes as my other executor & ouerseers shall agree with
him for; but in case both my executors see cause, to refuse to accept
of this motion in answer to my desire herein, then my will is, that
it be let outt by my executors & ouerseers to the best advantage for
my wife [s] comfortable maintenance. When all my debts & Lega-
cies are discharged out of my stock & husbandry utensills, as cants,
plows & such like, what remaines of my stock afterwards, my will is,
it be let out or disposed of for my wifes use by my executors, with
the aduice of my ouerseers; And my will is, that all my moueables
1862 J Abstracts of Early Wills. 165
be for my wifes use during her life, except what is before disposed.
And in case what is aboue expressed be not sufficient for the com-
fortable maintenance of my wife, then my will is, that the house at
Boston be sold k improved for her further & better supply. I
bequeath unto my sonne, John Cheiney, all that land both Aeirable k
pasture lying on the east side of the great lotts, being with in the
great lotts, being twenty accres, more or lesse, being nowe in the pos-
session of the sayd John. Allso, I giue to my sayd sonne, a percell
of meadow in the fresh. meades being two accres, be the same more
or lesse, as it lyeth on the south of a ditch made to dreine the sayd
meadow. Also I giue unto him one accre of salt marsh, be it more
or lesse, as it lyeth bounded with a creeke next the marsh of John
Douies, formerly Isaadc Heaths. Also I giue unto him eight accres of
land, more or lesse, lying neare the house of William Ilopkinns, All
& euery of these percells of lands my will is, that my sayd sonne
John, be possessed of imediately after my decease. I giue to my
sonne, William Cheiney, all my land lying in Medfeild, lately in the pos-
session of my sayd sonne, upon this condition or promise, that he & his
wife, Deborah, be reconsiled k line together in Meedfeild or ells where
to the satisfaction of John Wiswall, of Boston, k Deacon Parke of
Roxbury, but not in Prouidence or that Jurisdiction; prouided allso,
that what either my selfe or Deacon William Parke haue allready
payd, or doe stand ingaged for unto the Court in his behalfe, be first
repayd k fully discharged by him, his heires, or assigues; but other-
wise, if my sayd sonne neglect or refuse to accept it with these pro-
uisoes, then my will is, that twenty pounds be payd to John Wiswall,
of Boston, out of my estate. To my Sonne, Joseph Cheiney, ,£60 (to witt)
my land lying in the third deuission, being thirty seauen accres, more
or lesse, k twenty pounds to be payd to my sayd sonne, Joseph, out. of
my stock. My will is, that my three daughters (to witt) Ellin, Mar-
gret k Mehit obeli, haue each of them £10 payd to them out of my
stock. After my wifes decease, my will is, first that all my houses &
lands in Roxbury undisposed of before by this will, I doe giue unto
two sonnes of my eldest sonne, Thomas Cheiney (to witt) his sonne,
Thomas, k his sonne, William, to be improued for their beniffitt by
ther father untill they are 21 yearcs old, then to be inioyed by them.
What remaiues of my estate after my wifes decease either in stock or
otherwise, in housing or lands (in any other towne) or estate in any
kind undisposed of by this my will, My will is, that one halfe of it
be giuen to my sonne, Joseph Cheiney, k for the other halfe therof,
my will is, that it be Deuided into four equall parts, k so dispose of
it to my sonne, John Cfainey, k to my three aforesayd daughters, to
each of them an eqnall portion thereof. I make my two sonnes,
Thomas Cheiney k Thomas Hasting, the executors of this my will,
requesting my friends Mr. John Eliot, Deacon William Parke, k Ed-
ward Denison to be ouerseors. April! the last, sixty seauen.
Witnesse. William x Cheiney.
John Newell, Samuell Scarbcrow, who deposed July 30, 1667.
»
Inventory of the estate taken by Edward Denison, Thomas Weld,
July 10, 1667. Amt. £386:11:4.
166 Abstracts of Early Wills. [April
o is
[The original of the above will of William Cheney, as the nam
now written, appears to be in the handwriting of the " Apostle Eliot,'
bo called, who was one of the overseers.].
William Stark. — At a meeting* of the Gonernonr, Majr. Generall
Leverett & Recorder, in Boston, 12th Feb., 1665. Power of Adminis-
tration to the Estate of the Late Wrri. Starr, of [ ] in Deuonshire
Marriner & Late sojorner in Boston, who Departed this Life in his
Going to Salem on 6th Instant, is Graunted to Robert Starre of
Salem, in behalfe of such as shall appeare to have most right to it,
he giuing securitye to Administer according to La we.
Edward Rawson, Recorder.
Inventory of the estate prised by John Fuller, Christopher Skinner,
Nathaniel Adams. Aint, £9:6:8. Robert Starr deposed Feb. 12, 1665.
BRIEF MEMOIRS AND NOTICES OF PRINCE'S SUBSCRIBERS.
[Continued from vol. xvi, p. 16.]
Barrett, Rev. John, the first minister of Hopkinton, Mass., was b.
in Boston A. D. 1100; graduated at H. U. in 1121, and began to
preach at Hopkinton the next year, at the house of Mr. Jno. How.
The first mention of his being at H. occurs in Rev. Sam'l Dexters
Diary— [See Register Oct. 1859, p. 303.] "I diverted myself [I
hope] with a law full Recreation in hunting with Mr. Barrett," &c.
On organizing a church, Sept. 2, 1124, Mr. Barrett was ordained
pastor at a salary of £10, with the addition of "cutting and carting
his fire wood." Mr. B. proved himself to be a workman worthy of his
hire, and continued pastor of the church until his death, Dec. 11, 1112.
[His wife Anna d. Oct. 19, 1111, a. 69.] One of his sermons entitled,
" God is the Shepherd of Believers," and preached on the first sab-
bath in June, 1161, was printed after his decease. It is plain,
simple and scriptural in style. Though not an eloquent speaker, Mr.
Barrett was a sensible, good-natured and consistent minister; and
although Mr. Whitfield, on his visit to Hopkinton, is said to have
prayed in allusion to Mr. Barrett that " God would make that dumb
dog bark," the sterling good sense of Mr. B. amply compensated in
the long run for any want of eloquence. Mr. B. had but one child,
Samuel, b. 1126, m. Mary Caswell, Feb. 9, 1158, and d. March 10,
1800, leaving two children, John, b. 1159, and Anna, b. 1161. Under
the tuition of the Rev. Aaron Hutchinson, John became a fine classi-
cal scholar, and like Euler, could repeat nearly the whole of the
jiEneid of Virgil by heart. He spent the greater part of his life as an
" itinerant schoolmaster," and fitted several young men, among
whom was the late Horace Mann, for college. He published a very
curious work ok? English Grammar in 1819, a copy of which lies be-
fore me. He d. April 4, 1821, leaving two children, Orlando and
Clarissa. N.
1862.] Will of Governor Haynes. 167
WILL OF GOVERNOR HAYNES.
The second volume of the Records of the Particular Court of the
Colony of Connecticut, containing also the Probate proceedings and
Wills and Inventories exhibited from 1650 to 1G63, after having been
lost for very man3* years, was recently discovered by Charles J.
Hoadly, Esq., who has communicated the following copy of a docu-
ment heretofore much sought after:
Whereas I John Haynes of Hartford upon the River and within
the Colony of Connecticut in New England Esqr, am by the good
providence of the Lord called to the undertaking of a voyage into my
native country of England and duly weighing according to my mea-
sure the difficulties and hardships I am liable and exposed to therein,
especially in these declining days of mine when my sun cannot be
far from setting, I do in the fear of the Lord and in obedience to
his rules of wisdom, for the continuance of love and peace in my
family make this my last will and testament and thereby dispose
of that outward estate the Lord in mercy hath vouchsafed me, in
manner as followeth.
I do give unto Mabell my dear loving wife all that my mansion
house in Hartford together with the outhouses, barns, stables, orchards,
gardens with all the appurtenances thereunto belonging, together
with my meadows inclosed in the little meadow, also all my meadow
and swamp in the south meadow, likewise my oxpasture, together
with all other divisions of land of right belonging unto me on this
side the great river.
I give also unto her sixteen acres of meadow in Hocanum, now in
my own possession and occupation, Provided always, and my will
and intent is, my said wife shall have and enjoy all the aforesaid
houses and land for term of her natural life only, and after her
decease I give the said houses and land before mentioned to John
my eldest son by my wife Mabell Haynes and to his heirs forever.
I do further give and bequeath to my said wife all that my house
and farm with the appurtenances ou the east side the great river,
commonly called Hocanum, with all the lands thereunto belonging
(except before excepted) viz* the close of upland inclosed by the house
with my upland lots adjoining the meadow I purchased of Nathaniel
Ward, and swamp ground inclosed, as also the swamp without the
fence adjoining to Hocanum that belong to me, also the meadow in
Hocanum now in the tenure of James Northam and his partner for
a term of years together with all rights of commonage and further
divisions of land on that side the river and all other privileges
belonging thereunto, Provided also as before my wife possess and
enjoy the same during the term of her natural life only, and after
her decease I give the said houses and lands to Roger my second son
betwixt us, to him and his heirs forever. I do moreover give and
bequeath unto my said wife all that my houses and farm at Tunxus
Sepos or else Farmington, together with all the meadow and upland
168 Will of Governor Haynes. [April
thereunto belonging, with all rights and divisions of lands or com-
monage appertaining, now in the tenure and occupation of Thomas
Judd and his brother, Provided in like manner that my wife enjoy
the same for term of her natural life only, and after her decease I
give the said farm houses and lands with the appurtenances to Joseph
my youngest son, to him and his heirs for ever.
And whereas I am indebted to Mr. Will. Tanner of Cophall in certain
sums of money payable to him by bill sent into England, and to my son
Mr. Nathaniel Eldred above two hundred pounds which he disbursed
for me here for and towards the maintainance of myself and family,
my will is that the lease of my lands in England made unto my
brother in trust for payment of legacies therein specified, and of
such monies I should need towards my own maintainance be im-
proved for the payment and discharge of the before mentioned debts
to Mr. Eldred and Mr. Tanner, but if the said debts shall not be
satisfied by my estate in England, which is my desire and aim, then
my will is that the aforesaid debts with such other as are justly due
in this country be paid and discharged by my loving wife whom I
make sole executress of this my last will and testament, and for the
inabling of her to the performance of the same, I do give and be-
queath unto her all my goods and chattels in New England, as quick
stock, household stuff, movables and debts due unto me, it being my
will, and I do hereby leave the care and education of my children to
my loving wife, and the charge hereof to be borne out of the
estate hereby bequeathed unto her.
I do also give unto my wife all that my house and land in Windsor
with the appurtenances in the tenure of Mr. George Hull and formerly
purchased of him or of the town or any other particular persons
there, together with all other rights of divisions or commonage of
land thereunto appertaining and do also hereby give unto her liberty
to make sale thereof towards the payment of the debts formerly
mentioned as due to Mr. Eldred and Mr. Tanner in case they be not
otherwise discharged according to my mind and will herein expressed,
but in case the said debts be paid out of my estate in England and
that my wife be not charged therewith, then my will is that my wife
possess and enjoy the said houses and lands situate in Windsor
aforesaid during the term of her natural life, and after her decease
to be equally divided betwixt my two daughters Ruth and Mabell.
My will further is that in case the foreraentioned debts be not paid
according to my desire by my means in England but that my wife be
necessitated to make sale of the lands situate in Windsor aforesaid
for the discharge and payment thereof, that then she enjoy the
goods and chattels bequeathed unto her by this my will, for the term of
her natural life only, with liberty to make any such changes and
alteration therein as either the nature of the things or her own occa-
sions may necessarily require. Provided the true and just value
thereof be as near as may be maintained intire which goods or
chattels aforesaid or the true value of them, I do in case the fore-
mentioned lands be sold give unto my two daughters Ruth and
Mabell to be equally divided betwixt them, but in case the debts
foremen tioned be paid otherwise, then my will is that my wife injoy
the goods and chattels as before during her natural life only and
/ *
1S62.J Letter from Michael Hillegas. 169
after her decease to be equally divided betwixt all the children which
I have by the said Mabel i my wife. My will further is that if either
of my children do depart this life before they come to the age of one
and twenty years or be married that then the portion bequeathed
unto them or any of them, by this my will be equally betwixt those
that survive.
I do also request and with their consents ordain my true loving
friends Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Hooker, Mr. Stone and John White super-
visors or overseers of this my will. Also I give and bequeath to my
poor brethren of our congregation five pounds to be dispersed by the
deacons thereof where they shall see most need. I give to Mr. Hop-
kins 203, also to Mr. Hooker our pastor £b, to Mr. Stone <£4, to John
White 10s, to every one of my children by my first wife 20s.
In witness hereof I have
set to rny hand and seal John Haynes.
this 27:8, 1646.
The Court of Magistrates the 11 July 1654 being (upon the exhi-
bition of this will) informed that a little before the testator departed
this life he agreed for the marriage portion of his daughter Mrs.
Ruth with Mr. Willis different from his provision for her in this will
and that the marriage portion aforesaid is paid and to be paid by Mr.
Haynes out of what is in this will bequeathed to her and the said
testator declaring upon the said agreement that he could do no more
for her then the aforesaid agreement amounted unto, do declare that
it is their judgment that the testator's mind was that Mrs. Ruth
should have no right to any part of the housing and lands at
Windsor.
LETTER FROM MICHAEL HILLEGAS, CONTINENTAL
TREASURER OF THE U. S., 17S1.
[Coniruunicated by Jeremiah Colbuen.]
[The contents of the following letter are of much interest at the
present time, the state of the country and its finances being in a
similar condition to what they were in 1781.]
Sir: Yours of the 7th ultimo, with the six chests of defaced money
[old emissions], said to contain thirteen million and one thousand six
hundred and thirty-seven dollars, as well as the chest from Nicholas
Gilman, Esquire, of New Hampshire, was delivered me per Lieut.
Osgood Carleton on the 11th instant, the whole of which I shall
deliver to the Commissioners appointed by Congress for burning the
same. I likewise have received yours of the 9th ulto: per post
copy of which I have sent to the Honble the Board of Treasury, to
be (if they approve thereof) by them forwarded to Congress, which
I hope may be done, if not already sent there, tho* I wish you had
wrote a letter to ye President of Congress — mentioning something
of what you did to me; it might have had its use; for my pari:, I
really think some provision should be made for the payment of the, interest of
18
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170 Richard Thurston's Memorandum. [April
the Nciv Bills, as that would in some, degree support their Credit and gua.rd
against a depredation which I dread, should nothing be done. I am informed
[tho* I do not know how true] that the State of New York have pro-
vided hard money m their State Treasury for the payment of the
Interest of their New Rills, and have not rely'd on Congress. And
I think, as the mind of Congress is so much taken up with the prose-
cution of this Just & necessary War in defence of our Lives, Liber-
ties & properties, & in works of General Concern to all the States,
perhaps it would have been best if all the States had had it in their
power to have done the same as New York. But entre nous, I sincerely
wish the Interest had never been annexed originally to the Money;
the Idea of a circulating money bearing Interest, which is & must
be daily accruing; in my opinion, is really a laughable affair enough,
tho' I don't chuse to say it is ridiculous, or, as some politicians say,
foolish: but as it is at present, we ought now to support it.
I am, Sir, with much essteem k Regard,
Your most Ob't Servant,
M. Hillegas.
RICHARD THURSTON'S* MEMORANDUM, KEPT AT ROWLEY,
OF THE DEATHS OF HIS NEAR RELATIONS.
Oh that when I look on the account of so many of my near rela-
tions gone before me, I may give all diligence, to make "my calling
and election sure."
March 10, 1720, my brother, Daniel Thurston, d. in the 30fh year
of his age.
March 14, 1124, my venerable grandfather f Dresser d. in his 85th
year.
Sept. 4, 1727, my sister, Lydia Thurston, d. in her 30lh year.
Sept. 18, 1127, my brother, Stephen Thurston, d. in his 24lh year.
Dec. 1, 1135, my honored mother Thurston d. in her 70th year.
My mother's death was very sudden, for, standing up, she dropped
down and was not perceived to breathe after. The same month,
Mary Jewett, Daniel Thurston and Thomas Thurston died at my
father's house.
Feb. 18, 1138, my honored father, Daniel Thurston, d. in his I8lh
year.
Sept. 28, 1138, my brother, Jonathan Thurston, d. in the 38th year
of his age.
Sept. 6th, 1146, my brother, Benjamin Thurston, d. in his 52d yr.
May 25th, 1752, my brother, John Thurston, d. in his 69th year.
Augt. 12, 1160, my sister, Mary Chute, d. in her 67th year.
Sept. 18, 1770, my sister, Hannah Frazer, d. in her 73d year.
* Died at Rowley, 1782. This is the " Deacon Thurston" mentioned by Pres.
John Adams in his Diary.
t John Dresser of Rowley — See Savage's Gen. Diet., vol. n, p. 72.
X Mary, dau. of John Dresser.
1862.] Family and Ancestors of Thos. Palmer. 171
EARTHQUAKE IN NEW ENGLAND.
[Copied from the Family Bible of the late Col. Anthony Thomas of Marshfield,
Massachusetts. By M. A. Thomas.]
Tuesday morning Nov. 18 H55. An earthquake about 18 minutes
after four o'clock in ye morning. The air clear and calm, the
Heavens bright, the moon shining and about two hours high, a3
pleasant a morning as ever was seen, — but the sea was roaring at
the shore with such a noise as hardly ever was known, & ye continu-
ance of the shock, by all the calculation I can make about one
minute and a half, & then we seemed to think it was going off, but
ye repeated shock was more terrible, and shook down many tops of
cbimleys, both in Boston and country & ye whole shocks as near as
I can think, two minutes '& a half, — after that we had dull, heavy,
calm weather, and one shock more, but small comparatively yet felt
considerably, & ye twenty second of ye same month, Saturday at 40
minutes after eight in the evening we were alarmed with another
still, though not to be compared with the first these were all I heard
til Dec. the 19 about 10 o'clock at night, some noyse but little or no
shock.
THE FAMILY AND ANCESTORS OF THOMAS PALMER
OF BOSTON, N. E.
[Communicated by Clifford Stanley Sims, Member of the Society of the Cincin-
nati of New Jersey, of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and Cor. Member
of the N. E. Hist. -Gen. Society.]
In looking over Burke's Landed Gentry, I stumbled upon the en-
closed account of the Palmer family, one of which, Thomas Palmer
by name, emigrated to Boston, N. E.
"The Family of Palmer, whose patriarch, William le Palmer, was
a Crusader under Richard Coeur de Lion, was from a remote period
established in the county of Sussex; but a branch of it was settled
at Marston as early as the year 1559."
John Palmer of Marston, co. Stafford, living in 1566, a scion of
Palmer of Yorkshire, had three sons: 1, Robert of Hill, co. Beds,
father of Sir William Palmer, knt. of Wardon street; 2, William of
London, and afterwards of Wanslip; 3, John of Marston, who had
two sons — Robert, a Hamburgh merchant, and Thoma3 of Marston.
John Palmer's second son,
William Palmer, Esq., of Wanslip, co. Leicester, d. about the year
1636, leaving by Barbara Archdale, his wife, 3 sons: 1, Archdale his
heir; 2, Sir William of Hill, co. Beds, carver to King Charles I;
3, John of Temple Hall, co. Leicester, the eldest son.
Archdale Palmer, Esq., of Wanslip, served as high sheriff of Lei-
172 Genealogy from Port Royal. [April
cestcrshire, in 1641. He m. Martha, dan. of Thomas Smith of London,
merchant, and by her, who d.in 1619, had issue: 1, William his heir;
2, Archdale in holy orders; 3, Thomas of Engorsby; 4, Samuel of Lon-
don; 5, Joshua, M. D.; 6, Barbara m. first to Samuel Sleigh, Esq., and
second, to John Morswood, Esq. of Alfreton; 7, Martha, wife ^of
Richard Lloyd, a citizen of London. Mr. Palmer d. in August, 1613,
aged 63, and was succeded by his son
William Palmer, Esq. of Wanslip, who m. twice. By his first wife
Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. Danvers, Esq., of Swithland, he had 4 sons:
1, Archdale, his heir; 2, Henry, d. s. p.; 3, William, M. D. m. Mary
Hough and their dau. Mary m. Coote Molesworth; 4, Thomas of
Boston in New England, who m. Abigail Hutchinson and had 2 sons,
Eliakim and Thomas, and a dau. Sarah m. to Mr. Lewis. Wm. Pal-
mer d. 18th April, 1692, aged 56, and was succeeded in the Wanslip
estate by his son Archdale. The English branch of the family is now
seated at Nazing Park, co. Essex.
GENEALOGY FROM THE CAMP AT PORT ROYAL, S. C.
[Communicated by John L. Sibley, Esq.]
The following Family Record is copied from vol. i of MacJ:nighty s
Harmony, 4to, Lond. 1746, found in irresponsible hands at Beaufort,
S. C, on the 12th of November, 1861, and deposited 20th November,
1861, in the Library of Harvard University, subject to the call of
the owner at any time, by Capt. Charles Henry Davis (H. U., 1825),
the second in command of the U. S. naval forces at the capture of
Port Royal, 1th November, 1361. The record is somewhat imperfect,
from the wear of the leaf:
.... Smith, b. April 28, 1691; .... Smith, b. May 10,
1699, d. Dec ; they were married May 27, 1714. Roger
Moore, b. Aug. 24, 1694, d. — ; Catharine Rhett, b. Dec. 14, 1705, d.
June 11, 1745; they were married Oct. 10, 1721. Thomas Smith, b.
Nov. 7, 1719; Sarah Moore, b. Sept. 7, 1728; they were married
Aug. 2, 1744: Roger Smith, b. Aug. 4, 1745; Tho. Smith, b. July 5,
1748, d. Jan. 17, 174|; Benj. Smith, b. Nov. 23, 1749, d. April 19,
1750; William Smith, b. March 26, 1751, d. June 1— , 17o— ; Sarah
Smith, b. Aug. 22, 1752, O. S., 2d Sept., N. S.; Peter' Smith, b. Nov.
14, 1754, N. S.j Benj. Smith, b. Jan. 10, 1757; Rhett Smith, b. Aug.
13, 1759, d. June 21, 176—; James Smith, b. Nov. 2, 1761; Polly
Smith, b. Feb. 7, 1764; Ann Smith, b. Sept. 26, 1765; Rhett, b. Aug.
23, 1767, d. Sept. 7, 17—. ,,,,""
At the same time with the above volume, Stephen Minot Weld,
Jr. (H. XL, 1860), of Jamaica Plain, Mass., 2d Lieutenaut, who wit-
nessed the storming of Port Royal, among other printed matter,
placed in the library a portion of a 4to Bible, London, 1761, which
on the day after the landing was taken from the house of William
Pope-, Senior, the house which was occupied by Gen. Drayton and
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his staff, and used as a hospital. It was the first house on which
the U. S. flag was raised and became the headquarters of Gen.
Sherman and staff. The fragment contained the following family
record:
Samuel Green, b. Sept. Y, 1721, in. 27th Jan., 1752, to Sarah
Norton, d. 27th July, 17 70, and his wife 5th May, 1765; Mary Ann,
daughter of Samuel and Sarah Green, b. 28th Oct., 1752; James, b.
2d Nov., 1754; Samuel, b. 13th June, 1756, d. 25th Dec, 1776; Sarah,
b. 6th Feb., 1759; Mary Ann, b. 14th Aug., 1761; Susanna, b. 8th
Nov., 1763; Samuel Green and Catharine Campbell, m. 1765, Sept.
20; their daughter Catharine, b. 10th Feb., 1768, d. 8th Sept. .
GRANT THORBURN.*
LETTER FROM A NONAGENARIAN, ALMOST.
Our readers, will doubtless be pleased to see the following cha-
racteristic communication from the celebrated seedsman of New
York, who is still a hale and hearty man, although entering upon his
90th year:
New Haven', Feb. 1862.
"Dear Sir: The sunny hills and pleasant vales of Scotland make
that country the admiration of the world; but it is the Bible that
causes Scotchmen to differ from all men under the sun. It was the
Bible that inspired the song of the Ettrick Shepherd while watching
his flock 'by night all seated on the ground.' He was then in his
eighteenth year and had never read anything except the Spelling
book and the Bible. Mtny of the poets, historians and statesmen
of Scotland, are thus self-taught. The manners and men of the
Eastern States are very similar to those of Scotland. The Bible, the
sabbath and the church, are their watchwords. Most of our useful
inventions, such as the telegraph, etc.. etc., were made perfect by
those 'cunning yankees' who read the Bible till they became wiser
than their teachers. Who ever heard of an Irish, German or Spanish
peasant's writing a book to cheer his fellows ?
"On the 13th of April, 1794, I embarked at Leith for America; and
the amount of my education was ability to read the Bible and to write
my own name. We arrived at New York on the 16th of June, and
on the sabbath following, three of my fellow passengers called at
my lodgings, saying: 'Grant, where are you going to'day?' 'To
church,' I replied. 'We have been nine weeks at sea/ said they,
. *He was b. near Dalkietli, Scotland, Feb. 18, 1773. He was the son of James
T. a nailmaker, who d. March, 1837, a 95; grandson of Alexander T. who d. about
1825, at the advanced age of 100 years; his great grandfather was one of those cove-
nanters who " wandered in the mountains and hid in the caves of the earth, of whom
the world was not worthy." Grant came to this country, 1794, and experiencing a
chequered fortune, furnished John Gait with some of the incidents of "Lawrie
Todd ;" this work, however, being a little too fanciful for Mr. Thorburn, he pub-
lished his own autobiography at Boston in 1834. For many years he was engaged
as a " seedsman " in New York; but now resides at New Haven, Conn.
174 Notes and Queries. [April
1 let us go out into the country to-day, we can go to church next
sabbath/ 'The last words I had from my father/ said I, 'were,
Remember the Sabbath day.' They went to the country, spent their
money, became drunkards and died peggars. I went to church,
became rich, was never drunk in my life and have been confined to
the house by illness only six days since I came to America. Now I
walk without a staff, sleep without rocking and digest without the
help of brandy or bitters. In 1803 I boarded in the same house with
Thomas Paine, who assisted Robespierre in establishing his model
Republic, by means of the guillotine. He was intemperate and often
became a terror to himself and those around him. He died in 1809,
at the age of 73, and his nurse and physician both informed me that
during the last two months of his life, he consumed, at least, two
gallons of brandy per week. Yours truly,
Rev. E. Nason. Grant Teorburn.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
I. In what publication does the work Yankee first appear ? Is it
a corruption of the word English or Anglais, as pronounced by the
Indians, as Worcester intimates, or has it a more recondite origin ?
What is the earliest printed copy of the tune of " Yankee Doodle"
extant, or in what work is the earliest mention of it made? — W. W.
II. A ballad commencing,
" My name is Shays, in former days
In Pelham I did dwell, sir,
And I was forced to quit that place
Because I iid rebel, sir."
was printed on a " broadside" and extensively sung in New England
half a century ago. Is that rebellion song still in existence? — N.
III. A book hunter wishes to know the authorship of the Romans
in Greece, an allegory of 80 pages, published at Boston by J. Nan-
crede, 1199. Nancrede came to this country with Rochambeau and
was wounded at the battle of Yorktown. He afterwards taught
French at Harvard University, and d. at Paris, Dec. 15, 1841, a. SI.
For what political purpose was the above work written and how is
it to be interpreted ? The book hunter would also be glad to know
the title of the earliest Spelling Book printed in New England. — P.
•
IV. In a folio edition of the Book of Martyrs, with copper plates,
1732, I find on page 379 the famous "Advice" of Mr. John Rogers
to his children — which the New England P rimer (ed. 1777) informs
us was written a few days before the martyr's death— ascribed to
Mr. Robert Smith, a painter, who suffered at Uxbridge, Aug. 8, 1555.
As much more poetry of "the same sort" is there given, from the
peu of Mr. Smith, there can be little question that the celebrated
lines of the Primer,
" Give ear my children to my words," &c.
are inadvertently set down to Mr. Rogers. — [En.
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MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIAGES.
French=Clark. — At Exeter, N. EL, Feb. 19th, Moses J. French to
Miss Alcina F. Clarke, both of Kingston; by Rev. Elias Nason.
Oliver=Andrews. — At Salem, Jan. 23, Lt. Col. Samuel C. Oliver
of the 14th Massachusetts Regiment, to Miss Mary Elizabeth, dau. of
Gen. Joseph Andrews, all of Salem; by the Rev. Mr. Willson.
Porter=Wiggin\ — At Exeter, .N. H., Dec. 25, Joseph I. Porter,
merchant, to Miss Ann M. Wig-gin, both of Exeter; by the Rev. Elias
Nason.
White=Kimball.— At Boston, Jan. 20, Lt. William H. White, Co.
D, 22d Massachusetts Regiment, to Miss Annie B., dan. of Warren
Kimball, Esq.; by the Rev. A. L. Stone, D. D.
DEATHS.
Abbott. — Henry, Andover, Mass., Jan. 13, a. 84| yrs.; a grad. of
Harvard University of the class of 1796.
Albert. — Prince Consort, Duke of Saxe Cobnrg Gotha, etc., Lon-
don, Dec. 15. He was b. Aug-. 26, 1819, and m. Queen Victoria, Feb.
10, 1840.
Allex. — Joseph Warren, at sea, Feb. — , a. 50. He was a native of
Bristol, Pa., but had resided many years in New Jersey, where he
served two years in the state senate; but was better known as a
civil engineer, and had executed many important works in several
of the states of the Union. He was attached to the 9th New Jersey
regiment, in the Burnside expedition, and was drowned off Hatteras
by the sinking of a life boat.
Appletox. — Hon. William, Boston, Feb. 15. He was b. in Brook-
field, Mass., November, 1786, and was therefore 75 yrs. old at the
time of his death. He was educated for mercantile pursuits, in which
he embarked with signal success. But he early gave his attention
to public affairs, particularly in the departments of banking and
finance, and there was hardly any man in our community whose
opinion was more valuable on this class of subjects. For many
years prior to the close of the institution, he was president of the
Branch Bank of the United States, in Boston. In 1850 he was chosen
a member of congress, and re-elected in 1852. His services were
held in high estimation. He was again returned, after an exciting
canvass in 1860, and held his seat till ill-health compelled his resigna-
tion last autumn. His charities were constant and on a systematic
scale. It has been reported that for some years he has kept his accu-
mulations down to a fixed point, by devoting the surplus to benevo-
lent purposes. One #f his last contributions known to the public
was a very liberal and reasonable gift to the Massachusetts General
176 Marriages and Deaths. [April
Hospital, making his whole "benefactions to that institution, we
believe, to amount to thirty thousand dollars. — Journal.
Arbin. — Mrs. Catharine, Baltimore, Jan. 21, a. 118.
Bell. — Dr. Luther, V. brigade surgeon in the army. He was b.
in Francistown, N. H.y Dec. 20. 1806, but came to this state in early
youth. Perhaps he was best known to the public as superintendent
of the Insane Asylum, at Somerville, a position which he filled with
great ability and success. Unassuming in his demeanor, he was
both as a man and a politician, strictly honest. Clinging to the
Whig party, until its final dissolution, he received many tokens of
the esteem and respect of his party friends. In 1850 he was a mem-
ber of the executive council, and was the candidate for governor
of the Whigs in 1856, the last year the party held a regular conven-
tion. He was, we believe, a son of Governor Bell of New Hamp-
shire, a man of considerable note in his day. His death will be
sincerely regretted by hosts of acquaintances and friends. — Traveller.
Blunt. — Edmund March, Sing Sing, N. Y., Jan. 13, in his 92d year.
He was b. at Portsmouth, N. H., June 20, 1770. and was the author
of the American Coast Pilot and many other valuable nautical works,
Bolles. — Mrs. Mary C, Montville, Ccnn., in January, a. 104 yrs.
and 8 mos. Her husband, Capt. Ebenezer Bolles, served through the
Revolutionary war. Fifty-two direct descendants are now living".
Breath. — Edward, Mt. Seir, Nov. 18, a. 53. Was b. in New York
in 1808, and removed to Illinois with his parents, wrhere he became
a printer, and in 183T printed the abolition paper of Lovejoy at Al-
ton, when the latter was killed by the mob. In 1840 he went to
Oroomiah as a missionary printer and editor, where he labored with
great usefulness during twenty -two years. With a hand before un-
practiced in that art, he cut and fitted up beautiful founts of Syriac
types for the use of the mission, and issued for the Nestorians more
than 80,000 volumes, including several editions of the Bible in mo-
dern Syriac, a language never before printed, at a great saving to
the American board.
Bridgman. — Dr. E. C, Shanghai, China, Oct. 2T, a. 61 yrs. He
graduated at Amherst College, 1826, Andover, 1829, and was for a
period of 32 years, a missionary at Canton, China.
Brown.— D. F., d. of fever at Hall's Hill, Fairfax co., Ya., Feb. 1,
son of D. S. Brown of Cambridgeport, and quartermaster sergeant
of the 22d Regiment Massachusetts Yolunteers.
Brown.— Mrs. Phebe H., Henry, III, Oct. 10, a. IS. She formerly
resided at Monson, Mass., where she wrote the beautiful and well
known hymn,
" I love to steal awhile away
From every cumbering care," etc.
She composed many other excellent hymns and also a favorite little
tract, entitled Poor Sarah. She was eminent for piety. She was
b. in Canaan, N. Y.
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Buckman. — Mrs. Eliza, wife of Bowen Buckman, Woburn, Nov. 15,
1861. She was b. in Boston, June 29, 1S05, and was dau. of Warner
Claflin — b. in Hopkinton, 1788; d. in Boston, Feb. 2, 1S20 — and Naney
(Pond) Claflin, b. in Dedham, 1784 and d. in Boston, May 29, 1817.
The deceased had two sisters; Nancy Claflin who ra. Daniel Draper,
Esq., b. Sept. 1803, now merchant, Boston, and Julia Ann, who m.
Dea. John Tidd of Woburn, who was b. May 17, 1810, and d. at
Woburn June 4, 1832. Mrs. B. left Eliza Maria, who m. Geo. A.
Newell of Boston, and Julia Ann who m. Alexander Beal of Dor-
chester.
Gary.— William H. of Brooklyn, N. Y., d. Feb. 26, 1861, a. 62 yrs.
An eminent and highly respected merchant of the city of New
York, where he went from his native city of Boston many years
ago; a son of the late Jonathan Cary of Lexington, Mass., also
formerly of Boston. H. W,
Clap. — Richard, Dorchester, Dec. 26, a. 81 yrs. 5 raos.; a descendant
of Nicholas1 Clap of Dorchester, through Nathaniel- and Elizabeth
(Smith), Ebenezer3 and Hannah (Clap), Ebenezer4 and Hannah
(Pierce), Lemuel5 and Rebecca (Dexter). He was born in Dorchester,
July 24, 1780; m. Nov. 3, 1807, Mary, dau. of Jonathan and Sarah
(Pierce) Blake of Warwick. They had twelve children, of whom
seven, with their mother, survive. Mr. Clap, for several years, held
responsible offices in the town, was chairman of the board of select-
men; overseer of the poor and of the highways; was one of the
school committee; and in many ways, not to be enumerated, con-
tributed his part toward carrying on improvements and true reform.
A man of large benevolence, firm in his principles, just and kind, a
good citizen and an exemplary Christian.
Clark. — Mrs. Mary, Plymouth, Mass., Feb. 2, a. 99 yrs., 9 mos. and
15 days. She m. Mr. Seth Clark in Dec, 1789, by whom she had
seven children, among whom was the late Dr. Joseph S. Clark of
Boston.
Colt. — Col. Samuel, Hartford, Jan. — , a. 41. He was b. at Hartford,
July 10, 1814, and is well known as the inventor of the revolving
pistol which bears his name. The model of this instrument was
made by him while on a voyage to Calcutta in 1829, and the patent
for it was taken out in 1835. The manufacture of Colt'3 fire arms
is carried on quite extensively at Hartford.
Dean. — Mrs. Silena, Chaplin, Conn., Jan. 7, a. 106 yrs.
Dean. — Thomas, Raynham, Mass., Jan. 11, a. 60 yrs. and 11 mos.
Dickinson.— Capt. Daniel, Stillwater, N. Y., Jan. 21, a. 67. He
was one of the eminent men of the town. The Dickinsons, Sey-
mours and Palmers, came from Connecticut before the Revolution,
were the pioneer settlers from New England, acquired wealth, and
are closely connected by marital relations.
Doak. — Capt. John, Newtonville, Mass., Jan. 26, a. 82. He was
one of the oldest of Boston shipmasters. — Traveller, Jan. 28.
y
178 Marriages and Deaths. [April
Dwight. — Rev. H. G. 0., a distinguished missionary of the Ameri-
can Board, in Turkey since 1832. He was b. in Conway, Mass., Nov.
22, 1803. He was killed by an accident on the Troy & Rutland R.
R., Jan. 25.
Fowler. — John W., Bath, Steuben co., N. Y., Jan. S, a. 71. He
was b. in Loudon, and came to New York with his parents, in
1801; removed to Batli after their death, and in 1828 accepted a post
in the service of the Pulteney estate, in which he continued through
life, and acquired an enviable reputation for integrity, and capacity
for rapid and orderly transaction of business, for his unimpeachable
accuracy, and extensive acquaintance with the vast property of his
principals; while the thousands of persons seeking- to gain homes for
themselves and families in the wilderness, found in him that kindly
disposition, that sympathy for them in their tasks, often so difficult,
bo frequently interrupted by misfortune, which made them look to
him as their true friend.
Gillis. — Col. Mark, Nashua, N. H.; Jan. 25, a. ab. 55 yrs. Keeper
of the Indian Head Hotel. ,
Gordon. — Nathaniel D., executed in New York city, Feb. 21. He
was engaged in the slave trade, and fell the first victim to the law,
which had been a dead letter for forty years.
Harding. — Hon. Lewis, Worcester, January, a. t&j yrs. He was
formerly of Franklin, Mass.
Hodges. — Geo. Foster, Hall's Hill, Fairfax co., Va., Jan. 30, a. 25 yrs.
He was the son of Almon D. Hodges, president' of the Washington
Bank; a graduate of Harvard University (1855) and adjutant of the
18th Regiment Mass. Vol. He was highly esteemed by a large circle
of friends. Dulce et decorum est 'pro patria mori. — Hot. L. 3.2.
Horn. — Henry, New York, Jan. 12, a. 76. He was an eminent
democratic politician, and during the presidency of Gen. Jackson,
was a representative in congress. He was one of the commissioners
who investigated the affairs of the United States Bank, and was
surveyor of the port of New York under Mr. Polk.
Kimball. — Rev. Daniel, Needham, Mass., Jan. 17, a. 83. He was a
graduate of Harvard University, of the class of 1800, and distin-
guished as a teacher and a public benefactor.
Lander. — Gen., Paw Paw, March 2, of a wound received at Ball's
Bluff. He was a native of Massachusetts. In 1859-60 he superin-
tended the construction of the wagon road to California, which he
completed satisfactorily, and acquired much reputation for heroism
by his expedition against, and subjugation of, the hostile Indians.
Larned. — Rev. Wm. A., New Haven, Ct, Feb. 3, a. 52. He was a
graduate of Yale College, and for more than twenty years connected
with its government, first as tutor, and latterly as professor of rhe-
toric and oratory. He was some time settled in Troy, N. Y., as an
associate of the Rev. Dr. Beman, in charge of the First Presbyterian
Church in that city.
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Laughi.in. — Dr. William, Canton, N. Y., Jan. 19, a. 70. He was a
native of Ireland, of Scotch descent, and immigrated with his father
in 1799. He acquired an education by perseverauce under difncul-
ties, and began the practice of medicine in 1823, which he continued
successfully for thirty-eight years, and was in all respects an exem-
plary man.
Marsh. — Jonathan, Quincy, Dec. 10, a. 74 yrs. 8 mos. He was the
second son and third child of Wilson and Susannah (Savill) Marsh;
was born April 4, 1787, in that part of Braintree now Quincy, on
the place which had been owned and occupied by his maternal grand-
father and great-grandfather, and probably by their ancestors from
the early settlement of the town. He was a descendant of Alexan-
der1 Marsh (freeman in 1634;, through John,'2 Wilson,3 Wilson.4
At the age of seven years, Jonathan graduated from the great
educational institution of New England — the common school. He
removed to a farm with his father in the westerly part of the town,
near the head of Granite street. In connection with farming, he
commenced to learn the trade of manufacturing coach lace and
fringe. This was a peculiar and prosperous business in those days.
From the raw material to its final consummation into nice fine lace
and fringe, all were conducted on the premises. A large number of
sheep were kept on the farm, and women and girls .were employed
in spinning, winding the yarn, and weaving the lace. The latter
article was manufactured from the woolen yarn, together with cotton
and colored linen thread. Besides supplying material for their busi-
ness, they also had a large demand for carded wool for domestic
purposes. After the death of his father, his oldest brother, Elisha,
continued the business with him until Sept. 1835, when George, the
eldest son of Jonathan, was admitted as a partner. Elisha retired in
January, 1839, and in October, 1840, George also left the firm. Two
years subsequent, the whole business was brought to a close, having
been superseded by patent power looms.
Mr. Marsh took a deep interest in advancing all measures that
were for the improvement and prosperity of his native towo; and so
constant was he in his attendance, and so attentive to the proceed-
ings of the public meetings, until his infirmities compelled him to
remain at home, that if his neighbors wished to be informed in
regard to any questions that had been acted upon at these meetings,
they would call upon him for the desired information, which was
freely given them; they considering him as correct as the town re-
cords.
Mr. Marsh was made a corresponding member of the N. E. Hist-
Gen. Society, in 1847. He took a deep interest in the objects of the
society, as the 217 closely written pages left by him, on historical
and genealogical subjects, fully attests. He was frequently called
upon by individuals from various states and the provinces, who
were in pursuit of knowledge concerning the earlier families of old
Braintree. The Register was to him a source of great comfort during
his declining days, and from it he made copious extracts. He was
anxious that the work should receive a liberal and permanent sup-
port. He sometimes served as one of the school committee, and on
other committees for special occasions, though he never desired
180 Marriages and Deaths, [April
public office, nor would his business, during his active life, admit of
his taking- much time for such purposes. He was a constant attend-
ant of the First Church (Unitarian), of whicli he was an upright,
worthy member.
Mr. Marsh m. for his 1st wife, Sophia Spear, June 13, 1811. She
was dau. of Seth Spear, and was born on that part of Quincy called
Hough's Neck, Dec. 1, 1190. They had seven children — four sons
and three daus. The daus. were all b. at one birth, Oct. 20, 183.5,
and are now living; one of them is m., and has children. Their
mother, Mrs. Sophia Spear, d. Aug. 29, 1827. Mr. Marsh m. for his
2d wife, Mrs. Patience Vose Bailey, Aug. 14, 1831. She was wid.
of Whitman Bailey; her maiden name was Elizabeth Thompson
Crane. She had two daus. by Mr. Bailey; they m. two sons of Jona-
than Marsh, her last husband.
After more than twenty-five years of suffering, which was often
very severe (the seated disease being rheumatism, and afterward
erysipelas), the tried spirit of Mr. Marsh was released from the body.
Metcalf. — William Pitt, Dr., Mendon, Worcester co., Mass., Jan.
4, at 5 o'clock p. m., a. 8T yrs. 6 mos. and 4 days. He was born
at Franklin, Mass., June 30, 1774, the younger of* the Hco children of
Dr. John and Eunice Metcalf. His classical education was mainly
acquired under the tuition of the Rev. Caleb Alexander, at Mendon.
His professional studies were pursued under the direction of his
father and the late Dr. Samuel Willard of Uxbridge. He entered
upon the practical duties of his profession about the year 1800, at
Franklin; and for a short time, was associated with his father, then
engaged in an extensive practice. He continued to reside at Frank-
lin until the infirmities of age compelled his retirement from the
active discharge of his professional duties. For the last ten or twelve
years he has mainly resided with his son, Dr. John George Metcalf
of Mendon, Mass., at whose house he died, suddenly, of congestion
of the lungs.
Dr. M., although somewhat eccentric in his manner, always retain-
ed a strong hold upon the confidence and good will of his patient.
During the years of his active professional life he was in the enjoy-
ment of a large circle of practice; and, until a very recent period,
his counsel and advice was not unfrequently sought by those who
had been benefited by his prescriptions in the olden time.
For some years previous to his decease, he had been engaged in
collecting and arranging the genealogy of the Metcalf family, since'
the emigration of Michael Metcalfe, the undoubted progenitor of the
family in New England. At the period of his death he had collected
and arranged the names, with many interesting memoranda, of some
twenty-seven hundred of the race. The results of his labors are in
the hands of his son, before mentioned, and, should time and oppor-
tunity allow, may some day, be put in shape for publication.
Dr. M. was of the sixth generation from the emigrant, and the line •
of descent is as follows, viz:
First Generation — Michael Metcalfe, was born in Tatterford, in the
county of Norfolk, England, in 1586, m. Sarah , who was b. in
Waynham, June 7, 1593. They were m. in 1616, next the city of
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 181
Norwich, Eng. He was a non-conformist, and emigrated to escape
the persecutions of Matthew Wren, then Bishop of Norwich, and his
Chancellor Dr. Corbit. He arrived in Boston, three days before mid-
summer, 1637, with his wife, nine children and a servant. He imme-
diately removed to Dedham, county of Norfolk, Mass., and was made
a freeman of that town, July 14, 1631, d. Dec. 24, 1664, a. 78.
Second Generation. — Michael Metcalfe, Jr., was the 3d child of
Michael and Sarah, b. in the city of Norwich, Eng1., St. Benedict'
List (Parish?) Aug. 20, 1620, d. at Dedham March 27, 1654, a. 34, m.
Mary Fairbanks, dau. of John Fairbanks, Jan. 14, 1644.
Third Generation. — Eleazer Metcalfe, was the 5th child of Michael,
Jr., and Mary (Fairbanks) Metcalf, b. March 20, 1653, d. Aug. 11,
1742, a. 89, m. Meletiah Fisher, April 19, 16S4.
Fourth Generation. — Samuel Metcalf, was the 3d child of Eleazer
and Meletiah (Fisher) Metcalf, b. Jan. 15, 1689, d. Feb. 10, 1738, a.
49, m. Judith George, 1725.
Fifth Generation — John Metcalf, was the 5th child of Samuel and
Judith (George) Metcalf, b. July 3, 1734, d. Aug. 22, 1822, a. 88, m.
Eunice Metcalf, 1759.
Sixth Generation. — William Pitt Metcalf was the 2d child of John
and Eunice (Metcalf), b. June 30, 1774, d. Jan. 4, 1862, a. 87, m.
Susanna Torrey, Nov. 25, 1800. J. G. M.
Mullett. — John, Detroit, Jan. 10, a. 75. He was an early settler
in Detroit, and as government surveyor, laid out a very large portion
of the state.
Munro. — Sylvester, Bristol, R. L, Jan. 23. a. 91 yrs. 7 mos. 19 days.
He was the oldest male person in the town, and the last survivor of
four children of George Munro, all of whom lived to an advanced
age. The others were females, and they deceased as follows: Abi-
gail, May 9, 1S49, aged 7f yrs. 3 mos.; Sarah, May 11, 1S56, aged
80 yrs. 10 mos.; Phebe, Jan. 6th, 1862, aged 83 yrs. 2 mos. Their
united ages amount to 337 yrs. 10 mos., making an average to each
of 84 yrs. 5J mos. Mr. Munro was three times married. His first
wife was Sarah, dau. of Dea. Archibald Munro, who had two children.
His second wife was Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Lindsey, who had six
children. His last wife was Sarah, dau. of Samuel Haley of New-
port, who had three children; she d. in 1826. He had 11 children, 42
grandchildren, 56 gr. grandchildren, and 1 gr. gr. grandchild — in all
110 descendants — of whom 6 children, 31 grandchildren, 36 gr. grand-
children, and 1 child of the fifth generation, survive him. On the
introduction of Methodism into Bristol, by " Old Father Lee," in 1792
or '93, he was among the first to embrace it, and became a pioneer
of the Methodist church here. In 1804 he and the late Wm. Throop
Waldron, as a committee, went to Plymouth, Mass , and obtained
the frame of the first Methodist church erected in this town, now
standing on the Common. We have before us the original subscrip-
tion paper for raising means to build this church. It bears date Feb.
9th, 1804, and the fourth name on the list is Sylvester Munro, $50.
There are thirty subscribers, and the aggregate subscriptions exceed
$1000. Only two of their number survive — Wm. Pearse and Samuel
Smith, the former 90, and the latter 84 yrs. of age. Mr. Munro cast
182 Marriages and Deaths. [April
his first presidential vote for Washington, on his second election,
and has voted at every presidential election since, until the last,
when he was too feeble to go to the poll. — Bristol Phenix.
Nason. — John, at Portsmouth, W. H., Jan. 25, a. 86 yrs. and 1 mos.
Nason. — Seth, at Harvard, Mass., Jan. 17, a. 90 yrs. and 2 mos.
Ha was the son of Nathanael, and the gr. son of Thomas of Walpole
at which place he was b. Nov. 2, 1771. Thomas Nason m. Sarah
f and had I. Thomas, b. about 1739. II. Nathanael, b. 1740.
III. Abigail, b. March 24, 1741. IV. Margaret, b. Oct. 23, 1745.
His wife Sarah d. Aug. 10, 1748, and in 1749, he m. Mary Camperneli
of Ipswich, by whom he had, V. Willoughby, b. Feb. 21, 1749-50.
VI. Mary, b. Dec. 27, 1751. His wife, Mary, d. March 3. 1769. The
three sons of Thomas, Thomas Jr., Nathanael and Willoughby, oc-
cupied the Eliakim Hutchinson farm in Walpole, after the owner's
flight to Boston, 1775; and they were all engaged in the army in
1776 and 7.
Nathanael, m. Abigail Hartshorn of Walpole, in April, 1764 [date.
of publishment, April 71, and had I. Oliver, m. M. Powers, Boston.
II. Eliakim, m. Nancy Pettee, Dedham. III. Jacob, m. Rhoda
Whittemore, West Cambridge. IV. Abigail, hi. James Hill, Sher-
born. V. Seth, m. NancyGould, Sharon. VI. Catharine, m. James
Bullard, Sherborn. VII. Nathanael, m. Sarah Swan, West Cam-
bridge. VIII. Samuel, m. Fanny Mann, Walpole. IX. Sarah, m.
Isaac Bullard, Walpole. X. Elizabeth, m. Thomas Sumner, Dedham.
XI. Leavitt, m. Nancy Guild, Dedham. XII. Joseph, d. a. 20. XIII.
Jabez, m. Elizabeth Maxwell, Roxbury. XIV. Horace, m. Amanda
L. Lamb, Middleboro.
Nathanael, the father of these fourteen children, and sixty-three
grandchildren, d. 1805, and his wife in 1833, a. 86.
Seth, their fifth child, and subject of this notice, m. Nancy Guild,
and had issue, of whom Harriet m. the Rev. James Howe of Harvardr
Oct. 13, 1833. He was a cotton manufacturer in New Ipswich, N.
H., as early as 1808, and was a man of enterprise and intelligence.
His widow d. Jan. 22, a. 81 yrs., 2 mos. and 18 days. — Editor.
Parker. — Amos, M. D., of Bolton, at Shrewsbury, Oct. 24, a. 84.
Dr. Parker was a son of Hollis and Louisa (Bragg) Parker, and was
b. in Princeton, Oct. 17, 1777, the day of Burgoyne's surrender at
Saratoga. --
Peet. — Edward, New York, Jan. 25, a. 35. He acquired much re-
putation by his success as a professor in the New York Institution
for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.-
Pennington. — William, Newark, N. J., Feb. 16, a. 65. He was a
member of the state legislature; held the office of chancellor; in 1837
was elected governor; was appointed governor of Minnesota by Pre-
sident Taylor, which he declined; in 1858 was elected to congress,
where after a protracted struggle in the house of representatives, he
was placed. in the speaker's chair.
Perkins. — Nehemiah, Wenham, Oct. 31, a. 95 yrs. 5 mos. 19 days.
He was born at Wenham, May 22, 1776, and had always lived on
156 2.] Marriages and Deaths. 183
the same farm, which the family still hold by the Indian title. Mr-
P. had two brothers that lived almost to his remarkable age, viz:
John, who d. at Wenham, Feb. 3, 1841, a. 93 yrs. 6 mos. 15 days;
and Edward, who d. at W., June 13, 1853, a. 93 yrs. 11 mos. 21
days.
Phillips— Micajah, Ohio, Jan. — , a. 125. He accompanied Herman
Blenncrhasset into the western country as a slave, in 1796; and was
accustomed to relate incidents of the battle of Yorktown, at which
lie was present.
Pope. — Eunice (Thaxter), Whitney ville, Me., Sept. 28, a. 51; wife
of James Pope.
Rice. — Mrs. Georgianna de Villers Lincoln, d. at Worcester, Mass.,
Dec. 28, 18G1, of puerperal convulsions, a. 21 yrs. 7 mos. 18 days.
Extensive family connections mourn her departure. Her husband,
Francis Blake Rice, was son of George Tilly Rice of Worcester,
eon of Thomas Rice of Warren, son of Tilly and Mary (Buckminster)
Rice of Bi'ookfield, Mass., by his wife Elizabeth Chandler Blake, dau.
of the late Hon. Francis Blake of Worcester, son of Joseph Blake of
Hingham and Watertown; by his wife Deborah Smith; by his wife
Elizabeth Augusta Chandler, dau. of Gardner Chandler, son of the
late Hon. John of Worcester; by his wife Elizabeth Ruggles, dau. of
Brig. Gen. Ruggles of Hardwick, Mass.
Mrs. Georgianna de Tillers Lincoln Rice, was the only child of the
late Capt. George Lincoln of Worcester, who fell at Buena Yista,
and his wife Nancy Hoard.
Capt. Lincoln was son of Hon. Levi Lincoln, son of late Hon. Levi
Lincoln of Worcester, and Martha Waldo, dau. of Daniel Waldo, Sen.,
of Worcester, and Penelope Sever, dau. of William Sever, Jr., of
Kingston and Worcester, and Mary Chandler, his wife, dau. of the
late Hon. John Chaudler of Worcester, by his wife Mary Church,
dau. of the late Col. Charles Church of Bristol, R. I.
The mother of Mrs. Rice, Mrs. Nancy Lincoln, was dau. of Silvius
and Nancy M. Hoard of Ogdensburg, N. Y. Mrs. Nancy M. Hoard
was dau. of Louis de Yillers, a native of France, who came out in
Rochambeau's Expedition to aid this country in the war of the Re-
volution; and she in. 2d, Hon. Stephen Salisbury of Worcester.
Robbins — Nancy, Winchendon, Mass., Dec. 30, a. 101 and 3 mos.
Robinson — David T., at Hartford, Jan. 26, a. 61 yrs., an eminent
publisher, and highly esteemed citizen.
Rockwood. — Rev. Sewall, Groton, Mass., Dec. 21, a. T8 yrs. and 6
mos.
Rogers. — Nancy (Perkins), Brighton, Oct. 24, a. 82. She was
wid. of Samuel Rogers, of Boston, and youngest dau. of Col. William
Perkins, who commanded for several years at Castle William, after-
wards Fort Independence, in Boston harbor. Mrs. Rogers was a
member of the Brattle Street Church, and afterwards of the First
Church, Brighton.
184 Marriages and Deaths. [April
Sibley. — Joseph, Rush, N. Y., Jan. 31, a. 76. He was b. in Sand-
lake, and removed to Rush in 1804. He was a volunteer in the war
of 1812; about 1835 was appointed first judge of the county, and
was the only man not a lawyer that ever held that office in Monroe
county. He was for a long- time justice of the peace, and among1
other offices which he held, was a member of the legislature for
several terms.
Skinner. — Rev. Otis A., Napierville, 111., Sept. 18, a. 54. He was
b. in Royal ton, Vt., July 3, 1807. At the age of 19, he commenced
school teaching, which was soon followed by the additional labor of
preaching, to which he was called by the wishes and solicitations of
his friends. He continued in this double work for nearly two years,
spending most of his time in Lempster, Marlow, Washington, and
neighboring towns. In 182S, he made an engagement with the
societies in Washington and Jaffrey, N. H., preaching half the time
at each place. About one year after this he went to Woburn, Mass.,
where he continued two years. He was then invited to Baltimore,
Md., to which city he removed in 1831. It was near this time that
he married Angela, dan. of Rev. Sebastian Streeter of Boston. In
1836, he settled in Haverhill, Mass.; after remaining there a year, he
accepted a call from the Fifth Universalist Society in Boston, and
was installed their pastor, Jan. 26, 1837. The meetings of the
society, were at that time held in Boylston Hall, but in a little more
than two years from the commencement of Mr. Skinner's labors in
the place, the church edifice in Warren street was completed. It
was dedicated Jan. 30, 1839. In 1846, he received an invitation to
settle with the Orchard St. Society in N. Y. city, of which society Dr.
Sawyer had been pastor. He remained in New York nearly three
years, when at the urgent request of his old society in Warren St.,
Boston, he returned and pre.iched to them from Jan. 1, 1849, to April,
1857, during which period, in addition to his ministerial labors, he
was engaged as agent in securing the one hundred thousand dollars
necessary for the establishment of Tufts College. This work com-
pleted, for important reasons affecting his family and relatives, and
at the earnest intreaty of his brother Samuel, he removed to the
west, at the date last mentioned, and took up his abode in Elgin,
111., about 35 miles from Chicago. He accepted the office of pre-
sidency of the Lombard University at Galesburg, 111., and entered
upon its duties in Aug., 1857. Here he received the degree of D. D.
Besides the work of president and teacher, he performed the duties
of preacher and pastor to the society in Galesburg. In Oct, 1S58,
in consequence of the new burdens laid upon him by the death of his
brother Samuel, the settlement of whose large estate devolved upon
him. he removed to the beautiful city of Joliet, 111., and took upon him-
self the pastoral care of the Universalist congregation in that place.
Here he remained till the time of his death, which took place in Na-
pierville about 20 miles distant, whither he had gone on an exchange of
pulpit services. The sickness which terminated his life, was sudden
and severe, and he was only able to go from the pulpit to the bed,
which hejiever left. He died on the evening of Wednesday, Sept.
18th, and the funeral service was on the following Friday afternoon
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 185
from St. Paul's Church iu Chicago. He was buried by the side of
his brother Samuel, for whom he ever cherished a special affection.
Dr. Skinner was a man of great industry. While in Baltimore he
established a religious paper called The Southern Pioneer; in Haver-
hill he published The Gospel Sun; in 1843, he began in Boston, the
publication of a monthly magazine called the Universalisi Miscellany,
to which he largely contributed, and the editorial labor of which
was almost wholly in his hands. The work was carried through six
volumes. He was the author of several books: Universalism Illus-
trated and Defended; Doctrinal Sermons; Letters on the Knapp Excitement;
Letters to Parents; Family Worship, containing Reflections and Prayers
for Domestic Devotion. Besides these works, he prepared two or three
Sunday school class books. He was a firm friend of education and
of the reformatory movements, was an efficient member of the board
of school committee in Boston, a worker in the cause of temperance,
was among the founders of the South End Provident Association,
which was afterward merged in the Boston Provident Association.
He was a man of " genuine goodness" — " was genial and amiable in
disposition, frank and cordial in his manners, kind in feelings toward
all, helpful to every one who sought his aid, the companion and
counsellor of youth, the comforter of the aged and the sick, the loving
and laborious pastor, and the faithful minister of Christ and his
gospel." The above notice of Rev. Dr. Skinner was drawn from the
sermon of Rev. T. B. Thayer, referred to on page 102.
Sturtevant. — Noah, of East Boston, was killed about 5 o'clock
Wednesday evening, Dec. 5th, his carriage coming in collision with
the cars on the Eastern Rail Road crossing, while he was on his
way from his farm in North Chelsea to Saugus. His age was 56
years, 8 months. He was a native of Winthrop, Me., and was
at the head of the house of Noah Sturtevant & Co. of Boston,
New York and Philadelphia. He was one of the early settlers at
East Boston, and has done more, perhaps, than any other man toward
the improvement of the place. The two splendid blocks on Maverick
square, the Sturtevant House and Winthrop Block are monuments
of his enterprise and public spirit. The Sturtevant House was
erected in 1857; it is six stories in height, and covers an area of
more than 14,000 square feet.
The sudden death of Mr. S. will make a void in the community at
East Boston, and elsewhere, which it will be difficult to fill. He
leaves a widow and several children. It is a singular fact that an
elder brother of the deceased, Mr. Newell Sturtevant, died almost as
suddenly in Boston a few years ago. He was crossing the Common
to his residence, when he fell and expired almost instantly.
Sullivan. — Hon. Richard, Cambridge, Dec. 11, a. 82. He was the
third son of Hon. James and Mehetabel (Odiorne) Sullivan, and was
born in Groton, Mass,, July IT, 1779. His father was born in Ber-
wick. Me., April 22, 1744. He practiced law in Georgetown, Me.,
afterward in Biddeford. In. Feb. 1778, he removed to Groton, Mass.,
and from thence to Boston in 1782. He was a judge of the supreme
court, attorney-general of Massachusetts, and in 1807 was chosen
governor of the state, was re-elected in 1808, and died while in office
19
186 Marriages and Deaths. [April
Dec. 10 of the same year. The mother of Richard was a daughter
of William Odiorne, a shipbuilder of Durham, N. IT., where she was
born June 26, 1748, and died in Boston, Jan. 26, 1786. Richard was
filled for college at the Boston Latin School. He graduated at Har-
vard University in 1798; studied law in the office of his father and was
admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1801. He married May 22, 1804,
Sarah Russell, dau. of Hon. Thomas Russell of Boston, and shortly
after, in company with his wife, made an extensive tour in Europe.
By this marriage he had four sons and four daughters, of whom only
two sons survive. His wife died June 8, 1831. On his return from
his European tour Mr. Sullivan opened a lawyer's office, but having
a competency of worldly goods he soon relinquished the practice of
his profession. He was elected a senator in the state legislature from
Suffolk in 1815, and the two following years; was a member from
Brookline of the convention for revising the constitution of the state
in 1820; was a member of the governor's council in 1S20 and 182,1.
In 1823, he was the candidate of the federal party for lieutenant-
governor of the state, the Hon. Harrison Gray Otis being the candi-
date for governor, but the ticket was defeated. In 1321, he was
elected a member of the board of overseers of Harvard University and
held that office until the board was newly instituted by an act of the
legislature of Massachusetts in 1852, which was accepted by the cor-
poration and overseers of the university. He was one of the gentlemen
who aided in rearing the Massachusetts General Hospital, using his
efforts in obtaining subscriptions to that establishment, the first
meeting for the project being held at his house. He also delivered
an address in King's Chapel on this subject. He resided many years
in the town of Brookline. Rev. Dr. Lathrop in his published sermon
preached in the Brattle Square Church, Dec. 15th, on Sunday succeed-
ing the decease of Mr. S., speaks of his home in Brookline as being
"the model of a Christian home; and comes up to the thoughts of ail
who remember it, as near an approach to a picture and miniature of
heaven as they may ever hope to see on earth/'
Prof. Sidney Willard of Cambridge, in his Memories of Youth and
Manhood gives some interesting biographical notices of his classmates;
in vol. ii, pp. 48-50, will be found a sketch of Mr. Sullivan.
Allen, in his Biographical Dictionary, says that the father of Gov.
Sullivan was a man of liberal education; that he came to this country
about the year 1723, and died in July, 1795, aged 105 years. William
Sullivan, LL. D., brigadier-general, author of The Political Class Book,
&c, who died in Boston, Sept. 3, 1839, aged 64, was a brother of Hon.
Richard Sullivan.
Mr. S. was made an honorary member of the New England His-
toric-Genealogical Society in 1847.
Sumner. — Gen. William, Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mass., Oct.
24, a. 81. He was born in Roxbury, July 4, 1780; was the only
son of Gov. Increase and Elizabeth (Hyslop) Sumner, grandson of
Increase and Sarah (Sharp) •Sumner, gr. grandson of Edward and
Elizabeth (Clap) Sumner, gr. gr. grandson of George and Mary
(Baker) Sumner, gr. gr. gr. grandson of William and Mary (West)
Sumner, and gr. gr. gr. gr. grandson of Roger and Joan (Franklin)
Sumner of Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. His mother was the
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 187
only daughter of William and Mehetable (Stoddard) Hyslop, grand-
daughter of David and Elizabeth (Richardson Shrimpton) Stoddard,
and gr. granddaughter of Simeon and Elizabeth (Shrimpton) Stod-
dard. His grandfather, William Hyslop, son of James, came from
East Lowden in Scotland, and died in Brookline, Aug. 11, 179G, in
the 83d year of his age.
William Hyslop Sumner, after passing through the preparatory
studies in his native town, entered Phillips Academy, Andover, in
1793, where, under preceptors Ebenezer Pemberton, Abiel xYbbot, and
Mark Newman, he was fitted for college. He graduated at Harvard
in 1799, the month after the death of his father, who died June 1th.
He studied law in Boston with Hon. John Davis, then district at-
torney; was admitted to the bar in 1802; remained in the practice of
the law till his appointment as adjutant general by Gov. Brooks in
1818, which office he held, together with that of quarter master
general, under the administrations of three governors, viz: Brooks,
Eustis and Lincoln, In 1834, he resigned, and was succeeded by
Gen. H. A. S. Dearborn. He was a representative from Boston to
the general court in 1808, and the eleven following years. For
further particulars concerning the military life of Gen. Sumner — the
power that was entrusted to him by Gov. Strong in making provision
for the sea coast defence — his agency in forming the East Boston
company, having previously projected the settlement of Noddles
Island as a part of the city of Boston — these and other facts in his
personal and public life may be found written at length in his
elaborate History of East Boston, published in 1858, a volume of 800
pages octavo, also in Hist, and Gen. Reg., vol. vin, p. 128. He was
thrice married but had no children. He died of paralysis.
Gen. Sumner became a resident member of the N. E. Hist.-Gen.
Society, in 1845.
Symonds. — William Law, Boston, Jan. 18, a. 28; a graduate of
Bowdoin College of the class of 1854. He was an able contributor
to the New American Cyclopedia, and the Atlantic Monthly; he was an
accomplished scholar and an excellent man.
Ticknor. — Horace C, for many years landlord of the hotel at Van
Deusenville, died on Friday night, at the age of 70. — Jour., 16 Nov.,
1861,
Trask. — Joseph, Salem, Mass., a. 47. He died Sept. 13th, on the
passage from Africa to Boston, on board barque D. Godfrey, of which
vessel he was mate.
Tufts. — William, Salem, June 3, a. 74. He was b. in Medford,
March 1, 1787. For 40 years, from 1815 to 1855, he was known to
those who had business transactions at the State House, having been
for a long period the chief clerk in the office of the secretary of the
commouwealth. For several years past he has resided in Salem. The
late Samuel Tucker, Theophilus Sanborn, Gideon Tucker, and William
Tufts, occupied the same pew in the First Church ; they have all
deceased within less than three years, and they died successively
according to the order in which they sat in the pew in the church. —
Salem Register.
J 88 Marriages and Deaths, [April
Vickery. — Mrs. Mary, Marblehead, Nov. 25, a. 02 yrs., 6 mos';
widow of Capt. William Vickery.
Vinton. — Edward Payson, South Boston, Oct. 13, of consumption,
a. 21 yrs. 8 mos.; son of Rev. John A. Yinton.
Walcott. — Benjamin S., New York Mills, Jan. 12, a. 70. He was
b. in Cumberland, R. I., and became an eminent manufacturer. He
had been largely identified with the manufactures of Oneida county
for half a century. He accompanied the Rev. Dr. Thompson through
Syria, and the latter has dedicated his great work to him. He gave
$15,000 to Hamilton College, to found a professorship of the evidences
of Christianity.
Waterman. — Dea. Joseph S.. Halifax, Mass., Oct. 13, a. 16. In
early manhood he followed the seas, and during his sailor life, he
experienced much hardship and many " hair breadth escapes." On
one occasion, in a storm, the ship was thrown on her beam ends, and
having some twenty tons of lead on her keelson, it slid off and thus
rendered the righting of the vessel, after cutting away the masts,
almost impossible. On another occasion, he fell overboard, caught
hold of a rope as he was going down, grasped it firmly, passed under
the ship, and was brought on deck insensible.
On his last voyage to Europe, he sailed with Capt. Prior of
Duxbury. Returning homeward they were brought to by a British
man-of-war, from which a boat under a lieutenant was sent on board
to search for British subjects. He had his American papers, but
they afforded him no protection. He was seized and conveyed to
the English ship, the lieutenant swearing that he wanted him for a
main-top man, and that he would have him. As he came into that
strange vessel, some of the crew told him that he was just such a
man as they wanted, and that as the ship was a new one, he would
have to stay till he was grey-headed. But on examination of his
papers, by the British captain, he allowed him to return to his own
vessel.
Waterman. — William, Dumont Place, Hillsborough, Somerset co.,
N. J., June 10, a. 84; at the residence of his son, William Dwight
Waterman.
In the latter part of the last century, and the beginning of the
present one, the deceased was extensively engaged in business as a
merchant at Salisbury Meeting House in Herkimer co. (then Mont-
gomery), N. Y. He was one of the veterans of the war of 1812, and
took his first lessons as a soldier under General Scott. Though long
retired from active life, his interest in passing events continued un-
abated. He was widely known in the state of New York, where the
most active portion of his business life was spent.
Weld.— Edward Franklin, Roxbury, died Sunday evening, 7
o'clock, Sept. 22, a. 9 yrs., 10 mos , 1 day; youngest child of the late
Edward Franklin Weld, and grandchild of Samuel Bradlee.
Weller.— Dr Frederick, at sea, Feb. — . He was a native of
Paterson, N. J., and was in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice
when he joined the 9th regiment of his state as surgeon. He was
drowned off Hatteras by the sinking of a life boat belonging to the
Burnside expedition.
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 189
Wells. — Joshua, Baltimore county, Md., Jan. 24, a. 98. He was a
native of Maryland, b. in 1764, early connected himself with the Me-
thodist Episcopal Church, and was the oldest clergyman of that de-
nomination. He was cotemporary with Wesley, Asbury, Whitfield,
Coke, and other pioneers of that denomination, having become an
itinerant preacher in 11 88, when he was 24 yrs. of age. In the early
days of his ministry, the hardships of travel were very great, and in
many instances he was required to travel beyond the Alleghanies to
fill his appointments. His ministerial career began with the Balti-
more Annual Conference, where he remained in active service until
the infirmities of age compelled his retirement, though he still held
a superannuated relation with the body. He was a man of robust
constitution, and though not possessed of a brilliant scholastic edu-
cation, was esteemed an able expounder of the Scriptures. Until
within two or three years of his death, he regularly attended the
sessions of the conference. His remains were interred at Green-
mount.
White. — Kev. Charles, D. D., president of Wabash College, Craw-
fordville, la., died of apoplexy, Oct. 29, a. 65. He was son of Solo-
mon and Rhoda (Braman) White, and was born at Randolph, Mass.,
in 1196.
At the marriage of his mother in 1808, with Rev. Asa Burton, D.
D., he removed to Thetford, Vt., where he received his academic
education. He graduated at Dartmouth College with distinguished
honors in 1821, and studied theology at Andover, two years in the
class which left the Theological Institution in 1824. His first settle-
ment in the ministry was at Thetford, Yt, where he continued four
years; thence he removed to Cazenovia, N. Y., where he continued
until called to the presidency of Wabash College, which office he sus-
tained at the time of his death. His wife was Martha Carter, by
whom he had ten children. Dr. White was a sound theologian, an
able minister, and a successful presiding college officer. His
published writings were chiefly sermons and baccalaureate ad-
dresses, the latter of which were collected into a volume and pub-
lished in 1853, with a portrait of the author. In 1854, he preached
the annual sermon at Hartford, before the American board of com-
missioners for foreign missions, of which he was a corporate member.
[He was a lineal descendant of Peregrine White who was the first
child born after the arrival of the Pilgrims, 1620. Yide Prince's
Annals, p. 16.] E. A.
Whittemore.— Rev. E. B., Oxfordville, N. H., Dec. 27, a. 37. He
was graduated at Dartmouth College 1849, and was highly esteemed
as a Christian minister.
Whittemore. — Rev. Thomas, D. D., Cambridgeport, March 21, a. 61.
He was b. near Copp's Hill, in Boston, Jan. 1st, 1800; was a descend-
ant of Thomas1 Whittemore, who settled in that part of Charlestown
called Mystic North Side, and which in 1649, was incorporated as
Maiden. Among a large family of children was a son John,- who
came a minor with his father to this country, and having married in
Maiden, removed to Charlestown. He was the father of Joseph,3 an
190 Marriages and Deaths. [April
inn keeper, who had Joseph,4 a house joiner, the father of Joseph,5
who had Thomas,6 a chaise maker, who in. Elizabeth Rand. Thomas,'5
died at the age of 33, leaving a wife with an only son, Joseph,7 who,
in 1794, at the age of 28, married Comfort Quiner, a. 19. They had
ten children, of- whom Thomas, s the subject of this sketch, was the
fourth. Thomas was duly baptized in the Brattle street church, Bos-
ton, when about two weeks old. When he was five years of age,
his father removed to Charlestown, established himself in the baking
business, and there became a member of the church of which Rev.
Jedediah Morse was pastor. The father died in Jan., 1814, a. 41,
leaving a widow and seven children. At the age of seven, Thomas
was placed in one of the common schools of Charlestown, where he
acquired all the education he ever received under a teacher, except-
ing three months at an evening school, just before the age of twenty-
one, and a few weeks of private tuition after that time; so that he
was in the fullest sense of the term — a self-educated man. At the
age of 14, be was apprenticed to a morocco dresser in Charlestown;
subsequently to a brass founder, afterwards he went to Lynn to
learn to make ladies' shoes; finally he was bound an apprentice to
Mr. Abel Baker, a noted bootmaker of Boston, with whom he lived
till he was 21 years old. While with Mr. Baker, he became acquainted
with Rev. Hosea Ballou of the Second Universalist Church of Boston,
and the intimacy ripened into friendship, which continued through
life. Probably for no man on earth did Mr. W. entertain a higher
respect and a deeper love than for Mr. Ballou. Soon after the com-
mencement of their acquaintance, Mr. Whittemore was employed to
play the bass viol in Mr. Ballou's church. Mr. B. asked him one day,
if he did not think of preparing for the ministry. " No sir," he re-
plied, " the thought never entered my mind." From that moment;
however, he did think of it; it seemed to him more and more certain
that he should eveutually 1 ecome a preacher. At finst he dreaded
the idea, but gradually the fear subsided, and was succeeded by an
earnest, ardent desire to engage in that sacred office. During the
summer and fall of 1820, he devoted every leisure hour to the study
of the bible. Though not yet twenty-one years of age, he had formed
his purpose; just three weeks before he had attained his majority,
he preached his first sermon. This was in Roxbury. On the 1st of
January, 1821, he left his master and the shcemaking business,
and on the Monday following entered the family of Mr. Ballou, with
whom he studied, to prepare himself more fully for the work before
him. In April following (1821) he received and accepted an invita-
tion to settle in Milford, Mass. Here he married Lovice, dau. of
John Corbett, in September of the same year. Three months after
marriage, while absent on a ministerial exchange, the house he oc-
cupied was burned to the ground, and every thing belonging to him
was destroyed, except his wife, who was saved by leaping from the
chamber window. After spending a year in Milford, he removed to
Cambridgeport and took charge of the Universalist Society there, and
was pastor nine years, when, owing to the pressure of duties, he
resigned his office, but continued a resident of the place. On his
removal to Cambridgeport, he became joint editor of the Universalist
Magazine, with Rev. H. Ballou and H. Ballou 2d. On the 5th of July.
1S62.] Marriages and Deaths. 191
1828, this paper was first issued under the name of The Trumpet and
Universalist Magazine. Under tin's new form, Mr. Whittemore soon be-
came sole editor and publisher. The Trumpet was therefore under
his control more than 30 years. In Jauuary, 1S30, he published an
elaborate work entitled, the Modern History of Universalism. In 3 S32,
the first edition of his Notes and Illustrations of the Parables appeared,
and a 2d edition, improved, in 1834; the Swigs of Zion, a book of
church music, of 360 pp., many of the tunes and anthems of his com-
position, was published in 1836; in 1811, the Gospel Harmonist,
another book of church music of the same size, and like the former,
containing many original pieces. During 18-12, appeared his first
book, and in 1S13, his second book of Conference Hymns. In 1811, he
also pubb'shed his Sunday School Choir, a book consisting of services,
tunes and hymns for Sunday schools. In 1840, The Plain Guide to
Universalism, was issued, one of his most popular works. In 1S48,
was published his Commentary on the Revelation. In 1852, he wrote
the Memoir of Walter Balfour, printed in a small 12mo; and in 1854-5,
the Life of Rev. Ilosea Ballon, published in four volumes; in 1858, his
own autobigraphy appeared. Several single sermons delivered by
him, on doctrinal and other subjects, have been printed. Mr. Whitte-
more was a man of remarkable energy of character and superior busi-
ness talents. He was popular and beloved as a man, a preacher, a
pastor, a citizen. Much of the success of the denomination is owing
to his arduous and self-sacrificing labors, both as an editor and
minister. He represented Cambridge several years in the legis-
lature, and also served as selectman under the town organization,
and as alderman since Cambridge became a city. For many years
he was president of the Cambridge Bank, and also president of the
Vermont and Massachusetts Rail Road. The degree of Doctor of
Divinity was conferred on Mr. Whittemore by Tufts College, in 1851.
He left a widow and eight children, four sons and four daughters.
His second son, John W. Whittemore, was third assistant engineer
of the steam sloop-of-war Mohican. He was killed by the bursting
of a shell at the bombardment of the forts at Hilton Head, S. C,
Nov. 1, 1861, a. 26 yrs., 1 mo., 19 days. He left a widow.
Wise. — 0. Jennings. He was captain of the Richmond Blues, and
was killed at the capture of Roanoke Island. He was for several
years chief editor of the Richmond Enquirer, and his ability and ac-
quirements enabled him to exercise great influence over the young
men of Virginia.
Wright. — John C, Schenectady, January 24. He graduated at
Union College in 1821, studied law, and became first judge of Scho-
harie county; subsequently state senator, and in 1846 a member of
the constitutional convention. The last office of importance which
he held, was that of comptroller of the state, to which he brought
business capacity and honorable intentions.
Zollicoffer. — Felix K., of Tennessee, was killed in battle at Som-
erset, Ky., Jan. 19. He was b. in Mowry county, Tenn., in 1812 and
learned the trade of a printer. He afterwards became an editor, and
in 1853 was elected member of congress. He died ingloriously in
arms against his country.
192 JV. E. Hist. -Gen. Society. [April
NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
Monthly Meetings — 1862.
Boston, Jan. l.~ The annual meeting of the society was held this
day. President Winslow LevvTis, M. D., in the chair.
Letters from gentlemen accepting resident membership were
reported by the corresponding secretary.
The librarian announced that 112 pamphlets, reports, &c, 6 news-
papers, 11 manuscripts and 1 volumes, had been received during the
last month.
W. B. Trask read memoirs of members deceased since the previous
meeting, viz: Hon. Richard Sullivan, an honorary member; Hon.
John Hubbard Wilkins, a resident member; Jonathan Marsh, a cor-
responding member.
The president gave an address, which may be found in full in this
number of the Register.
The donations to the library for 1861, were larger than any pre-
vious year, according to the report of the chairman of the library
committee; the whole number being 121 bound volumes, 2581 pam-
phlets, 19 manuscripts and some 40 loose documents.
On motion of Mr. Kidder, a resolution was unanimously passed,
giving the thanks of the society to Mr. John Ward Dean, correspond-
ing secretary for the past three years and for his previous services
as recording secretary and treasurer; also to Dr. Joseph Palmer for
his services as historiographer for the past six years.
Officers of the society were elected for the ensuing year, and
amendments to the Constitution passed. The list of officers will be
found printed on page 200, and the amendments on page 193.
Rev. Abner Morse read a continuation of his paper, entitled
Northmen in America.
Feb. 5. — The regular monthly meeting of this society was held at
their rooms. Rev. Martin Moore, vice-president, in the chair, at 3
o'clock P. M.
The corresponding secretary reported that since the previous meet-
ing he had received letters from the following gentlemen, accepting
the resident membership to which they had been elected, viz: Hon.
Isaac Emery of Boston; Lieut. Col. Charles E. Griswold of Boston,
now at Hall's Hill, Ya.; Rev. Abbott E. Kittredge and Selwin Z.
Bowman of Charlestown.
The librarian. John H. Sheppard, Esq., reported that since the pre-
vious meeting, there had been donated to the society thirteen bound
volumes, ninety-four pamphlets and periodicals, seventeen newspa-
pers; also a large and valuable collection of ancient MSS., deeds,
court papers, and miscellaneous documents; many of them were once
the papers of Judge Samuel Sewall.
Hon. Charles Hudson read an able and eloquent memoir of Rev.
Jonas Clark, whose ministry in Lexington extended over half a cen-
1862.] JV. E. Hut-Gen. Society. 193
tury. A vote of thanks was passed, and a copy requested for the
archives.
Dr. Alden read a well prepared memoir of the late Bartholomew
Brown, which was prepared at the request of the librarian of Har-
vard University. The thanks of the society were passed, and a copy
requested for the archives.
Rev. F. W. Holland read an interesting- sketch of John Clay of
Preston, Eng., who spent his life in solving the problem of prison
reform.
March 5.- — President Lewis in the chair. The reports of the Cor-
responding Secretary and Librarian were presented. 10 bound vol-
umes, 405 pamphlets and several files of old newspapers were
donated to the Library since the former meeting.
Memoirs of two honorary members, recently deceased, were read
by the historiographer, viz: of the late Hon. John Tyler of Virginia
and President Cornelius Conway Felton of Harvard University.
Rev. James Freeman Clarke read the paper of the afternoon, on
the importance of giving right names to towns and streets. He
recommended that new streets in Boston should be called after dis-
tinguished men, who had resided here in early times, especially that
the new streets west of the Public Garden should be named for such
historic characters.
He farther recommended that the city government be petitioned to
appoint an Historic Commission of gentlemen, to be selected from
the Historical Societies, to propose suitable names for the streets
and public places, and inscriptions for localities where important
events have taken place. These commissioners to serve without pay.
Amendments of the Constitution and By-Laws.
The Constitution and By-Laws of the New England Historic
Genealogical Society, as they then stood, were printed in the
Register, vol. xn, pp. 94-96. Since then, the following amendments
have been adopted:
Constitution.
Art. 1. — The President, the past Presidents, the Secretaries, the
Treasurer, the Historiographer, the Librarian, the Chairmen of the
several Standing Committees, and five members chosen by the Society
for the purpose, shall constitute the Board of Directors. — Amended
Jan. 1, 1862.
Art. 9. — The Officers of the Society shall be chosen at the January
meeting, by written ballot, and at any other stated meeting when a
vacancy shall have occurred.
Art. 11. — No alteration shall be made in this Constitution, except
at a quarterly meeting, on the written recommendation of at least
five members of the Society, and by a vote of three-fourths of the
members present ; notice of the proposed alteration having been
194 Harlackenden Family. [April
given and entered on the records at a previous meeting of the
Society, and notices of the proposed change sent to each Resident
Member. — Amended April 7, 1858.
By-Laws.
Art. 15. — The payment of thirty dollars for that purpose, by
himself or ethers, shall constitute any Resident, Corresponding, or
Honorary Member, a Life Member of the Society; and said Life
Member shall be free from assessments and entitled to all the rights
and privileges of Resident Members during his Life. — Amended July
6, 1859.
Art. 18. — The Board of Directors and the Standing Committees
shall severally determine what number of members shall constitute
a quorum of their respective bodies. — Amended Dec. 4, 1861.
Art. 23. — All moneys received for Life Membership shall be in-
vested by the Treasurer, with the approval of the Finance Commit-
tee, and the moneys so invested shall be called the Life Fund, the
income whereof shall be used to defray the expenses of the Society,
but the principal shall remain intact. — Adopted Oct. 5, 1859.
Art. 24. — There shall be a Standing Committee on Lectures and
Essays, whose duty it shall be to make arrangements for the Literary
Exercises, by engaging persons to read Historical Papers or make
verbal communications at the stated meetings of the Society. —
Adofted March t, 1860.
HARLACKENDEN FAMILY.
Correction. — Through the kindness of Nathaniel Chauncy, Esq. of
Philadelphia, I am enabled to furnish the following important cor-
rection to the pedigree (see Reg., vol. xv, p. 321) of the Harlacken-
den Family. - Isaac J. Greenwood, New York.
Moses2 Harlackenden was father of
I. William3 of Woodchurch, co. Kent, the grandfather of Thomas5,
of the same place, who died 26th Aug. 1558, leaving a son and heir
George6, then aged 39, who m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Hardres,
afterwards wife of Roger Harlackenden of Earl's Colne, co. Essex.
II John3 of Warhorn, co. Kent, m. Joan Willis (or Willes) and
had John,4 who m. Joan Phillips and was father of Thomas5 of War-
horn, who m. 1st Mary, dau. of Rich. Lonchnoys and granddau. of
Thomas Fienes, Lord Dacre. His second wife Elizabeth was mother
of Alice who m. Henry Thompson. According to the Inq. p. m. at
Ashford, co. Kent, taken 11 Sep. 1564, he left sons:
1. John,6 aged 30; 2. William6, aged 28; 3. Roger,6 aged 27, the
purchaser of Earl's Colne. But the will of Thomas, dated 25 Jan.
1562-3, mentions a fourth son Richard and some daughters.
■'•y-w jo K(3?>;jl;.'.r>: .-'.ji/
3 862.] Historical Intelligence. 195
HISTORICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Long Pastorates. — Rev. Benjamin Lord, D. D., was settled over the
First Congregational Church in Norwich, Conn., Nov. 20, 171*1. Rev.
Joseph Strong, D. D., was settled as his colleague March 18, 1778.
Dr. Lord died March 31, 1184, after a pastorate of sixty -seven years.
Dr. Strong's pastoral relation with the church continued fifty-six
years, till his death, which occurred Dec. 18, 1834. These two" suc-
cessive pastorates covered a period of one hundred and seventeen
years; while the separate pastorates, added together, make one
hundred and twenty-three years. Fitzwilliam, N. EL, Nov. 5, 1861.
— Boston Journal, Nov. 7, IS 61.
Jubilee of Rev. R. S. Storrs, D. D., of Braintree, Mass. — July 3d,
1861, being the fiftieth anniversary of the ordination of Rev. Dr.
Storrs, at Braintree, it was thought proper to commemorate the event.
After prayers by Rev. Drs. Russell of Randolph, and Albro of Cam-
bridge, and the singing of an original hymn, an historical address
was delivered by Rev. Dr. Storrs, concluding with prayer by Rev.
Nehemiah Adams, D. D., of Boston. In the afternoon, some very ap-
propriate remarks were made by Rev. Dr. Storrs of Brooklyn, N. Y.,
who presided, prayer having been offered by Rev. Dr. Thompson of
Roxbury. Rev. Edwards A. Park of Andover, who was settled as
colleague with Rev. Dr. Storrs, Dec. 21, 1831, and resigned Jan. 17,
1834, gave an interesting account of the previous pastors of the
church. Dr. Ebenezer Alden of Randolph, followed, on " The people
of Braintree fifty years ago." Rev. Leonard Withington, D. D., of
Newbury—" On the importance and influence of a permanent past-
oral relation." Rev. Mr. Means of Dorchester, Rev. Dr. Blagden of
Boston, Rev. Mr. Eustis of New Haven, Rev. Dr. Thompson of Rox-
bury, and Rev. Mr. Dexter of Boston, took part in the exercises. The
discourse and proceedings have since been published in a pamphlet
of 102 pages, octavo.
Monument to the late Rev. Dr. Peabody of Springfield, Mas3. — A
monument having been erected to the memory of Rev. W. B. 0. Pea-
body, D. D,, first pastor of the Unitarian Church in Springfield (who
was b. July 9, 1799, d. May 28, 1847), the dedication exercises took
• place Sept. 29th. Prayer by Rev. Francis Tiffany, pastor of the
Unitariau Society, hymn by J. G. Holland, address by Geo. Walker.
A hymn written by Rev. Dr. Peabody was then sung, commencing —
" Behold the western evening light," benediction by Rev. S. G. Buck-
ingham of the South Congregational Society. The cost of this
beautiful monument, was about $2,000, exclusive of the foundation
and preparation of the ground. It is constructed of Dorchester
(Nova Scotia).] freestone, in bight 21| feet, is in the pointed Gothic
style. It has been remarked that though less elaborate, it suggests
to the observer the monument to Sir Walter Scott at Edinburgh. It
was executed at the stone works of Elijah W. Bliss of Springfield,
from a design by a New York artist.
196 Current Events. [April
Extraordinary Longevity. — Asa Raymond and his wife, Huldah
(Rice) Raymond, of Shutesbury, Franklin co., Mass., if living' on
the 16th of the present month (April, 1S62), will celebrate the scven-
Uj-fifth anniversary of their wedding" day. We think that another
like instance can not be found on record. The venerable old gentle-
man, who is quite active, is 96 years of age; his wife, a fine speci-
men of the ladies of the old school, is 94. They have three sons and
one daughter now living: Edward A. Raymond, Esq., of Boston,
Mass.; Hon. Z. L. Raymond of Cambridge, Mass.; Emmons Raymond,
Esq., of Boston; and Mrs. Huldah Spear of Shutesbury.
CURRENT EVENTS— 1862.
January.
1. Mass. State Legislature assemble. Messrs. Mason and Slidell
leave Fort Warren for England, in the Rinaldo.
2. The Ella Warley runs the blockade, and enters Charleston
harbor.
5. Skirmish at Bath, Va., between Gen. Kelly (Union) at the head
of 500 men, and Gen. Jackson with about 6,000. One hundred and
thirty-one light houses have been destroyed since the commencement
of the war.
10. Victory of Brig. Gen. J. A. Garfield, with about 1800 men,
over Humphrey Marshall, with a force of about 2500 rebels, near
Prestonburg, Ky.
11. The steam frigate Pensacola runs the blockade of the Potomac
in safety. Gen. Burnside's expedition — over one hundred and twen-
ty-five vessels in all — leave Hampton Roads for Cape Hatteras.
19. Action of Mill Spring, Ky., in which Gen. F. K. ZollicofTer is
killed, and his army routed. Our loss — 38 killed, 134 wounded.
Enemy's loss — about 500, together with 14 cannon, 4000 or 5000
stand of arms, &c.
20. Edwin M. Stanton, vice Simon Cameron, enters on his duties
as secretary of war. Schooner J. W. Wilder captured near Mobile,
Ala.
February.
5. Jesse D. Bright of Indiana, expelled from U. S. Senate for dis-
loyalty—vote, 32 to 14.
6. Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river, is captured by Com. A. H.
Foote, after an action of about one hour. 19 cannon, the rebel Gen.
Tilghman, &c, fall into our hands.
8. Battle at Roanoke Island, by the Union forces under Gee. Burn-
side. The confederate army of about 3000, defeated. Our loss —
about 42 killed, 200 wounded. Rebel loss— 30 killed, 100 wounded.
9. The rebel fleet under Com. Lynch, destroyed by the Union gun
boats in Albemarle sound.
10. Bowling Green, Ky., is evacuated by the rebel army. Eliza-
beth city, N. C., occupied by Union forces.
1862.] Corrections. . 197
13. Gen. Sterling Price evacuates Springfield, Mo., leaving many
prisoners in the bands of Gen. Curtis.
16. Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland river, surrenders, after
two days' hard fighting, to the Union forces under Gen. U. S. Grant.
About 15,000 prisoners, with arms and military stores, fall into our
hands. Brig. Gen. Edvr. Price and staff, captured near Warsaw, Mo.,
by Capt. Stubbs of the 8th Iowa Regiment.
21. Nathaniel D. Gordon is executed at New York, for being en-
gaged in the slave trade.
22. This day generally observed in the loyal states by the reading
of Washington's Farewell Address, &c. Jefferson Davis inaugurat-
ed president of the southern confederacy; A. H. Stevens, vice-pre-
sident.
24. Great fire in Commercial st., Boston. Loss about $1,500,000,
together with two or three lives. A severe thunder storm. Build-
ings in Portsmouth, Kittery, Lowell, and other places struck by
lightning.
21. Gen. Banks's Division of the Federal army advance into Vir-
ginia, at Harper's Ferry. Nashville occupied by the Union army
under Gen. BuelL
March.
2. Com. S. F. Dupont takes possession of Fort Clinch, Fernandina,
St. Marys, etc. The Rebel steamer Darlington captured.
3. Columbus, Ky., evacuated and burnt by the Confederate army.
Gen. N. P. Banks's forces occupy Martinsburgh, Va.
7. Centreviile and Manasses evacuated by the Confederate army.
Battle of Pea Ridge, Ark. After three days' hard fighting the Con-
federate forces under Gen. S. Price, are completely routed by the
Union army under Gen. Curtis, and the rebel generals, McCulloch
and Mcintosh, killed.
8. Leesburgh, Va., occupied by the Federal forces. Naval action
at Hampton Roads between the iron-clad gunboat Virginia — formerly
the Merrimac — and the Federal iron-clad boat Monitor, which after a
long and close engagement, compelled the Rebel vessel to retire.
The Cumberland was sunk and the Congress captured anH burned by
the Virginia before the Monitor engaged her. This is the first con-
test between two iron-plated vessels on record, and will doubtless
produce an entire change in naval architecture, as well as in coast
defences, throughout the world. Evacuation of Pensacola, Fla., by
the Confederate troops.
11. St. Augustine, Fla., surrenders to Com. S. F. Dupont.
13. The Union forces take possession of New Madrid, Mo.
14. Capture of Newburn, N. C, by the Union troops under GeD.
A. E. Burnside, after a hard fought battle of about four hours. Fe-
deral loss — 91 killed, and 466 wounded. Over 60 pieces of cannon
are taken.
18. Final evacuation of the Potomac by the Confederate forces.
23. Battle near Winchester, and defeat of the rebels. Great loss
on both sides. Beaufort, N. C, taken from the rebels, and Fort Ma-
con blown up.
[to be continued.]
J9S Book Notices. [April
BOOK NOTICES.
A Handbook of American Genealogy, fyc. l&y William H. Whitmore,
member of the Publishing Committee of the N. E. Historic-Genea-
logical Society. Albany - Joel Mnnsell. 1862. 4tO. pp. 272.
"Well indeed," was our conclusion after reading this elegantly written and ele-
gantly printed book, " genealogy, thanks to the labors of Farmer, Drake, Savage,
Bond. Morse, &c, genealogy has come to be a scieace in America and to have a
literature of its own." In 1771 Mr. Luke Stebbins published a brief memorial of
his family at Hartford, Ct., which appears to be the first work of the kind printed
in New England. From this humble head-spring Mr. Whitmore traces the current
of genealogical literature from year to year down to the present day. He enume-
rates nearly three hundred distinct works upon the subject, and, in respect to most
of them, presents some critical or curious information. In a very able introduction
he sketches the early history of genealogy in this country and directs the student
in this science how to proceed in his researches. He then lays before him what
has been written on the subject and, by an index of every name, leads him at once
to any point desired in the rich field. Mr. W. writes con amore, and whoever reads
his book will find himself, not only inspired thereby with stronger love for genea-
logical investigations, but also in possession of more ample means for prosecuting
them. Tiie illuminated letters and other devices, the paper and printing, are most
superb and reflect great credit on the archaeological press at Albany.
We are requested to say that in the notice of the Otis pamphlet, on page 75,
the statement that the first part of the Otis genealogy, published in the Register for
1848, was not reprinted, was inserted in Mr. Whitmore's notice from misunder-
standing a letter from Mr. Whitmore himself. Both parts are reprinted in the
pamphlet there noticed.
The New Hampshire Annual Register, $fc.t for the year 1862. By G.
Parker Lyon. Concord, pp. 172.
Comes to us with its usual store of rich and useful information. Its value is
very much enhanced by the rosters of the N* H. regiments. This is the 71st num-
ber of the work and every page of it evinces the industry and accuracy of the com-
piler.
The Book of Psalms, in Hebrew and English, arranged in parallelism. W.
F. Draper, Andover. 1862. 16mo. pp. 194.
Does any one desire to learn or to review the Hebrew ? This is the book for
him. The text is that of Halm; the type well cut and the print clear. By opening
an old dog-eared, wood-covered and ill-printed Psalter which our grandfathers stu-
died on the backless bench at school, and then this beautiful copy of the Psalms, we
seem to get a very good conception of what is meant by our favorite national word
U progress."
History of the Town of Marlborough, Middlesex county, Mass., from its
first settlement in 1657 to 1861; xcith a brief sketch of the town of
Northborough ; a genealogy of the families in Marlborough to 1800, and
an account of the celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the incor-
poration of the town. Bv Charles Hudson, a native of the town.
Boston: T. R. Marvin & Son. 1862. 8vo. pp.545.
This work is a most noble contribution to our rapidly increasing store of local
histories. Mr. Hudson has executed his task, imposed upon him by the town it-
self, with judgment and ability, and has by this admirable record of the " olden
times" reflected much honor upon the place of his nativity. Of its kind, this book
is a model; the topics are well chosen; the details copious, the conclusions gene-
rally correct; the. style is lucid; the arrangement, natural, and many of the" de-
scriptions, a son p. 22G, for example, are very beautiful. Although Marlborough
'
1862.]
Book Notices. 199
was settled as early as 1G57, and afterwards became one of John Eliot's " Praying;
Towns ;" although it suffered somewhat from the depredations of the Indians, and
manifested a most loyal and patriotic spirit during the old French and revolution-
ary wars, still Mr. Hudson found the historic material of the town somewhat
common place and scanty ; but by a most careful study of the spirit of the times, by
a constant reference to the spring and philosophy of action, and its relation to con-
temporaneous history, he has certainly given us a work worthy of a conspicuous
place in the library of every person interested in the habits, manners, customs and
opinions — in the outer and inner life — of that sturdy yeomanry which forms, both
in the old times and the new, the real strength and glory of New England. The
system of genealogical notation is very neat aud simple ; the portraits are true to
life, and the typographical appearance of the book is excellent.
A Brief Record of Events in Exeter, N. II., during the year 1861; to-
gether with the names of the soldiers of this town in the viar. By Rev.
Elias Nason. pp. 16. Exeter: Samuel Hall. 1862.
This is an extract from the author's private journal, and makes mention, not
only of the leading incidents in the civil aud military life of the town for the year;
but also of any unusual phenomena in meteorology, natural history, &c, &c.
TJie Fire Lands Pioneer : published under the supervision of the Fire
Lands Historical Society. Vols. 1 and 2. Sandusky, Ohio: H. D.
Cooke & Co. 1858-1861. 8vo. 8 Nos. of 48 pp. each.
It may not be familiar to all our readers, that during the Revolutionary war the
British made incursions into some of the towns of Connecticut, and laid waste by
fire and plunder portions of the fair settlements at Greenwich, Fairfield, Banbury,
Ridgefie'd, Norwalk, New and East Haven, New London, and Groton. In consi-
deration of the losses sustained by the inhabitants of the above named towns, and
as a compensation, in part, for their misfortunes, the state of Connecticut, on the
10th of May, 1792, released to said sufferers, or their legal representatives when dead,
all the right the state had to half a million of acres of land lying in the western part
of what was called the Western Reserve, in the now state of Ohio. These lands
were early designated as Fire Lands — a tract of about 781 square miles, contained
within the present limits of the counties of Huron, Erie, and a part of Ottawa. On
the 20th of May, 1S57, the Pioneers of the Fire Lands and others assembled at the
Court House in Norwalk, Ohio, and united in forming an historical society. On
the 4th of July following, the constitution was adopted, and officers were elected.
Piatt Benedict, Esq., one of the pioneers, was chosen president. Mr. B. is still the
presiding officer. He went from Danbury, Conn., in September, 1815, and was
the first settler in the village of Norwalk, which is now the county seat of Huron
county. The society has not failed to hold regular quarterly meetings. These are
said to be always interesting, often intensely so. The one at Berlin Heights, last
fall, we are informed, was attended by from 4000 to 5000 persons. On the 11th of
December last, was celebrated, by the society, the 50th anniversary of the settle-
ment of Greenfield, one of the Fire Land towns. A large and interesting collection
of historical relics, both of aboriginal and civilized life, has been gathered by the
society, and valuable additions are being rapidly made. The two volumes of their
periodical before us, contain the history of nineteen townships of the Fire Lands,
leaving thirteen more yet to be written. An effort is being made, we understand,
to publish in the next volume of The Pioneer, the history of the remaining town-
ships.
One Soweth and Another Reapeth. A commemorative Sermon on the
one hundreth anniversary of Christ Church, Cambridge, Mass.,
Tuesday, October 15; 1861. I By the Rev. Nicholas Hoppik, D. D.,
Rector. Cambridge. 1861. 8vo. pp. 36.
Rev. Mr. Hoppin had previously published an interesting historical discourse
delivered by him on the reopening of Christ Church, Nov. 22, 1857. This pam-
phlet was noticed in the Register, vol. xn, page 281. In the sermon before us,
from the text — " Other men labored, and ye "are entered into their labors," he
brings to remembrance the Venerable and Religious Society for the Propagation of
the Gospel in Foreign Parts, under whose auspices and timely assistance, Christ
mo Officers of JV*. E. Ilisl-Gen, Society. [April , '62.]
Church was established. Their first missionary to this church in Cambridge was
the Rev. East Apthorp, who left for England in the latter part of 1764, and in the
following year resigned his mission. Mention is also made of the labors and serv-
ices of the original members and founders of the church, who exerted themselves
to build up and keep it nlive. From the period of the revolutionary war to the
year 1790, Christ Church lay neglected. At the latter date, it was comparatively
restored, yet for forty years subsequent, it had its trials. It has since become
strengthened and enlarged, and now, in the days of i'.s prosperity, is verifying the
truth of the saying, " one soweth and another reapeth."
OFFICERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGI-
CAL SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1862.
Pre' .'nt. — Wixslow Lewis, M. D., of Boston.
Vid- Presidents. — Massachusetts, Rev. Martin Moore of Boston ; Maine, Hon. John
Appl 'ton of Bangor; New Hampshire, Hon. Samuel D. Bell of Manchester; Ver-
mont, Henry Clark of Poultney ; Rhode Islaud, John Barstow of Providence;
Ccmn'e tc£l, Rev. F. W. Chapman of Ellington,
Hov ry Vice-Presidents. — New York, Hon. Millard Fillmore of Buffalo ; New
Jers'es inon. Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark; Pennsylvania, Hon. Samuel Breck
of Philadelphia ; Maryland, S. F. Streeter of Baltimore; North Carolina, Edward
Kidder of Wilmington; South Carolina, Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D., of Charleston;
Ohio, 'Hon. Elijah Hay ward of McConnelsville; Michigan, Hon. Lewis Cass of De-
troit Tn,diana, Hon. Ballard Smith of Terre Haute; Illinois, Hon. John Wen tworth
of ago; Wisconsin, Cyrus Woodman of Mineral Point; Iowa, Rt. Rev. Henry
W. ;e, D D., of Davenport.
Corresponding Secretary. — Rev Caleb Davis Bradlee of Roxbury.
Recording Secretary. — Edward F. Everett of Charlestown.
Treasurer. — William B. Towne of Brookline.
Historiographer. — William B. Trask of Dorchester.
Librarian. — John H. Sheppard of Boston.
Directors. — Rev. Martin Moore of Boston; Joseph Palmer, M. D., of Boston;
John Ward Dean of Boston ; Hon. George W. Messinger of Boston ; John Barstow
of Providence, R. I.
Pub^'shing Committee. — William B. Trask of Dorchester ; Hon. Charles Hudson
of Lexington ; Rev. Elias Nason of Exeter, N. H. ; John Ward Dean of Boston;
George W- Chase of Haverhill.
Committee on Finance. — Frederic Kidder of Boston; Hon. George W. Messinger
of B- >n ; J. Tisdale Bradlee of Boston; Thos. J. Whittemore of Cambridge.
Cc nittee on the Library. — Jeremiah Colburu of Boston ; Rev. Abner Morse of
Bost : Thomas Waterman of Boston ; William S. Appleton of Boston.
£** *tiitlee on Lectures and Essays. — William Reed Deane of Brookline ; Rev. P.
W.-' . Hand of Dorchester; Rev. Washington Gilbert of West Newton; Thomas
Cusliing of Boston ; J. Gardner White of Boston.
iTrt'stees of the Bond Property and Fund. — Almon D. Hodges of Roxbury; Frede-
ric-Kidder of Boston ; John W. Dean of Boston.
Corrections. — It is stated in a note to the Parker Genealogy, page 41, that the
family given is the one with which Hon. Isaac Parker is connected, which i* a mis-
take. See Reg., vi, p. 375, for an account of his family. In the will of George
Davis, page 54, line 13 from bottom, for dispose it to her she dies, read dispose it when
she dies. Mr, Mihill mentioned in the will of John Alcocke, pages 57 and 58, was
Mr. Mitchell, though it reads as above on the original. On page 60, line 5 from
bottom, for informs, read inform. Page 62, line 10 from bottom, insert the word
of after shape. For Kinsbury, line 5 from bottom, same article, rf-ad Kingsbury.
J. H. Wilkins, in 1821, entered the store of Cummings, Hilliard & Co. (by mistake
printed Wiliard, Gray & Co., on page 96), and in 1826 went into business under
the firm of Hilliard, Gray & Co. He was not an alderman in 1844, as stated in the
same article, but in 1847.
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WHERE BARON STEUBEN WAS BURIED.
A newspaper writer asserts that Baron Steuben is buried in New
York city, and that no monument of any kind is erected over his
grave. This notion was probably obtained from the tablet which
was placed in the old Lutheran Church in Nassau street, where he
worshiped. But he was buried in Steuben, Oneida co., N. Y.f agree-
ably to his will hereto annexed, the original of which is on file in
the Office of the Clerk of the Court of Appeals in Albany, and is now
first published:
T, Frederick William Baron de Steuben, of the city and state of
'New York, do make this my last will and testament. Sufficient rea-
sons having determined me to exclude my relations in Europe from
any participation of my estate in America, and to adopt my friends
and former aid du camps Benjamin Walker and William North as
my children, and make them sole devisees of all my estates therein,
except as herein afterwards is otherwise disposed of. In conse-
quence thereof I bequeath to the said Benjamin Walker the sum of
three thousand dollars, and the gold-hilted sword given me by con-
gress. To the said William ijsorth I bequeath my silver-hilted [sword]
and the gold box given me by the city of New York. To John J.
Mulligan I bequeath the whole of my library, maps, and charts, and
the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars to complete it. And to each
of my servants living with me at the time of my decease, one year's
wages, and besides this to my valet de chambre all my wearing ap-
parel; but I do hereby declare that these legacies to my servants
are on the following conditions; that on my decease they do not per-
mit any person to touch my body, not even to change the shirt in
which I shall die, but that they wrap me up in my old military cloak,
and in twenty-four hours after my decease bury me in such spot as
I shall before my decease point out to them, and that they never ac-
quaint any person with the place where I shall be buried. And
lastly I do give, devise and bequeath, all the rest and residue of my
estate, real and personal, after the payment of my debts and the
legacies aforesaid to the said Benjamin Walker and William North,
to hold to them their heirs, executors and administrators, share and
share alike, hereby appointing the said Benjamin Walker and Wil-
liam North executors of this my last will and testament, and revok-
ing all former wills bv me heretofore made. Sxeuben.
New York, Feb. 12, 1794.
The Baron was accustomed to spend his winters in New York.
He returned to his log house, which he erected on the sixteen thou-
sand acre tract given him by the legislature of New York, and died
there on the 28th of November in the same year in which his will is
dated. He was buried in conformity to the foregoing will in a deep
forest, which being afterwards crossed by a road, his remains were
removed to a spot about a quarter of a mile north of his house
marked by a stone with a plain inscription, and surrounded by an
iron fence. (Jones's Annals of Oneida County.) The annexed engrav-
202 Records coined from an Ancient Bible. [July
ing is a view of the house in which this remarkable man spent the
last years of his life.
Steuben was a Prussian officer who served many years in the
army of Frederick, and afterwards entered the service of Prince
Charles of Baden. He held the rank of Lieut.-Gjeneral, and was a
canon in the church. Spending- a winter in Pari?, he became ac-
quainted with Dr. Franklin, by whose representations no doubt, he
was induced to visit America, where he offered his services as a sol-
dier. He desired no office, but simply asked to be received as a vo-
lunteer. Perceiving his talents and his devotion to the cause of
liberty, he was appointed Inspector-General of the army. He esta-
blished a'uniform system of drill and discipline, which was adopted
throughout the army. He rendered important service, and is re-
membered with gratitude by the American people. He was a volun-
teer in the battle of Monmouth, and commanded in the trenches at
Yorktown. He was an accomplished gentleman, and a virtuous citi-
zen of extensive knowledge and sound judgment.
RECORDS COPIED FROM AN ANCIENT FAMILY BIBLE IN
MARSHFIELD, MASS.
[By M. A. Thomas.]
Anthony Thomas his Bible bought in" ye year 1*149. Cost in old
Tenor £20.
I was born in ye year 1719, on ye 24 of March, my wife Abigail
was born 21 Feb. 1727.
My father John Thomas was born 16 Oct 1683, my mother Lydia
(Waterman) Thomas was born february, 16S9, my father and mother
were married in 1713, my father died x\pril ye 14 1770, aged 86, my
mother died Jan. 17, 1759 | 60 aged 60.
Jan 17, 1759 | 60. My Honored mother died this day at 9 Oclock
P. M, and was buried the 19 of sd month She died at the house of
Nath1 Ray Thomas of fever.
Jan 23, 1745 | 6, This day I was married to Abigail Alden.
June ye 6 1748 We had a son born and we called his name John.
Nov 11, 1748, The Lord was pleased to take our son from us by
death, he was 5 months and 5 days old,
Oct. 18, 1751 Our son Briggs was born on Monday at 8 Oclock
in the morning,
Sabbath-day, March 4, 1753, Our son Waterman was born.
Tuesday July 11, 1758, Our son Judah was born.
Dec 11, 1751, This morning our sister Kezia Thomas breathed
her last, who we hope and trust is now in a more happy condition in
Heaven.
John Thomas (brother of Anthony) died of Small Pox June 2, 1776,
at Champlain, Major General in the American Army under the illus-
trious Gen. Washington. Etatis 51.
Anthony Thomas breathed his last, July 14, 1781 at 11 Oclock P
M aged 62 years.
Abigail widow of Col Anthony Thomas deceased, July 24th 1802,
aged 75 years.
1862.] Brief History of the J\r. E. His. -Gen. Soc. 203
A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
[Read at the monthly meeting, May 7, 1862, by the Librarian, J. H. Sheppard, A. M.j
" The time will come. Sir, when it will be accounted an honor to have descended
from th& men, who' first settled this country." — Jddress, ]852, by the Rev. William
jenki, D. D., Hon. Memb;
Every association, institute or political body, like a human being,
as it progresses to maturity, has its infancy, youth and manhood. It
has been so with our Genealogical Society; at first feeble, then vigor-
ous and now strong and flourishing. A brief outline of our history
seems peculiarly adapted to our situation and wants at the present
time.
The preliminary steps toward the formation of this Society occur-
red at the residence of William H. Montague, merchant of Boston,
in Orange street, Oct. 1844; which were followed by a meeting at
Mr. Shattuck's, No. 19 Harrison Avenue, on Friday evening Nov. 1,
of the same year. The gentlemen then present were Charles Ewer,
Samuel G. Drake, William H. Montague, J. Wingate Thornton and
Lemuel Shattuck. They organized the meeting and chose Mr. Ewer
President and Mr. Thornton Secretary. It may be asked, who first
conceived the idea of an institution which in IT years from its incor-
poration has grown into such magnitude and influence ? For we
may rest assured that no invention, discovery or useful project ever
took place without a thought from some prime mover, or a suggestion
first made by an original thinker.
The answer to this question may be rendered certain, and will be
only an act of justice to the memory of a worthy and excellent man.
Charles Ewer was the first mover and originator of a plan which led
to the formation of the " N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society," which
he wished to be entitled the " N. E. Genealogical and Heraldic
Society." He was a man of leisure, was anxious to form such an
association and invited congenial spirits to unite with him in this
object. It was a grand and noble thought; for this Genealogical
Society ^s the first one, particularly devoted to the Pedigree of fami-
lies in the world. Some years after, a similar society was instituted
at London. We know of no other. Perhaps the lamented Charles
Ewer, when he first meditated in the secret chamber of his brain, on
the formation of a Society so valuable, felt like that quaint and pious
poet of old England, Herbert, when he said,
" He that good thinketh, good may do,
For God will help him thereunto ;
For was never good work wrought *
Without beginning of good thought."
In December, the Constitution, which had been drafted by a Com-
mittee, was adopted. March 18, 1845, an Act of Incorporation
was granted by the Legislature, wherein the object of this Society
was set forth in these words: " For the purpose of" collecting, preserv-
ing, and occasionally publishing genealogical and historical matter,
204 Brief History of the JV. E. His.-Gen. Soc, [July
relating" to early New England families, and for the establishment of
a Cabinet." This great aim was also emphatically represented in a
Circular by the Directors, June, 1847: that is, to Rescue the decaying
Records of New England. These words were not a mere flourish of
the pen; for a quarterly was published by the Society, young and
comparatively feeble as it was; and No. 3, of the New England
Historical and Genealogical Register was issued Jan. 1, 1847, under the
editorial care of the late Rev. William Cogswell, D. D.
We have described the Birth of our Society; let us for a moment
look at its struggles in Infancy. It began in poverty. No rich
patron, nor beneficent donor smiled on it as it stretched out its little
arms. Its nursery was a solitary chamber, No. 9, in the third story
of the " City Building," so called, Court Square; an out-of-the-way
place, small, being only 12 feet square, badly lighted from back
windows overlooking a dark alley — a room, indeed sombre enough
and poorly adapted to the wants of the little Genealogical stranger.
An old table, troubled with the podagra — a chair or two which had
seen better days — and a set of pine shelves without back or panel,
subject to the rickets; such was the furniture in this cavernous-look-
ing spot — this Pandora's box with only hope at the bottom. But as
the Society held their meetings for business in the attic room of the
Am. Ed. Soc, in Cornhill, this dark chamber was resorted to rather
as a place for depositing donations. The amount of these donations
for the year 1845, as appears by the Records, will show how small
was that beginning which formed a nucleus around which have
gathered in sixteen years so many golden treasures of antiquarian
research. There were presented in 1845, 24 bound volumes of books —
10 manuscripts — 6 plans — an old lease — 4 bound volumes of the
Independent Chronicle, 1S04-1811 — and 185 pamphlets, consisting of
sermons, catalogues, orations and miscellaneous matter -De omnibus
rebus tt quibusdam aliis; besides, "a wheelbarrow load of manu-
script sermons" — as the record has it — " of Dr. Joseph Eckley, Old
South Church." The books were scattered on the shelves; but these
pamphlets of the infant Society, lay like swaddling clothes in a
corner, where it slept.
To follow its growth and progress year by year, would be unprofit-
able and only weary the reader's patience. Daily records have been
kept wherein the donations and donors' names are preserved, with
all the proceedings, and deposited in our archives. The ghostly
chamber in the City Building was abandoned Oct. 6, 1847, for a room
larger and a little better, but still badly windowed, on the first floor
in Massachusetts Block, No. 8. This building was then a kind of
Lincoln's Inn, and the little fellow got nestled among the lawyers.
Some furniture was procured with cases and shelves, and the dona-
tions soon began to accumulate and make a show of antiquity-where
they stood carefully arranged.
During the three or more years this tenebrious place was occupied,
our prospects were slowly and hopefully encouraging; until Jan.
1851, a new room was hired, more lightsome and pleasant, No. 5
Tremont How; and here to contiuue our similitude, the Society passed
its youth; for this room was occupied nearly seven years, until the
shelves, cases and walls were so crowded, with books pamphlets,
1862.] Brief History of the N. E. His.-Geri. Soc. 205
MSS., newspapers, portraits, &c, that the growing society had
but a small space to meet in, and a bibliothecal stevedore would
have found it difficult with a cotton-screw to press more donations
into any part of the library. Another and a better apartment, No.
13, Bromfield street — our present large and well lighted hall— was
secured for our use in Oct. 1S58, and any one who knows how small
in size the Society once was, and now looks around on the numerous
shelves and cases for books, and closets for manuscripts, which are
all well filled, must acknowledge that it has reached the full stature
of manhood, and well deserves the " freedom suit " of some fire-proof
building.
Before contemplating the Library, it may be well to cast our eye
on the annual increase of resident members. Beginning with 1844,
when there were only 5 original members, the statistical table stands
thus;
New Members* New Members* New Members.
1845 37 1851, 22 1857, 43
1846, 21 1852, 21 1858,.. • 71
3847, 32 1853, 40 1859, 60
1848, 14 1854, 12 1860, 46
1849, 2 1555,. ....... 40 1861, 20
1850, 22 1856, 30
The Society now consists of about 325 paying members; in addi-
tion to which there is a large number of Corresponding and Honorary
members. The Presidents were as follows: Charles Ewer, Esq., Jan.
1845-1850; Rev. Joseph B. Felt, LL. D., 1850-1853; William Whit-
ing, Esq., 1853-1858; Samuel G. Drake, A. M., 1858-1859; Almon D.
Hodges, Esq., 1859-1861; and Winslow Lewis, M. D., 1861, President
at this time.
By the Report of Frederic Kidder, Esq., Chairman of the Library
Committee, Jan. 1, 1862> it appears that there are over 5,000 bound
volumes of books, and about 18,000 pamphlets of various kinds be-
longing to the library. A Catalogue of the books has been made
within a year;
Many of the books are very valuable, and if lost could not be re-
placed. For instance twenty large folio volumes, well bound, of the
U. S. Direct Tax of 1198, in Massachusetts, including Maine then a
district. This gigantic work, containing nearly every town, is all but
complete. Three vols, have each a copious index — the rest need one.
This Domesday-book of the Bay-State is of inestimable value to the
genealogist and biographer of New England. In addition to numer-
ous plans and ancient charts and a great collection of Mss., some of
which are very old and rare, the Society has 94 bound volumes of
pedigrees and about 133 distinct family lists of ancestors, included
in separate pamphlets or in volumes — making all together at least
227 genealogies of different families; also 102 volumes of town
histories, which include pedigrees not elsewhere published. Many of
these pedigrees are noticed in that recent and exceedingly useful
Hand book of American Genealogy, by William EL Whitmorc, a
member of our Society. It is a source of no small satisfaction to
the N. E. His.-Gen. Soc, while it has been struggling through many
difficulties and discouragements, to behold on its shelves no small
number of these pedigrees and town histories and kindred works
206 Brief History of the JV. E. His.-Gen. Soc. [July
■which were written and published by some of its own members.
The same remark might also apply to some of our books on bio-
graphy. A tree is known by its fruit, and a Society like ours by its
genealogical trees.
It may be here observed, that in the General Statutes of Mass.,
chap. 18, sec. 10, p. 158, there is a provision that towns in this com-
monwealth may grant and vote such sums as they may think necessary,
"For procuring' the writing and publishing their town histories.*'
This clause wTas res-enacted from an act of April 29, 1854, chap. 429;
a law got up by the writer of this article, when he was a member
of the Legislature. Its utility was then so apparent, that it passed
the House unanimously without comment. It is said that, in Ver-
mont a similar statute soon followed.
There is also in the library a choice collection of works on Her-
aldry; Rymer's Fader a in 19 great folios; a very curious old book,
the Andrea. Lectura, an antique on Genealogy, in Latin, printed
about 1474 at Nuremberg, perhaps the earliest printed volume on
Pedigree, illuminated by hand and with a pictured model of a
genealogical tree, with the motto Sequit figwra arboris consanguini-
tatis; and several elaborate histories of English counties. Nor
would I forget to mention the beautiful specimen of music, 650
pages on parchment or vellum, presented by Col. Swett, to whom it
was sent by his daughter at Florence. It is a Roman Catholic choral
book, and by Bishop Fitzpatrick was called a Graduale. The musical
notes are square or angular, different from those now in use. On each
page are letters splendidly illuminated. There can be no doubt that
it is the work of a pen before the invention of printing, which was
about 1440; therefore it must be nearly 500 years old, if not more.
It is a beauiiful curiosity, and the chants on those pages now silent
as death, must have once awakened the sweetest feelings of adora-
tion in the Italian chapel or cathedral their melody filled.
There is a large collection of MSS., some of which are of early
date in the settlement of the country; such as Hull's Journal
written in 1675, and Russell's Treasury Accounts of Massachusetts
Bay, 1645-1656.
Among the donors whose names appear on our records, reference
should be made to the liberality of Charles Ewer and William Whit-
ing, our past Presidents — to the Hon. Edward Everett, who in March
1852, donated more than 100 volumes — to the Hon. David Sears
for some costly works he procured for the Society from London — to
the late Hon. Nathan Appleton for some rare and valuable volumes
— and for several hundreds of books, man}* of them scarce and
ancient, besides a mass of old MSS. and pamphlets, from Dr. Lewis.
The heart that is warmed with grateful emotions delights to speak
of its benefactors. And we would not forget the generous bequest
of the late Dr. Henry Bond of Philadelphia — of which an account is
given in a Memoir of him in the N. E. His.-Gen. Reg., vol. xiv, p.
1-3 — which bequest has been invested in the "Bond Fund." Nor
would we be silent on the two donations of John Barstow, Esq., of
Providence, R. I., which are to form a permanent fund. Mention
should also be made of a rich gift from the British Government, viz.
The Rotuli, or Rolls of Parliament and Record Publications of Great
■
1862.] Brief History of the JV. E. His.-Gen. Soc. 207
Britain, being 29 volumes principally folios; and also of a large
number of its publications, including three great folio volumes of
Plates sent us by the London Society of Antiquaries.
Since I began to take charge of this library — nearly a year and a
half ago — I have been surprised at the number of gentlemen who have
come here to look up their pedigrees. One from Oregon, another
from California, another from Illinois, and numbers from the middle
states, and different parts of New England, have called and spent
hours and some few even days, id searching genealogy and heraldry,
taking minutes, and pondering over the faint or certain traces of
their ancestors. Not long since two very civil and intelligent Mor-
mons from Utah spent some hours in searching their progenitors and
went away somewhat pleased at the information they obtained. Let-
ters of inquiry, touching this subject are not unfrequent. It shows i
the value of our association, and the .increasing spread of its influ-
ence; and let it be our grand object and untiring effort to obtain
every book of pedigree, and everything touching this subject in New
England, that our Genealogical Society may be the Head-quarters,
from which shall issue all true knowledge of New England ancestry.
But among the respectable, and sometimes eminent visitors to
our Genealogical Library, in search of their family history, there is
one class of a different kind, which deserves no encouragement and
ought to be repudiated as drones in the hive of human society. I
refer to hunters of English fortunes — weak men, led on by specula-
tors to false hopes and great expectations, and deluded into a notion
that some rich old fellow of the same name — some hundreds of years
ago — died without children, and an immense inheritance has slept in
abeyance, till the lost heir turns up in a cottage under the cliffs of
New England.
Such infatuation is of a similar character with the dreams of
money diggers; and from the great faith of some of the dupes in
finding- hidden treasures, it would seem that Herman Dousterswivel
in Walter Scott's inimitable Antiquary when he dug for ingots
among the ruins of St. Faith, was no fiction, but a reality. So many
rogues have deluded the credulous in this way, and so much imposi-
tion has been practised by hungry sharpers on each side of the At-
lantic, that the best way is to turn a cold shoulder to all hunters of
inheritances and advise them to waste no money on agents and go to
work.
The regular reading of papers before the Society at their monthly
meetings began in February, 1855, at the suggestion of our former
vigilant and active Librarian, the Rev. Luther Farnham, who deli-
vered in October of that year a very interesting article — which was
afterwards published under the title of a Glance at Private Libra-
ries. Several of the Readings have been printed in a pamphlet
forin, and in magazines and newspapers — a particular reference to
which the time forbids; although the valuable paper on New Eng-
land Architecture by the Rev. N. H. Chamberlain, deserves your at-
tention. S<jrne of the Readings have been marked by a talent and
learning which would have delighted a large assembly of the public,
as they did our limited audience; — a convincing proof that we need
208 Brief History of the jY. E. His.-Gen. Soc. [July
a Lecture-room to accommodate a greater number and enable the
Society to enlarge their Invitations.
Some idea may be formed of the progress and present flourishing-
state of the Society by a reference to Addresses delivered at annual
or public meetings, four of which have been published in the Regis-
ter and also separately distributed in a pamphlet form. The first
was by the Rev. William Jenks, D. D., March 1, 1852, in which that
elegant and learned scholar and eminent linguist in his own peculiar
and happy manrer illustrated the connection— the commune vinculum —
of History, Biography and Heraldry with Genealogy the great object
of our institution.
The next was by William Whiting, Esq., Jan, 12, 1853, as Pre-
sident, in which he portrayed the purposes and design of the Society
in a striking manner and great variety of particulars, pointing out
in a graphic sketch the ardor and enthusiasm with which a searcher
of Genealogy enters on his task, perseveres in the pursuit and after
he has accomplished his object, we " hear his shout of joy when he
at last finds the lost jewel.''' Register, vol. vn, p. 106.
Jan. 20, 1858, Mr. Samuel G. Drake, A. M., President of the Society.,
gave us another Address. He had been Corresponding Secretary
thirteen years, and from his long and unwearied devotion to Anti-
quarian researches, his remarks were valuable and instructive,
fraught with the weight of experience. "I wish" — he observes —
" particularly to impress upon the minds of all present, that they
should encourage contributions of books, pamphlets, as well as manu-
scripts of every description. For who can estimate the value a single
pamphlet or letter may be to somebody at some time ?" This he cqw
roborates by an anecdote directly in point to which I must refer for
want of room.
The last Address was from our President Winslow Lewis, M. D.,
Jan. 1, 1862. The happy and classical reference to the long hallowed
customs of marking this day in the calendar of life was introduced
with much effect. Nor were the allusions to the Christmas carols
with "cake and ale" less touching at the time, as we were then
entering upon the last half of the Holidays so dear to the recollec-
tions of many and waking up delightful thoughts of other times, as
some old poet feelingly sings:
"The Chimes, the Chimes of mother land,
Of England green and old ;
That out from thane and ivied tower,
A thousand years have told."
The union of Genealogy with Biography, Heraldry, Numismatics and
History was set forth find exemplified fully; but there was a province
of Genealogy of peculiar importance, which has seldom been brought
before the notice of our Society; and coming from one of eminent
professional experience it has the sanction, as it were, of a truth ex
cathedra. It is this: "That mental as well as physical qualities are
handed down more or less from parent to child, from forefathers to
posterity, and that thus, pure and healthy descent is of immense im-
portance. * * * And very frequently we can ascribe the united
qualities of valor and of virtue, of great intellect and gentle heart,
1S62.] Brief History of the JT. E. His.-Gcn. Soc. 209
to the marriage union of parents, whose families were respectively
distinguished for these virtues."
These four Addresses, though on subjects somewhat similar, have
presented the object and aim c^f our Society in so many different
points of view, and all concentrating in one grand purpose — the
preservation of all kinds of documents from ruin — that they deserve
the special attention of every member.
There is also one other Address which was delivered before the N.
E. His.-Gen. Society in the Hall of the House of Representatives of
Mass., September 13, 1859, and published. It was by one of our
members, the Hon. Lorenzo Sabine, a Centennial Address on the
death of Maj. Gen. James Wolfe, who died on the heights of Quebec
in the arms of victory, Sep. 18, 1759. The subject was one of great
interest, as a brilliant epoch in the Colonial history, and as a memo-
rial of one of England's noblest warriors. Both branches of the Le-
gislature were present, and delegations from several antiquarian and
historic societies attended. Mr. Sabine's well known reputation as a
writer and a most accurate investigator of facts, was ably sustained;
and he has given to us a piece of Biography, rich and exceedingly
interesting — a diamond of the first water. It is beautifully printed
making a centurial pamphlet, of exactly 100 pages, including notes
and 36 pages of Appendix,
The value and importance of the iV". E. Historical and Genealogical
Register, which commenced as a quarterly Jan; 1, 1847, and has now
reached xv complete volumes — whether we regard the numerous
sketches of biography, the minute and carefully drawn pedigrees of
families or the fragments of the early history of our country — can-
not be estimated in the bird's eye view of this article. Our Register
has travelled on, patient, noiseless and persevering, for fifteen years in
the humble path of usefulness. It has sought none of the rhetorical
adornments of genius, nor the charms of fiction; nor even tried to
cull a blossom on the Parnassian mountains and valleys of New'Eng-
land-—unless it be a May-Flower, which has at times perfumed its
pages. It has become a reservoir of facts, which from day to day
and year to year will grow more precious. And when we, whose
locks are touched with age, and all our younger members, have
passed away, this ancestral monument of so many honored families
— some of whom were lineal descendants of the Pilgrim Fathers —
will be sought out, read and cherished, as an Englishman venerates
the Armorial bearings transmitted to him by progenitors who did
their country some service. This Genealogical Register has already
been a copious fountain, from which some books of Pedigree have
drawn a rich supply; nor has a generous credit always been given,
where pretty large annexations of original matter have been made.
But the Register is able to bear it and stand alone on its merit.
That we may justly appreciate, the worth of this elaborate work,
let us suppose for a moment that every copy of the xv volumes, was
suddenly blotted out of existence, and moreover, that the learned
antiquarian — the indefatigable historian of Boston — who so long and
so ably conducted a large portion of the work, had gone to his rest;
where could we supply their ^place ? Who then could restore the
lost pedigrees of so many New England families, which, root and
210 Brief History of the JV. E. His.-Gen. Soc. [July
branch, have been here embalmed ? Their memory would perish in
that deep, dark gulf over which the waters of Lethe are rolling- for-
ever ! This Register of the past — even if it should stop, after the
current year's experiment — which we sincerely hope may not be so,
but like the Eagle it may renew its strength — will stand the test of
of time, and a hundred years hence be called for and sought by de-
scendants of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Those who undervalue a regard to Pedigree may deem these re-
marks as enthusiastic or visionary. They can see no beauty nor
benefit in Genealogy. It was far otherwise in that ancient land,
where honor to our father and mother was deemed among the first of
virtues, and where the Law and the Gospel first prevailed. We are
informed in Calmet's great Didiohary of the Bible that " the Hebrews
carefully preserved their genealogies and never was a nation more
circumspect respecting them." Josephus speaks of the uninter-
rupted succession of priests for 2,000 years; and Jerome, who wrote
in the 4th century, says the Jews knew so perfectly their genealogies
that they could repeat all the names from Abraham to Zerubbabel.
According to the prophet Ezra, chap, ii, 62, a priest, who could not
trace his genealogy, was not admitted to the ministry. In England
the Herald's College is the great office where the enrolment of dis-
tinguished pedigrees is kept under the various and almost infinite
emblems of a Coat of Arms, which to a stranger appears odd and
trifling, but to any one who is conversant with the metals, colors and
furs, the charges and crests with which a shield is emblazoned, will
see the propriety and beauty of Heraldry and that it is worthy of the
study it requires: for it is not learnt in a moment; it is a language
by itself.
It is true that Genealogy is a dry pursuit and demands patient re-
search, mental labor and no small skill in forming a clear and tabu-
lar view of a man's progenitors. It is a science which makes little
noise, and requires a mind like Old Mortality to decipher the inscrip-
tions on tombstones, or an antiquarian eye to sift old wills and search
the natal or funeral annals of a family in their "Big ha' Bible."
Who does not wish to know something of his ancestors ? And more
especially if he have become eminent in wealth or talent. Such a
desire is a principle inherent in our nature; it is born in us, and is
only lost by vice or debasing pursuits. The moment a man rises
above the level of a clown or churl, he looks beyond the nameless
hillocks of the dead and wishes to know where his buried ancestors
lie. There are those born, it is true, consumer e fruges terra, who care
for none of these things. But as a man advances in taste, intellect-
ual improvement and the delight of knowledge, he grows more
anxious to get some tidings of those ancestors from whom he is de-
scended. Even the immortal Washington, it is said, used means to
trace his ancestry, and they were not unsuccessful, for his descent
was worthy of his fame. We may look back through ages on our
progenitors, but we can only look forward for years to our posterity,
for, as they are coming on the stage, we are going off. It was a
beautiful thought of Virgil, but contrary to human nature, when he
represents Anchises in the Elysiau fields, as bringing before his son's
eyes the shades of his illustrious descendants from Silvius down to
1862.] Brief History of the JV. E. His.-Gen. Soc. 211
Augustus Csesar, one after another like " dissolving views." Such
visions of our future progeny, perhaps, we may have from some
standpoint in the celestial world, but not on this dark earth, for we
know not what a day may bring forth.
When the ancients could not find a splendid parentage for a favor-
ite hero, they solemnly averred that he was descended from some
deity they worshiped. In this kind of Genealogy they made Her-
cules the son of Jupiter and a young lady of Argos by the name of
Alcmena whom the Thunderer bewitched; Pious iEneas who carried his
father out of flaming Troy on his shoulders, was the son of Anchises
and Venus the queen of beauty; and Romulus and Remus were
twins, the children* of Mars and Miss Ilia of Alba, a vestal virgin;
but, these fashionable parents left the little gemini to be suckled by
a wolf. Such was the love of the Ancients for tracing their pedi-
gree either on earth below or among the Olympian gods and god-
desses above. Even in one of the late Genealogical works, the deriva-
tion of the name of the ancient stirps savors a little of a half-way con-
nexion with Jupiter and a kind of avuncular relationship to Hercules.
Pardon this digression. It is pleasant to allude to those classic
allegories which illuminated the reading of early days and sometimes
give the color of the rose to the realities of life. Indeed, of a clear
night I can never look upon the heavens above, without beholding
the Mythology of the ancients written on the blue sky in the starry
letters of the constellations.
But, it is time this sketch should draw to a close, some parts of
which may seem superfluous after the subject of Genealogy has been
bo happily and ably handled in the recent address of our President.
Yet if any thing I have said on this point should lead to a more
careful perusal of that valuable document, my labor will not be in
vain. One thing I can assure you, I have been induced to recom-
mend the tracing of pedigrees to the descendants of the Pilgrim
Fathers, by no self-flattering motives as it regards myself; for my
ancestors and birth were in England. Yet both there and here the
contemplation of the virtues of our progenitors has a tendency to
make us more virtuous, and many a son has lived more nobly from
the recollection that the blood which flows in his veins came from an
honorable and elevated source. On the other hand the light of a dis-
tinguished ancestry will only make the spots more visible and hide-
ous in the character of a degenerate descendant.
I have said that the X. E. His.-Gen. Society is now in its manhood;
yes in strong,. healthy and vigorous manhood. Is it not so? Jan-
uary 1, 1862, our indefatigable and excellent treasurer, William B.
Towne, Esq., reported that we were out of debt. We have a large
and pleasant hall to meet in, where the light from the north and south
cheers the eye as it rauges up and down the library; and yet, though
the rooms we occupy are much safer than are usually found iu the
centre of a large city like this, there is not an active member of this
Society, who does not feel anxious and insecure, like one whose
cottage lies at the foot of a volcano; for if a fire should break on
this spot, what would become of so many scarce books, ancient
manuscripts and rare works. Their loss would be irreparable. No
money could restore them.
!
212 Members of the Old Church, Topsfield. [July
We are told by Scott in the Fortunes of Nigel that in the time
of James the 1st, King of England, it was the custom in London
for men in trade to send out their clerks into the street, and cry out
to the passers by, "What d'ye lack? What d'ye lackV Should some
of our merchant-princes, or millionaires put to our Society a similar
question, our answer is ready:
1. We lack a Fire-proofroom to secure our rare books and manu-
scripts.
2. We lack a Lecture room, where the readings at our monthly
meetings could be heard and better appreciated by a larger audience.
3. We lack a room for the storage of duplicates and documents,
whose worth will be better known at a future day.
In a word we need a Fire-proof building ; it would cost probably
$20,000. One tenth or one twentieth of this amount has been already
offered by a member, if nine or nineteen will join him. Who will aid
in this noble undertaking ?
LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE ftU) CHURCH, TOPSFIELD.
[Compiled by H. G. Dunnel.]
To the Editor of the Register:
Sir — In the summer of 1861, while pursuing my searches among"
the records of the town of Topsfield, Essex county, Mass., I had
an opportunity of copying the list of members of the old church, and
as I have been gratified myself by it, I thought it might be of like
pleasure to some of your readers, whose ancestors once resided in
this county or town, and have, therefore; sent a true copy to yon,, for
publication.
The Church of Topsfield Parish.
Mr. Knight and Mr. Perkins preached here before the formation of
the church.
The church was formed, and Mr. Thomas Gilbert ordained, Nov.,
1663. He was dismissed 1671, and died at Charlestowu, Oct. 28,
1673.
Jeremiah Hobart ordained Oct. 2, 1672; dismissed Sept. 21, 1680,
and died at Haddam, Conn., Nov. 6, 1715. Mr. Perkins also died
here, May 21, 1682,
Joseph Capcn ordained June 11, 1684; died June 30, 1725.
Daniel Brush ordained Nov. 17, 1779; dismissed May 26, 1788.
Asahel Huntington ordained Nov. 12, 1789; died April 22, 1813.
Radnev Gove Dennis ordained Oct. 4, 1820; dismissed May 6,
1829.
James F. McEwen installed May 5, 1830; dismissed Mav 5,
1841.
The book kept by Rev. Joseph Capen, from 1684, heads his list
thus:
1SG2.J
Members of the Old Church, Topsfield.
213
A List of members in full communion at Topsfield when I was ordained, or
were admitted afterwards.
MALES.
Francis Pabody, d. d
John Reddington
Abraham Reddington Senr
Joseph Bixby Senr
John Gould Senr
Thomas Baker
Thomas Perkins Deacon
d d May 7, 1636
John Pabody
Thomas Dorman
Ephraim Borman
Samuel H owlet
Isaac Cumins
John French
Daniel Hovey
Isaak Estie
James How Senr
Samuel Parley
Neheruiah Abbot
John Cummins
Dec 7, dismissed to Church
at Dumstable
Robert Stiles d d
Thomas Perkins Junr
Since my ordination,
were admitted of
Daniel Reddington
Tobijah Perkins
Jacob Foster Junr
William Pabody
John How
Kphraim Curlise
Sergeant Jacob Towne
Timothy Perkins
Daniel Wood
Daniel Clarke Senr d d
Samuel Simons
Thomas Hafien
John Stiles
Mr William Perkins
Samuel Stanley
Abraham How
Benjamin Foster
John Estie
Thomas Reddington
Philip Knight
Abraham Reddington
John Gould Junr"
John Perley Senr
John Wilds Senr
John French Senr.
Zacheu3 Curtis
Joseph Hail
John Kenney
Luke Hovey
Isaac Estey
John Andrews
FEMALES.
1. Deacn Perkins Wife
2. Lieutenant Moulds "
3. Tho Dorman "
4. Isaac Easties "
5. Jacob Towns "
6. Joseph Towns "
7. Widow Mary Towne
S. Ephraim Dorman's Wife
9. John Wilds his
10. James How his wife Senr
11. Michael Dunneis Wife
12. John Nichols wife
13. Daniel Borrnans "
14. Isaak Cummins "
15. William Howletts "
16. Abraham Reddington "
17. Joseph Bixby's "
18. John Pabody 's
19. Samuel Simon's his wife
20. Robert Smith's wife
21. William Smiths "
22. Widdow Andrews
23. Nehemiah Abbots wife
24. Widdow Perley
25. William Watson his wife
26. ( John French his wife
\ John Cummin his wife
27. Benjamin Bixby's wife
23. Tobijah Perkins "
29. My own Wife
30. Thos Andrew his wife
31. The Wife of Mattaew Stanley Sen'
32. The Wife of John Curtis
33. Martha Reddington
34. Sarah Bisn r
35. Ye Wife of Daniel Wood
Sarah Wood
36. a Wife of John Town Mary
37. a Wife of Samuel Howlet Sarah
37. Deliverance Wife of John Stiles
38. Wife of Jacob Foster
39. Martha Foster dismissed
to Concord
40. Joanna Stanley Wife of Samuel
41. Sarah Bixby wife of Joseph
42. Wife of John Gould Junr
43. Wife of John Ramsdell
44. Elizabeth Stiles
45. Hannah wife of Timothy Perkins
46. Hannah wife of Wm Pebody
47. Margaret Knitmt
48. Perkins
49. Lucy Wife of Nathan* Wood
50. Sarah Wife of John Andrews
51. Grace Wife of Ichabod
Endbott
52. Widow Mary Hale from
Newberry
53. Margaret French
214
Members of the Old Church, Topsfietd.
fJttly
MALES.
Joseph Andrews
Jacob Smith
John Cuinmings
Jonathan Bixby
Isaac Burton
Joseph Esty
Daniel Clarke
Thomas Robinson.
Joseph Peabodj Junr
Zachei.s Gould
Samuel Foster
Amos Dorman
Joseph Tosvne
Nehemiah Abbott.
Abraham Foster
John Robinson Senr
John Hovey, Senr
Joseph Towne Senr
Wm Chapman
Elishe Perkins
Timothy Perley
Benjamin Bixby Senr
Thomas Gould
John Howe
Thomas Howlitt
Thomas Perley
Thomas Dorman
Job Averili
John Curtiss
John Nichols
John Hovey
Michael Duinnel Junr
Seth Dorman
Timothy Perkins
Samuel Smith.
Samuel Stanley
Paul Averili
Joseph Borman
Wm Bixbey
Ivory Hovey
Jesse Dorman
Joseph Towne
John Perkins
John Perley
FKMALES.
54. Judith Dorman
55. Dorotha Robinson
Wife of .John
56. Mary Perley Senr
57. Sarah Foster
58. Mary wife of Joseph Hail
59. Wife of John Kenney
60. Susanna Hovey
61. .Abigal Esty
62. Wife of Jacob Foster
63. Elizabeth Curtis
64. Widdow Sarah Gill
65. Susanna wife of John "
6Q. Sarah Wife of Jonathan Bixby
67. Hannah Foster
68. Ruth Simons
69. Rebecca Simons
70. Hannah Burton
71. Jane Ely wife of J. E.
72. Hannah Clark
73. Hannah Robinson
74. Widdow Cooper
75. Mary Peabodv
76. Elizabeth Wife of
Zacheus Gould
77. Ellean or Porter
78. Mary Averili
79. Content Nicholas
80. Elizabeth French
81. Dorotha Dorman
82. Mehitable Nichols
83. Corp1 Joseph Towne's wife
84. Wife of Nehemiah Abbott.
85. Phebe Towne
86. Jane Perley
87. Sarah wife of John Brad-
street
88. Sarah wife of Ephraim Wilds
89. Elizabeth Chapman
90. Priscilia Capen
91. Mary Capen
92. Elizabeth Perkins
93. Catherine Perkins
94. Deborah Perley
95. Mercey Wife of Thos. Gould
96. Elizabeth Perkins
97. Mrs Baker
98. Widdow Avril
99. Abigal wife of Thos Perley
100. Abigal W of Timty Perkins
101. Sarah (W) of John Hows Junr
102. Rebecca W of Thos Howell
103. Susanna W of Job Averili
104. Priscilia W. of John Curtis.
105. Mary Waters
106. Sarah W of Josiah Peabody
107. Deborah W of Thos Dorman
108. Mary W of John Hovey
109. Judith Perkins
110. Hannah Howlett
112. Hannah. W. of Michael Dannel]
1S62]
Members of the Old Church, Topsfield.
215
FEMALES.
113. Mary Grant wife of Samuel
114. Sarah H tie
115. Prudence wife of Joseph Borman
116. Phebe Foster
117. Wife of Samuel Towne
US. Wife of William Hollet
119. Jane wife of Ivorv Hovey
120. Martha How
121. Ruth, w. of Jessie Dornian
A List males now belonging to the Church in Topsfield, May 18, 1751,
Daniel Reddington Deac*
Daniel Clark
Zacheus Gould*
Nehemiah Abbot*
Abraham Hotter*
Elisha Perkins*
Thomas Gould
John How of Middletown
John Curtis*
John Hovey
Michael Duinnel
Timothy Perkins*
Samuel Smith of Ipswich
Paul Averil Middletown
Joseph Borman*
Willliam Porter Norton.*
Deac Ivory Hovey
Jesse Dormau
John Perkins, Middleton
John Hewlett Deac11 *
Joseph Gould
Caleb Potter Ipswich
Tobijah Perkins
Benjn Howf
Jacob Towne*
Abraham How Ipswich
Thos Potter Ips.
Isaac Co minings Ips
Edmond Towns*
Sam* Potter Ips.
Daniel Reddington Junr.
John Gould, Boxford.
John Abbot Ips
Richard Towne
Mark How Ips
Joseph CommingsT Ips
Mathew Peabody
Joseph Hovey
Jacob Bixbyf
John Prichard
Daniel Nelson dismissed to Lancaster
Ivory Hovey Junrf
Nathan Bixbyf
Deacon Jacob Peabody
Reverend Mr If there be any mist that were in
ye church before your coming it is Jonah Andrew and I cannot tell
whether he belongs to us or Boxford church.
Luke Averill
Ebeneser Lake
John Wildes
Phineas Reddingtonf
Wm Reddington
John Lompson Junr Ips
Nathan Hood
George Bixby
Stephen Peabody, Eoxf.
Wm Perkins
Thomas Howlett
Joseph Peabody
Jacob Robinson
Jacob Peabody Junr
Jacob Averal
John Andrews Boxf.
Joseph Edwards
John Symonds
Ezekiel Foster, Ips
Abraham Foster Junr. Ips
Sam1 Howlett Junr.
John Wood.
Amos Duinell
Doctor Dexter
Zacheus Gould
Aaron Hovey
Nehemiah How, Ips.
Pomp a negro Servant man Ips.
David Baieh.
John Pterkins
Rev1 Mr. Capen was settled in Tops. 1684.
* De&d. f Diseased,
216 Narraganset Grantees. [July
NARRAGANSET GRANTEES.
In the April No. of the Register, pp. 144-146, is given a list of the
grantees of the Narraganset townships. The gentleman who fur-
nished the list expresses his regret that it is not complete. Being in
possession of a full list of the grantees of township No. 2 (now West-
minster and not Princeton as stated in that article), I will supply the
defect, so far as that town is concerned. The grantees from Cain-
bridge and Charlestown which drew No. 2, are given in the article.
The remaining grantees of No. 2 were the following, from the follow-
ing towns:
Watertown. — John Sawin for his father Thomas, Ephrairn Cutter
(then living), Jonas Cutting for his father James, John Butnard
(then living), Joshua Bigelow (then living), William Shattuck (then
living), Joseph Grant for his father Joseph, Zachariah Smith for his
father Jonathan, Samuel Hager for his father John Eager, George
Harrington's Heirs, John Harrington (then living), Joseph Priest for
his father Joseph, Zachariah Cutting (then living), John Bright for
his uncle John, George Parmetor for his father William, Joseph Bail
for his uncle Jacob Billiard, Thomas Harrington for his wife's father
Timothy Rice, John Sherman for his uncle John, Capt. Joseph Bow-
man for his wife's uncle James Barnard, Joseph Smith for his father
Joseph, Richard Beers for his father Elnathan, Michael Flag's heirs,
Capt. Joseph Bowman for his wife's father John Barnard, John Cut-
ting for his father John, the heirs of Dr. Wellington, the heirs of
Benjamin Wellington,
Weston. — Ebenezer Boynton for his wife's father Caleb Grant,
Onesiphorus Pike for his father James, Thomas Cary for his father
Thomas, Nathaniel Norcross for Jeremiah Norcross, Daniel Warren
(then living).
Sudbury. — Matthew Gibbs (thenliving), Richard Taylorforhiefather
Richard, Thomas Taylor for his father Sebred, John Marston (then
living), John Parkhurst for his father John, Denis Hedly (then
living), John Adams (then living), Benjamin Parmcter for his brother
Joseph, Joseph Rutter for his father Thomas, Ebenezer Graves for
his father Joseph Graves, John More for his father Joseph.
Newton. — Edward Jackson for his father Seborn, Nathaniel Haly
(then living), Isaac Beech for his brother Richard Beech, Stephen
Cook (then living), John Park for his father John, Jonathan Wiliard
for his father Jacob, the heirs of Capt. Thomas Prentice.
Medford. — William Willis for his father Thomas, John Hall for
Capt. Seill, John Whitrnore for his father John.
Malden. — John Mudge (then living), Samuel Kneeland assignee
to Phineas Upham, Abraham Skinner for his father Abraham, James
Cheak's heirs, John Winslow for his father John, William Willis for
the heirs of John Bachelor.
Reading. — Nathaniel Parker for his uncle Jonathan, Richard Brown
for his uncle Edmon, Thomas Nichols (then living), Maior Swain's
heirs, Isaac Williams' heirs, Benjamin Davis' heirs, Samuel Larnpson
for his father Samuel, Thomas Hodgman's heirs, Richard Upham for
his father Phineas, Samuel Chandler for William Jones.
1S62.] The Old French War. 217
THE OLD FRENCH WAR.
As all scraps and items relative to the early wars of the country,
are important, and as the preservation, even of names, may aid the
historian and genealogist, we give below the remnant of a record or
diary by Ensign Edmund Munroe* of Lexington, kept by him at the
lake, in 1758, while serving in Rogers's Rangers:
Laki George Camp, Aug. 27, 1758.
Parole, Jersey.
Officers of the day for to-morrow,
Col. Grant and Col. Prebble.
Field Officers for the Regiment,
Maj. West and Maj. Slap, Brigade Major Money-Penny.
Two Regiments from the Regulars, and two Regiments from the
Provintials to parade immediately, and march to the five Mile Brook
to meet the wagons — the oldest Captains of the two Regiments to
call at head quarters for orders for the above. The Regiments, the
27th & 42^.
Camp near Lake George, Aug. 28, '58.
The Rangers to be under arms at six o'clock this evening to illu-
minate, the rejoicing for the success of his Magisty's arms at Louis-
borg, at which time Major Rogers gives to his Ranging Company,
as a token of his dependence on their loyalty and bravery, a barrel!
of Wine treat, to congratulate this good news to them, and the good
behavior of the four Companies of Rangers at Louisborg.
Lake George Camp, Aug. 28, 1758.
Parole, Louisborg.
Field Officer of the Regiment,
Maj. Beckworth.
The troops to fire a rejoicing firing this evening for the success of
his Magistys arms, for the taking of Louisborg. The Regiments to
be under arms, and line the breastwork at six O'clock. The tiring
to begin with 21 guns from the Royal Artillery, and then from the
right of the 27th Reg. round the line & to finish with the left of Col.
Bayley's Reg. This to be repeated till the whole shall have fired
three rounds. The Regiments and guards not to fire, but to be
formed in the rear of the Regiments. The Commanding Officers of
Regiments to order a review of their Regiments, at 12 O'clock, and
the balls to be drawn, and to have cartridges without balls made up
for the rejoicing fire.
* Edmund MunroR was afterwards a Captain in the Continental Army of the Re-
volution, and fell at the battle of Monmouth, 1773.
21
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218 The Old French War. [July
Lake George Camp, Aug. 29, 1758.
Parole, Berlin?..
For the day, to morrow,
Col. Haldimand aud Col. Bayley.
Field officers for the Regiment,
Col. Eyre and Maj. Gage, Brigade Major, Spittle.
Maj. Rogers Rangers to discharge their pieces between 4 and 6
this evening, beyond the advanced guards.
The Connecticut Regiments to do all the duty of the Provintial
troops tomorrow, and the Massachusetts Regiments to be mustered
on Thursday by Mr. Stoughton, Brigade Major, of the Provintials,
beginning" with Col. Prebble's Regiment, beginning at 7 in the morn-
ing; Col. Williams' at 9, Col. Bayley's at 11, Col. Nickols' at 4 in the
afternoon.
Doct. Monroe to examine the Medicine Chest of every Regiment,
Royal and Provintial tomorrow afternoou, and Report to the General
the condition he finds them in.
The Roll to be called, and if any man is missing, a Report to be
sent to the Brigade Major at tattoo beating.
Lake George Camp, Aug. 31, 1*158.
Parole, Dublin.
Officers for tomorrow,
Col. Hawaland and Col. Whitney.
Field officers for the Regiments,
Maj. Beckworth and Major Titcomb, Brigade Major Money Penny.
One Capt. one Subaltan, two Serjeants, two Corporals, and forty
men from the Rangers to hold themselves in readiness to embark on
the sloop tomorrow. One hundred men from the line to be in readi-
ness to parade at 2 O'clock without arms, to go to the woods to
bring each a load of boughs, to cover the provisions.
Camp at Lake George, Sept. 1, 1158.
Parole, Halifax.
A detachment of 4 subaltans and 100 volunteers from the Regu-
lars, three Companies of Light Infantry, 100 of Maj. Rogers' Rangers,
100 of Col. Partridge's Rangers, 100 of Connecticutt Rangers, to
march tomorrow morning at 9 O'clock, with seven days provision
under the command of Capt. Dalzell of the light Infantry. This de-
tachment to be under arms this afternoon at 4 O'clock, on the ground
near the old Fort. When any prisoners or deserters come into camp,
the party or guard that has them in charge, is to conduct them di-
rectly to head quarters, and not to suffer any person whatever to
ask them any questions, and no officer to offer to stop or question
any deserter, or prisoner, on pain cf disobedience of orders.
1SG2.] The Old French War. 219
CAMP ORDERS.
Lieut. Brewer with a sergeant and 30 men to Parade immediately
for the half-way Brook.
One Capt. 4 Subaltans, 4 sergeants, and 150 men from the Rangers
to be ready to proceed on a scout tomorrow morning. The Captain
to take care that his party are provided with seven days provision.
A subaltan of each Company to see that huts, tents, and encamp-
ments are kept clean and in good order, and this order to be complied
with every morning.
The Sergeant Major to attend at the adjutant's tent at half an
hour after nine in the morning, and at six in the afternoon to receive
such orders as ma}'' be given to the Rangers. For the scout tomor-
row Capt. Lovwell, Lieut. Forkenden, Ens. Sinclear, Lieut. Towel
and Ens. Jones of Capt. Jacob's Indians.
Camp Lake George, Sept. 3, 1158.
Parole, Bratal.
Officers of the day,
Col. Beckworth and Lieut. Col. Handimand.
A Court Martial to sit tomorrow, to try such prisoners as may be
brought before them.
Capt Noal President
Lieut Stark
" Babenston
" Lyon
" Foote
members.
CAMP ORDER.
Three Companies to be under arms tomorrow morning at Guard
mounting. A scouting party consisting of 1 Sergeant and six men
to go about six or seven miles to the westward to Predee.
Tuesday, Sept. 5, It 58.
Parole, Lemerick.
Field officers of the Regiments,
Maj Beckworth and Maj. Ingerson.
The party at the Island to be releived this day by one Capt. one
subaltan, two sergeants, and 38 men; two Corporals from the Regu-
lars, & two subaltans, two sergeants, two corporals and 36 men from
the Provintials. The men to be chosen and to be such as have been
accustomed to boats, and understand them.
Wednesday, Sept. 1758. Camp Lake George.
Parole, Darfidd.
Officers of the day for tomorrow.
Col. Haverland & Col. Hart.
220 Sir Charles Henry Frankland. [Juty
Field Officers for the Regiments.
Lieut. Col. Lynn, & Maj. Slap;. Brigade Major, Spittle.
An alarm in the night. The Rangers of Cols. Pribble's, Williams',
<fc Bayley's are to man the breast work, from the Hospital on the
right to the post on the right flank of the Royal Americans; the Re-
gulars to man from the right flank; leaving the ground while the
first Royal Americans are engaged.
Friday, Lake George Camp, Sept. 8, 1758.
Parole, Westfield.
Col. Haldimand & Col. Nichols, for the day, and Maj. Munster &
Maj. Spencer for the field.
CAMP ORDERS.
Four men of Capt NeaPs Company to march to Fort Edward to
join Capt V
Fort Edward, Nov. 4, 1758.
Parole, St. George.
A Copy of Orders given at Albany by Maj. Gen. Abercrombie-
Abererombie is ordered by the King to express to the officers & sol-
diers, His Magisty's perfect satisfaction of their behavior before Tr
conderoga the 8th of July last.
Nov. 5, 1758.
His Magisty has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Thomas Gage,
Esq., Col. of the Regiment of Light Infantry, a Brigadier General of
his forces in America.
Fort Edward, Nov. 9, 1758.
After orders, the troops in the garrison to be under arms, tomor-
row at 12 O'clock, the troops on the Island to be drawn up at the
same time with their front towards the fort; the detachment at the
Royal Block House to be posted round inside the ditch; each man to
be provided with 3 cartridges without balls; the Artillery to fire 3
rounds of 21 guns, the Artilery at the Block House to fire immedi-
ately.
VISIT TO SIR CHARLES HENRY FRANKLAND, HOPKINTON,
MASS.
"I proceeded to Sir Harry Frankland's seat, kept now by Mr.
Jacques Joseph Villiers de Rohan marrie avec Mademoiselle Frances
de Turenne, he gave me such slips, branches, cions, deeds, as I de-
sired, and lent me Du Mouliu's Book of ye. Accomplishment of ye Prophe-
cys, or Third Book of ye Defense of ye Calholique Faith. I borrowed it
for ye sake of a Treat with my Mr. Blanc; for it beilig in French, I
presume not to read much of it." — Rev. C. Parkmarfs Diary, April 19,
1759 [Westboro'].
"My brother assists me in grafting apricocks and apples wc I
brought from Sr Henry Frankland's last week." — Id., April 27.
1
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3SG2.J Patriotic Instructions. 221
PATRIOTIC INSTRUCTIONS.
One of tke most interesting features in the early history of the
Colony of Massachusetts Bay, is the knowledge of their rights evinced
by the people in the performance of their ordinary duties. Before
the breakiug out of the American revolution, almost every town in
the Province, b}' public resolutions or instructions to their represent-
atives, adopted in town meetings, set forth their rights and immu-
nities in such a manner, as to show that they were no strangers to
the science of human government, or ignorant of their duty as free-
men. These instructions to their delegates to the general court, in
many cases, are valuable state papers, which would do honor to the
first men in the country.
The records of most of our towns in Massachusetts, abound in
these instructions. In the town of Lexington, the people were alive
to the great subject of civil and religious freedom, and embraced
the earliest opportunity to speak out, when their rights were even
threatened with invasion. In 1772, when a measure was proposed
in the British parliament to make the Supreme Judges in the province
independent of the people, by granting them a salary directly by par-
liament— thus taking from the people the only check they had upon.
those important officers — that of withholding supplies, the good peo-
ple of this little town took the alarm, and gave to their representa-
tive in the General Court, the following instructions; which those
who look at, will think too long, and those who read will think too
short:
"To Mr. Jonas Stone, Representative of the Town of Lexington.
"Sir, — It is not to call in question your capacity, disposition, or
fidelity, of which we have given the fullest evidence in the choice
we have made of you to represent us in the Geueral Court of the
Province, but in exercising our right of instructing our Representa-
tives, to open our minds freely to you upon matters which appear to
us interesting to ourselves, to the Province, and to posterity, and to
strengthen and confirm you in measures which we trust, your own
judgment would have suggested, as necessary and important, to our
common safety and prosperity, though we had been silent.
"Our worthy ancestors after many struggles with their enemies
in the face of every danger, and at the expense of much treasure
and blood, secured to themselves and transmitted to us their poste-
rity a fair and rich inheritance, not only of pleasant and fertile lands,
but also of invaluable rights and privileges, both as men and as
Christians, as stated in the Royal Charter of the Province, and se-
cured to us by the faith of the British crown and kingdom. As we
hold due allegiance to our rightful Sovereign, King George III, and
are ready with our lives and fortunes to support his just and con-
stitutional government, so we look upon ourselves as bound by the
most sacred ties, to the utmost of our power, to maintain and defend
ourselves in our Charter rights and privileges, and as a sacred trust
'
222 Patriotic Instructions. [July
committed to us, to transmit them inviolate to succeeding genera"
tiODS.
" It is the general voice, at least of the more thinking and judicious
among us, that our charter rights and liberties are in danger — are
infringed; and, upon the most careful, mature and serious considera-
tion of them, as stated in our charter, and comparing them wiih the
Acts of the British Parliament, and measures adopted by the British
Court, Ministry, and Government relating to this and other American
Colonies, some of which have been carried into execution among us:
we are clearly of opinion that they have been for some time past,
and are at present greatly infringed and violated thereby in various
instances, and these measures have been gone into from time to time,
by the Honorable Council and House of Representatives of the Pro-
vince for relief and redress; yet so far from being successful, our
grievances seem to increase, and to be more intolerable every day.
The unhappy and distressing effects of the measures referred to, are
too many to admit and too well known and felt to require, a parti-
cular mention. But we cannot forbear observing the glaring con-
trast which in some instances is to be seen between our Charter,
and the Acts and Resolves of the British Parliament, and measures
of administration adopted by the British Court, respecting the people
of this, as well as the other Colonies.
"The Charter grants to our General Court full power and author-
ity, from time to time, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of
reasonable laws &c, and that such laws &c. not being disallowed by
the King within three years, shall continue in full force until the
expiration thereof, or until repealed by the same authority. But the
British Parliament have resolved, that they have the right to make
laws binding upon the Colonies in all cases whatsoever, so that when-
ever they please to carry this resolve into execution, they may by
another resolve passed into a law by one powerful stroke, vacate
our Charter, and in a moment dash all our laws out of existence, or
bury them together in one common ruin.
"By^he Charter, the right of taxing the people is lodged in the
General Court of the Province, and we think exclusively. But by
the late revenue acts which have been, with so many ensigns of
power and terror, in open violation of the laws and the liberties of
this people, put into execution by the Commissioners of Customs, this
right is clearly infringed, and the power put into and exercised by
other hands.
"By the Charter, we are vested with all the rights and liberties of
British subjects, one of which we know is in Magna Charta declared
to be that of trial by jury, and that no freeman shall be disseized of
his freehold and liberties, but by the lawful judgment of his peers.
But such is the provision made in the revenue act, and such the exer-
cise of the power of the Courts of Admirality, that men may be dis-
seized of their liberty, and carried from one part of the country to
the other, and be tried and sentenced by a single judge for any, even
the smallest breach of this act, whether real or supposed. Though
the Charter provides for the erecting of judicatories for the hearing
and trying all manner of offences, as well criminal and capital as
civil; yet if we are rightly informed, a late act of Parliament pro-
18G2.] Patriotic Instructions. 223
vides, and directs, in some cases, that persons may be seized and
carried to England for trial, and that for life. Should this be the
fact where is the boasted liberty of English subjects.
11 The Charter represents the Governor of this Province as Captain-
General, and as having full power and authority in all military and'
warlike affairs, and of himself to appoint all military officers, to
erect forts and commit them to the custody of such person or per-
sons, as he shall think meet. But can it be said that this is the truth
in fact, when the Governor himself declares, that he has no authority
over those who have the custody of the most important fortress, and
where garrisons are changed, and officers appointed, not only not by
the Governor, but without his knowledge and consent. Whether
this is the state of Castle "William, the principal fortress of this pro-
vince, appears to us to be a question not unworthy the serious atten-
tion, and most critical inquiry of the- Great and General Court.
" The Charter not only vests the General Court with the right of
imposing taxes, but also points out the end for which taxes are to
be raised — one of which is to support the Government, justly suppos-
ing that necessary connexion between the governing and the govern-
ed, and that mutual dependence which preserves a due balance
between them, which in all well regulated states, has been found to
have the happiest tendency to promote good government on the one
hand, and cheerful obedience on the other. But not enough that the
right of taxation is violated, but the right of determining the merits
and services of those that are employed in the government, must be
yielded too. Thus with respect to the first officers among us, the
only remaining interest whereby persons in service of the public
were induced to be faithful in their trust to the people, is dissolved
and being entirely dependent upon the crown for both place and
support, it becomes their interest at least, in many cases, to be un-
faithful and partial in their administration with regard to the people.
And considering the imperfections of human nature, it is scarcely
possible it should be otherwise, even though the best of men were
in authority. For interest will have its influence to blind the eyes
and prevent the judgment of the wisest and most upright.
"We have been certified in form that this is the case with the
gentleman in the chief seat of the government, and at the head of
the Province, and from the best information we are able to obtain,
we have but too much reason to fear that the same has taken place
with respect to a number of others in office, in places of trusts and
power of no small inportance to the well being of the people. Par-
ticularly have we reason to think this to be the fact with respect to
the Judges of the Supreme Court, the highest court of justice in the
Province — the court upun whose decisions and determinations all
our interests respecting property, liberty and life do chiefly and
ultimately depend; and what adds to the indignity of this measure is,
that it is carried into effect, as we have just reason to suppose, at
our own expense at the same time that it is against our consent.
Thus the plan of oppression is begun, and so far carried on that if
our enemies are still successful, and no means can be found to put
a stop to their career, no measure contrived for a restoration of our
224 Patriotic Instructions. [July
affairs to a constitutional course, as pointed out in our charter, we
have just reason to fear that, the eyes of the head of the government
being blinded, the sources of justice poisoned, and the hands of the
administration bribed with interest, the system of slavery will soon be
'complete. These things are of so interesting a nature, so deeply
affecting, and so big with the ruin of all our rights and liberties,
both civil and religious, that we readily acknowledge that we can
not so much as transiently view them without a mixture of horror,
indignation and grief.
" But this is not all. Our Charter knows no such thing as instruc-
tions to Governors — and yet what have not instructions done to dis-
tress this people; and if in addition to these, it should be found upon
inquiry by the guardians of the Province in General Court assembled
(and they have the right to inquire) that the law had not in all cases
had its course, or that, at any time, measures have been successful
to stay justice from offenders, it seems as if it was time to be alarm-
ed, and provide for our own safety, or else tamely to bow down to
the yoke, and forever hereafter be silent. Whether this representa-
tion be just, is submitted, and must be left to time, and facts to dis-
cover. But that these among other things, are worthy of our most
eerious attention as subjects of inquiry and deep interest, can not be
disputed.
" And therefore to you, sir, whom we have chosen to represent us
in the Great and General Court of Inquest for this Province, we do
most earnestly recommend it, that you use your utmost influence that
those as well as all other matters in which the rights and liberties
of this people are concerned, are impartially inquired into and dis-
passionately considered by the General Assembly; and that mea-
sures be pursued by Petition to the throne, or otherwise, as the court
in their great wisdom shall see meet, for a radical and lasting redress.
That thus, whether successful or not, succeeding generations may
know that we understood our rights and liberties, and were neither
ashamed or afraid to assert and maintain them; and that we our-
selves may have at least, this consolation in our chains, that it was
not through our neglect that this people were enslaved."
This able and patriotic Address to the Representative was accom-
panied by the following Resolves : ,
r "1. Resolved, That it is the natural right and indisputable duty of
every man, and consequently of every society or body of men, to ._
consult their own safety, and to take measures for the preservation
of their own liberty and property, without which life itself can
scarcely be deemed worth possessing.
"2. Resolved, That the security of life, liberty and property to a
people is and ought always to be considered a3 the great end of all
government, and is acknowledged to be the professed end of the
happy constitution of the British Government in particular.
"3. Resolved, That when, through imperfection necessarily attend-
ant upon the wisest system of which fallible men are capable, or
through the designs of wicked or crafty men in places of power and
trust, any laws or acts of government are found to be obnoxious or
1S62.] Information Wanted. 225
oppressive to the subject, it is wisely provided and established by
Magna Charta, the Petition of Rights, and other statutes of England,
that not only Counties, Cities and Corporations, but also Towns and
individuals may consult and adopt measures for redress by petition,
remonstrance, or otherwise, as occasion and the emergency of affairs'
may require.
"4. Resolved, That the inhabitants of this Town and Province by
the Royal Charter (a sacred compact between them and the crown)
being vested with all the rights and privileges of Englishmen and
British subjects, have an indisputable right both as a people and as
individuals to judge for themselves, when laws and measures of
government are obnoxious or oppressive, and to consult upon, and to
adopt the best measures in their power for redress when oppressed.
"And therefore,
" 5. Resolved, That as inhabitants of this town they look upon
themselves in common with their brethren and fellow subjects through
the Province, to be greatly injured and oppressed in various instances
by measures of government lately adopted, especially by the pro-
posed measure of making the Judges dependent upon the crown
alone for their support; they can not but judge it their inalienable
right and a duty they owe to themselves and posterity, freely to
express their sentiments concerning them, and consult measures for
redress."
Such was the action taken, and such the doctrines promulgated by
the inhabitants of Lexington three years before the commencement
of the Revolution; and by a series of such papers, written by their
pious priest and statesman Rev. Jonas Clark, from time to time,
meeting every point at issue, and refuting every position of the
Ministry, the peeple of Lexington were prepared to dare and to do
what they so nobly performed on the 19th of April, 1115.
INFORMATION WANTED.
In 1155, Massachusetts had 3250 men in the memorable expedition
against Louisbourg. In the absence of regular rolls, the loss of
which historians have long felt, we have no doubt but that a list of
the men in that brilliant expedition could, with considerable accu-
racy, be made up from private papers. Every person having the
names of an individual, or of a company in that service, is requested
to forward the same to the Librarian of the Historic-Genealogical
Society, No. 13 BromSeld street, Boston, Mass. The production of
such a list would greatly aid future inquirers, and prove a just tri-
bute to the memories of a large class of men who were engaged in
an enterprise which has commanded the admiration of America and
Great Britain — ah enterprise; the plan of which, it has been said,
" was drawn b}r a.. Lawyer, to be executed by a Merchant, at the head
of a body of Husbandmen and Mechanics."
226 Abstracts of Early Wills. [July
ABSTRACTS FROM THE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD AND
ON THE FILES INT THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS.
[Prepared by W. B. Tkask of Dorchester.]
[Continued from page 166.]
Henry Kingman-. — The last will and testament of Henry Kingman,
of AVaymoth, aged 74 yeares or theirabont, being weake of buddy
but of perfect memmory. Debts payed, all the rest of my worldly
goods I dispose of as folow. To my sonn, Edward Kingman, my
dwelling house with all my housing perteining their vnto, and my
orchords with all the appurtinantes therto belonging, and I doe
giue him as much land a Joyning thcr to as will make it 25 acors.
I giue him two third partes of myne own comon lot. I giue to my son,
Edward, that peece of meddo that was John Alines, and more meddo
I doe giue him, one acor nearest to my house, of that which was Mr.
Jeners. To my son, Edward, my fether bed that I ly on and all the
furniture theirto belonging. To my son, Thomas Kingman, half the
rest of the land that I haue aioyningto my house, except it be two
acors which I shall here after Express. I giue to my son, Thomas,
the other two acors of meddo which I haue, that was Mr. Jeners. To
my son, Thomas, 25 acres of vpland that lyeth near and aboue
Samuell Whites house. To my son, Thomas, one third parte of rny
own comon lot. I giue my son, Thomas, that fether bed which he
lyeth on and all that doth belong their vnto. To my son, John King-
man, the two acores of land that I aboue reserued, and it shall be near
his house from his barne to his planting lot as conuenient as it may
be. I giue to my son, John, the other half of my land at home. To
my son, John, the two acors of meddoe that I haue which was William
Richards, and lyeth near the tyed mill; and my son, John, shall haue
one acor of vpland that lyeth along by the meddo to make medoe of
if he will. To my son, John, half the comon that did belong to owld
'Brother Holhrook, which I had of him. To my son, John, the cow that
hee hath of myne in his hand allreddy. To my dau llolbrook, <£T2. I
giue to my dau. Holhrook, the chest that standes at my beds feet. To
my dau. Dauis, £10; to the chilldren of my dau. Barnard, £10, they
be now fine, they shall be payed when they com to be of age, the
sons at 20 years old and the dau. at 13; and if Either of them dy
before, his portion shall be deuided to the rest. I appoint my three
sons aboue Expresed, to be my Executors and to full fill all my will
as above written and to diuide the rest of my Estate amoug them
Equaly; and hear vnto I haue set my hand and Seall, 24th of May
1667. H
The mark of
Signed sealed and delivered Henry Kingman.
in the presents of vs
Edward Sale, Thomas Dyer.
31 July 67. Edw. Sak& Thomas Dyar, deposed.
Edw. Rawson Record1.
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 227
Inuentory of the Goods & Chatties of Henry Kingman, that deceas-
ed in Weymouth the 5th of the 4th month 1661, taken by Leift. John
Holhrook, Thomas Dyar, the 9th of 4rh month.
31st July 1667. Edward Kingman & John Kingman deposed. Where-
as I, Thomas Kingman, of Weymouth, sonn of Ihnrey Kingman, of
Weymouth, lately deceased, am by my father made a joynt Executo1
with my two Brothers, Edward & John, in my Fathers last will &
Testament, doe hereby signify my acceptance of Executorship with
my brothers, & Consent to the will, & also my desire that the will
may bee rattifyed according to Law. Thomas T Kingman.
wittnes my hand,
Weymouth July: the 29*: 1667.
bis marke
Henry Douglas. — I giue to my wife, Judea Bugles, £100 of my
estate so longe as shee contino a wido. To my eldcste sonn, a du-
bell porshon of the Reste of my estate, and the other parte of my
estate to be equally devided between my other toe children, only to
my granchild, Samuell Hett, I giue 25 shillings sheare of lande at
cape feare; and in case my wife mary a gaine, shee then to take the
thurds of my estate during hure life, provided the ouerplush of the
hundred pound be euequaily deuidei to my chilldren that ear liuing,
and when my wife dye that thurd parte of the estate to be devided
betwexte my children that ear living; and if eany of my chilldren dye
Dot being mared then that estate that I giue them to be eaquelly to
be deuided a mongest the Reste of my chilldren and grandchilldren,
prouided all my dates be payed and my funerall discharged. My
wife and my sonn, John, to be my admenistraters and Mr. John Sen-
derlin, sener, John far num, sener, and Richard Woodde, to be my ouer-
sersof this my laste will and testament, the 9th of february 1662 — as
Witnes my hand and seale. Henry Douglas.
Boston. Wittnes
Richard Woodde, Isaac!; Woodde.
31 July 1667. Rich. Wooddy S- hack Woodchj deposed.
At the same time power of Administration to the Estate of the
late Henry Douglas is granted to Judelh Douglas, Relict of ye said
Henry, to p'forme the Imperfect will of the said Henry Douglas as
neer as maybe. E. R. R.
This Paper was brought by srz'.ant Woody, sealed up & declared
that it Was left by Henry Dvglas v,- a him as subscribed by him his
last will to be kept by him, the said Mi. IVoody, vntill he cald for it
or his death; this given to Thomas Dvglas, in the presence his brother
Hett, the 17 May 1667. before J. L.
An Inuentory of all singular the Goods & Chatties of Hennery Dow-
glas, deceased, taken the 9th of July 1667, by James Euerell, Joseph
How. Mentions — the old buildiDr Containing 4 lower roomes & the
roomes aboue with the chimney, belonging' to the said house, & all
the Ground from Eighteene ynci-s beyond the Ground sill of the
•
223 Abstracts of Early V/ills. [My
same bouse southward, & all the Land soe fair as the Ground of
Goody Jameson northward, £40.
31 July 1667. Judeth Douglas Administratrix, to the imperfect will
of Henery Douglas, her late husband, deposed.
Henry Powning. — An Inuentorye of the goods & chattels Belong-
ing to Henry Pawning, deceased, taken by James Penn, John Wiswall,
Edward Hutchinson. Aint. £585.15.01. Debts owing pr the Estate,
to seucrall persons Heer in Xew England Knowne — £358.08.01.
More owing Mr Roud; in England, not yet Knowne.
July 27th 1665. Elizabeth Pawning deposed.
Edward Rawson Secretarye.
Added by Eliza. Poioning, ye 16 July 1684. Six acres of Land lying
at Kittery.
y
Henry Bishop. — An Inuentory of the Goods k Chattells of Henry
Bishop, Late of Boston, Deceased. Taken by John Wiswall, John
Hull. Amt. ,£359.15.03. Mentions 2 Horses at New Hauen; Debts
at Barbadoes 11500 lb. sugars, £169. Debts due from the Estate
amounts to £370.
6th Nouember 1665. Prsent the Gouernour, Majr Gen. Leuret, Mr
Lusher. Nath. Bishop deposed to the Inuentory of the Estate of the
Late Henry Bishop, His Brother. Edward Rawson, Recorder.
Boston 1665. A true Inuentorye of the apparreli & some other
small things of Elizabeth Bishoppe, Widow, Late wife of Henry Bishop,
Both Deceased, prised by Thomas Grubh, John Lake, at Boston, Oct.
4, '65. Amt. £13.13.7-
16 Nouember 1665, speciall Court, Nathaniell Bishop, deposed.
Edward Rawson, Recorder.
James White — Boston In New England 1666. I, James IMiite, of
Barbados, mrchant, Infirme of body but of sound & perfect memory,
ordaine this my last will and testament. As to my worldly estate in
Barbados or elsewhere I bequeath as followeth: Vnto ye parish of
.Home church, in ye County of Essex, & to ye parishes of S1. Johns
& S1. Michalls in Barbados, to each of them, a peace of plate of tenn
pounds for value to yc seruice of ye Comunion table, for ever. To ye
said parish of Home church, being ye place of my Natiuity, one
thousand pounds, for ye Erecting or buying of aiixVlmes house yT may
Cont: sixe poore men which Cannot [ ] otherwise, & to be pci on
euery fifth of Nouember sixe pound str. to each of them, & a new
gound; & ye ministers of y* parish to haue forty shillings for A ser-
mon for euer; ye aforesaid rnonys I doe will shall be paid within
twelve months after all my Just debts are pd k to [be] disposed of
in purchase at ye Discretion of my suruiueing executors, in trust, with
ye aduise of the next two Justises in yt parish of Home church, or
Adjacent theirto; but in case my Es[tate] amount not to teuo thou-
sand pounds str: my debts pd, then I giue but flue hundred pounds
str: to ye Vse & behalfe aforesaid, & to be disposed of as aboue men-
1862. J Abstracts of Early Wills. 229
tioned. I giue vnto Mr. William Leisly & [ ] Johns [ ] minis-
ters in Barbados, to each a King' of ten pounds sterlin in Value; to
Mr. John Bowden, Mr. Rich: Seawell Mr. Chr. Jason, Mr. Job Browne,
to each of them Rings of 20' value. I giue vnto ye parish of s\
michalls. in Barbados, one tenth part of ye neate Value or rent Raised
by my houses & Land in y.e said towne & parish; & in case my Ex-
ecutors, in trust, shall sell & dispose of all or any p?t thereof, then I
will & ordaine y one tenth pl of the produce or p'veneiw shall bee to
ye Vse of yc said parish for ye building, buying of a worke house., or
ye setting1 of poore people at worke, at ye discretion of any of execut-
ors in trust withye advise of ye Justices in q'ter sessions of yl place;
this is to be after my debts are pa vzt. in 12 months after. I giue
Vnto Ann Gallop, Ralph & Cathcrin Truth, to each of them £50 str. ;
& to William Truth, £100 str. to be p(l two yeares after my debts
are pd; but in case my estate be not valued at £10,000 str. at my
decease, then I giue but halfe ye sumes to be pd as aboue mentioned.
I giue vnto yfc children of my well beloued Brother, Will"1 While,
Late of London, in old England, vzt. John, Will"1, Ann, Dorothy, &
ye rest, Equaly, Except Josiah & Jeames, £100 to purchase of their
father ye free hold of ye farme of Fethes, alias fethes, in ye County of
Essex, by Chensford, ye which farme so purchased, I giue vnto his
sonn, Josiah White, student in Oxon, & to his heires for euer, which
if he haue of his owne, if not, then of his Relation, I desire him to be-
stow ityx their may neuer want one of ye name to serue at ye Alter,
Vntill Christs second Comeing in glory. I meane £700 str: amongst
tbem; not to each. Jeames White.
I giue vnto my wife, Katherine White, £100 str. to buy her a Ring
in Remembrance of mee, with my Jewells, plate, household stuffe
for euer, & ye vse of my dwelling house on my plant11 & ye prouis-
sion, stock, Vntill hermariadge, Besides ye bond giuen her by fea-
feas in trust, for which she is to release all claime of thirds or other
interest in or to any part of my estate, & not other wise, this Legacy
being in full of her Dower. I giue to ye Child she now goeth with
[ ] pounds starling, to be pd after my debts or [ ] my
Executors besides ye bond giuen & made to feafecs in trust, for his
portion, ye which bonds I leaue be [aring] date wth this my will in
ye hands of Coll. Daniell Side. I giue vnto ye Eldest child of Mr
Edward Bowdon, deputy secretary of Barbados, & to Elizabeth More,
Late Daughter of Thomas More, to eacli of them, £100 str. to be paid
at each, of their day of Mariadge ; my debts being pd, this to Eliza-
beth More Desire speedily. To my Bro'>. John & Wihm White & [their]
wiues, to each of them, Rings of £10 str. in Value, wth mourneing.
Vnto my Nephew, Jeames White my Brother, Willm White, of
London, all my [estate] Reall & p'sonail, hereby constit'uteing ye
said James, my sole heire & executr of this my Last will & testament.
Appointing Coll. Henry Uaicly, Edw : Py Esq, Jeames Bcake, Esq:
WiWn Bate Esq. my Brother, Willm White & Jeramiah Egings march'ts:
Execufs in trust of this my Will, in behaife of my said Nephew,
James, or any two of them, & ye suruiuer, desireing them to follow
the aduise of my said Bro : Willm, his Guardian, to ye be[stj ad-
230 Abstracts of Early Wills. [July
uantage of my Nephew, his son, Giueingmy sa[id] Executrs ill trust,
or any two of them, full power to buy more Lands, stock or other
necessaryes for my plant", &c, or to sell, Lease, or to farme, Let, any
[or] all my estate, reall or prsonall, as in their discretion may seeme
most for ye profit of my said Nephew & heire, desireing them to doe
by him, As they desire others may doe for theirs, in ye Like case. I
giue vnto Mrs Elizabeth Hawley, (Long since mariedj dau. of George
Hawley, march*, in Gracious Streate, London, £300 str: to bee pd three
yeares after my debts are pd, & in case of her death, without Ishue,
then to ye meanest of relicts of ye Children of ye said George Hawly,
at ye discretion of my Execut" in trust, I hereby revoke & declare
voyde, ye will & bonds Left with John Harris, to giue Mr Job Browne.,
at my Comeing from Barbados Last, & ail other wills or papers
lending theireto, prvided this & ye bonds Come safe to hand ; & to
my Executrs yr Come & appeare in trust for my Nephew, to each of
them, I giue a Ring of term pounds ; & if my Brother, Willmf Come
not ouer, I giue yl Executr, or any two, one, yl will take sutne prticu-
lai* charge therof. To Coll. Darnell Sirle, I giue a Ring of flue
pounds ; to Thomas Grey, Jeames Cluterbooke, to each of them, two
thousand of musCo: sugar, vzt, to John Harris & George Fryar three
thousand pounds each of them.
10 Sept, 16G6. Jeames White.
Indorst.
Acknowledgd by James White to bee his Last Will & by him signed,
sealed and deliuered in these words In ye presentes of vs, with ye
Adition vnder written. George Fryer.
Tel. John Goble, Era. Funchard, Richard Gregorie.
Boston In New England. Alt a meeting of ye Gouemcr. Richard
Bellingham Esqr, John J.eueret Esq7", Major Generally <J* Edward Rawson,
Record^ in Boston, 28th of March 1667.
John Gable, aged forty three yeares or thereabouts, Frances Funch-
ard, aged thirty eight yeares or thereabouts, Richard Gregorie, aged
twenty foure yeares or thereabouts, & George Fryer, seruant to ye
late Cap James White, of Barbados, aged twenty three yeares or
thereabouts, ou theire Corporall oathes, deposed, yl on ye 15lh of this
Instant march, being present wt!l ye sd. Late Jeames White, at his
lodging in Boston, on his request, & did heare the sd Jeames White
acknowledge & publish these two sheets of paper to be his Last will
& testament, ye wch he had formerly according to ye date therof so
signed & sealed; & on ye sd fifteenth Instant, they did see ye said
James White put also on & take his seale therefrom, saying, I deliuer
this as my act, [&c. The words — " Richard Gregorie, aged twenty
four yeares" was interlined; and John Goble affirmed, " y! he set his
hand, at. a Wittnesse, some day in March, but before the fifteenth."]
An adition to my Will. — Whereas I am advised of a great fire ia
London, to my Brother Willm. While great [loss] as well as others, I
hauing invited him ouer, his wife & children, I will declare & giue
him my household stuffe, being in more want thereof then my wife,
whose bond I doe giue her to make Void her Bower, & debare her
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 231
all therds or clarae3 or other Interest in any of ye Estate, reall or
pr8onal], belonging vnto me, or any thing to ye Contrary before ex-
prest. Jeames White.
Boston Oct. 12th 16G6.
Test: Richard Gregorie, Fra. Punchard, George Fryer, who deposed
to the above, March 28, 1666.
Boston 1666. — Instructions to my Executors, in trust, nominated in
my Last will, bearing Date wth these prsents, being the 10th Oct. 16G6.
As to my wife, Ka : White, I haue wrote her Letter, which I de-
sire you, H. Hawley, or some other, to prvse & be verry priuate in
it ; then seale & deliuer it at your ovvne time, I doubt not but I shall
recouer ye £4000 of Mr Bantly, £2000 may be secured to her & her
child, either by morgage or to let it ly in a Judgment to ye payment
of her child £150 pr annrn, or if M, B. bee not willing to keep it, Let
it be deuided, & she to take her £1000 to her new husband, but Let
it not goe wthout securing a Joynture Vpon her ; if she be Kind to
ye Child, let her haue £40 pr ann. out of ye interest of his £1000, for
I would haue j* £1000 be let out to M. B. at 4 pr C< Yntill y.« Child
be 17, & if A boy that he be fitted for a march1, & bound out, yl bee
wrCh hath yc mony shall advance £200 to binde him out, and Keep ye
mony flue yeares gratis ; this is but by way of aduise, I leaue it to
yr care & Discretion, as in all things else. As to those two great
debts I owe, you will find pTtiall Instructions herewth, & another
Copy in ye hands of Mr Browne or John Harris. If my wife is not
Contented wth her Legacy, vzt. my bond which I giue her in full of
her therds, Dower, & all other claime to my Estate, reall & p'sonall,
then wtl;hold ye present yearely allowance mentioned in my will, for
she deserues no Kindnesse from mee. Yor seruant
Boston Oct. 10, 1666. Jeames White.
Test : John Goble, Geo. Fryer, Fra : Punchard, Richard Gregorie, who
deposed March 28, 1666. Edward Rawson, Record1".
Boston the 30 th 1™ : 1667. Inuentory of the Estate of the late Cap.
Jams-While, deceased, as it was shewen vnto vs, the subscribers, by
/fieorge Fryer~T^ his domestique seruant. Signed by Rich: Cooke, Josh:
Scottow. Ami £178.12.5. Debts the deceased oweth, to Josuah Scot-
low, Mr Atwater, Mr Lynes, Edward Lilly, Deacon Trusdall, MX RuddGck}
Mf Lidget, Leift: Cooke, Arthur Mason, Ben: Gillam, John Lake, Mr Bend-
I alL Goodman Fetch; to George Fryer, for his Sallery, in p1 whereof
V heeNmttu£6\11.06 paid in 69 gall, of Rum & a bill. " Colonell
^■^Searles hath tooke the negro boy* as in p* of the funerall Expence."
Ami. of debts: £184.11,
George Fryar, deposed, April 1, 1667.
Edward Fletcher.— Feb. 20, 1659. I, Edward Fletcher, now of
Badgeden, in the County of Gloucester, Gierke, being in health of
body, doe make this my last will. I giue all that my messuage or
tenement wth the appurtenances, scituate and being neere the Little
* The negro was valued at £25.
232 Abstracts of Early Wills. [July
Cloisters, within the precincts of the Colledge, in the Citty of Glou-
cester, and the rents, issues & profit thereof, vnto Mary, my wife,
during the terme of her life, she keeping the same in repaire, Sc also
giving free & full liberty to Mr James Forbes, of Gloster, and such
other Christians w,h him as he shall allow of, to meete and assemble
themselues together, from time to time, in the great Hall of the said
Messuage or tenement, for the worship of God only, and to haue free
liberty of ingresse, egresse, and regresse, to & from the same,
thorough all vsuall waves, at their will, & pleasures, paying 40s pr
ann. rent, for the same, during my wifes life; and imediately after
my wifes decease, I giue said messuage or tenement wth the appur-
tenances, vnto my sister, Elizabeth Hooper, for the tearme of her life,
shee keeping the same in repaire. And vpon this further condicon,
yl my said sister, Elizabeth, her executors, Admin?8: or assignes, pay
to my Cozen, Mar garett Ellis, now of the Citty of Gloucester, Spinster,
out of the rents, issues and proffits of the said Messuage or tenement,
.£10 of Lawfull English Money, within Fewer yeares after my said
wifes decease, in Case my said sister shall Hue and enjoy the said
house, messuage & premises soe long. And my will is, that from
& after my wiles decease, the said Mr James Forbes & such other
Christians as hee shall allow of, may, if they desire it, have the vse
of the said great Hall for the vses aboue menconed, during my Sisters
life [with rights and privileges as before expressed,] wihout giuing*
any rent for the same during my said sisters life. I giue the Reuer-
con and inheritance of said Messuage or tenement, w*iil the appur-
tenances expectant vpon & after the death of my wife or my sister
Elizabeth & either of them longest [Liuing,] vnto my well beloued
Preinds, Mr James Forbes, of the Citty of Gloucester, Gierke, William
Sheppard, the younger, of the [same] Citty, gent, Thomas Cole, of
the same Citty, scriuener, Thomas Jlenning, of the same Citty, joyner,
Thomas Shipton of Ba[rn]wood, and John Badger, of St. Bridge in tne
County of the same Citty, yeoman, & their heires foreuer, vpon trust
and confidence, neuer the lesse to the intent & purpose yt they the sd
Forbes, Sheppard, Cole, Henning, Shipton $■ Badger & the surviuo1"3 or
suruivor & the heires or assignes of such surviuor shall and [may
dis]pose of the rents, issues & proffits thereof to & for the relief of
such godly poore and needy people as they shall judge meete, and to
bee distributed by them in such sort & manner as they in their dis-
cretion shall thinck convenient, All [need] full charges in repara-
cons and otherwise being allowed & defaulted out of the rent, from
time to time, as it shall grow due & payable. All the rest of my
goods, chattells and personall estate whatsoeuer, [all] my debts
payd & funeral 1 expences discharged, I giue to my wife, Mary Fletcher,
whome I make sole executrix of this my last will & testament.
Edw: Fletcher.
Sealed and published in ye presents of
Tho: Browne, Ridge Van, Susana Rogers.
An Inuentory of the Goods & Estate of Edward Fletcher, lately de-
ceased, in Boston, & Apprized by Thomas Bumstead, William Kilcup,
Dec. 31, 1666.
Boston 12th Feb. 1666. Power of administration to the estate of
.
1S62.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 233
the late Mr Edw: Fletcher, deceased, is granted unto Mary, his relict.
Mrs. Mary Fletcher deposed.
Capt. Richard Davenport. — 30th Octobr. 16G5. Power of Adminis-
tration to the Estate of the Late Cap1. lUchard Dauenport, on Request
of Elizabeth, his Relict, testifyed pr. her sonnes, is graunted to Mr \Vm
Sto.vghion, Mx Nathaniel Dauenport $* Mr Stephen Minott, they giuing
securitye to Administer according to Lawe & bring in a Just & true
Inuentorye therof to the County Court. Edw. Rawson Recorder.
Inuentoryc of the Estate taken Oct 9, 1665, pr Roger Clapp, Hope-
still Foster, John Minott, Amt. £9114. Mr W™ Stoughton, Mr Nathaniell
Dauenport, cy Mr Stephen Minott Administrate deposed, Oct 30, 1665.
Nicholas Badditier. — An Inuentory of the Estate of Nicholas Bad-
ditier, of Datsuro,* neer Dartmouth, in England, that Departed this
Life, in June last, at Edw: Barkers House. Taken by John Search,
Edward Ellis, John Sweete, Amt. £3.15.11.
Oct 31, 1665. Edward Barker deposed.
Arthur Clarke. — Oct 31, 1665. Power of Administration to the
Estate of the Late Arthur Clarke is Graunted to Sarah, his Relict, in
Behalfe of Her selfe & sonne.
Inventory of the Estate taken by Thomas Matson. The gallie pots
prised by Mr Jn° Endecot c\- Mr Daniel Stone. Amt of inventory,
£?1.19.6. Sarah Clarke deposed.
WILL OF LEONARD CHESTER.
[Communicated by Charles J. Hoadley of Hartford, Ct.]
Mr. Goodwin, in a note at the foot of page 8 of Genealogical Notes,
published 1856, gave from the original document on file at the Pro-
bate Office in Hartford, the last will of Mr. Chester, made in 1648.
In that document Mr. Chester refers to a writing drawn up some
years before, which is here given as found entered with the will of
later date, in the recently discovered volume of Probate Records of
Connecticut :
November 82* 1637.
In the name of God Amen.
I Leonard Chester of Wethersfield in Connecticut gentleman be-
ing sound in body and of good and perfect memory., praised be God
therefore, do ordain and appoint this my last will and testament in
form and manner following: First I commend my soul into the
hands of almighty God my creator, in hope of resurrection unto life
by Jesus Christ my Saviour, and my body to the earth from whence
* Probably Dittisham, in Devon, 5| miles N. by W, from Dartmouth. "The
parish, which is remarkable for the beauty of its scenery, is crossed by the navi-
gable river Dart, over which there is a ferry." Lewis's Topographical Die. of Eng-
land. London, 1831.
22
. '
234 Will of Leonard Chester . [July
I came, and my worldly estate I dispose of in such wise as shall be
hereafter expressed, all former wills and testaments being by virtue
of these presents made void and of none effect.
Impr. I give and bequeath unto my son John, all that my house
lot with houses meadows and other lands whatsoever together with
that mill and the appurtenances thereto belonging which I am in
building at the devising of these presents, all which doe lie, are sit-
uate, and have their being in the town and liberty of Wethersfield
aforesaid: to enter upon the one half immediately after my decease
for and towards his education and maintenance, and upon the other
half after the decease of Mary my beloved wife and not before. And
if it shall happen that the said John shall die without issue before
he comes to the age of one and twenty years that then the said
houses, lands and appurtenances thereto I do give and bequeath
unto my daughter Mary, and if it shall please God that my daugh-
ter Mary shall die without issue, that then my will is, that the afore-
said houses lands &c shall be divided amongst the heirs of my body
in general, or for want of issue to the children of my dear uncle Mr.
Thomas Hooker now pastor at Hartford in Connecticut aforesaid:
Item I give and bequeath unto my son John an hundred pounds:
Item I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary two hundred
pounds: Item I give and bequeath unto my mother Dorithy Chester
thirty pounds: and I do give unto my wife Mary one half of my
house lot with houses meadows and other lands whatsoever together
with that mill and the appurtenances thereto belonging, which I am
now in building, to have and to hold for her proper use and benefit
during the time of her natural life, and then to return to the only
use and right of my son John &c. according to the premises before
specified: And I do appoint and constitute my dear wife Mary my
whole and only executrix. And I do request Mr John Plum and Mr
Henry Smith, both of this town of Wethersfield, to be my overseas,
for which I do give unto Mr. Plum ten shillings to buy him a pair of
gloves, and Mr Smith I give him thirty shillings. In witness here-
unto I have set my hand and seal the day and year first above writ-
ten. Leonard Chester.
In the presence of us •
Henry Smith.
It is the last will and testament of Leonard Chester gent: that Mr
Haynes and Mr Webster shall take into consideration the 300£ sent
over as a part of the portion of his wife since he came to New Eng-
land, which was to be disposed of for her use with her liking, which
being rectified by the two friends above named, then his housing
lands stock and estate, to be disposed to the benefit of his children,
according as the said Leonard should determine when they confer
with him. And in case he depart this life before they can visit him,
then he intreats those two friends as his last will to proportion the
estate to his posterity as they judge fit, and he makes Mr. Webster
and Mr. Newton of Tonxsis his overseers. Leonard Chester.
In the presence of
Tho: Hooker
James Boost
Dorothy Chester.
IS62.] Descendants of Rein old and Matthew Marvin. 235
GENEALOGICAL SKETCH
OF THE
DESCENDANTS OF REINOLD AND MATTHEW MARVIN,
WHO CAME TO NEW ENGLAND IN 1635.
[Compiled from authentic sources, by T. R. Marvin, Boston.]
The following sketch is necessarily imperfect, from the fact that
the records to make it complete are not within the reach of the com-
piler. It was originally commenced by him with the hope of tracing
the direct line of his ancestry to the first emigrant to this country;
in this he has been entirely successful. If those of the name will
communicate to the compiler correct lists of their families, he will
hereafter make use of them.
In some of the following records there are apparent discrepancies
in regard to the ages of persons, arising from the fact that their
birth was recorded for old style, and their death for ■new style.
The first family by the name of Marvin, who came to New Eng-
land, consisted of two brothers, lieinold and Malihew, and one sister,
Hannah, who probably came over from England with her brother,
Reinold. I have not been able to ascertain in what year Reinold
came to New England. Matthew, and his family, came in 1635, as
will be seen by the following statement:
During the summer months of 1842, Hon. James Savage of Boston,
Mass., who was on a visit to England, was chiefly occupied with
searching for materials to illustrate the early annals of New Eng-
land, lie was richly compensated for his toil. The result of his in-
vestigations was published in the 8th vol. Mass. Hist. Coll., 3d series,
under the title of ' Gleanings for New England History/ From this
article I extract the following:
"Perhaps the acquisition most valuable, in the opinion of our local
antiquaries, is my copious extracts from a MS. volume in folio, at
the Augmentation Office (so called), where the Rev. Joseph Hunter,
one of the Record Commissioners, presides, in Rolls Court, West-
minster Hall. It contains the names of persons, permitted to em-
bark at the port of London, after Christmas, 1G34, to the same period
in the following year, kept generally in regular succession. This was
found a few months since, and may not have been seen by more than
two or three persons for two hundred years."
Under date of 15th April, 1635, is the following entry in the above
named volume:
"Theis parties hereafter expressed, are to be transported to New
England, irnbarqued in the Increase, Robert Lea, master, having
taken the oath of alleg-iance and supremacy, as also being conform-
able, &c. whereof they brought testimony per certif. from the Just-
ices and ministers where there abodes have lately been."
The following names are included in the list above referred to:
23G Descendants of Remold and Matthew Marvin. [July
Age.
Husbandman Matthew Marvyn, 35 yrs.
uxor Elizabeth Marvyn, 31
Elizabeth Marvin, 11
Matthew Marvyn, 8
Marie Marvyn, 6
Sara Marvyn, 3
Hanna Marvyn, J
The brothers Matthew and Reinold were among the original
settlers of Hartford, Conn., and both were proprietors of land in
that ancient town.
Matthew resided on the corner of Village and Front streets, Hart-
ford, for some years. He was among the pioneers in the settlement
of Norwalk, which town he represented in the General Court in 1654.
Matthew, his son, represented that town in 1694 and 1G97; Samuel,
bis grandson, in 1718, and John, his grandson, in 1734 and 1738.
He died at Norwalk, in 1687.
Eeinold* sold his land in Hartford and removed to Farmingtqn,
and was probably among the first settlers of that town, xlbout
1648, he sold his property in Farmington to John Warner. The pro-
perty sold to Warner consisted of a homelot of five acies, a new
house, and other lands, which are recorded at Farmington. This
" was a prominent homelot, having Mr. Willis of Hartford, on one
side, and Mr. Hopkins on the other; it was on the west side of the
main street." From Farmington he removed to that part of Say-
brook, which is now Lyme, where he died in 1662. He had two
children, Reinold and Mary. His daughter Mary married William
Waller of Saybrook; they had sons William, John, Samuel and Mat-
thew. The early town records of Saybrook have been unfortunately
destroyed by fire, — and the Farmington town records do not extend
back farther than 1646; so that it is only by collateral evidenee that
some of the foregoing dates and conclusions have been arrived at.
His will is recorded on the Colony Records at Hartford, in which he
directs that to each of his grandchildren, " there be provided and given
a Bible as soon as they are capable of using them." The inventory
of his estate amounted to over £800,
Hannah married Francis Barnard, at Hartford, in 1644; and re-
moved from thence to Hadley, Mass. She died in 1676. Farmer
says, that Francis Barnard is the ancestor of all the divines of the
name of Barnard, who have graduated at Harvard, excepting John
of Marblehead, and Jeremiah of Manchester, X. H,
Reinold Marvin (son of Reinold, preceding), born about 1634,
married, about 1663; Sarah Clarke, daughter of George Clarke, Jr.,
of Milford, Conn., husbandman. She was baptized Feb. 18, 1644.
He is known on the town records as Lieutenant Reinold Marvin. He
was one of a committee appointed to divide the town of Saybrook,
in the year 1665. That part of the town lying east of Connecticut
river, was named Isyme, from Lyme Regis, in the south-west of Eng-
*This name is spelled in different ways — Reginold, Reinold, Renold, Reynold.
I have used Reinold, in these records.
3862.] Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin. 237
land. Lieut. Marvin was a large landholder, and a prominent man
in the town. He represented Lyme in the General Court in 1670,
and from 1612 to 1676. He had three sons,— John, born 1664-5;
Reinold,* born 1669; and Samuel, born 1671: ond two daughters,
Mary and Sarah. Mary married Richard Ely of Saybrook. He died
in 1676, aged 42 years. His widow, Sarah Marvin, married Oapt.
Joseph Sill, Feb. 12, 1677-8. She was his second wife, and had
children — Joseph, born Jan. 6, 1678-9; and Zechariah, born June 1,
1682. Capt. Sill had formerly lived in Cambridge — his first wife was
Jemima Belcher, daughter of Andrew Belcher, by whom he had seve-
ral children. He had distinguished himself in Philip's Indian war.
He died Aug. 6, 1696, aged 60.
Reinold Marvin, second son of Lieutenant Reinold, was born in
1669. He was famous as Lyme's Captain. He was a deacon in the
Congregational Church. He represented Lyme in the General Court
from 1701 to 1728. He was first married in 1695, to Phebe ;
she died Oct. 21, 1707: married the second time in 1708, to Martha
Waterman, daughter of Thomas Waterman of Norwich; she died
Nov. 1753, aged 73. He died Oct. 18, 1737, aged 68 years. The
following is inscribed on his tombstone:
This Deacon, aged sixty-eight,
Is freed on earth from serving;
May for a crown no longer wait,
Lyme's Captain, Reinold Marvin.
The above inscription, as also that on the gravestone of his first
wife, was executed by an illiterate artist, and with bad spelling, and
the effects of time, is now rather obscure. The following is the in-
scription on the gravestone of his first wife:
Here lies the hodv of
PHEBE MARVIN,
wife of
Rei>told Marvin,
who died Octoher 21, 1707,
in the
31 year of her age.
Her body only resting here,
Her soul is fled to a higher sphere.
Samuel Marvin, third son of Lieutenant Reinold, represented Lyme
in the General Court, in 1711 and 1722.
Reinold Marvin, first son of Captain Reinold, was known and
spoken of as Deacon Marvin. A great many anecdotes are related
concerning this Deacon Marvin — which have generally been attributed
to Captain Reinold. I am fully convinced, however, that they all be-
long to his son Reinold; both being Deacons, and both having the
same Christian name, the mistake could easily be made. This son
Reinold was unquestionably the poet who composed the epitaphs on
his father's and mother's tombstones, and the odd genius of whom a
multitude of anecdotes and queer sayings and rhymes, are still
related; the most of them are positively known to apply only to the
son of Captain Reinold.
Reinold Marvin, first son of Deacon Reinold, graduated at Yale
College, 1748; studied law; resided in Litchfield. He left a daughter
who married Ephraim Kirby, who prepared the first volume of Law
23S Descendants of Remold and Matthew Marvin. July
Reports published in the United States. Major Reinold Marvin
Kirby of the U. S. Army, sou of Ephraim Kirby, was twice breveted
for gallantry in the war of 1812, and died in the service in 1842.
Kichard Pratt Marvin, a great-grandson of Deacon Reinold, was
a Member of the 25th and 26th Congresses of the United States.
Is at this time one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the State
of New York.
William Marvin, brother of Richard P., is a District Judge in the
U. S. Court for the District of Florida, and resides at Key West.
Dudley Marvin, a great-grandson of Lyme's Captain, was twice
elected a Member of Congress from Ontario county, X. Y., and in
1846. a Member from Chautauque. county, N. Y.
William Marvin, another great-grandson of Lyme's Captain, was
for several years a Judge of Probate, for the District of Lyme, Conn.
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF REINOLD MARVIN, ONE OP THE FIRST
SETTLERS.
First Generation.
I. Reinold Marvin came to New England about 1635. The -date of
his birth and the name of his wife, are not known. He had two
children, and probably no others. He d. at Lyme, Conn., in
1662.
Children :
1. Reinold, b. about 1634.
2. Mary, m. William Waller of Saybrook, Conn. Had sons — Wil-
liam, John, Samuel, Matthew.
Second Generation.
1.
Lieut. Reinold Marvin, m. Sarah Clark, dau. of George Clark,
Jr., husbandman, of Milford, Conn., about 1663. He d. at Lyme, in
1676, a. 42. His wid. m. Capt. Joseph Sill, Feb. 12, 1677-8. She
was his 2d wife, and had children — Joseph and Zechariah.
Children :
3. John, b. in Lyme, 1665.
4. Mary, b. 1666, m. Eichard Ely of Saybrook.
5. Reinold, b. 1669.
6. Samuel, b. 1671.
7. Sarah, b. 1673.
Third Generation.
3.
John Marvin m. Sarah Graham of Hartford, Conn., May 7, 1691.
She was the dau. of Henry Graham and Mary his wife. He d. Dec.
II, 1711, a. 47 yrs. His wife d. the relict of Mr. Richard Sears, at
Lyme, Conn., Dec. 14, 1760, a. 91 yrs.
Children :
8. Sarah, b. in Lyme.
9. Mary.
10. John, b. Aug. 9, 1698.
1862.] Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin, 239
11. Elizabeth.
12. Joseph, b. about 1103.
13. Benjamin.
14. Metiitable.
15. Jemima.
5.
Reinold Marvin (Lyme's Captain), was twice m. 1st, to Phebe
, in 1695; she d. Oct. 21, 1707, a. 31. 2d, to Martha Waterman,
dau. of Thomas Waterman of Norwich, Conn., 1708. Reinold M, d.
at Lyme, Oct. 18, 1737, a. 68 yrs. Hi3 wid. d. at Lyme, Nov. 1753,
a. 74 yrs.
Children by first wife:
16. Phebe, b. in Lyme, Dec. 3, 1696.
17. Reinold (Daniel on the town records), b. Jan. 1702.
18. Lydia, b. Jan. 12, 1701, m. Philip Kirkland.
19. Esther, b. April 3, 1707, m. Thomas Lord, Jr.
. Children by second wife :
20. Martha, b. April 3, 1710.
21. Elisha, b. Sept. 26, 1711, d. in infancy. " ,; '")
22. James, b. May 26, 1713.
23. Sarah, b. March 8, 1716.
24. Elisha 2d, b. March 8, 1718.
25. Miriam, b. March 1720, m. Samuel Beckwith.
6.
Samuel Marvin m. May 5, 1669, Susannah Graham, dau. of Henry
Graham of Hartford, and sister to the wife of John Marvin, No.|3.
He d. at Lyme, March 15, 1743, a. 72.
Children : -
26. Samuel, b. in Lyme, Feb. 10, 1700.
27. Zechariah, b. Dec. 27, 1701.
28. Thomas, b. March 4, 1704.
29. Matthew, b. Nov. 7, 1706.
30. Abigail, b. Sept/ 13, 1709.
31. Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1712.
32. Nathan, b. Nov. 21, 1714.
33. Nehemiah, b. " at the time the great snow-storm commenced/'
Feb. 20, 1717.
35 A^on } twin8' b' April 15' mL The SOn d'
Fourth Generation.
10.
John Marvin, m. Mehitable Champion, Feb. 24, 1725-6.
Children :
36. Johu, b. in Lyme, Jan. 30, 1726-7.
37. Mehitable, b. June 27, 1729, m. (?) Stephen Lee, Jr., Sept. 25,
1744.
38. Adonijab, b. March 1, 1732.
240 Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin. [July
39. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 21, 1734.
40. Esther, b. April 15, 1737.
12.
Joseph Marvin, m. Jane Lay, May 28, 1730. He d. in Lyme, April
7, 1791, a. 88 yrs. His wid. cL Oct. 21, 1795, a, 89 yrs.
Child :
41. Hepzibah, b. March 11, 1731, m. (?) Enoch Lord, Dec. 31, 1748.
13.
Benjamin Marvin, m. Deborah Mather, dau. of Samuel Mather of
Lyme, Nov. 11, 1742. He d. Jan. 21, 1775.
Children :
42. Benjamin, b. Nov. 7, 1743,
43. Mehitable, b. Oct. 4, 1745.
44. Azubah, b. Dec. 23, 1748.
17.
Reinold Marvin, was twice m. 1st', to Mrs. Sarah Lay (originally
Sarah Marvin, 8, dau. of John Marvin), Dec. 23, 1725. 2d, to
Mrs. Mary Kellogg, originally Mary Niles (?) of Colchester, Conn.,
July 7, 1746. He d. in Lyme, Feb. 24, 1701, a. 60 yrs.
Children by first wife:
45. Remold, b. Oct. 23, 1726.
46. Phebe, b. March 18, 1729.
47. Dan, b. Jan. 2, 1732.
48. Lydia, b. Sept. 14, 1733.
Children by second icife :
50. Eunice, } ' r ' ' '
61. Esther, b. Feb. 14, 1755.
52. Judith, b. April 16, 1757.
22*
James Marvin, m. (?) Ruth Mather, dau. of Timothy Mather of
Lyme. (If this should meet the eye of any of the descendants of
James Marvin, they would oblige the compiler of this Genealogy, by
communicating to him what they can, respecting this family.)
Child :
53. Moses, b. in Lyme.
24.
Elisha Marvin, m. Catharine Mather, dau. of Timothy Mather, 1738.
He d. in Lyme, Dec. 3, 1801, a. 84 yrs., 8 mos. and 14 days. His
wife d. Dec. 4, 1799, a. 82 yrs., 10 mos. and 12 days.
Children :
54. Pickett, b. 1739, d. Nov. 23, 1762.
55. Elisha, b. June, 1742.
56. Timothy, b. 1744.
57. Enoch,"b. 1747.
3S62.J Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin. 241
58. Elihu, b. Dec. 1752.
50. Joseph, b. Feb. 14, 1755.
GO. Catharine, b. Jan. 20, 1757.
26.
Samuel Marvin:, m. Mary TVege [? Wedge], April 2, 1740. He cl.
at Lyme, April 18, 178G, a. 86.
Children : \
61. Sarah, b. Jan. 27, 1741.
62. Martha, b. May 2, 1743.
27.
Zechariah Martin, m. Abigail Lord, March 29, 1732. He d. in
Lyme, Sept. 12, 1792, a. 91.
Children :
63. Elisha, b. Feb. 13, 1733.
64. Zechariah, b. Aug. 11, 1735.
65. Thomas, b. Oct. 12, 1737, d. Oct. 15, 1737.
66. Susannah, b. Nov. 12, 1738.
67. Thomas 2d, b. May 29, 1742,
68. Daniel, b. May; 2, 1745, d. Jan. 30, 1751.
69. Joseph, b. Jan. 8, 1748, d. in infancy.
70. Silas, b. July 19, 1750.
71. Joseph 2d, b. June 22, 1751.
28.
Thomas Marvix, m. Mehitable Goodrich. He d. about 1763.
Children :
72. Joseph, " a sea captain in the West India trade, and supposed to
have been lost at sea, not long before the Revolution."
73. Lois.
74. Mehitable, b. Nov. 19, 1738, m. Benjamin Marvin, great-grandson
of Matthew Marvin of Norwalk, the original settler, brother
of Reinold of Lyme.
75. Samuel, who d. " in the service." in the old French war.
76. Susannah,- m. Hezekiah Frisbie; lived and d. at Duanesburg, N. Y. '
77. Elizabeth, m. Wm. Roberts.
78. Matthew, b. in Simsbury, Conn., June 7, 1754, d. at Walton, N. Y.,
Sept. 22, 1846, a. 92.
29.
Matthew Marvin, resided in Lyme, Conn., m. Mary Beckwith, iVpril
20, 1732. "They both d. the same day, of the small-pox, taken from
a transient person who came to their house — which was turned into
a hospital, and all the children were inoculated, and recovered, as
well as several neighbors."
Children :
79. Seth, b. July 12, 1733, "killed in a skirmish with the Indians, on
the Susquehannah."
*80. Eunice, b. Dec. 2, 1735, m. Judge William Noyes of Lyme.
81. Matthew, b. about 1742, m. Elizabeth Deming.
,
242 Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin. [July
82. Ezra, b. July 15, 1744, m. Susanna Peck.
83. Elizabeth, b. — , in. Rev. George Griswold.
84. Mary, b. — , m. Samuel Griswold.
85. Abigail, b. ■ , ra. Marshfield Parsons, his second wife.
86. Rhoda, b. , m. William Mather.
87. Phebe, b. , m. Thomas Lee,
88. Joseph, b. , d. in youth.
31.
Elizabeth Marvin, m. Richard Waite of Lyme, Nov. 8, 1133. She
d. May 27, 1755.
Children :
89. Phebe, b. in Lyme, Sept., 1734,
90. Lois, b. 1735, m. Marshfield Parsons.
91. Richard, b. 1739.
92. Elizabeth, b. 1741.
93. Sarah, b. 1745.
94. Marvin, b. 1746.
95. John, b.1749.
96. Daniel, b. 1751.
32. !
Nathan Marvin, m. Lydia Lewis, May 17, 1743. He d. in Lyme,
March 15, 1755.
Children :
97. Samuel, b. in Lyme, Feb. 14, 1744.
98. Henry, b. Dec. 21, 1745, d. March 15, 1755.
99. Martin, b. May 6, 1750.
100. Lebbeus, b. Feb. 10, 1752.
101. Nathan, b. Feb. 9, 1754.
102. Henry, b. March, 1755.
33.
Nehemiah Marvin, m. Hester Lord of Lyme, Jan. 9, 1746.
Children :
103. Phebe, b. in Lyme, Oct. 15, 1746.
104. Anne, b. Dec. 29, 1748.
Fifth Generation.
36.
John Marvin, m. Sarah Brooker of Saybrook, Feb. 10, 1747. He
resided in Lyme, Conn., until 1767, when he removed to " Guilford,
or Surrey," New Hampshire.
Children :
105. Sarah (or Hepzibah), b. in Lyme, Nov. 7, 1747.
106. Giles, b. Dec. 23, 1751.
107. Lois, b. May 12, 1754.
108. Esther, b. Sept. 12, 1756, d. Nov. 22, 1759.
109. John, b. May 6, 1759, d. June 14, 1759.
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110. Lydia, b. Nov. 4, 1760.
111. John 2d, b. Dec. 15, 1763.
112. Marv, b. March 2, 1766.
113. Adonijah, " b. in Guilford or Surrey, N. H.," April 16, 1769.
38.
Adonijah Marvin, m. Diadema Miller, Aug. 20, 1755. He d. at
Lyme, April 20, 1758, a. 26.
Children :
114. Elizabeth, b. in Lyme, June 30, 1756.
115. Diadema, b. April 5, 1758.
42.
Benjamin Marvin, was twice m.; first to Phebe Rowland of Lyme,
Oct. 29, 1767; and second to Abby Smith. He d. in Lyme, June 14,
1823, a. 79. His first wife d. Dec. 27, 1812, a. 67; his second wife d.
Sept. 28, 1840, a. 73.
Children :
116. Abigail, b. in Lyme, Aug. 29, 1768, d. Dec. 5, 1776.
117. Uriah, b. Aug. 8, 1770, m. Olive Ingraham.
118. John, b. June 8, 1772, m. 1st Amy Stevens, 2d Lucia M. Lee.
119. William, b. April 5, 1775, m. Julia Ann Taber, June 29, 1820—
resided at New London, Conn., where he d. in 1849. He had
no children.
120. Abigail 2d, b. March 27, 1777, m. Ichabod Smith.
121. Phebe, b. May 18, 1779, m. Uriah Benedict.
122. Lois, b. May 2, 1781, d. Aug., 1781.
123. Lois 2d, b. July 21, 1782, m. David E. Gregory.
124. Alexander, b. Jan. 31, 1785, m. Mary E. Pepoon.
125. Richard, b. April 19, 1787, d. Aug. 20, 1840.
126. Edward Lee, b. Aug. 16, 1789, d. Oct, 16, 1820.
45.
Reinold Marvin, was b. Oct. 23, 1726. He resided in Litchfield,
Conn., at which place he d.
Child :
127. A dau., who m. Ephraim Kirby.
47.
Dan Marvin, m. Mehetable Selden, Oct. 14, 1762. He d. at Lyme,
Dec. 30, 1776.
Children :
128. Reinold, b. in Lyme, July 21, 1763, d. Dec. 10, 1767.
129. Dan, b. Oct. 15, 1765, m. Huldah Mather.
130. Reinold 2d, b. March 21, 1769, m. Mabel Bushnell of Saybrook.
He resided at Fairfield, Herkimer co., N. Y., where he d. in
1812.
244 Descendants of Rein old and .Matthew Marvin. [July
131. Sarah, b. Sept, 21, 1771, in. Joel Pratt,
132. Selden, b. Nov. 21, 1773, m. 1st Charlotte Pratt; 2d Mrs. Eliza-
beth Vandenburg. He resided in Herkimer CO., N. Y.
133. James, b. May 10, 1776, d. Nov. G, 1779.
53.
Moses Marvin7, m. Zilpah Gillett, at Lyme, March 30, 1780. He
removed to Genesee co., N. Y.
Children :
134. James, b. in Lyme, Jan. 24, 1781, d. June 4, 1811.
135. Daniel, b. Feb. 18, 17S3, d. Oct. 17, 1801.
136. William, b. 1784, d. Nov. 27, 1793.
137. Moses.
138. John.
55.
Elisha Marvin, m. Elizabeth Selden, at Lyme, July 10, 1766. He
d. at Lyme, Oct. 21, 1817, a. 75 yrs. His wife d. July 24, 1825, a.
78. She was the dau. of Samuel Selden of Lyme, and Elizabeth
Ely, his wife.
Children :
139. Elizabeth, b. July 6, 1767, m. Judah Colt.
140. Elisha, b. Nov. 22, 1768, m. Minerva Prendergast.
141. Selden, b. March 2, 1770, d. Oct. 23, 1794.
142. Phebe, b. Nov. 28, 1772, m. Seth Eiv.
143. Enoch, b. Oct. 19, 1774, m. Eliza Hull; d. at Beaver, Pa., March
31, 1840.
144. Deborah, b. July 11, 1779, d. May 28, 1802.
145. Mary, b. April 1, 1784, d. April 30, 1841.
146. Dudley, b. May 29, 1786, m. Mary Whalley.
147. Emila, b. Nov. 25, 1789, m. Geo. Selden.
148. Elihu, b. Aug. 1, 1791, m. Anna Humphreys; resides in Erie, Pa.
56.
Tdiothy Marvin, was thrice m. His 1st wife was Sarah Perkins
dau. of James Perkins of Lyme, m. May 30, 1765. She d, Oct. 23,
1795. 2d wife, Mrs. Azubah Sill. 3d wife, Mrs. Prudence Lewis.
Timothy Marvin d. at Lyme, Feb. 27, 1808, a. 64.
Children, all by first wife :
149. Lucy, b. in Lyme, March 14, 1766, m. Daniel Fuller.
150. Picket, b. Feb. 5, 1768.
151. Asahel, b. Sept. 16, 1769, m. Azubah Sill.
152. Timothy, b. Aug. 3, 1771. m. Rachel Crosby.
153. Sarah, b. July 7, 1773, m. Elisha Gould.
154. HuMah, b. May 31, 1775. m. Matthias Fuller.
155. Seth, b, March 17, 1777, d. April 23, 1799.
156. Abijah, b. April 6, 1779, m. Susan Barker.
157. Catharine, b. June 10, 1781, m. Henry Crittenton.
1862.] Descendants oflleinold and Mallhcw Marvin. 245
158. Calvin, b. June 1, 1184, in. 1st, Alice M. Ransom. 2d, Deborah
W. Gibbs.
159. Elizabeth, b. Sept, 25, 1TS6, ra. Samuel Parsons.
160. Mather, b. June 25, 1789, m. Matilda Vreeland, resided in Michi-
gan, d. April, 1862.
51
Enoch Marvin, m. Ruth Ely, dau. of Wells Ely of Lyme. He d.
in the State of Missouri, about 1842, a. upwards of 90 yrs.
Children :
161. Elizabeth.
162. Catharine.
163. Elisha, m. Laura Foote of Pittsfield, Wis.
164. Rebecca, m. Christopher Lee of Lyme, Conn.
165. Sarah.
166. Ruth, ) , .
167. Rhoda, } twms-
168. Mary.
169. Wells Ely, m. Mary Davis, resided in Missouri, d. 1856, a. 64.
58.
Elihu Marvin, m. Elizabeth Rogers, dau. of Dr. Theophilus Rogers,
and Penelope Jarvis, Dec. 25, 17.80. He resided at Norwich, Conn.,
where he d. of the yellow fever, Sept. 13, 1798, a. 45 yrs. His wife
d. Dec. 30, 1808, a. 51.
Children :
170. Sarah Rogers, b. Oct. 4, 1781, m. George W. Trott, d. Sept. 13,
1807.
171. Elizabeth, b. June 1, 1783, d. Aug. 24, 1802.
172. Penelope Jarvis, b. June 9, 1785, m. John S. Pearson, d. July
16, 1833.
173. Susannah, b. Oct. 1, 1788, d. Feb. 26, 1827.
174. Catharine Mather, b. Jan. 27, 1793, m. Rev. Luther F. Dimmick,
d. Dec. 8, 1844.
175. Theophilus Rogers, b. Feb. 23, 1796, m. Julia A.C. Coggeshall.
59.
Joseph Marvin, m. Phebe Sterling, dau. of William Sterling of
Lyme, 1783. He d. at Lyme, Nov. 18, 1839, a. 84| yrs. His wife d.
Nov. 6, 1822, a. 59 yrs.
Children :
176. Fanny, b. at Lyme, Oct. 7, 1784, m. Ezra Pratt.
177. Phebe, b. June 7, 1780, m. 1st, Rev. Leverett I. F. Huntington.
2d, Rev. Urban Palmer.
178. William, b. May 12, 1788, m. Sophia Griffin.
179. Jemima, b. March 28, 1791, m. Abraham Blatchley.
180. Joseph, b. Feb. 8, 1793, m. Elizabeth Hopkins, d. Feb., 1830.
181. Clarissa, b. May 5, 1795, m. Horace Ely.
I
246 Descendants of Remold and Matthew Marvin. [July
CO.
Catharine Marvin, was m. to Abner Brock wav of Lyme, Sept. 7,
1775. He d. at Lyme, Sept. 6, 1808. She d. at Lima, N. Y., 1831.
Children :
182. Catharine, b. at Lyme, July 6, 1776, m. Lazarus Church, d. at
Rockford, 111., Dec. 14, 1851, a. 75jyrs.
183. LuciDa, b. Sept. 17, 1778, d. March 26, 1779.
184. Marvin, b. July 8, 1780.
185. James, b. May 23, 1782, d. Jan. 25, 1806.
186. Abner, b. Aug. 19, 1785, d. Sept. 3, 1808.
187. Pickett, b. April 10, 1788, m. 1st, Rhoda N. Clark; 2d, Nancy
Stevens, d. Jan. 20, 1833.
188. Temperance, b. Dec. 10, 1792, m. James Cowles, d. Feb. 9, 1820.
189. David C, b. May 2, 1794, d. Aug. 12, 1806.
190. Samuel, b. Sept. 2, 1795, d. Aug. 12, 1814.
191. Alice, b. May 8, 1798, d. June 3, 1823.
192. Elisha Marvin, b. Aug. 3, 1801, d. Nov., 1848.
64.
Zechariah Marvin, m. Mrs. Ann Lee, July 23, 1761. She d. at Lyme,
March 1, 1777.
Children :
193. Eunice, b. at Lyme, May 22, 1766.
194. Lee, b. Sept. 16, 1768, d. April 21, 1777.
195. Zechariah, b. June 5, 1771.
196. Lucinda, b. Sept. 23, 1773.
67.
Thomas Marvin, m. Sarah Lay, May 23, 1784. He was the son, as
I suppose, of Zechariah Marvin (No. 27), and if so, he was b. May
29, 1742. He may have been the son of James (No. 22).
Children :
197. Lucy, b. at Lyme, Feb. 11, 17S5, d. July 1, 1785.
198. Thomas, b. July 7, 1787.
199. Abigail.
78.
Matthew Marvin, m. Mary Weed, resided in Walton, Delaware co.,
N. Y. He d. Sept. 22, 1846, a. 92J yrs. His wife d. Feb. 25, 1846,
a. 88J yrs.
Children :
200. Abigail, b. Aug. 5, 1785.
201. Joseph, b. May I, 1787, ra. Mary Tiffany.
202. Jared, b. March 4, 1789, m. Frances Almira Rogers.
203. William W., b. Sept. 26, 1793, m. Frances Cornwall.
204. Thomas, b. April 20, 1795, m. Deney Tiffany.
205. Lewis, b. Oct. 13, 1796, m. Mary Weed.
)$G2.] Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin, 247
81.
Mvtthew Marvin, m. Elizabeth Doming, May 30, 1TT1. He d. at
Lyme, Aug. 29, 1806, a. 64 yrs. His wife d. June 22, 1839, a. 92 yrs.
Children : *
206. Joseph, b. at Lyme, March 26, 1712, m. Temperance Miller.
207. Mehetable, b. Oct. 26, 1773, m. Lynde Lord.
208. Mary, b. Nov. 16, 1775, m. William Colt.
209. David, b. Nov. 2, 1777, m. Alpha Bates.
210. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 12, 1779, d. Sept. 19, 1825.
211. Abigail, b. Dec. 31, 1782, m. John L. Higby.
212. Rosalinda, b. Jan. 26, 1781, m. Noah Stone, d. Sept. 16, 1859.
213. Lurana, b. April 18, 1786.
2H. Jonathan Deming, b. Sept, 11, 1789, ra. 1st, Maria R. Bloom;
2d, Henrietta Andrus; 3d, Mary Seaver.
82.
Capt. Ezra Marvin, m. Susanna Peck, at Lyme, about 1766. He
removed to Granville, Mass., in the year 1773, at which place he re-
sided until his death.
Children :
215. Mary, b. in Lyme, Feb. 25, 1767, m. Israel Parsons of Granville.
216. Jasper, b. 1770, m. Comfort Munson.
4Jl7. Matthew, b. 1772, m. Mary Morgan.
218. Nathan, b. June 7, 1775, m. Judith Gates.
219. Sylvanus, b. fe
220. Henry A., b. Oct. 15, 1782.
221. William-Noyes, b. April 10, 1784, m. Vashti Clark.
Mary E. Marvin, dau. of William Noyes Marvin, rn. Ammi Filley,
1831. Their son, William, b. in 1832, was lost among the Indians,
an interesting account of which, and his recovery, prepared by a
gentleman in Granville, Mass., was published in the newspapers of
the day, and is here subjoined.
In 1835, Mr. Ammi Filley of Windsor, Conn., having in 1831 ra. a dau.
of Capt. William Marvin of Granville, Mass., removed with bis family
to the town of Jackson, in the state of Michigan. In this town, then
a wilderness, he located himself, and by his industry, economy and per-
severance, he soon found himself in possession of a productive and pro-
fitable farm, and by the accession of settlers, the town from an un-
cultivated desert, became a flourishing and populous village. Al-
though in the vicinity of numerous hordes of savages, and often
visited by wandering families of the natives w^ith whom the citizens
occasionally traded, yet no hostility was ever manifested, all was
peace and quietness, and every thing conspired to render their abode
pleasant and happy.
On the 3d of August, 1837, his little son, then a child of five years
old, went out to a swamp in the vicinity of their dwelling with a
hired girl to gather whortleberries. The swamp was in the direction
from Mr. Filley's to the dwelling of a Mr. Mount, the father of the
f!
248 Descendants of Remold and Matthew Marvin. [July
girl, whither they expected to go to spend the night, and the scene of
their amusement was about a mile from the house of the former and
some twenty or thirty rods from the dwelling of the later.
Having satisfied himself with picking berries, the child discovered
a desire to return, whereupon the girl conducted him to the road and
placed him in the direction to the house of Mr. Mount, not doubting,
as the house was in plain view, and only a few rods distant, but the
little fellow would reach it in perfect safety. The girl 3-eturncd to
the swamp, and after completing her supply of fruit, went home to the
house of her father, and found to her astonishment, as well as that of
the family, that William had not arrived. Notice was immediately
communicated to the parents and an alarm given through the settle-
ment, and the whole population rushed at once to the assistance of the
almost distracted family. Day and night, for weeks, witnessed the
praise worth}'- exertions of his neighbors, and the whole country in
every direction to an extent of more than twenty miles, was searched
with untiring vigilance. Every stream of water and pond was ex-
amined and dragged, and every rod of ground scrutinized for many
successive days, and no trace could be discovered of the absent child.
As an inducement to continue the search, notice of the event was pub-
lished in the papers, and Mr. Filley offered a reward of two hundred
dollars for a recovery of the child, either dead or alive.
As suspicions were entertained that foul play bad been practised
by the Indians, inquiries were made of the different tribes and fami-
lies in the vicinity, and pecuniary offers tendered to their chiefs
and head men, and Mr. Filley himself traversed for months, the wilds
of Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, but his efforts proved ineffectual;
no discovery could be made and no tidings received, and he returned
to his heart-broken family with the sad conclusion that their little
William vjas lost !
For seven long years this stricken family endured the agony of an
affliction which seldom falls to the lot of humanity to experience.
"Months of vanity and wearisome nights were appointed to them."
-If the shaft of death had smitten down their first-born while under
their fostering care, and they had seen him laid in the grave of their
own churchyard, time would have tempered their grief and mitigated
the anguish of their bereavement, but the painful suspense, the awful
uncertainty that hung over his fate, was an abiding sorrow which
time could not soften and earth had no balm to heal. As time rolled
on, hope became more and more extinguished, William was not forgotten,
The mournful event, with its aggravating circumstances, was a Cor-
roding canker upon every comfort of the family — a fatal disease
seized the mother and she sunk into an untimely grave.
Since the decease of his wife, Mr. Filley has visited Connecticut,
the place of his nativity, and while here, by a mysterious course of
events beyond the comprehension of human wisdom to fathom, his
long lost child has appeared and been restored to his fond embraces.
It seems that the lad before reaching the house of Mr. Mount, was
overtaken and kidnapped by a band of Indians, who in their wan-
derings, happened to pass that way at that time. In this family he
lived, and traveled with them in all their migratory movements from
the time he was captured until the autumn of 1843. About this
1S62.] Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin. 249
time, this family visited Albany, N. Y., and while there this white
child was discovered among them.
The municipal authorities of the city becoming acquainted with
the circumstance, at once caused their arrest, and took measures to
compel them to disclose the means by which they became possessed
of the child. They were alternately flattered and threatened, but no
disclosure could be obtained. They manifested their native obstinacy
and resolved to submit to any punishment rather than make any com-
munication by which the paternity of the child could be ascertained.
They were therefore discharged, the child retained, and very hu-
manely placed in their Orphan Asylum.
Subsequently, in the spring of 1844, Mr. L. Cowles of Tolland,
Mass., being in want of a boy in his family, was recommended to
this place, and was furnished with this lad, whom he brought home
with him to his residence in Tolland.
In the month of Dec. 1844, by a series of events unequivocally
bespeaking the intervention of Divine benevolence, the facts that
transpired at Albany in relation to this boy, came to the knowledge
of the Rev. Dr. Cooley of Granville. The Doctor having frequently
heard the circumstances under which the child was lost, immediately
communicated the intelligence he had obtained to Mr. Marvin, the
grandfather of the child, and he made known the tidings to Mr. Fil-
ley, who was then with his friends in Connecticut.
From the knowledge thus obtained, Mr. Filley was prompted to
call without delay on Mr. Cowles, and examine the child — although
. time and exposure had changed his countenace and somewhat ob-
literated his youthful features, yet in his personal appearance he
found a correct counterpart of the other members of his family.
Hio size, his age, the complexion of his eyes and hair, and all his
prominent characteristics, resembled those of his child, and upon ap-
pealing to a known scar upon his head and an indubitable mark in
the hair of his head, his identity was plainly recognized, and with
emotions of unspeakable joy he pressed to his bosom his long lost Son.
From the story of the boy, it appears he has constantly continued
in the same famil}7, consisting of four Indians, Paul Pye and Phebe
Ann Pye his wife, Martha Ann Pye their daughter, and Thomas Wil-
liams, who seemed to be an inmate in the family. They adopted him
as their son, and he was taught and believed that Paul and Phebe
were his parents, and Martha his sister. He supposed himself an
Indian boy, and was not aware of any difference of complexion or dis-
tinction of nation until his deliverance at Albany. It seems he felt an
instinctive repugnance to their manners, and attempted once or
twice to run away, in consequence of which they cut off one of his
toes, by which mean3 they could more readily reclaim him by his
track. He has an indistinct recollection of attending school, but
when or where, he knows not. This seems to be the only remaining
fact in his memory that he can recognize as having transpired prior
to his capture, and he does not seem to associate this with any other
fact indicative of his home, except that he did not go to school with
Indians.
The first place which he remembers to have visited was Green
Bay, of the scenery of which he gives a faint, though correct de-
23
250 Descendants of Rcinold and Matthew Marvin. [July
scription. Id traveling to that place they probably either went or re-
turned by water, as he remembers sailing* in a steamboat. Be was
compelled to accompany them in a!! then' migrations, and was used
as a mendicant to beg- clothes at the white settlements through
which they passed, and furnish the family with food when their in-
dolence prevented their obtaining it in any other way.
In the summer they made their peregrinations back and forth through
the states of Michigan and New York, and sometimes visiting Con-
necticut, and at one period encamped themselves for several weeks
in Stonington. In the winter they generally quartered themselves
in wigwams in the vicinity of some village, and lived on small game,
such as rabits, skunks and bullfrogs, the latter of which they deemed
a sumptuous repast.
Occasionally they made a few baskets and taught the trade to the
boy, and also instructed him into the art and mystery of bartering the
commodity for whiskey.
He recollects living near Detroit, Utica, Brothertown, Catskill and
Hudson, and several months at Hillsdale, N. Y.
In all their rambles, in summer and winter, he traveled barefoot,
suffering in winter from the cold, and at all times from hunger and
fatigue. His little Indian sister was his only solace, and like a second
Pocahontas, her tender assiduities contributed essentially to render his
captivity endurable.
Although he can not recognize his new friends, he rejoices in the
felicity of a civilized and permanent home, and all parties feel a
grateful sense of the kindness of the Author of all good for this
marvelous display of his benevolence in " redeeming us from our enemies,
for his mercy endureth forexerV C. J.
Granville, Mass., Jan. 22, 1845.
DESCENDANTS IN THE LINE OF MATTHEW MARVIN, ONE OF THE FIRST
SETTLERS.
First Generation.
II. Matthew Marvin came to New England in 1635. He was one of
the original proprietors of Hartford, Conn., and was also among the
pioneers in the settlement of Norwalk, Conn. He d. in 1687. The
Christian name of his 1st wife, who came with him from England,
was Elizabeth. Late in life he in., for his 2d wife, Mrs. Alice Kel-
logg of Norwalk.
Children, all by first wife:
1. Elizabeth, b. about 1624, came to New England, with her father,
in 1635, m. Dr. John Olmstead of Hartford and afterwards of
Norwich. She d. at Norwich, without issue, at an advanced
age.
2. Matthew, b. about 162*1, came to New England, with his father,
in 1635. He was also one of the original proprietors of Nor-
walk, which town he represented in the General Court in 1696
and 1697. His wile's Christian name was Mary.
3. Mary, b. about 1629, came to New England with her father in
1635. She d. in Norwich, March 29. 1713, a. 84. She was m.
1st, in 1643, to Richard Boshneli of Saybrook. Their children
1S62J Descendants of Remold and Matthm Marvin. 251
were: Joseph, b. in Saybrook, May, 1051, m. Mary Leffingwell
of Norwich, 1673, d. Dec, 23, 1748, a. 97; Richard, b. Sept.,
1652; Mary, b. Jan., 1654-5; Maria, b. 1657. She was m. the
2d time in 1660, to Dea. Thomas Adgate of Saybrook, and was
his 2d wife. Their children were: Abigail, b. in Norwich,
Aug. 1661, m. Daniel Tracv, 1682; Sarah, b. 1663-4; Rebecca,
b. June, 1666; Thomas, b. March, 1669-70, d. 1761, a. 91.
4. Sarah, b. in 1632, in. 1st, William1 Goodrich of Weathersfield,
Conn., Oct., 1648. 2d, Capt. William Curtis of Stratford,
Conn., son of John Curtis, one of the first settlers of the
town, by whom she had no children. She d. at Stratford, near
the close of 1702. Children by 1st husband: Sarah, b. 1649,
rn. John Bollister, Junr.; William, b. 1651, d. young; John, b.
May 20, 1653, m. Rebecca Aldeu; Elizabeth, b. 1658, ra. Ro-
bert Welles; William 2d, b. Feb. 8, 1661, m. 1st, Grace Riley,
2d,, Mrs. Mary Ann Ayrault; Ephraim, b. June 2, 1663, in. 1st,
Sarah Treat. 2d, Mrs". Jerusha Welles; David, b. May 4, 1667,
m. 1st, Hannah Wright. 2d, Prudence Churchill; Mary, m.
Joseph Butler; Abigail, m. Thomas Fitch.
5. Hannah, b. in 1634, m. Thomas Seymour of Norwalk, Conn., Jan.,
1653. Children: Hannah, b. Dec. 12, 1654, m. Francis Bush-
Bell, Oct. 12, 1675; Abigail, b. Jan. 1655-6; Mary and Sarah,
twins, b. Sept. 1658; Thomas, b. Sept., 1660.
6. Abigail, b. at Hartford, Conn., m. John Bouton of Norwalk, Jan.
1, 1656, being his 2d wife. Children: John, b. Sept. 30, 1659;
Matthew, b. Dec. 24, 1661; Rachel, b. Dec. 15, 1667; Abigail,
b. April 1, 1670; Mary, b. May 26, 1671.
7. Rachel, b. at Hartford, Dec. 30, 1649, m. Samuel Smith of Nor-
walk. Children: Rachel, who m. Thomas Benedict; Lydia,
who m. James Lockwood.
Second Generation.
2.
Matthew Marvin, m. Mary — .
Children :
8. Sarah, b. in Norwalk, about 1660, m. Thomas Betts of Norwalk,
Jan. 1680-81. He was the son of Thomas Betts of Guilford,
Conn. Children: Thomas, b. Jan. 17, 1681-2; John, b. July
7, 1684; Sarah, b. Jan. 21, 1686-7; Matthew, b. Jan. 10, 1691-
92; Mary, b. March 31, 1694; Elizabeth, b. Oct. 23, 1699.
9. Matthew, b. in Norwalk.
10. Samuel, b. in Norwalk.
11. Hannah, m. Epenetus Piatt.
12. Elizabeth, m. Joseph Piatt, Nov. 6, 1700, d. April 9, 1703.
13. John, b. Sept. 2, 1678.
Third Generation.
Matthew Marvin, m. Rhoda St. John, dau. of Mark St. Joha. d. in
1691.
252 Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin. [July
Child :
14. Mary, b. in Norwalk, Oct. 1, 1689.
10.
Samuel Marvin, b. in Norwalk; name of wife not ascertained, or
date of death.
Children :
15. Matthew, b. Oct. 1102.
16. Samuel, b. in Norwalk.
17. Josiah.
There were other children, probably.
13.
John Marvin, b. at Norwalk, Sept. 2, 1678, d. 1774. He was a
Representative in the General Court, in 1734 and 1738. He m. 1st,
Mary Beers of Fairfield, March 22, 1704. She d. April 17, 1720. His
2d wife was Rachel St. John, dau. of Matthias St. John, m. April
27, 1721.
Children by first wife:
18. John, b. July 22, 1705.
19. Nathan, b. March 4, 1708.
20. Seth, b. July 13, 1709.
21. David, b. Aug. 24, 1711.
22. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 23, 1713.
23. Mary, b. Dec. 29, 1716.
2\. Elihu, b. Oct. 10, 1719.
Children hy second wife :
25. Hannah, b. Dec. 4, 1722.
26. Joseph, b. Mav 29, 1724.
27. Rachel, b. Dec. 24, 1725, d. Dec. 26, 1725.
28. Benjamin, b. March 14, 1728, d. March 17, 1728.
29. Rachel 2d, b. March 27, 1729.
30. Sarah, b. May 18, 1733, d. May 21, 1733.
$1. Ann, b. Sept. 7, 1741.
Fourth Generation.
15.
Matthew Marvin, m. Elizabeth Clark. He d. about 1746.
Children :
32. Hannah, b. in Norwalk, Sept. 30, 1732, d. 1806.
33. Matthew, b. Oct. 21, 1734.
34. Ozias, b. Jan. 29, 1737.
35. Barnabas, b. Dec. 25, 1739.
36. Silas, b. 1741.
37. Uriah, b. Feb. 17, 1744, d. 1824.
38. Ichabod, b. Dec. 15, 1745.
1862.] Descendants of Reinold and Matthew Marvin. 253
16.
SaiIuel Marvin, m* Deborah Clarlr, Nov. 25, 1735.
Children :
39. Esther, b. in Norwalk, Aug-, 22, 1736.
40. Rebecca, b. March 19, 1733.
41. Samuel, b. Feb. 7, 1740.
42. Elizabeth, b. Jan. 12, 1744.
17.
Josiae Marvin, d. about 1780. The name of his wife or date of
m. not ascertained.
Children :
43. Daniel, b. in Norwalk, about 1739.
44. William, b. March 24, 1741.
45..Jared.
46. John, who d. in Nova Scotia, a refugee in the Revolution.
47. Josiah, who d. on Long Island, in the British army, during the
Revolutionary war.
48. Samuel.
(Had four daughters besides the above sons.)
18.
John Marvin, m. Abigail St. John. He d. Aug. 25, 1775.
Childrtii :
49. Mar£, b. in Norwalk.
50. Abigail.
61. John.
52. Stephen.
53. Rebecca.
64. Sarah i
55. Benjamin, b. Sept. 30, 1737.
56. Mary.
57. Ebenezer.
68. Lydia.
69. Ephraim.
60. Esther.
61. Jedediah.
62. Susannah.
19.
Nathan Marvin, mi Hannah Betts.
Children :
63. Nathan, m. Mary Marvin, dan. of David Marvin.
64. Jesse.
65. Elizabeth, m. Zopbar Betts.
66. Hannah, m. Jonathan Perry.
67. Rachel, m. 1st, J. W. Comstock. 2d, Aaron Holley.
68. James.
'
254 Descendants of Remold and Matthew Marvin. [July
69. Julia, m. David Herrick.
10. Anna, m. 1st, Willard. 2d, Adams.
11. Patty, m. Eben Comstock.
12. Esther, m. Howard.
20.
Seth Marvin, m. Phebe Lee, resided in Norwalk.
Children :
13. Seth, b. Dec. 21, 1149.
14. Eleazer, b. March 20, 1152.
15. Moses, b. Aug. 25, 1154.
16. Elihu, b. June 8, 1156.
21.
David Marvin, m. Hannah Gregory.
Child :
*l*l. Mary, who ru. Nathan Marvin, No. 63.
24.
Elihu Marvin, m. Abigail Yelverton. He resided in Orange co.,
N. Y., during the Revolutionary war, through the whole of which,
he and his oldest son, Seth, took an active part — the father as Colonel
and General, and the son as Captain and Colonel. He d. in Bloom-
ing Grove, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1803, a. 83 yrs. 10 mos. 4 dys.
Children :
18. Seth, b. Feb. 15, 1145.
19. Abigail, b. June 28, 1141.
80. Elihu, b. July 2, 1149.
81. John Yelverton, b. March 21, 1151, d. young.
82. Elizabeth, b. April 16, 1153.
83. Hannah, b. June 12, 1155.
84. John 2d, b. April 8, 1151.
85. James, b. Nov. 11, 1159.
86. Keziah, b. March 18, 1162.
81. Anthony, b. Nov. 10, 1164, m. Abigail Paine.
26.
Joseph Marvin, m. Catharine St. John.
Child:
88. Joseph.
1862.] Dr. Nathaniel Ames.
SOME ACCOUNT OF DR. NATHANIEL AMES, THE ALMANAC-
MAKER, AND HIS FAMILY.
AMES, NATHANIEL, of Dedham, born in Bridgewater in 1708,
was a great-great-grandson of Richard Ames of Bruton, Somerset-
shire, England. Richard1 had two sons, viz: "William2 and John.2
William,2 born at Bruton, Oct. 6, 1605, settled at Braintree as
early as 1640. He bad wife, Hannah, and six children, viz: Hannah,3
b. 12:3:16-11, m. John Hayden in 1660; Rehecm? b. 8, mo. 1642;
Lydia3 b. 2:4:1645; John* b. 24:3:1647; Sarah* b. 1:1:1650; Deliver-
ance,3 b. 6:12:1653. John3 moved to West Bridgewater in or before
the year 1672. He m. Sarah Willis, dau. of Deacon John and Eliza-
beth Willis, and had eight children, viz: John* b. April 14th, 1672
William* b. Nov. 6, 1673; Nathaniel,* b. Oct. 9, 1677; Elizabeth* b
Sept. 6, 1680, m. Capt. John Field in 1697; Thomas* b. Feb. 21, 1682
Sarah* b. Oct. 12, 1685, m. Daniel Field, March 6, 1706; David,* b.
Aug. 30, 1688; Hannah* m. David Packard, Dec. 17, 1712, and died
Jan. 10, 1767, in the 75th year of her age. John,3 d. at West
Bridgewater in 1726.
John-,2 was born at Bruton, Dec. 10, 1610; was at Duxbury, Mass.,
in 1643; settled in West Bridgewater in 1656; m. Elizabeth Hay-
ward in 1645, and died at West Bridgewater about the year 1698.
Nathaniel,4 born in 1677, son of Juhn,3 and grandson of William,2
m. Susanna, dau. of John Howard in 1702, Their son, Nathaniel,5
the subject of this notice, was a distinguished physician and mathe-
matician, who removed to Dedham, where he in. Mary, dau. of
Joshua Fisher, in 1735. By this connection he had a son named
Fisher* "who died in infancy; but not till after his mother, upon
which the famous law suit took place, in which it was determined,
for the first time, that the estate ascended to the father, as next of
kin to his son, by the Province law, contrary to the English common
law." Dr. Ames, m. in 1740, a second wife, Deborah, dau. of Jere-
miah Fisher. By this marriage he had children: 1, Nathaniel* b. in
1741; H. U., 1761. He was a physician: died at Dedham in 1822,
leaving no children. 2, Seth* H. U., 1764; was also a physician;
settled at Amherst, N. H., but removed to Dedham, where he died in
1778. 3, Fisher* 4, Deborah* 5, William,*
Fisher,6 third son of Dr. Nathaniel,5 and Deborah (Fisher) Ames,
was "one of the most brilliant men this country ever produced."
He was born April 9, 1758; admitted to Harvard University at the age
of twelve, where he graduated in 1774. He m. Frances, dau. of Col.
John Worthington of Springfield, July 15, 1792, and had children:
John Worthington,7 Nathaniel,7 Hannah7 Jeremiah Fisher7 William7
Seth7 Richard7 Further particulars of the life of Hon. Fisher Ames
may be learned elsewhere. He died on the twenty-second anniver-
sary of our national independence, July 4, 1808, aged 50 years. "In
the old church yard at Dedham is a plain white monument, on which
is the simple inscription — FISHER AMES."
256 Dr. Nathaniel Ames. [July
Dr. Nathaniel5 Ames, the father, as before intimated, was dis-
tinguished for his mathematical attainments. His taste for astrono-
my, it is said, was acquired from his father, Nathaniel,4 who took a
deep interest in such studies. In 1725, Dr. Ames commenced the
publication of his famous Almanacks. He published them for thirty-
nine years, and prepared a portion of the fortieth, for the year 1165.
The number for that year, with others subsequently issued, until
11*15, were published by and in the name of his son Nathaniel.
At the end of Almanack for 1151, Dr. Ames has the following
"Advertisement. These are to signify to all Persons that travel the
great Post-Road South West from Boston, That I keep a House of
Pnblick Entertainment Eleven Miles from Boston, at the sign of the
SUN. If they want Refreshment, and see Cause to be my Guests,
they shall be well entertained at a reasonable Rate. N. Ames."
The following is from the Almanack for 1752:
" Courteous Reader,
"With the year 1740, all the Ephemerides of the Planets Places
then extant expired; and however cheap and contemptible a Thing
an Almanack may seem to be, it annually costs me much Time and
hard study to prepare one for you; and your chearful Acceptance of
my Labours, for these Twenty-seven Years past has encouraged me
more to continue in this your service than the Reward I receive for
it.
"The Affairs of my House are of a publick Nature, and therefore
I hope may be mentioned here without Offence to my Readers. The
Sign I advertised last Year by Reason of some little Disappointment
is not put up, but the Thing intended to be signified by it is to be
had according to said Advertisement. And I beg Leave further to
add, that if any with a view of Gain to themselves, or Advantage to
their Friends, have reported Things of my House in contradiction to
the aforesaid Advertisement, I would only have those whom they
would influence consider, that where the Narrator is not honest, is
not an Eye or Ear-witness, can't trace his Story to the original,
has it only by Hear-say, a thousand such Witnesses are not sufficient
to hang a Dog: & I hope no Gentleman that travels the Road will
have his Mind bias'd against my House by such idle Reports.
* N. Ames."
Whether Dr. Ames ever succeeded in raising the sign of " the sun"
we know not. It is related of him that "on one occasion, the colo-
nial judges having, as he thought, decided a case against him unlaw-
fully, he sketched their honors upon a sign-board in front of his
tavern, in their full-bottomed wigs, tippling, with their backs to an
open volume, labeled Province Laws. The Boston authorities sent
some officers to Dedham, to remove the sign. The doctor was pre-
pared for them; and when they arrived, they found nothing hanging
but a board, on which was inscribed: 'A wicked and adulterous gene-
ration seeketh for a sign, but no sign shall be given them."
The Boston Evening Post, Monday, July 16, 1764, says: " About a
fortnight ago was seized with a painful billious Disorder, which was
1862.] Importance of Early Records. 257
followed with a nervous Fever, & last Wednesday morning' [July
11th] died at Dedham, Doctor Nathaniel Ames, aged 56 Years.
Besides his practice in Physick, he followed the study of Astronomy
from his Youth; He has published an Almanack annually for 38
Years past, to the great, very great Acceptance of the Inhabitants
of this Province, as also, to the neighboring Colonies and Provinces,"
The Boston Gazette, of the same date, adds: "His remains were
decently interred last Saturday afternoon" [July 14th].
In 1766, was published what was termed "Ames's Almanack re-
vived and improved," " by a late Student at Harvard College," " as
Mr. Ames," it was stated, " (son of the lately deceased Dr. Ames)
declined furnishing the Public with an Almanack for the year 1766,
and Application was made by the Printers to the Author, he under-
took it, "partly as a Service to the Public, and partly as an agreeable
Amusement to himself." "The Author has put this Almanack into
the same Form with those published by the late Dr. Ames, whose
annual Performances of this Sort gave general Satisfaction."
Dr. Nathaniel Ames, the younger, did however, issue his calender
for 1766. In his introduction to the number for that year, he says:
"I purpose to make my appearance before you annually, notwith-
standing what some obscure persons would insinuate to the con-
trary." "They have not only made use of my name, to impose upon
the public, by prefixing it to their counterfeit Almanacks, but have
even advertised that I was not about to publish an Almanack for
this year, which the public knows to be false." It was continued
till 1775 or later; we have seen one for that year. Dr. Nathaniel
Ames, senior, was a subscriber to Prince's Chronology. W. B. T.
* IMPORTANCE OF EARLY RECORDS.
No one inexperienced in historical and genealogical researches,
can fully appreciate the value of early records. Not only the his-
tory of a town, but of a state, may in some important particular
turn upon the record kept by a small municipal corporation. The
record of a birth, marriage, or death, may determine the identity
of a distinguished individual, and so prevent the historian from con-
founding him with another of the same name. Not only public
records, but private diaries, often cast valuable light upon public
events. Nor are papers of a less formal character destitute of va-
lue. A single leaf from an account book, or a receipt for a sum of
money, or a bill of sale of even a trifling article of merchandize, may
fix a date, determine a residence, decide the motive of an action, or
show the manners and customs of the people, and so exhibit the
spirit of the age in which the event occurred.
We make this statement for the purpose of inducing a more care-
ful preservation of records and papers. Every year that passes,
carries with it the loss of family papers, which are thrown away or
committed to the flames, from the impression that they are worth-
less. We hope that the increasing interest felt in genealogical and
258 Old Burial Places in Exeter. [July
historical inquiries, will induce every person in possession of old
manuscripts and papers, to preserve them. It is not possible for
any person to decide in advance, what papers will be valuable, and
what not. The only safe rule is to preserve all; so that every class
of inquirers may be able to find something to their purpose.
It frequently happens that on the death of the head of a family,
his old papers are destroyed from the impression that they are not
worth preserving. This ought not to be so. If the family deem
them worthless, let them be presented to some public institution
which will preserve them. The Historic-Genealogical Society would
be glad to receive them, and keep them for future reference. If any
person comes into the possession of any rile of old papers which he
thinks not worth preserving-, let him forward them to this Society,
No. 13 Bromfield street, Boston, where they will be kept on file, and
may be used for some valuable purpose.
THE OLD BURIAL PLACES IN EXETER, N. H..
[By Rev. Elias Naso.\.]
!
Exeter, on the Squamscott river, was settled by John Wheel-
wright and others, in 1638. The first public burial place, every *
visible trace of which has long since been obliterated, was near the
spot now occupied by the building erected for the ma-nafacture of £
earthen pipe for drainage. The original church, constructed of logs,
stood here, and the "church yard" then was synonimous with "bu-
rial place." In digging for clay in this vicinity, the workmen occa-
sionally exhume the bones of the " rude forefathers of the hamlet."
ii. |
The next place selected for the repose of the dead, was a beautiful
knoll near the river, and immediately south of the present gas-works. i {
A few old apple trees crown the summit, and here the dandelion,
Houstonia cerulea and violet, earliest deck the sod in spring. Most
of the headstones are rude, rough, and unshapen slabs of granite;
and unless some Old Mortality shall retouch them with his friendly
chisel soon, the inscriptions will become illegible. The following
still remain:
"Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Capt Jonathan Thing, Decd OctT
ye 31st A. D. 1694— ^Etatis suss 40."
"Here Lyes Buried ye Body of M" Mary Thing, Wife of Capt
Jonathan Thing, Decd Augst A.'D. 1691. JS'tatis suas 33." j
"Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Mrs Abigail Thing, wife to Mr
Bartho Thing who died May 29lh 1711, Aged 25 years." I
"Josiah Thing aged 6 months & 15 dayes Died March ye 5th
"Tristam Thing aged 1 year 7 mos & 27 ds. Died June ye 22d
1709"
L
1862.] Old Burial Places in Exeter 259
"Here Lyes ye Body of Sarah Dudley — was Born Feb? ye 25th
166£ Departed this life January ye 24<'<> 17 }-$."
" Here Lyes ye Body of Samuel Dudley junr aged 32 years & about
2 mos. Died Feb. 16th 17J4-"
"Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Mr3 Abigail Thing wife to Samuel
Thing, Esq. who died Novr 7th 1728. JiHatis suae 54."
"Here Lyes ye Body of Mrs Joanna Gillman wife to mr Andrew
Gillman Decd Nov1 ye 16th 1727 in ye 31st year of her age."
"Here Lyes Buried ye Body of Timothy Cunningham aged 46
years—Departed this life ye 16th of April 1712."
" Joseph ."
" Jonethan Penn Decd — — 1757."
The remaining headstones whose inscriptions are legible, are en-
closed by a neat fence, and a plain marble monument bears this in-
scription:
" In memory of the Ladd Family who sleep in this enclosure. Na-
thaniel, the first of the name who settled in Exeter, was born in
Haverhill, March 10, 1650. Elizabeth his wife, and daughter of
Councillor John Gil man, was born in Exeter, August 16. 1661. He
was mortally wounded in a fight with the Indians at Macquoit &
died Aug. 11, A. D. 1691."
Alexander, one of their descendants, was born in Exeter, May 9th,
1784, and erected this stone, A. D. 1850. "Blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord."
"Abigail Ladd deest, Aug. 1st 1757."
"Mr Josiah Ladd aged 73 years Died Nov 8th 17 — " [defaced].
"Mrs Sarah Ladd aged 70 years Died Nov 5* 1780."
"Mrs Kuth Ladd, wife of Simeon Ladd died Novr 14 1784 aged
42."
"In memory of Mr Simeon Ladd born May 18th A D 1742. Died
Dec 17 A D 1811."
"Mrs Alepha Ladd, wife of Mr Simeon Ladd Died Oct 24, 1788
aged 33 years."
III.
The third public burial place was on the rising ground now occu-
pied by the First Congregational Church. Here the Rev. Messrs.
Odlin, and many of their contemporaries, were buried. The head-
stones were — for what reason I can not divine — leveled and buried
above the bones which they commemorated, many years ago. Only
one of them, sunk several inches below the surface of the earth, re-
mains half visible to remind the present generation that the ashes
of their forefathers repose beneath. Removing the earth and long
grass with a spade, I succeeded in deciphering the inscription upon
the sunken horizontal slate stone slab:
"Mrs Elizabeth Hale Relict of ye Reverend mr John Hale Late
Pastor of ye church in Beverly and sometime wife to Nathaniel Clark,
Esq., Late of Newbry Decd who died March ye 15lk 1716 aged 71
yers."
There are several private family burial places in Exeter, and on a
!
260 Rev. John Walley. [July
low and beautiful headland on the left bank of the river, about a
mile below the falls, I find a solitary free stone slab resting on some
rude masonry about two feet from the earth, and bearing the follow-
ing interesting inscription:
"Here Lyes Buried the Body of Mr James Dudley who departed
this life Nov the 14th H20 in the 51th year of his age. He was son
of the Reverend Mr Samuel Dudley, minister of the gospel in Exeter
and grandson of the HonorbIe Thomas Dudley, Esq. one of the first
Governors of New England."
THE REV. JOHN WALLEY.
[Additional to the article on Rev. John Walley, Jr., in the Register, page 53.]
Mr. Editor — I notice in your last number, a Letter from Rev. John
Walley, Jr., in 1144, which is prefixed with a sketch of some of the
principal incidents of his life. By some oversight, however, an im*
portant chapter in the history of that life, is wholly omitted. That
omission, with your leave, I will supply. It relates to the portion
spent as minister of the parish in Bolton, Mass.
The town of Bolton, formerly the South East Precinct of Lancas-
ter, was incorporated in 1133, and in 1741 settled as minister Rev,
Thomas Goss, H. U. 1731. In process of time, difficulties, originally
of a personal nature, arose with him, which led to an acrimonious
controversy, in which most of the neighboring ministers and churches
became involved, and which resulted, August 13th, 1771, in his dis-
mission. But the strife did not end here. Many individuals and
families withdrew with him, formed a separate organization, and
held religious services on the sabbath in a private house [that now
(1862) occupied by Gen. Ambry Holman] ; while another, the major,
portion retained the meeting house, claimed to be the town parish,
and made arrangements for settling another minister. Though in
doing this, they labored under a sort of ban of excommunication in
the neighboring churches, most of the ministers of which ardently
sympathized with Mr. Goss, and did their best to uphold him. He
had taken the position that a minister possessed the right of nega-
tiving— whenever disapproving of them — 'the votes of his church.*
*This controversy in its day excited much attention. See in relation to it, A
Treatise on Church Government, in three parts : being I, A Narrative of the late
Troubles and Transactions in the Church in Bolton, in the Massachusetts ; II, Some
Remarks on Mr. Adams's Sermon preached there, with an Appendix — being some
Remarks on an Account in the Boston Evening Fost, Dec. 28, 1772, of the Dismis-
sion of a Minister at Grafton ; III, On Councils, their Business, Authority, and Use.
With an Essay on Ministers Negativing the Votes of the Church, and showing
where the Keys of the Church are. By a Neighbour. (Luke x, 33, 34, quoted.)
Boston : Printed by John Boyles in Marlborough st. mdcci.xxiii. See also An
Answer to a Piece on Church Government, published under the signature of A Neigh-
bor. Where printed, my imperfect copy does not show. There were, doubtless,
othor pamphlets respecting this controversy, but they are not at hand for refer-
ence. . E.
1862.] Rev. John Walley. 261
The church and parish at Bolton, however, held their ground firmly,
refused terms of compromise with Mr. Goss and his adherents, and
finally — after hearing, probably, a number of candidates, whose
names have not been preserved in the record — in April, 1713, gave
a call to Rev. John Wullej'. This call, in two letters, one addressed
to the church, the other to the town, he accepted: and record remains
on the books of the town, of arrangements made for his installation
in June of the same year. That installation, doubtless, took place,
tho' no trace of it can be discovered in any document existing here.
Mr. Walley took his place as minister of the church and society in
Bolton, receiving as salary £66.13.4, and twenty-five cords of wood,
brought to the house, per annum. In his answer to the town., accept-
ing the call, dated May 17th, 1773, he said: "I now inform you that
I accept the annual support which you offer me, expecting a house
and accommodations to be provided for me, as is proposed by a
number of persons in their private capacity, and expecting that un-
til I can keep a family, which I desire may be as soon as possible,
my support will be the same and in the same manner as it has been
hitherto, since my coming to this place." In accordance with the
above suggestion, the traditions of this locality assert that a house
was provided for Mr. Walley, and the place where it stood is pointed
out.
In January, 1780, Mr. Goss died, and his clerical friends, not long
after, erected over his remains, in the now South burying ground, a
neat monument, inscribed with the following Latin epitaph, which I
copy verbatim it literatim :
Memorise Sacrum
Revdi Thorn as Goss, A. M.
Ecclesia3 apud Boltenensis Pastoris,
qui supra XXXIX Annos, sacro
functus Officio, e Vita cessit
Jan'* Die 17™ MDCCLXXX,
JStatis 63.
Vir Pietate, Hospitalitate, Amicitia
aliisq; Yirtutibus et publicis et privatis
ornatus;
Corpore quidem infractus, Animi
tamen robustus, miraq; Fortitudine
prasditus;
primus inter Clerum
Temporibus hisce infaustis,
Statum Ecclesiarum labefactantes
fortiter oppugnando;
et pro re ecclesiastica sicut
a majoribus tradita.
Heroice obluctando,
graviter perpessus est.
Hoc Monumentum Amici possuere.
I subjoin a translation, .somewhat free:
"Sacred to the memory of Rev. Thomas Goss, A. M., pastor of the
I..,
2G2 Domine Frelinghuysen. [July
Bolton Church, who having exercised the sacred office upwards of
39 years, died on the 1 7th January, 1780, aged 63 years.
"A man adorned with piety, hospitality, and friendliness, and other
virtues both public and private; somewhat broken in body but hardy
of mind, and endowed with a wonderful fortitude, he was the first
among the clergy, in these unhappy times, to suffer persecution on
account of boldly opposing those who were seeking to ruin the pros-
perity of the churches, and on account of his heroically struggling
to maintain the ecclesiastical polity handed down from our ances-
tors.
"Friends erected this monument."
Mr. Goss being dead, acrimonious feelings by time somewhat al-
layed, and the inconveniences of the partition of the society felt se-
verely, socially as well as pecuniarily, overtures to bury the hatchet
and reunite as one church and parish were made in the fall of 1782,
it being oue of the stipulations that Mr. Walley should resign. He
acceded. Early in 1783, the arrangements above referred to were
satisfactorily completed, the two portions of the society came to-
gether again, reunited as one parish, and the members of the church
from the two sections, signed anew, the old covenant adopted in
1741, at the first organization.
Thus terminated Mr. Walley's ministry in Bolton. He left the
town with his wife, and as your former article on p. 58 states, died
in Koxbury in the year 1784. In his will he did not forget these to
whom he had formerly ministered, leaving a small legacy to the town
of Bolton, the income of which was to be appropriated, in a manner
pointed out, for the purchase and distribution of Bibles. That legacy
still remains in the town treasury, and the interest has, from time to
time, been used in accordance with the wishes of the testator.
Bolton, January 16th, 1862. E.
Domine Frelinghuysen. — Mrs. Grant, in her American Lady, has in-
vested the memory of Tbeodorus Frelinghuysen of the ancient Dutch
church of Albany, with a melancholy interest. No other written
contemporary history of him has been given, yet her account is cor-
roborated by tradition. Singularly enough, a letter has just been
found, the relic of an old garret, dated New York, Oct. 10, 1759,
which fixes the date of his departure, hitherto uncertain. The author
says that while he was writing, the ship in which Dom. F. sailed was
leaving the port, and the guns were being fired on the occasion.
That on the previous Sunday he preached in the new Dutch church,
and that when he sat down after giving out the last psalm, the bench
gave way and he fell to the floor, which was universally regarded as
a bad omen. It was remarked that the ocean was fatal to his family,
and the impression that he would never more be seen pervaded the
minds of the people. This letter gives additional mysteriousness to
the fate of the good domine. The vacancy in his pulpit was not as
long as represented by Mrs. Grant; his successor, Dr. Westerlo,
began his ministry in 1760,
1862*] Records of Wether sfic Id, Conn. 263
RECORDS OF WETHERSFIELD, CONN.
[Communicated by Hon. R. R. Roman of New York.]
[Continued from page 142.]
Carter, David. Children of, bv Susan ah Lis wife — Joanna, b. Jan.
23, 1759; David, Sept, 18, '61; George, Jan. 26, '63, and d. Nov. 23,
'67; Elisha, July 26, '64; Jason, Jan. 8, '67; George, Sept. 25, '68;
Susannah, Jan. 18, 1771.
Carter, Alfred H. and Cynthia C. Chapman, both of East Haddam,
were m. Sept. 3, 1829.
Chilson, Daniel. Child of, by Sybil his wife — Daniel, b. Feb. 9,
1746.
Cleaveland, Moses, son of Moses C, by his wife Mary.
Cady, Nicholas and Sarah Wright, were m. Oct, 12, 1749. Is. —
Butler, b. Aug. 27, '50, and d. 2nov. 25, 1754.
Cady, Walter Goodale of Hartford, and Julia Ann Stoddard, were
m. March 7, 1838.
Church, John and Anne Curtis, were m. Dec 11, 1735. Is. — John,
b. Oct. 27, '36; Hepzibah, Feb. 20, '38; Anne, Feb. 20, '40; Christian,
Feb. 17, '42; Elisha, Sept. 17, '47; Daniel, Aug. 17, 1750.
Colson, James, son of Joseph C. and Lois Brooks, was b. Oct. 30,
1780.
Dickinson, Nath. Children of, bv Ann his wife — Samuel, b. July
15, 1638; Obadiah, April 15, '41; Nehamiah, Aug. 15, '43; Hezekiah,
Feb. 28, '45; Azariah, Oct, 10, 1648.
Dickinson, John. Dau. of, by Frances his wife — Hanah, b. Dec. 6,
1648.
Dickinson, Obadiah. Children of, by Mehetabel his wife— Noadi-
ah, b. Aug. 2, 1694; Mehetabel, June 11, 1696. Serg*. 0. D. d. June
10, 1698, being in his 58th year.
Dickinson, Jonathan, the son of John D. and Susannah his wife,
was b. May 18, 1695.
Dickinson, Eliphalett and Rebecka, the dau. of Jacob Brunson of
Farmingtown, were m. Nov. 24, 1697. Is. — Sarah, b. Nov. 8, '98;
Obadiah, Aug. 14, 1701; Eliphelet, Aug. 1, 1703; Rebecca, Dec. 28,
1705; Eunice, July 22, 170S; Lois, Aug. 18, 1710, and d. Nov. 8,
1712; Eleazer, Aug. 23, 1712.
Dickinson, Ebenezer and Susanna, dau. of John Waddoms, were m.
April 3, 1707. Is.— Thomas, b. Dec. 29, 170^; Anna, Sep. 6, 1710,
and d. in infancy.
Dickinson, Elihu and Mary, dau. of Jonathan Smith, were m. Nov.
13, 1718. Mrs. Mary D. d. *Nov. 1720. E. Dickinson and Lucy Do-
ming were m. April 2, 1724. Is. — Mary, b. Jan. 26, '25; Hannah,
Feb. 28, '27; Samuel, Oct. 28, '29; Esther, Jan. SO, '32; Ebenezer,
Feb. 21, '34; Experience, April 17, '36; Moses, April 15, '38; Eliza-
beth, Mar. 4, 1740.
Dickinson, Eleazer and Jemima Nott, were m. April 20, 1737. Is. —
William, b. Oct. 6, '37; Daniel, Oct. 29, '38; Mary, Sep. 17, '40; Ja-
264 Records of Wetkersfield, Conn. [A.ug.
cob, Dec. 16. '41; George, Mar. 1, '34; Noadiah, Nov. 20, 1745. Mr.
E. D. d. July 24, 1768.
Dickinson, Jonathan and Sarah Francis, were ra. (no date). Is. —
Elezur, b. May 15, 1725; Jonathan, Dec. 5, '26; Sarah, Mar. 8, '29;
Bildad, Mar. 27, '33; Mary, Aug. 16, '35, and d. June 7, '36; Mary,
Oct. 12, 1737.
Dickinson, Thomas and Hannah Hurlbutt, were m. Mar. 3, 1735.
Is. — Hannah, b. Mar. 28, 1735; Ebenezer, Dec. 14, '36; Susanna, Feb.
23, '39; Rebecca and Sarah, Feb. 23, '42; Thomas, Aug. 20. 1744.
Dickinson, Obadiah. Children of, by Hannah his wife — Elizabeth,
b. Nov. 19, 1736; Obadiah, May 2, '39; Elias, Feb. 20, '42; Hannah,
Feb. 24, '45. Mrs. H. D. d. xMay 23, '81; and Mr. 0. D., April 23,
1782.
. Dickinson, Obadiah and Mary Collins, were to. Mar. 18, 1750. Is.
—Wait, b. Nov. 10, '51; Eunice, Dec. 15, '52; Ozias, May 17, '54;
Christian, Nov. 29, 1755.
Dickinson, Jonathan, Jr., and Hannah Bordman, were m. May 8,
1754. Is.— Levi, b. Jan. 22, '55; Simeon, Dec. 22, '56; Martha, Juiy
29, '59; William, Nov. 17, '61, and d. two days old; Lemuel, June 6,
'63; William, Nov. 18, '65; Hannah, June 14, '68; Abigail, May 21,
'70; Samuel, June 21, 1773.
Dickinson, Elias and Ruth Savage, were m. Dec. 25, 1766. Is.—
Lois, b. Aug. 2, '68; Harvev, Mar. 29, '70; Rockwell, Nov. 18, '71;
Seth, June 8, '74; Sally, Sep. 19, '76; Burrage, July 4, '79; Elias,
July 18, 1782.
Dickinson, Ebenezer. Children of, by Mabel his wife — Ebenezer,
b. June 9, 1771; Orran, June 10, 1779.
Deming, John and Mary his wife, ware m. Sep. 20, 1657. Is. —
John, b. Sep. 9, '58; Joseph, June 1, '61; Jonathan, Feb. 12, '63; Mary,
July 1, '66; Samuel, Aug. 25, '68; Jacob, Aug. 26, '70; Sarah, Jan.
17,1672. J. D. d. Jan. 23, 1712.
Deming, Jonathan and Sarah his wife, ware m. Nov. 21, 1660. Is.
— Jonathan, b. Nov. 27, 1661; Sarah, Aug. 12, '63; Mary, July 11,
'65; Comfort, June 5, '68. Mrs. S. D. d. June 5, 1668. Jonathan D.
and Elizabeth his wife, were m. Dec. 25, 1673. Is. — Eloisse, b. Feb.
16, '74; Elizabeth, June 12, '77; Thomas, Nov. 27, '79; Charles, Jan.
10, '81; Benjamin, Jan. 20, '84; Jacob, Dec. 20, '89; Mary, Oct. 24,
'92; Ann, Oct. 1, 1695. Mr. J. D. d. Jan. 8, 1700, aged, as he sup-
posed, about 61 years.
Deming, Ebenezer and Sarah his wife, were m. July 16, 1677. Is.
-—Ebenezer, b. Mav 5, '78; John, July 26, '79; Sarah, Jan. 6, 1681.
Mr. E. D. d. May 2, 1705.
Deming, David and Mary his wife, were m. Aug. 14, 1678. Is. —
David, b. July 20, '81; Sam!1, Aug. 9, '83; Honor, May 9, 1685.
Deming, Jonathan, ye son of Mr. John D., and Martha, the dau. of
Henry Buck, were m. Oct. 27, 1687. Is. — Isaac, b. July 26, '88;
Anne, Sep. 20, '90; Noahdiah, Feb. 20, '93; Abigaill, Mar. i, '95; Gi-
deon, Feb. 29, 1700; Martha, Aug. 30, 1704.
Deming, John, son of Serg*. D., and Mary, the dau. of Wid. Graves,
were m. June 5, 1684. Is.— Abigail, b. Oct. 7, '93; Nath11., Sep. 2,
'96; Mary, Sep. 27, 1700. Mr. J. D. d. Nov. 25, 1729,
1862.] Records of Welhersfield, Conn. 265
Deining, Sam11, and Sarah his wife, were m. Mar. 29, 1694. Is. —
John, b. Dec. 27, '94; David, Dec. 29, '96; Samuell, June 12, '99; Hon-
nor, Dec. 16, 1701; William, May 10, 1705. Mr. S. D. d. April 6,
1709, in his 63d year, near out.
Deming, Thomas, son of Jon:l. D. senr. and Mary, dan. of Th°. Wil-
liams, ware m. June 2, 1698. Is. — Luce, b. Mar. 9, '99; Mary, Mar.
17, 1701; Elizabeth, Sept, 27, 1703; Daniel, May 18, 1705; Abigail,
Nov. 6, 1706, and d. Mar. 16, 1708; Hannah, Sep. 22, 1709; Thomas,
Feb. 16, 1712. Mr. T. D. d. Jan. 31, 1716, and his wid. Aug. 24,
1751.
Deming, Hezekiah and Lois, the dau. of John Wyavd, were m. Nov.
22, 1700." Is.—IIezekiah, b. July 10, 1703; Benjamin, July 20, 1705;
Eunice, May 29, 1708; Lois, Jan. 24, 1711.
Deming, Benjamin and Mary his wife, were m. Feb. 4, 1707. Is.
— Jonathan, b. July 29, 1707; "Benjamin, July 19, 1709; Mary, Jan.
27, 1719; Elias, Nov. 7, '21; Wait, Sep. 27, 1*724.
Deming, Jonathan and Abigaile, dau. of Zerubabel Tiler, were m.
Jan. 5, 1709. Is.— Danieil, b. Nov. 5, 1709; Charles, June 26, 1714.
Deming, Charles and Anna, dau. of Mr. Th°. Wickham, were m.
Sep. 5, 1706. Is.— Anna, b. May 28, 1711.
Deming, Ebenezer and Rebecca, dau. of Lieu1. James Treat, were
m. Dec, 27, 1704. Is.— Elizabeth,' b. Mar. 6, 1706; Joseph, Jan. 24,
1708; Oliver, Dec. 31, 1709; Ebenezer, Dec. 17, '12; Timothy, May 7,
'16; Moses, Mar. 1, 1720.
Deming, Jacob and Dinah, dau. of Joseph Churchill, were m. Nov.
3, 1709. Is.— Dinah, b. Oct. 18, 1710, and d. in infancy; Joseph,
Nov. 24, 1711.
Deming, John and Mary Curtis, were m. June 5, 1712. Is. — Jed-
dediah, b. April 15, 1713; Nichols, Oct. 25, '14; Elizur, Oct. 5, '16.
Mrs. M. D. d. Dec. 21, 1723. Deacon J. D. and Widow Katharine
Dewey were joined together in marriage on ye 12th day of Aug.
1731.
Deming, Josiah and Prudence, dau. of Capt. James Steel, were
marryed Dec. 8, 1714. Is. — Elisha, b. Dec. 13, '15: Penelope, Nov.
17, '17; Zebulon, Oct. 25, '19; Solomon, July 8, 1722.
Deming, Ephraim and Hannah Belding, yc dau. of John Belding,
were marryed Jan. 19, 1716. Is. — Dorothy, b. Oct. 21, '16; Janna,
Nov. 2, '18; Honour, May 18, '21; Stephen, Aug. 25, '23; Waitstill,
May 18, '26; Hannah, Aug. 4, '28; Lidia, Mar. 26, 1732. L*. E. D. d.
Nov. 14, 1742.
Deming, Samuel and Katharine, ye dau. of Eichard Treat, were m.
June 16, 1726. Is.— Treat, b. Sep. 28, '27; Sarah, Mar. 10, 30; Ka-
tharine, Jan. 18, '33; Samuel, Dec. 10; Rebecca, Oct. 10, '38. and d.
July 6, '58; Mabel, Aug. 24, '43; Deliverance, Dec. 3, '46; Richard,
April 11, 1750.
Deming, Noadiah. Son of, by Ruth his wife, b. Feb. 6, 1729.
Deming, Daniel Jr. and Mehetabell, ye dau. of ye Rev. Mr. Noa-
diah Russell of Middletown, were m. Nov. 19, 1729, Jonathan, b.
Sep. 14, '30; Abigail, Sep. 29, '32; Mary, July 24, '34. and d. in in-
fancy; Lydia, Dec. 24, 1738. D. D. Jr. d. April 23, 1748.
Deming, David and Martha, the dau. of Sergf. John Russell, were
m. Jan. 28, 1725. Is.— Martha, b. April 15, '26; Mehetabei, May 27,
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27; David, Aug. 16, '29; Mary, Mar. 8, '32; Abigail, April 29, '33,
and d. in infancy; Elizabeth Abigail, April 5, '34; Solomon, Dec. 1,
'36: Elizabeth, Mar. S, '39; John, Mar. 14, '43; Simeon, Mar. 5,
174S. M. D. d. Sep. 1, 1763; and D. D. Feb. 17, 1771, in the 75th
year of Lis age.
Deming, John and Elizabeth, dan. of Capt. Perkins of Norwich,
were m. Nov. 25, 1727. Is.— John, b. Oct. 19, '28; Daniel, Dec. 1,
'30; Honour, Mar. 11, 1733.
Deming, William and Prudence y° dau. of Josiah Churchill, were in.
Jan. 22, 1730.
Deming, Hezekiah and Hannah ye dau. of Abraham Warren, were
m. Aug. 17, 1734.
Deming, Daniel and Eunice, dau. of Abraham Williams, were m.
Mar. 10, 1735. Is.— Giles, b. Feb. IS, '36; Abraham, May 29. '38;
Hannah, Mar. 12, '43, and d. Sep. 29, '46. D. D. d. Oct. 20, 1745.
Deming, Thomas Jr. and Elizabeth dau. of Ensn Sam11. Smith, were
in. Dec. 20, 1734.
Deming, Nathaneal and Mary Webb, were m. Jan. 25, 1722. Is.— -
Lois, b. June 1, '22; Eunice, Feb. 11, '24; Charles, Sep. 4, '25; fell-
sha, April 8, '28, and d. Nov. 15, '31; Hannah, May 15, '32; Sarah,
Feb. 6, 1738.
Deming, Joseph and Martha Hart, were m. Dec. 16, 1736. Is. —
Joseph, b. Aug. 22, '39; David, Jan. 12, '42; .Gideon, April 21, rH,
and d. Nov. 10, '48; Asahel, May 27, '48. Mrs. M. D. d. Nov. 26, '48,
in the 33d year of her age. J. D. and Elizabeth Wright were m.
Aug. 2,1750. Is.— Elizabeth, b. Dec. 20, '52; Abigail, Oct. 9, '55,
and d. in infancy; Mary, Feb. 24, '58; Huldah, Mar. 19, '60; Gideon,
Sep. 27, 1762. J. D. d. Feb. 28, 1774.
Deming, Gideon and Elizabeth Case of Hartford, were m. Nov. 5,
1729. Is.— Gideon, b. Sep. 11, '30; Peter, Dec. 22, '33; Temperance,
Nov. 15, '35; Mary, Aug. 23, '38; Jonathan, July 23, '40; Sarah, Sep.
7, '42; Mabel, Jan. 25, '45; Martha, Sep. 2J, 1748.
Deming, Oliver and Lucy Hale, were m. April 3, 1735. Is. —
Lemuel, b. Oct. 16, '35; Abigail, May 30, '38; Oliver, Mar. 21,
1742.
Deming, Joseph and Elizabeth Francis, were m. Jan. 8, 1736. Is. —
Sarah, b. May 24, '37; Francis, Jan. 12, '39; Aaron, Oct. 16, ?40, and
d. in infancy; Aaron, Mar. 29, '44; Elizabeth, July 1, '50; Titus,
1760.
Deming, Elisha and Elizabeth Williams, were m. Mar. 13, 1745.
Is. — Ephraim, b. Jan. 25, '46; Josiah, Aug. 1, '47; Anne Williams,
Mar. 28, '50; Prudence, Jan. 30, ?53. Mrs. E. D. d. Oct. 1, 1779.
Deming, Solomon and Sarah Kirkham, were m. Oct. 27, 1748. Is. —
Noadiah, b. July 14, 1749.
Deming, Charles and Dorothy Belding, were m. Dec. 20, 1750.
Is.— Mary, b. Jan. 23, 1752. C. D. d. Feb. 6, 1752.
Deming, Eleazer, dau. of, by Hannah his wife — France, b Oct. 21,
1751.
Deming, Stephen and Hannah Goodrich, were m. Jan. 29, 1747.
Is. — Abigail, b. Dec. 2, '47; Rosanna, Dec. 3, '50; Silvia, Jan. 22,
'54, and d. June 6, '58; Leonard, Sep. 1§, '56, and d. Aug. 14? '58;
Silvia, July 6, '59; Leonard, Sep. 7, 1763, and d. April 1, 1787.
1S62] Records of Wethersficld, Conn. 267
Deming, Janna and Anno Kilborn, were m. June 14, 1750. Is. —
Elizur, b. Feb. 3, '51; Eiias, April 11, '52; Daniel, Dec. 31, '53;
Thomas, Oct, 27, '55; Anne, Mar. 6, '58; Eunice, April 4, '60; John,
May 4, 'G2; Chloe, April 25, '05; Honor, May 6, '67; Gad, June 19,
"70; Levi, Aug-. 27, 1772. Mr. J. Dl d. July 24, 1797, aged 78.
Deming, Gamaliel and Rebecca Kellogg, were in. July 18, 1751.
Is.— Elijah, b. **; Mary, Oct. 5, '52.
Deming, Thomas Jr. and Elizabeth Smith, were m. Dec. 19, 1734.
Is.— Abigail, b. Mar. 1, '37: Ozias, May 11, '39, and d. July 19, '45;
Elizur, May 9, '41: John, April 19, '43; Elizabeth, Nov. 22, '47; Anne,
Mar. 8, '49; Sarah, April 30, '52; Mr. T. D. d. Sep. 29, 1755.
Deming, Elijah and Lucy Satre, were m. Jan. 29, 1756. Is. — Mary,
b. Nov. 4, '56; Thomas, Jan. 21, 1759.
Deming, Jacob Jr. and Lucy Hart, were m. Jan. 28, 174
Deming, David Jr., children of, by Elizabeth his wife — Elizabeth,
b. Sep. 2, 1754; Sarah, Nov. 1, 175G.
Deming, Ebenezer Jun. and Amy Bunce, were m. **. Is. — Ebene-
zer, b. June, 1742; Amy, Sep. 3, '43; Rebecca, June 10, '45; Jerusha,
Feb. 17, '47; Elizabeth, July 8, '48, and d. Oct., '49; John, Dec. 6, '49;
Simeon, Sep. 16, '51; Elizabeth, Oct. 16, '53; Hester, Dec. 25, '57;
Jesse, June 17, 1760.
Deming, Waitstill and Hannah Lusk, were m. Aug. 31, 1758. Is. — -
Elizabeth, b. May 17, '59; Ephraim, Feb. 26, '61; Ezekiel, April 4, 63;
Frederick, May"l7, '65; Lucretia, Mar. 19, '67; Selah, Mar. 7, '69;
Roger, July 19, 71; Lyman, June 2, 1773. W. D. d. Mar. 10, 1776.
Deming, Moses and Martha Welles, were m. Nov. 10, 1748. Is. —
Martha, b. Nov. 16, '49; Judith, March 18, '54; Elizabeth, Nov. 28,
'56; Moses, Jan. 9, '59, and d. in infancy; Moses, July 19, 1760.
Deming, Timothy and Susannah French, were m. Dec. 5, 1740.
Is.— Eiiakim, b. Aug. 1, '41: Charity, Nov. 29, '42; Sabia, Feb. 14,
'45; Abel, March 11, '47; Eli, Aug. 18, '49; David, Oct. 22, '55;
Mary, Jan. 18, '58; Daniel, April 10, 1762.
Deming, Jonathan and Jerusha Williams, were m. Jan. 27, 1763.
Is.— Mehetabel, b. Jan. 15, '64; Daniel, Feb. 20, '65; Abigail, Nov.
19, '66; Hamlin, June 26, '70, and d. Oct. 11, '76; Harriot, May 19,
"14; Lydia, May 9, 1777.
Deming, Peter and Jerusha Welles, were m. Feb. 6, 1765. Is. —
Abigail, b. Nov. 10, '65; Elizabeth, Nov. 9, '67; Jerusha, July 22,
'72; Martha, July 14, '76; Jonathan, Oct. 2, 1778.
Deming, Ebenezer Jr. and Mabel Deming, were m. Jan. 4, 1769,
Is.— Mabel, b. June 23, '69: Joseph, Nov. 6, '72; Gideon, April 12,
'75; Rebecca, Nov. 14, '78; Ebenezer, May 7, '82; Sarah, Aug. 15,
1785.
Deming, Ephraim and Martha Deming, were m. June 27, 1771.
Is.— Martha, b. May 1, '72; Betsey, Feb. 23, '78; Nancy, Jan. 11,
1781.
Deming, Lemuel and Hannah Standish, were m. **. Is. — Josiafy,
b. June 7, 1758; Hannah, May 31, '60, and d. April 27, '73; Allyn,
Sep. 19, '62; Levi, Nov. 25, '64; Rhoda, April 3, '67; Huldah, Oct. 8,
69; Lucy, Mar. 31, '72; Oliver, Nov. 1, '74; Hannah, Nov. 16, 1776.
Deming, EH and Wid. Sarah Ames, were m. Feb. 8, 1778. Is.—
268 Douw Family Record. [July
Benjamin, b. Mar. 30, 1717; Hannah, Dec. 10, 1778. (No mistake—
a true copy of Record.)
Doming, Francis and Mary Camp, were m. July 13, 1762. Is. —
Nancy, b. Dec. 11, '02; Robert, Dec. 19, '03; Barzillai, Mar. 21, '66;
Joseph, July 23, '69: Mary, Oct. 15, '70. Mrs. D. d. Aug. 19, 1782.
Deming, John and Elisabeth Wells, were m. Dec. IS, 1777. Is. —
Elizabeth, b. Feb. 9, '80; John, Nov. 16, '82; Abigail, Dec. 2, '87;
Achsah, May 11, ;90; Amos, Oct, 16, '92; Laura, Oct. 7, '94; Julia,
July 15, 1796.
Doming, Elias and Martha Wells, were m. Nov. 26, 1778. Is. —
Enos, b. Aug. 20, '79; William, Feb. 25, '81, and d. in infancy; Wil-
liam, Oct 13, "82; Martha, Dec. 2, '85, and d. Dec. 4, 1800; Lucy,
May 13, '88; Jedediah, Sep. 7, '90; Lydia, July 1, 1794, M'. E. D.
d. May 13, 1814, aged 62.
Deming, Henry, issue of, by Anna his wife — Anna, b. Sep. 4, 1772;
Demis, July 22, '74; Henry, Feb. 12, ;77; David, Jan. 12, '79; Lavinia,
Feb. 23/81; Betsey, June 23/83; Mary, June 8/85; Sophia, Aug.
10, '87; Harriot, Nov. 6, 1789.
Deming, William Jr and Elizabeth Griswold, were m. Julv 14,
1774. Is.— William, b. Sep. 19, '77; Elizabeth, May 1/30; Caleb,
July 31, J85; Sarah, April 22, 17S9.
Deming, Pownall of Colchester and Abigail Hubbel of New Fair-
field, were m. **. Is. — Eleazer, b. Feb. 13, 1785.
Deming, Abel and Mary Benton, were m. Sep. 27, 1770. Is. —
Ehoda, b. Nov. 19/71; Lydia, Nov. 25, '73; Mary, Jan. 18, '76;
Sabia, May 27, '78; Prue, Oct. 31, :80; Isaac, Nov. 7, '82; Jared,
Dec. 5, '84; Titus, Sep. 3, '86; Emily, July 14, '91 ; Harriet, Oct. 29,
1793.
Deming, Elizur 2d and Lusina Francis, were m. May 5, 1773. Is. —
Elizur, b. July 20, 74, and d. in infancy; James, July 29, '76; Anne,
Oct. 19, '80; Elizur, May .8, '82; Nancy, April 9, 1786. Mr. E. D.
d. Dec. 7, 1827, aged 78.
DOUW FAMILY RECORD.
[Copied from an ancient Dutch folio Bible. The record was begun by Jonas
Douw, of Wolvenhoek, near Albany, who it appears by an entry in the same book
died Oct. 7, 1736.]
Petrus Dorw, b. March 22, 1692 ; m. Anna, dau. of Hendrik Van Rens-
selaer, Oct. 8, 1717; she d. April 3, 1756, a?. 60 y. 2 mo. 3d.; he d. Aug.
21, 1775, a?. 83 y. 5 m. 8 d.; had Magdalena, b. Aug. 1, 1718; spon-
sors Catriua Van Rensselaer and Jonas Douw: Volkert, b. March 23,
1720: Hendrik, b. April 13, 1722; d. Dec. 17, 1756, je. 34 y. 8 m. 3 d.':
Catrina, b. March 23, 1724; sponsors Eleena Van Rensselaer and
Jo'hannis Ten Broek: Maria, b. Dec. 25, 1725; m. Johannes Gaase-
voort; d. Aug. 17, 1729, re. 33 y. 7 in. 12 d.: Margrita, b. Dec. 25, 1729:
Anna, b. Feb. 20, 1732: Elisabeth, b. Dec. 1, 1733; sponsors Engeltie
Livingston and Volkert Van Vechten: Rageltie, b. Feb. 27, 1736.
1862.] Folger Family. 269
THE FOLGER FAMILY.
[Compiled by William Coleman Folger of Nantucket, a Corresponding Member
of the N. E. Historic- Genealogical Society.]
1. John Folger and his son Peter (the name was then frequently
written Foulger), are said to have crossed the Atlantic in the same
ship with Hugh Peters, in the year 1635. They came from Norwich,
in the county of Norfolk, England. Peter was then about 18 years
of ag;e. At what time they settled at Watertowu, Mass., is not
known, but in 1642 John Fulger was possessed of a homestead in
that town, and owned six acres of land. It is probable that John
and Peter Folger accompanied Thomas Mayhew, Jr., to Martha's
Vineyard in 1641 or 1642. John owned a house, upland, commonage
and meadow land at the Vineyard, as appears by the Vineyard re-
cords. John Folger died about 1660. Meribell Folger his widow,
was living in 1664. Her surname is said to have been Gibbs. Ac-
cording to tradition, John was a widower when he came over; if this
be correct, he must have married her after his arrival in America.
2. Peter Folger, son of John, born in England, accompanied his
father to America in 1635, and probably emigrated with him to the
Vineyard in 1642. He married in 1644, Mary Morrill, who had been
an inmate in the family of Hugh Peters, and according to tradition,
a fellow passenger with him from England. Whilst at the Vineyard
he taught school and also practiced as a surveyor of land. He also
assisted the younger Thomas Mayhew in his work of Christianizing
the native Indians. Rev. Experience Mayhew, in a letter to John
Gardner, Esq., dated 1694, stated that when Thomas Mayhew, Jr.,
left for England in 1657, he left the care of his church or mission
with Peter Folger. Peter became a Baptist in his sentiments, and
after his removal to Nantucket is said to have baptized two persons
in Waiptequage pond.
At a meeting of the proprietors of the island of Nantucket, held in
Salisbury in the latter part of 1660 or early part of 1661, five per-
sons were chosen to measure and lay out the land, and in the order
it is said, that what shall be done by them, or any three of them,
Peter Folger being one, shall be accounted legal and valid. This
vote shows the confidence they placed in his judgment and integrity.
Whilst a resident at the Vineyard he acquired the Indian language,
which was of great service to him in business affairs and in enabling
him to communicate religious instruction to the natives.
In the summer of 1659, he is said to have accompanied as an inter-
preter, Tristram Coffin and others who visited the island of Nan-
tucket to view it about the time of the purchase from Mayhew. He
was there in 1661 and 1662, surveying, and on the 4th of July, 1663,
the proprietors of Nantucket granted hirn half a share of land on
Nantucket, or half as much as one of the twenty purchasers, pro-
vided he would come to inhabit with his family on the aforesaid
island within one year after that date, and attend the English in the
way of an interpreter between the Indians and them upon all neces-
I
270 Folger Family. [July
eary occasions. He accepted the grant and moved there with his
family within the specified time.
On the 21st of July, 1673, he was chosen clerk of the courts, which
office he held some years. In his poem — "A Looking* Glass for the
Times," published April 23, 1676, he shows himself an advocate for
religious liberty, and strongly condemns the persecuting spirit ex-
hibited in New England in his day. Dr. Benjamin Franklin, his
grandson, when in England, found no arms for the Folgers at the
Herald's office, and concluded that they were a Flemish family who
came over in the time of Queen Elizabeth. There were others of the
name in England besides John Folger and*son, as in the latter part
of last century a young man named Thomas Folger, Jr., son of Tho-
mas and Mary (Rant) Folger of Norfolk, England, came over and
married Abigail,5 dau. of Daniel1 Folger, at Easton, N. Y. This
Thomas Folger moved to Charlton, Saratoga county, N. Y., where
he died May 22, 1838, aged 80 years.
Peter Folger 1st, d. in 1690, and Mary his widow survived him,
dying in the year 1104. The ch. of Peter and Mary Folger were as
follows: (3) Joanna,"2 [-f ] m. John Coleman, son of Thomas. (4) Be-
thiah* m. Feb. 26, 1668, John Barnard, son of Robert. They
were drowned between Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard, by the
upsetting of a boat, June 6, 1669. (5) Dorcas* [ + ] m. Feb. 12,
1615, Joseph Pratt of Charlestown. (6) Eleazer? [ + ] b. 1648; m.
Sarah Gardner, dau. of Richard and Sarah. (7) Bathshua* [-J-] m.
Joseph Pope, son of Joseph of Salem. (8) Patience* [-f ] m. 1st,
Harker; m. 2d, James Gardner, son of Richard. (9) John* [-f]
b. 1659; m. Mary Barnard, dau. of Nathaniel. (10) Experience*
[-f ] m. John Swain, Jr., son of John. (11) Abiah? [+ ] b. Aug. 15,
1661; m. probably in 1690, Josiah Franklin.
3. John Coleman, by wife Joanna- Folger, had ch.: John,3 b. Aug.
2, 1661; m. Priscilla Starbuck, dau. of Nathaniel. He d. Jan. 19,
1762, in his 95th year. Priscilla, his widow, d. March 14, 1762, in
her 86th year. His ch. were: (12) Thomas? b. Oct. 17, 1669; m.
Jane dialling, widow of John. He died Jan. 23, 1753. (13) Isaac?
b. Feb. 6, 1671-2; m. 1st, Ann Reynolds; and 2d, widow Jane
Watson. He died without issue, 31 2 rno., 1752. (14) Phebe? b.
June 15, 1674; m. Gershom Cathcart. (15) Benjamin? b. Jan, 17,
1676; d. single. (16) Solomon,3 m. 1st, Mary Macy; she d. in 1715.
He m. 2d, Deliverance Swett. He d. Jan. 12, 1772. (17) Jeremiah?
m. 20 of 11 mo., 1714-15, Sarah Pratt, dau. of Joseph. He d. 4 of 1
mo., 1739, O. S. (18) Abigail? m. James Tisdale of Dighton. He
moved to Lebanon, Ct., where Abigail d. Nov. 18, 1726, in her 45th
year. He d. May 3, 1727. John Coleman was a yeoman; he resided
on Nantucket, where he died in 1715. Joanna, his widow, d. 18 5
mo., 1719.
5. Joseph Pratt of Charlestown, Mass., by wife Dorcas2 Folger,
m. Feb. 12, 1675, had ch.: (19) Mary? b. Sept. 16, 1675. (20)
Sarah? m. 20 11 mo., 1714-5, Jeremiah Coleman her cousin. She in.
2d, John Renuff, and died 27 4 mo, 1762. (21) Joseph? b. Oct. 19,
1677. (22) Belhiah? b. Feb. 11, 1680; m. Sampson Cartwright.
She d. 19 10 mo., 1741. (23) Benjamin? b. Jan. 19, 1082. (24) Dor-
cas? b. April 2, 1683; d. soon. (25) Phineas? b. Jan. 18, 1684.
1862.] Folger Family. 271
Joshua, 3 b. June 18, 1686; Lydia,3 b. Nov. 28, 1688. I have the
most of the above Pratt family extracted from the Gen. Diet, of the
Hon. James Savage, LL. D. Hon. William Mitchell, A. M., Miss
Maria Mitchell, the astronomer, and Charles W. Cartwright, Esq., are
among the descendants of Dorcas Pratt.
6. Eleazer- Folger, m. 1671, Sarah Gardner, dau. of Richard. He
came to Nantucket from the Vineyard, having half a share of laud
on the island of Nantucket granted him, to act in the capacity of a
shoemaker. His ch. were: (26) Eleazer* Jr., [ + ] b. July 2, 1672;
m. 1st, Bethiah Gardner; m. 2d, Mary Marshall. He d.'l5 2 mo,
1753,ao,8I years. (27) Peter? . [+] b. Aug. 28, 1674; m. Judith
Coffin. He d. 1707. (28) Daniel* d. young. Elisha,3 d. young.
(29) Sarah? [+] m. May 6, 1701-2, Anthony Oder of the Isle pf
Wight. She d. March 23, 1732-3. (30) Nathan? [+.] b. 167S;
m. Dec. 29, 1699, Sarah Church, dau. of John and Abigail of Dover.
He d. 2 of 7 mo., 1747, 0. S. (31) Mary? [+] b. Feb. 14, 1684;
m. Feb. 26, 1703-4, John Arthur. She d. 7 8 mo, 1720. Eleazer^
Folger is said to have represented the county in the Gen. Court. He
died in Boston in 1716, aged 68 yrs. 6 mos, and his widow, Sarah, d.
at Nantucket, Dec. 19, 1729.
7. Joseph Pope, Jr , of Salem, son of Joseph and Gertrude, d. in
1712. His ch. by wife Bathshua2 Folger, were: (32) Nathaniel? b.
Nov. 20, 1679; m. (33) Joseph? d. young. Bathshua,* b. April 9,
1683. Gertrude,* b. Aug. 27, 1685. (34) Joseph? b. June 16, 1687.
Euos,* b. June 6, 1690. Eleazer,3 b. Dec. 4, 1693. (35) Jervsha? b.
April 1, 1695. Hon. James Savage, from whose Genealogical Dic-
tionary I have extracted this Pope family, says that Joseph Pope, in
his will of Jan. 25, 1712, pro. 3d of March following, names all the
children but the first two, and notes that the eldest daughter was
infirm of mind, as probably had been her mother; at least, she was
much afflicted in the witchcraft days. Also, names Mary and Sarah,
children of his son Nathauiel, deceased before 1711.
8. Mr. Harker, by wife Patience- Folger, had ch.: (36) Hepzibah?
b. 1694; m. 24 of 11 mo, O. S, 1711, Jonathan Coffin, Esq, son of
James Coffin, Esq. They had 10 ch. Hepzibah d. Dec. 30, 1773, a.
nearly 80 yrs; her husband had d. Feb. 5, 1773, a. 81. (37) Ebene-
zer? m. Sarah Jones, dau. of Thomas; had 1 son named Raymond,4
besides several children that died in infancy. After the death of
Ebenezer, of which I have not the date, his widow Sarah m. John
Barnard, son of Benjamin (his second wife); by him she bad one
son John.
The name of Patience Folger's 1st husband has been given by
genealogists here both John and Ebenezer; whether either was right
is doubtful. I believe they lived in North Carolina, where, probably,
the husband died; and the widow returned to Nantucket, where she
married James Gardner, son of Richard, being his 2d or 3d wife.
She died 1 mo, 1717-18. The name of Ferdinaudo Harker appears
in a business transaction here under date of Feb. 7, 1681-2. Even
the late B. Franklin Folger, so well versed as he was in the Nan-
tucket genealogies, could not be certain of the given name of the
first husband of Patience. Very likely the Ebenezer whom I have
given as a son, may be a grandson of Patience. There arc many
descendants of Jonathan and Hepzibah (Harker) Coffin.
272 Folger Family. [July
9. John2 Folger, by wife Mary Barnard, dau. of Nathaniel and Mary,
had ch.: (38) Jcthro* [-f] b. IT of 8 mo., 1689; m. Mary Starbnck,
dau. of Nathaniel, Jr. lie d. 19 4 mo., II 72. (39) Jhthia* [-fl b.
24 11 mo., 1692; m. 9 mo., 1718, Samuel Barker of Falmouth; his 2d
wife/and had a family. He d. 2 mo., 1739. She d. at Nantucket, 29
1 mo., 1774, a. 82 yrs. 7 mos. (40) Nathaniel* [+] b. IS 12 mo.,
1694; m. Nov. 18, 1718, Priscilla Chase, dau. of Lieut. Isaac of Mar-
tha's Vineyard. He d. 15 4 mo., 1775. (41) Jonathan,'-1 [+] b. 10 of
2 mo., 1696; m. 1st, Margaret Gardner, dau. of Nathaniel; m. 2d,
Deborah Bunker, wid. of Benjamin; m. 3d, Susanna Paddock, wid.
of Daniel. (42) Richard* [-f] b. 14 5 mo., 1698; m. March 11, 1722,
Sarah Pease, dau. of Joseph of the Vineyard. He d. Sept. 15, 1782.
(43) Shubael* [+] b. 25 of 8 mo., 1700; m. 10 mo., 1720, Jerusha
Clark, dau. of Thomas. He d. August 21, 17 76. Jerusha, his widow,
d. Aug. 18, 1778. (44) Abigail* b. 8 of 4 mo., 1703; m, among
Friends, Aug. 31, 1721, Daniel1 Folger, [No. 82] son of Peter. 3 He
was lost in Vineyard sound in 1744. She m. 2d, Oct. 20, 1748, Da-
niel Pinkham. She d. 21 11 mo., 17S7, a. 84 yrs. (45) Zacckms,3
,[+] b. 14 of 6 mo., 1706; m. Nov. 20, 1728, Abigail Coffin, dau. of
John Coffin, Esq. They had a large family. He d. 20 7 mo., 1779.
(46) Hannah* b. 20 of 7 mo., 1708; was an idiot. John'2 Folger,
was a miller and a farmer. He was a Friend, and resided in that
part of the island called Polpis. He d. 23 of 8 mo., 1732, O. S., a.
73 yrs. Mary, his widow, d. 6 of 8 mo., 1737, O. S., aged nearly 70
years.
10. John- Swain, Jr., son of John. He was b. Sept. 1. 1664, being
the first male white child born on the island of Nantucket. By wife,
Experience2 Folger, his ch. were: (48) William* b. Oct. 2, 1688; m.
12 , 1726, Jemima Coffin, dau. of Peter Coffin, Jr. He d. 4 of
March, 1770. Jemima d. 6 of April, 1766, a. 70 yrs. 4 mos. 6 days.
(49) 'John,* m. 6 of 1 mo., 1711-12, Mary Swett of Me. He d. 28 2
mo., 1744, O. S. (50) Eliakim* m. April 18, 1717, Elizabeth Arthur,
dau. of John and Priscilla. His wife d. Nov. 29, 1741, with the
throat ail, a distemper then prevailing. He was an enterprising man,
a merchant. He d. 6 of 5 mo., 1750, 0. S. (51) Stephen* m. Eleanor
Ellis. He m. 2d, Nov. 29, 1734, Catherine, wid. of Edmund Heath,
a Frenchwoman. He d. Feb. 14, 1785, aged 82 yrs. 6 mos. Cathe-
rine his wid. d. Feb. 8, 1786, a. 85. (52) George* m. 10 mo,, 1729,
Love Paddock, dau. of Nathaniel. He d. 8 of Dec, 1797, being the
oldest man on the island. (53) Ruth* m. 1st, George Coffin, son of
James, Jr. He d. Aug. 1727. She m. 2d, Jonathan Upham. She
d. Feb. 8, 1775, a. about 80. (54) Catherine* m. 1720, Robt. Wyer,
son of Robt. and Ruth of Charlestown, a carpenter. She d. 1783, a.
89. He d. June 1, 1761. (56) Hannah* m. Nov. 30, 1724, Tho-
mas Gardner, son of George. She d. May 12, 1779. (57) Priscilla. *
m. Nov. 14, 1717, Daniel Bunker, son of George. She d. 12 of
9 mo., 1737, 0. S. He d. 5 of 11 mo, 1746. Experience Swain?
d. 6 mo. 4, 1739, O. S. John Swain, Jr., her husband, d. 29 mo. 11,
1738, O. S., being at the time of his death the oldest white man on
the island. He owned a farm in Polpis, where he resided, being
a farmer. His land adjoined that of his brother-in-law John-
Folger.
1862.] Folgcr Family. 273
11. Josiah Franklin' of Boston, by his second wife Abiah2 Folger,
m. probably in 1690, bad da,.: (68) Yin. John,3 b. Dec. 7, 1G90; m.
Goocli; d. 1756; bad one son, a young man, lost at sea. (50) ix
Jeter,3' b. Nov. 22, 1692; ra. Mary ; d. July 1, 1706; no issue.
(60) x Mary * b. Sept. 26, 169,1; m. Robert Homes; left 2 cb. (61)
xi James,3 b. Feb. 4, 1696; m. Anne ; d. Feb., 1735; left i eh.
His wid. d. April 19, 1763. His son James d. Aug. 22, 1763. (62)
xn Sarah3 b. Jan. 9, 1699; m. Joseph Davenport; d. May 23, 1731;
left children, (63) xin Ebcnezer3 b. Sept. 20, 1 701 ; drowned when
a child, (64) xiv Thomas,3 b. Dec. 7, 1703; d. young. (65) xv Ben-
jamin3 b. Jan. 6, 1706; m. Deborah Head, Sept. 1, 1730; d. April 17,
1790. His wife d. Dec. 19, 1774. (i)6) xvi Lydia3 b. Aug. 8, 1708;
m. Robert Scott, 1731. (67) xvn Jane,3 b. March 27, 1712; m. Ed-
ward Mecom, July 27, 1727; d'. 1795. Josiah Franklin was b. Dec.
23, 1657; emigrated to New England about 1685; d. Jan. 16, 1744-5.
Abiah Franklin d. 1752.*
26. Eleazer3 Folger, m. Sept, 27, 1706, Bethiah Gardner, dau. of
Joseph and Bethiah. She was b. Aug. 13, 1676; ch.: (68) Gideon,*
d. single. (69) Urian,* b. 1711; ra. Jedidah Pitts, wid. of Jonathan,
dau. of Charles Stewart of M. Vineyard. He d. without issue, Jan.
5, 1764. (70) Eliphaz* [+] b. 1713; m. 7 mo., 1735, 0. S., Priscilla
Gorham, dau. of Thomas. He d. Jan. 1, 1794, aged 81. [Bethiah
his first wife d. June 20, 1716, and he m. Sept. 25, 1717, Mary Mar-
shall, dau. of Joseph.] Ch.: (71) Charles* b. 1718; d. single, Feb. 28,
1784, a. 66. (72) Deborah,* b. 1720; m. Benjamin Frost, son of John.
She d. Dec. 10, 1758, aged 38. (73) Bethiah,* b. 1732; m. 9 mo.,
1755, James Finkham, son of Ricir'd (his 2d wife). She left no
issue. She d. Oct. 15, 1810, a. 88 yrs. (74) Ruth* b. 1723; d,
young, (75) Fredcrid,4 b. 17 25; m. Mary Trott, dau. of Benjamin.
He was a schoolmaster, register of probate, clerk of the courts, and
justice of the peace. He was a good Latin scholar, and well versed
in mathematics. He d. July 27, 1790. He had 11 ch., of whom Fre-
derick,5 b. Nov. 5, 1755, was a shipmaster, resided at Baltimore, Md.,
and ra.. Isabella Emmet of that place. During the revolution the son
commanded a privateer and took many prizes, which was very dis-
agreeable to his mother who was a Quakeress. After the revolution
he was appointed American consul at Aux Cayes, where he died.
(76) Stephen,* b. 1727; m. Jane Cook. He d. on board the pri-
son ship at New York in 1782, without issue. (It) Margaret,* b.
Dec. 2, 1729; m. 8 mo., 1753, Jonathan Swain, son of Richard 3d
(2d wife). He d. Aug. 23, 1800. She d. Feb. 2, 1822, a. 92 yrs. 2
mos. (78) Sophia,* b. Aug. 21, 1731; m. Matthew Worth, son of
Wm. and Mary. She d. Jan 31, 1789. (79) Pdeg* b. Oct, 13, 1733;
d. single, May 26, 1789, aged 55. He is said to have been a good
classical scholar, was something of a poet, a seaman in his early
days, afterwards a farmer. He was chosen an elder among the
Friends, and was a worthy man. (SO) Mary,* b. Jan., 1735-6: m.
Dec, 1760, William Black. She d. 17 1 mo., 1815, m. 79. Eleazer
* This account of the descendants of Abiah Franklin is extracted from the Ap-
pendix to Tared SparkS's Works and Life of Dr. Franklin, vol. i, where a list of the
descendants of Dr. Franklin may he found. A fuller list is printed in the Register^
vol. viii, p. 374 ; and an article on the Franklin family, vol. xi, p. 17.
274 Folgcr Family. [Jnfy
Folger,3 Jr., was a farmer, school teacher, 47 years register of pro-
bata. He died Feb. 25, 1753, in his 81st year. Mary his widow d.
Dec. 11, 1765, in her 71st year. Their dwelling house still stands
on the western border of the town.
27. Peter3 Folger, by wife Judith Coffin, dau. of Stephen, Jr., had
ch.: (81) JKfewa,* b. 23 12 me., 1699; m. Jethro Gardner. He d. 17
3 mo., 1734. She m. 1737, Paul Starbuck, She d. 2 of 8 mo, 1749,
0. S. (82) Daniel * ['+] b. 13 of 11 mo., 1701; in. 6 mo, 1721, Abi-
gail Folger,3 [No. 44] dau. of John.- He was lost in a vessel with
his son Peter and one or two other persons, on Horse Shoe shoal, be-
tween Nantucket and the Vineyard, in a gale, in 1744; his age about
43 years. (83) Anna,* b. 25 3 mo, 1703; m. 8 mo, 1720, William
Starbuck, son of Jethro. (84) Mary* b. 10 of 6 mo, 1705; m. 4 mo.,
1725, Nathaniel Gardner, son of Nathaniel. He d. 5 mo, 1727, and
she m. 7 mo. 1729, Nathaniel Coleman. She d. 3 of 12 mo, 1763.
Peter Folger3 was register of probate, and died in 1707. Judith his
widow, m. in 1709, Nathaniel Barnard, Jr., and in 1722, she married
a third husband, Stephen Wilcox, whom she survived, and d. 2d of
Dec, 1760.
29. Anthony Oder, son of Nicholas of Newport, in the Isle of
Wight, Hampshire, Eug. He was by trade a tailor. By wife Sarah3
Folger he had ch.: (85) Lois,* m. 10 mo, 1728, Caleb Stratton, son
of William. They had 11 ch. She d. 11 of 5 mo, 1755. He d. 6 of
12 mo, 1786. (86) Elizabeth,* b. Sept. 16, 1703; m. Jonathan Mooers;
had 11 ch, 10 of whom m. He d. April 8, 1740. She d. April 22,
1784, a. 80 yrs. 8 mos. (87) Huldah,* b. April 6, 1706; m. 18 of 9
mo, 1723, Samuel Russell; had 8 ch. She d. 9 mo, 1740. Sam'l tn.
again. He d. Jan. 6, 1780, a, 83. (88) Sarah* d. single, 1 mo. 1,
1741. (89) Philip,* b. April 1, 1713; d. single. (90) Pelatiah* lived
to be a school boy in 1727; whether he grew up to mauhood I have
seen no record. Sarah Oder, wife of Anthonv, d. March 23, 1732-3,
O. S.
30. Nathan3 Folger, m. Dec. 29, 1699, Sarah Church, dau. of John
and Abigail (Severance) Church of Dover, N. H. Ch.: (91) Abisha,**
b. Sept. 27, 1700; m. Nov. 6, 1727, Sarah Mayhew, dau. of Paine May-
hew, Esq, of Chilmark, M. Vineyard. She d. July 11, 1734. He m.
7 mo, 1735, Dinah Starbuck, wid. of Benjamin. He d. 22 1 mo, 1788.
(92) Leah,* b. Dec. 14, 1701; m. May 26, 1724, Men* Gardner, 3d.
* Ab;sha4 Folger was father of George,5 b. 24 5 mo., 1730, whose son Alexan-
der,6 b. Dec. 22, 1773, d. Jan. 3, 1846, ra. Sarah5, dau. of Barnabas4 Coleman,
Alexander6 and Sarah (Coleman) Folger, were parents of William Coleman Folger,
Esq, the compiler of the above article, b. Jan. 8, 1806; m. Oct. 30, 1842, Mrs.
Jane L. Middleton, wid. of Robert Middleton, and dau. of Benjamin and Nancy
(Jeffers) Clark of Newport. He is a corresponding member of the N. E. Historic-
Genealogical Society.
Barzillai* For.of.R, brother of Abisha, was father of Walter,3 b. 29 1 mo, 1735,
who tn. 1756, Elizabeth Starbuck. Their 4th child, Hon. Walter15 Folger, was b.
June 12, 1765, and m. Dec. 2;), 1785, Anna Ray, dau. of Alexander. After his
marriage he studied law, and afterwards practiced his profession many years. Ha
was a member of the Massachusetts Senate, and from 1S17 to 1821, a representative
in the U. S. Congress. He had great natural genius, as his astronomical clock and
his telescope evince. His wife d. Sept. 20, 1844, a. 79 vrs. 9 mos.. He d. Sept. 8,
1849, a. 84.
1862.] Folger Family. 275
He d. Feb., 1724-5. She in. Seth Paddock, boh of Joseph. Sited.
. (93) Esther,* b. Nov. 3, 1104; d. single. (94) Timothy*}).
SuDt. 24, 1706; m. Dec. .5, 1733, Anna Chase. He d. 1749. '(95)
Pcfcr^ b. 24 4 mo , 1703; m. April 23, 1731, Christian Swain, 4 dan. of
John.? He d. 1762. (90) Barzilla/ b. 4 of 11 mo., 1710; m. S mo.,
1730, Phebe Coleman, dau. of John; was a captain in the merchant
service. He d. 10 of 4 mo., 1190, and Phebe his widow d. 17 2 mo.,
1791. (97) Judith,^ h. Dec. 18, 1712; m. Jan. 22, 1728-9, Thomas
Jenkins, son of Matthew. He d. suddenly at shearing- pen, 23 6 mo.,
1756. She d. 10 of 6 mo., 17 64. They were the parents of Seth and
Thomas Jenkins, the founders of the city of Hudson, N. Y.
Nathan3 Folger, was a blacksmith by trade. At one period he
kept an inn or public house. He was also a farmer, and was a select-
man of the town. The dwelling house in which he resided was built
for him in Squam in 1702: brought to the town and rebuilt, with ad-
ditions aud enlargements, in 1716; has alwa}'s been owned by his
descendants, and is now owned by a granddaughter of one of his*
grandsons* It is in good repair, and is situated on North Shore hill
and enjoys a fine prospect of the harbor, with all the passing vessels.
Nathan Folger was blind in his old age. His son Barzilla lived with
bim in the old homestead; and his grandson Walter, who was my
grandfather, used to lead him to and from meeting. He died 2 of 7
mo., 1747. Sarah his wife had died 13 of 2 mo., 1745, 0. S.
31. John Arthur, son of John and Priscilla (Gardner) Arthur, by
wife Mary3 Folger, had ch.: (98) Keturah/ m. Richard Peckham of
Portsmouth, R, I. (99) Eunice/ b. 29 6 mo., 1706; d. 19 5 mo., 1729.
(100) Rhoda/ b. 26 9 mo., 1708. (101) Percis/ b. Nov. 17, 1710; m.
Nov. 20, 1734, Douglas Black. He d. Aug. 14, 1775. Percis his 1st
wife d. 26 4 mo., 1749. (102) Thomas,! b. Nov. 8, 1712; m. Feb. 17,
1735, .Mary Edmunds. She d. 28 10 mo., 1776; and he m. 2d wife,
Dec. 5^ 1780, Priscilla Trott, dau. of Benjamin. She d. June 13, 1793.
Thomas d.,I)ec 16, 1800, a. 84. (103) Stephen/* b. 2 of 12 mo., 1714.
(104) Eleazer/ was a schoolboy in 1727. I have no other record.
(105) Priscilla/ b. Nov. 2. 1718; m. 1739, Benjamin Fish, son of
Preserved. John Arthur was a cordwainer. He d. 1 of 9 mo., 1719,
O. S. Mary,3 his widow, d. 7 of 8 mo., 1720.
38. Jethro3 Folger, m. 10 mo., 1710, Mary Starbuck, dau. of Na-
thaniel, Jr.; ch.: (106) Jedidah/ b. 1711; in. 11 mo., 1729, Robert
Gardner, son of Benjamin. She d. 2 of 10 mo., 1757. (107) John,!
b. 1714; m. 9 mo., 1733, Rebecca Baker of Barnstable. He d. .
(108) Anna/ b. 1720; m. 173S, James Mitchell of R, I. (109) Lydia^
b. 1722; m. 1742, Hezekiah Coffin, son of Joseph. She d. 4 9 mo.,
1807. (110) Eunice/ b. 1724; m. 9 mo., 1750, George Coleman, son
of Solomon; d. 9 4 mo., 1782. (Ill) Tristram/ b. 1727; m. 9 rao.f
1750, Mary Coffin, dau. of Prince. She d. 1776. He m. 2d, Mary
Folger, wid. of Nathaniel, dau. of Timothy Wyer. He d. 2 mo. 2d,
1785. His widow Mary d. 8 of 3 mo., 1801. (112; Hepzibah/ b. 1729;
m. 10 mo., 1747, Jonathan Swain, son of Richard. She d. 18 1 mo.,
1750. (113) Jethro/ Jr., b. 1731; m. 1753, Mary Barnard, dau. of
•Thomas. She d. July 1, 1767. He m. 2d, July, 1768, Anna Swain,
dau. of John, 3d. He died May 22, 1796; Auna his wid., d. Feb. 14,
276 , Folger Family. [July
1801. Jethro Folger3 d. April 19, 1772; Mary his wife, d. July 22,
1763, a. 10 y. 7 mo.
39. Samuel Barker of Falmouth, son of .Isaac of Buxbury, rta. 9
mo., 1718, among" Friends, Bethiah3 Folger. She was liis 2d wife.
Ch.: (114) Judith,4 b. 12 of 1 1 mo., 1720; d. single, G mo, 1739, 0. S.
(115) Robert ,4 b. Feb. 23, 1723; m. Feb. 16, 1744, Jedi'dah Chase, dau.
of James. She d. 14 9 mo., 1762. He m. Sarah Gardner, wid. of
Hezekiah, dan. of Abisha Folder, Esq. Robert d. at Swan Island,
Kennebeek river, April 26, 1780. Sarah his widow, returned with her
family to Nantucket, where she d. March 24, 1833, a. 93 yrs. 5 mo.
They had a large family, the youngest child being the distinguished
Jacob Barker, Esq., of New York and New Orleans, now living*.
(116) Samuel, 4 b. Feb. 14, 1725; m. Christian Coffin, dau. of Bartlett
Coffin. He was captain of a packet. Christian d. Mav 7, 1805.
(117) Jonah4, b. Sept. 17, 1728; m. Elizabeth Mitchell, dau. of Rich-
ard. She d. March 29, 1761. He m. 2d, in March, 1763, Elizabeth
'Coffin, wid. of Peleg, dau. of George Hussey. He d. July 23, 1803.
His wid. d. June 13, 1805. Josiah Barker was a man of property, and
was a great landholder here on the island.
Samuel Barker, Sen., was a farmer at Wood's Hole, Falmouth, Mass.
He d. 1 of 2 mo., 1739, O. S. Bethiah his wid. d. at Nantucket, Jan.
29, 1774, a. 82.
40. Nathaniel3 Folger, m. Nov. 18, 1718, Priscilla Chase, dau. of
Lieut, Isaac Chase of Tisbnry. Ch.: (US) Elizabeth* m. Paul
Pease. She d. Nov. 1795. (119) Rebecca,* b. Sept. 10, 1721; m. Ben-
jamin Marchant. She d. 5 10 mo., 1778. (120) Judith,4 b. June 3,
1726; m. Edmund Heath, Jr. She d. Feb. 8, 1775. (121) Paul,4 b.
Nov. 5, 1729; m. Catharine Coffin, dau. of Robert. He d. June 11,
1799, a. 69 y. 7 mo. 6 days. Catharine his widow, d. Sept. 4, 1822,
a. 88 v. 10 nios. Nathaniel Folger d. 15 of 4 mo., 1775. Priscilla
d. 30 12 mo., 1753.
41. Jonathan3 Folger, m. 11 mo., 1716, O. S., Margaret Gardner,
dau. of Nathaniel. Ch.: (121 a) Ruth,4 b. 10 of 4 mo., 1718; d. single.
(122) Dinah,4 b. 24 of 4 mo., 1720; m. Jan. 3, 1744, Stephen Chase.
She d. 18 2 mo., 1786, with a cancer. (123) Rmhen,4 b. 10 of 6 mo.,
1722; m. 9 mo., 1743, Dinah Hussey, dau. of George. She d. Sept.
20, 1763. He m. 2d, Dec. 1764, Mary Pinkham. wid. of Nathaniel,
dau. of Jonathan Ramsdell, Sen. He d. August 28, 1808. Mary his
wid. d. Oct. 9, 1807. Reuben commanded a vessel in the London
trade; he had a strong memory, hence in his old age was a good
genealogist. There are many descendants. (124) Abigail,4 b. 27 5
mo., 1724; m. 7 mo., 1757, David Coffin. She'd. Aug. 10, 1792.
(125) Jonathan 4 b. 7 of 5 mo., 1727; m. 1750, Lydia Barnard, dau. of
Ebenezer. He d. April 28, 1812. His wife d. June 7, 1800.
Jonathan Folger, Sen,, was a blacksmith, He d. March 6, 1777.
His 1st wife Margaret, d. 17 5 mo., 1727. He m. 5 mo., 1728, Debo-
rah Bunker, wid. of Benjamin, and dan. of Zachariah Paddack of
Yarmouth. She d. 27 4 mo., 1750. He m. 3d wife, Susanna Pad-
dack, wid. of Daniel, dau. of Stephen Gorharn. She d. 13 of 7 mo.,
1777, a. 72 years. No ch. by his 2 last wives.
42. Richard3 Folger, m. Oct. 11, 1722, Sarah Pease, dan. of Joseph
i
1862.] Folger Family. 211
of Martha's Yinevard. Ch.: (126) Susanna* b. 1724; m. Ebenezer
Cleaveland. (127) Rachel,* b. 13 of 4 mo., 1726; m. John Ellis, son
of Humphrey. She was killed by lightning-, being struck dead in her
garret, 14 of 6 mo., 1756. (128) Sylcunus,* b. 11 of 4 mo., 1728.
(129) David, * b. 3 of 9 mo., 1730; m. Anna Pitts, dau. of Jonathan.
She d. 1 inc., 17S3. He m. 2d, Sept. 9, 1784, Susanna Foy, wid. of
Samuel, dau. of John Ellis, lie d. 4 of March, 1813, His w. d.
July 7, 1809. (130) Ruth,* b. 1732; m. Christopher Pinkham, son of
John. (131) Solomon,1 b. 13 4, 1734; m. Lvdia Russell, dau. of Ben-
jamin. "He d. Aug. 7, 1813. Uis wife d. July 7, 1809. ^132) Mar-
tha* b. 1737; in. Obadiah Gardner, son of Logan. He was drowned,
lost from a boat in Vineyard sound in 1772. Martha d. 30 6, 1781.
(133) Ilepzibah,* b. Dec. 24, 1743; m. Feb. 6, 1766, William Mooers,
son of Thomas. He d. . She m. 2d, John Hall, She d. June 6,
1812. (134) Elisha,* b. Sept, 16, 1746; m. Deborah Swain, dau. of
Caleb. He d. Jan. 25, 1836. His wife d. April, 1825, m. 76 years.
Richard Folger,3 was a carpenter. He d. 15 9 mo., 1782. Sarah
his wife, d. June 18, 1783.
43. Shubael3 Folger, m. 10 mo., 1720, Jerusha, dau. of Thomas
Clark. Ch.: (135) Ph&bep m. 10 mo., 1740, Joseph Marshall, Jr.
She d. Feb., 1802, (136) Sefo* m. 9 mo., 1745, Phebe Coleman, dau.
of Elite She d. Dec, 1797. He d. Nov. 17, 1807. (137) Mary* b.
31 12, 1728; m. 7 mo., 1745, Benjamin Worth, son of Kichard and
Lydia; m. 2d bus., 8 mo., 1751, Peleg Coleman, son of Solomon. She d.
June 8, 1815, a. 8 6yrs. 5 mos. (138) Benjamin,* b. 19 10 mo., 1731 ; m.
10 mo., 1754, Judith Barnard, dau. of Timothy. Hed. March 21, 1819,
a. 87, of cancer and old age; his wid. Judith, d. Oct. 17, 1828, a. 93 yrs.
(139) Jemima* m. 1 mo., 1753, Solomon Gardner, son of Andrew.
(140) Shubad* Jr., b. 1737; m. 12 mo. 1756, Lydia Bunker, dau. of
George; lost at sea. carried down with a line, 1774. (141) Abigail,*
b. 2 12 mo., 1738; m. 8 mo., 1756, Benjamin Gardner, son of James.
She d. Sept., 1S12, a, 74 yrs. 7 mos. He d. on board of the prison
ship at New York, Dec, 1777, Shubael3 Folger, Sen., d. Aug. 21,
1776. Jerusha his wid., d. Aug. 18, 1778.
82 and 44. Daniel4 Folger, m. Aug. 31, 1721, Abigail3 Folger, dau.
of John. Ch.: (142) Elisha,5 b. 1721-2; was lost at sea, a. 19 vrs.
(143) Keziah,5 b. 9 of 10 mo., 1723; m. 4 of 10 mo., 1740, John Coffiu,
son of Samuel. He d. July 18, 1788. She d. March 29, 1798, a. 75.
She fell down stairs and hurt herself, so that she lived but a short
time. She was the person called " Miriam Coffin," in J. C. Hart's
novel. She had been doing a large commercial business, but met
with losses of vessels, and became poor in her old age. (144) Peter,6
b. 1726; lost with his father in 1744, in his 19th year. (145) Judith?
b. March 15, 1728-9; m. James Gardner, son of Jethro. He d. 12 2
mo., 1748, without issue. She m. 3 of 12 mo. 1749, Caleb Macv, son
of Richard. He d. June 20, 1793. She d. Aug. 12, 1819, a. 90 yrs.
5 mos. (146) Abigail,5 b. 25 4 mo., 1731; m. 12 mo., 1749, Barnabas
Coffin, son of Richard. She d. 18 1, 1809. (147) Mary,5 b. 4 of 7
mo., 1733; rn. 10 of 5 mo., 1752, William Starbuck, son of Thomas.
She d. 8 of 9 mo., 1825. (148) Daniel,5 Jr., b. 14 6 mo., 1735-6; m.
2 mo. 2, 1757, Judith Worth, dau. of Christopher. They had a large
amily of children. Judith his wife, d. 12 mo., 1815. He m. 2d,
27S Fly Leaf Record. [July
Elizabeth Williams, wid. of George Williams and dau. of Nicholas
Header. He bad moved to Easton, X. Y., before the revolution,
where he d. at his farm, Nov. 17, 1819, a. 82. His dau. Abigail m.
Thomas Folger, from England, as before mentioned. (149) Thomas ,4
b. 27 2 mo., 1739; d. young, a. about 3 weeks. Daniel Folger, Sen.,
was lost in the Vineyard sound, 30 10, 1T44. Abigail his wid., m.
12 mo., 1748, Daniel Pinkham, son of Richard. She d. Nov. 21, 1787,
aged 84 years; her 2d husband had d. 2 6 mo., 1770.
• 45. Zaccheus3 Folger, m. Nov. 20, 1728, Abigail Coffin, dau. of
John, Esq. Ch.: (150) Many* b. June 3, 1730; d. single, Feb., 1805.
(151) James,* b. June 13, 1731; m. Mary Aldrich. She d. Feb. 15,
1802. (152) John,- b. July 30, 1733; m. Love Gabriel, dau. of Ma-
nuel. She d. 3 of 9 mo., 1768. He m. Lydia Gardner, dau. of Robert.
She d. Jan. 1, 1811, a. 78; no ch. John,4 d. July 13, 1815; he was
a cooper by trade; he had 5 ch. by his 1st wife, 3 of whom married.
(153) Nathaniel,* m. 1759, Mary Wyer, dau. of Timothy. He d, in
W. Indies in Feb., 1777. They had 8 ch., 7 of whom married. His
wid. m. Tristram Folger, son of Jethro. She d. March 8, 1801.
(154) Anna,* b. 4 of 7 mo., 1744; m. Christopher Swain, son of Rich-
ard. She d. Feb. 15, 1819, a. 74 yrs. 7 mos. (155) Abigail,* m. Eli-
jah Coffin, son of Hezekiah. (156) Andrew,* d. single. (157)
Jleule?i.* (158) Zaccheus.* Zaccheus3 Folger, d. July 20, 1779. Abi-
gail his wife, d. Aug., 1770. He was a captain of a whaling vessel.
[Mr. Folger's manuscript carries this family several generations
further — in some lines to the seventh generation. Our limits will
not allow us to publish it in full; but the manuscript will be placed
in the library of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society,
where it can be consulted by those interested.]
FLY LEAF RECORD.
[The following was copied from the fly leaf of the Sermon Book of Jonas Douw
of Wolvenhoek, on the east bank of the Hudson, near Albany. The property is
still in the possession of his posterity, and is now occupied by Yolkert P. Douw,
Esq.]
1683, Sept. 21, m. Magdalen Pieterz; 1684, Oct. 19, Maerytve b.;
1686, Nov. 14, Volkert b.; d. Ap. 17 1711; 1689, June 22, Doo'raltje
b.; 1692, March 24, Pietrus b. A Dutch folio Bible in possession of
Dr. Thomas Hun of Albany, has this entry: " 1736, Oct. 7, Jonas Douw
in den Heere ontslaapen op een Donderdag omtrent te 3 ure namiddag,
en 's Maendags begraven, na dat by vier weken siek gewest is." That
is, he fell asleep in the Lord on Thursday, about 3 o'clock, after a
sickness of four weeks, and was buried on Monday. (See p. 268.)
INFORMATION WANTED.
Who were the parents of Abigail Plasted (or Plaisted), who was
married in Boston, March 10th, 1725, to Andrew Nichols. Any in-
formation to be sent to C. M. Thurston, New Eechelle, N. Y.
1S62.J Michael Metcalfe. 279
MICHAEL METCALFE.
[Communicated by Hon. John George Metcalf of Mendon, Mass.]
Michael Metcalfe was, undoubtedly, the progenitor of the Metcalfe
families, in Now England. He was bom in Tatterford, count;/ of
Norfolk, England, 15S6, but, for some years, before his voluntary
expatriation, he resided in the city of Norwich, Eng. Being a zealous
non-conformist, and to escape the persecutions of the notorious Mat-
thew Wren, then Bishop of Norwich, he made up his mind to emigrate
to America. In his first attempt he did not take his family; and, after
being "tossed up and down" from the 17th of September, IGoG, till
the Christmas following, came to Plymouth in old England. In this
attempt he sailed from London. In the second trial he took ship at
Yarmouth, in the county of Norfolk, April 15, 1637, and arrived "in
Boston, in New-England, three days before mid-summer, of the same
year, with my wife nine children and a servant."
By the date of the following letter it will be seen that it was writ-
ten before he made his first attempt to come to America. At the
time of his writing he speaks of himself as an exile from his wife and
children, " with whom he would gladly have continued, if with liberty.''1
It seems a reasonable presumption from this, that he was staying at
Plymouth, to escape the persecution of the Bishop of Norwich; and
that he could no longer occupy his own house with safety. I am
indebted to Dr. Luther Metcalf Harris, of Jamaica Plain, West Rox-
bury, for the ancient manuscript from which the letter is transcribed.
The Letter.
" To all the true professors of Christs gospel within the city of Nor-
wich:
"The peace of God in Jesus Christ; the help, comfort and assist-
ance of his eternal spirit be with you, my dear and loving wife, and
all the rest of our loving friends, professors of Christ's Gospel and
pure. religion, most purely taught and powerfully preached amongst
you not long since, who now mourn for the miseries of God's people,
and loss of your faithful ministers, to your everlasting consolation
in him. — Amen.
"Our adversary the devil as a mighty Nirarod and cunning hunter
doth continually compass the earth to and fro like a roaring lion
seeking whom he may devour, ruling in the hearts of children of
disobedience, stirring them up against the people of God: you know
there ever hath been enmity between the seed of the woman and the
seed of the serpent; for as he that was born after the flesh persecuted
him that was born after the spirit (Gal. 4, 29,) even so it is now:
for are there not beasts among you, after the manner of men, such
as Paul fought with at Ephesus ? yes, surely, I would they were cut
off which trouble you. Persecutors they are of you, my friends, in
in the apostles phrase alluding to Gen. 21, 9 there you shall find
Ishmael mocking and tempting of Isaac for his religion called perse
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cution by the apostle Paul, and are there uot such a scoffing* genera-
tion, of Ishmaelites among- yon, who hate you because you love the
thing that is good and will not run with them into all excess and
riot with their tongues do shoot at them that are true of heart (as
the prophet saith) lie saith further, in the person of the church that f
they that sit in the gates spake against me, and I was a song of
the drunkard, for the just man is laughed to scorn, Job 12, 4. The
wicked watcheth the righteous and seeketh to slay him Ps. 37. I
could wish this viperous generation did not so multiply in your city
as they do; among them are some scoffing ishmaelites, prophone
Esaus, flatteriug Doegs, subtle Ahitophels, children of this world
wiser in their generation than the children of light; but in the end
will prove to be Solomon's fools.
"When I was among them I tasted of their burning charity when
some of them conspired against 1113- life, as you know, accusing me
with treason most unjustly; some of my adversaries were at difference,
one with another, yet like Pilate and Herod, they became friends
and joined malice and madness against me, but God, who hated their
conspiracy, so mollified the heart of one of the witnesses that, with
tears, she confessed I never spake any such words. Their malice
being manifest to the world, their project was laid in the dust; yet
herewith not satisfied, they sent out their blood hounds abroad to
smell out some new matter against me; but my God, bounded their
madness and by death took away one of my chiefest enemies: Who
ever perished being innocent? or when were the righteous cut off?
I have seen them that plough iniquity and sow wickedness, reap the
same (Job 4, 7). My cause may well allude to the prophet David's
complaint against his enemies; (saith he) my enemies spake against
me and they that lay wait for my life take councel together, but the
Lord hath delivered me out of the wicked, out of the unrighteous and
evil man: To God I have referred my cause to whom I leave it and
them.
" You are not ignorant (I suppose) of the great trouble I sustained,
in the Arch-Deacon's and Bishop's court at the hands of my enemies
concerning the matter of Bowing as well as for other matters of like
consequence. I alledged against them the scripture, the canons
and the book of common prayers; but the chancellor replied he cared
for none of them I further alledged against them the authority of
Arch-Bishops and Bishops, as also their great patrons of ceremonies
the learned Hooker (so called by them) together with a book called
the Regiment of the church allowed by authority, which hath these
words; that the decrees and constitutions of the Church of England
must not be made a part of God's worship, neither holden necessary
to our salvation, as some have vainly in some of your hearings; for
our Saviour saith, "in vain do they worship me who teach for doc-
trines the precepts of man." The apostle condemneth all voluntary
worship devised by man, Hooker after saith, " our church doth not
enforce bowing at the name of Jesus upon any man against his
conscience." Notwithstanding these and more than these reasons
alledged against them, their learned and invincible arguments to
refute my assertions were these, " Blockhead — Old heretick, — the
Devil made you — I will send you to the Devil," with such other trim
1862,] Michael Metcalfe. 281
stuff, unfitting terms, to be used by a judge in a court of judicature:
but of these no mote, for these words were not spoken in a corner
but in a Consistory.
"My loving- friends be not discouraged too much at innovations
now forced upon you, but never heretofore urged upon an}7 man's con-
science, by any Bishop of the see of Norwich since the Reformation;
but as the proverb says, " new Lords — new laws." Such doings make
sad the hearts of God's people: let your faith and patience have their
perfect work in these perilous times, now come upon you, by the
sufferance of God. Be you chearly, God is on your side and his truth
is your cause, and against you be none but the enemies of the cross
of Christ. The serpent and his seed the Ishmaelites and prophane
Esaus of this wicked world children of the malignant church, such
as the Lord hath always abhorred and in all ages, resisted and over-
thrown; God (from whom nothing1 is hid) knoweth what they are; he
hath found out your enemies to be profane, malicious, proud disdain-
ful filthy shameless persecutors of and despiteful against his people
and truth: The spirit of God doth describe them in the Scripture by
the names of serpents, lions, bulls, bears,- wolves, dogs, swine, beasts
&c. teaching us to understand that their natural inclination is, as much
as in them lyeth, to bring into trouble and bonds, all those that live
godly in Christ: but the Lord with his right arm, will defend his
little distressed flock against his and your enemies which do conspire
against your precious faith and liberty. In the meantime, my friends,
have patience while they rage, let them curse, ban, rage and become
mad against you, casting the dirt of aspersion at your faces, not
hating you for your vices but for your virtues. Cain like, and had
they power with their will, surely they would cast fire and faggots
at your faces; These Jehus, I do hope, march too furious to hold
out long. They may haply prove but summer birds. The Lord hath
bounded their madness that they shall not do more to you than he
will suffer them to do.
" God is about to try his people in the furnace of affliction, and he
that suffereth patiently, for his christian profession, is hereby known
to be of Christ; even so are the persecutors and opposers of God's
people known to be enemies of the cross of Christ. Besides, their
injustice may be a means the sooner to provoke the Lord to take
pity on you and to punish them that so despitefully use you; for
though God suffer them for a time, in their pride, yet shall they, not
always escape his avenging hand. They are his rods and, when he
hath worn them to the stumps, then will he cast them into the fire: —
This shall be their final reward. Your duty is, in the meanwhile,
patiently to abide the will of Gody who worketh all things for the
best for you. 0 Norwich ! the beauty of my native county — what
shall I say uuto thee. Thou art little inferior to any of thy sister
cities, within this Kingdom. Famous hast thou been for religion
throughout this island, the Gospel of Christ Jesus hath been purely
and powerfully taught to thy great honor, y- joy aud rejoicing of thy
religious inhabitants: — thy God hath adorned thee with such a
succession of Godly and able preachers, within some of thy churches,
that few congregations (I suppose) have had the like, who so faith-
fully have taught their people, both by life and doctrine, to your
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everlasting1 fame; carefully preaching and defending the doctrine
of the free justification by faith in Christ, with other truths of the
true Protestant faith, against the defenders of the stinking tenets of
Arminius, that enemy of God, so called by King James, i. e. y° 1st.
Alas my friends, what comfort is it now to you to hear what your
city hath formerly been, for Christ's true religion taught in her?
The question is what is she now 1 Surely much relapsed and fallen
from her first love and purity of life and doctrine. Would to God
thy spiritual fathers had not tasted the sour grapes whereby most
of thy children's teeth are set on edge. For many strange things are
now preached in thine ears, by your new teachers, which your old
preachers would never have endured. But the religion of these novelists
consisteth in formalities, they striving to use the desk above the pulpit,
teaching the people less preaching may now serve were it not but
to preach down schism and faction as at Winsor visitation. Another,
he makes it arbitrary whether or not the Pope be antichrist, as
Burgess, in my hearing, at the Cathedral, in Norwich, My friends
beware of them that preach to you with the enticing words of man's
wisdom, and do chalk out a nearer way to Heaven, than they shall
find (I fear) that walk in it.
"Follow the apostles counsel and take heed how you hear; be
not led away with the error of the wicked, beware of them which
come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves,
for the apostle saith ye wolves will enter into the fold of Christ, not
sparing the flock. My friends, imitate the wise Bereans, and search
the scripture whether you become such proficients as to try the doc-
trines of your preachers, whether they be consonant to the scripture
or not, beware you keep your judgments sound in the truth, rectifying
your zeal and affections by the spirit of truth, making God the object
of your faith and love: — If your judgments be lost then will follow
that you will soon make shipwreck of faith and a good conscience.
Remember therefore what you have received and heard and hold that
fast which thou hast, that no man take away thy crown, Kev. 3,
3 — 11. And if you do persevere and keep the word of his patience,
He hath promised he will also keep you from the hour of temptation
which shall come upon all the world to try them that dwell upon the
earth.
"My loving christians, in taking this my last farewell of you, I do
earnestly exhort you in the bowels of the Lord Jesus and as you
tender the eternal welfare of your poor souls, purchased by the blood
of Christ that you carefully beware of xirminianism; do not nibble
too long at the bait until you are catched with the hook; rather
banish from your ears and hearts those stinking fogs and infectious
vapours, into the Netherlands, from whence they were spawned, a3
a bastard brood of Popery; for these tenets were arraigned and
condemned at the council of Dort, by a synod of learned Prelates. I
do marvel how your novelists dare be so audacious as to meddle
with, and teach those dangerous and pernicious errors, prohibited by
proclamation. Would to God this spirit which is seen frequently to
walk among you, in the likeness of men, were conjured out of your
nation by authority:
"My brethren I cannot but much bemoan your great loss of late:
■1862. J Michael Metcalfe. 2S3
I mean those godly and learned divines, your most loving*, faithful
and powerful preachers now forced from amongst you, to your no
little sorrow thus to be deprived of them that so faithfully have
taught you and so fatherly cared for you and so godlily have governed
you by the scriptures of truth: — The}* were given to you and sent of
God as a great blessing to your city; by the power of whose ministry
many have been converted and won to the truth of the Gospel, who
have begotten them to a godly life and conversation. Surely for
your sins the Lord hath deprived you of them as not worthy of so
great a mercy as the enjoying* them, since whose departure a famine
of the word is come upon you, most of your lights being put out.
Therefore, seeing what the Lord hath done unto thee 0! Norwich!
prepare to meet ttiy God: 0 Norwich ! by repentance and deep hu-
miliation, lest the Lord come against thee to avenge the quarrel of
his covenant which thou hast broken: — Humiliation is a sanctified
means whereby the Lord will be intreated of you: — If you do humble
yourselves by fasting and prayer in your several families, then it
may be, the Lord will work for you: — Therefore cry mightily to God
and turn, every one from his evil ways, who can tell if God will turn
and repent and turn away from his fierce anger to you (John 3, 8)
and send you such preachers again as may divide the word of God
aright among you; — you did not duly prize them when you enjoyed
them, therefore the Lord hath deprived you of them as not worthy
of them: — I may warn you of your danger as the Lord did Jerusalem
by the Prophet, " Be thou instructed 0 ! Jerusalem lest my soul
depart from thee;" so may I say to sinful Norwich, which hath pol-
luted the Lord's sabbaths and profaned his hoi}' things by supersti-
tions and foolish ceremonies which the Lord commanded not, together
with the corruption of doctrine and manners too much connived at
among you, by siding with the times, and yielding too much through
slavish fear, to the wasting of your graces and quenching that spirit-
ual vigour, zeal and affection that formerly you had in shew before
these times of tryal came on to try you, for the Lord is about to
purge his floor and to thrash his church with the flail of affliction: —
you may easily see that wrath is gone out from the Lord, and judg-
ment is begun at the house of God; and his hand is stretched out
still, but who taketh it to heart, — custom hath taken away the sense
of misery, and security is the sin of Churches in all places — the
consideration whereof might cause you to fear and tremble by the
example of Germany, Bohemia and the Palatinate and many other
reformed churches over whom the wrath of God hath been to the
uttermost, to the great depopulating and wasting of cities and
countries: — When your neighbours houses are on lire, it is time to
look to your own, let others examples teach you to beware, — "A
wise man foreseeth the storm and shunneth it," saith Solomon Look
about you, — quit yourselves like men. for the hour of temptation is
at hand, which shall come upon the world to try them that dwell
upon the earth; These are like to be trying times indeed, therefore
let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. God is able
to separate the wheat from the chaff, and to put a difference between
them that fear him and those that fear him not; but he that is found
to be faithful unto death Christ hath promised unto him a crown of
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life. Bo not secure, but fear for such times may soon come upon
you as may shake your faith, if it be not founded on the rock Christ.
Draw nigh unto God and he will draw liigh to you (James 4, 8) and
he will comfort you after the time he hath nflicted you: — The Lord
shorten these sorrowful and sinful days for his great name's sake,
and give you of his saving grace, that, as you have a little strength
60 you majr keep his word and not deny his name, Rev. 3, 8.
11 Now farewell my beloved christians and dear friends, the Lord
defend, keep and preserve you and me from the malice and power of
the serpent and his seed; and send us a joyful meeting here or else-
where as it shall please our Good God to appoint: — In the meanwhile
I most earnestly desire you to pray for me, for I never had more
need in my life, in regard of in}7 excited condition from my wife and
children, with whom I would gladly have continued, if with liberty —
but all things came to pass with the good will of God. Doubtless
you shall never want my poor prayers, if it shall please God to accept
the prayers of so sinful a wretch as I am.
"The Lord impute not my sin unto me for Jesus Christ's sake,
unto whose merciful defence I do most heartily commit you. The
blessing of God be with you, my dear wife and children and all you
my christian friends; and fill you all with his holy and blessed spirit,
that you may always rejoice in the comforts of the same now and
evermore, Amen.
"Your loving brother in exile persecuted for Christ's verity,
Michael Metcalfe.
"Plymouth (Eng.) the 13th of January 1636."
NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
Monthly Meetings — 1862.
Boston, April 2. — The regular monthly meeting was held at their
rooms, 13 Bromfield street, this afternoon at 3 o'clock P. M.
In the absence of the president and recording secretary, Rev.
Washington Gilbert was chosen chairman, and Rev. Abner Morse,
secretary.
John H. Sheppard, Esq., the librarian, reported that since the pre-
vious meeting there had been donated to the society fifteen bound
volumes, forty-six pamphlets, consisting of essays, reports and ser-
mons, and one manuscript.
Rev. Caleb D. Bradlee, the corresponding secretary, reported- that
letters had been received from Rev. Edward Warren Clark, Auburn-
dale, Mass., and Edward M. Endicottof Boston, as resident members;
from Rev. George Grout Hapgood of Delta, N. Y., as corresponding
member. Accompanying Mr. Hapgood's- letter was a paper on the
Samaritan Alphabet.
W. B. Trask, Esq., the historiographer, read a memoir o^ Pynson
Blake of Boston, a resident member of the society; also, of Rtf Rev.
William Meade, D. D., Bishop of Virginia, a corresponding member,
both of whom recently deceased.
1862.] M E. Hist.-Gen. Society. 285
A paper entitled the History of Roanoke Island, was read by Fre-
deric Kidder, Esq., beginning in 1584 and ending with the battle
fought there the present year. It gave the details of the experience
of the three colonies sent there by Sir Walter Raleigh, and tracing it
down to its explorations from Virginia in 1653, and its grant to a
Boston merchant in 1676, where its title was retained till subsequent
to the revolution. From this spot the English obtained tobacco, the
potato and some other plants.
Rev. Abner Morse gave what he considered farther evidence of the
emigration of the Northmen to the valley of the Mississippi, and
of their adoption of Indian manners and customs.
Rev. F. W. Holland read an amusing paper on the derivation of
surnames.
The thanks of the society were passed to the gentlemen who read
the papers of the afternoon, and copies were requested for the
archives.
May 7. — The regular monthly meeting was held this afternoon,
President Winslow Lewis, M. D., in the chair.
The corresponding secretary reported that he had received letters
from the following gentlemen since the previous meeting, accepting
the membership to which they had been elected: As resident — Rev.
Stillmau Pratt of Middleboro', Mass.; as corresponding — Thomas
Hughes, F. S. A., of London, England.
The librarian reported that there had been donated to the society,
since the previous meeting, 29 bound volumes and 124 pamphlets.
Wm. B. Towne, Esq., the treasurer, announced that John Barstow,
Esq., of Providence, R. I., had very liberally donated three hundred
dollars to the society, in addition to his previous donation, for which
a vote of thanks was passed, and, in accordance with the donors re-
quest, trustees*, viz: W. B. Towne, A. D. Hodges, and J. TisdalB
Bradlee, Esqs., we^re appointed to take charge of the fund.
Rev. Samuel Sewall read a very interesting account of the old
meeting-houses of New England, as illustrated by the second house
built in Woburn, with a very full description of a Sunday in the
olden time.
John H. Sheppard, Esq., read a carefully prepared paper on the
history of the society, its objects and wants. Thanks were voted
and a copy of the paper requested. It will be found entire in the
present number of the Register.
Mr. Dearborn read a short but very clear account of a shot from
Bunker Hill, found in 1845 or 1846.
Col. Swett showed three photographs which he had recently re-
ceived from Florence, Italy. One, a likeness of Franklin, copied
from the statue by Powers, destined for our national capltoi; another,
of Powers himself; and the third, of Garibaldi, all of which were
pronounced excellent.
June 4. — The regular monthly meeting was held this afternoon
President Winslow Lewis, M. D., in the chair.
The librarian reported that eight bound volumes and forty-eight
pamphlets had been donated to the society since the previous meeting.
The historiographer read brief memoirs of members recently de-
2S6 JV*. E. Hid.-Gcn. Society. [July
ceased, viz: Of Rev. John Wheeler, D. P., of Burlington, Vt., an
honorary member; Kev. George Washington Bethunc, 1). D.,-of New
York, corresponding member; Mr. George Eddy Henshaw of Cam-
bridgeport, resident member. The latter was a member of the ISth
regiment Massachusetts volunteers, and was the first of the members
of the society, so far as known, who has died in the Federal service
during the present rebellion.
Hon. Charles Hudson of Lexington, read a portion of his MS. His-
tory of the Toicn of Lexington, setting forth, in an able manner, the
causes of the Americau revolution, which commenced in Lexington
on the 19th of April, 1*175. He maintained that the controversy with
the mother country did not begin or end in the question of taxation,
as is generally supposed. Taxation at one time was made the occa-
sion of bitter strife, but the true cause was deeper and more vital.
Great Britain claimed the right to legislate for the colonies " in all
cases whatsoever," whether by general laws which applied to the
whole empire, or by partial laws which applied only to the colonists.
On the other hand, the colonists maintained that on leaving England
with a charter, which was a sacred compact which no earthly power
could rightfully infringe, they were clothed with ail the rights, pri-
vileges and immunities of English subjects, and having by their
charter all legislative powers, they had a lawful right to make their
own laws; and that the enactment of Parliament touching the colo-
nies was void, on the ground that they were not represented in Par-
liament, and that most of these enactments were not only violations
of the colonial charters, but directly repugnant to the fundamental
principles of the English constitution.
The colonists complained not of taxation alone, but of attempts on
the part of the ministry to quarter troops upon them, and to maintain
standing armies among them in times of peace, without the consent
of their legislatures; to make the judges of the supreme court de-
pendent upon the Crown alone; to deprive the people of the right
secured to all English subjects of being tried by a jury of their peers
in the vicinity of the alleged offence; and to modify and annul their
charters. They maintained that this whole system of measures was
designed to reduce them to a state of vassalage, and that in resist-
ing these aggressive measures they but vindicated their rights as
British subjects.
Mr. Hudson said it was a libel upon the character of our patriot
fathers to say that they involved the country in all the horrors of
war to save themselves from a paltry tax upon stamped paper and
tea. They had motives higher, purer and holier. They stood upon
sacred compacts and the great principles of human rights. They
felt that they were set for the defence of freedom; that they had
not only personal rights to maintain, but a posterity to serve, and a
God' to obey. Entertaining these views, they could not hesitate.
To submit to such encroachments would be injustice to themselves
and their posterity, and treason to that Almighty Power by which
they had been sustained and in which they put their trust.
A vote of thanks was passed for the paper, and a copy requested
for the archives.
1862.] Officers of the M E. Hlst.-Gen. Society. 2S7
OFFICERS OF THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALO-
GICAL SOCIETY,
FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN JANUARY, 1845, TO JUNE, 1862.
[Compiled by J. W, Dean.]
* Prefixed to a name, signifies deceased ; t Signifies txoffi.cio.
OFFICERS.
Presidents.
*Charles Ewer. Esq., of Boston, Mass., Jan. 1845, to Jan. 1850
Rev. Joseph Barlow Felt, LL.D., of Boston, " 1850, to " 1853
William Whiting, A. M.,of Roxbury, " 1S53, to " 1853
Samuel Gardner Drake, A. M., of Boston, " 1858, to " 1859
Almon D. Hodges, Esq., of Roxbury, Mass., <{ 1859, to " 1861
Wiuslow Lewis, M. D., of Boston, " 1861.
Vice-Presidents.
*Lemuel Sbattuck, Esq., of Boston, Mas3., Jan. 1845, to Jan. 1850
Rev. Lucius Robinson Pai^e, D. D., of Cambridge, Mass. " 1850, to " 1851
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D., of Boston, Mass., . . " 1851, to " 1853
Hon. Timothy Farrar, A. M., of Boston, Mass., " 1853, to " 1858
Hon. William Willis, A. M., of Portland, Me., Feb. 1855, to " 1359
Hon. Noah Martin, M. D., of Dover, N. H., " 1855, to " 1859
*Rev. John Wheeler, D. D,, of Burlington, Vt., " 1355, to " 1859
Hon. William R. Staples, A. M., of Providence, R. I.,... " 1855, to " 1859
*Hon, Nathaniel Goodwin, of Hartford, Ct., " 1855, to May 1855
Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., of New Haven, Ct., Aug. 1855, to Jan. 1859
Hon. Frances Brinley, A. M., of Boston, Jan. 1858, to " 1859
Hon. Charles Hudson, A. M., of Lexington, Mass., " 1859, to " 1861
Hon. John Appleton, of Baugor, Me., " 1859.
Hon. Samuel D. Bell, LL.D., rf Manchester, N. H...... " 1859.
Henry Clark, Esq., of Poultney, Vt " 1859.
John Barstow, Esq., of Providence, R. I., " 1859.
Rev. F. W. Chapman, A. M., of Ellington, Ct , " 1859.
Rev. Martin Moore, A. M., of Boston, " 1861.
Honorary Vice-Presidents.
Hon. Millard Fillmore, LL. D , of Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 1855.
Hon. Lewis Cass, LL. D. , of Detroit, Mich. , " 1855.
Hon. Elijah Hayward, A. B., of Columbus, 0., " 1855. *
Hon. John Wentworth, of Chicago, 111., " 1855.
♦Rev. John Lauris Blake, D. D., of Orange, N. J., Jan. 1856, to July 1857
Hon. Samuel Breck, of Philadelphia, Pa.} " 1856.
Sebastian Ferris Streeter, A. M., of Baltimore, Md. " 1856.
Edward Kidder, Esq.. of Wilmineton, N. C, " 1856.
Rev. Thomas Smyth, D. D., of Charleston, S. C.,. " 1856.
Hon. Ballard Smith, of Cannelton, lud., ,.. " 1S56.
Cyrus Woodman, A. M., of Mineral Point, Wis.,. . . " 1856.
Rt. Rev. Henry W. Lee, D. D., of Davenport, Iowa, '* 1856.
*Andrew Randall, M. D., of San Francisco, Cal.,... " *1856, to July 1856
Hon. Joseph C. Hornblower, LL. D., of Newark, N. J.,. . " 1853.
Corresponding Secretaries.
Samuel G. Drake, A. M., of Boston, ,.... Jan. 1845, to Jan. 1850
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D. of Boston, " 1850, to " 1851
Samuel G. Drake, A. M.. of Boston, " 1851, to " 185S
2SS Officers of the jY. E. Hist.-Gen. Society. [July
Row Samuel H. Riddel, A. B., of Boston, Jan. 185?, to Jan. 1859
John Ward Dean, of Boston, " 1859, to " 1862
Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, A. M., of Roxbury, " ]862.
Assistant Corresponding Secretary.
John Ward Dean, of Boston, Sept. 1858, to Jan. 1859
Recording Secretaries.
John Wingate Thornton, A. M., of Boston, Jan. 1845, to Mar. 1846
Rev. Samuel H. Riddel, A. B., of Boston, Apr. 1846, to Jan. 1851
*Charles Mayo, Esq., of Boston, Jan. 1S51, to " 1856
Hon. Francis Brmley, A. M., of Boston, " 1856, to " 1857
David Pulsifer, Esq., of Boston, " 1857, to Aug. 1S57
John Ward Dean, of Boston, Aug 1857, to Jan. 1858
William M. Cornell, M. D., of Boston, Jan. 1S58, to " 3859
Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, A. M., of North Cambridge,.. " 1859, to '« 1862
Edward F. Everett, A. B., of Charlestown, " 1862.'
Assistant Recording Secretary.
Edward F. Everett, A. B.. of Charlestown. Jan. 1861, to Jan. 1862
Treasurers.
William Henry Montague, Esq., of Boston, Jan. 1845, to Jan. 1851
Frederic Kidder, Esq., of Boston, " 1851, to " 1855
John Ward Dean, of Boston, (£ 1855, to " 1857
Isaac Child, Esq., of Boston, " 1857, to " 1860
Hon. George W. Messinger, of Boston, " 1860, to •« 1S61
William B. Towne, Esq., of Brookline, " 1861.
Historiographers.
Joseph Palmer, M. D., of Boston, , Jan. 1856, to Jan. 1862
William B. Trask, of Dorchester, " 1862.
Librarians.
iJ. Wingate Thornton, A. M., of Boston, Apr. 1845, to Jan. 1846
Edmund Bachelder Dearborn, Esq., of Boston, Jan. 1846, to " 1849
David Pulsifer, Esq., of Boston, \ " 1849, to M 1S51
Thomas Bellows Wyman, Jr., Esq., of Charlestown, " 1851, to " 1852
William Blake Trask, Esq., of Dorchester, <l 1852, to Aug. 1854
Rev. Luther Far nham,«A. M., of Boston, Aug.1854, to July 1856
Thomas B. Wyman, Jr., Esq., of Charlestown,.... Sep. 1856, to Jan. 1858
Edward Holden, Esq., of Roxbury Jan. 1858, to " 1859
William Blake Trask, Esq., of Dorchester, " 1859, to " 1861
, John H. Sheppard, A. M., of Boston, " 1661."
Directors.
*fCharles Ewer, Esq., of Boston, Jan. 1845, to Jan. 1850
*fLemuel Shattuck, Esq., of Boston, " 1S45, to " 1S50
tSamuel G. Drake, A. M., of Boston, " 1845, to " 1850
tJ. Wingate Thornton. A 11,, of Boston, " 1S45, to Mar. 1846
tWilliam H. Montague, Esq., of Boston, " 1845, to Jan. 1851
tRev. Samuel H. Riddel, A. B., of Boston, Apr. 1846, to " 1851
tRev. Joseph B. Felt, LL. D., of Boston, Jan. 1850, to " 1853
tRev. Lucius R. Paige, B; D,, of Cambridge " 1850, to " 1851
fNathauiel B. Shurtltii, M. D., of Boston, ,; 1S50, to " 1853
tSamuel G. Drake, A. M., of Boston, " 1851, to " 1859
*tCharles Mayo, Esq., of Boston, •» 1851, to " 1856
tFrederic Kidder, Esq , of Boston, " 1851, to " 1855
tWilliam Whiting, A~ M., of Roxbury,.... " 1853, to " 1858
tHon. Timothy Farrar, A. M., of Boston, " 1853, to " 1858
tJohn Ward Dean, of Boston, " lb55, to " 1657
1862.] Officers of the JV. E. Hid.-Gcn. Society. 2S9
tHon. Francis Brinley, A. M., of Boston, Jan. 1856, to Jan. 1857
tDavid Pulsifer, Esq., of Boston, " 1857, to Aug. 1857
tlsaac Child, Esq., of Boston, " 1857, to Jan. 1860
tJohn Ward Dean, of Boston, Aug.1857, to " 1858
tHon. Francis Brinley, A. M., of Boston, Jan. 1858, to " 1S59
fRev. Samuel H. Riddel, A. B., of Boston, Jan. 1858, to Jan. 1859
t William M. Cornell, M. P., of Boston, " 1858, to " 1859
tAlmon D. Bodges, Esq , of Roxbury, " 1859, to " 1861
tHon. Charles Hudson, A. M., of Boston, " 1859, to " 1861
John Ward Pean,t of Boston, " 18.r>9.
tRev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, A. M , of North Cambridge,.. " 1859.
tHon. George W. Messinger, of Boston, " ] 8G0, to Jan. 1861
tWinslow Lewis, M. D., of Boston, " 1861.
Rev. Martin Moore,* A. M., of Boston " 1863.
tWilliam B. Towne, Esq. , of Brookline, " 1861.
John H. Sbeppard, A. M.,§ of Boston, July 1861.
fEdward F. Everett, A. B., of Charlestown, Jan. 1862.
tRev. Joseph B. Felt, LL. P., of Salem, " 1862.
tWilliam Whiting, A. M., of Roxbury, " 1862.
tSamuel G. Drake, A. M., of Boston, " 1862.
tAlmon D. Hodges, Esq., of Roxbury " 1862.
tWilliam B. Trask, Esq. , of Dorchester, " 1862.
tFrederic Kidder, Esq., of Boston, " 1862.
tJeremiah Colburn, Esq., of Brookline, " 1862.
tWilliam Reed Deane, Esq., of Brookline, " 1862.
Joseph Palmer, M. D., of Boston, «« 1862.
Hon. George W. Messinger, of Boston, " 1862.
John Barstow, Esq., of Providence, R. I., " 1862.
L Secretaries of the Directors.
tJ. Wingate Thornton, A. M., of Boston, Jan. 1845, to Mar. 1846
♦ tRev. Samuel H. Riddel, A. B., of Boston, Apr. 1846, to Jan, 1851
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D., of Boston, Jan. 1851, to " 1853
*tChar!es Mayo, Esq., of Boston, " 1853, to June 1855
John Ward Dean, of Boston, Junel855, to Jan. 1856
tHon. Francis Brinley, A. M., of Boston, Jan. 1856, to " 1857
fPavid Pulsifer", Esq., of Boston, " 1857, to Aug. 18f 7
tJohn Ward Dean, of Boston, Aug. 185 7, to Jan. 1858
tWilliam M. Cornell, M. D., of Boston, Jan. 1858, to " 1859
tRev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, A. M., of North Cambridge,.. " 1859, to Feb. 1861
Edward F. Everett, A. B., of Charlestown, Feb.1861.
Publishing Committee.
♦Charles Ewer, Esq., of Boston, Mar. 1847, to Jan. 1851
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D., of Boston, " 1S47, to " 1849
Rev. Samuel H. Riddel, A. B., of Boston, " 1847, to " 1851
^David Hamblen, Esq., of Boston, Jan. 1849, to Oct. 1855
• *tWilliam T. Harris, A. M., of Cambridge, Feb. 1849, to " 1849
Rev. Joseph B. Felt, LL. D., of Boston, Jan. 1850, to July 1S52
Nathaniel B. Shurtleff, M. D , of Boston, " 1850, to Jan. 1851
Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D. D., of Cambridge, " 1850, to " 1851
Charles Deane, A. M., of Boston, " 1851, to Oct. 1851
J. Wingate Thornton, A. M., of Boston " 1851, to Mar. 1852
♦William T. Harris, A. M., of Cambridge, " 1851, to Oct. 1851
Frederic Kidder, Esq., of Boston, Oct. 1851, to " 1855
Hon. Timothy Farrar, A. M., of Boston and Dorchester,. Nov. 1851, to Dec. 1854
William B. Trask, Esq , of Dorchester Apr. 1852, to Oct. 1853
♦Charles Mavo, Esq., of Boston, Oct. 1852. to M 1853
Rev. William Jenks, P. D., of Boston, " 185?, to " 1858
Lyman Mason, A. M., of Boston, " 18^3, to Dec. 1854
% Ex-ofikio till Jan. 1S62. \ By invitatioa of tht> Board till Jau. 1S62.
.
.
290 Officers of the J\r. E. Hist.-Gen. Society. [July
Rev. John Ward Dean, of Boston, Dec. 1854.
William Read Deano, Esq., of Brookline, " 1S54, to Oct. 1856
♦Lemuel Shattuek, Esq., of Boston. " 1854, to u 1856
Rev. Alonzo Hall Quint, A. M., of Jamaica Plain, Oct. 1855, to " 18&6
James Spear Loring, Esq., of Boston,... rt 1855, to " 1856
Hon. Francis Brinley, A.^M., of Boston, " 1856, to " 1858
Charles IT. Morse, Esq., of Cambrklgeport. " 1856, to " 1858
William II. Whitmore, Esq., of Boston, " 1856, to Nov. 1861
Hon. Timothy Farrar, A. M , of Boston, Oct. 1857, to Oct. 1858
William B. Trask, Esq., of Dorchester, " 1858.
Hon. Charles Hudson, A. M., of Lexington, Nov. 1861.
Rev. Elias Nasou, A. M., of Exeter, N. H. " 1861.
George W. Chase, Esq., of Haverhill, " 1861.
Committee, on Donations and Exchanges."
James S. Loring, Esq., of Boston, May 1S50, to Jan. 1852
Charles J. F. Binney, Esq., of Boston, " 1850, to " 1852
Hon. Amasa Walker, A. M., of North Brookfield, Jan. 1852, to " 1854
John G. Locke, Esq., of Boston, " 1852, to " 1853
James S. Loring, Esq., of Boston, " 1853, to " 1854
Committee on the Library and Room.
Isaac Child, Esq., of Boston, Jan. 1852. to Jan. 1856
♦Aiteruas Simonds, Esq., of Boston, " 1852, to Oct. 1S54
Committee on the Library.
{Thomas B. Wyman, Jr., Esq , of Charlestown, .. . Jan. 1856, to Jan. 185S
Charles H. Morse, Esq., of Cambridgeport, " 1856, to " 1857
William H. Whitmore, Esq., of Boston, " 1856, to " 1857
William B. Trask, Esq., of Dorchester " 1856, to " 1858
fRev, Luther Farnham, A. M., of Boston, " 1856, to July 1856
Dean Dudley, Esq., of Boston, Oct. 1856. to Jan. 1858
Rev. Caleb D. Bradlee, A. M., of North Cambridge...... Jan. 185 7, to " 1858
Sylvester Bliss, Esq., of Roxbury, " 1857, to " 1858
Thomas J. Whittemore, Esq., of Cambridge, 4' 1858, to 4C 1859
William Makepeace. Esq., of Boston, " 1858, to " 1859
Horace G. Barrows, M. D., of Boston " 1858, to " 1859
Edward S. Rand. Jr., A. M.,of Dedham, " 1858, to " 1859
tEdward Holden, Esq , of Roxbury, " 1858, to " 1859
Rev. Alonzo H. Quint, A.\m., of Jamaica Plain, 4* 1859, to " 1861
Samuel Burnham, Esq., of Jamaica Plain, " 1859, to " 1861
Thomas Waterman, Esq., of Boston, " 1S59.
J. Gardner White, Esq., of Boston, " 1859, to Jan. 1861
fWilliam B. Trask, Esq., of Dorchester, " 1859, to u 1861
Frederic Kidder, Esq., of Boston, , " 1861, to " 1862
Kev. James Thurston, A. M., of Belmont, " 1861, to " 1S62
William S. Appleton, A. B., of Boston, " 1861.
tJohn H. Sbeppard, A. M., of Boston, " 1861.
Jeremiah Colburn, Esq., of Brookline, " 1862.
Rev. Abner Morse, A. M., of Boston, Jan. 1862.
Committee on Finance.
Gen. Samuel Andrews, of Roxbury, Jan. 1852, to Jan. 1856
♦David Hamblen, Esq., of Boston, li 1852, to Nov. 1855
Samuel Nicolson, Esq., of Boston, " 1856, to Jan. 1857
Col. Samuel Swett, A. M., of Boston, " 1856, to '* 1857
Nathaniel Whiting, Esq., of Watertown, " 1856, to " 1857
Hon. George W. Messinger, of Boston, " 1856, to " 1857
tJohnW. Dean, of Boston, , " 1856, to " 1857
John W. Parker, Esq., of Roxbury, " 1S57, to " 1858
Charles H. Morse, Esq., of Cambridgeport, " 1857, to iC 1858
J Ex-officio from Sept. 1856 to Jan. 1S5S. J Ex-officio since Jan. 1361.
1862.] The Bible as a Genealogical Register. 291
lion. William Makepeace, Esq., of Boston, Jan. 1857, to Jan. 1658
Thomas J. Whittemore, Esq., of Cambridge, " 1857, to ' 1858
tlsaac Child, Esq., of Boston, " 1857, to " 1860
Sylvester Bliss, Esq., of Roxbury, , " 1858, to " 1859
William E. leaker, Esq., of Boston, " 1858, to " 1861
Jacob Q. Kettelle, A. B., of Boston, " 1858, to " 1859
C. Benj. Richardson, Esq., of Boston, " 1858, to Nov. 1858
William Makepeace, Esq., of Boston, " 1859, to Jan. I860
Jeremiah Colbum, Esq., of Boston, " 1859, to " 1862
Thomas J. Whittemore, Esq., of Cambridge, ;t 1859.
^William B. Towne, Esq., of Brookline, " 1860.
Hon. George W. Messinger,* of Boston, Jan. I860.
J. Tisdale Bradlee, Esq., of Boston, , ct 1861.
Frederic Kidder, Esq., of Boston, " 1862.
Committee on Lectures and Essays.
Rev. Martin Moore. A. M., of Boston, Mar. 1860, to Jan. 1861
Rev. Lucius R. Paige, D. D., of Cambridge, " I860, to " 1861
William Reed Deane, Esq., of Brookiine, K 1860.
Rev. Frederic W. Hollaud, A. M., of Dorchester, " 1860.
Thomas Cushing, A. M., of Boston, " I860.
Rev. Washington Gilbert, A. M., of West Newton, Jan. 1861.
J. Gardner White, Esq., of Boston, " 1861.
Trustees of the Bond Fund and Property.
Almon D. Hodges, Esq., of Roxbury, July 1S59.
Frederic Kidder, Esq., of Boston, " 1859.
John Ward Dean, of Boston, " 1859.
Trustees of the Bar stow Fund.
William B. Towne, Esq., of Brookline, May 1862.
A. D. Hodges, Esq., of Roxbury, " 1862.
J. Tisdale Brodlee, Esq., of Boston, " 1802.
THE BIBLE AS A GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.
Mr. Jonathan K. Peckhani of Middleboro, Mass., has an ancient
Bible, presented to him in 1848, by his father David Peckham, 3d,
who was son of David Peckham, 2d, who was son of David Peck-
ham, 1st, who was son of Philip Peckham; all of whom had in turn
been owners of the Bible, it having originally been purchased by
Philip Peckham, who died in 1722.
The Bible contains a partially erased record of Philip Peckham,
born in 1680. The second is the name of Jane Peckham, his wife,
born in 1683. It contains a record of the births of Sarah, Caleb,
John, Robert, Joshua and David Peckham, children of the above
named Philip and Jane.
This Bible also contains a record of the births of the children of
Jonathan K. Peckham, a native of Rochester, Mass., and Lydia F.
Edwards, his wife, who was a native of Nantucket.
Thus on four blank pages, including a short note on the fly leaf,
we get a clue to seven generations of Peckhams, extending buck to
1680. Had all Bible records been kept with as much care during
the two past centuries, it would now be an easy matter to trace the
genealogy of many families in New England, concerning which little
is known.
* Ex-ofiicio till January, 1861.
292 Marriages and Deaths. [July
- MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
DEATHS.
Bethune. — Rev. George Washing-ton, D. D., of New York, at
Florence, Italy, April 28, a. 57. Dr. B. traced his family descent from
the Huguenots. He was born in the city of New York in March,
1805; was a son of Divie and Joanna (Graham) Be'thune. D. Beth-
une was born at Dingwall, Ross shire, Scotland, in 1771, died in New
York, Sept. IS, 1824. In early life he emigrated to the Island of To-
bago, thence to New York in 1792, where he settled as merchant. He
connected himself with the Scotch Presbyterian Church of Dr. Mason
in Cedar street; and became prominent for his zeal in the cause of
religion. At his own expense he printed 10,000 tracts and imported
Bibles for distribution. This was before a tract society was formed
in this country. From 1803 to 1816 he supported one or more Sun-
day Schools. He devoted to such work one-tenth of his gains. The
house of Bethune & Smith (both sons-in-law of the celebrated Mrs.
Isabella Graham), was established in 1798; the firm changed in 1805,
by the withdrawal of Mr. S., to that of Divie Bethune Sc Co., which
continued till Mr. B.'s death. In the year 1826, George Washington
Bethuue was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church, but in
1827 joined the Dutch Reformed communion where he lias since con-
tinued. His ministerial career was commenced at Rhinebeck on the
Hudson, from whence he removed to Utica; and in 1834 to Philadel-
phia; in 1849 to Brooklyn, N. Y. ; and finally to New York city. Dr.
Bethune was an eloquent divine; was an author and a poet. He pub-
lished several popular works of a devotional character; in 1&4&, Lays
of Love and Faith, and other Poems, and in 1850 a volume of Orations
and occasional Discourses. He also collected and published a portion
of his sermons. In 1847 he edited the first American edition of Wal-
ton's Angler. He delivered the Oration before the Phi Beta Kappa
Society of Harvard University, July 19, 1849, which was published.
This elegant literary production was entitled The Claims of our
Country on its Literary Men. He was made a corresponding member
of the N. E. Hist.-Gen. Society in 1855. He left a widow.
Blake. — Pynson, South Boston, Jan. 7, a. 65. He was a son of
James and Lydia Blake, and was born in Boston, Oct. 16, 1796. He
was a descendant in the sixth generation from William and Agnes
Blake of Dorchester, through five in succession by the name of James.
The maiden name of his grandmother was Mary Pynson. Mr. Blake
was for a while engaged in the salt business with his brother Samuel,
on Long Wharf, Boston, but soon removed to the town of Orange,
Franklin county, Mass., where he opened a grocery store, and there
remained a few years. In 1826, he m. Sarah Dana of Princeton, Mass.
He engaged in trade in that town, residing there until 1841, when he
returned to Boston and devoted himself to the real estate and pension
business until within a year of his decease. He was quite success-
ful in obtaining pensions for those who were entitled to them, and
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 293
while in health pursuer] the subject with much energy and perseve-
rance. For more than thirty years he was troubled with an affection
of the eyes, at times very painful. Notwithstanding- the discourage-
ments which attended him, his patience and good spirits — his Christ-
ian principles bore him on. He was an estimable man, of kind feelings,
beloved and respected by his many friends and acquaintances. His
wife Sarah, died May 28, 184S. They had six children; two sons and
two daughters are living. The sons are twins. Mr. B. took great
interest in historical and genealogical pursuits and had nearly a
complete record of his own and his wife's families. He became a
member of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society in 1860.
Cushing. — John P. dishing, Esq., one of the wealthiest and mosi
benevolent citizens of Massachusetts, died at his residence in Bel-
mont on Saturday, April 12, at the age of 76 years. Mr. Gushing has
been several years in a poor state of health. In early life he amassed
a princely fortune in China and his subsequent life has been marked
by the most liberal yet unostentatious charity. At Watertown he
established one of the most magnificent conservatories in the State,
which was liberally thrown open to the public. His garden, now
included in the town of Belmont, was a place of great attraction, and
thousands of admiring visitors flocked to it every season. He took
an active part in public enterprises, and his loss will be sorely felt
alike in social and business circles.
Langdon. — Jane Weaver, New York, April 29. 1861, a. 12, widow
of late Thomas W. Langdon. See Register, vol. xv, page 185.
Lothrof.— Mrs. Jemsha, Utica, Feb'y 19, 1862, a. 86. She was the
daughter of the Rev. Samuel Kirkland, the missionary to the six na-
tions of Indians, prior to and during the Revolutionary War, and
Jerusha Brigham, who was a niece of the Rev. Dr. Wheeiock, presid-
ent of Dartmouth College, and fifth in descent from Capt. Miles Stand-
ish of the Mayflower. Mrs. Lothrop was born in Stockbridge, Mass.,
January 8, 1776. She was taken by her parents in her childhood to
the then .wilderness of western New York, where she in maturity
contributed largely with other pioneers to lay the foundations of
that intellectual, moral, and religious character for which the citi-
zens of that section of our country have since been distinguished.
She married in 1797, John Hosmer Lothrop, Esq., a lawyer by pro-
fession, a man who was noted in his time for his literary, and high
toned gentlemanly accomplishments; by this marriage she had three
sons and four daughters — the elder sou being the Rev. Samuel K.
Lothrop, D. D., pastor of the Brattle street church, Boston. Previous
to her marriage she enjoyed the privileges of the seminaries and
society of Boston, which eminently fitted her for association with the
talented and accomplished men and women that, were early attracted
to western New York. She had many of those qualities of mind and
heart that characterized her father; vivacious, conscientious, chari-
table, self-sacrificing, always foregoing her own interests and pleas-
ures for the good of others. She was a favorite of the celebrated
Indian chief Skenando,, who was termed the " white man's friend."
Members of his family were accustomed, prior to the removal of the
294 Marriages and Deaths. [ Jnl^y
Oneidas to Green Bay> to pay her periodical visits. " She was (says
one id noticing* her demise), the last surviving- member of her family
— the last surviving1 child of a man who, ninety-seven years ago,
went from the residence of Sir William Johnson, at Johnstown, under
the guidance of two Indians, upon snow shoes, through an unbroken
wilderness, to the chief town of ' the savage Seuacas/ to attempt to
teach them 'the way of salvation/ and to introduce among them the
arts of civilized life. In that adventurous and dangerous journey he-
passed over, or near to the present city of Utica ; of which place
Mrs. Lothrop had been a resident for more than fifty years previous
to her death."
Mason. — Rev. Charles, D. D., Boston, March 23d, a. 49. He was a
son of lion. Jeremiah Mason, the eminent jurist, and was born in
Portsmouth, N. H., July 25th, 1812; grad. H. U. 1832; was inducted
Rector of the Episcopal Church in Salem, Mass., May 31st, 1S3T;
resigned his charge May 31st, 1847 — removed to Boston, and was
inducted Rector of Grace Church, in Temple street, in September of
the same year — where he remained until his death. He was a man
of a strong and well cultivated mind, was an earnest and able preacher;
of uncommon excellence and generosity of disposition; exemplary in
all the relations of life; and died distinguished alike by private
affection and public regard. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was
conferred upon him by Harvard University in 1858, and he received the
like from Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., the same year. His first
wife was a daughter of the late Hon. Amos Lawrence of Boston.
She died in 1844, leaving four children. His second wife, a daughter
of the late Hon. J. H.Lyman of Northampton, by whom he had three
children, survives him, together with all his children.
Perkins. — Another of. our prominent and highly respected citizens
is dead. Henry Perkins departed this life last evening, at his resid-
ence in this city. He passed away quietly, conscious almost to the
last hour of his life, and welcoming death as a joyous relief from
sickness and great suffering of nearly two years' duration. For
some months past he appeared quite happy in the prospect of final
dissolution. He was in the 48th year of his age. Mr. Perkins gradu-
ated at Trinity College, and subsequently fitted himself for the legal
profession. In 1846 he was elected by the Legislature Judge of
Probate for the District of Hartford. In 1850, that office becoming
elective by an amendment of the Constitution, he was chosen by the
people of the District and re-elected annually to that office, till 1858,
when he declined to be longer a candidate. About that time he
was elected president of the Mercantile Bank. On several occasions
he was chosen as a member of the Court of Common Council, holding-
at one time the seat of an Alderman, and at another that of a Coun-
cilman. Last spring he resigned his seat as Alderman, on account
of his health. He also resigned the presidency of the Mercantile
Bank for the same reason. In every official position, Judge Perkins
discharged his duties with ability and the strictest fidelity. As a
citizen he was universally respected. He leaves a wife, but no child-
ren. His memory will be cherished by many friends who knew his
real woith^Hartford Times, Feb. 15, '62.
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 295
Prescott. — Joseph, Bridgewater, N. EL, Nov. 7, 1861, a. 94 years
and 5 months. He was of the fourth generation from James Pres-
cott, who settled in Hampton, N. H., about 1GG5, and was probably
the last survivor of that (the fourth) generation. He was son of
Joshua Prescott, 2d, being the eleventh of his twelve children, and
the third by his second wife, Mary Moulton. He was born in Ches-
ter, N. H., June 8, 1767. His father Joshua Prescott, 2d, was son of
Joshua, senior, who was son and first-born of James the first, and
born 16G9. Joseph Prescott had 13 children. He represented the
town of Bridgewater in the X. H. Legislature for several years; was
justice of the peace, and highly respected. He was a worthy and
devoted Christian of the Methodist denomination, and died as he
lived, peaceful and happy.
Prescott. — Stephen, Liberty, Waldo county, Me., Oct. 19, 1861, a.
98 years and 3 months. He was the third of the 13 children of Micah
Prescott, of Epping, where he was born July 24, 1763; married Ra-
chel Rundlett, daughter of Josiah Rundlett and Mary James, Nov. 3,
1784 ; removed to Montville, Me., in 1801, and felled the first tree in
that part of the town now known as South Montville. He had 12
children, 57 grandchildren, 103 great-grandchildren, and several of
the fifth generation. He was of the fifth generation from James
Prescott, the first, of Hampton, N. H., being the son of Micah, who,
was the son of Capt. Jonathan Prescott (who commanded a company
under Sir Wm. Pepperel!, at the reduction of Louisburg, in 1745,
where he died of fever the following January — 1746), who was son,
and first born of Jonathan, senior, who was son of the first James.
Roberts — Mrs. Deborah, at Rollinsford, N. H., 25th April, 1862,
relict of Stephen Roberts, aged 82 yrs. 5 months and 7 days. She
was a daughter of Bartholemew4 and Ruth (Hall) Wentworth, grand-
daughter of Lt. Benjamin3 and Deborah (Stimpson) Wentworth, and
he was the son of Benjamin*2 and Sarah (Allen) Wentworth; and
grandson of William, the emigrant settler.
Tucker. — Mr. William, born in Framingham, (Saxonville), Feb. 17,
1789, son of William and Julia (Twitchell) Tucker, and grandson of
William Tucker, of Sherburne, originally from Milton, Ma33., died in
Roxbury, Feb. 22, 1862, a. 73 years and 5 days, and was buried in the
family vault under Trinity Church in Boston. At the age of six years,
on the death of his parents, his paternal grandfather took charge of
him, but he left Sherburne when a mere lad to serve an apprentice-
ship in the store of Mr. Paul D. Richards in Boston ; was early in
business on his own account, and married before he was of age, Miss
Mary Ann Kirby, a native of England. Among the first to remove to
Central Wharf, he was the occupant of a store belonging to Mr.
Samuel Appleton for about forty years. A resident of Boston nearly
sixty years, and one of its active merchants for more than half a cen-
tury, he felt for it all the attachment of a native born citizen, and
left it only a few months before his decease. Of an enterprising
spirit, his transactions were, at times, somewhat extensive, particu-
larly with the British Provinces before our war with England, as a
contractor to supply the British navy at Halifax. Formerly connect-
ed with the Boston Light Infantry, and its captain, he was the oldest
296 Marriages and Deaths. [July
survivor of the past odwiniander^ of that corps. He was a gentleman
of great kindness of heart and of courteous manners; a merchant
distinguished for industry and fidelity to every trust ; and a citizen
widely known and respected.
Vinton-. — Hon. Samuel Finloy, died suddenly in the city of Wash-
ington, May 11, aged G9 years, lie was a son of Abiathar and Sarah
(Day) Vinton, South Hadley, Mass., Sept. 25, 1792; m. June, 1821, Ro-
maine Madelaiue Bureau; she d. 1S31. 2vlr. Vinton graduated Wil-
liams College, 1814, read law, and settled at Gallipolis, Ohio. Being
quite distinguished and popular, he was elected to Congress in 1822
where he remained till 1837. In 1S43 he was again elected to the
House, where he remained by reelpctions eight years longer. He
was a distinguished lawyer and a valuable legislator. During his
last term in Congress he was chairman of the committee of Ways and
Means, a position which made him the leader of the House — the duties
of which position ho discharged with great ability. After leaving
Congress he was for a year or two president of an important rail
road in Ohio. Having a daughter married in Washington, and
having no family of his own, he spent the last years of his life with
her. ' He was a gentleman of good talents and of unimpeachable
integrity and purity of character. For a further account of him, see
the Vintcn Memorial, pp. 196, 538.
Waterman.— Thomas G., Binghamton, N. Y , Jan. T, 1882, a, U. He
was born in the city of New York, on the 23d day of January, 1788, and
while yet a child removed with his parents to Salisbury in the state
of Connecticut, where his father, Mr. David Waterman had established
extensive iron works. At the age of fourteen he entered Yale Col-
lege, and was in the same class with James Fenimore Cooper, and
other men of note. After his graduation he pursued the study of law
for some time at the celebrated school in Litchfield, Connecticut, and
completed his legal studies in the office of the Hon. Samuel Sher-
wood, of Delhi, N. Y. He was admitted to practice as an attorney
in the Supreme Court of Mew York in 1809, and continued with Mr.
Sherwood until 1812, when he went for a few months to Oswego, and
from thence to Binghamton in the spring of 1813, making this town
his permanent residence. He married Miss Pamela Whiting, eldest
daughter of Gen. Joshua Whiting, in August of that year, and about
the same time was admitted to practice as a counsellor of the Su-
preme Court of New York. Like almost all the prominent members
of his profession, Mr. Waterman took an active interest in political
questions of the day. In 1826 he was elected a member of the As-
sembly for the county of Broome, and in the four succeeding years
he represented in the state senate, the senatorial district of which
that county formed a part. During this period the Revised Statutes
of the state of New York were enacted; and Mr. W. was among the
foremost of the members of the legislature, whose learning, practical
knowledge, and laborious devotion to their duties contributed to the
success of that important reformation of the statute law of New
York. Several years previous to his decease be declined ail public
employment and devoted the remainder of his days to the cares and
duties of domestic life.
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. ' 297
Weaver.— -Jane, New York, March 2t, 1861, a. 92 years, at the
residence of her late nephew, Clarke Greenwood. She was the last
survivor of the family of William and Jane (Cazourt) Weaver of
New York. Her father, a native and citizen, was wounded by a can-
non shot from the Asia, on the night of August 23, 1715, losing
thereby the calf of one leg;. (See Almon's Remembrancer for 1775,
p. 251.) He removed from the city during the war, and died in the
vicinity of Newark, N. J., about 1778. Mrs. Jane Weaver was the
only child of Dr. Cazourt (or Cossart), by his wife Elizabeth, dan. of
Adrian Hooghland, of N. Y., and sister of Sarah, wife of Jacob Jane-
way. Samuel, father of William Weaver, came from England, and
was admitted freeman of New York in 1722. In 1734 he was one of
the " struck jury " on the trial of Peter Zenger, and also a juror in
1741 on the trials following the discovery of the Negro Plot; he died
the following year; his wife Anne (Nettleton ?) Weaver, a near rela-
tive of Lady Hervey, died in November, 1752, leaving an only son,
William (as above), aged about 22, and a young grand-daughter,
Anne Carpenter.
Wetmore. — Mrs. Chloe, Oct. 16, '61, a. 87, at the residence of her
son, Edward P. Wetmore, near Cincinnati, Ohio, where she had been
temporarily residing. She was a daughter of Capt. Asa and Abigail
Benton, of Hartford, Conn.; was born March 27, 1774; married Sept.
23, 1807, Rev. Oliver Wetmore, then a missionary of the Connecticut
Association, whose field of labor was in western New York — his sta-
tion being at Holland patent. She accompanied her husband to the
place of his ministry, where she devoted many years of earnest effort
in doing good to others. She followed the "golden rule" with fideli-
ty; her charity and love knew no bounds. The half century that she
lived in Oneida county, enabled her to see the fruits that came from
her husband's planting, and she often gave expressions of thankful-
ness to God for his goodness towards her. Mrs. Wetmore's ancestry,
the Beutons and Bigelows, were among the early settlers and pro-
prietors of Hartford. Her remains were interred beside those of her
husband in the cemetery at Utica, N. Y.
Yendell. — Samuel, Boston, died at his residence in Commercial
street, Nov. 7, 1861, a. 92. Mr. Yendell was born on Copp's Hill, in
this city, March 15, 1769, and has been a resident of Boston ever
since his birth. In his early life he was carpenter on board the ship
Columbia, of Boston, when the Columbia river was discovered. He
also served as a boy on board the U. S. frigate Tartar, in the revolu-
tionary war. He remembered fleeing from Boston daring the siege,
in 1775. For many years he was a master boat-buiider, and car-
ried on that business until advancing age made -it necessary tor him
to relinquish it. He then was engaged in the grocery business for
several years, and is spoken of by those who knew him as an honest,
upright man in all his business relations. He was one of the oldest
members of the Mechanics' Charitable Association. Until quite
recently Mr. Yendell lias been able to take quite long walks — visiting
the market and other business points in the city. He had been sick bult
three or four days previous to his decease. The wife of Mr. Yendell
died three or four years since, at the advanced age of 83 or 84 years.
It is Beldom that we record the decease of a couple so advanced in age.
26
298 ' Diamond Wedding. LJu-y
DIAMOND WEDDING.
A remarkable event, such as has never before been known, so far
as I am aware, in this state, or perhaps in New England, has this
day (April 17, 1862,) occurred in Shutesbury, Mass. Mr. and Mrs.
Asa Raymond have celebrated their "Diamond Wedding" — the 75th
anniversary of their marriage! It has been an occasion of peculiar
interest to them and all who were present.
Mr. Raymond is in his 97th year, and Mrs. R. in her 96th.* They
were born in Holden, but have lived in Shutesbury the past 60 years.
Tliey have never been separated from each other for the space of two
weeks at any one time during the 75 years of their wedded life.
The longevity in each of their families has been remarkable. Mr.
R.'s mother died at the age of 90. There were 13 children who all
lived to the meridian of life, and six of them to an average age of
93 J; one to the age of 97, and Mr. R., the only one now living is, as
before stated, in his 97th year. Mrs. R.\s father lived to the age of
97, and her mother to that of 73. They had six children, all of whom
lived to an average of 92J, and Mrs. R., the only survivor, is in her
96th year.
This aged couple have had eight children, four of whom are still
living, the eldest 71 years of age, and the youngest 55, all of whom
wTere here present. They also have living 18 grandchildren and 33
greatgrandchildren. \
Mr. Raymond has always been a practical, hard working farmer,
and both he and his companion have been industrious, temperate and *
cheerful. Mr. R. can read fair type without glasses, but lie is very
' infirm and his hearing and memory are quite impaired. Mrs, R. ha3
r nearly lost her sight, but she can hear pretty readily, and her me-
! mory is remarkable. She can repeat large portions ot the Scriptures
and many of Dr. Watts' Psulni3 and Hymns, and remember import-
ant events through all her life.
*
RICHARD BACHE, POSTMASTER GENERAL, TO THE POST-
MASTER AT BOSTON.
[Communicated by Jeremah Colecex of New York.]
PhiK June 27th, 1781.
Dr. Sir: The Post Master General directs that you receive only
hard money for Postage in future, -if your Tender Law is repealed. I
have consulted the Board of Treasury about the Ballance in your
hands due to the Gen'-. Post Office, and they advise that you pay it to
Mr. Appleton, taking his Receipt for so much on the public account.
I am, Dear Sir, Yours affectionately, .
Jonathan Hastings, Junr.. Esq1"., EBENr. Hazard.
Boston. I
* Mrs. Huldali Raymond died May 17, 1862, just one month from the celebra-
tion, aged SG years.
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1862.] Current Events. 299
CURRENT EVENTS— 1862.
[ContiDued from page 197.]
March.
29. The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road (closed since April, 1861),
is reopened. Explosion of Prof. Samuel Jackson's cartridge factory
at Philadelphia; several persons killed.
31. Just 12,250 muskets have been manufactured at the Spring-
field armory during this month.
April.
4. Gen. George B. McClellan commences the seige of Yorktown,
Va. Pass Christian, 50 mites from New Orleans, captured by a
Federal force from Ship Island.
6. Severe battle at Pittsburgh Landing, or " Shiloh," which con-
tinues two days and closes with the defeat of the Confederate army,
under Gen. Beauregard, whose loss is. 13,661. Our loss in all, is
10,699. The rebel Gen. A. Sidney Johnston is killed in this battle
and the Federal Gen. Prentiss taken prisoner.
T. Island No. 10, in the Mississippi, taken by the Union gun boats
under Com. A. H. Foote, who commenced his attack upon it, March 15.
11. Fort Pulaski, 14 miles below Savannah, taken after a splendid
cannonade of 36 hours from the Union batteries under Gen. Giimore,
with the loss on our side of but one man killed and three wounded.
The rebel gun boat Merrimac captures two brigs and a schooner
near Newport News, Va. Gen. 0. M. Mitchel, the astronomer,
occupies Huntsville, Ala., with the Union forces, cutting thereby the
great artery of rail road communication between the southern states.
16. Congress passes a vote of thanks to Gen. George B. McClellan
for his distinguished services. The Vermont 3d regiment has a
sharp encouuter with a strong detachment from the Confederate army
in front of Yorktowu, in which our loss is 32 killed and 90 wounded;
loss of the enemy — 25 killed and 75 wounded.
18. Com. D. S. Farragut commences, with a fleet of 46 sail, the
bombardment of Forts Jackson and Phillips, which continues six days.
Our loss is 36 killed and 1*23 wounded; the enemy's, from 1000 to
1500, with several hundred prisoners. Brig. Gen. Angar, from Mc-
Dowell's division, after some skirmishing occupies Fredericksburg,
Va. The President signs the bill emancipating the slaves in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
19. Gen. Reno with a detachment of 5 regiments, viz: 9th N. Y.,
89th N. Y., 2Ut Mass., 51st Penn., and 6th Mi II., engages the enemy
at South Mills, N. 0., and loses, in killed and wounded, about 100
men. The Union gun boat Huron captures a schooner freighted with
cotton valued at $10,000, off Charleston, S. C.
24. Com. Farragut, with his fleet in three divisions, runs — under a
terrific cannonade, in which the Varuna was sunk — Forts Jackson
and Phillips. This action opens the way for Gen. B. F. Butler's
forces to occupy New Orleans.
300 Current Events. [July
25. Fort Macon, N. 0., bombarded and taken by Gen. E. A. Burn-
side, our fleet assisting. [Incorrect in last No. of the Register.]
Rebel loss — 7 killed and 18 wounded; ours — one man wounded. The
firing continued from 5.40 A. M. until about 4 o'clock P. M.
May.
4. Gen. McCle^an's army, after a seige of one month, takes posses-
sion of Yorktown, Ya., the 22d Mass. regiment — Gen. Fitz John Por-
ter's division — entering first. The enemy leave 11 seige guns,
military and hospital stores, Sec, which fall into our hands.
5. Battle of WilliamsburGrh, in which Gen. Hancock makes a bril-
liant charge and turns the fortunes of the day in our favor. Our
loss in killed is about 300, most of which were in Gen. Hooker's divi-
sion, which greatly distinguishes itself in this action.
7. Battle at West Point, Ya., in which a part of Gen. Franklin's
division engages and puts to flight a much larger number of rebels.
Our loss is about 300 in killed and wounded. Ship Zone of Portland,
Me., stranded at Sable Island — all hands but one lost.
8. Naval combat near Fort Wright, during which three of the
eight rebel gun boats were sunk and the rest compelled to retire; we
had only six boats in the action.
10. Norfolk, Ya., taken without resistance, by Gen. John E. Wool.
Pensacola, Fla., together with the navy yard and forts at that place,
destroyed by the rebels. The iron-plated steamer called New Iron
Sides, launched at Philadelphia; Lieut. Worden appointed to com-
mand her.
11. The iron-clad Merrimac blown up by the rebels themselves,
at 5 o'clock A. M. Reasons given — a bar in the river prevented her
ascent to Richmond; the Monitor, Sea., prevented her from making a
voyage at sea, and our occupation of Norfolk rendered it impossible
for her to remain.
13. Suffolk, Ya., occupied by the Federal forces. The rebel steamer
Planter of Charleston, S. C., with four guns and sixteen persons on
board, is given up to our fleet by its heroic colored pilot, Robert
Small.
15. Destructive fire at Troy, N. Y.; 6tl buildings consumed; loss
in all— $2,842,000.
16. A day of fasting in the Confederate states.
21. President Lincoln signs the Homestead bill, and it becomes a
law.
24. Gen. N. P. Banks' division of about 6000 men make a masterly
retreat from the Shenandoah valley, before the rebel forces of EweSl
and Jackson, amounting to 20,000 men. The 4th Michigan regiment,
Col. Woodbury, makes a brilliant charge on Gen. Sims' brigade at
Chickahominy bridge near Richmond.
25. A severe battle in front of Winchester, Ya., in which the re-
treating columns of Gen. Banks defend themselves with signal
bravery. Three men in a boat are carried over Niagara Falls.
27. Battle of Hanover Court House, in which Gen. Fitz John Por-
ter's division is engaged with a superior force of the enemy, which
is put to flight.
29. Corinth, Miss., evacuated by Gen. Beauregard's army.
;;i
1862.] Current Events. 301
June.
1. Gen. Fremont's advance attacks and puts to flight Gen. Jack-
son's army, and occupies Strasburg, Va, A sanguinary battle at Fair
Oaks, seven miles from Richmond, Va., between the left wing of the
Union army and the rebel forces under Gen. Joseph Johnston and Gen.
Lee. The contest begins on the day preceding, with the rout of
Gen. Casey's division, and terminates by the flight of the entire con-
federate forces. Gen. Johnston was wounded during the engage-
ment. Our loss in killed, wounded and missing is 5,739; that of the
enemy is supposed to be about 10,000. The movements of our army
were guided by a balloon, some 2000 feet high, having telegraphic
communication with Gen. McClellan.
2. Gen. McClellan makes a spirited address to his army in front
of Richmond.
8. A great freshet occurs in the Lehigh valley in eastern Pennsyl-
vania, by which about 100 lives and property to the amount of
$10,000,000 are destroyed. Fort Wright, alias Pillow, on the Missis-
sippi, is evacuated by the rebels.
4. Gen. Halleck reports that some 10,000 of Beauregard's army,
retreating from Corinth, have been captured by the Union forces
under Gen. Pope,
6, A grand naval battle at Memphis, from 5. SO to T A. M., in which
seven rebel vessels were either sunk or captured by our fleet of rams
and gun boats under Com. C. H. Davis. Memphis occupied by Union
troops.
8. Battle at Cross Keys, about 8 miles from Harrisonburgh, Va.,
between the rebel forces under "Stonewall" Jackson and a part of
Gen. Fremont's division of the Union army. Our loss is about 625
in killed and wounded. The enemy was driven from the field. The
public debt is, after the vast expenses of this war, something less
than $500,000,000.
13. The rebel troops make a successful raid along the Pamunkey
river, destroying two schooners, about 50 wagons, &c., and killing
several of our men. Gen. McClellan is making slow, but steady
advances upon Richmond.
16. Four men are hung at New Orleans for committing burglary,
under pretence of doing military duty. Gallant attack of Colonel
Fitch's regiment at St, Charles city, Ark. The Mound City blown
up, and many lives lost.
24. Severe and successful skirmish of the left wing of the Federal
army in front of Richmond; our loss in in all about 300.
Winthrop. — In Savage's Geneal. Dictionary, vol. iv, under the name
of Winthrop, the compiler says he does not know who Martha, the 2d
wife of Deane Winthrop, was. We are informed by one of our sub-
scribers, that Deane Winthrop married Martha Mellows, widow of
John Mellows, as appears by a deed (dated January 22, 1T03-4, Suf-
folk registry book, 21, fol. 45), of Thomas Messinger and his wife
Elizabeth, who was the daughter of the late John Mellows, the
mother of said Elizabeth then being Martha Winthrop, wife of Deane
Winthrop of Fulling Point,
302 Book Notices. [July
HISTORICAL INTELLIGENCE.
Celebration at Abington, Mass. — The one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Abington, was cele-
brated June 10th. Rev. Ebenezer P. Dyer delivered the address.
Original hymns written by Rev. II. D. Walker and Mrs. E. L. Cum-
raings were sung. Prayer by Rev. Asahel Cobb. After dinner,
toasts and sentiments were given, which were responded to by Gov.
Andrew, J. Wilson Ward, Jr. — the poet of the day— -Hon. Benjamin
Hobart, Rev. Mr. Abbe, Rev. H. D. Walker, Charles F. Dunbar of
Boston and Rev. I. C. White.
Bl-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF MlLTON, MASS.
The 200 anniversary of the incorporation of the town of Mi! ton was
observed on Wednesday, June 11. After music by the Grermania
band and singing by the choir, Rev. Dr. Morison, pastor of the 1st
church, offered prayer. An original hymn written by Mrs. S. D.
Whitney, was then sung to the air of "Auld Lang Syne " This was
followed by an address from Hon. James M. Robbins. A collation
was provided in a tent adjoining, and the festivities of the occasion
were closed with music and dancing in the Town Hall.
BOOK NOTICES.
The True Genealogy of the Dunnel and Dwinell family of New England*
By Henry Gale Dunnel, M. D., of New York city. New York: C.
B. Richardson. 8vo. pp. 84.
It is seldom that we find so many variations in the spelling of a surname as li-
the case with this family, there being no less than twenty-eight different forms of
the name in the work before us. Michael Dunneil of Topsfieid, Mass., whose will
was proved March 3, 1717-18, was the progenitor of the family in this country.
The compiler, who was a descendant through the second son, Thomas, says that he
has finished for the present, the task he imposed upon himself " seven years since,
of tracing the male descendants " of his above named ancestor. If the genealogy is
not so full and minute as some of the name might desire, it is doubtless the fault,
in a great measure, of the fault finders themselves for not furnishing the details of
their own branches when requested so to do. At any rate, such has been the ex-
perience of not a few genealogists who have mourned over the errors and deficien-
cies of their family histories.
The Dunnel genealogy is*clear and simple in form and arrangement, and is highly
creditable to the author. The mechanical part fully sustains the well-deserved
reputation of Mr. Munsell ; the book being beautifully printed, on good paper.
An Historical Sketch of the Payer Money in Peiinsylvania, SfC. By Henry
Phillips, Jr., member of the Numismatic Society of Philadelphia.
1862. pp.40.
This sketch of the origin of paper money in Pennsylvania is useful and season-
able in the present state of our country ; and it purports, if favorably received, to
be the commencement of a series of similar productions on the issue of paper credits
in the colonies.
It evinces much research among the records and laws of the Quaker state. The
first issue of paper currency there, which was effectual, and laid the foundation of
this medium of commercial business in that section, occurred in 1723. It origin*
1862.]
Book Koikes. 303
ated on a petition to the House of Assembly, from a number of merchants in Phila-
delphia, setting forth, " That they were sensibly aggrieved in their estates and dealings
to the great loss and growing ruin of themselves, and the evident decay of the Province
in general for want rf a medium to buy and ml with."
It may be noted here by the wayside, 1st, The reason these merchants gave is an
irresistible argument to show that an extensive commerce can not be carried on upon
the basis of specie alone; 2d, An excellent definition is given of paper currency,
viz i " A medium to buy and sell with."
On this petition, March 22, 1723, £15,000 of paper currency were issued, viz : in
notes of 20s., 10s., 5s.1., and down to 1 shilling; the dollar was— -5s. The bills were
loaned out on mortgage or plate at treble the value, at 5s. the oz,, and they carried
five per cent interest.
This measure was successful and promoted commerce to such a degree, that on De-
cember of same year a loan of £30,000 was granted, and so from various periods,
until in the revolutionary war, when the continental money was issued without se-
curity or power to redeem. The consequence was a dead loss instead of a blessing to
men of business. Yet in 1783, Pennsylvania did issue a small loan in treasury
notes which were redeemed.
A knowledge of the issue of paper currency in each colony which afterwards be-
came a state in the confederation, would be useful to the merchant and the financier,
and we hope the writer of this sketch will be encouraged to proceed farther.
Adequacy of the Constitution. By Hon. Timothy Farrar (Mt. Bowdoin),
Dorchester, Mass. Svo. pp. 23,
This is a reprint of an article from the Neic Englander for January, 1S62. In it,
the author shows, in an able manner, that the Constitution of the United States is
fully adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Judge Farrar has since contributed to the April number of the same publication, an
article on a kindred subject — Congress and the Territories — bearing equal marks of
learning and ability.
Officers of our Union Army and Navy ; their Lives, their Portraits.
Edited by Deax Dudley, honorary and corresponding member of
several state historical societies. Illustrated with line engraved
portraits from life, by L. Prang & Co. Vol. i. Boston: Published
by L. Prang & Co., 34 Merchants' Eow. Washington, D. C: 520
Seventh street. 1862.
This work contains a brief sketch of the lives and public services of Generals
Scott, McClellan, Wool, Fremont, McDowell, Lyon, Roseerans, Heintzlernan, An-
derson, Banks, Barry, Blenker, Burnside, Butler, Dix, Couch, Duryee, Franklin,
Lane, Mansfield, Richardson, Sickles and Slocum; and of Colonels Cochrane, Cow-
din, Ellsworth and Corcoran-, and of Commodores Wilkes and Dupont — with a por-
trait of each. This work is well calculated to meet the wants of the public. In
times like the present, when every eye is turned to the field of war, and ail are
reading with eagerness the accounts of battles and of victories, we need a map to
show us the localities, and succinct biographies of the brave leaders of our gallant
troop*. The editor, Mr. Dudley, has shown good taste and sound judgment in the
preparation of the work, avoiding all harsh criticism, and excessive laudation. Nor
does he allow himself to dwell upon the acts and doings of his favorites, to the neglect
of others; but presents fairly and impartially the leading events in the life of each.
Being a pocket edition, the sketches of course are brief, and yet. it is believed that
no important event in the life of any one is omitted. The style is plain, and the
facts touching each individual are presented in a manner so direct and clear as to
be understood by every reader.
We have read the volume with profit and pleasure ; with profit, because it made
ns acquainted with the antecedents of the distinguished men whose names are be-
coming as familiar as household words; and with pleasure, because ail attempt at
display appears to have been sacrificed to simplicity and fidelity. We can cheer-
fully recommend the book to our readers, and trust that the patronage will be such
as will induce the editor and publisher to prosecute the work, and give to the pub-
lic a sketch of our other patriotic citizens, whether native or adopted, who have
304 Book Mtices. [July
cheerfully devoted their services to ot;r beloved country, or sacrificed their lives in
the cause of our free institutions.
The Continental Monthly for May, 18G2.
This No. contains the usual variety of interesting matter. Among the articles is
one replete with interesting information relative to the early settlement of Roanoke
Island, which will be read with peculiar satisfaction at this day, iu consequence of
its recent capture by Gen. Burnside.
Life. The Annual Address delivered before the Convention of the
Connecticut Medical Society at New Haven, May 22, 1881. By
Asiibel Woodward, M. P., of Franklin, President of the Society.
Hartford. 8vo. pp. 86.
We have not room for an analysis of this sound, practical address, the sentiments
of which, if heeded, would be a benefit to the human race. Physiology and genea-
logy, as we consider, should go hand in hand. They are legitimately connected,
and ought not to be divorced. A thorough study of the habits and characters of
those who have gone before us, especially in our own line of ancestry, might avail
much toward raising a higher standard in the physical, intellectual and moral
characters of ourselves and our descendants. Genealogical researches and inquiries
can, in this way, be turned to a noble account.
The Confessions of Augustine. Edited, with an Introduction, by "Wil-
liam G. T. Shedd. Andover: Warren F. Draper. 1860. pp. 4 It,
Have you read what Macaulay says of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress ? Has the
Bedford tinker's " cunning book " a little comer in your well-selected library ?
Does Thomas a Kempis — Whitefield's favorite — stand beside it ? Well, place this
Lest of St. Augustine's works — ably edited and beautifully brought out — between
them, and you have the inimitable trio of spiritual autobiognaphers — as threa loving
angels — luring with golden tongues up over the " dark mountains " to the shining
portals of eternal peace.
An Historical discourse on the commemoration of the One Hundredth Anni-
versary of the Charter cf Lehaiwn, N. H. Delivered 4th of Jtilv,
1861, by Rev. D. H. Allen, D. D. of Walnut Hills, Ohio.
The people of Lebanon have wisely contributed their mite to keep alive a know-
ledge of the early settlement of New England. The address is historical in its
nature, and presents the incidents of the early settlement of the town. The imme-
diate occasion of the settlement of this part of the Connecticut valley, was the French
war. In the progress of that war the New England troops had cut a road from the
older settlements in the south parr of the province through Chariestown — the No.
4 — to Crown Point. Being pleased with the country, as soon as hostilities ceased,
a swarm of adventurers began to seek out these lands. A majority of those who
fixed upon this township were from Lebanon, Conn., and hence gave the place the
name of their former home. The first settlers of this town were fully imbued with
the spirit of the age, and took an active part in the contests of the day, engaging in
the struggle for independence, and in the controversy with New Hampshire and
New York concerning the New Hampshire grants.
Dr. Allen has done good justice to the subject, and has presented a great variety
of facts highly creditable to the town. Rev. Mr. Fay, a native of the place, deli-
vered a poem, having the necessary characteristics of such performances, familiar
ease and pleasantry.
Such celebrations deserve to be liberally encouraged, as they rescue from destruc-
tion valuable papers and traditions which would otherwise be lost. Let every
town imitate the example of the good people of Lebanon, and a rich stock of mate-
rials for both local and public history would be spread before the public in an im-
perishable form.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary.
This valuable work is now completed, the third and fourth volumes having l>een
published in June last. The third volume was finished, and a few copies issued,
some months previous. On the appearance of the first two volumes, we gave a
very full notice of the" work {ante, xiv, 276), au& would refer our readers to that
nptice for its characteristics.
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1862.] Memoir of Hon, Daniel Messinger. t305
MEMOIR OF HON. DANIEL MESSINGER OP BOSTON.
[By John Ward Dean.]
The subject of this notice, for more than sixt}' years a resident of
Boston, and descended from one of its early settlers, was so identi-
fied with its charitable, civil, and military institutions that he might
well be considered a representative, r/ian, for half a century, in the his-
tory of this metropolis.
Col. Messinger was born at Wrentham, Norfolk county, in this
state, June 17, 1768, and was the third of twelve children of Daniel
and Mary Messinger. His father, a farmer, was a son of the Rev.
Henry Messinger, the second minister of the Congregational church
of Wrentham, and his mother, Mary Brastow, was a descendant of
the Rev. Samuel Mann, the first minister of that parish. His uncle,
Rev. James Messinger, was settled over a church in Ashford, Conn.,
and four of his father's sisters were married to clergymen. Coming
from this Puritan stock, and thus surrounded by religious influences,
he was early imbued with the firmest principles of integrity and
honor — principles which sustained him in his early business career,
and confirmed his reputation for being, through the rest of his life, a
reliable, upright and conscientious man.
For a short time after leaving school, he assisted his father on the
farm; but being desirous of learning a trade, he was sent to Boston,
when about fifteen years of age, and apprenticed to Mr. Nathaniel
Balch, hatter, No. 72, Cornhill, now Washington street, opposite the
head of Water street. Mr. Balch was quite a prominent man, and
was considered one of the wits of that day; so much so, that he was
on quite social terms with Governor Hancock, Mr. Secretary Avery,
Rev. Dr. Thacher, Mr. Sheriff Allen, William Cooper, the town clerk
of half a century, and other worthies. " The apprentice thus became
acquainted with some of the dignitaries of church and state, and
appears to have enjoyed their friendly regard in after years.'-'*
In the twenty-fifth year of his age, he married Susanna Hinckley.
She was a daughter of Capt. Thomas Hinckley, by his wife Susanna,
whose father was Dr. Daniel Hewes of Foxboro'. A few years after,
by the advice of his friend, Mr. Secretary Avery, he purchased the
estate at the corner of Sheaf's lane, now Avery street, and Newbury,
now Washington street, the secretary residing on the opposite cor-
ner. Here Mr. Messinger carried on his business, at one time quite
extensively, and built a brick factory in the rear of his dwelling
house. He did not change his residence until after the decease of
his wife in 1843.
In military affairs he took a great interest, and was a good officer
and disciplinarian. In 1709, he raised the well-known infantry coin-
* Memoir of Col. Messinger, by Hon. Joseph T. Buckingham, in the Annals of
the Mastaihusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, pp. 29—32. Free use has been
made of the Memoir in preparing this sketch.
27
306 Memoir of Hon. Daniel Messi?iger. [Oct.
pany, the Winslow Blues — named for his friend General John Wins-
low — and was its first commander. In the Columbian Centincl of
October 13, 1802, is this notice of a parade of the Winslow Blues:
"On Monday last this well disciplined and respectable military
corps, commanded by Capt, Messinger, celebrated the anniversary
of its institution. After performing a number of manoeuvres, it was
marched into State street, where it performed the manual exercise
(by tap of drum), and a number of firings with the most correct
precision. The exercises of the day finished, the corps repaired to
Faneuil Hall, where an excellent dinner was provided, to which the
officers of the Legionary brigade were invited." The first toast by
Capt. Messinger was: " Our native country — may its citizens emulate
the virtues of the First Settlers, whose only fear was the fear
of God; and whose prime duties were the support of pure religion,
correct morals and good government." Upon the organization of
the light infantry companies of Boston into a sub-legion, he was
elected major. He was afterwards made colonel of the third regi-
ment, and was senior colonel of the Boston brigade during the war
of 1812. He was chosen a brigadier-general, but declined accepting
the office. In 1792, he became a member of the Ancient and Honor-
able Artillery Company, of which he was lieutenant in 1800, and
captain in 1804 and 1810.*
He was an original member of the Massachusetts Charitable Me-
chanic association in 1795, was for several years a trustee and vice-
president, and for two years was president. He always took a great
interest in the prosperity of this institution.
He filled various offices in the municipal and state governments;
was a fireward for many years under the old fire organization; was
a member of the city council; often a representative in the legis-
lature; a member of the Massachusetts constitutional convention in
1820; and a state senator from Suffolk county in 1835. In politics,
he belonged to the old Federal party, and often presided at public
meetings. Afterwards, he became attached to the National Repub-
lican or Whig party. His last appearance at a public meeting, was
in Faneuil Hall in 1845, when Daniel Webster, of whom he was a
great admirer, spoke. Mr. Webster, on seeing him on the platform,
came forward and greeted him so cordially as his " old friend Col.
Messinger," as to attract the attention and elicit the applause of the
citizens in that part of the hall.
From Mr. Buckingham's memoir it appears that Mr. Messinger first
attended the First Baptist church of which the Rev. Dr. Stillman was
pastor; but he afterwards became a member of the First Congrega-
tional church, with which he was connected till his death. For many
years he was the leader of the choir of that church. " He had a fine
musical ear and as fine a voice, and could sound the highest notes
in the treble staff with remarkable strength and clearness. He
was often invited to sing on public festive occasions, and Faneuil
Hall has many a time been filled with the melody of his notes. His
favorite songs were Bright Phoebus, and the Downhill of Life, both
* Whitman's History of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, 2d ed., p. 354.
1S62.J Memoir of Hon. Daniel Messinger. 307
of which he sung when he was over seventy years old, without any
perceptible imperfectness of voice."* An amusing incident occurred
once at a dinner given Prince Jerome Bonaparte, in 1304. A cor-
respondent, in the Evening Transcript of September 25, 1861, makes a
statement on the authority of the venerable Josiah Quincy, probably
the only survivor of that patty: "After dinner, Col. Messinger sang
the favorite old song of To-morrow. As the audience joined in the
chorus of To-morrow, To-morrow, a cloud came over the counte-
nance of the Prince, and taking his next neighbor by the arm he
exclaimed 'To Moreau, to Moreau; is it a song in honor of General
Moreau?' He was quickly undeceived, and smiled when he found
that no one but himself was thinking of the great rival and enemy
of his brother."
Mr. Messinger was by nature of a very strong constitution. His
death was hastened by being accidentally knocked down by an ex-
press, wagon, while crossing the street. From the effect of this
shock he never recovered; it being followed by a sickness of seven
months, ending by a severe attack of erysipelas and dropsy. He
died June 21, 1846, being seventy-eight years and four days old.
His funeral, from his late residence in Purchase street, was private,
his family declining any public demonstration. He was buried in
the family lot at Mount Auburn.
His pastor, the Rev. Nathaniel L. Frothingham, D. D., who officiated
at his funeral, preached a discourse at the First church in Chauncy
place, on the Sunday following, from which we make an extract, as
a fitting close to this memoir.
" He was much before the public eye, and appears always to have
enjoyed its favor; for he could be relied upon for his calm judgment,
his steady determination, his zealous patriotism, his incorruptible
integrity. He was usually among those who sit chief in the manage-
ment of political affairs, unassuming though firm, never overstepping
the proprieties of his position, and giving no offence, for it was not
in his nature to give any. His character and manners showed a
combination by no means usual, at least to the extent to which he
displayed them, of courtesy and robustness. These qualities seemed
to be stamped upon his very features, that might have looked rough
to some, but it was a roughness that setoff their kindliness. He
was a frank, upright, plain-hearted man; eminently social in his dis.
position; willing to serve as far as he was able, and possessing an
unusual share of that part of the apostle's praise of charity — that it
is ' not easily provoked.' He was considerate of others, both by a
friendliness that seemed born with him, and by a wise self-command.
And since it was appointed to him to contend with so much suffering
before he could obtain his discharge of death, we have reason to give
thanks that he has no more to endure, but at length finds rest.
' Disturb him not-, but let him sweetly take
A long repose; lie bath been long awake.' "
* Buckingham.
.
30S Genealogy of the Messingcr Family. ["Oct.
GENEALOGY OF THE MESSINGER FAMILY.
[Communicated by Hon. Geo. W. Messinger of Boston.]
I. ORIGIN OF THE NAME, ETC.
According" to Burke and other authorities, Massiuger, Messenger,
Massenger and Messingcr all seem to be the same, noted first of
Gloucestershire. Arms — "Ar., a chevron between three close helmets
Sa.;" and in Rudder's History of Gloucestershire, page 591, is this no-
tice: "In the church at Painswick, 6 miles south of Gloucester,
against the north wall, are several memorials of the Massinger
family, formerly of Gloucester, whose arms are: 'Argent a chevron
gules between three helmets sable.'7'
In the Herald's college, London, the same arms are entered as
borne by John Messenger of Newisham, county of York, who died in
1616, aged 70 years, and was buried at Kirk Ravensworth. Two of
his sons, Henry and Anthony, were killed in the service of King
Charles I, and another, John Messenger, Esq., born in 1590, was
the owner of the Fountain Abbey estate, near Ripon, in 1627. His
crest was, a dove with an olive branch, and the motto — Nunaa Pads.
But other arms were borne by the Messengers of Norfolk at the
visitation of that county in 1664, viz: "Vert, on a bend engrailed
argent, a plain bend of the field, a bordure engrailed of the second;
crest — a lion's head erased vert, charged with a bar engrailed
argent; motto — Legatus fidelis ei qui misit eum. — Proverbs xxv, 13."
And in Bloomfield & Parkin's History of Norfolk, vol. vn, page 294,
these arms are found in the church at Whitwell: "Messenger, vert,
a bend voided and engrailed argent." And in the same history, it
appears that Henry Messenger married Joan Coke [about 1570], and
that his son Augustine Messenger, gent., was " Lord of Whitwell or
Gambon Manor." On a grave stone in the chancel of the church —
inscription partly in Latin — the name is spelled Messinger. If either
of these coats of arms belonged to the first settler of that name in
Boston, it was probably the first described. We know that he was
entitled to arms, as his widow in her will, dated in 1694, particularly
mentions that Simeon Messinger (the eldest son then living), is to
have the " Messinger coat of arms." As Simeon died without male
issue, these arms were probably lost.
Of the origin of the name, Lower, on Surnames, says of Massinger,*
that it is evidently a corruption of the French Messager — a messen-
ger, a bearer of despatches; while some have supposed the name
comes from the parish of Messing, in Essex county, England. This
name is Saxon, and in the old records is written, Messinges, Messan-
ges,f Mescinge and Massinge. In the Rolls of Pleading, time of Ed-
* See Memoir of Philip Massinger, Reg., vol. xiv, p. 7.5, for Massinger of Gloucester.
tin Wright's Essex, page 384, vol. i, we find this note : " King Henry III grants
to Hugh, son of Anketill de Mescinge, all the land which he held in the Barony of
Reynes, in the villages of Messanges, Birch, &c, and what he and his heirs should
afterwards purchase, with ample privileges and liberty of hunting in all the forests
of England." — See Charta de Foresta de Enex,
1862.J Genealogy of the Messinger Family. 309
ward I and II, page 207, allusion is made to the men of Massinge;
and on page 336, is the name of Ric'us Messinge of London, time of
Edward II; but the earlier names are those of Messager. In the
Rolls of the King's Court, in the reign of Richard I, page 118, is the
name of Johannes Messager, about the year 1194; and in the Fine
Rolls of Henry III, about 1260, we find Henricus Messager, son of
Radulphus le Messager of Essex; and in the History of Surrey, vol.
in, page 110, it appears a part of the manor of Send is vested, in
1359, in John Messenger or Messager, vicar of Send. In the History
of Norfolk are several of the clergy, from 1435, of the name of Mes-
senger; and we find a Thomas Messinger, rector of Shimpling, Nor-
folk, in 1451. In Wood's Oxoniensis, F., page 12, Rev. Roland Mes-
synger was proctor, May 11, 1508, and in the service of Cardinal
Wolsey; he was also one of the original fellows of Brazen Nose
College, Oxford, in 1511, and his name is there spelled Messenger.
II. HENRY MESSINGER AND DESCENDANTS.
Henry1 Messinger and his wife Sarah, were residents of Boston
prior to the year 1640.f He was the first known proprietor, as ap-
pears by the Book of Possessions, of the land on which now stands
the building owned and occupied by the Massachusetts Historical
Society, and a part of that now covered by the Boston Museum^
His house and garden were bounded on the west by the street lead-
ing to the common, now Tremont street; on the north by land of
Richard Crychley; on the east by the land of Major Sedgewick; and
on the south by land of Thomas Scottow and the burying place.
He was a member of the A. and H. artillery company in 1658; a
freeman in 1665; and by trade a joiner. His will was dated March
15, 1672, and his signature, written in the old style, is quite dis-
tinct. He probably died in 1681, as his property was appraised
(at £496 9s. 6d.), April 30th, of that year. He leaves his estate to
his wife, with power to divide it as she may choose among her child-
ren, with the exception of his eldest son John,, to whom he bequeaths
"Five shillings and no more, for reasons best known to myself. n
His wife Sarah, lived to an advanced age; her will was dated in
1694, and proved June 24, 1697. She leaves the household estate
to be divided equally between her sons Simeon and Thomas; Simeon
to have the left-hand side of the line to be drawn from the highway
on the westerly end to Savage's fence on the easterly end, being the
side next Bumstead's, with the cow common; also, the Messinger
coat of arms. To Thomas she leaves the right-hand side, next the
burying place. The live stock also to be divided between her sons.
Her household goods she wishes divided among her daughters, and
Anna Messinger, daughter of her son John; and she appoints her
t Jan'y 27, 1640. Henry Messinger has a lot of land allowed him at Muddy
river, by town grant, for two heads.— See Drake's Hist, of Boston,
X This is a portion of the land which Hutchinson, in his History of Massachusetts,
vol. i, page 22, says Isaac Johnson chose for his lot, viz : the square bounded by
School and Queen (now Court) street. By some of our modern antiquaries it is
doubted whether Johnson had a lot of land in Boston.
310 Genealogy of the Messinger Family. [Oct.
friends Simeon Stone of Watertown, and Abraham Williams of Marl-
boro', to see that the property was properly divided.
The children of Henry and Sarah Messinger were: (2) John,- [-4-]
b. Jan. 25, 1641; bap. "right of the wife," April 25, 1641. (3) Sd-
rmkj* [+] b. Jan. 12, 1643. (4) Simeon* [ + ] b. Jan. 19, 1645. (5)
Henry* [+] (6) Ann* bp. Jan. 20, 1650, when 13 days old (Sa-
vage). (7) Rebecca* b. Jan. 26, 1652. (8 and 9) Lydia* and Pris-
cilla*b. Nov. 22. 1656; the latter d. June 21, 1657. (10) Priscilla*
(again), b. ab. 1659 (see Reg., xm, 220). (11) Thomas* [+] b.
March 22, 1661. (12) Ebenezcr* [+] b. Oct. 25, 1665.
2. John2 Messinger, b. Jan. 25, 1641 ; wife Martha. Probably d.
shortly after his father, as his widow appears to have been m. Sept.
5, 1689, to Jeremiah Fitch. His ch. were: (13) John,3 b. Jan. 2,
1670. (14) Joshua* b. Jan. 2, 1671. (15) Sarah* h. Oct. 1, 1672.
(16) Anna?
3. Richard Mason m. Sarah2 Messinger. He was the eldest son
of Ralph and Anne Mason. They were m. Nov. 20, 1660, by Governor
Endicott. By the records, it appears that Ralph Mason deeds his son
a parcel of land on his marriage with Sarah, dau. of Henry Messin-
ger. Their ch. were: (17) Sarah*, b. Sept, 3, 1661. (18) Jacob*
b. Oct. 17, 1662. (19) Simeon* b. March 23, 1664. (20) Benjamin*
(21) John* b. March 9, 1671. In Suffolk Deeds, book 39, fob 264,
Benjamin, as administrator, in behalf of himself and others, heirs of
Richard Mason, deeds certain property, June 2, 1725.
4. Simeon2 Messinger, b. Jan. 19, 1645; m. Bethia, dau. of Robert
Howard, the notary of Boston, and Mary his wife, He was a mem-
ber of the A. and H. artillery company in 1675. His ch. were: (22)
Bethia* b. May 24, 1668; m. to John Green, Jan. 17, 1692. (23)
Mary* b. March 25, 1672; m. to William Painter, May 28, 1691. ' In
Suffolk Reg., book 18, fol. 45, Simeon and Bethiah Messinger deed
his part of the Messinger estate to their son-in-law John Green.
5. Henry2 Messinger, m. Mehitable, dau. of Stephen and Truecross
Minot. His property was at the north part of Boston, near the Mill
Pond. He was a joiner. His will was made Nov. 17, 1686, and he
d. a few days after, as his estate was appraised Nov. 30. He leaves
his dear mother, for her kindness to him through his severe sickness
and through life, the sum of five pounds, to buy her mourning, and
a gold ring of the value of twenty shillings; to his wife's mother
Mrs. Truecross Minot, to his brother-in-law John Thwing, and to
each of his brothers and sisters, excepting his sister Neale, a gold
ring of twenty shillings value, to wear in remembrance of him;
to his apprentice, Benjamin Threadneedle, the balance of his time, and
if in need, desires his wife to give him a new suit of clothes; his
wearing apparel valued at <£25 4s., he divides among his brothers
Simon, Thomas and Ebenezer, and giving to the youngest " two
muskets and two bandineer3;" the balance of his property, there
being no children, to his wife Mehitable*, who is made executrix.
His estate was valued at £'338 10s. 6d.
11. Thomas2 Messinger, b. March 22, 1661; m. Elizabeth Mellows,
♦ She afterwards m. Stephen Mills of Boston, and d. Aug. 16, 1690.
1S62.] Genealogy of the Messinger Family. 311
dau. of Jobn and Martha Mellows. He received from bis mother the one
half of his father's estate, next the burying ground. Some mortgages
and deeds are on record, in one of which his wife's mother is then
Martha, the wife of Dcane Winthrop of Pulling Point. Among the
fourteen tything men selected from seven military companies,
Thomas Messinger was chosen from Major Savage's company in
Oct. 25, 1065;
(30) Ebenezer* b. March 30, 1688: (31) Ilmry? b. July 8, 16S9.
28. Kev. Henry3 Messinger, son of Thomas- and Elizabeth,
was b. in Boston, Feb. 28, 1695; graduated at Harvard college in 1717;
ordained minister of the First Congregational church in Wrenthain,
Dec. 5, 1719; m. Jan. 5, 1720, Esther Cheevers, dau. of Israel and
Bridget Cheevers of Cambridge, Alass. He d. March 30, 1750. A
brief memoir of him will be found in the Register (ante, ix, 59),
(H.
(34) Sarah* b. Nov. 27, 1725; in. 1st, Dr. Cornelius Kollock of
Wrentham, Nov. 26, 1745, by whom she had one son, Oliver5 Kolluck,
b. Nov. 17, 1751; d. 1754. Dr. Kolluck cl. Jan. 22, 1754, and she m.
2d, Rev. Benjamin Caryl (H. C. 1761) of Dover, Mass., who was min-
ister of one parish 41yr3., and d. Nov. 13, 1811, a. 79. (35) Henry,*
b. Nov. 18, 1727; d. July 26, 1729, his death having been caused by
falling from a chamber window while his parents were absent at
Cambridge. (36) Elizabeth, [+] b. Feb. 23, 1729; m. April 30,
1751, Rev. Joseph Bean. (37) John* [+] b. Oct. 30, 1731. (38)
Samuel* [+] b. Jan. 29, 1733. (39) Jernsha* [+] b. Sept. 11, 1734;
m. Sept. 11, 1734, Ebenezer Fisher, jr. (40) Daniel* [ + ] b. Oct.
11, 1735. (41) Rev. James* b. Dec. 4, 1737; grad. H. C, 1762; m.
March 1, 1769, Elizabeth Fisher of Wrentham; was settled over the
First Congregational church at Ashford, Conn., Feb, 13, 1769; d. Jan.
6, 1782. (42) William,* b. March 3, 1739; d. March 5, 1741.
29 Ebenezer3 Messinger, son of Thomas'2, was b. in Boston, June
2, 1697. He m. 1st, Jan. 26, 1719, Rebecca, dau. of Wigglesworth
and Ursillear Sweetser, by the Rev. Cotton Mather. He first resided
in Boston, but afterwards removed to Wrentham, where his wife Re-
becca d. Nov. 21, 1752, a. 51 yrs. He m. 2d, to Hannah Metcalf,
Nov. 3, 1766, and d. June 9, 1768. Estate appraised at £676 18s. 6d.
By 1st wife had 8 ch. : (43) Rebecca* b. June 26, 1721; (43 ') Ebene-
zer,* b. Nov. 25, 1793. (44) Elizabeth,* b. July 16, 1728; m. Oct.
28, 1756 to Hugh Knox of Stoughton. (45) Abigail, m. Caleb Death
of Framiugham, Dec. 27„ 1752, (46) Ruth',* m. Josiah Wood. (47)
Ursula,* m. Abraham Belknap, Sept. 15, 1763. (48) Siceetser,* [+].
(49) Wigglesworth* [-f ]
32. Rev. Elias Haven "(H. C, 1733), who m. Mary4 Messinger, was
the first minister settled over the second parish of Wrentham, now
Franklin, Mass. He d. Aug. 10, 1754, a. 41. She d. Jane 10, 1756;
3 12 Genealogy of the Messinger Family. [Oct.
ch.: (50) Martha* b. Oct. 15, 1742; d. Feb. 17, 1748. (51)
Thomas,* b. Aug. 30, 1744 (H. C, 1.765): m. Anna Bigelowof Weston;
was settled over the 3d church in Reading-, 1770; he d. May 7, 1782.
(52) Ellas* b. Nov. 11, 1745; ml Elizabeth Bright, March 5, 1169;
(53) Rachel* b. July 31, 1.747; d. Feb. 19, 1748. (54) Philemon,* b.
July 7, 1749. (55) William* b. June 20, 1751. (56) Mary* b. May
6,1753.
36. Rev. Joseph Bean of Cambridge (II. C, 1748), who m. Eliza-
beth4 Messinger, was the successor of her father over the first church
in Wrentharn. He was ordained Dec. 5, 1750, and d. December,
1784, a. 66 yrs. The Church Manual says: " He was greatly beloved
by his people, and his memorv is fondly cherished." Their ch. were:
(57) Hannah* b. May 6, 1752; Joseph* b. July 6, 1754. (58) Eliza-
beth,* b. Oct. 8, 1755. (59) Henry-* b. July 12, 1757. (60) Cyrus,*
b.-March A, 1760. (61) Molly,* b. May 11, 1763. (62) Sarah* b.
Oct. 18, 1766. (63) Horace* b. Sept, 4, 1770; was a physician in
Boston, and graduated H. C., 1800. (64) William* b. March 23,
1773.
37. John4 Messinger, b. Oct. 30, 1731; m. 1st, Mary Messinger,
Dec. 18, 1754, who d. Nov. 17, 1756, leaving one child, (65) Mary*
b. Nov. 17, 1756; d. 1768.
He m. 2d, Milatiah Corbit, June 30, 1758, who d. March 27, 1761;
ch.: (65») Esther* b. March 25, 1759; m. Oct. 22, 1788, to Amariah
Frost (H. C, 1770). (66) Abigail* b. Nov. 3, 1760; d. 1761.
He m. 3d, Phebe Guild, Jan. 7, 1762; their ch. were: (67) Emily*
b. Dec. 8, 1762; in. 1st to Dr. Waldo, and 2d to Rev. Dr. John Prince
of Salem. (68) Nanna* b. Nov. 10, 1764; d. 1765. (69) Phebe,* b.
Aug. 15, 1766; m. John Trescott, March 22, 1789. (70) John,* b.
March 16, 1769. (71) Patty* b. Jan. 5, 1772. (72) ClarinAa* b.
May 5, 1775; d. 1782.
38. Samuel4 Messinger, b. Jan. 29, 1733; m. June 23, 1757, Kathe-
rine, dau. of Deacon Joseph Brown of Ilolliston, Mass., and settled in
the westerly part of that town, on the homestead of his father-in-law,
where he d. Nov. 19, 1795. His wife d. Jan. 28, 1831, a. 94 yrs.
They had nine ch.: (73) Olive* b. Aug. 26, 1758; unm.; d. at the
old homestead, Oct. 25, 1847, a. 89. (74) Joel* b. May 26, 1760; m.
1st, Sally Storrs of Mansfield, Conn.; settled in Ashford, Conn., and
had two ch.: Sarah,6 b. 1792, and Storrs,6 b. 1799; m. 2d to a Mrs.
Ruggles of Princetown, N. Y.; he d. April 28, 1850, nearly 90 vrs.
of age. (75) Julitta* b. May 9, 1762; m. April 24, 1785, Baruch
Bullard; settled in Uxbridge, Mass: had six ch., and d. May 15,
1846. (76) Henry* b. Dec. 7,1764; d. of dropsy March 27, 1790;
(77) Joseph* b. February 23, 1767; m. Mary Mellen of Ilolliston; re-
sided there for some years, and then moved to Springfield, Vt., where
he d. Nov. 25, 1839; had seven ch. (78) Laban* b. Oct. 2, 1769; d.
of palsy, Feb. 13, 1846; no family. (79) Samuel* b. July 25, 1772;
m. Olive Chase of York, Me., June 8, 1801; he d. at Holliston, March
5, 1856, having ten ch., of whom the eldest was the Rev. Edward
Chase,6 b. March 8, 1802; m. April 7, 1835, Julia Cushing, and set-
tled over a Baptist church in West Med way, Mass. (80) Rev. Iiosewdl*
[+] b. March 9, 1775. (81) Charles* b/jan. 18, 1778; d. of palsy
Beb. 5, 1835; unm.
.
1862.] Genealogy of the Messinger Family. 313
39. Ebenezer Fisher, Jr., m. Jerusha4 Messinger, March 12, 1755,
and d. Sept. 23, 1761; they had four ch.: (82) Jerusha? b. April
15, 1756. (83) Chloe? b. May 1, 1757. (84) Ebenezer? b. Feb. 19,
1759. (85) Catherine? b. Jam 14, 1761.
40. Daniel4 Messinger, b. Oct. 11, 1735; m. Mary Brastow, dau. of
Thomas Brastow, in 1763. — Aiiie, xm, 249. He was a farmer in Wrent-
ham, and d. Jan. 11, 1812, a. 76 yrs. His wife d. February, 1836, a.
94 yrs. They had twelve ch.: (86) Mary? b. March 9,1764; m.
1st to Jona. Everett; 2d, Rev. Mr. Seamans of New London, N. H.
(87) James? b. Sept. 20, 1765, and d. Dec. 24, 1768. (88) Dcniiel?[+]
b. June 17, 1768; ml May 26, 1793, to Susanna Hinckley. — Ante, xm,
210. (89) Salhj? b. March 25, 1770; rn. Timothy Dexter of Cumber-
land, R. I. (90) Fifth child, b. Nov.'3, 1771, and d. soon after. (91)
Henry? b. March 23, 1773; m. 1st to Frances Bowen, and 2d to Esther
Gould. (92) William? b. Feb. 24, 1775; m.Diraxa Fales of Wrentham.
(93) Repsima? b. March 9, 1777; m. Daniel Woodbury of New Lon-
don, N. H., parents of Gen. Daniel P.6 Woodbury, U.S.A. (94)
Esther, b. April 19, 1779; m. Capt, Robert Hinckley of Milton. (95)
Horace? b. Sept. 19, 1781; m. Olive Hancock of Wrentham. (96)
Elizabeth? b. July 29, 1783; m. Erasmus J. Pierce of Philadelphia.
(97) Simpson? b. Sept. 6, 1785; d. unm., May 22, 1821.
48. Sweetser4 Messinger, m. Elizabeth, dau. of John and Elizabeth
Smith. Had twelve ch.: (98) Betty? b. March 1, 1759. (99)
Samuel? b. May 12, 1761. (100) Rebecca? b. Jan. 8, 1763; m. Ebene-
zer Blake, 3d, Jan. 2, 1786. (101) John Smith? b. Dec. 27, 1764.
(102) James? b. April 16, 1767. (103) Ebenezer? b. March 5, 1769;
m. Azubah Farrington, June 14, 1795. (104) George Whitfield? b.
Jan. 3, 1771; m. Polly Fisher. (105) Margaret? b. Feb. 21, 1773;
m. James Simpson, April 21, 1805. (106) Eli? b. Nov. 15, 1774; m.
Polly Haven, May 10, 1797. (107) David? b. Oct. 28, 1776; m. Polly
Pond, March 8, 1804. (108; Oliver? b. June 28, 1778, and (108a)
Nancy? b. June 6, 1781.
49. Wigglesworth4 Messinger, rn. Jemima Everett of Wrentham,
and had twelve ch.: (109) Jemima? b. Oct. 6, 1765. (110) Jerusha?
b. Oct. 12, 1767. (Ill) Pelatiah? b. Aug. 28, 1769; m. Polly King
of Rutland, January, 1799; d. in 1814. (112) Abigail? b. Aug. 11,
1771; in. Simeon Turner, May 6, 1791. (113) Jason? b. Sept. 26,
1773. (114) Cyrus? b. Oct. 26, 1775. (115) Jonathan? b. Sept, 21,
1777. (116) Artemas? b. 1780. (117) Eunice? b. 1782. (118)
Lots? b. March 16, 1784. (119) Avery? b. July 13, 1786. (120)
Polly? b. Aug. 29, 1788.
80. Rev. Rosewell5 Messinger, b. March 9, 1775; grad. H. C,
1797; m. 1st, Jan. 25, 1801, Mary Brown of Concord, Mass., and 2d,
January, 1819, Joanna Yeaton. He was settled at York, Me., Oct. 10,
1798; became totally blind in the early years of his ministry, and
prepared and published a book on Resignation, of more than 200
pages, his wife acting as amanuensis. He d. at Berwick, Me., of
congestion of the lungs, Feb. 20, 1844, a. 68. He had nine ch., viz:
six by his 1st wife: (121) Zabiah Gore? m David Austin of Charles-
town; removed to Columbus, Miss. (122) Catharine Brown? m.
John W. Capron of Uxbtidge. (123) Iiosv:ell Emerson? merchant of
Boston; m. Delia Adams. (124) David Seivall? settled at Worces-
314 How Family. [Oct.
ter; m. Harriet Sawyer. (125) Mary Williams,6 num. (120) Hannah
Churchill, 6 m. 1st, John P. Arlin; 2d, John B. Smith; 3d, William
Helde.
By his 2d wife, he had three ch.: (127) Frances Eliza,6 m. Charles
W. Williams. (128) Benjamin Franklin* d. young;. (129) Charles
Addison,6 m. Hetty Ann Green; resides in Richmond, R. I.
88. Hon. Daniel5 Messinger, whose memoir is prefixed, had ten ch.:
(130) Susanna Ilewcs,6 d. in infancy. (131) Daniel/3 dec'd, m. Mary
Ann Smith, dim. of Capt. Benjamin Smith, Portwarden, Bostuu, and
hadch.: Daniel,7 William Smith,7 Susan Dorcas,7 and Helen.7 (131)
Eliza Avery,6 m. 1st to E. T. F. Richardson of Boston, and had William
Fox,7 merchant of Boston, Daniel Messinger,7 d. at the a. of 13 yrs.,
and Charles Tyng,7 d. in infancy; m. 2d, Gov. Anthony Colby of New
London, N. H. (132) Mary Brastow6 m. John Ayers, merchant of
Boston, and had: William Austin,7 dec, Katherine Downer,7 John,7
Nathaniel Henry,7 and Lionel.7 (133) Harriet Hinckley,6 m. Richard
Cary Morse of New York. (134) Thomas Heices Hinckley6 merchant
of New York; m. Margaret -A. Grimbly of London: now resides at
Stamford, Ct , where his wife d. Jan. 15, 18G2. (135) Foster Cruft6
m. 1st to Louisa Grant, and 2d to Maria J. Langley, by whom he
had: Susan Hinckley,7 Thomas Hewes Hinckley,7 and George Wash-
ington.7 He resides at Wilmington, Del. (136) Susan Heices6 m.
William Bailey Lang, merchant of New York, and had: Maria
Bailey,7 Caroline Walter,7 and Fanny Gore.7 (137) Robert Hinckley 6
merchant of New York. (138) George Washington6 merchant of Bos-
ton, the compiler of this genealogy.
How. — Elizabeth, eldest dan. of William Jackson of Rowley, m.
James How, jr., of Ipswich. She was tried for witchcraft, Juue 30,
1692, and after various witnesses against her were heard, she was
condemned to death, and was executed on Gallows Hill in Salem,
July 19, 1692. Rev. Dr. Felt in his History of Ipswich, p. 207, informs
us that " she left a husband, James, and ch., Mary and Abigail, who
in 1712, received £12 for damages, occasioned by the prosecution of
their mother, from the Province." Her husband had other ch. besides
Abigail and Mary, but as they did not receive any portion of the
money paid by the Province, it is probable that they were by a pre-
vious wife. Can any one inform me whether this wTas the fact, and if
so, what the maiden name of said wife was? One of the other ch.
of James How, jr., viz: Deborah, was certainly living in 1712.
She m. May 11, 1685, Isaac How of Roxbury, who was living Nov.
15, 1712, but had d. before May 18, 1719, when the widow resided at
Charlestown. She was a living, a widow, at Stoneham, Feb. 26,
1733-4, but I find no further mention of her. The other ch. of
James — Elizabeth, who m. a Mr. Jackson, and John — may have been
dead when the Province money was paid, but John is known to have
left descendants, as we learn from documents, that on the 30th of May,
1717, his son James resided at Haverhill, and his dau. Martha (wife
of Thomas WTood), resided at Rowley. H.
1862.] Will of Gen. John Bradstreet. 315
WILL OF GEN. JOHN BRADSTREET.
[From tlie New York Surrogate's or Probate Records.]
[Communicated by Jay.es S. Lorixg, Esq., of Brooklyn, JNT. Y.]
This is the last Will and Testament of John Bradstreet, Major
General in his Majesty's Army, as follows: I revoke all former Wills
and Testaments. I appoint Col. Philip Schuyler to take all my books
and papers, and to settle and transmit my public accounts to Charles
Gould, Esq., of London, and I discharge the said Col. Schuyler from
all demands and debts, except £1000 currency, which shall be paid
to Elizabeth Bradstreet. daughter to my wife. I devise the Farm,
which I have a lease of in Fee, and which is now possessed by Tony
Cliff, to John Bradstreet Schuyler, son of the said Col. Schuyler, and
to his heirs and assigns forever, together with my Arras, Books and
apparel. I give all my Carriages, Horses and Tackle to Mrs. Schuy-
ler, wife of the said Col. Philip Schuyler. The money due to me from
Parson Johnson of Corry's Bush, by Bond, I give to his daughter,
Margaret Schuyler. All the rest of my estate, real and personal, I
devise and bequeath to my two daughters, equally to be divided be-
tween them, as tenants in common, in Fee. But I charge the same
with the payment of £100 Sterling, per annum, to their mother during
her life. Notwithstanding the former Devise for the benefit of my
Wife and Daughters, I empower my Executor to do all acts, and exe-
cute all Instruments which they may conceive to be requisite to the
Partition of my landed estate, and I devise the same to them as
Jointenants, to be by them sold at such time and in such manner as
they shall think most for the interest of my daughters, to whom the
nett produce shall be paid, in equal shares, the sum of £100, ster-
ling, per annum, being first deducted, or a capital to secure the same
set apart, for an annuity to my wife, as aforesaid. I order that Dr.
Bruce have £100 for his trouble & for his kindness to me. My
Watch I give to Mr. Gould, as a mark of my friendship. I leave
funeral expenses to the discretion of my Executors. And I appoint
for the execution of this, my Will, the said Col. Philip Schuyler and
William Smith, Esq., of New York, who penned this according to
my Dictation while much indisposed, but in the enjoyment of my
usual share of understanding. In testimony whereof, I have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this twenty-third day of September, 1774.
Jno. Bradstreet. [l. 3.]
Signed, sealed & published by Gen. John Bradstreet the Testator,
as his last Will and Testament, and by us subscribed as witnesses
thereto, in his presence, & at his request the word in Fee & the words
(for his) first interlined, & the legacy of fifty changed to one hun-
dred, before attesting. Adam Gilchrist,
Wir. J. Almon,
Francis Grant.
316 An Attendant on Goffe and Whalley.. [Oct.
City of New York, ss:
Be it remembered, that on the 30th day of Sept., 1114, personally
came and appeared before me, Cary Ludlow, thereunto duly author-
ized, Adam Gilchrist of the city of New York, Taylor, and William
J. Almon and Francis Grant, both of the same city, apprentices to
William Bruce of the city aforesaid, surgeon & physician, the former
aged about nineteen years and the latter aged about twenty years,
and being severally duly sworn, on their oaths, declared that they
saw John Bradstreet sign and seal the within written instrument,
purporting to be the Will of the said John Bradstreet, bearing date
the 23d Sept. inst., and heard him publish and declare the same as
and for his last Will and Testament; that at the time thereof, he the
said John Bradstreet was of sound & strong mind and memory, to
the best of the knowledge and belief of them the deponents, & that
their names subscribed to the said Will are of their own proper hand
writing which they severalty subscribed as witnesses to in the tes-
tator's presence. Car? Ludlow, Sur.
[Maj. Gen. John Bradstreet was born ab. 1711, and died at New
York, Sept. 25, 1774. Dr. 0?Callaghan has given a very good sketch
of his life, particularly full as to facts and dates, in his notes to
Commissary Wilson's Orderly Book (Albany, J. Munsell, 1857), pp. 6-8.
Lossing, in his Field Book of the Revolution, vol. i, p. 215, has a notice
of him, as has also Alien, in his American Biographical Dictionary. Wre
can learn nothing relative to his birthplace or parentage. He has
generally been represented as an Englishman, though we have some-
times seen it stated that he was a native of this conntry. We first
find him in command of provincial troops; but have not been able to
connect him with any of the families of Bradstreet in New Eng-
land.— Ed.]
AN ATTENDANT ON GOFFE AND WHALLEY.
[Communicated by Joseph Palmer, M. D.]
"Needham, July 17, 1735. This day died here, Mrs. Lydia Chick-
ering, in the eighty-sixth year of her age. She was born in Dedham,
in New England, July 14, 1652, and about the year 1671 went up
from thence to Hadley, where, for the space of about a year she
waited upon Col. Whalley and Col. Goffe (two of King Charles let's
judges), who had fled thither from the men that sought their lives.
She was the daughter of Capt. Daniel Fisher of Dedham, one of the
magistrates of the colony under the old charter. Having lived a
virtuous life, she died universally respected, and came to her grave
in a full old age as a shock of corn cometh in in his season."
The above I copied from the original, which is in the hand-writing
of Rev. Jonathan Townscnd, who was the first minister of Needham.
He was born in Lynn in 1698; graduated at Harvard College in 1716;
was ordained in Needham, 23d March, 1720; died 30th September,
1762, aged 64 years, and of his ministry 42 years.
Boston, 14th June, 1862.
1862.] Records of Falmouth (now Portland), Me. 317
RECORDS OP FALMOUTH (NOW PORTLAND), ME.
[Continued from vol. xiv, page 226.]
Intentions of Marriage, from the Records of the Town of Falmouth.
Alphabetically arranged.
Fickett John with Isabella Roberts, Dec. 13, 1749. Freeman Joshua,
Jr. with Lois Pearson, June 9, 1*150. Forbes John with Eiiz. Burns,
May 8, 1152. Flood James with Abigail Thomas, Feb. 7, 1753.
Flarity James with Eliz. Hays, Sept. 25, 1756. Frink John with Jo-
anna Westcott, Aug. 5, 1758. Ford Daniel of Brunswick with Kezia
Pottinger, July 17, 1759. Fulton John of Topsham with Hannah Max-
well of Fal., Aug. 24, 1759. Freeman Jona., Jr. with Sarah Parker,
Nov. 28, 1759. Freeman George with Martha Thorn (married Feb.
14), Jan. 26, 1760. Fickett Benja. with Sarah Sawyer, Feb. 2, 1760.
Frink John with Sarah Cresey (married Nov. 13), Sept. 16, 1760. Fly
James of Scarboro' with Jerusha Freeman of Falmouth, Nov. 21, 1760.
Field Daniel with Mary Ingersoll (married June 24), Mar. 13, 1762.
Frank Thomas with Ann Babbage of N. Yarmouth, June 26, 1750.
Fabyan Joshua with Sarah Brackitt, Jan. 9, 1766. Fainer Peter
with Mercy Cox (by Mr. Smith), Dec. 21, 1773. Fosdick James
with Ann Codman, Aug. 28, 1781.
Grafton Jacob with Mary Moody of Scarboro', Feb. 17, 1734.
Gooding Arthur with Ann Ross, Aug. 3, 1735. Gibbs Andrew with
Susannah Frizzell, Oct. 22, 1738. Greely Phillip of N. Yarmouth with
Hannah Stubbs of Falmouth, Mar. 27, 1740. GrafTam Caleb with
Lois Bennett, July 29, 1741. GrafTam Samuel with Lydia Cobb, Jan.
16, 1742. Gookin Simon vvith Prudence Ilsley, March 21, 1742.
Gooding James with Hannah Sweetsir, Aug. 8, 1742. Gatchell John
of Brunswick with Mary Barbour of Falmouth, Nov. 7, 1742. God-
frey Benja. with Ruth Wheeler, Feb. 13, 1743. Gooding Joseph with
Hannah Waite, Sept. 12, 1746. Greely Thomas with Allice Ross,
Feb. 8, 1747. Gammon Wm. with Dorcas Gatchell, Aug. 28, 1748.
Gilkey James with Martha Morton, Sept. 11, 1748. Goddard James
with Sarah Parker, Sept. 17, 1749. Gammon Phillip with Hannah
Gatchell, Sept. 24, 1749. Gammon Joseph with Eliz. Robardson,
Jan. 14, 1750. Galloway Wm. with Martha Currier, Dec. 8, 1750.
GrafTam Samuel with Mary Aery, March 9, 1751. Green Wm. a re-
sident in Falmouth with Sarah Hatten, March 16, 1751. Graves Wm.
with Ann Bush (married Nov. 18), Oct. 5, 1751. Gooding Mr. James
with Mrs. Mary Wheeler, Nov. 12, 1753. Gent George with Thankful
Johnson, Jan. 26, 1754. Gookin Samuel with Sarah Haskell, Aug. 3,
1754. Gordon Nathl. with Mary Bangs, Oct. 3, 1754. Graves Joseph
with Jane Adams, Nov. 2, 1754. Genniss Wm. with Jemimah Proctor
(d. of Saml.), Feb. 22, 1755. Goodwin John with Mary Hunt, March
6, 1756. Gould Aaron with Sarah Starbird, Feb. 5, 1757. Graves
Johnson with Sarah Staples, Sept. 10, 1757. Gray Andrew with
Lydia Brown, Oct. 5, 1757. Greenlaw Wm. of Boston with Eliz.
Fausset, Nov. 21, 1758. Greenlaw Jona. of Boston with Eliz,
318 Records of Falmouth {now Portland), Me. Oct.
Lamb, Feb. 10, 1159. Gooding Arthur with Jane Hows (Father G.
& the widow of Amos Hows married Aug. 6), July 28, 1759. Gilkey
James of Gorham T. with Margaret Watts of Falmouth, Nov. 9, 1759.
Gustin Ehcnr. with Lucy Eayers (married April 10), Feb. 9, 1760.
Green John resident of Falmouth with Eliz. Sharp of Falmouth (mar-
ried March 6), 17 607. '7"' Gustin Thomas with Charity Trundy, April
20, 1760. Gragg John with Tabitha Parker (married Sept. 2,) Aug.
16, 1760. Gilford John with Eliz. McKenny of Scarboro', Jan. 2, 1761.
.'Gustin Thomas with Mary Sawyer (banns forbid by Mary Day), June
22. 1761. Green Samuel with Jane Gustin, March 10, 1763. Graves
Crispus with Susannah Merrill (married by Mr. Smith), May 2, 1765.
Gooding James 3d with Mary Sacks (married by Mr. Smith), May 20,
1765. Godson Kichd. with Betty Elsley (married by Mr. Smith),
June 29, 1767. Gould Joseph with Lydia Lowell (married by Mr.
Smith), Oct. 24, 1773.
Huston Simon with Eliz. Elder, July 23, 1761. Hutchinson Daniel
with Lydia Strout (married Oct. 14), May 12, 1762. Hutchinson
James with Abigail Dyer, Sept. 30, 1762. Hidden John of New-
bury with Eliz. Blackstone of Falmouth, Jan. 20, 1763. Hall Joseph
with Mary Cocks (married by Mr. Smith), March 3, 1763. Haskell
Nathl. with Deborah Bayley (married by Mr. Smith), Aug. 30, 1763.
Holland Wm. with Eliz. Greenwood, (married by Mr. Smith,) Sept.
23, 1765. Hall Stephen with Mary Holt (married by Mr. Smith);
1778. Hooper James with Mary Stickney (married by Mr. Smith),
Nov. 29, 1781.
Ingersoli Nathl. of Falmouth with Jane Fitzgerald of Portsmouth,
N. IL, Feb. 19, 1744. Ingersoli Nathl. with Hannah Spinney, Feb.
16, 1745. Ingersoli Jas. with Eliza Davenport of Boston, Sept. 24,
1749. Ilsley Isaac with Mary Bradbury, Feb. 15, 1751. Irish Jo-
seph with Hannah Dow, March .10, 1753. Irish James with Mary
Graffam Phinney, both of Gorham, March 10, 1756. Irish Thomas
with Deliverance Skillings, both of Gorham, July 6, 1759. Ilsley
Daniel with Jemimah Bradbury, Jan. 17, 1761. Ilsley Daniel with
Mary Jones (married Nov. 11), Oct. 6, 1762. Ilsley Enoch with Eliz.
Harper (married by Rev. Mr. Brown), Feb. 24, 1783.
Jordan Samuel with Frances Cranch, March 2, 1734. Jones Stephen
of Falmouth with Lydia Jones of Weston, Dec. 29, 1734. Jones Nathl.
with Mary Flagg of Worster, Sept. 18, 1735. Jordan Thomas with
Ann Simonton, Dec. 23, 1736. Jordan John with Mary Porterneld,
Jan. 15, 1737. Jordan John with Deliverance Reding, April 9, 1737.
Jordan Richard of Falmouth with Catherine Hanscom of Scarboro',
Sept. 26, 1737. Jordan John with Abigail Coomes of New Meadows,
Oct. 23, 1737. Jordan John with Isabel Armstrong, March 10, 1738.
Jones Ephraim with Mary Pearson, Feb. 18, 1739. Jameson Samuel
with Sarah Smith of Arundell, Nov. 26, 1739. Jordan Robert with
Joannah Thorndike, Feb. 17, 1740. Jordan Dominions with Phebe
Gray, Feb. 21, 17 40. Jordan Wm. with Abigail Allen,, April 20, 1740.
Jordan Nathl. with Sarah Woodbury of Beverly, Aug-. 2, 1740. Jon-
son James of Boston with Mary Bosworth of Falmouth, March 6, 1741.
Jordan James with Phebe Mitchell of Kittery, May 18, 1741. Jordan
Stillman of New Castle. N. H., with Hepzibah Jordan of Falmouth,
July 10, 1742. Jonson Benja. with Sarah Hodgdoa, Oct, 2, 1743.
1862.] Records of Falmouth (noiv Portland), Me. ,-319
Jameson Alex, with Mary McLellan, 1743. Jordan Clement with
Eliz. Allen, April 29, 1144. Jordan James with Eliz. Jordan, Dec. 9,
1744. Jones Ichabod with Apphia Coffin of Newbury, Nov. 5, 1745.
Jordan Samuel, Jr. with Hannah Jordan, Jan. 3, 1740.' Jones Isaac
with Rachel Jones of Hull, April 20, 1746. Jordan Ebenr. with Re-
becca Brown, Aug*. 3, 1746. Jordan Richard with Eliz. Smith, Aug-.
14, 1748. Jackman Joseph with Eliz. Swett, Aug-. 14, 1748. Jordan
Noah with Sarah Morrell, Dec. 3, 1748. Jameson Samuel with Sarah
McLellan, Aug. 4, 1749. Jameson Dave with Eliz. Peoples, Nov. 4,
1749. Jackson Solomon with Sarah Jordan, Feb. 25, 1750. Jordan
Jeremiah, Jr. with Eliz. Cox, June 2, 1750. Jordan Nathl. 3d with
Sarah Wyle of Billingsgate, July 27, 1751. Jameson Robert, Jr.
with Sarah McKenney, Dec. 7, 1751. Johnson Guye with Mary Jack-
son, June 25, 1752. Jordan Nathl. with Mary Randall, Aug. 13, 1753.
Jones Ephraim, Jr. with Susannah Wallis, Sept. 7, 1753. Jones Jonas
with Rachel Haskell, Dec. 15. 1753. Johnson James Jr. with
Hannah Blake, July 17, 1754. Jordan John with Agnes Berry, Aug.
20, 1754. Jones Ezekiel with Eliz. Conant, Sept. 14, 1754. Jordan
Nathl. H. with Susannah Hill of Scarboro', June 18, 1755. Jones
Henry of Scarboro' with Lydia Lowell of Falmouth, Nov. 14, 1755.
Jordan Clement with Sarah Dunham, Dec. 20, 1755. Johnson Robert
with Mary Millens, May 27, 1757, Jones Thomas with Catharine
Thompson, Sept. 23, 1757. Jenks John with Eliz. Haney, JvAy 8, 1758.
Johnson James, Jr. with Eliz. Porterfield, Jan. 20, 1759. Jordan
Dominicus, Jr. with Susannah Simonton, June 19, 1760. Jones Isaac
with Hannah Paine, both residents in Falmouth, Sept. 25, 1762. Jones
John with Mary Riggs, married by Mr. Brown, Nov. 21, 1782.
Knight Anthony with Eliz. Adams, Dec. 9, 1744. Knight Enoch
with Margaret Winslow, Aug. 10, 1746. Knight Wm. with Hannah
Babb, Sept. 24, 1748. Knight Samuel with Mary Knight, Oct. 5,
1750. Knight Benja. with Eliz. Elder, Dec. 22, 1752. Knight George,
Jr. with Esther Butman, Aug. 2, 1754. Knight Henry, Jr. with Me-
hitable Sawyer, Nov. 7, 1755. Knight Wm. 3d with Hannah Knight,
April 3, 1756. Knight Wm. Jr. with Ann Johnson of N. Yarmouth,
July 28, 1757. itnight Mark with Margaret Johnson, Dec. 31, 1757.
Killpatrick John of St. Georges with Ann Bradbury, Nov. 3, 1758.
Knight Jos. with Lydia Libby of Scarboro', Dec. 12, 1759. Knight
Amos with Ann Sawyer, Feb. 28, 1761. Killpatrick Floyd of Scar-
boro' with Mary Carl of Falmouth, June 13, 1761. Knight Joshua
with Abigail Merrill (married Nov. 10), Sept. 12, 1761. Knight
William with Sarah York, Oct. 24, 1742. Killpatrick Thomas of
Biddeford with Eliz. Simmons of Falmouth, Oct. 16, 1743. Knowles
Samuel with Sarah El well, Dec. 29, 1754. Kenney John with Eliza.
Tucker of N. Yarrno', Sept. 28, 1740. Kipps Ben, a negro, with
Thankfuil Hill, an Indian, Jan. 16, 1742. Knapp Jonas with Mary
Wright, Nov. 6, 1737, Knight Amos with Ann Sawyer (married
by Mr. Smith), March 26, 1761. Kenney Samuel with Sarah Sawyer
(married by S. Longfellow,) Dec. 29, 1768. Knight Samuel with
Rebecca Young (married by Mr. Smith), June 20, 1773.
Loveit Jona. with Mary Woodbury, March, 1736. Lowell Abner
with Lydia Purinton, July 13, 1737. Larraby Thomas with- Mary
Long, Feb. 14, 1742. Lunt James of Newbury with Hannah Noyea
320 Records of Falmouth {now Portland), Me. [Oct.
of Falmouth, April 10, 1743. Long-fellow Stephen with Tabitha
Bragdon, Oct. 1, 1149. Lunt Job with Abigail Brackett, Oct. 8,
1749. Lewis Thomas with Sarah Ray, Dec" 20, 1749. Lambert
Jona. with Mary Harper, May 19, 1750. Leech James with Sarah
Welch, Sept, 29, 1750. Larraby Wm. of Scarboro' with Mary Burns
of Falmouth, July 25, 1752. Lawrence Joshua with Sarah Follow,
Aug. 19, 1752. Loring Ezekiel of N. Yarmouth with Hannah Burton
of Falmouth, July 27, 1753. Lowell Stephen with Agnes Bottom,
Oct. 27, 1753. Lowell Mr. Samuel with Mrs. Martha Galloway, Nov.
10, 1753. Lowell Thomas with Sarah Brackett, March 30, 1754.
Libbey John of Scarboro' with Deborah Dunnafar of Falmouth, Dec.
13, 1754. Ladd NathJL with Rebecca Smith of Biddeford, May 7,
1755. Lewis Abijah P. with Rebecca Melcher, both of Gorham, Dec.
27, 1755. Loveit Saml. of Narragansett with Sarah Phinney of Gor-
ham, Dec. 27, 1755. Locke Nathl. with Mary Lombard, Oct. 30, 1756.
Little Moses of Newbury with Mary Milk of Falmouth, July 9, 1757.
Libby Andrew of Scarboro' with Ellinor Tuckey of Falmouth, July
16, 1757. Lawrence Peter with Mary Dulmige, Dec. 3, 1757. Libby
Joseph with Mary Huston, Jan. 7, 1758. London, Capt. Walter Simon-
ton's negro, with Nancy, Capt. Loring Cushing's, Nov. 30, 1758. Lavy
Dennis of Gorham with Patience Wooster of Pearson Town, April 20,
1761. Low James with Esther Lensket, both of Gorham, Jan. 20,
1762. Libby Samuel with Mary Frost, April 17, 1762. Little Paul
of Falmouth with Hannah Emery of Newbury, April 24, 1762. Libby
Daniel with Sarah Doughty (married July 1), May 22, 1762. Larraby
Benja. of Brunswick with Lydia Bayiey (married Oct. 12), Aug. 26,
1762. Lee John with Rachel Strout, Nov. 13, 1762. Larraby Benja.
with Catharine Tibbetts (married Aug. 18), Jan. 7, 1763. Larraby
Benja. Jr. with Sarah Wood (married April 21), Jau. 10, 1763.
Lakeman Wm. with Hannah Doane, both of Gorham, Nov. 16, 1754.
Lowell Thomas with Lydia Hanscom, Jan. 9, 1752. Lewis John with
Eliz. Turbuch, Jan. 4, 1773. Longfellow Stephen Jr. with Patince
Young (married by Mr. Smith), Dec. 13, 1773. Lunt Job with Mary
Collier (married by Mr. Smith), Aug. 12, 1784. Littiefield Elijah with
Sukey Malby (married by Mr. Smith), Nov. 4, 178L
Milk James with Sarah Brown, Sept. 8, 1735. Muckleroy Arthur
with Ann Collins, Nov. 16, 1735. Moody Joshua, Esq. with Tabitha
Cocks, Feb. 3, 1736. Muckleroy Arthur with Eliza Ingersoll, March
21, 1736. Mosely Thomas with Sarah Scott, Nov. 24, 1736. Marvin
John, Jr. with Sarah Roberts, June 19, 1737. Marvin John with Re-
becca Nyles of Boston, July 13, 1737. Marvin John with Martha
Sarvcnor, Nov. 15, 1737. McCraight John with Mary PorterSeld,
Feb. 27, 1738. Motley John with Mary Roberts, May 14, 1738.
Miller John with Jane Craige, Aug. 27, 1738. Moody Enoch with
Dorcas Cocks, April 1, 1739. Mullony Tirno. of N. Yarmouth with
Hannah Woodman of Falmouth, July 29, 1739. McCauasland John
with Isabell Thompson of Scarboro', Sept. 1, 1739. McAllister Wm.
with Eliz. Coger, May 11, 1740. Marviue Jos. of Falmouth with
Abigail Hanscomb of Scarboro', June 23, 1741. Merrill Humphrey
with Betty Merrill of N. Yarmouth, Aug. 29, 1741. McLellan BryeV
with Eliz. Miller, Sept. 10, 1741. Millet Thomas with Susannah
Skilliugs, Oct. 4, 1741.
1862.] David McLane. 321
DAVID McLANE,
AN AMERICAN EXECUTED FOR HIGH TREASON AT QUEBEC IN 1797.
[By John Gilmaky Shea, Esq., of New York.]
All are aware of the attitude assumed in the United States by
Genet, Fanchetand Adet, the French ministers to this country during
the administration of Washington, and the dangers in which their
advocates in this country involved the rising- republic, Washington's
Farewell Address is the solemn warning of a statesman to his coun-
try against their incessant machinations.
Much, however, of the intrigues set on foot is scarcely known and
few American readers are aware that they led to the execution at
Quebec of an American convicted of high treason, and an execution
conducted with ail the barbarity of the English code, probably the
solitary instance of hanging, drawing and quartering in America.
In 1796, Adet addressed a kind of proclamation to the Canadiaus,
in which he announced that the French Republic having defeated
Spain, Austria and Italy was now on the point of attacking England
in her turn, beginning at the colonies, and he invited the Canadians
to rally around his standard, telling them that France intended to
raise troops in Canada.
Even Monroe from France had alread3r talked in his correspondence
of the easy conquest of Canada, and doubtless many in the United
States looked upon the termination of the English power in the pro-
vince as a certainty on which they might safely base their cacula-
tions of political or commercial profit.
David Lane, a native of Attleboro', Mass., in the course of trade
in the south, had adopted or been honored, as many still are in
North Carolina, with a Scottish prefix and retained permanently a
name which in his regular autumn visits to the south he had found
profitable, going by the name of David McLane.
The reminiscences of a worthy citizen of Providence, Rhode Is-
land, thus speak of Lane and his operations in that city.
"The first considerable improvement, within my recollection in
this place, was the erection of the Coffee House, which is now* recog-
nized in the old building adjoining westward to the splendid granite
block on the north side of Market square. This in its day was con-
sidered as a wonderful effort in the architectural line. It was built
by Messrs. David McLane and Paul Draper. It is probabW the first
building erected in this town where the floor joists were laid upon the
plates or frame, instead of being let into them by means of tenons
and mortices, as had previously been the practice. McLane was an
operative housewright, and this though an innovation, was soon ac-
knowledged by the craft generally to be an improvement, inasmuch
as labor was saved, and strength was added to the building by pre-
serving the timber whole; and since that time, this mode has been
generally adopted by architects.
* The reminiscences quoted were written a number of years ago. The Old Coneo
House building has since been demolished and freestone buildings occupy its site.
Lotteries here mentioned as in vogue, have since been abolished by the state.
28
322 David McLane. [Oct.
This establishment was, for some years, what it purported to be —
a coffee house. Its lower floor was laid out into one or two well
furnished bars, and a room embracing all its front, except an entrance
and stairway to the upper stories, which large room was used as an
exchange for merchants, politicians, newsmongers, quid mines and
scandal-brokers of all descriptions, in stormy weather, when it was
inconvenient for them to assemble at their old established rendezvous
on the Great Bridge. On either side of this large room, on the ground
floor, were a number of recesses, each with a table and seats which
would accommodate four persons, who were furnished promptly by
the waiters with newspapers, or with coffee, sling, punch or other
refreshments required. The second story contained large parlors,
and a spacious room Tor the practice of the culinary art, and tiie
manufacture of gastronomic delicacies.
The third story and the lofty attic had numerous rooms for lodging
and for a billiard table, and for the accommodation of card parties,
which were generally composed of amateurs instead of professed
artists. This establishment was kept up a few years, but was found
to be in advance of the population, the refinement and the business
of the place, and after having had a succession of keepers or land-
lords, none of whom ever secured a competence in the business, was
discontinued.
To aid the builders in their work of enterprise, which was con-
sidered in the light of a great public improvement, through the ad-
dress and perseverance of McLane, a lottery had been granted to
him by the legislature of Rhode Island, classes of which had been
put forth and drawn in due season, by the old fashioned slow process,
long before it had entered any mathematician's pericranium that com-
binations might be formed which would arrive at the same result, by
an almost instantaneous operation. A prodigious labor-saving in-
vention, without which, it is not easy to conceive in what manner in
the present age, with our unparalleled number of lottery grants, this
useful branch of business could be accomplished. The wheel of for-
tune revolved, the lottery of McLane was drawn, but we never learn-
ed that any ticket purchaser ever received a prize. Those who held
what was called lucky numbers, had a golden vision in prospect ;
but it soon vanished into the air; and the treasures which they were
about to seize were snatched from their grasp, as if touched by the
wand of those enchanters, in oriental tales described."
When Adet made his appeal to the Canadians, McLane was a ruined
man, and ready for any enterprise offering a prospect of wealth and
honor. He received a general's commission from Adet and visited
Canada in 1196 to prepare a plot for overthrowing the power of Eng-
land. His plan was to raise a body of men in the adjacent states v.- ho
as raftsmen were to rendezvous near Quebec, and when all was ready
he and his men, armed with wooden pikes eight feet long headed with
an iron point, were to rush on the garrison of Quebec and carry it.
Drugged liquor introduced among the soldiers was to facilitate the
success of the bold attempt.
The next year, H97, having completed his arrangements he return-
ed to Canada by the way of St. John's, where he hired a French hahi-
tan named Charles Frichette, an illiterate man, to whom, however, he
imparted his schemes, and who agreed to accompany him.
38G2.J David McLane. 323
By some means he was induced to broach his plans to John Black,
a shipbuilder at Quebec, with whom the well known Henry Eck-
ford learned his business. Black had just by intrigue succeeded in
.securing* his election to the provincial parliament, and eagerly grasp-
ed at the occasion of reaping lienor and profit by handing McLane
to the authorities, as unscrupulous as McLane is said in other days to
have declared himself to be as to the means of acquiring wealth.
As soon, therefore, as Black had McLane in his power he betrayed
him. The government resolved to make his case one to strike terror
into the French population and prevent any rising at the instigation
of the envoys of the Republic. lie was brought to trial, every effort
being made to render the proceedings notorious and imposing. " The
selection of jurors," say Garneau, "the testimony, the judgment, the
execution all were extraordinary. He was condemned to death and
executed with great military parade on the glacis outside the wall
near St. John's gate on the 21st of July, 1797, the elevated spot be-
ing visible to the surrounding country. The body after remaining
some time on the gallows, was let down to the foot; the executioner
cut off the head, and held it up by the hair to the people, crying
" Behold the head of a traitor." He then opened the body, took out
the entrails and burnt them, and made incisions on the four limbs,
but without separating them from the body. Never had such a spec-
tacle been seen in Canada."
Christie remarks " that had not the government deemed an example
necessary, in the agitation of the times, he might with more propriety
have been treated as an unhappy lunatic than a criminal. A stran-
ger, friendless and unknown, he was altogether powerless, and now
that time has dispelled the mist of prejudice against him at the mo-
ment, and that wTe can coolly survey the whole matter from first to
last, there seems more of cruelty than of justice in the example made
of this unfortunate person, who suffered rather for the instruction of
the people uneasy under the road act than for any guilt in a plan
perfectly impracticable and preposterous."
Garneau adds that the witnesses and informers received grants of
land and Black a considerable reward, attended however with public
execration, under which he lost popularity, office, business and means,
so that in a few years he was a loathsome beggar in the streets of
Quebec.
The reminiscences already quoted describe McLane as " a man of
great decision of character, possessing a reckless spirit of enterprise
and adventure. His stature was above the middling size and his per-
sonal appearance was prepossessing."-
Franklin Arms. — Did Dr. Franklin obtain, from the Herald's Col-
lege, a grant of the arms which he used, or did he assume them ?
His pedigree has not been traced, I think, to a family entitled to ar-
morial bearings; but he is known to have used arms as early as 1*158
(ante xiv, 200). His son, Sir William Franklin, governor of New Jer-
sey; according to Burke (General Armory, sub voce), used very near but
not the same arms. H.
324 Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass. [Oct,
MARRIAGES, BIRTHS AND DEATHS AT TAUNTON, MASS.
[From the Proprietors' Records. Communicated by Edgar H. Reep, Esq. of Taunton.]
The Town Records of Taunton previous to about 1800, were do- j
Btroyed in the great fire of 1838; and any information, therefore,
which can now be obtained of our early families, is exceedingly
valuable.
On the Proprietors' Records, still existing', are found recorded
many Births, Marriages and Deaths, which I have transcribed in the
order in which they there appear, and send for publication. $\
Here followeth the names of those that hath bene maried by
Justice Leonard.
George Leonard and Anna Tisdale were married July the fourth,
1695.
Joseph Tucker and Hannah Wilkinson were married Dec. 7, 1605,
Charles Williams and Mary Glading were married Feb. 13, 1695-6,
Joseph Joans and Abigail Caswel were married April the 6th, 1096,
Jacob Staple and Mary Bn'ggs were maried Sept. 15th, 1696.
John Hall and Elizabeth King were married Dec. 17th, 1696.
Samuel Crosman and Mary Sawyer were married Decemb. 22, 1696.
Eleazer Fisher and Hannah Edy were married Decemb. 24, 1696. %
Thomas Randall and Rachell Lincoln were married Jan. 20th,
1696-7. '
Jacob Hathway and Philip Chase* were married Jan. 28th, 1696-1.
All these were married as above said in Taunton by me.
Thomas Leonard, Justice.
James Bundy, the sone of John Bundy, borne 29 September, 1664:
Patiance Bundy, the daughter of John Bundy, dyed 27 March, 1665;
Sara Bundy, the daughter of John Bundy, borne the 4th of March,
1668; Samuel Bundy. the son of John Bundy, borne the 4th of Octo-
ber, 1670; John Bundy, the son of John Bundy, borne 6th October, >
1677; Joseph Bundy, the sou of John Bundy, borne the 1st of Jane-
wary, 1679; Edward Bundy, the son of John Bundy, borne the 13th
of August, 1681.
. Hana Smith, the daughter of Samuel Smith, borne 17 Sep., 1662;
Sarah Smith, the daughter of Samuel Smith, borne 25 Jan., 1664;
Sarah, daughter of Samuel Smith, died 18 July, 1665; Samuel, son
of Samuel Smith, borne 15 Octo., 1666; Susana, daughter of Samuel
Smith, borne 20 July, 1669; Easter, daughter of Samuel Smith, borne
6 Jan'y, 1671; Nathaniel, son of Samuel Smith, borne 26 July, 1675.
Hana Paull, daughter of Mary Paull, born 4th Octo., 1657.
The sons and daughters of Shadrach Wilbore: Mary, born 11th
Nov., 1659; Sarah, born 18th M'ch, 1661; Samuel, born 1 Ap'i, 1663;
* When we iirst saw Mr. Reed's transcript from the Proprietors' Records of Taun-
ton, several years ago, we thought Mr. R. had mistaken a long and a .short s united
for the letter p, and that the name really read Pkiliss ; hut about four years ago, a
record book of Thomas Leonard, who performed the marriage ceremony, was found,
and here too the name was recorded Philip (ante, xin, 352). Can any of our cor-
respondents furnish us with, other instances where this name has been borne by a
female ? — Ed.
1862.] Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass. 325
Rebeckah, born 13th Jan'y, 166-1 ; Hana, born 24 Feb'y, 1667; Joseph,
born 27 Jnlv, 1610; Shadrach, born 5 Sept., 1672; John, bom 2 M'ch,
1674 or 5; Eiiezer, born 1 July, 1677; Benjamin, born 23 July, 1GS3.
The sons and daughters of Thomas Caswell: Steven, borne 15
Feb., 1648; Thomas, borne 22 Feb., 1650; Fetter, borne last of Goto.,
1652; Mara, borne Inst of kiigl, 1654; John, borne (?) last of July,
1656; Sarah, borne (?) last of Nov., 1658; Will nun, borne 15 Sept.,
1660; liana, borne 14 Jofyi, 1661; Samuel, borne 26 Jan'y, 1662;
Elizabeth, borne 10th Jan'y, 1GG4; Abigail, borne 27 Octo., 1G66;
Easter, borne 1 June, 1669.
The sons and daughters of Samuel Hal]: Samuel, borne 11 Dec,
1664; John, borne 19 Oct©., 1666: Nicklos, borne 23 Jan'y, 16G8;
Elizabeth, borne 2S Octo., 1670; Mary, borne 3 Octo., 1072; Sarah,
borne, 14 Octo, 1674; Ebenezer, borne 19 M'ch, 1677; Sarah, dyed 28
May, 1677; Sarah, borne 2 March, 1679; Goarge. borne 25 Jan'y, 1680.
The names of the children of William Briggs: "William, born 25
Jan'y, 1667; Thomas, born 9 Sept.,.1669; Sarah, born 10 Sept., 1669;
Elizabeth, born 14 M'ch, 1671: liana, born 4 Nov., 1672; Mary, born
14 Aug., 1674; Mathew, born 5 Feb'y, 1676: John, born 19 M'ch, 1680,
Sarah, wife of William Briggs, dyed 20 March, 1680.
The names of the children of Jonathan Brigges: Jonathan, borne
15 M'ch, 1668; David, borne G Dec, 1G69.
The names of the children of James Leonard, Junior: Unis, borne
at Brantry, 25 Nov., 1668: Prudence, 24 Jan., 1669; Hana, borne at
Brantrey 2 Octo., 1671; James, borne 1 Feb., 1672; Hana, the wife
of James, dyed 25 Feb., 1674; James, the- son of James, dyed 30
Dec, 1674; James Leonard, Jun., married to Lidia Culipher of Miltin
29 Octo., 1675; James, son of James, b. 11 May, 1677: Lidia. dr. of
James, b. 10 M'ch, 1679; Stephen, son of James, b. 14 Dec, 1680;
Abigail!, b. 30 Jan., 1682; Nathaniell, b. 18 M'ch, 1685; Nathaniel],
dyed 11 June, 1685; Seth, borne 3 Ap'l, 1686; Sarah, borne 6 Sept.,
1688; * Ebenezer, son of James, borne 2S Aug., 1708.
The names of Edward Bobit's children, and their age: Edward,
borne 15 July, 1655; Sara, borne 20 M'ch, 1657; Hana, borne 9 M'ch,
1660; Damiras, borne 15 Sep., 1663; Elkana, borne 15 Dec, 1665;
Dorkas, borne 20 Jan'y, 16GG; Easter, borne 15 Ap'l, 1669; Ruth,
borne 7 Aug., 1671; Deliverance, borne 15 Dec, 1673; Dorkas, dyed
9 April, 1674.
The names of James Phil i pes' children, and their age: James, borne
1 Jan. 1661; Nathaniel!, borne 25 M'ch, 1664; Sara, borne 17 M'ch,
1667; William, borne 21 Aug., 1669; Seth, borne 14 Aug., 1671;
Danil, borne 9 May, 1673; Ebenezer, borne 16 Jan., 1674.
Israeli Woodward maried to Jane Godfree 4 Aug., 1670. Eliza-
beth, dr. of Israeli, borne 15 June, 1670; Israeli Woodward died 15
June, 1679; Israeli Woodward, son of Israeli, borne 18 Sept.. 1674.
The names of Joseph Williams' children, and their age: Elizabeth,
borne 30 July, 1669; Richard., borne 26 Nov., 1671; Mahitabel, borne
7 June,, 1676: Joseph, borne 13 Feb., 1678; Benjamin, borne 15 Octo.,
1681; Ebenezer. borne 21 April, 1685; Febe, borne 25 Sept., 1687;
Richard dyed 13 Julv, 1688;" Elizabeth dyed by drowning'l.S Octo.,
1688; Richard, borne 26 M'ch, 1689; Joseph, Sen., dyed 17 Aug., 1692.
* In another handwriting.
326 Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass. [Oct.
The names of Joseph Staples' children, and their age: John Sta-
ples, borne 28 Jan., 1670; Amy Staples, borne 13 Ap'l, 1674; Mary
Staples, borne 2G Jan., 1017: Joseph, 12 M'ch, 1680; Hannah, 17
May, 1082; Nathaniel, 22 M'ch, 1684-5.
The names of the children of Mr. George Shove and Hopestill:
Edward, borne Ap'l 28. 166a, buried Aug. 7, 1665; Elizabeth, bom
Aug. 10, 1666; Seeth, born Dec. 10, 1667; Nathaniel, born Jan. 29,
1668; Samuel, born June 16, 1670; Sarah, born July 30, 1671. Hope-
still, wife of Geo. Shove, dyed 7th M'ch, 1078 or 4. George Shove
maried to Mrs. Hannah Walley, Feb. 17, 1674-5. Mary, dr. of Geo.
Shove, borne Aug. 11, 1676; Johana, dr. of Geo. Shove, borne Sep.
28, 1678. Mrs. Margary Peacock, the mother of Mr. Geo. Shove,
buried the 17th day April, 1680. Edward, son of Geo. Shove, borne
Octo., 1680; Mercy, dr. of Geo. Shove, borne 7 Nov., 1682. Mr. Geo.
Shove married to Mrs. Sarah Farwell Dec. 8, 1686. Mr. Geo. Shove
dyed Ap'l 21, 1687; Mrs. Hannah Shove, wife of Creo. Shove, dyed
Sept., 1685.
The names of the children of John Smith, Sen.: Elizabeth, borne
7 Sept., 1663; Heniry, borne 27 May, 1666. John Smith, Sen , mar-
ried Jael Parker of Bridgewater 15 Nov., 1672. Deborah, born 7
M'ch, 1676; Hana, born 22 M'ch, 1676; John, born 6 Dec, 1680.
The names of Samuel Holloway his children: Hana, born 1 M'ch
1667; Samuel, born 14 Sep., 1668; Nathaniel, born 2 July, 1670;
Easter, born 14 May, 1673; John, born 24 Feb., 1674.
The names of the children of Jarad Talbut: Jarad, borne 20 March,
1666 or 7; Mary, borne 21 July, 1670; Elizabeth, borne 15 Dec, 1671:
Samuel, borne 29 Feb., 1675; Josiah, borne 21 Octo., 1678; Nathaniel,
borne 21 Feb., 1679.
John Edy married to Susana Padocke of Dartmouth, 12 Nov., 1665.
The names of the children of John Edy: Mary, borne 14 M'ch, 1666 or
67; John, borne 19 Jan'y, 1670; John Edy married to Deliverance
of Brantrey, 1 May, 1672; Marcey, dr. of J. Edy, borne 5 July, 1073;
Hana, dr. of J. Edy, borne 6 Dec, 1676; Ebenezer, son of J. Edy,
borne 16 May, 1679; Elazer, son of J. Edy, borne 16 Oct., 1681; Jo-
seph, son of J. Edy, borne 4 Jan'y, 1683; Jonathan, son of J. Edy,
borne 15 Dec, 1689; Susana, dr. of J. Edy, borne 18 Sept., 1092;
Patience, dr. of J. Edy, borne 27 June, 1696. Susana, wife of J.
Edy, died 14 M'ch, 1670; John Edy, Sen., dyed 27 Nov., 1695.
The names of -the children of Richard Briggs: William, borne 21
Nov., 1663; Rebaka, borne 15 Aug., 1665; Richard, borne 7 Ap'l,
1668; John, borne 26 Feb., 1669; Joseph, borne 15 June, 1674; Ben-
jamin, borne 15 Sept., 1677; Richard, borne 12 Jan., 1679; Hana,
borne 17 Feb, 1681; Samuel, borne 20 Ap'l, 1683; Mary, borne 1 Jan.,
1686; Mahitabel, borne 18 June, 1689.
The names of the children of Samuell Lincon, Senior: Samuel) ,
borne 1 June, 1664; Hana, borne 24 March, 1666; Tamsan, dr.,
borne 27 Octo., 1667; Elizabeth, borne 24 April, 1669; Ebenezer,
borne 15 Octo., 1673; Rachill, borne 16 Sept., 1677; John, borne 15
Sept., 1679; Thomas, borne Sept., 1683.
The sons and daughters of Robert Grossman: John, borne 16
M'ch, 1654; Mary, borne 16 July, 1655; Robert, borne 3 Aug., 1657;
1862.] Marriages, Births and Deaths at Taunton, Mass. 327
Joseph, borne 25 April, 1659; Nathaniil, borne 7 Aug"., JJGO; Eleazer,
borne 10 M'ch, 1663; Elizabeth, borne 2 May, 1665; Samuel, borne
25 July, 1GGT; Eleazer dyed 2*6 Octo., 1007;* Mercy, borne 20 M'ch,
16G9; Thomas, borne G Octo., 1.611; Susana, borne 14 Feb., 16Y2.
The names of the children of Jonah Asten, Jr.: Ester, borne 3d
Jan., 16G2; Mary, borne .12 May, 1GG3; Sarah, borne 4 Nov., 16G5;
Jonah, borne 11 Aug., 1607; John, borne 1 July, 1671.
The names of the children of John Lincoln John, borne 11 Octo.,
1665; Thomas, borne 15 Sept., 1667.
Farmer Smith step-child, named Nicklos, borne the 21 Feb'y, 1612.
The names of the children of Daniel Fisher: llano, borne 1 Feb.,
1666; John, borne last of Nov., 1667; Samuell, borne 3 Dec, 1669;
Eliezer, borne 12 May, 1673; Mary, borne 30 May, 1675; Mary, borne
12 Dec, 1677; Isreall, borne 27 M'ch, 1680; Nathaniel, borne 9 Feb.,
1681.
The names of the children of Jabez Hackit: John, borne 26 Dec,
1654; Jabez, borne 12 Sept., 1656; Mary, borne 9 Jan., 1659; Sarah,
borne 13 July, 1 G G 1 ; Samuell, borne 29 July, 1664; Hana, borne 25
Jan., 1666. Jabez Hackit, Senior, dyed 4 Nov., 1686.
The names of the sons and daughters of John Richmond: ,
dr., borne at Bridgwatter 2 June, 1654; John, borne at Bridgwatter 6
June, 1656; Thomas, borne at Newport, on Road Hand, 2 Feb., 1658;
Susana, borne at Bridgwatter, Nov. 4, 1661; Joseph, borne at Tanton
Dec. 8, 16G3; Edward, borne at Tanton Feb. 8, 1665; Samuell, borne
at Tanton Sep. 23, 1668; Sarah, borne at Tanton Feb. 26, 1670;
John, borne at Tanton Dec. 5, 1673: Ebenezer, borne in Newport,
R. I., 12 May, 1676; Abigail^ borne 26 Feb., 1678.
The names of the children of James Leonard: Mehitabel, borne 24
Octo., 1691 ; Elizabeth, borne 19 April, 1694; Mehitabel dyed 10 June,
1695.
The names of the children of John Dean: Samuel, born 24 Jan.,
1666; Sarah, born 9 Nov., 1668; John, born 26 July, 1670; Mehita-
bell, born 9 Oct., 1671; John, born 18 Sept., 1674; Elizabeth, bora
15 M'ch, 1676; Mary, born 15 July, 1680; Susana, born 13 Aug.,
1683; Israeli, born i Aug., 1685.
The names of the sous and daughters of Hezakia Hoar: Marcy,
borne last Jan'y, 1654; Nathaniil, home last M'ch. 1656; Sarah,
borne first April, 1658; Elizabeth, borne 26 May, 1660; Edward,
borne 25 Sept., 1663; Lidia, borne 24 March, 1665; Mary, borne 22
Sept., 1669; Hezekiah, borne 10 Nov., 1678.
The names of the children of Joseph Gray: Mahitabell, borne 21
Feb., 1668; Joseph, borne 31 Dec, 1670; Ephraim, borne 20 June,
1673, dyed 21 June, 1675. Rebecka, wife of Joseph, dyed 13 May,
1676.
The names of the children of Thomas Lincon, Jun.: Mary, borne
12 May, 16^2; Sarah, borne 25 Sept., 1654; Thomas, borne 21 Ap'i,
1656; Samuell, borne 16 M'ch, 1658; Jonah, borne 7 July, 1660;
Hana, borne 15 M'ch, 1663; Constant, borne 16 May, 1665; Marcy,
borne 3 April, 1670.
The names of James Bell's children, and their age: Jan, dr., borne
4th Ap'l, 1658; John, borne 15 Aug., 1660; James, borne 15 July, 1663;
Nathaniil, borne 1 Jan., 1664; Sarah, borne 15 Sep., 1666; Elizabeth^
328 Certificate of Indebtedness. [Oct.
borne 15 Nov., 16GS; Mary, borne 7 July, 16G9; Joseph, borne 21
June, 1670: Easter, borne 15 Aug, 1672.
The names of the children of Thomas Armsbee: Thomas, borne 23
Feb., 1668; Mary, borne 3 Octo., 1670; Rebecka, borne 26 May, 1672;
Juda, dr., borne 8 Jan'y, 1673; Jeremiah, borne 25 Nov., 1678.
The names of the children of John Tisdill, Jr.: Abigail, borne 15
July, 1667; John, borne 10 Aug., 1669; Anna, borne 27 Jan., 1672;
Remember, borne 8 July, 1675.
[to he continued.]
MASSACHUSETTS CERTIFICATE OF INDEBTEDNESS.
A complete Financial History of the American Revolution is a
desideratum, though much has been written upon portions of the
subject. The following- document illustrates one phase of that
history, and we have no doubt will interest our readers. It has been
furnished us by Jeremiah Colburn, Esq. of Boston, who has a fine
collection of Revolutionary documents and Continental money.
N°- 6437. State of Massachusetts Bay.
^244.10 . The First Day of January, A. D. 1780.
IN Behalf of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, I the Subscriber do '*
hereby promise and oblige Myself and Successors in the Office of
Treasurer of said State, to pay unto Samuel Vose, or to his order,
the Sum of Two hundred forty-four Pounds 10s, on or before the First 0}
Day of March, in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Eighty one, with Interest at Six -per Cent, per Annum: Both
Principal and Interest to be paid in the then current Money of said
State, in a greater or less Sum, according as Five Bushels of CORN]
Sixty-eight Pounds and four-seventh Parts of a Pound of BEEF,
Ten Pounds of SHEEPS WOOL, and Sixteen Pounds of SOLE
LEATHER shall then cost, more or less than One Hundred and 4 .
Thirty Pounds current Money, at the then current Prices of said
Articles: — This Sum being Thirty-two Times and an Half what the
same Quantities of the same Articles would cost at the Prices affixed
to them in a Law of this State made in the Year of our Lord One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy-seven, intitled, "An Act to
prevent Monopoly and Oppression.1,1 The current Prices of said Articles,
and the consequent Value of every Pound of the Sum herein pro-
mised, to be determined agreeable to a LAW of this State, intitled,
" An ACT to provide for the Security and Payment of the Balances
that may appear to be due by Virtue of a Resolution of the General
Assembly of the Sixth of February One Thousand Seven Hundred
and Seventy-nine, to this State's Quota of the CONTINENTAL
ARMY, agreeable to the Recommendation of CONGRESS, and for |
Supplyiug the Treasury with a Sum of Money for that Purpose."
Witness my Hand,
Tho. Dawes, { „ ... H. Gardner, Treasurer.
R. Cranch
n
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 329
ABSTRACTS FROM TEE EARLIEST WILLS ON RECORD AND
ON THE FILES IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, MASS.
[Prepared by William B. Trask of Dorchester.]
[Continued from page 233.]
Stephen Spicer. — Dec. 24, 1664. I, Stephen Spicer, of the Island of
Barbados, .merchant, being weake in Body but of good & perfect
memory, doe make this my last will. My body I commit to the
Earth to bee decently buryed wth such Charges & such place as my
deare wife Dionisa shall thinck good; & touching the distribution
of my mortal) Goods I dispose of the same as followeth: I will that
all such debts & duties which I shall Owe vnto any person or Per-
sons at the time of my decease, Either by Law or Consience, bee
well & truly Contented & payd within Conuenient time. Whereas I
am indebted to the Estate of Mr John Williams as by my Ledger <fe
Jornall N°: A: more planely Appeares, & Whereas I haue recouered
by Law seuerall judgments in seuerall Courts of this Island against
eeuerall Persons debtors to the said Estate, for their seuerall debts
by them Respectiuely due & Owing, now my will is, that all such
debts, soe Recouered, when receiued, shall bee with all Conuenient
speed Remitted for London vnto M Edward Micho, merchant, for the
Account, afore sayd, And that before remittance of the full ballance
due to the said Estate Ample acquittances & discharges bee de-
manded & taken of & from the Person or Persons interested &
Lawfully Capacitated to make & giue such Ample acquittance &
discharges as aforesaid. Whereas there is remaning in my hands
a Certaine parcell of salt unsould, I doe hereby Acknowledge & de-
clare that one halfe part thereof is the proper Goods of M Phillip
Crossing, merchant, And one fourth part thereof, belongs to Mr Rob
Nutt, merchant, And that I my selfe had interest in the other Fourth
part thereof. Debts paid, or Ordaned to bee paid, I Giue vnto my
mother, Mrs Jane Spicer, of Topsham, in the Countie of Deauon,
Widdow, £20 of Currant English money, which I will shall bee payd
vnto her by my Executrix hereafter named within Twelue monthes
next after my decease if my sayd mother shall soe longliue. I giue
vnto ray Brother, John Spicer, of Topsham, marriner, And to my sis-
ter, Elizabeth, Wife of William Taylor, of Topsham, aforesayd, mar-
riner, to each of them £10 of like Currant English money, a peece,
to bee paid to them respectiuely in manner as aforesaid. I Giue to
my Vnckle, George Saunders & Margaret, his wife, or to the suruiuor
of them, £5 Currant English money payable as aforesaid. I giue
vnto & Amongst the poore people of the Towne of Topsham, £5,
which I will bee distributed or ordered to bee distributed amongst
them within Twelue months after my decease, According to the dis-
cretion of my Executors. I Giue to Josiak Hcimon the sume of T [ ]
thousand pounds of muscouado sifgar. I give vnto John Cooper, now
liuinge in my imployment, besides his yearely sallery, the sume of
Two Thousand pounds of muscouado sugar, vpon Condition that bee
■
330 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Oct.
shall bee Ayding & assisting vnto my Executrix, in the RecoueriDg
of iny debts to mee [due ?] & Owing- & perfecting my accounts,
wherein he is [ ] vtmost Care & dilligence during the tearme of
] mouthes next after my decease, or longer if need bee. I giue
vnto Enery of my Freinds hereafter named, vizt. Hen [ ] Esqr.
& his now wife, JMr Richard Barrett & his wife, [ ] Nutt, & to
Mr William Byrdall serf & William Byrdall [ ] a mourning King,
Each Ring to bee of the uallue of 20s. starling. I ordaine my wife,
Dionisa, Executrix of_ this my last will, And my Louiug Father in
Law, Mr Henry Quintin, I make Ouerseer, And I giue vnto him &
my mother in Law, Mary Quintin, his now wife, Each of them a new
suite of mourning Apparrell & a mourning Ring a peece, Each
Ring to bee of the same uallue as before, in Consideration of his
paines to bee taken in the Ouersee [ing] thereof. Stephen Spicer.
Witnesses,
John Cooper, Jos: Hitman, Rich: Glascock scr.
Barbados — By the Dep^ Governour.
This 2d October 1665. Personally Appeared before mee, Mr Rich:
Glascock & Mr John Cooper, & made Oath that they did see the within
named Stephen Spicer, signe, seale, declare & deliuer the within
written, being two sheets of Paper, wheruunto his hand Is sub-
scribed as his last wnll & testament.
Sworne before mee,
Hen: Willoughby. ^
This is a true Copie of the Records in the Secretaries office,
Attested this 5th of October 1665.
Attested by mee:
Edward Boicden, Dep'y Secry.
Barbados — By the Depl>* Governour.
Know yee, that on the second of October, in the yeare of our Lord
one Thousand six Hundred Sixty & Fiue, before mee, the last will
& Testament of Stephen Spicer, late of this Island, merchant,
deceased, was proued, Approued & allowed & therefore Mrs Dionisa
Spicer, Relict of the said deceased, & full & whole Executrix in the
said Will, nominated, is admitted to take into her Custody & Posses-
sion, & to Administer on all the goods, chatties, debts, dues,
Accompts, & all other the Estate of the defunct, which I hereby
publish & make knowne, to all Judges, Justices, clerkes, marshalls,
& Bayliffs whatsoeuer, the said Mrs Dionisa Spicer hauinge benn
sworne, to bring into the secretaries within fowreteene days next
Ensuing the date hereof, a true & perfect Inuentory of all & Euery
the said deceaseds Estate which hath, shall, or may, Come to her
hands, possession or knowledge, there to bee Recorded, & to pay the
just debts & legacies, & perform such other things, as an Executrix
ought to doe.
Giuen vnder my hand the day & yeare first aboue written. j
Hen*: Willoughby. *
To all whome these prsence shall or may Concerne.
Endorst — The within written is a true Copie of the Originall
Attested the 5th of October 1665. pr mee Edward Bowden,
Depl>" Secry.
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 331
[Mr John JoUiffe & Mr Thomas Brattle appeared in Court Feb. 1,
1665, & produced the probate of the last will of the late Mr Stephen
Spicer, vnder the Certificate of the DepTV Gov of Barbados, Henry
Willoughby Esqr with the Certificate of Edward Boivdcn, Secretary
there, that Mrs Dionisa Spicer, his Relict, is sole Executrix of the
last will of said Spicer, aud said JoUiffe & Brattle desire to be dis-
charged of their Bonds giuen by them to the Court in behalfe of the
said Dionisa Spicer, and the Court cancelled the Bond.
Then follows the discharge of John Gibls & Dennis Gibbs, his then
wife, Executrix to the Estate of Stephen Spicer, deceased, discharge
the County Court of Boston in new England from all Claymes by
Reason of an Inuentory giuen into said Court of the Estate of said
Spicer, deceased. " Wee doe Acknowledge to haue Transported all
the Effects thereof into this Island of Barbados." May 15, 1666.
John Gibbs.
In the prsence of Dennis Gibbs.
Jeremiah Qui shin, Rick : Price,
Joseph Grafton junr- ]
Mr- Richard Price deposed in Court Aug. 3, 1666, that he did see &
heare John Gibbs & Dennis, his wife, signe, scale & deliuer the dis-
charge as their act & deed. Edw: Rawson, Record1".
Mr Jeremiah Quishion, deposed the same day.
An Inuentorye of the Goods, Debts & Estate of M* Stephen Spicer,
in New England, who Dyed in Boston June 10th 1665, taken by
Jn° Joyliffe, Tho: Brattle. Amt. £373, 17.04. Mentions Mr Nathaniell
Fryer, Mr James Russet Mrs Denise Spicer deposed. June 16, 1665.
Administration granted to Mrs Denise Spicer, Relict of Stephen Spicer,
Late of Barbados, to that part of her late husband's estate that is in
this Country.
Samuel Hutchinson. — Boston, 7th Aprill, 1667. I, Samuel Hutchin-
son, of Boston, in New England, being in perfect health & memory,
doe make my last will. Just debts & funerall Expences first paid.
I giue vnto Samuell Wheelwright, Eldest sonn to my sister Wheelwright,
two mares & six Ewe sheepe; to Elizabeth Person, Katherine Naylor,
Mary Loyd, Rebecca Mauerick, Hannah ChicJdey & Sarah Wheelwright,
the six daughters of my sister Wheelewright, to Each of them a mare
& six Ewe sheep; vnto Edward Rushworth, one mare & six Ewe
sheepe; vnto Eli fall Hatton, six Ewe sheepe; vnto„[ ], Thomas,
Ephraim, (_ ] Mary & Dine Sauage & Hannah Gillam the seuen
Children of my Cozen, Faith Sauage, deceased, 20s a peece, to be
paid to them in a [ ] or other stock that my Executor shall Ap-
point. I giue vnto my Couzen, Peleg Sanford, my Orchard, lying in
Portsmouth, in Rhoad Island, with the twenty Acres of Land ad-
joyning vpon it, bee it more or less, & all my Land in the north feild
& Common fence & Calfe pasture, with the marsh called musceto
marsh, to him & his heires foreuer, yet paying for my life halfe the
rent hee shall make of it Euery yeare, putting mee to noe Charge
about it & at my decease or within one yeare after, paying also £50,
in siluer to my sister Whed-w rights Children, namely, to Samuell Wheel-
332 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Oct,
wright, Eldest sonn to my sister Wheelewright, £10; to Mdward Rusk-
worth, Eldest sonn to my sister Rushworth, £10; to Katherine Naytor,
£10; to Hannah Chicldey, £10; to Sarah Wheelewright, £10, & if "any
of them dye before they shall come to haue their legacies due out of
this £50, the legacy or legacies to bee diuided amongst the suruiu-
ours. I Giue vnto Elizabeth Person, Mary Loyd, Rebecca Maucrick, &
Elizabeth Hudchinson, the Eldest daughter of my Cozen, Elizabeth
Hutchinson, my Orchard & Land adjoyning vpon or Ouer against
Theodar Atkinson Warehouse, neere to Mr Peter Olliuers house, to
them & their heires foreuer, being about one Acre of Land, bee it
more or less, to bee Equally deuided to them, or one Hundred Pounds
in siluer, which Peter Olliuer is to pay, for it six monthes after my
decease, or at my decease to them. I Giue vnto Elizabeth Hutchinson,
one mare & six Ewe sheep. I Giue vnto Restrain, William k, Ezbon
& Elisha Sanford, 20s a peece, to bee paid out of my stock; to
Elisha HutcJunson, Eldest sunn to my Cozen, Edward Hutchinson, my
Two Hundred Acres of Land, bee it more or less, that lyeth at Seg-
nest, vpon Rhoad Island, that was of late in the occupation of Bar-
tholomew West, as also I Giue vnto him one mare & six Ewe shcepe
to him & his heires foreuer; vnto Elizabeth Hutchinson, Ann Diar &
Susan Hutchinson, or soe many of them as shall bee lining at my
death, my neck of Land together with mackpila, as also that six
Acres of meadow Ouer against mackpila, which is in the occupation
of Edward Fisher, which lyeth in Portsmouth, in Rhoad Island, to
them k their heires foreuer, Excepting twenty Acres in the neck,
next the Ferry place, which my Brother, Edicard Pfutchinson, is to
haue, in lew of Forty Ewes which I [promised ?] him, to him & his
heires foreuer. Ynto Ann Dyar & Susan Hutchinson, Each of them,
one mare & six Ewe sheepe. Ynto Edward, Katherine &, Hannah
Hutchinson [ ] other children of my Couzen, Edward Hutchinson,
to Each of them Fine Ewe sheepe; vnto my Couzen, Susan Cole, one
mare & six Ewe [sheepe]; vnto my Cozen, Bridget Willis, 40s; vnto
Abigail, Sarah & Samuell Bath [ ] them two Ewes; vnto Sarah
Langdon, the wife of John Langdon, [ ] great bible. I giue vnto
my Couzen, Edward Hutchinsons [ ]. For my neck of Land &,
mackpelon my will is, that the [ ] Tenn pounds in Siluer to bee
disposed as followeth [ ] Powell, 40s; to Elefall Slratton, 40"; my
Couzen Willis, of Bridgwater, 40s; the other Fowre pounds to bee
deliuered vp into the [ ] the Elder & Deacons, to bee disposed on
to Eight poore [ ] whome they shall thinck most needful!, Euery
one [ ] shillings vpon the sale of the neck of Land & the
re [ ] money for it. Notwithstanding what is aboue exprest, if
I haue not soe many mares at my decease, but haue Horses, my will
is that my E [ ] shall giue some of them Horses in roome of the
mares. I Giue vnto my Couzen, Edward Hutchinson senior of [ ]
in New England whome I make my sole Executor all the rest of my
Goods, Lands & chatties [not] disposed of in this my will: hereby
cutting off all others [ J from any clayme to any part of my
Estate, And doe Order him to take into his possession immeadiatly
after [my] decease all the seuerall legacies giuen by my will, & to
[pay ou] or about the 29: of September next after my decease, all
the legacies giuen by this my will, as being a time most conu[eui-
1862.] Abstracts of Early Wills. 333
ent] for taking off Lambs from the Ewes, & foles from their mares
[ ] Except those to his owne children, which hee is to hanc the
vse of during their minority; & what sheepe 1 haue disposed of in
this my will, or mares, I lcaue to ray Executor to Appoint Each party
where he shall receiue them. And the parties to whome I haue
giuen any legacies vnto, though they should not bee of full Age, yet
their receipt shall bee a full discharge to my Executor; & for those
that are in their minority, their mother or Fathers receipt shall bee a
full discharge for the vse of their children, k shall bee a full dis-
charge also to him. I request my Couzen, Eliakim Hutchinson, to bee
an ouerseer of this my will, for which I giue him Forty shillings to
buy him a ring. 17 April 1661. Samuel Hutchinson.
In the presence of
Thomas Vnderwood, William Kilcujpjp.
who deposed July 16, 1667.
Samuel Maverick, Jr. (ante, xn, 155).— Inuentorye of the Estate of
Samuell Mauerick, Deceased, apprised pr Mr John Winslow Snr & Jn°
Farnham, March 28: |f. Amt. dE12T.10.2J.
Nov. 4, 1665, Mr Jn° Wiswall & Mr Wm Bartholomew Deposed to
the Inventory of the Estate of the Late Samuel Mauerick, the Bill of
Particulars on the other side taken away, alwayes excepted, & a
Bill, in Cap1 Sauages Hand, not yet Brought into them, on which
Cap* Sauage sued.
28: 5mo: 1665. Vpon Information from Mr Jonathan B.ainsford,
that the Chamber Door was Broken up, where some goods were lefte,
whereof the Keye was Lost, we understand as Followes. [Articles
enumerated.]
2: 7: 64. A note of what was Wanting upon the reuiew of the
Inuentorye Immediately -ipon Mrs Mauerickes going out of the House,
who was one of the Administrate Formerlye. Amt. .£32.8.4.
John Enmcott. — Jan. 27, 1667. I, John Endicott of Boston, in
new England, Eldest sonn to the late John Endicott Esqr, & late
Gouernor of the Massachusetts Colony, being sick of a sore throate
& other distempers of body, but as well & perfect in mind & memory
f as Euer I was when I was in my best health, & greatest strength,
God bee praysed, doe make this my last will.
Wher[as I for?]sooke all other women & joyned myselfe in marriage
vnto [my] deare wife & wee twaine became one flesh, And shee hath
Carryed her selfe a louinge, helpful!, & painefull wife vnto mee.
[I] giue vnto her all my Estate. I giue vnto my wife my house in
Boston, joyning to George Bates on the west, with Appurtenances
thereto belonging. I giue vnto my wife, all Lands within [ ] of
Salem, the whole farme called Chickrells farine, to her & assigr.es
foreuer. I giue vnto Elizabeth, my said wife, all Chatties within &
without dores. wheresoeuer they shall [ ] all other Estate that
belongs to mee both in reucrsion [ ] to bee disposed by her for-
euer. I Appoint Elizabeth, my wife, sole Executrix of this my last
will. John Endecott.
I make my Father in Lawe, Mr Jeremiah Howchin, & [ ] Sajin,
Ouerseers of this my will.
334 Mslracts of Early Wills. [Oct.
In the presence of
Jeremiah Ilowchin, Nathaniel! Greene, Robt Bradford, Moses
Bradford.
24lh Feb. 1661. Jeremiah Ilowchin, Rob1 Bradford & Moses Brad-
ford deposed.
John Hill. — July 7, 1665. Whereas John Hill, Late of Barbadose,
Uintner, on bis Uoj'age From Barbadoes to New England, & on the
Coasts of this Countrey, departing' this life, Hailing", as Mr John
Winslow, of Boston, affirmed, made his will in Barbadoes & left it
there, in the Hands of Mr Phillippe Herbery of said Barbadose, one of
His executors, who since tho said Hils departure from Barbadoes
wrote to the said Winslow in Case of the Death of said John Hill, to
take the said Hills goods that hee Brought with Him into His Custo-
dye to preserue & Respond the Will of the said Hill, Therefore,
Power of Administration to the Estate of the Late Mr John Hill, as
it is in this Jurisdiction, is Graunted to the said Mr John Winslow,
of Boston, Merchant, hee Bringing in a true Iimentorye of the Estate.
Inuentory of the Estate prised by Thomas Lake, John Winslow, Bos-
ton, July 18, 1665. Amt. £26.4.
More prised pr Thomas Bredon k Rich. Waye. Amt. .£21.11; pr
Antipas Boyer k Tho. Kellond. Amt. £68.5.
Mr John Winsloio deposed, July 26, 1665.
The account rendered, July IS, 1665, by John Winsley. The whole
charge of his burial was £26.4.6, including 36 pr of gloues, 20 gall.
Malego wine, 3 gall. Canary, scarfes, a post & rayle, &c. Mentions
Wm Jones -j Mr Fidces, in Barbadoes.
Mr. John Paine. — Oct. 17, 1665. Power of Administration to the
Estate of the Late Mr John Paine, Granted to Agnes, his Relict. In-
ventory of the Estate prised by Abraham Browne, Jon Woodmanseye,
Oct. 11, 1665. Amt. £135.12. Debts due to Mr Ilezekiah Usher,
Mr John Joyliffe, Mr Tho. Kellond, Mr Peter Oliuer, Mr Symond Lyndes,
J\lr Peter Lidgett, Mr Hudson Leaner ett, Mr Nicholas Redwood, John
kPaineJunr., William Smith. Amt. £160.4.8.
Boston, Oct. 31, 1665. Mrs Agnes Paine deposed in Court. Or-
dered that the Recorder Issue out an Order for Mr Edvjard Tinge &
Mr Stoddard, as auditors & Commission5"3, to examine all Creditor,
Debts, & accompts, & make their Returne to the Court. [As the
Estate was V more indebted then it will Reach to paye," MT Edward
Tinge & Mr Anthony Stoddard, as Auditors & Commissioners, were
authorised tO'pay the creditors their just proportion of debts, proved
within a twelve month, the widow being allowed the bed & furniture
as ye Law prouides. Edward Rawson, Recorder,
Robert Prentice. — Inuentory of the Goods & estate of Robert Pren-
tise, apprised by Wm Parke, Edward Denicon, 1 (12) 1665. Amt.
£174.16.5. Mentions a house bought of Samuell & Jn0 Perry, salt
marsh in the island; salt marsh at grauely point; fresh meadow near
1862/| Mstracts of Early Wills. 335
Dorchester shcepe penu; 29 acres in the thousand acres next Dedr
ham, Sec; Father Palmeter, Cajpt Isaack Johnson, Robert Pierpoint; Gil-
hurt, of Boston; Lewis, of Nashaway; Peter Gardner.
Debts due or demanded from the Estate: Feb. 2, 1GG5: From John
Slcbbin, Thomas Ilahj, Robert Seauer, Tobi/as Dauis, SAubaeU Seaucr,
Deacon Park, Mr Peacock; Mr Alcocke, for physicke; John Weld;
Mr Bracket, of Boston; Mr Raicson, Wm Curtis, Robert Pepper.
Capt Thomas Prentice deposed in Court April 26, 1666.
Edw. Rawson, Record1".
Joseph Chandler. — An Innentory of the Estate of Joseph Chandler
who deceased 20th June 16GG, was prised by Richard Gridley, Thee-
philus Frarye. A int. £29.1 0.G.
Hannah Chandler deposed to the inuentorye of her late husband,
Aug. 3, 166G.
Edmund Browne. — Whereas Elizabeth, the wife of Edmund Browne,
of Boston, lately deceased, hath left two children, the said Edmund
Browne hailing absented himselfe for seuerall yeares & none left [to]
looke to his Estate remaining, & left by his wife, nor Prouision for
the said Children, that the Children may duly bee prouided for, Sc
what Estate is left of the said Edmund Brownes may bee preserued
as much as may bee & what is due to the said Edmund Browne may
bee gott in, This Court jadgeth it meet to Order & impowre, Mary,
the relict of the Late Robert Bouchier, alias Garret, Grandmother to
the said Children, & Benjamin Ward, shipwright, as feofees in trust,
not only to take a true Inueutory of the Estate of the said Edmund
Browne, but out of the same to prouide for the children, & to gett in
by all legall wayes & meanes what is due to the said Edmund
Brozvne, or they shall find to bee due from one or other, giuing this
Court an Account thereof by the next Court in April!, & security soe
to doe in the meane time, & bringing into the Inuentory of what
they find by the next Court: — the 2d Nouember 1666.
pr the Court: Edw: Rawson, Record1".
28: 11 mo. 166?. An Inuentory of the Goods & chatties of Ed-
mund Browne of Boston, deceased, taken by Henry Olliue, Gamaliel
Way te, Abell Porter. Amt. £216.3. Mentions Nicholas Baxter; land
at Muddy river, land at Long Island; Peter Till, Edmund Stockden,
of new Castell, in old England.
Jan. 29, 1667. Elizabeth Browne deposed.
Mrs. Alice Lisle. — Boston, Nov. 1, 1666. Power of Administration
to the Estate of the late Mrs Alice IJsle, granted to Mr Freegrace
Bendall, in behaife of Mary, his wife, daughter to the sd. Alice Lisle,
& Francis her husband, together wlh Joseph,, their sonn. (Lib. iv. fob
275.)
(Lib. v. fol. 125.) Boston 3: 3: 1667. Inuentory of the visible
Estate of Ann Like, Widdow, deceased the 30th of the 3d month 1666.
336 Abstracts of Early Wills. [Oct.
Estemed pr John Freake, Rich: Williams. £24.10. Mentions land at
Brain try.
The 9"> of May, 1661. Mr Hope for Bcndall deposed before the
Gouernor, -major Generall Leucreti & Recorder, to the lnuentory of the
Estate of the late Alike Lisle, his mother in Lavves Estate.
Edw. Rawson, Record c.
[In vol. ii, of the Register, for Jan. 1848, p. 102, was commenced
by Mr. Drake, the abstracts of Suffolk wills, which were continued
to vol. v, p. 297; 82 wills and inventories being furnished by him.
From thence, to the present time, the abstracts have been made by
the writer of this paragraph. In a note, vol. iv, p. 53, Mr. D. remarks
in regard to the first volume of the Record of Wills, " There are in
the volume 542 pages foolscap, and we hope to be enabled to con-
tinue our labors through it." That labor, with the present issue, is
completed by his successor. In addition thereto, abstracts of the
most important parts of all the inventories contained in volumes it,
hi and iv, have been made. These three books contain 664 pages,
making in all, with the first volume, 1206 pages of the records.
Besides this, in vol. vn, of the Register, are abstracts of 106 wills and
inventories from the files, which are not on the records. Abstracts
of 704 wills and inventories have been contributed by the writer,
which, added to those given by Mr. Drake, make a total of 786.
It may be well in this connection, to remark what has been stated
before in substance, that in the abstracts of wills and inventories
prepared for the Register, names and expressions do not always cor-
respond with those on the record, there being occasionally mistakes
in the latter. In many instances the record has been compared with
the original, in other cases the abstracts have been made from the
originals, on file. Our aim and endeavor has been correctness or
conformity to the originals, when they can be found, rather than uni-
formity with the records. Thus much it seems proper to state in
justification of the transcriber, so that errors may not be imputed to
him, unwarrantably. See note on the subject in Register, vol. x,
p. 263.
It has been the aim, throughout, to make faithful abstracts of the
wills, giving all facts, iiames and dates, retaining the phraseology of
the originals; tautological or superfluous matter, only, being omitted.
W. B. T.]
Rev. Benjamin Woodbridge of Medford. — Mr. Savage in the last
volume of his Genealogical Dictionary, tells us that this person was
" b. in Eng., whither his father had gone, a. 1647." Was Mr. Savage
aware that there is an account of him in Brooks's History of Medford,
in which he is said to have been " ag-ed sixty-five" at the time of his
death, Jan. 15, 1710 ? This would make him two years older than
Mr. Savage supposes him to have been. I should like to know
whether the historian of Medford obtained the age of Rev. Mr. Wood-
bridge from records or from a gravestone inscription, or both; and
also what documentary evidence there is for Mr. Savage's positive
assertion that Mr. W. was born in England. F.
1862.] Genealogy of the Kingsbury Family. 337
GENEALOGY OF THE KINGSBURYS OF DEDHAM, MASS.
[By Joux Ward Deax of Boston.]
Several persons by the name of Kingsbury — or as it was generally
spelt in former times, Kingsbery — -are kuown to have come early to
New England. Two of these, John and Joseph, were brothers.
Henry, another immigrant, is not known to have been related to
these two, though he may have been a brother. Henry brought
children with him to this country in 1630,* but I can not learn what
became of them. It is possible, however, that another Henry, b. ab.
1615, who settled at Ipswich, Mass., and who is known to have been
a kinsman of the above John Kingsbury,")" may have been one. I
have-given some of his descendants in the Register.^ The Records of
Massachusetts Colony, mentiou a Willi: Kingsbury, who, Sept. 6,
1638 — there being then no constable at Dedham — was appointed,
with Abraham Shaw, to inform the Court' of Assistants of new
comers, admitted to that town without license. § I can find no other
evidence of a person by that name having existed at that time in
New England. If Willi: be not a clerical error, perhaps this per-
son was the husband of Sarah Kingsbury, who was admitted to the
church at Dedham, Dec. 8, 1643, and who. according to the Dedham
Ch. Rec, died there " after long and painfull illness," Feb. 1, 1645-6.
The Boston Records, however, give the date of her death, Jan. 24 of
that year, which may be correct, the former date being that of her
burial. The following entry, which I have not yet been able to ex-
plain to my own satisfaction, is found in the Dedham Church Records:
"Abigail Dr of our Sister Elder Kingsbury, a meber of the church
of Linn, Bpt. 19 (7) 1641." The name of "Thos Kingsbury," follows
that of "Hen. Kingsbury," in a list of names in the addenda to Win-
throp's Journal (n, 340), which the editor, Mr. Savage, thinks a
catalogue of " those who in February designed to come over, and of
whom the greater part arrived." I do not find his name in this
country. Probably he did not embark.
1. John1 Kingsbury was adm. a freeman of Massachusetts, March
3, 1635-6. He was a proprietor of Watertown, 1636-7, but sold his
land there to David Fiske, Sen. and Jr., who, April 20, 1661, resold
it to John Coolidge.lj He was one of the signers — the 6th in order —
to the petition to the Massachusetts general court, Sept. 6, 1636, for
the incorporation of Dedham. *[[ After the gathering of the church
at that place, Nov. 8, 1638, being still of Watertown, he was named
* Savage's Winthrop, vol i, p. 368, 1st ed., and p. 442, 2d ed. For other parti-
culars concerning him, see Reg., xni, 157.
t Reg., x, 176.
XAnte, xin, 157. I have ascertained, since that article was published, that Joseph,
Samuel and Thomas Kingsbury vrere brothers of John and Ephraim, and sons of
Henry.
$ Mass. Col. Rec, i, 241. || Bond's Watertown, 327.
•f Mann's Jinnals of Dedham, p.
29
338 Genealcgy of the Kingsbury Family. [Oct.
one of four candidates for the office of ruling elder of the Dedham
church, but declined the nomination.* He must have removed from
Watertovvn soon after, for, Oct. 30, 1639, ne and his wife, name not
given, "both of ye church of Watertovvn," were adm. to the Dedham
church. In June, 1G39, he was appointed by the General Court one
of the commissioners of Dedham, " to drdfcr small businesses under
20s," and was again appointed to that office in 1641.f He was a
deputy to the General Court in 16-17 J He died at Dedham " after
long weakness of 31 [or 31] years," Sept. 12, 1600. His wife Mar-
garet, survived him, but died before May 20, 1062. In the Remitter
(ante, x, 1*16, and xi, 40), will be found abstracts of the wills of
both.
2. Joseph1 Kingsbury settled at Dedham as early as 1637. His
wife Millecent, "who appeared to ye church a tender-hearted soule,
full of feares & temptations, but truly breathing after Christ," was
adm. to the Dedham church, April 24, 1639. He was adm. to that
church, April 9, 1641; and a freeman of the colony, June 2, 1641.
He d. in 1676, previous to June 1, his wife Millecent surviving him.
Their ch. were: (3) Sarah,- [~j-] m. Robert Crossman of Taunton,
N. E. (4) Mary?'b. at D., Sept, 1, 1737; perhaps m. Dea. Thomas
Cooper of Rehobotb, as her father iu his will, May 22, 1675, mentions
a dau., name not given, who was then the wife of said Cooper. (5)
Elizabeth,- b. at D., Sept. 14, 1638; m. Nathaniel Brewer of Koxbury,
and d. June 25, 1661, leaving a dau., Elizabeth^, who was Jiving in
1675. (6) Joseph? [+] b. at !)., Feb. 17, 1640-1; d. Dec. 16, 1688;
wife Mary, d. July 31, 1680; m. Sept. 7, 1681, Mary Donier, who sur-
vived him; settled and died at Wrentham. (7) John? [-f-] b. at 1).,
Aug. 15, 1643; d. May 30, 1669; m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Ful-
ler, who survived him, and m. Sept. 19, 1672, Michael Metcalf (ante,
iv, 173); she d. Oct. 24, 1732. (8) Eleazer? [+] b. May 17, 1645;
d. Feb. 2, 1722-3; m. Esther Judson (dau. of Samuel Judson of Ded-
ham, who came from Horton, Bradforddale, co. of York, Eng .), who
d. May 6, 1717. (9) Nathaniel? [+] b. at D., March 26, 1650; d.
Oct. 14, 1694; was a freeman, 1677; wife Mary.
3. Robert Grossman, by his wife Sarah- Kingsbury, had ch.: (10)
John 3 b. at T., March 16, 1654; m. Jan. 7, 1689, Joanna Thayer, dau.
of Nathaniel. (11) Mary? b. July 16, 1655. (12) Robert? b. Aug.
3, 1657; m. July 21, 1679, Hannah Brooks. (13) Joseph? b. April
25, 1659. (14) Nathaniel? b. Aug. 7, 1660; killed by the Indians at
Wrentham, March 8, 1675-6. (15) Ekazer? b. March 16, 1663; d.
Oct. 26, 1667. (16) Elizabeth? b. May 2, 1665. (17) Samuel? b.
July 25, 1667; 1st wife, Elizabeth; 2d wife, Mary. (18) Mercy? b.
March 20, 1669. (19) Thomas? b. Oct. 6, 1671. " (20) Susanna? b.
Feb. 14, 1672-3.
6. Joseph'2 Kingsbury of Wrentham, had ch.: (21) Joseph? b. at
D., Aug. 28, 1665. (22) John? b. at D., Dec, 24, 1667; d. s. p bef.
Nov. 12, 1695. (23) Elizabeth? b.. according to Wrentham Records,
May 14, 1670; by Dedham Records, May, 1671; in. William Bn'ggs,
cooper, of Taunton, who d. April 21, 1721, aged 62; she survived
* Rev. Dr. Lam?on's CenttnniaL p. 15.
t Massachusetts Colony Records, i, 263 and 328. X Ibid, n, 1S6, and in, 105.
1S62.] Genealogy of the Kingsbury Family. 339
him, and d. Nov. 2 T, 1720, in her '" 59th year." (24) Ekazer* b., by
W. Records, May 12, 1673: by D. Rec, May 9, 1073; was a tailor of
"Wrentham, Nov. 25, 1695; in. Sarah Maccane, April 14, 1696; after-
wards became a preacher, and, according to Cotton Mather, changed
his name to Berry, and went to Cape Mav. (25) Hannah* b. at \V\,
July 26, 1G75. (26) Mary* b. at W\, Nov. 10, 167 7. (27) Mercy,*
twin of preceding; living' at Roxbury, April, 1704. (28) Marah* b.
at W., July 19, 1680.
7. John"2 Kingsbury, by wife Elizabeth, had ch.: (29) Elizabeth*
b. at D., Nov. 23, 1663; m, Dec. 12, 16S6, Joseph Damon.
8. Eleazer- Kingsbury, by wife Esther, had ch.: (30) Mary* b.
at Dedham, April 6, 1680. (31) Josiah,* [-(-] m. at Roxbury, Jan.
16, 1704-5, Susannah Morev, dau. of Thomas M. of R.; d. 1739; wife
in will, April 14, 1739, is called Hannah. (32) Eleazer,- b. May 10,
1683. (33) Samuel,* ["+] b. Nov. 4, 1690; m. May 12, 1715, Joanna
Guild. (34) Noah* [+]"b. Sept. 16, 1694; m. at Roxbury, Sept. 30,
1718, Mehitabel Morey, sister of Susannah above.
9. Nathaniel- Kingsbury, by wife Mary, had ch.: (35) Nathaniel*
[+] b. Sept. 14, 1674; m. Dec. 5, 1695, Abigail Baker; d. Jan. 19,
1724-5; wid. d. Nov. 9, 1764, in her 90th year, having "lived about
20 years a single lite, about 30 years in the married state, and about
40 in that of widowhood, in each of which her behaviour was amiable
and exemplary." (36) James* (37) Timothy* [ + ] b. Oct. 15, 1680;
res. Needham; will, March 3, 1757, in his " seventy-seventh year,"
proved Oct. 31, 1760; wife Hannah. (38) John* b. Aug. 17, 1686.
(39) Daniel* [+] b. Nov. 11, 1688; res. Wrentham; d. April 27.
1754; m. at W., Dec. 29, 1713, Elizabeth Stevens of Dedham, who
survived him, and d. 1764. (40) Milliant* b. March 30, 1693.
31. Josiah3 Kingsbury of Needham, had ch.: (41) Josiak* b. at
Dedham, Nov. 15, 1705. (42) Theodore* b. Dec. 17, 1707. (43)
Jesse.* (44) Thomas.* (45) Jemima.* (46) Eliphalet* (47) Caleb.*
(48) Elijah.*
33. Samuel* Kingsbury, had ch.: (49) Esther* b. at D., Feb. 23,
1717-18; m. Ebenezcr Baker of Walpole. (50) Seih* b. at D., May
18, 1720; res. W. (51) Joanna,* b. at D., Oct. 19, 1722; m. Joseph
Holmes of Dedham. (52) Nathan* (53) Mary* m. Elenry Smith
ofW.
34. Noah3 Kingsbury, by wife Mehitabel, had ch.: (54) Noah,* b.
March 30, 1720. (55) Ezekiel* [-f ] b. Nov. 14, 1721; d. a%. 1797;
wife Keziah. (56) Joshua,* b. July 30, 1723. (57) Mary,* b. April
12, 1725. (58) Abigail,* b. July 30, 1732.
35. Nathaniel3 Kingsbury, by wife Abigail, had ch.: (59) Abi-
gail* b. Jan. 5, 1696-7; m. Mr. Fisher. (60) Nathaniel,* b. July 31,
16$8; d. Aug. 20, 1775; m. 1st, June 14, 1722, Elizabeth, dau. of
William and Elizabeth (Avery) Billiard, who d. Dec. 29, 1751; 2d
wife Hannah, d. Aug. 17, 1775, in 76th year: (61) Jeremiah* F+J h.
March 24, 1701; wife Rest. (62) Ebenezer,* [+] b. Dec. lsf 1703;
wife Abigail, d. Nov. 11, 1767, in 60th year. (63) Mary,* b. Aug. 2,
1705; d. ab. 1788. (64) Sarahs b. ah." 1711; d. Dec. 17, 1739. (65)
Rebecca,* b. May 27, 1713; m. Nathaniel Gay of Walpole. (66) Ben-
jamin* b. ab. 1715. (67) Joseph,* [+] b. Jan. 19, 1718-9; d. Aug.
340 Genealogy of the Kingsbury Family. [Oct.
17, 1715 ;lm. Jan. 3, 1765, Phebe Willet, who survived him, and m.
Sept. 18, 1776, Joseph Gay of Dedham.
37. Timotht3 Kingsbury of Needham, had these and probably other
ch.: (68) Timothy. 4 (G9) MehUdhdi* (70) Rath,* m. Mr. Alden.
39. Daniel3 Kingsbury of Wrentharn, had ch.: (71) Daniel, *f*-f*]
b. March 12, 1715; d. 17S3; m. 1st. Nov. 3, 1737, Beriah, dan. of
Theodore Mann, b. May 2, 1719, d. May 26, 1755 (ante, xm, 326); in.
2d, wid. Abigail Adams, Oct. 19, 1755, who survived him. (72)
Stephen,* [--}-] b. ab. 1716; d. April 23, 1754, a. 38; m. Silence, dan.
of Samuel Partridge. (73) Elizabeth* m. Joshua Partridge. (74)
Mary,* m. Joseph Harding'.
55. Ezekiel4 Kingsbury, by wife Keziah, had ch.: (75) Lvdia,5 b.
at D., Aug. 9, 1753; m. Reuben White. (76) Anna,5 b. Dec. 28,
1755; m. Mr. Bird, prob. Jonathan. (77) Ezekiel-5 wife Mary. (78)
Noah,5 b. May 30, 1758. (79) Katharine,* m. Mr. Gay, prob. William.
(80) Lucy,5 m. Christopher Chester. (81) Judith.5
61. Jeremiah4 Kingsbury had ch.: (82) Jeremiah,5 of Dedbam. (83)
Nathaniel5 of Sharon. (84) James,5 of Dedham. (85) Abigail.5 m.
Ebenezer Capen of Stoughton. (86) Sarah,5 b. Aug. 17, 1741; m.
Benjamin Fairbanks of Stoughtonham.
62. Ebenezer4 Kingsbury, by wife Abigail, had ch.: f87) Abigail5
b. March 4, 1730-1; d. April 119, 754. (88) Ebenezer]5 b. May 31,
1734. (89) Rev. Samuel5 b. Dec. 17, 1736 ; grad. H. 0., 1759;\vas
"a learned scholar and a good divine;" set. at Edgartown, 1761; d.
of small pox, Dec. 30, 1778, a. 42. (90) Enoch,5 b. Dec. 7, 1738.
(91) David5 b. June 8, 1741; d. Aug. 13, 1754. (92) Asa5 b. Oct.
7, 1743; d. Sept. 24, 1754. (93) Mary5 b. Oct. 27, 1746. (94)
Joseph,5 b. Dec. 6, 1749.
67. Joseph4 Kingsbury, by wife Phebe, had ch.: (95) Joseph5 b.
April 19, 176S; only ch. that survived his father. (96) Sarah,5 bap.
Jan. 27, 1771: d. Aug. 14, 1775, a. 4. (97) George5 bap. Aug. S,
1773; d. Aug.' 14, 1755, a. 2.
71. Daniel4 Kingsbury, bv wife Beriah, had ch.: (98) Nathaniel5
b. Feb. 18, 1739: d. Jan. 26, 1803. ('99) Lydia,5 b. Nov. 19, 1740;
d. March 3, 1781; m. Amos Holbrook. (100) Daniel,5 b. Oct, 6,
1742; d. June, 1825; settled at Keene, N. H.; and he (or a son of
the 6ame name) had a dau. Lucretia, m. to Charles Flanders (H. C.
1808) of Plainfleld, N. H., b. 1788, d. 1860, whose son is Henry Flan-
ders, Esq, author of Lives of the Chief Justices of the United States, and
other works. (101) Samuel,5 b. Feb. 20, 1744; d. Jan. 5, 1757.
(102) John,5 b. July 1, 1745; d. Aug. 18, 1745. (103) Timothy,5 b.
Aug. 6, 1746; d, Feb., 1825; settled at Franklin. (104) James5 [-}-]
b. Jan. 3, 1748; d. May 18, 1821; m. Mary Walker of Upton. (105)
John,5 b. March 17, 1749; d. Feb. 11; 1813. (106) Theodore5 b. Feb.
20, 1752; d. Dec, 1786.
By 2d wife Abigail, Daniel4 Kingsburv had ch.: (107 and 108)
Two ch.5 b. April 27, 1755. (109) Peter,5 b. Oct. 11, 1758; d. Oct.
12,1759. (110) JJenjamin,5 b. Oct. 11, 1758; d. 1831; removed to
Brewer, Me.
72. Stephen4 Kingsbury, by wife Silence, had ch.: (Ill) Moses5
b. ab. 1743, probably the Moses who d. in the fall of 1771, leaving a
A Husband of Six Wives
pnen,'j v. au. i to-t. { i j i ) £>enjaminv Vli°i -a-uiguu."
104. James5 Kingsbury of Franklin, by wife Mary, had ch.: (119)
Rev. Samuel,* b. May 18, 1798; grad. B. U., 1822; set. at Tamworth,
N. H.; m. Dec. 1G, 1829, Mary, dau. of Josiah Badcock of Andover,
N. H., formerly of Milton, Mass., by whom he has had ch.: Josiah,7
d. young", Rev. William Henry," ord. at Corinth, Vt,, Jan. 5, 1859;
James M.;7 Mary S;7 Josiah W.;7 Harlan Page;7 and Edward Pay-
snri ~i
son.
A Husband of Six Wives. — The following epitaphs, copied from the
old burying ground in Bradford, Mass., have been furnished us by a
correspondent. The man and his six wives lay side by side. The
inscriptions are copied in the order of the decease of the wives, The
numbers within brackets show the order in which they lay, beginning
on the right of the husband, the child being between two of them.
Hon. Nath1 Thurston | died at Lansingburgh | (N.Y.) Oct 21, 1811
iEt 56. | For many years he was a | member of the Legislature,
was distinguished for his benevolence | and greatly lamented by
his friends. I
[4] Here lies | Interred the remains of | Mrs Betsey Thurston
consort of | Capt Nathaniel Thurston | who departed this life the
25th of November A. D. 1790. | JStat 34.
]>t mourning friends and husband dear
Lament the dead, repent and fear
Let youthful children read this stone
Feel they must die and soon he gone.
[5] Mrs Martha Thurston | consort of | Nathaniel Thurston Esq I
died May 12, 1799 | JBtat 32—.
See there all pale and dead she lies
Forever flow my streaming eyes :
There dwells the fairest, lovliest mind
Faith sweetens it, together join'd
Dwelt faith & wit & sweetness there
0 view the change and drop a tear.
[7] Mrs Huldah Thurston | consort of | Nathaniel Thurston Esq ]
died Sept 8, 1801 | iEtat 24.
[3] Mrs Clarissa Thurston | consort of | Nathaniel Thurston Esq
| died Nov. 14, 1803 | yEtat 36.
[2J Mrs Martha B. Thurston | consort of | Nathaniel Thurston Esq
| died July 27, 1804 | iEtat 25.
[11 Mrs Mary Thurston | consort of Hon Nath1 Thurston | died
March 3, 1808 | Ml 27.
6. Benjamin | son of | Nath1 Thurston Esq | & Mrs Huldah Thurs-
ton j died Mch 17, 1801 | aged 8 months.
342 Will of Thomas Olcott. [Oct.
WILL OP THOMAS OLCOTT.
[Communicated by Charles J. IIoadly, Esq., of Hartford, Ct.]
Mr. Goodwin mentions the loss of this will, in tbe preface to tire
Olcott Family, published in 1845. The following copy is from vol. n
of the Records of the Connecticut Particular Court, lately found:
In the name of God, amen. I, Thomas Olcott of Hartford, being
weak in body, but through the mercy of God of perfect memory, yet
calling to mind the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time
thereof, do make and ordaine my last will and testament in manner
and form as following:
First. I commit my soul into the hands of my most merciful Father
and blessed Redeemer and eternal comforter, hoping and being fully
assured that it shall be kept safe in the arms of those everlasting
mercies which have from eternity before time loved it with a infinite
and everlasting love, and in time manifested this love unto me in
(by a mighty and unresistible power) plucking me out of the chains
of darkness and the dungeons of sin and misery, and translating of
me into the kingdom of his dear son.
My body I commit to the earth from whence it come, and out of
which it was formed, knowing and being perfectly persuaded that
the Lord by his almighty power will raise it up at the last day, and
then both soul and body shall be reunited, and this frail and mortal
body shall be made like unto the glorious body of the Lord Jesus.
My wife I leave her to the care of the church whereof the Lord
bath made her a member, and to the counsell and advice of them m
general and my overseers, and Mrs. Hooker in particular, and do
desire their utmost care and indeavour for her good, and I do ear-
nestly desire her to attend their counsell and advice to the utmost.
The children which the Lord of his mercy hath given me, I firstly
commit them into the arms of that mercy, and beseech the Lord to
make good his everlasting covenant that he hath of his rich mercy
made with them, and to circumcise their hearts that they may love
and fear him forever: and secondly, 1 leave them to the love, care
and faithful endeavor of the church with whom they live and whereof
they are members, entreating them according to the covenant of the
Lord, that they would be helpful to thera and watchful over them,
both for their outward and spiritual good.
And touching the worldly goods which the Lord hath been pleased
to lend me, my will is, that after my debts are paid and discharged,
that my estate shall be disposed of as followeth, viz: Unto my dear
and loving wife I give unto her the sum of twenty-eight pounds per
year during her life, to be made fair unto her out of my estate, partly
out of what rents and yearly annualties are coming to me, and partly
so much of my estate to be put to it a3 will procure so much to be
assured to her during her life; the whole remainder of my estate,
except twenty pounds, I give and bequeath unto my children, five
or six, more or less, as it pleased the Lord to leave me, which are
surviving, to be divided, if I have six children, into seven equal parts
1862.] Will of Thomas Olcott. 343
or if five children, into six equal parts, or if seven children, into
eight equal parts, and I do give and bequeath unto my eldest sun
Thomas two equal parts of the estate so divided, and unto the each
of the rest of my said children one equal part of the estate so di-
vided; my mind and will is, that each of their parts and portions
shall be due unto them and payable unto them at the age of twenty-
one years, or day of their marriage, which shall first happen; as also,
that if any of my said children shall die or depart this life before
that their portion shall become due and payable, that then their part
and portion shall be equally divided unto those that are surviving-,
I mean each of them, both eldest and youngest, to have each of them an
equal proportion. Also, my will and desire is, that my estate which I
have given to my children may be ordered and improved to the best
advantage of my said children, by my overseers. And 1113' mind is,
that my said overseers may be paid out of my estate for such time
and cost and expenses as they shall be at, in ordering my estate from
time to time, as also that the said overseers v/ould so order of the
bringing up of the children as they conceive may be best for the
children's spiritual and temporal good. And the rest of my estate
not given, I give and bequeath as folio weth: Unto my dear and ten-
der mother, Mrs. Margrett Charlfount, for her own peculiar use, two
pounds; to my dear and much respected sister, Mrs. Mary Hardy,
five pounds; to my indeared friend and faithful counsellor, Mrs.
Hooker, fifty shillings; to my reverend teacher, one pound ten shil-
lings; to my mother, Hoare, twenty shillings; to my brother, Will.
Wadsworth, one pound; to brother Will. Lewis, senior, one pound:
to the overseers of this my last will, each of them apiece, three
pounds. My desire is, that ail my said legacies shall be paid within
one year after my decease.
I do make and ordain my loving wife and my son Thomas, execut-
ors of this my will; and I do desire my dear brethren and friends
Mr. John Talcott and Edward Stebbin, to be overseers hereof, and
desire their utmost care a,nd faithfulness herein.
And lastly, 1 do desire to leave a record of God's faithfulness and
goodness towards me, who hath been infinite and abundant in his
goodness and fatherly mercy toward me even unto admiration, who
though he hath seemed to me to deny for a long time, yet hath heard
all my prayers, supplied all my wants, overcome all my evils with
his goodness, and when I have been as proud and stubborn as I
could be, yet then hath he magnified his rich compassion to me, that
all whom it may concern, especially my wife, children, kindred and
friends, may learn to humble and abase themselves before that God.
to seek and to wait upon that God who is nearest to help when all other
help is furthest from us, and to love and fear and serve that God for
ever, who is a God full of mercy, and faithful in his covenant to his
poor servants and their seed. And I do revoke all other wills by me
made, and do acknowledge this as my last will and testament, and
in witness hereof have hereunto set mv hand and seal this 20th dav
of Novemb., 1653. THOMAS OLCOTT. "
Witness 'by us,
Hexuy Hardye,
her
Elizabeth X Roberts.
mark.
344 Fenelon and his Connection icith America. [Oct.
FENELON AND HIS CONNECTION WITH AMERICA.
[Communicated by Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, A. M., of Roxbury.]
Mr. Dean: At your request I have written a. short article upon
Fenelon and his connection with America, the main points of what I
have had to say may be considered as the substance of a portion of
a lecture delivered by me before the New England Historic-Genea*
logical Society in 1857. I only regret that I have not the time and
the health to do full justice to a subject at once so grand and sug-
gestive.
It has been supposed by many, and certainly on grounds deserving
of some credit, that the Archbishop Fenelon, somewhere between his
twentieth and thirtieth year, visited North America, and located him-
self in Canada as a missionary. Imagination undoubtedly has aided,
to a great extent, the desire of scholars to believe that some part of
our continent has been hallowed by the tread, and consecrated by
the presence of one so eminent, not only in his own church and
amongst his own people and friends, but everywhere and by everybody
honored as gifted in all those graces of character that label a man
both as philosopher and Christian.
But there are some items of history that give nourishment to this
wish, and that have led many writers to assert confidently that
Francois Salignac de la Mothe Fenelon did, in early life, visit our
land, and as teacher of the Iroquois tribes in New York and Canada,
commenced the establishment of that golden reputation, which by
universal consent he afterward obtained and deserved.
The New York Historical Society who have looked somewhat into
this matter, have the following testimony embalmed in their records:
" In 1849, before the society, Mr. Bartlett said, that the paper which
Mr. Greenough read at the late meeting, showing the probability that
the celebrated Fenelon, Archbishop of Cam bray has been in early life
a missionary among the Iroquois in western New York and Canada,
had attracted much attention, and already brought forth additional
evidence to sustain Mr. Greenough's conjectures. That gentleman
himself had ascertained since his return to Washington that Hennepin
arrived in Canada with La Salle in 1674, and it was therefore doubt-
less correct, that he was in Canada, as he asserts, while the Abbe de
Fenelon, now Archbishop of Cambray, was residing there.
Mr. Bartlett read a letter from 0. A. Marshall, Esq,, of Buffalo,
communicating some interesting facts which he had discovered on
the same subject*
Mr. Marshall states that he has met with some additional evidences
corroborating the same facts, and which would seern to place it be-
yond all question, inasmuch as they give his name in full, the time of
his ordination, which Mr. Greenough sought for in vain, and the date
of his departure from Canada, which correspond, or at all events do
not conflict with other known circumstances of his life.
The proof he referred to may be found in a chronological list of
the Catholic hierarchy of Canada, published at Quebec in 1831. It
-
1862.] Fen do a and his Connection with America. 345
states that Francois c!e Salignac de Fenelon, President, was ordained
June 11th, loGS, and left Canada September, 1673.
In a letter from the Bishop of Patrei to Mon. Bitevia of Paris, the
Bishop states that, he had sent two pious and able laborers to the
Iroquois tribe settlement on the north side of the great Lake Ontario,
one of whom is Mon. de Fenelon, whose name is well known in Paris,
and the other Mons. de Trouve."
If we were to make no farther inquiries, but rest satisfied with
this testimony afforded by one of our most respectable historical
societies,— and, certainly, agreement to any thing that such an asso-
ciation proclaims would argue neither presumption or weakness, — we
should be glad to believe and feel a certain authority in asserting
Fenelon's alliance to Canada; certainly our preference would lead us
to stop just here and to institute no further search, viewing all other
testimony as either useless or absurd. But wishing to make assu-
rance doubly sure, and to put a belt of iron round what seems to be
an incontestible fact, so that it should never ag;ain be challenged, the
writer of this- article applied to Rev. Dr. John B. Fitzpatrick, Bishop
of Boston, for additional light upon the subject, and received the fol-
lowing prompt and courteous reply:
" The supposition that Fenelon visited this country, must, I think,
be abandoned. There was a priest of the name wmo labored amongst
the Indians of Canada, butit was not Francois de Salignac de la Mothe
FeneloD, Archbishop of Cambrai I remember having given some
attention to this subject twenty years ago in Paris, when I vras a
student in the same seminary where Fenelon [of Cambrai], had
studied. I can not now call to mind the authorities on which my con-
clusion was based, nor even the sources from which they were de-
rived. But I do remember that such was the conclusion I arrived at
then, and that the evidence in the case was ample. Fenelon did not
receive orders till the year 1675, being born in 1651. He first exer-
cised the ministry at Paris in the parish church of St. Sulpice, and
elsewhere. His biographers account for all the subsequent years of
his life, leaving no interval for a visit to America. I might, if I had
leisure, hunt up authorities on the subject, but I think it would be
useless."
Such was the answer of the Bishop, and such was the cloud thrown
upon what seemed to be unquestioned before. For my own part, feel*
ing great confidence in Bishop Fitzpatrick's scholarship, and being
very certain that in this case his convictions were in direct opposi*
tion to his desires, and knowingthat he had the best opportunities for
ascertaining the truth by his residence in the college where Fenelon
graduated, viewing all these things, I reluctantly gave up all faith
in the American visit of the distinguished ecclesiastic, and put aside
a supposition so pleasing, as incapable of defence.
The question, however, is yet a mooted one before the public which
time will undoubtedly solve; but of one truth we may least be assured,
that Fenelon belongs to this country as well as to Europe, that his spirit
is cosmopolitan, and that his worth and works can never be shackled.
No matter whether his feet have consecrated our soil or not; but all
matter it is whether his spirit has hallowed our souls and whether
his beautiful character somehow has made our characters beautiful:
346 . Vermont. [Oct.
if \vc wear gracefully the mantle of his goodness, tlieu we are his,
and no records found at Paris or Montreal can dispossess us of our
rights.
VERMONT.
Rev. Samuel Peters, LL. D., in his History of Hugh Peters, pp. 94-5,
claims the honor of giving name to Vermont, or Verdmont as he
writes it. The following is his account of the ceremonies:
" Verdmont was a name given to the Green Mountains, in October,
1768, by the Rev. .Dr. Peters, the first clergyman who paid a visit to
the thirty thousand settlers in that country, in the presence of Colo-
nel Tapling, Colonel Willes, Colonel Peters, Judge Sumner, Judge
Sleeper, Captain Peters, Judge Peters, and many others, who were
proprietors of a large number of townships in that colony. The
ceremony was performed on the top of a rock standing on a high
mountain, then named Mount Pisgah, because it provided to the com-
pany a clear sight of Lake Ghamplain at the west, and of Connecticut
river at the east; and overlooked all the trees and hills in the vast
wilderness at the north and the south.
" The baptism was performed in the following manner and form,
viz: Priest Peters stood on the pinnacle of the rock where he received
a bottle of spirits from Colonel Tapling; then haranguing the com-
pany with a short history of the infant settlement, and the prospect
of its becoming an impregnable barrier between the British colonies
in the south and the late colonies of the French in the north, which
might be returned in the next century to their late owners, for the
sake of governing America by the different powers of Europe; he
continued: ' We have here met on the rock of Etaw, standing on
Mount Pisgah, which makes part of 'the everlasting hill,' the spine
of Africa, Asia and America, holding together the terrestrial ball and
dividing the Atlantic from the Pacific ocean; to dedicate and conse-
crate this extensive wilderness 'to God manifested in human flesh,'
and to give a new name worthy of the Athenians and ancient Spar-
tans, which new name is Verd-Mont, in token that her mountains and
hills shall be ever green and shall never die;' and then poured the
spirits around him, cast the bottle on the rock Etaw. The ceremony
being over, the company descended Mount Pisgah, and took refresh-
ment in a log house kept by Captain Otley, where they spent the night
with great pleasure. After this, Priest Peters passed through most
of the settlement, preaching and baptizing for the space of eight
weeks, and baptized neatly twelve hundred children and adults.
" Since Verdmont became a state in union with the thirteen states
of America, its general assembly have seen proper to change the
spelling of Verd-Moiit — Green Mountain, to Fer-Mont — Mountain of
Maggots. Both words are French; and if the former spelling is to
give place to the latter, it will prove that the state had rather be
considered a mountain of worms than an ever green mountain I"
Is there any evidence to confirm this account ? The reputation of
Peters for veracity does not stand very high; but it is hard to be-
lieve that he would give names and a date unless some such transac-
tion took place. Querist.
1S62.] Three Memorable Bays for America. 347
THREE MEMORABLE DAYS FOR AMERICA.
The Twenty-First days (Ne\\T Style) of the last three months in the
3Tear are memorable in the history of America — the 21st of October
being the anniversary of the discovery of America; the 21st of No-
vember, the anniversary of signing the Compact by the Pilgrims; and
the 21st of December that of their first landing in the town of Ply-
mouth, which they afterwards made their residence.
America was discovered by Columbus, Friday, Oct. 12., 1492, 0. S.
corresponding to Oct. 21, N. S. The American Antiquarian Society
has selected the 21st of October for its annual meetings, so that it
may thus keep the day in remembrance.
The Pilgrim Fathers signed their famous Compact on board the
Mayflower, Saturday, Nov. 11, 0. S. (21, N. S.), 1G20, and the same
day landed at Cape Cod harbor. This was the first New England
soil on which the Pilgrims' feet rested. Last year the day was ob-
served in two states as the annual Thanksgiving {ante, p. 97).
The landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth occurred Monday, Dec.
11, 0. S. (21, N. S.)t 1620. An exploring party of eighteen persons
who had left the Mayflower at Cape Cod five days before and had
spent the Sabbath on Clark's Island in Plymouth harbor, landed that
day on the mainland, and " marched into the land." The party con-
sisted of twelve of the Pilgrims, namely Capt. Miles Standish, Mr.
John Carver, Mr. William Bradford, Mr. Edward \\ l'uslow, John
Tilley, Edward Tilley, John Howland, Richard Warren, Stephen
Hopkins, Edward Dotey, John Alderton and Thomas English; and
six of the ship's company, viz, two of the master's mates (Mr. Clarke
and Mr. Hoppin), the master gunner and three sailors. This was the
landing at Plymouth' on Forefathers' Day, which is annually cele-
brated. "Woman's fearless eye" was not there; and it is very doubt-
ful.whether the Pilgrims, on that occasion, " shook the depths of the
deserts' gloom with their hymns of lofty cheer." The event which
orators and poets frequently suppose themselves to be commemo-
rating on Forefathers' Day, took place at a later date. The day was
first celebrated at Plymouth, Friday, Dec. 22, 1769, by the Old Colony
Club, which had been formed the previous January. On the 18th of
December in that year, the club voted to keep the next Friday "in
commemoration of the landing of our worthy ancestors in this place;"
and, accordingly, on the 22d they celebrated the day by the discharge
of small arms and cannon, and by a supper with toasts and conver-
sation. A mistake was then made in reducing the old style date (Dec.
11) to new style, which caused them to select the wrong day for the
celebration. The mistake was not noticed for some time; and when
it was discovered the error was too firmly fixed in the public mind
to be easily removed. An effort, however, was made in 1849 to
change the celebration to the true day. A committee was appointed
by the Pilgrim Society, Dec. 15 of that year {ante, iv, 350 and 369),
who reported May 27, 1850, that the 21st of December was the true
anniversary of the landing, and recommended that this day be cele-
348 A Letter from the Rev. Cotton Mather, B. D. [Oct.
brated in future instead of the 22d. The report was accepted by
the society7 and a vote passed in accordance with the recommendation
of the committee. We believe, however, that the force of habit has
proved stronger than the love of truth, and that the Pilgrim Society
has rescinded its vote, and again celebrates the 22d of December.
A LETTER FROM THE REV. COTTON MATHER, D. D.,
TO GEORGE YAUGHAN, ESQ., AGENT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE IN ENGLAND,
RESPECTING THE DEED OF CERTAIN INDIANS TO MR. JOHN WHEEL-
WRIGHT AND OTHERS.
[Communicated by Samuel G. Drake, A. M. of Boston.]
This letter was used by the Rev. Jeremy Belknap, when compiling
his splendid History of New Hampshire. Of so much importance
was it considered by him, that he gave it a place in the appendix to
that work. Since the time of Dr. Belknap no one seems to have
known what had become of the original. Fortunately it has recently
been brought to light and is now the property of Winslow Lewis,
M. D.f President of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society.
To him the readers of the Register are indebted for bringing it to the
knowledge of the copyist. Dr. Belknap, as just stated, gave a copy
in his history. This was correct enough for his purpose, but it is not
a literal copy; and besides, he made a few verbal alterations. We
now print it exaclly from the same original used by him; which is
still in a tolerable state of preservation. x
This letter of Dr. Mather bears the marks of having been com-
posed with much care, as is apparent from its man}' erasures and
emendations. And naone can read it at this day, as it appears to
me, without being perfectly satisfied, that there was a deed from
certain Indians to Mr. Wheelwright, in 1629; that it had come to
light about 1708; that old people of the highest respectability then
living in the country knew there was such a deed, that its condition
was such, that no one could for a moment doubt its genuineness;
that if a forgery, Mr. Wheelwright must have been privy to it; and
that no one living then or since has for a moment harbored a thought
that he ever could have been capable of any fraud whatever.
With such facts before him the reader may well be surprised to
learn, that within our time there has been any one hard headed, and
intellectually obtuse enough to aver that the " Wheelwright Deed is
a forgery." All that need be said here, respecting the question of
the genuineness of this deed may be summed up in a very few words.
The gentleman who assumed that the deed was a forgery, did so up-
on grounds quite extraordinary. They were to the effect, that there
could not be two persons of the same name in Old England and New
England at the same time; that a man could not vote in a company
concern by proxy; that there never was an Indian bearing a certain
name in all the American wilderness, and that an instrument in the
1862.] A Letter from the Rev. Cotton Mather, D. I). 349
time of Mr. Wheelwright could not have been written in a scholarly
manner.
If there are any of our readers who have a curiosity to see how
much can be said on such assumed premises as these above stated,
they may be gratified in the perusal of an article in the appendix
to Winthrop's Journal, Savage's edition, vol. i, p. 405, &c. In
the same connection should be read an article in the Register, vol.
ix, p. 208.
It should be borne in mind, that when the original deed was dis-
covered, the cry raised that it was a forgery, recoiled at once
upon those who raised it, and overwhelmed them with confusion. And
that it should not be revived under any circumstances, those inter-
ested caused it to be recorded in two different counties. The records
then made of it are to be seen in the proper offices, with all the In-
dian and other names, to this day.
Theorists will, like drowning men, " catch at straws," so we see a
great discovery proclaimed, respecting the date of the deed to Mr.
Wheelwright. " It was dated on a Sunday!" Now, it may be so;
and if so, what does it prove? Everybody who writes and dates
knows how easy a thing it is to mistake a day in dating, under the
most favorable circumstances, and in their own offices. Then add to
that the probable fact, that after many days wandering in the wil-
derness, the instrument in question was probably dated, and who, for
a moment will wonder if the day of date upon it was a misdate ? Our
tenacious Theorist may have misdated a document during his legal
career. Will he deliberately aver that he has never done so?
Finall}', any unbiassed judge, I question not, will decide that this
error in the date is much more in favor than against the genuineness
of the instrument.
To Mr. George Yaughan, Agent for N. Hampshire. 3d lm 1708.
Sr — You demand my Thoughts upon the Date of ye Instrument in
which the Indian Sachems of Piscataqua convey to Mr. Wheelright.
and his Friends, the Countrey whereof your People are the present
possessors: How a date in the year, 1629, could consist, with the
True Time of Mr. Wheelrights coming into ye Countrey?
I cannot but admire at ye Providence of Heaven, which has all
along strangely interposed with most admirable Dispensations; and
particularly with strange mortalities to stop the proceeding of ye
Controversey about Masons Claim upon you, still as it has been just
upon a Crisis: just in ye most critical moment of it.* There seem's
to have been a remarkable Display and Instance of that Providence,
in the finding of this Instrument, just before the sitting of your last
Court about this affair, & after it had been for very many years dis-
coursed of, among the Good Men who knew of such an instrument, but
with regret concluded it lost and gone beyond all Recovery.
I suppose you are making your Application to those, who will be
far from the Opinion That Dominion is founded in Grace. Titles to lands,
are not more or less valid, according to yc profession of Christianity,
♦ Referring to tke death of Robert Mason in 16S8, and of Samuel Alien in 1705.
— Belknap.
350 A Letter from the Rev. Cotton Mather, I). D. [Oct.
in the owners. . There is no Protestant, but what will acknowledge,
that Pagans have Titles that are incontestable, and that they have
not by their paganism, forfeited their Titles, to the first Christians
that shall therefore pretend unto them.
Lett the Date of Wheel 'right's Instrument be what it will, there
seems an Instrument of some such importance on Masons party ne-
cessary to render Masons Claim effectual. When the Kings of Eng-
land have given Patents for American Land's unto their Subjects, their
vertue and Justice has been such, that they have not therein designed
ever to give away the Properties of the Natives here, but always
intended that their subjects here should honestly agree with ye
Natives, for what Lands they should gett under ye protection of these
Patents, before they should call them their own.
Briefly, you expect a Decision of your Case, where Indian Titles
will have a due consideration. And I suppose your Antagonists can
hardly show such an one as yours.
I confess, when I first was informed of ye Date, which your
Instrument bears, I thought that it must be a Forgery. But I must
now give you my second Thoughts upon it.
The very Aged Gentlewomen, his two Daughters, I look upon as
very Incompetent witnesses to determine y? Time of their Fathers
first coming over into America. I have discoursed the more sensible
& capable of them, namely Mr3. Pierson,* who tells me, That her
Fathers coming- over with his family, was in the same ship with
Mr. Samuel Whiting, ye minister of Lyn, and others; who we are all
sure, came in the year, 1636. , But she tells me, That she is not sure,
her Father never visited America before; only she does nut Remember
that she ever heard him speak of it. And yett there are shrewd Intima-
tions of the Gentlemans being here, before the year, which they tell
us of. I suppose you are furnished with them.
Your Instrument cannot be Invalidated but by some Demonstration
that Mr. Wheelright was at home in Lincolnshire all the year 1629.
We know there were many voyages taken between England and
these Parts of America, before that year. In the year 1624, we find
Mr. Roger Cona.nt, managing a Plantation, but a very little to the
southward of Piscataqua. It is no Improbable thing, That such an
active and lively Man, as Mr. Wheelright, might step over hither, to
see how the Land lay, before his Transportation of his Family. f
The Instrument of 1629, has upon it, such indisputable & irrefraga-
ble Marks of Antiquity, that if it be a Forgery, it must be a very
Ancient one, it has almost as many marks of 1629, upon it, as
there be years in ye Number, of which you need no Recitation of
mine you are much better able than I am, to amply fy upon them.
About an hundred and twenty years ago, there were found certain
* She was then about 75 years of age. See Register, xv, 271. — Ed.
t See Belknap, vol. i, Appendix p. is. If the reader will refer to the volume and
page indicated, he will see the copy of a paper dated in 1633, in which reference
is made to Mr. Whcdxc rights purchase. Now if the deed in question be a forgery
this paper m'ust be a forgery al>o. I have myself seen the original of that paper,
and know it is genuine. I have al*o seen several other papers ail bearing upon the
question, which must have also been forged, but they are genuine. — S. (i. D.
1862.1 A Letter from the Rev. Cotton Mather, D. D. 351
manuscripts in some vaults near Granada, iu Spain, which twas af-
firmed, were fifteen hundred years old; and they sang Te Deum, for
ye Discovery. But y° Dominicans presently discovered them, from y°
Language & ye Intent of them, to be a Modern Fraud of ye Francis-
cans.
All ye witt of Man cannot percive the least symptom, of a modern
Fraud in your Instrument. The Gentleman who litt upon it, is as
honest, upright k, pious a man as any in the world, and would not do
an 111 Thing to gain a world. But ye circumstances of the Instru-
ment itself, also are such, that it could not be Lately Counterfeited.
If it were a Forgery, Mr. Whedright himself must be privy to it.
But he was alwayes a Gentleman of the most unspotted Morals im-
aginable. A man of a most unblemished Reputation. He would
sooner have undergone any martyrdom, than have given the least
Connivance to any Forgery,
There was a Time in the. year 1637, when he was persecuted, with
too much violence, in ye Massachuset Colony; but it was only from a
Disturbance made about certain speculations, which were thought to
be of an Antinomian Tendency. His worst enemies never looked on
him as chargeable with yu least 111 practices.
The blinding heat of those Troubles procured an order for his Re-
move out of ye Colony. Tis remarked in the Books then published,
That he did not go to Rhode Island, ye most Inviting Part of y- Coun-
trey, whither all they went, that were censured at the same time with
him. No; he removed then into Hampshire, and unto Hampton, which
would invite one to think, that he had^a peculiar Interest in that Pro-
vince.
I have heard, That when he was a young spark at the University,
he was noted for a more than ordinary stroke at wrestling, and that
afterwards waiting on Cromwel, with whom he had been contemporary
at the University, Cromwel declared unto the Gentlemen then about
him, that he could remember the Time, he had been more afraid of meeting
this Gentleman at Footbal than of meeting any Army since in y^ Field, for
he was infallibly sure of being tript up by him!
I know not whether ye Instrument of his, now in your Hands wilt
have as good an efficacy as its owner had; you will doubtless think
it has, if, in wrestling with 3rour Adversaries, it trip up their cause,
and give them a fall.
I should abhor, that ye Cause of my best friends, & a very good
cause, ever should be serv'd by any Indirect means. Yet I verily
think, this Instrument ought very much to be considered, & to have
a very great weight allowed unto it.
Sr I wish you a good voyage, and a good Issue, and subscribe
your sincere servt.
Co. Mather.
P- S. — I forgott to tell you, that, when my Parent lay at Plymouth
bound for New England, on March 24, 1691-2, Mr. Sherwit, a minister
then living near, told him, That his grandfather, and our Mr. Coleman
and another, had a Patent for that which Mr. Mason pretended unto at
Fiscataqua. You may do well to enquire further concerning it.
352 Records of Lancaster. [Oct.
LANCASTER RECORDS.
^Communicatee! by Asdrew H. Ward, Esq., of West Newton, Mass.]
The town of Lancaster was incorporated in 1G53, and belonged to
•pa-
Middlesex County. In 1731 it was included in the county of Wore*
ter, which was incorporated in that year. The following- records are
from a copy of Middlesex County Records of births, marriages and
deaths made for me some years since by Mr. Pulsifer, which was to be
a copy in every respect. It is supposed to be so, notwithstanding it
contains errors. Those herein and known to be such are corrected in
brackets. The spelling" and manner of dating as in the copy, are
retained. What is herein enclosed in parentheses, is in addition to
Middlesex Records, and not a part thereof.
The latest record here furnished is 7th of August, 1674. From that
time there is a chasm of five or more years, in the records of its peo-
ple, in Middlesex Records; and probably in those of the town, as the
inhabitants were dispersed and the town eventually abandoned for
several years in consequence of Indian hostilities. At the time of
the first assault upon it, 22d August, 1615, eight persons are said to
have been killed by the Indians ( Worcester Magazine, vol. n, p. 291),
the names of five of them may be found herein — they are severally
starred. The second assault was made 10th February following, and
the town destroyed. Fifty or more persons were either killed or car-
ried into captivity — the names of some of the killed may be found
herein — they appear in italics. Subsequent to that time and including
1707, they repeated their assaults and killed a large number of the
inhabitants — a notice of whom, if opportunity permits, may appear
with further records of that ancient town, whose records here sub-
joined commence thus:
Lanchasler .
15. 4mo. 1661.
dat. mo:tth. teah.
Henry, sonne of Henry Kerley and Elizabeth (White,
in. Nov. 2, 1654) his wife was borne 00. 11. 1657
Mary, daughter of Mr. Joseph Rowlason [Rowlandson]
and Mary his wife was borne ... , 15.11. 1657
Marjr, daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane his wife
was borne , 4. 11. 1653
John, sonne of Ralph Houghton and Jane his wife was
borne . . 28. 2. 1655
Joseph, sonne of Ralph Houghton and Jane his wife
was borne 1. 5. 1657
Experience, daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane his
wife was borne 1. 8. 1659
James, sonne of James Atherton and Hannah his wife
was borne 13. 3. 1 654
Joshua, sonne of James Atherton and Hannah his wife
was borne 13. 3. 1656
Hannah, daughter of James Atherton and Hannah his
wife was borne 10. 11. 1657
1862.] Lancaster Records. 353
DAT. MONTH. TE1S.
Mary, daughter of Jn°. Moore and Anna (Smith, m.
Nov. 16, 1654) his wife was borne 4. 9. 1655
Elizabeth, daughter of Jn°! Moore and Anna his wife
was borne 27. 9.1657
Mercy & Esther, daughters of Edmund Parker and Eliza-
beth his wife was borne 28. 8. 1654
Deborah, daughter of Edmund Parker and Elizabeth his
wife was borne 6. 11, 1655
Two children of Jn°. Rug [Rugg] and Mary his wife
was borne 17. 11. 1655
Joseph, sonne of Laurance Waters and Ann his wife
was borne 29. 2. 1641
Jacob & Rachell, sonne and daughter of Laurance Wa-
ters and Ann his wife was borne - 1. 1. 1649
Samuel, sonne of Laurance Waters and Ann his wife
was borne 14. 11. 1651
JoanDa, daughter of Laurance Waters and Ann his wife
was borne 26. 1. 1653
Ephraim, sonne of Laurance Waters and Ann his wife
was borne 27.11.1655
A child of Nathaniel Joslin and Sarah his wife was
borne 15. 5. 1651
Grace, daughter of Jonas fairebank and Lidea his wife
was borne 15. 9. 1663
Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Sawjir [Sawyer] and
Mary his wife was borne : 5. 11. 1663
Samuel, sonne of Daniel Allin and Mary his wife was
borne 7. 2.1664
Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Joscelin and Sarah his
wife was borne 15. 5. 1660
Mary, daughter of Samuel Davis and Mary his wife was
borne , 26. 11. 1661
A child of Richard Smith and Mary his wife was borne 23. 3. 1654
John, sonne of Richard Smith and Johanna his wife was
borne .; 20. 11. 1655
ffrancis, sonne of Richard Smith and Johanna his wife
was borne 26. 6. 1657
William, sonne of Henry Kerly [Kerley] and Elizabeth
his wife was borne 22. 11. 1658
Thomas, sonne of Thomas Sawjer and Mary his wife
was born 2. 5. 1649
Ephraim., sonne of Thomas Sawjer and Mary his wife
was borne 16. 11. 1650
Mary, daughter of Thomas Sawjer and Mary his wife
was borne 4. 11. 1652
Joshua, sonne of Thomas Sawjer and Mary his wife was
borne 13. 1.1655
James, sonne of Thomas Sawjer and Mary his wife was
borne 22. 1.1651
Caleb, sonne of Thomas Sawjer and Mary his wife was
borne 20. 2. 1659
SO
354 Lancaster Records. [Oct.
PAY. MONTH. Y£AR
Mary daugher of Jonas ffairebank and Lidea bis wife
was borne 20. 4.1659
Ichabod, sonne of Jeremiah Rogers and Bya [Abiah]
his wife was borne 9. 11. 1659
[According to Mr. Savage, Ichabod was by a pre-
vious wife Mehilable.']
Nathaniel, sonne of Nathaniel Joslin and Sarah his wife
was borne 21. 4.1658
Joseph, sonne of Simon Willard and Mary his wife was
borne, 4. 11. 1660
Samuel, sonne of George Bennitt and Lidea his wife
was borne 22. 5. ) 665
Joshua, sonne of Jonas ffairebankes and Lidea his wife
was borne , 6. 2.1661
Abigail, daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane his wife
was borne 15. 5.1 664
Noah, sonne of Gamaliel Bern an and Sarah his wife
was borne 3. 2.1661
John, sonne of Thomas Sawyer and Mary his wife was
borne 6. 2.1661
Lidea, daughter of Jn°. Moore and Ann his wife was
borne 6. 2. 1 660
John, sonne of Jn°. Moore and Ann his wife was borne 1. 2. 1662
Racheli, daughter of Arculas [Archelaus] Courser and
Rachell his wife was borne. 8, 10. 1662
John, sonne of George Bennitt and Lidea his wife was
borne , 31. 5. 1659
Mary, daughter of George Bennitt and Lidea his wife
was borne 19. 6.1661
Steeven, sonne of Steeven Gates and Sarah his wife was
borne 17. 5.1665
Joseph, sonne of Mr. Joseph Rowlason and Mary his
wife was borne , 1. 1.1661
Mary, daughter of Mr. Joseph Rowlason and Mary his
wife was borne, 12. 6. 1665
Waytestill, daughter of Roger Sumner and Mary his
wife was borue 20. 10. 1661
Mary, daughter of Roger Sumner and Mary his wife was
borne . 5. 6. 1 665
Sarah, daughter of Ralph Houghton and Jane his wife
was borne , 17. 12. 1661
Joseph, sonne of Jn°. Moore and Ann his wife was borne 20. 8. 1664
Beatrix, daughter of Jn°. Houghton and Beatrix his wife
was borne , 3. 10. 1665
Josiah, sonne of Josiah Whetcombe [Whitcorob] and
Rebeccah his wife was borne 12. 9. 1665
Jacob, sonne of Richard Wheeler and Sarah his wife
was borne 25. 9.1653
Zebediah, sonne of Richard Wheeler and Sarah his wife
was borne '. 2.11.1664
Hannah, daughter of Simon Willard and Mary his wife
was borne 6. 8.1666
18G2.] Lancaster Records. 355
DAY. MOSTLT. TEAR
Rebeccah, daughter of Jn° Lewis and Hannah his wife
was borne 8. 6. 1 065
Bethia, daughter of Jn°. Lewis and Hannah his wife was
borne 13. 5. 1666
Jo si ah, sonue of Josiah Whetcornbe and Rebeccah his
wife was borne 7. 11. 1666
Jonathan, sonne of Jonas ffairbanke and Lidea his wife
was borne 1. 8.1666
Elnathan, sonne of Daniel Allin and Mary his wife was
borne 1. 11. 1666
Dorothy, daughter of Nathaniel Joslin and Mary his "*•-
wife was borne 4. 1.1662
Peter, sonne of Nathaniel Joslin and Sarah his wife was
borne 22. 12. 1665
Hannah, daughter of Henry Kerley and Elizabeth his
wife was borne . 8. 5. 1663
Mary, daughter of Heury Kerley and Elizabeth his wife
was borne 14. 8.1666
Sarah, daughter of Richard Wheeler and Sarah his wife
was borne 1. 12. 1666
Ann, daughter of Jn°. Moore and Ann his wife was
borne •. 1*1. 5. 1666
Mary, daughter of James Atherton and Hannah his wife
was borne It. 11. 1660
Elizabeth, daughter of James Atherton and Hannah his
wife was borne 6. 8. 1666
Mary, daughter of Abram Joslin and Beatrix his wife
was borne 14. 10. 1666
Joseph, sonne of xlbram Joslin and Beatrix his wife was
borne 26. 5. 1663
Marriages.
Jonas ffairebanke & Lidea Prescott were maryed 28. 3. 1658
George Bennitt & Lidea Kibby were maryed 13. 4.1658
Richard Wheeler & Sarah Prescott were maryed 2. 6. 1658
William Kerley &Briehett [Bridget] Rowlandson maryed 31. 3. 1659
William Kerley & Rebeccah Joselin were maryed 6. 3. 1664
John Ikuall* and Hannah White were maryed/. 23. 10. 1663
Josiah Whetcombe and Rebeccah Waters were maryed. 4. 11. 1664
Deaths.
A child of Jn°. Rug and Martha his wife died 18. 11. 1655
A child of Jn° Rug and Martha his wife died 24. 11. 1655
Martha, wife of Ju°. Rug (and dau. of John Prescott) died 24. 11. 1655
Joane, the wife of Jn°. White died 18. 3. 1654
Mary, the wife of Richard Smith died 27. 3. 1654
Elizabeth, the wife of Edmund Parker died.., 6. 9.1657
Thomas Rowlandson died 17. 9.1657
* This name is Divell on subsequent pages of Middlesex County Records, and
probably Divoll in the Records of Lancaster — see Willard's History of Lancaster in
Worcester Magazine, vol. n, page 292.
356 Lancaster Records. [Oct.
EAT. MONTH. 7rA?.»
A child of Nath&hiel Joslin & Sarah his wife died 16. 5. 1657
Rachel, daughter of Laurance Waters & Ann his wife
died 31. 1. 1649
Joanna, daughter of Laurance Waters & Ann his wife
died 21. 2. 1654
Mary, wife of Jn° Smith died 27. 10. 1659
Ann (first), wife of William Kerley, sen., died 12. 1. 1658
Ephraim, sonne of Laurance Waters and Ann his wife
died , It. 4.1659
Josiah, sonne of Josiah Whetcombe & Rebeccah his wife
died , 12. 9. 1665
Thomas James, died 13. 1. 1660
Mary, daughter of Mr. Joseph Rowlandson & Mary his
wife died * 20. 11. 1660
Hittabel, daughter Jeremiah Rogers &Byah his wife died 20. 11. 1660
Rebeccah, daughter of Jn° Lewis & Hannah his wife
died 20. 7. 1665
Jn° Whetcombe, Sen., died 2-1. 7. 1662
Elizabeth, daughter of James Atherton & Hannah his
wife died ; . . . 10. 6. 1 665
Richard Linton died 30. 1.1665
Henry Reuie, Servant to Roger Sumner died 15. 4. 1 662
Brichett (second), wife of William Kerley, Sen., died.. 14. 4. 1662
Jacob son of Richard Wheeler & Sarah his wife died.. 21. 12. 1663
Deborah, daughter of Thomas Sawjer & Mary his wife
died 17. 5.1666
Births.
Ann, daughter of Daniel Hudson and Joanna his wife
was borne .Jan. 1. 166S
Daniel, sonne of Daniel Hudson and Joanna his wife
was borne , . . .May 26. 1651
Mary, daughter of Daniel Hudson and Joanna his wife
was borne Sept. 7. 1 653
Sarah, daughter of Daniel Hudson and Joanna his wife
was borne Jan. 1.1656
Elizabeth, daughter of Daniel Hudson and Joanna his
wife was borne Jan. 8.1658
Johanna, daughter of Daniel Hudson and Johanna his
wife was borne Jan. 6. 1660
John, sonne of Daniel Hudson and Johanna his wife was
borne Mch. 10. 1662
William, sonne of Daniel Hudson and Johanna his wife
was borne June 12. 1664
Abigail, daughter of Daniel &, Johanna Hudson was
borne Sept. 7. 1667
Simon, sonne of Arculas and Rachel Courser borne Aug. 3. 1667
Hittabel, daughter of Jeremiah and Abiah Rogers borne Oct. 4. 1663
Abijah [Abiah] daughter of Jeremiah & Abijah [Abiah]
Rogers borne . July 6. 1 666
HanDah, daughter of Ralph & Jane Houghton borne. . .Oct. 16, 1665
1862."
Lancaster Records.
357
MONTH. DAY.
John, sonne of John and Hannah Divell home Sept. 28.
Hannah, daughter of Jn° and Hannah Divell home.. June 12.
John, sonne of Ju° Ruge [Rugg] & Hannah his wife
borne . • June 4.
Marra, daughter of Jn° and Hannah Ruge borne July 11.
Thomas, sonne of Jn° and Hannah Ruge. ... " Sept. 15.
Bathsheba, daughter of Jeremiah and Abyah
Rogers " Jan. 6.
Benjamin, sonne of John and Beatrix Houghton " May 25.
Mary, daughter of John and Mary farrer " June 18.
Jaahzoniah, sonne of Roger and Mary Sumner " April 11.
Hannah, daughter of Jonathan & Hannah Whet-
combe " Sept. IT.
George, sonne of George and Lidea Bennitt. . . " March 26.
David, sonne of Josiah and Rebeccah Whet*
combe " Feb. 20.
Joseph, sonne of John and Hannah Ruge M Dec. 15.
John, sonne of Thomas and Deborah Wedge. .. " April 28.
Mary, daughter of Thomas and Deborah Wedge " May 12.
Elizabeth, daughter of Nathaniel & Sarah Joslin, " June 7.
John, sonne of John and Elizabeth Rigby " July 2.
Thankefull, daughter of Gamaliel and Sarah
Beman " April 18.
Mchettabell, daughter of Gamaliel and Sarah
Beaman " May 26.
Hasadiah, daughter of Jonas and Lidea fai re-
banks..... " Feb. 28.
Jonathan, sonne of John and Ann Moore " May 19.
Josiah, sonne of John and Hannah Divell " Sept. 27.
Sarah, daughter of Joseph & Mary Rowlandson " Sept. 15.
Barrachia, sonne of John & Hannah Lewis " July 21.
Patience, daughter of John & Hannah Lewis.. . " Jan. 31.
Mary, daughter of John & Sarah Prescott " Feb. 2.
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard & Sarah Wheeler " May 24.
Jonathan, sonne of Jonathan & Hannah Whet-
combe " Feb. 26.
Jonathan, sonne of Simon & Mary Willard " Dec. 14.
Thomas, sonne of Daniel & Mary Aliin " Feb. 20.
Joseph, sonne of Henry & Elizabeth Kerley " March 28.
John, sonne of John & Mary farrer . " Nov. 28.
Mary, daughter of Arculas & Rachell Courser. . " May 11.
A child of William k Elizabeth Lencorne [Lincoln] " July 17.
Deborah, daughter of James & Hannah Atherton " June 1.
Joshua, sonne of Thomas & Deborah Wedge " March 30.
Deaths.
Thomas Wilder died Oct. 23.
Hettabell, daughter of Jeremiah Rogers " Nov. 7,
Hannah, daughter of Jonathan Whetcornb " Dec. 19.
Nathaniel, sonne of Nathaniel Joslin " June 8.
John Smith « Jnjy 16.
Isabel! Walker » April 3
YEAS.
1664
1667
1662
1664
1666
1667
1668^
1668
1663
1668
1663
1668
1668
1667
1668
1657
1663
1663
1667
1668
1 669
16o9
1669
1663
1668
1669
1669
1669
1669
1669
1669
1669
1670
1670
1669
1670
1667
1662
1663
1667
1669
1696
35S Lancaster Records. [Oct.
MONTH. DAT. ST.AR.
Hope, daughter of Major Simon Willard " Dec. 23. 1663
Simon, soune of Arcu leas Courser " June 15.1069
John farrer V" Nov. 3.1669
A child of William Lincorne " July 17.1670
William Kerley, Sen., " July 14.1010
Marriages.
Jonathan & Hannah Whetcome were maryed Nov. 25. 1667
John k Mary farrer ". " June SO. 1667
John Bug & Hannah (Prescott), his wife " " May 4. 1660
John Prescott & Sarah his wife . " " Nov. 11. 1668
Thomas Wilder k Mary his wife " " June 25. 1668
Jacob farrer k Hannah (Hayward) his
wife " " Nov. 11. 166S
John Rigby k Elizabeth his wife " " Aug. 30. 1662
Reuben Luxford & Margaret his wife. . , " " June 22. 1609
Henry Maze [Mays] and Ales his wife. " " Sept. 14.1669
John Whetcombe and Mary his wife... " " May 19.1669
9. 7. 1670 Ralph Houghton
Clark of ytf writts for
Lanchaster
Jacob of Jacob and Hannah ffarrer .\..born 29. 1. 69
Jonathan of Jn° & Elizabeth Kettle, . . " 24. 9. 70
Nathaniel of Thomas & Mary Sawjer " 24. 9. 70
Hannah of John & Hannah Rug " 2.11. 70
Maria of John & Ann Moore " 10. 1. 7^
Child of Jonathan & Dorathy Prescott " 2. 3. 7 i
Samuell of Richard k Sarah Wheeler " 29. 2. 71
Jabez of Jonas & Lidea ffairbanks " 8.11. 70
Joseph of Jacob k Ann [alias Hannah] ffarrer " 6. 6. *72
George of Jacob* & Ann ffarrer " 16. 6. 70
Rebecca of Josiah & Rebecca Whitcombe " 12. 9. 71
Rebecca of Roger & Mary Sumner " 9. 8. 71
Benjamin, Hannah of Benjamin k Hannah Allin. .. " 10. 7. 71
Mary of Job k Mary Whitcomb " 27.10. 71
Hannah* of Mordecay* & Lidea* Mackload [Mc-
Leod?] " 16. 9. 71
Mary of Thomas and Sarah Sawyer " 30.11. 71
Israel of Jeremiah & Abigail Rogers " 26. 9. 71
John of Jn° & Hannah Lewis " 20. 4, 71
Hannah of Jonathan k Hannah Whitcomb " 29. 6. 71
Nathaniel of Daniel k Johannah Hudsou 15. 3. 71
Jonathan of Jonathan & Dorathy Prescott. 10. 2. 72
Rebeccah of Nathaniel k Sarah Joselin 14. 3. 72
William of Jn° & Hannah Divell 8. 2. 72
Ruth of Jn° k Mary Whetcomb 27. 4. 72
Sarah of Jufi k Beatrix Houghton 30. 5. 72
Mary of Ciprian k Mary Steevens 22. 9. 72
Joseph of James & Hannah Atherton 28. 2. 72
William of George & Lidea Bennett 5. 1. 7 \
* Middlesex Records say 6. 6. 60.
jgfr2.] Lancaster Records. 359
DAY. MONTH. YEA'i.
John of Jn° & Sarah Prescott 24. 9. 12
Priscilla of Ephraim & Priscilla Roper 26. 11. 72
.John of Jn° & Mary Houghton 13. 12. 72
Jonas of Jonas & Lidea ffairbank 6. 3. 13
.John of Jn" & Hannah Wilder . . 11. 5. 13
Martha of Henry & Elizabeth Kerley 10. 4. 72
William of John & Hannah Lewis 2. 11. 73
A bi<rail of Benjamin k Mary Allin 12. 1. 7-|
KebeCcah of Jn» & Hannah Rug 16. 3. 73
Mai tha of Thomas k Mary Sawyer 10. 6. 73
William of Roger & Mary Sumner 26. 11. 73
William of William & Elizabeth Lincorne 26. 6. 72
Elizabeth of William k Elizabeth Lincorne 26. 12. 73
Samuel of Samuel & Mary Waters 23. 1. 73
Johannah of Josiah & Rebeccah Whetcomb 8. 1. 7|
Jacob of Jn° & Mary Houghton 17. 2. 74
)i:atrix of Abram k Ann Josh/n 9. 3. 74
.Abigail of Jonathan & Hannah Whetcomb 5. 3. 74
Susannah of Jeremiah & Abiah Rogers 2.11. 73
Lidea of George* & Lidea Bent [Bennett] 7. 6. 74
Deaths.
Ann wife of Jn° Moore died 10. 1. 1-f
Child of Jonathan & Dorathy Prescott " 2. 3. 71
William Lewis " 3. 10. 71
Orances Whetcomb " 17. 3. 11
Jonathan of Jonathan Prescott " 4. 3. 71
Mary daughter of James Atherton " 4. 9. 70
Henjamin son of George Adams " 26. 8. '12
Isaac Wright 1 " 20.10. 63
Thomas Joslin " 3. 11. 60
Sarah wife of thomas Sawyer . . . , " 2. 1. 1J
William son of George Bennett " 14. 1. 11
John son of Jn° ITarrer " 2. 8. 13
Marriages.
Jonathan Prescott & Dorathy his wife 3. 6. 70
thomas Sawyer k Sarah his wife 11. 8. 10
John Whitcomb & Mary his wife * 16. 1. 1$
Benjamin Bosworth & Beatrix his wife 16. 9. 71
Mordeeay Mackload & Lidia his wife 31.11. 10
John Wilder k Hannah his wife 17. 5. 12
Cipriiin Stevens & Mary [not Sarah] his wife as in copy
of Mid. Records 22. 11. 71
John Houghton & Mary [Farrer] his wife 22. 11. 11
thomas Sawyer & Hannah his wife 21. 9. 12
Jeremiah Rogers & Dorcas his wife 11.10. 12
Abram Jocelyn k Ann his wife 29. 9. 72
Samtte! and Mary Waters 21. 1. 72
Nathaniel Wilder k Mary his wife 24. 11. 73
Jonas Prescott k Mary [Loker] his wife 14. 9. 72
Re1- from Ralph Houghton, 6. 8. 14.
and entered by Thomas Danforth
'
360 Scotch-Irish Families. [Oct.
SCOTCH-IRISH FAMILIES IN CHESTER COUNTY, PA.
BLAIR AND SMITH.
Among the early immigrants to this region, were numerous families
known as Scotch-Irish, from the north of the Emerald Isle. These
were a class of people very remarkable for intellectual activity and
enterprise, — ever prompt to encourage all sorts of improvements;
and especially to promote the establishment of Educational Institu-
tions, for the. better instruction of "Young America;7' and many of
them came, ready and fitted, to engage in that honorable and import-
ant employment. Among these valuable acquisitions, were the Blairs,,
and the Smiths, — distinguished Teachers in Eastern Pennsylvania,
and parts adjacent ; from whom was descended the patriotic and
gallant General Charles F. Smith, whose recent loss this republic
lias so much reason to deplore.
The ancestors of Gen. Charles Ferguson Smith comprised such dis-
tinguished persons as the Blairs, of Pennsylvania, father and son —
Robert Smith — Elizabeth Blair Smith — and John Blair Smith — down
to Samuel B. Smith, M. D., the father of the lamented general.
Rev. Samuel Blair, Sen., born in the province of Ulster, Ireland, in
1712, came to America while quite young; received his education at
the famous Log College, at Neshaminy, Bucks county, Penn, under
the Rev. William Tennent. Becoming, in 1739, pastor of the Pres-
byterian congregation at Fagg's Mauor, Chester county, he soon
afterward established there a flourishing classical school, with par-
ticular reference to the study of Theology.
Rev. Samuel Blair, the younger, son of the preceding, was bom in
Fagg's Manor, Chester county, 1741 was trained in his father's school,
and graduated at the College of New Jersey, in 1760; was a tutor
at Princeton, from 1761 to 1764. Jn 1766, he became pastor of the
Old South church, in Boston, as colleague of Dr. Sewall, — which
charge he resigned in 1769, and took up his residence in Germantown,
Penn. He afterward served two years, as chaplain to the continental
congress. His wife was a daughter of William Shippen, M. D., an
eminent physician and medical professor of Philadelphia.
Rev. Robert Smith, D. D., born in Londonderry, Ireland, in 1723;
came when a child, with his parents, to this country, and settled on
the head waters of the Brandy wine, in Chester county, where he grew
to manhood. He was educated at the celebrated school of Rev.
Samuel Blair, in Fagg's Manor, — and was licensed to preach, in De-
cember, 1749. In 1750, he married Elizabeth Blair, a sister of his
preceptor, a lady of high intellectual endowments, and fitted to grace
the most exalted station in society. In 1751 Robert Smith was in-
stalled pastor of the Pequea Presby terian church, in Lancaster county,
near the county line, — with a portion of his congregation residing
in Chester county. At this place, he established a classical and
theological seminary of a high character, — much resorted to, in those
days, by young men of Pennsylvania and other provinces. Here
was laid the foundation of the eminence of his two sons, namely: Rev.
1862.] Scotch-Irish Families. 361
Samuel Stanhope Smith, I). P., who was first President of Hnmpden-
Stdney College, in Virginia, — and afterward succeeded Dr. Wither-
spoon, as President of Princeton College, New Jersey: also Rev. John
Blair Smith, D. D.. who succeeded his brother, as president of Hampden-
Sidney College, was a genius and a pnet; became the firnt president
of Union College, Schenectady; and was finally pastor of the Third
Presbyterian church, Philadelphia, — where he died of yellow fever,
in 1790.
The accomplished teachers, here enumerated, were signally instru-
mental in imparting a hopeful impulse to the march of mind, on this
side of the Atlantic; and the recollection of the pleasant hours passed
by the compiler of these notes among a portion of their descendants,
awakens touching reminiscenses of times now gone by for more than
half a century.
Sixty years ago, a considerable number of aspiring young men, in
the United States, were engaged in the study of medicine; and in the
autumn of 1R02, a goodly portion of them — attracted by the reputa-
tion of the medical school under the auspices of the Professors Ship-
pen, Rush, Wistar, Barton, and Woodhouse, — assembled in Philadel-
phia, to attend the lectures, in the University of Pennsylvania. Ap-
preciating each other's tastes and aptitudes, some ten or a dozen of
them soon agreed to form a society, or free and easy club, for the
purpose of social enjoyment, and intellectual improvement. The club
was strictly select — consisting chiefly of medical students, youthful
merchants, and a few hopeful young artists. Among the more zealous
and devoted, may be mentioned the following: Win, W. Wistar,
merchant; Joseph P. Horner, merchant; Geo. F. Raudolph, merchant;
Benjamin Paxson, merchant; Joshua Emlen. merchant; Isaac Cleaver,
medical student, Samuel B. Smith, medical student (father of Gen.
C. F. Smith), YVm. Kneass, engraver (U. S. Mint), Wrm. Strickland,
Narchitect (U. S. Bank, Exchange, State House, Nashville), Thos. G.
Lea, merchant (naturalist), Joseph Klapp, medical student, Vincent
King, medical student. Of all the members of this once idolized
club, there are now, alas! but two survivors.
The name adopted for the association was whimsically derived
from that of the great Roman orator; whereupon they called it the
Tullian Society: and although the club enjoyed rather slender pre-
tensions to elocution, it may be safely alleged, a corps of more hearty,
jovial, sprightly, or cordially attached youngsters, was never aggre-
gated in one brotherhood.
Samuel B. Smith, M. D., a lineal descendant of the Pennsylvania
Blairs, and of the learned theologians among the Smiths, of the last
age. — was a special favorite, and a master spirit, in the Tullian Club
of Philadelphia.
Among these Tullians, were two or three quaint individuals of
rhyming propensities, — who often perpetrated songs, and ditties, to
enliven the jollifications of the congregated brethren: and on one
occasion, near the close of the winter course, of 1803-4 — a song
was produced, in titled a "Bird's eye view of the Tullian Society."
It was a parody on a fashionable ditty of that day; and a stanza
was devoted to each member, — either complimentary, or sportively
hitting at some noticeable trait of his character.
362 Scotch-Irish Families. [Oct,
The following: is the stanza appropriated to Samuel B. Smith, —
which was well received:
" There's Smith, we've next to boast of, —
And boast of him we may;
For hearts as warm and noble
Come seldom in our way:
With talents rare, aud virtues social, —
Tullianistn true : (61s).1'
Such was, then, the enthusiastic youth, whose noble spirit made
him the delight of his Tullian brethren: whose heroic son became a
brilliant leader in the armies of the republic, — and shed a lustre upon
American prowess, that will be the pride of our country, for ages yet
to come.
[The preceding is from the Tillage Record — a newspaper published
at West Chester, Pa. — of May 17, 18G2. It is one of a series of bio-
graphical and historical articles communicated to that paper by the
Hon. William Darlington, M D., LL. D., of West Chester, tinder the
title of Notte Cestrienses; Notices of Chester County Men and Events.
The first number appeared June 19, I860; and there have been 86
numbers of the regular series published besides some supplementary
numbers. The above article is supplementary to Nos. 36, 37 and 38.
Copies of the whole series are to be placed in three public libraries,
viz: the Village Library at West Chester, the library of the Historical
Society at Philadelphia, and the library of the Smithsonian Institu-
tion, at Washington, D. C. The first 19 numbers are in the library
of the Historic-Genealogical Society at Boston. For the benefit of
those of our readers whose researches lead them into Chester county
biography and history we print an index to the series.
Index to Notje CESTFaEysES. — Alison, Rev Francis, 35 ; Association, Revolution-
ary, 68; Baldwin, Dr. William, 54; Barnard, Isaac D., 56; Bartholomew, Benjamin,
22; Bartram, John, 4; Battle of Brandywine, 78; Beaton, John, 29; Bell, Thomas S.,
60; Benner, Phillip, 31; Blair, Rev. S. and J., 36; Blair, Rev. S. and J. D., 37;
Blunston, John, 3; Bolmar, Anthony, 48; Boston Bard on Wm. Peun, 86; Bou-
quet, Col. Henry, 67; Boyd, Rev. Adam, 39; Bradford, Andrew, 65; Braudvwine
Battle, 78; Buchanan, Rev. James, 45; Bufiington, Richard, 63; Bull, Rev. Levi,
62; Bull, Col. Thomas, 29; Caldwell, Vincent, 62; Carmichael, Rev. John, 41;
Chadsey's, or Chad's ford, 3,79; Cheyney, Thos., 21; Churchman, John, 48; Clin-
gan, "William, 32; Coates, Moses, 8; Cochran, Samuel, 22; Committee, County, 68;
Cope, John, 54; Cresap, Capt. Thomas, 6&; Culbertson, Samuel, 31; Guningham,
Allen, 31; Cuningham, John W., 32; Damages bv the enemy, 80; Darlington,
Isaac, 59; Darlington, Robert, 24; Davis, Caleb, 30, 7*2; Davis, Hezekiah, 24; Davis,
John, 27; Dickey, Rev. Ebenezef; 46; Dilworthstown, Enemy at. 76; Disaffected,
Rebuke of, 84; Dixon's and Mason's Line, 68, 83; Dougherty the Bandit, 82; Dun-
lap, Rev. James, 42; Ehrenzoiler, Dr. Jacob, 52; Emancipation urged, 83; Erskine,
Sir William, 80; Evans, Columbus P., 57; Evans, Rev. David. 39; Finley, Rev.
Samuel, 37; Finney, Walter, 18; Fitzpatrick the Bandit, 82; Forsythe, John, 49;
Foster, Rev. Wm., 40 ; Frazer, Persifor, 20; Funk, Frederick, 24; Futhey, Samuel,
22; Gardner, Cars well, 31-2; Gardner, John, 26; G-ur.Iner, Joseph, 29; General
Orders, 74; Gibbons, William, 31; Gibbons, Dr. William, 54; Graham, Henry Hale,
30; Graham, Col. J. D., 68; Grain and Stock removed, 73; Grey, Gen. (at Parti),
81; Grwr, Rev. Nathan, 41; Gronow, Lewis, 31; II annum, John, 2b; Harper, John,
25; Hayes, Dr. Nathan, 54; Hemphill, Joseph. 58; Howe's Army, March or, 79;
Humphrey, Jacob, 27; Humphrey.-;, Charles, 10; Humphreys, Edward, 10; Hum-
phreys, Joshua, 10; Humpton, Richard, 19; Independence, 69-70; Irwin, Rev. Na-
thaniel, 43; Jackson, John, 6; Jacobs, John, 29; John, Jesse, 60; Johnston, Francis,
16; Jones, Rev. David, 17; Kersey, Jesse, 49; Key, John, 63; Lafayette, Letter of,
1862.] Necrology of Harvard Graduates. 363
73; Latta. Rev. F. A., 46; Latta, Rev. Wm , 46; Lewis, Enoch, 50; Lewis, Wm.,
13; Lightfoot, Michael, 62; Lightfoot, Thomas, 62; Llovd, David, 3, 64; Lovdon,
John, 62; ST Aden. Rev. Hugh, 38; M'Clellan, Joseph, 23; M'Clellan, Samuel, 24;
M'CoIlough, James, 25; M'tf'ill, Rev. Daniel, 39; M'Kean, Thomas, 12; M'Millan,
Rev. John, 44; Marshall, Humphrey, 5; Marshall, Dr. Moses, 52; Mason and Dixon's
Line, 67, 8, 83; MRchell, Rev. Alexander, 40; Montgomery, William, 24; Moore,
William, Esq., 67; Morris, Dr. Jonathan, 51; Morton, John, 11; Moyian, Stephen,
26; Neutrals. French, 67; Niles, Hezekiah, 34; Order of Council, 78; Darke, Dr.
Thomas, 6; Parry, Col. Caleb, 18; Paschall, John, 8; Pearce, Col. Cromwell, 55;
Peirce, Joshua, 6; Peirce, Samuel, 6; Penn, William, 2,86; Power, Rev. James,
44; Price, Philip, 49; Proclamation (Council), 76; Pusey, Caleb, 1; Ralston, John,
55; Read, Rev. Thomas, 43; Reid, Rev. William 8., 45 ; Riley, Richard, 30; Ross,
James, A. M., 48; Ross, Dr. John, 53 ; Seat of Justice removed, 83-5 ; Sellers. John,
8 ; Sermon at Chadsford, 77 ; Slavery Denounced, 68, 83 ; Smith, Rev. Joseph, 44 ;
Smith, Rev. Robert, 38 ; Star Gazer's Stone, 68; Stock and Grain removed, 73;
Straw for Valley Forge, 81; Symcocke, John, 3; Taylor, Isaac, 26; Taylor, Tims.,
25; Test Law, 83; Thomas, Col. Richard, 14; Townsend, David, 61 ; Townsend,
Joseph, 33; Traitors Designated, S2; Valley Forge (Straw), 81; Vaughan, Dr. John,
53; Vaughan, Rev. Joshua, 47; Von Leer, Dr. Bernhard, 51 ; Waddell, Rev. James,
38 ; Washington's Army, 75 ; Wayne, Anthony, 15, 84; West, Benjamin, 7 ; White,
Rev. Robert, 46; Williams, Rev. Joshua, 45; Williamson, Dr. Hugh, 9 ; Wilson,
Rev. Bird, 62; Wilson, Rev. Matthew, 42; Women of Chester County, 71;
WTynn, Thomas, 24.
The venerable author has performed a valuable service to his
native county by gathering up the scattered and perishing records
of its history. We hope to see his example imitated in other parts
of our country. En.]
NECROLOGY OF HARVARD GRADUATES.
Joseph Palmer, M. D., has this year given us his twelfth annual
installment of obituary notices of Harvard College graduates, de-
ceased within the past academic year. This series of obituaries has
already beeu noticed in the Register {ante xiv, 375); and the present
"biographies deserve the praise bestowed upon those before noticed.
As in the previous years, the obituaries for 1861-2, were published
on Commencement morning, in the Boston Daily Advertiser (July 16).
They fill nine and a half columns of that sheet. We are pleased to
see that the alumni of his alma mater appreciate Dr. Palmer's labor
and care, gratuitously bestowed upon these memoirs, and that they
have determined to give them a better and more permanent form
than they now possess in the columns of a daily newspaper. At a
meeting of the Association of the Alumni held on Commencement
morning, on motion of Hon. G. Washington Warren, the following
vote was passed: "That the thanks of the Association be presented
to Dr. Joseph Palmer for the able and interesting notices he has pre*
pared and published from year to year in the Boston Daily Advertiser,
of deceased alumni, and that the Government be requested to confer
with Dr. P. and take such measures as they may deem expedient to
secure their preservation in a permanent form."
" The ascertained deaths during the year ending on Commencement
day were forty-four, being thirteen more than last year. The num-
ber of deaths during the academic year ending July, 1851, was forty-
two; in 1852, forty-two; in 1853, sixty; in 1854, fifty-one; in 1855,
fifty-one; in 1856, forty-three; in 1857, forty-eight; in 1858, thirty;
364
Necrology of Harvard Graduates.
[Oct,
in 1859, thirty-nine; in 1360, thirty-eight; in 1861, thirty-one. The
average number of deaths for the last twelve years is 43 and 4-12
per year.
Of those who have deceased during the past year, fifteen were
lawyers, six were physicians, five were clergymen, five were mer-
chants, three were teachers, one was a college president, one was
an engineer, one was a law student, one was a philosopher, one was
a farmer, one was a planter, and four had no profession.
Class.
1796
1198
1799
1800
1801
1802
1802
1804
1808
1815
1817
1817
1818
1818
1818
1818
1819
1819
1819
1824
1827
1829
1831
1832
1833
1837
1837
1842
1845
1849
1849
1849
1850
1851
1851
1854
1855
1855
Name.
Henry Abbot,. . . .
Richard Sullivan,
William H. Sumner,*
Daniel Kimball,. ,
Henry Newman, .
Samuel Greele, . ,
Charles Wellington
Jonathan Wild, . , .
Edward P. Campbe
Samuel R. Putnam,
Samuel A. Eliot, . .
Daniel G. Hatch,..
John Prentiss, ....
Charles Robinson,.
Simon Whitney, . .
John H. Wilkins,*.
William Farmer,..
Joseph H. Prince, .
Jonas H. Lane, . . .
John M. Gourgas, .
Cornelius C. Felton
Josiah Q. Loring, .
Alexander R.Bradley
Charles Mason, . . .
Thomas B. Pope,.-.
John F W. Lane, .
David H. Thoreau,
George E. Rice,. . .
George D. Guild,. .
Henry M. R. Fogg,
John S. Nichols, . .
Everett Peabody,f
Edward B. Everett
Arthur H. Poor,. . .
George D. Porter,.
Henry B. Hubbard,
Langdon Erving, . .
George D. Hodges, J*
Age
84
82
81
83
78
78
8i
77
75
64
63
63
62
68
62
67
69
60
61
58
54
51
52
49
48
44
44
39
37
31
35
31
31
31
30
29
28
25
Place and
Andover,
Cambridge
Jamaica Plain,
Needham,
Boston,
Swampscott, . .
Templeton,
Braintree,
Augusta, Ga.,. .
Boston,
Cambridge, ....
Exeter, N. H...
Baltimore, Md.,
Groton,
Framingham, . .
Boston,
Lunenburg, . . .
Boston,
Boston,
Roxbury,
Chester, Pa., . .
Weston,
Fryeburg, Me.,
Boston,
Roxbury,
Boston,
Concord,
Roxbury,
Brookline, ....
Somerset, Ky.,.
Nevada, Cal., . .
Pittsb'gh,Tenn.
Boston,
New York,. . . .
Medford,
Chicago, 111., . .
Baltimore, Md.,
Hall's Hili, Va.,
Time of Decease.
Jan. 13,
Dec. 11,
Oct, 24,
Jan. 17,
July 28,
Aug. 16,
Aug. 3,
Dec". 6,
Sept, 27,
Dec. -4,
Jan. 29,
Mar. 13,
Aug. 31,
April 9,
Sept, 2,
Dec. 5,
June 24,
Nov. 18,
Sept. 5,
June 28,
Feb. 26,
April 6,
Feb. 16,
Mar. 23,
Jan. 15,
Aug. 25,
May 6,
Aug. 10,
May 5,
Jan. 19,
Jan.,
April 6,
Nov. 5,
Jan. 11,
Nov,
Feb.
26,
13,
May 20,
Jan. 30,
1802.
1861.
1861.
1862.
1801.
1861.
1861.
1861.
1861.
1861.
1862.
1862.
1861.
1862.
1861.
1861.
1862.
1861.
1861.
1862,
1862.
1862.
1862.
1862.
1862,
1861.
1862.
1861.
1862.
1862,
1862,
1862.
1861.
1862.
1861.
1862.
1862.
1S62.
* Members of the N. E. Hist. Gen. Society.
tDied in the U. S. Volunteer service; Col. Peabody and Major How were killed
in battle. % Sons of Members.
1862.] Ward's Dedication to Lord Bacon. 365
Class. Name. Age. Place and Time of Decease.
1858, George B. Chadwick, 25, Northampton, . Aug. 12, 1861.
1858, Nathaniel Russell, .. 24, Drum'ndt'n, Va. Mar. 25,1862.
1858, Frank H. Shorey, ... 24, Dedham, Jan. 24,1862.
1859, Henry J. How,* 26, Virginia, June 1862.
1860, Julius S. Hood 21, Louisville, Ky., Dec. 21, 1861.
1860, William M. Rodgers,* 23, Virginia, June, 1862.
The following are the names of those deceased in previous years,
but not before published:
1808, Lloyd N. Rogers, ... 12, Baltimore, .... Nov. 30, 1860.
1842, Nathaniel W. White, 61, Halifax, N. S., Sept. 30, 1860.
The oldest living graduate is Hon. Josiah Quincy of Boston, of
the class of 1790. The next oldest is Dr. John Walton of Pepperell,
Mass., of the class of 1791. The third in seniority is Hon. Samuel
Thatcher of Bangor, Me., of the class of 1793. There are none living
in the class of 1794 or 1795. In the class of 1796 two are living.
In the class of 1797, five; in the class of 1798, three; in the class of
1799, five; in the class of 1800, two. Tims there were living in July
last only twenty persons who graduated at Harvard during the last
century.
REV. NATHANIEL WARD'S DEDICATION TO LORD BACON.
The following dedication to Sir Francis Bacon, afterwards Baron
Verulam and Viscount St. Albans, by Rev. Nathaniel Ward, author
of the Simple Cohler of Aggawam, is prefixed to his brother's work,
entitled .Jelhro's Justice of the Peace,-\ which appears by the epistle
appended, to have been first printed on the continent, without the
consent or knowledge of the author. The dedication was written
probabty not far from the year 1618. For biographical sketches of
Rev. Nathaniel Ward, see Brook's Lives of the Puritans, in, 1,82-3;
Rev. Dr. Felt's History of Ipswich, pp. 216-18, and Rev. Dr. Allen's
American Biographical Dictionary.
We have appended to the dedication Rev. Nathaniel Ward's apo-
logy to his brother, which follows it in the volume.
"To the Right | Honovrable | Sir Francis Bacon | Knight, Lord
Chancellor | of England, &c.
"When wee see one goe or doe amisse, though his feet or hands
be the next actors and instruments of his error; yet we say not, Are
you lame? but, Have you no eies? or, Can you not see? What euer
sweruings or stumblings any part of the body politike makes, the
blame lights not vpon the Gentry or Comrninalty, the immediate de-
linquents, but on the principall lights in magistracy or ministery,
which being as guardians and tutors of the rest, should either pre-
uent or reform their aberrations. And herein miserable is the condi-
*Died in Uie United States service.
t " Iethro1s | Ivstice of j Peace. | A | Sermon J prea- I ched at a generall Assises
held | at Bvry St Edmvnds, | for the County of SuSblke. | By Sainvel Ward j
Bachelour of Diuinity | London. | Printed hy Miles Piesher for Iohn J Grismand in
Ivie Lan6 at the signe of the Gun. j 1627." sin. 8vo. pp. 6 and 7.
306 Ward's Dedication to Lord Bacon. [Oct.
tir»n bf those two optick pieces, that they arc more subieet, and that
\,> mbre distempers then other inferior parts; yet herein more, that
being hurt, they are more impatient of cure; not onely of searching
acrimonious waters, (which yet oft are needfull) but shye of the
m-'st soft and lawny touches; but most of all in this, that being'
once extinct, they leaue a void darknesse to the whole body, expos-
ing it to the pits of destruction.. As exceeding- great on the other
baud, is the happinesse, honour and vse of them, if cleare and single.
For this our National! Body, it will little bootc either to applaud
the one, or to bewaile the other: I rather wish and looke about mee
for some eye-salue, which may helpe to descry and redresse, if any
thing bee amisse. And behold here (right Honourable) a confection
promising something thereto; It was prescribed first by Iethro, whom
Moses calls the eyes of Israel, Numb. 10, 31. And newly compound-
ed by an Oculist, of who as I may not, so I need not say anything
at all. Next vnder the sacred Fountaine of light (the light of our
Israel) I worthily accompt your Lordship most sufficient in law to
accept, to make vse, to iudge, to patronize it. The subiect of the
book is the principal obiect of your office, to elect, direct, and correct
inferiour Magistracy. To which purposes, Nature, Literature and
Grace haue inabled you, that if you should faile the worlds expecta-
tion, they will hardly trust any other in haste. Many in rising haue
followed the stirrop, pampered and ietting honour not standing the
ground, but once seated haue done renownedly. But your Lordship
had neuer any other graces then your birth and desert; to which
hereditary dignitie hatji so gently tendered itselfe, that you haue not
let fall your name of Religion in getting vp. Therefore now you
are in the top of Honour, all that know you look you will be exactly
honourable. For my part, bounden to your Lordship for a fauour
formerly receiued, greater then your Honour knowes of, or I can ex-
presse; I shall leaue Iethro to be your Monitor, and myselfe remaine
euer an humble suitor to God who hath made you a Iudge of con-
science, that he would make you continue a conscionable Iudge, irn-
prouing your place and abilities to the best aduantage belonging to
it, and furtherance of your reckouing to the last day.
"Your Honours daily | Beadsman, | Nath: Ward."
" To my lotting Brother, Mr | Samuel Ward.
" Brother, if you meet with your Jethro's counsell returned from
beyond the Seas, and as much beyond your expectation preserued
aliue, as his son in law was against Pharoah's iniunction; maruell
a8 much as you will, but be no more offended then you have cause.
Ioab sinned wider on the other hand in destroying Dauids Absalom,
contrary to his serious charge, yet Ioab was pardoned, and yet no
brother. I haue noted you hitherto inexorable for your owne pub-
lishing of anything of your owne; whether out of Judgment, modesty,
curiosity, or melancholly, I iudge not: but when others haue aduen-
tured them with fruit and acceptance into the light, I haue scene you
rest content with the publique good. The like leaue I have taken,
expecting the like successe, assuring you and myselfe of the gene-
rail welcomnesse and vsefulnesse hereof to .all whom it concernes,
which are the greatest number of the land, euen so many as haue
any reference to Sessions and Assises, if not all sorts of Christians.
1862.] Wills of Richard Fitch 3G7
Onely I feare that the corruption of our times is growne so grosse
and Eglon-like that it doth not Ehud-like enough sharpen the points
and send them home to the hilt, that they may reach to the quicke. I
had myselfe added thereto a. project and perswasion for the redresse
of many abuses crept into offices and officers, hauing spent so much
time in the study of the Law, and execution of some offices as made
me weary of the errors I saw and heartily wish the reformation of
them; but fearing I haue learned too much bluntnesse and plump-
ness of speech among the Lutherans, which is here as prime a
quality as srnoothnesse with you, as also loth to meddle out of mine
orbe, in my second thoughts I suppressed it. And so wishing vnto
this, many diligent, conscionable, and ingenuous Readers and Ap-
pliers, and to them Gods blessing and the fruit intended, I take my
leaue. From Elbing in Prussia.
"Your brother in the flesh, in the Lord, and ] in the worke of the
Ministery. | Nath. Ward."
WILLS OF RICHARD FITCH OF BOSTON.— 1645.
[Copied by Wm. B. Trass, Esq., from the original in possession of the N. E. Hist.-
Gen. Society.]
I, Richard Fitch, for ye peaceable ordering of my outward estate
according Vnto God, doe thus dispose of What he hath betrusted me
Wth therein, by this my last Will & Testame1., Namely, all my debts
being discharged, I give Vnto my hrother So Sister Feveritt, my house
& ground Ynder it in Boston. Wth all my goods & Chattells What-
soeir. after my decease, In Witnesse Whereof I haue here Ynto
sett my hand this 16th day of the 12th Month, 1645.
In ye prsence of Richard Fitch.
Boneface Burton.
I, Richard Fitch, of Boston, in New England, for ye peaceable Or-
dering of the outward estate Where Wlh ye Lord hath betrusted me,
doe, according to God, dispose thereof by this my last will & Testa-
me1. First, I giue to Elizabeth Fitch, ye onely daughter of my brother
James Fitch, deceased, the sixteene acres of land (be it more or lesse)
Wch I haue at Muddy River. Vnto her & her heirs & Assigne3 for-
euer, after my decease, & yc same to be disposed of for her Vse Vntill
her age of 21 years or day of marriage Wch of them shall first
happen, by my brother Sf Sister Leveritt, or by their Assignes. Alsoe,
I giue Vnto my said brother c)- Sister Leveritt, my house and ground
Vuder it, lying & being in Bostou Milne Field, together Wlu all my
goods & Chattells Whatsoeur, after my decease, They dischargeing
all my debts. In Witnesse Whereof I here Vnto sett my hand this
29th day of ye 12^ Month, 1645. Richard Fitch.
In the prsence of
Boneface Burton,
Josejpk Fell,
Wainwright. — Who were the parents of Elizabeth Wainwright,
who married, Sept. 8, 1107, Rev. Robert Breck of Marlboro', Mass.?
U.
368 Marriages and Deaths. [Oct.
MARRIAGES AND DEATHS.
MARRIAGES.
Kixgsbury—Free^ax — June 20, Benjamin Barnes Kingsbury of
Boston, counselor at law, to Sarah Russell Freeman of Sandwich,
daughter of the officiating clergyman; by Rev. Frederick Freeman.
Messixger=Neilsox. — In New York, at the Calvary church, by
the Rev. Dr. Hawks, July 15, Capt. Daniel Messinger, quartermaster
in Gen. Foster's brigade, U. S. A., and late provost marshal at New-
bern, N. C, to Elizabeth C, daughter of the late A. B. Neilson, Esq.
Capt. Messinger is a grandson of the late Hon. Daniel Messinger of
Boston, whose memoir is,printed in this number.
Sampsox=Seayer. — At East Boston. Monday, Aug. 4, by Rev. Caleb
Davis Bradlee of Roxburjr, Ichabod Sampson, Esq., to Miss Harriet
A. Seaver, both of East Boston.
DEATHS.
Baldwix. — Hon. James Fowle, at Boston, Mass, May 20, aged 80.
He was born at Woburn, Mass., April 29, 1782. His father, Loammi
Baldwin, was a surveyor of land, and at the time the only engioeer
of note in that part of the country, engineering as a profession being
as yet unknown. He projected the Middlesex canal, one of the ear-
liest works of the kind in the United States, and it was constructed
under his direction. James was the fourth son. He received his
early education at the school in his native town, and afterwards went
to the academies at Billerica and Westford. About the year 1800
he was in Boston, preparing for a mercantile education, in which,
after a few years, he was established; but undoubtedly, the influence
of his early association with his father, together with his own tastes,
had turned his attention to another pursuit. His brother Loammi,
who, although educated a lawyer, had a strong predilection for en-
gineering, had sometime previously relinquished his profession and
was engaged in the construction of that beautiful specimen of work-
manship, the dry dock at Charlestown navy yard. James joined
him, and thus commenced in earnest the work of his life. In 1828,
a project for a rail road to the western part of the state was started.
Mr. Baldwin, with Nahum Mitchell of Bridgewater and Samuel Mac-
kay of Pittsfield, were appointed state commissioners to make the
survey from Boston to Albany. Upon this arduous labor he was
employed more than two years. The work was not prosecuted at
that time, but subsequently the Western rail road, now in operation,
v/as built upon the location selected by him, and his plans tor its
construction were generally adopted. Mr. Baldwin always looked
upon this, next to the introduction of pure water into Boston, as the
most important of his professional works. In 1832 he commenced
the location of the Bostou and Lowell rail road, which was con-
structed under his superintendence. He was also employed in his
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 3G9
profession by the Ware Manufacturing company, the Thames com-
pany of Norwich, Ot., and the Proprietors of the Locks and Canals at
Lowell. *
In 1825, the matter of supplying Boston with pure water began to
attract the serious attention of the city authorities. An investiga-
tion of the different sources for a supply was made during Mr.
Quincy's mayoralty, and the results embodied in a report. In 1837,
Mr. Baldwin was appointed upon a commission to inquire still further
into the subject. A majority of the commission recommended Spot
and Mystic ponds, but Mr. Baldwin dissented and recommended Long
pond. The majority revised their report the following year, but still
adhered to Spot and Mystic ponds. The mayor reported in favor of
the majority; still Mr. Baldwin was immovable. The plan recom-
mended was submitted to popular vote and rejected. The project
was not renewed till 1844, when Mr. Baldwin was again on the
commission. His plan was adopted, March .30, 1846; the ground
was broken five months after, and on the 25th of October, 1848, Mr.
Baldwin as one of the three commissioners, had the good fortune to
see his plan, so long resisted, finally triumphant, and the public
fountain playing for the first time in the presence of an immense
concourse of his fellow citizens.
Mr. Baldwin, although confining himself to his professional duties
and having but little taste for politics, was for several years a se-
nator from Suffolk county, in the Massachusetts general court.
He was of a kindly and benevolent disposition, affable in his man-
ners, warm and unfaltering in his attachment to his friends. His
sense of justice and his fair appreciation of the rights of others
showed to great advantage in many of his public works. He mar-
ried, July 28, 1818, Sarah Parsons Pitkin, dau. of Samuel Pitkin,
Esq., of East Hartford, Ct. They were the parents of three promis-
ing sons, who died at the respective ages of 14, 1 and 5 years. His
widow survives. — Boston Daily Advertiser, abridged.
. Benedict. — Lewis, at Albany, N. Y., July 15, aged 78. Mr. B. was
born in Saratoga county, but spent most of his life at Albany. He was
a merchant, intimately connected with the political movements of the
state, and exerted a wide influence in that state. He possessed a
strong intellect, a generous disposition, and was generally esteemed.
Mr. Benedict celebrated his golden wedding a few weeks before his
death, and to all appearance was at that time likely to last several
years. He was the cherished associate of John L. Schoolcraft, Gov.
Patterson, Mark H. Sibley, John C. Spencer, and that order of public
men, and for a year held the post office at Albany, by appointment
of Gen. Taylor.
Bryant. — Mrs. Frances Goodwin (Clark), at Boston, July 21, aged
87. She was born in Charlestown, Aug. 11, 1774, and was the first
female who crossed Charlestown bridge after its completion, which
she did the evening previous to its being opened to the public in
June, 1786. " K.
Cass. — Col. Thomas, at Boston, July 12, aged about 45. He was
the son of John Cass, and was born in Queens county, Ireland. While
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310 Marriages and Deaths. [Oct.
be was young, his parents emigrated to St. John's, N. B., and after a
sbort residence there removed to Boston.
Col. Cass has been for many years one of the most energetic and
public-spirited Irishmen of this city. At an early day of the war he
offered his services to raise a regiment, and by the liberal use of his
own funds and the aid of his friends, he succeeded in enlisting the
first Irish regiment from Massachusetts for the three years' cam-
paign. His regiment, with full ranks, left this city on the 25th of
June, 1861, and formed in front of Washington a portion of the army
of the Potomac; up to December last not one man of the regiment
had died of sickness or of wounds. It has, however, suffered severely
since the commencement of the campaign of the peninsula, from sick-
ness and in the battle held; but its members have been distinguished
for their bravery in all the battles in which they have participated.
Col. Cass was wounded in the battle of Malvern. It was at first
supposed that he would recover from his injuries, as he reached this
city, in company with his wife, a few days before his death, in good
spirits. An examination, however, showed that the ball followed
the course of the ear, cutting off the back of the tongue and severing
so many important nerves and muscles that recovery was impossible.
He died quietly, rejoicing with his last breath that he had been
enabled, so far as he was able, to defend the government of his
adopted country. He was buried with public honors, July 16, 1862.
Curtis. — Rev. Jared, at Somerville, Mass., July 14,' aged 84. Mr.
Curtis was born in Stockbridge, Mass., Oct. 6, lttt, grad. at Wms.
Coll. 1800, and was tutor there 1803-4. He was chaplain of the state
prison about thirty years, for which he was well fitted, as he knew
how to treat criminals according to tbeir peculiar characters.
Felton, — Cornelius Conway, LL. J)., President of Harvard Univer-
sity, died at Chester, Pa., at the residence of his brother, Samuel M.
Felton, Wednesday evening, Feb. 26, at half-past seven o'clock, aged
54. He was son of Cornelius Conway and Anna (Morse) Felton;
was born in Newbury, now West Newrbury, Mass., Nov. 6, 1807!
From his early youth he was fond of study. His parents being in
indigent circumstances, were unable to furnish him the means for
obtaining an education, but the desire for knowledge on the part of
the son was so great, that the father thought he would make an
effort to send Cornelius to the academy at Bradford, Mass., for one
quarter, where he studied under the distinguished antiquarian and
author, Joshua Coffin, Esq., who is still living. From thence he re-
turned to the public school in Saugus, to which town his parents
had removed. Early in the summer of 1822, his father concluded to
send him to the academy at North Andover, one quarter. This semi-
nary was at that time under the charge of the late Simeon Putnam
(H. U., 1811), an eminent classical scholar and teacher. Learning
the circumstances of the student's father, Mr. P. called young Felton
to him one day and said: " I want you to go to college/' stating
that he would trust him for his tutorage till he could repay it. To
the great joy of the young man his tarry here was extended to one
"
1862.1 Marriages and Deaths, 371
year and three months. He entered Harvard University in 1823, in his
sixteenth year, and graduated in 1827. For two years, in conjunc-
tion with his class mates, the late Henry Russell Cleveland and
Seth Sweetser (now Rev. Seth Sweetser, 1). P., minister in Worces-
ter), he had charge of the Livingston County High School at Gcne-
seo, N. Y. In 1829, he was appointed Latin tutor in Harvard Uni-
versity, and the next year Greek tutor, which office he held two
years. In 1834, he was appointed Eliot Professor of Greek Litera-
ture, the third professor on that foundation; Mr. Everett and John
Snelling Popkin having preceded him. This professorship Mr. F.
held more than a quarter of a century, being absent twice only, in
his European tours. As professor of Greek he obtained a high re-
putation in Europe as in this country, His lectures before the
Lowell Institute, upon Greece, abounded with valuable information
in regard to that classic land, much of it drawn from his own ob-
servation and knowledge obtained while on a visit there. On the
19th of July, 1860, Mr. Felton was inaugurated as President of Har-
vard University, in place of Rev. James Walker, D. D., who resigned.
He was the 20th president of that venerated institution, and the 10th
who has died in office, the last before him being President Samuel
Webber, in 1810, more than half a century ago. Four ex-presidents
of the college are now living, viz: Quincy, Everett, Sparks and
Walker.
Mr. Felton married in the summer of 1838, Mary Whitney, dau. of
Asa Whitney, a merchant of Boston. She died April 12, 1845, leav-
ing two daughters. He married for his 2d wife, Sept. 28, 1846,
Mary Louisa Cary, dau. of Hon. Thomas Greaves and Mary (Perkins)
Cary. By his second wife he has had two sons and one daughter, who
with their mother survive him.
The degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Amherst
College in 1848. He was a member of various literary societies, and
was made an honorary member of the N. E. Hist.-Gen. Society in
1860. He delivered numerous addresses on public occasions, and
contributed valuable articles to the popular reviews and other pub-
lications, and to the leading newspapers of the day. His volumes
of the classics and contributions to general literature are too numer-
ous to mention here, the titles of which may be found, many of them,
in that valuable depository, Duyckinctfs Cyclopedia of American Litera-
ture. His first edition of the Iliad of Homer, was published in 1833,
and he has the credit, we believe, of being the first American editor
of the Greek poet.
Fletcher. — Prof. Miles J., at Sullivan, Ind., May 10, aged 33. He
was the son of Hon. Calvin Fletcher, a prominent citizen of Indian-
apolis, where he was born in August, 1828. His youth was spent in
an alternation of student and farm labor, which developed both mind
and body. He entered Brown University in 1847, and graduated
with honor in 1852. While a student there he was hopefully con-
verted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church. After graduating
he became professor in the Indiana Asbury University at Greencai>tle,
Ind. His life as a professor wa3 intermitted by a year given to the
assistance of his father and a year spent at Cambridge Law school.
372 Marriages and Deaths. [Oct.
In the fall of I860 he was elected superintendent of public instruc-
tion for the state of Indiana, which position he held at his death. In
this capacity his labors were incredible. When the firing upon
Sumter aroused the nation, he assisted, by request of the governor,
in drilling raw recruits for the three months' service at Camp Morton.
His brother, Dr. William B. Fletcher, having been captured by the
rebels in July, 1861, he made a visit in August to Western Virginia,
and another in the winter to Washington, for the purpose of ascer-
taining the place of his confinement and effecting his release, both
of which objects he accomplished. He was killed on the Evansville
rail road while on an expedition for the relief of the sick and wounded
of our army near Corinth, in company with Gov. Morton, Adjt. Gen.
Noble and several other citizens. His funeral at Indianapolis is said
to have been the largest that ever took place in the state. He died
after a career which, though brief, was one of great usefulness.
The marked traits of his character were energy, honesty, generosity
and usefulness. For much of the impress of his- character he was
indebted to his father, whose practical energy is well known in his
state. His taste was for general knowledge, and on passing events
and things gone by he was a living encyclopaedia.
Goodrich. — Rev. Charles Augustus, at Hartford, Ct., June 4, aged
11. The deceased was a son of Rev Samuel Goodrich, and an elder
brother of Samuel Griswold Goodrich, Esq., the author, who died in
New York, May 8, 1860 (ante, xiv, 287). He graduated at Yale Col-
lege in the class of 1812. Like his brother he devoted his life to
literary pursuits. He was the author of Lives of the Signers of the
Declaration of Independence, a school History of the United States, and
other works. " The reverend author," says the New York Times,
" was naturally a very gifted man and a most accomplished scholar.
His mental organization was active, though of that sensitive nature
which caused him to shrink from rough contact with the world. Mr.
Goodrich's love for his fellow men was refined, charitable and of the
most enlarged order. After a life spent with the single view to ele-
vate mankind, the good man is now gathered to his fathers, and
another of those bright lights that have adorned New England is put
out."
Gould. — Jacob S., at Boston, June 30, aged 68; a native of Lynde-
borough, N. H.
Guild. — Samuel Eliot, at his summer residence in Nahant, Mass.,
July 16, aged 42. He was the son of Benjamin and Eliza (Eliot)
Guild, and was born in Boston the 8th of October, 1819. He gradu-
ated at Harvard University with high honors, in 1839. He afterwards
studied law and has since practiced his profession in Boston. He
was a gentleman of high moral instincts, of unblemished character,
ever ready to promote the best interests of the community, kind,
charitable, endowed with all the amenities of a gentleman, having a
pleasant word for every one with whom he might have intercourse.
Henshaw. — George Eddy of Cambridgeport, Mass., died of a fever
at the hospital in Alexandria, Va., on the afternoon of May 20th, in
the 23d year of his age. He was the second son of William and
0
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 373
Sarah Eolden (Wetherbeo) Henshaw of Cambridgeport, and was
born in that town Nov. 15, 1839. He entered the army last year,
from conscientious 'motives, feeling that his life and strength were
due to his country in her day of peril; was a non-commissioned
officer in the eighteenth regiment of Massachusetts volunteers. He
died after about a week's sickness, brought on by over exertion,
adding another to the list of young men who have been cut of! in
their prime, by the present unholy rebellion. He became a member
of the N. E. Hist.-Gen. Society in April, 1858, and was the first of its
number, so far as we are informed, who has died in the federal
service during this war. He had spent much time in collecting in-
formation relative to the genealogy of his family, and was desirous
that the matter he had taken pains to gather and perfect, might be
deposited in the archives of the society, so as to be made available
to all w7ho felt interested in such subjects.
From a personal knowledge of Mr. Henshaw, we feel justified in
saying that he was a young man of a noble spirit, frank, hopeful,
energetic, lovely, amiable in disposition, decisive in character. He
had many of the essential requisites that go to make up a strong-
minded, efficient, active, Christian man. Had his life been spared,
the probabilities are, that as he became more matured, there would
have been a corresponding accession to his strength of character,
and that he would have been an ornament and a blessing to society.
But he has passed away.
Herrick. — Edward Claudius, at New Haven, Ct, June 11, aged 51.
He was the son of Rev. Claudius Herrick of New Haven, well known
and beloved as a clergyman, teacher, and friend of the poor, and was
b. at that place Feb. 24, 1811. Mr. Herrick was for many years clerk
in the bookselling and publishing house of Hezekiah Howe & Co., and
for a short time was a partner in the firm of Herrick & Noyes. In
1843 he was elected librarian of Yale College, and in 1852, treasurer,
in which office he continued till his death.
" Though Mr. Herrick led a life of active business," says the New
Haven Daily Courier and Journal, " he had made remarkable acquisi-
tions in many branches of science and literature. In entomology,
practical astronomy, history and bibliography, he was eminent for
exact and comprehensive attainments and for painstaking and per-
severing research.
"In that varied and miscellaneous knowledge which was congenial
to a person of his comprehensive curiosity, his active habits and his
iron diligence, he had scarcely his equal in the university, and the
extensive correspondence which he maintained for years with persons
of varied pursuits, residing in every part of the country, is both an
evidence that his knowledge was extensive and highly prized, and a
monument to his industry and his disinterestedness. As a man of
business, he was distinguished for quickness, sagacity and the rarest
integrity. The whole community knew him as one of the few in
whom all might confide, and whom none could possibly suspect. His
reputation in these respects was such as but few mortals attain or
deserve.
" As a friend he was affectionate and true — spending his services
374 Maniages and Deaths. [Oct.
and bis care for all that needed them, and often doing" this with a
lavish hand. Few men have cherished so sacredly, and have exem-
plified so perfectly the saying of the Lord Jesus: 'It is more blessed
to give than to receive.'"
Hobart.— Rev. James, at Berlin, Vt., July 16, aged 95 yrs. 11 mos,
14 days. The deceased was first settled over the Congregational
society in that town in 1198, and was dismissed in 1829; but his
active labors as a preacher of the gospel were continued with little
intermission nearly up to the period of his decease. He grad. at
Dart. Coll. in 1194.
Lombard. — Israel, at his residence in Newton, Mass., May 6, aged
57. He was son of Capt Israel and Hannah (Coan) Lombard,
and was born in Truro, Mass., June 6, 1804. He came to Boston in
1822 and entered the counting room of Mr. John Houston, with whom
he remained four years. He then entered into partnership with Mr.
Charles 0. Whitmore, under the firm of Lombard k Whitmore. In
1855 this firm was dissolved, and Mr. Lombard formed a new co-
partnership with Mr. George Whitney (son of Mr. Israel Whitney)
and his elder son, Dwight B. Lombard, under the style of Lombard,
Whitney & Co. Mr. Lombard was a man of great enterprise, saga-
city and financial skill, of scrupulous integrity and amiability of
character, and was held in high estimation by the mercantile com-
munity. He was for many years a director of the Massachusetts
Bank, the Boston Insurance company, and the Boston and Worcester
Rail Road company. He has left a widow and four children — two sons
and two daughters.
Meade. — Rt. Rev. William, Bishop of Virginia, at Richmond, Va.>
March 14, aged 72. He was born in Frederick county, Va., Nov. 1L
1789; son of Col. Richard Kidder and Mary (Gryme) Meade. The
latter had for a former husband, William Randolph of Chattsworth,
a brother of Gov. Beverly and Col. Robert Randolph. David Meade
of Kentucky, the eldest brother of Col. Meade, and uncle to the bish-
op, lived to be upwards of ninety years of age. " He was much ad-
dicted," says his nephew, "to the study of genealogy." Andrew
Meade, the paternal ancestor, was born in the county of Kerry,
Ireland, the latter part of the seventeenth century. Tradition says
that he went to London, thence to New York, where he, though
a Romanist, married Miss Mary Latham, a Quakeress of Flushing,
L. I.; "a heterogenous kind of union," says Bishop Meade, " !ess ob-
noxious to nature than to bigotry." He settled in Nansemond co.,
Va.; was for many years a representative in the House of Burgesses,
judge of the county, and colonel of the militia. He died in 1745,
leaving a son David, and a daughter. David, by his wife Susanna
Everard, had two daughters, Anne and Mary, and sons, David, Rich-
ard Kidder, Everard, Andrew and John. Susanna, wife of Gov.
Everard and mother of Susanna who married David Meade, was a
dau. of Richard Kidder, Bishop of Bath and Wells. The bishop and
his wife were killed by the falling of a chimney, Nov. 27, 1703. The
three elder children of David Meade were sent to England for their
:
1862.] Marriages and DeatJis. 375
education, one of whom was Richard Kidder Meade. The latter, at
the age of nineteen, married Miss Jane Randolph of Curls, sister of
Richard Randolph, who married his sister, and aunt of the celebrated
John Randolph of Roanoke, who always called him " Uncle Kidder."
Mr. M. was one of 24 persons who, on the 24th of June, 1715, shortly
after the hegira of Lord Dunmore, seized upon the arms and ammuni-
tion in Lord Dunmore's house in Williamsburg, carrying the powder
to the magazine, and dividing the arms among themselves for safe
keeping and the service of the country. He commanded a company
at the battle of Great Bridge, near Norfolk, the first battle fought in
Virginia, when the troops of Lord Dunmore were defeated with great
loss. He was soon after taken into the family of Gen. Washington,
as his aid, where he remained five years. He was very active in
reconnoitering, being a good rider, having a fine animal— the black
mare so well known to the British as well as American armies. To
him was committed the superintendence of the execution of Andre.
At the close of the war he married widow Randolph, as before stated.
She is mentioned in Campbell's History of Virginia as among the fe-
male contributors to the expenses of the war in a time of great need.
Her contribution was 800 dollars. " Perhaps this circumstance," says
Bishop Meade, u may have first attracted my father's attention to
her." Soon after his father's death, William was sent by his mother
to Princeton College. He was at that time 17 years of age. While
at college the great rebellion took place, in which 150 out of 200
took part. He prepared for the ministry, under Rev. Walter Addi-
son of Maryland; was ordained deacon by Bishop Madison, in Feb.,
1811; for a short time assisted Mr. Balmaiue in the two congrega-
tions belonging to his charge, in Frederick county. In the fall of
the same year he took charge of the vestry of old Christ church,
Alexandria, with the privilege of spending a portiou of the year in
Frederick and not entirely relinquishing his engagements there. I&
this way two years of his ministration were spent in Alexandria. On
leaving Alexandria he returned to his little farm in Frederick, and
to the tending, in conjunction with Mr. Balmaine, of the two small
flocks at the chapel and in Winchester, besides bestowing a portion
of his labors on five or six counties around, which were either desti-
tute of ministers or very partially served. A few years after his
ordination as deacon, he was ordained priest, by Bishop Claggett.
In the summer of 1829, he was consecrated assistant bishop of Vir-
ginia, by Bishop White, and continued to perform the duties of that
office until, by the death of Bishop Moore, in 1841, he succeeded to
the office of bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church of Virginia.
The bishop availed himself of the opportunities afforded him during
his official visits through his extensive diocese, to obtain much in-
formation in regard to the histories of the old families and churches.
In the fall of 1855, he was solicited to furnish some personal remini-
scences of the Episcopal church in his native state. Two articles
were promised to one of their quarterly reviews. These, unexpect-
edly to himself and to the gratification of others, grew into two large
octavo volumes of about 500 pages each. The work was published
by J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia, 1857, and is entitled Old
Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia. His experience and ob-
376 Marriages and Deaths. [Oct.
seiwation put him in possession of the best materials. Old vestry
books, or fragments supposed to have been lost, were brought to
light. Records in a mutilated and mouldering condition in the
clerk's offices of various counties were resuscitated, "some of which,"
he writes, "are like exhumed volumes from the long buried towns of
the east." Documents of especial interest to Virginians were fur-
nished him from family records and papers, which must otherwise
have soon perished. He wandered among old churches and their
ruins and their grave yards around them, visited old family seats,
copied inscriptions, and traced localities of the ancestors of the most
distinguished families of the state. And more than this, through
the kindness and aid of others, many interesting, unpublished docu-
ments from the old world were placed at his disposal — copies of
papers from the archives of Parliament, of Lambeth and Fulham
palaces, appertaining to and illustrating the history of the state and
church of Virginia and its people. By this historical work he will
be known to the world. He was made a corresponding member of
the N. E. Hist.-Gen. Society, in 1858.
Bishop Meade was a man of marked character, and wielded a re-
markable religious influence, it is said, in every section of Virginia.
At the commencement of our national disturbances he deprecated
disunion, and made strong and fervent appeals to avert a civil war;
but Virginia seceded, and what could a single man do, though ever
so well disposed, toward stemming the rebellious flood which, like a
rush of waters, has swept over so large and fair a portion of the old
dominion ? Let us rejoice that many of her sons are returning to
their fealty; and may the time soon come when a general loyalty to
our government will prevail.
Snell. — Rev. Thomas, D. D., at North Brookfleld, Mass., May 4,
aged 87. He was born at Cummington, Mass., Nov. 21, 1174, and
was the eon of Ebenezer4 and Sarah (Packard) Snell. His father
was son of Zechariah,8 grandson of Josiah2 and great grandson of
Thomas1 Snell, who came from England and settled in Bridgewater,
Mass., in 1665. Rev. Dr. Snell was fitted for college by his pastor
Rev. James Briggs of Cummington. He entered Dartmouth College
at the age of 17 and graduated in 1795. For one year after leaving
college he taught an academy in Haverhill, N. H. He then studied
for the university with Rev. Charles Backus, D. D., of Somers, Ct.,
and was licensed to preach by the Tolland Association, Oct. 3, 1797.
On the 27th of June, 1793, he was ordained the third pastor of the
second church in Brookfield, now the 1st church in North Brookfleld.
He received the degree of D. D. in 1828, from Amherst College. A
sermon was preached at his funeral by Rev. Christopher Cushing,
which, with a memorial tribute by Rev. Lyman Whiting, and a por-
trait, have been published in a pamphlet of 60 pages. A list of 24
publications, chiefly sermons, is appended. Among them are: An
Oration at Brookfield, July 5, 1813;- the Election Sermon, 1817; a
Sermon on the completion of the 40th year of his ministry, with a
brief history of the town, 1838; a Sermon on the 50th anniversary of
his ordination, 1848; a Discourse containing an historical sketch of
the town of North Brookfield, 1850; and a Discourse containing an
1862.J Marriages and Deaths. 377
historical sketch of the 1st Cong, church in North Brookfield, embrac-
ing 100 years from its organization, May 28, 1752, to May, 1852.
. Dr. Snell," says the Worcester Spy, " was the last of five ministers
whose parishes joined, that lived to a great age, and preached on an
average over fifty years each, viz: Rev. Dr. John Fiske of New
Braintree, Rev. Daniel Tomiinson of Oakham, Rev. Mr. Pope of Spen-
cer, Rev. Micah Stone of Brookfield, and Rev. Ephraim Ward of West
Brookfield. Perhaps a similar case could not be found in the com-
monwealth. "
He has left three sons — Prof. E. S. Snell of Amherst College, Rev.
Wm. W. Snell of Rockford, Minnesota, and Dea. Thomas Snell of
North Brookfield.
Tyler.— Hon. John, Virginia, January, 1S62. He was the second
son of John and Mary (Armistead) Tyler; was born on the James
river, in Charles City county, about 5 miles below Berkeley, March
29, 1790. His mother was the only child of Robert Armistead,
whose ancestors migrated to Virginia from Hesse Darmstadt. His
father, John Tyler — born in James city in 1748 — one of the leading
revolutionary characters of Virginia, was for many years a member
of the House of Delegates, and in 1781 or '82, succeeded Benjamin
Harrison as speaker. After being governor of Virginia, to which
office he was elected in 1808, he was judge of the district court of
the United States for Virginia, and died at his seat m Charles City
county, Jan. 6, 1813. John, the subject of this notice — supposed to
have been the fifth in descent bearing the name of John — commenced
his political career at an early age; was elected to the Virginia legis-
lature at the age of 21, and five years later, to congress. In 1826,
he was elevated, like his father, to the station of governor of Vir-
ginia. After filling the office one year and a half, he was selected
by the legislature to fill a vacancy in the senate of the United States.
He afterwards resigned his seat. In 1840, he received the nomina-
tion for vice-president of the United States, from the Whig party,
and was elected by a large majority. He entered upon the discharge
of his duties in March, 1841, when the death of the president, Wil-
liam Henry Harrison, shortly after, raised him to the chief magis-
tracy of the republic; making him the tenth president of the United
States, the sixth from the state of Virginia. Since his retirement |
he has lived at Sherwood Forest, Charles City county, Va. He
delivered the historical address at Jamestown, in 1857, on the 250th
anniversary of its settlement. This was published in the Richmond
papers. He was buried Jan. 21, 1862.
His remote ancestor, John Tyler, is believed to have come from
England to Virginia in 1637, when in his 16th year. A brick house,
supposed to have been built by his son, John Tyler the second, re-
mains to this day. So stated President Tyler in 1859. He settled
on a tract of land lying on the head waters of Powhatan swamp, in
the county of James City, four miles above Williamsburg. John
the third, was marshal of the court of admiralty for the county of
Virginia, and dying about the time of the breaking out of hostilities
with England, was the last person who held such an appointment
from the crown. He had an only son, John, the father of President
John, and several daughters, who married and left descendants.
378 Marriages and Deaths. ["Oct.
Hon. Jobn Tyler was an honorary member of the N. E. Historic-
Genealogical society. In his letter of acceptance, dated Sherwood
Forest, Charles City, Ya., Dec. 19, 1859, he writes that his father,
" whether in earnest or not, I can not say, often claimed his descent
from Wat Tyler, the blacksmith who headed the great rebellion in
the time of Richard the second. As au evidence of my father's sin-
cerity in the matter, he named his eldest son (a physician), still
alive, after the blacksmith, conjoining- to it that of Henry, as the
highest compliment he could pay the Virginia patriot."
Van Buren— Hon. Martin, LL. D., at Kinderhook, N. Y., July 24, ee.
80. He was b. at Kinderhook, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1182, and received an
ordinary education at the common school and academy of his native
village. In 1796, he left the academy, and began the study of the
law in the office of Francis Sylvester, a respectable lawyer of Kin-
derhook. While a student, he was an active politician, and in the
fall of 1800, being less than eighteen years old, he represented the
Republicans of his native town in the congressional convention for
the district. He spent a part of 1802 and 1803 in New York study-
ing his profession, and in Nov. 1803, was admitted to the bar, but
continued to take an active part in politics. The first office he held
was that of surrogate of Columbia county, to which he was appoint-
ed in 1808 by Gov. Tompkins. In the spring of 1812, he was nomi-
nated as state senator and was elected by a small majority over his
opponent Edward P. Livingston. He took his seat at the extra ses-
sion in November following, and at once assumed a prominent posi-
tion. He continued in that body till 1820, haviug been during that
period a zealous supporter of the war and the canal project. A por-
tion of the time he held the office of attorney-general. He was a
member of the constitutional convention of the state of New York
in 1821, and in February of that year was elected to the United
States senate, and was reelected in 1821. In 1828 he was chosen
governor, and entered on the discharge of his duties in January fol-
lowing; but he did not hold the office long, as Gen. Jackson offered
him a seat in his cabinet as secretary of state, which position he
accepted. In April, 1831, he resigned his position and was appointed
minister to England, and entered on the duties of the office. On the
assembling of congress the next winter his nomination was rejected
by the casting vote of John C. Calhoun, the vice-president, a political
rival. In 1832 he was nominated for vice-president on the ticket
with President Jackson, was elected by a large majority and held the
office four years from March 4, 1833. In 1836, he was nominated by
the democratic or Jackson party for president and was elected. He
was inaugurated March 4, 1837, and served his full term of four
years. During his administration the independent treasury was
established. Some trouble with England also occurred relative
to the " patriot" war in Canada, but it was amicably settled. He
was renominated by his party for president, in 1840, but was defeat-
ed by Gen. Harrison, the whig- candidate. Since the close of his
presidential term, March 4, 1841, he has, except during a visit to
Europe several years ago, lived in retirement at Kinderhook, the
place of his birth, on an estate to which he gave the name of Lin-
1862.] Marriages and Deaths. 379
denwald. In 1348, be was nominated for president by the newly
formed free-soil party, and aceepted the nomination. He did not receive
a single electoral vote, nor did he probably expect it, However, of
a popular vote of nearly three millions he received over one-tenth.
He died at Lindenwald, Thursday morning, at 2 o'clock, his last words
being1: " There is but one reliance. n His funeral took place on Mon-
day July 28, at the Dutch Reformed Church -at Kinderhook. His sons
John, Abraham and Smith were present. He was buried by the side
of his wife Hannah Hoes, to whom he was married Feb., 180T, and
who died Feb. 5, 1819, aged 36.
Wheeler — Rev. John, D. D., Burlington, Yt., April 16, a. 64 yrs. 1
mo. 5 ds. He was a son of John Brooks and Hannah (Hills) Wheeler,
and was born in Grafton, Vt., March 11, 1798. At the age of 6 years
be removed with his parents to Orford, N. H., which was from thence
the family residence. He grad. D. C. 1816; at Andover, 1819; and
received license from the Haverhill Association at Boxford, Mass,,
Aug. 4, 1819. He was ord. pastor of the Congregational Church,
Windsor, Vt., Nov. 1, 1821; was chosen president of the University
of Vermont in 1824, but did not accept. Rev. Willard Preston of
Burlington, was elected, and became the third president of that in-
stitution. Dr. Preston resigned and removed into one of the southern
states, and was succeeded by Rev. James Marsh, in Oct. 1826. On
the resignation of Pres. Marsh, Dr. Wheeler was appointed to pre-
side over the University. He was dismissed from his pastorate at
Windsor, Oct. 16, 1833, and in Nov. entered upon the duties of the
presidency. In Aug. 1848, he resigned, and in June, 1849, Rev.
Worthington Smith, D. D., of St. Albans, Vt., was appointed to the
office.
Among Dr. Wheeler's publications are discourses on occasion of
the death of Pres. Harrison, Hon. John Smith, Rev. James Marsh;
and an historical discourse at the semi-centennial anniversary of the
University of Vermont, Aug. 1, 1854. He was elected in Feb., 1855,
vice-president of the N. E. Hist.-Gen. Society for Vermont, and ac-
cepted, March 7, being at that time on a temporary visit for his
health at St. Augustine, Florida.
Widdifield — Daniel Brown, at Boston, May 18, a. nearly 62. He
was born at Boston, May 26, 1800, and began his apprenticeship with
Thomas Pons, optician, after whose death he completed it with John
Peirce. At his majority he commenced business in his native city and
gained the reputation of an expert artiste in his profession. He m. in
1825, Harriet Hansell of Boston, by whom he had six children, three
sons and three daughters, all of whom, except one son, with their
mother survive. Mr. Widdifield was a gentleman of most genial
and kind feelings. His moral character was without a blemish, and
we think we may safely say he had not an enemy on earth.
Williams — Hon. Reuel, at Augusta, Me., July 24, a. 79. He was
b. at Augusta, June 2, 1783. After receiving an education he en-
tered the profession of the law, and early acquired a high standing.
For many years he held a conspicuous position and acquired a wide
influence in his native state. It was chiefly through his exertions
380 Marriages and Deaths. [Oct.
that Augusta was made the capital of Maine. He was an U. S.
senator from Maine, 1S37-1S43. Bowdoin College in 1855, conferred
on him the degree of LL. D. His late years were passed in quiet, sur-
rounded by all the comforts which wealth and a wide circle of friends
could afford. He was a member of the Maine Historical Society.
Wtmax — Col. Powell Tremlett, fell at the battle of Glendale, June
30, 1862, aged 34. He was the son of Oliver C. Wyman of Boston, a
writer to whom Kettell gives a place in his Specimens of American
Poetry. Col. Wyman was b. in Franklin Place, Boston, January 29,
182S. He entered the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1846,
and graduated in 1850, the fifth in his class. He was brvt. 2d
lieutenant of Artillery, 1st July, 1850, and continued in the service
till about two years ago when he resigned and went to Europe. On
the breaking out of the rebellion last year he returned and offered
his services to Gov. Andrew who appointed him Colonel of the 16th
Massachusetts volunteers. During his command he showed himself
a brave man, a thorough soldier, and an accomplished and efficient
officer. He was killed by a minie ball, which having been blunted
by hitting some other object, penetrated his breast near the heart
about an inch and a half, tapping the main artery. The body was
carried several miles from the field and buried on Haxall's plantation.
It was afterwards taken up and brought to Boston, where his funeral
took place on Tuesday July 22, from the State House. The governor
and other officials were present, as was also quite a large delegation
of masons, including many prominent members of the order. His
remains were interred in Mount Auburn. The funeral solemnities
were of an imposing character.
Col. Wyman was descended from Francis Wyman of Woburn, the
early generations of whose descendants are given in the Register
(ante, in, 33-38). A member of the society, who has an extensive
genealogy of this family in preparation, furnishes us with the fol-
lowing pedigree: Francis1 (1617-99) and Abigail (Read) Wyman of
Woburn, were parents of Samuel- Wyman, b. Nov. 29, 1667, ra. 1692
Rebecca, dau. of Matthew Johnson, both of Woburn. He d. May
17, 1725. He had 10 ch. of whom Samuels b. March 18, 1700, m. July
8, 1730, Mary dau. of Lieut. Eben Pierce. He d. Dec. 23, 1767. He
had 6 ch. of whom Samuel4 b. June 13, 1731, res. in Concord and
Cambridge, m. 1st Hannah Clark of Roxbury, Nov. 23, 1756, who d.
Feb. 3, 1757, a. 26 (gravestone in Lincoln). He died after 1763. He
had 4 ch. of whom Oliver Cromwell3 bap. Nov. 24, 1771, in Burlington,
res. in Boston, was a merchant and broker, m. ab. Jan., 1798, in
Eutland, Vt., Nabby Hind Reed (see Reed Genealogy) who d. at Na-
hant, Jan. 3, 1851, a. 72. He d. Jan. 17, 1830, a. 58. He had 6
ch. of whom Oliver Cromwell,6 his elder son res. in Boston, was for-
merly lessee of the New Drury (Boston) Theatre, is now in the U.
S. Appraiser's office, m. Helen Dickson Powell, dau. of Snelling
Powell, Esq., of Boston, a comedian of much merit, afterwards
a merchant in Cornhill, Boston. They were parents of Charles
Whitney," d. 1829, Col. Powell T.,7 d. as above, James Dickson,7 Eliza-
beth,7 Mary Isabella" m. Win. Babson of Gloucester, Margaret G.7 and
Helen R.7
1862.] Notes and Queries. 381
NOTES AND QUERIES.
William Henry Whitmore, Esq. — Our readers will be pleased to
learn that this gentleman — who was for several years on the pub-
lishing' committee of the N. E. Hist.-Gen. Society, and was one of the
editors of the Register, for the years 1859 and 1860 — is expected to
return to this country the present month. He left Boston in the
beginning: of 1861, for Port Louis, Mauritius, with the intention of
spending a year or two abroad. From Port Louis, he sent home for
publication his Handbook of American Genealogy, a large portion of
which was composed on his voyage from Boston to that port. A
small edition for subscribers was issued by Mr. Munsell the present
year (ante, p. 198). This book of 272 pages may perhaps be con-
sidered an expansion of an article on American Genealogies, written
by Mr. Whitmore, and published in thq, North American Review for
April, 1856. We believe this was the first article in that periodi-
cal on the subject of Genealogy — a subject that for the last ten years
at least, has interested the American community in a remarkable
degree. Mr. Whitmore has also contributed to the North American
articles on the Life and Labors of Thomas Prince, October, 1860, and
Jane TureU, July, 1861.
Washington's "Visit to New England, 1789. — In the Dio.ry of Wash-
ington, October 1, 1789 to March 10, 1790, privately printed at New
York in 1S58 (ante, xm, 177), Col. Hale is mentioned on page 28, as aid
to Gen. John Brooks. A correspondent of the Boston Transcript, July
26, 1862, who signs himself C, calls attention to the error in this
name, which should read Hall. " The late Judge Joseph Hall," the
writer adds, " and his cousin, the late Col. Fitch Hall, were the aids of
Gen. John Brooks, when Washington visited New England. The
former was despatched to Worcester, being the person alluded to;
and the latter stated to the writer that he (then being quite a young
man), was struck with awe when he went to Washington's head-
quarters, now occupied by Prof. Longfellow, and after being ushered
into his presence, asked at what time it would be his pleasure to
pass the troops in review. Washington, taking him by the hand,
replied, in five minutes. The aid mounted and ran his horse at full
speed to Cambridge common, and the troops were barely in line,
before Washington, with his suite, appeared, having kept his word,
and evidencing the promptness which characterized all his move-
ments." The late Gen. William H. Sumner in his Reminiscenses of
Gen. Washington's Visit (ante, xiv, 162), gives the name, Hall.
Gen. Sumner was afterwards intimately acquainted with Col. Fitch
Hall, and derived some of the facts in his article from him.
Naming of Towns in Massachusetts. — I have somewhere seen it
stated that it was a practice of the General Court of the Province of
Massachusetts Bay, previous to the Revolution, out of courtesy to
the governor, to send bills for the incorporation of towns to him with
the names left blank. Tin's gave him an opportunity to compliment
his friends by filling the blanks with their names when he signed the
bills. Is there any authority for this statement? D.
382 JV: E. Hisl-Gen. Society. [Oct.
NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.
Monthly Meetings — 1862.
Boston, July 2, 1862. — A stated meeting was held this afternoon at
13 Bromfield street, Boston, the president, Winslow Lewis, M. D.,
in the chair.
John H. Sheppard, Esq., the librarian, reported that since the pre-
vious meeting 13 bound volumes and 16 pamphlets, addresses, &c,
had been donated to the Society.
Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, the corresponding secretary, reported
that letters had been received from Rev. Dorus Clarke of Waltham,
and Samuel P. Fowler, Esq., of Danversport, accepting the resident
membership to which they had been elected.
David Pulsifer, Esq., delivered a very able and interesting address
on the Life and Character of Sir Henry Vane, the two hundreth an-
niversary of whose execution fell on the 24th of the preceding
month (June), and since the last meeting of the society.
Mr. Pulsifer gave a full account of the most important transactions
in which Sir Henry was engaged from his early days to the time of
his death. Born in 1612, and according to Winthrop, a young gen-
tleman of excellent parts, who had been employed by his father,
while he was ambassador, in foreign affairs, " he being called to the
obedience of the gospel forsook the honors and preferments of the
Court to enjoy the ordinances of Christ in their purity here" in New-
England. He arrived at Boston in October, 1635, and at the next
election, May 25, 1636, was chosen governor, but failed of a reelec-
tion owing to his support of Mrs. Hutchinson's religious opinions.
After his return to England, August, 1637, he was a member of
the Long Parliment, which commenced its session Nov. 3, 1640; and
in 1644, a complaint being made against Massachusetts on account of
a judgment given against Alderman Berkley of London, at the suit of
the Lady La Tour for £2000 sterling, and they being " threatened
with the loss of their privileges, Sir Henry Vane appeared their friend
and by his great interest with the Parliment, appeased their resent-
ment and laid the storm which was gathering and hung over them."
Upon the dissolution of Parliment by Cromwell in 1653, he retired
from public life. In 1655, he published a quarto volume entitled the
Retired Man's Meditations. The next year he published A Healing
Question, for which Cromwell sent him a prisoner to Carisbrook
Castle in the Isle of Wight, where he remained four months.
He was also a prisoner after the restoration of the monarchy, for
nearly two years till the time of his death. During this imprison-
ment he wrote several works which were printed after his decease,
in the year 1662.
On Monday, June 2 (0. St.), 1662, at the Court of King's Bench,
he was arraigned; on Friday, June 6, he was tried by a jury, who
in half an hour returned a verdict of guilty of high treason; on
Wednesday, June 11, he was sentenced to be executed, and Satur-
day, June 14, 0. S. (24, N. S.), he was beheaded on Tower Hill. The
1862.] Jf. E. HisL-Gen. Society. 333
treatment that he met with at his trial and execution, Mr. Pulsifer
considered disgraceful to the judges and officers concerned. He was
a true patriot, a friend of his country and a firm supporter of the
liberties of the people.
Rev. F. W. Holland next read a short paper entitled " Shakspeare's
Caricature of Richard III," presenting the view of Richard III as
given in Shakspeare, and now established in the common faith of the
world, as a mere caricature, intended by the poet to honor Elizabeth
by justifying her grandsire's usurpation — contradicted by all pro-
babilities of the case, by contemporary chronicles and by the nature
of the human mind. Not improbably the ballad of the Babes in the
Wood was circulated by the Duke of Buckingham to excuse his per-
fidy to a monarch who had loaded him down with benefits. The fact
that Henry VII could present no proof of the murder of the princes
when a pretender to the throne appeared and started a revolt, throws
doubt upon the worst charge against the last royal Plantagenet.
August 6. — A stated meeting was held this day, the president, Wins-
low Lewis, M.I)., in the chair. John H. Sheppard, Esq., the librarian,
reported that since the previous meeting there had been donated to
the society eleven bound volumes, thirty-seven pamphlets and four
manuscripts.
Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee, the corresponding secretary, reported
that he had received a letter from Rev. Henry M, Dexter, accepting
the resident membership to which he had been elected.
Hon. Timothy Farrar, formerly vice-president of the society, read
a very able paper on the absolute condition of the relations of the
United States and the several states as they exist under the present
Union.
Rev. Caleb Davis Bradlee read a brief paper prepared for the soci-
ety by John Gilraary Shea, Esq., of New York, on David McLane
alias Lane, a native of Attleboro', Mass., who was executed for high
treason at Quebec in 1797. This paper is printed in the present num-
ber of the Register, pp. 321-3.
Drafting Eighty-three Years Ago. — Below we print a copy of a
receipt which has been furnished us for that purpose by Mr. Colburn.
Nathaniel Appleton, Esq., to whom it was given, was a son of Rev.
Nathauiel Appleton of Cambridge, Mass. He was born in 1731, was
a merchant of Boston and a zealous patriot during the Revolutionary
struggle. He was Commissioner of Loans during the Revolution;
but at what time he was appointed we have not ascertained. Per-
haps some of our readers can inform us. We have the impression
that he held the office at the date of the receipt. If so. it would seem
that his office did not exempt him from a draft. He died in 1798.
Boston Octob-r 14th 1779
Received of Nath1 Appleton Fifty Pounds L. M°. in full for his line
being drafted to serve in the Continental Army for three months by
order of the General Court Octobr 9th current
£50. Israel Loring, CapT.
N°. 10
384 • Current Events. [Oct.
CURRENT EVENTS— 1862.
[Continued from page 301.]
June.
24. The boiler in the forge shop of Messrs. Larell & Perkins of
Bridgewater, Mass., explodes, killing eight persons and wounding
about twenty more.
25. Great Masonic celebration at Portland, Me. Over 2000
masons, in their regalia, present.
26. The great battle in front of Richmond, commences by an attack
on McCall's division on the right of Gen. McClelland army at Me-
chanicsville. The fighting continues from 2 until 9 o'clock, p. m.
27. The contest between the two great armies goes on through
the day — with great slaughter on both sides. Gen. Porter's division
is hotly engaged and retreats across the Chickahominy. It is called
the battle of Gaines' Mills. Gen. John Pope is appointed to the
command of our army in Virginia. Gen. John C. Fremont resigns
his office in the army and Brig. Gen. Rufus King is appointed in his
stead as commander of the 1st army corps in Virginia.
28. The government calls for 300,000 more men to carry on the
war. Battle of the Chickahominy in which the artillery of Federal
army prevent the rebel forces from crossing the river.
29. Battles of Peach Orchard and Savage's Station. The rebel
forces cross the Chickahominy.
30. Battle of White Oak Swamp. Destruction of life is very great.
Our arms victorious, yet owing to the superiority of the enemy in
number, we continue to retreat.
July.
I. Battle of Turkey Bend. Gen. McClellan succeeds in reaching
James river, where his army — shattered but not disorganized — is
protected by the gun boats Aristook, Galena, Monitor, etc.
3. The enemy make an attack on our lines, and are driven beyond
White Oak Swamp. Our loss in the recent battles in front of Rich-
mond in killed, wounded and missing is stated at 15,224 men. That
of the enemy is supposed to be much greater.
10. Congress adjourns. Among the most important acts of the
session are those confiscating the property, and liberating the slaves
of men found in rebellion against the United States.
II. Gen. Henry Wagner Halleck of New York, is appointed Gen-
eral-in-Chief of the Federal land forces of the United States.
15. The crops of hay, fruit and grain, in the eastern states are
very promising.
20. Gold is at a premium of about 20 per cent. Postage stamps
now constitute the circulating medium.
24. Martin Van Buren, ex-president of the United States, dies at
Kinderhook, aged about 80. The powder mills at Hazardville, Ct.,
are blown up — 1.0 men killed and 40 tons of powder destroyed.
1862.]
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27. The steamship Golden Oate lost by fire near Manzanilla. Of
her 307 passengers about 200 perished. $1,400,000 in gold were
also lost.
31. The rebels bombard the camp of Gen. McClellan's army from
the shore opposite Harrison's Landing, on the James river.
August,
1. A noble spirit of lo3Talty and enthusiasm frequently prevails
through the northern states, and war meetings are held in all our
cities and villages.
4. The government calls for 300,000 additional men to carry on
the war. The draft is for nine months only.
5. The states are rapidly filling up their respective quotas of men
by voluntary enlistment,
6. Battle at Baton Rouge, in which our troops were successful.
The brave Gen. Williams fell while cheering on his men. The rebel
ram Arkansas destroyed.
8. Geo. G. Hersey is executed at Dedham, Mass., for the murder
of Miss Betsey Frances Tirrell, May 3d, 1860.
9. Battle of Cedar Mountain, near Culpepper co., Va., in which
Gen. Banks's division of about 7000 men bravely held their ground
against a superior force under Gen. T. J. Jackson.
BOOK NOTICES.
The Sutton-Dudleys of England, and the Dudleys of Massachusetts in
JSTew England. From the Norman Conquest to the present time,
By George Adlakd. New York: 8vo. pp. 160.
One of the principal objects of the work is declared to be " to ascertain whether
the Dudleys of Massachusetts in New England were connected with, or descended
from the family of that name in England, some of whom were so celebrated during
the reigns of Henry VII, VIII, Edward and Elizabeth. The author states that during
a sojourn in England, lie had an opportunity, and full permission to examine all
papers and records at the Herald's College, the British Museum and the State
Paper office in London, and he appears to have embraced the opportunity, and im-
proved it to the best advantage, and has given a connected view of the Sutton^
Dudleys from the earliest period. Sutton appears to have been the original name
of this, one of the oldest families in England, whose ancestry has been traced to
the time of William the Conqueror. Our author tells us that " the first among those
of distinguished note, was the Sutton who was created Baron Dudley in the time
of Henry VII, and who thereupon assumed the baronial as the family name, and
which was thereafter continued by his descendants." From the first Baron Dudley
(John Sutton), descended several branches of the Dudleys which became eminent,
and filled distinguished places. Thomas Dudley, Governor of Massachusetts, was
the sixth generation from John Sutton, who took the name of Dnftley. This descent
is through Edmund, Edward, Thomas, John and Roger to the governor.
The book also contains a memoir of Governor Thomas Dudley and his son,
Governor Joseph Dudley, together with a genealogy of their families. \t also con-
tains much valuable information, relative to the Dudleys in England and in this
country, highly valuable to the genealogist and historian. The work is well ar-
ranged, and its mechanical execution is excellent. Mr. Adiard has male an
important contribution to the stock of antiquarian lore. (= We cheerfully recommend
the work to the public. H.
32
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[Oct.
Local Etymology ; a Derivative, Dictionary of Geographical Names. By
Richard Stephen Charnock, F. S. A. Loudon: Houston & Wright,
65 Paternoster row. 1850. Svo. pp. 324.
In this work, the author tells us lie has confined himself principally to the geo*
graphical names which are of most interest to the general reader. He has given the
etymology of about three thousand of these names, besides furnishing clues to many
others. The places here given are found in every quarter of the globe, while numer-
ous languages are laid under contribution to explain their origin and signification.
The author, has shown learning, industry and judgment in the compilation of
tliis hook, and we shall look with interest for the other works announced by him
as in preparation, especially his Derivative Dictionary of Personal Names, British
and Foreign, Ancient and Modern, which we hope he will give to the public before
long.
Mr. Charnock does not appear to be familiar with the later1 American works on
the Indian languages, for he gives The Father of Waters, as the meaning of Mis-
sissippi, without referring to its more probable signification. The Great River.
We think it more likely too, that Massachusetts is derived from the Indian words
signifying Many Mountains, than that it is corrupted from the name of an Indian
chief.
Life of General Nathaniel Lyon. By A shbel Woodward, M. D. Hart-
ford: Published by Case, Lockwood & Co. 1862. pp. 360.
Next in interest and influence to the life and conduct of an individual, is a well writ-
ten biography. The opening scenes of the present unrighteous rebellion, brought pro-
minently before the nation one of the purest patriots and gallant officers of our army.
The patient labor, and the faithful and valuable services of Lyon in Florida, on the
Pacific Coast, and in Mexico, brought him to St. Louis in the command of the
arsenal, Here the rebellion found him in its earliest development. His prompt
and gallant course there, and his brilliant career through. Missouri, have gained for
him an imperishable name.
His rapid promotion from a captain to a general, hardly kept pace with his valu-
able services and untiring exertion in defence of his country and her institutions.
It was well for the country that we had such an exalted patriot, and such a skillful
soldier in the field at that critical period; and his fall, while it exalted his character
and sealed his fame, cast a sad gloom over an admiring community.
The life and services of such a man should be presented to the people, and held
up for the imitation of the rising generation. This task has been performed by Dr.
Woodward, in the volume before us. And next to the services of the gallant Lyon,
the public owe a debt of gratitude to his faithful biographer, who has given us a
well digested memoir of one whom the people delight to honor. The book is well
written, and the intelligent reader will rise from its perusal with an increased ad-
miration for the character of the illustrious dead, and with a rejoicing that the labor
of presenting his services to the public, has been performed with so much ability
and fidelity. The book deserves an extensive circulation, and should be read by
every young man in the country. H.
Address at the Inauguration of the. Hatborough Monument, commemorating
the Battle of the Crooked Billet, delivered in Lcller Academy, Decemher 5,
1861. By Rev. Jacob Belyille. Published by order of the Monu-
mental Association. Doylestown, Pa : W. W. H. Davis, printer.
1862. 8vo. pp. 12.
This patriotic address is devoted to the present as well as the past, and has warn-
ings and counsel for the future, which we trust his hearers and readers will heed-
An appendix of four pages furnishes an account of the proceedings at the inaugura,
tion. Among the speakers on that occasion were two veterans of the war of 1812,
Dr. William Darlington, a major, and Gen. John Davis, a captain in that war. Dr.
Darlington, who is in his eighty-first year, and is celebrated for his scientific and his-
torical attainments, was a son-in-law of Gen. John Lacey, the commandant of the
American patriots at Crooked Billet, May 1, 177S.
1S62.]
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The Boston Directory, embracing i/tc City Record, a General Directory of
the Citizens, and a Business Directory for the year commencing July 1,
1SG2. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1SG2. 8vo. pp. 552
and 100.
The Boston Almanac for the year 1862. No. 27. Issued by George
Coolidge. Published by J. E. Tilton & Co. 24mo. pp.340.
The Boston Pocket Business Directory f containing the navies of all Business
Men in the, city of Boston ; each branch of business arranged alphabeti-
cally under appropriate heads, with a complete index referring to every
name. Compiled by Dean Dudley. Boston: Published by the
Proprietor. 1S62. 18rno. pp. 234.
We have grouped these works together, for the purpose of giving a brief history
of Boston directories. The first Directory published in Boston, was that of 1789,
issued by Mr. John Norman, in an ISnio. of 56 pages, containing the names of
1474 persons, and illustrated by a plan of the town. The names in this Directory
were rearranged in a " perfect alphabetical order," by Mr. Nathaniel Dearborn,
and printed in 184S in his Boston Notions, pp. 247-262. The whole directory was
re-printed by Mr. George Adams in the Appendix to his Directory for the year
1852, and also the same year in a separate form. Mr. Norman announced his in-
tention in 1789, of issuing the work annually, but this was the only directory he
issued; and not till 1796, seven years after, was there another directory printed.
The publisher then was Mr. John West, and his work contained 3531 names,
being more than double the number in Mr. Norman's. Directories were published
mostly in 18mo. form by Mr. West and his successors in the years 1798, 1800, 3, 5, 6,
7, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 and 18, after which they were issued annually, except in 1824, till
1846 inclusive. In 1846, Mr. George Adams issued a new directory in octavo form,
to which he added a Business Directory, on the plan adopted by Mr. Dickinson in the
Boston Almanac, and made other improvements. Mr. Adams, who has published the
work annually since, alone or with partners, has been indefatigable in his efforts to
produce a first class Directory, and nearly every year's issue shows an improvement
upon its predecessor. The Directory for 1860 contained upwards of 60,000 names, or
more than forty times those in the first directory. Since then, owing to the war. there
has been a decrease, the present issue containing but 55,519 names. The reader
will find some interesting statistics, relative to the various Boston directories up to
1852, in the Appendix to Adams's Directory for that year, page 60. The preface to
this year's Directory is also worth perusing.
The Boston Almanac was projected by the late Mr. Samuel N. Dickinson, an en-
terprising printer of Boston, who in 1836, published the initial number in a thin
ISrao. of eighty-four pages. Most of the edition was issued in paper covers It seems
to have been got up with the idea of securing the patronage of the Fire Department,
then a very influential portion of the community, as nearly half of the book,
exclusive of the calendar pages and blanks for memoranda, was devoted to the
Boston Fire Department, giving the names of all the members, and a record of
the fires during the preceding year. The next year the size was reduced to 24mo.
the number of pages was increased and a cloth binding was given. In this form it
has been issued to the present time, though it has been from year to year increasing
in thickness. In 1841 Mr. Dickinson added a list of the. business men in Boston,
grouped under their occupations, which were arranged alphabetically. With the
exception of 1843, this was published in every almanac till the present year, when
a list of volunteers in the United States service from l^ew England was substituted.
Many articles, and series of articles of an historical character, relative to the churches
and other buildings, and the cemeteries in and around Boston, have also appeared
in the almanac. An index, properly prepared, of matters of permanent interest in
the volumes from the commencement, now numbering 27, would reveal a mass of
valuable information, of the existence of which few are aware. We would advise
the publisher to add it to some future volume.
Mr. Coolidge, the present proprietor, has had an interest in the almanac since the
death of its founder, Dec. 16, 1848. Twenty^seven years ago, being an apprentice
to Mr. Dickinson, he participated in the labor on the first almanac.
Mr. Dudley's Directory is a new work intended to supply the vacuum which the
3SS Book Notices. [Oct.
omission of a Business Directory from the Boston Almanac created. He has given
in a portable form a directory like those found there, but in more elegant style; and
by adding indexes, lie enables us to find any person in business, and to ascertain
the members of the various business firms. He has also prefixed a brief history of
the city, given some valuable statistical information relative to the city and country,
and added other improvements. The work promises well, and Mr. Dudley's energy
and industry will no doubt cause it to succeed.
Ralph Earle and his Descendants. Compiled by Pliny Earle, M. D. of
Leicester, Mass. I860.
This is a large tabular pedigree on a sheet three feet,. three inches wide, and
four feet, eight inches long. It is arranged on very nearly the plan of the pedigrees
prepared and published by Mr. Newman of Pawtucket, R. I. The whole number
of Ralph Earle's descendants given is 1714, wives of descendants 386, husbands of
descendants 341. The aggregate of names is 2441. The work appears to have been
very thoroughly done.
Genealogy of the Descendants of Several Ancient Puritans. "Vol. II.
By Rev. Abxer Morse, A. M., Memb. of N. Eng. Hist.-Gen. Soc.
Boston: Press of H. W. DuttOD k Son, 1859. 8vo. pp. 238.
On its first issue in 1859, this volume contained only the Brigham genealogy,
making 94 pages. We then gave a brief notice of the work {ante, xiv, 3(8). In
August last the volume in its complete form was issued, containing of additional
matter, a supplement to the Brighams, pp. 95-110; the Hapgood family, pp. 111-
142; the Pettee family, pp. 143-164; the Hewins family, pp. 165-184; and the
Willis family, pp. 185-238. Nine portraits and two coats of arms are given. We
hope the latter will not mislead any of the name who wish to trace their English
ancestry. Among the portraits are those of Hon. William Willis, author of the
History of Portland, a sketch of whose life by John H. Sheppard, Esq., is given,
pp. 202-204 ; of Nathaniel Willis, Esq., the founder and former editor of the
Boston Recorder, and his son Nathaniel Parker Willis, Esq., celebrated as a poet
and prose writer. Of the father a sketch is given, pp. 213-216.
Mr. Morse has laid the community under great obligations by his genealogical
publications. His zeal and industry in these pursuits are truly remarkable. Of the
present work, the first volume was published in 1857, and the third in 1860. He
is also the author of an extensive genealogy of the Morse families of America, and
briefer accounts oi the Litchfield and Sanger families. We understand that he thinks
of preparing a fourth volume of the Ancient Puritans to contain the Cutler and
some other families, though he has not fully determined to do so.
ERRATA,
Page 166, line 16, for Barrett, Rev. John, read Barrett, Rev. Samuel. See Beg.,
xm, p. 308.
Page 189, line 7 from bottom, after March 21, insert 1861.
Page 225, first line under the head of Information Wauted,/or 1755, read 1745.
Page 290, line 2, dele Rev.
The foot note § on the same page should be transferred to the next page, 291.
It refers to William B. Towne, Esq,, on the latter page.
Page 274, note * 1. 3, for Sarah (Coleman), read Rebecca (Folger). [Sarah (Cole-
man) Folger was my grandmother, wife of my grandfather, George5 Folger. My
mother Rebecca (Folger) Folger was dau. of Waiter3 Folger, sen., and sister of Hon.
Walter6 Folger mentioned in the same note. W. C. F.J
Page 276, line 40, for wid. read wife.
Page 277, lines 8 and 9, /or His w. d, July 7, 1809, read Susanna, his widow, died
Jan. 29, 1827.
Page 287, line 26, for Frances, read Francis.
Page 291, line 2. dele Hon.
Page 291, line 31, for Brodlee, read Bradlee.
Page 364, last line, for * readf [George D. Hodges died in the United States
service, and was not a member of the Hist. Gen. Soc]
Vol. xv, p. 334, footnote, last line, for the preceding week, June 22, read June 1.
INDEX OF NAMES.
Abbe, 302
Abbott, 34, 3G, ITS, 187.
213-215, 364
Abercrornbie, 220 j
Abraham, 34
Adam?, 13, 18, 27, 31, 40,
42,47, 60, 62,77,55,86,
91, 146, 166, 170, 105,
216, 2.5-3, 260, 313, 3i7,
319, 340. 359, 357
Add-on, 375
Adei, 321, 322
Adgate, 251
Adlard, 385
Aery, 317
Ainsworth, 43
Albert (Prince), 175
Albro, 195
Alcock, 57, 53, 163, 200,
335
Alden, 40, 87, 193, 195,'
202, 251, 310
Alderton, 347
A Id rich, 273
Alexander, ISO
Alford, 66, 67, 69
Allen, 45, 47, 62, 64, 66-
6S, 70, 85, 86, SS, 97,
104,137, 144, 145, 162,;
175, 1S6, 226, 235, 304,:
305, 316, 3 IS, 319,349,
353, 355, 357-359, 365 j
Alh»>, 141
Alison, 77, 362
Aimon, 297, 315. 316
Arae?, 34, 255-257, 267
Amev, 45
Anderson, 143, 303
Andre, 375
Andrew, 97, 103, 215,
302, 380
Andrews, 145, 148, 175,
213-215, W9J
Andros, 41, 86
Andrus, 20, 247
Angar, 299
Anjou (Duke of)> HO
Annabie, 77
Appleton, 1-12, 49, 58,
65, 87, 88, 175, 200,206,
287, 290, 295, 298, 3S3 I
Apthorp. 200
Arbin, 176 I
Archdale, 171
Arlin,314
Armistead, 377
Armsbee, 328
Armstrong, 318
Arnold, 34, S5, S6, 144
Arthur, 271, 272, 275
Arundel, 2
Asbury. 189
Ashley, 87, 107
Asoinwall, 66, 67, 70 i
Atherton, 77, 148, 149, <
352, 355-359 |
Atkhis, 62, 69. 71
Barrows, 290
Berny, 89
Atkinson, 169, 163, 332
Barry, 133, 303
Berry, 86, 319, 330
Atwater, 231
Bars tow, 65, 200,
206,
Best, 35
At wood, S6
285. 287, 289
Beteman, 62
Atitrustine, 304
Bartholomew, 62,
333,
Bethune, 286.292
Austin, 34, 35,39,77. 131,
362
Betts, 251.253
313, 327
Barthrick. 145
BeviHe, 107
Auyour, 34
Bartlett, 35, 86, 132,
344
Bid; ner, 86, 114
Auver. 34
Bartram. 362
Kiddle, 7, 8
Avenil. 214. 215
Bartol, 96, 102
Bi^elosv, 90, 99, 2'iC, 297,
Avery, 305, 339
Barton, 361
312
Ay era, 314
Barverrick, 33
Bill. 62,85, 144
Avrauh, 251
Base, 73, 144
B:liine:s,34, 35, 77,7S,S5,-
Ayres, 144
Basset t, 135
102, 146
Bate, 2-29
Bingiey. 145
B
Bate?, 77, 247, 333
Sinney. 99, 290
Babb, 319
Batson. 2
Birch, 78, 105, ICo. 151,
Babbage, 317
Batte, 52, 53
16 i, 162
Bttlenston, 219
Batten. 77
Bird, 7S, 113, 149, 161,
Babson, 3S0
Baxter, 21. 50, 146, ?
35
340
Bacchus, 22
Baylev. 145,217,218
220,
Birddin, 75
Bache, 293
3 IS, 320
Bisco. 85
Bachelor, 216
Beadle, 135, 141
Biecomb, 35
Backus, 99, 376
Beake, 229
Bishop, 17. 68, 71, S3, 223
Back worth. So
Beal, 177
Bisner, 213
Bacon, 34, 105, 287, 365
Beaman, 157, 337
Bitevia, 345
Badeock, 77,341
Bean, 311, 312
Bixhy, 145, 213-215
BaJ.ditier, 233
Beaton. 3?>2
Black, 273, 275, 3^3
Badger, 34, 99, 232
Beauregard, 299-301
Bla-kfield, 145
Bagley, 47
Beck. 62
Blackleacb, 29
Bailey, 145, 1^0
Becklev, 13.20,21
Black man, 73, 161
Baker, 20. 31, 46. 53. 54,
Beckwuli, 239, 241
Blackstone, 313
-219
62, 77, 81, 63, ^5, 83, 94, Beekwnnh, 21'
146, 148, 149, 153. 186; Bedwell, 45
190,213, 214, 275, 291, Reech, 216
339 ; Beedle, 144
Balch, 135, 215. 305 Beers, 35, 129, 216
Baldwin, 90,362, 363,369 Belcher, 16, 35, 52,67, 77
Balfour, 191
Ball, 34, 87, 216
Ballantine, 62
Ballou, 190, 191
Baimame, 375
Balston, 63, 71, 85
Bancroft, 74
Bangs, 317
Banks, 197, 300, 303, 335 Btllmzhara, 73,
Bannister, 68 i Belville, 3>6
Banrly, 231 ! Beman, 77, 178, 3-54
Barage, S6 : Beruas, 35, 145
Barber, 30, 33, 77, 35,99,! Bement. 19
I Blagden, 98, 195
Blague. 62
Biair, 360-362
| Bhusdeil.89
i Eiake, 50, 77. 73, SI, 86,
i S3, 148-150, 177, 183,
144, 147, 14s, 23/ ' 2>4, 287, 292, 313, 319
| Belden, IS, 141 | Blanc, 220
' B'eldiDtr, 22. 135, 137, 139,; Bland, 115
| 141. 265, 266 Blautaine, 159
! Belknap, Mi, 104. 135,' B latch lev, 2i5
j 311, 343-350 B)et!ker,"303
i Bell, 29, 30, 175, 200,287,' Blennerh^set, 1S3
327, 362 I BliKhe, 163
"" 133, 230 Ein. 18-21
B!i*s, 99, 195,290, 291
150
B3rbour, 317
Barker; 146,233,244,272
276
Barlow, ill
Barnard, .34, 47, 62, 144
216, 2-26, 236, 270-272
274-277, 362
Barnes, 21, 37
Barney, 25
Barnott. 56
Barr, 14 S
Earrett 3, 136.
330, 333
Barrot, 34
Barrow, 34
Blood, 41
B'cora, -247
Eloomneld, 303
Bendall, 231, 335, 335 \ Blott, 134
Benedict, 199, 243, 251,] Blunston, 362
369 I Blunt, 176
Benjamin, 21 I Bobtt,325
Bermer, 362 | Bodge, 35
Bennett, 62, 86, 144, 317, Boerum.99
35-1, 355, 357-35r
Bermmg, 63
Bens<>n, 63
Bent, 359
! Bently, 73
! Benton, 13, 39, 99, 268
115, 165, 297
BerkenhoQt, 111
! Berkley, 5V2
I Bernard, 215
olinbroke, 125, 126
j Boiles, 96, 176
| Bolmar. 302
• Bonaparte, 307
' Bond,' 63, 96, 98, 133, 198,
1 206, 337
j Boosy, 234
'■ Booth. 99
! Bordruan, 139.264
I Borman. 213-215
390
Index of Names.
Borrows, 35, 130 |
Borworth, 145
Bosworth, 44, 318, 359 j
Botfield, 104
Bottom, 320
Bouciiiur, 335
Boulton, 78
Bouquet, 362
Bouton, 231
Bowden, 229-331
Bowen, vl, 63, 313
Bowers, 35
Bowker, 78
Bowles, 35, 1G5
Bowman, 192, 216
Boyce, 47
Boyd. 362
Boydell, 66
Boyden, 76
Bover, 334
Boyles, 260
Boylstou, 35, 37, 66, 69
Bovnton, 14 5, 216
Brackett, 162, 317, 320, j
335
Bracy, 21
Bradbury, 318,319
Bradfield, 18
Bradford, 15, 93, 102, 334J
347, 362
B radish, 35, 37
Bradleo, S3, 188,200,284.
285, 283^-291, 314, 368,
382, 383, 388
Bradley, 78, 364
Bradstreet, 71, 94, 163,
214, 315, 316
Bragdon, 320
Bragg, 78, 182
Braraan, 1S9
Brandt, 32, 33
Brastow, 305, 313 [331
Brattle, 62, 135, 145, 159,
Brazer, 35, 130
Brazier, 35
Brearn, 87
Breath, 176
Breck, 79, SO, 200, 287,
367
Breding, 43
Bredon, 50, 334
Breed, 35, 129, 146
Brewer, 219, 333
Brewster, 99
Brick, 145
Bridaden, 35
Bridge, 74, 35, 56, 147 j
Bridgham, 4-, 159, 161 j
Bridgraan, 59, 98, 135,
176 i
Brigden, 21
Briggs, 89, 90, 324-326,1
333, 376
Brighara, 75, 293, 2s3
Bright. 196. 216, 312
Bhnley, 287-290
BriD trial, 35
Briteman, 66
Brock, 16
Brockway, 246
Brodie, 3
Brorurield, 59
Bronson. 135, 263
Brooke, 54, 365
Brooker, 242
Brookme, 47
Brook?, 3-5, 73, 140
263 336, 338, 381
Brougham, II
Brown, 35, 49,66,69, 7
90, 91, 145, 116, 17
193, 216, 229-232, 31
313, 317-320, 334, 335
187,
Browneli, 135
Brace, 315, 317
Brush, 212
Bryant, 14S, 369
Buchanan, 362
Buck, 264
Buckingham, 195. 305-
307
Buckingham, Duke of,!
333
Buckley, 145
Biickrnan, 177
Buckminater, 183
Bucknam, 35
Bndlona, 102
Buell, 197
Buffiugton, 362
Bulkier, 22, 72, 135, 138
Bull, 136,362
Bullard, 182,216,312,339
Bull in, 35
Bumstead, 98, 23-2,309
Bunco, 21, 135, 267
Bundy, 324
Bunker, 35, 272, 276, 277
Bunyan, 304
Burden, 79
Burditt, 35
Bureau, 296
Burge, 79
Burgess, 104, 288
Burgh, 113, 114
Burgh ley, 115-117
Borgoyrte, 182
Burke, 125, 171,323
Bum ham, 22 98. 14 b, j
290 |
Burns, 317, 320
Burnside, 196, 197, 300,!
303> 304
Burr, 35
Burroughs, 35, 133
Burrows, 35
Burt, 146
Burton, 189,214,320,367!
Bush. 317
Bunnell, 47. 243. 250.!
251
Buss, 145
Butler, 17-19, 32, 33, 45,;
87, 99 137, 139, 251,
299,303
Butman, 319
Butt, 79, 148, 149
Buttolph, 18,45, 159, 160:
But trick, 146
B\ field, 67, 73
Byels, 145
Byles, 13, 71
Byrdall, 330
Cadv, 263
Caider, 35, 39, 144
Caldwell, 362
Caleb, 79
Caley, 79
Calhoor, 149
Calhoun, 373
Call, 35-37, 146
Callerider, 25
Ca!iey,34, 36, 129, 131
148
Calmef, 210
Camden, 109, 114, 115
Cameron, 196
CarrmiiD. 36
Camp. 27, 141, 142,268
Campbell, 173,364,375
Campernell. 152
Cane, 145. 146
Caoen. 36,54, 79, 81, 16 1
212, 214, 215, 340
Caplirt, 1 15
Capron, 313
Caps, 143
Carcw, 108
Carey, 36
Carl, 319
Carlton, 169
Carmarden, 115
Carmichnel, 362
Carries, 36
Carpenter, 102, 297
Carr, 28
Carrington, 75, 136
[371
263. 277.
Claddis, 54
Claflin, 177
Claggett, 373
Ciaghoru, 116
Clap, 53, 77-79, 90, 14?,
149, 152, 164,177, 1->J,
233
Clarke, 14, 19,21,47,51,
55,57,62, 64-67, 69,71,
86,97,101,110.144, 145,
143, 163, 175, 177, 192,
193, 200,^13-215, 225,
233, 236,238, 2 16, 247,
252, 253, 259, 272, 274,
277, -284, 287, 347, 369,
I 3^0, 382
! Claverly, 86
j Clay. 7, 193
! Ci ayes, 32
! Cleauthes, 12
I Clear, 163
| Cleaveland, i
i Cleaver, 361
i Clement, 55. 62
; Clements, 36, 143
' Cleverly, 54
! Cliff, 315
I Clifford, 89
i Clingan, 362
' Clinton, 31, 32
! Ciore, 85
j Ctougb, 36, 86
I Clowe, 86
Cluterbooke, 230
Coan, 374
Coates, 362
Cobb, 85, 302, 317
Cochrane, 303, 362
Cock, 62
Cocks, 318, 320
Cod man, 317
Colli n, 25, 36, 3;
271,272, 274-27
^ <■,-.,'., ■ 370
Chaplin, 79, 148, 149 I Cogeir, 323
Chapman, 36, 139, 200, Coggeshail, 245
214,26-3,287 i Cogswell, 201
Chappine^ 46 j Coke, 117, 308
Charliount, 343 j Coker, 87
Charles (King), 171,308, Col burn, 82, 91, r.
Carter; 16, 50. 62, 74, 86,
96, 1-9.263
Cartwrieht, 79, 270
Carver, c?8. 347
Carv, 145, 177,216,371 !
Caryl, 311
Case, 266. 366
Casey, 301
Cass, 200. 287, S69, 370
Caswell, i66, 324,325
Cateilin, 139
Cat heart, 270
Caylr-y, 106, 103, 116
Cazourt, 297
Cecil, 113. 115, 117
Chad, 362
Chadborne, 163
Chndsvy. 362
Chadwfek, 32, 355
Chalkley, 75
dialling, -70
Chamberlain, 36. 4
129.144,207
Cbamperaon, 107, 103
Champion, 239
C'nampnev, 63, 115, 119
Chandler." 20, 79, 143,
145, 146', 148, 149, 183,
216, 335
Chapel, 139
Chapley, 79
44,
3 hi
169,
269-29". 298, 323,
200
Charles (Prince), 202 363
Charnock, 104. 386 I Colby, 314
Chase, 100. 146,200, 272.! Cole, 44. 75. 85, 86, 107,
275, 276, 290. 312, 324 140, 141, 146, 163, 232
Chauncy, 58, 59, 68, 194
Cheak, 216
Cheekley, 46, 62, 331, 332
Cheek er, 145 v
Chcesbfough, 99
Cheever, 36, 55, 69, 145
Cb.ee vei>, 311
33s.
Coleman. 270, 274, 275,
277. 38-3
Colet, 2
Cuiey, 27
Colfox, 139
Coltacott, ti.
Cheney. 79, 138, 143, 149. Collin-, 19. 36, l:j2, 14]
164-166, 362 i 2fi4, 320
Chester, 22, 136,137,233, Collyer, 44. 320
234, 340 I Col man. 25.26. 55. 06. 71.
Chetwood,99
Chickering, 316
Chick reli, 3:33
Child, S6, ST, 288-291
Chilson 263
Cboate, 36
Christie, 3i3
Christophers, 15, 99
Chudleigh, 107
©hurch, 68, 183,246,263
271, 274 '
Churchill, 17, 138, 139
251, 285, 266
Churchman, 362
Chute. 170
Cicero. 11
Cilley/31,32
Col man. 25,26,
141,351
! Colson, 263
I Colt, 177, 244. 217
I Colt man. 19
j Combs, 85
' Cornstock, 253, 254
' Conant, 36, 145, 319, 350
I Conklin, 16
1 Conney, 43. 57, 62
: Convers, 74
: Cooke, 16, 56. 67. 68, =0,
j 6-, 148, 142, 199, 2i6}
■i 231, 273
j Cooley, 249
| Coelidge, 63,
I Cooraes, 318
141, 3$
Index of Names.
191
Cooper, 36, 66, 09, 71, ! Davenport, 54, OS, 71,80,
149, 150, 214, 296, 305,! 144, 161, 233, 273 313
i Davie?. 54
i Davis. 37, 45, 54, ."»■'
60, 79,80,85, 111.
145, 146, 172. 167,
'200, '216, '2-26. 245,
33.3. 353, 362, 3-6
Dawes, 46, 62, S6, 14
Day. 13, 54. 296, 3 IS
Dearie, 50, 14'"., 177,
200, 2S7-291, 305,
337. 344
Dearborn,
i 2SS, 367
329, 330, 333
Cope, 101, 104, 36
Copcland, 94
Coj>p. 45, .^6
Corbet t, I'.O
Corbit, 181. 312
Corcoran, 303
Corey, 42
Cornell, 283
Cornish, S6
Cornwall, '246
Cossart, 297
Cotterell. 142
Cotton, 27, 36, 50, 90, 99, Death, 311
139
Couch, 140, 303
Coult, 55
Coultman, 140
Courser, 35}, 356-353
Couzens, 71
Cowdin, 303
Cowe'l, 68
Cowles, 246, 249
Cox, 317, 319
Crabtree, 52, 14S
Craft, 64, 99, 101, 155
Cranio, 97
Craijre, 320
Crahch, 318, 323
Crane, 52, SO, 139, 140,
146 149, ISO
Crehore, 14 3, 149
Cresap, 362
Cresey, 317
Crittenton, 244
Crofoot, 20
Crofts, 75
Cromwell, 351, 382
Crosby, 244
Crosrnan. 324
Cross, 114
Crossing: 329
Crosrnan, 326, 333
Crowell, 146.311
137.
Du Moulin, 220
Dumslm, A?
Dun. 37
Dunbar, 302
Dunham. 319
Dun lap, 362
Dunmore (Lord), 375
. Dunnafar, 3*20
,329 Dunnel, 212-215,302
I Dupont, 197,303
192,: Duram, 85
327. : Dures, 1 15
i Durvce, 303
235,) Dnstin, 91
Duston, 31, 100
Duyckinck, 371
Dutton, 42, 388
D wight. 173
| Dwinell.302
I Dyer, 62, 6?. 50, 144, 226,
227, 302, 318, 332
342,
113,
197,
301,
Evans, 37, 10. SO, 85, 88,
92, 148, 149,362
Ever ard, 374
Eve id vi), 60
Everell, 62, 163, 227
Eve re;;. 10. 91, 153, 200,
206,288. 2:0, 313, 361,
I 371
Ewell, 300
Ewer, 203, 205, 200, 287-
239
Eyre, 58, 218
Eyres, SO
| Fabyan,317
I Fainer, 317
Fairbanks, 149. 131. 340,
353-355, 357-359
Decius, 127
Deland, 37
Delaney, 37
Delver, 86 j Dyer, 62, 6?. 50,144, 226,1 Fales. 313
Demauzaday, 80 I 227,302,318,332 j Fanchet; 321
Deming. 20, 22, 139, 142,| j Farish, 104
241, 247, 263-26S E I Fallow, 25
Deraouseday, 60 j Fames, 62 I Farmer, 31, 193, 236, 364
Demsdall, 46 j Earle, S6, 87, 333 Faraham, 50, 62, 207,
Deniscn, 51, 52, 58, 77, East, 37 283,290,333
165,334 Eaton, 37. SO Farnsworth, 43
Dennie, 9 Eayers, 318 Farnum, 25, 86, 87, 227
Dennis,' 212 Echard, 10S Fai ragut, 299
Denton, 80 Eckiord, 3-23 Farrar, 287-290, 303, 357-
Derby, 101 Eckiey, 204 359, 363
Devall, 355 Eddeuden. 55 Farrington, 313
i Devens, 37 Eddy, SO, 83. 324,326 | Farrow, 146
I De Villers, 133 Edendon. 159 Farwell, 326
I Dewer. 62 Edes, 15, 16, 37 Fausset, 317
j Dewey, 80, 265 Edmonds, 37 ! Fay, 97. 304
Dexier, 90, 166, 177, 195, Edmunds, 275 j Fayerweather, 62
215, 313. 3S3 | Edson, 145 I Febaan. 63
Dibble, 99, 135 I Edward (King), 108,303,! Felch, 231
Drckev, 362 S 309,385 I Felt, 59, 82, 143, 205, 237-
Dickineon, 68, 102, 133,! Edwards. 17. 22, 62, 71,1 289, 314, 365
Crowfoot, 140
Crutton, 75
Crychley, 309
Culbertson, 362
Cammine?, 42 200,, 214
215, 302
Cummins, 36, 213
Cunningham, 63,86,259
362
Currier, 317
Curtis, 22, SO, 135, 137
136. 145, 148, 151, 197, Dotey, 347
213-215,-251, 263, 265, Dougherty, 362
335,370 ; Doughty, 320
Curwen, 101 j Douglas, 69. 227
Cushiug. 56, 62, 86, 200, Douw, 209 '278
291,293,312,320,376
Cushrnan, 97
Cutler, 35, 50, 70, 71, 73,
86, 144, 146
141,177,263,264,
Diramick, 141,215
Dinsdell, 86, 114
Dionysius, 125
Divell, 355, 357, 35c
Divol!,355
Dix, 140. 303
Dixon, 362, 363
Dizeir, 37
Doafc, 177
Doane. 320
Doe, 91
Dodge, 145
Don Autonio, 112
Dohier, 333
Dorman, 213-215
JS7
99, 137, 215, 291
ngs, Eggington, 229
E:
! Ehle,
I Ehrenzeller, 362
! Eiers, 50
| Elder, 313, 319
I Eld red. 16S
Eliot, 158, 165, 166
364, 372
Elizabeth (Queen), 105-j Fillev, 247-249
i Fe: ton, 146, 193 364,370,
1
i Fenelon, 314, 345
J Fiekes, 334
! Fiekett, 317
j Field. 255, 317
! Fielder, 64
199, i Fienes, 194
1 Fillebrown, 37
107, 109, 110, 115, 117.
270, 333, 365
Ellen, 80
EUerv, 37
! Ellin-wood, 145
Elliot, 52, 87
Ellis, 45, 232, 233, 272,
277
Ellsworth. 99, 303
Eilvcott, 75
Eielev, 313
Elweil, 3i9
Elwes, 105, 107
Ely, 62, 214, 237,238,244,' Flags, 14
F lander*
511,
Cutter, 10-1, 145, 216
Cutting, 216
D
Dalzoil, 213
Dame, 101
Damon, 339
Dana, 292
Danforth, 41, 52, 53, 5?,
73, 74, 76, 80, 162, 359
Darnell, 52,77,60, 91,153
Dante, 11,
Danvers, 172
Darby, .>6
Darlington, 362, 3S6
Darrell, 107
Dave, bl
Doves. 62
Dow, 316
Downer, S7
Dowse, 37, 129, 146. 159 j 245
Drake, 100. 102, 107-112.' Emerson, 60
115, 116, 158, 19-, 203,! Emery, 192, 320
205, 203, 267-239,309, Emlen, 351
236, 343 j Emmet, 273
Draper, 177, 193,304, 321 Emmons, 46, 62, 85, S6
! Drayton, 172
I Dr eser, 170
' Drew, 55
Drinker, 25
Dairy, 62
Du Bo is, 104
Dudb-v, 63, 65, £
14Q, 156, 259. i
303, 385, 387, 3;
Duor, 162
Dulmige, 320
Dummer, t>5-68,
Emms. S'6
EndicoH, 71. 86, 159,213,
233, i.S4, 310,333
. English, 16.3, 3-17
j Erskitie, 362
j Em-lag, 364
,69,71,1 E>krin,37
JQ, 290,' Estey, 213,214
i j Estie, 213
j Ethr.ngtou, 162, 163
j Euler, 166
'i i Eustifl, 36, 1^7, 195
FiSlmore, 200,267
Fin ley, 362
Finney, SO, 362
Fish, -275
Fisher, SO, 181, 25
313,316,321, 327, 332,
339
jFtske, 41, 80,91,337,377
j Fitch, 70, 66, 15-2, 163,
251. 301, 319, 367
j Fitzgerald, S18
i Fttzpatrick, 206, 315, 362
I Flaoixo. 45, So
216,313
40
! Flarity, 317
| Fleet. 68
Flesh^r, 365
j Fletcher, 41, 42, 51, 101,
1<;3, 23.-233, 371, 372
! FiewHiing, 99
| Flint, 13. 72, 73, 81, 353
; Flood, 317
I Ffudd, ^6
j Fluker,37, 130
! Fly, 317
! Fosrg, 28. 30, 364
i Folger, 269-273, 383
i F-jllen, 146
J Font, 66
j Foote. 196, 219, 215, 299
j Forbes, 232, 317
392
Index of JYames.
Furd, 37, 33, 76. 317
Forkenden, 5219
Forsythe, 302
Fortescue, 107, 103
Forward, SI
Gifford, BO
Gilbert, 107, 109,110,110.
200, 212, 284, 291, 335
Gilchrist, 315, 310
Giles. 132
Posniofe, 37, SO, 13.3, 13S, Gilford; 313
317 j Gilkey,317, 313
Fosket, 140
Foster, 3.% 37, 65, 7J, 81,
144, 101, 16-1,213-215
233, 362, 308
Fu\v!e, 37
Fowler, 101, 178,382
Fowst, 148
Fox, 64, 76
Foxeroft, 13, 67
Foye, 37, 277
Francis, 22, 37, 70
•JOS
Frank, 317
Frank land, 220
Franklin, 11, 15, 66, £
128, 186, 202, 270, 27
2S5, 300. 303, 323
Frary 47, 87, 160, 335
Frazer, 170, 302
Freake,4S, 330
Freeman, 88, 317,369
Frelingbuyeen, 202
Fremont, 301, 303, 384
French, 67, 17i
267
Frichette, 322
Frink, 317
Fnsbie, 241
Fnzzeil, 317
Frobisher, 113
Frost, 69, 71, 74, 76.
311,312,320
Frothingbam, 35, 3
87, 13U, 307
Fry, SO
Fryer, 230, 231, 331
Fulbam, 68
Fuller, 109,110, 100,244
338
Fulton, 317
Fuak, 362
Fatbey, 362
G
Gabriel, 278
Gage, 71, 140,218,220
Gallop, 229
Galloway, 317, 320
Gallup, 02 65
Gait, 173
Gammon, 317
Gannett, 11
Gansevoort, 268
Gardiner, 38
Gardner, 66, 67. SO.
Gill, 16,37,38, 86, 214
Gil lam, 40. 48, 50, 102,
163, 231, 331
Gillett,244
Gillis, 178
Gil man, 27, 109,259
Gilmore, 299
G lading, 324
Glad man, 50
Giansha, SO
Glascock, 330
I Gieason, 64-03, 145
j Gleden, 4S
i Glover. 43, 81, 103
Goble, 146, 2c0, 231
: Gocldard, 12, 91,317
i Godfrey, 317. 325
I Godson, 318 '
i Gotle, 62, 70, SO, 316
, Goings, 38
! Gold.' 4. 38, 40, 132, 146
I Gondomar, US
I Gooch, 273
2i3,214,j Goodall,25
■ Goodell, 101
j Goodiner, 02, 317, 318
i Goodrich, 17, IS. 99. 137,
! 133, 141, 241, 251, 200,
I 372
Goodwin, 37, 38, 86, 132,
200,
[ Grey, 230, 362
, Grey (Lord), 109
Grice, 7 6, 86
Grtdley, 55, S6, 144, 152,
335 "
Grier, 302
Griffin, 47, 140, 245
Grig«s, 48, SO, 87, 144,'
140
Grimbly, 314
Grind, 140
Gnsmand, 305
Griswoki, IS, 21, 139, 192. !
242, 26= I
Gronow, 302
Groome, 75, 76
Grow, 102
Grnbb, 38, 223
Gryme, 374
Guild, 1S2, 312,339,304,:
372
Gullison, 33
Gulliver,38, 148 151, 152,,
325
j Gurnell, 152, 161, 102 !
| Gurney, 144 j
■ Guri.isey,81
i GuBtin, 313
'. Gvvine, 46
115, 115,
H
327
269-278, 328,
Garfield, 196
Garibaldi, 285
Garneau, 323
Garret, 335
Gatchell, 317
Gat en, 60, 145, 247. 354
Gay, 13,88, 339,340
Gee. 49, 86
Genet, 321
Genniss, 317
Gent, 317
George, 25, 78,
149, is I
George (Kink)
Gerrioh, 09. 70
Gibbon. 4, 85
Gibbons, c62
144, 140, 149, 233, 287,
317, 342
38,1 Goodyear, 50
Googe, 119
Gookin, 27, 55, 153, 317
Goose, 75
Gordon, 31. 17c, 197, 317
Gore, 92
| Gorges, 103, 116
Gorharn, 36, 38, 146, 273,
276
Goss, 200-262
Gotta, 62
Gould, 25. 55, S7,
182, 213-215, 244
j 315, 317, 318, 372
| Gourgas, 304
! Grafiam, 317
j Grafton, 317, 331
Gragtj. 318
! Grab am, 238, 239,
j 302
I Granger, 71
! Grant, 38, 91, 102, 134
152, 197. 215, 216, 217
1.30,
313,
292,
145
335, 362! 202, 314-316
i Granville, 107, 111
: Graves, 216, 204. 317, 318!
Gray, 12, 00, SO, 90, 146, j
j 200,317,318,327
l Greed wood. 87
Greelaud, 140
Ureele, «>64
Greely, 317
j Greene, 12-15. 3>, 50. 65
71, 74, 7
81, 143,
SI
', 102, 173,
310, 314, 317, 313, 334
Green hill, S3
Greetdaw, 317
! Greenoutrh, 47, 62, 344
| Greenvvay, 15 i
| Greenwood, 16, 62, 194,
I 297. 318
Gibbs, 66, 216, 245,209, Gregory, 230, 2-33, 243,
317,231 | ^54
GibeoD,3S, 62 | Gleuville, 107, 103
Hacket
j Hacy, 144
i Haei, So
j Hafien, 213
: Hager, 216
I Haiglu, 99
- Hail, 213, 214
j Haines, 152
! Halm, 193
! Hakluyt, 117
j Haldimand, 218, 220
I Hale, 3, 28, 05. 75, 213.
j 259,200.3 31'
Haley, 131. 216. Z35
Hall, 10, OS. 70, 70, 89,
99, 103, 104, 146, 152,
199. 210, 277, 295, 31S.
324, 325, 381
Halleek. 301, 384
Hallet. 140
Hatnbleton, 48, 68, 71
Hamblen, 233, 290
Hamlin, 45
1 Hamon, 157
Haneoek. 2. 33, 63. 152,
! 300. 303 313
! Hands. 3!
: Hanev, 319
I Hand! mane, 219
I Handmore, 145
! Hand-, 144
Hanmer, IS, 140
Hannan, 144
Han num. 362
Hanscom, 318, 320 j
Hansell, 379 ]
Han well, SO
Hapgood, 23-5, 388
Harding, 38, 100, 1
Hard re*, 194
Hardy, 343
Harker.270. 271
Harlacfcenden, 194
Harper, 313. 320. 302
Harrington; 216
Harris.' -2, ' 85, .SO, 14 4
145, | S3, 230, 231, 289
Harrbson. 377-379
Hart, 219, 206. 207, 277
Hartshorn, 132
310
Hartwell, 146
Haskell, 317-320
Hastings, 70, 137, 103,
298
Hatch, 39, 62, 104, 304
Hatbawav, 324
Hutton, 3*17, 331
Haugh" 02
Haven, 311. 313, 337
Haverland, 219
Hawaland, 218
Hawes, SO, 152
Hawkins, 50.
140
Hawks, 368
Haw ley, 229-231
Haxall, 380
Hay, 39, 145
Hayden, -:'J, 255
Haves, 302
Haynes, 167, 169,234
Hays, 317
Haywwrd, 93, 145, 140
200, 255, 287, 358
Haywood, 151
Hazard, 293'
Healv,92
Heat'h, 165, 272, 276
Hedge, 146
Hediy,216
Heimzieman,3Q3
Heide, 314
Helraon, 323
Helon, 3
Hemenway, 103. 152
Hemphill, 3B2 '
Henchman. 55, 70
Henuiey. 39, 130
Heneway, 152
Hennepin,' 344
Kenning, 232
Henry, 164, 128, 378
Henry (Kins), 123, 303,
309, 383, 3*5
Hensliaw, 79. 143, 149,
250, 372, 373
Herbert, 203
Herbery, ?.:.U
Herrick, 25-1, 373
Herring ton, 39
Hersey, 162, 385
Hervev, 297
Hfctl, 49, 227
Hewes, 62, 85, 144, 305
Hewing, 148. 149, 152,
338
Heydook,44
Heywood, 151
Hibbins, 73
Hickee, 47, 148, 152
Hie Km an, 152
Hidden, 313
Hide, 51, 77
Higby, 247
Higginson. 4
Hsldreih, 41, 42
Hillegts, 169. 170
Hill, 39, S6, 107, 145, 152,
157, 100. 102, 1-2, 319
334
Hi 1! lard, 96,200
Hills, 17,379
Hitman. 510
Hinckley, 152,305,313
Hindi-man. 73
Hinman, 17, 135, 263
Hirst, 67: OS
Hncbbone. 40
Hix. 119. 152
Hoadiv, 167, 233, 342
Hoard", 1-3
Hoare, 73, 93, 156. 327,
343
Index of Name?. C
393
Hobart, 143, 212, 302, 3741
Hobbs, 99
Hodgdon, 318
Hodges. 173, 200, 205,
265, 287, 269, 291, 364,
ass
Hbdgman, 216
Hoes, 370
Ho^e*, 39
Hoi brook, 145, 152, 226,
227, 340
Holder), 104. 28S, 290
Holgate, 123
Holland, 97, 193, 195 200,
265, 291, 31S, 363
Holler, 215
Hoi ley, 253
Holliday, 50
Hollister, 251
Holloway, 326
Holman, 52, 67, 152, 260
Holmes, 52, 85, 86, 143,
152, 3-39
Holt, 3 IS
Hoi way, 85, SO
Holwcil, 85
Homes, 52, 152, 273
Hood, 121, 215, 365
Hooghland, 297
Hooker, 169, 234, 2S0,1
300, 342, 343
Hooper, 39. 130, 232, 313,
Hopkins. 39,99, 165, 169 i
236, 245, 3-17
Hoppin, 199, 347
Hopping, 39, 130, 152,153]
Horn, 173 I
Hornblower, 200, 237 j
Horner 361
Hosley, 152
Hotter, 215
Hough, 36, 172
Houghton, 78, 152, 352,!
354,356-359
Houlston, 336
Houston, 374
Hovey, 213-215
Howard, 35,39, 47, 145,1
254, 255, 310
Howctain, 333, 334
Howe, 33, 56. 62. 146, 151,1
152, 156, 157, '163, 156, i
132,213-215, 227, 314,1
362, 365, 373
Howell, 214
Howland. 104 ■
Howlet, 213-215
Howes, 318
Habbard, 2, 49, 36, 145,
364
Hubbel/268
Hudson, 47, 101, 145, 192,'
198-200, 286, 287, 289,;
290,356,353 j
Hashes, 235
Hull, 25, 26, 55, 5S, 63, 77,;
157, 163, 206, 228, 244 !
Humphrey, 52, 153, 161,1
Humphreys, 39, 86, 90,
131, 153, 244, 362
Hurapton, 362
Hun, 133, 273
Huunewell, 39
Hunt, 49, 92, 99, 104, 143,
144,317
Hunter, 46, 92, 93, 99,
235
Huntington, 99, 136, 212,
245
Huntress, 32
Hard, 39, 59
Httrlburt, 133, 140, 264
Hussev. 39, lis, 276 j
Hust, 140
Huston, 318, 320
Hutchinson, 13, 39, 67,
166, 172, 132, 223, 309,1
318, 331-333, 382
Hyde [sec Hide], 94 j
Hyelop, 166, 187
Id dings, 43
Ilsley, 317, 313
Inuicott, 71
Ingersoll, 317, 318, 320 j
Ingerson, 219
Inglish,62
Iugraham, 243
Irish, 318
Irwin, 362
Ivory, 39
Jrtcklin, 50, 86
Jaokman, 319
Jackson, 8, 47. 64, 68,76,
66, 94, 95, 133, 134, 148,
153, 178, 196/216, 299-
301. 314,319,362, 378,
385
Jacob, 219
Jacobs, 362
James, 295, 356
James (Kine), 117, 282
Jameson, 223, 318, 319
Janewav, 297
Jarvis. 99. 245
Jas on, 229
Jeffers, 274
Jeffries, 60, 145
Jener, 39
Jenkins, 39, 86, 275
Jenks. 98, 203, 203, 289,
319
Jenner, 226
Jennings, 145
Jerome, 203
Jeweit, 1, 3, 42, 43, 170 j
Joans, 324
Job, 153
Jocelyn, 353-359
John, 362
Johnson, 25, 39, 50, 55,1
72, 74, 94. 99, 102, I46,|
294,309, 315, 317, 318,:
319,335,380
Johnston, 299. 301, 362 I
Jones, 104. 116. 146, 149/
153 201, 216, 219. 271, 1
318, 319, 334, 362 ;
Jordau, 15, 318, 319
Jorner, 146
Josephus, 203
Jos! in, 353-359
Joyliffe, 87, 331, 334
Judd, 20, 163
Judson ,338
K
Keats, 85
Kebbey, 153
Keeier, 27
Keen, 65
Kcier,, ^6
Keiiev, 23. 39, 150
Kei logg, 142, 240. 250, 267
Keilond, 334
Kolloway, 107
Kelly, 196
Keiton. 143, 150
Kernpis, 304
33
Kendrick, 66
Kene, 146
Kenney, 39, 71, 213, 214,
319
Kent, 39, 132
Keriey, 352, 353, 355-359:
Kerrey , 362
Kottell, 39, 291, 380
Kettle, 353
Key, 362
Kibby, 355
Kidder, 11. 39, 41, 192,1
200, 205, '235, 287-291,1
374, 375 ,
Eilbume, 17, 18,21, 133,!
139, 142,267
Kilbv, 23
Killcup. 55, 62, 232, 333 \
Killpatfick, 319
Kimball, 31, 175, 178,364,
Kiude. 48
King, '39, 313, 324, 361,!
384
Kingmans 104, 226, 227 j
Kingsley, 121
Km ion. 64
Kingsbury, 62, 200. 337-!
3-41, 388 j
Kinsley, 52 ;
Kingston, 152
Kip os, 319
Kirby, 21, 135, 237, 238,1
2-13, 295
Kirkharn, 21, 266
Kirkland, 99, 239, 293 '
Kittle, 146
Kittredge, 192
Kiapp, 361
Kriapp, 319
Kueass, 361
Kneeland, 14, 15. 67, 69, j
86, 144, 151. 216
Knight, 49. 06, 62, 107,1
212, 213. 319
Knowles, 319
Knox, 27,311
Kolluck, 311
Kyllygrewe, 115
L
Labloon, 86
Lacey, 385
Lndd, 259. 320
Lafayette, 362
Lake, 50. 56, 215, 223, I
231.334 i
Lakeman, 320
Lamb, 182, 313
Lambert. 25, 67, 320
Lamson, 39. 39, 132, 216,
Lander, 102, 178
Landon, 144
Lane, 32,47,81, 85, 111,'
144, 153. 303. 321, 364,
383 |
Lang, 314
Langdon, 27, 86, 293, 332.
Langley. 311
Larell, 36-1
Larkin, 34, 40
Larnard, 75
Lamed, 173
Larrabee, 15. 16, CO, 319,
320
La Salle, 344
Latham, 374
Lathrop, 97, 145,185
La Tour, 382 j
Latta, 363
Lat timer, 21
Laiigblin, 179
Lavy, 320
Lawrence, 12, 16, 40, 142,
153. 294.' 320
Lay, 240,246
Lea, 235. 361
Leach, 144
Le Busquit, 40
Lee, 20,36,40, 49. 64, 99,
131, 200, 239,2 42, 243,
245,246, 251, 267, 301,
320
Leech, 320
Leeds, 148, 151, 153
Leffingwell (Eari of), 251
Leicester (Earl of), 112
Leisly,229
Leman, 40
Le Mercior, 69
Lemmor., 146
Lendal. 144
Lensket, 320 T327
Leonard, 145, 324, 325,
Lesenbee, 85
Leverett, 58, 65, 162, 166,
223, 230, 334, 336, 367
Lewis, 11, 40, 70, 119,
146. 153, 172, 192, 193,
200, 205, 206, 208. 233,
242, 244, 285, 267, 289,
320, 335, 3-13. 348, 355-
359. 363, 382, 363
Lev, 153
Libby, 319, 320
Lidgett. 23L 334
Lieber,'6
Ltehtfoot, 363
Lilly, 50, -231
Lincoln, 29, 36, SS, 95,
I-S3, 167. 300. 324, '326,
327. 357-359 '
Lindsay, 161
Linton, 356
L'ippineott, 375
Lisle, 335. 336
Litchfield, 153, 3=6
Little, 25, 26, 320
Littlefieid, 320
Liverrnore, 41
Living ton, 99, 268, 378
Livy, 127
Lloyd, 36, 106, 172, 331,
332, 362
Lobdall, 44
Locke, 290, 320
Lockwood, 251, 356
Lodge, 109, 117
Loker, 359
Lombard, 320, 374
Lorapson, 215
Lonchnoye, 194
Loudon, 86, 320
Long, 49, 77, 146, 148,
153,319
Longfellow, 9, 32, 319,
320, 381
Looker, 146
Lord, 40, 133, 134, 143,
195, 239-242, 247
Loring, 44, 290. 315. 320,
364, 38^3
Loseing, 23. 33, 316
Lothropj 24, 91, 92, 102,
293? 294
Lovejby, 176
Lovemah, 111
Loveit, 319, 320
Lovwell, 219
Low, 329
Lowden, 146, 863
Lowe!!, 5, 6, SS, 86, 95,
318, 319, 320
Lower, 2, 308
Lucas, 20
LncuHfas, 12C
394
Index of Names.
Lucy, 2
Ludlow. 316
Lunt, 319,320
Lusher, 158, 223
Lnsk, 2(37
Luxford, 333
Lyman, 44, 294
Lynch, 196
Lynde, 40, 4S, 73,
231, 334
Lyndhurst (Lord), 11
Lynn, 220
1-16.
McClellan, 299-301, 303,
363. 384, 385
McCoIlousrh, 363
McCmight, 320
MeCnlloeh, 197
MeDonell, 144
McDowell, 299, 303
McDuffie *
McElroj , 320
McEweii, *12
McGill, 363
McGregory, 95
Lyon, 98, 14S, 150, 151,1 Mcintosh, 15
153, 19S, 219, 303, 386
M
Macarly. 50
Maeaula'y, 304
Maccane, 339
Mackay,368
Mackintosh, 9
Maeknight, 172
Macy, 78, 277
Madden, 104
Madison. 375
Makepeace, 290, 291
Maker, 146
Malby. 320
Mallet, 40
Mamford, 86
Manchester, 95
Manly, 69, 90, 144
Mann. 166, 182, 305. 337,
310 '
Manning, 40, 45, 131
Manstield, 40, 303
Mapley, 148
Marble, 37, 40
March ant, 276
Mares, 153
Mariner, 86
Marion, 83-67
Marlborough (Duke of),
126
Marsh, 179, 1?1, 192. 379
Marshall, 46, 71. 86,' 163,
Morison, 302 I O
Morrill, 32, 148, 154, 209,' Oakes. 72, 7 1, 85, ■
319 | Obbiraon, 86
Morris, 363 j O'Callagban, 316
Morse, 101, 114, 190, 192, 0 to!!, Bo
193, 200, 284, 2S5, 290,! Oder, 271, 274
-14, 370, 388 | Odin, 129
Morswood, 172 | Odiorne, 185, 166
Morton. 86, 317, 363, 372 Odlin, 62, 87, 259
Moeeley, 144, 143, 150, . Olcott, 312, 313
Hi.
McKean, 363
McKenny, 318, 319
McLane, 321-323, 3S3
McLellan, 90, 319, 320
McLeod, 358, 339
McLoad. 353, 359
McMillan, 363
Meade, 154. 163,164,
374-376 '
Meader,278
Means, 98, 193
Meare, 144
Mecom, 14, 273
Mede. 80
Meed, 86
Megdaniell, 45
Mek's, 104
Melcher, 320
Meline, 86
Mellon, 312
Mellor, 74
Mellowes, 48, 301,
311
Memory, 151
Merriarn, 73
Merritield, 150, 154
Merrill, 315-320
Menitf, 100
Messinger, 48, 200, 288-
291, 301. 30-5-314, 358
Metcalf. 26. 109, 160,181,1 Nailo
279-264, '311. 338, 341 ! Nanc
151, 3'20
Moses, 154
Mosec, 48. 56
Mossmanj 149
Motley, 320
Moulton, 295
Mount, 247, 243
Mountfort, 142
Mousall, 74
Mouse!, 40
MoiiBley, 40, 146
Mo.' I an, 363
Madge, 146, 216
Stagey, 40
Mullott, 1S1
Mulligan, 201
Mullouy,320
Mungey, 40
Monroe, 131, 217, 21S
Munsell, 99,193,302,310
361
j Munson, 247
! Munsier, 220
i Munt, 162
310,! Murden, 113
i Mnrrav, 75, 83
I Murreil, 45
| Myddleton, 115
i My la. -ii, 56,' 57
Oldham, 64
Oldys, 105-107, 112
Oliver, 46, 73. 94,
175, 332, 334, 335
01 instead. 250
Onderdonk, 104
Orcult. 129
Orr, 129
Osborne, 54, 70, 129
1 1 i.
Oabarne.
i Osgood, 25
j Otfs, 24, 165.
i Otiey, 346
I Ovialt, 43
| Oyer, 129
I
3, 26, 154
198
»Iicl lo, 329
196, 271, 273, 277, 344,! Middlt-cott, 62
363
Mareton, 216
Martel, 124
Martin, 40, 45, 48, 257
Marvin, 198,235-254, 320
Mason, 40, 45, 57, 153,]
158, 196, 231, 269, 292,
294, 310, 349-351, 362,1
363, 364
Massinger, 86, 303
Masterman, 40
Mather, 12, 14,53,66,68,!
70, 133, 240, 242, 243,
311, 339, 346, 351
Mathews, 75, 144, 145
Maton, 147
Mateon, 54, 233 ;
Mattocks, 62, 63
Mattox, 50
Maude, 55
Maudlin, 40
Maudflley,144
Maverick, 45, 331-333 1
Maxfield, 154
Maxwell, 31, 162, 317
May, 66
Maynew, 67, 269, 274
Maynard, 33
Mays, 358
Mayo, 283, 289
McAtien, 363
McAllister, 320
McCall, 364
McCarty> 85
MoCaulev, 32
McCausland, 320
Miudleton, 274
Milam, 56, 57
Miles, 73
Milk, 320
Mill. 30
Millens, 40. 319
Miller, 40, 110, 146, 243,
247, 320
Millet. 60, 320
Mills, '25, 48,86, 310
Minot, 77, 86, 95, 96, 148
150, 154
310
Mirick, 40, 100
Mitchell, 57, 58
76, 200. 271, :
N
or, 50. 331, 332
e, 174
'Nash, 47. S3
j Nason, 63, 163, 174, 17,
I 182, 199, 200, 258, 290
j Nauuton, 106, 108, 109
I Nay lor, 331, 332
| Neal, 19, 155, 220. 310
! Needham, 144
! Negus, 49, 62, S6
| Neilson, 363
j Nelson, 144. 215
I Neltietor.,297
; Newell, 35, 90,
154, 165, 177
161, 162, 233,! Newgate, 94
j Newhali, 25
Newman, 154,
0, 74-! 388
>, 276, : Newton, 133, 154, 234
j Packard, 235, 376
j Paddock, 272, 275. 276.
, 32*
I Paee, 43, 50
i Paige, 287-289. 291
• Paine, 37, 48. 65. 75,-,8S,
1S9, 174, 254, 319, 334
Painter, 310
i Pakes, 146
! Pa i trey, 90
j Palerave. 57
! Palmer, 67. 171, 172, 177.
j 192, 200,245.238, 289,
316,363'
Parke, 165. 195, 21G, 334,
335, 363 '
I Parker. 4, 41-44. 85, 129,
152, 159, 162, 200, 216,
290, 317, 316, 325, 353,
355
Parkes, 58
Parkhuret, 216
Parkin, 303
Park man, 220
, Pai'meater, 216, 335
Parram. 58
Parry, 363
Parsons, 20, 62, 102. 242,
215. 247
29, 146,1 Pan man, 85
j Partridge, 218, 340
299, 313, 353, 368
| Mc'esworth, 172
j Money-Penny, 217, 213
j Monk, 148, 150
I Monroe. 321
! Monson. 117
I Montague, 203, 283
i Montgomery, 104, 363
I Moody, 5, 69, 317. 320
I Mooers, 274, 277
I Moore, 31, 4^, 62, 102
| 144, 172, 192. 200, 287,
| 239, 291, 353-355, 367-
f 339, 363, 375
Mo-.rs, 14 4
More, 62, 154, 216, 229 j N
Moreau, 307 I N
Morey, 86, 143. 150, 339
Morgan, 04, lu\ 143, l.*>i
217
Nich
,86,101.213,214
216,213,220,276,364
Nicholson, 36
Nicolson, 290
Niles, 64. 240, 320, 363
Noal, 219
Noble, 372
Norcross. 216
Norden, 62
Norman, 387
Norris, 103. Ill, 112
North, 20, 201
North am, 167
North end. 71, 72
Norton, 86, 173
t. 19, 263
L4~, 73, 147
Paschal], 353
1 Pass, 106
137. 364,1 Pastry, 63
i Patch, 101
l Patten, 76, 129
Patternon, i-7, 14-1. 369
, Paul, 53, 324 '
': Paxson, 361
i Payne, 30, 129, 131
I Payson, 70, 15 i
i Peabody, 10, 145, 195,
I 213-215, 364
Peacock, 326, 335
I Pearee, 81, 85. 15-1,363
| Pearse, 47, 57, 66, 154,
Pearson, 243. 317, 313
! Pease, 272, 276
129, 131,
I Peat,
! Peck, 49, S*
j 242, 247
! Pecker, 145
No>es, 62, 104, 138, 241, ; Peckham, 5s75, 291
319, 373 t Peer, 162
Nutt, 329 ! Peirce, 129, 155, 363, 379
Index of Names,
395
Pell, 85, 3G7 I
PeltoD, 151
Pemberton, Go, 163, 187
Penn, 228, '2.09, 303, 364
Penuiman, 45, 154, 155 I
Pennington. 1S2
Penticust, 73
Pepoon, 243
Pepper, 335
Pepperreli, 60, 295
Peoples, 319
Perkins, 12,144,182,103,
212, 2 13-215, 244, 266,
294, 37 1, 384
Perley, 213, 214
Perrii),21
PerriBh, S6
Perry, 36, 102, 253, 334
Person, 129, 331, 332
Peters, 100, 269, 316
Pettee; 182, 358
Pettes, 83
Philip (Kino:), 237
Phillips, 36, 47, 59, 85,1
100, 129, 146, 159, 183,!
194, 302,324 I
Phinney, 318, 320 ,
P&ippeny, 86
Phiopa, 65, 129
Picket, 145
Pierce, 41, 91, 129, 154,
177,313,3*0
Pierpont, 335
Pierson, 350
Pieterz, 27S
Pike, 71, 216
Pink bam, 272, 273, 275-
278
Pitkin, 369
Pitts, 273, 277
Place, 155
Plaisted, 273
Phut, 251
Piimbly, 144
Plumb, 155, 234
Popkiti, 371
Poie, 155
Polk, 102, 17S
Pollard, 129, 144
Pol lev, 35, 129
Pollow,320
Pond, 80, 155, 177, 313
Pone, 379
Poor, 28, 29, 31, 32, 364
Pope, 148, 150, 155, 172,!
153, 270,271,301, 364,1
377,384 !
Porruortl, 55 '
Porter, 20, 85, 95, 175,;
214, 215,300,335, 364,:
384
Porterfield, 318-320
Potter, 215
Potterton, 50
Pottinger, 3i7
Pounding, 120
Powell, 85,332,330
Power, 363
Powers, 129, 130, 1S2, 285
pownali, 129
Rica 96. 183, 196,216,3641 Sampson, 368, 3:7
Hiehafd (King). 309, 383 Sanborn, 187
Richards, 144, 145, 226, San Jers, 87, 150. 155
295 Sanderson, 85, 162
311, 312,. Richardson, 33. 74, 80,' Sandras, 148
10-1, 187, 291, 302, 303, Sanford,46, 62, 130, 331
314 ! 332
Richmond, 327 ! i ncer, 333
Ricks, c5 I Sarein, 64
Ridde". 238, 28^ j Sargent, 130, 14G
Riga, l'JQ | Sarmiento, 112
Ritrby, 152, 155, 157, 357,; Sarvenor, 320
358
Riggs,319
Riker, 104
Riley, 140, 141, 251
Ripley, 144
Prlchard,215
Priest, 55, 129,
Prime, 100
Prince, 12, 44,
114, 189, 257
364, 351
Prior, 183
Proctor, 31, 42, 317
Puddington, 100
Pufl'er, 155
Pugsley, 146
Pulsifer, 233, 259,
382, 353
Punchard, 230, 231
Purinton, 319
Purley, 213
Pusey, 363
Putnam, 81, 95, 102,364,! Risden,49
370 ' Rite, 86
216
108, 129,
352,
Saunders, 50, 74, 329
Savage, 12, 06, 69, 73-75,
86," 144, 151, 170, 198,
363 235,26-1,-271, 301, .'304,
309, 311, 331, 333, 336,
Py, 229
P(/e, 249
Pyuson, 292
Quason, 23
Quincy, 90, 147, 307. 365,
369. 371
Quiner, 190
Quint, '290
Quintin, 330
QulBhm, 331
R
100, 162
Raguet, 7
Rainer, 130
Rainsford, 86,
333
Ralegh, 105-113, 285
Ralfe, 87
Ralston, 363
Ramsdell, 213,276
Rand, 35, 37, 39,
130, 190, 290
Randall, 133, 237,
324
Randolph, 361
Ranger, 86
Ranks, 130
Ranney, 18
Ransom, 245
Rant. 270
Ralhbone, 100
Rawlins, 56
Rawser,46
! 337, 349, 354
j Saviii, 179
Rive.,, k. I Sawin, 27, 63, 216
Roadee, e0 I Sawyer, 184, 314, 317-319,
Robbins, 42, 143, 1-3,302' 324, 353, 354, 356. 358,
Roberts, 56, 155,241,295, 359
317. 320, 343 I Say res, 50
Robertson, 317 j Saywell, 45
! Robespierre, 174 j Scarborow, 165
i Robie, 65, 85 Schlegel, 125
Robinson, 24, 46, 53, 104, Schoolcraft, 369
I 148, 150, 155, 163, 214,1 Schuyler, 315
j 215, 364 j Scipio, 127
Rochambeau, 174, 133 I Scott, 3, 120, 155, 188,
I Rock, 45 195, 207, 212, 273, 303,
j Rockwood, 133 I 320
Rogers, 53, 59, 86, 107,! Scottow,62, 130, 231, 309
144, 155, 174, 133, 217,1 Seabury, 24
I 218, 232. 245, 246, 354,- Seamans,313
374. 375
o.j'i-.j.jy o65
Roper, 85, 359
Rose. 22, 141
Rosecrans, 303
Rosewell, 51
129-' Ross, 317, 363
I Rouck, 228
319,| Roulstone, 71
j Rouse, 63, 129
| Rowel 1, 25
I Rowland, 243 [357
Rowiandson, 352, 354-
! Royal, 150, 155
! Rucke, 45
j Rudder, 303
! Ruddock, 231
I Rudge, 130
I Rugg, 3-53, 355, 357-359
Rawson, 49, 50, 52, 54,' Rubles, 64, 66, 144, 183,
160, 162-164, 166, 226,| 312
228, 230,231,2-33, 331.1 Rundlett, 295
Search, 62, 233
Searle, 155, 223-231
Sears, 66. 206. i>33
Seaver, 91. 247, 835, 363
Seawell, 229
Sedgwick, 50, 309
Seelv, 138
Segar, 102
Seill, 216
Selden, 243,244
Sellers, 363
Seneca, 126
Sension, 53
Senter, 42, 145
Sever, 183
Severance, 274
Sewall. 59, 60, 63, 65. 66,
68. 70, 71, 130, 192,285,
60
334-336
Ray, 274, 320
Ravmenr, 145
Raymond, 196,29-3
Rayner, 130
Read, 87, 103, 145.
273, 363, 330
Roadman, 146. 150
Reddinaton, 213, 215
Redtieid, 1C1
Reding, 318
Redman, 155
I Redwood, 3:34
I 16
Ritney, 130
i.Rupp. 104
I Rush,' 161, 361
! Rushv/orth, 331, 332
i Russell, 13, 25, 39, 130,
o
I 3l
j Seymour, 177, 251
i Sbaseapears, 2, 93, 383
! Shaller. 86
Shantam, 23, 24
! Sharp, 64, 186, 318
I Shauuck, 72, 154
216. '287, 288, 21*0
203,
145, 146, 155, 186, 195, Shaw, 337
206,265, 27 J, 277, 331,; Shays, 174
Powning, 223 ) Reed, 103, 130, 143,
Prang, 303 ! 330
Pratt, 129, 146, 244, 245,! Redman. 150
270, 271, 285 j Reid, 28-30, 32, 103.
Prebble, 112,217,218,220
Prendergast, 244
Prentice, 216, 334
Prentiss, 299, 354
Prescott, 215, 355, 357-
350
Preston, 155, 379
I Remington, 71, 102, i)f
1 Re me, 356
| Reno, 299
; RenaS- 270
j Reynolds, 104,270
( Rej award, 107
| Rhett, 172
Price, 47, 70, 36, 197, 331,j Rhodes, 102, 130
363 j Riall, 85
365
Ruiter. 216
Rymer, 206
,| Sabine, 209
j Sa'-hamvs, 24
i Sar.ha.raut, 23
> Saokett, 102
; Sacks, 318
1 Suffin, 46, 333
! Sage 267
j SaleV 62, 226
j Sale*, 4
; Salesbury, 155
I Salisbury, 183
I Salter, -56
! Saltonstall, 65, 66
Shea, 321, 333
Shed, 139, 144. 3C4
j Shelden, 144
j Shepard, 76, 100, 150
} Sheperdson, 71
I Shepherd, 146
i Sheppard, 1, 192, 200,
I 203, 232, 234, 285, 253-
290,382,383,383
I Sherman. 45. 130, 216
j Sherwit,35l'
I Sherwood, 100, 296
I Shippen, 360, 361
j Shipton, 232
j Shiriey. 142
j Shoot. 148
; Shore v, 365
Short,' 162
I Shove, 44, 326
396
Index of Names.
Shrimpfon. 1§7 I
Shimlefi, 5S-60, 2S7-2S3]
Sibley, 172, 184,369
Sickles, 303
Sill, 237, 239,244
Simier, 110
Simmons, 319
Simonds, 290
Slmooff, 223, 214
Simon ton, 313—320
Simpkms, 144
Simpson, 86, 313
Sims, 104, 171,300
Sinclair, 219
Singleton, 151
Skenatido, 293
gklllinge, 31S, 320
Skiltou, 155
Skinner, 56,102.130,131,
146, 1615, 184, Id", 216 i
.Slade, 103
Slap, 217, 220
Sleigh, 172
Sleeper, 316
Slidell, 106
Sloane, 130, 132
Slocum, 303
Small, 300
Smead, 156
Smedley, 73
Smith, 18, 20, 50, 62, 6,
75,86,94. 13,), 133, 141,!
145, 146, 154, 156, 172,1
174, 177, 181, 183, 200,1
213-216, 234, 243, 251,
263, 266, 267, 287, 292,
313-315, 317-320, 324.1
326,327, 334, 339, 353, j
355-3-37, 360-303, 379 j
Smyth, 200, 2S7
Snawsell, 50
Snedale, 107
Snell, 46,376,377
Sneiling, 87, 91
Snively, 63
Soley, 130
Somerby,99
Sophocles, 11
Soother, 35, 39, 130
Soot hey, 113, 115
Southgate, 90
Spalding, 104
Sparhawk, 65
Sparks, 273, 371
Sparrey, 85
Spear, ISO, 196
Spencer, 163, 220, 369
Spenser, 113
Spicer, 329-331
Sp ilia re, 76
Spinney, 313
Spittle, 218, 220
Spoouer, 100, 104
Sprague, 33, 97, 130, 146!
Spurr, 15G, 153 j
Squier, 104
Stacy, 131
Stanbury, 85
Standlah, 17,99. 100,267,1
293,347
Stanley, 131, 213, 214 |
Stanton, 131, 156, 196
Staple, 156, 324
Staples, 102, 257,317,326
Starbird, 317 .
Starbuck, 270, 272, 274,'
275,277
Stark, 219, 270
Starr, 16, 73, .^5, 160
St. Clair, 27
Stearns, 144 !
Stebbiiiij, 5L 52, 198,333,!
34-3 j
Stcdman, 19, 31, 64. 76,
131
Steele, 2G5
Stephens, 197
Sterling, 245
Steuben, 201,202
Steucly, 118
Stevens, 37, 85, 115, 131,
136,243, 240, 339, 358,
359
Stovenpon, 143
Steward, 50
Stewart, 273
Stickney, 318
Stiles, 156, 213
Stillingfleet, 119
Stillraan, 19, 306
Stirapson, 131, 295
Stimson, 102
St. John, 251-254
Stoak, 131
Siockden, 3.35
Stoddard, 20, 46, 6^, 71,
96, 100, 131, 138, 187,1
262, 334 |
Stone, 33. 44," S8, 131, 169,
175,221, 233, 247, 310, j
377
Storrs, 97, 195, 312
Story, 4, 6 6, 100
Stoncrhtoru 77, 78, 81, 84,'
100, 152-156, 156, 218
233
Stratum, 274, 332
Streeter, 184. 200, 287
Strickland, 361
Strom:, 187, 195
Strom, 318, 320
Sumrt. 117
Stubb.-, 197, 317
Stubes,44 ,
Sturtevant, 165
Sullivan, 31, 33, 1S5, 136,
192, 364
Summers, 146
Sumner, 9, 47,54.77, 130.'
131, 14*, 150, 156, 161,!
162, 186, 167, 346, 354,;
35fc-359, 364, 361
Sundell, 62
Sunderland, 227
Surette, 104
Suter, 104
Sutton, 66, 130, 131,385 !
Swain, 144,216, 270-273,,
275/277,278
Swan, 131, 182 |
Swasey, 68 j
Sweet, 62, 233
Sweetser, 2r5, 39, 129, 131,1
311,317,371
Swett. 26, 27, 68-70, 206,
27C,' 285, 290,319 j
Swift, 143, 150. 156
SyUa, 126
Sylveateri 373
Symcocke, 363
Symmee, 36, 37, 131 I
Symonds, 49, 62, 83, 187,'
215 j
171
116,
113,
170.
Tuber, 213
Tacitus, 125
Tailer, 62, 6^, 130
Talbot, 156, 326
Talcott, 22. 136, 343
Taley, 145 '
Taller, 86
Tanner. 168
Tap]ing,346
Tarbott, 145
Tarnner, 86
Tay, 87, 114
Taylor, 74. 76, 85, 102,
131, 115, 146, 1S2, 216,
329. 363, 369
Teal, 131
Ted man, S6
Temple, 62. 73. 131, 145
Ten Broek, 266
Tennent, 360
Teimev, 43
Test, 363
Thacier. 24, 156, 305
Thatcher, 66. 71, i 46, 365
Thaxter, 183
Thayer, 67, 88, 93, 102,
165, 336
Thiers, 104
Thing, 256, 259
Thomas, 50, 146.
202,317,363
Thompson, 27, 62, 131,
141, 1S>, 194, 193, 319,
320
Thorburn, 173, 174
Thoreau, 364
Thorn, 31?
Thorrib::v, 66
Thorndike, 12, 313
ThorneSmsh, 75
Thornton, 27, 98,
203, 286. 269
Threadneedle, 310
Thr, giuorlon, 107,
116
Thurston. 32, 43,
276, 290, 341
Thwing. 65, 310
Tibbetts, 320
Tice, 101
Tick nor, 167
Tidd. 17 7
Tifia'jy, 195, 245
Tiler, 265
Tileston, 146-151, 156,162
Tilgbrnan, 196
Till, 335
Tilley, 61, 86, 317
Tiihck, 2
Til ton, 367
Timberhike. 144
Ting, 131, 144, 334
Tirrell, 385
Tisdale, *70, 324, 323
Titeomb, 29, 32. 218
Tolmaa, 77, S6,'i46, 150>
Toml-ne, 46
Toralinsoa, 377
Tompkin-, 376
Tompyon, 53, 55, 63, 64,'
66, 67
Topi: a; 156
Tor- [.me, 163
Torrey,~S0, 102, 181
Tout. 46
Toue!, 219
Towi.e, 96, 200, 211,213-
215, 2.63, 233, 289, 291,
368
Towns'?nd, 40. 6i
131, 316, 363
Tow*ey, 138
Tozer, 133, 134
Tracy. 251
Trariee, 50
Tra«k, 50.J72, 6=
167, 192,200,22
288-290, 329. 867
Treadwe!!, 99, 100
Treat. 136, 251, 265
Trescott, 16, 144, 143.
150. 152, 156, 157, 312
Trot t; 62, 156, 245, 273,
275
1-3 I
129,
159,
284.
Trouve. 315
Trow, 131
Trowbridge, 156
Trumbull, 132. 146
Truudv,;-ilS
Trusdall, 163, 231
Trmle, 229
Tucker, 62, 104, 153, 157,
1-7, 295, 319. 324
Tuckerman. Hi
Tnckev, 320'
Tufts, 16, 132. 167
Turbuch, 320
Tureli, 62, 3^1
Turenne, 126
Tun;er, 25, 57. 132, 157,
313
Twitchell, 156, 295
Tyler, 193, 377, 378
Tyng,71
Tyrrell, 107
Tytler, 113
U
Udall, 113
Underbill, 153
Underwood, 157, 333
Upham, 32, 75, 216, 272
Ubher, 50, 3<U
V
Valentine, 64
Van. 232
Van Buren, 378. 384
Vyndenburg. 24 4
Vanderlip, 30
Vane, 158, 362
Van Kensseiaer, 203
Van Vechien, 263
Vaughan, 346, 219, 363
Veazie, 77
Verdey, 143
Verny, 86
Venue, 105
Vial!, 62
Vickerp, 4-1, 85
Vickerey, 41, 168
Victoria (Queen), 175
Villiers, 118,220
Vincent, 82, S3
Vinton, 102, 158, 296
Virgil, 210
Von Leer, 363
Voee, 157, 323
Vreeland, 245
W
Waddell, 156. 363
Waddoms, 263
Wade, 149-151
Wadawortb, 63, 144. 157,
343
Waiuwright,66. 157, 367
Waite, 54, 86, 132, 242,
317. 335
Walcott, 133
Waldo, 100, 132, 183, 312
Waldron, 181
Wales, 143, 151, 153, 157
Walker, 62, 69, -6, luO,
145, 195,201,302, 310.
357, 371
Wall, 75, 76
Waller, 236, 233
Walley, 53-60, 62, 66,85,
260-262, 326
Walli*, 319
Walter, 67. 69
Walton, 2<*2, 365
Ward, 5, 22. 62, 167, 302,
335, 352, :!65-367, 377
Warner, 100, 236
Index of Names.
;97
Warren, 45 86, 91, 144, <
150, 162, 216, 266, 347,:
Washburn, 89,97, 104.1451
Washington, 29, 33, 100,!
128, 182, 197, 202, 210,!
321, 3(33, 375, 381
Waterman, 185, 200,202,
237, 239, 290, 296 j
Waters, 36, 87, 132, 214,|
353, 355, 356, 359
Watkins, 46, 62, 64, SO
Watson, 51, 132,213,270
Watts, 50, 298, 313 ;
Way, 49, 87, 144, 157,334
Wayne, 29, 363
Wayte, 162
Wear, 86
Weaver, 86, 297
Webb, 39, 67,68, 132,266
Webber, 132, 371 [306
Webster, 7, 8,46, 86,234,1
Weden, 144
Wedge, 241, 357
Weed, 246
Weeks, 52, 143, 151, 157 i
Wege,241
Welch, 146, 320 !
Weld, 50-52, 165, 172, 1S3,:
335 )
Welden, 146
Wellbeloved, 92
We! lor, 183
Welles, 135, 146, 251,267
Wellington, 216, 364
Welle, 19, 46, 135, 136,'
139, 268
Welsteed, 65
Wentworth, 133, 134,
200, 287, 295
Werden, 87
Wesley, 189
West, 86, 136, 217, 332,'
363, 3^7
Westcott, 317
Weston, 107
Wetherbee, 373
Wetmore, 99, 104, 297 I
Weymouth, 144
Whaltey, 244,316
Wharton, 62
Wheat, 63, 145
Wheatly,45
Wheaton, 44
Wheeler, 73, 85, 86, 132,
145, 146. 151, 286, 287,!
317, 354-358,379
Wbeelock, 161, 293 j
Wheelwright, 55, 258,!
331,332,348-351
WheldoD, 75
Whitcomb, 3.">1-C^59
White, 62, 65, 86, 100,
132, 145, 157,169, 175, l
189, 200, 226,228-231,
290, 291, 3(r2, 340, 352,;
353, 36:3, 365, 375 I
White-held, 166, 139. 301!
Whiting, 205, 206, 208,1
287-290, 296, 350, 376
Whulegh, 107
Whitlock, 41
Whitman, 130, 132, 305
Whit mora, 76, 99, 100,
198, 205, 216, 290, 374,
381
Whitney, 146, 218, 302,
364,371,374
Whitridge, 86
Wbilt, 144
Whittemore, 35,33, 132,
132, 189-191, 200. 290,
291
Whittlesey, 100
Wickhara, 265
Wicks, 107
Widdifield. 379
Wiggin, 175
Wigglesworth, 132
Wight, 92, 145, 146
Wilbore, 321
Wilcox, 21, 76, 274
Wild, 364
Wilder, 44, 81, 93, 149-
151, 357-359
Wilds, 213-315
Wilkes, 303
Wilkins, 96,132,192,200,1
364 I
Wilkinaon, 324
WiHard, 69, 71-73, 100,
132, 1>0, 186, 200, 216,!
254, 354, 353, 357, 353 I
WillcB, 191,346
Wii;?t,3i0 [or), 385
William (tha Conquer-!
Williams, 17, 18, 45, 48,
62. 70, 100, 112, 132,1
137, 144, 157, 216, 213,;
220, 249, 265-267, 278,
310, 314, 324, 325, 3-29,!
336,363, 379,335
Williamson. 363
Willington, 145
Willis, 16, 86, 104, 151,!
157, 169, 194, 216, 236/
255, 287. 332, 333
Willises, 62
Wilis 54
Willo'ughby, 330, 331 !
Will*or,, 175
Wilson, 70. 103, 132, 152,:
316, 363
Winchester, 64, S4
Wmehomb, S6
Wing, 62, 146
Wingate, 27
Winstanley, 106
Winsley, 331
Winsiow, 69, 216, 306,'
319, 333, 334, 347 '
Winsor, 48, 62
Wicthrop, 8-10, 67-69,!
104, 147. 138, 301, 311,1
337, 382'
Wise, 133, 153, 191
Wistar, 361
WiswaU, 53, 94, 157, 165,;
223, 333 !
Witherspoon, 361
Withir.gton, 52-54, 78,
148, 149, 151, 157, 195 I
Wolcott, 15,19,21,22,65,:
136
Wolfe, 203
Wollaston, 50
Wolsev (Cardinal), 309!
Wood, 33, 72, 73, 106, 132,!
145,' 153, 213, 215, 309,!
311,314,320
Wood bridge, £5, G9, 70,
33«
Woodburv, 300, 313, 318,
319
Woodcock, 54
Woodde, 43, 62, 227
Wood d is, 73
Wood house. 351
Woodman, 200, 287, 320
Woodrjatieey, '55,62 334
Woodruff, 20
Woods, 76
Woodward. 12, 98, 304.
325, 356
Wool, 300, 303
Wooster, 320
Worcester, 174
Worden, 300
Worth, 273, 277
Worthiugton, 255
Wren, 26, 181, 270
Wright, IS, 42, 62, 132,
135, 137, 141, 143; 251
263, 260, 308, 319, 359,
386
Wyard, 265
Wyatt, 143, 151t 158
Wybert, 132
Wyer, 132, 272, 275, 273
Wyle, 319
Wyman, 34, 73, 123, 233
290, 380
Wynn, 363
Yeaton, 313
Yelverton. 254
Yendeli, 297
York, 319
Young, 319, 320
Younglove, 43
Zenger, 297
Zeno, 126
Zillick, 49
Zollicoffer, 191, 1?£
Zuiiesh, 49
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